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flip

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flip!

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flip

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flip

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flip

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162 - i suppose itll do

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flippity

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or7

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flip

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flippity-flop

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or 6 and 7

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down to 152!! LOL

12:01 am

see you-all again tomorrow. *hugs and choclit* *poof*

12:01 am

wo 4 6 7

flip and howdy all!

12:01 am

Bye stid

12:01 am

hi volley

hi dart; hugs jili

12:01 am

bye stiddie and hi all

12:02 am

hi dee

Clues are up

12:02 am

thx lickety

12:02 am

good evening, all :)

12:02 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!!!

12:02 am

ty lickety

12:02 am

Thanks, Lickety!

12:02 am

ty lickety

12:02 am

night all zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

hi pini

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*poof*

12:03 am

hmf -- CNN just went off the air!

12:03 am

G'night, jmc

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phat: sleigh

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hello

12:04 am

ok this grid is hard.. good.

12:04 am

yes it is hard cos

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hi mlf

12:05 am

hi jill

12:05 am

was UN 6 called?

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un6 x 2

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brb

12:06 am

thanks pinik

12:08 am

stats for 2nd O in first column?

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i need that too cos

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ol 4/5

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ol4/5

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lol thanks

12:09 am

A song from long ago -- ol5/12

12:09 am

stats for upper corner e?

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stats for first E in last column?

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ei 4 babblet

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cos?

12:10 am

stats for 4th column e?

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thanks nan

12:10 am

ei is more of a ducklet

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et babblet - needle case

12:11 am

lurking ruru?

12:11 am

lower E, right column?

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ty chris

12:11 am

hi ruru -- that's cute

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ef 7/8 if not called

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last E in last column?

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lurking and hi everyone

12:11 am

mlf

12:11 am

got 'em

12:12 am

ef 7/8 cos

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yippee -- got that bottom corner E!

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NBT

ty diz nbt congrats diz

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it's ef7/56

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wtg diz

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ok stats for E in 1st column?

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el4/5, cos

er 4/4

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nbt

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just monkeyed it also

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thanks dee

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not getting the ef :(

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ty!

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NBT - 21 words

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me either pink

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nbt

yw

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NBT

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wtg jellen

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wtg cos

12:15 am

is the EF 7 something we should know?

12:15 am

probably not, but if you count points there aren't too many solutions

12:16 am

ok bed time.. ni4/4 all! :)

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Not unless you're Turkish...

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maybe, mlf, especially if you're an Arab I think.

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Night cos!

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A Turkish title of respect, and pl.

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NBT 72/90

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good night cos

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wtg pini

12:17 am

G'night, cos

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nbt 40/122

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thanks jill...llookng

12:17 am

yes, christine -- I just realised there's a pl too for an ef8/75

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wtg flosey

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is it a double cons?

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glad to be of some help.

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yes, mlf

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yes, mlf

12:19 am

90 down but slowing

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GOT IT Thanks to Google

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wow, nan!

12:21 am

37 words down nbt 125 left and 396 pts i am out poof

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g'night, mlf :)

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100 -- off to consult lickety

12:22 am

1/2-way...bedtime ;)

12:23 am

night pini

12:23 am

hello everyone late flip

12:23 am

Hello, Westford

12:23 am

just saw on CNN that six saints are to be canonized tomorrow will have the check the list to see if my name is on it

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hi west :)

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hi Christine

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hi west

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hi nan

12:24 am

must see if CNN is back on the air here although I'm now watching the BBC World news...

12:25 am

probably Drew Brees is on that list

12:25 am

hubby wanted FIOS so we got rid of DirecTV and now when you turn on the TV there is no sound

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hi ruru yes I imagine he would be lol

12:25 am

Right, ruru

12:26 am

That's weird -- CNN is still black but other channels are ok!

12:26 am

I think Saint Ruru has a nice ring to it

12:26 am

it does

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Have you done any miracles lately, ruru?

12:27 am

yeah.. it was a miracle I finished yesterday's grid for one

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he hasn't missed a puzzle for a while

halo, kids! xx!

ooh, nice new grid!

12:27 am

I imagine so -- I didn't have time or inclination!

12:27 am

hi jilli an dart and George

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125 down..time for list

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Halo Georgie!

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hi dart

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hi west

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hi jilli

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dart have you been to Iceland?

hi westford and Jilli!!

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107 down here.. I should list too

hi west, ru... anyone I missed

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howdy!

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you guys are good !!

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hi dee

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hi dee hi

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nope...closest is to newfoundland 4 times..never been to Europe either

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I was thinking a week in Nepal would be good for Dart

hi pav

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bottom right corner e clues pls

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hi pav

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keep wishing ruru lol

12:29 am

hello tizer

12:29 am

had a letter from our oldest grand..said she's going in August

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ef 7/8 tizer

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hello pav

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lol d-man

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ef7 & 8, tizer

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and hello tizer

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ty

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and hello all

12:30 am

Am I the ONLY one who has posted a "cutlery" icon???

ae 6

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did I say letter? I meant email lol

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I started to jilli but got sidetracked

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ty volley

eh? well bloody hell, haven't had time to take a snap of my cultlery and post it yet, ha!

12:31 am

jilli I meant to

yw

12:31 am

I had a great one for crockery but no pictures and it's in Maine

12:31 am

Lovely icon, Jillibus

12:32 am

LOL, christine!

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love your crockety, george, lol!

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*crockery

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you guys better be careful with those R's

12:33 am

jilli that man has way to much time on his hands..we need to get him into Babble

12:33 am

I remember when aw4 & 5 weren't wo5

12:34 am

ok, changed it but didn't take the time to resize!!

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true, west!

12:34 am

crashing at 135 -- see y ou tomorrow

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hi flosey I have a bean pot just like yours

de 7/36

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night nan!

12:34 am

I've never made baked beans though

12:35 am

really, west, we love them here

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my mother has an all day in the oven delicious recipe

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my mother never made them, gramma did

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Used to make good ones, but no point now for one person

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we like them too but it's usually B&M or Bush

12:36 am

yeah I agree westie.. Bush was full of beans

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wonder if they freeze well?

12:37 am

I should think so, flosey.

12:37 am

my mom tells the story of her father bringing a crock of beans to the bakery on Saturday night and they'd put them in their oven then they'd pick them up on the way home from church

12:37 am

How's this Miss Jilli?

12:37 am

lol ruru almost missed that and I agree

12:37 am

smart man

12:38 am

very good Pav

12:38 am

sure was flosey wouldn't heat up the kitchen that way

12:39 am

Wow, pav -- amazing!

12:39 am

there's a brief summary that goes with it in my account...

12:39 am

not seeing that de 7

12:39 am

my mom so often told me about her gramma making baked beans and brown bread I decided to make them for her - haha she then said, but I didn't say I liked them

re 6/36 ... dumb word

12:40 am

I read it, pav...

12:40 am

i agree volley

12:40 am

that's funny, flosey!

de + what a can is made of + 2 vowels

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thanks Dee

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thanks dee

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that's an odd one, dee! Thx!

yw

12:42 am

wonderful icon stories how can I compete?

yw jili; I agree

12:42 am

it isn't a competition, west

12:42 am

you'll think of something, west -- no need to compete ;)

12:43 am

flosey we have a friend who refuses to eat hot dogs beans and brown bread because his mother made them every single Saturday

12:43 am

yes jilli I know but those are really amazing

12:43 am

flosey is that your pattern?

12:43 am

Just remembered we used to be able to get Boston brown bread in a can -- yummy!

12:44 am

I think mom did that too west, but it would have been beans from a can

12:44 am

yes west, chantilly

12:44 am

still can here jilli when our granddaughter went to college in CA she craved it

12:44 am

it's really pretty flosey

12:44 am

Oh, just saw your cutlery, flosey! Nice!

12:45 am

will alter the pic. later so it looks right

un 6/36 equally stupid word

12:45 am

of course the 'ladies' left all sorts of beautiful cutlery engraved with an R for their last name

12:45 am

My (mother's) silver pattern came from Mappin & Webb in England, back in the 20s.

12:45 am

I like it, also have some that belonged to hubby's mom and it is very similar so can be used together with no one noticing

12:46 am

Don't know what it is.

12:46 am

I offered it to my cousin whose last name is Rogers and she accepted it gracefully. That's when I noticed another cousin whose last name is Ryan giving me a funny look. lol

12:46 am

It's a set of a dozen!

fireworks

12:47 am

wonderful jilli - mine's only 6 so Mrs.L's helped round out a table of 8

12:47 am

fireworks

12:47 am

Yay dart !!

12:47 am

wtg dart

12:47 am

lol volley

12:47 am

YAY dee and dart!!!

ty wtg dart!

12:47 am

yay for the D's ...Dee and Dart...

last word was wa 7/44

12:48 am

oh, and Dee, sorry didn't see yours

ty

12:48 am

oh no I completely missed dee's fireworks.

12:48 am

Double Yay dee !!

may I help before I poof?

12:49 am

last en 6/18?

ty west :~)

en + abbreviated version of island

12:49 am

and et 5/12 would be great

12:50 am

well I don't think I'll get the ef7 8 from the lower right E, so my NBT-1 = 19 for 19

et 5/12 plural of et 4/5... needle case

12:50 am

thanks Dee

12:50 am

thanks for the en dee

12:50 am

...never remember that one.. thanks dee

yw

12:50 am

oh.. didn't see the plural.. thanks

do you want a clue for the ef pav?

12:51 am

hmmm? other than it starts ef? sure

ef + I put up my hands to protect my face and .... off a punch + first person pronoun

or I banged up my ....er in the car crash

12:51 am

pav, the ef7 & 8 are titles of respect in Turkey

12:52 am

yeah...I'll take your wo4 Miss Jilli, and tyvm MIss Dee

12:52 am

so that you don't of**** the person

12:52 am

you sure that isn't gooble-dee-gook jilli?

yqw

lol

good clue jili

12:53 am

dee are there any w4/9 that begin with wr?

12:53 am

absolutely, ruru :)

12:53 am

the fifth en word is en6.12, not en6.18 as listed.. just so you know

no wrs

12:54 am

ty aloy, and hi!

12:54 am

hi jilli (-:

well alll need to get going.... have a great day / eve all.... *poofing with hugs*

12:54 am

did you mean en5/12 aloy? and hello

12:54 am

night and thanks again Dee

12:54 am

night dee!

yqw

gn all

12:55 am

good night dee and have a great Sunday

12:55 am

no, it is en6.12 westford, hi to you too.. just finished

12:55 am

YAY aloy!!!

12:55 am

but how can it be and Yay aloy !!

12:55 am

wtg Aloy

12:56 am

I have a 6.18 for the 5th en word

12:56 am

the ar 6 is throwing me too

12:56 am

ar +si 4

12:57 am

oh gheez, I do need to get to bed.. 6 x3 = 18, my booboo, sorry

12:57 am

ty diz and hello

12:57 am

thank you

12:57 am

lol, aloy!

12:57 am

NW Aloy...LOL

12:57 am

lol aloy don't lose any sleep

12:57 am

hi West

12:58 am

lol.. off to beddy bye.. was multiplying 6 by 2, not that I have been babbling long enough to know point counts, aargh

1:04 am

Good morning!

1:05 am

hello JC

1:05 am

Hello JC :)

1:05 am

is it Top o' the merning , Sir JC?

1:06 am

Hello, flosey and Jill - and PAV3! :)

1:06 am

good morning JC

1:06 am

Hmmm. I think it's still the bottom - not properly risen yet. :P

1:06 am

pav where did you hear about that cutlery ?

1:06 am

Good morning, westford. :)

1:07 am

Cutlery?

1:07 am

I just googled "photos of strange cutlery"

1:07 am

that's the icon theme for today JC

1:07 am

it does seem like a good idea

1:08 am

of course the people who would need it would be the ones who tend to eat lots of fast foods

1:08 am

very interesting Pav

1:08 am

See my comfy cutlery chair?

1:08 am

Ah, I see. I don't often do themes...

1:09 am

Oh my. That looks painful, Jill. :/

1:09 am

They can be fun.

1:09 am

Talk about a pain in the arse...

1:09 am

there's an attachment for the case that ensheaths the utensil that connects to electronic thingamajig that measures all sorts of things

1:09 am

lol

1:10 am

Well I'm boring. Only a photo of me, for now.

1:10 am

Hehe -- hence the cushion (did you read about it?)

1:10 am

My De4 Sir, of course you

1:10 am

A cushion made from recycled napkins?

1:10 am

it is fun to do and I try, I learn so much too

1:11 am

very eco-conscious ;)

1:11 am

Of course who - what?

1:11 am

wa 6/30?

1:11 am

of course you're boring, but we love it just htesame..and if you weren't boring holes somewhere waht would you be doing?

1:11 am

Yes. I hope the napkins were sewn around some nice, thick, soft padding?

1:11 am

Of course I'm boring?

1:11 am

Am I boring, Jill? Hmmm.

1:12 am

of course you're anything BUT boring, JC!

1:12 am

I received an email from a contact, saying how much she enjoyed the Tunbridge Wells venue - so I can't be all that boring? :P

1:12 am

don't have that one yet ruru

1:12 am

well at this hour of the day, one would assume you were diggin your way out of somehwere or another...perhaps I should bury myself?

1:14 am

which is to say, you're not a bore, at all...I shall not give my day job - that I know

1:15 am

Hmmm? Digging my way out of bed, yes. :P

1:15 am

got it

1:15 am

*shall not give up my day job* - odeah, I'm rambling; I've been up all day Sat and it's time for my retirement

1:15 am

teeny tiny clue ruru?

1:15 am

You're fine, Sir Peter. ;)

1:16 am

That's a good name - it's my father's first name and my middle name. :)

1:16 am

not peace + ends like artichoke family

1:16 am

and the grid doesn't like my cookies..."oreo"

1:16 am

ooh I love artichokes

1:16 am

but I don't know any family members

1:17 am

I like 'em too but don't know their family

1:17 am

Same here...

1:17 am

They are delicious. :)

1:17 am

they are in the thistle family

1:17 am

best not to get acquainted if I'm going to eat them

1:17 am

how about scottish emblem

1:17 am

ah yes thank you flosey !!

1:18 am

that's a good rule to go by westie

1:18 am

and thanks ruru !!

1:18 am

thanks, ruru -- they are a bit prickly, come to think of it

1:19 am

what a weird word!

1:19 am

I have 4 more w's to go and many other non w's too

1:20 am

night all.. I played too many sets of tennis today

1:20 am

we played one set that just kept going back and forth until we all said forgeddaboutit

1:21 am

good night ruru we'll look for you on TV you must be getting good

1:21 am

hoo boy, ruru!

1:21 am

oh those poor boys

1:21 am

I suck at it really.. I just enjoy playing.

1:22 am

I don't know how to play and we have tennis courts across the street from the house

1:22 am

I can't imagine that you really suck at it, ru.

1:22 am

they're in the park

1:23 am

I am a cross of Rafael Nadal and Gerald Ford..lol

1:23 am

I suck too.

1:24 am

I didn't like tennis as a kid -- didn't know I was nearsighted, and we had those tiny wooden racquets, and it was too hot.

1:24 am

I'll take the rafael side

1:24 am

Now now, JC.

1:24 am

TMI JC.. TMI..lol

<< swats Julian!! ha!

1:25 am

Ouch. :/ And trust you to surface then. :P

yeah, but on my way out to Bikram, laters!! xx!

1:25 am

George was here before.

1:26 am

Bye George!

1:26 am

he was being quiet

1:26 am

bye george have fun

1:26 am

Ah, ok. Have a good session, George...

1:26 am

Him, quiet? :P

1:26 am

he must have been sucked into the chat?

1:27 am

I know I should have said 'unusually' quiet

1:28 am

Sucked into what chat?

1:28 am

He was probably busy - getting ready for his yoga session perhaps?

1:28 am

au revoir mes amis

1:28 am

oh. thought it was a club

1:29 am

good night ruru and don't forget to check the list

1:29 am

the list?

1:29 am

a la prochaine, ruru

1:29 am

for sainthood

1:29 am

night ruru!

1:29 am

Hmmm? I'm all confused.

1:30 am

oh.. yeah..

1:30 am

ruru claims to be a saint

1:30 am

*dons white (really white virginal) robes

1:30 am

6 people are being canonized JC I said I'd have to check to see if my name was on it

1:30 am

I thisnk that would be sinful ruru...

1:30 am

and he said Saint Ruru had a nice ring to it

1:31 am

*blesses all Babblers within reach*

1:31 am

Sainthood? Hmmm. I don't think I'd be accepted for membership, despite having been named after a priest - a Benedictine monk, no less. :P

1:31 am

lol thanks ruru

1:31 am

I'm fairly sure I'm not one of the six, westford. :P

1:31 am

I don't think one can be knighted and be a saint...

1:31 am

*sprinkles some holy water on JC*

1:31 am

pretty sure I'm not either lol

1:31 am

Ty ty ty ruru. lol!

1:32 am

and of course I've been a "saint" all my life...ahem...

1:32 am

*waves incense burners around JC*

1:32 am

You're thanking ruru for sprinkling Holy Water on me?

1:32 am

lolol

1:32 am

Ah yes, PAV - sure you have. Just as I have. :P

1:33 am

no, just for the blessing

1:33 am

yes.. JC.. to wash away all of your sins

1:33 am

JC are you melting?

1:33 am

HAHAHA! That would take a lot of washing!

1:33 am

(breaks out Firehose)

1:33 am

LOL!

1:33 am

don't get carried away ruru lol

1:34 am

Yes, ruru - at least. :P

1:34 am

breaks out champers for the celebration...

1:34 am

(i almost forgot I had it)

1:34 am

*blesses Fire Hydrant while opening valve*

1:34 am

gah! babble water fight !!

1:34 am

hmmm.time for a wine break I think...

1:35 am

what's the wa7?

1:35 am

put a t in the middle of the wa 6

1:35 am

ty ruru

1:35 am

actually more towards the end

1:35 am

Scots for a fight or a tussle.

1:36 am

I would, if I had a wa6.

1:36 am

ty Christine

1:36 am

hmmm, rushing to find wa6

hi and nbt

took me awhile on that corner e - new words for me

1:36 am

hi josh and wtg

1:37 am

The upper right corner E, Josh?

1:37 am

not in Turkey much josh?

1:37 am

hi josh...I'm past halfway...49 left, but I'm sure you can finish before I

lower corner, sorry

1:37 am

Too funny, Westford.

i've actually been to turkey, couple of years ago. still haven't come across that word

1:38 am

(puts out cranberry sauce)

1:38 am

It's old-fashioned, josh

1:38 am

title of respect I hear

that explains it, then

i should have gone a few centuries earlier

1:38 am

fresh or canned?

1:39 am

now you'll have to take a shower ruru

1:39 am

I seem to remember seeing it in stories like Ali Baba or something.

1:39 am

???

1:39 am

because you have cranberry sauce all over you

1:40 am

I don't need a shower.. I have Ocean Spray

1:40 am

well, now his robes aren't white...

1:40 am

well, once through Lickety's list and 24 left

1:40 am

lol! ruru

1:40 am

that ruru he's such a caution

1:40 am

lickety's list is here?

1:40 am

gj jilli

1:41 am

such a quaint phrase, west!

1:41 am

I actually have no caution at all ... not one cautious bone...

1:41 am

sure, pav, right from the start

1:41 am

I thought you'd appreciate it jilli lol

1:42 am

the ladies are with you, west ;)

1:42 am

I quite like quaint

1:42 am

they really are

un6/36 is an odd one - i guess a synonym would be erase?

1:42 am

okay.. I need to go get horizontal.

1:43 am

45 left and the midnight hiccup approaches...ta ta! we'll be back in the morning later...much later...

1:43 am

I've tried a lot of un's that don't work

1:43 am

maybe, josh, lol!

be careful you don't end up diagonal, ruru

1:43 am

good night ruru and pav

1:43 am

g'night ruru -- have a cuddle with Dylan...

1:44 am

bye pav. I may not be back tomorrow -- busy, and a visiting niece overnight.

1:44 am

you can get her hooked jilli

1:45 am

I doubt it, west -- she's the outdoor type, here on a bicycling trip.

1:45 am

but everyone needs a little babble in their lives

1:46 am

Well, WE think so

1:47 am

that sounds great though is she with a team?

1:48 am

I'm not sure, but she's with a group, I think -- had a very hurried phone conversation yesterday.

1:48 am

She's at a party tonight

1:48 am

where is she coming from?

1:48 am

Vancouver.

1:49 am

She's a nurse, widowed, two sons, remarried, divorced, now single, sons in university.

1:50 am

really my hubby's niece.

1:50 am

and now she's riding a bike..good for her

1:51 am

I was thinking she would be about your granddaughter's age

1:51 am

She's always been athletic -- used to play and then coach Ringette (a type of ice hockey for girls).

1:52 am

I never was and I never will be

1:52 am

She's in her 50s -- born on the same day as me.

1:52 am

and my mother !! lol

1:53 am

that was a busy date

1:53 am

Great day, right? Should be an international public holiday, lol!

what day would that be?

1:54 am

we'll have to think of a name for it

1:54 am

May 17.

my cousin's is the 16th, but that's all i got

1:54 am

not close enough josh sorry lol

1:54 am

close, but no cigar, josh.

1:55 am

what's your niece's name jilli?

1:56 am

Well, I'm going to pack it in now -- hiccup approaches -- goodnight all and happy babbling :) -- *poof*

1:56 am

Gwen, west.

1:56 am

okay jilli I might have cutlery if you're on at all tomorrow

night jilli

1:56 am

well, Gwendolyn actually.

1:57 am

that would make it the Terry-Jilli-Gwen Day

1:57 am

my mom's name is Theresa

1:57 am

I doubt if I'll have a chance, west :(

mine's sandra

1:58 am

I have a friend called Gwen Day, lol!

1:58 am

what? you're not really josh?

1:58 am

oh you mean your niece

1:58 am

(I was going to bed...)

1:58 am

no, not my niece, another old friend

1:58 am

best laid plans jilli

1:59 am

I think Gwendolyn is such a beautiful name

1:59 am

and Jillian too

1:59 am

I like it too...

1:59 am

Gillian, please.

1:59 am

mine is so ordinary

2:00 am

oh I think I knew that

2:00 am

I like yours, west.

2:00 am

There's nothing wrong with your name, Nancy. It's quite pleasant sounding.

2:03 am

thanks JC but not very sophisticated

my mum's name, sorry

my mum's name, sorry

2:03 am

falling asleep again, off to bed, 29 to go, goodnight all

2:03 am

Why not, westford?

2:04 am

I think it depends on the person carrying the name.

2:04 am

What about your mum's name, Josh?

2:04 am

My mum's name is Brenda.

got sucked up by the hiccup - my mum's name is sandra

2:05 am

Ah, yes. Some words I tried entering in the grid did also, but I see they went in anyway.

