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627 462
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235 total words

12:00 am

over 200 woohooo

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flip

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flip

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happy flip. big grid

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flip! hi all!

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wo7

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wo8

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Di6

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WO 4 7 5

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and an 8

Clues are up

12:02 am

wo9

12:02 am

se 6/7

12:02 am

ah, thanks lickety

12:02 am

ty for the 8...

12:02 am

Thank you, Lickety!!

12:02 am

thanks, lickety!

12:02 am

yw cos, ty for the 7 which got me there

12:03 am

not related ruru?

12:03 am

related

12:04 am

ty for the 9!

12:04 am

tks for the 9 ru

12:05 am

nbs.. now to do nbt...

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nbt

12:05 am

to 4, 5, 6 and 7

12:06 am

hi m9, haven't seen you for a while

12:06 am

hi. and I'm only here for a sec...

12:06 am

while the laundry dries...

12:07 am

the x is the same x as yesterdays grid

12:07 am

oooh the grid said a naughty word

12:08 am

nbs

12:08 am

stats for the Y

12:08 am

i got it cos lol

12:08 am

thats what i need too

12:08 am

yo4, yo5

12:09 am

nbt

12:09 am

ty

12:09 am

nbt/nbs

12:09 am

wtg cps

12:09 am

W's done!

12:10 am

x's are all XA?

12:10 am

same here.. w's wasted

12:10 am

its an xe 5/20

12:10 am

thanks cos

12:11 am

y's y...uh..y....

12:11 am

try to remember the X from last grid :)

12:11 am

got it

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x x'd

12:12 am

anyone have a fi? i have 5/6 F words..all are fo''s...

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never mind!

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F's finished!

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right column all greyed out :)

12:15 am

i have nbt

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i am out poof

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me too. tiem for a movie.. nite all

12:15 am

good night mlf and cos

12:22 am

nbt

12:22 am

1/2 way

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wtg m9

12:23 am

nbt

hi and nbt

12:31 am

hey josh

12:34 am

hi m9.. long time no see

12:34 am

hi ruru.

12:34 am

how was agassi?

12:34 am

he's coming in the fall

12:35 am

sept

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ah.

12:35 am

<--need to drop 30 lbs

12:36 am

<---me too!

12:36 am

too bad I can't do it in 15 days..

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14 now!

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what's i n 14 days

12:37 am

my eldest is getting married

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oh. wow

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do 8 by the way all

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yeah.

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huh?

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I didn't realize you were that old m9

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oh!! do8.

12:38 am

I get it!

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I'm not!LOL

12:39 am

(whatever THAT old means...)

12:39 am

how old is your eldest

12:39 am

22

12:39 am

youngest is 4

12:39 am

thanks ru, for the do8

12:39 am

that's probably why you didn't think so

12:40 am

wow..that's young to get married

12:41 am

Tim and I have been together since I was 19...

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oh..my god

phant tinseled

12:43 am

phant taxes!!!!!

phant fiendish

12:46 am

phant feint!LOL

12:48 am

well.. 65 left.. but I gotta get gone...

phant essoin

sayonara m9

12:49 am

you too josh.

12:49 am

night grandma

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and.....*poof*

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i'm stuck now

i'm chipping away slowly

12:56 am

does anyone have a clue for de8?

12:58 am

yes

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and...

12:59 am

de + to err in front of god + the rest of camping equipment with out the t

12:59 am

tyty, great clue

1:00 am

ty ru

ty ru

also just got the wo9

1:01 am

I have all the eights if anyone waants to know them

1:01 am

have all the d's

have all the a's and w's

1:03 am

missing one 8, de, di, do, ti, wo, what am I missing, please

1:03 am

hi

1:03 am

hi8

1:03 am

ty crys, looking

ty crystalle got it immediately

1:04 am

ty, got it

1:07 am

i have to go . Will be bacl later to finish. Bye

1:07 am

bye for now crys

phant downsides

1:16 am

fireworks

wd anike

1:18 am

TY. Must go so happy babbling everyone

1:24 am

fireworks here too

1:24 am

wtg ru, missed anike's, stopped to make a cup of tea

1:26 am

this was kind of an easy one except for a few that threw me

1:27 am

I have 68 to go!

1:27 am

heading to bed.. I have to get up early.. night all unless someone needs help ?

1:27 am

seem to get stuck on silly little ones

1:27 am

spent twenty minutes on the an 6

1:27 am

no thanks ru, have a good sleep, hope your wrist mends well and soon

1:28 am

dart's already done.

1:28 am

good night flosey

1:28 am

oh, I missed him

1:36 am

Hello babblers

1:38 am

hi jilli

1:39 am

how was your game?

1:40 am

we got the cards -- but what a night for driving there! Thank god that's over!

1:40 am

oh yes, in the rain, and so dark out there

1:40 am

I was so grateful for that GPS!

1:40 am

I bet you were

1:40 am

rain and fog patches too

1:41 am

oh yes, fog is bad by the lake

1:42 am

hope she had a bridge table! we played on the diningroom table there, which was a bit of a reach

1:42 am

fog was all over the place

1:43 am

ah, was out this afternoon, but home before supper

1:43 am

she had a bridge table but we played in the kitchen -- her hubby was installing a washing machine

1:43 am

I can hear the fog horns now! hadn't noticed before

1:45 am

did that create a bit of commotion?

1:45 am

but the decks of cards were weird -- either huge numbers and sticky old things, or what we changed to -- regular size cards but ith little stories about Canada instead of the regular dots and pictures

1:45 am

oh, that is distracting!

1:47 am

makes you feel like taking a couple of decks with you when you go to some homes!

1:51 am

the washing machine thing only lasted a while at the outset -- Jane had been helping -- be we played in the kitchen because hubby was home.

1:52 am

*but we played...

1:52 am

you know, it's funny, I read it as you intended!

1:52 am

missed the error until you corrected!

1:53 am

anyway, AH is over, thank goodness. I've enjoyed playing with Gisela but that'a over too, regrettably.

1:53 am

oh, is Gisela not playing next year?

1:54 am

this is my last - and mean it this time

1:55 am

we both decided not to play next year

1:55 am

ah, I do enjoy most of the games but it's such a nuisance getting the 4 people together

1:57 am

same here

1:57 am

nbt

1:57 am

wtg

1:58 am

that was fast

1:59 am

the little words came quickly -- nbs will be another matter. Have you finished?

1:59 am

no, still plodding along

1:59 am

58 to go

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ru finished

2:00 am

ru is getting to be a real speed demon

2:05 am

out to beat Dart

2:05 am

that glitch is starting to last much longer!

2:06 am

that was 5 minutes

2:12 am

yes, I've noticed that lately -- good oppotunity to check email or something

2:12 am

guys are so competitive!

2:12 am

true

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part of their dna I guess

2:12 am

lol

2:18 am

30 to go and I'm too tired - good luck jilli

2:19 am

quick trip in to Ganges tomorrow morning, then OAP bridge in afternoon

2:22 am

ty flosey -- have a good game tmw -- ours is taking a rest with Boodie in Vegas and Patricia in Mexico

2:22 am

19 now and I'm really out, poof

2:22 am

wow -- that was fast! Goodnight!

2:35 am

over halfway (announcing to nobody)

2:38 am

i am here jilli

2:38 am

hi!

2:38 am

and well done

2:43 am

fireworks. Can i help with clues anyone?

2:44 am

congrats and hello crys!

2:44 am

thx jilli

2:44 am

I was hoping to encounter an Aussie -- have you seen this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGoNbrO Dq8U

Hi and thank you Jill

2:55 am

hi herin -- glad somebody saw it!

http://tinyurl.com/47y86h9 This is Amanda Palmer covering Ted Egan's The Drovers boy. I know the quality isn't great but I tell you what the entire theatre when I saw her sing it you could hear a pin drop

3:01 am

thanx for the link, jilli, twas wonderful...xxx

3:02 am

you're very welcome, diz -- glad you enjoyed it. It even made me gulp a bit, on behalf of my Aussie grandparents and cousins.

3:03 am

good morning everybody

3:03 am

the x word was first, I remembered it from ca couple of days ago

3:03 am

how are you dizgrannie?

3:04 am

The Drover's Boy has a haunting tune but I couldn't make out the words much. Not familiar with the song, I'm afraid.

3:04 am

hi ruby

HI Ruby

3:05 am

{{big hug for jilli and herin}}

Jill it is about a Drover and the death of his ''boy''

3:06 am

ah, got the 9 -- nbs at last -- and 65 left for tomorrow. It's bedtime for moi.

The boy was actually a woman survivor from a camp

3:07 am

I'll google it, herin.

3:08 am

Sounds like some Australian history I know nothing about :-(

3:09 am

So farewell all, and happy babbling...*poof*

http://tinyurl.com/4jponyk Website about half down

3:17 am

*back again -- I did google and found this Ted Egan version: http://tinyurl.com/47y86h9

Yes he is the original writer and singer. Amanda Palmer was breath taking

3:26 am

Thanks for the history clip, which I've bookmarked. My Australian Granny gave me a book when I was four, which I still have: "The Little Black Princess" by Mrs Aeneas Gunn. One of my Australian cousins remembers actually meeting her.

3:26 am

Mrs Gunn, I mean, not the Princess!

3:27 am

And now I must go to bed -- goodnight all again..*repoof*

3:27 am

sweet dreams jilli

Night

how is everything Ruby?

3:34 am

relatively quiet. husband is improving a little. his daughter is coming on the 17th (my invitation). spring is trying to arrive

Yah

3:35 am

how about you? Are you still enjoying the new job?

I am I have to hang out more washing etc

3:36 am

work work work!!!

I have had help

3:38 am

134 and I'll come back for the rest. See you later, herin!!

Later

morning all how many words today please

4:26 am

Morning Sandra. 235 words today.

235

thanks

You're welcome.

4:40 am

morning all and sandrafrances

waves back

morning diann

6:11 am

morning all

6:12 am

oh... I mean good afternoon already :)

6:22 am

68 left and its time for me to wander yonder.. back later.. happy babbling

6:23 am

hi and bye bodz

6:24 am

doot oots

6:25 am

Afternoon spritey sprite!

6:25 am

hiya FM, sorry for the typo, didn't think anyone was around to care :)

6:26 am

LOL only one of those is PB worthy anyway but I won't tell :)

6:26 am

hehehe thanks :) How are you today?

6:26 am

I hope you are well this fine and sunny Saturday?

6:27 am

Am feeling pretty good, sun makes all the difference.

6:27 am

am not altogether well, but slept as a baby last night, with good dreams to boot, so am a lot better than yesterday :)

6:28 am

A good sleep is worth it's weight in gold.

6:28 am

I woke up and thought hmm it must be time to get get up but the clock said 2.15am so rolled over and got up at 6.

6:29 am

we don't have sun today, it is a dark day. Oh good you could get back to sleep :)

6:30 am

I have trained myself over a long period of time to go back to sleep. I will send you some of our sun and springish weather (it is +7) yay!

6:31 am

oh lovely! And enjoy, FM. Sounds like a good day to charge up the batteries.

6:31 am

You will enjoy the grid today and should finish it fairly quickly, it is a fun one.

6:31 am

thanks :) It is fun so far for sure.

6:32 am

HAve you spotted the x is the same as yesterday yet?

6:33 am

yes :) The rather mystical repeat of grid words shortly after one another.

6:34 am

I am sure I will have forgotten it by the next time it crops up! Hows the family doing and Terra too of course?

6:35 am

family is fine! Terra didn't want to eat this morning, but has finished his bowl now. Otherwise he seems fine.

6:36 am

Hello (((Sprite))) (((FM))))

6:36 am

hi Soodle :)

6:36 am

How old are the kids now I forget, I am sure they must be growing up so fast. Soodle!!!!!! great to see you!

6:37 am

All well in your world Soodle?

6:37 am

tim will be 15 end of May, and Caya has turned 13 last month. It is amazing how fast they grow up. And I still like them most of the time :) Love them all the time of course, though that is not the same thing ;)

6:37 am

Like yourself, FM, the sun is shining here, and although I didn't win Euromillions (again) - all is well!

6:38 am

hehehe in dutch we have a saying: either lucky in love or lucky in the game... meaning you cannot have both. So you must be lucky in love, Soodle. That is the best part *hugs*

6:38 am

lol Soodle. 15 and 13 oh my, well I guess as we have been babbling so long I remember them being just kids.

6:39 am

Yikes, plenty of hormones chez Sprite!

6:39 am

How are you, FM?

6:40 am

7 years already, FM! They were 7 and 5 back then, aboutish.

6:40 am

oh yes, Soodle, hormones aplenty. Back in a bit, need to hang up laundry.

6:40 am

Pretty good thanks Soodle, v happy at the longer days and above freezing temps.

6:41 am

and of course the clocks go forward at the end of the month. Am already making plaing plans for the garden.

6:41 am

And the daffodils..... don't forget the daffodils! They are on the point of blooming here. Its been a long winter!

6:41 am

*planting plans even!

6:42 am

My minature ones are already flowering the standards - probably about another 4 days.

6:43 am

Good morning Spring lovers. I was just watering my tomato and green pepper seedlings.

6:43 am

Good morning springy Molly :)

6:43 am

Hey MollyO. :-)

6:44 am

Aargh. Just got the 'Low-Battery' warning. I better go... Have a great day everybody. 'Poof'

6:44 am

I really really hate the winter it really brings me do4/9 but as soon as spring starts to show itself then I start to bounce.

6:45 am

Byeee

6:45 am

Looks like a rainy weekend here. But this is the time of year I know that it's good for the growing things, so I don't mind so much. And rain on the weekends is easier than rain on work days.

6:45 am

so true Molly. I can't wait to get stuck into the garden now that the soil is starting to warm up.

6:47 am

phone, gotta go.

6:50 am

morning all

6:55 am

back, hi Molly, bye FM and Soodle

6:55 am

and hi praise

6:56 am

hi sprite

6:56 am

Morning Sprite & Praise.

6:56 am

how goes it this morning?

6:57 am

it goes well here :) And with you?

6:57 am

so so

6:58 am

body is telling me about it this morning

6:59 am

hm not too great th4 :( I know the feeling. Time to take extra care of the body and the one inside it, huh.

6:59 am

trying yo distract myself with babble

7:00 am

to that is :)

7:02 am

babble is good for that purpose :)

7:03 am

yes it is

7:03 am

aw that is a sweet picture you have there. Your daughters?

7:04 am

have really gotten back unto it since surgery

7:04 am

Oh, that is a sweet picture.

7:04 am

thanks sprite

7:04 am

they are grands

7:05 am

Very cute. Lucky Grandma.

7:05 am

Lauren and Livvie

7:05 am

very lovely ladies! Surgery... no need to say if you don't want to, but what for and are you recuperating well?

7:06 am

back surgery sprite

7:06 am

and yes, doing fairlt well

7:07 am

that is fairly

7:07 am

ah, always a painful thing. Wishing you well, praise. May you heal up steadily and fully.

7:07 am

ty sprite

7:07 am

Sending healing thoughts your way Praise. Back pain is difficult.

7:08 am

ty Molly

7:13 am

clue for the yo's please

7:13 am

just not seeing them

7:14 am

yo4/5 rhymes with Marie's brother Do*** Osmond

7:16 am

Mornin' 8) 54 S's. You must be joking, please say you're joking.

7:16 am

hmm ty--still looking

7:16 am

praise, just go straight southwest in the grid

7:17 am

I know Gramma, that is very defeating.

7:17 am

hey Une! *hugs*

7:17 am

hi gramma... just slowly pecking away at them.

7:17 am

hey, sprite! :-)

7:17 am

got it

7:18 am

At leaset it's not Z's.

7:18 am

that is a new one on me

7:19 am

off to feed pups --- back in a mo

7:19 am

ty Une

7:26 am

It's probably not a good sign when the first word you type in is sh4

7:26 am

LOL Molly

7:26 am

I'd say it is a very basic thing, Molly :) Don't forget to make more of it ;)

7:26 am

hello everyone!

7:27 am

di

7:27 am

yhat was one of my first onrs too

7:27 am

hey Annie!

7:27 am

hi Annie

7:28 am

hi sprite, molly, praise

7:28 am

praise, havent seen you in a while

7:28 am

I did Sprite. But was disappointed that sh4head was not one of the "making more" words. : ) Morning Annie.

7:28 am

I am doing lousy on the biggies front so far. Not asking for clues, but are they very strange?

7:29 am

The biggest one is not strange at all.

7:29 am

I am being very organized today...starting at the top and working my way down..up to the middle row

7:30 am

yes Annie have been away a while

7:30 am

praise, welcome back

7:30 am

ty Annie

7:32 am

thanks, I will find them in time th4 :)

7:33 am

I have loaded up the PB with lots of baked goods, sandwiches, coffee and tea due to all the commonly used words in the grid.

7:34 am

ah wonderful! let me add the savoury bit. And then (!) we all pay one word to get in and we'll have a party. :D

hi all. have you all seen the viral video of the laughing baby

7:35 am

yes--it is so cute!

he is on tv now

7:37 am

w

7:37 am

q

7:37 am

hi TOwl, no I don't think I have.

7:37 am

q

7:37 am

Hi Owl :)

hi annie!

7:40 am

There is nothing like a laughing baby to brighten up your spirit.

my nephew in law was like that, deep belly laughs

7:42 am

I remember a friend of mine had a laughing, gurgling baby as a ringtone when a friend of us died. We spent so much time in the hospital and the baby sound incited smiles all the time, even though we were so sad.

7:44 am

that wasn't supposed to be a stopper. It was actually very beautiful. A happy sound that reminded of life :)

that is nice, sprite

i must go get reafy for doctor. happy babbling to all

7:46 am

all the best, TOwl *hug*

7:46 am

a doctor on saturday?

7:49 am

I could eat a load of snax today. But it seems babble doesn't want me to :(

good morning babblers :)

7:52 am

Hi Nono :)

7:52 am

Hi there, no no

sprite here is a link to the laughing baby video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4abiH dQpc

7:53 am

oh, that is a funny video

7:53 am

they have been showing it on the Today show, too

7:54 am

oh, and hello everyone

yep thats where i first saw it aslindy

7:54 am

hi lindy

7:55 am

I had seen it via a friend on FB a couple days before Today got it

7:58 am

any clue for the se6/21 ?

the one i have is pl horse

wait thats the st sorry

8:00 am

se6---to be afire with anger

8:00 am

You had me scatching my head Nono. : )

sorry molly :)

8:00 am

Or scratching

8:00 am

thanks annie

8:01 am

ty

8:01 am

youre welcome

8:01 am

bbl gonna get breakfast

thanks annie i keep forgetting that word needs the extra vowel on the end

8:02 am

di732 - what's going on in

8:02 am

looks better with the E on the end too

8:02 am

nono, plural it

i did annie thanks

8:03 am

sorry, I got disconnected and the chat froze. back now.

8:03 am

welcome back, sprite

8:03 am

hi Nanette, bye praise, hi Ouwachita, aslindy and whoever I may have missed

8:03 am

di7/32 - what's going on violently in north Africa

8:04 am

thanks goose

8:04 am

Is it just me, or has sex been in the past four or five grids?

8:04 am

thanks, gray

8:04 am

Molly, it's just you. ( giggling )

it has been in a few times molly, but nothing wrong with that :)

8:05 am

Ah, but of course. I think it's a funny shout out from NB.

8:07 am

lots of sex and nothing of it valid, that is sad ;)

8:07 am

aw thanks for the baby vid, that is adorable!

8:08 am

hi folks (sprite, se 4/9)

8:08 am

yes, but that is not related to the fun thing!

yw sprite

8:09 am

hi welki

8:10 am

there's a new form of sending messages ... called se**ing. so a different (and new) definition *lol* ... want to get se**? try se**ting!

8:12 am

oh dear, lol! You know, when I just started on the internet, someone asked me if I wanted to cyber with him. I didn't know what it was, asked a friend, and the friend advised me to say: "Sure, at about 5 am tomorrow morning. If I am not there, start without me."

8:13 am

Could someone please use hi8 in a sentence. What kind of word is that?

8:13 am

I don't have it yet,sorry gramma

8:13 am

i don't have it either

8:13 am

I have it. I just don't believe it's real.

8:14 am

lol sprite

8:14 am

without skin

8:14 am

gramma, If I was nude, I would be hi8. best I could do

8:14 am

I felt so green, lol. Ah well, I was, back th4.

8:15 am

the hi8 carcass sat on the taxidermist's table, the hi4 awaiting stuffing.

8:15 am

oh dear .. i guess if you sold beef for butchering, you sell them hi8

8:15 am

Well done

8:15 am

good work, guys.

8:16 am

thanks, got it now. After skinning the animals, he laid out the hi8 corpses and started preparing them for dinner.

8:16 am

and thanks for your clue, annie :)

8:16 am

wow, I still don't know what it is

8:16 am

oh... got it now, thanks sprite

8:16 am

youre welcome, welki....do any fishing lately?

8:16 am

it is 'being without skin' , aslindy

8:16 am

yvw aslindy :)

8:18 am

whenever I see a double O, I think of oodles (what that his name) wonder what happened to him?

8:18 am

weather here has averaged -25 (with windchills to -40) for the last two weeks, so noooooooooooo, no fishing :)

8:18 am

was*

8:18 am

may have overstayed his welcome?

8:18 am

Good morning all

8:18 am

annie, i saw yesterday that you found shoes .. tell me what kind, please

8:19 am

welki, wow, that is weather!

8:19 am

morning MrBob

morning Mr Bob

8:19 am

annie, I was at Easy Spirit and found a loafer in my odd size, 9 1/2 WW

8:20 am

I had ordered the shoes on line and was returning them and the store had WW and they did not have it online. I have a terrible time finding shoes that do not hurt.

