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387 1,652
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535 1,020
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718 240
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720 235
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722 218
723 214
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725 200
726 193
727 182
728 176
729 174
730 172
731 163
732 145
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736 129
737 129
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739 120
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744 81
745 70
746 60
747 57
748 55
749 48
750 34
751 27
752 24
753 16
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309 total words

12:00 am

my kind of grid! lets hope we have clues this time

12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

Yea! I'm with you, cos!

12:02 am

oops, looks like we're on an upswing!!

12:02 am

di 4,6

12:03 am

flip

12:03 am

ti 6

12:04 am

ne 6...hi all

12:04 am

te 6

te 7

12:06 am

ne 4,6

12:06 am

do 7

fr 7

12:07 am

di7

12:08 am

fe8

12:08 am

id 5,6

12:10 am

thanks cos, lol

hi and nbt

12:11 am

stats for last I in 2nd column?

12:12 am

don't have it cos, sorry

12:12 am

how about the O in 4th column?

i have io6 so far, but just got here

os5

12:12 am

sh 7, 8

12:13 am

thansk

12:13 am

that's the one I'm lacking, cos, for nbt

od 8

12:13 am

ty bigfoot!

yw :)

12:14 am

NBT

12:14 am

wtg diz

12:15 am

NBT

12:15 am

wow, wd diz

12:15 am

wtg cos

12:15 am

and cos, wtg

12:15 am

ti7

12:16 am

i see lickety hasnt put up clues yet :(

12:16 am

not that i want to list yet

12:17 am

te 7 x 2

12:18 am

nbt

12:18 am

wtg

12:18 am

fireworks

12:18 am

wtg jilli

12:18 am

fireworks?!

12:18 am

yea Jilli

12:18 am

looks as if Lickety's having a holiday

12:18 am

ru, you are kidding

sh 7

is that fireworks for today or yesterday, ruru

12:18 am

lol

12:18 am

just kidding

12:18 am

lol

12:19 am

defecation is in the grid again!

12:20 am

de 6 7

12:20 am

make that de 6 7 8

12:21 am

fe7

12:22 am

boobs are here again too (ruru must have noticed)

12:22 am

Gomez

12:22 am

gomez's brother is in the grid

12:24 am

fe8

12:26 am

is that a 2nd fe8, ru?

12:26 am

hmm spanking fe?

12:27 am

nope, same one...

12:27 am

can't find one word with the bottom i

12:27 am

io 6...ru

i have io 6 7 6 7 so far from that one, ruru

12:27 am

think stinging antiseptic, ruru

12:29 am

thanks josh, and jilli

12:30 am

yw, flosey

12:30 am

have the same four now josh thanks

sh 8

12:32 am

can't get the lower right A

as6/7

12:32 am

as6/21, flosey

12:32 am

thanks jilli, looking

and as 7/32

12:33 am

and what josh and bigfoot said

12:33 am

hello

12:33 am

how am i gonna finish this without a list :(

12:34 am

same here, cos

12:34 am

we are n ot going to have a list or havent gotten it yet?

12:34 am

hi mlf -- is this one big enough for you?

12:35 am

not yet

12:35 am

found as6 but it can't pl

12:35 am

came in late so i hadnt even looked for one thanks cos

12:35 am

jill oh kinda lol

don't plural it, make it more flosey

12:35 am

haven't got it yet, but may not -- if Lickety isn't prompt he's often not coming

12:35 am

the most ash flosey

12:36 am

ah, thanks josh, jilli, ru

12:36 am

76 words and hitting the wall

12:37 am

86 here, same wall

12:37 am

76 words in or left?

12:37 am

in

12:37 am

hmmm...

12:37 am

J's done

12:38 am

just missing the o, 4th column

12:38 am

87 found here now

12:38 am

a mere 222 left, lol!

12:38 am

82 found

12:38 am

wtg jilli

12:38 am

Fi 7 is not a word???

12:39 am

200

211 here and feeling not so good about this grid

12:39 am

wow ru, well done

12:39 am

117/192 here...and hitting the pillows for real this time!

12:39 am

os 5, Flos

12:39 am

I'd feel pretty darn good if I had anywhere near that josh

12:39 am

thanks diz

12:39 am

re8 if not called

12:40 am

got it, nbt

12:40 am

those numbers sure put me in my place

12:40 am

not at all, jilli, I just hit 70

12:41 am

fe 6,8 if not called

12:41 am

ruru do you have a 7 as well probably not related

12:42 am

i have re 7/8 related

12:42 am

i had just found a RE 7 which may or may not have been called

part of what i am not liking about this grid is the 35 7's. yeesh

12:44 am

antone got the 9 yet???

12:45 am

anYone

12:45 am

not me!

12:45 am

100 found

12:45 am

i need the last J word .. i cant find it :(

12:46 am

i need the stats for the I's on the 2ND COLUMN please?

12:46 am

je 4, jo 4 4 6 4.

12:46 am

ok then i need jo4 thank u

12:47 am

got it

12:47 am

J's done

12:47 am

thanks, j blacked out

12:47 am

Cos, think GI

12:47 am

oops bit late...lol

12:47 am

lol thanks though!

12:47 am

grey J here too, ty

12:48 am

100 words in

12:49 am

2ND COLUMN i's please????

12:49 am

mlf, stupid person

both the i's are in the 2nd column, mlf. which one do you mean

12:50 am

Both josh but i got the first one

12:50 am

flosey i am not that stupid lol

i's: id4 5 6 io 5 6 7 6 7

12:51 am

wasn't calling you that, mlf

12:51 am

i know flosey:)

12:52 am

glad!

12:52 am

200 left now

12:53 am

thanks got them

12:53 am

I'm being distracted by a very loud fly!

12:53 am

198 left

12:53 am

I need a break -- getting crosseyed

12:53 am

i have 8 of the 7 words and 3 of the 8 words...

almost 1/3rd of my remaining words are 7's. this is not going to be fun

12:53 am

thats it for me.. see u all tomorrow

12:54 am

goodnight cos

12:54 am

2ND COLUMN T please?

12:55 am

to 7 plural of hot drink

12:56 am

thanks book

12:56 am

i just got two more words

12:56 am

what does the 9 begin with?

12:56 am

thanks book

12:57 am

yw. we will all need one after this grid

12:57 am

i got an OD 8

reggae mon peter and plural to4/6

12:57 am

for sure, but how about now! might help

12:58 am

i got nbt at 64 words i am up to 69 words now

12:59 am

well done mlf

12:59 am

thanks flosey up to 72 now

12:59 am

PHANTOM either

1:00 am

i am out poof

1:01 am

icon clue posted

1:01 am

he's a cute one jilli

1:02 am

pretty and pretty lame clue

1:03 am

Whooo, lost track of time, so a late hello to everyone.

1:03 am

bye mlf

1:03 am

hi Christine

1:03 am

sleep well,

1:04 am

hello Christine

1:04 am

sleep well, MLFAN17.

1:04 am

Good morning. Well not such a good one in this dump, but still. :P

1:05 am

hi JC

1:05 am

what dump is that, JC? And hi :)

1:05 am

Hi, flosey.

phant creosote

1:06 am

If you woke up this morning in a 'dump', that'sbetter than not waking, or waking in a real dumsterp this morning, even in a 'dump', that's

1:06 am

No hi for me, JC?

1:06 am

Check updates, Jill. See the photo I snapped with my iphone, looking out of this hotel room window. Yet another 'room with a view'. :P

1:06 am

You don't give anyone much chance to answer, do you, Jill? :/

1:07 am

what tthe heck happened there? I think my laptop drinks

1:07 am

And I did speak to you...

1:07 am

Sorry - my 'hi' was assumed. It's early!

1:08 am

Liquid and computers don't generally mix well, Christine.

1:08 am

Did you see my post? I was trying to give you an uplifting thought.

Clues are up

1:09 am

Ah yes, Christine - sorry, but I'm in a chat window with Laura and Jellen at present. Hard to keep up!

1:09 am

oh, thank you very much lickety

1:09 am

Thank you, lickety.

phew - got to 247 but i am so using the list. thanks lickety

1:10 am

not a problem - nothing of import.

1:10 am

Oh thank you thank you Lickety!!! This is a biggie!

1:10 am

wow josh, wtg

1:10 am

JC -- not a lovely view from your room -- good grief!

1:11 am

Tell me about it, Jill. I was horrified! As if the one in Jersey wasn't bad enough?!

1:12 am

YEEHAAA ...OA9

1:12 am

Who books these horrors for you, jc?

1:12 am

Your comment's amusing, Christine - if you could see the photo I posted of the view out of my current hotel room window, you would see why. 'Dumpster' indeed - that's what the scene resembles.

1:13 am

Yes, Jill. I think someone's job's in jeopardy. :P

1:13 am

Couln't you post that url here, JC?

1:14 am

No, Jill.

1:14 am

For obvious reasons. Sigh.

1:14 am

Do you have a Yahoo! account, Christine?

1:14 am

Yea diz! Care to clue us in?

1:15 am

I can send an invite to the earthlink address though - will do that now.

1:16 am

Check your email, Christine...

1:18 am

hello all - could I have the stats for the O in 4th column for nbt please

1:19 am

os5/10

1:19 am

ty flosy

1:20 am

yw ursh

1:20 am

Hmmm. 'To fa4,7 again' is not 'to re-fa4,7'. Just so you all know. :P

1:20 am

tried it!

1:21 am

lol, JC -- but you never know, with re words

1:21 am

Ha! I'm relieved to see I'm not the only one who tried that. Very reassuring. ;)

1:22 am

Oh nice. Just found the od8,50...

1:22 am

lol, doesn't de either

1:23 am

nbt, finally!

1:23 am

wtg jellen!

1:23 am

How would you de-fa4,7 someone? Ah. 'Beano'.

1:24 am

thanks JC, got the od8

1:24 am

clue/stats for bottom row I?

1:24 am

well, that's what a de fa would be

1:24 am

You're welcome, flosey.

1:25 am

think stinging antiseptic, hpb -- variations on the theme

phew, fw thanks to lickety

1:25 am

wd, josh!

1:25 am

WOW, josh!

1:26 am

Wow, laptops doze off at the smell of alcohol, which gave me time to find about 20 words, and find my Yahoo password, and accept JC's invitation. Now what do I do?

1:26 am

well done Josh

1:27 am

hello all. i cannot seem to raise Lickety's list for today. is there some trick to it as i can only get 2 days ago. Thanks!!

1:27 am

hello helen

1:27 am

go out and come back in?

1:28 am

Maybe if you refresh?

1:28 am

hello helenary -- can't imagine what the problem is, sorry! Can you refresh?

1:28 am

hmmm... not getting it jilli. maybe I'm too tired.

1:28 am

tried that. hi flosey

1:28 am

i'll try again

1:28 am

hi all. late flip for me!

i can give clues if anyone likes

1:28 am

You can fi4,7 someone - as I unwisely joked about doing to our Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1993. If you do, you are not a fi4,7-er, however. Also, you cannot re-peat that act. Better get it right the first time then! ;)

1:28 am

Hello, m9...

1:29 am

hpb, they're io6,7,6

1:29 am

hi m9

1:30 am

"my" et4/5 word is here, again.

1:31 am

Hi, m9

1:31 am

Ah. Check your email, Christine?

1:31 am

finally got a 6 and 7. thanks.

1:32 am

I wonder if the et4,5 I just found is the one you lay claim to? If so, sorry - finder's keepers. ;)

1:33 am

nbt. time for bed.

1:33 am

nite hpb

1:33 am

wtg hpb

1:33 am

and g'night

1:34 am

G'night, hpb

1:34 am

Good night, hpb.

the oa7/9 is boat tool + underwater critter and plural

1:34 am

JC, I signed into Yahoo, and accepted your invitation, now what?

J.C. - did you request a connection to me on yahoo last night or around then?

1:35 am

JC

1:35 am

thx, josh -- !

1:35 am

i have been WATCHING for u

1:35 am

thanks josh. what an odd one!

1:36 am

Yes, carleekat?

1:36 am

Ah sorry. Yes, Josh...

1:36 am

thanks josh,

1:36 am

Ah, Ok Christine. Check my updates - you'll see a link to the photo I posted there.

1:36 am

i watched your clip...i will bare in mind next t ime i meet anyone not to request last drop

ok - i will accept. i did not recognize who it was but i just saw that your avatar is the same guy

1:37 am

thanks all..i had to go to firefox, and give up on safari

1:37 am

and it turns out a friend of mine..here..( fellow i grew up with).... lived for quite some time in england... a bit of a fan

1:37 am

just wanted to pass it on

1:37 am

And will tghat show you supreme living conditions?

1:37 am

And you can connect to several other Babblers there as well, Christine - you'll find them all in my 'Connections'. Click the 'More' link to see them all. Click each to go to their pages - the purple 'Get Updates' button to connect with them.

1:37 am

( being a NICE people from canada and all)

1:38 am

HAHAHA! Erm, very sarcastically speaking. :P

1:38 am

It will show you the snap of the view out of my hotel room window, yes.

1:38 am

Okay, I'll do that, after I post my word list.

1:38 am

Oh yes, carleekat?

1:38 am

I sent you a connection invite too, by the way...

1:39 am

to what dear?

1:39 am

JC -- did you ever see my ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM?

1:39 am

i dont do yahoo i am afraid...

1:39 am

can I please have stats for bottom i, and non-corner o?

1:39 am

Yes, Jill - quite, erm, imaginative. ;)

1:39 am

os 5/10

1:39 am

Ah. Well you're on there and connected with others, carleekat? So I hear.

1:39 am

oh.. I am going to have to go look jilli!

1:40 am

thanks book.. looking..

1:40 am

io 5/14 and variations

1:40 am

i connected to 2... and i ahve not been back since...i am an avid fb's ( keep track of my kids and their friends that way :) )

1:40 am

Hello everyone

1:40 am

Connect with the 'Acrobot Host', Christine - it's a fun acronym game we play. Jill is quite good at it!

1:41 am

io6, 7, 6 m9

1:41 am

thanks jilli. .. looking....

1:41 am

Thank you, Jill - found them. :)

1:41 am

Hi, lynxxx

1:42 am

yw JC

1:42 am

Hello lyn

1:42 am

How do I find it? 'tho I must admit I'm trying to cut back on computer time. In and out of Babble, last night from 10pm flip until about 6:30 am - now that's just too too much time.

1:42 am

thanks jilli! found 2 so far..

1:43 am

Ah, I'll have it connect with you - hold on.

1:43 am

and 3rd.

any other clues before i go?

1:43 am

Christine, go to JC's contacts, or mine, and you'll find Acrobot there

1:44 am

the acro thing is nice though because you don't have to be at computer... something to play with while waiting in line....

1:44 am

Jillibus, I really am the least savvy when it comes to computers, so how do I find your contacts?

1:45 am

I mean in Yahoo, Christine -- you'll see me in JC's contacts -- click on that and "get updates".

1:45 am

You go to Jill's page and press the 'Get Updates' button to connect with her, Christine. Then once she accepts, you will have access to view everything in her page, including all her contacts - you won't see them until you're connected.

1:45 am

Do that for anyone else you recognise there and wish to be connected with...

1:46 am

Ah - are you two connected already? :)

1:46 am

The third update down from the top, Christine - there's the link. Have you seen the photo?

1:46 am

I don't know...

1:46 am

Needless to say, they won't be getting any more of my business!

1:47 am

Okay, I'll file this in my brain, and get to it as soon as I enter the re4 of my word list.

1:47 am

Jesse you see there, is 'NB' from here.

1:47 am

Ah. OK...

1:48 am

anyway JC..i wanted to pass that on... not that it is earthshattering but i thought perhaps u'd like to hear regardless

1:48 am

Yes. Thank you, carleekat - always nice to hear. :)

1:49 am

good night/ morning all i am off to bed..is 3 am here

1:49 am

Sleep well, carlee. x

1:49 am

goodnight Carlee, sleep tight

1:49 am

sleep well, carleekat.

1:50 am

Jilli... you are aMAZing!!!!

1:50 am

and that is quite the view J.C.

1:52 am

G'night, carlee...

1:52 am

thanks, m9!

1:52 am

nbt. don't know why that os5 was so hard for me to find.

1:52 am

back soon - insomniac neighbour needs company.

1:53 am

Yes. Yet another 'room with a view', m9. Incidentally, Noël Coward wrote that about a view from a room in his home at the time - which is now my house. Another coincidence, besides his being gay and an entertainer is that we're both originally from Teddington.

1:53 am

wtg m9

1:53 am

very cool J.C. I love the movie adaptation

1:54 am

Disn't he say "don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs ??Worthington" ... I'm off.

1:54 am

Yes. That's a photo of the house's main entrance in my email signature, by the way.

1:54 am

Love Noel Coward

1:56 am

I'm fading fast...happy hunting, all!

1:56 am

bye Jellen

1:56 am

night jellen

1:57 am

night jellen

1:57 am

a few of the same words as last grid.

1:57 am

off the c

1:57 am

Yes. That often happens, I'm finding?

1:59 am

Yes.

2:03 am

oreo still doesn't work (trade name, I know)

2:04 am

You know and know it doesn't work - yet still try it?

2:04 am

Never mind. I've done that too. :P

2:04 am

It's nice to have an optimistic outlook. ;)

2:05 am

phant distract.

2:06 am

Yes, m9!

2:06 am

yay... got an 8!! nbt.. and nbs...

2:06 am

The od8,50?

2:07 am

Reminds me of a Bowie song...

2:07 am

'Ground control to Major Tom...'

2:07 am

no.. sh8/60

2:07 am

Tell my wife I love her very much... she KNOWS....!

2:08 am

thanks for the od.

2:09 am

and I'm floating in the most a peculiar wa-ayy...

2:10 am

Hmmm. Well since I gave you the clue for that 8, how about one for the other, please? ;)

2:10 am

need them in manual vehicles.

2:10 am

Have you seen our Welsh friend Steve, m9?

2:10 am

Who's in our network?

2:10 am

He is in David's 'Ashes to Ashes' video...

2:10 am

I don't believe so.

2:11 am

the one speaking the old tongue to you?

2:11 am

'Strange'.

2:11 am

If you look at my connections - click the 'More' link. You'll see him there near the start, first page.

2:11 am

Ah, yes. Taffy...

2:12 am

He does that just to be annoying. :P

2:15 am

my husband always told me that nothing is as terrifying as being sworn at in Welsh. Guess it loses something if it's in writing.LOL (and if you're not a little kid being yelled at by your grandfather)

2:17 am

ugh -- 30 re words

2:17 am

Ah, yes. The non-Welsh speaking Taffies will try to tell you there are no swear words in Welsh, that Welsh is too 'pure' a language. Don't believe it for a moment - Steve swears up a storm in Cymraeg. :P

2:17 am

And tells me what all the bad words mean. ;)

2:18 am

oh jilli... that put me onto another 8!! re8/60...

2:19 am

my eldest was trying to teach herself irish gaelic for a while.

2:19 am

how nice for you, m9 ;)

2:19 am

the light shining out of me is in lots of colors after that one!

2:20 am

oh, ty m9 -- got it!

2:20 am

yay!

2:25 am

hmm -- re-sh4 doesn't work...

2:27 am

LOL.. I almost said the same thing!

2:28 am

ooohh.... 309 words on my day off..perfect!

2:28 am

a diff sh4 works though. as does the pl. I am the person who re7 my 4 yo all through the day.

2:28 am

fist

2:28 am

Hi, rolin

2:28 am

congrats rolin

2:28 am

oooooh not a good start...lol

2:28 am

yup... that's one of them!

2:29 am

I give up for now -- bedtime anyway -- night all!

2:29 am

and *poof*

2:30 am

(200/109)

2:30 am

good for you jilli

2:32 am

hi flosey!

2:32 am

wow. I'm at 107/203...

2:33 am

oh.. another 8!! fe8/60

2:34 am

makes me want to go out and buy hundreds of sh4s....... not!

2:34 am

hi m9, I'm just plodding along

2:35 am

same here..

2:35 am

(I peeked and saw that -- ty m9!) *repoof*

2:35 am

1/2way seems a ways off.....

2:36 am

LOL.. jilli.

2:39 am

hi Rolin

2:41 am

Hello, lynxxx.

2:42 am

hi Haz.

2:42 am

We finally got a longer puzzle.

2:42 am

A reward for my good days work

2:42 am

Oh, so you're taking the credit?

2:43 am

What did you do to deserve it?

2:43 am

I deserve it! on my hands and knees scraping back layers of paint

2:44 am

I'll not argue with that! All those programmes showing instant renovations just don't cut it when you're in the midst of doing it yourself.

2:48 am

I always seem to do the prep, not sure how/why that happens. Although I do remember my husbands efforts in our first house armed with a blow torch and scraper - scary...and to top it all off with a circular sander. Those circles always showed through. Maybe I think I can do a better job - certainly not faster though

2:50 am

I know what you mean about the blow torch! I remember my father using one and being convinced that the house was going to go on fire. Preparation takes far longer than you ever think it's going to but it is worth it in the end. Make sure you get your fair share of the glory at the end of the project!

2:52 am

No problems with that

2:53 am

Are the layers of paint ones that you administered or have you inherited them from previous occupiers of the house?

2:55 am

Inherited - problem was that the quick paint job they did to tart up the house for sale involved using water base paint over original oil on all the woodwork - including multi panelled glass doors. The slightest hit/scrap meant that it peeled off

2:56 am

So the proof is there - no preparation = bad job = lynxxx on her hands and knees getting things right.

2:57 am

Will we get nice big grids for every day you're scraping?

2:58 am

I'll see what I can do. Did you see that DrG seems to be back on the revamp of Babble again

2:59 am

No - updates on facebook pass me by, I'm afraid. What's the latest?

2:59 am

l87/122 I'm off to bed, goodnight all

3:00 am

Goodnight, flosey.

3:03 am

A kind of 'brag book' for each player weirdly enough. abut previously he hadn't said anything for a couple of months. I don't do FB but do look at the site.If you are interested.....http://www.facebook.com /group.php?gid=106468556072681&v=wall& ref=ts

3:05 am

A brag book sounds weird, you're right! Thanks for the link, I'll look it up. And now I must disappear to get ready for a dentist's appointment. Just a check up and he's a nice dentist so it should be fine. See you later and enjoy 'your' grid!

3:05 am

bye Haz

3:14 am

good morning everybody

3:14 am

hi Ruby

3:17 am

hello lynxx. put plenty of padding under your knees!

3:18 am

How silly - I've got a gardening thing and forgot to bring it in. TY

3:18 am

if you can believe it, I've ruined my knees just being on the floor petting dogs for an hour a day, 7 years!

3:19 am

unfortunately, they are too big to pick up

3:21 am

I do miss cuddling a dog. Not only is Stew too big to pick up but he is too bony - and hates being cuddled/constricted. Does enjoy sharing a bed or couch though

3:22 am

morning all. Too bad you didn't go sit on your bottom all those years, rubyfoo :(

3:22 am

of course, you're right, I cuddle Ruby as much for me as for her, but it is ruining my knees!

3:22 am

morning Sprite

3:22 am

sharing a bed/couch is nice too

3:22 am

what bottom? too scrawny to be useful

3:22 am

hello sprite

3:22 am

that is what cushions are for, lol

3:23 am

for some reason, not one of our chows (5, over the years), has ever gotten up on the furniture

3:23 am

orca

3:23 am

oars

3:23 am

trace

3:23 am

strafe

3:23 am

race

3:23 am

rubyfoo is on a roll

3:24 am

oh, so sorry!!! slinking away to the pb for some more coffee

3:24 am

I know, wish she would do ones I don't have

3:24 am

ruby thanks - yu must have known I have just come in and havent started - now I have.

3:24 am

lol

3:24 am

morning jhb

3:24 am

hi jhb!

3:24 am

I'm so sorry, I was just so happy to see sprite, that I lost track of what I was doing!

3:24 am

oops not morning - evening

3:24 am

omg I found an 8 right away

3:25 am

notice, I didn't put any 8's in by mistake.....

3:25 am

Hi everyone. Just come in from a cheap and cheerful dinner with a friend. Now looking at the grid before turning in.

3:25 am

hello jhb

3:25 am

what kind of gfood?

3:25 am

food*

3:25 am

farce

3:25 am

life can be good, can't it, jhb

3:26 am

never eaten farce, how does it taste?

3:26 am

Oops - sorry. I got carried away and forgot to move the cursor back. But I know you all have that easy one anyway.

3:26 am

Sure can sprite.

3:26 am

is gfood a portmanteau word?

3:26 am

I didn't, so thank you, jhb

3:27 am

like eating crow? but laughing

3:27 am

it may be childish but am having so much fun about this, lolll

3:27 am

And I will get a telling off from my Big sister if she is on tonight. And yes ruby farce can be pretty funny but you need lots of good red to wash it down.

3:27 am

I love this grid!

3:28 am

How many words do I have to get tonight?

3:28 am

just a mere 309

3:28 am

309

3:28 am

Moving cursor back to rightful place.

3:29 am

So whats 309 minus 57? Plenty huh?

3:29 am

304 and counting down

3:30 am

first 50 were easy; let's see about the next 150!

3:30 am

Good evening/morning/afternoon

3:30 am

istine are you there?

3:30 am

That's supposed to be Christine -

3:31 am

oh my she will never show this way, jhb. Use her full name, lol.

3:31 am

Hello, just came back. Jow's everyone this morning, evening, night?

3:31 am

hi Christine :) See, it helped.

3:31 am

gd morning, Christine

3:31 am

am ok, happy to see my girl again this afternoon after a school camp that took all week.

3:31 am

I guess had too much red tonight ruby but enjoying the chat anyway. And you see my sister cant type/spell either. See asks Joh is everyone.

3:32 am

Sprite -- you remembered our chat about names and my distaste for abreviations.

3:32 am

oh, night! you must be a big partier!!!

3:32 am

it runs in the family, I see, lolol

3:32 am

Think I'll give it up tonight - spelling gone to the dogs and I really didn't have any red with dinner.

3:32 am

so you are sisters! how lovely

3:32 am

I wish my sister would get a computer

3:32 am

I did, Christine!

3:33 am

So sprite - are you claiming sistership with Christine?

3:33 am

huh? No, that would be your job, jhb. I can only claim babble friendship.

3:34 am

I posted earlier that I was in and out of Babble from the flip at 10pm until about 6:30am. That's really too much time on the computer, and I'm gonna cut down ... but I don't know when.

3:34 am

I really enjoy the chat as much/ more than the game.

3:35 am

chat here is often great. Wonderful people.

