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12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

*flip*

12:00 am

Flip

12:00 am

flop

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

a nice size grid, methinks. hey dfm

flippity flip!

12:01 am

hi stid!

12:01 am

and also hi red! :o) and everyone else too :oP

hi dfm, how were your holidays?

12:01 am

what I got for Christmas was home. And sick. so... not so great but not so bad?

Clues are up

12:02 am

thanks lickety

sounds OK. thanks Lickety.

12:02 am

ty, lickety

12:02 am

Thank you, Lickety. Oh, Thank you indeed, Lickety!!!

flip; hi erda dc red, ren df dart.. et al

12:03 am

ad 8

12:03 am

hi volley stid

12:03 am

YAY lickety!

12:03 am

in7 x 2

12:03 am

hey dart!! ((hugs))

12:04 am

in 7x2

12:04 am

in8

12:04 am

DR got losted...

hi stid, freep

12:04 am

damn just ya beat me...lol

12:04 am

do6+7+8+9

12:05 am

Im here

12:05 am

in 6 7 7 8 7

12:05 am

watching the news about the stadium flooded again

12:05 am

flip a bit late

12:06 am

HI ALL

12:06 am

the rose bowl, DR?

12:06 am

has there been that much rain?

12:06 am

hey nan

12:06 am

no the holiday bowl

12:06 am

hey jill

12:06 am

Nebraska vs Washington

12:06 am

hi jilli

12:06 am

oh. okay.

12:06 am

Hi Jilli and Nan

12:07 am

What a day -- desktop computer motherboard died plus had to buy a new fridge and will have to emptly and defrost the old one again, with a repeat when the new fridge arrives.

12:07 am

my goodness, jilli, what a lot for a day

12:07 am

ad8

12:07 am

So here I am on the laptop -- thank goodness I gave myself one for my birthday!

12:07 am

aww, poor jilli's computer :o(

12:08 am

RI6

12:08 am

well, it may end up all for the best, says Pollyanna.

12:08 am

I called HP today about the fan (the one that exploded) and they're telling me to make sure it isn't a software problem o.0

12:08 am

oh jill... *buys welcome home present for new fridge and flowers for old fridge*

12:08 am

did someone say in7?

12:09 am

Anyone here old enoght to know about Pollyanna?

12:09 am

i do jill

12:09 am

(hi all)

12:09 am

yes Cos..in 7x3

12:09 am

I have lots of in7? no 8

12:09 am

hayley mills

12:09 am

hi pini

12:09 am

hey pini

12:09 am

one who is in7 is an in7, pl. the second ruru

12:09 am

And I see Lickety is here -- hooray!

12:09 am

I know about pollyanna -- have a first edition, I think it is. :-D but NOT purchased new by me!

12:10 am

thanks for the in words!

12:10 am

I have seen Pollyanna with Haley Mills

12:10 am

try not to think about her...

12:10 am

I always thought Pollyanna was nauseating.

12:10 am

IN 6

12:11 am

seta

12:11 am

is there more to the in6 7 7 8 7 combination?

12:11 am

seed

12:11 am

seep

12:11 am

sept

12:11 am

mlf you should be able to extend that

12:11 am

nuts!!!

12:12 am

thanks Hoot

12:12 am

ty hoot!

12:12 am

any time

12:12 am

i am sorry i missed part of convo what about hayley mills?

12:12 am

down to 95... still need one more for NBT

12:12 am

I won't make my usual speech about BabbleExpert...

12:12 am

DE6

12:12 am

is it just me.. or do you all love hoot's clues like I do?

12:13 am

amazing, stid, but you always are

12:13 am

it's just you ruru

12:13 am

yay! evening dose of inhaler stayed in lungs. AM dose did not

12:13 am

not just you, ruru

12:13 am

Go Stid!

12:13 am

yay dc!

12:13 am

io6+7

12:13 am

ty, dfm. yay for sodium

12:14 am

thanks dfm i got those just now

12:14 am

very funny ru

12:14 am

jo6 is a word? o.0

12:14 am

*giggle*

12:14 am

the powdered inhalers can be tricky that way when one has a cough.

12:14 am

inhaler seain? glad it stayed where it belongs!

12:15 am

I can't imagine trying to keep a powder in my lungs.

in 6, 7, 7, 8, 7...

12:16 am

d

12:16 am

did someone say od7/8 (like a long time ago?)

12:16 am

welcome, dolphin

12:16 am

doit

12:16 am

don't think so freep, thanks

12:16 am

hi dee hi -- and Lickety is here

12:16 am

like ruru's clues too

12:17 am

OOOPS

12:17 am

LOL ruru!

12:17 am

he did that on purpose... right ruru?

12:17 am

wonders if ren had too much of her mum's rum...

12:18 am

oh.. yes.. indeed .. on porpoise

12:19 am

N B T !!!! :-D heading out. up early tomorrow to send the fellows off to skiing. I am staying home to work and clean a bit.

de 6 x 3

12:19 am

*feeling virtuous* we'll see if I can actually stick to my plan...

12:19 am

ni4 stid

12:19 am

gnight Stid- take care

12:19 am

wtg stid! Did you get your paper done?

12:19 am

oh. and precisely halfway, for anyone keeping track... *grin* (((hugs and choclits for all))) *poof*

12:20 am

night stid!

12:20 am

missing just one 7 now...

hi jili

missing one 8 here... I have the ad, do, in... anyone know what is missing?

12:21 am

same here volley

12:22 am

od8

ty dart

12:22 am

8s are ad do in od

thx

na 7/40

12:24 am

7s I have are do in in in io na na na od... missing one

12:24 am

da 7

12:25 am

oops, missed listing that one

12:26 am

ri 7

12:28 am

thanks, silly American spellings :oP

thx.. 7, 8, 9's found!!

12:30 am

2 bt -- the T on the right and the bottom O on the left

12:31 am

4 here -- T@(3,1) L@(1,2) E@(5,1) E@(4,3)

12:32 am

te4, jilli

nbt

12:32 am

dfm, li 4 4 4 4 5 (so far)

12:33 am

late flip!

12:33 am

ooh, forgot to try the Babblets list.

12:33 am

hi flosey!

12:33 am

well done, de

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hi dfm

12:33 am

* dee

12:34 am

ty pini but the te4 I found didn't come from there

12:34 am

wtg dee

ty hi pini; hi flosey; ty jili; hugs

12:34 am

pini li4+5+6

12:34 am

try another te4, jilli

12:34 am

hi late flosey

12:35 am

the one I just got did jilli, a te4/5

12:35 am

hi jilli

12:35 am

thx dfm, looking

12:36 am

is the te4/5 a reaol word?

12:36 am

yes, jilli (pt)

12:36 am

yes, especially to a golfer

12:36 am

first column both Os stats please?

12:37 am

od4 is one, mlf

od 4/5; od 7/32 and od 8/45

12:37 am

O@(1,4) od4/5

12:37 am

O@(1,5) od7/32+8/45

12:37 am

hmmm ... thx for the big O's ... looking

12:38 am

the golf term I have is te4/4 and doesn't come from the T I need, but I'm notoriously blind.

12:38 am

try p.t. jilli

12:38 am

jilli, make it pt instead of pl

12:38 am

pt jilli

12:39 am

ah -- ty -- I was blind indeed, duh.

12:39 am

;)

12:40 am

but that od7-8 is still hiding

12:40 am

top center T is my truck :) (ti5)

12:40 am

from me, too, jilli

12:41 am

thanks Pini

12:41 am

Dragonflies and damselflies are examples of od8.

12:42 am

pini, that T is my first Gt Dane

12:42 am

'bugs' doesn't start with od and sure isn't 8 ltrs :)

12:42 am

yw flosey, cool jilli ;)

12:42 am

think more specific, pini? And a bit more scientific ;o)

12:42 am

oh, tyvm dfm *heads to Google

12:42 am

got it!! :)

12:44 am

thanks dfm

12:44 am

ty dfm and google -- NBT

12:44 am

I @ 2,3 ?

12:45 am

and E @ 4,3 ?

12:45 am

I@(2,3) io6+7

12:45 am

one of them is the dolphin, pini

12:45 am

that's the upper I, jilli

12:45 am

E@(4,3) ep4/6 ep4/5 ev4/7 ev5/16+6/30

12:46 am

thx dfm

12:46 am

and there's an ev4/7

12:46 am

and the I is io6/21+7/32

12:47 am

oh, sorry, the dolphin was from another I

12:47 am

thanks dfm

12:47 am

fireworks, thanks to lickety

12:47 am

ok ... meeting dau, gson and gdau in the morning...off to bed for now!

12:48 am

wtg justa

12:48 am

g'night all ;)

nite pini; congrats freep

12:49 am

congrats freep!

12:49 am

night pini!

12:49 am

anyone remember "nominative, vocative, da 6/30"?

12:49 am

hooray for freep!

12:49 am

hehe jilli

12:51 am

;-) dfm

12:52 am

thanks jilli, for 2

12:52 am

night all!

12:53 am

night freep!

12:53 am

not to mention ablative... yw flosey

12:53 am

lol

fireworks

1:01 am

whee for dee!!!

lol ty

1:03 am

wow Dee, good for you

thx may I help anyone before I poof

no takers.... *poofing with hugs*

1:23 am

sorry -- took a break to check email

1:25 am

hi again, I will try to get down to 50, then off to bed - early appt. and kids leaving around noon

1:25 am

*relieved* - hi, babblers, if any remain - back on the PC after a "visit" from my annoying sister... :P

1:26 am

over halfway, hooray

1:26 am

I'm nearing 100, feeling good about that, lol!

1:26 am

hi rbud :-)

1:27 am

hi rbud, ah well, another visit overwith?

1:28 am

ok, off to bed, 50 for tomorrow

1:28 am

goodnight all

1:28 am

oh, she's still around, she's ended up homeless in the last couple of months, after divorcing her 2nd or 3rd Egyptian husband, so she's descended on poor mom.

1:28 am

she's decided she's Muslim, now, though she know next to nothing about it.

1:29 am

nite, flosey, sleep well.

1:29 am

oh dear, rbud, good for you Mom that you are nearby

1:29 am

that sounds difficult, rbud

1:29 am

night flosey

1:29 am

**your mom

1:30 am

very difficult. mostly we all think she's gone off the deep end, lol!

1:30 am

she was planning to spend the night here, but when she found only the couch left, she refused to "sleep on display" and off she went.

1:32 am

I wouldn't mind her religious silliness, but she insists on heaping scorn on anyone who doesn't want to hear about it ad nauseum...

1:32 am

night flosey! hi rbud! :o)

1:33 am

Hello everyone. That's some 'cross' to bear Rosebud

1:33 am

hiya, dfm! how are you? haven't "seen" you since you hit your he4 the other night.

1:33 am

hi lyn! :o)

1:33 am

common with converts, I hear

1:34 am

hi lyn

1:34 am

hi Jilli and dfm

1:34 am

been mostly distracted by other stuff, I guess

1:34 am

(I've seen you since but just haven't popped in to say hi ;oP)

1:35 am

at least you're okay, then, dfm?

1:35 am

yeah, I seem to be... I also seem to be hurting my he4 slightly more often after though :o\

1:36 am

oh no, dfm

1:36 am

oh, yes, one always tends to hit the same sore places repeatedly, at least in my experience.

1:38 am

oh, where is ruru? He left his sp6 here!

evening all :)

hope you all had a lovely christmas! xox

1:39 am

HI MRP!!!

1:40 am

haha, jilli, can't believe that sp6 works!

1:40 am

and hi, mrp!

1:40 am

hi MRP, hope you are all well and enjoying the holidays. Lovely to see you

1:40 am

I thought it was a trade name, rbud

1:40 am

that sp6 must be one of my last words, don't seem to have it.

1:40 am

hi mrp! :o)

good to see you all!!

1:41 am

dfm, think swimsuit

1:41 am

or abbrev for the thing that tells you how fast you are going in the car

1:41 am

haven't seen you in ages, mrp -- what have you been up to?

1:41 am

ah got it thanks :o)

1:42 am

yw dfm

busy with pre-teens! who knew high school would be so busy!!!?

1:42 am

one left now... a s5...

my shoulder fell apart too... so need some surgery to fix it. Has been like that since June. But not in any hurry to get to the surgeon/knife

1:44 am

Oh no, mrp! Not more surgery! Is it the same arm?

sure is! stupid arm! :)

1:45 am

Geez louise, mrp! How did it happen?

how you been jilli?

1:46 am

:o( what happened?

1:46 am

Oh, I'm fine, mrp.

1:46 am

But my fridge and my desktop are ailing.

torn rotator cuff... it is apparently 'typical' after surgery to the arm/shoulder area...

1:47 am

Well, that kind of surgery is pretty successful, isn't it.

1:48 am

yay fireworks! (yay my fingers sort of autocompleted that last word after three letters <.<)

indeed! as long as you follow the physio after it! otherwise the surgery is useless

1:48 am

what surgery were you in, before?

1:48 am

Congrats dfm!

1:48 am

congrats, dfm!

