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flip

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flip

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flip -- ugh small one

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snort snort i'm awake

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flip

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i knew it would be really small

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I was hoping for something smaller but not this tiny!

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flip

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DOGS

Clues are up

12:01 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

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ty lickety

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ty lickety

12:02 am

tyvm lickety

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qu 7

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ci

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ty nan

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ty Nan

feast or famine flip and hi all

12:04 am

EN6

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ty i needed that E

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late-ish *flip* and hi all :o)

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good night all

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halfway LOL

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THIRD COLUMN i stats please?

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ic5/12

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nite jmc

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ic5

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4th column E stats please

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thanks cos i found it before i saw that sorry lol

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fireworks

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well done grem

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whoa that's fast grem

wtg grem!

hi dart, nan, cos, mlf, df, une... anyone I missed

12:08 am

still have a bunch of bt's that I'm certain are babblets I've forgotten

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NBTs, NBSs and don't forget those Lw words.

here, too, nan

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E 4th column?

lw 4/8 might be one

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el5

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el5 volley

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plural it Dee

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good evening everyone

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nbt/nbs

ty

hi flosey!

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i have qu7 whats the other 7 (omg so sorry)

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stupid cat

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your ad here

qu 5/16 x 2 cos

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no i mean the other 7?

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cats just love keyboards; they think they're helping out

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but ty for the other 5 :)

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se7, uncommon word, sounds like a chemical

sorry I don't have the other 7

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ty grem.. looking

sc 6/27

sc 6/27

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thanks grem :o) last s

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got the se7 ty

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chien, huile . . . 'tis a french grid LOL

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also it doesn't only *sound* like a chemical ;o)

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the grid said a bad word:(

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have an sc 6/21...

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bad word? :o\

lu 6/24

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ci 6/30

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yes the cu 4/6

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oh, didn't get that yet :o/

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and now got it

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last word -- N@(5,3)?

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ni 4/5

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still need both n's here

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oh duh >.> I was looking for a nu <.<

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does someone have clues up yet?

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fireworks :oD

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first column n is ne6 and 5th column is ni4

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N@(1,4) is a common Babblet

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lickety does

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lickety is up, jono

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just the left n now

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congrats, dfmchfhf!

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n6/18 kind of worm ends in is

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(a worm)

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ne6

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there should also be an automagically updated list in my profile

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which isn't there :o/ hmm

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ty

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well, it's there but not updated :oS

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now for the 4th column i

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lickety's is coming up with yesterday's list for me

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NBT/nbs

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refresh it LJ

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Lord, get out and come back in

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thx - works now

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refreshing is a better idea, sometimes it'll still be cached if you leave and reenter

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cant find the sc6/24 ugh

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me neither cos

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a chemist I'm not!

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Germanic plural of the sc5 before it cos

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i typed a typo and it ended up being a word.. very unusual word

li 6/24

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not getting anywhere -- time to list

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me too nan with 22 left

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still getting yesterday's list as well -- refreshing didn't work

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i have the new list

try this link... http://r46.me/BabbleClues.html

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will log out and back in then

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I have the new download

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that did it!

wtg

fireworks

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hello babblers....too much coffee too late and I cannot go to sleep....babble time

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well done Dee

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WooT WooT WooT Volleymom

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hi JJ

hi jilly and ty flosey!

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5 left and stuck

may I help anyone before I leave?

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make that 3 :P

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yes dee...

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ci6 please?

ci 6/30... a circle or ring... often associated with Vegas tickets... ci6 du soleil...

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thanks dee thats fireworks for me

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i kept trying circus lol

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Hi there cosdem

wtg cos!

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Woot WooT WooT cos!

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hi jill :)

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anyone need help b4 i go?

se7/32 pls

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se + white ***e + not out

se 7 a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.

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white ***e -- common in chinese food

ty

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ty dee -- first heard the word when we visited the silk factory in China -- then promptly forgot it

easy to do... I have seen it before here and still forget it

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*!* ta da *!* - short and sweet. Guess I'll have no excuse for not doing my taxes tomorrow!

lol ours were due today... wtg

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Actually, they aren't truly due until the 18th Volley, you still have time....lol

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can anyone help me with the first ch4. I feel so stupid but I just can't find it...

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fashionable roses6

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shabby ch**

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or a nickname for charles

stylish and you can plural it, too

hi and nbt

taxes due monday the 18th this year. good for me

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hi josh

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OMG - I guess I just didn't see that there were 2 Cs. They kept looking like each other!

it was one of my last c's too

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off to read for a while before I hit the hay. Goodnight everyone - a demain

gn nan... leaving also til the flip... *poofing with hugs*

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firworks

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**fireworks

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WooT WooT WooT flosey!!

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ty JJ

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and I'm off, goodnight all

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hmmm anyone wanna clue the in5?

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just changed icon for tomorrow's theme

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nm...got it

in doing the grid, the words you type are the in5, and the green or red bar is the ok

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only two left, looking for the first sc 5 and 6. I am guessing they are related.

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Yiddish for a synagogue, roses

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alt. sp. in fact

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Got the sc5!

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Never heard of adding an l to make a plural.. oh well, fireworks anyway!

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WooT WooT WooT Roses6!

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Thanks for the help. I really needed it tonight. So tired I'm over the edge. Sweet dreams everyone!

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Niters roses!

1:07 am

The absurdity of Babble ... 400 one day ... 78 the next

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Hi there babble rabble....I have had a hell of a week and this is the first grid I've had time for in 6 days!

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Enjoy

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almost done....lol...sorta a let down....

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grateful for a small one today

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Yes, 400 is a bit much ... 78 is not enough

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I would bet you are after 400!!

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I would prefer 400 to 78

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i stuck with 8 to go

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i like 250 ish

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have 17 left...and I agree, the 200-300 are by far my fav

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The Kinks are taking me back a few years .... Deaths of a clown ..

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they were great.. the Kinks

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Agreed

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Watching House Hunters....lol

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Do you need a license to hu 4 houses? Is there a limit?

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rofl....

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Rolling Stones: Angie

1:16 am

hi ruru!

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putting a house on the hood of your pick-up truck might be a bit of a challenge too

1:18 am

You too would fit in nicely here in Montana!!

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Did you get any snow today in Montana?

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Not here, but am SICK of cold weather....had sunshine and 58....way too cold for April....

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Went to Wal-Mart to get some BegoneSnow for the yard.

1:20 am

did you find it babble

1:21 am

i planted lettuce and parsley today.... lots of veggies started in sets in the house

1:21 am

How about some Warmupweatherizer?

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Oh, I found some but nature will always overwhelm the pathetic efforts of man to bring control to the environment

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hello all from the opp side of the world where we are sooooo grateful for cooler weather as winter comes our way - we have such hot humid summers

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turned ovet the compost piles and neatened up hte back yard some... made me feel so virtuous

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Yes, ursh ... I would send you the coating of snow we got today if I could.

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isnt it a bit late for snow ??

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not this year..lol

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then again the weather does not seem to have a timetable

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This spring is supposed to be colder and wetter...and living up to forecast so far...

1:25 am

I am not sure Mother Nature has a schedule ... North Dakota has recorded snowfall in every month with the exception of July and August

1:25 am

Ursh, I have seen snow in every month here

1:25 am

One year it snowed on the 4th of July!

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Montana, nevertheless, is getting increasing attention as a retirement haven.

1:27 am

Oh Babble rabble....was just going to tell a North Dakota joke....just kidding...

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We still had extreme heat up until two weeks ago well into autumn

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Would not be the first one .... Professors at Rutgers have predicted a loss of population will return ND to its roots as a buffalo commons.

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Well at least the buffalo will be happy

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http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/popp er/45-2-29.pdf

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N column 1 and 5. E middle of column 1

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ne 6/18

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stuck with one word left...the se7...any helps?

1:34 am

ni 4/5 --- n + frozen water

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duh. do you have a clue for the NE 6/18

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waiting for ne6 with bated breath

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monkeyed that one....

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waiting for clue that is

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type of worm

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ne 6 -- do ** me fa .. + I am; he, she it **

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ty br

1:37 am

nice babble...my brain was smoking trying to clue that one...now, how about a clue for the se7?

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se + uncle ben's grain: ***e + song: ** the misty moonlight

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got it jilly thx

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My slow isp apparently swallowed the first se clue

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TY BR...fireworks..

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Congrats

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how about third E in column 1

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en 6 -- add the result of amassing a large quantity of money

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Well after midnight here and the caffein is finally wearing off...niters all!!

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Good night

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Stay warm BR!!

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thanks babble. don

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don

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don't know why i can't see these easy ones

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congrats

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Congrats bleugirl... *poof*

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Fireworks - thanks for the clues and company - have grandkids and need to get on

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Be well, ursh

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Hello pals -- just a tad late in arriving here --just a tad tiddly after a fabulous dinner with friends :-)

2:05 am

elucs

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doh! at least its not a word.

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babrab -- I totally go along with what you say in your profile xx

2:10 am

LI 5 and 6 and LU 5 and 6

2:11 am

nervermind on the LUs

2:12 am

or the LIs. i got them

2:13 am

Oh well, nobody can be bothered to say hello back.

2:14 am

hi jillibus. sorry. intently focused on the grid.

2:15 am

Ok, bleu, I know how it is

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Well, time for bed -- another busy day and evening comng up so goodnight if anyone give a damn...*poof

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CU 6s

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CR 6s I mean

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ok got one that is a homonym

morning all. how many words today

2:44 am

78 sandra

thanks

2:44 am

bleugirl seems to be talking to herself

2:45 am

I can't ehlp -- just got here and tootired, sorry.

2:45 am

lol no that was a clue request self-resolved

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3 left now. SC 5 and 6 and SI 5. i saw the clue for the SCs. need the SI 5 that is not what a police car has

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anyway, I'm stilll going to bed..*repoof*

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FIREWORXXX

2:53 am

congrats!

bluegirl - can I have a clue for them please

3:54 am

good morning everybody

4:04 am

I think there is nobody here!

4:04 am

hello Ruby, how are you this morning?

4:05 am

hello kalia. It has been very cold the past three mornings. Good for the flowers which are lasting much longer than usual. Is it cold there?

4:06 am

well colder then it has been, bout 10c at the moment

4:06 am

about that here, but I hear hoofbeats upstairs. See you later

4:06 am

this went quite quickly today...down to 4 left 2 s and 2 c

4:06 am

ok bye

5:06 am

hallloooo - is there anybody here?

5:21 am

hi, glan, still there?

5:21 am

hi, glan, still there?

5:22 am

(sorry, babble expert hiccuped)

5:23 am

anyway, I am up early (it really is 5:22 am here), due at work at 6 to check students in for volunteer day. Need to put on socks and shoes, drink tea, and get over there, thought maybe I could find a word or two...

5:24 am

Morning Sue. Busy day for you.

5:25 am

actually I will be done by 8:30, so mostly it serves to get me out of bed very early on a Saturday :-)

5:26 am

What is volunteer day?

5:27 am

actually they call it NIU Cares Day - hundreds of student volunteers go out into the community and do good things, in teams (and pre-arranged with the sites). They had to sign up ahead of time, so I'll be part of the team checking them in. Then they get badges and shirts, get on buses, and head out.

5:28 am

How nice.

5:29 am

Part of improving relationships between the university and the town.

5:29 am

The town has a population of about 40,000 and there are 25,000 students at the university, so it's pretty dominant.

5:29 am

anyway, off to fetch tea, brb

5:38 am

back again.

5:41 am

hey uusue

5:41 am

hi, granny!

5:42 am

nice to meet you,sue. where abouts in the great usa are you?

5:42 am

Illinois, about 60 miles west of Chicago.

5:43 am

I see we are the same age :-0

5:43 am

okayyyy. how's the weather there at the moment.

ROSEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

5:44 am

just had the 38th anniversary of my 21st*grin*

5:44 am

cold and rainy (8C)

5:44 am

(((((herin))))) hugs!!!!

Sniff. What you doing tommorrow?

5:44 am

lol, granny! I'm probably ahead of you, then, as I turn 60 at the end of next month (which seems odd as I am only about 27 now :-)

5:45 am

have had the loveliest autumn day here. sun shining, birds singing, washing drying.

Really. I was snoozing

5:45 am

nice! Just found out that one of my college friends is in Melbourne, small world!

5:46 am

herin, church followed by a luncheon, then weekly shop, which i haven't done for 10days* giggle*

5:46 am

you got a cold, herin, or hayfever?

Cold.

I slept most of the day., did minimal house work. Don't care Easter is next Friday. Usue it is a small wold

5:47 am

oh, yuck!!! don't give it to me!!!

5:48 am

sue, where in melbourne? do you know?

5:48 am

her name is Tina Restall (was Tina McNelis when I knew her), if anyone knows her?

Doesn't help that we don't have heating

5:49 am

herin, himself and i just got back from a few days in warburton. all we did was eat, drink, and....shop. oh, yeah, and sleep.

5:49 am

nope, don't know where in melbourne :-(

Warby is nice

5:50 am

sue, what sort of work does your friend do?

5:50 am

anyway, gotta run! bbl!!

5:50 am

byeeee sue

5:51 am

dunno, granny, we were physics majors together *poof*

Bye Sue

Granny it has been cold

6:01 am

sorry herin, was distracted by himself. *sigh* can i help it if i love him to distraction?

No probs

We went out last night and I drank one ultimate to many

6:04 am

now, young lady, are you in bed? with the lecky blanket on high?

6:04 am

what's an ultimate?

TGIFridays

Nope no blanky for us

Should go grab a jumper. On the plus side at least no hedious gas bill

6:06 am

well cuddle up close....i'm not responsible for what happens next*grin*

eww no thanks

6:06 am

ROFL

6:07 am

hey herin

what

6:08 am

would you believe it? daughter of a friend of mine, had her baby at 12.13 am today, was at her mo6's 50th birthday party at 2pm

wow

6:10 am

whatever happened to, breast-feed your baby for 3 weeks(to build up it's immunity) then go out into public?

kids eat snot and dirt so meh

6:11 am

LOL, herin. lesson to be learnt?

it is true and I swear I wanted to slap the mother craft nurse that visited my friend. Told her basically breast was best even though the kid had a slight nose deviation

6:13 am

oh, for goodness sake! why won't these idiots ever learn?

NO idea. Made me very angry. Very Angry

6:15 am

what can i say? except, text book perfect, experience nil!!!

I told my sister that. Don't let anyone tell you what to do

6:16 am

you go, girl, you go!!!!

6:18 am

oops! after 9pm. pumpkin time for this cinderella. herin, will try my bestest to catch up with you soon, miss our lunches.

6:21 am

nite!! *poof*

night

6:41 am

Are there any Babblers here willing to chat?

6:42 am

Hello Mark

6:43 am

Hello Norma. How are you this fine, wet day?

6:43 am

Hi Mark - just taking a break from the garden

6:43 am

It's gorgeouslyu sunny here

6:43 am

Hello Glan! How've you been?

6:44 am

Busy busy busy LOL

6:44 am

That is a mask? It looks like an emerald.

6:45 am

I like it.

6:46 am

oh I forgot to change the text when I changed the picture LOL

6:46 am

where in wales in the andromeda are you today Mark?

6:47 am

I am not quite sure; I am not sure where I am most of these days; LOL

6:48 am

I know the feeling well - most days i think I am disappearing up my own rear end but today is a day not to stress, apart form about the grid - missing 4 words all C

6:49 am

Yowzers. I only have 23 words!

6:49 am

most of today's words are pretty simple and not too lomng!

6:50 am

and the unfamiliar ones were all easy to monkey - apart form these last few

6:50 am

Not too lomng. Okay, I can get those.

6:50 am

:-)

6:51 am

May I have the 7 that is not qu?

6:51 am

don't suppose you have the ch4/7 do you? That's the one that's REALLY bugging me

6:52 am

No, I don't. Sorry, GLan!