3:36 am

I used to love the original scrabulous. Then it eroded to lexulous. now the format has changed and I don't like it any more

3:36 am

the chat here is much better and more interesting. We all share more, much of it really interesting and helpful information

3:37 am

and the emotional support is a marvel; many of us need it from time to time

3:38 am

I like it that sometimes the chat is deep and meaningful, and another time it is funny or even hilarious. And I like it that by far most people are kind and caring here... and intelligent.

3:38 am

this game is much harder than scrabble

3:38 am

yes, and frequently it is the only funny spot in the whole day!

3:39 am

only if you want to finish grids, grin.

3:39 am

I am delighted to have stumbled across such a caring community. People helping each other whether kind words or a laugh it is genuine friendship.

3:40 am

yes, for a virtual community this one is really amazing.

3:40 am

sallyds recommended it to me, but I never see her in the chat. I think she is a sweet, shy lurker! {{sallyds wherever you are}}

3:41 am

and even in the short time I've been part of it, we have had our share of tragedies and a few joyous things.

3:41 am

and there is a lost of very good-natured jo**ing

3:41 am

I'd really wish more of the shy lurkers would chat... they really don't know how welcome they are, to either talk a lot or just drop an occasional line. I love meeting more of us.

3:42 am

and look whose pup is in here again; sprite is very well connected!!!!

3:42 am

lol, he is 20 months now, don't let him hear you ;)

3:43 am

hello all! just caught you're last chat sprite... How do you know there ARE lurkers?

3:43 am

How did y'all find Babble? I read a blog "Chocolate & Zucchini" and the blogger mentioned playing wjhen she lived US. That was back in 2004, and I've been in and out since then. Then Judith & Marianne came in, then we were off for a while, but I'm hoping Otherr Sister can find time to join us.

3:44 am

hello lilecama! Every now and then a lurker will say "Fireworks"

3:44 am

hi Lile! Because much more people play than chat, as proven by the rankings.

3:44 am

There must be loads of lurkers. Look at who's online.

3:44 am

after we've been babbling and babbling for hours

3:44 am

Christine, I was told about it by ConXshun, who still plays now and again but hardly ever chats.

3:45 am

You can look at Who's OnLine tab above too...though that will also show all the Babblers who don't log off at all (like me)

3:45 am

fera is a French lake fish :(

3:45 am

rubyfoo goes back to the PB!

3:45 am

but enable didn't accept it

3:45 am

Not fair - she is only trying to help the laggers like me.

3:46 am

I tried it twice!

3:46 am

the last word Ruby

3:46 am

I have to be firm about it, jhb, or chaos will ensue... but the PB is actually a great place to be. Stocked up the cupboards and fridge myself this morning.

3:46 am

grin rubyfoo... other word

3:47 am

hahahah I didn't even see that. And still wouldn't have. So thanks, lynxx, and sorry for putting my foot in it again

3:47 am

Oh alright and I have to admit I got caught - I put the word into the grid after seeing it. Embarrassed grin!

3:47 am

Well done :)

3:47 am

but fe** (see how careful I am now?) is the best fi** in our lake

3:49 am

enable is unpredictable, partial and crazy

3:50 am

isn't the crew of rich showoffs the j**s**?

3:50 am

phantoms: tenrec and teiid

3:51 am

for sure! like us raofl

3:51 am

nice Sprite

3:51 am

yeah but it does not take!

3:51 am

very good phantoms, lyn! Pro babbler phantoms for sure.

3:52 am

and what about the cookie, or**

3:52 am

I know ROFLMAO, but what is RAOFL ?

3:52 am

rolling around on floor laughing

3:52 am

close

3:52 am

rolling ar4 on floor laughing?

3:52 am

Oh, tolling around on floor, laaughing ?

3:52 am

snap.

3:52 am

ROFLMAO Christine?

3:53 am

*evil grin*

3:53 am

but I prefer to toll around.

3:53 am

yes, christine, that's even harder.....

3:53 am

rolling on floor laughing my ar4 off

3:53 am

or loll around which is my specialty

3:53 am

Do you toll before ir after wireforks?

3:54 am

during, mostly

3:54 am

Judith see Sprite at 3:51

3:55 am

Would anyone like a nice cup of tea? or a cup of nice tea?

3:55 am

I could use both, thanks

3:55 am

Yes please. Lemon and giner if you have it.

3:55 am

I would love one, thank you, with milk please

3:55 am

giner?

3:55 am

Golly that spirit is in here again - it should be ginger.

3:56 am

or maybe you meant gin, like a hot toddy of sorts

3:56 am

you know, jhb, we babblers can read through occasional typos like nobody's business! Don't worry about it.

3:57 am

Yes but I did train as a Secretary many moons ago. Should be able to type

3:57 am

lemon, gin and ginger? As my not so dear father would say, you can make sh4 taste good with all that.

3:57 am

you are able to type. Just not always perfectly, in chat... like most of us, grin.

3:57 am

Very good sprite and he was probably right

3:57 am

like Julia Child, just add 1/2 lb of butter

3:57 am

yep, in that respect he probably was, lol.

3:58 am

you can eat yuor bedroom slipper

3:58 am

Think I'll go and make myself a cup of tea as my big sister is all talk.

3:58 am

nah just give her time, her tea is always so lovely

3:59 am

104 painless words. Now it will probably get harder.....

3:59 am

Lovely talking to you all. See you tomorrow maybe. Good luck with the grin, grin and the gin. See how cleaver this babbler is- changes words by changing letters.

3:59 am

Sorry - phone went.. Had to scroll waaaayyyyy down for your answer, Sprite.

4:00 am

{{jhb}}

4:00 am

bye jhb, sleep well

4:00 am

does anybody have the 9?

4:00 am

Should have been grid, grin and gin. Oh well lol and rofl

4:00 am

night jhb

4:00 am

awful when real life interferes, isn't it Lile :D

4:00 am

not me yet, rubyfoo

4:00 am

or, as christine said ROFLMAO!

4:01 am

nuisance sometimes, indeed! ;(

4:01 am

morning all

4:01 am

I thought this was real life and the rest was an illusion!

4:01 am

hello kalia

4:02 am

hi Kallia

4:02 am

hey Kallia

4:02 am

close, rubyfoo, very close

4:03 am

been lurking this morning, am off for a long weekend and needed my fix before I go lol

4:03 am

ah, that;s it!... when i answer the phone I'm off to dream land.. nice image

4:03 am

argh, the evil tooth torturer is not a phantom today

4:03 am

nope he is not Sprite

4:03 am

wow one word over halfway...thought I was going well but have hit a blank...lol

4:03 am

ok, ok.... here I am... Just noticed the chat about lurkers. Which I admit I am. Please allow me to explain... If I chat,, I can't hunt. My attention is more on the chat than on the grid. I play because I like to hunt. I get very distracted by the chat. so I don't do it. I DO VERY MUCH appreciate the chat tho.... :)

4:03 am

where are you going, kallia? Fun plans?

4:04 am

heyyyy ConXshun :) Sooo nice to see you.

4:04 am

I missed him. But mine is a sweetie; he has a farm outside of Geneva where he raises St. Bernards and FLAMINGOES

4:04 am

I have done all I can manage today...177 words, am happy with that

4:04 am

hello sprite!...

4:04 am

hi ConXshun...nice to see you if only for a moment

4:04 am

BBL

4:04 am

{{conxshun}} that's OK

4:04 am

wtg Kallia

4:05 am

see here I go, staring at the chat instead of the grid... and I can't seem to do both together :(

4:05 am

(conXshun and I are real life friends too)

4:05 am

yep Sprite, I am of to Brecon to stay with an arty friend, and we are taking a course in Chepstow Castle

4:05 am

hi again Lile ;)

4:05 am

is that what it's like Con?

4:05 am

sounds great, Kallia, what kind of course?

4:06 am

it's an arty course...I do mixed media and this is all about using friendly plastic

4:06 am

you recognise the problem lile?

4:06 am

I hadn't noticed, conX has a Dutch flag, too!

4:07 am

sounds like fun Kalia, and in a castle, to boot!

4:07 am

sounds very creative, Kallia. Have a lovely time :)

4:07 am

Goodnight, Judith, God bless

4:07 am

yep, my Friend is the Education officer for the Welsh castles

4:07 am

Sprite and I live in the same part of the netherlands...

4:07 am

yeah but ConXshun's english is much better

4:08 am

well conX's english must be better then mine if that is the case!

4:08 am

but sprite is better at finding words....

4:08 am

yeah I do con.... I say hello - to let everyone know I'm around. help when I can, occassionally put my penny worth's in and hunt inbetween times.

4:09 am

and I grew up in the UK.... :)

4:09 am

are you English conX?

4:09 am

((((ConX)))))

4:09 am

no body lives near here!

4:10 am

Well, lile, maybe I need to practice....

4:10 am

and virtually no English-speakers in the village

4:10 am

Lilecama, what is your icon ?

4:10 am

some kind op nebula. christine

4:11 am

No. Kallia, I'm dutch - moved to UK when I was 7 - moving back to NL at 27

4:11 am

got to go get ready for the off...have a great day folks

4:11 am

bye

4:11 am

bye kallia

4:11 am

have a great weekend, Kallia

4:11 am

have a wonderful time, kalia!

4:11 am

see you kallia

4:12 am

Beautiful, Lilecama

4:12 am

thanks christine, the universe is indeed beautiful!

4:12 am

have you read the mole books, ConX?

4:13 am

ok - hearts going apesh*t. Too many conversations in the chat for me to handle. Sorry folks. Off to my lurkers corner.....

4:13 am

ConXshun, is your icon a Celtic design? it seems to be one long ribbon, winding around.

4:13 am

bye ConX, take care

4:13 am

Oh - sprite! the mole books were GREAT.... Galen's reading them too, that's why we still have them....

4:13 am

sleep well, ConXshun.

4:13 am

oh wonderful! So glad you are enjoying them.

4:14 am

found it on the net, christine. thanks, sprite. Now I must be off. bye all! Till I'm pulled out of my lurkers corner again...

4:15 am

taking a break at 124. Lovely chat, thanks all. See you later

4:15 am

*hugs*

4:15 am

{{everybody}}

4:15 am

bye con! keep practicing!

4:15 am

bye for now rubyfoo

4:16 am

Goodnight, all ... tho' I'm sure to be back in a very little while.

4:16 am

hurry back Christine

4:16 am

bye christine! see you soon!

morning all how many words today please

4:19 am

309 sandra, good morning

thanks

4:22 am

and I found the 9, in case anyone wants to have stats

please

4:23 am

d

4:23 am

oa9/78, think sea life. Compound.

4:23 am

morning all including sandrarances. How many words today please?

309 diann

4:24 am

hello diann

how is diann this morning

4:24 am

I am ok - and you?? Only just switched the computer on - aol was down.

oh dear

i am ok thanks

i am ok thanks

i am ok thanks

4:26 am

u have told me 3 times that you are ok - have you a stutter on your computer???

oops there are gremlins this morning. it is running a few seconds behind!!!

4:26 am

fist

4:26 am

fish

4:26 am

fishes

4:26 am

tits

4:26 am

lol you are doing great, both of you

diann you are typing in the wrong column

4:26 am

oops!!!

i have the 9. hooray!!!

4:28 am

dreamlife is calling me!!!! see you later everyone!

4:29 am

have a good day, Lile

4:29 am

gratz sandra

4:40 am

Hello, All :-)

4:41 am

heee zooz!

4:41 am

how are you today?

4:41 am

How are you, Spritey, on this sunny cold day?

4:41 am

I am well thanks :-)

4:42 am

hehehe :) I am ok, looking forward to seeing my daughter again after a week of school camp.

4:43 am

Plenty of hugs will be the order of the day then, plus lots of wonderful gossip, i am sure :-)

4:44 am

yes for the hugs. No for the gossip... I bet she is dead tired. She'll want to hang on me for the rest of the day, then eat, then sleep. Probably a shower in between somewhere.

4:44 am

Oh bless her, hope she has had a wonderful time.

4:45 am

looks like she had. The school has a website and the reports about this week look very good. They had loads of rain and hail, but the spirit was strong.

4:46 am

You can always trust the weather to get in the way, but sounds good that it did not spoil there fun :-)

4:47 am

Hello Sprite & Zooz :-)

4:47 am

hey Soodle :)

4:47 am

Hello, Soodle :-)

4:47 am

How old is your daughter, Sprite? My 15 yr old is just back from a 'Bonding Trip' - but they were calling it the Bondage Trip!!!

4:48 am

How are you, Soodle?

4:48 am

oh my, not sure if i would like to know the details , Soodle..lol

4:48 am

I am very well, thank you Zooz. Bank holiday weekend here ..... YAY! How are you?

4:48 am

it is a good school. They do this week in the first year to help build the class spirit. Bad weather actually helps, I think, lol. They had a nightly orientation walk where they really needed eachother to get through, the weather was so awful.

4:49 am

she is 12, Soodle!

4:49 am

I feel good today, thank-you.

4:49 am

hehehe, Bondage trip! That young!

4:49 am

orts

4:49 am

Zooz - there were 36 x 15 yr old girls. I think it was pretty harmless. Zooz - So glad to hear your in good form!

4:49 am

oh, poo...very sorry, All.

4:50 am

Nope! I didn't have that one, Zooz. Ta!

4:50 am

fireflies! Anything I may help with before I go do some chores?

4:51 am

thanks for the offer, Spritey, but i have 251 to find.

4:51 am

Yay Sprite! No, thank you - I will bumble along for another while!

4:52 am

remember to plural, use the robot ending, try comparatives and superlatives and past tenses!

4:52 am

oh yes, nearly forgot, WTG Spritey!

4:52 am

Soodlebumbles!

4:52 am

thanks for the adive, duely noted

4:53 am

LOL

4:53 am

advice*

4:53 am

*hugs to both of you* and have fun

4:53 am

(((Spritey)))

4:54 am

Sorry to abandon you Zooz - I gotta go and do stuff.....

4:54 am

thats, ok, will dive into the grid, nice to see you Soodle :-)

Oooooooh I have to go to work and it is SUCH a nice looking grid.

5:03 am

Hope work goes well for you, Red, yes the grid is smooth so far.

see you all tonight.

5:04 am

take care, Red.

5:12 am

Hello everyone!

5:16 am

Hello, Scrabs :-)

5:16 am

How are you?

5:16 am

Hi Zoom, how are you doing?

5:17 am

I am good, thanks :-)

5:17 am

Very nice. Enjoying this big grid?

5:17 am

Yes, about time we had a decent sized grid..lol

5:18 am

it seems to be going smoothly too.

5:18 am

These big ones are fun, just locating words & typing away.

5:19 am

i am starting to find, that i am entering words without even thinking about it..lol

5:20 am

Sometimes, with certain grids, I assume certain words MUST be there, so I type them in and often that works.

5:21 am

Thank-you Scrabs, that was what i was trying to say..lol

5:21 am

It's fun, isn't it?

5:21 am

hello Zooz and Scrabs

5:22 am

Hi Lynxxx. I never finished yesterday's grid. Do you recall what the 10 was?

5:22 am

Hello, Lynxxx!

Hi scrabbler. Tattletale.

5:23 am

That took a bit of thinking - tattletale

5:23 am

hi Sally

Ahd hi everyone!

5:23 am

Aha. TY! Hi Sally!

5:24 am

Hello, Sally :-)

5:24 am

I haven't seen you for ages Scrabbs...everyone OK?

5:24 am

hellooo babblers... wow, a big grid today!

5:24 am

and and and....w e have licketyu's list!!!!! hoooooorayyyyyy

5:24 am

Hi Varumba

5:24 am

hi Varumba

5:24 am

hey scrab and lynxxx

5:24 am

hello, Varumba

5:25 am

hey zooooooz like your name ;)

5:26 am

lol, thanks..it was supposed to be `zoomzoom` but i did not enter it correctly at the time..lol

lol zooz.

5:26 am

lmao... have you tried emailing the webmaster to have it corrected? It happened to me on another site... type too quickly and didn't realise i had forgotten a letter... emailed the webmaster asked if my screenname could be changed, and voila!

5:27 am

ahh my daughter is singing while she washes di6.24, I upset her badly yesterday but she seems OK and getting on with it all - whew!

5:27 am

Oh, now I understand. You can write to Dr_God and have him correct it. Several Babblers have even changed their names.

5:27 am

lol

5:27 am

are we making sentences including clues to todayu's words?

5:27 am

i did think about it, then after alot of people just type, zoo or zooz, i thought it would not make a difference :-)

5:28 am

Minveryork often does long stories with grid clues.

5:28 am

not me Varumba

I don't really like clues unless I'm really stuck. I do take advantage of words mis-typed in the chog though!

5:28 am

fair enough zoooooooooom

5:29 am

Glad to hear that you both have made up then lynxxx...nothing worse than the big sulk..lol

5:29 am

LOL, Varumba.

Have to go for a moment, husband back from doctor.

5:30 am

It wasn't quite that Zooz, but I am very relieved that she seems happy today

5:31 am

syl sally

5:31 am

bye for now, Sally.

5:35 am

wow - I have hit a brick wall with 100 still to find

5:36 am

well, it IS big grid

5:36 am

i am 30 behind you, Lynxxx.

5:37 am

229 to go

5:37 am

yes, i've just started too.... 218

5:37 am

stop lagging behind Scrabbs - hurry up

5:38 am

*typing furiously*

5:38 am

lol

5:39 am

nesh

5:39 am

not a word

5:39 am

neither is neddies

5:40 am

hello all - back again for a while. DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT'S INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY TODAY? :)

5:40 am

oh, hahaha, i did try that one earlier, Lynxxx

5:40 am

And ditto = phantom. Hi Lile

5:40 am

hi lile

5:40 am

Is that for real, Lile?

5:40 am

NO THANKS FOR TELLING US SO LOUDLY..LOL

5:41 am

hi Lil

5:41 am

LOL! ZOOZZOOM - 'TIS RATHER LOUD, ISN'T IT?

5:46 am

DID I FRIGHTEN EVERYONE AWAY?

5:46 am

Sorry, i could not type, had my fingers in my ears..LOL

5:47 am

YOU COULD GET SOME EARPLUGS ;)

5:47 am

seriously lile, are you gonna scream all the way through?

5:48 am

lol

5:48 am

WHAT ELSE CAN I DO ON INTERNATIONAL CAP LOCKS DAY - TIS ONLY ONCE A YEAR - AND SOMETIMES SCREAMING IS SOOOO MUCH FUN

5:49 am

<<<<runs to get some eye blinds (or whatever you callt hose things ppl put on their face when trying to block out somethign from their eyes)

5:49 am

LOL VARUMBA... IS IT REALLY THAT DISTURBING?

5:49 am

<<<<nodds furiously

5:51 am

OOOH :( HAVE YOU GOT A SUGGESTION FOR A SOLUTION?

5:51 am

easy..... closing down chat box ;)

5:52 am

OK. I'll Tone Down A Bit. Don't Want You To Close Down THe Chat Box Cos Of Me... THere. Is This Better?

5:53 am

much better TY from me too...the caps really jump out

5:54 am

Also Good Practice For 'How To Get Noticed', Lynxxx ;)

5:55 am

I am past that so I'll remember not to 'cap'

5:56 am

yay, found the 9

5:56 am

YAY, Zoozzzoom.

5:57 am

wtg zooz, what are the stats? Hi lynxxx and shouty person!

5:57 am

oa 9/78 compound word

5:57 am

hi FM - covering chat - haven't found the 9 yet

5:57 am

Hello, FM :-)

5:58 am

s

5:58 am

o

5:58 am

o

5:58 am

r

5:58 am

r

5:58 am

y

5:58 am

Ooooh, Shouty Person - Must Be Me... (silent grin). Hello FMitch

5:58 am

l

5:58 am

thanks zooz will bear that in mind

5:58 am

y

5:58 am

n

5:58 am

x

5:58 am

ok it is safe now Lynxxx

5:59 am

Dives back in.

6:00 am

hmmm, seem to have stirred things a bit. I'll pass it on to the inventors of the NCD. Not a good day for Babblers. How sad

6:01 am

How considerate Zooz TY

6:01 am

lol, your welcome.

6:03 am

Don`t be dis-hearted lilecama :-)

6:04 am

but I am. zoozzoom.. :( I've upset people, and I can't shout anymore... and i was So Happy with International Cap Locks Day.... Thought it might be so much fun... :'( sniff, sniff

6:07 am

not upset Lilecama, non caps is just a thing here

6:07 am

i am not upset, either :-)

6:09 am

fa 7/44? darned if I can find it....

6:09 am

fa7/44 not near + on the edge sort of

6:10 am

sniff, thanks both, *blows nose*. Varumba;s disappeared tho. CLosed the chat, she did. I suppose the non caps thing makes it like a library. Quiet for concentration.

6:11 am

Nooooo - that's not after those cartoons is it!! TY Zooz

6:11 am

fa7/44 not near + whos **** are you on?

6:11 am

Thanks Zoozzoom, thats fireworks

6:11 am

Sometimes it's good to do things different tho - even for a short while..... isn't it? Keeps it flexible

6:11 am

WTG Bubba!

6:11 am

Congrats Bubba - and hello

6:11 am

this is true, Lilcama :-)

6:12 am

yw Lynxxx

6:12 am

*whispers* well done bubba.

6:12 am

Hi Lynxxx

6:12 am

ah---like the comics--I'm slow this sm--ty!

6:12 am

*am

6:12 am

yw :-)

6:15 am

to be honest, i did not know about the `far side` comics, just googled them..lol

and how you can go to the pb zooz lol

6:16 am

the page a day calenders were very popular here

6:16 am

Hello, Jean..i think i should be in living in there..opps, sorry.

6:16 am

hi Espritd, good to see you

hi lyn

:-)

those cartoons did have some good insights

6:17 am

Poor little Lilecama, wanted to jump up and down, and twirl around ... well, we'll give 'em fair warning next year, and you can SHOUT!!! for two postings on that day, okay??

6:18 am

Hello, Christine :-)

6:18 am

hi every1!

6:18 am

bk for a few

6:19 am

wb Varumba

6:19 am

ty :)

6:19 am

*looks up from sodden tissue* Two whole postings, christine? thank you, that's very kind.

6:23 am

Hello, all. I posted a while ago that I'm gonna spend less time online; yesterday I came in at the 10pm flip, in and out until 6:30am, just too much time. So, tonight, I signed off, put away the laptop and took up my book and tea for a while -- and had withdrawal pangs, so I'm back, in and out, looking for lost words.

6:23 am

lmao chris

6:24 am

trying to give up babbles is just pointless, lol

6:24 am

lol, yes this is soo addictive :-)

6:24 am

Once a year, two (reasonably sized) postings, I think we can all live with that.

6:25 am

THere's alway the BA, christine....

6:25 am

most of us are members of the BA..lol

6:26 am

I'm sorry, what is the BA

6:26 am

*chirps up* Ooooh, *checks back to see length of postings today.... sees there's more than two, slumps back down but not as far as was....*

6:26 am

Babblers Anonymous --- duh

6:26 am

lol

6:26 am

Babbler's anonymous. Just think of all the lurkers!!

6:27 am

thinking of rotten old Bank of America

6:27 am

lol!

6:27 am

Goodnight all

6:27 am

bye lynxxx

6:27 am

bye lynxxx! sweet dreams and sys

6:27 am

Take care, Lynxxx

6:29 am

oh dear, already using lickety's and more words... and still 122 to go!!! this is gonna be a looong onw

6:29 am

one*

6:30 am

57 left, and am thinking of listing very soon.

6:30 am

wow, impressive!

6:30 am

Sleep well, Lynxxx

6:30 am

i'm on 151 and struggling already.... makes me want to ShOUt... (quietly)

6:31 am

and there's never 7 words from that top left hand C

6:33 am

What we need, Lilecama is variable fonts, so you can shout in uppercase in very tiny letters.

6:33 am

yeah yeah yeah! :))))

6:34 am

Must go order some fabric for quilt. Back soon.

6:34 am

hb chris

6:34 am

bye Christine

6:34 am

Bye for now, Christine.

6:36 am

good morning/afternoon/evening everyone

6:36 am

half way... must go and do some things... back later.

6:36 am

Hello, Annie :-)

6:36 am

hi annie!

6:37 am

hi zooz

6:37 am

Bye for now, Lilecama

6:38 am

How are you, Annie?

6:39 am

Im okay..hope you are the same..

6:39 am

yes, i am well today, thanks :-)

6:39 am

any1 got the cor 7/36? driving me mad

6:39 am

Our paths have not crossed in a while

6:39 am

hi varumba

6:40 am

co7/36 not wrong

6:40 am

i can't play this everyday during the week.... as some of the days, only come back home for more than 45 min after 10 pm....

6:41 am

oh man, that c at the other corner must have been in blind corner!!

6:41 am

tx zoooooooooom

6:41 am

lol, yw :-)

6:42 am

t9

6:42 am

hi inge

6:42 am

h iinge

6:46 am

ok, time to list, i am getting no where now.

6:52 am

Morning all, Happy Friday.

6:52 am

hi molly

6:53 am

Hello, Molly, Happy Friday to you too :-)

6:53 am

Thinking of the bride to be. I'm sure she's a mass of quivering butterflies.

6:54 am

Anniebrook, long time no see. I'm emailing my list of this weeks books, why don't you send your list to me, okay?

6:54 am

Oh yes, EVA MUST BE ALL OVER THE PLACE, BLESS HER.

6:55 am

chris, I do not have a list but will send you some of my favorites

6:55 am

oops sorry pushed the caps lock

6:55 am

Tomorrow is the big day

6:55 am

Okay. Has anyone read Little Bee? very touching.

6:56 am

still 109 to go....

6:56 am

Lilecama, look what zoozzoom did; good job Lynxxx is sleeping.

6:56 am

is this by Chris Cleave?

6:56 am

lol, hey don`t you start, Christine..lol

6:57 am

chris, what a beautiful church that your daughter was married in..

6:58 am

h ote

6:59 am

hello, anawaltgal

6:59 am

hello - i always sling something stupid in here

7:00 am

hi ana

7:00 am

hi ana

7:00 am

join the club, Anawaltgal..i do that all the time

7:03 am

good to know zoozzoom

7:03 am

Anniebrook it's a tiny place, but so beautiful.

7:04 am

chris, just lovely

7:15 am

world gymnastics are on... bbl guys

7:15 am

gl with the grid

7:15 am

take care, Varumba :-)

7:17 am

Oh bosh, I tried to change my icon, to show the church's interior, and got the message that it was an unknown formula. However, when I first changed to this icon, I used the interior shot by mistake and changed it. So how can it not take this time? grumble-grumble ...

