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140 5,190
141 5,073
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153 4,509
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157 4,377
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159 4,213
160 4,191
161 4,149
162 4,131
163 4,118
164 4,023
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166 3,957
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168 3,894
169 3,838
170 3,815
171 3,705
172 3,686
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174 3,622
175 3,592
176 3,583
177 3,578
178 3,577
179 3,565
180 3,547
181 3,537
182 3,516
183 3,479
184 3,468
185 3,446
186 3,426
187 3,417
188 3,392
189 3,357
190 3,336
191 3,335
192 3,326
193 3,307
194 3,292
195 3,289
196 3,277
197 3,276
198 3,236
199 3,221
200 3,220
201 3,218
202 3,210
203 3,198
204 3,196
205 3,182
206 3,174
207 3,170
208 3,163
209 3,122
210 3,104
211 3,101
212 3,101
213 3,096
214 3,083
215 3,076
216 3,068
217 3,065
218 3,049
219 3,047
220 3,046
221 3,043
222 3,039
223 3,036
224 3,033
225 3,033
226 3,015
227 3,006
228 2,987
229 2,979
230 2,974
231 2,960
232 2,958
233 2,944
234 2,936
235 2,932
236 2,924
237 2,905
238 2,900
239 2,897
240 2,882
241 2,881
242 2,880
243 2,874
244 2,871
245 2,868
246 2,863
247 2,853
248 2,841
249 2,834
250 2,814
251 2,814
252 2,795
253 2,779
254 2,776
255 2,763
256 2,757
257 2,742
258 2,731
259 2,727
260 2,727
261 2,726
262 2,718
263 2,714
264 2,686
265 2,685
266 2,684
267 2,658
268 2,637
269 2,635
270 2,633
271 2,630
272 2,594
273 2,588
274 2,585
275 2,584
276 2,579
277 2,568
278 2,549
279 2,542
280 2,540
281 2,526
282 2,523
283 2,521
284 2,513
285 2,510
286 2,507
287 2,496
288 2,475
289 2,473
290 2,471
291 2,468
292 2,452
293 2,442
294 2,402
295 2,399
296 2,390
297 2,385
298 2,379
299 2,354
300 2,337
301 2,322
302 2,319
303 2,308
304 2,300
305 2,298
306 2,294
307 2,288
308 2,285
309 2,269
310 2,262
311 2,260
312 2,239
313 2,235
314 2,233
315 2,227
316 2,227
317 2,216
318 2,209
319 2,203
320 2,190
321 2,179
322 2,178
323 2,171
324 2,167
325 2,163
326 2,143
327 2,139
328 2,132
329 2,126
330 2,105
331 2,103
332 2,103
333 2,101
334 2,086
335 2,085
336 2,085
337 2,083
338 2,080
339 2,073
340 2,042
341 2,038
342 2,037
343 2,033
344 2,030
345 2,025
346 2,020
347 2,018
348 2,016
349 2,015
350 2,000
351 1,994
352 1,986
353 1,969
354 1,964
355 1,962
356 1,961
357 1,959
358 1,957
359 1,947
360 1,939
361 1,934
362 1,924
363 1,916
364 1,913
365 1,909
366 1,909
367 1,907
368 1,891
369 1,887
370 1,886
371 1,873
372 1,869
373 1,846
374 1,841
375 1,837
376 1,831
377 1,830
378 1,822
379 1,820
380 1,818
381 1,813
382 1,808
383 1,806
384 1,805
385 1,798
386 1,797
387 1,793
388 1,779
389 1,762
390 1,760
391 1,760
392 1,749
393 1,740
394 1,735
395 1,732
396 1,722
397 1,709
398 1,697
399 1,688
400 1,687
401 1,687
402 1,685
403 1,679
404 1,677
405 1,677
406 1,673
407 1,671
408 1,659
409 1,657
410 1,651
411 1,648
412 1,643
413 1,639
414 1,629
415 1,621
416 1,615
417 1,603
418 1,598
419 1,595
420 1,593
421 1,569
422 1,568
423 1,567
424 1,558
425 1,557
426 1,548
427 1,543
428 1,540
429 1,533
430 1,529
431 1,526
432 1,525
433 1,525
434 1,523
435 1,517
436 1,514
437 1,512
438 1,504
439 1,498
440 1,493
441 1,485
442 1,485
443 1,482
444 1,470
445 1,469
446 1,463
447 1,458
448 1,452
449 1,437
450 1,432
451 1,416
452 1,414
453 1,413
454 1,404
455 1,400
456 1,395
457 1,390
458 1,387
459 1,380
460 1,379
461 1,378
462 1,376
463 1,376
464 1,369
465 1,361
466 1,360
467 1,334
468 1,322
469 1,321
470 1,314
471 1,313
472 1,310
473 1,307
474 1,305
475 1,290
476 1,287
477 1,287
478 1,285
479 1,281
480 1,268
481 1,267
482 1,267
483 1,266
484 1,257
485 1,257
486 1,256
487 1,254
488 1,247
489 1,242
490 1,228
491 1,227
492 1,218
493 1,217
494 1,214
495 1,211
496 1,209
497 1,196
498 1,196
499 1,194
500 1,191
501 1,187
502 1,183
503 1,183
504 1,181
505 1,179
506 1,178
507 1,178
508 1,162
509 1,155
510 1,153
511 1,152
512 1,142
513 1,133
514 1,124
515 1,119
516 1,119
517 1,117
518 1,111
519 1,092
520 1,092
521 1,079
522 1,076
523 1,076
524 1,074
525 1,073
526 1,070
527 1,063
528 1,062
529 1,061
530 1,057
531 1,057
532 1,055
533 1,051
534 1,041
535 1,033
536 1,029
537 1,019
538 1,013
539 1,011
540 1,008
541 998
542 993
543 993
544 991
545 991
546 990
547 984
548 974
549 966
550 963
551 955
552 952
553 941
554 933
555 929
556 928
557 923
558 922
559 921
560 921
561 921
562 917
563 916
564 905
565 904
566 900
567 885
568 881
569 877
570 877
571 874
572 867
573 858
574 840
575 830
576 824
577 824
578 823
579 820
580 810
581 806
582 805
583 804
584 803
585 800
586 798
587 793
588 793
589 793
590 784
591 781
592 780
593 768
594 765
595 765
596 763
597 762
598 759
599 752
600 751
601 751
602 748
603 747
604 734
605 733
606 731
607 729
608 728
609 715
610 707
611 706
612 704
613 701
614 701
615 699
616 695
617 686
618 674
619 667
620 656
621 655
622 646
623 642
624 642
625 642
626 627
627 617
628 613
629 604
630 596
631 596
632 589
633 583
634 576
635 566
636 565
637 558
638 558
639 553
640 550
641 545
642 537
643 537
644 527
645 526
646 518
647 514
648 513
649 506
650 503
651 501
652 501
653 498
654 498
655 493
656 484
657 484
658 483
659 482
660 478
661 473
662 471
663 469
664 469
665 465
666 442
667 440
668 439
669 437
670 427
671 420
672 420
673 417
674 406
675 406
676 402
677 401
678 398
679 390
680 388
681 387
682 386
683 381
684 373
685 373
686 370
687 362
688 360
689 341
690 336
691 330
692 321
693 316
694 308
695 308
696 298
697 293
698 290
699 285
700 281
701 275
702 266
703 259
704 258
705 254
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707 249
708 237
709 234
710 232
711 231
712 226
713 224
714 223
715 218
716 215
717 214
718 214
719 210
720 204
721 202
722 193
723 187
724 184
725 182
726 181
727 177
728 162
729 149
730 130
731 128
732 121
733 110
734 110
735 106
736 51
737 48
738 47
739 24
740 23
741 18
742 5
743 5

339 total words

FLIP

12:00 am

* flip *

12:00 am

di6

12:00 am

holy smokes, it's enormous!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

ugh!

12:00 am

hi mlf

12:00 am

flip

Right lurking time.

12:00 am

hi jmc

flip!

faints 66 c words and not one that I can think is apt

12:01 am

SH6

12:01 am

ha 6

12:01 am

CH6

12:01 am

this be a big sucker

12:01 am

flip -- ugh

12:01 am

RE9

12:02 am

actually 6 and 9

Clues are up

12:02 am

thx lickety

12:02 am

mustn't say this is ha4/6 -- just difficult

12:02 am

Thank you Lickety!

12:02 am

ty lickety

12:03 am

HA6

12:03 am

ty lickety

12:03 am

nbt

12:03 am

re7/32

12:03 am

wtg jess

12:03 am

SA6

12:04 am

ar6

12:05 am

co8,55

12:05 am

CO7

12:05 am

thanks 9lank

12:06 am

re9

12:08 am

called it

12:08 am

ho7,40

12:09 am

moisting

12:09 am

oops sorry

12:09 am

any way its not a word

12:09 am

nm, not a word

12:09 am

nope

12:10 am

CR8 if not called

12:11 am

i think we had a CA 7 called already right?

12:11 am

EA6

12:12 am

nope just the co7

12:12 am

then consider the CA 7 called now lol

12:12 am

ea7

12:12 am

;-)

12:13 am

*runs away before she gets in trouble with the grownups*

12:13 am

*poof*

12:14 am

CO6

12:14 am

bye jmc

12:15 am

nbt

12:16 am

can anyone give me the stats for the FIRST COLUMN i please?

12:16 am

im4/6

12:16 am

thansk jess

12:16 am

im4/6

12:16 am

got it

12:17 am

i have nbt plus some other words

12:18 am

im 4/6 - i middle

12:18 am

me too, mlf

12:18 am

go us jill!

12:20 am

what does nbt mean?

12:20 am

hehe

12:20 am

no blank tiles

12:20 am

nbt

12:20 am

ah ty

12:20 am

you get a word from every tile that is not already black

12:21 am

NBT no borscht tonight

12:21 am

makes sense now lol

12:21 am

you donthave it its just someething we do sometimes

12:21 am

wtg flosey

12:21 am

ive found 23 C words and now im stalled

12:21 am

haha ruru

12:22 am

thanks jilli, and great icon - must have been a great guy

12:23 am

ty flosey -- he was.

12:23 am

did you draw that jill?

12:24 am

Mo 6

12:24 am

wet

12:25 am

okay I have tried the icon again tried for flower but got wrong jpg.... try try again

12:25 am

yes, mlf, and he didn't mind, lol!

12:25 am

its so cute jill great work

12:26 am

it reminds me of hirschfeld

12:26 am

grandy, that picture is much too big and will cause the chog to get all jerky

12:26 am

*note to self.. don't let jilli draw my nose at the next babble meet*

12:26 am

lol ruru -- you don't have one like that!

12:26 am

if she did my nose that way it woudl be fairly close lol

12:26 am

back to icon land

12:27 am

halfway

12:27 am

amazing, une!!!

12:27 am

220 une.. catch up

12:27 am

:-D

12:28 am

what, ruru? You have 220????

12:28 am

yeah Rafa.. he was awesome.. his game is getting better

12:28 am

222

12:29 am

sigh . . . . yes, my boy did very well :-)

12:29 am

nbt

12:29 am

gasp, ruru!

12:29 am

wow, lightning ru

12:29 am

180

12:29 am

wtg cosdem

12:29 am

add s, ing, ed, and er to everything! LOL

12:30 am

okay 100 down 1218 pts i am out poof

12:31 am

oh goody, remembered that ae5

12:31 am

wtg mlf!

12:31 am

185

12:32 am

190

12:35 am

195

12:35 am

ok, ruru, I leave it to thee -- long day tomorrow -- so sorry to hear about Mrs. Ru -- hope she's feeling better *poof*

12:36 am

i'm stuck

12:36 am

ruru, is mrs ru back home or still in the hospital?

12:37 am

she's in bed here.. with sophie

12:37 am

sleeping right now.. I need to feed her something soon

12:37 am

sophie?

12:37 am

her dog.. Dylan's cousin

12:38 am

awww, sweet

12:38 am

we have two dogs

12:38 am

Sarcosy -- close, jilli LOL

12:38 am

feed mrs ru or sophie or both?

12:40 am

refresh for a picture of her

12:40 am

oh, dear old Sophie! How old?

12:41 am

oops -- pb for me.

12:41 am

Sophie is ten now

12:42 am

give her a scritch from me when she wakes up, ok?

12:42 am

not going to scritch mrs ru.. after what she went through today

12:43 am

you know I meant Sophie, silly!

12:43 am

LOL

12:44 am

I think by george i got it...

12:44 am

that's cute, grandy!

12:45 am

night.. got to take ca4 of mrs.

12:45 am

see you tomorrow

12:45 am

goodnight, sweet prince ruru

12:47 am

last one to small trying this one... now that I might know what I am doing

12:48 am

that's even cuter, grandy

12:49 am

thanks jilli... Can you explain the icon theme to me

12:49 am

217 and really poofing now -- nite, all *poof*

12:50 am

well done une, goodnight now

12:50 am

did you click on my icon, grandy? There are explanatons there and a list of coming themes.

12:50 am

Night, une!

12:51 am

just read your icon jilli. thats a very beautiful tribute

12:51 am

thanks, cosdem :)

12:52 am

and thats a great drawing too

12:52 am

oh, cosdem -- don't you want your flag etc?

12:52 am

thanks again :)

12:52 am

how do i get that

12:53 am

just go to your My Account and check the little box, upper right, which says Show Profile :)

12:53 am

ok ill do that!

12:53 am

thanks jili... i missed that... need to shrink some pics for the upcoming themes....

12:54 am

done

12:54 am

ty jilli!

12:55 am

grandy, if you go to Google for the subject you want and then to Images, if you right-click on what you choose and Save As into your My Pictures, you don't need to shrink them.

12:55 am

attaboy, cosdem!

12:55 am

you rock jili... you go girl

12:56 am

lol grandy!

12:56 am

ok with 140 words done.. im off for the night!

12:56 am

night all

12:56 am

indeed she does, grandy, jilli is one great lady

12:57 am

well done, cosdem -- g'night!

12:57 am

look who's talking!

12:57 am

night cosdem

12:57 am

can't hold a candle, jilli

12:58 am

nonsense

12:58 am

lol, maybe at bridge!

1:00 am

and cooking, and raising a family and babbling and....

1:02 am

and just general everything...

1:02 am

very general, maybe - could never write like you - you have a great mind

1:03 am

many great talents

1:03 am

this is getting embarrassing, lol!

1:03 am

lol, back to the grid

1:03 am

you should talk to my d-i-l!

1:04 am

oh, well, if you could have talked to M-i-l!!!

1:06 am

not even half way, are you?

1:07 am

nope

1:12 am

finally got to 100 off to bed now.... nite all

1:13 am

goodnight grandy

1:13 am

night grandy

1:22 am

just passed half way

1:23 am

not me yet (

1:23 am

think I need a cup of tea

1:23 am

brb

1:32 am

back, are we the only ones here?

1:33 am

could be -- and I'm over halfway now but running out of steam

1:34 am

I am too! tea isn't waking me up

1:34 am

lots of players online

1:35 am

ah, the lurkers -- but maybe some never log off -- I don't.

1:36 am

I am not a lurker!

1:36 am

I do unless I think I might not sleep

1:37 am

hi lawyer

1:37 am

Hi lawyer again!

1:37 am

lurking is ok though

1:37 am

I can't fall asleep and I have hearings all morning

1:37 am

lol, finish faster

1:38 am

oh man, not good

1:38 am

I hate nodding off while someone is presenting their case to me

1:38 am

oh de4!

1:38 am

a bit embarrassing I would think

1:39 am

not for me...I just tell them I am ruminating....Most don't even know what that means

1:39 am

make sure you have a good supply of matchsticks

1:40 am

oh lol!

1:40 am

they may think you're chewing cud.

1:40 am

If I had matchsticks, I'd probably burn down the hearing room

1:43 am

There! 200 found and I'm heading bedwards -- goodnight guys...*poof*

1:43 am

wtg jillibus! you're way ahead of me

1:44 am

I didn't stop for tea...*repoof*

1:44 am

lol

1:45 am

sweet dreams

1:45 am

to sleep, perchance to dream

1:45 am

would that I could

1:45 am

I could, if I would

1:46 am

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck

1:46 am

if a woodchuck could chuck wood

1:47 am

or should say, if a woodchuck would chuck wood

1:47 am

she sells seashells by the seashore

1:47 am

bet she doesn't make a living at it

1:47 am

those hearings will be fun tomorrow

1:48 am

let's hope there's a bit of humour in it

1:48 am

or humor

1:48 am

aha, yanky

how many toda

1:49 am

but 2 of my kids were born in Canada

1:49 am

339 chugga

1:49 am

339

1:49 am

really, where, lawyer

1:49 am

toda is "thank you" in Hebrew

1:49 am

Toronto

1:50 am

I'll remember that, maybe

1:50 am

ah, I lived most of my life just outside of TO

1:50 am

where?

1:51 am

east Scarborough, North York (then Willowdale) Aurora

1:51 am

I also lived in North York

1:51 am

ah, Kingsdale Ave

1:51 am

Seneca Hill Drive

1:52 am

know the name, can't place it

1:52 am

must be near the college?

1:52 am

south of Finch

1:53 am

have sons there - 1 in Scarborough, the other Woodbridge

1:54 am

I haven't been back since I lift in 75

1:54 am

ah, long time

1:54 am

lift=left

1:55 am

but, in 2 weeks, I will change planes there

1:55 am

am use to reading through things like that - son, (quite successful) still spells phonetically

1:55 am

i know where you all live muhahaha hey guys

1:56 am

hello Vm

1:56 am

so, where do I live, V?

1:56 am

lol, you mean, you know where we HAVE lived

1:56 am

i just got on lol

1:56 am

i just got on lol

1:58 am

have you played before V?

1:58 am

yeah

1:58 am

this is my first week

1:58 am

only have 61 words so far

1:58 am

Flo, where is Salt Spring Island?

1:58 am

oh, welcome to babble

1:59 am

keep at it, they

1:59 am

they'll come easier with time V

1:59 am

it's the largest of the gulf islands, between Vancouver Island and the mainland

1:59 am

earlier with yesterdays puzzle i only got 31 lol

2:00 am

cared

2:00 am

dammit my bad

2:00 am

I was out sorta that way in August

2:00 am

you'll learn the silly words that are accepted - we call them babblets

2:00 am

ah, beautiful country

2:03 am

where were you Lawyer

2:03 am

I visited my son and my new granddaughter in Seattle

2:03 am

I visited my son and my new granddaughter in Seattle

2:03 am

I visited my son and my new granddaughter in Seattle

2:03 am

good morning everybody

2:03 am

ah, new baby, fun

2:03 am

I hate when my computer does that

2:03 am

{{flosey}}

2:04 am

hi, Ruby

2:04 am

not your computer, it happens at this time, every night

2:04 am

hi ruby

2:05 am

welcome v

2:05 am

how's hubby, ruby

2:07 am

he's developed a pain in his back, probably from when the dog took him down, but is getting a scan today, so we'll see what's what. Meanwhile, he's cranky and depressed.... same old, same old

2:07 am

and his 85th b-day is coming and he's not too happy about that!

2:08 am

ah, hope nothing too serious there, ruby - he doesn't need any more agony

2:08 am

this is a nice grid!

2:08 am

yes, quite pleasant

2:08 am

he is more affected by this whole thing than he cares to admit. And he's not used to having pain

2:09 am

do feel very sorry for his pain and anguish - but also feel for you having to suffer through it all

2:10 am

it is, of course, much worse for him. I just have to slog through tons of paperwork, trying to get the court case organizaed.

2:11 am

oh, ruby, that is drudgery

2:11 am

72 WORDS! lol

2:11 am

very nice, v!

2:11 am

well done V

2:13 am

gratsi i think sleep deprivation works wonders

2:13 am

not for me; if I don't get about 8 hrs, I'm useless!

2:14 am

I'm lucky to get 8 hours, usually more like 6 - 7

2:14 am

no you fit in a nap in the afternoon?

2:15 am

sometimes, ruby - but usually only if I fall asleep reading

2:15 am

do* not no...

2:15 am

that's what I try to do if I don't get enough at night

2:16 am

can't lie down to rest, have to be sitting upright - in recliner chair

2:23 am

Hello everyone.

2:23 am

hello lyn

2:23 am

{{lynxx}}

2:23 am

Flosey - what lovely words and what a nice looking guy

2:24 am

ty lyn, he's quite a guy

2:24 am

been married 49 years

2:25 am

wow - I thought I was doing OK with 40 years

2:25 am

that's pretty good too lyn

2:26 am

geez, only a babe here at 30 yrs...lol

2:26 am

hello diz grannie!

2:26 am

married that is - lot older than 30 yrs.

2:26 am

Ruby. We met a Ruby dog this morning, same coloring. I think she was fairly young, very anxious too play with Stew so much so that he backed off after a few minutes - never seen him do that before. Are they usually so friendly?

2:26 am

hi DizGranniw

2:26 am

hey ya Ruby

2:27 am

hey ya Lynxx and everyone else...xxx

2:27 am

hi diz

2:27 am

our chows love other dogs but are somewhat distrustful of strangers, tend to get between me and whomever, but very quietly

2:27 am

and NEVER bite or growl

2:28 am

our old male, Rufus, however, was attacked twice for no reason (he was on a leash and the others weren't), and he took them both down lickety split (if you'll pardon the expression)

2:29 am

he was uite a guy!