8:20 am

maybe that player changed his name .. can't find him in 'rankings'

8:21 am

me too, annie.

8:21 am

same here, Annie

8:21 am

morning, all!

8:22 am

hi uusue, morning

mornign sue

8:22 am

sometimes I think I am the only one that has such an awful time finding shoes. My friend told me about a place in the city. I will go in ne4 week or so.

8:22 am

hi sue

8:23 am

Annie, I have a terrible time with shoes also, although my problem is the opposite one - my feet are very long and narrow, and flat.

8:23 am

me, i'm falling apart .. even my feet. plantar fasciitis, achilles tendonitis and heel spurs

8:23 am

oh dear, welki, I have peripheral neuropathy

8:23 am

awful, welki :(

8:24 am

BUT ... i'm hoping that things will start improving soon. i've just been diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea. turns out things just can't heal if you're not getting enough oxygen/deep sleep

8:24 am

welki, there is a store in New York that deals with "problem" feet. Eneslow is the name...perhaps you can buy shoes online

8:24 am

glad they found that out, welki!

8:24 am

'course it involves going to sleep looking like an android. next test in a few weeks and then machine shopping

8:25 am

i'll be in jersey in may, may be worth a trip, annie

8:26 am

welki, it might be worth the trip...they are on Park Avenue South and 32nd Street

8:26 am

and good luck with the tests, welki

8:27 am

hehe, when i went for my first follow-up (after the home test), the doc looked at me and said, 'i'm REALLY glad you came back' he said that severe OSA is when someone stops breathing over 30 times/hr. i stop an average of 54 times/hr and my O2 levels drop to 62 (average 86 when it should be over 90 - )

8:28 am

had a pulmonary function and blood gas test yesterday .. O2 sats are much better during the day, 93 average

8:28 am

downside is that nothing is covered by insurance, not even on my extended insurance

8:29 am

welki, now that you are taking charge of your breathing you will start to feel better...

8:29 am

(as she monopolizes the chat)

8:29 am

welki, crossy has sleep apnea..ask him about insurance coverage (that's a shame it should be covered)

8:30 am

welki, I wear a snuffleupagus machine at night. It took me a long time to get the right one; but, man is it worth the effort. It's great!

8:30 am

he's in a different province .. one that covers a portion of the testing/equipment

8:31 am

here in alberta, it's soooo dry .. i'd like one with a humidifer

8:31 am

machines come in 3 cost levels here 750 for cheap,1400 for mid level and 2200 for top of line.here govt covered 700 and i had to pay 1000,do not get the cheap machine (i stop breathing 40 to 60 times a night without)

8:31 am

he was lurking .. cheeky bugger

8:31 am

there he is!

8:31 am

alberta health doesn't cover anything

8:32 am

i don't care, though .. i need it, i'll manage and i'll get the best i can. i've been feeling crappy long enough

8:32 am

and if you see molly tell her i am sorry fit my comment the other day,had a bad real life day and was uncalled for

8:32 am

back again, seems I am having trouble with the connection. Hiya crossy!

8:33 am

howdy sprite;)

8:33 am

i was looking for you the last couple of days, crossy .. had so many questions

8:33 am

crossy, you are a true gentleman :-)

8:33 am

sorry you had a bad day, crossy .. things better now?

8:33 am

fighting the good fight;)

8:33 am

molly is probably in the PB putting away snacks for us all

8:33 am

gramma, what was difficult about finding the right one? the mask? the machine?

8:34 am

(((crossy))) we heart you

8:34 am

*hugs* crossy. Nothing like you, and Molly may be around still.

8:34 am

fitting is all important welki

8:34 am

(and i love that gramma calls it the snuffleupagus machine ... will save that for when grandkids are around!)

8:34 am

i have a full mmask,some prefer a nose mask

8:34 am

nbt :-)

8:34 am

((annie))

8:35 am

I have the nose one because they couldn't fit me properly with the full one

8:35 am

and the machine setting is critical,mine is set for an 8 on the pressure

8:36 am

i'm doing an in-lab overnighter in a few weeks .. he wants to compare the results of daytime function to the funky stuff that happens at night, says that my charts are so weird as to make him think that my machine needs something more than auto-fine tuning .. he called me "complicated" hahahaha, nothing new

8:36 am

and to be honest,my machine and i fight back and forth all night,it is not comfortable for me;(

8:36 am

i did lab 3 times

8:36 am

They all say that. I think it's to justify the expense.

8:37 am

Me too, crossy

8:37 am

i asked why he just doesn't send me home with an auto-setting until the next sleep study .. he said he wanted to make sure i don't have ANY bad experiences with a machine that may turn me off to using one .... so maybe crossy, you and your machine need to be re-acquainted

8:37 am

my risk of heart attack and stroke was too high to do without one

8:38 am

gramma, i thought that too (and to some degree, still do) -- but when he shows you the results, it's hard not to say YES YES YES to any recommendation he makes

8:38 am

mine is set correct now welki,it just takes training(on my part)

8:39 am

No I meant we're all complicated cases.

8:39 am

you always need to use the "ramp up" button,it gradually increases the pressure to the setting your dr chose

8:40 am

that's what i meant, too, gramma (we hear "complicated" and jump right on the CPAP bandwagon because we're afraid ... when it really might be a grab for money. i hate thinking like that, though)

8:40 am

phantom: lesion

8:40 am

correct breathing at night affects you in so many ways,it does not matter,pay him the extra visit

8:40 am

...so will give doc benefit of doubt and consider that, over the years, i have thrown away more money on less

8:41 am

^5 crossy

8:42 am

and a doctor would be at fault if he did not tell you what he thought, even if it means an extra visit. Benefit of the doubt is a good way to go, i think. It is your health. Nothing can be more important.

8:42 am

it also affects ..mmm...intimate performance,and that could not be allowed to continue

8:43 am

ah, the ultimate motivation :-)

8:43 am

quality of life, crossy, very important :)

8:44 am

indeed sprite

8:44 am

my risk of stroke was increased 52% without it...amazing!

8:46 am

so,welki,i know it is 1400 dollars but i recommend the mid level machine,it has a better water resivoir and humidifier than the cheap one

8:47 am

if i came up with the extra 800, would you recommend the most expensive one? why/why not?

8:47 am

the most expensive one,just gets smaller and more compact imho

8:47 am

half the size and portable

8:47 am

i travel a lot, so maybe it's a possibility

8:48 am

they will explain all the machines in detail to you

8:49 am

a big choice will me nose mask vs full mask

8:49 am

a full mask is an extra 200

8:49 am

i'm on the cancellation list, have an appt scheduled the 21st, but hope to get in earlier

8:49 am

but good if your nise stuff up a lot at night

8:50 am

i'm fairly certain we're talking mask mask mask with me ... i want the hannibal lechter model, my husband wants me to get the darth vader

8:50 am

lol,mine is the hannibal model

8:50 am

lol quite the images!

8:51 am

*gravelly voice* i am your faaaaaather, luuuuuke

8:51 am

you guys are too funny :-)

8:51 am

gotta laugh, uusue :)

8:52 am

i keep thinking back to my 70,s party days when using the thing as it would make an awsome bong or water pipe! lol,but now at this stage of my life,just working with fresh air is an adventure lol

8:52 am

good morning all

morning Boo

8:52 am

howdy boo

8:52 am

if you lose your sense of humour, the fight isn't worth fighting anymore ;)

8:52 am

hi Boobear

8:53 am

great, now i'm in alice in wonderland .. hookah smoking catepillar ... whoooooooo are youuuuuuuuuu

8:53 am

must keep your sense of haha

8:53 am

hi boo

8:53 am

one breath makesss yooooo larger,,,annnnd one breath makesss yoooo smmmmaalllll

8:54 am

*pictures crossy in his hannibal mask jumping over haha*

8:54 am

sing it gracie

8:54 am

pair of ae,s =latin for a long time

8:55 am

thanks for the info everyone ... time to get moving *enters lurk mode*

8:55 am

bye welki, be well :D

8:55 am

tc welki

8:55 am

bye welki, have a great day

8:56 am

s

8:57 am

good morning all

8:57 am

hi wvteach

8:57 am

hi teach and susan

8:58 am

howdy teach and sue

8:58 am

have to leave for a while, bye dear babblers

8:59 am

bye Annie :)

hi teach and susan

bye Annie

9:02 am

Hello everyone! NBT

9:03 am

howdy mark

9:03 am

hi Mark

9:05 am

morning, boo, nanette, mark, wv, and everyone else I missed!

9:06 am

and susan!

9:06 am

howdy uu

9:06 am

How is everyone?

9:06 am

good morning uusue

9:07 am

none

9:07 am

So sorry;

9:07 am

hi Uusue and Mark

9:07 am

off you go mark

9:07 am

NEVER. NEVER EVER.

9:07 am

lol

9:07 am

what's in the PB this morning?

9:08 am

i am still doing brekkies for the pb,but how bout a western omelette?

9:08 am

bacon and eggs and coffee

9:08 am

sounds good, crossy!

9:08 am

Nice, healthy fruit, too. Yum.

9:08 am

hi all

9:08 am

mmmm, bacon!

9:08 am

Hi jmc

9:08 am

lots of goodies. Bakery, coffee tea with all extras, savoury, name it and it is there.

9:08 am

and oj if you like it

9:08 am

howdy jmc

9:08 am

omelette sounds good

9:08 am

hi jmc

9:09 am

lol,and yes,bacon

9:09 am

hi, jmc!

9:09 am

i have some nice lean peameal bacon here,ill cut it one inch thick fry it crisy and melt cheddar on tip

9:09 am

top

9:09 am

i dreamed last night that the grid only had 50 words in it today!

9:09 am

crispy

9:10 am

Thanks, crossy.

9:10 am

i was so disappointed because i have been working so hard i have only finished one grid this week and i want to spend some time playing

9:10 am

well, jmc, it has 50 words, then another 50, and another 50, and another 50, and then 35 more :-)

9:10 am

do not wish for that jmc,it will be all babblets that start with y,q and x lol

9:11 am

Understood. I never finish grids.

9:11 am

do you have more time today, jmc, or are you working? I kind of like bigger grids on the weekends.

9:11 am

Good morning all! I'm sure the y's are babblets that I don't know...clues?

9:11 am

i finish a grid once last month..crossy got scared as there was nothing left to do for the day

9:12 am

howdy champ

9:12 am

How about no grammar class today, crossy?

9:12 am

clue for de 8 please

9:12 am

hindu for female parts, champ

9:12 am

yo words are tantra words for the female part

9:13 am

oh crossy i had a dinner guest last night who brought a FABulous winter root vetegable dish with cream and cheese it probably had a million calories in every bite and set back my attempt to lower my cholesterol consumption by a year

9:13 am

not to worry mark,i will often speak in the 3rd person

9:13 am

I know.

9:13 am

mmm sounds good jmc

9:13 am

de + trandgression + canvas housing: t***

9:14 am

thanks all. will check it out...

9:14 am

ty BR and hi

9:14 am

hi Babblers

9:14 am

hi BabbleRabble, am happy to see you.

9:14 am

thx, BR!

9:14 am

hi snuffy and champ

9:14 am

anybody have stats on the 9?

9:14 am

hi, aloy!

9:14 am

hi Champ, hi Aloy

9:15 am

transgression

hi BR, Champ and Aloy!

9:15 am

Hi aloy! Goodbye everyone, I have a Bar Mitzvah I must attend this morning. BBL

9:15 am

hi nono! got the y's, ty all...

9:15 am

bye, mark!

9:15 am

bye Mark

9:15 am

wo 9/84

9:15 am

is that a clue for the nine BR?

9:15 am

bye Mark, enjoy

bye Mark

9:15 am

bye mark have fun

9:15 am

ty BabbleRabble

9:16 am

like a tree product for the 9

9:16 am

yes, thank you!

9:16 am

hello

9:16 am

ty BR and hello

9:17 am

ty br'

ty BR

9:19 am

the animal was hi8 after the skinner did his job.. funny word

9:20 am

ty snuffy

9:20 am

.. picturing it

9:20 am

.. ugh

9:21 am

not a pretty picture

9:22 am

nbt

9:22 am

chog stopper, lol

9:22 am

lol indeed snuffy

9:23 am

well i am off to look at potential appliances to replace my 16 year old frig and 1000 year old stove

9:23 am

bbl

9:23 am

good luck, jmc..

9:23 am

have fun, jmc - might be able to auction off the 1000-year-old stove :-)

9:23 am

bye jmc

9:27 am

finally found the unbound ti7.

9:27 am

ooh, tyvm sprite, I see it now

9:27 am

great clue (-:

9:27 am

thnx sprite

9:27 am

yvw! My last but one word. One more!

9:28 am

go go go

9:28 am

ah, most foresty. Fireflies!

9:28 am

yay, sprite! Go for it!!!

9:29 am

congrats sprite

9:29 am

congrats!

9:29 am

and I am listing early as today is a travel day...

9:29 am

yay, sprite, wtg!!!

9:29 am

go sprite!

9:30 am

I have to be off now. Bye all, have fun :)

9:30 am

bye, sprite!

9:30 am

bye, sprite.. hugs for Terra

9:31 am

w,s wholloped!:)

9:31 am

all varriations of the same word;)

9:31 am

i still need 2 of those...must apply myself!

hello all, champ were you going to tell me something the other day?

9:37 am

hi red

9:37 am

hi, red!

hello. My gal pal just finally woke up so we can shower and start to enjoy Destin Beach...

9:37 am

OH yes! Happened across a house that was a really good deal while looking for something for a client. Casually mentioned to hubby, who went ballistic...had to go see it! Ended up wanting to put an offer on it, but they accepted one the day we looked at it. 2 days on market!

9:38 am

fun grid done.. off I go, see ya all manana

9:38 am

That a.m. I didn't know it was already gone...was about to write the offer!

9:38 am

bye, aloy!

9:38 am

Bye Aloy! Well done!

9:38 am

bye aloy1

9:40 am

past halfway, NBT and NBS

9:41 am

yay, wv!

9:41 am

Yeah WV!

9:41 am

I am still messing around trying to find the 9, have everything around it. grr.

9:41 am

time for a break and get "brunch"

9:42 am

thinking the same thing

Wow! why is this taking So so long for me!

Oh yeah, we need brunch.

9:47 am

it is for me, too, red :-(

9:47 am

you get rolling on the first hundred or so, and then it bogs down a bit.

9:47 am

May I please have stats for the Y words?

9:48 am

yo4/6 and 5/14

9:48 am

yo4/6 and yo5/14, car

9:48 am

TY!

9:48 am

Great icon uu!

9:48 am

Got 'em!

9:48 am

thx, car :-)

9:49 am

go car!

9:50 am

phantom: toodles

9:51 am

oh, that is NOT helpful car! ;)

9:51 am

sorry!

9:51 am

hi everybnody

9:51 am

I found 2 of the 8's....would that be helpful?

9:52 am

Hi Gayden!

9:52 am

hi, Gayden!

9:52 am

I have the one pertaining to trees...

9:53 am

I have DO 8....the softest filled with feathers

9:53 am

hello uusue2

9:53 am

hello uusue2

9:53 am

And then WO 8,...which is the one you have, I believe.

9:53 am

hello car.eeyore

9:53 am

awesome! Thanks!

9:53 am

Gayden, are you new to Babble?

9:54 am

yes..... how about you??

9:54 am

welcome gayden

9:54 am

why did u know car.eeyore

9:55 am

Usually newbies are gray...I have been here a couple of years....

9:55 am

thank u champfit...

9:56 am

When you go "pro" you can add in your own icon pic and info.

9:56 am

ah ok.... car.eeyore

9:56 am

or if you go pro - it is certainly not a requirement!

9:56 am

True..sorry! Was anxious to have Gayden join us all the time!

9:57 am

@car.eeyore: ah ok.... thankzz 4 the advice...

9:57 am

Absolutely - it's one of the best bargains out there, IMHO, but we do have people who don't upgrade, and all are welcome.

9:58 am

@uusue2:ah ok

10:00 am

bye everyone i will logout...

10:01 am

Bye Gayden! Have a great day! Come back again soon!

10:01 am

Morning everyone

10:01 am

see you later! hi Sea!

10:01 am

morning, sea!

10:01 am

Morning Sea Spray

10:01 am

Morning Sea Spray

10:02 am

Double the greetings!

10:02 am

Can't stay long, preparing daughters old bedroom for painting, ughhh

10:02 am

lol car ty

10:07 am

"Good mornin', good mooooornin'..."

10:08 am

Morning Pini! What a lovely P!

10:08 am

Morning Pini! BBL for last 74... *poof*

10:08 am

thx ;)

10:08 am

It reminds me of Vicuna's letters!

10:09 am

a good thing, right?

10:10 am

Oh Absolutely! We have her book and it is AMAZING!

10:10 am

Hi Pini

10:10 am

cool, I'll have to check it out...

10:10 am

* going to the library today to get my taxes done *

10:10 am

hi sea ;)

10:10 am

When is "dino" going to be accepted?!!?!

10:11 am

* will need something to do to kill the wait time *

10:11 am

Her book is entitled "Amazing, Beguiling Creatures". I ordered it through Lulu...the boys LOVE it!

10:12 am

morning, pini!

10:12 am

OK...under 100 to go. Taking a break! Have a wonderful day my friends!

10:13 am

looking it up now ;)

10:13 am

hi UU

10:13 am

take care, sistah

10:16 am

bye, car!

10:16 am

howdy pini,i love the stylized P for your picture

10:17 am

hi crossy; thx ;)

10:19 am

anyone have the hi8?

10:19 am

(crossy, still serving?)

10:19 am

like an animal that's been skinned, pini

10:20 am

thx ;)

10:20 am

off to the post office, bbl

10:20 am

have fun! :)

10:22 am

just a gentle reminder that i would love 74 more members for our babble folding at home team.we have gained 3 new members last month and are closer to our goal of 100! all the folding at home details are still in my profile and jmc and carlee can also assist if i am not around;))

10:22 am

hi PINI

10:22 am

hi boo

10:22 am

(crossy, I'll get right on it)

10:24 am

clue for en6/18 please

10:26 am

actually we have gained a few more...71 left to go

10:27 am

don't have any en's yet, boo

10:27 am

I've got one going now (250)

10:29 am

en6/18 = en + tiny mass of land surrounded by water and then pt for a 7.

10:29 am

... and hello all :)

10:29 am

ty

10:30 am

hi fm

10:30 am

hello to you too Fm

10:30 am

thx for those

10:30 am

Hey Pini!

10:31 am

thnx fm

10:31 am

and Hi Boo and crossy whom I am sure is there somewhere.

10:32 am

yes.. Crossy is eating breakfast.. bacon most assurely

10:32 am

hi teach

10:32 am

yw wv lol Boo

10:32 am

bacon? I want some bacon!!!

10:33 am

funny,my list just lost all the words i have found so far;((

10:33 am

refresh, crossy! :)

10:33 am

((FM))

10:33 am

mmmm bacon - what is it about bacon? Even when it is just cooking is smells sooooooo good!

10:34 am

k..all b etter

10:34 am

I think that, too, FM! just the idea can do it!

10:34 am

*decides to invent bacon aftershave for crossy LOL!*

10:37 am

I am back. Hi, FM!

10:37 am

that was a quick trip

10:38 am

Thank goodness I have had lunch otherwise I would be drooling. Lunch today was poached salmon, asparagus, french beans, new potatoes wth herbs and lemon mayonaise. Hi uusue, so glad to hear how well your Dad is doing.

10:39 am

...and you forgot to tell me when lunch was served? :(

10:39 am

sounds delicious fm

10:39 am

Sorry Pini ;)

10:40 am

it's ok...I'll see if I can scrounge something up here...

10:40 am

The post office is quite close :-)

10:40 am

I have enough left for another good portion so I will send it over to you.

10:41 am

I wouldn't mind but all I went out to get this morning was the newspapers and came back with this feast ... what can I say.

10:41 am

* smile *

10:42 am

todays bacon is on toasted jumbo plain bagels with cheese,romaine lettuce,slice of fresh tomato and some mayo and a turn or 2 from the pepper mill of fresh black peppercorns

10:42 am

dang...y'all make me hungry!

10:42 am

di6/21?

10:42 am

nm, I see it

10:43 am

nothing like asking for help to make those words pop out!

10:43 am

you pulled a 'peri' then uusue.

10:44 am

I did, did i? (she asks palindromically...)

10:44 am

crossy how did you get on with your cholesterol test the other day?

10:45 am

errr...well...as it so happens....

10:45 am

Yes, Peri had this knach of asking for a clue and finding the word straight away so it has been known eversince as pulling or doing a peri.

10:45 am

i kinda missed that appt;((

10:46 am

you wimp!

10:46 am

crossy!

10:46 am

mrs is on me to make another

10:47 am

as she should be, crossy!

10:47 am

Anyway, off to do laundry, bbs

10:47 am

crossy hangs his head in shame..and take a bite of his blt....

hi all

10:47 am

awe hun, you know you will have to bite the bullet and get it done at some point - not that we will nag you.

10:47 am

Bye uu and Hello TO!!!

10:47 am

hi TO

10:48 am

i know it..now is the time,and also for low dose aspirin therapy as well

10:48 am

Hi TO

10:48 am

How ya doing TO?

10:48 am

howdy TO

10:48 am

guess its time for me to find the last 68 i'm missing :) hello all :)

10:48 am

howdy bodz

10:48 am

hi bodz

hi pini, boo, and FM! *flaunts very good cholesterol test results obatined this morning*

10:49 am

Hi bodz.