1:48 am

well, you're smart enough to do the physio

on ya dfm :)

1:49 am

Whoopee dfm!

big answer there dfm! it was a resection of the humerus (5 times!) and eventual prosthetic.

1:50 am

:o( sounds painful

1:50 am

dfm, mrp went through a long time of misery

oh yeah!

but my babble buddies where the best of that time! xox

1:51 am

but she is a very brave woman

1:52 am

maybe you don't know that mrp is the beautiful wife of Lickety,, dfm

beautiful indeed.... beautifully patient! I so want chinese food tonight and lickety is trying to find a chinese restaurant that delivers! Non deliver!! that is so un-Australian!

1:54 am

ok, dfm, whip up a great Chinese dinner for mrp!

1:55 am

...and deliver it, lol! ;p

1:55 am

chinese take away/delivery...hey MRP we have a few out Campbelltown way...damn, bit far from you guys...xxx

1:56 am

We have a terrible Chinese restaurant here

too far for us diz!

1:57 am

Well, 44 left for tomorrow -- this grid has been a bit nicer than the last few imho.

1:57 am

LOL MRP, thought so.

1:57 am

Delivering may... take a while, I think... ;o)

we have good chinese rests here... but no delivery :(

1:59 am

dfm, would take about 2 hrs from mine to hers,,,LOL

2:00 am

dfm could teleport, maybe?

the last time I went through Campbelltown, I took a wrong turn going to Griffith! How sad is that!

2:03 am

hahahaha...real sad

2:03 am

hahahaha...thats real sad

2:03 am

hahahaha...thats real sad

2:03 am

but I don't has a teleporter!

I know my local area ok... but a 20km radius is all I know! Ask me to point you to Melbourne, and you would end up in Alice Springs!

I know my local area ok... but a 20km radius is all I know! Ask me to point you to Melbourne, and you would end up in Alice Springs!

2:03 am

well, it's midnight here and bedtime for moi so goodnight/evening all...and *poof

I know my local area ok... but a 20km radius is all I know! Ask me to point you to Melbourne, and you would end up in Alice Springs!

2:04 am

night jilli!

argh... 2am hiccup night jilli!

2:04 am

(mrp hit the hiccup)

2:04 am

nightie nite Jilli

2:04 am

*repoof

2:25 am

probably my bedtime too... night all! :o)

nite dfm

2:55 am

Good morning everybody.

2:55 am

Perfect-sized puzzle for a busy day

2:56 am

I think I just missed everybody.... :(

2:59 am

hello friends. insomnia...feh

2:59 am

thank goodness for babble on these nights!

2:59 am

hello trif: 2 tricks for insomnia -- think up 7-letter words (old scrabble player talking) or take a Xanax if obsessing is the reason! hahah

3:00 am

hello ruby. don't have any xanax, but love the scrabble suggestion!

3:00 am

it is so boring, that it usually works

3:02 am

how is your husband doing, ruby?

3:03 am

he is very depressed, does too much in the mornings and then has pain in the afternoons and, talk about obsessing!!!!

3:03 am

oh dear! did any thing ever come of the court case? I mean, not to pry, of course....I am just a little out of the loop

3:05 am

yes, the dog-owner was found guilty and was fined 450 euros, the dog was not put down, husband was awarded half what the lawyer asked for but we haven't seen a penny in the 2 months. Now he has to see a court-appointed doctor to evaluate whether we can sue for damages. BUT THE DOG IS STILL IN THE VILLAGE!!

3:05 am

oh man....

3:05 am

Everybody is afraid to walk near his house

3:05 am

the ultimate oxymore, French criminal justice

3:06 am

I should think, yes!

3:06 am

oxymoron* my typing is terrible this AM, I slammed my hand in a drawer when I got up

3:10 am

I have really come to loathe the letter i....

3:11 am

I've found 1 so far, was happy to see the greyed one...hahah

3:11 am

the one I got was in6/27

3:12 am

ooh, got iv5/18 (or my monkeys did)

3:13 am

easy 50, then no so easy

3:13 am

another in6/27

3:13 am

add a d to the in6/27

3:14 am

and an s for another 7

3:14 am

ty ray, didn't see that!

3:15 am

smart ray! and hello

3:15 am

and an e for a 3rd 7

3:15 am

hi all..

3:16 am

and an s for an 8!!!

3:17 am

and for the lower one, a form of antiseptic

3:17 am

and plural

3:18 am

see you later, hope you can get back to sleep trif!

3:18 am

and thank you ray for yur fine focus!

3:18 am

thanks ruby....still looking for the bottom left o....

3:50 am

Trif ...op4

3:51 am

oopsie you said left and I did right...sorry

3:53 am

it tis od 7/8

3:55 am

TY DizG

3:55 am

hi Ruby & Trif

afternoon all...

4:15 am

hi Fish

4:24 am

hello, back for a few

4:24 am

{{lynxx}}

4:24 am

hiya fish fish

4:24 am

hi Ruby

4:25 am

how was your holiday? All was lovely and quiet here, just enough snow to be pretty, but no more big storms

4:26 am

71 easy words this AM, once I started getting in words, thanks to Ray 100

4:26 am

It's been lovely here - very pleasant 20+ degrees with cool nights. Tomorrow is our first hot day (40) but a promised cool change before the NYE celebrations begin

4:27 am

but still alot of blanks.....

4:27 am

so you can NYE outdoors!! Are there fireworks?

4:28 am

In Melbourne on the river Yarra. Nothing as good as Sydneys though

4:28 am

in Miami, you couldn't go outside on NYE because the Cubans shoot their guns straight up! Every year people are killed by falling bullets

4:32 am

48 left and getting too tired to find anymore. Goodnight all

4:33 am

goodnight {{lynxx}}

4:34 am

accumulate some extra sleep for NYE!

4:34 am

yay, half, and lunchtime

5:08 am

84 done 84 left bedtime 3.10 am night all

5:32 am

Hello Babbleland ...

5:38 am

hello FM

5:38 am

Hello Katie, how goes it with you?

5:39 am

good thanks, you?

5:39 am

Happy now we have thawed and temps are up in the ++

5:40 am

I know it's such a relief

5:40 am

Are you working or off this week?

5:41 am

off til the 4th january which is lovely are you off?

5:41 am

I've got some work that needs to be done but taking it easy. Enjoying todays grid for a change.

5:42 am

I don't get to play much any more so making the most of it

5:43 am

Darn it when real life gets in the way :)

5:44 am

I know it should know it's place

5:45 am

My last couple of words are proving very elusive, think I will put the kettle on and come back with fresh eyes. biab.

5:45 am

see you later :-)

good morning. I foudn 59 words last night...

greetings Ladies of the Grid

hi Jean, its just You and I I fear.

I not afeared :-)

happy new year red

happy new year to you. Any resolutions?

Never keep them but I will think about it!

you?

I resolved last year to do some regular volnteer work and did not, so I think this year will be the year...

well, always plenty of that to do around

r u still in RI?

yes, I just have to find something that meets my schedule. and then do it...

when I was unemployed last year

I found this amazing website

volunteermatch.com

I got back to Orlando yesterday.

Oooh I should try it!

you can find something to do every day, once a week, just for a few hours, whatever you want

you put in your parameters and see what comes up

that sounds good. I do live in a rural area, but we still have a lot of needs.

take a look, I think you will be amazed

I thnk I shall! My biggest problem is not having a set schedule at work, so, coming once a week at a certain time gets a little difficult...

then you can get a one-time project

I went and packed food for Haitian children, that was a one time shot

then one sunday I helped at a residence for develp[ disabled adults

there are literacy programs, homeless shelters, long list

that is really great Jean. I have on the short list, working in the school and wokring at our very small food bank. I have a passion for feeding people, its so sad...

that in the US we have hungry people.

I agree, there is no excuse for it

I am fascinated with Gleaners, what a brilliant idea

there is so much food that otherwise goes to waste

but then I kind of know from my job who is using the food bank and I can get annoyed by them arriving with cigarettes in their pockets...

yes, I agree with that too!

I pass "homeless" people every day walking thru chicago and they are always smoking

you could buy a lot of good food for the price of a pack of cigs

oops, connectivity problem, but yes I agree jean. our hike in Cig prices has created a lot of non smokers though...

I know, amazing

7:20 am

good morning people of the grid. I hope the day is amazing for all.

7:21 am

I am sorry to interrupt, but I just cant give someone money when I know it is going to cigs. My x was in jail and cigs are going for 4 dollars each here in NC.

7:23 am

H$Excuse me butting in -- we don't know what it takes for someone to get thro' the day: alcohol, drugs, cigarettes. I feel I give someone money, it's his to spend how best he needs.

7:27 am

part of me believes in what you say and for sure a year or two ago. But when my X wasnt giving child support and I couldnt pay my morgage so that he could buy a case of cigs, no just cant stay with that way of thinking anymore

7:28 am

and I think there are Need, Wants & desires. My x was a raging alcoholic smoker and that is where his money went. Not his kids.

7:36 am

morning all

7:36 am

help with corner o pls

gm peri

7:44 am

hey there EJ

7:44 am

o + you ****** to Good Will and plural

good clue molly

7:45 am

and I do ****** to ?Good Will and did not have that

7:45 am

the od word is an odd one and a new one for me

same here

7:45 am

ty Molly

7:46 am

crap, thought I had NBT but need the i above the A pls

7:49 am

nm

7:49 am

bbl

7:55 am

NEED HELP!

7:56 am

good morning all - how can we help Molly

7:56 am

sue - it is sad that addictions consume peeps and the innocent suffer. i did a study on the people who stand on the street and beg...1) how did they pay the money for the big tip marker to make the sign? 2) why are their shoes better than mine? and the shocker of all...was 3) why did they walk a little ways from their post and get in a big old suv? serious pet peeve of mine - i get hit on all the time for money or gasoline - i carry no money and only my amex when i go out and when i'm out - i look like a bum....go figure - i know this is a little late in the chog -i have nothing better to do than share my studies w/ all you fab babblers who know my elevator quit working

7:59 am

I lived in NY for 29yrs and I know what your are saying. Your elevator does go all the way up.

8:00 am

NEED WRDS

8:01 am

NBT and NBS !

8:01 am

me too

8:01 am

right t?

8:02 am

doing great wv!

8:02 am

Good morning

8:02 am

right t - think was the one related to golf

8:04 am

IM 8 WRIAT EASER

8:08 am

i found na6/7 if anyone wants it

8:08 am

sure

8:08 am

I am not a na6 american or indian

8:08 am

please

8:09 am

NOT LIING

8:09 am

thanks Sue and good morning

8:09 am

thnx sue

8:09 am

ty sue

8:09 am

molly, you are screaming

8:09 am

morning mom

8:10 am

BY

8:10 am

molly are you ok?

good morning babbliners.

8:11 am

hi red

8:11 am

morning red

8:11 am

Good morning Red, are you home or still in RI?

I have made it home thank goodness. I am sure my sister and her family are glad to return to regularly scheduled li*** as am I. But the snow was neat-o

how are you Mom. Did you have a nice Holiday?

8:13 am

glad you got to see the snow. I doubt that, I am sure your sister and her family enjoyed your visit

8:13 am

I am just fine. It was a very nice day, thank you. And yours?

I am amazed at the constant input her kids need, but they are of that age...

glad to hear yo made it, red. hi all.

8:14 am

oh the day will come when they will want to be left alone. :-(

8:14 am

Hello ((TO))

8:14 am

well worded red

Hi TO. Philly was no problem. Sadly when I came into Orlando it was obvious that people were stuck...

8:15 am

indeed,mine is 17 and just grints at me now unless it is something he wants lol

8:15 am

morning everyone;)

8:15 am

grunts*

8:15 am

morning cross

Hi Cross.

8:15 am

((Crossy)) good morning

8:15 am

mine in 14 and thinks i run a taxi service

yikes, we'll all nedd those hot pants after this season, the pb was well stocked.

Well, their nephew Hemry is 16 and he is very personable and gets along with his family nicely. But 6 an 7 ye old nephews really try the patience.

8:16 am

and my 10 year old thinks i am supposed to entertain him at all times

8:17 am

Red, love your icon

yes, its the entertain me factor that about drove us all up the wall. My Sister and Brother in law are not into TV for the kids, so they can not be entertained that way.

Luckily they had snow caves to build.

8:18 am

and stay in

thanks Mom, there is a pair for you in the pB!

8:18 am

lol, thanks

well, must shower and head in to a late day at work....

Have a lovely pre new years everyone!

8:19 am

take care Red, nice to see you and welcome home

8:19 am

and to you as well

8:20 am

bye red

8:20 am

tc red

8:20 am

I need to shower as well, bbl

bye red. and bye all, time to get ont he road.

8:20 am

bye Sue

8:20 am

bye TO, have a safe drive

8:21 am

Temple, I am praying you have a save trip

ty. catch you tonight

8:39 am

hi mom it's your wayward child

9:01 am

Hi ((Ren))

9:02 am

sorry I didn't see your greeting before now. I was getting ready to go to the grocery

9:06 am

time to go, be back in a bit. ((Hugs)) Sorry I missed you Ren

9:07 am

nite

9:08 am

yikes. hi... sorry, i don't know how the cursor got there. i just began with that. what's in the pb?

