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99 total words

12:00 am

FLIP

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip. bro.

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

* flip flop *

hi all! flip. Hi pini, dart, flosey!

12:01 am

hi dee

12:01 am

and also, happy hallowe'en to all you 'merrrcans.

12:01 am

hi volley

12:01 am

yes...HAPPY HALLOWE"EN

Clues are up

12:02 am

thanks Lickety

12:02 am

hi there lickety....and thank you

12:02 am

Many thanks, Lickety!!

12:02 am

thx lickety - happy holiday

12:02 am

so far i am not liking this grid anybody else?

12:02 am

he there NB, we Canadians also celebrate hallowe'en

12:03 am

ty lickety!!

12:03 am

oh, sorry Flosey :) I didn't know it had turned midnight in Canada, too!

12:03 am

**hi there

12:03 am

hehehe...alt spelling of my golden hatwear :)

12:03 am

it's 10: pm Saturday night yet here, same time zones as US

12:03 am

its 1 am here where i am nb

12:04 am

in canada :)

12:04 am

it's midnight here

12:04 am

1am here too

12:04 am

10pm here

12:04 am

2 alt spelling of my golder hats

12:04 am

golden* even

12:04 am

Ostensibly it's 5am here, but really it's 6am. clocks went back, messes me right up!

hi and nbt

12:05 am

Is m9 still here? Ah yes - flip. :P

12:05 am

Nancy US does that next week i think?

12:05 am

well hello Sam, nice to meete you

12:05 am

hi josh

12:05 am

Quite, Jesse. Means extra sleep, though. ;)

12:05 am

I have all of 8 words...and am going downhill in a heartbeat! :(

12:05 am

**meet fingers seem to be clumsy tonight

12:05 am

i have 6 but not focussing

12:05 am

pinik i have 9 and am doing the same

12:06 am

oh yes, you know how much I need that ;)

12:06 am

10 now...but think I'm going to call it a night...

12:06 am

only 7 here

12:06 am

cya tmw all...

12:06 am

Hmmm. Yes - this grid is nasty. :/

12:07 am

hello everyone :0

12:07 am

hello nan

12:07 am

j c very nasty

12:07 am

hi cyber

12:07 am

too many vowels. babble inspires me to hate vowels. I'm gonna move to wales where they don't bother with them.

12:09 am

Ah yes - just try to read Steve's page. :P

im 6

12:10 am

right :P my name would be Jss K but I'd be a happier man for it.

12:10 am

yoda still hasn't made it in

12:10 am

to6

12:10 am

po5,14

12:11 am

Which is a plural word...

12:11 am

thanks JC

12:11 am

You're welcome, flosey.

12:12 am

:)

12:13 am

Hmmm. My name without vowels?

12:13 am

crln mr

12:13 am

There isn't much left of it. :P

12:13 am

Jln Clr. - If you count 'y' as a vowel.

12:13 am

Jln Clry. That's even more butchered than when my cousins say it!

12:13 am

Erm, 'y' can be a vowel, Jesse.

12:14 am

And yes, quite. :P

12:14 am

Or Wossy. :P

12:14 am

i left out my "y" too

12:14 am

oh it's too early for this :P

phant myriad

12:17 am

Yes, Josh!

12:17 am

wow this is tough

12:17 am

wow, you get phantoms like that..I keep seeing "thang" :P

oh but the 8 is my

lop off the last letter of my phant and add some more

help please with the a in the 4th column

an4/4

12:19 am

sounds like something out of the body snatchers josh

au5

sorry help with the i... typo

12:19 am

how many today

12:19 am

nbt and heading for pillows...niters all...see you tomorrow!

12:19 am

Have that one, Josh - that's one I don't often miss.

12:19 am

id5

au 5 x 2

i have id5 dee

ty une

12:20 am

yw :-)

12:20 am

how many wprds are there today

grr cannot believe I missed that one LOL

nbt

12:20 am

I do also. ;)

I hate this grid btw

12:20 am

wtg dee

12:20 am

wtg Dee

you must feel like a real id5, huh dee

12:20 am

need that 4th column i for nbt

ty yep

id 5 nan

12:21 am

id 5 x 2 for that 4th column i

12:21 am

yeah -- me too!

lol

anyone find the 8?

my8/65

wow ty josh

phant indict

12:23 am

cani please know how any words there are in this grid today plrease

12:23 am

99

12:23 am

99 chugga

12:23 am

ty

12:24 am

mokeyed the 8 !

wtg nan still not seeing it here

12:24 am

there..nbs done as well ha7

ditto, nan - worked off a phant i brought up a bit earlier

aww got it ty ty

12:25 am

^5 carlee

ty for the ha 7... any other 7's?

12:25 am

nbt

i have a pa7

12:26 am

an 7

wtg flosey ty josh

ty dart

ahh, ty dart

sounds like if the writer of the inferno was one of santa's reindeer

12:28 am

thanks josh

yay 7's and 8's licked!

12:29 am

hi all. cant get an or pa 7. got the ha 7. cant get 8 either. it is too learly for clues. so gnight.

12:30 am

found the an but not the pa

12:30 am

there..got the 8 and the 7's whew

to 6/27

lots of possible words if only the tc and h were touching

12:32 am

if the c and h were touching...wow.

12:32 am

isnt dancie a word?????????

12:32 am

dancie

12:33 am

NBT and 70 words . . . off to bed *poof*

nite une

12:34 am

1/2 way...yay

du5 rhyming with what people speak in finland

12:34 am

sleep well une

12:35 am

55 down -- enough for tonight :)

12:35 am

cant get half way,. ugh.

12:36 am

is lickety up?

12:36 am

yes mkg

12:37 am

need 2 more words for half way. dont do licekty til half way. darn. any clues welcome

euros say goodbye with ci4

12:38 am

that does it. 50! and 49 left. half way. ty ty for clue joshua.

french say goodbye with ad6

ad5 that is

ir 6/24

I love ad 5... beautiful sounding word

12:39 am

im6

12:40 am

thanks Dee

12:40 am

and carlee

yqw

12:40 am

:o)

hi & NBT

nite

ooops PB - no jelly!

12:41 am

sleep well melon

da 6/24

my bad - that was a word

but now I'm going to bed.

laila tov! {poof}

12:45 am

po6

an 6/24

not seeing that po :~(

12:47 am

add a 4 letter word in the grid volley

ty got it!!

12:48 am

scramble a weight reduction measure at the end, Dee

ty and hi aloy

12:48 am

hi aloy

12:49 am

hi all.. just finished (-:

12:49 am

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for aloy

wtg aloy

12:50 am

lots of babblets in this one.. a fun grid.. ty so much for the pompom toss, carlee.. ty Dee, signing off for tonight.. happy babbling!

12:51 am

wtg Aloy

di 6/27

12:52 am

What is a babblet?

12:52 am

dire

12:53 am

oops! PB for me!

12:53 am

oops! PB for me!

12:53 am

a word which you would only see in Babble

Hi

12:53 am

Hello everyone

12:53 am

good morning lynxxx

12:54 am

hello lyn

12:54 am

hy herrin and lynx

12:54 am

hi there herin

How you all

12:54 am

Like...??

12:55 am

tanrec - a madagascan hedgehog

12:55 am

nene...hawaiian goose

12:56 am

hmmmm...

12:56 am

et4.5 needlecase

12:56 am

thought it was what you see here that isn't a real word

12:57 am

thanks lyn, missed that one

12:57 am

hi Dart. But of course all the words you find here are real - aren't they!!!!????

12:58 am

hey lynxxx ltns

I did, too dart...

12:59 am

guess they're real somewhere, lyn

fireworks

12:59 am

nj volley....7 left listless so far

12:59 am

Hooray for Volley!!!

12:59 am

wtg Dee

1:00 am

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for volley

1:01 am

Nice work, Dee!

morning all...

ty wtg dart, especially on this one...

1:01 am

g'night all. 48 left for later.

Right i have zero motivation on doing this

1:02 am

night BigRed

1:02 am

sleep well red

1:02 am

hi Fish!

1:02 am

hi Fish

1:02 am

morning fish

1:02 am

Goodnight Red

1:03 am

Phantom myriopod

Later gators.

1:03 am

bye Infernal

1:03 am

ok..byebye herin

1:03 am

close to one in the grid jan

1:03 am

5 left....

1:03 am

Really??

98 left...

1:04 am

duet

1:04 am

ugh..i just found the first au5...fish me for that one

1:04 am

Oh my goodness, yes! Sorry or I wouldn't have listed it!

well, I am off until the flip. Have a great day / eve all! *poofing with hugs*

1:05 am

bye Volley

1:05 am

later volley

1:05 am

12 left listlessly. Time for bed I think.

1:05 am

ni4 volley

1:06 am

there...am finished

1:07 am

Hooray for Carlee!!

1:07 am

Congrats, carlee!!

1:07 am

thanks

1:07 am

wtg Carlee

1:08 am

now..what the heck am i going to do today???

1:09 am

wtg carlee. I think I must speak a different language to you guys. Have only 20 words

1:10 am

Will come back to this one tomorrow. G'night all

1:10 am

nite ghb

1:10 am

hi/bye jhb

1:10 am

jhb* even

1:11 am

like your mantra, jhb

1:11 am

Thanks flosey - use it all the time and love it.

1:13 am

fireworks

1:13 am

wtg dart

1:13 am

Congrats Dart!!

1:14 am

Hi all -- late for the flip again.

1:14 am

YAY dart!!!

1:14 am

hi Jilli

1:14 am

early morn gotta run...ni4 all...hi jilli

1:14 am

hi jilli

1:14 am

bye dart

1:15 am

ad5.14 Dart

1:15 am

g'night dart

1:15 am

I was at a bassoon concert

1:15 am

ci4 lynxxx

1:15 am

how was it Jilli

1:15 am

lol - thanks

1:16 am

ok...i have to get some sleep..nite all...cuall laters when i get up

1:16 am

night carlee, sweet dreams

1:16 am

bye Carlee

'yoda' legitimate word is too

...and the ph mountain is really starting to annoy me!

1:17 am

if you say so Fish

1:17 am

I fell asleep during the Beethoven but woke up for some of the later pieces -- really an extraordiary performance on an insturment we seldom hear solo (or with a piano, as this was)

1:17 am

only if Luke is in the grid fish fish

1:18 am

yes, I thought it a bit different!

1:18 am

nice to see the buffalo here again -- it's been a while

1:18 am

have to laugh though jilli - that's what I do so often, meetings, etc

1:19 am

Hi, Jilli! :)

1:19 am

And ruru! :)

1:19 am

hi JC :)

1:20 am

so what's this grid like?

1:20 am

seems OK

1:20 am

Well, when I started it it was tough - been away from it for a while though.

1:20 am

Just returned, to see if I can put more of a dent in it. Probably won't - too tired. Need to return to bed.

1:20 am

looks tough to me

1:21 am

great jack-o-lantern jilli

1:21 am

That being said, of course I see another word I couldn't see for looking, earlier. :P

1:21 am

of course, JC!

1:21 am

ty flosey

1:21 am

Isn't that always the way?

1:22 am

yes JC, so often happens that way

1:22 am

<---- half asleep

1:23 am

Hmmm. Which half?

1:23 am

well, I had a coffee at intermission so of course I'm now wide awake.

1:23 am

Top or bottom - or left or right? :P

1:23 am

There are intermissions in Babble?

1:23 am

upper half..

1:23 am

Are refreshments served? Ah of course - in the PB. ;)

1:23 am

Hey there, jilli. Did you recieve an email from me earlier in week?

1:24 am

no, JC, at the bassoon concert I went to

1:24 am

Jill - MSN? ;)

1:24 am

I did, peach -- haven't had a chance to respond.

1:24 am

ok JC

1:24 am

stuck now

1:24 am

stuck that is

1:25 am

It's OK. m'dear.

1:26 am

hate getting stuck on 4 letter words!

1:28 am

Ah, yes flosey - nothing worse! Well. In Babble.

1:28 am

oh good -- the volcano is here too

1:31 am

well not really jc

1:32 am

Hmmm, ruru?

1:32 am

my lips are sealed

1:33 am

I always feel like an id5,12 when I can't see or even monky a 4-letter word. :/

1:33 am

What's that supposed to mean, ruru?

1:33 am

ya5/16 is a shrub (Ilex vomitoria) having leaves that are sometimes used in a tea - doesn't sound very appetizing to me

1:34 am

ugh, that vomitoria...!

1:35 am

not a very pleasant name

1:35 am

Got it - thank you, flosey. Didn't even notice it was there.

1:35 am

And what are you alluding to please, ruru?

1:35 am

good, yw JC

1:35 am

getting stuck

1:36 am

What is the 'my lips are sealed' about?

1:36 am

not saying anything

1:36 am

Yes - obvioiusly. But I mean why are you saying that?

1:37 am

does anyone have a clue for tu5, please?

1:37 am

Naughty thoughts, ruru?

1:37 am

never mind.. just a passing thought.. that would have amounted to a groan from jilli.. so I spared her

1:37 am

Ah. Perhaps you should've shared it instead?

1:38 am

tu + what in spanish flosey

1:38 am

Added more of my clips by the way, ruru...

1:38 am

thanks ru

1:38 am

i'll check them out.. you are indeed very witty and funny

1:39 am

Awww thank you ruru - but no more than you. ;)

1:39 am

for shame, flosey, missing such a Canadian word (I did too)

1:39 am

You have made me laugh and groan plenty. ;)

1:39 am

imagine!!!

1:40 am

I have a warped sense of humor..

1:40 am

As if that's difficult to imagine, flosey? :P

1:40 am

lots of babblets here

1:40 am

Ah well - see the 'Norman Lamont' joke clip. :P That wasn't one of my finer (ie smarter) moments.

1:40 am

:)

1:40 am

Witty, yes - wise, erm...no. :P

1:40 am

an7 anyone?

1:41 am

There is one? OK. Searching now...

1:41 am

hard to control those moments JC..

1:42 am

an + think Inferno

1:42 am

Well sometimes, yes - when an inspiration like that hits you and you need the name of a male politician. And you look out and lo and behold - there's one sitting right there! :P He didn't find it so funny...

1:42 am

nice clue, flosey -- thanks!

1:42 am

public figures are fair game jc..lol

1:43 am

inferno?

1:43 am

ok, a musical term

1:43 am

Apparently. :/

1:44 am

got it.. good clues flosey

1:44 am

Italian writer, ruru ****'* Inferno

1:44 am

THANK YOU! :)

1:44 am

I got it from the 'musical term' clue...

1:44 am

yw

1:45 am

Ah, yes. I didn't get the 'inferno' clue because I was trying to think of a word starting with 'an' having something to do with a raging fire. :P

1:45 am

Literally, I mean...

1:46 am

logical, JC

1:46 am

du5?

1:46 am

Yes. Almost too logical for me, really. I am tired.

1:47 am

please?

1:47 am

anyone?

1:47 am

Thank you, flosey! ;)

1:47 am

Just found it...

1:47 am

yvw, JC

1:47 am

du + when you meditate you say ** then a dotted vowel.

1:47 am

There really isn't any other way to clue that that I can think of? :/

1:48 am

And I haven't the foggiest notion what it means - it's a word I've run into in other word puzzles and games.

1:48 am

tyty, got it

1:48 am

*puts out floor mats for Flosey*

1:48 am

thanks, JC, got the du5

1:48 am

You're both very welcome. :)

1:48 am

click on the ? beside the word for the definition

1:49 am

lol ru

1:49 am

it's a plural

1:50 am

If you want a litle laugh - perhaps? Refresh this page.

1:50 am

Cute, JC!

1:50 am

Just uploaded a photo of me being silly in Australia last spring. :P

1:51 am

(Refreshing doesn't work for me -- I have to go out of Babble and back in)

1:51 am

Hmmm...

1:52 am

It's funny. I just refreshed and a lot of your icons suddenly changed. Looks quite festive now...

1:52 am

(but I clicked on the icon and got to see it)

1:54 am

See you JC, being silly!

1:54 am

having fun

1:55 am

we're going to have some kids come around tomorrow night - first time in 15 years!!

1:55 am

Acting like a kid, yes. :P

1:55 am

No kids coming here

1:56 am

And to think I did that all upside-down, too.

1:56 am

we have new neighbours with a couple of small children

1:56 am

there we are -- NBT

1:56 am

wtg jilli

1:56 am

You'll enjoy that, won't you, flosey?

1:56 am

I'm stuck with 20 to go

1:57 am

yes, it's such fun, we use to get so many kids back east

1:57 am

You must be a genius, flosey...

1:57 am

oh well, I only have 39 words

1:57 am

I have 60 left. :(

1:57 am

you've been too busy having fun JC

1:57 am

so do I, JC

1:58 am

just found 2 more 4 letter words

1:59 am

I see a three letter word in this grid that I say a lot when I'm thinking. :P

1:59 am

Not that it's a word...

1:59 am

irm

1:59 am

erm?

2:00 am

oh, yes, erm

2:00 am

Quite, Jill. ;)

2:00 am

sounds the same!

2:00 am

That's a Julianism. :P

2:00 am

Ah, but it isn't. ;)

2:00 am

aha, it was the first time I'd ever heard it

2:03 am

It sounds more like 'em' or 'um' than 'irm'.

2:04 am

It sounds more like 'em' or 'um' than 'irm'.

2:04 am

has to be pronounced the Brit way, not sounding the R. More like "um" here.

2:04 am

hmmm, that time of night again

2:04 am

Yes, Jill...

2:05 am

oh, those odd Brits :)

2:06 am

And what's your background, flosey?

2:06 am

hahahaha Brit

2:06 am

from both sides, just many generations earlier on one side

2:07 am

Yes. I thought as much. ;)

2:07 am

Ah well. Takes one to know one then? ;)

2:07 am

we use to love to hear gramma talk (grandad died when I was very small) - she didn't mind, she chuckled along with us

2:11 am

hello from down under

2:11 am

Hello all - quite a tough grid this one

2:11 am

hi ursh

2:11 am

hey urshy

2:11 am

You can say that again, ursh.

2:11 am

yes, it is, after 2 hours I still have 16 to go

2:12 am

but JC, I love to hear you speak, you have a beautiful voice

2:12 am

hey flosey, jc

2:12 am

hi granny

2:12 am

what part of Brit, flosey? There are so many accents.

2:12 am

Hmmm. If you say so, flosey. :P Thank you...

2:12 am

Hi, grannyrose.

2:13 am

you could read to me anytime

2:13 am

and jilli, hi!!!!!

2:13 am

Careful what you wish for, flosey. I just might read you a scary story...

2:13 am

hi granny :)

2:14 am

The Hairy Toe

2:14 am

That's the one, Jill. ;)

2:14 am

oh my!

2:14 am

back in the saddle here. the funeral on friday was really lovely

2:17 am

lots of tears, but also a lot of laughter as the anecdotes of Braddie were told.one really lovely thing was that the girls put the urn with their mother's ashes in it, in the casket with their dad.

2:18 am

so , robyn and braddie have been buried together. at long last!

2:20 am

that's nice granny

2:20 am

That's poignant.

2:23 am

it is, isn't it? the girls are so good, altho the eldest did have a bit of a cry as we sang amazing grace. now to get on with our own lives, with 2 extra to consider. their aunty is their legal guardian, but she is consulting with me every step of the way.

2:23 am

Sounds very sad - these are children who have now lost both of their parents? :(

2:24 am

how old are they granny?

2:24 am

yes, jc, robyn died october 2009 ( the big C) and braddie died saturday a week ago( a ruptured aortic aneurysm)

2:25 am

the girls are 12 and 14

2:25 am

Oh my goodness - how awful! :(

2:25 am

oh dear, so young

2:25 am

Who were Robyn and Braddie, if I may ask - family or friends of yours?

2:25 am

such vulnerable ages

2:25 am

jc, have cried an ocean of tears. these girls are my godchildren.

2:26 am

Oh those poor girls! :( It's terribly sad to lose your parents at any age, never mind when you're a child. :( I'm dreading it, as mine age more and more...

2:26 am

Awww, I am sorry. :(

2:26 am

robyn was my dearest friend, my soul sister, if you like. we shared everything, except husbands

2:26 am

you were obviously a good choice, granny

2:26 am

How awful for you. :(

2:26 am

Yes, quite...

2:26 am

for godmother, I mean

2:28 am

thanx all, i guess i will have some rough times ahead, but with a wonderful man by my side, i AM going to get through this.

2:28 am

and so will the girls.

2:28 am

{{HUGGLES}}

2:28 am

{{HUGGLES}}

2:28 am

{{HUGGLES}}

2:28 am

{{HUGGLES}}

2:28 am

{{HUGGLES}}

2:28 am

{{HUGGLES}}

2:28 am

sure helps to have someone to lean on granny

2:29 am

(looks as if granny leaned on the Enter key, lol!)

2:29 am

yes, jilli. i think they are both sort of numb at the moment. i hope i will be there when the dam breaks

2:29 am

oopsie.....just wanted to say {{HUGGLES}} to Grannyrose...xxx

2:29 am

thanx diz

2:30 am

I mean diz -- getting mixed up with granny and grannie, sorry

2:30 am

there are so many things to decide, like where will they live, who with, how, ...?

2:31 am

LOL Jilli...knew what ya meant, but honestly I only pressed once...DURR

2:31 am

What an awful shock for them - losing their mum must've been devastating enough, never mind their dad so soon after! :(

2:31 am

what a terrible situation

2:31 am

Yes. Awful stress for them. :(

2:31 am

yay 21 for 21 NBT!

2:31 am

hi Pav

2:32 am

Well good morning, Sir PAV! :)

2:32 am

jc, the master of understatement!!!! my own doctor wouldn't even allow me to drive, and my boss sent me home with the words, take as long as you need.

2:32 am

hi pav

2:33 am

that was understanding of them, granny

2:33 am

ah, finally found ha7!!! how timely is that word! (for US and Canada anyway

2:34 am

my condolences granny...was reading up in the chatlog

2:34 am

very considerate boss

2:35 am

thanx pav.

2:36 am

Yes, grannyrose - it certainly is. :(

2:37 am

now, enough of me, how is everyone? flosey, how's the artyritis? are you still in the pool?

2:37 am

about the same, thanks granny

2:37 am

jc, jilli, pav? please catch me up with all your news.

2:38 am

Nothing special to report, granny

2:38 am

no, gave it up, just took too much time, driving to and fro, coming out with wet head, plus I'd just go home and sleep! 3 times a week

2:39 am

darn!!!what? no new grandkiddies on the way? no new books?

