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114 total words

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

*flip*

12:00 am

flop

12:00 am

flipout

Clues are up

12:02 am

ty, lickety

hi and nbt

12:03 am

hi josh, that was too fast!!

12:03 am

ty lickety

hi flosey

12:04 am

PR7

12:04 am

woot! pr9/10!

12:04 am

pr9+10

12:05 am

heh, freep beat me by a second or so XoP

12:06 am

simultaneous, more likely

12:07 am

di7, and that's 7+s done

12:10 am

phantomy glucose...

12:10 am

late flip :-)

12:10 am

ty you lickety

12:11 am

nbt

12:11 am

hello

12:11 am

wtg flosey

12:12 am

ty jmc

12:12 am

:-)

12:12 am

hi mlf

12:12 am

hi jms

12:12 am

did you have a merry christmas flosey?

12:12 am

jmc oops

12:13 am

stats for the N 2ND column please?

12:14 am

no 4

12:14 am

:-)

12:14 am

we're waiting for the girls to arrive - Alley comes tomorrow, with bf, Sandra, hubby and son come Monday

12:14 am

N@(2,2) no4/8

12:14 am

how about you jmc?

12:14 am

so a little delay in christmas then?

12:14 am

haha, you cannot leave the chog as usual today unless you go by the PB! :oO

12:15 am

yes, turkey dinner Monday evening

12:15 am

i had a wonderful day with my sister my boy and a friend and her restrauture boyfriend

12:16 am

aha, so dfm, you're saing we've all used a word?

12:16 am

lol cute dfm

12:16 am

no not yet flosey but sometimes when we leave we say po4/8

12:16 am

no, only if you leave the "normal" way ;o)

12:16 am

lovely jmc, did bf prepare dinner?

12:17 am

no i did he is french and i prepared a southern meal with cornbread dressing

12:17 am

he carved the turkey and i learned a better way to do it

12:17 am

Hi All!! NBT

12:17 am

but he was definitely a help

12:17 am

ah lovely, Mom and Dad had a home on the dessert in Nevada, she learned about the cornbread dressing from friends there

12:18 am

wtg diz

12:18 am

that's one thing I get stuck with and would love to have someone else take over

12:18 am

carving the turkey, I mean

12:18 am

then we played scrabble

12:18 am

with or without Babblets? ;o)

12:19 am

he carved the breast parallel with the counter I was amazed!

12:19 am

glad you had a good day

12:19 am

hmmm, that's an interesting way, must try it

12:19 am

no babblets we used the american collegiate dictionary and people could pick up misspelled words and try again

12:20 am

W's Wiped

12:20 am

he was very gracious about my terrible tight and by that time messy kitchen

12:20 am

I use to play with my sister and her family - you had to be able to use the word in a sentence

12:20 am

go diz go

12:21 am

THIRD COLUMN 2nd O stats please?

12:21 am

lol no fair flosey I would so lo**!

12:21 am

or 5/12

12:22 am

well, if they didn't know the word, one could take a wild stab

12:23 am

I enjoy the game if you can have a few laughs - can't see taking it as seriously as some

12:23 am

thanks flosey

12:23 am

yw dfm

12:24 am

we made up words and laughed about them all evening including hoofadent which we decided was treatment for hoof and mouth disease

12:24 am

lol, that's the way I enjoy the game

12:25 am

exactly flosey!

12:27 am

were the 9 and 10 called yet?

12:27 am

yes mlf, but feel free to call them again ;o)

12:27 am

nothing really has been called that I have seen mlf

12:27 am

why dfm lol

12:27 am

sorry dfm i missed that

12:28 am

PR 9/10 then lol

12:28 am

I don't have either mlf, haven't been watching

12:28 am

wtg mlf! ;-)

12:28 am

i have 3 blank tiles

12:28 am

thanks jmc

12:28 am

flosey catch up lol

hi!

12:29 am

hi melon

12:29 am

thanks mlf, found them, the 9 and 10

12:29 am

cool flosey woohoo

12:30 am

100

12:30 am

easy to see once you have the 4

12:30 am

so far all i have found is the pr7

12:30 am

wtg ru!

12:31 am

PB MLF

12:32 am

i cant find the others for nbt i am out bye

12:32 am

hi pug

12:32 am

g'night mlf

12:32 am

bye mlf

12:32 am

2nd column greyed

12:32 am

hi jmc & all babble land

12:33 am

hi pugsy

12:33 am

hi ru and pugs

12:33 am

3!

12:33 am

hi flosey.. jilli is busy?

12:34 am

go dfm go!

12:34 am

she was traveling yesterday i think to be with children ru

12:34 am

jilli is with her son for Christmas - didn't expect to be babbling

12:35 am

fireworks

12:35 am

wtg freep

12:35 am

sigh. my last word was a plural I forgot :-(

12:35 am

ach, last three... one was eated by Babble, one was an American fish :o(

12:36 am

whoo hoo just!

12:36 am

hah freep I think we finished at more or less the same time too >.>

12:36 am

whoo hoo dfm

12:36 am

and dfm, wtg

12:37 am

i still lack the lower O and the lower A for nbt

12:37 am

i think I will hit the hay night all

12:37 am

would love to stay and chat like usual, but what I got for Christmas was sick(ness). :o(

12:37 am

*p**** ;-)

12:38 am

oh no, dfm, sorry to hear, rest and get well

12:38 am

g'night jmc

12:39 am

too many blankets last night, I think... :o( not used to the warm silk blanket at home compared to the thin co4 blanket I had up in Ottawa

12:43 am

perhaps Mom has a cotton one you could use?

12:43 am

I'm gonna call it a night. See y'all!

12:43 am

g'night freep

12:45 am

sweet dreams freep

12:45 am

hey all

12:45 am

hi stid

12:46 am

did you have a lovely day flosey?

12:47 am

haven't yet stid, Alley & bf come tomorrow, sandy and family come Monday

12:47 am

how about you stid?

12:48 am

we slept LATE today, got a slow start, but had a nice, laid-back day. Kids seemed content to just be hanging out.

12:49 am

lovely stid, just what you needed

12:50 am

yes, it was good. tomorrow I crack the whip and we get a few things rearranged in the house... I have only one week now until my school starts again and have done very very little to get ready! LOL

12:51 am

I made banana pancakes for a friends kids today..

12:51 am

yum ruru! I hope they appreciated them!

12:52 am

have never had banana pancakes - sounds good

12:52 am

yes I think so.. they ate them all

12:52 am

our friend was too ill to feed the kids today..Ruru came to the rescue

12:52 am

ah, bless you ru

12:53 am

OR5 clue please for fireworks ??

12:53 am

(((ruru)))

12:53 am

go pugmama!!!

12:53 am

regular pancakes flosey with crushed ripe bananas (good way to use them up)...and lots of vanilla

12:54 am

or + a type of bunny ear (long and floppy)

12:54 am

or + *** eared rabbits

12:54 am

TYVM

12:54 am

snap stid

12:54 am

yahoo I can go to bed now !

12:54 am

thanks guys

12:55 am

wtg pugs

12:55 am

* tucks pugs in *

12:55 am

YAY pugmama!!!

12:55 am

sweet dreams...

12:55 am

oh if you weren't a married man ruru, how I'd love that !

12:56 am

happy babbling my dears !

12:56 am

night pugs.. sleep well

12:56 am

PO4/8 !

12:57 am

LOL

12:57 am

night all.. hope to see you tomorrow...I'm going to go read for a while

12:57 am

g'night ru

12:57 am

sweet dreams ruru

12:58 am

poo*

12:58 am

but I just got back, ruru!...

12:59 am

hallo all! hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas...my belly is (too) full, and there's still apple pie left...

12:59 am

hi Pav

1:00 am

hiya flosey!

1:01 am

hey PAV

1:01 am

hi stid!

1:01 am

taking a break from classes?

1:01 am

need the O and the A in the second row down... any help?

1:02 am

oa4/7

1:02 am

yes PAV, since the beginning of Dec. Stopped shaking the second week, started volunteering in a friend's classroom the third week... *smile* I hate student teaching, but love actually being with the kids.

1:02 am

ah, a fish. thanks flosey!

1:02 am

af5/18

1:03 am

I have decided to volunteer in her class Monday afternoons this coming quarter. Just to keep me focused on why I am working so hard.

1:03 am

thanks again *looking*

1:04 am

I hope the coming year is a great one for you...

1:04 am

got it!

1:05 am

thanks PAV, and for you. I am looking forward to being done with grad school -- one way or another.

1:08 am

oh! that's NBT and down to 37 already

1:08 am

wtg stid

1:09 am

missing the bottom centre O and the bottom right A for NBT meself...looking for the af5

1:10 am

got the A..

1:10 am

or5/12

1:11 am

go PAV go!

1:13 am

just monkeyed it...18 for 18 ty!

1:14 am

woo-hoo PAV!

1:15 am

stuck on ga5 and 6, any clues please?

1:15 am

I am down to 28, and my eyes are tired. back tomorrow. Flosey, please give Mr. Flo our best love and take an equal share for yourself!

1:16 am

have a lovely rest of your weekend, everyone! *drifts off quietly, since po4ing is pointless today*

1:16 am

ty stid and to you and family

1:18 am

fireworks and goodnight all, busy day tomorrow

1:19 am

yay flosey! have a great day!

1:20 am

wow, got the 9 and 10

1:31 am

4th colum greyed

1:32 am

go pav!

1:38 am

2nd row greyed...43 left

1:39 am

wow, still got one bt

1:39 am

which?

1:40 am

a, 2cnd row, af i think

1:41 am

felons run af of the law

1:41 am

ty, nbt!

1:42 am

don't often finish, but i do like to reach nbt at least!

1:42 am

yay MVA

1:47 am

30 left here and drifting..so off I am...

1:50 am

byee, 37 left will try some more

2:54 am

co

3:27 am

hmmmm is only Africa awake

3:36 am

anybody out there want any clues? I just finished.

3:58 am

grandchildren due soon. signing off for today. Christmas wishes to all.

4:09 am

just wanted to say post Merry Christmas good morning, if anybody else is still on here

4:44 am

Hi everyone......hope you all had a joyous and peaceful Christmas!

5:20 am

hi all hope your christmas was great!! How many words in this grid?

5:21 am

114

5:21 am

ty

5:23 am

can't stop thinking porous is there

5:30 am

morning all, happy Boxing Day. I hope you all had a lovely Xmas.

5:42 am

Merry Christmas, Sprite! One day late; Americans don't have Boxing Day although I think the custom is a good one

5:42 am

we don't have one either, but it is a holiday anyway. We call it 2nd Xmas Day. Did you have a good day, rubyfoo, yesterday?

5:43 am

very quiet and pleasant, just the two of us and, if I say so myself, the meal was excellent!

5:43 am

wonderful.

5:45 am

what is your Dutch traditional meal?

5:45 am

not sure if you are following the icon themes, rubyfoo, but if you are interested in Xmas lore, this is a fun period for reading up.

5:45 am

In the US, my mother used to make a baked ham, but I don't see those in the stores here

5:46 am

traditional for Xmas? Xmas turkey, or chicken, or game... whazzitcalledagain... venison? Several kinds of side dishes, veggies and potatoes. Some ice dessert as a closer.

5:47 am

but we had a lovely winter stew, and ice with hot cherries as dessert. We don't do the Xmas overeating stuff.

5:47 am

we don't overeat either, so there are lots of leftovers (heating up now)

5:48 am

tonight is homemade soup of brown beans, french breads (flutes), paté, cheese and salad. Yoghourt with apple/cinnamon as dessert.

5:49 am

sounds wonderful!

5:50 am

a normal grid at last, lol. At 2/3 running out of words. That is more like it.

5:57 am

(test)

5:58 am

??

5:58 am

was checking if the chog had frozen on me

5:59 am

no, I was just intent for a minute. found 64 words but have to go and serve lunch

5:59 am

{{sprite}}

5:59 am

enjoy, rubyfoo

6:00 am

*po*** hahah

6:18 am

morning all

6:18 am

hi periwinkle

6:18 am

help with O under the P pls

6:20 am

and A above the F pls for nbt

6:20 am

or5, as in not able to move about = tor***

6:20 am

fireflies! Bye all, have fun.

6:20 am

ty will look, bye

6:22 am

not getting the or5 clue

6:24 am

or and ryhmes with chop

6:24 am

ty Joanne

6:25 am

yvw

6:25 am

a above the f pls

6:25 am

did you have a nice Christmas Peri??

6:26 am

don't celebrte Xmas but had a nice day. thank. did you have a nice Christmas?

6:26 am

ohh i see, ty, yes i did

6:27 am

eating turkey is tiring

6:27 am

stuck with 52 left, bbs

6:28 am

byee

6:30 am

pr7 anyone please?

6:32 am

don;t have it yet crys sorry

6:33 am

like what a guy asks a girl before marriage

6:34 am

as if there's an fo5/20 before the first fo4/7. AS IF.

6:34 am

what he does with engagement ring

6:34 am

ty joanne

6:34 am

yes nb

6:34 am

just try to fo,,, a little harder

6:35 am

yvw crys

6:35 am

great clue, joanne, and thanks! happy boxing day, all

6:36 am

ty trif and you as well

6:37 am

Nancy Boy, how goes it today?

