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12:00 am

FLIP !

12:00 am

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

I am diving into the grid. I will be back half way finished.

12:01 am

crap, I didn't make it....

12:01 am

flip

12:01 am

Im sorry Joey

12:01 am

gonna go solo in a sec, but almost Helsinki

12:02 am

Hello everyone :)

Clues are up

12:03 am

late flip, thanks lickety

12:03 am

Thank you Lickety!

12:04 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:04 am

hi jilli, cute icon

12:05 am

Oh darn, I thought things were fixed but Lickety didn't change on the desktop. Will try the laptop...

12:05 am

Thks flosey -- a bit different, eh?

12:06 am

Thanks, Licketty. ANd I need to go to bad now! Niters, ALl and HaappyBababling@

12:06 am

nite, NEF

12:06 am

Good squares and writeup, flosey -- thanks

12:06 am

night nef

12:07 am

brb

12:07 am

not doing good.. no 6,7,8,9 words yet :(

12:08 am

me either cos

12:08 am

Well, Lickety's list changed on the laptop.

12:09 am

sc 6

12:09 am

diz must be the same one i just found

12:09 am

ri6

12:09 am

re6x2

12:10 am

scale

12:10 am

oops

12:10 am

sorry

12:10 am

ty rolin for that 6 :)

12:11 am

always here to help cos...lol

12:11 am

re7 finally

late flip hi all

12:12 am

3 more for nbt.. ugh

12:13 am

no7

12:14 am

thanks cos

12:14 am

one more for nbt.. bottom i in 2nd column

12:15 am

FA6

hi cos, flosey, mlf..rolin...et al

12:15 am

is4/4

12:15 am

N stats please?

12:15 am

oh duh thanks flosey

12:15 am

no7 mlf

12:15 am

hi dee hi

12:15 am

nbt. now for nbs...

12:15 am

yw cos

12:16 am

wtg

hugs jili!

12:16 am

cos is it something i should know?

12:16 am

wtg cos

wtg cos

12:17 am

yes mlf..

12:17 am

thanks cos

12:17 am

cos just after i asked that and you told me yes i saw it lol

12:17 am

nbt

12:18 am

lol glad u got it ;)

12:18 am

wtg nan

12:18 am

wtg nan

12:18 am

the 8 and 9 are elusive tonight :(

12:19 am

FIRST COLUMN i stats please?

12:19 am

i 4/6

12:19 am

im 4/6 sorry

12:19 am

RE 5/7

12:20 am

got it

12:21 am

ac, cr, and sc = 8's

nbt

12:22 am

CR6

12:22 am

wtg dee

12:22 am

wtg Dee

12:22 am

CR 8

12:23 am

thank you for listing those cos

12:23 am

nbt

12:23 am

ac7/8 i mean

ty

12:24 am

mlf is the cr6 a cr 6/33 |

12:24 am

found an ac 6, but no 7-8

from which a do the 7 and 8 originate?

12:24 am

cos yes extend it

12:24 am

found the 7 not the 8

12:25 am

that cr 8 is a silly non word

12:25 am

did i ask for the E on the first column stats yet?

12:25 am

imm trying to expand it ugh

12:26 am

the first 6 letters is the cr6?

12:27 am

e first column ec6,21

12:27 am

OOPS SORRY 8 is by itserlf i think CR

12:27 am

nvm no its not.. found it

12:27 am

their is a CR 6

12:27 am

there is

12:27 am

founmd both

12:28 am

re9

12:28 am

i am not getting nbt on this one ughh

12:29 am

the re9 is a fairly normal word

12:30 am

Holy Moly! That was hard getting 90 words w/out list!

12:30 am

Goodnite to my fellow babblers!See you later on today

12:30 am

could someone help me with the EC on the first column so i can get nbt lol?

12:31 am

an italian dessert

12:31 am

filled with wonderful cheese

12:31 am

I still have 3 bt

great breakfast pastry with boston cream filling

12:31 am

i have an el 4/5 for that E, mlf

12:31 am

and smothered in chocolate with

its filled with chocolate and cream here

12:32 am

now an ec6 too thanks guys

12:32 am

ty for the ec6 (breakfast???)

12:33 am

thanks sue - didn't associate that with Italy

12:33 am

found the sc8... monkeyed it..odd word

12:33 am

thank you cos that was much easier even though i probably do know the name of the italian dessert

12:33 am

i found an el7, magic

I have an el7 off that e

from which r does the 9 begin?

12:33 am

its an sc6.8

12:33 am

sorry sc6/8

12:33 am

bottom R, dee

ty cos

12:33 am

It's not Italian, it's French

12:34 am

yes

12:34 am

i have nbt poof

12:34 am

el7 x 2

re 6 x 4 so far

sc5 with a consonant

12:34 am

oh, have nbt!

wtg flosey

12:35 am

if u have an el7 u can find the re9 btw

12:35 am

wtg flosey

12:35 am

thanks cos, got it

12:35 am

thanks jilli

12:36 am

and Dee

yw!

12:37 am

ac7 x 2

ty ty cos!! found the re 9

12:37 am

yw!

12:37 am

there is a hockey term fa7 that is not included!

12:38 am

I wish I had that el7...

12:38 am

the el7 is sure an el7... (bad clue)

12:38 am

happy Passover to all

el 7 evasion...

12:39 am

ty dee

12:39 am

ae7

12:39 am

my i have a clue for lone U and any bottom o in the right column

yw jili

12:40 am

a body part, sue

piggy sounds

12:40 am

stats?

12:40 am

hah -- got the re9 -- ty cos

not seeing the sc 8 yet...

12:40 am

ul 5/14

12:41 am

its an odd word dee.... has a double constant in it

12:41 am

ty for the piggy

12:41 am

nbt

12:41 am

wtg jilli

yw

12:41 am

not seeing the el 7

12:41 am

there are two el7's

12:42 am

don't have either

12:43 am

almost same word, change second vowel

thks again cos!!

12:43 am

yw

have never seen that one before

12:43 am

fe 6/7

12:44 am

going to get into bed clothes -- back soon

12:45 am

more help on the u pls

12:45 am

for nbt and sleep

12:45 am

missing 2 7's....

will you list the 7's you have cos?

12:46 am

found one more.... 11/12 now.. will list them

12:46 am

nm

ty

12:46 am

got it and going to bed. bbl

12:47 am

ac7, ac7, ae7, el7, el7, fe7, is7, no7, re7, re7, sc7

12:48 am

ef7

ty cos!

fa6 brings them into better (?) shape

12:49 am

not seeing anything -- think I'll list

I hate grids with c's... apparently don't use c words LOL

btw we love ec 6's for breakfast jili... re4 sugar buzz, but yummy with black coffee

12:51 am

O's and N's done :)

12:52 am

Morning all..I'm new at this. I assume yesterday's answers are only available to the Pro Babblers??

12:53 am

Go up and click on Archives, splasher.

12:54 am

I did..I got the chog from yesterday.

12:54 am

hello splasher, welcome to babble

can't believe I did not know the is 7 before hmmm

sa6 the dog

12:56 am

Above chog View Word List

12:56 am

Ok..oops...I opened today's archives. I am an idiot.

12:57 am

Hello flossy..

12:57 am

oops..flosey.

12:57 am

Maybe I should go back to bed!

ty cos for the list of 7's... conquered them!

did jili leave?

12:59 am

I did for a bit dee -- just got back, now in cosy nightwear.

wtg! welcome back!

12:59 am

hello splasher -- in the UK I assume?

12:59 am

No, I'm in the UAE...

1:01 am

oooh -- but across the Atlantic from here anyway, splasher

1:02 am

Yes....and most of the Indian Ocean as well..

1:03 am

very different time zone.

1:03 am

10 am...and you guys?

1:04 am

11:03 pm here on the Pacific coast of Canada

1:04 am

good stuff..

1:05 am

2:04 am here in Ohio

1:05 am

the time you see at the right of this is the time in central North America

1:06 am

what are you doing in the UAE?

1:06 am

Oil?

1:06 am

Construction.

1:06 am

I'm in Dubai. The oil is in Abu Dhabi.

1:07 am

Gigantic skyscrapers?

1:07 am

Yes, luckily ours are a lot shorter..

1:07 am

(I'm getting nowhere with this grid).micas

1:08 am

oops

feeling that way, too, jili

1:08 am

me too, not even half way

1:08 am

Speaking of which I best be doing some work..I'll drop in from time to time. Have a great day.

bye splasher have a good day

1:09 am

phantom - ridicule(s), official(s)

1:09 am

toodleoo splasher

1:09 am

phantom: officer

nice phantoms bro

1:10 am

hi ruru

I wouldn't want of5 (6) for breakfast but were I poor and you did of5 me some I'd be thankful

1:10 am

hi jilli

1:10 am

i'm not into this grid.

1:11 am

ty vanilla

1:11 am

thanks vanilla for the of words

1:11 am

hey all nbt

ty vanilla hi ru

1:11 am

ruru, I think it's a meanie.

1:11 am

wtg m9

1:11 am

hello m9

1:12 am

hmm... no 6's no 7's or 8's yet.

played golf in Scotland and hit the ground instead of the ball. Twas a sc8

first the 6, then the 8

1:14 am

have no idea.LOL

1:14 am

ah, got it, vanilla -- for nbs

got a double consonant

1:15 am

thanks vanilla

np

1:15 am

and now past half way

1:16 am

got it now. never heard that before. thanks

1:16 am

good for you, flosey -- I'm not even close

1:17 am

have to go to Duncan tomorrow, hope to get most of this done

1:17 am

phant occasion

my phantom is miracle

1:18 am

my other is icicle

1:18 am

tried that one m9

1:19 am

that one is frozen in time m9

1:20 am

also phant facial

1:20 am

ha

1:20 am

this grid will probably have more phants than words!

lol true m9

1:21 am

phants in your pants?

1:21 am

stalagtite to that though

1:21 am

thought

1:22 am

through the list -- 12 for tomorrow :)

1:22 am

well done, nan

wtg nan

1:23 am

well m9... you should incube-ate that thought

hip hip hooray... polished off the c's!!

as +fish =as5 but why not plural?

not here but the fish by itself

1:25 am

I'll rink about it.

anyone have all the i's from the bottom i? Missing one and blind to it...

1:25 am

hi all

1:26 am

hi cathy

Isn't the fish consider singular for plural?

1:27 am

I don't know I have floundered on the plural

if thats as7 its to do with the bone you are sitting on

lol ru...pretty good!

sry is7

I have is 7 and is 4... do you know what the other is?

1:28 am

ik 4,in 4, is 6,7,4

1:28 am

ty again vanilla

aww ty diz!! missing the 6

1:29 am

i'm lost

take the last consonant off is7

1:30 am

phantom: # 2 chimera

got it

clue for the 1st i please for nbt

1:31 am

im 4

ik4 is how poor computer spellerwrites it

ty diz

bedtime...night all

im4 couldn't quite start being shy

any lu's?

1:33 am

haven't got any

nm found my missing l...

there are no lu's are there/

no

1:37 am

stats for the 9 please?

there's an su5 thats a groove in yr brain (makes all the hard ones excape!)

1:38 am

ty yet again, vanilla!

ty don't have that one yet

and a ul5 that starts to hurt when you do too much thinking

my last s!!

have any help for the a's?

there one 9 and that re9 -don't have it yet

1:42 am

need help with sa6 please?

sa 6 is a dog like a greyhound

1:42 am

most of my missing words are a and c

sounds japanese

sa + one of the apostles minus last vowel + 1st person pronoun

1:43 am

thanks vanilla and Dee

ac6 is ac + dry

1:44 am

pretty dogs, those sa6s

yw

1:44 am

darn, use to know all of the aposltles! -back in sunday school

ac7,8 start with double consonants

after sa start think fortunate flosey

1:46 am

matthew, Mark, **** and John

1:46 am

those main 4

bless the bed that I lie on....

1:46 am

I was just typing those names too, m9

morning all...

1:47 am

guard the bed is what I learned. Two and the foot and two at the head...

1:47 am

hi fishfish

ahh a golfer from scotland. He knows a sc6/39 shot

I know it was something like that Jill

any af words?

1:49 am

no af's

1:49 am

no dee

ty!

afraid not

1:50 am

ah, thanks everyone for the sa8, new to me

sounds German doesnt it

1:52 am

our daughter is forever sending us pictures and bois of rescue dogs - one is blind and I think I could manage that hubby nervous about tht

1:52 am

and** bios

1:53 am

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, The bed be blest that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch, and one to pray, And two to bear my soul away. Child's bedtime prayer - 17th century - Thomas Ady

1:53 am

makes me think of the song from hansel and gretel

Yes, nearly the way I remember it, but I didnt want my sould gone yet

I have a ka 4 and ki 4... what fish slap word am I missing?

1:56 am

I got that from Google -- my version was also a bit different.

there's koi but no kois

1:57 am

ka 4 x2

koi is plural... ty diz!

1:58 am

I have a ka4/11 but not the ka4/8. And I have the ki4/8.

ka 4/8 popular green in the south

ka4/8 is cabbage

1:58 am

ty dee

1:59 am

not quite cabbage!

yqw

type of cabbage isnt it?

down to 3 a's lef from that dumb middle a

2:00 am

maybe, but taste and texture very different

funny its also called borecole and in Holand its called boerekool

usually cooked with salt, vinegar...served with mashed potatoes :~)

ac5 = ac + mi4 minus last letter

either way I'll pass thank you

Time for me to go, last 15 will have to wait. Bye all thanks for the coompany

2:06 am

wtg vanilla, I still have 82 to go

2:06 am

bye and thanks for all the help, vanilla

2:07 am

I have 82 to go now also, flosey!

just make sure you dont go wasting yr money at the ca6/21

poof

fireworks w/o a list but with great help from the chat!

