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50 total words

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip 0!

12:00 am

wow...50???

flip

12:00 am

I think this is the first time I've ever seen a row greyed out to start

Flip!

12:00 am

that was a good guess then!

12:01 am

yeah... grid is just rubbing it in..

12:01 am

flip

12:01 am

he 6

12:01 am

done..

12:01 am

Will bookmark your page to check out, mark...

12:01 am

firewrks

12:01 am

de7

12:01 am

of 6

12:01 am

what???

Clues are up

12:01 am

that was out of this world easy

12:01 am

de 7 X 2

12:01 am

de6/7

12:02 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:02 am

flip

12:02 am

Thanks, lickety!

12:02 am

deftest

12:03 am

And goodbye to all...

12:03 am

oh, I am sorry

12:03 am

theres 50 right?

12:03 am

thanks

12:03 am

50....and 35 left

12:03 am

nj chugga, 6 left here

12:04 am

cleared it in 2 mins.. shocked

12:04 am

30 left

12:04 am

I've found 9

12:04 am

LOL

12:04 am

I had one in about 2-3 minutes, I think it was in the 40s

of 6

12:06 am

top row grey!

12:06 am

* hi all...flip *

12:06 am

lol

12:06 am

what? theres 51 words

12:06 am

i just got another

12:06 am

whoo hoo pini!!!LOL

12:06 am

fireworks

12:07 am

how many words are there?

12:07 am

50

12:07 am

50

12:07 am

50

12:07 am

WHoo HOOO gremm!!!!!!

12:07 am

i have 51 words...

12:07 am

wtg

12:07 am

wtf*

12:07 am

nj grem..4 left here unaided so far

12:07 am

fireworks

12:07 am

wtg finishers!

12:07 am

29 left and im off to bed

12:07 am

nite all

12:07 am

how is that possible?

12:08 am

unaided I might add

12:08 am

Boom, refresh the page

12:08 am

YAYAY!!! ruru rocks!

12:09 am

oh ok weird

12:09 am

Chugga - you finished so quickly you confused the page.

12:09 am

wow, wtg ru and grem, and any others I missed

12:09 am

fireworks sans help

12:09 am

flosey: Chugga finished at 12:01

12:09 am

wtg dart

12:09 am

Fastest I've seen yet.

12:09 am

y'all are killin' me...I don't even have 1/2 way! :/

WOW! You guys are boggle aces!

12:10 am

wow Chugga, how on earth - amazing, 1 minute!!

12:10 am

We need a second marker for the time stamps now.

12:10 am

congrats to the finishers

12:10 am

no kidding jeez

12:11 am

are there ts words??

12:11 am

I think Chug has set a new record...

12:11 am

1 m9

12:11 am

fireworks!

12:11 am

wtg jess!!

12:11 am

I thin k 7 minutes for me is a record for me

12:12 am

nice goin', ru ;)

12:12 am

<--- ruru .. babble savant

12:12 am

didn't finish yesterday's though, grrrr! 7 or 8 left!

12:12 am

<--- until tomorrow's grid

12:13 am

* giggle *

12:13 am

stuck with 9 to go

12:13 am

Pretty big difference between yesterday and today.

12:13 am

Firewords -- that was fun! :D

12:13 am

yes indeedy

12:14 am

hey dart?

12:14 am

I ended yesterday's with 50 to go :/

12:14 am

I have 30 now..

12:15 am

7

12:15 am

git'r dun, m9...

12:15 am

...you, too, nan ;)

12:15 am

congrats to the 2nd round finishers ;)

12:15 am

ruru?

12:16 am

when's your next vacation>?...lol

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do you ever miss a day? lol

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not lately... I am chasing you.

12:17 am

don't you ever go on vacation?

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5

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nope.. not in a long time..

12:17 am

go nan.. go!!!!!!!!

12:18 am

think I might have to list to finish

12:18 am

guess I'll have to cancel all future vacations then to stay ahead :)

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nah.. don't han

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1

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they are easy

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ooh -- found the oh I usually miss!

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thx nan ;)

12:19 am

18 MINUTES AND I 'M DONE... now what??? waHHHHHHHHHHHHH

12:19 am

fireworks

12:19 am

chat?

12:19 am

nj flos

12:19 am

wtg 3rd round finishers!

12:19 am

yeah flosey and sammy

12:19 am

14 to go...

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I feel so brainless!

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with lickety's help

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*rolls out red carpet for M9*

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compared to y'all

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*!*~*!* ta da *!*~*!* - easy once I figured out that I had missed most of the pt's and plurals

12:20 am

21 to go here...feel smart now, m9???? LOL

12:20 am

congrats nan

12:20 am

13

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is Y'all an oregonian term now?

12:21 am

but of course, ru! :) we be country girls!

hi and nbt and fireworks

12:21 am

7:30 tee time tomorrow, so I will be on my way -- good night everyone :)

12:21 am

sho nuff

was just getting started and realized i had 3 left, sheesh

12:22 am

night nan, happy golfing

12:22 am

in pa. is it you'uns

12:22 am

it delights me when i hear it

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I'm stuck!

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12

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any lurking fireworks from Pugs and Metfan?

12:24 am

no word yet

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11

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any lurking fireworks?

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I wish

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10

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18

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* feeling like a slug *

12:26 am

at least i have a martha grimes to keep me amused..... night all

12:26 am

night s'mom

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night smysmom

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Which Martha Grimes, sammysmom? Is ot a new one?

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gotta look at the moon

12:29 am

can I get stats for the dead ctr T for NBT before I go to bed???

12:29 am

oh I have that one pini!

12:29 am

ts5/12

is this the smallest grid ever?!?

12:30 am

t+ not happy + a vowell

12:30 am

it isn't, geo....and hi ;)

12:30 am

size doesn't matter george

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thx ru...NBT! :)

12:30 am

hey george!!

ha! got news for ya!

12:30 am

oh ruru

halo, Pini and m9!

12:31 am

hi george!!!!

12:32 am

oh ruru?

12:32 am

ok...I'm going to finish this grid last...will be back tmw to find my last 16...congrats to all of the early finishers! and to all those who finish before me!!!

12:32 am

just poppingin for a bit.... what is the word count please

12:32 am

I have 9 left and feel like such an amateur!!LOL

12:32 am

50

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VVVVV amateur VVVVVVV

12:32 am

thank you

12:32 am

pfpft!!!!

no commments, eh Pini and m9?!

12:33 am

lol

12:33 am

* zipping lips, geo *

or hasn't my icon changed from last time in the chatterbox??

12:33 am

abouty size???

eh, Pini?

no!!

12:33 am

your icon changed...great hairdo!!! LOL

12:33 am

my rocky eagle base is under attack... so i'm semi distracted...

12:34 am

awesome pic george!!!

12:34 am

*lines up catapult*

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* snicker *

yesterday I was being attacked for anything the twits on twitter could think up to attack me for, was funny, they were all saying I hated Lady Ga Ga coz of something I said, which didn't mean that at all -- so I told them all I had worn a better headdress than any of hers and to hold that thought, then I put this photo up, ha, ha!!

12:35 am

well the size of your hair is nice.LOL.. that must of been what you meant..LOL

yeah, better than the one I have now anyhow, lol!

12:35 am

<--- not a lady gaga fan

12:35 am

ohh. I saw something of that on msn.. or yahoo news or something..

12:35 am

brb - gotta check something...

yeah, well many are, ruru -- apparently, lol!

12:35 am

*are those extensions george...lol*

eh, m9? what you on about??

don't you mean on my yahoo page, coz I was posting updates on there and twitter at the same time, as I normally do!?

yeah, ruru, you could say that!

12:37 am

okay . I think I should shove off and read the local paper or something productive..need any help yet M9?

12:38 am

une

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deux

Yahoo news! ha! would be funny if it made that!

12:38 am

trois.

12:38 am

peuffe

trois!

quatre.........

I'm exactly halfway, so why have I hit a wall?

12:40 am

well I read your updates.. but i'm sure I saw it somewhere else too..

would doubt it, m9 -- why would that make news? lol!

12:40 am

because you're being nice and pretending to be brainless to make me feel better???

must have been a very slow news day somewhere!

eh, no I'm not -- I'm at a wall, stuck!

12:41 am

fox news

12:41 am

back...but only to say g'night all!!! have a good one!!! cya tmw!

12:42 am

so yeah.. that explains it.LOL

12:42 am

* poof *

12:43 am

ok... i gotta find these 9!!

12:44 am

are all the 7's de's??

12:44 am

2 de7 1 fe7

12:45 am

thanks flosey

your kidding, m9? Fox news had something on it about the twits on twitter accusing me of hating Ga Ga and my posting up this pic? yeah, right!?!

<< shakes head!

12:46 am

no saying something about cocaine use..

12:46 am

hi guys

oh yeah, her??

12:46 am

hi sandy

12:47 am

hi m9

12:47 am

Love the headdress George

12:47 am

says you slammed her...

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or something..

ha, thanks flosey, I think!? it was deffo not a fashion statement, lol!

12:47 am

very pretty george

oh brother, whateva!?

12:48 am

but why cover your face?

cos I felt like it!

flosey, if you had that on your head, wouldn't you?

12:48 am

sigh. I cannot sit down for a second!!! Mom... look at this.

12:49 am

I have loved this icon theme flo, what an interesting person she was-never heard of her before, but loved reading about her

12:49 am

I did quite a bit of reading on this great lady, sandyloo

12:49 am

very interesting

pretty, sandy? lol!

12:50 am

i thought the theme was grand slam ..

12:50 am

ah.. but you're in a diff day than i am..

12:50 am

well I like those colours, you need nailpolish to match tho

12:51 am

m9 that was yesterday

12:51 am

it's still yesterday here.LOL

12:51 am

of course ! must be late there

12:51 am

have 4 left

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8

12:52 am

hubby's home so Jilli should soon be coming on

12:52 am

gjygsn5nw5nog6gy55nghe7

12:52 am

flosey?? what he leaves Jillis place and comes to yours?? LOL

oh yeah, your very behind the times, m9!

what's that mean in English, m9?

'my cat walked across keyboard'?

12:53 am

lol, they play bridge at same club (I haven't been playing for a few weeks) they go in opposite directions

12:53 am

or in any other language

yeah, sandy, that's about it!

12:54 am

aaah , I see, I used to play bridge but it ended up taking too much time, everyone wanted to practice all the time, too many lunches to cope with

12:54 am

not a cat. gage

a kid walked across your keyboard?!?

12:55 am

ah, I try to avoid the ones who expect lunch - just serve tea/coffee and a dessert

12:55 am

bridge is a great game

12:55 am

with his fingers...yes...LOL

12:55 am

do you ever play bridge online, Sandyloo?

12:56 am

I used to play at a nearby club and it was very funny to experience the interaction between bridge partners --lots of dissention but always kept understated of course - very civillised game but with seething undertones

12:57 am

good write-up, btw, sandy

12:57 am

no I dont flo, I think I would like to watch it played online , is that possible (just to be a spectator)

found only one 7, are there more?

12:57 am

lol - there was a time when it was better if hubby and I played with different partners

12:58 am

3 george

12:58 am

I have 2

12:58 am

yes George, 2 x de7 1 x fe7

thanks, sandyloo, probably still won't find 'em!

12:58 am

the of6 has me stumped

your kidding flosey? had enough trouble seeing an fe5, there's a 7!?

12:59 am

extend it George

ha! having just said that -- I just saw it!!

12:59 am

afternoon all :) itty bitty bitey one I bet

yeah, already had by the time your post appeared!

12:59 am

so often the way, George

12:59 am

hi mrp

12:59 am

flo, where is the site you play online?

1:00 am

hi pres, how goes it

where are all the vowels??

goes well thanks! day 15 and still alive

1:00 am

the 2 de7s are both extensions

1:00 am

Hello all :)

1:00 am

i have 6 of the 7 6's

I ate them -- I was hungry and they tasted good!

1:00 am

Yahoo, Sandy

1:00 am

day 15? are you on a diet? lol

1:01 am

hi Jilli

halo, Jill!

am fasting! has been really good. going for 18 days

hi jilli :)

1:01 am

they must have been raw vowels

oh, well I was only joking -- so it was you who ate the vowels then?!?

1:02 am

What!! can that be good for you? You will lose your energy

yeah, well can vowels be cooked?

1:02 am

ahh.. hence all the water recipes!

have heaps of energy to burn sandy!

1:02 am

Why are you doing it Pres?

yes m9 LOL!

1:02 am

that is a major detox

1:02 am

18 days... isn't that a bit long?!?!?

1:03 am

you are thin to begin with

eliminating meds again. fasting works well for that

not for a good detox/cleanse m9, no!

1:03 am

take care, pres

1:03 am

wow

I will... seeing the doc everyday now

you go for a month or almost, with a lot of them

1:04 am

what does he say - will you start to eat soon?

1:04 am

I just told my son you'd been fasting for 18 days... he said "about what??" LOL In his world fasting = praying and fasting.'

I am hoping to do 21 days...

1:05 am

I could not do it, hmmm maybe a wine fast

believe me m9, I am feeling very spiritual at the moment!! "God let me get through this!"

1:05 am

nearly there then , please look after yourself

1:05 am

LOL

hahaha! Yes Sandy, wine fast would be my choice too!

1:05 am

does it make you tired?? I"m trying to imagine...

1:06 am

george, wine could be counted as raw food

no, quite the opposite usually!

I've done a few cleanses that way

1:06 am

I never cook my wine

I don't drink any alcohol anymore, sandyloo

it isn't so much tired... it is 'blissful rest of the brain'... don't remember the kids names at times... but that is normal isn't it? :)

ha! well some cook with wine

1:07 am

LOL pres, mine complain that I never remember their names, but I do - just get them mixed up

yeah, sounds normal to me

but then I'm abnormal!

george, how do you carry out your fast? juice, water??

yes, mrpres

veggie and fruit juices

1:08 am

are you having juice Pres?

I am just amazed at how much food I am cooking!!! The smell of food is very comforting

and lots of water

1:08 am

I love veggie juices

no sandy, just water.

your cooking while fasting? that's gotta be hard!

1:08 am

You must be like a walking skeleton

I didn't have to do that, fortunately!

it is cathardic for me... going without whilst feeding my family is good for my soul!

1:09 am

interesting.

1:09 am

I would find it impossible to cook if I was fasting which I would find impossible to do anyway

oh sandy! I have enough weight on me to do the fast this long! I only do 10 days when I am skinny

torturous!

1:09 am

how do you cook without tasting?? for seasonings????

I get the kids to try it!

1:10 am

I agree with george, torturous

1:10 am

oh well then... I could probably fast for a year...

yeah, that I couldn't do, I'm a taste it as I go sorta cook, not that I cook anymore much!

1:10 am

you must be very strong pres

I think it would be more torturous if there was no food around!! Then my mind would play tricks on me!

lol m9! it has been done!

I used to, cooking's always been a real passion of mine!

1:11 am

amazing pres

oh yeah?

strong willed for sure!

1:11 am

just one bt -- the T in the middle...

1:11 am

I love cooking too

1:11 am

hmm... some people who say they are fasting aren't really... Aiden read some interesting books about it..

eh, Jill? who's bt?

1:12 am

could that be te4/5

jilli, is it the man's name?

1:12 am

ah, got it -- nbt

1:12 am

wtg jilli

oh a blank tile!

<< not awake

1:12 am

it was the ts word

hi flosey :)

1:12 am

I have 5 tiles to finish

1:12 am

lol, george!

see, m9, doing much better than me!

I have 18 words left and am staring at a wall!

1:13 am

I started before you..

1:13 am

well, 30 to go now, haha!

1:13 am

and I'm not QUITE as bad a chataholic as you are..

ha! not much your not, you normally chat far more, cos I often don't at all -- I just do that puzzle!

bbs !

if I can -- can't see anything more in this one!

1:14 am

yes well... the mood must be upon you..LOL

1:15 am

make use of the baby lizards george..

already have those

1:15 am

baby lizards?

why baby ones, though?

1:15 am

have to go and do bookwork so lovely seeing you pres, take care and bye to the rest of you - be good

1:15 am

but have you done all the words that have them in there..?

1:15 am

bye sandyloo

I'm always good! ha!

take care sandyloo

1:16 am

bye sandy

well yeah, I think so -- starting with D and H?

and T........

1:17 am

I'm going to get an early night for a change! goodnight everyone, be back tomorrow night

night, flosey! xx

1:17 am

night flosey~!

1:17 am

night flosey!

1:17 am

yup.

1:18 am

Jilli, this has been a very interesting icon theme, I really enjoyed this one

1:18 am

T?

1:18 am

hmmm

1:18 am

Yes, flosey -- fun to learn about, eh?

1:18 am

for sure

I mentioned T there, m9

yeah, done all those

still stuck with 18 left, can't see anything more!

1:21 am

that was cool.. my older son just asked me to spot him to see fi he could .. and he did 2 pushups standing on his head...

must be blind

1:21 am

I know.. I'm not seeing a t one!LOL so I'm looking

god, I have enough trouble doing a regular pushup!

1:21 am

ah! th

1:22 am

me too george!!

1:22 am

often if you go and do something else for a bit and come back, words pop out at you...

well yeah, TH!

they won't, Jill, can't see anything more

1:22 am

he's been doing 37 regular pushups every evening..

1:22 am

any hints for de 7/44

1:23 am

just make some up, then, george!

I can do a few, with effort -- but I'm working out with a trainer now so that'll improve, or better had!!

1:23 am

oohhh a trainer.. that would be awesome.

yeah, been trying that, Jill -- not working too well!

ooh, just saw another!

1:24 am

see?

1:24 am

there's two of those grandy

there's two of what?

1:24 am

2 de 7/44

awesome? some of them I've been sent might as well be boot camp drill instructors, ha!

1:25 am

6 to go

1:25 am

the last one... after like not hearing

I was calling one of them 'Helga', lol!

1:26 am

hmm... not hearing isn't on grid.

de7/44 means 'wins' -- as in gets the better of an opponent

1:26 am

the one after that one that george clued is most agile.

the 6 before is same, minus the last consonant

eh, m9? how is that -- 'mostly agile'?

1:27 am

oh my my last two and I am stumped the other is ea 5/10

1:27 am

you're cluing the first de7.

1:27 am

I'm clueing the second

yeah, well I didn't know which one was wanted and that's the only one I have

cos I'm not as good as you, apparently!

1:28 am

plural the compass point for the ea5

ta, Jill, had the singular and didn't even see the plural of that -- yeah, I'm deffo not awake!!

that just helped me get a couple more, ta!! xx

1:29 am

me too george!! did NOT see that s!!LOL

1:29 am

hooray for george!

1:29 am

5 to go

no, it's hiding!

14 to go

1:29 am

S for Sneaky!

wish I could figure out your clue for the other de7, but it's just not making sense to me?!

1:30 am

it's got the lizard in it.

still not making sense? tried everything with that in and nothing's worked!

1:31 am

the other de7 is a superlative of the previous word

unless it's some word I've never seen or heard of in my life?!?

oh yeah, that really helps, Jill!

1:32 am

I said it was the MOST agile!

OH!!!!!!!!!!!!

1:32 am

you were prolly going to the other T

THANK YOU! the light finally dawned, lol!! xx

I was, yeah!

1:34 am

thank you I am at 49 and cannot figure out what is missing how many total points should there be for 50 words

yeah, see that now, Jill, sorry!!

1:34 am

3 left for me

1:34 am

581

1:34 am

oh wait... no

1:34 am

thought you would eventually, geo

1:34 am

that's what I have so far!LOL

1:35 am

2

how can there be any word starting with the S in the second row down??

1:35 am

go go jilli!!!

1:35 am

st george

1:36 am

st4/4 and 5/10

1:36 am

ha ha... that looks like saint george.

well no kidding, m9, but I've tried everything and there aren't any ST words I can find!?

tried everything possible!

1:37 am

it's a proofreader's term

1:37 am

come back around tot he middle again

yeah, I tell folk I'm St. George quite often, lol!

they never believe me though -- wonder why!?

tried that, m9, tried every which way!

1:38 am

george.. I think you're going to the wrong t again...

ha! doesn't matter whicih T, tried 'em both!