2:29 am

quite*

2:29 am

silly dogs - I am sure I wouldn't take on a full size chow

2:30 am

they have a bad rep, but we've had 5 and none of them ever was the least bit aggressive

2:30 am

sometimes just standoffish

wow this board is really hard

2:32 am

chugga, how did you finally solve your spider problem?

2:33 am

hi Chugga

i smooshed it!

2:33 am

bravo!

2:34 am

I guess it was either that or move!

better not see one of those (especially of that size) again

yes those were my options

2:35 am

one of the babblers, from Massachusetts, I think, had a tarantula in her house and was going crazy!

2:35 am

very scary

while she was playing? wow terrifying

i wouldnt know how to react

2:36 am

crossy and I were giving her silly advice but at least she was comforted (a little)

2:37 am

must go, see you later, only 121 wqords so far

2:37 am

bye for now ruby

2:37 am

{{flosey}}

bye ruby.. i cant believe how hard this one is

2:38 am

bye for now Ruby

have 90 left and have come to a bare halt

2:38 am

I have 216 left! but I like it anyway

2:38 am

well done Chugga, I have 109 to go but am drifting off, better get to bed

2:38 am

goodnight all

2:39 am

sweet dreams Flosey

2:39 am

sweet dreams, flosey

2:39 am

ty

RUNS IN GUESS WHAT

2:57 am

you got a job?

Interview

2:58 am

Hooray!! did you get your interview clothes worked out?

No just about to run out now. Have shoes and snazzy bag and folio

2:59 am

When is the interview?

I have to ring in the AM i missed the call

3:01 am

Hopefully Monday so you have time to find something you really like

Well I am going tonight

to check it out

3:05 am

Good luck - if you go to Target check out the Moda label, they have some good separates at good prices

Don't fit

Right I have to go now take care

3:07 am

really? I am surprised

3:07 am

Bye - good luck

Yep the pants are too big at the top but just right at the thighs

Right off again

3:09 am

you just need to find an alteration angel if you don't sew

good morning all how many words today please

3:13 am

339, hi Sandra

thanks

4:05 am

looks like all has left...have 89 to go. must get back to those C's

4:06 am

back for the moment

4:08 am

good louck with your interview, herin!

4:09 am

I don't think I know that many c words

4:10 am

morning all

4:10 am

lol ruby, the ones I'm thinking of aren't in the grid

4:10 am

hello sprite

4:11 am

hiya rubyfoo

4:11 am

hi Sprite. Love the picture of Terra and her sleeping buddy

4:12 am

thanks lyn :) I am still in love with both.

4:13 am

that is a great photo!

4:13 am

they are amazing together. Even more so when you know my love did NOT want a dog. And now they are so happy together.

4:14 am

he takes Terra canoeing more often than Sprite!

4:14 am

that is too funny

4:14 am

I'll bet he talks to Terra

4:14 am

or does he sing? Does anybody else sing to their dogs?

4:15 am

lol yeah but that is because my body won't let me canoe more often. And yes he talks to Terra, and Terra never fails to make him feel better.

4:15 am

I sometimes do, rubyfoo, but Terra thinks it is utterly weird.

4:15 am

I sing to Max when I bring him his dinner, always the same song, and he starts making yummy noises and drools

4:16 am

Pavlov Max

4:16 am

pavlov moi! lol

4:16 am

and I am the worst singer, but I guess dogs aren't severe critics

4:17 am

I will never understand enable. Ronin isn't a word, but da6/7 is?

4:18 am

phantom: macarena

4:18 am

ooh nice on

4:18 am

one* even

4:20 am

see you later, 186 words to go in this juicy grid!

4:20 am

bye rubyfoo

4:21 am

bye Ruby

4:22 am

so many gerund phantoms today! But still a fun grid so far.

4:22 am

it is very relaxing

4:24 am

I can use a bit of relaxing today. Got a phone call during dinner, was asked to give a sacred dance lesson 90 minutes later. It was a bit sudden, lol.

4:25 am

!! at least not much time to get nervous or anything, did you have fun?

4:26 am

yeah, I had a lot of fun and everybody was happy with the lesson, so all was well. I told them I will never prepare another lesson ever, grin, it went fine without any preparation ;)

4:27 am

sounds like a plan!

4:29 am

Yay both 9s down

4:29 am

wtg! I have one so far (not yet asking for clues)

4:34 am

oh I see I must be in the PB

4:37 am

TY went back and revisited that and got the other similar one

4:38 am

great going :)

4:41 am

geez - I can never remember how to spell that Italian goodbye - my last guess of 12 variations!

4:42 am

thanks!

4:46 am

200 down and at least half of all tiles - darn , that means I have to go and organise dinner now. BBL

4:46 am

bfn lyn xxx

5:22 am

Woo Hoo C's Completed....thank gawd.

5:22 am

hello dizgrannie

Good morning world

5:23 am

morning LadyB

5:23 am

hey Sprite, plodding along here, just had a new lease of life...

is it Friday yet????

5:24 am

5:24 am

5:24 am

5:24 am

almost, LadyB

Kathy Sue, I see you lurking

5:24 am

damn puta

5:24 am

a new lease of life does not sound too bad, dizgrannie... you ok?

oh, thank God

5:25 am

just hang in there, LadyB, and it will be Friday very soon :) That bad this week?

5:25 am

yea sprite, meant new lease of life as in finding more words...lol

I just stress at work over things I have no control over.....but Friday AND pay day always make it better

5:26 am

ohhhhh ok! Was worried for a sec, silly dizgrannie! Glad you are ok.

5:27 am

thanx for the thoughts, Sprite...LOL

5:27 am

a source of stress, LadyB, the no control part.

5:28 am

those M's are getting to me, need another 11...gawd

5:29 am

got all but one, so if you need a clue, let me know

5:31 am

mo6 = picture made from colourful pieces mi7: center + skin irritation

5:32 am

how is anerve agent not a word?

5:32 am

oh derr that ma 4/7 an 5/16 were my last 2

5:32 am

hello Vmachine, don't know what you mean?

5:33 am

so it is fireworks, diz? Or just for the M?

5:33 am

nah worse luck, just for the M's

5:33 am

its not listed so ill just say it, Saren<<< nerve gas

5:33 am

MireMorks, yayyy

5:34 am

ah, that is because it needs a capital, Vmachine. Capitalised words are not valid, alas.

5:34 am

ughhhh...a biggie

5:35 am

thats just obnox, like yesterday had afro

5:35 am

hi carlee, yes, and not a tough one, carlee. Rather relaxing grid.

5:36 am

so the barney words i found right away are a good sign?

5:36 am

this games uses an ancient version of the Enable dictionary, Vmachine. Even the word 'internet' is not valid.

5:36 am

absolutely, carlee :)

5:36 am

i like this game and bookworm

5:37 am

oh, I like bookworm too!

5:37 am

word train is fun too

5:37 am

how do you all have time for all these games?

5:38 am

i have a hard time finding the time for this one

5:38 am

bookworm and word train are small games, I play those when my body needs a rest but my mind is active.

5:39 am

oh Vmachine, do you know this one: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games /Eight1.html

5:40 am

and I got fireworks

5:43 am

*~*~*POMPOM TWIRL*~*~* for sprite..woohoo....( sorry on uptake there ..no coffee yet )

5:44 am

thanks carlee :D have a fun day, all of you. Bye!

5:45 am

byebye sprite

6:22 am

good morning

6:23 am

hi m9

6:24 am

how are you doing carlee??

6:24 am

ok considering i woke up way too early

6:24 am

me too!!

6:24 am

Thurs is Tim's early day....

6:25 am

and now Elina is in a class that starts at 6 am.. so i'm afraid to go back to bed...

6:26 am

i am still in bed on laptop

6:26 am

listening to the rain we were not supposed to get

6:26 am

nice!

6:28 am

debating on whether i want to climb out of warm cozy bed to make coffee

6:28 am

Tim let the dog in before he left. Which is usual.. but the dog met a skunk....

6:29 am

ah.. lying in bed listening to rain. I loves that.

6:29 am

oh....how...lovely..not... yuck

6:29 am

mosh should be a word.

6:30 am

oops.. we both need pb

6:42 am

de

6:43 am

hi inge

why isn't 'cran' a word? it's a measurement.

6:47 am

i don't know jenny. i think mosh should be a word too!

6:48 am

saren....

6:48 am

hello v

6:48 am

heylo

6:49 am

oohh I grayed out a tile!LOL the 'u'!

6:49 am

yeah

6:49 am

same

6:49 am

along the lines of operating

6:49 am

stuck on that lowest i and the a above it though..

6:50 am

im stuck on highest n

6:50 am

and those 2

6:51 am

im4/6 for the i.

6:51 am

thanks Haz

6:51 am

now i've grayed out 2

6:51 am

You're welcome. Good morning/afternoon all.

6:52 am

and now I know the a also

6:52 am

so nbt!

Morning Babblers :)

6:54 am

Hello, Nono.

6:55 am

hi Nan

6:58 am

zzzzzzzz...morning all...again

morning Carlee

6:59 am

Hello, carlee.

7:01 am

Hello, herin.

7:02 am

i really hate mornings the older i get... used to love them...

HOwdy

hi Herin

7:04 am

hi herin..haz...nono

7:05 am

Sarcasm is almost in the grid. Not that I'd ever have a clue what it means.

I am super happy I have a potential interview and my suit that I got 30% off and didn't even know about it

7:06 am

yes..very cool.. best of luck herin :)

excellent Herin!

7:08 am

1/2 way!!!!!

Very happy and the suit is pretty and I finally got a pair of 1970 style jeans

7:09 am

Right, must go. I hope the interview happens, herin. Back later. *gone*

7:09 am

good morning every one!

7:10 am

sarcastic is also a phantom, but then it would be, wouldnt it?

MOOOOOOOOOOOM

Thanks Haz

7:10 am

Hi and Bye Haz, miss seeing you around

bye Haz

hi (((Mom))))

7:10 am

{{{Herin}}} hello there. You are up for an interview?

7:10 am

{{Nono}} good morning

7:11 am

{{{MOM}}}}

Yep And I have my suit and everything

7:11 am

morning {{{mom}}}

7:11 am

{{Carlee}} good morning

7:12 am

{{M9}} good morning, haven't seen you in a while. Hope all is well

7:12 am

Herin, best wishes to you. What is the interview for?

I got my shoes for $5 my hand bag is expensive one I got at a garage sale also for about $5

Mom what I have been studying

7:12 am

oh, I love bargain hunting

7:13 am

I wish you well

Thank you. I got my 1970 pants

7:14 am

1970 pants here were hip hugger bell bottoms

Yep

7:15 am

now all you need is a body suit to go with the hip huggers

7:16 am

but the 70's pants have been the style for a while now <confusselled>

No one needs to be subjected to that

I have not been able to find a pair

7:17 am

the body suits here were a shirt that had snaps in the crotch area and then you don't have to worry about your shirt coming untucked.

Mom they are heinous and ride up my butt.

7:18 am

lol Herin

7:18 am

ok...so... mornings are horrid now...i hate getting up....

I know I know tmi

Carlee loves

7:19 am

carlee loves being lazy in her bed now that after 20 years she FINALLY has her room DECORATED...

Nice Carlee

a silver lining in all the mess right carlee

7:21 am

( ex is colour blind..i love sage green...in his eyes..ugly colour..my room is sage green with WHITE and a few smoky red accents)

7:21 am

it is a silver linging....yes

sounds lovely!

7:21 am

lining* even

Ok I have found exactly Half of these c words bah

7:22 am

and he is "everything has to be square" no angles...the artwork i got ...is hung diagonally..my bed is angled from the corner... and my sofa in living room does the same

oh crap you just drew my attention to how many c words there are

7:22 am

oh cr** there are 66 of 'em

7:23 am

lol Nono

yep

7:24 am

oh god they are all co's too

there is Ca words too

coit

and cr words

7:25 am

and ci and cr and ce - Hello Mom and Carlee & Nono.

7:25 am

ch too

7:25 am

hello all

hi lynxx

7:26 am

You got your suit Infernal - Yay!

7:26 am

( but the brunt are co's....not enough coffee to fully expnd on my thoughts )

7:26 am

{{Lynxxx}} hello.

7:26 am

hi Kalia

7:26 am

hi lynxxx

Lynxx Katies. They have 30% for members

7:26 am

nice!

oops They had 30% of for members

7:29 am

May I beg for a clue, please? Any one of the five i's under the N

7:29 am

not outer

7:29 am

in6.21 what happens with a paragraph

and pl that not outer as well

7:30 am

**Whap** thanks Kallia and hello

7:30 am

yw

7:30 am

thanks Lynxxx and Nono

7:30 am

yw

7:30 am

a pst tense hotel

7:30 am

and...bruise metal

7:30 am

not outer pluralled

7:31 am

ah, NBT. Now I have to scoot off here for a hair appointment. Thanks Carlee

bye bye Mom have a great day

7:31 am

thank you all for the clues. Hugs to all of you

7:31 am

bye Mom

7:31 am

bye nono, enjoy your day

7:31 am

bye bye Lynxxx

7:32 am

later {{{MOM}}}

Loves Mom and bye

7:32 am

{{Carlee}} enjoy your day

7:32 am

love to you Herin

7:32 am

you too mom...

I am trying to argue sense out of this craptic I am doing

7:33 am

Morning! Big Grid! YEAH!

7:33 am

i hate big grids

hinCar

7:34 am

hi car

7:34 am

Hello Herin! Hello m9!

Who hear is good at cryptics?

7:35 am

Tricky with the e and s apart from each other!

i like crptics, don't know how good I am at them

7:35 am

same with me

7:36 am

what is the clue Infernal

the better emails revel a maths basic (5, 5 , 5)

7:41 am

guessing it is an anagram of 'the better emails' but have forgotten the little I knew about maths

as in the better emails is the words that contain the answer?

7:42 am

is that revel.. or reveal?

7:42 am

revel/ lever herin ( suck totallyin cryptics

7:42 am

Yes - those 3 words are 15 letters and your answer needs 15

the better emails reveal a maths basic

7:44 am

hello all, help with bottom row i and the u pls

7:44 am

hi peri!

7:44 am

similar to the i word above it peri

7:44 am

us5.16

7:44 am

Herin - the answer is 'three times table'.

7:44 am

i+ centre peri

7:44 am

and for the u.. think gerund

I am us5 babble expert

Hi Jac and how is that so?

7:45 am

clever Jac!

O yes

7:45 am

Herin - 'the better emails' is an anagram of that.

7:45 am

Hi all. Nice grid today.

7:45 am

Very nice. How are you Jac

Just as I said that I understood

7:46 am

Whee! NBT!

7:46 am

hi jacs

7:46 am

Wow Jac!

The other head scratcher is Not in, Not In. Never go to a hands-off practice

7:47 am

How many letters, Herin?

7:48 am

ok..well.i am done for a bit...enoy the morning peoples

7:48 am

Bye Carlee!

bye Carlee have a good one

7:48 am

Bye Carlee

Bye Carlee

7:48 am

'Bye Carlee.

7:49 am

One word?

I don't like the person NS that does these cryptics hurts my head. Yep one big long ass word

7:49 am

phantom: drastic

7:49 am

Answer - demonstration, perhaps?

7:50 am

demonstrative?

7:50 am

Need to think about this one a bit more. LOL

How do you get that?

7:52 am

I was thinking what a hand-off practice might be, Herin. I don't think I'm on the right path though.

In our paper every day is different writers of Cryptic s NS is my nemesis one day I will understand their track of thought.

7:53 am

It could also be 'out' something. What letters do you already have?

7:54 am

Got a 9!

7:54 am

out out damn spot ??

7:54 am

Well done, car!

I don't. This person is evil they like to have big long words.

7:54 am

outmanipulating

7:54 am

Lol Kateq!

7:54 am

hi everyone!

Morning Annie

7:55 am

Hi Annie.

7:55 am

hi Annie

7:55 am

lynxx - that could well be it.

7:55 am

does it fit Infernal?

I think you nailed it lynxxx

7:55 am

hi lynxxxie, Jacula, Nono, herin, car and anyone I miss...oh yes, Katie

7:55 am

Herin - is the paper online? I'd like to have a look at that puzzle.

Ok Smarty pants like this: Mens' darkroom, Sir? Somehow a distortion of the truth? (5,3,7) I just cant work it out it is too long and many layed

7:56 am

missed

Jac it is in the Age so I don't think so

7:56 am

Pity, Herin.

7:56 am

or maybe outdoormassage, lol

7:56 am

Morning Annie!

7:56 am

sounds good, lynxxx

Hi Annie

7:58 am

car., can I get a clue for the 9?

8:00 am

Gonna have to think that one over, Herin.

8:01 am

re + ca 7/40....to put another actor in a role

8:01 am

do you know which 9 Annie?

8:01 am

herin: SMOKE AND MIRRORS

8:01 am

thanks car.

8:02 am

and co 9/72--people who become indebted togethet

8:02 am

Wow Dachef! You guys are good!

8:02 am

lynxxx just clued it...I am not using the list yet

8:02 am

*together

8:02 am

Dachef - brilliant! That's it.

Dachef How?

8:02 am

TY Kate!

8:02 am

Good one Dachef. Its another anagram Infernal

8:03 am

anagram of 'mens dark room sir'.

8:03 am

thanks Kate

8:03 am

OK all! I will be back in a while! Have a great day everyone!

8:03 am

good one Dachef

8:03 am

bye Car

8:03 am

'Bye car.

8:03 am

car., you too

Of course the distortion of truth is the key. Dachef This dang designer drives me buggy

8:04 am

cartographer?

bye car

Thank you know I think I ahve the key as to how this creator of this cryptic thinks

Bye Caree

8:07 am

Herin - That's the trick. Once you work out how the setter thinks, it's usually do-able.

8:07 am

the anagrams are the easy ones - the others can keep you going for hours

8:09 am

You know that the writer of one of the Age cryptics has just released a book on cryptics Infernal (at the Writers Festival)

Lynxx it is the Ages cryptic writer NS drives me spaz

O really were do I find that? Online Age shop?

8:10 am

by David Astle

Jac I think thanks to everyone here I finally understand were this person is coming from

8:10 am

not sure where you will buy - probably everywhere locally, lots of publicity

8:11 am

mornin babblers! *hides breakfast waffle with a multitude of berries to make it appear healthy*

I found it and book marked it

8:11 am

hi Eva

Morning Eva

8:11 am

ok..so..does anyone have an amazing shrimp recipe?

not me carlee.... I can't eat shrimp so no recipes

8:12 am

i made quiche with shrimp... and we occasionally toss some in pasta...

8:12 am

shrimp has been on sale so often here..i have a freezer full

8:13 am

and i am tired of the shrimp/ scallop fetticine with asparagus

8:13 am

my husband does them with saffron rice - similar to spanish paella

8:13 am

and shrimp stir fry

8:13 am

and curried shrimp

8:14 am

try it in a quiche or omelette...

8:14 am

( i serve the coconut curried shrimp with saffron rice)

8:14 am

shrimp & garlic with a linguini pesto.

8:14 am

i did one quiche with shrimp + crab and a bunch of veggies -- peppers, onions, corn... it was lovely.

8:15 am

ok... interesting eva...filing that for a possibility

8:15 am

( My daughter is sick of pasta jac..she hates all pasta right now..so anything pasta is OUT)

8:15 am

shrimp tacos/quesadillas

8:16 am

hmmm....cool twist..gone to hunt up a recipe

Thank you so much

8:16 am

jambalaya?

8:16 am

BBL - stuff to do.

8:16 am

bye Jac

Thanks Jac and bye

CarleeL

http://www.taste.com.au/search-recipes /?q=shrimp&publication=

8:17 am

( I cant eat pork eva...but nice thought )

Carlee: http://tinyurl.com/2be5mw8

8:18 am

maybe a jambalaya twist sans pork? or some sorta stew-y type thing...

or: http://tinyurl.com/35q8z7r

8:20 am

fried shrimp, shrimp salad...

8:20 am

i was thinking a chowder..but my son is not a big soup fan ( we are GRADUALLY intriducing my kds to foods that are new and different..for their entire lives its been meat and potatoes... i just made potatoes for first time in 6 mos last night

8:20 am

ooh, pad thai! i guess technically its "pasta" but i never think of it that way...

8:21 am

can i have somehint please?

8:21 am

*some hints

Kay what do you need help with?

8:21 am

I need a c word

cat?

8:21 am

hi kayy - look at the link for Lickety below

8:22 am

carlee, i specialize in "non-recipes" so real dishes often elude me....heh

8:24 am

i do those too eva...but... i often start with ar ecipe..then change it up once i am... familiar with flavours etc

8:26 am

marinate in chopped garlic, rosemary, and just a touch of olive oi a short while. Saute in mix of butter and olive oil with marinade till just pink and white.

8:26 am

my cooking style is more "lets see what i actually have in the house that i can throw together and not make us sick" heh

8:27 am

Goodnight all

8:27 am

hmmm.... sounds good and simple kate

8:27 am

nitenite lynxxx..sleep well hun

night from me too

8:30 am

hmmm.just found a shrimp creole... now..that..sounds appealing

8:30 am

minus the rendered bacon fat

8:30 am

i wonder of that will make a huge diff in the flavour???

8:34 am

it probably will, but maybe add a little extra salt?