7:17 am

format, not formula

7:18 am

right click on the photo, and make sure it says .jpg

7:19 am

sorry, right click the photo and goto properties then make sure it says.jpg

7:20 am

Yes, it does say that, and it accepted it about a week ago, when people posted wedding shots for EvaNadine. Utter bosh!!!

7:21 am

Good morning everyone!!

7:22 am

oh dear, sorry to hear that, maybe just closing & re starting babble might work?

7:22 am

Hello, ((MoM))

7:22 am

((((Z00zz)))) hello. So nice to see you. How are you?

7:23 am

I am good today, hope you are well?

7:23 am

I am. So glad it is a good day for you

7:24 am

hi all

7:24 am

hello, Jmc :-)

7:24 am

I can say ... well sh**, I knew it would be a large grid today because I will be out most of the day.

7:24 am

Hi jmc

7:24 am

I am pleased it is a large grid, i find small grids harder..lol

7:25 am

I do as well. I much prefer a large grid

7:25 am

Hi (((mom))), jmc

7:26 am

(((Annie)) good morning. Hope you are feeling better.

7:26 am

today mom and I are going to the candy store to get our Halloween candy and then to the meat market and out to lunch

7:26 am

i only need one word an af6/27 got the first one any clues please?

7:26 am

i haven't had time to finish most of the small grids this week :-(

7:27 am

Mom, that is so nice..it still hurts but I overdid it yesterday

7:27 am

I can help you look Zoozz

7:27 am

*wonders if mom is a dual personality since she is going out with herself*

7:27 am

oh Annie! :-(

7:27 am

shhh jmc, don't tell anybody

7:28 am

Oh boy, this was to be a night thaat I didn't stay on the computer - signed on at 11pm, and it's now almost 5:30am. In and out of Babble, blogs and business. I could've not retired if I wanted to put in this much time on the computer.

7:28 am

what? did I say that out loud?

7:28 am

lol jmc

7:30 am

And fireworks for me.

7:30 am

i hope you got some sleep between 11 pm and 5:30!

7:31 am

congratulations Zoozz!!!!

7:31 am

whooo hoooo zoooz!

7:31 am

YAY for zooz!!!

7:31 am

afro is too a word!!!

7:32 am

totally mom!

7:32 am

I don't sleep much, but since my time's my own, I could nap if I'm sleepy.

7:34 am

Yes, but it has a capital letter because it's associated with the continent. (I'll stand up for enable, nobody else will)

7:34 am

and nobody else will haz!

7:34 am

And good morning/afternoon/why aren't you in bed Christine?/all.

7:35 am

hi haz

7:35 am

I know, I'm a lone voice for enable. I don't know that I'd run for office on that ticket, though.

7:36 am

not many votes for you in this crowd if you did

7:36 am

but I would support a save the ! ticket

7:37 am

good afternoon Haz, thanks for that information.

7:37 am

hello :) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:37 am

Hello Atalante, how are you doing?

7:37 am

You're welcome, Mom.

7:37 am

*horrified look at ata*

7:38 am

Hello, Ata!

7:38 am

hi ata

7:38 am

I deserve exclamation marks today cos I finally get to have a shower and a change of clothes!

7:38 am

well congrats!

7:39 am

that is excellent news Ata

7:39 am

Good for you!

7:39 am

and that makes me very very happy

7:39 am

I understand no shower after surgery but a little baffled about not being able to change clothes

7:39 am

amazing how much difference a shower can make

7:39 am

You probably have disappointed Hobbit, you probably had much more of an interesting odour before.

7:40 am

that was just it hurting too much to pull stuff over legs!

7:40 am

Hobbit's flopped on the big chair by the window, and a few minutes ago a big pile of cushions cascaded onto her from the back of the chair. Did she move? Not an inch. Kept snoring away buried under the pile.

7:40 am

ah! well that makes sense -- not hurting so much now?

7:41 am

probably nice and dark and cozy under the pillows

7:41 am

and easier without about 6 foot of crepe bandage wrapped round my leg!

7:42 am

Hello, Everyone!

7:42 am

I haven't seen you for ages, Ata!

7:42 am

Hello, Vicuna!

7:43 am

have to scoot out of here. So glad to see all of you today. Hi Vicuna ((Hugs)) to all of you

7:43 am

hi vic

7:43 am

Vi11111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

7:43 am

Do I want to start this grid?

7:43 am

Bye, Mom.

7:43 am

Hello and goodbye, Mom.

7:43 am

bye bye, Haz

7:43 am

Of course you do, Vi, that's if you can move after the onslaught of !! landing on you.

7:43 am

not if you want a life today vic

7:43 am

bye bye, Vicuna

7:44 am

*sweeps up !!s to recycle*

7:44 am

jmc is my kind of woman.

7:44 am

I do sort of need to have a life today... at least, if you count dressing up for the 1850's and accompanying daughter's class trip as a "life."

7:44 am

:-)

7:44 am

sounds fun

7:45 am

Should be interesting. We have a one room schoolhouse in town and the class is going there to find out what life would have been like in 1855.

7:47 am

well i give up for this morning -- can't even get nbt and have lots of work ahead of me

7:47 am

I stepped away to wash breakfast dishes and come back to find that Ata is going to have a shower, congrats(!)...dont look Haz and hi to Vicuna

7:47 am

see you all later

7:47 am

bye jmc..get it all done

7:47 am

hi Annie!

7:47 am

Goodbye, jmc! <- (recycled)

7:48 am

And hello, Annieb!

7:48 am

Hello, Annie, bye jmc.

7:48 am

Gosh, even I wasn't alive in the 1850s. No babble for starters.

7:48 am

(What is this "wash dishes" of which you speak?)

7:49 am

there might have been .... if you weren't alive then, how do you know?

7:49 am

I have been using my hoard of !'s sparingly...Vicuna, you must remember, think back, soap, water, scrub>

7:49 am

boggle, at least

7:49 am

?

7:50 am

Easy, ATa. If there had been such a thing as Babble, then none of the inventions or technological advancements would ever have happened, because everyone would have been Babbling all day instead.

7:50 am

Well, I suppose there might have been an elementary form of babble. Slates and pencils and smoke signals for the chat log.

7:51 am

10 letter words would have taken a long time to clue

7:51 am

I hate to be the party pooper but di6/24 is in the grid off you go Annie and Vi dear.

7:51 am

I think the nearest equivalent must have been a quilting bee.

7:51 am

and greetings all :)

7:51 am

lol, hello, FM! Does it still count if I'm not even doing the grid?

7:51 am

*giggle* poor Vi and Annie

7:52 am

Yes, 10 letter words would have been hard, especially if they had to be reclued. Disagreements would have resulted in a lot of choking through the clouds of smoke.

7:52 am

Hello, FM!

7:52 am

Hi FM!

7:52 am

*Sneaks chocolate to Annie and Vi in the penalty box*

7:53 am

LOL and Hi Molly

7:53 am

(Thanks, MollyL!)

7:53 am

At least they didn't know at the time that smoking is bad for you.

7:54 am

maybe semaphore would have worked

7:54 am

thanks Molly as I slink off to the PB....I knew washing di6 was bad for you or good if you get to munch on chocolate

7:55 am

This grid is a bit of a bind today :( Hows the knee today Ata, a bit easier?

7:55 am

my phantom today is dentifrice

7:55 am

Yes, all those wee flags waving merrily.

7:55 am

Vic, I love the print of the paper birch trees in your flickr photos

7:55 am

Oh, thanks, Annieb! =)

7:56 am

I think we'd have to wear little Bloomer outfits the better to dance about with our arms waving as we clue each other.

7:56 am

This is a great grid for anyone who has a sh 4/5 fe 6/30.

7:57 am

lol, MollyL. Two days in a row now.

7:57 am

but no corsets today

7:57 am

ooooops

7:57 am

LOL

7:58 am

Ata the singular is here lol

7:58 am

>>>>>>>>>>>

7:58 am

lol!

7:58 am

I just noticed!

7:58 am

Y'all save some of that chocolate for Ata.

7:58 am

(Hands Ata an entire brick of chocolate for that one.)

7:59 am

sorry, I ate all the chocolate

7:59 am

I'm starting to wonder about the grid master. I'm expecting "garter" and "belt" to be in tomorrow's grid.

7:59 am

It has to be the after effects of anaesthesia, no other explanation for the drop in Ata's level of genius.

7:59 am

I think so

7:59 am

and where you went this morning is in the grid Haz :)

8:00 am

And I'm happy to report no treatment is needed.

8:00 am

splendid.

8:01 am

I cringe when he's going over the treatments I've had already, but am always happy to hear 'sound' for some.

8:01 am

keep going with the dentifrice

8:02 am

dentifrice is a phantom today

8:02 am

hiya

8:02 am

hi kje

8:02 am

as is tenrec :(

8:02 am

exactement :)

8:02 am

I'm very pleased that both daughters have no fillings at all. Sweet and fizzy drink deprivation for children has its rewards.

8:02 am

Hello, kje.

8:02 am

did you see the tenrecs on QI, FM?

8:03 am

Yes I did!!! Hi kje

8:03 am

wasn't that fab!

8:03 am

That is quite an achievement Haz, well done to both girls.

good morning Babblers :)

8:03 am

hello nono

8:03 am

I know, long may it continue.

8:03 am

Morning Nono

8:03 am

Hello, Nono.

8:04 am

Hello, Nono.

8:06 am

hi nono!

8:08 am

Can any of you facebook ladies update us on more babble news from Dr-G? lynxxx gave a link this morning but I couldn't get it to work.

8:09 am

all I've seen recently is some page where you get stars for completing 10 grids, 25 grids etc

8:09 am

bit too late for most of us!

8:10 am

Goodness, some of the old timers would be positively glowing with stars.

8:10 am

a Babblestellation!

8:10 am

a Babblaxy!

8:11 am

stop me!

8:11 am

Stop!

8:11 am

Babbleverse!

8:11 am

:-D

8:11 am

lol and Hi Une

8:11 am

You'll only get some of them starting to talk about Star Wars and Star Trek.

8:11 am

hey, fmitch :-)

8:12 am

LOL!

8:12 am

Ooh, time to don my co6 and crinolines and get back to 1855! See you all later! (Good to see you again, Ata!)

8:12 am

ok, just passing thru -- heading out to pick up donated food for soup kitchen -- BBL! :-)

8:12 am

you too Vi!!

8:12 am

Have fun Vi!

8:12 am

Hi Une..enjoy the 1855's Vicuna

8:12 am

Have a good time, Vi.

Ata, what is Silly sitting on?

8:15 am

the boiler!!!

8:15 am

right up by the ceiling, silly cat

8:15 am

sensible cat

ok I couldn't figure out what it was. Is it warm that would attract my cat if she could get there

8:16 am

yep, there's a warm pipe running through it

8:16 am

Right, must just take a break to run a few errands. Back shortly, hopefully.

8:16 am

she has to jump up onto the worksurface, then up to the boiler

8:16 am

she stays there for hours

that would do it

8:17 am

TTFN Haz.

Missy has trouble jumping tho so I doubt she could get up on it

8:17 am

Bye!

bye Haz have a great day

8:22 am

bye Haz have fun.

8:22 am

Thankgoodness for lickety today, can't believe how many simple words and pl I missed.

am still cruising along without the list but sure I will need it before much longer

8:23 am

It does help with the bigger grids as I would lose my patience otherwise.

8:29 am

Guten MOrgen. Has anyone printed a clue list for the rest of us?

good morning INge. Lickety is up

8:30 am

Good morning, planet dwellers.

8:31 am

Hi Judi and inge

hi Judi

8:40 am

Good morning

8:40 am

hi mr bob

hi Bob

8:44 am

fishies should be allowed

8:45 am

I agree, Ata.

8:45 am

it's obviously a word! :P

I totally agree, Ata!

8:46 am

glad it's not just me :)

8:55 am

Hello, I'm back again.

welcome back Haz, that didn't take long at all

8:55 am

Welcome back, Hazel

8:56 am

I know, just had to sign a few forms at the bank.

8:57 am

just for Haz :) http://tinyurl.com/39296m6

8:58 am

Thank you!

hello babblers!

8:59 am

a truly awful thing!

8:59 am

Hello, TO!

hi TO!

8:59 am

TO!

8:59 am

Goodness, do I need all my courage to look?

8:59 am

hi TO!

8:59 am

Hi Owl

8:59 am

oh yes :)

9:00 am

That is APPALLING!

9:01 am

told you!!

9:01 am

Grim, on so many levels. Where did you find it?

9:02 am

I must be off...be back later, bye dear babblers

9:02 am

a friend's facebook. he was bewailing everything about it

9:02 am

Damn! Wish I could see it!

9:02 am

Bye, Annie, hope your back gets better.

9:02 am

let me put as my pic

bye bye Annie

bye annie

9:02 am

thanks Haz, Im in for the the long haul, it seems

ok guess i have been gone too long, i have no idea what you are discussing

9:03 am

Put it up as your icon, Ata so Judi can suffer as well.

9:03 am

Painkillers and plenty of them, Annie.

9:03 am

TO, Ata gave a link to an awful example of how not to punctuate.

9:03 am

Oh, I want to suffer too, will wail

9:04 am

Already in pain. What's a little more?

9:04 am

Please Clean the Benchs and stove's after use. So every one enjoy's our Facility's

9:04 am

wail and wait

9:04 am

there :)

9:05 am

Ack! Ack! Ack! *must control red pen of death*

*stikes forehead with flat of hand* DOH! what else could evoke such a response!

9:06 am

I'm still reeling. I think a notice like that would put you off eating, wouldn't it?

9:07 am

Positively heinous.

9:07 am

just hideous, isn't it

9:07 am

Look at the bright si4...not one !

well i am trying to figure out how to get the photo i took of one from my phone to the web. "Patient visitors and staff only"

9:07 am

LOL

9:08 am

lol!

9:08 am

Arrrgh.

9:08 am

I have a photo taken in Marks and Spencer, no less, proclaiming Hoisery £3. I don't know how to get it from my phone either.

9:08 am

*poof*

ack! photo of wolrd's longest cat on tv!

9:09 am

bad M&S!

over 4 ft long!

9:10 am

That's one big cat! Is that with it stretched out to full capacity, front paws to tail?

http://tinyurl.com/28dnwhq

a maine coon

hold on i will post him

it's measured from tip of nose to tip of tail bone

9:13 am

Someone has put that cat through an old fashioned wringer.

9:13 am

that's a long cat!

9:13 am

Hmm. Cat on a rack.

,maine coons are huge. my firend ha had two. great personalitie, too

he's a gorgeous cat!

9:15 am

It's quite slim though. If it were fat AND long, it would taken up so much room.

9:15 am

I'm missing the last J. Have je4/9 and jo4 x 3.

I had one also. He was big but not that big

they are so bushy it is hard to tell

9:15 am

jo6 is the other one.

9:16 am

ed

pl one of the j04's for a 6

a plural, judi

9:16 am

Ty, nono.

hi susan

9:16 am

That greyed my J...hooray.

9:18 am

BBL.

9:18 am

does anyone have a word for the bottom i?

9:18 am

Bye, Judi. Don't let the stove's and benchs get you down.

bbs must han laundry

hang, even

9:19 am

io6/21 is one, think of stingy ointment.

9:20 am

ty Haz

three from the substance

9:20 am

You're welcome, bichon

9:20 am

5 all related ...

9:22 am

*poink* I

9:22 am

I have returned.

9:23 am

Your return is welcome news. (Imagining how 1850s babblers would greet each other in the log)

9:24 am

(assuming other Babblers even care!)

9:24 am

Care? They're busy wringing out their hankies, soaked with grief upon the news that you were leaving.

9:25 am

That much is certain. *smug*

9:25 am

Let's hope they don't wave the same hankies when next you bid us farewell.

9:26 am

hello all - everyone seems very chipper today!

9:27 am

Any of our French amies here today? Just wondering how they're getting along with all the stikes going on.

9:27 am

Hello, mrswhiski. It's because we've got a decent size of a grid to tackle.

9:27 am

and tenrec as a phantom

9:27 am

doncha just love 4 letter words - NOT

9:28 am

ruby was on earlier, she seems to be managing.

9:28 am

not stikes!

9:29 am

Strikes (dammit).

9:29 am

stikes sounded more inventive!

9:30 am

What amuses me is that it's not the old people who are revolting because they're putting the pension age up. No, it's the teenagers who aren't going to be affected for decades.

9:30 am

I think they just like revolting

9:31 am

It's in their DNA. What was good enough for Robespierre is good enough for them.

9:31 am

*snort* True. I think the young ones are protesting just because they have nothing better to do.

they are protesting having to work longer when they dont want to work at all

9:32 am

*wondering if the French military only works 35 hours per week* ??

9:33 am

if that!

9:33 am

I know several Americans who would be happy to have their jobs.

really. americans work more hours than any other country

9:34 am

The French military, you mean, or just French jobs in general?

9:34 am

Odd really, since they have a reputation for showing up late (or not at all) to most revolutions.

returement age here is 65 for those gong now, rising to 67

9:35 am

Sigh. I can't retire until I'm 68 - or until I hit the lottery.

9:35 am

I think the French retirement age is currently 60 rising to 62 - is that correct, Ata?

9:36 am

yep

9:36 am

Les wimps.

9:36 am

So, I don't suppose they're getting a lot of sympathy from the Brits or the Americans.

i am thinking of going the end of this year. except for the economy i would

9:37 am

or Canadians

last of the government stalwarts, can go at 55 with 30 years. the amount though is not a lot

9:37 am

Ah, but maybe the French-Canadians are in sympathy?

9:37 am

hi Babblers.. we already have our tickets to Paris, Nov22-29, so hope things calm down

hi Aloy!

9:38 am

none that I know of!

9:38 am

Hiya, Aloy!

9:38 am

They'll do less rioting as the weather gets colder.

hi aloy!

9:38 am

Hello, Aloy. Your first time to Paris?

9:39 am

you are so right Haz

9:39 am

(-: have a confession to make.. yesterday I FORGOT to finish the grid! Must I do some penance?

9:39 am

I'm shocked, Aloy. Shocked. What could have made you forget?

9:39 am

What happened, Aloy? Were you drugged? Kidnapped? Knocked unconcious?

9:39 am

yes, Haz.. and I am excited. Hubby has been there before, but this is my first time

9:40 am

lol.. a busy day of Babble interruptus

9:40 am

It's beautiful. You'll love it.

i just wandered off and quit

9:40 am

yes, you will

9:41 am

may I have a clue for oa9/78 please

9:41 am

so much to see and do.. am reading about it, wow

9:41 am

oa9 - combine what Michael used to row the boat with what he might have wanted to catch.

9:42 am

they are very pretty

ATA!

9:43 am

ty for that one, Haz.. new to me, great clue

9:43 am

I did say hi, TO!! :)

9:43 am

You're welcome, Aloy.

i am unconscious

9:44 am

rushing to TO with cold compress and smelling salts

lol aloy, more like the walking unconscious. like a zombie

9:45 am

..hands TO strong cuppa

9:46 am

speaking of which, somebody drank mine already.. brb

9:47 am

The nerve! If anyone tries to take my java, they'll pull back a bloody stump.

9:50 am

ty for the clue Haz - still can't get it!

9:50 am

oa 9 - what you use to row a boat (3) then plural what swims about in the sea.

9:51 am

you mean I should have notices the "o" at the top and not just the bottom lol

9:52 am

Well yes, it helps a bit...

9:52 am

**noticed**

9:52 am

lol

9:52 am

hello all, liking this grid so far, 140 left, no list yet

9:52 am

Hello, peri.

Morning Peri

9:54 am

I'm rushing right along with the oa s now! Thanks again as I hang my head in shame!

9:54 am

was watching good morning america this am and they were discussing text messaging by teens. do you know what GNOC means?

9:55 am

No problem, mrswhiski.

9:55 am

No idea, peri.

9:55 am

ope, and I am pretty good at those

9:56 am

.. back.. hi peri, hi kje!

any chance of a clue for the bottom O and the E in the last right hand column please for NBT

9:56 am

ahoy aloy!

9:56 am

get naked on camera !!

9:56 am

glad I don';t have any tenagers

9:56 am

aw, gee, shoulda known that, lol

9:56 am

teenagers even

9:57 am

os5/10 - willow

9:57 am

yep, the teeagers I text with would not text that

9:58 am

are there any OC?

9:58 am

hello! back for yet another go.

9:58 am

lovely icon kje!

thanks Haz - don't know how I missed it!!

not that I have Ata

LOL watchin g promo for scared shrekless halloween special next thursday!

9:58 am

No problem, Jiving.

9:58 am

ty

and I have all o's grey

9:59 am

ty nono!

9:59 am

ot a fan of shrek

kje, i thought of you last night while reading about prize winning microphotography. brb will get photo

10:00 am

Morning (what's left of it) everyone

10:00 am

hi Jay

10:00 am

Hello, Jayk.

10:00 am

hi Jayk

10:01 am

b/c I am a prize-wiining microphotographer?

10:01 am

I've been here for a VERY long time and I'm now officially stuck

10:02 am

Anyone have the re 7/44, re 8/60?

so am I jayk

10:02 am

re7/8 - what light does through a prism

10:02 am

re7 - what one does to eyes to make an Rx

no because the photo reminds me of the paintings, refresh

10:02 am

Annoying, idn't it?

10:02 am

or better - what ata said

10:03 am

Oh Ata!!! Tank you!

10:03 am

thank

10:03 am

ok

the colors i guess, and the swirling

10:03 am

oooooo - pretty!

soap bubbles!

10:04 am

it took me about 3 seconds this morning to think those were phantoms, and until 1/2 hour ago to realise they were proper words!

10:04 am

wow!

10:04 am

what is the website?

10:04 am

Or the re 7/48 almost at the end?

yahoo story

10:04 am

cool! will look for it

10:05 am

Well, yesterday I didn't see leaf for an embarrassingly long time

10:05 am

do ot show these to weed, she will want a new camera - already begging for a micro lens like ata has

10:05 am

I <3 my macro lens

do you like the photo?

10:06 am

yes!

10:06 am

TO, I don't see the link on yahoo - what is the link?

10:07 am

nm, just found it

10:07 am

ah, this is light microscopy - makes sense

http://tinyurl.com/2voj472

10:10 am

Yay. Vowels are done. Down to 88. Time for a break. *POOF*

gee so far we have done punctuation errors, the world's longest cat, and micro photography. Just loike old times ! :)

10:10 am

You're sounding pretty Oirish there, TO.

he he

10:11 am

how is spanglettinellarina today?

10:11 am

We haven't blamed FM for anything. That's got to be a bad thing.

10:12 am

help, she said weakly

10:12 am

Spangletinareinalellabelinderina is going deaf!

10:12 am

noooo!

10:12 am

gotta run - bbl

10:12 am

oh no, Haz

10:12 am

Yes! She still responds to high pitched sounds but is distinctly unmoving to normal speech.

10:13 am

sounds very like willow - she can hear high pitched sounds and hand claps

10:13 am

(willow = springer too)

*chuckle*

10:13 am

sounds like she's ready for the Oprah show then Haz

ok peeps the dryer stopped and i need to unload it

10:14 am

It doesn't seem to annoy her.

10:14 am

Hello, ruru.

10:14 am

hi ruru!

oprah annoys nearly everybody these days

10:14 am

hi there rurru

10:14 am

ruru that is

10:15 am

She's going to be 10 in November so I suppose it's not surprising that she's not as alert as she used to be.

10:16 am

as long as it's not upsetting her, does Mr Haz have more problems getting her to hear him?

good bye for a bit, nice to see you all

10:17 am

He just whistles at her and it seems to work.

10:17 am

Bye, TO, we will put the world to rights again soon.

10:17 am

bye TO

10:18 am

anyone have a clue for the co7/36 plz? Can't get it at all.

10:18 am

bye, TO

10:18 am

co7/36 - all present and ?

10:18 am

it is not wrong, Sandie.. it is co7.36

10:19 am

Of course it is!!! It's glaringly obvious now. Thanks a lot.

10:19 am

You're welcome, Sandie.

10:19 am

any clues for the en 6/30 and en 8/40 please?

10:20 am

well, I'm spinning wheels on fa7.44

10:20 am

en6 - en plus what humans and clocks have.

10:20 am

en8/40 - plural of 'beings' (ends in neckwear plural)

10:21 am

thank you Haz!

10:21 am

fa7/44 - think Gary Larson (spelling?)

10:21 am

fa7/44 - compund word in the distance

10:21 am

LOL... great clue, Haz! tyvm

10:21 am

fireworks! :))

10:21 am

Well done, Lile!

10:22 am

needed to look down instead of up

10:22 am

You're welcome, Aloy.

10:22 am

*wipes sweat off brow* that was a longie...

10:22 am

congrats Lile

10:22 am

yay for Lilecama.. congrats!!!

10:22 am

sh

10:22 am

thank you :)

10:22 am

I know, I could see what FM meant earlier when she said the grid was a bit of a slog.

10:22 am

aww, sorry I missed FM

10:23 am

yes, They wouldn't let me distract them either with international cap locks day (today). They said i was shouting and it was too loud!

10:24 am

re 7/48 please.

10:25 am

re + beg. of not north + type of airplane

10:25 am

i'm truly desperate

10:26 am

re7/48 - re plus two letters of what farmers do with seed, then leave on a plane with a powerful engine.

10:26 am

bye everybody. goodluck to you all!

10:26 am

holy cow!! what kind of word is THAT?

10:27 am

Bye, Lile.

10:27 am

You've saved me again, Haz.

10:27 am

by Lile

10:27 am

Now, Jayk, don't pretend that it's not a word you use and see every day.

10:27 am

a mad one

10:27 am

sadly, sadly...

10:29 am

Hi clue for the io 7/36 after io 6/21 please

10:29 am

gotta go give a talk. thank god i'm finally done!

10:29 am

Bye, Jayk - well done!

10:29 am

make it past tense ron

10:29 am

past tense of the io6

10:30 am

io7 - past tense of the preceding io6.

10:32 am

i seem to be missing one io.. are they all io off of that i?

10:33 am

yes they are

10:33 am

yes ruru

10:33 am

Yes, ruru., 5,6,7,6,7

10:33 am

io5, 6, 7, 6 & 7

10:33 am

thank you got it from the wife.

10:34 am

ac 7?

10:34 am

phew, took a while to find hi7.36, fireworks

10:34 am

got it thank you.. not listing unless I have to

10:34 am

ac7 - follow a high card with mixed up foot digits

10:35 am

ty Haz

10:35 am

You're welcome.

10:36 am

today is a self-proclaimed cleaning day, so off I go to dance with the vac; happy Babbling all.. see you next grid

10:36 am

Okay, must head off to do other things. I will bid you all a fond farewell. Bye!