2:08 am

very good Dee

2:09 am

j m

ty

may I help anyone before I leave?

2:12 am

well done, dee!

ty..

well I am off til the morrow... have a great day / eve all!

2:13 am

I'm falling asleep, better go, goodnight all

2:13 am

And now that the hiccup has taken place, Lickety's list has appeared in the Expert on my new desktop. Go figure.

truly strange jili...

2:13 am

Gnight flosey

well hugs to all!!! *poofing*

2:14 am

gnight dee

2:14 am

At least I could do the icon change earlier.

2:16 am

wow. finally nbs

2:16 am

how come u cant pluralise dice?

2:17 am

as in somebody who is chopping vegetables into small pieces?

2:17 am

oh ignore me cos the s isnt next to the e

2:18 am

but you can get the person, frogface

2:19 am

yea i got that lol im just waking up so my brain hasnt kicked into gear yet lmao!!

2:19 am

good morning, frogface -- I'm just about to go to bed

2:20 am

oooo good night jilli lol

2:22 am

byebye and happy babbling .... *poof

2:26 am

1/2 way!!!

2:28 am

and that's all for this evening!

2:28 am

night

clue for the 9 please

2:40 am

re 9/66

3:20 am

good morning! Here for a few minutes

3:20 am

how are you diz grannie?

3:21 am

aah, I just looked at the "chog time"; I think I'm alone!

3:31 am

I am here, but won't be for much lonher. How are u?

3:32 am

rils

3:33 am

hi swmbo

3:33 am

it is another lovely day here! you, too?

3:33 am

we usually get your weather 3 days later

3:34 am

oh, whoops, was thinking scotland -- still sleepy I guess

3:35 am

It is 5:34 AM and I haven't looked outside lately, but I think we are at least free of precipitation

3:35 am

is it still cold?

3:35 am

LOL yes I am a bit east of Scotland!

3:35 am

we need rain very badly here -- long winter drought, very weird. No snow since December which (although pleasant) is bad for this valley

3:35 am

or should I say WEST??? Getting tired...

3:36 am

close enough, I read it as west anyway....

3:38 am

We get tons of precip, snow, rain etc. Must be awful to be so dry

3:38 am

very unusual for here. We had 4 ft of snow in December and then none afterwards

3:38 am

and we're in the Alps

3:40 am

Very high up?

3:41 am

not very high, but in the foothills and there is usually substantial snow. The ski resorts died this year

3:42 am

there is still snow way up on top, but not like most years

3:42 am

we are near Annecy

3:43 am

I'll bet. Weather all over is 'off'. Even here, we have had such mild winters the last few years.

3:43 am

it is very strange and unsettling

3:43 am

and those poor people in NC!

3:44 am

where are you? (If I leave abruptly, it's because husband is back with groceries)

3:47 am

I am on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia Canada

3:48 am

I've read a little about that place, it must be gorgeous! And don't you benefit from the Gulf Stream?

3:48 am

so you can swim in winter hahah

3:48 am

I live right on the Atlantic coast, so we get lots of wind and wetness. The Gulf Stream mostly passes us by haha

3:49 am

whales? great fishing?

3:49 am

oysters? winkles at low tide? clams?

3:50 am

It IS very green here and the summers are lovely, nice and warm without the humidity. Lots of whales and fishing has been a traditional occupation, but not so much since the depletion of the fish stocks

3:50 am

I've just read that many of the N Atlantic fish are making a big comeback! I hope it applies to CBI!

3:51 am

Ye4s, we certainly dig clams,, oysters and enjoy other shellfish, particularly scallops

3:51 am

There is a dicided opinion about the recovery of the fish, especiallt the Atlantic cod. Some say we are far from a good recovery

3:51 am

I miss all that, living inland. There are nice things about it (clement weather, etc), but I really miss seafood having come from MY and then Miami

3:52 am

NY*

3:52 am

sorry my typing is terrible, I have a trigger finger and it prevents proper typing

3:52 am

New York?

3:53 am

originally from Queens and used to go fishing with my dad. 100 yrs ago lol

3:53 am

trigger finger? good hunter?

3:54 am

Not a good hunter! It is an extremely painful condition.

3:54 am

phantom: flaccid

3:54 am

I'm sorry, shouldn't make jokes! uh oh, husband is back. Nice talking to you, swmbo!!!

3:54 am

I visited NYC last year for the first time and I LOVED it!!! Ho0w could you bear to leave?

3:55 am

Me too, I have to go...

3:55 am

Trigger finger is easily curable via a minor surgical procedure.

3:56 am

I think I am going to have to have that surgery too. previously had trigger finger twice and both times it resolved but not this time

3:57 am

Yes, in and out in 15 minutes. Drove home 2 hours later.

3:58 am

Really? My finger is getting contracted, was yours? Did it take long to heal?

4:00 am

Mine was at the base of my thumb. Every time I used my thumb it would stick and then jump..and the jump was painful. It is basically the sheath around the muscle that sticks...and then releases suddenly. I think it is the fluid inside the sheath that gets grainy.

4:02 am

yes, I had the same thing in both index fingers. This one is not quite the same, and is not resolving so I see my dr on Thursday and will be looking for a surgical consult. I am willing to put up with the pain but not long term disability, which I will have if this is not fixed

4:03 am

Oops, I goota go, nice talking to you!

4:03 am

I agree..it's silly to wait.

4:03 am

Go well.

Clues are up

4:19 am

TY Lickety, think I'll need them for this one

4:20 am

Glad it's not just me lynxx, this is a sticky grid :( ... and good evening!

4:21 am

Hello FM, just struggled to half way here.

4:23 am

I'm down to 50 left and I have never had to look up the meaning of so many words in one grid. Anyway the sun is shining and the birds are ch5/16ing :)

4:24 am

Plus earlier there were many red bars of doom :(( Grouching is over with now :)

4:24 am

mm that's what it means - had monkeyed that one

4:25 am

A good old saxon word (of course).

4:26 am

gotta go - phone.

4:27 am

byee

4:53 am

hi everyone can i have help with the re9 please

5:04 am

just found it-- RE9 is the state of choosing to live in isolation

5:06 am

ty pug

5:07 am

yw

5:07 am

Great clue pug, thanks.

5:08 am

was shocked I found it , I'm so sleep deprived !

5:09 am

I think that will help with todays grid :)

5:09 am

not finding this a friendly one at all

5:10 am

nope it is not :(

5:10 am

I am actually finding work to be a light relief from the grid.

5:10 am

shouldn't have even started, I don't have the time to plod through this

5:13 am

and there goes the phone again. TTFN

5:34 am

good afternoon all

Pounce Hi sprite

5:35 am

hey lady :) *hug*

how you

5:41 am

sort of ok. Going through a rough period but doing it in style, and with my optimism intact. So not bad. And you?

Laugh or you will cry ok

5:42 am

yeah, lol, although I sometimes do cry. Oh, about laughing... wanna hear a cute story about some small kids in our neighbourhood?

sure

5:44 am

2 boys and a girl, about 6 yo, playing with a piece of rope that they tied to a tree. One boy is saying to the others to pass under the rope. They do, but he says: "No not like that! Like this!" And he makes a big belly and leans backwards. "Come on, you know what Lingo is, right??!"

cute

5:46 am

we had a great laugh over it, such a cute mixup.

Kids are great

whoot

5:48 am

yeah, usually, grin.

I am so freeking tired and over our public transport

5:49 am

{{{{{{{{{{lady}}}}}}}}}}}

Since I have started work they have had a 82% Puncuality rate and last month it was 79%

5:50 am

very irritating when you depend on them for transportation

And when you have a boss that thinks you are talking crap

5:53 am

who is driving to work in his own car, no doubt. Or her car.

Her.

She thinks I am full of crap and should get an earlier train

5:54 am

can you do that?

hi all I need another ce4 and ce5 and they just won't come! I have the ce4 that is used in film animation. Pls??

5:58 am

above your head vanilla - less ing

5:58 am

not sure, vanilla, but I have a ce4/5 combo that rhymes with the nazi greeting sieg h***.

5:59 am

hi lyn :) xxx

5:59 am

Good evening (again)

thats all I needed, thxvm

Hi Lyunxx you didn't get flodded?

6:00 am

no? where has it flooded now? been raining all day here but pretty light

APparently Windsor Station is classed again

closed even

6:02 am

again! that seems to be happening all the time - they need to look at drains there

6:02 am

that is your train line?

they need to get the sodding trains running

No Frankston and it is really poo. The school holidays are helping though

6:09 am

wow tough grid to grey out. I mean, I am missing on of about every tile.

6:10 am

one*

6:10 am

Mornin' y'all...

6:10 am

morning Odin

6:11 am

morning Odin

Hi Odin

6:11 am

Hey everyone...grid looks good but then again I am just getting started.

6:11 am

its a challenge

6:11 am

good grid, but some tough-to-find words for me.

6:12 am

I may take back that statement...hhhmmmmm maybe a wee bit harder that at first glance.

6:13 am

I must be afk for a while, back later. Bye all!

6:14 am

bye Sprite

6:14 am

Later Sprite

anyone have a clue for cr8/45?

Later Sprite

6:17 am

sorry Vanil just getting started...need more coffee before the 8's

6:17 am

when you throw your pants onto the floor - in the morning they are cr8

6:18 am

ty lynxxx

no problem. Down to the last 12

mmmmcreased is not there, so....

my brain hurts

6:20 am

you are on the right train vanilla

ahh yes, even more so thxvm

6:21 am

Mine is starting to Herin and I have only been here a few minutes.

I have had pain relief my eye is still trying to get out of my head

6:23 am

I don't know if you were around the other day when I explained I am trapped in a wheelchair with an avulsion fracture to my knee...pain sucks!

yeah, she's tough today

ewwwwwwww

How did you do that?

6:25 am

Strange as it may sound it happens unexpectedly when I stood up. My knee must of slightly dislocated and when it did a muscle snagged a piece of bone clean off!

ouch, hope theyre giving you some morphine

6:25 am

Oss fracture but if the ligaments are good I'll be walking again in a hinged brace

O I tore both my ligaments in my knee standing up so you are not that special

6:27 am

when do you find that out Odin? sounds like you need to be mobile

6:27 am

got the good stuff in the ER but then they are stingy with anything after. Vodka is always a good standby. Herin you are an amazing lady...I can appreciate how much that hurt!

It hurt but I didn't do jack until three days later. I am a tough cookie.

Then I got off crutches and fell down a stair rolling my ankle back onto crutches. Fun times.

6:29 am

I will get the MRI results tomorrow. I am not one to sit and depend on others for mobility, food, drinks or a ride. IHerin I was sippin' the vodka the next day. Why? It was just normal weekend cocktails

6:29 am

Herin you are tough!!!!

6:29 am

How are your knees now?

No I think clutzy

VOdka is good.

6:29 am

Atta girl!

I have a great idea you know a coffee machine with a filter

6:32 am

YES

Well you get fruit put that in the top then pour vodka over it

You squish the fruit and put it in a jug and pour vodka over it leave it sit for a day. Then use the filter and pour the mix over it straining the mix through the filter into the jug

6:35 am

Now that sounds good. We love fruit infused vodka. Get some citrus and other fruits add vodka and put it under pressure a day or so and ....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmvodka!

6:35 am

Great minds think alike Herin!

6:36 am

a russian sangria

6:36 am

Exactly! and quite tasty...no one makes better vodka that the Russians.

Yep

Friend did it with berry skittles

6:38 am

Wow...that's an interesting idea.

Not sure if you guys had the chilli ones?

6:40 am

Chilli ones?

skittles

6:41 am

Haven't seen those ... wow my mind is already imagining how good those are and with vodka...mmmmmmmm

I think they were limited edition

6:42 am

Chilli Skittles :} I know I would like them.

I would like to know if sour skittles would work

6:43 am

I could whip up a batch in the interest of science.

Do you have sour skittles?

6:45 am

I believe we have those. I am on a mission to check out all available flavors here and then I will test each one with good vodka and will report back on my findings! Tough job but...I'm in!

brillant

6:48 am

co-incidently ambulance were called to a house in one of our suburbs today. neighbours were feeling dizzy and having trouble breathing.Turns out a neighbour was drying chillies in their backyard

6:48 am

Skittle shots...maybe a new fad which would go over big.

Lynxx that was funny as

I am actually suprised it wasn't pot they were drying

6:49 am

pretty amazing considering how cold it has been

6:49 am

lynxxx I have heard it happens to those who harvest hot peppers. Herin the chillis were to hide the pot!

I know the suburb. I am really suprised it wasn't green

6:51 am

Yeah

6:53 am

Like Mendocino county if California...pot growers consist of most of the residents.

Well I was just told actually suprised it wasn't a Meth Lab

6:56 am

Being in emergency medicine for so many years...meth labs and dealers and users are something we could all do without.

6:56 am

Then there's the show "Breaking Bad" I watched it a couple of times, but felt repulsed

6:57 am

Haven't seen it Bichon but a friend told me about it.

6:58 am

hi Bichon. have to agree, don't understand why it was raved about so much

6:59 am

My husband and son watch it. I watched The Sopranos and the characters were repulsive. But watch a show about Meth dealers is something different

Interesting

7:02 am

the 2nd ac 7/40 plz

7:02 am

They food preparers are calling for breakfast...at least the remembered me. BBL. GL on the grid all!

7:03 am

bye Odin

7:03 am

{Odin leaves for breakfast but is thinking of skittle shots}

7:03 am

Second ac7/40 - you will win ac7/40 when you finish this grid because it is a stinker.

7:03 am

ivesy, ac + the gold miner raced to file a ***** when he found the vein

7:04 am

hi babblers.. very interesting grid today

bye Odin

7:04 am

For interesting, read stinker.