8:37 am

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cajun-Cra wfish-and-Shrimp-Etouffe/Detail.aspx

8:37 am

will make this with hushpuppies i think

8:38 am

just..no crawfish..only shrimp

8:43 am

you can add an anchovy in the beginning--let it melt into the oil/onion--it won't taste like anchovy--it will just add a layer of flavor which will be a good sub for the bacon

8:44 am

thanks kate... but the etouffe is more to my kids flavour likings... they arents a big tomatoey ( sp?) pair

8:45 am

as in chunks of tomato... but that is a good trick to keep in mind...if i could stand the smell of anchoies :)

8:46 am

It's a good trick--and no one would guess there was anchovy there. I love 'em myself

8:46 am

i cant get past the smell... i am good with most things but tere are a few things..that texture/ smell ruin it for me

8:47 am

hi, all. 52 words to go...

8:47 am

i'd have to find someone who eats them... cus if i am using one... throwing out stinks up the garbage... and holding onto ..stinks up the fridge..i wonder..anchovy paste?????

8:47 am

comes in a little tube and lasts forever

8:48 am

i know... but i wonder if that would be an alternative????

8:48 am

sure--just squeeze a little into the saute pan at the beginning.

8:48 am

there we go..problem solved :)

8:58 am

i need help with "i" words, please!

9:05 am

in5/10 not outer

9:05 am

then plural

9:07 am

and same with diff final consonant, making it a past tense

9:07 am

in the summer we in the South drink lots of ic** tea

9:07 am

ic4/6 plural of German "I"

9:08 am

thank you thank you!!! (anymore? hehe)

9:09 am

that's all i've got so far :-)

9:09 am

except that is a TRUE fishy word!

9:09 am

in + ar4/6

9:09 am

tx mouse!

9:10 am

must run -- HAGD! *poof*

9:10 am

yw

9:10 am

and hi again

9:10 am

hi

9:18 am

good morning all - getting a nice rain shower which we need so it is a good day to stay in and play babble

9:19 am

may I have a clue pls for bottom i and the u

9:19 am

hello all

9:20 am

hi peri.

9:20 am

bottom a is just like the a above it.

9:20 am

us5 - today we are us5 the gerund as often as possible.

9:20 am

and the u had THE end***!

9:20 am

found the u

9:20 am

tyty

9:21 am

hello Haz, have not seen you here in a while, how are you?

9:21 am

I'm very well, thanks. How are you?

9:21 am

doing ok thanks

9:21 am

found the im word

9:21 am

nbt!!

9:22 am

wtg peri!!!!

9:22 am

ty

9:22 am

what is the "im" word?

9:22 am

imosh

9:22 am

hehe imac? nope

9:23 am

it is an im4/6

9:23 am

crap there are 66 c words

9:23 am

yup. that's a c word.

9:24 am

just needs a p in the grid!

9:24 am

:)

9:29 am

does anyone have any clues for the bottom "i"?

9:29 am

im4

9:29 am

im4/6 - im plus two letters which say who you are (think passport)

9:31 am

ahhh thank you!

9:31 am

You're welcome.

9:33 am

Phantom :Sardine

9:38 am

more than 1/2 way!1 but not 8's or 9's

9:38 am

hello...clue for the cr8?

9:38 am

no 8's here

9:38 am

cr8 - what an iron wants to get rid of in a garment

9:39 am

(It uses the gerund)

9:39 am

ah, the gerund again, ty Haz

9:39 am

No problem.

9:40 am

hi kids! (popping in on the sly)

9:41 am

Hello, welki - we'll keep your secret.

9:44 am

does anyone have any "o" clues?

9:45 am

Think rowing boats for a couple.

9:45 am

what you row your boat with

9:45 am

Don't forget the big sea, and there are colourful ones.

9:45 am

oa4/4 - where hops are stored.

9:46 am

ty Haz, got a bunch from your clues

9:46 am

Bargain clues - 3 for the price of 1.

9:47 am

:) indeed

9:47 am

gteat clues, ty haz

9:47 am

You're welcome, ruby.

9:47 am

hey there ruby

9:47 am

hiya peri

9:48 am

I love this grid but I don't think I'll ever reach half!

9:48 am

yes you will, ruby, just keep plugging

9:48 am

I like this grid too

9:48 am

and I might lose my sa6/24 in the process

9:49 am

are you here, zzoozz?

9:49 am

Yes Ruby, Are you ok?

9:50 am

help with 9;s pls

9:50 am

yes, thank you. There are a couple of nifty words in here like mo5/16 and na5/12

9:50 am

ty haz...lost my connection for a time

9:50 am

pretty words

9:51 am

thre is a mi7/40

9:51 am

No problem, phaeton.

9:51 am

putting monkeys to work....

9:51 am

Greetings all :)

9:51 am

hello FM!

9:52 am

Hello, FM!

9:52 am

hi thre FM

9:52 am

yes, i am struggling, and i only have found 144 words..lol

9:52 am

Hi ruby and Haz and peri and phae and zooz!

9:52 am

found 200 so far

9:52 am

oh dear..this didnt do itself whilst i was away

9:53 am

Hi FM :-)

9:53 am

Good going Peri!

9:53 am

I tried that carlee, it never works :)

9:53 am

and Hi carlee (and anyone else that comes in)

9:53 am

helloo carlee

9:53 am

HAVen't had time to start the grid today, am I missing a good one?

9:53 am

hey fm..ruby... i need more coffee..THAT is what i need

9:53 am

yes, it's tasty, fm

9:53 am

only have the dr8 help with other 8's and 9's pls

9:53 am

it is a good one FM

9:53 am

i dont like the big ones fm...i like the smaller twisty ones

9:54 am

meant I have the cr8

9:54 am

ChuggaBOOM claimed that he was finding it hard - he was just not used to getting into double figures in minutes.

9:54 am

good morning everyone..as you all know,i play a little game with myself and hide the word total for the grid when i first start in an attempt to delude myself into thinking that i am doing well...as it turns out my first word started with a letter c,so in my ignorance i went on to see how many c words i could get before looking at the word total. i got up to 45 of them and knew i was in deep,deep trouble lol

9:54 am

clue on your dr8 and mi7, pls, peri....

9:54 am

yep, too many c words today

9:55 am

I don't know if there is a dr8, ruby mistyped here

9:55 am

we don't want to know about the little games you play with yourself crossy dear *grin*

9:55 am

hahah

9:55 am

clue for the mi7 in between measles and chickenpox?

9:55 am

naughty FM

9:55 am

There's a dr7 - the colour dr7 from my face when I heard the price of a dress.

9:55 am

;)

9:56 am

had that one, but ty anyway

9:56 am

actually the mi7 is an early Jewish interpretation of a Biblical text

9:56 am

flipping heck, phone ...

9:56 am

naughty fm???? that normal fm :p~~~~~

9:57 am

ruby did you get the mi7, I thought it was a clever clue

9:57 am

I'm rummaging around in my old testament

9:57 am

did you see my clue at 9:55 ruby?

9:58 am

got it! yay

9:58 am

great clue, peri

9:58 am

I just got! Very clever!

9:58 am

ty, ruby

9:58 am

gone to start shrimp stock...ttfn *poof*

9:58 am

Hi all. Big grid little time

9:58 am

ty carlee

9:59 am

{{bichon}}

9:59 am

Hello, bichon.

9:59 am

bbs

9:59 am

and we're all doing the phantom macarena!

9:59 am

Good morning all

9:59 am

Hello, Mr Bob.

9:59 am

hello Mr Bob

10:02 am

crossy is doing the phantom sardine:)

10:02 am

put your left fin in.....

10:03 am

back again.

10:04 am

Let's see how long you stay before the phone rings again - that's life, isn't it?

10:05 am

Call me decadent, I have switched the ansaphone on.

10:05 am

Good for you - no need to pander to these clients all the time.

10:06 am

they are so demanding of my time during work hours - whatever next?

10:06 am

got any good vet stories Haz?

10:07 am

We've actually been off for a couple of weeks so there's been nothing fresh.

10:07 am

I'm waiting to hear how Ata has got on today. Hobbit has had to go to the vet with a sore eye.

10:07 am

ah yes of course. Hows the glittery one doing?

10:07 am

Off to get the kids on the bus. BBL!

10:08 am

Bye, car.

10:08 am

yay, half!

10:08 am

OH really (re Hobbit)!

10:08 am

see you after din

10:08 am

Bye ruby and car.

10:08 am

Spangle is fine, currently on cat watch at the front door. They shal not pass without a generous helping of noise.

10:09 am

if you see ata, tell her that I'm connecting with UK fossil stores and thanks

10:09 am

are there any mid- prefix words?

10:09 am

We'll wait to hear whether the sore eye is something or nothing. It's one of those things where you're better erring on the side of caution.

10:09 am

LOL you must be so relieved she is on cat duty, is she the same with the postman?

10:09 am

hi and bye hurshy

10:09 am

Yes, mi7 for one.

10:09 am

i thought mid(rule of a king) was a good candidate, but it wasn't a aword.

10:09 am

no hursh

10:10 am

hi m9

10:10 am

hurshy!! Hi there.

10:10 am

unless you count the mi7

10:10 am

mi7 - the spot where you just HAVE to scratch.

10:10 am

hi ruby

10:10 am

I wanted midrant - the politician choked midrant, but it was wishful thinking.

10:10 am

midback?

10:11 am

see peri's brilliant clue below around 9:52

10:11 am

mi7 - mid plus a itchy place which knows not the meaning of caution.

10:11 am

heh heh Haz. and Hi m9

10:12 am

i thought i had it with mid(thing on a broken leg that can be itchy)... hmmm

10:12 am

sounds like a brother of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

10:12 am

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh

10:12 am

Ah! Light dawns.

10:13 am

that's a rabbi's commentary on something in the torah, isn't it?

10:13 am

yes, interpretation of part of the O>T.

10:14 am

jeez must read the log more closely - thought you said a rabbits commentary ...

10:14 am

Yes, those bunnies always have plenty to say.

10:14 am

i wonder what rabbits WOULD have to say about things.

10:15 am

Scrabbler would be the best one to ask about that.

10:15 am

wouldn't mind but I am not due for an eye test for another couple of months!

10:15 am

that is a LOT of c words. 53 down, 13 to go.

10:15 am

Blame the computer, FM, it can't be your eyes.

10:16 am

i have one of the 9's, which is co9, people who back you up when you want to take out a loan. pointer for the other?

10:16 am

you mean I don't have to blame myself .... *faint*

10:17 am

re9 - when the producer thinks another actor would play the role better.

10:17 am

hi all

10:17 am

Don't run away with the idea that you can pass the blame for most things, FM. This is just one exception.

10:17 am

Hello, jmc.

10:17 am

Hey jmc.

10:17 am

yay, thanks haz! only two more R words now, too

10:18 am

You're welcome, hurshy.

10:18 am

the left D's are surprisingly hard for me at the moment, given that there aren't so many of those.

10:19 am

Those d words are the most common in the world.

10:19 am

Aren't!

10:20 am

i was going to say... i just found one that was a holocaust camp minus the U, and pl, and that's not common at all!

10:20 am

i am still looking for where that itch is

10:21 am

me too! haha

10:21 am

You get a ra4 with things like measles, scarlet fever.

10:21 am

it's not where.. it's what.

10:22 am

ah! there is a center to that?

10:22 am

<--- feels left out from the clueing scene but having just noticed how many c words there are I am not going to start this grid.

10:22 am

ty ty

10:22 am

ty to all too numerous to name

10:22 am

fm what a wimp!

10:23 am

wow. one of those da words is like a very hackneyed pronunciation of the mt rushmore state. wild.

10:23 am

but a sensible wimp *grin*

10:23 am

lol

10:25 am

there fm sits all co4/7 and smug. what would it co4/5 her to join the club? ;-)

10:26 am

She's saving her strength for her birthday celebrations tomorrow.

10:26 am

lol nice try.

10:26 am

doesn't rhyme but with modern poetry i have been told it is not necessary

10:26 am

*bounce bounce bounce* i like birthday celebrations

10:27 am

*places a tuna on jmc's head - sit still*

10:27 am

I've heard that her resident bellringers are going to do a performance in her honour.

10:27 am

it is a si4/6 that i have been playing this game too long that i actually tried to pt mi4/6

10:28 am

why for fm? why for do i rate a tuna?

10:28 am

happy to say that yesterday was bellringing practice.

10:28 am

oh wait i wanted to get on this computer to get my icon for today brb

10:29 am

I had to stop you bouncing or you would burst all the balloons I am blowing up for the PB.

10:29 am

Just think, if you'd lived there during the war, you'd not have had the pleasure of hearing them practising.

10:30 am

I know and in all seriousness it has been amazing and a great reminder seeing some of the old planes flying over the house during the summer on their way to airshows various.

10:30 am

Airshows various. Speak we with an order new?

10:31 am

back

10:31 am

<===new icon

10:31 am

Yoda,call me?

10:31 am

fm=yoda

10:31 am

snap

10:33 am

:)

10:34 am

I see yr icon jmc but am in the dark.

10:35 am

*hey who switched out the lights?*

10:35 am

we have a canadian forces base near here and every year they pull out a pair of the old bombers for the local air show.what blows me away is when you look at them and how big they are you wonder how they can stay in the air.they hardly seem to be moving

10:35 am

I know, it defies logic, doesn't it?

10:35 am

oh for a K that there be Knish

10:35 am

Yup crossy, know what you mean and Hi there (())

10:36 am

my i help illumine you?

10:36 am

((FM))

10:36 am

flying is generally mystifying

10:36 am

so long as you don't set fire to me in tuna revenge jmc :)

10:36 am

hi crossy and dc

10:36 am

hello :)

10:37 am

but you look at these,onw still has its war paint and the 4 monster prop engines coughing and belching..it is a sight indeed

10:37 am

you still have not explained the tuna (it was tasty btw just slightly seared)

10:37 am

hi seain

10:37 am

what are the stats of the U please

10:37 am

and correct spelling by me would be a sight also

10:37 am

hi m9

10:38 am

howdy m9

10:38 am

I did jmc if you read back on the log - you were bouncing about and I had to stop you.

10:38 am

ji jmc

10:38 am

hey crossy!

10:38 am

us5

10:39 am

tuna just to stop bouncing? *stores information for day when need more tuna*

10:39 am

mi7 is a type of exegesis :)

10:39 am

It's what a tactless texter would say to VI. U s***, we scatter.

10:41 am

Oh let encourage Vi to s4 ...... Vi are you out there?

10:41 am

Let me get the ear plugs first.

10:41 am

*smack* i really deserve a fish for that one

10:42 am

and how handy you had a tuna right there :)

10:42 am

lol nope already consumed for lunch

10:43 am

itsy is a word! how else to si** itsy bitsy spider?

10:43 am

nbt

10:43 am

a whole tuna?? Healthy appetite!

10:44 am

*smacks lips* a girl has to maintain her strength when she is saving the world all the time!

10:45 am

LOL, at least eat the side salad that came with it :)

10:45 am

got any blue cheese dressing?

10:46 am

look in the fridge.

10:46 am

Clue please for mi 7/40

10:46 am

*rummages*

10:47 am

OK must be off all this talk of food is making me hungry. Happy Babbling and see you on the morrow.

10:47 am

mi7 - prefix meaning centred, then what you get with measles/chickenpox/ general state of being spotty.

10:47 am

Bye FM.

10:47 am

bye fm

10:48 am

Byeee :)

10:48 am

ty haz

10:48 am

tc fm

10:49 am

You're welcome, crossy.

10:50 am

hasta, FM

10:50 am

i'm off to meet a friend for lunch. Toodles!

10:51 am

by DC

10:51 am

hmm my sammich meat seems a little past its prime

10:52 am

lol,if it is grey,throw it away

10:53 am

Morning all! Hm...it IS lunch time.

10:53 am

Morning all! Hm...it IS lunch time.

10:53 am

it smelled okay when i made the sammich at home today

10:53 am

hi jayk!

10:54 am

this is taking too long! I have worlds to conquer

10:54 am

fireworks

10:54 am

whoo hoo angel

10:54 am

good going angel!

10:54 am

you conquer and i save!

10:54 am

Oh Angel! I need a clue!

10:55 am

Well, actually, I'm in the world-saving biz too

10:55 am

The re9 and the 6 that follows it?

10:55 am

angel,i need a clue for everything except ce 4/5 please lol

10:56 am

I suddenly saw the 9!

10:58 am

recast

10:58 am

that would be it lol

10:58 am

oops

10:58 am

so true jayk

10:58 am

And now you've found the 6!

10:59 am

what a wunderkind i am!

10:59 am

now just missing the first en

11:00 am

en7 - compound combining finality and a curved structure.

11:01 am

THANKS Haz!! That'll do it. Back to the tasks at hand, alas

11:01 am

You're welcome, Jayk. Enjoy the tasks.

11:02 am

tyvm for that one haz;)

11:02 am

No problem, crossy.

11:03 am

Right, must go and get Spangle out for a walk. Enjoy the grid!

11:03 am

*gone*

11:04 am

c's culminated.

11:04 am

raining like it is going to rain forever here:/

11:04 am

bye haz

11:05 am

yaa for mix! the c,s are no small feat

11:06 am

wtg mix

11:06 am

pb crossy

11:07 am

funny thing is,i needed that word

11:10 am

clue for the so6/24?

11:12 am

so + frankensteins sidekick **or + I can be a **at freak

11:13 am

ty River...done

11:13 am

congrats - thats quite a feat

11:13 am

hi river

11:13 am

yaa for phaeton~!!

11:13 am

Hello Everyone

11:14 am

whoo hoo phae!

11:15 am

howdy riverdance

11:15 am

stg phaet!

11:15 am

i meant wtg.

11:15 am

help with 9's pls and the 8's, only have the cr8

11:15 am

hi river

11:16 am

re9 - to rechoose actors for a show

11:16 am

ah, just found the re9!! another gerund

11:16 am

ty River

11:16 am

hi peri

11:17 am

co8=the person who is on your loan with you

11:17 am

hi there jmc, did you eat that sammich? don't want you keeling over

11:17 am

i ate some of it before i decided it was off -- i am waiting for results now

11:18 am

ty jmc for co8

11:18 am

and the co9

11:19 am

yw

11:25 am

some days I feel like I am losing my sa**** - ugh

11:28 am

phantom: arcade

11:29 am

114 left, bbs

11:31 am

*surprised river claims sa6/24*

11:31 am

bye peri

11:33 am

so true jmc

11:35 am

anyclues for the I in the middle?

11:36 am

in5 - opp of outer

11:36 am

and plural

11:37 am

20 to go

11:37 am

thanks

11:37 am

101 left here - need to get some lunch and back to work - bye all

11:37 am

i got 235 words left lol

11:38 am

100 left - couldn't leave it with 101 - happy babbling

11:40 am

trying to get to 100

11:40 am

go vm go!

11:40 am

evening all

11:41 am

hi ru a new picture of dylan?

11:41 am

hi katie

11:41 am

watching the Popes visit and babbling, strange combination but works for me lol

11:41 am

no. a painting of our other dog

11:42 am

i see that now

11:42 am

231 left

11:44 am

ac7/32?

11:44 am

okay 1/3 way I think i may go pretend to work

11:44 am

ac and the california dried grape minus a vow

11:45 am

*poof*

11:45 am

good morning everyone

11:45 am

hello ru - how's mrs. ru this morning?

11:46 am

better.. but her back is killing her from the hospital bed

11:46 am

ah, guess a nice back rub would feel good

11:47 am

hi flosey.

11:47 am

We should not be expected to know about a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium LOL!!

11:47 am

hi all btw :)

11:47 am

hi m9

11:47 am

so.. are u, ru her true love?

11:47 am

hi jeff

11:48 am

oh come on Jeff.... that's just everyday conversation!

11:48 am

wow jeff, that's quite a clue?

11:49 am

I try to check dictionary.com for some of these words :)

11:49 am

lol, I'll just keep looking!!

11:49 am

hmm... donno abut that.

11:49 am

oh that slime mold! he's attracting other myxamebas again!! I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind!

11:49 am

see?

11:52 am

does anyone have the an 7/40?

11:53 am

yes..

11:53 am

good thing it's benign!

11:54 am

medical prefix and medical suffix

11:54 am

an***plasty

11:55 am

thank you

11:55 am

I didn't have the heart for that clue

11:55 am

an**e, an**e.... when will those clouds all disappear?

11:56 am

that joke was kind of lymph.

11:57 am

I am always told I tell jokes in bad tumor

11:58 am

it's just in your blood.

11:58 am

i don't even wanna look for the en7.

11:58 am

hello all! first word I see is Sardine - only it's a phantom

11:58 am

whoo hoo! wtg lile!!!

11:59 am

yeah - would have been good, eh?

12:00 pm

how is ACAI not a word?

12:00 pm

it so is in the dictionary

12:01 pm

ah.. got the en7

12:02 pm

6 left.. all n's

12:02 pm

go go go m9!

12:02 pm

tine

12:03 pm

oops sorry

12:03 pm

and I'd already entered it! PB for me I suppose :(

12:05 pm

2..

12:05 pm

en tia

12:05 pm

how many words in the grid today?

12:05 pm

pb for erda

12:06 pm

hi erda.. putting a space in doesn't keep you out of pb!

12:06 pm

339

12:06 pm

339

12:06 pm

hi ormal

12:06 pm

oooo rather a lot! At least I can talk to Erda in the pb :)

12:06 pm

hiya m9, crossy...all

12:07 pm

howdy ormal

12:07 pm

1...