6:52 am

se7/32 silk gum or a protein found on silk strands

6:52 am

ch 4/7 - very stylish

6:53 am

ch4 is shortened version of girls name minus the r

6:53 am

Now I do. Italian for cool

6:53 am

oh so obvious now you point it out - TY WV & NOrma - doh!

6:53 am

I have been monkeying that for AGES

6:55 am

Done, glan?

6:55 am

no, 2 left, ch5/14 & ri5/12

6:56 am

ch5 is a country in South America

6:56 am

i have that one, it's the one immediately before that i can;t find

6:56 am

The ri is the poison that made the headlines recently

6:57 am

TY Norma - just got it

6:57 am

Ch is the country only change the order of the last three letters

6:57 am

Thanks Norma!

6:57 am

Thank you again Norma!

6:57 am

YVW

6:57 am

TY muchly - fireworks

6:58 am

congratulations ******

6:58 am

So now I can go back to digging the veggie beds and sieving the soil....

6:58 am

happy to stay and lcue for a bit if anybody wants a hint or two?

6:58 am

*clue

6:58 am

top i ?

6:59 am

Good job Glan!

more frozen

6:59 am

ic5/12 - more icy

6:59 am

I am still having trouble with the se7.

6:59 am

gee, am i blind or what?

6:59 am

the poison preceded by se

6:59 am

Who knows...just kidding.

7:00 am

se + ri5/12

7:00 am

THanks Glan!

7:00 am

no problem

7:01 am

do you have the LWs yet?

I don't understand the clue to ri5/12

7:02 am

No.

7:02 am

ri5/12 is a poison - i seem to remember that it was used in some japanese bombs in the last few years

7:02 am

It is ri+ third alphabet letter+ ** not out

7:02 am

LW4/8 - angolan currency

7:03 am

L = up + left + pl

7:03 am

for LW5

7:03 am

Thanks glan.

thanks Glan

7:04 am

Do I have to go to the PB?

7:05 am

right-o - back to sieving soil.... hard work today but will have lovely veg later in the year...

7:05 am

for what Mark?

7:05 am

Bye Glan!

7:05 am

For the flag on my icon.

7:06 am

ROFL - I think that's allowed - but I am sad you left Wales, it's lovely here

7:06 am

Bye

7:06 am

I know, I have been there. Great place

stats- not clue- on top e on the right?

7:26 am

el 5/10 Kap

7:26 am

good morning everyone

7:27 am

el 5/10. Mornin' Kap.

7:27 am

Hey there Mom.

7:27 am

Hi Molly

7:27 am

Thanks ((Mom)) and good morning

thak you And the stat on the lone n in the first column?

7:27 am

Mornin Babblettes!

7:27 am

hello everyone

And good morning to all.

7:27 am

how's my peeps

7:27 am

Hey Lil

7:27 am

(((((((((((Lil))))))))))))) good morning

7:28 am

{{{{{{{{{{ mom }}}}}}}}}}}}

7:28 am

((((Annie))))) good morning

7:28 am

hi Molly!

7:28 am

Kap, I don't have that one. sorry

7:28 am

mmmm I just made fresh squeezed OJ and it's delish

7:28 am

Hi Lil*, Molly, Kap

Now again- that n in the first column stats?

Hii Hi Hi Hi Hi

7:28 am

hi Annie! Hi Kap!

7:29 am

*holds out glass*

7:29 am

ne 6/18 Kap

7:29 am

ni4/5

7:29 am

monkey!!

7:29 am

oh sorry wrong column DUH

7:29 am

bittie! haha love your flag! LOL LMAO

7:29 am

i just changed it!!

7:29 am

Hi Littlebit

7:29 am

lol

7:29 am

hahhahahahhahahahahahahaha

7:30 am

hey mom!!

7:30 am

bittie, we will enjoy the food of your country at lunch today LOL

7:30 am

i had to, couldn't resist!!

7:30 am

hi bit

left column n stats?

7:30 am

yes we will!

7:30 am

hey annie!

all this frivolity

7:31 am

littlebit, you're not going to belive this, but last night I Babbled for a few mins, and there was another person on here with the smiley face icon! The nerve!

7:31 am

yes kap, there's always frivolity when monkey and i are here

7:31 am

what!?!

7:31 am

yes! the horror!

7:31 am

i missed it!

All I asked was a simple n stat. I haven't had my coffee and am not yet frivolous.

7:32 am

ahhh!

7:32 am

ne 6/18 according to Molly

7:32 am

sorry kap!

thank you mom. You came through for me.

7:32 am

molly gave it earlier, Kap

7:32 am

you're welcome but Molly came through first, the chat was just moving to fast

Maybe I better get that coffee. then I will return and frivol away.

7:33 am

what the frivvoli?

7:33 am

haha

7:33 am

yes, please join us in the frivolity

7:33 am

frivol or be gone

7:34 am

lol

Frivolous- frivol. I frivol, you frivol, he frivols, we frivol...

7:34 am

littlebit, last night i bought shoes online at DWS

cofffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

7:34 am

so we don't have to go there today

7:34 am

Is frivvoli an Italian pastry?

7:34 am

yes Annie! haha

7:34 am

really?

7:34 am

okay

7:34 am

unless you want to go in there

7:35 am

still want to meet at 1130?

7:35 am

the shoes I wanted were online but not in the store so I went ahead

7:35 am

no we don't have to

7:35 am

sure!

7:35 am

11:30

7:35 am

give us more time for our toes!

7:35 am

and to eat

7:35 am

then we can get pedi, go to that other destination, then the movie

7:35 am

yes!!

7:36 am

OK!

7:36 am

ok!!

7:36 am

it's kind of cool out there, i just went running... cool and humid YUK

7:36 am

woohoo!!

7:36 am

i love it when a plan comes together!!

7:36 am

haha you said "comes together" LOL

7:36 am

have fun, you two

7:36 am

supposed to be a high of 68 i think

7:37 am

thanks Annie :)

7:37 am

we will thanks annie!!

7:37 am

sounds like a fun day

7:37 am

mom, come with!

7:37 am

more than you know mom!!

7:37 am

yes, do come!!

7:37 am

lol, I am not that close to you two

7:37 am

:(

7:38 am

littlebit we'll have to take a pic for mom :)

7:38 am

yes we will

7:38 am

yes, please do

7:38 am

chile

7:38 am

oh crap!

7:38 am

more than just our toes?

7:38 am

let's take a pic outside the other destination... it's very important!

7:39 am

thanks! i didn't have that one

7:39 am

take that word, Lil and rearrange the last three letters

7:39 am

but that was a word, mom

7:39 am

oh! okay!!

7:39 am

*admits to being a bit curious abouth the "other destination"

7:39 am

i don't know if we should say what the "other destination" is

7:39 am

hehehe

7:39 am

maybe later

7:40 am

true, but if you change the last three letters that will give you another word

7:40 am

hehehe

7:40 am

yeah

7:40 am

got it, thanks mom!

7:40 am

sounds like it might be wise not to

7:40 am

you're welcome

7:40 am

is redturtle here? i have a running question

7:40 am

or, is there a runner here?

7:41 am

oh it's nothing bad mom

7:41 am

I am thinking she may be working today, she ran her bath early last night

7:41 am

no mom, it's not bad, it's GREAT

7:41 am

OK i will send red a FB message with my stupid embarassing running question

7:41 am

I didn't think you two would go anywhere that was bad

7:42 am

it's just that not a lot of people know about it yet

7:42 am

we will tell you though

7:42 am

lb, we can tell mom on Facebook

7:42 am

in a private msg

7:42 am

then it is best to keep it under wraps and I will look for a picture later on

7:42 am

and send her the pic

7:42 am

yes we can!!

7:43 am

OK mom

7:43 am

that would be good

7:43 am

OK must go shower and get ready to leave

7:43 am

see u later, littlebit

7:43 am

byeeeeeeeeee all my peeps

7:43 am

see ya soon monkey!!

7:44 am

hasta la vista baby

7:44 am

lol

7:45 am

bye

7:45 am

Ooo, mystery in the chat log.

7:45 am

bye Littlebit

7:45 am

bye Lil Monkey

7:45 am

bwahaha

7:46 am

i'm not leaving yet

7:46 am

i still have time

7:46 am

((Annie)) how was dinner the other night?

7:46 am

oh good, Littlebit

7:49 am

since it is such a small grid, maybe i can get it finished before i have to leave!!

7:49 am

you just might

7:50 am

Hello all!

7:51 am

Hi Mark

7:51 am

hey mark! nice flag

7:51 am

THanks little!

7:52 am

you're welcome!

7:54 am

Hey, your dwelling is just as confusing as mine!

7:55 am

yep!

7:55 am

it's in honor of where lil monkey and i are eating for lunch today!

8:00 am

good morning everyone:)

8:00 am

(((Crossy))) good morning

8:00 am

hey crossy!!

8:01 am

Mom, I wasnt being rude...I got the red message of doom and it just left. Dinner was wonderful...we had a great time. We ate in an old Italian restaurant in Coney Island.

8:01 am

Bonjour crossy

8:01 am

Annie, I never gave it a second thought. Just figured you were busy. The dinner sounds lovely

8:02 am

How much longer will your friend be visiting?

8:02 am

She will be here till Thursday

8:02 am

I hope you all have nice weather so you can get out and do things

8:03 am

Thanks Mom

8:03 am

May I have clues for the first column except the top e?

8:03 am

en + not poor

8:04 am

and that is the only one I have, sorry

8:04 am

thanks mom!

8:04 am

the other one is bert's friend

8:04 am

you're welcome Mark

8:04 am

whi** word do you want, Mark?

8:04 am

if that makes any sense

8:05 am

Thanks little, spelled a bit differently though. I only now need the n for the first column.

8:05 am

yep

8:05 am

don't have that one

8:06 am

thanks Littlebit .... love Ernie

8:06 am

sure...me too...elmo's my fave

8:07 am

I watched it as a young child. However, that was not too long ago. Couple years.

8:07 am

lol

8:07 am

I am younger than most who play here.

8:07 am

watched it the other day and it is nothing like it was when my boys were growing up

8:07 am

As you see in my icon.

8:08 am

yes, this is true

8:08 am

Monsterpiece Theatre by Allistar Cookie

8:08 am

that's a classic!!

8:08 am

before the age of computer graphics

8:09 am

Gone With the Wind .... Miss Piggy swinging from the chandelier

8:09 am

yes!!

8:09 am

The 39 Steps, Grover going up each one and counting all the way

8:10 am

the count laughing after each number

8:10 am

yes, love the Count

8:10 am

afternoon could i have a clue for the ci6 please

8:10 am

and big bird of course

8:10 am

I remember watching those 15 years ago...

8:10 am

don't have it yet

8:11 am

good afternoon cool.girl, I don't have it either. But, I will help you look

8:11 am

i won't say how long ago it was for me!!

8:11 am

cries

8:11 am

well my boys are 26 and 23 and we watched them 4 times a day

8:11 am

Yes, that is in the puzzle.

8:11 am

sorry wrong place

8:12 am

Don't worry, it happens to everyone.

8:12 am

mine are 18 and 24

8:12 am

no biggie, gool.girl, we all do it

8:12 am

<-------------- more than others

8:12 am

they grow up so fast

8:13 am

yes, we've all done it!!

8:13 am

lol

8:13 am

they do...way too fast!!

8:13 am

having nightmare of a day but on a good one as became a first time grandmother to a beautiful little girl yesterday

8:14 am

wonderful news, Cool.girl. Congratulations

8:14 am

oh nice!! congrats!!

8:14 am

congratulations, cool

8:14 am

I also cannot find that ci6.

8:14 am

Mazel Tov!

8:14 am

Mark, ci 6 uses the hight point tile

8:14 am

ci**** du soleil

8:14 am

FINISHED!! VERY EXCELLENT!!

8:15 am

oh thanks!!

8:15 am

ty its an amazing feeling mind you at 44 i still feel like a teenager myself

8:15 am

Thank you

8:15 am

yay godt

8:15 am

I am a teenager;

hello everyone!

8:15 am

Hi TO!

8:16 am

yes, still a teenager myself!

8:16 am

'morning babblers

8:16 am

hey TO!!

8:16 am

lol my mind is 25,my body is 89 and my actual age is somewhere in the middle

8:16 am

Little, I am not kidding. I AM a teenager

8:17 am

can you give us all a clue 4 the ci6 then please godthaab

8:17 am

no problem mark,have one myself..grunts a lot but not too bad a kid

8:17 am

Scroll back in the chat a bit coolgirl.

hi mark!

8:18 am

THanks crossy. I try not to grunt and I try to be a good kid.

8:18 am

i'm sure you are mark

8:19 am

Are you being sarcastic?

8:19 am

no! not at all!!

8:19 am

ok then. Thanks.

8:19 am

sure :)

8:20 am

i'm a teacher and know a lot of good kids

8:21 am

i fell off my chair the other day when my 17 year old boy walked up to me and said he was interested in joining the armed forces! lol i said the way you keep your room,some sgt will have you scrubbing stairs with toothbrushes the entire time you are in training...

8:21 am

hahaha

8:21 am

cirque

8:22 am

oh cr**, wrong box.

8:22 am

that would be it mom;)

8:22 am

!

8:22 am

was getting the red boxes of death before

8:22 am

hi Welki

8:22 am

hi, mom :)

8:22 am

ty mom id just found it and was thinking what to clue u

8:22 am

thanks Grant

8:23 am

and congrats Godth

8:24 am

yw Mom

hmmm this gird is small but scrappy

8:24 am

finally got the ne 6/18. Any one still need it?

8:24 am

yplease

8:24 am

(((TO))) good morning

8:24 am

ne + re 4/4

Morning, mom!

8:25 am

ty

8:25 am

you're welcome Cool.girl

8:26 am

16 left. I'll save those for lunch time. ((Hugs)) to all of you. Bye for now

bye mom

8:26 am

bye bye TO, enjoy your day

8:29 am

yay!! i'm done!!

wtg, littlebit!

8:31 am

thanks! have a good day all!!

8:31 am

congrats, littlebit!!

8:31 am

hi babblers

hi aloy!

8:35 am

hey there, TO !

8:36 am

morning all!

hi dan!

8:36 am

Howdy dan2!

it seems i am stalled with 13 to go.

8:37 am

can anybody clue the left N?

8:38 am

ne + the "again" prefix + Life ** just a bowl of cherries

worm babblet

8:39 am

ty aloy - tried several variants of that but never hit it

8:39 am

glad you found it!

bye

8:43 am

bye TO

8:43 am

bye, TO..

8:48 am

morning again, all!

8:49 am

finished.. just in time as someone is coming at 10.. hope we have a bigger grid tomorrow.. bye, dan2

8:49 am

bye uusue

8:50 am

congrats for finishing, aloy!

8:50 am

good afternoon all! Tiny today... and I see a bad word.

8:51 am

hi, sprite!

8:51 am

sprite, that is one ugly fish.

8:52 am

isn't it just! It looks a bit like my dad, actually :P

8:52 am

tee hee - my dad only looks like that when he's REALLY angry :-)

8:53 am

hehehe my dad usually is angry. If you have time, though, read my profile text. It is an interesting fishy :)

8:54 am

it is - I had heard of it but didn't know all those details. Still ugly, though.

8:55 am

very very ugly. Am very glad the size they have in the movie is pure fantasy!

8:57 am

nbs and nbt, with some help :-)

8:58 am

well done!

8:58 am

*pops up*---fireworks

8:58 am

yay, annie!

8:58 am

That was all over the news here sprite as I live about 30 miles from Crofton

8:58 am

that is one ugly fish

8:58 am

wtg Annie! And hi SeaSpray, wow, that is close!

8:59 am

what I said, annie :-)

8:59 am

no argument from me, lol

8:59 am

LOL, so you did, uusue...scary thing

9:00 am

We do have more attractive native fish in the Chesapeake, however :)

9:00 am

hehehe I try to go for interesting icon themes... can't have only cute ones, right?

9:01 am

sprite, You do a great job

9:01 am

thanks Annie :)

9:02 am

SeaSpray, if you want to name one of those species as an icon theme, I will put it up!