1:38 am

you'll need both!! hint hint

there are only so many vowels there, tried everything, nothing's working!!

I'd be tearing my hair out, if I had any!

1:38 am

wink wink

1:38 am

nudge nudge

1:39 am

george -- st + the little alien in the movie who phoned home

well no, can't use both together after S, and yeah, tried everything possible with both in it!

1:39 am

just confirming that there is only 50 words

1:39 am

cute jilli

1:39 am

yes grandy. only 50

oh, had that word ages ago, Jill, but I'm still missing an S word from that second row S!!

why's that????

1:39 am

one to go, and I can't find it -- the second fe4/8

1:40 am

it's that word geo! but pl

that top S, bewteen T and D?

1:40 am

try the plural, george.

1:40 am

fe + **d, not even

1:40 am

thank you good nite all....

oh my god! yeah, I really need a holiday!! ha!

do you really want to hurt me now, Jill? lol!!!!!!!

1:41 am

ah... you're a little ginger bread man!LOL

1:41 am

thank you gremlin!!! SPARKLES!!!

1:41 am

(sorry)

1:41 am

YAY!!! wtg jilli!!

1:41 am

Hooray for jilli!!!

who's a little ginger bread man?

1:41 am

you need a staycation!!!

1:41 am

shrek reference george!!

halo, Jellen! be glad you must missed all that, lol!

1:41 am

Hi Jellen!!!

what's that mean, m9, you think I should go away and stay away? ha!

1:42 am

no.. during recession here in us... and gas prices... people were opting for "staycations".. that means taking work break but not traveling.

1:42 am

well, that didn't take long!

1:43 am

staying home for family vacation

oh yeah, sounds bloody good to me, that does!

as I travel too much when I'm working!

1:43 am

exatly!!!

1:43 am

Where are you off to next, george?

1:44 am

i have 4 tiles to go. need one on each one.

1:44 am

clues available here for a bit

sorry, was grabbing a drink, Jill -- Italy again!

1:45 am

for how long?

1:45 am

Just popped in to say hi...finished book 12 in my series...

1:46 am

Woman I swapped child care with at college is living in Italy now

just one day/night

oh yeah? I go there quite a bit, been there a few times lately, lovely country!

never get to see enough of anywhere, though, when I'm working!

1:47 am

then home again home again jiggety jig?

we're just in and out again!

1:47 am

wow

1:47 am

are you good at sleeping in planes?

Morning all how many words today? I bet not many

1:47 am

oh yea!

1:48 am

50 sandra

1:48 am

50 sandra

briefly, yeah

Thanks

and yeah, too good, m9, planes, trains, buses or the back seat of cars, out like a light!! zzzzzzzz

1:48 am

yes.. I remembered!

1:48 am

like me!

I have 12 left, hafta find these!!

or I'll be tearing my hair out -- or would be, if I had any to tear out, lol!

1:49 am

I'm easily hypnotized.. driving when the sun is low and coming through trees is dangerous for me!

1:49 am

using Lickety, George?

not yet, Jill, didn't want to with a grid this small!

1:49 am

I'm trying to not use lickety for once!

1:50 am

I'm not into masochism

1:52 am

Well, if nobody needs clues I'll go and check email...

I need clues!

if there are any going?

have nothing for the O yet!

1:52 am

nbt...

1:52 am

ask away!

1:52 am

wtg jellen :)

1:53 am

oh4

1:53 am

yay jellen!

1:53 am

and of6/27

oh yeah, ta, m9! but now there's one more?

1:53 am

weirdest stat on the h jilli??

1:54 am

what do you mean, m9?

oh bloody hell, how is there an of6 word in this!?

1:54 am

george -- of6/27

1:54 am

it's another superlative geo

yeah, so you said, Jill, but can't find anything!

1:54 am

it's a superlative too, george.

ooh, ta, got it!!

1:55 am

of + exam

1:55 am

jilli.. I have 4 of the 5 h['s... figure the one i'm missing is weird??

1:55 am

maybe??

need one more for the E in the second column, already have the lizards

1:56 am

do you have ho4? Three of the he words are in the same family. Then there's an he4/5 babblet.

you know, it's funny, a lot of what I haven't found are superlatives or plurals, cos I haven't seen that elusive S that's sorta hiding away, lol!

I actually have all the H words!

1:57 am

ed4/6, george

1:57 am

3 in same family! hmmm...

Good evening, what are the first two letter for the 7's? Ihave de7, thanks?

well, nothing there I can find!

1:58 am

it's "the edible root of the taro or of any of several related plants."

1:58 am

oh man. thank you!

good morning, Marc!

1:58 am

I was sure I had typed that!

fe, Marc

fe7/44

1:58 am

Starting to feel the pull of sleepiness...

past tense of the word before it, the fe5/16

1:58 am

marc, there's another de7 and and fe7

1:59 am

how many th words?

and yeah, there's 2 de7's!

1:59 am

2 th words

Got the fe7 thanks

1:59 am

ah jellen... listen to your body!

1:59 am

ok got both.. must be a te I'm missing

1:59 am

Goodbye all..

cheerio, Jellen!

2:02 am

nightynight, jellen

2:02 am

there are 9 te words.

2:02 am

night Jellen. sweet dreams

2:02 am

night Jellen. sweet dreams

Jill, can't see any 4 letter words starting with ed?

Jill, can't see any 4 letter words starting with ed?

Jill, can't see any 4 letter words starting with ed?

2:03 am

oh geo! thanks!

oh god, sorry about the triplicate post, didn't seem to be going through!

2:04 am

I just have one word to go now!

eh, m9?

thanks for what??

2:04 am

it's the upper e that has an ed4!!

oh yeah, well you must be loads smarter than me!

2:04 am

I didn't know what i was looking for but when the puter unfroze I saw your triplicate and then i found it!

yeah, well I've tried everything possible from it but could I see it? no, course not!!

yeah, well you must be far smarter than me!

2:05 am

think nelson and jeannette macdonald.

2:05 am

but diff ending

2:05 am

or did you find it already?

no clue!

course not!!

2:06 am

you know that old singing duo??

2:06 am

"when I'm calling youuuuouuuuuuuuu"

2:06 am

LOL

2:06 am

good morning. I think this grid was designed by a saddddddist!

2:06 am

George, Think ***** Rockets, burger joint. First three letters of Mr Rockets first name and a roundy vowel...

how's that meant to help??

halo, Soodle!! xx

Could I get a clue for de7 that is not to be beaten?

ooh, got it, ta!! xx

2:07 am

a little water current..

2:07 am

that repetition was because of the hiccup that always takes place at that time.

2:07 am

but round ending

what a weird word?!?

2:07 am

Hey everybody!! George, you are clearly far to young to remember Nelson & Jeannette...

2:07 am

yay! you got it!

2:07 am

hi soodle

yeah, Marc, but if you know that? means to win, as in get the better of someone

young?? ha!

2:08 am

Just popped in en route to earn my crust. Off to work now - See you all later. Have a good day y'all....

I'm less than a year away from the big milestone half century birthday!

next June.......

and no, got your clue, ta!

2:08 am

the other de7 is the most dexterous

2:09 am

George, mine is this Saturday. I have only 3 days left of being in my forties.....

2:09 am

you are a bunch of little kids, compared to me!

oh yeah? well hope you have a fab birthday!!

2:09 am

50 --- I wish!

best ever!

2:09 am

and you are, compared to me, ruby!

2:09 am

oh! I meant to look up your bday... cause my sis is 3 years older than I too.. and you remind me of her. her bday is in June too! (I thought yours would be!LOL)

I need a clue for theother 'e' other than ed6

ha, yeah, it's all relative, eh?

2:10 am

Ah, {{{Rubes}}}}. Thanks George. Gotta go - Poof

2:10 am

oh.. happy early soodle!

there's an ed6 ????

2:10 am

but you are much younger at heart,, jilli!! Full of per and vinegar, you are!!!!

help!! please?

2:10 am

no ed6

2:10 am

that was summposed to be pep*

mine, m9? it's June 14

2:10 am

yup! I knew it!! gemini

2:10 am

and my sis is june 10

oh yeah?

2:11 am

ruby, the way I've heard it it's piss and vinegar ;)

Gemini!

2:11 am

my typing needs more coffee -- maybe if I put it directly into the keyboard

<< The Twin

2:11 am

I was afraid you'd be insulted..... hahah

2:11 am

if I can find a pic of her from when she was about 20... makeup from eyes running down into a point on her nose.. I'll scan it for you to see!LOL

2:12 am

Hell no, ruby!

oh? na, I tried never to cry or otherwise make my eyes water when wearing makeup, lol!

2:12 am

and her fb posts are usually about going to some music thing...LOL

any liquid on keyboards is generally a very unadvisable thing, rubyfoo!

de7 clue please,

2:13 am

I need a bedtime snack so fare thee well, everyone -- happy babbling and...*poof*

which one, Marc? you have one of those already?

2:13 am

I gave the de7 clue, marc -- most dexterous.

2:13 am

{{jilli}}

there is one meaning betters someone, then the other means most agile

yes the where you win

and is a superlative of the de4/8

2:14 am

no no.. it was intentional. you silly

oh, well you have the de6/30, don't ya?

2:14 am

she was just playing with makeup

add one more consonant to it!

2:14 am

MARC -- I've clued it twice now!

got it thanks

2:14 am

I guess I'm invisible to Marc

yeah, Marc, WAKE UP! ha! what are ya like?!?

your welcome!

(just teasing, of course)

2:15 am

So goodnight/morning all for sure...*repoof*

well I thought I was invisible to you for a while earlier, Jill, ha!

eh well, night then! xx

I have 8 left

2:16 am

George I didn't get here until about an hour ago -- was out playing bridge.

2:16 am

that's the quickest (and smallest) half, ever!

2:17 am

*re-repoof*

no jilli I keep falling asleep in front of my computer. Got the de thanks for the clue.

2:17 am

i still have one left...

yeah, I meant when you were in the chatterbox!

2:18 am

it's an f

2:18 am

fitting

it's easy to miss things sometimes

especially if your falling asleep, yeah!

2:19 am

oh gah! it was that stupid hiding s again!!!

2:19 am

fireworks

anyone have a clue fo the st5/12, please?

2:21 am

like an arena but with a short ending

nm, just found it!

2:21 am

sweet!

2:21 am

you're gettig closer george!

2:21 am

morning guys

boker tov, Ishult!

2:22 am

flew through this small grid, just need 3 more

I'm ashamed to admit I struggled through it!!

have to go with 4 left. thanks for all the clues but I must get my rest.

2:23 am

hi ishult - I zipped right through 34! hahah

2:23 am

will they give us a second grid for later?

2:23 am

missing a 7, got de7/44 & fe7/44???

Ishutt, sorry, mistyped that!

2:23 am

a second grid for later.. that's funny

2:24 am

too much day left!

2:24 am

I hear one of the suggestions in to dr is to have a monthly grid that's huge... so when people finish the daily they still have something to work on!LOL

I have 2 left, bit stuck again!

2:24 am

and it's freezing here, about 10C, less than 55F

2:25 am

anyone got the 3rd 7?

god, there are plenty other word puzzles and games online, m9, ha! Literati, Lexulous Scrabble, Word Race!

2:25 am

now I'm listening to old victor herbert music..

2:25 am

othing as good as Babble tho!!!!

2:25 am

yup.

yeah, Ishutt -- past tense of the fe5/16 before it

2:25 am

I"m always kind of relieved when it's a smaller grid..LOL

m9, hop on yahoo messenger?

2:26 am

got the fe7 7 de7....what's the 3rd???

there are 2 de7's

which do you have?

one means wins, as in 'betters' an opponent and the other means most agile

2:27 am

have plur of to beat

oh yeah, all right, then you need the de7/44 that follows right after the de4/8 -- superlative of it!

2:28 am

got it.down to last two.... an E & an O

2:28 am

hint for fe7, pls

2:29 am

fe7 - what the heron did with the goldfish

2:30 am

past tense of eat a lot

2:30 am

ty haz, I typed it in without ever finding it

2:30 am

aaaah, back and around!

2:30 am

Work backwards and you'll see the route.

2:31 am

40 words! yay

2:32 am

got the O....just need an E5 to finish

2:32 am

FIREWORKS

2:33 am

1st time in ages I've finished.............don't spend as much time babbling as I used to!!!!

2:33 am

2:33 am

2:33 am

yay ishult!!!

2:34 am

Well done, Ishult.

2:40 am

good morning everyone..crossy has insomnia:/

2:40 am

hello crossy!

2:40 am

((ruby))

2:43 am

down to 6 but had better get dressed as I'm freezing!

2:43 am

Hello, crossy, sorry you can't sleep.

2:43 am

I think summer is over!

2:44 am

was 30 c here yesterday:)

2:44 am

howdy haz

2:45 am

3:45 am is for the birds;/

2:45 am

I know, it feels cruel, doesn't it?

2:46 am

but then again,i shall get to see a beautiful sunrise with my lady;)

2:47 am

ill make us tea and scones on the patio later

2:47 am

You're not shaking her awake to show her the sunrise?

2:47 am

no,no,we are the type that if one wakes the other feels it right away

2:48 am

i sit up with her if she cannot sleep and she does if i cannot

2:50 am

no matter,we will watch the sunrise ,have a tea and grab an hours nap afterwards and be set for the day

2:51 am

If you can nap, that's not so bad, although it then puts you out of your pattern a bit. Is the insomnia longstanding?

2:51 am

like you say,it is a pattern thing,so no afternoon naps or heavy meals before bed

2:53 am

and to try and calm the mind and not think so much at bed times

2:54 am

No trying to rewrite history or predict the future?

2:56 am

actually i am working on pocket gravity in space

2:57 am

Is that to beat all the rules about not travelling with too much in your case?

2:58 am

lol

2:58 am

nope,it is so you can pack for the ladies and still make it to the moon in time;0

3:01 am

actually it is quite a problem,seems on extended stays at the intl space station our space boys and girls lose bone density in zero g, so after 8 or 9 months getting to mars,we would find that our bones would be brittle and our muscles wasted..but i am working on it;))

3:02 am

Light boxes and calcium tablets?

3:03 am

you and me haz,we shall set NASA straight:)

3:03 am

Absolutely, it just takes a bit of imagination.

3:04 am

star trek tng ..we are not ready for it lol

3:04 am

though i get first dibs on the holo-deck ;)

3:07 am

Back in five...

3:09 am

lol,just noticed,this is a tiny one:) i do love them,but this is when a monthly grid would be handy

3:11 am

a nice 10x10 grid with about 10,000 words;0

3:11 am

You are a masochist crossy!

3:12 am

if nothing else,it would keep grenlinn amused;)

3:12 am

((FM))

3:12 am

lol ((()))

3:12 am

It would probably keep him occupied for a couple of hours max.

3:15 am

Talking of words I read somewhere yesterday that on average women say 7000 words a day compared with men who only say 2000. Is that because you can't get a word in?

3:17 am

yup;)

3:17 am

*grin*

3:17 am

actually the wife says i was born with a case of the verbal trotts

3:19 am

lol I can believe that but would add eloquence and wisdom in there too.

3:20 am

heft doft

3:20 am

Good morning liz :)

3:20 am

ooooops, um, good morning people!!!!

3:22 am

Hope the sun is shining for you this morning liz, it is here - yay!

3:23 am

howdy liz

3:23 am

crossy is till waiting for sunrise

3:24 am

It IS FMitch, forecast is good, so I'm off to get my a*** in gear and make the most of it.

3:24 am

HAve a good day then liz.

3:24 am

is that where our sunny day nicked off to? Good evening all

3:25 am

It was a lovely sunrise this morning, ground level mist and clear blue skies but very chilly.

3:25 am

Evening lynxxx, we have borrowed the sun for a while ou can have it back again in about 11 hours :)

3:27 am

an d i shall borrow it in about an hour or so

3:28 am

Thanks. It was supposed to be a lovely 17 today..Stew and I walked out sans coats this morning with clear blue skies, coming back I thought we were going to be rained on - and it has remained overcast all day

3:30 am

the forecast for today say we might make it to 21 but it was 8 this a.m when I was puting food out for the birds.

3:30 am

Oh lynxxx, I saw yr post yesterday say I would be proud of you - I guess that mean you had found my fav hedgehog?

3:31 am

lol, yes, found the 2 versions. Laughing as it was the last word I found the previous(?) day

3:32 am

*grin*

3:32 am

lynxx,since i share your city,s name,will they give me discounts on posh hotel rooms? lol

3:32 am

Melbourne?

3:33 am

yup

3:33 am

Is that your surname?

3:33 am

it is indeed

3:33 am

we have a history aussie and our family lol

3:33 am

Wow, so are you related to Lord Melbourne?

3:34 am

i am indeed lord viscount ,elbourne the 2nd

3:34 am

he was the dirty old bugger in the family

3:35 am

use to go round sniffing after queen vic

3:35 am

princess vic at the time

3:35 am

he was 54,she was 19

3:35 am

ewww

3:35 am

and that explains your babble hareem :)

3:36 am

lol

3:36 am

gout got him

3:36 am

a drinker too was he?

3:36 am

indeed

3:36 am

Back in a couple of mins, need more tea.

3:37 am

we came over to canada in 66

3:38 am

'scuse me for a bit, just want to find these last few

3:38 am

yup

3:39 am

Back after watching our resident housemartins putting on an aerobatics display.

3:43 am

back again with 6 impossibilities left!

3:43 am

wb ruby tuesday;)

3:43 am

ty sleepy crossy -- and yes, it's Tuesday!

3:44 am

Morning Haz and ruby.

3:44 am

5! hello FM

3:44 am

Hello FM, ruby.

3:45 am

How lovely re the housemartins Haz!

3:45 am

4:45 am....groan....

3:45 am

I know - the second lot that have been reared this year and they're amazing.

3:45 am

I don't think we have any kind of martins here. Are they bigger than cuckoos?

3:46 am

I've never seen a cuckoo to be able to compare.

3:47 am

Smaller than a cuckoo.

3:48 am

Cuckoos are about the size of a blackbird I think.

3:49 am

Well then, much smaller.

3:49 am

*passes sleep deprived crossy a mug of tea*

3:49 am

Did you watch 'Who do you think you are?' last night, FM?

3:50 am

I've only seen "our" cuckoo once, but she sang all spring!

3:50 am

No I missed it HAz, was it a good one.

3:51 am

It was excellent - Jason Donovan mostly shot in Australia.

3:51 am

for bottom e I have ea4/4 x2, what am I missing?

3:52 am

i-player will be called into use later today then.

3:52 am

ea5/10 - plural the direction.

3:52 am

it's either a five or a six.....

3:52 am

easts

3:52 am

really, was it interesting? His mother is gorgeous

3:52 am

sorry, I got too excited!

3:52 am

ty haz

3:53 am

It was really interesting, lynxxx. They were able to trace back one ancestor who was a convict and then one, William Cox, who had come out as a soldier in charge of convicts but who had stayed on and had helped build a road through the Blue Mountains.

3:54 am

What is staggering is the amount of information that is retained. He also had a great-grandmother (on his mother's side) who had been a singer in Melbourne.

3:55 am

The sad thing is that he and his mother are completely estranged. They haven't spoken for years.

3:55 am

does sound interesting, I'll make a point of watching it when it comes on. I saw another one - can't remember who - who had a grandfather(?) come out in the early days to Queensland I think

3:56 am

That is sad. She is very well known as is his father

3:56 am

Did they elaborate on why he and his Mother are estranged?

3:56 am

He did go totally off the rails - perhaps too much for her

3:57 am

He and his father seem very close - no information given about the estrangement, just a very factual 'they don't talk.'

3:57 am

3!

3:57 am

He is SO like his father in looks, although his father has aged considerably.

3:57 am

2!

3:57 am

wtg ruby! I haven't even started the grid yet.

3:58 am

Very much so - with his mothers colouring

3:58 am

one 5 and one 6 left! this is the bees' knees!

3:58 am

You'll enjoy it, FM. Clear a few minutes from your schedule and you'll whizz through.

3:59 am

I'll save it for later got a lot on today as it is the end of the month.

3:59 am

It did give us the chance to see Melbourne, Sydney and some of the Australian countryside, so it was interesting.