2:11 am

HiChristine - good evening, morning, afternoon of whatever. How many words are there tonight>

2:13 am

She must have gone to make tea. Can somebody please tell me how many words?

2:13 am

hello all - jhb 162 words

2:13 am

OKG - and at this time I only have 51.

2:14 am

That should have been OMG

2:14 am

Hello, Luv - I was playing Spider Solitaire

2:14 am

Hello to you too. So you have diverted your attention to the opposition?

2:15 am

I keep drifting, then I see some words & come back to Babbleland.

2:16 am

Well I have just come on tonight and so I am way behind everybody.

2:22 am

I have only 108 words, and I signed-in soon after the flip

2:23 am

It's dinner time here - 8.25 pm - so I think I'll come back later. By all.

2:23 am

Bye Dear

2:49 am

Oh Lord, I did it again - I killed the chat.

2:52 am

gd morning

2:55 am

Ah, someome comes

2:55 am

hello christine!

2:55 am

goodmorning, Rubyfoo.

2:56 am

gloomy autumn here.

2:56 am

My sister left, and took everyone with her.

2:56 am

who is your sister?

2:58 am

morning all

2:59 am

gd morning, sprite

2:59 am

if... I... had... xxxxx... I'd.... make a dayyyyy for you....

3:01 am

it is a singing grid

3:01 am

1234 tell the people what she XXXX! It was an eetse peetsy teeny weeny...

3:02 am

good morning Sprite.....you are in a sunny mood today :)

3:02 am

those are all pieces of songs I should know, but I think I need more coffee before I can retrieve the lyrics!

3:02 am

hello kalia

3:02 am

hi Kallia, I fake it till I make it, lol.

3:02 am

good morning Ruby

3:02 am

oh yes I know all about that

3:03 am

:D

3:03 am

but it is a sunny day here

3:03 am

Rubyfoo - sorry for the delay. jhb is my sister Judith

3:03 am

cold though

3:04 am

Sprite, how is your husband?

3:04 am

here as well, cold but sunny. I don't mind cold, if it means it is sunny though. Could easily stand this weather until end of march, personally.

3:04 am

ahah, that is lovely, to have a sister who plays. Mine won't even get a computer!

3:04 am

stubborn like a chow

3:05 am

my husband is doing well! He is out today, canoeing on wild water 1 in open canoe, teaching a friend how to do it.

3:07 am

Christine, such a charming church you have there.

3:10 am

...test...

3:11 am

It's beautiful inside, too. Very small, a copy of a Scots village church.

3:11 am

it looks beautiful. Must have a special atmosphere as well, I bet.

3:12 am

Rubyfoo, we have another sister (in UK) who used to play, about 6 or 7 years ago, then she stopped. I think she's very vusy with g'chikldren, and researching our family tree.

3:12 am

rubyfoo, maybe she does not feel up to learning something so new and alien.

3:13 am

*oops - busy with g'children

3:13 am

my sister, too, grandchildren and familty tree. But she refuses to get a computer which I think is crazy as she has 3 teenage grandsons, all of whom use computers and live far from her

3:13 am

She expects handwritten letters which won't happen

3:13 am

lol fuzzy or busy...

3:14 am

Smart girl, not to get a computer -- look how much time we spend online.

3:14 am

but she's a very good typist and I think feels that way to set herself apart

3:14 am

she is depriving herself and her grandsons of a lot of fun and easy contact. Handwritten letters? LOL!

3:15 am

I type much faster than I write

3:15 am

Christine, so true. But without the computer, I would be very isolated.

3:15 am

my life, isolated here in France, would be impossible without a computer

3:17 am

well I think demanding other people to live by your rules is taking it too far, grin. So what does she do? Send back typed letters unopened?

3:17 am

that's me done for now. 52 left after first pass, about 20 mins doubt the rest will come as easy lol

3:18 am

lol Kallia, but wtg!

3:18 am

typing is OK, but no computer. Can you imagine teenage boys going to the post office to mail letters?

3:18 am

see you all later maybe

3:18 am

I hope so, Kallia. Have a lovelly day.

3:18 am

lovely* even

3:18 am

bye kalia, that was very quick. I have 96 only

3:18 am

rubyfoo, mine does

3:19 am

you have raised your children right, sprite!!!!

3:19 am

Here, in Los Angeles, the mailboxes have been removed, for me to mail a letter I must go to the postoffice, and thats about $15. each way (plus tip), so I write very few letters. But my sisters (in UK and NZ) and I stay in touch online or on the 'phone.

3:20 am

trying to, rubyfoo, trying to

3:20 am

Christine, mailboxes removed?? My, that is drastic.

3:21 am

that is like trying to find a pay hone in NY; they've gotten rid of them by attrition

3:21 am

I remember when I first came to the US, transatlantic calls were so expensive, letters really were the only way we could afford to stay in contact.

3:21 am

how fast the wo5 changes...

3:21 am

just had a quick read thro, my g/kids and I keep in touch thro webcam and their cousins (with each other) thro email etc..so much more conveinient although I still prefer receiving REAL mail...LOL

3:21 am

years and years ago, when I lived in Paris, my mother and I used to write to each other several times a week -- and she saved all the letters

3:22 am

Pay 'phone have all but disappeared. The Postal Service removed the boxes, and saved on the salaries of the collectors.

3:22 am

real letters are so nice. I still write them and receive them. But I love email and skype.

3:23 am

and hi, dizgrannie :)

3:23 am

Christine, most of our payphones here are by prepaid cards only

3:23 am

hey ya sprite and all

3:23 am

hello diz!

3:24 am

does unsit mean stand up?

3:24 am

hey Ruby

3:24 am

Even I now have a cell phone (about 3 years) but not everyone has a home phone, and the payphones were always busy, when I passed by, so I think there's some call to leave a few.

3:24 am

and undie is living

3:25 am

exactly!

3:25 am

situ

3:25 am

whoops

3:25 am

good latin. Stupid enable

3:25 am

And undies would be living in your bra'n'panties?

3:25 am

stuid ruby!

3:26 am

eeeeewwww Christine!

3:26 am

stuid? is that like stooooopid?

3:26 am

too stupid to spell.

3:26 am

oh god sorry, that sounds much ruder than I meant... it was a joke, rubyfoo.

3:26 am

ooh, that smarts!

3:27 am

I know, hahahah

3:27 am

my 83 yr old mum lurves her puter but still sends cards to her 4 dtrs (and partners), 9 g/kids (and partners) and 17 going on 18 great g/kids....she does make her own ones on her puter, which makes it all the more special

3:27 am

*giggles*

3:27 am

wow dizgrannie, that is very special. How lovely.

3:27 am

that is terrific about your mum, diz

3:29 am

LOL she spends a fortune in ink, but she reckons its worth it cos so much more special for each individual...(guess what us 4 girls buy her for birfy and chrissie...LOL)

3:29 am

just brilliant. Great family, diz :D

3:30 am

ty

3:33 am

...and I memorise each xxxx just like before.... it's yesterday once more.... (all the *****s are goodies....)

3:35 am

My son-in-law's parents retired and mooved from their home of 40+ years to a new area - near the coast in England, completely closed up in the winter, and I suggested he buy a laptop for his Mum so she can stay in touch. The Dad pooh-poohs the idea, saying she's too old.

3:36 am

never too old. No such thing as too old. My grandfather kept learning new things until he was into his 90s.

3:36 am

Hi Christine - so that's where Chris gets it huh?

3:36 am

even my husband uses his computer and he can barely type

3:36 am

hi jhb Christine's sister

3:37 am

Well, she's lodt touch with all her old friends and neighbours, so I think it'd be good for her - stay in touch with her boys.

3:37 am

hello christine's sister, now that yur secret is out!!!

3:37 am

Yes, Christopher takes after his Dad, I think.

3:37 am

Hi sprite - yes I am Christine's sister in New Zealand. How are you.

3:38 am

am good, glad to 'meet' you.

3:38 am

maybe you should just get her a PC and give her lessons

3:38 am

yep, get her going would help. Once she knows the fun of skype and email, she won't be stopped by a pooh-poohing husband anymore.

3:38 am

Judith, Marianne and I started Babbling back in 2004, then we all drifted away for a couple of years.

3:39 am

Quite new to this game rubyfoo and sprite. But hope to get better the more I play. However, I think there is an evil goblin somewhere who puts the grids together - and does he have a monopoly on making up words. He doesn't like my made ups.

3:39 am

Her other son lives in England, and I'm sure he'd help her get started.

3:39 am

I've been playing for 10 months and still am not very good at it

3:40 am

Judith, remember you used to play, way back when.

3:40 am

but friends in the chog help a lot

3:40 am

jhb, that pretty much sums it up! Enable is very partial on which crazy wo5 are accepted and which ones are not. But the nice part is, what seems crazy shifts after a while ;)

3:40 am

and I've had fireworks about 4 or 5 times!

3:40 am

Christine - it was more than a couple of years. I haven't played since around 2004.

3:41 am

Congrats rubyfoo. so there is hope for me yet?

3:41 am

my ever recurring advice is: as long as you have fun playing, who cares about fireworks?

3:41 am

little by litt,e we learn the dopey babblets

3:42 am

yes, that's how I feel and therefore don't list.

3:42 am

Great thanks sprite. And now off to clear up the kitchen after dinner. See you all my new friends. I must say you make me very welcome. Nitht.

3:42 am

bye jhb! maybe see you tomorrow

3:43 am

best way to learn more, if you ask me. I remembered every babblet or crazy wo4 that was clued to me in chat. But I don't think I would remember if I got them from the list.

3:43 am

right

3:43 am

night jhb, have a good evening :)

3:43 am

Night big sister. Speak soon. Have you managed to speak to our other sister this weekend. I haven't been able to get her.

3:44 am

so true Sprite...fireworks is a bonus....I just play to see how I do, if close to finishing I'll list...another thing I enjoy is the chog...xxx

3:45 am

first time I came across 'crwth' and plural, I thought I'd go bananas. Even after they clued it to me. Took me ages to get because I insisted on vowels. Had to learn that w can be a vowel... in some languages, grin.

3:45 am

No, I guess she's with the g'kids. I'll try again, after the weekend. Goodnight, God bless

3:45 am

the chog is supportive, informative and fun.

3:45 am

and truly cross-cultural

3:46 am

oh and another is when g/dtr is here, she helps a lot. Her ypung bro is starting to help as well and he is only 7 1/2

3:46 am

I learned at least as much from the chat as from the grids.

3:46 am

so delightful, diz :D

3:46 am

ypung = young...sorry

3:47 am

I submit 'undiet'. I am a fervent fan of it.

3:47 am

ypung bro sounds almost as a chinese or korean name. I like it.

3:47 am

me too, it's called eating on demand or per carvings!

3:47 am

:D

3:47 am

cravings* hahah

3:48 am

and another, for my g/kids, they look up all the flags in the Atlas to see where you all are

3:48 am

taking a break to warm up; the studio is very chilly this AM

3:48 am

carve out me cravings and shiver me timbers! Rrrrrr!

3:48 am

that is great too, diz, I bet they don't forget that way!

3:48 am

scary Sprite the pirate!

3:48 am

bfn rubyfoo

3:49 am

bfn?

3:49 am

bye for now

3:49 am

no they don't, Sprite, cos its fun learning

3:49 am

duh, ruby

3:49 am

*poof* too

3:50 am

exactly. Fun learning is the best way.

3:50 am

why duh? No need to know everything and asking what you don't know is always the smart thing to do.

3:50 am

nightie nite all whos leaving...have 17 left

3:50 am

well, unless you ask Christine where undies live...

3:51 am

(undies live under clothes)....sorry couldn't resist...LOL

3:51 am

great going, diz! I stay. I have 51 left and no speed at all. Cannot get the hang of this grid. Feels like there cannot be that many left!

3:52 am

lol!

3:53 am

finally Whipped the W's

3:53 am

still need 8 of those. But it is good to know from an independent source that they do exist.

3:53 am

tuff

3:54 am

damn it is a word....sorry

3:54 am

ok, that was a bit too independent!

3:54 am

lol

3:54 am

giggle

3:55 am

as is wo**, btw. Come, let's take over the PB and ..... the cupboards (cannot remember, strip it bare)

3:56 am

?? plunder ??

3:56 am

"plunder"....'pirates'????

3:57 am

loot!

3:57 am

Sounds like Sprite-the-Pirate

3:57 am

yeah, plunder would be good too :D Thanks.

3:58 am

hello friends. was planning to just lurk a while, but "sprite the pirate" and her loot was too good....I am laughing in the dark here

3:58 am

you coming too, Christine? Let's make it an illegal PB party.

3:58 am

hi Trif :D Am glad I brought you out then, love to see you.

3:58 am

*drags Trif into the PB as well*

3:58 am

happy to go....

4:00 am

aye mateys, dig into the crrrrates!

4:00 am

Let's go for it.

4:00 am

Trifioso - how was Thursday?

4:01 am

oh, thanks for remembering Christine, you dear thing! Thursday was unbelievably sad, which really surprised me. I thought I was over the mourning part, but I guess not. I was very indulgent on Friday - got the kids to school and then wallowed under the covers until noon.

4:02 am

The hammer went down, Trif?

4:02 am

Breaking the contract of our marriage was work enough. it's the breaking of the covenant that really makes me sad. I will never have a 25th anniversary party. someday my folks will die, and I will sit on the bench alone. when I am old, my kids will have to hire someone to take care of me....

4:02 am

but now I am done. I shall go on from here to paint a new sky.

4:03 am

(((((((((((((Trif))))))))))))

4:03 am

For what it's wort, Hun, you'll always have us.

4:04 am

it's worth a lot, christine. you all here have been more supportive than a lot of my friends out of the ether

4:04 am

yep. My friends and I have made a pact to get together when old and live together and help eachother... you are always welcome to join us. Seriously.

4:05 am

thank you sprite. what a charming picture! a bunch of old ones, sitting around....your friends all going "who's that american? does anyone remember an american?" lolololol

4:05 am

and I think you will be able soon to let life surprise you... mourn first, then paint that sky and know you are an incredibly lovable woman.

4:05 am

My daughter and her friend pledged to live together in a pink trailer (Lucille Ball movie?) and learn to play canasta.

4:05 am

good morning everyone:)

4:06 am

morning crossy! can't sleep either, huh?

4:06 am

Hello, Luv - is Mrs.Crossy playing tonight?

4:06 am

my friends will all go: "Coffee for you too, or do you prefer tea? Move over from that 'puter, I wanna play too... hey, I'll cook if you drive us to the cinema tonight."

4:06 am

sorry - playing babble.

4:06 am

hi crossy :)

4:06 am

nope,been tossing and turning so may as well babble:)

4:07 am

Christine, that is a great id4!

4:07 am

howdy christine,no she is sleeping

4:07 am

i hear you, crossy. nice to see the european babblers, though....

4:07 am

howdy sprite

4:07 am

I'm going to get tea for the PB -- don't talk about me while I'm gone.

4:07 am

crossy and Trif, you can come toss and turn with us anytime.

4:08 am

aww ty

4:08 am

why on earth not, Christine, you can read it all back when you get back and rant to us about it :D

4:08 am

though I really wish you good night's rests... but it is wonderful to see you.

4:09 am

okay, this may be one of those late night kind of thoughts, but, has anyone else noticed that, when you are trying to enter a wo4, and you think it's not going to work, it's like your fingers don't even want to type it? As if my muscles already know the combination of letters won't work...

4:09 am

so, about Christine... what do you think, guys? A sweet babbler, a wicked sense of humour and an experienced looter of PB cupboards, don't you agree?

4:09 am

s,okay sprite ,i have the next 3 days off so i can power nap later if needed;)))

4:10 am

Trif, yes! LOL I thought I was the only crazy one. How great!

4:11 am

good morning everyone...

4:11 am

that is nice, crossy, just relax then and let us enjoy your company.

4:11 am

oh, sprite, you and I really ARE kindred spirits, aren't we? I am reminded of a quote I read once: "Friendship is born in that moment when someone says "you too? I thought I was the only one!'"

4:11 am

morning donnab

4:12 am

i got one for you trif,and i believe this happens only to cronic babblers.have you ever finished a grid,been cluing a bit and find yourself still hunting for words even though you know you are done?

4:12 am

howdy donna

4:12 am

yes crossy! and I also continue to look for wo4s from letters I have greyed....

4:12 am

I feel we are, Trif. Would LOVE to have you join us in that old people house we are gonna live in :D

4:13 am

i am more and more convinced it's where I belong, sprite! I will bring the scones.

4:13 am

crossy, absolutely! I really type them in too. While I already have finished. Oh god this is good, I am not as crazy as I thought :D

4:13 am

I actually just finished reading a book where a lot of the scenes happened in a coffee shop named "a woman sconed"

4:13 am

no,it is all part of the condition lol

4:13 am

see? Scones. You will be an addition we cannot do without. We don't have scones here.

4:14 am

lol, great name

4:14 am

i must admit, I am famous for my scones.....

4:14 am

I can bring some date scones I just made. Hello all

4:15 am

hello lynxxx!

4:15 am

howdy lynxx

4:15 am

life knows no pudding like that of a woman sconed.

4:15 am

hi lyn :) xxx

4:16 am

now I am dr***ing.

4:17 am

Your sleeping is no better Cross? are you still doing the machine and the di**?

4:17 am

40 left, 5 x 7 and the 8 among them.

4:17 am

ooh TY Sprite

4:17 am

i must admit i have been lax with the machine past week or so:(

4:17 am

yvw lyn :)

4:18 am

must be tough to have that machine every night and the di4 every day. But you are worth it, cross, don't forget.

4:19 am

okay. i have to admit defeat. cannot budge the lower right corner e. help please?

4:19 am

Sprite the 8 is EF

4:19 am

all one can do is try;)

4:19 am

crossy, get some essence of bacon, and put a drop in the water for the breathing machine. you will dream of bacon, and suck in that air

4:19 am

lol

4:19 am

EF 8 from that bottom E try the EF 7 first

4:20 am

thanks diz, hunting now :)

4:21 am

actually both come from bottom E

4:21 am

got them right away. Is that arabic?

4:21 am

I hav e a neighbor who sleeps as little as I do; I think she sits in her window and waits for my kitchen light to go on, because whenever i go in to make my cuppa, she comes over to chat.

4:22 am

Oh, and your PB goodies are safe from me -- I don't snack.

4:22 am

arabic...shrugs shou;ders...dunno...lol

4:22 am

nope, turkish

4:22 am

got it! thanks diz!

4:22 am

aw that is great, Christine, about the neighbour I mean. And you don't have to snack, you can loot the cupboards for us.

4:23 am

thats nbt, nbs for me!

4:23 am

wow wtg Trif.

4:23 am

fairy nuff isn't valid.

4:23 am

A year ago, I decided to give up sugar, so I also stopped eating desserts, candies all those goodies. Don't even miss them, now.

4:24 am

wow, christine, that is really good to hear. I have to admit, I have been thinking of trying to do the same, as I feel I crave it more than ever these days

4:24 am

am kind of doing that too now. Stopped snacking. But I have some days I cannot keep it up yet.

4:25 am

ok it is shameless plug time,but i promised i would do this once a day and this is a good chance to hit up the euros..lol....

4:25 am

(praise the L4, dentist is a phantom)

4:25 am

do not forget to join me and many other babblers in our folding at home group.become an active participant in the hunt for cancer cures! our babble team number is 173981 just Google folding at home from Stanford U for the download client the best way i can describe folding at home is the professors at stanford U have created a way to harness our spare and unused computer bandwidth cycles and put them all together to work as a single unit to "fold" human proteins and try and map the changes in cancerous and non cancerous "folds" in this way we can better understand it and eventually alter it before cancer evolves.the web site at folding at home will explain it better than i can:)

4:26 am

I really don't understand the folding at home. Do I have to keep my computer running day and night for that?

4:26 am

thanks for posting that crossy. I have no clue what it means, but I will check out the si4

4:26 am

crosshair, does it work from Australia as well??

4:26 am

no sprite,you do not,you current protien will resume the next time you start the program up

4:26 am

it does diz

4:27 am

okies thanx

4:27 am

so the computer use is supposed to mimick cancer growth??

4:28 am

I should be getting my sunday school lesson ready, but you guys are too entertaining

4:28 am

for example i am working on a protien that has 250 units in it,since this is a slow computer it has taken me 3 days to "fold " this one

4:28 am

ya want blinding with science sprite? lol

4:28 am

*pours Trif another cuppa and dr4s her into another chat*

4:29 am

all I want is to understand, lol.

4:29 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding_a t_home

4:29 am

there u go sprite check that out

4:30 am

it is nice to actually be working on a cure,instead of just tossing money at collection groups

4:30 am

just googled and had a quick read, will definately going back into it for more info....thanx crosshair

4:30 am

np and ty diz

4:31 am

ok now I understand better. Is it safe, crossy? And how does one join?

4:31 am

if i can get 1 babbler a day to join,i will soon reach my taget of 100 babblers on our team

4:32 am

Thanks crosshair, i will definitely be following this one up. On the subject of helping, does anyone support Kiva?

4:32 am

Sara, whats Kiva

4:33 am

it is very safe sprite,just google folding at home and and you will be sents to the Stanford U folding at home site.there you can download the client suitable to your computer.then all you do is imput you babble name and our team number that is in my profile

4:34 am

I do sara....I gave my mom a card for mothers day that said I had taken out a microloan in her name, and when that loan was repaid I rolled it over, and we have done so several times since.

4:34 am

and i would not even suggest it in here if it were not safe;)

4:34 am

My mom is an avid knitter, so we usually choose women who are working with textiles (seamstresses, knitters, etc) for our recipients

4:34 am

maybe if you would add this info to your profile (about the how to join and the URL, more babblers would do it? You got me, btw, am going to join.

4:35 am

I am joining too. we have an extra computer downstairs that sits idle...MUCH better to have it happily folding all day

4:35 am

it is all in my profile,but i shall add the url as well

4:35 am

yes trif! a idle computer is perfect for this

4:36 am

An organisation that funds, at $25 per donation, a person or organisation trying to better their lives. Usually in a 3rd world country. Better to check Kiva online than for me to go on in detail. I started with a $25 Christmas present from my elder daughter Jessica. Jessica now has over 100 accounts purely by way of redistributing repayments to previous loans.

4:36 am

hang on -- stop the presses. was just looking in your profile, and saw photo of a little girl...since when do you have a daughter too? I only knew about the teenage boy at home...!

4:36 am

can some explain in dumb terms how an idle computercan 'fold away'...plz

4:37 am

thanx for that Sara...xxx

4:37 am

Trifioso, fantastic, help me spread the Kiva word!!

4:38 am

will do sara. it's amazing how one donation can turn into so many future loans....

4:38 am

ok everyone the url is also now in my profile,just refresh a few times

4:38 am

crossy, should I pick the first or 2nd choice for windows XP?

