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12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

what is up with so many grids under 200?

12:00 am

hello everyone :)

Clues are up

12:01 am

I am happy about medium grids, MLFAN...

12:01 am

Thank you, thank you, Lickety!!

12:02 am

tr 7

12:03 am

cyber does that have a 5with it?

12:03 am

5 oops

12:03 am

TR6

12:04 am

*flip*!

12:04 am

re7

12:04 am

RA6

12:06 am

ra7

12:08 am

re6

12:09 am

sa7

12:10 am

pr8 (from a misclick/typo) :o)

12:10 am

Late flip as usual these days -- and thanks, Lickety!

12:11 am

re7 x 2

12:11 am

thanks df for the 8

12:15 am

nbt

12:16 am

wtg nan!

12:18 am

NBTs

12:19 am

stats for the I FIRST COLUMN please?

12:20 am

I@(1,5) in5/10 and one other

12:20 am

in7/28

12:21 am

drat

12:21 am

oops sorry

12:21 am

thansk une i didnt have that one

12:21 am

lol

12:21 am

:-D

12:22 am

une si the In 7 something we should know?

12:22 am

hah, got the Zs

12:22 am

yes

12:22 am

yep -- usually spelled with "en"

12:22 am

go, jilli!

12:22 am

what are they jilli

12:22 am

stats please

12:23 am

zo4/9

12:23 am

4/10 is one of them

12:23 am

I wonder when apps will be an official word?

12:24 am

the 4/10 is a za

12:24 am

there you are, ruru -- une and mlf beat me to it

12:24 am

:-D

12:24 am

yes it is une

12:24 am

sorry jill

12:25 am

no prob, mlf!

12:25 am

oh.. thanks.. I was blind..

12:25 am

ea7

12:26 am

cute icon, une!

12:26 am

tx freep

12:26 am

:-D

12:27 am

3 bt here -- the lower A in the 2nd column, the R under it, and the O in the 4th column.

12:27 am

EA 6

12:27 am

half way and getting nowhere

12:28 am

wtg nan

12:28 am

anyone found the 8?

12:28 am

pr 8

12:28 am

pr8/55

12:29 am

I only have 4s and 5s

12:30 am

dfm which PR is it?

12:30 am

at 4, re 4 and od 4, jill

12:30 am

100 and off to bed . . . *poof*

12:31 am

101 une

12:31 am

101

12:31 am

ty nan *looking

12:32 am

102

12:32 am

102 :-)

12:32 am

lol

12:32 am

103

12:33 am

104

12:33 am

ah, got that R -- an re5/10

12:34 am

(it's a pl)

12:34 am

ooh. I used the z.

12:34 am

which means, I should catch some zzzzz's

12:35 am

105

12:35 am

105.5

12:36 am

106 LOL

12:36 am

4th column O stats please?

12:36 am

107

12:36 am

107

12:36 am

heh heh

12:37 am

o4/6 mlf

12:37 am

108

12:37 am

o what freep?lol

12:37 am

ooops. od

12:38 am

thanks freep looking now

12:38 am

110 and REALLY outta here -- gnite, all

12:38 am

111

12:38 am

night une

12:39 am

111 aarrgghh!!

hi and nbt

12:39 am

I'm looking for that od4 too, freep -- ty

12:39 am

ROFL

or6 is the 4th column o

12:39 am

something is WRONG with me, I only just broke 50. :o(

12:39 am

still not finding it here jill

12:39 am

112

the other one, i mean

12:39 am

113

12:40 am

114

12:40 am

gaaaaaaaah

12:40 am

not finding either od4 or or6

12:40 am

115

12:41 am

116

12:41 am

117

12:42 am

116

12:42 am

*giggle*

12:42 am

jill i am ready to scream here lol

12:42 am

*snort*

12:42 am

me too, so I'm going to postpone the search for now

12:43 am

117

12:43 am

let's stop there une

12:43 am

YES!

12:43 am

jill do you have the i in the first column?

12:43 am

118

12:43 am

115 down and crashing -- see you tomorrow :)

12:43 am

I KNEW IT

12:44 am

gnite, nan

12:44 am

ROFL

jilli, there are two types of numbers. ones that are divisible by two and then there are the od4

12:44 am

yes, mlf -- in5/10. Head N, then E

12:45 am

thank you so much for that jill i appreciate it

12:45 am

ah -- ty josh! How could I miss that?

12:45 am

118

12:45 am

NBT

12:45 am

could someone point me in the direction of the 8.. a clue please

12:45 am

don't have it

12:46 am

impressive, jilli!

12:46 am

i don get it josh

12:46 am

dont oops

12:46 am

LOL, une!

12:47 am

What are the od4 you'll get it soon, mlf?

12:48 am

oh duh i agree how did we miss that sheesh?

12:48 am

Od** Bodkins!

12:48 am

thanks again jill

12:48 am

oh I miss that cartoon une

12:49 am

Une is it cold in Tenn tonight?

12:49 am

YES, MLF!

12:49 am

Jillibus, did you get the or5/12 -- a desert plateau in Mongolia.

12:50 am

17 here tonite and colder further east

12:50 am

une we are about that if not lower i am in nc

12:51 am

68 here this weekend...

12:51 am

:-D

12:51 am

119

12:53 am

119

12:54 am

okay.. night all .. une and I are tied

12:54 am

.....121...

12:54 am

just found two on my way out

12:54 am

lol

12:54 am

i am out of here too cant think anymore poof

12:54 am

riiiiight

12:55 am

*poof*

12:56 am

*hides under blanket*

12:56 am

:D

12:56 am

120

8 is pr8

has a similar/related 7 and 5

1:17 am

Oh, Christine, sorry -- I left here to do kitchen stuff and didn't see your or clue -- thanks, will look.

1:23 am

got it -- ty

1:27 am

yw

1:28 am

there's an unrelated or4/5 that appears to be singular

2:03 am

gd moring everybody

2:08 am

evening Ruby...LOL

2:08 am

hello grannie; you're evening, I'm morning and all the rest have gone to sleep!

2:09 am

seems like it.

2:09 am

the snow is mostly gone, but the melt wound up in the hallway, down from the leaky garage. Alas, at least it's not snowing and it's not so cold

2:10 am

seen snow, but have never lived with it, must be hard

2:11 am

hi {{ruby}}, diz! :o)

2:11 am

it was crazy, more than 3 ft, the most since '57 they say

2:11 am

it's beautiful, but gets old fast!

2:11 am

{{dfm}}

2:12 am

Dtr in Tasmania has had 4 inches of rain since yesterday morning, thought we were bad here, have had on and off rain everyday since the beginning of summer

2:12 am

Come to sunny southern California -- the icecream man has been 'round at 10.30pm for the past four days.

2:12 am

it must be really green in Australia, solving the longterm drought?

2:12 am

ride

2:13 am

doh

2:13 am

Good morning :)

2:13 am

Hi all --- I'm back here briefly. Talking of snow, I hear they've had about 5 ft of it in Toronto and London Ontario. None here now, though, but lots of rain, which might travel east and become more snow...

2:13 am

nah Ruby, too much of my state (NSW) is under water....farmers have been flooded out and lost heaps of their crops

2:14 am

that must be "lae effect" snow, like in Buffalo!

2:14 am

We need some of that rain -- send it over to us.

2:15 am

Hello Tropiske -- don't think we've met before :-)

2:15 am

*lake*

2:15 am

hello tropiske, hapy to meet you

2:15 am

'cybering rain over to Christine'...lol

2:15 am

probably not, I dont play babble much :)

2:19 am

Thank you-thank you for the rain. We've had some in the paast two weeks, rained all day, all night at one time, but it's not enough to make-up for the years of drought. And the 'fire season' starts earlier each year.

2:20 am

Hello, Tropiske, welcome.

2:20 am

Well, play some more, Tropiske!

2:20 am

Christine, where abouts are you/ (state)

2:21 am

diz, it's in her profile ;-)

2:22 am

I promise to try to play more :) see you all, I have to go watch the make sure the schools snowballfight isn't too wild. Have a good day.

2:23 am

first 50 words are easy -- then?

2:23 am

Bye Tropiske!

2:23 am

and didn't get the 8 :(

2:23 am

First 50 words are easy, then you start falling asleep ;o)

2:23 am

I'm in Los Angeles.

2:24 am

would you like a cup of expresso, dfm?

2:24 am

this grid is full of phantoms

2:24 am

pr+v=ad5

2:24 am

Byebye Tropiske

2:25 am

um, not getting that, diz

2:26 am

sorry pr + vowel + ad 5

2:26 am

espresso and caffeine put me to sleep! >.>

2:26 am

ah, that's better, diz -- thx -- *hunting

2:27 am

N's negotiated

2:27 am

me too

2:28 am

RIP John Lennon, great person and musician.

2:29 am

what a sad beginning to his life, eh diz? Did you read the writeup in my profile?

2:30 am

Thanks to that clue, now have the ad5, pr8 and re8

2:30 am

I lived in Manhattan the night John Lennon was killed and stayed on the phone all night with my same-age cousin, listening to his music (she was in California!)

2:30 am

wtg Christine!

2:30 am

I don't have any of those words -- duh this AM!

2:31 am

BTW hello Christine and Jillibus

2:31 am

this morning is a bit of a fog!

2:31 am

If I had the ad5 I'd get the others, I guess

2:31 am

Hi ruby :-)

2:32 am

I keep seeing adroit, but I'm not....

2:32 am

oops, the re is a 7.

2:32 am

well. here it's after midnight so I'm foggy too

2:32 am

at least you have an excuse!

2:32 am

ad5/14 - what ou do at a pet shelter (cute puppy or kitten)

2:33 am

Ah -- just found them!

2:33 am

snap, I just got it. ty Christine

2:33 am

(I found them before Christine's help, lol)

2:34 am

yay, got the 8!

2:35 am

wd ruby :-)

2:35 am

and even found the zo4 babblet!

2:36 am

I can't see a single ar word :-(

2:36 am

but I'm over halfway so I'll head for bed -- goodnight or day, all.....*poof*

2:37 am

Jilli, thanx for the write up on John Lennon, knew some of it but not about his father....tis strange what one finds out about people.

2:37 am

yw, diz

2:37 am

ar4 and plural, your section of the country

2:38 am

nbt!

Morning all how many words today please

2:39 am

165 and good morning sandra

Thanks

2:46 am

one more for half and then I can get dressed!

2:48 am

see you later! *poof*

4:26 am

Hi everyone!

4:26 am

good morning all

4:27 am

Hi sprite!

4:28 am

hey Brookie :) How is it going?

4:28 am

Morning gals!

4:28 am

hi Soodle :)

4:28 am

Okay, just trying to keep my chin up. And hi, soodle!

4:29 am

Oh, Brookie! You still feeling blue?

4:29 am

which babbler was it, who always said: Keep your chins up!" Was it GroovyKiwi?

4:29 am

((((Brookie))))

4:29 am

A little bit. Still just trying to make sense of what happened for closure purposes.

4:29 am

Thanks, sprite!

4:30 am

Lol. Sprite. (I have more Chins than a Chinese telephone directory!!).

4:30 am

me too, lol

4:30 am

Time will heal. I just trusted someone completely, and that trust was destroyed. I'm feeling more skeptical, and I normally not that way.

4:31 am

Have you spoke to him since Sunday, Brookie?

4:32 am

We were supposed to speak last night, but the scheduling didn't work out. He did agree to speak with me. I totally do NOT want to get back together with him, but I just want to understand what happened. Part of closure is learning from an experience, and I'm still trying to figure out what to learn from this.

4:32 am

you are wise, Brookie. Yes, time will heal. And if you let it, it will even heal the skepsis and lack of trust you feel now. Because in the end, you want to be loyal to yourself and not to the hurt one person caused you. *big warm hug* for you and loads of strength and light.

4:33 am

I hear you Brookie - and I second everything Spritey said. But closure is a very important of recovery....

4:33 am

That's true. It's like they say, "Love like you've never been hurt."

4:34 am

yes, if you can get him to speak up, it might help. But if you can't, try and realise sometimes it isn't at all about you. He may have issues that caused this, and there is nothing you did wrong except being you - his loss, not yours.

4:34 am

How did your chat with TheLegend go? Last time I saw you on here, the pair of you were kicking up a storm?

4:35 am

We've been exchanging numerous emails. He seems like a nice guy, and very smart. We'll see how it goes. :-)

4:35 am

Thanks for asking.

4:36 am

:D Good for you!

4:36 am

So, how's everything in sprite's world? Soodle's world?

4:36 am

You two seemed to be hitting it off. Play it by ear, Brookie, if nothing else, it will be a diversion!

4:36 am

I could use a lot more money, energy and health, but I am still feeling blessed with all that IS in my world.

4:36 am

Good advice.

4:37 am

As far as money is concerned, ask soodle. She's been collecting lots of cash from fellow babblers.

4:37 am

And yes, you do have to count your blessings (and note to self on this one!)

4:37 am

I donated it all to charity!!!!

4:37 am

grin, how did you do that?

4:38 am

*giggles* I know, I know, just kidding. I need to find out how to become a charity!

4:38 am

Argghhh!!! You should have saved it for the "Babbler-in-Need" fund!!!!

4:38 am

I began charging fellow babblers for clues, Sprite. They were all sending cheques to "Soodlebum, Ireland". I made a fortune!

4:38 am

see, you smart Soodle you!

4:39 am

At present, I am sitting in the East Wing, waiting for the butler to bang the gong to tell me breakfast is ready.

4:39 am

I am this very intelligent woman, with no sense at ALL when it comes to making money from my talents. Not kidding now. I have the business sense of a worm.

4:39 am

Plus, soodle charged for making intros between me and TheLegend, and she charged for promoting my speech video. She'll take any opportunity she can.

4:40 am

Can totally relate to you, sprite.

4:40 am

Not that I am preoccupied with money, or anything.....

4:40 am

Soodle, you need to start giving classes. For free! For fellow babblers, anyway :)

4:40 am

Well, that's because it's second-nature to you now. :-)

4:40 am

isn't it a shame, Brookie?

Good morning all. Someone handing out money? Puts hand out nonchalantly.

4:41 am

hiya Sally :) Well, it is kind of the other way around... we want to collect!

4:42 am

LOL. I have been holed up at home since this day last week. My car is under 4 feet of snow, and the temperature this morning was minus 14! I will propably get sacked from my job!

4:42 am

It is a shame, sprite. And hello, sally!

Should have read the chog properly then.

4:42 am

Hey Sally :-)

4:42 am

Did the snow end yet, soodle?

4:42 am

they would be crazy to let you go, Soodle.

4:42 am

It has stopped snowing, and the weather forecasters are predicting a thaw.......I don't see any yet.

You can't be the only one who can't get in, soodle.

4:43 am

(((Sprite))). I may have to ask you for a reference....

4:43 am

Hopefully it'll thaw slowly so there isn't flooding.

4:43 am

any time, Soodle.

I liked the succinct forecast this morning: cold.

4:44 am

it is cold here too, but not as cold as at Soodle's.

4:44 am

It's around 0 C here.

Stupid enable. Saddo isn't allowed.

4:44 am

Our government announced the Budget yesterday. It made a refreshing (if disheartening) change to have something other than the weather on the news.

4:45 am

a few degrees under zero here.

4:45 am

lol Soodle :)

4:45 am

Gotta go now and get ready for work. Try to keep warm, everyone!

4:45 am

and android is a phantom, for crying out loud!

Bye brookie.

4:46 am

Bye sally!

4:46 am

bye Brookie, all the best, and lots of blessings on your path!

4:46 am

Bye sprite, and thanks!

4:46 am

Bye Brookie. Keep smiling :-)

4:46 am

Bye soodle! (poof!)

4:47 am

oh I have a bit of good news! Wanna hear?

4:48 am

Hurray for good news!!! Spill the beans, Sprite....

Yes please sprite.

4:49 am

one of the ugly things my mother did, was giving 'the' piano to my sister, while I was the one who played and my sister never had a single lesson. But now my sister and I are SO back together and enjoying it... and she told me she doesn't have room for the piano, and would I like to have it! Welllll YESSSS! Please! Including the piano bench our grandfather made himself.

4:50 am

my love is thinking up a new way to arrange our furniture so it will fit. And my kids and I are looking forward to playing!

4:50 am

How lovely, Sprite. What a sisterly gesture. I'm very happy for you.

Oh that's lovely sprite! And lovely that your sister and you are back together too. {{hugs}}

4:51 am

we found out that about 95% of our incompatibility stemmed from the things our parents did to keep us apart. We are closer now than ever and feel it makes our lives so much richer :)

Sprite, don't say if you don't want to, but why on earth did your parents want to keep you apart? Fully understand if it's private.

4:52 am

Oh Sprite. Why in the world would your parents try to split up two sisters? That is dreadful.

4:52 am

we are back together for more than a year now, and we are very dedicated to never being torn apart again.

4:53 am

divide and rule, galls, that is all. If you can convince one sister that the other is the bad one, you can count on her support... until the sisters finally get together and talk it out.

4:54 am

Are your parents still alive?

Are your parents both still alive sprite?

Snap soodle.

4:55 am

my parents had an ugly divorce and kept battling over our heads for at least 20 more years. My mother is bipolar, my father has narcissistic personality syndrome. It is quite a mess.... and yes, they are both alive.

4:55 am

Oh wow. Theres a lot going on there, Sprite.

4:57 am

Once again, I thank God I was blessed with wonderful parents, and the best siblings in the world. But I bitterly regret saddling my kids with that waste of space I married, as a father.

4:57 am

yeah. But I try to keep my distance now. All I do with my mother is trying to enable the grandchild/grandmother contact between her and my kids. And with my father, I decided to cut off all contact after AMPLE attempts and deliberation.

brb

4:58 am

well, Soodle, I can imagine the feeling, but on the other hand, those beautiful children of yours wouldn't have been there without him. At least he left you something very good :)

4:58 am

hurry back, Sally

5:00 am

I think it is very generous of you to allow your mother to have contact with your children, Sprite. And yes, you are right about me not having the kids without 'yer man', but I often worry about the long-term effect on the kids.

5:01 am

they have you, Soodle. As someone who 'has been there', I can assure you that children are incredibly resilient. If they have one parent they can rely upon, one that values their feelings and opinions and gives them love and boundaries, they will be ok. Not unchanged, but ok.

Back. Yes soodle, I too married a waste of space, and my sadness is that his relations with my son are even worse than they once were. However, son is old enough to make his own decisions, but it must be hard for him to realise quite what his father is.

