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12:00 am

flip, damn

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

are jello shots alcoholic?

12:01 am

yes of course! :)

12:01 am

well, I have a day at home to do this ;-)

12:01 am

lovely, jilli, enjoy

12:01 am

for a change

12:01 am

I am so not in the know. For a young woman I sure am old lol

12:02 am

ch6

Clues are up

12:02 am

ty lickety

12:03 am

Yay Lickety! Thank you!

12:03 am

no, crys, you're not in the know any more than I am about jello shots

12:03 am

br8

12:03 am

flip

12:03 am

ra7

12:03 am

xoxoxoxo Lickety!

hi all; hugs jili!

12:05 am

hi volley

12:05 am

hi dee hi ;-)

12:05 am

hi Dee

hi flosey!

hi dart

12:07 am

hello everyone!

12:07 am

hi knut

12:07 am

hi Dart

12:08 am

hello flos

12:08 am

un7

12:08 am

hi flosey!

12:08 am

thanks ru

12:10 am

hi knut and dart (sorry -- I was staring at the grid)

hi ru

12:11 am

and xxx to ru as usual

12:11 am

nbt

12:12 am

hi jilli

wtg flosey

12:12 am

wow flosey!

12:12 am

33 words

12:13 am

br8

12:13 am

I had too much Happy Hour with the neighbours, half alseep now

12:13 am

and thanks again ru

12:13 am

hello

12:14 am

hi mlf

12:14 am

ah, but it was fun, eh jilli

12:14 am

hi mlf

12:14 am

hi flosey

12:14 am

sc7 if not called

12:14 am

hi jill

12:15 am

oh yes, flosey -- great neighbours, becoming like family.

12:15 am

nbs/nbt

12:15 am

29 words

12:15 am

super, jilli

12:15 am

wtg cos

nbt

wtg cos

12:16 am

and Dee

12:16 am

wtg cos

12:16 am

wtg dee

12:16 am

wtg dee

ty

12:16 am

stats for the first column 2ND C please

12:16 am

100

12:17 am

ca4/6 I think mlf

12:17 am

ca 5/16 mlf

12:17 am

thanks cos

12:17 am

ca 4 and ca 5 same base

12:17 am

and flosey

ba 5 and ba 6

12:17 am

ca6/27

12:17 am

kudos, ruru -- only 85 here

12:18 am

i got a 4 and a 5 thanks

12:18 am

was RA 7 called?

12:18 am

any help with that e on the bottom (third column)?

12:18 am

yes

12:18 am

ec4

12:19 am

N 5th column stats please?

12:19 am

nbt, thanks Uneaixoise!

12:20 am

i meant 4th sorry

12:20 am

yw :-)

12:20 am

NEVER MIND I will find it myself lol

12:20 am

ec6 on bottom

12:20 am

i did mean the 5th not 4th

12:20 am

ne4/5

12:21 am

and a 5/12

12:22 am

just monkeyed ec6/27

12:23 am

ec5 on bottom e

12:23 am

have ec 6 4 5 4

12:24 am

i have ec 6, 4, 6, 4, 5

12:24 am

no sorry...

12:24 am

tx cos

12:24 am

Icon clue posted (you probably have it)

12:24 am

e 6 4 5 4 4

12:24 am

oh . . .

12:24 am

there is 3 ec4

12:24 am

ok :-)

12:24 am

ec i mean ill shut up lol

12:24 am

didn't have it jilli, thanks

12:25 am

all the E's in in the 3rd bottom column is ec words

12:25 am

yw flosey

12:25 am

got all the ec's!

12:25 am

and I love it!

12:26 am

me too, flopsey, esp when young

12:26 am

oh yes

12:26 am

i assume UN 7 was called?

12:26 am

lol, mopsey and cottontail

12:26 am

yes mlf

12:26 am

i think so, mlf

12:27 am

someone did mlf but idk if theres more than one un7

12:27 am

theres also an un6

12:27 am

and un5

12:27 am

I mean flosey -- not flopsey, mopesy, peter and cottontail (anyone remember?)

12:27 am

if its a 7/40 it was probably called

12:27 am

yep

12:28 am

thats the one i have

12:28 am

THIRD column n stats please?

12:28 am

oh yes, I remember them

12:28 am

one of my favorite stories jill:)

12:28 am

na 4/5

oc 6/24

12:28 am

na4

12:28 am

me too, flosey :-)

12:28 am

need to go get my kids from school.. see you all in an hour

12:28 am

oh, you did (I'm slow on the uptake tonight)

12:28 am

as usual

12:29 am

bfn crys

12:29 am

ok . . . un 4 5 7 6 5

12:29 am

ttfn crys

12:29 am

is the last column N siomething i should know?

12:30 am

bfn? ttfn? I'm really not in the knoe! not just about jello shots lol

12:30 am

its a babblet

I have br 8.. anyone have the other 2 8's

12:30 am

ne 4/5

12:30 am

it's a babblet and plural

12:30 am

one of those silly words mlf

12:30 am

not i, dee

12:30 am

that's the only one I have Dee

12:31 am

only have the br8 :(

12:31 am

bfn=bye for now, ttfn=tata for now

12:31 am

the ne is a tree not a bablet

12:31 am

is it a 4?

12:31 am

babblet

12:31 am

4 and 5 for plural

12:32 am

U's done.

12:32 am

oh, thanks Dart

12:34 am

uggh i cant find it

12:34 am

i need to stop trying "harbor"

12:34 am

soudns like something ur parents gives u at birth, MLF

12:35 am

I can't find much of anything -- too sleepy or something

12:35 am

look at the pt total....if it's a ne 4,5 can't use the f or the y

12:36 am

and if it has a plural..the last letter has to be next to the s

12:36 am

got them

12:37 am

unless it has a latin ending etc...(not this case tho)

12:37 am

105 and calling it quits for tonite *poof*

12:37 am

bonne nuit une

12:38 am

125 une..

12:41 am

108 and that's IT :-)

hi and nbt

12:41 am

110

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111

12:43 am

really poofing -- early errand

12:44 am

114

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LOL> une

12:45 am

130

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:-D

12:45 am

wtg ru

12:46 am

oh good grief, you win the gold tonite!

br 6 and br 7

phant yecch

hi josh

also phant fecund, enhance

hi dee

phant brahma. i don't like that b

neither do I... only 12 words and not seeing others :~(

16 here

16 now

12:57 am

have 15 but finding them difficult

still only have 1 8 and still 1 7 short

12:57 am

I have 35 words and not even nbt yet - too tired for this tonight

ra 8/55 compound word

it is a tough grid

12:58 am

thanks Dee, looking again!

12:58 am

gave up earlier

ends with opp of female...

br8

12:59 am

so I'm not as stupid as I think I am?

definitely not

is that br 8/65 josh?

12:59 am

thanks Dee, got it

yes it is

wtg ty josh

1:00 am

missing one b

1:00 am

wow, found a br8, not a compound

wow ru impressive

3 left now

1:01 am

yes, the br8/65

have 7 ba, 5 bo, 9 br

ru do you have bo 5/16? kinda odd

ty josh... that gives me a better start

1:02 am

de8

ty ru

1:02 am

that's the one I need dee

i have two different bo5/16

neither weird

ahh, and now a weird one

my bo is an inferior grade of tea

1:04 am

lost me

bo + I ....it on the grape vine = bo 5/16

1:05 am

thanks

1:05 am

that's not weird josh?

bo + and i *** i *** so far away + vowel

1:06 am

fireworks

1:06 am

wtg dart

wow wtg dart!!! well done

weird to me, and my 23rd b

1:07 am

th josh

1:07 am

**ty that is

1:07 am

had to list with 6 left...few strange ones in there

definitely agree

1:07 am

yikes, dart!

ty ru for the de 8

dart what are all the 7's please just one short

1:10 am

br 7, ra 7, sc7, sc7,un7

ty missing another sc...

1:11 am

me too Dee

1:12 am

sounds like fingerprints dragged across a mirror

1:12 am

like another word in the list

sc 7/40 reminds me of slathering gunk on my face LOL

1:13 am

what you put on a bagel

1:14 am

I have a sc7/44...

1:14 am

didn't know that kj thanks

1:14 am

thanks kj, got it

1:14 am

and Dee

weird so6

1:15 am

yep

didn't expect it to accept and it did

yw

1:15 am

I guess you all had that

looking

1:17 am

would someone clue the so 6?

dudes who ran around with hosiery on their heads could be called so6 in slang, maybe

1:18 am

yes, please

what you put on your feet minus the last consonant + opp of female

1:18 am

ty josh

1:18 am

thank you done now

1:19 am

well done ru

wtg ru!

1:19 am

woohoo ru

great clue josh

1:19 am

ty dee (must look that one up)

1:19 am

darn it dart.. thought the storm would turn off your computer for a day..lol

strange ab 5 and ab 6

1:20 am

I'm not finding those ab words

ab + electrical term I think...

1:21 am

there was a guy on Market St near the Castro in SF the other day with nothing on but tennis shoes and a glittery sock over mr. happy.. would that be a so6?

1:21 am

talk about obscure -- that so6 dates back to the Danelaw, bah.

lol ru

1:22 am

no, ru, lol!

that's a little before my time, jilli

1:22 am

even mine, josh

1:22 am

too far north ruru...we got 6 inches the day before everyone else got hammered...this one, for once, mostly missed us....snow in the front yard is still almost up to my waist and I'm 6'6"

here it was 70 degrees yesterday and off and on sleet this evening

1:23 am

it was 70 here today too

1:24 am

about 45 here

1:24 am

we'll hit 70 sometime in late april or early may if lucky

1:24 am

<---likes warmer weather

1:25 am

me too

1:25 am

me too lol

1:25 am

uh dart?

1:25 am

?

1:25 am

did anyone clue the sc7/40 coherently?

1:26 am

jewish spread on a bagel d

1:27 am

begiining of student place + not you + he is she is we **e

1:27 am

is that coherent?

flosey ab's... ab + oh 4/6 (and its singular)

1:28 am

why do you live in the mid west dart if you don't like the cold.. live out in California where it is warm

1:28 am

yes indeed, ruru, tyvm -- my yiddish failed me, oy

1:29 am

<---thought I was going to be a schmuck

fireworks

1:29 am

hopefully kje has gone to bed

1:29 am

congrats dee

1:29 am

ty Dee and congrats on fireworks

yw and ty

1:30 am

was born here.....hmmmm there are a few probs there too...earthquakes, santa ana fires, mud/rockslides, over-population, state is broke, etc...otherwise a beautiful state..love to visit it.

1:30 am

There was a girl in my NY HS class by the name of Irma Schmuck -- forever remembered in my class yearbook. I hope she got married.

1:30 am

nj volley

ty

1:31 am

earthquakes smearthquakes.. big deal

1:31 am

dart, try British Columbia...

she should have lived in Schmucker IL ...

1:31 am

she did get married jilli

1:31 am

universal health care...

1:32 am

how do you know, ruru?

1:32 am

jilli I like Canada a lot...would live there if not here

1:32 am

dee stole my thunder on that one

1:32 am

lol

lol sorry ru...

1:33 am

I was going to say she married ernie Ers

1:34 am

ah, I see, and made jam...

1:34 am

if you were to tell Irma to be quiet would you say to shut the schmuck up?

1:34 am

lol

1:34 am

we didn't use words like that then ;-)

1:34 am

smucker's commercial on tv this instant lol

1:35 am

lol

1:35 am

what are the chances of that

1:35 am

can you imagine on the alter.. do you take this schmuck?

1:35 am

altar

doo,doo,doo,dooo....creepy music in the background...

1:35 am

yep

1:36 am

I still giggle about the time a troll kid came on here and thought none of us knew what wtf meant

1:36 am

lol illi

1:36 am

I know.. where's the frog?

1:37 am

I haven't found one single ra word

1:37 am

i hate anything that has the f in it

1:38 am

i like frogs

1:38 am

mmmm jilli

1:38 am

jilli think of where a cowboy lives

1:38 am

where cattle are

1:38 am

so do you call them rogs, crys?

1:39 am

ty dart (I'm not alive just now)

1:39 am

lol I meant the f word it is so crass

1:39 am

4 are related

1:40 am

okay.. going to head to the old corral.. you cowpokes

1:41 am

hi yo ruru

well, all, off to check emails, and then hit the hay....

*poofing with hugs*

1:41 am

nite volley ruru

1:41 am

bye dee.. (calls the straw abuse hot line)

1:42 am

night dee m'dear

bad ru, bad... night jili; sleep well

1:42 am

:D

1:44 am

Not even halfway here -- will try again tmw when I'm awake -- thanks for the help, guys xx......*snore

1:44 am

nighters jilli

1:44 am

bye all

1:44 am

morning all

1:44 am

wow...news story..big apartment fire here 3 days ago...3 stories almost all aparts. a total loss...poured a lot of water on fire to douse it and all that water froze (temps have been below 0F at night)..today they found someone's dog with his front paws frozen to the floor by all of that water...he was still alive 3 dyas later

1:44 am

days

1:45 am

poor thing

1:45 am

he was doing fine..just very hungry...hi sprite

1:47 am

glad he made it. Hi dart.

1:48 am

WHERE IS THAT DART?

1:48 am

minneapolis

2:04 am

an 6/24?

2:04 am

an 6/24?

2:04 am

an 6/24?

2:08 am

i was stuck

morning

2:15 am

morning sandra

how many words today please

2:15 am

hi sandra

2:15 am

154, sandra

2:15 am

154

thanks

2:15 am

good luck

2:15 am

yvw and good luck

i think i need it after looking at it for 5 mins.

2:17 am

the first 100 or so aren't too bad

2:23 am

back for a few more

2:24 am

hello flosey

2:25 am

hello sprite

2:25 am

hello from insomnia! nbt in 27 words....wondered if I could do it....

2:26 am

hi Trif, good job. Shall I send over some sweet sleeping angels or shall I drop by with a rubber hammer?

2:26 am

hmmm. hammer time, I think

2:27 am

work is gonna stink tomorrow, at this rate, and I am on for six hours

2:27 am

thought so :) *KABOFFFFFF!*

2:27 am

that will stink for sure, on so little sleep

2:31 am

I have a relapse of the flu, it seems. Which stinks too, because tomorrow we want to go to a friend of ours at the other side of the country, who is celebrating her 50st b/day. But if things don't improve fast, we will have to cancel.

2:32 am

oh no sprite! I am so sorry to hear that.

2:32 am

you have surely been struggling with the flu this season!

2:32 am

I really really hate it, don't want to disappoint her.

2:32 am

I guess I better get my flu shot next ye4 again...

2:33 am

but on the other hand, if you are contagious still, the flu makes a HORRIBLE birthday gift! I am sure she would much rather see you when you are healthy. she is your friend, and wants the best for you

2:34 am

yes you are right. I definitely don't want to make others ill. But darn, 50 comes only on4! Ah well, enough about it, can't change reality. Just have to adapt.

2:35 am

ask yourself: would you be furious with her if the roles were reversed? disappointed, sure, of course, but wouldn't you rather she visited you when she was well, if it were the other way around?

2:36 am

can't stay awake, off to bed, good night all

2:36 am

lucky flosey! wishing you and excellent night's sleep

2:36 am

ty trif

2:38 am

night flosey

2:39 am

yes, I would, Trif, you are totally right. I discussed it with my love too and we decided to wait until noon. If things are much better then, we go. If not, we cancel.

2:40 am

will keep good thoughts for you, my dear sprite

2:41 am

and I for you! I wish you could sleep easier, things would be so much better to handle then.

2:42 am

i am not even particularly stressed, either. just can't sleep

2:43 am

ye4 I know that feeling.

2:48 am

on the plus side, more chog time with my european babble buddies!

2:53 am

uughhh...

2:54 am

hey love! can't sleep either, huh?

2:54 am

crossy was bad,ate bad foods,acid reflux...;(

2:55 am

(((( sending you cyber zantac)))

2:55 am

:)

2:55 am

hi crossy, *hugs*

2:56 am

((sprite))

3:01 am

i am gonna try to sleep. love to all

3:01 am

gn trif sleep well

3:06 am

night Triffles, have some good hours of sleep

3:15 am

good morning everybody

3:17 am

{{sprite}}, am sorry about your relapse!

3:17 am

{{crossy}} I take nexium for that and NEVER eat raw onions or cucumber.

3:34 am

hi all, just finished watching "Moonstruck" again, now have that song stuck in my head... "when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie..." :)

3:49 am

thanks rbud, i'm a continent and several vast oceans away and now i find myself pizza pie-ing in the eying too ;0

any clue for the bottom f? I can't find one let alone 10!

3:54 am

3/4 of a family fight

3:54 am

plura

3:54 am

climb every mountain, **** every stream

3:55 am

funny spelling for solid river of ice

Thank you for both of those gortmold

3:55 am

no worries jiv

3:57 am

"Scusa me, but you see, back in old Napoli, That's amore..."

3:57 am

snortle, rbud

3:58 am

(that

3:58 am

is a suppressed chortle to prevent food/drink spray on pc

3:59 am

<--- can't help it, still humming, lol!

4:02 am

need a U for nbt, than I can go sing myself to sleep...

4:03 am

when u didn't make yr rendezvous in napoli, you are un***

4:04 am

aha, the light came on, ty very much! and that's halfway, too, thrilled with that for now.

4:08 am

cheerio then

4:21 am

Hello, All :-)

4:56 am

Good morning all. Look, there's Cos in the grid.

4:57 am

Hello, Molly :-)

5:00 am

I suppose cous is not allowed on its own it has to be couscous..lol

5:10 am

I don't know. I tried cous too, thinking it might be some kind of allowable French word.

5:12 am

I was surprised that "cosm" is not allowed

5:13 am

I guess it's only a suffix

5:13 am

Hello, Lil :-)

5:13 am

Morning Lil, Happy Friday!

5:13 am

morning zoo & Molly :)

5:13 am

TGIF!!!!!

5:14 am

Ah, finally nailed one with that c.

5:14 am

lol..i take it your week has been a looooong week then, Lil.

5:15 am

oh my yes

5:15 am

difficult week at work... lots of drama

5:15 am

i am trying to get one of the bottom `e`s for NBT.

5:15 am

me too zoo!

5:16 am

Oh sorry to he4 that, Lil..lets hope the week-end is a good one for you :-)

5:16 am

Try ec4 y'all.

5:16 am

got it, thanks Molly... how about bottom right O words?

5:16 am

Thank, Molly :-)

5:17 am

Only one I have is a unit of measure.

5:17 am

thanks zoozooo... yes the weekend is looking good. I'm in the Polar Plunge tomorrow, should be fun

5:17 am

think imperial weight, Lil

5:17 am

Molly I have the oh4, but that's not from the bottom right corner

5:17 am

No Lil, there are 12 of these in a beer.

5:18 am

smaller than a pound weight.

5:18 am

ahhhhhhhh, i see... OK got it! thanks!

5:18 am

BRB

5:19 am

Lil, good luck with the plunge. Thinking warm thoughts for you.

5:19 am

You would not catch me doing that..i would be encased in a block of ice..lol

5:22 am

OK i'm back... Molly it is going to be in the 50s here tomorrow, so the plunge won't be very Polarish

5:22 am

Ahh found the diabetic chocolate.

5:23 am

Morning all.....clue please for br6/30, NOT the tree appendage...

5:23 am

think of a pin you wear on your dress, Flask

5:23 am

oh sorry, wrong spelling, but you get the idea

5:23 am

Oh thanks lil*....

5:24 am

yw :)

5:24 am

i need an N word from right side for NBT

5:25 am

never mind! found it

5:25 am

NBT woot woot

5:25 am

Well done, Monkey :-)

5:26 am

Hello, Flask :-)

5:26 am

Hiya Zooz...how you doin'??

5:27 am

Not too bad thank, a bit windy down here. Hope you are well?

5:28 am

Lil, 50 is the air temperature. What is the water temperature supposed to be?

5:28 am

Am good thanx! We had the wind over the past couple of days.....glad to know it ound you at last!...lol

5:29 am

lol

5:29 am

*found*

5:30 am

scena

5:30 am

oooh thanks zoozooo

5:31 am

oooh..sorry, All..going back to stealth mode.

