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12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

Pini wins

12:00 am

* flip *

12:00 am

<-- closest without going over! I win!!!! LOL

12:00 am

flip.. at least it isnt 72

flip and hi all!

12:01 am

or 27

si 7

12:01 am

hi dee

ooops meant si 6

12:01 am

true mlf true

hi pini

hi and nbt

12:01 am

is that possible josh?

if you time it well enough, yes

12:02 am

hey josh!

12:02 am

fair enough :)

hi josh

Clues are up

12:03 am

thx lickety

12:03 am

Yay Lickety!!! Thank you!

12:03 am

flip!

12:03 am

okay, took care of that...

us 6

12:04 am

dee is that us 5/6?

12:05 am

need 2 for nbt

yes cos

12:06 am

stats for the T onthe first column please?

12:06 am

yup that's one of them

tu4

12:06 am

got it thanks

12:06 am

NBT

12:07 am

thanks

12:07 am

now I jjust need that top I

12:07 am

top center I for NBT

12:07 am

ditto m9

i have is5/6 but there are two others

12:07 am

is 5 and is6 is what i have

12:07 am

thx josh...nbt

12:07 am

i need a 7 josh? :)

st7

12:08 am

nbt

12:08 am

thanks

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thanks

12:08 am

lickety's is upp

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go everyone go!

12:08 am

got it.. nbs

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NBS ;)

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(thx josh)

12:09 am

nbt

12:10 am

nbs

nbt

12:11 am

NBT!

12:12 am

phantom diesel

12:14 am

1/2-way

12:14 am

psta hlfaway, eyse corssed, gah. (((hugs and choilits) p*oof*

12:14 am

there's that goofy mi6/7

12:14 am

night stid

12:15 am

great now im gonna be looking for that mi6\7 :)

12:15 am

to consume incorrectly :-)

12:15 am

same here, cos

12:16 am

thanks :) lol

12:16 am

thx une

12:16 am

:-D

12:16 am

over 1/2way

12:16 am

90 found and off to bed *poof*

12:17 am

so I could list now.. but gonna go be with my honey instead!

12:17 am

98

12:17 am

ttfn

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well done, une...sleep well

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hi ru

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night m9 ;)

12:18 am

pe7! love 'em!

12:18 am

95 here

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thx une ;)

12:18 am

L

i was just going to mention to ruru's filthy mind that unfortunately the pe5 does not work as a past tense verb

12:18 am

L's done

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97, over and out

12:19 am

lol ty josh that helped

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ROFL

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108

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:0

12:19 am

<---has a clean mind.. and virginal thoughts

perhaps not in the way you're implying, ruru

12:21 am

...and, before it gets any deeper in here, going to call it a night...cya'll tmw! * poof *

amusing that both pe5 and we6/7 are in the grid today

12:23 am

what are you poking at josh?

le 6

im 6 and im 7

juuuuust saw the y in the corner

pe 7 x 2

fireworks

12:51 am

well done dee

ty may I help anyone before I leave?

12:54 am

I'm almost done dee

12:54 am

thanks anyway

go ru go!!!!

12:55 am

tw 5.18 # 1?

plural of tw 4/8

12:57 am

oh

12:57 am

duh

12:57 am

thanks dee

easy to miss... didn't realize it could be plural actually

12:59 am

done

12:59 am

thank you dee

yw & wtg!!

1:00 am

thanks

1:00 am

happy to wrap this one up with a bow.. big day tomorrow.

what's going on tomorrow? and how is your hand?

if eo6 is accepted, why isn't ae7

good question

1:06 am

lots of account calls and appointment

1:06 am

appointments

aww hope it is a productive day then. What did you find out about your hand?

1:08 am

I have a torn tendon.. and need to rest it for 6 weeks and get physical therapy

1:08 am

no surgery though.. that's good news

1:08 am

It's going to snow here within a day or two..

do you have to wear a brace? Soooo glad you don't have to have surgery; that is great news. did you tear it playing tennis?

1:10 am

yes a brace.. and I tore it playing tennis. I tend to hit the ball pretty hard

1:10 am

<--- gets excited hitting the ball

very cool!

1:11 am

did you hear my big ne4 dee

a good friend of ours is a tennis pro in Florida

1:11 am

I get to play tennis with Andre Agassi in the fall

1:11 am

at the Pro-Am at our club

1:12 am

how cool is that?

1:12 am

woohoo..done todays puzzle. have a good night yell

1:12 am

well done tommie ..

Amazing... how did you get that honor?

nite tommie wtg

1:13 am

thx

1:13 am

he's coming to the tournament.. and my tennis teacher is going to put me on his team to play doubles

1:13 am

I am so freaking excited I can't stand it

wow ru... definitely need to get your hand rested up and well!!!

1:14 am

He's one of my heros.. he is/was a really great,great player

I can imagine... truly great opportunity! When is the tournament?

1:14 am

10 left

1:15 am

are we cluing yet?

1:15 am

September .. I have to get better

1:15 am

not yet tijani.. only for me..

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lol

far enough off ... if you behave I bet you will be fine..

1:16 am

<---never behaves himself..

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ask haz

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lol

true, but I bet you will this time LOL

1:16 am

I am glad I don't need surgery that is all.

1:17 am

better head off to bed.. good night dee

That would be a HUGE relief. off topic... have you ever seen fawlty towers on TV.

1:17 am

hmm I don't think so

1:17 am

hi all

1:17 am

it was a comedy wasn't it?

1:17 am

fawlty towers is fab

1:17 am

hi cathy

1:17 am

snow

1:18 am

oops...sorry

British comedy... I've been watching it on netflix... cracking me up!

Hi cathy.

1:18 am

*points cathy to the PB*

1:18 am

... I'll check it out sometime...

1:18 am

I generally like british comedies.. they are way funnier than american ones

I think it is your kind of humor, and you'll die laughing

1:19 am

always forget when my cursor is in this box. lol

1:19 am

i think british humour is drier

John Cleese (not sure I spelled that correctly)

1:19 am

oh from MOnty python

I also like Keeping Up Appearances.

yes

1:20 am

he is very funny

1:20 am

He was here in Napa last summer

1:21 am

I never saw him... but everyone else in town did

He is brilliant.

1:21 am

okay.. I'm outta here.. good night dee thanks for the clue

yqw

*poofing with hugs*

1:24 am

2 left

1:25 am

i need the us5/6

1:32 am

us+labor union for teachers

1:35 am

*************FIREWORKS**************** *******

1:35 am

THANK YOU

1:35 am

yw

2:38 am

Good hopeful wishes for all Babblers who have friends and relatives in Christchurch NZ. C.

2:38 am

Bye all

3:11 am

b

3:40 am

Just missed you, scouser! Hi, all.

3:41 am

Hello Hydra. Very quiet here today!

3:42 am

It looks a tricky grid.

3:43 am

Its flowing well at the moment for me. (Surely the kiss of death, just saying that...)

3:43 am

I like the tips on your profile, Soodle!

3:43 am

:-)

3:47 am

Oops! Time for me to don my waterproofs and go to the chiropractor's. (Ouch) Back later.

3:47 am

Best of luck Hydra. Bye.

4:43 am

Morning/evening all or anyone!

Hey

4:44 am

Hiya herin, how goes the job?

4:44 am

Good morning everyone and good morning FMitch am at work so will be in and out of the grid:)

4:45 am

Hi jean :)

HI Jean. New job is good

How is things?

4:46 am

Glad to hear that herin.

4:47 am

Things are OK here and spring is just around the corner - or at least that is what I keep telling myself.

I don't feel we had a summer

4:48 am

Oh really, whys that?

4:51 am

FM!! Herin!

4:51 am

Ata!!!!!!!!! we are honoured :)

4:52 am

Not working?

ATAAAAAAAA

4:53 am

hi all

4:54 am

ay I clues?

4:54 am

Morning kje

KJEEeeeeeeeeee

4:55 am

i4/5

4:55 am

not that i!

4:56 am

sods law :(

4:56 am

oh... just saw them!

4:56 am

nm

Hallo Babblers

Hi Sally

5:00 am

Good morning Sally

yawn nearly bed time

5:01 am

Ata seems to have disappeared

Just put T on the train so happily sitting down to Babble. (Going to Billingshurst to visit his daughter FM, so wave if you see an elderly gent in a Rupert scarf!).

5:02 am

LOL - will keep an eye out :)

He'll be very surprised :-)

5:04 am

I can see the headlines now *Gent accosted by local accusing him of being Rupert*

You'll be safe, he can't run very fast - well, at all at the moment.

5:06 am

run, run? one does not run!

:-) Might make you glow, eh?

5:07 am

LOL yeah!

sniff

by darling b.f has banned me from watching the news

You have a cold, herin, or was that an expression of disgust?

5:07 am

*hands herin a tissue*

Why has he?

5:08 am

mi6?

FM, ever practical.

No that was a cat is on my head sniff

Because the news is too upsetting and he wants to protect me

Oh, sweet!

5:10 am

awe - I must say I limit the amount of news I watch during the day as it can just get too much.

Well Monday night I said to him that I felt something bad was going to happen and was rather upset.

5:11 am

mi6/21 = mi + cons + consume. (and pl it too)

Oh scary, herin. Mind you, something bad does happen every day somewhere in the world.

5:12 am

That's so weird...I was just looking at that wondering if it was a word...ty FMitch!

ty FM. I maintain there is no such thing as that word!

5:12 am

yw Champ!

5:13 am

Happy Wednesday, Babblers.. ty, FM, needed that one!

5:13 am

I may not have tried it...makes no sense to me etiher Sally!

HI Aloy.

5:13 am

yay all round, hope kje got it too.

5:13 am

Nice stopping point...just over halfway. BBL. Enjoy all!

5:14 am

Hello Aloy :)

Sally it was that feeling that something bad bad was going to happen. It was like the World was off kilter. Then there was that earthquack

5:14 am

hi herin , bye Champ, hello FM.. um, earthquack?

5:14 am

TY!

Yep Earthquake even

5:15 am

not to make light of a terrible thing..

5:15 am

The news is saying there are still at least 300 missing.

5:16 am

kje, you are up early or on you on a late late shift?

FM the police have said that CTV building is declared as 'gone'

5:16 am

:(

5:16 am

up early - woke up just before 4

Yes, it is a terrible thing. We have friends in NZ at present and not sure where they are.

Sally you can facebook a hey any idea

Don't think they are on FB herin. No, no idea at all. Travelling.

Just realised that several of you should be in the PB for the ne 4/8

Meh

5:20 am

Please may i have the number of letters for the lone `T`...Hello, All :-)

5:20 am

Oh poopy - I'll go and make sure the PB is stocked up then.

5:20 am

tu4/5

5:20 am

yesterday crossy was chatting about his pulled pork and a number of us joined in.. po4 was in the grid, so we all wound up in the PB

5:21 am

Thank you, Kje :-)

5:21 am

hi zooz

Hi Zoo.

Well, as long as he took the food in with him you were OK. His meals sound great!

5:21 am

yw

Ooooooo my kitty is sitting on my head. Well she is on the arm of the chair and she keeps making chew noises

5:21 am

Hope you are all well.

5:22 am

All his dieshes sound good, damn that man!

5:22 am

lol.. yes, FM, he was describing how he fixed it, made us all hungry

5:23 am

.. except for Kap who doesn't "do" pork

And hi zooz.

Going to bed soon. Must poke laundry before sleep though

5:23 am

do you still like your new job, herin?

Yes.

5:24 am

Morning zooz

5:24 am

yay, good to hear

Thanks

5:26 am

Thanks for the mi6&7 clue, FM :-)

5:26 am

what time is the "flip" for you, herin?

5pm

At work at that time.

5:27 am

ok, so there is an eight hour difference .. 1 am for me

5:27 am

should be asleep at that time, but..

5:27 am

6am for me.

I think so but I don't get much time to babble

5:28 am

FW!

5:28 am

wtg, kje!!!!

5:28 am

WTG, Kje!!

5:28 am

now back to bed to see if I can catch another hour or so

5:28 am

Congrats kje! I must be off for a while, TTFN.

5:29 am

Sweet dreams :-)

5:29 am

bye, FM.

Congrats kje, and bye FM.

5:29 am

bye, FM (-:

Bye FM

5:29 am

happy snoozing, kje

5:35 am

I have found 88 words and yet still no NBT..lol

5:35 am

nice to have Lickety today.. really is easier on the eyes and brain too

5:36 am

hi all

HI Carlee

5:36 am

hi herin

5:36 am

hi carlee

5:36 am

Not looked at list yet.

5:36 am

Hello, Carlee :-)

I have 72 and no NBT either, though I don't really try for that. See I have no U words yet, nor the E in the right column.

Duh! Just got two U words

5:37 am

see? always helps to ask!

5:37 am

( female sheep sally )

5:37 am

Ok sorry to keep asking for help..any stats for the top middle `i` please?

is 5/12 and past tense

5:38 am

im6/7 ,

5:38 am

ew4/8 Sally

5:38 am

paper hankie without first letter

Oh of course! Slap me with a fish zooz.

5:38 am

is5/6 and that does it

<smug> Have NBT now!

5:39 am

Many thanks, All..love you guys :-)

5:40 am

Oh bloody great, parents are here..helping sister to move..better go, Take care, All :-)

5:40 am

byebye zooz

:-) bye zooz.

5:40 am

bye, zooz.. don't strain your back

Night all

5:46 am

night herin

Night herin

5:46 am

sweet dreams, herin

Night night

5:49 am

off I go too.. happy babbling, all, byee

5:51 am

good afternoon all

5:52 am

nbt/nbs in 27

5:52 am

hi sprite

5:52 am

hi carlee :)

Hallo sprite!

5:53 am

hey Sally :)

5:54 am

hi Sprite and Sally & Carlee

Husband away so time to play :-)

5:54 am

hi lyn :)

5:55 am

hi lynxxx :)

5:55 am

( lynxxx..i found a new home :) and i adore it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )

Hi lynxxx

5:56 am

I am hiding in my room, lol. Got two teenagers acting up right after I got out of bed... too much to handle before coffee.

5:56 am

Hooray!!! though didn't realise you were even looking. Same town?

5:56 am

congratz, carlee

5:56 am

court ordered out cus of the renos we have to do...

5:57 am

i was ordered as of friday to TRY to be out by mar 1 but MUST be out by 30...and I am out on 15...same city

Worrying for you carlee. Similar rent?

5:58 am

AND I HAVE A WOOD FIREPLACE!!!!!!! is exactly what i wante..a little brick bungalow, fireplace nice sized yard 3 bedroom...1 bath...family room

5:58 am

2 weeks and new 'life' then - Lovely!

5:58 am

very happy for you!

Glad for you carlee.

5:59 am

dXh was sending me to townhouses...so 850 rent+ utilities... mind..remember i work for a criminal lawyer...so i KNOW where people live... and...this place is 820/month + utilities

5:59 am

Did your daughter end up moving to her dads Carlee? I was hoping she would have second thoughts

5:59 am

and...in fab neighbourhood...just next neighbourhood over :) am still 2 blocks from the lake

dXh? Guess dear ex-husband?

6:00 am

right now she is there...but keep in mind..am packingup the only home she knows..and having to move to a new place...

6:00 am

yes sally

I hope she comes back carlee.

Sounds as if you'll have room for her.

6:01 am

she will..i thinks he going to LOVe this house

6:01 am

its so darn sweet..hold on..will show u

And is it certainly yours now carlee?

6:03 am

crap..they have pulled the ad..yes..signed rental agreement yesterday and gave in first and last month

6:04 am

it was about time you got a break, carlee. Am so happy for you, you sound so wonderful about it.

Oh brilliant. That's wonderful.

6:04 am

i am so thrilled....$ will be tight fora bit..but... that is liveable...need to paint

Fresh start. Will daughter come to help you pack? You must have some of her things still?

6:05 am

yea..she will pack her stuff

6:05 am

and..IT has a working fireplace..i so want a snow storm on march 18

That will be interesting carlee. :-)

lol carlee. Be careful what you wish for :-)

6:06 am

a march storm..is never bad....snow doesnt stick around..i want to curl up on my sofa... with my cats..a glass of wine and a fire roaring )

Sounds bliss.

6:08 am

its a super quiet street... dead end..so anyone on the street is there to visit or coming home

6:08 am

oh oh...and hot water heat flooring :)

6:08 am

can u imagine my cats sprawled out on warm floor....they going to think they died and went to heaven :)

We have underfloor heating. I can recommend it! We have a log burner as well (just for the cats, you understand).

6:09 am

i am jsut..over the moon...