5:03 am

wb Sally. Yes, that must be hard for him. It will hurt. But knowing he is truly loved by you will help a lot.

5:03 am

Of course, you are absolutely right. Its just that the story of my childhood could have been written by Meave Binchy.... and it troubles me that my kids were put through a very difficult time. How old is your son now, Sally?

5:04 am

Just chiming in to say good morning to all and that I'm proud to be a woman.

5:04 am

hiya Molly, good morning and YAY to that.

5:05 am

Hey (((Moll)))

I initiated them getting back together, at son's request, and as I said things are now much worse because he isn't a little kid to be pushed around and to accept his parents as they are any more. The trouble is, I think he always had hope that one day the relationship would be good, and now he know that won't happen.

5:05 am

Soodle, there is a lot of learning and ripening to be found in very difficult times. Going through them with your support won't make it easy, but it will make it doable.

5:06 am

how painful, Sally. It is always hard to learn to say: yes, this man is my father, and no, he is not a nice person.

Got it in one sprite.

5:08 am

*hugs to Soodle, Sally and Molly* There is power in love :)

5:08 am

I confess to having an utter horror of my ex waltzing back into my kids' lives, and them forgiving him. I think that would kill me.

5:08 am

Hugs back to you Sprite. There is power in love. And light.

And I am overjoyed that I have a wonderful relationship with son and a fantastic little grandson whom son adores and has a terrific relationship with. Brings tears to my eyes sometimes. Good to know that in that respect he is NOT like his father!

5:09 am

it would be great for them if they could forgive him, Soodle. Forgiving isn't saying 'you were right', it is just freeing yourself of the ongoing damage of hating someone. But for waltzing back into their lives... no, I hope they won't let him.

5:10 am

awwww Sally, that is so beautiful.

5:11 am

"Freeing yourself of the ongoing damage of hating someone"...that is spot on Sprite. And true. It's very freeing to let that stuff go. It's so heavy to carry around.

5:11 am

Now THAT is very heartening to hear, Sally.

5:13 am

it is, Molly. I am finally learning to let go of the anger and hate towards my father. Knowing he suffers from narcissistic personality disorder helped, I can understand him better now. I can forgive him. And I also know that I have to keep him away from me and mine, because he causes intense damage wherever he goes.

5:13 am

Its 3 and a half years since Mr Soodle ran away. Neither me or the kids have seen him since then. We get the odd drunk telephone call, with him ranting and raving down the phone, blaming us for all his woes. Its very difficult to let go.....

Could you change your phone number soodle? And in my experience, kids will work things out for themselves about people as they get older, you don't need to worry about that.

5:14 am

that is so awful, Soodle. Someone who is addicted to alcohol isn't the person you knew, but an addict. The blame game sounds familiar :( Can't you change your phone number?

5:15 am

snap, Sally :)

:-)

5:15 am

OMG. I just google Narcissist Personality Disorder. It's Mr Soodle!

Just a moment :-)

5:16 am

omg really? Feel free to email me, if you feel like you want to, Soodle... I am almost an expert now, lol. It is the disorder that is hardest to treat.

5:18 am

Thank you Sprite, but as I say, he is gone now, and not (hopefully) coming back. Himself and his NPD are somebody else's problem now!

5:19 am

very good! Especially if you already know that you were in no way to blame.

This seems familiar: The serial bully displays behaviour congruent with many of the diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Characterised by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity and self-importance, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, people with narcissistic personality disorder overestimate their abilities and inflate their accomplishments, often appearing boastful and pretentious, whilst correspondingly underestimating and devaluing the achievements and accomplishments of others.

5:20 am

Helo everyone. Sprite - it is soooo good to see you and you seem in very good spirits so that is even better

Hi lynxxx! Welcome to the Babble psychiatry clinic.

5:21 am

I know it's been said before, but Babble is really a remarkable place. Counselling, Friendship, Support and a great laugh. What more could anybody ask for?

5:21 am

hi lyn :) Lovely to see you too, and yes, I feel blessed with my babble friends and happy to share some valuable experiences together.

5:22 am

it is important to realise that inside someone with NPD hides a very scared and lonely person. Everything that is so hurtful about them is part of the persona, of the mask. And you cannot get to it.

5:23 am

Lynn - Hi and Bye. Sprite, Sally and Molly, thank you all for your words of wisdom. You are all terrific people! Poof

5:24 am

*hugs Soodle* Have a good one, de4 friend :)

bye for now soodle!

5:24 am

bye Soodle

5:25 am

how are you today, lyn?

Slow grid for me today. Only just got to half way.

5:26 am

same here, Sally. 88 found, 77 to go (pretty figures) and feeling like there can't be more than 20 words left.

5:26 am

tired, happy, and enjoying the grid for a bit before I crash into bed

5:26 am

sounds like a lovely state to be in just before bed, lyn :)

5:27 am

Lovely theme choice Sprite...hard to believe it is 30 years!

5:28 am

Hugs to all dealing with alcoholism and/or personality disorders. I have dealt with them both, in people I have cared for and it is very, very difficult.

5:28 am

amazing, isn't it. He was one special guy. It really saddens me that special people are so often killed :(

5:29 am

am sorry you had to deal with them, Molly. It is very difficult. But I think you came out a winner. You sound balanced and full of light :)

5:30 am

I believe that everything that crosses one's path, crosses it for a reason. You can either choose to learn from it, or be bitter about it. I choose to learn.

5:31 am

I couldn't agree more. Though I have had my periods of bitterness, but they don't help. Letting go, learning and investing in one's own life are a much better way to go ;)

I agree with you there Molly. My father used to say that no experience or knowledge is ever wasted.

5:32 am

oh wait, where do I have them... Rules for being human. Hang on.

Burning up with bitterness or hatred or whatever only burns yourself up.

5:34 am

RULES FOR BEING HUMAN 1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period of time around. 2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full time informal school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid. 3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works". 4. A lesson is repeated until learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson. 5. Learning lessons does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. 6. "There" is no better than "here". When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here". 7. Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself. 8. What you make of life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours. 9. Your answers lie inside you. The answers to life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust. 10. You will forget all this. Anonymus

5:34 am

here comes a long post, galls, but it is fun... and true :)

5:36 am

very true

Like it sprite! Copied and pasted so I don't lose it.

5:37 am

:) Glad to share it, it always brings a smile to my face.

5:39 am

11. You can remember this whenever you want.

5:39 am

lol gramma, very true

5:41 am

With the unbelievable grand total of 51 words I think I will head to bed...Goodnight everyone, have a good day all

5:41 am

sleep well, lyn, and dream even better :) *hug*

Sleep well lyn, see you soon.

5:43 am

Hi and bye lynxxx and greetings all.

5:43 am

hi FM :) Lovely to see you.

Hi FM.

5:44 am

spritey sprite! Morning FM

5:44 am

Morning Sally even :(

lol, thought you were talking to yourself there :-)

5:44 am

been buried in the grid and have gone crosseyed.

Yes, it's a twisty one.

5:46 am

I finally found the 8, it drove me bananas.

5:46 am

ground to a halt with 31 left so it seemed a a good time for a quick chat before I go and do some shopping.

5:46 am

hi all, how many words today please?

5:47 am

hi sami 165

5:47 am

165 sami

5:47 am

ty :)

5:47 am

yw and good luck

5:49 am

so many phantoms today.

5:49 am

mine is android, FM

5:50 am

thats a good one :)

5:50 am

sprite, what does the 8 begin with?

5:50 am

Pr8, gramma

5:50 am

nori

5:51 am

oops!

5:51 am

ty

5:51 am

;)

5:52 am

pr8 huh, stares blankly at the grid, one tiny clue please which p does it come from.

5:52 am

middle bottom one, FM.

5:53 am

nm, found it!

5:53 am

thank you!

5:53 am

wtg :D be sure to enter the shorter forms as well, grin

5:54 am

I'm still struggling. Definition, anyone?

5:55 am

think of getting children into your life without pregnancies, gramma. Before and again prefixes will make the bigger ones.

5:56 am

I already had the r version, told you I had gone crosseyed.

5:56 am

I don't see Imaculate Conception. I'll look

Oh, ty sprite! Wasn't actively looking for that, but already had the short form, so Robert is the brother of your mother <g>.

5:56 am

I know the feeling, FM! gramma: for example if you cannot have children of your own, in spite of trying...

5:57 am

lol Sally.

5:57 am

spriter, I'm sorry I was being silly. I got it ty

5:57 am

lol :D

5:57 am

or sprite*

5:57 am

wtg gramma :)

Must just go and put some logs on the fire. BRB

5:58 am

I'd love to sit by a fire and re4 a book!

5:59 am

fireflies... another interesting grid, lol. Not easy, once you are halfway. Or that is how it was for me, anyway.

5:59 am

Congrats spritey!

6:00 am

anything I may help with before I go?

6:01 am

I am going to save my missing words for later as I do need to go to the post office and get some shopping done but am happy to procrastinate for a little longer as is is cold out there.

6:01 am

procrastinating is one of life's little treasures

6:01 am

*grin*

6:02 am

*hugs* to you all and have fun, and light, and loads of love :)

6:03 am

You have a great day too spritey.

Back in time to say, bye Sprite!

6:10 am

and I am just about to head out Sally so will say TTFN.

Keep warm FM.

6:11 am

you too :)

6:30 am

hello again, half this \AM

Hi ruby, be back in a sec.

Flop! Hi ruby!

6:36 am

flop??

Been rushing around :-)

6:36 am

where do you get the energy?

6:36 am

all I want to do is lie on the couch and read (or sleep)

It's probably something to do with my chocolate intake :-)

6:37 am

ahah! I'll have to try that

Da** I ask how things are today?

6:39 am

it is warm so snow is gone.

6:39 am

much of the melt wound up in the house, but easily cleaned dup yesterday

Still below freezing here :-(

6:40 am

it's around 50F here and sunny

6:40 am

it was a brutal few days

6:40 am

but still no satellite, so TV is limited to French stations

Why no satellite? Has the snow damaged the dish or whatever you have?

6:41 am

it seems to be a systemic problem as I get a recording when I call. Very annoying, though

6:41 am

first, they said it was because of the weather,; now they just put you on hold.....

Do you have a laptop? Could you sit by the fire and watch on that?

6:43 am

no, haven't one but I don't really care. Plenty to read in bed or on couch

6:43 am

my computer is a big old clunker and lives in my studio

6:43 am

it's husband who is complaining

Does he not like to re**?

6:45 am

he re**s for hours every day but his eyes get too tired to re** at night, too

Audiobooks are good for that, I love to listen to them and to drama on train journeys. I use my ipod, but anything would do. Can you get UK radio?

6:47 am

I've tried to get him to use audio books as he has gotten older. They really saved my mother's life when her vision failed, made her last years much more pleasant

6:47 am

in the US they have a wonderful free system, supply you with a player and free postage on books

What about films ruby? Can you watch DVDs?

6:50 am

maybe, if we can figure out how to use the magnetoscope. Neither of us is computer-adept :(

6:50 am

and now, it's re**ing time for me. {{sally}}

bye for now {{ruby}}

NBT- I am going to have breakfast and take care of the remains of my cold. No work-nap.

Hi and bye Kaplan

7:01 am

May I please have a clue for the last ar 5/10?

(*)

A hanging tapestry car.

7:04 am

Got it! TY!

:-)

7:08 am

mornin babblers!

Fireworks for me, so must go and sort out some lunch. Do you need any other clues?

7:08 am

Yeah Sally!

7:08 am

I need 42 more clues...but go and enjoy your day!

7:08 am

Top o'the mornin' Eva. Yay for Sally.

7:08 am

Good morning Eva!

One of my last, if it's any help, was a to 5/22, a semi-precious stone.

7:10 am

thanks, Sally - and hello - who's here?

7:10 am

Yes! TY Sally!

7:10 am

hi car, hi Molly

7:10 am

and hi Eva!

7:10 am

Morning JBV!

Bye :-)

hi (JBV)

7:11 am

JBV....is that a letter to you or from you?

7:11 am

another cold one for us today, molly. any hopes of a moderate warm-up in our future??

7:11 am

that's the letter I received this summer from my aunt in Sicily - haven't had one from her since 1980!

7:11 am

Very cool!

7:12 am

I think the theme for today is John Lennon, but I think I'll keep my letter for a while -

7:13 am

40's over the weekend Eva. That's warm compared to this.

7:15 am

i can't believe there are 8 s's from the top left - I have 2

7:15 am

I know JBV, that perplexes me.

7:15 am

the whole grid seems mostly impossible

7:16 am

LOL! I only have 1 JBV!

7:17 am

I have sa 4/5 - one looks like a popular singer from a few years back and the other one is the same except for the last letter

7:17 am

Now I have those 2 as well!!! I only had the singer!

7:17 am

hello, sa 6/18 is another one

7:17 am

oh! sa 6/18 - it means tailor in Spanish - have no idea how to clue it

7:18 am

hi Annie!

7:18 am

Here's my contribution - sa4/5 - on its way to being a fish.

7:18 am

Hi JBV, good to see you

7:18 am

Hi Haz

7:18 am

there is also sa7 - a depressed metal.

7:19 am

shad? hmm.....

7:19 am

great clue...dac

7:19 am

All of sudden there is way too much noise here! ARRRGH!

7:19 am

Ah yes, Dachef, the household implement neglected by so many...

7:19 am

PHone

7:19 am

I am not getting any of these clues!

7:20 am

40s over the weekend, you say? i may have to schedule a trip to the downtown holiday market then!

7:20 am

Ah...sa + **** Spelling

7:20 am

thanks, Molly

7:20 am

sa4/5 - the fish that often ends up squashed in a tin.

7:20 am

TY!

7:21 am

oh, ok, got it

7:21 am

one more to go

7:21 am

Oh, okay, only part of that tinned fish.

7:22 am

Yes, that's why I said 'on its way to being'...

7:22 am

Have fun at the market Eva. I have to go to West By God Virginia.

7:22 am

I know Haz, I need more coffee.

7:23 am

morning, morning morning everyone

7:23 am

Hiya Mom

7:23 am

((molly)) hello

7:23 am

ahh, the land that made it legal to eat roadkill. you enjoy that, molly. :)

7:23 am

Hello, hello, hello, Mom.

7:23 am

Morning/afternoon all!

7:23 am

Hi Haz

7:23 am

Hello, FM!

7:24 am

Hi FMitch

7:24 am

Morning x 3 , ((Mom))

7:24 am

gearing myself up to do some Christmas shopping!!!!!

7:24 am

It's a duty Eva. Boy's birthday is Monday and boy's grandparents live in WVA.

7:24 am

and good afternoon to you, FM

7:24 am

((Annie)) good morning

7:24 am

Hello Haz and Annie and Molly and Mom and EvaN and anyone else that come in.

7:24 am

I'm feeling virtuous because I've actually done some Christmas shopping today. It's the tip of the iceberg, mind you.

7:24 am

Have a safe trip Molly

7:25 am

*Passing around hot tea, coffee and buttered croissants*

7:25 am

my coworker is from WVa. we never miss an opportunity to poke fun at him for it...

7:25 am

I promised myself I would be off at 8:30

7:25 am

I thought about doing some but managed to overcome the feeling.

7:25 am

glad I got to see you, Annie.

7:25 am

good morning!

7:25 am

Oh thank you, Molly

7:25 am

Hi AsGreen

7:25 am

and so I am gone, bye dear babblers, be back later

7:26 am

I did 90% of my Christmas shopping on line this year. I love shopping like that.

7:26 am

I'm even more virtuous because it's pretty cold. -10 C during the day.

7:26 am

I'm just waiting for my canelloni to cool down enough for me to tuck in.

7:26 am

-10 Haz, oh my!

7:26 am

it is currently 9 F out with a high of 21

7:27 am

off to research canelloni, brb

7:27 am

we are at a glorious +2.5

7:27 am

I know! Apparently it was down to -16 through the night. All I know is that my floor mats were frozen in the car.

7:28 am

They are kind of like lasagna pockets Mom.

7:28 am

ah, what are you putting in them FMitch

7:28 am

good grief.

7:28 am

oh geez Haz, that is cold

7:28 am

i LOVE doing my christmas shopping online. i havent even started shopping yet this year, as i have no ideas what to get people...its getting me a little flustered. and its getting late if i want to do any shopping online without incurring the wrath of the shipping gods!

7:29 am

got the last S - it's the canned half-fish + chemical symbol for an inert gas

7:29 am

sa 6/21

7:29 am

you can stuff them with spinach or in this case ground beef with tomato garlic onion etc and a white sauce with parmesan cheese on the top.

7:29 am

It really is much colder than we're used to and with a bit more snow last night to keep things interesting.

7:30 am

I bought a book to send to Italy and am just now finding out about the outrageous shipping prices -

7:30 am

That sa6 is twisty!

7:31 am

JBV, international shipping prices are ghastly.

7:31 am

How are Mr Haz and the the rest of the vets coping?

7:31 am

If I mail today or tomorrow I can use US Postal Service but after that I will need UPS or FED EX and they are exorbitant

7:31 am

I must admit, I choose my overseas presents with more than one eye on the weight.

7:31 am

I had no idea

7:31 am

the ground beef one sounds delicious

7:31 am

I would have bought a smaller book :)

7:32 am

Mr Haz is managing - but only with great care.

7:32 am

They do sound yummy FM

7:32 am

He came down a hill and found himself unexpectedly facing back up the hill again.

7:33 am

Oh no Haz! Is he okay?

7:33 am

oh dear Haz, he isn't hurt is he?

7:33 am

[not thinking about cannelloni, not thinking about cannelloni... ]

7:33 am

HI ((JBV))

7:33 am

*Making garlic bread and salad to go with the cannelloni*

7:34 am

hi Mom

7:34 am

No, he's fine, just quite surprised at how bad the roads are. He has winter tyres on but there's only so much they can do.

7:34 am

Haz that happened to me once and it scared the life out of me. I'm not much for driving in snow.

7:34 am

mmmm good thinking Molly

7:35 am

Drivbing in snow is copable with but if there is ice that is a whole different story.

7:35 am

Thankfully there were no other cars around and a kerb stopped him going into the hedge. The problem is that he really needs to be out and about so he just has to be as careful as possible.

7:36 am

Any lambing due soon?

7:36 am

**sends a guardian angel to look after Mr. Haz**

7:37 am

Suffolks will be due to lamb around Christmas, Dorsets have already had theirs and then the rest come in a flood until the end of April.

7:37 am

oops, sending myself to the PB for an earlier clue, just found in 5/10

7:38 am

<------ going to mollys house for dinner. i will take some garlic bread and salad, please!