9:03 am

past half way...

9:03 am

go uusue goooo

9:08 am

ty sprite

9:10 am

my pleasure :) It is great to get icon suggestions from babblers.

9:11 am

Hello Everyone :)

9:11 am

hi sadie

9:11 am

hi, sadie!

9:11 am

hiya sprite and sue :)

9:18 am

Hi all

9:18 am

still one blanc tile and one 7 missing, plus some random words. Small but not one of the friendliest grids, I think.

9:19 am

hi Mr Bob

9:19 am

hello my dear babble friends!

9:20 am

Triffles :) *big hug*

9:20 am

Hello all. Cool and rainy here. I've got a pot of chicken soup working.

9:20 am

hi Molly

9:21 am

hiya Molly ohhh chicken soup sounds good

9:21 am

*sits down at Molly's table and throws her hungry looks*

9:21 am

its a sunny day here FINALLY, so I am gearing up to go outside and get the yard in order. but of course, first I have to get NBT!!!

9:22 am

of course, Trif. Will be lovely to be outside though!

9:25 am

it will. there are SO many chores out there, I know I won't get it all done today, but I will make a dent

9:25 am

*Gives Sprite some fresh baked bread and butter to tide her over, as we are an hour away from soup*

9:25 am

don't forget to stop and smell the daisies ;)

9:25 am

oh lovely, Molly!

9:25 am

What's growing out there Trif?

9:26 am

lets' see -- thorns, dead leaves, fallen branches from the winter that still need to get burned, and there is always the sprouting poison ivy to address

9:27 am

Bonfire at Trif's tonight! I'll bring s'more makings.

9:28 am

LOL - bonfire, yes, assuming I can get it started, but not at night -- we have to burn between 9 am and 4 pm, and we only have until May 1st to do so....

9:28 am

and of course it has been drenching rain for WEEKS and they never give us extra time at the end, which really burns me up (see what I did there?)

9:28 am

hi, Molly! Soup sounds good!

9:29 am

Haha, Trif. Perfect pun.

9:29 am

good one :) Hi Scrabs

9:29 am

hello scrabbler! LONG time no chat! how delightful you are here!

9:29 am

hi, scrabs abd trif!

9:29 am

*and

9:29 am

LOLOLOLOL..etc a dad of one of the girls that my 17 year old son hangs with gave him a copy of this to bring home...hehe http://tinyurl.com/ythfxc

9:30 am

Life has been busy and complicated. I lurk occasionally.

9:30 am

hiya crossy *click*

9:30 am

hi, crossy!

9:30 am

my son asked "what the heck do i do with this?" i said "you better fill it out" lol

9:31 am

LOLOLOL that is AMAZING crossy! printing now...

9:31 am

I have seen that before. It's quite funny.

9:31 am

cute, crossy :-)

9:31 am

all my favorite ladies are here! howdy sue,sprite,scwabby!

9:31 am

got back from checking in the student volunteers about an hour ago - we got a thousand of them checked in in about 40 minutes.

9:32 am

LOL crossy! Quite funny!

9:32 am

Soodle shuffles in, clutching empty soup bowl and looking pleadingly at Molly..........

9:32 am

Now they are around town, cleaning up and generally doing good deeds.

9:32 am

Volunteers for what?

9:32 am

Hello Everyone!

9:32 am

Hi Soodle + Car

9:32 am

hiya Soodle and car.ee!

9:32 am

Soodle! and crossy! and uusue! I am not at all interested in heading out doors for yardwork...

9:32 am

CAR!!! now I seriously can't leave!

9:32 am

Hey everybody :-)

9:32 am

NIU Cares Day - where student volunteers, in groups, go to sites around campus and around town and clean up, do odd jobs, and whatnot

9:32 am

then stay here, with us, Trif :)

9:33 am

howdy trif;))

9:33 am

*Gives Soodle some fresh bread and butter to tide her over since we are an hour away from soup*

9:33 am

we have about 1100 students this morning and another 800 this afternoon.

9:33 am

Our weekend will be rainy, and today's bonus is wind gusts.

9:33 am

and hi to soodle and trif!

9:33 am

Morning Trif!

9:33 am

send them this way, uusue! I have LOADS of work for them to do! road trip!

9:33 am

(((Moll))).

9:33 am

what kind of soup is it, molly, did you say?

9:33 am

and yes, it is cold and raining here, but not as windy as it was yesterday.

9:33 am

Hi Sprite! Hi Scrabs! Hi Molly! Hi Soodle! Hi uusue! I Crossy!

9:34 am

cold and rain here today as well...wet flurries tomorrow:(

9:34 am

Impressive turnout, Sue, especially since most college students would usually be sleeping now, crying about a hangover.

9:34 am

howdy car

9:34 am

so i volunteered to help check them in, which meant showing up at the university at 6 am (!)

9:34 am

oooh, car, we need to speak about mom's wife in law....

9:34 am

Oh boy....call me on the cell....

9:34 am

Chicken soup Trif. My soup making vibe gets humming when it is cool and rainy.

9:34 am

I agree, scrabs! They all looked quite enthusiastic, too.

9:35 am

a slice of bread and an empty bowl for me then, Molly, please?

9:35 am

*Slices up second loaf of bread*

9:35 am

Maybe I'll make a pot of soup. I have to drive into town soon to shop. Hmm, vegetable?

9:35 am

Sounds good Scrab.

9:36 am

vegetable soup is nice and healthy :-)

9:36 am

<----- Wonders what a wife in law is.

9:36 am

Visions of all Babblers bursting into song, a la Oliver! the musical.... Food glorious Food.....

9:37 am

must be a cross between a mother-in-law, a stepmother and a father's second wife :)

9:37 am

Oh crap Soodle. You had to go and mention "Oliver". I will now be singing "I'd Do Anything" for the rest of the day.

9:37 am

Consider yourself......One of the famileeee

9:38 am

a wife-in-law? lol somehow i do not think my brother will share lol

9:38 am

a wife in law is my father's second wife....

9:38 am

"Oliver" was our 6th grade musical. It is forever planted in my brain.

9:38 am

am I good or what?

9:39 am

you are GOOD sprite

9:39 am

Good Morning Everybody. The grid yesterday was too large to tackle on a work day; now this one is tiny on a day when I have time.

9:39 am

What part did you play, Scrabbs?

9:39 am

:D

9:39 am

figures, doesn't it, nef? And good morning!

9:39 am

hiya Nef, sounds like life!

9:39 am

status quo nef;)

9:39 am

Hi Nef :-)

9:40 am

ah, the zen of babble

9:40 am

or maybe it's the yin and yang

9:40 am

I was in the chorus, in the orchestra pit. I was/still am not a public performer/speaker. And I the only musical talent I have is listening to music.

9:41 am

My daughters year have just finished a wonderful production of Mama Mia. It was terrific.

9:42 am

So, I need to buy carrots, turnips, parsnips, potatoes, celery....what else shall go in my veggie soup?

9:42 am

bay leaf is always welcome

9:42 am

onions and garlic, scrabs

9:43 am

and some green or chili peppers if you want a little bite to it

9:43 am

and a bit of curry to keep it interesting

9:43 am

Onions + garlic + peppers are not liked by my stomach.

9:43 am

sweetcorn is lovely in soup as well

9:43 am

It is life, isn't it? (Just caught up on chog)

9:43 am

gee i usually add whatever i have too much off or is in the frig to soup

9:44 am

ooooh, corn is a good one!

9:44 am

thts it all this soup talk it is cold and miserable here today im making soup for dinner

9:44 am

Simple cooking is as far as I go. Bay leaf, spices, seasonings = gourmet cooking in my mind.

9:44 am

it is, Nef. Don't let it get you down :)

9:44 am

Hmm. Gives the soup a bit of a bite.

9:45 am

It is a good soup day. Scrabs, if you can't have onions, garlic and peppers, what herbs and spices do you use?

9:45 am

I will get corn. Yellow will make the soup more artsy.

9:45 am

what about tomatoes?

9:45 am

Nef, I am into BASICS.

9:45 am

try some ginger as it enhances the flavor of everything else

9:46 am

I usually add a can of crushed tomatoes.

9:46 am

and if you're putting in turnips and parsnips you could throw in a rutabaga too

9:46 am

tomatoes are alows good in veggie soup

9:46 am

oh a bit of ginger is lovely in chicken soup

9:46 am

hmmm i never thought of ginger Ill have to add that next time i make it

9:46 am

Rutabaga--I don't think I have ever eaten that but I have seen them at the store. They look like big balls of wax.

9:47 am

the best soup I ever had in my LIFE was in a chinese restaurant in boston that has since closed. shredded corn and chicken soup and it was HEAVEN

9:47 am

I always end up throwing beans and peas in veggie soup

9:47 am

it was a saddddddddd day when they shuttered

9:47 am

yes, you have to scrape the wax off but once you do it's a little like turnips except milder

9:47 am

crossy eyes his slow cooker....me thinks a chowder may be in order with a nice simple caeser salad.crusty itallian loaf and nice bottle of aussie white wine...

9:47 am

Rutabaga is wonderful in soup!

9:47 am

so are turnips

9:47 am

how awful, Trif. Especially since they closed before you could beg the recipe out of them.

9:48 am

oh, speaking of shuttering, I heard this week that all my children and one life to live have both been cancelled, and I have to say, I was taken aback! I used to schedule my college classes around AMC, back in the days before VCRs and such...a real end of an era!

9:48 am

*excited* A new adventure today with rutabaga! See how simple I am?

9:48 am

yay, scrabs! A rutabaga adventure!

9:49 am

I don't think I could have begged the recipe out of them, sprite -- complete and utter language barrier in play

9:49 am

errrrr (feels total stranger now) cancelling all your children?

9:49 am

Dear Diary, Today I sliced, cooked and ate a rutabaga!

9:49 am

it's a soap opera, sprite, one of the longest running

9:49 am

woot Scrabs, that is exciting :)

9:49 am

oh! Now I get it. So sorry.

9:49 am

My mother and sisters watched AMC back in the 80's. Not I.

9:50 am

probably what many of our world leaders write in their journals, scrabbler.....

9:50 am

a couple of soap operas, sprite - daytime tv originally designed to appeal to women (back in the 1950s, probably)

9:50 am

We've used rutabagas in soups and also when mashing potatoes. I've even used them raw cut in strips for a veggie appetizer tray

9:50 am

I lead a very simple and unsophisticated life here.

9:50 am

I haven't watched it in years, but even still, hearing that it is just going away was a stunner

9:50 am

I think the only soap I have followed is The Family Bellamy.

9:50 am

crossy just realized it has been a week or more since he has watched television,too many books to read,too much babble to do and all the news that fits is on the interwebs:)

9:51 am

Scrabs, the salt of the earth!

9:51 am

no square eyes for crossy!

9:51 am

crossy, btw, all three of my children have asked me "mom, would you like one of those kindle things for mother's day?".....that bodes well, I think!

9:51 am

Sprite, I am very naive, sheltered and simple. My friends laugh at me.

9:52 am

Trif--have them get you a Color Nook!!

9:52 am

do you use tumeric ever, Scrabs? (if not, a tiny bit will do to start)

9:52 am

bode very well,but i would go sony reader or the barnes and noble nook

9:52 am

just had a wonderful convo with D...all is well...he is relaxing and working quietly on his stamps. Joe is en route for a day or two.

9:52 am

then they can get e-books from the library

9:52 am

I did think of that, scrabbler, but it does not link up with the public library system near here

9:52 am

Trif....I can make sure the Kindle thing happens if you would like...

9:52 am

you sound like a beautiful person to me, Scrabs

9:53 am

no can do, crossy -- see response below

9:53 am

I think the father is on board, car.....

9:53 am

Bay leaf in soup must be a New England thing. I learned it from my Mom, who was from Boston.

9:53 am

Yeah...as I said...I can make it happen!

9:53 am

lol car.ee... wish you could make it happen for me too ;)

9:53 am

well at least with the others,you can download e-pub book files off the net,sorry the kindle is just a tad too proprietary for my liking

9:53 am

Molly, it is a family joke amongst us -- I ALWAYS get the bay leaf in my bowl....

9:53 am

TY, Sprite. I am happiest in the woods.

9:53 am

Did you see my note below about Dad?

9:53 am

And hey, we are "the Bay State"

9:53 am

yes, car

9:53 am

You got it Sprite!

9:54 am

and the new nook touch screen colour is stunning!

9:54 am

Ack! Nobody fishes it out before serving?

9:54 am

you don't take the bay leaf out before serving?

9:54 am

He said to call and check with P in the next day or two. I think they are just unwinding.

9:54 am

Snap Nef

9:54 am

Scrabs, so am I. It is my dream to live in a tiny cottage in or next to a forest.

9:54 am

People can choke on the bay leaf.

9:54 am

hmmm. something to think about crossy. I use our public library a lot, and they don't have a link to the nook, just the kindle and one other one

9:54 am

OK> I am going to target. Trif, shall I come and pick you up?

9:55 am

Like The Shire, Sprite! A house built into a hill!

9:55 am

Yes, of course, you are supposed to take the bay leaf out. But everyone has gotten lazy about it, as it somehow ALWAYS ends up in my bowl, so I just do it. I expect it to be there....

9:55 am

ohhhh Scrabs, that would be heaven!

9:55 am

I'd love to have a round door as well

9:55 am

oh, car, how embarrassing - was just there last night....

9:55 am

Or MY bowl if she is not here.

9:55 am

lol,if you get a sony or a nook trif,i can send you a file containing over 1000 books;)..kindles only load from amazon;(

9:55 am

Why didn't you call me!?!?!? You could have picked up the stuff I need!

9:56 am

it was not a planned thing....was on my way back from secondo

9:56 am

I live next to a wonderful park, Sprite--trails for mtn biking, hiking, XC-skiing; beautiful forests...I want my ashes sprinkled all over there someday.

9:56 am

but each to their own:))

9:56 am

secondos game, and tertiare wanted to get egg coloring stuff, and so we stopped in

9:56 am

Well.....

9:56 am

oh, that does sway the vote, there crossy.....

9:56 am

I always tie my bay leaf on a string (if it's large) or put it in a piece of cheese cloth to pull out when making soup

9:56 am

next time, I promise!

9:56 am

lol, trif, I usually just make soup for myself so always leave the bay leaf in. I can handle getting it out when I eat the soup :-)

9:56 am

TY for the reminder about Easter stuff. I will buy baskets and treats for Mary's kids.

9:57 am

here,give he a e-mail addy and i will send you my book catalogue...

9:57 am

Did we get that E yet on the upper right? Need it for NBT pleaes?

9:57 am

Nef--so clever!

9:57 am

I envy you, Scrabs :) We do have a pleasant park nearby, but it is small and not many trees.

9:57 am

trifioso@comcast.net

9:57 am

k..2 min....

9:57 am

car.ee: spooky

9:57 am

The park is my sanctuary, Sprite.

9:57 am

I just got it, car.....e + carpet fluff

9:57 am

E to the right....

9:58 am

I would be lost if I lived in a place where there were no trees. And not just trees, but old trees.

9:58 am

e + the stuff you pull out of the corner of your pocket

9:58 am

Ding! DIng! Ding! TY! I am off to shop....alone...without Trif.....

9:58 am

could you check and see if they have color nooks there? they have kindles on sale, but now I think I would rather have a nook.....crossy is sure to have more efiles than the NPL anyway....

9:58 am

bye, car.!

9:59 am

Molly, I am a tree lover--I keep a mental list of my favorite trees and their locations.

9:59 am

Bye All!

9:59 am

Bye Car.

9:59 am

bye car.ee

9:59 am

bye car

9:59 am

bye car. if you would like to roast a hot dog later, come on over to the bonfire!

10:00 am

Scrab, I think I was an arborist in another life.

10:00 am

I think I was a tree in a former life. I feel lost away from a forest.

10:00 am

Molly, I think I was a mighty oak in a former life.

10:01 am

((Sprite + Scrab)) Former trees!