5:31 am

Molly i don't know about the water temp... it will only last a few mins, I'll be fine. I'm only getting my legs wet. There's no way I'm dunking under the water! I might ruin my hair! hahahaha

5:32 am

Oh! The ones I've seen, everyone submerges.

5:33 am

woooo hoooooo nbt!!!! ooo and gooooood morning fellow babblers lol xxx

5:34 am

dent

5:35 am

ooo bugger sorrry!!!

5:36 am

funny monkey!!

5:36 am

ignore me im having a funny day!!!

5:37 am

Hello, Frogface :-)

5:38 am

Hello, Littlebit :-)

5:38 am

ooooo hello zz hows u? xxx

5:38 am

hey zooz!!

5:38 am

Not too bad thanks, Hope you are well?

5:39 am

well i think im ok. i tried a new coffee this morning and its made me hyper!

5:40 am

lol..whats the name of it, i could do with some.

5:40 am

littlebit!

5:40 am

its a douwe egberts one that i havent tried b4 - but by golly im gonna buy it again!!

5:40 am

monkey!!

5:40 am

see that cosdem is in the grid

5:41 am

morning all

5:41 am

gm kalia xxx

5:41 am

That is supposed to be a good brand.

5:41 am

i'm leaving for work in a few mins... i'll see u tomorrow littlebit! I'll be there about 11:45

5:41 am

Hello, Kallia :-)

5:41 am

okay! i'll see ya then!

5:42 am

OK byeeeeeeeeeeeee everybuddy!

5:42 am

bye lil

5:42 am

bb monkey

5:42 am

Take care, Monkey :-)

5:42 am

rite im off too i gotta go shopping lataz folks *poof*

5:43 am

Bye, Frog :-)

5:43 am

bye froggy :) see you later maybe

5:44 am

anyone have any news of NB? he's not answering emails :(

5:45 am

Sorry, Kallia, not seen NB here for a while now..i know he went back into hospital..but thats all i know.

5:46 am

that's the latest I know too

5:46 am

been quite a while, worrying

5:48 am

True..he is a private person i feel..so maybe he is waiting untill he is fully recovered before entering babble world again..not sure really.

5:48 am

friend here for lunch back later bye all

5:49 am

Enjoy your lunch, Kallia :-)

5:53 am

Found 87 words and yet still only have one 8 word..lol

5:54 am

an6 please, my last word

5:54 am

found it, finished

5:55 am

WTG, Bubba!!

5:55 am

was it the metal thrown off a boat?

5:55 am

yup

5:56 am

Good to know i don`t have to look for another an6 then..lol

5:57 am

any clues needed before I go?

5:58 am

Going for lunch in a second, but many thanks, Bubba :-)

5:58 am

then I am history, bye

5:59 am

Take care :-)

anyone have the clue for an6 please

6:23 am

throw it overboard!!

6:23 am

something to hold a boat in place?

6:23 am

What keeps a ship in position when out to sea. A huge metal thing.

thanks

6:39 am

Ok back to find my last 63 words..now...where are they.

7:01 am

Morning!

7:02 am

Hello, Car.ee :-)

7:03 am

Hi Zooz!@

7:05 am

Hope you are well, Car.ee :-)

7:05 am

I am very sleep, but hanging in Zooz!

7:06 am

Bless you, get yourself a cup of coffee.

7:07 am

Having one now! Woke up late, so I had to rush to get the boys on the bus...so now I am trying to clear the fuzz from my head!

7:07 am

How are you this morning?

7:07 am

I guess we should chog quietly so we don't wake the other babblers, eh?

7:07 am

not too bad here thanks :-)

7:07 am

Yes it has been rather eerie today.

7:09 am

Getting more coffee...can I get you something?

Hi everyone. I just got here actually, it is my first day off after 6 days of ER hell....so I am still in recovery mode, about to start packing for the weekend.

7:09 am

I have just had lunch & got tea..but thank you.

7:10 am

Hello, Red, hope the weekend is going to be a great one for you :-)

I hope so, I am running my first Marathon

7:11 am

Hello Babble buddies. Wow, Red! That's 26.2 miles!

7:11 am

Oh wow..i think you will do good..you have trained for a while now..so GO..Red..GOOO

yes, Scrabbler, it is. the 0.2 at the end will undubitibaly be the worst.

7:11 am

Hello, Scrabs :-)

Hi Scrabbs!

7:11 am

Well, what is the time limit for finishing?

6 hrs, but...of course, 6 hrs for a Marathon is a dismal time. it is also very likely going to be my time, as I am not as well trained as I would have liked because of last years injury.

But, Lots of friends and good times, so I just have to get over the time concern.

7:13 am

It would take me about 6 hrs to walk it. I am NOT a runner. Riding my mountain bike would be fun.

7:13 am

Hey Red! Morning all!

7:13 am

Nah..i think you will do well, Red.

7:13 am

Hello, Champ :-)

7:14 am

And you gain experience, Red. Hi Champ.

Hi All. zooz, It will probably take me 6 hours to run it, I am just not entirely prepared for the distance!

Hi Champ!!!

we are of course talking some running.

7:14 am

Sitting here watching news coverage of the icy conditions here in Houston...the city has come to a standstill. Goofballs!

Amazing weather in Texas!

7:14 am

Red, best of luck this weekend. Your Babble Family will all be cheering for you.

7:15 am

Goodness! I should step away more often! Look at the crowd!

7:15 am

So silly...the schools are closed, and my kids will be crawling up the wall any minute.

Thanks Molly. I just want to do it and be done with it...it may turn out to be sort of fun for the first half!

7:15 am

Go, Red, Go!!!

7:15 am

Stop doubting yourself , Red, Take it easy at first and you will flow nicley :-)

7:15 am

Hi Molly

No doubt zooz, but I know my speed and what I am capable of, in the end it is not a big deal. I dont get a raise or a promotion...I get a silly piece of metal...but I do get to spend time with my friends!

7:16 am

Red, it's always fun the first half. The second half you just go with it and finish.

7:16 am

OK i predict..erm..3 hours 10 mins.

7:17 am

Oooooh...then she'd be a Boston qualifier...wooHOO! ;)

thanks Champ. I will nto be qualifying for Boston, any time ever.

7:17 am

If anyone is doing the Boston Marathon this year, please let Trif and I know! We will come and cheer you on!

7:17 am

Me either. Have you considered going with a pace group? Talk to the at the Expo. It can help, if they've got the same race plan you do.

I'm running htis one because of all the friends coming (I am an awesome recruiter!) but my main goal is another one iN Npvember. No pace groups at Melbourne...

A pace group would help a lot.

I do have someone who will run with me, but I wish he wouldnt since he is pretty fast, and I can be turtle like.

7:19 am

Oh...darn! One of my friend's PR this past weekend by using a pacer through mile 23 or so who was a little slower, then she took off when she felt better. Worked like a charm.

7:19 am

Make a pact that he'll leave you when you tell him to!

7:19 am

Good idea, Champ.

7:19 am

What a great idea!

I think I am going to have him run the first half with our friend who is doing the half, and by then I will be so far behind he will nto find me...

I just dont quite have the marathon base, but in November 2011, I shall, and it will be great! Do you want to run in Arkansas Champ?

7:20 am

Smart! Because at the beginning he'll be pushing you too fast, even without trying.

7:20 am

Just for the record, I will not be running in the Boston Marathon this year. However, should I ever be in the area, I will meet Car and Trif at Cheers. : P

7:20 am

Sounds good to me Molly!

7:20 am

I am a great runner in my dreams.

cool molly!

me too scrabbs!!!

7:21 am

LOL, Scrabs

7:21 am

Hello everyone

7:21 am

Cheers! Much more fun that running!

7:21 am

Hello, Lynxxx :-)

7:21 am

Hi Lynxxx!

7:21 am

I am not even a runner in my dreams. Even my "dream knees" know that they are walking joints, not running joints.

7:22 am

Running makes my boobs hurt...there, now you know.

7:22 am

Car, didn't you know you have to duct tape them to your chest before you run? : P

7:22 am

lol

7:23 am

Wear 2 sports bras...it works. Not that I have that problem...believe me!

its also really nice to have cheerers.

7:23 am

Running causes me facial trauma because of my bouncing girls.

I wear either the Enell bra that Oprah wore when she ran, or the maia brad from Moving comfort the 2 bra thing gets heavy..

7:23 am

I`m afraid i will have to cheer you from here, Red..but cheer i will.

7:24 am

Duct tape--great idea.

7:24 am

I will put my 4 years of cheerleading to good use here in Babble Land for you Red!!!

7:24 am

Although I will NOT be doing any splits at this age!

7:24 am

ou4.7 when you take it off though

I appreciate all the good wishes. I am mostly looking forward to seeing my friends and meeting Frank Shorter and having a weekend at the beach.

No Splits, Car, I am sooo disapointed!

7:25 am

Red, I have a friend who swears by Title 9 sports bras...

7:25 am

Hi Lynxxx--true!

7:25 am

You at least have to buy me a drink afterwards....

7:25 am

Oh poor Scrabs. Injured by her own bouncing mammaries. : P

7:25 am

...and promise to call the next day!

I tested a buch of bras for fleet feet about 3 years ago...I have all the bras they sold at the time...but I dont know that i tried title nine.

LOL Car!

7:26 am

^5 Scrabs!

7:26 am

I think you can find them online only. Google 'em.

I might have to try em..

7:26 am

Shouldn't that be tiTTle 9?

7:27 am

good one car!

OMG!

7:27 am

NBT!

7:28 am

Good going, Car.ee!

7:28 am

Haha. As I continue to lose weight my girls will shrink. I used to be able to wear a sports bra but now....the dreaded uniboob.

7:28 am

dang....i have blanks all over the place...must be more methodical....

7:28 am

good luck, red!!!

7:28 am

Hi Annie

7:28 am

and hello everyone

7:29 am

Hello, Annnie :-)

7:29 am

hi scrabbs

7:29 am

hello everybody

7:29 am

I find my uniboob in a sports bra sometimes comes in handy as a shelf...

7:29 am

hi Annie

7:29 am

the first place it goes, for sure scrabs

7:29 am

Hi Ruby! Hi Annie!

7:29 am

Hello, Ruby :-)

7:29 am

hi ruby, lynxxxxie, car., zooz, molly

7:29 am

{{annie, car.ee, champ, scrabbs, zzoozz}}

7:29 am

and hi to champ

7:30 am

hi annnie

7:30 am

and LYNXX!

7:30 am

It is nice to see you all here!

7:30 am

Hello Ruby. How is your husband?

7:30 am

(((ruby))) how is your hubby?

7:30 am

Rubyfoo, how is your husband? And how are you coping? Any warme, in your house?

7:30 am

ruby! update please!

7:30 am

Hello, Christine :-)

7:30 am

Oh my! I am out of the loop...Ruby what is happening?

7:30 am

Hi Christine!

7:31 am

Hello, all -- a verrrry late sign on, today.

7:31 am

christine, I read Cutting for Stone and I loved it, thanks for recommending it to me

7:31 am

Hi Ruby and Christine

7:32 am

Abraham Verghese

7:32 am

this is a hilarious chog! I never had those problems when I was a runner so it's funny to read about.

7:32 am

scrabbs, did you read it

7:32 am

Lovely, huh? Just finished American Rose, by Karen Abbott, about Gypsy Rose Lee

7:33 am

I'm just back from the hospital where I brought husband food, specially prepared by the local Italian restaurant, fruit, expresso, newspaper, etc. and he was in a really foul mood, was feeling exhausted

7:33 am

Anniebrook, I have a list of good books, keep meaning to email it to you.

7:33 am

ruby, bet that perked him up though!

7:33 am

Just finished "At Home" by Bill Bryson. It was good, but he is usually funnier. Now I am in search of something funny.

7:34 am

Ruby...why is he in the hospital?

7:34 am

christine, when you get a ch6, I would look forward to it

7:34 am

No, but it's on my list, and I have read some essays by Dr Verghese, regarding the practice of medicine and teaching medical students and residents.

7:34 am

he still has a fever and they won't let him go until they can clear that up. I was in tears talking to his doctor, but she said she didn't think he was dying.....

7:34 am

Hi mom2--I love Bill Bryson.

7:34 am

car: he has pneumonia

7:34 am

ruby, that's more than they tell you a lot of the time, so let's go with it!

7:34 am

Hi Scrabbs... how are you... I have not been on in ages and ages.

7:35 am

Oh Ruby! Hang in there! I am sending hugs and prayers.

7:35 am

sorry ruby... hope he recovers soon.

7:35 am

((((Ruby))))

7:35 am

thank you mom2han

7:35 am

I will stop monopolizing the chog now, instead will start writing down all these book names

7:35 am

I usually laugh out loud when I read Bill Bryson. While this one was amusing it was no "Walk in the Woods" or "In a Sunburned Country"... my two favorites!

7:36 am

you aren't monopolizing...we want to know

7:36 am

I bought a Bill Bryson book for my husband last year and he wouldn't read it but I found it charming

7:36 am

Ruby....if we can talk about our boobs, you certainly can talk about your husband!!!!1

7:36 am

I was just about to say the same thing!

7:36 am

Christine can you put your recommendations in your babble bio?

Indeed RUby we do want to know how the Husband is doing.

7:36 am

Ruby, if you go to Amazon.com and find a book you enjoyed, there will be a list of similar books to read over. That is how I find great books.

7:36 am

Anniebrook -Spies of the Balkans, by Alan Furst; The Cookbook Collector, by Allegra Goosman; and The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender

7:36 am

thank you all, I am truly touched!

7:36 am

hi all, back at last

7:36 am

sprite!!!!!

7:36 am

4th column C is annoying me. Help please?

7:37 am

Hello, Spritey!

7:37 am

Hi Sprite

7:37 am

Yes, Scrabbs, I do that... they just recommended Ian Frazier to me... so I requested some of his stuff from the library.

7:37 am

Not there yet Scrabbs

7:37 am

hi sprite. Did your flu symptoms recede enough for you to make your trip?

7:37 am

Major third or minor fifth for example

7:37 am

Give him a hug from us, and a b-i-g hug for you.

7:37 am

I've only read Ian Frazier in the New Yorker and I think he is wonderful.

7:38 am

Sorry, that was for Rubyfoo.

7:38 am

ch5 musical tones

7:38 am

hi Spritey!

7:38 am

hi rubyfoo, no, alas not, am having a relapse. Darn. Already called my friend and she was so disappointed. I feel really bad about it.

7:38 am

he can be very funny but he also is wonderful at describing his travels

7:38 am

No such thing as a minor fifth - it is a diminished fifth

7:38 am

hi lyn :)

7:38 am

aren't fifths for drinking?

7:39 am

sprite: what's important is for you to be well!

7:39 am

That would be a perfect fifth.

Hi can anyone clue the an6/24 plz? Sure I'm missing something really obvious.

7:39 am

ch4.6 is the other. TY Zooz

7:39 am

ye4 but my friend is very important to me too.

7:39 am

Hello, Godthaab :-)

7:39 am

ok... so what is the other 4th colulmn c? Anyone?

7:39 am

Hello

7:39 am

thanks, christine

7:39 am

yw, Lynxxx :-)

7:39 am

an6 is what you need to keep a ship in one place

7:40 am

what you throw out of a boat so it wont move is the an6

7:40 am

an6 keeps a ship or boat in position

7:40 am

good morning everyone

7:40 am

other c there is C + first 3 letters of what bees make

7:40 am

ty for an, river, and hello

7:40 am

hi Riverdance

7:40 am

ch + opp to off

7:40 am

Hi River!

Oh of course it is!!! I wasn't following the right pattern. Thanks a lot.

7:40 am

wow - boobs and books - what a discussion today

7:40 am

ty sprite

7:40 am

not that it's convoluted or anything....

7:41 am

LOL..hello, River :-)

7:41 am

((Ruby)) hope you are hanging in there

7:41 am

I finally got that major fifth clue. I was looking for CHIME.

7:41 am

Hi River

7:41 am

Sorry Godthaab!

7:41 am

just read back about your husband, rubyfoo, I hope his fever will subside soon.

7:41 am

happily, it is a beautiful, warm day

7:42 am

bitter cold this morning at -6 but at least no snow - calling for another 8 inches tomorrow -yikes

7:42 am

The chat log is flying now!

7:42 am

warm? where are you? It is freezing in NJ... just freezing.

7:42 am

and the housekeeper left a fire burning for me for coming home

7:42 am

Bye everyone...we are on mini flood watch here - my turn to sleep

7:42 am

very thoughtful of her

7:42 am

Finally NBT and I am at 77/77, so I need a break. BBL

7:42 am

France, in the mountains, but it's above 40F and we face south, so it's lovely and warm in the sun

7:42 am

Oh Ruby! That does sound nice!

7:42 am

bye lynxxx - good luck

7:43 am

ohh, poor lynxx, {{big hug}}

7:43 am

Take care, Lynxxx..hope it stays safe for you.

7:43 am

Lovely Ruby

7:43 am

Lynxxx...get some rest. Keep us posted when you can. Hugs & prayers to you too!

7:43 am

bye lyn, take care and I hope all will be well!

7:43 am

are you french, Ruby? Your english is perfect.

7:43 am

no, but thank you, I am from NY! retired here

7:44 am

I was going to say! Nice place to retire, I would imagine.

7:44 am

my Fr is getting better, especially having to deal with all these medical issues

7:45 am

My language skills are very poor, though. I still have some of the syntax down in French and Spanish... but everything has to happen now... tenses confuse me, LOL.

7:45 am

Ok need to go..enjoyed the chog talk..take care, All...and happy babbling.

7:45 am

bye zoom

7:45 am

bye zooz, all the best *hugs*

7:45 am

we had to learn 16 tenses in high school, but I only use about 6 in real life!

7:45 am

bye zooz - have a great day

7:45 am

{{zzoozz}}

7:46 am

bye zooz

7:46 am

I made coffee, anyone

7:46 am

please, with hot milk, no sugar!

7:46 am

yes please

7:46 am

I am sure I learned them, but I have blocked the horror of it out of my memory,LOL... the guys at work laugh at me because I mix the spanish and the french... if I don't remember the spanish word I just insert the french one.. LOL.

7:47 am

must make some breakfast for kiddos...bb

7:47 am

I was never able to learn Spanish as I would always slip into French in class

7:47 am

Zoozzoom, did you get the book titles or shall I post them in my profile?

7:47 am

I took spanish in HS and college and then french in college. Why? I have no idea, LOL... I have a degree in HIstory, for God's sakes!

7:47 am

*pours coffee for ruby with hot milk,, nosugar and for river in a nice prewarmed mug

7:47 am

even living in Miami for years

7:48 am

yum - thank you Annie

7:48 am

from what school, mom, and what period of history is your specialty?

7:48 am

The syntax is similar.

7:48 am

thank you annie!

7:48 am

Ramapo College; Early American (Colonial to about 1820).

7:49 am

so you didn't need European languages at all.....

7:49 am

To be more specific it was American legal history that interested me the most.

7:49 am

If I had done graduate work I would have needed the french... I would have had to translate Montesquieu, Rousseau, etc.

7:50 am

Though now with all of the translation programs available I do not know if that is still a requirement; the translating from the primary source material.

7:50 am

I have to be off now too! Have a great day everyone! {{ruby}}

7:51 am

bye car

7:51 am

bye, car.eeyore

7:51 am

I think so, m2h8. The translation programs can only do so much and for legal work a nuance of a word can be important

7:51 am

bye car - have a great day

7:51 am

bye car.

7:52 am

That is true, Sprite.

7:52 am

Anniebrook, I forgot one really great book - The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer

7:52 am

christine, just put it on my list, thanks

7:52 am

hi all. any clues for the 8s out there?

7:53 am

past tense of what is on a tree... br8/65

7:53 am

one is ra8, guys in a cowboy work place

7:53 am

hello mkg, no 8;s yet for me...

7:53 am

thanks sprite and mom

7:54 am

thanks sprite - had the tree one but not that one

7:54 am

what is the ending on that one, Sprite... I don't have it.

7:54 am

the ending is the guys. Males.

7:55 am

duh... just got it... thanks!

7:55 am

ty got the ra cowboy.

7:55 am

np

7:55 am

ty got the tree past tense.

7:56 am

I think ronch should be a word

7:56 am

need one more 8. ty for other two.