9:09 am

rennie, mom, owl... you all gone?

9:20 am

Hi Doens. New Years Eve party food in the PB.

9:20 am

thanks molly. i'm out of there now (i think)

9:22 am

I'm fixing to put a champagne fountain in there too. That should attract Cross's attention.

9:23 am

too early in the morning for me to drink, but maybe i'll visit later

9:24 am

hello...do we have a list today?

9:25 am

don't know yet phae... hoping

9:25 am

Yes, Lickety is up.

9:26 am

ty Molly

9:31 am

1st li5?

9:32 am

nm

9:36 am

oated is too a word... what do you call those nice breads that have oats strewn on top of them?

9:37 am

clue for the em 4 / 8 please

9:38 am

a plural with a high point letter teach

9:38 am

i mean, if you can have fruited plains, why can't you have oated breads?

9:39 am

thnx dorens - thought i had monkeyed that

9:39 am

wow, that is a stretch dorens - LOL

9:39 am

i agree with oated... but would't have tho0ught of fruited plains

9:39 am

sounds goo d to me dorens

9:40 am

i do yoga, kj... stretch very far (in some ways)

9:40 am

doe

9:40 am

so, what i'm saying, in my roundabout way, is that i need a clue for the bottom left o. i am down to 62 words, but still nothing down there.

9:41 am

not a bad grid today

9:41 am

o + give to charity

9:41 am

thanks

9:41 am

yw

9:42 am

and now with 60 left, i can go get dressed... it's been one of those nice lazy mornings so far. see you later

9:43 am

hagd dorens

9:44 am

hello all - stats for lower i please

9:45 am

someone said champagne?

9:49 am

guess not...sniff....

9:50 am

cross, it's not 2011 just yet

9:51 am

got another ~37 hours here until we can break out the bubbly

9:56 am

Good Morning Babblers

9:57 am

howdy riverdance;)

9:58 am

How is everyone this fine morning?

9:58 am

alive and kicking;)

9:59 am

I am officially on vacation - whoohoo - dropped kids off at friends and ski mountain - have a quiet day at home - double whoohoooo

10:00 am

now if I can only get the dogs to lie down and stop pestering me....

10:00 am

give them a chewy bone something they can gnaw on for an hour ir 3

10:01 am

that works for the old one - the young one has her head in my lap looking at me with those EYES - oh so cute

10:02 am

those i wanna go walkies eyes

10:02 am

No those I want to be petted eyes

10:03 am

labs never stop wanting for attention

10:03 am

phantom 'depth"

10:08 am

clues for the de6/21's?

10:09 am

de 6 to slow someone down or stop them

10:09 am

de6 to hate

10:09 am

de 6 to dislike some one intensely

10:09 am

ty...need one more

10:10 am

got it! ty

10:10 am

de6 to put something forth in court

10:10 am

remove from power

10:10 am

he6?

10:10 am

take a statement under oath

10:10 am

down to the last 5

10:12 am

no idea on the he sorry

10:13 am

he6...cool and small frog

10:14 am

cool and small frog?

10:14 am

managed to monkey it;)

10:14 am

to be cool ...he*cat

10:14 am

a cool baby frog

10:15 am

if he was a swinger in the 20,s

10:15 am

oh dear my cryptic clue head aint working today!!

10:15 am

done

10:15 am

headon

10:16 am

mine either - congrats phaeton

10:16 am

small frog...or small boy

10:16 am

yaa for phae!!

10:16 am

or a little bit of something

10:16 am

tried that too - didnt work

10:16 am

ty crossy

10:17 am

well will give the old eyes and brain a break and go do some chores - bbl - happy babbling

10:17 am

Happy Babbling!!

10:18 am

he+ cons+ a small amount

10:19 am

yea, its the small amount bit that confusing me - is that small amount US or UK? lol

10:19 am

does not matter

10:19 am

it is a slang for small amount

10:20 am

ok sorry to be a pain, i'll work it out and ty xx

10:20 am

lol:))

10:20 am

i'll probably be back in 8 hours asking for another clue for it lol

10:20 am

np:)

10:21 am

Good morning, all. Hate to start with a protest, but "Stevia" should be acceptable.

10:22 am

and what would stevia be? lol

10:22 am

It's an herb - used as a sweetener.

10:22 am

a tad obscure lol

10:22 am

it's waaaaaaaaaay too new! sugar substitute

10:22 am

Nah, the herb has been around forever.

10:23 am

i am sure it has,ever since things sprouted out of the earth lol

10:23 am

but just recently started promoting it

10:23 am

anyhoo - hi there all

10:24 am

howdy hoot

10:24 am

we are stuck with an enable in a time capsule :/

10:25 am

so i cannot use 'elvii" either

10:25 am

yup! need a new dictionary

10:25 am

and it IS in the new dictionaries

10:25 am

woder if the new babble will use the updated enable

10:25 am

we can only hope

10:25 am

are we talking small people or many elvises??

10:26 am

many elvises

10:26 am

aah

10:26 am

hiya

10:26 am

we host the world international evis festival every august here in my home town

10:26 am

hi weedola

10:26 am

howdy feathers

10:27 am

weedola, lol, nice.

10:27 am

I live in Memphis - I get it all year round!

10:27 am

ugh

10:27 am

how's the grid? not that I should start it...

10:28 am

it is not too bad feathers

10:28 am

easy, weed... already done

10:28 am

gets a tad sticky in the second half

10:28 am

the first 125 will come in minutes

10:28 am

cool. will check in later when nick's doing his nap.

10:28 am

then the list eases the rest of the way

10:29 am

mmm,i have some Tetley extra strong blend.who wants a cuppa?

10:29 am

mmm,i have some Tetley extra strong blend.who wants a cuppa?

10:30 am

sorry - have to go- Company tonite and a mattress to buy this morning. BBL

10:31 am

hagd hoot

10:31 am

did my turn kje, off to chase nick. bbl!

10:32 am

k

10:32 am

trip him... it slows him down a bit

10:35 am

lol,we have this mattress set a simmons,extra firm but we add a pillow top to it.we had it given to us when we married.it is now over 18 years old.thing is bullet proof lol

10:36 am

her parents had it for 20 years before that as a guest room bed,thing was hardly used lol

10:36 am

totally bullet proof lol

10:43 am

Wow Cross. Not too many people claim that an almost 40 year old mattress is still comfortable.

10:46 am

we buy a pillow top for it every 2 years or so

10:46 am

and i rotate it and flip it per instructions

10:46 am

Interesting.

10:46 am

*note to self.. when visiting Crossie.. stay at hotel*

10:46 am

lol,it is spotless ruru

10:47 am

and your not gonna be in my bed anyways lol

10:47 am

we have a nice sealy in the guest room

10:48 am

on an amazing 1920 dbbl frame with metal head and foot boards

10:48 am

yay i finally got the he 6 lol

10:48 am

what is it frog? can you clue it..?

10:48 am

if you take care of things,you do not have to buy a 1500 dollar bed set every 5 years lol

10:49 am

yaa for froggie!

10:49 am

he+cins= small amount

10:49 am

ty so much!!

10:49 am

cons

10:49 am

dammit

10:49 am

he+cons+small amount*

10:50 am

yes, the small amount literally just "leapt out at me" - after nearly 30 minutes!!!

10:50 am

lol

10:51 am

thats why baby frogs are called ***poles

10:51 am

you'd had thought I would know that, d'oh!!!

10:51 am

thanks you two

10:51 am

there we go ruru..dragged you kicking and screaming to the word lol

10:52 am

ok ok here's a q - what does the nine start with?

10:52 am

good question since i have yet to list:)

10:53 am

I just have 8's.. no 9

10:53 am

oh fair enough lol

10:54 am

and i can't stop typing patio

10:54 am

DO9 :-)

10:54 am

i have typed "depth" about 100 times as well

10:54 am

oo thanx zoom - see you all in about 12 hours when i've solved it lol

10:55 am

omg! shock horror! i just instantly got the nine!!!!

10:56 am

lol

10:56 am

Well done Frog :-)

10:56 am

mucho thanxo

10:57 am

still hunting the 9....

10:58 am

it means to give to charities, Crossy.

10:58 am

got it

10:58 am

thanks

10:58 am

i thought it was an extension of those

10:58 am

i have the 6 and the 7...

10:59 am

but the ending is like the mc vities diges*** bisuits.

10:59 am

add some intravenous fluids!

10:59 am

ty zooz;)

10:59 am

yw :-)

10:59 am

and gave me the 8:)

11:00 am

if you use the normal spelling you can add another letter infront of the `DO` to get an OD 8 :-)

11:02 am

not sure if i should of clued like that, as that is giving the first three letters..sorry about that.

11:04 am

np;) already had that 1

11:04 am

:-)

11:05 am

i cherry pick all the biggies,get over 2000 points,then just coast,if i finish i finish,if i do not,i have some points lol

11:05 am

did you see the total word count today or are you still holding off?

11:06 am

i peeked already..i am just 59 in;(

11:06 am

need to get to 84 for the option to list:/

11:07 am

6 left for me to find.

11:09 am

you can do it zooz!

11:10 am

been stuck for ages now crossy, watching tv at the same time, so think i will have to list.

11:10 am

if you got down to 8 with no list,i am your new fanboy;)

11:13 am

Most of the words so far , are normal words.

11:13 am

Well as normal as grid words go..lol

11:13 am

ahh just found the ri 7/44 feel better now

11:14 am

what to your seat..lol

11:14 am

lol

11:15 am

ri 7/44 was my first word today. First time ever that my first word was a 7.

11:16 am

Not often i find large word instantly just 4s mostly...so good going, Molly :-)

11:17 am

yaa for molly!

11:17 am

yaa for molly!

11:17 am

mm i seem to have a stutter

11:22 am

It's a total anomaly for me. Must be some kind of New Years gift from The Universe.

11:28 am

watch this ad for seat belt safety,totally perfect!!

11:28 am

http://www.leenks.com/link253310.html

11:30 am

Embrace Life: Always wear your seat belt.

11:33 am

cool commercial does not run here

11:33 am

We have Adverts similar to that but very graphic near christmas or summer holidays.

11:35 am

that iv5 always catches me out, fireworks.

11:37 am

the one i remember the most here was a boating safety advert,it showed a lake, then a boat drifts into view,and in it are a 9 year old and a 7 year old boy wearing life vests.they hare holding each other and very scared.as the boat drifts 3/4 out of the camera shot it pans to the water line and you see dad floating face down in the water with no live jacket on,bumping up against the boat

11:37 am

yaa for zooz

11:38 am

Hard hitting these adverts can be, but i wonder if they make a big difference, not nice to watch either way.

11:39 am

As a Coast Guard brat, I appreciate that commercial. Where is the sense in putting PFD's on your kids and not wearing one yourself.

11:39 am

indeed

11:39 am

too true, Molly.

11:39 am

i was running a boat before i could ride a bike so u understand perfectly

11:40 am

i*

11:43 am

always wear my pfd vest.they are so comfy now and streamlined,not like the old"innertube" vests

11:55 am

hello all

11:55 am

I only have one in word, help pls

11:55 am

howdy peri

good morning / afternoon everyone !! :-))

what word, peri ? I only have done 84 so far but I might have it ...

11:58 am

only have the first in word

11:59 am

and the 2nd now too

11:59 am

All I have is the dolphin, I'm afraid.

lol... I have neither, sorry :-(

11:59 am

ok

just got them both... hadn't gotten that far yet

how many are there ?

12:00 pm

Now I have three more though, all to do with asking someone something.

12:00 pm

just found some more in words, think of when someone asks you to so somewhere

12:00 pm

7 in words

thanks... :-)

12:00 pm

Yup those were the ones I got. Also the one dealing with making more money.

12:01 pm

the last 5 in words are the same except for the ends

12:02 pm

monekys are up from their nap :)

making use of the double vowel too :-)

12:03 pm

yep

12:05 pm

stevia is not accepted!!

lol

12:07 pm

45 left, bbl

12:13 pm

he 6/27 plz

hi ivesy :-) I think it's a measurement of seven ?? somethings ?

12:15 pm

hmm drawing a blank here lol

a real he* cat + a wee bit of something

or we call a small child a *** sometimes

12:16 pm

do i have the same puzzle roflmao

crossed letter + classified **

I only have one he 7... so it could be another one. I haven't pulled the list yet

12:18 pm

well, i will just keep typing in letters lol. thks though

basic definition to it all, or at least the one I have is "group of seven "

12:20 pm

got it finally ty! now get ready for work

have a great day... see you later. Hey ivesy... I got a Kobo e-reader from Wally for Christmas !!

12:22 pm

oh wow! have u started using it yet

12:22 pm

gd evening everybody

12:22 pm

good morning, everyone :)

12:22 pm

hi ruby

12:23 pm

Hi all. I am lurking

12:23 pm

(((choclits))) hi there.