10:01 am

maybe you were all dryads or forest elves?

10:02 am

Or a hobbit?

10:02 am

fireflies! Pretty decent grid for one so small, it took me a while to finish. Dryad, quite possible, Trif!

10:02 am

okay, speaking of trees, now I have to go light some former trees on fire, or try to anyway....my yard is a MESS

10:02 am

yay, sprite!

10:02 am

huzzah for sprite!

10:03 am

Congrats, Sprite! And I must drive into town to shop. 36 to find later.

10:03 am

have a great day, all. *hugs*

10:03 am

YAY, Sprite!!! WTG!!!

10:03 am

bye, sprite and scrabs!

10:04 am

ok trif,the lists are sent,i had to compress it so you will need win zip to open it,but 99% of computers have that anyways

10:04 am

if not go to www.oldversion.com and load a free copy of win zip

10:05 am

compressed files are key if your on the receiving end of 1000+ books lol

10:06 am

just let me know when you get the lists

10:06 am

Oh here we go. Gas is about to hit $4.00 a gallon. Thank God I don't have a long commute to work.

10:07 am

And that I have a car that gets good gas mileage.

10:07 am

3.99 here today, molly

10:07 am

$5.20 a u.s gallon here today molly

10:08 am

It also makes me grateful that I'm not a person who has to drive all over town to keep myself occupied. Being a "homebody" is easy on the gas budget.

10:08 am

I'm surprised. I thought gas was higher than that in Canada.

10:08 am

problem is the cost of everything else: if it is in a store,it got there on a truck;(

10:09 am

it makes me wish I was closer to family instead of clear across the Cities.

10:09 am

Glad to hear it's not.

10:09 am

True, Molly! I am still driving my 2003 Prius with 115,000 miles on it; still glad that I only live a mile from campus!

10:09 am

we are headed for $6.00 a gallon by june molly

10:10 am

I don't know how the people driving the big, gas guzzling SUVs are keeping their vehicles on the road. I saw one fill up for $125 the other day. Damn.

10:11 am

with that short a drive sue,a nissan leaf would be a perfect fit for you

10:12 am

all electric 60 mile range

10:12 am

plugs into the dryer outlet type plug at home

10:13 am

it would, crossy, but I am not in the market for a new car right now (no $$$). Hoping the Prius lasts another 115k miles.

10:13 am

will change commuting habits for sure

10:13 am

:((

10:14 am

Wow Sue, will it really last that long? With the original engine?

10:15 am

dunno, Molly, they haven't been around that long, but the engines (it has two, one gas and one electric) should be ok, I think.

10:16 am

hiya guys, how u doing

10:16 am

up here,it is the battery packs and not the engines that you have to watch

10:16 am

hut

10:17 am

sorry about typing hut, a total mistake

10:18 am

hi, aaron, no problem, not a word in the grid anyway :-)

10:18 am

how many words have u got

10:19 am

78 ( small grid today)

10:19 am

I have 2!

10:19 am

i have 12

10:19 am

I know someone who has an Element with over 300,000 miles on it.

10:19 am

hi all

10:20 am

hi, jmc!

10:20 am

Hi JMC

10:20 am

my saab gets good gas mileage but when i am no longer driving down town every day it will help

10:21 am

of course then i will be commuting to Harrisonburg once a week to make up for it! lol

10:21 am

hi jmc

10:21 am

Seems like there is always a trade off.

10:21 am

hi sadie

10:21 am

Hi jmc. Does this mean you found a new job?

10:24 am

no I wish nef. I am getting a masters in conflict transformation at Eastern Mennonite University

10:25 am

Wow! That sounds interesting; and it sounds like something that's needed in the world today too

10:26 am

i think it will give me the edge i need to get work

10:26 am

Oh my God. That T-Mobile commercial spoofing the royal wedding is hilarious. It's a take off on that couple that danced down the aisle.

10:26 am

a couple dance down the aisle at the royal wedding?

10:27 am

happy saturday. will be in and out as i'm at work. how's the grid?

10:27 am

Good luck with the program, and with the subsequent job hunt, jmc!

10:27 am

i did see in the grocery check out line she is preggers

10:27 am

hi jes

10:27 am

ty and pb uu ;-)

10:28 am

not bad i think jes and very very tiny

10:28 am

hi, jes! Grid is small.

10:28 am

the grid is small but (so far) pleasantly tricky

10:29 am

small is good, the last few have been so big i haven't managed to finish

10:29 am

lol unfortunately yesterday i didn't even look at the grid until late afternoon! i was doomed

10:30 am

same here jmc; only it was late evening when I first saw it. I didn't even try....

10:31 am

i thought about not working on it and then i remembered i never look at my score so i dove right in

10:31 am

then stopped to cook dinner for guests who stayed late

10:31 am

I think that is just a rumor about Kate Middleton being pregnant. Time will tell I guess.

10:32 am

hmmm the mag i saw has a disturbing way of being creepy but accurate -- but it wont be a secret for long anyway

10:33 am

Ts topped!

10:36 am

any clue for that lower C would be greatly appreciated. It's my last for NBT and I'm not getting dressed for the day til I find it!

10:37 am

i am always dressed in the height of fashion and then pl

10:37 am

well, nef, if you were a model your dress might be tres ch**

10:37 am

ch4/7 - fashionable

10:37 am

but i don't have the third one

10:38 am

hi kje! I have bluebonnets from Ladybirds in my icon

10:38 am

DUH! Slapped by a fish! Thanks!!!

10:39 am

it was a tough search my sisters and i went on but i wasn't going to dallas where they said you actually had some

10:39 am

3rd one from that c is almost like a disaster but has a different final consonant

10:39 am

nice jmc

10:40 am

ty uu

10:40 am

have you gone out to see them this year?

10:40 am

stats for the left N please

10:41 am

n 6/18

10:41 am

ty joanne and hi

10:41 am

ni 4/5

10:42 am

yvw and hi, that is ne

10:42 am

*confused*

10:42 am

Oops, that is the right one

10:42 am

oh! I have that one

10:42 am

ty molly though

10:42 am

they bloomed several weeks back

10:42 am

ne 6/18 for the left

10:43 am

lol if it wasn't ne i would never find it

10:43 am

over by austin they are blooming late

10:43 am

ne 6 is a ragworm

10:43 am

yes my bad

10:44 am

a ragworm? I never heard of that

10:44 am

ne 6 - add, those set in their ways **s**t change

10:44 am

oooooo creepy!

10:45 am

ty BR

10:45 am

good clue, BR.

10:45 am

your new icon looks like god

10:46 am

Ns nuked

10:47 am

cor - its small but tricky today

10:47 am

indeed deeha how are you today?

10:48 am

but it is not an evil one--just tricky

10:48 am

Fighting fit thanks!

10:48 am

The dude in the icon is goes by the name of ineffable and the band is the ethereals

10:48 am

And you??

10:48 am

tricky yes, but definitely not evil

10:48 am

what kind of music do they play? celestial?

10:49 am

well not fighting fit what with all the peace crap but in good form nevertheless

10:49 am

;-)

10:49 am

music that is hard to describe but easy to forget

10:50 am

lol then i won't got seek them out!

10:51 am

se7?

10:51 am

i dreamed last nite it flooded to my front stoop which would be remarkable since i am at the highest point in DC and my neighbors took out their canoe and fishing gear!

10:51 am

bbs

10:52 am

bye nef

10:52 am

hi shirl

10:53 am

se + an uncle ben staple: ***e + song title: ** the misty moonlight

10:54 am

freezing over here, windy and damp

10:54 am

thx BR

10:54 am

ty BR

10:54 am

Good clue BR

10:54 am

dark and rainy here--no baseball today

10:56 am

seauntben?

10:56 am

hi ru!

10:56 am

gm

10:56 am

hics should be a word :-(

10:57 am

it is in arkansas

10:57 am

i totally agree, jam

10:57 am

thanks for the se!

10:57 am

i keep wanting to find an UN word

10:57 am

no no that is hicks totally different

10:58 am

seen on hic/hick..seen em all

10:58 am

okay half way i must go and knock off some more tax returns

10:59 am

*one*

10:59 am

what fun tax forms are!

10:59 am

hic is a hic up; hick is a person

10:59 am

<---taxes have been done for weeks..:D

10:59 am

Lucky for us it is a sunny day here as we did an Easdter Egg tombola in aid of our local British |Legion-rassed about £150

11:00 am

is that like an easter egg hu**?

11:00 am

rassed? raised!

11:01 am

(I do about 100 forms each year ru--you don't think world saving pays do you?)

11:01 am

No it is more like a raffle- all the prizes have numbers on them ending in a zero and you 'dip' 5 tickets for a £1 and if your ticket matches you get the prize

11:01 am

I hate taxes

11:02 am

I would be so much better off without them

11:02 am

same here

11:02 am

i've been so happy to let my friend do my taxes the last several years... :)

11:02 am

ah a raffle!

11:03 am

need to get ready for tennis.. bbl

11:03 am

i doubt you would really but have fun at tennis

11:03 am

bye, ru!

11:03 am

c u all later! *poof*

11:04 am

Bye jmc

11:04 am

bye, jam

11:04 am

i appear to be stalled out just short of half way...

11:08 am

back. I have a friend who calls quite often and can talk off both of my ears! Most calls last 1/2 hour or longer (she lives alone); I got off easy this morning! :-)

11:08 am

sc6/27?

11:09 am

sorry, Shil, I don't have it (but am looking)

11:10 am

qu7= a question

11:13 am

sc 6 = sc+ **nt +*oo*(northern water bird with haunting call)

11:13 am

sc6?? The silver sc****

whaa??

11:14 am

tadaa all done!

11:14 am

woah, thx nef, wouldn't have gotten that

11:14 am

YAY, Sadie!!! WTG!!!!

11:15 am

ty :)

11:15 am

sc + **nt?

11:15 am

I wouldn'thave either but my typing stinks today (fingers slipped)

11:16 am

the **nt is another word in grid (4/6): something I do to find my keys each day

11:17 am

ty Nef

isn't there a word Ineluctable? But there is no eluct? Why would you need a word saying something can't be done that doesn't even exist anyway?

11:17 am

sc 6/21....s + **la dancing in Hawaii + you bake pottery in a ki**

11:18 am

Sorry sc +

11:18 am

Morning babblers

11:18 am

lol Kaplan - thats English for you!

11:18 am

morning Kap and Jilly

11:19 am

and bichon

Good morning.

It's afternoon though.

I am frittering the day away.

11:19 am

I finished grid last night but thought I'd pop in for chat...Kap...it's 10:20 here...

Frittering! Yeah, we got Trouble right here in River City!

With a capital T

11:20 am

hi all

11:20 am

LOL...love the Music Man Kap!!

that rhymes

11:21 am

Hi sammysmom

11:21 am

still morning here too. And I'm frittering my day away too

11:21 am

hubby andf i have a date at 1 this afternoon.... going to watch an old ma and pa kettle movie on the tube

with B, and that stands for Bab-bOOL.

11:21 am

Nice...

11:22 am

whoops....telephone...brb

I never got the n that molly gave me the stats for earlier- I went away and forgot

I think it was ne6.

11:23 am

6/18

11:23 am

marjorie main and percy lo;bride i think.... havent seen this movie in 50 years.

11:23 am

it's a ragworm, Kap. Does that help?

Marjorie Main- closeted Hollywood.

no it doesn't.

The one to watch is Min & Bill with Marie Dressler.

and Wallace Beery.

11:25 am

amazing...gremlinn got fireworks on this grid in 7 minutes at the flip..:/

11:26 am

grem is a word-findin' machine!

We were talking yesterday about that sort of thing...

11:26 am

indeed!

How does one do that?

11:26 am

ne+ **scue me + ** the soup ready yet?

Thank you.

11:27 am

thanks, nef

11:28 am

once in a while my clues make sense (not often enough, though)

11:29 am

Hi fellow babblers

11:29 am

there is our sneaky little lw 4/8 in here i see

11:29 am

ah, thanks, cross

11:30 am

np:)

11:30 am

hi beach

11:31 am

thanks, crossy. And hi beach

11:31 am

2 lw's

11:41 am

afternoon al - back from another long walk - 10 miles today

11:43 am

hello all, my cat just threw up on the carpet :(

11:43 am

that sounds really great, Kazz. I'm jealous thinking about it (can't walk far these days, need a hip replacement)

11:43 am

thanks for *sharing* peri. :-(

11:44 am

NP

11:44 am

this is a nasty little grid. much prefer the big grids

11:45 am

wish i could walk for fun:(( after pounding the ashphalt for 9 hours a day,when i get home my feet are a swollen mess that feel like they have filled with poison gass and metal shavings;(...crossy is carrying too much weight atm

11:46 am

I was saying it wasn't evil earlier; but now that I'm down to 20 left, it's getting tougher.

11:47 am

I'm back...Peri LOVE your kitty input...lol

11:47 am

jilly:))) wb

11:47 am

but she did pee in the litterbox today, YAY

11:48 am

TY crossy...finished grid last night but here for chat fix...

11:48 am

My kitties have spring fever this morning....tearing around like mad...

11:48 am

i am doing the walking so I wont need a hip replacement in my later years. And i do carry a lot more weight than i should.

11:49 am

congrats on finishing, Jilly. I'm going to have to list I think to finish it

11:49 am

It was great though we saw 2 bitterns at different times a cuckoo and watched the antics of the Marsh Harriers - it was fantastic

11:50 am

snow tomorrow here...spring walkies will have to wait:((

11:50 am

And I feel GREAT with 39 pounds gone, 40 to go however :( ...but no low back pain...NOW if the weather would warm up to walking temp...

11:51 am

i am only losing weight sloly but have lost 3 inches on my hips and waist - havent done the top so I dont know about up there. but hubby has lost 32 lbs now

11:51 am

It snowed here overnight -about an inch- but is now melting away again

11:52 am

why do men always lose weight twice as fast as women?

11:52 am

Yep Nef, I listed early on...

11:52 am

Ten miles is good ... to see what has not been looked at in awhile and have no purpose but enjoy the now .. good for you, Kazzer ... do the accentuate the positive thing ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z45EB4T iYz4

11:52 am

Well, this time I beat my hubby...it took him 6 months to lose what I did in 50 days...yay!!

11:52 am

most of them seem to have a much more focussed approach and are better able to resist temptation

11:53 am

even when I eat less than DH; he still loses faster than I can (and I have always been more active than he has been)

11:53 am

Hmmm Kazzer...there's a metabolism difference...

11:54 am

bbs

11:54 am

bye peri

11:54 am

I love the walking cos we get to see lots of interesting birds and feel good - 10 miles is becoming the norm now at the weekend and then tomorrow we are joining our gym - having the induction course

11:54 am

Jilly, you lost 39 pounds in 50 days??? What did you do? Starvew?

11:54 am

starve, even

11:55 am

HCG Nef...

11:57 am

??? You are pregnant???

11:58 am

Injections...went to a naturopath in Kalispell

11:58 am

thanks for the clip, BR, loved that one!

11:58 am

But I had NO hot flashes when on it!!

11:58 am

Hello, Nef

11:59 am

are you high and dry, BR?

12:00 pm

Hi again BR...

12:00 pm

omg the sc5/16 and the sc6/27 were nasty:(

12:01 pm

monkeyed the sc words and had to have clue help for the se7/32

12:02 pm

they were, crossy. I just found them with a typo

12:02 pm

as did i:)

12:02 pm

se +ri5/12

12:02 pm

I am dry ...

12:02 pm

thank goodness, BR!

12:03 pm

Quite the nasty spring all around...see there's tornado warnings all over...and flooding...and snow..

12:07 pm

the weather is wicked here; but at least there is some pretty green finally showing up all over

12:08 pm

Just wish it would get up in the 60's...the 40's are just too cold

12:09 pm

Thunderstorms are getting ready to roll through here. It's windy and rainy. A good day for staying put.

12:09 pm

When the National Weather Service provides the windchill vestiges of winter remain ..

