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272 total words

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip 272 words

12:00 am

flip a bit bigger than I'd hoped

12:00 am

Flip-a-dee-doo-dah, Flip-a-dee-ay....

12:00 am

send

12:00 am

di /8

12:01 am

wow, off to a great start

12:01 am

di 7 x 2

12:01 am

that was di 7/8

12:01 am

*flippification* ooh, large grid...

12:02 am

re 6

Clues are up

12:02 am

ta7

12:02 am

Well, in that case -- I'll stay. Thank you, Lickety!!

12:03 am

Flosey? Messenger, please.

12:03 am

Thanks, Lickety

12:03 am

st7

12:03 am

gn6/24

12:03 am

na7

12:04 am

late flip again and no time just now -- see y'all later

12:04 am

sa 7/8

12:04 am

Jill, messenger please?

12:04 am

na7 x 2

12:04 am

Damn. It's important.

12:05 am

to6

12:05 am

here am I, again...

12:06 am

ae8+9

12:08 am

woo hoo found the ae8/9!

12:08 am

la 6/7

12:08 am

hi all. flip.. oh. kinda big

12:09 am

hello

12:09 am

hi mlf

12:09 am

and m9

12:09 am

hi flosey

12:09 am

hi mlf, m9 :o)

12:09 am

was NA 7 called?

12:09 am

hi dfm

12:09 am

hi flosey

12:09 am

yes mlf

12:10 am

na7 x 2

12:10 am

ta7/28

12:10 am

how bout si7?

12:10 am

as 7

12:10 am

andthe TA 7?

12:10 am

Flosy? m9? Messenger, please.

12:10 am

ne7

12:10 am

yes at least one of them idk if theres another

12:11 am

hi all

12:11 am

m9 must be the one i just got lol ty

12:12 am

sorry jc, unable to, am working away from home on son-in-law's computer

12:13 am

Flosey? M9? can you jump to messenger for a moment, plz?

12:13 am

ae7/8 too

12:13 am

Well I have important news, Flo.

12:13 am

sorry, flosey...

12:13 am

I'll be in touch when I get home Tuesday

12:13 am

actual nbt :o) yay (+nbs)

12:14 am

hello everyone :)

12:14 am

halfway

12:14 am

LA 7?

12:14 am

Might be too late.

12:14 am

Hopefully not...

12:14 am

sorry, nothing I can do

12:14 am

FIRST E stats please?

12:14 am

hi nan :o)

12:14 am

OK.

12:15 am

es4/4, don't know the other

12:15 am

ack. and I'm on laptop..

12:15 am

sa8 (mighta been called? I blinked)

12:15 am

as8

12:15 am

just a sec.. I'll see i can get kid off other puter..

12:15 am

You have another computer?

12:15 am

thanks dmf

12:15 am

Ah, OK.

12:15 am

MSN, if you can please?

12:15 am

es4/4, es5/10.

12:16 am

ay NBT! 26 for 20

12:16 am

bye

12:16 am

hi/bye diem..

12:17 am

or7

12:17 am

la7

12:18 am

or8

12:18 am

or8

12:18 am

ruru la 7 was called unless we have more then one

12:18 am

or7 x 2

12:18 am

anyone call di7/8?

12:19 am

di7/8 too XoP

12:19 am

well, di7/8 two.

12:19 am

4th column A stats please?

12:19 am

long time ago cos

12:19 am

there's di7 x 2

12:19 am

stats for last column S?

12:20 am

sa5/10

12:20 am

ty!

12:20 am

phantom disaster...

12:20 am

4th column A for me and MLF please? :)

12:21 am

sa7

12:21 am

sa5 cos a pl

12:21 am

cos do you have the one i asked for by any chance?

12:21 am

i need that one too MLF

12:21 am

only found one for fourth column A: al4/4

12:21 am

sorry cos lol

12:21 am

as4/4

12:21 am

ty dfm

12:21 am

one h a4 to stop

12:22 am

cos/mlf - the as8 is from there

12:22 am

i dont have that as8 but i got the al4..

12:22 am

got the 4/4

12:22 am

ditto cos

12:22 am

sa7 X 2

12:23 am

now i neeed that R in 5th column.. i hate when they have two letters next to each other

12:23 am

I love it -- that means it must incorporate that other R :o)

12:23 am

ro6/18 at least

12:23 am

i normally like it but not for nbt lol

12:24 am

I like it for nbt. not otherwise :oP

12:24 am

ditto cos i kee[ find words for that R instead fo the same one you need

12:24 am

ta7 x 2

12:24 am

exactly mlf and i want my word count to be low for nbt :)

12:24 am

ri5 & 6

12:25 am

trying to beat mine cos?

12:25 am

not finding the right column s

12:25 am

ST 7

12:25 am

oh uve already won pav :)

12:25 am

im at 28 words now ughhh

12:25 am

me either flosey

12:25 am

i am at 42

12:26 am

I've got the three from the corner R

12:26 am

sa 5/10 MLF and flosey

12:26 am

its a plural

12:26 am

stats for all 3 pav? :)

12:26 am

thanks cos, looking

12:26 am

i got it

12:27 am

ro6 ri5/6...all use the other R

12:27 am

sa8 x 2

12:27 am

pav can you give me the stats for the top right R please?

12:27 am

just did

12:27 am

OOOH got it

12:27 am

ri5/10+6/18, ro6/18

12:27 am

NBT/NBS, 30 words

12:28 am

or for more info, see dfm...

12:28 am

yay cos!

12:28 am

that was a biggg fish :)

12:28 am

200

12:28 am

Did someome call sa4, 7, 8, 5

12:28 am

re6+8

12:29 am

I am still getting words for the OTHER r next to it

12:29 am

the R next to it is the last letter, then plural it for the 6

12:29 am

i got one

12:29 am

wow ruru! do you have somewhere to go?

12:29 am

re9

late flip hi all

12:30 am

hi dee!

12:30 am

i have nbt

12:30 am

hi volley

12:30 am

wtg mLF!

12:30 am

thansk dfm

hugs pav, dart; hi cos, mlf; df... flosey if she's here;jili

12:31 am

di9, 9s blacked :o)

12:31 am

phantom: angst

12:31 am

i almost tried that one a whle ago PAV

12:31 am

hugs dee

12:32 am

my 20 lb cat is running amok , it feels like an earthquake

12:32 am

Could I have stats for the upper left E, please?

12:32 am

have one sa5/10 - must be another

12:33 am

es 4/4 Jell

12:33 am

es 4

12:33 am

Can I have st5 for the G please?

12:33 am

Upper left E is e4/4, 5/10

12:33 am

did we get a list yet?

12:33 am

ooh, also, PB jellen :oP

12:33 am

GN 4

12:33 am

yes mlf lickety said he put it up

12:33 am

have the 4+5, missing one

12:34 am

thanks cos i was late coming in

12:34 am

Thanks, cos and mlf, and pb for me!

12:34 am

hello dee!

12:34 am

NBT

12:34 am

nbt, btw...

12:34 am

wtg pinky and jellen

hi pini jell

12:34 am

what are the #'s for the single s in the corner by the x?

12:35 am

sa5/10 pl. sa4/4

12:35 am

sa5

hi ru

12:35 am

ok i found the di7 .. but i dont see how thats possible inthe grid

12:35 am

hi dee

12:35 am

ok never mind i see now

12:35 am

i have di7 x 3 cosdem

12:36 am

and di8 x 2 (as well as the di9)

12:36 am

dfm, you are on fire tonight!

12:36 am

which di7? :oP

12:36 am

i have 2

12:36 am

i cant say i dont wanna clue it for anyone unless they ask lol

gn 6

12:37 am

yeah, my hand is burney from holding my tablet. >.<

12:37 am

TMI :P

12:37 am

plus, st5 help a lot ^.^

12:37 am

:oO don't know how I missed that gn6... >.>

12:37 am

at7 (may have been called?)

12:38 am

we all should go in the pb lol

12:38 am

lol mlf

12:38 am

hehe... my script helps keep me out of the PB now...

12:39 am

first column done! :oD

12:39 am

well dfm you were inbetween a rock and a hard place

12:39 am

gn6 is a strange word

12:40 am

okay i have nbt and my usual 66 i am out poof

12:40 am

gn6 is a nice word!

12:40 am

bye mlf :o)

12:41 am

question: the Ds in the leftmost column all start with di?

12:41 am

okay, I have to mention: I love Dvorak... especially playing Babble and making typos...

12:41 am

yes, all dis

12:41 am

ty

12:42 am

was it hard to convert to dvorak or did you start with it?

12:42 am

it was hard... still getting used to it...

12:42 am

but you like it better?

12:42 am

esp. because I'm also learning LH-Dvorak.

12:42 am

(oh, and hi all...)

12:43 am

yeah, except I still need my cheat sheet for the punction associated with the numbers... (I don't use the Windows Dvorak, it sucks.)

12:43 am

re9

12:43 am

didn't know there was a LH and RH version!

12:43 am

thx ru ;)

12:43 am

G

12:43 am

G'night, all...

12:43 am

*punctuation LH and RH are one-handed versions... I tend to type one-handed a lot (the other hand holding a book I'm reading...)

12:43 am

night jellen

12:44 am

night jellen

12:44 am

* looking *

12:44 am

g'night jellen :o)

12:44 am

ok 50 words down. im out. gn all

so far I have di 7 x 2; di 8 x 2; di 9...

12:44 am

night cos

12:44 am

interesing, dfm...a multi-tasker

12:44 am

2 di6?

12:44 am

most would use a book stand or something...

12:45 am

maybe the pb for you pini?

12:45 am

oh no, the bookstand is for my other book... ;o)

12:45 am

well shoot...what'd I say?

12:45 am

(joking, I don't have a book stand.)

12:46 am

I see it now, ru...didn't have those! THX!

12:46 am

(grumble)

12:46 am

oops, script didn't catch my PB :o( (that's because I hadn't found it yet!)

di 7 x 3...

12:46 am

*spanks pini on the way to the PB*

12:47 am

* ouch *

12:47 am

ta 7 (new one)

12:47 am

o.0 1.la4/4 is a word?

12:47 am

ta X 3 now

12:48 am

la4 row blackened

12:48 am

erm. fifth row blackened. that's a bit better...

12:50 am

ts6

12:50 am

ts6 x 2

da 6 and da 7

12:51 am

ts8

12:51 am

(thanks for the other ruru :o) )

12:54 am

thanks for the ts8

12:55 am

sires

12:55 am

*heads to the PB to join pini*

12:55 am

;)

12:55 am

* not saying a word *

12:55 am

got that one already, but thanks :oP

12:55 am

*wanna play scrabble pini?*

12:56 am

I would, but I think I'm going to head out shortly...

12:56 am

waaaa! everyone is having fun in the PB and I'm stuck outside...

12:56 am

160 down and nbt -- enough for me after a party night -- see you tomorrow :)

as 8 x 2

12:57 am

pav, you can take my place...I should be going...

12:57 am

well done, nan...

12:57 am

and I'm only at 91 found...

12:57 am

I have 140/132, NBT, and NBS...and fading, too...

12:57 am

ru, I'll take a raincheck...night all ;)

12:58 am

night Pini...

12:59 am

not seeing those as 8's dee

as 8/45 past tense of as 6 to evaluate something or a situation

12:59 am

got one

as 8/40 person who does as 6/18 diff spelling... ends like an old radio...

1:00 am

fourth row blackened

1:01 am

okay.. got boths.

wtg

1:01 am

just a few more 8's

I only have one 9 di...

1:02 am

at 7

1:02 am

ae9 dee

1:02 am

dee need st5 for the other two?

ty

1:02 am

ok, >100 time for bed...will finish in the morn

1:04 am

re9

1:04 am

can you clue the di 9?

1:05 am

di9 (property law)

do you have se 6/18? and se 7/28?

1:06 am

erm. di9 (property law) to deprive of property

di 9/60... put the 3 letter prefex ... di... at the beginning...

1:07 am

no.. I don't have the se 6

start with vowel se 5/10 to take by force ... alt spelling in US... we usually use a z

1:10 am

I think it's not-a-z usu. in law, not by country ;o)

df I think you are correct...

1:12 am

lost me

1:13 am

ugh so many words with S... >.< trying to blank second column but so far found only more new words for the other two :o(

1:13 am

got it

help with the re 9?

1:13 am

thank you

1:14 am

re9 more durable

1:14 am

durable to weather

1:14 am

or rust

ty got it!

still short 5 eights, but the 9's are kaput

1:14 am

I'm short five 8s too

1:14 am

<-- was proud of himself for finding that 9 on his own

wtg ru!

1:15 am

I am short 4 8's

1:16 am

heh, I was talking about di9 earlier with someone... reading a book about the ae9... but found the re9 without any environmental hints :o)

1:16 am

well, not really *about* except that it mentioned the word... twice...

nbt btw

1:19 am

Back. Sorry for earlier - hello, ruru and Dee, etc.

1:19 am

fireworks

1:19 am

hi JC wow dart

woweee wtg dart! hi jc

1:20 am

congrats, dart :o)

1:20 am

listed for the last 25....didnt get the long weekend..normals hours and a long day tomorrow

well done!

1:21 am

darn.. take a day off from the grid dart

1:21 am

waiting for you to ruru

1:21 am

aww, poor dart

1:22 am

Hi, dart...

1:22 am

hey jc

1:22 am

maybe take a couple off dart now that I think about it

1:23 am

What a sweet little kitten, dart - how old now?

1:23 am

it's my relaxation ruru...can't lol

or 7

1:23 am

she's almost a year now

1:23 am

or8 too dee

ty ru... or 7 x 2

1:27 am

gonna run..nite all

1:27 am

nite dart

1:27 am

I should shove off too.. my eyes are burning.

1:27 am

bye ruru...pooof

1:28 am

Good night, dart and ruru - unless i've missed you?

1:30 am

night, dart and ruru :o)

1:32 am

aarrggh all the words I'm finding are going to the wrong S... :o(

awww

1:36 am

Hello everyone

hi

1:37 am

hi lyn :o)

ae 8 x 2

1:46 am

six tiles left... gonna finish tomorrow. g'night all :o)

gn df

1:46 am

nite dfm, sleep tight

1:53 am

nice grid - BBL for more

1:59 am

I'm afraid I'll probably have to skip this one -- haven't had any time since the flip, and tomorrow will be really busy -- Grey Cup party and such.

2:00 am

And now it's bedtime -- so hi and bye, my babble buddies, have fun!

hi all just a quick look then back to bed for me

2:49 am

hi Barb, I'm about ready to give up for the night

I fell asleep really early and now I am awake...but need to go back to bed. Nice to see you flosey

2:52 am

nice to see you Barb, have a good sleep

you too

3:33 am

good morning! nice, big , snowy Sunday grid!

3:34 am

Morning ruby it is a good juicy grid for a Sunday isn't it.

3:34 am

Much snow?

3:35 am

about 6 inches but very cold

3:35 am

def need the chapka today!

3:35 am

how are you, FM?

3:35 am

and is anybody else still here? Have all the US nite owls gone to bed?

3:35 am

warm and cozy here and thankfully snow free.

3:36 am

COOOOEEEE

3:36 am

I think they are all hibernating.

3:36 am

yay Evening lynxxx :)

3:36 am

our house is not warm so I just wear layers and layers, look like the Michelin man

3:36 am

{{lynxx}}

3:36 am

hello

3:37 am

he crystalle

3:37 am

from the cold to the warm - what temps have you got lynxxx? Hi crystalle.

3:37 am

lynxx is probably basking in the sunshine!

3:37 am

Its been raining the last couple of days - going to clear up to moderate temps this week

3:38 am

hi Crystalle

3:38 am

it is hot here.....Western australia hi lynn

3:38 am

rain is good for the garden.

3:39 am

Hot, now there is a lovely word :)

3:39 am

and, I think, for Australia in general. That awful drought of several years seems to be over if the chog is any indication.....

3:39 am

Our lawns and nature strips look like emerald green velvet - such a change from recent years

3:40 am

you were due a break after such a lack of water.

3:40 am

The West is not as good yet - hear some farmers are sending their stock away for grazing

3:41 am

or using that Babble word - to agist

3:41 am

lol

3:41 am

yes the drought is still bad here

3:41 am

yes the drought is still bad here farmers are struggling

3:42 am

where abouts in the west are you crystalle?

3:42 am

do you have water restrictions in town Crystalle?

3:43 am

im in perth

3:43 am

ah OK.

3:43 am

yes we have water restrictions we have 2 watering days per week and eeven bore water has restrictions

3:44 am

we also had the same restrictions all winter

3:45 am

That sounds pretty serious. Thinking of Aussie babblers, haven't seen Sandyloo for quite a while now, hope all is well with her.

3:45 am

Yes we have just recently come out of 3 years of water restrictions - still some in force - which will probably never go

3:46 am

Sandy might have started building the new house perhaps

3:46 am

The ts6/18 and 8/40 would be a word that would be appropiate to this conversation.

3:47 am

Morelikely has PC problems again.

3:47 am

yes, I miss her!

3:47 am

psst 2 ts6.18

3:48 am

I thought that ts6 was Yiddish!

3:48 am

trouble and strife aka wife

3:48 am

the ts6 I have is Yiddish but didn't know there was a 2nd ts6

3:49 am

hahah

3:49 am

change the last vowel

3:49 am

and a ts 8

3:49 am

ty for the ts clues!

3:50 am

i hate ts words lol

3:50 am

ah thanks lynxxx

3:50 am

Hi diz

3:50 am

hi Diz

3:50 am

Hey FM and all!!!

3:51 am

I guess there are so many ts's because it's a translitieration!

3:51 am

hiya dizgrannia

3:52 am

Sheesh some parts of the UK have had up to 16" of snow and it got as low as -17 in Wales. All very unusual for this time of year. Just been listening to the weatherforecast if you hadn't guessed.

3:53 am

that is amazing weather for the UK; I guess I shouldn't complain

3:53 am

got your wellies out?

3:53 am

how lovely a white christmas!!! i would love a snow filled christmas day!!!!

3:53 am

No need for me, so far .... but they and the thick socks are on standby :)

3:54 am

uh oh, thumper is out and about! see you later

3:54 am

lol bye ruby.

3:54 am

and she's not talking rabbits

3:55 am

If he was a rabbit she would probably put him in a stew (sorry Scrabs)

3:58 am

Heading back into the grid with (hopefully) fresh eyes.

3:58 am

stew, rabbits - getting a bit close to home!

3:58 am

back, he was just building fires! hahah

3:58 am

he'd be one tough old stew!!!

3:59 am

I've got down to 100 but the words suddenly seem harder to find

3:59 am

sorry lynxxx didn't think about the connections there.

4:00 am

sosrry lynxx, {{your stew}}

4:02 am

did everybody get the nifty gn6? rare for me to find such a word

4:03 am

I did!

4:04 am

yay lynxx

4:04 am

ruby that is the g I am missing :(

4:05 am

gn + sounds like what might be on the driveway

4:05 am

wow - are you up to G already

4:05 am

unfortunately, I do this at random -- all over the place, which is why I rarely finish

4:06 am

'FIREWORDS'

4:06 am

'FIREWORDS'

4:06 am

congrats grannie!!

4:06 am

me too - but I was talking to FM who works backwards

4:06 am

rias

4:07 am

Congrats DizG

4:07 am

Congrats diz!

4:07 am

sorry! coffee in the pb?

4:07 am

oopsie. last word was 'oh I do like to be beside the SE7'

4:07 am

lol thanks for that one diz.

4:07 am

TY DizG

4:09 am

LOL YW

4:09 am

looking for it, duh!

4:09 am

anyone seen Sprite lately?

4:10 am

mm good point, possibly a couple of days ago.

4:10 am

OK, got the se7! ty diz

4:12 am

just realised there are 41 x 7's!

4:12 am

you are making that up! raofl

4:13 am

nightie nite all...xxx

4:13 am

{{diz}}

4:13 am

*picks ruby up off the floor and pours her a brandy* Byeeee diz.

4:13 am

night Diz

4:14 am

could use one. will drink a hot toddy before lucnh to warm up fingers and toes.

4:15 am

Going to take a break for a while, catch you guys later.

4:15 am

bye FM

4:20 am

does anyone have a clue for as8/40

4:21 am

{{FM}}, stay warm and be careful of the ai**

4:22 am

ei**

4:23 am

got it! as8 - estemated the valued of

4:23 am

as8.40 the person who helped

4:23 am

whoops, no, that was as8/45 :(

4:24 am

ty smart lynxx!!!

4:25 am

too bad as**nine isn't in it --> ruby!

4:27 am

Might take a break too - bye for now

4:27 am

me, too, bye for now

4:37 am

Hello, all.

4:47 am

hi Christine

4:48 am

Oh, hi -- I thought I was the only one here. It seems I signed in just as everyone left.

4:50 am

I don't know if you will remember a conversation we had about importing fabric. But I did end up getting upholstery fabric from the US - 15 yards - and it only cost about US$65 to get it to Aust....very happy

4:56 am

Wow that sounds like a real bargain. What will you do withit, where did you buy it, what pattern/color is it

4:59 am

Reupholster (not me!) 2 clubs chairs. Site is Glamorous fabrics. Butterscotch background, bone & brown geometric pattern on top. Wait for it US$13.50 per yard.!! They have markdown s quite regularly

5:00 am

Just realised - 15yds for$65. is only $4plus per yard, and that doesn't include shipping. That really was a great deal.

5:03 am

No - $65 for the shipping - $202 for the fabric ...but as its original price is something like $150 per yard - cheap!

5:04 am

OMGosh - I was about to re-cover everything in the house.

5:07 am

BBL

6:08 am

testing?

6:08 am

nastier

6:08 am

Hello Hoot. :-)

6:09 am

hi Soodle - just realized it's been an hour since I last saw anyone

6:09 am

I assume that was a slip of the fingers, rather than a description of me....?

6:10 am

That was me forgetting where I was!LOL!

6:10 am

LOL. Yup, the chat is remarkably quiet. Must be all recovering from Thanksgiving.

6:11 am

yup

6:11 am

I'm not finding this grid one bit easy.