12:24 pm

I am working on getting this research database pulled together... taking a few minutes to just "chill" before plunging in. It's COLD and sunny here today. The boys went skiing... I am home doing laundry and studying.

12:25 pm

lol, stid - minute in you mouth...

12:25 pm

LOL nan!

12:26 pm

hello nan

12:26 pm

hiya stidmama

12:26 pm

how about how chocolate cake, liquidy in the middle

12:26 pm

with sweet cream

12:26 pm

hot* not how

12:27 pm

still a minute in the mouth and 5 years on your hips!

12:27 pm

*wiping drool off keyboard before it shorts out* for shame ruby! now I have to BAKE!

12:27 pm

who has hips? mine disappeared in my 60's!

12:27 pm

I'm one of those little chicken old ladies

Groan. Just come on for half an hour and you're all talking about FOOD!

12:27 pm

I'm still fighting a losing battle, ruby

Ivesy, if you're still there... Haven't read anything on it, or ordered any books but the possibilities are unlimited !!!!

12:28 pm

hips? where? I got a rugosa rose with LOTS of hips!

12:28 pm

me too, those are my hips!

I've just been playing with it !

12:28 pm

hey sally! we can talk grad-school research if you prefer?

Funny you should say that stid :-)

12:28 pm

hello sally, let's talk about stidmama's research paper hahah

Did you all have a good Christmas?

12:29 pm

thanks for the he 6 (way earlier) btw

12:30 pm

sally, I'm afraid Christmas was all about food and fossils and thinking of your lucky son in Egypt!

Actually, I'd rather be in England :-)

12:31 pm

I've never been to Egypt

12:31 pm

it would be odd to have Christmas there.....

12:32 pm

with all that snow??? England seems a scary place when it snows.

I found it odd once to have Christmas in LA. Hot sunshine and pictures of Father Christmas on a snowy sledge :-)

12:32 pm

Christmas in Egypt... hm. *considers whether they have trees with lights*

Santa arrived by boat.

12:33 pm

pulled by 8 dolphins?

12:33 pm

:-D I think Santa in Puerto Rico came on an airplane. We got a scrawny tree that was shipped in from the mainland.

Not sure about the dolphins. All I know is that small grandson rushed into the water fully clothed and had to greet Santa in the altogether :-)

12:34 pm

oh man, I am completely distracted. down to 56 and going to get some more stuff in that database. Or else. *determined grad student look* back later! *poof*

12:36 pm

92 and stalled

12:36 pm

hope there is a list

12:40 pm

good night everybody

bye ruby

12:45 pm

ad 8, please?

12:47 pm

add to the ad5

12:47 pm

ty davurs

12:48 pm

yw

12:49 pm

phant phaeton

1:08 pm

howdy again everyone;0 back for a few minutes before work calls:/

1:12 pm

evening all - davurs - i have an ad 5/14 is that the one or is there another ad 5 thx

1:13 pm

howdy kazz

1:13 pm

hi crossy

1:14 pm

the words are coming tough now;(

1:14 pm

Afternoon

1:14 pm

all

1:14 pm

he 6, please?

1:15 pm

here i thought "ionate" was a water treatment process;(

1:15 pm

hi crossy, kazzer, bob

1:16 pm

howdy cybernan

1:16 pm

ot got it yet - he 6 - my final h

1:16 pm

yeah - me too

1:17 pm

i am missing so many i words;(

1:18 pm

I have an he6

1:18 pm

i have 63 left. howver i dont have very many of the biggies

1:18 pm

as do i;)

1:18 pm

I can't tell if someone needs a clue for it or not

1:18 pm

gave up and listed about 10 words ago

1:18 pm

please pretty please

1:19 pm

hey all. I just found my last 8...

1:19 pm

stats for the 9 please?

1:19 pm

howdy stidmama

1:19 pm

group of seven I believe

1:19 pm

clue please, m9?

1:19 pm

do 9/78

1:19 pm

hi stid

1:19 pm

down to 53. Have all my papers (to date) in my research database, next step will be to start pulling the quotes and data...

1:20 pm

group of seven

1:20 pm

i now have the 9 - thanks

1:20 pm

he 7 is group of 7? as the painters?

1:20 pm

:)

1:20 pm

*Running in to give Stid a New Year's hug before she dashes out of here again*

1:20 pm

lol,get one i and the rest just jump out at you

1:20 pm

oh -- you mean numbers

1:20 pm

painters?

1:20 pm

thanks Molly! ((hugs back))

1:20 pm

he+cons+ small amount

1:21 pm

he6 is a group of 7

1:21 pm

group of seven -- were Canadian artists

1:21 pm

there were indeed

1:21 pm

AY Jackson was probably the most famous

1:21 pm

oh! down to 50! :-D

1:21 pm

a very "with it" baby frog?

1:21 pm

tom thomson etc

1:22 pm

LOL m! cute!

1:22 pm

i have been to the mcmichael gallery,very nice

1:22 pm

off to the store now!

1:22 pm

ty -- was trying to put a different ending on it

1:22 pm

a lot of their stuff is there

1:22 pm

"mom! let's move on.. I'm leeeeeaaving..."

1:22 pm

later m!

1:22 pm

Yes, but were those Canadian artists as famous at The Baronets.

1:23 pm

the baronets?

1:23 pm

since i do not know the barnetes,i would have to say yes lol

1:24 pm

The Baronets was a trio that Celine's husband Grandpa was in.

1:24 pm

lol,wonder how i missed them lol

1:25 pm

I saw some of the collection when it was at the BC art gallery in Victoria -- would love to be able to visit the McMichael

1:25 pm

They basically ripped off Beatles tunes Cross. Very laughable.

1:25 pm

my mrs calls celine "the screamer" lol

1:25 pm

okay, down to my last birthday (that'll leave 'em wondering) and off to check laundry and then back to the papers. *virtuous student look* back as soon as I can... *reluctant poof*

1:26 pm

I don't se 30th there stid!

1:27 pm

well,sadly i must head off to work;((

1:27 pm

tc everyone and happy babbing

1:27 pm

POINK!!

1:27 pm

bye crossy - a demain

1:31 pm

bye crossy

2:03 pm

is the chog dead or has my machine crashed

2:07 pm

or both

2:09 pm

hi ata - how are you

2:09 pm

tired from a day on the beach!

2:10 pm

on the beach? - doing what - surely not swimming

2:10 pm

a bit of paddling lol. no, monitoring velvet swimming crab mortality events

2:11 pm

i saw your photo on flickr - is this a problem

2:12 pm

it's becoming a yearly event, certainly

2:12 pm

with the cold snaps over winter, velvet swimming crabs are apparently very sensitive to temperature

2:12 pm

hmm - sounds like a temperature change thing in the sea - do they suffer from rapid changes

2:13 pm

oh yes, they all get washed onto the shore the morning after any particularly cold winter night

2:13 pm

obviously they do - if you are studying anything get in touch with the office and we might be able to supply sea temps and air temps over the sea

2:14 pm

oh, that would be interesting

2:14 pm

we're starting to keep much more detailed records now it's happening every year - Kent Wildlife Trust and the Thanet Coast Project together

2:16 pm

we have a buoy at about 50N 00E and also at sabndetti - just off the French coast. i think you will find that the sea temps well lag behind the air temps. I wonder if its the shock from relatively warm seas to freezing cold temps at night at low tide

2:17 pm

that's what I'm thinking ... it has to be a huge thermal shock

2:17 pm

really, I've never seen anything like the beaches today. Every year has been bad, but this was just insane. So many thousands washed up

2:17 pm

cos now they recommend that you cool any shellfish donw before you kill it to cook it - things like lobsters etc

2:18 pm

yep, cool it or even freeze it (slowly)

2:18 pm

is it the same time every year? coinciding low temps and very low tides

2:18 pm

a few lobsters washed up today too :)

2:19 pm

you have intrigued me - is there any easy way to get to you - do you face book

2:19 pm

the last 2 years at least have definitely been the day after a big drop in temperature - that really cold period last year, and CHristmas Eve onwards this year

2:20 pm

becky.hitchin@kentwildlife.org.uk - probably easiest!

2:21 pm

I think we've got some temp logs too, a local guy puts out dataloggers for sea temps every few days, and he might have caught the temp changes

2:22 pm

i have a quiet period at work at the minute - i will have a look at the data and drop a line to you

2:23 pm

that would be great! I should be able to pull together the dates for the mortalities over the last few years then can compare

2:25 pm

okay - have written the email address down and will drop you a line tomorrow

2:25 pm

thank you! isn't it fun to find tangential things to be interested in

2:27 pm

its great - its a cliche but i love the weather and its affects. i had a very interesting conversation with an old chap when i was first in the job about when salmon spawn well and from his records and his fathers records they found a difference in number at century end and mid century and this lead to a study which give an idea that the change in sea temp might have an affect

2:29 pm

it is amazing, it affects so much more than most people realise. I loved doing physical oceanography at uni cos that was all about the large-scale ocean/atmosphere interactions and I found that just incredible

2:30 pm

and that's one of the things I've found about working for Kent Wildlife Trust, as soon as you mention it, people just start talking to you about anything and everything and it's always fascinating

2:30 pm

We run a wave model at work that has all sorts of elements in it

2:31 pm

we're having another big temp related thing at work - the Kent coast is getting steadily invaded by Pacific oysters, and it's been proved pretty much that in areas of slightly higher sea temperature, the recruitment and settlement of the oyster larvae is significantly higher

2:32 pm

there's one bay called Pegwell Bay which has just slightly higher temps (big mud flats at low tide, outflow from a local power station) and the oysters are colonising that bay like mad

2:33 pm

wow and i suppose with shipping in the channel dropping ballast water (i know they are not supposed to) we must get a lot of foreign invaders liking the slightly warmer seas.

2:33 pm

ohhhhh yes

2:34 pm

we have *so* many invasives coming in. 3 huge harbours do not help

2:34 pm

its become too small a world in many respects.

2:35 pm

yes ... we did a survey in Ramsgate harbour a few weeks ago

2:36 pm

at least 4 species of Pacific seaweeds, Pacific oysters, a barnacle from Australia ...

2:36 pm

ooh - thats a lot

2:37 pm

yes ... it's our big push this year to start really recording in detail where all the invasives are

2:39 pm

I've got to spend tomorrow plotting out sample locations for our of our more problematic new seaweeds

2:39 pm

its also very difficult to get rid of them - in the rivers in Wales they are invaded by Himalayan Balsam and its terrible stuff

2:40 pm

it's pretty much impossible, unless you see them starting to come into the area

2:40 pm

if you notice them once they are established, it's very very hard work

2:40 pm

there's a new possible "cure" for spartina invasion though - that's the reedy grass that takes over salt marshes

2:41 pm

yeah cos once they area here most seem to out compete the local stuff

2:41 pm

there seems to be a type of invertebrate (snail? I think) that eats only the non-native Spartina - but biological control is always a worry ...

2:41 pm

that will be interesting - i love the salt marshes

2:41 pm

I *love* salt marshes

2:42 pm

hi herin!

Hope your Christmas was fantastic

2:42 pm

there are some lovely ones to the north of the Gower - we walked there on my 50th, Hi Herin - we had a fabby Christmas - did you

2:43 pm

it was good!

2:43 pm

we have a lot of salt marshes down here too, huge bird habitats and a lot of very squelchy mud!!

I just got rid of some Lantana. Worst plant ever to kill. It is a weed. I had to use poison though which is unfortunate

Is that were you been hiding Ata?

Kaz Christmas was the usual in our house

2:44 pm

sometimes one dose of poison is a lot less trouble all round than more complicated and "environmentally friendly" solutions

2:44 pm

pretty much!

Ata this damn plant is better burnt out but the fence was there so that was a stern no idea (spoil sports they are)

Ata is that a baby Silly kitty?

2:46 pm

it's a grown-up sily kitty!

2:47 pm

a few weeks ago :)

2:48 pm

herin - i was just reading about it and it says that the seeds are fire resistant

2:50 pm

well thats a good adpatation!

Kazz the bush isn't though

2:50 pm

thats true

2:51 pm

anyone got the li 5/10

Atalante.... I just spent a good bit of time looking at your photos. They are incredible!! I envy anyone who has easy access to the ocean. ...love your "Hobbit" ! Now I'm going to a map of England to see just where these places are !!!

2:53 pm

oh thank you diane! Being near the sea has to be my biggest joy - and Hobbit's biggest joy too!

2:53 pm

nm got it

2:53 pm

I was trying

HI Diane and Sue

You were speaking of the environment a little while ago, and this item just appeared on my local news link.... some people !! http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/201 0/12/30/16709836.html

2:55 pm

hi everyone

hi herin :-)

hi sue :-)

O dear the complaining is about to start. Any one want a cat

2:56 pm

silly silly people!

2:56 pm

i am now down to 14 left

2:57 pm

herin is the cat feeling left out

we used to picnic and walk in the park where that stream runs

2:57 pm

go kazz

2:57 pm

go go Kaz!