7:39 am

How honest is JBV, none of us noticed.

7:39 am

LOL

7:40 am

now, you'll all go back and check the chat

7:41 am

7:29 for those who are not too honest

7:41 am

darn, I had that one.

7:42 am

and I go and join JBV in the PB.

7:43 am

ugh...i have to buy 4 new ti4's today....am without vehicle until i do...<sigh> merry xmas to my car

7:43 am

Hey, FMitch, nothing but fresh fruit and bran flakes here, sorry

7:43 am

I had better get in gear, Macy's is having a heck of a sale. Everyone try and stay warm. ((Hugs)) to all of you

7:44 am

hi/bye{{mom}}

7:44 am

Mom, Macy's is having a heck of a sale every day, but have fun and happy shopping

7:44 am

Happy shopping Mom!

7:44 am

hi and bye ((Carlee))

7:44 am

Have fun Mom. Hi carlee

7:44 am

I haven't been in Macy's in forever. Thanks ((JBV and Molly))

7:44 am

bye bye FMitch

7:45 am

im a size 8.5 shoe, mom. ;)

7:45 am

I was planning to buy red shoes for myself this Christmas - now I'm not sure, what will people think?

7:46 am

red shoes are a FABULOUS pop to go with an outfit!

7:46 am

u be stylin' jbv

7:46 am

Who cares what people think - if they make you feel good then do it!

7:47 am

OK, FMitch, I'll them you said so! :)

7:47 am

I have a lot of red sweaters and accessories

7:47 am

*Ill tell them

7:47 am

you can wear red shoes even when youre not wearing red in your outfit...

7:48 am

ok, Eva, I'll remember that

7:50 am

dare to be bold ;)

7:50 am

Good morning

7:51 am

I've never had a problem with that, Eva, but circumstances have changed - not sure if you knew

Good morning Babblers :)

7:51 am

morning nono

7:51 am

ni Nono!

7:51 am

Hi Mr Bob

7:52 am

i have heard, jbv. very sorry for your loss.

7:52 am

*le sigh* lunch time is over so had better get on. Happy Babbling and TTFN.

7:52 am

thanks, Eva

7:52 am

bye FMitch

bye bye FM

7:53 am

ok..off to make calls re: my new ti4's...yeuck....will be somewhere in neighbourhood of 6-800.00 after put on...merry xmas to my car

7:53 am

but you will be much safer, carlee - take care

hope you can find a good deal carlee

7:54 am

anyone have the 8?

not I, Eva

in fact I only have 1 seven so far

7:56 am

pr8 - get your name down early for a homeless child.

ahh ty haz!

7:57 am

You're welcome, Nono.

7:58 am

awwww....my parents did that. :)

7:59 am

And I'm sure everyone's happy with the decision.

8:00 am

i am! :D

8:00 am

They will have been as well.

8:01 am

You never found them examining the small print, did you?

8:01 am

yeah, they chose an awesome one with me. ;) my brother...questionable...hehe

8:03 am

morning all

8:03 am

Good morning, peri.

8:03 am

help with a next to the D

8:03 am

hi peri

8:03 am

ordo

what one does with numbers to sum them up peri

8:04 am

ty but tht is from the top A

8:04 am

at 4 - at the summit

8:04 am

ar5 and ar6 - a description of strongly felt emotion

8:04 am

ty JBV never see that one

8:05 am

ty Haz

8:05 am

thought I had nbt but missing the lower O

8:05 am

You're welcome.

8:05 am

NM

7 letter word clue?

8:09 am

da7 - those who repair socks

8:10 am

ea7 - those who work to get money

8:10 am

sa7 - compound word involving an emotion and a dewrinkler.

thank you

8:11 am

to7 - combine a heavy weight with a fork prong.

8:12 am

tr7 - past tense of tr5 - what actors do on stage and what wine makers do to grapes.

8:12 am

Hope they help, Garfield.

its granfield

8:12 am

Sorry, you're right, don't know what put Garfield into my head!

all very good clues, Haz, thanks

8:13 am

You're welcome, Nono.

8:14 am

Also, sp7 - first four letters of what athletes take part in, add the infamous robotic ending.

8:14 am

also in7 - in + trick-or-*****

8:15 am

re7/36 - made preparations, got things underway.

8:15 am

ra7 - birds of prey (a plural)

8:16 am

hi all

8:17 am

Hello, Boo.

hi Boo

8:17 am

good morning all - thanks Haz

8:17 am

Hello, wvt - no problem.

8:17 am

also re7 to take again (e.g. a nickname)

8:18 am

hi all :o)

8:18 am

Hello, dmf.

8:20 am

does anyone here have a good recipe for crock-pot meatballs?

8:20 am

po7 - start with the first letters of what garden fish swim in, end with a fork prong.

8:22 am

Ooo, yes Eva. This may sound weird, but it's easy and the meatballs turn out great. Put a pound of frozen meatballs in the crockpot and cover with one bottle of chili sauce and 1 small jar of (yes) grape jelly. Simmer in the crockpot for a few hours. They are really good.

8:23 am

thats exactly the kinda thing im looking for! having a holiday party and i want easy, no-work snacks. :)

8:23 am

Hi Molly and Eva

8:24 am

dmf too

8:25 am

When I do those meatballs, I put out the very small dinner rolls so people can make mini sandwiches.

8:25 am

i think im gonna put out toothpicks. husbands nana does that + i swear i could eat the whole pot!

8:26 am

po 7/32 clue please

8:27 am

scroll down, gran. haz just clued it a few minutes ago.

8:27 am

gran, if you scroll down, I clued it at 8.20

8:28 am

Sorry about that didn't check the clues given, but got it now and finished!

8:28 am

Well done!

8:40 am

not that i dont love drinking tea anyway, but i find it rather sad that i have to resort to making tea just to stay warm in the office...

8:40 am

Eva why is your office so cold?

It is sad Eva, It would seem that workers would be much more productive if they were comfortably warm

8:42 am

i readily admit that i find it much colder than everyone else does -- im just cold-blooded. but most of the women find it chilly in here. its always been a battle of men-vs-women. we have to call the building maintenance to get the temp changed, and whenever we ask them to turn it up, the men complain that its too hot + they call to have them turn it back down...

8:43 am

pretty much, whoever whines the loudest wins.

8:43 am

need new cookie recipes - what are some favorites?

8:44 am

wvt -- i dont have any on me right now, but i made some tasty cranberry-ginger bars and some pumpkin-oatmeal cookies...

I do ginger snaps with red and green gumdrops on them, wvteach. They go over well with most people

8:45 am

slices of the gumdrops or whole?

the small ones whole

just one in the center of each cookie

8:50 am

Martha Stewart's web site has some awesome holiday cookie recipes.

8:53 am

lol all school buses cancelled for the 3rd day running,my boy is estatic:/

wvteach, try this site: http://www.northpole.com/Kitchen/Cookb ook/cat0001.asp

8:56 am

lucky him, crossy! wish i didnt hafta come to work today!

8:57 am

howdy Mrs eva:)

8:57 am

thanks NoNo - it has hundreds of recipes - great site

8:57 am

hola, hello, howdy. :)

8:58 am

i have an "extra" day today. Usually go out all day Wednesday but it was cancelled because of our snow here - so now i'm going to bake cookies

8:58 am

even when you are retired it is so nice to have that extra day to get things like baking done

8:58 am

we are now over a meter and a half of snowfall since saturday night,,and 5 more inches coming today...wild

8:59 am

mmmm coooookies....

8:59 am

any chance of a clue for pr8?

8:59 am

im hoping to get my baking done this weekend...

9:00 am

good lord, crossy!!!

9:00 am

PR8 = in advance + make a child part of your family

9:00 am

me thinks i shall do a big batch of sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies

9:00 am

will you be able to dig out the sleigh and 8 reindeer for the Big Day??

9:01 am

lol une,i parked the sleigh saturday evening,managed to get out for 2 hours yesterday and will try to get out this aft

9:01 am

its 9, if you count Rudolph. ;)

9:01 am

thanks, eva -- had the RE but not the PRE version :-)

9:02 am

Thanks from Liverpool scouser for pr8.

9:02 am

may I say what a big Xmas doofus I am -- I can never see "Elf"" too many times -- love it love it love it

9:02 am

am i ever glad i gassed right up sat afternoon;)

9:03 am

What about Olive?

9:03 am

Olive?

9:03 am

Ms Oyl?

9:03 am

heh, i had the PRE, but not the RE!

9:03 am

LOL!

9:03 am

ahh oolive the other reindeer..know her well

9:03 am

yeah, what crossy said :o)

9:04 am

:-D

9:04 am

i started to watch Elf for the first time the other night. i have a great aversion to will ferrell -- not his humor, just him physically. hubs came downstairs and changed the channel -- he thought i may have been in a coma or something if that was on tv!

9:05 am

i just had to look that up -- never heard of Olive!

9:05 am

onlu christmas show i have watched so far is scrooged

9:06 am

Eva,it's soooo charming and heartwarming -- and I promise, It's not schmaltzy

9:06 am

me either, eva

9:06 am

EvaN, you know... Olive, the other reindeer, / Used to laugh and call him names...

9:06 am

don't care for Will Ferrell either and did not know about Olive

9:06 am

haha, dfm

9:06 am

my favorite christmas movie is The Year Without a Santa Claus -- i could sing about heat-miser and freeze-miser all day long!

9:06 am

and i watch several of the animated shows from the 70,s , all the ones with burl ives doing the narrations..i love those

9:06 am

but he's honestly truly really good in ELF!!!

9:07 am

does'not matter Une, will not watch it

9:07 am

im mr heat blister,im mr 101!

9:07 am

<-- has not watched any Christmas shows... >.> well, to be precise, he's barely watched any shows whatsoever...

9:08 am

we know,you are in a cave in nepal that they sealed up in 1859

9:08 am

lol

9:08 am

yay crossy!

9:08 am

Hello everybody :-)

9:08 am

but I have Internet!

9:08 am

howdy, soodle :-)

9:08 am

with interwebs however

9:08 am

lol

9:08 am

howdy soodles

9:08 am

hi Soodle

9:09 am

hi Soodle!

9:10 am

Olive the other reindeer reminds me of when my son was about 6. He was asked to identify all the characters in the Christmas crib. All went fine, til he pointed at one of the shepherds, and said 'Thats John Bergin'.

9:10 am

37 to go . . . back later *poof*

9:10 am

Who the heck is John Bergin, wondered the teacher, and Paul said.... Like in the song...(to the air of Silent night)...Round John Bergin, Mother & child....

9:11 am

attention everyone who is involved in the babble folding at home club! we are about to break 100,000 WU,S!! congratulations everyone.i will make arrangements to have a copy of that milestone certificate available to all those who wish one! yaaa for our team!!

9:11 am

bye Une!

9:11 am

haha Soodle

9:11 am

yay crossy! :o)

9:12 am

21 left and stuck

9:12 am

hi all

9:12 am

hi jmc

9:12 am

hi jmc! :o)

9:13 am

howdy jmc! read what i just posted!

9:13 am

Hey JMC :-)

9:15 am

i saw crossy we be doing good

9:15 am

i was folding a 2000 bugger at the office yesterday

9:16 am

indeed;)))

9:16 am

Soodle, that's like the joke about the minister's son conducting a funeral for the family pet canary in the back yard, who said "In the name of the Father and of the Son and in the hole he goes."

9:16 am

wife gets a lot of 2000,with our big gaming ring,but this poky one i use just gets 250,s

9:16 am

rig

9:17 am

Lol Molly. Like a funeral for a goldfish in our house once...."Ashes to ashes, dusters to dusters...."

9:17 am

My brain is obviously not in Babble mode today :o(

9:21 am

love your jokes - how about one from real life? came home from school in 5th grade with the following in my notebook: "Gravity is a horse in the center of the earth." .... My mother figured it out.....

9:21 am

a force, of course

9:21 am

lol

9:21 am

hi JBV! :o)

9:22 am

LOL, JBV. My daughter used to recite 'Little Miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet, eating her curls away....'

9:22 am

and my little brother came home from Catholic school (this is back in the 60's) saying the nuns wanted him to buy the pill - .....

9:22 am

when i was a kid, i thought it was "War-War Two" -- i thought because it was the second one, they named it twice! (i never knew about WW1, as my grandfasther fought in WW2)

9:22 am

It was "The Tablet," the Catholic newspaper

9:23 am

that's a good one, Eva!

9:23 am

ROFL

9:23 am

hi Soodle and jBV

9:23 am

Hey Boo!

9:23 am

i personal thought there was an "abbreviation" for LMNOP in the alphabet: elemento p

9:23 am

hi Boo

9:23 am

jmc -- then you might enjoy the book "Ella Minnow Pea" ;)

9:24 am

I'm laughing here, thanks jmc

9:24 am

hi boo

9:24 am

never heard of that book evan

9:25 am

ive read it twice, its cute. it is a series of letters between a few characters who live on a fictitious island named after the guy who came up with the sentence that has every letter of the alphabet in it...

9:25 am

it was rough teaching my kid the alphabet because i still tend to think elemento p so i had to be careful

9:26 am

okay not getting nbt before work -- late leaving home as it is

9:26 am

one day, in the town square (where they have a statue to the guy that has the sentence on it) a letter fell off the statue. the government decided it was a sign from the gods that they werent supposed to use that letter anymore, so it was outlawed. one-by-one, letters start falling off the statue, and the letters written between the characters have to reflect that...

9:26 am

eventually, it becomes quite difficult to write (and read!) so they plan an uprising to get the letters reinstated. its a fun story!

9:27 am

seems to me i heard a story about a country where a letter was outlawed O maybe?

9:27 am

sounds cute evan and I like reading children's stories so i may go see if the library has it

9:28 am

okay i am off to save the world (thought I would think I would be done by now) *grumble grumble stupid world always needs saving*

9:29 am

*poof*

9:34 am

Happy Saving jmc

9:49 am

clue for the last do 6

9:49 am

do + late for school: ****y

9:51 am

???

9:56 am

there we go;)) submitted a bunch of air miles for grocery coupons..we are going to eat like kings this christmas;))

10:02 am

what is at the top of an i: do* + Shakespeare: the B*** of Avon

10:02 am

you can DO that, crossy?

10:03 am

crossy

10:03 am

do me a quick favour

10:04 am

google goodyear wrangler sr-a and cooper discoverer atr

10:04 am

which u like better?

10:04 am

sec

10:04 am

app...comparable in quality... ( so says my trusted mechanic)

10:04 am

both on sale

10:05 am

i have a 2003 ford escape

10:05 am

dark grey in colour...

10:05 am

( and hi all )

10:05 am

well i do not really have to look,cooper manuafacture performance tires mainly,and that is what they are good at,so if you have a porche,go for it.......blizzacks by goodyear definatly then

10:05 am

which u think best for our driving conditions?

10:06 am

they are s oft compund winter tire with lots of grip and sipes and are the best

10:06 am

( i looked at reviews... both seem good for tractions...

10:06 am

blizzacks

10:06 am

exceot cooper not good for mud ( like i go mudding all time)

10:06 am

they not on sale

10:06 am

the blizzacks

10:06 am

those the 2

10:07 am

well the mud is a long way away now..get the good winter tyre

10:07 am

the blizzacks not on sale... i can afford those 2

10:07 am

i do not compromise on tires,wrecking the car or getting hauled out of a ditch every week is more expensive

10:07 am

am leaning to the coopers

10:07 am

mmm

10:08 am

well do what you will

10:08 am

hi carlee! :o)

10:08 am

we have over a meter and a half of snow now..i do not screw with it

10:08 am

hi dfm

10:08 am

we have an inch

10:08 am

and rarely do we get more then 6 inches at a time

10:08 am

i have to travel 45 min each way to work

10:09 am

i can be anywhere in sarnia in 10 mins

10:09 am

then any old winter tire will do for an inch

10:09 am

get a softer compunds with lots of sipes though

10:09 am

its a one in 10 year storm we get more then 6 inches at a time

10:10 am

this one looks beefie and bad ass...angry with all the groves etc

10:10 am

up here we do not blink at 250 dollars a tire,it is that or buy a new car every year lol

10:10 am

and my wranglers lasted 3 years

10:10 am

these normal are 200-250..on sale for 1/2 price

10:11 am

( both of them )

10:11 am

well you have my thoighs,but if you just get a skim of snow,you have lots of leeway anyways

10:11 am

kk..hanks :)

10:11 am

thoughts

10:11 am

thanks :)

10:12 am

loys of sipes.....

10:12 am

lots

10:12 am

( whatever sipes are)

10:13 am

sipes are the cut grooves on a tire that give winter traction

10:13 am

the more per inch the better

10:14 am

until your tires collapse from having too many? ;o)

10:14 am

perferably a tire where they actually wrap around the sidewall

10:14 am

lol,dfm

10:14 am

lol,yea dfm,they make tires that collapse

10:14 am

Sipe Sipe Fine lines or grooves cut into the Tread of tires. They allow the tire to flex and give better Traction on wet surfaces. They may also reduce tire noise.

10:15 am

Hi babble friends!

10:15 am

hi BR, beach! :o)

10:15 am

ty br lol

10:16 am

send some to dfm lol

10:16 am

howdy beach

10:17 am

ok..tow truck here..byebye

10:17 am

tc carlee...sipes.....

10:20 am

bye carlee!

10:20 am

pr

10:24 am

hi cross

10:30 am

clue for in5

10:30 am

nm found it

10:33 am

Guten Morgen, Babblers, I am stuck on so5/10, right after the pop drinks. Can someone please help me?

10:34 am

use it to figure out how deep your pop drink can is?

10:35 am

hello

10:35 am

I use a fish so*** while deep sea fishing

10:35 am

hi {{ruby}}! :o)

10:36 am

so i was out of the office for four days, and it took me a total of 3 hours to catch up on things, and now i have nothing to do again.

10:36 am

thanks, how simple . I hear the ping ping

10:37 am

ugh... that's not good hurshy

10:37 am

tell me about it.

10:37 am

{{crossy}} our most beautiful little bird here is named for your wife "charderonet elegant"

10:37 am

we are in a period of down-time too hurshy...

10:37 am

{{dfm}}

10:38 am

it's not a PERIOD of downtime...

10:38 am

Sounds like wine Ruby. : D

10:39 am

hahah molly, but it's a gorgeous tiny bird with red, yellow, black and white feathers

10:39 am

one of our 100's of "boarders"

10:40 am

my two best words are rat/21 (and plural) and so6/24, most interesting and on my own!