10:49 am

yea yea TO....

10:49 am

LOL

10:49 am

congrats TO

bad = 114 with very high good. hemoglobin back up to 12.9

10:49 am

since i do not know my numbers i do have to worry...yet...

10:50 am

not

10:50 am

hello cross, pinik, FM and TO :)

much better than that 7.6 that landed me in hospital! hi bodz

10:51 am

gooooooooooooooood afternoon fellow babblers xxx

10:52 am

froggie!

allo, froggy!

10:52 am

yay frog!

10:52 am

crossyyyyyyy xxx

10:52 am

hello fm xxx

10:52 am

ribbit ;)

10:52 am

pinik xxx

10:52 am

i looooove this grid!!!

fm, you had all of that for lunch?

10:53 am

yup I did and it was delish!

10:53 am

* pouts * yeah, she didn't share!

10:53 am

Lunch is my main meal, will snack for dinner.

10:53 am

* wink *

i seem then kight supper. i slays suff myself at dinner, which is bad

10:54 am

Pini my care parcel should be arriving soon.

10:54 am

light dins are best

10:54 am

waaa hoooooo!!!!

i am going to celebrate my test with a cheeseburger!

10:55 am

LOL

10:55 am

lol! crossy hands to his famouse toasted bacon weave sammich

10:55 am

oh don't I have had a craving for of all things a MacDonalds for weeks now.

10:55 am

<-- can't eat at McD's anymore...

10:56 am

McFm?

10:56 am

when my elegant was carrying ,it was a insane craving for big macs

never mcdonalds. never.

10:56 am

mcp?

10:56 am

Hey ruru!!!!

hi ru

10:56 am

i had a big mac today.. my treat for the week

10:56 am

hiya ruru xxx

10:56 am

my last McDonalds run was when I was 18 and stoned out of my mind

10:57 am

a little bit of whats bad for you does you good :)

10:57 am

HI TO Hi FM HI Frog, hi pini

oh well, i must run, i would love to stay but just came on to get some phone numbers

10:57 am

a do stress though.. a little :)

10:57 am

If I get fastfood like that, I go to the "BK Loung" (as my dau calls it)

10:57 am

I only do it once a year if that, honest.

10:57 am

word of warning,stay away from the chicken mcnuggets as i got to see how they were made,stuff is all ring meak,beaks and intestines,with colour added and msg to give it some taste

has haz been yet?

10:57 am

(lying like a rug)

10:57 am

hi ru ;)

10:57 am

ring meat*

10:58 am

No TO she is still v busy with the Festival.

10:58 am

would never eat at mcdonalds

10:58 am

ewwww, that's gross, crossy!

10:58 am

ring meat is what?

10:58 am

do we really want to know, ru?

10:58 am

you do not want to kmow

10:58 am

see!!!!

10:59 am

no.. on second thought

hey, i read something interesting the other day. anyone who has been in uk total of 3 months or all of europe six months may not donate blood here,

10:59 am

really, TO? wonder why...

10:59 am

wow

10:59 am

you'd think it would be okay

mad cow. if you have been transfued in ik since 1980 also cannot donate.

11:00 am

because the english are always saying "bloody this and bloody that"

11:00 am

Did the article say why TO?

11:00 am

What if you are vegetarian :-)

11:00 am

what about slightly angry cows?

i was checking to see how long i was deferred. i was surprised to learn it is a year.

hey zooz

11:01 am

Hello, All :-)

11:01 am

lol and hello zooz!

11:01 am

oh, ru...you silly boy

11:01 am

hey zooz

11:01 am

don't they have cow agression workshops or cow therapy over your way FM?

apparently not. ;)

11:02 am

cow: " I am in a bad moooed"

11:02 am

ROFL

now i have iced tea up my no4

11:03 am

They do ruru but you should see what they do to the bullocks!

11:03 am

* giggle *

11:03 am

we have frog therapy here ya know!

11:03 am

sorry TO

11:03 am

LOL, Ruru

11:04 am

hopefully the therapy works, froggie, would hate to see any of them croak

11:04 am

my therapist always asks if i've toad the line

11:04 am

*groan*

11:04 am

oh groan

11:04 am

How rivetting.

11:04 am

we are having a ribbiting good time eh?

11:04 am

snap

11:05 am

Apart from i spelt it wrong..LOL

yes, ribbiting as this convo is, i really need to go

11:05 am

omg all this humour!!!!!!

11:05 am

* giggle *

11:05 am

Sorry to say I have to hop off for a while. Back in a bit.

11:05 am

mmm,battered deep fried froggie legss....

11:06 am

* shudder *

tastes like chicken!

bye-ee! nice to see you fm

11:06 am

de 8/45 plz...

11:07 am

everythign tastes like chicken,cept british beef which tastes like anger;)

11:07 am

i have lovely legs thank you - green and tasty!!!

wait , i thought the brits were mellow ?

11:07 am

ooo brb gota go look for something *semipoof*

11:08 am

they are just do not try and take their beef pies away!

i keep seeing hedonist in the grid

wishful thinking.

hey red!

ok, later, all.

i was breakfast. my friend for weekend is too flipping slow its noon!

red: that is an interesting post.

hi to. I am sorry the lack of coffee is affecting my sunny personality...

how is everyone?

11:10 am

de8 de+ maths equation+ last two letters of canvas cover.

11:10 am

Sorry the clue was late, Ivesy :-)

desinent

11:11 am

Thats the one, Red :-)

well, I am sorry too!

No coffee, and it is Noon! it is my excuse.

11:12 am

thats ok zoo.. ty... ty u too red lol

11:12 am

Hi Red

red, your cliue is much better.

11:12 am

ty for the de 8 zooz

need coffee!

11:12 am

red gives definitive clues

11:12 am

Yw :-)

My friend is Freaking moisturizing. OMG I am starving.

literally. But it is the lack of coffee that is killing me. Must be some in the pB...

11:13 am

addict!! :)

indeed, but it is NOON!

11:14 am

crossy slides a 3 egg western omelette over to red,it has green and red pepper,sweet onions,2 types of shredded cheese and smoked ham(grazers can omit the ham) and is served with crunchy english muffies and gooseberry jam

11:14 am

I'm thinking about all those frogs in wheelchairs up Crossy's way

11:14 am

*has a caffeine intolerance*

11:14 am

lol

omit the cheese please and i;ll have some.

11:15 am

leave the peppers out and I'm in!

11:15 am

I was thinking , Omit the gooseberry, the rest sounds yummy.

may i sub whole wheat toast with butter and hat, no home fries?

I've alredy eaten it all....awesome.

11:15 am

after you talked about the western omelette i had to make a green pepper and tomato omelette with a raisin bagel

We are going to a place if she ever gets out of the bathroom, that has key lime donuts.

11:16 am

hey everyone - nice grid for a lazy sunday...

hey angela

on saturday!

11:16 am

sunday? it's only saturday...or am I behind?

11:16 am

ermm its saturday isnt it?

11:16 am

we can adjust brekkies no probs;)

11:16 am

Hello, Angele :-)

hello Pinik. do you have coffee? shouts in desperation...

11:17 am

lol - oops! feels like a sunday.

11:17 am

*Angela

11:17 am

<-- doesn't touch coffee!

11:17 am

angela has been partying with Charlies sheen and lost a day

11:17 am

maybe I need a tad more coffee...

11:17 am

as long as its not monday!

11:17 am

hehe ruru...not even supposed to party until tonight - not a good sign!

hand over the coffee and no one gets hurt.

11:18 am

there talks a desperate woman!

11:18 am

pours some Peet's Major Dickason's fresh brewed to RED

11:18 am

* hi5 *

yes, I feel a little desperate. Loves Peets and especially Major Dickason....

bodz, you understand me. :)

11:19 am

i must admit i do like a nice decaff every once ina while

11:19 am

as you all know i had to get really good at brekkies when i was first dating my mrs and i was trying to get her her to stay the night.first time i tried "how do you like your eggs in the morning?" and she replied "unfertilized"..so i knew i had to do better

11:19 am

decaf is warm brown water

Awesome!

11:19 am

lmao crossy!

11:19 am

ROFL

11:19 am

yes, but tastes of coffee :)

I like decaf, as well, but not for breakfast, which I think I shall never get to do...

11:20 am

you need your caffeine hit! :)

11:20 am

LOL, Crossy..what are you like.

11:20 am

:)

yes. I am discovering my friend to be rather irritating and dawdly.

11:20 am

now that you've all made me hungry...off to forage then off to get taxes done ... wish me luck!

If there were another day I wouldnt have waited.

11:21 am

not good when you need some tasty breakfast food Red

11:21 am

A good friend is one that ignores the imperfections :)

11:21 am

Good luck, Pini :-)

yes.

she is not a coffee drinker, but an am smoker, so of course that has been cared for but COFFEEEEE

I am not a good friend.

11:22 am

unless they need coffee and donuts :)

11:22 am

a good friend is also one who respects the breakfast timeline...

11:22 am

here,if you show up at the door any time tween 7 am and 11 am,you better be ready to help and join in for brekkies

11:23 am

i dont get out of bed till 10am

11:23 am

Red...where do you get those key lime donuts? That sounds good

11:23 am

breakfast for me is a couple of sammiches and a glass of milk around 12:30pm at work

11:23 am

Hello, Tabbycat :-)

11:23 am

yay - Blues Brothers on VH1... <3 Belushi

11:24 am

not good bodz:((

11:24 am

it works for me :)

11:25 am

i'm one of those people who cant eat just after i get up

We are in Destin Florida. Its a local place.

bodz, I am sure you and wendy would fall madly in love then, but I am the more smart one.

and the cranky one.

11:25 am

anyway.. i'm not gonna get any more of this grid done by idly chatting.. i need to Babble instead :)

11:26 am

is that near viera Red?

11:26 am

I knew you were in Florida but didn't know where. We are in Lakeland...halfway between Tampa and Orlando

11:26 am

well i am young *cough* free.. and single atm :)

11:26 am

breakfast here is almost holy lol,the double yolk fresh farm eggs the fresh bagels,english muffies,the croissants,real creamery butter,taters all crispy in da pan,peameal bacon,maple and hickory bacon,fresh orange juice squeezings,preserves for the mennonite farm store....,,,mmm

11:26 am

is 43 young here? :)

11:26 am

now crossy is hungry again;/

11:27 am

dont asnswer that

11:27 am

it's young to me...I'm 41 :)

11:27 am

anyway.. babble needs my attention :)

11:27 am

i also must look at da grid a bit

11:27 am

i am also young at 47;)

its young to me, its pretty much close to my age,,,

11:28 am

the right side of 50 :)

11:28 am

well, thats what us forty somethings will say anyway ;)

11:29 am

thats just my body anyways as my mind is 25 forever

I normally live in clermont...but it is a race weekend with a friend, who is notmaking herself popular with me atm...

11:29 am

*throws himself out of chat*

Bye Bodz. If you come to Destin, i shall give you a key lime gonut.

errr donut...

11:30 am

*wonders what a gonut is* donut if fine though thanks :) babble... gone searchy search...

gotta run . friend is ready 12:30 pm for breakfast...

11:31 am

enjoy Red

11:31 am

2 left. The last sh word I'm saving for my last. I can't seem to monkey the wo9. Help,please.

11:31 am

tc red

11:31 am

the most timber gramma

11:32 am

Well, next time I'm up around Destin, I'll look for the donut place

11:32 am

That's my 8. How do I make it more so?

11:32 am

what's a gonut?

11:32 am

wo 6/33 minus the e +one of the n words

11:32 am

or if nessie were made of timber lol

11:32 am

for the wo9

11:32 am

you wish

11:32 am

ty

11:33 am

brb

11:37 am

stats for lone x please

11:37 am

headlights

11:37 am

a gas

11:37 am

5/20

11:37 am

ty bods

11:38 am

glad to be of service

11:38 am

and angela

11:38 am

yw

11:38 am

this chat is almost as addictive as the grid at times.. doh.. lol

11:39 am

it is a critical part of the entire babble experience to be sure

11:39 am

phantom: abyssopelagic

11:39 am

try a latin ending on that br:))))

11:41 am

of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean

11:41 am

thx for the wo9, all, don't know why it was so tricky for me!

11:42 am

yes but i have a phobia of bathyspheres,so it does not matter;)

11:42 am

aww i dont get fireworks anymore cuz my trial has expired lol...oh well 235 words done. have a good day ya'll

11:43 am

congrats Tommie!! $&#%^&%$*^*$^*$^*%$%$%@#%

11:43 am

tc tommie and go pro! it is worth the 14 dollars for a lifetime membership

11:43 am

haha thx angela

11:43 am

pseudo fireworks :)

11:43 am

haha love it

11:44 am

ya im cheap and in debt from school

11:44 am

anyways take care

11:44 am

best 14 dollars i ever spent,well except for the engadgement ring when i asd my mrs to marry me

11:45 am

$14??? Guess I didn't realize it changed - when I started it was $5!

11:45 am

tempus figit angela;/

11:46 am

fugit*

11:46 am

still worth it - I'd pay that yearly to do this...what does that say about me :))))

11:46 am

says you are like most of us;)

11:46 am

lol

11:47 am

he may go monthly with the new build,who knows? but we all better get grandfather claused lol

11:47 am

I was thinking the same thing! :) When is the new site going to launch?

11:47 am

not sure angela

11:47 am

I didn't realize it was getting revamped...

11:48 am

yup,he put out a bunch of teaser pics on FB

11:48 am

i do not have the addy sadly

11:48 am

there's a FB page??

11:48 am

somewhere,but crossy does not do fb

11:49 am

I do...wonder where it is?? guess I'll do a search later.

11:50 am

yes,there are 8 or ten pics floating around out there of the build in progress

11:51 am

wait till you see the colours!!! lol,you can almost see it with yer eyes closed

11:52 am

oh no! Ne** babble tiles?? say it ain't so! :)

11:53 am

well the grid is the same but the colours are vivid!

11:53 am

perhaps it will be adjustable

11:53 am

found a small group (8 people) but it must not be the right one as no pics of the build...

11:54 am

Hi Angela

11:54 am

hiya boo

11:54 am

I have a sister named Angela

11:55 am

my sister does too ;)

11:55 am

beautiful profile pic!

11:55 am

it must be a common name

11:56 am

ty

11:56 am

I've only known a few myself...but I like it :)

11:57 am

wait till the current crop of tween grow up a bit,you will see a plague of kids named beiber!

11:57 am

ugh

11:57 am

omg! nooo!

11:57 am

http://tinyurl.com/4625ngs

11:57 am

my maiden name is Genovesi so the first name fits...

11:58 am

ty br

11:58 am

thx so much br!!

11:59 am

Wow! Those are definitely bright!

12:00 pm

that last name is so italian i can almost see the goat,black olives and pasta burbling in the wood fired oven

12:00 pm

told ya they were bright;)

12:01 pm

look at the orange one!! lol

12:03 pm

doesn't seem to have a lot of recent activity...

12:03 pm

yaa! we will be able to crop our own pics from withing babble!

12:03 pm

lol crossy! i know, right? Imagine trying to spell that in school!

12:04 pm

I like the green though - the orange is awful!

12:04 pm

spelling and what i do in here are remote at best angela;)

12:05 pm

I am trying to avoid the fact that I still have 36 words to find, and have bogged down.

12:05 pm

btw, Angela, I love your icon!!!

12:05 pm

biab,must go soap and hose down this mass of muscle..get ready for my adoring public;)...semi poof!

12:06 pm

later crossy

12:06 pm

thanks uusue :) cracks me up.

12:07 pm

any clues for the en's?

12:09 pm

en + small land mass surrounded by water.

12:09 pm

don't have any - just noticed...

12:10 pm

oh, right, I have those two; I need the last en6.

12:10 pm

bbl - nap time :)

12:10 pm

bye, angela!

12:11 pm

*pastes all words into lickety, again, to avoid more embarrassing requests*

12:11 pm

en + green in the desert : *a*** .. song midnight at one

12:12 pm

thx, BR! I will have to look that one up!

12:13 pm

Huh. Not the meaning I would have guessed.

12:20 pm

hey there

12:20 pm

ahh..there we go.squeaky clean;))

12:20 pm

babrab.. a rare appearance.. is spring in the air? is there hope?

12:21 pm

Hi, doren, and welcome back, crossy!

12:21 pm

and hi sue! and crossy... you home now sue?

12:21 pm

Hi Dorens

12:22 pm

not yet, doren; they actually cancelled my flight today and put me on a later one (a couple of hours later). We will head to the airport in another hour or two.

12:22 pm

Dad has the OK from the surgeon to drive, so I will drive us to the airport and he will drive home.

12:23 pm

hi boo. hope that doesn't mess up your plans in any way. Meanwhile, I just adore your father!

12:23 pm

tiptoes in and asks for a hint for the Y words

12:23 pm

Hello, Dorens. Spring is in the air sort of ... so is spring flooding ... record high flood levels predicted .... sandbagging anyone?

12:24 pm

yo _ monty pythons k**ghts who say **

12:24 pm

flood warnings are issued here for the low areas,4-6 inches of rain in the next 24 hours;/

12:25 pm

i actually went outside and did about five minutes of gardening.... then remembered that it is still early march, so i'm sure we'll have more snow. flooding near your home babrab?

12:25 pm

TY dorens. ::back to semi-unconsciousness::

12:25 pm

that was supposed to be yo+ k**ghts who say **, sorry evaN yo4 and yo5 plural

12:25 pm

Yep. The Red River of the North

12:26 pm

i'd come lend a hand if it were closer.. i live on top of a hill, the only flooding i get is when my sewer backs up. which it did on tuesday.. pretty sh**ty

12:26 pm

Isn't he great, Doren? My stepmom is crazy to leave him (IMHO, of course).

12:27 pm

oh she surely is... I would love to hang around him more

12:27 pm

never watched holy grail,so i do not know if they say wee,nii or pee lol

12:27 pm

BR, you're in North Dakota, or western Minnesota, or someplace like that?

12:27 pm

Fargo

12:28 pm

haha crossy, but you will figure it out. also, it is one of the most hilarious movies

12:28 pm

not fargo, holy grail, but then again fargo was a pretty good movie, too!

12:28 pm

watched the meaning of life,but never got to the others

12:28 pm

Yes, we've been hearing about floods in your neck of the woods. *sends dry thoughts to BR*

12:29 pm

Fargo, the movie, was a Minnesota flick.

12:29 pm

hi folks

12:29 pm

I hope the rest of me keeps as dry as my thoughts.

12:30 pm

i know (my sister llived in minnesota... love the accent) but still it was the name! you just wrote fargo. i always think of the movie when i see the name, can't help it

12:30 pm

sending warm dry thoughts your way babrab.

12:30 pm

I hope so too, BR - Fargo has had more than its share over the last few years!

12:30 pm

Hi, welki!

12:31 pm

hi welki

12:32 pm

hlo welki

12:33 pm

will be interesting to see how this storm front moves through now calling for 50 mm plus of rain

12:33 pm

clue for ni 5/10

12:33 pm

t's done. I don't think I want to do the s's.

12:33 pm

it was actually sunny and not cold here an hour ago.. very windy though. rain storm? i would like one tomorrow, not today

12:34 pm

it is going to run right on top of all this snow and ice;((

12:34 pm

well the rain we had last week helped to melt the snow piles.. i only have a bit left now

12:34 pm

don't have that ni, either, boo; that was when I decided to move to the other end of the alphabet :-)

12:35 pm

found one y,the 4/6

12:35 pm

weatherbug says it's 63F here now, doren; it's 30F back home so I will have to prepare to adjust :-0

12:35 pm

plural it for the other, crossy

12:36 pm

just got the ni, persons of Japanese descent

12:37 pm

ni + uno dos tres quatro cinco ***s

12:37 pm

can't remember that one

12:38 pm

geez, my parents are crazy.

12:38 pm

how come, hurshy?

12:38 pm

i don't know how they got that way :) but i assume you mean what makes me say that...

12:39 pm

well, that is what I was wondering, yes, if you want to share... :-)

12:40 pm

they both really need individual counseling as well as marriage counseling, and i was just talking to my dad to try to encourage him to get the help he needs, personally, and he said he told mom that he would go if she did and she said no, so he wouldn't.

12:40 pm

and i said, but i don't mean marriage counseling, i just mean help with your depressive tendencies

12:40 pm

Ah. So sort of like mine, except mine just totally split.

12:41 pm

and he said yeah, that's what he meant. and said, i don't understand. i agree that she needs help also but why should that prevent you from getting help??

12:41 pm

my parents went many moons ago and it was fine, until the therapist told my mom she had a couple of things to work on... then she was done

12:41 pm

Hmmm. Good question.

12:41 pm

hursh, sometimes people don't want to look at their own issues

12:42 pm

and he said well even if he goes to individual therapy he can't get anywhere because they want to talk about mom and she won't let him.

12:42 pm

we arnt all nice people who want to sort things out.. its just life...

12:42 pm

unfortunately

12:42 pm

i said what do you mean she won't LET you?? it's not like you're a toddler trying to touch a hot stove, you can't let her tell you that you can't talk about things in therapy that you need to talk about!!!

12:42 pm

Well, if it's individual therapy she doesn't have to know what he's talking about - he doesn't have to lie about it but he doesn't necessarily have to share everything either

12:43 pm

yeah but she preemptively says not to talk about her cause she doesn't want other people knowing their problems or something.

12:43 pm

and i said well just don't listen when she says that!

12:43 pm

yes,he does not have to write a report when he gets home

12:43 pm

but that can make it tough, when I was married to my previous husband he raised such a stink about me going to therapy that it eventually was less stressful just not to go

12:43 pm

pointless going then

12:44 pm

and they both basically think that the other one is the one who really needs work, and that they personally are doing everything they can, but the other one isn't.