6:37 am

oh fer goodness sake. I forgot C came before E in the alphabet. *eyeroll*

6:38 am

you can't be expected to remember EVERY thing, nancy, lol

6:38 am

well, 40 left but gotta go...go HOME! time to play "get dressed without pulling your stitches". Later!

6:38 am

byee

6:39 am

Hooray for going HOME!!!! The cats are going to be so happy to see you!

6:41 am

the worlds cutest puppy is chewing on my slipper - how cliche!

6:42 am

my puppy was trying to chew the face off my other dog yesterday, was terrifying

6:42 am

oh dear! in play, or actually being aggressive?

6:43 am

aggresive

6:43 am

don't know why

6:43 am

he had a new toy

6:43 am

the book I have on puppy rearing says a bit of that is normal, and quite helpful. It teaches them not to be biters when they grow up. But I assume they meant the play kind

6:43 am

so now all the new toys are away

6:44 am

wow. I don't know what to say about that. It sounds like pretty normal territorial behavior, but the aggression is troubling, isn't it

6:44 am

really don't think so, but he knew he did wrong

6:45 am

wheee - enable won't take it, but just found "the hottest spot north of havana..."

6:46 am

ok off to get ready to get washers and dryer byeee

6:49 am

bye joanne

7:10 am

hello everyone!

7:15 am

hey, Annie, got wild and woolly weather??

7:15 am

Une, hello, not yet, expected late this afternoon but made to Jersey yesterday and now am back babbling away

7:16 am

Une, how is your mother?

7:16 am

batten down the hatches and take care!

7:16 am

she's still with us, Annie -- vitals are stable . . .

7:17 am

Thank God for that. Do you plan to use your Buddhist citron?

7:18 am

Buddhist citron molded fast once I had it at home -- but it had major entertainment value while it lasted :-)

7:18 am

Une, and you said the scent was lovely too.

7:19 am

oh, the scent was just terrific -- apparently it's used in Japan and China in sachets . . .

7:20 am

Can it be dried and used as room scenters ( not a word but I will use it here)?

7:21 am

Annie, are you going to have a blizard too?

7:21 am

i suppose so -- also, it's candied and sold as a sweet (all new to moi!!)

7:21 am

Is scenters a word? It looks odd.

7:21 am

can't imagine what folks here in Nashville would buy it at Whole Foods and use it for at home :-)

7:21 am

works for me, Annie -- creative word

7:21 am

bichon, I think so starting Sunday night into Monday

7:22 am

can anyone help with 2nd fo 4,7 or 1st lo 4,7?

7:22 am

ok, must go shower and head to Whole Foods for Sunday pickup -- glad we only have an inch of snow and ice!

7:22 am

bichon, are they telling you that you are getting a Nor"Easter?

7:22 am

i have an lo4/7 that's a trendy type of apartment

7:23 am

omg une, TY

7:23 am

Une, do your good work!

7:23 am

yw :-)

7:23 am

later, all *poof*

7:24 am

now just 2nd fo 4/7 to go and then I can do something productive with my day

7:25 am

We're not getting a Nor'easter, just a plain blizzard. We're not on the coast, but we will get major snow

7:25 am

alem,,,fo 4/7, enemies

7:25 am

Had to cancel dinner at our house today for the family though :-(

7:26 am

bichon, the official start of winter, a blizzard

7:26 am

tx annie, but I have that one, need the one after that one but before idiot

7:26 am

alem, dont have the list but will look

7:27 am

fo 4/7 ---postal abbreviation for No.. Sc...., Canada

7:31 am

nouvelle ecosse? hmm. must become smarter.

7:32 am

alem....fo 4/7 province in Canada on the Eastern coast

7:33 am

where LoriP lives, a babbler, in fact she is in the grid

7:35 am

There's a 10 letter word in this grid?

7:35 am

TY Annie I was totally not seeing the upper O. Fireworks and now on to my day

7:35 am

and not one 8

7:36 am

yes bichon it's a lovely one

7:36 am

congratulations, alembick

7:36 am

Good morning Babble buddies!

7:36 am

never fret Bichon, it's a plural, and a 'normal' word - I feared it'd be one of those medical monstrosities

7:36 am

Hi Scrabs, for once we are getting the snow

7:36 am

morning, Scrabbs...how was your Christmas Day

7:36 am

NB, Are you going home today?

7:37 am

Annie, please send prayers and good thoughts to a precious 23 mo old with DS, hole between upper chambers of heart, heart failure, on ventilator since Thurs night, with pneumonia.

7:37 am

Did you depart the hospital NB?

7:37 am

NB--are you home now?

7:37 am

Scrabs, is there more improvement today?

7:38 am

At what age do they operate on the DS?

7:38 am

Scrabbs, I am crying for that little 23 month old. Of course he or she will be added to my prayers as I still pray for all the children. I have not forgotten.

7:38 am

I haven't called the PICU yet. The nurses change shifts at 7am and 7pm so I will call soon. I want to give the nurse time to get morning tasks done.

7:38 am

Yes, I'm home!! :)

7:38 am

DS = Down syndrome. She has an ASD = atrial spetal defect.

7:38 am

Happy Boxing Day

7:39 am

Wooo hooo, NB! How wonderful!

7:39 am

NB, do you have nursing help at home for a while?

7:39 am

Patient = Isla (eye-la).

nb what happened to you? I am behind on the news

7:40 am

Hi Jean!

hi scrabs, merry christmas!

7:40 am

hello Jean

hi annie :-)

7:41 am

good morning and hooray for NB - you must be so glad to be home -

7:41 am

and Scrabbler, I am sending all my thoughts and prayers for you and baby and family

7:42 am

4" and still snowing...woke up to a white world! Hello!

7:42 am

hi JBV and phateon

7:42 am

*sorry, phaeton

7:42 am

I just realized my cupboard is bare since I was planning to be at my sister's for a few days and did not stock up on basic supplies, so I need to get out before the storm hits and get a few things

7:42 am

((JBV)) TY, all I have thought about since Wed was my dear little Isla. The parents are my friends--the mother was close friends with my late friend, Mary. Mary brought us together.

7:43 am

It won't last...will be 60 by Friday

7:43 am

Be careful, JBV. How did yesterday go for you and your son?

7:43 am

well, Christmas is still being postponed - sister and I decided it would be today, but then news of blizzard changed things - we will get together next weekend

7:44 am

Xmas can be whenever it works out for families, esp anyone that worked yesterday.

7:45 am

yes, we've actually been doing this for a few years - neither of us likes to drive in holiday traffic so we just push it back a bit - allows us to do after-Christmas shopping!

7:46 am

My brother and his whole family called from Santa Fe - great to talk to them on SKYPE

7:46 am

and today I have a SKYPE appointment with the Italian cousins!

7:46 am

so it's a little bit festive here

7:47 am

How wonderful to be learning Italian! I am so envious. It's hard for me to find time, but I should carve out 20 min a day.

7:49 am

Hm, I shall now stop typing in J words. There is a reason for repeated rejection.

7:49 am

I need a clue for af 5? please

7:50 am

I am learning a lot from my WordReference.com forum - I had to send an email last night to arrange the SKYPE call, and I had said "tempesta" for snowstorm, but they told me it should be "tormenta"

7:51 am

a + out of bounds in baseball, Annie

7:52 am

JBV, thanks, should have seen that one

7:52 am

tormenta--must remember that. Tempesta sounds as though it should be right too.

7:52 am

tempesta di neve is OK, but tormenta also just means snowstorm

7:54 am

oops, just realized I've sent myself to the PB with all that neve

afternoon all....

7:54 am

hello fish

7:55 am

TY, JBV.

merry christams etc

7:57 am

Merry Christmas to you, Fish!

7:59 am

no snow here yet, better get moving, see you all later

8:03 am

hey you early birds florida is having gale force winds w/ a low tonight of 29F.....this global warming sure is messin' w/ our citrus and berrys

8:04 am

renny!!! a sight for sore eyes

8:05 am

hey annie - i am a sore eye for a sight

8:05 am

Bye JBV.

8:05 am

Rennie, stay warm!

8:05 am

LOL, How are you and hubby?

8:05 am

really scrabs - socks and sandlas look funny but .....

8:07 am

hey annie - mezzer is having his other knee replaced 1/10/2011 - it is cracked after 4 years of being the supporting leg - we are both doing good howz by you and yours?

8:08 am

Annie, I just called the ICU to check on little Isla--she had a stable night.

8:08 am

renny, just read your profile...you will beat the nasty..good luck to mezzie re: new knee and health and happiness in the Land Of Sunshine

8:09 am

Scrabbs, Excellent news

8:10 am

Rennie, I read your profile and didn't know that you moved from TX to FL.

8:10 am

yes scrabs - over 2 years ago

8:10 am

drat, phone

8:11 am

Geez, why didn't I know that? It's tough to keep track of where all of us Babblers live and move to.

8:13 am

probably because i was working 24/7 and getting hours sleep, and trying to get the house unpacked

8:13 am

Where in FL do you live?

8:14 am

south east of tampa in quiet place w/ 3 lakes and no through traffic

8:15 am

I have a friend in Sarasota. Your location sound ideal. But are those lakes full of gators?

8:17 am

renny, redturtlehead, a babbler who is a nurse, lives in Clermont which might be in hollering distance

8:17 am

i'm not brave enough to find out. and if they were the only way they can be removed from the area if they continue to come on your property.

8:18 am

I am a kayaker but I won't do that with gators in the water. Last yr I kayaked in brackish water around Amelia Island + the gators don't go in that water.

8:20 am

i took blondie for a walk this mornig and we went to the small lake - there were ducks swimming - still.... we didn;t stay long

8:20 am

36 left so I will save those for later. Bye, Rennie. Stay warm and protect the plant life.

8:21 am

If ducks suddenly disappear that means a gator yanked them under.

8:21 am

bye scrabs - enjoy your day

8:21 am

Sn**ing here--beautiful outside.

8:22 am

{{{{{{{REN}}}}}}} hello

8:22 am

good morning everyone

8:23 am

Hello ((Mom))

8:23 am

hello here, expecting 10-14 inches here today, ugh. I HATE snow

8:23 am

and I abhor shovellling the driveway and sidewalk

8:23 am

{{{Annie}}} good morning, how was your holiday at your sister-in-laws?

8:23 am

hi peri, me too..looks pretty though when newly fallen

8:23 am

Mom, I had a wonderful day

8:24 am

Merry Christmas Peri (A day late but didn't see you yesterday) Oh I heard that Peri

8:24 am

Merry Christmas to you too, Mom

8:24 am

Annie, I am so glad to hear that

8:24 am

thanks Peri

8:24 am

Mom, How was your Christmas Day?

8:24 am

my sister is at the supermarket as I Babble

8:25 am

Good morning everyone!

8:25 am

but she is up early and finishes early

8:25 am

marigold is a whiz

8:25 am

{{Car}} good morning

8:25 am

but I got the 9 and 11 by myself

8:25 am

she must be to have finished alreaydy

8:25 am

already*

8:26 am

Hello car.

8:26 am

she has

8:26 am

don't have the 9/20

8:26 am

9/10 even

8:26 am

would you like a clue?

8:26 am

me either

8:27 am

I was "here" yesterday briefly...playing on my new Nintendo DSi....didn't know I could do that...but it is very difficult to chat using that device! Trif, Kadresa and Scoop were here using my computer off and on! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! And Happy Boxing Day to those who celebrate!

8:27 am

yes pls

8:27 am

oh I know I would

8:27 am

pr 9 and 10 ---to reproduce and plural

8:28 am

car. Sc5 is in the grid and off you go>>>>> (sorry)

8:28 am

So she is! A happy mistake!

8:29 am

ty Annie

8:29 am

and so is po 4/8, what we all say when we leave

8:30 am

I have to leave for a while, bye dear babbleres

8:30 am

*babblers LOL

8:30 am

((Annie)) have a lovely day

8:30 am

Bye Annie! Have a great day!

8:37 am

help with or word please

8:38 am

i need it too wibur! How many letters?

8:38 am

5 letters

8:40 am

or 5 is a deck on a ship

8:40 am

OR + a type of long eared bunny

8:41 am

or.....OR + I wore my flip f***s to the beach

8:42 am

ty

8:42 am

I need the A in the second row for NBT please?

8:42 am

a + ***e with the Wind

8:43 am

a + rank, bad, a call in baseball

8:43 am

from a different A

8:43 am

whoops wrong A

8:43 am

sorry

8:43 am

What are the stats?

8:44 am

Got it! TY!

8:45 am

help me out, please Car

8:45 am

yvw car

8:45 am

a and one of the fo4/8 words in the grid

8:45 am

a + a **** ball in baseball

8:45 am

thanks Peri

8:46 am

and Bichon (good morning)

8:46 am

Hi Mom Just sitting here waiting for the blizzard

8:46 am

I heard one was coming your way

8:47 am

here too :(

8:50 am

may I have a clue for the O in the 4th row, please

8:50 am

It just starting snowing here...so excited for the big "dump"!

8:51 am

We just clued that one I think Mom....8:41

8:51 am

thanks Car., I didn't see it

8:57 am

little more than halfway. Time to get busy around here. ((Hugs)) to all of you

8:57 am

Enjoy your day mom!