2:40 am

well -- I have really nice new neighbours...

2:40 am

don't think there'll be any more grandkiddies here - at least for a while, if at all

2:40 am

but was it a good sleep, flosey?

2:40 am

Ah. Well keeping busy, mincing around the country at present. :P Someone has to, I guess. See the link in bio if you really want to catch up...

2:40 am

flosey, I'm trying to puzzle out your ha7 remark...

2:40 am

yes, but weeks were going by and accomplishing zip!

2:41 am

oooh, tell, jilli, thirsting for news....

2:42 am

new neighbours are from Ireland, he-s a retired doctor and a novelist. She's a painter. They're so friendly.

2:42 am

flosey, i have started a regime of high dose paracetamol. seems to work most days.

2:42 am

what fun, jilli. i do so looove the irish accent.

2:42 am

Jilli HA 7 is compound and Americans do it at Halloween to kids who come aknocking

2:43 am

They're from the north -- Ulster. His books are delightful

2:43 am

Well yes - they offer ha7s. Thank you. ;)

2:43 am

ty diz -- gotcha.

2:43 am

Or they ha7 goodies.

2:43 am

Only it would be two words...

2:44 am

Ah good - you've got it.

2:44 am

jc, will that link reach you personally? can we chat? ( hate facebook, twitter etc)

2:44 am

I have news - 24yr old son leaves for Miami next week to waiter/barkeep at a golf resort for 6 months - he is very excited to visit

2:45 am

You wish to chat with me?

2:45 am

Are you Rose McC*****, by any chance?

2:45 am

FIREWORDS!!!! night/morning all, see yous tmorrow...xxx

2:45 am

If so, then yes - I see somewhere we can connect.

2:45 am

oh ursh -- that sounds like great fun for him -- and profitable

2:45 am

Congratulations, dizgrannie!

2:45 am

wow, urshy...guess you will miss him....or maybe not. what an experience for him.

2:45 am

Hooray for diz!!!

2:46 am

yes jc, you've got it

2:46 am

WTG DIZ!!!!

2:46 am

Then check your Yahoo! mail or log into Yahoo! Pulse - http://pulse.yahoo.com/

2:47 am

dont think they make that much money but he is keen to see US and has just got honours in exercise science and would love to work with golfers and I fear he would love to find permanent work in US

2:47 am

You have a connection invite.

2:47 am

thanx jc

2:49 am

we've not much to report in sunny AZ...mom and sis will be in Ohio this Thanksgiving, so I'm home alone, again, but I do have the whole week off coming up in three weeks...my si wants me to visit them in Albuq for Christmas, but I declined...not enough time off during that holiday.

2:51 am

must get to bed, 11 words to go and too tired now, goodnight all

2:52 am

Miss Jilli, the mountain is here

2:52 am

night flosey...good to chat earlier

2:52 am

yes, enjoyed Pav

2:52 am

jc, have accepted your invite, now what do i do? pls remember this is a person who's lifelong dream, was to die computer illiterate

2:53 am

nite flosey, sleep well hun

2:53 am

ty and hugs granny

2:53 am

pav, home alone? :(

2:54 am

((((hugs ))))))

2:54 am

Do you use MSN, Rose?

2:54 am

I'll prob go visit my friends across town, or just stay home and cook for the poopies...

2:55 am

You have a comment on your page by the way, Rose.

2:56 am

pav, I saw that -- and the buffalo and the needlecase -- lots of old friends!

2:56 am

found it, jc

2:56 am

Well slap me for not even noticing the needlecase!

2:57 am

gently, jc, gently

2:57 am

ummm....tuna or salmon?

2:59 am

phant -- iridium

2:59 am

brb, have to put the dead animal on for dinner(apologies to the vegans here)

2:59 am

:(

3:06 am

granny -- my d-i-l is a vegetarian but my son isn't -- she puts "carrion" on the shopping list.

3:08 am

> halfway mark...falling off chair, so off to bed I am

3:08 am

LOL, jilli....

3:09 am

nite pav, see you at the flip. sleep well,mate

3:09 am

nitol!

Morning all how many words please

3:13 am

tiny grid for a Sunday! good morning

3:13 am

99 sandra and hello

3:13 am

Rose - you have a comment/message in your guestbook also. And my better half just sent you a connection invite also.

Thanks

3:14 am

Yes. I'm tired - one too many 'alsos'. :P

3:14 am

night pav -- and I'm off too -- *poof*

3:16 am

is ursh still there? We are from Miami and have a "golf" connection there if she is interested.

3:16 am

thanx jc, and nite jilli, sleep well all you sleepy heads.

3:16 am

((((ruby))))

3:16 am

{{granny!!}}

3:17 am

riot

3:17 am

whoops, sorry, need some more coffee in the pb!

3:18 am

I'm off. Bye for now...

3:24 am

nite jc, sleep well, mate

3:25 am

are you in high spring, granny? We are swooshing into winter here, snow on the mountains already!

3:28 am

38 for now, and had better get dressed! {{granny}}

3:29 am

ruby. spring is here, the grass is riz.....

3:33 am

I wonder where the birdies is?

3:36 am

hey trif!!!!

3:36 am

hiyas. can't sleep, so I thought I would babble for a minute

3:37 am

you go, girl...altho it's a tricky one tonite.

3:37 am

Hello, Trif, granny.

3:38 am

hello haz!

3:38 am

(((haz))))

3:39 am

Hello! It's been a while, granny.

3:42 am

haz, lots of things have happened. read back thru the chog, you'll see what i mean

3:43 am

Okay, will do.

Good morning everyone.

3:44 am

hey sally

3:44 am

morning sally!

3:44 am

What a horrible thing for everyone, granny. I'm very sorry.

3:44 am

Good morning, Sally.

Just read back a bit, grannyrose. So sorry at your news.

3:45 am

thanx haz. trying to move forward now

3:45 am

thanx sally

3:46 am

funny, when Braddie died, my first thought was....must talk to robyn:(

3:47 am

That'll go on for a long time, granny.

3:47 am

yeah, i know...must concentrate on the girls

3:48 am

granny, I just read back...I am so sorry for your losses. what a blessing to the girls you will be....

3:51 am

thanx trif

3:52 am

help with the fourth column i please?

3:52 am

nm - thanks for the psychic clues,

3:52 am

trif, a fool

3:53 am

nbt

3:53 am

LOL trif, well done

3:54 am

have to put on the vegies for dinner, brb

3:56 am

getting sleepy, so will toddle off til later. sleep well, those for whom it is night

I see Yoda is in the grid :-)

3:57 am

Sleep well, Trif.

3:58 am

A hairy creature, isn't he? Some despair when I don't know Star Wars things (it is Star Wars rather than Trek, isn't it?)

Yes Star Wars. He was little with sticky-out ears, and I wanted to call Daisy the cat Yoda when she first arrived but husband was not keen! I suppose it might have given her a complex.

4:00 am

Daisy sounds nicer.

At least, I think it was Star Wars - not a great fan, myself!

Daisy suits her nature.

4:02 am

LOL Morning you two!

4:02 am

I've never seen any of them (the Star Wars, I mean). I did see some of the original Star Trek but don't let on to anybody.

Good morning FM.

4:03 am

I've never seen any of them (the Star Wars, I mean). I did see some of the original Star Trek but don't let on to anybody.

I have seen some of the Star Wars films (2?) and some of the very original Star Trek with Leonard Nimoy, but not the later ones. We have a film on our Love Film list (Galaxy Quest) which is supposed to be a spoof on Star Trek, so I am looking forward to that.

4:04 am

I've never seen any of them (the Star Wars, I mean). I did see some of the original Star Trek but don't let on to anybody.

4:04 am

Good morning, FM.

Finished your funny turn now Haz?

4:05 am

Haz has been caught by the daily hic up I fear.

4:05 am

Goodness, is that what was happening? I thought my keyboard had become possessed.

4:05 am

(((fmitch))) how are you, hun?

4:06 am

One post was swallowed up completely even before I had time to punctuate properly. Most disturbing.

4:06 am

umm actually I don't think it was that, the times are all wrong.

4:06 am

good morniiiiiiiiing

4:06 am

Then it's a clear case of sabotage.

Are the shelves rattling and things flying off them Haz?

4:06 am

Good morning, varuma.

4:06 am

varumba, sorry.

4:06 am

hey there! (((haz, sally, FM, grann)

4:07 am

Greetings rose lovely to see you and Morning var. Poor Haz is now traumatised and I predict will end up in the PB shortly.

4:07 am

No, nothing else seems to be disturbed, just this chat box.

4:07 am

varuma, i don't think we have met. so....hello.

4:07 am

hello granny, i do believe this would be our first :)

This chat box is frequently disturbed :-)

4:07 am

LOL, haz....and you don't count me?

4:07 am

is this a small and tough grid?

4:07 am

And disturbing.

4:08 am

yes, varuma....

4:08 am

I don't know var, I am just about to leap in.

4:08 am

Stand well back, folks.

4:08 am

lmao

4:09 am

hardy har har :)

4:09 am

oops!!! just got deluged by fm

4:09 am

It's well stocked with babblets, varumba, words you'll encounter here frequently but rarely in real life.

4:09 am

i see.... i think this may be a tough day for me then without morewords!

I thought you at least made frequent use of the needlecase Haz.

4:10 am

Only in babble, Sally, almost never in real life.

4:10 am

not to mention the volcano

You know, I think I will have a new aim in life to use at least one babblet in real life every day. Won't people fall back in amazement!

4:11 am

AND the hairy-nosed dolphin

4:11 am

lol good luck Sally.

4:12 am

nope. i'm wrong AGAIN!!! it's a temple

I couldn't find the hairy-nosed dolphin, but thought I had forgotten it.

4:14 am

what can i say? i'm a very confused babble player

4:14 am

it's ok granny.... i think that some of those words look SO similar sometimes !

4:14 am

I think you're part of the sabotage squad, granny. You're out to get me.

Still thinking about the temple...

4:15 am

so... who needs a nudge?

4:15 am

LOL, haz... very loudly

4:15 am

Not for me thanks rose.

Not yet granny, haven't been on long enough.

4:15 am

i do

4:16 am

No nudges here, either.

4:16 am

just that temple thing please.. i'm guessing it's a n word, since you thought it was the hairy dolphin

4:16 am

ok, varuma. the rest of you close you eyes

4:16 am

hello again

4:16 am

Hello, ruby.

4:16 am

hi ruby!!

4:16 am

Morning ruby

Hi ruby! Averts eyes.

4:17 am

na4/4, na + 2 vowels

4:17 am

lol, got it straight away... tx gran

4:17 am

yep just checked the meaning too ;)

4:18 am

yw varuma

4:19 am

arghhhh! where did the b go? VARUMBA>>>>>>

4:19 am

I'll have to bow out for a while, dinner preparations to make. This is where I regret not doing more yesterday!

4:19 am

lol, funny, youré the secodn person doing tht today!

4:19 am

that is a new babblet for me, was looking for the dophin also

4:19 am

syl haz...

4:19 am

What the menu today Haz?

4:20 am

i'm gonna have to go too... dive show is on today.... leaving in 10 min! i'll syl guys

4:20 am

or even the dolphin!

4:20 am

oh, good. i'm not alone, then

4:20 am

hagd every1 byeeeeeeeeee

4:20 am

bye varumba

The n word is quite a common babblet, ruby, also spelt with a final consonant instead of a final vowel.

4:20 am

bye, varumba

4:20 am

Bye var

4:20 am

how are you, sally? is it cold there?

4:20 am

Tomato and basil soup, boeuf bourgignon with potatoes and veg, chocolate mousse.

Bye varumba.

Did you put your clocks back in France last night ruby? We did in the UK.

4:21 am

Delish as always Haz! TTFN.

4:21 am

hang on, haz. will be right over

4:21 am

Toodle-oo!

Oh Haz. Hastily looks up flights to Ireland.

4:21 am

Haz's lunday lunches are legendary.

4:22 am

yes, dear husband awakened me at 5:30 (*dripping sarcasm*) to change the clocks!

I think it's all a lie to tease us. Really Haz lives in total squalor on take-aways, like the rest of us. All this cooking is in her imagination.

4:22 am

lunday???? new day of the week, fm?

4:23 am

I remember she did have a pizza once. Sorry rose, was drooling on the keyboard.

4:24 am

LOL, fm. i do sooo love you and your comments

4:24 am

morning all, help with the last PA 5/16 please i just cant find it.

4:25 am

one who takes care of bills

4:25 am

((rose))

4:25 am

mill, someone who pa**

4:25 am

I don't know if that's thet last one

4:25 am

ty ty........fireworks !!

4:26 am

Congrats mills!

4:26 am

yay mills

Congrats millsbooks!

4:26 am

WTG MILLSBOOKS!!!

4:27 am

ty ty time for a cuppa now...... poof

4:29 am

haven't reached half OR nbt! 46 words only

4:29 am

oops, that was the bell, dinner ready, see you at the flip. hugs all around

4:29 am

bye grannyrose!!!

4:29 am

Byeee rose!!!

bye granny!

There's posh to have a bell to announce dinner :-)

4:30 am

carried by a maid in a black frock with a frilly apron and a cap!

Do you think she has a large muscular man in a leopard skin in the hall to bang the gong?

I think I prefer my version ruby :-))

4:30 am

What else is the butler suppoosed to ring (unless it is a gong)?

4:31 am

LOL Sally

I bow to your superior knowledge on the matter of butlers, FM.

4:31 am

you can have the muscles, sally!

Sigh. Think I'm too old to make full use of them ruby.

4:32 am

I knoew that I am, would prefer the maid/cook!

4:33 am

maybe to carry me around.....

Actually, I see we have the sound the bell might make.

My phantom: diary.

4:33 am

mine: gonad

4:34 am

yay, half!

ruby! Maidenly blush.

4:34 am

sorry, slinking away.....

4:34 am

This grid has started slowly and is plodding along - I hope it speeds up at some point. heh heh ruby!

4:35 am

for nbt, middle o and left-hand i, please

I agree, FM. Yesterday's was a dream! However, glad that at least it isn't a huge one because I just don't have the time.

I have one I from the left, im 4/6

4:36 am

Oh yes really enjoyed the last 2.

4:37 am

??

I plus three letters which could be an abbreviation for in the centre of.

4:37 am

got it, ty sally

4:37 am

oh yes the im4 appears quite regularly

Haven't got the others yet ruby, still have 40 to find.

4:39 am

There is an oy4/6 from the middle o

4:40 am

putting the monkeys to work

ty fm

again, quite a regular one.

4:41 am

yw. Gah all the letters are in the wrong places and I want an S *stamps feet*

4:41 am

*deep breathing* coffee anyone? BRB

4:42 am

got it, thank you, nbt

4:42 am

please, with hot milk, FM

Thanks FM. We need all our foreign dictionaries today I see.

4:43 am

see you later everybody

4:44 am

*poof*

Oh, bye ruby. Have a good day.

4:48 am

back again, waves by to ruby.

4:49 am

thanks for the tip Sally, thats added a few more words to the lsit.

Also add ic to everything :-)

4:50 am

thanic veryic muchic foric thatic tooic

lol!

Have just monkeyed the 8, a new one on me and I think new to the grid.

(getting desperate now)

4:54 am

oh joy! but well done. No clue for me tho still happily blundering around.

Will just say that it is a lovely word, and having looked it up I shall aim to use it today!

4:55 am

lol I will remember to look up the def and think of you when I get there.

4:59 am

Nearly 10am time for me to poof for a while. I will leave yo uto it Sally and have a good day, might see you later.

Bye for now FM.

could i have the stats for the 8 please

my 8/65 jenny

5:04 am

an 7/32 - clue please

Musical term gran

phone, brb

thanks Sally - took a while but managed it in the end

Back. Glad you got the 8, jenny. Lovely word, isn't it.

Must go now. Bye all.

I am having the wierdest problem. The first mo4/6 I put in the right word but it doesn't show up on my list but when I try to put it in again it says it is already on my list. And it shows that I am missing one 'm'. Anyone know how to solve this issue?

I refreshed the page and it is on there now.

5:24 am

was going to say refresh or close it down completly abd restart it..lol

5:24 am

and*

6:30 am

And fireworks for me.

6:31 am

*poof*

6:50 am

fireworks

6:59 am

Congratulations gerard! Quiet board this morning....

6:59 am

Some of us are just biding our time for you to show up... Good morning!

6:59 am

Can I have the first letter only of the 8 please? Not a clue, just the letter would be awesome.

6:59 am

m

6:59 am

Hazaurus! Where have you been? :D

7:00 am

Thank you Ma'am.

7:00 am

I've been lying in wait.

7:00 am

lol, I've just been lying.

7:00 am

I'm terribly well, how are you?

7:01 am

Uhm, may I say Thank You. I certainly would NOT have had that 8 jump out at me. ***wow***

7:01 am

Are all your legs waving in joy at the find?

7:02 am

Life is good. Much delayed congratulations on the pending marriage. Very exciting.

7:02 am

It's a great word, isn't it?

7:02 am

I know! Mother of the bridge. She gets launched into married life in August.

7:02 am

My legs, and prob'ally my inner voices legs as well. No wonder the m has it in for me today.....

7:03 am

lol, yes I caught chat that day. Being Mother of the Bridge is well, not something that happens every day.

7:03 am

No, it's amazing to be a the forefront of a new trend.

7:04 am

Down to 10, and muttering excessively. I find this grid to be an oddie...

7:04 am

It's all those daft words, including that blessed Italian one.

7:04 am

What bridge anyway? A local one, or a famous one like the Golden Gate?

7:05 am

I don't know about a famous one, I'll settle for a local one. We have Toomebridge, Shankbridge, Plumbridge...

7:05 am

good morning everyone;)

7:05 am

Good morning, crossy.

7:05 am

Mornin' crossy

7:06 am

Local is good. Stick with what you know, i say.

7:06 am

I think so. There's a bridge at the reception venue, that will do.

7:07 am

Is the m really this difficult? I still have 3 left there. ***sigh***

7:07 am

'morning

7:07 am

Mornin' welki

7:07 am

howdy welki

7:08 am

Some French m words in there. Foreign words, I ask you.

7:08 am

Hello, welki.

7:08 am

good morning everyone

7:08 am

morning flosey

7:08 am

***pnders the prospect of Fremch words***

7:09 am

flosey, you're up early too

7:09 am

yes welki, much too early!

7:09 am

mo4/6 - the rodent looks sulky at the loss of a letter.

7:09 am

Hello, flosey.

7:09 am

i am up early cause i have new wireless internet coming today;)))))

7:09 am

me too. makes for a nap this afternoon, i think

7:09 am

Yes, that one I had. Hmmm, to thge dictionary!

7:10 am

Mornin' flosey

7:10 am

lol, think I'll be having a nap very soon!

7:10 am

still very groggy

7:10 am

hello LoriP, don't very often see you

7:10 am

Oh goodness. I missed some obvious .... ***we will not speak of this again...***

7:11 am

I've been mostly lurking flosey. good to see you

7:11 am

I've just realised that my neighbour takes Halloween very seriously. The dog is in costume. Some people might be fooled but I know it's not a pumpkin dashing about.

7:12 am

interesting Haz, I thought it was only US and Canada that celebrated(?) hollowe'en

7:12 am

i was a golden lab in a scorpion costume,looked great with the extra legs on each side and a stinger on the tail:))

7:12 am

saw

7:12 am

How can you be sure Hazaurus? What with all the cloning, and genetic manipulation these days.

7:12 am

We used to have Halloweens with apple bobbing etc, now it's all Americanised with costumes and things. I'd blame FM but it's really not her fault.

7:13 am

Morning all. Halloween presents abound. Cross has wireless internet coming and Haz has a pumpkin puppy running about.

7:13 am

I remember a french teacher telling us it was a religious thing

7:13 am

and i have coffee ready .. brb :)

7:13 am

Mornin' Molly

7:14 am

10 meg internet,will not know what to do with it all;)

7:14 am

just what I need welki, thanks

7:14 am

All Hallows Eve. Tomorrow the cemeteries will be well visited.

7:14 am

Haz, apple bobbing should be a required part of every child's Halloween.

7:15 am

we will be having children come to our door this year, first in 15 years

7:15 am

we now have neighbours with children

7:15 am

You'd think so, Molly, but some headcase of an organisation has said that it's dangerous. You could poke your eye out with a stalk and the water might be contaminated from previous contact with .... I'm so bored I can't go on.

7:15 am

we're in a farming area so homes are far apaart

7:15 am

i used to cheat molly and try and sneak a toothpick in my mouth before my turn ;)

7:15 am

**apart

good morning Babblers :)

7:16 am

morning Nono

7:16 am

Good morning, Nono.

7:16 am

howdy nono

7:16 am

*Passing out Halloween doughnuts to all*

7:17 am

I have a nasty fly that I'm trying to get - annoying me like crazy

Crossy my folding app has been attempting to get a work packet for the past few hours, is yours running ok?

7:17 am

ohh, love donuts

7:17 am

to go with Welki's coffee

7:17 am

They should really be scones dipped in treacle, Molly and hung up on a line.

7:17 am

Cross, color me not surprised at your apple bobbing cheat. : D

7:17 am

mine is also stalled trying to get the next protein

7:17 am

That sounds delicious Haz, I'll go with that.

ok must be the site then

7:18 am

see how fast my beloved is rising up on the list nono? lol

i havent looked lately crossy

7:18 am

she is on the powerful gaming machine we have

7:19 am

i of course get stuck with the pokey office machine

7:19 am

G'd morning Nono!

7:19 am

ah, how noble of you crossy

hey Lori!! how goes it with you?

7:20 am

It goes. :)

7:20 am

4 d's. Painful is the word for it.

Crossy would that be BethN?

7:20 am

well thats just da*** lori:))

7:20 am

nope elegant is my better half

ahhh yes I see her now

the group is steadily growing

7:22 am

you may notice that dr g was kind enough to put our folding list link und freinds of babble list at bottom of this page;))

7:22 am

i also asked dr g to consider joining us

7:23 am

di 6 is a stoopid word and I hate d's.

7:23 am

Oh thank you Haz 1558 for giving me the best laugh for sometime. I can see my neighbour's dog would look good in a pumpkin outfit. In fact I think I will christen him Pumpkin as he is a tad round and cuddly. My Lab would just eat himself! Cheers

7:24 am

You're very welcome, Pat!