7:04 am

hi Haz!

HI Aloy and haz

7:04 am

hello Aloy & Haz

7:04 am

Hello!

7:05 am

Hi Haz

I am reading Night of the LIving Star Trek trek.

HI Bich

7:06 am

I'm only getting through this with a healthy suspension of disbelief and the frequent use of morewords.

7:06 am

ty aloy!

7:06 am

Haz, what is the second ac 7?

7:06 am

yw ivesy

7:07 am

I will second Haz's healthy suspension of disbelief. Morning all.

7:07 am

ac7/40 - means general approval, praise.

7:07 am

hi Molly

7:07 am

Good morning, Molly.

7:07 am

hi Molly

7:07 am

Good afternoon all.

7:08 am

I have that one. What is the one before it then?

7:08 am

Hello, Jacula.

7:08 am

.. and so many phantoms!! hi Jacula

7:08 am

hi Jac!

7:08 am

Hello Haz. I've just read the minutes in your bio. *chuckle*

7:08 am

The first one (ac7) - starts like a car crash/something you don't want to happen and run it into Spanish day.

7:09 am

ac + drink apple **der in the Fall before you sing an ar** to the turning leaves

7:09 am

tyvm Haz and Aloy

7:09 am

I'm waiting any day for a summons from Dr-G, Jac.

7:10 am

yvw, a pause to read Haz's minutes..

7:10 am

..Or maybe one from Hasboro', Haz.

HI Jac

7:11 am

Hello Herin. How's work?

Busy

7:11 am

Gosh, I never thought of the toy maker's wrath. I'm a marked woman.

7:12 am

Haz - Possibly!

7:12 am

Herin - busy but enjoyable, I hope?

Yes

I can't get that ac7 number 2

7:14 am

LOL, Haz.. enjoyed the minutes!

7:14 am

*Tells self to stop typing 'miracle'. It is NOT in the grid.*

Help with a very basic clue please

7:15 am

Oh good, Aloy, glad you enjoyed them.

7:15 am

herin, what is your cl5 to fame?

7:16 am

that should do it

Ok FISH ME hard

I need eyes that work

7:16 am

tosses one toward herin..

7:17 am

Aloy - a fish or an eyeball?

I am wondering where Scrabbler is

7:17 am

OK having got the Fs and 50 left, I' off to bed. Night all

7:18 am

Sleep well, lynxxx.

7:18 am

sweet dreams, herin

Night Lynx

7:18 am

'Nigh lynxxx. Sleep well.

7:18 am

oops.. sweet dreams, lynxxx !

We have casual dress tomorow as they are doing a charity fund

Hi everyone... Haz, that type of heather you clued me the other day is in the grid; I saw it in a garden place the other day, too - one of those examples of something you'd never heard of before showing up three times in a row :)

Hi City

*something I'd never heard of.

Hi Herin

7:21 am

TTFN - lunch to make.

7:22 am

I know - babble is very educational. Always emphasise that when people mutter about wasting time.

7:22 am

Bye, Jac.

Bye Jac

7:28 am

Good Morning everyone --- grid has a bit of a bite today...

Given Babble's love of insults, why isn't 'oiks' accepted?

7:28 am

yum, just found the ec6 dessert, but think I'll go get a healthier bagel, brb

hi River

7:29 am

thanks aloy

7:29 am

Hello, River.

hi River :) I'm finding it decidedly tough going. Hey, thanks Aloy :)

7:29 am

*Grabs Aloy's ec6*

Ca 6 please

Never mind

byes

7:34 am

bye herin

7:34 am

I hope herin isn't off to try her luck at the ca6.

7:35 am

thanks haz

46 left ... I going to get some lunch and spend the afternoon pretending I've finished. Horrid grid.

7:36 am

You're welcome.

Bye, everyone

7:36 am

Enjoy lunch, City. I'm heading towards the kitchen as well.

7:36 am

Bye for now!

7:38 am

Toasted blueberry bagels .. pass them around

7:41 am

Horid grid? good morning everyone

7:41 am

a real slog this morning, i'm finding. any clue for the next to last ca? ca/6. thought that blueberry bagel would help, but no

7:42 am

very horrid

7:42 am

Hi Jayk

7:42 am

hi Mom.. have it Jayk, let me look

7:42 am

do I even want to start?

7:42 am

Hi Aloy

7:42 am

start if you have some real time on your hands

7:42 am

oh yes, the gambling place Jayk

7:42 am

tricky one for sure, Mom

7:43 am

i canNOT believe i didn't see that! Thanks, Aloy

7:43 am

think Las Vegas... lol, twisty too

7:44 am

no turning back now, put my first word in

7:44 am

that's the spirit, Mom!

7:45 am

:-)

7:47 am

the bottom u?

7:48 am

Good morning, Bichon

7:49 am

Hi Mom

7:49 am

ul5... don't get one doing this grid!

7:49 am

ul5 - you will get one of thses doing this grid!

7:49 am

thanks again aloy

7:49 am

LOL... hi FM, so nice to see you!

7:49 am

good afternoon, FMitch

7:49 am

LOL Aloy - great minds and all that :)

7:49 am

LOL FMictch This is definitely a ball buster grid

7:50 am

Greetings all!

7:50 am

How are you Aoly and are you north or south?

7:50 am

hi all

7:51 am

doing well, FM.. am south until the middle of May.. how are YOU?

7:51 am

Hi jmc

7:51 am

Hi jmc, I hope you are taking the day off today

7:51 am

and hi to jmc

7:52 am

Am loving the early summer are having (hotter than most of Europe) but I would love a little overnight rain for the garden.

7:52 am

doing a rain dance here, too.. badly need some liquid sunshine

7:52 am

here in new england our spring has been mostly rain... sigh for the imbalance.

7:52 am

mercy no mom why would you think that?

7:52 am

**sending FMitch some rain, we have had 7+ inches this month alone

7:53 am

hey snuffy

7:53 am

Mom is hogging all the rain

7:53 am

Oh so that is where all the rain has gone!

7:53 am

hi hurshy

7:53 am

*throws in a little extra rain for FM to ease flooding*

7:53 am

jmc, because you busted your butt Monday to get the taxes finished

7:53 am

HI Hurshy

7:53 am

well that is just life Mom! lol i had to go back to the office yesterday and what a mess!

7:54 am

We have not had anything significant for over a month now I think. Hi hurshy!

7:54 am

.. feelin dumb looking up 4 letter words..

7:54 am

hi hursh

7:54 am

hi

7:54 am

I hope the computer didn't die on you

7:54 am

cr 8/45 clue please

7:55 am

no it decided it was okay after several disturbing signs

7:55 am

Hi Matches

7:55 am

but thanks for the well wishes mom

7:55 am

nm got it

7:55 am

some french fries are g******* than others.. hate it when they squeak in your teeth..

cr5 more wrinkly

7:55 am

glad to hear that, jmc

7:55 am

more wrinkly

snap.

easier

7:56 am

ty kap hursh and snuffy

7:56 am

*bushes for kap*

sorry- I thought I moved my cursor.

7:56 am

:-)

Matza in the PB?

7:56 am

ugh.. looking from the wrong r.. one r on top, one r on bottom and I pick the wrong one

7:56 am

thanks Kap

7:56 am

of course!

7:56 am

lotsa matza

Pots and pots o' matza balls?

7:57 am

and soup too, yum

7:57 am

thanks for the cr 8 word

7:58 am

Matzoh Balls. Did someone say the magis word?

7:59 am

*magic

ccasier

7:59 am

lol

sorry again. cursor being weird.

8:00 am

Made a very quick and tasty soup for lunch today - beef stock, finely chopped onion cooked, egg noodles, shredded cabble and finely sliced strips of steak (left over from yesterday) plus soy sauce and garlic. Yum yum.

8:00 am

um hum

8:00 am

sound delicious

8:00 am

mmmmmm

8:00 am

sounds wonderful, FM.. you must name this creation

8:00 am

*cabbage not cabble?!

8:01 am

knew whatcha meant

8:01 am

i just thought it was a weird brit nickname for cabbage

8:01 am

"Whats in the fridge/store cupboard soup"

8:02 am

oooo i have that soup all the time! lol

8:02 am

lol jmc - nope it was an FM typo (as usual).

8:03 am

The thing I love is that throwing a few things together like that only take 10 mins from start to finish.

8:03 am

.. and it cleans out the fridge too

8:04 am

and saves money

8:04 am

.. must get dictionary.. another newbie found, sc6.39

8:05 am

It refers to a bad shot in gold Aloy

8:05 am

a bad shot?

8:05 am

*le sigh* golf!

8:05 am

LOLOL... i do that all the time, "to strike the ground with the club before hitting the golf ball"... never knew it had a name

8:06 am

and you can make it into an 8

8:06 am

you knew it , FM? wow

8:06 am

hot dog! ty FM

8:06 am

ooooo i thought you were using a metallurgical term i never herd of lol

8:06 am

I wish I could say that I did but I can not lie.

8:06 am

yes, I am a sc8.75, now I have an identity, whoopee

8:07 am

okay it is clear i am not getting nbt before work so i think i must got feed the cat and head out the door :-(

8:07 am

have a good day, jmc

8:08 am

am proud to have found the sa6 dog all by myself.. hagd, jmc!

8:08 am

bye all bbl (must remember to make a lunch for work too!)

8:08 am

The ch5/16 was another new one for me today, the sound birds make. Bye jmc, have a good day.

8:08 am

wd snuffy

8:08 am

*poof*

8:08 am

FW !

8:08 am

very elegant dogs aren't they.

8:09 am

yes, I think so too FM

8:09 am

whoo hooo snuffy

8:09 am

*real poof*

8:09 am

Yay Congrats Aloy!

8:09 am

.. was the excellent chat company

8:09 am

congratulations, Aloy

8:10 am

reluctantly, I must also poof.. have a "to do" list today.. don't even have the ingredients for hot cross buns, which MUST be baked on Good Friday after all..

8:10 am

have a good day, Aloy. See you tomorrow

8:10 am

and the recipe comes from jolly ole England

8:10 am

Enjoy your day Aloy :)

8:11 am

see you all next grid.. good luck with this one.. be good, FM! (-:

8:12 am

I'll try ;)

8:12 am

thank you for the sc 6 and 8 letter words

8:14 am

morning, all!

8:14 am

good morning, uusue

8:15 am

stopping in briefly while eating breakfast, had to reboot the router this morning as internet was out

8:16 am

how bad was your weather, uusue?

8:16 am

Good morning

8:16 am

good morning Mr Bob

8:16 am

not very, lots of thunder and lightning but no really bad storms. mostly went south of us, I think.

8:16 am

morning, bob!

8:16 am

glad to hear that

8:17 am

well, i got the right column with no trouble...

8:17 am

time for me to my day. ((Hugs)) to all of you

8:17 am

good for you, hurshy, and bye mom!

8:17 am

I'm not finding this one an easy start.

8:18 am

bye bye, uusue

8:18 am

fa 6/27 plz

8:19 am

nm, got it

8:19 am

artificial boob

8:20 am

lol, thx, grant!

8:20 am

yw

8:21 am

ty anyway grant.

8:21 am

elegant... dog... hmmmmm

8:22 am

oh dear, 20 a letters?

8:22 am

don't forget the other A - 29 altogether

8:22 am

sigh

8:24 am

I really had to work to find that elegant dog. It's out there.

8:24 am

am i likely to have heard of this dog?

8:25 am

what dog?

8:25 am

I doubt it. The sa6 dog Sue.

8:25 am

someone said there is an sa6 which is an elegant dog...

8:25 am

oh

8:26 am

well could i have an alternate clue perhaps?

8:26 am

ah. got it, it is the mascot of Southern Illinois University.

8:26 am

I'd heard of it. sa plus New Testament doctor with a different last vowel.

8:26 am

SIU - yep

8:26 am

sa6/33 - originally from Egypt and Asia also known as the gazelle hound.

8:26 am

thanks!

8:27 am

Hello Haz, did you get you photo taken?

8:27 am

Not only did I get my photo taken, I had to make a speech.

8:27 am

I (like the cheese) will stand alone in having never heard of the breed.

8:27 am

ooh, what did you speak about?!

8:27 am

I was then conducted on a tour of the various artists and had to chat to them. I felt like a minor royal or something.

8:27 am

oh heavens! wtg.

8:28 am

Perhaps you should ahve worn a hat.

8:28 am

*Curtsies to HRH Haz*

8:28 am

you're not a MINOR royal, you're the Queen of the World!

8:28 am

I was collecting a cheque on behalf of a cancer charity I've been involved with for a long time. The money was raised by a group of amateur artists selling paintings at an exhibition and them giving part of the proceeds to the charity.

8:28 am

lol Molly

8:29 am

It's a nice little group - they meet once a week and do their paintings and they have tutors who come and give help.

8:30 am

mornin babblers!

8:30 am

Sounds like a sociaty my Mum used to be a member of. Hi EvaN

8:30 am

Lots of them are retired and they confessed that they could never draw at school but had amazed themselves by taking up painting and really enjoying it.

8:30 am

Good morning, EvaNadine.

8:31 am

sounds lovely, haz

8:31 am

haz! havent been online same time as you in a while! how goes it, lady?

8:31 am

Haz - -I love your profile--what a hoot!

8:32 am

hello again everyone....just in for a minute before boss comes looking for me

8:32 am

Feel v sorry for Mum now as she longs to paint still but can't sit for long periods due to oteoperosis etc (sp)

8:32 am

So I got an email from someone at a newspaper (web site) called the New Europe who wants to reprint an article of mine :-)

8:33 am

FM, sorry to hear about your mum, that is tough :-(

8:33 am

Glad you enjoyed it, River. Are babblers looking at each other now wondering if he/she is a secret Rules maker?