12:44 pm

of course then it eventually dawned on me that it would be even less stressful still just not to be married to him, so I am not. And much happier for it. Although I would not recommend this as a universal solution!

12:44 pm

that is fairly typical, you know

12:45 pm

"oh, well, *I'D* be willing to do such-and-such, but S/HE is the obstacle"

12:45 pm

it's so maddening.

12:45 pm

you have no idea how often i hear it from parents of students.. it's tiresome, really

12:46 pm

ah, yes. This is not an unusual state to be in; doesn't the therapist have any suggestions for how to make progress? (of course, if they're not interested, that makes it tough!)

12:46 pm

wife and i thought that,in our 15th year we needed a few visits,some outside insight in the way things were going and how we can alter things for the better before things get out of hand.small changes at first but it is like pebbles rolling down hill,small things led to big changes

12:46 pm

my last ex was married 3 times before.. i was with her 6 years.. she is about to marry again... it all seems a bit messed up to me :) life is a strange old game

12:47 pm

i am increasingly staying at home and not dealing with people at all.. just babbling.. safer

12:47 pm

i never married her btw.. and i think i did the right thing

12:47 pm

there isn't a therapist, uusue, that's the problem!

12:47 pm

i hear you Dorens.. but you never know what or who is around the next corner :)

12:47 pm

sounds like, bodz!

12:48 pm

BUT my dad did say he had talked to someone before and that guy was helpful and he was planning to talk to him again but they just hadn't got back going again since his almost-dying thing.

12:48 pm

I see - so they can't even agree to get started! That IS frustrating, hurshy!

12:48 pm

but they're al crazy, bodz and we'll never get along

12:49 pm

so, i just encouraged him to be open to what that guy says an suggests, and not to be so unwilling to try medication if it is recommended and stuff like that. i mean i go to counseling and am working on trying to find meds that will help me, so i feel like i have some grounds to say this, experientially.

12:49 pm

ok, well, almost dying does tend to distract one :-/

12:49 pm

hurshy then it sounds like he will go back to this guy...

12:52 pm

Life is like a bawx of chawclates!

12:52 pm

i only eat the dark ones tho

12:53 pm

i just wish i could see the card that says what they are before i choose one.. lol

12:53 pm

learn to trust your instincts bodz

12:53 pm

life changes.. things change.. and it is never that easy even so

12:54 pm

<-- thinks life, sometimes, is like a box of dog poo, but even then it beats the alternative

12:54 pm

yeah, so that made me feel better, dorens, cause my sister had made it sounds like he wasn't planning to do ANYthing.

12:54 pm

lol, welki! There is an art to telling the difference, and I'm not always sure I've mastered it!

12:54 pm

life is interesting,but another day on this side of the dirt is a good thing;)

12:54 pm

ever have sewer back up welki? i think actually worse than dog poo, and it was real life, not a metaphor

12:55 pm

takes a lifetime.. and tto late by then usually lol

12:55 pm

so it sounds like he might be willing to go get help, that is good, hurshy

12:55 pm

oh yes, i've had that happen .. always in summer, always during breezeless hot days

12:55 pm

into each life a little rain will fall... just hope it is never a monsoon!

12:56 pm

and the guy who had been his supervisor recently and stressed him out so much and kinda pissed everyone off, and probably contributed to my dad almost dying of this aortic dissection, well this week dad found out that guy will be gone as of may, so that is a big relief too.

12:56 pm

usually you get total understanding and clarity as to the meaning of life in the last 10 minutes,but by that time no one will listen to you;)

12:56 pm

Ha! Good to hear that, hurshy!

12:56 pm

now how do you know that, crossy? :)

12:56 pm

good day

12:57 pm

well i know the answer already hurshy,i am just trying to figure out the question;)

12:57 pm

hi, sciencegeek!

12:57 pm

he has been told :) it doesnt mean anything even if you have been told.. till the last 10 mins :)

12:57 pm

and on that note,it is off to work for crossy,take care all and happy babbling!....poof!

12:57 pm

hi science

12:58 pm

bye, crossy and thanks again for your help earlier

12:58 pm

we are told a lot of true stuff through life.. but do we act on it? or know we should act on it!! that is the thing..

12:58 pm

i need a hug!!

12:58 pm

i'm depressing myself

12:58 pm

And can we tell it apart from the stuff that is not true? That's the other thing :-)

12:58 pm

well you know james taylor said... "the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time... any fool can do it, there ain't nothin' to it..." but i have found it more difficult than he says.

12:58 pm

((bodz))

12:58 pm

{{{{{{bodz}}}}}}}

12:59 pm

thanks :)))

12:59 pm

he also said he was a steamroller, a hunka hunka burnin' junk :)

1:00 pm

and a napalm bomb, guaranteed to blow your mind

1:00 pm

that song is SO funny coming from him, when you think about it.

1:00 pm

you know, he should have done that with lucinda williams .. would have been killin

1:01 pm

evening all - i am in the process of trying not to die - we walked 15 miles today and i am hardly able to move

1:01 pm

yep, a cordoroy sexpot

1:01 pm

wow, kazz! That must have taken all day!

1:01 pm

LOL

1:01 pm

joints all seized up huh Kaz?

1:01 pm

no we did it in less than 6 hours

1:01 pm

been there

1:02 pm

bits ache that you never knew you had

1:02 pm

calling for all cabana boys to get their masseur certs for kazz

1:02 pm

back to babble.. or i'll never finish

1:02 pm

more than joints bodz - probs with knee before i started but it was a great fun day - we will do it again and because of the diet thing we had a yummy pizza for tea

1:03 pm

name that proper noun! cute green rideable turtle from super mario

1:03 pm

good for you Kaz.. as long as you enjoyed it never the less :)

1:03 pm

oooh yes weiki - cabana boys would be good - hubby can have a young lady walk all over him

1:04 pm

koopa troopa!

1:04 pm

7 left - can I finish before I have to go to the airport?

1:04 pm

i love mario games :)

1:04 pm

consequently i still have 94 words left to find

1:04 pm

51 here

1:04 pm

(answers to 'name that proper noun!' can always be found in the grid)

1:04 pm

11 hours to finish it :)

1:05 pm

I know, hurshy, but I am dim on mario, sorry!

1:05 pm

i am going to bed early tomight

1:05 pm

i was letting welki know since she said koopa troopa, which is not in the grid :)

1:05 pm

you make seize up yet kaz.. when you awake.. ouch!

1:06 pm

hope not though :)

1:06 pm

Ah. See, I told you I was dim on Mario!

1:06 pm

ohhhh, i get it

1:06 pm

you know, i never thought that they were turtles!

1:07 pm

well who knows WHAT they are, really? i just tried to identify what i thought they might be to give the clue.

1:08 pm

i prefered donkey kong Jr

1:09 pm

so... i guess we'll skip Yoshi and move on

1:09 pm

name that proper noun! warrior princess

1:09 pm

sounds good to me

1:09 pm

xena?

1:09 pm

xena!

1:09 pm

ding ding ding!

noble gas!

1:09 pm

yay i get a point :)

1:09 pm

xenon

1:10 pm

yay 2 points ;p

1:10 pm

lol, sciencegeek, that's a word, not a proper noun!

1:10 pm

PB for bodz!!

1:10 pm

i mean not that proper nouns aren't words. but it's a word that COUNTS in the grid and thus not eligible for NTPN.

1:11 pm

PB?

1:11 pm

PB = penalty box (where you go for saying a word)

1:11 pm

noo if that means perm ban!!

1:11 pm

ohh lol

1:11 pm

sorry.. he did ask

1:11 pm

but, you were tricked.

1:11 pm

i was i was.. good call :)

1:11 pm

There are usually goodies in the Penalty Box. I'm contributing some Dove chocolates.

1:12 pm

ommm nom nom nom.. i'm there ;p

1:12 pm

are there any EX words?

1:12 pm

nope

1:13 pm

can anyone tell i've had a couple of beers and am very chatty? ;p

1:13 pm

hello first timer!

1:13 pm

i need to finish this grid though *sigh*

1:13 pm

i went straight through the top row, the S and the X, and now that top E is gettin' in my way

1:13 pm

OK, here is what I am missing; I am now happy to accept any hints as well as related embarrassment: on6/21, os6/18, sh5/12, sh4/5, so7/28

1:13 pm

HI, caty!

1:14 pm

For the sh words, it's the first ones in the list.

1:14 pm

on 6/21 not OFFside

1:14 pm

so 7/28 plural of guy in duo, so**y and cher

1:14 pm

there are lotsa sh5/12 and 4/5! i don't have the lower two s's done so i can't even guess what you're missing yet

1:14 pm

pb is lovely bodz - specially if someone has left some krispy kreme duffnuts

1:15 pm

can i stay in the PB ? ;p

1:15 pm

argh! i forgot that enable doesn't know about onesies!

1:15 pm

these are between the butter and the thing you wish the horse hadn't done

1:15 pm

os6 = os + river in france minus last vowel

1:15 pm

i'm trying to get a sixpack though.. i dont think it would help :)

1:15 pm

thx, welki, for both!

1:16 pm

and bodz for the on!

1:16 pm

oh, i have those

1:16 pm

the 4 is plural females

1:16 pm

sh 4/5 is probably pl females

1:16 pm

and the five rhymes with what you pay to a landlord

1:16 pm

thks for my last o word welki

1:16 pm

^5 hursh!

1:16 pm

any others needed uus?

1:16 pm

ions

1:17 pm

ooops

1:17 pm

FIREWORKS!!!! Thank you so much, everyone!

1:17 pm

congrats!!!

1:17 pm

clue for the 9 please

1:17 pm

have a good flight, uusue .. 'see' you when you get back home

1:17 pm

I can stay and clue for a little while, then I am off to the airport and home!!!

1:18 pm

the 9 is wo9/84, a quality that trees have'

1:18 pm

top E, i need serious help. i have EO4 and EO5 and need the other three.

1:18 pm

wo 9/84, kazz .. i just love the wo9 of .... well, let's get my dirty mind out of the gutter

1:18 pm

wo 9 is timber +i + n word ending with ss

1:18 pm

doh shud have seen that

1:18 pm

only 2 eo words, hurshy

1:19 pm

why get out of the gutter?

1:19 pm

ohh ... i see now. slow on the uptake

1:19 pm

well i mean i need the other three top E's, whatever they are :)

1:19 pm

its good down there at times :)

1:19 pm

en + tiny piece of land in water + pt

1:19 pm

en + arterial st*****

1:19 pm

hi8?

1:20 pm

oh i always miss that en6, thanks!!

1:20 pm

without a hide hi8

1:20 pm

hi8 = a carcass without its skin

1:20 pm

hi8 = how an animal is after you skin it

1:20 pm

thx for the hi8

1:21 pm

bodz, not to be a noodge, but, it's best if you can avoid using part of the word in the clue. ok i am a noodge but i can't help it.

1:21 pm

ok no problem.. sorry to have done that.. :)

1:21 pm

thanks for all the es

1:22 pm

i can see the error of my ways.. well pointed out :)

1:22 pm

thanks for not getting mad at me! :)

1:22 pm

no no.. you were totally right on that one.. i gave too much away

1:23 pm

can we stop being so nice lol

1:23 pm

;p

1:23 pm

ha

1:24 pm

i know what you mean but i would rather be overly nice than deal with some of the nasty situations i have gotten into here in the past!

1:25 pm

some people are just naturally inclined to take everything in the worst possible interpretation.

1:26 pm

so... how's that sixpack going?

1:27 pm

i never do.. i'm always inclined to apology rather than .. what the hell!!.. just the way i am.. well.. most of the time :)

1:27 pm

does the beer make you even more mellow, or the same?

1:27 pm

i lost half a stone in the last 2 months.. its nearly there.. just need to execise a bit

1:27 pm

good work, bodz!

1:27 pm

OH THAT sixpack!

1:27 pm

lol

1:28 pm

mellow mostly.. unless someone wants to argue about something

1:28 pm

i'm managing both sixpacks pretty well ;p

1:28 pm

4 beers left

1:28 pm

so which sixpack were you mentioning earlier? the beer one or the ab one?

1:29 pm

and doesn't drinking the beer one make it harder to achieve the ab one?

1:29 pm

i'm at that stage in life where .. umm no other half.. not overweight.. need to exercise.. would like to add to my frame.. and well.. dunno... see what life throws at me

1:29 pm

i might start on the 6 pack - its a saturday night and i need a drink - prefarably in the bath with a cabana boy massaging my shoulders

1:30 pm

you are probably right 9you are right) but i do like a beer or two now and then :)

1:30 pm

or six :)

1:30 pm

Noswaith dda - evening all

1:30 pm

i'm sure if i got back into doing weights i can manage both.. i dunno :)

1:31 pm

dont we all bodz - one or two never hurts - its the remaining 10 or 19 that creep up and bash you over the head

1:31 pm

hi, Glantarell!

1:31 pm

is "noswaith dda" welsh for "evening all"?

1:31 pm

yeah or six.. my bad? ;p

1:31 pm

yes it is hurshy

1:31 pm

how does one pronounce this?

1:31 pm

well, technically it is 'good evening' if i added 'pawb' afterwards it would be good evening all

1:32 pm

noswaith is as it sounds and dda is like thaa

1:32 pm

evening glan - are you well

1:32 pm

i am fine kazzer - ty

1:32 pm

welsh is so cool

1:32 pm

hwyr pawb

1:32 pm

it has its moments LOL

1:33 pm

i am trying to learn it at the moment

1:33 pm

i particularly like the word for carrot - moron

1:33 pm

so a translation website said

1:33 pm

hmm, i guess you have to really watch your context for that one

1:33 pm

hwyl bodz

1:33 pm

i like the word for sheep - dafad thats right isnt glan

1:34 pm

dafad for one sheep defaid for more than one

1:34 pm

to hwyl.. translation site said...

1:34 pm

get oneself ready, sail, a sail, humor, a humor, humour, a humour, religious fervor, a religious fervor, religious fervour, a religious fervour, ecstasy

1:34 pm

weird or what?

1:34 pm

ooh thxs for that wondered what the plural was

1:35 pm

Hello my friends!

1:36 pm

did you ever go to someone's house for brunch and eat stuff and then later that afternoon at home really wish you had the leftovers?

1:36 pm

is that the jamaican flag?

1:36 pm

hi, Mark!

1:36 pm

Yes, it is.

1:36 pm

hi mark. yes i do hursh - quite often

1:36 pm

Not anymore!

1:37 pm

lol

1:37 pm

i'm SO in the mood for more biscuits! :)

1:37 pm

i think of hwyl as 'fun'

1:37 pm

ohh bisquits :)

1:37 pm

american biscuits, i mean. not cookies.

1:38 pm

Biscuits!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1:38 pm

need to finish grid...

1:38 pm

oh i tried those american buscuits - we have nothing like them in the UK - they are like a savcoury scone but lighter - maybe made with baking soda?

1:38 pm

yep that's it giantarell. they vary a lot really but you have the general idea - sugarless sconish

biscuits with honey and butter! yum! (no gravy cuz i'm no southerner)

1:39 pm

kazzer - here's the link to that online dictionary - i use ot a lot

1:40 pm

http://www.geiriadur.net/

1:40 pm

I am mostly a vegetarian.

1:40 pm

there are drop biscuits and rolled biscuits, and everyone's favourite, buttermilk biscuits, cracker barrel's buttermilk biscuits in particular... pillsbury ready-to-bake biscuits if you're desperate...

1:40 pm

me too mark!

1:41 pm

yea....half way. hi all.

1:41 pm

*Vegetarian hi-fives hurshy*

1:41 pm

which reasons do you go veg?

1:41 pm

hi cathy - i just hit half way too

1:41 pm

cheese biscuits

1:41 pm

I was just bred that way.

1:41 pm

i made a whole batch

oh cheese biscuits!!

1:41 pm

ooh, red lobster cheddar bay biscuits are my UTTER DOWNFALL

1:42 pm

ive got 63 left but am running out of steam

Powermilk biscuits, from Prairie Home Companion

1:42 pm

love this biscuit conversation...and i love mine with the gravy.

1:42 pm

i asked them in red lobster how they make their biscuits... they said it's bisquick. lol

1:42 pm

for me it's mostly been learning about factory farm conditions, combined with my high cholesterol. but knowing me, i'm more likely to do it for the animals than for my health, lol

1:42 pm

i've only tried them with gravy - bvery odd experience for a brit LOL

biscuits, gravy and snogs

1:43 pm

no7?

you can get the red lobster recipe online and yes it uses bisquick

1:43 pm

bisquick with a whole lotta cheese and fat i should think, cathy!

1:43 pm

snogs?

snogs are sausages

1:43 pm

no7 - most loud

1:43 pm

i know what that means in the UK - what does it mean in the US?

1:43 pm

i'd think so too, hurshy! love the cracker barrel ones... alongside the corn muffins. yum.

1:44 pm

i'd rather have UK snogs, lol

1:44 pm

ah, here it is slang for kissing - he snogged her

1:44 pm

they are snogging

1:44 pm

see i don't do the cornbread thing. never have. don't know why.

In the US, snog means something totally different! LOL. I learned snogs from my Aussie friend. She waqs putting snogs on the barbie and I had no idea what a snog was

cornbread is the bomb!

1:44 pm

got the no7, but it's not most loud, it's most snoopy

1:45 pm

isnt snog a very english word?

1:45 pm

we don't have cornbread either

1:45 pm

oops, looked to quickly, sorry shirlock!

1:45 pm

i would make chili with a cornbread mix on the top.. stud it with a few lumps of cheese and bake it. it was good.

yummy cathy!

1:45 pm

biscuits in the US sound bad if you are on a diet

1:45 pm

do you have dumplings in the US?

why do we always talk about food on the chog?! LOL

we have dumplings in the US, usually with chicken.

1:46 pm

they can be, kazzer, but if you do some light drop biscuits made with veg oil (esp smart balance or something), they can be fine.

what is an English dumpling?

1:46 pm

dumplings.... moan, groan, want dumplings....

1:46 pm

the english dumplings are lighter than the chicken and dumplings in the us

1:46 pm

i lovvvvve dumplings

1:46 pm

it is made from flour and suet (vegetarian or animal) and water and sometimes we add herbs

1:46 pm

dumplings in gravy mmmmmmmm

1:47 pm

dumplings are a mixture of flour, minced suet, salt and water - you mix it all together and cook it in stew

1:47 pm

chinese dumplings!

1:47 pm

but even in the US dumplings vary a lot. in my house it was basically a biscuit dropped into stew so you didn't have a crusty exterior, but cracker barrel dumplings aren't like that at all.

1:47 pm

Hi cos!

1:47 pm

we usually cook our dumplings as part of a stew or casserole

1:47 pm

hi everyone :)

1:47 pm

I don't usually eat dumplings.

yes for the Chinese dumplings! They are the best

1:47 pm

dumplings covered with butter and gravy is a christmas dish for us :)

1:47 pm

love them

1:47 pm

i was VERY disappointed when i was eating at the house of a chinese friend who said we would have dumplings and they turned out to be what they were! i'm not so good with new things.

1:48 pm

so what are US dumplings made from?

1:48 pm

esp. my mom's dumplings! chinese chives and pork!

1:48 pm

1/2 for me!

1:49 pm

chinese dumplings can be like a form of dim sum - wrappers with tasty stuffings

1:50 pm

can't anything be a form of dim sum? i thought dim sum was just... a meal made up of miscellaneous chinese foods. like tapas.

1:50 pm

anybody clue me for the ne4/7?it's my last n at the toop...

1:51 pm

(so by anything i meant anything chinese)

1:51 pm

top even

1:51 pm

ne4/7 variant spelling of gullible, innocent

1:51 pm

TY hurshy - i had that spelt with an a

1:52 pm

thanks hursh!

1:52 pm

yeah that word has almost as many spellings as czar

1:52 pm

well, i guess the same number. :)

1:53 pm

the other thing i am struggling with are the an words - I have one for small insects but can't find the others

1:53 pm

Agreed.

1:53 pm

ok, all, I am off to the airport! Illinois here I come!

1:53 pm

i just finished the A words.. if u need clues?

1:53 pm

have a safe trip sue!

1:53 pm

hope your flight goes well uusue

1:53 pm

Where in illinois?

1:53 pm

yes please cos

1:53 pm

an + **panol is the language of **pana

1:53 pm

an + ***er, not exit

1:54 pm

an + ears,npses, throats

1:54 pm

DeKalb, Mark, which is home.

1:54 pm

I have a house near there!

1:54 pm

stick extra letter in the five, near the end

1:54 pm

cos i am missing one a

1:54 pm

TY cos and hurshy

1:54 pm

and of course.. what u use to chop a tree down

1:54 pm

aah thanks hursh

1:55 pm

Where, Mark?

1:56 pm

in DeKalb.

1:56 pm

Really? I live right in town.

1:57 pm

de8?

1:57 pm

Cool1

1:57 pm

!

1:57 pm

name that proper noun! english city... where daphne moon on frasier was from (i don't know much about this city, can you tell?)

1:57 pm

oh i loved frasier.. hmm trying to rememner

1:57 pm

south side, near Huntley Park. About 1/2 mile south of Lincoln Highway, and about a mile from my office at the university.

1:58 pm

Awesome.

1:58 pm

she's from yorkshire, isn't she?

1:58 pm

im from cook county! well not now but my family is still there.. my mom went to NIU

1:58 pm

I am missing the de8 also.

1:58 pm

i never watched frazier LOL - fgrantically trying to think of an english city beginning with de

1:58 pm

leeds?

1:58 pm

ding ding ding!