8:58 am

you as well Car.

9:00 am

car!!!

9:01 am

Trif!

9:01 am

Made it through the night without Z getting sick, so I am tired but relaxed and enjoying the snowfall!

9:01 am

just about to leave for church, and wanted to get nbt before I go, which I did, thanks to the O clue

9:01 am

i have to go get snow blower gas and go to the bank, and figured I might as well go to church too

9:02 am

fo 4/7

9:02 am

I will tell Mom that you will be there. Say prayer for me!@

9:02 am

I will! And see you soon, I hope.

9:02 am

stay safe and warm.. hi babblers

9:02 am

Hope so too! Mom is planning to go to the grocery store after church...if you think it is too much for her, please send her home and I will go.

9:02 am

hi Aloy!

9:03 am

Ivesy...do you need a clue for that word?

9:03 am

Happy Day After.. (-:

9:03 am

I am bleary eyed but happy. We had a lovely day!

9:04 am

excellent! we eat left overs on the day after and just "chill" a bit, savoring the afterglow

9:04 am

Blissful, isn't it?!

9:05 am

indeed!

9:05 am

I have a Christmas music CD in and I am just sitting here...ahhhhh

9:06 am

oh yes i do thank you , was daydreaming lol.

9:09 am

pr 7. Does it relate to the 9/10 before it?

9:10 am

just the first four letters, bichon

9:11 am

ty Aloy

9:11 am

add the sugar ending

9:11 am

got it

9:12 am

yay.. brb, fresh cuppa time

9:17 am

fo 4/7 plz

howdy all. happy Boxing Day.

9:18 am

there are 3 of them; the first one refers to enemies

9:18 am

hi red! got your mittens ready?

9:19 am

yes i have that one

9:19 am

and muffler, etc? egads the chilly winds are blowin in from the north

yes, I am watching a ton of snoe fall.

9:19 am

the second fo4 sounds like the guy on Happy Days with the leather jacket

9:19 am

i need the 3rd one

err snow, I am in RI for the Christmas holidays.

9:20 am

oops second one i mean

9:20 am

lol, I knew you were no fo4, third one

9:22 am

glad you are not driving or flying today, red

9:24 am

lol

hi all

9:25 am

hi sg!

9:25 am

Hi all....clue please for dr5/12 please?

what dogs do

think Pavlov's dog

9:26 am

boys rule, girls dr5

9:27 am

lol, hi there kje!

9:27 am

ahoy aloy!

9:28 am

thought of you in a recent past grid; you would have landed in the PB with that greeting (-:

9:28 am

it is my second home, aloy

9:29 am

lol, glad it is well stocked then

hi kje happy holidays.

9:30 am

hi red

9:30 am

enjoying the cold, red?

9:30 am

Hello to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing today

I am very very excited about out Nor easter Snow storm!

9:31 am

hi min!

9:31 am

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers!Way to go

9:31 am

yes, it should be pretty, red

9:31 am

Lol......I got it now, thanx for the clues. Am sitting here with earphones on listening to Leonard Cohen (xmas pressie) and wasn't paying attention to the grid for a mo.....sorry!

hello minver!

9:31 am

hi Minver, good to see you

9:32 am

di6?

9:32 am

Hi Minver....nice to see you!

9:33 am

Kje....hard to clue that.....

9:34 am

di + farmers ***w and till the fields in the spring + w* have a hard time cluing this word

ty

9:35 am

.. pouting for lack of "pocus"

9:35 am

ty

9:36 am

don't forget to plural the di6

9:36 am

fireworks

9:37 am

yayayayay aloy!!!

9:37 am

ah, that was my missing f... ty aloy

9:39 am

ooh, lol.. unwittingly I was of help, yay.. ok, off to do what needs to be done. Stay safe all you in the line of the storms.. thinking of you, see you next grid.. PO4 !!

9:40 am

hagd aloy

9:40 am

hello again, red did you say it's snowing already in Rhode Island? nothing here yet - I thought the storm was moving up the coast

9:41 am

not a flash hallelujah chorus but the sing a long one in toronto if you're interested! http://expatsinthecity.com

9:44 am

FW!

It is snowing like crazy. the boys are out making snowballs...

Hi JBV! and Congratulations KJE!!!

10:06 am

I want snow!!!!

10:06 am

Come to Vermont! We are supposed to get 6 to 12 inches

10:07 am

i have my fingers crossed that my flight from toronto to new york isn't canceled tomorrow!

10:07 am

Got down to 28 here in Austin, but no snow....drat

10:08 am

good luck, Shirl -

10:09 am

the bummer about traveling in winter

10:09 am

Congratulations kje on your fireworks before! Way to go!

10:09 am

maybe the predictions are all wrong- it's happened before

10:10 am

was stuck in buffalo o/n a few years ago, remember that storm?

10:10 am

My relatives are flying back to Colorado, but they do not leave until Tuesday so they should be good to go then.

10:10 am

wasn't the snow in buffalo tho, was an electrical outage at the airport

10:11 am

the worst snowstorm I have ever driven in, was in Buffafo many years ago - never forgot it - scared the daylights out of me

10:11 am

o that one, people still talk about that one

10:13 am

didn't the mayor at the time say: get food, drink, stay inside, make merry -- and he got reelected

10:14 am

don't know about that Shirl but snow does seem to have a way of making or breaking a political career - look at John Lindsay, NYC, 1964 - people were snowed in for weeks - he did NOT get reelected

10:15 am

and I heard the mayor of London say the other day that he does not have authority over the airport - YET ! (I guess he has big plans)

10:16 am

good luck to all travelers and babblers, off to have dim sum with some friends, back later

10:16 am

bye, take care

10:16 am

bye, take care

10:17 am

Goodbye Shirlockc! I will see you later on in the chat log

10:20 am

S's Stomped! 10 left

10:23 am

pr 6/30 plz

10:25 am

ivesy pr6/30 is in the pudding

10:28 am

ty vm

10:29 am

lo f/16 have the first one, plz

10:31 am

i haven't listed yet but perhaps u mean the one where u use a rough scrubber in the shower to exfoliate

10:32 am

no, thats the one i have .. ty though

10:34 am

the other is a plural

10:35 am

lo4,5,5

10:35 am

bbl

10:35 am

what does that really mean though.. where do these sayings come from?.. like cut the mustard, bringing home the bacon, pr6 in the pudding...

10:36 am

ty hootowl!

10:37 am

thats the first thing that came to mind,but also wondered whoever came up with it

10:38 am

guessing the pr5 is in the flan wouldn't sound as good

10:39 am

the answer is in the custard

10:39 am

lol .. it's such a weird saying

10:40 am

Ruru, things being the way they are, you know there is some web site that explains all those sayings. : D

10:42 am

does it mean they've spiked the pudding with alcohol?

10:46 am

Trif knows a website where it tells the origins of these sayings, like "mind your P's and Q's" and such...I will ask her what it is. I find them quite fascinating!

10:47 am

I have a book .... dictionary of idioms, phrases, sayings and expressions

10:47 am

Cool!

10:47 am

They say the actual saying is Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating

10:48 am

Ahhhhhhh.,...

10:48 am

it is an old proverb popular since at least the 1600s, especially with British writers. The only way to know if a pudding is good and has turned out right is to taste it

10:50 am

how many GN words?

10:51 am

2

10:51 am

Oh goodie! I have them both1

10:51 am

Two, one singular and the plural of that.

10:51 am

hooray for Car

10:51 am

walling robwhy!!!! are you still there? My son lives in Austin, he's a musician -- played with mysteriousways, think lizzie and, now, with Orange Jefferson

10:51 am

Hi Mom, did you have a good Christmas?

10:51 am

CALLING** robwhy

10:52 am

wow, ruby, I never knew that! We go to Austin often

10:52 am

very little time for babble today but hello again everybody

10:52 am

Hi Ruby

10:52 am

70 words earlier, but unlikely to see many more

10:52 am

Hi Ruby!

10:52 am

{{molly}}

10:52 am

((Ruby)) hello

10:52 am

{{mom}}

10:53 am

no kidding, science. Son, John Reed Kelley, is a guitarist (bass and reg) and plays a lot in Austin

10:53 am

{{car}}

10:53 am

I need the list. stuck

10:54 am

it is so nice to see my friends on line, all of whom are probably wobbling around having had too much Christmas dinner (like around here!)

10:54 am

I only have 26 left to go and I am trying so hard NOT to use the list, but I think I may have to!

10:54 am

always a joy to see you Ruby

10:54 am

I have problems with the p's!

10:55 am

I only need 3 more...anything I can help with?

10:55 am

I only need 3 more...anything I can help with?

10:55 am

my pumpkin pie is actually a pumpkin flan on a French tart pastry

10:55 am

help with the co 5/18 word - thx

10:55 am

yes, please, car, the 9 and the 10!!!

10:55 am

Hello again wilbur! I don't have it yet, soory!

10:55 am

*sorry

10:56 am

Hi WIlbur, sorry I don't have it

10:56 am

thank you, mom, I feel the same way when I see your name in the chog

10:56 am

warm fuzzies!

10:57 am

not against is PR* + opposite of ma + shut the fence ga 4/6 after you come into the yard

10:57 am

(drinking gin and heating up leftovers -- AGAIN

10:57 am

Please pass me some flan, Ruby!

10:57 am

lovely clue, car, thank you

10:58 am

plenty left, car. Once I discovered that you could leave the spices out, I began to love pumpkin

10:58 am

thx i think

10:58 am

No wonder I couldn't get the 9 and 10. I was working the worng way.

10:59 am

72 words! yay

10:59 am

Ruby, no spices in the pumpkin. You like it just plain?

10:59 am

this was a relatively easy Christmas. A friend found me a box of miscellaneous fossils at an auction for less than $200 and husband is tickled.

10:59 am

Yes, I don't like nutmeg....

11:00 am

FOSSILS!!!!!!!! So jealous!

11:01 am

then you have to come to France, car, I have bought him a wonderful collection oever the years, including some fabulous ones. Now I've gotten him a guidebook to make him try to learn the classification. He is a philosopher, not a scientist!

11:01 am

I found a sea fan in shale from China what is like 150 million years old, the size of a tmbstone.

11:02 am

uh oh, the fgin is affecting my typing/spelling.....

11:02 am

wilbur....co 5/18 is CO + turn the lights o** + plural letter

11:02 am

I had better go and eat some "plain" pumpkin tart!!!

11:02 am

* UGH! Sorry....should be co + turn the lights **f + plural letter

11:03 am

whenever friends visit from the US and say "What can I bring?" I have them bring Libby's pumpkin and Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix

11:03 am

thx - c's done!

11:03 am

can someone clue an fo 4/8 please I have one which is the mistake made on a basketball court

11:04 am

then I'm set for Thanksgiving and Christmas

11:04 am

That co 5/18 word is plural of that co 4/8 word wilbur.

Good evening everyone, and belated Merry Christmas

11:04 am

Cool wilbur!

11:04 am

Hi Sally

11:04 am

hello sally!!!

11:04 am

Hi Sally-catlover! How are you? Belated Merry X-Mas to U

11:05 am

we often make this of ourselves on the dance floor science

11:05 am

i got it

Really glad this isn't a huge grid today!

fo 4/8 is one of the big 3 auto makers

11:05 am

not you, wilbur!

11:06 am

dinner....

11:06 am

fo 4/8 word is an American car maker sciencegeek&hello

Food :-(

11:06 am

Hi Sally! Hi Min!

Ate too much yesterday :-)

11:07 am

Goodbye rubyfoo! Enjoy your dinner. I'll see you later on.

11:07 am

Who didn't, Sally?!?!?

11:07 am

bye Ruby!

I'm sure some didn't

11:07 am

Hello car.eeyore! How are you? How was your Christmas?

11:07 am

I didn't eat too much yesterday.

11:08 am

I am great Min! Tired, but had a very nice (only a little bit stressful) day! Have just finished all the prep for the storm, children are playing quietly in the other room, snow is starting to fall....I am relaxed.

11:08 am

How was your Christmas, Min?

11:08 am

I ate WAY too much yesterday!

11:08 am

LOL!

lol min!

11:10 am

Any pn words? I just need 2 more and I can't find them!!!

11:11 am

I had a nice Christmas in Vermont with family.We had 17 people and six dogs in the house.It was quite a houseful.

11:11 am

F's Finished! 7 left

11:11 am

Car. ..... 4 pa words, 2 pl, 8 pr and the rest are po words

11:12 am

13 po words

11:13 am

hi all. any clue for the 10 letter word? or the 9?

11:14 am

pr9/10 to try to have lots of children

11:14 am

ty. will try to think of it.

11:14 am

like most of the players in the NBA

11:14 am

pr 9/78 is not con + not ma plus ga 4/6 wor mkg & hello!

11:14 am

i dont see create in the grid. hmmmm

11:15 am

got the word. ty.

11:15 am

A pr10/98 word is plural of the pr 9/78 word I clued mkg

11:15 am

and the 10 too. ty min

11:15 am

as always a wonderful clue min.

11:15 am

yw

11:17 am

A's Abolished! 3 left

11:18 am

10

11:19 am

Go sciencegeek go!