7:56 am

unch

7:56 am

oops sorry

7:56 am

I think it is a word, river! or with a b in front

7:57 am

not in enable

7:57 am

maybe just in my neighborhood

7:57 am

time for breadfast - see you all later - hugs to everyone

7:58 am

bye Riverdance, enjoy breakie

7:58 am

later, river

7:58 am

not a word. what does it mean robu?

7:58 am

{{river}}

7:58 am

oops i meant ruby not robu,.

7:58 am

robu is ok, just kidding, tho

8:00 am

if you add on to the ch5 veg, you have another veg in French

8:01 am

a kind of thistle, related to artichoke

8:01 am

fireflies, back to bed with me. Bye all, have fun. Tell your husband hi from me, rubyfoo, and I am thinking of both of you.

8:01 am

ty sprite, take care of yourself!!!!

8:02 am

bye sprite and feel better

8:03 am

The other 8 is de8...it means your general attitude..builds off of de6/24

8:04 am

great clue, Molly

8:04 am

ty ty molly!

8:05 am

didn't even have to find it, just typed the word!

8:06 am

rubyfoo, how many letters in the French vegetable?

8:06 am

7, but enable doesn't know it!! :(

8:06 am

Thank you, dearie

8:07 am

it's not very tasty, anyway, and they make it in this region dripping with cheese....yuck

8:07 am

Won't accept, right?

8:08 am

right

8:08 am

enable is really inconsistent about foreign foods

8:09 am

I'm still struggling to get half and/or nbt!

8:10 am

lots of wild west words

8:11 am

good morning and bonjour!

8:11 am

hello jbv :)

8:11 am

bonjour JBV!\

8:14 am

yay, half, now I can go and lie down (but still no nbt)

8:14 am

any clue for the middle n or the u?

8:14 am

ruby, have a nice rest near the fire

8:15 am

{{annie}}

8:15 am

un6/24 to not hook up with

8:15 am

do you still have ice? were you able to pick up Bobby after work yesterday?

8:16 am

ty molly, you are always reliable!!!!

8:16 am

ruby, bobby came by himself yesterday,,,the ice is not as bad as it was..supposed to be a decent weekend

8:16 am

ah, thanks, molly

8:17 am

that is better than you driving on ice!!!

8:17 am

nu 5/16...like a taco chip, different second letter, then give it a Latin plural

8:17 am

absolutely :)

8:17 am

Different second and LAST ending, sorry

8:17 am

molly, that was on the tip of my tongue! hahah

8:17 am

molly, THAT I would not have gotten, thanks

8:18 am

The ab words are the ones that have me grumpy this morning.

8:18 am

81 words now and very happy

8:18 am

you are never grumpy!

8:20 am

phone

8:21 am

found an ab5 ab+ unit of electrical conductance

8:21 am

It made me slightly dizzy finding an 6/24

8:21 am

and plural

8:24 am

good morning/afternoon everyone :)

8:24 am

i dont have an 6. can you clue it molly?

8:24 am

ty for the ab clue!

an 6 is what you use to keep a boat from moving

8:28 am

hi all

8:28 am

hi jmc :)

8:28 am

hi jmc

hi jmc

8:28 am

hi!

8:29 am

well i am officially freaking out . . . i want my job back. . . I do NOT want to go forward into the unknown! :-(

8:30 am

change isn't good? *says one who despises it*

8:30 am

*cowers in corner*

8:30 am

Good morning, Babblers.

8:30 am

hi judi

8:31 am

hello all

8:31 am

nbt, need a 7 letter word for nbs pls

8:31 am

hi peri, judi

8:31 am

hi peri

8:31 am

does anyone have the clues for the 8 letter words?? please

8:32 am

Did you just get the big pink slip, jmc??

8:32 am

past tense of where the cowboys live peri

8:32 am

de8 is your attitude

8:32 am

I have one that's past tense of br6/30

8:32 am

past tense of the arms of a tree

8:32 am

no judi I gave my board notice a year ago that i would leave no later than this summer

8:33 am

thanks jmc for the de and hello

8:33 am

Ah ha. And now you want back in?

8:33 am

ty River

8:33 am

and i have applied for several jobs but so far have not gotten them

8:33 am

i am just panicking that i will go on the dole

8:34 am

jmc...there's still time

8:34 am

of course i could always practice law i keep telling myself

8:34 am

i just woke up this morning in a panic because last night i was looking at prospective jobs to apply for and i hated them all

8:35 am

ty for br8

8:35 am

cant you just stay on the board

8:35 am

*nodding* Sucks to have no viable prospects.

8:35 am

belated hi river

8:36 am

thanks for the clues!

8:36 am

uh the board doesn't pay and i am not on the board i am the employee

8:37 am

i was okay when there were lots of prospects in Quakerland and a few in some other areas but as I apply for these jobs and always make the cut until the very end. . .

8:37 am

judi i think you hit the nail on the head so i am just going to calm down now

8:37 am

dont give up - those just werent meant for you

8:38 am

that is what i keep telling myself

8:38 am

I imagine it's hard to keep a positive attitude.

8:39 am

most of the time i am clear and positive and know that i will get what God wants to do . . .

8:39 am

but some days. . . .

8:39 am

we understand...

8:40 am

((JMC))

8:40 am

hello herin

8:40 am

hi herin

8:40 am

much like the grid...sometimes there's nothing, and you feel like an idiot, then you hit a patch of words, and you're a GENIUS! :)

8:40 am

hello herin

How are you all?

8:41 am

lol good analogy champ!

8:41 am

:)

8:41 am

I'll try again -- hello everyoe :)

8:41 am

hello nan

8:41 am

passable herin

8:42 am

hi!

HI NANn

8:42 am

hi cyber! sorry did I not say hello?

I went out weather was horrid

8:42 am

sometimes chat goes too fast for me - sorry if I missed you

8:42 am

I don't think you were on line yet wheN i first said hello, jmc

8:42 am

are you having flooding issues herin

Nope.

8:43 am

I don't think herin or River were either

8:43 am

herin, what is happening in Down Under, was there a typhoon yesterday?

8:43 am

oh then i feel a bit better

8:43 am

did the cyclone come near you

We are not but I had to take my shoes off when we were out

8:43 am

why herin?

I live in Victoria but because Cyclone Yasi is about the size of Texas we got the tail end of it in Vic. Very wet

8:44 am

jmcnrick - my Mum used to tell us you didn't get the first jobs, so that you;d be available when the right job came along

8:44 am

good advice christine. . . and i really believed that for the first 4 jobs. . . lol

8:44 am

good morning all

8:44 am

She also said the same thing about deadbeat boyfriends

8:44 am

hi wv

8:44 am

good to hear you are safe

8:44 am

morning!

8:44 am

hello teach

8:44 am

hello wv :)

8:45 am

lol christine your mother was a wise woman. . .i married the 13th guy to propose to me

8:45 am

and he was heaven sent!

8:45 am

help with the E on the bottom row please

8:46 am

must be your lucky number jmc - so look for the 13th job

8:46 am

reverberating sound jmc

8:46 am

My Mum was her girls' cheering squad - my Dad too. They thought we were the tops, and we felt that way about them.'

8:46 am

lol that is a terrifying thought river

8:46 am

jm...I hit a patch of words...genius! ;)

8:46 am

wow hit me with a fish ty river

8:46 am

wtg champ you are a genius! lol

HI Vtec

8:47 am

Wow. 13 guys proposed to you? That's extraordinary.

8:47 am

yw

8:47 am

Wait... you didn't belong to a cult did you?

8:47 am

well i didn't get married until i was over 30

8:47 am

lol LORD NO judi

8:47 am

jmc is a smart woman

8:47 am

i was quite the hot chick when i was younger

8:48 am

very few of them were proposing to my brains

8:48 am

lol. Still, that's a lot of proposals.

8:48 am

play with them then out you go.....lol

8:48 am

seriously...

8:48 am

Hope you kept the rich one, jmc.

8:48 am

first proposal was an Iranian student to me when I was 12 or 14 I forget

8:49 am

no he was only rich in the things that mattered champ

8:49 am

I really must get to work....have a great day everyone - chin up jmc - something will come along

8:49 am

have a good day river

8:49 am

i am happy again because my babble friends are such good friends

8:50 am

and yes i know pb but i wanted to be clear

8:50 am

bye river

8:50 am

bye river

8:50 am

off you go jmc!

8:51 am

*looks for more coffee beans in the pb cabinet*

8:53 am

jmc, the cabana boy will bring a pot of coffee to you, just ring the little bell near you

8:54 am

but was it made from freshly ground beans? I gots standards

8:55 am

jmc, of course...only the best in the PB

8:55 am

bottom e stat for nbt?

8:56 am

ec4/6

8:56 am

Good morning everyone

8:56 am

that's the only one I have

8:56 am

and the 4th column c stats for nbt for me

8:56 am

ty jmc -- forgot that babblet

8:56 am

hi bob

8:56 am

thnx jmcnrick

8:56 am

*can go and have breakfast now!

8:57 am

ach got to go!

8:57 am

hi bob

Have a great dy everyone. I am off to bed and such

8:57 am

cu all later!

8:57 am

bye!

bye.

8:57 am

bye jmc and herin

8:58 am

an 6 clue please?

8:58 am

drops off a boat to keep it in place

8:58 am

mkg, what holds a ship in place

8:58 am

an6 - Popeye's tattoo

8:59 am

Hello Haz :)

8:59 am

Hello, Annie and everyone.

9:02 am

Afternoon Haz and greetings all.

9:02 am

hi and welcome!

9:03 am

Greetings, FM!

9:03 am

Am finding this grid akin to treacle.

9:03 am

Good afternoon, FM.

9:04 am

On the upside there are snowdrops flowering just over the wall in the churchyard and 2 crocus are showing their colour in my garden!

9:04 am

ty for an clue. got it.

9:04 am

what a pretty picture you paint, FM

9:05 am

I spotted the first snowdrops a day or two ago but nothing more colourful here so far.

9:05 am

lol just a shame it is blowing a gale and rather grey. Hope you are bearing up with the snow etc Annie?

9:06 am

dirty piles of snow here. I cant wait for the buds on the trees to start showing

9:06 am

Haz, has the wind quietened down for you now?

9:07 am

It's not as bad as it was yesterday but still a bit stormy. I'm hoping it clears up as no2 daughter has a friend coming across for the weekend and it would be nice for her to not be blown away.

9:07 am

lol

9:08 am

Some ferry crossings have been cancelled but she's flying so should be okay.

9:08 am

urgh might be a bit bumpy up there.

9:09 am

I know, not pleasant.

9:10 am

bo 5 16 second one: cant get it. please clue.

9:11 am

Whisper it softly but the printer is behaving beautifully, churning out stuff with admirable cooperation. I'm babbling while printing while waiting for the dryer to finish.

9:11 am

ssshhh

9:11 am

mkg...is it like Buy One Get One? an extra treat or prize?

9:11 am

bo5/16 - bo plus first letters of what sits on top of your shoulders.

9:11 am

love that multi-tasking

9:11 am

'whispers - good printer'

9:12 am

I'd be even better if I could get Spangle onto a treadmill at the same time.

9:12 am

Hi Champ and wv

9:12 am

hi!

9:12 am

and hitch the treadmill up to the dryer thus saving pwer at the same time :)

9:13 am

ooooooh,...clever

9:13 am

champ that is not it. have that one. what is between shoulders and head: i am not getting it to work with those letters. first three letters of that word right? or do i change vowel?

9:13 am

Exactly. We need a modern Heath Robinson or else Wallace and Gromit.

9:13 am

mkg, what sits on top of your neck? bo plus first letters.

9:14 am

Sorry mkg...haven't listed yet, so gave you the second of what I had.

9:14 am

Stupid B's!

9:14 am

Or bo plus first letters of Paul McCartney's ex of blessed memory.

9:16 am

Gold digger...nope, that won't work. : P

9:16 am

lol Molly. Thanks Haz.

9:16 am

You've got the general idea...

9:16 am

that's the second one molly!

9:17 am

Good clues Haz. Inferior tea? Never heard of it.

9:17 am

wasnt her name linda mc

9:17 am

His 2nd wife mkg not the 1st

9:17 am

Nope making. That was the first wife. Second wife had the last name of Mills.

9:17 am

That was his first wife, he had a second. She was less popular.

9:18 am

got it! ty ty.

9:18 am

top gray...

9:18 am

Note how good I am at understatement.

9:18 am

A LOT less popular. TONS.

9:18 am

dint know second wife died too.

9:18 am

She didn't die, they divorced.

9:18 am

time to dye your hair then kje *grin*

9:18 am

She didn't. He divorced her.

9:19 am

He just didn't appreciate her.

9:19 am

I thought you were very diplomatic Haz.

9:19 am

lol fm

9:19 am

already do highlights and lowlights.... dying is only a few years away, I am sure

9:19 am

Thank you, FM. I'm sure she probably monitors all chat logs for mentions.

9:20 am

bye everyone

been dying since I was 25, since I went gray then.

9:21 am

bye annie - stay warm

9:21 am

Bye Annie, have a good day.

Hello all. just saying hi whilst packing for my running weekend!

9:21 am

Bye, Annie. Have a good day.

9:21 am

Oh yes - good luck red!

9:21 am

Hello, red. All the best for the run!

9:21 am

Hi Red. Sending good running vibes your way.

9:21 am

knock 'em dead red!

9:22 am

Hope you have better weather than I had sunday. It was warm and muggy. fingers crossed for you!!!

9:22 am

Hello, all. I'd rather have grey hair than die! ;)

9:22 am

Vi!!!!! Hello :)

9:23 am

That's how mine is Vicuna!

its supposed to be 50-70. so I bet it starts at 60 and ends up 80...not too bad as long as I run fast and dont run into the 80's.

9:23 am

Good to see you all!

thanks all.

9:23 am

GAH!!!! Water up!

Well, luckily I am a floridian, and am used to it being Hot hot hot.

Any Clues for the U words? any at all?

9:24 am

Yeah, mine's tending that way, too, ChampFit. But that bothers me a lot less than the "horrid age spots!" lol

9:24 am

Yikes! Tread water, ChampFit!

9:24 am

phone :(

always wondered why we get the age spots.

9:25 am

red, out of the whopping w that I have...un + run into someone or get together with them, past and present

9:25 am

Hello, Vicuna! Sorry for delayed greeting, I was praising the printer.

9:25 am

sun

9:25 am

blame it on the sun - it's all damage

TY.

Ahh so sun screen kje?

I shall wear it this weekend.

9:26 am

Hello, Haz! Well, you can't let printers' self-esteem get low or there's nothing but trouble.

9:26 am

ancho is not accepted

i tried it too...

9:26 am

lots and lots

9:26 am

Absolutely, Vi. I've got work in store for it and I need to keep on the right side.

9:27 am

I've worn sunscreen diligently since I was 18. I think there's a big genetic component. My mother's spotty, too! =)

9:27 am

How are you and the ToG Vi?

9:27 am

un5 - hasn't been introduced yet

9:28 am

Splendid, splendid, thanks, FM. They've been having lots of snow days off from school, to their delight. We have a spectacular igloo palace in the front yard! How are you?

9:28 am

several composers here today

9:28 am

Talking of sun screen, they're saying over here that children are developing rickets because of lack of Vitamin D. Overly diligent mothers are overdoing things. Of course it might just be a scary headline, British papers have been known to exaggerate ever so slightly.

9:28 am

un7 - hasn't been caught aurally

9:29 am

Looking forward to spring and am ticking along nicely Vi.

9:29 am

that was my last u, vi... ty

9:29 am

un7 = Vicuna's singing voice because of low self-esteem.

9:29 am

that.... ad cuz kids drink soda istead of milk with d

9:30 am

Yeah, I heard that, too, Haz. Not just children are supposedly deficient. But I'm really not that worried. We get plenty of vitamin D milk, plus plenty of outdoor time even with sunscreen.

9:30 am

LOL but thanks Vi and Haz for that clue.

9:30 am

>=P

9:30 am

you only eed about 10 miutes just o your lower arms to do it.... sunscreen is not the problem

9:31 am

Was it Cameron Diaz or someone who discovered that her Vit D levels were horribly low plus her bones were rubbish?

9:32 am

I suspect that the bones of all those models and actresses on perpetual diets are bound to be rubbish. You can't spend your entire adult life under healthy weight and hope to have fabulous bones!

9:32 am

well, let's face it... they aren't gettig paid for their boes

9:32 am

good point.

9:33 am

Or at least not the internal structure of their bones.

9:33 am

Cheekbones! They're handy!

9:33 am

they're cheeky

9:34 am

and it would be a good grid word too.

9:34 am

we can get cheefy. It's almost the same.

9:34 am

all corner o ou?

9:34 am

Someone here. Must go! See you later!

9:35 am

great to see you Vi, bye.

9:35 am

bye vi

9:35 am

No, there's an oc word.

9:35 am

stuck on me 4 5 second one please.

9:35 am

Bye, Vi!

9:35 am

ty

9:35 am

kje-I only have 2 & they are ou

9:35 am

nm got it. duh..............sorry

9:36 am

oc6 - Scots exclamation meets a number

9:36 am

I was told that sunscreen blocks Vitamin D absorption. Not true?

9:36 am

I've got ou4 and 6 from that bottom o

9:36 am

perfect clue, ty

9:36 am

1) you do ot absorb vit D through the skin

9:36 am

Don't forget your imperial weight, FM, ou5.

9:37 am

2) depends on the suscreen

9:37 am

Then what do you absorb it through?

9:37 am

phew tile greyed, thanks.

9:37 am

3) you only need 10 minutes daily on your lower arms to convert enough D - most people get that when doig errands, etc ot even thinkig about sun

9:38 am

you absorb it through your gut

9:38 am

From the sun?

9:38 am

oc 6 please?

9:38 am

the sun converts to active form

9:38 am

HS biology

9:39 am

oc6 - three letters for a Scots exclamation, three letters for a single number.

9:39 am

just clued, mkg - haz gave brilliant clue

9:39 am

just a few short of graying the bottom too

9:39 am

Great clue Haz

9:40 am

You're welcome.

9:40 am

I guess I must have missed that in HS biology. Sorry.

9:42 am

good morning everyone and haz that was a brilliant clue on the oc 6!

9:42 am

Time for a break for me (and my monkeys). TTFN.

9:42 am

Hello, crossy, glad it worked for you!

9:42 am

((FM))

9:42 am

OH hi and bye crossy (())

9:43 am

hello everybody from a cold wet scotland

9:44 am

hi jac! same here

9:44 am

Hello, jacq. Ditto from over here.

9:44 am

miserable weather have the lights on already

9:44 am

dont know scots exclamation.

9:44 am

Molly-maybe this will help-Vitamin D absorption from the sun is not actually accurate because we do not absorb vitamin D from the sun. Instead, our skin produces vitamin D upon sun exposure.

9:45 am

*** aye the noo

9:45 am

what time is it there, jac?

9:45 am

nm got it.

9:45 am

3:45

9:45 am

like 4ish or so?

9:45 am

lights have been on since 3

9:45 am

Okay, absorb was the wrong word. What does that have to do with your gut?

9:45 am

I don't think anything-

9:45 am

wow, close guess

9:46 am

Thank you Scribe.

9:46 am

not bad guess kje

9:46 am

you're welcome

9:46 am

Happy Friday, Babblers..

9:47 am

And to you, Aloy.

9:48 am

TGIF Alow

9:48 am

Or Aloy

9:48 am

(-: good to see you Haz

9:48 am

it's the start of the weekend and they usually go by so quickly and you always seem to have so much more to cram into those 2 days

9:48 am

Super Bowl weekend here

9:49 am

Is it the one where the entertainment is almost as important as the sport?

9:49 am

For most of us, time to make fattening food and root for teams we have rooted against all year. : D

9:49 am

lol molly

9:50 am

I'm rooting for a team, mainly bc it is opposing a team I don't root for.. makes sense, um hum

9:50 am

well put molly, but it's nice to let your hair down now and again

9:50 am

I will not watch

9:50 am

yes, Haz.. the commercials are the major entertainment

9:50 am

Haz, Superbowl commercial ad time is something like three million per minute.

9:50 am

ad will try to avoid the crazy crowds here

9:51 am

if the super bowl gets boring-go to animal planet & watch the puppy bowl-cute--with a kitty half-time show

9:51 am

hope the weather in Dallas is more hospitable?