12:07 pm

erda,if you get another russian blue kitty,name it smirnoff..i always wanted to do that myself lol

12:07 pm

Lilecama: Thanks for the kind word!!!

12:07 pm

goooo m9!

12:07 pm

Mine is named Machka

12:08 pm

LOL Crossy

12:09 pm

Smirnoff wouldn't fit a girl-type cat...

12:09 pm

get a boy kitty

12:09 pm

fireworks.

12:09 pm

yaa for m9!!

12:09 pm

last word ne 5/10

12:09 pm

yay m9!!!!

12:09 pm

wtg m9!!

12:09 pm

smirna i guess.

12:10 pm

woot woot, M9

12:10 pm

thanks all

12:10 pm

hey mich!!!!!!!

12:10 pm

excellent m9

12:10 pm

Vodka would be a nice name, too

12:10 pm

yo, M

12:10 pm

friend of mine has two cats called Vodka and Whiskey

12:11 pm

I'm babbling while waking up. Got to run out to school soon for a department meeting. Classes start next Monday.

12:11 pm

Nice of your friend, Lile

12:11 pm

and for the female Stolichnaya

12:12 pm

my dd's cat was named mai tai when we got her.

12:12 pm

damn gris..i TOLD it to finish itself today...its just NOT listening

12:12 pm

grid* even

12:12 pm

oh yeah.. waking up to a 339 grid. yikes.

12:12 pm

hey carlee

12:12 pm

co 5/16?

12:12 pm

nm

12:12 pm

found it

12:13 pm

Stolichnaya means "pertaining to the capital city," i.e. Moscow. Not for me.

12:13 pm

luckily I have a 1000 pt rule -- I get to stop anytime I want after 1000 pts :)

12:14 pm

thats why i go for the big pointers first mich;)

12:14 pm

hi everyone! clue for the cr6.27?

12:14 pm

stuck in the co's lbd sorry

12:14 pm

hey dawg

12:14 pm

excellent strategy, cross!

12:14 pm

hi carlee!

12:14 pm

but Aiden didn't want an alcoholic cat... so we changed her name to the way Gage pronounced it: Tai tai.. which REALLY fits her!

12:15 pm

I have that cr -- it's like a spoon...

12:15 pm

cr6/27: when you get your pants back from the dry cleaner they are all cr6 - like pleated

12:15 pm

do these pants look cr7???

12:15 pm

do I have to iron them??

12:16 pm

ohh.. I love gr7 spoons!

12:16 pm

ty, ormal, m9 and mich!

12:18 pm

i am having trouble getting to 100 left

12:18 pm

co 7./48?

12:18 pm

dam* gerund!

12:18 pm

ah.. it has gerund

12:18 pm

so we're co7 up to the fire

12:19 pm

snuggle + gerund, ru

12:19 pm

you can do it carlee!!!!

12:19 pm

I broke down and went to the eye doctor yesterday. After he told me how badly my prescription had changed, I paid for new glasses. NOW I know why everyone was complaining about my driving - those other cars were a lot closer than I thought. LOL

12:19 pm

thank you

12:19 pm

nice clue, m9

12:19 pm

i just randomly found some trig

12:19 pm

oh funny ormal!

12:19 pm

and scary too

12:19 pm

wtg vmach

12:20 pm

i just learned to drive lol

12:20 pm

oh my ornmal..that..is scary

12:20 pm

*waves at vmach*

12:20 pm

heh heh

12:20 pm

scary probably describes the ride for everyone else.

12:20 pm

i still havent found the bottom I

12:20 pm

loll

12:20 pm

it's just a copycat of the a above it vmach.

12:21 pm

im4/6

12:21 pm

orm thats fantastic

12:21 pm

m9 i still dont know clue?\

12:22 pm

i+ speak into the ***rophone

12:22 pm

see the am6 on tile above?

12:23 pm

that's not the word orm!LOL

12:23 pm

gotcha

12:23 pm

another phantom word .. Dentist grrr

12:23 pm

m9, you almost had a penalty back there...

12:23 pm

dangit, and I JUST got new glasses!

12:24 pm

where?? where???? LOL wouldn't be the first time... or is that almost a pb too?

12:24 pm

@don yeah

12:24 pm

and i found an Mi but uh yeah

12:24 pm

that freakin I

12:24 pm

maybe I should skip Irish Cream in the coffee???

12:25 pm

LOL! Nope, it was when you addressed Vm4/7...

12:25 pm

I think Irish cream would go well with your new glasses, ormal

12:26 pm

ah!! tee hee...

12:26 pm

I thought so too, but I was cluing non-words, so maybe I was wrong Ruby.

12:27 pm

ttfn *poof

12:27 pm

I just got a 9 on my own *chuffed*

12:28 pm

So, how are you Ruby? It's been a while. <says Ormal with egg on her face>

12:28 pm

I love this grid but only have 182 words and am probably finished

12:28 pm

well I'm done... can clue if anyone wants.

12:29 pm

I have the co9 (plural of 8), what is the other 9, pls?

12:29 pm

excited that there is renaissance on youtube. Someone lost my vinyl ages ago..

12:30 pm

re9

12:30 pm

re9/72

12:31 pm

got it, m9, had the word without the gerund!

12:31 pm

sweet

12:34 pm

these c words go on and on.....

12:34 pm

c

12:34 pm

g

12:36 pm

wife made me get rid of my vinyl..sniff..only 50 or so of the best left that i have hidden..sniff

12:38 pm

same person that lost that lost my stone ponies evergreen album.

12:38 pm

sigh

12:38 pm

we got aiden one of those retro players a few years ago..and she listens to my old records.

12:38 pm

:(

12:38 pm

finito! finally! off to attack mount washmore. bbl

12:38 pm

wtg lbd1

12:38 pm

yaa for ibd!!

12:38 pm

ew. laundry.

12:39 pm

did you transfer them onto cd's first crossy?

12:40 pm

sadly not,she was at thenm in the first few years we were married 93-96,our first computer was not till 97

12:41 pm

wow.

12:41 pm

lol, have fun lbd - I'm doing both at the same time

12:41 pm

I'm just... wow.

12:41 pm

I don't know what to say to that.

12:41 pm

now shardenai is a wine - is it not?

12:42 pm

I am always doing laundry it seems

12:42 pm

clue for ad 5/12?

12:42 pm

bye bye red

12:42 pm

lol,when i was single i never had a t.v for over 5 yeqars,just a 10,000 dollar sound system and 600 records;)

12:42 pm

clue for the co 8 please...

12:42 pm

red... say goodbye.

12:43 pm

Chardonnay is the wine, Lile.

12:43 pm

I think lile was joking

12:43 pm

omg...I thought you were telling me to leave. I was so confused.

12:43 pm

lol haz! ;)

12:43 pm

lol of course not!

12:43 pm

co8 edge of land + gerund

12:43 pm

jeff.... put the car in low gear and take your foot off the gas..

12:44 pm

is there another one that plurals to the 9?

12:44 pm

sorry red!!LOL.. I take it you got it??

12:44 pm

ty m9

12:44 pm

d'oh! I was looking at the wrong A the entire time.

12:44 pm

yes jeff

12:44 pm

d

12:44 pm

co + ink your name + pause + plural

12:44 pm

you may need it if you have bad credit and want a loan

12:45 pm

just got it...ty

12:45 pm

yes, I got it. Thanks.

12:45 pm

annie haslam has such a clear, straight voice.

12:45 pm

190 and good night everybody!

12:45 pm

*poof*

12:46 pm

night ruby

12:47 pm

gn ruby

12:47 pm

160 down - must go eat something bbl! bye all

12:47 pm

bye Lile

12:52 pm

I'm really supposed to be doing some grocery and hardware items shopping, then removing all pictures from walls and cleaning them, and washing all the linens in preparation for moving, but here I sit playing Babble. But Babble is not a problem...lol

12:52 pm

Woo! Found both 9s :)

12:53 pm

go seain!

12:54 pm

Ormal.. how bout you take down two pics.. then find a word.. then take down two pics...

12:54 pm

hi again, back for a bit more

12:54 pm

clue for an 7/40 please

12:55 pm

hi, flosey and m9 and matches

12:55 pm

Hi dcseain

12:55 pm

hi dc

12:56 pm

lol m9, great idea!

12:56 pm

I need a clue for ar7 please?

12:56 pm

looking for an7....

12:56 pm

go to the video ar7 diff ending tough

12:56 pm

oops

12:56 pm

though

12:57 pm

dc... when I'm all on edge.. I'm an7 than everyone else!

12:57 pm

video ar7?

12:57 pm

oh, ok, got it

12:58 pm

yes. you know.. they have them in malls

12:58 pm

ty m9

12:58 pm

yes, spoke before thinking - bad idea!

12:58 pm

ar6 arts are sometimes considered evil

12:58 pm

ty m9

12:58 pm

but change the ending.. so instead you're in a mountainous region of ancient Greece, traditionally known for the contented pastoral innocence of its people

12:59 pm

yw

12:59 pm

ormal.... you taken any pictures down??

1:04 pm

Matches - an7/40 is a benign tumor

1:04 pm

thanks m9 - drop the r in the word and you get some eastern Canadians.

1:06 pm

ack...yes m9, but in the spirit of multitasking, I am doing the ones here in the office first and looking at the screen while I pledge and windex them...

1:07 pm

but you're DOING it and that's what matters Orm!!

1:08 pm

Gage just woke up.. and he informs me that we are still those lego people.

1:08 pm

it's make-believe 24/7 here!

1:09 pm

fantastic, can I play too, because I want to make believe I did more chores than I have.

1:10 pm

ca 7/36?

1:11 pm

hmm... you know those inca******* light bulbs?

1:12 pm

thanks m9!

1:12 pm

sure you can play Ormal.. you gotta shoot the bad guys. You gotta be robin, other superheroes and pirates (all at same time).. and if you find a dead body you have to call Palmer, but gage calls ducky.

1:18 pm

My brain just shut down with a thud. Help on the second re5,14 PLEASE???

1:19 pm

enjoy the make believe m9.i have a surly monosyabic angst filled teen who,s life is either world shattering or 16 hour sleep marathons

1:20 pm

does anyone have a clue for ca5/16 please?

1:20 pm

actually my 19 yo son still comes and tells me all sorts of what he calls "funnies".

1:21 pm

2nd re5 I have is to back out of a deal

1:21 pm

flosey: ****erbury Tales + sometimes vowel

1:21 pm

mine is 16,we shall see what he evolves into in 3 years;/

1:21 pm

ty jess

1:21 pm

he's never been surly.. a little angst maybe.. but that's just part of growing..

1:22 pm

thanks Erda

1:22 pm

jess: that's the third

1:22 pm

yw ormal

1:23 pm

and he always takes the garbage out. All I have to do is ask him. I love that.

1:23 pm

not listing, so don't know how many there are...

1:23 pm

he is taking electric guitar lessons.who knows,he may become the next guitar god lol"

1:23 pm

and carries my laundry downstairs for me..

1:23 pm

There are three

1:24 pm

cool. Mine was taking electric guitar lessons.. had just started when we moved.. and then we couldnt' afford them.

1:24 pm

my 14 yo daughter asked me if she could go to church with a friend last night. she came back and yelled, while pumping her hands up in down in joy, "that church was just like the one on that movie 4 christmases!!! There were strobing lights, loud music and the preacher was like "Whoooooooooose birthday is it TODAY....THIS WEEK??? Let's all sing em Happy Birthday, woop woop"

1:24 pm

can I get a clue for an 7/40?

1:24 pm

more anxious, annie

1:24 pm

an7/40 benign tumor

1:24 pm

"if he gets good enough to do dire straits tunes on demand,ill buy him a fancy guitar

1:25 pm

jess, just dont know it

1:25 pm

that's funny. I have a friend in Louisiana that says when she's going to church "it's time for woop woop!"

1:26 pm

a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (heman*****) or lymph vessels (lymphan*****)

1:26 pm

ty for tumor

1:26 pm

2nd re 5/14 is anagram of 3rd.

1:27 pm

Thank you, amelu!!! It had to be something simple like that...

1:27 pm

only on babble: "thank you for tumor"

1:28 pm

I"ll gladly share my tumor with you all :)

1:28 pm

pb for me...

1:29 pm

I sh6 too much!

1:30 pm

finally got the tumor

1:31 pm

hmm... I can't find good visual instructions anywhere online for making a wall of cube shelving.

1:34 pm

http://aclnk.com/article/5655448/simpl e_cube_bookcase_woodworking_tutorial.h tml?cat=30

1:34 pm

there u go

1:35 pm

afternoon babblers! happy almost-friday!

1:36 pm

thanks. I saw that one.. but i wanted pictures.LOL

1:37 pm

aha.. there are pictures buried as a link in it!

1:37 pm

:)

1:38 pm

good excuse to buy a drill press. ;-)

1:38 pm

lol,i think a drill press is a tad extreme,but a nice craft drill will be handy

1:38 pm

ty for the tumor, jess.. hi Babblers!

1:39 pm

yw aloy

1:40 pm

hi Aloy

1:40 pm

hi Annie.. all is well with you I hope?

1:41 pm

i finally get to have my stitches taken out tomorrow. *yay!*

1:41 pm

yes aloy, thank you and hope all is well with you too

1:41 pm

yes.. had quite a surprise today, hubby gave me a Kindle!

1:41 pm

hey... the dowels all have to be straight!LOL (actually, I have a drill attachment for that... I just want a drill press!)

1:42 pm

he had it on backorder from Amazon

1:42 pm

great gift aloy!

1:42 pm

now you can read all the time aloy!

1:42 pm

Aloy, what a nice gift, nice hubby

1:42 pm

aloy -- i LOVE mine. :)

1:42 pm

it is charging up, looking forward to learning how to use it

1:42 pm

ooh, good to hear Eva

1:43 pm

even works internationally, yay

1:43 pm

i have only used it for books, but you can also use it for periodicals, blogs, etc. im very basic with mine, but once you learn how to do the things you wanna do, i have found it to be user-friendly.

1:44 pm

there is a malignant tumor in the grid too! sa7

1:44 pm

wonderful! missed it too jess, tyvm

1:45 pm

another related sa7 as well aloy

1:45 pm

do you have a case for it, Eva? Am already worried about breaking it, being kinda clutzy, lol

1:45 pm

yaa for aloy and her new e-reader!!

1:46 pm

hi crossy.. do you have one?

1:46 pm

well... I need to get some stuff done IRL.

1:46 pm

looking, jess.. ty

1:46 pm

my wife loves her sony reader and i am loving my nook reader as well;)

1:46 pm

wife has had hers for almost 2 years

1:46 pm

can't believe the capacity.. wow

1:47 pm

i have over 100 books,50 pictures and 300 son g on mine aloy

1:47 pm

and it can take a 32 gig micro sd card if needed

1:47 pm

ooh, got the relative, Jess.. tx for the clue

1:48 pm

anyways i must head to work,tc all an happy babbling...poof!

1:48 pm

pictures? you can store pics? Haven't read the booklet yet

1:48 pm

yw aloy! back to work for me... 84 to go!

1:48 pm

bye m9! I'm jumping off too, have to get that trip to get groceries and hardware items b4 kids get home.

1:48 pm

bye for now, jess.. hagd

1:49 pm

bye Ormal.. happy shopping

1:50 pm

belated wave to crossy..

1:53 pm

e

1:54 pm

si

1:54 pm

tg

1:56 pm

hello shoo?

1:57 pm

any clue for the de7/40 ?

1:57 pm

hi there. sorry about the random letters. Get going on the puzzle and push the wrong button.

1:58 pm

hi Ouwachita.. sorry, not there yet

1:58 pm

but I'll look

1:59 pm

de and funny spelling of the wet stuff from the clouds

1:59 pm

thanks...got it

1:59 pm

ty Annie! great clue

2:06 pm

http://wtopnews.com/?nid=25&sid=205457 6 shooting at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

2:07 pm

I heard on NPR that the doc who was shot will be ok

2:07 pm

he will :)

2:07 pm

thank goodness

2:07 pm

only the shooter and his relative, a patient, died

2:08 pm

i heard about that, dc. whats UP with people in this area going postal lately?? the bethesda guy trying to off his ex, the discovery hostage standoff, now this...

2:09 pm

good question, EvaN

2:11 pm

the state of the world has people cracking up, methinks.

2:16 pm

who knows. Discovery guy had protested there for years, apparently

2:24 pm

hello again everyone! here I am - newly turned pro! :)

2:25 pm

yay, Lilecama! Welcome to prodom!

2:25 pm

thanks, Aloyisius.

2:25 pm

And a wonderful photo icon Lilecama, congrats on going pro :-)

2:26 pm

hi zooz

2:26 pm

thank you zoozzoom. A nice nebula, don't you think?

2:27 pm

so can someone please just define the I1?

2:27 pm

And you're icon gif is SO true, zoozzoom

2:28 pm

lol, yes , i am sure most of us have been there.

2:28 pm

Vmachine, not sure what your question is?

2:29 pm

the I on bottom

2:29 pm

me either, Vmach

2:29 pm

i need a decent clue

2:29 pm

same as the a above it....

2:29 pm

oh.. it is chemical.. i4, i + not at the end

2:30 pm

im4 i+ not the end but in the m**le

2:33 pm

im gonna guess its a word i dont know lol

2:34 pm

im + not the ego

2:34 pm

im + short word for proof of identity

2:35 pm

THANK YOU

2:35 pm

wtg, Vmach

2:35 pm

i should really goto PB for that clue..lol

2:36 pm

lol Freud i understand

2:36 pm

WTG Vmachine :-)

2:36 pm

clue please for 6/24... ( the word after what you play poker with)

2:37 pm

poker chips

2:37 pm

which 6.24?

2:37 pm

i just looked at the puzzle and saw a word i didnt even notice earlier relating to speed

2:38 pm

oh, sammysmom, you need the word about the heart.. ca****c arrest

2:38 pm

Sometimes it is good to just leave the grid for a while, then come back...i find lots more words that way..lol

2:39 pm

me too, zooz

2:39 pm

i was playing bookworm and eight1

2:39 pm

thanks aloy

2:39 pm

yw, sammys

2:40 pm

hello, help with first si6 pls

2:40 pm

pt of to put your name on paper, peri

2:41 pm

si6, sealed, delivered

2:41 pm

ty but that is not the firs, need si6/18 first one pls

2:41 pm

si 6 the color of such a pigment

2:42 pm

oh, the pretty reddish/auburn color

2:42 pm

yep, ty Aloy forgot the double n's

2:42 pm

ty, zooz and aloy

2:42 pm

ty zooz

2:42 pm

(-: yw

2:42 pm

fixing any good soup today, peri?

2:42 pm

hey seain

2:43 pm

yw :-)

2:43 pm

not today, Aloy, will keep you posted tho

2:43 pm

not today, Aloy, will keep you posted tho

2:43 pm

hi, peri

2:43 pm

Aloy are you back in Fla yet?

2:43 pm

i've been dozing off and on :)

2:43 pm

(-: good, I am a soupaholic

2:43 pm

think I'll fix tortilla soup next

2:44 pm

I love soup. There is a really good soup book, all vegetarian soups called: Love Soup. I want to buy it

2:44 pm

I think I will buy that one and a book by Mollie Katzen

2:44 pm

oh, ty for the reference.. hubby just surprised me with a Kindle today.. I'll write that title down

2:44 pm

kindles are nice :) sweet gift

2:45 pm

looking forward to learning about it and using it, dc..

2:45 pm

a kindle would be nice for cookbooks

2:45 pm

ready access to recipes but I Love books

2:45 pm

yes, I will keep the plastic over the screen when I use it in the kitchen tho

2:45 pm

i use either real books or my laptop, but yes, kindle would be good for that. i don't have a kindle, but have used some.

2:46 pm

I have yet to set up my GPS

2:47 pm

tienda is a common word around here :) nearest one to me is Tienda la Pulgarcita

2:47 pm

Like you DC i love real books, i think the ereaders are a good thing though, i just prefer books at the moment.

2:47 pm

what does it mean, dc?

2:48 pm

me too zooz

2:48 pm

kindle and others like it would be nice for vacations tho. they don't take up much space

2:48 pm

tienda means store that store's name in English is The Little Thumb Store -- the Spanish name implies thriftiness

2:49 pm

oh my, fireworks going off here.. any clues needed before I scoot?

2:49 pm

73 left, bbs

2:49 pm

yay for Aloy

2:49 pm

tx, dc.. tienda = store

2:49 pm

still have 147 to go and getting bleary eyed...... clue please for the ca 7/32 ??

2:50 pm

pl of the ones who put up green beans, jellies, etc

2:50 pm

extension of the tins

2:50 pm

sorry-- meant ca 7/36

2:51 pm

you don't want to buy a ca* of beans with a **** in it; you want a smooth can

2:51 pm

tin +de4

2:52 pm

love your clue Aloy :-)

2:52 pm

thanks aloy

2:52 pm

yw.. glad you got it

2:53 pm

ok i`m off to have a soup, take care all, hope to see you all tomorrow. :-)

2:53 pm

going to scope out a winery.. might have a party there next week, a surprise for my son who is coming to town.. bye for now, Happy Babbling all.. umm, soup!

2:54 pm

anjoy aloy

2:55 pm

njoy, aloy

2:56 pm

bye zoozzoom

2:56 pm

and aloy

2:57 pm

I'm off too. eyelids are drooping! see you all next time!

3:11 pm

clue for en 7/40

3:15 pm

en7/40 - last vault?