10:36 am

a mover with her hoover

10:36 am

*gone*

10:37 am

bye haz

10:43 am

sh

10:44 am

are you telling everyone to be quiet susan?

10:46 am

ed

10:48 am

** FIREWORKS **

10:50 am

Cheering for Nono

10:54 am

whoo hooo nono!

10:55 am

f

10:59 am

last af 6/27?

11:00 am

sorry ru

11:00 am

a+ not stale?

11:01 am

ty bethn

11:01 am

that's the first one beth

11:01 am

yvw :)

11:01 am

how about not begores

11:01 am

hello everyone

11:01 am

befores *

11:02 am

hi west!

11:02 am

the one af5 that

11:02 am

hi jmc!

11:03 am

got it

11:03 am

it is a weirdo word

11:03 am

co 7/36?

11:04 am

clue ?

11:04 am

I had it but was trying to figure out how to clue it

11:04 am

opp of wrong bichon

11:04 am

clue?

11:05 am

not wrong but....

11:05 am

howdy everyone

11:05 am

nm

11:05 am

opp of fore and end of morning cocktail

11:05 am

hi crossy

11:05 am

hi cross

11:05 am

hmm hard to clue

11:05 am

hi crossy

11:05 am

tyvm westford

11:05 am

good clue westie

11:05 am

yvw bichon

11:05 am

first three letters of af before it + sammy s***

11:06 am

leave it to me to get cocktail in there lol

11:06 am

tyvm !

11:06 am

strange that baseball came to me first

11:06 am

yours was good too jmc

11:07 am

we just got Ken Burns' Baseball what a great series

11:07 am

not so good for non-baseball people lol!

11:07 am

really? I have been given mixed reviews of it

11:08 am

it includes the 10th inning nice to see our Red Sox win the series again

11:08 am

so west have you read crossy's profile?

11:08 am

i was totally bummed that SF lost to the Phillies last night

11:09 am

Are they playing in SF or Philly next?

11:09 am

ty jmc,i think they were tired of hearing me yesterday lol

11:09 am

<==Nationals and which ever team the Phillys are playing fan

11:09 am

but my profile is all freshly scrubbed and ready for viewing!

11:10 am

well I haven't seen west in a while so thought I would put in my two cents!

11:10 am

cross, i have tried 3 times to join, but cant get to the page where i give a team name and user name

11:10 am

I did jmc I'll read it again

11:11 am

crossy walk bethn through

11:11 am

i have installed but nothing comes up after

11:11 am

same here bethn need to try again

11:11 am

(crossy and I are double teaming people)

11:11 am

lost my dad last year to cancer, would really like to help

11:12 am

I'm going to read crossy's profile again

11:12 am

lost my husband to cancer in Oct 16 1993

11:12 am

read it yesterday, tried again, no joy

11:13 am

it has touched almost everyone

11:13 am

CROSSY!

11:13 am

which client did you load bethn?

11:13 am

he is taking a little nonny...

11:14 am

west needs help too

11:14 am

the first one for windows , i think it was 62 something or other

11:15 am

and when it finished loading you opened or ran the file?

11:16 am

i opened, and nothing happened. my son is coming this weekend so he should be able to get it set up for me

11:16 am

i hate being ignorant

11:16 am

the file you need may have also gone to start/doccuments/downloads

11:17 am

we each have our gifts,not to worry bethn

11:17 am

could be, it is probably beyond my level of capability without being shown once. Trav will get it going and then next time something like this arises hopefully i won't be such a dunce

11:18 am

took carlee 4 tries,but now she is a pro and i think she has 4 computers running the program now!! lol

11:19 am

i have 2 that can go when i get it figured out

11:20 am

okay I'm back with a few questions

11:20 am

first I can't right click does that matter?

11:20 am

both jellen and nono have faster computers and are ahead of me now in the scoring lists,so it is all good and all for a great cause

11:21 am

is the icon in yout task bar on the bottom of the screen westford?

11:21 am

second does my computer have to stay on at all times?

11:21 am

looks like a bunch of baloons

11:21 am

I haven't downloaded it yet

11:21 am

is it Apple friendly?

11:21 am

well load it and no,it remembers your place and you can turn it on and off as you wish

11:21 am

it has a apple client on the download page

11:22 am

and linux as well

11:22 am

my computer is usually just asleep when I'm not using it

11:23 am

you will see 3 different mac clients

11:23 am

then that is the perfect time for folding,if you leave it running all the time

11:23 am

i shut mine off at night,but jmc runs hers 24/7

11:24 am

so asleep is like it is running?

11:24 am

co 7/36?

11:24 am

if the power button is on,it is running in one form or another

11:24 am

opposite of wrong ruru

11:24 am

not wrong ruru

11:24 am

see how much I don't know?

11:25 am

just in power save or sleep mode

11:25 am

just leave the folding program running and it will do mthe work while you sleep

11:25 am

there are 3 apple clients? does it matter which one I choose?

11:26 am

thanks a lot..c's are wrapped up now

11:26 am

i am not an apple person,but choose the one that matches closest to your computer

11:26 am

my husband and I share a modem will it slow down his computer which he uses for work?

11:26 am

i only (?) have 84 left and have ony greyed 4 tiles

11:26 am

i share a modem with my mrs,and she notices nothing

11:27 am

he downloads huge files

11:27 am

I'd hate to start and then have to quit

11:27 am

and unless he is a draftsman or does lots of autocad,he will not see a difference

ac 7/32?

11:28 am

and like i say,you can turn it on and off as you wish

11:28 am

he's an engineer

11:28 am

and it will save my place?

11:28 am

or do I need to start all over again?

11:29 am

do a test run when he is working,and he he notices a lag,then just right click the folding icon and close the program,and just run it when it does not conflict with his work

11:29 am

it will save your place

11:29 am

I'm just curious. What is the professor's name?

11:29 am

sec....

11:29 am

I need the first de 7/32.. not the tooth doctor

11:29 am

okay, that is doable

11:29 am

ac+ vowel+ lac****intolerant

11:30 am

Vjay S. Pande departments of chemistry and structural biology

11:30 am

oops I have to run when will you be on again crossy in case I need some help

11:31 am

one who de6

11:31 am

i will be here till 2;30 and back at 9:30 but jmc and carlee will also be around to help

11:32 am

ok I'll look for one of you I have all the info

11:32 am

wrong one beth?

11:32 am

:))

11:32 am

got it

11:32 am

little gods

11:32 am

clue for the fa 7 / 44 please

11:32 am

bye for now

11:33 am

tc westford

11:33 am

fa7...not near...si4

fa744- Gary larsen

11:34 am

thanks all

11:34 am

yw

11:36 am

clue for the single O?

Yesterday I tried to tell people on wordsplay.net about babble but I mis-wrote the link as babble.com, and all they found was a site about babytalk.

I felt dumb.

11:36 am

hi phae - os 5 - willow

11:37 am

hi everybody

11:37 am

ty JB

11:37 am

hi

11:37 am

i finally bookmarked it Kaplan

I'm still in my pajamas.

11:38 am

TMI!! LOL

I woke up at 4 am, had to go out to pharm and get my sleep med, went back to bed at 7 and slept....

"I don't want to do anything for the rest of the day.

11:39 am

we lost our all nite pharm nearest one is quite a bit away now

11:39 am

Is anyone else beginning to wonder about the grid creator? sh 4/5, fe 6/30, ho 4/5 and co 6/21 are all in this grid. Hmmmm.

11:39 am

are you unwell kaplan, or a problematical sleeper>

11:39 am

me neither...but that ain't gonna happen.

11:39 am

me neither...but that ain't gonna happen.

11:40 am

oops...:-(

Problematical sleeper, without meds

11:40 am

i dont like how i feel im the morning after i take something

Do you think there is a Grid Creator, or does it all come about by accident, in a Big Bang?

11:41 am

i suspect there is a computer program

11:41 am

i think it evolved from monkeys with tyoewriters

But does the Computer Program care about us, or is it too busy with the universe?

I think Beth is right. We are proof.

Now that that is settled, can we teach Babble in the public schools?

Or is it "just a theory?"

11:43 am

i think we are part of someones experiment. "If i assemble a grid with made up words will they come?"

Isn't our administrator called Dr. God?

11:44 am

Dr. God uses Enable to pick the words

11:44 am

I think it is sprite who has discussion about Enable

11:44 am

no public school teaching, they aren't big on spelling anymore so it would be hard t use morewords

11:44 am

Dr. God is very nice

Is Enable like the archangels, then?

But sometimes Dr. God is wrathful?

11:45 am

the fallen angel maybe

11:45 am

see the red box of death

11:45 am

no I think it is the other way around because Dr. God follows what enable says

See what happens when my sleep gets screwed up? I'll shut up now.

11:46 am

I think the red box of death is like the rain that falls on teh just and the unjust

I made people mad on wordsplay when I responded to the "Tea party Revolution" with -yeah, the Tea Party is Revolting, all right

11:46 am

Dr. God is wrathful to trolls!

11:46 am

*giggle*

If people don't want politics in games they shouldn't name their team Tea Party.

11:47 am

there is always a risk in talking politics

Anyway, trolls are like idolators. To continue the metaphor.

11:47 am

maybe they were referring to the Mad Hatter's tea party?

Or- gasp- Satan. Satanic trolls!

11:48 am

is the red box of death indivual punishment? when i get it do you? am i alone in my despair or is it a universal plague on all our houses?

The Mad Hatter's tea party is most apt.

11:48 am

satanic trolls-- most trolls would reveal in that title

reveal and revel too.

11:48 am

the red box of death only means that either your computer or Dr. Gods computer glitched

11:49 am

sorry you are right revel!

11:49 am

i never could spell

Is the grid random, or is there some intelligent design?

11:49 am

i joined the spelling club in Jr HS in the hopes of taking their challenges I would learn but alas. . .

I can spell, but can't do basic math.

11:50 am

how can i possibly have 73 left?

Anything with numbers gives me hives.

11:50 am

It is clearly not completely random as there will often be words going from one grid to the next day

Therefoer no sudoku

11:50 am

i can do arithmetic in my head

11:50 am

truly meaning of life questions being addressed here today

I've noticed that. But is that just coincidence?

11:51 am

you could find a sudoku game with letters or symbols kap

Ah, yes.

That's all I need, jm.

11:51 am

it is good for the true meaning of babble to be addressed from time to time

11:51 am

it happens too often to be a coincidence

At this high minded point, I should really go and get dressed. It is almost time for my soap opera.

11:52 am

there is probably a pattern of which letters are used and that leads to the repetition of words

11:52 am

i think there is a somewhat orderly progression of gridded letters that the program spews out thus the duplicate words on consecutive days, i think it rotates , or adds a letter or some such nonesense

You don't think the letters just don't get juggled in the little plastic box?

11:52 am

you can watch soaps in your jammies kap

:)

11:53 am

i think you are right bethn but i haven't taken the effort to track the pattern

11:53 am

lol i never hear the rattling at the flip kap

I believe it is random, and it is we humans who "see" the pattern.

I think it's heuristics.

11:54 am

it would be too easy to lose the letters or the whole box, (at least in my house) so i don't think that particular theory holds water

Then we tell ourself stories to explain the randomness, and imagine we see consistencies that are not there. The idea of chaos is overwhelming to humans.

11:55 am

even random with computers is not completely random

The plastic boxes are only for the 4x4.

Maybe Dr God sits there thinking- hmm, I haven't given them crwth in a while.

In the Tower of Babel, did they play Babble?

11:56 am

i keep looking for atlatl on of my favorite words

11:57 am

what does that mean bethn?

The Tower of Babble. In Babbleonia.

11:58 am

my favorite word will never be on the grid = re = an australian sandpiper

11:58 am

it is a throwing stick used by aboriginals you put a spear in one end and fling it, and somehow the extra length of the atlatl increases the torque and makes it go far and fast

11:58 am

*brews up some cocoa for kap*

I guess you want me to stop babbling...

BBL *poof*

11:59 am

just sounded like you could use some cocoa

11:59 am

oops

12:00 pm

oooo where'd she go?

12:00 pm

yes bethn if you think about it as a stick projecting out from the center of a circle

"iim not entirely poofed yet. Why are you oopsing? cocoa is not in the grid.

12:01 pm

then end of the stick on the outsi** has to move faster that the pivot point to keep up

12:01 pm

didn't want to have driven you away kap

setj

HJNEIO:LFJNELuirhfaeoijf

12:02 pm

thats what it looks like when my parrot runs across the keyboard i hope you are not banging head on desk

12:03 pm

anyway so when you use a sling you get high velocity than you can with your arm because of the outsi** arc of the sling is moving faster than the arc of you hand

12:04 pm

isn't it amazing that ancient cultures could figure that out without knowing why

12:04 pm

well they may have know why intuitively

12:04 pm

just not mathematically

12:05 pm

i am disappointed that arfed is not accepted

12:06 pm

i tried that as well, especially as the pl is ok

12:06 pm

Little Orphan Annie listened when Sandy arfed!

12:06 pm

does it not seem that carsi** should be accepted. when the carhop delivers your food it is cars***

12:07 pm

it may be a hyphenated word

12:08 pm

i really do not know why i even start these monster grids:(

12:08 pm

and jersied, if you can be shod, you should be able to be jersied

12:08 pm

because you like a challenge and you love the company

12:08 pm

jersied?

12:08 pm

cowed?

12:08 pm

indeed.though if i get to 200 ,i shall be happy

12:09 pm

although a farmer might be jersied

12:09 pm

accepted to the football team?

12:11 pm

yes, like when in the old days when you got pinned from a frat boy, you could be jersied for a sports team. makes sense to me :)

12:12 pm

gd evening everybody

12:12 pm

i got pinned - i was slightly horrified it was not my "thing" but i had to wear the damn thing on my boob. 36 years later we are still married

12:12 pm

hi ruby!

12:13 pm

how is your dogs tic?

12:14 pm

oh my i killed the chog :(

12:14 pm

that is a nice story, bethn

12:14 pm

the tic stopped; I think maybe he had an insect in his ear

12:15 pm

i will send him to you ruby i could have done him

12:15 pm

in and spent less time in jail

12:15 pm

are you putting him on e-bay?

12:16 pm

i am glad to hear that ruby

12:17 pm

I was too upset and husband was totally unsympathetic

12:17 pm

no, he will not fit on one price prioity boxes, and no one will pay to have a huge middle aged man who cant find the damn applesauce in the refrigerator when he put it there yesterday, sent to them

12:21 pm

i am listing with 70 left

12:22 pm

en8?

12:22 pm

beings ru

12:23 pm

sounds like en+rude word for breasts

12:23 pm

thank you

12:24 pm

y vw

12:25 pm

lol Beth good clue but I got it from that!

12:26 pm

don't want to offend anyone playing with a youngster, but it is what it is

12:28 pm

hello ruru

12:28 pm

hi deeha

12:28 pm

I was on the phone with my sister in NY

12:28 pm

I still haven't reached half!

12:28 pm

Hi folks. How are you all?

12:28 pm

doing well deeha

12:29 pm

help for re7,48 -- please, PLEASE !!!

12:29 pm

where in ny rubY?

12:29 pm

she lives in Forest Hills

12:29 pm

re+ just ** stories+kind of fast plane

12:30 pm

((ruby))

12:30 pm

i am in northern nj

12:30 pm

{{crossy}}

12:30 pm

I lived in Princeton for one year a LONG time ago

12:30 pm

geez -- no wonder I couldn't get it... THANK YOU bethn!

12:31 pm

that is a wild word, bethn

12:31 pm

dh used to work in princeton. i still see a dr there for my back

12:31 pm

awful word erda

12:31 pm

my 1st husband was at the Institute

12:31 pm

it was heaven

12:31 pm

agree, bethn!!!

12:32 pm

does anybody have the 9?

12:32 pm

it is a beautiful little town

12:33 pm

i don't even know what it starts with yet

12:33 pm

oa

12:33 pm

compound word

used two words that are scored

12:35 pm

thank you TO!

12:35 pm

oafish toe?

beth to the pb

12:36 pm

I tried superlative of oaf NOY!

12:36 pm

You speak for you self MY toes arent oafish!!

12:36 pm

The 9: what you row with + what swims in the seas, plural (REALLY stupid word!)

12:36 pm

NOT

12:36 pm

i am bringing chips and salsa and margaritas

i am going.

12:37 pm

I'll bring the guacamole and some extra tequila

off, not to the pb

12:37 pm

sounds like someone with a speech impediment calls a mouth

12:37 pm

row with this + underwater animals

too many words

12:37 pm

Hey - can I go to the PB - the offerings sound great (oafish)

12:37 pm

see you TO

12:38 pm

come on down cadfan

12:38 pm

LOL - LOVE Guacamole (I'll bring some too - gotta stop by my sister's to grab some Avacados on the way though)

12:39 pm

OMG, you must live in Florida

12:39 pm

do you put coriander in your guacamole

12:39 pm

someone said tequila...

12:40 pm

herradura

12:40 pm

dibs on the algave worm!

12:40 pm

I'm feeling generous, you can have the worm

12:40 pm

you can have it crossy, they are too squishy for me

12:41 pm

nice of you to share this time ruby:))

12:42 pm

bottom corner a's??

12:42 pm

superlative of fire remains

12:42 pm

most fireplace debris

12:43 pm

more fireplace debris

12:43 pm

thanks ruby and bethn...was on that track...eyes just didn't wander enough

12:43 pm

ty bethn

12:43 pm

: )

12:43 pm

I didn't have them until you asked and I started to monkey

12:47 pm

have the penny, but don't see any other c's for left corner

12:47 pm

everyone who was kind enough to join our folding at home team yesterday,do not forget to run it today,i want to see some new names on that team list!!:))

12:47 pm

hi all

12:47 pm

me either

12:47 pm

howdy m9

12:48 pm

crossy: when I went onto the site it asked for a key word....

12:48 pm

ce4/6 ce +pricness ** then pl

12:48 pm

do not enter a key word,just your babble name and the team number i gae you

12:48 pm

gave

12:48 pm

ok, I'll try before I go to bed

12:49 pm

??beth?

12:49 pm

"it is" french personal pronoun

12:49 pm

just follow the insructions in my profile ruby tuesday;)

12:49 pm

prince charles first wife

12:50 pm

prince charles first wife ce+**

12:50 pm

thank you

12:50 pm

yay, half!

12:51 pm

wtg ruby

12:51 pm

oh lordy - 108 words in I finally notice how many words there are today.....

12:51 pm

woot ruby

12:52 pm

LOL Cad. you can do it.

12:52 pm

have another marguerita!

12:52 pm

do you not just love that cadfan,too far in to run now!!

12:52 pm

we will help

12:55 pm

good night with 160. eyes are getting tired!

12:55 pm

{{everybody}}

12:55 pm

gn ((ruby))

12:56 pm

nite ruby, see you in the grid tomorrow

12:56 pm

fred

12:57 pm

ethel

12:57 pm

'fred not.

12:57 pm

norton..

12:58 pm

barney

12:59 pm

betty

12:59 pm

bethn, 8.7 for the good start. m9 8.9 for style. crossy 8.4.. lost some points for the late start.

12:59 pm

:-( I guess i was scratched

1:00 pm

lol jmc

1:00 pm

oops. Judge didn't even see the play.

1:00 pm

darn

1:00 pm

*polite consolitory applause from the crowd*

1:01 pm

*sniff*

1:01 pm

di 4/6 sounds like freds purple pet

1:01 pm

*hearty back slaps from coach*..?

1:02 pm

if you have a cold I suppose.

1:02 pm

dino?

1:02 pm

and i do..

1:02 pm

me too crossy.. ;-(

1:02 pm

s'ok jmc i liked it

1:03 pm

ty bethn

1:03 pm

no cold here just too much work and light on the staff

1:04 pm

with the economy,light on the staff is the new normal jmc,we are now running 1 person in slots that used to have 3

1:05 pm

work sharing,4 day weeks

1:05 pm

*sigh*

1:06 pm

2 year wage freezes...

1:06 pm

benifits..what beifits?

1:06 pm

benefits

1:07 pm

i pay benefits but no salary

1:07 pm

lol,so you do not make a wage,but if you get the plague while living in thee box under the bridge,you are covered? lol

1:07 pm

yeap

1:07 pm

helloooo

1:08 pm

how does that work jmc?

1:08 pm

howdy varumba

1:08 pm

not so hot... i see you talking about work and wages, lol..... just got a letter from revenue telling me i owe them almost 200 pounds of national insurance!

1:08 pm

not precisely true bethn but i do pay out really good benefits and comparatively low salaries to my staff (when I have one)

1:09 pm

ouch

1:09 pm

need to query it, and that's what's dragging me down i think: just the thought to have to talk to THEM

1:09 pm

we have to be careful here,if you owe revenue canada,they can actually go into you bank account and just take it

1:09 pm

the benefits are a major plus these days

1:10 pm

my staff gets Health insurance, health reimbursement of copays up to $50 /month, transportation reimbursement, and generous vacation and sick leave

1:10 pm

i just got an irs letter. telling me how much I have to pay back each year for the first time home buyer credit..that WE DIDN"T TAKE!

1:10 pm

good grief m9:(

1:10 pm

well, the thing is, i shouldn't owe them anything..... my dance busines has been dead ont he ground for a year now.... andn i instructed my accountant to close it as from the 31st of march..... what worries me is that i can't get int ouch with my accountant.... his voice mail is full, left a message on his landline number.... just worried....

1:10 pm

send the IRS a copy of the tax returns showing that m9

1:11 pm

do i remember that you are funded by the quakers? or did i completely make that up

1:11 pm

but then again, i'm a worrier

1:11 pm

oh yes. I know jmc.. it just boggles my mind. This coming week start my continuing ed hours... as a tax preparer.

1:11 pm

maybe your revenue department will work the same way varumba -- send them a letter saying business was closed in March

1:11 pm

i forgot m9 that you did that

1:12 pm

but i have nothing with me,. my accountant has everything, all my books, alll my tax returns.... i don't even know my tax reference number for that business....

1:12 pm

lol,m9,if you cannot beat them learn more than they know!

1:12 pm

bethn I am a quaker but my org is funded by all kinds of people from evangelical Christians to atheist communists

1:12 pm

oh no.. not going there crossy... I'll leave that to my sis! she's put on her armour and picked up her sword!

1:13 pm

oh dear varumba perhaps a home visit to said accountant is in order

1:13 pm

that is where i got the quakers from. glad i am not just spontaneously hallucinating

1:13 pm

I dont' know.. that sounds like it could be fun beth

1:13 pm

thing is.... last time i saw him, i learned that his wife was dying of emphysema...... so i feel slightly uncomfortable here.... I know i've left a message, I know I need to give him till mid week to get back to me.....

1:14 pm

if said accountant is not there, write the revenue office with all that you told us (including that accountant has disappeared) -- odds are they have that accountant in their sights

1:14 pm

i'm just worried.... but i'll calm down after a few migraines and start making the phone calls *sigh*

1:14 pm

hallucinations are fun,when they happen,you will not know it..well unless it is a elephant in your butter dish smoking a pipe and telling you to burn things....

1:14 pm

not about legal organizations m9, at least let there be unicorns

1:14 pm

yeah, a friend of mine just told me that according to UK laws, the accountant is not liable for anything but I am!

1:14 pm

*sigh*

1:14 pm

or elehants in my butter

1:14 pm

jmc.. better grow a horn....

1:15 pm

some would say quakers are as odd as unicorns

1:15 pm

trying to tell myself that he may just have gone on a holidays with his dying wife...... so i do need to wait and see.... but tx very much for the advice :)

1:15 pm

mm corn fed quaker unicorns...

1:15 pm

no the accountant would not be liable to the government but most government workers have run into these situations before and will give you a break

1:16 pm

the laws are the same in the US on that one varumba

1:16 pm

youre going down the bacon path crossy - snapnout of it

1:16 pm

oh i see jmc.... so i'll wait till Tuesday, and if heard nothing from him, will call the number on that letter and see what they say.... i do have 4 weeks to pay, before they add late payment fines!

1:16 pm

*gets out Kevlar jacket to protect from attack crossy*

1:16 pm

OMG! I AM OUT OF BACON!...must head to work now anyways.tc all and happy babbling...poof!

1:17 pm

tx very much for saying that jmc.... brought a tiny bit of relief ;)

1:17 pm

bye crossy!

1:17 pm

bye crossy

1:17 pm

bye crossy

1:17 pm

glad it helped varumba

1:18 pm

:)

1:18 pm

the simople enveloppe stating HM Revenue unnerves me ;)

1:18 pm

trust me varumba you are not alone

1:19 pm

I actually have had clients in my tax practice to bring me a stack of unopened envelops from the IRS

1:19 pm

lol i now... somebody below mentionned more than they do before getting in touch, thing is, i know nothing whatsoever about accountacy, taxes and all..... I feel like a lil girl surrounded by big scary men!!

1:20 pm

well you can learn basics if you want and not be quite so intimidated

1:20 pm

it's the fact that you're not allowed to make a mistake that unnerves me.... you pay fines if you make a mistake.... and then the jargon they use is completely foreign to poor lil me....lol...... Bah, i'll sleep on it and start thinking clear in a day or so ;)

1:21 pm

you know what? I think I should..... although i wouldn't need it now, as no more business.. just employed... but what you said makes perfect sense: get rid of the unknown!

1:21 pm

it will help in other areas

1:22 pm

oh thank god the list is up!

1:22 pm

fireworks !

1:22 pm

lol cos, i said the same thing this morning... hiya!

1:22 pm

wtg beth!

1:22 pm

wtg beth

1:23 pm

any clues needed?

1:23 pm

lol hi var :)

1:23 pm

tx for listening jmc (((((((()))))

1:23 pm

Hey beth, congrats.

1:24 pm

I'd love clues for the last two ces -- ce7 and ce 6.

1:24 pm

ce7/32 = ce6/21 before + a consonant

1:25 pm

ce7 /36 sry

1:25 pm

and ce6/21 = like the first ce6/21 but change the last vowel into the plural letter

1:26 pm

THANK YOU LICKETY!!

1:26 pm

lol pcal

1:27 pm

whoo hooo bethn!

1:28 pm

happy to listen varumba

1:29 pm

hi melissa and pcal

1:29 pm

holy smokes thanks so much varumba, and hi there jmcnrick!

1:29 pm

yw :)

1:30 pm

I've been having problems with that 7 suffix the whole puzzle, for some reason. Whew.

1:30 pm

Hello...

1:31 pm

hi jellen@

1:31 pm

so is that fireworks for you melissa? should we be dancing?

1:31 pm

hi jell

1:31 pm

hi jellen

1:31 pm

Howdy jellen! And oh my no, no fireworks, that was just interfering with my orderly progression. I still have many esses and tees to figure out. 17 to be precise.