10:40 am

ra, not rat!

10:41 am

((ruby))

10:41 am

I am worn out

10:43 am

100 words, small milestone!

10:44 am

want to clue that ra, ruby?

10:44 am

ty ruby i look up a pic of the bird for the mrs

10:44 am

a bird that hunts, like a hawk

10:44 am

I may have spelled it wrong, crossy! if you can't find it, I'll bring my bird book down after dinner

10:45 am

*regrets not having listened more to her ornithological college friend*

10:45 am

it flies straight down, hurshy

10:45 am

birds that hunt for small animals

10:45 am

oh, oh, i see, i am working on the top R, but it isn't from there.

10:45 am

got it

10:45 am

Hi Ruby and hurshy

10:45 am

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=htt p://www.linternaute.com/nature-animaux /oiseaux/dossier/oiseaux-familiers/ima ges/chardonneret.jpg&imgrefurl=http:// www.linternaute.com/nature-animaux/ois eaux/dossier/oiseaux-familiers/1.shtml &h=280&w=375&sz=16&tbnid=YjR5eR5GRi1CJ M:&tbnh=91&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3 Dchardonneret%2Belegant&zoom=1&q=chard onneret+elegant&usg=__W0dQVPv7P22M112r QqrtpNx_KzI=&sa=X&ei=Grb_TODqBMqJnAeIr 7GECg&ved=0CB0Q9QEwAA

10:45 am

oops should of shortened that

10:46 am

I have identified more than 20 new birds since we moved here and my life list in the US had about 120

10:46 am

should have...

10:46 am

happy!

10:46 am

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=htt p://www.linternaute.com/nature-animaux /oiseaux/dossier/oiseaux-familiers/ima ges/chardonneret.jpg&imgrefurl=http:// www.linternaute.com/nature-animaux/ois eaux/dossier/oiseaux-familiers/1.shtml &h=280&w=375&sz=16&tbnid=YjR5eR5GRi1CJ M:&tbnh=91&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3 Dchardonneret%2Belegant&zoom=1&q=chard onneret+elegant&usg=__W0dQVPv7P22M112r QqrtpNx_KzI=&sa=X&ei=Grb_TODqBMqJnAeIr 7GECg&ved=0CB0Q9QEwAA

10:46 am

there u go this is rubys bird

10:46 am

and one came in the house one day, trying for the little birds on the feeder

10:46 am

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=htt p://www.linternaute.com/nature-animaux /oiseaux/dossier/oiseaux-familiers/ima ges/chardonneret.jpg&imgrefurl=http:// www.linternaute.com/nature-animaux/ois eaux/dossier/oiseaux-familiers/1.shtml &h=280&w=375&sz=16&tbnid=YjR5eR5GRi1CJ M:&tbnh=91&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3 Dchardonneret%2Belegant&zoom=1&q=chard onneret+elegant&usg=__W0dQVPv7P22M112r QqrtpNx_KzI=&sa=X&ei=Grb_TODqBMqJnAeIr 7GECg&ved=0CB0Q9QEwAA

10:47 am

dammit

10:47 am

are you giving me the bird, crossy?

10:47 am

tiny url is being a pain

10:47 am

trying to

10:47 am

http://tinyurl.com/28rtgru

10:47 am

ra 6/21 reminds me of "Jurassic Park"

10:47 am

there we go,is that the one?

10:47 am

oh gosh crossy. you should write a bird book

10:47 am

real life is better, molly

10:47 am

hello boo

10:48 am

howdy boo

10:48 am

we have been without satellite TV for 8 days. At first, we thought it was from the snow. But now we think the snow knocked over a satellite on the roof. All husband does is bi***!

10:49 am

lol boo,i know tiny bits about many things which means i know nothing about everything!

10:49 am

I don't mind watching the French stations, but he can't

10:49 am

poor ruby:(

10:49 am

I need for Crossy to come over and kick some bu**

10:50 am

Aw Ruby, that sucks.

10:50 am

grrrrr

10:50 am

i do not watch much television,maybe a hour day day..if i can find something worth watching

10:50 am

we are very isolated here

10:50 am

ill toss him on the roof,he can nail down the dish again

10:51 am

I don't much care, will watch any movie from 8:45 'til 11 or so when I have to "do dogs"

10:51 am

sounds like a good plan, crossy

10:52 am

all I can say is Thank you, Dr. God, for providing this wonderful site!!!!!

10:52 am

you folks really help me

10:52 am

it is a great place to chat

10:52 am

lol

10:53 am

or you can get mr happy just to sit up there and point it in the right direction for your afternoon spaps lol

10:53 am

soaps

10:53 am

no, I'm not that bad -- one movie a day is my "fix"

10:53 am

can anyone clue or 6

10:53 am

any movie.....

10:54 am

poor mr. happy is not doing so well' I shouldn't be so nasty

10:54 am

or6/21 is fake gold

10:54 am

i thought that was iron pyrite.

10:54 am

bad ruby!

10:54 am

mm do not see iron pyrite... lol

10:54 am

or ormolu

10:54 am

shap hursh

10:55 am

that's fool's gold.

10:55 am

fool's gold IS fake... but obviously there is something else.

10:56 am

or6/21 is an alloy designed to imitate gold. There, better? ;o)

10:57 am

it comes from the lower O, if that helps anyone.

10:57 am

it is not an easy word to find

10:57 am

>.> I've slowly whittled the words down to 20 left... any hints for the D@(4,2)?

10:58 am

must serve dinner

10:58 am

{{everybody}} thanks for being there

10:58 am

became not wet, ceased to live, let fall(s) and an old fashioned past tense... and i am missing one.

10:58 am

{{ruby}} have a nice dinner!

10:59 am

bye ruby..take care

10:59 am

ceased to leave is the other D I think :o/ yaay nbt. -.-

11:00 am

ceased to LEAVE? hmmm.

11:00 am

erm, sorry, brain not functional today. Live.

11:00 am

oh, yes

11:01 am

i meant the state of having ceased to live

11:01 am

hi all

11:02 am

hi jmc! :o)

11:03 am

Hursh...it was a dark and dr***y night.

11:04 am

dfm was looking for things from the right-hand d. that is from the left. where i am missing three, but not that one. :) thanks though.

11:04 am

What about the mild curse?

11:05 am

Never mind, that's the other d too. I'll hush now.

11:05 am

I have 5/6 now o.0 and found two more for the OTHER d...

11:07 am

so... what does the 8 start with?

11:07 am

pr8

11:07 am

There is a do6/24 dfm - do you have that? pr hurshy.

11:08 am

before... before...

11:08 am

don't have a do6... will look, thanks :o)

11:08 am

aha, that's the right d FM!

11:09 am

not before audio signals were transmitted...

11:09 am

aha!

11:09 am

lol hursh

11:09 am

AND got the related re7.

11:10 am

i'm having simply a terrible time with the upper S.

11:10 am

well, I found a do6/24 for the OTHER d... :o\

11:10 am

I found that s a nightmare too.

11:10 am

do6/24 in question is one who is growing senile.

11:11 am

what's the one you found, i haven't got it

11:12 am

well, since i can't find more than three S's that count from there, i might as well say...

11:12 am

it's... uhh, well, you might add a do6 to silicon or germanium when making electronics...

11:12 am

name that proper noun! french philosopher

11:12 am

hursh, haven't seen you in AGES -- hi!

11:12 am

Sartre!

11:12 am

Satre

11:12 am

ding ding ding (une)!

11:12 am

hey, fmitch :-)

11:13 am

:-D

11:13 am

i haven't been on much this past week because my dad had an aortic dissection, major surgery to fix, he's still in the ICU sedated and on ventilator.

11:13 am

ok, back to unloading car trunk -- later! *poof*

11:13 am

Jean Paul

11:13 am

clue for pa 4/6

11:13 am

Hi Une! Can I have half a ding hursh?

11:13 am

di

11:13 am

bye une!

11:14 am

yay, found the do6. :o)

11:14 am

boobear - women's smears.

11:14 am

:)

11:14 am

ty

11:14 am

:o/ glad I monkeyed that word, no id4 what your clue is about, hursh

11:15 am

are you unmarried, then, dfm?

11:15 am

hi all, interesting chat!

11:15 am

<-- is nineteen?

11:16 am

hi aloy!

11:16 am

Aloy!!! greetings :)

11:16 am

oh dear. is hurshy giving dfm a lesson on ladies dr appts?

11:16 am

well then i'm not surprised. if you ever do get married or have a similar serious relationship with a female, you will find out.

11:16 am

hi Aloy. There's a sensitive discussion going on in here

11:17 am

clue for last ar 5/10

11:17 am

ty for the pa

11:17 am

yes, Boo.. (-:

11:17 am

dfm is 19?

11:17 am

ar5/10 is a curtain

11:17 am

T'was Boo that asked for the clue.

11:17 am

though useless for the mrs now...

11:17 am

i don't see how it's really that sensitive. it's just a medical test.

11:17 am

yes, and not negative one as it says on my profile, I just like to be silly on profiles.

11:17 am

((crossy))

11:18 am

i mean as a subject of discussion, that is.

11:18 am

hooray for silly!

11:18 am

i would have guessed older dfm

11:18 am

(9FM)

11:18 am

((FM))*

11:18 am

if you know your Shakespeare, from Hamlet, Polonius is stabbed while hiding behind the ar5. At least, I think it's Hamlet.

11:18 am

Silly is very good these days, we all need a bit of sillyness.

11:19 am

i always tend to assume people are around my age until i find out otherwise... THAT is also silly.

11:19 am

he was hiding behind the drapes i thought

11:19 am

ar + the teacher banged the chalk out of the e***ers

11:19 am

stage direction is "(behind the ar5)".

11:20 am

I presume everyone is younger than me now until proven different :)

11:20 am

you must be into theatre, then.

11:20 am

lol FM

11:21 am

no, we just studied Shakespeare a lot in high school... and I ended up memorising (or at least mostly-memorising) about 70% of each play

11:21 am

and yes you are right dfm Polonius is from Hamlet.

11:21 am

i have mental images of people from how they write/talk and some i assume are older and some younger and i am frequently wrong on babbleland people

11:22 am

well wait dfm are you babbling from school? *stern mama look stolen from stiddie*

11:22 am

no, babbling from co-op job... why?

11:22 am

..hums, "younger than springtime are you.. "

11:22 am

lol Aloy

11:23 am

oh that's okay then. . . I have no room to talk about babbling at work! *giggle*

11:23 am

that doesn't mean much, springtime is as old as the hills...

11:23 am

then you are younger than the hills!

11:23 am

Besides, most of my classes until last semester were my naptimes...

11:24 am

younger than the hills are you..

11:24 am

*checks birth certificate* yep i am younger than the hills

11:24 am

what happened last semester?

11:24 am

Hello all. It's COLD and windy today in Maryland! Can anyone clue the ra5/20 or ra6/33 for me plz.

11:25 am

I started taking third-year courses. (in second year)

11:25 am

hi pcal

11:25 am

shave with it, pcal

11:25 am

hi pcal! :o)

11:25 am

.. an hi pcal, nice to meet you

11:26 am

man

11:26 am

ty everyone for the clues

11:26 am

third year in college? what are you studying?

11:26 am

Oh great Aloy, now I have "Younger Than Springtime" stuck in my head.

11:26 am

Sometimes I'm blind...thx(!) and nice to meet you!

11:26 am

nice to meet you pcal and bilal

11:26 am

hi matches

11:26 am

second right now... CS / Pure mathematics

11:26 am

lol Molly.. and I can't think of the next line,

11:26 am

softer than?

11:26 am

good thing i don't know that tune

11:26 am

is it normal that with my dad having surgery on his aorta and subsequent issues with his lungs, i feel extremely conscious of my own lungs and stuff?

11:27 am

lol Molly I just had to google the words as I got stuck.

11:27 am

ah then you will appreciate that at my job interview i talked about topology

11:27 am

well FM, please share!

11:27 am

yes, hursh, it's human empathy.

11:27 am

that is very normal hursh

11:27 am

I am sure it is hurshy dear.

11:27 am

hope your Dad is doing well, hurshy

11:28 am

he's stable, in the ICU, will still be sedated and on ventilator for at least a few more days

11:28 am

sorry, correction: it's empathy. No need for the qualifier, pretty sure animals do that too.

11:28 am

healing thoughts go his way.......

11:29 am

waiting is hard hursh I will hold you in the Light

11:29 am

thanks

11:29 am

help with A words please

11:30 am

Softer than starlight, are you

11:30 am

I need the lower and the lowest A's for nbt

11:30 am

terminal on a battery, jmc.. an5.12

11:30 am

think of apple's mp3 player but change to a, and pl

11:30 am

ty snuffy

11:31 am

and then there's lots that start with picnic pest.

11:31 am

lol, yw

11:31 am

ty hursh

11:31 am

Hursh, sending good, healing vibes out for your Dad.

11:31 am

thanks

11:31 am

http://tinyurl.com/32wcvl6 Mario Lanz singing it :)

11:32 am

the only 2nd row A i've got is sitting on something, eg a roof

11:32 am

aah, tyvm FM

11:32 am

well that takes care of the lowest one but how about the A in the 2nd row

11:32 am

Any hints for a t7? Have to and tr.

11:32 am

Awesome music in "South Pacific".

11:32 am

ty hursh nbt with that

11:33 am

there is a to7/28 and a to6/21 and pl 7

11:33 am

there are 2 to7, one's pl, the other is an arrangement in which people who are going to receive money from a will or other source, if they die off, their shares are redistributed equally among the other recipients.

11:33 am

A@(2,2) at4/5 sitting upon ar5/12 + 6/21 fervor (as opposed to fervour)

11:34 am

and i know THAT from good ol' miss marple, 4:50 from paddington AKA what mrs. mcgillicudy saw!

11:34 am

groan, how did i miss fervor?

11:34 am

rats i know what that is but have forgotten the word *goes in the corner to think about it*

11:34 am

Because it's spelt sillily.

11:35 am

I have the money to7... looking for the other now

11:35 am

Also, "sillily" is spelt sillily too.

11:35 am

donut shape for 6, and plural for 7.

11:35 am

oh, missed the pl.

11:36 am

ha! remembered it ty hursh

11:36 am

yw :) i don't know how people know about that if they haven't read that miss marple book, lol

11:36 am

okay must pretend to work for a living bbl

11:36 am

ttfn, jmc.. hagd

11:36 am

Toodles jmc.

11:37 am

but before I go I invite people local to Washington DC to my office open house on Dec 15 from 2 to 5 at 1830 Connecticut Ave, NW

11:37 am

tsk tsk, pretending to work... ;oP

11:37 am

DCseian came last year

11:37 am

communication work..

11:38 am

O:-)

11:38 am

dmf -- time to eat if you havent already!

11:38 am

*poof*

11:38 am

public relations after all

11:38 am

ooh, thanks for reminding me EvaN :o)

11:39 am

im gonna have the same leftovers as yesterday... got too much, though, so may have to share!

11:41 am

>.> want to find that last one word before I eat...

11:41 am

what are you misssing dfm?

11:42 am

t5

11:42 am

the yellow/orange jewel?

11:42 am

crossy whips eve up a small greek salad with tons of feta cheese and a thin sandwich cheese wrap with shaved honey ham,old cheddar,romaine lettuce and secret sauce with herbs and spices

11:42 am

how about the very first ta5/12

11:42 am

don't have that one FM

11:42 am

then go search dfm :)

11:43 am

yay :oD

11:43 am

crossy - I wish you would open up a chain of resturants!

11:43 am

Congrats dfm!

11:43 am

eva, the chili was a big hit yesterday -- even sent some home with 3 friends :-)

11:43 am

lol((FM))

11:44 am

off to eat the last bowl for my lunch *poof*

11:44 am

dfm, you could add part of the wedding vow to what roads are pave with

11:44 am

paved, that is

11:44 am

i love to cook for friends and family..if i ever had to mass produce it the love would be lost and it would not taste the same

11:45 am

OK I will have to employ you as the new chef for the PB and the Babble jet.

11:45 am

:)))

11:46 am

we have a jet?

11:46 am

ooooooooh, we have a babble jet? how wonderful

11:46 am

one of those 12 seater exec models?

11:46 am

crossy, that sounds FAB! ::drooling::

11:46 am

Where have you been Aloy - we have had one for about 3 years but these days it doesn't get out much.

11:46 am

yeah, I found it already aloy :o) thanks

11:47 am

easy and light,but with lots of flavor eva;)

11:47 am

Oh no a big one crossy - a jumbo jet.

11:47 am

okie dokie.. enjoyed chatting with you all, must go now.. fireworks (-:

11:47 am

i heart feta. dont eat it much, as darling hubs hates it. and greek food, in general.

11:47 am

My brain shut down with a click; help on po7,32 please?

11:47 am

congrats and bye, aloy!

11:48 am

ends with part of a fork, Erda

11:48 am

.. dragging self off.. poof

11:49 am

Thank you, Aloy!!!

11:49 am

you're lucky, erda, mine didn't turn on at all. po7/32 (anat.) of or pertaining to intrastructural connective tissue

11:49 am

*Goes poking around looking for the Babble jet*

11:50 am

Bye Aloy, chog went slow.

11:50 am

well it seems to be a 767 molly,should be easy to find lol

11:50 am

LOL dfm...

11:50 am

hmm, wasn't I supposed to do something around now? :o\

11:50 am

doesn't help dfm.

11:50 am

EAT

11:51 am

oh right, consume items of caloric and nutritional value.

11:51 am

Off to do that now :o) bye for now all

11:51 am

sounds good dfm.

11:51 am

*crosses arms at glares at dfm* off with you now!

11:51 am

Mix...po + part of a fork

11:52 am

ty molly.

11:52 am

Gads...would you hate to be "looked" at by Stern Stid and Glaring Eva? : P

11:52 am

jeez, molly. youve had that wreath up for HOURS now. its so annoying...

11:52 am

It is also the name of famous Italian marshes...

11:53 am

Ahahahaha! I was waiting for a comment like that Eva. : D

11:53 am

...that were dried by Mussolini...

11:53 am

and on that note, im off to lunch myself :)

11:54 am

Stiddys 'stern mama loo' scares me ... and when she starts tapping her toe you know you are in big trouble.

11:55 am

'her look scares me too :)

11:56 am

we have our wreath on the door already:)

11:56 am

fireworks.

11:57 am

tree is not up and shopping is not done but that is status quo:)

11:57 am

yaa for mix

11:57 am

Congrats mixi. I going to head off to the kitchen for a while. TTFN.