12:13 pm

stole a good clue for that nasty se 7/32=

12:13 pm

hello. quite a feat to go nbt today, eh?

12:13 pm

may I please have a clue for the ci6?

12:14 pm

darn...i am not tracking well today lol

12:14 pm

The cr 6 is like a terrible situation, but change the last letter

12:15 pm

round thing: ci*cle + ***en Elizabeth

12:15 pm

thank you molly

12:16 pm

Is that the same spelling as the ci6/30 de Soleil?

12:16 pm

thanks, br

12:17 pm

yes molly

12:17 pm

cr + admonition for a photo smile: say ch****

12:18 pm

thanks br

12:19 pm

I don't have it yet, aslin, but will look (and thanks for the cr 6 Moly

12:21 pm

thanks, molly

12:29 pm

Well, probably should get something done today...anyone need clues before I leave?

12:31 pm

i would take a 7 or two

12:32 pm

qu 7 --- ask questions about

12:32 pm

qu7/40=what you request from a spreadsheet or build under MS Access

12:32 pm

ah thanks br

12:32 pm

quiche does not exist in the puzzle. sadness.

12:32 pm

se7/32=se+ri5/12

12:32 pm

thanks bab, jilly :)

12:33 pm

thanks!

12:33 pm

and with that...exit stage right... *poof*

12:34 pm

bye, jilly

12:38 pm

are all the lonely e words easy?

12:39 pm

pretty much, leslie

12:39 pm

ok. have 2/4. will poke around a bit more.

12:39 pm

ee5, el5, en6, er4

12:40 pm

great thanks jes

12:41 pm

the sc words, however, are insane

12:41 pm

i don't speak yiddish!

12:42 pm

fireworks :)

12:42 pm

YAY, jes!!! WTG!!!

12:42 pm

huzzah jes!

12:42 pm

hi folks

12:43 pm

hallo welki

12:43 pm

hi welki!

12:43 pm

hi welki

12:45 pm

Finally! DH is laying down and our daughter is gone! I can get this grid done without interruptions now! :-)

12:45 pm

scrolling back .. nasty weather all over. snowing here (again) - second storm this week

12:48 pm

heh. are you supposed to be that happy to send your daughter off so you can play a computer game, nef?

12:49 pm

even though she's 28, she's still so ADHD that it's distracting. Sometimes I just want some earplugs when she's around! (I shouldn't admit to that, should I?)

12:50 pm

peace and quiet doesn't live in my house....

12:51 pm

you do not have to justify nef..my 17 year old son is adhd lol

12:51 pm

don't feel too bad nef, my daughter is 24 & very bi-polar . I frewuently feel the same

12:51 pm

hello everybody thanks for the clues that were in the chog! gave me 5 words but still not even half!

12:51 pm

ooops frequently

12:51 pm

((ruby))

12:51 pm

heh. no, that's understandable, nef

12:52 pm

hi ruby

12:52 pm

hi pugmama

12:52 pm

I love my kids dearly; but sometimes they are too much for me to deal with.

12:52 pm

{{crossy}}

12:52 pm

hello des

12:52 pm

hi jess

12:52 pm

((nef))

12:52 pm

hello pugmama

12:52 pm

half now

12:53 pm

hey ruby; what clues do you need?

12:53 pm

every parent feels that at times

12:53 pm

hi ruby & all

12:54 pm

I need 4 singleton vowels, 3 i's and an el

12:54 pm

i could use the first column n and fourth column i

12:54 pm

sdorry there are a pair of lw,s just pl the 4

12:54 pm

especially parents whos kids have personality disorders.You don't love them any less because of that, you love them in spite of it.

12:54 pm

aah, I found the ic!

12:54 pm

e + belly button ****

12:54 pm

nm, I was just being lazy

12:55 pm

is= ic 5/12, in5/14, ir 4/4

12:56 pm

ah it was the in i needed thanks nef

12:56 pm

yw

12:56 pm

ty for the lw's crossy

12:56 pm

ty for the voewls, nef

12:56 pm

ne 6/18= ragworm

12:56 pm

First column n...n + you are h**e + Hawaiian dancers wear l***

12:57 pm

great clue, Molly! (I hesitated to give mine!

12:57 pm

eeew but thanks molly!

12:58 pm

and it is off to work for crossy..tc all and happy babbling!...poink!

12:58 pm

ok took me a minute to figure out where i was, but now i have it :)

12:59 pm

hagd, crossy!

12:59 pm

what is poink? a poof variation?

12:59 pm

must be the bacon-inspired version of poof

1:00 pm

bye, crossy

1:00 pm

I think it's bouncing off the trampoline

1:00 pm

ah. another good way to exit.

1:00 pm

sounds very " mad magazine" inspired

1:01 pm

how many s6 words? i only have one, a normal word

1:02 pm

2 sc6 words

1:04 pm

monkeys are looking for those s's

1:04 pm

One is normal, one is very very abnormal.

1:04 pm

normal one is a TV sc****

1:04 pm

ty leslie ann

1:05 pm

I have a clue for the other if folks are ready for clues

1:05 pm

ready!

1:05 pm

definitely. ha!

1:05 pm

the abnormal one, I hope

1:06 pm

sc + Hawaiian **la dance + you bake pottery in a ki**

1:06 pm

yikes thanks for that one

1:06 pm

is that a plural for synagogue?

1:06 pm

and ty!

1:07 pm

yes, ruby

1:07 pm

only one 6 left. either s, c or L

1:07 pm

shame on me, I'm a Jew & would never have found that

1:08 pm

it's funny because I got the singular right away, had no idea!

1:08 pm

lu 6?

1:09 pm

plural the lu5, nef

1:09 pm

filthy monies

1:09 pm

(cluing you, LA)

1:09 pm

heard a fair amount of yiddish from my father/ grandma but never really learned it or the spelling

1:09 pm

ooh yes that would be it. *jumps back in*

1:10 pm

I think every household had different pronunciations and spellings, depending on which shtetl they came from.....

1:11 pm

ok down to 5 left

1:11 pm

3 left (but I'm hungry now)

1:11 pm

what letters nef

1:11 pm

I give up, good night everybody!

1:11 pm

bye ruby

1:12 pm

niters, ruby!

1:12 pm

C's of course, LA

1:13 pm

i have c and s. so i have at least one you don't...

1:13 pm

do you have 3 c6?

1:13 pm

yeah fireworks

1:13 pm

huzzah pug

1:14 pm

I only have 2 c6's

1:14 pm

YAY, pug!!! WTG!!!

1:14 pm

one ci, two cr

1:15 pm

it's a ci 6 I'm missing (down to 2 left now)

1:15 pm

ci6 de soleil

1:16 pm

congrats in advance nef & happy babbling all ! POOF !

1:16 pm

thanks

1:16 pm

bye pug!

1:16 pm

yay, pug!

1:19 pm

ok just missing an s5 and c5

1:20 pm

fireworks (my last word was the cr4/5 that the cr 6/24 is built on! What a fish!)

1:20 pm

huzzah nef!

1:21 pm

c 5s: ch5/16,5/14,5/14 ci 5/12, 5/12

1:22 pm

ah had to flip the pepper letters

1:23 pm

s 5's: sc 5/16 (hard word), 5/12; si5/10, 5/10

1:24 pm

oh bugger i had the hard one needed one with double vowel at end. was sure i was missing an sc. thanks nef, fireworks!

1:24 pm

good clue there, LA! I found more words today with bad spelling than I ever have before. :-)

1:24 pm

Pepper letters?

1:24 pm

YAY, LA!!! WTG!!!!

1:25 pm

ch 5/14 - ch*** pepper. there's another ch 5/14 in which you just swap the two last letters

1:26 pm

That's funny. To me, the pepper word is slang for young one. As in "Honey ch5/14". It's a southern thing.

1:27 pm

never heard that one before, Molly

1:28 pm

so, does anyone need clues?

1:31 pm

If not; I'd better get busy doing some laundry.

1:31 pm

i think i'm out too nef. have a good day all.

1:32 pm

bye now. <poof!>

1:38 pm

wow, molly, i thought the honey ch*** was more universal . . .

1:39 pm

<<<<<< puppies on their way to happy forever home "up north"

1:46 pm

Hello all -- just here briefly again

1:47 pm

I've always thought that was spelled "honey chile" or "honey chil' ", just dropping the d off the end...

1:48 pm

has an e

1:49 pm

hi jilli

1:49 pm

hi jilli, hi again ru--how was tennis?

1:50 pm

hi ruru -- I'm half asleep -- too much wine last night

1:50 pm

I got slaughtered today

1:50 pm

lol

1:50 pm

aw, poor ruru!

1:50 pm

hope it was good wine jilli?

1:50 pm

I couldn't serve worth beans today

1:51 pm

Santa Rosa Sauv blanc and then some red I think was Barefoot Zin

1:51 pm

sorry, ru. if it's any consolation, i'm sure you'd beat me handily despite poor serves :)

1:52 pm

santa rosa?

1:52 pm

I should have served beans instead come to think of it

1:53 pm

can't stay -- bridge friendly foursome coming this afternoon and then I'm going to a party this evening -- phew!

1:53 pm

jilli.. you party girl you..lol

1:54 pm

have fun, jilli :)

1:55 pm

I mean Santa Rita, from Ch***

1:56 pm

Santa Rita is an okay producer

1:56 pm

I used to sell it

1:57 pm

I worked for the importer of it for a hile

1:57 pm

*while*

1:58 pm

Glad to hear that, ruru -- it fits our budgets here. Prices here are much higher than yours -- tons of tax.

2:00 pm

yes.. I visited the estate in Chile too

2:00 pm

quite a history behind that winery jilli .. you should read up on it sometime

2:03 pm

I will, ruru, but not just now -- actually, I have to go -- lunch to get, and then my bridge buddies arrive...etc!

2:03 pm

Happy babbling, all, and ..... *poof

2:04 pm

hola

2:04 pm

bye, jilli

2:04 pm

hi, kje

2:07 pm

hey kj

2:08 pm

awright. work's done, i think. have a good one, all, i'm heading for home.

2:09 pm

ru - question?

2:09 pm

bye jes

2:11 pm

or not

2:12 pm

yes?

2:13 pm

*went to get coffee*

2:13 pm

wine question

2:13 pm

fire away

2:13 pm

ordering whites - used the last bottle of kenefick last night... also lookig at seghesio's sice i have others coming from there but not as familiar with their grapes

2:14 pm

they have pinot grigio, which I know, but then arneis and fiano which i do not kow

2:14 pm

what does Seghesio make in whites these days.. ?

2:14 pm

have you tasted their whites?

2:15 pm

only Chardonnay.. I 'm not sure they make it any more. I particularly like their two ZInfandels.

2:16 pm

yes, I get their zins ad sangiovese regularly, but I need some whites

2:16 pm

and I am not a big chardoay fan - esp CA chards since they get too oaky

I just had a rare treat- it's right before Passover and we needed a major cleaning, so called in the pros- can't afford to do this on a regular basis but it sure is nice to have some help- I live with pigs.

2:17 pm

my fave whites are voignier ad gewurztraminer

2:17 pm

you might like Mark Herold's new Albarino ($26)..at Mark Herold Wines

And cows and chickens.

2:17 pm

nice kap

Well, not really, but it seems that way.

2:18 pm

Navarro makes a great Gewurztraminer.

Trader Joe boxed wines- it's the latest thing in trendy.

Ruru makes a great Katzenjammer.

And an awesome Gefilte.

2:19 pm

I had the Kenefick White last night myself. IT is really nice.

2:19 pm

can't order herold on line apparently

2:20 pm

oh.

2:20 pm

yes, goes well with my asian seafood dishes

2:21 pm

another I like is French.. DOmaine Sainte Anne they make a really nice viognier and it is really priced well.

2:21 pm

you can get that at Rare Wine Company in Sonoma

2:21 pm

hi again, all!

2:21 pm

hmmmm... wonder if i ca find that here - I love the savignon blancs from sancerre but lately have been having trouble finding good ones here

Hi UU

2:22 pm

You can order Mark Herold from Carpe Vino in Auburn California to ship to you

2:22 pm

sorry to have left abruptly eariler in the day, was not feeling well. Took a nap, now slightly better but may nap some more.

2:22 pm

have to place orders soon before temps get too high here

naps are nice. sorry you're not feeling up to par.

2:22 pm

hmm .. try 2009 Henri Pelle Menetou Salon "Morogues" instead of Sancerre

2:22 pm

Especially as it is snowing outside, which I thought was illegal in mid-April (not really but it's something else to complain about :-)

2:23 pm

last question ru then I will stop making you work ; )

2:23 pm

brb

2:23 pm

go ahead

2:23 pm

wine for ham?

2:23 pm

just noticed I only have 10 words left; might as well finish first :-)

2:23 pm

Ew! Snow in April Sue? Sorry you're not feeling well. *Continues reading wine conversation while sipping cheap beer*

2:23 pm

go sue go

2:24 pm

Beaujolais, Geuwurz, Dry Rose, and Dry Riesling are the best with the ham due to salt

I have 17 left but don't see noffin'

2:24 pm

yep, that salt and smoke is hard

2:24 pm

i am using lickety, kap, no other way for me today

2:24 pm

OK - thanks! sorry for making you work o a saturday

2:24 pm

really - thaks

2:24 pm

(or any other day as far as that goes)

2:25 pm

ow ill just go back to harassing you

2:25 pm

brb

I have qu7- what are the stats on the other 7?

2:25 pm

se 7/32

2:25 pm

se7

2:25 pm

se7/32 (don't have it yet)

I am happy to inform you that the missing word is NOT serchie.

2:27 pm

that is good to know, kap :-)

nor is it seichie, and if I go on this way, i am sure to find it.

2:28 pm

You were closer with the first one Kap

really?

2:29 pm

just used morewords for the first time (does that mean I've lost my virginity???) to find the sc6/27

2:29 pm

Yes Sue, you have been deflowered.

I hope there was at least dinner first.

2:30 pm

no but I did just have some soup :-)

2:30 pm

se + deadly poisonous gas

2:31 pm

thx, ruru!

OK, thank's ruru.

thanks.

2:32 pm

Ha! Fireworks!

2:33 pm

!!!!!!! Sue !!!!!!!!

Wow, sue. congrats.

2:34 pm

navarro does not list a gewurzt

2:34 pm

though they have a chenin blanc

2:35 pm

what?

15 left. bbl.

2:36 pm

thought you had said navarro makes a gewurztraminer

2:37 pm

they do.. it's in a package apparently. You can call the winery to see if they can send it on its own.

2:37 pm

bye, kap!

2:37 pm

look on the package in option # 2

2:37 pm

k

2:38 pm

they must be low in inventory on the Gewurz

2:39 pm

ah, ty... see it now... sorry to bother you

2:39 pm

it is really dry and always good

2:39 pm

have you tried their muscat blanc? would be sweet, but curious

2:40 pm

no.. I like Domaine Weinbach 's Muscat (Spec's would have it) the best and it is not expensive and it is dry

2:40 pm

holy cow!!! they offer 1 cent shipping!!! wow

2:41 pm

wow - unbelievable

2:41 pm

Their pinots have gotten better too.

2:42 pm

will make a case to get the cheap shipping, anything else I should try from there?

2:43 pm

let me look

2:45 pm

looks like the sampler @ $200 is a pretty good deal. The Rose and the L'Ancienne Pinot are nice. You'll love the Gewurz.. the Chenin is Dry and would work with ham too

2:48 pm

wi wat more tha 1 gewurzt so will make my own case... thanks, ru - you gave me lots of ideas

2:48 pm

crap, my typing is getting worse

2:48 pm

will want is how that should have started

2:49 pm

you should get a finders fee

2:50 pm

I bought a case of the Henri Pelle.. it will bring tears to your eyes it is so good

2:50 pm

since you did well with the kenefick, I will trust you on the gewurzt and order plenty this time

2:50 pm

will check it out

2:51 pm

there was another Mendocino winery that made a nice Gewurzs.. but they sold and don't make it any longer.