1:59 pm

i thought dapne was from manchester

1:59 pm

oh bother, i messed it up

1:59 pm

i dunno, but it isn't in the grid

2:00 pm

leeds is where donna noble went in the alternate reality created in "turn left".

2:00 pm

google says she is from manchester

2:00 pm

on doctor who

2:00 pm

silly me

2:00 pm

oh lol ok...

2:00 pm

thats a show i dont watch darn

2:00 pm

+ leeds is in the grid

2:00 pm

dorens knows how to focus on the key component of the game :)

2:01 pm

nevermind if hurshy is completely inaccurate, as long as you can figure out what she was thinking.

2:01 pm

very goal oriented.. just opened up the computer... saw hurshy's question and looked at grid, didn't pay attention to anything else

2:02 pm

monkeyed it.

2:02 pm

thanks for trying to help :)

2:02 pm

both focus on a goal and questioning the given are very valuable skills. :)

2:03 pm

Still don't have it...

2:03 pm

neither do i...

2:03 pm

de + a violation of the bible + a tree from lord of the rings

2:04 pm

of course you don't. nobody has clued it.

2:04 pm

until just now.

2:04 pm

lol hurshy :)

2:04 pm

ty cos

2:04 pm

Thanks cos

2:05 pm

uh oh - religion and lord of the rings are also outside my experience LOL

2:05 pm

yw :)

2:05 pm

clearly people got mixed up since my NTPN question came shortly after the de8 clue request. great clue, btw, cos

2:05 pm

just monkey Glan, and you'll find it

2:05 pm

Sorry, must leave. I have violin. BBL

2:06 pm

de + trig function + picnic pest without a

2:06 pm

ok, now I really am off! And once I get back to my real life I may not have as much time to babble, although I will still not be scarce around here!

2:06 pm

enjoy mark

2:06 pm

de + the 7 deadly ***s and then ear/nose/throat doctor

2:06 pm

(details and update in my profile if you have no idea, and are curious)

2:07 pm

ok i have the beginning and middle but the picnic pest and doctir are not yet making sense

2:07 pm

sue, you at the airport yet?

2:07 pm

nope, just leaving the house

2:07 pm

*poof*

2:07 pm

adjectival ending glan

2:07 pm

the same last 3 letters of the an 5/10 glan

2:08 pm

well, sae travels

2:09 pm

Ty - not a word i have encountered before

2:09 pm

i doubt that any of us has

2:10 pm

do7 clue please?

2:10 pm

do7, eh? i have an 8, but not a 7

2:10 pm

cool, now i know which d word i'm missing, thanks cos

2:11 pm

i have the 8 as well...

2:11 pm

lol yw dorens :)

2:11 pm

most polka d** but only one t

2:11 pm

its the last d i have

2:11 pm

or rather no double consonants

2:11 pm

and ty shirl

2:11 pm

thanks shirl! great clue

2:11 pm

thanks from me also!

2:12 pm

le7?

2:12 pm

13 words to go and 8 of them long! yikes

2:12 pm

which le7?

2:12 pm

theres 2.. and i only have 1

2:12 pm

the 2nd le7

2:12 pm

i don't have either, please clue!

2:13 pm

thats the one i dont have lol

2:13 pm

lemme see if i can find it

2:13 pm

found it

2:14 pm

first 4 letters of a cow skin.. then present tense of ate then letter

2:14 pm

no bad clue bad clue forget that

2:14 pm

i got it from that, lol

2:14 pm

le + two articles

2:15 pm

a ****al injection is a form of death penalty + what will you **t for dinner then... *n, not out

2:15 pm

or how about le + actor hawke with an extra vowel thrown in

2:15 pm

thx BR

2:15 pm

could have sworn i tried that

2:15 pm

hellooooooo babblerabble!

2:15 pm

can someone clue the other le7 also?

2:15 pm

plural of the le6 before it hurshy

2:15 pm

or am i going to hate myself?

2:15 pm

Hello, hursh

2:16 pm

ohhh i totally didn't go up at the end of the 6, so didn't see that it could get the s

2:16 pm

silly me

2:17 pm

perhaps some help with 8's? i have de8, do8, wo8

2:17 pm

isnt present tense of ate eat? not in grid.

2:17 pm

hi8 hursh

2:17 pm

ugh ur right lol

2:17 pm

and di 8

2:17 pm

serves me right for trying to clue a word idk lol

2:17 pm

di 8/45

2:18 pm

oh right, i saw that hi clue before and didn't put the word in!

2:18 pm

di+ mailed letter and then pl

2:18 pm

that leaves one more

2:18 pm

ti 8

2:18 pm

i'm still missing one and don't have any idea what itstarts with

2:19 pm

thanks

2:19 pm

without a neap

2:19 pm

the first en6 please?

2:19 pm

ah thanks babrab. i spoke too soon

2:19 pm

lol, awesome

2:19 pm

en + gilligan's ****

2:19 pm

enisle

2:19 pm

oh oops sorry!

2:20 pm

ty lol

2:21 pm

any clues for the do8 - it's my last 8

2:22 pm

my comforter is the do8/65

2:22 pm

or should i say my duvet?

2:23 pm

Opp of uppiest, Glan.

2:23 pm

eiders too

2:23 pm

BTW Hello everybody :-)

2:23 pm

TY dorens

2:23 pm

& soodle - how are you?

2:23 pm

hi sood.

2:27 pm

i cant get that di 8. any more clues? is mailed letter 4 letters or more?

2:27 pm

I'm very good thanks, Glan. Hope you are too?

2:27 pm

di8 - not agreeing with#

2:27 pm

i am fine soodle

2:28 pm

i7 - not agreeing with - di8 add s

2:28 pm

ty got it.

2:28 pm

my first 8. need other clues too if available.

2:29 pm

wo8 - the most wo4

2:30 pm

wo9 - the essence of wo4

2:30 pm

ty got it.

2:30 pm

the last is 5/10?

2:30 pm

ti8 - the opposite of what the sea does twice a day

2:30 pm

dont get the 9 yet. must think.

2:31 pm

is + quatro, cinco, ***s

2:31 pm

ends in a double consonant

2:31 pm

the wo9 that is

2:32 pm

thanks dorens

2:32 pm

fireworks.

DE,8/45 help please

2:32 pm

wo is the same root as the wo 8, right? then add smoething or is it a different wo? i only have one wo 4 and the 7 8 a nd 5 from it.

2:32 pm

wtf!

2:32 pm

TY dorens

2:32 pm

ugh.... wtg i mean

2:32 pm

oh just got the 9! ty.

2:33 pm

wo has wo4, wo6,7,8, & 9

2:33 pm

100 left!

2:33 pm

ok ty.

2:33 pm

got all w words now.

2:34 pm

cos, you know what wtf is here right? Sarah Palin actually used it in commentary after a speech by Obama. I thought it was in questionable taste

2:34 pm

still missing 3 8s. have wo, do, di. please clue others. ty.

2:34 pm

bye all... a demain

2:34 pm

I like that clue 'wo is the same root'. It has the same branches and leaves as well....

2:35 pm

ti - what it would be like if the sea didn;t move

ti = without ti4/5

2:35 pm

thanks glan!

2:35 pm

ty got the ti.

2:35 pm

that was my last 8 :)

2:35 pm

have 4 now. ty

2:35 pm

going to list.

2:35 pm

hi8 - what an animal is after you've removed it's skin

hi = without an animals outter layer???

2:36 pm

do8 - the opposite of uppiest

oops outer

2:36 pm

or the game **** and seek without the ****? :)

help with the de8 please

2:36 pm

the first no6 please?

2:37 pm

de + maths function + adj ending

ty glan, got it!

107 left, nbt and nbs...bye all.

2:39 pm

no6.18 no & the end of the first book in the Bible

2:39 pm

95 left and can't see why no7 can't be used without the last letter LOL

2:39 pm

thanks!

2:39 pm

TY Lynxxx

2:40 pm

the no7?

2:40 pm

Hi Lynn :-)

2:40 pm

hi Soodle and all

2:42 pm

no7 - the most enquiring

2:42 pm

oh duh thanks

2:43 pm

and if we can hae a lack of sea movement, why can't we have a lack of poems?

2:44 pm

have just discovered that we can have a lack of mens neckwear

2:45 pm

LOL Cos, I just found your Magnolias.....

2:45 pm

oh?

2:46 pm

Oh my! Shame on you for not spotting it straight away!

2:46 pm

TY soodle - i hadn't spotted it

2:47 pm

ohhh i see itn ow!

2:47 pm

lol ty

2:47 pm

or the pl

2:47 pm

and variant spelling........

2:48 pm

ah thanks that too soodle!

2:49 pm

missing the variant spellling

2:49 pm

got it

2:51 pm

I'm back! Hey!

2:51 pm

Hey Mark

2:52 pm

first is5?

2:52 pm

nm - got it

2:52 pm

clue for so 7 please

2:52 pm

the first se6 please?

2:53 pm

i have no so7 or se6 yet

2:53 pm

Same.

2:53 pm

so is like a gramma calling a boy

2:53 pm

what good are you then? lol j/k

2:53 pm

thanks anyway

2:53 pm

pluralled

2:54 pm

se6=to be in a state of agitation or excitement.

2:54 pm

so7 lots of male offspring perhaps, or misspelled dark eyewear

2:54 pm

thanks got the so7... but working ont he se6 hmmm

2:55 pm

the se6 has a double vowel

2:55 pm

i swear i tried that word! thanks movie

2:56 pm

oh i forgot the last letter.. ah i see now :)

2:56 pm

hi MovieMan!

2:56 pm

TY i have se and so now

2:56 pm

hiya everyone

2:56 pm

hi movieman

2:56 pm

I finished ages ago, so I'm just lurking in case anyone needs clues

2:56 pm

Hi MM :-)

2:57 pm

Hi soodle!

2:57 pm

Hiya Mark :-)

2:58 pm

So, which movies are you folks looking forward to this year?

2:58 pm

harry potter!

2:58 pm

I'm not sure;Harry Potter, definitely!

2:58 pm

Oooh... the delectable Mr Firth in Kings Speech....

2:58 pm

The Adjustment Bureau

2:59 pm

i watched the last excorcism last night.. it was... weird

2:59 pm

Kings speech for me too

2:59 pm

Me, I'm looking forward to Captain America, Thor, The Green Lantern, Transformers 3

2:59 pm

Pirates of the Carabbean 4

2:59 pm

what's the green lantern about?

3:00 pm

It's a comic book movie Glan

3:00 pm

ah

3:00 pm

i still cant get over seth rogen as the green lantern

3:01 pm

That was the Green Hornet cos

3:01 pm

ohyeah duh

3:01 pm

Scream 4 is coming soon as well

3:02 pm

im looking forward to the dark knight returns.. with joey gordon levitt and this one lady if orget as riddler and catwoman

3:02 pm

i think anne hathaway as catwoman.. lemme check

3:02 pm

yeah its anne hathaway

3:02 pm

dark knight rises.. not dark knight returns..

3:03 pm

Tom Hardy will be portraying Bane

3:03 pm

yeah! it should be good

3:04 pm

It's not due to be released til next year tho

3:04 pm

i m sure it wont be as good as heath ledger's joker but.. i love selina kyle,, idk how she can top michelle pfieffer but then again they said the same aout ledger and nicholson

3:04 pm

i know :(

3:05 pm

There's gonna be a third Men in Black film released next year as well

3:05 pm

Just idle curiosity, MM, but what do you rate as your very favourite film of all time?

3:06 pm

Ooh, that's a difficult question soodle

3:06 pm

But it would have to be a toss up between Sin City and Pulp Fiction

3:06 pm

Although I do have a soft spot for Cronenberg's remake of The Fly

3:07 pm

i think its a tie between godfather and return of the king

3:07 pm

And Carpenter's The Thing

3:07 pm

Right! (Neither of them my type of film - More of a Mama Mia woman, me... LOL)

3:07 pm

oh favorite.. i thought you were saying best.. ok favorites... too hard to pick.. so i have one for each genre

3:08 pm

I don't think I have ever seen the pages of a comic book so lovingly transferred to the screen as in Sin City

3:08 pm

i wonder if bane will cause batman to be paraplegic likehe did int he comics

3:10 pm

Did someone mention ABBA? My ears are bleeding. A third Men In Black movie? YAY!

3:10 pm

As for favourite directors, I very much like Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino and Danny Boyle

3:10 pm

And it'll b e in 3D Molly

3:10 pm

burton - ftw

3:11 pm

columbus, ronny howard and speilberg are good too

3:11 pm

I'm no big fan of 3D, but I like the Men In Black flicks.

3:11 pm

Slumdog Millionaire was VERY good

3:11 pm

Molly! Wash your ears out with soap. I LOVE Mama Mia. I want to live in Mama Mia land, where the sun always shines, people burst into song at at the drop of a hat, and Colin Firth AND Pierce Brosnan are on tap..... Whats not to love?

3:12 pm

blech! musicals

3:12 pm

i hate musicals usually

3:12 pm

i did like mary poppins though :) my fave live action disney film

3:13 pm

bedknobs and broomsticks is a close 2nd

3:13 pm

Musicals are fine. Colin Firth is fine. Pierce Brosnan is extra fine. ABBA music bites.

3:13 pm

are you trying to regain your youth Cos?

3:13 pm

I have never understood the appeal of Tarantino movies or why people drool over "Pulp Fiction".

3:13 pm

hello again

3:13 pm

I don't usually go for musicals either, although Sweeney Todd with Depp and Bonham-Carter was quite enjoyable

3:13 pm

Ah! now your talking my language, Cos. Mary Poppins is in my top 10 faves - specially the animated bit with the penguins....

3:14 pm

dusk til dawn was good molly

3:14 pm

i liked uncle albert's scene best.. the bird lady made me cry when i was a kid

3:14 pm

hi Annie!

3:14 pm

hi lynxxx

3:14 pm

Cos, we are kindred souls. I always cried when Mary sang "Tuppence A Bag".

3:14 pm

My non-musical faves are Scent of a Woman, and As Good as it Gets... I would watch either of them over and over

3:15 pm

An American Werewolf in LOndon is excellent!!!!!

3:15 pm

Dial M for Murder is one of my faves

3:15 pm

In fact, I'm wearing the t-shirt right now!!!!!

3:15 pm

Hoo-ah! The Scent Of A Woman is a fine film.

3:15 pm

Hi Annie :-)

3:15 pm

chick flicks i like---- stepmom, family stone, steel magnolias, beaches, for the boys

3:15 pm

family stone makes me cry every single time

3:15 pm

Hi soodle!

3:16 pm

WAHHHHHHHH!!- my brain has stopped functionint.. i can t find a single en word.......

3:16 pm

phew - finished - i can now go and have a bath

3:16 pm

Annie, Dial M For Murder was in a set of four movie classics I gave my son for Christmas.

3:16 pm

Congrats Kazz!

3:16 pm

Does anyone except me like horror movies?

3:16 pm

yay for kazzer!

3:16 pm

i love horror

3:16 pm

i have my dvr set to chiller movies every night

3:16 pm

and I love any Woody Allen film

3:17 pm

Hoo-ah! Om nom nom... Pacino....

3:17 pm

i watched devil the other night.. and last excorcism last night

3:17 pm

i like some horror films - i cant stand the SAW films

3:17 pm

Pretty much anything Stephen King, movie man.

3:17 pm

Woo Hoo Kazz! As usual, I am neglecting the grid, so engrossed I am in the chat :-(

3:17 pm

clue for di 6/21 please

3:17 pm

Cool, nice to know I'm not the only one

3:18 pm

have you seen "dead end" ?

3:18 pm

I would rather stick needles in my eyes than watch a horror movie.

3:18 pm

clue for en 6/18 please

3:18 pm

Just looked up The Family Stone, as I've never seen it. Can't do that one. Sarah Jessica Parker is in it. Yuck.

3:18 pm

di 6/21 - fuel for a truck

3:18 pm

di621 an alternaive fuel to petrol

3:18 pm

di-- to not agree

3:18 pm

i hate sarah jessica parker but the movie has a deaf gay role who is a main character and diane keaton signs really well.. her sister in real life is deaf. its an amazing movie

3:19 pm

en6= en+land surrounded by sea

3:19 pm

en6.18 en & hypn****

3:19 pm

i am off - ahve a good rest of the grid

3:20 pm

Enjoy your bath, Kazz. Don't drown :-)

3:20 pm

bye Kazz

3:20 pm

thanks lynxxx

3:20 pm

yay 15 left.

3:21 pm

sorry, the second en 6/18

3:21 pm

vdd - thats my clue

3:21 pm

thank you

3:23 pm

fireworks

3:23 pm

fireworks

3:24 pm

Hooray for Cos!!

3:24 pm

and for boo!

3:24 pm

Congrats Boo!

3:24 pm

Ah rats... everybodys getting fireworks (pouting). A grudging Yay for Cos and Boo... (diving back into grid)

3:25 pm

thanks, kazzer

3:25 pm

yay for cos and boo

3:25 pm

go soodle go

3:27 pm

Thanks Boo. :-) Pouting lower lip being retracted as I type....

3:27 pm

clues b4 i go?

3:27 pm

i agree soodle... the damned grapes are probably sour anyway

3:27 pm

en 7 please

3:28 pm

LOL Sammysmom :-). No thanks, Cos... I will soldier on........

3:28 pm

past tense of the en6 before it sammy

3:28 pm

i'm not proud.. HELP !!

3:29 pm

can I get a clue for te7/28 please

3:30 pm

te5/10 before it and um... a very short word

3:30 pm

i do not have the en before it cos... need that one too

3:31 pm

en + gilligan's ****

3:31 pm

and, yes i am whining... wahhhhh

3:31 pm

Hi, all!

3:31 pm

thanks cos

3:31 pm

yw

3:31 pm

hi Sue

3:32 pm

Sammysmom - my country is sometimes referred to as the Emerald ****. Put an en before it, and then PT it...

3:32 pm

sue ur back?

3:32 pm

thanks cos... you may have just saves sammy's tail

3:32 pm

I am at the Newark (NJ) airport, ready to head home (except my flight doesn't leave for 3 hours...)

3:32 pm

have i been on babble tthat long?

3:32 pm

oh ok lol... phew

3:32 pm

lol, cos!

3:32 pm

i just had an overwheling urge to smack that smirk off his catly facde

3:32 pm

face

3:32 pm

have a safe trip, uu

3:32 pm

my dad called, he's home, having driven there without incident. Whew!

3:33 pm

good for your Dad, sue

3:33 pm

Hey UU. Glad your Dad got home OK. Amd

3:33 pm

nice! sue :)

3:34 pm

thx, annie!

3:34 pm

great sue.. i know the feeling... the relief is wonderful

3:34 pm

Good news about your Dad Sue.

3:34 pm

Hic. And isn't it cool that you can while away the 3 hour wait with friends?

3:34 pm

indeed, mom.

3:34 pm

It is indeed, soodle!

3:35 pm

"smom hands sue a well deserved choklit bar to celebrate

3:35 pm

I was originally on an earlier flight but it was cancelled; we didn't move back our drive-to-the-airport time much, though, as dad didn't want to drive home in the dark.

3:35 pm

Yum, choklit! thx!!!

3:36 pm

Bye everyone

3:36 pm

clue for d0 8,65

3:36 pm

bye, lynxxx!

3:36 pm

Bye Lynn :-)

3:37 pm

bye lynxxx

3:37 pm

most feathery, sunny

3:37 pm

more of the do4 before it

3:37 pm

hope you like the espresso'' it is dark chocolate bark with espresso from fantasy candies in mayfield heights... candy to fight for

3:38 pm

hi all

3:38 pm

ooh, yum, 'smom, dark chocolate is my favorite!!

3:38 pm

hi, aslindy!

3:38 pm

bye everyone

3:38 pm

oh is it time for candy? mmm

3:39 pm

STOPPIT RIGHT NOW Sammysmom. I am on a diet, and my choclit craving has just gone into overdrive. (Whine whinge moan, repouting)

3:39 pm

MY choklit.

3:41 pm

mumble grumble mutter.. I swear... I gain weight just reading the chat on Babble...mumble grumble

3:41 pm

Newark airport has these big posts full of outlets, so we can all plug in - I am not running on battery power, so you will all probably be stuck with me until my plane leaves :-)

3:42 pm

and well worth the pounds soodle

3:42 pm

But I did finish earlier, so can clue.

3:42 pm

Or not, if somebody steals my choklit.

3:42 pm

ok, how about a little clue for de 8 45 please?

3:43 pm

Saintly smile ... Your choclit is safe from me, Sue! I don't touch the stuff....

3:43 pm

de + gluttony is a mortal *** + Tolkein tree creature

3:44 pm

thank you

3:45 pm

Lying is a venial sin Soodle.

3:45 pm

do 8 65

3:45 pm

long weird word meaning the end of a word.

3:46 pm

And Denial is a river that flows through Egypt, Moll!!!

3:46 pm

the utmost of the d04/9 that precedes it, sunny

3:46 pm

do 8/65...the most filled with eider

3:46 pm

hi, molly!

3:47 pm

It's my favorite river Soodle. Did you say you were on a diet? Whatever for? If anything, you're looking way too thin these days.

3:48 pm

i've heard of up**** and down**** and mid**** and even bean****, but never in****.

3:48 pm

I love Molly. I love Molly. I love Molly. I love Molly. (She clearly needs new specs, but...) I love Molly

3:49 pm

gee, hurshy, I live right in****.

3:49 pm

but wouldn't you have thought that was two words???

3:50 pm

oh my goodness... my two kitties who hate each other are sitting only inches apart, beside me

3:50 pm

After months of babbling it is clear to me that I do not think like the Babble dictionary. :-)

3:50 pm

in 6/30??