6:10 am

for first time in 3+ years... i feel like the black cloud is drifting away and i can just live :)

{{hugs}} carlee

6:11 am

{{{{carlee}}}} :D

6:11 am

( I feel so strange coming in here and having GOOD news..no mopey carlee )

6:13 am

This Christchurch disaster is being so closely covered here, lots of mobile phone pictures on news. All very grim with not a 'lot' of people being saved, some buildings are unable to be searched as they are very unstable. We get used to "third world' disasters but is very disconcerting to see it all happening in a city much like our own. Just awful.

6:13 am

its awful lynxxx....heartbreaking... and to such a pretty city...

Lots on the news here as well lynxxx. Horrifying film, makes you really feel what it must be like.

6:17 am

( and its horrid what is happening in libya )

6:19 am

he is a nutter, I can't believe he still has supporters!

6:20 am

supporters out of fear or on the take

6:20 am

no reposts coming that italy is helping him

6:20 am

reports*

6:22 am

now ther some reports* i mean..not totally confirmed..but...europe gets it oil from libya...

6:24 am

aljazeera covering the situation in NZ quite a bit too...

6:29 am

hello all

6:29 am

help pls with top middle i pls

6:30 am

is5/6 emited

6:30 am

most recent is5 of martha stewart living talks about getting rready for spring

6:30 am

a kind of dwarf + a single ***, and 3rd person singular.

6:31 am

ty carlee

6:31 am

thanks lyn and carlee

Hi peri, is5, the state will is*** your drivers liscense

6:31 am

and lyn

6:31 am

sprite, don't get your clue

6:31 am

ty nono

6:31 am

hi Nono

6:32 am

hi nono

morning everyone

6:32 am

im6.24 & 7. means to bet and rhymes with what a skeleton is made of

6:33 am

ty lyn, new words for me

6:33 am

nbt and nbs, bbs

6:33 am

Good night everyone

6:33 am

thanks lynxxx and good night hun :)

6:33 am

hi Nanette

6:34 am

sleep well, lyn :) xxx

night Lynxxx

guess I should change my valentine icon

6:40 am

it is a lovely heart, Nanette

thanks Sprite but it was for Valentines and thats past now on to my birhtstone

6:42 am

oh very beautiful!

6:43 am

can I steal the idea for an icon theme, nanette?

sure, no problem

6:46 am

12 Apr :)

it is bitter cold here this morning, -8 F

6:46 am

ouch that is very cold.

sure is, glad I dont have to go anywhere today

6:48 am

oh that is nice, a good day to cuddle up and do only pleasant things :)

well at least some of the things are pleasant :)

need to clean the living room to get it ready for new furniture

6:50 am

I have to get some groceries today, which I truly hate. But for the rest: a bit of laundry, give a piano lesson to my daughter, and making dinner. That is all for today!

6:51 am

hmzzz ok that asks for very thorough cleaning. *hug* But you will love it when the new furniture is in place!

thats not bad at all Sprite. And I agree on the groceries, not a chore I enjoy

yes I will! I have been looking for just the right items for a few years now and finally found something I really like

6:53 am

oh that is so good. It really takes patience to find what you truly like. My love and I searched for years for good lighting for the living room. Were so happy when we found it at last!

6:58 am

Afternoon all.

hello Michnick

6:59 am

I enjoy grocery shopping but then again I am only buying for one and can eat what I want when I want. Afternoon all :)

6:59 am

michnik, is it Purin yet?

6:59 am

Purim

FM That would certainly make it easier

6:59 am

Hi FM :) *hugs* I hate the stores. Too many people. And I hate having to make choices. Don't have the brain for that.

6:59 am

hi Mich, hi bichon

7:00 am

((spritey sprite))

7:00 am

Hi all, It is a leap year Bichon, which means an extra month. Purim is in 3 1/2 wks. (And my daughter's wedding is 16 days after that!!!)

Sprite, I do nearly all my grocery shopping online now. Bliss.

7:00 am

Hi sprite Nono

7:00 am

I actually love grocery shopping. Does that mean the rest of my life us too dull???

7:00 am

2011 is a leap year in the Jewish calendar

7:00 am

I'd love that, Sally! Too expensive still here, alas, but I hope in time we can do the same.

7:00 am

or make a list and stick to it - less hastle but keep an eye out for bargains.

7:01 am

It can't be too crowded, but I love the feeling of being able to provide for my family.

7:02 am

I love gettine groceries esp the heavy items delivere via the internet.

7:02 am

Can anyone clue the single T in the left column so I can back to my dull life with NBT?

Do they charge a lot for delivery then sprite? Here it is free on certain days if you spend more than a certain amount. I wait till I have a lot of shopping, make a list, go online, select, and sit back and wait for a nice man to bring it to the door!

7:02 am

Who do you shop with Sally? Not come across free deliver.

7:02 am

lol Mich, I'd say it means you are a much more stable person than I. As for the T: Tu + form of to be.

7:03 am

TO those who order on-line, Sally, Can you also order produce that way? I have ordered on line but produce always disappoints.

7:03 am

Sally, the delivery is not free, and the groceries are a lot more expensive than in stores.

7:03 am

Thanks Sprite.

nbt. and now coffee.

7:04 am

no blank coffee here, Kaplan. And hello.

7:04 am

Off for a bit to get something done. I have nothing to wear to the wedding.. ACK!

7:04 am

BBL

FM, I used to shop online with Tesco (and I am only talking about groceries here) because it was the only one available, but now Sainsbury's deliver here, which I much prefer. They are ordinary supermarket prices and sometimes special offers.

hello goodbye

One of the benefits is that I don't have to traipse up and down the aisles looking for something. If, say, I want pasta, the whole range comes up wherever it is in store.

7:06 am

I am prepared to pay up to £5 delivery charge when I do an online shop. Interesting Sally - I am a Tescos user, very rarely use Sainsburys.

7:06 am

I would like to shop at other stores but they are far and few between round here.

Sainsbury's is free if you spend over £100 and have delivery Tuesday, Wed, Thurs. Orders over £40 have variable delivery charges, depending on when you have delivery.

wish groceries stores around here had delivery service

I find it quick, and I don't buy on impulse. We are also 5 miles from Tesco, and over 20 miles from nearest Sainsbury. However, cannot get Ocado to deliver here yet :-(

You have to factor in petrol prices these days as well.

7:09 am

Ahh for 1 person spending £100 is an awful lot of food etc - thought it might be something like that.

But if you wait, and buy wine ...

7:10 am

lol

Under £40 there is a £6 delivery charge, and over that it is probably £3.50 if you can be flexible about times.

7:12 am

am finding this a strange grid. First brick wall after only 40 words for me, and not much of a second wind.

You can probably find an offer giving you £10 off your first delivery. I have a leaflet here with a promotional code on which I can't use, but they would probably know you were in the wrong area :-)

I am loving this grid sprite. Just have 3 words to find now.

Some of the W words are odd though.

7:12 am

hello everyone

7:13 am

snew

7:13 am

sorry, sorry

Hi Annie - and change the vowel :-)

7:13 am

Hello Annie, and snew to you too. : D

In fact, change it twice!

7:14 am

Hi, sally and molly, lol

7:14 am

changed the vowels, thanks

7:14 am

Sorry was distracted by the latest news from NZ

7:14 am

hi Molly :)

7:14 am

awful news from NZ, right in the middle of the day

7:15 am

Hiya Sprite.

Hi Molly, and have FW so will go and pretend to be useful. Any clues needed?

7:15 am

Hi Sprite

Hi Molly and Annie

7:15 am

Congrats Sally!

7:16 am

sally, I need 143 clues

7:16 am

Hi Nono

7:16 am

Hi Nono!

7:16 am

lol Annie :)

Which would you like first, Annie?

congrats Sally

7:17 am

I only need 27, start with me! :)

Must just make quick phone call.

7:17 am

sally, I just started but one of the sevens would be nice to get me started

7:18 am

We'll be here sally

hang on

7:18 am

There is a we 6/7combo Annie.

7:18 am

to review for a test st7/36

7:19 am

hi River

7:19 am

good morning everyone

pe 7/32 flowers

7:19 am

thanks river and hi

morning River

7:19 am

thanks, sally

7:19 am

I love pe7's so fragrant

7:19 am

My Mom always grew pe7

mi 6/21 and plural, not to consume properly

7:20 am

and they are so beautiful..one of my favorites

7:20 am

thanks for the P and W biggies

7:20 am

I never did understand why they get ants all over them though

(don't know if that's what it actually means, but that's what it sounds like)

good morning

7:21 am

I have a problem with mi6/21.

7:21 am

the ants eat the sweet stuff on the flower bulb so it will break it open

7:21 am

hi GE

mi plus what you pull up to a table

7:21 am

the ants eat the sticky stuff and allow the bloom to open

Morning GE

7:21 am

thanks FM

7:21 am

Thanks River! Now I know.

I deny there is such a word :-)

7:21 am

Molly: mi + things to sit on.

7:21 am

snap, river :-)

7:22 am

just ready to write that myself - hello Une

7:22 am

No Sprite. I have the word. I have a problem with it BEING a word.

lol, Molly. I agree.

7:22 am

Sprite! What a pretty icon.

Must be off now. See you all tomorrow.

7:22 am

ooohhhhh! I will accept the word but only in the meaning of food going down the windpipe.

7:22 am

bye Sally

7:23 am

bye Sally! Molly: it is one of the finalists for the New7Wonders of nature.

7:23 am

bye sally and thanks

bye sally

7:23 am

hi and bye, everyone -- off to take pups out to pee *poof*

7:24 am

hi and bye, Une, enjoy the pupps

7:24 am

hi and bye Une

7:25 am

How is it that the Enable dictionary recognizes mi6 but I can't find one other dictionary that does. I cry foul! We should get chocolates! : D

7:28 am

those that love pe7/32, do they practice pe7/36?

7:28 am

babble in the mornin', babble in the evenin', babble at supper time. . .

7:28 am

hello jmc

morning jmc

hi jmc

7:29 am

hello jmc

7:29 am

morning, jmc

7:29 am

hey jmc - i downloaded the folding program at home...now my biggest challenge is turning it on every day

7:30 am

Riverdance, do you have a windows machine? If so, you can make it start up automatically.

7:30 am

I do have window 7

7:30 am

yes i have to remember to turn it on too

7:31 am

but it is worth it -- i just make part of my turn on the computer routine like opening firefox to babble

7:31 am

how do you make it start automatically sprite? inquiring minds want to know

7:31 am

I need to put a sticky note on the machine so I dont forget...once it becomes a habit I will be find

7:32 am

*fine

7:32 am

*looks for river*

7:32 am

she's found!

7:32 am

Be my little Babble friend and love me all the time. Morning JMC.

7:32 am

I just did it this weekend so there is not much there

7:32 am

lol wondered if someone would twig to that molly!

7:33 am

every little bit river

7:33 am

I noticed you were on top of the list jmc - good job

7:34 am

ah well it is on my computer at work which i leave on all the time so i can enter it from my other computers

7:34 am

not sure about Win7, for win xp you only need to add the program to the Startup Meny

7:34 am

Menu*

well that is halfway. i should prob go start my day. (Getting upgraded internet later! Maybe i'll be able to keep up with the chat.)

7:34 am

my little staffperson has to reboot it every morning (long story) so he is instructed to open folding at home too

7:35 am

whoo hoo good!

7:35 am

I will have to check....wish I could put it on my computer here at work but would probably get fired...not allowed to download anything

7:35 am

well there are some perks to being the boss

7:37 am

It goes like this: 1. Click Start>Programs, then right click on Startup folder and choose Open. 2. On the Startup window, go to File menu and choose New>Shortcut.

7:38 am

ok will try tonight - thanks sprite

7:38 am

3. Click 'browse' in the newly opened window and go to the .exe of the program you want to add (folding@home.exe).

7:39 am

Next time you start Windows, the program will start automatically.

7:39 am

coolio

7:40 am

oops i started folding three times trying to get that to work!

7:40 am

for Win7 see this link: http://www.nirmaltv.com/2009/10/ 27/how-to-add-programs-to-windows-7-st artup/

7:41 am

what a fount of useful information you are today sprite!

7:41 am

well thank you jmc!

7:41 am

help with the first column T please

7:42 am

tu4 = tu + form of to be

7:42 am

tu4/5

7:42 am

ty that makes nbt

7:42 am

and nbt stats since nothing is real long today! lol

7:42 am

whoohooo for jmc

7:43 am

morning, all!

7:43 am

hi uu

7:43 am

hi uusue, wb

7:43 am

how's the dad?

7:43 am

hello uusue

7:44 am

hi uusue

7:44 am

hi annie

7:44 am

he's pretty good, jmc - wore himself out a bit yesterday, I think, but is happy to be home

7:44 am

morning, jmc :)

7:44 am

well maybe today can be a leisurely day

7:45 am

hope so! he's wearing me out too :-)

7:46 am

okay must do some work before i go to work

7:46 am

bbl

7:46 am

I need the top i for NBT - help anyone...will probably deserve a slap for asking though

7:46 am

*poof*

7:46 am

think March river

7:46 am

*real poof*

7:46 am

sorry middle i

7:47 am

middle or left top i, Rivwer

The March is5 of magazine is out now

7:47 am

this month's is*** of Rebook Magazine has some good recipes in it

7:47 am

REdbook even

7:48 am

thank you peri.....duh should have seen that

7:48 am

got the past tense too

7:48 am

yvw

7:49 am

that was NBT and NBS

7:49 am

thx, river - the past tense got me nbs, still a ways to go for nbt

7:51 am

hi all. would love clues for any 7s. dont have any yet.

7:51 am

st7 - reads over notes for a test

7:51 am

pe7, plural flowers

hi mkg

pe7 --- flowers

7:52 am

ty got it.

7:52 am

st7---crams for a test

7:52 am

hi nono

7:52 am

hello Nono - I think you snuck in on me

7:52 am

hi mkg

7:52 am

ty. got st and pe.

we6/7 combo hotdog/s

7:52 am

hi river

7:53 am

hotdogs needs two n s doesnt it?

7:53 am

maybe not in enable....lol

7:53 am

not getting hotdogs.

no i dont think so

7:53 am

not getting we 7 even with one n.

7:53 am

it's a diminutive hot dog

7:54 am

double vowel, mkg

7:54 am

oh got it. same vowel, not different. ty.

7:54 am

or folks that are afraid to do stuff

7:54 am

or slightly rude slang for something else

7:54 am

which is also in the grid usu :)

7:54 am

so now have 3 of the 7s. any more clues most welcome.

7:55 am

so it is!

7:55 am

im 6/7

7:55 am

havent got them all myself....the fun is in the looking

7:55 am

need to get ready to go to food pantry, bbl

7:56 am

bye, peri!

7:56 am

bye peri - have a good day

bye peri

7:56 am

time for me to get to work...see you all later....happy babbling

bye River

7:57 am

fireflies for me, and I have to go too. Bye all leavers, and bye all stayers.

7:57 am

im 6 means to gamble....im and what skeletons are made of (sprite's clue)

7:57 am

YAY for sprite !!!

7:57 am

bye sprite - congrats...poof for me

7:57 am

incidentally, remember the orreries from a few puzzles back? I've added a link in my profile to an orrery of exoplanets (planets around other stars) discovered by the Kepler spacecraft.

7:57 am

wait, rhymes with what skeletons are made of

7:58 am

ty for im annie

7:58 am

glad you got the clue, mkg, after I screwed it up

7:58 am

corn skeletons? :-)

7:58 am

half way there now.

31. bbl.

7:59 am

bye, kap!

7:59 am

gambling corn skeletons :)

8:00 am

stats for the u's?

8:00 am

nm

i only have us4/6

8:01 am

nbt :-) - figures that when I ask for something a trivial instance of it pops out at me...thx, nono!

8:03 am

Annie gets Clue Of The Day for gambling corn skeletons. : D

that y tucked down in the corner keeps getting lost

8:04 am

gambling corn skeletons? what word is it ia clue for?

8:04 am

The other two us words add the initials for the teachers organization. Singular and plural.

8:05 am

dont see corn cobs in grid. arent they corn skeletons?

8:05 am

It's something made of corn that rhymes with what skeletons are made of.

8:06 am

It was a clue for im 6/7----im and rhymes with what skeletons are made of, singular and plural

8:06 am

i am so confused..........ok got the corn stuff. but looking for teachers org.

8:07 am

mkg, that is 2 different words

8:07 am

got the im words. ty.

8:08 am

now need the u words for teachers union. dont know it.

8:08 am

is it us?

8:09 am

yes

8:09 am

it's not so much teachers as National Endowment for the Arts

8:10 am

ty got it.