4:38 am

will check that out as well, SaraY and Trif

4:39 am

the first one sprite

4:39 am

thanks crossy

4:40 am

and trif,those are not my kids,flickr has put those in there from someone calling themselves crosshare and i am crosshair..gues we confuzzled them

4:40 am

oh, okay! I was totally confuzzled myself there for a minute!

4:41 am

I'm definitely computer-illiterate (heck, I'm still trying to work-out retractab;e ballpoint pens) so how do we find a cure for cancer, when our computer is 'tuned' to babble?

4:42 am

sprite, btw, have you read the 19th wife?

4:42 am

yes diz,what you are doing is donating bandwidth that gets collected and used with all the other idle bandwidth from other donators and the actual folding is done at stanford,but you get to see the action on your rig,and if by some lucky chance our team unlocks a key protien,we can actually get it named after us;0

4:43 am

"and the nobel prize in science this year goes to....Babble!"

4:43 am

and my fellow scentists i am proud to show you the "babble key protein!!"

4:44 am

no Trif, will write that down!

4:44 am

dr god would beam with pride!

4:44 am

trifioso, is 19th wife the one with woman sconed?

4:44 am

crossy, sorry to bother you again. I have run the installer, what now?

4:44 am

actually, yes, christine, tho I had already forgotten that

4:45 am

once you have downloaded it,just open it and it will guide you through the set up where you input your babble name and team number

4:46 am

once that is done the folding icon will appear in the botton right of yer task bar

4:46 am

Crosshair, I will also need you to walk me through this. I'm going to start it now. Back soon.

4:46 am

i also pin it to my start menu,so i do not have to hunt for it each time i turn on my puter

4:47 am

heres something fun -- I took my mom to see tertiares game last night (she is a cheerleader). it was FREEZING, so we only stayed for three quarters, and then headed home. as we approached the parking lot, we saw a truck with the lights on -- and the lights were flashing. we approached the truck and discovered the source: in the drivers seat was a HUGE boxer dog, wearing a ladies' pink winter jackets (complete with fur lined hood) pushing all the buttons on the dash with her paws. We about peed our pants laughing!

4:47 am

and everyone,unless you have a computer that is over 2 gig or less that 2 years old,do not use the display option unless you have nothing else running

4:48 am

you just right click the icon and go to status to check up on team or individual totals and that is it!

4:48 am

lol trif! that is funny!

4:49 am

lol Trif, priceless!

4:49 am

we did feel a bit sorry for the owner - hope that battery is still good by the end of the game

4:49 am

ok crossy, I should be in your team now.

4:49 am

besides,the actual real time display of protien unfolding is quite boring lol

4:50 am

YAA FOR SPRITE!!!!

4:50 am

welcome to the club!

4:50 am

thanks, lol. Glad to contribute.

4:50 am

do you think it works on macs too? I could have primo run it whilst he is at school

4:50 am

if you go to statistics sprite,you will see that our very own jmc has 3 computers running the program

4:50 am

it does trif

4:51 am

yes, there is a client for Mac too

4:51 am

just checked it, lol... got friends that might want to join

4:51 am

excellent. won't wake him up now, but will have him add client later today

4:51 am

thanks so much for getting the word out, crossy.

4:51 am

but if it is a very low power laptop,i would only run it when you are doing nothing else

4:52 am

np triff i thank you all for letting me ramble on about it

4:52 am

you can all thank me by passing it along to family and other babblers

4:53 am

i am the editor of our church newsletter, and methinks I will write an article about folding, so perhaps others in our fold (GET IT???) can use their computers as well

4:53 am

Well, I just read the wikipedia thingie, and understood about three words. I'm looking for a phrase printed in ble that I click on?

4:53 am

indeed triff!

4:53 am

*blue

4:53 am

morning all

4:53 am

great plan, Trif

4:53 am

trif look in my profile,i have a boiled down version of what it des

4:53 am

....in our fold.....he he he ....sometimes I just kill me

4:54 am

christine i mean

4:54 am

and me, Trif

4:54 am

Morning, m9f91 -- you got me hooked on Connie Willis.

4:54 am

you are a riot triff lol

4:54 am

LOL. she's fun reading

4:54 am

howdy m9,was so busy venting my speen,i did not see you right away lol

4:54 am

and easily amused, so that's a good combo

4:54 am

I got an Agatha Christie for 50 cents..that's what I'm reading now.

4:55 am

just got here cross...what's the vent?

4:55 am

hi m9 :D I lurf Christie. Good price!

4:56 am

see folding at home info in the bottom of my profile m9

4:56 am

ah...read your profile.

4:56 am

then load the client;))

4:56 am

Started Doomsday Book, just before the flip.

4:56 am

I've heard of that.

4:56 am

a couple years ago.

4:56 am

I've read Doomsday! fun.

4:57 am

Load the client - that's 173981?

4:57 am

is doomsday one of those hunger games books?

4:57 am

for advice on what to read and stuff like that, I used to use little pieces of paper. Then I got wise and wrote everything in a notebook. So... where the heck I left that notebook?

4:57 am

no,the client is at the url in my profile,that number is our team number .you use that when configuring the program

4:57 am

It's about timetravel, which I thought I didn't read, but ...

4:58 am

I have the cutest little notebook I write them in, sprite....hold on....

4:58 am

I'm over 1/2way and have nbs.. stats for upper corner e please for nbt?

4:58 am

here's a pic of it...http://www.amazon.com/Books-Check -Out-Imagineering-Company/dp/081182986 3

4:59 am

its our favorite duck, mp

4:59 am

m9

4:59 am

thanks trif! can I say "doh!"

4:59 am

nbt.

4:59 am

"quack!"

5:00 am

wow Trif, that is cool. I use a very normal one. But cannot find it right now. Your 19th wife and the Connie Willis name are on a slip of paper now...

5:00 am

everone,check this out .it is a great little program to help you choose your next book http://bookseer.com/

5:01 am

there is a great little series of books called something like "a year in the merde" that I found incredibly entertaining

5:01 am

that's a cute notebook.... most kids now won't get it.LOL

5:01 am

thanks crossy!

5:01 am

geezzz m9 did you ask an actual babble grid related question?? Tsk.

5:02 am

there is a grid?

5:03 am

crossy, LOVE that site! thanks for the rec

5:03 am

very cute crossy

5:03 am

it is very handy and i love it also triff

5:03 am

fun, crossy, thanks

5:04 am

np:)

5:04 am

M9, I work as a clinician for student with receptive and expressive language issues, esp with regards to reading, and we have found there are a whole load of things children today cannot visualize at ALL - records and record players, rotary phones, telegraphs, busy signals, tv antennas, etc.

5:04 am

you will never be stuck for a good read again;)

5:05 am

the other clinicians and I add to the list all the time.

5:05 am

lol I just tried and got a list of books I already read!

5:05 am

Been concentrating on the grid so missed quite a bit of chatterbox - just a reminder about Kiva as the more supporters the better for the world and people/groups trying to make a difference to their own lives and their country's independence on aid.

5:05 am

same as the generation before triff.can you or i recognize a walking beam steam engine for a paddle wheel steam boat?

5:05 am

what language do you read most books in sprite? if you don't mind me asking

5:06 am

but they text really fast and have girl/boyfriend at 7 or so..... right?

5:06 am

I told my kids when they kept repeating themselves: Your needle is stuck. They had to be explained, lol.

5:06 am

mostly english, Trif.

5:06 am

actually m9, most of the kids I work with would not text, no, sadly.

5:07 am

it's a great day for us when they get confident enough with their word skills to TRY texting! isn't that funny!?

5:07 am

ah....

5:07 am

heartbreaking actually.

5:07 am

so basically I work to create little texting monsters....lol

5:07 am

no, not funny, sad. But great they get help from people like you.

5:08 am

no wonder though.. the way reading is presented... I helped my next door neighbor girl with her "reading homework" a couple years ago and wanted to tear my hair out.

5:08 am

i had a sad revelation yesterday,my kid is getting better at comuters and electronic than i am..i imagine i shall be put out to pasture with those type of chores in short order;("

5:09 am

I love seeing how they blossom and grow....sadly, I am not sure what is going to become of that beloved job of mine. I adore it (most days) and I think I could say I am really good at it, but I don't get many hours due to the low client load this year, and at the payrate I am at....I just can't keep us afloat. will have to get something else soon. hopefully in addition to, not instead of

5:09 am

triff ,it is good work you do indeed,my biggest debt of gratitude is to the unknown and unsug teacher who helped me to read

5:09 am

unsung

5:09 am

Will keep my fingers crossed for you, Trif.

5:09 am

I was her babysitter for a while.. so after that I would just kind of do the homework for her (just get through it as fast as possible) and then read to her from good books with beautiful language.

5:10 am

man, I am going to be a yawning fool at church today

5:10 am

i may never remember her,but her work carries on forever in me;0

5:10 am

I taught my kids to read before school, and kept them at it. Read english with them before they got it at school too. Cannot leave that to schools, nowadays. Reading should be fun, an adventure, a door to other worlds.

5:11 am

my church doesn't start until 1 pm

5:11 am

wow m9, that is the way to go

5:11 am

what time to you get out?

5:11 am

well... in January it will start at 9 am...

5:11 am

Trif, yawning yes, a fool no.

5:11 am

4 pm. We go for 3 hours.

5:12 am

why does it change to such an early time in january? I am thinking in the winter the extra time to arrive would be welcome?

5:13 am

two congregations share the building. So right now they go at 9

5:13 am

we switch every year.

5:13 am

oh, i see. how lovely that you share with another church!

5:14 am

same church. Just different set of us.LOL

5:15 am

our church has an education bldg with a huge lower room. a dance school rents it out....it's hilarious. If you are on a committee, you attend meetings whilst lady gaga, or some other pop star is blasting up through the floors

5:15 am

lol

5:15 am

Our Church haad a Korean congregation and a Phillipino congrgation. Occasionally we'd meet at some events, like the Church Bazaars and th children's Christmas program.

5:15 am

wow...

5:17 am

whoops just found the needle case...fishy today

5:17 am

ty triff

5:17 am

and finally fireflies. Not sure the grid was tough or it was just the great chog, lol. Nah I know. The grid was tough.

5:17 am

and pl

5:17 am

when traveling cross country we went to church and it just so happened to be a spanish speaking meeting!LOL

5:17 am

and don't forget to plural it

5:18 am

huzzah for sprite!!!!

5:18 am

did you all see my cutlery clock, btw?

5:18 am

good going.

5:18 am

do you speak spanish m9? gosh, I hope so, or that would be a loooooong time to sit

5:18 am

i did notice it sprite! charming

5:19 am

wouldn't mind that one in my kitchen, lol

5:19 am

no we don't! We didn't stay. Sacrament is the important thing. We had already planned on only staying for that.

5:19 am

excellent m9!

5:19 am

And that part I know so well that I understood it.

5:20 am

oh, God wouldn

5:20 am

wouldn't mind in the least!

5:20 am

got to be off, thanks all for the great time. You are exceptional people, all of you. *hugs*

5:20 am

what I'd really like sometime is to go to a deaf congregation meeting.

5:20 am

My friend was going to one for a while.

5:21 am

BIG hug, sprite! remember to save me a seat in your elder home

5:21 am

gn sprite.sleep tight

5:21 am

consider it reserved for you, Trif.

5:21 am

thank you dear one

5:22 am

crossy, do you have to check on the folding program now and then? what I mean is, if I set it up on an idle pc and leave it running, how often would I need to check it to see if it's finished, or does that happen?

5:26 am

It is a mystery to me how you all divide time between doing the grid and keeping in touch with each other - I feel I am failing at both! Maybe friendships are so 'set in stone' that they take precedence over filling in the word gaps.

5:28 am

saray, what i find is that entries in the grid come to me in spurts. I will find several wo4s, and then nothing for a bit. chogging freshens my eyes for looking back at the grid

5:28 am

triff,it will run unattended as long as you wish it to

5:28 am

hi Sara.. I just bounce back and forth.LOL

5:28 am

SaraY - I love your note about convict stock - I have a friend who tells people her gr.gr.grandma was sent to Australia because she was a "naughty girl".

5:28 am

Looking over what I wrote I am worried it may be taken the wrong way - friendships, and keeping in touch, must take precedence.

5:29 am

Crosshair, must the computer be in use to generate whatever the folding uses?

5:29 am

that is what i do also,chat up the ladies a bit,till my eyes can pick out more words in the grid;)

5:29 am

crossy, I made the link to the folding project my FB status. hopefully others will join there

5:29 am

it musy dem running and on it desktp christine

5:30 am

tyvm triff

5:30 am

damn typos

5:30 am

one of my english friends' brother got in a PILE of trouble on his way to Oz. At the passport check he was asked if he had a criminal record, and he answered "Didn't know I still needed one!" and the officer was NOT amused. but I was!

5:31 am

it can be in idle or power save mode,but it must be on

5:32 am

Trifioso - that's priceless

5:32 am

want some real fun triff? when he says"do you have anything to declare?" just say "other than that kilo of coke,not really" lol

5:33 am

Christine, that was so true - one of my ancestors was sentenced to death in East Sussex, England, for highway robbery and sheep-stealing and had his sentence commuted to transportation to Tasmania for life.

5:33 am

on my way into ireland, the guy asked if I had any electronics with me, and I answered yes, I had an electric toothbrush, and he said "ooh, very posh!" in a way that made me lol for about 10 minutes

5:33 am

Maybe the last question (but probably not) the bloomin' thing asked if I want to open or save the file; what do I answer --- I truly am computer-illiterate.

5:33 am

open it

5:34 am

As my Governator says I shall returrrrn.

5:34 am

then it will walk you tru the set up,just use your babble name and the babble team number in my profile

5:35 am

m9f9l - I agree it is the best way or else one (reminds me of QEII) could get bogged down.

5:35 am

you think that is bad sara? my ancestor got a aussie town named after him..a dubious honor at the time seein what it was used for

5:36 am

i still think i should get discounts when i visitA;)

5:36 am

I like it that you have photography as your first interest;-)

5:37 am

poor little me...left out... alas, no criminals of note....

5:37 am

i think it was because he got caught "educating" the young princess at the time lol

5:39 am

crosshair - reveal all, who was your ancestor and what is the town - I am intrigued? Ancestors, good or bad depending on the mood of their day, are worthy.

5:39 am

quite the scandal,he was 54,she was 19 lol

5:39 am

lol i was waiting for that sara....

5:40 am

Go for it!!!!!

5:40 am

Sydney?

5:40 am

the name that has been passed to me and is on my passport is Melbourne

5:40 am

Lord Melbourne?

5:40 am

yes mam

5:41 am

uh oh.. hope it's not the town of fu******

5:41 am

do you know there is a st. paul's university in melbourne? seems like you should at least get to go there for free!

5:41 am

Tell all - I would love to hear it.

5:41 am

i sould at least get 10% off on motel rooms lol

5:42 am

You can stay with me for free!!

5:42 am

jis lordship was escorting princess vic here and there to such an extent that members of the parliment took to calling her mrs melbourne lol

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5:43 am

the year after he passed of gout of all things lol

5:43 am

in other words,he died of excess lol

5:44 am

lol,so you all know the skeleton in my closet ;)

5:45 am

kept the ladies of the upper crust buzzing for weeks in london

5:45 am

ah but crossy.. she said he was like a father to her! (been googling)

5:45 am

lol

5:45 am

Crosshair - I opened the file, as you said, but it did nothing after that, just posted a picture in the upper lefy corner of the screen. Didn't ask me for my name, or your number. Hope it went through.

5:46 am

his THIRD sex scandal! Third time's the charm I guess...

5:46 am

lol,alas she was too much for ole great,great,great grandad

5:47 am

might be one more great in there,not sure

5:48 am

i hope so as well christine,but if you did not get a chance to imput the team number,i think not

5:48 am

triff got it set up op,perhaps she can help you better than my insomniac fumbling and stumbling

5:49 am

Gout is very painfiul, according to a friend. I am sure there are manyxxx skeletons in any closet associated with Oz. Hence a wonderful human experience surpassed by anywhere in the world (spoken by a true Ozzie!). Please excuse any questionable exuberance associated with a bout of sad news and too much wine!

5:49 am

gout always makes me think of the movie "Captain Blood"

5:49 am

lol sara,we love the aussies

5:50 am

And we love anyone from Canada xxx

5:50 am

:) i also was born in the U.K but have called canada my home since 1966

5:50 am

Good Morning all. I declare the bottom e the nasty little tile of this grid. Cross, what's for breakfast? : )

5:51 am

hi molly

5:51 am

light brekkie today.english muffies with gooseberry jam,a bowl of fresh fruit and some O.J

5:52 am

crosshair, how long would it take me to get there and share your breakfast?

5:53 am

14 hours or so by plane lol

morning all how many words today please

5:53 am

but i will keep it ready for you

5:53 am

How about brekkie the next day?

5:53 am

your on

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:)

5:54 am

162 words

5:54 am

her on what?

5:54 am

heh heh heh

5:54 am

What a challenge - I will let you know!

thanks

5:56 am

Sara... is there a place to look at your photography?

6:01 am

ahh tu /24 a word we do not see often in the grid=a moss lichen type ground covering that is seen mainly in the far north

6:04 am

is that why the land is called that??

I have been there in northern manitoba

6:05 am

indeed m9

also because underneath that is permafrost

6:05 am

I shall call this the 'W Grid'.

6:06 am

and the mosquitos,just boil out of the stuff in summer

6:06 am

huh.. I'm not finding that def.. just that it's a biome..

6:06 am

all month and a half of summer lol

6:07 am

they may HAVE lichen.... but they are the whole area..

6:09 am

was just for cluing purposes,not 100% accurate descriptive

I must be invisible today

6:09 am

howdy esprit!!

;-p

6:10 am

Good morning Esprit.

gm molly

6:10 am

I often forget to say "hello" if someone makes a comment.LOL if they say "hi" I sometimes catch it and say "hi" back.LOL

6:11 am

okay, I have to get my sunday school lesson ready. thanks for keeping me company during the insomnia. LOVE to all

6:11 am

see? dont have to hit me over the head with a shovel lol

6:11 am

Good morning Esprit and Patxxx

6:11 am

tc triffles

gm m9

6:11 am

and good day to you as well patxx

6:11 am

have a good lesson trif

Hi.

6:12 am

howdy herin

6:12 am

hello.

Can I ask a parent question re 6 year old girl

6:12 am

i only have a son,but go for it

6:12 am

I woke up in middle of night.. but now I really must get back to bed! 32 left...will find "tomorrow"

what's the ?

6:12 am

shoot.

6:13 am

it's too young to have a boyfriend.

Does anyone think that make up for a 6 year old is inappropriate or am I reading it wrong or being old fashioned

6:13 am

like every day?

6:13 am

it is not appropriate

6:13 am

or goofing around?

6:13 am

You are 100% correct. It's very inappropriate. Any time, unless it is for dress up play.

6:14 am

Ugh, hate makeup & nail polish for littl'uns. Making them grow up too soon.

6:14 am

why in the hell would a 6 year old need make-up?

inappropriate

I mean am I reading it as make up like proper adult stuff or make up like for goofing about or the lip balm stuff which is cute

6:14 am

oh.. this is something you're reading?

6:14 am

goofing around is fine,but wearing it as adults wear it is not

I had a make up kit when I was little. It was muck about make up. Dress up stuff. I used to create horrific bruises and show my mum

unless you are Suri Cruise then you must need it

Friends kid

6:15 am

if your talking about that kiddie pagent show..i do not approve of it

6:15 am

You can buy Kiddies make-up sets, like kiddies dress-up sets.

6:15 am

crossy.. they don't need makeup... but if they see the women in their lives using it.. of course they want to play.

Snap Esprit (sad thing is I read that article)

6:15 am

Kiddie pageant shows give me the creeps.

that show is a nightmare

6:16 am

child play with it is fine m9,but i do not think that is what herin means

6:16 am

The movie Little Miss Sunshine said it all..........

Toddler & Tiaras is horrifying

6:17 am

thats the crap i was talking about esprit

6:18 am

according to 6:14, apparently Herin doesn't know if that's what she means either!LOL

6:18 am

lol

6:18 am

there's a store called Toddler and Tiaras?

I am not sure what I read. I am a bit confused. Sometimes it is hard when there is a one way conversation.

6:18 am

Has anybody seen Little Miss Sunshine?

6:19 am

There is a show called Toddlers & Tiaras. And yes, it's horrifying.

I haven't seen Toddlers in Tiaras. I remember a girl in my primary school who did or had a sister that was in the natural pagents. Kid was cute and kids were doing simple kid things

6:19 am

a program called that herin,the moms and dads pimp their 5-8 year old kids to win a trophy or some damned thing

6:20 am

Soodle, I haven't seen Little Miss Sunshine, but I've heard about it.

6:20 am

Watch it if you get a chance. It is the blackest of comedy. I loved it!

I saw bits of it on Entertainment tonight

6:21 am

Anything that makes fun of kiddie pageants is okay with me.

6:21 am

sorry makes crossy angry.anyone who exploits their young children like that bugs me

6:22 am

like kate plus 8 and her props...err i mean children....

6:22 am

I agree Cross, it's like encouraging pedophiles. And yes...Kate...blech

6:22 am

Do you remember the little girl Jon-Benet Ramsey? Each time I would see a little 5yearold (?) strutting like that, it would make my skin craw.

6:23 am

They have just re-opened the Jon Benet Ramsey murder investigation.

6:23 am

again Molly?

6:24 am

Yep, they are being cagey as to why.

Have you seen that gawd awful age progression photos used in pagents?

6:24 am

ok.. 26.. I'm going to find ONE more word....

6:25 am

mm,brb,gotta take a breath..ill put some bacon on to cool and i shall be right as a trivit once again...brb

bacony goodness

must have LOVED Lady GaGa's meat dress then

I annoyed a friend the other day that was going on about PETA with the comment of tasty tasty meat

6:28 am

found a group. 22 left. good night and *poof*

6:30 am

Goodnight, sleep well.

6:31 am

there we go,bacon is in da pan and my serenity has returned;)

6:32 am

I knew muffins and jam would not be the end of your Sunday breakfast fare.

6:33 am

Cross is doing the Hobbit Second Breakfast thing. Go Cross!

6:33 am

the price of bacon went way up here since I bought it last, sad to say. :(

I need second dinner

6:33 am

a few crispy rashers of maple kissed goodness,and of course i must slide a egg or 2 on the plate to keep it company...

6:35 am

At our place, Saturday is bacon day and Sunday is sausage day. Two patties of Bob Evans Sage are in the pan for my son.

6:35 am

breakfast,second breakfast,elevenses,lunch,dinner,suppe r and evening snack lol

O my I am so at your house Crosie

6:36 am

oh and forgot tea time as well

6:36 am

my breakfasts are known throughout the land;)))

Last Sunday I was piggy piggy.

6:37 am

Lord above, Crosshair, how do you find time for the important thing(s) in life ... babbling?