11:59 am

clue for po7

12:00 pm

Sorry I don't have it.

12:01 pm

that's ok

12:02 pm

po + consonant+ part of fork

12:02 pm

I'm missing both do6's and of course many others. Any clues for either 1 of those? please.

12:03 pm

ty, mixi

12:03 pm

do + stuff you wear on your leg.

12:03 pm

tya

12:03 pm

do6 do plus pa 4/5

12:03 pm

do + when you are late, you are ****y

12:04 pm

ty ty ty

12:05 pm

po6 is also a french Canadian concoction of fries gravy and cheese all heated into a gloopy mess;/

12:05 pm

poridge

12:05 pm

but there is a u in it of course

12:06 pm

can't figure out the clue for po7

12:08 pm

Gloopy mess is a perfect description for your Canadian concoction.

12:09 pm

po7...On Golden ***d + Will you be my Valen****

12:10 pm

do not eat it myself molly

12:11 pm

sounds tasty, though!

12:11 pm

we make up for it with awsome cheese an bacon;)))

12:11 pm

*offers leftover Quesadilla Casserole to anyone who is interested*

12:12 pm

ty Molly

12:16 pm

back

12:18 pm

WB ruby!

12:21 pm

ty eva, actually that gloopy Canadian mess sounds like something I would love!!!

12:21 pm

and leftover quesadilla for that matter

12:21 pm

anything fat and cheesy suits me

12:21 pm

me too!

12:22 pm

ive had cheese fries, and ive heard of gravy fries... but cheese AND gravy? sign me up!

12:22 pm

there was a whole article in the New Yorker about po**t***

12:23 pm

some reported went all over eastern Canada tasting it....

12:23 pm

reporter*

12:24 pm

sounds delish, but deadly

12:24 pm

The best pou**** is made w/cheese curds and gravy

12:24 pm

hello peri

12:25 pm

where do you get cheese curds?

12:25 pm

hi there ruby

12:25 pm

How does one sign up to get paid for traveling around a country eating?

12:25 pm

or do you have to make your own

12:25 pm

ask Miss Muffet :)

12:25 pm

behind me, molly!

12:25 pm

from a cheese maker

12:26 pm

so the stuff you get when you make your own cheese is it?

12:26 pm

I used to do that for Ras Gulai [sp??]

Hi everyone. How are "we" today?

12:32 pm

*Scratches head and wonders how it's possible that Little Richard is 78 today*

12:32 pm

we are fine red, and you?

12:32 pm

wow, doesn't seem possible, molly

12:32 pm

HB Little Richard and Good Golly!

I'm doing alright...

12:33 pm

I'm looking for the 1st re7. Could somone help me please?

12:34 pm

re7/36 got things prepared

I do not have it, Gramma, I only have 27 words so far.

12:34 pm

(I don't know if it's the first or not)

12:34 pm

John Lennon was shot and killed 30 years ago today

12:35 pm

It's the first one Ruby.

12:35 pm

so sad!

12:35 pm

11 left and really stuck, not using list

12:35 pm

ty. I was going for the re like to do again and missed the obvious

12:35 pm

missing a 7 letter word and 10 others

12:35 pm

I'm only missing 55 words, lol

12:36 pm

bbl

12:36 pm

mmmm.... fun-sized snickers...

hi evan

12:38 pm

I give up! Good night, everybody

good night ruby!

I am missing 87 words...

12:56 pm

hello, Im back

12:56 pm

Red, I like your new icon picture.

12:58 pm

Hi Annie

12:59 pm

hi red, Annie! :o)

1:00 pm

hi Molly, dfm, red

1:15 pm

The Devil wears it and it's in the grid. : P

1:15 pm

Oops, no it's not. I'm seeing things again.

1:16 pm

evening all - 81 left for me

1:16 pm

Hi Kazz

1:17 pm

Hi kazzer

Hello all. I took a break to do domestic chores, but thanks Molly. Hi Annie Kazzer and DFMFM...I am on holidays for a week.

1:20 pm

Hi all...keep seeing phanton "adios"

1:21 pm

Mine is doritos

1:21 pm

Hi red, are you going to visit your parents over the holidays?

Hello Champ, how are things?

1:21 pm

So far so good red, and you?

I will see my Parents, we are all going to my sisters.

I am good Champ, I have myHalf Marathon this weekend....lots of nerves.

Molly, I like your new icon as well.

1:22 pm

Awesome!!! What's the forecast?

50's. and RAIN!

1:22 pm

red, please wish them all a merry christmas. I remember you once mentioned bobby to your mom.

1:22 pm

WELL...that'll be interesting! Although I never believe in rain till it's actually falling on me...not to worry!

My Mom is pretty great. As is my Dad...

1:23 pm

tres cool icon, red!

We rarely get rain in winter, but this winter is a bit odd.

1:23 pm

Will they go and watch you?

thanks Une!

1:23 pm

good luck on your half marathons....my daughter runs half marathons up north

1:23 pm

:-D

Oh no, my parents are at home in Pennsylvania. They will be called after the fact.

1:23 pm

Hi Une

1:24 pm

hey, annie :-)

I was not too excited about the race, but all of a sudden finally in the past 2 weeks, my pace has dropped and I have a PR chance...so I am getting very nervy. Lots of nightmares..

1:24 pm

Oh. My mom likes to come to my races. Pretty awesome to have your 76 year old mom roadside cheering you on!

1:24 pm

terrific, champ!

Annie I will say hello to them from you. I wonder, perhaps my sister and I could get a day ot take the train down to NYC....we could have tea! or coffee!

1:25 pm

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!!! Try to just go and let the day bring what it will. You'll stress yourself crazy!

My Dad I think recalls his own glory days and wonders why I am not faster...

My last dream was that they changed the race to this very Hilly area where I live and that I was running in slow motion...

1:25 pm

I have a brother who's one year younger and WAY faster. But no one holds it agains me.

1:25 pm

red, that would be nice

1:26 pm

Wait till you have the "I forgot my shoes" dream!

1:26 pm

i have changed my icon to reflect the season

I will see if she would like to do such a thing. I tis only RI.

Oooh Kazzer, spooky, yet festive!

1:26 pm

hey all! how's the grid today?

1:27 pm

hey, stiddy! 28 to go and no list yet . . .

1:27 pm

I'm finding a big slowdown 93 words in...

LOL Champ, I did get out of the car this summer and gave a guy my extra socks...

1:27 pm

hi stid i am on 76 and no list which is good for me after recent performances

1:27 pm

Runners are always the nicest!

1:27 pm

stid, it's definitely a weird twisty critter

1:28 pm

red, did you buy mittens?

Not yet Annie, it is supposed to be warm again on Friday, up to 70...

1:30 pm

red, so then no mittens needed. very unusual weather for florida

1:31 pm

hot tea, round 2 this morning it was a chai, this afternoon it is a honey-vanilla chamomile...

1:31 pm

What about for the run?

It does get cold, as long as it goes away by Friday it will be fine...If it stays we are all going to turn into pale zombies.

If it is in the 50's I should be ok without mittens.

1:32 pm

I was thinking it would start colder...

1:32 pm

I think so. It was in the 30's at night down in Hallandale Beach. And very windy. Sounds like New York today.

I just looked at the 7 day forecast. currently ther are predicting...eeek 61 degrees and 99% humidity. at 7 am. Race at 6.

1:33 pm

UGH!!! Start with the water now!!!

1:34 pm

I wish you a good race red. I am going to put my groceries away. Bye for now.

I am hoping its not correct. that is so odd. for winter in Florida. We usually are at 50-60% humidity. But its still several days away right? they could adjust it.

Bye De** Annie!

1:35 pm

Honey vanilla chamomile, very zen Eva.

It sounds like it could zonk one out nicely EvaN.

well I must dash, I have dominatedthe chat long enouhg. Going to go to the pool.

1:37 pm

GOOD LUCK!!!

1:38 pm

sorry eva but that sounds disgustig

1:38 pm

my powdered creamer just went *POOF!* all over my desk... got my own personal winter wonderland...

1:41 pm

oh no - very messy?

1:43 pm

oh gee... sorry Eva!

1:43 pm

and sorry all, said hello and disappeared!

1:44 pm

all cleaned up, thankfully

1:50 pm

Hi stid and hi all

1:59 pm

hey jill

1:59 pm

how are you? is it still raining up your way?

2:04 pm

well NBT and almost 1/3 of the way... *sigh*

2:05 pm

sorry -- phone -- yes, it's pouring off and on

2:05 pm

sunny here at the moment, but this morning was very stormy

2:06 pm

did you get the tv-fridge-tv fixed?

2:07 pm

not quite 9

2:07 pm

oops, still on the phone

2:08 pm

*grin* I know how that works!

2:10 pm

past halfway!

2:10 pm

Ha ha...Eva's trying to tell everyone that white powder on her desk is creamer...ha ha : P

2:10 pm

off the phone now -- the fridge is temporarily fixed, the TVs not fixed yet, except one came to life for a day and then konked out again. Sigh.

2:10 pm

Good morning all. You reminded e to look at the weather report Stid - TY - even if it says severe storms and flood warnings all over the state

2:11 pm

hey lynxxx

2:11 pm

yuck, lynxxx, hope the weather improves!

2:11 pm

I have to go now -- too much to do! Back later -- still 91/74 :-(

2:12 pm

weird, how eletrical things work (or don't). at least the fridge will keep foods now

2:12 pm

later jill

2:12 pm

All appliances are in cohoots Jilli - My dryer, washing machine, stove top are all threatening to give up...my dishwasher already has!

2:12 pm

bye Jilli

2:12 pm

oh crud, lyn!

2:13 pm

sorry to hear that lynxxx, so inconvenient to not have those!

2:13 pm

Toodles, all...*poof for now*

2:13 pm

At least all those things are relatively cheaper now than they were 10 years ago

2:15 pm

yes, and a lot more efficient to run too, I think

2:16 pm

i am slow working my way to fireworks - down to 37

2:17 pm

hi Kazz - good going

2:17 pm

go kazz go!

2:18 pm

you have my sympathy Lyn - i hve blown up 4 dishwashers, 2 washing machines and the grill part of my oven doesnt work!

2:19 pm

I trust not all on the same day!

2:22 pm

well, down to 52. back later. *hugs and poof*

2:22 pm

bye Stid

2:25 pm

Hmmm...hugs but no choclits...: (

2:26 pm

morning Molly

2:26 pm

cya stid

2:26 pm

Hi Lynxxx

2:27 pm

no lyn - but i did do the dishwasher and washing machine at the same time

2:28 pm

ouch!

2:32 pm

hmm - yes hubby was not best pleased - i had to go to he landerette for several weeks before we could affoed a new one and gave up on the dishwasher

2:33 pm

can anyone please give me a clue for the pr/8 the one i thought of is apparrently invalid

2:34 pm

The washing machine is a bother, it piles up so quickly. Th dishwasher is a lluxury so I won't be replacing that in a hurry

2:35 pm

pr8 to arrange to acquire a child ahead of time.

2:36 pm

i know Lyn but the dishes tend to mount up as well - a result of only 2 of us and lots of stuff

2:39 pm

gee - I finally passed halfway - very slow start for this one

2:40 pm

it took me ages - i still have 36 to find

2:41 pm

molly i`m sorry but cant see it

2:43 pm

It is hard to see - quite twisty. It is 'before' start and what you do when you get a baby/child to keep and it is not your 'natural' one

2:44 pm

lynxx/molly many thanks

2:45 pm

i want ratdrop to be a word

2:49 pm

hey again all -- thanks for the long word!

2:50 pm

wb Stid

2:53 pm

100, seems like a good place to take a break, BBL

2:53 pm

later lynxxx

2:54 pm

cya lyn

2:58 pm

firsta ra5 pls

2:59 pm

(((peri))) not sure if I have the very first one

2:59 pm

I have a box that gets the news and music from the air ra 5/12

3:00 pm

NM fireworks

3:00 pm

YAY peri!

3:00 pm

that is not the first one, but thanks

3:00 pm

how are you stiddy. I am fine but did not sleep well last night and I am tired

3:01 pm

I am getting better peri -- what I thought was an allergy yesterday morning was a full-blown cold by evening, so taking it very easy today

3:01 pm

sorry you didn't sleep well

3:01 pm

sorry you are not feeling well.

3:02 pm

I usually take a nap but repairmen were here today so I had to stay up

3:02 pm

I'll be better tomorrow! *determined mama look* I have plans to help in a friend's classroom.

3:02 pm

does anyone have the po 7 and hi peri

3:02 pm

yes, can't leave repairmen unattended -- hope they were able to finish the job?

3:02 pm

have not cooked in a while, just bought Mollie Katzen's book: The New Moosewood Cookbook.

3:03 pm

it is taking a while, bathroom being redone. will be nice when it is finished

3:03 pm

I have to go get the boys from school in an hour, so trying to stay awake. I'll go back into town later too, but can take a nap in between

3:03 pm

that should be a good cookboo!

3:03 pm

or cookbook

3:03 pm

kazzer, try po*d (little lake) + fork point

3:03 pm

want to get a vegan cookbook and also a raw foods cookbook. maybe Santa will bring them to me

3:04 pm

bye for now

3:04 pm

later peri

3:04 pm

bye peri

3:06 pm

oh -- there is a to 7 just like the po 7 I clued!

3:09 pm

well, dog climbed on lap (and computer) so I think I am done for a while. Back later. *poof*

3:27 pm

isn't raw foods cookbook an oxymoron?

3:31 pm

well, it's raw before you cook it... maybe it omits all the "cooking" steps?

3:39 pm

do 6/24, first one

3:42 pm

it's something one may add to silicon or germanium when making electronics

3:43 pm

ty

3:44 pm

does anyone have the IN7?

3:44 pm

(and hello, all!)

3:45 pm

in7 (usually spelled with "en") to beg

3:45 pm

no, not me

3:45 pm

ask . . . plead . . .

3:45 pm

ty!

3:45 pm

yw :-)

3:46 pm

(you also gave me a word in that word)

3:47 pm

:-D

3:48 pm

hi helena :o)

3:49 pm

hey dfm

4:09 pm

hooray - fireworks for me at last - i am going to bed shortly so good luck everyone

4:19 pm

this grid sucks

pr 8/55 please?

4:23 pm

prefix meaning before + to legally take a child

thanks bichon!

4:24 pm

yvw Luv

trying to finish before I have to leave for bowling

4:24 pm

you can also use it for a re word

thanks, only have 2 left and they'e both to's

and just found them with 4 minutes to spare!

4:26 pm

I don't have the re 7/36 before that though. Do you have it Luv?

4:26 pm

nm, got it

prepared for

4:26 pm

the first ar5/12 is killing me. clue?

have to leave but thanks for the help

4:30 pm

Cos, the first ar 5/12 means to have a deep passion for.

4:31 pm

Morning/afternoon/evening all! :-)

4:31 pm

Hi ho Soodle.

4:32 pm

well its not adore lol hmmm

4:32 pm

Cos, directionally go down, up, down, up

4:33 pm

My central heating broke down. (Current temperature minus 11). I phoned the plumber an hour ago. He has been, fixed the heating and is gone again. Bless him and his tools!!!

4:33 pm

Oh bless poor, cold Soodle. Passing a blanket and a shot of Jamies.

4:34 pm

Gratefully accepting the Jemmy, Moll, (never one to refuse), but we are nice and toasty again. I am sooo thankful to have an obliging plumber!

4:35 pm

oh i see my problem im looking at ad and not ar like i need to be

4:35 pm

A good plumber is a Godsend. If I had it to do over again, I would have become a plumber myself. Good money and job security for life.

4:35 pm

Did you get the ar, Cos?

4:36 pm

got it ty

4:36 pm

Bonus plural with that one too Cos. Although I'm not sure I understand the grammar in that.

4:36 pm

You're not joking there about the money, Molly. He charged me 100 euros - about $140.... but heck... we are warm again.

4:37 pm

i have an embarrassing story

4:38 pm

Spill Cos.

4:38 pm

Oh Goody. I love embarrasing stories that don't involve me.....

4:38 pm

saturday night i went out. took a cab.. got pretty drunk *they had a buy 1 get 5 drinks free" special for a few hours

4:39 pm

Sounds promising..........

4:39 pm

fast forward to sunday morning.. i cannot find my wallet anywhere. i searched the house all over... freaked out, cancelled my debit cards and ordered a new one

4:39 pm

Continue.....

4:39 pm

called the cab company they said to call on Tuesday since thats when they turn in lost and found. (the bar didnt have the wallet)......

4:39 pm

cab called back.. nothing.

4:40 pm

hello everyone - back for the last 50

4:40 pm

so i do a one more search in my house. it was on my nightstand the whole time.

4:40 pm

Nice one, Cos. (Soodle wondering if any bars here do a buy 1 get 5 free night....)

4:41 pm

Hey Nan :-)

4:41 pm

and i realized i didnt take my wallet with me,. i never do when i go out. just my id and debit

love Cos stories - always make me laugh.....love soodle humor too I just lurk and laugh, lurk and laugh

4:42 pm

No more buy one get five free for you, young man. That is hilarious.

4:42 pm

and now i cant buy anything... til my replacement card comes.. sometime this week

4:42 pm

Oooh, the demon drink. Hi Lady!

4:42 pm

Cos, apparently The Universe decided to put you on a spending hold.

4:43 pm

Karma..... doncha just hate it!

4:43 pm

and i need to do christmas shopping! lol

can't believe how cold it has been Soodle - I was complaining about 18 degrees with a wind chill factor of 10 we are having a warm front compared to you

4:44 pm

To counter balance that, I have a touching story. I got a box in the mail from my sister today. I had already gotten her box with holiday gifts in it, so I thought perhaps she had forgotten to pack one.

4:44 pm

Positively balmy where you are, compared to here, Lady. This cold spell has broken all weather records.

4:45 pm

So, what was in it, Moll?

4:45 pm

It was a lovely gift for me, because my sister was thinking about how hard this time of year must be for me, missing my husband. It's a beautiful white candle, inside of a piece of tree trunk. I am Pagan by nature and have a deep love of trees.

4:45 pm

oh that sounds beautiful

4:46 pm

Oh, how lovely. Molly. A combination of light and nature, and a wonderful sister. That must have made you very happy. :-)

4:46 pm

She said that she said some prayers over it before she sent it, and that each time I light it, I should be reminded of the great love there is for me in this world. Did I mention that I stood in the right line for sisters before I jumped into this world?