3:50 pm

yay for progress in cat truces!

3:50 pm

sammysmom... see my below convo with uusue2

3:50 pm

that was the word we were talking about, 'smom

3:51 pm

got it

3:51 pm

How long will it take you to get home to your own abode, Sue?

3:51 pm

I doubt there will be a truce.. they are both too old for that now

3:51 pm

in 5/16??

3:51 pm

well, let

3:51 pm

oops

3:51 pm

3 hours til plane takes off, 2 hour flight, hour drive home, about 6 hours.

3:51 pm

pl of 4/7

3:52 pm

plural of in4/7

3:52 pm

I hope it goes quickly for you Sue... hanging around in airports can be soul-destroying.

3:53 pm

That's where my babble buddies come in :-)

3:53 pm

why do people think statistics and facts do not apply to themselves?

3:53 pm

erm, now what, hurshy?

3:54 pm

i keep telling my sister how they proved on mythbusters that driving while talking on a cell phone is as dangerous as driving drunk, but she continues to talk on her phone while driving.

3:55 pm

true, hurshy, and it doesn't matter much if you have the hands-free option - it's the distraction that does you in

3:55 pm

i know, i told her that!

3:55 pm

and what about those that text while driving? they are nuts

3:55 pm

Oh,(((Hurshy))) your family is giving you a lot of grief today.

3:56 pm

she said, "how is that different from having a passenger and talking, then?" well, i don't know if it IS, but i would theorize that if the person is WITH you, then if you fail to see something coming, perhaps your passenger notices it and alerts you, so it may somewhat mitigate the distraction to have two of you there watching for things.

3:57 pm

exactly, hurshy - the passenger can adjust their interaction with you to external conditions (they will tend to shut up in heavy traffic or whatever)

3:58 pm

well, sometimes my family gives me grief, but perhaps i give them grief also!

3:58 pm

{{{{{{{hurshy}}}}}}} - sounds like you could use a vacation from your family!

3:58 pm

no, i love my sister, i just worry about her.

3:58 pm

i love both of my sisters, they are great.

3:59 pm

i love my parents too but they can be more exasperating.

3:59 pm

I know, hurshy, that's why I suggested a vacation rather than a divorce :-)

3:59 pm

'Tis the way of the world, Hurshy, 'tis the way of the world!

3:59 pm

well the thing is we were talking on skype and she said she would call me from the car because she had to go, and i said not to, and the thing is, she probably will just call someone else!

4:00 pm

she gets bored/lonely while driving.

4:00 pm

I truly don't get people who use their phone in any way while driving. That's what books on tape are for Hursh.

4:00 pm

And believe me, I know what it is to worry - one of the reasons the care of my dad has fallen exclusively on me is that my younger brother and sister are both gone (brother fell off a cliff at age 27, sister died of breast cancer at age 41).

4:00 pm

oh my, uusue. that's awful.

4:01 pm

So I always tell people to treasure their family (if at all possible); at least you have them around to irritate you!

4:01 pm

Oh my God Sue, I'm so sorry to hear that.

4:02 pm

It was all a long time ago...

4:02 pm

Sue, I suggested that to my huxband (a vacation rather than a divorce). back in 2007. He took me up on the offer, vamoosed to Thailand (!!) and I haven't seen him since

4:02 pm

yes - when i was talking to my dad today about getting help for depression i was saying how i was so glad and thankful that he didn't die in december and that i don't just want him to be around, i want him to be glad to be around too.

4:03 pm

Thailand, eh? Good grief.

4:03 pm

Very well put, hurshy! He should listen to you.

4:03 pm

I hope that helped him, hurshy

4:03 pm

my goodness, my stories always seem so tame compared to the rest of yours!

4:04 pm

hey hurshy

4:04 pm

hey hurshy

4:04 pm

I struggle with depression, too

4:04 pm

me too aslindy - so i can relate to him and i hope that means he is more likely to listen to what i have to say about it.

4:05 pm

(((((Aslindy))) ((((Hurshy))) and all depression sufferers... It is a hideous cross to bear.

4:05 pm

thank you, soodle

4:05 pm

tiss

4:05 pm

oops

4:06 pm

lol its not even a word

4:07 pm

thanks soodle

4:07 pm

Yup, Sue. Apparently he has being doing 'the grand tour' of South East Asia for the past 4 years. (The man is 55, for heavens sake). Now, THATS what I call a mid-life crisis!!

4:07 pm

hey soodle

4:07 pm

Hello Garde :-)

4:08 pm

So is he planning to return, or have you given up on him?

4:08 pm

it's been a while

4:08 pm

Or both (which would be my tendency)?

4:09 pm

Ahem... 4 years in SE Asia???? I wouldn't spit on the fecker if he was on fire!!

4:09 pm

lol soodle

4:09 pm

I love Soodle. I love Soodle. I love Soodle.

4:10 pm

I'm sorry... you know I meant funny what you said, not funny that he left (I hope)

4:10 pm

Mutual love fest between Moll & Soodle (avert your eyes)

4:10 pm

hey molly

4:11 pm

Aslindy... I know exactly what you mean :-)

4:11 pm

Good for you, soodle!

4:11 pm

ok, good. =)

4:11 pm

((((Aslindy))))

4:11 pm

I have to wonder about people who just up and run away from their lives. I read a story on the internet yesterday about a Mom who just decided she didn't want to be a full time Mom anymore and turned over custody to their Dad. WHAT?

4:12 pm

ugh parents

4:12 pm

too bad she didn't figure that out before actually having kids :-(

4:12 pm

well said

4:13 pm

I have always loved my kids... but I'm glad they are grown now

4:13 pm

I mean, nobody really knows what they're in for when they have kids. But to just say "I don't wanna play anymore"??????

4:14 pm

My son's dad was kind of like that (didn't come out and say he wasn't interested - in fact he insisted he was - but was totally irresponsible and certainly acted like he had other priorities)

4:19 pm

OK, didn't mean to shut down the chog. How about a funny cat video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JyOHpl zUNo&feature=player_embedded

4:20 pm

That was what was so unbelievable about my departed hubby.. He was actually quite a good dad (when it suited him). I can understand that marriages fail, businesses fail, but for a dad to run away from his own kids... well, thats something else...

4:20 pm

oh, soodle, so you have kids too? What a bum!

4:21 pm

Tiny url for cat video: http://tinyurl.com/47llkkn

4:21 pm

can I have a tiny clue for le 7 32 please?

4:21 pm

Ah, no bum there, Sue! I happen to have been blessed with the three best kids on the planet!

4:22 pm

no, I mean him, for leaving.

4:22 pm

never mind

4:23 pm

gee, and i was just coming up with a wonderful clue (not) :-)

4:24 pm

yeah, no idea how it would get clued

4:24 pm

Paul is now 20, Sarah is 19 and Suzie is 16. So, they were at particularly difficult ages when 'yer man' took off. But, they are well rounded, well educated people in their own right now. I am hugely proud of them.

4:24 pm

excellent, soodle

4:25 pm

OMG, soodle, it must have been awful for you when he left! And congratulations on three wonderful kids!

4:27 pm

Of course I worry about the kids, and affect of a 'vamoosed dad', but I think they have weathered the difficulties, and are getting on with their lives. Heck... Onwards and upwards, eh?

4:29 pm

Indeed, soodle. The main thing is that they realize they are in no way at fault (kids tend to think that they are responsible for everything that happens when of course they are not). Sounds like they are doing well, and you too. Kudos to all!

4:31 pm

Thanks Sue. Enough of me monopolising the chat.....Anybody got any good jokes?

4:32 pm

of course, you say that, and my mind goes completely blank

4:32 pm

Well, there's always the camel joke in my profile :-)

4:33 pm

:-)... I saw the camel joke! Loved it!!

4:33 pm

And I am happy to continue (not) cluing...

4:34 pm

excellent camel joke!

4:34 pm

lindy, just looking at your profile - you have a black lab mix? I have a black labradoodle.

4:35 pm

yes, I do. =)

4:35 pm

ok, I need to make some supper, and we have a lot of potatoes... suggestions?

4:35 pm

They're great dogs, aren't they? We rescued ours about a year and a half ago from the local shelter.

4:36 pm

yes, he's a good dog... he's almost 8 - and from a shelter as a pup

4:36 pm

Baked potatoes with cheese and stuff?

4:38 pm

Baked potoatoes with chilli.... I had them this evening and they were Yummy and pretty fat free..

4:39 pm

both ideas sound yummy, thanks

4:39 pm

You can do oven fries - cut them up into french-fry shapes, sprinkle with seasonings, and bake - also fat free

4:40 pm

Hi all. Baked potatoes are lovely this time of year. I also like potato salad with dill weed and mayonnaise.

4:40 pm

Hi, gmere!

4:41 pm

Hello Gmere :-)

4:41 pm

Hi uu, asl, and soodle.

4:42 pm

hi, how are you?

4:43 pm

This completes the first full week of having a new puppy as a member of the family. He is a labrador and is named Murphy. That is also a family name of my great grandmother.

4:44 pm

when raven was a pup, he chewed on everything

4:44 pm

especially paper

4:44 pm

Aha! You can take the girl out of Ireland, but you can never take Ireland out of the girl. Go Murph, go!!!

4:44 pm

he would pull anything paperish out of the trash

4:45 pm

I had to get lids for the bathroom trash cans >.<

4:45 pm

We dog proofed the house, we thought. To keep him off the furniture we put magazines down on the seats. It worked and today I've been able to remove the visual reminders and he is okay with favorite places to sit on the floor.

4:45 pm

Oh, Lindy.. been there, done that!

4:46 pm

great, gmere!

4:47 pm

G'mere... I wish you many a long year of happiness with Murph.

4:47 pm

lindy and i were just talking about our lab mix dogs :-)

4:48 pm

ty soodle. We had a golden/lab mix when the kids were little and she was the most wonderful dog imaginable. We always compare dogs against our Brandy.

4:48 pm

no idea what raven is mixed with... but he has black spots on his tongue and a curled tail, and is only about 65 lbs

4:49 pm

Is that the new pup in the photo, gmere?

4:49 pm

Yes, that was Murphy about a week ago.

4:50 pm

He's a real cutie!

4:50 pm

ty. I notice a good training word in the grid. he** and plural.

4:50 pm

Oh my! A charmer, if ever I saw one....

4:52 pm

Well, wouldja look at that... fireworks.....

4:53 pm

well done, soodle

4:53 pm

yay, soodle!

4:55 pm

Congrats soodle!! Nice to complete a grid, isn't it.

4:56 pm

!!!!!!!!!!! Soodle !!!!!!!!!!

4:56 pm

Gran Mere, that puppy is adorable.

4:57 pm

ty molly. He's asleep as we chat and that makes him doubly cute.

4:58 pm

The fireworks just crept up on me. Hey gals... my email is in my profile. Feel free to make contact.

5:00 pm

I might just do that, soodle :-)

5:02 pm

yay fireworks!

5:03 pm

yay, lindy!

5:03 pm

Congrats aslindy!! Fireworks are nice on a gray day such as we find ourselves in here in the Northwest.

5:04 pm

well, I better go get cooking some supper.... see you all another day!

5:04 pm

bye, aslindy!

5:23 pm

hi all, help pls with eht en words

5:23 pm

en + land surrounded by water, and pt

5:23 pm

and spinal st******

5:24 pm

hi, une and peri!

5:24 pm

thank you Une and uusue

5:24 pm

yw

5:35 pm

hi all, coming in to start

5:35 pm

hi, feather!

Hi featherbee!

I joined OMGPOP by the way.

5:36 pm

hi neil!

5:36 pm

hi uusue, une, peri, etc!

5:37 pm

what's that, neil?

A game site.

5:37 pm

it's the site that letterblox is on, one of my other addicitons

Yes, I discovered how badly I suck at that.

5:37 pm

Ah. I think I have enough addictions for the moment :-)

I tried it very late at night though. Was overtired.

5:38 pm

lol

5:38 pm

you have to be fresh for it

Fresh as a daisy?

5:38 pm

lol, yup. and you have to stop playing every now and then to remember how to blink.

5:39 pm

any cluers in here? neil's on his second grid, i think, and getting down to the last few!

Blinking's usually automatic. Maybe that was my problem? I didn't stop blinking.

5:40 pm

lol, perhaps

few? Oh sure, if you call 50 "few"?

5:40 pm

I can clue for about another 20 minutes, feather (then my plane will start boarding...)

5:40 pm

oh, i played your dad in lexulous last night!

5:40 pm

heck yeah!

You're at an airport, Sue?

5:41 pm

Newark (NJ), on my way back home to Illinois

5:41 pm

i'm liking this one so far

whose dad, featherbee? Mine?

5:42 pm

yup, yours. he said to tell you guys i whooped him, lol

I see, Sue. Love the joke by the way!

5:42 pm

certainly wasn't mine unless he has a secret life I don't know about!

oh you did? Good. Someone has to, haha!

I usually whip him too. He doesn't like that much.

5:43 pm

(((hugs all!))) I am supposed to be working on my presentation... *sigh* and completely stalled on what I want on the visuals. Could "talk" for ages, have a decent outline...

5:43 pm

hi stid!

5:43 pm

what's the presentation?

5:43 pm

hi, stid!

Whoop, sorry feather!

5:45 pm

I have to give a presentation about my master's paper. *yuck face*

5:45 pm

sorry for what?

You said whoop, I said whip.

5:46 pm

lol, that's ok!

5:47 pm

NBT already!

5:47 pm

yayyyyyyy stid!

5:47 pm

yep. down to a slender 176 now!

5:47 pm

nick's doing that little kid snuffle, after having a fit over not getting the right ice cream bowl

5:48 pm

194 here, wanna race, lol!

5:48 pm

oh oh... *comes at nick with paper towel*

5:48 pm

go feather go!

5:48 pm

I don't think I can race today... really wish I could.

5:48 pm

i can't either really, only have 10 more minutes before bedtimes

5:49 pm

race?

5:49 pm

pretty early bedtime, yes?

5:49 pm

we race each other to see who finishes first. usually stid tries dirty tricks like untying my shoelaces....

5:49 pm

feather and I have a tradition. we race, I lose, she rejoices.

5:49 pm

lol stid!

5:49 pm

we start at 7, usually asleep 7:30 or 7:45, 8 at the latest

5:49 pm

*indignant look* I do NOT untie your laces! I very carefully *hands show how* tie them together in neat little bows.

5:50 pm

lol, suuuuuuure you do

5:50 pm

*innocent mama look*

5:50 pm

:-D

5:50 pm

see sue? how much fun we of simple minds can have?

5:50 pm

me likey the H words

5:51 pm

Flight crew is arriving - this looks promising :-)

5:51 pm

safe travels uusue!

5:51 pm

are you on your way home sue? is your father well?

feather is very competitive, is she?

5:51 pm

yes, and yes, stid

5:51 pm

me???? competitive????? never! *innocent look*

5:51 pm

sue, safe flights and pleasant landings!

Safe flight home, Sue.

5:52 pm

so glad to hear he is mending well. *gentle thoughts for sue's dad*

I'll ask my dad about that, feather. Haha!

5:52 pm

I came early to the airport so he could drive home while it was still light, which he did with no problem.

5:52 pm

glad to hear that sue

5:52 pm

Small update in my profile.

5:53 pm

thanks sue, will read it. Don't miss your boarding!! *worried look*

5:53 pm

hey stid, you're in the grid!

5:53 pm

He is doing more walking with his stick (and less with the walker) and even some without support. The ortho thinks he should make a full recovery.

5:53 pm

howdy

5:53 pm

don't worry, stid, I am paying VERY close attention!! :-)

5:53 pm

hi jes

5:54 pm

hi, jes!

5:54 pm

hey jes!

5:54 pm

How's everyone?

5:54 pm

and i got upgraded to first class, so I will be among the first to board :-)

5:54 pm

I finished that dwagawful paper, jes! now working on the presentation.

5:54 pm

woo-hoo! (I have never been in first class, but I hear it's nice)

5:54 pm

yay for progress, stid!

I'm in the grid too, except the letters of my name are in the wrong order.

5:55 pm

ah, so you are!

5:55 pm

It is nice - more space and better food, mostly. Also because I have so many miles, I don't have to pay extra to check my bag :-)

5:55 pm

*looks for self in grid* *doesn't like how hair looks in grid and rearranges*

5:56 pm

I still get the full pat-down, though, thanks to titanium knees.

5:56 pm

hey, someone moved all the letters in the grid! stop that!

5:56 pm

you look very cute in the grid, stid, and your hair looks fine.

5:56 pm

LOL feather!

5:56 pm

1 left

5:56 pm

*primps* thanks sue!

5:56 pm

yay, bodz!

It's fine, stidmama. "Mess" is not in the grid.

5:56 pm

go bodz go!

5:58 pm

(tearjerker alert) - my dad was going through his workshop this afternoon and found some photos of my mom taken around the time they got married (1946). "The most beautiful girl in the world", he told me. He plans to hang the photos now that his wife has left (they married 35 years ago, two years after my mom died).

5:59 pm

I am so pleased about that, sue -- he is recovering him life, it sounds like.

6:00 pm

yes, he said that he is entering a new phase of his life now, and is looking forward to it. He wants to start traveling again, and is talking about driving out to visit me (!)

6:00 pm

oops. HIS life.

6:01 pm

x word help please?

6:01 pm

noble gas, feather

6:01 pm

inert gas

6:02 pm

oh, right! got it, and now have nbt.

6:02 pm

afternoon alltinen

6:03 pm

hi pini

6:03 pm

howdy, pini

6:03 pm

hi weed!

6:03 pm

yay, feather!

6:03 pm

hiya jes ;)

6:03 pm

and hi, pini!

6:04 pm

135 found, 100 left. will bbl to finish!

6:04 pm

fireworks :)

6:04 pm

hi UU

6:04 pm

wtg bodz

6:04 pm

Yay bodz!

6:04 pm

yay, bodz!

6:04 pm

ty :)

6:05 pm

ti7?

6:05 pm

i need a pot of natural yoghurt a triple choc chip muffin and bed now.. very tired.. been a long day.. very emotional.. but thats another story... night all happy babbling :)

6:05 pm

(nm...pulling a peri...found it)

6:05 pm

without neckwear, pini

6:05 pm

take care, bodz

6:06 pm

'night, bodz!

6:06 pm

ti7 without a thing round your neck that goes with a suit

6:06 pm

;)

6:06 pm

*gone poof*

6:07 pm

just got a text from the airline - flight is on time :-)

6:08 pm

oh, glad to hear you dad's doing well, UU

6:08 pm

* safe flight *

6:08 pm

Very, pini :-)

6:08 pm

thx

6:11 pm

ok, flight will leave at 8, maybe. so much for notifications.

6:11 pm

you're EC, so another hour or so?

6:12 pm

about an hour from now, assuming incoming flight arrives when they said it would

6:12 pm

glad to keep you company :)

6:12 pm

*sigh*

6:13 pm

or not

6:13 pm

no, I am very happy for the company, I've just been sitting at the airport for 3.5 hours now and am ready to leave :-)

6:13 pm

oops!

6:15 pm

anyway, need any clues? :-)

6:15 pm

If I didn't have contact with friends while sitting in an airport, I don't know if I could handle poeple watching for that long...

6:15 pm

I still need 42 more ;)

6:16 pm

well, I have my e-book with me, but Babble is more fun :-)

6:16 pm

* smile *

hi sue, could I please have a clue for de 8/45?

6:17 pm

I do e-books on my computer with Kindle-PC

6:17 pm

Mr. Arnez + hump + end of camp shelter

6:17 pm

de + gluttony is a mortal *** + Tolkein tree creature

hi all, and TY for the super clue, UU Sue!

thanks Pini & sue, I combined your clues and came up with it!

6:18 pm

wow, same word, totally different clues...

6:18 pm

hi, gwen!

6:18 pm

hi gwen; yvw luv

i am wearing a uu t-shirt 8-)

6:19 pm

hey all -- sorry I disappeared.

6:19 pm

hey stid

6:20 pm

do8 -- is a compound word? should i know it, or is it weird?

6:20 pm

not a compound

6:20 pm

just more 'softer'

do is a superlative, has to do with soft feathery stuff

6:20 pm

most not upward, I think jes

6:20 pm

thanks, pini

6:21 pm

thanks gwen and stid :)

6:21 pm

cool, gwen :-)

6:21 pm

* wonders what a uu t-shirt looks like *

6:21 pm

thinking a flaming chalice....

6:22 pm

I used to have one that said "Give me the company of those that seek the truth, but preserve me from those who have found it"!

6:22 pm

I also have one with a list of famous UU's

6:22 pm

rofl sue! too cool

yes, flaming chalice, and it says the name of a church, too

Hi Pinikula. I joined OMGPOP.

6:23 pm

very nice gwen.

ooh, yes, i have that one, too, of course!

6:23 pm

hey neil...

6:23 pm

I've got on you may like, uusue: "I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that."

6:23 pm

congrats...I should play a few rounds...btw: haven't seen you in a bit...

i wrote the book on famous UUs, literally: http://www.gwenfoss.com/bookdetails.as p?book=444

6:24 pm

lol, jes!

Haven't seen me in a bit? Where?

6:24 pm

here, there, anywhere lol

6:24 pm

pini, I like your P btw... it has PINK flowers!

I post almost daily, if you check on Buzz?

6:24 pm

(other than buzzes, neil)

Probably because you never check that.

6:24 pm

thx stid ;)

Where else should you see me?

6:24 pm

I have another quote that I used to have on my desk: "There is no problem, no matter how complicated, which, if looked at in the right way, does not become even more complicated."