23 to find here

11:19 am

fo 4/7 - i have the enemy and the joker, can't get the other - help

11:20 am

got it- was going the wrong way!

11:21 am

af clue please.

11:22 am

An af5/18 word is a plus an error made in basketball mkg

11:23 am

ty got it.

brb

11:24 am

yw

11:25 am

is the last co 5 related to the co 4 before it?

11:25 am

3 - one sw 5 and two p's pr 9 and 10

11:26 am

That last co 5/12 word is co plus ready, ***, go! mkg.

11:26 am

now just one and it is an sw 5

11:26 am

got it ty.

11:26 am

done!

11:26 am

yw

11:27 am

The sw 5/22 is what I did on the playground while sitting

11:27 am

Congratulations sciencegeel on your fireworks!Way to go

11:28 am

yeah science!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:28 am

di 6 clue out there? min are you done with grid?

11:29 am

A di 6/24 is the big ***per + ** and behold plus vowel mkg

11:30 am

I am not done with the grid yet mkg.I have 3 more words

11:31 am

got it. ty

11:31 am

di7/36 word is plural of the di6/24 word I just clued mkg

11:31 am

yw

11:36 am

ga 5 20 please.

11:37 am

The ga5/20 is ga plus opposite of yes plus consonant mkg

11:38 am

Merry Christmas EPAN if you are babbling.I hope it was a good one! Be careful out there with the upcoming storm!

11:39 am

FINISHED!! VERY EXCELLENT!!!

11:39 am

congrats

11:40 am

Congratulations godthaab on your fireworks!Good for you

11:40 am

yeah godthaab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:41 am

well so far i have not used the j at all. hmmmm.

11:42 am

Me neither mkg.I do not think that it is used at all in grid

11:43 am

Thanks.

11:46 am

too bad. jool should be a fun word. so should jopa.

11:47 am

and jiro

11:47 am

i keep seeing disown

11:50 am

2 phantom words for me today are prison and purposeful

11:51 am

firewks.

11:52 am

j words are fun as are z words. and qu words. and words with x. oh well.

11:52 am

min do you need any clues?

11:54 am

Congrats mkg on fireworks! I am saving my last 3 words.

11:56 am

*salute to Boxing Day* Hiya, Babble Fans!

11:58 am

Hello Judi! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log!

11:59 am

Hi, Min. And: Goji is a berry and should be acceptable.

12:01 pm

good morning all

12:01 pm

hope you all have a nice Christmas

12:02 pm

Hello trentsnana!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

12:02 pm

I'm going well, thank you.

12:02 pm

Doing well, I mean.....lol

12:02 pm

Had a nice christmas in Vermont with 17 people & 6 dogs

12:08 pm

Good afternoon all

12:08 pm

babble break time from shoveling for the dogs...

12:09 pm

Hello Mr. Bob!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

12:09 pm

Hello Jeff7! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log

12:10 pm

gonna be sore from shoveling tomorrow

12:10 pm

16 inches expected here

12:10 pm

pomeranian and papillon will disappear if i don't shovel for them

12:12 pm

Don't you have a snowblower Jeff&! Or you like exercise?

12:13 pm

You have my sympathy, Jeff. We are expecting about 8 inches here. Just in time for the work week to start. Ugh.

12:13 pm

no snow blower yet

12:14 pm

gotta get the exercise when one can lol

12:14 pm

and my son is in from college so he can help

12:14 pm

luckily school is off this week so no rush to shovel the front....just the doggie trails!

12:17 pm

can anyone give me a clue for the pr 6/30. thx

12:17 pm

dinner is cleaned up, dogs are fed, and I have a little time to myself. yay

12:19 pm

pl of the pr5 wilbur

12:22 pm

too funny! I thought mine were the only dogs requiring paths through the snow and they're big!

12:22 pm

The pr 6/30 word is pr 4/8 word plus a snak letter wilbur

12:22 pm

Hello rubyfoo!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

12:23 pm

tired but got through the holiday OK but it's too icy to go outside. Our snowfall, however (more than 4 ft!) was earlier in the month and is mostly gone

12:24 pm

75 words and I give up. Happy Boxing Day everybody

12:26 pm

Poor Ruby.

12:31 pm

HI there everyone

12:32 pm

Anyone have the so 5?

12:32 pm

so 5/12 that is

12:32 pm

nm, got it

12:37 pm

i'll tak an so 5 clue bichon please

12:38 pm

to clean up a liquid mess + a conjunction

12:38 pm

ty

12:38 pm

yvw Jeff

hello all

12:40 pm

Hiya, TO!

12:40 pm

I'm done, anyone need a clue or two?

12:40 pm

hello Owl

12:40 pm

hello all

12:41 pm

snowing here, feh!!

12:41 pm

my next door neighbor who is 8 got a fre standing basket ball hoop for Christmas, Oh Joy, not

12:42 pm

Snow makes for bad outdoor basketball games, peri.

12:43 pm

so close.. still not getting the so 5

12:44 pm

got it

12:46 pm

Peri if I may ask, which state are you in that you are getting snow?

12:47 pm

PA

12:47 pm

and you Sea?

12:47 pm

Oh, should be here soon then...MD

12:48 pm

you can have it all, Seaspray :)

12:48 pm

I am 5 miles from PA line

12:48 pm

lol we had enough last winter to last me my lifetime

12:48 pm

here too, Sea

12:49 pm

we are only supposed to get 3 to 6 but with very high winds tomorrow

12:51 pm

Coming down good now here in Delaware.

12:53 pm

Send it North Judi

12:53 pm

It's comin atcha, SeaSpray. Moving up the coast from the south. Shovel ready?

12:54 pm

lol shovels ready but I'm not!

12:55 pm

wind is starting to pick up now

12:55 pm

I would much rather send it out to sea - so it doesn't bother anyone (especially me).

12:56 pm

Ok with me, just send it

12:57 pm

clue for ga 6/33 pls. bound and determined to finish today

12:57 pm

Am getting hungry watching the Ravens game...back in a few

12:58 pm

Souns like one the the elves from a Tolkein novel, Wilbur, minus the "d".

12:58 pm

And minus an "L", come to think of it.

12:59 pm

Or was it a Hobbit? Can't remember Tolkein. Never cared for it much.

12:59 pm

me either - so i'm not getting that clue!

1:00 pm

Sorry. It's not an easy word to clue.

1:01 pm

It's the wizard from The Triology stories, minus the l and the f.

1:02 pm

Misspelt firearm (3 letters) + opp of on for the 5 and pl for the 6

a;ternate spelling of yiddish for thief

1:02 pm

Good clue TO.

1:03 pm

TO! and hello Molly Judi and wilbur

hi fm!

1:04 pm

So sorry I can't stop but just happened to be passing the 'puter whilst waiting for dinner to be ready. Might catch you tomorrow (())

1:04 pm

Hello to all babblers who came while I was eating lunch.

bye, fm

1:05 pm

thx - whew - getting closer

1:06 pm

Fireworks!

1:06 pm

congrats judi

wtgjudi

1:06 pm

Congratulations Judi on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

1:07 pm

Thanks. Gotta scram and get some chores done. Later! *POOF*

1:12 pm

if anybody's still cluing - di 6 and di 7 pls

don't have them. try morewords or a to z

hi all

1:16 pm

di 6...chips and *** + a*** vera plant. Plural as well.

1:16 pm

Hi Tea.

thanks, Molly

1:22 pm

thx molly

1:29 pm

(((tea))) thanks for the lovely card -- will include you in the triennial (hopefully won't become quadrennial) greetings! LOL

1:29 pm

hey all

1:38 pm

i don't think that di 6 clue is in the puzzle today

1:38 pm

hey jeff

1:39 pm

sorry, dyslexia set in

1:39 pm

i was reversing the l and o

1:39 pm

I think you are right, though

1:39 pm

taking another shoveling break

1:39 pm

backyard dog paths shoveled and driveway done for now

1:39 pm

Hello stidmama! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

1:39 pm

oh! LOL me too -- I was thinking in terms of magnets

1:40 pm

hey Min! I am well how are you?

1:40 pm

very cute turtle doves...

1:41 pm

just got the 9/10 combo

1:41 pm

Thank you stidmama!I am well. How was your Christmas?

1:41 pm

we don't celebrate that holiday, so it was fine. how was yours?

1:43 pm

I had a very nice Christmas with 17 people and six dogs.

1:43 pm

ack! *hides in far corner of back bedroom closet* too many people!

1:44 pm

reverse that to 17 dogs and 6 people and I might stand a chance... LOL

1:46 pm

LOL stidmama!

1:47 pm

Out of all that chaos, most of everybody's attention was focused on my eight month old nephew. He is SO precious!

1:47 pm

I made a lovely chicken stock yesterday with garlic, ginger, lemongrass, and onion for flavor. Used some of the chicken in summer rolls for a light supper last night and will make pho this afternoon with the rest. I like being off school so I have time to cook.

1:49 pm

My mom made a crown roasted pork for Christmas dinner

1:50 pm

I did not babble at all yesterday. How big was the puzzle

1:50 pm

I've never had that, but it sounds lovely when I have read about it

1:53 pm

there. down to ten. listing...

1:53 pm

Go stidmama go!

1:54 pm

I can't remember how big the puzzle was Min -- I didn't finish due to technical glitches. And movies. And games.

1:56 pm

howdy everyone:))

1:56 pm

((cross)) hey! how's you?

1:56 pm

good afternoon all

1:57 pm

hey teach!

1:58 pm

8 now...

1:58 pm

Hello crosshair! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

1:58 pm

five!

1:59 pm

four

1:59 pm

three

1:59 pm

two

2:00 pm

Hello wvteach! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

2:01 pm

firewords!!!!

wtg stid

2:01 pm

((stidmama)) howdy min:))

2:01 pm

okay, gotta jet. Tom got one technical issue resolved... now we just need to resolve one more so the kids can play some new wii games they got

2:02 pm

thanks TO! hello!

2:02 pm

((((hugs and choclits for all!!!!)))) have a lovely rest of the weekend! *po4*

2:02 pm

Congratulations on your fireworks stidmama! Way to go!

2:05 pm

hi everyone

hi nrk!

2:05 pm

{{{Owl}}}

2:07 pm

Hello nrkii! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log!

2:08 pm

hi all.. how are you doing on this snowy day?

2:10 pm

Hello Dorens! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

hi doren

2:11 pm

you ready for the snow there owl?

yes. i bought a spare shovel,mine is old.

it is snowing hard

2:12 pm

don't hurt yourself.

well yes, i could break a nail or something while hitting the keys :D

2:13 pm

i mean shoveling!

i believe we will get less, most is going to the east

2:15 pm

Hello again everyone. How are you doing, Owl? Back home? Either way you face snow.

yes, i am home. not to worry, they were out of bread and milk but i have chocolate and cookies

2:15 pm

Hello Scrabbler! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

2:16 pm

You have the essentials then, Owl.

2:16 pm

yup, we're all getting a lot of snow. some more, some less, right?

2:16 pm

NBT and NBS !

2:16 pm

Go wv teach, go!

i have a pandoro from one of the gift baskets we got. i have never had it before

2:17 pm

we're getting a steady snow but not that much

2:17 pm

What is Pandoro?

itailian cake. not panettone, no raisins

2:18 pm

i was looking at them in hackensack of all places... national food warehouse on essex next to home depot!

yes just reopened in last two weeks after a fire.

2:18 pm

My nephew just woke up. He always gets an A+ in sleeping.

2:19 pm

that place is amazing, right? i must have been there just after it re-opened. I miss the indian restaurant that used to be there though

have not been there in ages. i just rememner they sold tomato pste in the tube; i need some

and the produce is very good

2:21 pm

young men do have that gift scrabbs... wish I did... only slept about five hours last night

2:21 pm

I do not know when he came home last night--his return did not wake me up.

my niece slept for hours yesterday between gifts and dinner

2:22 pm

How old is she, Owl?

2:22 pm

owl are you there or home?

2:23 pm

or5 help please

i am home until doctor on tuesday

oh, sorry, she is 16 and my nephew is 15

2:24 pm

or + type of rabbit, scrabb

2:24 pm

or 5/12 is or + I wore my flip f***s to the beach Scrabbler

2:24 pm

TY, Doren.

2:24 pm

or 5/12 that is. owl why doctor? are you okay?

2:24 pm

Adolescents excel at sleeping.

first checkup since hospital

2:25 pm

howdy scwabby:)))

2:25 pm

good luck!!

2:25 pm

O's Ousted! 2 left

2:25 pm

Crossy! How is my Bacon Boy?

2:25 pm

Go Min, go!

howdy babblers!

hi red!

2:25 pm

Hello redturtlhead! How are you doing? Welcome to grid!

2:25 pm

Hi Rhode Island Red!

doing well until last week. last night was pure hell

2:26 pm

red are you stranding in RI?

it's so amazing the snow we are getting! I got to shovel and everything!!!

2:26 pm

Abdominal pain?

2:26 pm

sorry to hear that owl

2:26 pm

howdy red

I'm up to visit my sister until the 28th, so not stranded yet...

2:26 pm

Fun, fun, fun, Red!

i can make you ecstatic; come shovel mine

I enjoyed it! but it is a one time thing for me!!!