4:47 pm

Made all my eye makeup a soppy mess, that did. In a good way.

4:48 pm

Thats wonderful Molly. And you deserve it. You are a great cheerer-upper for lots of Babblers (including myself).

4:49 pm

Is this your first Christmas without Mr Molly?

4:49 pm

<==liked cosd story

4:50 pm

:-)

4:50 pm

Yes it is Soodle. He passed in May. I took a picture of the candle. I'll post it here later. I need to go pick boy up from work.

4:50 pm

hang in there molly

4:50 pm

((((Mollyl)))) I look forward to seeing the picture.

4:51 pm

My tablet just di4 :o( Or more precisely, it exploded. (hi all...)

4:51 pm

Hey JMC.... How did your world-saving day go?

4:51 pm

i personally got through the first christmas but nearly di4 of pain with the coming of the new year

4:51 pm

anyone have a clue for the last do 6/24?

4:51 pm

well it still needs saving soodle but i got some things done like repairing the telephone line so i could do credit card donations

4:52 pm

it exploded dfm? that sounds unpleasant

4:53 pm

well, to be more precise, the fan exploded... there are bits of fan all around the inside of it.

4:53 pm

I found the first Christmas more difficult than the New Year. I sort of looked at the new year as a new beginning, blah blah. The empty seat at theChristmas dinner table was excrutiating.

4:53 pm

yikes!

4:53 pm

well, at least THAT explains why it has been overheating quite often recently...

4:54 pm

well i suppose it is whatever triggers that realization that you are realio trulio alone that does it

4:54 pm

i had a 8 year old son at christmas to attend to and he was asleep when the new year came in

4:55 pm

it was one of the coldest winters ever with the pipes in my house freezing to bursting 3 times and waking up to the sound of neighbors hammering (literally) the ice off their steps to get out of the house

4:56 pm

and the water was contaminated and I had to go to the second floor to get a bucket of water and bring it to the first floor to boil before we could use it for anything.

4:57 pm

good times

4:57 pm

Hmm. The holidays are indeed a tricky time of year. But, as usual.... we get on with it! (Beats the heck out to the alternative!!).

4:57 pm

exactly soodle!

4:58 pm

what are the stats for the z that is not 4/10?

4:58 pm

Hi everyone

4:58 pm

(don't look now but there is a famous rocker in the grid)

4:58 pm

hi sea!

4:59 pm

hi sea

4:59 pm

Hello Sea.

4:59 pm

no i am wrong the rocker is no there :-(

4:59 pm

ZO 4/9 Jmc

4:59 pm

in7?

4:59 pm

ty soodle

4:59 pm

does it build off the in5?

5:00 pm

Nope, Cos. In plus tr5/10... usually spelled with en instead of in....

5:01 pm

ty

5:01 pm

got it!

5:01 pm

in7=plead

5:02 pm

LOL jmc, for a minute, I thought you were begging for a clue!

5:03 pm

lol no, not that time

5:04 pm

lol soodle

5:04 pm

Soodle, you should have said that she was in7ing us for a clue!

5:05 pm

:-)

5:06 pm

Well, fellow Babblers, I think I will repair to the Soodle Boudoir. Can I clue anybody before I go?

5:07 pm

boudoir? repair? o.0

5:07 pm

no thanks soodle have a nice night

5:08 pm

you need to re** more of that shakespeare dfm

5:08 pm

I'm in posh mode tonight, DFMC! Good night all. See you all soon. Poof!

5:08 pm

lol

5:08 pm

bye soodle

5:09 pm

bye soodle

5:10 pm

8 left - mostly 7's and stuck

5:10 pm

or 6, please?

5:11 pm

or6 is imitation gold

5:12 pm

no idea dfm -- yellow plastic?

5:13 pm

it's a bit more bronzey.

5:14 pm

hi cyber

5:14 pm

can you give me something other than a def?

5:14 pm

pr + 4th vowel + another word for thought minus last letter

5:14 pm

hi jmc

5:14 pm

or 6 is an alloy

5:14 pm

or, not pr.

5:15 pm

wd cosd

5:15 pm

ty - got it

5:15 pm

po 7?

5:15 pm

how about spanish for gold + ***s of march

5:16 pm

how can you have pr + the 4th vowel?

5:16 pm

ooh i like that one jmc

5:16 pm

my clue is for the or word

5:17 pm

sorry cyber i don't have the po7

5:18 pm

po 7 or pr 8, please?

5:19 pm

pr 8 is arrange to have a child beforehand

5:19 pm

ty cos

5:19 pm

pr + vowel + ad 5

5:19 pm

wow i would never have thought that was a word!

5:19 pm

ty cos

5:20 pm

me neither, jmc

5:20 pm

me neither.. someone clued it. i think it was molly

5:20 pm

can you really do that?

5:21 pm

i can't even think how to use it in a sentence

5:21 pm

lol yeah odd

hello again... 67 left here...

5:21 pm

i pr8ed the baby before it was born?

5:21 pm

"I'm gonna pr7 a child!"

5:21 pm

hi red

5:21 pm

disclosing 7 letters of an 8 letter word is quite the "clue."

5:21 pm

Hi red

5:21 pm

pr8 even

5:21 pm

2nd re 7, please?

5:21 pm

BR!!!!

5:21 pm

nm -- got it

hi babrab! nice to see you.

5:22 pm

don't know how you would do that one either

5:22 pm

so good to see you BR

5:22 pm

isn't once enough?

5:22 pm

re7 is to do pr8 again

5:22 pm

lol cos

5:22 pm

legally you cannot do it -- the birth mother always has a right to change her mind in the first couple of days after birth

5:23 pm

sa 7, please?

5:23 pm

maybe you can pr8 a law

perhaps they mean to Pr***** resolutions or something not children...?

5:23 pm

is it possible to do it to a law?

5:23 pm

snappity snap snap

:)

5:24 pm

lol

5:24 pm

anyone have the po7 yet?

5:24 pm

looks like i scared BR off :-(

5:24 pm

not I cos

5:25 pm

anyone have the sa 7?

5:25 pm

no sorry cyber

5:25 pm

hi red

Hi Dfmchfhf...

jmc, BR has been coming on and off like that for a few days...I am thinking you did not scare him...

5:26 pm

how about the sa 6/21?

5:27 pm

sa6/21 is a tailor

5:27 pm

50 left.

5:28 pm

oh good. guess he is just sticking his toe in again then

63 for me...

5:28 pm

86 left

ok 61 thanks to dfm's sa clue...thanks!!!

5:28 pm

86 here also

5:29 pm

have an sa 6/18 that sound like it could be a tailor, but don't see a 6/21

Ohhh. I am amnnouncing. I am on vacation!!!!

5:29 pm

whoo hooo red!

it feels nice.

5:30 pm

I hope it warms up for you red

5:30 pm

oh oops sorry, brain still not functional nan

5:30 pm

does the first re7 build off the re6?

5:30 pm

my blackberry is doing something on its own and it is freaking me out

It should by Friday. I just hope for no rain.

5:31 pm

how long a vacation?

5:31 pm

sa6/21 is an Indian military leader.

5:31 pm

are you coming up to visit your folks?

5:31 pm

very cold here and I hear your weather has been as well

5:31 pm

oh that makes more sense dfm

5:31 pm

found the sa 7 -- unhappy pressing device

going south. Half Marathon on Sunday. Beach on the other days. Birds...

5:32 pm

lol cyber

5:32 pm

never mind found it

5:33 pm

isn't south in the water for you red?

5:33 pm

ty nan...I may have one or two around here

yes, Sea, it has been cold. Hopefully it will warm as predicted. My Mom says you all have not relly had sticking snow yet?

3 hours south...

5:33 pm

don't know the indian military officer

Cos how are you?

5:34 pm

not too shabby.. waiting for my debit cards so i can have money again!

5:34 pm

No, not yet...I am still feeling the effects of last winter lol

I believe it Sea. Weather can be quite difficult.

5:34 pm

well the moral of your story is don't be so quick to report the cards missing

5:34 pm

I always wait a day

5:34 pm

hi herin

5:34 pm

sa 6/21, please?

5:35 pm

if someone charges on them very few card companies will expect you to pay the $50 maximum

5:35 pm

but i didnt find it 3 days later

5:35 pm

hi herin! congrats again when do you start

5:35 pm

and it was just a 10.00 fee

hello Herin, Yay for the Job!!!

Feb 5

5:36 pm

For anyone who was here for my earlier story, here is a link to the picture of the candle. http://media9.dropshots.com/photos/698 395/20101208/150606.jpg

5:36 pm

hey jmc how did the interview go??

5:36 pm

the moral is: look harder and turn on the lights when i look :)

5:36 pm

and yay for herin on the job!!!

5:36 pm

hi wild I think it went well but the real estate market in philly depresses me

5:36 pm

lol having the lights on is bound to help

5:36 pm

if it's meant to be it will work out

Thank you.

JM you will be fine; Best wishes.

I'm not seeing a heck of a lot in this grid.

Philly depresses me. Sorry to TO and other residents.

Sorry mind distracted.

5:37 pm

cos you should invest in some type of locator/transmitter for your wallet ;o)

Kap, its an odd grid. If you keep picking it apart it seems to reward you.

I still have 53 left though. no list of course.

5:38 pm

well i am at the point where i almost hope they don't offer me the job because i am applying for a job i would like better

5:38 pm

to 7, please?

You will get something

5:38 pm

really what's that one?

5:39 pm

FWCC Section of the Americas

5:39 pm

doing what?

5:39 pm

to7 are the topological product of two circles.

5:40 pm

boss -- being boss is the only job that appeals to me

5:40 pm

lol but what do they do?

5:40 pm

ooo topology again!

5:40 pm

really -- I thought it was a lottery that is won by being the last man standing!

5:41 pm

oh they are an umbrella org of quaker meetings in the western hemisphere

5:41 pm

found it, btw :)

5:41 pm

so quakers again but a better position?

JM I have to go cloth shopping EKK

5:41 pm

quakers again but a different kind of org

5:41 pm

yeah jmc, that should have been the clue you *should* have given me hours ago when I asked :oP

5:42 pm

and not in philly

5:42 pm

i did that before the interview herin -- i spent the same amount as i normally would spend over 4 years

5:42 pm

just monkeyed the sa7!

5:42 pm

2 left: sa 6/21 and po 7 -- any clues?

5:42 pm

*shamefaced looks at toes* sorry dfm

5:43 pm

i didn't know you were a mathematician then

5:43 pm

po7 = beg of boat with inflatables and fork part

5:43 pm

Alternatively, the cartesian identities for the topology are (x,y) ~ (x+1,y) ~ (x,y+1) where ~ represents the equivalence operator.

5:43 pm

sa 6/21 .. use the sa4 before it.. add u letters?

5:43 pm

two letters..

5:43 pm

ty wildcat

5:43 pm

lol dfm i used to pay my way through college at Rice typing papers like that

5:44 pm

u letters?

5:44 pm

aww, I wish I could write well enough to...

5:45 pm

2 letters not u lol

5:45 pm

to?

5:45 pm

to pay my way through university...

5:45 pm

ill try again.

5:45 pm

I've been monkeying for a long time, looking for those 2 letters!

5:46 pm

ah -- finally!

5:46 pm

sa6/21 = sa4/5 + 2nd and 3rd letter of the sa4/5

5:46 pm

oh I C. I didn't write them--just typed them. Computers were ponderous slow things then and I was the proud owner of an electric typewritter

5:46 pm

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

5:46 pm

ahem typewriter

5:46 pm

yay nan

5:46 pm

whoo hooo cyber!

5:46 pm

now can u clue the 2nd sa6?

5:47 pm

anyone want clues before I go and do some more packing?

5:47 pm

same as 1st but change 4th and 5th letters

5:48 pm

okie doke i am turning off the phones and heading home

5:48 pm

i hear a steak calling me!

5:48 pm

sa 6/18: perched on the first part of a folded paper bird?

5:48 pm

nice clue, cyber

5:49 pm

ah got it ty

5:49 pm

ty cyber

5:49 pm

hi kje

5:49 pm

hello all

5:49 pm

wow that icon looked like a frozen tit in snow

5:49 pm

much nicer close up!

5:49 pm

mind in the gutter....lol

5:50 pm

minne?

5:50 pm

how does it look like a tit?

5:50 pm

unless you mea the bird?

5:50 pm

lol

5:50 pm

it looks like the snow queen's eyeball!

5:50 pm

hi trent

5:50 pm

i like it :)

5:50 pm

the center looks like a nipple

5:50 pm

you guys are weird

5:50 pm

hi jmc

5:51 pm

:-P

5:51 pm

weird is my middle name

5:51 pm

yeah I am weird!

5:51 pm

it is like rorschach spots or something

5:51 pm

pb for kje *runs out of chog*

5:51 pm

ah, ty jmc...just started so wasn't there yet

Pounce on KJE

5:52 pm

hey herin! when do you start work

5:52 pm

on my way -- back at the flip :)

5:53 pm

hagn cyber

5:55 pm

hi folks

5:55 pm

just reading back in chog...it is a frozen tit

5:56 pm

the icewoman cometh :)

5:56 pm

oh wow, it is beautiful close up kje

5:56 pm

hi welki

5:57 pm

ty

at 94 and scratching my head

Feb 5 KJ

5:59 pm

wow! that is along wait

roin

A-hem

6:01 pm

can anyone clue the po7? its the last one i have

6:02 pm

I clued it at 5 something

Not really KJE. House needs to be cleaned etc

I'm stuck at 94 too and haven't found a word in 20 minutes.

I'm just not seeing anything.

this grid sucks

I agree TO.

phamto filled.

Huh?

6:05 pm

monkeyed it! FW

phantom filled.

Phamto filled? What's that?

6:05 pm

woohoo cos

wtg cos!

I still can't find anything!

This has got to be some kind of record- how long I can monkey without finding any words.

94 is going to be it for me.

anyone have the 8?

I am sorrhy I don't think i am still awake

Ha. Finally an in7. Almost dinner time tho.

grats.

6:11 pm

pr8 = to arrange to have a child beforehand ( the ad5 is in the word)

thanks cos

Thanks- that gave me 3 words.

6:12 pm

the re7 is similar :)

the words are hiding in plain sight

Yeah, really.

6:14 pm

hello all!

hi stiddy

6:17 pm

down to 50, just waiting for tom and a stidkid to get home to make dinner -- I have a training at the high school this evening to refresh my memory how to judge debate.

6:18 pm

down to 57 here, starting to slow a bit

6:18 pm

go kje go

6:18 pm

go stid go ; )

6:20 pm

I'm at 74 and looking ~~@@~~

6:20 pm

gee, that looks familiar, MPitt!

6:21 pm

hahaha

clue for the i word that is not in5 pls?

51 left here, but it is very slow going. I took a play scrabble, surf the net break.

Like the icon kje. and Hi TO and Mpitt and stidmama.

HI sti

6:23 pm

ty red

6:23 pm

hey red!

6:23 pm

hey lady!

6:23 pm

glad to see someone has a clean mind

???

6:27 pm

66 left and my monkeys are beginning to squirm...

6:27 pm

down to 48... ad have decided to list - brb

down to 49, considering the list.

6:27 pm

the in7 is to beg

6:27 pm

back to the grid

6:28 pm

thanks hoot! ((((hugs))))

6:28 pm

evening all

6:28 pm

*looking around for candy to eat*

TY hoot, I always thought that was an EN...

6:28 pm

yw stid

6:28 pm

got it!

6:28 pm

think both are good

6:28 pm

how's you, hoot?

ty hoot

6:29 pm

chugging stid. Critters in the attic, sqirrels stealing birds food, neigbor dogs demandingtreats. same ol

6:30 pm

does anyone have the ei?

6:30 pm

ei babblet ei 5/12

6:30 pm

ei + spanish 2

6:30 pm

ah yes, sounds familiar!

thanks Stiddy!!!

6:31 pm

yw red!

6:31 pm

ty! been digging for that one since last night!

6:32 pm

I just feel good that for a change I saw that one before I asked for help...

6:32 pm

down to 39 now and heading out for a while. Want my supper sooner than later before I eat all the snack-like items in the house!

6:32 pm

LOL *hugs and choclits for all* *poof*

6:32 pm

too many things going on to concentrate for me!

46 here...

6:32 pm

see ya stid

break time.

6:33 pm

13 here

hoot, your icon is adorable.

6:34 pm

why ty very much

real photo or goolge find?

6:36 pm

google

6:36 pm

some day I may actually take pics of all MY wols and use them!

6:36 pm

google had quite a few

mine are not on display

6:37 pm

you hide them?

bye all

6:38 pm

bye TO

6:38 pm

do6?

6:40 pm

second one is an old man

6:40 pm

ty

6:40 pm

first is do+dad_picnic pest

6:41 pm

ty again

6:42 pm

yw

di 5, not the singer plural?

kje, may i ask a med question?

medicine related

6:44 pm

do6 old man?

6:44 pm

di + poem

6:44 pm

yes

6:44 pm

the electrical part>

Odd I typed it in hoot, but I can not see it...but it took it!

6:45 pm

refresh

if one is taking protnix for ulcer, and has immediate indigestion, is there anything to take for the immediate discomfort? protonix is one at night

6:45 pm

hi all!

6:46 pm

hi

6:46 pm

protonix should not cause indigestion

iwould take the dose but not sure if i can eat later after taking it

6:46 pm

take it with food at dinner - it lasts 24 hours anyway, so will still cover your nocturnal GERD

no, drug is not the cause. it's the treatment

ty kje!

6:47 pm

ah, all the atibiotics... yes... take with food

6:47 pm

I have reccently heard that if you have indigestion to take a couple spoons of vinegar and that will stop it.

i tseems an empty stomach is causing discomfort.

too much time between lunch , which is small, and dinner

6:48 pm

yes, pills in general can be hard to take on an empty stomach, especially some of those antibiotics

6:48 pm

The reason is that indigestion is often caused by too little stomach acids

6:48 pm

can you expand the clue for do6 old man?

ty!

6:48 pm

I'm 0/8 on teh upper left S....are they all weird?

6:49 pm

do + mostly late

dinner was yummy but upsetting. probably ate too quickly

couple of babblets

6:49 pm

or6?

6:49 pm

thanks, never heard of it

HI everyone I missed. HOot you there?

6:50 pm

yep - hi herin . Ihear congrats are in order!

6:50 pm

have to say - now that I am listing, these are not hard words... why couldn't we see them?

the grid i twisty.

6:54 pm

HErin - you there???

Yes thank you Hoot. I have missed yuo

I am here. I think my brain is trying to wake up from the hybernation

It has been a long week.