6:12 am

anytime I go to bed and haven't reached 1/2 way - I know it's a problem. This is my second round and still haven't gotten to halfway

6:13 am

I gave in with 83 to go, and listed.

6:14 am

Hello, again

6:14 am

I'll list when I'm thru the whole grid. Haven't touched the a, l &d and just started the n's

6:14 am

Hi Christine. :-)

6:15 am

hi Chris

6:15 am

I'm kicking myself for listing.... I missed some pretty obvious ones....

6:16 am

Oh don't - especially when there are so many of the same letters - your brain can't sort them out

6:17 am

a rest usually brings peace.

6:17 am

Thank you Hoot! I feel better now :-)

6:18 am

and I find that the obvious ones are missed because our brains recognises them and then dismisses them as found

6:19 am

and I won't mention the ones babble throws away when you turn your back....

6:19 am

glad to help :D

6:20 am

I know...thats always happening to me. I could have SWORN I put in a word.... and it vanishes!

6:20 am

hoot, you are doing a wonderful job as6/18ing the situation

6:20 am

Hi LittleBit

6:20 am

hey soodle

6:20 am

why thank you! hi littlebit

6:21 am

hey hoot, your welcome!

6:25 am

and i'm off for now...bbl. happy babbling all!

6:25 am

That sneaky little E in the top left-hand corner has caught me out more than once....

6:26 am

Bye Littlebit.

6:27 am

Soodlebum, do you find Babble removes words from your list, and when you try to re-enter them it tells you you've already entered the words -- they're no longer on your list, but you can't re-enter them ... aaaarrrggghhh

6:27 am

byr littlebit - was off reading your prfile

6:28 am

I do, Christine. Its very aggravating. I start wondering if I'm going bonkers!

6:29 am

oh finally I'm convincing people I'm not crazy! I usually have them accepted and then when I go back - it;s gone!

6:30 am

Perhaps we can get a group rate on a home for the Babble-ized, when Babble finally pushes over the edge -- a restful plaace, making baskets & petting tabby cats.

6:30 am

love it!

6:30 am

**pushes us

6:30 am

And Cabana boys...... lots of cabana boys!

6:30 am

Well naturally

6:31 am

pure heaven but BF objects to cabana boys

6:32 am

And on that note, I must depart. Bye everybody, have a lovely day. Poof

6:33 am

bye Soodle

6:33 am

And I must back to the grid!

6:34 am

If he's not Babble-ized, he won't qua;ify for the resthome, and won't know who's fetching reeds and cats for you.

6:35 am

But I can't leave him behind

6:35 am

so I guess I can't go myself

6:36 am

Can I hide him in a closet ya think???

6:40 am

Bring him along, we'll get him some magazines.

6:43 am

You should see the look I got when I read him that! If looks could kill.... We laugh alot

6:47 am

Good morning!

6:49 am

Morning Brookie

6:49 am

Hi hootowl!

6:50 am

Oh just hoot - we're not formal here :D

6:51 am

LOL. Hoot it is.

6:55 am

Except I don't like the name Chris. I've always liked my name ( except when I was 12 and decided to become a nun - Sister Monica !!).

6:55 am

All the "Chris" names sound nice to me. I didn't like my name for the longest time because it rhymed with "uk".

6:56 am

My son-in-law is named Christopher, and his Mum and I are the only ones that don't call him Chris.

6:58 am

Ha! does the fact that I don't use my real name give you a clue? So your real name is Monica?

6:58 am

too many Cris's would tend to confuse I'd think...

6:59 am

ohoh - I'm getting to the bad, bad typing stage!

6:59 am

No, I thought that'd be a good nun-name.

6:59 am

aaah - I see...I think

6:59 am

Sister Monica is a good name.

7:00 am

it does flow

7:02 am

brb - need list

7:22 am

morning all

7:25 am

Morning Dan.

7:29 am

Hi Dan! Hi Molly!

7:29 am

Mornin' Brooke

7:32 am

morning all, s in right colum and e in upper left are giving me trouble

7:32 am

Me too Peri.

7:33 am

Good morning, peri! No clue on that e, either.

7:33 am

got the s, sodium for use at the table but pl

7:33 am

s in right column, plural of another sa word

morning babblers

7:34 am

Hi nono! Hi bichon!

7:34 am

got one of the e words, spelling of a letter of the alphabet, pl

the e is pl cons. sound

7:34 am

nbt

7:34 am

Thanks for that clue!

7:34 am

Hi all. Good morning

wtg peri

7:36 am

Thanks for the s peri, and a big DUH to me for not seeing that. I had the e you mentioned. Still hunting and pecking for the other.

7:37 am

yw Molly

7:37 am

Oops, the e you and Nono mentioned.

7:37 am

Morning Bich.

molly they are both sort of the same one a 5 letter

7:41 am

I don't get it Nono. I have the plural consonant, that is five letters. The other is the same?

the other is 4 letters molly

7:42 am

so it is, thanks NoNo

yw

7:45 am

Got it, thanks Nono

7:46 am

By the way Nono, I student directed a production of No No Nanette in high school. Every time I see you about, I start singing the score in my head. : D

molly the story behind my nick goes something like that :)

my college nick was nono, so thats what I started using on line. Some one that I use to chat with said it always reminded her of that musical so I became NonoNanette

7:49 am

It's kind of an obscure musical. I'm always amazed when I discover other people who know of it.

I remember seeing it when I was a kid, my Aunt took me to see it on Broadway

7:54 am

bl

8:10 am

I'm totally babbled on the as 8/45. Anyone?

8:12 am

Good morning everyone

it is a past tense bichon

hi ((Mom))

8:12 am

((Nono)) good morning

8:12 am

doh, ty NONo

8:15 am

oh how I dislike AE words

mom they all work of the ae4 today

8:18 am

thanks nono, I did find 3 of the them

8:18 am

I do too, but there's More Words

make sure you do pl of both the longer ones

8:18 am

Hi Bichon, might hit that up if all else fails

8:19 am

Solidarity Mom. I'm no fan of ae words either. Especially long ones.

8:19 am

((Molly)) good morning. Solidarity!

8:20 am

My second least favorite are e words and there are 15 of them today. Aaaarrrggghh.

8:21 am

oh geez, there are :-(

8:22 am

By the way all, Cos is going to be very put out that Santa is not found in the dictionary.

8:22 am

lol Molly, yes he will

its a proper name Molly

8:23 am

satan isn't in the dictionary either

8:23 am

Technically yes, but when you use it in a sentence that speaks of department store Santas it almost makes it a common noun as well.

8:24 am

I've always found it creepy that if you shuffle the letters in Santa you get Satan.

i know mom, I am forever trying satan over and over again whenever it is in a grid

8:24 am

:)

good morning, everyone. I see babblelonia is back to normal.

8:24 am

oh geez and 30 A words.

8:25 am

Hi ((TO)) how are you feeling?

morning TO when was it not normal?

8:25 am

But I do like that if you shuffle the letters in scared you get sacred. Nice balance.

8:25 am

indeed Molly

last night. troll attack. i emailed dr god...seems folks no longer know how to go into troll mode, new folks need teaching

oh, from what i've heard they have been in evenings as of late, glad i dont come in then

well chat was totally unusable. I had not heard of that type of attack

seriously, troll mode hunkering down drill is needed

8:28 am

Please explain Towl

I haven't encounted any trolls in ages but when i do I just close chat out

#1: email Dr_god. #@: don't feed them.

Cherry Trolls are those that come into chat only to disrupt things

8:30 am

and this one was smart enought to put the complete word list in chat!

if they are ignored they will go away, but if people tell them to knock it off or what ever it only gets worse

dont try to reason with them, don't admonish them.

8:30 am

hi all you who snuck in while I was gone

oh no hoot thats really bad

8:31 am

I think it was a waste of brains on his part

and if the barrage gets too much, dont chat at all. institute radio silence.

8:31 am

*sneaks in while hoot isn't gone* hi everyone :o)

hi dfm

8:31 am

Anytime school is closed they show up. Like they have nothing better to do.

8:31 am

the troll crashed my browser seventeen times la4 night :o(

8:31 am

And where are the parents???

8:31 am

hi Nono :o)

8:32 am

hi dfm

8:32 am

what did you mean by "that type of attack", TO? what was different?

8:32 am

good morning Dfmchfhf

rule #1 is to email dr god with time & scren name

how did they crash your browser?

8:32 am

hi hoot, Mom :o)

8:32 am

Wait, hold up, how can a troll crash someone's computer?

8:33 am

<-- custom browser, memory leaks and bugs aplenty.

as hoot said

8:33 am

But that's not a troll, that's not using a stable browser.

by constantly posting entire word list, her system could not keep up only thing to do was close chat out

8:34 am

sheesh.

8:34 am

probably gonna use Firefox from now until I fix that, though... and fix most of Javascript running on it... >.>

ltns hursh

8:34 am

well, it crashed firefox twice too.

8:35 am

what's ltns? haven't encountered that acronym before.

long time no see

8:35 am

ohhh, well howdy!

8:35 am

Now before I submerge again I want to say thank you for the ae words!

8:36 am

time for me to start my day ((Hugs)) to all of you

how many ae words are there please?

8:36 am

5 ae

i have 5

8:36 am

i think 5, 4 using the short one as a prefix

bye mom, hagd, ty df

bye Mom have a great day

8:37 am

By Mom

8:37 am

bye bye ((TO)) enjoy your day

8:37 am

bye bye ((NONO & Molly)) enjoy the day

8:37 am

bye Mom :o)

8:38 am

((Dfm)) have a good day

8:38 am

Morning. Go Steelers

morning Bob

8:39 am

hi Bob :o)

8:49 am

third row S and T are brutal... ugh

8:50 am

i think i have typed in 'taste" 5000 times:/ good morning everyone:)

8:50 am

la4 row blackened, T was not fun

lots of words on those two letters

8:50 am

hi crossy! I typed in "taste" 2 times :o/ but ta7 19!

hi Crossy

8:51 am

also, I meant earlier final *column

8:51 am

Good morning everyone1

8:52 am

howdy car,dfm

8:52 am

hi car :o)

good morning car.ee

morning bob cross car

8:55 am

hello everyone

8:55 am

hi annie :o)

8:56 am

hi dfm

8:56 am

phantom: tostada

hi annie

8:56 am

Hi Owl, how are you feeling today?

weak but alive :)

8:57 am

TO...what is wrong?

8:57 am

alive, good---weak, not so good...hope you start to feel better

not sure, doctor will check after weekend

8:58 am

{{hugs}} hoping you feel better soon.

8:58 am

howdy annie;))

ty

8:58 am

Owl, were you able to get home?

8:59 am

hi crossy :)

yes, and go to doctor

8:59 am

TO...were you the one who had a car accident just prior to Thanksgiving?

yes

9:00 am

I thought so...do you feel it is related?

no

9:00 am

Oh dear, when it rains, it pours and so on

9:05 am

can i get a clue for the R in the top right corner?

9:05 am

'morning, babblers :)

9:05 am

hi welki

9:06 am

more ro 4/4...I think...

9:06 am

choirs stand on them, and pinker cheeks.

9:06 am

if you get up at 4 am, you're an early ri***

9:07 am

upper right R: ri5/10+6/18, ro6/18

9:07 am

thanks, welki and hurshy

9:07 am

thanks, dfm...got the 3

9:07 am

on a different note,watching a show here on huskies and malamutes.it boggles my mind how many of these beautiful creatures end up in pounds or crated all the time because the owner tries to make them a indoor lap dog and is somehow surprised with it does not work and it is bad for both the dog and human

9:08 am

crossy, it makes me sad to see a very large dog living in an apartment..they do not belong there

9:09 am

same thing with basset hounds, believe it or not .. people expect couch potatoes, 'hush puppies,' but they're hunting dogs and need to be exercised

9:09 am

indeed:(

9:09 am

absolutely

9:09 am

i guess it's the same with all dogs, regardless of breed (or breed knowledge) ... dogs need exercise and stimulation regardless of where they live

9:10 am

thats why i applaud that dogs 101 show that is out now, a person can watch and learn the traits and other information about many breeds

9:10 am

agreed

9:10 am

I once knew someone whose dog refused to go on walks... o.0

how many gn words pls? i have 4 and its plural

9:10 am

i've loved all my dogs, but those rescue bassets hold a special place in my heart

9:10 am

3 gn

9:11 am

now that is rare! i i used to have to do is whisper the word "walkies" and all hell breaks loose

t y found it

9:12 am

lol crossy ... yep, having to spell it, "Hon, taking the dogs for a W A L K .. " and dreading the day they learn to spell *LOL*

9:12 am

Many twisty words today!

9:12 am

it was weird, because he'd run around the house energetically... and then as soon as the door was opened he'd hide or sulk in a corner...

9:12 am

welki, my friend had to say WALK in a different language and then the dog understood that word too

9:13 am

wonder what traumatic experience he must've suffered outside :o(

9:13 am

and they do start to understand! it got to the point where we were just saying "W" and the dog knew! so we started saying stroll,hike,outing walkabout,diversionary pedestrian travel ..etc lol

9:13 am

or thought he was being taken to the vet where he was badly hurt

9:13 am

*will put "walk" into translation program*

9:14 am

We had a dog and the magic word was POND. We have a house on a pond and she used to LOVE to go there! we would have to spell it so we could get ready to go and then all we had to do was say "pond" and she would get right in the car!

9:14 am

but all that did not matter,the second that leash so much as moved a 1/4 on that table by the door,he heard it lol

9:14 am

oh, they know how to play us, don't they

9:14 am

smart dogs

9:15 am

once you learn to follow their rules it gets easier

9:17 am

then we switched to cats,now we have been reduced to mere servants with opposable thumbs lol

9:17 am

have you experienced a Catsplosion yet?

9:18 am

i have a cat, too :)

9:19 am

I'm frightened...catsplosion?

9:19 am

sounds

9:19 am

ominous

9:19 am

that's when you forget/neglect/don't want to neuter/spay your cat, and don't know that someone else in the neighbourhood did the same...

9:20 am

oh no,we always get resuce kittes so they do not get put down..have never had that problem

9:20 am

Oooooh! In a way, yes! I work with an organization that traps ferals then spays/neuters them and releases them.

9:20 am

We, of course, find homes for those we can.

9:20 am

and the one we had way back that was given to us,we had fixed after the first heat

9:21 am

we do not care to add to the feral cat problem in this area

bye all time to rest

9:21 am

bye TO :o)

9:21 am

Owl, Feel better soon.

9:21 am

TO...feel better and keep us posted. Let me know if you need anything.

9:22 am

we always have rescue cats, even brought two back from Hong Kong with us, many years ago.

9:22 am

hi xe

9:22 am

and it is a great deal also,you rescue a fine kittie,it is fixed,dosed for fleas,given a total check up and all you do is pay 75 dollars..what could be better?

9:22 am

their names werent pumpkin and blackie?

9:23 am

cool

9:23 am

seeing kittens every three months! :o)

9:23 am

They were!"!! Hello sis

9:23 am

The ones that I have adopted are sooooo grateful!

9:23 am

perhaps you may want to get the breeding cat fixed?

9:23 am

hey you how u feeling now?

9:24 am

I think in Ontario now you have to either get your cat fixed or get a license...

9:24 am

do u get the same puzzle as me? xeiluj

9:24 am

we fix to ease the pressure on the pounds,that is voluntary,the liscences are mandatory

9:24 am

cats need to be licensed in calgary and must not be found at large, same as dogs

9:25 am

but do not just sit there and let them pump out kittens every 3 months:/

9:25 am

we all get the same puzzle i think. I am up to 119 words but running out fast

9:26 am

At least the vowels move right along today!

9:26 am

neutering is voluntary .. but all rescues from animal services are fixed before they're adopted (ane we have a free spay/neuter program for low income folks)

9:26 am

hey i got 19 lol

9:27 am

we are very vigilant here as the current ferral population is sitting at roughly 450 cats,and many of us on conjunction with the humane society and 2 local vets are catching the females and fixing them

9:28 am

Good for you and your community Crossy! Well done!

9:28 am

it is a long road...

9:29 am

the owner is a tutor/teacher though so the kittens are usually gone really soon... and what is awesome is that the mom housebreaks the kitties herself :oO

9:29 am

Absolutely! I've been working with this group for over 15 years now!

9:29 am

you and your group will get there i am sure;))

9:29 am

We are well into the thousands now!

9:30 am

once all the kitties in the pounds are adopted,then we can think about breeding again;))

9:31 am

I agree...if any one of those kittens isn't spayed/neutered in turn, then it just keeps going...and going...and going....

9:31 am

since we have a no kill policy it takes time

9:32 am

We only put a feral down if it tests positive for AIDS or Leukemia.

9:32 am

only those with medical reason that demand it get put to sleep

9:32 am

same here

9:33 am

heck,right this very moment in the cat section we have a beautiful male russian blue! or did,may be adopted now

9:34 am

Doesn't it start to get a bit crowded in there? :o(

9:34 am

i would take him myself,but we try to stay at 2 kitties at a time

9:34 am

we have the adoption rate matching the incoming right now dfm and we are gaining ground

9:35 am

good afternoon all

9:35 am

along with fixing the ferrals,we will get ahead

9:35 am

howdy sprite;))

9:35 am

hi sprite

9:35 am

Dum dum, doodledum, finally fireworks for Soodlebum!!

9:36 am

yaa for soodles!

9:36 am

gratz Soodle

9:36 am

hi sprite :o)

9:36 am

congrats soodle! :o)

9:36 am

Thanks guys!!

9:36 am

yay for soodle !!

9:36 am

Hows the weather in Holland, Spritey?

9:37 am

wonderful for the time of year. It is freezing. Clear skies, sun, and no wind. If we could keep this till end of March, I'd be very happy :)

9:37 am

biab,must go soap down this mass of muscle and get presentable to the world...semi-poof

9:38 am

Oh lovely. Its snowing heavily here.

9:39 am

I don't like snow much. Well, I love it when on holiday... but in towns and cities it is just a mess.

9:39 am

You are so right. Anyway - I gotta go. Happy Babbling everybody. Poof

9:39 am

bye Soodle

9:40 am

bye soodle

9:40 am

I have to leave for a while, bye dear babblers

9:40 am

bye Annie

9:40 am

bye annie

9:43 am

Hello...

9:44 am

hey Jellen :) *hugs* How are you doing?

9:44 am

Sprite! I'm doing well, thanks! And you?

9:45 am

hi jellen :o)

9:45 am

have been ill, but today is better. Stupid viruses! Had one on my puter as well, seems to be contagious, lol.

9:45 am

Hi, dfm :-)

9:46 am

Ugh! Hate being ill, with nothing to do but wait it out...

9:46 am

Glad you're feeling better :-)

9:47 am

hi sprite.. hi jellen

9:47 am

hi ruru :o)

9:47 am

Hi, ruru!

9:47 am

yeah it isn't fun. But part of being human. Hello ruru.

9:48 am

if you wash your hands all the time it really helps to fight viruses unless you have little kidlets around then its impossible

9:48 am

I haven't have a cold in 10 years and the flu only once in ten

9:49 am

OK...back....doggie accident....yuck!

9:49 am

gm dfm

9:49 am

adolescent kids too, they bring home ugh viruses. It is all up to resistance. Since mine is low, I am fair game.

9:49 am

hi car, yuck indeed!

9:49 am

Hi, car

9:50 am

aw sprite... sorry

9:50 am

nah, don't be, it is no disaster. Just very impractical. How is today's grid, any fun?

9:50 am

<-- usually has nonbacterial/nonviral coughs about once every 1.5 years :o(

9:51 am

(making pot of tea and toast with butter for all "sickies")

9:51 am

it is fun.. lots of well hidden words though

9:51 am

Lots of twisties!

9:51 am

oh lovely, car and ruru. Just what the doctor ordered :D

9:52 am

down to only s6s and s7s...

9:52 am

twisties are good

9:52 am

you are becoming a real regular here dfm..

9:52 am

Good for you dfm!

9:53 am

feel like i need to do yoga and type words at the same time then car.

9:53 am

:o) got an awesome gift yesterday here too... ^.^

9:53 am

Now we need to get you an icon, dfm...

9:53 am

what's that?

9:53 am

<== *clicky*! :oD

9:53 am

I think it should be :o) !!!

9:54 am

Nice dfm!!!

9:54 am

Have someone take pictures of that Ruru ; P

9:54 am

I was going to do that for you too.. that's nice..

9:54 am

dfmchfhf is pro now... get that profile filled in and check the SHOW box!

9:54 am

dfm is a pro!

9:55 am

Hi, Molly

9:55 am

^.^ uh oh, gotta go for lunch... see y'all later :o)

9:55 am

would be nice, Molly, lol

9:55 am

Later, dfm...

9:55 am

Bye!

9:55 am

bfn then, dfmchfhf

9:55 am

*doing crouching tiger right now and se 6*

9:56 am

*uhhhhhhhh*

9:56 am

LOL! Yes pictures please!!!!

9:56 am

relax more, ruru. It looks good, but the relaxation needs to be deeper...

9:56 am

no can do.. I don't have clothes on

9:57 am

you have nothing we haven

9:57 am

NAKED Yoga Babbling?? Oh my!

9:57 am

haven't seen before

9:57 am

I have to share a cute kid thing...if I may...

9:58 am

yes.. share

9:58 am

please do car

9:58 am

OK...so our "Elf on the Shelf" came on Thanksgiving night.

9:58 am

The kids had been singing "Jingle Bells, (insert name here) smells....etc.

9:59 am

Now I am hearing "Jingle Bells, (insert name here) is great, Mommy is the best"....

10:00 am

grin

10:00 am

And such kind words are being exchanged in front of the elf!

10:00 am

smart kids!

10:01 am

My favorite though is when I "catch" them telling our Elf what they would like for Christmas! It is too cute!

10:01 am

lol

10:01 am

that's cute

10:02 am

how old are they?

10:02 am

8 (next sunday) and 6

10:02 am

aw great ages.

10:02 am

Still very magical!

10:02 am

Oops! Gotta run...overstayed my allotted time...

