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12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

biggish enough grid!

12:00 am

hi everyone

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

agreed stid.... acceptable...

12:01 am

flip btw

12:01 am

I hope most of the workds are useful

12:01 am

KNUT!!! (((hugs))) did you get your grade back yet?

Clues are up

attack of the killer stomach bug.

12:02 am

(((hugs))) Not yet. Prof is pretty consistent about returning work the following Sunday, so I've got a few more days yet.

12:02 am

thankyou very much lickety

12:02 am

Yay Lickety!!!! Thanks!

12:02 am

ty ty ty Lickety!

12:02 am

Thank you, Lickety!!

12:02 am

okay. *sits on hands and tries to be patient*

12:02 am

*YAWN* I am going to sleep.

12:02 am

kaplan, are you feeling ANY betteR?

Death warmed over.

12:03 am

Babbler Hurshy is in the grid, hehe :-D

lameame

12:03 am

hurshey's name is in here :)

12:03 am

Aww. Kap!

and in th ewrong type box to oot

12:04 am

*bundles blankies around kaplan and offers weak tea to settle tummy*

12:04 am

Don't worry, you are not alone, stid. I spend every single week of school anxious about my grades.

12:04 am

phantoms female and volume

12:05 am

*offers up ginger ale to Kaplan* sorry about the stomach bug.

12:05 am

al 6

12:05 am

lol jilli

12:05 am

I like todays icon jilli.

12:06 am

*grin* thanks knutmeg, JUST what I need -- knowing there are others out there anxiously awaiting the fall of the blade... *sees professors with black hoods over their heads, holding the trigger rope...*

12:06 am

So I see, crystalle :-)

12:07 am

NBT and 37 words found.

12:07 am

jill have you gotten any viruses from fb recently?

12:07 am

that seems pretty reasonable sleeping level...

12:07 am

LOL! So perfectly apt, that description! This teacher has had the fastest grade-return rate of **ANY** prof i've had in the last year and a half. Most professors take 10-14 days to return grades...

12:08 am

la 7

12:08 am

*looks at five distinct piles of books and random scattered papers covering half the living room* This can wait for another week or two...

12:08 am

actually la 6/7

12:08 am

oh, I just hate waiting like that!

12:08 am

thanks stid i got it

12:08 am

(late-ish) *flip*

12:08 am

LOL don't stay up too late, knut -- you may be younger than I am (we won't say by how much) but even you young'uns need some shut-eye to do your best!

12:09 am

fl 6

12:09 am

see you-all tomorrow! *special hugs for jill* *poof*

12:10 am

Thanks, I won't. My husband gets cranky when I stay up past 2. (And he notices.) I'll be in bed well before then. (Brain hurts after four hours of rigorous class debate on discussion boards anyway).

12:10 am

mlf -- just saw your question about fb and the answer is no viruses ever.

12:11 am

congrats jilll lol

12:11 am

bye stid and ty!

12:11 am

i have gotten a few

12:11 am

po7

12:12 am

late flip! hi everyone

12:12 am

Hi flosey!

12:12 am

hi jilli, nice icon, and crystalle, yours too

12:13 am

halfway

12:13 am

ty I love the theme today. Its something we should all practise

12:13 am

hmmm, useless qu

meme (miːm) — n an idea or element of social behaviour passed on through generations in a culture, esp by imitation

12:14 am

stats for teh O please?

12:14 am

om4

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om4

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op4

12:14 am

at least om4/5, mlf

12:14 am

thanks crys got it

12:14 am

also op4/5

12:14 am

op4/6

12:14 am

hi dfm

12:15 am

hi jilli! :o)

12:15 am

do we really need to post 4-letter clues when Lickety is up?

12:15 am

meme is a relatively recently coined word, so it's not a big shock that it isn't in Enable.

12:15 am

mlf asked ;o)

12:15 am

I usually po4 only the longest 20%

12:16 am

thanks dfm i didnt have that po word lol

12:16 am

me8

12:16 am

don't mind me -- I only see 4-letter words to start with, lol

12:16 am

stats for the H bottom right corner please?

so is phat, and blog, but it takes those.

12:17 am

me7 to go with that 8

12:17 am

back

12:18 am

nbt

hi & NBT - rather quickly

12:18 am

doesn't take blog, rast

12:18 am

wtg knut!

12:19 am

nbt

12:19 am

actually, phat is in a 1978 Scrabble dictionary I have, so not new!

No? I'm confusing my games, then. Wordsplay takes blog, I guess

12:19 am

wtg mlf

12:19 am

yay i got the me8

12:20 am

Enable takes phat -- it's just not in this grid

12:20 am

yeah, phat is one of those renewed words, I believe.

12:20 am

hi and wtg melon

12:20 am

why isnt topsy accepted?

12:20 am

and mopsy :-)

12:20 am

st8

12:20 am

and cottontail LOL

12:20 am

nbt here too

12:21 am

wtg jilli

12:21 am

yay jilly, melon!

12:21 am

(st7)

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l

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nbt nbs am off to pick up kids bbs

12:22 am

en7

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bye crys!

12:22 am

ttfn crys and wtg

12:22 am

i need stats for both H :(

12:22 am

see ya later

12:23 am

oh OOPS i dont have nbt yet i have two more

12:23 am

hy4

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hu4

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ty

12:23 am

hehe, hurshy is in the grid :oO

12:23 am

thank you une for the hy 4 i need that one

12:24 am

ohh the hu is a fish

12:24 am

:-D

12:24 am

U stats please?

12:24 am

its a fish u 4/6

12:24 am

i saw that too dfm:)

12:24 am

and hu5

12:25 am

spellcheck.. u what 4?

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up

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thanks spellcheck

12:25 am

np

12:26 am

ne5 and 6 if not called

12:26 am

lol oh dear that wasa another fish.. 2 4 word fishes for me

12:26 am

okay now i have nbt ddint know that was a fish i know it from storybooks

12:26 am

I'm not sure if you qualify it as a fish... I'm just a lurker ;-)

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pu5 x 2

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lopsy

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ce7

12:27 am

oops sorry. and its not even a real word!

12:28 am

flopsy, mopsy, cottontail and peter

12:28 am

nbs/nbt 25 words

12:28 am

100 and off to bed -- nite, all *poof*

12:28 am

I just need the r for NBT... any help?

12:28 am

wd as usual, une!

12:28 am

rh4

12:28 am

whats the other 8? i have the me

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thanx une

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rh 4

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st, cos

12:29 am

dfm that should be a ce 6/7 right?

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ty dfm

12:29 am

120 une.. you?

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100

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yes mlf

12:29 am

hi ruru

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thanks dfm i found it

12:30 am

lo6+7

12:30 am

hi jilli

12:30 am

phantom meat loaf or meatloaf:)

12:31 am

phantom stonefly

12:31 am

phantom mnemonic?

12:31 am

is the ME 8 something we should know?

12:31 am

that's because of your initials ml

12:32 am

mlf -- maybe. its also a movie

12:32 am

ruru true but i tried to type it in as well lol

12:32 am

yes, mlf... you should know the def and you should know it as well....

12:33 am

ah, thanks mlf, got the me8 and yes a regular word

12:33 am

its plural of a me7

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yup

12:34 am

i sure don't see it

12:34 am

ok i give up cant find the st8

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thanks for the st 8 cos

12:35 am

pertaining to the st /7

12:35 am

lol yw

12:35 am

ruru which one are you looking for?

12:35 am

ends with mr gore cos

12:35 am

cee n

12:35 am

me 7/8 I can'

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me 7/8 I can't find

12:36 am

i found an st8

12:36 am

neither can i ruru

12:36 am

oops i didnt.. i meant st6

12:37 am

an artificialopening ( as on the stomache for a bowel surgery

12:38 am

the st 5-6-7 and 8 are all connected

12:38 am

found it.. i was close with the st6

12:38 am

2 po7

12:39 am

ty got the st5-6-7-8

12:39 am

and if i have to go to the pb for that one, i am taking ALL the fab choklit chip cookies that walter made today with me

12:39 am

but that got me looking for tomato which is a phantom lol

12:39 am

thanks for the st words

12:40 am

7+s done

12:41 am

its st 5/12 and 621?

12:41 am

are the 2 po 7's related?|

12:41 am

yes mlf

12:42 am

the st 5-6-7-8 all hav the same first 4 letters

12:44 am

are the po7s related/

12:44 am

not at all cos

12:44 am

ok ty

12:47 am

cos - the two I have aren't related but start with the same 4 letters.

12:48 am

PO6

12:48 am

there are 3 po7s -- not related in meaning.

12:49 am

i'm stuck

12:50 am

monkeyed the first po7, odd to me

12:50 am

phantom stamen

12:50 am

got the me finally

12:50 am

nbs at last

12:51 am

wtg jilli

12:51 am

me too! wasn't watching

12:51 am

ty flosey

12:53 am

I have 18 6s... anyone have the last? af al al am ce ce en fl la lo me ne po po so st to to

12:57 am

you have more than I do df

12:58 am

100 words found

12:58 am

right with you jilli!

12:58 am

yay jilli!

12:58 am

hi babble friends...long time no babble

12:59 am

hi MP..

12:59 am

hello MPittore, good to see you back

12:59 am

are you okay?

12:59 am

hi MP!

12:59 am

thank you...glad to be back

12:59 am

hi MPitt -- what's been happening?

12:59 am

phantom atlatl

1:00 am

MP, hoping it was a voluntary hiatus...

1:00 am

yes ru...our 20 yr old nephew was killed 12/15 then father in law died 1/21 bit of rough times for us here

1:01 am

oh wow.. I'm sorry MP.. that's too much loss

1:01 am

so sorry to hear, such loss!

1:01 am

if that wasn't enough mother in law fell at nephs funeral and broke pelvis in 3 places...is now in nurshing home

1:01 am

20 is awful...to lose someone

1:01 am

yes way too young...

1:02 am

wow

1:02 am

are you in your saturn cycle or something

1:03 am

he was in single car accident...speeding...thank god passenger was not killed...he spent 5 days in shock trauma but injuries were too much..his passenger got out the day of the funeral...

1:03 am

oh.. terrible

1:04 am

that's a lot that happened, MP... :o(

1:05 am

oh, how awful, MPitt!

1:05 am

two al 6's df

1:05 am

yeah, had them...

1:07 am

were you close to the nephew MP?

1:08 am

phantom scythe

1:09 am

thank you all...mother in law is doing well and we expect her to go into an independant living facility with some hired assistance...everyone is moving thru grieving healthily (gosh is that a word??) we have alot ahead to settle things but we are all supporting one another...we weren't super close but we still loved him and the pain was heavy but my sis in laws strong faith helped all of us.

1:10 am

I would think the loss of a child would be the hardest thing to cope with

1:11 am

funny how when people are in a crisis how they come together...just like in our 9/11 crisis as I'm sure all countries can relate to a similar situation...wish we were all that way all the time

1:12 am

yes ru...I feel the same...you expect those older than you to someday die but not those younger than you...

1:12 am

today's icon theme is appropriate

1:12 am

indeed it is, jilli

1:12 am

oh jilli what is that?

1:12 am

look at my icon, MPitt!

1:13 am

ok brb

1:13 am

we need a *day* for random acts of kindness? o.0 ... that tells a sad thing about society :o(

1:13 am

just clicking on it will do!

1:15 am

awww...jilli you are so kind...yes very appropriate!

1:15 am

just a reminder, dfm, about the old ideas of courtesy, thoughtfulness, good manners, doing favours...

1:15 am

last 6 found -- rh6

1:16 am

not really dfm....we have a special day to worship...it's good to set aside time for important things

1:17 am

just put a positive spin on things....very powerful way to live...

1:18 am

I was raised to always look for a bit of good in even the most tragic, trying experiences in life and that is what you will find and learn from...it fills you up with strength

1:19 am

always a good way to live, MP :o)

1:20 am

yes...smiling back at 'cha!

1:20 am

true MP, as you have experienced recently, how the tragedies bring family close

1:21 am

anyone have the hy5?

1:21 am

waves to flosey...

1:21 am

nbt, fireworks :oD

1:22 am

oh ru...is that a pun??? so cute...

1:22 am

I wish Mp.. I can't find it

1:22 am

congrats dfm

1:22 am

the hy5 is a tea, ruru

1:22 am

gets magnifying glass out to look.....

1:24 am

looking for the positive is something I've had to teach myself, to deal with pessimism and depression... :o)

1:25 am

ru hy+ not daughter

1:26 am

thank you mp

1:26 am

thanks for trying df

1:26 am

ty mp, tried hysop! of course it didn't go

1:26 am

df yes it is a learned skill but most helpful

1:27 am

flosey...I tried the same thing...ah great minds!!!

1:27 am

ty MPitt

1:27 am

lol

1:27 am

yw

1:28 am

as is the skill of ignoring anything negative my brain thinks up... >.>

1:30 am

isn't it hyssop anyway?

1:30 am

phant -- psyche

1:30 am

yes, jilli, but one never knows with this dictionary

1:30 am

I believe so...

1:31 am

df that's a good one too...we can sabbatage ourselves

1:31 am

so tru, flosey

1:32 am

gosh I could sure use lickety

1:32 am

*true

1:32 am

MP Lickety is up

1:32 am

Lickety is here, MPitt

1:33 am

hi diz

1:34 am

hey Jill...NBT

1:34 am

wtg diz

1:35 am

I must be having operator errors...my lickety only has 112...scratching head????

1:35 am

refresh MP

1:35 am

refresh, MP?

1:36 am

or go out and back in

1:37 am

refresh didn't work so now...oh there it is....I feel better now....thanks

1:37 am

:-)

1:37 am

anyone have the me 6/21/

1:38 am

ru, add Mr. Gore to previous word

1:38 am

another oddy

1:39 am

thank you very much jilli.. that one threw me

1:39 am

you can say that again!

1:39 am

I didn't do anything useful, ruru...

1:40 am

firewurst

1:40 am

wtg ru

1:41 am

two doozies in there

1:41 am

hooway for woowoo!

1:41 am

what about a fl5ing sausage, ruru?

1:41 am

*bows lowly to MP, DF, and jilli for their help*

1:42 am

ru, you must mean flosey, not me

1:43 am

oh gosh.. it was flosey.. thank you flosey.. I mixed up your icons

1:43 am

but scratches ruru's ears while he is bowing -- good boy.

1:44 am

*leg starts kicking*

1:44 am

ah, no problem ru

1:45 am

night all.. have a big, big day tomorrow.

1:45 am

good luck tomorrow ru

1:46 am

night ruru -- rest well

1:46 am

muchas guacamole flosey

1:47 am

night ruru!

1:51 am

hmf -- just posted something and it disappeared into cyberspace

1:51 am

isn't that annoying, jilli - have had that happen

1:53 am

39 left and I'm not seeing anything more, so it's bedtime for me. Bridge tmw afternoon if there's no snow -- see y'all after that -- goodnight and *poof*

1:53 am

for me too, Jilli - way up north end

1:54 am

flosey, we have a game in March on Demetri Way at 7 pm, ugh!

1:55 am

oh, and it's dark and lonely out there!!

1:55 am

trust you and partner are driving together

1:55 am

I'LL BE THANKFUL FOR MY gps i think.

1:56 am

yes, you will indeed

1:56 am

Oops, sorry about the shout. Yes, we'll go together.

1:56 am

Is. and I played with them, their first year

1:59 am

*repoof -- g'night!*

2:00 am

g'night, have a good game tomorrow

2:17 am

well, I have 8 left but just get to bed, it'll take a bit of time driving up to north end tomorrow

2:17 am

**must get to bed

2:18 am

nite, flosey! :)

2:18 am

be back at some time tomorrow, probably late

2:26 am

whee, 99 left after 22 min... tried to get in and couldn't realized it was exactly 2:01, right in the middle of the hiccup, lol...

2:27 am

<---- probably talking to herself, haha...

2:34 am

i am here rbud - been concentrating to get a big chunk in as short a time as possible - seems if i do that i can get to finish

2:35 am

hurshy you are in today's grid! Good morning all.

2:36 am

nbt for me

2:36 am

morning sprite

2:36 am

hi, Kaz and sprite! :) don't let me distract you, Kaz, and yay for your nbt!

2:37 am

trying to figure out the po7 I saw hinted earlier in the chog....

2:37 am

aha, po4 and solve, lol!

2:40 am

what was the clue earlier

2:43 am

btw, it is Random Acts of Kindness Day today, see also my profile.

2:44 am

i am going out later so i can do some of them

2:44 am

wonderful :)

2:45 am

Kazz: they always ring twice

2:46 am

yeah, clue earlier was just "po7"

2:46 am

I always go back to the start and look for early clues, almost like being in at the flip, haha

2:47 am

aha - i have got that one - also changed icon

2:48 am

wow good one, Kazz!

2:49 am

yes, I like it, too

2:49 am

why not to**-turvy?

2:49 am

I mean to***-turvy of course, sigh

2:49 am

i have a special one for me tomorrow - but that will have to wait and i doublt whether the word will be in the grid - hee hee

2:50 am

will check it out tomorrow, Kazz, am curious!

2:50 am

i will hve to go soon and do some work - i am suposed to be on leave but i have a huge back log to get through. i will be back tomorrow

2:51 am

good luck with all the work, Kazz, and see you tomorrow then :)

3:57 am

did the chog die or did my computer freeze?

4:00 am

Hello, Sritey..just no one here i feel.

4:00 am

spritey*

4:00 am

I think so too, but now you are here :) Hi zooz, how's life today? And, more important, how are you?

4:01 am

Not going too well really, but hanging in..just..lol...hope you are well?

4:03 am

{{{{{{{{zooz}}}}}}}} Some days, huh... Be extra nice to yourself today, zooz, if you can, and I am sending you buckets full of sunshine and hugs. Yes, I am pretty ok, thanks :)

4:11 am

hang in there, zooz. Remember we love you! Lots of babblers care.

4:11 am

goooooooooooooood morning fellow babblers xxx and why bother putting the q on this grid lol

4:11 am

hiya frogface, indeed, that Q is a waste of space.

4:12 am

hiya sprite xxx

4:13 am

i like the otps square though - lots of words there lol

4:13 am

it is a fun grid, even with that dead corner.

4:20 am

omg ten minutes and nbt!!! woot woot

4:20 am

wow good one!

4:20 am

two h words indeed!!! wot they like lol

4:21 am

from the corner H? A bit unusual, but not long.

4:21 am

i got one of em - its my mission to get the other one before i carry on with rest of grid lol

4:22 am

go frogface goooooo!

4:23 am

do they both start hy?

4:23 am

yes

4:23 am

morning, all!

4:23 am

hi uusue

4:23 am

hiya sue hows u? xxx

4:24 am

I'm good - it's early here (I actually live in Babble time zone)

4:24 am

ooooo you mad thing you!!! wot u doing up this time of day then? (its 10.30am here lol)

4:25 am

uusue, that is not morning, that is night!

4:25 am

sprite are they both hy4?

4:25 am

woke up, need to finish grading exams before I leave today at noon - figure I can sleep on the plane

4:25 am

so of course, do I start grading???

4:25 am

lets hope so sue or you'll be flaked out - esp if u on a long flight!

4:26 am

froface: no, one is hy5

4:26 am

uusue, no you don't, you play babble!

4:26 am

ok ty sprite bbiab

4:27 am

bfn, frogface, see you tomorrow. Am at my last 3 now.

4:27 am

exactly, sprite!

4:29 am

fireflies :D Bye all, have fun with this grid and remember it is Random Acts of Kindness Day today. Pay it forward :) *extra hug* for zooz.

4:29 am

yay, sprite! and thanks for the kindness :-)

4:32 am

ok bye sprite see you tomorrow and GO TO SLEEP!!!!!