8:11 am

pretty nice grid. got to 90% pretty easily.

8:11 am

morning, hurshy

8:11 am

clue for n words bottom left of grid please.

8:12 am

you mean bottom right, i presume... bright colors from a certain gas, and pl

8:12 am

oh gee. got two of them just now. bright colors word and plural.

8:12 am

right hurshy. ty.

8:12 am

ha

8:12 am

and rhymes with what you do when you're tired

8:14 am

the y word? tried it and dont get it. how many letters?

8:14 am

i got an ne 4 for third word. double same vowel.

8:20 am

NBT and NBS - goota go for now - BBL this evening to finish

8:22 am

there isn't a Y word.

8:26 am

oh i see. you thought i meant yawn, when i meant sl***.

8:28 am

Hi all! {{{hugs & prayers to our New Zealand friends & family}}}

8:28 am

Hi all! {{{hugs & prayers to our New Zealand friends & family}}}

8:30 am

Hi car....yes, they are in my thoughts and prayers

8:31 am

2nd sw 5/18 plz

8:32 am

morning Annie!

8:33 am

dont have it ivesy

8:33 am

ok, ty

8:34 am

What happens when you exercise....you sw*** a lot!

8:34 am

oh ty.. i wouldnt know lol

8:35 am

thanks, what a twisty word

8:36 am

May I have a clue for the left column T please?

8:36 am

NM! Got it!

8:36 am

tu + ** a form of to be

8:37 am

TY anyway River!

8:37 am

hello everybody

8:37 am

Hi Ruby! How are you ?

8:37 am

hello ((ruby))

8:39 am

(((ruby)))

8:40 am

it is beautiful and sunny here and I am happy to see you all, if only for a little while

8:40 am

and I loved your clue, annie, it was my first word

8:41 am

LOL

8:42 am

this looks like a friendly grid; we'll see what I can do in the 15 minutes I have....

8:45 am

I am missing 1 O...have on 4, op 4, 5, 4....what am I missing please?

8:45 am

Ruby, I just started a few minutes ago and I am already halfway done! Jump right in!

8:45 am

op5/12

8:46 am

There's 2 of them then?

8:47 am

jumping

8:47 am

ow4/8 sorry

ow 4

8:47 am

car. ow 4.8

8:47 am

Fish! Slap! TY!

8:48 am

I misread your listing sorry car

8:48 am

And may I please have help with the U's before I start my work for the day? I have US 4/6.

8:49 am

NP River!

8:49 am

I dont have the others us5/12 and us6/21

8:49 am

us 5/12 and 6/21 us and educational organisation

8:49 am

Ty !

8:50 am

can I get a clue for de 5/14? please

8:50 am

I don't have it yet Annie, sorry.

8:50 am

dont have it Annie

8:51 am

hi annie - belief in GOd

8:51 am

thanks just the same

8:51 am

good morning, all

8:51 am

deism

de 5/7 believing in god

8:51 am

hello JBV

8:51 am

Good morning JBV! And TY!

8:51 am

Ty Rasta!

8:51 am

hi car!

pease

8:51 am

Oh dear...trudging off to the PB...

yah me too. dang

8:52 am

thank you rasta

8:52 am

*makes room for rasta*

8:52 am

hi River

8:52 am

nice clues hahah

8:53 am

You know....if you two just wanted to hang out in the PB together, you just had to say so!!!

8:53 am

let's have a party; it's tea time in the PB!

8:53 am

anyone have the T in the left column?

8:53 am

I think they did...lol

8:54 am

tu 4/5 JBV

8:54 am

tu + ** a form of to be

8:54 am

phantom: sustain

8:54 am

I tried typing that twice car....lol

8:54 am

ty river

8:55 am

oh, thanks, river - and car - very close to my favorite word = phantom etui

8:55 am

phantom: mistate

8:57 am

i think it would be misstate

8:57 am

OK. Have to get some work done now. I hope you all have a great day!

8:57 am

can't stay long - have to keep moving - living with another minor challenge here - NO HEAT!!! temperature in the house is 55 -

8:57 am

{{hugs to warm JVB}}

8:57 am

very rustic - but not a lot of fun

8:57 am

*JBV

8:58 am

yikes jbv.. stay warm

8:58 am

*blows warm air toward JBV*

8:58 am

bye car - have a good day

8:58 am

bye car.

8:58 am

sending ruby over, she's a big cuddler (not me) hahah

8:58 am

the utility guy came yesterday, found a faulty part, which had to be ordered, said the system was unsafe to operate without it.... so we're managing with the fireplace, one electric heater and lots of sweater and fuzzy slippers

8:58 am

I must go myself....see you all later

8:59 am

have you tried using the oven also?

8:59 am

I used the oven in the kitchen in the cold mornings

8:59 am

use*

8:59 am

good idea, hurshy, maybe I'll make some muffins or something - I'll go see if I have any mixes, I usually never gake

9:00 am

bake

9:00 am

one more for half!

9:00 am

bake some potatoes

9:00 am

go ruby go!

9:00 am

see you later if I don't ice over

9:00 am

yay, see you later!

9:01 am

keep moving, jbv!!!!

9:02 am

crossy made a pan of double chocolate fudge brownies..with french chocolate frosting;)..who wants one? hehe

9:03 am

ME!

9:03 am

I'll take one, crossy!

9:03 am

(as I duck back in briefly)

9:03 am

please!!!

9:04 am

bye ((ruby)))

9:04 am

fireworks

9:04 am

{{annie}}

9:04 am

was easy,i was able to suspend chunks of chocolate within the brownie by mixing gently with fork before baking

9:04 am

you smartie!! have 86 only

9:05 am

((annie,ruby))

9:05 am

anyone want a clue before I go to the carwash?

9:05 am

*delurking* I'm going to crossy's house for breakfast!

9:06 am

lol,nothing brings the laides out like death by chocolate or fudge brownies hehe

9:07 am

you know the way to a woman's heart!

9:07 am

*Makes fresh ground coffee to go with Cross's brownies*

9:08 am

buying for the ladies is easy,chocolate or anything that makes,retains or throws heat,or big expensive rocks;)

9:09 am

i have some costa rican coffee in the perkulator that my brother sent me,some kind of volcanic grown,single plantation free trade coffee

9:11 am

*Passes a warm fleece blanket to JMC*

9:11 am

I've heard of crazies but not sa6!

9:12 am

bye dear babblers

9:13 am

bye, Annie!

9:15 am

coffee sounds lovely too, crossy - I am coming over!

9:16 am

enjoy your brownies, crossy! I'm off to do some chores. Back for the other 52 later. *poof*

9:34 am

back, husband is being rude; he can have his martini alone!

9:35 am

you mix him a drink and he is being rude?? u would fall out of my chair in shock if my wife mixed me a drink lol

9:35 am

(she does not drink)

9:35 am

i

9:36 am

lol, crossy!

9:36 am

I brought my martini down to this game

9:36 am

Welcome to you and your martini, ruby! Sounds like you could use it!

9:36 am

martini and babble, how bad is that?

9:36 am

if my wife handed me a mixed drink,i would hire me a tester lol

9:36 am

hahah, crossy

9:36 am

ty sue!

9:38 am

sue, you are all over the place in this grid!!

9:39 am

you must be very well-connected.....

9:39 am

the way i make a martini is with a frosted martini glass,add some very expensive vodka that has been in the freezer all afternoon,take a sterling silver cocltail sword and spear a small pickled onion and a single olive and gently float it on the iced vodka so as not to bruise the alcohol,then finally you lean over the glass ans whisper "Antonio Benedetto Carpano" and serve

9:40 am

I put a tiny drop of Noilly Prat extra dry vermouth and a shot of bombay gine, 2 fat olives in the glass, shake and pour

9:41 am

indeed, ruby, although my full first name is actually Suzanne (which is not in the grid)

9:41 am

crossy, I am going to come and live with you - you sound like a wonderful cook! :-)

9:41 am

you must be important, sue!

9:42 am

does elegant feel threatened by all of us babble-floozies, crossy?

9:42 am

(I don't actually like martinis, being more of a beer and wine person, but you make it sound wonderful!)

9:42 am

fireworks

9:42 am

my mrs does not see so well ,so i do the lions share of the cooking uu:)

9:42 am

yay, river!

9:42 am

wish I could have a martini but need to keep my job until kids get out of college

9:42 am

doing a little happy dance for river!

9:42 am

hahah

9:42 am

some strange words in this grid

9:43 am

You are a gem :-) (although my SO does all the cooking at our house so I really have nothing to complain about)

9:43 am

oh, as opposed to the usual grid, river? (tee hee)

9:43 am

lol,martinins are fine river,the idea is not to have them at work lol

9:44 am

husband just said he didn't care if I cooked or not. Oh yeah, right! Who brought him homemade food in hospital? Who is trying desperately to fatten up his skinny body? Hmmmm

9:44 am

martinis

9:44 am

but I dont have anyone that knows how to make one ....ruby and crossy please come live with me...

9:45 am

if not for the dogs, I'd be out of here on the next plane!!!!!

9:45 am

they can come too - will be great friends with my dogs...

9:46 am

you could do a taste-test, river, vodka vs. gin martinis. And after several, youst probably wouldn't know the difference\

9:46 am

do not forget to whisper "Antonio Benedetto Carpano" gently into the glass

9:46 am

well I really must get back to work now - been procrastinating too long as it is and my desk is a disaster zone....have a great day everyone

9:46 am

lol ruby

9:47 am

OK, you've got me now, crossy, who is that?

9:47 am

bye, river!

9:47 am

the man who invented vermouth

9:47 am

lol

9:47 am

that must be the trick to a great martini crossy

9:47 am

{{river}}

9:47 am

aaaah, bless him, then

9:47 am

so you dont put in the vermouth..you just whisper the name....ahhhhh got it

9:48 am

((Hugs)) to all - poof

9:48 am

i used to wave the bottle over the shaker,but sometimes i overdid it

9:48 am

I put in a tiny bit of vermouth; it makes the gin more mellow

9:48 am

of course dome days i add a few drops like ruby does

9:48 am

some'

9:49 am

are dome days like lent?

9:49 am

indeed

9:49 am

I worked at Los Alamos back in the 1970s, and knew some of the weapons designers who had been there a long time. What they would do (or say they did) was strap a bottle of vermouth to a weapon that was about to be fired and then hold the glass of gin up to the fallout (thereby getting just about the right amount of vermouth).

9:50 am

I love that!!!!!

9:50 am

LOL!!!!!!!!!

9:50 am

bonsoir, une!

9:50 am

salut!

9:51 am

hi, une!

9:51 am

see? now they do it right uu!

9:51 am

hey sue :-)

9:52 am

:-)

9:52 am

Hawkeye Pierce..."I'd like a dry martini. A very dry martini. A very dry, arid, barren, desiccated, veritable dustbowl of a martini. I want a martini that could be declared a disaster area. Mix me just such a martini."

9:52 am

nothing like fallout vermouth with just a touch of uranium p-238

9:52 am

Ruby, I've been noodling around in a really fun website you might like: www.journalepicurien.com

9:52 am

it's my fault, this group may be getting a little rowdy. However, I need the smiles as this is rather bleak

9:52 am

U-235, actually :-)

9:52 am

how does it taste..."how does what taste? " lol

9:52 am

good one, molly! :-)

9:52 am

or Pu-239

9:53 am

Hi, Molly!

9:53 am

cool! a matrini with a half-life rating!!

9:53 am

uh-oh, male parts alert!

9:53 am

pardon?

9:54 am

dans le grid :-)

9:54 am

not you, crossy, we love you!!!!!

9:55 am

Ruby, you JUST got that. I detect disinterest. : P

9:55 am

you are prescient, molly!!!

9:56 am

good,was goona say may parts usually do not come with a warning..sometimes without but never with lol

9:56 am

I learned a bit of French kid slang when my son was in a day camp one summer - had to look up what "zizi" meant (although it was fairly clear from the context)

9:56 am

and zinzin :-)

9:56 am

hahah

9:56 am

don't know zinzin

9:56 am

I'll have to remember that one, une :-)

9:57 am

zinzin: fou, folle, dingue

9:57 am

it's not in my handy petit Robert!

9:57 am

:-)

9:57 am

"il est completement zinzin!"

9:57 am

(example)

9:58 am

"crazy"

9:58 am

that is very cute; I'll try it in the neighborhood and see how it flies

9:58 am

I had a couple of books called "merde" and "merde encore" that were very useful for words not in the usual dictionaries :-)

9:58 am

I'll bet that une's French is better than mine

9:59 am

oh, i had those too, sue!!!!!!!!!!LOL

9:59 am

my housekeeper teaches me local slang and I teach her bad English words (which she would never use!)

9:59 am

brit translation is "completely potty"

10:00 am

ruby, i know very little slang . . . except expressions like "ras le bol" :-)

10:01 am

my ex was afraid if I learned them I'd use them accidentally in polite company :-)

10:01 am

the first I learned was "fiches moi le paix" but I was young and cute then

10:01 am

well, and that's the "nice" version

10:02 am

(and FYI paix is feminine)

10:02 am

I never knew if the guys were following me or my little boy....it was creepy

10:03 am

hahah

10:03 am

my gutter French surfaces

10:03 am

:-D

10:03 am

no paix around here

10:04 am

and the only pun I ever learned had to do with a girl ordering a banana split and being served a "banane en slip"

10:04 am

I love that!

10:04 am

and we come full circle! LOL

10:05 am

loving our chat but must leave for awhile -- BBL! :-)

10:05 am

{{une}}

10:06 am

I guess I have to make dinner for Mr. Doesn't care if I do or I don't

10:07 am

goooooooooooooooooood afternoon fellow babblers xxx

10:11 am

bye, une and ruby!

10:11 am

and hi, frog!

10:11 am

hello sue xxx

10:11 am

(stepped away for a few minutes to sort out Dad's meds...)

10:12 am

aww s'ok. don't know anything bout your dad but is he ok sue?

10:12 am

oops - forgot I was in the middle of folding laundry. will be back.

10:13 am

Frog, there is a saga about my dad in my profile - he is improving quickly :-)

10:13 am

ok sue i'll read later - let u get back to your lovely laundry - have fun !!!

10:13 am

and i got a pile of ironing if youre interested

10:20 am

take it i got no takers for me ironing then?

10:26 am

clue for the sa6?

10:28 am

Which sa6?

10:29 am

2nd sa6.18 pls

10:31 am

nm, found it! fireworks!

how many words today please

10:31 am

162

thanks

10:33 am

hey all.

10:33 am

LBD, I just sent the paper to my printer... 19 pages of text. This is the next-to-last draft!

10:34 am

brb [hone

10:35 am

Sorry lbd, had to take a phone call. It's an alternate spelling for Japanese master for anyone else who needed it.

10:43 am

lunch!

10:46 am

go Stiddy! that's okay, Molly, didn't realize it was my last word til i got it. thanks anyway

10:47 am

sorry whoo hooo lbd!

10:47 am

back. YAY LBD!

10:47 am

actually, the 2nd sa6.18 is japanese third generation. the master would we a sen***

10:48 am

hiya JMC

10:48 am

third generation ever?

10:48 am

So the stidkid whose bday it isn't just called and (no surprise to me) reported that he won't be able to do the second culminating project he was working on. So he has to go back to the original plan (which was stalled when he left his computer unattended at school and it was stolen)... *sigh*

10:49 am

stidkid is kinda pushing his luck, methinks

10:50 am

He was demanding I get the piano tuned. ASAP. Not that I have anything else on my plate... *heavier sigh*

10:50 am

He could have been DONE already if he had used his four weeks of winter break to just redo the original project!!!!

10:51 am

I told him to find some else with a piano that is in tune enough for him to use for practicing.

10:51 am

*grumble* meantime, I am eating a left-over waffle from Sunday for my breakfast, and hoping the change in light levels outside doesn't mean it has started to snow in earnest...

10:51 am

reallly brings to home why some animals eat their young, huh. ;-)

10:51 am

Good morning, luvs. Stid - is there a piano store near you. He could go practice there.

10:52 am

surely they have a piano at the school

10:52 am

roflmao!!!! he would be too scrawny to eat!

10:52 am

He could rent an electronic keyboard as well.

10:53 am

keyboard play differently than pianos so it depends on what he is playing

10:53 am

they have pianos at the high school AND at the college. His grandmother has a baby grand, remember? I also have an electric keyboard. Too bad he doesn't have any other options than my 50 year-old slightly out of tune piano.

10:53 am

Phhhhffffthbbbb. Throw him to the musical wolves.