10:03 am

??

10:03 am

Bye Jellen! Have a great day!

10:03 am

bye Jellen *hugs*

10:03 am

allotted time ?

10:03 am

yes indeed car!

10:03 am

Going to church this morning...still need to get ready...

10:04 am

oh

10:04 am

have a good one, Jellen.

10:04 am

I go to the church of babble

10:04 am

Thanks, you too (((sprite)))...don't see you often enough!

10:05 am

will try and be there more often, Jellen!

10:05 am

I don't know if I am sitting in pews or peius

10:05 am

Does that means you're a Babblist?

10:05 am

but no drGod worshipping, ruru. He is just human :)

10:05 am

*poof*

10:06 am

yes

10:07 am

Just hit the 100 to go mark....BBL! Have a great day everyone!

10:07 am

bye car, you too

10:07 am

bye car..

10:08 am

I am halfway, having fun finding very twisty biggies indeed.

10:08 am

think I am going to have to list now.. I can't find them

10:09 am

morning sprite, ruru

10:09 am

hey Dorens, good morning to you

10:10 am

just began, reveling in the ease of the first 100 or so

10:10 am

how are you sprite? haven't seen you in a bit

10:10 am

it is a great grid for that

10:10 am

hi doren

10:10 am

I have been ill, today is better though. And how are you?

10:11 am

this is great.. my favorite people.. all we need is jilli

10:11 am

ah, ruru you are breaking a lot of hearts..... scrabbs, pam?

10:11 am

jilli might be busy now :( Would be great to have her joining us.

10:11 am

... and snarky kje and pam.. and scrabbs

10:12 am

ok, you are redeeming yourself.... but there still must be others

10:12 am

jilli's been partying sprite

10:12 am

kje and pam and scrabs too....

10:12 am

and Trif

10:13 am

oh.. found an 8

10:13 am

wtg ruru

10:14 am

thanks,,, you had to point out the 8's,, and now i had to find out there are 13 of them?

10:15 am

sorry.. most of them are easy.. except three

10:15 am

i have recently diagnosed arthritis of mythumb and tendonitis as well. typing is not that easy for me... have to do it in dribs and drabs if i want to get better

10:16 am

with this many a's, s's, r

10:16 am

oh...

10:16 am

oh Dorens, that is awful. Am so sorry.

10:16 am

e's and d's i expect they can't be too hard

10:16 am

thanks sprite... could be much awfuller. in the grand scheme of things, et al

10:16 am

I think I am getting arthritis too

10:17 am

.. this growing older is not what it is cracked up to be...

10:17 am

hello

10:17 am

i thought arthritis would be more stiffness... i have some where bones have been broken, etc... but this is just pain. particularly when i try to use my hand!

10:17 am

gm Phaeton

10:17 am

hi phae.... and ru, consider the alternative!

10:18 am

true, Dorens, but that doesn't negate what it means in your life. I hope it will heal. Be gentle with it, drink lots of water and keep moving, but carefully!

10:18 am

Just reading what you wrote Dorens...I have a pinched nerve in my arm, makes my elbow and lower arm ache and gets numb...

10:18 am

hi phaeton

10:18 am

probably a hot tub would help

10:18 am

A quick hello before I go into town to shop.

10:18 am

seas

10:18 am

I can relate to that, phaeton. Very painful :(

10:18 am

sorry

10:18 am

hi Scrabs, we were just hoping you'd show

10:19 am

Ty for that clue, phaeton

10:19 am

ty sprite, good advice... hey scrabbs! *been hottubbing, ruru, for sure*

10:19 am

yes it is...having trouble finding something to alleviate the pain

10:19 am

Aging is not for the timid.

10:19 am

both are inflammations though, ruru... adding heat isn't always wise then.

10:19 am

age, phae, .. my problem was that ibuprofen wasn't helping... on celebrex now and it is somewhat

10:19 am

yayyy Scrabs, good slogan.

10:20 am

been icing it too, sprite... it did help a bit... in terms of numbing it

10:20 am

Anyone seen Owl?

10:20 am

noticed she was on yesterday, but not when i was

10:20 am

Can't take ibuprofen...trying acetametaphin(?)

10:20 am

haven't seen her, sorry

10:21 am

Acetaminophen does not have an anti-inflammatory effect.

10:21 am

maybe not, but it seems to help with the pain

10:21 am

Yes, it will.

10:22 am

scrabs, your eye all cleared up?

10:22 am

Optic disc hemorrhage has resolved and no further problems have occurred, but vision is annoyingly blurry.

10:23 am

god.. we sound like a group of old ladies

10:23 am

I have lidoderm patches...that seems to help somewhat

10:23 am

except for you, ruru, we are :D

10:23 am

for how long should that be, scrabs?

10:23 am

Well, ruru, do you have old man issues?

10:23 am

especially you ruru!! LOl

10:23 am

yay another 8.

10:23 am

just my right knee

10:24 am

but you're still tearing up the tennis courts, yes?

10:24 am

Until the brain adapts to the floaters and the torn tissue "settles" in my eyeball.

10:24 am

will that clear up soon, Scrabs?

10:24 am

ah I see. Patience needed!

10:24 am

yes.. I have been playing better than ever lately..doren.. I am not sure how I turned this corner

10:25 am

I have floaters all the time scrabs

10:25 am

Hello everyone!

10:25 am

I haven't played tennis since March--burned out and focused on hiking + mtn biking. I will start snowshoeing + XC skiing soon.

10:25 am

darn, sentient is a phantom.

10:25 am

Hi Brooke

10:25 am

hi Brookie!

10:25 am

Annoying, huh, Ruru?

10:25 am

Hi scrabbler, sprite!

10:26 am

I am used to them.. I've had them since childhood

10:26 am

I just pretend I see the world through a microscope

10:26 am

disease is a phantom

10:26 am

no it isn't shirl

10:27 am

not here, Shirlockc

10:27 am

type it again from the PB.. lol

10:27 am

Hi Babble pals

10:27 am

Haha, Ruru!

10:27 am

hi beachboggle

10:27 am

I love "phantom" clues - thanks so much!

10:27 am

morning brookie and BB

10:27 am

Hi beachboggle!

10:28 am

Hi BB

10:28 am

any other 8's you don't see shirL ?

10:28 am

we need the help

10:28 am

hahahaha

10:29 am

you can say that again. Only 4 from the 13 found. And no 9s at all.

10:29 am

re9 sprite

10:30 am

hm thanks *looking* But that gave me another 8!

10:30 am

Alright, 62 found. Time to get to town to shop for groceries--not Xmas gifts.

10:30 am

re9 to weathering

10:30 am

was just called outside to see a red tailed hawk circling above my house... awesome!

10:30 am

oh good one! Thanks again.

10:30 am

great birds

10:31 am

wow, wonderful birds, Dorens

10:31 am

I love their screeching

10:31 am

they nail squirrels around here

10:31 am

Cool, Doren. Tell them not to eat rabbits.

10:32 am

morning again! new baby2bit pic in my profile

10:32 am

that re8 I found thanks to you, ruru, led to an as8 as well.

10:32 am

we have big rabbits hear scrabs

10:32 am

ae 9 is a plural

10:32 am

the screeching is what tipped us off... Louie heard it and made me come outside.. and we found it!

10:32 am

hi dan2bit

10:32 am

brb.. need more coffee

10:32 am

awwww that is so cute, dan.

10:33 am

coffee... i do too!

10:33 am

thanks again, ruru, I had similar words, just one letter short.

10:34 am

Any clues for the "o" words? I have only 3 of the 13.

10:35 am

I have the eastern ones, 3. And the willow(s).

10:35 am

I can't believe I didn't see the "eastern" ones - thanks!

10:36 am

yvw :)

10:37 am

Hello babble world!

10:37 am

Hi JJ!

10:37 am

hello jillyjill

10:40 am

the last 9 is di9.. and it's a toughie

10:41 am

hola jilly

10:41 am

thanks ruru *looking*

10:42 am

Hi ruru!! *smiles*

10:42 am

lol and again I find a di8. Thanks ruru.

10:43 am

lots of di 8's

10:43 am

2

10:43 am

and several 7's

10:43 am

ah got it, thanks again ruru!

10:44 am

not looking forward to nines ... I'm not having any fun with the 7's!!

10:46 am

hello everyone

10:46 am

hey Mom :)

10:46 am

Hi Mom..

10:46 am

((Sprite)) hello, nice to see you

10:46 am

Hi Jillyjill

10:47 am

and vice versa, Mom. How's life treating you?

10:47 am

very good, Sprite. The boys are coming up today to decorate the Christmas tree

10:47 am

how have you been?

10:47 am

Jillyjill, 2 of them aren't too hard.

10:48 am

how nice, Mom :) Good family activities. I am up today, much better, thanks.

10:48 am

only 9 I have is the ae 9/54

10:48 am

re9 is a good english word.

10:48 am

so glad to hear that Sprite

10:49 am

hmmm

10:50 am

does it build off the re 6/18?

10:51 am

oooohhh, got it, thanks Sprite

10:51 am

yes. Just like the 8. Make the end into a picnic pest.

10:52 am

thanks

10:53 am

I seem to have a disconnect or something... yes it does, Mom, just like the 8. Only it ends in a picnic pest.

10:53 am

got it Sprite, thanks

10:54 am

ok sorry about that, chat had frozen on me

10:54 am

puts hot towells on Sprite's chat

10:54 am

it is just fine Sprite. I figured something happened

10:55 am

Hi Ruru

10:55 am

*grabs hot towels and buries face into them* Thanks ruru :)

10:57 am

ohhhh did you find the ts8? Nice one!

10:58 am

no, I haven't

10:58 am

it is a very alternative spelling for the ts6/18. Jiddish.

10:58 am

hi all

10:59 am

Hi ((Boo))

10:59 am

hi Boo

11:00 am

no TS words at all here. Would you clue, please

11:01 am

t + painful spots for ts6/18 Change last vowel for another ts6/18. Double consonants for the 8.

11:02 am

thanks Sprite, will work on them

11:02 am

if you need other clues, just let me know

11:02 am

evening all - been xmas shopping AGAIN! finally finished - which now means that i have to wrap them!

11:02 am

Yes, the Jewish word for troubles

11:02 am

have the 2 6's now

11:03 am

way to go Kazzer

11:03 am

Hi there Kazzer!

11:03 am

good for you Kazzar

11:03 am

wow Kazz, but you are done early!

11:03 am

exactly, bichon, and hi

11:03 am

got them, thanks so much

11:03 am

it's not even december kaz! well done!

11:03 am

HI Bichon

11:03 am

I haven't even started yet. I am still doing the lise

11:03 am

HI Good

11:03 am

Mom, for the 8, double la4 and la4 but one consonants.

11:04 am

oops list

11:04 am

another clue for the ts8, please?

11:04 am

Hi mom :)

11:04 am

oh, nm I see

11:04 am

ok

11:04 am

i have to stop cos i will run out of money else - maybe have to get 1 for my dad still but i may be able to do a work around. Does any one have any of the rs in the top corner - its my only blank tile

11:05 am

I have finished my lunch and if the boys are decorating the tree, I have better stand it on its end. ((Hugs)) to all of you

11:05 am

clue for ae 7 please

11:05 am

more like a certain flower, Kazz

11:06 am

thnx

11:06 am

bye Mom, have fun *hug*

11:06 am

bye mom

11:06 am

((Sprite)) take care of yourself

11:06 am

bye bye ((Boo))

11:06 am

will do :)

11:06 am

Boobear, if you have ae 8/9 just subtract the first t.

11:07 am

no 8/9

11:07 am

it ends in past tense of sitting

11:07 am

does anyone have the an7?

11:07 am

ruru: more like a picnic pest

11:08 am

Clue for as8/45 please?

11:08 am

thank you sprite

11:09 am

past tense for to estimate value, Jillyjill

11:09 am

yvw ruru :)

11:09 am

finally have all the a's

11:10 am

hmm, thought i'd tried that..thanks sprite!

11:10 am

ah good!

11:10 am

still have 16 at least to find

11:10 am

yvw JJ

11:10 am

a's done...getting sleepy though...did NOT sleep well last night

11:11 am

asia

11:11 am

be nice to yourself and get an early sleep then, JJ

11:12 am

nappy poo for jilly

11:12 am

I will tonight...early and long day tomorrow. Of course, at my age, going to bed and sleeping well can be two different things!!

11:12 am

Oh but ruru...about to head out shopping...

11:13 am

oh yes, I know. I slept great last night... after a diazepam and a temazepam, lollll. Knocked me out completely.

11:14 am

*passes red bull to Jilly*

11:14 am

Have the temazepam....and I will definitly use it tonight!! Hubby got my sleep off schedule with a late movie Friday night

11:14 am

thanks ru!! *grabs redbull and chugs*

11:14 am

when you have trouble sleeping, disrupting the schedule is desastrous.

11:15 am

I know....but a morning person married to a night owl...lol

11:15 am

hi ruru and whoever else I missed

11:15 am

it is dinnertime for me. back later for the last ones. Have fun all and thanks for the chat and help.

11:15 am

I used to be a night owl

11:16 am

happy eating sprite

11:16 am

C U l8r sprite, thanks for clueing

11:22 am

clue for an7 please

11:23 am

more jittery boo

an** (creatures at picnic) + more like

11:23 am

begins with picnic pest

11:23 am

LOL, not following the twists very well, but typing in words I know must be there even though I can't find 'em...

11:25 am

know hitting the brick wall that is di9...braces self for landing...

11:30 am

Whew...got it...heading out to shop...bbl

11:47 am

Hi all! Any clues please for the upper right corner R?

11:48 am

everythings comin' up ro****

11:48 am

DI 9 has me babbled. Help, please?

11:49 am

ty gramma, but that it not from the upper corner R

Make it more so, science.

11:49 am

ty sally, need two more

11:49 am

How about the step

11:50 am

and plural

11:50 am

i dont have any of the 9's

11:50 am

ty gram that was it

11:50 am

Oh pooh!

11:51 am

yw

11:55 am

help with the corner E please ?

11:56 am

dr dont have them either

11:56 am

ok Thanks Science

11:56 am

es 5/10 -

11:57 am

ei4 ducky?

11:57 am

es4

11:57 am

that is from the middle e

11:57 am

es5

11:57 am

es 4/4

11:57 am

ty ! got them

11:57 am

es 4?????? clue

11:57 am

both es words then

11:58 am

yep!

11:58 am

es plural

11:58 am

es + plural

11:58 am

SA 8? please.

11:58 am

thanks for all the clues

11:58 am

need clues for the es 4's please

11:58 am

nm! got it

Say it loud science :-)

11:58 am

es plural

11:58 am

Hello...

11:59 am

the most beachy gramma

11:59 am

hey jellen are you going ok?

11:59 am

SA8- most beachy

11:59 am

Hi Jellen!

11:59 am

I am, thanks sg!

11:59 am

sa 8 - most beachy

11:59 am

*snap DR*

11:59 am

Bonjour everyone. Ca va?

11:59 am

bien et tu?

11:59 am

Bonjour Mark

12:00 pm

I sure would LOVE some a clues

12:00 pm

Bien. I am just learning French.

Have you got any A words yet science?

12:01 pm

a few

12:01 pm

about 16

ae 4/4?

12:01 pm

got

12:02 pm

and ai 4's

12:02 pm

ae4,7+8,8+9?

12:02 pm

type of chocolate

There are four that lead from that.

12:02 pm

do you have tushies?

12:02 pm

Sorry, I need the 1st 1. Has to do w/the water at the beach or the opposite of pepper

12:02 pm

chocolate?

12:02 pm

chocolate with holes in

12:02 pm

(hi everyone :o) )

12:02 pm

have tushies

Only in the UK dodge.

12:03 pm

dodge, dont know that

12:03 pm

they exist here as well, sally

12:03 pm

erh, at least, in Canada.

International clues often don't work :-)

12:03 pm

could call my neighbor from the uk lol

12:05 pm

3 left - 2 8's and a 9. Quick break to clear my head and be back at it.

12:05 pm

I will try this later. Have 113 left,...ugh

12:05 pm

I will try this later. Have 113 left,...ugh

12:05 pm

is there a list today?

12:05 pm

9 left here - all Ss, 4 6s and 5 7s

12:06 pm

190 left here : )

12:06 pm

Lickety popped in this flip, yes

12:06 pm

sa 6/24? please

12:07 pm

ok, so I will do laundry etc and come back later.

12:07 pm

dont have ru

12:07 pm

nm

12:07 pm

I found it

12:08 pm

t's to go.. whew

12:08 pm

def. or etym. for the sa6/24, ruru?

12:09 pm

gd evening everybody

12:09 pm

never mind, found it :o)

12:09 pm

hi {{ruby}}! :o)

12:10 pm

back for the last bit, hi all

Hi ruby!

12:10 pm

thai money I think

12:10 pm

hi sprite :o)

12:10 pm

bon soir Mark (if you're still here)

12:10 pm

hello Sally!

Sprite! Haven't seen you for ages, been on at different times I think.

12:11 pm

no I have been ill, playing for first time again today :)

12:11 pm

sprite, peeps were asking about you this morning. Is everything OK?

12:11 pm

{{dfm}}

12:11 pm

I'm here. One problem; bon soir means good night. Anyway, I need a couple of clues.

12:11 pm

sure, nothing serious

12:11 pm

it is night here, Mark

12:11 pm

or good evening, mark

12:12 pm

just go with the generic "salut" and we'll all be fine! ;o)

12:12 pm

je le parle assez bien.....

12:12 pm

Sorry. It's noon here. Sure

12:12 pm

I thought that Mark would like it since he's studying French. I guess not.....

12:13 pm

babble is a mixture of timezones

12:13 pm

hands around the world!

12:13 pm

I'm fine. Just need a couple clues here!

12:13 pm

and sprite speaks many languages

12:14 pm

n'oublie pas qu'il y a des joueurs dans beaucoup des ... uhh... [time zones] differentes :o) :o( forgot what timezone is in French...

12:14 pm

ah oui... un deux trois camembert et biere!

12:14 pm

I don't know that much. I'm only in my first year!

12:15 pm

je prefere du vin

12:15 pm

and sprite beat me to saying that while I was pondering how to say 'time zone' in French!

12:15 pm

moi aussi

12:15 pm

all these s words?

12:15 pm

region de temps, lol

12:16 pm

du vin du pain du boursin

12:16 pm

ugh.the s's were murder

12:16 pm

I am up to moi aussi and moi non plus, but not much farther;

Dorens, I have 96 words to find, all S, R or T :-(

12:16 pm

I know more french than I'd realised.

12:16 pm

yes, the Ss are a pain... I have 7 Ss left to find...

12:16 pm

bien sur ruru.. et du fromages lequel??

12:16 pm

3 more Ss here

12:16 pm

decalage horaire is the time difference

You know the important words sprite.

12:17 pm

:D lol Sally

12:17 pm

ah. i have more than i can manage to count right now... only have 45 in though

12:17 pm

pas de fromage

12:17 pm

je suis en diet

12:17 pm

fromage rocks

12:17 pm

the fourth column is my downfall. Yes, ru, I need that diet, I really do, but can't bring myself to part with cheese, etc

12:18 pm

ru ru veut mincir

12:18 pm

just say asiago to it doren

12:18 pm

Bon jour!

12:18 pm

hahahha

12:18 pm

moi aussi, moi aussi...

12:19 pm

Hola!

12:19 pm

bonjour MPittore, comment ca va?

12:19 pm

ola mp

12:19 pm

too much cheddar in here about cheese.. er I mean chatter

12:19 pm

hola MP

12:19 pm

aaarghh ruru

12:20 pm

Aloha!

12:20 pm

take it cheesy, ruru

12:20 pm

Now Spanish? You're confusing me!

12:20 pm

you scream, i scream, we all scream for cream cheese

12:20 pm

never did care as much about ice cream as i do about cheese!

12:20 pm

gimme abrie sprite

12:20 pm

there's a dog joke with the punck line , said by a chihuahua, "Liver alone, cheese mine!"

12:21 pm

lol ruby

12:21 pm

what kind of cheese is that you're eating? Nacho cheese! (as in, it's mine)

12:22 pm

not your.... great :D

12:22 pm

this is a nice grid, but too big for me. Haven't even reached half

12:22 pm

i've reached half, but would like to be done and over 100 left... just might not finish today

12:22 pm

that's it, ruru... brie thin, brie thout.

12:22 pm

I literally have 49 words. I can't get anything.

12:22 pm

Ohayou gozaimasu!

12:23 pm

I surely won't but it's nice to see my friends in here

12:23 pm

domo, MP

Is it the first time yoiu've played Mark?

12:23 pm

sdraztvitye

12:23 pm

maa-maa, MPittore

12:23 pm

I joined literally four days ago.

12:23 pm

this is a hoot!

It gets easier :-)

12:23 pm

not at all bad then, Mark. Believe me.

12:24 pm

I can't believe how people finish the grid. It's so hard!

12:24 pm

just found a lovely 8 on my own, or8 from the east

12:24 pm

yes sally, but the addiction gets worse!

12:24 pm

cheesy for you, sally.

12:24 pm

any clues for the 9's

12:25 pm

part is training, and experience. Lots of babblets to get to know (words only found in babble grids).

12:25 pm

back again - will try to finsh tonight - still got 129 to find

12:25 pm

wb Kazz

12:25 pm

hello kazzer

12:25 pm

only have one ruby. plural of ae 8

re 9/54: If I met your husband I might be re9/54 to his charms!

12:25 pm

ae9: plural balloon craft or such

12:26 pm

or you might not, Sally, lol

Well I have to keep ruby fooled :-)

12:26 pm

sally, you would probably be enchanted!

12:26 pm

ty sally

But did you get the word?

12:26 pm

di9: negative prefix + he who grabs

12:26 pm

yes, ty ty

12:27 pm

just started 204 to go

12:27 pm

need 12 more for 100 left, my goal for now

12:27 pm

nice going MPittore

12:27 pm

Are there any words containing x?

12:27 pm

I should be cleaning out my basement....a project I have been procrastinating about....