3:15 pm

en7 conclude + curved doorway

3:16 pm

ty vic and mary

3:16 pm

Ooh, you all tricked me into starting...don't think I have time for this today!

3:16 pm

It's a bit of a long one. All part of the devious scheme.

3:17 pm

Hi, Vi! How are you?

3:17 pm

Well, thanks, Jellen. I hope you're hanging in there?

3:18 pm

Was feeling pretty good yesterday...not so much today...it comes and goes...

3:19 pm

Yeah. You're going along fine and then some little thing happens... (hugs)

3:19 pm

it's hard, but gets easier -- that is, less frequent -- with time, Jellen

3:19 pm

hi, jellen, mary, vi

3:20 pm

((hugs)) jellen, hi everyone!

3:20 pm

Hello, dc.

3:20 pm

hi, JJ

3:20 pm

Hi, dc...and Mary, Matches, and Jilly...

3:20 pm

Hello, Jillyjill.

3:21 pm

aw, no macarena in the grid

3:21 pm

lol. That's been teasing me all day, dc.

3:21 pm

Wow, probably shouldn't have started this gird!

3:22 pm

Just don't worry about finishing! (I'm good at dishing out the advice, just not so good at following it myself.)

3:23 pm

i don't finish with some frequency of late

3:23 pm

lol vi....it'll be easier to quit...have a meeting tonight.

3:23 pm

I've been getting the small ones, really don't have time for the long ones except on weekends.

3:24 pm

The actual necessities of life can make a good substitute for willpower.

3:24 pm

neither is harem although I sure keep seeing it!!

3:24 pm

very muchso, vi

3:26 pm

density, dentistry, decade, dicentra...

3:26 pm

(It probably wouldn't accept dicentra anyway, though, come to think of it...)

3:27 pm

(Ooh, apparently it would! *stupid inconsistent Enable!*)

3:31 pm

nbt!! and brb

3:34 pm

I'm having trouble with the I in the lower left corner...stats please?

3:35 pm

im4.6 -- add ego cousin

3:35 pm

Thanks, dc!

3:36 pm

And the U?

3:36 pm

us5, a gerund

3:37 pm

Slap me with a <)))):<! Thanks!

3:38 pm

nbt, and time to get some things done...bbl...

3:38 pm

mosied

3:38 pm

have fun, jellen

3:38 pm

Aaargh!

3:38 pm

Talk like a pirate day is Sunday, vi, not today :P

3:39 pm

Didn't work anyway. That's what I get for trying to make a mask for son and think about Babble at the same time.

3:39 pm

hi all

3:39 pm

lol, dc

3:39 pm

LOL vic

3:39 pm

hi, jmc

3:39 pm

Hello, jmc.

3:40 pm

*wonders why vic son needs mask -- checks for tower*

3:40 pm

hi vic!

3:40 pm

Hi, jmc...I'm not supposed to be here...

3:40 pm

hi jell why not? was it something i said? ;-)

3:41 pm

Heh. He's been inspired by Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes that he needed to invent a crazy game involving lots of running, multiple balls, flags, and... wearing masks. *shrug*

3:41 pm

Supposed to be Getting Things Done!

3:41 pm

Babble is a Thing!

3:41 pm

excellent inspiration!

3:41 pm

makes since to me since i felt calvin was my son for a while

3:42 pm

heaven forfend!

3:42 pm

there i said it, it needed to be done!

3:42 pm

DE 5/16??? THE WORD BEFORE WHAT YOU GET IN A FANDER-BENDER

3:42 pm

Actually, Calvin is a pretty mixed inspiration. lol Son's been told if he picks the wrong aspects to be inspired by he'll never be allowed to read it again! lol

3:42 pm

fender-bender

3:42 pm

wow sammy calm down

3:43 pm

de5 - What you're praying to as the other car slams into you

3:43 pm

sorry for screaming jm.. bit ia AM screaming

3:43 pm

True, Babble is a Thing...but my other Things are sanctioned by the powers that be...

3:43 pm

i censored a few comic books myself vic

3:43 pm

poor sammy would you like some tea?

3:44 pm

yes please some earl fray please

3:44 pm

:aob"

3:44 pm

(Mine is a very good, sensible kid and I'm really not worried about it. But he did require the warning!)

3:44 pm

sob

3:44 pm

goodness sammy right away!

3:44 pm

Earl Fray? He's a rather warlike nobleman, is he not?

3:45 pm

a good sensible should require that warning lest he be a boring kid

3:45 pm

hush vic can't you see sammy is distraught?

3:45 pm

sorry vicuna... did not understand that clue... i would be mre likely to swear than pray, (sad huh ?)

3:45 pm

*gives sammy a mug of earl grey tea*

3:45 pm

No no no, jmc. There are all kinds of interesting yet still good sensible things to do. Like run around with balls, flags, and a mask, for example. Personally I think being rude and selfish is rather boring.

3:45 pm

lemon? sugar?

3:46 pm

da 6/24 anyone?

3:46 pm

de5/16 is a god. Any god.

3:46 pm

God or Zeus is a de5/16 end with the big pts tile

3:46 pm

Hi, ruru

3:47 pm

thanks jm, this will do nicely, maybe a wet cloth with vinegar on the forehead. to sooth the eyes, and relieve the tension........

3:47 pm

hi jellen how ya doing?

3:47 pm

rude and selfish is unacceptable sounds like you have a good and fun kid there

3:47 pm

So-so ruru...

3:48 pm

da6/24 - there's an Indian criminal = da + the middle third of an animal with a mask + opp of out

3:48 pm

*wrings out a warm wet cloth scented with lavender* there there

3:48 pm

But I'm enjoying being here :-)

3:48 pm

hi jellen.. would you like me to share my tea with you?. i was screaming and jm is soothing me

3:48 pm

thanks vicuna. finally got it

3:48 pm

what kind of tea would you prefer jell?

3:49 pm

and a da6 Japanese feudal lord = da + the beginning of giving a Humble Opinion + very end of Old MacDonald's song

3:49 pm

oof... sorry about those clues. It was a stretch

3:49 pm

at the risk of sounding like a goody-two shoes i want the chog to be a place of joy and safety

3:49 pm

I'm a coffee person, actually...

3:49 pm

ahhhhhhhh, it is going to storm here..... that shoudl calm me down

3:50 pm

great clue vic

3:50 pm

Was that a long drawn out ahhh of relief or a forceful high-pitched AHHH of agony?

3:50 pm

I just got my brand new coffee pot inthe mail yesterday! i will brew up a storm (but in a good coffee related way)

3:50 pm

a little irish in that coffee jell?

3:51 pm

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg

3:51 pm

(Shudders at the thought of a storm of coffee. What a mess!)

3:51 pm

Oh, aye!

3:51 pm

ru i thought pirate talk day was sunday?

3:51 pm

ru, dc was just reminding me that Talk Like a Pirate Day is Sunday, not today.... ;P

3:52 pm

*gives jell irish coffee with freshly whipped cream*

3:52 pm

Lovely, jmc!

3:52 pm

glad to help out!

3:53 pm

sigh i am not even 1/2 way through the C words

3:53 pm

not getting the da

3:53 pm

There were definitely too many c's.

3:53 pm

Which one, ru?

3:53 pm

da 6/24?

3:54 pm

Yeah, which one? I clued two.

3:54 pm

walk very slowly through vic's clue and remember computer abbreviations

3:55 pm

i hope aloy makes it to the vinyard before the storm hits... that way she wikll have a nice place to hunker down and wait it out

da 6/24 = 2/3 of da 4/6 + Detr*** is the Motor City

3:55 pm

got one of them.

3:55 pm

Really must go now...Thanks for the coffee, jmc! ((hugs)) to all!

3:56 pm

bye jell

3:56 pm

ugh got them both.

3:56 pm

Ah, that's a little cleaner, Luv. But it needs an extra consonant int he middle there.

3:56 pm

thank you for your patience

3:56 pm

bye jellen.. take care

3:56 pm

Go, ruru, go!

3:56 pm

Bye, Jellen!

3:57 pm

Err...no it doesn't. I misread. Sorry!

3:57 pm

ar 7/8/8?

ar 7/3 sounds like a place where you play video games but change the last vowel to two other vowels

the 8's build off of that

3:58 pm

ar7/36 - a pastoral paradise

3:58 pm

one 8 is a pl, the other an adj

3:58 pm

it is a place in Newfoundland, no?

3:58 pm

tyvm Vi and Luv

3:59 pm

need a break.. bbl

3:59 pm

Bye, ruru.

3:59 pm

ra

3:59 pm

ni

3:59 pm

okay i am out of jack so need to leave the office early on a charity (to myself) run to the liquor store

4:00 pm

thanks for the help vic and luv

4:00 pm

Goodbye, jmc.

yw and tc jmc

4:01 pm

bye all!

4:10 pm

hasta, jmc

hi babblers!

4:11 pm

hi, red

4:12 pm

hello, babblers- big rain, thunder, lightning and wind here

Lots of wind here wishing for some ra**

4:12 pm

it's coming our way soon

4:12 pm

Hello, red and JBV.

4:13 pm

the forecast on my phone says it's raning, but it's not raining, wait, now it is

4:13 pm

and there's thunder

Hi vicuna

4:13 pm

I wish I had thought to put the umbrella down on the picnic table, but I'm not going out there now

4:13 pm

so thunderstorms to the WNW of Washington, DC too :)

4:13 pm

Hello. I'm just starting the grid. Today is uniformly grey. The water, the sky, the air, the scenery, all painted in shades of grey.

4:14 pm

Hello, stidgmere. It's a long grid to just be starting.

4:14 pm

that can be pretty, stidgmere -- late Fall and early Winter are like that here -- i love the foggy light drizzle of that time of year

4:14 pm

But lucky I am just ending, so I should be off. Goodbye, everyone.

4:15 pm

congrats, and be well vicuna

4:15 pm

bye Vi

congrats Vicuna.

I am almost half way which is probably where I shall have to stop, as work calls me.

4:16 pm

hope you have a good shift, red

4:16 pm

Tom had a 16h one the other night.

4:16 pm

bye red

WOw, I never do those, they make me nervous.

4:18 pm

he was scheduled 12, then covered 4 more for someone

it is good money though.

4:20 pm

makes me nervous, too, red, knowing how tired some nurses (and doctors) are while on duty

4:20 pm

I did a 12 Monday...still recovering!! lol..too much for us 50+ RNs!

some people do function well with those. I think 12s are enough at night for me, btu I'm getting up there myself!

4:21 pm

The only reason they have the 12 hour shifts is that it requires less nurses. :(

4:22 pm

his facility has some depts with 8h shifts, some with 12. ICU and Tele both are 12h depts.

I actually prefer it Jilly, I think I would go nuts if I knew I had to go to work 5 days a week. I would probably find some other job.

We do have a few 8 hr nurses, and they are always at work...

4:23 pm

You'd hate my posted job: M-F 7-12 or 1...

I would hate it! though I am a fan of day shift in general!

4:24 pm

do I add weekends and holidays off?

I don't really care that much about the weekend and holiday thing, admittendly, which is odd.

but I am on a wait list for days and the night shift is making me very very sleepy.

4:26 pm

Tom works 4 on/10 off usually.

4:26 pm

friday-monday must often. Sometimes friday-sunday plus tuesday.

thats a nice schedule. I do a nutty one for running. 2 on, 1-2 off, and one on...then...

4:29 pm

I hated nights....I'm a morning person!!

4:29 pm

Tom's always worked nights while a nurse -- even when in school

4:33 pm

Well, must toddle off for chores and meeting...bbl. Am happy with nbt for now....

4:36 pm

be well, JJ

4:45 pm

clue for re5/14 before the word with money in it

4:51 pm

That may be the re & *** and tonic (backwards)

I am not a night person, but one can make a pile of ca** working on nights, and you Seain are a night owl as well...

4:52 pm

i do prefer a 10-18 shift, indeed :)

4:53 pm

re5 for the stars

4:53 pm

no it's the one before that, thanks anyway

Oh thanks! I am well over half now, got about 10 mins of play left.

4:54 pm

did you find the pair of cancerous words and the sa7 relating to connective tissue, red?

4:56 pm

re6, take back, your testimony

4:57 pm

no that's the first one. I need the middle re5/12 ty for helping

4:58 pm

a queen or a king re***s over their kingdom

4:58 pm

there is no re5.12. re5.14 for the stars, re514 as a monarch, re5.14 on a bet, re5.10 a house

5:00 pm

Sorry I meant re 5/14 the middle one. have the give back and the one with money

5:01 pm

re5 over a realm as monarch

5:02 pm

ty dcsein, that was it.

5:02 pm

how are you this morning, lyn?

5:03 pm

OK thanks DC, stil waking up. How is life treating you?

5:07 pm

pretty well, thanks :)

5:07 pm

i'll be heading off to happy hour soon

5:08 pm

oh sure - I can't even understand the def of that ac7

5:08 pm

SA 7/36 ?? i have one that is a cancer

5:09 pm

sammys, 2nd one is a cancerous growth

5:09 pm

1st one has different last 2 letters and is an adj

5:10 pm

hint for ac7, pls?

5:10 pm

thanks dc

5:11 pm

ac & a dried grape less the first i

5:13 pm

ty. it's a type of Urea formaldehyde resin apparently. interesting.

5:16 pm

finally broke 100. down to 99

5:17 pm

Hi all. Back for my final 25.

5:17 pm

hi Jac

5:18 pm

my body lies over the oc5, my body lies sea...

5:18 pm

hi, jac

5:18 pm

back for my last 70

5:18 pm

hi all

5:19 pm

wb, peri

5:19 pm

dcs - you just re4 my mind - I was looking at o words. Always miss the watery one!

5:19 pm

Hi Peri.

5:20 pm

morning Peri

5:23 pm

Hi everyone.

5:23 pm

hi, gramma

5:23 pm

Hi gramma.

5:23 pm

hi Gramma

5:24 pm

It's been a loong time since I've been able to Babble for a good stretch.

5:24 pm

FIREWORKS!:-)

5:24 pm

congrats, jac

5:24 pm

Congrats Jac!!

5:24 pm

bet you're enjoying the downtime, gramma

5:24 pm

yay Jac

5:26 pm

Thank you. Can clue for a while, if needed.

5:26 pm

i'm off to happy hour. bbl for last 90

5:26 pm

bye DC, have fun

5:27 pm

'Bye dcs.

5:30 pm

Jac, love your icon, whre did yo find it?

5:31 pm

peri - you can make any si4 you like at the name on the icon.

5:31 pm

GlassGiant.com

5:32 pm

I made this a few years ago. I assume the site's still available.

5:32 pm

ty will check that out

5:32 pm

hi all

5:33 pm

Hi carlee.

5:33 pm

hi Carlee

5:33 pm

well..lets see fi i can yet break 100 to go

5:35 pm

Keep going. You can do it!

5:37 pm

ugh..i hate windy wet grey days when the wind HOWLS

5:37 pm

I hate it when you can fill in Licketys list without even looking at the grid but you couldn't find anymore before you listed!

5:38 pm

i have lickety up..but i am not finding any more words..i hate the big grods

5:38 pm

grids even

5:38 pm

there are some obscure words here

5:39 pm

well..i have found 3 more words..7 more to 100

5:40 pm

i like my smaller twisty grids dammit

5:41 pm

I like big grids because you can whizz through the first half.

5:44 pm

si

5:46 pm

Ormal - are you agreeing or asking for an 'si' word?

5:47 pm

I need the very first si word Jacula

5:47 pm

finally ..100 to go

5:48 pm

50 left

5:48 pm

wow...and I felt good to get 67........lol

5:48 pm

mixi - a rusty brown colour. Paint is called 'burnt si5'.

5:49 pm

TY Jacula

5:50 pm

y/w

5:53 pm

en 7 anyone.. the big ones are eluding me

5:54 pm

ok..well..i consider myself done...

5:54 pm

finality + curved

5:54 pm

en + a curved thing.

5:54 pm

thank you both

5:54 pm

Well done, carlee.

5:55 pm

de 7/40 the last de ?

5:56 pm

don't have it ruru

5:56 pm

de & what the king & queen does but change the e

5:57 pm

ruru - de + precipitation (wet) with an extra letter in it.

5:57 pm

luv ya lynxx

5:57 pm

ty lynxxx

5:58 pm

BBL - the demolition one house away is driving me nuts, good time to walk

5:59 pm

ok..tata for now..cu al ltomorrow

5:59 pm

Don't blame you, lynxxx.

5:59 pm

'Bye carlee.

Hello

6:03 pm

Hello Herin.

How are you all?

6:03 pm

hi all

Hi Ardila

6:04 pm

made it to hawaii

Ardilla is that you?

Ok the Pope really is out of touch with reality

6:07 pm

hello all

Hello Peri

6:08 pm

first gi6/24 pls

6:08 pm

ardilla, you are in Hawaii, lucky you

6:08 pm

I changed my flag to US since I don't live in Japan anymore but haven't moved into Spain yet

Ardilla is that you in the icon?

6:08 pm

nice picture, ardilla

6:09 pm

sa7 before the cancer?

6:09 pm

mixi, same as the one before but ends in what they ask for in a bar

6:10 pm

if you look underage that is

6:10 pm

first gi6/24 anyone?

6:11 pm

nm it was a plural

6:11 pm

did you get it mixi?

6:11 pm

yes, that's me in the pic

6:11 pm

thinking....

6:12 pm

mixi first 5 letters are the same as the one above

There is a man on tv that is having chocolate for breakfast lunch and dinner as a report on the best chocolate places in Melbourne. I want his job

6:13 pm

TY peri.

6:13 pm

me too herin

6:13 pm

s's swiped.

6:13 pm

glad you got it mixi

6:14 pm

er7 please

6:14 pm

41 left

6:14 pm

26 left and er7 is one of them.

Then again I think my butt just increased in size watching the article

6:15 pm

what you do w/the top of the pencil peri

6:15 pm

er7 - to wipe the blackboard

6:17 pm

duh, ty mixi

6:17 pm

thanks jess

6:17 pm

yw

6:18 pm

I do not like c words

Neithe do I

6:19 pm

but I am liking the gerund end***

I missed the stack of plurals and gerunds Pei

6:21 pm

8 gerunds in the c's.

6:21 pm

ty mixi, will look

Mixy that is 8 too many

6:31 pm

2 ca's, 1 ce, 3 co's, 1 cr, maybe I can't count.

6:31 pm

Hello Babblers. How is everyone tonight?

6:32 pm

15 left!

6:33 pm

18 left here!!

6:34 pm

go Peri, go! :)

6:34 pm

127 left for me.

6:34 pm

good wht and you

6:34 pm

herin, how many do you have left?

6:34 pm

go mixi go!!

6:35 pm

Can I have a clue for the ac7?

6:36 pm

ac + dried grape minus an i.

6:37 pm

wht - measure of land ac4, but change the last letter and add a trangression .

6:38 pm

ty mix and jac. I would never have gotten that.

6:39 pm

A gerund story for the c's - Ca6/7 the joint prior to the planned robbery, I realised I was ca7/40 a shadow over the room that could be seen by the security guard. Ce7/40 my activity, I got into my vehicle and was co6/55 down the hill, so as not to make any engine noise, when I realised that my partner in crime co7/48 up to me was cr8/55 my beautifully ironed shirt.

6:40 pm

oh, wow, Jac.

6:40 pm

Hope it helps!

6:41 pm

ty Jac.

6:42 pm

y/w

6:42 pm

Was your partner co7 up to you or ac - co7/40 you?

6:43 pm

Sorry, she was co7/48. I missed one. That will be co7/40 me now, if I'd taken bets on it.

6:44 pm

Mind you, I guess she would have been co7/40 my mythical robber more, if he had to take his shirt back to the laundry. LOL

6:45 pm

an7/40 pls

6:45 pm

no loot AND wrinkles.... sheesh!

6:46 pm

truncated holy being + personal pronoun + shout to your little mother.

6:46 pm

an7/40 benign tumor

6:46 pm

jessmom - roflol.

6:47 pm

ty jess

6:47 pm

over 1/2 done

6:47 pm

My last clue was for an7/40, btw.

6:47 pm

Well done, cosdem.

6:47 pm

ty jess and Jac, that is fireworks for me

6:47 pm

mixi, are you done?

6:48 pm

Yay for peri! *~*~*~*~

6:48 pm

ty Jac

6:48 pm

7 left

6:48 pm

go, go mixi!!

6:48 pm

thinking for an740

6:48 pm

going to watch tv for a while

6:48 pm

wtg peri.

6:49 pm

Peri - what are you going to put on your si4 from GlassGiant.com? 'Clue for si4 please? N/M' ? LOL

6:49 pm

clue for the ar7?

6:50 pm

wht - place in Greece known for innocent simplicy or a city not too far from LA.

6:51 pm

ty jac. It is also a US National Park in Maine.

6:51 pm

Think of an amusements or a video ar***e to start you off.

6:51 pm

Oh, I see you got. Phew!

6:51 pm

That was a 3-fer, jac

6:52 pm

Oh good. You might get the following ar6 and maybe 3 more words from it, too.

6:52 pm

If you haven't got them already, that is.

6:54 pm

ty Jac. I had that. The only a I am missing now is the ae5

6:55 pm

wht - ae + a US intelligence agency.

6:55 pm

hi all

6:55 pm

ty Jac. Just monkeyed it. A's abolished.

6:56 pm

Which is actually the rust fungi stuff you see on leaves.

6:56 pm

Hi Boobear.