6:38 am

i can eat bacon one handed,so i am good to go christine;)))"

6:38 am

(Word list is loading...) after 5 16 airing 6 24 airn 4 4 airy 4 6 attiring 8 50 earn 4 4 entry 5 14 eyre 4 6 fate 4 7 fatting 7 48 feat 4 7 feel 4 7 felt 4 7 fern 4 7 ferny 5 20 feta 4 7 feting 6 33 flee 4 7 fleet 5 16 fleeting 8 65 fret 4 7 frying 6 39 fuel 4 8 gate 4 6 giro 4 6 infer 5 16 inferior 8 55 inia 4 4 iring 5 14 jefe 4 12 jete 4 9 left 4 7 near 4 4 nearing 7 36 nite 4 4 orient 6 18 rain 4 4 rainy 5 14 ring 4 6 rite 4 4 tate 4 4 teat 4 4 teen 4 4 teeny 5 14 tele 4 4 tern 4 4 ting 4 6 tiny 4 6 tree 4 4 tref 4 7 tret 4 4 triene 6 18 trying 6 30 tyre 4 6 yarn 4 6 year 4 6 yearn 5 14 yente ood for you.

6:38 am

what the heck? How did that happen?

6:39 am

That's yesterday's

6:39 am

ist.

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i think you are in the pb till dinner...

6:39 am

lol

6:39 am

ahh if yesterdays then you are welcome to have some bacon instead

6:39 am

How could that happen? Not even today's list.

6:40 am

Good lord, I haven't had bacon in more than ten years, I think I deserve some.

6:42 am

I see there are gremlins in the chat log.

At least that was yesterdays

6:44 am

Could you try and do it again, Christine, with today's list.LOL

6:44 am

10 years!!!

6:45 am

No, it's magic and can't be repeated -- maybe tomorrow

Man I feel like pizza and my internet just went to it

6:45 am

Ten years, Crosshair, since I cooked.

6:45 am

Pity. If you could have managed it, I might get some housework done!

interesting idea

6:48 am

do you not love it when you make a mistake typing a word in and the grid takes it anyways? :)))

Yes. ANd now I want a bacon sarni.

6:49 am

just happened to me - a misspelled word, I thought

6:49 am

bacon and soft fried egg sammich.

At mums house I had bacon overload. It was so Dad could enjoy

6:51 am

You're a good girl to eat bacon to help your Dad.

6:52 am

mmm..whole place smells like hickory and maple...mmmm

Well my Dad isn't allowed it normally as he has a heart issue. But it was his 70th birthday and my visiting so we took advantage of it

6:53 am

once i hit 70,i am going to take up everything that the dr is cutting me off of now! lol

That and my Dad has not long been out of hospital

6:56 am

Well, I think it was good that he had a special treat. And having you visit was even better for him, I bet.

We had fun. It is hard for us to go to them as they are interstate

7:00 am

Then it was even better for him, that you were there to celebrate with him.

As I said we had fun

This grid is being a pain

7:01 am

i have hit my first wall at 58;((

85 and slowing down

7:02 am

ahh,now the devilish lil 4 letter babblets are coming out of hiding for me:)

7:03 am

Fireworks!

7:04 am

yaa for soodles!!!

Yah Soodle. Crossie all this talk of bacon is making me hungry

7:04 am

yay, soodle!!!

7:04 am

Anyone need a Soodle-clue before I go?

7:05 am

ohh you should smell it in here herins...fresh perk costa rican coffee and bacon smells are everywhere

yummmy

7:06 am

morning, help with botrom corner e pls

7:06 am

this coffee blend is something called volcanic shade tree coffee..free trade stuff also

7:06 am

howdy peri

Hi Peri

7:08 am

ef + f*** off an attack + third vowel...then plural...weird word

7:10 am

ty but does not seem to be working

7:10 am

ty, Molly, I needed those, too. :)

7:10 am

how many letters in the ef word?

7:11 am

ef7 and ef8

7:11 am

as, double consonant, ty

7:11 am

ah, even

7:11 am

new words for me

7:14 am

Sorry Peri, I clued that inaccurately.

7:16 am

its ok, if figured it out

ef+expensive italian shoes

just sayin

Bad Crossie

7:20 am

and it would have been an excellent clue too

7:20 am

ty molly,and why am i bad herin?

Because I want bacon

7:21 am

well it is ready now..come and get it!

But you are far away

7:23 am

ef 7/56 remind me of a old deference term used in india during the early days of british rule

7:23 am

bottom row gray !!

7:24 am

yaa for peri!!

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heehee, peri! ;p

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:P

7:24 am

elst

7:27 am

I wish that had worked, having trouble finding a second one for that e. have el4

7:27 am

er4.4

7:28 am

aha, thanks! :)

7:28 am

i thank you as well lynxx

7:28 am

Morning all! Is that lower corner E the one the Ef 7 comes from?

7:29 am

howdy car

7:29 am

yes, 'tis

7:30 am

i clued at 7:23 car and make sure to pl it for the 8

7:30 am

Was afraid of that! Need it for NBT!

7:31 am

I saw your clue Crossy...have NO id4 what it means though! : (

Care my friends little baby is named Reilly :D just like your last name

7:31 am

i think molly did a better clue earlier

7:31 am

I always wanted to name one of my children Reilly, but when I married someone named Reilly that squashed that idea!

7:32 am

espritd did a nice clue for it @ 7.18

It is a little Girl

7:32 am

yes she did..at 7:08

7:32 am

I agree Lynxx, I liked the shoe clue.

Caree. There is a radio jock here that named her kid Lewis and his last name Lewis

7:32 am

Found her clue! TY! Got 'em both!

7:32 am

yaa for car!!

7:33 am

car.eeyore ... lovely picture, curled up together like puppies.

7:33 am

Once in a liftime shot!! Ha! Ha! Ha!

i Lynxx

7:34 am

Gorgeous Car

7:34 am

hi Infernal, wet enough?

Yes. We went food shopping at 11pm last night

7:35 am

biab,must go soap down this mass of muscle and make myself presentable...semi-poof!

Have a good day Crossie

7:35 am

Bye Crossy!

7:41 am

e

7:41 am

cannot believe I still need 10 more W's... where can they be? :P

Hiding

7:51 am

Clue for the second N word? I have the opposite of day.

7:51 am

wo5.18 & 6...your beau/s

7:53 am

change the 2nd cons Car

7:53 am

TY!

7:54 am

Not getting the wo clue :(

7:55 am

the person who wo*s you

7:55 am

Got it now! TY!

7:55 am

BBL!

8:08 am

W** Hoo! Thanks for the wo clue. : )

8:08 am

yw

8:11 am

I don't get how aw 4 and aw 5 are considered words. Those are abbreviations.

8:13 am

common usage of an acronim

8:18 am

Yes, but I bet Enable doesn't recognize FUBAR. : )

8:18 am

Good Day All!

8:18 am

Mornin' reparteena.

8:19 am

hello everyone

8:19 am

Not sure but it does recognise SNAFU

8:19 am

morning Mollyl - you last comment was quite humerous!

8:19 am

Heya Annie.

8:19 am

hi Repartee & Annie!

8:19 am

hi annie

8:20 am

hi Molly. teena, lynxxxxie

8:20 am

hey lynxxx!

8:26 am

Bedtime for me - night all

8:27 am

sweet dreams, lynxxx

8:27 am

bye lynxxx

8:33 am

en6/18 pls

8:34 am

nm

8:35 am

can you clue the en6, peri

8:37 am

en and small piece of land in the middle of an ocean

8:40 am

did you get it Annie?

8:43 am

peri, thank you. yes I did but had to get a list ready for bobby. I cant believe it but I fell yesterday on my tailbone and I cant get around easily. It hurts.

8:46 am

oh annie, sorry to hear that. Have you been icing it?

8:47 am

Will that help? Or is it heat? I think I bruised the bone.

8:48 am

ice always. you can alternate with heat, but ice really will help. do you have a bag of frozen peas? that is a good way to do it

8:48 am

also ibuprofen, advil, unless you have a sensitivity to it. anti inflammatory

8:49 am

Yes, I do..thanks. I took two Aleves when I woke up. could barely get out of bed. first I had the cold of the century and now this..I feel like a complainer.

8:50 am

you are definitely not a complainer annie!

8:50 am

fifteen minutes of the frozen peas!

8:51 am

dorens, will do that now. bbs. and thank you for the kind wo5

8:53 am

also, annie, why not email scrabbler and check with her, if she doesn't come on soon? You know she would want to help

8:55 am

dorens, I didnt have peas but I have an ice pack so I wrapped that in a towel and am now babbling with the pack behind me. It is cold! I might bother scrabbs with this later or even redturtlehead

8:56 am

Good morning all

8:56 am

mornin bob

8:56 am

hi mr bob

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good annie. and don't forget anti inflammatories every four hours.

8:59 am

will do dorens and thanks

9:02 am

going to google Aleve

9:04 am

Good morning/afternoon all. Annie, I've just read back - my sympathy!

9:11 am

gm

9:12 am

Good morning, kje.

9:12 am

how is GB, Haz? keepig them all in line?

9:13 am

It's a hard job, keeping a whole nation in line but I do my best.

9:13 am

di 5/12 please i cant find it

9:14 am

someone must, haz... we could use you here

9:14 am

I'd always ready for a challenge, unless it involves sewing.

9:15 am

jbc - di5/`12 is a plural.

9:15 am

only stitching some people's mouths shut....

9:15 am

Could I use superglue instead?

9:15 am

is annie still here?

9:15 am

superglue is better! i bet it is toxic

9:16 am

thanks haz i must be blind today

9:16 am

I'm hoping she'll come back soon. It looks like she could use some expert advice from you.

9:16 am

morning, folks (she's got an email address in her profile, kje)

9:16 am

No problem, jpc.

9:16 am

Hello, welki.

9:18 am

hi welk

9:23 am

Annie! First the cold from hell and now your tailbone? Have you tried putting the heating pad on it?

9:23 am

no heat

9:23 am

ad i thik she is gone ow anyway

9:24 am

my n sticks - just fill them in as needed

9:25 am

are those bottom corner e's fish?

9:25 am

No, they're two of the longer words which I've never seen before.

9:25 am

k

9:26 am

don't know ... i sped through the first 120 like a demon and am now plodding through wo** mud

9:26 am

Why no heat?

9:27 am

b/c you do not put hit on an acute injury of that sort - worsens inflammation - you use ice

9:28 am

Morning/Afternoon all

9:28 am

Good afternoon, FM.

9:28 am

hi FM

9:28 am

I thought it was ice the first 24 hours and heat after that.

9:29 am

Hello Haz! Guess what ... tenrec was the answer to one of the questions on QI the other night!

9:29 am

did you win a bunch of money, FM?

9:29 am

Honestly? Did any of them get it?

9:30 am

Hey kje :) and Molly and welki et al I wish kje, but got a great sense of satisfaction. No Haz, none of them *smug*

9:31 am

smugness is nice too, FM

9:31 am

I'm sure that smug glow lasted for a while. All we need now is a round on needlecases and volcanos and we're set.

9:31 am

well there is a needlecase in the grid if that counts?

9:32 am

damn, you made me look for the volcano (already had the cases)

9:32 am

..and hairy nosed dolphins

9:32 am

I know, it was like finding an old friend when I saw it. The word, I mean, I don't want to meet up with a real one any time soon.

9:32 am

and LoriP was in the chat for a while yesterday lunchtime Haz, was lovely to see her.

9:32 am

ad horned whales

9:32 am

Oh good, she's been away too long.

9:34 am

How was the surprise b'day party?

9:35 am

It was good - she thought she was going out for a meal, instead 40+ arrived and took over her house (bearing food).

9:36 am

I hope someone got a picof her face at the moment of invasion.

9:36 am

I'm not sure. But lots of pics of her blowing out her birthday candles.

9:37 am

and I am sure a great time was had by all :)

9:38 am

It was fun, relaxed and informal.

9:38 am

well this is an interesting grid greyed the s and the r whilst working backwards - that rarely happens.

9:39 am

There's quite a mixed bag of words in the mix.

9:39 am

woo! burst of brain energy .. 18 left :)

9:39 am

wtg welki

9:40 am

51 here

9:41 am

Im about half way but enjoying the fun of the first run through.

9:42 am

hmmmm. - still working on that low E - any hint?

9:43 am

ef7/56 and its plural

9:43 am

lol - well, I had figured ef7

9:43 am

Sherlock Holmes lives on in kje.

9:44 am

hmmmm - ok

9:44 am

ef7/56 - e, double helping of a consonant joins up with the opposite of beginning and finishes with a vowel.

9:45 am

ty haz

9:45 am

aha - ends in a very expensive bag

9:45 am

what the heck is that - must look up

9:45 am

You're welcome.

9:46 am

hehe .. i just did. little reason for me to look it up, i've already forgotten it *lol*

9:46 am

Ahh the light dawns, thanks Haz Im not on the e's yet but I will take the clue and be grateful :)

9:46 am

turkish male bigwig

9:47 am

When you're wanting to be polite to a Turkish aristocrat, this is the term you use. Vital stuff for globetrotters.

9:47 am

of course, one mustn't offend the ef7

9:48 am

only context in which i could use it would be, "Hey!! Ef*****! Look! You've got a bite!"

9:48 am

Absolutely not. Otherwise... insert noise and cutting motion of finger against throat.

9:54 am

it is both lucky and disturbing to make up words and then they are accepted

9:55 am

like wa 6/7 :)

9:55 am

yep - LOL - that is EXACTLY what I just did

9:56 am

LOL ... must be sharing a wavelength this morning *adjusts antenna*

9:56 am

ears

9:56 am

*tries to t4 into the same frequency*

9:56 am

1 left

9:56 am

you don't want to pick up too much from here welkie... it is scary in there

9:57 am

*nods head*

9:57 am

good mornings kids

9:57 am

Morning ruru and Scrabs.

9:57 am

30 left

9:58 am

dam... if i had known you were there I wouldn't have cracked that door

9:58 am

hi scrab, how is call? lots of runny noses?

9:58 am

<---- loves the element of surprise

9:58 am

Hello, Scrabbler and ruru.

9:58 am

done ... silly re6

9:58 am

<------strikes when startled

9:59 am

gm FM and haz

9:59 am

Stomachaches, puking, diarrhea, snotty noses, questions about dosages....nothing emergent.

9:59 am

... must be a texas thing..

9:59 am

ah - you are i form today - touche

9:59 am

:0

9:59 am

But the last 3 nights have been without interruptions. I'll be done at 8 am tomnorrow.

10:00 am

that is pretty good, scrab! i would think that is rare in peds

10:01 am

We use an RN triage service from 9pm-8am.

10:01 am

25 left - I must list and get back to studying

10:02 am

man, I wish they would let us do that - HUGE difference

10:02 am

Yes, sleep is crucial.

10:02 am

__ ___

10:02 am

10:02 am

10:02 am

10:02 am

oops

10:02 am

Ruru is speechless?

10:03 am

Never.

10:03 am

It

10:03 am

apparently we were not giving him sufficient attention

10:03 am

they are so difficult at this age

10:03 am

He doesn't always make sense but he's never speechless.

10:04 am

Do you want a snack, Ruru?

10:04 am

But if I sometimes make sense..that counts for something doesn't it?

10:04 am

adit

10:04 am

funs

10:04 am

dint

10:04 am

SCRAB!!!

10:05 am

(make your next comments from the PB scrabs...lol)

10:05 am

Damn, that's where my wo5 went!!

10:05 am

And Scrabbler tries for 'Most helpful babbler of the day' award.

10:05 am

It's Sunday, so I being charitable.

10:05 am

Blame it on the bunnies (they are getting very good at the keyboard)

10:05 am

she's actually vying for best cluer today haz

10:06 am

Nothing cryptic about her clues...

10:06 am

exactly

10:06 am

straightforward, honest, direct, and clear as day

10:07 am

Babble Cluing 101

10:07 am

I think Haz is one of the professors

10:08 am

ruru is keeping in with both sides..

10:08 am

Beats 'hockey sticks, cross letter, humps and chairs' any day ;)

10:08 am

:) a libra.. I can't help myself

10:08 am

We haven't had so much of the hockey sticks and chair letters lately.

10:09 am

I want to take a class " How to stop cluing for the Clue challenged"

10:09 am

2nd vowel + 12th ltr of alphabet...

10:09 am

There has been a smattering Haz, you just missed it I think.

10:10 am

I hate the RE + le4 clues

10:10 am

dos

10:10 am

uno

10:11 am

nada

10:11 am

Afternoon all - does anyone have a clue for the last wa please

10:11 am

Well done, ruru!

10:11 am

1

10:12 am

ru is lying

10:12 am

he is just mocking... : P

10:12 am

wa 7 not peace + the end of a huge stone buiding in europe

10:12 am

Kazzer if you have the wa6/30 before it, insert a consonant just before the end (last letters of the pricky Scots plant/emblem)

10:12 am

lol.. (mock mock mock)

10:12 am

*prickly

10:13 am

Uh, oh, nephew is visiting girlfriend + texted--has migraine. kje--is Imitrex the only generic triptan? I have to call in an Rx.

10:13 am

nothing worse than pricky Scots

10:13 am

no I'd get it for you scrabs

10:13 am

ot sure which have gone geeric... but it is cheapest - use it

10:13 am

add n's

10:14 am

NADA!

10:14 am

sumatriptan succinate

10:14 am

Well done, kje?

10:14 am

What's wrong with my fingers? Why won't they type ! instead of ?

10:14 am

well enough haz - LOL

10:15 am

Is there anybody here I can blame? (looking steadily at FM)

10:15 am

Nephew wants me to call in Rx for Lortab. I cannot do that.

10:15 am

well, I wondered about that question mark - but it made me laugh so thanks

10:15 am

see below scrabs that is the generic immetrex I take

10:15 am

I knew as soon as I hit the ? that I had meant!, but too late.

10:15 am

*ignores Haz's steely gaze and ducks under the desk*

10:16 am

well, technically you should be able to... doesn't require a narc script

10:16 am

but I do not like doing that for relatives unless you are keeping a chart on him - that kind of stuff can get audited

10:16 am

I want a cheap triptan for him. Ethically I am not comfortable calling in Rx for a narcotic.

10:17 am

I think Exclamation points are getting a complex that ? are used more often

10:17 am

Your subconcious was obviously trying to save you from using !! Haz

10:17 am

It's ok, Haz. We'll let this one error go.

10:17 am

imitrex (sumatriptan is generic) is cheap - call that in... if he is in pain he will take it

10:18 am

otherwise, tell him to take 800 of ibuprofen

10:18 am

howdy all!

10:18 am

there are nasals too that work more quickly scrabs

10:18 am

Hi jbp

10:18 am

Hello, jbp.

10:18 am

brb

10:18 am

must go - hagd all

10:18 am

if you're handing out Lortab, my pharmacy # is....

10:18 am

;-)

10:19 am

would love a clue for the top corner E

10:19 am

kje, I forgot to mention--he is allergic to ASA so cannot take NSAIDs

10:19 am

ei4/5 - heading towards being the downy duck.

10:20 am

Tylenol doesn't help for his migraines

10:20 am

thanks, Haz!

10:20 am

now I can stop trying to type etui!

10:20 am

You're welcome.

10:20 am

etui

10:20 am

crap

10:20 am

I typed etui and it worked!

10:21 am

and don't forget the pl too :)

10:21 am

More obvious clues--we have a special today!

10:21 am

i thought I did too, and it didn't but I did just now and it did... i'm shuffling off the the PB

10:21 am

Scrabbler is the ultimate generous babbler today.

10:22 am

i think i need some breakfast....

10:22 am

It's the Lord's Day so I am doing unto others what I want others to do for me.

10:22 am

and that is Scrabsoff to the PB with another free clue!

10:23 am

hahaha

10:24 am

I wish someone would free clue w5 that I don't already ahve though.

10:24 am

Think I will go an put the kettle on, perhaps fresh eyes will help ... back in 5.

10:26 am

Im back with my bruised tailbone...is scrabbs still here?

10:26 am

She's sitting in the PB, in utter disgrace.

10:26 am

Yep--was paged, called a mother, then my mother called, and my nephew is texting me

10:27 am

down to the last 10 words and struggling!

10:27 am

No disgrace being experienced here. I feel charitable.

10:27 am

Scrabbs, I fell yesterday and I think I bruised my tailbone...hurts like he**..how often can I take Aleve?

10:27 am

Poor Annie - hopefully Scrabbler will be able to give you some good advice. (Bear in mind that she thinks she's engaged to George Clooney so don't take everything she says as gospel)

10:28 am

would you charitably (or otherwise) clue the en6,18 please?

10:28 am

Hi, Hazel.. I will allow Scrabbs to live with her illusion.

10:29 am

en6/18 - en plus a small part of land in the sea.

10:29 am

Scrabbs is busy today...her nephew is suffering with a migraine..I am annoying her with my coccyx. What next?

10:29 am

There - I saved Scrabbler from herself.

10:29 am

but of course!!! Thank you!

10:30 am

You're welcome, Erda.

10:30 am

Annie--ice it, sit on a cushion, aleve = 440 mg every 8 hrs

10:31 am

Thank you so much, dear Scrabbs. ( I am humoring Haz..let her think that GC is hers alone)

10:31 am

* yawn * morning all...

10:31 am

Good morning, Pini.

10:31 am

hi pini, rise and shine

10:32 am

george is busy with darfur

10:32 am

You're very diplomatic with Scrabbler, Annie. Letting her think that you believe her. You should give lessons.

10:34 am

The stress was too much for poor George..He escaped to Darfur. He will do some good for that poor country.

10:34 am

Thank god he isn't a Doctor on TV anymore and Haz can stop checking herself into every ER Room in America

10:34 am

...looking for him...

10:34 am

Every ER in the US had her picture up on the wall as a warning.

10:35 am

George is sleeping in a grass + stick hut.

10:35 am

If I wanted to Escape something Darfur sure wouldn't be one of my first choices

10:35 am

with indoor plumbing?

10:35 am

Hi new entrants!

10:35 am

I still don't understand why you wouldn't lend me your nun's costume, Annie. I think it would have helped.

10:35 am

* light's too bright yet - going back to sleep *

10:36 am

LOL haz

10:36 am

Nobody would turn away an ill nun.

10:36 am

put on sunglasses Pini

10:36 am

Haz, My nun's costume is at the ready when I have to hover over Luc again. Wonder what he is up to?

10:37 am

I am sure George has a nun outfit somewhere

10:38 am

Good question, Annie. Did any of the miners in Chile have a fedora with them?

10:38 am

for the moment I could not think of Luc's babble name? Montreal it is

10:39 am

I dont know about the fedoras but they had mistresses waiting for them as they emerged into the upper wo5 again.

10:39 am

Montreal was not among them

10:39 am

Annie--you will be sore for a long time. Nothing is done if broken, unless pain is persistent.