12:27 pm

so far I haven't found any, Mark, and I only need 16 more

12:28 pm

nothing like babble to help procrastinating

12:28 pm

gospel truth, sprite

12:28 pm

:)

12:28 pm

gosh sprite....I've never been addicted to anything before babble LOL

12:28 pm

I myself have a drug test that I have to study for tomorrow. I'm in middle school

12:29 pm

this isnt prcrastinators anonymous?

12:29 pm

* procrastinators

12:29 pm

lol well I have.... but babble is a very strongggg addiction!

12:29 pm

we're not exactly anonymous here...

12:29 pm

yes it is!

12:29 pm

Ditto

12:29 pm

hi DR, yes it is but don't let it out!

12:29 pm

hi dr, and df, we actually are

12:29 pm

sort of anonymous......

12:29 pm

Hi Dorens!

Some of us are more anonymous than others.

12:30 pm

some of us are completely, some of us have actually met in person.. i enjoy the meeting, myself

12:30 pm

we totally are. I am anon and Dorens is ymous.

12:30 pm

hahahahah

lol sprite.

12:30 pm

ooh, ruby, did you hear? <== *clicky* ^.^

12:30 pm

actually I'm a dog with extra toes

12:31 pm

but i truly loved amsterdam, and may well return someday, and when i do, sprite, we will be less so

12:31 pm

ruby....ROFL

You've gone pro dfm!

12:31 pm

it is a date, Dorens.

12:31 pm

lol, rubytoes

12:32 pm

oh goody dfm, now we need some info!!!

12:32 pm

airfaires have to come down some though, sprite

dfm, you still haven't included a flag.

12:32 pm

and i definitely will try to have an england meetup

12:32 pm

and an icon, dfmchfhf. It is Red Planet Day today, if you need inspiration.

12:32 pm

How do you enter a flag?

I'll be there Dorens!

12:33 pm

has there ever been a babble cruise????

12:33 pm

if you go pro, Mark Jones, you get a profile, including flag and icon possibilities.

12:33 pm

wow, now that is a great idea, MPittore.

Mind, you wouldn't want to be in Shropshire at the moment. Coldest part of the country at the moment, I was told.

12:33 pm

And fireworks for me.

12:33 pm

How do you go pro?

12:33 pm

wouldn't that be fun? Would we have to bring our spouses?

12:33 pm

zooz! You quiet lurker! Great to see you and wtg!

12:34 pm

quiet but smug zzoozz!!!! {{big hug}}

zooz! I didn't see you there.

12:34 pm

good for you zooz - did you get much snow

ruby! Bad girl!

12:34 pm

congrats Zooz!

12:34 pm

of course, rubyfoo. Either the romantic setting will make it wonderful, or you will have the perfect oppportunity to get rid of him.

12:34 pm

bad dog!

12:34 pm

\(^_^)/ cheers zooz....

12:34 pm

Thanks, All :-)

12:34 pm

hahahah

12:34 pm

Kazzer, we have had snow on and off but nothing has settled :-)

12:35 pm

it's snowing again here

12:35 pm

We haven't gotten snow yet. Hahahaha!

12:35 pm

those Rs and Ss just doesn't seem to end!

12:35 pm

Hope it is not too bad for you, Ruby.

12:35 pm

Max acts like it's the first snow he's ever seen -- he's only 7!

12:35 pm

its been clear and sunny but quite cold today -was in Exeter shopping

Are you in the US Mark?

12:35 pm

don't, not doesn't. Jeezzz sprite.

12:35 pm

I don't mind, it's better than rain and mud

12:36 pm

same as here, Kazz. Great weather!

12:36 pm

Yes I am. Midwest, in fact. No snows yet.

12:36 pm

OK, let's guess, where is Mark?

12:36 pm

ruby... dogs are the happiest people on earth!

12:36 pm

Illinois

12:36 pm

Snow is nce to look at but horrible to be in for any length of time.

12:37 pm

Good guess rubyfoo.

12:37 pm

nice*

12:37 pm

especially autistic ones; everything is a new experience

Way! Finished the R words!

12:37 pm

Carbondale

12:37 pm

brava, sally!

12:37 pm

depends, zooz, on what you need to be in it for. Having a snowball fight, making angels and snowmen is fun. Then back inside for hot cocoa or spiced wine.

12:37 pm

woot Sally! I still need 2 more.

12:38 pm

When i was younger, Spritey..then i agree..not now..LOL

12:38 pm

snow angels.....soft memories

12:38 pm

hehehe I was born old. But I can act crazy if I need to.

12:38 pm

ok...gotta get to work on the grid...later...

12:38 pm

bye for now, MPittore.

12:39 pm

Take care, MPittore.

12:39 pm

{{MP}}

12:39 pm

half!

12:39 pm

I hope you take this as a warning, Mark. I mean... "Gotta get to work on the grid." See how serious this can get?

12:39 pm

half a dog, rubytoes!

12:40 pm

I see. I have gotten another eight words.

12:40 pm

(mark must think we're a little nuts)

12:40 pm

good job, Mark

12:40 pm

I do. You are on all the time

12:40 pm

Thanks

12:40 pm

Mars, hmm? :oD

There are helpers if you need them Mark. MoreWords for instance.

12:40 pm

a little nuts? Tsk. Nothing little about it.

12:41 pm

Thanks for the notice. I may use it

12:41 pm

ok _ i am halfway so I am going to go start my day... good luck all

Ha! dfm has acquired a flag.

12:41 pm

in case of dire need, I prefer a2z. And for the definitions that aren't behind the question marks, there is nothing like infoplease.

12:42 pm

yay for dfm!

12:42 pm

now what is keeping the icon, dfmchfhf?

12:42 pm

bye DR

12:42 pm

Take care, Dr 1965

12:42 pm

I can't update my status because it need personal info;

12:42 pm

you might need to refresh, sprite :o)

12:42 pm

bye DR

12:42 pm

bye DR :o)

12:43 pm

oh ok! How stupid of me to forget that.

12:43 pm

good mornin'...

12:43 pm

hmph, can't find that image of the melting dry ice on Mars... :o(

12:43 pm

hi pini!

12:43 pm

hmmm ok interesting. Either a close up of a shell or a piece of the red planet.

12:43 pm

hi Pini

12:43 pm

hiya dfm ;)

12:43 pm

hi pini

12:43 pm

Morning pini

12:43 pm

Hello, Pini :-)

12:43 pm

hi ruby, sprite, et al

12:44 pm

source http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_016973_259 5 sprite :o)

12:44 pm

hi Mark, Zooz...

12:44 pm

but I would have guessed the rings of Saturn first!

have your icon now dfm.

12:44 pm

How's the grid for ya this morning, Pini?

12:45 pm

yay, red planet icon :D Verrrrrry nice, dfmchfhf.

12:45 pm

88 to go...and pulling teeth

12:45 pm

down to 9 here, still 2 Ss missing in action and the rest are Ts!

12:45 pm

Pini, if I hold the hen, will you pull the teeth?

12:45 pm

<-- 7 to go... no list is now easier for me now... but this grid isn't nice for final words...

12:46 pm

sprite I have 7 Ss only, 3 6s and 4 7s!

12:46 pm

I think I'll pass, sprite...but thanks for the job offer!

12:46 pm

dfm...where's your icon?? * tapping foot impatiently *

12:46 pm

Pini, it is there.

12:46 pm

I need a hint on gn

12:47 pm

*sneaks in and hugs sprite* *relurks*

You need to refresh pini

12:47 pm

gn4 = small flea like creature

12:47 pm

* refreshing *

12:47 pm

ah, the famous gn words. Musquito and kind of rock, if I remember correctly. Will check.

12:47 pm

Already got that one and plural. Need one more

and plural

12:48 pm

gn6 is a type of igneous (I think... or maybe metamorphic?) rock

12:48 pm

why it surely is; congrats again, dfm

12:48 pm

yep, rock: a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica. So now you know.

12:48 pm

mornin' stid!

12:48 pm

stiddieieieieieie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *majo r hug back*

12:48 pm

{{sneaky stid!}}

12:49 pm

gn6 = gn + K**th Richards + dbl pl

12:49 pm

stid! Almost missed you ;oP

12:49 pm

Thanks Pini! I found it!

12:50 pm

yvw ;)

12:50 pm

Maybe I can start giving hints.

12:50 pm

good job Mark. Remember it... it is almost a babblet, lol. Imagine adding -ic. Also valid in some grids.

12:50 pm

(Stid is a drive by hugger) : D

12:50 pm

*rubs eyes* dfm went PRO??? *serves choclits and cookies and disappears again*

12:51 pm

Thanks Sprite. I'll try to remember

12:51 pm

HELLO MOLLY

12:51 pm

stid works wonders in time management. It is always lovely to see you, stiddie, however short. *huggles*

12:51 pm

whoops, didn't mean to shout!

12:51 pm

I need to find who I owe a lot of hugs though stid! :o)

12:51 pm

it's that extra dog toe

12:51 pm

helloooooo molly how are you, molly it's so nice to have you back where you belong...

12:52 pm

okay, now I have NBT I will visit for a while. (((hugs everyone)))

12:52 pm

More... erm, "interesting" Mars image <== still can't find the melting CO2 one though...

12:53 pm

Hello, Stid :-)

12:53 pm

I am so happy someone did that for you dfm! it's nice to finally "see" you!

12:53 pm

nah, former one was nicer!

12:53 pm

ZZOOOOOM! *more hugs* how are you doing? I only ever see you in passing these days.

12:53 pm

and how about yourself sprite? last I saw you your dh was making supper (it smelled so good, too!)

12:54 pm

I am not too bad thanks, Stid, hope you are well?

12:54 pm

I am "okay" zoom. dealing with panic attacks again and not enjoying it much

12:54 pm

it did, didn't it! The man is a chef for sure. I am ok, been ill but nothing serious.

12:54 pm

otherwise, I think I will go ahead and continue in the master's program (the source of the panic attacks) and see what happens

12:55 pm

glad it was nothing serious, sprite.

12:55 pm

fabulous match in London -- so far, Nadal and Federer one set each!!!!!!!!!!!

12:55 pm

oh my! sounds like something to watch?

12:55 pm

you will do great, stid. Email me... I am an expert on panic attacks ;)

12:55 pm

heya Une

12:55 pm

I haven't gotten a cold yet this season, but I do every year, but not allergies.

12:55 pm

good night everybody

12:55 pm

night rubytoes

12:55 pm

Take care, ((Ruby))

12:55 pm

bon soir, une!

12:55 pm

hey, sprite :-)

good night ruby,. Sweet dreams and sleep well.

12:56 pm

sweet dreams ruby (((hugs)))

12:56 pm

bonne nuit, ruby

12:56 pm

yaaay found the one for which I was looking :oD

12:56 pm

dormez bien, rubytoes!

12:56 pm

how do you say poopy weather in French?

12:56 pm

Mark, you should not have said that, you will egt a cold now...lol

12:56 pm

get*

12:56 pm

merde de pluie I think ruby...

12:56 pm

I am not a believer in jinxes;

12:56 pm

un temp abominable! LOL

12:56 pm

le temps est merde?

12:56 pm

bye ruby :o)

12:56 pm

hahah stid

12:56 pm

rofl...

12:57 pm

{{dfm}}

12:57 pm

Don`t blame you :-)

12:57 pm

bye sprite

12:57 pm

les temps sont merdes?

12:57 pm

are you getting snow like the UK ruby?

12:57 pm

Le poopy du weather

12:57 pm

That is a strange photo, DFM.

12:57 pm

yes and it's starting to get much colder

12:57 pm

*grin* too bad jill isn't here for this!

12:57 pm

hahah molly!

12:57 pm

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_0079 62_2635 it's on Mars! :oO

12:57 pm

merde temps froids.

12:57 pm

Again, no snow

12:57 pm

oh my. well stay as warm as possible -- it was truly nasty and dangerous here last week.

12:57 pm

lol yes, she'd have a ball. And lots to add

12:58 pm

*Laugh in your faces*

12:58 pm

I love browsing HiRISE... so many great images from the MRO...

12:58 pm

My husband would have told you that I have my own special version of the French language. Tray bean.

12:58 pm

ah, so the canada flag is just an approximation for you dfm? *innocent mama look* the closest you could get to hom?

12:58 pm

or home?

12:58 pm

do you know the book Fractured French? It's from when I was a kid.

12:58 pm

do you know the book Fractured French? It's from when I was a kid.

12:58 pm

fireflies. Quite a tough one to finish! But biggest part is smooth.

12:58 pm

Your spelling needs some work, molly

12:58 pm

Molly, you and I should NEVER get together... we are sure to massacre that language!

12:58 pm

YAY sprite!!

12:59 pm

BBL -- returning to the tennis match! *poof*

12:59 pm

congrats, sprite!

12:59 pm

WTG Spritey!!

12:59 pm

It's a joke Mark.

12:59 pm

bye Une, don't drool too hard, hun.

12:59 pm

au revoir, Une!

12:59 pm

Take care, Une :-)

12:59 pm

yay sprite and *poof*

12:59 pm

*poofs for a bit to get ready to go back to Ottawa >.<*

12:59 pm

There are some excellent photos on that site, DFM.

12:59 pm

ottawa??? brrrrrr.

12:59 pm

Take care, DFM.

1:00 pm

Sorry. didn't know that. I am a perfectionist on grammar. Pun intended

1:00 pm

well, off with me as well. Have fun all. Thanks for making me laugh!

1:00 pm

I was going to take some pics of the weather last week, but the SD card in the camera totally didn't work and I lost them all. *bummed out mama look*

1:00 pm

Take care, Spritey :-)

1:00 pm

enjoy sprite, hugs to you and smiles to the family!

1:00 pm

See ya sprite

1:00 pm

Not good, Stid :-(

1:01 pm

nope. made me grumpy

1:02 pm

oh well.

1:02 pm

I have 65 words now.

1:02 pm

I always carry a few cards to be on the safe side.

1:02 pm

go Mark go!

1:02 pm

Good going, Mark.

1:02 pm

For four days, its pretty good.

1:03 pm

Ok time for me to depart from the grid, take care, ALL.

1:03 pm

yes, it is. pretty soon the patterns will start to reveal themselves to you.

1:03 pm

later zoom! (((hugs))) stay warm!

1:03 pm

thanks. I'll try to find them. Bye zoom

bye zooz

1:08 pm

morning all!

1:08 pm

hi m9

1:08 pm

Everyone left it feels like. It has been three minutes since anyone sent anything. It's a record.

1:08 pm

hey m. *Looks closer at pini's icon*

1:08 pm

hi pini

1:08 pm

sorry mark, in the grid...

1:08 pm

trust me...not a record!

1:08 pm

hi mark. hi stid

1:09 pm

Hey

1:09 pm

it was in honor of Black Friday, stid...I just needed a little light ;)

1:09 pm

How's the grid going for ya?

1:10 pm

LOL pini

1:10 pm

* grin *

1:10 pm

I'm nbt, nbs and over 1/2way (just).. so I'm listing!

1:10 pm

go m go!

1:10 pm

well done, m9

1:12 pm

ah, tom is home

1:12 pm

thanks

1:12 pm

he took the elder kid to a friend's church. hm. now tom is walking back down the driveway....

1:13 pm

*wonders what is going on*

1:13 pm

hmmm...

1:13 pm

What are you talking about, stid?

1:13 pm

* curious *

1:13 pm

it's not like he --- oh

1:14 pm

maybe drive was slick?

1:14 pm

a new phone book I think. probably all sogggy from the rain

1:14 pm

good afternoon

1:14 pm

*raises eye like Spock*

1:14 pm

no, the gravel needs to be redone, but no worries

1:14 pm

hey magyk

1:14 pm

hi magy

1:15 pm

Hey magyk. How are you?

1:15 pm

oh.. so he drove in.. walked out and you didn't see til walking back?

1:15 pm

<--- does awesome Spock brow raise.

1:15 pm

yep. driveway's too long to see the end with the hill and the plants in the way

1:15 pm

I'm well! How are you, Mark?

1:16 pm

I'm fine. I have 73 words, but I'm just a beginner

1:16 pm

my first 'hmm' wasn't about the mystery.. but about the f

1:16 pm

'friend's church'

1:16 pm

You have more words than I do at the moment. :)

1:17 pm

How many?

1:17 pm

moment being the operative word there... LOL

1:17 pm

I'm also knitting Christmas presents, so I'm quite distracted.

1:17 pm

72

1:17 pm

oh.. I really should get some knitting going.

1:18 pm

I'm studying. Don't judge me...LOL

1:18 pm

yep. I should be knitting too -- about 1/2 done with the elder kid's last year bday present... *sigh*

1:18 pm

studying what?

1:18 pm

down to 149. will stop here and back later.

1:19 pm

I'm 12. I can't knit.

1:19 pm

*hugs and choclits for all* see you again soonish

1:19 pm

bye stid!

1:19 pm

Bye stid.

1:19 pm

see ya Stid

1:19 pm

I taught myself to knit when I was 8. so 12 isn't too young

1:20 pm

I have other things to do other than knit, like actually find words in the grid.

1:20 pm

and studying. .. what are you studying?

1:21 pm

For my Health quiz. Fun. Drug categories!

1:23 pm

i am stuck on a di 7 - the one before the di4 which means to put some one donw

1:23 pm

they teach drug categories to 12 year olds??

1:23 pm

Unfortunately. We have to be "educated".

1:24 pm

None of us like it. We like sticking to gym.

1:24 pm

many kid are involved in drugs before that age, m9. From working in schools, it's quite sad.

1:24 pm

categories like: analgesic, antibiotic..etc??

1:24 pm

I don't have it yet Kaz.

1:25 pm

No, like steroids, depressants, narcotics, etc.

1:25 pm

or.. hallucinagenic.. date rape...etc?

1:25 pm

Oui.

1:26 pm

2) di7/32 = same first 3 ltrs of previous di7 + take a **** (plop down in a chair)

1:26 pm

then pl for the di8

1:26 pm

got that one

1:26 pm

thanks

1:26 pm

thank you Pini!

1:27 pm

I don't understand

1:27 pm

the 1st 7/32

1:27 pm

1) di7 = illness

1:28 pm

doh - thought i had tried that one - thanks

1:28 pm

yvw ;)

1:28 pm

ty!

1:29 pm

m9, what are you knitting?

1:30 pm

Clues PLEASE!

1:31 pm

for which Mark?

1:31 pm

socks Magyk

1:31 pm

Anything. Preferably an r word.

1:32 pm

or at least will be when start a new project!LOL

1:32 pm

ok. ri5, lariat

1:32 pm

Mark...are you using Lickety's List (a link found below the grid stats?)

Mark, if you look down below the grid, under Friends of Babble, you will see a link to Lickety's Babble Clues, where you will find a list of the first two letters of all the words and their points count. You will find a lot more words if you use that, at least at the beginning.

1:33 pm

I started a pair of socks. Got one done and decided to take a break and make a hat before I started the other one! haha

1:33 pm

GMTA, Sally...was just writing the other half of the suggestion...

1:33 pm

ah Magyk.. that's why I had never tried socks before! Then I saw a friend knitting socks.. and she knits them both at once! on one set of needles.

1:34 pm

So now I feel like I can do socks.LOL

1:34 pm

I use circular needles and knit them toe up

1:34 pm

I've seen that but have never had the gumption to try them myself. Is it difficult?

1:34 pm

no counting stiches or anything!

1:34 pm

I looked at it and couldn't figure the thing out. I'm not good with technology.

1:34 pm

I don't think so. and there are visual tutorials on the net.

1:35 pm

Anybody watch Star Trek here?

1:35 pm

Do you know how to copy and paste? If so, it's easy, just copy and paste the words you've already found (under your My Word List) and paste them in the box at the bottom of Lickety's List and press Bulk Add...it's all done for you.

1:35 pm

are you a trekkie?

1:35 pm

I'll have to try!

1:36 pm

yes do Magyk!

1:36 pm

I am a big trekkie. I have every episode from every season including DS9

1:36 pm

have you read the books?

Right, fireworks at long last. A real mammoth today. See you all tomorrow.

1:37 pm

wtg sally

1:37 pm

wtg Sally!

1:37 pm

when my son was your age, if we went in a new library, he'd declare it a good library if it had a trek book he'd never read before.

1:37 pm

2nd di6, plz?

1:38 pm

I am not much for the books, just the shows and movies.

1:38 pm

then he'd get the book.. read it about 1/4th the way and say "oh... I guess I have read this one before" LOL

1:38 pm

ah.

1:38 pm

fave movies?

1:38 pm

Don't have it Pini. Sorry.

1:39 pm

me either

1:39 pm

Of course. I like Shatner too.

1:39 pm

singular of previous one

1:39 pm

thx Magy...I'll circle around and come back...maybe I'll see it later...

1:39 pm

but do you like his singing?

1:39 pm

di that is

1:40 pm

I'm not sure. Never heard him sing.

1:40 pm

oh you're missing out Mark!

1:41 pm

Bye Pini! And I'm not sure I want to hear him sing.

1:41 pm

shatner? hehehehe ... rocket man

1:41 pm

youtube his rocket man.. or his duet with that young man...

1:41 pm

?

1:41 pm

(not leaving, just moving on thru the list)

1:41 pm

did you take a drag on your 'cigarette' before saying that welki??

1:41 pm

100 left....taking a break...back tonight...

1:42 pm

did you see clue for di pini

1:42 pm

well done, mp

1:42 pm

Oh. Sorry pini

1:42 pm

ty pini....later all....

1:42 pm

it's ok ;)

1:42 pm

Shatner singing is a painful thing.

1:42 pm

no, kaz...scrolling back...

1:42 pm

no, but i think he's a pretty good match for the dad in that new sitcom, s*^&* my dad says (i think that the series would be difficult for anyone)

1:43 pm

I think Shatner is a stitch...people take him seriously and he is so comedic

1:43 pm

I knew it! Now I am not going to watch him on youtube.

1:43 pm

I love his novels though

1:43 pm

Those are good.

1:43 pm

He laughs at himself....smile

1:43 pm

I love watching Shat... he is obviously having SO MUCH FUN!