7:26 am

hello payxx, I love the idea of pets in costumes!

7:26 am

hello ruby

7:26 am

*patxx*

7:26 am

I must admit, I got many a laugh from Eddie in Frasier being dressed up at times.

7:27 am

I don't mind them being dressed up for a bit of a laugh but I draw the line when people start taking it seriously.

7:27 am

when I was little, I used to dress up my cat in baby clothes and parade her around in a stroller

7:27 am

anyone here remember the "wishbone" childrens show?

7:27 am

was a jack russel in various clothing saving the planet...lol

7:28 am

Paying out money for designer doggy clothes is just ridiculous and should be directed towards getting them therapy.

7:28 am

my boy used to love it

7:28 am

* very little *

7:28 am

I remember it, crossy.

afraid I dont Crossy perhaps it was a canadian show, and not seen in the UD

US

7:28 am

the parentws or the dogs

US

7:28 am

hello hello no no

hi Ruby

7:29 am

you will have to hunt up a clip on you tube,it is so funny the costumes they jammed on this dog

7:29 am

Ahh, so religion does save. Last word the Cathedral, which is I assume Italian. ***sigh*** Glad this grid's over, and now I must go ignore some housework.

7:29 am

Wishbone was NOT Canadian. It was a show on PBS and my son loved it too.

7:29 am

there we go,someone else did see it;)

7:30 am

hi all. Aiden loved wishbone!

7:30 am

See you again, Lori. How's the sequel coming for Good Housekeeping. The Best of Good Housekeeping was the working title, I heard?

7:30 am

"What's the story Wishbone!" Ah that was back in the days of Lamb Chop's Play Along.

7:30 am

in deed

7:30 am

yes. and the Kratt brothers.

7:31 am

Aiden didn't like it when they became zaboomafoo

7:31 am

The sequel is a work in progress, the working title is always open to change. Nest of teh Worst wasn't drawing interest.

7:31 am

oh.. there's the alarm. bbl.

7:31 am

well,i got the place all decorated for halloween...not that i really do that much.i just stop cleaning around august and the rest comes naturally;))

7:31 am

Excellent to see you Hazaurus, don't let that bridge become a burden. Later gators!

7:32 am

especially the cobwebs!

7:32 am

Bye, Lori!

7:32 am

no ruby,i have to make those,seems the 2 cats love spiders as a crunchy snack,so not many have time to weave their webs

7:33 am

can someone please give me a clue for to5

7:33 am

I think I've had too much grappa at lunch to contine playing {{everybody}}

7:33 am

((ruby))

7:33 am

a hat, a cap

7:33 am

flosey: chef's hat

7:33 am

off for an afternoon snooze then ruby?

7:34 am

to5/16

7:34 am

you betcha

7:34 am

ah, thanks ruby

7:34 am

Flosey, Carlee and Cross give out golden ones.

7:35 am

need a snoooze. Husbnad woke me up at 5:30 to change the clocks. :(

7:35 am

My son once dressed our very small whippet Clancy in a cossie, which he thought resembled a pirate's outfit. He was in a play at the local fete. She, Clancy, normally the most sociable dog, talk to anyone, spend the time hiding her face in anything that she could find, which was on occasion the nearest skirt. It took her days to look at anyone.

7:35 am

ut oh, did the clocks change here today, too?

7:35 am

And people arriving home so I'd better head into the kitchen again. Bye for now!

7:35 am

ppor embarrassed dog, patxx!

7:36 am

want a nap!

7:36 am

Cute story Pat. See ya Haz. Welki EST changes the clocks next Sunday at 2AM.

7:37 am

I can't understand why they refuse to coordinate Europe and the US!

7:37 am

whew (i'm up early enough as it is!)

not sure about canada welki but US changes next weekend

7:38 am

We rescued her as unclaimed but she wasn't with us for long before a mystery illness took her off. Never forgotten Clancy, never will. Tiny dog, huge personality and restored my faith in small dogs, being normally a big dog person.

7:42 am

Phantom...Gandhi

7:44 am

still here haz?

7:44 am

fireworks - and now back to bed! 4:30 am is much too early to be up

7:44 am

yaa for flosey!!

wtg flosey

7:45 am

be back at fliptime have a great day everyone

7:45 am

and happy hallowe'en to all

7:55 am

what does "Phantom Gandhi" mean Molly?

Mrs, a phantom word is one that is almost in the grid. Molly was seeing Gandhi

7:56 am

Hi Mrswhiski. When,at first glance at the grid, you see a word, but it turns out not to be actually there - thats known as a phantom. Molly obviously thought Ghandi was there

7:56 am

ah thanks

7:57 am

I was full sure I saw 'Haunt' - (for the day thats in it!)

7:57 am

Hey Soodle. Lots of Halloween hooley at the pub last night? You saw "haint" and it's a word amongst country folk.

7:57 am

take out the U Soodle

7:57 am

hi all

7:57 am

and hello everyone

7:58 am

I meant take out the N Soodle...sorry

7:58 am

hi annie

7:58 am

Morning Annie.

and i keep trying indian

7:58 am

molly...soodle

7:58 am

Hi carlee

hi Carlee

7:58 am

Oops, there is Carlee too. Hey Carlee, one of your favorite words is in the grid today.

7:58 am

mrsW...good morning

7:58 am

hey nono

7:58 am

Thanks Annie. Hi Carlee. Glad you had a good night Molly :-)

7:59 am

Hi Molly

7:59 am

Happy Halloween!

7:59 am

Actually Soodle, I was asking if you did. : D

7:59 am

it is?...which one molls?

7:59 am

Hi Carlee and everyone else!

7:59 am

yes...happy hallowe'en

8:00 am

LOL - A great night had by all! Its past mid-day, and none of my kids are up......

8:00 am

OBVIOUS HINT: they are golden Carlee. Watch yourself you don't spend the day in the penalty box.

8:00 am

oh....its there 4 ways mollsif i recall...i did this one at the flip

8:01 am

howdy carlee

8:01 am

no...3 ways...

8:01 am

hey crossy

8:01 am

All I know is that the u after the qu is messing me up.

8:02 am

( currently attempting to get work packet)

8:02 am

wife is still working a packet but the new proteins are stalled atm carlee

8:02 am

eh?????

carlee mine has been like that all morning

8:02 am

Me too, Moll. I must have tried 'quaint' a dozen times...

8:02 am

the packets are stalled at the site for now

8:03 am

oh....do we know why?

8:03 am

nope,but all packets in progress seem fine

8:03 am

i am sure it will sort itself out

8:05 am

hmmmm..interesting..

8:10 am

did the chog die?

just went to sleep maybe carlee :)

what are packets?

8:12 am

protein packet that are set up to "fold" so cancer markers can be mapped

Kap we are running Folding@home. there is info on it on Crossy's profile

and a link down below the grid

8:13 am

the link just shows our scores,go to my profile for link for downlad

ah but crossy if you click on the folding@home at the top it takes you to the home page

8:16 am

If da 5/18 and ha 5/18 are there, why isn't ca 5/18? It's Halloween by cracky! All weeweed out from yesterday I guess.

:) Molly

8:17 am

ahh good stuff nono

8:18 am

i'm tired...eyes hurt

8:20 am

Hello, All :-)

hi zooz

8:20 am

hello zooz

8:21 am

some hard words in the grid today.

8:21 am

hi zooz...

** FIREWORKS **

8:21 am

lots of babblets

8:21 am

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for nono

8:22 am

congrats, nono

8:22 am

Hey, Carlee, did 2x 66666 in a row, but now it seems to be stuck on `attemting to get work packet`.

8:22 am

WTG Nono!!

8:22 am

they all are apparently zooz

8:22 am

i did 1 6666 then 2 250's now stuck

8:22 am

noni, can I get a clue for an7?

8:23 am

oh well, will leave it going anyway, makes no difference..lol

8:23 am

nono*

8:23 am

an + boys name + two letters

8:23 am

an+ someone's inferno

8:23 am

great clue, carlee, thanks

nice clue Carlee

8:23 am

thanks, zooz

8:24 am

most are stuck atm ladies,my better half is still working on a 50 with no problem,but we are all waiting on new work

off to do Sudoku. Happy babbling everyone

8:25 am

ty for clue carlee

8:25 am

Once you got the packet, the computer can work on it, the server at the folding home has stopped, they probably will re-boot it sometime later, i`m sure.

8:25 am

Bye, Nono :-)

8:26 am

now...how did u find that out zooz?

8:26 am

bye nono

8:26 am

byebye nono

8:27 am

i checked out the forums, and some links there shows you where your work is, and there was a few servers that had stopped.

8:27 am

i closed the page, will try and find it again.

8:32 am

yes there are many folding forums carlee;)

8:33 am

i do not get into that part too much as we can have as much fun with our babble team as it progresses

8:33 am

i hope dr g decides top join;)

8:33 am

i glanced there...most looked technical...

8:34 am

so....today..i have to buy my hallowe'en treats....apparently buy pumpkins...

8:34 am

my boy is carving a pumpkin for the lobby and will be in charge of handing out the treats this year

8:34 am

and kiddoes want a hallowe'en dinner...sheesh..they are teenagers...when do they outgrow this crap?

8:35 am

my kid is 16..they never do

8:35 am

18 and 14....

8:36 am

google is so cute

8:36 am

though dinner tonight is roast of beef,mashed taters,cauliflower with cheese,gravy,Yorkshire pudding

8:38 am

as much as that sounds good..not in mood for roast beast

8:39 am

sorry about that, was looking at different pages, this is what i was looking at.

8:39 am

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/serverstat .html

8:43 am

wow...its..pretty much..down...

8:43 am

down indeed..

8:44 am

yes, i was trying to find the server ip but could not find it on there webpage.

8:45 am

i am trying to figure out dinner...

8:45 am

lol

8:45 am

you are not having roast beast then , Carlee .

8:46 am

no...not in mood for roast beast

8:46 am

99 silly words in the grid, 99 silly words. Type one in, look again, 98 silly words in the grid.

8:46 am

maybe enchilladas...and a salad...with rice....then... brownies???

8:46 am

thats pretty much..i t hink is hallowe'en trick from dr god to us

8:47 am

yes lots of hard words in the grid today, Scrabs.

8:47 am

Good point, Carlee!

8:47 am

it was a fun grid tho...

8:47 am

I figured as much. The small ones contain weird words.

8:48 am

scwabby!

8:48 am

Hi Bacon Boy!

8:48 am

lol,no bacon today,shredded wheat with briown sugar and a small bowl of diced peaches

8:49 am

Yummy. I had farina with maple syrup.

8:49 am

Morning All! Boo! Happy Hallow-weenie!

8:49 am

I had weetabix :-)

8:49 am

i am clensing myself for the roast beef and yorkie pudding tonight;)))

8:49 am

Boooo, Car!

8:49 am

howdy car

8:50 am

EEK! You scared me Scrabs!

8:50 am

Hello, Car..you scared me then.

8:50 am

boo to u too car

8:50 am

Morning Crossy!

8:50 am

I will go shopping soon and am thinking of making a big batch of something. Soup? Roasted veggies?

8:50 am

Morning Zoozzoom!

8:50 am

i love weetabix

8:50 am

Hi Carlee!!!!

8:50 am

So sorry, Car. But wait til you see the grid.

8:50 am

Yeah, I already did....WAY too small for a Sunday!

8:51 am

chicken enchiladas here....a salad...some rice....and i will make caramel pecan brownies

8:51 am

OK...I am going to Carlee's! Mexican is my fav!

8:52 am

i've been in a mexican groove lately..not sure why...but not into texmex...i am NOT enjoying bbq sauce or smoked anything these days...

8:53 am

Don't enjoy bbq either....it overtakes the flavor of the food.

8:53 am

i used to like bbq sauce..but these days makes me queesy

8:54 am

mmm..weetabix..used to get that a fair bit as a child with warm milk

8:54 am

I will do roasted veggies---potatoes, yams, carrots, mushrooms, parsnips, turnips...in olive oil. Any other suggestions?

8:54 am

What is with the N's lately? They have been so difficult!

8:54 am

crossy...remind me again how u do ur pumpkin seeds?

8:54 am

some protein in that?

8:55 am

YUMMMMMMMMMM!

8:55 am

Is Weetabix the same as Shredded Wheat here in US.

8:55 am

a fatted calf perhaps lol

8:55 am

totally different here scrabbs

8:55 am

no..its diff scrabs

8:55 am

weetabix is made in the U.K and is finer and denser than shredded wheat

8:56 am

Mmm, protein. No meat, Crossy, so sorry. Beans?

8:56 am

hmmm..i have some sweet potatoes....i can oven roast those to go with enchiladas i guess?..i lieu of rice..just oven raosted cubes of sweet potatoes

8:56 am

crossy loves sweet taters

8:56 am

humous on the side with bread scrabs?

8:56 am

A NICE ROASTED RED PEPPER HUMOUS

8:56 am

I have 2 pumpkins out front to carve later, and I will roast the seeds.

8:57 am

CROSSY..PUMPKIN SEED TECHNIQUE PLS?

8:57 am

Oh, yes, Carlee!!

8:57 am

sorry cap lock was not yelling

8:57 am

May I please have a clue for the single O in the second column?

8:57 am

i will go to store tomorrow and get 2 jumbo pumpins on sale,i usually roast up about 5 pounds of seeds

8:57 am

and?????

8:58 am

thinking of clue car

8:58 am

beets are good roasted

8:58 am

ahh ok carlee,wash seeds in cold water and lay out in single layer on a flat baking tray,brush with butter,or soy alternative for scrabby and spice to taste,bake on low heat 9250) f till crispy

8:58 am

250f*

8:58 am

now..u told me last time high heat short time

8:59 am

oi5...In*** is a foreign country

8:59 am

9250 F?!?!?! WOW! i don't think my oven goes that high! Tee hee!

8:59 am

no,i said low heat long time

8:59 am

I haven't had beets in years. That is a good suggestion, Grant. And Brussels sprouts!

8:59 am

good one phae

8:59 am

TY Phae! And good morning to you!

8:59 am

ty

8:59 am

yw and hello

8:59 am

i always did low heat long time..they come out so freaking tough

8:59 am

That was from a different O though...

9:00 am

chewy....like u chewing wood

9:00 am

mm,i never have an issue,well experiment if you like and get back to me on how high heat works for u

9:00 am

TY, Phaeton, and Good Morning to you.

9:00 am

bottom o = o4, to leave out.

9:00 am

od4

9:00 am

om4

9:00 am

Good grief! I clearly need more coffee! TY FM!

9:02 am

Ok, time for me to get my fangs into some tomato soup, take care, All :-)

9:03 am

crossy...do u shell ur seeds to eat...

9:03 am

or eat the shells?

9:03 am

Bye Zooz! Happy Halloween!

9:03 am

later zooz

9:03 am

i eat it as it is

9:04 am

ok..i think..i will try drying my seeds on convection on lowest voen temp....then...toss with butter...and salt....dry off excess butter..then bake as it

9:04 am

maybe i am putting them in too wet????

9:05 am

i put them in dripping,brush,spice,bake ,eat

9:06 am

reading other suggestions...soak over night in highly salted water...then bake

9:06 am

"let the sun shine in, let the sun shine in..." Yay for sunshine!

9:07 am

cloudy here

9:07 am

sun?...crossy looks out side at the half rain/sleet..what is this sun you speak of?

9:07 am

i wonder if f@h is waiting to do a complete server reboot or update or something...

9:07 am

Forecast was 35-40, cloudy + rainy, so I am happy.

9:08 am

we are at 2 c

9:08 am

ok..going to go shower before son gets up to shower and go to work...

9:08 am

laters all

9:08 am

34f in american i believe

9:08 am

tc carlee

9:10 am

Bye Kat

9:10 am

Good morning players

9:12 am

Hi Bob.

9:12 am

done

9:13 am

Yippee Phaeton!

9:13 am

better go check on the grandkids...pretty quiet

9:13 am

Bye phaeton

9:13 am

afternoon all

9:14 am

Hi Kazzer

9:14 am

tricky grid today - about half way and starting to dry up

9:16 am

I have found 33 and am losing interest.

9:16 am

howdy bob kazz

9:17 am

i have just got all the ns - that makes a change - least favourite letter

9:17 am

morning all ;)

9:17 am

i am in same boat scrabbs,some real unique words in here

9:17 am

howdy pini

9:17 am

hey crossy

9:17 am

hi pink

9:18 am

hey kaz ;)

9:19 am

I need at least 1 7 to go to list...any ideas?

9:19 am

not got any yet or the 8

9:19 am

the 8 is an odd one (imho)

9:19 am

Hi Pini

9:20 am

starts with 'my'

9:20 am

hey scrabs ;)

9:20 am

Well, not myopia, not myopic...

9:23 am

my W NE E E SW S (how's that?)

9:23 am

good afternoon all

9:23 am

cryptic enough?

9:23 am

hi sprite

9:23 am

now this is cute,a 8 moth old being set up with a cohlear implant and hears his moms voice for the first time...

9:23 am

http://current.com/technology/92490834 _8-month-old-deaf-baby-s-reaction-to-c ochlear-implant-being-activated.htm

9:23 am

very cool, crossy

9:27 am

phantom: pyramid

9:32 am

cute....

9:35 am

quite an heroic dog, pini

9:36 am

thx sprite ;)

9:36 am

oh dear scrabs..i liked this grid....

9:36 am

morning all, late start but went for a nice walk

9:36 am

morning peri

9:36 am

found a 7 by myself but no 8 yet

9:36 am

hi carlee and periwinkle

9:37 am

follow pini's directions peri

9:37 am

hi there spritey

9:37 am

hi sprite :)

9:37 am

at 9:23? if those are the directions I am not getting them

9:38 am

peri...it's a very obscure clue for the my8

9:38 am

wind directions

9:39 am

not good with obscrue clues but will keep trying

9:40 am

ty, pini, just got the my7

9:40 am

each direction sequence will give you the next letter in the word

9:41 am

if right be east..and left be west..north be up and south be down peri... dfollow the directions to each letter like a path

9:41 am

(or compas point)

9:41 am

correct, carlee

9:41 am

I am doing that with out success, will keep trying

9:41 am

Cross, thank you for my warm fuzzy of the day. That video is so sweet.

9:43 am

my+ ave ma***+ some friends are like peas in a ***

9:43 am

my 8...my + Brer Rabbit ran in the b***r patch + get your feet fixed at the ***iatrist.

9:44 am

Snap Carlee.

9:44 am

:o)

9:45 am

got it thanks

9:46 am

sorry mine didn't work

9:46 am

glad others were here to help

9:46 am

npo, I was so close tho

9:47 am

it will work for someone pini...:)

9:47 am

I found it from yours, Pini, thanks

9:47 am

;)

9:48 am

sprite...did u try the corn dogs?

9:48 am

which was very good, because I would never have found it without help. New word for me.

9:48 am

great clue carleekat xxx hi to you all

9:49 am

hi lucy

9:49 am

carlee: no not yet, I cannot seem to find corn meal! Stupid shops here don't carry it.

9:50 am

but won't forget it, lol... creepy crawlers!

9:50 am

(the word, not the meal)

9:50 am

hmmm....perhaps try semolina...not same flav...but similar texture...

9:51 am

your very welcome molly

9:51 am

i use semolina in lieu of cornmeal for things like the bottom of pizza or other such things....

9:51 am

will go to a toko soon and get some, it is crazy the shops here don't have it. It isn't that uncommon!

9:51 am

bottom of bagels

9:52 am

And I passed that warm fuzzy on to friends. Too good to keep to myself.

9:52 am

found a 7 ! :)

9:52 am

yay pini

9:52 am

wtg Pini.

9:52 am

waiting for my kids to be up and moving...so we can get on with our day of ghouling :)

9:54 am

I need to find K's costume

9:54 am

one in shower...he is going to work..will drop him off..and then... daughter and i can do our shopping

9:54 am

any of the i clues plse to get me started lol x

9:55 am

daughter using my gypsy conconction from other night...

9:55 am

id5....how u feel with a fish word

9:55 am

qu4, lucy ... while you're ahead! LOL

9:55 am

(just kidding)

9:55 am

im4 , i+ half way

9:56 am

wat a grid.........lol

9:56 am

hi lucyloo, ir4 like the flower but other last letter

9:56 am

im6,27 is im4 just mentioned with 2/3 of frozen water

9:56 am

ha7 = not food + not in

9:56 am

im5, 14 is im4 a vowel

9:56 am

and same ending for 'my' word

9:57 am

* foot

9:57 am

you are all so cool thankyou xxxxxx

9:57 am

thanks Pini

9:57 am

my 7 is an7, musical phrase for calm, eay

9:57 am

io 5 , io+ ***k and jane

9:57 am

easy, even

9:58 am

io5, io***nertime

10:01 am

* still working on the an7 *

10:02 am

an+ someones inferno

10:02 am

and my5

10:02 am

an + *****'s Hell

10:02 am

my+ a polar***

10:03 am

( as in camera)

10:03 am

got the my, working on the an

10:03 am

(thx)

10:04 am

got it!

10:04 am

robot ending for the my5

10:04 am

my chat is slower than slow!

10:06 am

or we're all engrossed?

10:07 am

It appears I have about a 5 second delay before my post hits on my screen...

10:07 am

no it takes at least a minute before a post becomes visible for me.

10:07 am

WOW! that's quite a bit, sprite

10:08 am

yes it is ridiculous. Some silly server I bet

10:10 am

last 7 = P7: black and white WWF bear + first two letters of not day

10:10 am

thx sprite

10:11 am

have decided some of these words are daft!!!!!!!!

10:12 am

isn't that normal around here, lucy?

10:12 am

daft? Why? Because they are new to us?

10:13 am

today seems like a babblet jamboree

10:13 am

totally but then i think daft is a silly word!!!!!!

10:13 am

there have been quite a few, grant

10:13 am

I think it is daft I didn't see the volcano

10:14 am

thx for that one, sprite!!!! LOL

10:14 am

*grin* glad to not be alone in that...

10:14 am

how 'bout the good old needle case?

10:14 am

good call spritexxxx

10:15 am

got that one earlier, grant...thank goodness!

10:15 am

wi

10:15 am

fireflies. No I did see the needle case. But then again, that is a normal word in Dutch, so a little easier to spot for me.

10:15 am

10:16 am

wtg sprite

10:16 am

what one was that grant!!!!