10:53 am

i do remember the baby grand now that you mention it

10:53 am

thanks Judi -- that's what I am thinking!

10:54 am

poor stiddy. teenage angst...really

10:54 am

tell him that deitrick bonhoffer drew his own piano keyboard on a table to play while he was imprisoned by the Nazis and get over it

10:54 am

he's about to receive a large cardboard box for his graduation present if you ask me, and directions to the nearest as-yet-unclaimed overpass

10:54 am

He could play for tips in some honky tonk.

10:55 am

jmc! That's perfect! I had forgotten that one.

10:55 am

are there still honky tonks?

10:55 am

YES! :-)

10:55 am

I thought all the casinos out them out of business

10:56 am

bonjour, belle Une!

10:56 am

Where there are starving musicians, there will always be honky tonks. So I'm told.

10:56 am

no casinos here in NashVegas

10:56 am

but there are in Washington State on the reservations

10:56 am

salut, stid!

10:56 am

That's lunch. I'm outta here until after my salad. *POOF*

10:56 am

bye Judi!

10:56 am

see if you hadn't driven all of your native americans out of the state you could have casinos

10:57 am

tell him that's how Harry Connick Jr. started out! :-)

10:57 am

bye judi

10:57 am

just zipping in and out -- byeeee *poof*

10:57 am

bye judi

10:57 am

bye une

10:57 am

hi unea

10:57 am

((Une))

10:57 am

bye unea

10:58 am

sometimes it is hard to have a conversation with all the hi'n and bye'n

10:59 am

*sigh* lunch is finished and those numbers aren't going to get crunched by themselves

10:59 am

ugh. it's snowing a little bit now. I should wash my hair and get into town so I am early for my appointment with my faculty,

10:59 am

later jmc. will trade number crunching for paper writing... *hopeful look*

10:59 am

bye bbl

11:00 am

gotta go do some house cleaning and class prep. bbl i hope.

11:00 am

I say, get the Stidkid a keytar and let him busk for dollars. *evil grin*

11:00 am

later LBD ((hugs))

11:01 am

too tempting, Molly!

11:01 am

unfortunately, this is the stidkid I worry about most, I can't and won't let him completely fall through the cracks, but I do want him to start seeing that he needs to ask for and accept assistance when offered.

11:02 am

I am down to 50. That's a good stopping place for now. Back later this afternoon or evening to hang out and maybe finish the grid as my reward for good behavior.

11:02 am

If I behave... *wicked mama look*

11:02 am

*poof*

11:04 am

behave? thats crossy,s middle name;)

11:15 am

phantom "watusi"

11:16 am

phantom 'weapon"

phantoms misuse and disuse

11:17 am

oahntom 'waste"

11:17 am

phantom even

11:18 am

kaplan! my bad romance:))

Ra ra

11:19 am

phantom"easy"

11:19 am

phantom "essay"..too many phantoms;(

got any real words, crossy?

Name that actor- Sal Mi***

11:28 am

Mineo!

11:30 am

Hey, all. :)

11:46 am

crossy is showing dem n,s who is da boss!:)

11:49 am

and the T,s are spanking crossy,s butt;(

11:52 am

I do not like words that start with un, non and mis, they are usually stoopid words. hello all

11:53 am

ie. the mi6/21

11:58 am

Hi Peri. I don't like unnonmis words either Peri. : P

11:58 am

:)

11:59 am

Wow, double use of Peri's name. Someone is NOT paying attention. Moi.

11:59 am

stuck with 45 left, laundry is calling,

11:59 am

LOL Molly, bbs

11:59 am

Good afternoon all

12:11 pm

Hello Mr. Bob.

12:18 pm

Have no tea... but will babble for a few minutes anyway - hi all !

12:27 pm

Hi Montreal. Plenty tea in the PB!! :-)

12:28 pm

luc, no tea?

12:28 pm

hi soodle, dorens... what did I say ?

12:29 pm

oh... just kidding...lol

12:29 pm

LOL you said nothing Montreal... I was just letting you know that if you needed tea!!!

12:29 pm

12:18 pm montreal13 ProfileCanada Have no tea... but will babble for a few minutes anyway - hi all and I haven't seen you in ages, but you always used to HAVE tea!

12:29 pm

hello all

12:30 pm

*faints at seeing montreal here*

12:30 pm

hi stid, soodle etc. (and yes, me too)

12:30 pm

Hi Stidmama , Dorens :-)

12:30 pm

well... maybe I should purposely write a grid word in order to get tea... hmmm..

12:30 pm

what are you doing here in the middle of the day, doren?

12:30 pm

hi stid how are you ?

12:30 pm

anyone here old enough to remember the watusi?

12:31 pm

montreal -- I have MISSED you! are you well? are you snowed in? We have SNOW here!!!!!

12:31 pm

lunch stid... about to go though

12:31 pm

ah, lunch. grad students don't get lunch. We munch while we work...

12:31 pm

it snowed most days in the last 2 months... but only 2 major storms...

12:32 pm

that's what i do, but i do check out the grid... eat lunch at my desk... dual purpose... catch up on phone calls, etc, do some paperwork (coffee spills all over impt. papers) and catch a few words

12:32 pm

i remember the watusi dorens...

12:32 pm

actually I am waiting for a faculty conference, the paper is printed out and ready to go over, so I really don't have a whole lot to do. Except the science assignment, readings for Friday take-home assessment on special education, and starting to work on the presentation for our conferene.

12:33 pm

it's almost in the grid !! i'm ready to get up and dance

12:33 pm

dance like on one is watching dorens!!..boom-chakka-lakka...doing da crossy shuffle!....hoo-yaaa!

12:34 pm

not doing too well but don't want to complain as my mother-in-law has been stuck in the hospital for the last 2 weeks ,,,

12:34 pm

oh gee montreal *sends flowers to m-i-l and cookies for montreal*

12:34 pm

tx stid...

12:35 pm

sorry bout you m-i-l mons:( mine currently has double pnemonia;(

12:35 pm

hey cross!!! *sends bacon and ibuprofen to cross in case he threw out his back there...*

12:35 pm

"Good vibes" to Montreal.....

12:35 pm

((stidmama))

12:35 pm

look who's here {{soodles}}

12:35 pm

*giggles at images of geriatric dancers* *wicked mama look*

12:36 pm

howdy soodles

12:36 pm

thx soodle - gotta go - nice seeing you all - BBL for last 20 - take care and happy babbling "POOF"

12:36 pm

Woo Hoo Rubes!! Hiya Cross :-)

12:36 pm

(((montreal))) be well!

12:36 pm

hi and bye cross and ruby "REAL POOF"

12:38 pm

wa wa waqtusi!!!!

12:38 pm

LOL ruby!

12:39 pm

cross, just read back about your m-i-l - mine too was admitted for double pneumonia 3 weeks ago... she's 86... "REAL ACTUAL POOF"

12:39 pm

give ruby some ole piroette action

12:39 pm

mines 73

12:39 pm

light bulb just went off -- I guess husband had "double pneumonia" too! duh

12:40 pm

seems to be catching

12:40 pm

*crosses figners so no more people get even single pneumonia...*

12:40 pm

being old in winter, I guess

12:40 pm

Ditto what Stidmama said!!

12:40 pm

and I was wondering if it was contagious, nobody has said

12:40 pm

and of course she would not stay in the hosp,so we has to get a nurse to come to the house each day to give her antibiotic i.v

12:40 pm

Did you enjoy your lunch, Rubes?

12:41 pm

no and it was scary having him drive

12:41 pm

not breathing well, not being able to cough efficiently, taking drugs that alter the immune system....

12:41 pm

and her veins like to go into hiding;(

12:41 pm

yes,we told her to take probiotics while she was on that other crap

12:41 pm

at least our weather is wonderful!

12:42 pm

Oh, double yick.... Crossy's MIL and Ruby's not too good lunch. :-(

12:42 pm

you let him drive??? *suddenly very glad to be across an ocean from France*

12:42 pm

-1 and sunny here,not bad for our neck of the woods

12:42 pm

*Skips through the chat log scattering healing blessings to all those who need them*

12:42 pm

we have snow on the ground ruby -- was sunny briefly, but now clouding over again.

12:42 pm

Hey MollyO :-)

12:42 pm

howdy molly

12:42 pm

hahah, stidmama, only a couple of minutes away, in our village

12:43 pm

only one block on a real road, otherwise back streets -- don't worry

12:43 pm

hm. well.... *pokes nose out of shell*

12:43 pm

and I had to drive home

12:44 pm

*puts full head out*

12:44 pm

My Dad (now 83) had to have his car 'repossessed' (his words) when a neighbour saw him driving the wrong way round a roundabout!

12:45 pm

brb it's looking stormlike near home (on campus in town atm) -- going to go check the weather radar for our area

12:45 pm

one of these days I'll have to do that, but he's only a danger to himself and I don't have the heart

12:45 pm

oh dear! so glad someone noticed him before someone got hurt!

12:46 pm

Too right, Stid.

12:46 pm

We had to take cars away from both of my parents as their ability to drive began to fail. That is a hard thing to do.

12:46 pm

yep. oh oh... I just realized... weather phenomenon in the GRID!!!! *sob* why didn't someone TELL ME???? *shuffles into PB*

12:47 pm

I don't think there's a tactful way to do it, but, for the moment, it isn't an issue. His frailty is more important and the doctor said it was too soon to drive (after the fact)

12:47 pm

Very hard, Moll. My Dad is still very disgruntled! Alive - but disgruntled!

12:47 pm

but was he gruntled before?

12:47 pm

looking for stid's weather.....

12:48 pm

We asked my grandfather's doc to write to the DMV and suggest he retake the driving test. He failed, and then it wasn't really anyone's fault. But Granny figured it out and was not happy.

12:48 pm

Frantically looking for weather phenomenon in grid..

12:48 pm

just found it

12:48 pm

Cloo, plz Rooby.....

12:49 pm

had to look at the distant mountains.....

12:49 pm

on the peaks of the Alps

12:49 pm

Hah! Thank you - didn't see that one :-)

12:50 pm

neither did I until stid mentioned it

12:50 pm

*tosses weather-phenomenon ball at soodles*

12:50 pm

lol,soodles,over here,roundabouts are very new and rarewe are lucky?? to have the first roundabout in this entire county...things are evil if you ask me

12:50 pm

between here and Annecy, there are about 6 of them

12:51 pm

Lol Stid. Cross - they are plentiful here, and work well (if everybody obeys the rules!)

12:51 pm

i get on the thing and put the petal to the floor trying to get to the spot where i need to get off at before anyone else gets on the silly thing lool

12:51 pm

I like the roundabouts. UNTIL an old person doesn't know that it is a yield and go, not an automatic STOP. And then all the traffic in the circle and backed up has trouble getting going.

12:52 pm

and I mean that... respectfully. REALLY old people who were driving in the 30s and 40s know how they work. People who learned to drive in the 50s and 60s, generally, don't because some bright engineer thought traffic lights were more efficient.

12:52 pm

The biggest roundabout here is called (mysteriously) the Red Cow Roundabout - known to all as The Mad Cow Roundabout!!

12:53 pm

when I was young, I once got into the circle around the Arc de Triomphe and couldn't get off. I finally stopped the car and 6 lanes of courteous Frenchmen, stopped their cars so I could exit!

12:53 pm

like i say,roundabouts here are new and rare

12:53 pm

and insane lol

12:53 pm

for real, ruby??? I thought that only happened in cartoons!!!

12:53 pm

what nice frenchmen, though!

12:53 pm

I was cute then, I guess!

12:54 pm

in my little VW

12:54 pm

Oh, Ruby, we did the Arc de Triomphe roundabout once, in an Irish car (Right-hand drive). I still get nightmares about it. It was terrifying.

12:54 pm

anyways,must head to work,tc all and happy babbling! poof!

12:54 pm

hahah soodles

12:54 pm

(((cross))) drive carefully -- and have a lovely day!

12:54 pm

{{crossy}}

12:54 pm

Have a good day, Crossy :-)

12:55 pm

we had that same VW in England and I used to drive around with a left-hand drive

12:56 pm

there. down to 39. Feeling a sense of accomplishment. Going to check email and such before my appointment at 11. Back later to play!!! *poof*

12:57 pm

Its very unnerving driving a 'wrong-sided-steering-wheel-car'.

12:57 pm

Stid, we were okay with you saying sn4. We were only going to send you to the PB if you said pe 5/12. : P

12:57 pm

Bye (((Stid)))

12:57 pm

{{stidmama}}

12:57 pm

watch out for those pe5's!

12:58 pm

Smacks forehead! How in goodness's name did I miss that one???

12:58 pm

Rhetorical question.... NOBODY answer that!

12:59 pm

Same reason Ruby missed it Soodle. Lack of interest.

12:59 pm

Lack of something (!) Moll!!!

1:02 pm

there is a weather phenomena that starts with pe?

1:03 pm

hi jmc

1:03 pm

hi all

1:04 pm

100 left

1:05 pm

Hi JMC - the PE being referred to is not weather related.....

1:05 pm

ah then i am less confussled

1:06 pm

i only had bogs and hammers

1:06 pm

just found another way to spell the weather phenom

1:06 pm

The 'wotsit' that is mightier than the sword......

1:07 pm

thought it was a pe5/12 -- that is a pe4/5

1:07 pm

nm my head is full of vanilla pudding again

1:07 pm

run the two words missing from my quote together...

1:08 pm

ah boy am i a dummie today! lol

1:08 pm

ty

1:09 pm

45 left and good night everybody!! see you tomorrow

1:09 pm

bye ruby

1:10 pm

Bye Rubes ((()))

1:14 pm

hi all...just got 50% and nbt all at once :)

1:14 pm

is there lickety today?

1:16 pm

yeap

1:17 pm

yep

1:17 pm

hooray

1:17 pm

hip hip

1:17 pm

cause I've hit a big old wall at 77

1:17 pm

i understand

1:19 pm

ahh just found the Y words - gave me 4 more :)

1:20 pm

Y words? *looks*

1:21 pm

Y'all, y'all, y'all....it's a WEATHER VEIN. Ahahahahaha1

1:22 pm

what???????

1:22 pm

The pe5.

1:22 pm

oh *slightly confused still*

1:23 pm

i got 3 Y words

1:23 pm

dirt, disgusting, and boggy

1:24 pm

Okay JMC. I will not confuse you with pe5s anymore.

1:24 pm

hmmm me too

1:24 pm

lol

1:24 pm

the fourth was different

1:24 pm

i thought you said you got 4?

1:24 pm

oh

1:24 pm

my mistake

1:25 pm

sorry molly gots another head ache so not so glib today

1:30 pm

mi6/7 is silly

1:32 pm

They are not words Harry. They aren't in any dictionary. I think the Babble Gods are smoking ganja again.

1:32 pm

sometimes I mi6, and I end up with ice cream in my beard

1:45 pm

harry I think it means to put in the wrong chair

1:46 pm

aah - got it :)

1:48 pm

got another Y word

1:49 pm

ah i had a rasta in my office the other day

1:49 pm

what word harry?

1:57 pm

Wouldn't there be two s's in that word if if meant that? To put in the wrong chair I mean.

2:00 pm

when you come back from exercising, and you're all .....

2:02 pm

gooooooooooooood evening fellow babblers xxx

2:05 pm

6 left

2:05 pm

bbl, maybe

2:18 pm

na5 pls

2:18 pm

nm

2:26 pm

Damn Peri. You didn't even give me a chance to say Janet Jackson. : P

2:34 pm

anew

2:37 pm

oops, sorry.

2:41 pm

Hi Zoom. Hot appetizers and cold wine in the PB.

2:41 pm

Thanks, Molly :-)

2:56 pm

ஜ۩۞۩ஜ FIREWORKS ஜ۩۞۩ஜ

3:01 pm

*Poof*

3:12 pm

hi, all!

3:12 pm

I am in and out today as various things go on with my dad...

3:31 pm

hello all -- no one here?

3:32 pm

hi there all. Could I trouble someone for the clue for the at 6?

3:32 pm

hey bichon, I don't have that one yet

3:33 pm

now I do. A + t word meaning not a child, not quite an adolescent

3:33 pm

Have it too

3:33 pm

wow, thanks stid - never heard that word before!

3:33 pm

thanks stid!

3:33 pm

I am not sure I have either, helena! hello!

3:34 pm

yw cos. gee give a clue and you-all come out of the woodwork...

3:34 pm

Morning all.

3:34 pm

lol i just got on :)

3:35 pm

it

3:35 pm

morning lynxxx!

3:35 pm

it's a rather very excellent day

3:35 pm

really cos? por quoi?