4:32 am

lol

4:32 am

oh im back by the way lol

4:35 am

and im off again - gota go shops and take dog for walk but will be back later. if i dont see you all later i'll see you all tomorrow

4:35 am

and as its random act of kindness day - i love you all xxx

4:37 am

bye, frog!

4:37 am

lol bye sue - deffo off now - taraaaaaaa xxx

5:14 am

Oh look! There is our Hurshy in the grid. Morning all.

5:30 am

hurshy

5:30 am

morning peeps! hurshy is not in the dictionary lol

Hey all, I am up and about to head off to a Seaworld adventure, but am taking a moment

5:33 am

i'm so glad i don't have to poop through a st5

Ha ha me too monkey.

5:34 am

LOL

5:37 am

OK must dash off to work now.... byeeeeeeeeeee all & have fun Babbling :)

6:18 am

hi, again - back for more grading and babbling for a bit...

6:44 am

Wheee! NBT & NBS in 33 words! That may be a record for me!

6:51 am

Way to go Car!

6:53 am

Good morning everyone in Babbleonia

6:53 am

yay car, and morning, bichon and molly!

6:54 am

I would be nbt if I had an H, and nbs if I had an 8...

6:57 am

Hi evryone. In desperation I've tried me**loaf and me***up. Once in awhile you have to try it.

6:57 am

lol, gramma!

6:59 am

thx for the lo4, tho...

6:59 am

I've even tried one of Peter rabbits siblings M***y

7:00 am

hy 4/7

7:00 am

Oh oops! Sorry

7:00 am

yes, I tried that and several variations

7:00 am

thx, car - got the H, now nbt :-)

7:01 am

hu 5/14

7:01 am

hu 4/7

7:01 am

: )

7:02 am

Do you want a clue for the 8?

7:02 am

sure :-)

7:02 am

Yes please. (Oh wait,,,you weren't asking me)

7:03 am

Seashells, postcards, a dried flower, a keychain, photographs....these are all MO 8/50 of my vacation.

7:03 am

ty

7:03 am

take off the s for MO 7

7:04 am

thx, car - now nbs and time to shower...

7:04 am

YVW!

7:05 am

I am actually heading back to bed. Had a horrible night's sleep.

7:05 am

meeting at 9, student at 10:30, leave for airport at 12 -

7:05 am

sorry, car, I hate it when I can't sleep!!!

7:05 am

Again, UU, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Safe travels and good luck.

7:06 am

thx - I'll be in touch~

7:06 am

{{hugs}}

how many words today?

7:13 am

158

7:14 am

good morning everyone

thanks RD

7:14 am

Hi River, how are you feeling today?

7:14 am

not so good

7:14 am

oh, sorry to hear that...hope you are home in bed

7:15 am

no I am at work - trying to keep busy - not only do I have this miserable cold but I lost my best friend this week - she lost her battle with cancer

7:16 am

Oh my God, that is terrible..I am so very sorry to hear such news..my condolences to you and her family

7:16 am

Could I have a different clue for the mo 7/8?

7:17 am

thank you Annie

7:17 am

bichon, memories of a vacation

7:17 am

sorry bichon - just started so dont have it yet

7:17 am

momento?

7:17 am

isn't it me7/8

7:17 am

there is an ME 7-8 combo.

7:18 am

thanks Annie - great clue

7:18 am

Yes, that's it. I think it was clued as mo

7:19 am

you puppies are so cute bichon

7:19 am

ty River, we luv them so much

7:21 am

hello all

7:21 am

it is marigolds BD today but she is at work

7:21 am

Hi peri

7:21 am

hi peri, HBD to marigold

7:21 am

hello peri

7:21 am

ty

7:25 am

help with the u pls

7:26 am

ursh and hurshy are in the grid today :)

7:26 am

ON4 UP4 a time...

7:27 am

u is a preposition

7:27 am

Once up** a time......

7:27 am

Evan beat me to it

7:27 am

ty Eva and Annie, nbt\

7:27 am

bbl

7:27 am

to the PB with you, annie. ;)

7:28 am

Good God. Why were the me 7 and 8 clued as MOs earlier?

7:28 am

molly, yes, i think they were.

7:28 am

*off I trudge------

7:29 am

there are 8 wordw from the c?

7:29 am

car. did but I still got it from her description of the word

7:29 am

so the grid claims, bichon. ive got 4 of them...

7:30 am

I only have the coin. Are they all ce's?

7:30 am

oh, make that 5 of them.

7:30 am

4 of my 5 are CE. just got a CY.

7:30 am

Don't forget to be a little Spanish with that c.

7:30 am

ce 6 and 7 ----concrete

7:31 am

thanks molly. thats 7 of them now. :)

7:31 am

Now I have 7 out of the 8

7:31 am

its al5 sugaring time so of course sy5 is in the grid

7:35 am

It must be awesome to tap your own from a tree.

7:36 am

we do - you cant get any better sy5 than that

7:39 am

River, I could tell you're a New Englander with that kind of clue.

7:39 am

How is your son doing?

7:39 am

we are neighbors gramma

7:40 am

he is doing great - back to the active kid he was - playing soccer and snowboarding - you would never know he went through all the trouble with his heart last year

7:40 am

You have the east coast and we have the west coast of NE. (meaning the Champlain Valley or the banana belt of Vt)

7:41 am

That's great. I'm happy for you both.

7:41 am

thank you - I am very proud of him and how he handled it all - he is a great kid

7:41 am

Good news about your boy River. Glad to hear it.

7:42 am

thanks Molly

7:42 am

yes, river, great news about your son, and so sorry to hear about your friend!

7:42 am

SY5 before the sap?

7:43 am

nm I got it

7:43 am

NOOOOOO - trees were tapped yesterday so hopefully the sap will start running today with the warm weather coming

7:43 am

thanks uusue

7:44 am

One of those weird words Gramma.

7:44 am

clue for that sy 5?

7:45 am

what do you put on your pancakes bichon

7:45 am

I

7:45 am

I'll second that, bichon - the one before the pancake sauce

7:45 am

I thought there was another one River?

7:45 am

The other sy5 is sy + what you do with your eyes, alternate spelling

7:45 am

oops - dont know - havent listed yet

7:46 am

thanks, molly

7:46 am

Good morning...beautiful little girls Gramma!

7:46 am

thx, molly, you are right, it is weird

7:46 am

ty Molly, another weird word

7:46 am

thanks - great clue

7:47 am

ty Sea, I'd like to say I made them myself; but, my son and daughter-in-law did.

7:48 am

lol They did a great job

7:48 am

maybe job is not the correct term lol

7:48 am

Not bad work for a couple of rookies

7:48 am

My children won't allow me to put grandkids pictures anywhere on the web

7:49 am

name that proper noun, Little Eva's friend in Uncle Tom's Cabin E

7:49 am

I asked about Babble and they said yeppers

7:49 am

Annie I just finished reading that

7:49 am

great book

7:50 am

I bought it when I went to Gettysburg, had never read it in my 57 years

7:50 am

I have never read it. I know that's wrong. Off to the library this weekend

7:51 am

Right now I need to get to work. See you all later.

7:51 am

gramma have you read "The Help"

7:51 am

bye gramma - have a great day

7:51 am

The Help was a great book

7:51 am

bye

7:52 am

Yes it was...am thinking about reading it again

7:52 am

Sea, yes I have. I loved it. I took it so personally, that I didn't understand how others could enjoy it.

7:52 am

I will at some point too

7:53 am

Must get ready for a visit to the cardiologist with my dad...wish me luck

7:53 am

good luck seaspray

7:53 am

Poof!

7:53 am

good luck, seaspray!!!

7:53 am

Sea, I hope he hears good news

7:54 am

I should get to work now - bbl for the second half - happy babbling everyone

7:54 am

ty River...he is in congestive heart failure...follow up after last week

7:54 am

bye, river!

7:54 am

bye all

7:54 am

bye river

7:54 am

my mother - in -law is suffering from the same - healing thoughts are with you sea

7:55 am

bye for now

7:57 am

No one got Topsy?

7:58 am

No one except you, molly

8:01 am

tried topsy AND mopsy! LOL

8:01 am

me too, une!

8:02 am

Hi Une!

8:02 am

hey, annie :-)

8:03 am

grabbing coffee -- back in a mo

8:03 am

Annie, does that mean we are the only ones old enough to know about Uncle Tom's Cabin? :-(

8:04 am

Hi, Babblers - Une your flower is beautiful!

8:04 am

and Molly, I actually read Uncle Tom's Cabin as a little girl - didn't understand most of it, but I do remember the scene on the icy river - it scared me

8:05 am

It scared me too..jbv

8:05 am

drat, phone

8:05 am

I grew up on the books my mother and aunts had read in the 20s and 30s when they were in school

8:06 am

Captains Courageous, Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Ivanhoe, etc. - I was much too young for most of them, but I can say I definitely read them

8:07 am

and I loved Edna Ferber's books too

8:07 am

yes, Edna Ferber too -

8:07 am

remember in those days there was no such thing as "kid lit" - we were probably better off for it (do I sound like a dinosaur?)

8:08 am

today's kids are not reading the classics at all -

8:08 am

No JBV, you actually sound very well read. All those books are classics. And no, today's kids have no clue about classics. Shame.

8:08 am

No they are not..Harry Potter is good reading but what about Dickens

8:08 am

Harry Potter is what they think of as great literature - okay off my soapbox

8:09 am

yes, great literature is my haven, Molly - I truly find inspiration and serenity in spending a few hours with the great minds of history

8:09 am

You two are hilarious, both coming up with Harry Potter at the same time.

8:10 am

and I did read Harry Potter, so I know of what I speak :)

8:10 am

I love the Harry Potter books. And they have their place in the great scheme of things. Just as Dickens, Melville and Ferber.

8:12 am

Hello my friends!

8:12 am

hi Mark

8:12 am

Hello JBV. How are you?

What defines a 'classic' is pretty shaky though. Dickens was never considered a classic writer in his day, I don't think, but more of a pulp novelist churning out the novels to keep his head above water. All perspective, I suppose..

8:13 am

fine, Mark - we're talking about books -

8:14 am

Awesome. One of my favorite topics. Who about?

8:14 am

well, join in - what are you reading these days?

8:14 am

very true, Silver

8:15 am

I just read Romeo And Juliet a second time, and also Othello.

8:15 am

timeless - I saw an interesting production of Romeo and Juliet here recently - Romeo was Black and Juliet was Hispanic and the entire dialogue was bilingual - the Capulets only spoke Spanish - it worked! (for a bilingual audience0

8:16 am

Wow.

that's so cool, JBV! Having read Romeo and Juliet in Spanish first (my mother tongue) and English later, it felt really magical reading it in English.

8:17 am

it was great, Silver - a local theater group here in New Brunswick, NJ

8:17 am

Cool. No one knows where i live.

8:18 am

you live here, Mark

8:18 am

Where is here?

I'd love to see an English production one day. Spanish productions are pretty good but tend to get a bit...flouncy ;)

8:18 am

Babble chat

8:18 am

Clever, clever, clever.

8:19 am

where are you Silver - if I may ask?

8:19 am

Hi again, all! Back briefly while finishing my tea -

8:20 am

Hey uu!

8:20 am

hi uusue

sure, JBV. I'm in Sevilla - Southern Spain.

8:21 am

oh, so beautiful! I was there once in my other life - lovely memories

8:21 am

LUCKY!

8:22 am

will be heading to New Jersey tonight, staying a little over 2 weeks - dorens and I will try to get together. anyone else interested? you can find my contact info through my profile (OK to email me at work)

Oh yes - lived here all my life and love it! :) Hoping to actually travel abroad for the first time in my life next year though - scary!

8:22 am

oh, I'd love to meet you uusue - Doren has my contact info -

8:22 am

Can i have a hint for either 8?

8:23 am

me 8/50 - it's a plural - souvenirs of Sevilla

8:24 am

scary exciting Silver - where are you going?

8:24 am

?

8:25 am

souvenirs in general, really, Mark, and the singular is also in the grid

8:25 am

I thought memoir, but that isn't in the puzzle.

hopefully to study at a partner university in England! Definitely exciting.

8:26 am

you're almost there Mark -

Mark, could also be me + a brand of mints

8:26 am

not quite, mark, but good start :-)

8:26 am

uusue I just emailed you

me + a brand of mints that go crazy when you put them in diet coke, I might add ;)

8:27 am

got it, jbv :-)

8:27 am

Thanks silver!

8:27 am

I went to Spain for the first time as an undergraduate - went back 6 more times!

8:27 am

ME TOO!

you're welcome :)

oh, you did?? how great - where did you go?

8:28 am

to silver, i meant.

I'm glad you enjoyed it enough to come back 6 times...I have resolved to go the states one day

8:28 am

first summer was Madrid, then a 2-week tour around the north - Santiago de Compostela, etc., second summer was Granada, Córdoba, Sevilla

8:28 am

after that it was mostly Madrid and environs

8:29 am

I had some friends there

8:29 am

I was a Spanish major

8:29 am

I have been to many places. States, Israel, Jordan, England, Dominican Republic, Turks and Cacaos...

8:30 am

and the Andromeda galaxy, apparently, mark - I am jealous! :-)

8:30 am

LOL

8:30 am

ok, computer is getting packed - bbl!!!

8:31 am

See ya uu

that's great, JBV! I would love to be able to travel like that - even around my own country, since I haven't seen much of it. Never really strayed far outside Andalusia.

and oops, I'd better go if I actually want a grade on the assignment that's due in today. See you later!

8:32 am

Bye, Silver, hasta pronto!

8:33 am

Bye Silver!

8:33 am

Just you and me, JBV.

8:33 am

I haven't been finding too many words, busy chatting

8:34 am

Yeah, i have 47 total.

8:34 am

68 here

8:36 am

OK JBV, sorry, i have to go now too. I have 2nd period coming. I will see you later though. BBL

8:37 am

bye Mark -

8:37 am

me 4/6 plz

8:37 am

tosh

8:37 am

oops

8:37 am

Thanks, JBV!

8:38 am

clue for po 7/44

8:38 am

me 4/6 - a short note

8:38 am

hi Judi

8:38 am

good morning all

8:38 am

po 4/5 + adolescent ending

8:39 am

neam meat

8:39 am

hi wv and hi matches

8:39 am

neam

8:39 am

sorry

8:39 am

Teach, there are lots of good breakfast goodies in the PB. : D

8:40 am

I'd trade you "mosh", but it's not accepted. *scratches head*

8:40 am

i hope so - guess i will be needing them - will also b ring my tea cup for comfort

8:40 am

that's my cue, Molly - just realized I'm hungry, taking a break, see you later

8:40 am

JBV ty but got that one. Think your clue was for 7/32

8:40 am

oh yes, sorry Matches

8:41 am

don't have the other 7

8:41 am

people who deliver the mail

8:41 am

hello all

8:42 am

I think topsy should be an accepted word - hello again

8:42 am

the other po7 is strength (think medicines)

8:42 am

I have hysop growing in my garden, but that's not accepted either. DAMMIT!

8:42 am

yea topsy turvey

8:42 am

po 6/21 is in the grid. WHERE IS SOODLE???

8:43 am

ty pastor, that's the one I was missing

8:43 am

(po6 is Irish bootleg)

8:43 am

yw - you happened to ask for one of the few i have!

8:44 am

cant seem to see the me 4/6 plz

8:45 am

me4/6 short letter

8:45 am

me + Disney's Finding Ne**

8:46 am

4 more before I can list - struggling....ugh!

8:47 am

whew ths.. was going wrong way lol

8:48 am

Phffth. Join the crowd, ivesy.

9:09 am

sy clues,besides maple toppinng?

sy 4/7 sy + a penny = 1 **nt

9:11 am

ty, fially monkeyed it

9:11 am

sy 6/16----sy and use your eyes...variant spelling

9:11 am

ty

9:12 am

FW and I am off to work

wtg kje!

9:12 am

congrats, kje and bye

9:13 am

hi again, all!

9:14 am

halfway, NBT and NBS - time for some breakfast

hi sue

9:14 am

In my office now, apparently I don't have a 9:00 meeting after all...

9:14 am

so maybe I can finish grading exams before I go!

9:20 am

I echo that Topsy is a word! (and hi all)

9:21 am

Good morning all

I was just thinking the same thing Helena

9:23 am

Hi, mr bob!

9:30 am

fireworks

9:30 am

congrats annie

9:32 am

must run, bye dear babblers

9:33 am

have a good day annie

9:34 am

fw

9:37 am

whoo hooo MP!

9:40 am

yay mp!

9:41 am

congrats MP

9:41 am

hi I thought i was alone for a minute

9:44 am

just many quiet lurkers today

9:44 am

any more clues for the sy 6? have a 4 and 5 but not six

9:44 am

no enough coffee

9:44 am

to 4/6 plz

9:44 am

also would love a clue for the r word on left column

9:45 am

oh never mind. got the r word. sorry.

9:45 am

rh4/6

9:45 am

there is no sy 6 - there is a sy 4 and 2 sy 5

9:45 am

there are two sy5

9:45 am

oh ok. anniebrook wrote sy 6.

9:46 am

hi, jmc!!! and mkg!! I am grading exams so pop up occasionally...

9:46 am

one is what you put on pancakes and the other is an extension of the sy4

9:46 am

EEK!

9:47 am

hi uu! you startled me

9:47 am

ty got those.

9:47 am

Hello, Dr_God.

9:47 am

any clue for the u word?

9:47 am

is Dr_God here?

9:47 am

and hi and wb BR!

9:47 am

:-) sorry, jmc, didn't mean to be in stealth mode

9:48 am

Hello

9:48 am

up4/6, common word

9:48 am

clue for to 4/6 plz

9:48 am

you are right as usual BR! Hi Dr_God come to peak in on your creation?

9:48 am

how are you doing BR? haven't seen you for ages

Hey jm.

9:49 am

ty. got up.

9:49 am

good morning everyone:)

9:50 am

hi all newcomers.

9:50 am

I have not succumbed to being food for the worms yet. Thanks for asking. Hope you are well and smiling.

9:50 am

Hi, crossy!

9:50 am

howdy uu:)))

9:51 am

glad to hear it BR

9:51 am

other than an occasional mild panic about not have a job next fall i am okay

9:51 am

hi kap

9:52 am

Good luck with finding one.

9:52 am

nbt

still a little weak today...but must see clients this evening.

9:52 am

isnt metop something? maybe it is a brand.

9:52 am

well i am trying to wait for the right one at this point

Blew off the morning though.

9:53 am

next fall i may decide to grab what is ever out there

9:53 am

do not worry jmc,work is highly overrated.plus trying to worry about something that far in the future is like trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon.a million and one things can and will happen from now to then

9:53 am

change the first letter mkg and you got a word

9:53 am

how were your clients yesterday kap? your tummy feeling better

9:53 am

thanks, river

9:54 am

work may be overrated but paying my bills is not

i was only able to see two- had to cancel two- felt like crap.

i was only able to see two- had to cancel two- felt like crap.

9:54 am

river did i tell you i was coming to austin in october and we are having a babble meet up?

9:54 am

to 4/6 plz

9:54 am

i trust you canceled the squabbling couple kap

Ohhh, yeah.

9:54 am

Austin like in Texas?

9:55 am

i am so sorry ivesy i am still looking for it myself

9:55 am

ty.

trying, ivesy ;-) good morning !

9:55 am

as far as I know that is the only austin so yes

9:55 am

hi diane

9:55 am

quite far for me but hope you have lots of fun

9:55 am

ok ty.vm its a stickler ... good morning all

hi jmc :-)

9:55 am

kaplan are you a shrink? or what?

something like that.

9:56 am

it is the first weekend in Oct -- I am a keynote speaker on Saturday at a regional meeting

9:56 am

to + the yellow pages are in the **one book

9:56 am

to 4/6 - add one more consonant to the very peak of something

9:56 am

ty BR!