1:33 pm

nvc jmnhggl;]\n sorry, phone call from boss, he just doesnt get that babble takes priority

1:33 pm

oh a methodical puzzle solver

1:33 pm

yikes bethn!

1:33 pm

really sorry, didnt realize parot was on keyboard while was on phone

1:33 pm

wow, all chat disappeared

1:34 pm

hope you have a keyboard cover!LOL

1:34 pm

i think he jumps up and down on it now that i have covered the keys so he cant eat them

1:34 pm

*gets out sanitize wipes*

1:34 pm

Which is actually interesting to me and something I wonder about -- how do other people do the puzzle. I go square by square starting at the left top, and then use lickety's list to go in alpha order to pick up what I missed. I think it is all the crosswords I used to do with my grandma that makes me a creature of habit that way.

1:35 pm

i had to get a "skin" he ate 4 keyboards before i realized they made such an item

1:35 pm

i let words jump out at me while I try for a start of nbt

1:35 pm

Aw, your parrot said hello beth!

1:35 pm

i usually try to find all the words starting with the same tile, so i start with the tiles that have the lowest number of words.....

1:35 pm

then i go back to letting words jump out at me until i can stand it anymore and go to lickety which i go from top to bottom then bottom to top

1:36 pm

I'm methodical in trying to get nbt, thereafter completely random, until I get halfway...

1:36 pm

then i move on to tiles with more words.... and when i've gone aroudn them all and don't know anymore which word i've entered, that's when i use lickety, going alphabetically too

1:36 pm

clue for af 6/30?

1:36 pm

hello all

1:36 pm

first I go tile by tile just seeing what comes quickly.. going for nbt. Then I concentrate on the ones that just stumped me. Then I watch the chog for ones I may have missed of the longer words for nbs.

1:36 pm

hi sadie

1:36 pm

Ok, please don't think I am dumb, but I have wondered this for ages -- what does nbt stand for?

1:36 pm

i start i upper left and go down. then 2nd column from left then 3rd etc. i try to get into the 30 or 40s before i list then i list from z back to a

1:36 pm

hiya varumba

1:36 pm

when you reboot the computer your start af****

1:36 pm

Hi, sadie

1:36 pm

"no blank tiles"

1:36 pm

af6/30 = another word for starting anew

1:37 pm

hiya Jellen

1:37 pm

and nbs = no blank stats

1:37 pm

no dumb question in babbleland!

1:37 pm

ahh thanks :)

1:37 pm

all questions are available for answering by experts and all

1:37 pm

yw..... i still havent'found the 9 yet....

1:38 pm

first time thru, i only get the ones that come easily i do not search that is for second or third or fourth sweep

1:38 pm

i get alot of answers off the clues here one clue can lead to several words

1:38 pm

the 9 is a pl of the oa7

1:38 pm

Hulu has the ed sullivan show. One of them is great moments in opera. wow......

1:38 pm

Bless you all, it's one of those things I never want to ask --I think I may have even looked it up on acronym finder once to no success!

1:38 pm

oa9 stupid compound word

1:38 pm

not used anyplace but here i think melissa

1:39 pm

take a cons out of that compound word for another oa.

1:39 pm

I adore Hulu -- if you don't mind a bit of swearing I suggest watching "Black Books" which is one of the funniest shows I've seen in ages.

1:39 pm

lol beth, i tried : oafidiot... but nope ;)

1:39 pm

i guess you just weren't on at the right time when explained to newbies melissa

1:39 pm

hehehe

1:39 pm

Also *a lot* of swearing for the Louis CK show. And uncomfortable moments.

1:40 pm

i saw the funniest video of all last night: Proposition 8: the musical

1:40 pm

Ah see, I've been around for ages. It's just one of those things I never picked up!

1:40 pm

i already went to pb for asking if it was oafish toe, and will go back there is good stuff in there

1:40 pm

I knew you had been around for a long time -- (I read your profile and checked the date) ;-)

1:40 pm

pb is like the garden of the gods :)

1:40 pm

Kind of like that acquaintance whose name you never recall, and it's 4 or 5 years too late to politely ask. :D

1:40 pm

btw thank u for oa6 :)

1:41 pm

tx beth for oa6 ;)

1:41 pm

the older i get them more people like that there are melissa

1:41 pm

yvw do you think there is pepperoni pizza in there? i am craving pepperoni havent had it in forever, don't know why , just want it

1:42 pm

in fact at my age we tend to say things like : Meet my best friend. . . . uh. . . what is your name again dear?"

1:42 pm

have teh cabana boy send out for one bethn

1:42 pm

Hee hee, something to look forward to -- if I get any worse I'll just have to start issuing name tags.

1:42 pm

beth - dominos delivers :)

1:42 pm

to the pb box

1:42 pm

then you have to remember you glasses

1:42 pm

so you can see em

1:42 pm

naugh because all your friends will think it is quite reasonable

1:42 pm

I just say "you two know each other? I hope?"

1:43 pm

that is why old ladies call everybody dear

1:43 pm

well when anyone introduces me these days I offer my name before there can be any confusion

1:43 pm

certainly part of it bethn

1:43 pm

i find darlin friendlier

1:43 pm

ha ha ha ha! That's why I call everyone Miss Fabulous or whatever. I hope they're not on to me!

1:44 pm

carnies should be a word

1:44 pm

but watch that "old lady" appellate

1:44 pm

Oh, and never ask about spouses at my age...

1:44 pm

i was referring to me

1:44 pm

; )

1:44 pm

i often call people dude now

1:44 pm

The internet only makes it worse -- half of my friends I think of as their avatar name before their real one.

1:44 pm

I always ask about family in general

1:44 pm

thank god for more words..... found that 9 ;)

1:45 pm

Ah, the all-purpose dude. Always a lifesaver.

1:45 pm

oh that is the down si** of babble meet ups -- I get confused as to whom I am speaking

1:45 pm

Duuude...

1:45 pm

morewords is right there next to cleanliness in the hierarchy of good things

1:45 pm

if fact I called pini pini during the Westcoast meet up

1:45 pm

Duuuuude....

1:45 pm

I love morewords

1:46 pm

kids wont let me use dude the laugh and point fingers

1:46 pm

i always feel like i am cheating using morewords

1:46 pm

Interesting, I've never been to a meetup, but I've been to ones for another site and the same thing happens.

1:46 pm

es---

1:46 pm

i know, but if i didn't, i wouldn't finish the grid! OR, i'd be asking for clues again and again.... and would annoy you all :D

1:47 pm

well we are having dinner af*** the Colbert/Stewart rallies in DC melissa

1:47 pm

fill in the blanks! :-D

1:47 pm

if I didnt use morewords I'd rarely finish a puzzle

1:47 pm

i use morewords when all else fails. i used it for 2 words today

1:47 pm

I don't use morewords only because I can't figure out how to do so. My little cheat is to try words in google or dictionary.com to see if they are actually real.

1:47 pm

I don't think other people are cheating using it varumba -- just me

1:48 pm

i think people should use what makes the grid give them joy instead of frustration

1:48 pm

Very cool jmcnrick, I am unfortunately on the wrong coast! I would *love* to go to the rally/meetup. Oh man.

1:48 pm

morewords is fairly simple melissa

1:48 pm

brb...

1:48 pm

you put in the letters you know and then a - for every letter you do not know and then it will post the options

1:49 pm

hb jell

1:49 pm

it is in the resources box at the top of the page melissa, click on ti, and put in the letters you have followed be the appropriate # of - to fill in the blank letters a list will come up

1:49 pm

oh it's ok jms, i try not to use it: only use it when i can't monkey the missing words ;)

1:49 pm

snap

1:49 pm

phone again back later

1:50 pm

Ah, see I was somehow under the impression that you plugged in all the words on the grid and it generated a massive list. Which makes absolutely no sense, in retrospect.

1:50 pm

well I am sure that the westcoast babblers are going to break down soon. they are getting increasingly jealous of the east coast babblers who meet about once a month or so

1:50 pm

hb bethn

1:50 pm

no morewords works best in conjunction with the list

1:50 pm

what area you in melissa?

1:51 pm

I am in Portland, OR.

1:52 pm

BUMMER! you just missed a meet up in Olympia where I flew into portland and pini and I drove up together in August

1:52 pm

perfect milissa!! we'll all meet at your place!LOL

1:52 pm

I imagine you usually meet in CA, when you do.

1:52 pm

If you don't mind getting covered in cat fur, you're more than welcome!

1:52 pm

melissa,... I'm up the gorge. Stid is up near oly, and there's a few more

1:52 pm

tr 6/21 ?? clue please

1:52 pm

my cat would be jealous

1:53 pm

I'd just bring cat fur of my own.

1:53 pm

you guys could have another meet up without me

1:53 pm

Ha! Yes, I tend to always bring cat fur as an extra hostess gift.

1:53 pm

ah yes... the Harvey Girl! I'm terrible at keeping track of everybody

1:53 pm

how thoughtful melissa

1:54 pm

I have only a couple but one's a long hair, and not very fond of brushing.

1:54 pm

is it me or are the ce words hard?

1:54 pm

I throw in a few dog hairs too for good measure.

1:54 pm

wow! That Beverly Sills! .. just wow.

1:54 pm

other than the penny they are pretty hard

1:54 pm

Yes, I am the Harvey Girl, and it's ok if you can't keep me straight. :D

1:54 pm

not just you cos

1:55 pm

i only have the first 3 so far

1:55 pm

i used to go hear bubbles every time she was in Houston

1:55 pm

not just them cos!

1:55 pm

I found the ce words very hard cosdem, I asked for clues earlier in the grid that varumba provided that might help.

1:55 pm

ok lemme scroll down and see thanks

1:56 pm

and now one of my faves!! Anno moffo!

1:56 pm

pini usually comes on around lunch time melissa and then right before the flip

1:56 pm

I'm usually not here this time of day -- I'm more of a night owl but this puzzle just wasn't going to get finished last night!

1:57 pm

nice! I saw Pavarotti in Seattle once.

1:57 pm

so you usually start right after the flip?

1:57 pm

I do see pini at night often though!

1:57 pm

she lives in Eugene

1:57 pm

Yes, that's me. It's become my nightly ritual.

1:57 pm

Ah nice, I didn't know that.

1:58 pm

i have never seen you shout out words like de7

1:58 pm

I like to start at flip.. but this cold has thrown me off.

1:58 pm

stiddie and family live in Olympia

1:58 pm

there were a couple of others there too that I didn't know well

1:59 pm

No, I'm pretty quiet most of the time -- usually because others have got there first.

1:59 pm

and then there's mich_pdx... guess where SHE lives?? LOL

1:59 pm

I'm not a shouter outer either melissa

1:59 pm

any luck with the ce's cos?

1:59 pm

the chog didnt help :(

1:59 pm

Wow, I seriously had no idea there were so many Oregonian babbles.

1:59 pm

i get giddy if i beat metfan to a word

1:59 pm

oregon and washington state

1:59 pm

tr 6 /21 still eluding me. clue pleae>?

2:00 pm

which ones are you missing cos?

2:00 pm

sorry sammy

2:00 pm

Wow, interesting -- I really didn't think that was so. Very cool!

2:00 pm

the last 4 ce words

2:01 pm

all start with french "it /that is"

2:01 pm

ok... ce4/8 = ce4/5 but change last vowel into a high value consonant

2:01 pm

oops, wrong words cos

2:01 pm

let me start again, lol

2:01 pm

lol ok

2:02 pm

Start with ce + curvy letter + vowel.

2:02 pm

that is ce 5/12.

2:02 pm

ce5/12 = ce + ***mulate the intellect is what allows the brain cells to grow ;)

2:02 pm

you forgot a cons there melissa

2:03 pm

then ce6/21 = ce5/12 + add a wovel before the last one

2:03 pm

we could meet for lunch sometime melissa! A couple weeks ago I finally sat down and ate at Nicholas's.

2:03 pm

ce7/36 = ce6/21 + a cons

2:03 pm

oh crap. Start with ce + curvy + cross + vowel. All the next words follow those first four letters with some variation at the end.

2:03 pm

ce6/21 = like first ce6/21 but change the last vowel for the plural consonant

2:03 pm

And it's been a while since I went to Paradox (in case you're a vegan)

2:04 pm

That would be delightful m9. I love vegan, or just about anything really.

2:04 pm

me too!

2:05 pm

Have you been to Nicholas's? it's right next to Andy and Bax.

2:05 pm

got them all! thanks!

2:05 pm

Yay cos!

2:06 pm

wtg cos and yw

2:06 pm

yay cos!

2:06 pm

phew lol

2:06 pm

oh that tiny little middle eastern place -- we went there once with friends, it's fabulous! It's just been a long time since I've been.

2:08 pm

yes! We like Andy and Bax.. and I would always walk by there and think.. gotta try this place! So time before last.. we got something to go. and last time it was just me and the 14 yo.. and we ate lunch there.

2:08 pm

the 22 yo really likes Paradox. Found that when she was in her vegan phase...LOL

2:09 pm

Ah see, I am terribly lazy and tend to stick to the north side. But we went there once with our vegan pals and it was good.

2:10 pm

I have 55 words left. This is when I go bingo! mode.

2:10 pm

you've done well m9

2:10 pm

wtg m9

2:10 pm

Cool m9, you're nearly there!

2:10 pm

bingo! bottom row.

2:12 pm

co 7/36 clue?

2:12 pm

well.. if you get it you'll be co7.

2:12 pm

It's not wrong, it's co******!

2:12 pm

ah yes, i missed that one out cos, brecause i was blind the the C in the opposit corner co7/35 - right

2:12 pm

36*

2:13 pm

Same here, varumba.

2:13 pm

ahhh

2:13 pm

thansk varum that hlped!

2:13 pm

C words done!

2:14 pm

lol y w

2:14 pm

Well done, cosdem! I found them the hardest.

hi all..I am down to the fa 7,44 and have tried lots of combos, but not getting it...have looked at clues and still seem to be clueless! :)

2:16 pm

ah well, let us help you then ;)

2:16 pm

fa7/44 - not near + what you call an edge on a flat square

2:16 pm

someone said eralier it was the name of a comics?

2:16 pm

Do you remember the cartoon by Gary Larson?

2:16 pm

hey RKB I am down to 309 words you want to do mine now

2:17 pm

hi speed

hi sis!!!!

2:17 pm

oh i love these cartoons!

2:17 pm

Yes, it was a one-panel comic and hilarious. Lots of cows wearing glasses and whatnot.

OMGOOODNESSSSSSS! what a jerk!!!!! ty big time

2:18 pm

i liked the one with the snake all twisted up and the other snake says look mommy hes doing sign language! lol

2:18 pm

yw

2:18 pm

Right on Read! Congrats!

how can something be so simple adn yet be SO difficult!

2:18 pm

My favorite was "Cat Fud."

2:19 pm

or the obese woman putting up lost dog posters with the little chihauhua in her butt lol

2:19 pm

my fave is the spiders with a web at the bottom of a slide "yeah.. but if we pull this off we'll eat like kings"

2:19 pm

In fact there is a Flickr group that reenacts Far Side cartoons in real life -- it is just hilarious.

see that was my problem I was stuck on Garfield!

2:20 pm

we definitely got the fa7 clue now melissamay thanks

2:20 pm

i have to check that out melissa!

2:20 pm

te 7/36?? clue please

2:20 pm

Oh hell, sorry!

off to fold laundry and close the grid...have a great rest of the day all!

2:20 pm

I gotta see that!

2:20 pm

sexy sleepwear

2:21 pm

hiya amelu

2:21 pm

ROFL!!!!

2:21 pm

LOL mellisa but I do not have the 9 just in case you want to let me in on that one

2:21 pm

Well since the cat fud is out of the bag: http://www.flickr.com/groups/farside/

2:21 pm

*waves* Hi!

2:21 pm

varumba check fa7 out :

2:21 pm

http://hubpages.com/hub/Gary-Larson

2:21 pm

Hi, amelu

2:21 pm

hi amelu

2:22 pm

will do jellen, tx for the link

2:23 pm

The 9 is a compound of paddles and little swimmers. Please forgive me if that's too much clue!

2:23 pm

omg i love this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/41526099@ N08/5044133672/in/pool-farside#/photos /41526099@N08/5044133672/in/pool-19778 266@N00/

2:23 pm

hee hee cos!

2:24 pm

Son be a de7, you have a talent for causing great pain :)

2:24 pm

not too much of a clue thank you

2:25 pm

yw speed!

2:25 pm

clue for the first de7/32?

2:26 pm

i think that's what i just ponted, cos

2:26 pm

plural of "god"

2:26 pm

gods

2:26 pm

no thats the 2nd de 7/32

2:27 pm

hmmmm

2:27 pm

got it

2:27 pm

thanks

2:27 pm

rhymes with tahiti (add plur ) ;)

2:28 pm

cool, yw

2:28 pm

so many are lego

2:28 pm

which one is that cos?

2:29 pm

(don't feel like messing with a long link)

2:29 pm

the very first one i think

2:29 pm

the fear that somewhere a duck is watching lol

2:30 pm

ah. the first in photostream.. which is the last.... kind of.

2:30 pm

lol yeah

2:30 pm

LOL. The first was silverwear heads..

2:30 pm

ah, plural gods

2:31 pm

i bookmarked it. ill have to look thru them later after i finish the grid,, as a reward

2:32 pm

you may like http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/

2:33 pm

the mummy's wrath one is SICK!

2:34 pm

lol

2:34 pm

ah thanks seain i bookmarked it as well

2:34 pm

it's worth reading from the beginning

2:35 pm

i'm a fan of Death of Death by Giant Fireballs

2:35 pm

various Deaths are characters in the Infinite Featureless Plane sub-series in the comic

2:35 pm

woof, fireworks at last!

2:36 pm

congrats, melissamay

2:36 pm

YAY melissa~!~~

2:36 pm

Woo, thanks so much!

2:36 pm

wtg melissa! right behind you with 9 to go ;)

2:36 pm

i still have 49..

2:37 pm

yay varumba! I couldn't have done it without you.

2:37 pm

If I can help with anything before I split just say the word!

2:37 pm

awww tx sweetie.... you've been v helpful too :)

2:37 pm

any clue for the last tr?

2:37 pm

bottom i words

2:38 pm

American id5

2:38 pm

Well, it's always helpful when someone spills the word right in chat. The last tr is tr + vowel + vehicle.

2:39 pm

ty !!

2:39 pm

I'll monkey the other T's ;)

2:39 pm

yw :)

2:39 pm

Love me some Green Day!

2:40 pm

okee dokee, glad I could help! Have fun finishing and good day/night to all!

2:40 pm

as

2:40 pm

bingo! second column

2:40 pm

bye mel!!!!!! tc and sys (((((((())))))))))

2:40 pm

as the world turns?

2:41 pm

right back at ya sister! I loved getting to chat with you.

2:42 pm

:D amelu

2:42 pm

fireowrks!!!!

2:43 pm

congarts varumba

2:43 pm

ty ty :) any help wanted before i scoot off?

2:44 pm

wow greyed the J first i did. huh.

2:44 pm

wtg varum~!

2:44 pm

wtg dc

2:44 pm

WTG SEAIN!!!!

2:44 pm

ok then, gl every1, sys byeeeeeeeeee

2:44 pm

tx m9 :)

2:44 pm

bingo! 4th row

2:46 pm

Back, but not for long...

2:46 pm

hey Jellen. welcome back

2:52 pm

One-third of the grid completed...it will have to do for now...

2:53 pm

clue for en8?

2:53 pm

people change their iden*********

2:54 pm

ah ok thanks!

2:54 pm

a good word for halloween too!

2:54 pm

i know. Lame. Did I mention I have a stuffed up head?

2:54 pm

LOL

2:54 pm

hey it helped me! so it was a good clue

2:55 pm

Icon clue loaded...I know, it's easy, but cute!

2:55 pm

ty for EN

2:55 pm

hi, jellen

2:56 pm

Hi, dc!

2:56 pm

awwwww.....

2:56 pm

Someone needs to boot me in the backside so I get to work...

2:57 pm

work, schmork i say!

2:57 pm

how bout a gentle shove?

2:57 pm

what's the project today Jell?

2:58 pm

Paying bills, finishing unpacking kitchen, and grocery shopping...

2:59 pm

ah. bring all the bill stuff to your puter...

2:59 pm

I just did...

2:59 pm

and put something you REALLY really want on the grocery list...LOL

2:59 pm

just had a scary thought!

2:59 pm

yay!! see.. you're doing great!

2:59 pm

thanksgiving is a month away from today

3:00 pm

argh!

3:00 pm

then....

3:00 pm

dare i say it?

3:01 pm

NO!! just SHUT UP!

3:01 pm

*fingers in ears* "LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA"

3:02 pm

lol *keeps quiet*

3:02 pm

ok. 29 left.. but I told my boy I'd bring something down to his volunteer gig... um.. a while ago...

3:02 pm

although im looking forward to the pretty decorations :P

3:04 pm

so.. *poof for now* keep up the good good work Jellen!

3:04 pm

Hooray! Someone's coming over to help me with the kitchen in a couple of hours!

3:05 pm

Bye, m9...see you later!

3:05 pm

hi everyone, I need to get the first 3 de words. the 6,7, and 8. I just need a little direction

3:06 pm

Hi, bichon

3:06 pm

Hi Jellen

3:06 pm

hi Bichon and all. They say graffiti artists do this to public property

3:07 pm

ty so much again lynxxx

3:07 pm

Thanks, lynxxx!

3:08 pm

yw

3:11 pm

the hopscotch bridge in Washington, DC was done as public service by those grafiti artists who had de6d the bridge prior: http://bit.ly/aIPhah

3:11 pm

and ty lyn for those DE words

3:14 pm

Hi DC - a nice work, lots of good stuff around

3:14 pm

hello all

3:14 pm

help with ac7 pls]\

3:14 pm

hi Peri

3:15 pm

hello, peri

3:15 pm

ac, first card in a pack and anagram of digits on foot

3:15 pm

hello everybody

3:15 pm

ty jacq

3:15 pm

ty, jacq

3:15 pm

was my first word

3:16 pm

hi Jacq

3:16 pm

so i hope it's what you need

3:17 pm

my first wordd was fart :)

3:17 pm

lol peri

3:17 pm

host

3:17 pm

oops

3:17 pm

sorry

3:17 pm

LOL

3:20 pm

don't let your wound fe6

3:21 pm

lol cute, but can you do that with a word i don;t have?

3:21 pm

or they might go fe5.18

3:22 pm

ty, lyn :)

3:22 pm

need help for fa7

3:22 pm

a prism re7 light

3:23 pm

fa7/44 not near + whos **** are you on?

3:23 pm

fa7 compound, another place. Also well known comic/cartoon

3:23 pm

goodmorning Zooz

3:23 pm

aah, thank you lynxxx

3:24 pm

and zooz

3:24 pm

hi, zooz. that makes the flicker set make more sense :)

3:24 pm

Morning , Lynxxx, how are you today?

3:24 pm

i just got the 9

3:24 pm

woooohoooooo

3:24 pm

Hello, DC :-)

3:24 pm

very well

3:24 pm

not near and loaves and ******

3:25 pm

the biblical story, sorry

3:26 pm

hot to7 are wonderful when sinus are stuffy

3:26 pm

hello all - back for 64 - eek

3:26 pm

Hello, Ursh.

3:27 pm

heya zooz and ursh

3:27 pm

to6 is the same minus a letter, DC :-)

3:27 pm

re5ue

3:27 pm

fa

3:27 pm

Hello, Jacq :-)

3:27 pm

gracias, zooz

3:27 pm

hallo, Inge

3:28 pm

Hi, zooz!

3:28 pm

Hi, ursh, and all I missed...

3:28 pm

Hello, Jellen :-).....How are you?

3:29 pm

heya jellen

3:29 pm

oafish

3:29 pm

oafed

3:29 pm

oooooh sorry

3:29 pm

stupid cursor

3:29 pm

Better...just paid my bills, and they totaled less than I anticipated :-)

3:29 pm

Hi, jac!

3:29 pm

that's always nice ,jellen

3:29 pm

thats good news :-)

3:30 pm

Unless I misplaced one or two :-S

3:30 pm

i clued the 9 wrong for some pill fillled reason, it's the boat propellor and the loaves and ******

3:31 pm

or you could say what you row boats with + use a rod to catch them..lol

3:31 pm

How are you, zooz?

3:32 pm

ty zooz, see brain not functioning well at all

3:32 pm

I am good today, Jellen, i am home for the weekend :-)

3:32 pm

Excellent!

3:33 pm

we all have different ways of cluing, Jacq, mine is very basic way..lol

3:33 pm

so, or9 is like the orifices of the body

3:33 pm

Yes, Jellen, i am pleased with that.

3:33 pm

er, oa9

3:33 pm

mine should be basic, like the oa word i typed in the chog

3:33 pm

ty, zooz and jacq

3:33 pm

brain is taking the scenic route

3:33 pm

nah, but you might use the first part of the word to smack the 2nd part of the word, dc...

3:33 pm

hi

3:34 pm

yw, DC

3:34 pm

Hello, Carlee :-)

3:34 pm

only smack the bigger ones or there won't be much to eat

3:34 pm

indeed, amelu

3:34 pm

Hi, carlee!

3:34 pm

LOL Amelu

3:34 pm

hi, carlee, i hope your day is looking up a tad

3:34 pm

not really no... but thanks for asking

3:34 pm

hi jells

3:35 pm

zooz too

3:35 pm

sorry to hear you're having a hard time carlee (((((())))))

3:35 pm

hi Carlee

3:35 pm

(((Carlee)))

3:35 pm

(((carlee)))

3:36 pm

its ok jacqs...life goes on...i just keep plodding through the shit

3:36 pm

hi lynxxx

3:37 pm

is this a difficult grid..not seeing much for a 300 grid

3:37 pm

Me, either...

3:37 pm

Starts very well but then...

3:37 pm

i'm beginning to stall out with 134 to go

3:37 pm

hmmm carlee sometimes here the sh** is knee high

3:37 pm

well..i am at 35 words and....

3:38 pm

hey there, ursh

3:38 pm

ursh its been waist high for 3+ years and it just keep sgetting deeper

3:38 pm

Hello Ursh

3:38 pm

hi seain

3:38 pm

35 words in to this thing

3:39 pm

strap on the waders and keep slogging, I find one eventually comes to the other si**

3:39 pm

sometimes the sh** dries up and you can actually walk on it

3:39 pm

and if the sh** is getting deeper - all the more reason to keep your chin up

3:40 pm

i better cus 35 more years of this crap and i would say no uh uh..i am getting off the ride now...