3:36 pm

Obama ordered the Justice Dept. to drop it's defense of the DOMA

3:36 pm

major win for gay marriage.. big step towards national equality

3:36 pm

YES! I heard that!!! *very happy mama smile* Now we can hope that someone will challenge it.

3:37 pm

i read about that, too, cos - very exciting

3:37 pm

im hoping soon my marriage will be valid in colorado. i know we have a long way to go but this is a very strong step towards it

3:37 pm

What does this all mean, actually. Will there be same sex marriage in every state, and recognized by every state?

3:37 pm

this means that any place that someone has challenged DOMA in the courts, the federal defense will no longer support it.

3:38 pm

*hopeful look for cos* and for many others I know.

3:38 pm

thats what im trying to figure out bichon.

3:38 pm

but its a good move. a very good move. the President just earned my vote.

3:38 pm

Connecticut welcomes same sex marriages with open arms

3:38 pm

legally it has been up to each state to set the limits of marriage within its borders.

3:39 pm

it's about to be legal in Maryland too..just passed the senate there.. house likely to pass and the Governor says he will sign it

3:39 pm

That makes it 7 or 8 states legal now.

3:39 pm

during miscengenation times some states refused to recognize inter-racial marriage -- and that was finally a supreme court of the US case that required all states to recognize those marriages.

Great news! And go Wisconsin Unions!

3:40 pm

DOMA was put in place because people could see a similar thing happening with same-sex marriage.

3:40 pm

more good news.. the Indiana Governor dropped his bill similar to Wisconsin's and the Indiana Dems won the stand-off

3:40 pm

So... what may happen soon is that states that don't officially allow people to marry within their borders may begin to recognize marriages from other states...

3:40 pm

It was legal in Maine, until there was a referendum

3:40 pm

oh that is excellent cos

3:41 pm

that was very disappointing Bichon

3:41 pm

Can you imagine Mississippi recognized a same sex marriage?

3:41 pm

Civil unions just became legal in Illinois (through vote of the legislature, not court action) - if DOMA goes away maybe we will have actual marriage for everyone!

3:41 pm

lol it'd be fitting though Bich... since its such a racial tension state

3:41 pm

well, they rcognize interracial marriages. They can recognize same sex, too.

3:42 pm

Gov Barbor in MS refuses to denounce the KKK

3:42 pm

can and will are two different things, I'm afraid

3:42 pm

hello sue! cute kiddo you have there!

3:42 pm

although I think what we should have is civil unions for everyone, and leave marriage to the churches et al...

3:42 pm

what about my kids stid?

3:42 pm

thanks, stid!!

3:43 pm

Illinois just legalized civil unions and Hawaii is about to.

3:43 pm

rofl, cute as ever, bichon!

3:43 pm

right, cos

3:43 pm

yay, illinois!!

3:43 pm

I like how they are all snuggled up in the comforter. Wish I were snuggled up...

3:44 pm

(I am the faculty advisor for the LGBT student group on our campus..)

3:44 pm

oh thats awesome sue!

3:45 pm

definitely awesome.

3:45 pm

Go sue!!

3:45 pm

na 5?

3:45 pm

Have done it for years. Great kids.

3:45 pm

this is why i love babble people :)

3:46 pm

me too :-)

3:46 pm

na is not nice

3:46 pm

We are all so tolerant here, right? At least the intolerant ones don't speak up

3:46 pm

ty lynxxx, got it

3:46 pm

lol, lynxxx

3:46 pm

right so its nice to be able to go online and talk about what im feeling without being afraid

3:46 pm

oh!!!! *silly mama look* I never even noticed that Y down there....

3:47 pm

How is your Dad going Sue?

3:47 pm

He's doing well, lynxxx, and is really happy to be home.

3:47 pm

Neither did I stid!!! Can't believe that sucker was lurking down there...hi everyone!

3:47 pm

hey champ!

3:48 pm

He fell in the bathroom while I was out getting his meds, though, so we'll be getting a commode for him (couldn't talk him into it before, sigh - fortunately he didn't hurt himself)

3:48 pm

eo6 ?

3:49 pm

the word after it, singular _ ending at the end of Commun***

3:49 pm

Hey stid! Sorry about your dad uusue

3:49 pm

eo6 period with belief ending

3:49 pm

thanks lynxxx

3:49 pm

How old is you Dad Sue? My mom is 87 and she is very frail.

3:49 pm

thanks!

3:50 pm

he's 89, bichon, and not really frail at all but he did fall on the ice and break his leg 5 weeks ago

3:50 pm

great clue lynxxx, ty

3:51 pm

down to a nice 33, it's making the ground white again so I am heading out. See you-all tonight sometime! *poof*

3:51 pm

My Mom fell on the floor and while she didn't break anything, she was lying on the floor all night [she lives in assisted living] because she doesn't wear her pendant alarm

3:51 pm

oh no, bichon!

3:51 pm

bye Stid

3:52 pm

wow i monkeyed the im6/7

3:52 pm

but will she wear it now Bichon?

3:53 pm

bye, stid!

3:53 pm

When she feel like it. Ditto for her O2. My mother is very independent

3:53 pm

Yes, bichon, my dad refuses to even consider getting one; says he has his cell phone (which at the moment needs charging, sigh)

3:54 pm

Yes, there's the cell phone charging issue. She also can't figure out how to retirieve voice mail and everyone thinks she's ignoring them. It's so difficult

3:55 pm

Hello again friends!

3:55 pm

Let us all hope that none of us are that 'independent' when we reach the age to need it. Stubborn/reckless may be better words!

3:56 pm

hi Car

3:57 pm

Just found a cool online weight loss support system...calorie counter, journal, chat, etc. very excited!

3:58 pm

get the charger that you just lay the cell phone on and put it on the place where they lay their cell phone at night.

3:59 pm

then get on their phone and leave as the answering message: this is mother so and so. Please call again as I do not check messages

3:59 pm

hi jmc

3:59 pm

or in the alternative call their cell phone when you know they wont have it on and leave enough messages to fill up the box so that no one can leave a message

3:59 pm

is it sparkpeople, car?

3:59 pm

hi lynxxx

4:00 pm

<===big on work arounds

4:00 pm

I noticed!

4:01 pm

:-)

4:01 pm

everydayhealth.com

4:01 pm

I should go and get an early start today - bye all

4:01 pm

help with the LE 5 & 6 please?

4:01 pm

Bye Lynxx

4:02 pm

le + first number

4:02 pm

then plural

4:02 pm

Ugh. TY Cos!

4:03 pm

yw

4:03 pm

ah, I should check that out, car!

4:03 pm

bye, lynxxx!

4:03 pm

Sierra Le*

4:03 pm

I am excited about it! The calorie tracker looks good!

4:04 pm

Great! I know I should track my food, but after I do it for a day or two I go into full rebellion mode :-(

4:04 pm

So easy on this site and they already have thousands of items in the tracker so you just click on the one you want!

4:05 pm

how many words are there?

4:05 pm

ni 5\12?

4:05 pm

162

4:05 pm

Working on it now Cos!

4:05 pm

thanks

4:06 pm

It rhymes with what you might refer to your wife as

4:06 pm

thanks!

4:06 pm

Great clue! TY Bichon!

4:06 pm

yvw car

4:07 pm

Help with the IM's please?

4:08 pm

im + baby horse change the last letter to a high tile

4:08 pm

oh sorry changr the last letter to a vowel :(

4:09 pm

halfway!

4:09 pm

Ty Cos!

4:09 pm

yw

4:09 pm

Go Helena, Go!

4:10 pm

su 5?

4:10 pm

su + double consonant + first vowel

4:10 pm

car beat me to it

4:11 pm

tyvm car

4:11 pm

That word always reminds me of the brand of sheets/linens...wamsu***

4:12 pm

P's done. They were quite easy.

4:13 pm

Well done Cos!

4:13 pm

I have 37 to go and I may need to go to the list!

4:14 pm

However, my work is done and I am just lounging for the rest of the night, so maybe I will just wing it!

4:14 pm

try that it'll last longr :)

4:14 pm

How long do you think the boys will let me sit here on my laptop?

4:14 pm

go car!!

4:15 pm

the 2nd se 5/10?

4:16 pm

I only have the plural of the chairs

4:17 pm

Oh...fishing net or a river in France

4:17 pm

more than halfway...

4:18 pm

Watching a very cool full-length Lego movie....so amazing!

4:18 pm

thanks!

4:18 pm

Just found the male genitalia...how did I miss that one?!?!?

I also just found it car, and was wondering the same. Hi babblers.

4:19 pm

Hello Red! Great minds.....

4:19 pm

hi, red!

or something...

4:19 pm

it kind of leaps out at you... :)

Hello uusue.

4:20 pm

Well actually it didn't Champ!!! LOL!

4:20 pm

car - i just saw that one, too

4:20 pm

how about the se 5/18?

well I am yet to reach hafl way, so maybe it did.

4:20 pm

If anyone needs a clue, ask, cause I'm almost done

4:21 pm

Am finding this not so easy...

4:21 pm

Okay, I am laughing my ass off at all the females here who have said "how did I miss the pe5?"

4:21 pm

I'done, gotta make dinner

4:21 pm

use a needle & thread + no ifs, **ds or buts

4:22 pm

Congrats Bichon!!!

4:22 pm

NOTE...I did NOT miss the pe5 Molly!

4:22 pm

Thanks car!

4:22 pm

thanks!

4:22 pm

yvw!

4:24 pm

mi 6 please?

4:24 pm

mi+se4

4:25 pm

TY!

4:25 pm

I would have thought that would have had 2 S's.

4:25 pm

silly word!

4:26 pm

maybe it means to consume improperly, rather than to sit wrong...

4:26 pm

Finished the P's too...but I did pull up the list...

4:26 pm

Oh...maybe...

fireworks !

4:27 pm

Congrats Diane!

thanks, car.eeyore !

4:27 pm

yay, diane!

4:28 pm

brb...

4:30 pm

My name

4:30 pm

crud...meant to say, my name's in here...Susan! however, I'm not a word...bummer!

4:31 pm

hey, champ, your name is almost the same as mine (Suzanne)!

4:31 pm

Dare ya to find Suzanne in here! :)

4:31 pm

there are a couple of words we can make from our nickname...

4:32 pm

got 'em!

4:32 pm

That's my Champ!!! I thought I was talking to myself for a minute.

4:33 pm

the last sa 5/10?

4:34 pm

bbl -

sounds like the end of a paid killer

4:35 pm

hmmm

4:36 pm

thanks, diane!

4:36 pm

cos, it also sounds like what teen girls would get in trouble for - a tone of voice....

you're welcome Helena

good one, helena

4:37 pm

haha, that may be a stretch, but that's what I was thinking as i typed it

when dropping one's g's

4:37 pm

can i have clue for at6 pls xxx

4:37 pm

hmmm

it'll work !

4:37 pm

it cant be sassy

4:38 pm

...close.... thing a southern mama scolding her kid.

4:38 pm

quit your "sa***!"

4:39 pm

frog, i don't have that one yet

4:39 pm

ok helena ty anyway xxx

4:39 pm

at = A + not a teenager, but not a child

that was my very last word frog! .... a + what we call children before they reach their teens

4:39 pm

a + tw5/18

4:40 pm

now back to that cursed sa 5/10 lol

4:40 pm

oh, i did have that one....!

4:40 pm

i not got the tw5/18 yet cos lol

quite yer sa*** me... or you'll get the back of my hand !!!

4:40 pm

not a teenager but a tw.....

the only sa 5, 10 I have is the plural of the sa 4,4 I am sure youhave that one.

4:41 pm

i do red thanks anyway :)

make that *quit yer sa***

4:41 pm

sa 5/10...specialist bristish soldiers not out?

4:41 pm

hello all

sa + mortal ***

4:42 pm

i was just going to do that, diane!

4:42 pm

haha

:-)) fun, huh ??

4:43 pm

i got it finally but ive seen it spelled with 3 S's and not 2 lol

Helena.... your cat is SO funny..... looks like a lap rug !!!

4:43 pm

thanks :)

4:43 pm

omg somebody slap me - i got the at6 about an hour ago - but thaniks for the clues anyway lmao

4:43 pm

lol frog

4:43 pm

I forgot, I drank my invisibility drink

4:43 pm

25 left.

its ok, I needed it frogface. Hello Kallia

4:44 pm

ha, cos - my clue was a little.... unclear

4:44 pm

but it helped in the end :)

sorry Kallia..... hello to you :-))

4:52 pm

ok i giive up - can i have a clue for de5 pls xxx

4:52 pm

abelief i think?

4:52 pm

de + ending for belief

4:53 pm

ahhhh great stuff!! ty xxx

4:53 pm

yw!

4:56 pm

fireworks!

whoo hoow cos.

Could I get a little bit of assistance on the L words.? just maybe one of the stats? I have the le4, 4 but...

4:58 pm

do u have the le + first number?

4:58 pm

then plural

way to go Cos !! ... and now I have to go... we're going out for an early dinner !

5:02 pm

clue for im 6 pls? xxx

5:02 pm

im+po4/5

5:04 pm

ty champ xxx

5:05 pm

hello

5:05 pm

hi sadie xxx

5:07 pm

le5 pls? xxx

5:07 pm

Back...went to make dinner and realized the heat in the back end of the house is NOT working! Repair on the way...dinner made...babble until then...

5:08 pm

wb xxx

5:08 pm

Second half of a country name Sierra Le*** and then the plural

5:08 pm

wb

5:08 pm

ty car xxx

5:15 pm

help with the ni 5/10 please?

5:15 pm

NM! Got it!

5:18 pm

Clue for the second sa 6/18 please?

5:19 pm

mi6 clue pls? xxx

5:20 pm

mi + se 4/4

5:20 pm

ty car xxx

5:21 pm

hi all -- nbt and 45 to go

5:21 pm

And I figured out the SA 6 to boo!

5:21 pm

*boot!

5:21 pm

sa6/18 - sa4/4 + vowels

5:21 pm

(I wasn't going to do this grid but here I am)

5:21 pm

TY anyay bojazz!

5:21 pm

Welcome jillibus!

5:21 pm

It's a good grid Jillibus.

5:22 pm

10 to go....

5:22 pm

better than the last ones, I think

5:24 pm

Fireworks!!!!

5:24 pm

I can hang out an clue until the repair person comes...

5:31 pm

Hooray for car.eeyore!

5:33 pm

I'm ashamed to ask for a 4-letter clue, but how about the ne4/5 before the lights?

5:33 pm

and the ne4/4 after them?

5:33 pm

I could sure use a clue for the last se 5/10 for fireworks!

5:33 pm

ne + am I my brother's ke**per?

5:34 pm

Famous T-man, Eliot NE** fought Al Capone

5:34 pm

ty car -- should have got that!

5:34 pm

SE 5 is famous french river or a fishing net

5:34 pm

ty again, should have got that too!

5:35 pm

My excuse is that I'm half asleep -- son was visiting and I didn't get to bed until 3 am -- had to get up at 9.

5:36 pm

Ugh! So sleepy!

5:36 pm

Yeah! Thanks car ... fireworks :-)

5:37 pm

I should go and have a nap -- going to the movies this evening -- but babble calls...

5:37 pm

Whoopee for origami!!!

5:38 pm

can sum1 clue me the ne4/5 pls? xxx

5:39 pm

Origami -- lovely poem. And in case you're interested, the icon theme for the next grid is "moneygami" -- you can google it...

5:39 pm

ne+ jili should get some sle**

5:40 pm

ty so much xxx

5:40 pm

Yeah origami!

5:40 pm

Oooh .. moneygami. I'll have to find one.

5:40 pm

the Ns are giving me trouble -- clues for the ni 5 words, please?

5:42 pm

ni 5/10 is ni + the beginning of the famous french river

5:42 pm

ni 5/12 sounds like the word for a mister's wife

5:42 pm

oh yes, the Japanese immigrant I always miss

5:43 pm

and thks again, car

5:43 pm

yvw!

5:44 pm

uh oh...not so sure I like the new calorie counter now....

5:45 pm

I changed my icon -- not George Washington any more -- someone much more precious to me

5:46 pm

Oh Jillibus! {{hugs}}

5:47 pm

thanks, car -- he liked eeyore too :-)

5:47 pm

But of course! Who doesn't?!?!? Wait...don't answer that....

5:48 pm

Any clues before I go?

5:49 pm

Poor Eeyore!

5:49 pm

I am off too! Have a great evening all!

5:50 pm

I'll muddle through -- thanks for the help so far and have a good evening!

5:50 pm

I need an i word from top center i for NBT please!

5:51 pm

never mind!