6:56 pm

On the my 21 remaining c's

6:56 pm

Just yell if you want help, wht.

6:56 pm

still looking for benign tumor.

6:57 pm

yello

6:57 pm

Hi feather.

6:57 pm

hi featherbee

6:57 pm

w

6:58 pm

hi ruru

6:58 pm

mixi - try this - an + US soldier + president's surname without 2nd and 3rd letters.

6:59 pm

Hi again, ruru.

6:59 pm

The tumor starts like it has to do with the heart. Especially the procedure to clean out the blood vessels of the heart.

6:59 pm

ho 6/21?

7:00 pm

ruru - someone who sells socks, tights, stockings etc.

7:00 pm

ty wht.

7:00 pm

as apposed to guys who wear theM?...lol

7:01 pm

opposed..thanks jax

7:01 pm

ruru - yes. LOL

7:01 pm

ty Jac

7:01 pm

2 left.

7:01 pm

y/w, wht.

7:01 pm

Clue for the first ca7 please

7:02 pm

debating whether to start, lol

7:02 pm

wht - another word for a tin + a piece knocked in on it.

7:02 pm

fireworks. finally.

7:02 pm

feather - I suppose it depends what time it is there and how long you've got.

7:02 pm

Well done, mixi.

7:02 pm

wtg mix

7:03 pm

8pm. i think i'll start and just see how fast i can get to nbt and over half.

7:03 pm

ty Jac. That is another weird one.

7:03 pm

Whatever suits you, feather. Family all okay, btw?

7:04 pm

yep, everyone's good. everyone's asleep too, i think, including hubby!

I want to go to my b.fs work there is a pug puppy visiting all day

7:04 pm

Feather. If you never start, you will never finish. The beginning goes pretty quickly.

7:04 pm

wht - it means glowing with white heat. You probably are more used to seeing it with 'in' before it and a slightly different ending.

7:05 pm

lol wht. i've long ago given up worrying about finishing. i used to complete every puzzle. then life started to get in the way. i'll just do the fun part for now.

7:05 pm

what is a thing knocked onto the tin?

7:05 pm

Feather - glad they're all okay. My other half's on night's at the moment. Will probably get in about 3am(ish).

7:05 pm

that's hard

7:06 pm

bichon - if you bash metal with hammer you will d**** it.

7:06 pm

ty Jac

7:07 pm

Feather - he'll be on a 10 til 2 shift for the next two weeks... or did he say 2 til 10? Maths isn't my strong point.

why did I start this?

7:07 pm

2 to 10 makes more sense, hours wise

7:07 pm

Herin - because resistance is futile. LOL

7:07 pm

99 left

7:08 pm

Feather, well I'll find out soon enough.

True and it started easy

7:08 pm

wht - you're on the home straight.

7:09 pm

found a 9!

7:10 pm

Herin - LOL. It always does. Not sure if I'm hearing Hot Chocolate's 'It Started With A Kiss' or Ringo Starr's 'It Don't Come Ea4/6' now!

7:10 pm

clue for ac 7 please

7:10 pm

I don't know how straight it will be Jac. At least I have the x's and y'x finished already.

7:10 pm

Feather - only one more 9 to find now, then.

True

7:11 pm

yup

7:11 pm

BooBear - ac4 - land measure with different ending + a transgression.

7:11 pm

Herin - btw, sorry to have mentioned chocolate again. LOL

I think I was drooling at that interview.

Hi wed

opps Feather

7:12 pm

drooling doesn't seem to be a good way to get a job....

7:13 pm

Feather - I actually snorted when I read that. LOL!

Feather there was an Interviewer on tv talking about eating Breaky lunch and dinner with the best places in Melbourne on Chocolate shops

7:13 pm

ty Jacula

7:13 pm

lol, sorry!

ONe place was Lindt, one Koko Black and the other Max Brennas

7:13 pm

Boobear - y/w

7:14 pm

ohhhhhhh, well that makes more sense of course

7:14 pm

Feather, don't be sorry.

7:14 pm

i'm only half paying attention to chat, as you can tell

I am only half awake

7:15 pm

I've got this vision of someone going for an interview to work in a chocolate factory and drooling all over the interviewer's desk.

7:15 pm

sounds like a lucy episode, slightly twisted

Jac trust me working at a Choc factory is a brilliant way to cure Choc addiction. I plated up 600 pieces of choc cake I rarely eat choc cake now

7:16 pm

As someone who lives not too far, and sometimes within smelling distance, of a famous chocolate factory, I can tell you that the workers get ha4'ened to the smell and often don't eat much of the stuff.

7:16 pm

Herin - Ah, I see you know that already!

Does it smell yuck or just normal Jac?

7:17 pm

clue for ad 5 please

7:17 pm

It smells normal, like melted choc, but you just stop finding it appealing, Herin.

7:17 pm

Boo - Spanish goodbye.

7:17 pm

ok

7:17 pm

ad5 amigos!

Jac I lived near a coffee roasting place. The coffee itself was horrid. But one winters morning the fog was thick and they were roasting I thought the fog tasted rather tasty of coffee

7:18 pm

good evening all

7:19 pm

Herin - that's interesting.

7:19 pm

Good evening Mom.

Hi Mom

7:19 pm

hi mom

7:19 pm

I am reading this conversation between Herin and Jacula and thinking of our son who lives between a brewery and a pickle factory :)

Jac you know its a not good coffee when you are actually told by a worker that ''it smells great doesn't taste that way''

7:19 pm

{{{Jacula, Herin and Feather}}} hello

7:20 pm

I used to have to go past a bakery on my way to work. The smell of bread cooking used to make me feel so hungry, even though I'd just had breakfast.

7:20 pm

Hello all...

Mom I used to stay in a house that was not even half a block from a beer company. That yeasty smell on a summers morning bad, in the arvo good reminds me of tasty beer

7:20 pm

{{Jellen}} hello

7:20 pm

Hi Jellen

7:20 pm

hi jellen

HI Jellen

7:20 pm

Mom - that's not a good smell. Hops smell sickly and boiling vinegar makes your eyes water.

7:20 pm

Hi Jellen.

7:20 pm

Hi Mom

7:21 pm

Hi Boo

7:21 pm

No, I agree Jac

But beer and pickles is a good combinating

7:21 pm

yuck ... beer

7:21 pm

Herin - true.

7:22 pm

I used to live near a bread factory and every morning the air smelled like raisin toast. Pretty nice.

7:22 pm

Hi Wht

Mom true. But a beer in summer even I can't resist

7:22 pm

love the smell of baking bread

My friend lives near a big bread factory and one day the factory caught alight. Burnt toast was the smell of the day

7:23 pm

hmmmm, beer and pickles.... you have an announcement, herin? LOL..... hi all!!!

7:23 pm

oh geez Herin

7:23 pm

wht - that does sound nice, unless you're a pregnant lady with morning sickness. I, fortunately, didn't suffer from that either time. I had heartburn instead.

7:23 pm

I was living in Pittsburgh at the time. It sure was better than the smell of the coal smoke from the steel mills.

7:23 pm

Hi, mamabear

7:23 pm

paper mills...that's a place you don't want to live near.

7:24 pm

hi jellen!!!

Mama NO. You goose

7:24 pm

Hi Mamabear

7:24 pm

Sugar plants smell pretty bad, too.

I am abnormal enough as it is. I like Vegemite and Peanut butter together

7:25 pm

what is vegemite Herin?

7:25 pm

down by my grandma's house in PA, the mill would smell awful sometimes. it reminded me of hot dogs gone bad. weird association, i know.

7:25 pm

sounds disgusting Feather

Vegemite is err

http://www.vegemite.com.au/vegemite/pa ge?PagecRef=1

7:25 pm

c's conquered

7:25 pm

Our worst smell around here is the mushroom farm...

7:26 pm

Herin - thinking of toast smells. When we were on hol in Crete in basic self-catering apartments, and when the Greek say 'basic' they do MEAN basic, there was no means to make toast. However, my Other Half worked out a method of balancing a slice of bread over 3 forks over the electric ring on the 2-ring hob. Our apartment block was right next to another and you wouldn't believe how many Brits hung over the balcony of that one, as well as gravitated towards us from our own saying, 'I can smell TOAST!' It was very funny.

7:26 pm

around my house, we sometimes get the methane gas smell of hte landfill

7:26 pm

Jellen - well mushrooms love the dark and grow in sh*t.

Sorry Mom I have no idea how to describe it. Other than their new Cheesymite is disgusting and akin to licking a feral beer mat

7:27 pm

Too true, Jac!

7:27 pm

Kraft makes it. But we don't have it over here

7:27 pm

Hi mamabear and anyone else I've missed.

Jac toast is great

Mom no you don't I don't think you guys would get it.

7:27 pm

hi Jacula! Long time no C!!!!!

7:27 pm

our wegman's carries it

7:28 pm

is Wegman's a grocery?

7:28 pm

yes it is mom

7:28 pm

yep mom, a big one, carries lots of neat things

7:28 pm

Had the smell of evergreen for 2 days in my apartment after they decided to power trim the hedges outside my windows... was nice, except for the headache the noise gave me.

7:28 pm

I don't think I could eat that

7:29 pm

We are lucky in UK, we can get both Marmite and Vegemite. Bovril spread, too.

7:29 pm

maybe some day we will get a Wegman's

7:29 pm

should i know the lower left i word?

7:29 pm

Mamabear - the evergreen oil would certainly have cleared your sinuses.

7:30 pm

It's a babblet, feather im 4/6

7:30 pm

im 4/6 Feather just like the am word

7:30 pm

my sinuses were pretty clear already.... which made the smell that much more enjoyable

7:30 pm

oops, got it, thanks

7:30 pm

feather - if you were shy, you might, especially if you knocked the word's head off.

7:31 pm

ANYONE have the last ma6/24?

7:31 pm

Smells - they certainly evoke both physical and emotional reactions in people, don't they? They can also bring back memories, both good and bad.

7:31 pm

nbt

7:31 pm

sorry Mamma I do not

7:32 pm

It is a plaid fabric from India

7:32 pm

sorry I meant Ruru

7:32 pm

rur - a region in India or a type of curry.

7:32 pm

clue for an 7 please

7:32 pm

thank you

7:33 pm

Boo an + US soldier + president's surname without 2nd and 3rd letters.

7:33 pm

hi, all

7:33 pm

pam!

7:33 pm

hi there pammo

7:33 pm

Hi pam. How are you?

7:33 pm

Hi, pam

7:33 pm

Hi Pam, long time since I have seen you. How are you?

7:33 pm

Hi Pam

7:33 pm

Well, Jac. You?

7:33 pm

bless you ruru, i was stifling my instinctive pamalamadingdong

7:34 pm

hi, ru, jellen, feather, wht, and all

7:34 pm

Pam - almost recovered from the foot/leg/ankle injury now, thanks.

Well my dears. I must depart and get on with my day. take care and bye bye

7:34 pm

MOM!!!!!!!!

7:34 pm

Ciao, herin

7:34 pm

Bye herin

7:34 pm

Herin - have a good day. cul8r.

7:34 pm

hi pam

7:34 pm

pb for Pam

7:34 pm

Hey! I just did textspeak. LOL

7:34 pm

Bye, herin

7:34 pm

ohh, thanks, i didn't have that one yet

7:35 pm

I think there is chocolate and vegemite in there.

I will try

7:35 pm

Love Herin

7:35 pm

LOL I always land in the pb with that word in the grid

7:35 pm

can I get a clue for the first da6,24?

7:35 pm

mi 7/40?

7:35 pm

The one after the Russian houses?

7:35 pm

Yes, Pam, and you usually get that word for me by doing it. *grins*

7:36 pm

da + co** tower in san francisco and hello

7:36 pm

ty Dorens

7:36 pm

oh, sorry, that wasn't well done. forget it.

7:36 pm

Hi, Dorens

7:36 pm

{{Dorens}} hello

7:36 pm

LOL, Jac!

7:36 pm

sigh, so many clues going right over my head recently

7:36 pm

da + **** tower in sanfrancisco and hi jell, mom, etc

7:36 pm

mi7 is commentary on the Torah

7:36 pm

hi, doresn!

7:36 pm

wht - robbers in India and Burma. The da7s that follow come from it.

7:37 pm

there's a tower in san fran?

7:37 pm

Ruru, I am drinking Juan gil monastrell, 2007, tonight

7:37 pm

hi pam. i see the tribe is well represented here. just finally monkeyed the na 6/24 too

7:37 pm

found this varietal, this vintage, a few months ago

7:37 pm

hmm.

7:37 pm

da6.24 - da + metal money with different last letter.

7:37 pm

oh poor ruru, and he is drinking nothing. but looking quite svelte, non?

7:38 pm

yay, over halfway!

7:38 pm

Oh, did not know this about ruru

7:38 pm

now will just sit and peck a few here and there, but mostly chat

7:38 pm

20lbs as of today dorens

7:38 pm

wtg feather

7:38 pm

love that halfway mark!

7:38 pm

not there yet...

7:38 pm

not getting the mi7 clue

7:38 pm

clue for an 7/28

7:38 pm

congrats, ruru!

7:39 pm

Boobear - more fidgety or more cross.

7:39 pm

i really wish i had the willpower t do that ru. that is amazing, and it hasn't even been a month!

7:39 pm

thanks pam

7:39 pm

ruru: stuck in the ***dle with you + poison ivy causes a r4/5

I can't believe mi7 is a word...

7:40 pm

I know dorens..it is dropping off me almost daily

7:40 pm

Hi Kaplan

7:40 pm

I thought it was a proper noun, Kaplan!

7:40 pm

thank you pam

7:40 pm

mi7 is a Hebrew word.

7:40 pm

are you exercising, ruru? eating differently? that's great

7:40 pm

you're welcome

Hi. With 113 left, I am not going the distance.

7:40 pm

Hi Kaplan.

7:40 pm

you've increased exercise a lot as well as the diet, right?

A very proper noun!

7:41 pm

yes.. walking, lifting weights, and lots of tennis..and no carbs

7:41 pm

Kaplan - you might, yet...

7:41 pm

wow, ruru

7:41 pm

<--- I'm ALL pumped up ...jah

7:41 pm

ruru - you on the high protein/low carb diet?

7:41 pm

LOL, ruru

7:42 pm

not getting your clue Jacula

7:42 pm

speaking of food, i'm starving and tired. going to get my bedtime snack and turn in soon. bye!

What's with all this tribal words?

7:42 pm

I am on the push myself away from the table diet dorens

7:42 pm

bye bye Feather, pleasant dreams

7:42 pm

Bye, feather!

7:42 pm

I am actually sleeping better too

7:42 pm

d's demolished.

7:42 pm

Hi, Kaplan

7:42 pm

'Night feather.

7:42 pm

ciao, feather!

7:43 pm

maybe, just maybe some day i will be sufficiently motivated.

7:43 pm

Boo - which word was it again?

No babbling on Yom Kippur!

7:43 pm

PB for Pam again.

7:43 pm

an7/28

7:43 pm

I have a permanent spot there, jac ;^)

7:44 pm

Boo - an* (picnic pest) + superlative ending.

7:45 pm

pam - I'm constructing a fruit jelly for tomorrow. The top part of fresh strawberries in strawberry jelly (that's NOT jam, btw) is set. Later, I will add a lemon jelly with blueberry bottom layer to it. Should I leave some in the PB for you?

7:45 pm

Oh, yes, Jac! Thank you!

7:46 pm

I love lemon and blueberry together--they complement each other so well....

7:46 pm

Pam - what to peope in USA call gelatine set pudding? 'Cos you seem to call 'jam' jelly?

7:47 pm

*do people, I meant to say.

7:47 pm

when pigs fly has a lemon blueberry sort of pudding cake that is soo good (and super tart). pam do you ever get there?

7:47 pm

Jac, I think we call it jello which is actually a brand name.

7:47 pm

wht - Oh, thanks for the info.

7:48 pm

Dorens - that sounds nice.

7:48 pm

Lemon blueberry cheesecake is nice, too. At leat the one I make is. LOL

7:48 pm

what is a superlative ending

7:48 pm

it is. and they have a bakery in cambridge which pammers and wht can get to far more easily than i

7:48 pm

LOVE when pigs fly

7:48 pm

Yes, wht, that's it...

7:48 pm

the most, boobear

7:48 pm

Also have a market in brookline, doresn

7:48 pm

I didn't get a huge crop off my blueberry bushes this year, but enough for a few nice desserts.

7:49 pm

i kind of figured you did, pam. the best bread!

7:49 pm

hi ..back .. mrs. ru needed attention

7:49 pm

Jelly, from what I can tell, contains the juice of fruits...Jam has fruit bits in it...

7:49 pm

I am a bread whore

7:49 pm

Boobear - superlative ending is mightIER.

7:49 pm

oh. more convenient for you.. i go to davis square when I am up there.. the pumpkin seed?? divine

7:49 pm

and then there are preserves, jellen

7:49 pm

so many fruits...

7:49 pm

lucky mrs. ru

7:49 pm

A superlative ending is a really good dessert.

7:50 pm

the pumpkin seed is my fave, too!

7:50 pm

lol, wht

7:50 pm

LOL, wht!

7:50 pm

but i generally get the low carb whole wheat... not nearly as good, but good ffor a low carb bread.

7:50 pm

Jellen - so WHY do Americans call jam 'jelly'? And why do they talk about canning when they mean bottling or putting into jars? That's confused me for years.

7:51 pm

wht - LOL re the dessert comment.

7:51 pm

ac 7 please?

7:51 pm

Don't know, Jac...

7:51 pm

oh jac, you know the english language is full of ridiculosities like that, and they didn't all originate in the states really

7:52 pm

ac7 ac + dried grapes minus an i

7:52 pm

ac + dried grape minus a vowel

7:52 pm

and i am done with the monster

7:52 pm

Hooray for Dorens!!!

7:52 pm

Finished dorens, or just done?

7:53 pm

haha, finished

7:53 pm

en7 please

7:53 pm

thank you.. YEAHHHHH Dorens...

7:53 pm

congrats Dorens

7:53 pm

I am right behind you sort of

7:53 pm

Congratulations Dorens

7:53 pm

Dorens - I'm not trying to blame the USA for ridiculosities, I'm well aware the English launguage being the wonderful, growing mongrel pup that is it throws enough anomalies up in its home country, but I'm intrigued to learn more about it and why it develops as it does both here and elsewhere.

7:53 pm

en en*s with the curved structure

7:53 pm

Well done, Dorens, on finishing.

7:54 pm

I am only 68 behind Dorens

7:54 pm

199 behind here :-)

7:54 pm

yay, doresn!

7:54 pm

na 7?

7:54 pm

yes jac, i have often wondered about the canning/tinning thing myself. used to do canning (made apple butter and chutney) and it never did make sense.

7:55 pm

ty dorens

7:55 pm

no na7

7:55 pm

because it WAS canned originally and habit is habit!

7:55 pm

hi all - you finally dragged me out of lurk!

7:55 pm

there is a na 7 on lickety's list

7:55 pm

Hi, hootowl

7:56 pm

hootowl, you mean people actually put things in cans in their own homes?

7:56 pm

e's erased

7:56 pm

sorry you're right ruru. more unpleasant

7:56 pm

Hi Hootowl

7:56 pm

Hi Hoot. Thanks for the info. How to you seal something in a can in a domestic environment? Welding or something? (Not being sarcastic, I promise. I really do want to know.)

7:56 pm

don't think so but it was probably how it got to the stores

7:57 pm

or really bad in the bedroom dorens..lol

7:57 pm

tyvm

7:57 pm

then Ball and Kerr came a;ong...

7:57 pm

that too ru ;-)

7:58 pm

I have 6 jars of relish/salad dresing in my closet right now

7:58 pm

but once it became a home industry, why couldn't they have changed the name? i mean, it really isn't the same procedure!

7:58 pm

na7 is much not nicer.

7:59 pm

When I don't have time for a jam or preserve I make compote. Just boil fruit w/water & maybe a spice

7:59 pm

g'g gone

7:59 pm

habit, habit, habit

7:59 pm

compote is lovely in yoghurt or on a sponge pudding, hoot.

8:00 pm

Never gets that far here!:D cook, onto plate, whipped cream - gone

8:00 pm

LOL Hoot.

8:01 pm

well the idea is it's fast & easy and doesn't require lbs of fruit. Just enough for 2

8:01 pm

ra 6/24?

8:01 pm

h's ho5'ed

8:01 pm

nm

8:01 pm

left-overs (?) go on french toast or pancakes

8:01 pm

have it already

8:02 pm

Dorens - it's interesting to see you questioning a fellow countrywoman, with only 9 years' age difference between you about the canning thing. USA is huge, and I guess habits and customs also vary over the country?

8:02 pm

Hoot - that question is for you, too.

8:03 pm

well jac, i understand about it being canning when it goes into cans. i just wonder about when we do it at home, the procedure really isn't the same. then again, what do you folks call it .. jarring?

8:03 pm

rur - did you just 'do a Peri'?

8:03 pm

yes

8:03 pm

twice today so far

8:03 pm

I'm sure it is but I think most people, no matter where, used a Ball or Kerr recipe book in the beginning

8:03 pm

reign

8:03 pm

also, my mom was far too modern, a very good cook, but she never "canned" anything... i only learned about it when i was in my 30's

8:03 pm

oh god

8:04 pm

thanks Ruru

8:04 pm

yes, i always used ball jars.. but didn't understand why we were "canning"

8:04 pm

did God answer you?