9:51 am

Dear goodness, that's a LOT of money. Are the commercials that worth watching?

9:51 am

Aloy, that is how I am rooting as well.

9:52 am

(-: Molly, I hope your team starts with a G?

9:52 am

lol scribe that sounds like a good laugh

9:52 am

Some of the commercials are very clever Haz.

9:52 am

it is worth the swith over-

9:52 am

best commercials are usually from budweiser. love those clydesdales

9:52 am

switch*

9:53 am

The 2010 Superbowl Commercials are on YouTube.

9:53 am

speaking of footbal, fially found the denver mascot/s

9:53 am

wtg, kje

9:53 am

brb

9:54 am

working o the left wall... feeling enclosed today

9:54 am

26 left, going for the list

9:55 am

halfway, NBY and NBS - time to go make some cookies for a gathering tomorrow - BBL4

9:56 am

you did better than I did, lbd.. hit the list at 35

9:56 am

mmmmm - what kind wv?

9:56 am

Bye,wv.

9:56 am

35 left, that is

9:56 am

gingerbread - heart shaped

9:56 am

yumm, cookies

9:57 am

can smell them cooking.. have fun, wvt

9:57 am

I made some awesome chocolate cookies with Reese's pieces in them the other day.

9:57 am

mmmm - have fun wv

9:58 am

h'mm, just discovered that you can shorten that mascot, kje

9:59 am

yep - it nicely knocks out lots of b's

10:00 am

b's banished

10:01 am

good morning, all

10:01 am

how's the weather in sunny Florida, Aloy?

10:02 am

ok, my walls are done... going to go find food - bbl

10:02 am

hi trent.. right now it is super duper, but I have not mentioned it.. feeling bad for my northern friends and neighbors

10:02 am

later, kje

10:02 am

Bye, kje.

10:03 am

Afternoon everyone. Last word ....SO 6, any clues, please?

10:04 am

not to mention it was -17 degrees in Los Lunas yesterday.. (one son lives there)

10:04 am

yes, I can imagine you are feeling bad for them!

10:04 am

hi everyone!

10:04 am

snowed in, can't drive even if they dig their car out.. black ice

10:04 am

4th day of school canceled

10:05 am

my daughter is a 1st grade teacher in Michigan - they are on their 3rd snow day

10:05 am

well, in my hometown in Ohio, they have exceeded their snow days and will have to make them up

10:06 am

sorry, Lizmac-don't have any so's

10:06 am

I don't have it yet, either, sorry

10:06 am

We had ice. Snow usually doesn't stop us. I went to school yesterday and there was still 3inches of ice on the parking lot

10:06 am

ice is the worst!

10:06 am

sorry lizmac, don't have it yet

10:07 am

Scribe, there's only one and I can't find it grrrrr.

10:07 am

so6 - looks like males who like most of footwear (not shoe)

10:07 am

I've been monkeying-with no luck!

10:07 am

thank you, Haz!

10:07 am

You're welcome.

10:07 am

great clue

10:08 am

ty!

10:08 am

Oc**** !!! Thanks. Fireworks.

10:08 am

ty

10:09 am

yay for lizmac, congrats!

10:09 am

ya y lizmac!

10:09 am

Congratulations, liz!

10:09 am

way to go, Lizmac!

10:12 am

Ice Day!

10:12 am

snow day!

10:12 am

hi sg.. happy or sad about that?

10:12 am

You say that with a certain amount of glee!

10:12 am

happy

10:12 am

ok, yay for Ice Day!

10:12 am

extra day off and I can babble and do my tax paperwork

10:13 am

science I forget, houston or dallas?

10:13 am

however,one day will be plenty

10:13 am

wildcat, are you a teacher ?

10:14 am

yes

10:14 am

houston

10:14 am

well, then.. yay for your snowday too

10:14 am

absolutely :) although we'll have to make it up at the end of the year

10:14 am

and on a Friday.. wahoo, three day weekend

10:14 am

even better

10:15 am

we think that the texas overloads will allow us this day without a makeup

10:15 am

overlords oops not wearing my cheaters

10:15 am

we've already been told we have to make it up

10:15 am

but they can't by state law

10:16 am

minimum # of school days

10:16 am

we have bad weather days built into the schedule

10:16 am

this is our first for the year - we may also have one built in

10:16 am

where are you wildcat?

10:16 am

we always had three, not to be exceeded

10:16 am

I must go and do some errands. Enjoy the grid and have a good day. Bye!

10:16 am

bye haz

10:16 am

bye, Haz.. you hagd too!

10:16 am

we have two, and one year we did use both and everyone was hot when we had to make them up by giving up holiday days

10:16 am

Austin

10:17 am

up the road a spell

10:17 am

you have snow?

10:17 am

son and family live in Austin.. granddaughter's preschool was called off

10:17 am

just a bit

10:17 am

Aloy the whole city shuts down on days like this

10:17 am

they all forget when they move here what to do with it

10:18 am

maybe the cold will tamper the pollen.. they have had allegies because of "cedar fever"? New to them as they are new to the area

10:18 am

they will always get cedar fever. it's potent stuff

10:18 am

ooh, not good as they both love Austin

10:19 am

cedar is my enemy. It even blows down here from the hill country

10:19 am

it only lasts for a couple of months at most. it's the only stuff that gets to me these days

10:19 am

hello fellow cold texans!

10:19 am

hi kje how much snow do you have?

10:19 am

DIL's parents came for a visit.. they have never had allergies, but cedar got to them.. bad

10:20 am

hmmmm... have't measured... but cannot see the street

10:20 am

or the bricks around the flower bed

10:20 am

we have 1-2 inches on the ground

10:21 am

ad uderneath is the sheet of ice that hasn't melted from Moday night

10:21 am

kje...we just have a bit of ice in Houston, but the city is at a standstill, and the weather guys are on talking about The Arctic Blast...gahhhhhhhhhhh!

10:21 am

how nice

10:21 am

don't forgret it's there

10:21 am

It really is all about the weather persons having something to talk about,lol.

10:22 am

always

10:22 am

well, let's face it, these cities down here are not prepared for this - we do ot stock salt or sand to keep roads safe, etc

10:22 am

rget about plows

10:22 am

so true...and annoying!

10:22 am

we sand here but no plows

10:22 am

more keys sticking kj?

10:23 am

BUT, when I lived in MD, I thought it was weird that schools closed because temps hit the high 90s - it is all relative and what you are prepared for

10:23 am

saw a utube video about a weather man in Chicago, doing a report and lightning goes off right over his head.. while it is snowing, and the man freaks with delight

10:23 am

saw that, too, Al... and he worked for the weather channel... "snow thunder"... LOL!

10:23 am

lightenig i snow is relatively rare - cool!

10:23 am

but really, I don't know anyone glad to see them talking about nothing all a.m. Wish they'd get over it and put on regular programming.

10:24 am

bbl...

10:24 am

well, I do ot have a TV - so I am isolated in my winter wonderland

10:24 am

yes, what made it more amazing.. a second bolt!

10:24 am

you have us kj

10:25 am

No, it was definitely cool. But to see him get so excited was hysterical. We had thunder with one of our recent storms; don't know about lightening, as I was not out looking for it, LOL.

10:26 am

he was dancing around like a little kid, whooping away.. loved it

10:26 am

.. and glad he wasn't hit (-:

10:27 am

yes... he was pretty close to it

10:27 am

I do indeed wild - ad you beat the heck out of a TV!

10:27 am

link, aloy?

10:28 am

it was on the MSN homepage yesterday, kje.. lemme take a look

10:29 am

http://myq105.radio.com/2011/02/03/lig htning-strikes-during-snowstorm-in-chi cago-weatherman-goes-nuts/

10:30 am

I am catchig up on old oscar winers on netflix... today is Tom Jones (1963)... love instaview!

10:30 am

lol@ arctic texan "blast" hehe..whooo...chuckle..snort....

10:30 am

sorry

10:30 am

lol.. hi there crossy

10:31 am

but i am not here to tease the big burly texans,,snort...as i was saying...

10:32 am

this Texan is LOVING the little bit of snow we got

10:32 am

a rare treat for you i am sure

10:32 am

brb.. laundry break

10:33 am

I love that!!! he is so excited

10:33 am

I love people who get excited about what they do - he clearly loves weather

10:34 am

no prob, crossy - mock all you like.... ad when global warming hits canada and you are melting in 100+ temps, we will mock also

10:34 am

we will be 100,you will be 130:P

10:35 am

not how it works.... you get warmer, we get shit like this

10:35 am

actually it is quite the problem up north,the parma frost and ice caps are melting too fast

10:36 am

closer to equator gets cooler, poles get warmer.... til we are all one big ocean

10:36 am

mm ,just think,in 50 years we can go to texas for our ski vacations

10:37 am

ah - by the it will be some rebel crazy country we all want to avoid - crazy ass politics down here

10:37 am

maybe time to move north again;))

10:38 am

oooo - uno

10:38 am

no kiddig

10:38 am

finito

10:39 am

go kje!

10:39 am

yay lbd!!!

10:39 am

frobisher bay,moose factory,mcmurdo sound..lovely this time or year lol

10:39 am

yaa for lbd!!

or "come ski in Arizona".... !! It got down to 21 F last night... they are NOT accustomed to this. We actually wrapped the water lines leading to the 2 outside taps !! Brrrrrrrr. It's actually warmer back home in Alberta this morning !!!

10:40 am

lol!!!

10:40 am

tyty, kinda fun grid. some odd words as usual

10:40 am

AZ is oe state crazier than TX - LOL - no thanks

hi Crossy, lbd, kje, and everyone else !

10:40 am

btdt, no thanks to AZ.

10:40 am

hi diane

10:41 am

no crazy states,if i must ski down there in the futire i would like a nice calm laid back state please lol

10:41 am

howdy diane

we just "vacation" here, you know that Crossy.... I MUCH prefer home !!.... snow and all :-)

10:41 am

btdt?

10:42 am

southern colorado is pretty laid back. great skiing at wolfe creek or gunnison

10:42 am

just think,you all will be able to have your march break up here! lol

10:42 am

been there, done that, kje

10:42 am

ah

10:43 am

although if i had to live in AZ it would either be flagstaff or tucson

se are staying about half way between Phoenix and Tucson.... a smaller place... Casa Grande.... Old and New side by side !

10:44 am

i want a place where out my front doo i see mountains,out my back door i see my boat tied up at a dock on a still lake with the morning fog covering it and when i go out the side door i want to trip over deer poop lol

10:44 am

i've been there, diane. nice but still too close to phoenix.

10:45 am

crossy, there are places like that here in the flathead valley

we only go to Phoenix to pick up friends/family from the airport.... In and out !

sounds like some places in Alberta, Crossy.... in fact like many places in Canada !

10:46 am

indeed

10:47 am

places where you can drive for 20 minutes..and still be on your own property:))

10:49 am

places where the forest still speaks and in the early morning you can hear the secret voices of the animals and there is no sound of man,so you can actually stand still and hear chuckle of the streams and the sound of the blood moving in your veins

10:49 am

cough..time for tea,,brb

10:51 am

congrats, kje!

10:52 am

LOL! JUST put i the last word aloy - how did you know?

10:53 am

bc you said "finito"?

10:53 am

no - that was lbd - LOL

10:53 am

oh, lol.. it was lbdawger (scrolled back).. yay for lbdawger!

10:53 am

I literally enetered my last word, then looked over and saw your congrats - pretty funy

10:54 am

fe nds

10:54 am

.. meant to be, I guess.. yoohoo, inge.. I see you!

10:55 am

ok, off - hagd all

10:55 am

you too, kje.. watch out for that ice!

10:55 am

ca ne

10:56 am

inge has a hiccup in her keyboard?

10:56 am

crosshair, I just randomly read what you wrote about forested places and thought it was beautiful. Thanks for a lovely image.

10:57 am

think crossy may be having tea, melissa

10:58 am

cac h

hello Aloy, and inge :-)

10:59 am

hi diane

10:59 am

Thanks Aloyisius, she deserves a cup after brightening my morning. Hope it's a lovely day for all!

hi mellissa.... I agree on crossy's image

10:59 am

melissa, crossy is a HE

11:01 am

Ta diane. Heh Al, I'm rarely here nor often remember to check for blue and pink. Pardon the slip!

11:02 am

np, melissa! nice you could join chat today (-:

11:04 am

Thank you Al, it is nice. I'm in one of those wanting to hug everyone moods and the cats are sick of me, so I'm glad you're all here. :D

11:04 am

dra ne

11:04 am

lol.. are you in snow country?

and

and I never even noticed we were colour coded !!

11:06 am

No, I'm in bed country. Gray misty Portland OR outside, disdainful kitties and lonely hugger inside. Nothing unusual!

11:06 am

Diane, some people are "grey" so you have to guess with them. : P

I guess if they put "person" or "alien" in their profile that is what shows up !!

good morning, Molly :-)

11:09 am

have never been to Portland, melissa but hear that it is so beautiful (when the mist rises)

11:09 am

crossy is back with tea and english muffies with gooseberry jelly and ready for more fun and merriment:)

11:09 am

aha.. found the sc7 you put on top of a bagel, yumm

11:09 am

and crossy is making me hungry

I haven't eaten yet.... I'll enjoy fully !!

11:10 am

ty cross

11:10 am

:)

11:10 am

Al, it's truly gorgeous. I encourage everyone to visit during summer/early autumn, when you can actually see the lovely skyline!

11:11 am

.. tries not to snitch the muffins with gooseberry jelly

11:11 am

someday I will, melissa

My son's favourite drive has been down the Oregon coast.... they've done it twice ! (We're in Alberta, melissamay )

11:11 am

I'll take the bagels and sc7s with a bit of lox, mmmm!

11:12 am

That's a fabulous drive, diane. We've done it too but we rarely make it the whole way, there's just too many pretty little towns and views to gawk at.

11:13 am

Diane, I've only been to Vancouver in BC (which is in my opinion the most beautiful city I've ever seen -- like Portland on steroids)

Victoria is even prettier in my opinion :-) Not so much hustle and bustle.... I lived there for 2 years in the late 50's and most of my family are still there, or close.

11:18 am

done de done done.. anyone need a clue before I go seek some food?

11:19 am

I'd love to see more of the country, and I hope I get the chance. And at the risk of promoting a cliche, every Canadian I've ever known has been extraordinarily friendly and kind-hearted.

11:19 am

yaa for aloy!!

11:19 am

:))))

way to go, Aloy . Gonna plug along her yet for a while !

11:19 am

yahooo aloy

11:19 am

ty crossy.. did you make the gooseberry jelly?

11:19 am

Well done, Aloy!

11:19 am

congrats aloy -- have just done the first run through here.

11:19 am

e on the bottom

11:20 am

we buy it from a farm,it is made a mennonites

11:20 am

who remember how to make food correctly:)

stilll puzzling about the sc that goes on bagels :-) I love butter and raspberry jam !

11:20 am

ec4 and ec5.. add a male pronoun

11:20 am

Lots of excitement -- the water line on the roof of the house we are renting must have frozen overnight -- had a fountain up there and am now housebound waiting for the plumber.

11:21 am

ouch nan.. no fun!

11:21 am

oh yuck nan

11:21 am

ty aloy

11:21 am

poor cybernan;(

11:21 am

tried my first run at the grid differently today.. blocked off all stats to see what I could see

11:22 am

yw sue

11:22 am

EC4 I found also, thy, thy, thy aloy aloy aloy.

11:22 am

Diane, the sc that goes on a bagel is (I believe) a New York Deli terminology. It's an sc of what you normally top a bagel with.

11:22 am

Diane, it's a Jewish/Yiddish term for a thick spread of cream cheese atop a bagel. Does that help a bit?

11:23 am

i do that from time to time aloy,i hode the bottoom of the page so i cannot see the stats,that way i can delude myself into thinking that i am doing better than what i actually am;)

11:23 am

doesn't help me mel

11:23 am

or diane, you sm% a stain when you wipe it. Add an H to it

11:23 am

sour cream? cream cheese?

11:23 am

Good clue, sue.

11:23 am

if you are not from NY, sc + **S Pinafore + not you + **nold Schwartzenegger

11:23 am

Sour cream on a bagel?

11:24 am

Need clue for last ch/4. Thanks

11:24 am

ty aloy

11:24 am

ty mel

11:24 am

ty aloy...a new word for me

11:24 am

ch + not off

11:25 am

ok, I am officially starving now.. off to seek some zappable leftovers for lunch.. last ch4 + + not off

11:25 am

Hey, babblers. :)

11:25 am

howdy cgw

nan.... are you in Palm Desert right now ? We are in Arizona ( Casa Grande ) and it got to 21 F just before morning :-) We wrapped all exposed water lines.

11:25 am

fun chatting with everyone.. see you next grid, poof

11:25 am

Bye, Aloy.

11:25 am

ttfn, aloy

11:25 am

Take care, Aloy!

11:26 am

Thanks

11:26 am

bye aloy

11:27 am

I'd be grateful for a clue to an6 grovel grovel!!

11:27 am

What you throw overboard to keep a boat still.

11:27 am

Toss it over the side of a boat to keep it still, Deeha.

11:28 am

the thing that holds the boat in place, dee

11:28 am

Got enough clues yet Deeha?

11:28 am

lol

11:29 am

thing the wife wants to tie around my feet before she pushes me off the dock

11:29 am

o m g I ought to be tossed over the side of a boat!!!Many thanks folks Fireworks for me

11:29 am

Lol nice clue, cross.

11:29 am

whooooo hoooooo DEEHA!!

11:29 am

Clue for oc6,24 please??

11:29 am

Yay Deeha, well done!

11:29 am

Congrats, Deeha.

11:29 am

because you call her "the wife", right crossy? lol

11:30 am

Better than 'er indoors Krysten!!

11:30 am

l*** ness monster + first number

11:30 am

Many thanks, lbd!!

11:31 am

no because i was sleeping and called her christine...which is not her name lol

11:31 am

jk

11:31 am

oooh, bad play crossy

11:31 am

Oh, geez, that's not good.

11:31 am

rotflmao!

11:31 am

yw, erda

11:32 am

scune

11:32 am

oops

11:32 am

wow, been awhile since I did that!

11:33 am

now post something i can use;))

11:35 am

phantom "BACON!"

11:35 am

close crossy, change the middle letter

11:35 am

lol crossy

11:35 am

Oh man, that's like the ultimate relationship sin Cross.

11:36 am

what molly? - bacon or that it's a phantom?

11:37 am

think I'll list for the last 45

11:37 am

no,the utimate relation sin is giving her a diamond ring for a 10th anniversary band,and the card has your gf,s name on it and your gf present has the wifes name on it...lol

11:37 am

uhm, bacon...think i'll go see if i have any in the freezer...bbl

11:38 am

ty lbd

11:38 am

um ......bacon fried with brown sugar...yum

11:38 am

No Nan, calling your partner by another name. Especially if you're dreaming.

11:39 am

and the gf is also your boss..loool

11:39 am

feenfean

11:39 am

how to destroy your life in less than 15 minutes!

11:40 am

if you play it right your pink slip and the divorce papers will be in the mail box the same day

11:41 am

crossy almost sounds as if he is speaking from experience...

11:41 am

no no, my better half and i are just fine eva,18th anniversary coming up this year;)

11:42 am

Wow, congrats.

11:42 am

ab5 please?

11:42 am

i have no delusions,the 25 year old hotties now call me sir and ask if i need help carrying my purchaces to the car lol

11:42 am

Oh my...Superbowl Pre-Game concert...The Pretenders and (I'm not kidding) Faith Hill. Somehow I'm not seeing Chrissie Hynde and Faith Hill sharing a stage.

11:42 am

Hahahaha, nice.

11:42 am

ooh! yay! gummy sharks!! i love when hubby packs me a lunch. :) ::skips off, grinning madly::

11:43 am

they open the door for me now lool

11:43 am

Aw, lucky. D:<

11:43 am

you don't need to worry yet crossy -- that happens when all the clerks start to call you dear

11:43 am

lol@ evas love of gummy sharks

11:43 am

He packed your lunch Eva? How sweet.

11:44 am

ab5 is ab + a measurement for electricity.