1:44 pm

I agree m9

1:44 pm

loved him in boston legal

1:45 pm

of course tambourine man is what a real trekkie should see.

1:45 pm

What's tambourine man?

1:46 pm

I remember going to a church talent show.. and the young women were all wearing trek shirts.. and it took me a moment to realize they were lip synching to tambourine man.. the main girl did SUCH a good job!

1:46 pm

a song he did way back

1:46 pm

If only we could all look at ourselves and see how funny human behavior can be....it is so interesting to me...sometimes I get such a kick out of myself and I'm not being stuck up I just do hilarious things if I stand back and look at myself....others too are a real source of a good belly laugh! A fine thing fior living longer and healthier!

1:46 pm

hey!...... mr......tambourine....man!

1:47 pm

that's why I love kids so much!

1:47 pm

I am too young for some of these things.

1:48 pm

Mark...do you have any 8-tracks...and a working player...?

1:48 pm

can't figure out the singular, kaz...another nudge?

1:48 pm

Has anyone found a nine letter word? No, I don't believe so.

1:48 pm

Mark...do you know what they are???

1:48 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsq iFCc

1:48 pm

No, not really.

1:48 pm

I have all the 9's

1:48 pm

clue the di9 plz?

1:49 pm

change the last vowel for the next one in a list of them

1:49 pm

Yes please.

1:49 pm

dis se6

1:49 pm

got it! thx!

1:49 pm

It's ok...I was just having a senior moment...just think when you are my age everything will be new again too....

1:50 pm

I don't get how clues work here. They confuse me.

1:50 pm

it takes practice, mark...just keep trying

1:50 pm

I think it is cool that you are just in middle school and babbling with all of us...very groovey!

1:50 pm

in the jingle ..... jangle... morning.. I'll come following you!

1:50 pm

se6? the one you're talking about m9?

1:50 pm

Mr TamBOURINE MAAAAANNNNN:!!!!!!!

1:51 pm

re 9 -think star trek and the borg - but change end to small insect

1:51 pm

Thanks. My social studies teacher introduced me and I really liked it. Thanks for welcoming me in everybody.

1:51 pm

I'm used to it being spelled with a 'z'

1:51 pm

se 6 one who grabs

1:51 pm

We will help you Mark we are really a great fun group and care for one another here...you will get it and have so much fun...

1:51 pm

oh yes! let's do trekkie clues!

1:52 pm

ty Kaz!

1:52 pm

ae 8/9 lighter than air plane

1:52 pm

re9 is futile (just change the end a little)

1:52 pm

yw

1:53 pm

oops should be light than air, plane

1:53 pm

Mark....remember..." it's the cracked ones that let in the light!"

1:53 pm

Bye guys. I have to go have lunch. Thanks for the clues. See you later!

1:54 pm

see you Mark - we will be always happy to give clues when you need them

1:54 pm

Bye Mark....<(^v^)>

1:55 pm

that's a groucho marx quote right?

1:58 pm

I think that's who's credited with it he said "bless the cracked ones for the let in the light" but others have glommed onto it and tweeked it etc...it's a neat quote I like...

1:59 pm

*they*

1:59 pm

do you have a blog by any chance that talks about knitting? and gardening?

1:59 pm

me?

2:00 pm

LOL.. i went to look up that quote the way it was given here and that's what came up.LOL

2:00 pm

Hi everyone. Have to get in on this knitting discussion. There's a great site I just discovered: www.ravelry.com(?). People do projects and send in their results and comments.

2:01 pm

I have a ravelry account.. never get on there!

2:01 pm

I love ravelry!

2:01 pm

no but I can knit, crochet, most hand crafts in fact thanks to my grandma and mom...and I thoroughly enjoy gardening and have a pretty nice one...pond, fish, plants, sculptural things....

2:02 pm

I even have a really neat garden at our campsite...won a prize even! I love pretty things!

2:02 pm

I've gotten so many good ideas from ravelry. Right now I'm knitting a cowl for my mother in law who lives in the windy cold. It's such a pleasure to work on that I'm making one for myself after this. (so many plans!)

2:02 pm

I've thought about starting a knitting/baking/gardening blog but am unsure.

2:03 pm

ok gotta run... later......

2:03 pm

I love gardening too. I think a blog can onlhy be a good idea. Even if no one reads it, which won

2:03 pm

i can do all of these things but have no time to indulge them if I am going to babble

2:03 pm

*won't happen) it's a great way to put together all your interests and find the essential impulses that hold it all together.

2:04 pm

I'm on ravelry everyday. You should find me. Magykknitting.

2:04 pm

Of course I am a fan of writing as a process, so that's the way I think of a blog, though I know there are other ways that a blog can be rewarding.

2:05 pm

Thanks Magyk. I will. I'm tworose there.

2:06 pm

Bye MP!

2:10 pm

this blog I found is called "Librarian-in-Training"

2:11 pm

definitelycould have been a Babbler!LOL

2:15 pm

does anyone have a clue for the first na please

2:15 pm

don't have yet. i'll look

2:16 pm

na5/10 of the organ of olfaction

2:16 pm

ah! thanks

2:16 pm

whoo, real fireworks! ^.^

2:17 pm

Whoo Hoo dfm!@!!!

2:18 pm

dfm!!! I just noticed!!!

2:18 pm

thnks for that - I am slowly working my way through the list - I am donw to the rs ss and ts now

2:18 pm

wtg dfm ;)

2:18 pm

congrats dfm

2:20 pm

you're real!!!!

2:20 pm

hello again

2:20 pm

I am! :oO and I was stealth-pro for yesterday too :oP

2:20 pm

well, half of it.

2:20 pm

pro and you didn't know?

2:21 pm

congrats, dfm on proness

hello all

2:21 pm

sa6 after 'without' serif?

2:21 pm

hi TO

2:21 pm

hi Annie

2:21 pm

proneness? ;o)

2:21 pm

Hi TO. How are you feeling?

2:21 pm

Hi Owl, feel better, a little?

2:21 pm

hi TO :o)

2:21 pm

Hi Pini

2:21 pm

sa6/18 (Jp.) 'third generation'

2:22 pm

dfm, congrats on pro-ness ( going pro)

2:22 pm

* blink * say what???

2:22 pm

I am so not understanding the clues today.

check email annie

2:22 pm

got it! :)

2:22 pm

(from the Jp. reference)

2:22 pm

well.. I gotta go! bye all, and congrats dfm!

2:22 pm

cya m9

2:22 pm

okay, Owl. bbs

2:23 pm

bye m9! :o)

2:23 pm

nudge for the following sa6, 7 combo?

2:23 pm

standard country/language abbreviations, pini

2:24 pm

caught on right away, dfm ;)

2:24 pm

sa6/24, sa7/36 = 1/100 of a baht and pl.

2:25 pm

* thinkiing *

2:25 pm

pini you need a flag :oP

2:25 pm

why for?

2:26 pm

A baht???

2:26 pm

thai money. and now i'm really gone

2:26 pm

baht = (th.) currency

2:27 pm

oh, no, it's just like you saying I need an icon, pini ;o) I finally get to have revenge

2:27 pm

got 'em...1/2 clue, 1/2 monkey

2:27 pm

but but but

2:27 pm

any clues Pini?

2:28 pm

sa + astronaut's drink

2:28 pm

ty!

2:31 pm

astronaut's drink? o.0

2:32 pm

you must be too young to remember it, dfm...that orange powder stuff...

2:32 pm

*googles*

2:32 pm

have finished rs - justs some ss and ts left - will do t before ss though

2:33 pm

I'm down to my last word and holding out on asking for a clue...

hi all, and go pini go!

2:33 pm

hi gwen ;)

2:34 pm

morning everyone

about 1/3 done here, woot

2:34 pm

hi lynxxx

morning australia!

2:35 pm

morning lyn

2:36 pm

hi gwen, lyn :o)

2:36 pm

Morning lynxxx. What is the best time to visit Eastern ustrailia and Tasmania?

2:36 pm

Yay for Pro dfm!! what a lovely gift

nbt for me, woot

2:38 pm

* sparklers *

2:38 pm

^.^ the Babble community is just awesome.

2:38 pm

(can't believe it took so long...was trying to make it difficult and all it was was a pl)

2:39 pm

wtg pini

2:39 pm

Hi Bichon. Now actually, Spring has been rather rainy now that our drought seems to be over at least on the East coast. The weather is OK thru to the end of April with usually only a few days of very high temps. Then again our winters are moderate too - you need to go up the mountains to find snow

2:39 pm

Congrats Pini!

2:39 pm

congrats pini! :o)

wtg pini !!! ~~~ !!!

2:39 pm

well i am down to 41 and am hoping to finish before i go to bed

2:39 pm

Wanted to hike hut to hut in Tas and go to the barrier reef

2:41 pm

di 7/32, first one?

2:41 pm

di7 = illness

2:41 pm

ty Pini didn't see it in time

2:42 pm

Very nice plan and both Tasmania and Queensland are the best for tourists I think. You should maybe plan to see some of the National Parks in Qld like Daintree too

2:45 pm

Sounds delightful

halfway done, woot

2:46 pm

How long will you spend down here Bichon?

2:46 pm

en 7/28, there are two of them

2nd en 7/28 en + british hi + not bro

don't have the other one yet

2:48 pm

We're just in the thinking stage. But, we would come for less than 2 weeks. I'd like to come for three

2:48 pm

ty Luv

yw bichon

2:48 pm

*more than 2 weeks

2:49 pm

1.en7/28 + en8/40 (physiol.) spasmodic muscle contraction + pl. 2.en7/28 (archit.) convexity given to a column to correct for optical concavity illusion

2:49 pm

the first 3n7 rhymes with a Walt Disney musical film

en7, en + consonant + a continent

2:50 pm

I am sure you could happily spend a couple of weeks in each State

thanks Gwen!

8-D

2:51 pm

ty dfm tht was quite scientific

2:52 pm

Lyn, too many places, too little time

this grid need one more E and two more Ss, lol

2:53 pm

MORE Ss? :oO

2:54 pm

I think I will list, very slow and still in the 60s

2:54 pm

hi folks

2:54 pm

hi Welki

m just gonna type every word i can think of with an S in it. and hi welki!

2:55 pm

hi welki :o)

2:55 pm

<-- would love to visit oz. i have friends in geelong, haven't seen them in years

yes, more Ss!! ==8-O

ah, i see we have a new pro

2:57 pm

hi TOwl

2:57 pm

hi owl .. yes, congrats, dfm!

hi lyn hi welk!

a bit cryptic though: no home, no age, unidentifiable icon

3:07 pm

it's a Mars image (HiRISE... have a link somewhere...)

3:08 pm

hi TO

3:08 pm

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_0079 62_2635 <-- there we go

3:08 pm

and as a student, I don't really have a home, do I? ... :o(

hey boo!

3:10 pm

hi Boo

3:11 pm

hi Lynxxx

3:11 pm

sa

3:11 pm

Time to go to Ottawa... bye all :o)

3:12 pm

bye dfm

3:12 pm

hi Inge

3:12 pm

hi boo, inge

3:12 pm

sort

3:12 pm

(at least it's not in the puzzle :)

3:13 pm

hi welki

3:13 pm

hi..... how is everyone...how is the grid..??????

3:15 pm

hi not. may I please have a clue for the first as 7/28

3:15 pm

are you asking me????

3:15 pm

hi Not. Tough, though the words have been in before

3:16 pm

sa

3:16 pm

agrees with, gives consent, boo

3:16 pm

oh thats good thankyou lyn

3:16 pm

as7.28 to obtain permission

3:16 pm

ty

60 left and no immediate prospects

3:20 pm

Thats when listed - but I know every word I am finding - I hate that!

well just found two more

3:20 pm

hi

3:20 pm

hi kje!

hi kje!

3:21 pm

how is your sunday?

re4ful

3:22 pm

a memory

3:22 pm

wow, you guys are depressing - LOL

ewww wtching food channel, strange wacky pizzas

is re4 bad?!

3:23 pm

and it IS Monday morning here

3:24 pm

clue for as 8/45

3:24 pm

ah! re4ful! for some reason I though res4ful!

i must stop typing "sorriest"

one who helps

3:25 pm

as8.45 past tense of as6.18

3:25 pm

yes lynxx... we can not help that must speed into every new day ahead of us all

3:26 pm

you lot are just lagging behind

uh ohi do not have that as6 which can be made past tense

3:26 pm

another word for evaluate -- hi everyone :)

3:26 pm

I have been told my behind lags before

clue pls for that as6?

3:27 pm

new word - sa7.28 seasoning & picnic pest - lovely meaning

3:27 pm

ty lynxx

3:27 pm

as6.18 to review or examine something

3:27 pm

just given, to

o.0

3:28 pm

as6 - agree

ty

3:28 pm

hint for the na 7/28's?

3:28 pm

na7.28 meanies

3:28 pm

ugly words, bichon

3:28 pm

or more meany

3:29 pm

ty very much lyn, nan

any ts words?

3:31 pm

missing 3 d's and have no idea what they are, so I think I will list now.

3:32 pm

the de9 is unusual

3:33 pm

Yes Owl - 6,6,8

3:33 pm

mmm -- no de's here

does it build from any other smaller word?

3:33 pm

so unusual, lynxxx, de9 isn't in the grid, but di9 is ;)

3:33 pm

oops thanks Pini

3:34 pm

don't have a di 9 either

3:35 pm

I havfe a di 9. Need a clue?

3:35 pm

di + dbl cons + K**th Richard* + either/**

3:36 pm

clue for as 8/45

3:36 pm

di9 to make a negative of the person who grabs property

3:36 pm

pt of as6

3:36 pm

Boo, pt of the word before it

3:36 pm

the 2nd as8 = the person who helps

de+1 +se6/18

3:37 pm

ty pini

3:37 pm

as8.45 when property is valued it is said to be this

3:37 pm

first ae 7-8?

3:38 pm

the word before it + past tense of to make a lap

3:38 pm

nm found them

break time. bbl

3:41 pm

bye Owl

3:42 pm

first as 5/10?

3:43 pm

bye to

3:43 pm

set nearby

3:43 pm

oops, that's the 5/12

3:43 pm

as5.10 palm tree, mule like & **r that we breathe

3:44 pm

ty lynxxx

3:45 pm

yippee fireworks for me

3:46 pm

Congrats Kazz!!

3:46 pm

Woot Woot for Kaz

3:46 pm

wtg kaz ;)

3:47 pm

clue for at 7 pls

3:47 pm

Finished too. Such an easy grid - when you list!

3:47 pm

plural Boo

3:48 pm

first di 6?

3:48 pm

wtg lynxxx

3:48 pm

congrats kaz and lynxxx

3:48 pm

2-ltr pl of the di4 before it

3:48 pm

Bye everyone, must go

3:49 pm

ty pini

3:49 pm

change the last vowel for the following di6

3:51 pm

howdy all:) back for my last 230 lol!

3:51 pm

oh, you're so close, crossy! You can do it! :)

3:51 pm

* giggle *

3:52 pm

hi crossy

3:53 pm

:))

3:53 pm

so close i can taste victory lol

3:54 pm

not getting anywhere with the last 3 en's, so taking a break :)

3:54 pm

* rummaging through trunk for finish tape *

3:54 pm

(slowly)

3:54 pm

Guten Tag, fellow babblers. Has someone a clue for re 5/10, right below where you pay and before you life without the e.

3:54 pm

need help, nan?

3:55 pm

hi inge ;)

3:56 pm

pl re4

3:57 pm

Thanks, wht a stupid oversight.

3:57 pm

* smile - been there, done that *

3:58 pm

hah! thanks.. i didn't have it either

3:59 pm

just found 4 more,this blistering pace i have set myself has made me giddy

3:59 pm

just opened the list, and am amazed at what I had missed!

Say no more. I will list.

4:01 pm

most of mine have been plurals, shamed to say. (uh-oh, i was supposed to say no more)

4:01 pm

* puppy pause * (brb to offer aide) :o)

4:01 pm

if i cannot get to 50%,i do not list.i tried to be tough and never list till the last 10% but that was a no go

4:02 pm

i was downn to about 80, but too much else to do in my life today. wish i had babble expert here, a real time saver

4:03 pm

i am not bothering with expert on this computer,the new build will make it obsolete when it is ready anyways

4:03 pm

wife has it on our big computer though

4:03 pm

i'm on a mac... no choice.... hopeful for the new "improved" site, but we shall see

4:04 pm

oh yea..forgot people still use those macs..;)))))))

4:04 pm

I got a P laptop so I could play Babble Expert

4:06 pm

*PC

4:06 pm

actually, i did get a little acer laptop, but it is so small i find it annoying... can't have more than one window open at a time... have to keep going back and forth.. and i did get it just to play expert... probably today is a day it would have been worth it, but sort of forget about it most of the time

4:07 pm

is your mac one of those that has everything inside the display?

4:07 pm

Hey, what did I do, Inge?

4:07 pm

not sure what you mean, crossy

4:07 pm

an all in one

4:08 pm

with the disc drive on the side of the display

4:08 pm

yes, i think so. (all except the keyboard)

4:08 pm

I've been lurking here head down in the grid.

4:08 pm

screen that is

4:08 pm

so why hve you done anything wht?

4:08 pm

yep,those are nice,but i like to be able to swop out my fans,add more ram and change hard drives at will

4:09 pm

i cannot imagine opening up one of those mac screen;(

4:09 pm

would scare cwossy:(

4:09 pm

i am far more simple than that crossy... my needs and abilities are nowhere near yours

4:10 pm

Inge said "Thanks, wht a stupid oversight"

4:10 pm

that was her oversight, not yours

4:10 pm

she meant: *what

4:10 pm

they are beautiful looking things though and are great for drafting,auto-cad and video play back

4:10 pm

oh, i see, wht is being funny!

4:11 pm

wht did a funny;)))

4:11 pm

I finally figured that out.

4:11 pm

* smile *

4:11 pm

yes crossy.. beautiful, and my desk is in my dining room (since that is next to the kitchen, next to the sliding door to my patio and woods...and on the rare occasions when i use my dining room as a dining room, it is more attractive

4:12 pm

indeed dorens,i often see them in doctor offices and drool at the display screens

I have 132 left- kind of too early for me to list actually. Oh these rules.

4:13 pm

and the size... i have lickety open to the left, and still have room for a nice big window for the grid and chat!! so my old eyes don't have to strain.

4:13 pm

we make these rules for ourselves kap, but if you need to break them once in a while, we won't tell!

Never mind.

4:14 pm

+ I'm telling you that adding an s to everything will get you where you want to be

I prefer the monkeys at this point.

4:15 pm

much to be said for monkeys today too

4:20 pm

ok, lickety helped me down to 20 left.... time off now.. see you later

Found some cool o words with monkeys- less fun if I hunt for them via lickety

I have 126 left though so I will not be listing any time soon

4:27 pm

ae7?

4:27 pm

nm

4:30 pm

Good evening, people of the planet. Fair warning. The cat is near and may pitty pat on the keyboard at any moment.

4:31 pm

Oh I've been there Judi so I'll forgive you now for whatever your cat does :)

4:33 pm

He's gone to the other si/4 of the desk. Safe for the moment.

4:34 pm

AE7: flight related ae4 beginning + what credentials are called in baseball (RBIs, ERAs, walks, etc.). Following 8s & 9s are all in the same family.

4:35 pm

1st di7?

4:36 pm

di 7 illness

4:36 pm

my first di7 is "illness"

4:36 pm

di7 = illness

4:36 pm

Di/7: serious illness.

4:37 pm

gads...we all seem to think alike * donning foil cap *

4:37 pm

:-D

4:37 pm

Kind of makes you sick, doesn't it? Snork.

4:37 pm

sheesh, ty

4:39 pm

Aw, you all look like Devo in your foil caps. : D

4:40 pm

*sniff* Well, good luck being the first one abducted by the alien spawn, Molly.

4:41 pm

*Humming theme from "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind*

4:41 pm

the first as5/12?

4:41 pm

ok, 75 to go -- heading for the list

4:41 pm

*singing* "They're heeeeeeeere".

4:41 pm

as5 = brazilian palm tree

4:41 pm

tx Molly -- now that'll be running thru my head all night!

is that a tree with a really close waxing job?

4:42 pm

LOL!

4:42 pm

perhaps! :)

4:43 pm

*rim shot*

4:43 pm

a tree with a high pain threshhold

rofl

4:43 pm

hmmmm

4:43 pm

i know ill feel like an idiot when i find it then :)

4:44 pm

how about this: donkey + **rplane

4:45 pm

thats the as 5/10 i needed the as5/12 b4 it

4:45 pm

set down for later

4:45 pm

all joking as5/12

4:45 pm

anes

4:46 pm

tx musicmom!

4:46 pm

oh dear..now i do feel like an idiot

4:46 pm

lol

4:46 pm

ty musicmom

4:46 pm

oops

4:46 pm

sorry

4:46 pm

Clue for ai/6, please?

4:46 pm

why sorry? it was a great clue

4:46 pm

NM, just got it. Monkies get the bannanas.

4:47 pm

because then I forgot to go back to my boxc

4:47 pm

Hi and bye, gang -- wish I had time for this, but have to fo out very soon to a Grey Cup party next door (Canadian football final, in case you don't know)

4:47 pm

ohh lol PB time!

4:47 pm

I still can't get the ae7.I got the 8and the 9

4:47 pm

ai6 most oxygen-y

4:47 pm

*go out

4:47 pm

yea - been away from the game too long - forgot

4:47 pm

bye jilli

4:47 pm

ae7 = remove first cross from ae8

4:48 pm

then pl for first ae8

4:48 pm

thanks

4:48 pm

aha

4:48 pm

thought mom's comment was that she'd found the "band" and I started madly searching for Aerosmith!! LOL

4:48 pm

thanks again

4:48 pm

*must clean glasses"

4:49 pm

lol haha

4:49 pm

lol

4:50 pm

way too many ass words

4:51 pm

only 10 of 'em cos

4:51 pm

indeed

4:51 pm

i havent seen this many asses since i went to the democratic convention :P

4:51 pm

back in a mo . . .