10:16 am

first I, I have two out of 4, stuck...

10:16 am

et4

10:17 am

ir x 2 and io x 2, CJ25, and hello

10:17 am

The needle case seems to show up in just about every crossword I do.

10:17 am

i just call it a needle case!!!!!!!!!

10:18 am

ty all cluers for the clues in the last 5 min,other than the needle case,the rest were a mystery to me

10:18 am

Yeah well, you know how it is with the French. : P

10:18 am

;)

10:18 am

hello sprite thanks, havent played this for years.

10:18 am

I am off, bye all, have fun :)

10:18 am

anything for you, crossy! :)

10:19 am

cya sprite

10:19 am

what are the r ones ?

10:19 am

irmit

10:19 am

as in length and totals?

10:19 am

Corn muffins in the oven. I found these cool things called "muffin tops" which are a bit flatter than regular muffin liners. You don't even need to use a muffin tin with them. Yowza.

10:19 am

I have ri4 (large uproar)

10:19 am

some icy civil unrest

10:21 am

my m-i-l has a muffin pan made of oven safe teflon,thing is totally flexible,but i feel better using my black 70 year old muffin tins

10:22 am

i got them from a old bakery going out of business,things have had a million muffins made in them..nothing stick to them anymore

10:22 am

The only thing I own that old is my gma's kitchen table and chairs ;)

10:24 am

old baking trays and old seasoned cast iron frying pans are the best;)

10:24 am

stoneware isn't too bad ;)

10:25 am

i used to have stone ware dinner set,stuff was too heavy,so i replaced it all with croningware correle stuff

10:26 am

ya5 = slang for don't stop talking! LOL

10:26 am

I use corelle for my place settings, too...but love my pizza stone, cookie sheet, etc... (baking stones)

10:27 am

years ago,i used to work with a itallian igloo style wood fired pizza oven.i loved that thing.you could cook anything in it

10:28 am

start a small fire in one corner,let the bricks heat up,wash them with your kitchen cloth on the end of a garden hoe and your all set

10:28 am

that'd be fun, crossy...I remember the pizza made in the exterior wall oven of my ggma's home in Italy...

10:29 am

what a memory you brought to mind ;)

10:29 am

once i got really good at it,i was able to do 5 pizzas at once

10:29 am

:)

10:29 am

nice!

10:31 am

Love the killer-dog icon, Pinikula -- looks like a Samurai.

10:31 am

if i hit the lottery my next place will have a wood fired igoloo oven in the litchen;)

10:31 am

howdy christine

10:31 am

thx chris...wish it was K's costume this year ;)

10:32 am

Howdy -- I just woke up, after an eleven-hour nap. Someday, I'm gonna die, and everyone will think it's just another, longer, nap. Which I guess it will be.

10:33 am

And this...is why I just upgraded my camera...http://media6.dropshots.com/p hotos/698395/20101031/081930.jpg

10:33 am

Taken out behind my place about a half hour ago.

10:33 am

that's a pretty impressive nap, chris!

10:33 am

Pinikula, is your dog a beagle?

10:33 am

Good morning and Happy Halloween everyone!

10:34 am

Yes, Chris...he'll be dressing as a Bumble Beagle again this year ;)

10:34 am

hi Jilly

10:34 am

great pic, molly!!!!

10:34 am

hi babblers - Molly that's a great shot! We have deer in the backyard, too, but I've never been able to get a good picture of them

10:34 am

i am jealous christine,sleep for me is tossing and turning from midnight till 3 am,then up till 11 am a 2 hour nap and repeat

10:35 am

reading back, saw your post about the pizza oven, Pini - the house in my icon also has an exterior wall oven - wonderful memories, too

10:35 am

Thanks for the compliments folks. I couldn't get near enough either. That's why I upgraded to a better zoom lens.

10:35 am

hi crossy, sorry to hear you're still having problems sleeping.....

10:36 am

howdy jbv,it is a pain but i am working on it

10:36 am

Cross, have you ever tried the DVD's with imagery for insomnia?

10:36 am

Crossy; you and I must be on the same sleep cycle.. :(

10:36 am

Bah, I meant CD's.

10:36 am

That's awesome, jbv...just saw your icon/prof...that's how I came upon 'the oven'...lost/found family in Italy!

10:36 am

lol jilly

10:37 am

at the itallian place we used to cook everything in there ,lamb,casseroles puddled duck..everything went into that wood oven;))

10:38 am

Crosshair, I was always insomniac, until I retired. Now I find I iften stay awake all night reading (or on Babble) but take four-hour naps in the daytime. Then, I have days when I'll sleep tenhours, wake long enough to have a cup of tea, then sleep another six hours. Good think I don't need to consider others.

10:38 am

dvd imagry for insomnia?

10:38 am

My cousin lives in Torino and they have a wood burning stove in the kitchen (not in the wall, it looks like a stove)

10:39 am

* looking up location of Torino *

10:39 am

going to sleep is not a problem molly,believe it or not i can fall asleep in under a minute once my head hits the pillow,it is staying asleep that is the issue

10:39 am

if you do not have a work scedule,then it is not quite as bad a thing christine lol

10:40 am

That's mine too crossy...and sleep meds really don't addres that or they are too much $$

10:40 am

He's in Pinerolo, in the foothills of the Alps - so beautiful!

10:40 am

like i say,i can fall asleep,but as for staying asleep....not so good

10:40 am

I looonnnggg for retirement and being able to adjust my life to my sleep

10:40 am

if i was retired,i would be happy with cat napping my life away lol

10:41 am

my best sleep of the 24 hour day is the 2 hours on the couch lol

10:42 am

JBV...my family is at the foot of the alps, too...but closer to Treviso. ;)

10:42 am

I loved working in the bank, and even went back a few times, to help out when there was a need, but I can't sit or stand more than 15-30 minutes without distress, and the cost of a cab to-and-fro madeit a finance mess.

10:42 am

oh got the my 8

10:42 am

The town church is a smaller version of the Pantheon in Rome...incredibly beautiful!

10:42 am

feel free to clue....lol

10:42 am

you guys are making me realize I have to count my simple blessings - I fall asleep at 11:30 or 12:00, sleep solid for about 7 or 8 hours, and that's it

10:42 am

* a financial mess.

10:42 am

hi ru

10:42 am

(I haven't even gotten there yet)

10:43 am

JBV - a beautiful photo.

10:43 am

it's a miss-spelling of another word though

10:43 am

7 hours of sleep..in a row??..that is but a dream within a dream lol

10:43 am

what's the name of the town, Pini? I love to learn about places in Italy

10:44 am

Possagno

10:44 am

Pini in possagno has a ring to it

10:44 am

thanks, Christine - the funny thing is how much the street has NOT changed since 1973 when I took a very similar picture. The only thing lost was the beautiful (but I'm sure inconvenient) cobblestones which were covered over

10:45 am

My Dad's great-great....grandfather came from Nap;les, to London in the early 19th century.

10:45 am

that's good, ru...cuz I was there!!! :)

10:45 am

do you speak Italian?

10:45 am

JBV, cobblestones would be okay for horses, but hell to walkk on.

10:46 am

the keystone in the doorway of the family home reads 1640 - been in family since it's construction

10:46 am

who me? I wish, ru!

10:46 am

This CD is about falling asleep and staying asleep. http://www.healthjourneys.com/Product_ Detail.aspx?id=425&mcid=&catid=37

10:46 am

Crosshair, how about a leeetle clue to the * ??

10:47 am

my W NE E E SW S

10:50 am

Yes, ruru, improving my Italian daily - I'm resuscitating what I had before and learning through some online forums I have found, I also take a conversation class here once a week

10:50 am

biab...wireless internet going in.....YAAAAA...poof!

10:50 am

that's wonderful, Pini - I looked up Possagno, it looks beautiful

10:51 am

* heck, that was supposed to be 8

10:51 am

I'm jealous, jbv...wish I had the patience...I use an online translator for exchanges with my Italian cousin

10:51 am

(see my obscure clue, at 10:47, crhis)

10:53 am

I met my cousins (who my kids refer to as TMNTs) when I visited...stayed in the home (my ggma was born in)...met her sister (who she'd not seen since she was 5 yo) and 'saw' my ggma and gpa in my g'aunt...it was priceless!

10:53 am

(hope that made sense)

10:54 am

can anyI please clue me for pa7...36

10:54 am

it makes wonderful sense, Pini, except for TMNTs ???

10:54 am

pa7 = b/w bear + g'**te

10:54 am

TMNT = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...

10:55 am

and online translators are fine as long as the person on the other end has a lot of patience and read creatively :))

10:55 am

...the cousins' names are: Michealangelo, Leonardo, Valerio, and Paola (those are 4 of the kids)

10:55 am

oh, Duh! the fad of my son's early years!

10:55 am

LOL :)

10:56 am

I met them in 1996...had very intermittent contact with them for a few years after, then lost touch; however, found Michaelangelo on FB 2 years ago!!!

10:56 am

Pini, check out a poem (mentioned to me by another Babbler, I don't remember who) called The Family Face (I think it's by Thomas Hardy) - you will appreciate it

10:57 am

Oh, I will, jbv...(going to look)

10:59 am

well, gotta run...bbl...

10:59 am

by Jilly

10:59 am

very nice, jbv!!!

11:00 am

Heredity (by Thomas Hardy) I am the family face; Flesh perishes, I live on, Projecting trait and trace Through time to times anon, And leaping from place to place Over oblivion. The years-heired feature that can In curve and voice and eye Despise the human span Of durance -- that is I; The eternal thing in man, That heeds no call to die

11:00 am

thanks, I forgot the title!

11:01 am

taking a quick break - be back soon...

11:01 am

no problem, thx for the lead

11:01 am

(going to find breakfast...back shortly)

11:05 am

Pinikula - one of our favourite poems -- and so true.

11:20 am

( .... scattering flowers over the dead chog .... )

11:26 am

hello to whom ever is there

11:26 am

hi science and christine - I'm back

11:26 am

well I am stuck at 41 left and need to do chores.....

i do not like this grid at all...

11:28 am

me either Owl. I quit. Even the list did not help much. Have a wonderful Halloween!

ty geek, you too

11:29 am

crossy has 10 meg wireless internets;))))) yaaa!

woohoo

it's halloween, "haint" should be accepted. it's as much a dialect as all of those crazy scots words!

11:31 am

Big sigh of relief -- the chog was stunned, not dead.

11:31 am

I too tried haint.

i try it EVERY time it's there. as if it will change

11:33 am

Is that a sign of a hopeful mind? or are we too daft to remember the last twenty times it was rejected??

11:33 am

hi TO

hi jbv, how are you?

11:34 am

good, TO, waiting for the first doorbell to ring....

11:34 am

the toddlers' parade usually starts early

ooh i didn't even consider daytime trick or treaters. i'm not participating this year

11:35 am

How early do they start?

11:35 am

good luck with that :)

11:35 am

the neighborhood parents organize the little ones pretty early, on a school day, they're here around 3:00, but today is Sunday so who knows?

hmm, time to finish raking soon then and go to the mall

i've been away cleaing my dad's my house is a mess and no time to do halloween

11:44 am

good morning/afternoon everyone :)

hello nan

11:46 am

72TempleOwl, please feel free to stop by my place, when you feel the need of a change of scene -cleaning stuff in the broom closet.

11:46 am

I think I will be listing early with this one!

heck no, i am all cleaned out is the problem

and it's a shame i was looking forward to creating my icon this year

haut

11:49 am

great clue to!

11:49 am

want to go for something I don't have?

11:51 am

I've never liked Hallowe'en I think we didn't celebrate it in UK when I was a kid, When I first moved to this aparrtment complex I'd makeup baggies of candy forthe little'uns living here, give them to the mothers, then take my daughter off to dinner and a movie.

11:52 am

Now, Guy Fawkes' Night (Nov.5) that was something worth having.

it's gotten to be big business. but here, no many littles. i can't see handing out stuff to teens who don't even dress up.

11:57 am

Does anyone have young kids or grandkids and what are they dressing up as tonight? My great niece is going to be a Pumpkin Princess. And adorable costume.

11:57 am

Gads, "an" adorable costume.

or to kids who are sent in in vans because it's easier to traik or treat in a housing development

11:59 am

my 10 year old is Flo the Progressive girl :)

tha's cute!

what 's her costume?

12:00 pm

easy and comfortable

my niece and her feild hockey team are dressing as hooters girls. and so is one of their male friends going along.

12:00 pm

Great costume GE. My nephew and his friends went as a Nerd Herd one year. Black glasses, geeky clothes, even pocket protectors.

12:01 pm

di 6, please?

12:02 pm

i wanted her friend ( a boy) to go as allstate mayhem but he wouldn't

12:02 pm

When our kids were very young, we'd leave my husband and hers to give out candy, and my sister-in-law and I would take the kids to the neighbors, but only on their street, to people we knew. And later there would be a block-BBQ, Imagine going to a strange neighbourhood, and letting your kid accept candy from a stranger.

doesn't seem to be a problem here. many unsupervised

12:04 pm

we live near a well to do subdivision that has a parade and the kids trick or treat in droves. many of the houses hand out beers to the parents and have firepits on the driveways. it's really pretty fun.

12:04 pm

di 6....di* the lights + three strikes you're ***

ty molly than gave me two words!

12:05 pm

thanks molly!

12:06 pm

GE, I'm coming trick or treating with you. That sounds like a great neighborhood.

sure does.

12:06 pm

ty molly

now you are making me want to change my mind

12:07 pm

especially now that the kids are old enough to go a bit on their own. i might get stuck at someones house and they can go on ahead. we always meet up later

is there one of the meow alternates in today's gird? i always miss that because i can't spell them

12:09 pm

don't think so to -- usually it is miaou

12:09 pm

mo4? the pouty face?

nope, have that

12:09 pm

oh that one

ty i thought it had an a

12:11 pm

missing the mo 5

12:12 pm

*and the my 5

12:12 pm

ny and robot ending

12:12 pm

sorry

12:12 pm

ty joanne

12:12 pm

my robot ending

12:13 pm

yvw

ty

12:13 pm

lol - knew what you ment

do you elebrate halloween in canada?

12:13 pm

yes we do owl

12:14 pm

yes to -- halloween has also caught on all over Europe in big way.

it is just a big big deal here anymore, deocarint up to rival christmas

decorating

12:14 pm

mo5 miss piggy says me in french and ..united and it feels so good

12:14 pm

We are on an isolated street, so never get many kids and as it is raining today I'll be surprised if we have more than 5 or 6

12:15 pm

owl i just got pumpkins, what slim pickings

12:16 pm

drives me crazy when 15 and 16 year olds come to the door

i just found my icon, would have loved to carve one of these,

12:16 pm

get the french me but not the united part

must be some sort of shortage? canned pumpkin is is up 50%

12:16 pm

to connect with someone again

12:17 pm

ty -- the silk fabric -- don't know why I missed that one!

12:17 pm

yvw

12:18 pm

Hello

12:18 pm

hi sadie

hi sadie

12:18 pm

Hi Joanne

12:18 pm

Joanne clues with Ashford & Simpson. Good form.

12:18 pm

Hi Temple Owl

are you in quakertown?

12:19 pm

im in East Greenville bout fifteen minutes from Quakertown

12:20 pm

Halloweenie everybody!

like it here?

hi jilly

12:20 pm

I love it I'm originally from Pittsburgh.....now I'm out in the country in a lil one horse town and its great

12:21 pm

Mind you I love Pittsburgh but i also love being out in the sticks

12:21 pm

I have friends in Punxsutawney and my Dad was from Reading.

12:21 pm

cool

12:22 pm

pa 7, please?

uh oh, time's flying. must resume chores.

12:22 pm

I take it you know the area Temple Owl?

12:22 pm

pa the black and white bear and not day but ..ght

get me off 309 and it becomes a bit of a blur, but i travel often to bethlehem - in fact am going on wed

12:23 pm

ohhh ok cool

12:23 pm

ty joanne

12:24 pm

yvw

you are near green lane park?

12:24 pm

ty for the clue Joanne

12:24 pm

yvw sadie

12:24 pm

not far from it no

12:24 pm

helloooooooooo

12:24 pm

with in acouple miles

12:24 pm

Hi varumba!

12:24 pm

right, let's try and get this tough grid done... only found 20 words earlier on, and struggled to get them!

12:24 pm

hey jillyyyyyy

12:25 pm

hi var

12:25 pm

oh i see the theme is halloween.... oops

12:25 pm

when kids were here in july son in law went fishing there

12:25 pm

hi joanne

12:25 pm

beautiful area

have you been to zern's?

12:25 pm

no i havent not yet but id love to go there

12:26 pm

im hoping when kids come back we will go there

you've heard of it, then

12:26 pm

ok pumpkin carving to do, bb after to finish this nasty little grid

12:26 pm

byeeee

12:26 pm

yep its down off of 100 i believe

12:26 pm

big old flea market

12:26 pm

i have some drivers that go there they sell there

i go up 73

12:27 pm

ok i know where 73 is

don't miss the livestock auction LOL

12:27 pm

take that to 663 towards turnpike you pass up where im at in east greenville

12:28 pm

I love stuff like that its a great way to spend the day

12:28 pm

unfortunatly i cant walk real far but i try lol

12:28 pm

problem is i also end up with junk i dont need lol

i am getting my bearings about your town. i go to up country flea market 3rd sat of month

12:29 pm

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

i am at east end of 663 i think

yay nan!

12:29 pm

up country flea market??

12:29 pm

Yay!! Cybernan!! WooT

12:29 pm

wtg nan!!

12:29 pm

ive been here four years and kinda know some things but not alot

yes, 73 below skippack

12:31 pm

any clues wanted before I leave?

12:31 pm

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh ok i know the area now

12:31 pm

oh i need so many nan...... mb the Y words?

12:31 pm

i got the one that goes with ying

12:32 pm

ya 4: opp. of yi 4

12:32 pm

oh i also got the one that rhymes with hand

12:32 pm

ya 5: slangy mouth + not off

i go the back way from the tpke

12:32 pm

yo 4: off we go into the wild blue ....

12:33 pm

where do you get off turnpike?? quakertown?

12:33 pm

tx!! i was missing that one

12:33 pm

got them all now :)

12:33 pm

only 60 more words to go LMAO

ok peeps hagd

12:33 pm

bye owl! tc and sys

12:33 pm

you also Temple Owl

var, you can laugh from the pb! ;)

12:34 pm

wow? i haven't named any words??

12:34 pm

why*

you have! :)

12:34 pm

no i haven't

12:34 pm

I didn't understand the clue for the 8

12:34 pm

or am not aware it's in the grid.....

12:34 pm

good grief! I cannot seem to see no4/4...help someone? (I have tartar sauce ready)

12:32

12:35 pm

on my way out -- back at the flip :)

12:35 pm

extension of your arm varumba

12:35 pm

i only aid it rhymed with another ooooooooooooooh

film "black"

12:35 pm

i seeeee.... sry. .....

12:35 pm

lol - have a chocolate

12:35 pm

an 7/32 and an 6/24 pls. This grid is really hard

ooh was there a clue for the 8?

12:35 pm

<<<<<<jogs to the pb.... defo need a cookie or so to finish this grid ;)

12:36 pm

Started well, then slooowwwweedd down. Nbt in 20 minutes!!

12:37 pm

an7/32 = a musical movement.... nice, but qith some rhythm

12:39 pm

my8/ and Pinikula's clue was W sw e NE and so on, which to me is a compass or weathervane ...

12:40 pm

tx chris, gonna think about that one, lol

12:41 pm

an7...an + *****s Inferno

12:42 pm

my8...my = ave ma*** + we're like two peas in a ***

12:43 pm

ty var & molly - got it - an 6/24?

12:43 pm

my + not =

12:43 pm

tx molly

12:43 pm

yw mrs

12:43 pm

Okay, I used morewords and it's centipedes and millipedes ????

12:44 pm

myre

12:44 pm

oops, wrong box

12:44 pm

Varumba, next time, try entering a real word, please.

12:45 pm

but then i'd have to go to the pb!

12:45 pm

There's chockits and G7Ts in the pb.

12:45 pm

*G&ts, of course.

12:46 pm

i prefer whiskey....

12:46 pm

The pb is fully stocked

12:47 pm

*Puts a bottle of Irish in the PB for Varumba*

12:47 pm

cool :)

12:47 pm

awww so kind of you molly!

12:48 pm

From one whiskey drinker to another pal.

12:48 pm

we can share then ;)

12:48 pm

geez, i can't find any of the words!

12:48 pm

down to 39 now......

12:48 pm

i think i better list

12:49 pm

i'm with you varumba

12:49 pm

but i also, i better go and the get the casserole cooking, or else i wont'eat till very very late!

12:49 pm

morale support is always welcomed ;)

12:49 pm

Christine...another G&T girl here!! :)

12:50 pm

You'll need more than moral support, if you sit in the pb with a bottle of whisky.

12:50 pm

i can feel i'm gonna give up on NOT useing morewords very very soon

12:51 pm

G&T, no ice, please. It's a leeetle too early, only 10:50am here

12:52 pm

k, i got to go make that casserole.... bb in 10 guys

12:52 pm

I meant too early for gin, not for ice.

12:52 pm

i'm not worried about the whiskey. i just broke open the bags of candy. now that's dangerous!

12:56 pm

umm why isnt quite in the puzzle?

12:56 pm

GoodEnough - beautiful icon, and a good booklist. I loved Little Bee and Elegance of a Hedgehog, read The Help and Shadow Divers, waiting for Sweetness at he Bottom of the Pie, from the Library

12:57 pm

Cosdem -- U is already attached to the Q.

12:57 pm

oh a good book is sooo satisfying Christine

12:57 pm

cause there's no ite next to the qu

12:57 pm

oh wow... lol... i knew that

12:57 pm

new one, good enough. the imperfectionists

12:57 pm

long night.. thanks ::)

12:59 pm

Hello party boy. Did you have fun last night? Look who's name is in the grid. : D

12:59 pm

just looked it up dorens. looks good. i will add it to my to read list!

1:00 pm

I order online, and pickup at the library each week - a tubful most weeks. I've just discovered Matt Beynon Rees, and picked up four of his books on Friday. Mostly set in Israel, with an elderly schoolteacher as the detective. Also BaLKAN sPIES, BY aLAN fURST - gREECE DURING wwii.