2:27 pm

P's Practically Pummeled! 1 left

go minver go!

what do the 9 &10 begin with?

the nephews and I built a snow fort.

2:27 pm

oh good thing you weren't planning on flying home this evening or tomorrow. lots of fun to play n the snow now if you're from fl

2:27 pm

pr 9 & 10

ty. compound?

2:28 pm

no

2:28 pm

no not really.. but they do begin with the pr 4/6

ty again.

2:28 pm

Crossy, I was watching the History Channel today and pig farming was the topic. They showed insemination--->piglets---> adults---> dead adults---> butchering---> making pork chops, ribs, sausage and BACON!

2:29 pm

lol,the art of creating the nirvana that is bacon....

it has been fun, especially with my elementary school aged nephews.

2:30 pm

lol everyone,i bet scrabbs is dying to do a lipid test on ole crossy....

2:30 pm

You would have been drooling & moaning to see the pork factory---so much bacon!

we had Ham with the classic pineapple and marischino cherries AND beef wellington last night. I feel extremely full.

2:31 pm

For you it is bacon, for me chocolate. I have been keeping my serum chocolate level in the therapeutic range for the last wk. I have Lindor truffles calling my name a lot.

2:31 pm

after a lipid test and a stress test i would be cut off of everything but tofu and distilled water;)

I have to get my cholesterol rechecked on Jan 4th. Not thrilled about the date!!!

2:32 pm

elegant is a choc fiend as well scrabbs

We were all laughing about it at dinner last night.

2:32 pm

You would be allowed to eat veggies too.

veggies and also lets see...tofutti.

2:33 pm

I LOVE Tofutti! I can eat a pint rather quickly.

2:34 pm

can i use beef gravy with my tofu??

2:34 pm

and butter?

2:34 pm

lol

2:34 pm

It will be tofu gravy made to taste like beef.

2:34 pm

Soy butter.

I love butter.

2:35 pm

I made French toast this morning and debated whether to cover with butter or maple syrup or both. I chose butter.

2:36 pm

Min, did you finish or are you saving your last word for tonight?

2:36 pm

soy butter...ugh...

2:37 pm

and you will only take my eggs away from me if you pry them from my cold dead hands...

2:37 pm

Try it, Crossy.

2:37 pm

I would prefer "nothing" to "soy anything"

2:38 pm

Hi Molly.

2:38 pm

Hi Scrabs

2:39 pm

Anyone want hot peppermint tea? I made a full pan of it.

I like the soy milk. and yes on the peppermint tea.

2:39 pm

Ooo, sounds delicious Scrabs, I'll have a cup.

2:39 pm

you steep in a pan now and not a pot?

2:40 pm

*holds mug out for Scrabs to fill*

i shopped today and got half off ghirardelli peppermint bark squares - and another 20% off!

2:40 pm

I guess it's a pot. Sauce pan? I am not a Kitchen Wizard.

Nice TO!

2:40 pm

Hot peppermint tea for all!

2:41 pm

lol@half off the bark squares..those must fly off the shelves...;))

and moravian mint cookies and i got two bars of lindt sea salt for presents

2:41 pm

Hi Judy. I got a negative score on Scramble yesterday. Sometimes I just cannot see a word at all.

2:41 pm

i once made a boiled birch bark connsume..as a survival thing

2:41 pm

Scrabs - pour some out for me - thnx

2:42 pm

What did it taste like, Crossy?

2:42 pm

*pouring wv a big mug of tea*

2:42 pm

full of viatamins...and tasted like crap

2:42 pm

Hey, Scrabs. Sometimes I can't get the scrambled word at all!

darn it, should have hit the mall. i lost mmy shoveling gloves last week

2:43 pm

i would like a cup of peppermint tea too.. will serve up my home mde rugelach

2:43 pm

started to snow here now. TO, is it snowing in Philly?

2:43 pm

All I can do is laugh at my negative scores.

my sil served me tazo holiday tea from starbucks.

2:43 pm

*pouring tea for Doren*

yes cj it is snowing heavily

2:43 pm

at least we're exercising our minds, Scrabs!!!

2:43 pm

is di 6 a reasonable word?

2:44 pm

Yes, and we get new puzzles the next day.

2:44 pm

we are not supposed to get as much as you TO

2:44 pm

thank you scrabs... apricot pecan rugelach or raspberry walnut?

2:44 pm

*Puts plate out for rugelach*

no. but yo have grands so may be easy for you - brand of tot toys

2:44 pm

I don't have it. I am going in reverse alphabetical order and am at the ga5 + 6 combo.

i am not getting what philly and so jersey will- i am north and west

2:44 pm

don't have it yet dorens

doren, think of tot toys, beginning with du

scrabbler you are always doin well against me and also Katrina in lexulous.

2:45 pm

Oh, now I get the tot toys reference.

this storm is rather large.

i am sipping cinnamon cider at present. good to hear, molly

2:46 pm

I had the word, but didn't get the clue.

I must go down though and assist with dinner prep...and look at the windows as well...

oh. :(

2:47 pm

yikes sn4 is the grid. hope there's good stuff in the PB!

2:48 pm

TO, only got it when you added the "du" comment.

there is great PB stuff. I shall put some RI Wandies in there, sort of like cold funnel cakes...

2:48 pm

thanks owl

2:48 pm

yumm red. thx

2:49 pm

morning everyone

2:49 pm

Hi Lynxxx

2:49 pm

Hi Lynxxx

2:50 pm

Help with ga5/20 please?

2:50 pm

ga5 an alternative spelling for the yiddish thief/rascal

2:50 pm

ga 5/20...the wizard from The Hobbit, minus the l and the d

hi lyn

i will contribute

some pepperisfe garm almond cookies

2:51 pm

TY, Molly. One of my rabbits is named Gandalf the Grey.

2:52 pm

I have Lindor Truffles.

pepperidge

farm

2:52 pm

*puts whiskey cake in PB*

scrabbler, just saw chef making skillet corn cakes with fresh jersey tomatoes on top

2:53 pm

Yummy, Owl.

very easy

2:53 pm

*Adding some white chocolate gingerbread blondies and pecan squares to the PB*

2:54 pm

That di6 clue, was it referring to the Legos made for toddlers?

2:54 pm

NM, monkey finally found it.

yes!

ooh, last year i found gingerbread men dipped in white chocolate at the kitchenwares outlet store

for scrabbler:http://www.state.nj.us/jerse yfresh/recipes/recipefile.htm

2:58 pm

I am not into cooking. I prefer heating food up or having someone give me food that is ready to eat.

2:59 pm

My issue with cooking is that it takes so long to prepare food and then it's inhaled in 15 minutes.

2:59 pm

Couldn't agree more

these are mostly veg and quick/simple

3:00 pm

Ideas for using my Barnes & Noble $75 gift card? I looked at a list of bestsellers and nearly half were about vampires. Geez.

3:00 pm

I feel like all I've been doing is cook--we start at Thanksgiving and go through New Year's Day!! I'm hoping my family doesn't want a big meal on New Year's Day!

3:00 pm

unless it is quick to make and very tasty, cooking is a daily boring chore

3:00 pm

I looked at several, Owl, so I may return to that site. I like quick & simple.

nice site, i am going to bookmark it

Skillet Corn Cakes with Heirloom Tomato Salad Recipe by Chef Ted Iwachiw, Ted’s on Main, Medford Ingredients for Skillet Cakes 4 ears fresh corn, shucked, silks removed 1¼ cup buttermilk 1 large egg 2 Tbl melted butter ¾ cup cornmeal 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour ¼ tsp baking soda 1 ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp sugar Salt and pepper to taste ¼ cup finely sliced scallions 1 Tbl minced fresh parsley 3 Tbl vegetable oil Instructions Cut the kernels off the corn cobs with a sharp knife. You will need approximately 2 cups of uncooked kernels for this recipe. Place the kernels in a food processor and add the buttermilk, egg and butter. Process until the mixture is smooth. Place the cornmeal, flour, baking soda and powder, salt, pepper and sugar in a large bowl and whisk to combine. Add the scallions and parsley and mix again. Heat the large skillet, preferably nonstick, over medium heat. When hot, add half of the oil. Drop generous tablespoons of corn batter into the pan and cook until the cakes turn golden brown on the underside and bubbles appear on top side. Flip the cakes and continue cooking until they’re lightly browned. Reduce the heat to medium if the corn cakes are browning too quickly. Repeat with remaining oil and batter. Heirloom Tomato Salad 2 large ripe heirloom tomatoes 2 Tbl chiffonade basil leaves 1 Tbl basil oil Cut tomatoes in chunks, toss with basil leaves and oil. Spoon over corn cakes.

3:02 pm

I could do that.

how are you sure to get enough iron?

3:04 pm

I had a hysterectomy 10 yrs ago and that helped solve the chronic anemia problem.

3:06 pm

mmmmmm! corn cakes!

sorry to clutter chog

3:07 pm

hello

3:07 pm

2nd co5 pls

3:07 pm

howdy peri

3:08 pm

still snowing here, feh!!

3:09 pm

Pager just went off. BRB.

3:09 pm

2nd co5 - rhymes with top of the house and pl

3:09 pm

the second co5 is like horses feet

3:09 pm

oops meant 3rd co5 pls

3:10 pm

ty lynxx

3:10 pm

co a7 what you have to wait for with jelly before eating

3:10 pm

?

3:11 pm

3rd co 5 - like a word for a girdle minus the middle consonant

3:11 pm

you make jelly but put it in the fridge to ***

3:11 pm

ty all! :)

3:11 pm

hiya Cos,

3:12 pm

ty lyn and wv teach

3:12 pm

fireworks

3:12 pm

hope u all had a good holiday

3:12 pm

need to rests, may have to showvel driveway later, b-i-l is at work

3:12 pm

thnx peri and congrats

3:13 pm

congrats Peri! bye

3:16 pm

Hi Cos. I didn't know you could play Scrabble on Kindle. How cool.

3:17 pm

Back from being paged--nasty mother! She was demanding that something be done immediately for her kid's earache yet she has not even given him a pain reliever.

3:17 pm

Scrabs, how does having a hysterectomy alleviate anemia?

3:18 pm

clue for the 9/10 please....not seeing it

3:18 pm

I was hemorrhaging very month--hemoglobin was 8-9 for a few yrs despite iron therapy.

3:18 pm

5 times shoveling for the dogs, my brain in't working

3:18 pm

pr9--to grow more of a plant

3:19 pm

Ah, I see. Good that you got that cleared up then Scrabs.

3:19 pm

pr9/10 usually a plant thing, to reproduce yourself

3:19 pm

Yep, wonderful outcome although recovery was not fun for the first few days.

3:19 pm

ty

3:20 pm

fireworks here

3:20 pm

That mean mother has irked me! She was demanding that an antibiotic be prescribed and she didn't even give her kid a pain reliever.

3:20 pm

Yahoo wv!

3:20 pm

congrats wvteach

3:22 pm

thnx - all is quiet in the house, all are napping - i guess i'll give in and enjoy them

3:24 pm

yay wv!

3:24 pm

anyone want clues before i go

3:24 pm

Lots of snow on LI, Jeff?

3:24 pm

wow you finished Scrabs?

3:25 pm

what up people

3:28 pm

I finished maybe 30 min ago.

3:28 pm

The sky is up.

3:28 pm

YAY Scrabs!

3:28 pm

a quiet achiever - congrats Scrabs

3:29 pm

Congratulations Scrabbler on your fireworks! Good for U!

3:30 pm

taking a break; bbl

3:33 pm

114 words is not worth yelling about.

3:33 pm

440 words is.

3:37 pm

hello

wtg scrabs!

3:37 pm

Hello hailey! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

3:40 pm

hi Min- hope you had a peaceful xmas

3:41 pm

scrabs how's the baby doing?

3:41 pm

i have a baby siter

3:41 pm

Hi lynxxx!How are you doing? I had a nice holiday with 6 dogs and 17 people. It was a little noisy, but still lovely.

3:42 pm

6 dogs! bedlam but what fun

3:44 pm

these last 16 are eluding me, think I'll come back after a few hours. Bye all

3:45 pm

Goodbye lynxxx! I'll see you later in the chat log maybe.

3:57 pm

I ag4/6ized long and hard over the grid and now I am close to the fe 4/7 of finishing grid. So it daw4/8 on me that I have the rest of the day to get my last word so no need to panic. In the mean time, here is a story of clues. I had a very co 4/5 Christmas this year. I celebrated with 17 people and 6 dr 5/12ing dogs with dr 5/14y ears. 6 dogs and 17 people under one ro 4/7 can be quite chaotic! My brother ow 4/8 2 dogs. My sisters each have one. Pl 4/6 my parents have one and I have one. The dogs would pl 4/6 themselves down and fo4/7ishly fo 5/20ed their eyes on the floor waiting for food to dr 4/6. And as fa 4/7 would have it, they would get a nibble every so often. When there wasn't food to be had they would gn 4/10 on their rawhides Santa got for them. We often let them lo 5/10 outside to run off all their energy. My po 4/5 dad had to clean up a lot of dog po 4/6 outside. Of course with that many dogs, some got ar 5/12d and tried to pr 9/78 with each other. The adults played many games yesterday which consisted of Ping Po 4/7 and Po 4/5. Sometimes I would think "Oh Lo 4/5 take me away!" and I would escape to my lo 4/7 to escape all the chaos. I suppo4/5 I should go be sociable. I did not pr 5/18 read my story so there may be some mistakes. Po 4/8!