11:44 am

now sure if he thinks im a linebacker, but he packed me THREE pb&j sammiches, a bag of tortilla chips, gummy sharks, peanuts, and a capri sun. id say he has me mistaken for a grade-schooler, but this lunch kinda makes me quite happy...hehe

11:44 am

I think someone asked for that earlier. <.<;;

11:45 am

ahh early marriage stuff..;) crossy remembers..i was off work for a bit and i used to pick the mrs up from work and have dinner waiting on the table for her...lol

11:45 am

ty cgw

11:45 am

I was just going to ask what a picky eater packs in a bag lunch.

11:45 am

You're welcome. :3

11:45 am

Oh, and then plural.

11:45 am

the stuff he grew up on, of course, molly!

11:46 am

ty cgw

11:46 am

I feel so helpful. :D

11:46 am

i have been trying to have dinner ready when he gets home. my dinner plan started falling apart a little bit this week, as certain recipes yielded quite a bit more food than id anticipated, so we are drowning in leftovers at the moment...

11:49 am

afternoon - been lurking for a bit - been out to lunch today. Went to Michelin starred restaurant - it was gorgeous

11:50 am

Since it's just my son and I, I have to freeze leftovers or food would get wasted big time.

11:51 am

most of ours does. as ive mentioned before, hubby isnt big on leftovers, and frankly, i can only eat so much!

11:51 am

Sounds wonderful Kaz, what did you have?

11:53 am

eva the trick is to make him think they aren't leftovers. freeze and use as an ingredient in another dish, or wait long enough and serve with different sides

11:55 am

leftovers are my friend.

11:55 am

for starters i had a pastry case with smoked haddock which was topped with a poached egg and mustard sauce with mushrooms and rocquette. then i had slow cooked belly pork with red cabbage and baked onions and potaotes and for dessert we had rubarb 3 ways -jelly, crumble and creme brulee but it as exquisite on the plate and it was a fantastic ambiance in the middle of the Devon country side

11:56 am

oooh i wish i could transport myself there, kazz

11:56 am

de 8 please?

11:57 am

it is our birthday treat - me and hubbys - his bd tomorrow, mine in fortnight and valentines in between

11:57 am

Well now, that certainly beats a super sized meal.

11:57 am

ya think, molly?

11:57 am

nan - de8 - appearance, way someone holds themselves

11:58 am

it sure does molly and it is surprizing well filling

11:58 am

Nan, builds off the 6/24

11:58 am

ty kazz

12:13 pm

this grid is surprisingly had,the words be hiding on crossy:(

12:13 pm

hard

12:14 pm

Yeah, same. But I'm over halfway done. :D

12:17 pm

i am finding one word every hour,so i shall be done around....nest tuesday:)

12:17 pm

next

12:18 pm

un 6, please?

12:18 pm

pb crossy

12:19 pm

making the hot choc now

12:19 pm

lol,cool i needed that one also

12:20 pm

un6 not - come together un5/14 plus middle vowel

12:21 pm

un6/24 means unsuitable

12:21 pm

ty - silly word!

12:22 pm

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

12:22 pm

sc7/40 is also a silly word and so6/24 downright medieval

12:23 pm

back to clue as soon as I get myself a cuppa

12:23 pm

*Cross fails to notice he was banished to the PB for do 4/5*

12:23 pm

!!!!!!! Nan !!!!!!!

12:24 pm

sc 7/40 is a regional word, mostly used in NY and NJ Delis.

12:25 pm

yes definitely a middle-European import into America

12:25 pm

the dictionary definition refers specifically to bagels

12:26 pm

sounds like"damn! i got a sc***** of dog poop on ma shoe!"

12:27 pm

right all - i have 4 left and am stuck - they are 2 sc - sc6/27, sc7/44. so 6 and un 6 any clues please

12:28 pm

well do4/5 crossy. Wipe your fe4/8 before going in the PB please.

12:28 pm

i am speding my like in there today

12:28 pm

To me, un6 isn't a word. un + I will m*** you for dinner.

12:28 pm

life

12:29 pm

sc6/27 and past tense sc7/44 are making plans

12:29 pm

see below for clue for un6

12:30 pm

thank you one and all - only the so to go

12:30 pm

so6 what might be on your fe4/7 + male ending

12:30 pm

Hello :)

12:30 pm

so6 put my so*k on my foot + males

12:30 pm

well what might be on your f4/7 without a k

12:31 pm

ridiculous worj but thnx zooz - fireworks for me

12:31 pm

oops owrd

12:31 pm

i give up - my keyboard on my laptop needs decoking

12:31 pm

congrats kazz

12:31 pm

goodly Kazzer

12:32 pm

babblet time among the ch- s

12:32 pm

any other clues wanted?

12:33 pm

I mentioned once before about dropping a pavlova into a keyboard - it went under the tap and then the hairdryer without harm !

12:33 pm

its a very very old word - never seen it before

12:34 pm

yes it has to do with land tenure and duties for same

12:34 pm

i think i might have to do something similar - i inherited the laptop from my husband and it has remains of his meals in it as well

12:34 pm

i am now off to put dinner on for my son - he is coming to stay for the weekend

12:34 pm

guess not -- on my way then -- see you tomorrow :)

12:35 pm

I used to suffer from that at work: one of my colleagues always had a bacon sandwich every day and his keyboard was totally gummed up (or baconned up?)

12:36 pm

cheers all. maybe see you morrow.

12:36 pm

Oh wow people, I don't think running your laptops under water is a good idea.

12:37 pm

i use BACONGUARD tm for my keyboard;)

12:42 pm

well,it is off to work for poor crossy.tc eveyone and happy babbling! poof!

12:43 pm

Bye, crossy. :)

12:44 pm

have a good day at work crossy - i have put the dinner on but i am off as well - see you tomorrow

1:15 pm

is the ab6 plural of the ab5

1:18 pm

yes it is the plural

1:21 pm

Cos! You're in the grid!

1:22 pm

again! :)

1:22 pm

thanks wvteach

1:22 pm

Popular guy. ; )

1:24 pm

clue for the an6?

1:24 pm

What you drop from a boat.

1:24 pm

ty.. twisty word

1:32 pm

the br6 after the br8?

1:32 pm

br6 ford truck

1:33 pm

i have that one i need the one b4 that

1:33 pm

do you have br6/30 "to bring up a topic"?

1:34 pm

thats the one i need..hmm thanks.. mmmm

1:34 pm

or something a woman wears?

1:34 pm

got it.

1:34 pm

i think the jewel is spelled with "oo" . . . no?

1:35 pm

anyway, glad you found it :-)

1:35 pm

maybe ur right.. thanks though!

1:38 pm

hi all

1:38 pm

what ever works on the clues

1:38 pm

hey, jmc :-)

1:39 pm

hi une

1:39 pm

you are looking mysterious

1:39 pm

:-D

1:41 pm

back in a mo . . .

1:58 pm

can anyone clue the 2nd ha5/14?

2:02 pm

never mind.

2:05 pm

hey all, back to find more words

2:05 pm

have de8 and br8, helkp with last 8 pls

2:09 pm

ra 8/55 peri

2:09 pm

ty cos, will look

2:09 pm

or did u need a clue?

2:09 pm

a clue would be good, pls

2:09 pm

as soon as i find it :)

2:09 pm

have an ra7

2:10 pm

ra5/14 + plural of not women

2:11 pm

ty cos

2:11 pm

hi again

2:11 pm

hi Annie

2:11 pm

hi peri

2:13 pm

bl

2:17 pm

back

2:17 pm

sorta

2:18 pm

welcome, jmc

2:19 pm

:-)

2:19 pm

oc6....I cant see it

2:21 pm

Past tense of what you said when you stubbed your toe, Annie...

2:22 pm

Oh, sorry - wrong clue!! Oc... sounds like an old Irish lament ......

2:22 pm

how do you past tense oh shit

2:22 pm

soodle, I have that one...need oc 6

2:22 pm

LOL

2:22 pm

hi sue

2:22 pm

hi all

2:22 pm

Oh Shat?

2:22 pm

lol

2:23 pm

Oc and ho 4/5, Annie

2:23 pm

thanks, soodle, got it

2:24 pm

Soodle, you say oc6 when you stub your toe? Hmm.

2:25 pm

Never mind, I get it. I missed the wrong clue part.

2:25 pm

Not at all, Moll. I say..'Oh dear oh dear' (yeah right!!)

2:25 pm

No one needs to know what I said when I broke my toe.

2:26 pm

fireworks

2:27 pm

Molly, I tried to reply to you on FB, but I couldn't. Thanks for the Brigid's Day wishes. :-). I am still perplexed how you know about these obscure Irish traditions....

2:27 pm

Woo-hoo, Annie. Well done!

2:28 pm

anyone like a clue before I leave?

2:29 pm

so6,24?

2:30 pm

so6----what you wear with your sneakers (3 letters) and grown boys

2:30 pm

ty annie

2:32 pm

sc7,40?

2:32 pm

okay then, bye dear babblers

2:32 pm

Bye Annie. :-)

2:32 pm

bye annie

2:34 pm

SC 7/40. First three letters of a learning establishment ***ool, not you but ** and I am, you **r, he is, she is

2:34 pm

ty soodlebum.

2:35 pm

tysoodle. Just starting and have two words already!

2:35 pm

Argh. Typo in final bit of clue, but glad you got it, Mixi

2:35 pm

I sure had that word messed up. LOL

2:36 pm

Hello Stid :-)

2:36 pm

Soodle, I'm a Pagan. We celebrate such things. ; )

2:36 pm

when you fix up a building, it's rehab, so i think when you demolish it, you should call it dehab

2:37 pm

That word actually makes a lot more sense than the "deperm" of yesterday.

2:37 pm

i always strive to make more sense than enable. it's a humble goal, but a worthy one.

2:38 pm

Thats a noble goal, Hurshy!

2:39 pm

fireworks. monkees found last word.

2:39 pm

When a building is torn down it is raised. That always seems backwards to me hurshy.

2:39 pm

I think its widely acknowledged that Brigid was a pagan, Moll. Somewhere along the way, the church kidnapped her as one of theirs!!

2:39 pm

random word association question: when i say "economist", what comes to your mind?

2:39 pm

it isn't raised, it's razed. big difference.

2:40 pm

magazine hurshy

2:40 pm

Ah yes, hurshy, I was being a phonetic speller and missed badly.

2:40 pm

forgot about the magazine!

2:40 pm

Economist, one who studies economy.

2:40 pm

Hurshy, when I hear that word, I get the shakes!

2:40 pm

what i really want to know is what traits you associate with economists.

2:41 pm

Ivory tower, not in the market but in some university.

2:41 pm

money

2:42 pm

They are like weather men. Sometimes they get it right but usually they are way off--too early, too late, too little, too much.

2:42 pm

Well said, Stid. I totally agree.

2:43 pm

An economist is probably fairly rational.

2:43 pm

so am i alone in finding it sort of sweet how naive they can be about how people will actually act?

2:43 pm

And intellectual.

2:43 pm

Not sweet when budgets are built depending on their errors, hurshy.

2:44 pm

Economists miss one very important thing. The human element. Statistics are cold and impersonal.

2:44 pm

ah, well, that's a fair point

2:44 pm

Erm... If economists were all that, why is most of the planet in recession?

2:44 pm

well partly because economists are often right about things and politicians ignore them, soodle.

2:45 pm

I think the old adage 'Doctors differ and patients die' could also be applied to economists.

2:45 pm

well gooooooood evening fellow babblers xxx

2:45 pm

well, nobody's perfect.

2:46 pm

but economists are at least mostly well-intentioned, as are doctors. wall street bankers, on the other hand... i think the seventh circle of hell is reserved for them.

2:47 pm

Hey Frog. England is doing well against Wales in the Rugby....

2:47 pm

wait, how many circles of hell did dante write about? i meant the last one, whichever number that is.

2:48 pm

is it? am not a rugby fan - now rugby players! thats a different story lmao. and hi soodle xxx

2:49 pm

mind you soodle i'd pick rugby over politics anyday

2:50 pm

this puzzle was so nice in the top row, and not bad in the second row. it lulled me into a false sense of security and now it is being mean and cruel.

2:50 pm

I agree with Hurshy about bankers, and Froggie about rugby players!!

2:52 pm

hi all

2:53 pm

hey carlee xxx

2:53 pm

Hi Carlee :-)

2:53 pm

do i want to start this one?..i have about an hour..then off to my chcoolate sleepover with now 30 teenaged girls

2:53 pm

hey froggie...soods :)

2:55 pm

I'm almost afraid to ask, but whats a chocolate sleepover? I know chocolate, I know sleepovers, but a combination of both?

2:56 pm

the theme for the sleepover for the girls..is chocolate... we watching both charlie and the chocolate factory's

2:57 pm

we have games around chocolate..having chocolate fondue, chocolate sundaes, cakes..cookies..etc....

2:57 pm

and breakfast tomorrow is chocolate chip waffles and in lieu of juice..we having chococlate milk

2:58 pm

every woman's dream..super chocolate indulgence :)

2:58 pm

long as no one ba4s

2:59 pm

we will give them a talking to first...to do everything in moderation

2:59 pm

a little bit of everything is fine...just not alot of anything

3:00 pm

it just means..they all going to be souped up on chocolate and no one will sleep..until the sugar crash :)

3:01 pm

well..i know how to kill a chog

3:02 pm

afternoon everyone - could i get a clue for sc 7/40 please?

3:02 pm

i heard recently that kids getting hyper from sugar is a myth. one of colbert's guests or something.

3:02 pm

7/40, bagel and a ....

3:02 pm

i have one girl who is quite entertaining on chocolate

3:02 pm

what you do to cream cheese on a bagel. jind

3:02 pm

i don't really understand why you would tell them "everything in moderation" and then proceed to do the exact opposite, though. i'd wait until the week after and say, you know when we did everything chocolate? that was not the best idea.

3:03 pm

thanks Mac!

3:04 pm

Thank Ibd

3:05 pm

i have a great proper noun, but not sure if people will know it...

3:05 pm

name that proper noun! david, portrayer of poirot

3:06 pm

suchet

3:06 pm

ding ding ding!

3:06 pm

i hope you didn't google it just to make me feel better :)

3:06 pm

lol

3:06 pm

and the spanish dictator of course. Morning all

3:07 pm

hiya lynxxx

3:07 pm

no i knew it

3:07 pm

hi Carlee

3:07 pm

oh good!

3:08 pm

nope..not going to bother starting this one

3:08 pm

wise choice, carlee. it's very mean.

3:10 pm

who's the spanish dictator? they don't have a dictator now, do they??? what time period are we talking?

3:11 pm

`Spanish dictator.... Old french currency with an O on the end....

3:11 pm

souo?

3:11 pm

no... hmmm

3:11 pm

oh

3:11 pm

not THAT old

3:11 pm

i see

3:12 pm

thank you

3:12 pm

i didn't have those F's :)

3:12 pm

I would SOOOO love to be going to a chocolate sleepover. Moderation my ass.... bring on the choclit!!!

3:13 pm

it will be fun... the girls planned it... i think they even created a variation of twister set to choclit

3:13 pm

i like to get over half from each tile but that stupid lower N is holding me back, all i can find is the perfume.

3:14 pm

dang it, the R is also holding me back, i just noticed.

3:14 pm

whew, there's an R.

3:14 pm

Hi all...didn't know sleepovers had themes...not in my day...but chocolate sounds awesome!

3:15 pm

nu5.16 & 6.27

3:16 pm

or nu & half of a latin dance

3:16 pm

thank ye kindly, lynxxx!

3:16 pm

phantom: fedora

3:16 pm

Nu 5/16... Nu plus ***rlie ***plain, old movie star and add a vowel to plural it....

3:18 pm

And theres an NA 4/5, which rhymes with the Ba 4/7 (Shakespeare, the ba** of Avon)

3:21 pm

so, there are two bo5/16 right in a row, and i have the piece of wood, can anyone help me with the other one?

3:22 pm

Sorry, I needed to go and put groceries away, heat lunch, keep my husband company while he ate, etc.

3:22 pm

Bo, and I ***rd it thru the grapevine....

3:23 pm

ty soodle. I didn't **it through the grapevine but oh well.

3:24 pm

Your welcome, Stid. :-)

3:27 pm

Time to go and view the damage. We had a fair amount of flooding in our area last night, a lot of people would have spent the night in our local Town Hall (emergency centre). (except for a couple of relatively small issues I am OK) BBL

3:28 pm

Best of luck, Lynn.

3:29 pm

hugs lynxxx

3:36 pm

My 79 year old Mom has just come back from having an angiogram, and everything is A OK! I am so relieved.

3:41 pm

Good health is such a blessing soodle. We often don't get what we deserve--such as good health and happiness.

3:44 pm

You are right, Stid. I actually didn't realise how worried I was about my Mom, till she got the all clear. Thank goodness!

3:46 pm

I didn't realize how often I thought about my mother until after she died. Several times a day i would think, "That's something mother would enjoy hearing about." And then remembering she has a more direct line to my thoughts now.

3:49 pm

Hello all

3:49 pm

Hi jilli.

3:49 pm

I do that too, stid.

3:49 pm

I mean gmere ;-)

3:50 pm

Hiya Jilli :-)

3:50 pm

BTW, my icon is a clue you probabloy don't need

3:51 pm

Glad to see you on the chog today jilli. I was just thinking about you and you need to see my thoughts written down--not just out there in the ether.

3:51 pm

hi soodle

3:52 pm

I don't think I'll be here long -- techie will be arriving soon to transfer my old email to this laptop.

3:52 pm

Like your pictures on your page, jilli. I've been to Chard, Chardstock, and Chard south (?) that last one is not quite right. In Devon area.

3:52 pm

ah -- here she is -- back later

3:53 pm

oops, gmere -- PB!

3:53 pm

Get thee to the PB, Gmere, thrice!!!!

3:54 pm

I was tricked!! jilli. Oops, well, I shall take my tea and gingerbread with me and mutter low mutterings.

3:55 pm

LOL

3:56 pm

How could an ancestral home get me into so much trouble on the Babble chog? That trap was set 500 years ago. Long time to wait for it to spring.

3:58 pm

hmmmm didn't look like a trick to me mere! lol

3:59 pm

after all the icon theme is take a word from the grid

3:59 pm

Clearly a conspiracy, Gmere............

4:00 pm

JMC, I haven't been on for a while... Any news on the job you were going for?

4:00 pm

True, but the circumstances played into the mind too closely. I shall look for the aluminum hats that bugsaw promotes.

4:08 pm

belated thanks, soodle, for the bo5

Ah such riches for the lurkers.

That would be me.

4:12 pm

do5?

It's like a girl's name, change a vowel. I'm trying to thin-oh

De*** Winger.

4:15 pm

thank you!

YW I had just gotten it myself, via monkey..

"Even the President of the United States sometimes has to stand naked."

I'm just listening to Dylan.

So I guess that would have been LBJ.

4:17 pm

lol

"I got nothin, ma, to live up to."

"Money doesn't talk- it swears."

4:19 pm

Oh, you must be pretty mellow, Kap, listening to Mr Zimmerman.

4:20 pm

so6?

"It's life and life only."

4:20 pm

SO 6 - first three letters of clothing for your feet, and plural of grown up boys....

4:20 pm

guys who like nylons, hursh ;)

4:21 pm

( if there is any such thing as grown up boys...)

4:21 pm

so 6 clue please?

4:22 pm

oh sorry i see it.

4:22 pm

ty

Clued at 4:20 mkg

4:22 pm

un 7 40 please? ty

4:23 pm

instead of not spoken, mkg

4:23 pm

Not listened to, Mkg....

Un and he5.

Together.

4:24 pm

ty

4:24 pm

ty

4:24 pm

ty

4:25 pm

need the six after it kaplan

4:25 pm

not encounter, mkg.....

To not become acquainted. I never understood that word

4:26 pm

sc 7/40 clue pls?

How do you un**** someone? Oh, Dylan says it: Just pick anyone and pretend that you never have ..."

Like sm5 but more Yiddish- like what you do with creamcheese on a bagel

4:27 pm

First three letters of learning establishment ***ool, plus not you, but ** and I am, you **e, he is, she is...

4:28 pm

thanks, sood. That's been avoiding me for hours...

4:28 pm

And Kaplan...

4:28 pm

Happy babbling. I'm off for now.