8:33 am

everyone must be reading Haz's profile...

8:34 am

lol

8:34 am

Isn't it great River!

8:34 am

EvaN - I'm fine, enjoying some lovely sunshine and providing the voice of sanity and reason during wedding preparations.

8:34 am

name that proper noun! a pharmaceutical for men...

8:34 am

sanity and reason dont exist during wedding preparations, sorry. hehe.

8:34 am

Cialis!

8:35 am

ding ding ding!

8:35 am

They have to for the mother of the bride

8:36 am

I'm not convinced that the bridesmaids' shoes have to match the colour of the pearls at their neck, but apparently it's vital.

8:36 am

Haz and her clipboard WILL remain in control until after the event :)

8:36 am

lol, haz!

8:36 am

shoes matching pearls? thats a new one for me...

8:37 am

is the daughter of haz to be wed?? did i know this if so???

8:37 am

LOL EvaN - this from the woman who was going demeted about orange shoes :)

8:37 am

My daughter is just ever so slightly fussy about tiny details.

8:37 am

is the daughter of haz to be wed?? did i know this if so???

8:37 am

FM, at least i didnt have to match them to anything other than a totally arbitrary and imaginary picture inside my mind!

8:37 am

Yes indeed, hurshy. My older girl is getting married at the beginning of August.

8:37 am

*grin*

8:38 am

is this the one that worries like me?

8:38 am

The very one.

8:38 am

and do you like the lad?

8:39 am

clue for re9/66

8:39 am

This is the girl who used to do packing lists for holidays which included diagrams of hair accessories and jewellery.

8:39 am

I like him very much indeed, hurshy. He is very calm, kind and has a good sense of humour.

8:39 am

someone who choses to live in isolation Matches.

8:39 am

::hides formatted and saved "beach packing list" that she has on her work computer::

8:40 am

thx, FM!

8:40 am

excellent. i wish them all the best!

8:40 am

awe EvaN, your secret is safe with us.

8:40 am

yw uu

8:40 am

the bottom left i box is bugging me - i can only find land surrounded by water :(

8:41 am

Thank you! We think they're well suited and they've known each other for a long time.

8:41 am

oops - time has gotten away from me - time to run off to work!

8:41 am

ty fmitch got it

8:42 am

For the other i, think of a different spelling for what we change from time to time <---------

8:42 am

darn HAz beat me to it.

8:42 am

i have the ones from the right, it's the left that's giving me trouble

8:43 am

Ah that will be the is6/24 and 7/32

8:43 am

oops 7/36

8:43 am

And no wonder, hurshy, they are words that don't spring readily to mind.

8:44 am

thank you the stats helped, i have got them!

8:45 am

Well done!

8:45 am

you are a very talented lady in that case!

8:45 am

well it took a bit of monkeying

8:46 am

I had to morewords them (and yes the cheque is in the post Haz).

8:46 am

Excellent. The wedding fund is grateful.

8:47 am

i kinda want fofo to be a word. just because.

8:48 am

I really enjoy cluing for babblers that I've babbled with for years as you sorta know when to just do stats or what ones they might be missing - if you know what I mean :) Also enjoy doing clues full stop - before anyone takes offence.

8:48 am

What would it mean?

8:48 am

i dunno - what do we think it should mean? :)

8:49 am

A bit like a faux pas but not as bad?

8:49 am

good one FM. i was thinking maybe extremely foolish.

8:50 am

I'm thinking food, not sure why. Of course we need to establish how it is pronounced. Fo Fo or fof-o.

8:50 am

Fo Fo

8:50 am

fs

8:50 am

Ahh Fo Fo with sweet and sour sauce

8:50 am

it could easily be a chinese food.

8:50 am

oops sorry

8:51 am

i don't think you need to be sorry for saying "fs".

8:51 am

lol Hi pab

8:51 am

I agree with the Fo Fo pronounciation.

8:51 am

hi everyone

8:51 am

The Fo Fo was freshly caught this morning.

8:51 am

any clue for the last ch5 ?

8:51 am

Hello, pabtrek.

8:52 am

hey pab, got any suggestions for a meaning for "fofo"?

8:52 am

ch5/16 - to rhyme with the sort of wriggly thing birds like to eat.

8:52 am

nevermind...I found it

8:52 am

and funnily enough it is related to bird song.

8:52 am

thanks anyways...haz

8:52 am

good morning everyone;) haz i have read the minutes of the meeting in your profile and i must disagree at one point.there is no such thing as a babble"addiction" as i have quit many times over the last 3 years;)))

8:52 am

at little less then fufu?

8:52 am

You're welcome.

8:53 am

Good morning crossy ((()))

8:53 am

but what's fufu, then?

8:53 am

((FM))

8:54 am

fufu - what junior ballerinas wear?

8:54 am

How are you and Mrs C today?

8:54 am

mrs c is still snoozing but we are all well and good:)

8:54 am

so a fofo would be a ballerina costume for an infant?

8:55 am

is that not a fru-fru?

8:55 am

If ballerinas have fru fru on their tutu's perhaps make ballet dancers just have fo fo on their tights?

8:55 am

fru-fru is adjectival. anything that is unnecessarily dandy.

8:56 am

this grid is very french... cela, celui, cheri...

8:57 am

frou-frou - excessively fancy, like most mother of the bride outfits.

8:57 am

This grid is just very .... I have no grey cells left for today.

8:58 am

ah, zee little grey cells...

8:58 am

y

8:58 am

so the 8's are cr, sc, and...?

8:59 am

lol from France to Belgium in one fell swoop.

8:59 am

ac hurshy

9:03 am

is the cr8 related to the cr 5/20?

9:04 am

'fraid not

9:04 am

nm got :)

9:04 am

is the ac8 weird or normal? :)

9:05 am

but I bet your sons trousers are cr8 than yours if he leaves them on the floor over night.

9:06 am

It is a pl of the ac7 and is a word I am not familiar with hursh.

9:06 am

It's not normal, or at least not in my world. It's a plural for ac7.

9:06 am

<-- goes to look up the def.

9:06 am

For ac7 - start off with what you don't want to have in your car and run it into Spanish day.

9:06 am

are there two ac7's, then?

9:06 am

yes

9:07 am

There are two ac7, yes.

9:07 am

i have the ac 7 and cannot pl it,unless there is annother

9:07 am

lol,nm

9:07 am

and the one you want is the 1st

9:07 am

HAz what does your dictionary say?

9:08 am

thank you!

9:08 am

Hold on and I'll have a look.

9:09 am

Ta

9:10 am

It says nothing. Further investigation is required as dictionary.com can't come up with anything either.

9:10 am

Ah c'est la vie

9:10 am

apparently it's sloth

9:10 am

putting tea on,who wants a cuppa.nice tetley bold blend,steeped strong enough to bend the spoon;)))

9:10 am

Sloth.

9:11 am

mmm ys please crossy

9:11 am

tea sounds good

9:12 am

so... i have another interview today

9:12 am

And how do you feel?

9:13 am

tried darjeeling the other week and it was so weak it was like someone dragged a tea bag through hot water for 10 seconds lol

9:13 am

fine. i think i might like it better than my current job, but i've also applied for something else which i think would be a much better opportunity, so i'm not as into this one

9:13 am

My Grandpa worked at the steel mills all his life and through WW2, they used to eg extra rations of tea and as a good Yorkshire man always brewed a a mug of tea so that the 'spoon could stand up in it'.

9:13 am

only way ta brew it fm:)

9:14 am

:)

9:14 am

All the best with the interview, hurshy, if nothing else it gives you experience.

9:14 am

i am hoping i don't end up having to decide something about this one without knowing about the other.

9:14 am

thanks :)

9:14 am

Well done for aplying for the jobs hursh and good luck with the interviews, I know it is not easy for you.

9:14 am

heat the pot first so the water stays hot longer and you can steep it till it begs for mercey

9:14 am

Yes, but don't spend time worrying about it.

9:15 am

you will do great i am sure hurshy

9:15 am

You need to worry about things like whether your shoes match your necklace.

9:15 am

... and don't overanalyse afterwards :)

9:15 am

LOL Haz.

9:15 am

good grief....wimmens...

9:16 am

i have been doing reasonably well about the worrying thing, i think. and my shoes never match my necklace :) lol

9:16 am

Hey all!

9:16 am

Back in 5. Hi car.e

9:16 am

as

9:16 am

Hi and Bye FM.

9:16 am

Hello, car.

9:17 am

good morning everyone

9:17 am

Good morning, flosey.

9:17 am

Hurshy...I haven't seen you since the accident happened at Yale. The girl that was killed....lives in the town next to me. The Babble World is indeed a small place.

9:17 am

Good morning Flosey!

9:17 am

Good morning Haz!

9:17 am

it is. she was killed right across the street from my office. :(

9:18 am

wear something comfortable and do dress up like you are going to a catillion ,always make eye contact do not make your previous experience into a big long story.keep it short and simple but factual and when the interviewer says "where would you see yourself within this company in ten years?" do not answer "your chair":)

9:18 am

dont dress up like a party*

9:18 am

I knew that she had been killed right across from you, but then to find out she lived in the next town from me....kind of weird.

9:19 am

well, i guess everything is near SOMEbody!

9:20 am

every summer i do about 50 interviews and it is always the same.and it is always the same type that make it to the final 5 short list

9:21 am

i don't mind interviews, really.

9:22 am

what i find hard is the imagining what a new thing would be like, and whether i would like it, and making decisions.

9:23 am

they must fe confident,calm,meet your eyes when you speak and be a people person.shmoozing with customers is #1.if you can make my customers have a good experience a good visit.actual knowledge about whatever it is i am selling is secondary.if you can handle people that is the best skill

9:23 am

i've been lucky, lately, that the jobs i have interviewed for, i have felt iffy about, and they haven't been offered to me, so i didn't have to decide! :)

9:24 am

but of course everything i do up here is tourist trade fodder

9:25 am

it is all the art of the sale

9:26 am

yeah i'm not in sales.

9:26 am

sell,then gas,sell them books,hell sell them my car and house if the price is right

9:27 am

hi folks - crossy - remember we were talking about book stores the other day and someone mentioned the BBC series Black Books - have you ever seen it?

9:27 am

very funny - exactly NOT the way to run a book store - he does everything to shoo customers out so he can just sit and read

9:27 am

no i have not jbv

9:28 am

lol

9:28 am

I ordered it from Netflix - it's not my style of humor, but I did get a few good laughs

9:28 am

Back again with mug of tea seeing as crossy was too busy ;)

9:28 am

that what you have to be carefull of.not to turn your books store into your own private collectuon

9:29 am

damn typos

9:29 am

you would probably enjoy it

9:29 am

fireworks unaided

9:29 am

i shall look it up,is it a tv series or a book set?

9:29 am

yaa for gremlinn

9:29 am

Will you have to remind yourself of that crossy when you do open your store?

9:30 am

I saw the first season of the BBC tv series - I think it was 6 episodes on the DVD

9:30 am

probably based on a book, though

9:30 am

there have been a few delays fm.i will have to keep you posted

9:30 am

Hi and congrats gremlinn and thanks for the lists you put up when lickety is indisposed.

9:30 am

phantoms: cichlid, occasion, occlusion, fascia(e), fascicle, chemical(s), alchemic, and many others I've forgotten

9:31 am

Well done Gremlinn!!!!

9:31 am

the story is about nothing - it's kind of a British "Seinfeld" - three loser friends who get in the usual scrapes

9:31 am

there's my 25-word review, free of charge :)

9:31 am

and the bbc way of filming is hard on north american eyes most of the time and takes getting used to

9:32 am

it is all in the camera angles,lighting aND THE WAY THEY PAN THE CAMERA AND OR SWICH TO A DIFFERENT PERSON TALKING

9:32 am

sorry caps

9:33 am

for instance i love james herriot and his vetcapades,but try and watch the series i go into a coma lol

9:34 am

Times have changed since Herriot was filmed. Now it's fashionable to pretend that the cameraman wants to induce seasickness in the audience.

9:35 am

lol @ vetcapades. Wonders if Mr Haz has any of those?

9:35 am

Whew! Finally NBT!

9:35 am

It is a long time since you told us a story Haz.

9:35 am

Just a few, FM.

only need two more and you wouldnt believe that one is re4/5 any clue?

9:36 am

I still smile when i think of the goat on the bed one.

the other is the re9/66

9:36 am

I know, the goat owner is still a client.

9:37 am

really? LOL!

9:37 am

His old aunts are dead and he's living in a more modern place but he's still farming away.

9:37 am

re9 = someone who choses to live in isolation

9:37 am

re 4/5 is short for an activity room with a plural at the end....or old vinyl RE*ord*

thank you for both!!

9:38 am

TY FM!

9:38 am

hello again

9:39 am

yw - the clue isnot mine but one that was given much earlier in the chog, unfortunately can't remember by whom.

9:39 am

Fireworks then, Vanilla?

fireworks after the battle!

9:39 am

Hi Ruby!

9:39 am

79 this AM but prince has turned back into a toad -- it was a great 3 1/2 days!

9:39 am

Afternoon ruby! Congrats vanilla.

9:39 am

Congrats Vanilla!

9:39 am

Oh Ruby! Sorry to hear.

ty

9:41 am

Anyone need a coffee refill?

9:42 am

I just had a god mugfull (is that a word?) lol

9:42 am

Not for me thanks car.e

9:42 am

I'm looking for the re9, maybe will become one

9:42 am

u cannot get the re 9 together must be alt spelling

9:42 am

i

9:42 am

hello FM, finally found your address again which had drowned in the morass of papers on my desks

9:43 am

hello car.ee

9:43 am

{{crossy}}

9:43 am

((ruby))

9:43 am

re9 - the state that a hermit might live in. Think of a lonely word starting with s and make it r instead.