1:00 pm

reminds me of olive kitteredge, don't see that on your list, it was definitely your kind of book though (and won pulitzer)

1:00 pm

i HAVE THE iMPERFECTIONISTS ON ORDER AT THE LIBRARY.

1:01 pm

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOops.

1:01 pm

yes christine, i love that ordering library books on line and having them delivered to my little local library. whole new world

lol dorens, olive should be on my list bc we read it for book club a few months ago. loved that too!

1:01 pm

in fact, i want to read a few more chapters today...kind of like a collection of great short stories, each really well done with interesting characters

1:02 pm

kinda thought that ge... we

1:02 pm

OK, asked once b4, still need the no4/4

1:02 pm

we've read most of yourbooks in one of my book clubs

1:02 pm

french black jilly?

just finished Freedom but have to say it didn't enjoy it very much. i rather like a happier story.

1:03 pm

or no + princess **

1:03 pm

Jilly... permanent press is no + **on

1:03 pm

ahhhhh...tyvm

1:03 pm

Loved Olive Kitteridge.

1:03 pm

one of the best ever, imho

1:03 pm

we didnt' read freedom, and i guess i won't

she was a prickly one but ended up so endearing

olive i mean

1:04 pm

One of the joys of retirement - time for more reading.

1:04 pm

absolutely.... so many sides to her. and i do look foreward to that aspect of retirement

1:05 pm

wI guess I should've said more time for reading, but ...

1:06 pm

Have you read Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, and Cutting for Stone.

1:07 pm

cutting for stone was fabulous.. didn't read the other

1:07 pm

i definitely don't have enough time... in two book clubs, work, have stuff to do, and then of course there's babble, lexulous, etc, etc

1:09 pm

hmmmm I think mondo IS a word...as in "dig that knarly mondo wave dude"...lol

1:10 pm

off to get some stuff done, bbl

1:13 pm

Need a cuppa

1:14 pm

anyone still on to clue me mo5/12?

1:15 pm

Its a watered fabric

1:15 pm

mo + flat t***

1:16 pm

tyvm chris...kept trying to see that one... when will I ever learn just to type it in and see...

1:21 pm

Well, heading out for Sunday dinner at my mom's....bbl to finish the last 16...happy halloween all! *poof*

1:30 pm

clue for the ad5?

1:30 pm

yaa got a new protein to fold!!! yaaa!

1:31 pm

need a clue for di 6/27

1:41 pm

not a black*** or a brown***

1:42 pm

Di 6/27 - poor light, and not in

1:42 pm

Cos.... French for farewell,

1:42 pm

hi all

1:43 pm

hi carlee!

1:43 pm

let me guess crossy.another 250 ?

1:43 pm

Hi carlee.

1:43 pm

hi bth...soodle

1:44 pm

i still am trying to acquire a new packet have been since last nite

1:44 pm

u should get one shortly...i have one too

1:44 pm

i just got one...am at 2/250

1:44 pm

'k thanks

1:46 pm

i finished a 6666 last night, and am working on a 50 downstairs

1:47 pm

i had a 6666 2 days ago....have had 2 - 250's and now another 250

1:49 pm

i have had 2 6666, and 2 1000 on this machine. did your smaller ones seem to take longer than the larger ones?

1:49 pm

*100s not 1000

1:51 pm

i had 1 -100 take 4 days

1:51 pm

my 6666 took 18 hours

1:51 pm

my 250's generally between 12-24 hour

1:51 pm

weird, no?

1:52 pm

i dont think it has to do with the # of folds...

1:52 pm

or if it does....definitely not the complexity of the folds

1:53 pm

ok..gone to start dinner....and make brownies

1:53 pm

see you later carlee

1:55 pm

ok bk.... and still 39 to gooooo!!

1:55 pm

hi all you arrived int he meantime!

1:57 pm

or not..kids dont want a big dinner now

1:57 pm

i'll bake brownies when the tot'ers are out and about

1:58 pm

hey carlee.... i was meant to ask you: did oyu manage to have a conversation with your daughter?

1:59 pm

yeap...we are currently in negotiations...and i still havea cuple trump cards to play to wheedle her down some more

2:00 pm

a couple* of

2:00 pm

good for you, am glad you were able to talk to her :)

2:01 pm

she has forgotten that whn she is "here" at my place that her friends are here too...so... even tho at her dads for a few days at a time..that just her ad her dad..but when here...it snot just her and I....its all her friends too

2:01 pm

so..am going to go for 1x 5 day stretch..and then a couple sun-tue's

2:01 pm

or every other weekend

2:02 pm

i haven't worked out the logistics

2:02 pm

but she will get 1 5 day stretch/ month in the end

2:03 pm

lol ok

2:03 pm

so she genuinly wants to spend more time with dad?

2:04 pm

yeap..she genuinely does..and that is ok...i have no problem with that..he's her dad....but the initial living there thing..no...i dont think she really wants that

2:04 pm

ok, well i'm glad you've come to the bottom of her initial request ;)

2:04 pm

she felt sorry for him

2:05 pm

awww that's sweet

2:10 pm

hi all. just checking in for a mo... glad things are going better carlee

2:11 pm

hi m9

2:12 pm

hi varum

2:13 pm

glad thingsmare getting straightened out carlee. my godson is having an awful time with visitation with his dad

2:13 pm

yay! just got my folding, another 6666

2:13 pm

1/2way, nbt and nbs. Will come back later to list. If there's a list?LOL

2:14 pm

thank god there is one! such a tough grid

2:14 pm

syl m9

2:14 pm

yes. not an easy one at all!

2:15 pm

any1 got the id5/12?

2:15 pm

ha ha varumba... don't be such an id5/12!

2:15 pm

you will feel like an id*** when you read this

2:15 pm

(I don't really mean that.. it's just a clue)

2:16 pm

same here varumba couldn't resist

2:16 pm

ok, now that is defo babble blindness: i've thougth of that word from the beginning, but never was able to see the links in the grid, so never tyoed it!

2:16 pm

i liked this grid..it was fun....

2:16 pm

ooooh i can see it now

2:16 pm

I've learned to just type them anyway.LOL

2:16 pm

fun???????? bloody hard work from word 1!

2:16 pm

yes, i think i shoiuld adopt that tactic m9

2:17 pm

always type even if you dont think its there

2:17 pm

i did it injust over1 hour at flip

2:17 pm

tx beth and m9 for calling me an id5 ;)

2:17 pm

this is how hard feelings start in babble - clues gone bad

2:17 pm

resorted to list about last 15-20 words i think...was fun..i like babblet words

2:18 pm

no, i really was winking at you ;) not hard feeling at all....

2:18 pm

wow carlee!!!! am struggling for every single word or almost!

2:18 pm

had to list at 40 i think....

2:18 pm

15 left now

2:18 pm

BUT i have not used morewords yet ;)

2:18 pm

i know varumba, just joshing you

2:18 pm

gooooo varumba

2:19 pm

good :)

2:19 pm

i used more for last 2 words

2:19 pm

at 2 am i was ready for bed but determined at that point to finish

2:20 pm

lol

2:20 pm

i have learned never to start a grid too late at night

2:20 pm

lost too much sleep during my first week here!

2:21 pm

hello, help with ad5 pls

2:21 pm

flip is at 1:00 am here. even tho i am usually up i rarely start then, i have a hard time stopping and going to bed, and when i do i am plotting words in my head

2:21 pm

hi peri!! ad5 = french for farewell

2:21 pm

goodbye in french peri

2:22 pm

how about my5/18? any1 got that one?

2:22 pm

merci, and I did have french in high school and college!!

2:22 pm

my+ robot ending

2:22 pm

my polar*** camera

2:23 pm

oi 5 12 plse x

2:23 pm

ty both of you :)

2:23 pm

eavesdropping to that one ;)

2:23 pm

oi + In*** has great curries

2:23 pm

clue for the an7, plz?

2:23 pm

my+ robot endingmonds are a girls best riend

2:23 pm

tx carlee

2:23 pm

an+ someone;s inferno

2:24 pm

thanks x

2:24 pm

sorry the my didnt erase

2:24 pm

or an7 = musical movement between largo and presto

2:24 pm

ty, carlee!

2:24 pm

ty carlee for the an

2:24 pm

ToT's gotta run

2:24 pm

syl beth, tx for the clues

2:26 pm

pitchforks and candlewax! finito!

2:26 pm

congrats ib!

2:26 pm

*~*~*pompom toss*~*~*for dawg

2:26 pm

well done you x

2:26 pm

ty, not an easy grid. lots of odd words!

2:26 pm

could you kindly clue the first na4/4? driving me mad

2:26 pm

i suppsoe i am being blilnd again

2:26 pm

clue for ad5?

2:26 pm

sha na **

2:26 pm

french for farewell cos

2:26 pm

another name for grandmother, var

2:27 pm

french farewell cos

2:27 pm

cos, french word for farewell

2:27 pm

ooooooh was looking at the wrong N to start the word

2:27 pm

uuuh me

2:27 pm

tx carlee

2:27 pm

snap dawg

2:27 pm

lol, carlee. you're a whole lot faster than i am!

2:27 pm

thanks

2:28 pm

i've been clueing all these all day... i finished at 2 am my time...flip is 1 am

2:28 pm

5 to go 5 to goooooo

2:28 pm

primping pompoms for varu

2:29 pm

not liking this grid

2:29 pm

to5 pls

2:29 pm

cdn winter hat peri

2:29 pm

an6?

2:29 pm

there 3 of them in the grid...

2:30 pm

ty carlee

2:30 pm

2nd mi 4 5 cant see it x

2:30 pm

an+ **d that we should get snow and **e in the middle of summer

2:30 pm

mi+ chicken balls and chicken fried **ce

2:30 pm

do you feel mi**d in the thick of this grid, lucy?

2:31 pm

thanks! :)

2:32 pm

ok,l stuck on the po5/14 and 6/24

2:32 pm

pea po*s + ava mar**

2:33 pm

pea po*s+ be pol*** to people you meet

2:33 pm

ty, that's 5/14 done

2:33 pm

this newfangled wireless thingie is nice:) i must of gotten rid of ten miles of cat5 cable;)

2:33 pm

and 6/24 ;) tx carlee

2:33 pm

just 1 word to go now

2:34 pm

44 left, bbl

2:34 pm

oooh..crossy going to burn up the f@h now

2:34 pm

yayyyyyy fireworks!!

2:34 pm

bloody hard grid!

2:34 pm

yaa for varumba!!!

2:34 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for varumba

2:34 pm

phew!

2:34 pm

tx for all the clues guys... could never have done it without!

2:35 pm

ty ty ty <<<grabs the pompom always reminds me of when i was a kid and went on that ride at fairs where you had to reach for the pompom, lol

2:35 pm

:o)

2:35 pm

ok, now i can go have dinner ;) bye every1, gl with that devilish grid!

2:36 pm

*poof*

2:36 pm

just took the roast beef out of da oven....mmmmmm

2:37 pm

or the flesh as george says in here lol

2:38 pm

we had late lunch..not in mood for dinner..the chicken enchiladas are now tomorrow's dinner

2:38 pm

roasr beast

2:38 pm

roast* beast

2:40 pm

pa 6 24 x

2:41 pm

clue for di6?

2:42 pm

pa sounds like smokey and the b*****

2:42 pm

di6...di...close ur ****h when you chew ur food

2:43 pm

di when you turn down light +not in

2:43 pm

thanks :)

2:44 pm

brb..

2:49 pm

What kind of roast Cross?

2:50 pm

an 6 a4 x

2:50 pm

oops 24

2:51 pm

working late night shift, so off to catch some z's. hope to see you all tomorrow! good luck with the grid.

2:54 pm

clue for im6?

2:54 pm

same as ir6 change the r

2:54 pm

got it.. thanks tho!

2:59 pm

any one help with an 6 24 and also pa5 18 if ya can xx

2:59 pm

change the last vowel from the first pa5 14

3:00 pm

thanks xx

3:01 pm

an+od4 6

3:03 pm

thankyou all for ya help awful grid but fireworks !!!!!!!!!!!!! any help

3:04 pm

yay Lucy! 6 left here

3:05 pm

you helped me do ya need a clue x

3:06 pm

the my8..builds on the my5?

3:07 pm

no

3:07 pm

my+ ava ma***+ peas in a ***

3:07 pm

na 5/12 clue?

3:08 pm

hmmm...must be a biology word...I didn't like biology...although when I'm depressed i sometimes get into buy-ology

3:09 pm

na + di 4 5 minus the vowel x

3:10 pm

cos - sounds like Bambi's kin

3:10 pm

ah thanks.. or that ass who cost us president gore :)

3:11 pm

bambi sounds nicer...

3:11 pm

haha :)

3:12 pm

2 seven's left here

3:13 pm

somehow, I never pictured you as a mean clown...

3:13 pm

hi all. not getting clues. darn.

3:13 pm

m

3:14 pm

the icon will change come flip time lol...

3:14 pm

i have 4 di 4 5s and none goes with na.

3:15 pm

oh just got it. ty.

3:16 pm

a clue for the an7?

3:16 pm

musical term

3:17 pm

another clue wildcat please. i dont know music much.

3:18 pm

i still need 41 words. ugh.

3:18 pm

ah...mas recio por favor,,,faster and faster...closer to D***'s Inferno

3:18 pm

anyone have o words? have only one: od 4 6.

3:18 pm

an + mr quayle + 1st 2 letters of #10

3:19 pm

just got om: to leave out.

3:19 pm

got it. ty.

3:19 pm

clue for to6?

3:20 pm

add a cons. to the 5 before it

3:20 pm

dang i need that one too lol

3:20 pm

the hat cos, the hat...french....

3:21 pm

just finished...my last was the pa7, after the bear..

3:21 pm

ah htanks

3:23 pm

congrats pav

3:23 pm

ty...if I can help....

3:23 pm

fireworks

3:24 pm

congrats cos

3:24 pm

and cos, if you didn't have it before, PB for a word at 3:20

3:25 pm

well, drat, you've finished too! too late for PB,, 30 sec delayed start next time then...

3:25 pm

GJ Cos!

3:25 pm

oops!

3:25 pm

yep off to pb for me .. lol

3:25 pm

'lo, 20 left for me :)

3:26 pm

HI NB, the photo of you is from where? looks highly retrospective...

3:28 pm

Looks like I was trying very hard to emulate Jim Morrison to me, Pav ;) not sure where it's from, found it when I was rifling through my files! Must be a year or two old, I suppose.

3:28 pm

i'm excited! tomorrow i get to work on the front of my house -- putting up garlands and lights while the weather is warm

3:30 pm

the longer hair reminds me of a co-worker; his last name is Lee, and he may be asian/korean...he's a hoot when he doesn't know...

3:30 pm

Cos? garlands and lights? already for CHristmas? it's abit too soon...fo me anywhoo.

3:31 pm

Oh, I've been keeping my hair longer for quite a while now - grows too quickly!

3:31 pm

I'm guessing Cos puts up the outside things early before it gets too cold.

3:32 pm

...and here , we get shot for the wrong seasonal decor

3:32 pm

eh, Pav?!

3:33 pm

yes molly.. i dont like to be outside in the cold for long period of times :)

3:33 pm

yes, NB?

3:33 pm

cos- 'tis why I'm in AZ....

3:33 pm

Shot for the wrong seasonal decor..? What do you mean?

3:34 pm

It's not yet Thanksgiving here, so fall-ish is still good...Christmas , not so much, until Thanksgiving day

3:35 pm

one neighbor had their Halloween lights up in Sept...

3:35 pm

By the way, Good Samhain to anyone of the Celtic/Druidic persuasion.

3:36 pm

a solstice celebration, Molly?

3:36 pm

Halloween lights...some people really do go all out!

3:37 pm

oh yes nancy ... we have inflatable pumpkins and ghosts, lights, spider webbing, gravestones, you name it in front yards everywhere

3:37 pm

More of an "end of the light half of the year" celebration. I try to stay in touch with the Earth at this time of year.

3:38 pm

it almost rivals christmas decorating here ... one guy even has a guillotine in his front yard

*slides in*

3:39 pm

the movie "trick r treat" has samhain as the main villain.. he kills people if they dont follow the halloween traditions.. such as not giving out candy, or turning out the pumpkin lights before midnight

3:39 pm

...and I feel particularly drawn to warmer, equatorial weather now that ours is changing...thinking Hawai'i

3:40 pm

I'd better lock my security doors then, cos...no candy here, 'cept the melted Reeses' I put back in the fridge to cool

3:41 pm

and leigh, slding in noticed...

3:41 pm

Hiya, Kids! Ha -- phooey on Halloween. We never get any beggers (er um - trick-or-treaters), so - out for Vietnamese food and then to see a movie.

3:42 pm

hiya Judi!...not had vietnamese food....close to Thai?

3:43 pm

lol pav. i had to put the reeses back in the fridge too

3:43 pm

Not sure, Pav. Never had Thai!

3:43 pm

which movie?

3:43 pm

Shrimp toast. Me love shrimp toast.

3:43 pm

We are going to see "Red".

3:43 pm

oops, sorry Wild - didn't mean to ignore you, internet just had a little hiccup.

3:44 pm

I was thinking about seeing "Red"....

3:44 pm

not feeling ignored

3:44 pm

Passes by chog *snogs Jesse*

3:44 pm

The reviews were something along the lines of,: "It won't win any awards, but it's a lot of fun." Good enough for me.

3:45 pm

Cos, any good costumes at the party last night, besides yours? : D

3:45 pm

*waves madly* Wildcat! Darling! XXXOOO

3:45 pm

Eva! You've been married but a week :P congratulations, Mrs!!

3:45 pm

Oh look, there is the beautiful bride.

3:45 pm

hello :) and hello Mrs. F!!

3:45 pm

Congratulations, Eva! What the hell are you doing here? Shouldn

3:45 pm

Oh, and what a lovely picture!!

3:45 pm

Shouldn't you be on a honeymoon???

3:46 pm

well, hellooooo Mrs. Foster! looking great!

3:46 pm

Thankyou dahling! Waiting for the bus to take us to Epcot, then on to the Magic Kingdom for Halloween night!

3:46 pm

The shoes, Eva. We need a close-up of the shoes!!!!!!!

3:46 pm

EVA!! congrats all around for the new bride and groom!!!

3:47 pm

*pops virtual champagne*

3:47 pm

need wedding pic..common eva...let get a move on..lol

3:47 pm

hiya crossy!, I'm finished...just chattin' for a bit...Joey is asking for his walk...

3:47 pm

howdy pav:))

3:48 pm

My icon is fromm the wedding... haven't seen many others yet... heading back home tomorrow...

3:48 pm

well, I'm certain the Mr and Mrs will have their pics up sooner if we'd let them continue their honeymoon....

3:50 pm

On the bus now, gotta run! Will have photos soon, I'm sure.

3:50 pm

ooh, take care and have a safe trip back!

3:50 pm

ci5 !

3:50 pm

that was ci4 pl

3:52 pm

ok, off to take Joey for his walk...and then to buy some plastic patio chairs...my first in the 9 years I've been here!

3:52 pm

sigh, I'm in a bit of a funk this evening. I think I'm gonna beautify. later all...

3:53 pm

See ya, NB! *cheeck squeeze*

3:53 pm

you're always a beaut, NB!

4:05 pm

evening everyone

4:09 pm

howdy katie

4:09 pm

Hello ghosts & goblins!

4:10 pm

scwabby the vampire bunny wabbit!

4:10 pm

*bunny ears are up & teeth showing*

4:11 pm

Scrab, I didn't know you were Bunnicula! Yikes!

4:11 pm

Bunnicula!

4:11 pm

acck!

4:12 pm

My kids loved the Bunnicula books.

4:14 pm

Give me carrots + greens, please. No Snickers or M & Ms.

4:15 pm

hello fellow QL

4:15 pm

Hi QL!!! Good to see you here!

4:15 pm

I've eaten so many sweets I bought for T&Ts I feel a little sick

4:16 pm

:)

4:16 pm

I bought none so as to not be tempted.

4:16 pm

me either

4:17 pm

I'm off to dinner. See you kids tomorrow. *spooky Poof with lots of smoke and flittery bats*

i'm with you katie! and i just got done making ( and nibbling) on puppy chow for the party tonight

4:17 pm

Yaaaaaah, Judi!

4:18 pm

GE, please explain.

4:18 pm

What is in that, GE?

4:18 pm

I love puppy chow! We ate an entire batch last weekend

crispix covered in melted chocolate and peanut butter then covered with powdered sugar. looks like dogs kibbles or puppy chow

4:18 pm

it's also called muddy buddies ... chex cereal, chocolate chips, peanut butter and powdered sugar

4:18 pm

Is it Chex Mix?

4:19 pm

Ah, sweetened Chex Mix. Muddie Buddies I knew.

4:19 pm

the recipe is on the chex boxes

4:19 pm

This would be my recipe: Junior Mints, Peanut M & Ms, fun-size dark chocolate pieces, Reese's cups....

4:20 pm

My favorite Halloween treat was Mallow Cups. They are hard to find these days.

4:20 pm

And then pour that into a gallon of chocolate ice cream!

4:20 pm

hmmmm sounds good we just bought a 1 kilo tin of Cadbury's roses

4:21 pm

Are those Canadian, Molly?

4:21 pm

I have a freedom frozen desert in the freezer but think that it will tip me over the edge

4:22 pm

Nope, Mallo Cups are made by Boyer in Altoona, PA.

4:23 pm

hi all

4:23 pm

i am ready for the ghouls

4:23 pm

Boo! Carlee.

4:23 pm

Hi carlee

4:23 pm

BOO!!!!!!

4:24 pm

Hello again, Kat!

4:25 pm

puppy chow?...

4:25 pm

hiya scrabs...

4:26 pm

i googled a recipe...sounds good..we dont have chex here but we do have crispix

4:26 pm

it's yummy

4:27 pm

are all the y's 4?

4:27 pm

my boy went our in a freddy/edward scissorhand type rig to hand out to the younger kids;)

4:27 pm

nope 1 is a 6

4:27 pm

ty that's the one I'm missing

4:28 pm

my daughter has gone out....with her buds...

4:28 pm

i am starting to lose my ambition for this particular grid,too many obscure words...

4:29 pm

am drinking warmed up orange juice/ mango juice....i am starting to feel...off..and drinking that particulr concoction feel slike drinking liquid vit c

4:31 pm

Even with the list I am not enthused about this grid.

4:31 pm

hello all. how's everyone

4:33 pm

hiya red

4:33 pm

My son and I go out and walk around handing out candy too. All the kids go to the neighborhood next to ours. It's fun to be out amongst the trick-or-treaters.