9:56 am

thats great jmc

oh for goodness sakes.... thanks BR

9:56 am

you are in Houston right river?

9:56 am

oh ty!

don't I just reek of compassion?

9:57 am

no - I am in New Hampshire

9:57 am

thx for the to4/6, all!

9:57 am

*sniffs* no you don't smell bad at all

9:57 am

cool on being the keynote, jmc!!!

9:57 am

crossy does not need a shrink,he is comfortable with his neuroses

9:58 am

*smack* that's right river sorry for some reason i always gets your local switched with sciencegeek! dumb dumb dumb!

9:58 am

Hope you feel better Kap.

9:58 am

Did you get your neu roses for Valentine's Day, Crossy??

Some days I douse myself in Compassion. Other days Empathy, and then I have an expensive bottle of YTYGT?

9:59 am

i told them when they invited me i would not be the director of the center then and wouldn't have my feelings hurt if that meant they didn't want me but they said they wanted me any war

That is, "You think you got troubles?" the new scent designed by Lindsay Lohan.

9:59 am

*giggle* I mean way of course

9:59 am

lol kap i may need to get me some of that!

I'm pale and wan today.

9:59 am

lol,do not remind me judi.my son asked me "dad,how much does it cost to get married?" i told him" i do not know son,i am still paying" :)))

9:59 am

lol, kap!

10:00 am

YTYGT is the fragrance for people averse to those with AAMS...All About Me Syndrome.

10:00 am

(the scent, kap, not the pale and wan...)

10:00 am

halfway!

10:01 am

So I tell my students exactly which metric prefixes they need to know. Then I ask for about half of them on the test. Some of them get NONE of them right. Sigh.

10:01 am

congrats helena

Will we ever fin out who it IS all about?

find

10:02 am

lol keep trying them on metric uu,someday the states is going to have to join the rest of the planet;))

10:02 am

well, it is physics for engineers, they should know it. Harumpf.

10:03 am

its all about ME of course

10:03 am

af clue?

10:03 am

ahh,i though you were teach grade school kids:)

10:03 am

BR that video looks really interesting but too long to look at now

10:03 am

a + what is on the end of a cigarette lighter when lit

10:03 am

nope, university, crossy. Although some of them act like grade school kids.

10:03 am

af - a + fl 5/18

10:03 am

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Mental health is not just the absence of mental disorder. It is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.

It is all about Sam Lapidus, formerly of Yonkers, lately of Boca Raton.

10:04 am

An excellent video.

10:04 am

We tried metric. Thought it was stupid and went back to normal.

10:04 am

(trying to find the link to BR's video)

10:04 am

uh Molly that is not what uu is talking about

10:05 am

ty ! got it.

10:05 am

it is in his profile uu

10:05 am

lol,br,someone whose cheese has slid off their cracker is most comfortable and serene with their state of being just before everything goes up in a big mushroom cloud

10:05 am

oh, thx, jmc!

10:05 am

btw wd helen (chog moving fast)

10:06 am

okay coffee is ready and got a pile of work

10:06 am

No JMC, that is what Cross was talking about.

10:06 am

must keep law practice alive in case there is no job.

10:06 am

Be well, jmc

10:06 am

oh i see that now molly -- nm

10:06 am

bye, jmc!!

10:07 am

thanks BR and don't be a stranger

10:07 am

*poof*

10:07 am

do what we do up here with the big jobs are in limbo,combine 2 or 3 mcjobs till something opens up

10:09 am

anyway, I am asking them things like how many hertz is one gigahertz - this is common to all systems (answer:10^9)

10:09 am

I put a band aid where it hertz

10:10 am

so,a gigahertz is a really,really big car rental place?;)))))

10:10 am

Gigahertz...that is a vehicle a band rents to haul their equipment...right?

10:10 am

uusue2-I believe that some engineers made mistakes confusing the metric on the Hubble telescope when it was first launched-you're in there trying to teach them!

10:10 am

REALLY BIG equipment, Molly :-)

10:10 am

or is that a megahertz? lol

10:11 am

confusion between English and metric units caused one of the Mars missions to crash :-(

10:11 am

the Hubble was a different problem, I think (but I would have to look it up, which I will do later...)

10:12 am

yeas remember when measuring out that rocket fuel,our old imperial gallon is 4.11 litres and the U.S gallon is 3.78;P

10:12 am

also, how many bytes in a terabyte - you can buy terabyte disk drives now... (answer: 10^12)

10:12 am

fireworks for me- must get back to work - have a great day everyone

Hello ladles a jellyspoons. How are we all?

10:12 am

yaa for river!!

10:12 am

yay, river!

10:13 am

congrats river

10:13 am

howdy dwarf

Well done river!

10:14 am

hi, dwarf!

10:14 am

thanks - bye

10:14 am

anyway, just graded an exam where they couldn't do any of the actual physics problems but got all the prefixes right - sigh

10:15 am

but for the most part they are doing pretty well

10:17 am

remember everyone read my profile and join the babble folding at home team

10:18 am

there are some teams out there with over 1000 members and we cannot get to 100? for shame!

10:18 am

done, crossy! (although my home computer is packed for travel at the moment, so not processing until I unpack later...)

10:19 am

tyvm uu:)

10:20 am

there is also a folding at home link at the bottom of the babble page thanks to our dr_g

10:25 am

ok,crossy is done pimping:)

10:31 am

and i have the 150000 point certificate and can e-mail it to those babble folders who wish for a copy

10:32 am

cool :-) although I feel like I haven't been folding long enough yet...

10:32 am

when you join,you are part of the team

10:33 am

nice, crossy, I would happily accept in that case - you can find my email through my profile

10:33 am

but from here on out i will issue at 500,000 increments for those who want one

10:35 am

am trying to install it now - kept reading your info about it - think it is a great idea

10:36 am

uu it is choking on that e-mail addy got another?

10:37 am

uusuzanne@yahoo.com

10:38 am

ol,sent

10:38 am

tyvm!

10:38 am

and we will be glad to have you with us wv

10:39 am

and remember,you can turn this on and off as you wish,it does not need to be running non stop if you do not wish it and it will remember your place mid-fold

10:43 am

also, meme is totally a word, but babble won't take it

10:44 am

And a widely recognizable word too Helena.

10:44 am

hopefully dr_updates enable when he ships the new build

10:45 am

dr_g

10:46 am

can someone help with the third me4/5? I'm stuck

10:47 am

a note,something to eat,and a roast

10:47 am

got the cert, crossy, and printed and posted it :-)

10:47 am

very cool

10:48 am

I agree, helena! Tried it myself...

10:48 am

you can use the paint program to tweak the size and orientation before you print it off

10:48 am

3rd me 4/5 - people get together

10:49 am

oh wow, i'm hopeless! thanks teach

10:49 am

thanks others as well!

10:49 am

my printer does that, crossy :-)

10:50 am

cool:)

10:51 am

Huzzah. Fireworks!

10:51 am

yay, judi!

10:51 am

yaa for judi!!

10:51 am

congrats judi

10:51 am

There's some weirdo words in here today.

10:52 am

Hurshy's in the grid, too!

10:54 am

me 6/21 would qualify as one of those weird words.

10:55 am

,

10:56 am

so one of my students, in order to convert 50 cm to meters, converted cm and meters to inches...(and got it wrong)...sigh

10:57 am

I'M IN THE GRID?!?!?!

10:57 am

whoopeee!

10:57 am

"hursh" has been in before but i've never seen the full "hurshy" until today. how very exciting!

10:58 am

you are SPECIAL !!

10:58 am

yay, hurshy! Many of us have already found you :-)

10:58 am

now i feel like i have to apologize for the weirdo words that judi says have come along with me :)

10:58 am

And I certainly didn't mean to imply that you are weird, Hurshy.

10:59 am

i know. although i kind of am. :)

11:00 am

Ah, and now that Hursh is here...name that proper noun! Richie Cunningham's friend.

11:01 am

POTSY!

11:01 am

potsy! although i am not sure that is how he spelled it

11:01 am

Ding Judi, Ding Hursh! You can spell any way you want in this game.

11:03 am

no no, it's "the enable game" in which you can spell things any way you want. that's where you go around saying thing like "i saw a moal yesterday"

11:04 am

and I just saw a plone fly overhead, or maybe it was a plame

11:04 am

it flew ryte ovur you?

11:05 am

drekly overhed.

11:06 am

(usually i pull even my misspellings from the grid, lol)

11:06 am

ah, trying to grade exams so I pulled them out of my ear this time...

11:07 am

well, you know, it is the enable game, so, why should it matter?

11:07 am

gooooooooooooooooood evening fellow babblers xxx

11:07 am

hey, frog!

11:07 am

hello, frogface. welcome to my grid.

11:07 am

hi hurshy and sue

11:08 am

sue have u had your sleep???

11:09 am

not as much as i need, obviously :-)

11:09 am

it was you on the flight today wasnt it sue?

11:09 am

and grading exams fries my brain after a while

11:09 am

I leave for the airport in about an hour (starts grading even faster...)

11:09 am

exams in what subject?

11:10 am

lmao - well you make sure you rest up so you have a clear marking head

11:10 am

calculus-based university physics

11:10 am

sweet

11:10 am

They are SO much easier to grade if they do the problems RIGHT!!!

11:10 am

i hear ya.

11:11 am

lol r u a professer

11:11 am

I am indeed. Details in my profile.

11:11 am

nice i ust read

11:12 am

I am a student that often plays this in homeroom :)

11:12 am

im not very good though :/

11:13 am

we are all learning all the time, garde

11:13 am

yes, yes we are well said

11:14 am

yup,learn new things every day "the only stupid question is the one that is never asked"

11:17 am

i don't actually believe that. there are some other stupid questions, in my opinion. for instance, if i were to ask you, "so, crossy, are you from canada?", having known you for much time in the chog, and seeing your flag, and so on, i think one could fairly consider that a stupid question.

11:18 am

stupid questions are not always asked by stupid people, either. often, but not always.

11:18 am

name that proper noun! a brand of dog food

11:18 am

very true

11:19 am

unless they were born elsewhere and moved to canada of course, then they would be "from" somewhere else, and not from canada, so not a stupid question lol

11:19 am

hmmm too much to think about, MALFUNCTION

11:19 am

well frogface, it's the internet, so everyone could be lying about all that stuff anyway, but, you see what i mean.

11:20 am

v v true

11:20 am

ask watson the jeopardy playing computer

11:20 am

see hurshy,not a stupid question,yes i am in canada now but was not born here.i was born in the U.K

11:21 am

ok, so change the "from" in my original post to "in", and THEN it can be a stupid question.

11:21 am

knowledge gained is never stupid;)

11:21 am

i'm glad watson didn't do as well yesterday as the first day. the first day i thought, they need to reset his timing to the average time it takes a human to ring in, because they just could not get an answer in edgewise.

11:22 am

wastons sort of a jerk

11:23 am

if i type in psyche one more time im gonna go madd

11:23 am

how ironic, frog

11:23 am

computers are only as smart as those who programme them

11:23 am

lol

11:23 am

Alpo!

11:23 am

and apparently the people who programmed watson failed to tell him that toronto is in canada, not the US.

11:23 am

woof!

11:23 am

ding ding ding!

11:24 am

lol I need to watch this tonight

11:24 am

lol

11:24 am

Isn't the Jeopardy thing over?

11:24 am

I hurt my ribcage at wrestling practice thats why im not at school :O

11:24 am

yes, it was just 2 rounds, 3 days.

11:24 am

eh its on on demand

11:25 am

but garde, you might enjoy tonight's, as it's the beginning of the teen tournament. perhaps a cute gal will catch your eye.

11:25 am

fancy dictionary not letting me have mentos lol

11:25 am

were you trying for gardengnome ?

11:25 am

There is probably some of the Watson stuff on YouTube.

11:26 am

(yes, i am making the sexist assumption that as a wrestler, gardenom is a male - but statistically that IS very likely)

11:26 am

nooo my nickname is GardeNom

11:26 am

oh GardeNoms a girl

11:26 am

cvool,well anyways crossy must head to work.tc all and happy babbling

11:26 am

you would have to go and violate all the statistics.

11:26 am

bye bye cross

11:26 am

poof!

11:27 am

ya i went there

11:27 am

bye, crossy!

11:27 am

our ca=oach has no problem with it

11:27 am

i had a female friend in college who wrestled. so i haven't really got a problem with it either. i only object because you made me guess wrong.

11:28 am

he's cool we have 8 girls on our team

11:28 am

only 5 wrestle

11:29 am

*scratches head*

11:32 am

the other 3 manage the team

11:36 am

ah.

11:36 am

yup,

11:42 am

free random princess bride clue: "BUT you have to wait fifteen minutes for full po7 AND you shouldn't go in swimming after for what, an hour?" "yeah, a good hour."

11:44 am

Inconceivable!!

11:44 am

grading is done!!!! now I just have to record them, so that's 160 tests that don't need to fly to NJ and back!!!

11:47 am

well done sue!

11:48 am

hey all. I am working on my paper... not very hard yet, but getting there. I am excited to be now mostly "polishing" the writing. Have to expunge about 8 pages worth of material though. *sigh*

11:53 am

*Hands Stid Godiva as a reward*

11:54 am

mmmm. thanks Molly. and there is the timer for the beans that I am simmering on the stove. Will refill my tea while I am in the kitchen and then back into the paper. Down to 73 now! ((Molly)) *poof*

11:57 am

off to the airport!!!

11:57 am

Ladies and Gentlemen...STIDMAMA!! In and out of Babble chat faster than any other player. Give her a big round of applause!

11:57 am

*poof*

11:58 am

Safe travels Sue.

11:58 am

lol

11:58 am

phantom: flamenco

11:59 am

I was sure that flamenco was a word.

12:00 pm

well you were right. it just isn't in this grid. :)

12:00 pm

i suddenly feel all empty inside :( my husband just left for 2.5 days for a conference :(

12:00 pm

hi flashman

12:01 pm

vone

12:01 pm

feen

evening all...

12:02 pm

ah, if only.

12:02 pm

Hello, All :-)

evening ZZ

12:03 pm

I am sure your husband will buy you a nice present when he returns, Hurshy :-)

12:03 pm

Hello, Fish :-)

12:03 pm

HA! i am sure he won't. but, that's ok.

12:04 pm

it would never have occurred to either of us that one would buy someone a present just because one had been away for a few days.

12:05 pm

My dad would always buy a little present for my mother when ever he went to new towns etc.

12:08 pm

my dad went on, i believe, only one business trip in my entire life. and he did bring me and my sister back some stuffed animals. but that was more because, being out from under the thumb of my mom, he was enabled to actually spend money on something.

12:10 pm

darn, you can't spell hyssop with only one S.

12:11 pm

Nice of him, out of curiosity did you keep the stuffed animal still or long lost?

12:11 pm

i still have them - along with all my others - they are a pair of mice, hugging, with velcro paws to hold them together.

12:12 pm

actually, when my dad was in the hospital and i was staying at my sister's house, her young son had her animals from that trip (a pair of hugging dogs) in his room, and i nearly started to cry.

12:13 pm

That is really nice to hear..i still have my green koala bear from many years ago..my sisters children destroy there toys a few days after getting them.

12:13 pm

i was one of those kids who secretly thought my stuffed animals came to life when i wasn't looking, so i treated them pretty nicely.

12:13 pm

Bless you, Hurshy.

12:14 pm

agreed

12:14 pm

To be honest, i used to do that too..in fact i am sure many children thought that..lol

12:15 pm

when i was VERY little, i had Puppy (so creatively named) and he got worn out over and over because i took him everywhere as a toddler. my mom just kept sewing new "skins" on him out of different fabrics, so he could live on.

12:16 pm

LOL love it..all those memories in our little toys.

12:16 pm

My Dad traveled a lot on business and he always brought me something back. It was exciting as a little kid to wonder what he would bring.

12:17 pm

i had a kitty benie baby named scarlet when i was little, id remember what happened after that

12:17 pm

i had a kitty benie baby named scarlet when i was little, id remember what happened after that

12:17 pm

i had a kitty benie baby named scarlet when i was little, id remember what happened after that

12:17 pm

Puppy and White Bear and the One-Eyed Cat all have a special place of their own because they are the most delicate. the rest of the animals are mostly together in a pet net. i was really the least creative toy namer ever, wasn't i?

12:17 pm

Me too, Molly, i used to be annoyed if he just bought sweets back..he soon changed it to toys i could keep..lol

12:18 pm

Called my koala bear, Bengo..no idea why..just did.

12:18 pm

i am soo bored im watching vampire diaries i hate twillight

12:18 pm

One eyed cat..oh no..what happened?

12:19 pm

Then how about doing the babble grid, GardeNom :-)

12:19 pm

i don't know, he was already one-eyed when i got him, i think. i think he was a rescue. i know white bear was. i had a quarter to spend at the school fair and i wanted a book, cinderella i think, but white bear was also that price, and he looked so forlorn, i bought him instead.

12:21 pm

Ahh so you adopted him..sweet..bet he has given you many years of greatness, even with just one eye :-)

12:21 pm

the what

12:22 pm

i think the main thing the one-eyed cat has always given me is that he reminds me to have sympathy.

12:24 pm

Which is a good thing, i feel.

12:25 pm

of course!

12:25 pm

YaY found both 8s :-)

12:26 pm

garde - "the what" is those letters over there at left, that one makes words from - we often refer to it as the grid.

12:26 pm

oh, i only have the me8, what's the other one?

12:26 pm

st8

12:26 pm

thanks, got it!

12:27 pm

Cool.

12:27 pm

hi all... hi zooz, hu6/33, Garde, Molly, Fish! :o)

12:27 pm

Hello, DFM :-)

12:27 pm

i don't think you have to refer to me by my stats, since i don't COUNT :)

12:28 pm

it's different when it's peri

12:28 pm

lol

12:28 pm

hehe it's still fun to ;o)

12:29 pm

Not seen you on at this time for a while, DFM..normally at the flip.

12:29 pm

speaking of babble names, how on earth did you pick out dfmchfhf ??

12:29 pm

I'm in class right now... usually don't enter chat

12:30 pm

but I just had two exams and have another two coming up in an hour, babble chat is a nice break :o)

12:30 pm

Ah i see..i will be quiet then..lol

12:30 pm

babble CHAT is a nice break, zooz, not babble silence :)

12:31 pm

ugh still only have 23 words

12:31 pm

Keep going , GardeNom..you are doing well.

12:32 pm

I pick dfmchfhf for everything... was so4 word (which I have forgotten) encrypted for a project on cryptography to demonstrate how unbreakable short texts are. (and it does seem quite unbreakable!) I've used it ever since... it is never taken on any site :o)

12:32 pm

How do you feel the exams went, DFM, confident?

12:33 pm

not really... woke up late (assignments late last night... ugh...), pretty sure I got 20/25 and about 60/75 on the exams.

12:34 pm

the next two ... :oD one double-sided cheat sheet allowed

12:34 pm

I printed 4 million digits of pi on mine :o3

12:34 pm

i never did understand the allowed cheatsheet thing.

12:34 pm

Good grief..4 million digits??

12:34 pm

it's mostly for complex algorithms and formulae...

12:35 pm

Too complex for me, i am not samrt like that..lol

12:35 pm

i know. i just always liked memorizing crap like that, so i thought it was part of the fun, and having the cheat sheet spoiled it.

12:35 pm

smart*

12:35 pm

yeah, and that's the only thing on my cheatsheets... :o3 I'm doing it to be silly, I have all the algorithms and formulae memorised :o)

12:36 pm

Thats good to hear then.

12:36 pm

i think i love you, dfmchfhf.

12:36 pm

the upcoming exams are grindy (long questions) but easy for me.