9:43 am

aaaah, got the re9! yay

9:43 am

ty haz, but had just gotten it

9:44 am

tsk tsk ruby, I'll come over and be your PA for a month and get you filed and sorted :)

9:44 am

my son and his wife tried that, and I still haven't found all the stuff they "sorted out" for me.

9:45 am

lol

9:45 am

but yo're welcome to try, FM, and the roses and peonies are almost ready to pop. And my little baby lilac has surprsingly large sprays of almost-open flowers

9:45 am

<---puts on sponge outfit to soak up all the clues

9:45 am

hello ruru

9:45 am

my da is like that.i have showed him how to orignize everything with the computer and usb keys..but he keep his enture like on scraps of paper

9:46 am

I have 15 mins to try to re*** half

9:46 am

my whole like (and dislike) also on paper scraps

9:46 am

that second c is throwing me off on that re 9;(

9:46 am

good luck ruby it is a stinker today

9:46 am

life

9:47 am

crossy, maybe you're starting from the wrong re

9:47 am

crossy-it's the act not the person

9:47 am

(imagine ruby giving helpful hints) fofl

9:47 am

more that likely ruby ty:)

9:47 am

If I ever finish this grid.. I am never doing it again

9:48 am

Run together most of a hermit with a charged particle for the re9.

9:48 am

hahah ruru

9:48 am

Never doing what again? Babble? This grid? Making bad puns?

9:48 am

ty haz and ruby

9:48 am

Mum was saying on the phone today that she would like a laptop (bear in mind she has no PC experience nor can type). I tried to explain that to use a laptop and the internet you need a connection through the phone. We decided to talk about something else :)

9:49 am

no.. haz.. just this grid

9:49 am

maybe from the wrong like

9:49 am

not the person the act of..now it makes sense

9:49 am

or life

9:49 am

Hey ruru!

9:49 am

get her hooked up with 3 g wireless fm

9:49 am

hey FM.. Haz is picking on my punning

9:50 am

May this grid never revisit us! Can you blame her ruru?

9:50 am

there is a whole new book out on punning, reviewed yesterday in the Int'l Herald Tribune, perfect for ruru

9:50 am

FM is my back-up.

9:50 am

godspeed to her I say!

9:50 am

i type like a cat running across the keyboard and it has never stopped me;))

9:50 am

ruru do you know chattanooga choo choo jokes?

9:50 am

at least she is not pruning your punning.

9:51 am

no...ruby I don't

9:51 am

crossy talks to the wall....

9:51 am

if you e-mail me, I'll send you some; if you like puns, they're terrif

9:51 am

NOt sure I'd let Haz near me with pruning shears

9:51 am

uh oh.....

9:52 am

I now crossy, they have a PC up in the office but to do the whole wireless thing and get her up and running would just be too much for her.

9:52 am

how old is your mum, FM?

9:52 am

:(

9:52 am

...this grid is impossible...

9:53 am

'talks to the wall' - Shirley Valentine' - great movie. 82 ruby

9:53 am

I keep trying helas NOT

9:53 am

younger than my prince

9:54 am

Not impossible, ruru. You must pull yourself together and remember that you're a seasoned babbler. We don't give up.

9:54 am

Think I will just delcare an open bar in the PB until flip time and we can forget about the poopy grid.

9:54 am

Very good Haz - stiff upper lip and all that and soilder on through!

9:54 am

what am I seasoned with.. garlic and oregano?

9:54 am

open bar??....WHERE?

9:54 am

open bar sounds good to me! I mix excellent martinis and margueritas, will bring the necessaries

9:55 am

crossy dives into the pb

9:55 am

Absolutely, keep calm and carry one.

9:55 am

PB crossie

9:55 am

already there fm:))

9:55 am

poopy grid is right, hahah

9:55 am

and with the good wather over here it might be time for the cabana boys to get dusted off.

9:56 am

can you believe there's a fr football player named that?

9:56 am

oh for heavens sake - spelling has gone out the window today.

9:56 am

*Nominates FM "Babble Queen Of The Day"*

9:56 am

Hi everyone

9:57 am

{{molly}}

9:57 am

{{bichon}}

9:57 am

I was going to say, FM, your spelling is even more creative than usual.

9:57 am

sounds like a grand party

9:57 am

lol Molly and Hi bichon

9:57 am

is 6/24 and is 7/36=is+ what sounds like the board applied to a home to hold the gutter on

9:57 am

Been up since 5am Haz and that is my excuse.

9:58 am

I'm suspicious about FM getting nominated for Babble Queen right after she announces open bar and cabana boys.

9:58 am

Why Haz? That's why I nominated her. : )

9:58 am

awe don't steal my brief moment of glory :(

9:59 am

I knew it. Telling people to keep calm and carry on with stiff upper lips just isn't popular.

9:59 am

we prefer panic,weeping,wailing and gnashing of teeth

9:59 am

well at least I tried the Brit approach first.

9:59 am

...I ...can't...find... one...more.. word...*collapses*

9:59 am

I found an is6/24, Italian island, but it doesn't have a plural. Is that what you meant crossy?

9:59 am

Wimp.

10:00 am

Haz, I was afraid nominating you might interfere with your...um...secret...um...stuff.

10:00 am

OK, girls, let's pick up ruru - 1, 2, 3!

10:00 am

*passes ruru a cognac*

10:00 am

it was a rough clue only ruby it has a strangle pl for the 7

10:00 am

Ah. Understood.

10:00 am

well,even that is not really a pl,

10:00 am

Very confused about is 6/24. I thought it was an anatomical term.

10:01 am

it is that too Molly

10:01 am

i just clued with a sound alike molly not an exact definition

10:01 am

I see. An anatomical Italian island. Oy.

10:01 am

i rarely clue with exact definitions

10:01 am

a greek island or similar and a hip related thingy

10:02 am

No, Ruby said it was an Italian island.

10:02 am

FM goes to the top of the anatomy class with that accurate description.

10:02 am

watch out for Italian doctors!

10:02 am

but anyways on we go...

10:02 am

I thought it was a creepy Chia-Pet

10:02 am

*giggles and chokes on tea at the same time* gee thanks Haz

10:03 am

*heads to the wet bar in the PB.. it was worth it*

10:03 am

uh oh, ruru is at the party!

10:03 am

*Heads to the open bar to sc6/39 a drink*

10:03 am

good lord..someone pour me a shot of something strong....

10:04 am

what are you doing to that drink molly?

10:04 am

Triple vodka with 2 tetleys Tbags on ice sir.

10:05 am

did anybody ever have Long Island iced tea? I've had it in bars but could never replicate it at home although lord knows I've tried

10:05 am

sc6/39ing it Ruby

10:05 am

sounds good..crossy put tea bags on his eyes and slams the 3 fingers of vodka down and chases it with a shot of absinthe

10:05 am

sc 6/39?

10:05 am

Minveryork's going to have one strange tale to tell with her clue story.

10:06 am

I don't see that sc either

10:06 am

lol haz.. that's for sure

10:06 am

ROFL crossy

10:06 am

*So glad that good vodka was not polluted with tea*

10:06 am

sc6/39 - sc plus a phonetic rendition of what the hyena is famous for (kind of).

10:06 am

ruby,i used to bar tend and i can make you a traditional long island iced tea...no pre mix

10:06 am

do you wish the recipue ruby?

10:06 am

does it have a double consoant?

10:07 am

sc + alternate spelling of ha ha ha

10:07 am

Or s plus Mr Clavin from Cheers, different vowel.

10:07 am

yes, pls, crossy, e-mail if poss

10:07 am

Yes Bich

10:07 am

give me you addy ruby

10:07 am

yes, molly, ty for spoonfeeding me

10:07 am

ty Molly, got it

10:07 am

it's in my profile, crossy

10:08 am

And make it the one who does for sc8.

10:08 am

k

10:08 am

is it only clear liquors?

10:08 am

oh jeezus.. no wonder I'm struggling.. these aren't words

10:08 am

A bad babbler blames the words.

10:08 am

It's a great word. I'm going to use it in so many different ways. Like sc6/39 it all to hell! AND I don't give a sc6/39 about that.

10:09 am

I had to look it up; it's a golfing term

10:09 am

*Pours Ru another drink*

10:09 am

that's so funny Molly I forgot to sc6

10:09 am

maybe tiger needs to know it, might help his game

10:09 am

Ru, Haz called you Bad.

10:09 am

sc sc sc

10:10 am

he would need a ho in front of the s ruby..lol

10:10 am

but doesn't bad mean good these days? or has it reverted again?

10:10 am

2 more for half, then I can feed the hungry troops

10:10 am

It's reverse psychology, I'm trying to get ruru fired up with enthusiasm.

10:10 am

I am sadly lacking in street talk.

10:10 am

sc sc sc!!!!

10:10 am

Haz has license to rib me as much as she wants

10:11 am

*smug*

10:11 am

I was enthusiastic until I hit 50 words to go

10:11 am

yay, half! see you after dinner and after I find crossy's recipe

10:11 am

yo! FM wassup?

10:12 am

FM needs to get some phat street cred.

10:12 am

Ahh that was the point i sunk too ruru but did get there in the end although with my usage of morewords I have paid for Haz's daughter wedding several times.

10:12 am

It's a bit of a slog, I'll grant you. But we've seen worse, much worse.

10:12 am

Yes.. buys FM's some really extra large pants that hang down and shows her underwear...

10:13 am

Just seeing yo when it is not a typo makes me shudder :)

10:13 am

ok ruby i have sent it to you

10:13 am

lol

10:13 am

you should see how the French translate street talk into subtitles; it's hilarious

10:13 am

ty crossy, I'll stagger back to the grid after din

10:14 am

lol be careful.after 3 of those your legs do not work anymore

10:14 am

they do literal translations which don't usually work - back to that Italian doctor.....

10:14 am

Why is fonk not a word? I'm sure it was used on Batman.

10:14 am

that was Bonk molly..

10:14 am

it is a "creeper' drink they sneak up on you

10:14 am

they translate all bad words as me***

10:15 am

and it tastes exactly like iced tea..you cannot taste the booze lol

10:16 am

Boink surley ruru unless it was a secrect message between Batman and Robin?

10:16 am

that's like putting booze into Red Bull (not in my experience, however)

10:16 am

FM is starting to need subtitles herself.

10:17 am

secrect sounds like an underground religion!

10:17 am

tell the truth, has anyone here actually tried Red Bull?

10:17 am

One sip. It tastes like liquid Pixie Stix. Gross.

10:17 am

sorry Haz, it's all this blue sky and sun - justnot used to it.

10:18 am

Pixie Stix?

10:18 am

Well, time I was getting off my ac8/55 (hip thingies) and heading off for a walk. Toodle-oo!

10:18 am

A sugary powdered candy that used to come in straw tubes.

10:18 am

Bye Haz have a good walk with the glittery one.

10:18 am

we had those but by a different name, molly

10:19 am

*poof*

10:19 am

Bye ruby

10:20 am

i do not care for any of the "energy" drinks all of them seem to have mango juice

10:21 am

Way too much caffine in most of them.

10:21 am

Isn't that the point FM?

10:21 am

true but so open to abuse.

10:22 am

Between the Starbucks and the energy drinks, it's a wonder some young'uns don't sprout wings and fly.

10:23 am

actually i have seen the shakes,cold sweats and vomiting for over use

10:23 am

boink is a connection in a way FM..lol

10:23 am

That was of5/22 Ru

10:24 am

you mean it was spenic molly?

10:25 am

splenic

10:25 am

Foink!

10:26 am

I knew a chap that drank a pint of Guiness and then did double vodkas and red bulls all night most days - he aged so much over a few years.

10:26 am

that's what a lot of college students are doing here fm.. it's really a problem

10:28 am

Apart from the abuse to the body, it ain't cheap.

10:28 am

Just the idea of mixing vodka with that Red Bull crap makes me queasy.

10:28 am

all that sugar..ewwwwww

10:29 am

wow... this is the toughest grid I've played

10:29 am

me too Molly. Anyhoo I had better skidaddle for a while, things to sort out before the end of the working day.

10:30 am

that reassures me ruru. i was feeling very lost.

10:30 am

Happy or hopefull Babbbling and Good Luck with the grid.

10:31 am

bye fm

10:31 am

have a nice day out there in the real world

10:32 am

Chafe is not a word??

10:32 am

Ah..ok..it is..just not in the puzzle..

10:33 am

I'm still an idiot!

10:33 am

no your eyes are playing tricks on you

10:33 am

the only idiotic question is the one that is never asked

10:33 am

hints for the i an E in the far-left column?

10:34 am

OMG i just listed. 11 ac words and i have one :(

10:34 am

ec6 yummy choclit treat

10:35 am

mmmmm.....definitely yummy....

10:36 am

married 20 years and the only thing i know about wimmens is that it has something to do with choclate

10:36 am

hows about the far-left i?

10:36 am

lol

10:36 am

lol

10:36 am

::ignoring crossy til i get me choklit::

10:36 am

that and credit cards..

10:37 am

you are a wise man crossy

10:37 am

* Passes Eva a Choco Taco*

10:37 am

im4

10:38 am

al 5/12/

10:38 am

??

10:38 am

TY GE

10:38 am

lier

10:38 am

*oops*

10:38 am

yw

10:38 am

::toddles off to PB::

10:38 am

i take that back

10:38 am

ty ge

10:38 am

crossy give ge a black magic choc toffee

10:39 am

happy fa**

10:42 am

al 5/12? please

10:43 am

see? chocolate,sparkly stones and anything that makes,retain or throws heat..i think i am getting the hang of this....