3:59 am

1!

3:59 am

a six-letter f spanking the monkeys!

4:00 am

*holds breath for rubys Fireworks*

4:00 am

Remember your plurals.

4:00 am

Yay congrats ruby!

4:00 am

thank you haz, smiling!!!! firworks -- twice in one week yaya!

4:00 am

Well done!

4:00 am

especially that hidden s, I got 6 in a row when saw it

4:01 am

Hooray for Ruby!!

4:01 am

the board is almost as grey as I am!

4:02 am

have a great day, everybody!

4:02 am

*poof*

4:02 am

bye Ruby

4:02 am

Bye ruby

4:02 am

Bye, ruby.

4:03 am

Guess I had better put my work head on and get on with the day. TTFN all.

4:03 am

bye FM

4:03 am

Bye, FM, hope your day is productive.

4:05 am

See you later Haz, have a good day too!

4:05 am

I'll say goodbye too. Bye Haz and anyone else around

4:05 am

I'll try - another sunshine day here.

4:06 am

Bye lynxxx. I'll disappear as well. *gone*

4:06 am

well,im off to try and lay down for an hour or 2 see you all later;)...poof

4:09 am

ouch, such a small one! Means I will have to do some work today. Morning all.

4:25 am

fireflies

4:25 am

WTG Spritey!!

4:25 am

just started myself & already down to 28..lol

4:27 am

*pops in* firebirds! back to knotwork!

4:27 am

Yay!!..WTG Ata...good to see you here :-)

4:28 am

how are you, zooz?

4:29 am

Not bad thanks Ata....Hope you are well?

4:30 am

glad you're feeling a bit better :) Yep! Just horribly horribly busy. So much painting and drawing. But had to do a baby grid ... :)

4:31 am

Keeping busy is a good thing, i`m sure...glad you had time to do the grid tho...really nice to see you :-)

hello

5:05 am

Hello, Herin :-)

How you?

5:08 am

ok, thanks...And you?

cold and tired

5:08 am

Morning all. Has anyone heard from NB?

Yes

5:09 am

And.....?

5:09 am

Hello, Jayk..he was on last night...said he was glad to be home...very tired and needed some sleep :-)

5:09 am

Anything about how it went?

And that is all I heart

heard

5:10 am

OK. I'll keep my ears open

I have 20 min left

5:12 am

you can do it Herin..i have 7 more to find.

Ihave to study play farmville answer emails argue with PC that had to be rebooted from about 3 months ago

5:13 am

oh dear...a handful then.

PC was being decidedly rude tonight

I do hope you are better Zoom and Hi JAy

5:15 am

I am ok at the mo, Thanks Herin :-)

5:15 am

I'm going to Paris tomorrow--9 days without babble! How will I manage?

that is good

5:16 am

computers can be rather temperamental at the best of times..lol

Can i cam Jay?

5:16 am

can you not get it on your mobile Jayk?

5:16 am

Sure!

beats doing a test

5:16 am

I';m the only person in the US without one

5:17 am

i don`t blame you to be honest Jayk...thay have there good points...but they can be soo damn annoying too...lol

I only have a mobile phone flicked off the home phone years ago

5:19 am

I work from the house and except for a couple of times when i've REALLY needed one--at which point complete strangers are glad to hand theirs over--I haven't really needed one

I see no point in paying a telco $40 just for line rental or what ever hideous charge it is these days

5:21 am

Exactly, only opposite. I see no point in paying $50/mo for a mobile

5:22 am

I've never been halfway done at 6:21 in the morning. Small grids are for the "Babble Impaired".

5:22 am

this is soo true Herin..i also have a land line & i have not called anyone for over a year on it..i use the mobile...i do receive calls from it tho...mainly companies trying to sell..lol

Jak I have friends and my parents interstate it is heinous the charges

Molly you say that now and it is going to be massive soon

5:22 am

Hello, molly

5:23 am

our land line is part of the cable/internet package--which is in fact a shocking amount!

I have a $1000 spending limit free to other same networks

5:23 am

I predict tomorrow above 300

5:24 am

Wow

5:24 am

jayk, i just buy a cheap mobile, then pay as i go.

I pay $100 for that Jayk

5:24 am

I hope so Jayk..i love large grids :-)

5:25 am

the lone `T` is killing me...does anyone know how many letters?

And that is all I pay. I would like the $70 one but I use just too much for it and too little for the $100

5:25 am

ye....ah. except it definitely interferes with work

Ts 5

5:26 am

thanks Herin.

5:26 am

Thanks!

And the b.f has the same telco as I do free and we are free to talk to each other

5:26 am

I can't see any Os! Need more caffeine

Oh 4 O and arrrrrrr

5:29 am

completely not getting that

5:29 am

got the oh4..not the other one yet..lol

od and the talking horse

5:33 am

any clues for the 7's.....I have de7/44 and fe 7/44 (one is an anagram of the other) but there's a third which must begin with d or f...

5:35 am

it is another de7/44 Ray

5:35 am

ends in an exam

5:35 am

i have those too ray

5:36 am

I see it!

5:36 am

jayK did you get the two `O`s in the end?

5:37 am

only the oh

5:38 am

the other also ends in an exam ;-)

5:38 am

DUH! Thanks

5:39 am

thanks for the clues Herin (nearly forgot to thankyou then)

woohooo I got the 7s on my own I was head down when called

5:39 am

yw :-)

5:39 am

WTG Herin :-)

5:39 am

i need one `F`

5:40 am

Me too. Is there an fo?

5:40 am

And fireworks for me.

5:41 am

no they are all `fe`

5:41 am

Excellent!

5:41 am

got it now!

5:41 am

the one i always find hard to get is the fe + you are the **d one out

5:41 am

good going Jayk :-)

5:42 am

that's the first one I saw!

5:42 am

yeah ok...rub it in why don`t you...LOL

5:43 am

Zoo--what happened to your icon?

5:44 am

Nothing..have you looked at it in my profile?

5:45 am

Yes--that is SO funny! I mean here--the thingy on the left

5:46 am

thats how it looks i`m afraid..although going to change it again soon.

5:47 am

some gifs just do not work on babble for some reason..i always make sure they are small..other whys it slows the chog down..but some just refuse to work...strange.

5:47 am

You can't have animated icons in the chog so all you see is the freeze frame so to speak. Good to see you zooz and Hi Jay.

5:47 am

Ah! I see. One to go--that stupid O

5:48 am

want a clue Jay or just the stats?

5:48 am

Hi FM

5:48 am

Hello, FM..yeah i knew that ..i meant in my profile bit..some just do not work..while others will..still

5:48 am

I need a clue. It's a 6

5:49 am

of + less than an exam.

5:49 am

Dear Lord! Of course. Thanks!

5:50 am

WTG Jayk!!

5:50 am

Done before daylight! That might be a first

5:50 am

Hope the sun is shining on the IoW today, it is lovely here today. yw Jay :)

5:50 am

and congrats!

5:51 am

Yes it is FM..was yesterday too...not sure how long it will last..but enjoying it while it lasts..lol

Hi FM

Yah Jay

5:51 am

This also might be the first time without a list! After 8 months, embarrassing

5:51 am

Forecast is good for the week (can't believe that). Hey herin, all well with you?

5:53 am

no shame in that Jayk..i nearly always use a list near the end...i am just not good enough yet..but hey, i still enjoy dojg the grids :-)

Yes but cold

5:54 am

spring will be with you soon herin, it must be coming as autumn is on its way here.

5:54 am

not wrong FM...getting chilly during the nights now.

5:55 am

Was only 8 degrees this a.m, quite chilly but now is lovely and warm. Talking of which I must away to the post office and do errands. Happy Babbling all.

5:56 am

Ok..i am going to go & sit in the sunshine for a while..take care {{All}}....and happy babbling.

Spring is on its way

5:56 am

*snap*

Is there any Fo words please

NV Firebirds and I am away

6:41 am

herin 10 of the 11 f words are deff FE i havent found any FO yet so if there is any its only 1 if any,if that makes any sense

looking for another 7 - I have de and fe ??

6:51 am

hi everyone

hi carlee, only us lurkers around ;)

6:52 am

with a bitty grid

ah, 2 de7's

6:54 am

i have the loser one

6:54 am

or rather..the winner

do you want a clue for the other?

6:55 am

sure

most agile

not a good clue, but I think you will get it

6:56 am

yay..i hadnt seen the ending yet..or if i had..it had not yet registered :0)

6:56 am

coffee brewing

6:57 am

there..greyed out 13 tiles:)

one sugar please

6:57 am

coming up

6:59 am

Just 50 words?!

6:59 am

Hey, Carlee is here! I haven't seen you in Babble in a while.

It's my fault - I have a day off work and plenty of time :(

7:00 am

Chrissie, do not take the blame for FMitch.

lol

7:01 am

golly, a 50-word babble grid, and facebook is acting up... what am i going to DO all day at work??

7:02 am

FB is misbehaving? I haven't gone there yet.

7:02 am

it is for me, at least. i clicky, and it just hangs...

7:03 am

Good Morning - same for me Eva - yet FB often misbehaves here at work - hmmm - wonder if there is something behind that....

7:03 am

server issues.

7:03 am

Hi RD

7:04 am

Hi Scrabbs - you are on early this morning

7:06 am

morning all, just started and top row grayed :)

7:06 am

stats for the A pls

7:06 am

quite an accomplishment, peri. ;)

7:06 am

whooohoooo peri

7:06 am

and the 4 corners for me - lol

7:06 am

nm got the A, nbt!!

7:07 am

aded

7:07 am

sorry

7:07 am

Day off--will soon head up north for my weekly playdate with my late friend's kids.

7:07 am

im already down to 7 words left.

7:07 am

Peri--good work, haha.

7:07 am

mary's kids are lucky to have you

7:07 am

and I have the four corners as well, ha ha

7:08 am

make that 5 words left...

7:08 am

I feel a strong obligation to love + guide her kids.

7:08 am

very nice scrabb - enjoy

7:08 am

Go Eva go!

7:08 am

so what are we doing with the kids today scrabs?

7:09 am

not so fast Eva - slow word find today..

7:09 am

i know, river -- i may have to go away and come back to make it last...

7:09 am

The nanny + I will take the 3 out--2 youngest need haircuts, then we'll have lunch, then come home + play. I do whatever they want.

7:10 am

how old are they?

7:10 am

that reminds me..this week i gotta take my daughter to the fishery for lunch on thurs

7:11 am

4 words left... still got the other 7 to hunt down...

7:11 am

9, 6, + 34 mo, with boy in the middle.

7:11 am

3 left...

7:12 am

oh so young to have lost their Mom

7:12 am

Miss B Bunny is lying behind me, on top of the air duct.

7:12 am

11

7:13 am

Yes, they were 8, 4 + 12 mo at the time.

7:13 am

2 left, and i found the other 7...

7:13 am

1 left!

7:13 am

Eva is speeding along!!

7:13 am

my brother lost his wife young years ago - kids were 5 and 2 - I dont think my niece as ever adjusted and she is now 16 - very hard

7:13 am

I have fe7 and de7 what does the last 7 start with pls

7:15 am

Mary's kids seem "fine" but as time progresses I know that they will have questions + issues to resolve.

7:15 am

8

7:15 am

my daughter just left for her registration for highschool...my baby is grown up <sniff>

7:15 am

de peri..is another de

7:16 am

i was speeding along, til this last one. its a T5 from the bottom T... *hrmmm...*

7:16 am

they are luck to have you to help

7:16 am

Is she anxious?

7:16 am

excited

7:16 am

2 de 7's

7:16 am

today just paying fees getting gym clothes...schedule

7:16 am

Ev, exam with a vowel at the end

7:16 am

ty grant, will look

7:16 am

TY peri

7:16 am

te5/10? Like male gonads but drop last 2 letters and tag on a vowel.

7:16 am

Scrabbler dear, just to let you know that Mary lives on in many babblers memories. Can't stop but had to speak (()).

7:16 am

~*~*~*~*~*FIREWORKS!!!!!*~*~*~*~*~

7:17 am

RD, I am a connection to their Mom.

7:17 am

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~* for eva

7:17 am

TY so much, FM. I looked at pics of Mary yesterday and can hear her voice. It is tough to accept her death.

7:17 am

Yippee Eva!!

7:17 am

got the last 7

7:17 am

down to 7 words

7:18 am

{{{FM}}}

7:18 am

FM, our birthday month starts tomorrow!

7:18 am

hey mine too

7:19 am

When is yours, RD? Mine is the 8th. FM--22nd?

7:19 am

7th

7:19 am

scarlets is the 21st i believe

7:19 am

i suck sat birthdates

7:19 am

Neato, RD, so, like me, our birthday was occ the first day of school.

7:20 am

yes or labor day

7:20 am

I have a weird thing about remembering numbers, birthdates, etc. Spooks people.

7:20 am

yikes - thats next week already

7:20 am

ahh, those pompoms bring back memories. :)

7:20 am

Yes, Tuesday, RD! Start planning your cake + party!

7:21 am

two columns gray and 6 left

7:21 am

gronk.

7:21 am

speaking of cake..i finally gave in to my now 4 week craving for chocolate cake...oh man....so good am thinking i need some for breakfast

7:21 am

16 left for tonight. I must get ready. Uh, oh, Feather may need resuscitation!

7:22 am

I think it is best to fulfill strong craving + get it done with.

7:22 am

my lovely daughter will be baking me a chocolate cake - she loves to bake and does it all from scratch *rubs hands together - cant wait*

7:22 am

it's a double edged sword sometimes, sleeping in

7:22 am

Foggy brain?

7:22 am

oh this cake turned out huge..i had NO idea from recipe HOW huge

7:22 am

body is up, brain isn't

7:23 am

glad you caved carlee!

7:23 am

i will be eating it for a week regardless if i have for breakfast lunch and dinner

7:23 am

Have a great day scrabbs

7:23 am

Yep, I want a triple chocolate fudge cream chocolate chip cake!

7:23 am

passing feather coffee and killer fudgy choc cake...guarenteed to start all engines

7:23 am

have a great day with the kids scrabs

7:24 am

OK, I must get ready for the day. I will, Carlee, they are funny!

7:24 am

help with O pls, have pt of exclamation

7:24 am

passing scrabs cake too ( mind no chips but didnt need them..there is coffee in the cake too tho)

7:25 am

mmm, would love cake right now, thanks

7:25 am

better go see about food for us. laters.

7:25 am

byebye feather

7:25 am

bye feather

7:25 am

20 left

7:26 am

5

7:26 am

6 but stuck

7:26 am

missing an e from the bottom

7:27 am

nm

7:27 am

5

7:28 am

2

7:28 am

help with o pls

7:28 am

FIREWORKS

7:28 am

yay for River

7:29 am

OH4 - past tense of short exclamation of surprise

7:29 am

have that one

7:29 am

of6/27 of + exam

7:29 am

ty

7:29 am

yw

7:29 am

missing an E from upper E and 3 F words

7:30 am

ef4/7 (part of many other words in this grid)

7:30 am

4

7:31 am

have that ty

7:31 am

fe4/8 fe + this is an **d word

7:31 am

off I go to work - happy babbling everyone

7:31 am

ty

7:32 am

3 left, bbl

7:33 am

yikes I think i may be able tofinish this one!

7:33 am

hi all

7:35 am

hi jmc

7:35 am

i suspect the chog will be kinda lonely today

7:36 am

hi, all. Jmc...fyi...createspace is very fast, quality is excellent. my book is ready to order. https://www.createspace.com/3402609

7:36 am

hi angel

7:36 am

good to know angelsong i am almost ready to print a book from the Center

7:36 am

and you liked the product?

7:38 am

5 to go

7:38 am

all from 2nd column

7:38 am

wtg car

7:38 am

eftd

7:38 am

oops

morning babblers :)

7:39 am

got to go any way bbl

jmc that was close :)

7:39 am

hi nono

7:39 am

3 left

gooo carlee!

7:40 am

urg....male anatomy////every time

7:40 am

2 left

7:40 am

good morning everyone

Morning ((Mom))

7:41 am

{{{{MOM}}}}

7:41 am

can u send me what you put in your jojo salad...now that i have the dressing..all i remember was it had tomatoes in it

7:41 am

{{{Nono}}} & (((Carlee}}}

finaly am reconnected to the internet, and voila, a 50 word grid.

7:42 am

hi rth

hi Red

7:42 am

sure, lettuce, red onion, diced tomates, and of course the bacon, broken into pieces

7:43 am

the lettuce is regular iceberg

7:43 am

hmmmm....no bacon..no can do pork...perhaps cut up smoke turkey

7:43 am

you can try it

7:44 am

they also have on the menu, the jojo salad with grilled chicken strips on it

use turkey bacon Carlee its not too bad a sub for reg. bacon

7:44 am

hard to find up here....

ohhh the chicken strips would be good!

or soy bacon, which I think is bad, but on a salad it isn't too bad.

7:45 am

yay....fireflies

woohooo WTG Carlee!

7:45 am

congratulations Carlee

17 to go here

great job Carlee!

7:45 am

Good morning Red

hi Mom how are you?

7:47 am

so..that was a fun little grid....just enough to get the brain going...no hair pulled out

7:47 am

I am just fine Red, going out to lunch with a dear friend of mine today. How are things with you? When do you start day shift?

I hope soon, I went home last night "sick" but in reality I think I may just be exhausted. THey think maybe the third week in september!

Sounds like a nice day mom!

7:48 am

won't be too much longer then

7:48 am

Yes, we are going to Buckheads Mountain Grill

7:49 am

i want to do something nice for my daughter today.....first day of highschool

A local type?

7:49 am

it is down on the KY side of the OH river, it is so nice to sit and watch the boats

7:49 am

but not a lunch or anything

7:49 am

something completely different

Oh wow, Carlee, can you do a manicure? or is she not that kind of gal?

7:49 am

of which there will be plenty because of the end of summer fireworks on Sunday night

i love that kind of place Mom!

7:49 am

could but not enough $ for that....ex will not approve of \\\\\\\\4 being spent that way

7:50 am

moeny* being

7:50 am

money even

7:50 am

I think Buckheads might be all over

7:50 am

we dont have spearation agreement yet...so he sees how and where i spend $

hmmm, give her a mani peri at home?

Or a movie out?

7:50 am

oh Carlee

7:51 am

maybe...

7:52 am

i know the time is coming soon where we wont hang out as we once did...and I feel sad about it....

yay **FIREWORKS**

I know you will find the right way to celebrate Carlee.

Congrats non!

7:52 am

congrats Nono

7:52 am

*~*~*POMPOM TWIRL*~*~* for nono

I am going to make a new salmon recipe today.

7:53 am

hi everyone and fireworks

7:53 am

oh....rth i found the best way to do salmon and so easy

7:53 am

and my non fish easting son loves it

7:53 am

{{{Annie}}} good morning and congratulations. You have been lurking

7:53 am

carlee, rth, recipes please

7:53 am

*~*~*~POMPOM TWISTY TWIRL~*~*~* for annie (hugs)

Hi Annie!

hi Annie

Salmon is just so nice and versatile.

congrats too annie. I am 17 left....

7:54 am

I lurked all the way through the grid today..a little guy

this was a fun little grid

7:54 am

all i do is dredge in flour, egg and panko crumbs...then sprinkle with dill and put a few capers on top..and fry in olive oil..when i flip more dill and capers

7:54 am

24 left here

7:55 am

was, so then you have fireworks, nono, Congrats!!!!!

lots of plurals and other extentions of words

that sounds nice! I dont really fry anything, but I do like panko coated fish.

and love capers!

yea Annie and Congrats to you as well!

7:55 am

carlee, thanks for the recipe

7:55 am

not oily at all....and as i said..my son gobbles and he hates fish

7:56 am

most welcome...is one of my dads

7:56 am

red, do you bake your salmon?

7:57 am

carlee, how is your Dad?

7:57 am

( i do halibut same way..not as nice..but still good...i find a bit bitter with the capers but the kids like it)

Hi folks. I'll be dropping in and out due to being at work. Can anyone help me out with the lone T?

7:58 am

i dont know annie..he said he would let me know when he has news....wehave not spoken in about 4 weeks... my step mother prefers it that way

I bake it usually. sometimes broil, but usually bake, it probably isn't as nice, but I think it may be a bit healtheir.