3:41 pm

i hope i'm not speaking out of turn, but my daughter did the same thing at 16, i cried for days and days but we are still close if not closer than ever, but it was hard because she still wanted me to be mom

3:41 pm

and that meant all the running around too

3:42 pm

en 8?

3:42 pm

all i know jacs...my face feels bruised i have cried so much...and my eyes are slits...and i looked in the mirror and suddenly i am 60 not 40

3:42 pm

political en8

3:42 pm

i can't give you any advice except to say that it will get easier

3:42 pm

national en8

3:42 pm

en8 beings

3:42 pm

en8 = beings

3:42 pm

clue for er5/12>

3:43 pm

mistaked cosdem

3:43 pm

to do the er4/4

3:43 pm

ty Jellen

3:43 pm

er + color

3:43 pm

ah duh.. thanks

3:47 pm

Hello everybody :-)

3:47 pm

heya soodle

3:47 pm

Hello, Soodle :-)

3:47 pm

hi soodle

3:48 pm

Hiya Zooz! Sorry I had to bail out earlier.... pressure of work! Hi Carlie!.. Nice to see you :-)

3:48 pm

why isnt farsi a word

3:49 pm

Hiya Jacq... Hows the weather in Bonnie scotland?

3:49 pm

hows things over there soodle?

3:49 pm

it's cold as a witches t*t

3:49 pm

that was nno problem , Soodle, i understand.

3:49 pm

it maybe is a word somewhere cosdem

3:49 pm

think it is farci

3:49 pm

Zippa dee doo dah.... bank holiday here.....Yahoo!

3:49 pm

fa 7?

3:50 pm

hi, soodle

3:50 pm

a comic strip by gary larson

3:50 pm

And I have taken the precaution of taking Tuesday off as well, so I am looking at a 4 day weekend.... Cant get much better!

3:50 pm

The Fa7 by Gary Larson

3:50 pm

enjoy, soodle :)

3:50 pm

ty dc

3:50 pm

Sure will, Seain. Haven't seen you for a while. Hows life?

3:50 pm

nice soodle, hope you enjoy it

3:51 pm

heya seain

3:51 pm

How come you guys on the other side of the ponds are always getting these bank holidays and we don't [pout]

3:51 pm

Cos we deserve them, Bichon!!!

3:51 pm

hi, jacq

3:52 pm

they have bank holidays, and we have more holidays overall. Though in UK/IE, the holidays are more evenly spaced than in US

3:53 pm

I think the October bank holiday is just here in Ireland - I don't think you English folk have one, do you?

3:53 pm

OMG! I just got my last 4 (with 6 words remaining) and it's the freaking ar4/4! HOW did I MISS THAT??????? Sheesh!

3:53 pm

thank amelu.i always miss that one

3:54 pm

lol amelu

3:54 pm

there is an english bank holiday in october but i don't think we scots have one

3:54 pm

:o)

3:55 pm

but that said few employers give them as holidays they offer a lump of 5 days instead, better to now when your workforce are off as a whole i think

3:55 pm

+k (adds missing letter)

3:57 pm

The kids are on mid-term next week - but Hallowe'en is on Sunday week, so their hallowe'en activities will be curtailed by the thought of school the following day.

3:57 pm

the children here, broke up from school today, for there half-term break.

3:58 pm

our kids have just finished their tattie holidays, cold and wet and miserable 2 weeks

3:58 pm

i am surprised the typical " make hallowe'en on sat instead of sun so as not to offend the religious right" petitions have not yet started here...or if they have... i have not heard..i remember it happening 1ce when i was a kid

3:58 pm

Do the clocks go back next week end?

3:58 pm

ours dont for 2 more weeks

3:58 pm

you would think the religious right would make a big thing of driving off evil on bobs day

3:59 pm

yes zooz

3:59 pm

ok...i need to make myself feel better..gone to shower...again

3:59 pm

take care carlee

3:59 pm

i'll be back in a bit

3:59 pm

but thanks jacs

3:59 pm

Take care, carlee

3:59 pm

thanks all <temporary poof>

4:00 pm

opps, sorry, just saw your reply..lol

4:00 pm

Yuk. Up in the dark, home in the dark - I always feel like a character in The Wind in The Willows - Mole or Badger or some such..... :-(

4:01 pm

you are not wrong, soodle, hate it when it seems like darkness 20 hours a day..lol

4:02 pm

I am a firm believer in the SADS theory - (just cant think of what it stands for right now -Seasonal Affected Disorder Syndrom, or something)

4:02 pm

Seasonal Affective Disorder (Affect = Mood)

4:03 pm

Hello, Hurshy.

4:03 pm

i agree soodle, i always feel miserable in winter, i don't mind the cold so much but the long long nights

4:03 pm

Thats it, Hurshy. Thank you.

4:03 pm

Ah! As long as we have Babble, eh?

4:04 pm

Hello again...computer's acting up...

4:04 pm

chin up, you could be like me and just have depression all the year round.

4:04 pm

Hey Jane :-)

4:04 pm

Oh

4:04 pm

Oh

4:04 pm

I think i am the same then, Hurshy :-(

4:05 pm

No idea where the OH's came from, sorry.

4:05 pm

Me too...

4:06 pm

At least we are not alone :-)

4:06 pm

Hi all! Soodle, maybe they were hiccups!

4:06 pm

I'm a firm believer in better living through chemistry :-)

4:06 pm

Hey... we need cheering up..... A joke, quick.....

4:06 pm

i'm working on it, jellen...

4:06 pm

Hi, Champ

4:06 pm

Hello, Champfit :-)

4:06 pm

LOL Champ!

4:07 pm

What did the atheist dyslexic say?

4:07 pm

what do you call 500 politicians at the bottom of the ocean?

4:07 pm

i don't believe in dog

4:08 pm

lol

4:08 pm

A good start!

4:08 pm

lol champ !!

4:08 pm

Aww...hurshy! That was my line!

4:08 pm

I voted yesterday. So glad to get it done, and it didn't take anytime at all!

4:08 pm

sorry...

4:09 pm

That's okay...I'm done pouting now!

4:09 pm

what do you do when you come across a politician buried up to their neck in sand?

4:09 pm

Punt?

4:09 pm

grab more sand and finish the job

4:09 pm

i was going to say pee on them.

4:09 pm

Mother and baby get on bus. Bus driver says 'Golly what an ungly baby'. Disgruntled mother sits down on bus & says to her fellow passengers 'That driver was bang out of order'. Fellow passenger says ' you go and give that driver 'what for', I'll hold the monkey'....

4:10 pm

Love that soodle!!!

4:10 pm

LOL

4:10 pm

LOLOLOL

4:10 pm

lol!

4:10 pm

lol zooz

4:11 pm

a man went to the doctor for a routine checkup. the doctor told him he was overweight. the man was annoyed and said, "i want a second opinion." the doctor said, "ok, you're fat AND you're ugly".

4:11 pm

what's the difference between a politician and a vampire?

4:11 pm

LOL hursh

4:11 pm

LOL

4:11 pm

a vampire only sucks the blood out of people at night

4:11 pm

ba-dum-BUM!

4:11 pm

ROFL Hursh

4:11 pm

:-)

4:12 pm

Greetings Babble buddies!

4:12 pm

Welcome Scrabs!

4:12 pm

back..hi scrabs

4:12 pm

Hello, Scrabs :-)

4:12 pm

Hi, Scrabbs!

4:12 pm

jo

4:12 pm

wb carlee

4:12 pm

wb, Carlee

4:12 pm

Hello Scrabbler.

4:12 pm

heya inge

4:12 pm

Hey Carlee

4:13 pm

Anybody finish this grid yet?

4:13 pm

wb, carlee

4:13 pm

thanks :)

4:13 pm

brb washing machine finished

4:13 pm

yep, finished a few hours ago.

4:13 pm

I still have 130 to go. Long way~!

4:13 pm

Good for you, Zooz.

4:13 pm

Yup, Scrabbler. Finished a while ago. Soodle clues available for the asking.....

4:13 pm

218 left.

4:13 pm

I'm aiming for halfway...

4:14 pm

My aim is halfway, except for small grids, then I try to finish.

4:14 pm

hi inge

4:14 pm

I have plenty of time to pick at it, but don't really expect to finish tonight. There will be wine...

4:14 pm

Its quite a benign grid today.... not too many horrors!

4:15 pm

i'm not seeing much in it scrabs... i need chocolate....

4:16 pm

I just squirt chocolate syrup on a spoon, several times, to fulfill a chocolate deficiency.

4:16 pm

<toddling of to make some kind of hot fudge sundae>....this after eating 1/2 a carrot cake

4:16 pm

i ate 1/2 a jar of nutella last night

4:17 pm

Obviously. Otherwise you wouldn't crave it. Deficiency for sure!

4:17 pm

Carlee is overdosing on carbs today.

4:17 pm

carlee is having a bad time...

4:18 pm

What's going on, Carlee?

4:18 pm

She needs hugs and carbs...

4:18 pm

I can sympathize you carlee. I could do that

4:18 pm

(((((Hugs n Carbs))))) straight to Carlee....

4:19 pm

Ditto!

4:19 pm

((Carlee)) *sending ice cream, fudge, fresh hot bread*

4:19 pm

Her 14-year-old daughter announced she wanted to live with her father...

4:19 pm

a steming bowl of pasta

4:19 pm

Uggghhhhh. Well, we'll see if that happens or if it lasts.

4:19 pm

With Carbonera sauce...

4:20 pm

I agree with Scrabs. It's more of a statement than a wish

4:20 pm

That's the pits. I'm sorry Carlee. Hormones and big decisions...not good.

4:20 pm

no hot fudge... hot caramel..not fudge..dammit..and no car..

4:21 pm

I hope it was an impulsive, hateful adolescent announcement and that it never happens.

4:21 pm

14 year old girls are a law unto themselves.

4:21 pm

( scrabs he's pulling the poor pity card and she feels sorry for him..as her brother has had a tempestuous relationship.she is offereing herself up as the sacraficial lamb )

4:21 pm

help!!!Im 11 an i need help

4:21 pm

Emotional tornadoes is what they are.

4:21 pm

no..its been a long thought out decisison

4:22 pm

I'm sorry for your pain Carlee but in the short week that I've been on this site I can say you certainly have a lot of friends who care about you!

4:22 pm

To take care of him due to his physical limitations?

4:22 pm

girly...u connect letter like in boggle...

4:22 pm

Hi GG + Whiski

4:22 pm

Hi Scrabbler

4:22 pm

Hi, mrswhiski

4:22 pm

yes scrabs...and his emotional ones...he's alone <DUH..U LEFT>

4:22 pm

Hi, Girly

4:23 pm

yes...and i treasure them all mrsW

4:23 pm

I have a daughter and although my husband and I have always lived together amicably under one roof, she always played us off against each other

4:23 pm

Hi Jellen

4:23 pm

Now she has a daughter of her own. Just wait

4:24 pm

okay, i need help finding words though

4:24 pm

that is not her style either bichon...she is a goal orientated..mature...straight thinker

4:24 pm

GG, read the Help section above, and scroll below the Tile Stats to read Lickety's Babble Clues.

4:25 pm

why, exactly does she think things are better on the other side? Did you not let her do something she wanted

4:25 pm

open in another window lickety's babble clues...lists every word by word length and first 2 letters...should help you get started GG

4:25 pm

Even straight thinkers can get taken by emotional manipulation...

4:25 pm

"If______, then______." Life is about choices + consequences.

4:26 pm

not better on other side... she is sacraficing herself....

4:26 pm

But she may realize that her choice was not a good one.

4:26 pm

this isnt about being better..or greener grass..she pities her dad...and feels someone either she or her brother ought to live there...he wont..so she is

4:27 pm

i think she already realises it...but her sympathetic feelings outweigh that

4:27 pm

k thx

4:27 pm

Oh Carlee..... how difficult for you.

4:27 pm

Let her do it, even though it might not be a good choice

4:28 pm

and he is going to have another built in maid and cook and she is a straight a student..top of her class....and...i just see herself setting herself up for catastrophe

4:28 pm

I agree. Be emotionally detached. Allow her to make this choice, let her know you love her and she may move home at any time.

4:29 pm

Carlee I have a 29 year old daughter with several disabilities. She does not speak nor have any other form of meaningful communication. I have never heard a word from her and yet I know everything about her by looking at her face and eyes. Sometimes we mothers miss so much when our children speak!

4:30 pm

that just it scrabs....she knows that... she is being a martyr... for him...and he is letting her..encouraging her..and destroying this childs future for his benefit...we finally got my sonon track after being pulled down..and dragged down emotionally cus that is what my ex does to make himself feel better

4:30 pm

I agree with Bichon and Scrabbler. She is 14. (Fourteen??? Crikey, my memories or being 14 are positively scary!)

4:30 pm

( she is more mature then my 18 year and has always been )

4:31 pm

so sorry carlee! you just have to believe that in the end she'll see what's right. you can't tell them though...it's like we mom's are idiots.

4:31 pm

This is not a permanent decision. She has the choice to leave a manipulative situation.

4:31 pm

tell her exactly how you feel about this carlee, let her know she can come back any time, when or if her dad starts dating she may come back because then he isn't lonely

4:32 pm

It will be her choice, not her mother's and if it doesn't work out, then she can't blame you.

4:32 pm

hopefully....she does....i know grandma intends to have a long conversation with her..and grandmas are not the "mom idiots"

4:32 pm

My sister's youngest son decided at 13 to move in with his alcoholic father, to "take care of him."

4:33 pm

grandma will not mince her words about dad manipulating her

4:33 pm

and????? what happened scrabs

4:33 pm

gramma will not jacs

4:33 pm

He just turned 17 and quit high school.

4:33 pm

i didnt need to hear this scrabs

4:33 pm

brb

4:34 pm

He calls my sister or his older brothers to ask for rides because either Dad is drunk at bar or drunk at home.

4:34 pm

cus that is what i see at the end of this road she is taking

4:34 pm

But Carlee, your daughter is ambitious and bright.

4:34 pm

Counseling?

4:35 pm

and her father rips down the kids...tells them they cant do...my don for first time afger being free for 7 months has goals...and working..and helping out..and happy...and sees a future beyond wheeling concrete for his dad

4:35 pm

he purposely just got himself an all day sat job so he no longer has to help out dad wheeling concrete :)

4:36 pm

So she will see this when she lives with him.

4:36 pm

Has your son talked to your daughter re Dad's behavior?

4:36 pm

i hope so scrabs... i hope so...between that and grandma giving her 20 cens worth ( much more then 2 )

4:37 pm

I agree Scrabbler. Have faith in your insightful daughter Carlee.

4:37 pm

Is your daughter manipulated (turned into maid/cook) when she is at Dad's?

4:37 pm

Without a doubt - how long will it take for her to live with her dad before she sees the real story. Carlee - I am far from being a feminist - but, the bond between a mom and her daughter is pretty unbreakable

4:37 pm

yes..all the time

4:38 pm

If she wants to be with her friends or attend social functions she will tire of his demands.

4:38 pm

scrabs...finally after all these years..the other day..i thought.." i am ok...i am coping and i feel pretty ok...." then this hit... i had 2 days of "i feel ok"

4:39 pm

and now...complete misery

4:39 pm

But you were married to him, are an adult. She is just 14 and has little life experience.

4:39 pm

I know you don't know me Carlee, but I truly feel so bad for you.

4:40 pm

It is similar to situation of girl choosing loser boyfriend. If you criticize the guy she stays glued to him. Over time the girl realizes she deserves better.

4:40 pm

thanks mrsW... thank u everyone....seriously...not sure what i would do

4:41 pm

i hope she does...

4:42 pm

i left my mums at 17 to look after my dad, i thought he was helpless and lonely, it took a month for me to realise he was pathetic and selfish

4:42 pm

i put my mum through hell and i regret it every day, but i didn't see him for what he was till i lived with him

4:42 pm

Stay in control. Be calm. Hide your shock + disappointment. This is something that SHE must work out for herself.

4:42 pm

hopefully... she realises....that we were miserable with him here for reason

4:43 pm

she will realise

4:43 pm

ithink tho scrabs she should know i am upset....to hide that is a lie...controlled but...hurt by this desicion

4:43 pm

Don't you think that she will lose much freedom + autonomy when she lives with him?

4:43 pm

no..i think she will have more....he leaves at 6 am..and does not get home until 8 pm...so..she alone in the apartment..with a computer and web cam etc

4:44 pm

and housework and cooking and laundry and shcoolwork

4:44 pm

if she gets depressed...she will let the schoolwork slide

4:45 pm

speak to the school counsellor, make them aware of the whole situation

4:45 pm

And then the school counselor, you, etc intervene.

4:46 pm

yea..i will...

4:46 pm

i still have not seen her to speak to her about this

4:46 pm

she announced yesterday.....saying " its not fair dad is alone and its either taylor or me "

4:46 pm

they are an uninvolved impartial third party who only have her best interests at heart they may have more sway

4:46 pm

and she stayed there last night

4:47 pm

Write down pros & cons, etc and stress that she has the option to return home.

4:47 pm

yea..i will

4:47 pm

It's that father-daughter thing.

4:48 pm

she doesnt remember hiding in the basement with me from his anger..turning up the tv so we would not hear if he yelled at us wanting something

4:48 pm

(((((((((((((((Carlee))))))))))))))

4:48 pm

Does she have friends that will look out for her, tell her that she does not have to take care of him?

4:48 pm

but she will remember

4:48 pm

well...she would if she was reminded...

4:49 pm

and grnadma will remind her how bad things were

4:49 pm

her friends are all into boys fashion makeup boys..football boys... hair boys

4:49 pm

grandma will

4:49 pm

my mum always reminds my girls what their dad was like

4:50 pm

and she hardly knew anything

4:50 pm

same...my mum doesnt know 1/2 of it

4:50 pm

but what she does know, about the emotional side she will tell her

4:51 pm

gone to get tylenol...again...

4:51 pm

have to go see to the washer again brb

4:51 pm

I need to go for now carlee, but I'll be back here and on Facebook...

4:52 pm

My son used to go to bed with a golf stick beside him.. in case his father went nuts again. Its a constant source of worry to me, the effect that a mad bas*ard of a father can have on a youngster

4:55 pm

later jacs....jells..thanks so much :)

4:55 pm

yeap..i hear u soodle... my son..and self esteem..he has pulled himself out of it..thank god

4:56 pm

Carlee, my heart is going out to you.....

4:56 pm

thanks soodle...

4:56 pm

"This too shall pass." Your daughter must learn a life lesson by experience.

4:57 pm

This is very common with divorce--kids decide to switch homes, for various reasons.

4:57 pm

i just hope it doesnt mess her up for the rest of her life..she has so much promise

4:57 pm

i messed mine up for him....and i dont want to see it repeat

4:58 pm

He will not be the sole influence. She has you, bro, teachers, school counselors...

4:58 pm

and gramma...

4:58 pm

You did the right thing, Carlee, by choosing to end the relationship.

5:00 pm

Is she exposed to other kids' fathers, to know how a responsible man behaves, especially toward his daughter?

5:00 pm

i tried for so long to make it work... and then..the accident...and the poor pitty...and.. oh man...i will be broke for the rest of my life.penny pinching..but..i wont be 2nd guessing anymore

5:00 pm

My sister is a general practioner in a rural community here in Ireland. She encountered a horrific case of abuse last week. The social system here has broken down to the extent that nobody is taking responsibility. She is now left in the position of knowing that a child is in the gravest danger, but utterly incapable of doing anything to rectify the situation. Jeez..... Planet Earth, 2010?

5:00 pm

Can the police help?

5:01 pm

thats horrible,,, and must be crushing for her...

5:02 pm

No, they can't, Scrabbler. Wait for this.... the Social services prioritise their cases of abuse on 'penetrative' - number 1, down to Non-penatrative...Number 10. It just beggars belief.

5:02 pm

i have to go huggggs for carlee be strong hun but be honest with her and let grnadma do her thing

5:02 pm

take care everyone

5:03 pm

thanks jacs..hugging back...and will do...

5:03 pm

In my work I see kids in awful situations--selfish parents, irresponsible parents, yet not officially neglectful or abusive. I mourn for those kids.

5:04 pm

This particular case hasn't even been categorised, so its not on any priority list, even though my sister knows that the most horrific things are happening

5:05 pm

That is irresponsible of the social system, to allow kids to be abused. What can be done??

5:05 pm

Oh my, i am so sorry for darkening the chog.

5:05 pm

Carlee.... My thoughts are with you.

5:06 pm

Well, I must make a decision about dinner. Maybe pasta?

5:06 pm

its ok soodle.....i made carrot cake... its in the pb..i bake when distressed..almost made tiramisu today but instead i napped

5:06 pm

that was brunch here scrabs..i didnt do dinner and at 3 am i started to crave spaghetti....so..got up this am..and made spaghetti..had that at 11 am

5:07 pm

Well,shame on you for not doing the tiramisu, Carlee. Thats all I craved....tiramisu!

5:07 pm

*pops back in to give carlee another ((((hug))))*

5:07 pm

I LOVE tiramisu!

5:07 pm

hi all. carlee, I'm sorry you're going through this.

5:08 pm

sorry soodle...i will try for sunday..tomorrow i cook all day for the charity dinner i work at...its nov 8 so..the stuff that can be frozen is tomorrow

5:08 pm

thanks m9

5:08 pm

{{{jells}}}

5:08 pm

LOL - thank goodness I don't bake when upset. I would be the size of 3 small south american countries!!!!

5:08 pm

just whati need spending the next 2 weeks preparing to feed 1200 people

5:09 pm

I find that with my kids, the more I can shut my mouth and get them to talk.. the quicker they make good decisions.

5:09 pm

well..i havent seen her to exercise that principle... but i intend to... gramma's just ogint o have to work this one out...

5:10 pm

yeah.. that would kind of undermine things... because that getting them to talk part is huge.

5:10 pm

Good advice, m9--listen, reflect, validate, let them figure things out.

5:10 pm

BRB, must get water boiling for pasta.

5:10 pm

i find long car rides are good...

5:11 pm

You know, your daughter is going to have to learn a hard lesson...life isn't fair....Sometimes it's about making the best decisions for yourself...

5:11 pm

yes!

5:11 pm

I have a 14 yo girl too.

5:12 pm

i know that jells...its just my fear that this is such a critical time for her...that this is going to make or break her future..i am likely over reacting....in fact i know i am....but i am so afraid...

5:13 pm

ah fear. One thing that you might ask her is what advice she'd give a friend in the same situation.

5:13 pm

oooh..good one

5:14 pm

pass that one on to gramma after she reminds her of all ths shit that went on

5:14 pm

sorry to interrupt but need help with te7/36, last word

5:14 pm

The hard part is not trying to lead her thinking. You can ask qustions to find out what SHE'S thinking.. but trying to lead her thinking will always backfire.

5:14 pm

i don't have peri

5:14 pm

5:15 pm

dont have it peri....sorry

5:15 pm

ty, will keep looking

5:15 pm

that's a good clue soodle.

5:15 pm

The te 7/36 I have is my icon clue

5:15 pm

oh. I do have that word! how did I miss that?

5:15 pm

ty Jellen, cute icon. fireworks

5:15 pm

Hooray for peri!!!

5:16 pm

Whoo Hoo peri!!!!

5:16 pm

ty now off to read for a while, happy babbling

5:16 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for peri

5:16 pm

(((((carlee and daughter)))))

5:16 pm

thanks for the pom poms carlee

5:16 pm

thanks peri....and ur welcome

5:17 pm

some positive reikii action this way would be lovely :)

5:17 pm

Carlee - Your still tossing those pom-poms. Your good!!!!Things WLL work out ok in the end!

5:18 pm

i keep hearing that soodle..been hearing that for years now... hopefully i am more then 1/2 way through

5:19 pm

Positive Mental Attitude. Positive Mental Attitude. Positive Mental

5:21 pm

hello again friends. just a few minutes to babble -- it's homecoming night, so have to go out into the frozen night soon

5:22 pm

right...pma instead of pms

5:22 pm

hi trifs....enjoy the game tho...

5:22 pm

at least not raining

5:23 pm

Hi, Trif

5:23 pm

heres today's funny tidbit: I had to pay the state tax on Primos' car today, and renew my home town paper subscription. The newspaper was more expensive!!!

5:23 pm

Hello Jellen! Was just thinking of you today....how's things?

5:24 pm

Things are okay...house is still a mess...and life goes on...

carlee - been thinking about you

hope things are better today

5:24 pm

thanks lady :)

5:24 pm

houses are hard to keep neat, that is for sure

5:24 pm

Hi, ladybug

5:25 pm

things are the same...but...i am not the mess i was last night..

5:25 pm

but someone is coming to help you soon.. right jell?

5:25 pm

Oh, mine's over the top, with stuff partially packed to go to the store building...

5:25 pm

especially with teenagers traipsing thru constantly trifs

5:26 pm

Yes, m9...with the kitchen...not the rest of the house!

5:26 pm

ugh. know that one carlee! dear secondo wanted me to ask my sister to come to homecoming tonight, as she "is so fun!"

5:26 pm

ACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK....i cant take all those re's..NOT today...no

5:26 pm

more the merrier....

5:27 pm

usually, but this was more of the AND NOT YOU sort of thing

5:27 pm

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

5:27 pm

ooops

5:27 pm

{{trifs}}

5:27 pm

Jell... maybe we should figure out a buddy system or something.. you got verizon? I'd actually do housework if I had someone to talk to.LOL

5:28 pm

hey there soodle! Btw, since I haven't seen you this week, just want to let you know that the gavel went down on monday, and the divorce is all done. HUGE relief, really.

5:28 pm

Jellen, or M9 - have you checked out the Flylady.net website? She really is great

5:28 pm

I can't do flylady.

5:28 pm

it's too much for me. overwhelming.

5:29 pm

okay. just thought I would mention it

5:29 pm

it works for a lot of people

5:29 pm

so keep mentioning!LOL

5:29 pm

Oh Trif...... (((()))) I know its a relief, but tinged with all sorts of sadness and regrets. Huge support coming from Soodles to Trif....

5:30 pm

thanks soodle. I am still getting a lot of fun out of imaging you and your clever daughters stalking mr hate through cavan on his next trip and making him VERY miserable, I must admit....

5:30 pm

ooh..i had not seen flylady before..i think..perhaps i will peruse that this weekend..and implement this week....

5:30 pm

the first re says it all..... (think bottoms)

5:30 pm

re ass?

5:31 pm

rear

5:31 pm

rerear

5:31 pm

ROFL

5:31 pm

LOL.. it sounds like it would be the pl of the word for assh***

5:31 pm

LOL

5:31 pm

No, I have ATT...