8:04 pm

ty ruru, but I have that already. I think there is some nice fruit compote in the PB

8:04 pm

and god can't help you with problems like that ruru

8:04 pm

Dorens - iit's called 'making jam' or 'preserving' (also applies to pickles, chutney etc.). If you are preserving whole fruits or whatever in syrup, then it's bottling.

8:04 pm

preserving sounds like a much better word to me

8:05 pm

nah - just canning. Never been questioned about it before thou. Just canned.

8:06 pm

Hoot - has it made you wonder now, since you've been questioned?

8:06 pm

sa7/36?

8:07 pm

jac how is your ankle doing?

8:07 pm

nope - at my age I ain't gonna change

8:07 pm

a cancer ruru

8:07 pm

I do know the diff between jams, jellies, etc. but it's all canning to me

8:08 pm

and the one before it a strange inflammatory disease

8:08 pm

that's one of them the other is related?

8:08 pm

Dorens - it's improving by leaps and bounds - not that I can actually leap or bound yet ; still walking like a rocking horse. But it's getting better.

8:08 pm

i's ic4

8:09 pm

they're different. the first ends with the robot ending

8:09 pm

Hoot - oh, okay. Just want to say that questioning everything keeps the brain alive.

8:09 pm

thank you.

8:09 pm

they share the first four letters, but i'm fairly certain they're actually unrelated

8:09 pm

two more s's

8:09 pm

Oh I do - just not canning. Just have fun.

8:09 pm

then a zillion t's

8:10 pm

oc 4/5? i cant seem to monkey it

8:10 pm

Hoot - okay. See you again soon.x

8:10 pm

it's a babblet cos

8:10 pm

nm i got it

8:10 pm

cos has also 'done a Peri'. LOL

8:11 pm

si 6/`18?

8:11 pm

a peri?

8:11 pm

ru the t's are much easier than the s's

8:11 pm

last mo6,24 pls

8:11 pm

which si6? they're both fishworthy

8:11 pm

I am now going back into lurk mode to get my last 13. bbl

8:12 pm

cos - our player Periwinkle (aka Peri) often asks for a clue and then says 'n/m I've got it.' Eventually, it became known as 'doing a Peri'.

8:12 pm

mo6.24 tiles are lovely

8:12 pm

the first one

8:12 pm

ty lynxx

8:12 pm

Hi, lynxxx

8:12 pm

ruru, have you checked out the bremer winery yet?

8:12 pm

hi Jellen

8:12 pm

You make pictures with little tesserae (pices of glass) for mo6.24.

8:12 pm

it's a color. or a misspelled italian town

8:13 pm

m's mashed. 50 left

8:13 pm

thank you

8:13 pm

last s the so 6/24?

8:14 pm

Ooh, I'm halfway! Time to take a break!

8:14 pm

*piEces of glass, I meant.

8:14 pm

cared for in french

8:14 pm

or so + anagram the gerund + a vowel

8:15 pm

French for 'well groomed', ruru.

8:15 pm

thank you

8:15 pm

y/w

8:15 pm

off to bed. Good night everyone. {{Hugs}} to all of you

8:15 pm

and i am leaving.... happy babbles folks

8:16 pm

'Nigh Mom.

8:16 pm

Night Dorens.

8:16 pm

Thanks, my French vocabulary doesn't extend to grooming...

8:16 pm

night Dorens

8:16 pm

Night Jacula

8:16 pm

G'night, Mom

8:16 pm

I'm going to wander off, too. Happy Babbling all who are left.

8:16 pm

night {{Jellen}} pleasant dreams

8:17 pm

Inceidentally, if you want a bit of a laugh, then click on the link in my profile. It is a 1950s guide to being The Perfect Wife with a modern follow-up.

8:19 pm

Hey, I thought nacent was a word.

8:19 pm

But I guess it isn't in enablish

8:19 pm

My Beloved very much liked the idea of being led to a chair or a bed on his arrival home from work, then being offered a neck massage whilst I talked to him in dulcet tones, had stopped all noise from washing machine, dishwasher etc., and shut the kids up.

8:20 pm

wht - it's nasCent.

8:20 pm

first ta 5?

8:20 pm

And, if I wasn't going already, I'd be in the PB for part of a word being a grid word. LOL.

8:20 pm

I bet he did

8:20 pm

nm

8:21 pm

can I get help a a few?

8:21 pm

di 6/24?

8:22 pm

choppers

8:22 pm

di6.24 boys little cars are made this way

8:22 pm

lynxx - when I asked him what time he'd be home when he unexpectedly got put on nights, he said, 'It doesn't matter, because you will have to be or get up to pander to me.' Have to say he ducked after he said that, since I had a wok in my hand at the time. My reply to him was of the 'go forth and multiply' Biblical kind.

8:22 pm

the first one une?

8:23 pm

That's a bit rough Jac - I onlky ever used to chuck plastic bowls - they didn't damage the walls

8:23 pm

di + plaster on a broken leg

8:23 pm

yeah

8:23 pm

thanks

8:24 pm

lynxx - I was intending to get the wok anywhere ne4 a wall! LOL

8:24 pm

ea 6/24?

8:24 pm

relaxing gerund

8:24 pm

wasn't, I meant, Lynxxx.

8:24 pm

thank you

8:24 pm

yw :-)

8:25 pm

ca 7/36?

8:25 pm

yeah I know but they bounce off thick heads!

8:25 pm

Lynxx - LOL.

8:25 pm

ca7 tin & what you put in your car when you crash

8:26 pm

tx lynxxx!

8:26 pm

rur - ca7/36 = shining with white light. Think of it with 'in' at the start, it may help.

8:26 pm

I really have to b*gger off now. See you all next grid. xxx

8:27 pm

bye Jac

8:27 pm

not seeing it

8:27 pm

got it

8:27 pm

thanks

8:27 pm

whew.. done

8:28 pm

whooo hooooo ru!!

8:28 pm

congrats, ruru!

8:28 pm

hi everyone!

8:28 pm

Hello all. Very tired. Did too much yesterday and stayed up too late. 63 to go now.

8:28 pm

thank you all for helping me with this one.. I didn't have enough time today

8:28 pm

Congrats! Bit of a monster for some reason isn't it?

8:28 pm

YAY ruru!

8:28 pm

hi Dawg & Jilli

8:28 pm

hi Jilli!

8:28 pm

I;ve been nurse RURU today

8:28 pm

hi Lynxxx

8:29 pm

bbl.. have to run to walk the dogs..they come first now.

8:29 pm

oh no, who's sick, ru?

8:29 pm

everything OK Ruru?

8:30 pm

Mrs ruru still sick? Oh dear!

8:30 pm

hope mrs. ru is on the mend. ru

8:30 pm

She was throwing up all yesterday...

8:31 pm

oh dear. there was a na5 bug running around up here a few weeks ago. expunging from both ends. glad i missed that round.

8:36 pm

did i kill the chat?

8:37 pm

no -- I just went into the grid

8:38 pm

allo allo look what the cat dragged in

8:38 pm

hi kiwi!!! How goes it?

8:38 pm

good grief! hello

8:38 pm

an 5/10?

8:38 pm

OMG!! KIWI!!

8:39 pm

a+ close as in not far away

8:39 pm

omg its not that much of a shock is it?

8:39 pm

ty! dont know how i mised that one

8:39 pm

well...YES!!

8:39 pm

sure is - thought you might have dissappeared down one of the earthquake cracks

8:39 pm

sigh...it has now been raining for over 20 hours...ugh

8:40 pm

wrong island lynxx lol

8:40 pm

how long can you tread water, crossy?

8:40 pm

Yeah I know, we worked it out. Didn't effect anyone you know did it?

8:40 pm

well i thought since i has having a MHD i should pop in for a change and clean the dust and cobwebs off my possie lol

8:41 pm

as long as needed lol

8:41 pm

rain and showers here too, crossy, and more predicted for the weekend -- and it's our big Fall Fair! Flosey and her hubby are very involved with it.

8:41 pm

No,lbd, it's just that, you've heard of a double egg cup right? Well that na5 bug requires a double toilet and no one wants to catch that bug even by association! Sorry, I just couldn't resist signing in again to say that. I got a bug like that 2 weeks before I was due to give birth to my 2nd child. The midwife was convinced I'd go into early labour and stayed with me. I didn't. In fact she had a lie in for 2 weeks after she was due. She still likes frequent naps now, at 23. LOL

8:41 pm

hi all.

8:41 pm

rain hail thunder lightning here at present thunder booming enough to rattle the windows

8:42 pm

brb

8:42 pm

Hi and bye to jillibus and anyone else I missed.

8:43 pm

nice groovy,i love a good t-storm,one that rocks and rolls enough to rattle the putty out of the window frames;))

8:43 pm

we dont cross a lot of ppl i know are still ahving rocks and rolls from all the aftershocks

8:43 pm

well we do but not at present lol

8:43 pm

well,i also will pass on earhquakes

8:47 pm

any clues for the 9s please?

8:47 pm

GroovyKiwi!! It's been ages!!!

8:47 pm

hey jellen hiya hugs

8:48 pm

re 9 when i hunting for an actor ,ill do this if one does not turn out

8:49 pm

co9 are people who will put their name on a loan

8:49 pm

thanks wht and cross from me

8:49 pm

co9 is plural of the 8. you would need at least one to adhere signature on a contract

8:49 pm

np;)

8:49 pm

Hmmm...don't get the re9 clue...

8:50 pm

jellen what do you put on your arm or leg when you break it

8:50 pm

Ah, thanks!

8:50 pm

expand that for when you are finding actors for a tv show or film

8:50 pm

a producer will do this when making a movie if a certain actor needs replacing

8:50 pm

and then put the re at the front

8:51 pm

if you break your leg you might have to wear a plaster thing on your leg, and if you broke the plaster you would have to get a re9

8:53 pm

last ra6 please

8:54 pm

keep the gerund close at hand, it's used when you least expect it!

8:54 pm

ra + **** a song of six pence

8:54 pm

ty lbd.

8:55 pm

hey babblers

8:55 pm

yw

8:55 pm

hiya gort!

8:55 pm

can i please have clues for any da between the first and last 2 das?

8:55 pm

I noticed, lbd. Without the gerund ending there would only be about 25 words in the grid.

8:56 pm

ty!

8:56 pm

russian housing, gort

8:56 pm

r's roped

8:57 pm

da + **hort (group) + he, she or **, plural and sometimes vowel

8:57 pm

thanks lbd

8:57 pm

transpose last two letters of last da4

8:58 pm

wow, those are crazy, lbd, thanks

8:58 pm

da + mission **possible + charged particle **n and plural

8:59 pm

da & vwl & "Oh Sola ***" old italian song

8:59 pm

truth or da**

8:59 pm

gotta run - bye all

8:59 pm

bye, lynxxx

8:59 pm

you totally rock, lbd! got em all now thanks to you. now how in the name of all that's bizarre did you find them in the first place?

8:59 pm

Bye, lynxxx

9:00 pm

well fed monkeys, early this morning, gort

9:00 pm

ty for the 9 clues. super. got a lot of words from them.

9:00 pm

awesome, thank you

9:00 pm

yw

9:01 pm

brb

9:09 pm

aiming for half way. any more clues for tough ones?

9:11 pm

50 C words done.. ugh

9:11 pm

Well done, cosdem...

9:11 pm

i wont say that rusty ole me is already half way thru lol

9:12 pm

I'm well over halfway, but slowing down, even with the list...

9:12 pm

ty all cluers in last 20 minutes for the amazing clues;)

9:12 pm

first ca7?

9:13 pm

i keep seeing accordian even tho its not there lol

9:13 pm

i have seen a endless progression of sardines

9:13 pm

Hi, Shirlock...need that, too...

9:14 pm

ca = tin + slight concavity

9:14 pm

Fireworks

9:14 pm

Thanks, gort

9:14 pm

well done wht

9:14 pm

ca7, tin container + ****ures...fake teeth

9:14 pm

Yay, wht!!!

9:14 pm

whoooo hoooooo WHT!!

9:14 pm

yaa for wht!!

9:15 pm

woohoooo wtg ^5

9:15 pm

thx for the ca7

9:15 pm

mi7 pls?

9:15 pm

co 8/60?

9:16 pm

mi7 is commentary on the Torah

9:16 pm

Oops! Just remembered I need to start laundry...brb...

9:16 pm

mi7 not on the ends + what you get from poison ivy.

9:16 pm

ok, googling commentary on the torah (read the torah, but danged if i can get my mitts on a commentary of it)

9:17 pm

co8.60 is pt of the co6

9:17 pm

co8,60 What your parents did for your first loan.

9:17 pm

mi should be mishna. i dont get that word at all.

9:18 pm

ty wht!

9:18 pm

i got that mi 7. weird to see it in the grid. is there an engish meaning?

9:19 pm

ahhh, got it now, thanks wht (not only do i lack a torah commentary, but until now, i didn't know what you get from poison ivy other than poisoned bricks)

9:19 pm

so many foreign words. i dont like that at all. i would prefer no spanish, no french, no hebrew, no yiddish, no scottish etc.

9:19 pm

mi7 according to dictionary.com an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle.

9:20 pm

what are poisoned bricks??????

9:20 pm

last de7?

9:20 pm

it would be a very small short grid, mkg

9:20 pm

the things poisoned ivy grow up?

9:20 pm

*gort starting to wonder if this is another one of those trans-hemispherical misunderstandings*

9:21 pm

Missing the first five co's...anyone feel charitable?

9:21 pm

de + a funny spelling of the wet stuff that falls from the sky

9:21 pm

co 7/48?

9:21 pm

co5 - beach

9:21 pm

Thanks, Groovy

9:21 pm

the only ivy i know of climbs bricks. you can poison it with a shot of round-up, but it doesn't come poisoned naturally (in oz, anyway)

9:22 pm

co7.48 is co4.7 + gerund

9:22 pm

co + the ending for writing out your name

9:22 pm

c07,48 - getting very close and chummy to.

9:22 pm

thx for the de, weird one

9:22 pm

co8.55 put in neutral and just roll with gravity or co5 + gerund

9:23 pm

Thanks, lbd

9:23 pm

co5.16 co + gerund slightly mixed up

9:23 pm

In the United States, poison ivy is a variety of ivy that grows wild which contains an oil that gives you a na5 ra4 if you touch it.

9:23 pm

ec6?

9:24 pm

jellen, add a vowel to the end of that 5 for the 6

9:24 pm

ec + not soft

9:24 pm

ec + opp easy or soft

9:24 pm

oops, off to pb

9:24 pm

the other co7

9:24 pm

Got them, thanks lbd!

9:24 pm

e + green leafy veggie

9:25 pm

co4,5 the $ of a product

9:25 pm

and co7,40 is the extra ending

9:25 pm

thx for the ec, so close now ...

9:25 pm

i have that already i think i have an extra co7

9:26 pm

You can do it, shrir

9:26 pm

go shirl!

9:26 pm

the co7.4 has got me stumped

9:26 pm

thats the one im stuck at kiwi

9:26 pm

co6/24 -- stick a consonant in the middle

9:27 pm

Hi, Une

9:27 pm

7.44 sorry - got a new keyboard and i type quicker than it can handle lol

9:27 pm

Groovy, the co4,7. What you put on the teapot to keep it warm.

9:27 pm

hey, jellen :-)

9:27 pm

co + to set fire to/start something is to ***ite it + past tense

9:28 pm

co7,44 is line the co6,24 that comes after it with a consonant stuck in the middle

9:28 pm

co5.16 + pt ending

9:28 pm

havent got that yet lbd lol

9:28 pm

co + gerund slightly mixed up, kiwi

9:29 pm

brb...doing a little crafty project...

9:30 pm

ahhh found it thanks lbd

9:30 pm

cool all the co's sorted now

9:31 pm

ok i am stalled at 4 Co words

9:31 pm

are you using the list, cos?

9:31 pm

which ones

9:31 pm

i have the money with constant in middle..

9:31 pm

Hello everyone, just in to change icon for tomorrow

9:31 pm

co5,12 co6,24 co6,21 co6,27 co8,60 co8,55 co9,72 co6,21 co4,5 co7,40 co4,7 co7,48

9:32 pm

oops

9:32 pm

ignore that

9:32 pm

Hi Kiwi, good to see you

9:32 pm

hey flosey

9:32 pm

hiya flosey!

9:32 pm

co5,12 - the beachline

9:32 pm

hi lbd

9:32 pm

co 5/12, co 6/24, co 6/21, co 7/48

9:32 pm

co7.48 is snuggling up together on the couch after youve got c04.7 sorted

9:33 pm

always love your Maxine icons, lbd

9:33 pm

co6.21 is more co4.7

9:33 pm

thanks, flosey. i need to change it again. just haven't found one i thought funny enough

9:34 pm

co6.24 is pt of being co4.7 on the couch

9:34 pm

see if there's a birthday one for FM

9:34 pm

I'm off perhaps play a bit of bridge until flip

9:35 pm

Good night all. Happy Babbling

9:35 pm

cheerio wht

9:36 pm

G'night, wht

9:36 pm

ty! C words done!

9:37 pm

co 5/24, please?

9:37 pm

NM...got it...

9:37 pm

co + *** all the ingredients together for a chocolate cake mmmm

9:38 pm

co 6/21, after the co9?

9:38 pm

still scratching away at 229 words... will watch some tv to pass until flip..

9:38 pm

awww and before my great clue too lol

9:38 pm

its a maths word jellen

9:38 pm

Mmm, Groovy!

9:38 pm

Thanks, Groovy!

9:38 pm

far out

9:38 pm

algebra? i think

9:39 pm

Hi, jmc

9:39 pm

hi all

9:39 pm

ohhhh i got big news for everyone too

9:39 pm

[blush] groovy's name gave me a flash back

9:39 pm

*hides roach clip*

9:39 pm

oh i take that as a good think jmc?

9:39 pm

what's up groovy

9:40 pm

good times groovy good times

9:40 pm

cr 8/55?

9:40 pm

for those who havent been following my antics on facebook - i am now officially a non smoker - i quit smoking 15 days ago :)

9:40 pm

havent found that yet sorry jellen

9:40 pm

WHOOOOOO HOOOOOO GROOOVY!!!!!

9:40 pm

Congrats to you, Groovy!

9:41 pm

<===big fan of former smokers

9:41 pm

groovy you ROCK... keep up the great work

9:41 pm

brb...have the munchies for some strange reason...:-P

9:41 pm

ah goooood times *looks mellow*

9:41 pm

wtg, kiwi!!

9:42 pm

GROOVY!!!!! YIPPPEEE!!!

9:43 pm

the first di 6.24 would be a help lol

9:43 pm

I quit smoking cold turkey August 1991 after attending the funeral of my grandfather who died of emphezema after smoking for 60+ years.

9:43 pm

di + that plaster thingy

9:44 pm

sa7 before the cancer?

9:44 pm

Keep straws and lollypops on hand to chew.

9:44 pm

good for you minski

9:44 pm

i didnt go cold turkey but ive been doing a clinical trial of a new anti smoking spray and it worked - they reckon id stop fully by four weeks i was stopped in 9 days lol

9:44 pm

thanks lbd

9:44 pm

i am pretty rabid since my husband died because he did not quit smoking soon enough

9:44 pm

that is SOOOO wonderful groovy

9:45 pm

sa7 related to the cancer

9:45 pm

*gives groovy a lollipop*

9:45 pm

i just started e-smoking which has no tar or tobacco

9:45 pm

whohoo!!! that's awesome! You so totally rock (to quote the sea turtle from Nemo).

9:45 pm

no lollipops please im already starting to nibble to muh now

9:46 pm

ok gum then. I hate gum but it's better than smoking.

9:46 pm

but it is sugar free. . .

9:46 pm

not getting that sa7 ...

9:47 pm

zonnix is the spray stuff and it doesnt taste like anything when you spray it inside your mouth but give it a couple of minutes and out comes the aftertaste a really horrible peppery spicey taste and it worked

9:47 pm

sa7= same first four letters + robot ending

9:48 pm

thx jellen!

9:48 pm

am5/14 is a word you have got to be kidding!

9:49 pm

Did anyone get the cr 8/55?

9:50 pm

not me

9:50 pm

sorry jellen not me

9:50 pm

cr8 fold - gerund ending

9:50 pm

Thanks, jessmom!

9:50 pm

ahhh thanks jess

9:50 pm

yw

9:50 pm

ty jess

9:51 pm

lol remided me i need to do some ironing lol

9:52 pm

i just hang it in the shower now

9:54 pm

de 5/16, the first?

9:55 pm

God, jellen!

9:55 pm

oops sorry that is the second

9:56 pm

Have God :-)

9:56 pm

but it was such a good clue :-(

9:56 pm

de + gerund slightly mixed up

9:57 pm

Thanks, lbd!

9:57 pm

and now, i must toddle off to the pillows. see you all tomorrow! pray for a smaller grid...200 would be okay

9:57 pm

bye lbd!

9:58 pm

nite lbd sweet dreams

9:58 pm

G'night, lbd...

9:58 pm

di 6/24, the first?

9:58 pm

di + that thing you put on your broken leg

9:59 pm

ty groovy

9:59 pm

Oh that thing! Thanks, Groovy

9:59 pm

na 5/12......... the one after the pearly things

9:59 pm

an7 pls?

hmmm 339 guess i'm not starting now>

10:00 pm

never mind..... got it

10:00 pm

a benign tumor gort

10:00 pm

see im not just a pretty face lol

10:01 pm

you could start good

10:01 pm

you could start good

10:01 pm

thanks for that jmc

10:01 pm

i could just try for the 115 four letter words :)

10:01 pm

yw gort

10:01 pm

yw gort

10:02 pm

jmc you are stuttering

10:02 pm

Oh, it's sad how many I have left...