12:37 pm

hehe I also bring an abacus for "calculator not allowed" exams... and for mo4 of my "calculator allowed" exams too

12:37 pm

lol

12:39 pm

ஜ۩۞۩ஜ FIREWORKS ஜ۩۞۩ஜ

12:39 pm

i remember when i started college, for some reason they had us take this math placement test, even if we already had done the AP test and stuff. and i remember finishing really fast and looking around and being very scared by the fact that nobody else seemed to be even remotely close to finishing, because unlike high school, these were supposed to be all smart people. i kept checking and checking again for some pages of problems i had missed.

12:39 pm

congrats zooz

12:40 pm

I was placed in an advanced class already so didn't have to do the math placement test... but I know how it feels, my highschool exams all felt that way!

12:40 pm

congrats zooz! :o)

12:40 pm

wow, that is great, Hurshy!

12:40 pm

but in high school, one was so used to it that one didn't feel scared.

12:40 pm

and one of my CS exams were 3 hours... I finished in 17 minutes 31 seconds :oS

12:41 pm

ffffffffast is ffffffffffffun

12:41 pm

I was even delayed, my prof was joking with me and made me solve my rubik's cube I brought into the exam first! (took me 32 seconds... new record :oD)

12:42 pm

(I wasn't so worried because there was someone beside me who finished in 17 minutes 2 seconds... >.<)

12:42 pm

Ok i am surrounded by two very intelligent people..i am feeling..err dumb..lol

12:43 pm

uhh... I fail art and al6 English?

12:43 pm

i actually frightened a teacher once, i think. i had a psych class in high school, senior year, we did this instead of history. and we took IQ tests because we were learning about them. when i got everything right in i think about 1/3 of the time, my teacher got really really big eyes.

12:43 pm

lol

12:44 pm

hehe

12:44 pm

well your written, English is excellent, DFM :-)

12:44 pm

can I get a clue for the cy5?

12:45 pm

cy + 2000lb

12:45 pm

cy5 a neuron

12:45 pm

my grammar is good... my composition, not so great.

12:46 pm

Ok, nice to talk to you, Hurshy & DFM..but time for me to depart, Take care..and happy babbling, All :-)

12:46 pm

and I tend to either overshoot word limits by 200% or undershoot them by 50%. :oS

12:46 pm

bye zooz! :o)

12:48 pm

thanks!

1:17 pm

hello all

1:17 pm

hurshy you are in the grid today :)

1:18 pm

Heya Peri

1:21 pm

dfm, what do you do to English?

1:23 pm

periwinkle! u are here

1:23 pm

periwinkle! u are here

1:23 pm

yes

1:24 pm

I see you are here often I play babble with a friend during homeroom you may remember mark jones?

1:27 pm

hi H - can't say your name - it's in the grid!

1:27 pm

its not his real name but you know

1:29 pm

Mark was here this morning -

1:29 pm

really i must have missed him!

1:30 pm

ugh... I'm going to be late for my next exams soon... x.x

1:31 pm

should get going, bye all! :o)

1:33 pm

Yes you can JBV. Hurshy, Hurshy, Hurshy. If it's not an "approved word" you can say it all you want. HURSHY.

1:33 pm

hurshy, hurshy, hurshy, and ursh too

1:34 pm

Here a Hursh, there a Hursh, everywhere a Hursh Hursh.

1:34 pm

haha Molly

1:35 pm

pretty icon, Molly, did you take the picture?

1:35 pm

lol i love you people

1:35 pm

ok, Molly :0

1:36 pm

Oh, Peri, I wish I could say yes to that. It's a screen capture from a flash program someone sent me.

1:37 pm

well, if you had I would have not know the difference. it sure is pretty

1:38 pm

67 left, bbs

1:39 pm

really ugh i only have 23

1:55 pm

can i get a clue for the af6?

1:55 pm

oooh...don't have it yet helena!

1:56 pm

to be on fire

1:56 pm

or a + fl 5/18

1:57 pm

hy 5 please?

1:58 pm

NM! Monkeyed it!

1:58 pm

hy + male child

2:01 pm

rh 6 please?

2:02 pm

i don't have it :-(

2:03 pm

rh+sometimes vowel+guys name

2:03 pm

sorry not guys name, 2000lb

2:04 pm

thanks!

2:04 pm

TY!

2:04 pm

help with the so 4/6 please

2:04 pm

yw

2:05 pm

after freshman year in college you are a so**

2:08 pm

you can start that same word with a T for a new word

2:10 pm

hey all -- I am taking a break. Making actual, discernible, PROGRESS on the paper!!! *happy mama student look*

2:18 pm

pury

2:18 pm

oops... LOL

2:18 pm

guess that's my clue to get back to work. see you-all later! (down to 59) *poof*

2:21 pm

hi all

2:33 pm

i'm back, apologies to zooz and dfmchfhf if my abrupt departure was jarring - although i don't see either of you...

2:33 pm

i feel like it's my birthday or something, having my name in the grid. it's so exciting.

2:34 pm

I just saw that Hurshy. I tried to type your name but it won't take it

2:35 pm

Hello Everybody. I started this AM before I had to go to work; and in less than 15 minutes I had NBT. How are you all doing with the grid today?

2:35 pm

hey, hurshy, you should print out this grid and frame it!

2:35 pm

hi Nef

2:36 pm

it's slow going, Nef - haven't opened the list yet, have 21 left

2:38 pm

I have 123 left; should be a breeze, right? ;-)

2:39 pm

morning all, finding the last 1/3rd tough

2:39 pm

hi lynxxx

2:39 pm

well, I started early this morning - been at this all day in between other things - had lunch with a friend, errands, etc

2:40 pm

hi lynxxx

2:41 pm

I just came back on again. I believe you; it does seem slower now.

2:42 pm

Some of the words in this grid are truly whacked. I would never have found them without some list help.

2:43 pm

hi Molly,JBV and Nef

2:43 pm

hi Boo

2:44 pm

does anyone have all the E's - I only have em 5, en 6, and en 4

2:45 pm

Hi Boo, JBV, and Molly

2:45 pm

en5.12 medical type eeeww word - then em7.32 builds on it

2:47 pm

hi Lynxxx

2:47 pm

perhaps I should have said medical procedure - pre op

2:47 pm

got it, thanks

2:47 pm

hi Boo

2:48 pm

sorry, that 7 was obviously en7 not em7

2:51 pm

it was the eeeww that gave it away!

2:51 pm

LOL, lynxxx! I've been totally confused since you first said em7! You should see all the crazy words I've tried! :-D

2:51 pm

sorry Nef

2:52 pm

NP, lynxxx. I'm just here to play and have fun;as a nurse I tried a lot of silly words!

2:53 pm

emenemema and so on! ;-)

2:54 pm

hi, all!

2:55 pm

hi uusue

2:55 pm

hi uusue

2:55 pm

hi uusue

2:55 pm

sitting in O'Hare airport waiting for my plane to arrive so I can leave...

2:55 pm

how long have you been there?

2:56 pm

about an hour all told

2:56 pm

some of which I spent going through security (they closed the fancy scanner just as I got there so I had to have the full pat down)

2:56 pm

that's not too bad....

2:57 pm

Hey, everyone. :3

2:58 pm

hi cgw

2:58 pm

hi cgw

3:00 pm

clue for cy 5

3:00 pm

hi sue, where are you headed for in NJ? do you have a specific date yet with doren?

3:00 pm

cy + 2000 lb.

3:01 pm

ty

3:01 pm

panic in the boarding area as Little Rock flight is cancelled - glad I am going to Newark!

3:02 pm

hi, JBV - I'm flying into Newark and then taking a limo to my dad's place in Millington - he's in a rehab center in Berkeley Heights. No date with dorens yet; she's off to Florida tomorrow and then Boston the following weekend

3:03 pm

I'm not limited to weekends on this visit, of course (will be in NJ until March 5)

3:03 pm

so it might be March 4 before doren and I can get together

3:03 pm

goooooooooooooood evening (again) fellow babblers xxx

3:03 pm

ok, would love to coordinate - my schedule is pretty open, sounds like you will be busy, I'll work around yours

3:04 pm

hi frogface

3:04 pm

hi Frog

3:04 pm

hi boo xxx

3:04 pm

hiya lyn xxx

3:04 pm

ok - let me get settled at my dad's place tonight and I'll be in touch - maybe this weekend? he won't be out of rehab until next week so I'll be rattling around a bit

3:06 pm

Yay list time - got to 26 but this is taking too long

3:08 pm

ok, sure, keep in touch

3:09 pm

plane boarding soon - bbl

3:09 pm

Hi frogface. I'd wandered over and made some tea; I'm freezing right now in spite of sunshine and 45 degrees (F) out side

3:10 pm

clue for en 5

3:10 pm

clue for af please?

3:10 pm

take care uusue; safe travelling

3:11 pm

procedure before an operation - en5

3:11 pm

af**** with desire

3:11 pm

or better - af**** with burning desire

3:11 pm

fe 5?

3:11 pm

hy lynxxx

3:11 pm

ty!

3:12 pm

fe5 Don't fe*** me in

3:12 pm

no idea what you mean lynxx

3:13 pm

I know I'm ready for Medicare, but I didn't think I was that bad. TY lynxxx

3:13 pm

part of classic cowboy american song

3:14 pm

hi bichon and cos

3:15 pm

hi Nef

3:15 pm

hi nef, bich, lyx, et al

3:15 pm

love that song - give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above

3:20 pm

noswaith dda - good evening all - can't believe the grid won't accept topsy

3:20 pm

hi Glant

3:20 pm

hi Glantarell -

3:20 pm

with or without turvy

3:20 pm

Hi Lynxxx, JBV and everyone

3:22 pm

I am stuck again, the first me 6

3:22 pm

add Mr Gore to the b eefy word

3:23 pm

got it, ty lynxxx

3:23 pm

TY lynxxx

3:23 pm

al6 pls xxx

3:23 pm

Hi Glant, whats up in Wales

3:24 pm

al6 nearly

3:24 pm

al 6 is the plural of al 5/12

3:24 pm

not a lot - elections coming up and a referendum on whether Wales should be able to make its own laws

3:24 pm

ty bichon but i need the second one pls xxx

3:25 pm

ooo ty lyn - got it xxx

3:25 pm

You are al6 (nearly) there frog - just keep going

3:25 pm

I'm behind you on that one. We threw the British and their laws out a few hundred years ago

3:25 pm

ROFL

3:28 pm

Yes, the Tea Party threw their tea in the drink and now they have rebeled again.

3:28 pm

lol a storm in a tea cup

3:29 pm

phatom psyche

3:29 pm

en6 pls

3:29 pm

Now we actually like the British and visit them a lot

3:29 pm

en + a small growth

3:30 pm

em5?

3:30 pm

What you do when you have feelings.

3:30 pm

My phantom was the guy that sang Bat out of Hell

3:30 pm

not getting the small growth lol

3:30 pm

em & pitch a t***

3:31 pm

ty i was looking at the wrong e

3:31 pm

not a tumor, but just a ****

3:31 pm

d'oh silly froggy! ty bichonx xx

3:31 pm

i am not getting the mall growth either

3:32 pm

smal growth sounds like the sibling ****er

3:33 pm

Totally not getting the pitch a t*** clue for em5.

3:33 pm

aah, i had the small growth earlier, didn;t realise you could preface it with en

3:33 pm

mall growth, that's suburban sprawl

3:33 pm

LOL

3:33 pm

pitch a t*** - canvas dwelling

3:33 pm

when you're camping you pitch your t***

3:34 pm

For em5???

3:34 pm

em & pitch a t***

3:34 pm

i think the em5 is more to do with very small dust particles after the e

3:34 pm

im so confused.. i have the em5 and it isnt em * pitch a t***

3:34 pm

oh shoot - sorry!!!!!!!

3:35 pm

Thank you Cos, I thought I was going crazy.

3:35 pm

lol me too

3:35 pm

that of course is am5!

3:35 pm

ahh ok makes sense now :)

3:35 pm

TY Lynxxx

3:36 pm

think I'll just slink away in shame....no, but I must go anyway - Bye all!

3:37 pm

fl6 pls xxx

3:37 pm

the word before + a consonant

3:38 pm

ty bichon xxx

3:40 pm

yvw

3:50 pm

Hi...help with en 5 and en 7 please?

3:51 pm

something u do to cleanese yoruself?

3:51 pm

then add 2 letters to the end of it for the 7

3:51 pm

en 5 is something you wouldn't like having, but need before a colonoscopy

3:51 pm

for the 7 add British bye

3:52 pm

i do know a lot of gay men who enjoy en5... i dont know why!

3:52 pm

TY!

3:53 pm

lo6 pls xxx

3:54 pm

think of a second [time] it is just a ******, but substitue a different consonant in the beginning

3:55 pm

not getting that lol

3:55 pm

sp 5/12?

3:55 pm

I'll get to it in a ****** [not a long time]

3:56 pm

ty bichon - sorry 4 being dizzy lol xxx

3:56 pm

sp5/12 is a noise something makes when it hits the floor from a great height

3:56 pm

rhymes with cat

3:56 pm

I get that way all the time

3:56 pm

ty frog

3:57 pm

hey all!

3:58 pm

i cant figure out the second mo 5/12

3:59 pm

I only have one mo 5/12, it's like mo**y python, ends in a vowel

3:59 pm

hi all

3:59 pm

I ate al**** all the food up and add a vowel

3:59 pm

thats it! thanks :)

3:59 pm

hey peri!

3:59 pm

stiddy, I made a potato chowder the other day, it was really good. also made black been lettuce bundles which were delish

3:59 pm

thanks bichon

3:59 pm

the stid's clue...

3:59 pm

yvw

4:00 pm

I thought that was the first mo 5/12. The second one is mo 4/5 + a vowel

4:00 pm

no there are 3 mo 5/12

4:01 pm

they sound lovely, peri. Today, which is my first full day at home for several weeks, I am making a pinto bean chili. Love crock pots! LOL

4:01 pm

Yep, you're right. I skipped right over the first one because it is a word that doesn't compute for me.

4:01 pm

lol fair enough

4:01 pm

I like black beans better than pintos, to be honest, but I have decided to use what I have for a while and stop waiting to cook until I have just the right ingredients

4:02 pm

good idea stid

4:02 pm

me too stid, I luv black beans

4:02 pm

well, we'll see if it works peri -- I had another nasty scare with food allergies at a restaurant I used to be "safe" at. So I think I have to go back to cooking at home and not eating out at all.

4:03 pm

Actually... there is ONE restaurant I know I am safe at, it's called "Bamboo" and it's right next to the Seattle Center. It's completely vegan, and though they use wheat it's not enough to bother me.

4:03 pm

sorry to hear that stiddy, what was the food that caused the scare?

4:04 pm

yikes, scary stid. Glad you're okay.

4:04 pm

have you read the book Skinny Bitch and Skinny Bitch in the kitcen. written by two vegans

4:04 pm

ne 5/12?

4:05 pm

ne + not bottom

4:05 pm

and plural

4:05 pm

it almost has to have been an incidental exposure to beef when we ate dinner... I always order vegetarian dishes there and my family never orders beef, but by the time I woke up it was clear I was having a significant reaction. If I didn't take extra antihistamines at night for a different allergy I think it could have been really bad.

4:05 pm

ne + the roof is the *** of your house

4:05 pm

bonjour, Chere Une!!! *sonreir*

4:05 pm

salut, stiddy ;-)

4:05 pm

glad you are ok stidy

4:05 pm

ty i always forget about that word

4:06 pm

oooh! I found a 7!

4:06 pm

go, stiddy!

4:06 pm

don't have either 8

4:06 pm

bonsoir Une

4:06 pm

so now I am down to the square of 7. *feeling mathematical*

4:06 pm

bonsoir, peri :-)

4:07 pm

Do you have epi pens stid

4:07 pm

me7 rhymes with the red thing in the center of a stuffed olive

4:07 pm

and plural :-)

4:07 pm

back again - and down to 7 x 11 - not quite uch a neat number as stid

4:07 pm

Good clue Une!

4:07 pm

:-D

4:07 pm

yes! that was my first 8!

4:07 pm

noswaith dda, glantarell!!!

4:08 pm

st8 is st7 with Mr. Gore at the end

4:08 pm

Noswaith dda stid!

4:08 pm

that's the other one. :-) now I am down to 45...

4:09 pm

so what is st7 une?

4:09 pm

ty don't see any of them, will keep looking

4:09 pm

I'm done. Anyone need a clue?

4:09 pm

brb phone

4:09 pm

i need 75 clues LOL

4:09 pm

st 7 is what a plant breates from

4:09 pm

st7 is st5/21 + brit thanks

4:09 pm

breathes

4:10 pm

it's a plant pore

4:10 pm

me6/21 pls xxx

4:10 pm

animal protein + ** Gore

4:11 pm

tx bichon

4:11 pm

or the really hard stuff we make jewelery from plus an extra a as thrid letter

4:11 pm

yvm poof

4:12 pm

i keep seeing welsh words is this grid - most disconcerting

4:12 pm

ty and i would also like me8 lol xxx

4:12 pm

just clued it, frog

4:12 pm

add an s to the me7

4:12 pm

at 4:07

4:13 pm

oh ok i'll go look lol

4:13 pm

back. *grumble* school, talking about the renewal for the kid's accommodations - but the person calling isn't the one who can make changes and I am so tired and frustrated dealing with the person who does I could just spit. If I weren't a lady and/or I were not inside...

4:13 pm

i kind of thought it would be es to pl it but i think w are in american splling territory

4:13 pm

oh my typing is terrible tonight

4:13 pm

and a late YAY for bichon.

4:14 pm

one more word and I shall return to the paper amendations... down to 23 pages from 26. Need to be at 20 or fewer.

4:14 pm

Hello everybody :-)

4:14 pm

Cutting, however, is easier than putting together, I think.

4:14 pm

not getting the stuffed olive thing - dont know what its stuffed with lol

4:14 pm

need a clue, stid?

4:15 pm

soodles!!!! failte!

4:15 pm

me7: something you keep as a remembrance

4:16 pm

actually, I just monkeyed two more words kje... *sigh* so by my rules I have to head out.

4:16 pm

hey, soodles and kje

4:16 pm

((((Mama)))) Mo Chara!

4:16 pm

me7 - a token one keeps as a memory... also the name of a movie a couple years ago

4:16 pm

ty une xxx

4:16 pm

yw :-)

4:17 pm

back in a mo . . .

4:17 pm

Go néiri an bóthar leat, Stidmama.

4:18 pm

the last po7?

4:18 pm

Translation for that last gobbledeegook - May the road rise with you.

4:18 pm

LOL talk slower, soodles!

4:18 pm

and thanks. I accidentally closed the babble window and had to reopen it...

4:18 pm

LOL Cos..... very timely!!! Think of illegal Irish hooch....

4:19 pm

hello my dear friends

4:19 pm

I always had a sneaking suspicion that expression meant something like "may you fall down in muck and never climb out" *grin*

4:19 pm

hey trifioso

4:19 pm

Aw - wrong clue, sorry!

4:19 pm

po7 - male mail carriers

4:19 pm

I needed that po6 though, so thanks!

4:20 pm

the one after that kje

4:20 pm

po7 - how strong a drug is, say

4:20 pm

LOL Stidmama..... As if I would say such a thing.... to you!

4:20 pm

or an alcoholic drink ; )

4:20 pm

or someone's charm - LOL

4:20 pm

LOLOL stid!

4:21 pm

ugh i was using the wrong last letter.. ty!

4:21 pm

soodles, I will share my gardening excitement and disappointment for today: we have had a very mild winter, which means the bulbs are coming up quicker than normal. Which had me all happy and excited because I have some lovely pink hyacinths Mother gave me with the heavenliest scent. And there are some tiny daffodils that are scattered about that show up like jewels in an emerald lawn.