3:58 pm

Sorry not done with my story of clues yet,

4:00 pm

Mini.. u said "some ar 5/12" but there isnt an ar in the frid?

4:01 pm

Like, I said I am not done yet.So still need to go back and edit and fix whatever needs to be fixed cosdem.

4:01 pm

oh sorry

4:03 pm

Hello cosdem! How are you doing

4:03 pm

Hello cosdem!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

4:04 pm

Txx Min! That was fun and very helpful!!

4:04 pm

HATE this computer.Too easy to hit enter key my mistake

4:04 pm

i didnt see that part i apologize :)

4:04 pm

but the story was helpful ! tyvm for it

4:04 pm

di6?

4:05 pm

lol i just read the last line of ur story :P i shld read itg all b4 i said anything

4:05 pm

That di 6/24 is the big di*per plus ** and behold + vowel.

4:06 pm

thx min, that's FW for me

4:07 pm

Congratulations Shirlockc on your fireworks! Good for U!

4:07 pm

hi everyone -/

4:07 pm

Hello cybernan! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

4:13 pm

Thank you Minveryork that was awesome,cant believe how many words i missed

4:14 pm

Hi Yvo! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid and yw.

4:15 pm

im fine ,need to concentrate more ,watching the Foodchannel

4:19 pm

Ok, NOW I am done with my story of clues.I added some more clues from the first time I accidentally posted story

4:20 pm

I ag4/6ized long and hard over the grid and now I am close to the fe4/7 of finishing puzzle.So it daw4/8 on me that I have the rest of the day to get last word so no need to panic.In the mean time, here is a story of clues. I had a co 4/5 Christmas this year. I celebrated with 17 people and 6 dr5/12ing dogs w/dr5/14y ears. 6 dogs and 17 people under one ro 4/7 can be quite a challenge! My brother ow 4/8 2 dogs. My sisters each have one. Pl4/6 my parents have one and I have one. The dogs would pl 4/6 themselves down & fo4/7ishly fo 5/20ed their eyes on the floor waiting for food to dr 4/6. And as fa 4/7 would have it, they would get a nibble every so often. When there was not food to be had they would gn 4/10 on their rawhides. We often let them lo 5/10 outside to run off all their energy in the sn 4/8. My po 4/5 father had a lot of po 4/6 to sc 5/14 outside. Of course w/that many dogs, some got aro 5/12d and tried to pr 9/78 with each other. The dogs often got in the way of people.If you got up,you would return to a dog that had sn 4/6ged your spot & taken your se 4/4 on the so 4/7. While dogs had fun, the adults had fun as well.Adults played many games yesterday which consisted of Ping Po 4/7 and Po 4/5. Sometimes I'd think "Oh Lo 4/5 take me away!" and I would escape to my upstairs lo 4/7 to escape all the chaos. I suppo4/5 I should go be sociable. I did not pr 5/18 read my story of clues so there might be several mistakes. I will be back later to help w/clues. Po 4/8!

Good afternoon babble crew

4:23 pm

Hello Good Enough! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

break time

break from what TO

4:25 pm

ga 5, please?

4:27 pm

ga 5/20 word is ga plus not yes plus consonant cybernan.

4:28 pm

ty min

4:28 pm

yw

thanks, wouldn't have monkeyed those

4:29 pm

yw

14.

4:39 pm

need a P from the bottom one

not minus

4:40 pm

ty still need one more

4:40 pm

NM

4:40 pm

fo 5.20 please

4:42 pm

got iy

4:42 pm

it

4:45 pm

ga 5/29?

4:45 pm

ga5/20?

4:46 pm

yes 5/20 sorry

4:46 pm

a blurry picture is out of fo 5

4:46 pm

like lord of rings character minus d and l

4:46 pm

pl for 6/33

4:46 pm

ga 5: g + 2 prepositions

4:47 pm

im watching LOTR right now lol ty that reallly helped

4:47 pm

:)

4:47 pm

last po 5/12?

4:48 pm

not rich + vowel

4:48 pm

ty wildcat

definition for the 9 and 10?

4:49 pm

oh i didnt realize i only have 28 left lol

4:50 pm

when something reproduces itself

4:51 pm

pr 9-10: assist(s) plant reproduciton

4:51 pm

Cos, how many times (approximately) have you watched the Lord Of The Rings movies?

4:51 pm

too many to count

4:51 pm

af 5?

4:52 pm

it's on cable now so why not :)

4:53 pm

How are you liking your Kindle Cos?

4:53 pm

a + not fair

4:53 pm

a + what you get when you hit a ball out of bounds in baseball.

4:53 pm

im about to make my first purchase tonight.

4:53 pm

ty

4:53 pm

yw

4:53 pm

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

4:53 pm

Oh, I thought you said yesterday that you had already downloaded some things. Don't mind me.

4:54 pm

oh i did.. free books...

4:54 pm

it works great

4:54 pm

wtg cybernan!

4:54 pm

See, I need to ask questions. I didn't know there were free books.

4:54 pm

it came withan 8 gb memory card too

4:55 pm

go to amazon.com kindle store.. theres a list that says top 100 books and the list next to it is top 100 free books

4:55 pm

So far, I have bought one book and Scrabble. Thanks for the free books heads up. I'll check it out.

4:56 pm

i downloaded "dracula", "alice in wonderland", Grimms fairy tales" and.. "the wonderful wizard of oz"

4:56 pm

they have a lot of jane austen books for free too... mostly classics

4:57 pm

missing an s5

4:58 pm

got it fireflies

4:59 pm

congrats

5:00 pm

I like the L. Frank Baum Books.

5:00 pm

that reminds me i should see if baum's "santa claus" book is free too

5:01 pm

On my iPhone so not totally here... But could use some 7 clues :)

5:02 pm

to ask someone to marry them?

5:03 pm

omg...you gotta be kidding me! what a fish! ty

5:03 pm

found the Baum's santa book. its free too

5:03 pm

yw :)

5:03 pm

Oh cool. I love that story. Cos, do you know how long the battery lasts?

5:04 pm

no not sure.. i got an used one so it may be less than yours

5:04 pm

Ah thanks. Pr7 first, then pr9 :)

5:04 pm

Maybe you can read that story in the Penalty Box MollyL.

5:04 pm

Molly, my daughter told me 10 days if you're using wifi, longer if not...

5:05 pm

hmm maybe i shoudl tu rn off wifi when im not shopping

5:05 pm

Thanks Champ. I'm going to go grab some goodies in the PB.

5:05 pm

pr9/78 is not con plus not ma plus ga 4/6 word LeslieAnn

5:05 pm

Cos, I read that when you're not using it, turning wi-fi off will extend the battery life.

5:06 pm

ryan said that made sense lol so i turned it off..

5:06 pm

Oh I have pr9, just making a joke :)

5:06 pm

lol now i get it leslie :)

5:07 pm

Anyway, I was very touched that my older three chipped in to buy me a Kindle. They said I had a tough year and deserved a nice Christmas present. I was blessed with the best when it comes to kids.

5:08 pm

yes it sounds that way.

5:08 pm

i for one am very excited for my new kindle

5:08 pm

My cousin got a Kindle for Christmas as well.She loves it!

5:09 pm

Ryan did good Cos. ; D

5:09 pm

Me too. Finished a book already!

5:09 pm

I was at Barnes and Noble today, and people were lining up to buy the Nook. It was a zoo!

5:09 pm

I assume they were on sale Champ.

5:10 pm

Is that the thing that looks like a laptop, but it is smaller

5:10 pm

Either that, or people got gift cards for Christmas. Min...it's like a kindle.

5:10 pm

I must admit, it feels very "Brave New World" reading on an electronic device. Books are a comfort zone for me so I will probably stick more to the real things.

5:10 pm

I think you are thinking of a netbook min

5:11 pm

i used to have a netbook.. didnt like it.

5:11 pm

Oh, maybe LeslieAnn. I heard they were like 300 dollars.

5:11 pm

but i've been trying to find Stephen King's IT in the thrift stores. cant find it. i can get it on the kindle for 6.00

5:12 pm

Yes, books to read are much cheaper on a kindle cosdem

5:12 pm

Good choice Cos. Great story.

5:13 pm

I read it when I was 15. I want to re-read it now that I know more lol

5:13 pm

Cos, have you ever looked at biblio.com? You can get great hard copies there and it's free shipping.

5:13 pm

I got a new Mary Higgins Clark book to read for Christmas

5:13 pm

oh no.. thank you! ill bookmark it

5:13 pm

Getting a bit motion sick babbling in the car. Will be back after we get home and I am stationary. Bye

5:14 pm

Goodbye LeslieAnn! I'll see you later tonight in the chog.

5:15 pm

Wow, no copies of "It" on biblio. It must be a hard to find book. Must check out ebay.

5:15 pm

Could NEVER babble in a car.I'd be yacking after my first word. I can't look down for one second when I'm in a car.

5:15 pm

me too!

5:16 pm

yeah the thift stores has most of King's books but IT is impossible to find. I went to an used book store once and it had both hasrd cover and paperback for the same price.. 19.99 lol

5:22 pm

I found a copy of It on amazon.com not long ago.

5:24 pm

Another nice thing about the kindle is : no more sold out books lol

5:27 pm

fireworks!

5:29 pm

Yay for you Cos!!

5:29 pm

wtg!

5:29 pm

ty all :)

5:30 pm

Congratulations cosdem on your fireworks! Good for you!

5:32 pm

reading the chog - half.com has the stephen king book being sought.

5:33 pm

if i mis read - i'm gonna blame it on the chemo

5:35 pm

(((((Renny)))))

5:36 pm

{{{{{{mom}}}}}}

5:37 pm

Read your profile earlier, I am so happy for you. I hope the chemo isn't too bad on you. Good wishes going to Mez as well

5:38 pm

Hello renfield! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

5:39 pm

Hello Mom! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log!

5:39 pm

Hello Min, a belated Merry Christmas to you

5:39 pm

just woke up - thank you for the card mom- i'm eating weird things - but they stay down - mezzer gets another new knee and we are excited.

5:39 pm

hey min

5:41 pm

oh Ren, you are so welcome. You are always in my thoughts and prayers. I am so glad they stay down. That is such a tough battle. Mez must be so excited

5:43 pm

we are both excited - i'm so tired of getting on the marble floor and looking for pills, model car parts, nad whatever else he drops - i make a pretty good snake or vacuum cleaner

5:43 pm

you sound excited. You are so good to him

5:44 pm

you know us pirates - always excited about a new adventure

5:44 pm

oh I know, and I read that you are embarking on another one with your brother.

5:46 pm

hi folks! (mom, thank you for the card .. a really sweet surprise :)

5:46 pm

yes mom- it's always exciting - this is the 2nd one - only we won't sell this one //P-/

5:46 pm

and hi renny, min, champ, everyone!

5:46 pm

Hi Welki, you are so welcome. I hope you had a dellghtful day

5:47 pm

Ren, I wish you and your brother a ton of success!

5:48 pm

thanks mom - hey welki

5:49 pm

and ~~~**Fireworks**~~~~

5:50 pm

I had better go and clean up the kitchen. Ren, it was lovely seeing you. Take care of yourself. Hope to see you here more often. ((Hugs)) to everyone

5:50 pm

that is unless someone needs a clue or two

5:50 pm

ok mom and in the words of old "woot"

5:50 pm

Hello welki! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

hello all

6:13 pm

hi owl

hi ren!

6:17 pm

brb - need to find some tissue for my sneezy nose

6:20 pm

whew! crossy is back.had to do a fast new computer build.my office rig went to silicone chip heaven

oh

6:24 pm

had a old tower in the closet and a motherboard and cpu chip that was only 3 years old.had to salvage a 4 year old video card though:((

6:24 pm

never throw out your old computer parts;))

hmm, now that i am done shall i go shovel?

11.

heck no!

6:33 pm

i'm watching return of the vampyre w/ bela....thrn i need to walk to the post box and see if anythign came this week....scary thought - should have gone to the post box 1st

6:34 pm

Cross, not all of us can wire one old computer part to another to do a patch/fix. Good for you that you can.

10.

6:40 pm

wish i was there to build you a custom rig molly:)

I don't feel like finishing.

6:41 pm

w/ only 10 to go kaplan?i only have 71 to go - and i know i won't finish.

I'm too lazy.

I have 5s and 6s left but the monkeys are tired.

6:43 pm

i have the 5s and 6s - i always work backwards - when i work

From the 4's or the 10s?

6:45 pm

oh i though you meant the s's as in the letter S

no...

I'm bailing. Good night.

6:48 pm

niters kaplan

6:48 pm

Cross, I've heard the custom rigs are way cool. I'm proud that I can configure a new PC and deal with whatever internet issues come my way.