4:34 pm

how many more scrabs?

4:35 pm

Sorry you're not feeling well Carlee.

4:36 pm

58. I am looking at collection of photos of signs from yesterday's DC rally.

4:37 pm

i'm feeling ok..i mean.. i just feel like there is something trying to take hold...

4:37 pm

oh dear scrabs...

4:39 pm

Some are quite funny, some I don't get, some are stupid...

4:39 pm

hi bigred

4:41 pm

hi scrab

4:41 pm

back for my last 4

4:41 pm

go stidcuz go! *grin* hey all

4:42 pm

Hi stid. How is school?

4:43 pm

one more week as lead teacher. then two days observing. About 1/3 done with a major paper due Nov 9; data collection won't be done until Tuesday, so have to wait on the rest.

4:43 pm

otherwise, life here on the west coast is good.

4:43 pm

the boys got a letter from Uncle Wayne (your grandfather's youngest brother) this week, so are pleased about that.

4:44 pm

hows the weather?...i have managed to avoid snow..but its been "around" in nearby communities

4:44 pm

dry, was warm and sunny this morning, clouding over.

4:44 pm

( scrabs..i like the "dont steep on me " sign)

4:45 pm

its pretty darn chily here

4:45 pm

moving laptop to living room....ghouls will start soon

4:45 pm

good idea carlee

4:46 pm

40-ish all day here.

4:46 pm

carlee best thing for you if you feel something trying to take hold is a hot shower followed by a hot toddy;))

4:47 pm

we ended up getting an inch of snow here scwabby

4:47 pm

i dont have hot toddy ingredients...

4:47 pm

but the hot orange / mango feels wonderful

4:47 pm

followed by hot blankies and hot lemonade... and ...

4:47 pm

if you have whiskey..you can fake the rest;))

4:47 pm

i used the alst of my whiskey in my apple ccrisp :(

4:49 pm

hm. brandy? vodka?

4:49 pm

i have wine..and rum...

4:50 pm

rum would work -- we put rum in lemonade all the time

4:50 pm

" I like tea and you are kinda ruining it"...LOL

4:50 pm

just one left....an7/32 ???

4:50 pm

an+ someone's inferno

4:51 pm

go lk go!

4:51 pm

"if your beliefs fit on a sign, think harder" HAHAHAHA

4:52 pm

it says quiet does not exist in the puzzle and it clearly does

4:52 pm

We had a dusting of snow 10 days ago. It's coming soon and I must rake all of the leaves into the woods before the snow comes to stay.

4:52 pm

: ( Poor Carlee. Brewing up a cold and no whiskey. Shame. : (

4:52 pm

"is this the line for Justine beiber tickets' oh man..scrabs those signs are hillarious

4:52 pm

look again maleson, the i and e are not in the right places

4:53 pm

Nope, Qu takes care of the U

4:53 pm

any clues for an7/32 ??

4:53 pm

ah thanks

4:53 pm

an7 an+ someone's inferno

4:53 pm

Maleson, I thought the same thing this morning. I forgot about the qu thing. You would be spelling quuiet.

4:54 pm

sounds like "fun" scrabs -- other than that, how are things? bunnies happy?

4:54 pm

thanks carlee

4:55 pm

hi all

4:55 pm

" real americans drink coffee"

4:56 pm

hey pini! how's koda? how's eugene? how's the traffic this evening?

4:57 pm

Koda's anxious; lots of people out on foot (shopping); traffic is light...

4:57 pm

poor koda... *offers happy dog cookies*

4:57 pm

how's it going up there?

where are you getting the signs carlee?

4:57 pm

poor Koda? No, dear...he can't wait to go Reverse Trick-or-Treating

4:58 pm

not bad. no trick or treaters in our neighborhood so we don't have to pretend to be jolly today. boys have rehearsal tonight anyway, so tom and I are going to spend some time shopping. our "date" for the week...

4:58 pm

*wonders what "gifts" koda will leave people...*

4:58 pm

they are the top 100 signs from the rally yesterday

4:58 pm

we'll be gifting from his black jack-o-lantern ;)

4:59 pm

rofl

website?

4:59 pm

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-100 -best-signs-at-the-rally-to-restore-sa nity

4:59 pm

hi, all...in a bit of a funk today so hopefully getting my last 13 will cheer me up.

4:59 pm

The bunnies are happy + adorable. ((NB))

5:00 pm

he'll be dressed as a Bumble Beagle...we'll go on a walk and ha7 treats as we go (with parental permission of course)

5:00 pm

hi NB :)

5:00 pm

{{MONSTER "BOO" hugs}} for NB

5:00 pm

vampire bunnies!!...run!...run!

5:00 pm

rofl --- LOVE #5!

5:00 pm

there some good ones

5:00 pm

thanks for the ha too

5:00 pm

;)

must go see...

5:01 pm

i have abow of choclit here and not at allinterested in any of it...

5:01 pm

*offers Nancy Boy a lovely bumble bee costume so he and Koda can trick or treat together...*

5:01 pm

bowl*

5:01 pm

hi everybody - trick or treat! (I'm in charge of answering the door and this is peak hour, so I may be in and out)

5:01 pm

hi stid!

5:01 pm

Hi NB!

5:01 pm

hey JBV! come vai?

5:01 pm

wont likely start here for another 45 mins or so

5:01 pm

carlee! Pini! who else is here?

5:02 pm

ohhh, so that's what reverse trick or treating is...no trick or treaters here. God bless London for being so dangerous!

5:02 pm

oh dear, carlee, you are ill! *worried mama look*

5:02 pm

If I have any of the 4# of candy I got leftover...it'll go to the office tomorrow...sadly, no chocolit...that wouldn't even make it to the walk!

5:02 pm

stidy, scrabs nb

5:02 pm

come on over and join me and Koda, NB! it's lots of fun!

5:02 pm

hi, JBV :)

5:02 pm

(and kills two birds with one stone!)

5:03 pm

oi5?

5:03 pm

why are you killing birds pini??? *worrieder mama look*

5:03 pm

oi + spanish day

5:03 pm

nm, monkeyed it

5:03 pm

thx ;)

5:03 pm

figure of speech, stid

5:03 pm

i have to lock up 2 of my cats too...prior to the treaters arriving...

5:04 pm

i.e., we get to pass out candy and take a walk at the same time ;)

5:04 pm

actually, I haven't seen any kids in my local area for a LONG time. just queers and hipsters ;)

5:04 pm

carlee...I read, "...the threaters arriving..."

5:04 pm

*Passing NB a glass of champagne to clear up the funk*

5:04 pm

Pini, that's such a cute idea!

5:05 pm

2 of my cats are black...evil teenagers like to do horrid things to black cats at this time of year

5:05 pm

hi stid, molto bene - I'm here and I'm also translating a children's book with the help of my online forum

5:05 pm

parents have been known to take his picture while we're out (cuz of his costume)

5:05 pm

I love words like the oi5 where I can't even understand the definition lol: one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi??

5:05 pm

sounds like fun, JBV!

5:05 pm

Pini, my son and I walk around handing out treats too. It's fun.

5:06 pm

Aww Molly, and ruin my planned evening of muttering about silly pagan rituals and time-wasting children? I was going to spend from 10 till 11 just feeling sorry for myself. We couldn't throw our planned Rocky Horror party this year :(

5:06 pm

do you dress up, Molly?

5:06 pm

okay, time for me to get things pulled together. will do NaNoWriMo this year, but looks like I will miss the opening party -- so much to do! Oh well...

5:06 pm

no rocky horror??? *horrified mama look*

5:06 pm

have fun stid!!!

5:06 pm

I'm wearing my pumpkin-printed turtleneck, that's as far as I get with a costume

5:06 pm

poor NB...it'll just be better next year!

5:07 pm

oh, and jack-o-lantern earrings

5:07 pm

There is nothing silly about Pagan rituals NB. They are Earth bound in their origin. Pini, we wear hats and masks. He a wizard, I a witch.

5:07 pm

tom just finished scanning a bunch of things for me... back again later if I can to finish. down to 26 so far!

5:07 pm

I had a costume all ready too...mind you, it should have come with a parental advisory sticker...:P

5:07 pm

***hugs and candy corn for all*** (except nancy boy, he gets a real pumpkin pie made with real pumpkins from my own garden)

5:07 pm

ROFL

5:08 pm

Happy Halloween everyone...back to finish this grid!

5:08 pm

*poof*

5:08 pm

could always make one!

5:08 pm

hi jilly

5:08 pm

bye stiddy

5:08 pm

*Molly's dirty little mind starts wondering about NB's costume* : P

5:08 pm

is an6 a fish?

5:08 pm

Oh, not Paganism itself, Molly, but the modern interpretation of halloween :)

5:08 pm

black kitties behind bedroom doors for the next 2 hours

5:09 pm

no pini not a fish

5:09 pm

What? NB...you mean you aren't dressing up as Lady Gaga??!!

5:09 pm

thx car...looking

5:09 pm

My black kitty is safely tucked away as well...

5:09 pm

the world ain't ready for an Asian Gaga ;)

5:10 pm

Indeed NB. Even Christmas and Santa have their roots in Paganism. L. Frank Baum wrote a very interesting book about that called "The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus". Yes, The Wizard Of Oz L. Frank Baum.

5:11 pm

pini...it references opp of cathode like properties

5:12 pm

lol nb!! I think that might be beter than the real thing!!

5:12 pm

* thinking *

5:12 pm

crazy how we have to protect our kitties like this isnt it jilly?... and funny thing is...if i had a cat who was at all a familiar..its my tabby

5:12 pm

Oh yes, hardly anything of Christmas is Christian, apart from the story they tacked on :P though I don't really go in for Christmas, personally. Faaaar too depressing to think about now.

5:14 pm

got it!

5:14 pm

dont go down that road again nb... ur already in a funk...

5:14 pm

yay pini

5:15 pm

come on over and spend it with me, NB...no hoopla here

5:15 pm

right you are, Carlee ;)

5:15 pm

is the da6 and ext of da4?

5:15 pm

NB, don't get all humbuggy about Christmas or I will be forced to come to your flat with a sack full of toys, gingerbread men and pixie dust. : D

5:15 pm

sounds great, Pini! I do wanna cuddle that darling pup of yours :)

5:15 pm

* an ext

5:16 pm

I'll be here for ya, NB!

5:16 pm

yes it is pini...

5:16 pm

I need to take a pic of him in his costume for ya!!!

5:16 pm

nb..i will be here too :)

5:16 pm

got it!

5:17 pm

hello all

5:17 pm

hi peri

5:17 pm

HI peri!

5:17 pm

hey there peri

5:17 pm

just found out about the singing duo: The Velvet Janes. I like their name and their songs. Does anyone else like them.

5:18 pm

don't know, peri...willhave to check 'em out

5:18 pm

ooh, please do, Pini! I bet he looks just adorable!

5:18 pm

he will!!!

5:20 pm

3 words to go and I'll be done!!!!

5:20 pm

I'll beat the trick or treaters!

5:20 pm

primping pompoms for pini

5:21 pm

2

5:21 pm

1

5:22 pm

* pyrotechnics *

5:22 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~* for Pini

5:22 pm

* curtsy *

5:22 pm

thx! :)

5:23 pm

WooT pini!!

5:24 pm

well done, Pini!! :)

5:24 pm

thx :) any clues I can help with?

5:25 pm

stuck on the di6, help pls

5:25 pm

hmmm, only 4 left for me so think I will soldier on, thanks :)

5:25 pm

turn the light down + not in

5:26 pm

ty Pini

5:26 pm

Hello everybody ;-0

5:26 pm

yw ;)

5:26 pm

Well, am struggling with the da's, but let me finish the rest, then I'll ask for a lifeline!!

5:26 pm

hi soodle

5:26 pm

ok! :)

5:26 pm

Hey there soodle!! ((hugs))

5:27 pm

hi soodle

5:27 pm

Hope everybody is ghost free....

5:28 pm

so far so good

5:28 pm

well, as JC would say - wireforks :)

5:29 pm

Good to hear, Pini. How you doing Nancy?

5:29 pm

Yay, NancyBoy. Grats!

5:29 pm

yeah NB!

5:29 pm

bit of a brooding mood this evening Soodle - debating whether or not to commence comfort-eating ;)

5:29 pm

thank you, ladies :)

5:30 pm

NB...you should be perking up with all of us around!! :)

5:30 pm

Eat nancy, EAT......

5:31 pm

actually, a light snack sounds good about now...3:30p (too late for lunch, too early for dinner)

5:32 pm

* thinking about what there might be (other than the halloween candy) *

5:32 pm

My son and heir to the family overdraft is home this weekend. Tomorrow, (Nov 1st) is the start of the shooting season round here, so Pauly comes home...

5:32 pm

it'll happen Pini ;) I've been quite abandoned this evening, that's why I'm being a bit of a drip.

5:33 pm

My son is a huntin' fishin' outdoors sorta guy....

5:33 pm

overdraft?

5:33 pm

shooting season for what?

5:33 pm

NB, no one is more fun to party with than yourself. Get your groove on. Soodle, what are the boys shooting?

5:33 pm

my dau and SIL are, too

5:33 pm

LOL. Most kids will inherit the family fortunes... mine will inherit the bills....

5:34 pm

same here, soodle! LOL

5:34 pm

hunting? :(

5:35 pm

Pheasants. Its the start of the pheasant season. And apologies if that offends anybody, but thats what they are into..

5:35 pm

OMG...I just heard a really cute joke on TV...

5:35 pm

How do you know when it's raining cats and dogs??

5:35 pm

Share, Pini....

5:36 pm

...'cuz you're bound to step in a poodle!

5:36 pm

Rofl...

5:37 pm

well, on that note...I think I may go find some toast or popcorn...

5:37 pm

lol Pini!

5:38 pm

I'm gonna go try and buck up a bit. s'later!

5:38 pm

Laters,Nancy. ((()))

5:40 pm

in case anybody was offended by my son shooting pheasats.., please don't. He has never shot one in his life... but he does his best. LOL

5:41 pm

hello my dear babble friends!

5:41 pm

nice icon soodle!!!

5:41 pm

Hello Trif ((())) long time no see.

5:41 pm

(not offended, soodle...hunting is a personal choice...like I said, my day and SIL go out every fall, too)

5:41 pm

hi trif

5:41 pm

howdy.

5:42 pm

did I miss nancy boy? Oh dear....

5:42 pm

I'm not a hunter, but you know, back in the day, it was hunt or go hungry.

5:42 pm

Me either, molly...but back in the day...

5:42 pm

As I see it,for a 20 yr old lad to spend the day out in the fresh air, with a dog and some friends,....well, he could be doing a hell of a lot worse.

5:43 pm

exactly!!!

5:43 pm

If I had to fend for myself, I would have to live on fish. There is no way I could get game from "shot" to the table. Fish I could handle.

5:44 pm

Dont tell my son, but I am very happy he has never shot anything. I wouldn't have a clue how to clean, or cook them...

5:45 pm

just noticed, this grid has all the vowels...interesting!

5:45 pm

how's live with you., Trif?

5:46 pm

it's fine, thanks soodle. kids are out ghosting, I am watching the home fire (lit with ONE match today, ta!) in case any goblins brave our long drive

5:46 pm

Okay, have 4 left and have spent too long looking...

5:46 pm

LOL

5:46 pm

Need an6/24

5:47 pm

an + vowel + ***k and jane

5:47 pm

In full disclosure, I am anxious about nancy boy. I feel he doesnt like me as he used to, as he is such good friends with JC now, and JC and I have a bad history. Isn't it silly, to be paranoid over relationships in a chog?

Hello all and Happy Halloween!

5:48 pm

Hello Nonnie

5:48 pm

Soodle, I have always had very clear cut rules with my kids. Had they decided to hunt, the rule would have been...give me what you got in a cookable fashion and I will prepare it. End of story.

5:48 pm

hi nonnie

5:49 pm

good rule, molly!! and hello and Happy Halloween to you as well, nonnie dear

5:49 pm

trif, perhaps a conversation with NB and/or JC directly would be appropriate?

5:49 pm

Very wise words, Molly.

5:49 pm

well, I felt it ended with ***k, but anywho, got it now

5:49 pm

tyvm

5:49 pm

maybe

5:49 pm

weird grid - def not sailing through

5:50 pm

Is there a way to private message people here? That is a way to clear up misunderstandings without them erupting in the public forum.

tri, I don't think I've chatted with you since your court date. If you don't mind sharing, how did everything turn out?

5:50 pm

I also made a rule in this house, that I would feed anything with two legs and no feathers. That exonerated me from the dogs, chickens, ferrets, pigs, turkeys, etc etc...

5:50 pm

last 3 are all da's: da5/18, second da4/6 (under the word I've been saying under my breath), and da6/24

5:50 pm

it's a toughie kje, for sure. I had to leave off it this morning for church, and now I am entering words I alreayd did this morning

5:50 pm

no yet, molly...i think it may be a new feature tho...no promises

5:50 pm

Hi Tri ((hugs))

5:50 pm

da + cows have **ters

5:51 pm

da6 = da4 + 2 vowels

5:51 pm

* not yet

5:51 pm

It's okay, nonnie. I got a lot less than I asked for, and he had to give me more than he wanted. so I suppose that is as good as divorce can get. There were some loose ends to tie up, and he has let the court ordered dates go right by....I think it's a power ploy. Very annoying, on the whole

5:51 pm

Thanks Pini. It's a great way for people to communicate privately and it eliminates the need for email address sharing, which some people are not comfortable with.

5:52 pm

which da4 pini?

5:52 pm

Happy Halloween everyone here!

5:52 pm

the da4 right before it

5:52 pm

I still cannot make ends meet here, so I have to do something soon about additional work.

hello bugs!

5:52 pm

hi bugs ;)

Sorry to hear that, tri. I will keep you in my prayers.

5:53 pm

brb - popcorns is done and getting cold...

5:53 pm

I can't believe what you did to Koda Pini!!

5:53 pm

Blah. I better head off to the boudour... work beckons in approx 8 hours. My email is medickinson@eircom.net, should anybody feel the need to communicate direct............

5:53 pm

thank you nonnie. I read a very encouraging article regarding selling stock photographs. Apparently some people make a decent extra amount doing that

bye bye soodle!

5:53 pm

Good night all, and happy Hallowe'en... Poof

explain "stock" photographs, please?

5:54 pm

bye soodle!

5:54 pm

Niters soodle!!

5:54 pm

Tri..may I ask about your daughter?

5:54 pm

the photographs that are royalty free that folks can use to go into business reports, charts, things like that

5:54 pm

sure jilly - which one?

hello jilly...I didn't see you come in.

oh, I see...

5:55 pm

by Soodle

5:55 pm

hi all. i have qu 47 and 48. any clues for what i am missing?

5:55 pm

Hi nonnie!

5:55 pm

nm just got it with monkeys.

hello mkg :o)

5:56 pm

hey there mkg! wow, it's a right old gathering of the babble coven tonight!! how seasonally appropriate!

5:56 pm

can someone clue da5/18...last one before FW...

5:56 pm

hi and who you calling a witch?

5:56 pm

LOL, timely note there

5:56 pm

yankee doodle da5

5:56 pm

hi all. i am back and forth tonight.

5:56 pm

popcorn burned...trying another

5:57 pm

was thinking more along the "crone" line, jmc. I can call Christine O'Donnell a witch though, if you would like....tee hee

5:57 pm

hmmm.thought I'd tried that one...FW!!

5:57 pm

anyway - jilly, what did you want to ask about my daughter?

5:58 pm

wasn't one debating whom to live with?

5:58 pm

not that as much as she won't see or speak to him AT ALL - that's been an ongoing issue.

5:59 pm

He wanted it written in the divorce language that she must see a therapist. She is livid, but can't really balk too much, being that she is still only 14

5:59 pm

ahhh, that was it...divorce is so difficult..I lost a stepgrandson that I loved dearly....

5:59 pm

ugh. hate that for you, jilly

5:59 pm

Well, probably not a bad idea for some therapy.

6:00 pm

that is who my sister went to the party as -- black dress and pearls and a sign that said I am you.

6:00 pm

Yes, well I knew my son was marrying the wrong person, but I knew I couldn't not fall in love with him.

6:00 pm

now, did anyone get dressed up today, costume wise? I was the Queen of Hearts at work on Friday, but happy as a lark in my slippers, by the fire

6:00 pm

excellent jmc!!!!

6:00 pm

Nice jmc!!

6:01 pm

I dressed up like a doctor

6:01 pm

i went as the mad hatter with an elephant rather than a doormouse in my teapot

6:01 pm

well done, kje!

6:01 pm

I see what you did there, jmc.....

6:01 pm

cute kje

6:02 pm

thanks... I wore it to work

6:02 pm

ROFL....man I wish I could pull off a costume like that...

6:02 pm

tertiare is out ghosting dressed like a tree. Whatever. Secondo and a friend went to a party last night dressed like Waldo (as in Where's Waldo?). They were REALLY cute. They just stood in corners or behind plants and waited for people to find them. It was HILARIOUS

6:03 pm

that is funny trif

6:03 pm

I might do some cat makeup...not really worth going all out, we only get about 10-15 trick-or-treaters.

6:03 pm

one nephew went as a road (5), the other as a pink donut with sprinkles (3)

6:03 pm

I was Nanny McPhee at school on Friday but I couln't talk with the tooth in

6:04 pm

I'm not into the whole costume thing... I never dress up

6:04 pm

I know people who really get into it.. .very creative

6:04 pm

I miss making costumes for my boys...my dad always did it with me....*sigh*

6:05 pm

how do you dress up as a road?

6:05 pm

I can never think of costumes but once I get an idea I enjoy making the outfit for nothing

6:05 pm

I loooooove Halloween! High holy day around here.

6:05 pm

black costume with a yellow stripe - it was his request... and he stuck autos on it

6:05 pm

this was my worst costume in a while -- other people had thought of it :-(

6:05 pm

Me too!!

6:06 pm

how cute kje!

6:06 pm

and how clever he is!

6:06 pm

what were you last year jmc? as I recall it involved a walker...

6:06 pm

my favorite that I did for my oldest was a mad scientist

6:06 pm

yours was clever, jmc!

6:06 pm

one year my son wore a bandanna and eye patch and floppy disks all over his shirt

6:06 pm

did you see that sign at the rally, jmc?