4:21 pm

yw

4:21 pm

ohhhh, stid, how lovely! and what a great description!

4:22 pm

our bulbs are just beginning to poke their leaves through the soil

4:22 pm

primroses are beginning to flower though and look pretty, and snowdrops and hellebores look beautiful

4:22 pm

40 left

4:22 pm

Soodle is here! Soodle pass the po6/21 lass.

4:22 pm

today I took a break from the paper writing and found that baby slugs (like naked snails) have taken advantage of the mild winter and my distraction with school to enjoy the open bar. Their favorite? my pink hyacinths!!! which will survive but might not now bloom after all. *sad mama look*

4:22 pm

I fear we will not see bulbs for another month and a half, if then....

4:23 pm

Stid - that sounds just wonderful :-). The snowdrops are out here, and the daffodils are about 3- 4 inches above the ground. OH! a very heartfelt "ROLL ON SPRING"

4:23 pm

SO... I put out the slug bait (which gets molluscs and fish but doesn't hurt anything else) this afternoon and am hoping the daffodils will at least survive.

4:23 pm

speaking of hyacinths.. it's patricia routledge's birthday!

4:24 pm

I don't have snowdrops yet... that's on the plan for next fall -- snowdrops, and replace the crocuses that got eaten last year!

4:24 pm

your daffodils are further out of the ground than mine stid - must be warmer that 100 miles or so west :-)

4:24 pm

is it, cosdem!? happy birthday to her! LOVE her!

4:24 pm

is it really? how neat! I so enjoyed her in Keeping up Appearances

4:24 pm

we need a candlelit supper in her honor tonight

4:24 pm

I had planted quite a lot of muscarii a few years back, but it seems to have vanished. not sure who ate it....

4:25 pm

the trouble with the slug bait getting the molluscs is that the birds eat the molluscs, sometimes when they are full of bait but before they die, and the birds get poisoned too

4:25 pm

she is a hoot, that hyacinth!

4:25 pm

:-D well, I planted them in honor of my great-great-great grandfather who was born in merthyr tydfil (but who was likely actually Irish). And I love their bright color on grey days.

4:25 pm

no, I use something that is not toxic to birds. It

4:25 pm

I take a tour of the garden, armed with a sharp knife, morning and evening, once the slugs and snaiols start getting active

4:26 pm

It's called "Sluggo" and it's basically an iron tablet.

4:26 pm

glad to hear your slug bait is non toxic stid

4:26 pm

slugs hate copper, isn't that right? they can't crawl across it, or something like that?

4:26 pm

Our garden is about half an acre....

4:26 pm

i dug a pond which now has agreat frog population and my slug and snail problems are much reduced

4:26 pm

Those early spring bulbs are very very hardy... they might just survive the slugs. I have always found that sprinkling salt on slugs is a satisfactory disposal method...

4:26 pm

copper works well -- but it needs to be kept clean and... see the size of the garden. Prohibitive cost in large places

4:27 pm

slugs can't crawl across copper because it sets up an electric reaction - maybe their bodies complete a curcuit?

4:27 pm

We have frogs, which I love -- and snakes will be out in a couple more months (which I also love).

4:27 pm

ewww snakes... i run away screamingat the sight of garden snakes

4:27 pm

my garden is only a fifth of an acre - which is sizeable for the UK

4:27 pm

I see Soodle has ignored my request and is hogging all the po6/21. Greedy Soodle. : (

4:27 pm

Give me slugs instead of frogs anyday. I have a phobia aboujt cold-blooded creatures.......

4:28 pm

hmph. garter snakes are sweet little guys. They make a soft sound like a distant waterfall when they move through dry leaves.

4:28 pm

i need some po6 too

4:28 pm

yes i know. i'm gay. :)

4:28 pm

that's a nice size glantarell!

4:28 pm

Bless St Patrick!!! No snakes here!!!

4:28 pm

oh soode, when your garden has teensy weensy cute little frogs less than an inch long it is wonderful LOL

4:28 pm

??? *wonders where that last comment cos made came from*

4:29 pm

I hope my pond inhabitants have survived out there...I had a corner of the pond clear with a heater, but it blew after the last storm, and thus the pond has been frozen over for a while now. i always lose a few fish each winter, and hope for a good survival rate comes from

4:29 pm

cause im scared of snakes :P

4:29 pm

of course, I grew up in Virginia where you had to watch your step walking even in the city... so I understand people who aren't so fond of snakes.

4:29 pm

If your pond is more than 2 feet deep they should survive pretty well trifioso

4:29 pm

i put a plastic ball in my pond at the beginning of winter - itn helps stop it freezing complely

4:30 pm

Glan, a neighbour of mine brews the stuff.... Locals rub it onto racehorses, greyhounds arthritic limbs etc. Only the very brave would acutally drink the stuff!

4:30 pm

*grins at cos* way to play to stereotypes, dude! how do you feel about spiders? *dangles lovely orb spider in front of monitor*

4:30 pm

frogs and newts burrow deep into the mud at the bottom of pomnds - do you aheb newst in the US and Ireland?

4:30 pm

lol i once had to call maintenance in my old apartment to come killa spider for me

4:30 pm

i am very brave soodle!

4:30 pm

or foolish!

4:30 pm

yes, there are some fine newts here.

4:31 pm

the ball thing should work, but given that there is also a 2' layer of snow on top.....

4:31 pm

scrape the snow off LOL

4:31 pm

We have some really big ones in a local beaver pond -- orange ones. And occasional ones in the garden, but it's mostly dry.

4:31 pm

frogs or newts? we have greater crested newts - pretty and spotty!

4:31 pm

the only time I ever saw a toad (warts n all) was in the UK. It was horrible!

4:32 pm

I like toads! sweet little guys, eating mozzies all day...

4:32 pm

we have ordinary toads and natterjacks in Wales - Natterjacks are very rare and mainly live in the sand dunes along the north Wales coast

4:33 pm

I am happy to ignore spiders as long as they return the favour

4:33 pm

earwigs, however, are another matter entirely - hideous little things LOL

4:34 pm

clue for en 5 please

4:34 pm

We also have bats... *eye of newt and wing of bat, snakes and spiders -- where it's at*

4:34 pm

Thank you, everybody. I am off to bed now, and am guaranteed to dream about toads, snakes and frogs. Thank you all again (:-P_

4:34 pm

internal cleansing of your nether regions

4:34 pm

what is a natterjack? amphbian or reptile?

4:34 pm

sweet dreams soodles! LOL

4:35 pm

it is a type of tod

4:35 pm

toad even

4:35 pm

night night soodles

4:35 pm

we have bats in our roof - little ones called pipistrelles - there are about 5 other kinds in the UK but they are all getting rarer and rarer

4:36 pm

hm. I shall look that up. The phone call this time was reminding me of a dentist appointment. I canceled and will reschedule in June when I have more time.

4:36 pm

Glan- what a lovely clue. Will fit into my dreams perfectly!!!! With that I will bid you all adeiu, or to Stidmama - Oiche mhaith!! Poof

4:37 pm

there are a few pics of natterjacks at wikipedia, cute little guys!

4:37 pm

I love our quirky intercontinental conversations.

4:37 pm

welsh words in the grid are driving me nuts - afal (apple) atal (stop/prevent) and a few others

4:38 pm

i love our quirky intercontinental conversations too - and ou never know what the topic is going to be LOL

4:38 pm

there is a Coast Salish word for house in the grid: 'al'al which I keep trying...

4:38 pm

Coast salish?

4:39 pm

Coast Salish is a Native American language spoken by Pacific Northwest tribes (mostly ocean-going tribes), related to the inland Salishan languages

4:39 pm

ne5/12 pls xxx

4:40 pm

the local form is Lushootseed, which I started learning before I got into the Master's program and really want to pick back up again.

4:40 pm

I have never heard of Salician

4:40 pm

ne5/12 add the opposite of bottom to your ne

4:40 pm

Hi again. I had to fix and drink some tea to warm up; then promptly fell asleep! Could someone just clue the letters and stats for the 8 please?

4:40 pm

ooo ty glan xxx

4:41 pm

http://www.native-languages.org/famsal .htm shows the relationships of languages in this family

4:41 pm

i have one 8 but not the otherme8/50 - it is a pl of the me7/36

4:41 pm

and the two po7/s pls xxx

4:41 pm

thanks, Glan. Trying for NBS

4:42 pm

po7/44 is about strength of alcohol/drugs and ends in cy

4:42 pm

po7/36 is the men who delvier our letters

4:42 pm

http://pugetsalish.com is the site one of my teachers put together, with some samples you can hear if you are interested.

4:42 pm

hey Nef. Glad you showed up!

4:43 pm

i have had NBs for ages but am making very slow progress in adding more words

4:43 pm

down to 34...

4:44 pm

thanks for that last po 7 which relates to the po 6 glantarell wants to sample...

4:44 pm

stid I have never heard of those native american tribes or languages but I have 2 friends whi live in pugte sound and stayed with each of them back in 2009

4:44 pm

how does it relat to the drink i want to sample stid? oh, the strength?

4:45 pm

hi stid. I'm wondering if I can learn a smattering of French for tomorrow AM. Nothing fancy; just a few medical phrases. I have a client coming to her New OB clinic appt. and just wanted her to feel welcome. (I do have an interpreter ordered too, though)

4:45 pm

a lot of people in the local area haven't heard of the languages either, Glantarell -- it's a hidden part of U.S. history that indigenous peoples aren't usually well covered.

4:45 pm

bonjour madame would be a good start ;-)

4:45 pm

I am sure you can, Nef -- Une was around here a little while ago.

4:45 pm

sorry didnt notice po7/32 can i have clue pls lol xxx

4:46 pm

comment cs va?

4:46 pm

ca va even

4:46 pm

I don't know ANY medical phrases in French... yes, comment ca va is probably a good start though!

4:46 pm

i don't have po7/32 but have po7/44

4:47 pm

po 7/32 is like the po 6 you want to drink, but starts like the people who carry the mail

4:47 pm

oh, I plan to try to learn a few phrases just to say "how are you?" and such. I try to learn words like pain and nausea in any language of my patients

4:47 pm

oh, TY stid - another new word

4:47 pm

rh6 pls

4:48 pm

comment ca va menas ' hows it going' or how are you

4:48 pm

ty stid xxx

4:48 pm

nm

4:48 pm

oh -- dolor means pain

4:48 pm

neeed to eat something bbs

4:48 pm

po 7/32 is the people who carry the mail + what kids are after age 12

4:48 pm

not sure how it's spelled in french. maybe doleur?

4:48 pm

later peri

4:49 pm

vp5?

4:49 pm

i meant vo5?

4:49 pm

Glan, that's how it's weritten; do I actually SAY "comment caw vaw?" or is it ronounced differently?

4:49 pm

common sa va

4:50 pm

short sa and va

4:50 pm

saw vaw

4:50 pm

i would pronounce saw vaw as sore vore

4:51 pm

accenst and pronunciation, eh?

4:51 pm

no, that would be a new england pronunciation... LOL saw like what you use to cut wood

4:51 pm

yep. language distribution and dialect mutations are the interesting bits!

4:52 pm

so I really want to get through the whole paper just once today. I am past the halfway point. back later to get my last 33.

4:52 pm

**Hugs and choclits and whisky for all** *poof*

4:53 pm

Oh. I guess I'll go to a listening site to get it right. But I appreciate the help. I once asked a Russian lady how to say something; then wrote down what she said in my own interpretation of HOW she said it. SHe looked at it, took my pen away and then wrote it in Russian (which made no sense to me at all!)

4:53 pm

night stid!

4:53 pm

bye stid!

4:54 pm

FW

4:54 pm

woo hoo cos - well done

4:54 pm

YAY, cosdem!!!! WTG!!!!

4:55 pm

po6/24 pls xxx

4:56 pm

don't have that one frigface

4:56 pm

ty all.. clues anyone?

4:56 pm

po 6/24.. a male who smokes hemp?

4:56 pm

that my new nickname glan lol?

4:56 pm

sorry, fro, I don't have it either

4:56 pm

just like the 7/36, but leave out the s

4:56 pm

sorry, said my typing was poor tonight - too much po^ LOL

4:56 pm

ty cos

4:56 pm

lmao

4:57 pm

:-)

4:57 pm

oh how could I miss the men who sort out the barrels and bottles in the pub

4:58 pm

so, just another 11 P ords to go for me...

4:58 pm

and 16 S words

4:59 pm

ONLY 89 words left here! :-)

5:00 pm

plom

5:00 pm

po5/16 pls

5:00 pm

i am down to 67 but it's slow going

5:00 pm

Ooops. Not a WORD though

5:01 pm

nm i got it xxx

5:01 pm

nef - do you know what the french for a plate of food is? that is a wrod

5:01 pm

give us a clue then frogface

5:01 pm

Glan, I don't know any French

5:02 pm

i will have a clue for the ps5 pls xxx

5:02 pm

well, the eglish word has a vowel at then edn, the french word doeans't

5:03 pm

oh my typing is getting worse - darn netbook with small keyboard

5:03 pm

glan think of the bad thing u smoke and ad sy

5:03 pm

thanks, Glan

5:04 pm

TY frogface

5:04 pm

yw - now can sum1 clue me the ps please lol

5:05 pm

that ps5 is ps+ 3 vowels frog

5:06 pm

my monkey found it - TY nef

5:06 pm

oooo thats a tough word but ty nef xxx

5:07 pm

glad to help. Just hit half way

5:08 pm

i just found a ta4 - brand of cookware in UK

5:11 pm

ooo gisa clue glan lol

5:11 pm

i can only think of tupperware lmao

5:13 pm

erm, they make piping tubes and metal bakeware

5:13 pm

second syllable rhymes with first

5:14 pm

so6/21 pls xxx

5:15 pm

don't have that one

5:15 pm

yikes is it just me and u glan???

5:15 pm

phantom solemn

5:16 pm

think so frogface

5:16 pm

nef has fallen asleep LOL

5:16 pm

no, I'm still here; working on your so6 word

5:16 pm

wake up everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:16 pm

ooo hello nef lol and ty xxx

5:16 pm

brb - off for more po****

5:17 pm

hb

5:17 pm

got it!

5:18 pm

that's nice! can i have a clue for it lol? oh, and well done xxx

5:18 pm

there's an so4/5 that so6/21 builds off of

5:18 pm

so6/21 is so + ---- Hari...the fictional female spy.

5:18 pm

oooo molly ty - by the way she was a real person!

5:18 pm

TY Molly

5:18 pm

Oops. Good for her.

5:19 pm

great clue, Molly!

5:19 pm

Mayhap I should just sip my po6 and quit cluing. : P

5:19 pm

and if you add a t as the second letter you get two more words

5:19 pm

I'm often at a loss for great clues

5:20 pm

magaretha geertruida Zelle was *ata Hari's real name, by the way lol

5:20 pm

I am so glad she decided to call herself mata LOL

5:21 pm

oops

5:21 pm

that st5 is a medical word for opening

5:21 pm

lol she could have gone for to mata i guess lmao

5:21 pm

but luckily not allowable

5:21 pm

I know the st5 is and it is also the pl of it

5:22 pm

58 lft now

5:22 pm

68 here

5:23 pm

I've found another french word mo4 - think it means words or maybe small things

5:23 pm

9 here and reallllly struggling

5:24 pm

don't think i'll get down to 9 tonight - it's way past bedtime already LOL

5:24 pm

does the 158 = all possible words

5:24 pm

do you have bioth 8s frog?

5:24 pm

yes 158 =all possible words

5:25 pm

I do Glan

5:25 pm

evening all

5:25 pm

dr god nice to see you

5:25 pm

hi there froggie

5:25 pm

evening kallia - how long ahve you been lurking LOL

5:25 pm

what is the average score before people give up?

5:25 pm

hi Dr_God.

5:25 pm

hiya kalia xxx

5:25 pm

hiya dr god xxx

5:25 pm

not long

5:25 pm

I am at 1254 but not giving up yet

5:25 pm

was logged infrom earlier

5:26 pm

what a nice surprise - stop in for a quick hello and there's the man himself! Hello all and Dr. God!

5:26 pm

and I'm not quitting either yet.

5:26 pm

I have 1493 133 words

5:26 pm

I dunno how I got that screen name - the system assigned it 2 me i guess

5:26 pm

am on 1748 and am determined to keep on til the end

5:26 pm

maybe I give up soon Dr God...don't often finish these days

5:26 pm

so would you clue me for the 8 I don;t have? the one i have starst with M

5:27 pm

glan do u got the st7? its the plural

5:27 pm

the only reason I don't finish grids is I get too tired. Falling asleep at the keyboard hurts

5:27 pm

hi folks *special greetings and thanks to Dr_God*

5:27 pm

the other is an st....carries on from the 5 and the 7

5:27 pm

so you aren't actually Dr god?

5:27 pm

I am usually happy to get halfway at least...then I sometimes finish, sometimes not...

5:27 pm

oh i see - i thought the 7 WAS the pl!

5:27 pm

hi welki xxx

5:28 pm

hi welki

5:28 pm

actually not a plural but add an l - sorry bout that lol

5:28 pm

thats what I like to do Angela

5:28 pm

i can give 7 clues - no 8s (1) Viagra provides it (2) mortars and portlands (3) regrets

5:28 pm

i think there must be two st5 and st7s

5:29 pm

there may be I only have 1

5:29 pm

there are two st5s but only one builds to 7 and 8

5:29 pm

TY frogface

5:29 pm

still challenging but not as high pressure ;)

5:29 pm

actually ignore that, st7 and 8 arent connected to the 5

5:29 pm

similar starts but not connected

5:29 pm

LOL they are to one of the 5's !

5:30 pm

i am now p[odering what vioagra provides

5:30 pm

shurrup frog and stop confusing the issue lmao

5:30 pm

no kidding .. a couple of guys tried to rob a pharmacy here, wanted oxycontin. didn't have any, took supplies of cialis and viagra. Calgary Sun headline was": Hardened Criminals .. first line, ""theives got stiffed

5:30 pm

yes, glan, that's a hard one lol

5:30 pm

hehehe

5:30 pm

hey Dr_God, I have often wondered if the grids are totally random, or do you sometimes give it another spin if you don't like the very first one to appear?

5:30 pm

lol

5:31 pm

*waiting curiously for answer to Nef's question*

5:32 pm

well I never knew that....thought it was only a place....it's a tree as well...al5

5:32 pm

i've spun it - never played b4 - trying to figure out why they even bothered including a Q surrounded by letters that won;t mate with it

5:32 pm

seriously i know what viagra is supposed to do but can't find anything appropriate in the grid!

5:32 pm

that often happens dr god

5:32 pm

can sum1 help me with the last so4 please its driving me scatty

5:33 pm

ia it s + 1

5:33 pm

got it!!!!!!!!!!!

5:33 pm

the start of some greek names?

5:33 pm

or another word for son + a vowel?

5:33 pm

or so + short mother

5:34 pm

poor glantarell ... how about this. Tylenol is less po***t than Tylenol 3 .. and then work off that

5:34 pm

and I meant sun not son

5:34 pm

oh i have the po7 that refers to strength - is that the viagra clue?

5:34 pm

or a word for so** of us are scots

5:34 pm

first st5/10 pls xxx

5:34 pm

shortened version of what you call the year after Freshman

5:34 pm

yes

5:34 pm

any good froggie?

5:35 pm

could've went w/an ebonics clue in lieu of tylenol

5:35 pm

yesirree, i could've .. dat moonshine sho' nuff is po***t!

5:35 pm

st5/10 - rocks

5:36 pm

ty kal and monkey

5:36 pm

or .. billy crystal": it's better to look impo***t than to feel impo***t

5:36 pm

lol...I see you got it long before I stopped giving you silly clues !