2:51 pm

tears to the eyes? do tell

2:51 pm

ruru does know his wines!!

2:51 pm

it is hauntingly beautiful... and would be perfect with your feta cheese meals

2:51 pm

do you order the pelle direct from them?

2:52 pm

no.. I bought it from a retailer.

2:52 pm

I would guess one of your bigger wine shops would carry it in Dallas.

2:52 pm

qu'est-ce que c'est?

2:52 pm

It is just like a great Sancerre for half the price

2:53 pm

cool, will check for it

2:53 pm

it's like $19.99 and waaaaay worth it

2:53 pm

yes, yes? (sancerre being one of my preferred whites, now that i'm free from ken and his obsession with chardonnay)

2:54 pm

I thought his obsession was you?

2:54 pm

wine searcher says it isn't sold in tx - good lord

2:55 pm

damn it

2:55 pm

maybe that was the problem, ru... his bsession SHOULD have been her ; )

2:55 pm

how can I ship you a bottle..to the hospital?

2:55 pm

sold in CA and NY

2:55 pm

http://www.wine-searcher.com/find/henr y+pelle+menetou+salon+morogues/-/usa

2:56 pm

what is the vineyard ru? and no, that wasn't the problem -- the problem is just that we were not truly a good fit

2:56 pm

damn

2:56 pm

would't ship to the hospital - it goes to receivig ad sits there for too long

2:57 pm

He makes three wines. Morogues is the least expensive.. Clos Blanchais is the old vine and incredible btu pricier @ $30 and the Ratier which is more and too earthy for my taste.

2:57 pm

I want some wine so good i cry now... see what you have started

2:57 pm

ok. will see if my friendly local winecellar can get me a case... sounds delicious

2:58 pm

it is perfect Sauvignon blanc.. just perfect

2:59 pm

looks like i ca order it from CA

2:59 pm

ok, have requested it. they did get me the littorai..so I have hopes

3:00 pm

try a few bottles first with food and let me know if you like it

3:00 pm

Wine and cheese party in the chog!

3:01 pm

i always like everything ru recommends

3:01 pm

will it go with truffle tremor?

3:02 pm

wow... lots of these places have minimal stock - less than a case

3:02 pm

yes

3:02 pm

people are onto it in California..

3:03 pm

that is my favorite cheese when truly indulging myself, which i feel like today

3:03 pm

I had it in my tasting group and it outscored the Cotat's, Delaporte, and Vacheron

3:03 pm

found a case i SF

3:04 pm

It will age for two years.. so if you can drink it up in that time..what's the price?

3:04 pm

K&L won't ship to TX????? wtf!

3:05 pm

that is weird... everyone else ships to tx.... may have to call

3:05 pm

talk to Bryan Cooper at K & L or Michael Jordan in SF

3:05 pm

not Bryan Cooper.. Bryan Brick

3:05 pm

k

3:06 pm

if i say you sent me will they pay you?

3:06 pm

Bryan is in Redwood City.. Michael is in SF

3:06 pm

ist cr6 pls

3:06 pm

c + peanut butter cup

3:07 pm

ty ru, fireworks

3:07 pm

have not had any wine in years, give me a headache :(

3:07 pm

<ruru.. cluing genius

3:08 pm

bye for now

3:08 pm

no one will send to nj these days.. ridiculous..

3:08 pm

K&L says oly wieries ca ship to TX, not wine merchants

3:09 pm

hmmmm

3:09 pm

damn

3:09 pm

drop the magic name of ruru and maybe they will kj

3:10 pm

lolol

3:10 pm

that'

3:10 pm

s is so weird..it is a reciprocal state no?

3:12 pm

now i am pissed at TX

3:13 pm

sokay k, i am pissed at NJ (and our fat f*** governor)

3:14 pm

lol, dorens! Just don't inflict him on the rest of us!!

3:14 pm

do you remember the vintage, ru - see all here from 2007 to 2009

3:14 pm

what is it with East Coast Governors?

3:14 pm

if the rest of the country is as dumb as the voters of this state, god help us all

3:14 pm

I get wine shipped from CA all the time, ru... o idea why you ca't from a dealer

3:16 pm

i used to.. don't know exactly when they changed the deal here, but a few years ago it was possible, then last summer we found it wasn't any more

3:16 pm

interestig - looks like NY can ship here (though their prices per bottle are higher)

3:16 pm

hmm

3:18 pm

I just got a $20K wine order from K & L..wwwwwwweeeeeeeeeee

3:19 pm

ok, will need to get a case looks like... to trust or ot to trust, that is the question

3:19 pm

tack o a couple hundred for me ru and tell them to sed it here - I won't sue them

3:19 pm

i'm happy to send you a bottle. to try.

3:19 pm

and won't tell the state!

3:21 pm

ru - was it the 2009?

3:21 pm

Hi, all!

3:21 pm

need to head to SF to get my hair cut.. see you all later.. have a great weekend everyone... yes Kje it is the 2009 Henri Pelle Menetou "Morogues with a blue capsule

3:21 pm

oh Pammers hi!

3:21 pm

Have a good haircut.

3:22 pm

Wine beckoned. ;)

3:22 pm

hi pam

3:22 pm

(did't think he had hair left to cut)

3:22 pm

the little grids bring pam out of the woordworks

3:22 pm

Hi, kje and all.

3:22 pm

I loved yesterday's but a headache kept me from chatting.

3:23 pm

thaks again ru

3:24 pm

let me know how I did kje

3:25 pm

buy a box of Kleenex when the Pelle arrives

3:26 pm

hey pam, andbye ru

3:27 pm

NY blocked me too

3:27 pm

hi, pam (and dorens!), bye ruru!

3:27 pm

kj, do you have a local wineseller that will order it for you? that's what i usually do

3:29 pm

Hi, Dor and usue!

3:30 pm

Hi, anyone have a clue to the se 7, 32? It is probably fishlike but not to me.

3:30 pm

se + deadly poisonous gas

3:30 pm

se + dangerous poisonous gas

3:30 pm

LOL SNAPO

3:31 pm

there are some, but noe i know personally - will go make frieds I guess

3:31 pm

was supposed to go to cambridge this morning, but have been totally exhausted from bronchitis which still is nowhere near gone and still working like a nutcase, so i'm home in bed resting.

3:31 pm

cr 6/24

3:31 pm

Ty bichon. Friedworks here!

3:31 pm

it just went through at saratoga wine exchange... will see if they ship or call me... maybe they are risk takers

3:31 pm

good job kj

3:32 pm

if they call and stop it, i will go talk to the guys where I buy my other alcohols

3:32 pm

m, got it

3:32 pm

yay, gmere!

3:32 pm

dorens, I'm sorry you're not feeling well! Hope you feel better soon.

3:33 pm

mine are terrific.. seem to be able to get me anything for a decent price, and i can do it online, so it is thoroughly painless .. almost too easy

3:33 pm

sherry lehman blocked me, but they are bigger so know better - lol

3:33 pm

thanks sue--and that is funny kje

3:33 pm

i suspect saratoga will call, we will see...

3:34 pm

who do you use there, dores?

3:35 pm

liquor outlets in boonton. happens to be five minutes away from me, but they really have one of the best wine cellars in nj too

3:35 pm

i should prob start making ice at the liquor store ; )

3:36 pm

nice - not ice... though ice might be more usefu;

3:36 pm

LOLOLOL

3:37 pm

it's a pretty easy recipe kje

3:37 pm

lol, ruru!

3:37 pm

wine and cheese cask in somerville is alsos terrific and it's five minutes from my son. we are a blessed family, wine cellar ways

3:38 pm

hah ru. i had to think a long time about what you meant (my head clogged with codeine, etc)

3:38 pm

Wine and cheese cask has a great reputation, Dor.

3:38 pm

how can one person be so nice and such a brat both ; )

3:38 pm

I don't drink enough wine to cultivate relationships... Ru's bottle recommendations are enough, LOL!

3:39 pm

I'm a nice brat

3:39 pm

gave up on the haircut ru?

3:40 pm

Going to pick up Stidmama to see if a cup of coffee will perk her up.

3:40 pm

no.. just waiting for Mrs Ru to get ready

3:40 pm

I'm going to look like Moses before she is ready

3:40 pm

Watching soccer and playing babble. Bliss

3:40 pm

say hi to stidmama, gmere!

3:40 pm

several years ago, we got turned on to rabbit ridge brunello clone, which was terrific... the two shops were the only ones on the east coast that sold it

3:41 pm

<---parts the SF Bay into two

3:41 pm

I put up a new picture of Murphy and I hope it shows up. Meanwhile enjoy your afternoons.

3:41 pm

LOL, ruru

3:41 pm

meaning hairy? old? jewish? sunburned? prophetic?

3:41 pm

cup of coffee and your company should perk her up

3:41 pm

hagd mere

3:41 pm

My head is bad again, so I am avoiding reds and enjoying the Loosen Riesling these days.

3:42 pm

Or Scotch.

3:42 pm

But not often, as my head is bad.

3:42 pm

sorry to hear that pam. pollen season?

3:42 pm

Yep. Pollen/sinus.

3:43 pm

think it's a particularly bad one this year

3:43 pm

It's ok. I'll live. Just shouldn't drink much.

3:43 pm

all this talk about wine is fascinating, but when i feel like this i don't drink either

3:44 pm

It has been bad. And i have an earache today, so I know sinusitis is afoot. Dang.

3:44 pm

is there any decongestant that helps you?

3:45 pm

Yes, I am lucky, Dor. And I don't do the "go to the doc and ask for meds thing" unless the earache lasts. I know the drill and prefer whole patient/holistic approaches,

3:47 pm

totally understand... so this cough i had for a week or so,, i just did what i know i should do, and then finally on wednesday i succumbed and went to the doc and it is supposedly bronchitis.... except i don't seem to have responded to the antibiotics at all

3:50 pm

Yep, exactly, though I am sorry you're not feeling better. My previous doctor "scrapped" all that others before him had me doing and my world improved. I still get the headaches, mind you, but he also told me how to take the meds he prescribed for that pain. As for allergies, etc, he was wonderful. No combined products, antihistamine at night, controlled release decongestant in the morning, flonase, and benadryl as needed. And, I irrigate my sinuses regularly. I am a new woman. Oh, and I used to have chronic headaches. Now, i have days on end without head pain!

3:51 pm

Hello Babble buddies!

3:51 pm

sounds like a good regime. my son is anti-combined products too well hello ms. scrabbler!

3:51 pm

Scrabs!

3:52 pm

It really helped.

3:53 pm

Sabres vs Flyers soon. Pregame is getting me pumped.

3:54 pm

Sending healing vibes your way, Doren. Come on, Doren's Immune System! Get to work now. Stop goofing off.

3:54 pm

i used to be a huge flyers fan (learned hockey while living in philly, what else could i do?)

3:54 pm

oh, thanks scrabs... sure that will help!! (+ the orange i just ate)

3:54 pm

My father taught me early on to dislike the Broad St Bullies!

3:55 pm

dave schultz? he epitomized the bullies. my husband once got me a poster of bobby clarke for the bedroom door!

3:55 pm

Yep, those guys, and Bernie Parent was the goalie in the 70's, right?

3:56 pm

then when we moved to long island, we split season tickets to the islanders with another resident.. denis potvin, bryan trottier. i went into labor at a game. (yes, bernie parent... great goalie)

3:56 pm

"Reich" was rejected. Phooey.

3:56 pm

And their goalie was Billy Smith back then, right?

3:56 pm

glenn reich was the islander's goalie lol

3:57 pm

Be back later

3:57 pm

yup, and he was replaced by glenn reSch, not resch. bye pammers

3:57 pm

Bye Pam

3:58 pm

everybody seen the video of the dancing royals?? http://tinyurl.com/3r7r9jm

3:58 pm

was on the news this morning une... cute indeed

3:58 pm

32 to find and the monkeys are very busy. Hi Une.

3:58 pm

hi, une!

3:58 pm

think I am going to go nap some more...

3:58 pm

hey, scrabs . . . dorens, I loved it! LOL

3:58 pm

howdy, sue :-)

3:59 pm

it's a good day to nap

3:59 pm

This morning uusue, Sprite, Trif and Molly suggested I get a rutabaga for my veggie soup. What do I do with it now?

4:00 pm

Hi Sue. I got my rutabaga--it looks like a huge candle.

4:00 pm

it's like a turnip, right?

4:00 pm

It's the size of a grapefruit.

4:01 pm

peel it and cut it up

4:01 pm

What's it like inside? Typical tuber?

4:02 pm

It is SUCH an odd thing.

4:02 pm

tubers are, aren't they?

4:02 pm

LOL - you still talking soup, Scrabbs?

4:03 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga< ----I am doing my research now.

4:04 pm

http://www.vegparadise.com/highestperc h4.html

4:04 pm

oh, i see you found a spot of your own. interesting... cross between turnip and cabbage

4:05 pm

Soodle, I decided to roast a pan full of veggies--potatos, rutabaga, carrots, parsnips...I couldn't find turnips.

4:05 pm

scsrabbs.. did you check out rutabaga.com?

4:06 pm

Jeepers, that pic on wiki looks just like what i call a turnip. I have never heard of rutabaga in my life.

4:06 pm

rutabagas are called swedes where you live soodie,?

4:07 pm

Look at that, Doren!! A paddling web site!!

4:07 pm

I've heard of rutabaga but it sounds like it should be on the road along with Winnebagos.

4:07 pm

think it was meant to be!

4:07 pm

hi, scrabs, the rutabaga will give a flavor to the soup similar to the turnips. Just make sure you get all the wax off (they do look kind of like big candles!)

4:07 pm

they are very much like large turnips, soodle

4:07 pm

I'm not sure, Dorens. But looking at the picture, it looks exactly like a turnip.

4:08 pm

That shop is in Wisconsin---Swedish immigrant haven.

4:08 pm

hello haz!

4:08 pm

If it smells like a turnip while cooking, be sure to leave a window open. Hello!

4:08 pm

But then, I don't know the difference between a turnip and a swede.... (Is there a difference?)

4:08 pm

Hi Haz

Good Afternoon :)

4:08 pm

from Texas A&M: The rutabaga is very similar to the turnip except that it generally has yellowish flesh, a more dense root with more side shoots and they are usually harvested at a larger size. Unlike the turnip, the rutabaga has smooth, waxy leaves.

4:08 pm

Hello Haz. Unusual to see you here this time of evening :-)

4:09 pm

Rutabaga = Swedish turnip.

4:09 pm

Swedes have paler flesh than turnip.

4:09 pm

Hi GE

4:09 pm

swedish word for rootbag - rutabaga

4:09 pm

Hello, Soodle. Not my usual time, you're right.

4:09 pm

I am tempted to insert a string on top and light it.

4:10 pm

A poor-man's-pumkin!

4:10 pm

why is haz up so late?

4:10 pm

It's only 10! The night is young.

4:11 pm

yes that is true.. but i never see you here at this time

4:11 pm

lol again, scrabbler! I don't know why they are always sold encased in wax.

4:11 pm

but anyway it is the same family as the turnip, just a different species, so shouldn't be too different.

4:12 pm

anyway I really am going to go lie down now...

4:12 pm

turnips are generally whitish inside

4:12 pm

happy nap sue

4:12 pm

Haz - the insurance company finally coughed up, and the workmen started chez Soodle on Thursday. I thought of you and what you had said when they appeared at the door, and demanded tea.

4:13 pm

You went and put the kettle on, I take it?

4:13 pm

Lurking fireworks - Happy Babblung, y'all

4:13 pm

and not as strong a flavor as turnip, light green

4:13 pm

Yay MetFan!

4:13 pm

Indeed I did, and then remembered the Fawlty Towers episode involving 'Murphy the Builder'....

4:14 pm

yay met... i am going off in search of a cup of tea now myself... later, gators

4:14 pm

Well, I will probably wait til tomorrow to cut up all of my veggies.

4:14 pm

Well done MetFan!