10:43 am

*Places a chocolate fountain next to the open bar in the PB*

10:45 am

al+ a version of the fbi

10:46 am

a type of american undercover agent that is

10:49 am

oh crossy that heat thing is so true! good for you.

10:49 am

don't see it

10:50 am

thanks anyway crossy

10:50 am

just work your way to the top left ru

10:50 am

ty

10:51 am

:)

10:53 am

It's what I call a square word

10:54 am

I don't see it.

10:54 am

Puts on sunglasses

10:54 am

Oh skip it. I thought you were talking about the im4

10:54 am

Me either, ru... I think we're looking for the al5/12, not the al5/14.

10:55 am

Or in my case, just looking for any a's ...

10:55 am

LSD.

10:56 am

One is al + apple ***er

10:56 am

the one that was clued was the al5/14

10:56 am

has the 5/12 been clued?

10:56 am

al 5 is the pl of the 4/5

10:57 am

ahhh, thanks bichon! Ru, did you get that?

10:57 am

apple ***er?

10:57 am

oh god.. I tried that

10:57 am

thank you.

10:58 am

cice

10:58 am

yvw

10:58 am

cale

10:58 am

The ***er House Rules...a drink made from apples

10:58 am

ceri

10:58 am

sorry

10:59 am

bbl -- need to get breakfast.

11:00 am

ci 6?

11:01 am

This grid bites

11:01 am

hits ruru over head with a flounder

11:01 am

agreed!

11:01 am

it is a toughie

11:03 am

ci6...ci + alternate spelling of green leafy vegetable.

11:03 am

ty molly

You know about the lady who ate a bad apple and it made cider inside her inside?

11:06 am

spinach, lettuce, chard, kale, bok choy?

11:06 am

Got it, ty Molly

11:07 am

Yes, alternate spelling of the 4th one.

11:07 am

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly

No, this is the apple.

11:10 am

I know a little old lady from Pasedena

The little old lady from Masapequa?

11:11 am

There once was a girl from Madrid...

Here we go, chog hogging again.

Go on...

11:11 am

who kept all her naughty parts hid...

...

11:11 am

k now im blushing

...

Cause you're from Flushing?

11:12 am

there once was a lady from york....

11:12 am

Hey, everyone. :)

11:13 am

who is now awaiting the stork...

11:13 am

Go ahead GE

11:13 am

she definatly states....

if we're going to start limericks, I will have to take a rain check- I will never get to work.

11:13 am

that on her next date....

11:14 am

mm this is g rated..we best leave it at that

She'll remember to hold on to her fork?

11:14 am

exactly!

Relaks!

"She'll get the name and address of the dork" !

bbl.

11:15 am

we said aboard the good ship venus...\

sorry.... that just blurted out !!

11:16 am

my lord you should of seen us...

11:16 am

..mm that will not work in here either

oh, nooooooooooooooooooooo- the toothpaste is out of the tube!

11:20 am

good morning everyone :)

11:20 am

finally got a 7. its a miracle (which is a phantom)

11:21 am

GE...you never got to finish your limerick.

11:21 am

Good morning, nan. :)

11:23 am

morning, all! between classes here...

11:28 am

help with ea6?

11:28 am

no hard syb

11:29 am

*not

11:29 am

carpet layers are interrupting my me time

11:29 am

it is the ea6's that i have the toughest time with...thank you

11:30 am

and molly the limerick can be finished by your own imagination. i can't possible go there.

11:30 am

I'm having a terrible time with the ac's in this one

11:30 am

a clue for the first ac 7/40 please?

11:30 am

yes yes and yes i agree with all the difficulties today!

11:30 am

I'm having trouble with the whole grid....lol...been working off and on all morning and still 90 to go

11:31 am

glad others are finding this a tough grid!!

11:31 am

dont have most of the ac's yet sorry

11:31 am

a + double consonant _ not the ego but the ** + two vowels

11:31 am

this is a ball buster

11:32 am

ty bichon

11:33 am

yvw Nan

11:33 am

wow. thx, bichon

11:34 am

ac 5/16?

11:34 am

ac + open *** at a comedy club

11:35 am

ac + ***rophone

11:35 am

ty bichon and erda

11:36 am

yw Nan

11:40 am

just received a sad email. a young man in town killed his father last week. another family friend took in the dog as the only other family member is away at college.

11:40 am

the dog ran away last night and everyone is frantically searching for this pet as it is the only thing the college girl has remaining.

11:41 am

oh, GE, that is awful!!!

11:43 am

is 6, please?

11:43 am

i'm going to forward the email on to my local groups so that hopefully someone will find this poor animal.

11:45 am

is + the "pet" that grows grass like hair

11:45 am

ty GE

11:46 am

add a cons for the 7 not pl

11:46 am

*!* ta da *!* - a tough one, thanks all for the help :)

11:46 am

i hope they find the dog... i have other sad dog news - my sister's is possibly dying...

11:46 am

yay nan!!!

11:46 am

oh no hurshy

11:47 am

anyone want clues before I leave?

11:47 am

it is so hard when someone you love is hurting and there isn't much you can do

11:48 am

off to my sewing project, then -- back at the flip :)

11:49 am

Sorry to hear about your sister's dog Hursh.

11:53 am

Hi all, this grid is something else need clues for the re5/14 & re9/66 pls

11:55 am

oh, hurshy, I am sorry to hear about your sister's dog - even though we know we will outlive them it is always sad when they go :-(

11:55 am

and now I am off to class, again...

11:59 am

re 9= the art of one avoiding people you are in a state of RE9

12:00 pm

hermit like as it were

12:00 pm

ty crosshair, now need the re5/14

12:01 pm

nm finally monkeyed it

12:03 pm

yay thanks crossy

12:04 pm

as 5/18 please?

12:05 pm

as + japanese goldfish

12:05 pm

thx!!

12:05 pm

ty dawg

12:06 pm

yw

12:07 pm

name that proper noun.... former president of france

12:09 pm

Finally got through those nasty A's.

12:09 pm

howdydoody?

12:10 pm

wow. so first glance shows all of 2 words. is it an evil grid?

12:10 pm

Pompidoux ? Mittérand ? DeGaulle ?

12:10 pm

i'm only half way jes. ch6, monty

12:11 pm

it us very evil jes

12:11 pm

us

12:11 pm

chirac

12:12 pm

ding ding ding

12:12 pm

chirac of course ... "sigh"

12:13 pm

92 words and hit a wall... tell me lickety is up, please!!!

12:14 pm

lickety is up - nto that it helps much

12:14 pm

haven't checked yet dorens but usually is...

12:14 pm

it is..waut till you see all the ac words:((

12:14 pm

well thanks, that is good to know... will be back this evening to hopefully finish. bye all

12:14 pm

hagd dorens

12:15 pm

40 to go, i've hit a wall - bbl later to list and finish..

12:16 pm

bye bzzz cross river - "poof"

12:16 pm

heckie. i can t even find the second si/4

12:17 pm

got it

12:18 pm

of6

12:19 pm

poop it is and pl

12:24 pm

of6...not on + **ls well that ends well, then pluralize it

12:25 pm

It's a gross word. It means the inedible parts of what is butchered from an animal. Ew.

12:26 pm

ty

12:29 pm

those are the best parts, especially after crossy's iced tea!

12:29 pm

finally halfway. i don't think i can put another 4 hours into this grid

12:29 pm

hello GE

12:30 pm

Chirac was a phantom in office, too!

12:30 pm

((ruby)) wb

12:30 pm

ty, sweet crossy!

12:31 pm

I have a few more than half but not even nbt

12:31 pm

rectum redact'redans'

12:31 pm

i will not be halping anyone acrossy the finish line todat ruby;( this is one mean grid

12:32 pm

lol@ acrossy

12:32 pm

you mean you're not going to give me 87 words hahah

12:32 pm

did you get the ch words crossy?

12:32 pm

very hard grid....having problems with some of the 4 letter words...not to mentiion all of the fe's

12:32 pm

hard to type whut a cat on your leyboard

12:33 pm

u have a ch 5/16

12:33 pm

i

12:34 pm

no, I have 2 ch5/14's, 2 ch6/24's and one ch4/7

12:34 pm

anybody want them? otherwise slimpickins around here

12:35 pm

i need the 6/24's

12:35 pm

okay i'm bringing on morewords

12:35 pm

hmm. why do i like this game again? :P

12:35 pm

cria IS TOO a word!

12:36 pm

its fun, its fun, its fun!

12:36 pm

and the people are nice :)

12:36 pm

ch5, a type of claw and then 2 plurals, one regular and one latin

12:37 pm

I knew the words but had to look up the definitions; I thought it was a Greek dress....duh

12:37 pm

that's true, GE, the company's nice

12:38 pm

this is just too hard. Good night everybody but I agree about the company!!!

12:38 pm

bye, ruby

12:38 pm

the only redeeming quality to the game some days jes

12:38 pm

bye ruby!

12:39 pm

bye jes bye GE bye crossy

12:39 pm

good grief..our back kitty"serius black"is laying in the left side of my desk,on his back with all 4 feet up in the air and laying under the reading lamp sunning his harbles..good lord...

12:39 pm

tc ruby

12:39 pm

has the weather settled down in the US? I haven't seen the news

12:39 pm

harbles??? lol

12:39 pm

harbles?

12:39 pm

google harbles

12:40 pm

it snowed and hailed yesterday here, ruby, and was 27F this am

12:40 pm

I'm afraid to

12:40 pm

i wish i was a kitty

12:40 pm

lol

12:40 pm

that is terrible, jes, here it is about 45F at night and goes up to 75-80 in the afternoon.

12:40 pm

I think I wish I had harbles......

12:41 pm

maybe not

12:42 pm

*poof*

12:42 pm

chicago has not been pleasant this week. rain, wind, cold, snow, yuck! looking forward to maybe 80 next week.

12:42 pm

bye, ruby! *waves*

12:42 pm

just over the freezing mark and half rain half snow:(

12:47 pm

and crossy must get his butt in gear and head out with his harbles into the rain and sleet tc all and happu babbling...poink!

12:53 pm

bye, crossy

12:56 pm

80 next week in Chicago? Really????

12:57 pm

yeah tuesday i think

12:57 pm

of course they could change their minds

1:01 pm

Wow. Well, that will be nice :-)

1:01 pm

just checked the local forecast - 71 for DeKalb. Still nice.

1:01 pm

It's 80 here today. Beautiful.

1:02 pm

right now it is 39 here, Molly, can I come visit?

1:03 pm

also I have 126 words left, and I think they are in some other grid :-(

hmm downgraded from last night. will prob decrease each day as it gets closer :(

1:04 pm

well, we tend to be colder out here than closer to the city, too

1:04 pm

Yes Sue. Bring your shades and I will make us drinks and canapes.

1:04 pm

Sounds good :-)

oh they found the dog!!

she was in her old neighborhood. prob trying to get home

1:07 pm

oh, thank goodness, GE!!!!!

the power of the internet, haha

1:09 pm

"also I have 126 words left, and I think they are in some other grid :-(" so very true!

1:10 pm

so wait, GE, this should be in the Chicago area, right? Where? (looking on the trib web site for news...)

1:10 pm

Glad to hear it GE. That poor girl is going to need all the comfort she can get.

it was here in Arlington hts last Thursday. the gruesome details were in the paper monday after the bail hearing

1:15 pm

well, still not finding it but glad the dog is found, anyway (btw, I used to live in Prospect Heights, commuted to NIU from there, drove by Arlington Heights a lot!)

1:21 pm

Next Friday's icon theme should be "Hats For The Royal Wedding". This bunch could come up with some good ones.

oh that would not have been a fun commute sue.

i like the icon idea molly. that could be good!

1:26 pm

I emailed Sprite about it. We'll see. My girlfriends and I always find a hat on the internet for Derby Day (The Kentucky Derby)

1:27 pm

it wasn't, GE, but I had my son attending a school for gifted kids that was in Des Plaines, and that seemed to be the best solution.

1:28 pm

<------- not a hat person (but willing to find pictures of hats as long as I don't have to wear them)

jeez. forgot today was 4/20 until i saw all the drug references on fb.

1:31 pm

drug references?

1:36 pm

evening all - very slow today still got 109 words to find

1:36 pm

ch6/27

1:37 pm

you're ahead of me, kazz, 121 left here

1:39 pm

ch6, more sleek?

1:39 pm

eeew thanks amelu

1:39 pm

got me 2 more words

1:40 pm

wonder if that's the same ch6/27 as I have - I would have said more fashionable...

1:42 pm

thanks ...this grid makes me feel inferior

1:42 pm

it seems to be a hard one tonight

1:45 pm

nbt but only with help from lickety

1:45 pm

time to get back to work...

1:46 pm

what is the i on the left had column please for nbt

1:47 pm

syb----how are you doing?

1:48 pm

5o words to go....i only have 2 of the fe's

1:49 pm

bring your laptop tomorrow and we can work on this

1:49 pm

im4/6, kazz, a babblet, i think

1:49 pm

thanks sue

1:49 pm

makes a little square in the top left corner...

i'm back. had to do some negotiations with the carpet layers over payment. i don't do confrontation well!!

2:06 pm

Ineed help with re 5'14, before to askback

2:08 pm

dont have it yet inge

re + double cons + vowel, kinda sounds like pb candy

2:12 pm

thanks GE

2:15 pm

Three words to go.

2:16 pm

wow, inge! I am pretty stumped by this one (of course, I've been busy all day too)

2:17 pm

How about a clue for ca 6/21 please.'

2:18 pm

gambling house

thanks amelu

2:19 pm

Great! And thanks Amelu

50 left, must take a break

micra

off to th ePB I go.

2:30 pm

PB Kaplan

I'm already there.