10:40 am

I know he still babbles, just haven't been around lately for the occasional (very occasional) times when he emerges to chat briefly. He was fun.

10:40 am

Scrabbs, how long is long? I hope this is not a stupid question.

10:41 am

A few wks or several, but next few days will be the worst

10:42 am

Scrabbs, thanks so much. I was afraid it was broken.

10:42 am

Not stupid question. I usually give worst case prognosis so that when a person is better sooner they are pleased.

10:42 am

Smart, you are.

10:43 am

I was thinking of Babbler Montreal last wk. I am reading a mystery series set in Montreal. The Louise Penny books.

10:44 am

Fireworks!! Have a good day/night everyone. xx

10:44 am

Well done, donna!

10:45 am

Monty is on line now I think

10:45 am

What would flush him out?

10:45 am

Yay Donna!

10:45 am

If we all chant his name very loudly?

10:46 am

Luc, Luc, Luc!

10:46 am

MONTY MONTY MONTY

10:46 am

Phew, halfway without too much brain effort.

10:46 am

Monty? MOnty? Mont?

10:46 am

Oh MONTREAL! Where are youuuuuuuuuuuuuu?

10:46 am

Bon jour, bon jour, bon jour!

10:46 am

Hi NB

10:47 am

Maybe we should have synchronised our names. He may have an identity crisis.

10:47 am

hi, Scrabbs :)

10:47 am

on the phone

10:49 am

I am not finding this grid too easy. 95 to go.

10:50 am

Bottom right corner E help, please?

10:50 am

back again, after long phone call with Mother. I have hit the wall with 45 to go.

10:50 am

I'm finding it better than the grids we had over the past two days...found those quite soul-crushing ;)

10:50 am

The first half went down easy, the second half, not so much...

10:50 am

My mother has called twice so far and it is not quite noon.

10:50 am

ef7 and ef8, Scrabbler.

10:51 am

oh dear Scrabs!

10:51 am

Aint love grand?

10:51 am

e plus a double helping of a consonant - add not the beginning and finish off with a vowel. Plural for the ef8.

10:51 am

NB, my sister says hello. She has 3 sons and middle one is also 20. She wants to be another Mom for you.

10:51 am

Scrabbler, the long ones off the bottom e's are Turkish honorific and its plural. Though the plural is wrong--it ends in an s and it should end in ler, in Turkish.

10:52 am

Very ODD word!

10:52 am

TY for definition + Turkish lesson, Jan. I have never seen that word before.

10:52 am

aww, Scrabbs! nice of her, please send my greetings back! Just gained another 'mummy' in my cousin Chin-Mae...just got him on yahoo...having great fun teaching him bad english slang.

10:52 am

Those e words are the first Turkish ones I've ever seen in the grids. I always look for sema, the word for the Whirling Dervish fance. Enable doens

10:53 am

Doesn't take it, that is. (My four year old computer has a touchy enter key!)

10:54 am

Oh, 2 hot air balloons have just sailed past - what a wonderful sight!

10:55 am

Could you see the people aboard?

10:55 am

Here's a funny one--it takes the singular of dr/5, but I've only ever used it in the plural. I don't even know what a singular one would be!!

10:55 am

Just about

10:56 am

They were flying quite low

10:57 am

You are loved, NB.

10:57 am

So neat, FM. In the summer there is a hot air balloon company that flies over my home out here in the country.

10:57 am

A farmer once told how a hot air balloon landed in his field and his mother got slightly agitated, wondering if she needed to serve them tea.

10:58 am

It is a great sight isn't it Scrabs. LOL Haz.

10:58 am

One balloon was low enough for me to speak with rey Poupon?"

10:58 am

thank you :) whoops, being skyped!

10:59 am

You can hear the balloon approaching, the whoosh of the flames.

10:59 am

Love to watch them but you would never get me up in one.

11:00 am

I'm with you, FM, I'd stay on the ground to mind the coats.

11:00 am

Someone clued a wa7, I think, starting with battle wo4

11:00 am

That didn't come out below--a man in the balloon asked me, "Do you have any Grey Poupon?"

11:00 am

I always felt the same way, FMitch, being terrified of heights, but I was surprised that it wasn't scary the one time I did it.

11:01 am

impressed, jan!

11:01 am

wa7 - begin with plural battle, add last letters of fortified stone buildings (or prickLY Scots plant/emblem)

11:02 am

good morning, babblers - just getting started but spotted one of my favorite babblets here - et4

11:02 am

TY! Paged again. Must go calm down an anxious parent.

11:02 am

hi jbv

11:02 am

You're welcome, Scrabbler, see you again.

11:03 am

Bye Scrabs and Hi JBV.

11:05 am

OK I am going to list and put myself out of this blank mode.

11:07 am

Just listed only to discover that I had about six or seven plurals that I forgot to enter the singular of!

11:07 am

lol

11:08 am

BBS

11:09 am

Bye Scrabbler, I'm off myself and will leave the dr/5 of the puzzle for later.

11:09 am

Well, who knew if you took the e off the pl needlecase you end up with a New Zealand honey eating bird.

11:12 am

I have this nagging sense it means something in Dutch, too bad Sprite isn't about.

11:12 am

I thought everyone knew that.

11:12 am

Oh ha ha Haz :)

11:12 am

*innocent*

11:13 am

Just like everyone knows what tenrec means. :-)

11:13 am

*giggle*

11:13 am

Ah yes, we talk daily of the New Zealand honey eating bird. We rarely talk of anything else unless it is to wonder about the welfare of the dear tenrec.

11:14 am

These lies just pour out of me. I wonder how I'd do on a polygraph?

11:14 am

That conversation must crop up so often in Mr Haz's surgery.

11:15 am

Haz you do realise you have to take the walk of shame to the PB yet again?

11:15 am

Indeed. 'Never mind about my cow, have you any remedy for my New Zealand honey eating bird who has gone off honey?'

11:17 am

Anyway, must go to get some groceries for the younger daughter and deposit her back to Belfast.

11:17 am

wouldn't that give the bird hives?

11:17 am

See you tomorrow!

11:17 am

Bye de4 have a good rest of the day.

11:20 am

Once again stuck on a really silly little word - my last one- the di512 any help appreciated!!

11:21 am

pl of the one before

11:22 am

de7?

11:22 am

di 5 is a plural

11:22 am

OMG why didnt my tiny brain work that out I couldnt see the way back to the plural for some reason I was looking in the wrong direction! Many thanks

11:22 am

de + the last half of going on an on

11:23 am

to co---- with something

11:23 am

de7 is like a 'train' bvut eith a D instead of an R

11:23 am

got it, thx for the de7

11:23 am

IAs I have finished I will do a quick typing lesson!!

11:23 am

Bye all good luck

11:43 am

wa6 the last?

11:44 am

oooo nm, just monkeyed

11:45 am

ill take a hint on that please

wa 6/30 wa* & peace + you ride a ***d down a snowy hill

11:59 am

ty luv

12:21 pm

Need help for the second he4. Going crazy trying to find it.

12:23 pm

Got it!

12:40 pm

Hello...

12:41 pm

hi jellen

12:43 pm

How are you, Annie?

12:44 pm

im fine except I fell on my tailbone yesterday. Taking Aleve and ice packs and patience till it heals.

12:44 pm

Ouch!

12:44 pm

Ouch is right. How are you doing my de4?

12:46 pm

I am okay, little down today...have friends with problems, have my own little problems...

12:46 pm

I guess impotent is how I feel...

12:47 pm

understandable about youre being down. sorry about your friends problems.

12:47 pm

Hi Jellen. It's okay to feel powerless once in a while. Sooner or later, we get back in touch with our power.

12:48 pm

Hi, Molly

12:48 pm

hi all....do i even want to look at today's grid?

12:48 pm

Its not a bad grild

12:48 pm

No Carlee, run and hide while you can. : )

12:48 pm

1 for running..1 for not bad....

12:49 pm

Hi, carlee...not far enough in it to tell...

12:49 pm

hello everyone :)

12:49 pm

Hi, nan

12:49 pm

Don't listen to me. I'm only giving this thing a half hearted effort in between chores. Hi Nan.

12:49 pm

hi nan

12:50 pm

And I'm quite distracted...

12:50 pm

I need 7 more and they are hiding. come out come out wherever you are!

12:50 pm

sheesh...29 w words?????

12:51 pm

I have them camoflauged annie.. sorry

12:51 pm

I told you to run and hide. : D

12:51 pm

de 5, please? and is the 7 a derivative?

12:51 pm

<sigh> i should have

12:51 pm

de5 is a believe in god

12:51 pm

Hi, ruru

12:52 pm

de 7 is not a derivative

12:52 pm

hi ruru

12:52 pm

hi jellen.. sorry you are feeling a bit low.

12:52 pm

ty ruru

12:52 pm

{{Jellen}}

12:52 pm

it's rainy here and I am feeling creepy

12:52 pm

Thanks, ruru...it happens...

12:53 pm

better to feel it I guess than stuff it away

12:53 pm

de 7 please

12:53 pm

de 7, please?

12:53 pm

de + the end of going on and moving forward

12:53 pm

de + *** can + two vowels

12:54 pm

con****

12:54 pm

thanks, jellen

12:54 pm

ty ruru and jellen

12:54 pm

*

12:55 pm

thanks ruru

12:55 pm

<<<--- one * short..lol

12:56 pm

wow three cups of coffee hasn't woken me up yet..

12:56 pm

can't believe some of the easy ones I missed last night! -- must have been more tired than I thought!

12:56 pm

I've got warm oatmeal, raisin, pecan cookies fresh out of the oven. Jellen gets extras because warm cookies always make you feel better.

12:56 pm

.. yep there is nothing like the LIST to show us how blind we all are

12:57 pm

Yum!

12:57 pm

hmmmoatmeal cookies

12:57 pm

brb...having computer issues...

12:57 pm

i havent had good aotmeal cookies in forever as my kids hate them

12:58 pm

Oh Carlee, take note. Make them for yourself. Make the dough, bake enough for you...then freeze the rest of the dough in small round balls. Then you can bake them for you, whenever you want.

12:59 pm

i am making cake balls today...once my kids get back from boating with their father

1:00 pm

then again, make them, and if they disappear faster than you are eating them you know you're not alone any longer...

1:00 pm

alone (in your liking of oatmeal cookies)

1:00 pm

en 6/18, please?

1:00 pm

perhaps i will bake somet his week...on a cool day...cold rainy day...warm oatmeal cookies and a glass of milk

1:01 pm

I am lurking until brunch time...oatmeal Sunday!

1:04 pm

can I get a clue for wal 6/33 please

1:04 pm

i have one that's a pt of wa4 8

1:05 pm

that is wa 6/33

1:05 pm

someone said warm oatmeal cookies...

1:05 pm

that's a wa,,not a wal

1:05 pm

hiya crosy....

1:05 pm

en 6/18, please?

1:05 pm

Molly is making them this morning

1:06 pm

PAV, thank you

1:06 pm

en+small piece of land in water

1:06 pm

howdy carlee

1:06 pm

there is no wal

1:06 pm

wa 6/33 is past tense for attend upon

1:06 pm

I know, nan I corrected myself...it is wa

1:06 pm

ty ursh -- we've had that one before too!

1:07 pm

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

1:07 pm

Hi, ursh and PAV

1:07 pm

congrats, nan

1:07 pm

and crossy!

1:07 pm

Yay for nan!!!

1:07 pm

hi crossy

1:07 pm

yay Nan!

1:08 pm

and a very good morning to all Babblers!

1:08 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~for nan

1:08 pm

anyone want clues before I leave?

1:08 pm

ty everyone

1:11 pm

ok -- off to help hubby tune up his computer

1:11 pm

Bye, nan

1:12 pm

*Passing the warm oatmeal cookies to Cross*

1:12 pm

fireworks

1:13 pm

Hooray for Annie!!!

1:13 pm

Way to go Annie!

1:13 pm

yay Annie!

1:13 pm

happy to give clues if any are wanted

1:14 pm

ae 6, please?

1:14 pm

ae and to eat in a fanciful manner

1:14 pm

Thanks, Annie

1:15 pm

i have 35 left...a bit more than clueable

1:15 pm

but thanks Annie

1:15 pm

*~*~*~POMPOM TOSS *~*~*for Annie ( sorry was away for amoent

1:15 pm

moment* even

1:15 pm

de7----de, I will con***** to give clues if you want me to

1:15 pm

OOH, I got the pom pom toss

1:18 pm

wo 5/6---courter and plural

1:19 pm

the second de5 12?

1:20 pm

pav..believer in god

1:20 pm

I am forever missing that...

1:20 pm

ty

1:21 pm

youre welcome

1:21 pm

yay...greyed the w

1:21 pm

wtg, carlee

1:21 pm

Past halfway, and time for a catnap...

1:21 pm

ok..now...to grey out the tiles

1:22 pm

whenever crossy talks about bacon I dr5

1:22 pm

go carlee go!

1:22 pm

and I vomit

1:22 pm

LOL, carlee

1:23 pm

and I prefer canadian bacon

1:23 pm

or prosciutto

1:23 pm

yeesh...any bacon <turns green in the gills>

1:24 pm

I like canadian bacon too

1:24 pm

carlee...anti swine or just averse?

1:24 pm

and prosciutto

1:24 pm

3 more for nbt

1:24 pm

I prefer NO bacon! I'm with you, Carlee...

1:25 pm

hello NB

1:25 pm

okay guys I am on my way, bye

1:26 pm

anti swine... or rather it is anti me...and the result if i ingest pork anything is intensive and accute ( as in cold sweats ) pain and cramping that lasts a good 4-8 hours ( simply frying an egg in bacon fat does this..so i have to be careful with anything even made from lard)

1:26 pm

ooh, hi and bye, Annie!

1:26 pm

4th column greyed! 19 to go!

1:26 pm

{{{NANCY}}}

1:27 pm

cover your ears carlee..i am back with the bacon!!! yaa

1:28 pm

much like my sensitivity to cinnamon..not quite allergic as in with cigarette smoke, which constricts my throat and stops my breathing, but a strong sensitivity nonetheless

1:28 pm

i have that reaction to strawberries

1:28 pm

mm cinnamon dont hear too many alergic to that

1:29 pm

I think I've always assumed I'm lactose intolerant, but I've never eaten dairy in my life, so no idea!

1:29 pm

strawberries and cigarettes? love 'em both ;)

ooh is it bacon day crossy?

1:30 pm

...and cinna is supposed to ai4 with digestion...so how am I supposed to digest food AND lose weight?

1:30 pm

no eggs NB?

1:30 pm

no potato salad? no ice cream?

1:31 pm

no eggs? may as well bury me lol

1:31 pm

I'm a vegan, Pav!

1:31 pm

there..nbt's at 75

cannot live withour cheese, cheese, cheese

1:32 pm

yaa for cheese!!!

1:32 pm

i am not sure what i could nto live without...likely bread...

1:32 pm

I couldn't live without tea. It wouldn't even be worth me trying..

1:33 pm

coffee...i could nto survive without coffee

1:33 pm

i concur with GE

1:33 pm

and carlee :)

1:33 pm

untill such time as the dr gives me no choice,i am not going to spend my life micro managing my food

1:33 pm

my daily food groups are cheese, carbs, coffee

chocolate would fit in there nicely Leslie

1:34 pm

I've never heard of a cinnamon allergy either. Oh well Pav, you'll have to pass on the oatmeal cookies. They are loaded with cinnamon.

1:34 pm

you're right. the four c's easy to remember.

1:34 pm

vegan....hmmm? no cookies? OMG! quick! let's travel across the pond, grab NB and bring him back "to the States" for unauthorized indoctrination into the ways of overweight (in general) society

1:34 pm

i need the staples... but i am so "craving" driven in my eating and shopping..i canno abide with the spaghetti on monday, meatloaf on tuesday, soup and sandwich wednesday way of life

1:36 pm

i have oatmeal every Sunday...nad pancakes occasionally when the kitchen is cleaned and ready for more messes, which it isn;t at the moment...

1:37 pm

just no animal products. no meat, fish, dairy, poultry or eggs. and it doesn't make a single bit of difference to my life, apart from I feel glowingly healthy!

1:37 pm

i have no idea what a meal will be on the next day...( unless i am planning a big meal with loads of prep..ie a curry night or turkey dinner etc ....it could at 5 pm be decided we are having roast beef with all the fixins including yorkshire puddings

1:37 pm

So, just fruits and veggies NB?

1:38 pm

of course, in order to grab NB, we'll have to schedule a vacation, plan the tours,etc, and arrange for him to pick us up and act as tour guide...and then we'll surprise him!

1:38 pm

with masks !

good idea pav!

1:39 pm

sounds like a plan pav

1:40 pm

ok, how's thanksgiving week for ya? that's my next week long staycation...

1:40 pm

so many yummie baked goods are made with eggs..poor nb;(

1:40 pm

thanksgiving was last week pav :p

1:40 pm

I believe there are egg-substitutes?

1:40 pm

well I won't eat non-vegan but I'll be happy to conduct walking tours of London ;) 'course I do still get lost around here, but...

1:41 pm

wasnt it crossy??/ ;o)

1:41 pm

we are a bit sl4 on the events , we 'Mericans

1:41 pm

indeed carlee

1:41 pm

Lost IN london! stay tu4d

1:42 pm

'poor nb' nothing, I don't miss it and it's the healthiest way to live! but I can't be too smug about it because my main food group is booze.

1:43 pm

hmmm, booze? strawberry daqueries? lemon drops? oooh! Lynchburg lemonade!

1:43 pm

i could give up meat...but....i'd have to have fish once in a while... i never miss meat... cheese...not a huge cheese eater...like it but...i rarely crave it... butter...oh man...i cannot live without butter...fresh chewy bread slathered in butter

1:44 pm

popcorn drowned in butter...

1:44 pm

Healthiest for the body and conscience, yes... and hiya! :o) Is the puzzle worth a start today, if one doesn't have all evening to complete it? ;o)

1:44 pm

mushrooms fried in butter

1:44 pm

then join me in the land of the damned carlee,because i could never give up the bread

1:44 pm

Why would one give up bread?

1:44 pm

just no frying that bacon near me crossy...move on down wind from me pls

1:45 pm

oh! 1st and 3rd columns greyed!

1:45 pm

I gave up bread for 3 years...then didn't lose weight...started eating it again and lost...

1:46 pm

i couldnt give up bread

1:46 pm

Butter is a saturated fat... those are the fats that clog the arteries in human beings (animal fats). :o(

1:46 pm

and cereals...

1:46 pm

hiya, Shivs! too right...

1:46 pm

maybe so shivs..but i couldnt give it up entirely

1:46 pm

Why would anyone give up bread and cereals?

1:46 pm

i only buy it when it is on sale

1:47 pm

Hiya, Nancy Boy!! :o)

1:47 pm

then it is the margerine with its healty 300 or so chemicals lol

1:47 pm

all in moderation...i dont have it every day...i only buy it maybe 4 times a year....

1:47 pm

I love *frosted* mini wheats, and raisin bran...corn flakes

1:47 pm

You could if you wanted to... we don't miss it. :o)

1:47 pm

I use real butter...

1:48 pm

We use a good vegetable margarine that doesn't contain a trace of dairy... satisfies that need. :o)

1:48 pm

exactly cross....chems..or natural....i am trying to get in the habit of buying it more often...

1:48 pm

and moving back to more natural foods instead of processed

1:48 pm

10

1:48 pm

That's why people have heart attacks and strokes... consuming animal fats.

1:48 pm

http://www.pcrm.org/

1:49 pm

8

1:49 pm

How are you doing these days, Nancy Boy? Haven't seen you in a while? :o)

1:49 pm

and last column greyed!..just w's left

1:50 pm

i believe everything in moderation...its not like i am julia child and cooking everything in 1/2 a cup of butter...

1:50 pm

ohh, great these days, thank you! very much enjoying being home - missed having the cats to cuddle :) How about you? I see you've come across my cousin!

1:51 pm

Just using animal fats on a regular basis is enough to cause tjat... doubt anyone's doing what you suggest, are they? LOL I should hope not! :oÞ

1:52 pm

Yes... you've been so busy lately you probably haven't seen much of home, Nancy Boy? Couldn't miss him with everyone connecting, LOL! ;o)

1:52 pm

Hello everybody. (((Shivs, Carlee, Nancy))) and everybody else.

1:53 pm

Hiya, Soodlebum!! :o) Haven't seen you in a while... don't get much time for this! Pondering whether or not to start this puzzle, LOL.

1:53 pm

1 left - the damned wa7 44...

1:53 pm

hi soodle

1:54 pm

Great to see you Shivs. Its not too bad today - I got fireworks a while ago, so Soodle clues are available!

1:54 pm

shivs..it moves quickly, and if you have Lickety's list, it moves quicker

1:54 pm

it looks like a cross between a major fighting event and a weed...or a tooting toy instrument

1:55 pm

The puzzle does?? :oÞ

1:55 pm

the wa7 does

1:56 pm

oh, hiya Soodle :)

1:56 pm

thanks car...tooting toy instrument...hmmm...

1:56 pm

Like Carlee said - a major conflict and the final 4 letters of the Scottish National emblem.

1:56 pm

yeah, seems to be a quickish puzzle today, just hope I can finish before I end up falling asleep!

1:56 pm

Hey Nancy :-). How you doin'?

1:57 pm

blooming, thank you ;) and yourself?

1:57 pm

aha! thanks Soodle...now I understand the earlier clue about throwing in a T

1:57 pm

and there we have it!

1:57 pm

Blooming tired, blooming broke, blooming not looking forward to work tomorrow, but aside from that....

1:58 pm

Yabbadabbadoo Pav!!!!

1:58 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for pav

1:58 pm

Well, I understand the first two, Soodle - blooming tired right now and I'm always blooming broke :P

1:58 pm

Nice one, Pav!

1:59 pm

tyvm all! waht great peeps y'all are! now to plan NB's surprise vegan cheesecake...

1:59 pm

The major conflict and last four letters of the Scottish emblem don't meet up?

1:59 pm

hi everyone, clue for the E in the lower right hand corner, bottom of last column?

1:59 pm

ef7 and 8

2:00 pm

more than one major conflict Shivs

2:00 pm

there are two si4s to every conflict and Off***and a Def***...dawg, it's greek

2:01 pm

hiya dawg

2:01 pm

gone to get steak ready for oven then back for last 40

2:02 pm

wow, oatmeal cookies and steaks! moving in with carlee!

2:04 pm

Did you get the WA, Shivs?

2:06 pm

Finally Soodle, yes... I'm slow but I get there in the end, usually, LOL. Not blonde for nothing! :oÞ

2:07 pm

LOL

2:13 pm

so what are these ef7 and 8?

2:15 pm

We are approaching the caravan serai, ef7 ..

2:16 pm

1. (in the Ottoman Empire) a title of respect used to address men of learning or social standing

2:16 pm

Now we know how to correctly address any

2:16 pm

well... i know very little about middle eastern cultures. morewords clearly required. morewords helped. thanks anyway.