6:24 pm

I do what I can, stid! :)

You are never on msn either, so?

6:24 pm

pththththth

LOL goone one

good one i meant (OY)

6:25 pm

I'm on everyday!

6:25 pm

(less on weekends tho)

6:25 pm

I like it, uu :)

Maybe our timing sucks?

6:25 pm

oh sue, I think I need to tattoo that on my forehead... I can think my way into ANY hole!

I'm there now and do not see you.

6:26 pm

like I said...less on weekends...but can jump over

6:26 pm

(just have to knock some more words out first)

As you like?

6:27 pm

oh my! reached 80! going to head back to my actual task *yuck face* actually, this is the FUN part of the whole paper, I like putting together visual presentations!

wasn't the X word in yesterday's grid, too? (or maybe the day before yesterday)

I'm trying to. The 50 left are hiding from me!

6:27 pm

LOL see you-all soon, and sue I hope you get home before too much longer. (((hugs and choclits for all))) *poof*

6:27 pm

have some fun with it, stid.

6:27 pm

I have 39 more :/

6:27 pm

wear a kilt or something :)

6:27 pm

ciao stid...hb

6:28 pm

rofl jes! (maybe too visual???)

6:28 pm

oh, uu--i have a button that says "This button says something else when you're not looking."

I have a t-shirt that says "Underneath my clothes, I'm completely naked."

6:28 pm

;)

6:28 pm

Okay, maybe just replace the buttons on your blouse with purple ones?

6:29 pm

cute, jes :-)

"I've suffered enough -- when does my art improve?"

6:30 pm

ok, AA has officially delayed our departure by 15 minutes (which is not too bad)

6:30 pm

OK, that's it, I've been dancing around the wo9 for awhile...have the front end, looking for the end

working on that one too, pini . . .

wo 9 the quality of wo 4/9 perhaps

got it, TY

6:31 pm

oh, the wo9 took me FOREVER!!!!

6:31 pm

it's the same ending you clued for me, pini

6:31 pm

* braindead *

I have a wo8 that fits that clue. What can the 9 be?

did you get it, pini?

yw Gwen

6:32 pm

not yet

6:32 pm

Hey, yall. Went to rehearsal earlier for a dance flash mob. Wednesday at DCA around noon.

wo9 ends with a certain lake (monster) in scotland

6:32 pm

between that and little sleep, i'm tired.

6:32 pm

and bruce and i are off to get dinner and walk dogs. laters, kids

6:32 pm

cool, dc!

6:32 pm

how yall doing?

6:32 pm

UGH!!!!!!!

Hi dcseain.

6:32 pm

thx gwen ;)

6:32 pm

hi dc

the 8 is the most the 9 is wo 4/9 + me, myself and * + Loch **** monster

6:32 pm

ends with the loch monster, pini

6:33 pm

hi, neil, pini, uusue, luv, jes, et al

6:33 pm

ok, nm, just saw that gwen already said that :-)

6:33 pm

and luv :-) :-)

Slap me! Thanks for that clue!

6:33 pm

* slap *

(sending virtual **smeck** thru the interwebs)

6:33 pm

<-- I was going the wrong direction...serves me right

6:34 pm

oh, pini, I must have spent HOURS earlier today trying to find that word! Drove me nuts! (well, more nuts, anyway)

6:35 pm

I feel like I've spent that much on it!! Couldn't even get it last night at flip when clued! *sigh*

6:35 pm

It's been haunting me!

6:35 pm

BOO!

6:36 pm

the tail end of the to7/48 is also eluding me...

6:36 pm

* gasp *

6:36 pm

Hi ru! :)

6:36 pm

eek!

6:36 pm

hi, ruru

(scrambles up onto a chair)

You frightened me, rururocks!

to 7/48 ends in the d*** ran away with the spoon

6:36 pm

*takes mask off*

6:36 pm

it's on a t-shirt my son has, pini, says "I'm not a Jew, I'm Jew***"

6:37 pm

thx luv ;)

6:37 pm

nad UU

6:37 pm

hello gang -- 38 left

yw Pini

6:37 pm

hi, jilli!

6:37 pm

hi jilli

6:37 pm

right column grey!

6:37 pm

yay, pini!

You're Jewish too, Sue?

"shalom, y'all" (plaque in my stepmom's house)

6:38 pm

no, but my son's dad is, neil

shalom uvracha!

6:38 pm

love the touch of twang, gwen ;)

I see. I am too.

lots in common, UUs and Jews

6:39 pm

indeed, gwen!

i'm 1/4 jewish and 100% UU, lol

6:39 pm

speaking of flash mobs, here's one the Aussie babblers enjoyed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGoNbrO Dq8U

6:40 pm

at the rate I'm finding words (3 in the last 1/2 hour), it may take the rest of the night to finish :(

I am still wondering what UU is?

6:41 pm

a pair of droopy boobs?

6:41 pm

Unitarian Universalist, neil and jilli

Unitarian Universalist, a liberal religion

6:41 pm

I was, too, neil....and thinking on the same lines as jilli :)

6:41 pm

thank you, uu!

Uhhh, okay? I'm not sure if I am one or not.

6:41 pm

I'll have to look that one up

6:42 pm

(can't load the vid, jilli...will have to try later...)

If it's a religon then no.

6:42 pm

that's because we're cousins, eh pini?

6:42 pm

and I do NOT have droopy boobs.

and some of us may also have droopy boobs, lol

Same lines? What was jilli thinking, Pinikula?

(official website: uua.org)

6:42 pm

droopy boobs

6:43 pm

just looked it up, gwen...going to mark it so I can check it out

Oh, ok. That must be the shortest domain name.

6:43 pm

so you just have to bend over farther to get to them?

6:44 pm

lovely song, thanks for sharing, jilli

6:44 pm

lol, ruru!

there are just over 1,000 congregations in US and Canada. so we are reasonably big but smaller than most

could I please have a clue for the di 7/32?

6:44 pm

I'm a UU too, sue

6:45 pm

OK, according to the board the plane is supposed to be leaving in 6 minutes. I suspect we will have another update soon.

hey hey, DC, wlecome to the club!

6:45 pm

di 7/32 is to disagree, perhaps in a political context, Luv

That's one of the 1st words I saw.

6:46 pm

Charlie Sheen is starting a new club in Hollywood.. the MEME club

thanks sue

6:46 pm

cuz in hollywood .. it's all about me

good one, ruru

6:46 pm

glad yoou enjoyed, dc

6:46 pm

great vid, jilli :)

6:47 pm

and I'm glad you could open it -- some can't and I don't know why

Ugh. Do not get me started on him. I tweeted about him the other day. Actually it was a re-tweet. I was too lazy to post my own.

6:47 pm

brb ... Koda's needing a moment (it worked on the 2nd try, jilli...)

6:47 pm

oh good, pini -- you could open it

6:47 pm

it's content might be limited by country, some videos are

6:47 pm

<not a fan of twitter

ignoring the entire charlie sheen story, ignorance in bliss (smug grin) LOL

6:48 pm

well, one who couldn't open it lives in NY state

I'm not much either, dc. Crazies on there!

6:48 pm

he's a very sick person.. he's definitely bi-polar

6:48 pm

weird indeed, jilli

6:48 pm

I think maybe she is just not cyber-literate

At least!

6:49 pm

hi jilli!

6:49 pm

well, the plane has landed, so that's progress....

6:49 pm

hello scary ru ;-)

6:50 pm

always good that, uusue

hooray, sue!

6:51 pm

When the passengers start to get off I am going to pack up my laptop.

so, you are talking to us via airplane wi-fi?

6:53 pm

I have a wireless modem on my computer (haven't gotten on the plane yet)

6:53 pm

why the delay, uu?

6:53 pm

dunno, the incoming flight was late getting in, Chicago weather maybe?

6:54 pm

hmmm -- haven't seen a weather report lately.

ah . . .

6:56 pm

wireless moden on laptop -- sounds interesting...

6:56 pm

passengers getting off, new departure time in 1/2 hour

6:56 pm

*modem

6:57 pm

it's snowing in Chicago, not much but snowing nonetheless

6:57 pm

it's been wonderful, jilli, it's allowed me to keep working while away for these past two weeks. My department is paying for it.

6:57 pm

oh my goodness, uu -- so you've been waiting there for over 3 hours and there's another 1/2 hour? Good thing you have that laptop modem

6:57 pm

thought so, nelia.

6:58 pm

hello nelia

6:58 pm

Indeed, jilli!

6:59 pm

hello jilli and everyone else

6:59 pm

ok, i am packing the power cord, will stay online for a few more minutes...

6:59 pm

lucky uu to have a department to pay for the modem!

what do you do, sue, if i may ask?

6:59 pm

how long will the flight be, uu?

6:59 pm

professor of physics, and assistant department chair

7:00 pm

back

oooh, i want you for my book! (talk to you later and have a boring flight!)

7:00 pm

about 2 hours, I think, jilli

7:01 pm

gwen, I have details and links on my profile - send me an email!

7:01 pm

an6?

okay, TY

7:01 pm

I see we have first and second generation Japanese immigrants here

7:01 pm

* safe flight, UU *

7:02 pm

university has a deal with Verizon (with whom I would not otherwise deal) - modem is $50/month for unlimited data. A bargain for them, really, as it meant I could keep working while gone.

7:02 pm

an6 - stick a snaky vowel near the end of the an5 after it

7:02 pm

an6 -- an + printer's measure + holy person

7:03 pm

danke uu

7:03 pm

and jilli ;)

7:03 pm

yw :-)

7:03 pm

(top row done now, too)

7:03 pm

snaky consonant, I think, uu ;-)

7:04 pm

right, of course, jilli, maybe I shouldn't clue while distracted :-)

7:04 pm

but consonant is such a long word to type...

7:04 pm

either way, I got it from the 'snaky'

Anybody with a google profile, don't look now. Could they mess things up any worse I wonder?

7:05 pm

they're at it again, neil?

Ugh, take a gander. Never seen such a bad layout.

7:06 pm

* looking *

7:06 pm

bummer, neil; fortunately my reader blogs are still fine

7:09 pm

ok, gate activity - poof!

You are on there Sue?

7:11 pm

I see the right side of the profile is chopped off (google)

7:12 pm

she'll have to answer when she's landed now

7:12 pm

she will be momentarily, i think

7:12 pm

I think neil meant on google -- ?

7:13 pm

oh ... oops

7:15 pm

The cat is lounging on me and the computer

7:15 pm

\\\\\\\\\\

7:15 pm

Koda's doing the same thing to me here

7:16 pm

"Hello, Kitty...nice of you to join us!"

7:16 pm

that last one was from her

i started a blog once, then the host site got gobbled up by google, and all the formatting changed and it all was gibberish, and i tried to fix it but onloy made it worse. GRRRRRR

7:16 pm

Feldspar is social

7:16 pm

evening all

7:16 pm

hiya, dan

7:16 pm

hi dan2

7:17 pm

hello button's dad

7:18 pm

new button photo in my profile

7:18 pm

any in's other than in4/4?

7:18 pm

and hi alabastercat

7:18 pm

oh, very cute, dan2 ;)

there is an in4/7

7:18 pm

in6/30

and also in5/16 and in6/30

7:19 pm

(sorry, meant clues for...)

7:19 pm

she's adorable -- and reaqdy to give you computer lessons?

7:20 pm

i'm training her, actually :-)

in4, data about something

7:20 pm

the in6/30 in in + not quite a city (strange word)

in6, in + small city

7:21 pm

snap, gwen

7:21 pm

my niece uses iPhone and Droid interfaces with no problem, and she's about the same age as the 2bit's daughter

7:21 pm

oy...thx a for those ;)

in5, plural of the data word

7:22 pm

the technically challenged keep getting older and older; while the whizzes keep getting younger and younger :)

7:22 pm

<-- shaking head at infant techies

7:23 pm

jilli, my younger nephew learned to read by playing online games, starting when he was 2

children under age 5 (give or take) are wired to learn. they can learn a language, or how to use computers, whatever, way faster than us grownups

7:24 pm

"for I dipt into the future,far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be..."

7:24 pm

kids under 5 can also change all the settings on your computer faster than the eye can see!

7:25 pm

hello everyone

7:25 pm

the most impressive years, eh, gwen? along with personality and character...

7:25 pm

hey bugs ;)

7:25 pm

nice quote, jilli. Hi, bugs

7:26 pm

how appropriate, cuz

yep. my dad loves to tell story of his friends, who went to france for a short time, forget how long, and his 4-y-o learned how to speak french, but his 7-y-o only picked up a few words

7:27 pm

I learned German between 6 mos and 3 yrs...lost it though because no spoke it when we returned to the States :(

i mean his frend's kids, not my dad's kids (OY)

7:27 pm

Hi bugs!

7:27 pm

hello all.

7:28 pm

brb -- gotta thaw something for supper

yet, us public schools don't teach a foreign language until the kids are like 14-y-o. stooopid

7:28 pm

my niece is learning Spanish from me. Since half her neighborhood speaks it, it'll be a useful life skill.

7:28 pm

agreed, gwen!

7:28 pm

we're debating putting her in French or Chinese immersion elementary school.

7:29 pm

my gdau is allegedly learning Mandarin in school; I have yet to hear her say anything in it tho

i took german in high school, and if i had to survive on the german i learned, i'd be dead

7:29 pm

the only drawback to early learning of a second language is that their vocabularies in both languages they know are not as full as their contemporaries. Not a big problem if you ask me

7:29 pm

(Mandarin and Spanish) ... in other than songs

7:30 pm

i agree, that mandarin and spanish is more useful

more than 1 billion people speak mandarin -- it's the gubmint language of china

7:30 pm

mandarin could be of more use in the future but only if she wants to go into business

7:31 pm

indeed, bugs. OTOH, getting the early exposure to tonal language could be a huge bene

7:32 pm

in her first grade, they had her trying to learn mandarin, spanish, and french...a little much if you ask me especially if they can't ultimate even say 'hello'

7:32 pm

I agree dc. lots of languages early really helps to cement them

I think so dc. Languages are best learned early.

7:35 pm

hi all, se7 pls

7:35 pm

koda's wanting attention...brb (again)

7:35 pm

if I could speak lots of languages I would have had more reason to travel the world

7:35 pm

se7 - broods angrily

7:36 pm

ty speller

7:36 pm

welcome

7:37 pm

hi, speller

7:37 pm

hi dc

well, i'm ready for a break, bye bye till later, y'alls

7:42 pm

hji speller

7:43 pm

that was supposed to be hi

7:43 pm

hasta, gwen

7:43 pm

bye gwen

7:58 pm

well I got 'er dun -- bye for now

hi all, just found the cutest show = "must love cats"

8:03 pm

nice jill

8:03 pm

i have 56 left and mostly the big 'uns, so i'm out. nite all

8:16 pm

hello dear friends

8:19 pm

lovely picture, trif, good evening

8:20 pm

thanks dc, thats my secondo, a self portrait....

8:22 pm

there, i'm caught up in scrabble and might even be awake enough to make more progress here.

8:24 pm

i have not really been paying much attention to the grid today, but have at least hit nbt and more than halfway. have not hit nbs tho....

8:25 pm

cool!

8:25 pm

i still have nothing from the bottommost E, but have had NBS for some while

8:25 pm

btw, do you have dogs?

8:26 pm

no, just a cat. My mom had dogs, as did my grandparents.

8:26 pm

hmmm. my puppy is acting up something AWFUL tonight, and I am not sure what the issue is....

8:26 pm

Seain, the bottom e's are easy ones, you'll get them.

8:27 pm

i've alaways said that if ever i have a dog, i'll have inherited it

8:27 pm

thanks, molly :)

8:27 pm

he has been happily sleeping in his crate for weeks now, and tonight he is barking up a storm and will NOT shut it. he has been out, he has been fed, he's fine. what's up?

8:27 pm

Aw, what's wrong with Indy?

8:27 pm

hello molly! I am not sure -- he just won't stop yapping.

8:28 pm

Maybe something is giving him the eebie geebies.

8:28 pm

the dishwasher is on, but this is hardly the first time he has heard it.

8:28 pm

yes, or he can hear something we cannot maybe?

8:29 pm

I think he is just pissed because he would rather be up with us, wreaking all sorts of havoc.

8:29 pm

heh. could be that, too :)

8:30 pm

You know how kids get, on those nights they need to come sleep with you? Maybe that's it.

8:31 pm

oy. i so often miss those ED words.

8:31 pm

easy they were, once i noticed :)

8:32 pm

There are a bunch of words that I regularly miss. I think I need to make a list and just type them in at the beginning of each grid.

8:33 pm

dcseain, do you need ee4 or el4? I have them if you need.

8:33 pm

Okay, back to my movie. Happy word hunting all.

what are you wathing?i am athing the social network

8:36 pm

I still can't find the nine. what does it start with, please?

8:36 pm

wo

8:36 pm

does it build off the 8?

8:37 pm

sorta

same here

8:37 pm

but it runs into the Loch monster

tnx

8:38 pm

ahhh, so it does! thanks!

8:38 pm

Hi everyone, and thanks for the 9 clue -- I needed that!

8:38 pm

:)

an6 pls?

8:39 pm

ty peach, i have those :)

8:40 pm

an6 -- add printer's unit and a roadway abbreviation

8:40 pm

hi, brookie

8:40 pm

Hey dc!

printer's unit?

8:41 pm

an **-dash is half as wide as an *m-dash.

ty.

8:41 pm

nice one dc, thank you!

8:41 pm

Good clue, thanks!

oh thanks! Got that!

di6/21?

8:47 pm

di6 is a type of fuel like gasoline

8:47 pm

or a type of engine that burns said fuel

thanks dc!

am blind to is and en words :/

8:50 pm

howdy all:) do not call the police,it is just crossy back for a few more words:)

8:50 pm

DC, you're totally the phantom in today's grid!

8:50 pm

Hi crossy!

8:50 pm

hello crossy! how nice to see you late in the day

8:51 pm

hi, crossy

8:51 pm

howdy brookie;)

8:51 pm

hm. IS words.

8:51 pm

howdy trif;0

8:52 pm

found a pair of small things in the tropics

8:52 pm

howdy dc

ty got 4 from that

8:53 pm

* sparkfire *

8:53 pm

yaa for pini!!

8:53 pm

thee

8:53 pm

oops

8:53 pm

do7 was my last

8:53 pm

Hooray pini!

yay pini!

8:54 pm

Crossy, your clues are waaay too obvious. ;-)

8:54 pm

lol i will try and do better brookie

8:54 pm

worked for me crossy, I didn't have that one! ta!

en6/7 clue pls?

8:55 pm

en + land mass in water

ty. when you can;t see a word, you can;t see it in any form

8:56 pm

Thanks, pini!

for two 7s i have the first four and still cannot see them

8:56 pm

indy seems to have quieted, finally. weird....

8:56 pm

'no prob, bob'

missing 4 7s and 2 8s

8:57 pm

which ones, TO?

like hi 8

hey this movie is pretty good

8:58 pm

hi8 = not more of the hi4

8:59 pm

are you watching the social network, TO? I really, really enjoyed that movie

just blind. yes trif

still thinking

9:00 pm

hi8 = hi4 + not more

9:00 pm

(better?)

9:00 pm

I am going to grab this chance to sleep while indy is quiet. good night all.

9:00 pm

a skinned animal is hi8

9:00 pm

night trif ;)

night trif

ty i missed the "not"

that also gave me ti7

9:02 pm

g'night trif

9:03 pm

should give you the ti8, too ;)

so7 pls?

9:04 pm

a bunch of Cher's husbands?

ty.

9:05 pm

That's agood one, Pini!!!

9:05 pm

;)

on6/21 pls?

9:07 pm

ones who write poems

9:07 pm

no

9:08 pm

on**** kick

9:08 pm

off**** is a football/soccer term, opposite of that.

9:08 pm

(if you are familiar with football)

ty. three left.

9:11 pm

git'r dun, TO :)

9:11 pm

oh, is that term used in American Football too? That would make sense, i guess. I don't really pay mind to that sport.

9:12 pm

I don't either except when I have to attend a football party ;)

9:12 pm

evening, back to see if i can finish up these 100

9:12 pm

hi weed

ty for the clues tonight

9:12 pm

hi, fearther

hi again featherbee

hello all.

9:12 pm

hi neil, red

9:12 pm

hi neil, how many left now?

i managed to finally get coffee Pini. OMG.

9:13 pm

hi red, pini, seain, to, etc

9:13 pm

yeah, red!!!

I have 44 left. Giving up I think.

9:13 pm

are you all wirey now?

9:13 pm

don't give up, neil!

9:13 pm

help is here!!!

geesh red

I must. I'm too stuck.

9:13 pm

ask for clues!

no no I am just normal again.

hi feather

9:14 pm

ask away!!!

did you use the list?

hi temple O.

9:14 pm

that's what we're here for!

9:14 pm

i'm going to get the list out, speed this up

I'm about to go to bed...

9:15 pm

hey again, taking a break and eating supper...

9:15 pm

how's you-all?

9:15 pm

bed, brilliant idea

9:15 pm

hi stid! figure out your pictures?

9:15 pm

tired. today is tired.

9:15 pm

you well, stid?

9:16 pm

sorry seain... I am well enough.

I thought Picasa was gone, Pinikula.

9:16 pm

sort of, feather. So many things to pull together!

9:16 pm

fortunately I have another 50-ish hours to work on it! LOL

9:16 pm

May I please have a clue for os6-18? Thanks

It is still there but photos are not in the new messed up profile layout.

9:16 pm

If all else fails I will revert to a standard powerpoint and be done with it.

9:17 pm

not that I'm aware of...