5:36 pm

not the rocks one glan, the first st5/10 pls xxx

5:36 pm

Or...me...I would like to live in a condo...but I jes live in this po****...see?

5:37 pm

oh is that the nedical term?

5:37 pm

hey Dr_God; when will the new version be done? And will it work on a Mac?

5:37 pm

plural of the one before it...latin plural

5:37 pm

sorry Frog i am trying to cn=onfuse you the medical temr is st5

5:38 pm

st5/12

5:38 pm

I dunno - I never came to this site b4 - just burnin time at work

5:38 pm

medical term is a little vague glan - any better clue?

5:38 pm

i am confuseled that Dr God is not Dr God

5:38 pm

st5/12 - i think it means 'opening'

5:38 pm

as am I jmc

5:38 pm

right dr god....where you get the photo then

5:39 pm

You NEVER came to the fabulous site??? WOW!

5:39 pm

it is a latinn plural

5:39 pm

why does it say you are our overlord???

5:39 pm

Dr_God is being evasive and cagey.

5:39 pm

I've seen dr god before and its the same photo...yep thinks he can fool us!

5:39 pm

hi jmc

5:40 pm

so this is like King Arthur trying to disguise himself and live with the peasants?

5:40 pm

frograce - if you have to have a colonoscopy bag you must have a st5 to attach it to

5:40 pm

or what King was it that let the porridge burn while contemplating a spider?

5:40 pm

I think so...though it is nice to see him, and say thanks for a great site

5:40 pm

new nickname again frog!

5:40 pm

Yes JMC, play along and treat him like one of us. : P

5:40 pm

Bruce

5:40 pm

alfred let the cakes burn

5:41 pm

if at first you don't succeed etc.....

5:41 pm

that is my daddy's name!

5:41 pm

alfred that is right

5:41 pm

I dunno ... I guess the underlord left me in charge til he's back from hell - maybe its a java glitch - becuz I know I never was on this site in my life and no one here @ work would visit from my desk

5:41 pm

and someone left the cake out in the rain

5:41 pm

(bruce is my daddy's name)

5:41 pm

bruce watched the spider

5:41 pm

COLONOSCOPY BAG CLUES???

5:42 pm

i didn't get it either molly

5:42 pm

oooooer - dr God's philosophy combined with the po7 is making my head hurt LOl

5:42 pm

i am still stymied by the overlord

5:42 pm

st + skin cancer is called melan***

5:42 pm

and I'll never have that recipe agaaaaaaaainnnn

5:42 pm

thatsa better clue molly than the one i tried with the colonscopy bag LOl

5:42 pm

oooh noooooooooo!

5:42 pm

We are not to understand overlords, just to do their bidding.

5:43 pm

is it pink po7 Glan?

5:43 pm

no it's the tequila and lime po LOL

5:43 pm

and the 7 and 8 come from the colonscopy bag? eeewwww

5:43 pm

margaritas are the woirk of the devil, to which i was introduced by some US citizens

5:43 pm

I sort of spluttered over the keyboard.....

5:44 pm

margaritas for everyone!!!

5:44 pm

Colonoscopy bags and McAurther Park. OY!!!

5:44 pm

eeewwww is right

5:44 pm

(glad someone got it molly)

5:44 pm

*loves margaritas, not the frozen ones*

5:44 pm

Too bad I didn't spell it right.

5:44 pm

McArthur park????

5:44 pm

someone left the cake out in the rain?

5:44 pm

shhhhh dr god might think we are not respectful enough

5:44 pm

froggier are you still here?

5:45 pm

It's a REALLY BAD song Glant, be glad you don't know it.

5:45 pm

yes and I'll never have that recipe agaaaaaaainnnn

5:45 pm

well it's not dr god (so he says) so we can be as rude as we like

5:45 pm

oooohhhh noooooooooo!!!!!!

5:45 pm

...and i'll never have that recipe again. oh noooooooooooooooooooo

5:45 pm

irreverent even?

5:45 pm

curse away

5:45 pm

I thoaught you meant a king lolol

5:46 pm

I was off eating supper; glad I missed the colostomy bags and McAurther's Park mix

5:46 pm

(another confirmation of the damage we could do together, jmc .. music would never be the same)

5:46 pm

well may be someone should email dr god and let him know he is being impersonated

5:46 pm

Perhaps some respect...Oh mighty overlord...when might we minions expect to worship you at your new and improved venue? We eagerly await your genius.

5:46 pm

ROFLMAO Nef

5:46 pm

oh, and the colostomy clue's answer in NOT hurshy :P

5:46 pm

i tells you and i tells you to come down here welki

5:46 pm

canada does not like me

5:47 pm

okay if you have never been here before how comes you knows about hurshy

5:47 pm

:-P

5:47 pm

i am sad that the grid won't accept hurshy as a word LOl

5:47 pm

i'm going to have to find some money and do that .. whenever i fly back east, i see the kids. i think i need to just plan a welki-trip

5:47 pm

Thank you # jmcnrick - I know I could depend on you to contact me if hackers attack

5:47 pm

well that's it for me....off to beddy byes catch you all again.....

5:47 pm

welki trip welki trip! *jumps up and down*

5:48 pm

nos da kallia

5:48 pm

me, you, margaritas (and the guest room air conditioner)

5:48 pm

you are probably tired of me emailing you

5:48 pm

bye kalia

5:48 pm

actually i am slow to call troll

5:48 pm

oh, margaritas - can I come too LOL?

5:48 pm

you remembered my guest room ac!

5:48 pm

Babble's Investigative Team at work

5:48 pm

niters Kallia

5:48 pm

all kidding aside - Im not a hacker - and I am not Dr God...I'll I'm probably doing is giving the owner of this screen name the lowest score he ever received

5:48 pm

sure glan just hitch a ride to DC

5:49 pm

Dr God I do not think plays much

5:49 pm

then how DO you know who hurshy is?

5:49 pm

well, we could do with something to bring his average down

5:50 pm

I'd love to hitch a ride to DC -

5:50 pm

or at least Dr God does not get ranked

5:50 pm

time to go ... later, gators

5:50 pm

I don't know hurshy - it's just the phonetic spelling of Hershey (chocolate) that is in the grid after some gave 'colostomy bag' as a clue

5:50 pm

i gots lots of room glan

5:50 pm

bye welki

5:50 pm

*looks at jmc*

5:51 pm

getting a little wiggy...signing off for now...

5:51 pm

that is not plasible Dr God

5:51 pm

bye welki

5:51 pm

g/n

5:51 pm

why be you looking at me welki?

5:51 pm

well, nearly midnight for me, and I am 2/3 of the way through and clearly not going to finish before bed, so nite nite peeps! *poof*

5:51 pm

*pokes welki*

5:51 pm

bye glan

5:52 pm

niters, Glan

5:53 pm

oo fireworks!!!

5:53 pm

whoo hooo frog!

5:53 pm

ty jm xxx

5:53 pm

am i in trouble welki?

5:53 pm

and ty all for your clueing xxx

5:53 pm

YAY, frogface!!!! WTG!!!!

5:53 pm

Hey, I'll take the pseudo Dr_God over the teenage posers any day.

5:53 pm

jmc, she was signing off a bit ago

5:53 pm

ty nef lol xxx

5:54 pm

see ya all tomorrow xxx take care

5:54 pm

she was looking at me odd. hope i didn't say something to hurt feelings

5:54 pm

bye frog

5:55 pm

nn

5:55 pm

goodnight, frogface

5:57 pm

no, jmc; I don't think you offended her. maybe it was when you said you had lots of room to Glan; however; I have a lot of lag tonight so I don't know

5:58 pm

i have said that to welki before

5:58 pm

*fret fret fret*

5:59 pm

don't fret. I've gone back and re-read that and can't find any offensive remarks

6:00 pm

oh good

6:00 pm

i am sure she will tell me if there is a problem

6:00 pm

but typing can get you into trouble quick quick quick

6:01 pm

true; eapecially if you're like me and replying to something and the chog goes on....

6:01 pm

yeah *sigh*

6:02 pm

well i will ask her next time i see her

6:02 pm

so how is life treating you these days?

6:03 pm

oh okay no job on the horizon but still working at this one so i am okay

6:04 pm

jmc; there will be a job soon for you. When are you finished there?

6:04 pm

not till this summer so i am getting my worry in early to beat the last minute rush

6:04 pm

oops *runs to the pb*

6:06 pm

LOL! You know; I took a job (before this one) that I thought would be perfect. I couldn't stand it and quit after 10 months. This job was NOT what I had planned for; I felt I wasn't exzperienced in it at all; but when it came down to it it was the only offer I got. And I absolutely LOVE it

6:07 pm

you never know

6:07 pm

so how is DH?

6:07 pm

you really don't know.

6:09 pm

He is well; just has so** cabin fever these days. Right now I have to put in extra hours and so he's home al5 a lot; so he's finally using some other transportation to things he has to go to

6:09 pm

it is good he is using other transportaion

6:11 pm

okay i must be going

6:11 pm

bbl

6:11 pm

he qualifies for Metro Mobility (it's for handicapped) and has used it twice this week; plus he finally asked a couple of friends for rides to men's meetings

6:11 pm

by Dr God! ;-)

6:11 pm

bye all

6:11 pm

*poof*

6:12 pm

bye, jmc

6:18 pm

Mr. Nef is sprouting some wings. Good for him.

6:19 pm

it takes a huge load off my shoulders, Molly. I've never been a person who likes to run around (shopping, going places and doing a lot of stuff after work); so this really helps

6:21 pm

I'm with you Nef. I don't like to do anything after work. Except fix dinner, clean the kitchen and make sure we have clean clothes for the next day. I'm up at 5:30AM on work days, so running around after work is not on my hit parade.

6:22 pm

exactly, Molly!

6:24 pm

DH loves to grocery shop. I'd like to just drop him off at the grocery store and have him call when he's done so I could pick him up; but that isn't what he wants anymore. He wants me along-- then he takes off and I lose him in the store!

6:26 pm

I'm a solo shopper. I get it done a lot faster if I don't have someone with me.

6:27 pm

Since my OTJ injury I can't be on my feet too long. Grocery shopping is NOT my idea of a good time!

6:40 pm

down to 30 now; need a short break for more tea.

6:40 pm

Good evening Friends!

6:45 pm

hi car.ee How are you?

6:45 pm

Hi Nef! I have had a funky kind of day...but it is almost bedtime! Yeah!

6:45 pm

How are you?

6:46 pm

Hi Car, it's good when funky kind of days are almost over.

6:47 pm

I'm fine. How are you doing? I haven't seen you here for a while (I've been on at weird times I think --that and also short times

6:47 pm

I usually on in the morning now. Glad to know you are well.

6:48 pm

your icon is adoreable!

6:48 pm

TY! My boys!

6:49 pm

they are so cute! Especially when sleeping I bet! :-)

6:49 pm

Yup!

6:49 pm

I think it's time for me to vamoose. I'm feeling invisible here tonight.

6:50 pm

Oh Molly! I am sorry! I am glad you are here!

6:51 pm

Why are you feeling invisible, Molly? Just chime in! (Often people don''t respond to a po4 if chatting with another

6:56 pm

Clue for to 6/21 please?

6:56 pm

sorry, don't have it yet but will look

6:57 pm

I am stuck on the middle of the TO's.

6:58 pm

Got it....heavy weight + vowel + not you but **

6:59 pm

Got em all!

6:59 pm

thanks for that clue. I kept going down instead of up

7:00 pm

FIREWORKS!!!

7:01 pm

I am here to clue for a few minutes if anyone needs it!

7:02 pm

YAY, car.eeyore!!!! WTG!!!!

7:04 pm

I listed a bit ago and am amazed at some of these words

7:04 pm

I am watching Winter Wipeout with the boys...this show makes me roll with laughter!

7:04 pm

what is it about? (Never heard of it)

7:05 pm

It is an ass kicking obstacle course. It is like the Japanese show, Most Extreme Challenge.

7:06 pm

Literally, we are laughing at people fall and trip and contort their bodies into very unnatural positions...all in good fun of course!

7:06 pm

okay. Doesn't sound like something I'd like. I caught one of those Japanese game shows on** and wondered how they could do that without getting sued

7:07 pm

Hi, all! I am in New Jersey!

7:07 pm

Oh Good UU! Glad you arrived safely!

7:08 pm

Glad you made it, uusue! How was the flight?

7:08 pm

Flight was good; left late but arrived early. And I was on the airline where all my miles are, so got upgraded to first class, and didn't have to pay extra to check my bag :-)

7:09 pm

Sweet!

7:09 pm

Got to my dad's house ok; will settle in and go over to see him tomorrow.

7:09 pm

NICE!

7:09 pm

and maybe I can even finish the grid :-)

7:10 pm

I am all done UU, so let me know if you need any clues.

7:10 pm

does he know you're coming, uusue? Last time I talked with you he wouldn't answer the phone

7:11 pm

Hello Babblers

7:11 pm

Hello wht!

7:11 pm

Oh yes, it turned out that he'd moved to the other bed in his room (to be near the window) so had a different phone number but they wouldn't give it to me without his permission.

7:11 pm

hi wht

7:11 pm

He's really happy that I'm here.

7:11 pm

Hi, wht!

7:12 pm

that's good. Where's his wife now?

7:12 pm

In Ann Arbor; she left yesterday, still talking about divorce :-(

7:13 pm

I'm hoping once she gets some rest, and is in a situation where she is being taken care of, she will reconsider, but maybe not.

7:13 pm

The whole thing is so upsetting...I can't imagine how you are all handling it.

7:13 pm

that's too bad.... do you talk with her kids at all?

7:14 pm

Anyway, dad is a lot more mad than despondent, which is good, and his friends have been coming around, which is also good. And physically he's been doing really well, and can't wait to get home!

7:14 pm

that's good news!

7:14 pm

Yes, she still likes me a lot, and I've been on the phone with her son frequently (I'm kind of the go-between at the moment)

7:14 pm

Well that is good then.

7:14 pm

Howdy, Babblers. Just to confirm, that was *not* me in the chat log an hour ago. But it was someone logged in as me (seemingly accidentally). No clue how that happened. If it happens again, please drop me an email or FB message. Thanks.

7:15 pm

Hello Dr. God!!!

7:15 pm

now, are you SURE you are the "right" Dr_God?

7:15 pm

My goodness!

7:15 pm

hi, dr_god!!!

7:15 pm

Phew! That's a relief Dr. G :)

7:15 pm

I didn't realize we had a pantheon of Dr_Gods

7:15 pm

this is quite interesting. I wonder how that happened?

7:16 pm

lol, angela!

7:16 pm

I wasn't here when it happened...what was said?

7:16 pm

he said something about the game "assigning him that name?

7:17 pm

nothing bad, car.ee. It was jsut a bt confusing

7:17 pm

I can imagine!

7:17 pm

(kind of like my typing just now) :-/

7:18 pm

When you log in, you're given your ID number, and it's used for everything while you're on the site. Somehow he got assigned the mighty ID #1, which is reserved for yours truly. ;) No clue how it happened.

7:19 pm

My husband was laughing at me - couldn't believe it was weirding me out so much! lol!

7:19 pm

WOW!! You are going to have to make it tougher for a person to use that then!

7:20 pm

I guess having been here for almost 6 years, when you see the Docta and it turns out not to be the Docta - freaks you out a bit! ;)

7:20 pm

At least he/she/it entered 76 words for me. :)

7:20 pm

yep! It sure does!

7:20 pm

I am having the best time....my son's homework...to give 100 hugs and check them off! He is all snuggy & warm and fresh out of the tub....I am loving this!

7:20 pm

Woo-Hoo Dr_!!!

7:22 pm

So I asked the imposter if you ever give the grid an extra spin if you don't like the way the letters came out. NOw I'm asking the "Real you!

7:24 pm

Sounds wonderful, car!

7:24 pm

It is! He is a wonderful hugger!

7:25 pm

that's quite a nice homework assignment, car.ee What class is it for?

7:25 pm

To celebrate 100 days of kindergarten!

7:25 pm

yay - now a real answer to the question, Nef!

7:25 pm

Nef- The grid is completely random every day. I have no control over it.

7:26 pm

Very interesting. Especially when you consider the grid after the news about NB passing....

7:27 pm

How so Nef?

7:28 pm

there were several words in the grid that day... Korea, nancy, etc (not that they were "acceptable" WORDS;

7:28 pm

OMG!!! I didn't realize that! How funky!

7:29 pm

there were quite a number that commented on it that day

7:29 pm

done with paper writing for today. Now I just need to read one more article for class tomorrow...

7:29 pm

I have missed a couple of days here and there.

7:29 pm

Hello Stid!

7:29 pm

*waves to Dr. G*

7:29 pm

THAT's why I had to ask my question of Dr_God

7:31 pm

very cool, Nef...and bizarre.

7:31 pm

I can see why, Nef...but I like to think of something like that as karma

7:31 pm

...and I use "karma" only for lack of finding a better word.

7:31 pm

Were people upset or glad to have the rememberance?

7:32 pm

I agree, car.ee; there was something going on

7:32 pm

it didn't seem to upset people; but many saw them

7:33 pm

To me, if it was truly unintentional, that would have been so awesome...a feeling like NB was still here.

7:34 pm

random means ... unintentional -- I like to think of such synchronistic events as the balance of the universe showing its face.

7:34 pm

amen stid :)

7:34 pm

Gives me goodsebumps!

7:35 pm

Random seems to describe a number of words in today's grid.

7:35 pm

I keep thinking about Nancy Boy at least a couple times a day, as I did before. Each time, it catches me off guard, but a little less as time goes on.

7:35 pm

LOL wht! so true!

7:35 pm

I don't think I like this face of the universe.

7:35 pm

very true, stid. (I'm trying to find that grid in the archives now)

7:36 pm

Does anyone have a clue for the en7?

7:36 pm

I think of NB often too. Frank did such lovely drawings of his gentle face

7:36 pm

en + vowel + not pa + Brit goodbye

7:37 pm

didn't know there was en 7 ... *looking*

7:37 pm

hey bugs ((hugs bugs))

7:37 pm

what a peculiar word...

7:37 pm

I don't know that there is, but Lickety says so.

7:37 pm

great clue car!

7:38 pm

thanks for that clue!

7:38 pm

YVW!

7:38 pm

Hugs back at ya stid. Just arrived

7:38 pm

hiya! how's the grid?

7:38 pm

ty car. Didn't see your clue for a moment.

7:38 pm

(((FEATHER))) it's lovely. So easy and delightful.

7:38 pm

Hi feather. Haven't seen you for a while.

7:39 pm

Come on in... *beckons from the far end* want to race?

7:39 pm

Hi Feather!

7:39 pm

i lurk, wht!

7:39 pm

hi all. actually car.. that is british slang for thanks, not goodbye (i've made the same mistake in the past and was corrected - is how i know)

7:39 pm

hmmm, depends on how "far" the far end is!

7:39 pm

down to 29 feather, but have to get up and stretch my legs for a while.

7:39 pm

Oh, OK Dorens! TY for the correction...don't want to offend anyone!

7:39 pm

where you at?

7:39 pm

hey doren!

7:39 pm

ha, haven't started yet

7:40 pm

don't think anyone would take offense... we are all (well mostly) friendly here, right?

7:40 pm

Hi, Doren! I am in NJ!!

7:40 pm

hi stid... am off to FL tomorrow ridiculously early

7:40 pm

welcome sue

7:40 pm

You never know...on any given day...who will get bent over something....

7:40 pm

gee whiz! mid-winter break, doren?