6:06 pm

software pirate!

6:06 pm

internet pirate?

6:07 pm

lol

6:07 pm

snap!

6:07 pm

cute

lol software pirate...very smart.

6:07 pm

I haven't checked out the signs today...do tell kje..

6:07 pm

oh, tor had a FB post about the signs at the rally. some of them were really clever!

I like the road also. My grandson would get a kick out of that.

6:07 pm

no last year I went as the grim reaper with a tombstone made from Washington Post front pages so i was the future of print journalism

6:08 pm

the party is mostly journalists

6:08 pm

your costume reminded me of the one taht said, the mad hatter called and wants his tea party back

6:08 pm

lol...brb...

6:08 pm

oh how cute I didn't see that one

6:09 pm

very clever jmc.

6:09 pm

oh, I keep forgetting - have you all seen this? I about peed my pants....

6:09 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIwTYL1 fwJk

6:09 pm

my other fave was the one that had two faces, simple black white cartoons, one with a tiny mustache said "Hitler", and the one without a mustache said "not Hitler"

6:11 pm

hmm i am getting nowhere fast with this grid

6:12 pm

me either, jmc... I am down to 36 but haven't moved in a few

6:12 pm

66 left

6:12 pm

OK, you are ore stumped than me - LOL

6:13 pm

are

6:13 pm

more

6:13 pm

whatev - can't type

6:13 pm

can help for a few if needed

6:14 pm

lol well i only started

6:14 pm

the other r besides mass protest

6:14 pm

hi pini

6:15 pm

ri + me **self and Irene

6:15 pm

hi jmc ;)

6:15 pm

hi kje ;)

6:15 pm

ty

6:15 pm

hi pini

6:15 pm

yw

6:15 pm

I can't budge a word past 35 left. sigh

6:16 pm

need food... bbiam

6:16 pm

hb

6:17 pm

trifi....can I help?

6:17 pm

whatcha need, trif?

6:17 pm

gee i have had only 2 trickortreaters and they were old enough to wear bras

6:17 pm

said they were reliving their childhoods

6:18 pm

wow, that's 'old' jmc

6:18 pm

Koda's resting in prep for his walk in a little while...

6:18 pm

lol yeah i had to laugh

6:19 pm

LOL...I read an article for parents on trick-or-treating. They mentioned the age when they could go on their own as 12....that's when I stopped!!

6:19 pm

he look so cute Pini. Is he embarassed?

6:19 pm

Ah, thats right pini....take/post some photos!!

6:19 pm

we had to stop at 12, too...when we became 'teens'

6:19 pm

12!?!?!

6:19 pm

my son went on his own (with friends and in the neighborhood) when he was 8

6:20 pm

Oh, the pic isn't of Koda, Bugs...I'll take a pic of him when he's dressed though (he's going as a Bumble Beagle)

6:20 pm

Yep

6:20 pm

10 he went all over

6:20 pm

I must see the Bumble beagle

6:20 pm

I think that is the very reason primo was so keen to be the one to take tertiare out this year -- he is too old to go, so he brings her out to shill for him

6:20 pm

brought home 20 lbs of candy

6:20 pm

i froze a lot of it

6:21 pm

will make a point of it, bugs! :)

6:21 pm

LOL, kids are so inventive!!

6:21 pm

what does the 8 start with, please?

6:21 pm

I liked the 'braces years'...,mom got all the sticky, chewy gooey candy....

6:22 pm

my trifi

6:22 pm

I tried to avoid buying candy that I actually like this year...can't afford to 'take care of the leftovers'

6:22 pm

that one took me awhile

6:22 pm

hi everybody, the pace is slowing here, but we've had large groups of trick or treaters this year. Some cute costumes, but none homemade that I could tell.

6:22 pm

Hey there JBV!!

6:22 pm

I miss homemade costumes!

6:23 pm

I predict we'll see some teenagers in the next hour or so

6:23 pm

My girls never had a store-bought...

6:23 pm

when my kids got too old to go out I let them hand out the candy so they were still involved. I had to watch that they weren't to stingy so they could eat the left overs

6:23 pm

I really LOVED making my kids theirs

6:23 pm

me too, Pini - my mother uses to sew up some fabulous costumes for us

6:23 pm

my boy told me not to buy so much this year

6:23 pm

I used to make them for my son, too

6:23 pm

i MADE my boy give out the candy -- I hate doing it

6:23 pm

I love that too jilly. I love, love love sewing

6:23 pm

I drew and handcolored the Queen of Hearts from the deck one year for my oldest dau...

6:24 pm

My oldest and his buddies did a haunted house thing at our place for several years and I didn't even have to hand out candy...

6:24 pm

I love creating things without patterns....

6:24 pm

jmc do you read Zits in the comics? there was a good one today with Jeremy (is that his name?) giving out all the candy to the first kid who rang the bell :)

6:24 pm

he said he'd rather see one joyously ecstatic kid than a whole neighborhood of disappointed ones (getting tiny helpings)

6:24 pm

lol i love zits it started about the time my boy turn 13

6:25 pm

Zits is sooooo my oldest son...looked just like him and even had a chubby best friend

6:25 pm

the 'card' was made from a pillowcase...and it was supported at the shoulder with a clothes hanger to keep it rigid...

6:25 pm

lolol

6:25 pm

not to mention how very much he was like him; of course my son notes every time Jeremy's mom is me..

6:26 pm

I hate those "fun size" candy bars. They are NOT fun

6:26 pm

yes, we get it back in turn - the clueless parents who can't figure out a cell phone, tv remote, etc.

6:26 pm

I did angel wings for our little kids for Christmas pagaent

6:26 pm

i don't dare get anything bigger than that

6:27 pm

does the 8 build off the my 5, 18 please?

6:27 pm

Me either...my hubby just asked if we needed to taste test them before handing out (it's 5;30 here)

6:27 pm

no

6:27 pm

no, Trif but it looks like it means many-footed, if that helps

6:27 pm

rats. back to the monkeys

6:28 pm

7:30 here and I normally close shop at 8

6:28 pm

no trifi....think "varied foot walker" I had to use enable to get it

6:28 pm

my W NE E E SW S (follow the compass)

6:28 pm

thank you!!!

6:29 pm

lol....it took me forever last night to get that type of clue...now I LOVE it!

6:29 pm

wow!

6:29 pm

:)

6:30 pm

Well...need to get ready for the little candy goblins....

6:30 pm

32 left....i'll be 102 when I finish, at this rate

6:30 pm

but still very attractive, I am sure!

6:30 pm

*poof*

6:31 pm

where do you get candy goblins and what flavor are they?

6:31 pm

have fun, jilly

6:31 pm

the ones that come to the door, jmc

6:31 pm

;-)

6:31 pm

if I could spell dacquiri I would say it was a phantom today....

6:32 pm

if I cold spell it, I'd let you have it!

6:32 pm

i cant believe haint is not a word

6:33 pm

*wonders how you cold spell*

6:33 pm

OMG...I can't spell the easy ones!!! how embarassing!

6:34 pm

*wonders how to play babble since clearly doesn't know*

6:34 pm

82 left (did I go backwards?)

6:35 pm

i must have thought my points were how many words i had left :-(

6:35 pm

Well, I figured I'd stick around until the first knock...

6:35 pm

oops!

6:35 pm

when do they normally start there in the hinterlands?

6:36 pm

I'm guessing in about an hour or so???

6:36 pm

Haint is a word. It's listed at Dictionary.com as a variation of "haven't" and it is listed in other dictionaries as a variation of "haunt". More Enable nonsense.

6:36 pm

5:30?

6:36 pm

a haint is a ghost

6:36 pm

that early?

6:37 pm

hi molly

6:37 pm

for the real youngin's...a bit later (when it starts getting dark) for the olders

6:38 pm

Indeed a haint is a ghost. That's the variation of "haunt". The rules of this place baffle me every day.

6:38 pm

outie isn't a word? then how do you describe your navel if it is not an innie

6:38 pm

that's Enable for ya! :)

6:39 pm

my grandmother always talked about haints

6:40 pm

i always feel sorry for the poor little smilies without noses

6:40 pm

I think it has 2 t's in it: outtie?

6:40 pm

Yesterday, "winned" was a word. WINNED. But haint and outie are not. Blasphemy. JMC, my Gram talked about haints too.

6:40 pm

are they frogs maybe?

6:40 pm

winned?

6:41 pm

was there a definition?

6:41 pm

it accepts deers too

6:41 pm

Some Welsh word about threshing hay. Right.

6:42 pm

ad5?

6:42 pm

well that kinda makes sense since winnow is about threshing

6:42 pm

if you have two kinds of deers

6:42 pm

–verb (used with object), winned, win·ning. Scot. and North England . to dry (hay, wood, etc.) by exposure to air and sun.

6:42 pm

ad5 = euro g'bye

6:42 pm

I know, but all I can think of is "I done winned the lottery last night."

6:43 pm

in English, the plural of deer is deer

6:43 pm

that's all I could think of too molly

6:43 pm

ty

6:43 pm

more french

6:43 pm

ty PIni

6:44 pm

yw

6:44 pm

I agree about deer. I would love to see someone use deers in a sentence that wouldn't make my High School English teacher retch.

6:44 pm

what my mother taught me was that if it was all one kind of deer (or fish) it is deer (fish) but if it is more than one kind then is it deers (fishes)

6:45 pm

my mother was an HS English teacher with a masters in English

6:45 pm

never heard of that explanation before jmc

6:46 pm

but she went to her death bed muttering "loan is a noun; lend is the verb"

6:46 pm

;-)

6:47 pm

lol jmc

6:47 pm

she was teaching the angels who came for her !

6:47 pm

no doubt bugs

6:48 pm

di6?

6:48 pm

Far be it from me to disagree with anyone's Sainted Ma, JMC. How was your Halloween party?

6:48 pm

low lighting + not in

6:48 pm

lol!

6:49 pm

it was pretty fun but the Texas Rangers won

6:49 pm

ty

6:49 pm

yw

6:51 pm

someone keeps calling me with the number 312 312

6:52 pm

reply back with 978?

6:52 pm

i am assuming it is a robocall but this is the third time in an hour

6:53 pm

block it?

6:53 pm

my8?

6:53 pm

how??

6:53 pm

my W NE E E SW S (follow compass)

6:53 pm

pini gave an amazing geographical clue for that one kje

6:54 pm

um...call verizon and ask? Not sure

6:54 pm

thx jmc ;)

6:54 pm

well i might if i got my phone from verizon ;-)

6:55 pm

oh...thought you did...well, your carrier should have a way to block numbers, wouldn't they?

6:55 pm

i will have to find out

6:55 pm

wow, thanks

6:55 pm

never seen a clue given like that

6:55 pm

*unrolls to do list and adds task*

6:55 pm

'twas the best I could cuz it's a hard word!

6:55 pm

indeed

6:56 pm

i hate the U being next to the qu

6:56 pm

greyed the q

6:56 pm

(glad I broke ice on compass-cluing) :)

6:57 pm

well done, jmc

6:58 pm

po6?

6:59 pm

3 peas in a po* + g'n***

6:59 pm

ty - should have found that one

7:00 pm

:)

7:00 pm

FW!!!

7:00 pm

whoo hoo kje

7:00 pm

wtg kje!

7:00 pm

thanks for the clues, pini

7:01 pm

jmc...I hate to do it, but they should start showing up shortly, so I'd best go get Koda all dolled up and ready to walk...

7:01 pm

yvw kje... ;)

7:01 pm

i feel like it is midnight

7:01 pm

no worry pini i may qu** soon

7:02 pm

I'll be back in a bit...just in case you're still hanging out...

7:02 pm

...if not, have a good evening.

7:02 pm

bye pini

7:02 pm

cy'all l8r g8rs!

7:02 pm

I must vamoose as well - hagn all

7:02 pm

help please!!! di6/27

7:03 pm

looool! http://darkmonkey.org.uk/4/1/116981971 2749.jpg

7:03 pm

low light+not in sparty

7:03 pm

and hi sparty

7:03 pm

hi crossy

7:03 pm

thanks much and hello

7:04 pm

yw sparty

7:05 pm

are you new?

7:05 pm

Cross, that lighthouse thing is funny. My Coast Guard Commander Dad would have gotten a kick out of it.

7:05 pm

Hi Sparty, welcome.

7:06 pm

yes and you helped me with the last work.....thanks again

7:07 pm

congrats sparty!

7:08 pm

clue for ad 5 please?

7:09 pm

Well, we have trolled the neighborhood handing out treats. Not too many kids out this year. The local neighbors who go all out had a guy chasing people with a chainsaw. Too cool. Burning some twigs and leaves to add Halloween scent to the air.

7:09 pm

congrats sparty!!!

7:09 pm

ad5=goodbye

7:10 pm

and you found lickety already? you are half way to being addicted!

hi all, happy halloweeen... anyone have trick or treaters?

7:11 pm

hi red i had two who were *reliving their childhood*

interesting...

7:12 pm

i cant believe i cant recall the three vowels of the ad word. ugh. monkeys come out.

7:12 pm

i think at 8:30 i am turning off the light and walking to the bank

7:12 pm

got it. ty for clue.

7:12 pm

yw

7:13 pm

we live out in the middle of nowhere in Montana, so we never have any little goblins coming to our door

deposit the candy?

7:13 pm

JMC, maybe the ATM machine is handing out treats tonight. : D

7:13 pm

I kind of miss it, though

7:14 pm

TNana, from the pictures I have seen, Montana looks beautiful.

7:14 pm

sigh i wish molly but since I have to be in to the election protection at 8 am i need to get the $$ for the housekeeper tonight

I did not do candy this year, but I dont see any trick or treaters out anyway...soooo.

7:15 pm

crossy is gorging on roast beef flesh...urrrp

this is a difficult grid. I am just noting it now, 29 words in.

7:15 pm

trickortreaters is one of the few things about urban living i don't like

7:15 pm

it is very hard red

7:15 pm

it is very hard

7:17 pm

oh good, glad it is not just me.

when I saw 99 I htought it would be you know...somewhat quick...

7:17 pm

i managed to get 33 words in before i lost my drive

LOL, I have just gotten 33...

7:19 pm

i have 60 left :-(

well, i do not feel so bad, it is a toughie...

7:20 pm

snopes says the lighthouse story is not true and that it first circulated in 1930s

7:20 pm

57 to go....it is REALLY tough

7:20 pm

which makes sense to me since there are no people in lighthouses anymore

7:21 pm

well like the man said,if it it not true,it should be...

7:21 pm

lol now THAT I agree with crossy

7:22 pm

we had men in the lighthouses here on georgian bay till 1985

7:22 pm

I give up....g'night all

Good nIght treats.

errr trents

7:22 pm

bye trents

oK , down to 55.

7:26 pm

help with the third y --- i have the zen one and the distance one

7:26 pm

go red go

7:26 pm

which is amazing since all our lighthouses were built by one company in 1858

7:27 pm

well i think not too hard to retro fit them apparently

7:28 pm

actually there are only 13 or 14 in use atm.many have fallen into dissrepair

7:29 pm

and we have a fund going to save the ones that are left

7:29 pm

no help with the Y?

7:29 pm

i have the same two as you, jmc.

7:29 pm

mo 5 please?

7:30 pm

just found ya5/16 -- little bark + not off.

7:30 pm

it is a type of shiny fabric mkg

7:30 pm

thanks jilli

I do not have the distance one..

7:30 pm

Hi and bye all -- Happy hour with neighbours about to begin...

7:30 pm

ty jilli

ahh, have all the Y hi Jillibus.

7:31 pm

ty jill and have fun

7:31 pm

over yo**er

thanks JMC

7:31 pm

okay off to the atm bbl

7:31 pm

yw

7:32 pm

ty for mo clue

7:32 pm

oi word please?

7:33 pm

oi + spanish "day"

7:34 pm

ty ty!

7:35 pm

my 5? i have the 8.

7:39 pm

need pa 7 clue too please.

Ok, picking away down to 45.

7:44 pm

how aopbut po 5 clue please? where are all the cluers?

7:44 pm

oh halfway. totally listing now.

oooh I should list.

It looks like you are on your own mkg.

7:47 pm

yup.

7:47 pm

8 left and stumped.

7:48 pm

na5 pls

7:48 pm

na + north, east, south are ***ections

7:49 pm

na + if i use my GPS i dont need ***ections.

7:49 pm

ty mkg

7:49 pm

snap mkg :)

7:49 pm

anyone have my 5???????????

7:49 pm

and leslieann

7:50 pm

oh got it. po5 = po + spanish "day"

list has helped, down to 39.

7:51 pm

ty!!!!!!! got it too

7:52 pm

6 to go and off to a visit.

7:56 pm

anyone got any 7s they would like to share?

7:57 pm

Go fish. Only kidding Leslie, which 7's?

no, none...

7:58 pm

oh any :)

7:58 pm

hi all!

7:58 pm

I have a halloween 7...

7:59 pm

my kids are going door to door looking for a ha7!

7:59 pm

ahh thanks m9

7:59 pm

I also have a pa7: bamboo eater plus extra **ce ending

8:00 pm

yw

8:00 pm

Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start...an 7...an + ****** Inferno.

8:00 pm

thank you molly

8:01 pm

but disco isn't in the grid!

8:02 pm

Neither is ca 5/18, in honor of the day, but da 5/18 and ha 5/18 are. Too weeweed out from yesterday. :P

8:02 pm

evening all

8:03 pm

liquor is quicker!

8:03 pm

hi dan!

8:03 pm

hallo dan

8:03 pm

did you dress the little tater up?

8:03 pm

what a cute little 2bit

8:03 pm

disco inferno is all I can think of. oh and towering inferno

8:04 pm

yes she was a ladybug - though we just stayed home and handed out candy

8:04 pm

it is a possessive (*****'s inferno)

8:04 pm

cute! Tim is ha**ing out c**** right now!

8:04 pm

ah. musical term got it. thank you!

8:05 pm

http://bitsandpieces.us/wp-content/upl oads/2010/09/imagesI-rescued-a-human-t oday.jpg

8:06 pm

goodnignt everyone and happy babbling..poof!

8:07 pm

M9...burn baby burn, disco inferno. Sorry about the clue not making sense.

8:08 pm

oh no.. it was great. I got it now

8:11 pm

anyone have my8?

8:12 pm

yes

8:12 pm

:) well congratulations.

8:13 pm

my t**cycle is * *articularly b**acious one.

8:13 pm

ok. that was stupid. LOL

8:14 pm

no way m9, i got it :)

8:14 pm

oh good

8:16 pm

you've been sayin you need to update that sucker for a while now... LOL

8:16 pm

it's still true.

8:16 pm

it's still true.

8:17 pm

well at least you're consistant

8:21 pm

hi all

8:22 pm

hello jmc

8:28 pm

po 6/24?

8:28 pm

sorry.. don't have... yet

8:28 pm

po+mineral sounding end

8:29 pm

thank you dear

8:29 pm

yw

8:29 pm

just got it! ah.. already clued.

8:31 pm

go m go!

8:31 pm

LeslieAnn! happy to see you!

8:31 pm

hi stiddie

8:32 pm

hey stiddy! how is halloween at the stidhouse?

8:32 pm

hey jmc! ((hugs)) did I tell you I wore the Kenya jacket the a week ago?

8:32 pm

hi stid

8:33 pm

I felt so proud in it -- and NONE of the kids noticed it was different from my regular jacket! LOL

8:33 pm

no glad you liked it

8:33 pm

you should have told them -- helps them sees new things

8:33 pm

oh, we don't do halloween... too rural, and the boys had a rehearsal tonight for next week's concert

8:34 pm

I will wear it again this week, and let them know why I am wearing it this time! LOL I wanted to see what they noticed about changes in their environment... "not much" seems to be the answer!

8:34 pm

we did three halloweens...

8:34 pm

The students are presenting their stories from around the world this week, so I will wear it to honor the stories from Africa and African-Americans.

8:34 pm

or maybe they don't care what you wear.LOL

8:35 pm

THREE??? are you CRAZY, m??? *mind boggles at the calorie count*

8:35 pm

I also (if I can find it) have a hapi coat from Japan I could wear one of the days.

8:35 pm

yup. Friday was trick-or-treating to the downtown businesses.

8:35 pm

Saturday, was an apple press, chili cookoff and trunk-or-treat.

8:35 pm

wear it swahili side out so you can tell them what it says

8:35 pm

and tonight is neighborhood.

8:36 pm

pa7?

8:36 pm

gee, that is a LOT

8:36 pm

but even altogether doesn't add up to the halloween of my childhood!LOL

8:36 pm

That's a good idea, jmc, thanks!

8:36 pm

bear+the knights who say **

8:36 pm

my kids missed trunk or treat this year...

8:36 pm

i grew up in the middle of Seattle.. and we went out for hours.. got a whole pillowcase.

8:36 pm

haha thanks jmc

8:37 pm

yw

8:37 pm

yup.. i hear mine out on the porch. already done

8:37 pm

thanks from me also!

8:37 pm

small pickin's tonight, then

8:37 pm

*puts on foil hat in case someone goes of on MP again tonight*

8:37 pm

yw

8:38 pm

ad5?

8:38 pm

goodbye Leslie.

8:38 pm

ad5=goodbye

8:38 pm

first di?

8:38 pm

my brain's done, btw. my5?

8:38 pm

what we'll need after all the candy we eat tonight, jmc

8:39 pm

*smack* ty leslie

8:39 pm

foil hat? MP? what did I miss?

8:39 pm

i bought candy i hate so I think i am alright

8:40 pm

last night a MP clue got us off on things like the dead parrot or the bureau of silly walks

8:41 pm

oh! yes, I remember a conversation like that... was it only last night???

8:41 pm

my5 puh-lease? my last one

8:41 pm

my 5, eh?

8:41 pm

sorry leslie i don't have it

my + robot ending

8:42 pm

thanks diane!

8:42 pm

my heroine! fireworks!

8:43 pm

whoo hoo leslie

Hi stid.... and you're welcome. I'm just working on the my 8/65 that's the biggest one I've seen since I started playing !!

8:43 pm

wtg leslie

8:43 pm

YAY leslie!

8:43 pm

the my 8 I have... want help?

8:44 pm

sleep is claimingme 36 left

8:44 pm

cu all tomorrow

8:44 pm

sweet dreams jmc! ((hugs))

sure... :-)) I'm getting close, but no concentration happening... trick or treaters still coming to the door !

I keep playing around with the eye affliction....