2:58 pm

hopefully if it's only water tracer dye, there shouldn't be any long term effects

Yes. He doesn't want to know me. I got up and played with him not good enough. Himself gets up and its all ''Daaaaaaaaaad play'' and as he had spare time he got to be played with. Now himself has gone to work so there is complaining

3:00 pm

thats typical - i would love a cat but i can guarantee that if we do - i will be the one that gets stalked and kiled whilst hubby will get all the loving

3:01 pm

of course. obstinate little creatures

And Madam kitty wants a cuddle but heaven forbid you touch her

Kazz I have 2 cats. One that is mine one that is his. They chose their human food slaves

3:06 pm

yes - but all cats seem to want to eat me - after i have tickled them of course

3:06 pm

thats because you stopped tickling them

Awww Kaz. Mine does but that is because she plays for keeps

3:07 pm

hi

hi sadie :-)

3:07 pm

no ata you tickle until they decide they have had enough - saunter off and then come back and snack on bits of me happens everytime

3:07 pm

hiya diane and herin

3:08 pm

hi sadie

Kaz you realise they are probably marking you as theirs.

3:09 pm

thats because they *love* you LOL

3:09 pm

hiya Kazzer

3:09 pm

yes - which in it self is quite nice but i have a bad allergy to cat bites and scratches - turns into something resembling flu

THat isn't good

3:10 pm

oh ick

3:11 pm

its funny though - specially when i go to bro in laws - they have 5 cats

3:16 pm

sounds painful, not funny!

You allergic to them as a whole Kaz?

3:21 pm

fireworks for me - no herin - most of the time i am fine - its just the biting and scatching thing

Yah on fireworks.

Can I show you the most adorable cute tough guy pic

3:23 pm

yes do - i will be off soon - must look on facebook and hten have a bath before bed

http://tinyurl.com/2be6top

3:25 pm

hmm - they are both quite cute!!

I thought it was cute. I live these so called big tough guys then they have their cute tiny little pets. It is too adorable

3:30 pm

do you twitter at all - if you dont look at this url or google professor snowball images, he's Jonathan ross;s new puppy. http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl= http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcd0 dynj3o1qax2zeo1_500.jpg&imgrefurl=http ://alxbrlw.tumblr.com/page/13&h=374&w= 500&sz=36&tbnid=PVcJtCwYzJjVYM:&tbnh=9 7&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dprofesso r%2Bsnowball%2Bimages&zoom=1&q=profess or+snowball+images&usg=__Cl562buBS5VZF QixcuI7HvgyyOA=&sa=X&ei=uvkcTa3zL9KKhQ fj54C3Dg&ved=0CCMQ9QEwAw

3:32 pm

he is sooooo cute

Awwwww I love those dogs

3:32 pm

he is a french bull dog

3:33 pm

right now all - i am off to look at fishies on facebook and havea bath - will see you tomorrow

So freeking cute. Have you seen the video of the French trying to attack the door knob stopper?

I suppose I should actually do something productive before it gets too hot. Later everyone

3:58 pm

I object to em4/8. A lot.

4:00 pm

this is so hard!!!!

4:14 pm

molly I agree especially since mosh wasn't a word yesterday

4:14 pm

but thanks for putting me onto figuring it out

hello babblers

4:23 pm

hello TO

hi sadie

4:33 pm

molly how do you like your kindle so far? i;ve been reading my book on it every night and i gotta say stephen king books is a lot easier to read on the kindle :)

4:34 pm

i like stephen king

4:34 pm

on the kindle it's so much easier because the print isn't small :)

later, all

4:37 pm

I have 6 kindles I use in my classroom. And just got my mom one for Xmas. Love them. Want my own. . .

4:37 pm

i am gonna have to break down and buy me a kindle

4:37 pm

see you later TO

4:37 pm

i didnt want to buuy one but i got one for c hristmas and im glad i did

4:39 pm

hope my mom feels the same way. she's a technophobe but starting to struggle with small print

sadie, bet you got hardly any snow

4:40 pm

only a couple incnes

4:40 pm

er inches

4:41 pm

after two weeks of 50 degrees or more we're getting snow now.. it just started.. expected 5-7 inches by tomorrow morning

bye!

4:42 pm

cya

4:42 pm

oh wow cosdem

4:42 pm

can i have a clue for any of the in7s?

4:42 pm

Im from Pittsburgh originally and im used to snow here they dont get much realy

4:43 pm

i dont have them yet looking now

4:43 pm

where are you now sadie?

4:43 pm

want an in**** to the party Cos? 3 7s from that

4:44 pm

ty lyn!

4:44 pm

hello

4:44 pm

hiya lynxxx

4:44 pm

ty linxxx

4:44 pm

OH i was looking at the wrong N

4:45 pm

hi, folks!

4:45 pm

i spent a hour last night looking for the in 7s lol... i feel like an idiot now

4:45 pm

hi Welki

4:46 pm

hi welki

4:47 pm

hey all!

4:47 pm

hi Stid

4:48 pm

deviate

4:48 pm

no, no, really not callking you names Stid!

4:48 pm

sorry

4:49 pm

LOL lynxxx.... is it important that it seemed "normal" to me???

4:50 pm

of course you are talking about the students

4:50 pm

I'm digging the Kindle Cos. I like the adjustable print. I also like the Scrabble game I downloaded.

4:50 pm

alembick -- how do you use the kindle in your classroom? what grade? *curious because I am researching tech use in classrooms for my master's project*

4:51 pm

and i can hold it in one hand and smoke or drink in the other lol :P

4:51 pm

me too Molly -- I would preferentially use a kindle for most of my reading these days ... but textbooks are not generally available. *sigh*

4:52 pm

of course, first I have to get the kindle away from tom...

4:52 pm

thats it payday i gotta see if theres a kindle i can afford lol

4:53 pm

sadie - go to ebay... ryan got mine for 90.00 on ebay including shipping

4:53 pm

$139 for the wi-fi version now sadie... AND it has speakers and can read some of the books out loud! (tom's doesn't have the audio version)

4:53 pm

how much do they cost retail, cos?

4:53 pm

hehe .. thank you, stid

4:53 pm

140 or so...

4:53 pm

lol stid beat me to it

4:53 pm

and cos

4:54 pm

not often I beat cos in a race *proud mama look*

4:55 pm

lol :-)

4:55 pm

clue for the he6?

4:55 pm

a "small" set of 7, greek-style

4:55 pm

a group of seven, cos

4:55 pm

I'm going to try the "read aloud" function in the car. This time of year, radio is boring.

4:55 pm

good idea cosdem

4:55 pm

im just lookin in amazon now lol

4:55 pm

ty

4:56 pm

less cryptically: he* cat + baby frog ***pole

4:56 pm

tip: i bought an amazon mp3 gift card and i entered the code on my amazon account...and it worked for the kindle books..

4:56 pm

gotta scott .. bye for now

4:56 pm

and scoot, too .. who the heck is scott anyway?

4:56 pm

later welki *wonders who scott is*

4:56 pm

LOL

4:56 pm

tyvm stid!

4:57 pm

oh cool cosdem thanks

4:57 pm

that's nifty cos, didn't consider that. *knows what tom will get for bday next year*

4:58 pm

the small print on the card said "good for tunes and thousands of other items on amazon"

4:59 pm

ah, see -- I can't read fine print any more. or normal print. *sigh* aging eyes sux.

4:59 pm

i had to struggle to read it lol... made me feel old :(

4:59 pm

clue for the first in6?

5:00 pm

oh. it's 3 pm. time to get the spuds ready for the cioppino.

5:00 pm

don't know if it's first, but you put your money in stocks or bonds instead of a box in the yard

5:00 pm

back later *poof*

5:01 pm

tyvm.. for some odd reason morewords didnt list the iv6 or iv7 words

5:04 pm

i know jo6 is a name but is it a word too?

5:05 pm

Definition says it's some kind of riding coat.

5:06 pm

hm ok thank you

5:08 pm

I was just off reading about Kindle - very tempted - thought it would be great for recipe books and using in the kitchen - anyone used it that way? and anyone tried the 9" version?

5:10 pm

im trying to find my handbook to see how big it is lol

5:11 pm

I think the one you have is 6"

5:12 pm

yep. it's 6"

5:12 pm

hi everyone, quick pop in to ask an IT question...what keys to window in SAFE MODE?

5:13 pm

I can't get past 40, list time

5:13 pm

hi Dawg, sorry no help here

5:14 pm

hi Lynxxx! i may have to wait til DC comes on and ask again. Stoopid desktop wont open past the first window's screen. grrrrrr

5:14 pm

or dfm perhaps

5:15 pm

Hey babblers! How are things?

5:15 pm

DC speaks baby geek to me. dfm is a bit over my head!

5:15 pm

Hi Mark

5:16 pm

How very very weird - just got an6 (after using Lickety). yesterday I was googling ow to clean some antique black elephants I have and they recommended I use an6

5:16 pm

hi Mark

5:17 pm

If you press a bunch of keys down on the Windows splash screen, sometimes it will come up and say "keyboard error" and give you an option for safe mode.

5:17 pm

Hello, lynxxx. I am just starting the grid with my friend.

5:18 pm

Hi Mark

5:18 pm

Hello sadie.

5:21 pm

Please and thanks for a clue for do8 -- I am sure it's fishworthy and I'm just blind today!

I like your name, Invictus.... :-) " I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul "

5:22 pm

do8 able to be giv en away to a good cause

5:22 pm

Hello diane!

5:22 pm

thanks

hello Mark :-)

and I have a dear online friend in Beaumont, Texas !!

5:23 pm

oh, groan... thanks, lynxxx! I thought I had tried that off the do6/7.

5:23 pm

Time for sanity break :)

5:23 pm

My friend says hi to your friend.

invictus' profile says she's from Beaumont :-)

5:24 pm

pe6?

5:24 pm

Yep, lived here for the majority of my life.

hi cos :-) sorry, don't have it yet

5:25 pm

hi diane! how you been?

5:26 pm

Sorry, I hadn't looked at it. That was rather dumb of me;

5:26 pm

pe & go out on a Saturday night ****

5:27 pm

lol i thought you meant SNL i got it now ty

5:28 pm

i kept ttrying pelive or pelife lol

5:28 pm

I am sorry that I am here for a short time. I must leave everyone now. Good-bye!

5:28 pm

bye Mark

5:33 pm

I think Ryan needs to take you out more Cos. : P

5:33 pm

lol maybe

5:44 pm

Bye everyone

5:47 pm

bye lynxxx!

5:47 pm

hey again all. short break before folding laundry

5:49 pm

hello friends. In desperate need of bottom corner o...

5:49 pm

hey trifioso. that's and od combo

5:50 pm

the mileage counter on the car is an od*meter + mr. hawthorne's nickname; plural for the 8

5:50 pm

bless you stid! I have so much to do today, but I at least like to hit halfway and nbt every day

5:51 pm

:-D trifioso, I completely understand!

5:51 pm

having a shin dig here tomorrow night....looking forward to it so much!

5:51 pm

*Stid dashes into the chat log for a brief moment, strewing clues and choclits*

5:51 pm

LOL Molly!

5:52 pm

oh, that will be nice, trifioso (better you than me...)

5:52 pm

Trif is partying in the New Year. Good for you Trif.

5:52 pm

I avoid shindigs mostly. Looking for a bigger shell as I seem to be outgrowing my current one. *waves hermity antennae at molly*

5:53 pm

ok i cannt find the first ti 4/4...

5:53 pm

*Invites Stid to come live in my cave with me*

5:53 pm

have you fastened your shoes? (again, not sure that is first)

5:53 pm

oh dear stid! I am sure you would be comfortable in my home....

5:53 pm

thats ti 4/5 isnt it?

5:54 pm

thanks molly, but... um... too much closeness! LOL *reinforces bars on hermity cell*

5:54 pm

oh. um. sorry. try a spin twi** without the w

5:55 pm

there is a vi 4/7 with same pattern

5:56 pm

ohhh wow.... that ws the 2nd ti4/4 but i got the first one that was anice fish!

5:56 pm

yes, trifioso... but without a crowd of people.

5:56 pm

:-D thanks cos. so now I need another ti 4/4 *thinking*

5:56 pm

u do it to ur car windows??

5:56 pm

:)

5:57 pm

Ha ha Cos, I was going to say rhymes with an hi word for what you need.

5:57 pm

i was lookihng at the wrong T

5:57 pm

aha! thanks cos!

6:00 pm

down to 25. time for laundry and then the list. *micro-poof*

6:01 pm

FW

6:01 pm

hitnts for the two left O boxes please

6:02 pm

just need the lower O

6:03 pm

o + you ****** to Good Will

6:03 pm

And plural

6:04 pm

ty--another word I never woulda thought of

6:15 pm

pe 5?

6:17 pm

sorry nan. How are you?

6:17 pm

hi bugs

pe 5/12 pe + the name of a book is the ***le

6:19 pm

ty Luv

6:19 pm

been in and out all day in between trying to co-ordinate travel arrangements for next year's cruise

yw Bugs

6:19 pm

a cruise! how wonderful.