7:58 am

its a ts5 mg

7:58 am

good morning Monkey Games

Hi mom!

hi MG!

7:59 am

Morning all. Bingo on the top row.

7:59 am

red, what do you put on the salmon?

Ts 5... figured it absolutely HAD to be a TS... looking...

7:59 am

t and a particular marquis

hi wht!

morning wht

7:59 am

Hi Wht and Doseffing

7:59 am

t+ a s single name singer of the 80's very breathy voice...cant remember a single song tho

7:59 am

thanks Doseffing

7:59 am

hi wht and dose

ok going to do sudoku and then get some more things around for a yard sale

Had just found it, but thanks!

8:00 am

hello all

happy babbling everyone

hello dosef, and monkey...

8:01 am

bye bye {{Nono}}

I have 2 7's. One is a de, and I seem to have överheard"that the one I'm missing is also a de. Not the one that is an extention of the 6. Little help? I'm down to 7 words.

Hi Red!

8:01 am

most agile????

AHA! Thanks.

8:02 am

de 7/44 more so of the de 4/8

8:02 am

did you get the superlative of the de4

8:02 am

plural of the de 6/30

And thanks.

8:02 am

one de is to win as in war...and the other is quickest with hands

8:03 am

thank you for that one

8:03 am

my last 14 are going to have to wait. Time for me to get busy. {{Hugs}} to all of you

8:03 am

(((Mom))) have a great day

Thanks folks, bye Mom, oops, gotta go for now!

8:03 am

{{{Annie}}} thank you, you as well

8:04 am

bye MonkeyGames

8:04 am

bye mom{{{{{hugs}}}}}

8:04 am

later mg

8:04 am

{{Carlee}} bye bye

8:04 am

bye MG...I am off to start the day, bye dear babblers

8:05 am

(((annie))) enjoy the day

8:06 am

im off tooenjoy the day all

8:21 am

oh man. so much to do, so little time to do it. ::le sigh::

Hi between streams of people for the book presentation. Stuck for an O, not the one that goes with ahhhhed.

8:23 am

It is the most frequent, MG

Thanks!

8:32 am

hi all

hi Boo, I am in and out trying to catch up after being 2 days with no internet!

8:37 am

ouch!! You must be going through withdrawl, red

Hi. Sorry to interrupt Have a really quick random question

8:40 am

go ahead with a quick question

I was just wondering if anyone here is having FB issues?

8:42 am

I haven't had any

nuts must be our end

8:42 am

yes Herin - I have for a couple of days - keeps cutting out if not getting stuck

8:43 am

only FB has been an issue - or I should say the games have been the issue

Thanks.

I am in now but I was all ARG finished here now what

8:44 am

Eva was complaining about it too earlier this morning

8:44 am

thats exactly what Eva said - lol

I just wanted to have a break seems it is being poopy

8:45 am

its probably a good thing for me - back to work......poof

which only leads to one thing and that is change and sucky at that

Right Off to finish this cheat sheet

8:46 am

unpoof - go play wordsplay.net - poof

8:46 am

need t clues for t's in middle column please.

8:47 am

oops i mean the t that is in the middle of the grid. there are two ts and i have the words for the top one, but the lower one is in the middle of the grid. need clue for that one.

8:47 am

river i also play wordsplay.

two more

8:49 am

ts + lemon***

8:49 am

do you go under the same name mkg on wordsplay

Hi briefly! Could I get a clue for a word from the E on the left? Have the baby newts.

8:55 am

Good morning all...I need a clue for the 2nd de7..ty

8:56 am

Monkey...opposite of rights..leave off the first letter

8:56 am

de

8:57 am

de7 - making de4/8 the most

8:57 am

ty River...sometimes I am blind!

8:58 am

at least its only temporary - lol

8:58 am

thank goodness...

8:59 am

I am off now - back to work - bye all

8:59 am

bye River

Sea Spray, thanks, but that's the beby newts. I need the other one from that E.

9:02 am

MG-e + same consonant twice & vowel

Thanks!

9:03 am

sure-glad to help

I have all but 2 of the f's-- are there any really weird ones?

9:09 am

i am missing 3 f s still.

I hate to give up with only 4 words left, but I sure have been stuck on these a long time. 2 F's and 2 T's.

9:11 am

i can help with one of the t's monkey.. do you know what you're missing?

9:11 am

hi Monkey Games! I have the F's d o you need a clue?

9:11 am

hi doren!

9:11 am

hi j... tomorrow is my big day

9:11 am

fe 5, 7, 6, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4

I'd love one but am unsure how to quantify which two I need...

Ah, thanks, looking...

9:12 am

oh that's great, doren - so glad for you

9:12 am

were others in your district also rehired?

9:12 am

doren, you were in California - were you reading about the big 400 K mistake?

So... I certainly need the 6 after ate well...

9:13 am

not that i know of. Of course we don't have the federal money, since Christie still hasn't completed THAT application

9:13 am

plural, MG

9:13 am

oh yes, j... checked the news on that every day

9:14 am

still not quite sure what really went down, but I expect Schundler's version is closest to the truth

Ah, stupid of me. Thanks!

9:14 am

they were all pretty clueless, I'd say - I have written and reviewed big grant applicatons, and the most basic thing of all is to FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS!

9:15 am

absolutely. so pathetic

9:15 am

of course we lost more points on other things, like not having everyone on board!

9:15 am

lol! i have known that word forever as a babblet,but i have never known until today that it is actually a baby newt:)

9:15 am

that's cause you weren't a girl scout, crossy

9:15 am

true, and they still are nowhere with the so-called miracle student data system

9:16 am

i never had the legs for it dorens;)

9:16 am

:) crossy

9:16 am

hi crossy

9:16 am

j, our schools are about to be destroyed, if christie has his way

9:16 am

howdy jbv

9:17 am

and wait til we get a good look at Schundler's replacement - it will get worse before it gets better

9:17 am

the guy they're looking at now? oh my goodness. mr charter school himself.. never taught, and not from nj!

9:18 am

they tried to make him an assistant, but he hasn't been approved yet, which is why they couldn't appoint him acting head, which is what they wanted to do

9:18 am

we have an interesting thing going on here in East Brunswick - a Hebrew-language charter school was approved and the school district is going crazy putting up all kinds of legal challenges, but it has a lot of community support

9:19 am

hi all...that's wild jbv (I lived in highland park for 14 years)

9:19 am

very interesting... wonder if Teaneck hs done anything like that? (huge orthodox community there)

9:19 am

hi Harry

9:19 am

and what is wrong with a school that also teaches hebrew?

9:19 am

hi harry

9:20 am

crossy, i'm guessing it is ALL hebrew, not just teaching hebrew

9:20 am

an orthodox community wouldn't do that...they'd stick with the day school...probably more a progressive conservative group

9:20 am

in general, as a public education advocate I don't like the idea of charters taking funds from the public schools, but in this case, the Hebrew language school sounds very interesting to me

9:20 am

they claim it will not be a religious school

9:20 am

probably true, harry

9:21 am

iindeed it is interesting... would set precedent for many other foreign language schools.. the tea party folks will have a riot

9:21 am

if the money is drawn from a general slush fund,then it is fine as long as anyone can attend imho

9:21 am

there's already precedent in nyc for an arabic school isn't there?

9:21 am

Yes, but I believe it was closed down, Harry - have to check

Now stuck utterly for two T's, my last two words. Both 5's. Any seriously odd ones?

9:22 am

khalil gibran intl school - last update on wiki is 2008

9:23 am

do you have ts + lemon***?

Yup. But thanks. Bith of mine are from the left bottom T.

Bith? Sorry.

9:23 am

you have the crime?

9:23 am

no, I was wrong - principal was fired, but EEOC ruled firing was wrong

9:24 am

be back soon

9:24 am

and the plural of exam?

9:24 am

later, j

Yes. But thanks again.

9:24 am

plural of mammary gland?

Akkk, no, only THOUGHT I had that one! Now need one. And thanks again.

9:25 am

MG how about the f's for celebration? 2 are 5's

Yes, that I do have.

Have the f´s now, thanks to helpful people. But thanks.

9:25 am

i have all but one t.. so we probably need the same one

Looks likely.

9:28 am

sorry i can't stick around to find out what it is... gotta go... best of luck!

Bye!

9:32 am

6 left

9:32 am

missing an h - have 3 he and one ho

Another he, Harry.

Stuck, stuck, stuck for this last T5...

9:33 am

me too Harry

9:34 am

got it

9:34 am

silly...forgot to plural the lifting one

9:34 am

I have to list....

9:35 am

is it another he or ho?, oh I have that one, so there are 4 he's?

Yes, 4 he´s.

9:35 am

2 left -- fe4/8 and the ts. any clues or should I get out the tartar sauce?

Can anyone tell me if there is a bizarre T5??

There is no fe8, but the 7 is the past tense of a 5.

9:36 am

add a vowel to the exam

9:36 am

or else add a mean marquis

Wow, thought I'd tried that. Thanks! Fireworks!

And off to finish my working day; the book presentation is starting to let out. Good luck, all!

9:38 am

can't get the 4th he. I have lift and lifts and a 4ltr word I don't know what it means

9:38 am

done

9:38 am

pt lift

9:38 am

never mind, got it

9:38 am

bye all

9:43 am

1 left, 2nd fe4/8. Monkeys not cooperating!

9:46 am

fe + most of not normal

9:47 am

TKS RURU! *F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S*!!! It's been a while! 'Til the next grid, kids!

9:51 am

yw

9:52 am

robwhy, try the pat tense of the lift one

10:33 am

one more

10:38 am

...and... fireworks! nice little grid today, anyone needs clues?

10:38 am

need one but have no idea what it is

10:39 am

where are the stats today?

10:39 am

need two of the three 7 letters

10:39 am

50 words

10:39 am

and I have 49

10:40 am

sean, which 7letter do you have?

10:40 am

um... the gluttonous one?

10:41 am

(aka: large meal)

10:42 am

ah... both the others are d7, one is the most de4/8, and the other is the plural of de6/30, what the victor does to the loser in order to become the vistor

10:42 am

de 7 to win over in battle

10:42 am

ty! don't know why i couldn't see those

10:42 am

2 more words and i'm done

10:46 am

fireworks!!

10:47 am

fireworks here too

10:47 am

thanks for the help guys

10:51 am

fireworks!

10:53 am

woohoo! congrats, all

11:02 am

afternoon all - I need a clue for DE 6/30 please.

11:03 am

keep trying Jin! don't let the grid de6/30 you

11:03 am

That de 6/30 word is de plus that fe 4/7 word Jindigo

11:04 am

ugh! why didn't I see that - thats fireworks for me! Thank you Min

11:04 am

yw

11:04 am

hi all

11:04 am

Congratulations Jindigo on fireworks! Hooray for you

11:05 am

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

11:06 am

my trip to kyoto was canx due to the typhoon, so i get to spend my birthday alone

11:06 am

how's the grid?

11:14 am

You're not totally alone, ardilla...you've got us!

11:15 am

ty jellen *hugs

11:16 am

the travel agent told me that if i had taken a morning flight, i would have been fine, but i despise getting up early on vacation

11:17 am

I despise getting up early, period!

11:19 am

As for the grid, I got nbt with relative ease last night...just got here today...

11:22 am

i just looked at her...is wasn't like we knew about the typhoon at the time of booking and i couldn't change the flights without extreme penalty...and her office didn't open until 1100 so i couldn't have changed the tix if i wanted to...grrr...and then they didn't have enough yen on hand to give me my partial refund yesterday...grrr

11:23 am

that's good news about the grid...up to 27 words already :)

11:28 am

afternoon babblers!

11:28 am

Hi, EvaN!

11:29 am

pausing for lunch. how are we today?

11:29 am

Woke up before noon and have high hopes for getting some things done today!

11:30 am

i, on the other hand, am at work. so nothing productive here. ;)

11:30 am

hi eva

11:30 am

:-)

11:30 am

just survived a cat 3 typhoon

11:31 am

all of this crazy weather lately has me believing in the whole 2012 thing!

11:32 am

!!!Fireworks!!!

11:33 am

such a lovely grid, wasnt it jellen? (thats my feeling of accomplishment today!)

11:33 am

1 typhoon, 1 hurricane, 3 tropical storms

11:33 am

i have 17 left

11:33 am

is such violent weather typical for japan, ardilla?

11:34 am

I must confess, I used lickety...can't help myself...

11:35 am

i had a few clues, but i finished list-free! and in a fairly short time. no really crazy words today...

11:35 am

well, we stay in tccor 4 (destructive winds of 50 knots or greater are possible within 72 hours) from 1 jun -30 nov if that says anything

11:36 am

yowza. that could either be frightening or exciting, depending on your outlook!

11:36 am

running out of steam...about to go to lickety's

11:37 am

So it's best to visit Japan in the spring?

11:39 am

most of the time, nothing comes this way, but this typhoon hit us directly...kinda scary because my apt is mostly sliding doors instead of windows so I could see and hear the wind whipping things around

11:40 am

but they're typhoon glass...all the homes are made to withstand typhoon since okinawa is such a small island

11:43 am

well, i can't speak for mainland japan, but i like the late winter for the cherry blossom; my icon was taken 30 jan 10

11:44 am

okinawa is subtropical so it's pretty much either monsoon (rainy) season or typhoon season, but the bad weather is short-lived

11:44 am

hope that answers your question better?

11:44 am

Oh, yes!

11:44 am

around january im under 5 feet of snow usually and temps of minus 10-minus 30 c

11:44 am

When do you leave for Spain?

11:45 am

hi crossy

11:45 am

Hi, crossy!

11:45 am

((jellen))

11:45 am

howdy ardilia

11:45 am

i leave here 16 sep, but i don't get to spain until oct

11:46 am

And what are you doing there, I missed out on that part...

11:46 am

i'm not sure what will be open today since the typhoon just past us, so it looks like i'll be making my own birthday cake

11:47 am

oh to live in a place where something actually blossoms in january..i think im moving in with you over the winter ardila

11:48 am

pretty much the same comm job i did here with a reduced workload so i'm looking forward to the break in pace

11:48 am

Oh, that's nice...

11:48 am

how long will you be there?

11:49 am

come on over, crossy, it gets just cool enough to kill the bugs

11:49 am

15 months

11:49 am

and where do you get to go after that?

11:50 am

then i move back to the states for 3-4 years...not too happy about returning

Hello babblers!!!

11:50 am

Hi, red!

11:50 am

i really like living abroad

11:50 am

where in the states are you from?

11:50 am

howdy red

cross you can come down to Florida, we have things that bloom in January. not as exotic as Spain though!

11:50 am

georgia, but i'm moving to maryland when i go back

11:51 am

RTH!

11:51 am

well, we in maryland will welcome you. ;)

ardilla!!!

11:51 am

will you be at Andrews?

11:51 am

or Ft Meade?

11:51 am

yes

11:52 am

andrews

11:52 am

lol red,florida is where our old people go to die...i was looking for something a tad different

11:52 am

i grew up very near there. its no Japan, but its not so bad. :)

Ardilla, I was thinking about you when I was running the other day...I've been listening to Marine corps running cadences, nothing like a drill sargeant yelling...

11:53 am

hi babblers

11:53 am

it's a nice area; i've visited the area before, but i would hsve preferred to stayed overseas

11:53 am

Hi, JBV!

Ahhh Cross, most people don't ever see the best parts of florida, which are not the beaches...they dont know the awesome forests of live oak and huge amt os spanish moss...

hi jbv1

11:53 am

hi jbv

11:53 am

very understandable! overseas is so much more...exotic

11:53 am

hi ardilla - I hope you will keep us up to date when you're in Spain - I LOVE hearing about Spain

11:54 am

I'm going to Florida over Christmas break!

11:54 am

i am sure you are right red

11:54 am

wow, i haven't had to call cadences in years

Where are you headed Jellen?

11:55 am

where i'm from in georgia has lots of live oaks and spanish moss...very beautiful old trees

11:55 am

beautiful pic in your profile!

11:55 am

Coconut Grove...my brother has made arrangement for the family to meet there...

Yes, Ardilla, I have been listening to C130, and 1,2,3,4, Marine Corp. It makes me feel strange as I am a pacifist, and in the one they have a whole bunch of references ot "Killing and a stabbing"

11:55 am

hi, all. waiting to go pick up one of our cats from the vet clinic

11:55 am

*arrangements

11:56 am

Hi, Angel!

11:56 am

yes, definitely, i will keep my fellow babbling folks informed of my spanish adventures

Jellen, you will be near the Biscayne bay auatic preserve, which should be a treat!!!

er Aquatic.

11:57 am

well, my air force cadences were a bit more subdued...my fav is called Mama, Mama, look at me, look what the air force did to me

11:57 am

How far is Clermont from Miami?

I will have to look it up.

11:57 am

ardilla, may I ask how yoget to do all this traveling? Sounds like a lot of fun

Clermont is 22 miles north of Disney, about 6-7 hours north of Miami.

I come from an Air force Grandfather, so I should be more paying tribute to him, but the marine ones were so peppy....all except the killing and a stabbing!

11:58 am

Ah, too bad...I won't be there long enough to travel...

11:58 am

one of the lines is "they took away my Cadillac, now i'm walking there and back

I've never even been to Miami!

Ardilla, I have to dowload it! It sounds perfect...

12:00 pm

Ardilla, are you still in the AF?

12:00 pm

man, oh man. FINALLY got an appt to get back to the dermatologist for a biopsy on the strange rash on my legs. called friday to try to get an appt and the gal on the phone was a right *expletive* the girl today was lovely and scheduled me right away.

12:01 pm

bichon, i'm in the air force and we submit a list of preferred assignments (called a dream sheet) and sometimes get our choices

12:01 pm

appts with dermatologists are difficult to get

12:01 pm

Sounds like a dream job. Do you fly planes?

12:02 pm

((Jellen, ardilla, bichon, EVA)

12:02 pm

i've been very fortunate and always gone to places on my dream sheet

12:02 pm

Hi, bichon, btw!

12:02 pm

especially when i have to wait until the rash is active to schedule the appt! Dr put a note in my file to schedule me asap, even if that means overbooking her. but the gal on friday didnt wanna hear that.

12:02 pm

yes, i've been in for 10 years now

12:02 pm

not, i just fly ON planes :)

glad that work out eva. hope friday girl was an idiot.

12:02 pm

We're celebrating our 40th next June and I have a dream sheet

12:03 pm

hi angel

could I get a clue for the second de 7, 44. I have 8 left and I am now using the list because I feel lazy.

12:04 pm

wow, bichon! i had just hit my 10 yr this past june

12:04 pm

the most agile red

12:04 pm

Superlative of the de 4/8

many thanks Bichon!!!

12:04 pm

I'm no spring chicken

12:04 pm

de 7/44 word is the most de 4/8 word redturtlehead.

and thanks also jellen!

12:04 pm

red -- idiot is a nice word for her. i have observed her in the office before, and really, she just shouldnt be allowed to interact with patients.

12:04 pm

Hi, Min!

12:05 pm

good luck, eva

12:05 pm

some people's kids...:)

him inver!

12:05 pm

Hello Jellen! How are you doing? I am actually heading out to take niece&nephew swimming.I'll be back later

12:06 pm

stats of the o's pls? i have 16 left

I have an O 4,6. o plus what sits on you neck, misspelled.

12:06 pm

of 6/27; oh 4/6

12:06 pm

nm, finally got one of them

is that of 6 word really a word??

12:07 pm

I am well, Min...have fun swimming!

12:07 pm

thx jellen, got the 6, was trying to pl the base word

12:08 pm

bye minver have fun

and fireworks.

12:09 pm

woot rth

12:09 pm

Hooray for red!!!!

For a welcome back to the internet grid, this one was a little slim for my ta***

but it gives me time to find a better icon.

12:11 pm

going to lickety's

Ok , I am off, I have some new salmon recipes, so I am going to set up the marinade....

12:16 pm

bye rth

have nice days everyone

12:16 pm

Bye, red

12:18 pm

just got the 3 big meal fishes

12:18 pm

down to 7

12:18 pm

brb

12:18 pm

I have 7 left. haven't listed yet.