7:41 pm

yes we are. Hi feather, Dorens,and Bugs

7:41 pm

SUE! you made it! *mama sigh of relief*

7:41 pm

Car.ee the grid I was talking about is for Feb. 9th

7:41 pm

okay, I am now at 28. will be back in a little while, I am STARVING and the chili is almost done! *micro poof*

7:41 pm

actually car, they are fairly predictable. yes stid... visitng with my old friend who has a condo down there on the beach, and all we will do is read, walk on the beach, float in the ocean, and drink wine

7:41 pm

laters stid

7:41 pm

yes, it was a good trip, stid

7:41 pm

I am off to bed now, but I will give it a look tomorrow when I have more time.

7:42 pm

OH Dorens! It sounds heavenly!

7:42 pm

nite car

7:42 pm

Bye Stid!

7:42 pm

Good night everyone!

7:42 pm

night, car!

7:42 pm

bye car

7:43 pm

hiya feather

7:43 pm

Night car

7:43 pm

topsy is too a word. topsy turvy.

7:43 pm

was just thinking that feather!

7:43 pm

I'm with you, feather!

7:43 pm

night car

7:44 pm

it wouldn't take mopsy or potsy either feather

7:44 pm

evening

7:44 pm

shucks darn!

7:45 pm

hi jes

7:45 pm

wrong nef!

7:45 pm

unless they consider them all as being names

7:45 pm

po*** is an old fashioned name for hop scotch

7:45 pm

sit on it! ;)

7:45 pm

ty doren

7:45 pm

hi jes d

7:45 pm

OOPS! I said a WORD! Off to PB for me

7:45 pm

lol angela!

7:45 pm

hi jes

7:46 pm

Nef, there is some flourless chocolate torte in the PB. Enjoy.

7:46 pm

hey jes

7:46 pm

torte!?!? i want some!

7:47 pm

ooh, thanks, wht!

7:47 pm

fireworks (but i'd like some of that chocolate torte)

7:47 pm

yay dorens!

7:47 pm

yay, dorens!

7:47 pm

yay, dorens!

7:47 pm

yay dorens!

7:47 pm

YAY, Dorens!!! WTG!!!

7:47 pm

I will trade torte for a clue for the ps5.

7:48 pm

ps + 3 vowels

7:48 pm

ps +3 vowels, wht

7:48 pm

hey, Shirl!

7:48 pm

ty

7:48 pm

ty shir and nef. Do you want ice cream and /or fudge sauce with the torte?

7:49 pm

thanks

7:49 pm

hi all, and fudge sauce, but wait what flavor ice cream?

7:49 pm

both or neither, wht

7:49 pm

mannnn, i'm getting hungry

7:49 pm

back again *holds out bowl for icecreamfudgetorte*

7:50 pm

96 left stid!

7:50 pm

hi stid :)

7:50 pm

the chili I made is actually pretty good. except tom said it wasn't spicy enough and added chili peppers. . Now it is definitely spicy enough!!!

7:50 pm

I was thinking vanilla, but I might be able to find some mint chocolate chip here in the freezer.

7:50 pm

en6?

7:51 pm

Put in a cy4,7

7:51 pm

thx, wht!

7:51 pm

thx wht

7:53 pm

that was my last E word!

7:53 pm

sorry feather -- 27 now

7:53 pm

OK. I need rh6,27 for fireworks. Any clues?

7:53 pm

hmm, i'm feeling like there are a lot of P and S words that are staring me in the face

7:54 pm

there is a lot of P in the puzzle...

7:54 pm

it's ok stid!

7:54 pm

limericks ***me + weight

7:54 pm

a lot of the P are normal, just a little unused

7:54 pm

good because suddenly (and I don't remember even doing it) I am at 25...

7:55 pm

thx, shirlockc!

7:55 pm

oooh. thanks shirlock!

7:55 pm

lol, i'm at 74. don't wait for me.

7:55 pm

sue, may I ask your professional advice on teaching physics?

7:55 pm

po7/44?

7:55 pm

Sure, stid!

7:55 pm

ty shir. I could have sworn that I had tried that.

7:55 pm

But fireworks now

7:56 pm

yay, wht!

7:56 pm

YAY wht!!!

7:56 pm

yay wht!

7:56 pm

okay, I am planning a unit on measurement of force and motion -- for 4th/5th grade (this is for my coursework, no actual children will be traumatized by it yet)

7:56 pm

ok...

7:57 pm

I am wondering if I should focus on the basic concepts of force (which is pretty exciting) or if delving deeply into measurement is more logical as a starting point.

7:57 pm

make the vector arrow stick in the wall, stid. that amused the crap out of me as a kid.

7:58 pm

As a student, I would think you would want to start with what is exciting to get them hooked and then fill in the measurement stuff.

7:58 pm

I would say forces first; they can worry about measurement once they have something interesting to measure.

7:58 pm

at that age, they won't be able to calculate a lot I know, but I know that in middle school a lot of kids are still really unclear about what gets measured and why

7:58 pm

hi all. I need a clue for en 6 please

7:58 pm

brb

7:59 pm

ah. Thank you so much, all! that helps me get going and I can figure it out from here I think...

8:00 pm

en + c4

8:00 pm

Boobear, it was clued at 7:51

8:01 pm

force it is, then. first question to the kids: how hard would it be for you to push me around the gym on a scooter; how hard would it be for you to push a classmate; how hard would you have to push to get a schoolbus moving? *wicked mama grin* followed by actual experimentation... (not!)

8:01 pm

I don't see it Bugsaw

8:02 pm

can you put two kids on the scooter? might be fun to see how much harder it is to push two than one

8:02 pm

boo: EN + a kind of bump in your body...

8:02 pm

the scooters I have seen are pretty small, but I could possibly borrow somebody's long skateboard.

8:03 pm

or maybe a wagon, less chance of falling off

8:03 pm

That leads right into measurement. How do you measure the force. What are the units, etc.

8:04 pm

true, safety is an issue.

8:05 pm

we were tasked to measure something in school once, and not given standard units; we had to make our own.

8:05 pm

so we measured by the length of a classmate, laying flat on the floor.

8:05 pm

down to my last 8!

8:05 pm

at 5th grade, the kids will likely be ready to understand that how hard to push depends on the mass of something; I am working through how to help them discover the "speed" element (acceleration might be rough).

8:05 pm

go sue go!

8:06 pm

I am at 22, waiting for feather.

8:06 pm

The Mass Ave bridge between Cambridge and Boston is measured in smoots.

8:06 pm

po

8:06 pm

The smoot being the height of a certain MIT undergrad.

8:06 pm

I am considering doing something like that, jes. First to let them measure with anything, and then introduce the reason for SI when they try to compare their measurements.

8:06 pm

smoots????

8:07 pm

how long is a SMOOT?

8:07 pm

heh. i have 104 left!

8:07 pm

go jes go!!

8:07 pm

ok, getting the list early, at 73

8:07 pm

HA. I got a to 6 just by thinking about sound...

8:07 pm

It is 5 feet something. He was a short undergrad.

8:07 pm

21 feathery....

8:08 pm

clue for en 7 please

8:08 pm

that's just funny, wht!

8:08 pm

yes, smoot is famous in physics texts :-)

8:08 pm

en5 a anal waterbath + british goodbye

8:08 pm

IIRC the bridge is some number of smoots and an ear.

8:09 pm

hello ruru, what a great entry!

8:09 pm

are the am 5 and 6 related to the am4?

8:09 pm

smoot! the bridge to harvard is measured in smoots!

8:09 pm

The fraternity that did it refreshes the smoot marks every year.

8:09 pm

maybe too graphic of a clue..lol

8:09 pm

thanks, ruru

8:09 pm

I thought it was a harvard grad, wht, and he was very tall?

8:09 pm

second al6 please?

8:09 pm

Actually, the bridge goes to MIT.

8:09 pm

I thought smoots were cereal

8:09 pm

yes, that is what we are discussing, I think...

8:09 pm

just what I was thinking, wht! :-)

8:10 pm

al 6 ... nearly there feather

8:10 pm

I thought they were small blue gnome-like critters, actually...

8:10 pm

sheesh, slap me with a cod.

8:10 pm

brb Mother's home!

8:10 pm

*whack*

8:10 pm

am 5 and 6??

8:10 pm

whoops - you are right, wht, and I am a doof. MIT it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot

8:11 pm

am + the last half of concrete

8:11 pm

thanks ru!

8:11 pm

didn't want you to flounder

8:11 pm

thx, ruru!

i thought "meme" is a word

8:11 pm

grooooaaaan, you know how much i love your puns! :P

8:12 pm

it is, TO, just not here :-)

8:12 pm

I had to do it feather ..just for the halibut

8:12 pm

this grid is hard

8:12 pm

hell of it.. sorry

ty

8:13 pm

careful, or i'm going to go find the biggest, most frozen fish i can get, and smack you upside the head with it!

8:13 pm

ruru, admit that the puns are the sole reason you are here.

8:13 pm

lol

8:13 pm

ok, now how about the hy5?

8:14 pm

<--- is turbot charged

8:14 pm

hy + not daughter

8:14 pm

clue for en 7 please

8:14 pm

thanks, wht

8:14 pm

thx, wht - I would have monkeyed all night for that one!

8:15 pm

ruru is having a whale of a time

8:15 pm

hi everyone!

8:15 pm

hi, lbd!

8:15 pm

you guys are just being shellfish!

8:15 pm

Hi lbd

8:15 pm

hi dawg! run, run while you can!

8:15 pm

hi lbd

8:15 pm

don't get crabby trif.

8:16 pm

en7 en5 + stigma**,

8:16 pm

hi UU, wht, weed, boo!

8:16 pm

I will clam up now.

en 5 pls?

8:17 pm

Anyway. I need to be off. Happy Babbling and remember that Google maps takes smoots as a unit of measure.

nm

8:17 pm

rectal laxative, TO

night wht

8:17 pm

night, wht

8:17 pm

lo6?

8:18 pm

must be off - night all :)

8:18 pm

lo + is it a require**** to be fishy tonight?

8:18 pm

night, angela

8:18 pm

thanks!

night angela

8:19 pm

ugh. just hit a wall mentally. i think i need food! brb.

8:19 pm

fireworks!!!! (should have found the first two vo's sooner, considering, but hey!)

8:19 pm

i'm enjoying a mud pie

8:19 pm

fa5 please

8:19 pm

whoooo hoooo UU!!

yay sue!

8:20 pm

fa5, deadly

8:20 pm

yay uusue2!

is the u word a up word?

8:20 pm

YAY sue!!!

8:20 pm

up4/5

8:20 pm

on4 up4 a time

8:20 pm

preposition, TO

8:20 pm

hi stiddy, hi kje

thanks, kje!

hi all, and my phantom is falafel

oh, and wtg sue !!!! ~~~~ !!!!

8:21 pm

mmmmmm - tasty phantom

8:21 pm

hi book

8:21 pm

good one, gwen!

8:21 pm

So Mother's contribution to our conversation was to suggest asking the students how a car knows to switch from miles to kilometers when going from the U.S. to Canada... *wicked mama teacher grin*

8:22 pm

that is evil, stiddy! lol

8:22 pm

*grin* I know! It's a perfect "bonus" question though...

i'm thinking of upgrading my icon to a picture the "new" dalek. i hear some fans don't like 'em LOL

8:23 pm

Do you give extra credit if the answer makes you laugh?

8:23 pm

how are classes going, stid?

8:24 pm

evening all

8:24 pm

hi dan, hi jes

ps, 5/12 help please

8:24 pm

well, I spent ALL day working on the master's paper. I have the length down far enough, need to tighten up the citations and get the references pulled together properly. Mother will help me this weekend with minor editing and revisions, and then I will spend some time planning the 10 minute presentation I have to give.

8:24 pm

howdy, dawg

8:25 pm

hey dan! I don't have that yet flashman

8:25 pm

ps+ three vowels, flash

8:25 pm

ps + a bunch of vowes

8:25 pm

vowels, even

8:25 pm

thanks LBD!

8:26 pm

what's the paper on, stid?

thank you!!

8:26 pm

I have two weeks to finish polishing the paper, and almost three to have the presentation ready. And of course several other tasks to complete for the quarter.

8:26 pm

I hate the paper topic. It's about how access to technology affects digital literacy and thus academic use.

ponte not accepted. enable needs to get so4 fasion sense.

fashion sense

8:27 pm

ahhh, well there are some aspects to that topic that would be relevent for people with learning disabilities, such as the talking software.

8:27 pm

hey, stid, my car switches from miles to kilometers with the push of a button :-)

8:28 pm

true, TO. I was thinking a nice crisp look with line and silk?

hmm.ponte with linen and silk...

8:29 pm

except that isn't what I explored -- it's about how out-of-school access and experience affect instructional considerations in the classroom; do I need to teach students how to do internet research, or can I assign the research and spend class time talking about expository writing?

8:29 pm

that's pretty cool, sue! old-fashioned mechanical odometers can't do that.

8:30 pm

15 now feather... where are you? *looks back to find feather*

8:31 pm

got the last A word. 14.

8:31 pm

back! just had a snack, ready to go again. 53 left.

are the 8s plurals?

8:31 pm

go feather go!

8:32 pm

one plural, one adjectival

ty

8:32 pm

me7/8 combo?

8:32 pm

a remembrance, feather and plural

8:33 pm

me7 - a toke you keep to remember somethig

8:33 pm

little things you like to keep feather

it is chilly in here,in the 50s here and heat won't turn on

8:33 pm

toke?

8:33 pm

ty

8:33 pm

8 left, getting tired, gotta finish to get to bed (Tomorrow's another 5:30 A Morning)

8:33 pm

I never remember anything when I toke

8:33 pm

well, kje is talking to WEED! lol

8:33 pm

yeah, you kow... that joint you keep to remember the good old days - LOL

8:33 pm

thanks for the mes

8:34 pm

LOL kje

8:34 pm

go nef!

8:34 pm

hey, yall :)

hey seain

8:34 pm

lol, didn't see your clue kje, good one!

8:34 pm

hey seain

8:34 pm

hi dc

8:34 pm

hi seain

8:34 pm

yes, the sticky N strikes again

8:34 pm

hi, TO, stid, feather, kje, dawg, ruru, nef, et al

8:35 pm

okay, eating chili with cornbread tom just made. you have time to catch up, feather... LOL

8:35 pm

hey hey, the (older) gang's all here!

8:35 pm

hi, seain!

8:35 pm

hi, uusue

8:35 pm

*speak for yourself weed*

8:35 pm

ma 4/5 is my favorite word especially when added to chocolate and ice cream

8:35 pm

I'm ot old!

8:35 pm

not chronologically, just old school

8:35 pm

are you calling us OLD, feather? Or senior members in the game?

8:36 pm

i've only been playing for 5.5 years :)

8:36 pm

crap, shuttign my mouth while the shutting's good!

8:36 pm

jeezus Kje is babble aarp

8:36 pm

i'm getting over cold, have no appetite and can't bring myself to eat anything

8:36 pm

coming up on 5 years in a couple of months for me

8:36 pm

feel better, seain!

8:36 pm

lost track of my months

8:37 pm

i had to click to check

8:37 pm

I am about 2.5-3 years

8:37 pm

Oh, i'll be arriving in Seattle 14 Apr, SFO after SEA, with a night or two in PDX between SEA and SFO

8:37 pm

just drink lots of broth and honey lemon tea, seain

8:37 pm

hey!!! today is my anniversary!!!!

8:38 pm

oooh, broth. that would be good. there is bullion. and cocoa

8:38 pm

Happy Anniversary, kje!!!

8:38 pm

wahooo! happy anniversary to you kje!

8:38 pm

Happy Anniversary, kje!

8:38 pm

so it is, kje :)

8:38 pm

47?.. jeezus that's old

8:38 pm

happy anniversary kje

8:38 pm

happy anniversary :)

8:38 pm

february 17, 2008!

8:38 pm

cocoa isn't as good as tea or broth, seain

happy anniversary to you...happy anniversary to you

8:38 pm

i know :)

8:39 pm

pops the champagne cork for kje

8:39 pm

i would like some sugar. maybe a mexican coke.

happy happy kje (and grrrr, no points for urps!)

8:39 pm

that would be bad for your sinuses dc

8:39 pm

ot as old as YOU ru.... just keep that i mid, old man

8:40 pm

dairy is uber-bad for me, and i've been using my neti pot religiously and sleeping and staying hydrated

8:40 pm

I asm aging gracefully thank you

8:40 pm

sounds very noble of you, seain :-)

8:40 pm

oh nice, i can use babble when i forget how old i am! lol. i always am off by a year. i blame doug.

8:40 pm

happy annual verse ary kje

8:40 pm

feel better, dc!

8:41 pm

Doug gets blamed for a lot I bet

8:41 pm

yup, he's handy that way. ;)

8:41 pm

back.... I hope you recover soon, seain. It's rotten to be just under the weather.

8:41 pm

that's my middle name

8:41 pm

actually, his birthday is a week before mine. however, he is a year older than me. so half the time, i think i'm his age.

8:41 pm

sending DC some homemade miso soup. japanese penecillin

8:41 pm

that's good to know, seain. (I've never been brave enough to use a neti pot; can't stand water up my nose! But I use the nasal spray like crazy when I have a cold too)

8:42 pm

3 years to the day since I joined babble while lying i bed with my ankle elevated and feeling sorry for myself ; )

8:42 pm

I am five babble years old in about a month...

i am stalled here :(

8:42 pm

happy anniversary kje - so glad you found us!

8:42 pm

whatcha need, TO?

8:42 pm

and then you met me!

8:42 pm

I am tipsy - just got home from happy hour at Nobu

8:42 pm

i LOVE my neti pot. i hate my sinuses, but love my neti

8:42 pm

go TO go!!! *holds choclit carrot just beyond TO's mule's nose*

36 clues!

8:43 pm

kje, what happened to your ankle?

stid are you saying i have a nose like a mule! o,O

8:43 pm

I did meet you weed! ad you were worth the price ! ; )

8:43 pm

awww, yay! a compliment from kje! gonna write it down!

8:43 pm

they amputated the ankle and it stopped hurting... *wicked mama look*

8:43 pm

....waitaminnit.....what price???

8:43 pm

trimalleolar fracture, nef - not pretty

8:43 pm

um... not exactly, TO...

8:44 pm

the price of babble

*wicked owl look*

8:44 pm

ah, ok then!

8:44 pm

OUCH! How the heck did you do that?

8:44 pm

ok, so i totally cannot concentrate enough to find the ne5/12. help?

8:44 pm

<--not as cheap as weed

8:44 pm

clue for me 5/12

8:45 pm

plural boo

8:45 pm

ru - you were worth it too... as trying as you can be at times

babbled with to4/5

8:45 pm

ne + not bottom, weed

8:45 pm

ne + on *** of old smoky...

8:46 pm

ahhhh, ty!

oops - time to get ready for bed, then see if i ant to finish

8:46 pm

and its plural, feather...

8:46 pm

see you soon TO (you know you want to finish... ) *dangles even bigger choclit carrot*

8:46 pm

aha, almost all the P words i'm missing are PO.

8:46 pm

are you having surgery; or did you already kje?

8:47 pm

still stuck at 14....

8:47 pm

nef - I broke it dec 31 dec 2007, OR jan 1, 2008 - all better now

8:47 pm

down to a whopping 37

8:48 pm

nothing like that to keep you po'd, right feather? :-)

8:48 pm

Trying?

8:48 pm

lol uusue

8:48 pm

OR = operating room - sorry for the abbreviation

8:48 pm

okoay, kje. Is that how you found Babble?

i have vo4/7 x 2 - missing?

8:48 pm

YES TRYING!!!

8:48 pm

go feather go!

8:48 pm

just rummaging around in dad's kitchen - a person could get fat here!