6:51 pm

can someone help with the last pr word it is pr7 please and thanks

6:53 pm

What you do when you ask someone to marry you

6:53 pm

Duh!! Thank you Molly thought I had tried that

6:54 pm

You're welcome SF

6:54 pm

pr 7/36 word is to ask one's hand in marriage speedfreak

7:11 pm

Hello fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:12 pm

Hello Mark Jones!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

7:13 pm

it appears to be all quiet on the babble front - must be a thebuying / cooking battle is over

7:13 pm

Thanks. I'm doing fine, thank you. I am in Hawaii, choosing to play babble instead of playing in the ocean!

7:15 pm

oh mark - you mean you would rather be babbling than surfing?....weeping

7:16 pm

No, I don't surf. I just throw a ball around and snorkel. I did both this morning.

7:17 pm

are you vacationing on the islands or call them home?

7:17 pm

I am vacationing on Maui.

7:18 pm

fab - nice vacation

7:19 pm

went to maui in may - where do u stay?

7:19 pm

I stay in Makena, not Konopali.

7:20 pm

sounds nice!

7:27 pm

Can I have an in-depth hint for pr7?

7:28 pm

In depth? Ask someone to marry you.

7:30 pm

I still can

7:30 pm

Didn

7:30 pm

Hmmm? That was the hint for pr7...

7:30 pm

Didn't mean to do that. Stupid enter key. Anyway, i still can't get it.

7:31 pm

Model (for the camera) like an expert?

7:31 pm

That's more cryptic - the other was not.

7:31 pm

I don't get it.

7:32 pm

When one wants to wed someone, they pr***** marriage to them!

7:32 pm

hello from blizzardville

7:32 pm

Got it, finally! Ty, J.C.

7:32 pm

Hey annie!

7:32 pm

You're welcome.

7:33 pm

Hi Mark!

7:35 pm

Hello Anniebrook!How are you doing? Welcome to puzzle

7:35 pm

Hi Min, Merry Christmas to you

7:38 pm

Be back later

7:38 pm

Clue for the DI 7 Please?

7:39 pm

Goodbye Anniebroook! I will see you later in the chat log

7:39 pm

di 7/36 is plural of the di 6/24 word smoove and hi there

7:41 pm

Hi and thank you...evidently I don't have the di 6 : )

7:42 pm

Nor me. Can't find it for trying. Sigh.

7:44 pm

di6...di + farmers **** their fields in the Spring...change the last letter, then plural.

7:45 pm

Hi JC. Did you have a Happy Christmas?

7:45 pm

Yes Molly, thank you - nice to finally have a little break! And you?

7:46 pm

It was very good. I have a great clan. Love spending time with them.

7:46 pm

Good. :)

7:47 pm

ty for di molly

7:47 pm

I still can't find that word from that clue. :/

7:47 pm

My brain mustn't be working...

7:48 pm

I am having trouble with that clue also.

7:48 pm

No amount of 'monkeying' - none of the letters I'm substituting for the last one are working. :/ Must be time to give up...

7:49 pm

di + I im***r* you to try again (beg)

7:50 pm

Ah - thank you, nrkii! :)

7:51 pm

Ty, nrkii!!! I got it!

7:52 pm

It's weird about clues. I thought saying that plow, change the last letter was an easy clue. It's hard with the wind-y words.

7:53 pm

Yes.

7:57 pm

how about di+ Arafat's organization+second sight **p

7:57 pm

Ah, yes...

8:00 pm

My internet just sputtered. Any trouble with you guys?

8:00 pm

hello all, nice to see some "old friends" here! I finished a while ago and can clue if needed (but it looks like you-all have that covered)

8:00 pm

west coast is pretty good right now, mark.

8:01 pm

Hey stid!

8:02 pm

now watching count yorga and wil not be walking down to the post - tomorrow morning is soon enough

8:02 pm

hey stid

8:03 pm

((((REN!)))) ARRR! hoist the mainsail! batten the hatches! haul in the plank! ARRR!

8:03 pm

?

8:03 pm

dr 5 anyone? i have the one with the double vowels

8:03 pm

are you having good evening? read your profile just now.

8:04 pm

There is more then one with double vowels.

8:04 pm

both dr 5 have double vowel, change last letter

8:04 pm

duh on me lol

8:04 pm

ty

8:04 pm

Stid, who are you talking 2 right now, other than crystalle?

8:04 pm

arrrrgh - gale force wind here - staying in port

8:04 pm

Hi everyone!

8:04 pm

sorry, was talking to me cap'n, ren!

8:04 pm

hey car!

8:05 pm

Yes, Renfield! Stay put!

8:05 pm

oh, dear. sorry you're having a bit o' weather. Will hope it lets up by morning!

8:05 pm

Hey car!

8:05 pm

I am enjoying our blizzard!

8:05 pm

Hi Mark!

8:05 pm

aye - need to set sail

8:06 pm

glad someone is car... looks like it is causing a bit of extra havoc for a lot of folks.

8:06 pm

Hello everyone, just back to finish up. Great to see you Ren

8:06 pm

hey lynxxx!

8:06 pm

This is our first, so it is still exciting! Got all prepped and ready. We are hunkered down. My kids are very nervous though!

8:06 pm

hey ya lynxxx - trying to regain my addiction

8:06 pm

Hello Babblers.

8:06 pm

Hi Lynxxx!

8:07 pm

Hi WHT1

8:07 pm

Hope those on the east coast of the US are snug and warm.

8:07 pm

I am glad our weather has been ultra-mild for my vacation. Now doing the school-goer thing and hoping it snows a LOT next Sunday to stall off classes...

8:07 pm

hey wht!

8:07 pm

thx for the clues guys

8:07 pm

finished yay

8:07 pm

Hello lynxxx!How are you doing?Welcome to the chat log

8:08 pm

Yw, crystalle.

8:08 pm

YAY crystalle!!!

8:08 pm

congrats Crystalle

8:08 pm

hello again Min!

8:08 pm

I am missing 2 P's from the center, but don't want to list. I have the 9 & 10, but are there any other big or strange words?

8:08 pm

Hello car.eeyore!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

8:08 pm

better go be a mummy for awhile bye all

8:08 pm

oh dear, they are predicting up to 2 feet of snow around boston!

8:08 pm

Hello Again Min!

8:08 pm

Hello stidmama! How are you? Welcome back to the chog

8:08 pm

later crystalle

8:08 pm

: -) Yes! I know!

8:08 pm

Bye crystalle!

8:08 pm

I am thinking you want a po 5/6, car

8:09 pm

Congratulations crystalle on fireworks!Good for you&bye

8:09 pm

Hmmm....tell me more stid....

8:09 pm

Yes, stid, they are predicting a foot or two of snow here tonight.

8:09 pm

Can i have a hint for the 10?

8:09 pm

I think it's an Indian bread, po 5/12 has a double vowel, + cons + vowel

8:09 pm

and plural of course

8:10 pm

10 is plural the pr 9

8:10 pm

pr 9/78 is to start things out -- spread -- used often in horticulture

8:10 pm

pr 10/98 word is plural of the to 9/78 word. Do you have

8:10 pm

okay, soup is here. will lurk while I slurp!

8:10 pm

TY Stid

8:11 pm

I don't have the pr9

8:11 pm

pr9/78 is not con plus not ma + a ga4/6 word Mark Jones

8:11 pm

LOL stidmama!

8:11 pm

I ag4/6ized long and hard over the grid and now I am close to the fe4/7 of finishing puzzle.So it daw4/8 on me that I have the rest of the day to get last word so no need to panic.In the mean time, here is a story of clues. I had a co 4/5 Christmas this year. I celebrated with 17 people and 6 dr5/12ing dogs w/dr5/14y ears. 6 dogs and 17 people under one ro 4/7 can be quite a challenge! My brother ow 4/8 2 dogs. My sisters each have one. Pl4/6 my parents have one and I have one. The dogs would pl 4/6 themselves down & fo4/7ishly fo 5/20ed their eyes on the floor waiting for food to dr 4/6. And as fa 4/7 would have it, they would get a nibble every so often. When there was not food to be had they would gn 4/10 on their rawhides. We often let them lo 5/10 outside to run off all their energy in the sn 4/8. My po 4/5 father had a lot of po 4/6 to sc 5/14 outside. Of course w/that many dogs, some got aro 5/12d and tried to pr 9/78 with each other. The dogs often got in the way of people.If you got up,you would return to a dog that had sn 4/6ged your spot & taken your se 4/4 on the so 4/7. While dogs had fun, the adults had fun as well.Adults played many games yesterday which consisted of Ping Po 4/7 and Po 4/5. Sometimes I'd think "Oh Lo 4/5 take me away!" and I would escape to my upstairs lo 4/7 to escape all the chaos. I suppo4/5 I should go be sociable. I did not pr 5/18 read my story of clues so there might be several mistakes. I will be back later to help w/clues. Po 4/8!

8:13 pm

I haved ow4 and or5, could someone help me with the other O word please?

8:14 pm

oa4.7

8:14 pm

snake... would have bit me... thanks!

8:14 pm

yw

8:16 pm

I got the 9 & 10. TW, min!

8:17 pm

Stids, what was your best Christmas gift?

8:21 pm

Everyone, I must bid you goodbye. Arrivederci, babblers!

8:21 pm

how many words

8:21 pm

bye Mark

8:21 pm

Bye all

8:21 pm

yw Mark Jones

8:21 pm

113 words

8:21 pm

114 today gabi

hello all.

8:22 pm

114 words

8:22 pm

thanks

8:22 pm

hey red!

8:22 pm

Hello gabiim! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:22 pm

hey molly -- we don't celebrate christmas. What was your best gift?

I am in the middle of a true Nor Easter...it is quite exciting for me!

8:22 pm

Hello redturtlehead!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

hello Minver.

8:24 pm

yes, red -- it seems there are major issues back there! do you have everything you need? candles, water, blankets, battery radio?

8:24 pm

Min, thank you for your story of clues. Often I am almost finished a grid when you post your story. Tonight I had just started.

8:27 pm

Phantom of the night for me is apropos

8:28 pm

yes, great story, Min! :)

8:28 pm

gonja.....almost!

8:29 pm

im gona beat it... i have 21 words

8:29 pm

so far

8:30 pm

nbt with 46 left. But I had to try the or5 a couple of times before it tookit.

Aaah I have 42 left and still 3 blank tiles.

wht are you recieving the storm?

8:32 pm

how many j words even are there..

LOL stid mama, my nephew has approximately 30 padios, most he built himself...

its lovely to watch. we built a snow fort today...

8:32 pm

Yes, it has been snowing most of the day, but it didn't start accumulating much until about 4:00 pm

8:32 pm

no J words

We have about 7 inches here in Wakefield, since we are on the bay I suppose it is less...

hello rbud.

8:33 pm

It is hard to say how much snow we have now because it is blowing a lot and because I haven't left the house all evening.

8:33 pm

hi, red! and everyone else. :)

8:34 pm

Is that Wakefield MA, red?

8:39 pm

35 wordss

8:40 pm

im progressing

8:41 pm

I just shoveled for 1.5 hours....then went back to the beginning and it was all covered in drifts :(

8:41 pm

feels like I'm painting the golden gate bridge - they finish and have to go back to the beginning and start painting again

I'm planning on some shoveling tomorrow as well as sledding!

wakefield Rhode Island. We are on the Bay...

8:42 pm

need that lone A in the second row (4th column) for NBT, any hints?

i played outside with my nephews for a bit, but since nightfall, the storm has picked up.

8:43 pm

gotta dig out snowsuits for the rugrats

8:43 pm

gonna go drink some tea - bbl maybe

8:44 pm

Are you getting rain with the snow, Red? That is supposed to happen on the Cape. I prefer it light and fluffy rather than wet and heavy.

its been a very dry powdery snow, I attempted to make a snow man but it was hard to pack, but we will see tomorrow, the winds are at 55 MPH sustained.

8:49 pm

Oh my goodness! Power went out just as you were cluing that PO 5 Stid! Power back on and I went back in the chog so my P's are now complete!

8:49 pm

A + FO 4/8

8:50 pm

Don't blow away red!!!

8:50 pm

ty, car! *looking*

8:50 pm

Think baseball rbud....

Being a FLoridian, this is a Novelty for me! I'm quite enjoying it. My BIL is mystfied by my fascination..

8:51 pm

Don't run af5 of the law, rbud.

ty car and wht.

8:52 pm

got it, yay! :D

8:53 pm

Help with di 6 please?

8:53 pm

Red, I enjoy being inside during a snowstorm, at least as long as the heat and lights are on.

8:54 pm

Don't have it car.

So far we have been lucky with both power and heat. but there is a possibility with the wind that trees may pull down the lines. the children are a bit intrigued as well..

8:54 pm

ga 5/20?

8:55 pm

I think one of the nice things about a storm like this is that it is an unplanned forced vacation.

8:55 pm

DI 6 is di + snow ***w (scraper of roads) + vowel

8:55 pm

then plural

8:55 pm

TY!

8:55 pm

ga 5/20 reminds me of some of the hebrew letters. or a russian name. GA + opposite of yes + high point letter

8:56 pm

ty, stiddy!

8:56 pm

TY again!

8:56 pm

ty stid

8:56 pm

and I am going to watch Avatar with my boys again. Back tomorrow. (((hugs and choclits for all))) see you then! *po4*

8:57 pm

Bye Stid!

8:57 pm

ty stid. and bye.

9:00 pm

FIREWORKS!