10:02 pm

ewww foot rash

10:02 pm

i have 130

10:02 pm

*hic*

10:02 pm

sorry

10:03 pm

176 left

10:03 pm

we embrace imperfection here

10:03 pm

here is yet another word game to get addicted to....

10:03 pm

good thing too!

10:04 pm

http://techtionary.kewlbox.com/

10:04 pm

Kiwi!

10:04 pm

yup that and wordscraper and lexulous lol

10:04 pm

Hey, yall!

10:04 pm

NONO i"m closing my eyes!!

10:04 pm

i have 90 to go

10:04 pm

*Grins* I'm at 86! Maybe I can do this...

10:04 pm

hi dc

10:04 pm

go jell go!

10:04 pm

Hi again, dc

10:04 pm

64 left

10:04 pm

I found more than 1/2. 165 left to find. aint gonna happen but will play while the news is on.

10:04 pm

hey dc

10:05 pm

hi, jmc and jellen and kiwi and minski and GE and cosdem, et al

10:05 pm

hey seain

10:05 pm

this grid lies! it says that dr5/12ing does not exist in this puzzle!

10:06 pm

wtg minski

10:06 pm

hidc

10:06 pm

you can't use the in 2x

10:07 pm

i dont i use the one in the corner for the gerund

10:07 pm

you come up from below then NE-W-SE

10:08 pm

if you mean letting water out, not able to be a gerund in this grid

10:08 pm

I think we are talking about 2 different words.

10:08 pm

exactly but it is in fact in the grid

10:09 pm

no it's not, as there is only one IN

10:09 pm

that's what I was trying to say dcs

10:10 pm

no there are two follow me now as I start with the top D

10:10 pm

clue for the as6 pls?

10:11 pm

there is only one in combination in this grid

10:11 pm

ar 7/36, please?

10:11 pm

D go SW to R SE to A SE to I N to N NE to I W to N and SE to G

10:11 pm

i will await the recognition that i am right in the pb

10:11 pm

not possible, jmc

10:11 pm

as there is only one IN in the grid

10:12 pm

am i looking at a different grid?

10:12 pm

apparently so

10:12 pm

you still need another I . you are spelling the word incorrectly

10:12 pm

ar 7/36..... an old name for newfoundland..?

10:12 pm

lolololo I was seeing the T in the corner as an i

10:12 pm

ar = sounds like the land of games of frogger and pacman and other *****e game

10:12 pm

*shakes head* blind as a bat

10:12 pm

ohhhh pacman

10:12 pm

ar7 is actually in New Brunswick, and is like the ac park in Maine

10:13 pm

I'll lend you my new bifocals when they come next week jmc.

10:13 pm

Thanks, gort and dc!

10:13 pm

yw

10:13 pm

right dc....... think i would have remembered that... i am from maine

10:13 pm

lol i clearly need some help minsk!!

10:13 pm

ah, that explains it je :)

10:14 pm

it is this notebook it is so small i cannot always see the whole grid

10:14 pm

neat, which part, sammys?

10:14 pm

I'm outty. Bedtime. TTFN. *POOF*

10:14 pm

i told you we embrace imperfection. you are home!

10:15 pm

g'night minski

10:15 pm

and yay for imperfection! :D

10:15 pm

bye minski

10:15 pm

clearly i am in the right place! lol

10:16 pm

en7?

10:16 pm

finish+curved doorway

10:17 pm

so am i whenever i visit which is never enough lately lol

10:17 pm

as 6/24, please?

10:17 pm

tx jmc!

10:17 pm

i'm after that one too jell

10:17 pm

don't have it jellen, sorry

10:17 pm

yw

10:18 pm

as 6/24......... another word for a garbage receptacle

10:18 pm

na na na na na na na na na nana na naaaa

10:18 pm

thx, sammys

10:18 pm

Thanks, sammysmom

10:18 pm

tx sammys!

10:18 pm

or burnt wood receptacle

10:18 pm

th second ar8 please

10:18 pm

you'd think it would have a tr at the beginning, thanks sam

10:19 pm

the ar 7,8 and 8 are all linked

10:19 pm

plural the ar7, kiwi

10:19 pm

thanks dc i thought i had tried that version lol

10:19 pm

change the last letter of the other ar8

10:20 pm

i remember hauling them out when i was a kid.... we were maine poor

10:21 pm

i remember burning the trash in the back yard in texas

10:21 pm

dr5/14 pls?

10:21 pm

i remember as6s, as we put the ashes on the azaleas, as opposed to the T variant for stuff to go to dump.

10:21 pm

i put my christmas tree on my azaleas

10:21 pm

that way i feel lest guilty for the money that goes into it

10:22 pm

*less

10:22 pm

recycling was a way of like.. i am glad i neer lost the habit........... now i wm right back in fashion

10:22 pm

lol we didn't call it recycling we called it cheap!

10:23 pm

50 left. my head hurts

10:23 pm

yup

10:23 pm

* does a little scottish jig*

10:23 pm

go cos go

10:23 pm

*puts a little lavender next to cosd*

10:23 pm

ive just hit 99 more bottles of burbon on the wall 99 bottles of bourbon lol

10:24 pm

ce 7/40, please?

10:24 pm

mmmmmm bourbon

10:24 pm

ce = desist + gerund

10:24 pm

ce 7/40= stopping

10:24 pm

Thanks, gort and sammysmom

10:24 pm

ty gort and sammy

10:25 pm

ty i needed that one too

10:25 pm

156 left

10:26 pm

sorry but groovy just reminded me i bought a virgin bottle of jack

10:26 pm

brb

10:26 pm

gi 6/27?

10:27 pm

rather jim than jack myself lol

10:27 pm

hes more smooth

10:27 pm

I like Makers Mark, myself...

10:28 pm

gi 6/27 processed cotton

10:28 pm

Thanks, sammysmom!

10:28 pm

welcome jel

10:28 pm

50 left!

10:29 pm

you can do it jel !!

10:29 pm

go jell go

10:29 pm

smells like manna from heaven

10:29 pm

makers mark is really good too

10:30 pm

95 bottles of bourbon on the wall and its a brick wall lol

10:30 pm

got drunk as a skunk with a board member and his wife on markers mark

10:30 pm

3 to go and I just can't see them -- help, please!

10:30 pm

second ac4/6 please

10:30 pm

what do you need jilli?

10:31 pm

the sa5/10 after the reasonableness, and the two sa7s after that...

10:31 pm

ac = burning liquid

10:32 pm

ty gort

10:32 pm

sa5/10 in USA it's a clear plastic wrap

10:32 pm

i don't believe in sa6/24 clause

10:33 pm

Second sa 7 = a cancer

10:33 pm

tx jellen

10:33 pm

First uses same first four letters, then robot ending

10:33 pm

ty une and jellen (I knew I was blind!)

10:34 pm

the an 7.40 please

10:34 pm

Yay for jilli!!!!

10:34 pm

ty jellen -- FIREWORDS!

10:34 pm

good evening jilli & une

10:34 pm

congrats, jilli!

10:34 pm

wooohooo wtg jilli ^5

10:34 pm

ha 6/27, please?

10:34 pm

whoo hoo jilli!

10:34 pm

hi dc :)

10:35 pm

well done jili

10:35 pm

nm...got it...

10:35 pm

ha6/27 has gerund ending of previous word minus its last letter

10:36 pm

mosh is so a verb :P

10:36 pm

Thanks, jilli

10:36 pm

congrats, jilli!!!

10:36 pm

i agree dc

10:37 pm

thx, everyone! I'm so tired I don't think I'll be up much past the flip. Aching back and stuff.

10:38 pm

whites are in. Here's hoping the tomato and the cream and spinach come out of the shirt :D

10:38 pm

hope you feel better soon, jilli. Pain is a huge dr5 on the body/psyche

10:38 pm

oxyclean dc

10:38 pm

oxyclean is in there and i pre-treated the stains

10:38 pm

brb...dc reminds me of my laundry...

10:38 pm

i think i am quitting at 150 left

10:39 pm

seems to be a good number

10:39 pm

*gentle hugs for jilli*

10:39 pm

I have to feel better tomorrow -- son coming for a weekend visit. Joy!

10:39 pm

i agree, jmc. good night to you. :)

10:39 pm

oh, have a great visit jilli :)

10:39 pm

g'night jmc

10:40 pm

bye all

10:40 pm

*twirls around for one last display of icon*

10:40 pm

*poof*

10:40 pm

Must get the next icon (FMitch's birthday)

10:41 pm

I was glad to see jmc's late hubby :)

10:44 pm

60 odd bottles of bouron on my brick wall

10:45 pm

25 left!

10:45 pm

how many

10:47 pm

339 total

10:48 pm

mmmmm.... bourbon. I had borubon earlier

10:49 pm

I'm having Juicy Juice fruit punch!

10:49 pm

i'm currently drinking fresh-pressed apple cider

10:49 pm

Oh, that sounds good, dc!

10:50 pm

none for me for another couple of hours - have to go out in the storm pick up my man from work, pick up the younger brat from the station and get home again

10:50 pm

safe travels, kiwi

10:50 pm

the in 6.21 if someone could be so kind

10:50 pm

found it

10:51 pm

in 5/12, please?

10:51 pm

oh joy the hail is here again

10:51 pm

forgive me father for i have s*****

10:52 pm

Thanks, Groovy...5 Hail Marys...

10:53 pm

Hail mary full of grace.... muter mutter mutter

10:54 pm

i love ma6 plaids

10:54 pm

aka a place in India

10:55 pm

i guess someone better give me a really good clue for a closet blonde for this mi7 that isnt really a word so ive heard lol

10:56 pm

mi7 is a Hebrew word for exegesis

10:56 pm

ohhh my maiden name is in the grid

10:56 pm

like i know hebrew duh lol

10:56 pm

mi*dle (center) + what you get from poison ivy

10:56 pm

neat-o kiwi

10:56 pm

ty jellen see i knew it would take a womans touch lol

10:57 pm

isn't poison ivy unique to North America?

10:57 pm

I wondered about that...

10:57 pm

though obviously it scanned for kiwi :)

10:57 pm

i think we've cornered the market in Nashville

10:58 pm

okies i have to exit stage left to go do the taxi run - wont be back to finish in time bugger but good tos ee ya all hugs

10:58 pm

na 6/24?

10:58 pm

i promise we give you a run for the money up here, une :)

10:58 pm

ugh -- awful stuff

10:58 pm

na6 like the cornchips and cheese but feminine

10:58 pm

Good to see you, Groovy!

10:58 pm

i learned 2 years ago the vines i've been pulling out of the ground my whole life are poison ivy

10:58 pm

Thanks, dc

10:59 pm

ack! with bare hands??

10:59 pm

19 left and losing steam...

10:59 pm

post-apocalypse it'll still be around!

10:59 pm

with bare hands. never had a ra4. my sister the same way, as is the case with both our parents, and everyone on dad's side.

11:00 pm

na 6/24, the second?

11:00 pm

seain, that is AMAZING

11:00 pm

past of the na5

11:00 pm

na6 pt of shiny stuff

11:01 pm

Could have sworn I tried that...thanks!

11:01 pm

yw :-)

11:03 pm

ho6.21, pls?

11:03 pm

one who makes nylons

11:03 pm

i grew up with someone with that as a surname

11:04 pm

ty

11:04 pm

yw ;-)

11:05 pm

10 left

11:05 pm

oc 5/12, the last?

11:05 pm

11 here :-)

11:05 pm

58 to go

11:06 pm

gi6.24?

11:06 pm

o + ****m and sugar in your coffee?

11:06 pm

Thanks, Une!

11:06 pm

yw :-)

11:07 pm

gi6/24 pt of clear alcohol

11:07 pm

One who processes cotton

11:07 pm

yeah, i figured that was the TRUE meaning LOL

11:07 pm

os 5/10, the last?

11:07 pm

os + spanish aunt

11:08 pm

nm...got it

11:08 pm

Thanks, Une

11:08 pm

:-D

11:08 pm

1st gi 6.24 pls

11:09 pm

i have the cotton processor

11:09 pm

gi6 they might be gi****

11:09 pm

ty, i keep missing plurals of that ending

11:09 pm

i see them live a couple times a year :)

11:10 pm

yw

11:10 pm

fun group

11:10 pm

their corporate entity is They Might Be Incorporated :D

11:10 pm

LOL!

11:10 pm

i saw a van w/that on it once when they were loading in as i was buying tix

11:11 pm

cool :-)

11:11 pm

and i must say that i'm quite pleased on the whole with the Government of the Commonwealth of Virginia

11:11 pm

yikes, just saw the time -- better hunker down and finish!

11:12 pm

1 left

11:12 pm

sh 6/33?

11:12 pm

2 left...

11:13 pm

sh6 timid + gerund ending

11:13 pm

Thanks, Une!

11:13 pm

yw :-)

11:13 pm

fireworks

11:13 pm

congrats, cosdem

11:14 pm

ty

11:14 pm

yay, cosdem!!!

11:14 pm

now i can take a break b4 flip

11:14 pm

Yay for cosdem!!!

11:15 pm

si 6/18, the first?

11:15 pm

earthy color

11:16 pm

Thanks, Une...That's it for me!

11:16 pm

congrats, jellen

11:16 pm

yay, jellen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:17 pm

Thanks for all the help!

11:17 pm

YAY Jellen!!!

11:17 pm

a pleasure, jellen :-)

11:19 pm

de5.16 before the religious de5.12?

11:20 pm

and last de7 pls

11:20 pm

I will de*** to give you a clue...

11:20 pm

de + mixed up gerund

11:21 pm

de + precipitation, misspelled

11:21 pm

de7 -- de + misspelt term of ruling

11:21 pm

someone clued that earlier and i've not gotten it to work

11:21 pm

(my clue is lousy -- only half awake)

11:22 pm

ty, jilli :)

11:22 pm

the precip clue did yield me enough letters

11:22 pm

de7= de + sun god + mixed-up gerund

11:22 pm

Did it make sense, dc?

11:23 pm

indeed, jilli, ty. ty also jellen :)

11:23 pm

Queen Elizabeth re**** over her subjects -- change that vowel.

11:23 pm

first de7 please?

11:23 pm

good evening Jili -- I did the icon change for today... thanks for all your help

11:24 pm

Hi grandy!

11:24 pm

hi-- great clue too ty

11:24 pm

de7 adds a plural letter to the 6 before it

11:25 pm

And who is the guy in your icon, grandy?

11:25 pm

He is my wonderful husband of 28 years.

11:25 pm

good grief -- thought so but couldn't find it LOL

11:26 pm

How about typing that into your profile, grandy?

11:26 pm

oh you have the greatest ideas... I just might

11:26 pm

Now I'm going to change my icon...

11:27 pm

co7.44?

11:28 pm

pt of word just before

11:28 pm

co7 is past tense

11:28 pm

i have not the co5/6/7 for that

11:29 pm

goth them, ty

11:29 pm

co + mixed-up gerund = co5

11:29 pm

co6 adds a vowel

11:30 pm

Need to check on laundry...

11:31 pm

ok, I'm back

11:32 pm

hi jilli and all I'm done

11:32 pm

congrats, west!@=

11:32 pm

congrats, west

11:32 pm

thanks une and seain

11:32 pm

may I help?

11:33 pm

I dove in and clawed my way to the top

11:33 pm

Yay for west!!!

11:33 pm

mi5 after vermin?

11:33 pm

hi jellen and thanks !!

11:34 pm

like Gates company but feminine

11:34 pm

like the scope with a diff vowel ending

11:34 pm

that's what I meant lol

11:34 pm

jellen is the best clue giver

11:34 pm

Oh, pooh!

11:35 pm

tx west and jellen!

11:35 pm

yes you are !!

11:35 pm

in6/21?

11:36 pm

do this for a paragraph

11:36 pm

tx west!

11:37 pm

yw une !!

11:37 pm

ce 5/6?

11:37 pm

trees of Lebanon

11:37 pm

tree dc

11:37 pm

type of evergreen

11:38 pm

ty both

11:38 pm

down to 10

11:38 pm

you're co 8/55 now

11:38 pm

co6 afther the ones guaranteeing the loan?

11:39 pm

the math one

11:39 pm

sounds the same

11:39 pm

ty

11:40 pm

didn't jilli say she was back?

11:40 pm

She did

11:40 pm

was she finished?

11:41 pm

co5 after the medical co4?

11:41 pm

she was, and tired/in pain

11:41 pm

oh no

11:41 pm

co and cake m**

11:41 pm

co + cake from a ***, not scratch

11:42 pm

ty, jellen

11:42 pm

we think alike jellen lol

11:42 pm

my mil always made her cakes from scratch

11:43 pm

and they were so good

11:43 pm

what happened to jilli?

11:44 pm

an5 before the benign tumor?

11:44 pm

an and tree creature

11:44 pm

good question.

11:44 pm

an + let me ***ertain you...

11:45 pm

ty both

11:45 pm

jellen do you know?

11:46 pm

ha6/27 please?

11:46 pm

firewords finally

11:46 pm

congrats seain! 6 to go!

11:46 pm

Congrats, dc!!!

11:46 pm

gerund of the ha4 before it

11:46 pm

No, I don't...

11:46 pm

owning in Scotland

11:46 pm

Yay seain !!

11:47 pm

tx seain and west

11:47 pm

are you close une?

11:48 pm

4 more, west

11:48 pm

flosey lives on same island as jillibus

11:48 pm

piece of cake

11:48 pm

but neither seems to be online, so i'm hoping a power outage explanation

11:49 pm

hi all, just came in

11:49 pm

oh maybe a storm is brewing

11:49 pm

hi, flosey

11:49 pm

hi flosey !!

11:49 pm

was talking to Jilli briefly just a few minutes ago

11:49 pm

an7/40?

11:50 pm

she said she was back and then silence

11:50 pm

oh, good, flosey. i'm guessing she's off to bed what with the pain?

11:50 pm

an7 is a benign tumor

11:50 pm

ends like the malignant sa7

11:50 pm

cardiosity?

11:51 pm

first part of Brad's wife and last part of deep sleep

11:51 pm

an + soldier + Oklah****

11:51 pm

hi chug

11:51 pm

tx seain

11:51 pm

hi west

11:51 pm

it's cool having a cat smart enough to get bored, but i must admit i get tired of throwing mousie over and over again at times

11:51 pm

hi, chugga

11:51 pm

Hi, Chugga

11:51 pm

making up new words?

11:52 pm

does she bring it back to you seain?

11:52 pm

yes she does -- most of the time

11:52 pm

whew, just made it -- thanks for all the help! Must take pups out to pee -- nite, all :-) *poof*

11:52 pm

she sometimes hides them, too

11:52 pm

Jilli will be in briefly

11:52 pm

then appears with one out of nowhere

11:52 pm

she's got you trained lol

11:52 pm

congrats and g'night une!

11:52 pm

wtg Une, great timing

11:52 pm

Yay, Une!!!

11:52 pm

yay une !!

11:53 pm

well, i keep her in the house, she a solo cat, so i do what ineed

11:53 pm

there's plenty of time left

11:53 pm

I thought you had another seain

11:53 pm

ichs

11:53 pm

oops

11:53 pm

Tending to laundry, then to bed with a book...((hugs)) to all!

11:54 pm

good night jellen and hugs too

11:54 pm

that laundry always needs doing mine too

11:54 pm

Niters Jellen, just logged in for the flip!

11:54 pm

lol, never ending chore

11:55 pm

if only we didn't have to wear clothing

11:55 pm

sweet dreams, jellen

11:55 pm

Hi JJ

11:55 pm

indeed, west!

11:55 pm

I didn't mean that lol

11:55 pm

hi, JJ

11:55 pm

lol west, what a sight

11:55 pm

Hi DC..

11:56 pm

hi jilly are you JJ so we won't confuse you and jilli?

11:56 pm

Hey West, what makes you think I have clothing on??? rofl

11:56 pm

bet you do when you go out though

11:56 pm

it's getting cold here now

11:57 pm

I just got an email from Miss Carena Proenca wonder what she wants

11:57 pm

Here too.. in fact winter weather advisories for higher elevations....hmmm...when exactly did we even GET summer!!!???

11:58 pm

it was over too soon

11:58 pm

hello all. Hopefullly I can be on here just long enough to see flip!

11:58 pm

hi M9!!

11:58 pm

hello m you should make it

11:58 pm

any guesses ye?t

11:58 pm

119

11:58 pm

I say.. 119

11:58 pm

It's just around the corner...I'll say 252

11:58 pm

woah!!!

11:58 pm

116

11:58 pm

snap !!

11:59 pm

that is freaky

11:59 pm

I won't be on for long - I'm hoping for anything under 150

11:59 pm

how about 139

11:59 pm

hello

11:59 pm

I know

11:59 pm

wow...you two togther!!!

11:59 pm

busy day tomorrow flosey?

11:59 pm

Hiya goodie!!

11:59 pm

210 guaranteed

11:59 pm

hi GE

11:59 pm

hi good

11:59 pm

hi Chugga

11:59 pm

we're twins.. she's 64, I was born in '64

12:00 am

sure...rub it in lol

12:00 am

lol

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