5:31 pm

although it means something else I think.

5:31 pm

rearse

5:31 pm

about straight muscles...

5:32 pm

But a buddy system works for me...

5:32 pm

darn.

5:32 pm

or 5/12?

5:32 pm

purpling out the re's they do not exist..i need to find my happy place minus re's

5:32 pm

Do you do SKype?

5:33 pm

or Yahoo Messenger?

5:33 pm

re utopia!

5:34 pm

Or 5/12 - if your kids need a specialist tooth doctor, he would be an *****dontist....

5:34 pm

Thanks, Soodle!

5:34 pm

I cannot BUDGE the bottom row i - help please?

5:35 pm

io5 = io + *** not, *** too! classic child arguement

5:35 pm

sorry.. was helping Gage get Robin to his underwater suit.

5:35 pm

bless you jellen!

5:36 pm

I tried to set up skype.. but did it wrong...

en 8/40?

5:36 pm

I have yahoo. and we're connected on Facebook too.

5:36 pm

oh, is that what the kids are calling it these days, m9???

5:36 pm

en 8 = beings

5:36 pm

but I can't carry that around with me WHILE I work!LOL

5:36 pm

calling what? huh??

5:37 pm

True...

5:37 pm

Euphamisms!!!!

5:37 pm

My 4 yo is playing lego batman.

?

5:38 pm

Hey, Jellen, hows thing ith you?

5:38 pm

Same old, same old, Soodle...

5:38 pm

err. with...

5:39 pm

Not going to James' gig Saturday...upon request...

5:39 pm

Because his complication might be there...

5:40 pm

okay, I have to go to the game now. brrrrrrrr. Take care all!

5:40 pm

ok..am going to go check out flylady...

5:40 pm

Bye Trif...stay warm...

5:40 pm

enjoy the match....stay warm

5:40 pm

later, carlee!

5:41 pm

bye carlee!!! it will be ok!

5:43 pm

re 7/40... Gage's hair is just kind of re7/40 in certain light.

5:45 pm

brb

5:46 pm

back...

5:46 pm

no, I'm not...brb

last ar 4/4?

sorry second to last

5:49 pm

it's yer bum

5:49 pm

Okay, really back...

5:49 pm

and nice to have you back.

5:50 pm

think you and the pal will get all the boxes finished in the kitchen?

ty

5:50 pm

Yes, we'll finish the kitchen...

5:50 pm

If she ever gets here...

5:51 pm

sweet!

5:54 pm

i'm wallowing in the re's...

5:55 pm

Just sent an add request for Yahoo messenger to you m9...

5:55 pm

ok!

5:56 pm

That is, if your yahoo ID is the same as this one...

1/3 of the way through

ugh forever!

6:10 pm

LOL lady

6:13 pm

3 to go

6:14 pm

Wow M(...I just looked at grid and figured I wouldn't even start!!

6:15 pm

*m9

6:15 pm

Hi Jellen!

6:15 pm

ah jilly.. it's not great... but it's not terrible...

6:16 pm

I think Jellen has gone.. her friend arrived.

6:16 pm

I guess I could try, it is Friday night...

6:17 pm

2..

6:17 pm

Ahhh...

co 7/36?

6:17 pm

well, guess I can dive in, should be able to do enough to keep my stats...lol..like that's anything great

6:18 pm

1...

6:18 pm

LOL.. it's all good jilly

6:18 pm

yes lady.. that is co7.. there is a co7 in the grid ;-)

6:19 pm

Hi Ladybug...I just started so no clues

6:19 pm

Damn...I see Lickety is off yet again today...hmmm wish I hadn't started...who has the list?

i haven't had problems with lickety today

6:20 pm

fireworks! no. lIckety is up. believe me.. I would not have finished without!

can I get a clue for co7/36?

6:20 pm

I did clue it lady!

6:20 pm

at 6:18

6:20 pm

YAY WooT to m9...I just refreshed clues...whew...yesterday was a pain without Lickety...

I think I missed it

or just don't understand the clue is more like it

6:22 pm

here it is again: yes lady.. that is co7.. there is a co7 in the grid ;-)

co 7/36 co rectify an error

got it ty both - have to go will finish tonight

HOPEFULLY! :-)

6:26 pm

just changed to clue icon

6:31 pm

hi all, shamelessly begging for I word clues LOL

6:32 pm

id6/7 dolt

6:33 pm

well une now I feel like an id -- ty

6:33 pm

yw :-)

6:34 pm

io6/7 almost the red stuff your mom put on a cut

6:34 pm

(brit spelling)

6:35 pm

hmmmmm brit spelling

6:35 pm

that usually involves adding a u somewhere!!

6:35 pm

change last consonant

6:36 pm

american's would spell it with a z

6:36 pm

aaccckkk!!! *americans

6:36 pm

horrified that I made an apostrophe error!!! LOL

6:36 pm

beware the id4

6:36 pm

got it ty! crazy americans

6:36 pm

:-D

6:37 pm

hey, herin :-)

6:37 pm

or is that crasy?? LOL

6:37 pm

LOL!

6:37 pm

grabbing an eraser to remove that apostrophe before the grammar police show up

6:37 pm

well.. I must off. *poof*

6:37 pm

bye m9 ty

6:37 pm

whew, thanks!

6:37 pm

bye m9

6:38 pm

who suggested flylady?

6:38 pm

and hi again

Feather Me and a lot of us

6:38 pm

clearly i missed something... flylady?

6:38 pm

okie...kokie..i have a clean sink :)

6:39 pm

ditto huh?

YAH

www.flylady.net

6:39 pm

hahahah

6:39 pm

its over the top...but..i rather like what i see...

I like it because you are not farting about the house. You go into a room and think well that and that needs doing and then move on

6:40 pm

clearly ineed to buy a timer....and clearly i need a pair of cheapy sneakers for the house

6:40 pm

going to read about decluttering in 15 minutes a day

6:41 pm

but the light over my sink... if its on...bounces around the room my sink so shiny

6:41 pm

passing sunglasses to carle

6:42 pm

( and lcearly october for me a good month to start as i have very little paper clutter in my house..i have STUFF..but not paper)

I don't Carlee. I hate wearing shoes in the house

6:42 pm

same here, herin

6:42 pm

so do i herin..but..i will do this...so much other shit out of my control right now..i need something i can control right now..myhouse

I also think it is great site for people that have mental health problems because they are doable

I find that I take hints from them like micro fiber cloths and buy the car window cleaner ones

Carlee little steps follow the daily steps

6:44 pm

no..i am going to declutter my house... oh..i am....i will do as it suggests...i just...nothing else is in my realm of control..this...willbe a nice project for me to "control"

I have been doing this for about a year. Its a fantastic thing for me having depression.

6:46 pm

hi carlee... have read back some and know about your situation. for what it's worth, I'm also one of those whose daughter left to live with her dad at 13, albeit for different reasons. But I went through deep depression, and it was a tough time. And, as so many others have said before... she came back. They always do

6:46 pm

carlee i did a big anti clutter of my house. i set a goal - put away 5 things a day. in no time all was organized and i actually found myself putting away more than 5 and looking forward to see what i could accomplish

6:46 pm

thanks dorens...

Dorens that has to be hard. ANd Carlee every thing has a silver lining at the end even if right now it looks like tin foil

6:47 pm

i routinely do a big pitch and throw... but its more then that...i just ...i want to get back to less is more...and just...open things up...

6:47 pm

that being said, who is giving out clues for af 6/30?

6:47 pm

a + not stale

6:47 pm

hey, dorens :-)

6:47 pm

( herin....its been greasy tinfoil for a long time..u know about all the crap for years... still waiting for even clean tin foil )

6:48 pm

thankee une

6:48 pm

yw :-)

hello doren and all

6:48 pm

hey TO!

ANd that is a good goal to havve. I really need to drag my butt off the couch to get hayfever drugs

6:48 pm

hi TO..holy..long time no see u

6:48 pm

carlee, we are probably closer than we would have been if she hadn't left... i think. hi owl

HI TO

6:49 pm

dorens..i am not sure how we could be closer...we are very gilmore'ish

be very very careful ,a ll. i actually COOKEd tonight.

6:49 pm

hmmmm clean tin foil. sounds like a good goal.

the world may shi5 on is axis

6:49 pm

ohh....goodie TO..i didnt..what is for dinner?

6:49 pm

go TO!

6:49 pm

well then carlee, you will weather this. try to keep in mind that "this too shall pass" and don't spend too much time mourning

chili- it's cooooold out!

6:50 pm

my crew doesnt like chili :(

though i did use the old "cooking for two" betty crocker - and that brought a tear to my eye for a sec

6:50 pm

i grilled tuna marinated in lime, olive oil and garlic. brown rice and brussels sprouts. simple. and yes it was chilly out there by the grill

6:50 pm

thanks dorens....i am slowly coming out of shock...

sounds good doren...gee, was it really a year ago we all met at your house? time flies

6:51 pm

I cannot believe someone else here is going through the exact same thing at the exact same time ... we need to talk carlee

6:51 pm

good carlee, cause you surely will come through. I've read about girl guides and stuff.. you do have a good relationship, don't let this get in the way.. she is a good girl

6:51 pm

ok...<toddling off to find me some kind of dinner>

6:51 pm

yes owl, it was last november. so much has happened in that year

6:52 pm

wild..if u on fb...tack a hotmail.com to the end of my nic..u will find me

yes it certainly has

6:52 pm

I am and you're probably already a friend ... I will message you

i need 63 words, may be list time

6:52 pm

Hi all, how is Babbleland tonight?

6:52 pm

am online

6:53 pm

its....typical babble support group therapy time again wht

6:53 pm

my foot has healed, i dumped one old boyfriend and reconnected with another, i lost a job, then got to do two jobs for the price of one. how about you?

I made a baby spinach with candied maple walnuts and salted ricotta (Mizithra)

ooo btw what was ken's lat name? i think some one spooled him in email to me

HI WHT

spoofed

6:54 pm

Hi Herin.

6:54 pm

gotcha pulled up car

hi wht

6:54 pm

sounds good herin and hi wht and wildcat, and yes, owl that was him. don't know how, but someone infiltrated and got his entire addressbook

I did try and ask for Salted Ricotta but I got a blank look then told the Greek name, it is in a hard ball.

lol well if he was stranded in london and needed cash he was certainly asking the wrong person! :D

6:56 pm

lol

6:57 pm

hi dorens

6:58 pm

yeah! I finally finished.

so what are you doing home on friday night?

7:00 pm

playing babble, silly. how about you?

7:00 pm

yay inge!

wait where is the b ball game if not on fox?

7:00 pm

Louie goes to lots and lots of meetings. friday nights i'm tired, working two jobs. i left today after 5:30, second day in a row

7:01 pm

TBS, ((TO)) and hello everyone

7:01 pm

hi mom, it's been a while

7:01 pm

yes it has been Dorens. A new boyfriend? wow!

horrible doings up your way, i heard.

7:02 pm

an old new one. From about 1992 to 2004. on and off

7:02 pm

I am not usually on in the evenings. But didn't get much babble time today

hi mon just thiinking of you, i made chili and thinking next time would be your recipe

7:02 pm

you mean ringwood, owl?'

Hi MOooooooooom

7:03 pm

good for you, Doren. I hope you are happy

yes. as if there isn't enough bad news here, my aunt had to tell me. it's always i can top this

7:03 pm

HI TO, it is chilly enough for chili. I hope you will like the recipe

7:03 pm

((Herin)) hello

7:03 pm

TO, did you find the ball game?

7:03 pm

i think so mom.. i have always loved him, sometimes as a friend, but really love

wondering if i just put cinnamon in regular recipe ....

7:04 pm

oh Doren, that is so sweet.

7:04 pm

cinnamon is great in chili

7:04 pm

I missed something doren ... Louie?

7:04 pm

Crawling back into my cave to rest up for the next tooo looong Babble. Gute Nacht.

7:04 pm

so is half a square of baking chocolate

7:04 pm

I don't know why not TO

7:04 pm

guten nacht Inge

yes game is nearly beginning ty

7:05 pm

you're welcome

7:05 pm

Louie, my true love, who is a royal screwup, but I don't know, I just love him. doesn't have ken's panache, style, or money. quite the opposite. but i do love him

yes the rumor was that cincy hili has chocolate but that is not so

7:05 pm

Doren, how long have you been seeing Louie?

7:05 pm

night inge

7:05 pm

you mean this time around, or all together?

7:05 pm

wow what happened with Ken, if I may ask?

7:06 pm

this time around

7:06 pm

i have a new york times recipe owl, from back in the 70's, that includes chocolate

NIght Inge

is it called cincinatti chili?

7:07 pm

well, he found someone else. i guess we were just a bit too different. problem is, he found the someone else while we were still "together". not very nice. mom, this time around, I guess since the summer. owl, yes

7:07 pm

ugh so sorry doren

7:07 pm

so ken actually dumped me about ten days after the school board did, last april. not very nice timing

7:08 pm

oh Doren, a little slice of heaven. I am so happy for you

7:08 pm

not very

7:08 pm

it worked out though wildcat. I was certainly not in love with him, and i think that might have bothered him somewhat

*sugh* i had a ny daily news recipe for a sour cream coffee cake, with cardamom, that was publushed ln the seventies around jewish holiday. lost it and have never been able to duplicate it. ty doren I will take it when you have time.

Any Food suggestions please neeeded at a blank

7:08 pm

remind me owl, i'll probably forget

7:09 pm

well that part is good

7:09 pm

food suggestions for what herin?

am considering making some soft molasses ginger cookies this weekend but i cannot cookd AND bake in the same day. there would be fire and pestilence.

TO was that from the tymes?

7:09 pm

wildcat, i'm sorry to hear about your daughter. what i said to carlee goes for you too then. they come back, they always do

huh herein?

7:10 pm

I know. I've been through it with another child. It just sucks while it's happening

7:10 pm

oh TO, that is not true

7:10 pm

i hardly ever bake now owl, saving the calories for other stuff

7:10 pm

I didn't realize you'd been through a similar experience

*wonders what in the world is better than pastry*

7:10 pm

yes, it does lisa, but try not to dwell (not that this is easy). Yes, Rachel left for her Dad's when she was 13, and she is one of those all or nothing types.

7:11 pm

fre 7/44 ??..... have one and can t find the other? fish smack me please

7:11 pm

i didn't say better, i said other, owl. the occasional pasta, or potatoes, or bread

7:11 pm

I think about it less now that some time has passed, but every once in a while it really smacks me

7:11 pm

Hi Wildcat and Sammysmom

i have placated myself with dark chocolate and oats granola bars in lieu of cookies. natur evalley. the crumbs are good i vanilla yogurt.

7:11 pm

hi mom

7:12 pm

sometimes i'd see a girl walking to school from behind and think it was her, and then feel like crying

fr 7/44 change the cons. at the end of the other

my goodness, you are on a low carb diet?

7:12 pm

hi mom an wildcat

7:12 pm

oh chocolate, that reminds me. time for my nightly square

7:12 pm

hi sammy

hi all, should I start?

7:12 pm

i do try to restrict carbs, seems to help some

7:12 pm

it's mostly the worst when I have to take her back

7:12 pm

sure thing red

7:12 pm

sure red are you up for a challenge?

7:12 pm

Hi Red! Sure come on in

I am hunting that recipe down

hi red. no, just chat

7:13 pm

thanks luv, as i said. a fish smack----lol

just thinking about finishing...if I can or not...but I will probably start.

7:13 pm

oh, when rachel left me, she LEFT me. didn't hardly see her for months (sob, sob). it helps that she is now 29... we're talking about 16 years ago

yw sammie, not a common word

TO I am looking for taht recipe

well herein ty but i have hunted in vain

7:14 pm

no I got the visitation part of the deal ... she's about 10 miles away

7:14 pm

Hi Luv

hi Mom

i a sure you will find many sour cream coffee cakes but i want that one

7:14 pm

Sammy, that smack can land you in the PB today.

7:15 pm

Hi Wht

7:15 pm

Hi Mom

Did it have teh cardaman or did you add it?

it was par tof the recipe, herein

I have found this book from NY Times : http://tinyurl.com/358dhxb I cant see what is in it but maybe you can have a look at the local library

herein dear: ty but it is from the NY daily news.

It says it has a 1968's Coffee cake could it hurt to look (I hate loosing recipes)

ty, herein.

7:21 pm

http://tinyurl.com/2d8zujv for owl

Ok, well I am at 101, so so far not so bad...

ty do you have a martini to go with it?

7:21 pm

wow Red, going to town!

7:22 pm

but owl, i have to tell you i usually take certain aspects take from that recipe and combine with others. no two chilis are ever the same with me. I also like chili made with beer

7:22 pm

and i hate beer

i saw somem cute ones with olive sstuffed ito radishes for halloween

thanks MOm!

I have to find things to cook for this week mmm frownie

i want cake. luckily i have not been able to perfet the choco cake ina mug recipe and have given up trying

7:24 pm

:-)

7:24 pm

my favorite chocolate cake is flourless .. dense, rich, sinfully good

7:24 pm

I tried that TO, no success here at all

7:24 pm

herin, go to the market and see what looks good.. then create from there

7:24 pm

Herin, if you like meatloaf, I have a recipe in my profile

i know, and there are so many recipe out there! they all seem to be old, perhaps microwave tehomogy has changed so that 1he wattage is not at all the same?

7:25 pm

Anybody heard from Carleekat today?

7:25 pm

who likes butternut squash? i found a recipe yesterday that i'm itching to try

7:25 pm

Hi Jilly, she was on a little bit ago

7:25 pm

yes jilly, she sounds like she's doing well

7:25 pm

not me, Dorens

do tell dorens!

funny you should say that, i had one in my hand, to try roasted with cinnamon and cumin

7:26 pm

I think that there are some od6,27 words in the grid today. Some are odd5,14 than others but oa9 has to be one of the odd6,24.

You just missed her Jilly

have had squash o ly once and hated it, not sure what kind it was mashed

7:26 pm

i roast them all the time.. this one had walnuts, vanilla and fresh ginger. i 'll go find it

yum!

I have had pattypan squash it was yuk

i saw golden acron squash, they were cute little things. do all squashes taste alike?

7:27 pm

Wht, care to clue the oa 9 word?

7:27 pm

hi everyone! finito finally!

compound, both words are scored on their own in the grid

7:27 pm

http://tinyurl.com/2ufbwno no not really, but acorn and butternut can be interchanged, most of the winter squashes can. they are just so wonderful when roasted... get carmelized

7:27 pm

It is the plural of the oa7.

7:27 pm

yay dawg!!

7:28 pm

hmmm. better find the oa 7 first then

7:28 pm

oa 7 is what you row with + what slaps you in this puzzle

And that would be what WHt?

Hi LB

Struggling to think of a fortnights of food

7:28 pm

thanks Wht

7:28 pm

saw the talk about squash! yummy! pattypan is rather bland, needs a lot of "helpers" to make it taste like anything

i keep getting the chili, doren

7:28 pm

Hi LBD, congratulations

7:29 pm

How is she doing herin? Did she talk with her daughter?

7:29 pm

WooT dawg!!

7:29 pm

Herin, it is an easy word in the grid.

was that supposed to be the squash recipe?

7:29 pm

hi Dorens, Herin, Mom, Jilly and thank you all! this was a long weird grid.

hello dawg

7:30 pm

the second one is the squash owl. the first was the chili

Jilly go to archives it was only 30 min ago

7:30 pm

Hi TO!!

7:30 pm

Yes, lbd, it is full of od8

7:30 pm

ty herin

no both are the chili

7:30 pm

I just want to get to half way. 130 down, still have some tiles to blank and absolutely no 8 letter words. **sigh**

7:30 pm

hi wht! that's putting it mildly!

7:30 pm

otherwise, go to simplyrecipes.com and look for butternut squash with walnuts and vanilla. it may be your browser... when i try the second one, i get the squash recipe

crap, ranger scored, 1-0

7:31 pm

it is early yet TO

7:31 pm

Mom, de8, ones who damage property

7:32 pm

destroyers are not in the grid :)

7:33 pm

thanks lbd, will go look

If I recall what was said in the chat I will stuff itl Now excuse me whilst I go smack my head trying to find a non citrus recipe

7:33 pm

thanks LBD

7:33 pm

Goodness, how many re words are in the grid today???

glad.sorry to hear about the ckae recipe, mom. i am sure it can be mad eto work but after 5 tries i was sick of it

7:34 pm

a few more than i'd like, wht

7:34 pm

2 is a few more than I like.

7:34 pm

30re's

7:34 pm

I would rather have a layer cake anyway, TO. But at least I tried

THat is 30 more than I like

7:35 pm

And I have 4 right now.

so would i. next year i will make myself one for my birthday

Ok, off topic, so strange. The Orlando Magic was scheduled to play a preseason game agains thte heat today in Tampa, and apparently they laid the basketball floor over the ice hockey ice. now too wet to play safely... sad for me...and so strange.

7:35 pm

there are 30 RE words?

7:36 pm

oh geez Red, I am sure fur will fly over that

i gave my sil a recipe for a pumkin cake adding pumpkin to spice cake mix. she made it into cupcakes and they were very good

7:36 pm

beesting cake, owl. make that!!

7:36 pm

27 of them are fairly easy to find. 2 of them fall in the unusual category, and the 3rd one is just weird!

7:36 pm

our youngest is anxiously waiting for basketball season to start

had no clue you could play ball over an ice rink...

I am very excited this year, I am hoping my Dad will come down and I can take him to a game...

LOL doren, there are tons of recipes for that! just find that NYC restaurant and order it!

7:36 pm

I wouldn't think you could do that

Mom who is your youngest cheering for?

7:37 pm

he is a Bulls fan

7:37 pm

yah, but if you could make that, it would be sooo impressive

good team!

7:37 pm

he likes, I think his name is NOah.

7:37 pm

well, putting the boards over the rink is one thing, putting the boards over ice...priceless

7:38 pm

OH I can't remember sh**

well i love to bake and have tons of recipes but no one to make them for

7:38 pm

oa5/12........

but the ginger sookies will freeze well so i can do th5

7:39 pm

TO can you bake and take it into work?

7:39 pm

re 6/30 please

pt of what you use to row a boat

no. i have no work group at present, am frelancing

7:39 pm

we love pumpkin and banana bread both freeze well

re 6/30 re + it's as plain as the nose on your ****

re6/30: put your makeup on again?

7:40 pm

how is the free lancing going?

7:40 pm

re + **** the music, you're in trouble now!

7:40 pm

or 5//12?

7:40 pm

man, that is fi** worthy. thanks all

7:40 pm

Hi Cosdem

7:40 pm

hi :)

7:40 pm

sorry-- i meant oa 5/12

7:41 pm

hi cos

7:41 pm

what else is new LBD. :)

or 5/12 a surgeon that operates on bones is a or***pedic surgeon

oa 5/12 past tense of what you row a boat with

7:41 pm

ty Lov

I hate recipe hunting

7:42 pm

aww thanks :)

yw wht

7:42 pm

really herin? and i love it

I can't find anything that suits our needs

7:42 pm

thanks

7:42 pm

luv

yw sammy

I have a dairy intolerance he has a citrus intolerance. Makes it harder

herein don't you have a repetoire? or are you bored with it?

7:44 pm

oh sweet lord im starting the re words.. wish me luck

7:44 pm

good luck Cosdem

7:44 pm

i cook almost everything in olive oil, no butter. and don't add oranges or lemons to everything. what kind of recipes are you looking for? meats, vegs? or is this about baking?

I have a lot of recipe magazines it has hit that time of year were citrus is the in thing.

hardky any of my main di6 use dairy products or citrus

7:48 pm

tr 6/21 ??.... i have been looking for 2 t's for hours

i have a pkural 6.21

7:49 pm

tr6.21 tr + vowel + automobile

7:49 pm

i'm down to two t's also.. that and the te7

7:49 pm

just found that, but thanks anyway dawg

te7 - you have one, doren

in lieu of a yard

7:50 pm

thanks ib........ the other t is the te 7/36....... prpbably another fish

7:50 pm

lol.. had just found that one too, owl . thanks though, i do. you'd think it was my clue for the day, eh?

7:51 pm

lots of snuggly bears= te7.36

7:51 pm

thanks LBD and TO

7:51 pm

sammies mom, my icon

OK I am now over half way. 161/148....

well still ned 52, either list or go home at this point

7:51 pm

the list really helps

7:51 pm

i'm done.. time to leave the computer and read.. the imperfectionist.... so far very good

7:51 pm

the re words will be the death of me

7:52 pm

Congrats Dorens, so good to see you again.

7:52 pm

whooo hooooo DORENS!!

doen i have the styn gart book spelling approoximate

good job!!! I need to eventually list.

7:52 pm

thanks.. you too mom... see you in lexulous!

7:53 pm

the te 7/36 is the first te word........ adn i still cant find it wahhhhhhh!!

7:53 pm

the te 7/36 is the first te word........ adn i still cant find it wahhhhhhh!!

7:53 pm

you bet, ((Doren))

7:53 pm

hm... styn gart? confused owl

doren hope ot see you soon. doren are we not laying or have i been banned for taking too long?

playing lex

7:53 pm

te7,36 sexy nightwear

my p key is wonky

7:53 pm

dunno owl? will chck it out. probably we're all waiting for you, seems to be the usual

7:54 pm

It is plural

7:54 pm

thanks wht

7:54 pm

Sammy .... te many T. Roosevelts or bears

7:54 pm

sammy, many small bears to snuggle with

shteyngart" super sad true love story

well then tha is ok, don't start one with me. i

7:55 pm

Phantom of the day: tenrec

7:56 pm

would someone mind to clue any of the io words so I can have NBT, please?

7:57 pm

the id*** by dostoevsky

think what is added to salt

7:57 pm

(not a very smart fellow, mom)

7:57 pm

io pas tense of to do

7:58 pm

The first 4 io words are all like what they put into salt to prevent goiter.

7:58 pm

io + pasT tense of to do. then take it from there

7:58 pm

slap, slap, slap.... thank you all so much. Forget I could use a S. Didn't think about that word since there wasn't a Z.

mm, looking at book j acket, this looksfunny, think i will read instead of grid

7:59 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the last io7,36?

7:59 pm

re7/44?

7:59 pm

nm, My monkeys just woke up.

7:59 pm

past tense of having added the io....

8:00 pm

i'm off now, happy babbles all

8:00 pm

bye bye Dorens

8:00 pm

Night Dorens

8:00 pm

Cos, I have re + first part of the word that uses numerator and denominators

8:00 pm

re + when a lights bounces off like a prism, it doesn't reflect it re*****

8:01 pm

night night, dorens

8:01 pm

biab

8:01 pm

hmm

8:01 pm

hurry back LBD

ngiht doren

8:02 pm

ah yes got it thank u

8:02 pm

oh good, glad you got it

8:02 pm

and plural for the 8

8:02 pm

how have you been mom

8:02 pm

yes i got the plural too :) all my 8 and 9 are done!