6:20 pm

never been on one but everyone who has says it is such a lovely way to be spoiled

6:21 pm

pampered is right -- 13 days of being catered to

6:21 pm

I could get right into that in no time!

6:22 pm

could only go tho if husband was allowed in the engine room to play with the engines.....

6:25 pm

probably not, but he could take a tour of the bridge

jo 6/39 please?

6:27 pm

no good. He is a retired heavy duty mechanic with a work shop. He doesn't want to be in charge. He wants to get dirty! a holiday of being pampered doesn't appeal to him. I

6:27 pm

Hope you enjoy it tho !

6:28 pm

made it back to NYC, finally!

6:28 pm

sorry Luv

6:28 pm

Hi shirloc

6:29 pm

jo6 man's name

6:29 pm

ty jess.

thanks jess!

6:29 pm

yw

6:33 pm

*!* ta da *!*

just finished, any clues needed before I leave?

6:34 pm

well done both of you!!!!

6:34 pm

^5 luv

6:34 pm

not yet thanks, 49 left

ty

7:00 pm

hey r u playing right now?

7:02 pm

just finished. Can I clue for you?

7:02 pm

yeah need something from lower i please

7:03 pm

NM got them

7:03 pm

sorry. trying to find them from my list...

7:04 pm

it's ok they magically appeared after I asked

7:04 pm

happens to me all the time.

7:04 pm

any thing else before I get something done around here?

7:05 pm

no thanks I think I'll be ok

7:05 pm

congrats on fw

7:05 pm

happy Babbling then wildcat! poof

hello all. How is everyone?

7:14 pm

Hey Red. Got a three day weekend on the horizon. All good here.

7:14 pm

hi red and molly

7:15 pm

r u home red?

ooph, I have a 3 day work week ahead...and then some, but its ok, I had a nice Holiday break.

I got home yesterday. Nice and warm! Snow was fun though.

7:15 pm

glad you had a good time

How was your holidays Wild?

7:16 pm

nice and quiet

7:16 pm

and ending too soon. new year's means we go back next week (sigh)

Indeed. sigh.

this grid is not so fun now!

7:19 pm

sorry

its OK, I should probably head off to bed. Work in the morning.

7:21 pm

a

7:22 pm

hi red! :o)

7:22 pm

hi dfm are you feeling better?

hi dfm. and tce!

dfm were you ill?

7:27 pm

a bit, not really

are you feeling better?

hi dfm. how's my favorite big brain :)

7:28 pm

yeah :o)

Yaaay then!

hi and nbt

hi Joshua VOrbis. Any assistance then for the O's on the left side of the grid?

hi josh. god job on nbt.

od4 for upper, od7/8 for lower

ohhh fish me fot the od4 thanks!

lower one has to use the o above it later in the word in order to originate from lower o

7:31 pm

od4 babblet od7/8 o + do6/7

thanks! now my corner is gray!

62 left though. Oh well.

7:36 pm

hey all

bbl

7:36 pm

bye good...

7:36 pm

hi stid

7:36 pm

stats for the 9 please

7:37 pm

do8/9 wild

7:37 pm

hi everyone!

7:37 pm

gee LBD! you beat me to it!

7:38 pm

ty and hi lbd

7:40 pm

how are you-all this evening? it's cold, it's dark... and my menfolk haven't called yet on their way down from skiing. *petulant mama look* I don't know whether to finish making the supper or wait until they call!

7:43 pm

'evening, folks

7:44 pm

*and suddenly the room went still*

7:45 pm

you took our breath away welk

7:45 pm

yeah that'll be the day ... i wear mitchum :)

7:46 pm

was getting ready to say, 'and not a creature was stirring, not even a da5...'

7:46 pm

sorry, I wandered off. need 23 more wurds and they ain't talkin'!

7:46 pm

i can help if you want some, stid

7:46 pm

how've you been, wild .. were you away for the holiday?

7:47 pm

that da 5 "clue" helped! LOL 22...

7:47 pm

I haven't listed yet. hold on *thinking so hard it hurts*

7:47 pm

no been here the whole time. doing ok. how was your holiday welk?

7:47 pm

quiet, but okay. got a little fishing in

7:48 pm

*Sending out St. Bernard's to look for Stid's men folk*

7:48 pm

hi, molly

7:48 pm

catch anything, welki?

7:48 pm

other than a cold, that is?

7:48 pm

Hey Welki

7:48 pm

thanks molly!

7:48 pm

not a thing .. season is slow to start this year for everyone i talk to, it seems

7:49 pm

20. listing.

7:49 pm

that's too bad. maybe the fish are on a diet after their holiday feasts? just couldn't eat another worm...

7:49 pm

*Wondering why "please call and let me know you're okay" is such a hard thing for y-chromos to grasp*

7:49 pm

we were going to go this weekend, too, but until i hear a report that the bite is on, it's just too much work to make the trip

7:50 pm

*clink* hear, hear, molly!

7:51 pm

oh, "rosie the riveter" passed away. *sad look for icon*

7:51 pm

(that said, i'm ready if i get good news :)

7:51 pm

back in a moment...

7:54 pm

My Sister just told me that she's doing almond encrusted pork tenderloin for New Year's dinner. Let's all go to her house. : D

7:54 pm

oooh lets

7:54 pm

I refuse to list for 9 but they are not there. I've looked

7:55 pm

And she is an award winning gourmet cook so there is no telling what goes along with that.

7:55 pm

Need any help Wild? I'll be vague.

7:55 pm

that happened to me today, too, wild .. and i did a "oh, i could've had a V8" bonk when i listed

7:55 pm

L, N, top i, middle T

7:56 pm

small words kill me. i have all the biggies

7:56 pm

FINISHED!! VERY EXCELLENT!!

7:56 pm

got the N

7:56 pm

yay godth!!!

7:56 pm

if erik the red was a woman, he'd be a ti6 ti5

7:57 pm

I have those ty

7:58 pm

oh . middle t ... hang on, i can never figure out which words come from which tile

7:58 pm

need a J too

7:58 pm

got the T

7:58 pm

Which J?

7:58 pm

the j wore a technicolor raincoat

7:58 pm

all 5 and 6 letter words

7:59 pm

have him

7:59 pm

not listing so don't know

7:59 pm

then his abbrev names

8:00 pm

he + owned

8:00 pm

je + owned (corrected)

8:00 pm

ty that was the one

8:00 pm

still need 2 L, top i, A, D, and a P

8:01 pm

phone

8:07 pm

Missing Carlee...if you're lurking...I'm thinking about you.

8:10 pm

HEY ALL!!!

8:11 pm

oops. sorry for yelling. just SO HAPPY to be here!

8:11 pm

did you hear from your men?

8:12 pm

no, not yet. decided to put the potatoes in the soup anyway.

8:12 pm

wild .. still need those words?

8:12 pm

thanks for that je 5 btw

8:13 pm

probably getting one last run in before they head home

8:14 pm

slopes closed at 4. *grumble*

8:14 pm

now almost 6:15. *sigh*

8:14 pm

how far away's the ski area?

8:14 pm

depends on the roads of course, about 2.5 hours away.

8:15 pm

DA 6/7 please?

8:15 pm

like vo**** candles

8:16 pm

thanks welki.

8:16 pm

a declension (grammar) of course

8:17 pm

yeah okay *lol*

8:17 pm

de 6/24?

8:17 pm

to take from power

8:17 pm

de + po4

oust someone from power

8:17 pm

gah. political fish! thanks wild and welki!

8:17 pm

TEN to go!

8:18 pm

and thanks also diane

8:18 pm

hi diane

hi welki :-) How are things down your way ?

8:18 pm

hi diane

8:18 pm

A 5 or 6

hi wildcat :-)

8:19 pm

an6 sounds like what makes wool feel oily

8:19 pm

sigh the new year's festivites are starting already

8:19 pm

my dogs are going nuts

8:19 pm

JO 6 please?

8:19 pm

guy with the colored coat

8:19 pm

a5 = to be good at, an electrode

8:20 pm

(that was supposed to be two clues)

8:20 pm

colored coat? the fifth doctor?

8:20 pm

k have those

8:20 pm

or was that the 6th...

8:21 pm

there's ad8 ... to be the best at

8:21 pm

an6 ty

8:22 pm

stalin, stid

8:22 pm

L 5 or 6

8:22 pm

you still need an6? see 8:19

8:22 pm

okay, thinking. thanks.

8:23 pm

no that was the one and I got it

8:23 pm

li5 not stalin, but a mis=spelled word that sounds like fabric

8:23 pm

oh! the guy in egypt! LOL

8:23 pm

li + *** chi

8:23 pm

ty that was both of them

technicolor dreamcoat guy

8:24 pm

li6 = the most in person

8:24 pm

hahaha, and i said technicolor raincoat .. boy was i off!

8:24 pm

howdy everyone:)) all the refreshments are in stock for tomorrow night, a nice Mumm,s extra dry champers and some henkle troken brut;))

8:24 pm

oh, glad I didn't ask for that na 4/4 fish!

8:24 pm

FIVE!

hi crossy :-)

8:25 pm

sounds good cross -- will your guests be able to get there? is the snow under control now?

8:25 pm

i put a bottle of bubbly in the fridge, i have no idea what it is .. a gift in a crazy looking bottle. hang on...

8:25 pm

howdy diane;)

coulda been rainproof welki.... who's to prove otherwise ? ;-)

i sent sauna pants.

8:26 pm

Greetings earthlings!

8:26 pm

ROCKIN' THE NEW YEAR IN SAUNA PANTS!! RIGHT ON!!!

8:26 pm

oh, it's not 'champagne,' but Segura Viudas Brut Reserva Heredad" Hello, Espana!

8:26 pm

scwabby!

8:26 pm

hey red, scrabbs!

8:26 pm

scrabs! (((hugs and hugs))) how are you? how is the precious wee one? how are bunnies?

hi Scrabbler

8:28 pm

Little One is getting better! What a relief! She was critically ill for several days.

8:28 pm

wonderful news!!! *opens sparkling cider to celebrate*

8:28 pm

hello all

8:28 pm

is Little One the six day old you saw the other day?

8:28 pm

how many words in the grid today

8:29 pm

168

8:29 pm

Miss Bea Bunny chewed up the lace on my right shoe, which I discovered at work when the lace fell apart and my shoe almost fell of when I walked. (oxford shoes)

8:29 pm

168 words today

168 well hidden ones.

8:29 pm

and hello tru

8:29 pm

yay for little one!

8:29 pm

thanks

8:29 pm

rofl.... good bunny!!! that's payback for going away all the time...

8:29 pm

Aw Scrabs, great news about the little one. *Big Smile*

8:30 pm

accurate description red

8:30 pm

thought you were sleeping

8:30 pm

Little One = 23 mo old, hole in upper chambers of heart, pneumonia triggered heart failure then respiratory failure--went on ventilator 1 wk ago tonight.

8:30 pm

good lord!!:(

8:30 pm

heart things make so much trouble.

8:30 pm

did they know about the hole before she got sick this time?

8:30 pm

Little One = daughter of my friends.

8:31 pm

need i 5 or 6 from upper i please

8:31 pm

ohhh, i remember you talking about her last week. a wee girl with many challenges. glad there's been an upturn :)

8:31 pm

oh golly. the last p I needed was also fishy.

8:31 pm

Yep, the hole was diagnosed soon after birth, because she has Down syndrome. 40% of kids with DS have a congenital heart defect.

8:31 pm

*facepalm* WELKI!!!! i know where your fishes are... *sigh*

8:32 pm

they're here, safe with me. *gestures toward basket of sushi*

8:32 pm

Homer, The Il***

8:32 pm

my fishes?

8:32 pm

have it

8:32 pm

yep. and there a plural one *tosses another in basket*

8:32 pm

ty welki

and the odyssey ;-)

8:33 pm

you know, the ones you were NOT catching! LOL

8:33 pm

put money in stocks or bonds?

8:33 pm

yup ty

8:33 pm

oh i see ... the fish hightailed it to your kitchen

8:33 pm

D6 please

8:34 pm

like little vo**** candles

8:34 pm

and the last was an artistic fish.

8:34 pm

have it

8:34 pm

*watches fireworks exploding in the shape of fish*

8:34 pm

yay stid!!!

way to go, stid !

8:35 pm

thanks for your help and patience...

8:35 pm

de6 = to hold back ... to kick off the throne ... to list information or shine a car ... to hate like crazy

8:35 pm

got it ty

8:36 pm

hehehe, was getting ready for the do words

8:36 pm

go wild go!!! (how many left?)

8:37 pm

fireflies

8:37 pm

*taking a poll* who among us has such an overactive imagination that they can't watch disaster films (like "I Am Legend") without having nightmares?

8:37 pm

wtg wild :)

8:39 pm

<--- feels such despair when watching those movies that they haunt her dreams (Dr. Phil? Whatcha think of that? Don't watch them? Would make sense :)

8:39 pm

YAY wild!!!

8:39 pm

I am just like that welki...