4:28 pm

Your very welcome!

I was afraid you didn't like my very graphic clue.

4:28 pm

Adios, ciao, tootleloo

4:28 pm

Au revoir, Gmere

I have 24 left- but no listing.

4:29 pm

Your clues are graphic, Kap. Mine are clumsy!

4:29 pm

Wow, Kap -- I went to the list when I stalled out around 30, so very impressive for you!

I have become listless.

I just use tile stats, but don't finish grids.

4:30 pm

.........listless. story of my life....

4:31 pm

Some days I just don't finish, either. Years ago when I started I was ... okay, compulsive obsessive about finishing. Now I just enjoy the journey :)

"It was raining from the first and I was dying of thirst so I came in here"

Obsessive-compulsive. You said it backward! Oh no- now you have to spit 3 times and put a lock of hair under your pillow.

And say 3 Hail Mary's and 4 Sh'mas.

4:32 pm

Soodle, "clothing for your feet" is an excellent description. Someone was cluing that word earlier and all I could think of was "shoe".

Or something bad might happen!

4:33 pm

LOL! Actually, I was more into the counting and rhyming!

4:33 pm

Sequencing, and if I lost my place, had to start all over again. lol. (Love to laugh about it all ... now....)

4:34 pm

If you are compulsive obsessive, are you COD instead of OCD?

"And your long time curse hurts but what's worse is this pain in here

4:34 pm

ROFL!!! Absolutely, Molly --- that's why I attend co-dependents anonymous! :D

Yeah, and if you are a dyslexic agnostic you are not sure if you believe in Dog.

That's an old one but it always gets me.

So does the old Reagan one- when the Reagans were dining out...

4:35 pm

(wiping tears) LOL

4:35 pm

Kaplan, you forgot the insomniac! The person has to stay up all night wondering if there really is a dog..

And Nancy orderd the filet mignon and a baked potato

And the waiter asked "and the vegetable?"

4:36 pm

oh no ...

And she said "Oh He'll have the same."

4:36 pm

For all you wonderers out there.... There IS a dog. And its peeing and pooping all over my kitchen as I type.

I know that is really offensive but it always does it for me.

4:37 pm

Kaplan, that's terrible (giggling)... are you my friend Max? Your sense of humor is suspiciously like his...

I am not now nor have ever been a Max.

4:38 pm

Did you recently leave the monastery?

But some of my best friends are Maxes.

Monaastery? Why?

4:38 pm

lol! Okay, well you have a humor twin out there.

Lord help us.

4:38 pm

Hold the front page!!!! Has Kap been exposed as a closet Max???? Conspiracy theories abound........

Or Dog.

4:39 pm

A closet Max monk, no less ;)

4:40 pm

"Cloistered Kap exposed as a Max Monk".

4:40 pm

Oh, I'm having lovely visions of Kap in a Monastery.

I am speechless for once.

4:41 pm

Why, kap? At the monk, the Max, or the closet?

4:41 pm

High Fives all round. Kap is speechless!!!!

4:41 pm

No need for words Sister Kap. Come, let us make some wine.

Cat got my tongue.

4:41 pm

(holding my sides!!)

4:42 pm

Kap/Max...Beyond The Monastery Dome.

4:42 pm

ty for un clue by the way. got it.

4:43 pm

Cat-captured cloistered Kap exposed as a Mad Max Monk... (this just gets better and better...)

In mink.

4:44 pm

Now see? The real Max would have added the mink part, and probably thrown in pearls too.

Pearls were next, actually.

Max Kaplan? Are you there?

4:45 pm

Okay, now seriously, Max, if that is you, then please email if you've got internet where you're living now.

4:46 pm

If there are pearls, there must be a feather boa as well.

Where am I living

4:46 pm

I was cranky coming on here tonight. I am off to bed now, with a smile on my face. Thank you all for the giggles. Good night all.

Good night sood.

Happy Friday! you ladies are being silly...

So is Max.

It's break from the gloom and procrastination that my life is becoming.

4:48 pm

'night, sood. I'm sorry to have to join you out the door, but dryer is buzzing incessantly. Kap/Max -- thanks for the giggles. And if it is you, seriously, email. Have fun all!

This paper I was supposed to have finished last week for a newsletter- it keeps morphing everytime I work on it

4:49 pm

Sing along with me...You should always look at the bright side of your life!

If I were Max, I would e-mail. In fact, tell Max to e-mail me!

I hate writing.

4:50 pm

LOL -- okay, I believe you, Kap. But clothes beckon -- not mink, I'm afraid. Adios all!

I used to love it, but it's become torture

{{whistling Molly}}

4:50 pm

I love writing. I wish we were neighbors Kap.

"Like a corkscrew to my heart, ever since we've been apart"

I used to write a lot, but scholarly writing killed me

I am too tangential

Imagine that.

4:51 pm

What's the sense of changing horses midstream?

I love metaphor.

I'l going out of my mind with a pain that stops and starts

The problem with this paper is that I have a real social-psych stance and the newsletter is psychoanalytic. I didn't saay I wanted to write for that newsletter, but I got co-opted

"Taking motherless children off the street and placing them at the feet of a harlot"

Oh Jokerman, you know what he wants

I have the br8. What are the stats on the other two 8's?

I have the br8. What are the stats on the other two 8's?

If anyone is still there.

5:09 pm

ra8/55 -- hi kap and all

5:09 pm

I don't have the other one yet

5:09 pm

de 8

Does it have the same letter combo?

"A little confused I remember well. Stopped into a strange hotel>"

(I've been listening to Dylan for those who haven't been hanging out here.)

5:11 pm

just found the de8

5:11 pm

Same letter combo as what?

She dropped a coin into the cup of the blind man at the gate.

I'd better start focusing on the grid.

5:11 pm

the ra8 has the same letter combo as the br8

5:12 pm

my son sings Dylan better than Dylan does, but that's not saying much

Dylan is Dylan. I've always thought of his voice as an instrument, though the last few years have been painful even for me

5:14 pm

If Dylan's voice is an instrumant, he doesn't play it very well

5:14 pm

*instrument

Blasphemy!

5:15 pm

Hehe!

5:15 pm

hi all

5:16 pm

hi boo

5:16 pm

My husband used to sing a nice version of "The Times They Are A'Changin" in French.

Hi Boo

5:16 pm

better hints on the 8's?

Could he juggle too?

5:16 pm

please?

5:17 pm

I'm not seeing them

5:17 pm

No Kap, he couldn't juggle. TNana...br9...the singer br8 out into guitar playing.

Yeah, really. I am not getting them. The br8 is dendrite like, treelike

5:17 pm

ra8 is the guys on the ra5

ra8?

..meanwhile, back at the *****

I have the ra5 but don't get the ending

5:18 pm

clue for ab 5 please

5:18 pm

kap, the ending is the guys

5:18 pm

ty

Oh. got it

5:19 pm

another word for males

5:19 pm

ab + physics term

Yeah, yeah.

5:20 pm

ab + oh 4/6

5:20 pm

for all animal-loving babblers: http://www.wimp.com/oneball/

5:20 pm

not supposed to give clues like that, molly ;-)

Why not?

5:21 pm

Since when? People clue like that all the time.

5:21 pm

I agree with Molly - I've seen it a lot.

Explain yourself!

some spell it out even more precisely...I'm still trying to get the guidelines for cluing

5:22 pm

It gives almost the whole word away

5:23 pm

Can someone please direct me to The Rules Of Babble?

I thought it was a standard way of cluing. Maybe since the revolution things are different?

5:23 pm

kaplan LOL!!!

as you notice... I don't clue a whole lot but when I do, it's usually just a "brain jogger"

5:24 pm

Here's another one: http://www.dogwork.com/ddsff4/

Only gives it away if you have the other word- if not it's a clue with a clue

it's not really a clue if it spells out most of the word

Two schools of thought here.

everyone likes different types of clues - I enjoy the cryptic ones

5:25 pm

acatually it gave four letters outright... that's why it isn't kosher... we try to only give two letters and make folks guess the rest

5:25 pm

Again, where are the rules?

5:25 pm

I try to clue the meaning, or a rhyming word, or just make up a silly clue

"There are no truths outside the Gates of Eden."

5:25 pm

no rules per se.... just try to only give two letters. You won't hang for the transgression :)

someone once clued a 10 bu giving the 8 that it came from- that was a CLEAR transgression

5:27 pm

sorry about that -- there really aren't any "rules" and I know lots of people clue that way but others have expressed the wish that more imaginative clues are more fun.

Sometimes the clues where people say "Twisty letter, sometimes vowel, and second vowel" are a little too obvious- why not just say s y and e?

5:28 pm

Sorry I wasn't more imaginative. Have a good night you all.

5:28 pm

i myself am not a big fan of second vowel, etc. Molly please take no offense!

That was a hard word and I wouldn't have known how to clue it except "Sounds like what waas dropped on Hiroshima"

I have a feeling Molly is handling this OK

5:29 pm

(badly put -- should have said they wish people would use more imaginative clues which are more fun.)

5:29 pm

thanks for the video, jilli -- sooo sweet!!

oh sighhhhh

5:30 pm

Oh dear -- no insults intended.

I don't think anything was taken seriously...just a little mischogerstanding.

not directed at you, Jilli.... just at chat moods in general .... I've witnessed a few today LOL

lovely coined word, Kaplan

Or misunderchogging.

5:32 pm

Hi diane and doren

:-))) Hi Ms. B.C.

5:33 pm

ok, once through Lickety and 24 left

I have 21 left no Lickety, but I have to leave now. So bye.

I'm going to list as I don't think my evening is free.

5:34 pm

i am glad i missed all the mischogerstandings!

5:34 pm

bye kap

5:34 pm

hi all others

5:34 pm

une -- amazing how many dog-and-deer friendships seem to take place. Of course, the wildlife people don't think it's a good idea to make pets of deer or other wild animals.

5:34 pm

hi jilli. et al

5:34 pm

hi jmc

hi jmc :-)

5:34 pm

i actually clue differently to different people

5:35 pm

Hello my peeps!

5:35 pm

hi mark

hi Mark :-)

5:35 pm

happy to be a peep!

5:35 pm

well, I could use some clues now -- how about one for un7/40?

5:35 pm

hi mark

5:36 pm

It is un+ he5

is that because some clues don't translate to other countries or because some people are thicker than others jmc, lol

5:36 pm

already looking forward to easter and the american bar association peeparama contest

5:36 pm

sorry jilli don't have it yet

5:36 pm

What is a peeparama contest????????????

5:36 pm

:-(

5:37 pm

that is because some people like clues that are meanings; others like stats; and others want them spoon fed and a few like funny ones

jilli - the tree that fell in the woods

5:37 pm

ty mark -- but we were just discussing clues like that, lol!

mark clued it

5:37 pm

lawyers create famous legal scenes using peeps

LOL

5:37 pm

Yw, Jilli!

5:37 pm

great clue chrissie!

5:37 pm

Hello diane!

ty ;)

5:38 pm

chrissie, that's the kind of witty clue I really like

ty too;)

5:39 pm

I know the word, but don't get that clue;

5:39 pm

hello my dear babble friends

5:40 pm

Hey trif!!!!!!!!!!

5:40 pm

does a tree make a sound when it falls in the woods and no one is there?

5:40 pm

hi trif

5:41 pm

*whew* 1/2 way so I can go home with a clear conscience

5:41 pm

WTG jmc!

5:42 pm

I am supposed to be working on a sewing project that is due tomorrow, and what am I doing? yup. babbling.

5:42 pm

and if any one cares i just got the call saying i did not get the job in philly so i will not have to put up with watching phillies for baseball

5:42 pm

oh, jmc! are we sad, or not sad?

5:42 pm

for every door that is closed a worse one is closed!

age, education, local idioms, locations, etc. ... all factor into cluing and how they are understood

5:42 pm

jmn, sorry you didn't get the job, but what do you have against the Phillies?

5:43 pm

You can watch the Nationals fail!

5:43 pm

eh I am still counting on the right job coming along

5:43 pm

yes, well, as they say, sometimes it's hell in the hallway

5:43 pm

the fans joey :-P

5:43 pm

my work is hiring....looking for a career change?

always a good side to everything, huh jmc ??

5:43 pm

but i like you and TO!

5:44 pm

thanks, jmc. I am sad that I can't watch the phillies all the time, but happier to be in the usually better weather in Texas

5:44 pm

uh can't i be the boss

5:44 pm

Spring training is almost here! GO PUJOLS!

5:45 pm

i leave for spring training on March 16

5:45 pm

i mean can i be the boss trif?

5:45 pm

Hey, that is near my birthday!

5:45 pm

already have 3 of those, so we are all set boss wise...

5:46 pm

I was going to ask jmc, how the job search was going. sorry to hear that something will come up surely

5:46 pm

when is your birthday, MarK?

5:46 pm

Hi Dorens!

5:46 pm

hi mark

5:46 pm

You could look in my profile, but that is false. My birthday is March 13.

5:47 pm

okay, guilt is getting the better of me. gotta go sew. later!

5:47 pm

what have you told us the truth on mark?

5:47 pm

well never mind then i want to be the boss

5:47 pm

See ya later Trif!

5:47 pm

ahhhhhhh, my brother's is the 17th and the friend that I am going with is the 19th

5:47 pm

My name. That is basically it, but I just revealed my birthday.

5:48 pm

Sounds cool, joey!

5:48 pm

and your age?

5:48 pm

I am in my late teens.

5:48 pm

I get to watch the new hot 16 year old out fielder the Nationals got

5:48 pm

late teens... driving?

5:49 pm

so mark should probably not be telling us this stuff

5:49 pm

Of course. jmc, do you mean Jameson Taillon?

5:50 pm

I was thinking of Bryce Harper

5:50 pm

He is a catcher!

5:51 pm

and I he5/14 that strasburg is okay and will be pitching again (AMAZING to watch)

5:51 pm

Anyway, it is dinnertime. I have Hebrew to practice, and pizza to eat. Adios, amigos!

5:51 pm

we don't need no sticking catcher --- they are putting him in the field

5:51 pm

bye mark

5:51 pm

jmc, i thought that strasburg was going to be out for the entire 2011 season?

5:52 pm

sorry that should have been stinking catcher -- kinda losses the feel with the wrong word

5:52 pm

that is not what I saw a few weeks ago but to be fair I haven't look lately

5:53 pm

wow - it would be a remarkable recovery if he came back during 2011

5:53 pm

no you are right it was a false rumor :-(

5:53 pm

i just read the webpage

5:53 pm

I thought I read he would be back near the end of the season

5:54 pm

his first couple of starts were amazing.

5:55 pm

they had to keep reminding him to slow down between pitches for the commentators to comment

5:55 pm

it was beautiful to watch and the stands were always full when he started

5:56 pm

what's the name of the new huge young Canadian pitcher?

5:57 pm

don't know jilli

5:58 pm

I'll see if Google knows

5:58 pm

i couldn't find it on the wiki page

6:03 pm

I couldn't find it either. He was quite a sensation at the end of the season last year -- threw a blazing fastball

6:03 pm

do you konw for whom he played?

6:04 pm

John Axford maybe?

6:05 pm

Can't remember. Don't think it was John Axford -- the name was fairly long, like Henderson or something.

6:05 pm

Blake Hawksworth?

6:05 pm

Harrington...?

ba5/16 please?

6:06 pm

sorry, chrissie, don't have it

nm, got it

6:06 pm

ok, clue, pls!

6:07 pm

are you going to share? ;-)

b + little companies

6:08 pm

*thinking...

6:09 pm

hmmm

6:09 pm

ah!

6:10 pm

yes, jmc, probably Blake Hawksworth

6:10 pm

ty chrissie

6:10 pm

i would have said one of shakespeare's ghost

finding this grid tricky

6:11 pm

it has a been a bit of a tease for sure

6:12 pm

got that ba5 at last -- ty chrissie. Gambling game?

6:12 pm

doesn't Shakespeare's end in quo?

it's good to get a variety of clues

6:14 pm

hI Chrisse

6:14 pm

well i never let a little spelling interfere with my clues! lol

6:14 pm

ba5/12 -- forbid little company

hi Boo

6:14 pm

okay I am really heading home now bbl

6:14 pm

ttfn jmc

bye jmc

6:16 pm

clue for an 6

6:16 pm

don't have that yet either, boo, sorry!

weigh an6 - to hold the ship

6:17 pm

ty

6:18 pm

ty chrissie

yvw

6:18 pm

hello everyone

6:18 pm

hi Bugsaw

hi Bug

6:19 pm

is this a fun grid?

6:19 pm

Jilli! I have not seen you in a while1

6:20 pm

love your icon Chrissie

6:20 pm

Hi bugs!

not enjoying it, but that's probably because it's past the witching hour here

6:21 pm

words always seem so obvious when you find them

really should call it a day and go to bed

6:21 pm

I didn't like it last night when I was tired, but it's gooing ok now -- just one word to go and <blush> it's a 4!

not in this grid Bug

go jilli

6:21 pm

go Jilli

6:22 pm

evening all

6:22 pm

it was a babblet -- fireworks!

6:22 pm

Hi dan2.

6:22 pm

hi button's dad!

hi dan

6:23 pm

YAY jilli! babblet starting with what please?

congratulations jilly :)

6:23 pm

woo hoo jilli!

6:23 pm

clue for the second bo 5

6:23 pm

ch4/6, bugs

6:23 pm

ty

6:23 pm

haha Bugsaw your icon = my current FB profile image

6:24 pm

bo5/16 -- bo + tailless noggin

6:24 pm

great minds think allike

6:24 pm

noggin

ty jilli - good clue

6:25 pm

Nice Rabbit, bugs -- I'm one too!

6:25 pm

yw

6:26 pm

We rabbits are lovely. I am so glad the world will get some more this year

6:26 pm

what a great thought, bugs!

6:27 pm

never heard of a noggin but got it

6:28 pm

no noggin? I thought it was a common word :-(

6:29 pm

it certainly is here.

6:29 pm

hi lyn

6:29 pm

I know what a noggin is but they don't usually have tails so I am stuck

do5 please?

6:29 pm

hi Jilli

6:29 pm

just remove the end, bugs

6:30 pm

do & what you wear on your ladies bits

ty lynx

6:30 pm

do5 -- do + Mr Titsling's invention

6:30 pm

do bra

6:30 pm

darn -- too slow

6:31 pm

oops, bugs

6:31 pm

but nice clue Jilli

lol, full range of clues there

6:31 pm

oh sorry. slumping off to the PB with lemon pies

6:32 pm

it was an old Trivial Pursuit answer

6:33 pm

I don't see how there can still be 8 more B's to find

6:33 pm

in my defense, I must say I was distracted by the thot of Mr Titsling...........

oh hell. yet enable wont take "dobro" hmph.

6:33 pm

<giggle>

6:34 pm

just found the 4 horsey ones

horsey words? really?

6:35 pm

a picture of the usual quiet little canal near our place last night! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOH_sNm cHmE

6:35 pm

for those who just arrived, my icon is a clue.

thatwould be me.

6:36 pm

bucking br5/6 and 6/7

6:36 pm

4 horsey - got 2 mmmmm

6:36 pm

hello TO

ty. i am going to get my birhday cake, bable is much easier ith cake. actually, EVERYTHING is much easier with cake. beb

6:37 pm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEMPLE OWL !!!!! DON'T FORGET A PIECE FOR ME!

LOL LYNN!!! red velevt cupcake

6:39 pm

sounds nice - what makes it red velvet?

red food coloring in choco cake. it's a large cupcake, want half? cream cheese frosting

6:40 pm

yes please

6:41 pm

lyn -- the transmission from YouTube is sporadic -- but what a flood! Are you near there?

6:41 pm

**steps in** HAPPY B-DAY TO!!

6:41 pm

sound of lots of water splashing - better check outside BBS

6:41 pm

hi Jen

ty jen! & hi all i think i may have forgotten to say that

6:42 pm

hi there jilli!

6:42 pm

Happy Birthday, TO!!!

ty uusue!

6:44 pm

just waiting for ride home to arrive...

6:45 pm

♪ ♫ ♩ ♬ ♭ ♮ Happy Birthday to you ♪ ♫ ♩ ♬ ♭ ♮ Happy Birthday to you ♪ ♫ ♩ ♬ ♭ ♮

6:45 pm

happy birthday again TO. I thot we were celebrating yesterday. I had to much cake then!