5:51 pm

hahahhaa i found two i words and NBT!!! woot woot

5:55 pm

Lil is on a roll.

5:55 pm

Hi Molly! wassup

5:56 pm

wtg lil!

5:56 pm

hi molly

5:57 pm

i stil have 89 to find

5:58 pm

Hi all.

hello ladies and gets

*gents

hows the puzzle tonight?

6:14 pm

Hi Shoo. The grid is not too nasty. It's rather quiet in the chat though.

so it would appear molly :)

6:15 pm

Hi Everybody. How are you all tonight?

good nef, and you?

6:17 pm

Evenin' Nef, how are you?

6:17 pm

doing okay. I got NBT this AM when I was here; but am now returning and still have 130 left to find on this grid!

6:18 pm

Hi Molly and Shoo. How are you guys doing with the grid?

6:21 pm

Okay, so far, so good. Now down to 110

6:22 pm

Shoo, by the way, I have been hanging out with musicians since I was 14, so I speak your language. : D

6:23 pm

there is a sn4/8 letter word in this grid that I've had way too much of lately!

6:26 pm

the one with the o or the one with the a?

6:26 pm

hello everyone!

6:27 pm

hi jmb. the one with the O

glad to hear it molly. what do you do? you in the industry?

6:27 pm

figured... i don't know what the one with the a means anyway lol

6:29 pm

jmb, it means the same thing I think just one of Robbie Burns words.... :-)

6:30 pm

pons

6:30 pm

OOPS!!!

6:31 pm

I know, I know, off to the penalty box I go; hope there's enough choclits there for tonight

6:31 pm

No Shoo, I just faithfully follow my musician friends around from gig to gig. I give good audience. : P

6:32 pm

Nef! Lucky you. There is chocolates AND chocolate cake in there. Go crazy.

fabulous. anyone i'd know?

sure wish i could use latin in this grid

6:33 pm

Oh hell no. Just local guys who have been in bands since high school. They are now referred to as the "over the hill gang". But, good for them, they are still playing.

sounds like a nice bunch, passion is what its all about.

6:37 pm

Shoo, how long have you been touring?

6:45 pm

hey Molly; I think both my kids are crazy-makers (reading your profile). They're both ADHD

6:47 pm

is jill still here???

6:47 pm

*waves to everyone*

6:48 pm

hello stid and everyone else

6:48 pm

hi stid and Bugs

6:48 pm

hey bugs!!!

6:48 pm

having fun yet stid?

6:49 pm

hi Nef!

6:50 pm

bah. fun. highly overrated!

6:50 pm

how are you doing tonight, Bugs?

6:50 pm

not for me!

6:50 pm

doing well tonight thanks. Have been feeling a bit stretched lately but have nothing on tonight. YAY

6:51 pm

so glad for you, bugs! I have to get up after a while and back a bday cake and make some (fake) BBQ chicken.

6:51 pm

stid has forgotten what that word means I think. Too much work and no play, etc....

6:51 pm

but resting first. It was a long day.

6:52 pm

I agree Nef. I figure if it is not fun, it may not be worth doing it that way

6:53 pm

well, my faculty liked the paper, had some good suggestions that I am going to try to implement, and so I am relieved. But also now I have to start working pretty hard on "everything else."

6:53 pm

I *should* be checking out some stuff on the MN Dept. of Health site tonight; but just can't get motivated to do it (I had a meeting there today on my day off

6:54 pm

blech. my faculty member, (with some authority to back her up) said that using "should" is too directive and "might" or "could" are better words...

6:55 pm

I'm glad the faculty liked your paper, stid. That helps a bit I'm sure (should give you a sense of relief, right?)

6:56 pm

she is right stid but people only notice how many times they get told what they should do when we are feeling vulnerable.

6:56 pm

well, I think Should is a pretty good word. Kind of like Must! ;-)

6:56 pm

yes, a bit. the work that is left is mostly tying up loose ends and checking the citations one last time. Fortunately, I am a decent writer so the basic structures and flow are fine.

6:57 pm

that's a good point bugs

6:58 pm

I remember when I had to leave the marriage and was feeling very vulnerable. They guy next door was trying to help but he kept telling me what I should do and then was annoyed when I stalled.

6:58 pm

It was the only time I remember hearing Should as a directive.

sorry for the late reply nef, I've been touring since October, and we finish next January. Its a long old trek, but its pretty fun so far.

6:59 pm

I Should myself on a regular basis! ;)

6:59 pm

hey shooless!

WE had

oops

6:59 pm

oh bugs, that is hard at any time. and we (you and I both) like to be in charge! ((hugs))

7:01 pm

there are all sorts of shoulda, coulda, woulda things. I'm trying to think of the other terms that are directive too: can and may, shall and ??? I forgot!

7:01 pm

oh! found three in a row! down to 30.

It's We Will Rock You, so of course its all Queen songs, and its produced by Brian May and Roger Taylor, and they both came along to our press night in Copenhagen tonight, Roger played onstage for the Bohemian Rhapsody finale, so we're all having a nice time playing with the big boys.

Hey stid, how you doing?

7:02 pm

15 months of touring, shoo? Wow! that takes stamina; to say the least!

7:02 pm

I shoulda just found a job as a para for a couple years instead of jumping into training for teaching. I coulda gone to a different school that allows people to take time out or go part-time as needed. I woulda just grabbed my teaching certification when I was in my 20s if I had realized how hard it is to go back to school in mid-life....

its 4 or so weeks in each place, so at least its not moving every week.

weekly moves are just killers

7:02 pm

very, very, amazingy, awesomely, cool, shooless!

7:03 pm

very cool shooless. I love Queen music

7:03 pm

Stid...all work and no play...you know the rest of that right? Time for a break you hard working woman. What do you do for fun?

7:03 pm

now, *that* sounds a lot better than what I was imagining, shooless! I was picturing you moving every 2-3 nights...

thanks stid, and nef. It's just a job like any other, i have so much respect for teachers though stid, its not easy, but so necessary.

7:05 pm

okay, so the dog brings his "dongle" -- a large bone-shaped rubber toy we throw for him in the yard and puts it on the bed next to me. I tell him to get a squeaky ball for inside play. He takes the dongle and goes into the other room for a few minutes. Then he comes back in and puts the dongle on the bed next to me...

7:05 pm

now he is whining because I am not getting up to take him outside... (here's the dongle again)

yeah, this show is way too big for short stints like that nef, we'd spend more time getting all the kit in and out of venues than we would doing shows.

7:06 pm

he wants outside play, stid!~ :-)

7:06 pm

LOL yep. But he went outside when I got home, and the kids can do just as well. maybe better...

what kind of dog is he stid?

hello all

7:06 pm

stidbdaykid will take him out in a minute.

7:06 pm

hey TO!

7:07 pm

hi TO

7:07 pm

german shepherd, shooless. he knows it's hopeless, he just wishes otherwise

i am atching idol and a couple of the kids have never heard a beatles song. i feel owd.

7:08 pm

??? how can one grow up and not hear all those songs?

that is a combination of old and owl

7:09 pm

LOL TO! was wondering...

7:09 pm

Those poor kids. No parents around to introduce them to some of the best music ever.

7:09 pm

(pops in briefly while dad is on the phone)

7:10 pm

you are kidding, TO. They haven't heard Beatles songs? Yikes! We are getting old!

7:10 pm

((sue)) hello again!

7:10 pm

hi uusue

well they are young. how goes it, usue?

7:11 pm

Nef, I don't think it has anything to do with getting old. Beatles music is still played all over the place. These are obviously kids who have not been exposed to a wide spectrum of music. Sad.

7:12 pm

they must have heard it even as elevator music I would think!

7:12 pm

btw, sue... you were a clue for me!!!

i guarantee they have been nexposed to whatever is the moment's hot stuff. i have begun to hate melisma, thye have no idea how to use it

7:14 pm

Hi everyone! UUsue...still here?

7:14 pm

I have no idea what melisma is, TO

7:14 pm

hey carlee!!

7:15 pm

Hey Stid! I am all done if anyone needs clues.

7:15 pm

hi car.ee

7:15 pm

Hi nef!

singing several notes for the same word. s tyle often found in gospel

sometimes notes, sometimes runs

7:16 pm

I am with you TO...not a fan of the ongoing runs. I would rather hear someone that can actually hit 1 note well.

they have a place, but not on every song and every note

7:16 pm

so is it like harmony? (I really am lost here... MY age must be showing!)

ooh i am loving james!

7:17 pm

I could be wrong, but it seems Mariah Carey started that running a note, or notes, all over the place. It's become annoying. And yes Car, I prefer someone who can belt out one, good, solid note.

7:17 pm

Think Mariah CArey or Christina Aguilera...notes just all over the place

7:17 pm

Snap Car.

7:17 pm

Great minds, Molly!

7:18 pm

okay, that I understand

7:18 pm

oh gee *rubs eyes* perhaps I ought to find my glasses....

an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing. actually began in plainsong

7:18 pm

let's hear it for Sarah Vaughn!!

7:18 pm

Arrgh! I am not watching it...am recording it for tomorrow.

7:19 pm

Oh God, if only there was an up and coming singer like Sarah Vaughn. Or Etta James.

hi doren how was your trip?

7:19 pm

Yeah Sarah Vaughn!

7:19 pm

*belts out a fine A 339*

7:19 pm

fantastic. beautiful weather... couldn't be niver

7:19 pm

Go Stid!

7:19 pm

hey doren! are you still doing the watusi?

7:19 pm

(she is my favorite female vocalist, i think)-- hah stid, i wish

o,O

7:20 pm

i broke up with a guy ten years my younger because he thought the beatles were paul

7:20 pm

brb, gotta go move my car (I'm taking up the whole driveway according to my dtr.)

7:20 pm

help with tu please

7:20 pm

paul's old backup band

wah, wa- ah tusi..come on take a chance and get a with this dance

7:20 pm

give her the keys

7:20 pm

i am imagining what could possibly be the im words.. are they fishy?

7:20 pm

tu + form of to be

7:20 pm

Oh JMC, my husband is applauding you from the great beyond. He was a Lennon lover.

7:20 pm

im + po 4/5 and plural

7:20 pm

grounds for breaking up for sure jm. and I agree about giving her the keys, too

7:21 pm

i was into george myself

7:21 pm

thanks car... and i didn't try that cause i was just SURE that wasn't a word!

7:21 pm

George....loved him....

me too!

7:22 pm

bbl i must go to kinkos to make brochures for big tadoo tomorrow night

7:22 pm

I loved George too

7:22 pm

I just realized I have not seen nrkii for a while. Anyone now how she is?

7:22 pm

if you are on fb check out artists against the war dc

7:22 pm

Bye JMC!

7:22 pm

She's been around Car. She's dealing, such as it is.

7:22 pm

Dealing?

7:23 pm

Uh oh....

7:23 pm

Her Dad died.

7:23 pm

saw her yesterday and she is blue but okay

7:23 pm

* tripping in *

7:23 pm

her father passed away

7:23 pm

Oh no! I am so sorry to hear that.

7:23 pm

Hi Pini

7:23 pm

Please send her my love.

7:23 pm

I'm pleased to announce I toasted my computer today and got to leave early...

7:23 pm

PINI!!!! {{HUGS}}}}

7:23 pm

Well done Sistah!

7:23 pm

...just in time to prep for the 1-2" of snow we're finally going to get tomorrow! :)

idol is on v.s america's next top model. that is just not fair, how an i select between two such exquisitely shallow shows without redeeming social value?

7:24 pm

She's had a lot of family and Dad's friends around and is looking forward to some time alone to process things. She seems to be hanging in, like I said, such as it is.

7:25 pm

TO...use the "favorite" button on your remote control to switch between the two?

7:25 pm

well put owl

7:25 pm

thx for the kudo's, sistah...I was pretty proud of myself, too ;)

:D

7:26 pm

gee pini -- WAY betterer than my own best efforts. (I almost drained my laptop battery today while on campus without my power cord)

7:27 pm

thanks for the im word!

7:27 pm

*Watching "House"...doesn't qualify for exquisitely shallow*

7:28 pm

I was set to go home even earlier, stid, but the boss reminded me that we did just buy that departmental laptop...

omg the models are in giant plastic bubbles walking on a water runway!

7:28 pm

...going from two 23" screens to a single 15" laptop was "interesting"!

7:29 pm

LOOOOOOOOVE House!

it is hysterical i would love to do that

7:30 pm

Just called to find out when the repair person is coming to fix the heat...another 2-3 hours!!!!

7:30 pm

oh that is a long time to wait, car!

oh no, car! is it very cold up there?

7:30 pm

* offers sistah a nice warm sweater *

7:30 pm

oh man, just HAD to remind you! LOL

7:30 pm

does sound like fun, TO

7:31 pm

*ups the ante with a mug of hot cocoa and a plate of cookies*

oh turn it on it is worth it

7:31 pm

could any one help me with the top left i?

7:31 pm

* throws in extra socks and electric blanket *

7:31 pm

nevermind

7:31 pm

id4

7:31 pm

oops, too late

7:32 pm

*adds a bottle of pirate warmer...*

7:32 pm

Thank you all. I originally called it in at 5:30...so it has been a while. We are fine, but my mom's bedroom is in that end of the house, so we will have to shuffle things around a bit.

7:32 pm

(but we're not competitive*

7:32 pm

* giggle *

7:32 pm

No, competition is good! Go ahead! Fight over my affection!!!

7:33 pm

*grin*

7:33 pm

ROFL

not that car can ne bought or anything :P

7:33 pm

I just like the attention!

7:34 pm

well, I have rested for a full hour... down to 22 and would like to get the kiddo's bday supper started. back later. (((many hugs and many smiles and extra choclits))) thanks for being here, friends! *poof*

7:34 pm

ciao stid :)

7:34 pm

Bye Stid! Good to see you!

7:35 pm

back. Cleaned up my kitchen mess on my way through too.

7:36 pm

Car, sorry to hear about your heat issue. Hope the repair man gets there soon. (Can I hope he's cute too?)

7:36 pm

Ooh! Come do mine Nef!

i am stalled at 40...crap, my 6 key just broke

7:36 pm

uh oh ... guess my work computer failure is spreading! :/

7:36 pm

I look like pure crapola today, so please, not a cutie!

7:37 pm

What do you need TO? I am here to help!

uh, a new job, a housekeeper, a date...

7:37 pm

Done, done and done!

7:37 pm

what does a 6 key do? (I'm on a mac...)

7:38 pm

WTG, car.ee!!! YAY!!!

7:38 pm

wtg sistah

7:38 pm

No! I meant with all of TO's wishes! I finished the grid a while ago!

LOL

7:39 pm

A 6 key does....6 and ^ on my computer

7:39 pm

wtg on both counts then!

7:39 pm

car.ee; I hope that the repair guy is cute and nice and doesn't care how you look but sees your inner light shining through and falls for you. Oh. AND he's single too!

7:40 pm

Well thank you Nef! and Molly! How nice for me!

7:40 pm

(but you should probably comb your hair! ;-)

ok, time for sleep for me i think. night all, or morning i guess. 2:40 am here in copenhagen. good luck with the grid, and thanks for letting me bnatt

*natter

7:41 pm

I did that...but the frizz factor is high! Defcon 9 at least!

7:41 pm

niters, shooless! Sleep tight!

7:41 pm

Nite!

hey dwarf, does your show ever come stateside?

thanks nef.

7:43 pm

:-)

not on this tour owl, but they're looking at putting on a farther reaching one i believe. though for all i know there might already be a wwry on in the usa.

just had a look, and there was at one point a version on in vegas, i dont know if they're still running or not.

7:46 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:46 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

7:46 pm

Hello Min! How are you tonight?

you;d better get to bed. yo have a tough job

7:46 pm

hi Min!

7:47 pm

I'm well.Hoping to finish this before my soap comes on

7:48 pm

What soap min?

hey min

7:48 pm

I can clue if you need help with anything.

the im words pls?

7:48 pm

im + po 4/5; and then plural

7:49 pm

im + al the gangsters end of last name

7:49 pm

thx for those ;)

7:49 pm

im6/24 is im plus po4/5 word and plural 72 Temple Owl

7:49 pm

Hi ruru! Great clue!

7:49 pm

hi ru

7:49 pm

wonder it ivory liquid is going to be on minver

ty car and ty ru and ty min

7:49 pm

hi all

7:50 pm

yw TO

7:50 pm

hey pini

7:50 pm

everyone done?

7:50 pm

Hello rururocks! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

7:50 pm

hi ruru

7:50 pm

(not yet)

7:50 pm

I am.