12:20 pm

go mixi go

12:21 pm

6 left. thanks for the 3rd big meal. ardilla

12:21 pm

5

12:21 pm

yw

12:21 pm

4

12:22 pm

3

12:23 pm

2

12:23 pm

5

12:24 pm

1

12:24 pm

firewords!

12:25 pm

go mixi go

12:25 pm

congrats ardilla

12:26 pm

tyvm mixi

12:26 pm

need an A for NBT.

12:29 pm

4

12:30 pm

think cleo's snakes

12:31 pm

thanks ardilla.

12:31 pm

3

12:31 pm

woot, fw! can I help clue or are you guys all set?

12:31 pm

woot mich

12:31 pm

i just finished myself

12:32 pm

congrats, ardilla!

12:32 pm

I have sa, se, 4st what I am missing?

12:33 pm

3st's, not 4

12:33 pm

there's only 6 s words

12:33 pm

then you're missing a st

12:34 pm

st5/12 st4/4 st4/4 st5/10

12:34 pm

thanks for the st4.

12:34 pm

2

12:35 pm

do you have the ts5/12?

12:35 pm

yes.

12:35 pm

that was my last word

12:35 pm

the th's?

12:35 pm

missing a t and e on the bottom row.

12:35 pm

down to 12 and still unlisted,but it is getting tough;/

12:35 pm

I have 2th's.

12:36 pm

ea4/4 ea5/10 ea4/4

12:36 pm

1

12:37 pm

te4/4 4/4 5/10 4/5 4/4 5/10 6/21 5/10

12:38 pm

crosshair, do you need a clue?

12:38 pm

go crossy go

12:38 pm

for the a please

12:38 pm

cleo's snakes

12:39 pm

ty

12:39 pm

yw

12:39 pm

beat me to it :)

12:39 pm

right in front of my nose;/

12:39 pm

:)

12:40 pm

that's a lovely kimono

12:40 pm

tyvm

12:42 pm

fireworks!!!!!

12:42 pm

woot! mixi

12:42 pm

ok, going to work...

12:42 pm

woot mixi

12:42 pm

bye mich

12:43 pm

need anymore clues, crossy?

12:43 pm

lol,i am trying to grind away at the last ten for a few more minutes...it is fighting me

12:44 pm

9

12:44 pm

edeo

12:44 pm

oops

12:45 pm

go crossy go!

12:45 pm

lolmhave all the e,s anyways lol

12:45 pm

mm missing a single h

12:46 pm

he4/8 6/33 5/18 4/5 ho4/6

12:46 pm

crossy do you have the heavy lift (reg, past tense and plural)

12:46 pm

hi river

12:47 pm

ty river i needed the past tense of that

12:47 pm

Hi ardilla

12:47 pm

what else do you need?

12:48 pm

do you have the o's?

12:48 pm

i am missing an o

12:48 pm

lol ardilia

12:48 pm

oh4 - short exclamation past tense

12:48 pm

of6/27 oh4/6

12:48 pm

of5 most frequent

12:48 pm

ty river and ardilia

12:48 pm

of6 sorry

12:48 pm

yw

12:48 pm

a pair of f,s

12:49 pm

great eats and past tense

12:49 pm

and plural

12:49 pm

got that

12:50 pm

fe 4/8 fe + this is an **d word

12:50 pm

fe5/16 7/44 6/27 4/7 5/16 4/8 4/8 4/7 5/18 5/18 4/7

12:50 pm

need the 6/27

12:51 pm

and a 5/18

12:51 pm

plural of great eats

12:51 pm

great ea4

12:51 pm

fe + nickname roosevelt

12:51 pm

holiday, pt

12:52 pm

or pl

12:52 pm

hi all. I just popped in for a sec

12:52 pm

hi m9

12:52 pm

Hi m9 - me too

12:52 pm

howdy m9

12:52 pm

look at what my friend posted as her fb status: WARNING! Facebook now automatically scans your brain through your monitor. To BLOCK, go to your kitchen cabinet and remove the box of aluminum foil. Wrap foil around your head, stay calm, & breathe through your left nostril. This is a serious problem & has been confirmed by my cousin's girlfriend's neighbor's son's baby's mama and her pet chihuahua. Copy and paste as your status & SAVE YOUR FRIENDS!! :)

12:53 pm

did you get the f's crossy

12:53 pm

hey crossy, just bought more gummy bacon :)

12:53 pm

lol

12:53 pm

not the nickname

12:53 pm

mmmm gummy bacon....

12:53 pm

gummy bacon.. hmmm

12:54 pm

best warning ever

12:54 pm

crossy did I tell you about my son's experiment?

12:54 pm

what did your son do m9?

12:54 pm

holiday or party, pt or pl

12:54 pm

we made marshmallow coated bacon.

12:55 pm

lool,you both get a bacon club jacket!

12:55 pm

bacon club jacket??

12:55 pm

the holiday or party is like the goat cheese w diff last letter

12:55 pm

then past tense or pl

12:56 pm

whoops the pl is fe5/16 the pt is fe5/18

12:56 pm

hope that helps

12:57 pm

bacon jacket? mmmm...bacon

12:57 pm

how did you coat the bacon with marshmallow?

12:59 pm

back to work for me - bye all

1:00 pm

bye river

1:03 pm

did you finish, crossy?

1:04 pm

ok..arrived in time to get totally curious about marshmallow coated bacon?? m9??

1:04 pm

and hello babblers :)

1:05 pm

melted marshmallow, made layer. placed cooked bacon on. nother layer.

1:05 pm

he wanted to make the marshmallow from scratch but he forgot to remind me to do it before we went to our conference.. so we figured it out in our hotel room.LOL

1:06 pm

and is this a main ..or a dessert?/ sounds decadent :P

1:06 pm

more like a treat kalyn.LOL

1:06 pm

how do you make marshmallow from scratch?

1:06 pm

hi kalyn

1:06 pm

I haven't made homemade marshmallows in a long time. I should do that

1:07 pm

I thought if we did it again we should put maple in the marshmallow

1:07 pm

Hello again...

1:07 pm

hey jellen :)

1:07 pm

they're actually pretty easy.

1:08 pm

hi Jellen!

1:08 pm

it's geletin whipped with hot syrup.

1:11 pm

Mmm...just reminded of a peanut butter spread at the Amish store...pb whipped with marshmallow creme...

1:12 pm

interesting... one could make homemade marshmallows and whip in pb before set.

1:13 pm

I think they put Karo syrup in, too...

1:13 pm

ok.. I'm thinking adding nuts and choco...and.. calories.... and *drool*

1:16 pm

check out this recipe: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1713,1 55165-230196,00.html

1:16 pm

I'm up at family history center and I'm hungry. now stop this!LOL

1:17 pm

marshmallows are made with karo syrup.

1:18 pm

anyone want me to do some family history searching for them??LOL

1:18 pm

ta

1:18 pm

crossy, are you still here?

1:19 pm

Sure, m9! I'd love to do some family history sometime...

1:20 pm

well I'm here every Tuesday morning!LOL

1:21 pm

and there's more stuff on all the time.

1:22 pm

i mean online

1:22 pm

I figured that's what you meant :-)

1:24 pm

Just trying to remember what I have...I have family research on two of my four grandparents...and very little from my grandfathers' families...

1:24 pm

hmmm... I have copies of my grandfather's naturalization papers.. I wonder if I could find my great grandfather's??

1:24 pm

he is my dead end

1:24 pm

my family would be fairly easy to research, as we have an extremely uncommon last name.

1:26 pm

hello everybody

1:26 pm

Hi, jac!

1:28 pm

I thought I had an extremely uncommon last name.

1:28 pm

Oh, oh, I need some positive feedback!

1:28 pm

but there's another set of that name in Ohio that's not related.

1:28 pm

heya jellen

1:28 pm

and the prob is that name only goes back to my grandfather on dad's side.. who created it when he came over here.

1:28 pm

I spent 7 minutes on the exercise machine today...

1:29 pm

LOL.. and that Doesn't help me with ol' dead end grandpa, cause he's on dad's MOTHER's side...

1:29 pm

good job Jellen!!!

1:29 pm

perhaps you will inspire me.

1:30 pm

I have a modest goal...fit into my swimsuit and resort clothes by December 30th...

1:31 pm

go go Jellen!!!

1:31 pm

m9, most people changed their names to something that meant something or to something similar to their original name

1:31 pm

I have a big goal... look ok by the time my daughter get's married!

1:31 pm

oh I know exactly what he changed it from. and the town he was born in... it's not him that's the prob.

1:31 pm

it's the great that came from canada...

1:32 pm

ahhhhhh

1:32 pm

and probably changed HIS last name. and obviously didn't always tell truth about age..

1:32 pm

my dad added years on so people would tell him he looked great lol

1:32 pm

it's diff in just about every census!LOL

1:32 pm

lol, jac

1:33 pm

that's funny. my dad always told the truth so that people would tell him he looked great!LOL

1:33 pm

my parents always looked young for their age.

1:33 pm

and I'm sure his grandfather did too..

1:33 pm

that grandfather married his first wife at 54...and she was 15

1:33 pm

and THEN they had 8 kids..

1:34 pm

Whoa!

1:34 pm

the last born after my father ..so he had an uncle younger than he.

1:34 pm

exactly.

1:36 pm

Oh, must run now...have errands to do, including badly needed new specs...

1:36 pm

ttfn, all...

1:36 pm

hi m9 - my favorite topic - I'm all immersed in it right now, too

1:38 pm

bye jellen

1:38 pm

hey jbv! want me to look anything up for ya??LOL

1:42 pm

oh you would be so wonderful if you could help me out - can I email you?

1:43 pm

we are running into a situation where the written records we can find (ship passenger list, etc.) do not match at all the story that has been handed down, and of course, no one around who remembers

1:43 pm

sure.

1:43 pm

ah yes...

1:43 pm

sounds familiar?

1:43 pm

are you sure the ship list are really for your ancestor??

1:44 pm

write me at my babble name at yahoo

1:44 pm

or friend me at fb with that email

1:44 pm

ok, thanks, not on fb, but I'll try yahoo, thanks

1:45 pm

is that an L or a "one" in your name at the end?

1:47 pm

an L

1:50 pm

ok, thanks

I completed the puzzle!!! I am so stoked!

1:52 pm

wtg ch lace!!!

Lace curtseying!!!!

1:53 pm

yay, Choco Lace!

1:53 pm

m9 - you were looking up Spanish names the other day - is that your own family? you mentioned Puerto Rico...

Now what do I do????? ho hum

1:54 pm

no.. I was indexing

1:55 pm

for family search.

1:57 pm

would you mind telling me what the tile stats mean?

1:57 pm

they mean how many word originate from that tile

1:57 pm

the first number is how many of those words you've found so far

1:58 pm

the second is total for that tile

1:58 pm

0/2 means two words?

1:58 pm

ah ok thanks m9

2:00 pm

yes glc.. it means you have found zero of the two words that originate from that tile

2:02 pm

afternoon all! :)

2:06 pm

* sparklers *

2:07 pm

Did my entry scare people away???

2:17 pm

hi all, back to find last 3 words, need help pls

2:17 pm

hi all, back to find last 3 words, need help pls

2:17 pm

missing an E from top E

2:17 pm

hi peri :)

2:17 pm

and two of the F's

2:18 pm

just one of the f's and an e

2:18 pm

do you know which ones?

2:18 pm

one of the words is a 4 letter and one is a 6 letter

2:18 pm

ok - hold on...lemme look

2:19 pm

I have ef4/7, is the other e a 4 or 6 letter?

2:19 pm

fe6 (pl fe5)

2:19 pm

ed4

2:19 pm

got the e

2:19 pm

it is an f6 I am missing

2:19 pm

Hi Peri, just found the one I was missing fe4/8 fe + I r**e my bike today

2:20 pm

sheehs, ty Pini, feeling stoopid

2:20 pm

:)

2:20 pm

fireworks here

2:20 pm

Me too congrats

2:20 pm

wtg peri and mary!

2:20 pm

if I were a patient person probably would have found that last word myself but thanks Pini

2:20 pm

is Jillibus here?

2:20 pm

yvw peri ... anytime! :)

2:21 pm

hey!! congrats pini and peri!!!

2:21 pm

haven't seen her...

2:21 pm

she and I both ordered the same GPS system and mine came today!

2:21 pm

hi m9

2:21 pm

okay, going to read for a while, byeee

2:21 pm

hi pini..I"m distracted so missed the fw. good job!

2:21 pm

cool!!! I love my GPS...it's name is Jackie! :)

2:21 pm

ty mp hi and bye

2:22 pm

what model do you have Pini

2:22 pm

distracted with genealogy, m9? (read back in the chog)

2:22 pm

I have a Garmen (sp)

2:22 pm

yup

2:22 pm

I have the Garmin nuvi 265T

2:22 pm

I have an older model handed down to me from my dad...he had 2

2:22 pm

1900 census says my great gp was naturalized...so I'm hunting down record..

2:22 pm

ok, now really going, bye

2:23 pm

cya peri! :)

2:23 pm

<-- does genealogy, too ;)

2:24 pm

cool pini!

2:24 pm

I volunteer here at the FHC every Tues morning. no patrons today..

2:25 pm

have taken maternal side back to mid-1600's; paternal back to mid-1500's *grin*

2:25 pm

and then I just set up at home to do indexing...

2:25 pm

nice!

2:25 pm

i get stuck on my dad's grandpa.

2:26 pm

on his mother's side

2:26 pm

Well, most of my records are overseas...I'm only 3rd gen US

2:28 pm

can anyone help with of6,27

2:28 pm

that was my last word...

2:28 pm

of + exam

2:28 pm

yes dp.. most frequest

2:28 pm

oops

2:28 pm

frequent

2:30 pm

Thanks I need 2 more What about de7?

2:30 pm

the most de4

2:31 pm

Got it myself!

2:31 pm

well done ;)

2:32 pm

La st one Ts5

2:32 pm

t + unhappy + vowel

2:33 pm

Fireworks yippee

2:33 pm

wtg dpomfr!

2:33 pm

wtg dpo

2:33 pm

now I'm reading about the french canadian immigration to US between 1840 and 1930

2:34 pm

interesting? m9

2:34 pm

(I had a french/canadian or two in my line)...out of Quebec

2:35 pm

same here. I've heard my gr grandpa was a trapper..

2:35 pm

If I recall right, mine were associated with lumber in some way

2:37 pm

well, unfortunately, back to the grindstone...we should chat sometime, m9...about this genealogy stuff! :)

2:37 pm

have a great day...chat with y'all later :)

2:37 pm

* poof *

2:38 pm

bye!

2:42 pm

Hi all! Just need help with mylast 4....missing 1 E from the bottom....EA 4 x 2...

2:44 pm

car, do you have the plural of the directional word?

2:44 pm

That was the one! TY Bernice!

2:45 pm

i'll trade you for the lone T in the third row.

2:45 pm

TE 4/4 I believe....

2:46 pm

i have a TE 4/4 from the T above it

2:46 pm

It could be the plural of Senator Kennedy's first name?

2:46 pm

Is there a TS in the grid?

2:46 pm

thats from the T above it

2:46 pm

Yes! Of course....TS + lemon *** is very refreshing!

2:46 pm

that's it, thanks.

2:47 pm

Just 1 left.....from the lower T.....

2:47 pm

do you have the male organ?

2:48 pm

? Maybe not ?!?!?!

2:48 pm

it's "exam" plus a vowel

2:48 pm

Is that TE 5/10?

2:49 pm

yes

2:49 pm

Then yes i have it!

2:49 pm

OMG! It was such a fish! Got it! FIREWORKS!

2:49 pm

make sure you pluralized everything

2:50 pm

Can I offer you any more clues before i head out?

2:50 pm

my last one is an F4

2:51 pm

This may be the quickest I have ever finished a grid!

2:51 pm

how many points are there in the whole grid?

2:51 pm

650

2:51 pm

so it's a F 4/8

2:51 pm

There is a strange FE 4/8....

2:51 pm

i need an O - have the O 6/27

2:51 pm

Do you want a clue?

2:51 pm

if you mean the government, i have that one

2:51 pm

yes please :)

2:52 pm

OH 4/6

2:52 pm

No, Bernice, it is a different one.

2:52 pm

deb, it happens the most times (that's the O 6/27)

2:52 pm

thank you very much !!!

2:53 pm

car, that's the one i need i guess

2:53 pm

FE + The **d Couple

2:53 pm

thanks, that did it.

2:54 pm

Wahooey!

2:54 pm

I can't seem to get any Ds. Help?

2:54 pm

OK...have a cool afternoon everyone!

2:54 pm

just in time before i have to go. thanks car.

2:55 pm

hpb, what Ds do you need?

2:55 pm

All of them.

2:55 pm

DE 6 & 7....to not win

2:55 pm

hpb, there's a word meaning to win against an opponent

2:55 pm

awesome. thanks!

2:56 pm

and I got the other two. don't know why I didn't seem them before.

2:56 pm

there's one meaning able or smart

2:56 pm

got it. Thanks bernice and car

2:56 pm

ok, good luck all.

2:59 pm

hi hpb!

3:00 pm

Hey m, what's new?

3:01 pm

i'm at the FHC.. no patrons.. so I'm goofing off.LOL

3:01 pm

good thing they don't block this site. :)

3:02 pm

yup. they don't block much..

3:03 pm

hi everyone, clue for the of6?

3:03 pm

hi lbd. most frequent

3:04 pm

finito!! silly word of6

3:04 pm

wtg lbd!

3:06 pm

and thanks hpb for the clue!

3:06 pm

And fireworks for me!

3:06 pm

whoooo hoooo HPB!!

3:07 pm

WTG hpb!!!

3:07 pm

I think I'll head over to letterblox and see if I can get it to work any better than it did yesterday.

3:07 pm

I'm not home or i'd look for you there..

3:09 pm

well.. it appears that's not blocked either!LOL

3:11 pm

stedtets

3:13 pm

nice try dh

3:13 pm

oops

3:15 pm

oh my, one word left and I've run out of steam .. and inspiration

3:16 pm

oh dear ..just tried playing letter blox...i was not very good..lol

3:17 pm

would you like a clue Kaytee?

3:17 pm

PLEEEZE zooz

3:17 pm

It's the last TH

3:18 pm

to steal

3:18 pm

plural

3:18 pm

any clues for de7/44?

3:19 pm

oh good grief, I can't believe I didn't see that *bangs head on keyboard* ... thanks zooz, now I can sleep!

3:19 pm

de7 de +letter +exam

3:19 pm

thanks zoo

3:19 pm

lol, have a great sleep Kaytee :-)

3:19 pm

best with hands?

3:19 pm

more than welcome Chloe:-)

3:20 pm

zooz - problem is, now my brain is awake, lol

3:20 pm

I finally understand why people always say "fireworks" when they complete the puzzle!

3:20 pm

yes i know what you mean Kaytee...thats why i now read books when i goto bed :-)

3:21 pm

back for last 6:)

3:21 pm

ts 5/12?

3:21 pm

Congrats on your fireworks Kaytee!!

3:21 pm

zooz - I've been doing that for as long as I can remember. Of course, it means that now, when I read a book, I soon become sleepy

3:22 pm

ts5 t + woman singer "your love is king"

3:22 pm

Thanks, zooz - my first. Not the first time I've completed the puzzle, but the first since I've been a fully fledged member (thanks to a kind Canadian)

3:22 pm

Thanks Zoozzoom! Fireworks

3:22 pm

Yes Crossy, is a true gent for being so kind. :-)

3:22 pm

Good luck everyone and have a great day!

3:22 pm

WTG Chloe!!!

3:23 pm

well done Kat

3:23 pm

a brief visit to say fireworks for me and good luck to all of you - this might be my last visit for at least 10 days -off on the hols

3:23 pm

aww shucks...

3:23 pm

zooz - I have to admit I didn't think he even knew me, let alone what the Rand/Dollar exchange rate does

3:23 pm

Have a fantastic time Kazzer, hope the views are breath taking for you.