6:45 pm

ugh, I have very little time lately for the grid.... why is this one seeming so hard? :)

well yes, we ere, but i could not eat my ake after dinner, too full!

ty zooz!

that'a adorable.

6:46 pm

hello everyone

6:46 pm

ooohhhh we are still celebrating TO's birthday!!!!

hi mom! hmm cupcake is disappointing,,,

6:47 pm

Hi ((TO))

6:47 pm

Hello ((MoM))

last word - sc7/40 please?

6:47 pm

TO if you have a birthday everyday, it is true in a year you will be way too old. Just have one a year like the rest of us.

mom, did you see the beatles animated card i got ? i thought it was just too cute.

6:47 pm

((Zoozz)) good evening / good morning. You are up late

6:48 pm

Yes it is late..just popping in before i retire to bed.

6:48 pm

no TO, I didn't. Is it on Facebook?

LOLstidge, i agree! i just mentioned i as leaving to get my bday cake since i was too full for it yesterday

6:49 pm

Chrissie just add `CH` to the sm5/12 word.

ty zooz

6:50 pm

oh Zoozzoom, you can sleep in tomorrow

6:50 pm

yw :-)

yes. i wish i could post a link but it doesn't work that way and ty zooz

6:50 pm

chrissie, I was trying to watch lyn's video, which has stalled, so I didn't see your clue request until it was too late. Sorry.

6:50 pm

Hard one to clue amusingly.

ty for your earlier clues jilli - I'm off to bed now, goodnight all

what is the video? she is not near the storm and fllods i hope!

night chrissie

6:51 pm

I will look TO

6:51 pm

Congrats on finishing, chrissie -- and pleasant dreams!

6:51 pm

Sweet dreams, Chrissie :-)

6:51 pm

brb phone

6:52 pm

The video is of Elwood Canal floods, TO -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOH_sNm cHmE

6:52 pm

Worrying about , lynxxx, she has been gone a while..hope the water is not getting into her home.

ty, jili. is she ne4 that?

6:53 pm

and she just left here because she heard the sound of lapping water...

6:53 pm

I had just asked her if she was ne4 it but she left in a hurry, saying she would be back

6:53 pm

Hello Babblers. How are things tonight.

6:54 pm

Hi wht

6:54 pm

Hello, Wht :-)

6:54 pm

Hi wht. We're fine here in the NW showers, cool weather.

6:55 pm

Mild but windy..nothing special here.

6:56 pm

It was sunny and got above freezing here too. Some melting and it looks, at least in the Boston area, that the storm tomorrow will be mostly rain.

6:59 pm

TO, that was darling

7:00 pm

snow for us tomorrow :-( 1-3 inches

7:00 pm

good evening Mom

7:00 pm

good evening ((Boo))

sorry, i wandered off. old age :)

7:01 pm

is the ab 5/18 a normal word?

7:01 pm

this is way to late for me to be doing this

7:02 pm

you are not old TO

7:02 pm

Not normal to me.

7:02 pm

ab+ low current/ wattage

7:02 pm

then plural.

7:03 pm

clue for the first ca5/16

7:03 pm

ca**hydrates

7:03 pm

thanks Wht and thanks for the clue Zoozz

7:03 pm

ca***hydrates that should of been.

7:08 pm

f's finished. There are some very not normal words there.

7:08 pm

Evening all. May I please have a clue for re8-55? Thanks.

7:09 pm

(((Gapeach))) good evening. so nice to see you

7:09 pm

Make that ra8-55.

7:09 pm

Hey there, Mom!!!!! Good to "see" you.

7:09 pm

person on a ra5,14.

7:10 pm

clue for ch 6

7:10 pm

ra 8/55 is ra 5/14 plus a male gapeach1066 and hello!

7:10 pm

Hi gapeach

7:10 pm

the guys who work on the farm

7:10 pm

Hi Min, how are you this evening?

7:10 pm

Hi Min.

7:10 pm

Thanks much, Min.\

7:10 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:10 pm

in monopoly there is community chest and ch**** Boo

7:10 pm

Hi there, wht.

7:10 pm

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

7:10 pm

Hi Min

7:11 pm

Ok time for bed , Take care, All.

7:11 pm

pleasant dreams (((Zoozz)))

7:11 pm

Goodbye zoozzoom! I will see you tomorrow in the log

7:11 pm

So what does e6,27 mean? It looks like it should be computerized greens.

7:11 pm

Night zoom

7:11 pm

boo, did you see my ch 6 clue?

7:12 pm

I am doing well. I am saving my last 2 words. Working on a story of clues. I hope all is well here in Babbleland

7:12 pm

no

7:12 pm

in monopoly there is community chest and ch****

7:12 pm

Good one wht, I agree.

7:12 pm

ok think I see it

7:12 pm

just fine here Min

7:13 pm

got it

7:13 pm

good!

7:13 pm

i call my daughter boobear

7:13 pm

Hi bleugirl

7:13 pm

oh my that is cute

7:14 pm

Hi bleugirl2! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

7:14 pm

My family called me boo when i was little

7:14 pm

d's do4. I am working backwards tonight.

7:14 pm

me too -- my grandmother loved a book about a little girl: Our Miss Boo

7:15 pm

((Une)) hello

7:15 pm

Hi bleu

7:15 pm

hey, mom :-)

7:15 pm

My dad called me Baldy (and still does) :-)

7:15 pm

my dad called me jellybean LOL

7:15 pm

hey everyone

7:15 pm

:-)

7:16 pm

hey, bleu

7:16 pm

welcome bluegirl

7:16 pm

if he calls me by my given name I know he is ticked with me

7:16 pm

:-D

7:16 pm

My dad used to sing, "You are My Sunshine" to me!

7:16 pm

my mother played it on the ululele LOL!

7:16 pm

How awesome!

7:17 pm

ukulele

7:17 pm

hello champ

7:17 pm

hi mom!

7:17 pm

hi champ

7:18 pm

ululating "You are my Sunshine" would be quite a feat.

7:18 pm

Hello Uneaixoise!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

7:18 pm

Hi ChampFit! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

7:18 pm

Hi all...back for last 34.

7:18 pm

go Champ

7:18 pm

wht LOL

7:18 pm

Mom, feeling more Stop than Go ;)

7:19 pm

howdy, min :-)

7:19 pm

I know the feeling Champ

7:20 pm

I'm missing the first sc word. Hints anyone?

7:20 pm

sc + L*** Horne

7:20 pm

missing it as well Champ

7:20 pm

Thans Une!

7:20 pm

thanks Une

7:21 pm

yw :-)

7:22 pm

May I please have a clue for un5-24? Thanks

7:22 pm

with an even 100 down. I am calling it a night. ((Hugs)) to all of you and thanks for the clues

7:23 pm

Night Mom

7:23 pm

night wht

7:23 pm

good nite Mom

7:23 pm

night mom!

7:23 pm

un6/24 word is un plus an me 4/5 word gapeach1066.

7:23 pm

NM found it

7:23 pm

nite mom

7:23 pm

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

7:24 pm

((boo)), ((Champ)) and ((Une)) pleasant dreams

7:24 pm

2 bo's left

7:24 pm

clue for de 4/10 please

7:24 pm

good night Min

7:24 pm

Do need un7-40 tho? Thanks

7:24 pm

stupid b's! I'm missing some too, Boo.

night, mom! pleasant dreams

7:25 pm

The de 4/10 is to disbobey someone's orders Boobear

7:25 pm

fireworks

7:25 pm

congrats, wht!!

7:25 pm

congrats wht

7:25 pm

Congrats, wht!!!!!!

7:25 pm

it's un7 of for gap to ask for such a clue!

7:25 pm

ty Min

7:25 pm

woo hoo wht!

7:26 pm

last word was bo6,24. As I was typing it I was saying, this couldn't possibly be a word.

7:26 pm

un7:un+I never ***** of the actor before gapeach1066

7:26 pm

yw Boobear

7:26 pm

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! Hooray for U

7:27 pm

Thanks much, dan and Min.

7:27 pm

I need it wht...go ahead, clue the goofy thing!

7:28 pm

I've been trying to figure out how to do it. It is the bo4,6 + a direction.

7:30 pm

smoke coming out of head in ignorance...

7:30 pm

Or, this is ***ing, all this in*** conversation.

7:30 pm

bo + whooping c**** (bird)

7:30 pm

good evening

7:31 pm

got it from Une...ty! And thanks for trying wht

7:31 pm

hey, jes :-)

7:31 pm

yw :-)

7:31 pm

May I please have a clue for an6-24? Thanks

7:31 pm

Glad you got it Champ.

7:32 pm

ga, it is what ships use to stop.

7:32 pm

drop it off the side of a boat gapeach

7:32 pm

peach, toss it in the water to "stop" the boat

7:32 pm

That an 6/24 word is an****s away! gapeach1066

7:33 pm

Thanks much, wht and ChampFit. Gosh, y'all are really cluing well tonight.

7:33 pm

And thanks to Min, as well

7:33 pm

If it weren't so twisty, we would have worried that it might slap some fish on the way down.

7:33 pm

How many babblers does it take to clue a word? I don't care, as long as we get it! ;)

7:34 pm

br8 please?

7:35 pm

pt of br6, Une

7:35 pm

oh, jeez, thanks, wht :-)

7:35 pm

think tree une

7:36 pm

do5 pla

7:36 pm

I still owe you for lots of clues, Une.

7:37 pm

do + what women wear for "support"

7:37 pm

I don't know what the word really is but it looks like the feminine form of a cousin of a guitar

7:37 pm

do 5/16:actress De*** Winger, just replace e Boobear

7:38 pm

ty

7:38 pm

yw

7:39 pm

firewords for moi! *poof*

7:39 pm

oc6-24 please.....thanks

7:39 pm

ocheet

7:39 pm

Sorry.

7:40 pm

gapeach...why you gonna give me a non-word?

7:40 pm

wtg Une!

7:40 pm

oc 6/24 is o plus ch 4/6 word plus vowel gapeach1066

7:41 pm

Congratulations Uneaixoise on fireworks! Way to go!

7:42 pm

sorry if i missed any greetings; phone rang as soon as i said hi earlier :)

7:42 pm

Thanks so much, Min.

7:42 pm

Goodbye Uneaixoise!I will see you tomorrow in the log

7:42 pm

Sorry, ChampFit, typed in the wrong place.

7:42 pm

thanks for the och clue Min!

7:43 pm

Congrats, Unea!!!!!

7:43 pm

Yay, une :)

7:45 pm

Hello jesdraggon!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

7:45 pm

yw ChampFit

7:47 pm

pretty good, min. how are you?

7:48 pm

jesdraggon, I just read your profile....I am so proud of you! I have two rescued dogs now, one looks a lot like your dog in the picture. Great work, lady.

7:48 pm

I am well. I am saving my last 2 words for later tonite.

7:49 pm

I need just one more so6-24 please....thannks

7:49 pm

hello all, help pls with last word, so6

7:49 pm

What you wear on your feet + males

7:49 pm

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

7:50 pm

Thanks, gapeach. need a third? she needs a home :)

7:51 pm

so6/24: what you wear on your fe 4/7 minus a letter plus males periwinkle&wht can walk his fe** to the PB.

7:51 pm

thanks wht

7:51 pm

done

7:51 pm

ty Min

7:51 pm

Congratulations periwinkle on fireworks! Way to go!

7:51 pm

Thannks much, wht and Min.

7:52 pm

wtg peri. I will take my fe4 to the PB. Anything good in there?

7:52 pm

Periwinkle you can join wht in the PB since you're do 4/5 and have fireworks.

7:52 pm

oops, hope there is choclit in the PB

7:52 pm

I have my fe4 in my mouth enough, I want a change of pace.

7:52 pm

bye for now

7:53 pm

ah 4/5! Here is a story for today.This grid gave me a headac4/6 today as I made a de4/5 in the grid.I was not so de 4/8 at Babbling today.Lots of weird words. Therefore,I de4/6 it necessary to do a story of clues My hubby is su 4/7 an an4/5 whenever he wants play Farmville. I me 4/5 he is a total jerk! Sometimes he is the ba4/6 of my existence w/his Farmville addiction. He defe 5/18 his Farmville addiction by saying that it is no worse than my Babble addiction. He thinks that Babble is even worse because he thinks I can me 4/5 another guy. I could de4/10 him and not give him the computer everytime he wants it. But ea4/6 time I br 6/30 the subject of his addiction his de 8/50 te 5/12 to becomes very nasty. I do fe 4/7 what he might do if his needs are un5/14. I usually he4/6 his warnings. Speaking of which,I he4/5 him approaching.My story en4/5 here. I hope this story enha5/14d your ability to ho 4/5 in on the grid and find some more words. I am going to get up on my fe 4/7 and go fe 4/8 myself some dinner. I will be back the next ch 6/27 I get to finish & be do4/5 with this on 4/5 and for all. Ch 4/6!

7:53 pm

jes, I would in a heart beat but I am in a wheelchair now and it is quite a chore to take care of these two...I have friends to do the "scooping" and I am grateful.

7:54 pm

Yay, Peri!

7:54 pm

clue for the second fe 4/8

7:55 pm

I have a neighbor who rescues cats....some really beautiful ones too. I just don't understand people who leave these wonderful animals without care.

7:55 pm

Love me some Min! Ty!!!

7:55 pm

a wheelchair? is that new, or am I just oblivious?

7:55 pm

Oh, fireworks. Thanks for all the help.

7:56 pm

Yay, gapeach!

7:56 pm

fe 4/8 sounds like the game show Family Fe** Boobear

7:56 pm

Boo, fe48 is what you have to do to your pets.

7:56 pm

wtg peach

7:57 pm

ty

7:57 pm

Congratulations gapeach1066 on fireworkfs! Hooray1

7:57 pm

I am off for now. Will be back later to enter my last 2.

7:58 pm

ec6?

7:58 pm

No, not really, I had polio when I was two years old. Lived quite normally with husbands and children and had two strokes in '02 that left me with vertigo and I am much safter in a chair than on crutches. I'm not complaining tho....so many people so much worse than I. I do appreciate prayers....and I send them as well.

7:58 pm

ec 6/27 is e plus ch 5/16 word Shirlockc and hi there!

7:59 pm

thx min

7:59 pm

i see. well, glad it was nothing horribly traumatic then :)

7:59 pm

yw *POOF*

8:00 pm

bye, min

8:01 pm

Good luck with finishing.....I'll see you at the flip.

8:04 pm

g'night, gapeach

8:06 pm

AN 6 clue plz

8:07 pm

thing you drop off a boat to stay in place

8:07 pm

an**** aweigh

8:08 pm

Good night Babblers. Catch you another time.

8:08 pm

thx shirlockc. don't know why i couldn't see it

8:09 pm

an 6/24 what the mrs wants to tie to my legs before she pushes me off the cock;)

8:09 pm

dock*

8:09 pm

crossy!

8:11 pm

hah. bit of a slip there, crossy

8:14 pm

BA 5/16

8:15 pm

sc7 last?

8:15 pm

nevermind

8:19 pm

BO 5/16 2nd one

8:19 pm

the only bo 5/16 i have yet is a plank

8:20 pm

the second is bo+ the first part of what sits on your neck

8:20 pm

thanks, champ :)

8:21 pm

np!

8:21 pm

danke

8:24 pm

bottom u and o for nbt?

8:26 pm

the u is un + me4 the ou is a unit of measure

8:27 pm

thanks again :)

8:28 pm

glad to help! thinking of quitting soon. good luck all!

8:33 pm

ou4, what you might say if you hurt yourself

8:37 pm

any clues ne4ed?

8:37 pm

about 90 more, dawg :D

8:37 pm

hey, jes. which ones?

8:38 pm

dunno, haven't listed. some off of just about all the tiles except top right corner

8:40 pm

an6, what holds the boat from floating away

8:40 pm

COast guard

8:40 pm

johann sebastion ba**

8:40 pm

hi ru

8:41 pm

hi ruru :)

8:41 pm

bunny still hasn't escaped from his cup, i see

8:41 pm

ba*** von richtover (sp)

8:41 pm

nope.. he is addicted

8:42 pm

bo+ ***d, shoulders, knees and toes...

8:43 pm

silly bunny

8:44 pm

well, it is the year of the rabbit, even caffinated ones

8:44 pm

well.. his name is Peet-er Rabbit

8:44 pm

ch+ not off

8:45 pm

has scrab seen it?

8:45 pm

yes.. she said the same thing.. silly rabbit

8:45 pm

holy crap, this is hilarious!

8:46 pm

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=let+me+google+tha t+for+you

8:46 pm

silly wabbit

8:46 pm

do + over the shoulder boulder holder

8:46 pm

lol lbd!!!

8:46 pm

heh. good clue, dawg

8:46 pm

ec + not soft

8:47 pm

em + not beginning

8:47 pm

boulder holder?

8:47 pm

tit sling

8:48 pm

funny jess... I use to date a guy who would say, "google is your friend" every time I would ask questions - he would love that site

8:48 pm

*blinks*

8:49 pm

the hammock where she keeps her sin pillows, ruru

8:49 pm

ru playing naive? I don't buy it

8:49 pm

yeah, kje, it's a brilliant page, we found it linked from an advice column as the answer to a REALLY simple question

8:49 pm

hahaha - that is funny

8:50 pm

he's probably just fishing for the most entertaining euphemism.

8:51 pm

bobbing for boobies?

8:51 pm

i should send that to my sisters, they are always asking me to search stuff for them

8:51 pm

sin pillows???? really???? I have never heard that one

8:51 pm

between that and snopes, i could probably prevent my gramma from ever emailing me again...

8:52 pm

thank you for the clue earlier!! sorry I had to run so quickly

8:52 pm

Or trying to refresh his mammary?

8:52 pm

you've never he5 sin pillows? huh... i don't recall where i got it, but it was ye4s ago

8:53 pm

lol, yeah, hubby has discovered snopes. really likes checking things out there

8:53 pm

mammeries.. like the corner of my mind.. tiny little mammories... that's the way we were.....

8:53 pm

o.m.g.

8:53 pm

That's from "Carrie" ..

8:53 pm

french money is in the grid.

8:53 pm

ah, there ya go, torgone has the source citation for me :)

8:54 pm

never saw it

8:54 pm

me either, but i read it :)

8:54 pm

saw parts of it, but do't remember that part

8:54 pm

me either

8:55 pm

nu5 nu + jimmy durante always said "hot *** *** ***"

8:55 pm

did you guys see this? 2 6 year olds, 2 7, and oe 8 - amazing

8:55 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHgTDb_ QH98&feature=player_embedded

8:56 pm

"bonce" not found??

8:56 pm

OU 5/14

8:57 pm

"cabron" not found??????

8:57 pm

unit of measurement

8:57 pm

oc6 Loc*ness monster + first number

8:57 pm

thanks, dawg :)

8:58 pm

it is spelled beyonce, tor

9:02 pm

well, bucking horses brings me to half of the b words :)

9:07 pm

omg, there is a super bowl top ten commercials show on. hilarious

9:10 pm

bo+ egyptian sun god + half hawaiian goose

9:17 pm

oh no, i killed the chog!

9:19 pm

guess, i'll go watch the commercials. see you all tomorrow.

hiya folks

9:25 pm

Hello TO. How are you?

hey jacs! well - we are awaitng a wintry mic to screw up the weekend!

mix

9:27 pm

Hi everyone

9:27 pm

We've had very strong winds here in UK, TO. Actually seems to have calmed down for the moment, though.

9:27 pm

Hi Brookie.

good

9:28 pm

SC 7/40

9:28 pm

Hi Jac!

9:28 pm

like sm5,12 but with a bit of a cute pronunciation in the beginning.

9:29 pm

bleugirl - sc7/40 is a slang word. Think of slapping spread on something.

9:29 pm

It's like how I like to apply cream cheese on my bagel.

9:29 pm

yeah i couldn't remember how to spell it

9:29 pm

Oh, I spoke too soon about the winds calming. (Those are weather winds, not internal winds btw!)

i think i will just turn in soon. these storms have taken a toll on my energy.

9:31 pm

Incidentally, did any of you who are friends with me on Facebook see the BBC News link I put up earlier via my daughter linking it? Apparently, legal bods in Malawi are seriously discussing if farting in public is to become illegal.