9:17 pm

oy

9:17 pm

there you go, lol

oy vey iz mir

9:17 pm

that, too! :)

9:17 pm

os -- add most of french river

9:18 pm

* thinks stid is going to do great *

9:18 pm

thanks seain. that was my last o word!

thanks dc!

9:18 pm

dang, i should know that one

9:18 pm

hi everyone!

9:18 pm

note that the french river is a type of fishing net and plurals

9:18 pm

hey LBD

9:18 pm

The one that runs through Paris, dc?

9:18 pm

evening, dawg

9:19 pm

yes, peach :)

that word didn't pluralize, dc

9:19 pm

got it!

9:19 pm

hi stiddy, hi dc!

unless I got the wrong one from your clue?

9:19 pm

the river pluralises

9:19 pm

thanks for the confidence, pini! of course, I don't have to do "great" -- just "good enough to pass" I am going for a master's, not trying to land a woman on mars!

9:19 pm

os + most of dc's name (- d c a)

9:20 pm

DCA is National Airport :)

I got that but it did not pluralize.

9:20 pm

neil, add a vowel to the end

9:20 pm

for a se5 word

9:20 pm

the french river does plural

9:20 pm

there's only 1 OS word

That didn't work, featherbee.

9:21 pm

(or I'm cluing the wrong word)

Shit and Shits are some words.

9:21 pm

se5 is french river, se6 plural

9:21 pm

stiddy, quit worrying. you will be awesome!

9:21 pm

Matthew...we don't put words in the chat log

9:21 pm

orange alert

9:22 pm

hi matthew, welcome. we don't generally tell the words right in the chat, we prefer to give clues to each other when needed. thanks.

9:22 pm

* poising arm in ready position *

9:22 pm

:-D NOT worried. ready to be done. *puts caution tape around perimeter*

9:23 pm

lol ahhh, anticipation! yeah, that kinda looks like worried.

9:24 pm

yep. trying very hard to NOT consider moving to Canada at the end of the quarter and setting up shop in some cabin in the Yukon and...

9:24 pm

which could also look like constipation or diarrhea...which inturn could make you worried that you'll be totally inside out before you know it! lol

9:25 pm

LOL

9:25 pm

aw, stid, you're almost done right? better than just starting (knowing what you know now) :)

9:25 pm

THANKS for those "happy thoughts" LBD!!! rofl

9:25 pm

always good for a laugh!

9:25 pm

finish the grid yet stid?

Check GT Pinikula?

9:26 pm

yes, if I had known then what I know now I wouldn't have STARTED!!! LOL actually admitted that to my faculty member the past week... that a one-year certificate was looking pretty good as an option!

9:26 pm

no feather, at 71

9:26 pm

hi again

9:26 pm

oops. *head for PB again*

9:26 pm

66 here...

9:26 pm

hi again jes

9:26 pm

hi jes

9:26 pm

jes. how's our beagle-lady?

9:26 pm

still in need of a home

9:26 pm

go feather go!

9:26 pm

oooh, is stiddy and feather going to race?

9:27 pm

well gee whiz, jes.

9:27 pm

how's your rambunctious not-so-puppy-anymore puppy?

9:27 pm

*straps on velcro shoes*

9:27 pm

I have about 20 minutes feather, you want to race? I can grab the list

9:27 pm

LOL feather!

9:27 pm

yes! want me to wait till you're at 66?

9:28 pm

hold on, let me load lickety -- have to do the old-fashioned flip between tabs these days. do you mind waiting? I won't be long.

9:28 pm

oh, this ought to be fun

9:28 pm

nope, watching chog.

9:28 pm

* gets out the green go flag *

9:28 pm

it's always fun when these two race

9:28 pm

* sets b/w checkered to the side (for now) *

9:28 pm

*does warm up stretches, flips through dictionary*

9:28 pm

okay, five to get....

9:29 pm

k

9:29 pm

tell me when

9:29 pm

* ready *

9:29 pm

* set *

9:29 pm

oops, get to 64. *tapes hands still*

9:30 pm

*imagines engines roaring*

9:30 pm

66... FEATHR!!!!

9:30 pm

* go *

9:30 pm

lol, waiting a second

9:30 pm

64.

9:30 pm

ok

9:30 pm

*racing*

9:30 pm

Thanks dcseain

9:31 pm

and they're off....feather racing along the in**** stretch, stiddy running neck and neck ...

9:31 pm

is DE 8 fishy?

9:32 pm

no

9:32 pm

clue please?

9:32 pm

50

9:32 pm

55

9:32 pm

Mr. Arnez + cons + last 3/4 of camping shelter

9:32 pm

de + 7 deadly *** + LOTR tree folk

9:32 pm

46

9:32 pm

got it. 54

9:33 pm

ty

9:33 pm

feather... *puts black tar on road*

9:34 pm

33

9:34 pm

any and all EN words PLEASE????

9:34 pm

i see a bit of drafting going on between the two racers...

9:34 pm

ACK!

9:34 pm

hey, that's sticky! i'm feathered and tarred!

9:34 pm

yeah, but i'm skipping all my hard ones, you'll pull ahead soon

9:34 pm

rofl

9:34 pm

en + walk down the a**** to your groom

9:35 pm

and past tense, thanks!

9:35 pm

weird word. thanks, dawg

9:35 pm

pt that one and the last en is en + vowel + not bro

9:35 pm

ty all

9:36 pm

go feather go!!!

9:36 pm

thanks! E-limination!

9:36 pm

44

9:36 pm

so7?

9:36 pm

21

9:36 pm

19, and now going back to the top for the toughies

9:37 pm

40

9:37 pm

if you were to plural the so4 dan.

9:37 pm

an6 please?

9:37 pm

a + 3/4th hawaiian goose + abbre for street

9:38 pm

thanks!

9:38 pm

how about the di6/21?

9:39 pm

type of gasoline, feather

9:39 pm

I guess I need a dumber clue lbd

9:39 pm

of course!

9:39 pm

32

9:39 pm

16

9:40 pm

see, i've slowd down

9:40 pm

lots of male offsprings, dan

9:40 pm

i keep trying inside

9:40 pm

so + double coNsoNant + lord of the fl***

9:40 pm

thanks :-)

9:41 pm

25

9:41 pm

go stid! go feather! go dan!

9:41 pm

12

9:41 pm

* getting checkered flag *

9:42 pm

chilling champers

9:43 pm

firewords

9:43 pm

last is5/10?

9:43 pm

yay dan!

9:43 pm

whooooo hooooo DAN!!!

9:43 pm

wtg dan2 ;)

9:43 pm

YAY DAN!!!!

9:43 pm

first generation, japanese person

9:43 pm

yay dan!

9:44 pm

ELEVEN!!!!!

9:44 pm

and they're coming 'round the club house turn...

9:44 pm

11

9:44 pm

* rolling out finish tape *

9:45 pm

arrrgh

9:45 pm

TE 7 the last please?

9:45 pm

extend the te4 with not bro

9:46 pm

tv starter + not bro

9:46 pm

first part of phone or graph + not bro

9:46 pm

thanks pini and dan. 6

9:46 pm

10

9:46 pm

od5/12 please

9:47 pm

four...

9:47 pm

one who writes lyric poems

9:47 pm

od + tw*** of fate

9:47 pm

ty

9:47 pm

hey car, beat me to that clue!

9:47 pm

8

9:47 pm

thanks, car

9:47 pm

not gettign that is clue yet

9:47 pm

yvw!

9:47 pm

wow. that's some delay on my chat postings..

9:47 pm

got it

9:48 pm

7

9:48 pm

i'm having the same problem, jes

9:48 pm

ONE feather. you want I should wait?

9:48 pm

do7 please?

9:48 pm

most feathery, dear

9:48 pm

*practicing patience*

9:49 pm

do7 = the one who swoons over the most?

9:49 pm

no, not that one!

9:49 pm

oh, the most do* like? (point-like)

9:49 pm

got it

9:49 pm

only one T though

9:49 pm

i've got some 5/10s and 6/18s that are hiding

9:49 pm

sorry, having some trouble seeing the numbers now

9:49 pm

ready to help feather *readies fish*

9:50 pm

don't you dare wait stid!

9:50 pm

okay feather

9:50 pm

i will take no charity!

9:50 pm

fireweeds!

9:50 pm

You can help me with the OO 5 stid!

9:50 pm

whoooo hoooooo stiddy!!!

9:50 pm

yay stid!!!!

9:50 pm

Well done Stid!

9:50 pm

you asked for it... (I have witnesses!)

9:50 pm

* drops the flag *

9:50 pm

...and the winner is...

9:50 pm

thanks for the help all

9:50 pm

lol, i did indeed

9:50 pm

yay stid! :)

9:50 pm

OO + 3/4 of my nickname, car

9:51 pm

(the one you just used)

9:51 pm

it was mostly stupid little words that were throwing me! especially the Ns

9:51 pm

ok, ni5/10 please?

9:51 pm

TY!

9:51 pm

japanses second generation?

9:51 pm

2nd generation, japanese person.

9:51 pm

golly. good thing I finished when I did... can't type worth beans now!

9:51 pm

is that for me? i have no clue.

9:52 pm

lol stid

9:52 pm

car, I hope you are well nowadays?

9:52 pm

got it. just stuck a japenese type ending on it, lol

9:52 pm

ni + sen*** (japanese instructor)

9:52 pm

lol

9:52 pm

how about no6/18?

9:52 pm

go feather go!

9:52 pm

Knock on wo4...I think we are on the mend!

9:52 pm

oops, sorry, too late

9:52 pm

oh good car!

9:52 pm

os 6 please?

9:52 pm

good to hear, sistah

9:52 pm

LBD, your icon pic is PRICELESS!!! (too bad we teachers can't actually take that advice)

9:53 pm

so happy to hear that car

9:53 pm

LMAO stid

9:53 pm

Now psychologically...that is a different matter all together!!!!

9:53 pm

riemann has been visiting today, it has been such fun to have him here.

9:53 pm

hi riemann!!!

9:54 pm

* waves *

9:54 pm

howdy, riemann! we miss you

9:54 pm

'course, I refer back to my southern childhood and further -back southern heritage. I call most students "kiddo"

9:54 pm

he is laughing. thanks for making his day!

9:54 pm

I call all my workstudy students "Baxter"

9:54 pm

feather, I have to go for a sec. brb

9:54 pm

hi riemann!

9:54 pm

still working on the no6/18

9:55 pm

i sometimes call my students pupe especially if they call me teach.

9:55 pm

no + vowel + not bro

9:56 pm

2

9:56 pm

1

9:56 pm

will trade you an no6/18 for a an 6/18

9:56 pm

you don't want to hear what i want to call some of my customers! arghh

9:56 pm

go feather!!

9:56 pm

* digging out 2nd place trophy *

9:56 pm

just saw a bunch that i would have known if i weren't panicking

9:56 pm

hi kje!

9:56 pm

a + 3/4th hawaiian goose + abbrev for street, kje

9:56 pm

take the an5/10 below it and stick an extra something in

9:56 pm

an add a priner's measure and a roadway abbreviation

9:56 pm

an6 = an + 1/2 reverse goose + road abbrev

9:56 pm

evening, kje

9:57 pm

be careful what you think you can dissuade with sarcasm, stid... one of my teachers got stuck with a handful of us calling him "Biff" for year.

9:57 pm

years.

9:57 pm

ty

9:57 pm

wb, dc hi kje

9:57 pm

hi all

9:57 pm

almost forgot I had some left and was about to go to sleep... 42 left

9:57 pm

Hi DC! Hi kje! Hi everyone!

hi car!

9:58 pm

hi, eeyore

9:58 pm

git 'r dun, kje!

9:58 pm

Hello!

9:58 pm

His name is richard. My friend was pestering him. Can I call you Dick? No. Can I call you Richy? No.... Can I call you Biff? Can I call you Trixie? Sure!

9:58 pm

He never did call her Trixie, but he gt called Biff the rest of the time we were in school...

9:58 pm

lol, that will teach him!

9:59 pm

back. sorry...

9:59 pm

okay kiddies, this ol dawg is draggin' her hieny off to the pillows. see you all tomorrow!

9:59 pm

ok, i cave. wo9?

9:59 pm

aw, you were gone. i was telling you a story.... *pout*

10:00 pm

if you cut down the trees, the forest would be wo9

10:00 pm

tree material + vowel + loch monster

10:00 pm

rofl, jes

10:00 pm

no seain-- it's the quality of forests, feather

10:00 pm

I read the funny story jes!

10:00 pm

and fireworks! *drags sorry self across finish line*

10:01 pm

whooooo hooooo feather!!!

10:01 pm

poof

10:01 pm

I am not completely "well" atm... was up all night last night. thought I was okay today so I ate, and that turns out of have been a bad idea

10:01 pm

YAY feather!!!!

10:01 pm

sweet dreams LBD

10:01 pm

wtg weed

10:01 pm

thanks, dawg

10:01 pm

yayayayay weed eater

10:01 pm

sleep sweet

10:01 pm

oh, wait the amt of lumber in a thing is wo9 LOL

10:01 pm

yay feather!

10:01 pm

*shares choclit cake and peppermint ice cream*

10:01 pm

aww. that's no fun stid :(

10:02 pm

Yeah Feather!

10:02 pm

debating if i want to go do other games or call it a night

10:02 pm

not much, no, jes -- was thinking it might be giardia (which Mother's puppy has) but hasn't been long enough incubation. So I assume it's my usual stupid body being its stupid self.

10:02 pm

sleep. it's a tired day. be well-rested for tomorrow

10:02 pm

sleep, feather. Get some rest and wake up refreshed in the morning

10:02 pm

snap, seain!

10:02 pm

hmmm

10:02 pm

May I please have a clue for the de 8?

10:02 pm

g weed

10:03 pm

lol, but it's so quiet here in the house late at night!

10:03 pm

Mr. Arnez + cons + last 3/4 of camping shelter

10:03 pm

mr arnaz + 3/4 hawaiian goose + my favorite beverage (letter)

10:03 pm

TY!

10:03 pm

LOL feather -- I know that feeling.

10:03 pm

that's why i stay up so late half the time. i love my peace and quiet.

10:04 pm

i'm going to at least go do quote puzzler. bye!

10:04 pm

do7?

10:04 pm

g'night, feather

10:04 pm

good night feather, thanks for the race!

10:04 pm

do 7: point do* + "most" suffix

10:05 pm

ty!

10:05 pm

thank you stid, that was fun!

10:07 pm

:-D

10:09 pm

t13 left

10:09 pm

??? jes?

10:09 pm

er, disregard the t...

10:10 pm

ah. LOL

10:11 pm

de8,45?

10:11 pm

Mr. Arnez + cons + last 3/4 of camping shelter

10:12 pm

thankee

10:13 pm

le 7/32 please?

10:13 pm

extend the le5 with 2/3 of picnic pest

10:13 pm

TY Sistah!

10:14 pm

yw ;)

10:15 pm

second en6?

10:15 pm

en + vowel + not bro

10:15 pm

thanks, pini

10:16 pm

yvw :)

10:16 pm

os 6 please?

10:16 pm

te7?

10:17 pm

start of the boob tube + not bro

10:17 pm

gotta head out, falling asleep in the chair! LOL (((hugs all))) thanks for the fun this evening! *poof*

10:17 pm

on6 - opposiste of off7 (football penalty)

10:18 pm

ty!

10:18 pm

I need the OS ...

10:18 pm

oops, soory

10:19 pm

os + start of paris river

10:19 pm

FW!

10:19 pm

os + dc's name - d c a

10:19 pm

os+first part of fishing net, cr

10:19 pm

I need help with the wo 9, please. thanks

10:19 pm

ad good ight... sooo sleepy

10:19 pm

thaks for the help, all

10:19 pm

TY!

10:19 pm

Good night kje!

10:19 pm

sleep sweet, kje

10:20 pm

g'night kje

10:20 pm

joey, amt of lumber in something determines its wo9

10:21 pm

sorry, dcseain, I saw that clue before and just don't get it.

10:21 pm

Toy Story lead character + Loch monster

10:21 pm

wo 4 + vowel + Loch ne 4

10:22 pm

firewords :)

10:22 pm

oh, crap. thanks so much.........

10:22 pm

wtg jess ;)

10:23 pm

Yeah Jes!

10:23 pm

firewords for me too. thanks for the help

10:23 pm

Yeah Joey!

10:23 pm

wtg joey

10:24 pm

yay joey!

10:24 pm

congrats, jes and joey

10:27 pm

FIREWORKS!

10:28 pm

congrats, eeyore

10:28 pm

ty!

10:29 pm

Have a wonderful evening everyone!!! Good night!

10:29 pm

g'night eeyore

10:31 pm

oh, weird thing i found today. part of Ordway St NW in Washington, DC has one side of the street numbered in the 3000 block and the other in the 3100 block.

10:37 pm

interesting concept, dc

10:37 pm

(sorry to have missed the fw...koda had a moment)

10:39 pm

it was bizarre. in that part of town it goes 30th NW to 34th NW, so additionally, the 3000/3100 block becomes the 3400 block.

10:39 pm

somebody forgot their math classes

10:40 pm

quite so. Arlington, VA does it better, regularly changing blocks numbering mid-block where street is missing.

10:40 pm

gets confusing, eh?

10:42 pm

In Arlington? Yes. I go into Arlington several days a week via Washington Blvd. There is a left turn labeled 21st N and N Potomac St at the same time, one sign atop the other. You look down the street and it forks. I checked map. Left one is 21st St N right one is N Potomac St.

10:42 pm

egads!

10:42 pm

...and here I thought 1-ways were bad enough...

10:48 pm

there is rhyme and reason to the system in Arlington, but the imposed a grid over a non-grid street system :)

10:48 pm

so, if you know the system, you can *usually* find what you need.

10:48 pm

usually being the operative word ;)

10:49 pm

though the 200 block of 32nd St N is a court off of 36th St N, and there are a number of such oddities

10:50 pm

I think that's probably one of the reasons I stay away from big cities...

10:51 pm

'been there, done that' kinda thing

10:53 pm

I've always lived in or near an urban area. There are 120,000 or so people in the 2 ZIP codes that make up the unincorporated place that is Reston, VA.

10:54 pm

i want to live back in the urban core. Eventually, want a house in the mountains, too.

10:54 pm

the area I'm in (2 cities; one on either side of the freeway) totals about 250K

10:54 pm

well, i plan to move back in4 the urban core :)

10:56 pm

The town proper across the highway from where i live has another 100,000, not including the areas around it with the town as its mailing address

10:57 pm

the next closest city is about 45-60 mins away...and PTD is about 2 hrs...close enough to visit, but far enough not to overwhelmed again

10:57 pm

nbt

10:57 pm

go, go douglas :)

10:57 pm

(and that city or cities are in any given direction...coast, mountains, valley, etc.)

10:57 pm

ty

10:57 pm

well done, douglas

10:58 pm

i'm 45-60 from Baltimore, and 30 from DC where i live.

11:03 pm

and firewords

11:03 pm

on that note, i'm gonna go read a bit and sleep.

11:03 pm

wtg dc ;)

11:03 pm

thank you, and happy babbling, yall! {poof}

11:05 pm

:)

Fireworks!

11:14 pm

YEAH!

11:14 pm

wtg neil

11:14 pm

well done ;)

Thanks for your help, Pinikula and dcseain!

11:36 pm

Lurking fireworks - now 24 minutes til flip - just long enough for a bathroom break, a smoke, and something to drink. See y'all at flip.

hi all you clever people, I'm new at this and I think I typed in more non-existent words then ever in my life. Couldn't get more than 133 words

11:41 pm

wtg met; welcome vanilla...

11:41 pm

...check out Lickety's Babble Clues below, under "Friends of Babble"

11:42 pm

the list will give you the first 2 letter, the length of the word, and the point value

11:43 pm

...and you can always ask for help :)

11:45 pm

(PS: the grid flips at the same time every day...in this case, in about 15 minutes)

thanks all, will see if I can work with lickety

11:52 pm

Hello all - flip happens here at 7am - went to bed last night and left 65 to find - was quite nerve wracking to finish before flip - but exciting nevertheless

11:52 pm

hey ursh.

11:52 pm

does that mean you finished? if so, WTG! :)

11:53 pm

OR wait for clues from Red Turtle head

11:53 pm

Yes pini made it

11:53 pm

yeah! :)

11:53 pm

Hi, all, made it home safely, finally!!!

11:54 pm

yeah, UU! glad you got there safe and sound!

11:54 pm

Oops sorry flip happens here at 8am - 7am in your summer

does babble give the list of wors after flip?

11:54 pm

no, but you can check the archives

ok thx

11:56 pm

any relation to vanilla ice?

11:56 pm

hi everyone :)

11:56 pm

When will daylight saving kick in??

11:56 pm

hi ru, nan,

11:56 pm

hi nan

11:56 pm

not until spring, ursh

11:56 pm

215/235 in one hour -- ok I guess

11:56 pm

dang, nan...not bad!

11:57 pm

daylight savings is in a few weeks

11:57 pm

That is good going nan

11:57 pm

that soon, ru????

11:57 pm

yup

11:57 pm

look at your calendar

11:57 pm

end of March, I think, pini

11:57 pm

do I have to?

11:57 pm

* whine *

11:58 pm

weenie

11:58 pm

lol

11:58 pm

yep!

11:58 pm

Hmm i enjoy the 8am flip gives me time to finish in the morning

11:58 pm

I have a 10 pm flip here

11:59 pm

same here ru...

11:59 pm

<---tries to wrap it up by eleven

11:59 pm

...does that mean we move to a 9pm flip?

11:59 pm

no

11:59 pm

flip

11:59 pm

* sigh*

11:59 pm

hello

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