3:23 pm

lol @ crossy - sorry

3:24 pm

howdy kazz

3:24 pm

Hello, Crossy...sorry we did not mention Bacon you know..lol

3:24 pm

hi all - yes we are off to sunny Wales for long walks and even longer train rides - lots of photos and maybe even swimming in the sea

3:24 pm

mmmm..bacon

3:24 pm

:-)

3:25 pm

We had bacon and avo sandwiches for supper last night - yummy

3:25 pm

oooh bacon - 3 nights of b&b with full english - ummy yummy

3:25 pm

with marshmallows crossy?

3:25 pm

but of course

3:25 pm

Long train rides sounds fabulous Kazzer

3:25 pm

Hope to see some photos when you get back Kazzer :-)

3:25 pm

ok I gotta try this now lol

3:26 pm

bacon with marshmallows? Good grief

3:26 pm

LOL

3:26 pm

kazz,you must get pics,both my parents are welsh

3:26 pm

i am notoriously bad for not putting them up to flickr but if i get achance to post whilst i am away i will dedicate them all to you

3:26 pm

apparently marshmallow covered bacon is.. ummm delicious?

3:27 pm

I'll have to take that on faith - don't think I've ever heard of anyone eating that, lol

3:27 pm

layered like lasagna

3:27 pm

so it is in my blood;)..as well as bacon:))

3:27 pm

M9 was explaining it

3:27 pm

if you have never been to wales before Kazzer..you will find it such a beautiful place..so senic.

3:28 pm

crossy - are you part pig? Careful you don't get eaten, lol

3:28 pm

my spelling is gettin bad...must be getting sleepy.

3:28 pm

lol..no a pig is part of me;)

3:28 pm

lol

3:28 pm

Oh we go there every year at least once if not 2 or 3 times. Its out main holiday and we have stayed at the same place for the last 13 years

3:29 pm

the chicken was a participant but the pig was commited

3:29 pm

For someone who doesn't eat pork as a rule, I'm a pig (pardon the expression) when it comes to smoked pork like bacon and kassler

3:30 pm

My step-father was Welsh, or so he said

3:34 pm

*singing quietly to self* ... I think I'm alone now ...

3:34 pm

not to worry kaytee,i am still here

3:35 pm

whew, I thought I'd forgotten my deodorant :)

3:35 pm

lol! thats what i say when i feel alone in here

3:35 pm

good afternoon everyone. Back for the last 8

3:35 pm

Hi Mom

3:35 pm

howdy mom

3:35 pm

(gosh, long time since I said THAT)

3:36 pm

Hi Kaytee

3:36 pm

{{Crossy}} hello

3:36 pm

im hunting 6 more myself

3:36 pm

I finished before you, crossy? WOW

3:36 pm

lol,i am far from expert at this kaytee

3:37 pm

I used to be good at word games, but Babble has floored me once too often for my ego

3:38 pm

6 ... caught up with you Crossy

3:38 pm

and that is what keeps us al coming back Kay :)

3:39 pm

Hi FMitch

3:39 pm

5

3:39 pm

4

3:39 pm

FM - the challenge, hmm?

3:39 pm

3 :-)

3:39 pm

gooo mom!

3:40 pm

you go, Mom *grabs cat to use as cheerleader pom-pom*

3:40 pm

Hey Mom and ((crossy)) hope you had a nap and caught up on your sleep crossy?

3:40 pm

ouch, he didn't like that

3:40 pm

LOL Kay, the challenge and also the chat.

3:41 pm

Oh Kaytee, I don't think that will be very popular

3:41 pm

((FM)) yes,just grabbed 2 hours.thats probably whats killin me at night,but oh! the afternoon power nap is awsome;)

3:41 pm

I am here for the company, babble is just a nice extra. :-)

3:41 pm

2

3:42 pm

I have to admit I had a nap this afternoon, which is why I am awake and kicking now.

3:42 pm

I used to chat a lot, pretty much the only company I had. But our chat room died, so I gave it up. Now I share a home with my daughter and her partner, so I have company elsewhere

3:42 pm

mm may have to list for these last 6

3:42 pm

Shout if you need a clue

3:42 pm

FMitch, what time is it there?

3:42 pm

will do

3:43 pm

i should say just past 11 pm

3:43 pm

UK time 21.44

3:43 pm

or just before

3:43 pm

crossy, that's what I did .. got to 44 this morning, then tonight I tried until I had to resort to Lickety

3:43 pm

ohh i waqs off

3:43 pm

22:43 here

3:44 pm

14:44 here

3:44 pm

Tomorrow's the first day of Spring .. yay

3:44 pm

Where are you in SA Kay?

3:44 pm

our fall is coming soon kaytee

3:45 pm

I've already packed the electric blanket away - optimistic :)

3:45 pm

FM - in Johannesburg.

3:45 pm

4:45 p.m. here

3:45 pm

cross, are they going to get the web cams fixed at the resort for the coming season?

3:45 pm

crossy - the best seasons, spring and autumn. Summer is too hot, so it's not my favourite

3:45 pm

16:45 here

3:46 pm

same here kaytee

3:46 pm

16:45 is easier than 4:45 pm, lol

3:46 pm

Oh J'burg, been there many times on business trips but didn't get to see a whole lot of the country.

3:46 pm

I was thinking just the opposite Kaytee.

3:47 pm

crossy - I was in Canada in autumn, I think (late August) - weather was crrr**

3:47 pm

1

3:47 pm

lol @ Mom - depends what you're used to, I guess

3:47 pm

That's all Folks!

3:47 pm

Yay for Mom

3:47 pm

Congrats Mom!

3:48 pm

my dad insist on using military time and then fusses at me for using my fingers to figure out the time

3:48 pm

thank you Kaytee and FMitch

3:48 pm

FM - Joburg rocks but it's not the prettiest place in the country. I was brought up in Cape Town

3:48 pm

september is my favorite,you wear a light jacket or sweater till 11 am or so and then it comes off,the leaves on our maple tree turn colours as the hardwood tree display their fall dress for us and the wind off the water scrubs the air so clean,you can see for miles across the bay and it put a dab of rouge in my ladies cheeks as the leaves fall in her long hair...

3:48 pm

oh Crossy, that is lovely

3:49 pm

ooh, that's so poetic

3:49 pm

oh there you go again, getting all wonderful in your words.

3:49 pm

Hi, all.

3:49 pm

crossy is sooooo in love with Mrs crossy it is great.

3:50 pm

howdy dof

3:50 pm

We wear jackets until about 10:00 in the middle of winter - then a long-sleeved shirt is enough until about 16:00 when the sun gets weak again

3:50 pm

Hi Dof

3:50 pm

Hi Dofith

3:50 pm

|Kaytee, I am in your wonderful country right now!

3:50 pm

dof - you are? Where are you?

3:50 pm

*looks over shoulder*

3:51 pm

**waiting patiently for Crossy to get his fireworks**

3:52 pm

lol,do not hold your breath,i am still sitting art 6:(

3:52 pm

he is not concentrating Mom

3:52 pm

can I be of help Crossy?

3:52 pm

there is only a single ts?

3:52 pm

*hands crossy a sparkler*

3:52 pm

no, he isn't. he is writing poetry

3:52 pm

yes

3:52 pm

Sorry, lost my connection for a minute. I'm in Eastern Cape - Addo, then Widerness tomorrow. Then back to Cape \town

3:52 pm

yes Crossy

3:53 pm

k have that...

3:53 pm

any clue for the Fe6 please so that I can get the fireworks.thanks

3:53 pm

I think the ts word reminds me of lemon***.

3:53 pm

everytime crossy writes about his lady it is poetry.

3:54 pm

Hi Stidgmere

3:54 pm

dof - oh, lovely. My brother lives in George, near Wilderness. I haven't been to Cape Town for a couple of years now, probably had my last visit there already

3:54 pm

tsade

3:54 pm

the fe words are both plurals.

3:54 pm

that would be it dof..off to the pb with ye

3:54 pm

hooray ... dofith got it

3:54 pm

Penalty box for our dear dofith. Hi Mom. Just finished and enjoying the friedwords.

3:54 pm

Greetings stidgmere

3:55 pm

ok,crossy surrenders..i am listing....

thanks dof, best clue for that word all day

3:55 pm

oh is THAT what the PB is, lol

3:55 pm

Hi fmitch. It is misty, moisty today and cloudy is the weather. I shall make spahetti for dinner as the Stidboys will be over before band pratice.

3:55 pm

congratulations Stidgmere

3:55 pm

Hi Good Enough

hi mom

3:55 pm

lol at Good Enough

3:56 pm

Kay - click on my profile to see a pic of the PB :)

3:56 pm

Whilest you are in the PB (I thought it meant peanut butter for the longest time), we shall send you fresh, hot tea and scones dripping with butter and jam.

3:56 pm

Time for me to go so I will bid you adieu and Happy Babbling.

3:57 pm

do not believe her pictures of the pb kaytee..the one i last saw was damp and had a hair shirt and old bread crusts

3:57 pm

bye bye FMitch. Pleasant dreams

3:57 pm

tc fm

3:57 pm

crossy, I'd better be careful and concentrate where I type, hm?

3:58 pm

indeed

3:58 pm

hot tea and scones? Wow that's a great penalty

3:58 pm

thanks stidgmere - don't know how I missed that one! firworks!

3:58 pm

wd words

3:58 pm

yaa for words!!

3:58 pm

congratulations Words

3:59 pm

I'm fascinated by how many spellings there are for "fireworks" lol

yay words!

3:59 pm

Pb is great - always yummy treats. I should know - I spend so much time here!

3:59 pm

and we mustn

3:59 pm

I like that penalty box. It is big enough for everyone and yet . . .

3:59 pm

't forget the cabana boys

3:59 pm

Kay, this is my 2nd visit to SA - I loove it

3:59 pm

ok,i am missing the last fe 5/16

there is not enough food in fm's pb picture, i think

4:00 pm

utiful

4:00 pm

I fluffed it last night, my excuse was that I'm not used to chatting. Didn't get any scones though, lol

4:00 pm

plural the fe 4/7 before it Crossy

4:00 pm

That said - so beautiful

4:00 pm

omputer's being tricky

4:00 pm

dof - do you have friends in the Cape?

4:01 pm

ty mom,was a case of i thought i tried it already

4:01 pm

you're welcome Crossy

4:01 pm

Well, sounds like everyone is enjoying the chog today and I shall bid all adieu.

4:01 pm

g'night stidg

4:01 pm

byebye Stidgmere, so good to see you

4:02 pm

tc stiddles

4:02 pm

My 2nd son lives there, with wife and new daughter - so we've just met new granddaughter

4:02 pm

dof - really? Unusual for an Ozzie to move here, usually it's the other way round

4:03 pm

3

4:03 pm

They(son and wife) lived in London for 3 years, then Dubai for 3 years, but always wanted to go to Cape Town , so it's a dream come true for them

4:03 pm

go get 'em Crossy

4:04 pm

They are Africaphiles, I guess.

4:04 pm

Got married in Kruger Nat. Park

4:04 pm

lol @ dof ... I believe Africa gets into the blood, somehow. I've never lived anywhere else, so I can't comment.

4:04 pm

You're right - we know so many SAfricans in Aust!

4:05 pm

My older brother has lived in Oz for decades. My dad emigrated when he was 70, but then came back after 8 years

4:06 pm

It is special - and in spite of huge problems, I believe (hope) it will pull through

4:06 pm

e in Oz does brother live?

4:06 pm

dof - so do we!

4:06 pm

1st word was "where"

4:07 pm

dof - I think he's still in Sydney. We don't keep in contact, last spoke to him when he came out for my dad's funeral

4:07 pm

Must have been about 7 yrs ago

4:07 pm

That's a pity.

4:08 pm

no loss, he's not a very nice person. lol

4:08 pm

Cape Town is beautiful

4:08 pm

2

4:08 pm

That's where I grew up, dofith

4:08 pm

Sounds like my bro - he's a rotter.

4:09 pm

*holds breath waiting for crossy fireworks*

4:09 pm

waiting ..... waiting ..... go Crossy go

4:09 pm

dof - prezactly. Blood isn't always thicker than water

4:09 pm

last 2 are both te,s

4:09 pm

I need 2 too - an F and the center T

4:10 pm

My lad has bought a home in Hout Baii

4:10 pm

ts + lemon*** Cad and hello

4:10 pm

Baai?

4:10 pm

howdy cad fan

4:10 pm

Crossy, are they 4's, 5's or 6's?

4:10 pm

Let's say Bay and be done with it!

4:10 pm

dof - wow, he must be making good money. It's expensive there, isn't it? Mind you, ALL of Cape Town is over-priced by Joburg standards, lol

4:11 pm

Woo Hoo thanks Mom!!

4:11 pm

trying to learn Afrikaans

4:11 pm

you're welcome Cad ... is that fireworks?

4:11 pm

We say Hout Bay, which is a mix of two languages but who cares, lol

4:11 pm

Not yet - still need a F word.... ;)

4:11 pm

how many letters Cad?

4:12 pm

THATS FIREWORKS!!!

4:12 pm

I can give you one, Cad ... but it's not on the grid, lol

4:12 pm

yayyy

4:12 pm

congratulations Cad!!!

4:12 pm

Was missing the past celebration

4:12 pm

Kaytee .... firetruck??

4:12 pm

first te 4/4 please

4:13 pm

you have them with scones, crossy

4:13 pm

THanks - and sorry to ask for help and then run... but I'm afraid I've got to get to an appointment.

4:13 pm

not coffees but te**

4:13 pm

(lotsa cups)

4:13 pm

ciao Cad

4:13 pm

crossy does facepalm....

4:13 pm

go right ahead, Cad. Have a good day

4:13 pm

Mom - that's a good F word, lol

4:14 pm

I heard it as a joke when I was in grade school and went home and sait it to my mom : Mom, what starts with the letter F and ends in uck. The look was priceless

4:15 pm

and then I said Firetruck. I had never heard of the fu word before

4:15 pm

gosh, I'd better go to sleep soon - don't want to be dozy at work tomorrow!

4:15 pm

lmao

4:15 pm

pleasant dreams Kaytee

4:15 pm

i got married in oz

4:15 pm

Hello...

4:15 pm

g'night all ... see you all soon

4:15 pm

have a good rest kaytee

4:15 pm

And good night, Kaytee

4:15 pm

{{{Jellen}}} hello. How are you?

4:16 pm

((jellen))

4:16 pm

G'night, Kaytee

4:16 pm

hi and bye Jellen

4:16 pm

ciao dof, enjoy the rest of your stay

4:16 pm

I am a little shaky...just picked up Tim's remains at the post office...

4:16 pm

*blows a kiss to crossy* ... g'night mr gentleman, lol

4:16 pm

oh Jellen, bless your heart. {{Hugs}}

4:17 pm

Really, GLC? How come?

4:17 pm

:)

oh jellen, hang with us for a bit

4:17 pm

clues for the e second column?

4:17 pm

crossy give jellen a big ole crossy bear hug

4:18 pm

ed + I ** (marriage vow)

it seems just when you start to adjust along comes another whammy

4:18 pm

te 6/21 please

4:18 pm

not rights but l****

4:18 pm

That's tough, Jellen

4:19 pm

have you been te 6/21 for sleep apnea Crossy

4:19 pm

I know they were coming, and a friend had prepared me for the plastic box...but still...

4:19 pm

and Hello Babs

4:19 pm

I have an appointment tomorrow to go to the local funeral home and look for a proper urn...

yes, still very difficult

4:19 pm

thanks, mom!

4:19 pm

you're welcome Babs

4:20 pm

FIREWERKS!

4:20 pm

will be with you in spirit Jellen

4:20 pm

TY MOM

YAY CROSSY!

4:20 pm

Yay, crossy!!!!

2 left here

4:20 pm

Congratulations Crossy ** pops bottle of champagne**

4:21 pm

mmmmm..champers,purs off first glass for jellen

4:21 pm

Also picked up my new pair of glasses today...vision's a little off...

off with the new glasses or the old

4:21 pm

a stronger Rx Jellen or not made correctly?

4:22 pm

Stronger Rx...and bifocals

4:22 pm

bifocals take a bit of getting use to, especially if they are not put in the correct spot on the lens

4:23 pm

Dr. said it would take a couple of days to get accustomed...

hello all, just here to chat for a bit while the salmon broils up. everyone done?

4:23 pm

Hi, red

4:23 pm

Hi Red, I finished a bit ago, was hanging around for Crossy to finish

gotcha beat jellen. i'm on to TRIfocals

how do you guys adjust to using the focals? I imagine my time is coming, but how do you know where to look?

4:24 pm

sending best wishes to you jellen for this transition!

4:25 pm

The instructions at the optometrist's office said to point your nose where you want to look...

4:25 pm

Thanks, Babs...

interesting. Jellen I hope you transition gracefully and without headache.

4:26 pm

Multifocals, or graduated lenses, are great, after a day or two

4:26 pm

dofith i was visiting there and my fiance pulled it off somehow we got married in 10 days in vic park in perth

4:26 pm

i am trying to get used to my first pair of reading glasses,but i can see tri-focals in my future.the top one is for long distance,the mid range is for nearbye and the bottom is to read the label on pill bottles lol

Do you guys ever watch the TV show "Cash Cab"? I so wish I could be on it one day...

4:27 pm

Oh wow, GLC! That's romantic! Is he Aussie? I live about 10 minutes fromn Vic Park

4:27 pm

I like Cash Cab, but I'm afraid I'd choke if I were on it...

4:27 pm

crossy loves discovery channel

my niece told me you have to try out for cash cab

something like you try out for another show so you don't know it will be cash cab

4:28 pm

yes he is dofith....perth is the cleanest city i've ever seen!

really? they have a disclaimer on the show saying that the contestants do not know they are going to be on it...

Ahhhh. that makes sense, because I gotta say, I wonder about these people I work with the public and half of them would not make it through round one.

4:29 pm

Yes, it's certainly clean. But so remote...

4:29 pm

Where are you living now?

and my 80+ year old parents had a big dicussion about whether the cash they get at the end is real...

4:30 pm

I just did something really mean...

I think most of us outside of Aus have no idea how far apart lots of places are in Aus. I had a friend from Darwin...and it is so far from places like sydney.

i guess it's not real and they get sent a check :(

4:30 pm

I'm holidaying in South Africa right now - this place is really beautiful

Jellen??

oh sad.

South Africa is supposed to be gorgeous did you go to any of the game parks?

4:31 pm

My 16=year-old nephew posted that he was "to cool for school" as his Facebook status...

and...?

4:31 pm

And I commented, "I think not...that's "too cool"...

Jellen, you could have been meaner.

teenagers always appreciate grammatical corrections...not!!

4:32 pm

That's true, Red - I'm from Perth, and it's cheaper for us to go to SE Asia than to go to Sydney

4:33 pm

I also ended with :-P

4:33 pm

Yes, I'm in nAddo Elephant Park right now

4:33 pm

t wonderful

uh oh...earl to hit east coast?

4:33 pm

yes i was amazed at how huge oz is, like perth to adelaide is about as far as the whole of usa

OK- I give up. What is the th6 for fireworks?

4:34 pm

one than one th 5/18 Kaplan

4:34 pm

th5 pluralled

plural of the th5?

hello mom. kap how's the kitty?

4:35 pm

Yes, GLC - and there's nothing in the middle

Oh, bingo.

4:35 pm

{{TO}} hello

4:35 pm

here are you living now, GLC?

4:35 pm

Hooray for Kaplan!!!

I Love elephants. I saw them in kenya, and it was really surprising to me how extremely large they are for real...

4:35 pm

congrats Kaplan

4:35 pm

Hi, TO

Spooky passed away last night at about 9 Oclock

yaaay kaplan!

hi jell ed and all

Oh no Kaplan, I am sorry to hear that.

Hello TO.

soory kap.

4:36 pm

I need to scoot off here and find something to fix for supper. {{Hugs}} to all of you Special hugs to {{{Spooky and his family}}

4:36 pm

That says "where" This computer is driving me nuts - turning in. "Bye all.

4:36 pm

clues for o's?

4:36 pm

bye Dofit

4:36 pm

G'night, dofith

night dofith

bye mom

4:37 pm

bye bye {{TO}}

4:37 pm

of6 is the most frequent

of- not on + exam

4:37 pm

oh + past tense

4:38 pm

((Mom))

I swear that of word is not a real word, even if it is here...