6:55 pm

38 to go...

6:55 pm

I haven't been on much lately. Too much to do to get ready for xmas

Ok. You just reminded me I have to get the shortbread and chocolates made

6:56 pm

weeelll - I've been on but not talking

6:57 pm

I still have to do pumpkin pie, cherry pie and fruitcake. Anything to keep him happy.:D

6:57 pm

70 left - enough of this torture.

24 for me...it is not that fun btu I am so close.

6:59 pm

I have found 5 words since I got on. Too much talking

6:59 pm

14 here

O Cherry Pie. mmmmm yummy.

6:59 pm

need 7

Sadly this year our cherries are going to be very expensive

7:00 pm

these are all requests from the BF. I'm not big on cherry pie.

7:00 pm

Everything id expensive!

7:00 pm

I use canned. Very good at doctoring am I!

Cherries wouldn't be but the problem is the rain it hasn't stopped

Po 7 Please???

7:02 pm

cherries that is. Pumpkin, but add my own spices and fruitcake is a first. Should have been done a month ago!

Had Pa's funeral yesterday. I am not a religious person and all that but during the time the hearse left to the cemetery it pored down. It was like God was crying that a good man had left this Earth and He was crying in delight that they were getting him .

7:03 pm

red - part of the brain

Oh my Condolences to you and yours Herin.

TY kje, got that immediatedly

7:04 pm

yw

7:04 pm

oh myg herin - I;m sorry to be so flippant. Condolences to you and yours

O no problems. He was my b.fs Pa. It was special

7:05 pm

Hello all, just been working the grid and not following the chat. I see you had a funeral herinfern. There are so many good people in heaven--but they got their start here on earth. Lots of good people still among us.

7:05 pm

red, the to7 is similar

oddly kje, that one I had... strange what we see and what we dont...

7:07 pm

well I still am sorry.

7:07 pm

sheesh - my last word was a fish - the semiprecious stone

yes, I am sorry for your loss.

cubic zirconia?

7:08 pm

congrats red

StidG I am not religious in any sense but it was amazing that a storm hit right at that time. We had about 20 mil of rain in an hour

Thanks everyone.

ooooh. and congrats to KJE!!!!

7:08 pm

We got our Christmas cards mailed today. We don't have a tree yet. My husband's toe is not healing very fast and he doesn't need the walking a tree would require. We do have lights hither and thither.

Pa and Gran were together for 70 years.

7:09 pm

that is wonderful, herin... what a long marriage

They were married for 63 years.

7:09 pm

My husband says he knows why older married people don't talk much--we just look at something and nod. Same brain waves.

7:10 pm

you remind me Of my fathers funeral. He was an electrician and the lights flickered during the prayer session. I said " I think he's angry". Everyone busted. Def lightened the mood.

7:10 pm

hello Mother! LOL

7:10 pm

I thought you didn't talk because you were too busy reading!

O Hoot. Also Pa was a huge Techno nut. I tell you our phones are going to be quiet. B.f lost his phone. I said I bet you Pa is playing silly's on us

7:11 pm

Hi, stidmama. Well, I do read alot but occasionally come up for air.

7:11 pm

OK, off to clean the kitche and then bed for me... where hopefully it is warmer

Night KJE

7:11 pm

hagn all!

7:11 pm

yep! like yesterday! we did SUCH a good job shopping!

7:12 pm

sweet dreams kje

7:12 pm

now if the phone rings.....

7:12 pm

hi people. *looking for crossy*

great job kje, clean that kitchen... I am merrily listening to other peoples dogs barking....much better than mine doing it.

7:12 pm

hey welki

7:12 pm

I want to go put up a tree for Gran Mere and Gran Pere.

7:12 pm

Hi, welki. Haven't seen crossy this evening.

7:12 pm

kind of nice, red, when it's someone else's dog making the noise :)

7:12 pm

*helps welki look for cross*

7:13 pm

i found a video just for him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1NyGmn 4D80

The last and best sms recieved was 'Help I am in the cellar'' Pa had gone down to the cellar and then discovered his port barrel. Got him stuck there

Yes, no one can call and complain about my boy today!!!

Welki, I have been trying to get Teulu groomed.

7:13 pm

yourself? or professionally?

7:13 pm

hey, hang on a sec and i'll show you a goofy guy

7:13 pm

Oh, MollyL, thank you for the help. Perhaps we shall have a beautiful vertual tree with all of the ornaments. It shall be very large.

well professionally, unfortunately he is overdue for rabies... sooo, I shall spend some money this eek at vet..

7:15 pm

refresh refresh

Nuts Red you just reminded me

7:15 pm

Yes Gran Mere, and after the tree goes up, we will bake cookies.

7:15 pm

well, that is a good expense, red -- like getting the flu shot for humans!

7:15 pm

his face looks really long, the photo seems to have been distorted .. but that's my snowdog :)

7:16 pm

no tree this year, Mother? I thought you were going to nap a stidkid to help this weekend?

Yes, it is needed. ooh let me look...

7:16 pm

my vet isn't giving annual rabies vaccines anymore

7:16 pm

welki! he's adorable!

7:16 pm

my dog won't go out in snow unless he is completely desperate! LOL

Gorgeous boy Welki!!!!!!!

7:16 pm

wish the photo looked right .. oh well

Welki is that your fluffy?

7:16 pm

ohh, mine come ice fishing with me

We do them every 5-7 years here Welk, but he is overbue.

oops every 3-5 years I think.

7:17 pm

Can't say for sure about the weekend because that toe is not ready for going out and about.

7:17 pm

should be a $200 day for you, but you'll feel better and Telulu will look (and probably feel) better, too!

7:17 pm

ah. of course. well, just let me know. I think the kiddo can spend friday night at home for a change...

7:18 pm

so he'll be available Saturday until late afternoon or Sunday until about 3

7:18 pm

hi herin .. that's baxter. my other is a smooth coat border collie (and there's a cat, too)

7:18 pm

Sending more blessings for Gran Pere's toe.

7:18 pm

?? smooth coat border collie? like it doesn't need a lot of brushing?

Oh Heavens It should be cheaper, but poor guy gets the weekend in the kennel too, which he may actually enjoy...he seems to like it there.

7:18 pm

not much brushing at all, but he sheds like any other

7:19 pm

weekend in the kennel? why? are you racing somewhere?

Awww Puppy

7:19 pm

so he goes to the groomer, too ... never knew what a difference it makes. they use a machine, like an air compressor, to "blow out" their coats. the floors are amazing for a few weeks after grooming *lol*

7:20 pm

Thank you Molly L. he is beginning to follow the doctors order to stay off his foot.

7:20 pm

that's okay -- less brushing, same shedding. not so rough.

Drat I need to wash the kitty

7:21 pm

:-D maybe I should do that with my scaredy-dog! one good vacuuming and for a couple days the house would look more kempt -- honestly, I sweep and an hour later it's nearly as bad!

7:21 pm

they look like this: http://www.risingsunfarm.com/gimmick.h tml

I vacuum the kitty

Cute pup Welki

7:21 pm

oh, that is a pretty dog, welki!

7:22 pm

Well. I have over 100 words and have had a good visit with friends on the chat. Talk to you tomorrow stidmama. Remember when Matt used to vacuum Brandy?

7:22 pm

gimmick's not mine, just an image i picked up off the net.

7:22 pm

tom and the elder stidkid are home... need to get tom to change out that one headlight for me, then I have to scoot. later all!

7:22 pm

must run .. later, folks

7:22 pm

Yes! She was SO patient with him!

Loves Stid.

7:22 pm

see you tomorrow, Mother! bye all! *poof*

Later Welki

fireworks!!!!!

Yah Red

i never do that any more most chuffed....

good nigte all sorry for rude, but i be tired out.

nihy red

7:35 pm

4 left and cross-eyed. bbl bye all

O HOOT you can do it

7:46 pm

is there really a zs 4/9 word?

7:46 pm

i have monkeyed every combo and it won t come

Morewords says no but let me look

No there isn't it is Za and ZO 4

did that help?

7:49 pm

gusss my eyes are blury

the Zo look up the Za look down

7:54 pm

Flip flops are sometimes referred to a zo**s and a charge from a taser za*** you

7:59 pm

hello peeps

8:00 pm

Lil struts into the chat log in her red dress, sizzling shoes and diamonds. : P

Hi Lil and Monky

8:04 pm

haha! Molly, no, I'm wearing Vic Secret PINK sweatpants and a Tshirt

8:04 pm

hi herin :)

8:05 pm

hi all..does anyone have the first do 6/24? please

I am in my pjs still

RUUUUUUU

8:05 pm

do + another word for trousers

8:06 pm

hi wuwu and lbd

8:06 pm

hi herin

8:06 pm

hi .lil... nice shoes

8:06 pm

thank you lbd

8:06 pm

fw

8:06 pm

hi lil, hi everyone

8:06 pm

whoooo hoooo MP!!

8:06 pm

yw, ru

8:06 pm

and hi MPitt

8:07 pm

thank u, wuwu

8:07 pm

waves at lbd

8:07 pm

they are silver shoes

8:07 pm

waves at lilmonkey

8:07 pm

ooooosilver shoes...fancy

8:07 pm

i wore them Friday night to the Holiday Ball for my work

8:08 pm

Silver shoes, pink sweats and a t-shirt. Yes, the woman is a vamp. Worship her.

8:08 pm

retired person I am so no work parties...boo hoo....but I have been invited to a friends Slava

8:08 pm

LOL! ... sorry to burst the bubble but I'm wearing black furry Uggs right now

8:09 pm

....ON VIXEN....

8:10 pm

Ooo, MPitt...I want to hear about the Slava. Report back after attending please.

8:11 pm

It sounds so exciting,..it's Dec. 19 St. Nicholas day...

8:11 pm

Molly this is my first I am a Slava virgin!

8:12 pm

i don't understand what this Slava talk means

8:13 pm

It's a Serbian (I think) cultural holiday celebration, PJ girl.

8:13 pm

oh I see! sounds wonderful

8:13 pm

MPitt, you seriously need to look into wearing a SLAVA VIRGIN t-shirt to this affair.

8:14 pm

or SLAVE TO THE SLAVA Tshirt

8:15 pm

wow just saw an Old Navy commercial, they have fleece pullovers for $5 on Saturday

8:15 pm

My friend is from Serbia and his wife from Canada..the Slava is a Serbian celebration of the families move from paganism to Christianity and they have a family Saint, I believe the celebration is symbolic of Holy Communion because they have a special slava cake and wheat...

EKK I blink for a min and everyone appears

8:16 pm

Ah, Pagan me knew it had some roots in Pagan heritage.

8:16 pm

Molly have you been to a Slava?

8:17 pm

I think a better shirt might read Save Kosovo..

8:17 pm

i need bottom left i words for NBT

8:18 pm

No, I'm just hip to different cultural celebrations this time of year. I love the way all people celebrate in different ways.

8:18 pm

Lil, one of them is an in*** gas.

8:18 pm

me too molly...I love to learn about others cultures...

8:18 pm

thanx molly

8:20 pm

I love to drink in as much knowledge as I can get my hands on and especially from individuals in a non-formal setting...although I love taking classes too!

Can I ask the Babblers if they know what incense they use in a Catholic Funeral mass

8:21 pm

no idea, herin, just know that it makes me sneeze

Totally random question I know

8:23 pm

It's some kind of aromatic resin from Middle Eastern countries, I think. A call to your local Catholic church might clarify that.

8:24 pm

Lbd is allergic to Catholics. : P

I am curious. Used in Pa's funeral yesterday I swear I smelled Wormwood

8:25 pm

Herin, try a Google search.

8:25 pm

it's frankincense, herin

8:25 pm

you know, the wise men brought frankincense and myrrh... those are types of incense

Thanks Monky

Tried that Google rote

I swear I had to restrain my self from yelling ZOMBIE PLAN when Father said 'and the dead shall rise''

8:29 pm

Types of incenses used are many...see this Catholic forum for answers...http://forums.catholic.com/s howthread.php?t=212429

Thanks Mo

8:34 pm

just ordered a cool telescope for my man's Xmas prezzie

8:34 pm

sorry, distraction. lol at being allergic to catholics.

O yah Monkey

8:35 pm

says we will be able to see the moons of Jupiter, rings of Saturn, and UFOs with it LOL

That is cool

8:36 pm

too bad you wont have it by the 13th...geminides meteor shower

8:36 pm

hmmm... dammit

We are thinking that we should get boken light sabers for the ids

8:38 pm

Lil, that is a very cool Christmas present. I hope you both enjoy it. I love star gazing.

8:38 pm

broken ?

Bokken

It is a Japanese Practice stick

8:39 pm

oh thanks Molly... he was just saying a week or so ago how ineffective his binoculars are

8:40 pm

OK i'm giving up on this grid, with 60 left... g'night everyone

8:40 pm

ru are you still here?

8:41 pm

night night, lil

Night Lil

8:42 pm

I'm off too. Goodnight all. Goodnight Lil. Goodnight Moon.

NIght Mollyu

8:43 pm

night night, Molly

How you going LB?

8:49 pm

evening everyone;)) we are over a meter and a half of snow and the next blizzard is coming in with 20 cm more!! we will be near 2 meters of snow in less than a week!! here is a loely picture taken near my work showing the snow to today....

8:50 pm

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/your_ weather/details/620/3560517/4/caon0158 /plpcities/?ref=ugc_city_thumbs

hi Crossie

Toooo cold

8:50 pm

howdy herin

8:51 pm

not that cold,just minus 6 but too much snow

That is COLD

You delusional bunny

8:54 pm

or 6 anyone?

8:54 pm

minus 30 or -30 is cold darlin,i have been in -40 just a few times and if you spit,you can hear it craCK and freeze before it hits the ground

8:54 pm

-40*

No cold sorry cold too cold

8:55 pm

we used to have to make sure to breath through the nose with a scarf or balaclava and out through the mouth to avoid frosted lungs

8:56 pm

but no mosquitos!! lol

no sorry cold

Arrr Don't remind me on Mossies I have about 8 bites

8:56 pm

i have not been bitten by a mosquito all week! lol

8:58 pm

all moth actually....

8:58 pm

month

I hate cold

9:00 pm

personally i like it nice and sunny and 70f with a gentle trade wind swaying my hammock as well;))

9:02 pm

and some nubile bronzed goddess massaging my feet and bringing me fruity mixed drinks whilst i lounge on white sand beaches with blue green waters

Interesting concept there Crossie

9:03 pm

but my lot is 4 feet of snow and a gentle wind wafting out of the north at 1000 miles per hour lol

9:04 pm

i must of been evil in a past life

nah

9:06 pm

PO 7/32 ??... MY MONKEY IS TIRED

ACK I have not looked at requests or emails for days this is going to be insane and time wasting

9:06 pm

sounds like our canuck dish of fries gravy and cheese all melted together

9:06 pm

po7 is like to7/28

HI UNI

9:07 pm

without the u

9:07 pm

hey, herin :-)

9:07 pm

UNDERSTAND CROSS... WANTED TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING TODAY,, but it was blizzarding when i got up and all i could hear were emergency siren.... allllllll darned day.... decided to hole up

9:07 pm

you get a siren when it snows?? lol

Sammy is it imparritive to get food?

9:08 pm

when we get to 6 feet we just stay home and play cards and drink whiskey lol'

9:08 pm

no but people WILL NOT drive like it is snowing and the emergency and police and ambulance crews are on the go all day

9:09 pm

we will get near 2 meters tonight all told,i barely made it home..think i will be home tomorrow

THat is because most people don't drive properly

9:10 pm

herin you have not lived till you have driven through this stuff

9:10 pm

net today her.... i had just planned to do it today bercause i had the list made out and the coupons ready... did not expect the weatherman to be right.... it is the first time this year i think that they called it right to the hour..lol

no thanks. It was hairy enough in the rain yesterday

9:11 pm

we are now shopping for a week at a time,cause it may be 3 or 4 days before you can get out again

9:11 pm

how many words

9:12 pm

165

9:12 pm

i was raised in maine and we never had the trouble that they have here in ohio... then again.. we did like coss.. hole up play cards and hoist a few.. we were ALWAYS prepared for the weather ... could have lasteed for at least a month

hi all

9:12 pm

indeed sammy,when we lived further up north,we did the same

Hi Tea.

9:12 pm

howdy t&c

9:13 pm

hi tea

9:15 pm

even here.. we get power outages.. we are prepared..... food, water, fuel, amusement, and most importand.. extra oxygen tanks for my hubby and a battery powered nebulizer.. extra meds etc.

Tea how is the youngest?

the baby boy is good and the girl is much better - she went back to school yesterday

thanks for asking

he's 5 - I guess he's not really a baby. But, he is *my* baby.

I meant your little Girl.

I am 33 and still my mums baby

9:19 pm

can I get help with three words please

9:20 pm

TO 7/28?

9:20 pm

like po7

9:20 pm

tea.. mu son is 40 and he is still my baby........

9:20 pm

I don't have that one either

9:21 pm

2000 pounds + fork part, ru

9:21 pm

1st 3 letters of small body of water + fork part

9:21 pm

and what dawg said for the other :-)

9:21 pm

thank you one to go

he hates being the baby - he constantly reminds me that he is *5* and in kindergarten - with a roll to the eyes.

9:21 pm

of course he is also the plumber, the electrician, the gardener, the chef, the driver, and therapist....lol

9:21 pm

or 6/21 I can't find either

9:22 pm

o + robot ending + vowel

9:22 pm

thank you une

9:22 pm

yw :-)

9:22 pm

ugh what a grid

9:22 pm

Tea, just call him your big boy.

9:22 pm

indeed

9:23 pm

yeah, it was a grueling grid

:( I don't wanna

9:23 pm

in your heart he will always be your baby

9:27 pm

re7? have the one related to taking a child into a family

9:28 pm

re.. prepared

9:28 pm

another clue please?

9:29 pm

ypu can do it ru.......getterdone!!

9:29 pm

got it! firewords

9:30 pm

sorry uni- i am a lousy clueer

9:30 pm

not you, just a twisty word LOL

9:31 pm

whooo hoooooo UNEA!!

9:31 pm

thanks, dawg :-)

droid is not a word?

9:33 pm

oh no, just heard: Aretha Franklin has incurable pancreatic cancer.

cancer sucks

9:34 pm

so sad

9:38 pm

amen to that.