8:39 pm

timer heralds potato cooking done. brb

8:40 pm

going to run hagn e1

8:41 pm

hugs for Little One when you see her again scrabs

8:42 pm

'night wild

8:44 pm

well, i'm off, folks. enjoy the evening, see you tomorrow :)

8:44 pm

I was just texting with Little One's mom--mom is sad that Little One is a zombie, but after 7 days of IV sedation (Versed) and fentanyl, and being so ill, and confused---being a zombie is expected.

8:45 pm

oh... *holding Little One's mom in the light*

8:45 pm

bye welki, thanks again. let me know if you want your fish back...

8:46 pm

tom and the boys are not in cell range, so assume they are coming off the mountain and in the foothills somewhere.

8:46 pm

Were they skiing today?

8:47 pm

Evening all. May I please have a clue for de6-24? Thanks

8:48 pm

de + po4 for a photograph.

8:48 pm

reading back welki..i eat up disaster movies like bacon sammiches;)

8:48 pm

Thanks much, Scrabbler.

8:50 pm

yes, they were up at white pass today. I stayed home to study (about 3 hours' worth) and do a few household chores (about 2 hours' worth) -- somehow that adds up to 8 hours...

8:50 pm

Disaster movies can induce a panic attack, e.g. pondering an apocalypse from disease or bombs etc, or thinking of massive and widespread terrorist attacks...see, now I am getting anxious!

8:51 pm

Good for them, Stid.

8:51 pm

I started watching night of the living dead with the younger stidkid the other day. got halfway through and asked to switch to something more my speed... I think we chose a doctor who.

8:52 pm

scrabs! pull yourself together! the asteroid is going to be diverted by the highly trained astronauts and the skillful calculations of the engineers and... oh heck. I'll just put some duct tape on the end of this ballista bolt, shoot and aim... oops.

8:52 pm

aim, then shoot! aim, then shoot! one of these days i'll get it right

8:52 pm

*Placing a warm, sparkly blanket of comfort over all anxious Babble family*

8:53 pm

*grin* feel any better cousin?

8:53 pm

thanks molly!

8:54 pm

watching the pregame show. cornhuskers have hats shaped like corncobs.

8:54 pm

huskies are much more sensible. dog he4 hats

8:55 pm

not to worry my babble friends!! i will save you all from the zombies!!!

8:55 pm

I don't worry about an asteroid, I worry about psychologically deranged people setting off bombs, releasing toxins or virulent pathogens...

8:55 pm

Crossy is our superhero!

8:56 pm

*watches cross's magnificent cape action*

8:57 pm

scrabs, Mother gave me a board game called "Pandemic" this vacation. It's a cooperative game, and so far the fellows and I have not been able to win. But last time, playing just stidkid#2 and me against the pathogens we "almost" won. Needed one more turn. :-D

8:58 pm

what can be worried about is the north korea crackpot rattling his nuclear sabre just for thrills

8:58 pm

oh, and check this out -- real-life quidditch! LOL http://tinyurl.com/2wsdk6a

8:59 pm

oh cross... *dives for the sedatives* yes. and africa exploding into anarchy (sudan, ivory coast, somalia...). and the middle east

8:59 pm

Yes, there are Quidditch teams locally and there was a tournament in the fall.

8:59 pm

it,s ok stidmama,have some champers and play babble with us;))

8:59 pm

And HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

8:59 pm

phone! brb

8:59 pm

I worry about egotistical, power hungry, control freaks and martyrs.

9:00 pm

we have a team in ann arbor (anyone surprised?)

9:00 pm

Quid...

9:00 pm

lol,i could tell you horror stories scrabbs,bjut this is not the place for that

9:01 pm

yes. they are on I-5 and heading thisaway!!! kiddo estimates about 45 minutes out

9:01 pm

I really wasn't joshin there. Each time I tuirn the news on....I wonder what, when and where oh, yes who.

9:01 pm

da 6 pls

9:01 pm

hey peach!!!

9:01 pm

Hey there, stidmama!

9:01 pm

da 6 is a grammar term -- noun form

9:02 pm

rhymes with a person who comes from the place they reside

9:02 pm

and plural of course for the 7

9:02 pm

clue for the 9 please

9:02 pm

DOBIE!!!! ((((hugs and hugs)))) haven't seen you in a dog's age! how are you? how is ann arbor?

9:02 pm

..still thinking..

9:03 pm

never would have thought there'd be a quidditch team there

9:03 pm

hey jeff

9:03 pm

hi all...in and out today

9:03 pm

howdy jeff

9:03 pm

plural of do 8/60: think of giving something away, and end with the class of people who include siblings, grandparents and cousins

9:03 pm

Hello big red, jeff, dobie

9:03 pm

hi stidmama... ann arbor is doing fine (kids on break)

9:04 pm

hi scrab and all

9:04 pm

hi scrab, jeff

9:04 pm

TY, I got that clue!

9:04 pm

let me know if you need more than that, jeff

9:04 pm

ty stid

9:04 pm

LOL yw scrabs!

9:04 pm

63 left bbl

9:05 pm

later dobie

9:05 pm

I have about five more minutes I can clue if needed. Or we can talk about fluffy bunnies and wildflowers and sugary treats...

9:05 pm

as opposed to the other topic. *wicked mama grin*

9:06 pm

tell us again about how your shoe fell off scrabs? *innocent cousin look*

9:06 pm

bunnies! where?

9:06 pm

I have been nibbling on the most delicious chocolate covered popcorn--a gift from a family.

9:06 pm

mmmmm. what a thoughful gift!

9:07 pm

Over the years, with many bunny companions that have lived downstairs, I have needed to replace MANY shoelaces.

9:07 pm

*hic*

9:07 pm

I just polished off the last of the cookies tom made for me last week (when I was sick and couldn't eat them)

9:07 pm

Hi jm

9:07 pm

hey jmc!

9:07 pm

celebrating already, are we? *grin*

9:07 pm

hiya!

9:08 pm

howdy jmc;)

9:08 pm

:-) too much jack and not enough work

9:08 pm

and feather! who had a lovely day just staying put, I take it?

9:08 pm

*hic*

hi all

9:08 pm

Hi featherbee! This is late for you.

9:08 pm

hey science!

9:08 pm

hi science

9:08 pm

168 keft

9:08 pm

*left

9:08 pm

go jmc go!!!

9:08 pm

it was! so nice. i also got a lot of general cleaning done, but it wasn't racing, it was lovely.

scrab - how is the little red head?

9:09 pm

howdy science;))

9:09 pm

Hi sg--enjoying Deadwood, I see. I am on season one of "the Big Bang Theory",a show I recently got hooked on.

9:09 pm

I know what you mean. Had a similar day here!

hi crossy i iwll be cookling bacon tomorrow for a brisket taco thing

9:09 pm

i love big bang theory!

Big Bang is awesome. Sheldon is a male me

9:09 pm

it's one of the few shows that will make me laugh out loud when watching it alone.

9:09 pm

we really enjoy Big Bang -- but now have to screen the shows as the last season has been pretty raunchy.

9:09 pm

i had bacon and bread for supper tonight

yes it has stid

as well as three men

9:10 pm

Big Bang is sometimes cute

9:10 pm

doug's not a fan, he's usually downstairs watching his own shows.

9:10 pm

so the boys are unhappy with that, but *shrug* you do what you must

9:10 pm

Off the ventilator yesterday PM and doing ok--sipped some juice. But very much of a zombie due to meds.

9:10 pm

I rarely watch three men these days -- just doesn't appeal

9:10 pm

*hic*

I hope she will be ok

9:10 pm

SG, I am also a Sheldon! (nerd, dork & geek!)

9:10 pm

mmm bacon brisket tacos.....

9:11 pm

i liked two and a half men when it started. the year or so though, i'm more disgusted by it than anything.

9:11 pm

sorry scrabs who is off vent?

9:11 pm

it will take some time for all those meds to clear her system, won't it scrabs?

9:11 pm

thanks for all the cluse stid

The brisket recipe is awesome....perhaps I should post it.........thinking.....

9:11 pm

the *last year

9:11 pm

LOL my "menfolk" call me "Penny" *sigh*

9:11 pm

yw big red

Oh wy stid?

why

9:11 pm

My sick little friend at the children's hospital ICU.

9:11 pm

i used to be more like charlie sheen from 2 1/2 men

9:12 pm

so glad she's been improving scrabs. mom must be relieved.

9:12 pm

oh dear scrabs i will put her on my Light list

9:12 pm

because I am more socially ad5 than scientifically -- although compared to most women I am really a Leslie (without the sex part)

oh I called it 3 men! it is 2-1/2 LOL

9:12 pm

actually, the size of the "child"

9:12 pm

brb

9:12 pm

i'd like to imagine i'm more like leonard. geeky but cute. and still kind of "with it"

I am a smart a** like Sheldon, something I try to change

9:13 pm

phone germany

9:13 pm

Yes, the parents are relieved although next challenge will be heart surgery in 4-6 wks. 6 hr surgery, 2 wks in hospital, barring complication.

9:13 pm

<== no tvcomperable to me

9:13 pm

too much in my cups to do gris

9:14 pm

*grid

9:14 pm

my former supervisor once said to me "more smart, less ass, please"

9:14 pm

lol dan

9:14 pm

lol dan

9:14 pm

So is Stid calling Germany or is a German calling her? Auf Deutsch bitte!

9:14 pm

Scrabbs - thanks for updates on Little One

9:15 pm

Funny, Dan. Has Maggie finished her discussion with Melanie?

9:15 pm

if someone want my attention just say bacon or vodka as the chog seems to be flying for me tonight and cannot keep up lol

Crossy - recipe iin my profile

9:15 pm

?????

9:15 pm

ty science

9:15 pm

yes mrs2bit has just this moment emerged from the nursery

9:15 pm

Parents' nightmare, Dan--critically ill kid in PICU, on ventilator.

9:16 pm

I cannot even fathom

9:16 pm

omg i can't even watch signs because the kids are threatened

9:16 pm

*cowers in corner with foil cap on*

9:16 pm

thoughts and prayers and good vibes from babbleland

Dan, your baby is so cute!

9:17 pm

there there, jmc. she's been doing a bit better each day, according to scrabs!

9:17 pm

can someone reclue the do8? I didn't get it from the earlier clue

9:18 pm

do + original inhabitant

9:18 pm

got that now dan2, thx

9:18 pm

sorry i am such a wimp when it comes to kids hurting

9:18 pm

ty sciencegeek, we rather think so! And we are continually grateful for her good health

9:18 pm

hello all. I'm past 1/2way, but still need the 9 and the upper i's. stats for the 9 please?

9:19 pm

TY, Dan, although in every PICU room there is a scary story. There is a kid so ill in there now that he was having surgery done in his PICU room. He is too unstable for transport to the OR. The nurses were talking about him yesterdya.

9:19 pm

the 9 is plural of the do8 I just clued

ty dan

9:19 pm

*runs from chog with tears streaming*

9:19 pm

*poof*

I dont know how you do that Scrabs. I had a friend at a job once who had been in NICU nurse...she quit

9:20 pm

knew that, had a prob with my brain not connecting to the earlier do8 clue

9:20 pm

Oh, no, sorry, jm.

9:20 pm

It makes us also grateful for people like Scrabbs to care for them :-)

you bet Dan!

I am too tired for this tonight. Enjoy all! Hugs to all of you.

9:21 pm

So sorry, jm. I do want parents to be so grateful for having healthy kids.

9:22 pm

we are. baby2bit has a quarter-sized hemangioma (sp?) on her scalp, but it's nothing but a conversation-starter, compared to what some parents have to go through.

9:23 pm

an 6 pls

9:23 pm

I have seen it in photos, Dan, and yes, it will shrink up over the next 1-2 yrs.

9:23 pm

an4+ not on but **

9:24 pm

kids of a certain age are very funny about it - wanting to know if it hurts her, etc

9:24 pm

May I please have a clue for io6-21? Thanks

9:25 pm

thanks shirl

9:25 pm

io + calendar segment

9:25 pm

I tell kids, if they have a noticeable physical feature, to calmly educate others about it--it gives the child more control.

9:26 pm

TY, Dan for io words.

9:26 pm

he6?

9:26 pm

Thanks so much, dan.

9:27 pm

he6 is he + consonant + baby frog

9:28 pm

can anyone clue the pe6?

9:28 pm

thx dan2

clue for li5/10 either one.... stuck

9:30 pm

li5 - like the fabric, but different vowel

first one is like material from flax... spelled differently

thx

9:30 pm

li5 - li + person from bangkok, drop a consonant

other is li = drink mai ***

finally... thanks again!!

9:31 pm

also in need of clue for op5

past tense of "chose"

9:32 pm

TY, Diane

yw... scrabbler

9:32 pm

oh geez fish me, tx

I don't have the pe 6/24 either, dan

9:33 pm

i am not in the groove with this grid tonight,si i will bid you all a good evening i think

9:33 pm

night crossy

I "floundered" on the op5 too... and an easy one it was , too

9:33 pm

tc all my babble friends and happy babbling

9:33 pm

Good night, Crossy. I need 73 and am not seeing much.