4:38 pm

thanks, kap and jellen!

4:38 pm

brb

i need a nap!

4:39 pm

have the f7, clues for the others?

can you not get one TO?

most skillfulde

bests de

and ty for the fe7

well i need to be at church at 7:30

4:43 pm

thanks to

yikes i am tired of hering about bedbugs, now i am itchy

4:50 pm

de 6/30?

best

4:52 pm

to, is that a clue for de 6/30?

yes. bye all

5:07 pm

best is a good clue ... but "beat" might be easier

5:26 pm

Anyone still here?

5:27 pm

Oops, gotta go...

5:27 pm

oh - hi and bye, Jellen :)

5:29 pm

NB! Are you home now or still away?

5:30 pm

oh - home now, Minski! and very glad to be back :)

5:30 pm

how did it go?

5:31 pm

or should I not ask?

5:32 pm

hmmm, I'd rather not talk about it, if that's alright. I got some family out of it, though - four of my cousins. That in itself is incredible!

5:35 pm

I'm glad you are back and it seems like all is well-ish. Good to "see" you.

5:35 pm

gotta go serve dinner. 2 words left to find later.

5:35 pm

woohoo!! first time i finished a grid without a list!!

5:36 pm

well thanks, Minski :) I'm just SO glad to be back!

5:43 pm

evening babblers... lil*monkey in da house

5:53 pm

WOW lil*monkey killed the chog

5:54 pm

i love talking to myself

5:54 pm

welcome to the grid, lik*monkey

5:56 pm

i need 3 more Fs

5:57 pm

who has clues

5:58 pm

well if anyone cares, I am going to put laundry in the dryer now

5:58 pm

BBL

Jesse?

6:05 pm

hi George

6:07 pm

dammit I feel like I'm in the Twilight zone

monk, wait

6:08 pm

did anyone watch Real Housewive of New Jersey?

6:08 pm

there was a big fight

6:08 pm

hi owl

6:08 pm

anyone need clues?

do you have dined lavishly, and the meal>

6:08 pm

clue for any 7 pls

that is fe6/7

de6/7 is best/conquer(ed)

6:10 pm

OK cool, i got those 2

6:10 pm

de7=de + homonym for the body parts you walk on

6:10 pm

tank u

de 4 skilled and de7 most skilled

:D

6:10 pm

OK 7s are done

6:10 pm

i have 13 left

monk, beach not looking good :(

6:11 pm

i was supposed to leave fri AM

6:11 pm

and go to Avon

6:11 pm

now, who knows

6:12 pm

Hi Monk and TO!!! Monkey, my son lives in Virginia Beach.... don't like the hurricane much myself...how is it there?

6:13 pm

jilly, i live just a bit north of Va Beach, it's sunny and hot here. the hurricane is going to skirt the coast about 3 hours south of here

6:13 pm

your son should be fine

6:14 pm

He texted me that, but you know us moms...lol!!

6:14 pm

it will rain here, i doubt we'll see any action

btq monk i just wandered back and swa you

6:14 pm

what does your son do in Va Bch?

6:15 pm

owl, i was talking to myself in the chof for about 20 mins

i need 7

6:15 pm

want any clues, TO?

6:15 pm

Started out working for a Coast Guard contract company, but got laid off. Now in college on GI bill @ almost 28. He's been there 2 1/2 years.

lol monk, did you amuse yourself?

6:16 pm

i love talking to myself

not yet, have not listed yet

6:16 pm

There are worse things.....

6:16 pm

i was just starting a dicussion about Real Houseviwes of NJ

6:16 pm

cool Jillyjilly

6:17 pm

*happy momma smile*

6:17 pm

BRB must tend to my laundry

oooh, my last one was a stupid fish. crazy grid.

6:20 pm

the shorter ones can be tough, you hunt so hard for the obscure ones that you can't see the fish jumping!!

i am embarrassed at the ones i have missed

but with list have fireworks

6:27 pm

Yay TO...spending time on FB and coming back to find words...

bye all!

6:33 pm

bye TO!!

6:44 pm

bbl...if anyone is still out there!!! lol

6:57 pm

clue for de7 got the de 6and 7 need clue for other de7

6:58 pm

webatx, do you have the de4 that means skillful, clever, or nimble?

6:59 pm

de7 is the superlative of de4

7:00 pm

no not yet but ty

ok I'll be honest and say, yes lilmonkey I did watch rhonj LOL

7:03 pm

9 more to find

7:04 pm

awesome, lady B

7:04 pm

what did you think of the reunion? there was a big fight

soooo funny - to think that there are biotches out there like that

7:05 pm

Teresa scares me!

7:06 pm

and Danielle is such a nutcase

Danielle scares me.....

7:06 pm

fer sure

Teresa is a hoot!!!

no offense, but she should be a blonde!!!

7:07 pm

did you hear Danielle is fired from the show?

Ya, I heard that somewhere, maybe a week or so ago

she needs to be medicated

7:08 pm

the show said she was causing too many lawsuits, LOL

she is a nut job, again no offense....just kidding LOL

7:09 pm

wassup there in Rhode Island

7:09 pm

ready for Earl?

we might get 20-40 mph gust maybe an inch of rain

if it stays on the track that they are forecasting now

7:11 pm

i'm right in the frikking zone

sounds like you need to button down your hatches!

7:12 pm

i'm in coastal Va, near Va Beach

Auntie Em, Uncle Henry!!!

7:13 pm

it's just wait & see right now

7:13 pm

Auntie Em Auntie Em! Bring me a drink!

good surfing once he blows by....(not that I surf)

7:15 pm

me neither :)

7:19 pm

i have a real good book to recommend if you are a seasoned reader and not afraid of a book testing your morals and jarring your perception of life,it is called "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy's. it is a stunning book and will leave you thinking about it for weeks after you are finished

thanks Crossy. I've been collecting recommended reads from babbleland.

7:20 pm

it pulls no punches,and will not try and protect your feelings

should i be very very afriad

*afraid

7:21 pm

it is a"harsh" book but a must read

good, i like a challenge

7:22 pm

i can offer it to you in pdf format if you use msn messanger,or you can get a new hard cover at biblio.com for 8 dollars plus shipping

i don't do msn and i can't keep up with you computeralically

7:24 pm

the biblio is a fine safe source for you to purchace new and used books delivered right to your door at discount

hmmm, sounds like i must explore this biblio thingy

7:25 pm

i like fine sources

actually i am not computer expert but i come close when shopping online

7:25 pm

it is a great site and does not just do U.S only...a problem i have had at other sites

7:26 pm

seems that amazon thinks we are not worthy to ship to lol

7:26 pm

crossy plese elaborate on that fine book

7:26 pm

biblio is a good site to explore lil monkey

really? no canadian amazon?

7:26 pm

i think canada gets a bit wacky with its sales tax?

7:27 pm

i may be making that up. but i know my company always has problems processing canadian transactions.

7:27 pm

http://bestsellers.about.com/od/fictio nreviews/gr/road_mccarthy.htm

wacky canaDIans

7:28 pm

;)

7:28 pm

there is your review

7:29 pm

Hello All. I'm back to find my last 2 words.

7:30 pm

i do not worry about offering up good reads,cause it seems all babblers are also bibliopholes as well;0

7:30 pm

howdy minski

7:30 pm

Hi ya minsk

7:30 pm

1

7:31 pm

look at that gal go

so true crossy

7:31 pm

bibliophiles*

7:31 pm

gooo minski!

sounds like you shouldn't read it if you are depressed

7:31 pm

!!!!!FIREWORKS!!!!!

yay minski!

7:32 pm

and of course "Papillon" by henrie charrie..a old fav of mine that i am currently hunting down again in hardcover

i was going to clue se4 : a place ti sit bc that was my last word (stupid fish)

7:32 pm

reading un-depresses me,so it does not matter

7:33 pm

i'm reading and loving the forgotten garden right now, by kate morton

7:33 pm

good stuff;)

7:34 pm

goodnight all

7:35 pm

niters minsk!! 9 left for me...

7:35 pm

is there only one ts?

7:35 pm

yes

7:36 pm

k thanks. hate monkeying for the consonant-laden ones :)

7:36 pm

a variation of sa4/5

7:39 pm

going to have to list I guess to obtain the rest

7:40 pm

i can play gwjim if you'd like, jilly

oh cripes! 50!?! it's gonna be hard!

7:40 pm

i am down to 11 and not frustrated yet, tnc

oh, good

7:41 pm

hi everyone

7:41 pm

just passing through ....

7:41 pm

hey mom

7:41 pm

Crossy, how much do you want to spend for Papilion in hardcover

7:42 pm

Hi Leslie Ann

7:43 pm

for 7s i have de and fe. does anyone have the other?

7:43 pm

another de 7/44

7:44 pm

thanks mom i will go look

7:44 pm

let me know if you want more of a clue

7:45 pm

not yet thanks

7:45 pm

sure

7:46 pm

Mom!

7:46 pm

{{{Welki}}} hello

7:46 pm

how was your trip?

morning all :)

7:46 pm

It is deeeeeeeeeeelicious!! Not too thick, not too overpowering! (to heck with the trip, the dressing is the topic of the moment!)

7:46 pm

hi all

7:47 pm

Hey, how do I know how many points are available on the board?

7:47 pm

morning, mrp, hi, welki, mom, leslie, lindsey, et al

7:47 pm

someone who's finished can tell you .. 650

7:47 pm

good morning Mrp

7:48 pm

lyndsey, we don't, just number of words, though lickety's babble clues will give you the answer to that. link is under the grid

7:48 pm

Hi all

7:48 pm

Hi dcseain

7:48 pm

ok, I am on 629.

7:48 pm

Hi Jillyjillyjill

7:48 pm

i am back mom,i have yet to look seriously,but it is not that rare and i have had 2 copies in hc before so....8-15 dollars

morning mom, dcs et al

7:48 pm

that lickety's babble clues link under the grid can tell you what the words you're missing start with, lyndsey

7:48 pm

Oh Welki, I am so glad you liked the dressing

7:49 pm

Crossy, we have several used book stores here and I wouldn't mind looking for you

7:49 pm

hi, jilly

7:49 pm

ok, thanks for the help

7:49 pm

howdy mrp;))

hi crossy! :))

7:49 pm

jilly? why do you have a dauntless dive bomber as your icon?

7:49 pm

Welki, I was wondering how a trip could be delicious. :)

7:49 pm

what i really want it ray bradburys hardcover of dark carnival (1947 arkham house)

7:49 pm

yw lyndsey

I finished this grid in 7 minutes... what to do now?

7:50 pm

howdy, crossy

7:50 pm

what're you looking for, crossy?

7:50 pm

in vg or better

7:50 pm

put your super-brain to good use curing cancer?!

7:50 pm

ohhhh

7:50 pm

Discovered some of us westerners set icon themes for the day...you can see them on my profile.

7:50 pm

yea mrp,cure the cancer

ok, will look into that!

7:51 pm

Mr Pres, you can help poor pitiful me, have 5 I just can't see, it's clues or take a break for a while and come back

7:51 pm

brb,have to wash the wife back in the tubbers...

7:51 pm

the white computer is nice, but a cat hair magnet

7:51 pm

everything is a cat hair magnet

sure jilly... which letters

7:53 pm

point, LeslieAnn, though some items more than others

7:53 pm

I just know it's gonna be fishy....the ea5/10 and he4/8, and 3 fe's

ea - plural the ea4

7:53 pm

ea -- plural

7:53 pm

ea5 is a plural

7:53 pm

I was really hoping I would do this one w/o any clueing... :(

7:53 pm

he4 is heavy

7:53 pm

ok I have found them all, what now?

he4 = weight

7:54 pm

you get massive congratulations from the chat log

or weighty

yay lyn!!

7:54 pm

new puzzle starts at midnight Grid Time (currently GMT-5)

7:54 pm

congrats, Lyndsey

7:54 pm

if you are pro you get fireworks

7:54 pm

ok, thanks a lot. will come back tomorrow!

7:55 pm

you have to deal with homemade ones for now

fe + strange?

7:55 pm

congrats Lyndsey

7:55 pm

~*~**~*~*~congratulations lyndsey*~*~*~*~*~*~

7:55 pm

ok, mr prses *red in face* usually miss the plurals, not the singular

7:55 pm

i'm famous for finding the variants, but not the base word :)

7:55 pm

I am going to scoot off here, about bedtime. {{Hugs}} to all of you

7:56 pm

okay, ea is plural of what? I have the top and bottom, need middle ea? have the direction and food ones

see ya mom!

7:56 pm

{{Mrp}} have a good day

i am a compound word magnet

7:56 pm

g'night Mom

7:56 pm

plural of the direction

7:56 pm

Nite Mom, sleep tight!

7:56 pm

good night Seain

7:56 pm

firewords

7:57 pm

pleasant dreams to you, Jillyjill

7:57 pm

oh....NOW I see it!!

yay dcs!

7:57 pm

congrats Seain

7:57 pm

huzzah dc!

7:57 pm

Welki, if you are still around .... good night

7:57 pm

thanks, yall.

too many t's clogging the board to really see those plurals

7:57 pm

today's grid was a treat after the last several

7:57 pm

i am missing one o? have the past tense word

7:57 pm

I agree dc

7:58 pm

g'night mom! thanks again!

7:58 pm

i found the Ts hid the plural, too mrp

7:59 pm

you are soooooo welcome Welki, any time!

of6... more and more?

8:00 pm

bugger tried all around that. thanks mrp

of6 ends in an exam

yvw leslie and hi!

8:01 pm

FW!!!! Yipeee!!!!

8:01 pm

k crossy is back again

8:01 pm

missing one 6? have de, he, of, ta, te, th

8:01 pm

and hello mrp. huzzah jilly!

yay jilly!

fe6 eats alot

sorry, eats a lot

8:02 pm

gahhh plurals

ok, PB for me

8:03 pm

those fea's were a pain....lost the s's for the t's...lol

8:03 pm

haha

ooooh, found some water in the esky!

8:04 pm

hmmm, they must have consumed the chocolate I left there...

nah, there is chocolate and pink champagne in here... *stares blankly at the water*

8:06 pm

Ya, who needs to change things to gold if you can change them into chocolate and champagne!!!

oooh, I found mango chicken too!

8:07 pm

there we go, fireworks

yay leslie!

8:08 pm

Yay Leslie!! WooT, WooT, WooT!!!

8:08 pm

Yummmy!!

better go get ready for my 'appointment'... my colon is very tense!!

8:10 pm

colonscopy?

8:11 pm

just think,you get to discover the inner mrp;))

eewwww! I so don't want those pictures!

our health system makes us get tests done so we avoid illness. but all the tests seem to be in the one friggin month!

8:13 pm

Ahh, don't worry, that's what I do all day, I'm an RN in an endoscopy department. Tis nothing!! Good drugs!!

8:13 pm

Well, anyway... owe a work buddy some chocolate chip cookies for several recent favors!! Off to bake....

see ya jilly!

I am off! bye

8:15 pm

hmm next time jilly is in i will ask her if she ever gets tired of people asking the doctor to buy them dinner first.

8:17 pm

hello all *waves to mrp*

8:18 pm

Today was no students, no pressure. Tomorrow is staff in-service. Thursday, KIDS. I am SO glad I am a student teacher and not completely in charge!

8:18 pm

hey stidmama!

8:18 pm

how was the first commute?

8:18 pm

oh, it's a small grid... should I start? I could take as much as 20 minutes right now.

8:19 pm

The morning commute was a BREEZE. got there 20 minutes early so explored a couple of streets I hadn't been on yet.

8:19 pm

you could probably finish it in 20 minutes or less

8:19 pm

The afternoon commute... not so fun. I missed one turn, and ended up in a major slowdown.

8:19 pm

Hello!

8:19 pm

I am so glad things are going well for you. We make ourselves nuts with our imaginations.

8:19 pm

okay, I'll give it a try. (((jellen)))

8:20 pm

Hey Jellen

8:20 pm

took me 40 minutes longer to get home than it took to get there.

8:20 pm

Chug finished in record time (1 min)...so go for it, stid!

8:20 pm

hi everyone ;)

8:20 pm

hey pini

8:20 pm

1 minute PIni!

8:20 pm

affirmative!

8:21 pm

Hi, Pini!

8:21 pm

that is sick. I can only type that fast if I am copying words not finding them

8:21 pm

hi hi hi...how's everyone doing?

8:22 pm

down to 23

8:23 pm

I was a little shaken earlier, but much better now...

8:23 pm

I am happy because I cancelled a trip tomorrow that I was feeling pressured to take. I wanted to go but there is too much going on here at home for me to leave

8:23 pm

oh, gosh, did you want to share, jellen? anything we can do?

8:23 pm

Did something new happen Jellen or was it just a grief attack

8:23 pm

good for you Bugs, I hope you will get another chance to take that trip, Bugs.

8:24 pm

(((more hugs for jellen))) *waits to hear*

8:24 pm

Oh, I picked up Tim's ashes at the post office today...just a little unnerving...

8:24 pm

I will, I just don't like letting people down.

8:24 pm

oh, that is hard. (((((jellen))))))

8:24 pm

Oh Jellen, that is hard. I am so sorry

8:24 pm

{{jellen}}

8:25 pm

I need to decide what to do now...think I will look for an urn...

8:26 pm

Sounds like a nice idea, jellen...take your time to find just the right one...

8:27 pm

Or call the cemetery...they have vaults, I think...

8:27 pm

that's a good idea jellen.

8:27 pm

Consider asking them about "niches"...

8:27 pm

There is no rush to decide. Please feel comfortable doing this at your time

8:28 pm

hi everyone!

8:29 pm

hey LBD.

8:29 pm

Hi, lbd!

8:30 pm

HEY lbd!!!

8:30 pm

(((Stid and Jellen)))

8:30 pm

hiya lbd

8:30 pm

((BUGS))

8:30 pm

((PINI))

8:30 pm

just got firewords but had to use MOre Words to find the last one

8:30 pm

oh dear, down to 6 and falling asleep with lessons to plan! listing!

8:30 pm

whooo hooooo BUGS!!

8:30 pm

wtg bugs!

8:30 pm

I wish I could have done it on my own.

8:31 pm

you can always come back after a quick snooze stid.

8:31 pm

there. forewords!

8:31 pm

oh dear hon (((((((jellen)))))))))

8:31 pm

i got 49 out of the 50 on my own too, Bugs. and had to list with only 3 left

8:32 pm

(stid, when you get a chance, I posted the GD cake in my FB pics)

8:32 pm

holy cow, think i'll go for the grid then!

8:32 pm

hi feather!

8:32 pm

actually, if I sleep now, and have to get back to sleep at 8... I won't make my actual bedtime. Wouldn't be nearly this tired if I had slept all night, but woke up at 2 am despite having taking my sleeping medicine!

8:32 pm

it's not a bad grid feather

8:32 pm

it is a fairly easy one, feather

8:32 pm

lbd...the math doesn't work: 49 found on own + listed for 3 = 52...the grid's only 50 :)

8:32 pm

very cool pini. will take a peek now.

8:33 pm

Hi feather!

8:33 pm

i had to go to the list with three left, found two without really looking at the list, then couldn't find the last one without help.

8:33 pm

wow pini! Those bees are CUTE!!!

8:33 pm

gotcha!! LOL

8:34 pm

they were fun, stid ;)

8:34 pm

anyway, will definitely sleep better tonight! LOL

8:34 pm

a bit stressed, stid?

8:34 pm

a wee bit, perhaps, LBD!

8:35 pm

Help! down to last word, a te5. help with third letter please? thx

8:35 pm

much better in many ways now, though I am sure my brain can come up with something else to obsess about.

8:35 pm

It will be fun tomorrow too stid. Being considered a staff member is something you have waited for.

8:35 pm

ah, Tom is home. strange to have him come up driving the van... I am driving his car for now because it has better mileage.

8:35 pm

pre-classroom jitters. you're going to be just fine. don't let them scare you into thinking otherwise. they're just kids! :0

8:35 pm

it's italian for "head" kbckc

8:36 pm

I believe the word you want has the same root as the exams kbckc

8:36 pm

similar to the "exam" word, end with a vowel.