4:51 pm

lol cos

4:52 pm

cos, that'll get you a ticket to the PB ;)

4:52 pm

ooooh man aww

4:52 pm

:P

4:52 pm

if you dbl the last cons, you'll get an as6, too ;)

4:53 pm

yes.. i have 1 left of the ass word.. phew

4:53 pm

then pt for the as8

4:54 pm

phantom assassin

4:54 pm

the other as8 = the person who helps (following the last as6)

4:54 pm

pini - thought you were s4ing cos to penalty because of the dem crack - didn't realize he actually committed a foul

4:54 pm

yay AS done

4:54 pm

lol musicmom

4:54 pm

* giggle *

4:55 pm

phantom attain

4:55 pm

There are tons of phantoms today. And far too many sssssssss's.

4:56 pm

getting fatigued by the grid

4:56 pm

just surpassed 100. I need to go do some actual work - bbl

4:57 pm

at7?

4:57 pm

it never will end... ever... I just know it

4:57 pm

pl the map book

4:57 pm

it will, kje...honest ;)

4:58 pm

i knew i shld have tried that. thanks

4:58 pm

I need sustenance if I am to persist

4:59 pm

wow.. monkeyed the da 6/7 yay me

4:59 pm

I'm on a sugar rush now...eating a tootsie pop

5:00 pm

Share the joy, cosdem. Clue it!

5:01 pm

Don't Eat the Da6!

5:01 pm

sounds like an old tv dog.. change the first letter, then plural it

5:02 pm

and the tv dog is also in the grid :)

5:03 pm

or the 'young scottish girl'

5:05 pm

*weeping for joy* Just finished the A's.

5:05 pm

da

5:05 pm

yeah! :)

5:05 pm

* passing the tissues *

5:06 pm

first column all greyed out!.. 2 out of 3 9s done

5:06 pm

ae9, di9, re9

5:07 pm

ok i have the re9 to do ill do it later when its time to do the Rs :)

5:09 pm

im gonna work on my farmville. ill be back when its all tended to

5:09 pm

do some frontierville while you're out there...

5:09 pm

...I need to finish some buildings and need more neighbors to help out!

5:11 pm

hey babblers, anyone around?

5:11 pm

hiya pip

5:11 pm

how you been pini?

5:11 pm

I'm working in another window, using cluing as a distraction.. ;)

5:12 pm

not too bad, yourself?

5:12 pm

Hello anyone paying attention

5:12 pm

D's defunct!

5:12 pm

hi sadie

5:12 pm

okay, it's been a crazy few months

5:12 pm

helloo sadie

5:12 pm

i spend far too much time in farmville and frontierville lol

5:12 pm

hi pini

5:12 pm

well done, judi ;)

5:12 pm

hi pippin

5:12 pm

supposed to be doing some work toward getting an awesome job and... here i am!

5:13 pm

gotta have some fun though lol

5:13 pm

of course, sadie

5:13 pm

how's it coming along, pip?

5:14 pm

all in my head, need to get some of it down on paper!

5:15 pm

* wonders how someone finds a job via imagination *

5:15 pm

that's the problem!

5:15 pm

i had to look up a word today so naturally i thought of this crowd

5:15 pm

* giggle *

5:16 pm

saw no fewer than 3 restaurant reviews referring to the chef as a "toque"

5:16 pm

E's evaporated.

5:17 pm

is that good or bad?

5:17 pm

well done, Judi

5:17 pm

apparently that's the new hip synecdoche in reviews right now, to refer to a chef by the fancy name for a chef hat

5:18 pm

i don't think i support it

5:18 pm

interesting...

5:20 pm

That's rather a stretch, pippingeek. I don't think any chef wants to be referred to as a hat. Next we'll be calling football players "helmets". I don't see it catching on.

5:21 pm

it seemed a little odd to me

5:22 pm

my suspicion is that someone did it and some other reviewer saw it and thought it was a hip fancy word and doesn't know the real meaning

5:22 pm

that's what I was thinking...

5:23 pm

Could be. In which case, the Editor should stick a fork in it ( or at least red line it for correction).

5:23 pm

that's IF the editor even notices

5:25 pm

True, Pini. One wonders if knowing English is even a requirement for journalism any more. Our state's one and only paper - "The WIlmington News Journal" is good for several cringes per day.

5:25 pm

sigh. i so want to chat but this creative thinking test is not going to complete itself

5:26 pm

I think it's actually run by a bunch of 5th graders.

5:26 pm

i think the only smart solution is to turn off the internet for at least a couple hours

5:26 pm

we'll be here when you're ready, pip!

5:26 pm

and to think, judi, those jobs require college degrees...amazing!

5:26 pm

and when i actually finish i can enjoy guilt free babbling!

5:26 pm

(so they tell me anyway)

5:26 pm

maybe even with an awesome job in a fabulous ad agency!

5:27 pm

well, tell everyone i said hi, i'll try to stop in when i've a little work under my belt

5:27 pm

okey dokey!

5:28 pm

It really kills me, Pini. I have a high school diploma and a year of college. I still have a better mastery of the English language than the BA's and Masters I work with. *Major eye roll*. My boss always gives me stuff to proof read. Makes my head spin to see such remedial errors. And the man is 62! You'd think he would have learned by now.

5:30 pm

Doesn't it just suck, Judi?

5:30 pm

If you're interested in the preservation of the English language, you should join S.P.E.L.L., the Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature - http://www.spellorg.com.

5:30 pm

And for that I get paid thousands LESS!

5:31 pm

Took me 22 apps to get on at the Uni I work at because they didn't think 30 years of executive administrative work wasn't equivalent to a BA...they keep saying a BA demonstrates dedication...HA!!!!

5:31 pm

I'll join. Do spelling and grammar count?

5:31 pm

(Not sure I can join, because I just masacred that sentence!)

5:31 pm

Very much!

5:33 pm

And you get "goof" cards to send out when you join - check out the web site

5:33 pm

Alas. The self-learned are merely trod upon by the over-educated elite.

5:33 pm

I will, Java. Thanks!

5:34 pm

Over-educated people who forget their education...

5:34 pm

Judi, you are beyond being correct in that statement

Anyone from Astoria, Queens?

5:34 pm

...but hold onto the attitude.

5:34 pm

hello Im back again

It's in the grid- but not a word.

5:34 pm

1st ta7?

5:34 pm

I used to live near Astoria - and I tried the word...

5:35 pm

add 3-ltr pl to the ta4

5:36 pm

(rhymes with a litte flower)

5:36 pm

ty

5:37 pm

the first en7?

5:37 pm

en + Disney's Fan*****

5:38 pm

thankie

5:40 pm

O's obliterated. I'm off to dinner. Ta for now! *POOF*

5:40 pm

well done, again, Judi...

5:42 pm

E's done!

5:43 pm

nice ;)

hello all

5:44 pm

hi TO

5:44 pm

Hello Temple Owl

hi pini, hisaide

5:47 pm

clue for da 6

5:48 pm

rhymes with tv dog

5:48 pm

sounds like an old tv dog

5:48 pm

Rhymes with Timmy's dog La6 (young scottish girl)

5:48 pm

which is also in the grid la6

5:49 pm

going to wander for a bit...back later...

5:50 pm

43 s's and t's to go!

6:01 pm

there are a bunch of s' in this one sheesh

6:01 pm

seas

6:01 pm

oops

6:01 pm

oh lord my friend just told me what she did to prank her husband on Thanksgiving

6:02 pm

she put a fully cooked baby chicken IN the turkey.. and when he was carving it he saw it and freaked out ... "we cant eat this this turkey was pregnant!"

6:02 pm

took him a while to figure it out.. when she reminded himn turkeys laid eggs lol

6:02 pm

funny, cosdem

6:03 pm

lol cosdem

6:03 pm

the whole family was freaking out lol

6:05 pm

lol I can imagine they were

6:06 pm

she had to tell him right b4 he was gonna throw it out lol

6:07 pm

first sa 8, please?

6:08 pm

i need one more for the "g", i have the pesky ones

6:09 pm

it looks like a beer brand.. minus the N

6:09 pm

sa 9, the condition of being spiced with sodium

6:09 pm

wait.. . minus the N In the middle I mean

6:10 pm

running through beer brands now in my head lol

6:10 pm

that was sa8 not 9

6:10 pm

ty inge -- silly word

6:11 pm

not the worse one in this grid

6:11 pm

the 2nd ne5/10?

6:12 pm

hmmmm....no have the 'g' word?

6:12 pm

ne 5 - one who ne's?

6:12 pm

disar s

6:13 pm

gn + vowel, vowel, double constant

6:13 pm

these sa's are brutal

6:13 pm

ne5 ne + prsent tense of to be plus cons

6:14 pm

found it just now. . ty tho

6:14 pm

N's done! still 138 left ugh

6:14 pm

cos, is that right for the gn? gn + 2 vowels + double consonant ???

6:15 pm

sa 6/24 following more argumentative?

6:15 pm

can i have a clue for 'g' word?

6:15 pm

for the gn6.. yes

6:15 pm

oK just got it... thank you cos

6:15 pm

hello peeps

6:15 pm

gn + 2nd vowel + 3rd vowel + double curvy constants

6:16 pm

thank you, that was easy to understand

6:16 pm

yw :)

6:17 pm

i only have 202 left!

6:18 pm

wtg! :)

6:18 pm

clue for en 7 please

hello monk!

6:18 pm

hellooooooooooooo owl & all my peeps

6:18 pm

sounds like the name of the land that the neverending story takes place in

6:18 pm

en + disney's fan*****

6:18 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

6:19 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

6:19 pm

hi lil monkey

6:19 pm

hi min!

6:19 pm

or en + fa***** ..( disney movie)

what monk!

6:19 pm

Gotta go. Good luck to all

6:19 pm

sa 6/24 following more argumentative?

6:20 pm

what what, owl?

6:20 pm

bye inge!

6:21 pm

13 'O' words, i can't see 1!

6:21 pm

they are very tricky Jen.. i have 1 left for O ugh

6:21 pm

two of them are.. ,, another name for a section of Asia

lol meant whatup

6:21 pm

looking for the dictionary

6:22 pm

The Or**** is a very beautiful place to visit.

6:23 pm

thx cosdem, i can't see it!

6:23 pm

*throwing off cloak of invisibility and trying again* sa 6/24 following more argumentative?

6:23 pm

129 left... all R,S, and Ts

6:23 pm

sorry nan, i don't have that... also don't have the "more argumentative" word

6:23 pm

Nan - I Only have two sa words otherwise id help

6:24 pm

ok - ty

6:24 pm

sa6 = sa + astronaut's drink

6:24 pm

yum i love the astronaut drink

6:25 pm

don't forget to pl

is it still made?

6:25 pm

astronaut's drink? is that from a commercial?

6:26 pm

think 'sour' nan

6:26 pm

yes nan, in the 60s, astronauts drank this orange powdered drink

6:26 pm

Yes, it's still made ;)

6:27 pm

ooo i have that in my cupboard!!

6:27 pm

have no idea monkey -- must have been a US commercial

6:27 pm

i love it

6:27 pm

sa + ta4/6 right? :)

6:28 pm

oh -- know what you mean now

6:28 pm

brb

6:28 pm

ty

6:28 pm

orange powder gave it to me

6:29 pm

lol me too nan

6:30 pm

woo hoo found the 9.. that wa an easy one since theyre the human group in the sci-fi series "V"

6:31 pm

last se 6?

6:32 pm

dont have it. i shld look for the S's now and save the Rs later

6:32 pm

se7 is pl of the se6

6:32 pm

oh sorry...

6:33 pm

se6 = se + red in spanish

6:33 pm

se 6/18: like first se6/18,change last vowel cybernan

6:34 pm

se 6 following posted?

6:34 pm

The spanish word for red is rojo. isn't it Pinikula.

isn't red "rojo"

6:34 pm

oops...my bad

6:34 pm

Santa ****, California?

6:35 pm

that helped pinky :) ty

6:35 pm

ps, cos, Santa is in the grid...probably just for you! :)

6:35 pm

that was actually the first word i tried at flip lol

6:36 pm

ty got it

6:36 pm

too bad it's a proper noun ;)

si7/28 # 2 pls?

6:36 pm

boy, i just added about 12 words just by plural-ing the words!

6:36 pm

si7 = more prissy

6:37 pm

just looking for it now to

6:37 pm

ty pini

ty. clue pls for first na5/10?

6:38 pm

yvw

6:38 pm

what if someone were to say "i collect santa clauses"

6:38 pm

na5 = having to do with the nose

6:38 pm

si 5/10 following the knights?

ty

6:39 pm

si + My Gal ***

6:39 pm

ty pini

6:41 pm

i found 100!

6:42 pm

well done, jen

6:42 pm

help with any ts word pls

6:42 pm

t + gaping wounds

6:42 pm

i am happy, may be back later for more

6:42 pm

then change last vowel

6:42 pm

thanks pini

6:42 pm

then pl last cons

sa8/40 pls?

6:44 pm

thanks

6:44 pm

first st 7, please?

6:44 pm

sa8 = the most sa4y

6:45 pm

st7 = ASAP + picnic pest

pini it won't take

6:45 pm

sa 8: condition of being saline

6:45 pm

sorry, my bad...wrong sa8

this is pathetic i cant even get it with a to z

6:46 pm

*ends with scottish loch monster

6:46 pm

sa8/40 = not pepper + Loch ****

ty all

6:46 pm

ty pini -- was all around that!

good night everyone happy babbling.

6:47 pm

night TO

6:47 pm

night TO

6:47 pm

8 to go here

6:47 pm

byeeeeeeeee owel

6:50 pm

omg -- 3 ts's?

6:50 pm

and not a tsarina in the bunch!

6:50 pm

t + gaping wounds

6:50 pm

then change last vowel

6:51 pm

then pl the last cons

6:51 pm

3 ts? i m showing 37 Ts

6:51 pm

found the 1st 2

6:51 pm

ts x 3, T's x 37

6:52 pm

clued all 3, nan ;)

6:52 pm

oh okay i misread

6:52 pm

didn't take the 8, pini

6:53 pm

ts6 + curvy letter

6:53 pm

the first sa6/18?

6:53 pm

oh, sorry...dbl center and last cons

6:53 pm

hi everyone..

6:53 pm

hi jilly

6:54 pm

does the 8 end with a sibling?

6:54 pm

no, nan, use the ts6 and dbl the center and last cons

6:55 pm

ah -- 2 double consonants

6:55 pm

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

6:55 pm

anyone clued the last di6/21?

6:55 pm

yep, my first clue was poor, my bad

6:55 pm

WooT cyber

6:55 pm

pl of di4

6:55 pm

wtg nan ;)

6:56 pm

ahhh

6:56 pm

rag on someone JJ

6:56 pm

expire + sibling

6:56 pm

2nd sa 6/18??

6:56 pm

ok, more like 2-ltr pl of di4

6:56 pm

sa6 = (Jp.) 'third generation'

6:56 pm

sorry -- that wasn't the last - plural the last di 4

6:56 pm

nm found it

6:57 pm

ty Pini

6:58 pm

time for me to go and put some supper together -- samantha where are you when I need you? see you later.

6:59 pm

if you find her, nan...send her my say!

6:59 pm

* way

6:59 pm

* heading to PB for that one *

6:59 pm

SA words done.

7:01 pm

well done, cos

7:03 pm

hi weed

7:03 pm

the first si6?

7:03 pm

si6 - spamish nap

7:04 pm

ty!

7:04 pm

hi kje

7:06 pm

hi pinikula

7:06 pm

I am eating sushi wich gave me the strength to finish

7:06 pm

which

7:07 pm

I love sushi

7:07 pm

hello all

7:07 pm

can help as needed...

7:07 pm

hi peri

7:07 pm

3 left, started off easy, tough now

7:07 pm

hi babble

7:08 pm

i kept typing in seashore when there was another word similar. doh!

7:08 pm

hi dr

7:08 pm

Hi Pini! How are you

7:09 pm

not too bad, yourself?

7:09 pm

doing well

7:09 pm

thanks for asking

7:10 pm

* smile *

7:12 pm

any clues for ti6?

7:13 pm

ti + not crazy

7:13 pm

way too many S words today

7:13 pm

thank you!

7:14 pm

teh 3rd se6/18?

7:14 pm

yvw ;)

7:15 pm

se + inc**** (tooth)

7:15 pm

I'm completely lost on the ts... any help?

7:16 pm

ty!

7:16 pm

t + gaping wounds

7:16 pm

then change last vowel

7:16 pm

then dbl 2nd and last cons

7:16 pm

Just popping in. Great clues in the chog!

7:16 pm

I have 15 more S words then I can work on the Ts

7:16 pm

:)

7:18 pm

tyvm!

7:19 pm

yvw ;)

7:21 pm

17 left

7:21 pm

you can do it ;)

7:21 pm

still have 175 words....*sigh* I didn't think shopping would take as long as it did...failed to include the idiot factor

7:22 pm

* giggle *

7:22 pm

here to help if needed, jilly...

7:22 pm

JJ, but I've been home all day, how could you have included me?

7:23 pm

I avoid shopping for the 3 days after Thanksgiving just because of the idiot factors

7:23 pm

;)

7:23 pm

anyone haver the st6.18 before the st4/4

7:23 pm

clue for the en7's please

7:24 pm

homost6...smae condition?

7:24 pm

en + Disney's Fan****

7:24 pm

st7 = ASAP + picnic pest

7:24 pm

Pav...you definitly weren't there..lol...NO babblers were there...we're all too nice!

7:25 pm

st6,18 is a condition of equilibrium.

7:25 pm

the o's are a bit of a pain

7:25 pm

but I am an idiota...

7:25 pm

the grid is a bit of a pain///103 left here

7:25 pm

ty again Pini

7:26 pm

or6 = Or***** Express

7:26 pm

yw hoot

7:26 pm

following 2 are related

7:26 pm

S's ALL DONE!

7:26 pm

ty pini

7:26 pm

Hi all, 23 left.

7:26 pm

yay down to la4 100

7:28 pm

with all these s's this grid sounds like a ssssssssssssssssnake!

7:28 pm

go, cos!!

7:30 pm

90 left...ugh!

7:30 pm

git'r dun, peeps!

7:30 pm

nope, no snakes in the grid... there are butts though, and guys and girls, and organ linings

7:30 pm

59 here . . .

7:30 pm

hey kje :-)

7:32 pm

i'm between laundry loads... still working on the 169 I have left

7:33 pm

I am in dire need of the first sa7 - puleeese

7:34 pm

26 left. All T words.

7:34 pm

sa7 - NaCl + picnic pest

7:34 pm

sa4 + picnic pest

7:34 pm

The last or7, please.

7:35 pm

ty - I should have known it was too weird to monkey!

7:35 pm

or7 = 2-ltr pl of the or5

7:35 pm

hmpf... monkey is not weird

7:36 pm

so why is "tits" accepted but "tatas" aren't? :)

7:36 pm

thanx for or7, pini

7:36 pm

ty pini.

7:36 pm

probably too slang, cos

7:36 pm

Hi. :)

7:36 pm

sooorrrrry :D

7:36 pm

tits are birds

7:36 pm

i cannot STAND those stupid stickers that say Save the Tatas

7:36 pm

"shit" is accepted too :P

7:36 pm

monkey they sell wrsitbands that say them too ugh

7:36 pm

where on earth is that?

7:37 pm

and what are they saving?

7:37 pm

breast cancer awareness, Hoot

7:37 pm

u can find them at any convinence store

7:37 pm

brb - gonna heat up dinner...

7:37 pm

cos you can use it's permutations too

7:37 pm

ugh i hate that damn slogan... i feel it is so disrespectful.... you don't see a sticker saying Save the Balls or Save the Nutsack

7:37 pm

Well, from my perspective as an RN...whatever you want to call them, whatever is said...is just fine if women (and men) are more aware of breast cancer and the need for screening

7:38 pm

oh good lord! How stupid can they get?!

7:38 pm

monkey, i see plenty of stickers saying "save your sack"

7:38 pm

what's next, are we going to see the slogan "Save your poop chute" to encourage people to get a colonoscopy????

7:38 pm

lol

7:38 pm

But I am in the middle of a campaign here and never saw or heard of that!

7:38 pm

* giggle *

7:38 pm

Hey...job security for me....rofl!!

7:39 pm

and I needed a translation.

7:39 pm

www.savethetatas.com (just googled it)

7:40 pm

well I've now been educated but it's still stupid!

7:40 pm

oh lawd they have a banner on their website saying "Santa's Favorite Ta-Tas"

7:40 pm

the only tatas santa likes belongs to Mrs. Claus

7:40 pm

stupider!

7:41 pm

my neighbor.. shes this little 89 year old woman.. she loves their stuff..

7:42 pm

the 2nd to last ta7 anyone?

7:42 pm

most delishious

7:42 pm

cos, i only have the one that means MORE delectable

7:42 pm

i have that one too.. thanks

7:43 pm

no - that's the last

7:43 pm

cos, pecan ta***** are a popular southern cookie

7:43 pm

oh there's one before that one?

7:43 pm

i asked for the 2nd to last :P

7:43 pm

same as la

7:43 pm

ty

7:43 pm

oh that works as a singular too... thanks une

7:43 pm

rhymes with Scots females

7:43 pm

and the dog

7:44 pm

yw :-)

7:44 pm

19 left

7:45 pm

50 here . . . arrgghhh . . . sooo tired of this grid . . .

7:45 pm

5 left and ready to scream!

7:45 pm

fw

7:45 pm

56 left and just finished the r's

7:45 pm

It has been ,ost trying!

7:45 pm

yay for MPittore!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:46 pm

most

7:46 pm

I'm ready to scream with 133 left....the r's are a REAL pain....*eyes crossing*

7:46 pm

FYI - my mom is now at my brother's, having been discharged from a local hosp there in Columbus. tomorrow she goes in with sis-in law to be seen by cardiologist...

7:47 pm

Hope it all works for the better Pav3

7:47 pm

best wishes to your family, pav

7:47 pm

((hugs)) pav3...