8:02 pm

just fine Cos and yourself?

8:02 pm

50 left!

8:03 pm

not bad not bad... excited for halloween even though im doing jack squat! :)

8:03 pm

you could dress up and sit outside to give candy out

8:03 pm

thats my plan!

8:03 pm

i got my chorkie a costume today.. he will be a candy corn lol

8:04 pm

:-)

8:04 pm

I love seeing all the little ones and their costumes. Use to love making ours theirs

8:05 pm

boys, not chorkies

8:05 pm

lol

8:05 pm

my chorkie is my boy

8:06 pm

that is sweet

8:06 pm

i adopted him a little over a year ago... he was so abused.. he weighted like 4 lbs... took him to the vet

8:07 pm

he said if we waited longer he wouldnt have made it.. so he is perfectly fine and healthy today

8:07 pm

ahhh, he is lucky to have you

8:07 pm

and Mrs. Cosdem

8:07 pm

he was never allowed inside before and now he can sleep inside and on the bed

8:08 pm

i spoil him rotten lol and he loves me

8:08 pm

that makes it all worthwhile

8:08 pm

yeah and he thinks hes so tough he growls and barks at things that moves outside.. and his reflection lol

8:09 pm

our boys got me a kitten when they both moved out. They said I needed the company. :)

8:09 pm

oh, that is just so neat

8:09 pm

i also have 2 cats... lol paco wants to play with them but they hate him lol

8:10 pm

can they get along other than for wanting to play?

8:10 pm

hi cos

8:10 pm

yes they dont mind each other

8:11 pm

they can sleep on the couch or bed together just fine

8:11 pm

hi lbd :)

8:11 pm

welcome back LBD

8:11 pm

chorkie? chow and yorkie, chihuahah and yorkie?

8:11 pm

they must be a lot of company to one another

8:11 pm

i will have to upload pictures soon

8:12 pm

would love to see him

8:12 pm

and the cats as well

OK I must be off to do house hold tasks

8:12 pm

love seeing pics of family furballs.

8:12 pm

definitely... ill do that in a bit

8:13 pm

later, herin. hope you find some good recipes

8:13 pm

((Herin)) loves!

8:13 pm

thank goodness, finally NBT and halfway.

DOne that and loves

8:13 pm

Time to call it a night. ((Hugs)) to all of you

8:14 pm

night mom :)

8:14 pm

pleasant dreams Cosdem. Nice seeing you again

8:14 pm

likewise!

8:16 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the last af6?

8:18 pm

wow... thats a tough one

8:18 pm

same first 3 letters as previous word + vowel + to **y something

8:18 pm

sweet dreams, Mom

8:18 pm

not fore on the boat and sammy S*** the baseball player

8:18 pm

Glad to see you say you rescued a dog, cosdem. :) Both of mine are rescues, as was my last dog - and the cat I lost not that long ago, also. I would never have a pet any other way, with so many needing homes these days...

8:19 pm

af + not from + **y what you will, i'll hear you

8:19 pm

yes definitely JC

8:19 pm

ty ruru, cos and welki

8:20 pm

You have MSN don't you, cosdem?

8:20 pm

**Best Clue Award** goes to ru!

8:20 pm

*bows lowly*

8:20 pm

New candidate for the od6 word in the grid

8:20 pm

not yet.. he hasnt szaid ojk yet

8:21 pm

is that icelandic language cosdem?

8:21 pm

ru, i've given up. bax is going to the groomer tomorrow for the works

8:22 pm

Ah, I see. Yes, ruru - but I understand it. :P

8:22 pm

Hello...

8:22 pm

ar 7/28, please?

8:22 pm

Hi, Jellen - fancy seeing you here? ;)

8:22 pm

there ya go welki..let a pro do it

8:22 pm

Hi Jellen

8:22 pm

more creative, jellen

8:22 pm

more of an artist jellen

8:23 pm

Thanks, welki and ruru

8:25 pm

clue for either of the ce6's?

8:26 pm

ce + sounds like the end of the writer's name, Leo Tol****

8:26 pm

ce + abbrev for street + who, m**s (french me)

8:26 pm

hey dawg

8:26 pm

hi welki

8:27 pm

ty welki

8:27 pm

I wasn't looking in that direction.

8:27 pm

c's done

8:30 pm

hi7?

8:31 pm

hi again

8:31 pm

re 7/48 ?

8:32 pm

Hi, again, carlee...

8:32 pm

hey jells

8:32 pm

Don't have that sammy

8:32 pm

re + what a farmer does (mostly) + a plane that flys

8:32 pm

hi 7= nie her + - - and fro + ego

8:33 pm

sorry was called away

8:33 pm

hi carlee

8:33 pm

re + do re me fa **...+ really fast plane

8:34 pm

hi dawg

8:34 pm

thanks ru

8:34 pm

ty sammy

8:34 pm

ty lbd

8:35 pm

er5 please

8:36 pm

re words done!

8:36 pm

er5- made a mistake

8:36 pm

ty sammysmom. Babble blindness strikes again

8:38 pm

Fireworks. Thank you to all the cluers.

8:39 pm

woo hoo wht

8:39 pm

Hooray for wht!!!

8:40 pm

whoooo hooooo wht!!

8:40 pm

hi jellen

8:40 pm

hi dan

8:41 pm

hi lbd and all

8:41 pm

What an odd word, ruru - thank you for the clue!

8:42 pm

The re7...

8:42 pm

very odd yes

8:50 pm

si 6/18?

8:51 pm

Spanish mountain

8:52 pm

ty!

8:52 pm

good evening everyone

8:52 pm

Hi, crossy

8:52 pm

Hi Crossy

8:53 pm

Good early morning, crossy.

8:53 pm

And wht...

8:54 pm

yes i guess you limeys are 6 hours ahead of my time

8:54 pm

what you doing up at that ungodly hour?

8:54 pm

Good morning Jellen, Crossy, J.C. , wht , cosdem and anyone else who is here.

8:55 pm

howdy jackula?

8:55 pm

not an ungodly hour Crossy - the night is young ;)

8:55 pm

Hi, Jac

8:55 pm

lol

8:56 pm

3 am -is the night is aging fast ;)

8:56 pm

I will keep getting spirited out of here by the Word Tornado game I'm playing on FB.

8:56 pm

OOps, it happened again!

8:56 pm

crossy ! I am up an folding! son did it this evening

8:57 pm

Hi Jac, crossy, NB, and Jellen

8:57 pm

YAA FOR BETHN!!!!!

8:57 pm

and bethn!

8:57 pm

howdy jilly

8:57 pm

Hi, Jilly

8:57 pm

hi jesse.. u never came over for the movie the other day :(

8:57 pm

Hi, bethn

8:57 pm

Hi jillyjill.

8:57 pm

lol Crossy. nobody's immortal ;)

8:58 pm

Hiya, Cos! LOL - I was TOO scared ;)

8:58 pm

Plus it's a heck of a trek for a movie...

8:58 pm

aw figures

8:58 pm

i sure am one scary guy :)

8:58 pm

now bethn,to check how your are doing ,all you do is right click on the folding icon in the task bar,choose status,them team stats

8:58 pm

Hi bethn.

8:59 pm

but in the case of my slower computer,i can take 3 days for fold a protien

8:59 pm

Hahaha!! Scared of the movies, not you ;) though if you are that scary...guess I won't be popping over anytime soon!

8:59 pm

hi everyone else! i am in and out playing 8 letters in search of a word

8:59 pm

haha

8:59 pm

:-P

9:00 pm

yaa!!jacq is in the list!!!

9:00 pm

if any of you have AMC and want to see paris hilton killed... House of Wax is on now :)

9:00 pm

hi are there lickety clues for this puzzle? thanks

9:00 pm

Actually, it's quite annoying to keep being zapped out of her by the FB game. BRB

9:00 pm

(you can come over to ours for our Rocky Horror night for halloween...but you HAVE to dress up. Rule.)

9:01 pm

oooh can i be a transvestive?

9:01 pm

donnie brascoe is also on,a very good movie

9:01 pm

I don't think anyone's gonna be dressing as anything else, Cos :P

9:02 pm

lol well obviously

9:02 pm

I was quite sad that most of the audience for the Dr. Who Live show didn't dress up.

9:02 pm

Yes, oro

9:02 pm

crossy, i dont show on team list, but when i hover over icon it says 7/100

9:02 pm

tardis outfits are hard to come by

9:03 pm

15 left!!

9:03 pm

so 6/18 ??

9:03 pm

you will not show bethn,till you finish your first fold

9:03 pm

i got it, so i am 7% done with my first fold?

9:04 pm

yes indeed

9:04 pm

woot!

9:04 pm

jellen I dont get any when I click on it is there something else to do

9:04 pm

woot!

9:04 pm

There is no so6

9:04 pm

and i will make certificates availabe to the babble team as they come up

9:04 pm

si 6/18

9:05 pm

hmmm...I don't know, oro

9:05 pm

let me check...

9:05 pm

That is the Spanish mountain.

9:05 pm

ty

9:05 pm

Crossy - yu don't get the Dr. Who thing at all, do you?

9:06 pm

lol,jacula i last watched the original dr who in 1976 on a public tv channel 17

9:06 pm

It came up for me...here's the URL: http://r46.me/BabbleClues.html

9:06 pm

it was that or coronation street lol

9:07 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

9:07 pm

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

9:07 pm

They say you can tell someone's age by who they think is the 'real Dr. Who'. Min is William Hartnell from series one.

9:07 pm

all i remember now is some blonde guy with a curly afro hopping in and out of a telephone booth killing slimy things

9:07 pm

hi minver

9:07 pm

i love dr who. unfortunately, it whows on syfy channel here and i will have to wait for quite a while for the current one to show. my last show was the final of the season where he dies

9:08 pm

ty it worked when I typed in the link you gave me but not from this page must be my browser

9:08 pm

Yw, oro

9:08 pm

btw if anyone is watching house of wax I hope Paris dies first lol

9:09 pm

lol.. no she dies a hour into the movie but her death scene is awesome! she gets impaled in the head/mouth

9:10 pm

but i remember the theme music with vivid clarity..go figure

9:10 pm

I've been watching amc all week cant wait for next week or when she gets impaled lol

9:10 pm

lol i ve been watching amc all week too...

9:11 pm

next week is the halloween marathon

9:11 pm

with michael myers

9:11 pm

yes!!!!

9:11 pm

Evening all. May I please have a clue for te7-36? Thanks

9:11 pm

there was a 4 hour special on bio on wed/thurs "the legacy of elm street" it was pretty interesting

9:12 pm

same with micheal myers and it was really good

9:12 pm

it will be on again monday so i set my dvr for it

9:12 pm

the michael myers bio i mean

9:12 pm

Gapeach - bears

9:13 pm

te7.36 is a lot of T. Roosevelts or bears

9:13 pm

te7/36 = women's sexy underwear or plural kids' cuddly bears.

9:13 pm

Thanks much, lynxxx, lbdawger and Jacula.

9:14 pm

y/w

9:15 pm

I am giving up at 165 words and 1993 points.Bye to all

9:15 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow

9:15 pm

See you all in a week. I'm off on holiday later.

9:16 pm

Sweet dreams, Min.

9:16 pm

'Bye mIN.X

9:16 pm

to 7/36?

9:16 pm

bye Jac - have a great holiday

9:16 pm

And I am off myself. Happy Babbling.

9:16 pm

bye Min & wht

9:17 pm

to7 is hot drinks for a cold night.

9:17 pm

oh i didnt see that O lol thaks

9:17 pm

crssy loves hot to***s

9:18 pm

yw. and poof

9:18 pm

to****s*

9:18 pm

night, wht

9:18 pm

too many movies not enough time

9:19 pm

tr 6/21?

9:19 pm

Agreed oro

9:19 pm

thank goodness I have two dvrs :)

9:19 pm

tr & vwl & a vehicle

9:20 pm

lol

9:20 pm

Bye all

9:20 pm

ty lynx

9:23 pm

bye lynxxx, hey all

9:24 pm

Hello, stid

9:24 pm

down to 210, and that 0 in the fourth column, fourth row down has me stumped. assist please?

9:25 pm

like the ho6, without the H

9:25 pm

os 5/10

9:25 pm

th 5/18?

9:25 pm

Hi, nrkii

9:25 pm

hm. thanks nrk and jellen! (((hugs))) nice to see you "nellie"

9:25 pm

hi Jellen

9:26 pm

{stid} good to see you too

9:26 pm

evening...

9:26 pm

Hi, Magyk

9:26 pm

hey Magky!

9:27 pm

OS5/10 = a willow.

9:27 pm

oh! fiddlesticks!!!! (thanks Jac!)

9:27 pm

hi stiddy, hi nrkii, hi jac hi magyk

9:27 pm

fireworks

9:27 pm

although I'm not really here

9:27 pm

yay cos!

9:27 pm

whoooo hoooo cos!!

9:27 pm

Congrats, cosdem!!!!

9:27 pm

LOL and I am waiting for my yellow-twig one to manifest in the garden even now, as the deciduous things around it shed their green!

9:27 pm

an imaginary nrkii?

9:28 pm

thanks NBT for me

9:28 pm

YAY cos!

9:28 pm

ty :) i can stay for a while to clue if anyone needs it

9:28 pm

go stid!

9:28 pm

yes, just a figment

9:28 pm

hi all

9:28 pm

congrats cosdem

9:29 pm

hey red

9:29 pm

Late congrats to cos!!!

9:30 pm

Hi, big red

9:30 pm

"hidiot" the guy in the Red Robin commercial who responds when the cops start the restaurant's theme song?

9:32 pm

I'm going to wander off now, 'cos we're off on holiday for a week later. Happy Babbling all.x

9:33 pm

May I please have a clue for oa7-44? Thanks

9:34 pm

enjoy, jac! have a lovely time!

9:34 pm

Thanks stid. We will!

9:34 pm

paddle for a boat + >*))<<

9:34 pm

to try to catch sea bass from a row boat

9:34 pm

compound, peach

9:34 pm

have a good time for all of us, Jac

9:34 pm

boat part + what you catch with a line or net

9:35 pm

oh! and that gave me the 9! thanks peach!

9:36 pm

hi there!!! and howdy lbd

9:37 pm

hey shoo!

9:37 pm

hi

Hey everyone. *waving*

9:38 pm

hey Kool!

Hey stidmama.

9:38 pm

Thanks, lbdawger, nrkii and stidmama.

9:39 pm

oh, I am BEAT. back tomorrow evening. Today... down to 177. not bad. see you-all again soon. *poof*

Bye stidmama. Have a good weekend.

9:41 pm

night, stiddy

9:41 pm

hi shoo

9:41 pm

hey lbd

9:41 pm

sorry about not skyping the other day

9:42 pm

had to tend to a the garage door guy

9:43 pm

no problem. off next friday, if you want to try then

9:44 pm

what's wrong with your garage door?

9:44 pm

Ill pencil you in. LOL

9:45 pm

i'm so lucky

9:45 pm

was replacing the weather strip at the bottom of the door and couldn't find the part

9:45 pm

doesn't sound like fun. how was lunch?

9:45 pm

hello friends. I need a nudge for the lonely o in the fourth column please

9:46 pm

hi trif! it's a willow

9:46 pm

os 5/10

9:46 pm

so I had to break down and have a real garage person deal with it. Lunch was great. Went to a casino that has excellent mexican dishes.

9:46 pm

willow trif

9:46 pm

there it is! thanks! nbt, finally!

9:46 pm

didn't even have to use ketchup. LOL

9:46 pm

wtg, trif

9:46 pm

lol, i'm sure your friends appreciated that! lol

9:48 pm

true..the group I was with would have made me move to another table.

9:48 pm

you need to disguise the ketchup with some chilis or something.

9:48 pm

sheeesh this puzzle is a doozie or atleast it is for me.

9:49 pm

nope, it's a doozie!

9:49 pm

You are so right, shooshoo.

9:50 pm

yeah i think i am going to call it a day and hope tomorrows will be less challenging

9:50 pm

when i first got married, i came from a family that was pretty much teetotal, but man did my dad love ketchup.. there was not a meal in our house without ketchup on the table. when i went grocery shopping for the first time after we came home from our honeymoon, i brought home NO BEER, and 10 bottles of KETCHUP. my husband was horrified

9:51 pm

LOLOLOL I like ketchup on some things and LBD likes to give me grief over it. At least I don't use it on my sushi!!!

9:52 pm

Well, am going to take a break, MAYBE come back to it l9r, but also may be satisfied wtih 185 words, nbt and 2000 pts....

9:52 pm

i cant abide it, but i thought everyone else liked it. my husband used it on fries etc, so i didnt realize how excessive my dad was

9:53 pm

thats a good story.

9:53 pm

well I'm calling it a day. Good luck everyone!!! Take care and stay out of the wind. POOF

9:54 pm

if you could have seen his face...

9:54 pm

nite shoo

9:54 pm

night shoo. talk to you later! bethn, that story is hilarious

9:55 pm

and i'm going to go watch blue bloods with Hubby. see you all tomorrow. gl with the grid

9:55 pm

he told me it was a lifetime supply

9:55 pm

nite ibd

9:58 pm

ooh 300+ and me just starting

10:00 pm

its a biggie nan

10:09 pm

af 6/30?

10:10 pm

like anew

10:10 pm

ty beth

10:11 pm

: )

yayyyy, Texas Rangers !!! awesome series

10:13 pm

May I please have a clue for ac7-32? Thanks

I watched the game instead of babbling.... still have 67 words to go... LOL

10:14 pm

think nail polish remover with lac*** intolerant ending

highest card in deck + anagram of your lower digits

10:16 pm

Thanks so much, diane.

10:19 pm

stuck on the ce 6-7-6

10:19 pm

Thanks to bethn also.

hi gapeach.... :-))

10:20 pm

How are you, diane?

10:20 pm

de 7/32 pls

10:20 pm

ce+**op in the name of love+ a robot is an andr**d

10:21 pm

then use the robot ending

I'm very well, thanks peach.... Hubby is not so well tonight... his retina repair surgery of 2 weeks ago was not as successful as hoped... some fluid, etc. and he may have to have it done again :-(((

10:21 pm

ty beth

10:21 pm

i'm sorry to hear that diane, is there no chance it can heal

that was a tough one to clue

10:22 pm

de7 group of gods

yes... if he is careful, and does what he's told !! LOL

10:23 pm

lots of luck with that :/

10:23 pm

fa 7/44 please

haha... you've got that right, bethn

10:23 pm

thanks bethn

10:23 pm

think of an odd comic. or the fa***** of the moon

10:23 pm

fa7: Gary Larson created the long-lived series of fa***** cartoons

brb

10:24 pm

co 7, please?

10:24 pm

could not think of larson to save my life, and i have a calendar of his comics in my desk drawer

10:24 pm

oh, thank you so much une and bethn, got it

10:24 pm

:-D

10:25 pm

not wrong

10:25 pm

co7: not wrong

10:25 pm

LOL snap!

10:25 pm

ty -- couldn't see that one

10:25 pm

ws just about to type that!

10:33 pm

de 7?

10:33 pm

de7: gods

10:34 pm

or tooth extractor

10:34 pm

sorry -- last de 7?

10:34 pm

tx shirl!

10:34 pm

tooth doctor

10:34 pm

no idea what a tooth extractor is called

10:34 pm

tooth dr

10:34 pm

first di7?

10:34 pm

oh -- the person?

10:35 pm

yep, cyber

10:35 pm

and nm the di, just monkeyed it

10:35 pm

ty -- lol -- they don't extract teeth any more -- just charge you a thousand bucks for a root canal

10:35 pm

di + es5/10

10:37 pm

clue for tr 6/21, please. Last one!

10:37 pm

tr + vowel + vehicle

10:38 pm

ty Shirlockc, fireworks for me

10:38 pm

congrats fuzzy

10:39 pm

just got to half way

10:39 pm

woot fuzzy!

10:39 pm

thanks all

10:39 pm

glad to help for a while

10:40 pm

last re7?

10:41 pm

re + in**far + type of plane

10:42 pm

thx fuzz

10:42 pm

yw

10:44 pm

May I please have a clue for de6-33? Thanks\

10:44 pm

de+visage

de + countenance

10:45 pm

see you all in the grid tomorrow nite all poof

nite, bethn

10:46 pm

Thanks much, diane and bethn.

10:46 pm

Sweet dreams bethn

10:47 pm

nite beth -- ty for the help :)

10:48 pm

di5 before what you eat on?

10:48 pm

Pl. the di4 above it.

10:49 pm

o lord, nm, i forgot the pl

10:49 pm

hi 7, please?

10:51 pm

cyber, like the hi--before with a robot ending

10:51 pm

ty nancy

10:52 pm

I am still on the r's so may need some help....

30 of them... slogging through them myself !!

10:54 pm

io 7?

10:58 pm

io 7 is a plural

10:58 pm

think of a warm winter drink nan

10:58 pm

evening all

10:58 pm

sorry saw a t

10:59 pm

my eyes aren't too good

hi hootowl

10:59 pm

all the io's are related

11:00 pm

hi - you are new to me

11:00 pm

last io 7, please?

11:01 pm

pt of the 6

11:01 pm

is that the warm drink hoot?

11:01 pm

Oh, sorry, nan

11:01 pm

I am getting a lot of lag

11:01 pm

or were you thinking to 7?

11:01 pm

no - the warm drink is the to7

11:01 pm

got it -- ty hoot

11:01 pm

yw

11:02 pm

I really must remember to look at the grid before 7:45 pm -- this is just too much of a rush

11:02 pm

Diane you have me by 1 year

11:03 pm

pretty easy except for some good monkeying

11:03 pm

the endings are helpful

11:04 pm

really weird one is the ro7.48

11:05 pm

you mean re, right?

11:06 pm

yes Une - I am in a funk tonight

11:06 pm

:-D

11:06 pm

Did you get any rain this week?

11:06 pm

back to plug on until flip...need fa7/44 clue?

11:06 pm

oh good heavens! -- how many re's are there!

11:07 pm

fa7 Gary Larson cartoon series

11:07 pm

lots cybernan...

11:07 pm

re's are easy

11:07 pm

tyvm...should have seen it..one of my favorites!

11:07 pm

mostly - remember the endings

11:08 pm

I think I need to turn off the music. Only thing u-verse is good for!

11:09 pm

I lost my header & footer!

11:12 pm

Just made it easy - listing Paul McCartney - playing something else...and THEN a commercial for some other shows! Biggest piece of garbage in the country!!!

11:19 pm

Lord, I am TIRED of this grid...I am quitting with 218 words and 3000+ points, nbt....will be back for flip

11:20 pm

re 5/14, please?

11:21 pm

last two, re 7 and 8 combo?

11:21 pm

to do over, pt

11:22 pm

Hello -- finished this afternoon

11:22 pm

with the help of Lickety and morewords

11:23 pm

cyber, did you get that re 5/14 ckye

11:23 pm

well done jill -- still have 71 to go -- not sure that I'll make it

11:23 pm

re7 & 8 -- bend light and present tense

11:23 pm

*clue

11:24 pm

do now nancy -- ty

11:24 pm

jillibus, thanks so much and fireworks....at last

11:24 pm

YAY nancy!!!

11:25 pm

brb (need a drink of water)

11:25 pm

if you can levy a tax -- why not do it again?

11:28 pm

Don't give them ideas!

11:29 pm

last re 7?

11:30 pm

Thats the weirdo = re _ **ap + fastest plane

11:30 pm

re7 -- re + **ar into the sky on a *** plane

11:30 pm

that _ is a +

11:31 pm

ty jill -- wow! what a word

11:31 pm

I give up!

11:31 pm

not in the dictionary, nan, but googleable

11:32 pm

why give up, hoot?

11:32 pm

reg dictionary is no help either - calls it a pulse ***

11:32 pm

Can't type right, can't spell right and I'm too slow!

11:33 pm

And I'm talking about the cluing not the grid - I finished a 7pm

11:33 pm

that's usually me, hoot, except I can usually spell

11:33 pm

well done, hoot!

11:33 pm

see what I mean?

11:34 pm

So can I - just having a bad night!

11:34 pm

yes!

11:35 pm

ok - gonna make myself another drink and maybe not spill something....

11:38 pm

icon changed to the next theme -- EvaNadine's wedding day. I'm sure she'll be far too busy to see it, but we can think about weddings...

11:41 pm

hmmm - for this I have to find a wedding owl - bbl

11:42 pm

ti 6/24, please?

11:42 pm

Back for the flip unless someone needs clues...

11:43 pm

ti6/24 -- cleaned up

11:43 pm

5 to go

11:43 pm

Founds lots - buts have to wait for BF to trap them

11:44 pm

gogogo nan!

11:44 pm

don't know how, hoot?

11:45 pm

nope

11:45 pm

are you using a PC or a Mac, hoot?

11:45 pm

no sweat - he does. One of the reasons I love him

11:45 pm

pc but I'll wait

11:46 pm

I really am in no shape to play around with his cmp

11:46 pm

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

11:46 pm

well, all you need to do is right-click on the image you want and Save As into your My Pictures.

11:46 pm

congrats nan

11:46 pm

YAY nan!!!

11:46 pm

I think that's the first time I've ever done such a huge grid in 2 hours.

11:46 pm

might I interupt.. I have lost the link to the list of icon themes... could you o

11:46 pm

please post thanks

11:46 pm

ok - I'll try

11:47 pm

Wow -- very well done!

11:47 pm

grandy, it's in my profile

11:47 pm

thank you now I remember... poor retention thanks

11:48 pm

yw :)

11:51 pm

brb

11:53 pm

I think I got it

11:54 pm

me too

11:54 pm

I did! Thanks jilli

11:54 pm

hi de ho babblers

11:55 pm

hey there are waiting for the flip... its a party

11:56 pm

1st di5, pls?

11:57 pm

silly word for a diaper

11:57 pm

hello friends. can't sleep again, so I thought I would watch the flip. haven't seen one since god was a boy....

11:57 pm

di+ not alive

11:57 pm

then plural

11:58 pm

ty

11:58 pm

yw

11:58 pm

1st ed6

11:58 pm

hiTrif

11:58 pm

hello hoot

11:58 pm

dc, I think it might be baby currents

11:58 pm

swirls in the water

11:59 pm

hi all! yay I'll be here for flip

11:59 pm

any guesses?

11:59 pm

103

11:59 pm

136 is my guess

11:59 pm

189

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