4:14 pm

Bye Doren

4:14 pm

Yes, with doors in the wrong places and dors boarded up.

4:15 pm

Not the first time chez Soodle has been compared with Fawlty Towers :-(

4:15 pm

*doors. The late hour is having a bad effect on my typing.

4:17 pm

Okay, off I go to watch some TV. Enjoy the grid!

4:18 pm

I will take a break too. In holding pattern at 32 to go.

4:19 pm

Oh, and never let on but I've found evidence of the Babble Rules Committee's workings. See my profile, but keep it secret. You DIDN'T hear it from me.

4:19 pm

*gone*

4:19 pm

Rushing to Haz's profile... Have a good evening/ day all departers.

4:21 pm

Our Haz is very clever. Bravo!

4:23 pm

Bless her. She got it absolutely Spot On. Well done Haz. I would like to propose her as Secretary of the Babble Rules Committee. Care to second her, Moll?

4:30 pm

Oh no. I murdered the chog. Again. Mae Culpa.

Cheers to you Haz (even though you've left). BRC secret safe with me!

4:32 pm

I am quite sure I am dyspeptic because of dystopia.

4:35 pm

Hi GE, and Hi BabbleRabble. BR... at least your not dysfunctional.

4:37 pm

I know nothing of The Secret Babble Committee. I know nothing.

4:38 pm

Hello. Some would disagree; but I do not mind.

4:38 pm

Ve haf vays off making you tolk......

4:39 pm

Mae Culpa. Is she the great granddaughter of Mae West? : P

4:39 pm

Sergeant Schultz: I see NOTHING! I know NOTHING!

4:41 pm

mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault;

4:43 pm

The Shakespearean obsequious: Some carry-tale, some please-man, some slight zany, Some mumble-news, some trencher-knight, some Dick,

4:45 pm

Oh, BR, I am being transported back to my dim and distant past. At school, as 5/6 yr olds, we had to learn all that off by heart. In Latin. We had barely mastered the English language, yet they tried to force feed us all the 'Holy Latin Stuff'. No wonder this country is up the creek now!

4:45 pm

Dominus vobiscum.

4:46 pm

Back to more "Voyage Of The Dawn Treader" with me.

4:47 pm

I miss the latin sometimes: gregorian chant: Dies Irae

4:50 pm

How powerful suggestions are. At the mental health site I go to, many were triggered by Dies Irae. They were concerned if they let go to haunting sounds they would not be able to escape from them .. much like the work of the sirens

4:52 pm

Perhaps Verdi's Dies Irae Solti would be a better choice?

4:53 pm

I suppose it it untoward for a babble to babble while at babble

4:54 pm

Its incredible how powerful music can be. And not just classsical music. I believe music has the power to uplift or depress a person.

4:57 pm

I am breaking a confidence here, BR, but at a recent (secret) meeting of the Babbles Rules Committee, it was (secretly) decided to allow Babblers to babble at will. So you're not untoward at all.

4:57 pm

In fact - Babble away!

4:58 pm

Well, I have sought help at Babbler's Anonymous

5:01 pm

Hello everybody. My name is Soodle. And I am addicted to Babble.

Hello Soodle. Welcome.

Anyone else like to get that off their chest?

5:05 pm

Apparently not, GE!! But thank you for your acknowledgement. And now its time to bid you all a good night.... Enjoy the rest of your Saturday. Poof

5:06 pm

Be well

5:06 pm

Fireworks

hi all. congrats craftyl!

5:24 pm

morning Red. Hello all

lynxx, i think it is just you and me...

5:25 pm

such a small grid - guess so

i just started it...not bad but...not fun..

5:58 pm

those last few were doozies....Bye Red, have a good night

Oh Bye Lynnxx, I drifted off there for a bit.

35 left.

cuchi should be a word.

kootchy

cootchy

yes exactly.

Hello Temple!

not hootchy

Well Hoochie is also a word, btu probably not with enable.

6:09 pm

hi again. I finished earlier and am now bored; how are you guys doing?

6:09 pm

Good evening to mu fellow babblers! How is everyone?

I am trying to finish! How are you Nef? and Minver!

6:09 pm

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

hello red and all! i am readying the arkl...and now thnunder and lightening too

My Mom was just complaining of a large amount of rain in PA.

6:10 pm

does that mean you are having bad weather, TO? (what's an arkl?)

6:10 pm

Maybe this will help you finish redturtlehead......

6:10 pm

Hello to all ch 4/7s and ch 5/14s! I am done with grid so I will give you some hi4/5s with a story of clues to help you hu 4/6 for words. So last week my computer starting wigging out. I thought it was very ee5/10. I continued to use my computer even though I kept on getting pop-up warnings. Finally, laptop went ph 4/7 and died. It was a very cr6/24 event for me because I couldn't babble.After making some qu7/40 about my computer's behavior, I was told that computer had a virus.My hubby heard my cr 5/12 of sorrow when my computer died. Although Babble ir 4/4 him, he knows how much Babble en6/24es my life & felt bad that my computer was broken. I asked for my hubby's in 5/14 on what we should do about computer laptop. Should we buy a new one or get it fixed. Hubby reminded me that we are not ri4/6 and can't afford a new one. He suggested we hi 4/5 our ni 4/5 friend who would not charge a lot to fix it. So that is what we did & laptop is working like new again. I am going to ri 4/4 out of this chair and see what I can watch on my tv sc6/21 I hope that you've se 4/4 some more words with this story. I will be back later to clue if people need clues.

6:13 pm

cute story again Min (as usual)

yes we are due for 2 in.

thank you Minver. that did help down to 22 left.

6:13 pm

Thank you Nef, although it had a couple of errors in it

good news: my main tv appears to have died this afternoon.

6:14 pm

We got maybe 1-2 inches overnight, but at least it doesn't last at this time of year

snow Nef? OMG!

6:16 pm

it's been in the upper 30's (F) all day here; cold and dreary

6:16 pm

BBL *POOF*

89 here. windy not dreary.

i need 13 words and have no prospects

6:17 pm

89 degrees? YUK! It's only April!

heat has been comong on all day, since yesterday

6:17 pm

TO what letter do you still need?

cehls

an dp

6:18 pm

I can try to clue if you'd like

6:20 pm

have you listed yet?

no. i am too into listening to radio at present.

6:23 pm

ce4/5 is a color, ch+ 4/7, 5/16,5/14,5/14, 4/5, 4/6,

ty nef

6:30 pm

sorry, timer went off and I had to go work a bit on supper. Do you want more help?

6:32 pm

If not, I'll go finish cooking

i'd like a clue for sc5 the first pls

6:35 pm

it's a Yiddish word for synagoge. sc + **nt (look for something)+ what's for *unch?

thanks nef, have a good dinner

6:36 pm

YW. Bye!

uh oh...

anybody here who may clue?

6:54 pm

72- I've got 19 left. not sure I would be much help

6:54 pm

whatcha need, TO?

dawg!

6:55 pm

try to be here for ya.

sc6/27 and

cr6/21

6:55 pm

sc+ the incredible ***k

i am unable to find in word list even

6:56 pm

add a consonant at the end of that clue

ty

6:56 pm

t/y dawg

6:56 pm

cr6.21 is like the fold in your clothes but with a double vowel

6:56 pm

(i'll just ride TO's coattails)

6:57 pm

yw, jmitch

6:57 pm

TO is always welcome

ty dawg! red was just here but i did not see her leve. multitasking

Oh I have returned. I am coming and going. 19 left.

7:02 pm

go red!

7:02 pm

lbd, how are the roses doing?

i am going now. i am so excited that my tv is dead. now i can get a ne one!

7:03 pm

Hi BR!! right now they are playing the role of sticks! nothing on them, but then they probably wont show anything for at least another month

congrats TO!

7:03 pm

lol TO

I looked at tv;s last week, and then was shocked at the prices.

7:05 pm

you can find some reasonably priced flat sc6's. check out walmart and target. stay away from best buy.

7:06 pm

Why stay away from Best Buy lbd?

it was Wally world I was looking at. oh my. 600.

iwill shop costco

7:08 pm

Hi Molly. mostly on principle. best buy is not into customer service. they charge you for returning anything, and they are just mean. Where they have great products, they lose it on customer service. NEVER BUY A COMPUTER FROM THEM!

7:08 pm

costco is good, kinda pricy

7:08 pm

Red, it depends on the size you want. the huge ones come with comparable prices.

Well, I have a tv I bought for 200 dollars back in the day, it is big and huge. But it is working so I guess I am sticking with it.

ty is huge, one of the 1st stereo tvs, about 25 years old. cannot get channels over 64 without help

and the spare is also iffy right now.

7:11 pm

that's usually the way things go...all at once!

costco has great deals, vizio

well rated

ok, i just got booted. and i really do think an ark may be in order tonight. bye all!

good Luck TO.

7:13 pm

as long as you have good competition for items, you can find good deals. here in southern tundra, it's slim pickins

7:13 pm

night, TO

this is true lbd.

6 left.

7:15 pm

evenin babblers!

hi evan> how are you?

7:16 pm

I only have one flat screen in my place, in my son's room. All the rest are big, tube TVs. But we don't watch much TV so it doesn't matter. Most of what I watch, I watch on web stream through the computer.

7:16 pm

hi evan

7:17 pm

Hi Eva. Enjoying the monsoons?

7:17 pm

hi red, hi lbd.

7:17 pm

hiya molls. we made a break for it during the down-time and ran to Safeway for some ice cream and treats. :)

7:18 pm

I did the same break run earlier. Beer and Chinese food.

7:18 pm

mmmmm......i woulda liked some chinese takeout.

Oh I love Chinese, had Turke meatball sand spaghetti and basil pesto.

7:19 pm

i wanted to get Ben + Jerry's new Late Night Snack flavor, but alas, the whole Ben + Jerry's section was picked over.

7:19 pm

I made soup for lunch so I cut myself a break on cooking dinner.

7:19 pm

instead, i brough home Haagen Dazs' Sweet Chai Latte, which is quite tasty!

I just tried Hannah Teeters Blonde Brownie. would have been perfect without the blonde brownie in it!!!

7:20 pm

we just had chicken nuggets + tater tots for dinner...heh

7:20 pm

I had to Google that Ben & Jerry's. POTATO CHIPS IN ICE CREAM????

7:21 pm

that ice cream run was the only time i left the house today. and even THAT was a challenging decision...heh i went in my PJs. :)

7:21 pm

i know, molly. doesnt it sound perfect??

wow that sound syum, but...hard to keep crisp!

7:21 pm

they are coated in fudge, or something...they dont get soggy!

oh now, that does not sound good. I do not like chocolate very much.

7:23 pm

I have yet to jump on the sweet & salty bandwagon. I like sweet after salty (as in Rasinettes after popcorn). But not together. Like my friend does. She puts her Raisinetted IN her popcorn.

and fireworks. strange.

7:24 pm

whoooo hoooooo RED!!

7:24 pm

they also have a new Red Velvet Cake flavor and something along the lines of Fluffernutter

7:25 pm

Oh wow, the New England folks will devour the Fluffernutter stuff. That is big eats up that way.

7:25 pm

i think its called Clusterfluff

7:25 pm

fluffernutter? fluffy peanutbutter?

7:26 pm

*Still trying to picture stylish Eva in Safeway in her PJs*

7:26 pm

fluffernutter is marshmallow fluff

7:26 pm

ugh. don't fond of marshmallows in any form

7:26 pm

molly -- i actually swapped out my PJ pants. the ones i was wearing were too long + would drag along the wet ground, so i changed into my owl-print PJ pants. ;)

7:26 pm

Well, technically, Fluffernutter is a marshmallow fluff, peanut butter and banana sandwich.

7:27 pm

Eva, did you wear the orange wedding shoes with the owl pants?

7:28 pm

no, i was sporting my grass-green chuck taylors. they matched my grass-green hoodie. :)

7:30 pm

Green Chucks and owl pants. The Post's Style section photographer is going to be so sorry she missed that.

7:31 pm

i also may have neglected to brush my hair or my teeth today...but hubby was kinda enough to "toussle" my locks for me... i *MAY* have looked minorly homeless. ;)

7:34 pm

...and i think that one drove them away...

7:36 pm

evening. swinging through to see if anybody needs clues

7:37 pm

sorry jes, i think i frightened them all off...

7:38 pm

heh. i don't think you're that scary, eva

7:39 pm

i dunno, jes. i didnt brush my hair or teeth today, and i ventured to the grocery store in my PJs. im fancy. ;)

7:40 pm

Nope, not driven away. Making popcorn for my son.

I have had the cluster fluff, I bough ti twice. It is good, but not as good as reeses ice cream.

7:42 pm

that's pretty par for the course around here.

7:42 pm

im eagerly awaiting the Late Night Snack.

7:42 pm

if i ran away everytime i saw someone looking mussed in public, i'd never leave the house :)

7:43 pm

My kids like the Reeses Klondike ice cream treats.

7:43 pm

hubby also bought some choco tacos. i dont even remember the last time i had one of those... and we also got some drumsticks. (we may have gone shopping when we were hungry for sweets)

7:44 pm

My weekend attire on rainy days like today is sweats and over size shirt and a ponytail. I do take pity on the general public and put some makeup on though.

7:45 pm

*Wonders if Mr. and Mrs. Eva spent the afternoon rockin' the gange* : P

7:45 pm

were i to actually go out for more than an ice cream run, i would have cleaned up. but i was arguing with myself about whether i even wanted to venture out for that!

7:45 pm

LMAO. not i, molly. it is not my past-time of choice.

hi all, gonna babble for 15 minutes then fly

7:47 pm

BDG is going to "Exterminate" this grid!

7:48 pm

choco taco?

EX-TER-MIN-ATE!!!!//////

7:49 pm

jes -- think of it as a taco shell (made out of waffle cone) filled with ice cream + the whole thing is dipped in chocolate

7:50 pm

Choco taco ----> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choco_Tac o

7:50 pm

<----Feels bad for Jes that she's never had a Choco Taco.

7:51 pm

My go to ice cream treat these days are the mini Doves. Just enough to satisfy my sweet tooth and only 60 calories.

7:52 pm

molly, have you ever been to Breuster's? i think it is in Gaithersburg, near Lake Forest mall?

and my phantom of the day is crisis

7:53 pm

i. wow. i had no idea that existed. bruce is also surprised by my lack of knowledge.

7:56 pm

Never been Eva. Good ice cream?

7:56 pm

Oh Gwen, you are so close to a word there.

7:56 pm

i havent been myself, just recently heard of it. but my friend went up there, and said it is amazing!

upchic? LOLOL

7:58 pm

No Gwen, with your phantom. You are only one letter off.

chinup???? grrrrr, not seeing it!

8:00 pm

upchic does contain a valid word though...

yup, got that one. don't have anything close to crisis, though

8:01 pm

Eva, I checked out the web site. It's Brusters, and it looks awesome. Also, you missed the boat. March 26th was come in your pajamas day.

8:01 pm

heh, i know. i was unable to make it that day. alas, it is only once a year.

8:03 pm

oh my goodness .... chocolate tacos!!!! heaven - but too far from Orlando to get there tonight

8:04 pm

the cr6/24, gwen, is not quite a palindrome.

oooh, TY, got it!

(adding to my collection of goofy words)

8:10 pm

most of the words are not too bad, that was a new one for me, and the sc5 and 6 are yiddish, which makes them difficult for me, since i persist in looking for english words...

8:12 pm

Evening, all! I finished earlier but stopped in to say hi.

hiya sue, you uu!

8:13 pm

Hi, gwen!

8:14 pm

hi sue

8:14 pm

Hi, Jes!

8:15 pm

Hi Sue, feeling better?

8:17 pm

Not a lot, Molly, so I am resting. Watched part of les miz, which was awesome.

8:19 pm

Now watching House and trying to convince my partner that I need dinner :-)

house!!!

8:20 pm

trying to convince them that you need dinner, or that they should make it for you?

8:21 pm

Trying to convince him to make it, which he just set off to do. Spaghetti, I hear.