9:32 pm

It all seems to have come from some misunderstanding of what exactly constitutes 'air pollution'.

9:33 pm

TO - we're better off than the folks in Queensland, Aus.

seems so.

9:34 pm

TO - we are, so far, anyway. Always look on the bright side! (Even when it's hard to see.)

9:36 pm

The winds of change are blowing in Africa, Jac

9:37 pm

dan - LOL, really snorts with laughter.

9:38 pm

How's Button, Dan? She must be getting quite a big girl now. Walking or pulling herself up on things yet?

9:39 pm

fireworxxx

9:39 pm

I loved watching the pulling themselves upright on things and then the quick, wobbly,, but determined dash to their destination. A bit like a drunk on a mission.LOL

9:39 pm

Well done, bleugirl!

9:39 pm

Yay bleugirl!

9:39 pm

commando crawling, rolling over, sitting up and nonsense talking

9:40 pm

probably a few weeks from real crawling and pullups

9:40 pm

*by 'them', I meant my kids.

9:40 pm

she says mama, dada, and tries her hardest to mimic sounds

9:41 pm

That's so cute, dan!

9:41 pm

yeah she's at a really fun age

9:41 pm

no teeth yet

9:41 pm

dan - has she gone through the 'trying out her voice' aka make annoyingly high-pitched screaming sounds yet? I find most babies tend to do that in the supermarket where I am. It's only 'cute' when your own baby is doing it. :-(

9:42 pm

Or maybe your own grandchild.

9:42 pm

yes she tests the volume knob from time to time

9:42 pm

Screaming is never cute, no matter how lovable the child.

9:42 pm

also the "motorboat" spit bubbles are fun for her

9:43 pm

that's a recent trick

9:43 pm

I'm still learning how to do that trick myself.

9:43 pm

dan - I remember those bubbles! Have you had the 'put 4 spoonfuls of baby mush into the mouth, get all 4 plus spit and bubbles, with a big smile, back' thing yet?

9:44 pm

Brookie - it's not exactly screaming, more high-pitched annoying noise.

9:44 pm

she's actually really good with the spoon feeding. She hasn't rejected much, at least not yet. haha Brookie

9:45 pm

A high-pitched annoying noise that goes through the scales for high-pitched annoying noises. Babies are nothing if not efficient.:-)

9:45 pm

her sly trick is to undo her diaper on one side (always the left), and check to see if she got "caught"

a pitch that could shatter glass. oscar in the tin drum.

9:46 pm

Hi again, TO. Yes, that's about right.

9:47 pm

dan - I assume that's a disposable nappy/diaper and that she hasn't yet got the knack of opening baby safety pins.

9:48 pm

correct, velcro-ish

9:48 pm

though she does do a soundless snapping with her fingers on either hand - very cute and dextrous

sc7/44clue pls?

9:49 pm

sc7 - pt "plotted"

ty

9:50 pm

ra6?

9:51 pm

Here's a typical baby's timetable - sleep, wake, wee, poo, gurgle, look cute, scream if no one notices all that nice warm pee and poo are all nasty and cold in your nappy now, AND that you are HUNGRY and that YOU WANT ATTENTION. Once satisfied, go back to sleep stage again.

9:51 pm

the puppies from our closet just had their second birthday

9:52 pm

ra6 - the Spanish version of the US cattle farm.

9:52 pm

dan - you surely didn't keep all of those puppies? Is it really 2 years? Heck! Time goes fast.

9:52 pm

oh duh, I forgot this was enable not english :-) that's firewords, tx Jac and all cluers

9:52 pm

Thanks for the ra6! May I have another clue for the sc7, still not getting it.

9:53 pm

Yay dan!

9:53 pm

Well done, Dan.

wtg.dan!

9:53 pm

sc6 is a plot or con game, sc7 is the past tense

9:54 pm

Brookie - sm5/12 with the end of a Scottish lake after the first letter.

9:54 pm

Thanks, got it now!

9:54 pm

y/w

9:54 pm

and the other sc7 is the bagel topping

9:55 pm

Got that one 'cause I was raised on a bit of Yiddish (family Jewish).

i am missing the easiest words and tons of plurals!

9:56 pm

TO - that's par for the course for most seasoned Babblers. We tend to look for the weird words first.

9:56 pm

good night all!

9:56 pm

'Night Dan.

9:56 pm

See ya, dan!

night dan

de 6 pls?

9:57 pm

de + not nice but ****

9:58 pm

TO - de6 = to make someone feel lessened or small. To belittle their achievement.

ty

9:58 pm

Brookie - how's the speech for this year going? I'm still chuckling over the last one. Your timing is perfect.

9:58 pm

y/w TO.

nu 6 pls?

9:59 pm

Thanks, Jac. It's now time for the "serious speech" contest. I'm actually going to start writing it this weekend - won't be presented till late March.

9:59 pm

crossy wants to hear new brookie speech!

10:00 pm

Thanks crossy!

10:00 pm

Latin plural of the nu5/16 before it, TO.

10:01 pm

The speech I'm writing about is about a really tough time I went through and the lessons learned... it was around the time I joined Babble, which was a pleasant distraction amidst the sadness around me.

10:01 pm

Brookie - be sure to give us the link for it when its done. Is the subject of the serious speech a secret?

10:01 pm

So there won't be any funny moments with the next speech, sorry!

10:01 pm

Oh, I see it isn't.

10:02 pm

It will still be interesting to hear though, I'm sure, Brookie. You present yourself so well.

10:02 pm

I can tell you now. Around the time I joined, I lost my older son for about a year due to custody issues. It made me question our legal system and my sense of good vs. bad.

10:02 pm

PB for me for saying a grid word!

10:02 pm

You might not believe this, but I was charged with 5 felonies.

10:03 pm

Obviously, I wasn't convicted, but the D.A. waited till the day of the trial to drop the charges, just to make a point.

10:03 pm

!

10:03 pm

Brookie - I might, if your ex had lied and you wanted your child.

10:03 pm

I'm trying to write this speech so it's not a pity party, but a lessons-learned type of thing. I was also in prison for a day.

10:04 pm

So, was kind of evil District Attorney was that? A man?

10:04 pm

Ex had lied, and his attorney happened to work in the state attorney's office.

10:04 pm

it is terrible when one parent uses the children as chess pieces to manipulate the system;(

10:04 pm

Ah!

10:04 pm

Yes, a man. In a very small town that I was not from.

10:04 pm

Ah, again.

10:05 pm

I was going through all this when I first joined Babble, and the Babble community was just a wonderful respite... provided some sanity for me.

10:05 pm

Crossy - yes, it is.

10:05 pm

not just because he was a man jacula..there are honest child custody male lawyers...but there are many dishonest ones..including women

10:05 pm

I felt awful for my son, who missed me so much the few times I saw him.

10:05 pm

Brookie - I'm so glad we helped you.

10:06 pm

You did!

so6/24pls?

10:06 pm

i am glad we eased your mind during that time brooke;)

10:06 pm

Basically the lesson learned is that I no longer judge people by their status or position in life, whether good or bad.

10:07 pm

I was literally chained and shackled as I walked through the courthouse, and the onlookers immediately judged me. It was so hurtful.

10:07 pm

Crossy - I think it's a boy's club in a small town thing, from what Brookie has said. I think US small towns are as bad as UK small villages for not accepting someone as a 'local' until they've buried at least 3-4 generations of relatives there. The count is even higher for some UK villages 'up North'.

10:08 pm

Didn't know that, Jacula. Sounds like a universal trend.

10:08 pm

TO - so6/24 sounds like the males who love socks.

10:09 pm

Brookie - yes, I think it is.

ty i am down to 2

10:09 pm

y/w, TO.

10:09 pm

Anyway, all is better now, and I have joint legal and physical custody of my older son. Which makes both my son and I happy. :-)

1

10:09 pm

not here it is not,i know that the womens club try to drain as much from the guy as they can because that way they can make thewomans govt cheeques as small as possible,and they have books out on how to do this

10:09 pm

Brookie - GOOD!

10:09 pm

Go, TO, go!

10:10 pm

Can you explain, crossy? Example?

10:11 pm

but i digress,i will not hash out the lopsided justice system and am glad you have made out ok brookie

10:11 pm

There's no digression in the chog, just detours. :0)

10:11 pm

((brooke))

10:11 pm

poof!

10:12 pm

Crossy, I'd be interested to know what you meant, too.

10:12 pm

Oh! He's gone.

eek jacs, i may need help with last one

10:12 pm

Too late. :-(

10:12 pm

TO - ask away.

bo5/16 after th plank?

10:13 pm

Think of "extra credit", TO

10:14 pm

bo + consonant + toys r **

10:14 pm

bo + 3/4 of what's on top of your shoulders

10:14 pm

bo5/16 = Chinese black tea and the region is was grown in. Or try bo + first 3 letters of what your ears do.

10:14 pm

Hi wildcat.

10:14 pm

hi

10:14 pm

need help for bottom right O

ty and i really have to go, i am exhausted. ty for the help all

10:15 pm

bye and tc to

10:15 pm

yw and have a good night, TO!

10:15 pm

Well done, TO. Sleep well.x

10:15 pm

Hi wildcat!

10:16 pm

wild - ou5/14 - one fourteenth of a pound in weight.

10:16 pm

hi

10:16 pm

not that one

10:16 pm

ou4/7 - cry of pain. ou6/30 - past tense of that cry.

10:17 pm

those are the 3 I have

10:17 pm

One sixteenth, of a pound, I meant.

10:17 pm

hi all

10:18 pm

Hi jmc!

10:18 pm

hey brookie

10:18 pm

Oh, oc6/24 - Scottish exclamation, as in o** aye the noo!' + number before two.

10:18 pm

Actually, I'm going now. Have a good night (or good morning to you, Jac)!

10:18 pm

Hi jmc.

10:19 pm

bye brookie :-(

10:19 pm

bye brook

10:19 pm

'Bye Brookie. Look forward to seeing you again soon.

10:19 pm

hey jac

10:19 pm

ty for oc6

10:19 pm

need one more from top center E

10:19 pm

wild, y/w.

10:20 pm

ancho is a word!

10:20 pm

it is a pepper and not a proper name :-(

10:20 pm

Could be one of a few, wild.

10:21 pm

what are the 8's?

10:21 pm

Ey4/6, maybe? The seeing orb but not past tense. different consonant at the end. e + Chinese currency.

10:22 pm

de8 ra 8 and br8

10:22 pm

br8, de8,ra8.

10:22 pm

ty

10:23 pm

clue for ra8

10:24 pm

cow hand or ra*

10:24 pm

males who work on US cattle farms.

10:24 pm

ty

10:24 pm

y/w

10:25 pm

yw

10:26 pm

need a D from bottom left corner

10:26 pm

NM

10:27 pm

do5/16 - do + female undergarment.

10:27 pm

need a F from bottom one

10:27 pm

boring color or a pilotless plane is what i have

10:28 pm

fe4/8 = feudal land. fe + 'peculiar' minus the last letter.

10:28 pm

got it ty

10:29 pm

y/w

10:29 pm

still need that E

10:29 pm

NM

10:30 pm

need b's

10:30 pm

Are you done now, wild?

10:30 pm

*sits and watches for last bo*

10:30 pm

Okay, b words...

10:31 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

10:31 pm

4 and 6 letters

10:31 pm

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

10:31 pm

hi min

10:31 pm

Chemistry word, jmc. bo + what sounds like wet weather.

10:31 pm

I want to be done. I am tired

10:31 pm

Hi Min.

10:31 pm

wild - quite a few 4 and 6 b words.

10:32 pm

fireflies

10:32 pm

ty jac

10:32 pm

whoo hooo wild!

10:32 pm

Well done, wild.

10:32 pm

tyvm and ty for the help

10:32 pm

see you all tomorrow

10:33 pm

y/w Wild and goodnight.

10:33 pm

bye wild

10:33 pm

Congratulations wildcat17 on fireworks! Good for you

10:33 pm

Goodbye wildcat17! I will see you tomorrow in the log

10:35 pm

So, Min. How are you?

10:38 pm

I am well, thanks Jacula. Just came back to enter my last 2 words. Been saving them since 7:09 game time.

10:39 pm

:-)

10:39 pm

em5?

10:41 pm

em + stop

10:41 pm

That em 5/14 word is e plus the me4/6 word jmcnrick

10:41 pm

ty jmb and min

10:41 pm

hi jmb

10:41 pm

It's a silly way of spelling am5!

10:41 pm

Hi jmbdobie! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

10:42 pm

lol i think so too jac

10:42 pm

howdy! I have 2 left and they are driving me crazy

10:42 pm

yw jmcnrick

10:42 pm

oh dear jmb!

10:42 pm

And those mad making words are?

10:43 pm

I have 2 left as well.Wonder if it's same as your 2 left.

10:43 pm

I have a story of clues in my profile if anyone needs it

10:43 pm

Min - I just read that. Fun, as always.

10:44 pm

bo5,16 and ra6,24 I think let me check your profile

10:44 pm

Thanks Jacula!

10:45 pm

bo5/16 = bo + the first 3 letters of what your ears do.

10:45 pm

bohea

10:45 pm

oooppppss!

10:45 pm

ra6/24 = the Spanish version of a US cattle or horse farm.

10:46 pm

off to pb

10:46 pm

jmb - that'd be it. LOL

10:46 pm

thats the one

10:46 pm

Need a B and S word which is BullSh** since I should've found them by now. I'm not going to ask for clues yet

10:47 pm

Thank you jmbdobie!Now those B's are Banished!1 left

10:47 pm

Stubborn Min! Just like the rest of us original Babblers.

10:47 pm

hey jmc -- that pitcher you gave me the name of is NOT the right one. The guy I meant is new and young. Some day I'll remember.

10:48 pm

So hi everyone -- clues available here.

10:48 pm

sorry that was my best guess with the information

10:48 pm

Hi jilli. What 's' word does Min still need now, do we think?

10:48 pm

if you could tell me the name of the team . . .?

10:48 pm

well, jmc, thanks for trying!

10:49 pm

sc, so, su?? I wonder.

10:49 pm

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

10:49 pm

i still don't have the cream cheese one myself keep thing schmeer

10:49 pm

I'm assuming Min doesn't need the sm.

10:49 pm

I can;'t remember, jmc :-( Just that I think he comes from Victoria, BC, and is huge and young and new and has a superfast fastball.

10:50 pm

jmc.... think yiddish sounding

10:51 pm

would it be the sc7/40?

10:51 pm

my yiddish i learned in Houston. . . .is not helping here

10:51 pm

Might be, jillibus, but I thought she'd found that already.

10:52 pm

you are just off one vowel

10:53 pm

or you are just off A vowel

10:53 pm

not having seen the question, it's hard to know the answer

10:53 pm

sc7/40 is an anagram of 'marches'.

10:53 pm

jmbdobie, lovely dobies in your icon

10:54 pm

oh, clever, jac!

10:54 pm

ty ty ty for the clues for dummies

10:54 pm

guess i can't spell yiddish and better than i spell english!

10:54 pm

ty jilli those were my guys - i miss them much.

10:55 pm

It's all those years of doing crosswords before internet word games came along, LOL.

10:55 pm

i learned a lot from crosswords myself

10:55 pm

of to bed for me ... manana all

10:55 pm

I know how that is, jmb

10:55 pm

g'night jmb

10:55 pm

the last several years of mother's life i would read her the clues and give her the number of letters and we would do the puzzle together

10:56 pm

bye jmb and whoo hooo

10:56 pm

I'm off to bed now, too, and not before time! See you all another day. Stay well and happy. x

10:56 pm

bye jac sleep well

10:56 pm

I did Daily Telegraph cryptics with my dad -- each of us had a book of them and would work on them together.

10:56 pm

Goodbye jmbdobie2! I will see you tomorrow in the log

10:57 pm

Night jac -- or I guess it's morning.

10:57 pm

21 left

10:58 pm

brb

hi

11:03 pm

hi herin

11:03 pm

were you here when i said i did not get the job?

11:03 pm

Hello herinfernallady! How are you? Welcome to grid!

11:03 pm

:-(

They suck JM

11:03 pm

lol herin

11:04 pm

its okay i will get a different one

I am good. My friends are flooded in. They can't leave their property

11:07 pm

glad you are safe--so is lynxx although she did mention some minor problems

11:07 pm

my geography of australia is still so spotty i just worried about you all

We have a leak in the ceiling. I did post pics on FB from were we were last night. My g.f thinks her creek at the bottom of her property is about 5ft deep in parts.

11:09 pm

yikes!

11:09 pm

first fo8 please?

11:09 pm

10 left

11:10 pm

Go jmcnrick go!

Yep she is on a hill the property goes hill dip creek hill house dip creek

11:10 pm

There are no fo8 words in the puzzle today jmcnrick.

11:10 pm

sorry missed a key

Front paddock is under water. Don't know were the cows have gone either

11:10 pm

fo4/8

11:11 pm

cows can usually look out after themselves--its sheep that are dumb enough to drown

11:12 pm

fo 4/8 word rhymes w/Travolta's first name jmcnrick

11:12 pm

an6/24 please

11:12 pm

oh!?! ty min

11:12 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! sc7/40 was my last word

11:12 pm

an6/24 is an****s away! tijani and hi! Welcome to grid

11:12 pm

what weighs down a boat tijani

11:13 pm

yw

11:13 pm

whoo hooo min!!

11:13 pm

hi all

11:13 pm

I will be here until the flip to help with clues if needed

11:13 pm

7 left so i will plug away for a bit

11:13 pm

thx

11:14 pm

yw tijani

No sheep on the property just cows and maybe a horse or two

11:15 pm

they should be okay then if there is any high ground

The property is cut in two. It depends on the fence lines. I think they would have gone to high ground.

11:17 pm

true if they were fenced in it might have been problamatic

11:17 pm

5 left

11:18 pm

3

Cows are not as stupid as sheep. I think the girls would go out and look but it is too wet

11:19 pm

very little is as stupid as sheep

Lol

11:20 pm

FINISHED! VERY EXCELLENT!

11:20 pm

i may be prejudiced

11:20 pm

whoo hoo godt!

No not really sheep really are not that bright

11:21 pm

1 left

11:21 pm

well cattle are more common in texas than sheep are

11:22 pm

Congratulations godthaab on fireworks! Good for you

11:22 pm

it is a 4 letter word

11:22 pm

*sigh*

11:22 pm

fw!

11:23 pm

he4/6 a kind of motor was my last word

11:23 pm

Congratulations jmcnrick on fireworks! Good for you!

11:33 pm

Since nobody is asking for clues. I am off to bed. Bye!

11:33 pm

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

Night MIn

11:36 pm

hey babblers,, good evening/morn! May I have any clues for the a! I have how my knee hurts and what keeps my yacht from floating. LOL

11:37 pm

and just got the clear my throat one

11:40 pm

an4/6 - rectum

11:40 pm

2 ac4 pain ones

11:41 pm

ab5/18 - ab + electrical resistance measure... then plural

11:41 pm

Hi kje long time no see

11:42 pm

hi mamawa

Lost my will to babble

11:42 pm

I think the ab s are the one s i can not find

11:42 pm

oh noooooooooooooo

11:43 pm

ab + an o word

I awoke at 1pm it is nearly five and I just can't be bothered

11:43 pm

ty got the ab s

11:43 pm

hi herin

11:44 pm

then rest today, herin... maybe tomorrow you will be more "wordy"

Ok my coffee cup was less than an inch away and I couldn't be bothered reaching it

11:44 pm

are you sick?

11:45 pm

I am off also at least got over 80 and nbt. syl all

No. Went out last night. Had fun

11:45 pm

g mamawa

11:46 pm

then it is worth it, herin... relax

It was a good night apart from the swimming pool in the street

11:48 pm

ice rink here

Well most of the roads around us are pools

At flip I am going to wander off

11:56 pm

hello

Hi ML

11:56 pm

hi herin

11:57 pm

i say 257

I would like a 500

i would like a 339

11:58 pm

I like ther size of this one

11:58 pm

josh that would be good too

189

11:59 pm

really herin so you will not even get halfway or nbt?lol

11:59 pm

I have a bridge game tomorrow

probably will be 182 or something

11:59 pm

hello cosmo

11:59 pm

hello again everyone else

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