7:47 pm

NBT! woot woot

7:48 pm

r's DOWN

7:49 pm

I'm taking a break - bbl Good luck all

7:49 pm

WooT lilmonkey!

7:49 pm

my younger sis, who's with her on this trip, was not holdin up..my older sis in MN is worried..my two younger bros are somewhat shocked...this is first for us..she's 73 and seemingly healthy for now...

7:50 pm

FIREWORKS

7:50 pm

later, hoot

7:50 pm

Congrats

7:50 pm

yay cos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:50 pm

yay cos! you beat me to it!

7:50 pm

thanks jilly......... PAV, best wishes to your Mom & your family

7:50 pm

woo hooooooo cos!

7:51 pm

wtg cos

7:51 pm

Yay cosdem WooT WooT!!

7:51 pm

now im gonna lie down,. thi sgrid gave me a headache

7:51 pm

jumping for joy cos!

7:51 pm

Can I get any hints for the g's? :|

7:52 pm

ooooh its snowing!

7:52 pm

gn4/5 irritating little bugs

7:52 pm

worked my @("_")@'s on this one!

7:52 pm

cgw--- think pest/bug

7:52 pm

cgw8, two of the g's are pesky little bugs, some people call them "no see em's"

7:52 pm

what about the gn6?

7:53 pm

gn + song frm Sound of Music, Edelw****

7:53 pm

Thanks. :)

7:53 pm

gn + Edelw**** Edel**** (sing along!)

7:53 pm

And the last is a kind of rock

7:53 pm

thx!

7:53 pm

great minds, monkey LOL

7:53 pm

this is the first time this season the snow is sticking to the ground

7:53 pm

gn + second vowel + third vowel + double snake ltr's

7:53 pm

ae7 pls?

7:54 pm

enjoy your winter wonderland, cos!

7:54 pm

ae4/4 + PT of sit

7:54 pm

Thanks, all. :)

7:54 pm

**cannot believe there are 11 D words from top left D**

7:55 pm

ty!!

7:55 pm

monkey the di4/5 begins alot of them

7:56 pm

thanks, pitts

7:56 pm

is5?

7:57 pm

a japanese immigrant

7:57 pm

first generation Japanese

7:58 pm

need a break!! bbs....oh Hi Dawg...went shopping in Zootown today...

7:58 pm

hey, dawg :-)

7:58 pm

doesn't help mp and lbd

7:58 pm

thanks for that reminder is5/6

7:58 pm

domo arigato!

7:59 pm

ai6?

7:59 pm

is + french net, first three letters

7:59 pm

Hello everyone! I'm back on.

7:59 pm

hi Jilly, Hi Unea! Hi everyone!

7:59 pm

Mark!!!!!!!

7:59 pm

mix, sounds like essay(s)...

7:59 pm

Hi everyone. :)

8:00 pm

you can plural that japanese immigrant word for the is6

8:00 pm

ai6 what we breathe + superlative ending

8:00 pm

Hey MP. How's it going?

8:00 pm

got it. ty all, esp. lbd

8:00 pm

just got fw at 7:45pm

8:00 pm

hello Mark

8:00 pm

whooooo hoooooo MP!!

8:01 pm

brb, need more tea

8:01 pm

ty lbd

8:01 pm

hi. I still need 183 words. *blush*

8:01 pm

tea sounds good . . . back in a mo

8:01 pm

no need to blush need any clues???

8:02 pm

Yes please.

8:02 pm

ok which ones?

8:02 pm

first da6?

8:02 pm

oh, oh, jumping chat...someone must have a big icon

8:02 pm

Anything

8:03 pm

Any hints on the left e? :|

8:04 pm

ok mark...do you have 5 ae words all beginning with same 4 ltrs.

8:04 pm

Nope, I'm sorry.

da 6/21 rhymes with the collie that saved timmy in the well

8:04 pm

thank you lbd!

8:05 pm

ty luv.

8:05 pm

and plural that, LuvWord

8:05 pm

the left e spells the plural letter .. a 4 and a 5

8:05 pm

Thanks. :)

8:05 pm

ok...ae + **w, **w your boat...

have that, thanks monkey but I do need the di 9/60 please

8:06 pm

oooh i don't have that yet, Luv

8:06 pm

mark that will be the first one it has to do with planes

8:06 pm

I need that too luv.

8:06 pm

an7?

well, we'll all work on it together then

8:07 pm

I got that one, thanks MP

8:07 pm

first or6?

8:07 pm

I'll help Luv!

8:07 pm

and I'm missing the di9 as well...baffling

an 7/28 more fidgety

8:07 pm

an7 = more nervous, starts with the picnic pest

8:07 pm

ok now add the pt of sit

8:08 pm

then pl that

the first 4 letters of the di are the di 4/5

8:08 pm

ty!

2nd di 4/5 that is

8:08 pm

I can't get di9 either. I am just starting this game!

8:08 pm

then add what a dr in the hosp says when he wants the tests immediately, then pl that

8:10 pm

I still can't get it. *Sigh*

8:10 pm

di 9 is di + snake ltr + se7/28

8:11 pm

ty MP!!!

8:12 pm

ok mark they all begin with the ae you got...next add the past tense of sit for the second word, then add the snake ltr to that...try it

8:12 pm

back...dinner was yummy (again)

8:12 pm

I don't know what slashes mean in clues. Please tell me MP!

8:12 pm

Hey pini!

8:12 pm

Mark...I'd suggest just working on the small words (4-ltrs) before going for the biggest...

thanks MP!

8:12 pm

hi Pini

8:13 pm

hola pinikula!

8:13 pm

...once you get more into the swing of the game and the cluing, you'll be able to figure out clues for the bigger words...

8:13 pm

I'll try, but those haven't been working for me either;

8:13 pm

ok ae4/4 means the word has four letters for a point value of 4...

8:13 pm

ty for the di9

8:14 pm

I don't pay much attention to the point value...

8:14 pm

Trust your elders, Mark...start small, end big... :)

8:14 pm

I hate when age gets into this.

8:15 pm

Sorry, but finding small words often gives you the root of larger ones...

8:15 pm

I was trying to start you off with an easy set of words to get....don't get frustrated mark we have all been were you are...just relax and have fun it's all about playing the game not necessarily winning...

8:15 pm

Fine.

8:16 pm

I will try my best, but it hasn't worked out for me today.

8:16 pm

Now, now, don't get angry...just jump right in and find what you can, attempt to follow clues, but have fun ;)

8:16 pm

just look at the puzzle, type in the words that you see, and work from there.

se 7/32 please?

nm, got it

8:17 pm

some grids are must harder than others.

8:17 pm

compound luv, by the ocean

thanks anyway Eva, that's what usually happens, I find the word after I ask for the clue lol

8:18 pm

I'm not angry, just a little upset with myself. But ibd, this grid has 272 words! It should be easy!!!

8:18 pm

that happens, what I do is look at each letter in the grid and try to make as many 4 letter words in any direction first, then I go thru and try to plural those maybe that can work for you.

8:18 pm

it's a moderate grid. for those of us who have been here forever, for newbies it might be more trying

8:19 pm

Mark, remember you're a youngster...keep playing and it'll get easier and you'll impress your teachers with an increased vocabulary. :o)

8:19 pm

Well i am a newbie.

8:19 pm

sometimes I look for other endings like "ed" or "ier" to add to the words I did find...I just keep typing which we call monkeying...

8:20 pm

Mark this is one of the larger grids...so it's not so easy...you are doing fine...

8:20 pm

I'll try pini, but in the meantime i need to take a shower but then i will be back and hope for some luck. See you in about 20 minutes. Bye!

8:21 pm

first or6?

8:21 pm

Take your time...it may help you look at the puzzle more positively.

8:22 pm

That or 6/18 word is ride the Or**** Express Shirlockc

8:22 pm

metal + r***'m cowboy

8:22 pm

i have that one

8:22 pm

thx pini

8:22 pm

LOL love that clue pini

8:23 pm

yw

8:23 pm

* smile *

8:23 pm

what kind of cowboy? lol

8:23 pm

can I have a clue for the last se6,18?

8:24 pm

A rhinestone cowboy, lbd.

8:24 pm

se + Santa ****, California (kinda like 'red')

8:24 pm

Save your horse R... a cowboy

8:24 pm

feed a horse, **** a cowboy? :)

8:24 pm

se + love flower with different last vowel

8:24 pm

yeah, that's the one, MP!!!

8:24 pm

The last se 6/18 word is an se 4/4 plus either/** what

8:25 pm

sad news!

8:25 pm

lol, i have the word, just trying to imagine the cowboy! rofl

8:25 pm

ty lbd and pini

8:25 pm

what, cos?

8:25 pm

Leslie Neilsen passed away today.

8:25 pm

oh. that is sad news, cos

8:25 pm

You should see our mens a capella group sing it at the uni, lbd!!! LOL

8:25 pm

we were talking about him in Babble yesterday!

8:25 pm

Oh,I didn't hear about that. Had he been sick cosdem

8:26 pm

uh oh...sorry to hear that...and we were just talking about him yesterday

8:26 pm

the news said complications from pneumonia

8:26 pm

that's too bad... :(

8:26 pm

pneumonia is nothing to sneeze at...almost had me too, years ago...

8:27 pm

he was so funny....a sad loss indeed

8:28 pm

surely

8:28 pm

he was 84

8:28 pm

not that age makes it any better....

8:28 pm

Don't call me Shirley..

8:29 pm

one of his really memorable lines

8:29 pm

i think ill watch airplane! tonight

8:30 pm

a's done! 36 left

8:30 pm

go pav!

8:30 pm

Awesome PAV3!

8:30 pm

hope everyone had a great turkey day. LBD are you staying warm??

8:31 pm

Hello shooshoo! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

8:31 pm

d's kocked out...

8:31 pm

Delightful PAV3!

8:31 pm

thanks

8:32 pm

oopsies! still need the di9

8:34 pm

same first 5 ltrs of prev word + inc**** (tooth)

8:34 pm

11 left, all t's

8:34 pm

Terrific wht!

8:35 pm

get it pav?

8:35 pm

di9 not + se7,28

8:36 pm

well I'm off to finish my laundry....spreading luck and sweet treats to all....niters...poofy!

8:36 pm

go wht!

8:36 pm

night night, MP

8:36 pm

thanks pini...it's di3 + se6 18

8:36 pm

Night mp

8:38 pm

Goodbye MPittore! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

8:40 pm

When I saw the Babble st 5/10 today, I knew I would not finish.I did not finish the grid, but I can't re6/18 doing one of my st7/28. So I thought I would be an as 8/40 and as6/18 with a story of clues. Hubby di 6/21 Babble every day. He does not give one io 4/4 about Babble.It ir4/4 him when I Babble for hours. He really doesn't like huge grids that make my babbling time la 4/4 for hours. But his Farmville also la5/10 for hours. The more I babble the na 7/28 he gets. Hubby always st 5/10 up trouble when I am babbling. Hubby drives me insa4/4 sometimes with his Babble remarks & the nasty looks he se5/12 me.But I find happine4/4 when I Babble though. Sometimes I wish I could just to 4/4 him out. Sometimes I wish he re6/21d else where so I can Babble in peace. Hubby wants the computer. If I do not surre4/5er it to him,he'll cause a ri4/4. Now I am going to go st5/12 up and ri4/4 out of this se 4/4 and go ne 4/4en the kitchen and then I'm going to go downst 6/18 and watch a movie I re 6/18 I re 4/4ed. Then I am going to reti4/4 for the evening. I'm outta here for the re 4/4 of the night. See you all tomorrow

8:40 pm

My monkeys are getting nowhere on the ts's. Any clues?

8:40 pm

t + gaping wounds

8:40 pm

then change last vowel

8:40 pm

then dbl center and last cons

ts 6/18 t + aches

8:40 pm

Oh lord wht....I am still in the s's

8:41 pm

I'm back! Hey everybody.

8:42 pm

ty pini. That gives me fireworks.

8:42 pm

wtg wht

8:44 pm

wonderful Min!!

8:44 pm

en8 please?

8:44 pm

whoooo hoooooo WHT!!

8:44 pm

en + Disney's Fan*****

8:45 pm

(en8 is the pl of that)

8:45 pm

I think I could uhhh from all of these Ss

8:45 pm

add a plural to the \7

8:45 pm

thank you!!

8:45 pm

WEll, since sensei is not a word...what is the last se6/21?

8:46 pm

Can I have an o hint?

8:46 pm

se + Santa ****, California (like red)

8:46 pm

or4 = metals

8:46 pm

JJ pt of se5 10 the final one

8:46 pm

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! Good for you

8:46 pm

thats the 6/18 is it not?

8:46 pm

9 here

8:47 pm

Hello Mark Jones!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

8:47 pm

ahhh *slaps head with fish*

8:47 pm

ts8 please?

8:47 pm

sorry, the last se6/21 = pt of the se5/10

8:47 pm

Hey min. I'm doing fine, thank you.

8:48 pm

got it pini! May not get to scrabble tonight tho'..

8:48 pm

They won't allow the devil. Darn...

8:48 pm

yw, Jilly...no worries on the game...take your time (I'm thankful I'm checking on it more frequently!)

8:49 pm

I could fall dead from all these s words. Grrrr.

8:51 pm

ts8 is the last tx6 with doubled consonants.

8:51 pm

I gotta go now, but I leave you with a story in profile

8:51 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow

8:51 pm

er the last ts6

8:51 pm

Night Min.

8:51 pm

g'night min ;)

8:52 pm

Night min. See you tomorrow.

8:52 pm

It is time for me to go as well. Happy Babbling all.

8:53 pm

Scratch that. I might not have any time because of school; Anyway, hopifully i'll talk to you

8:53 pm

thank you wht!

8:53 pm

See ya wht.

8:53 pm

g'night wht

8:53 pm

yw magyk

8:54 pm

Good Evening Everybody. Why do I ever start these big grids when I don't have time to DO them?

8:54 pm

down to two 8's an s and a t

8:54 pm

still have 3 hours... ;)

8:54 pm

git'r dun, pav

8:54 pm

to7 please?

8:54 pm

GO, Go, PAV! YOU can do it!

8:55 pm

thanks wht for the t8

8:55 pm

You're right. It is so big. Pini, why do you stay up that late?

8:55 pm

1 to go...

8:55 pm

first di7?

8:55 pm

WTG Pav3!!

8:55 pm

to7 think of much hard rain..comes down in t07/8

8:55 pm

hi nef!

8:55 pm

thank you PAV

8:55 pm

it's not late here, mark

8:56 pm

If anyone wants the clue, de****or

8:56 pm

What time is it there, Pini?

8:56 pm

hi Jilly. How are you doing with this grid (and in general) tonight?

8:56 pm

7pm

8:57 pm

Oh. It is 9pm here. I keep making that mistake.

8:57 pm

ta7? the first or last please!

8:57 pm

By the way, the clue I just typed doesn't work. Typo, sorry.*groan*

8:57 pm

night kids. i'm crashing now. see you all tomorrow

8:58 pm

isn't it past your bedtime (especially if you have to go to school in the morning?)

8:58 pm

night lbd ;)

8:58 pm

it's a gonna be 8 and finito es...

8:58 pm

ta7 = tar + change y to *** (pl)

8:58 pm

I go to bed at 9:40 thanks, and I'm old enough to do it.

8:58 pm

ta7 = rhymes with the flower pa*****

8:59 pm

off to feed the poopies...and a walk...in the freezing cold....

8:59 pm

now now...no need to get huffy...was simply making an observation (albiet wrong)

8:59 pm

cya pav! (I'll be following soon)

9:00 pm

thank you!

9:00 pm

I try not to get snippy, but it slips out sometimes;

9:00 pm

with 60 left..I'm saying adios!

9:01 pm

night magy

9:01 pm

g'night magyk

9:02 pm

niters magyk

9:05 pm

I just reached the 100 word mark! *yay*

9:06 pm

WTG, Mark! On a puzzle this size, that's pretty darn good for a newbie!

9:07 pm

Thx. Looks like the shower break has done me good!

9:08 pm

WTG mark!!!

9:08 pm

Hi Nef! Are you looking forward to work as much as I am? *tongue in cheek*

9:08 pm

Gracias. I have been working on today's grid for a while. It's very addictive.

hi all

9:09 pm

It IS very addicting, Mark. Be careful or you'll end up one of us! ;-)

9:09 pm

Hey. How's the grid for ya?

9:10 pm

By the way, Nef, how long have you Babbled?

9:11 pm

Jilly, I am looking forward to work tomorrow. Especially if my dtr. manages to do part of my laundrty along with hers! (She lives in our basement; I'm not doing too well with st 6/18 right now with a pulled groin muscle)

9:11 pm

Hello all...

hi hellen, how goes it?

jellen,not hellen

9:11 pm

Fireworks!

dur

9:11 pm

hi jellen, TNC, Nef, et al

go girl!

9:11 pm

It goes pretty well, TNC, thanks!

9:11 pm

Mark, I've been Babbling over 5 years.

9:12 pm

wtg jellen ;)

9:12 pm

Hey jellen, how's it going?

9:12 pm

YAY, Jellen!!! WTG!!!!

hey pini

9:12 pm

Hi TNC

9:12 pm

Good, Mark

hey nef

I have been babbling for over 5 years, too

9:12 pm

Wow. You people are really addicted to this game. I will try not to get hooked.

I started right after Crackers was born

it was easy to do while he was sleeping on me

9:14 pm

Mark there is no escape. resistance is futile

9:14 pm

Hi Jellen

go pro, go pro

9:14 pm

Don't go all Star Trek on me. Were you here for the Shatner conversation this morning?

9:14 pm

change the ce to a cross and you get re9

9:15 pm

*hypnotic voice* "you love babble, you love babble, you wil go pro, you will go pro.."

9:15 pm

LOL! "Resistance is futile" indeed! If you like word games this is the best one online (IMHO)

9:15 pm

no I actually don't usually play grids this big, so just popped in to wave at some friends

9:15 pm

*waves at dan2*

tthanks pini

9:15 pm

Hi, Jilly

9:15 pm

Jilly, I can't go pro because I don't have a credit card number. I tried, but you can't enter without it;

9:16 pm

*Waves*

9:16 pm

bummer

9:16 pm

Mark, you'll just have to either get your parents' permission or hold out until you're older.

NBT, finally

9:17 pm

*Sigh*

9:17 pm

well done, TNC

thank you

9:17 pm

WTG TnC!! I have 33 left...all the t's ... pie break...bbs

I have 220 left - smirk

9:18 pm

If you just started, you will get past me easily. 166 left *frown*

yes, but I have 5 years on you

so I konw the goofy little workds to look for

or words

and know - my typing is why it takes me so long

9:20 pm

Again, i hate when age comes into this. I have only done this for 4 days! I'm very sorry if i sound schizophrenic.

not a problem ;)

9:20 pm

It's not age, it's experience...

9:21 pm

you're doing fine for four days and 12 years old...

right, jellen

9:21 pm

Mark, just keep plugging away. And on a grid like this don't forget to try adding an S to every word. I miss so many plurals on large grids so many times it isn't funny

9:21 pm

Four days of experience!

9:21 pm

yes, what jellen said. i played for 9 months before i finished a grid.

I had no idea you were 12 - good for you!

9:21 pm

my internet is slow, so i'm not really chatting much right now.

9:21 pm

hello, everyone.

9:22 pm

i'm in and out, as i'm scrubbing the bathrooms while i play.

hi dc

ewww yuck

9:22 pm

Thanks Nef. I've gotten five more words already off of that.

9:22 pm

hi dc. Come clean mine whiole you're at it! ;-)

9:23 pm

dcs, that is too much information. My teen sense is kicking in here.

9:23 pm

Hi, dc...

9:23 pm

LOL Nef. i've been working on the one in the back. Egads, it needed it. I don't use that shower -- had no idea.

9:23 pm

Mark, i'm in and out, away from computer when scrubbing :)

9:24 pm

been waiting for shower to dry to put stuff back so i can get the floor cleaned.

9:24 pm

Mark, I wouldn't have guessed you were 12 either. Don't let this frustrate you too much; I always frustrate myself by starting huge grids when I don't have the time to finish them. I try, but sometimes life gets too busy

9:25 pm

I will learn how to finish it in time.

9:25 pm

* adds her name to the waiting list for dc's bathroom cleaning service *

9:25 pm

i was proud of my for finding the ae9 all by myself

9:25 pm

I'm not sure that I want you in my house. No offense, but that would be a little creepy.

9:26 pm

I can't find ae9.

9:26 pm

red alert

so, my two children who were practically killing each other 20 minutes ago are out in the living room being best of friends -what the heck!

9:26 pm

I do much better at finishing grids when they are less than 225 words. I like grids that are around the 150-225 word sizes. They usually are much quicker and easier than either larger or smaller grids

9:27 pm

can someone clue babble god?

9:27 pm

Off to make report...

what the hell was that?

9:27 pm

wow!

9:27 pm

troll

9:27 pm

Shall I email?

9:27 pm

can somebody please email Dr. G? I lost his address.

9:27 pm

hiding chat for now

9:28 pm

EMAILED

9:28 pm

hmmm. the name says everything there

9:29 pm

REPORTED!

9:29 pm

Email sent

9:29 pm

Tiresome

9:29 pm

Boring

9:29 pm

REPORTED!

9:29 pm

Immature

9:30 pm

REPORTED!

blech

9:30 pm

EMAILED.

9:30 pm

tu pini

9:30 pm

/me does the uker uker ma _/\_

9:30 pm

Don't get such juvenile behaviour at all

ties

9:31 pm

It's been happening at approximately the same time for the past 5 days

at least it gave itself the right name

9:31 pm

interesting

9:31 pm

just different "players" and "antics"

9:32 pm

It's only one letter off of last night's name

9:32 pm

omg what s going on

9:33 pm

well, was just dropping in to say hi and fireworks. happy babbles all. i don't want to know about this

9:33 pm

oh i see what

9:33 pm

Seems to have been taken care of (not sure I want to hold my breath just yet)

9:33 pm

wtg droens

9:33 pm

* dorens

9:33 pm

can game wrecker be stopped

9:33 pm

congrats, doren

9:33 pm

GW has been reported and appears to have been taken care of...