8:36 pm

brb - koda time :)

8:36 pm

Thx, Stidmama! fireworks!

8:37 pm

thanks LBD. AND the worst that can happen is they will decide I need another (extra) experience I think. I can't do any worse than the worst in my class!

8:37 pm

whooo hooo kbc!!

8:37 pm

YAY kbckc!

8:37 pm

YAY kbc

8:37 pm

Thx, all. g'nite.

8:37 pm

okay, back to lesson planning. sweet dreams kbckc

8:37 pm

i doubt you will do a bad job, stid. you have too much going for you!

8:37 pm

must poof to go Hospicing again. Good luck tomorrow stid. Happy Babbling lbd and Pini

8:37 pm

g'night, kbc

8:38 pm

night night, Bugs

8:38 pm

oh, it won't be a "bad" job LBD, but I may be rather more conventional and low risk-taking than our college hopes to produce in a teacher. That is not necessarily a flaw, however!

8:38 pm

sweet dreams Bugs (((hugs))) see you again soon.

8:38 pm

you'll come up with something innovative!

8:39 pm

anyway, it all seems more reasonable now.

8:39 pm

think outside of the box at times, kids love that stuff!

8:39 pm

Jellen, I hope that you are doing okay this evening.

8:40 pm

*grin* I have been trying to figure out the box borders so far... will bust out soon enough, methinks!

8:40 pm

i believe you will!

8:41 pm

I know that getting Tim's ashes is weird... when I picked up my Buffy's ashes (I know she's a dog, so not the same but...) it took me a couple days to get it all sorted out again.

8:42 pm

anyway... I will be thinking about you tomorrow, Jellen. And see you-all again as soon as I can carve out a wee bit of time.

8:42 pm

*poof*

8:42 pm

that would be rather creepy, and i'm sure it stirred up a whole bunch of emotions you thought you had under control. Don't hold back, cry, rant, be angry...just don't hold it in.

8:43 pm

night, Stid!

8:43 pm

ok, finally diving in

8:44 pm

geez, i figured you be done by now, feather

8:45 pm

was chatting with a friend

8:45 pm

Hi all. Just wanted to say, I may have told this story before, that when my Mum went to collect my Dad's ashes, she didn't tell me and went down the village alone to get them. She took a shopping basket to put the red plastic 'urn' (more like a big coffee jar) in. She also needed to get a loaf of bread, so did so and popped it on top of my Dad's remains. As she was waiting to go over the zebra crossing, someone she vaguely knew came up and asked, 'How's your husband doing?' She had this tremendous urge to say, 'Well, he's dead, actually, but if ou want to see him, he's here under this loaf.'

8:46 pm

She also told me he was far heavier in that plastic bottle in her shopping bag than he was in life when she had to lift him, carry him etc.

8:46 pm

oh dear jac! funny story

8:47 pm

Black humour, feather, is the only way to deal with some situations.

8:47 pm

yep, i hear you

8:49 pm

That is funny, Jac...was called away by phone...

8:50 pm

Jellen - (hugs) - humour can sometimes get you through things.

8:50 pm

Tim rode around with me as I did a couple more errands today...

8:50 pm

down to 13 now

8:51 pm

Another phone call...brb

8:51 pm

Jellen - keep him around to to jobs and errands for as long as you like.

8:51 pm

Feather - do you need any clues?

8:51 pm

hmm, not sure yet. still picking off a few. 10 now.

8:57 pm

Jellen - when you get back - as for nagging him or 'talking to him', as we women would call it - you can do that whether he's in his urn with you or scattered/buried. Men! They think they escape us through death, but they don't. Love keeps them coming back to keep an eye on things, to make sure we're okay and not 'making a mess of things'. You just wait until you are trying to do something that Tim would have known all about or how to do... he'll find a way of helping you.

8:58 pm

You might even hear him laughing at ou if you get it wrong.

9:00 pm

No one every really 'goes' while someone still remembers them. It's 'just' the real life hugs and eye contact that we miss. And, boy, do we miss those! Keep your memory and imagination alive to not lose that completely.

9:01 pm

I hope I haven't overstepped the mark by saying all of that. I can only say what I feel or have experienced.

9:01 pm

think she's still on the phone

9:02 pm

I'm back...

9:02 pm

feather - I know, but she'll read back.

9:03 pm

Hi again Jellen.

9:03 pm

6

9:04 pm

go feather!

9:04 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

9:05 pm

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

9:05 pm

hi min!

9:05 pm

Feather - any clues needed yet? I logged on at about 8.30am UK time, intending to print out the grid to have a go a solving on paper whilst | waited at the hospital for my Mum to have her routine colonoscopy. However, it was only 50 words and I'd found them all before I was halfway down my first mug of tea for the day.

9:05 pm

thinking of listing with 6 to go, dn't want to take forever with this

9:05 pm

Hi, Min!

9:05 pm

Hi Min.

9:06 pm

yeah, it's a quickie

9:06 pm

will list, brb

9:06 pm

sheesh. finding ones i should have seen.

9:07 pm

LOL, I do that, a lot.

9:07 pm

and done

9:07 pm

Congratulations featherbee on fireworks! Good for U

9:08 pm

hmm, that's the first grid i can ever recall finishing without a single clue, asked for or read in passing

9:08 pm

Not that anybody needs it, but I have story in profile

9:09 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! of6/27 was my last word

9:09 pm

ok, i need to go set up a new dvd player. wish me luck, lol

9:09 pm

whoo hoo min

9:09 pm

Yay, Min!!!!

9:10 pm

Goodbye featherbee! I'll see you tomorrow in the log!

9:10 pm

whoo hoo feather

9:10 pm

GL, feather!

9:10 pm

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

9:10 pm

doing okay min

9:10 pm

hi jell

9:10 pm

hi all

9:10 pm

Hi, jmc!

9:11 pm

evening all! I'm already closer to finished than I got yesterday :-)

9:11 pm

lol dan

9:11 pm

Hi, dan!

9:12 pm

Min - I'm sure your clue story will be very helpful. Well done for taking the time and trouble to do it.

9:13 pm

hi jac

9:13 pm

Hi jmc.

9:13 pm

hi jmc, and dan and jac

9:14 pm

and HI MIN!!

9:14 pm

hi lbd

9:14 pm

Thanks Jacula

9:14 pm

Jellen - if you want to read back on what I've said about love and death, you might have to go into the archives (whole blog thingey).

9:14 pm

Hello dan2bit!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:15 pm

I caught it, Jac...I agree with you...

9:15 pm

Hello lbdawger!How are you doing on this fine evening

9:15 pm

very cute cow there jac

9:15 pm

Glad you do, Jellen.xxxxxxx

9:17 pm

hiya min - hugs Jellen and all

9:17 pm

jmc - yup! furry cow by a Scottish loch, or is it by a Welsh llyn?

9:19 pm

Or an Irish lough or an English lake?

9:19 pm

surely a scottish loch! the land of the furry cows

9:21 pm

jmc - it is a furry toy cow by a Scottish loch. But highland cattle (the ginger hairy kind) live just up the lane from me and I live in England.

9:21 pm

i always envisioned them in scotland

9:21 pm

i will have to come to the british isles some day

9:22 pm

Tell you what, those furry cattle are b*ggers to dictate to. If you want to move docile dairy cattle around, it's fairly easy... follow the leader and all that. Not so with the ginger highlanders - they go every which way but the one that you want them to, men and dogs ignored.

9:23 pm

i wonder how the masai with their point spears would do

9:24 pm

for 'men' - read anyone of any sex, falping their arms about and yelling.

9:24 pm

jmc - the Masai wouldn't stand a chance against these single-minded, irksome cattle.

9:25 pm

wow 15 minutes - I think that has to be my fastest grid ever

9:25 pm

lol

9:25 pm

Congrats, dan!!!!

9:25 pm

Well done, Dan!

9:25 pm

whoo hoo dan

9:25 pm

i guess i am still a slowpole!

9:26 pm

*poke

9:26 pm

(nearly pure blood scottish -- definitely not a pole)

9:27 pm

Congratulations dan2bit on fireworks!Hooray for you

9:27 pm

jmc - I do have to say that Welsh Blacks ar nearly as irksome as the hairy highland cattle and are probably more bad-tempered. How would a Masai Warrior with his lion scaring colours do against one of those? Again, not very well, methinks. Cattle and Cats are very different.

9:28 pm

i think the spear would be more useful than the colors

9:28 pm

i think the spear would be more useful than the colors

9:29 pm

*hic

9:30 pm

The Masai take blood from their cattle once a month to mix with milk to drink.

9:32 pm

yes the masai made faces and gagged when we suggested that they should eat veggies

9:33 pm

They're not keen on most fruit either.

9:34 pm

i was reading the papers that all attempts to turn them into farmers have met with failure

9:34 pm

They like their 'beer' which is made over 2 or 3 days in is rife with bacteria.

9:35 pm

10 left

9:35 pm

The Masai will always be hunters and meat eaters.

9:35 pm

they offered us beer but we declined

9:35 pm

some of them have gotten jobs as night watchmen

9:38 pm

The one think the Masai do do, unlike other tribes, is to be Western enough to make money from tourists ad allow themselves to be filmed to bfring in more tourists. They also don't care if they bathe in and their cattle drink in the only available waterhole for other tribes. I don't have much time for the Masai, because they think themselves abvoe other tribes/neighbours.

9:39 pm

Sorry for bad typing! It's late/early here in UK.

9:40 pm

np with the typing

9:40 pm

FAGS

9:40 pm

NA Sup Fools

9:40 pm

Quire

9:40 pm

they clearly were willing to let the tourist do there stuff and to take their money

9:40 pm

Quire Bait

9:40 pm

sorry no cigarettes here

9:40 pm

FAG BAG DOUCHE BAG

9:41 pm

jmcnrick ill kick your ass

9:42 pm

dr god alerted

9:42 pm

lololololol

9:42 pm

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6159/ trollsprayxj4.jpg

9:43 pm

but it has been so long since the little buggers have bothered us

9:43 pm

HI all, got my cookies baked, so put some in the pb for ya....

9:44 pm

don't you want to play with them like a cat with a mouse?

9:44 pm

http://tinyurl.com/lmqdr

9:44 pm

too funny -- it can't even spell!

9:44 pm

hi jilly -- did i do something pb worthy?

9:44 pm

jmc - NO! Don't feed creatures you don't need to.

9:45 pm

Jillyjill - what flavour cookies?

9:45 pm

Hi, Jilly!

9:45 pm

Nah, I'll probably go myself. See I walked into an 'incident"....

9:45 pm

but i always like to tease the wild animals

9:45 pm

Hi Jellen! And Jacula....chocolate chip...

9:45 pm

you should have seen stidgpere

9:46 pm

lol....I left the nuts out of my cookies....

9:46 pm

plenty of nuts in the chog jilly!

9:46 pm

do tell!!

9:47 pm

well bless his heart he is hard line career military which is fine with me -- people make choices

9:47 pm

I dreamed we'd have a little grid...but this one takes the cake...

9:47 pm

so i was trying to do the polite thing since I thought it was likely the other babblers wouldn't appreciate a "discussion"

9:47 pm

We are a diverse group!

9:48 pm

but when he started into "everyone should be drafted immediately out of high school" as you could imagine I did not agree

9:48 pm

XChoc chip cookies sound lovely. Please leave some for us to eat.

9:49 pm

Put 'em in the pb, since we all visit so often!!

9:49 pm

but he and I had long discussions where he would try and bait me and would just laugh and tell military history which i knew much better than he did

9:49 pm

What was the main theme?

9:50 pm

i don't know jilly with a grid this small we may have to work to get to the pb

9:51 pm

Kinda cute this topic fits in so well with many of the"ea" containing words!! lol

9:51 pm

well a lot was just what i said -- that regardless of beliefs everyone should be forced into the military -- other stuff was about how everyone who lives in DC were government bureaucrats and bums

9:51 pm

jmc - that sounds a bit like my son trying to tell me 'facts', as a history student, about things I've lived through.

9:52 pm

lol i took some business classes and we would have discussions in which i would state something and someone would ask my source and i would say -- I was there

9:52 pm

I do think mandatory service (military or community) would benefit our young people immensely!

9:52 pm

but we had a good time arguing anyway

9:53 pm

well needless to say with my work I disagree with that point jilly but the chog is not a good place to argue IMHO

9:53 pm

Yep, I've been in some interesting discussions in the chog!

9:54 pm

but i certain would agree that IF there were mandatory service that IF it included a fair opportunity for community service it would go a long way toward answering some of my objections

9:55 pm

I'm going to get some well earned rest now. See you all next grid and next chog.x

9:55 pm

there were several babblers there connected with the military but what i appreciate is that we can have different opinons and not try to force them on each other

9:55 pm

I just think despite the www etc, our kids do not have the perspective to just go to work or college after high school. Some sort of service time, hey Vista etc, would give them a broader view of their world....

9:55 pm

bye jac have a nice nap

9:56 pm

Niters Jacula!! Sweet dreams!

9:56 pm

G'night, Jac

9:56 pm

well my son took a gap year -- I am a big supporter of gap years after HS!

9:56 pm

and www is indeed not life

9:56 pm

Hey Jellen, how are you? Your FB posts were very moving today!!

9:57 pm

going to find my pillows. sweet sleeps everyone! see you tomorrow

9:57 pm

I'm okay, Jilly

9:57 pm

I push my teens (high school youth ministry) to consider a service project in the summer. We have several here on the local reservations.

9:57 pm

bye lbd

9:57 pm

G'night, lbd

9:57 pm

Hi and g'night dawg!!

9:58 pm

Sorry to stick my nose in .. it's rude ... I believe the thing that we're looking to get into our kids is discipline ... "so stick 'em in the military" ... my hunch is the problem with things like Vista ... it was called Katimavik in Canada ... is the organization was completely undisciplined ...

10:00 pm

Well, I think the discipline comes with age, it's just the concept of reality they need. I see too many that land in college and 'party' out. It's seeing how other people really live or exist...

10:01 pm

actually i raised my son to be self disciplined -- which is different from taking orders -- and he is capable of getting things done when there is chaos (including his mother around him) -- don'tknow enough about Katimavik to comment

10:01 pm

oh, and all are welcome to enter doseffing...it is a chog!!

10:01 pm

i could agree with you more jilly -- i have seen so many of my friends kids drop and flunk out the first year out of HS

10:02 pm

I just don't like butting in in the middle of a conversation ... you always miss the beginning idea ... but anyways ...

10:02 pm

i told my son if you want to find yourself don't do it at $30,000 tuition a pop!

10:02 pm

np doseffing

10:02 pm

Well, actually I butted into jmc's so all's fair!! LOL

10:03 pm

What are your thoughts on the high school kids who truly believe ... in fact they know that UFC and MMA and WarCraft are reality ...

10:03 pm

can i get some help on the 2nd de7?

10:03 pm

this acutally started with me teasing jac about a troll!

10:03 pm

most able ...

10:03 pm

The most de 4/8

10:04 pm

My oldest spent 6 years in Coast Guard, got out, civilian contract job, laid off, one year working nights at Walmart, and he started (and is excellling in) college at 27. He needed the life experience.

10:04 pm

good for him!

10:05 pm

my son is about to graduate next summer pushing 26

10:05 pm

4 left

10:05 pm

Yay for him too!!

10:06 pm

I "supply" teach high school math ... and I ran into an award winning 30 year old history teacher who was given some major award for using War Craft as an exercise to give high school juniors a sense of the reality of war ... I could sense my father rising from his grave to give this lady a shake

10:06 pm

war craft and those games are not real war

10:06 pm

you heal in a short period of time, you don't feel pain, you don't get cold or tired

10:07 pm

Yep, gotta understand reality!!

10:07 pm

Life experience is vital ... I recommend it ... or at least do my best to tell the kids to not be afraid of it ... take the year off ... take two ... get some money ... and some experience ... it's the best way ...

10:07 pm

You don't grieve loss.

10:07 pm

the people you "kill" disappear without leaving guts and crying family behind

10:07 pm

How do you do selling that to the parents!!??

10:07 pm

how about that! we all agree about gaps years! lol

10:08 pm

Maybe we should quit while we agree....lol

10:08 pm

My kid went to university at 17 and did well ... but I was so relieved when she ecided to work for a couple of years before doing grad school ...

10:09 pm

lol good plan jilly!

10:09 pm

That's how it is with my youngest, went straight thru, now working before grad school.

10:09 pm

TEll the parents that it will cost them less money because the kids will have they own money in their pockets when they go back ... and they're less likely to be unsuccessful and quit again ...

10:10 pm

that is what i did and i really regretted going straight through

10:10 pm

Boy I had a tough time with my own mother when my oldest graduated HS...she was just convinced he'd never go to college. NOW she sings the benefit of those 8 gap years...

10:10 pm

tell the amazing high % of kids that drop and flunk out of the first and second year of college -- that will discourage them

10:11 pm

I get to see a number of teacher candidates working during the year ... you can always tell the ones who have two or three years of life outside of the school system from those who have spent their entire life in school

10:11 pm

I went straight thru, but did ok, took a break after marriage to be a stay at home mom...don't ever regret that!

10:12 pm

2 left

10:12 pm

Interesting discussion, but I must go...

10:13 pm

bye jell see you soon!

10:13 pm

yes ... my wife is screaming at me to turn the lights out ... goodnight and thanks ...

10:13 pm

(((jellen)))

10:13 pm

niters dose!

10:13 pm

bye dose

10:14 pm

1 and it is the o6

10:15 pm

fireworks!!

10:15 pm

most frequent+o6

10:15 pm

Yay JMC!!!

10:15 pm

ty jill

10:16 pm

lol i am betting everyone got FW today

10:16 pm

well i need to get up at the crack of dawn and take my sister to the airport

10:16 pm

see you tomorrow jilly

10:16 pm

Lots of chatter = easy grid

10:16 pm

g'night jmc, enjoyed our conversation!

10:16 pm

me too!

10:16 pm

*poof*

10:20 pm

hello dear ones!

10:22 pm

Hi Trifi...how are you this evening?

10:23 pm

can't find my last word....how are you dear?

10:24 pm

tired, rough couple of days. Glad to have this little grid...can say I accomplished something.

10:24 pm

need any clues?

10:25 pm

gosh, jilly, I was away over the weekend and monday, so I am out of the loop. I hope you are okay, and this is only a temp case of tired and rough....sending you lots of good will

10:26 pm

Oh yah, tomorrow should be much better!! Work has been brutal!

10:27 pm

that is good to hear.

10:28 pm

are all the d words in the left hand column def?

10:28 pm

Suppose one needs to remember it's better to have tough work days than life crisis!

10:28 pm

FIREWORKS!!! woot woot

10:29 pm

Yay!! WooT, WooT, WooT!!!

10:30 pm

thanks! hate to fire and run, but I need to sleep! the kids at my work were full of beans today, and not in a good way. It must be a full moon or sommat. good night, jilly, and best of luck tomorrow.

10:31 pm

Thanks Tri...you too, less beans tomorrow!!

10:33 pm

Well, if anyone else is on, I'm heading out too....guess for tomorrow

10:33 pm

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11:51 pm

hello everyone -- I hope this one is a good size -- I want to have an excuse for not washing the kitchen floor tomorrow :)

11:55 pm

Hi nan -- I took today off so need to do lots of things tomorrow, ergo, want a medium sized one (135)

11:56 pm

hey jilli, I got my Garmin today. did yu get yours?

11:57 pm

Yes, I got mine a couple of days ago, peri, but not the accessories yet. Did you get the whole lot?

11:58 pm

I did, I ordered a case and a stand. but the gps came with its own stand. so I will probly sent the other one back

11:58 pm

what else did you roder?

11:58 pm

the other stand is moveable -- I want it!

11:58 pm

order

11:59 pm

no dont do that it may be worth something

11:59 pm

hello

11:59 pm

hi mlf

11:59 pm

is anyone out there

11:59 pm

same as you, the case and stand. The stand which comes with it is for the windshield but the other is more adaptable.

11:59 pm

hi cyber

11:59 pm

hi mlf

12:00 am

hi jill

12:00 am

hi jill

12:00 am

ad did not realize it was for the windshield

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