I went voluntarily.

can you give me stats on the 9? If anyone is out there?

2:35 pm

The state of being a hermit Kap.

2:35 pm

f

stat not clue?

2:35 pm

Oh dammit, I'm sorry, you said stats. Off to the PB with me. re9/66. Again, sorry.

you get PB for that? I'm here- come let us break matza together.

2:36 pm

ac7,8?

2:37 pm

thanks Molly - i needed that

2:37 pm

final 2 words are related I think. Please clue sc6/39 and sc 8,75

2:38 pm

sc + make happy noise misspelled.

I have a word beginning with a hermit but not the ending.

2:38 pm

sc 6/39...sc + alternate spelling for ha ha ha

2:39 pm

It's the state of that Kap.

2:39 pm

sc8/75 is one who does that (sc 6/39)

thank you. never would have gotten it.

2:40 pm

whatever "that" is. Thx, molly, that gave me nbs.

2:41 pm

Goit it thanks.

2:41 pm

Apparently, it's some kind of golf term. Like mashie.

2:41 pm

congrats then inge

Silly word.

2:43 pm

silly game (imho)

2:43 pm

thanks, molly

2:43 pm

Sssssshhhhh...Haz said this morning that bad Babblers blame it on the words. : D

Oh I'm proud to be an okie from muskogee.

2:44 pm

And Sue, yes, one of the silliest games ever.

did she really?

2:44 pm

I meant golf, btw, not babble!!

2:44 pm

Yes Kap, as a joke to Ruru.

Who's a bad babbler?

2:45 pm

I meant golf too.

2:45 pm

Fireworks party in pr0gress' come and join me'

She had better be joking!

2:45 pm

yay inge!

2:45 pm

Yay Inge!!

2:45 pm

I'll join you inge.

2:45 pm

yay, inge! but I am off to a faculty senate meeting, bbl.

2:45 pm

Save me some cake :-)

2:45 pm

Oh yes I'm bad, I'm bad, I'm bad...you know it.

2:46 pm

Haz has a wonderful sense of humor.

truly?

2:46 pm

Too funny ... people going to hiss at the monitor?

2:47 pm

'

2:55 pm

hello all, not liking this grid

2:55 pm

it is a lovely day here, sunyy and supposed to get up to 80 today!!

2:55 pm

Pretty tough grid!!!\

2:59 pm

good grief . . . fe5/19 and of5/22 in the same grid LOL

2:59 pm

it's a nasty little grid. enough to give one an ul5

3:02 pm

sa6 pls

3:03 pm

peri.. my gal sa* p**ed in the to*let.

3:03 pm

LOL

3:03 pm

cause she saw this grid.. ;-)

3:03 pm

nice clue m9

3:04 pm

trying to figure out your clue m9

3:05 pm

LOL.. I don't usually spell them out like that.. but kind of getting tired...

3:05 pm

sc7?

3:05 pm

al 5/12 please

3:05 pm

not working for me :(

3:05 pm

al5/12 is the plural of the 4

3:05 pm

duh thanks bea

3:06 pm

sc r.. it's a more than word

3:07 pm

got the sa6 ty

3:07 pm

yay

3:08 pm

was thinkin poo instead of vomit :)

3:08 pm

thanks, m9

3:09 pm

I am hungry and too early for dinner and I am eating too many snacks :(

3:10 pm

ah yes.. I should have mentioned the technicolor yawn, liquid laughter, street pizza, etc

3:10 pm

never heard those terms before m9

3:11 pm

making a call on the porcelain phone

3:11 pm

street pizza ewww

3:11 pm

LOL

3:12 pm

how come mi**r isn't a word?" I thought it described a good hunting cat?

3:12 pm

this is one of the hardest grids, for me in a long time and it is making me cross

3:12 pm

that is mouser

3:13 pm

ca 6/21 please?

3:13 pm

whatever!

3:13 pm

don't have cos

3:13 pm

gambling house. co

3:13 pm

thanks bea.. my home away from home

3:18 pm

i don't think the cr more than word should be a word. so there.

3:20 pm

ci5 please

3:21 pm

ci5 approximately

3:22 pm

ah thanks again bea...

3:22 pm

C's completed.

3:23 pm

congrats

3:24 pm

I've only got bingo on one column

3:25 pm

me too.. the right column

3:26 pm

yup

3:26 pm

hooray fireworks for me at last

3:26 pm

wtg

3:26 pm

wtg kazz

3:27 pm

it was difficult today

3:27 pm

off to visit bro and kill fish

3:27 pm

on facebook

3:29 pm

5 r's away from another bingo..

3:31 pm

bingo 4th column

3:32 pm

wtg

3:33 pm

4bingos now yay

3:33 pm

no.. 5 lol

3:33 pm

wow that was fast

3:33 pm

i overlooked two lol

3:34 pm

ah

3:34 pm

ah

3:34 pm

bingo first column

3:35 pm

36 left.

3:35 pm

and bingo bottom row

3:35 pm

wtg :)

3:36 pm

3 tiles left

3:37 pm

and fourth column

3:37 pm

7 tiles left

3:37 pm

36 words to go

3:40 pm

lost on the re 7/36 ???

3:41 pm

18 left.

3:41 pm

to get ur prize again sammy

3:41 pm

go back to the pawn shop

3:41 pm

re + c5

3:44 pm

26 left

3:44 pm

4 left.

3:45 pm

bingo second row

3:45 pm

drum roll....

3:46 pm

thanks

3:47 pm

fireworks!

3:47 pm

whoo hoo!

3:47 pm

bingo top row

3:47 pm

4 tiles left

3:48 pm

3 tiles

3:49 pm

u need clues b4 i go?

3:49 pm

nah

3:49 pm

I've listed

3:50 pm

ok:) good luck all

3:56 pm

one tile left

3:58 pm

1....

3:59 pm

fwq

3:59 pm

oops. I mean fw

4:13 pm

Yay, m9!

4:21 pm

help again..... the second ac 7/40 ??

4:32 pm

did you get it sammy?

4:34 pm

no lillian and my monkey has quit and sammy is sneering at me

4:35 pm

lol, i'll try and help

4:35 pm

thanks

4:35 pm

re plus what is your ***** to fame?

4:35 pm

morning all

4:36 pm

just stopping here to thank everyone who voted for me for that scholarship contest a few weeks ago. I WON!

4:36 pm

got it , thanks

4:36 pm

great cos

4:36 pm

ac4,( whats in vinegar), i was cluing the 1st one sammy

4:36 pm

Wow, Hooray for Cos!

4:37 pm

s'ok lil... got it

4:37 pm

now jeust seen it was the second one you wanted so gave up ! lol

4:37 pm

thanks

4:37 pm

yay cos!!!

4:37 pm

hi lyn

4:38 pm

morning Lil

4:52 pm

COS!!!! THAT'S WONDERFUL!! CONGRATULATIONS!!

5:03 pm

wow, cos, that's great!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:04 pm

(sorry I missed your earlier announcement, long faculty senate meeting)

5:15 pm

HALF WAY!!

5:17 pm

yay for sue!! this is a beggar of a grid!! i wanted to swear then! lol

5:19 pm

how is your step mam doing sue?

5:22 pm

i WAS CURIOUS TO SEE WH PLay s at this late hour(I should have been aspleep two hours ago)

5:22 pm

lillian, hello hello and a big hig

5:22 pm

ruby, hi hin, you should be asleep now!

5:23 pm

big hug hug back1 why aren't you in bed hin?

5:23 pm

i like higs..lol

5:24 pm

higs and hugs, both excellent. Husband is sleeping too much and has me worried

5:25 pm

hi, lilli, haven't heard anything since yesterday, so I assume still hanging on. Other than that I don't know.

5:25 pm

and aspleep is almost as good as the real thing

5:25 pm

oh ok. i take it you've checked on him ruby?

5:25 pm

and I am on babble time so should be going home but it's not late here :-)

5:25 pm

lol rubes :)

5:26 pm

well, hope she pulls through! is your dad taking it ok sue?

5:26 pm

we are starting to get on totally opposite schedules; he sleeps when I'm awake and awakens me when I'm asleep (or even aspleep)

5:27 pm

leep

5:27 pm

pretty much although I need to call him with the latest (called him Sunday but not since)

5:27 pm

well, wake hin up then, ruby

5:28 pm

before, I thought he was dead in the bed; thiwsbefore, I thought he was dead in the bed and it took me minutes to rouse him to the point where I knew he was breathing

5:29 pm

it took forever. This is a scary biz being alone here

5:29 pm

sorry for the typos and incoherences, terrible lag

5:29 pm

well, it's not nice, but as we get older we're going to get more problems and then go.....that's the way of the world! although it's not nice for the ones left behind! hope he is ok sue

5:30 pm

see you tomorrow

5:30 pm

np ruby it is half 12 gone there so we're let you off

5:30 pm

it's a shame you don't live near my mam and dad as they would be good friends to you

5:31 pm

nite ruby, sweet dreams and tc

5:56 pm

Wow, it's dreary in here.

5:58 pm

isn't it just! everyone is hiding, concentrating on this horrible grid or gone!

6:00 pm

And poor Ruby. Sounds like things are difficult in her world. ((((Ruby)))

6:00 pm

How are things with you, Lilliann?

6:01 pm

i like what you said on your profile page molly...just happens i'm watching schindlers list, so quite apt in some respects1

6:01 pm

aye, i hope she is ok

6:02 pm

hi, molly!

6:02 pm

not bad molly, been hot here the last few days and the bairn away on a school trip until friday so quiet here!

6:02 pm

just talked to my dad, apparently my stepbrother called my dad's next-door neighbor to tell him about my stepmom's heart attack (?). So he did know. No news since yesterday, though.

6:03 pm

hope all is well with you molly

6:03 pm

did your step brother call you 1st sue?

6:04 pm

I've been through some incredibly tough things in the last year or so. I've come to realize that it's the small, gentle things we do for people that mean the most. Must be quiet without your girl Lilliann. Sue, continued good thoughts out for Dad's wife.

6:04 pm

no although he texted me back after I texted him asking what was up (he'd texted me Sunday morning to tell me she was quite ill)

6:05 pm

hi, folks

6:05 pm

ahh, ok. would it not have been better to have phoned you sue so you could tell your dad?

6:07 pm

well, i hope all goes well for you in the future molly, and you're quite rright about doing the little things.i think, even if you say please and thankyou, it means alot to people..

6:07 pm

hi welki

6:09 pm

it certainly is quiet without her molly. i'm missing her nore now as the last 2 school trips, her dad was there, not with her group but there so i'm like all the mam and dads at the moment but the school is texting us every day to say how they are and what they've done so that's nice

6:10 pm

need a little help with the second re 5/14 and 7/36

6:11 pm

sorry pc, not at the re's yet

6:11 pm

i only have re6,21 :)

6:11 pm

I'm glad that you are getting updates Lilliann. I'm sure you will be glad when she's home again. Our kids add such light to our lives.

6:12 pm

re + double consonant + vowel

6:12 pm

just foond re5,14

6:12 pm

thanks une and hi :)

6:13 pm

hey, lilliann :-)

6:13 pm

*found

6:13 pm

re9 - what someone who stays in their home, doesn't see anyone might "suffer"from

6:13 pm

i sounded scotish then lol! flask wouls be proud of me!! lol

6:14 pm

tx welki!!

6:14 pm

Aye, ye foond it lass

6:14 pm

:-D

6:15 pm

mmm, i doubt it molly, as at the moment i can't do right for doing wrong and she's only 11, nearly 12 going on 17!!!

6:15 pm

:)

6:15 pm

lol molly

6:16 pm

saying that, we do say aye in the north of england aswell

6:16 pm

Welki! Who drew that picture of you that is your icon?

6:16 pm

and how way man!

6:16 pm

and y eye!

6:17 pm

how have you been une? it's nice to see you

6:17 pm

molly, it's an image from the hyperbole site

6:17 pm

later, babblers .. dogs need a walk

6:18 pm

dealing with storms storms storms -- power went out last nite at 1:20am and was off till nearly noon today -- sheesh

6:18 pm

later, welki

6:18 pm

bfn welki

6:18 pm

taking a break as well -- back in a bit *poof*

6:19 pm

oh no, sorry to hear that une, hope thay pass and you can get on with life

6:19 pm

This grid is a PITA!

6:19 pm

bread gobias??

6:19 pm

Ha! Pain In The ***

6:19 pm

i had one of them tonight with garlic creme fraiche and salad

6:20 pm

bum?butt?

6:20 pm

Sounds good... I need to figure out what to make for dinner :(

6:20 pm

Exactly ;)

6:20 pm

2nd ce5/12 pls

6:20 pm

hello all

6:21 pm

i love your rabbit gobias. how unuseal, long haired face and short haired body! or is it??

6:21 pm

hi peri

6:22 pm

It is :) He is a lionhead.

6:24 pm

Hi Peri

6:24 pm

ce5-ce and sy*** - country in middle east

6:25 pm

ty lil

6:25 pm

sorry peri, my memory went blank again!! which is why i do this game but my family get annoyed as it's give us a clue with me!! :)

6:26 pm

47 left, plodding along, I will finish but not liking this grid

6:26 pm

i'm glad you got it peri, took me ages to think of a clue!

6:26 pm

what are you sorry about lil, the clue was great

6:27 pm

I have a hard time with grids like this, full of (to me) nonsense words.

6:27 pm

57 here. i started at 9pm here and shouldn't have done!

6:27 pm

neer saw a rabbit like that gobias

6:27 pm

never, even

6:27 pm

thanks peri

6:28 pm

They seem to be popular around here right now peri. Someone looked it up the other night and I guess they are a fairly new breed.

6:28 pm

neither have i peri, it's cute but strange looking , being half and half?