2:17 pm

Turks coming on Babble

2:17 pm

you and i maybe couldn't anyway, soodle! if they didn't let women talk to men...

2:18 pm

Lol Hurshy. Some years ago, I was in

2:18 pm

Those are strange words!

2:18 pm

ok..steak in oven with onion, gravy, mushrooms and wine

2:19 pm

Egypt. There were women sitting round the pool, in full black costumes, with only the slit for their eyes, while their husbands frolicked around in their speedos... Totally weird.

2:19 pm

mmmmm

2:19 pm

They have those but they won't allow me Korean honorifics? Racist.

2:20 pm

and a glass of sangiovese for me

2:21 pm

I'll have a Vodka and Tonic, please....

2:21 pm

finito. those ef's were the pits

2:22 pm

Yabbadabbadoo, Dawg!!

2:22 pm

and thank you pav for the clues...i missed them cuz of an interruption.

2:22 pm

passing soodle her vodkatonic

2:22 pm

*~*~POMPOM TOSS*~*~* for dawg

2:22 pm

Ice n a slice, Carlee?

2:23 pm

someone said vodka...

2:23 pm

( sorry dawg my hands were full i had to pass soodle her VT so i could pick up the pompoms

2:23 pm

ty soodle, ty carlee

2:23 pm

Oh yes, Soodle... George has been to Egypt and tells us how sexist they are! He says men there chase after the women tourists from other countries who aren't all covered up too!

2:27 pm

Its a very strange country. We were there when Sharm-El-Sheik was bombed - about 20 minutes away. I volunteered as a blood donor - but they told me that I was a tourist, and not to be worrying about all those dead and dying people. Very strange!

2:28 pm

OMG, how awful... wonder why they told you that?

2:28 pm

Yes Cross, it's a chat log full of goodies today. Bacon, oatmeal cookies, steak, vodka. Yowza!

2:28 pm

They were just concerned about their tourism industry.

2:30 pm

More than human life? How disgusting!

2:30 pm

Human life is very cheap in some parts of the world.

2:31 pm

Hello again...

2:31 pm

Hiya, Jellen... how are you?

2:32 pm

indeed the guy i work with is from new deli india and still firmly believes in the caste system and pre arranged marriages and to work to death those born to a "lower family" he says it is natural for who will do the menial work.i told hims that why people over there are starving to death on $1.25 a day

2:34 pm

he does irk me some days

2:35 pm

I'm okay Shivs...a bit down today...

2:35 pm

any hints for the ar6, please? feeling braindead now.

2:35 pm

Yes... horrible attitudes and ideals there! Those in the lower castes must feel they would be better off dead, what a horrible existence! :o(

2:35 pm

Hi, NB

2:35 pm

ar + math term

2:36 pm

hi, Jellen - and thanks!

2:36 pm

Sorry to hear that, Jellen... it's bound to happen for some time yet.

2:36 pm

i mean why should they kowtow to someone elses ideals of family worth.just because he is born into money..pah!

2:37 pm

Hey Jellen. How are you doing?

2:37 pm

So-so Soodle...

2:37 pm

i am sorry you are felling blue jellen:((

2:37 pm

Agreed... it's how they think there, difficult as it is for any of us to understand it!

2:37 pm

One of those days, Jellen?

2:38 pm

I just have some friends with real problems that I can't help...and a few small problems of my own I need to deal with...

2:39 pm

urg..i was going to say that today is the first day in a long long while i have been in good enough mod to have a glass of wine...and yet others here seem down..i'm sorry :(

2:39 pm

did you see for the games over there,they hid the poor shanty villiage behind games banners

2:39 pm

Oh yes... that is difficult and worrisome, Jellen.

2:39 pm

Good for you carlee!

2:39 pm

Oooh Jellen. You don't really need other people's problems right now. Your still very very raw yourself.

2:39 pm

but lets lighten things up a bit..maybe i can hunt up some dirty limericks for everyone lol

2:40 pm

Oh did they? Hide it so the rest of the world doesn't see and know about it... yes, typical. :o(

2:40 pm

they did indeed shivs

2:41 pm

Carlee - I'm joining you...... VAT? Remember? Cheers!!

2:41 pm

There was a young man from Nantucket....... (Crossy - you can fininsh....)

2:41 pm

do not talk about tax,we mow have the harmonized sales tax and the eco tax

2:42 pm

Wait a minute...if we're having beverages, I'm IN! Hi all...

2:42 pm

Hi, Champ

2:42 pm

Hi Jellen!

2:43 pm

Carlee is buying, Champ. Whats your poison?

2:43 pm

HOld on! Client calling!

2:43 pm

we sailed aboard the good ship venus,my lord you should of seen us the maidenhead was a w**** in bed and the mast was a upright pe*** lol

2:43 pm

but i better keep it g rated

2:44 pm

i have loads of wine....other then that... sorry...but if u name your type of wine..i likely have it..esp if is red

2:46 pm

seriously... i am a fair weather drinker ( likely a good thing...) I just cannot enjoy alcohol if in the dumps..today :) i have not enjoyed a glass of wine in months...

2:46 pm

Carlee - what has been causing you to be down recently? I must have missed any mention of that.

2:46 pm

oh yeesh...i dont want to bring everyone down..u on fb hun?..if u are and u donthave me on ur list...my nic with a hotmail.com tagged on..will tell u there

2:47 pm

i've talked about on here..its no secret..just... i dont want to bring anyone down...or dwell here...again

2:49 pm

Soodle, what's your MSN name?

2:51 pm

On Facebook, you'll get me on medickinson@eircom.net. On MSM I am colleenjass@yahoo.co.uk

2:53 pm

I'm wrong. My MSN name is Colleenjass@hotmail.co.uk. I am the klutz of computers....

2:53 pm

Carlee - I just messaged you on FB

2:57 pm

Oh are you on MSN, Soodle? I'm on it right now.

2:58 pm

ok soodle... i just replied

2:58 pm

You're on there too, Jellen? My Babble name all together with no space, all lowercase at live.co.uk is my sign-in for that messenger. :o)

2:58 pm

Lurking fireworks - Happy babbling, y'all

2:59 pm

*~*~ POM POM TOSS *~*~* for metfan

3:03 pm

IS THE COG STUCK?

3:03 pm

CHIG EVEN?

3:03 pm

CHOG YET?

3:03 pm

guess not

3:04 pm

Carlee, are you sure you didn't get into the wine? :D

3:04 pm

i am in the wine... on my second glass :)

lurking and watching the end of a very exciting NE Patriots - Baltimore Ravens footballl game

3:04 pm

Go Carlee Go!

3:04 pm

oh..is there football on...i guess so is sunday

3:06 pm

Back! Football is on, and my Texans are in the lead with 13 seconds left in the game...it's a good one!

3:07 pm

Shivs - Your dear Bro literally talked me through the process of setting up MSM - Bless him! My L plates are still up, though.... I am a slow learner!

3:07 pm

Hi, Lady B.

3:08 pm

Shivs, sent an MSN invite to you...

Hi Jellen!!

going into overtime!!!

nail biter

tied up 20-20

3:10 pm

We won! But barely...ooh...your game is on now Lady B.

congrats, Champ

3:10 pm

It wasn't pretty, but thanks!

pretty or not....as long as it's a win lol

3:12 pm

True!

3:12 pm

soodle.replied again...

use to live in Houston - worked at jewelry store at the corner of Hillcroft and the SW Freeway

and also another store in the Galleria

back in the days of Oiler football

3:16 pm

in the days of dan pastorini....damn he was hot

Brady's hot, although I am old enough to be his mother

3:16 pm

Yeah, he was!!! We haven't had one that hot since. That's cool Lady B. Small world.

3:17 pm

They switched off from your game! Tell me what happens...

3:18 pm

Oh did he, Soodle? LOL, he knows his way around the messengers by now, he uses them a lot. :o)

ok

3:18 pm

back to the days of terry bradshaw and hmmm..what was name of cowboys quarterback..ed too tall jones was on the team...

3:19 pm

Roger Staubach?

3:19 pm

Staubach? Or was he before that?

3:19 pm

his pinky finger had been broken so many times it stuck out at a right angle from his hand

3:19 pm

roger staubach..that it

3:19 pm

YUCK!!!

3:19 pm

that was when football was cool...quarterbacks called thir own pplays...

3:20 pm

fundi

3:20 pm

SORRY!!! To the PB....dang...

3:20 pm

gone to check my casserole..and peel my taters...back for last 20 in a few

3:25 pm

do all the U's start with UN? I am missing 2 and it is driving me bonkers/1

3:27 pm

yes car they do

3:28 pm

do you need more clues, since I have those ones

3:28 pm

Crud.

3:28 pm

Hiya, Bugsaw! :o)

3:28 pm

that is not one of them LOL

3:28 pm

I'll keep plugging away at it!

3:28 pm

Hi Shiv. I have been in and out but quiet all day.

3:29 pm

Hiya... haven't been on here all day but for a while now on and off. I'm not finding this the easiest puzzle!

3:30 pm

Your brother wants me to post a real picture of myself instead of a real little kid one. I am still debating why I would show everyone a chubby middle aged lady...... Still, he has been so helpful I think I owe him

3:31 pm

ok...casserole is casseroling as it should...potatoes are peeled and ready for boiled when the time arives..pouring myself yet another glass fo wine...wth !!!

3:32 pm

( and that..is the end of that bottle...yea...major milestone for me today ( pathetic as that sounds)

3:32 pm

carlee...is the "fo" supposed to be OF or does it stand for FULL OF?

3:32 pm

Whose brother, mine?

3:33 pm

Yes yours. He knows all about computers and has walked me thru all kinds of weird stuff.

3:33 pm

of wine..sorry..common typo for me...with or without wine

3:33 pm

Nothing wrong with being middle aged or chubby... many great people are in those categories, including him, LOL! It's the person you are who matters! :o)

3:34 pm

I thought it was new babble shorthand for full off and I thought, "how clever"/1

3:34 pm

He still posts his photos... on there, not so much here unless they're ones from his childhood, LOL.

3:34 pm

Thank you Shiv! You are absolutely correct. I tend to forget that when it comes to myself!

3:35 pm

If I ever find these last 27 words, I will look for a photo I am in and put it on my To Do List for today.

3:36 pm

Yes... go to his page, see the photos and clips in his blogs and you'll see what I mean about him, LOL. He doesn't care, says he's "fat but still fab!" :o)

3:37 pm

Hi, Bugsaw...was away for a few minutes...

3:37 pm

Shiv the biggest difference between he and I is that he is an extrovert and I am an introvert. I could never go into his profession

3:37 pm

I jellen. Are finding this grid distracting?

3:38 pm

I couldn't either, Bugsaw... good thing we don't all want to do the same things in life though or nothing would get done in society, I say!

3:38 pm

I am distracted from this grid, lol

3:38 pm

I agree totally. We all have our special gifts so we can all take care of each others needs without even trying

3:39 pm

I really need to go downstairs and work a little on my kitchen...but it's such a big project I don't know where to start!

3:39 pm

Yes... like pieces to a puzzle, we all fit somewhere!

3:40 pm

Jellen...I will come do your kitchen if you come unpack and put away all my boxes/111

3:40 pm

(not on my usual computer...can't find shift key)

3:40 pm

Jellen have you tried something like doing a picture puzzle or knitting? I find it helps to do something that takes my entire concentration but doesn't matter if I stop whenever I feel like it

3:40 pm

that is a lovely sentiment bugs...

3:41 pm

where are you carleekat?

3:41 pm

in Canada I mean

3:41 pm

( sorry a bit behind in chat..was going over a test my daughter wanted me to sign )

3:41 pm

oH it is car.eeyore. SOrry!!

3:42 pm

sarnia...u bugs?

3:42 pm

Yeah...it's always fun when carlee and I are on at the same time!

3:42 pm

I am in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island

3:42 pm

<evil grin> hehehehe

3:42 pm

so it is you who just moved then car?

3:43 pm

hello, re6/pls

3:43 pm

I really should go find my glasses if I am going to chat..... sigh

3:43 pm

Oh that sounds beautiful, Bugsaw... do you know jillibus? She is somewhere out there, isn't she?

3:43 pm

oh my god..seriously???a girl friend of mine ( not close) but old school mate is in comox valley..she a tutor

Champ - if you are still here, NE 23 Ravens 20 flag on the fie;d

3:43 pm

Ummm..."just" is not accurate...moved initially in June...have been brining over more and more boxes since then.

3:43 pm

I do know her and she is a gem. We travelled together for a Babble meeting this summer and had lots of laughs

penalty declined Win NE !!!!!!

3:44 pm

re + gl 4

3:44 pm

Wahooey!!!! The boys are playing wii and I had to turn the game off!!!!

3:44 pm

ty car

3:44 pm

for a moment i thought biotch was asking for wine

3:45 pm

What fun, Bugsaw... she seems very nice! :o)

3:45 pm

Now I feel guilty and should go tackle a few boxes.

3:45 pm

car I doubt it but I may have heard of your friend. I work in the schools helping kids and often think I might tutor after school to make more $

3:45 pm

Car is making me feel guilty, too...

3:46 pm

Do you use MSN Bugsaw?

3:46 pm

first name is kerry... her father and sister out there too..big into environmental projects out there too

3:46 pm

OK....I will give it an hour, then I will be done.

3:46 pm

Off I go to the kitchen...happy hunting!

3:46 pm

STOP THE GUILT TRIPS ON YOURSELVES!!!! I has spoken

3:47 pm

I gave you my sign-in earlier, Jellen but haven't had an add on there yet... did you see it?

3:47 pm

<having more wine whilst the others unpack..putting feet up >

3:47 pm

Make yourself something to eat and come back when you are ready then Jellen. I can be so bossy from a distance!

3:47 pm

That's it, carlee... put them to work, LOL.

3:48 pm

Yes, shivs...thought I added you...

3:48 pm

I didn't get any notice, Jellen?

3:48 pm

Last time I moved I stopped as soon as I found the teapot. Things stayed in boxes for months as I got used to not having them. It was much easier to donate or sell them once I realized I had not missed it for months.

3:49 pm

shivsfitz @ live, etc.?

3:49 pm

That sounds like me, Bugsaw... the teapot's the most critical thing, everything else can wait, LOL. Oh, that and the kettle of course!! ;o)

3:49 pm

Yes, Jellen... it's that @live.co.uk

3:50 pm

hello all. how's everyone

3:50 pm

tu6 pls

3:50 pm

Hi, big red

3:50 pm

Hiya, big red... fine thanks and you?

3:50 pm

3 left

3:50 pm

great thanks. been watching football games

3:50 pm

*get pompoms ready*

3:51 pm

Oh... and the tea mugs and spoons, Bugsaw!

3:51 pm

tu6 is a huge cold, barren area of Canada. A geography term

3:51 pm

ty Bugs

3:52 pm

112 left, cats are hungry, bbs

3:52 pm

We must have a real English teaparty on Babble one day Shiv. You can be mother. I will make cucumber sandwhiches

3:52 pm

sandwiches..... can you believe I help kids learn?

3:53 pm

1 left

3:53 pm

You can do it!

3:53 pm

Go carlee!!

3:54 pm

sparklers

3:54 pm

Ta-da! Yay Carlee!

3:54 pm

YAY for carlee - even tootling away on wine she made it!

3:54 pm

*twirls poms for carlee*

3:54 pm

Hooray for carlee!!!

3:54 pm

thanks all...was fun one

3:55 pm

can you clue wa 6, 30 for me please?

3:56 pm

large messy conflict meshed with a weed/ scottish emblem ( not to imply scotland is weedy...**daydreaming of a gorgeous scot in a kilt again***

3:56 pm

Jellen you are here again! I was imagining you slaving away in the kitchen feeling terrible. I am so glad you are learning how to procrastinate with the best of us!

3:57 pm

I consider my procrastination an art!

3:57 pm

oh..that the wa7 i clued....take out a consonent from the 7 to get the 6

3:57 pm

*admires jellen's art*

3:57 pm

Thanks carlee.

3:57 pm

Hi LeslieAnn

3:57 pm

hallo

3:57 pm

Hi and bye, LA!

3:58 pm

hey leslie

3:59 pm

I wish I could afford time to procrastinate more... one day, I keep telling myself, LOL.

4:00 pm

It is much easier when your kids are grown Shiv

4:01 pm

Yes, Bugsaw... not in any hurry for them to do that though, trying to enjoy then while I still have them at home, because they grow up much too fast!!

4:02 pm

It seems one moment they're babies and the next they're starting school... where does it go?

4:03 pm

I have no idea on that one. I just know some days seem especially long and others went by in a flash. Enjoying them at every stage is key tho

4:03 pm

Yes... being so busy, most of mine go by in a flash!

4:05 pm

spend as much time making memories with them....my kids' fav memory i swear is one night i let them have whatever they wanted for dinner...turned out to be ice cream....10+ years later they still talk about that!!!!

4:05 pm

sure as hell didnt kill them.....

4:06 pm

that is a great idea carlee

4:06 pm

Kids always remember the out of the ordinary, special things like that. Finished that bottle of wine yet Carlee? :D

4:06 pm

another nite....we had chicken wings... i threw my bones on the floor...

4:06 pm

they saterted to too....

4:06 pm

so..u go around later and pick them all up..the floor needed washing anyway

4:07 pm

started* to too...

4:07 pm

I loved how mine remember little things like that instead of huge stuff that took a lot of effort

4:07 pm

One of my kids favorite memories is the day I let them go outside, fully dressed and play in mud puddles.

4:07 pm

had a blast chucking the bones on the floor

4:07 pm

( still working on last glass of wine)

4:08 pm

mine did a lot of weird stuff only we called it "creative"

4:08 pm

Almost ready to start on my wine carlee...

4:09 pm

clue for the de 7 please?

4:09 pm

another day i went out and bought canvases ( from dollar store) and abunch of bottles of arcylic paints...let them go outside on lwn and fling paint any old which way...we stillhave those paintings... they are fab!!!

4:10 pm

yay champ...i might open a 2nd bottle :) its only 5 pm here

4:10 pm

de+ end of keep doing what you are doing

4:12 pm

so what am I doing?.... )

4:12 pm

if u keep doing it u con*****

4:13 pm

( man i hate clueing when i have been drinking..apt to make critical PB errors here )

4:13 pm

Ooooh...fun times with the vino!

4:13 pm

GOT it now. I was searching, squinting, finishing etc

4:13 pm

you can take the wine with you to the PB. so it's ok.

4:15 pm

another fun dorky campfire memory i have with my kids ( as recently as this summer.they are 18 and 14).MY SON ( 18) is determined to teach his sister and his mother to spit like a man..so anytime we are alone at the campfire..the spitting lessons ensue

4:15 pm

goal to hit the fire... and hear the phssst of the spit turning to steam

4:16 pm

stupid dorky fun cost nothing memories...way better then the ones u spend oodles of $ on

4:16 pm

that's true. they remember the oddest things!

4:16 pm

thats why they remember them..they are odd

4:17 pm

my boys loved it when I was toilet training the little ones. When they would get stubborn I would ask if they wanted to go out in the back yard with a bigger brother and pee on a tree. They always went and loved it!

4:18 pm

we aimed for dandelions... and the reward was a reese peanut butter cup

4:19 pm

i bought bags of them and kept them in the freezer for all those potty training moments

4:19 pm

ROFL carlee. I told them my favourite flowers were dandelions and they could always pick them for me. Kept them out of the neighbours gardens

4:20 pm

We did the pee-on-a-tree thing. Worked like a charm! But he did have a bad habit of completely dropping trou when he did it, which we had to break him of quickly!

4:20 pm

only en words left and I am stumped. What a dumb grid

4:21 pm

en + letter salutation will give you 2 bug

4:21 pm

oh thank you LeslieAnn

4:22 pm

got another one now so I am on my way.

4:22 pm

id6?

4:23 pm

oh wait got it plural whoops

4:23 pm

en plus a land mass in the middle of water gets u another

4:23 pm

1 left

4:23 pm

thx carlee!

4:23 pm

en+ *** maria (coffee liquor)

4:24 pm

that was the one! Firewords for me now

4:24 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TWIRL*~*~*for bugs

4:24 pm

Anyone want a clue to celebrate?

4:24 pm

huzzah bug!

4:24 pm

Yippee!

4:24 pm

Leslie can you clue the id6.

4:25 pm

those who loiter?

4:25 pm

ca-CHING! thx!

4:25 pm

Bless you darlin', thanks.

excellent. ty leslie

4:25 pm

she is too fast. Anything else?

4:25 pm

i would take wa 6/7, don't know the scottish reference clued earlier

4:26 pm

a plant that prickles is the emblem of Scotland. You can Google it if you need to

4:27 pm

or, wa 6 _ more than one huge battle+ **ts all put on a show!

4:28 pm

or **st we forget

4:28 pm

ah ok thanks bug

throw a cross letter in the middle fot the 7

4:29 pm

glad it worked. the next one adds a cross letter

4:29 pm

hmmmscotland...the land of men in kilts... <sigh>

4:30 pm

Carlee, you need to go watch "Braveheart".

4:30 pm

Yes, land of my heritage that I will visit before I die

4:30 pm

hi all

4:30 pm

I love Terry Pratchetts book The Wee Free Men

4:30 pm

no..i will watch rob roy tho....not a big mel gibson fan

4:30 pm

ef 7/8 combo/

4:30 pm

Bugs, I like your avatar. And I'm grateful to your Dad since I have a son with mild learning disabilities.

4:31 pm

Hi nrkii, Don't mean to be rude but I must be off now

4:31 pm

thanks bug see ya

4:31 pm

thanks Molly. Off to change it now

4:31 pm

ef+ de**** yourslef agains a villian + a vowel

4:31 pm

Hi nrkii.

4:31 pm

and the 7 is plural

4:32 pm

wow, I was just a vowel short of that one... thank you

4:32 pm

thanks carlee 2 left

4:33 pm

there we go! fireworks!

4:33 pm

wtg leslieann!

congrats leslie!

4:34 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for leslie ...woot woot

4:35 pm

Yay Leslie!

4:37 pm

last two were wo 5/6, those who are doing the courting

4:37 pm

Ahhhhhh...didn't have those...thanks!

4:41 pm

mmm 50 left and may have to list;(

4:42 pm

7 to go here...

4:42 pm

Right there with you Cross, I have 47 left. Don't know if I'll have time to finish.

4:43 pm

that's where i listed, crossy. the list helps a lot!

4:48 pm

god! there are that many w,s?? glad i did not look till now!:(

4:51 pm

hahaha....and the w's were what i saw first and finished first...funny

4:54 pm

seems i am missing only 3

4:55 pm

hi, folks

4:55 pm

howdy welki

4:55 pm

is anyone the cluemeister? if not, i can help if anyone needs some

4:56 pm

wo 7/44 please

builds off the wo4 and wo6

4:58 pm

if i make cakes, i'am a caker .. if i make the stuff on sheep, i'm a wo6 .. two of us are wo7

4:58 pm

crossy? is that you and elegant and your daughter in that pic?

leslie, go suggestion to list, just knocked off another 30. thanks!