8:22 pm

yay! spagetti! :)

mmmmm

8:23 pm

Gluten free of course, but he puts lots of tasty things in the sauce.

gluten-free spaghetti? is that as bad as 2% milk?

8:25 pm

mmm. brown rice (with rice bran) pasta... It's yummy!

8:25 pm

hey all

8:25 pm

<---- Loves the idea that Sue is being pampered.

8:25 pm

They make some pretty good rice spaghetti now, gwen

8:25 pm

i got taco salad for dinner, courtesy of bruce :)

8:25 pm

stidkid # 2 is making me popcorn... *grin*

8:25 pm

Hi, stid!

never had no pasta made outta rice, but i like rice and pasta, so i guess i would like that

8:26 pm

are tortilla chips gluten free?

8:26 pm

Popcorn and tacos salad both sound good too

8:26 pm

hi stid, gwen, UU, Jes

8:26 pm

tinkyada is the rice pasta brain sold by the local co-op, but there are a couple other nice brands too. Corn pasta never tastes right to me, so we just don't even try that any more

8:26 pm

hey LBD

8:27 pm

jes, if they don't say gluten free you can't be sure.

8:27 pm

They can be, Jes, but we have to read the labels carefully

i bet corn pasta is too goopy-gloppy

8:28 pm

He is sensitive to even trace amounts of gluten.

8:28 pm

hmm. well you are welcome to some taco salad, but he may want to skip the chips then ;)

8:28 pm

it is for me, gwen, doesn't seem to matter how carefully I watch the time.

8:29 pm

The rice pasta has a pretty good texture.

8:29 pm

Stidkid is sweet to be making his Mom some popcorn.

8:29 pm

oh, stid, how's the kid's graduation prospects?

8:29 pm

can you eat soba noodles?

ponder rice chex and corn chex. i prefer rice chex over corn chex 1,000,000 to one, because rice chex doesn't get all goopy

8:30 pm

stidkid did, however, make the regulation "put-out adolescent" face, so he didn't actually go against the teenager code

thus i infer that rice pasta would be superior to corn pasta

8:30 pm

That's in the kid contract Stid.

8:30 pm

If they are pure bucket then yes, lbd, but I think most of them aegis not.

8:31 pm

Drat spell check.

8:31 pm

Sue, are you speaking words of English?

8:31 pm

no idea on the kid's graduation jes -- he re-read the directions and resubmitted (again). BUT he didn't have a more experienced person look it over, and I don't even know if it was done in time

(on another subject) i thought i saw your husband drive by the other day, but the vanity plate said stig dad, not stid dad

8:32 pm

rofl gwen! that's too funny!

8:32 pm

Buckwheat. And are not. Don't know where the aegis came from.

8:33 pm

I am on my fancy new Android phone and it is thinking too hard.

8:33 pm

Maybe you are typing in tongues Sue. : P

8:33 pm

would that be thumbs, molly?

8:33 pm

And here I thought I was using my finger

aegis is english, but with latin holes in it

NBT finally!!!!

8:34 pm

go gwen go!

8:35 pm

Yay gwen!

8:35 pm

go gwen!

8:37 pm

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8:38 pm

Lol, jes!

8:38 pm

jes! that's brilliant!

8:39 pm

I still have a problem with "tomato is a fruit". If something that contains seeds is a fruit, then beans, cucumbers and pumpkins are also fruits.

i concur!! LOL

8:40 pm

And green peppers.

8:40 pm

Anyway I am going crosseyed looking at this little screen and am going to sign off. See you all later!

8:40 pm

later sue!

8:41 pm

bye, UU

UNO

bye bye sue

8:41 pm

go gwen!

! * F * I * R * E * W * O * R * D * S * !

8:42 pm

peppers ARE fruit, molly. pumkins are not, because they are gourds.

8:42 pm

yay gwen!

8:42 pm

bye, sue, have a good night

uh oh, sue has to go to the penalty box!! LOL

8:43 pm

YAY gwen!

8:43 pm

What about cucumbers and beans?

8:43 pm

cucumbers, despite not having a heavy rind, are also gourds.

8:44 pm

what kind of beans do you mean? green beans?

beans do not belong in salad. or soup. or anything i am going to eat. (!)

8:44 pm

i concur, gwen!

8:44 pm

Yes, green beans. They have seeds in them.

8:45 pm

i dunno. i'll have to look it up.

8:46 pm

It's okay Jes. In my world, tomatoes, green beans, peppers and cucumbers are all vegetables. Seeds or no seeds.

8:46 pm

well, wiki says they are fruits..."the unripe fruit of any kind of bean, including the yardlong bean, the hyacinth bean, the winged bean, and especially the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), whose pods are also usually called string beans in the northeastern United States, but can also be called snap beans."

and no GD chili powder either. bleeeeeeeccchhh!!

human invent silly categories then argue about what goes in which category. seriously, the tomato doesn't care if you call it a fruit

8:47 pm

i dunno if wiki is the best place to get botanical info, but it was convenient :)

8:47 pm

and i'm not putting green beans in fruit salad either!

nature doesn't care if you call a gourd a fruit either

8:47 pm

And then there are bananas, with no seeds in them, that are called fruit. Go figure.

8:48 pm

bananas have seeds, they're just very small. i think. don't they?

bananas *do* have seeds in them. except seedless bananas of course, which are a product of artificial selection

seedless grapes are still grapes and they're still fruit

talking of artifical categories, i have invented a season, since we only have four and we need five. the new one is called Thaw and it lasts about 2 months between winter and spring

8:50 pm

"In cultivated varieties, the seeds are diminished nearly to non-existence; their remnants are tiny black specks in the interior of the fruit. "

8:51 pm

Shame. All those poor people who think they are growing a vegetable gardens, when really they are growing fruit gardens.

8:51 pm

heheh

then we can argue over what is an herb and what is a spice. (NOOOOO!!!!!) LOL

8:51 pm

now i know how to get out of eating beans though... "eat your vegetables!" "but ma, that's a FRUIT"

*snicker*

9:01 pm

It is well known that putting a bit of sugar on tomato brings out the flavour. Therefore, a tomato IS a fruit. LOL

9:01 pm

Hi folks.

9:03 pm

jes - what'a wrong with eating beans, unless you are allergic to them (as my daughter is)? I love my runner beans, freshly picked and cooked.

9:04 pm

kidney beans of all colours are really nice, too.

9:07 pm

i dislike the taste

9:08 pm

you're welcome to them if you like them.

9:09 pm

What, of all types of bean?

9:12 pm

pretty much, yeah

9:12 pm

weirdly, i rather like lentils though.

9:13 pm

LOL

9:14 pm

se7 clue anybody?

9:14 pm

What vegetables do you like, Jess?

9:14 pm

se + ri5/12

9:15 pm

silk gum, dan or se + deadly poison.

9:15 pm

tx une that makes firewords here

9:15 pm

congrats, dan!!

9:15 pm

Well done, Dan!

9:17 pm

whooo hooooo DAN!!

9:17 pm

corn, potato (though people will argue if that's a veg)

9:17 pm

howdy, dawg :-)

9:18 pm

most of the leafy greens, though not terribly fond of spinach.

9:18 pm

broccoli in some circumstances--boiled and soggy is NOT one of those circumstances

9:18 pm

carrots, how did i forget carrots?!

9:19 pm

fresh green peas--but really, fresh/raw is the only way to go with green peas

9:19 pm

was recently introduced to cauliflower chopped fine and fried with couscous, that was pretty good.

9:20 pm

sweet potatoes, turnips.. heh. i guess i like root veggies :)

9:20 pm

Jes -I wonder if you have been wrong-footed by over-boiled, soggy vegetables in yur childhood?

9:21 pm

Excuse the short absences from here. I am playing a word game elesewhere with Scrabbler Periwinkle.

9:23 pm

no, i have made an effort recently to re-try a lot of things i disliked as a kid. green beans, for instance--the last time i had them was less than a month ago, lightly steamed, with butter and lemon juice, and if THAT doesn't make me like them, i am just not going to like them

9:25 pm

Well, maybenot, Jes, but lemon isn't the best thing to de-iron the taste of beans.

9:27 pm

the whole bit where i'll eat broccoli and cauliflower is pretty recent, actually. as a kid, i was pretty determinedly a corn, mashed potatoes, and raw carrots only veggie eater

9:28 pm

Speaking of fresh peas, I do hope the mouse population in my garden isn't going to eat all the peas before we can harvest them. I am considering cementing our cat's feet into the pea-growing pot. Well, he likes to catch and eat mice, mice like to eat peas, and I need the cat to be on 24-hour duty. LOL

9:30 pm

The last thing I made an effort to try again, a food I had hated as a child, was oxtail soup. Guess what? I still hate it.

9:30 pm

*cats, not cat's!

9:34 pm

really? bruce made oxtail last winter and it was delicious.

9:38 pm

Yes, can't stand it.

9:42 pm

eh. more for me :)

Hi

10:12 pm

Hi Herin.

10:14 pm

I'm about to wander off. Enjoy the short grid.

10:15 pm

hi lady. holler if you need clues

Howdy how is everyone? Hi Jac

10:38 pm

can anyone clue the ci6/30 please

10:39 pm

ci 6 de soliel

10:39 pm

ty I fotgot about the qu

10:39 pm

* forgot

10:40 pm

welcome

10:40 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

Hi

10:40 pm

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

10:40 pm

hi min

10:41 pm

Hi Min ( and Herin and Jes)

10:43 pm

hi all

10:43 pm

hi jam

10:43 pm

Hi JMC

10:44 pm

how'd the tax filings go?

10:45 pm

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

10:46 pm

oh i got several more done and have several more to do

10:47 pm

hey min

10:48 pm

sherlock holmes is back from the dead! but i'll still clue if anybody needs :)

10:49 pm

*shocked look* how could that be!?!

10:49 pm

which version?

10:50 pm

"The adventure of the empty house" from The Return of Sherlock Holmes...which collection i somehow managed to not read as a kid.

10:51 pm

really? loved sherlock holmes and tarzan as a kid--my uncle had them all

10:52 pm

I picked up the complete collection, and have been rereading... but apparently i never read "Return" or "Casebook" as a kid. so I'm into new stuff (to me) now. :)

10:53 pm

neat

10:55 pm

i am working my way through my library and won't let myself buy a new book until I have read 2 old books and decide to keep or give away

10:55 pm

cr6/21 please

10:56 pm

hmmm

10:56 pm

nm monkeyed it

10:56 pm

thnaks

10:56 pm

like an emergency

10:56 pm

sorry to be slow

10:56 pm

* thanks- can you tell I am tired. I cant type

10:57 pm

its ok - no worries

10:57 pm

:-)

11:00 pm

se7 was my last word

11:00 pm

whoo hoo DR!

11:00 pm

thx for the help

11:00 pm

li5?

11:01 pm

add a vowel to the li4/6

11:01 pm

lol no help from me!

11:02 pm

ty

11:02 pm

yvw

11:02 pm

lu5?

11:03 pm

The lu 5/14 is lu plus and God ***ated women jmcnrick

11:03 pm

add a cons between the last 2 letters of the lu4/6

11:04 pm

yeah, i'm enjoying it. when i finish with it, i have a collection of sherlock holmes vs hp lovecraft stories to read too :)

11:05 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! lu 6/24 was my last word

11:05 pm

g** damn computer just turn itself off and i had to switch computers

11:05 pm

whooo hooo min!

11:06 pm

is the chat log eating messages?

11:06 pm

yeah MIN!

11:06 pm

maybe Jes

11:06 pm

probably *sulks*

11:06 pm

it was. i reloaded and now you are all back :)

11:07 pm

welcome back

11:07 pm

someone needs to tell me how to tell my g** damn computer to quit switching itself off

11:07 pm

I got a story of clues about computer problems I had.

11:07 pm

clean the fan so it stops overheating?

11:07 pm

Hello to all ch 4/7s and ch 5/14s! I am done with grid so I will give you some hi4/5s with a story of clues to help you hu 4/6 for words. So last week my computer starting wigging out. I thought it was very ee5/10. I continued to use my computer even though I kept on getting pop-up warnings. Finally, laptop went ph 4/7 and died. It was a very cr6/24 event for me because I couldn't babble.After making some qu7/40 about my computer's behavior, I was told that computer had a virus.My hubby heard my cr 5/12 of sorrow when my computer died. Although Babble ir 4/4 him, he knows how much Babble en6/24es my life & felt bad that my computer was broken. I asked for my hubby's in 5/14 on what we should do about computer laptop. Should we buy a new one or get it fixed. Hubby reminded me that we are not ri4/6 and can't afford a new one. He suggested we hi 4/5 our ni 4/5 friend who would not charge a lot to fix it. So that is what we did & laptop is working like new again. I am going to ri 4/4 out of this chair and see what I can watch on my tv sc6/21 I hope that you've se 4/4 some more words with this story. I will be back later to clue if people need clues.

11:09 pm

Nice MIn!

11:09 pm

2 phantom words for me today were church and lunch

11:09 pm

Thanks DR1965!

11:10 pm

I kept trying to type serene

11:10 pm

i am so mad because now i am on my netbook and have no room to list

11:11 pm

pb DR

11:11 pm

good one min

11:11 pm

ok going

11:11 pm

Thanks jmcnrick!

11:12 pm

help with the LW words

11:12 pm

I excuse DR1965 since he gave me a ni** compliment.

11:12 pm

lw 4/8 is lw plus two more vowels and lw 5/18 is plural

11:12 pm

very true min -- times up DR

11:13 pm

thanks...

11:13 pm

I will be more careful

11:13 pm

good behaviour always counts!

11:14 pm

20 left

11:14 pm

go JMC!

11:15 pm

thought i tried those min ty

11:15 pm

apparently bruce wants "super secret special time" with me tonight... see ya all later :)

11:16 pm

how ni**! enjoy!

11:16 pm

planning to! g'night all.

11:17 pm

gnight Jes

11:18 pm

second qu5?

11:19 pm

qu 5/16 is qu plus vowel plus *gistered *urse jmcnrick

11:19 pm

what does that mean?

11:19 pm

ty min

11:19 pm

yw

11:24 pm

how close are you JMC

11:24 pm

second sc5 please

11:25 pm

9

11:25 pm

qu5/16 is a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain jmcnrick.

11:25 pm

Go jmcnrick go!

11:25 pm

ty min maybe i will remember that like i remember zarf

11:26 pm

The sc5/12 word is sc 6/21 word minus the last letter

11:26 pm

8

11:26 pm

: )

11:27 pm

oh rats I already had it just not in lickety! lol

11:28 pm

5

11:29 pm

3

11:30 pm

1

11:30 pm

fire thingies

11:31 pm

now this computer wants to restart :-(

11:31 pm

*sniff*

11:33 pm

i guess i am going to go find jillibus and sulk! ;-) *poof*

11:35 pm

Congratulations jmcnrick on fireworks! Good for you!

11:35 pm

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

11:48 pm

I see the "who's online" went up from 75 to 76,yet no signs of life here. I am off to go look for my next icon.

11:50 pm

Ok, now I'm all ready to celebrate Rubyfoo's birthday.

11:52 pm

Any guesses for next grid size? My guess is 110 words

11:53 pm

300

11:54 pm

never was any good at sulking

11:54 pm

Okay, jmcnrick you can go back to PB for that guess!

11:55 pm

Okay,now we are up to 181 on "who's online" list, YAY

11:55 pm

huh? why pb?

11:56 pm

I was going to guess 501 words, but changed my mind

11:56 pm

oh please not that many ever! lol

11:56 pm

Just kidding jmcnrick. I was referring to your guess.

11:56 pm

lol

11:57 pm

hello

11:58 pm

Hi MLFAN17! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

11:58 pm

min i wish it would be at least that again but pretty much thinking its going to be 100 to 200 words this time

11:59 pm

I guess 239

11:59 pm

345

11:59 pm

hi mlf

11:59 pm

hi jmc

hi all my guess is 149

12:00 am

hi jilly and volley

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