9:01 pm

I have a few minutes to clue if anyone needs a hint.

9:01 pm

yay, car!!!

9:02 pm

I have the di7 plural, what's the other 7?

9:02 pm

pr 7/36

9:03 pm

thanks again!

9:05 pm

got it, argh, should have seen that, darnit.

9:05 pm

what is a clue for the so5,12. The one after flying alone?

9:06 pm

so + a dolphin is also called a ***poise

9:06 pm

plural for the so 6

9:06 pm

ty car. That is fireworks for me

9:07 pm

Hooray!

congratulatiosn wht! take care in the sn**!

9:07 pm

I am off to bed now! Have a great night everyone! See you tomorrow...if we have power!

9:08 pm

G'nite car.

9:08 pm

Good night!

good luck and good night Car.

9:10 pm

Heyas kids ..

9:11 pm

Hi tor, what brings you out on such a night?

hello torg.

9:17 pm

Evening all. May I please have a clue for co5-12 the 1st? Thanks

9:18 pm

It is a word that means hue, ga.

9:18 pm

co 5/12:blue is my favorite co*** and plural gapeach1066

9:19 pm

Hello torgone! How are you diubg/. Welcome to the grid!

9:19 pm

Trying to finish this grid ..

9:19 pm

Goodbye car.eeyore! I will see you tomorrow in the chog

9:19 pm

Thanks so much, Min.

9:19 pm

yw

9:20 pm

I got a story of clues in my profile if you need it torgone.

9:21 pm

It is time for me to go. Happy Babbling. Stay warm and dry.

9:22 pm

Goodbye wht! I will see you tomorrow in the chog maybe

fireworks

9:25 pm

Congratulations Good Enough on fireworks! Good for you

9:25 pm

Yay GE!

9:25 pm

yay, Good E!!!

9:25 pm

Good story, Min but doesn't have what I need ..

9:26 pm

How many more words left do you have to find torgone?

9:26 pm

Oh, sorry. I am here if you need any more clues torgone.

9:26 pm

May I please have a clue for lo5-14? Thanks

9:27 pm

evening all - Happy Boxing Day!

9:27 pm

Just 2 - the last po5/6 combo - are they fishy?

9:27 pm

Heya dab

9:28 pm

do you hab a code, torgone? :-)

9:28 pm

lo 5/14 word rhymes with the fo 5/20 word gapeach1066

9:29 pm

Hello dan2bit! How are you doing? Welcome to this grid!

9:29 pm

po5 = not rich + 1st person singular (and its pl.)

9:29 pm

Abbaredly ..

9:29 pm

po 5/12 is po 4/5 word plus a vowel and po 6/21 is plural

9:29 pm

a bit wiped out from baby2bit's first Christmas, but doing very well

9:30 pm

Thanks Min .. I was all around it ..

9:30 pm

Congratulations torgone on your fireworks! Good for you!

9:30 pm

awww, I love babies at Christmas - they love the lights and sparkly stuff...

9:30 pm

Don't have the fo5 yet, Min. Thanks, still looking.

9:31 pm

My nephew celebrated his 1st Christmas at seven months

9:31 pm

fo5:fo*** your attention on story of clues and you'll get it

9:32 pm

yep that's her same age, Minver - she would have been content with a piece of wrapping paper and a ribbon, but she made out like a bandita :-)

9:32 pm

Thanks much, Min.

9:32 pm

yw

9:33 pm

I am off to take a shower. Be back shortly to keep cluing.

9:35 pm

sc5-16 please......thanks

9:36 pm

sc5 is like what's under your hair, but one vowel different

an art form that sort of usually has a t on the end.

9:38 pm

Thanks much, rbud.

would someone mind looking at the rankings and telling me if they look, err Odd.

9:39 pm

May I please have a clue for ga5-20? Thanks

9:39 pm

EEK_ very odd! O_O

I am not huge in the ranking, btu was trying to move up to 600 on vacation, and this!!!

9:41 pm

we're all missing!

9:42 pm

Wonder what happened....

9:42 pm

hmmmm. ga + opp. of yes + a very bad grade in school (and then plural)

9:44 pm

Thannks so much, rbud. That was the last one. See you at the flip.....thanks for all the help.

9:44 pm

yay, peach!! congrats and yw :)

9:48 pm

Congratulations gapeach1066 on fireworks! Good for you

9:48 pm

Goodbye gapeach1066! I will see you tomorrow in the log

9:57 pm

hello friends. six left, all s words

9:57 pm

hi trif. 12 here, from all over

9:58 pm

if I suddenly disappear, it's because the power has cut out again. Been going on and off for a bit now

9:58 pm

oh that's annoying.

9:59 pm

more scary, really. the wind is UNREAL. Just howling and shrieking

9:59 pm

where are you, on the east coast?

9:59 pm

yes, just south of boston. really bad blizzard at present

10:00 pm

we have horrible wind, but barely got a dusting of snow here around most of DC. NY and New England are gonna get hit HARD. Be safe, and my your power stay on, trif

10:00 pm

yes hang in there trif

10:01 pm

I am off to a great start -- managed to light the chimney on fire this morning!

10:01 pm

Well done!

10:02 pm

well, at least it's clear now, trif

10:02 pm

Hello Trifioso!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

10:02 pm

they're calling for hurricane category 1 winds in your region

10:02 pm

always nice to see the local firefighters...they were well impressed with my gingerbread cookie skills, anyway

10:02 pm

ga5/20 anybody?

10:03 pm

watching a wonderful doc about Star Wars on the History channel whilst babbling. Really hope the power doesn't go out!

10:03 pm

the wizard in LOTR - d and l, dan

10:04 pm

ty LA! what a weird word

10:04 pm

ga 5/20 is ga plus not yes plus consonant and then plural

10:04 pm

that's firewords

10:04 pm

congrats, dan

10:04 pm

it has been in a few grids lately. nice work dan!

10:04 pm

ty, leslie and minver

10:04 pm

huzzah for dan!!!

10:05 pm

Congratulations dan2bit on your fireworks! Good for you!

10:05 pm

I'm done! I have fireworks too! pa6/27 was my last word.

10:05 pm

hooray min!

10:05 pm

huzzah for min!!!

10:06 pm

congrats, min

10:06 pm

I will be here off and on for a short bit to clue if needed.

10:06 pm

di 6/7?

10:07 pm

di + anagram of fishing tool & plural

10:07 pm

di 6/27 is the big di*per + ** and behold+vowel LeslieAnn

10:08 pm

oh that's a weird one too, don't feel bad about missing that one

10:08 pm

fireworks!

10:08 pm

woo hoo LA!

10:09 pm

congrats, LA!

10:10 pm

ME TOO! FIREWORKS, woot woot!

10:10 pm

congrats, Trif!

10:11 pm

Congratulations LeslieAnn on your fireworks! Way to go!

10:11 pm

thanks!

10:11 pm

Congratulations Trifioso on your fireworks! Good for you!

10:13 pm

woo hoo trif!

10:13 pm

that's two for two for me! Haven't done that in an age! can I offer a clue to anyone?

10:14 pm

or5 plz? hi all!

10:14 pm

hello pini! or + floppy eared bunny

10:14 pm

thx trif! was all around that one!

10:14 pm

no prob, sis

10:14 pm

;)

10:15 pm

Yay! for recent finishers!

10:15 pm

Hello Pinikula!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

10:15 pm

3 to the finish line

10:15 pm

hi trif, tor, min, et al...

10:15 pm

Go Pinikula go!

10:15 pm

okay, I should get some sleep whilst I can. Have a feeling tomorrow is gonna be a LOOOONG day of shoveling and snow blowing. fun!

10:16 pm

Goodbye Trifioso! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

10:16 pm

Pinikula,you used two words from the grid in your profile

10:16 pm

already? figures! LOL

10:17 pm

It is okay if they are in your profile. That;s not in the log

10:17 pm

(that's what I get for not changing my profile in 3-4 days! :)

10:17 pm

hi, pini

10:17 pm

hi dc :)

10:18 pm

is the last sc5 a fish?

10:19 pm

a sc5 is a verb -- to make a marble statue

10:19 pm

sc 5/16 word is beginning of a special kind of art Pinikula

10:19 pm

e.g. to make a marble statue

10:19 pm

thx dc and min ;)

10:20 pm

* sparklers *

10:20 pm

yw

10:20 pm

Congratulations Pinikula on your fireworks! Good for you

10:21 pm

Even though you are done Pinikula,read my story of clues

10:21 pm

thx...off to check email...back for flip (maybe)

10:21 pm

congrats, pini, have fun

10:21 pm

I posted it into my profile and I think it is quite amusing.

10:21 pm

(drove home from my dau's awhile ago...may be asleep by then in "my own bed")

10:21 pm

Goodbye Pinikula! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

10:21 pm

will do, min ;)

10:21 pm

back in a bit (*fingers crossed*)

10:23 pm

In that case,I'm off to look for icon for tomorrow's theme

10:29 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I will see you tomorrow

10:34 pm

g'night min

10:52 pm

and firewords :)

10:56 pm

Congrats, dc.

11:02 pm

whoo hooo dc

11:26 pm

39 left wouldn't mind some clues

11:27 pm

af5?

11:29 pm

add what chicken and turkeys etc are f*** but spelt different

11:29 pm

ty crystalle

11:30 pm

yw any others i can help with?

11:30 pm

di6?

11:32 pm

di + what a farmer does to his crops just change last letter to a vowel

11:32 pm

and di 7 is di 6 plural

11:33 pm

ty ty

11:34 pm

or5?

11:37 pm

or + to run away to marry is to e***e

11:38 pm

ty crystalle 26 left

11:38 pm

:-)

11:39 pm

wa5?

11:39 pm

Wa5 -- a type of covered cart

11:39 pm

or a shape of wheel pasta

11:39 pm

ty dc

11:40 pm

evening, crystalle and jmc

11:40 pm

i was just about to ask you crystalle if we had met before. .

11:40 pm

hi dc

11:42 pm

i have been in here at the same time as you but not sure we have chatted

11:43 pm

*still puzzling about what a farmer does to his crops*

11:43 pm

hi dc

11:43 pm

g'morning all :)

11:43 pm

he uses a machine to turn the soil kaytee--

11:43 pm

hi katee

11:44 pm

or to be bilblical he turns the swords into ****shares

11:44 pm

oohhhh - thanks

11:45 pm

I'm so far from finished I should just enjoy the conversation and forget the words, lol

11:45 pm

either way kaytee

11:45 pm

:-)

11:46 pm

Wonder why my profile pic hasn't updated - I changed it to match my FB pic

11:47 pm

is it a zebra eye?

11:47 pm

refresh your browser

11:47 pm

yes - you mean you can see it?

11:47 pm

ok

11:48 pm

ah! thanks

11:48 pm

tada!

11:48 pm

ga5?

11:49 pm

I love that pic - pinched it from an investment house here, they use zebras on all their application forms. Could decorate my entire room round that - if I had the talent to paint it huge on canvas.

11:50 pm

i took lovely pics of zebras in Kenya this summer.. . totally fascinated by the things

11:51 pm

They're magnificent - I love them for their sturdy build, as I love cheetahs for their sleek wiriness

11:52 pm

i was impressed by their infinite variety

11:52 pm

I have one ga5 - plural of a security closure

11:52 pm

ga what you use to enter a property or ga = a dishonest person

11:52 pm

no sorry i need one before that

11:53 pm

i had no idea ga meant dishonest person so hopefully u do

11:54 pm

ga5 like wizard in Lord of Rings

11:54 pm

lol i guess i donot!

11:54 pm

like gandolf

11:54 pm

ga5/20 Yiddish for a scoundrel

11:54 pm

thats a much better clue dc!

11:54 pm

hi all :o)

11:54 pm

(learned that from a Jewish teacher I once had! :oD)

11:54 pm

got dc inspite of my near total ignorance of t LOR

11:54 pm

i thought that is schmuck df?

11:55 pm

hi ru

11:55 pm

I don't know much Yiddish either

11:55 pm

crowd gathering for the flip i see

11:55 pm

oy!

11:55 pm

17 left

11:55 pm

<-- still has a headache :o(

11:55 pm

It's so frustrating never to see the answers

11:55 pm

oh, oh! I also ran into a wall today... don't ask -.-

11:56 pm

*hands dfm a bag of ice for head*

11:56 pm

do you have trouble with inanimate objects df?

11:57 pm

i have gotten better at seeing them after 2 years of asking clues kaytee

11:57 pm

no, that wall just appeared out of nowhere!

11:57 pm

sometimes they jump out at you

11:57 pm

I'm only beginning to understand some of the clues! lol

11:57 pm

itjumped out at you no doubt

11:57 pm

Walls stalk you!

11:57 pm

well there is that too kaytee lol!

11:58 pm

the clues are a language to themselves

11:58 pm

and there are different styles of clues at different times of day

11:58 pm

Oh, what timing - my friend is here to chat on Gmail .. BBL

11:59 pm

<-- gives nigh-uncomprehendable Cryptic clues most of the time <.<

11:59 pm

hello

11:59 pm

hi mlf! :o)

11:59 pm

i can't argue with that dfm

11:59 pm

hi mlfan

11:59 pm

me neither

12:00 am

hi jmc

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