4:59 pm

no welki,flicker has mixed up the pics from another profile with mine

5:00 pm

their flicker name is crosshare and mine is crosshair

5:00 pm

hehe, cause i was going to smack you for wanting to lose weight! lolol

5:02 pm

for the want of a different vowel i have become an asian faily of joggers lol

5:02 pm

family

5:03 pm

good looking family, cute kid :)

5:03 pm

yup,at least she is spared my ugly mug as i had no pictures up at the time lol

eww have apparently neglected the A and D today

5:06 pm

winter tires are on the car ... that means 6 more weeks of summer :)

5:07 pm

wrestling with myself ... to bake a cake or not? plenty for supper, no reason to even think anyone will want dessert .. but but but but

5:08 pm

lol welki,i still have my summer tires on,that means a blizzard tomorrow

5:10 pm

we had snow friday .. just cold enough to leave souvenirs on all the deck furniture

5:10 pm

so my sweetie-pie put them on the car today .. doesn't want me to get caught in a sudden storm with only touring tires

5:11 pm

yup was scraping the car windows yesterday morn

5:11 pm

just got the vote .. cake it is! bbl *off to bake*

5:12 pm

That is hilarious about the Flicker mix up Cross. I was going to ask you what you were doing in Takoma Park. That's my neck of the woods.

5:12 pm

lol molly

5:14 pm

molly i am 6 feet tall and wigh in around 250.think of my as a fluffy paul bunyon in a fuzzy lumberjack shirt.not a whole lot of asian in me

5:20 pm

See that is how I pictured you Cross. As a big, Canadian who loves bacon. Fluffy Paul Bunyon, hilarious. That makes the "Asian guy as you" all the more funny.

5:21 pm

i even have the big jolly red suspenders;)

oh my brainfart on the le4. finally monkeyed it by mistake - oy

5:25 pm

hello peeps

5:26 pm

store run brb..semi-poof!

hi monkey

5:26 pm

hi goody

5:26 pm

good 2 shoes :) hehe

5:26 pm

lil*monkey is cooking Thai peanut chicken in the crocky potty

5:27 pm

hi all

5:27 pm

sounds yummy lil

5:27 pm

it's almost done

5:28 pm

yay..but i am stuffed :)..save me leftovers?

5:28 pm

okie dokie

5:29 pm

just finished some choklit cake :)

5:29 pm

Mmmm

5:30 pm

damn those CowPies just scored

5:30 pm

was mmmmmm

5:30 pm

game tied at 21 dammit

5:31 pm

come ON VIKINGS get on the stick and annihilate those damn cowgirls

5:31 pm

dammit

5:31 pm

hey nef is in the grid

5:32 pm

nef is indeed in the grid today

5:32 pm

hi all

5:32 pm

hi je what's shaking

5:35 pm

carlee is that you who just made the steak thing

5:35 pm

Lil Monkey, anyone who dislikes the cowgirls is a friend of mine.

5:35 pm

i love you Molly

5:36 pm

we must meet

5:36 pm

haha

5:36 pm

next DC Babble party, you'd better be there MollyL

5:36 pm

I take it you are a fan of our boys in burgandy and gold.

5:37 pm

wooo hooo dallas haters!

5:37 pm

Ah, jmc, my other new best friend. : )

5:37 pm

we is having dinner after the colbert/stewart rallies

5:38 pm

cowpies suck

5:38 pm

Heyas kids ..

5:38 pm

my sister who lives in austin is a big dallas fan

5:38 pm

TOR!

5:38 pm

Molly, I am from McLean and YES I'm a redskins fan

5:38 pm

the good news is that sometimes she comes to DC and takes me to the dallas/DC game

5:38 pm

hi torgie

5:39 pm

Oh I can top that. My son, who was born and raised here, by me, the worlds biggest Redskin fan, is a Dallas fan. I have to love him anyway. SIGH.

5:39 pm

nice, jmc! then you can scream at the cowpies in person

5:39 pm

TORgilicious!

5:39 pm

i would disown him, MOlly

5:39 pm

a sad sad story that molly

5:40 pm

I can't do that Lil. He is one of the best men walking around on the planet. Except for the Dallas thing.

5:40 pm

obviously your baby got switched at the hospital , Molly

5:40 pm

no no she needs to leave him a path to redemption

5:40 pm

I have pictures of him when he was little in Redskins garb. I send them to him when Washington beats Dallas.

5:41 pm

nice! give us his # so we can all text him when the cowpies LOSE today

5:42 pm

nice molly

5:42 pm

VIKINGS JUST INTERCEPTED THE COWPIES

5:42 pm

woo ho

5:42 pm

Vikings interception!

5:42 pm

whooo hoooo

5:42 pm

snap TOR

5:42 pm

i am not watching so the ratings are lower

5:43 pm

lol @ jmc... i didn't even know you had a TV

5:43 pm

uh yes

5:43 pm

i watch jeopardy

5:43 pm

and a lot of crap

5:44 pm

oh i love jeopardy

5:45 pm

i think my Thai peanut chicken is done... BBL peeps

5:45 pm

can someone clue de7?

5:46 pm

Hi Cos. de + we will con***** to give you clues.

5:47 pm

hmmmm

5:47 pm

the word imn thinking of isnt working

5:48 pm

Okay, de + tuna comes in a *** can + two vowels

5:48 pm

hi again...i hate the hiccups..and i NEVEr get them ( much to the annoyance of my daughter who suffers daily )

5:48 pm

ty molly

5:49 pm

Well Miss Carlee, all I have to say is I only get the hiccups when I've been drinking. :D

5:49 pm

ohh that con**** word lol

5:49 pm

thank u

5:49 pm

i would have to drink a lot for me to hiccup

5:49 pm

No problems folks. I've been playing off and on all day so I'm passing along clues others have left.

5:50 pm

i was thinking "constent" :P

5:50 pm

i was thinking condescend and was really confused

5:50 pm

I should have put (keep) next to my con*****.

5:51 pm

good clue though

5:51 pm

lol

5:52 pm

i ate dinner too quick

5:52 pm

ly

5:52 pm

lol

5:53 pm

it was YUMMY

5:53 pm

in a word...i inhaled it

5:55 pm

these double vowels are driving me nuts

5:55 pm

hiccups? easy,drink 4 full glasses of whiskey...no more hiccups;)

5:56 pm

i cant get any of the corners

5:56 pm

that is because you will be passed out crossy

5:56 pm

hi again .. 10 min until buns come out of the oven. anyone need a clue or two?

5:56 pm

i save my whiskey for apple desserts...

5:57 pm

<=== corner vowels?

5:57 pm

why are you airing your buns out welki? darn i hate it when i show up to the parrty late;(

5:57 pm

hate to offer and run .. phone

ef7 please welki

5:57 pm

( before they are baked..add a shot of whiskey... u;ll rememebr me in your will for that tip )

5:57 pm

yes carlee,whiskey apple pie and sharp cheddar

or anyone else please

5:58 pm

ef7 = ef + designer purse ..

ty tor :)

5:59 pm

i cant clue..i have had too much wine..i'll a) offend someone...b) end up in the pb...c) make the clues r rated or worse...d) all of the above

5:59 pm

My Mother loved apple pie and sharp cheddar. She used to say, "Apple pie without some cheese, is like a kiss without a squeeze." I would repsond, "you can keep your cheddar cheese, I would like some ice cream please."

5:59 pm

i don't know any designer purses

6:00 pm

It's an old Turkish title of respect ..

6:00 pm

if cheese is a kiss what is ice cream [blush]

6:00 pm

ef + f*** off an enemy, plus third vowel.

6:00 pm

lol

6:01 pm

Oh, and plural for that ef.

6:01 pm

finally got it thank you

6:02 pm

how about the E in the top corner?

6:02 pm

if cheese is a kiss then extra old cheddar is just a vertical expression of the horizontal obsession

6:02 pm

the first en 6/21?

6:02 pm

almost duck down

6:03 pm

I want dirty clues from Carlee!!

en + expensive

6:04 pm

en+ mommy ****est

6:04 pm

ty.. i swear i've tried that word before

6:04 pm

yaa for dirty clues!

6:04 pm

top top top E please?

6:04 pm

oh boy....i'll work on it..ook?

6:04 pm

That is the almost duck one jmc.

6:04 pm

i would clue it but i dont remember what word it was

6:05 pm

its the almost duck feathers

6:05 pm

ty molly

6:05 pm

ah now i remeber

6:05 pm

how about the top O?

en6/18 please?

6:06 pm

or is it goose?

6:06 pm

OMG, Dallas just went insane trying to win that game.

6:06 pm

its duck

6:06 pm

and. . . .molly?

6:06 pm

yaaa jmc!! im finally on the fah list with you.this tired old puter finally folded a protien

6:06 pm

or+ degrees, ***s or g***s on ur calculator

6:06 pm

They lost. WHEE!

6:06 pm

en+mommie ****est

6:07 pm

r**s or gr**s pardon me

6:07 pm

no thats en 6/21

6:07 pm

she wanted en 6/18

6:08 pm

yay crossy!

6:08 pm

en+ body of land in water....like dolly's ***ands in the strem...

6:08 pm

what r u talking about crossy?

6:08 pm

i have a very simple calculator

te5/12 please

ty carlee

6:09 pm

te+ democratc, republicans and ***penants

6:09 pm

***ependents....crap i cant spell

6:09 pm

crossy tell car about folding

6:10 pm

sorry carlee look in my profile for folding at home info and the babble team

6:11 pm

dummy clue for the or please

thank you ae6/21

6:11 pm

i have the gist of it in my profile now jmc

6:11 pm

See now Carlee, a dirty clue would have been...te + bump & gr***.

6:12 pm

ok..going to folding..so no dirty clues

which or jmc?

6:13 pm

installing..where to i put in our babble number?

6:15 pm

jmc, which OR word?

6:15 pm

crossy?

fireworks - thanks for the clues

6:15 pm

o + r**dical extremists?

6:15 pm

for those who wish to be active in the front line research for a cancer cure join me and many other babblers in the folding at home programme designed and operated by Stanford U.a brief explanation and the url and the babble team number are in my profile

6:15 pm

yay chrissiedee!

6:16 pm

ahh carlle when you run the program,it will promt you for a user name and team id number

6:16 pm

out team number is 173981

6:17 pm

our

ae6/21 please

6:18 pm

when i get 100 babblers to join,i will stop nagging

ae + eat a meal

6:18 pm

crossy..its not letting me do anything without putting ina 32 unit hexadecimal passcode

6:19 pm

no..no passcode

6:19 pm

ae + wine and ****

thanks Chrissie fireworks!!

6:19 pm

it wont let me move forward

6:19 pm

but if you wish one,make it easy to remember

6:20 pm

ty nrkii trying for nbt before the redskins game

6:20 pm

it wont take it

6:21 pm

carlee is the folding icon in place in the bottom right of your task bar?"

6:21 pm

all i need now is the left hand E

6:21 pm

crossy..i tried the most simple of a 32 char hexidecimal code number...and it says invalid

6:21 pm

what is a hexidecimal code

6:22 pm

Which e jmc?

6:22 pm

no....its not

6:22 pm

the left hand E with two wo***

6:22 pm

there is a slot for your user name and the team code,that is all that is usually needed

6:23 pm

so i am confused with your difficulty;((

6:23 pm

That is the ef + f*** off an enemy + third vowel and then plural.

6:23 pm

i have put it on three computers without that code

6:23 pm

i have it on 2 now

6:23 pm

no that was the bottom right E molly

6:24 pm

left hand E = my brother Tom is the ***e*t and I am the youngest

6:24 pm

do you know how to do screenies carlee?

6:24 pm

no..what are screenies crossy

6:24 pm

all i know....is it wont let me in

6:24 pm

if so,you can send me a screen shot of where you are at and i can help u better

6:24 pm

and my other brother is the one we call our er**while brother

6:25 pm

mm

6:25 pm

ty nrkii

6:25 pm

ok,use your c cleaner carlee and unistall the client and reload it

6:26 pm

what is a c cleaner?

6:26 pm

....lol

6:26 pm

nbt

6:26 pm

ok c cleaner is a diagnostic cleaning tool for your computer

6:26 pm

I knew that question would come next

6:26 pm

i advise everyone to load it as it is free

6:27 pm

crossy i am 5 sec away from reformatting this computer to take whatever i just put on...off

6:27 pm

(that was my question too)

6:27 pm

brb

6:27 pm

lol nrkii,it gets bigger and bigger,better pull out your best vino carlee,i may have to come over there;)

6:27 pm

there is nothing in an in tray

6:27 pm

i cannot move forward from a pass key

6:28 pm

and now my comouter is freezing up on me

6:28 pm

and i do not downloads crap to this computer

6:28 pm

all it is is a small program from a university..you do not need to nuke your computer to remove it dear

6:28 pm

tu6/24?

6:29 pm

i am sorry you are having difficulties

6:29 pm

close the program or restart the computer then use add/remove to remove the client

6:29 pm

wa 7/44 pls

6:29 pm

then you are done with it carlee

6:29 pm

an arctic wasteland, Cos!

6:30 pm

ty!

6:30 pm

but...but..i want it to work

6:30 pm

you're welcome :)

6:30 pm

wa7 = take what Hulk Hogan used to do, and switch letters 2 and 3, then change that vowel

6:31 pm

please enter a valid number (no spaces or commas for your team, or leave it blank

6:31 pm

I am down to 2, and both are 4 letter words

6:31 pm

why are they so tough to find

6:31 pm

yeah yeah, pb

6:32 pm

173981

6:32 pm

that the number..right?

6:32 pm

your name then team number 173981

6:32 pm

I am down to one, de7, and it's literally impossible. Literally. I really doubt whether it truly exists.

6:32 pm

i put in carleekat and 173981

6:32 pm

thanks nrkii

6:32 pm

it does!

6:32 pm

now I'm down to one t4

6:32 pm

and i click ok

6:32 pm

and i get

6:33 pm

de7 is a legal term

6:33 pm

173981

6:33 pm

please enter a valid number (no spaces or commas for your team, or leave it blank

6:33 pm

dagnabbit, it was a word I already entered AGES ago

6:33 pm

worst

6:34 pm

although, apparently NOT

6:34 pm

un 6/36?

6:34 pm

cosdem, to put the gun back in the holster

6:34 pm

sorry

6:34 pm

thanks :)

6:34 pm

thast is in a popup...and i click ok in the pop up..takes me back to the screen where i put in name and number..i hit ok..and i get the pop up...i click ok....the pop up goes away..i put in name and number..i clickok..i get the pop up

6:34 pm

28 left. All W words.

6:35 pm

it is so hard for me to know what went wrong here carlee,maybe go to start/my computer/add-remove,remove the client then reinstall

6:35 pm

okay, must run

6:35 pm

happy babbling all!

6:35 pm

it is usuall a 15 second process,i have had no one else have a issue till now

6:37 pm

and it is such a good cause,i to not wish this to be back breaking teeth gnashing pain for you

6:37 pm

its uninstalled

6:37 pm

lol,jmc for example is setting a record for the most computers from a single client lol

6:38 pm

i run win 7..i wonder if that it?

6:38 pm

let me look carlee 1 second...

6:38 pm

is the 8 a plural???

6:39 pm

yes

6:39 pm

ef + designer watch brand, and plural

6:40 pm

the version at the top of the list 6.23 runs with win 7

6:40 pm

tank u une

6:40 pm

tank u une

6:40 pm

tank u une

6:40 pm

tank u une

6:40 pm

click on windows logo to download

6:40 pm

yw yw yw yw

6:40 pm

oops sorry, i am having internet connectivity problems

6:40 pm

Lil, Dallas got dumped. It's a good Sunday.

6:41 pm

:-D

6:41 pm

woo hoooooooooooo

6:41 pm

today I was a Vikings fan, even tho Brett Favre is an idiot who sent wiener pictures to a female reporter

6:42 pm

what a frikking idiot

6:42 pm

not defending Favre, but "reporter" is a very kind description of the woman in question

6:42 pm

oooh fireworks.

6:42 pm

fireworks!

6:43 pm

What is it with men and their junk? Like we actually want to see pictures of it?

6:43 pm

Way to steal my thunder Cos ;)

6:43 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for nancy

6:43 pm

me too!

6:43 pm

wtg cosdem & NB!

6:43 pm

lol nancyboy :) wtg

6:43 pm

he's an idiot whether he sent his wiener picture to a "reporter" or a floozie or whoever

6:43 pm

congrats, NB!!

6:43 pm

that is the one i downloaded crossy

6:43 pm

thanks, you too! :)

6:44 pm

downloading it again...

6:44 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS for jmb

6:44 pm

clue for the upper right corner E please?

6:44 pm

carlee, at least you're not dealing with a call center in India! LOL

6:45 pm

ei4 babblet

6:45 pm

lol indeed

6:45 pm

wo 5/18 pls the first one

6:45 pm

ok thankee

6:45 pm

ok..so..about to install it...

6:45 pm

crossing fingers and toes for carlee!

6:46 pm

if i was a call center in india i would be saying how your computer is outdated and it is not the fault of our program..thank you..come again....

6:46 pm

wo5 one who tries to win over a guy or gal

6:46 pm

except its practically brand spanking new crossy

6:47 pm

thanks une

6:47 pm

ok....so installing

6:47 pm

lol,i know,lets see if this install is kinder to you

6:47 pm

yw :-)

6:47 pm

sucesscully installed

6:47 pm

yaaa!

6:47 pm

now...what shall i click on

6:48 pm

open the program or run

6:48 pm

woohoo!!!

6:48 pm

ok..little widget on bottom rt corner

6:48 pm

now what

6:48 pm

i kept no visuals of the set up screens so i am operating in the dark here

6:49 pm

well..u have it on 3 computers...

6:49 pm

ahh

6:49 pm

phantom: dentist

6:49 pm

right click on little widget

6:49 pm

so..now what..sit here?

6:49 pm

go to configure

6:49 pm

work with me here lol

6:49 pm

display, configure

6:49 pm

ok..going

6:49 pm

right click on widget go to configure

6:49 pm

user name..anonynous

6:50 pm

its that stupidbox again

6:50 pm

pur your name in

6:50 pm

with name...team

6:50 pm

*gives car a cup of coffee*

6:50 pm

my name or a name

6:50 pm

whatever,then team id

6:50 pm

can anybody clue the ae?

6:50 pm

go car go!

6:50 pm

then hit ok

6:51 pm

ae+eat supper

6:51 pm

ae+ u put io**** on a booboo

whats being installed?

6:51 pm

ty jmc & carlee

6:51 pm

i am dragging carlee though a folding at home set up;)

6:51 pm

folding at home for cancer research gary

6:51 pm

what the number again?

6:51 pm

read the bottom of crossy's profile

6:51 pm

and that should be it

6:52 pm

173981

oh right just wondered, thanks. came in and wondered what the excitement was lol

6:52 pm

i did jmc..hold on

6:52 pm

173981

6:52 pm

excucse me, UNDIE is not a wo4?

6:52 pm

then hit enter

6:52 pm

HOLY SHHIT

no lil i was surprised about that earlier on

6:52 pm

it worked that time

6:52 pm

i don't think the undead actually undie

6:52 pm

stoopid computers

6:52 pm

samebox

6:52 pm

same info put in

6:52 pm

whew! and there u go carlee

6:52 pm

yeah car! go Babble team!

6:52 pm

i was thinking underpants, jmc

6:53 pm

crossy wipes sweat from his brow

6:53 pm

*CHEST BUMP*

hi everyone, can't sleep been wound up so thought i would come try finish the grid and chat

6:53 pm

so did i lil when i tried it

6:53 pm

now,unless you have a powerfull computer do not use display setting

6:53 pm

they are always pl lil like a pair of pants

6:54 pm

skins are about to play

6:54 pm

you right click/status and from there you can check individual or team progress

makes sense jmc same as trousers

6:54 pm

where the hell would i find that crossy

6:54 pm

clues for any UN wo4 besides the shoelaces ones?

6:54 pm

mouse over widgit and select status

to join together lil

6:54 pm

un4/5 a single item

6:54 pm

put your gun back

6:55 pm

un5/12 come together right now

6:55 pm

then you can choose individual or team stats,if you go to team stats you will see me and jmc in the listing

6:55 pm

*getting dizzy from all the fish thwacking*

6:55 pm

hi wild! *waves*

6:55 pm

and there are 2 that sound like the undergarments but spelled differently

6:55 pm

ef 7 pls

6:55 pm

i am number one!

6:55 pm

wildcat are you ever on FB any more?

6:55 pm

no..jmc is not boastful at all

6:56 pm

brb

6:56 pm

sometimes but not much

6:56 pm

I don't have much time and I'd rather play this

6:56 pm

welcome to the folding at home club carlee;)))

6:56 pm

hi hi

6:57 pm

Thanks for the two "like undies" clue Wildcat.

6:58 pm

en5 please

6:58 pm

carlee you are now a active front like participant hunting for cancer cures;))))

6:59 pm

yw

6:59 pm

line

6:59 pm

do you have a game waiting on me monkey?

7:00 pm

yay

7:00 pm

lol,and i will now stop annoying the chog with my pet projects;))

7:01 pm

if you shut off the computer in the middle of a fld carlee,not to worry,it will resume where you left off at next start up

7:02 pm

Hello again...

hi jellen

7:02 pm

howdy jellen

7:02 pm

hi jellen

7:03 pm

battle of the blades on..gotta gp

Hello Babbling buddies!

7:06 pm

and as we reach different plateaus with our folding certificates will be issued that can be printed out http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/ma in.py?teamnum=173981&qtype=teampage

7:06 pm

howdy red\

hu red

7:06 pm

will someone clue the last en6 please?

7:07 pm

Hi, red

7:07 pm

here is one of our http://fah-web.stanford.edu/awards/tce rt.php?u=173981&pts=56305early certificates,but we have a long way to go

7:07 pm

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/awards/tce rt.php?u=173981&pts=56305

7:08 pm

en + short for land surrounded by water

7:08 pm

en + small piece of land

7:08 pm

thanks, Jellen

7:08 pm

and wildcat

7:08 pm

ef 7?

thanks jellen and wildcat

7:12 pm

ef + ****er bender + personal pronoun

7:13 pm

that ef wo4 is WACK! thanks for clue, jelly poo

7:13 pm

you back yet jmc?

7:13 pm

thanks jellen

thanks for that, sorry, had to work, so, I am working quickly...to try to complete.

7:19 pm

lol,sprites computer must of just folded a big one,she just pulled ahead of me;)

7:19 pm

Back for a bit to finish up!

7:20 pm

wb champ

huh?

hi Champ.

7:20 pm

hi red! t's and w's left...