9:33 pm

WooT WooT dorens

9:34 pm

This is such a nice place...it makes one leary of all newbies...

9:35 pm

especially as of late...

9:35 pm

:(

9:36 pm

Sorry. I got lost for a moment. Weird pop-up;

9:37 pm

If we were mean to newbies or ignored them; I could understand (sort of) the bad behavior by the rude ones. I wonder why this one played and posted like that?

9:37 pm

We get those from time to time mark, very irritating...

9:37 pm

I don't even know how to do that. It seems so mean.

9:37 pm

I think there are those who just think it's funny to figure out how to annoy others...

9:38 pm

quite so, pini :/

9:38 pm

bbs

9:38 pm

It seems so stupid. This person found the words. Couldn't they be happy with it?

9:38 pm

<-- taking break for now, too...

9:39 pm

It does run in streaks. Most of the time if there is someone like that in chat; I just shrink down my screen so they don't bother me

9:39 pm

probably used a script to find it, I'd bet

9:39 pm

i am pretty sure bablerox is not a child and i am pretty sure the person who uses that name has been doing the same as gamewrecker

9:40 pm

I have to go to bed now. School tomorrow. Very ironic, pini. Bye everybody!

9:40 pm

a script? What do you mean dfm?

9:40 pm

See you Mark!!

9:40 pm

Good night, Mark. HAGD tomorrow

9:40 pm

I could hack together some javascript or maybe even an extern to parse the grid and find the words... sort of like how Lickety does it, except showing the full word instead of clues.

9:41 pm

hi everyone :o) and bye mark

9:41 pm

Hi dfmc!!

9:42 pm

Hasta la vista

9:42 pm

i use crystalle in a couple of games and i told dfm about cobradragon when bablerox was in here then when i was in cobradragon there was a new player called cobrarox and was just as much a pain in the bum!

9:42 pm

hi dfm! Man, that would be a real spoiler to play the game that way!

9:43 pm

hi dfm btw How are yo

9:43 pm

hi dfm btw How are yo

9:43 pm

hi dfm btw How is my genius online friend today?

9:43 pm

?

9:43 pm

a bit tired from my five-hour car trip but otherwise fine :o)

9:44 pm

r u back at school?

9:45 pm

back at my co-op work location

9:45 pm

Sorry, crys, that your good nature has been so abused by a troll. And hopefully Dr. God can keep this troll pest from continuing to create accounts for the purpose of spoiling the chatlog. Me, I just switch over to "who's online" when the troll attacks begin.

9:45 pm

dfm is pro!

9:45 pm

hi pav! :o) yay I'm pro!

9:46 pm

hands over micro key to the kingdom...snall as it is...take her for a spin...!!!

9:47 pm

hi jan! :)

9:48 pm

Hey guys!

9:49 pm

i always feel like a black sheep in here .....all those american and canadian flags !! I need to upgrade so i can have the aussie flag up in here!

9:49 pm

also im not a big fan of this male head

9:50 pm

7 left...*lifting weights to increase strength*

9:50 pm

lol crystalle

9:50 pm

Hey cryst...there are lots of aussies in here!

go jilly go

9:51 pm

crystalle, there are lots of aussies that play. Upgrading takes care of the non-person icon too. It's some of the best money I ever spent online

9:51 pm

Hi i have to go but i am Tenorchicken. I lost my email

9:51 pm

i know! but they are rarely in here at the same time as me

9:52 pm

Go, Go, Jilly! You can do it!

they'll be here soon, crys

9:53 pm

And FW!!

yay jillyhill

jilly jill

9:53 pm

the as 8/40 is driving me nuts can anyone give me a clue?

9:54 pm

wtg jil

9:54 pm

Yay, Jilly!!!

9:54 pm

YAY, Jilly!!!! WTG!!!!

9:54 pm

one whom as7/28

9:54 pm

Jewelers as8 the value of the diamonds yesterday

9:54 pm

congrats jilly!

9:55 pm

TYTY *takes bow*

9:55 pm

or as8 = the one who helps

9:55 pm

congrats to the finishers

9:55 pm

Seconds Pini's last comment!! *applauds*

9:55 pm

Ty very much guys ths pink

Hi everyone... and I'm here to try to finish..been out for the afternoon and evening.... Grey Cup game over at our daughter's home !

9:56 pm

hi di

hi Pini :-)

9:56 pm

hi diane :o)

9:56 pm

Hi Di...will be in/out for cluing

9:56 pm

* going to wander back and forth while I 'do' my hair *

9:57 pm

hi Diane. What is the Grey Cup?

hi Jilly, thanks :-) I'll work on them and call for help a little later

Hi dfmchfhf :-)

I knew some one would ask.... it's Canada's equivalent of the Super Bowl

9:58 pm

football?

on a smaller scale of course, but still the final game of the football season . Yes :-)

10:00 pm

Okay, I never thought that Canada had their own football leagues, I guess. Now I *know* that hockey is big there; just never thought about Canadian football

10:00 pm

see you all later when the flip comes. I havent finished but i give up! have fun all and good luck

one league, CFL.... with east and west divisions.

10:01 pm

bye crys :o)

10:01 pm

how many teams?

10:02 pm

bye crystalle, HAGD!

10:03 pm

niters crystalle!

10:03 pm

will need to run out and take Joey for his la4 walk of the day...and then back to work in the morning..UGH! so won't be playing until the weekend...have fun all!

only 8 teams... easy to keep track of !! Ottawa will have a team next year I think, so will make it 9 !

10:04 pm

bye PAV. Hope you have a great week!

night, PAV

10:05 pm

See you later Pav!! Have a great week.

10:05 pm

bye PAV

10:18 pm

Well, didn't sleep well again last night and am getting sleepy. Niters babble world!! See ya tomorrow!

night, Jilly.... I hope you sleep better tonight z z z z z

10:19 pm

I'm watching Naked Gun 2 1/2!

10:19 pm

Ahhh, RIP Leislie Neilsen

10:19 pm

*leslie'

10:20 pm

*poof*

10:20 pm

and we were talking about him yesterday on here!

oh no... did he die today ?

10:20 pm

bak

hi cos :-)

hi dc

10:21 pm

Yes diane :(

10:21 pm

he died today, diane

10:21 pm

hello, diane, cos, et al

10:21 pm

i am trying to find a clip of the lobster pinching barbara bush on the nipple then frank drebin shoving her off a balcony and ripping off her dress lol

10:21 pm

hi seain and diane

okay... haven't had the radio or tv on today... just TSN . Funny fellow, and a nice voice for narrating things.

10:24 pm

*sneaks in and hugs seain* hello all

hi, stid :-)

10:24 pm

hiya stid :)

10:25 pm

hi stid :o)

10:25 pm

Hi stidmama. Just coming in the first time for several days. Good dinner?

10:25 pm

howdy, dfm, see you went pro. congrats

10:25 pm

what part of mars is that dfm?

10:25 pm

hello, stidgmere :)

10:25 pm

ello Mother

10:26 pm

Hi dc et al.

10:26 pm

yes, it was okay -- except there was sausage in three of the four dishes we ordered, so I couldn't eat many things.

hi, stidgmere :-)

10:26 pm

I think we will stop going there. It's getting too dangerous.

10:26 pm

Oh, sorry.

10:26 pm

did you see the parade on TCTV?

10:27 pm

No, not yet. the TCTV had some sort of report about air particulate and health issues.

10:27 pm

Polar, winter dry ice melt

10:28 pm

ick. I don't see it listed on the website, either.

10:28 pm

neat, dfm :)

10:28 pm

also, missed saying hi to you dc ;oP

10:29 pm

apparently i'm weird for having glass trashcans in the bathrooms.

10:29 pm

very cool dfm

10:29 pm

have you met my mother? Mother, this is dfm

10:29 pm

Hi dfm, nice to meet you. So you are a new pro?

10:30 pm

hi stidgmere :o) yep ^.^

10:30 pm

We do enjoy the chat and the grid.

10:31 pm

wondering if it's time to list with 105 to go

10:32 pm

Wow, dc. You haven't listed yet?

10:32 pm

I took a nap when we got home... about to turn in again. *yawn* of course the energizer bunny child is still going strong. Nothing like performing to get him going!

10:32 pm

And only an hour left before flip.

10:32 pm

I am down to 117 and listless, but fading fast

10:32 pm

Hi stid and stidg. How are you guys?

10:32 pm

i only started about an hour or so ago.

10:33 pm

not bad nef, you? how's dh these days?

10:35 pm

I am rarely listless but of course I am using the word in a both the Babble and descriptive forms.

10:35 pm

Dh is doing very well. I'm calling him my "Miracle Man" because he'sback using a cane most of the time again. It was just 5 months ago that we were told he'd be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life

10:36 pm

good for him! and for you! that is a lovely development

10:36 pm

LOL Mother!

10:36 pm

that's wonderful news, nef, and speaks well to his determination :)

10:37 pm

his thinking isn't back to normal; but his eyes are better than they've been for the past 3 years. No more hallucinations either

10:37 pm

stidg, I love your play on words! :-)

10:38 pm

hallucinations??? I didn't know about those

10:40 pm

oh, yeah. That was back in August I think. I thought it was maybe related to the temporary blindness? I don't know

10:40 pm

I am glad they are gone now

10:40 pm

me too! It was a LONG summer!

10:42 pm

wow. I hope they don't come back. I think losing eyesight is one of the hardest things.

10:42 pm

we use our eyes so much

10:44 pm

he had both the optic neuritis (which is related to the MS) and also corneal edeam. They think the corneal edema was a side effect of a med he'd been on for 20 years; believe it or not. It came on suddenly and out of the blue; it took a few months to improve

10:45 pm

hello all. does anyone have a clue for the first di7?

10:45 pm

ah. I see. I know meds can have sudden adverse effects, just seems bizarre when it actually happens. But glad it is improving

10:45 pm

(BTW, I meant edema, not edeam)

an medical affliction.... di 7/32

10:46 pm

thanks for that one diane! down to 107

sickness

:-) I've still got 70 left...

10:47 pm

oh. duh. tyvm!

yw !

satan isn't accepted... nor santa.... lol

10:49 pm

and santas isn't accepted either

10:55 pm

nope. :-( trying to get to 100 today and probably won't make it

10:58 pm

Hello -- the right team (Montreal Alouettes) won the Grey cup and the party was great fun.

10:59 pm

*smiles at jill* well done alouettes!

10:59 pm

I'm losing it; not even to half way and can't see any words or stay awake any longer. Good luck everyone and Happy Babbling to you all! :-)

We enjoyed it too, jill... close game !!

10:59 pm

sweet dreams nef! have a lovely week ahead!

good night, Nef... sleep well

11:01 pm

stuck again. the first or 6/7 anyone?

It was cold here, but that didn't seem to bother the fans !!

11:02 pm

opposite of occident maybe?

11:02 pm

Wasn't the game in Edmonton, Diane?

11:02 pm

not sure if it's first or not

11:02 pm

ty, stid

11:02 pm

evening, jilli

11:02 pm

yw seain

yes it was.... close enough to "here".... we are about 15 minutes east of Edmonton

11:03 pm

nbt, btw -- got that this morning but had no time to say so ;-)

11:03 pm

stid--that's the second or6; this one's or 6, 21

first one is mineral and chemical ending

11:04 pm

ah yes! that is a babblet -- always makes me think of french fries

11:04 pm

Oh -- thought you were in Calgary, Diane. Anyway, I suppose you were rooting for Saskatchewan -- a well played game,

11:04 pm

thanks diane

any mineral.... + march 15 less the last consonant \

11:04 pm

ty, diane

11:04 pm

well done jill -- how did those cheesy hors d-ouvres go?

11:04 pm

sorry about the typos. very tired tonight

11:04 pm

ty, diane

our group was split... had a hard time pulling for the Riders, after NOT cheering for them all year... but still, the western representative ..

11:05 pm

very well, stid -- and thanks for the reminder -- I have to send the recipe to two people.

yw, creeta

11:06 pm

I was the ONLY Easterner, diane! But they were very nice about it.

I'm not going to finish... I'll just chat :-) Many long words in this grid

I'm so glad, jilli :-)) I'm sure you would have been the same.

11:07 pm

I'll never finish -- a mere 225 to go, lol! No time tomorrow either -- a funeral in the morning and bridge in the afternoon (changed from the former Monday night bridge)

11:08 pm

go jill go! LOL

11:08 pm

oh -- sorry about the funeral

and I have to play the piano at the nursing home in the a.m.... it's been a long day here and I think I'll grab my book and head to bed.

11:08 pm

A good friend's mother, stid.

11:09 pm

sweet dreams diane -- see you again soon

11:09 pm

diane -- what are your pies about?

night night everyone.... I'll be here some time tomorrow

11:09 pm

sadness, jill.

11:09 pm

g'night diane

LOl... no reason... I just put them up for fun.... let me see.... can I think of a theme ?

nite, dc

11:11 pm

Yes, stid, sad indeed, but it was time. My friend had been vising her twice a day for years, and watching her decline in awareness, and eventually in health. She was a lovely lady -- i never met her but I heard a lot and she had brought up a great daughter and son.

11:12 pm

diane -- so you know about the icon themes? There's a list in my profile.

11:12 pm

very sorry to hear, jill

11:12 pm

I know how that is, jill. hard to watch that decline, but does soften the death a little. Or has for me.

11:15 pm

This friend has many other things to cope with -- her sister has severe MS and now has liver cancer. Her husband has just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. She herself has post-polio syndrome.

11:15 pm

Yet she never complains and is always eager to help others.

11:15 pm

oh my. will add them to my list, jill -- for whatever good it does.

11:16 pm

Besides, she's FUN!

11:16 pm

Thanks, stid.

11:17 pm

hi all

11:17 pm

hey jmc

11:17 pm

hi jmc

11:17 pm

Hi jmc and jilli. Just one word short of 100. Surely, I can find one word!

11:17 pm

struggling jilli?

11:17 pm

evening, jmc

11:18 pm

go mother go!

11:18 pm

go mere go

11:18 pm

think of red-twig dogwood (genus name I think) OS 5/6 combo

11:18 pm

red-twig dogwood?

11:19 pm

Hi gmere!

11:19 pm

just googled it. never seen it nor heard of it.

11:19 pm

as opposed to brown twigged dogwood?

11:19 pm

yes, there is a red-twig variety and a yellow-twig variety that are shrubs and used widely in landscaping around here. pretty winter color

11:19 pm

Yes, well, I got the 100th word on a to 4 which looks like bread that has been browned but lacking a vowel. Good night to all.

11:19 pm

here dogwood is an understory tree, not a shrub, so who knows

11:19 pm

WE had re-twig dogwood shrubs back east

11:19 pm

well done Mother! see you tomorrow! *hugs*

11:20 pm

bye stidmere

11:20 pm

here also seain -- not the same type as back there, but a nice bright spot on the margins of clearings in the spring and fall

11:20 pm

g'night stidgmere

11:20 pm

it says they can grow here. I guess they're just uncommon around here

11:20 pm

night gmere -- that was brief!

11:21 pm

253 left

11:21 pm

almost as bad as me, jmc! I just haven't had time today.

11:22 pm

i have been sulking for a couple of days

11:22 pm

aww, jmc -- why?

11:22 pm

oh? is all well, jmc?

11:22 pm

(((jmc)))

11:22 pm

hate thanksgiving especially with my snotty in-laws

11:23 pm

then why go?

11:23 pm

no choice really

11:24 pm

hubby dead so he can't go

11:24 pm

I was just going to ask can you avoid it in future?

11:25 pm

i avoided it for 2 years because my mother was elderly but now I am stuck

11:25 pm

the rat! he gets out of going and you are roped in.

11:26 pm

your kid can go... dinner with the grandparents. they love that, right?

11:26 pm

exactly stiddie! the Bas****!

11:26 pm

maybe you have an important meeting that day...

11:26 pm

that rather sucks.

11:26 pm

lol hard to work out a meeting on thanksgiving

11:26 pm

why don't you like them, jmc?

11:27 pm

you can have a meeting with me, eh? we'll meet online so you don't have to travel, but no way out of it.

11:27 pm

for years i avoided it by spending it with my friend susan at homeless sholters but she died the year before my hubby

11:27 pm

Oh, the meeting could be in Montreal -- no Thanksgiving there in November.

11:27 pm

we'll even have witnesses. usually 50 or more people hanging around lurking in our usual meeting location...

11:27 pm

that is the sad part jilli -- i do like them except in a large clump

11:27 pm

ah! tres excellent jill!

11:28 pm

good plan jilli!

11:28 pm

hmmm, that's a shame, jmc

11:29 pm

for a while I dealt with it by meeting one of them on boxing day and another on christmas eve but then they started invitig the world and we were all right back at the immediate family gathering of 60

11:30 pm

Yikes!

11:30 pm

*shudder* I don't like big family gatherings...

11:30 pm

I don't like any group bigger than 10-15

11:30 pm

sadly i am not exageratigin

11:31 pm

down to piano keys and my eyes are hurting.

11:31 pm

the three sisters (my mil and sisters) and their cousin and all of the descendants

11:32 pm

piano keys?

11:32 pm

Oh, that business meeting in Montreal is sounding more urgent all the time

11:32 pm

see you-all the next time I can get away from being responsible. *poof*

11:32 pm

and Montreal is such a lovely city

11:33 pm

g'night stid

11:33 pm

to top it all of I went into the common room at the hotel and one of the cousin descendents was singing a song in support of no control on hand guns -- hunting I get hand guns *shudder*

11:34 pm

bye stiddie

11:34 pm

night stid -- good to see you

11:35 pm

<-- shaking head sadly

11:35 pm

i live in an open carry state. *shrug*

11:36 pm

I live in Canada *smile*

11:36 pm

so I asked if she had a song about the two brothers who got into a fight and one killed the other because a gun was handy and .... well.... the conversation deteriorated

11:36 pm

go you! :)

11:37 pm

good for you, jmc

11:37 pm

a good retort but not conducive to family harmony

11:38 pm

and the night before i got into a fight with my nephew the marine (I called him gutless)

11:38 pm

neither was the idiotic song

11:38 pm

you were likely correct about that, jmc

11:38 pm

true jilli i did n't think of it that way

11:39 pm

so I have been going to bed with jack instead of babble

11:39 pm

babble is better sometimes

11:40 pm

and they are not mutually exclusive

11:40 pm

usually jilli but i was so angry i did n't think i would be good company

11:40 pm

lol dc true so true

11:41 pm

babble can soothe

11:41 pm

it didn't help that wedsday or thursday jacula chewed my ass for random reasons

11:42 pm

well, take jac with a grain of salt, or tune out.

11:43 pm

i tried as I think jac is a good person who occassionally unintentioanlly lashed out

11:44 pm

so anyway that is my tale of woe

11:44 pm

lower right S?

11:44 pm

I think Johnnie Walker (or somebody) makes her lash out.

11:44 pm

plural of table sa4

11:45 pm

indeed so, jilli

11:45 pm

i suspect you are correct jilli

11:45 pm

jack just makes me maudlin

11:45 pm

top left e?

hi.

11:46 pm

es + plural

11:46 pm

plural of S

11:46 pm

hi herin

11:46 pm

more than one S, jmc

11:46 pm

hi again everyone.I am 14 mins too early

11:46 pm

hi, herin

11:46 pm

Hello...

Howdy

11:46 pm

hi jell

11:46 pm

nbt

11:47 pm

hi, jellen

11:47 pm

and that is probably all I can expect for tonight

JM the saying today for me Is I will try being nicer when you try being smarter. Stupid people are driving me nuts

11:47 pm

golly, I guess I won't have time to finish -- only 182 left now...

11:47 pm

228 left :-D

11:47 pm

good saying herin I will meditate on that

11:48 pm

im gonna use that too herin

Serious issue with stupid people today. Like banks that don't even have the knowledge on were to find their TOC on line

11:49 pm

my favorite librarian expression is: your lack of planning does not constitute my emergency

11:49 pm

hi crystalle

11:50 pm

okay i am heading to bed since I need to finish a job application tomorrow

11:50 pm

hi, cristalle

I like that

11:50 pm

*waves madly*

11:50 pm

Bye, jmc

11:50 pm

can i complain about stupid people tooo??? i was at coles the other day and i aked the lady behind the deli section for some ham and she asked me what it was!! Then she ended up giving me silverside even after i showed her what i wanted

The other one I like is 'you seem to have confused me with someone that cares'

11:51 pm

I feel better for having dropped in

11:51 pm

glad to hear, jmc

Awww big hugs JM

11:51 pm

how can you work at a deli and not know what ham is? Unless it is a Kosher deli

11:51 pm

then i asked her for roast beef and she actually asked me what animal beef comes from!

11:51 pm

sweet dreams, jmc

11:52 pm

bbbb-bye

11:52 pm

bye jm

11:52 pm

lol crystalle *poof*

11:52 pm

wow, crystalle. that's rather shocking

11:53 pm

i know right...she was all of possibly 15 but it seriously made me wonder what our high schools are teaching the students

Crystalle I don't mean this in a bad way but was she of um non Aus back ground?

11:53 pm

no from what i could tell she was australian

11:54 pm

made me seriously consider changing my kids to private school!

O. I guess what I mean is sometimes names are different in different cultures

This salted ricotta I bought isn't called Salted ricotta it is called something else in Greek

11:56 pm

There's a kind of salted ricotta in Turkey called beyaz peynir.

11:57 pm

It's eaten at breakfast with tomatoes, cucumbers, and fruit.

11:57 pm

did u all have a good thanksgiving (it was last week wasnt it )

11:58 pm

and firewords

11:58 pm

other than dm family probs that is

11:58 pm

talk about under the wire!

11:58 pm

It was this past Thursday==some of us are still eating leftover turkey.

11:58 pm

Hooray for dc!!!

11:58 pm

lol wd dcs

11:58 pm

WTG dc!

11:59 pm

thanks, yall! :)

12:00 am

I think I'll say goodnight now...

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