7:51 pm

not me either; 70 left here

7:51 pm

I came back on looking for uusue, but then got sucked in to hang out with the gang!!!

7:52 pm

hi min.. fine thanks

7:53 pm

hi all

7:53 pm

pini!!!

7:53 pm

hi jmc ;)

7:53 pm

wassup?

7:53 pm

hi jmc!

7:54 pm

(oh, crap...phone, brb)

hi je

7:54 pm

long time no see bubala

7:54 pm

and no see again

7:54 pm

hi TO

7:54 pm

feeling better tonight?

7:56 pm

going for a walk while it is light out. bbl

7:57 pm

can any one help me with the leftmost e?

me? a bit ty

7:58 pm

female sheep

7:58 pm

Bye ruru!

7:58 pm

noodles, my left E doesn't start any words. the E in the 4th column starts a female sheep

7:59 pm

yeah.. that e is on the lamb

7:59 pm

sorry that's wrong. it starts the opposite of hard

please need the si words except the math function si4

8:00 pm

the 5th column E starts the female sheep (pl)

8:00 pm

bye ru

8:00 pm

a shortened word for idiot is si 4/6

8:00 pm

si 5 muscle material TO

8:00 pm

and s + a little elf

136 words in and i just found the y

ty

8:01 pm

yes in spanish and not old

8:01 pm

the left E starts a long time and good ea** is one of my favorite shows

8:01 pm

lots of people didn't see the Y

8:02 pm

jmc, is the Y us** in any words?

8:03 pm

going to go fix supper bbl

8:03 pm

It ends a couple of words

8:03 pm

thanks, car.ee

8:03 pm

hey... anyone here ever make dolmades?

at least one

8:04 pm

my DH has, kje

8:04 pm

he even us** our own grape leaves once

8:04 pm

can they be made a week ahead?

8:05 pm

ad if so, how to store? fridge, froze?

8:06 pm

I would think so; if you're using a brine to store them in (they come canned in a brine too

time for babble. HI babble buddies!

eo 6 pls?

8:06 pm

in the fridge

8:06 pm

hi Gwen

8:06 pm

the brine would soak ito the filling ad make it too salty... usually you wash the brie off the leaves before rollig

8:07 pm

wow! you heard it here first! fuel prices are ready to go crazy,i advise you all to fill up before lunch tomorrow, here we will be looking at $1.25 per lit ($5.00 per U.S gallon)

oh heck cross, as soon as the operators hear the prediction they raise the price, i am not kidding

8:08 pm

kje, you can buy dolmades already made and they are in cans in brine. Our neighbors had them and she did a quick rinse to wash off some of the brine before serving them

prices already gone up here today (Detroit area)

8:09 pm

our gas jumped 12 cents/gallon overnight on Monday night. :-(

8:10 pm

we(suncor) are closing the refineries in the lybia area of insanity and have spent mon and tues pulling out all refinery workers and canadians that wish to leave...it is going to be interesting

8:10 pm

i heard average in u.s. is $3.19 . it is absurd that obama stated there is NO inflation in the u.s. my groceries all cost more each time i go to shop. what is he thinking? if he is just seeing housing stats then he is a jerk.

8:11 pm

we must go to electric cars and fast.

8:11 pm

we dream of 3.19 a gallon lol

8:11 pm

ours is now $3.31/gallon

has anyone clued the eo6?

8:12 pm

sorry TO; I don't have it yet

*and* they need to make cars that don't rust. I just spent all my money on my effin' car again. mostly due to rust. GRRRRRR

8:12 pm

eo 6 - beliefs in eo 4

8:12 pm

the brits are going to be hit very hard

TY WV

8:13 pm

Hi Gwen, Crossy, WV, mkg...

8:13 pm

howdy car

'sup eeyore??

ia m glad i found the y , have used it at least 7 times

8:15 pm

catch 22 gwen,you can move to our western provinces where it gets so cold in the winter they do not use salt as it becomes useless below minus 20,they just use sand lol

no i want a cheap plastic car! lol

8:15 pm

you can get a saturn as the body is all fibreglass,but the engine is crap in them

8:16 pm

back ...

hell no, ain't gittin' no effin' saturn!

8:16 pm

<-- potentially looking for new car (SUV 4wd) ... any input?

8:17 pm

you can get a corvette,they are all fibreglass...

oh, crap, ain't gittin' no effin' GM, kill me first! LOL

8:17 pm

bad time to get a suv pini..the gasoline prices are going to be scary till summer at least

8:17 pm

I am going to head out...need to go into the cold end of the house and do all the dishes! Yuck!

8:18 pm

even a 'small' one, cross? 2wd?

pini, you need an SUV for a reason? cuz you can get all0wheel0drive a lot cheaper

eeyore, two words: space heater!

8:18 pm

i reccomend a suzuki outback awd with the in-line 6

8:18 pm

I need to be able to put Koda's small kennel in it...

8:18 pm

Have a great night all! {{hug}}

8:18 pm

outback sport model

8:19 pm

night sistah

8:19 pm

outback is good on potential resale value, quality, mpg, price, etc.?

must be a big cage, huh?

8:20 pm

not really, gwen, but won't fit in a sedan

8:20 pm

yes on all but the price,will be a tad high,but you are paying for awd,and a rock solid car with good warranty

8:20 pm

what kind of price am I looking at, crossy?

8:20 pm

(range-wise)

8:20 pm

new or used?

8:20 pm

at this point, I may not be too picky; but definitely not too old

sedan? who said anything about a sedan? silly cars. hatchback or station wagon

8:21 pm

(if used)

8:21 pm

what kind of mileage, crossy? (I'm disappointed in my Rav4's paultry 24-28 MPG)

good night all. happy babbling

8:21 pm

for a 3-6 year old model 12-17,000 for the outback sport

8:21 pm

night TO :)

8:21 pm

Bye 72 Temple Owl! I will see you tomorrow in the log.

8:22 pm

but they get 300,000 km without breaking a sweat

8:22 pm

Nef, that's not a bad mpg...not like my truck anyway

8:22 pm

that sounds promising, crossy

8:22 pm

milage will be 25-30 mpg

8:23 pm

<-- love my truck and hate the idea of maybe having to give it up...but...well, gas prices are going to kill me and I'm not interested in having it "look pretty in the driveway"

8:23 pm

I want something that gets 30 mpg or greater....

8:24 pm

my toyota ech gets 42 mpg,but you cannot put a kennel in it lol

8:24 pm

echo

8:24 pm

My husbands trucks only get 4 to 5 mpg...tractor trailers...this gas is going to kill us!

8:24 pm

hmmm...

8:24 pm

is he independant?

8:24 pm

that's worse than mine, sea!!!

my 19-y-o- car gets about 30, but more and more parts are too darn rusty to work

8:25 pm

yes Crossy, he has a logging business

8:25 pm

my hyndai elantra got 36 mpg but couldn't hold DH's wheel chair or his electric cart. I still haven't figured out how to get the cart into the Rav without taking it apart

8:25 pm

19 yeears old? you have done well,retire the poor thing

can't afford to retire it. bought it when it was 17-y-o, gotta make it last a little while longer!

8:26 pm

Gwen your car is living on borrowed time! lol

OH YES

8:26 pm

My truck is an ornament as it is...I've put a whole almost 10K miles on it in 18 months :/

8:26 pm

well,i am in the fuel business seaspray and i am telling you ,by this time next year he will be paing at least 30% more for diesel

8:26 pm

D's Demoloshed! 10 left

8:26 pm

although I have a 1995 car that only has 1600 miles on it

8:27 pm

N's Nuked! 9 left

8:27 pm

Hyundais are good cars Nef. Although others here will tell you differently.

my rustbucket has unknown, only has a 5-digit odometer!

8:27 pm

I believe you crossy, we will be eating beans and drooling for bacon

8:28 pm

hello everyone *splash*

i'll be eatin' ramen noodles for a while . . . HI cybernan!

8:28 pm

hi nan

8:28 pm

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

8:29 pm

can he get out or at least just use fuel to harvest,but sub out the delivery

8:29 pm

I had my Hyundai for 8 years; my dtr. bought it from me. I got 38-40 mpg on my last trip out to Montana with it (4 years ago)

8:29 pm

I love ramen noodles Gwen

8:29 pm

crossy, are outbacks 'wagons'?

8:29 pm

they are pini

8:29 pm

but they are very well thought out

8:30 pm

dang it...Koda's into something...brb

8:30 pm

(I forgot too mention the Hyundai is now 11 yers old

8:30 pm

let me get you a pic...1 sec

8:30 pm

he does more hauling than anything, actually he hauls for other companys also...sooooo, beans it will be lol

8:31 pm

I believe they are Pini

8:33 pm

S's Stomped! 6 left

8:33 pm

Go, Min!

8:34 pm

ok, he'll live (this time)...

8:35 pm

(Koda, that is)

go go min!!

8:35 pm

36 left and I think I will call it a night...am going to read Blind Your Ponies...happy babbling everyone

8:36 pm

here is a 2008 model....

8:36 pm

http://www.carfolio.com/specifications /models/car/?car=178321

8:37 pm

fireworks here

8:37 pm

I just found one on Autotrader.com, too (2008 2.5i)

8:37 pm

wtg teach

8:37 pm

WTG, wv!!!! YAY!!!

8:37 pm

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp? ct=u&car_id=294086812&dealer_id=79885& car_year=2008&doors=&systime=&model=SU BOUTBK&search_lang=en&start_year=2008& keywordsrep=&keywordsfyc=&highlightFir stMakeModel=&search_type=both&distance =75&min_price=&drive=&rdm=129851452179 1&marketZipError=false&advanced=&fuel= &keywords_display=&sownerid=89418&last BeginningStartYear=1981&end_year=2012& showZipError=n&make2=&certified=&engin e=&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsear chform&body_code=0&transmission=&defau lt_sort=newsortbyprice_DESC&max_mileag e=&address=97477&color=&sort_type=pric eDESC&max_price=20000&awsp=false&make= SUB&seller_type=b&num_records=100&card ist=80&standard=false

wtg WV !!!! ~~~~ !!!!

8:37 pm

OOPS!!! MY BAD!!!

8:38 pm

nice, Pini. ;-)

8:38 pm

lol,funny we both chose 2008 model

8:38 pm

http://tinyurl.com/4hfvqrc

8:38 pm

it was the only one that came up under $20,000

pini, you need to use tinyurl.com (!)

ah, never mind

8:39 pm

* hanging head in shame * I know, I know :/

8:39 pm

whats the milage on that one pini?

8:39 pm

hi, all!

8:39 pm

* slapping own hand *

8:39 pm

52,629

8:39 pm

hhi uusue! How's it going?

8:39 pm

evening all

8:40 pm

hi dan2!

8:40 pm

hi dan2

8:40 pm

pretty good! dad and I just fell asleep watching episodes of Fall of Eagles :-)

hey there sue!

8:41 pm

hello friends. have had two glasses of wine...wheeeeee

8:41 pm

Hi, Gwen!

8:41 pm

hi trif

8:41 pm

excellent pini!! grat milage!!

8:41 pm

great

8:41 pm

that eagles movie has eyrie music

8:42 pm

...and it comes in a color I like, crossy!

8:42 pm

it does, ruru

8:42 pm

with that milage and under 20 thou,it is good

8:42 pm

hi ru

8:42 pm

might have to look into it, crossy ;)

8:42 pm

(just wish it came with pictures of the actual vehicle it's talking about)

8:43 pm

Hi all, how is Babbleland?

8:43 pm

hi wht

8:43 pm

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

8:44 pm

hi, wht!

8:44 pm

that at 6 has to be a fake word!

8:44 pm

I have 12 s's left.

44 to go here and really stuck

8:45 pm

look at my link for a pic of the car type pini

8:45 pm

I'm looking at 'em now, crossy...

8:45 pm

...the stats are worrying me :/

8:46 pm

Pros Fine ride and handling balance, enjoyable power delivery from XT Limited's turbocharged engine, excellent build and materials quality, sure-footed in snowy or light off-roading conditions, outstanding crash test scores. Cons Tight backseat for a midsize car, automatic transmissions sap performance, stability control not available on lower trim levels.

8:46 pm

Need to be able to seat 4 adults

8:46 pm

(at least) with a babyseat

8:47 pm

it seats four comfy-5 in a pinch

NI, 5/10 and NI,5/12......help please

8:48 pm

ni5/10 are Japanese Americans

ni5 is one of those weird japanese loan-words: ni + plural letter + two vowels

8:48 pm

i am talking about the sport model,in the higher option and trim level though,not the standard outback

8:48 pm

It kinda scares me in that it's a 'station wagon' (family-type)...and it's just me and Koda and occasionally my dau, SIL, and grands

8:48 pm

ok

8:48 pm

I'm looking through the different models now

8:48 pm

well you want something awd that can haul pooch

8:49 pm

and decent mialge,that limits the choices

8:49 pm

true...but figured a hatch back might not be so 'family'

don't be fooled by the term "station wagon" -- there is no "official" category for SUVs, minivans, etc, so they are classified as station wagons (at least in michigan)

8:49 pm

nis 5/10 are Japanese Americans and ni 5/12 is same beginning and ends with not we but ** flashman1998.

8:49 pm

hi to those who have arrived since I dove in -- coming up for air and a glass of wine :)

8:49 pm

For the ni5, change the first letter of a word one might use for their wife.

8:51 pm

gotcha, gwen...

8:52 pm

thoughts on the Ford Escape?

8:53 pm

i do not buy hyundai or nissan,or izuzu awd vehicles cause the build is cheap..things have firewalls as thin as tissue paper and they rust while you are looking at them

8:53 pm

great, crossy....that's what I'd be letting go (a Nissan)

8:54 pm

i have always paid a tad extra for a quality build

8:54 pm

crossy, my elantra had no rust (even after being in MN for over 8 years). I don't know about the firewall; I never had a fire

8:55 pm

a firewall is not for a fire per se nef,but more to stop the engine from ending up in yer lap after a collision;)

8:56 pm

I figured it wasn't what it sounded like, crossy; I just meant it seemed pretty darn safe

8:56 pm

each oner experience will vary i am sure

8:57 pm

owner

8:58 pm

P's Pummeled! 1 left

8:58 pm

i can only go by my own experience in a canadian northern environment

8:58 pm

clue for the se5,18 please.

thanks for that help .......2 left now

8:58 pm

crossy, what about a 'hatchback'?

8:59 pm

DH (before he quit driving) had some mionor run ins with 1) a trailer hitch on a truck and 2) the handicapped posts at the grocery store and 3) a short brick berm wall at the clinic. The front bumper cracked, but never dented or broke off.

8:59 pm

some companies are coming out with lines of awd hatchies..but i have only driven a few

8:59 pm

Go, Min!

8:59 pm

how about the new subaru quasimodo

9:00 pm

se + pale and listless

9:00 pm

oh.. that's a humpback

my mom owns an All-wheel-drive hatchback. also an old car that still goes. 18 years old, i think

9:00 pm

i do not know it ruru,i i thing pini is looking for gently used

9:00 pm

sorry, wht, I don't have it yet

9:00 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! ta5/12 was my last word

wtg min !!! ~~~ !!!!'

9:00 pm

ty nan. Fireworks.

9:00 pm

Yeah Minver

9:00 pm

wtg min

9:00 pm

wtg wht

wtg wht !!! ~~~ !!!!

9:00 pm

YAY, Min!!! WTG!!!!

9:01 pm

That se 5/18 word is se + wa 4/8 word minus a letter.

9:01 pm

Hmm a glass of wine does sound good

9:01 pm

wtg min

9:01 pm

Yeah, ru, I gotta watch my $$

9:01 pm

WTG, wht!!!! YAY!!!!

9:01 pm

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! Good for you

9:01 pm

(still hating the idea of letting the truck go - I've always wanted tone)

9:01 pm

* one

9:01 pm

I like toyotas pini.. they run forever

9:01 pm

I'll be here off and on for the rest of the night to clue

9:01 pm

me, too...but still need to watch the $

9:02 pm

my father had 250,000 miles on his corolla before it died

9:02 pm

gas is a factor now too

9:02 pm

$4 a gallon here

9:02 pm

that's why I'm looking at 'options'

9:03 pm

good for you

9:04 pm

what's the theme today? I should change my icon for jilli

9:04 pm

It sounds as if the theme is cars.

9:04 pm

ruru i had a 1976 toyota corolla that had 455,000 miles on it ..god i miss its manual choke;)

9:05 pm

I love toyotas

9:05 pm

they do run forever ruru,thats why i still drive one;)

9:05 pm

I am on my 4th

9:05 pm

I drive 35,000 miles per year

9:06 pm

The way I have judged cars is where and when they break down.