7:21 pm

finally greyed out the corners

7:22 pm

Hi Jellen. Sending some positive vibes your way.

I have completed, the err, bottom row!

7:22 pm

Thanks, Molly

7:22 pm

such talent!

7:23 pm

Red! What a feat!

LOL...

7:27 pm

T-s GONE!

concentrating on grid and moth just flew in my face, surprised boys didn't wake up to my screaming

ahh, I am going to have to go to bed.

7:30 pm

UGH! Scary!

take care red

made my heart stop for a bit but its making up for it now lol

7:33 pm

fireworks!

yay way to go champ congratulations

7:33 pm

evenin babblers!

7:34 pm

Hi Eva..thx garyandjulie!

hi eva

7:36 pm

howdy eva

7:39 pm

ok everyone i have updated our folding at home cancer research group info in my profile.from now on i will only bother you once per day with this,but if you have any questions do not hesitate to ask

7:42 pm

now back to this evil little grid;)

7:43 pm

evening all...

7:43 pm

crossy...checking out the link...what is the passkey?

7:43 pm

pini!!

7:43 pm

(can help with clues if needed)

7:44 pm

AAL YOU NEED IS A USER NAME AND THE TEAM NUMBER I LISTED

7:44 pm

sorry caps

7:44 pm

okey dokey

hi pini

7:45 pm

hi jules

7:45 pm

i will save the certificates for our group as they are issued and send it to those that miss them

7:46 pm

so far in the early going we have folded 56,000 human protiens!

7:47 pm

Hello again...

hi jellen

7:48 pm

welcome back jellen crossy gives jellen big ole crossy bear hugs ((((()))))

theres some weird words in this grid tonight

7:48 pm

it's loading now...

7:48 pm

hi jellen

7:49 pm

once it is loaded pini select run or open then right click on the icon that appears in the bottom right of the task bar

7:49 pm

then follow the instructions in my profile

7:49 pm

o

7:50 pm

if i can get 2 babblers a day to join,i will only have to annoy you all for 50 days

7:50 pm

we are going to cure cancer if i have to drag you all kicking and screaming to the finish line;))

7:51 pm

I'm still working on getting it to work, crossy

7:51 pm

I see the icon in the lower right, but can't seem to 'open' it...

7:51 pm

Oh...wait...I got it now! :)

7:53 pm

got it...I'm all good to go :)

7:54 pm

then follow my profile

7:54 pm

YAA FOR PINI!! WELCOME TO THE FRONT LINES OF ACTIVE RESEARCH FOR CANCER CURES PINI!!

7:54 pm

thx crossy...glad to be of service...

7:55 pm

...need any clues?

7:55 pm

if you right click on the icon and go to status then team stats,you will see that sprite has pulled ahead of ole crossy

7:55 pm

22 clues, pini!

7:56 pm

I'm not even on the list yet! :)

7:56 pm

Me either, Pini...

7:57 pm

whatcha need? ;)

7:57 pm

A brain would be nice :-)

7:58 pm

pini,you will not be placed on the list till your first protien is folded

7:58 pm

ummmm, sorry, not so sure I can help with that...

7:58 pm

can't wait to see it hit, crossy!

7:58 pm

I'll feel like I've done something! (no mater how insignificant)

7:58 pm

when you mouse over the icon you will see a number like 55/250 that is how much you have done of a single protien

7:59 pm

it feels good to be in the front lines of research and not just shoving money at them pini;)))

7:59 pm

Yeah, I'm 0/100 right now ;)

8:00 pm

wa 7/44?

8:00 pm

or 6/21 pls

8:00 pm

a real slow computer will fold 1 in 3 days,a fast gaming rig may fold 10 in a day

8:00 pm

wa7/44 = wa6 with a cross near the end

8:01 pm

2533/6666 here :-)

8:01 pm

or6 = indocternate a priest

8:01 pm

33 left and it is looking doubtful

8:01 pm

Thanks, Pini!

8:01 pm

ty pini

8:02 pm

I can clue y'all home...if ya hurry...I'm hungry (made corned beef and cabbage today) ;)

8:02 pm

9 left!

8:02 pm

lol jellen some protiens are big ones,they are rare and much sought after among the folding community

8:03 pm

just my luck...I got an itty bitty one!

8:03 pm

wo 4/9, the first?

8:03 pm

the big ones stand a better chance of a breakthrough

8:03 pm

wo4/9 = w + not young

8:03 pm

Thanks, Pini!

8:04 pm

every 500,000 or so i will copy the certificates and can send them to you for framing

8:04 pm

I'm in crossy

8:04 pm

yaa for wild cat!!

8:04 pm

2 left...

8:04 pm

my goal is 100 babblers in our team

8:04 pm

i'm in

fireworks

8:05 pm

if you have any questions,just ask jmc or myself

8:05 pm

Yay for diane!!!

8:05 pm

yaa for diane

8:05 pm

you may not have to work so hard after all, crossy...at the rate we're all kickin' in ! :)

8:05 pm

wtg diane

8:05 pm

:) it seems such a small thing to do to help but I'm happy to do it

8:05 pm

git'r dun, jellen

thanks, Pin :-)

8:05 pm

di 5/12?

thanks, jellen.... crossy !!

8:06 pm

di5 = pl di4

8:06 pm

thanks pini for the or

8:06 pm

yvw ;)

8:06 pm

every spare bandwidth helps wildcat,they can utilize this and do 300 years of linear work in a single year

di what hail does to your car

8:06 pm

way cool

8:07 pm

computing has opened up a entirely new avenue of research

8:07 pm

<:))))))>< for me!

8:07 pm

we all work to a common goal

8:07 pm

yaa for jellen!!

8:07 pm

en 5/10?

I just realized that is a 'rocket'.... way to go, Jellen !!

8:08 pm

en + spanish aunt?

8:08 pm

No, it's a fish!

8:08 pm

no, diane...that was a fish! :)

8:08 pm

ol t/12 pls

8:09 pm

Thanks, Pini!

LOL.... looked like a horizontal rocket !!

8:09 pm

i meant ol 5

8:09 pm

not a youngin'

8:09 pm

Now, it's fireworks for me!

yayyyyy

8:09 pm

wtg jellen ;)

8:09 pm

thanks pini

8:09 pm

ol5 = golden ol*** (not young)

8:10 pm

oh, sorry...but glad you got it! :)

8:10 pm

Pini...MSN or Yahoo, if you get a chance?

8:10 pm

ok, jellen...

8:10 pm

ar 6 pls

8:10 pm

...lemme get dinner first before signing in...

8:10 pm

Sure!

8:11 pm

ar + math term

8:11 pm

ar + math term

8:11 pm

* snap *

8:12 pm

brb (dinner calls)

8:12 pm

dan't think of a math term

8:12 pm

i meant can't

8:13 pm

obviously i need to rest

8:13 pm

A trigonometry term, to be precise

8:13 pm

ar + transgression + vowel

8:13 pm

(brb)

8:13 pm

thanks

8:16 pm

hi all

8:17 pm

de 5/12

8:17 pm

ok...back from battle of the blades

8:18 pm

sounds scary

8:18 pm

nm got it

8:18 pm

google it jmc...its actually pretty cool

8:19 pm

oh cool -- i am a big scot hamilton fan

8:20 pm

i am torn between the performance of theo fleury with jaimie salle and patrise brisboise with shaelyne bounre

8:20 pm

borne*

8:21 pm

i will have to watch it later as i am in the middle of a redskins game

8:21 pm

de 7 pls.

8:22 pm

de+can+aven**

8:23 pm

its on cbc

8:23 pm

its on cbc

8:23 pm

'k' it is on youtube too it seems

8:24 pm

hi everyone

8:24 pm

thanks jmc. was my last one. fireworks

8:24 pm

not sure if that is last years

8:24 pm

whoo hoo red

8:24 pm

thanks everyone for all the clues.

8:24 pm

whoooo hooooo big red!

8:25 pm

hi lbd

8:25 pm

hi jmc

clue pls for de7/36?

8:27 pm

May I please have a clue for ae6-21? Thanks

8:27 pm

de+can+aven**

8:27 pm

jmc,check my profile pleASE,see if i have missed anything

8:27 pm

ae+eat supper

ty

night all

8:28 pm

yw

8:28 pm

night TO

8:30 pm

i would add that it costs nothing and it doesn't hurt your computer

8:30 pm

Thanks much, jmc.

8:30 pm

rather it doesn't slow your computer or something like that

8:30 pm

yw peach

8:32 pm

well everyone should know that i would not even broach the subject if i was unsure of security

8:32 pm

well that is true

8:32 pm

but not every babbler knows you well crossy

8:32 pm

there are new ones and lurkers

8:32 pm

:/

8:33 pm

by hurt i meant slow it down while you use it

8:33 pm

you will have to help me jmc,my goal is 100 babblers

8:33 pm

*tickles crossy's nose with a feather*

8:33 pm

but i have harrased them enough for today

8:33 pm

i will help crossy and I have

8:34 pm

did i hear a feather?

8:34 pm

we can harass again tomorrow

8:34 pm

hi feather

8:35 pm

eerie that you heard me

8:35 pm

crossy, remind me tomorrow that i want to do that folding thing! too late right now to get into it.

8:35 pm

lol, just good timing

8:35 pm

now thast i have mastered it i can harass too crossy :p

8:35 pm

yay!

8:36 pm

i will indeed feathers

8:36 pm

i welcome the help carlee

8:36 pm

k. off to bed! i always check on the chog before i shut the computer down. night!

8:36 pm

gn feathers

8:36 pm

bye feather

8:37 pm

nite feather

8:38 pm

my goal is 100 babblers working together as a team to fold those human protiens and we may be the one to unlock that key protien and change the course of cancer treatments

8:38 pm

good goal

8:38 pm

see sprite jmc,she unlocked a big one and has pulled ahead of old crossy

8:39 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

8:39 pm

*jaws drops*

8:39 pm

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

8:39 pm

Hi all.

8:39 pm

Hi jmc. See you made it home safely.

8:39 pm

howdy min and welcome to the grid

8:39 pm

most amazing catch i have ever seen in footballs

8:39 pm

you to wht

8:39 pm

and we made it home to good news

8:40 pm

BYM is sending unrestricted fu*** to FUM

8:40 pm

hi min

8:40 pm

That is really good news.

8:40 pm

sylvia was thrilled

8:40 pm

I bet.

8:41 pm

now if i could only raise the money i need for the center :-(

8:41 pm

Do you know any Iowa corn farmers?

8:41 pm

lol!

8:42 pm

just the one that thinks i am trying to change his religion

8:42 pm

Hey, I see what some of your GI's might be, in the grid.

8:42 pm

He isn't a farmer, jmc.

8:42 pm

i saw that but assumed it wasn't a wo**

8:43 pm

well then i don't know any

8:43 pm

hi wht

8:43 pm

hi again..sorry.....was on hone with my mum

8:43 pm

Hi lbd How are you tonight.

8:43 pm

doing well, wht, and yourself?

8:43 pm

is she sharp enough car?

8:44 pm

hi carlee

8:44 pm

lol

8:44 pm

I am done! I have fireworks!wo6/30 was my last word

8:44 pm

phone* with my mum

8:44 pm

whoooo hooooo MIN!!

8:44 pm

ok,with 29 left i concede victory to the grid(been pimping my folding at home too muc) take care everyone and happy babbling

8:44 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for minver

8:44 pm

whoo hooo min

8:44 pm

poof!

8:44 pm

wtg min

8:45 pm

night, crossy

8:45 pm

nite nite crossy

8:45 pm

I'll be here off and on for the rest of the night to clue

8:45 pm

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

8:46 pm

hi all. clue for the e words bottom left side es please. two of them.

8:47 pm

Congrats, Min!!!!!

8:50 pm

May I please have a clue for wa7-44? Thanks

8:53 pm

wa7, not loves + first part of bell's invention w/o first vowel

8:55 pm

wa7...battles + message in a bot***

8:56 pm

ef's are hard to clue, mkg. try googling "turkish title of respect"

8:56 pm

Thanks so much, lbdawger and MollyL.

8:58 pm

nbt here at 65 words left. Probably won't finish tonight.

8:59 pm

you can do it, wht!

9:00 pm

ψ Ψ ψ Ψ ψ ← W I R E F O R K S → ψ Ψ ψ Ψ ψ

9:01 pm

dr 5/12??

9:01 pm

I probably can do it, but I'm not sure what shape I will be in tomorrow if I do.

9:01 pm

clew please

9:03 pm

dr 5/12: dr*** the bathtub I'm drowning sammysmom.

9:03 pm

what the water goes down in the tub sammysmom

9:03 pm

Congratulations J.C. on your fireworks! Good for you

9:03 pm

sorry- i meant the second one

9:03 pm

Ah. Thank you, Minveryork! :)

9:04 pm

Well done, Julian! :) another quick one!!

9:04 pm

cats rule dogs dr***

9:04 pm

dr 5/12: a saliva problem some dogs have sammysmom

9:04 pm

congrats JC

dr + where you go to learn.... sch * * *

9:04 pm

fish smack--- thanks

9:04 pm

Thank you, Jesse and bethn. :)

9:05 pm

: )

:-) loved bethn's clue

9:05 pm

Lovely bio and photo, Diane! :)

thanks, J.C. ! :-)

9:06 pm

clue for the 8 letter word?

9:06 pm

i actually quite like dogs, but am partial to cats

9:07 pm

got the 2 ef words.

9:07 pm

what egyptians in old movies used to call the english archaeologists

9:09 pm

beth is that a clue for the 8? if so what does it start with? two letters plz

9:09 pm

I love both, bethn - and animals in general. :)

9:10 pm

ef mkg, it sounds kind of like if someone called you a name you would be of******

9:10 pm

oh ty i got it. plural. ty.

9:10 pm

I've always had both - have two dogs now, and chickens and ducks.

9:11 pm

need e word top left corner e please

9:11 pm

me too jc. we have a beautiful flighted cape parrot as well as a rotund cat

9:11 pm

try the needlecase mkg

9:12 pm

or ei4 which i believe means eerie

9:12 pm

what needle case? dont know that one bethn

9:12 pm

ei 4 is it. ty.

9:13 pm

well more than half way so goodnight.

9:13 pm

et **

9:13 pm

night mkg see you in the grid tomorrow

9:14 pm

ty bethn. got it and all those top row e s are done now.

9:14 pm

gnight

9:14 pm

yay mkg!

9:17 pm

wow,, i still have 46 tp gp wahhhhhh!!!

9:18 pm

cat is gnawing on my ankle in the hopes of prying more food out of me - maybe some dietetic kibble will satisfy her

9:18 pm

fireworks

9:18 pm

Hooray!

9:18 pm

can i help sammys?

9:18 pm

whoo Ho nana!

9:19 pm

or whoo hoo :/

9:19 pm

May I please have a clue for ai5-10? Thanks

9:20 pm

the bride walks down the ai*** at the start of the wedding

9:20 pm

brides walk down the ai***

9:20 pm

clue for de 7?

9:20 pm

NM found it

9:20 pm

de+ metal can material + 2 vowels

9:21 pm

TY Beth!

9:21 pm

y vw

9:24 pm

clue please for en 6/18??

9:24 pm

en+ the ****of wight

9:25 pm

thanks bethn

9:25 pm

:)

9:26 pm

OK. Maybe I could finish. Fireworks.

9:26 pm

Congrats!

9:26 pm

yay wht!

9:26 pm

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! Good for you

9:26 pm

Last word was un6,36. which might mean de-art?

9:27 pm

Anyway. Happy Babbling.

9:27 pm

Night all.

9:27 pm

yes, i was never able to un 6 my sons art off the walls

9:27 pm

nite wht

9:30 pm

any clues needed before i poof?

9:31 pm

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

9:31 pm

Fireworks!

9:31 pm

te5-12 please....thanks

9:31 pm

wa 6 & 7 were my last words

9:31 pm

Congrats, car!!!!

9:32 pm

Off to the PB I go!

9:32 pm

te+ i am a very ***ependent person

9:32 pm

Good night everyone!

9:32 pm

Congratulations car.eeyore on fireworks! Good for U

9:32 pm

i am sure there is something yummy in there car

9:33 pm

Goodbye car.eeyore! I'll see you tomorrow in the log.

9:33 pm

nite car

9:33 pm

Thanks so much, bethn. That was fireworks. Thanks for all the help.....see you at the flip.

9:34 pm

yvw peach glad to help

9:34 pm

see you all tomorrow poof!

9:34 pm

Congratulations gapeach1066 on fireworks! Hooray!

9:35 pm

Goodbye gapeach1066!I will see you tomorrow maybe

9:35 pm

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

9:35 pm

12 to go- have really been chuggin'

9:36 pm

I'm here if you need help w/your last 12 sammysmom.

9:37 pm

thanks minver- i m sure i will

9:41 pm

hi all. on to find my last 22

9:42 pm

phant warlord

9:42 pm

Hello, m9 - how are you?

9:42 pm

hi J.C.!! getting scratchy throat. yuck.

9:42 pm

Hello m9f9l!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

9:42 pm

just got home from a nice Sunday drive..looking at fall leaves.

9:43 pm

and took a couple pictures of my daughter to play with and learn more about photo processing..

9:43 pm

and how about you??

9:43 pm

Ah yes? I was having a sneezing fit on the way home from Southampton tonight - and started breaking out in hives. What fun. :P

9:43 pm

hives?!??!? yikes!

9:44 pm

That's improved now though, thank goodness - must've been allergic to the car I was riding in. A little Renault Espace. Oh the horror. :P

9:45 pm

(maybe the seats were leather...)

9:46 pm

yesterday we had folks in the south doing the greco roman thing... today it's the scots!

9:46 pm

And I'm glad you're doing better.

9:49 pm

No, m9. The upholstery was fabric.

9:50 pm

Might've been something the fabric was treated with, perhaps. I really don't know. And thank you...

9:50 pm

ok.. I gotta get off puter for a few. Tim (my husband) needs to look at something...

9:50 pm

I hope your scratchy throat improves and turns out to be nothing - don't want to come down witha cold. :/

9:51 pm

Erm - 'with a cold', that was meant to be. :P

9:51 pm

My typing's on its travels again. It flies out of the window routinely.

10:18 pm

Hello?

10:19 pm

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

10:20 pm

Hi, Min...I am good, thanks...and you?

10:25 pm

I am well Jellen, thanks. I'm getting ready for bed. It is back to work tomorrow for me. Did you finish grid?

10:35 pm

i

10:35 pm

oops. I"m back.

10:37 pm

Yes, I finished the grid...

10:37 pm

Hi, m9!

10:38 pm

hi Jell! I have 14 to go

10:40 pm

Congratulations Jellen on finishing grid early! Hooray!

10:40 pm

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

10:40 pm

hi min

10:40 pm

G'night, Min

10:41 pm

go me! NBT!!! (and almost halfway)

10:42 pm

taking 5 minutes to play and then back to work...

10:42 pm

Go you!

10:42 pm

stid!!!

10:42 pm

and down to 79.

10:43 pm

te5/6 is really buggin' me!

10:43 pm

hey m! how goes you? tutoring, wedding plans...

10:43 pm

go m go!

10:43 pm

hey jellen! how are you this fine evening?

10:43 pm

sore throat.

10:43 pm

oh oh. *sprays lysol on computer*

10:43 pm

Much better...had a chat with James...

10:44 pm

(((jellen)))

10:44 pm

and?

10:44 pm

oh shoot. it was the words I thought..must have spelled them wrong at first.

10:44 pm

James?

10:44 pm

Friends for now...

10:44 pm

thanks for the te words, m!

10:44 pm

good. nice to get that settled, I expect

10:45 pm

ah. Hope he's respectful about giving you space!

10:45 pm

Yes...Nice to be settled...problem was he was giving me too much space, m9...

10:46 pm

oho!

10:47 pm

:-D nice that you are getting out a bit, jellen

10:47 pm

and m, I hope you will feel WAY better in the morning.

10:48 pm

me too stid! Just had a cuppa hot lemon honey

10:48 pm

I am going to head back to being a responsible student teacher... back next weekend for updates. (((jellen))) (((m))) *scatters choclits for lurkers and friends alike* see you then! *poof*

10:48 pm

4...

10:48 pm

((m9))

10:48 pm

((stid))

10:48 pm

it's like a drive by stidding....

10:49 pm

2..

10:50 pm

Go, m9!

10:50 pm

fireworks!

10:50 pm

last words were priestmaking..

10:52 pm

Hooray m9!!!!

10:52 pm

got an email from a friend. They have a birthmother that's serious about placing the baby. Praying that my friend gets a little sister for her boy!

10:52 pm

thanks Jell.

10:54 pm

The first time they went through this they had the baby for a few days and then the mom changed her mind. IT was heartbreaking. Then they got their son. But it's still hard to go through the process.

10:54 pm

Here's hoping!

10:54 pm

yes!

10:54 pm

brb

10:56 pm

wtg m9

10:57 pm

Hi, jmc

10:58 pm

hi all

10:58 pm

darn redskins lost :-(

10:58 pm

So sorry...

10:58 pm

right upper corner e?

10:59 pm

ei 4/5

10:59 pm

mostly duck feathers babs

11:00 pm

de5/12?

11:00 pm

thanks jell it was a painful game

11:01 pm

One who believes in God

11:01 pm

ty

11:02 pm

last di4/5?

11:03 pm

Mixed up weight loss strategy

11:04 pm

stupid babble says i already found it :-(

11:04 pm

ty

11:08 pm

er4/4

11:09 pm

60 left

11:09 pm

er**while

11:10 pm

ty

11:13 pm

hey there

11:13 pm

Hi, Good Enough

11:14 pm

hi good

11:14 pm

back for the last 8 but brain power is dwindling

11:14 pm

re6?

11:15 pm

re + lightning bugs **** in the dark

11:16 pm

ty

11:17 pm

50

11:17 pm

i was catching up until my son showed up

11:18 pm

i am sl**. had trouble with that re6 clue - duh

11:21 pm

down to 4

11:21 pm

2

11:22 pm

go good go

11:25 pm

uno. that de7 was a tough one

11:26 pm

firewords :)

11:27 pm

good luck jmc. ( tough end to that redskins game - ugh )

11:27 pm

whoo hooo good

11:27 pm

and now good night

11:28 pm

argh my son is never going to leave

11:28 pm

Hooray for Good Enough!!!!

de7 clue before you leave, GE?

11:29 pm

de + if you interupt someone you tell them to please con*****

thanks!

11:29 pm

yw :)

11:33 pm

okay i gives up i have 44 left now that my son finally left

11:35 pm

Okay, jmc...

11:35 pm

:-)

11:35 pm

i thinks i will go get some shut eye and see what tomorrow brings

11:35 pm

*poof*

11:36 pm

Sounds like a plan!

11:36 pm

G'night!

11:53 pm

beautiful autumn leaves, GE

11:53 pm

goodnight Jellen and jmc

11:59 pm

hello everyone :)

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