Later gators. My house is a mess

night, her

9:42 pm

sweet dreams lady

9:42 pm

hey all! *hugs and LOTS of choclit*

9:43 pm

hagd, herin

9:43 pm

hi stiddy

hi stiddles

I don't like this grid

9:44 pm

it's a bear, TNC

yup, blech!

9:44 pm

down to 30 listless.... but stalling

9:45 pm

that's about where i listed, stid

9:47 pm

how are you (personally) doing these days tea?

good. dad is getting better - he spent 2 weeks in the hospital, 2 surgeries anda collapsed lung. he will start chemo again after the new year, they did find some microscopic cancer cells in 3 of the 12 lymph nodes they removed.

hi all! hope everyone's doing alright with this toughie of a grid. I've been working on it on and off all day.

oh tea, that sounds so hard...

9:48 pm

well gee. I hope that he is more comfortable for the moment, at least?

Hubby is on his 6th day straight at work and will probably not get a day off until his vacation starts on Christmas day. Most of his days are 12 hour ones, too, so it is tough on the whole family.

9:48 pm

lung cancer sux

9:48 pm

hey ballet

other wise - great ;)

he is now, just had all of his tubes pulled last week and is learning how to eat again

9:49 pm

yes, that is tough. hard to be everything for everyone.... DO take a few minutes (non-babbling minutes) for yourself occasionally too... *worried mama look*

i hope it gets better for your family, tea. It sounds like it's already starting to.

I'm trying - once school is out it will be a bit easier

thanks, ballet, it has to get better

50 left

9:50 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

hey, minver

9:50 pm

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

9:50 pm

hello Min! welcome to the grid!

9:51 pm

go tea go!

hello minver. It's going just fine, and yourself?

1st re7 is alluding me and it's my last word before I can take my ill self to bed... anyone have an easy clue for me?

ballet - prepared

9:52 pm

I'm well, but so exhausted. I am so tired that I do not feel like typing in the 155 words I found & work today

hmm...

9:53 pm

it's a past tense word, ballet

9:53 pm

oh gee Min... you are working too hard!

9:53 pm

do you get up early to get *prepared* for the day?

don't worry about it minver, just relax. that's a lot of what babble can be for you

ohhhhh thanks stid/lbd/tea! gotcha!

it's time for bed - night all, have a good one

yay, ballet!

9:54 pm

(((TNC)))

for the past few days my last few words have been commonly used... i'm just being daft

night tea!

9:54 pm

time for me to find my pillows. see you all tomorrow

9:54 pm

sweet dreams tea1

9:54 pm

nighters, TNC!!

9:55 pm

*poof*

well, i'm out too because I'm sick and need my sleep. and juice. maybe i'll get juice first. Night all! Thanks for the help!

9:55 pm

bye LBD too!

9:55 pm

sweet dreams ballet, feel better!

bye lbc

9:55 pm

Goodbye TeaNCrackers! I'll see you tomorrow maybe.

9:55 pm

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

9:56 pm

Goodbye balletslippers! I will see you tomorrow maybe

9:56 pm

Everybody leaves just as I sign on. Okay, I am off too

9:57 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow

9:58 pm

sweet dreams Min

10:03 pm

well down to 23, need to go get the boys again. back tomorrow for a bit. *poof*

hi all, and i see only one 8-letter word in the stats. Should I be nervous? lol

echo ! ! !

pin drop ! hi Gwen :-)

wazap???

10:20 pm

hi all. well got to 87 and not sure i will continue

I just opened chat a few minutes ago... it's very quiet !

i'm about there, 85 to go

10:20 pm

hi all

hi jmc :-)

hi mkg :-)

10:21 pm

hows the grid? i am stumped......totalloy

10:21 pm

any clues for the 8 letter word?

I have 5 left... may have to ask for help ...

that's one of the ones I'm missing.... sorry

10:22 pm

i beleive the 8 is pr8 but i just opened lickety so let me see

yes, it is pr

10:23 pm

oh here is a clue: to pass a bill before it is needed

10:23 pm

very similar to re7/36

10:24 pm

pr8/55

awesome, thanks jmc perfect clue !!

10:24 pm

yeah!

10:26 pm

lickety has me going licketysplit!

ooh, found a 7

10:29 pm

wtg book

10:29 pm

there is a to7 that is identical except the first letter to a po7

ty jm, new word on me

10:30 pm

me too

10:31 pm

azon

10:31 pm

opps there's a clue *blushes and runs to pb*

10:35 pm

cant get pr 8. any more clues welcome. is it two 4 letter words?

10:36 pm

no pr8=prior+take a child that another gave birth to

ah, finally found it, TY again jm

10:37 pm

ty. got it.

10:37 pm

yw now drop the first letter

(punting first letter, weeeee)

10:39 pm

*ducks* watch it!

10:39 pm

an 5 12 first one plesae.

10:39 pm

an+poem

an5, insects feelers (shortened, plural)

10:39 pm

ty got it.

wrong clue, oops

10:41 pm

need an 5 10 the thrid one please.

NBT finally

10:42 pm

pl the 4/4 before it

10:42 pm

wtg book

10:42 pm

got the word. ty

10:42 pm

need ar 5 12 please.

10:42 pm

strong affection

10:43 pm

then the 6 is a pl

uh oh, yawning, gonna call it quits. bye and night nights

10:44 pm

bye book

night Gwen sleep well

10:44 pm

ty got it.

10:44 pm

need last ar 5 please.

type of tapestry I think

wall hanging

10:45 pm

double letter in that one mkg

10:46 pm

hmmmmmmmmm

the last 5 letters of a word meaning to pester and bother !!

okay... I'm going in circles.... sa 7/32 please

10:47 pm

annoy........no. hmmmmm

10:47 pm

an unhappy pressing device diane

10:47 pm

got a word but dont know meaning. ty.

ar + mow the g***s

10:48 pm

the word you are looking for starts with an H mkg

10:48 pm

poo if i wanted to know meanings i probably wouldn't play babble

thanks jmc good clue :-)

10:48 pm

di 5 last one please.

10:48 pm

i stole it from cosd

di .... an post that conducts electricity....

di + lyrical poem

10:50 pm

got it

10:50 pm

need do 6 last one on list.

I have 3 sa words left..... 6/21 6/18 and 7/28..... fading fast lol

do + leo**** ( leggings )

10:52 pm

got it ty

yw

10:52 pm

on to e words.

10:53 pm

sa6/18 is hmmm is sa+**** and Dean a reality tv show couple

10:53 pm

whatis the sa 4/5 after the 7/32 diane?

don't watch reality shows... but that will help

geology term I think.... sec

10:54 pm

sa+**** amos from the little earthquake band

10:55 pm

nm diane

10:55 pm

stuck on in 7. any clues?

10:55 pm

it smells like teen spirit . . . .

10:56 pm

in+trick or . . .

10:56 pm

ty. got it

sorry jmc.... I had that sa6/18.... it's the first one I need....

10:57 pm

oh too bad i don't have that one :-(

I find that a lot of in words more commonly en words

10:57 pm

sa6/21?

yes... need that one, and the 6/18 following it

10:58 pm

or 6?

10:58 pm

oh

10:59 pm

or6=spanish for gold+the ***s of march

11:00 pm

i used to know spanish for gold but dont now.

11:00 pm

got it. ty

11:00 pm

well you already have two of the letters of a three letter word mkg

11:00 pm

wtg

11:01 pm

need po 7 clue please.

11:01 pm

lily po*d+fork prong

french for bridge + fork prong

1/2 snap !

11:02 pm

got it ty

except I doubled up on the one letter.... sorry

11:02 pm

lol i just realized that po7 is a kind of bridge

11:03 pm

sp7?

lol... and i thought it was something to eat !!

sp spanish gold the ego's counterpart

11:04 pm

the bridge over lake ponchatraine is a po7 bridge

11:04 pm

sorta a floating bridge

sp either/** and robot ending

11:05 pm

ty diane

and I know the first 4 letters are French for bridge

yw...

11:05 pm

hello all :)

hi sami :-)

11:06 pm

hi sami

11:06 pm

stuck on ra 4 4 the second one. darn. i hate asking for a 4 letter word clue.

knocks on the door ?

11:07 pm

it is an unusual word ;-)

11:07 pm

no that is ra4/5 diane

yup... it is... sorry

11:09 pm

any clues for ra 4 4 second one? did i miss them?

11:09 pm

11:07 is a clue

jmc gave it.... with a wink

11:10 pm

clue for to 7 first one?

11:10 pm

first tr5/10?

11:10 pm

same as po7 mkg

11:10 pm

trick or tr***.

11:11 pm

lol and i had that as part of another word!

2000 pounds + fork prong

yes... just the first letter changes.

11:11 pm

ty.

11:11 pm

weird word.

11:12 pm

it is a contract where the last person alive wins all

I still have my 3 sa words remaining.... monkey is tired

11:12 pm

sa 7 please first one.

11:12 pm

sorry diane i am looking for them too

11:12 pm

have you tried the archive?

jmc just gave that to me a while ago... this terrific clue ...... unhappy pressing tool

brb

11:13 pm

to6/21?

11:13 pm

still dont have ra 4 4 second one. clues please?

11:14 pm

nothing is so ra** as a day in June

11:14 pm

i eat my meat medium ra**

rugged mountain + robot ending

11:15 pm

got the ra. ty.

11:15 pm

now need first sa 7 please.

11:16 pm

ty diane

clued at 11;12 and earlier by jmc unhappy pressing tool

11:17 pm

unhappy pressing machine mkg

11:18 pm

got it. cute clue the unhappy pressing machine.

11:18 pm

ta5/12?

11:18 pm

sa 6 18 missing the last on list.

11:19 pm

evening all

11:19 pm

pini!!!

11:19 pm

Hello all

11:19 pm

i was thinking about you today

11:19 pm

hi jilli

11:19 pm

JMC! :)

11:19 pm

hey jilli!

11:19 pm

the west coast is signing on!

11:19 pm

all we need is bugsaw ;-)

hi Jilli :-)

11:19 pm

you were? what'd I do, jmc???

Hi Pini !!

11:20 pm

hiya di ;)

11:20 pm

nothing just wondering if things were going okay for you

11:20 pm

hi di

11:20 pm

Oh *sigh of relief* it's going...been extremely busy at work...and will probably be so through Feb/Mar :(

11:20 pm

so near and yet so far. 7 left and clueless.

I have 3 words left... did you play today pini ? CUZ>>>>> I need help

11:20 pm

how are you doing? the job hunt? etc?

11:21 pm

I played and finished, di!! :)

11:21 pm

14 left

ahhhh... I see John Lennon....

11:21 pm

had the interview on monday and applied for another job

11:21 pm

here to help whoever needs it :)

11:21 pm

then get to cluin' pin!

11:21 pm

ta5/12?

11:21 pm

pini how about a clue for sp 7?

11:22 pm

glad to hear you're being called in for interview, jmc...always more promising than to just submit and go no further! :)

11:22 pm

My icon is John Lennon -- today's theme nobody else followed as far as I know.

okay friend... here you go..... sa 6/21

11:22 pm

where do you get these themes? i never understood it.

11:22 pm

ta5/12 = *** and feather + I ** (wedding vow)

11:22 pm

good luck to you, jmc

I listened to his music today... one of the radio stations played many of his songs

11:22 pm

ty jilli

11:22 pm

sp7 = sp + vowel + robot ending

11:23 pm

i think the interview went fairly well

11:23 pm

sa6/21 = add **e you going to finish to sa4

11:23 pm

I post them in my profile, mkg -- sprite in the Netherlands collects them. Anyone can submit ideas.

11:23 pm

i did better with the search committee than the staff

11:23 pm

ty got it.

11:23 pm

(did I catch all the clue requests?)

11:23 pm

need sa 6 18 please if anyone has it.

11:24 pm

first sa6/18?

11:24 pm

I gave up, pini -- 97/68 as of now

11:24 pm

first or second, mkg?

11:24 pm

oooh, jilli!!!!

11:24 pm

Just picking up clues from the chat for fun.

thanks pini... I thought I'd tried that !!!

11:25 pm

first one pini

11:25 pm

second or last one please.

11:25 pm

sa6/18: 1) s + ***s and crafts + either/** 2) took a seat + either/** + eye

11:25 pm

Busy day, pini -- finally got some Xmas cards into the mail (for the UK & Spain)

11:25 pm

10 left *sees light at end of tunnel*

11:26 pm

7

11:26 pm

gogogo jmc!

11:26 pm

I was kinda busy after work, too, jilli...had a great convo with dau, did the dishes, took Koda out, answered some email, finished the grid, watched my boys (sing) on TV (not necessarily in that order)

11:26 pm

git'r dun, jmc!

11:26 pm

(oh, and changed my icon)

11:26 pm

ty pini got it.

11:27 pm

first ra5/12?

11:27 pm

embarrassed to ask for ta 5 10. cant get it.

11:27 pm

ah, so I see (the icon), pini -- cute kid -- who is he?

11:27 pm

ra5/12 = Ra*** O'Rielly

11:27 pm

ta + dbl cons + vowel

11:27 pm

*duh*

11:27 pm

that's Camo Boy (aka my g'son)

11:28 pm

i heard of rosie o rielly but who is ra????????

11:28 pm

5

11:28 pm

from M*A*S*H, mkg

11:28 pm

oh well got firewks anyway. ty all.

11:28 pm

from M.A.S.H.

11:28 pm

I didn't know Camo Boy was your grandson

11:28 pm

he sure is!!! :)

11:28 pm

wtg mkg

I still need sa 7/28

11:29 pm

going to change my icon now -- next theme is Sir Henry Cole of England (google him -- I did)

11:29 pm

sa7/32 = unhappy pressing machine

last word

11:29 pm

I'm 1/2-way there, Jilli...Camo Boy's name is COLE! :)

11:30 pm

LOL!

11:30 pm

sa7/28 = pl sa6/18

good grief.... !! Thank you ! can you tell I'm tired ???

11:31 pm

wtg di!!! :)

11:31 pm

whoo hooo diane!

11:31 pm

jmc...u dun yet???

11:32 pm

5 left

yayyy, me.... thanks for help jmc and pini.... those last 5 words took me ages !!

11:32 pm

anytime, di!

11:32 pm

git'r dun, jmc! :)

11:32 pm

so6?

11:32 pm

Here's the new icon :-)

11:33 pm

so6 = don't ever have a so6 affair!

11:33 pm

cool write-up, too, jilli :)

11:33 pm

sober?

11:33 pm

nice try, jmc! LOL

11:34 pm

add **entification to so4 before it

11:34 pm

ah got it ty

11:35 pm

first do6?

11:35 pm

do + trouser

11:35 pm

odd word

11:36 pm

yup

are you getting heavy rain, Jillibus ?

11:37 pm

ei?

11:37 pm

ei + two

11:37 pm

of course!

11:37 pm

2 left

11:37 pm

* giggle *

11:37 pm

ewe kin du et, jmc!! :)

11:37 pm

ra5 after am/fm

11:38 pm

gas (ra + man's name)

11:38 pm

*makes note to send pini a spelling dictionary for christmas*

11:38 pm

* snicker *

11:38 pm

1

11:39 pm

done

11:39 pm

wtg jmc!

super, jmc !!!

11:40 pm

okay i am hitting the hay

11:41 pm

sleep well, jmc...cya next time

11:41 pm

c u all tomorrow

night night, jmc.... sweet dreams

11:43 pm

g'night jmc

11:45 pm

sweet dreams jmc

11:45 pm

hey all

11:45 pm

hiya stid

11:46 pm

hello everyone :)

11:46 pm

hi stid again :-)

11:46 pm

hello nan

11:46 pm

hiya nan ;)

11:46 pm

hey nana

11:46 pm

or nan... *sigh*

11:47 pm

lol - tough day stid?

11:47 pm

yes, have a cold and not fully engaged fingers all day long

11:48 pm

are you in sunny CA now?

11:48 pm

still, stid?

11:48 pm

not yet, stid - we leave here on Friday for Vancouver and head out from there on Saturday -- I'll wave as we go by ;)

11:49 pm

yep. still. was feeling better for a few hours, but I think I overdid the "mom" thing going into town three times today for kid-related activities.

11:49 pm

:-D okay! I'll wave back!

11:49 pm

wave to me, too, nan!!!!

11:49 pm

ok pini have to check and see where you are

11:50 pm

* glues stid to the chair with blanket and cup of hot tea * no more playing 'mom' and going out until you're all better!

11:50 pm

<-- Oregon

11:50 pm

ah -- where in Oregon?

11:50 pm

*sigh* but but but -- I am not contagious, and tomorrow I get to go be extra eyes and ea4 in a 6th grade classroom...

11:50 pm

If you're driving the I-5 to Cali...well, I'll be on one side or the other when you drive through Eug/Spr ;)

11:50 pm

oh! the DUCKS WON!!!!

11:51 pm

STID!

11:51 pm

that's Eugene/Springfield in Oregon, just at the southern end of the valley...

11:51 pm

We will be stopping overnight in Woodburn and in Salem (have to get my tax free shopping in)

11:51 pm

yes pini? *innocent mama look*

11:51 pm

they sure did, stid...we're off to the national championship game in Jan (1st in our history)

11:51 pm

oh -- we are making a stop at a winery in Eugene

11:52 pm

about time, if you ask me. They played really well. We were impressed

11:52 pm

which one, nan?

11:52 pm

our men's a capella group is on TV, too!!! (and doing rather well thus far)

11:52 pm

seems like we're having a stellar year compared to the last few

11:53 pm

good for them all, pini!

11:53 pm

(If you're inclined sometime...check out "The Sing Off"...)

11:54 pm

nan, do you know the name of the winery? King Estate? Hinman? other?

11:55 pm

Sweet Cheeks Winery (your names are as inventive as ours!) -- is there another that you would recommend, keeping in mind that we are looking for an off dry white wine?

11:56 pm

what is the name of the men's group?

11:56 pm

not whiffenpoofs, I think

11:56 pm

I'm not much into wine, nan (ruru would have better input in that regard); however, if you're looking for scenery...King Estate is quite spectacular (like going to an Italian winery)...

11:56 pm

no, stid...silly name :)

11:56 pm

On The Rocks (OTR) :)

11:57 pm

okay!

11:57 pm

(you can google King Estate to get a glimpse)

11:57 pm

oh, they're cutie pies!

11:57 pm

aren't they, stid??? :)

11:58 pm

*wakes up/pops in right before flip*

11:59 pm

hiya dfm

11:59 pm

hey dfm!

11:59 pm

down to 13 here, listless. not too bad, I think!

11:59 pm

well done, stid ;)

11:59 pm

hi all :o)

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