9:06 pm

hopes that Pini won't buy a Ford or VW

9:06 pm

I like toyota's, too...if that's a consideration, what's the best option for what I'm looking for (a type of crossover or compact SUV, AWD, can carry Koda's small kennel in back)

9:06 pm

They will all break down. A good car breaks down when it is convenient.

9:06 pm

I'm trying to avoid it, ru

9:06 pm

my current is a 2004 toyota echo and in that time i have done the front brakes once and replaced a tail light bulb;)

TA,6/18 help please

9:07 pm

Toyota Rav 4

9:07 pm

if pini buys a vw,it bette be the jetta tdi deisel..they last forever lol

9:07 pm

t + most of the TV collie

9:07 pm

I had a VW bug once that I liked a lot, but it's final breakdown was when I was on my way out of town on vacation.

9:08 pm

seats 4 adults, ru? good mileage?

got it.....thanks......1 left

9:08 pm

I had a VW..it was always in the shop

9:08 pm

ruru, that's what I have now. But I'm unhappy with the mileage (I bought it this past summer when DH was ill. It's a 2008 Rav4 with 40,000 miles and it gets 24-28 mpg)

9:08 pm

I think they get 23-25 mpg pini

9:09 pm

seats 5 I think with room in the back for a crate

9:09 pm

lol pini a jetta tdi deisel gets 1200 kms on 40 litres of deisel

9:09 pm

I had a VW Fox...blew a piston driving up the highway...cost me a new engine

9:09 pm

nice, crossy!

9:09 pm

<---hates Vw's

9:09 pm

On the other hand I had a Saab 96 which had a constant velocity joint go on it two blocks from my girlfriends house and she was right behind me.

9:09 pm

<---really hates saabs too

9:10 pm

saabs are nasty

9:10 pm

euro trash cars that are built by idiots

9:10 pm

my wife spent most of her Saab life in a tow truck

9:10 pm

always breaking down

9:10 pm

So, I'm focusing on Subaru Outback 2.5i and Toyota Rav4

9:10 pm

(right?)

9:10 pm

they still send her christmas cards for all the business

9:10 pm

I like the outbacks too.. nice car

9:10 pm

PB isn't na*** though.There are tropical drink in there

9:11 pm

good choices pini

9:11 pm

I liked my Saab but I think it still thought it had the 3 cylinder 2-cycle engine. The head gasket was going on it and it took a quart of oil with each fillup.

9:11 pm

I'm kinda likin' the Rav4 'look' over the 'family' car look

9:11 pm

...andy others I should consider?

9:11 pm

check the mileage.. I think it is pretty good

9:11 pm

rav 4,s are not bad,but would be my second choice

DOS

9:12 pm

not sure

9:12 pm

tres

9:12 pm

quatro

9:12 pm

*covering for BDG*

9:12 pm

http://tinyurl.com/475yx6d

9:12 pm

the Rav4 will hold 4 adults, it's a little tight with the 4 adults and a huge toddler car seat, but I've done it< Pini

9:12 pm

i have driven an outback through 3 feet of snow and it just coasted along

9:13 pm

My wife likes her CR-V.

9:13 pm

the audi quartro? $$$$$$

F ~ I ~ R ~ E ~ S ~ Q ~ U ~ I ~ G ~ G ~ L ~ E ~ S !

9:13 pm

Anyway. It is time for bed for me. Happy Babbling.

9:14 pm

yaa for gwen!!

9:14 pm

wtg gwen

9:14 pm

wtg Gwen

9:14 pm

night wht ;)

9:14 pm

the quatro is superior but much more expensive

9:14 pm

audi's are finally nice cars

9:15 pm

YAY, Gwen!!! WTG!!!

9:15 pm

I want to buy a R-8 for my mid-life crisis

9:15 pm

Pini, my Rav4 is a pretty blue

9:15 pm

the CFO won't let me though

several of my last words were fish, so it's pretty smelly over here right now LOL

9:15 pm

I like the Rav 4 c

9:15 pm

<-- just can't handle RED!

9:15 pm

Congratulations Book Doctor Gwen on fireworks!YAY

9:16 pm

Goodbye wht! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log.

a superstition at the Indy raceway is that green cars are bad luck

9:17 pm

RED promotes 'tickets'

AT,6/30 last one......help please

9:17 pm

you mean the "Pull me over Red" Pini?

9:17 pm

That's the one, Nef! LOL

actually, i read a statistic that shows that red cars don't get more tickets than other colors . . .

9:18 pm

flash, it's a dumb word. a + tw5

9:18 pm

figures, gwen...probably got the idea because it looks 'racey'

at6 = at + the pop fly fell be***** two outfielders

got it......thank you for the help

i know at least one guy who swears he got pulled over a lot when he had a red car, and not when he had other color cars. this is not impirical evidence though

9:19 pm

fireworks, flash?

9:19 pm

The at6/30 word is a plus tw 5/18 word flashman1998

yes.........fireworks..thanks

well i'm off to write some more books. bye bye y'alls

9:21 pm

lol,my grid concentration is cooked for the night so i will bid you all a good night

9:21 pm

Congratulations flashman1998 on fyour FWs! Hooray!

9:21 pm

YAY, flashman!!! WTG!!!

9:21 pm

tc all and happy babbing

9:21 pm

thx for the info, crossy!!!

9:21 pm

poof!

9:21 pm

ciao gwen ;)

9:21 pm

Bye Book Doctor Gwen!I will see you tomorrow maybe

9:21 pm

niters, crossy

9:21 pm

Goodbye crosshair! I will see you tomorrow in the log.

9:22 pm

bye, Gwen!

9:22 pm

ru...check this out: http://www.toyota.com/compare/?modelCo de=rav4#h_overview

9:26 pm

clue for the mi6/7 anybody?

9:27 pm

mi + take a **** (in a chair)

9:27 pm

mi +s4/4

9:27 pm

tx pinik & nef & all cluers - that's firewords

9:27 pm

(pokes head back in again)

9:27 pm

wtg dan2

9:28 pm

YAY, dan2!!! WTG!!!

9:28 pm

Congratulations dan2bit on fireworks!Hooray for you

9:32 pm

May I please have a clue for us5-12? Thanks

9:33 pm

*!* ta da *!* -- off to watch Jeopardy

9:33 pm

wtg nan

9:33 pm

normal breathing, GA

9:33 pm

us 4/12 is us plus *culear *nergy *gency gapeach1066

9:33 pm

Congratulations cybernan on fireworks! Good for you

9:34 pm

Thanks Nef, and Min.

9:34 pm

yw

9:35 pm

yw :-)

9:44 pm

ok, never thought I would come close to finishing but now am down to the last 3.

9:44 pm

Cannot possibly go to bed.

9:44 pm

Go uusue2 go!

9:44 pm

2

9:46 pm

1

9:47 pm

and done!

9:47 pm

Congratulations uusue2 on fireworks! Hooray for you

9:49 pm

how's things going otherwise, uusue? Did the nurse and therapist come today?

9:50 pm

YAY, uusue!!! WTG!!! (Toatally mi**ed the fact you finished!)

9:50 pm

When I op 4/5ed Babble,it took me ae 5/10 to finish, but I finally did so here's a story of clues for babblers starting an 4/8. It aw 4/8 me how some babblers can babble with ea4/4 sa4/4 list. I think that's so ne4/4. They blow me away with their talents and leave me in the du 4/6 using the list. Husband wants computer. I wish I could say no4/5 to him, however, need to give the husband computer or a na5/14 battle will en5/12 which is always mi4/5rable.He acts like such a si4/5! Hubby drives me insa4/4 with his Farmville addiction Computer games are always an is5/12 with us.Wish I had a computer that was just mi 4/5. I mi 4/5 those days of having 2 computers. Anway, I am going to go pe4/5 myself away from this and get out of my se4/4 and watch the ne 4/8 and goto bed. I hope the story helped just a teeny we 6/30 bit and you have se 4/4 some words or at least the easy on4/4. Goodnight all!

9:53 pm

Thanks, Min! I love your stories!

9:54 pm

yw and thanks

9:54 pm

*wanders in and hugs Min* thanks Min! down under 20 thanks to you!

9:55 pm

nef, the visiting nurse came and did a preliminary visit, he is getting a commode

9:55 pm

I do think you need to get a 2nd computer though...

9:55 pm

he fell in the bathroom today while I was out getting his meds, grrr

9:55 pm

that's it? what about the shower?

9:55 pm

good idea, the commode.

9:55 pm

Oh, NO!

9:56 pm

does he have one of those lifeline buzzer things he can wear around his neck if he falls when he is alone?

9:56 pm

haven't tried the shower yet

9:56 pm

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

9:56 pm

he's ok but that convinced him about the commode

9:57 pm

did he get up by himself? Did he harm his leg/hip?

9:57 pm

nope, no lifeline and doesn't want one, sigh

9:57 pm

yes, and no, nef, he was very lucky

9:57 pm

you might need to be very firm with him. It needs to be a condition for being left alone.

9:57 pm

sorry... that was too strongly worded.

9:58 pm

that's ok, stid, I have a week before I go, and we'll just have to see.....

9:58 pm

make a little purse type holder for a cordless phone then. (I us** a small sock and then had a circle -like a jar rim, only thin and in plastic- and tied a thin cord on it for DH))

9:59 pm

(((sue))) it is so hard to deal with cantankerous people who are in denial about their limitations.

9:59 pm

he has one of those, now he just has to keep the phone charged

9:59 pm

that is good idea, Nef! *considers a similar contraption for personal use when working around the house*

10:00 pm

it is. DH wouldn't use the life alert thing either "too expensive"; but my little phone carrier worked great and he did use it

10:03 pm

anyway, it was just his first full day home; still a lot of learning for both of us

10:03 pm

we have an alarm system for the house which has a button that can be pushed from the main panel to summon medical help. That system also had a separate button that one could get I think.

10:04 pm

might be a good idea.

10:04 pm

when we moved in and the boys were little my mama brain said, we're going to have medical emergencies... LOL fortunately we avoided some of the commoner ones (kids falling out of trees and off roofs)

10:05 pm

for an elderly person living alone, having a button up high (even just 3 feet from the floor) would be impossible to reach if he fell and couldn't get up. It needs to be something he'd carry

10:05 pm

that's true Nef, but was thinking it might be an intermediate stage.

10:05 pm

LOL, stid! It was my daughter that would fall and break bones; not my son!

10:06 pm

well, as long as he keeps his cell phone charged that should work.

10:07 pm

DH's aunt Hazel had fallen and broke her hip at age 87. she laid on the floor for 3 hours before her sisters found her. She couldn't reach the phone on the table next toher and she couldn't tip the table to get it

10:07 pm

that's true -- our home "walkaround" phones have two sets with chargers. So I generally keep one next to me when studying, while the other recharges.

10:08 pm

is that the aunt who was with you for a while?

10:08 pm

he already carries his cell phone in his shirt pocket (even pj's)

10:08 pm

and we have 3 cordless phones with ours

10:08 pm

if his cellphone works at home, that is a perfect solution.

10:08 pm

nope, stid. That was her sister back in 2004.

10:09 pm

dad actually has a 4-set portable home phone system

10:09 pm

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

10:09 pm

niters, Min!

10:09 pm

sweet dreams Min -- thanks again for the help. Down to 15 now!

10:09 pm

yes, cell works fine at home, so that's good

10:09 pm

uusue, that is perfect! :-)

10:09 pm

night, min!

10:09 pm

and going to spend some time with the bday boy again.

10:10 pm

see you-all later. Sue, I know you will get things worked out. ((hugs)) *poof*

10:10 pm

bye again, stid!

10:11 pm

bye, stid!

10:14 pm

when is the occupational therapist coming out, uusue?

10:15 pm

dunno about occupational therapy, nef; the physical therapist is coming tomorrow or Friday, and the regular visiting nurse will be coming then as well

10:16 pm

meanwhile I called and made an appointment with his eye doctor - he'd had cataract surgery less than 2 weeks before he fell, and is still getting all the post-surgery eye drops - never made it to the follow-up visit. So we'll go there on Friday as well.

10:17 pm

ask for an OT. It really makes a big difference. An OT can do just a site visit and come up with more ideas than either a nurse or a PT. Their job is specific to finding environmental solutions so he can live alone safely

10:18 pm

oh, my! he certainly is a handful right now! Bad timing!

10:18 pm

good idea, nef, I'll do that before i leave. They did ask if he wanted a social worker to talk to about the separation/divorce, which he does not.

10:19 pm

Indeed, nef! And if you go in hospital taking medications, they just keep you on them, so he's been doing these eye drops for quite a while now.

10:20 pm

I'd really suggest that the sooner he has an OT visit, the better off he'd be. That was our experience with both my hubby and last year with his AUnt (she'd fallen and broke both wrists; ended up staying with us for 4 months

10:22 pm

ok - I'm looking at the folder the visiting nurse left (they're the ones that coordinate all that). There's a nurse and a rehabilitation therapist listed on the front.

10:23 pm

good. :-) I kow I'm nagging; but it will make your life easier knowing he's ready to be alone too

10:24 pm

lots of little brochures...

10:24 pm

yup.

10:24 pm

fireworks! :-)

10:25 pm

yay, nef!!!

10:25 pm

thanks.

10:26 pm

(I do like the fireworks. They were an added feature; and since they're in color, it's even cooler!)

10:27 pm

ok, looks like the thing to do is talk to the nurse when she comes tomorrow (or Friday).

10:27 pm

And now I am going to bed, as I am quite exhausted...

10:28 pm

I'd probably give her a call tomorrow so the therapist could see if they could come out Friday. Sometimes their schedules fill completely up

10:28 pm

ok, will do, Nef! And I am off!

10:29 pm

good night and good luck, uusue!

10:40 pm

good night and happy Babbling to anyone left! <poof!>

11:13 pm

hey all.

11:16 pm

oh! LOL no one's here!

11:21 pm

down to nine and listing... *sigh* nothing comes easy today.

11:23 pm

hey stid. 10 here

11:24 pm

hey m. now 2

11:25 pm

6

11:25 pm

good going!

11:25 pm

oe

11:25 pm

oops. one.

11:26 pm

aww.. glad I showed up then.

11:26 pm

there we go! LOL

11:26 pm

YAY! Whoo Hoo Stid!

11:27 pm

I am not ashamed to say my last 4-letter is unfamiliar to me. Some of the others... *rolls eyes*

11:27 pm

it's bday for the stidkid, m.... I totally couldn't pull it together to do anything right. I only JUST remembered he had some presents I needed to give him!

11:28 pm

can clue for a few minutes if you need. Otherwise, Will head to bed soonish. Not feeling as great as I would like... hoping it's not the crud that's going around campus.

11:29 pm

aw. go to bed then! I have 3 to go.

11:29 pm

I'll wait. you'll be done before I finish typing this anyway...

11:29 pm

1

11:29 pm

it seems to be snowing everywhere in Western Washington. Except here. The stidkids are REALLY hoping to have a sn4 day tomorrow.

11:29 pm

go m go!

11:30 pm

done!

11:31 pm

a little doh! moment there..LOL

11:31 pm

YAY M!!!!!

11:31 pm

LOL

11:31 pm

thanks

11:31 pm

Tim just drove home in snow..

11:31 pm

says it's been white down the gorge

11:32 pm

glad he made it home okay. The gorge can be scary in winter weather. My F-i-L used to drive the gorge every weekend when he was working in tri cities and living in Portland

11:33 pm

Yes. it can be VERY scary.

11:33 pm

Today on way to Astoria.. he was driving behind the snowplow up the sunset..

11:33 pm

Today on way to Astoria.. he was driving behind the snowplow up the sunset..

11:34 pm

that's a long drive!

11:34 pm

yes. especially if weather is trecherous

11:36 pm

that sunset highway is nice most of the time, hope he didn't have too much trouble?

11:36 pm

well he got there and back!LOL

11:37 pm

he just called and he's back in TD... at his work

11:38 pm

LOL good.

11:40 pm

and now he's home. gonna go talk to him! take care. get some rest!

11:40 pm

they keep changing the forecast. it's getting really cold outside, so we know the roads will be very treacherous tomorrow morning, but it's not snowing here. My boys were counting on sno...

11:40 pm

sweet dreams!

11:40 pm

me *poof* too.

11:57 pm

hello

11:59 pm

hi mlf

11:59 pm

and everyone

11:59 pm

hi flosey

11:59 pm

i hope its a big grid

11:59 pm

I don't

11:59 pm

flosey i dont even know who is here two left as i came in

12:00 am

I don't either!

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