8:49 pm

vo5.16, TO

8:49 pm

lol, i figured it was just new year's eve, you were drunk, and don't know the exact time you broke it

8:49 pm

yes, that is how I found babble

8:49 pm

kje has a trimandibular fracture in her pinky figner. which is why she is struggling to type today... *wicked mama look*

8:49 pm

TO, one is a unit of electrical potential, the other is your civic duty

8:49 pm

TO, get out the vo**

8:49 pm

did you find the choclit stash sue? gonna share???

8:49 pm

vo5/16 - add a vowel to the shock

ty. i have those two

8:50 pm

Evening all.

time to change, bbs

8:50 pm

hi peach

8:50 pm

chocolate-covered cherries, stid, and you'd better come quick if you want some :-)

8:50 pm

mandible is i the jaw - so that would indeed be interesting in the finger, stid - LOL

8:50 pm

May I please have a clue for po6-24? Thanks

8:50 pm

(yes, I know, that's why I said it... ) *grumble*

8:50 pm

nice that you have some "decent" food there, uusue! :-)

8:50 pm

clue for me 7

8:51 pm

mmmphioh (what choclit cherries sue?)

po6 = marijuana + a bunch of guys

8:51 pm

my typing is due to 1) a sticky n, 2) vodka

8:51 pm

po6.24 kettle + males

8:51 pm

chog's going too fast for me!

8:51 pm

the ones on the counter at my dad's house (which is where I am for the next couple of weeks)

8:51 pm

thanks, dawg

8:51 pm

Thanks much, Book and lbdawger.

8:51 pm

the other po 6 is irish homebrew I think

8:52 pm

me7, souvenir or token of rememberance

8:52 pm

12 now...

8:52 pm

go stid go

8:53 pm

26

8:53 pm

git 'r dun, stid

8:53 pm

won't win, but want to catch up!

8:54 pm

bones is on soon, so i'm logging off for the evening. see you all tomorrow. early whooo hooo's for all!

8:54 pm

16, HA

8:54 pm

Po7-44 please....thanks

8:54 pm

night dawg!

8:54 pm

sweet dreams LBD ((hugs))

8:54 pm

night, lbd!

8:54 pm

night, lbd!

8:54 pm

the "octane" rating for alcohol, peach

8:55 pm

or for drugs, I suppose

8:55 pm

4 left

8:55 pm

po7.44, strength. as in the hootch had a po7 of a mules kick

8:55 pm

poof

8:55 pm

go nef go!

8:55 pm

Thanks much, stidmama and lbdawger.

8:56 pm

8

8:56 pm

NO WAY!!!!! did you list?

8:56 pm

I am stuck at 12...

8:56 pm

lol, yep, ages ago. i announced it too!

8:57 pm

piffle. LISTING!

8:57 pm

LMAO!

8:58 pm

10. HY 5 please? *grumble*

8:58 pm

sy5/18? this one stumped me

8:58 pm

8 now

8:58 pm

feather, did you list while stid was eating? I can't imagine there is any other reason she missed that

8:58 pm

hi stidkid could also be hy***

8:59 pm

maple sy5

8:59 pm

dunno nef, maybe? i thought she was here though.

8:59 pm

if you have the 1st sy4; add a vowel to it

8:59 pm

ah, ty!

8:59 pm

hands pancakes to feather

8:59 pm

not meaning to waffle about it

8:59 pm

4

9:00 pm

nope. not getting the HY 5

9:00 pm

my three hy5s LOL

9:00 pm

stidkid is your........

9:00 pm

hy + not daughter

9:00 pm

2

9:00 pm

thanks feather and seain

9:00 pm

4

9:00 pm

1

9:01 pm

3

9:01 pm

0

9:01 pm

go weed go

9:01 pm

woo hoo ruru

9:01 pm

i'm trying to not ask for a clue for my last one

9:01 pm

2

9:01 pm

hush ru hush

9:01 pm

1

9:02 pm

got it! fireworks!

9:02 pm

1

9:02 pm

did ru reallly just go out or is he harrassig weed?

9:02 pm

YAY feather. one

9:02 pm

YAY ruru

9:02 pm

harassing

9:02 pm

2

9:02 pm

WWWWWWOOOOOOHHHHOOOOOO WEEEEEED!!!!

9:02 pm

gah. to 6 was last

9:02 pm

Congrats, feather!!

9:02 pm

:D

9:02 pm

Fireworks for me too. Last word was to6

9:02 pm

2.5

9:03 pm

yay nef!!!!

9:03 pm

TRYING

9:03 pm

oh well, a good race

9:03 pm

YAY Nef!

9:03 pm

that was my last one too!

9:03 pm

wooohoooooooo nef!!!

9:03 pm

YAY, feather and stid! WTG!!!

9:03 pm

yay nef! yay stid!

9:03 pm

woooohoooo stid!!!!

9:03 pm

well we are practically twins... LOL except you are younger and prettier and your boys are WAY better behaved.

9:03 pm

I was hung up forever on those dang T's!

9:03 pm

and stid!!!!

9:04 pm

wait? are you referring to weed's boys?

9:04 pm

LOL! nahhhh, have you heard my nick stories?

9:04 pm

the one who chew his toeails????

9:04 pm

shush kje!

9:04 pm

that is a low bar!

9:04 pm

LOL feather and kje!

9:04 pm

LOL

9:05 pm

kje's gotten to skype with nick even, she knows the truth!

hurshy is in the grid!!!

9:05 pm

ick is a cutie patootie!

9:06 pm

he's a cheezebawl! and he knows it!

9:06 pm

nick... not ick!

9:06 pm

he's taken lately to asking for something he really wants, but thinks i might say no to, such as chocolate at 6am, and putting a huge cheesy grin on his face after asking. so freaking hard to resist laughing!

9:06 pm

but a cute chee baw!

9:07 pm

rofl too cute, feather!

9:07 pm

he's the one we'll hear stories about in high school. nothing bad, but nothing innocent either!

9:07 pm

that kid is trouble

9:07 pm

mine just grumble and roll their eyes at me and act peevish when I request they take out the garbage...

9:07 pm

yup

9:08 pm

too charming for his own good

9:08 pm

sounds about right for the age

9:08 pm

think of what weed will save in pedicures for the kids

9:08 pm

i tell you, i HATE trimming his toenails. i'm frankly glad he's found his own solution!

9:08 pm

lol ru - now if she could just get nick to chew daniel's toeails too!

9:09 pm

ok, all, I am too tired to stay up - see you all tomorrow!

9:09 pm

and NOW he accuses me of being selfish with my computer because I was babbling after working on the STUPID master's paper for over ten hours today!!!!!

9:09 pm

sweet dreams sue.

9:09 pm

g sue

9:09 pm

oh, we've been there kje! daniel used clippers, set the trimmings on the table. nick walks up. guess what he does?

9:09 pm

noooooooooooooooo!

9:09 pm

*covers ears...LALALALALALa*

9:09 pm

oh no!!! roflmao

9:09 pm

i did draw the line at chewing OTHER people's toenail clippings.

9:09 pm

LOL!

9:10 pm

wait. you're talking about nick, not ruru right? *confused mama look*

9:10 pm

somewhere in New York Rex Ryan is getting excited

9:10 pm

he was like "whaaaat?"

9:10 pm

I LOVE nick - he is too funny

9:10 pm

who is rex ryan?

9:11 pm

I don't eat toenails stid

9:11 pm

I am going to go do the reading for tomorrow. Otherwise, I think I am done with homework.

9:11 pm

lol ru

9:11 pm

oh get with it feather .. ask DOug

9:11 pm

that's good ruru, because for the life of me I can't figure out which wine to serve if you do!! *wicked mama look*

9:12 pm

toenail and wine pairing ..ewwwwwww

9:12 pm

doug's giving me a clueless face and a "huh?"

9:12 pm

done for today that is... *sigh* It was a mistake to go back to school I fear..... *grins at ruru*

9:12 pm

oh jeezus.. come on Doug

9:12 pm

i am eating real bonafide popcorn cooked on a stove with oil and salt - so f'n good compared to microwave packages!

9:12 pm

lol, sorry ruru!

9:13 pm

(weed, I do't know who that is either)

9:13 pm

would you say that daniel is a good little foot soldier weed?

9:13 pm

is this a football coach? just googled.

9:13 pm

yes.. she's getting warmer

9:13 pm

lol

9:13 pm

oka. I am outta here. see you-all again soon I hope. and thanks for the race feather, even though you cheated... *hugs for feather* *choclits for everyone* *poof*

9:14 pm

g stid!

9:14 pm

doug's not a huge sports guy, apparently doesn't know rex.

9:14 pm

night stid!

9:14 pm

*disappointed in doug now*

9:14 pm

wow, doug just moved up in my book!

9:15 pm

bbl.. thanks for the laughs.

9:15 pm

bye ruru!

9:15 pm

gn rururocket

9:15 pm

lol, doug moved up in one book, down in the other. he comes out even!

af 6 clue pls?

9:16 pm

on fire, TO

9:16 pm

going to go check on scrabble and quote puzzler. bye!

ty! :)

9:17 pm

g weedio

9:17 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

9:18 pm

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

9:19 pm

hello min!

9:19 pm

(kje, yahoo)

9:19 pm

Hello, Minveryork. I am fine. How is your onion?

hi min!

9:20 pm

k

9:23 pm

How's my onion?Ok,I guess.How is yours BabbleRabble

9:23 pm

Here is a rhyme I just made up: I hate double negatives, I really do! They’re wrong to say for me and you. A double negative is not good English. They should go away, I really do wish. Every time I hear one, I want to scream. It isn’t proper grammar, do you know what I mean? So please people, don’t use them anymore. Kick those double negatives out the door!

9:24 pm

cute min!

hello, br.

9:25 pm

I am not babbling tonight so I am useless. Signing off.

9:25 pm

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

good night, min!

po7/32 pls?

9:30 pm

ends in adolescent temple

9:31 pm

lol i hate double negatives as well...yea...right! lol

9:31 pm

a case where 2 posatives are indeed a negative

ty, do you have the 7/44?

ty and good night all!

9:52 pm

this grid is failing to enthrall me

9:52 pm

back again

9:53 pm

howdy jes;))

9:53 pm

how goes, crossy?

9:53 pm

it goes,a fine case of going with the flow

9:54 pm

good, good. you need a cute little dog to keep you company, right? :D

9:55 pm

lol,we are cat people and have 2 rescue litty cats

9:55 pm

she gets along with cats too

9:55 pm

lol,i do not need your dog;) sorry

9:56 pm

yah. me either... i am getting frustrated with how long it's been and nobody has had any interest in her

9:59 pm

how many puppies you trying to find an home for?

9:59 pm

just the one. same one i've had since Thanksgiving.

9:59 pm

I don't have a kennel, i just foster individuals in home...

10:00 pm

lol,not a puppy anymore

10:00 pm

no, she's a senior

10:00 pm

probably 9 years old or so

10:00 pm

everybody wants puppies though :(

10:01 pm

hard to find a homre at that age,it is the age when things start to go wrong and vet bills get expensive

10:01 pm

yeah, but i've already DONE the expensive stuff. now she just needs a house.

10:01 pm

here,just x-rays and blood work is 400 dollars

10:02 pm

what breed?

10:02 pm

beagle/lab. 30 pounds, yellow with white feet.

10:03 pm

i've done blood work on her, and a dental cleaning and extracted 2 fractured teeth. vaccinated and microchipped.

10:03 pm

lab= bad hips + hip displaysia=$$$ [ast 10 years of age and the max expeted is 14

10:03 pm

will be a hard sell i am afraid

10:04 pm

she's only half the size of a lab, mixed breeds live longer, hip problems and other arthritis issues tend to be worst in bigger dogs and overweight dogs--she's not really high profile for that

10:04 pm

i love labs,but they are renouned for bad hips

10:04 pm

ahh

10:05 pm

i hope myou find a lifetime home for her

10:05 pm

and she doesn't have the beagle personality things either... she will not leave the yard, apparently got none of that hound-dog desire to see the next county over.

10:05 pm

yes,beagles =ear infections up the wazoo

10:05 pm

labs too. but hers are clean.

10:06 pm

and the hound dog yowling...

10:06 pm

'course, i haven't taken her swimming, either.

10:06 pm

dougs are a tough thing,have to be a perfect mach to her human

10:06 pm

barks when she wants out to pee. have heard no howling at all.

10:08 pm

i had a cock-a-poo, smart as a whip..picked up a parasite off the dew mon the morning grass in our fields..killed her in the end

10:08 pm

so you have a vacancy for a dog :D

10:08 pm

massive infections..was not good at all

10:08 pm

sounds no fun

10:09 pm

lol,good try jess,we are a cat family now

10:09 pm

hi again.

10:09 pm

howdy nef

10:10 pm

lolo, and besides,with shipping a pet over the border and quarrantine..thing would be full of kennel cough and flleas..i will stick with cats for now

10:11 pm

don't have to quarantine to get from US to canada, just a health certificate. and i know a vet that could write one of those. :)

10:11 pm

crossy, the dog we have now is a schiz-poo (or however it's spelled) We got him when he was 8; we've had him for 4 years now. He was on his way to being put down because of bad behavior and previous owner had no time for him. He's really been a nice dog for us. Dumber than dirt, cute as can be (has always gotten by on his looks); but it's nice not dealing with puppies

10:11 pm

i love your fevour,but no thank you

10:12 pm

well i have an early day tomorrow,so goodnight all and happy babbling

10:12 pm

poof!

10:12 pm

nite!

10:13 pm

sleep sweet

10:13 pm

I take it no one else feels the way we do, jes?

10:13 pm

nah, crossy's got rescues too.

10:14 pm

he just doesn't want THIS rescue...

10:14 pm

seems that nobody does, though.

10:15 pm

does this dog have problems? I'm allergic to animals that shed; this dog doesn't shed (but our daughter's cat does; and she lives here now

10:15 pm

she's old, is really her only problem.

10:15 pm

nobody wants to adopt an older dog, they all want pups.

10:15 pm

6 years?

10:16 pm

probably 9 ish. guessing; she was a sheriff's impound, so we don't have any history on her.

10:16 pm

ahh. Well, we knew that J.C. was 8 when we got him

10:17 pm

but she walks well on a leash, likes car rides (and does not crawl into your lap or try to steal food off the front seat), gets along with dogs and cats, doesn't chase horses, loves to follow the tractor around.

10:17 pm

is obviously a dog someone's trained and put time into

10:18 pm

poor dog

10:18 pm

she looks sad

10:18 pm

but nobody came to claim her. it's a dirty shame. but i don't need another permanent dog (i already have 2) and as long as i have her, i can't bring home other fosters.

10:19 pm

just don't have the space...

10:19 pm

she'd be great for an older person. Have you thought about having her in a nursing home (a therapy pet?)

10:20 pm

the nursing home here already has 2 cats and 4 budgies... they allow dogs to visit, but don't want any permanent ones.

10:20 pm

really? Wow. Most of the nursing homes here have a dog or 2 on staff too

10:21 pm

we're a pretty small town. there's only one person there who has to organize and be responsible for the home's pets and all the visiting pets.

10:22 pm

have you asked at any other nursing home or rehab centers? Dogs seem to encourage the elderly to be more active

10:23 pm

i haven't, but there aren't any others very nearby... guess i could just cold-call some down in spokie.

10:23 pm

oh, my! I was in bed; got up to check something and got back online "for just a minute!" Now look at the time!

10:24 pm

hah! sorry, didn't mean to drag you away from your pillow

10:25 pm

if she's a gentle dog, she might do well there. But I do need to get to bedbecause I've got to be up in 7 hours.

10:25 pm

Good Night, jes. Good luck!

10:25 pm

go sleep! good dreams

10:41 pm

rh6,27?

11:09 pm

May I please have a clue for po5-14? Thanks

11:09 pm

p+o4 word

11:10 pm

jump on something playfully, missing a vowel from the middle

11:10 pm

Thanks much, jesdraggon.

11:11 pm

do you have the rh6?

11:11 pm

Yes, thanks, jes.

11:12 pm

could you clue it? :D

11:12 pm

nm, monkeys found it

11:14 pm

Oh, sorry, jes, looked away for a minute.....sorry.

I'd take the rh6 if you're offering...

11:17 pm

rh + sometimes vowel + weight.

11:17 pm

augh. how to clue it, because it makes no sense...

11:17 pm

it's a greek drinking horn

11:18 pm

yeah, what gapeach said

11:18 pm

It's a new one to me too. lol

11:20 pm

gonna go make a cup of cocoa. back to clue more if you need in a few :)

11:21 pm

Make one for me too, please...Sounds good.

11:21 pm

May I please have a clue for cy5-16? Thanks

11:21 pm

NM, found it.

thanks!

11:22 pm

yw

11:23 pm

st5-10 the 1st and to6-21 to finish please....thanks

11:25 pm

found the st-5....need only the to6-21...thanks

11:25 pm

back.

11:25 pm

to4 meaning sound + personal pronoun

11:26 pm

NM.... fireworks. Thanks for all the help. See y'all at the flip.

11:26 pm

Oh, yes, thanks, jesdraggon.

11:29 pm

welcome

11:29 pm

Oh, jesdraggon, I just read your profile.....I admire you so much. I have two lovely little "rescued" dogs. Wish there were more people in the world to help these and other wonderful animals.

11:32 pm

need a third? I've had Holly since Thanksgiving and am getting really frustrated with trying to find her a home. nobody has expressed interest at all...

11:35 pm

Wish I could, jes, I'm in a wheelchair now and taking care of these two are all I can adequately care for (I have a neighbor who does the scooping for me). Where in the country do you live, if I may ask?

11:35 pm

washington state

11:35 pm

far far away from georgia...

11:36 pm

Yes, 'tis. Are there any Humane Societies there? Or close by?

11:36 pm

bout 50 miles away, and they don't take animals from out of county (which i am)

11:39 pm

Drats! You know, jes, it may be that she is supposed to be with you at this time.....at least I've found that to be true for me. Just keep on doing what you're doing and see what happens.

11:43 pm

the problem is, i already have 2 permanent dogs (and 4 cats) so while i have her, i can't bring home other fosters... no time/space. so until she gets adopted out, i can't take on other critters that need more immediate help.

11:43 pm

she's all up on everything she needs now, except a home...

11:45 pm

Remember when I said I was going to bed? (OK, me neither). I lied. I am still up, not easy to sleep in a strange place (even if it is my dad's house). Put my dad's story in my profile in case anyone is interested.

11:45 pm

Have you tried putting her picture in Vet offices and even grocery or drug stores....anything to get the word....maybe a mailman...will try to think of more ideas.

11:46 pm

she's on petfinder, adoptapet, her picture is posted at the clinic where i work, and she spent last saturday at PetSmart for an adoption event.

11:46 pm

i've been talking to anybody that'll listen about her since December...

11:47 pm

jes, I wish I could help! But we already have two rescue cats (who hate each other) and a rescue dog (who doesn't get along with other dogs much); I think one more dog would create a black hole or something. I do wish you luck, and if I think of anyone that I know in WA I will certainly tell them about Holly!

11:49 pm

thanks, uusue

11:49 pm

You've certainly covered all the bases that come to my mind right away, though!

11:49 pm

sorry you can't sleep

11:50 pm

yah, eventually I will :-)

11:51 pm

uusue2, I read your profile. You certainly do have your hands full right now.....tough making those decisions. (lovely picture, house and all). I'll keep you and your family in my prayers.

11:52 pm

talking about divorce over health issues? that's rough.

11:53 pm

Jes, just keep on loving her and things will work out, I don't claim to know how but they do. You and your family (human or other animals) will be in my prayers too.

11:54 pm

thanks, ga

11:59 pm

thx, ga and jes. It's tough all around; my stepmom is failing, and is exhausted. I am hoping that once she gets some rest, and is in a place where someone is taking care of her, that she will come around. But still, she wants to be with her children, and my dad doesn't, so I don't know that they'll get back together again. We'll just have to see.

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