8:45 pm

my + spanish river + an apple tunes device i***

night, jmc

8:45 pm

I think it means "assorted feet"

awesome... thanks stid :-))

8:46 pm

close... it's an arthro*** "having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes."

11 to go

8:46 pm

go diane go!

8:46 pm

I am down to 21. one more and I retire for now to work on the paper I have due nov 9

8:46 pm

whoo hoo dieane

8:47 pm

12 here

8:47 pm

ah, and I got two in one blow, so down to 19 and heading to typing some more. (((hugs and candy corn for all))) **poof**

nite, stidmama

8:58 pm

1...

hi all.. clue pls for im5?

9:01 pm

Hi all.

can't get that one either, TO.... nor the im 6

9:02 pm

i + not the ends + a vowel

s'ok. time for bed anyway. happy halloween

thanks wht :-)

9:04 pm

Can I have a clue for the an7?

slower tempo in music....

not quite largo an + fellow with the inferno + snaky letter

9:05 pm

ty diane

yw :-)

9:08 pm

po6? Please.

pea container + chemical ending

graph * * * pencil lead

9:10 pm

ty diane.

9:10 pm

Fireworks

yw... and way to go wht !!

9:10 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

9:10 pm

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

9:11 pm

Hi Min.

9:11 pm

I was just going to ask if anyone needed clues before I left.

hi Min.... I'm almost a finisher... and all is well here ! I think the trick or treaters are done for this year !1

9:12 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the pa 7/36 word please?

I still have 5 left.... let's see which one is bugging me the most.... lol

9:13 pm

Go dianedecoder go!

pa 7 frying *** + ****el in the lion's den

9:13 pm

Chinese bear and the Knights That Say **

9:13 pm

pa7: adorable Chinese "bear" + old shows are fun on **ck at Night

9:13 pm

wht LOL!!!!

9:14 pm

That was the way it was clued to me Une.

9:14 pm

:-D

ir 6/24 please

9:14 pm

Thank you for the pa7/36 clue. I just found the word.

9:15 pm

Hi herinfernallady! How are you? Welcome to the grid

Hi Min and thank you for your welcome

9:15 pm

spring flower ir*s + Prez ***k Nixon

9:15 pm

hey min and herin

9:16 pm

Hello Uneaixoise! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

9:16 pm

Night all. Happy Babbling

9:17 pm

The ir6/24 is ir 4/5 word plus ***k Clark dianedecoder

9:17 pm

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

9:17 pm

nite, wht

Night wWht.

thanks, Une and Min :-)

9:18 pm

yw :-)

Is this grid hard or easy or just a pain

9:18 pm

definitely a pain!

9:19 pm

have gone to the list for the last 20

i don't know if I can be bothered with this

and fireworks !! Thanks for help for those 2 !!

9:23 pm

congrats, diane!!

last word..... describes me..... aka EL * * * * a medication once used for parkinson's disease !!

Yah Diane

or one of the 7 dwarfs, only in Spanish maybe !!

9:24 pm

Congratulations dianedecoder on fireworks! Hooray!

thanks Min..... I haven't missed in a while now... I really enjoy this challenge !

I am uming and arging about this

mids

Opps

I'm beginning to think in "babbleonese" ;-)

or babble-nese

9:28 pm

sounds like you've been officially sucked into the Babbleverse!

I think you're right, Une !

THose Q wors I am missing one

9:29 pm

back in a mo . . . *poof*

Help with that Q please

have you got the one that's a game component.... a rubber ring that you toss ???

never mind

the 4/8 is qu + **d man out

Thanks

9:36 pm

Hello all....thought I'd pop back in for a minute....

HI Jilly

9:36 pm

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

9:36 pm

A's Abolished! 6 left

9:36 pm

How's the grid treating everyone tonight?

9:37 pm

WTG Minv!!!

Yah mini

Ok. This grid is challenging my patience

and it tests yuor bablet knowledge

9:47 pm

I sailed until nbt, then slowed somewhat...sorta like pulling teeth in the final 20...pullin g teeth without novocaine that is...lol

9:51 pm

Evening all. May I please have a clue for tu5-18? Thanks

9:51 pm

speaking of babblets..the first do4/5 has been in every grid this week I believe!!

9:51 pm

tu+ spanish for what

9:53 pm

no lo conostro?

9:53 pm

Hi all. My phantom today is beyond.

9:53 pm

mine was rayon

9:54 pm

hi all. back for last six now.

9:54 pm

anyone with a clue for to 5 please?

9:55 pm

same as tu5..to+spanish for what

9:55 pm

ty!

9:56 pm

yvw...happy halloweenie!!

9:56 pm

three left.

9:56 pm

my 5 please?

9:56 pm

go mkg go!!

9:57 pm

Thanks much, Jillyjill.

9:57 pm

yw! :)

9:58 pm

did you guys get the my8/65?? that was a toughy tonght...monkeys demanded halloween treats

9:59 pm

got the 8 but need the my 5.

9:59 pm

my+robot ending

10:00 pm

got it. ty

10:00 pm

still cant get pa 7. help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:00 pm

yw

10:00 pm

have first 4 letters and then i am stuck

10:01 pm

builds on the one above it

10:02 pm

pa5/14+no if's **ds or buts+ p*rates of the caribean

10:02 pm

whoops...make that no ifs a*nds or buts

10:03 pm

The pa7/36 word is pa5/14 plus **ce to meet you mkg

10:03 pm

to the pb i go.....

10:03 pm

ty! whew!!!!!!!

10:03 pm

headache eh?

10:04 pm

Minv...did you fw?

10:04 pm

done. whew.

10:04 pm

ty for the clues all.

10:04 pm

Not yet.I have been stuck on five words forever now

10:05 pm

Chog was quiet for a bit so I thought noone was here to clue. Anyway, I am about to ask for clues to finish.

10:05 pm

can I help?

10:05 pm

Congratulations mkg on your fireworks! Hooray for U

I was cutting my hair

10:05 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the du 5/16 word please?

10:07 pm

what robin and batman were + japanese folding art origa**

10:07 pm

the dynamic ***

10:08 pm

D's Done! 4 left

do re ** fa, so , etc.

10:08 pm

Thank you for the du 5/16 clue. I just found the word

10:08 pm

I had to have help with the da's...they were my achilles heel tonight!!

good clue jilly

10:09 pm

Does anybody have a clue for the id 5/14 word please

10:09 pm

Sometimes I can...sometimes not....lol

And ICe to the 4

slang

id + charged particle, but change the last consonant

10:12 pm

good job diane...

:-)

i thought I clued it?

I think you clued the im one, jilly

10:14 pm

I's Isolated! 3 left

i mean herin

10:15 pm

Thank you for the id 5/14 clue. I just found the word.

10:15 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the po 6/24 word please?

10:15 pm

brb...letting cats out and shutting down lights for halloween

You really shouldn't let the cats out at night

10:16 pm

hi all...back :)

10:16 pm

nonono...just out of the bedroom..don't chance them escaping with trick or treaters...especially my black one

po 6/24 pea container + building s _ _ _

Hi Pini

10:17 pm

Koda and I made it...

hi pini :-)

10:17 pm

May I please have a clue for pa6-24? Thanks

or pea container + web s * * *

10:17 pm

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

10:18 pm

po6+ seed *** + night l*** (not the gh spellikng)

10:18 pm

frying *** + so be **

10:18 pm

pa 6/24 rhymes with Smokey&the B***** gapeach1066

10:18 pm

oops...my bad (disregard)

10:18 pm

Our kitties stay inside

O sorry.

10:19 pm

ps: icon is of Koda in his costume

10:19 pm

(sorry for the fuzziness)

10:19 pm

no, both pa's were called for

10:19 pm

P's Popped! 2 left

10:19 pm

Thank you for the po 6/24 clue. I just found the word

10:19 pm

no problem herin...I wasn't really clear.

I suffer foot in mouth issues

10:19 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the qu 5/16 word please?

10:20 pm

Thanks Min and Pini.

10:20 pm

qu + vowel + Cousin **

10:20 pm

qu+do4/5 (a babblet)

Sorry Jilly I didn't mean to be rude

10:22 pm

Thank you for the qu 5/16 clue. I just found the word

10:22 pm

oh no, no apology needed...I am a very protective pet person...wouldn't want anybody thinking I let my kitties outside!! LOL

10:23 pm

I'm going to try to get the last word by myself. All of My monkeys have gone to bed, so might need a clue.

10:23 pm

horrors of horrors...my reputation of course...

10:23 pm

you got it minv!!

I had one out today on her leash and she was happy as larry and when she was done emitted a little squeak to be let in.

10:23 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! ya5/16 was my last word

Yah Min

10:24 pm

yay minv! WooT!!

10:24 pm

wtg min

super, Min !!

10:24 pm

Congrats, Min!!!!!

10:25 pm

Thanks for cluing the last few words for me. I do not like to ask for clues so close to the finish line,but you guys helped alot.I will be here to return the favor for a little while longer (maybe fifteen more minutes?)

10:26 pm

lol...I'm just here watching the Rangers get their butt kicked by the Giants....*sigh*

ditto..... sighhhh

Jilly I would love to put both cats outside on their leads but someone likes to try and escape out of his kitty harness

10:28 pm

almost everyone I know are rooting for Giants.....would like to have SOME justice!!

10:29 pm

May I please have a clue for ya5-16? Thanks.

10:29 pm

Our previous kitties would come out into back yard while we were out tending to garden. We just got these two from the shelter in February...maybe next year

awww. Shelter babies

10:30 pm

to chat incessantly + ** not off

ya + walden's * * * d

10:30 pm

ya 5/16 is what a dog does plus not off gapeach1066.

10:30 pm

nice diane

Jilly you know those cat harnesses?

10:31 pm

Thanks much Jillyjill and diane and Min.

hi gapeach :-))

10:32 pm

yw

10:32 pm

Worked on one kitty, not sure about these guys...one I can't even keep a collar on (thankfully he seems to have no desire to go out)

10:33 pm

Hi there, diane. Hope all is well with you.

We have to put the kitten one on Lucius as the normal cat one he slips out of. Both don't have collars as they tend to annoy Pandora and Lucius slips out of his.

10:33 pm

We have tons of windows and patio doors so they have lots of sun and air....

HI GA

Yes it is :-) thanks. I wish the same to you !

Where in Montana are you, Jilly? You are just south of me :-)

10:35 pm

lol...southwestern corner...south of Missoula

10:37 pm

Hey there, herin. Glad you are here tonight....sometimes we don't get the nicest Babblers...but we do tonight.

I know Missoula... husband had relatives there for many years.... I sort of know Great Falls. If you ever drive north to Waterton lakes, my hubby grew up close to there.

Awww GA I hope no one has been mean to you as that would make me have frownie face

10:38 pm

gapeach1066, I leave in good cluing ha4/6s w/Jillyjill, dianedecoder,& herinfernallady. I must goto bed now

10:38 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow

10:38 pm

We get up to Glacier/Waterton park!! My brother-in-law lives in Vancouver now

NIght Mini

10:38 pm

niters minv...sweet dreams!!

I've found most to be nice, but there are some "different" ones for sure.... but still nice. I don't chat much but I see some very friendly people doing so !

10:39 pm

Sweet dreams, Min. See you tomorrow.

goodnight Minver.... sleep well

The Italian Cathedral sounds like Do You Owe Me

love that clue, herin !!

10:40 pm

So true diane...I haven't had problems with any babblers...how long have you been babbling?

Thanks. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the word. I had to look it up

I joined the end of September.... Varumba, a friend from Text Twist chat, and facebook invited me here.

10:41 pm

Naw, herin, not to me. I just get embarassed for some of them.

10:41 pm

Naw, herin, not to me. I just get embarassed for some of them.

10:41 pm

Naw, herin, not to me. I just get embarassed for some of them.

10:41 pm

Naw, herin, not to me. I just get embarassed for some of them.

10:41 pm

Naw, herin, not to me. I just get embarassed for some of them.

10:41 pm

Naw, herin, not to me. I just get embarassed for some of them.

10:41 pm

Naw, herin, not to me. I just get embarassed for some of them.

10:41 pm

Naw, herin, not to me. I just get embarassed for some of them.

10:41 pm

Naw, herin, not to me. I just get embarassed for some of them.

10:41 pm

Naw, herin, not to me. I just get embarassed for some of them.

Last 16 is pulling teeth

10:41 pm

AAAAWWWW shucks.

10:42 pm

nice ga....hogging the chog...lol *winks*

I am one of the embarising ones at times. I like to change feet in my mouth often

LOL.... what happened, peach ?

stupid instant coffee from yesterday is making my stomach owies and yuck coffee b.f bought is not helping

10:42 pm

herin, I've never know you to say anything embarassing.

10:43 pm

herin...one of my cats is out here loudly protesting his 4 hour confinement....lol

You obviously have missed it

Awww Jilly Were is he?

foot in mouth is a "human" affliction... we all do it at times :-)

10:43 pm

Oh, diane, it was last week...not to me personally.

10:44 pm

oh so true diane!!

I meant... what happened to the chat.... all those messages ... how did you manage that ?? LOL

10:45 pm

@herin: he's making typing on laptop very difficult...lol

I need better coffee

Awww Jilly

10:47 pm

One of our adoptees had a home b4 us, the other one we don't think ever lived in a house...not feral but probably a barn cat....he's had the biggest adjustment and was the one complaining a minute ago

10:48 pm

I'm just delighted to know you all. You are the most caring, helpful group of people I've ever known. I tell my friends about BABBLERS. I just don't like uncouth expressions to us...in general. Maybe it won't happen again.

Cute kittys Jill

10:50 pm

Oh, diane, I typed the message in and hit enter and it wouldn't go anywhere so, tapped the enter key.

10:50 pm

ga...was I on that night? I love all my babblers

10:53 pm

Hi Everybody. Just starting the grid instead of going to bed; this probably won't be my best week if I keep missing sleep...

HI Neef

What the heck is the 8 please

10:54 pm

hi Heron! ;-) (herin)

10:54 pm

my8/65

10:54 pm

Jillyjill, I can't remember. It probably happened after you had gone to bed. Not to worry, m' dear.

10:54 pm

varied/multiple foot

Thanks

10:55 pm

There was someone one night who had a rather vulgar name...nothing happened before I went to bed

ma + ***ta ( spanish rope ) + pea container

kill me I think i am getting sick

or ma + tia ma*** ( liquer ) + pea container

10:57 pm

herin, is there anyone there with you?

10:57 pm

no diane...what's up?

Nope just the kitties. I am fine

10:57 pm

whoops, I mean herin!!

10:57 pm

How do you feel sick?

I was wondering what I'd said LOL

I just have that whole erk feeling

10:58 pm

rofl

10:58 pm

not to herin!! to diane

10:58 pm

is that the technical term herin? So, made me laugh. hi all...just diving in myself. insane as I need to be sleeping.

10:59 pm

Could it be like something you ingested?

Yep Circe.

10:59 pm

I can relate to erk, actually. bummer and ss u feel that way.

chat is so funny.... especially when it's moving quickly....! Sequence can get tricky !!

11:00 pm

well circe...I am off to bed...niters all!!

I believe the coffee yesterday is to blame. Circe it is also the techniqual term ''it's f**ked applies'' when you can't repair something.

NIght Jilly

11:00 pm

nite jilly!

11:01 pm

yes, yes, I can see that.. I'm sure I'll be using that tomorrow at work, sigh

My friend uses that as a term at his work all the time

11:02 pm

Popped in to see who is around - hi all.

11:02 pm

Be well, Jillyjill. Sweet dreams.

11:02 pm

Hi there, jhb

11:02 pm

seeing as how I'm an accountant, and well, its month end....not sure they will all be so happy to hear that. .... hi jhb

11:03 pm

brb...dogs are demanding that I see about them.

Snort Circe I can see that now.

HI JHB

11:03 pm

:)

I have not heard of half of these words

I'm shutting down for the day as well... it's been a long one. Have fun everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow. ( it's a given !.... can't stay away!! )

Night Diana

11:06 pm

nite

I play the piano regularly at several nursing homes, and tomorrow is one of the days..singalong, exercises and worship ( I love it! )

YAH Diane that sounds fun

nite friends z z z z z z z

11:10 pm

Sweet dreams, diane.

11:17 pm

hey all. down to 16 and trying to find one more M... I have three mi three mo and two my words. what am I missing?

Hi Stid

11:18 pm

hey lady! (((hugs))) wasn't sure you were still here

I am one more left then I am going to go play games or climb into bed

11:19 pm

sounds like a plan.

and done.

11:20 pm

YAY lady!!!

11:20 pm

four mi words stid

Ok I am going to love you and leave you all

11:20 pm

thanks circe *thinking*

11:20 pm

sweet dreams lady

11:20 pm

nite herin

11:20 pm

are they all mi 4?

11:22 pm

yes

Bye

11:22 pm

okay, great. *thinking more*

11:23 pm

got it!

11:23 pm

yeah

11:25 pm

TEN to go, left two columns grey

11:26 pm

back (again)

11:26 pm

13 to go here...

11:26 pm

go circe go!

11:26 pm

(stid...see icon...it's Koda the Bumble Beagle)

11:26 pm

(I can help clue if needed)

11:26 pm

how was koda's trick or treating, pini?

11:26 pm

that is TOOOOOO CUUUUUUTE!

11:27 pm

he did well...we walked for about an hour...got rid of 3# of candy ;)

11:27 pm

Back again -- still have 59 to find ... but yesterday(?) I signed on at 9"30, and foud a gazillion words before the flip, so???

11:27 pm

go for it, chris ;)

11:27 pm

need another T from the bottom row, have the "neat" ti 4.

11:27 pm

wow Christine, you CAN do it!

11:27 pm

ti5 = shy

11:27 pm

A bumblebee? even cuter than the Samurai costume.

11:28 pm

Bumble Beagle to precise! :)

11:28 pm

* to be

11:28 pm

If I try again, will it accept beyond and mountain?

11:28 pm

oops, that's the other T pini -- need another for the one next to the C please?

11:29 pm

tu5

11:29 pm

sure Christine *wink* just keep trying the same keystrokes... that's what works for me.

11:29 pm

tu5 = tu + 'what' in spanish?

11:29 pm

okay... *thinking*

11:29 pm

tu5 is a woolly hat worn by Canadians.

11:29 pm

oh gee. like the to5! thanks

11:30 pm

one more P needed. I have 6 PA and 4 PO

11:30 pm

jhb, are you still here?

11:30 pm

pa x 7

11:31 pm

thanks pini. I have pa 5,7,6,5,4,5 Missing?

11:31 pm

pa 4 5 7 6 5 4 5

11:31 pm

oh gee, it was a PA 4 thanks!

11:32 pm

;)

11:33 pm

I have OD 4, OI 5 and OM 4 -- what O am I missing?

11:33 pm

oy4

11:33 pm

yep. thanks again big sis!

11:33 pm

FIVE to go!!!

11:33 pm

np

11:34 pm

git'r dun

11:36 pm

Pinikula, did you and the pup give away candy, instead of collecting it?

11:36 pm

need another D from the right -- have a woodworking term, a yankee da 5, a mild cuss word, and without a da4... what do I need?

11:36 pm

that's right, Chris...we went Reverse Trick-or-Treating (it was our 3rd year)

11:37 pm

da6 at the end, stid

11:37 pm

Love it

11:37 pm

thanks pini

11:37 pm

we actually ran into someone who remembered us from last year!

11:37 pm

yep. easy as pie

11:38 pm

down to TWO

11:40 pm

only two du and one dy?

11:40 pm

du x 4

11:40 pm

du 4 4 4 5

11:40 pm

aha! NOW we are getting somewhere! *stepping into a trashcan and getting stuck*

11:41 pm

ONE!!! *crashing backwards through the railing that separates the dining room from the sitting area*

11:42 pm

* moving out of the way of the tornado *

11:42 pm

FIRWEEEDS!!!!!!!

11:42 pm

how are you coming along, chris?

11:42 pm

wtg stid :)

11:42 pm

*flailing wildly and creating a mini windstorm that blows out the winders*

11:42 pm

oh! pini! we harvested out potato crop today!!!

11:43 pm

nice, stid...potato salad for days? weeks?

11:43 pm

I will load it and put it up on my website. I am SO PROUD of our HUGE *wink* crop.... all three pounds or so!

11:43 pm

brb

11:44 pm

* giggle * 3#, eh?

11:45 pm

Ooooooh, Chris...deep in the grid???

11:48 pm

that's a lot of Pot.. is it legal in oregon stid?

11:49 pm

* snicker *

11:49 pm

w5i

11:49 pm

wonder if it's legal in WA, ru (that's where stid is)

11:49 pm

stid mama is changing her name to stonedmama

11:49 pm

PS...check out Koda's costume ;)

11:50 pm

oh

11:50 pm

okay, it's up at stidmama.com

11:50 pm

going to look, stid ;)

11:50 pm

POTatoes are in the picture... *thinking smoked potatoes might actually be a good idea*

11:51 pm

cute, stid...a nice little collection ;)

11:51 pm

yeah.. especially if you are going to be baked stid

11:52 pm

thanks pini *sticking tongue out at ruru and ignoring him* there'll be nae bannock nae praties for you!

11:52 pm

Sorry Pinikula, I didn't realise yiu were speaking to me -- no-one calls me Chris. I gaveup on this grid, and I was reading & getting my salad, ready for the flip.

11:53 pm

*lol*

11:53 pm

sorry ... "christine" :)

11:53 pm

anyway... must iron some slacks for the week, and get ready for tomorrow. It's raining again, and I am NOT looking forward to my 5 am wake-up calls.

11:53 pm

****candy corn and hugs for all**** be well, everyone! *poof*

11:53 pm

take care, stid ;)

11:53 pm

5 am? ugh

11:54 pm

Thank you, Dearie.

11:54 pm

Your clock has a 5 on the morning side of the dial??

11:55 pm

I don't think mine does!

11:56 pm

I'd get rid of that clock, if I had one like that.

11:56 pm

I have an internal clock

11:57 pm

sadly, I do, too...too bad it doesn't sleep in on the weekends :(

11:57 pm

I wish I could sleep in

11:57 pm

Is that what wakens you after two hours?

11:58 pm

I get 4-5 hours of sleep daily

11:58 pm

I get about 6

11:58 pm

fliperroo time

11:59 pm

I am guessing 231

11:59 pm

almost

11:59 pm

162

11:59 pm

hmm

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