9:33 pm

pe+calendar segment

9:33 pm

poink!

pe+dinner and a movie

night night, crossy.... sleep well !

9:34 pm

TY, Vicki

9:34 pm

yay tx mm & vw and all cluers - that's firewords

thanks, musicmom and vicki :-)

9:34 pm

Yay Dan!

your welcome

good going, Dan.... I still have 24

9:36 pm

go dd go

9:37 pm

I can clue for a bit longer

19.... had a little flurry there :-)

9:40 pm

I am struggling with that he6, ending with a little frog?

lol.... the streamlined bathing suit is in here

9:40 pm

ad8 pls

it's a group of seven scrabs

9:41 pm

Oh, and it's an accepted word, DD>

9:41 pm

ad8/50 is the most ad 5/14 word big red and hi there

a real he* cat + ***pole

9:41 pm

hi min and thanks

9:41 pm

That he 6/27 word means a group of seven Scrabbler.

9:41 pm

Aaaah, I was using eft as the ending.

9:41 pm

yw

a wee salamander ;-)

9:42 pm

I didn't see tadpole or pollywog so I wondered if Dan was mixed up.

9:42 pm

May I please have a clue for na6-27 the 2nd? Thanks

9:42 pm

got the pe6, pe+ calendar segment

thanks for the superlative ad 8, minver :-)

9:43 pm

na 6/27 word rhymes with the da 6/30 word gapeach

9:43 pm

someone who comes from is na**** to the place

9:44 pm

Thanks much, Min and Shilocke.

9:44 pm

yw

9:44 pm

At 104/64 I am ready for bed. See you all tomorrow!

night night, scrabbler

9:46 pm

Sweet dreams, Scrabbs.

9:46 pm

ciao

2 left... completely stuck ti6/18 da5/12

9:49 pm

ti 6/18 adds vowel in the ti5/10 word Vicki Weseman

9:49 pm

da 5/12 word is *** Rather + 2 vowels Vicki Weseman.

9:51 pm

hey everyone, are two li4/7 words spelled the same?

9:51 pm

hey everyone, are two li4/7 words spelled the same?

thank you thankyou

9:51 pm

There's only one li4/7 word in the grid today JenMo16

9:52 pm

yw Vicki Weseman

9:53 pm

okay, i see now, it was showing it twice but i reloaded and now there is one

9:54 pm

May I please have a clue for iv5-18? Thanks.

fireworks!!

covered with vinies

vines

wtg, Vicki !

9:56 pm

Thanks so much, diane.

you're welcome, and Hi, gapeach :-))

9:57 pm

Congrats, Vicki.

9:57 pm

Hi there, diane. Have a good Christmas?

very nice.... lots of family, good food, visiting. I got a bad cold and didn't feel tops, but my girls did all the work anyhow !! Our 3 married daughters live right here in the same town :-)

How about you ??

iv5-18 overgrown greenery

10:00 pm

Sounds great, diane. Drink lots of liquids for your cold....gosh, one never gets over being a mother,m eh?

10:01 pm

My Christmas was quiet....two friends dropped by, so all was well.

Christmas is what you make it, and friends are a big part of it. :-))

10:02 pm

an6?

10:02 pm

hi again all

10:02 pm

Hi there, sue.

an 6 not sure how to clue it okay.... crossword puzzle blackbird an* + big fish mar ***

10:05 pm

an 6/18 is an 4/4 word + opposite of out suefrad625.

10:05 pm

ty

10:06 pm

is the an5 anything like it?

10:06 pm

May I please have a clue for sp5-12 the 2nd? Thanks

that is one that is stumping me.... don't have it yet

10:07 pm

Thanks anyway, diane.

that's when you let off steam.... give the big sp + sounds like slippery fish

10:07 pm

sp 5:My boss gave us all a sp5/12 about proper dress code at work gapeach1066.

I meant the an5 I didn't have....

10:08 pm

I know, ty

10:08 pm

sp, yiddish

10:08 pm

isn't it?

10:08 pm

The an 5/12 word is a plus no 4/5 word dianedecoder

10:09 pm

Thanks much, Min.

geeesh... thanks minver... that was NOT a hard word.... quite a common one in fact.

10:10 pm

ty minver

did you see that clue, Suefrad ? for the an 5?

10:10 pm

yes, ty

10:10 pm

a's done

10:11 pm

now for the d's

10:11 pm

May Ii please have a clue for od7-32? Thanks

10:12 pm

o+give money

10:12 pm

then pl

10:12 pm

o+do6,21

10:12 pm

The od7/32 word is o plus do 6/21 word gapeach1066

10:13 pm

Awesome suefrad625!

10:13 pm

Thanks much, sue and Min

10:13 pm

yw

10:13 pm

ty

thanks for those 2 sue :-)

10:15 pm

do8/9, do+na6,27

10:15 pm

first time I monkeyed a big word, let alone 2

10:16 pm

is it ok that I clued it?

10:17 pm

May I iplease have a clue for pe5-12? Thanks, it is the last one.

awesome that you clued it, Sue :-)

10:17 pm

dont have gap

french for "little" gapeach

10:17 pm

Thanks anyway, sue.

10:18 pm

pe 5/12 word is french word for very small minus last letter gapeach1066.

10:18 pm

ty min

10:18 pm

congrats gap

or... what do you do to a cat to make it purr ???

10:19 pm

yw

10:19 pm

Thanks so much, diane and Min. See you at the flip...thanks again for all the help.

I have 2 left.... and I might be here later... depends on how I'm feeling. bye for now, anyhow :-))

10:20 pm

e's extinguished

10:20 pm

by diane

10:20 pm

Congratulations gapeach1066 on fireworks! Hooray!

10:20 pm

Excellent suefrad625!

10:20 pm

Bye gapeach1066! I will see you tomorrow in the chog

10:21 pm

f's, well you all know

fireworks.... :-)))

10:24 pm

yahooooo diane

thanks sue :-)

10:25 pm

Congratulations dianedecoder on fireworks! Hooray!

the last word I got sort of described the state I was in to have missed it !!! na 7/40 the second one LOL

Thanks minver.... you helped :-)

10:27 pm

h's hacked

10:29 pm

clue it some more please diane

10:29 pm

Hooray suefrad625!

10:30 pm

na 7/40 describes person who is very gullable suefrad

10:30 pm

Hey all!

10:30 pm

I see Min is helping you so I am superfluous! which is a good thing... I ate WAY too much cioppino

10:30 pm

I have one word left, but waiting for someone to ask for a clue.Hi stidmama! How are you? Welcome to grid

10:30 pm

I am well Min, finished a little while ago, before you came online

10:31 pm

Congratulations stidmama on finishing early! Hooray!

ooops... sorry sue.... I went to get some dessert for my hubby with the sweet tooth :-)

10:33 pm

me too pls

10:33 pm

I got it, I had it, but not the pt version of it

10:34 pm

thanks min

10:35 pm

my fellows are home diane... we are recovering from supper so we can have dessert. LOL

10:37 pm

my monkeys lucked out on the io words as I have never heard of them before. Good monkeys, good monkeys

10:40 pm

*offers banana creme pie to monkeys*

10:40 pm

cute icon pic, sue!

10:41 pm

sure, the monkeys get the cream pie, while I sit here on my diet eating raw brocolli and hummus

10:42 pm

ty stid

10:44 pm

oh, sorry ... *makes the banana creme pie sugar-free, fat-free, and sodium-free (just in case)*

10:44 pm

li 5/10 pls - the first one

10:44 pm

We are watching the holiday bowl (go huskies) and I am getting distracted

10:44 pm

ty, stid

10:44 pm

it's like a misspelling of a fabric

10:45 pm

it's a sort of twisty wurd, red...

10:45 pm

thanks stid

10:45 pm

yw

10:47 pm

je5,24

10:51 pm

hello

10:52 pm

je5,24

10:52 pm

je 5 sounds like islamic extremist

10:52 pm

A je 5/24 is je plus I *** chicken for dinner suefrad625

10:53 pm

sorry sue -- good clues, red and min!

10:53 pm

? min

10:53 pm

jeate not a word

10:54 pm

je 5/24 is je + your noggin minus a vowel suefrad625.

10:54 pm

LOL use a "helper verb" sue -- past tense of a word that when used by itself means to own something

10:54 pm

and I am going to sign off. too tired to follow more than 1/2 of a task at a time. sweet dreams and happy days, all! *poof*

10:54 pm

je 6/24 is j + anagram of the he 4/6 word suefrad625

10:55 pm

oh, and YAY Min (for when you finish)!!!!

10:55 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

10:55 pm

Thanks stidmama!

10:55 pm

by stid. thanks for all the clues

10:55 pm

lol ty

10:56 pm

yw

10:58 pm

why does it allow jo6,39? isnt it a proper noun

11:01 pm

suefrad, that's my last word and I've been looking for it since 9:48. Does is extend that jo4 word before it?

11:01 pm

Never mind! I got it!

11:01 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! jo6/39 was my last word

11:01 pm

lol

11:02 pm

congrats min

11:02 pm

sorry, was into the grid looking for the na after the na7

11:02 pm

Thanks big red

11:02 pm

glad you got it, but still dont know why it is there

11:02 pm

yahoooo min

11:02 pm

Hubby is waiting for computer;gotta go!See you later

11:02 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow

11:03 pm

bye

11:03 pm

bye min

11:04 pm

re jo6 -- the ? says "a woman's floor-length riding coat with a small cape, worn esp in the 18th century "

11:04 pm

na5,10 pls

11:04 pm

and fireworks :-)

11:04 pm

yahoooo jili

11:04 pm

congrats jili

11:05 pm

na5/10 -- pl of short for Nathaniel

11:05 pm

ty

11:06 pm

is op6 from op5?

11:06 pm

Congratulations jillibus on your fireworks!Good for U!

11:06 pm

yes, sue, sort of -- a noun form

11:06 pm

ty min

11:07 pm

ty jili

11:08 pm

19 left and I am going to bed

11:08 pm

gn all

11:08 pm

bye sue

11:10 pm

bye sue

11:11 pm

and I'll be back in a bit with a new icon...

11:17 pm

need one more, pe5,12 pretty pretty please. there is a really cute guy in my bed and I would like to warm up next to him.

11:18 pm

nm, got that

11:18 pm

french word for "small"

11:18 pm

says I am missing a T

11:18 pm

pe*** fours

11:20 pm

first ti4,4

11:21 pm

color

11:22 pm

oh duhhhhh

11:22 pm

ty une

11:22 pm

and now I am gone with fireworks

11:22 pm

ty everyone for all your help

11:22 pm

happy new year

11:22 pm

congrats, sue!

11:36 pm

so une, a very merry unbirthday to you, to you!

11:37 pm

thanks, dorens :-)

11:37 pm

and with that, i've found my fireworks, so to all a good night

11:38 pm

congrats and gnite!!

11:41 pm

Hi, I'm back -- yawning already, sigh.

11:42 pm

hi jilli

11:44 pm

It's been a busy day, having to empty the fridge and let it defrost for 24 hrs. Figuring out where to put all the stuff hasn't been fun.

11:44 pm

Hi red.

11:44 pm

a

11:45 pm

Anyone need clues?

11:45 pm

still have 10 to go, i might

11:46 pm

Ask away, red

11:47 pm

ti 4 after the color pls

11:48 pm

ti4 rhymes with the opp of boy

11:48 pm

found it.

11:49 pm

:-)

11:52 pm

vi 5/16? pls

11:53 pm

hi all. well I'm not going to finish... but I'd like to get nbt!

11:53 pm

vi5 is the Latin pl of the previous word

11:53 pm

hi m9

11:54 pm

got. thanks jilli. hi m9

11:54 pm

cold starting. very scratchy throat.. not thinking too clearly

11:54 pm

Just need teh second i

11:55 pm

il512 -- Latin adventure story

11:56 pm

or is it Greek?

11:56 pm

nope.. that's the first i

11:56 pm

but thanks for that one!

11:56 pm

io6/21 & io7/32

11:56 pm

yay! got it! thanks!

11:57 pm

yw, good for you

11:57 pm

so that's nbt, nbs and 1/2way!

11:57 pm

that will have to do for today

11:57 pm

wtg m9 -- and hi flosey

11:57 pm

hope you fight off the cold, m9

11:57 pm

thanks. me too

11:57 pm

hi jilli

11:58 pm

fireworks! thanks Jilli for all the help

11:58 pm

wow. wtg red

11:58 pm

ooh... 1 more and I'll have 100

11:58 pm

well done, red!

11:58 pm

wtg big red, with minutes to spare!

11:59 pm

hello all! happy new year eve/ new year eve's eve

11:59 pm

hello

11:59 pm

depending on where u are :)

11:59 pm

thanks all

11:59 pm

hi mlf and cos

11:59 pm

hello cos and mlf

11:59 pm

hi jill

11:59 pm

flosey did you get the io

11:59 pm

hi cos

12:00 am

yay.. 100!

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