6:29 pm

so what are the breeds than gobias?

6:29 pm

as it is obviously cross bred??

6:29 pm

He is a lionhead. I'm not sure what was mixed to come up with that?

6:31 pm

oh ok, i love his head and wish his whole body was the same or vice a verca, maybe thats just me! but he's still cute and cuddly :)

6:31 pm

i love long haired guinea pigs

6:32 pm

I just googled it... they think it may have started as a cross between a dwarf and a wooly rabbit (like the jersey wooley)

6:33 pm

He is lucky he is cute, because he really isn't cuddly! He has a very outgoing personality, but would rather not be handled.

6:33 pm

oh ok, i've heard of a dwarf rabbit, but not a wooly one

6:33 pm

And I also love long haired GPigs! I used to have 2. They were the best.

6:33 pm

why do breeders cross breed animals?

6:34 pm

I guess lionheads are a recognized breed in England? (I know nothing about showing rabbits! LOL)

6:34 pm

I don't know, Lilliann. I hate that they do it with dogs and charge ridiculous fees for a "mutt."

6:35 pm

be back in a bit... my computer is being taken over.

6:35 pm

ahh, i love them gobias, never had any as i've always had cats, but when me and the bairn go to the local farm, we can hold rabbits and guinea pigs and i always push the bairns out of the way with my wheelchair so i can hold a guinea pig!! lol

6:36 pm

bfn gobias

Hello Babblers!!!

6:36 pm

hi red! how are you? did you get yout house?

the sale unfortunately fell through. but I did get my hammock today.

6:38 pm

hi red, wish I had a hammock :)

6:38 pm

sorry about the house, red

6:38 pm

ahh, sorry to hear that that red! hammock?? on the beach??

6:38 pm

going to check on laundry

6:38 pm

going to check on laundry brb

No beach, just hammock for my screened porch. I wish I had the energy to put it together, but that will have to wait. for thursday.

How are you??

6:40 pm

just need one to fireworks. Anyone have the second re 5/14 just above the re 9?

6:41 pm

a military term to look for?

6:41 pm

hi again, all! home now.

Dont have it, I need 108 words!

Hello UUSUE.

6:41 pm

i hope that helpd pc?

6:41 pm

well, I'm ahead of you, red, I only need 89!

most are ahead of me, I got waylaid by work...

6:42 pm

me too.

6:43 pm

did you get it pc?

6:43 pm

still trying to figure it out lilliann

6:44 pm

a re*** is what an army unit does

6:44 pm

it has double cons

6:46 pm

I finally monkeyed it. Never heard of the word before. Thanks Lilliann!!

6:46 pm

re **ded -what hair does when you get older plus extra cons

6:46 pm

oh great! lol

6:47 pm

yvw pg. yay!! wtg!!!

6:47 pm

*pcj

6:48 pm

lol, lilli, my hair turned gray but I couldn't do anything with that (already had the word, though)

6:49 pm

i'm crap at clueing, unless its really easy! my brain can't remember the words or meanings!! :)

6:51 pm

i've been playing this game for 2 years and still forget words that people clue, even though i know what they are talking about i can't remember or see the words in the grid!how bad is that :)

i can not clue well either...

6:52 pm

but you're clever red, but you can join my gang anyway1 lol

oh wow. invited to join a gang!!! coolio!

6:52 pm

i can see words in my head but i can't clue them, it's the same when i speak!

6:53 pm

we'll be redlihead gang! lol

nice!

6:54 pm

or lillihead?

annred?

6:54 pm

hi everyone! this was a tough grid!

6:55 pm

annturtle or turtle ann sounds nice

6:55 pm

hi lbd

still is lbd, hi!

6:55 pm

haven't finished yet lbd!!

6:56 pm

hi red, hi lilli

6:57 pm

hi, lbd!

6:58 pm

hi UU!

6:59 pm

this grid is very annoying and all over the place!! :(

6:59 pm

it is indeed, lilli

7:01 pm

i just found the hawaiian neck wear, which i would normally find straight away!! argghhhand still 54 left!!

96 for me, not even half way..

7:03 pm

totally missed that one, lilli, and 71 left for me, listing already

clue for the U?

7:03 pm

this grid is annoying me red, but i started it too late and it is now gone 1am but i won't let it beat me!! lol

7:04 pm

glad i could help sue :)

7:04 pm

this grid is giving me an ul***, red

you tell it lilli.

oh man thanks sue!

7:04 pm

shame, i have that one sue :(

7:05 pm

Hmm, Lilliann and Red have formed a gang. I suspect Sauna Pants are involved.

oh Oh I could use some sauna pants right about now. I want the world to slooooow down a bit been so crazy busy.

7:06 pm

does that mean hunky men in short pants molly?? if yes, me and red are in!!!

let me go get the sauna pant i***

check em out lilli...

7:07 pm

No Lilliann, those would be...BIKER COPS!!! I love it when Spring has sprung and the biker cops are out in force. Red will show you the sauna pants.

7:08 pm

what are sauna pants??

7:08 pm

biker cops will; do! :)))

refresh and look at my new pic.

7:08 pm

Ah, I always feel better when the sauna pants are around.

glad to help Molly. I want a pair.

7:09 pm

lol, red!

7:10 pm

Don't they look happy, wearing their Wonder Sauna Hot Pants? Makes you want to order a pair for every day of the week.

7:10 pm

the pants that look like rubber tubing?

wonder sauna hot pants.

7:11 pm

nowt sexy or attractive about them, but atleast if you can't swim, you'd be ok in a hot tib!!

7:11 pm

*tub

7:11 pm

Imagine how many hot guys you could snag wearing those and a pair of neon Crocs.

well, I have the stocked up in the PB if anyone wants them...

7:12 pm

Red, you are truly a philanthropist. Bless you.

7:13 pm

you mean with a puncture? well atleast you'd have fun putting a puncture kit on them! especially the higher thigh!! ;)))

I need a pair. my legs are sore, and I feel like whining but..I took care of a guy with Lou gherigs disease today, he could not move his arms...so hurty legs...not so bad.

7:14 pm

i've never heard heard of Lou gherigs disease red. what is it?

It's a late developing neuromuscular disorder. Starts late in life, like 40's and pt is not able to control voluntary muscle movements and it is progressive...

7:17 pm

is that all muscles or just certain ones?

7:17 pm

as in just arms? legs etc

7:17 pm

or all

generally it eventually involves all the muscles, and will usually eventually cause death...

7:17 pm

lou gherig's = ALS

7:18 pm

oh no, never heard of it? is it rare?

He was the first patient I have had who has it, so yes, fairly rare.

Lou Gherig was a famous Baseball player in the US, so it is more known here.

Hello KJE.

7:19 pm

Hi Everybody. How are you all tonight?

7:19 pm

hi kje

7:19 pm

ok, 35 left, found all the 4-letter words. I am done. Going to watch TV and grade.

7:19 pm

hi nef

great job uusue! and Hello Nef!

7:20 pm

wtg sue

7:20 pm

rare-ish, but one of the more common neuromuscular diseases... I have see quite a few cases

7:21 pm

famous British physicist Steven Hawkings has ALS/Lou Gerhigs' disease

7:21 pm

with people in their 40's kje?

7:21 pm

starts in 40s to 60s usually

7:21 pm

he is brilliant nef

it generally develops later in life.

7:21 pm

yes, most I have see are in 40s or 50s

Like in the 40's and beyond.

7:22 pm

so, how does it start?

7:22 pm

(symptoms i mean

7:22 pm

weakness

7:23 pm

in muscles?

7:23 pm

yes... any muscle group but usually a limb, but sometimes more cenntral

7:24 pm

ok

wow little more than halfway and i am stumped

7:26 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong here (and I often am lately!) but ALS and MS have some similarities at first, don't they,kje?

7:26 pm

how is that?

7:27 pm

i'm doing well so far :) i have muscle problems but that's because i can't walk, and my wrists and fingers are now affected, well, the last few years! my fingers have arthritis and my wrists i've had problems since i was 17, now 42 and geting on!! :)

7:27 pm

i don't think of them the same

7:27 pm

hi nef, kje and TO

7:27 pm

but i've been told i have arthritis in my fingers

7:28 pm

kind of a weird, vague weakness that's difficult to figure out?

7:28 pm

ALS is purely motor... MS ca be motor or sesory ad has a very different course

7:28 pm

hi lbd

7:28 pm

hi To, sorry, i missed you

hello dawg

7:28 pm

als is progressive, MS waxes ad wanes

7:29 pm

so in that both ca cause weakess, sorta ca look the same, but they don't ted to preset the same cliically

7:32 pm

my friend has MS aswell nef and it took the doctors a while to find it...apparently she had had it for years but not that thay couls see

7:32 pm

I just Googled the difference and they aren't the same but both can affect gait and strength; and that's kind of what I meant by they start out with kid of vague weakness es

clue for i in first row pls?

7:35 pm

im4.6 im + freud's smallest friend

ty.

7:36 pm

lillian, I don't think my DH would have gone to the doctor when he had his first symptoms of MS; but I noticed a huge change in him and thought he had a stroke so made him go in.

7:36 pm

i was the same with meneires, it took my consulstants years as i had different ?? can't think of the word and i had menieres and basilier migraine and they showed up by electrodes on my head, which is why i get dizzy and pass out...what joy!! but hey, i'm here and i love life and have a bairn who i do things ith when i can

7:36 pm

*menieres

7:38 pm

i didn't go to my gp for a couple months nef, but i was passing out at work and getting dizzy, ny gp at the time told me to take a holiday!!

7:39 pm

great advice when you can't afford to take time off1

7:39 pm

do you have hearig loss?

7:39 pm

yes

7:39 pm

i have 2 hearing aids

7:39 pm

I've always thought it was easier to observe health problems in other people than it was to see them in myself.

7:39 pm

classic

7:40 pm

that was meat for lill

7:40 pm

i now have no balance as my hearing was destroyed by injection in one ear when my balance was already gone, naturally in the othe one

7:41 pm

doesn't seem to hold you back, lill

7:41 pm

i get ringing in the ears alot of the time, especially when i'm lying down which drives me crazy!!

7:42 pm

classic meniere's

7:42 pm

I thik the ringing would almost be the worst

7:43 pm

problem is, it does kje, as i lie down alot during the day because of dizzy spells and now since balance wne t my memory has been affected and i ger pressue in my head, i can't reach down to my toes sometimes, or up in the air

7:43 pm

I would think the ringing would be horrid too. I've had the ringing with ear infections, and it's so terribly annoying

7:44 pm

i can't excercise, can't go back and forwards as in rowing motion, etc

7:45 pm

it's not nice nef as it can happen any time of the day

7:45 pm

didn't mea to imply it doesn't affect you... just meant you still seem to do a lot.. travel and such when you can

7:46 pm

meat i admire that you are out there doing what you ca

7:46 pm

what annoys me, is that i had medical treatment because my consultant said it would work, amnd since then i lost my balance completely and lost my bairn's childhood...as in could skip, jump with her etc

7:47 pm

lillian, are you in a wheel chair?

7:48 pm

i travel as i'm sick of being stuck in my house 24/7, and i do get dizzy flying, but i don't care as i love taking off and landing even tho it does my head in!! lol...np kje, i didn't take offence1 :)

7:48 pm

yes nef

7:49 pm

the reason I ask is because my DH's mother was in a wheelchair from the time he was 6 yrs old on and THAT wasn't what he remembered about her

7:49 pm

i have 2.

7:49 pm

I did't think you would ; )

7:50 pm

dam this thing is getting slow

7:50 pm

Isn't a fun grid, is it?

7:50 pm

actually 3. 2 normal wc. 1, can't think off the word..ahh remembered...metallic, the other is bright yellow and i have a dissability scooter

7:51 pm

dow to 50... and not anymore

7:51 pm

I was bored with it so I started reading the chog.

7:51 pm

i wat the c's over

7:52 pm

want

7:52 pm

i have what i have kje, i have to get on with it. is till enjoy life, spend alot of it lying down...shame hubby isn't with me...lol but other people worse off!!

7:52 pm

hi peach

7:53 pm

what did he remember about her then nef?

7:55 pm

i have all the c's! :)

7:55 pm

(she had MS also) he remembered her beautiful smile and how she would listen to him and take time to teach him to read

7:55 pm

lillian, I am so glad that we have our Babblers. Many times they have come to my aid, emotionaly and otherwise. I'm in a wheel chair now....polio at age 2 then two strokes in '02. Due to a physical attack on me by my son-in-law, I can barely lif my arms. Phone call bbl.

7:56 pm

now I have all the c's too!

7:57 pm

i do lots of crafty things with my baien to make up for the physical things nef

7:58 pm

how old is your child, lillian?

7:58 pm

ec?

7:59 pm

peach, i'm sorry to hear about what you've been through and hope that you can get your mobility back in your arms

7:59 pm

sorry, kje, I don't have it yet

7:59 pm

a chocolate choux ccream cake kje

7:59 pm

ah, ty

8:00 pm

ed them, maybe why I could't see it

8:00 pm

she is 11, 12 in octoner, she was 1 when my balance went

8:00 pm

yw kje

8:00 pm

*october

8:02 pm

that is such a great age, lillian

8:02 pm

11??

8:03 pm

mmmm, don't think so, as she is an 11 year old going on 14!!...gobby!!!

can someone pls clue the 9s?

8:03 pm

this grid is gonna turn me into a whiner

8:03 pm

Lilliann and Peach, you are both amazing women. I'm proud to know you both, via our little Babble community.

8:04 pm

me too kje..lol!

8:04 pm

yes; at least it was for us. Our daughter was such a talker at that age

8:04 pm

sorry TO, I don't have it yet

8:04 pm

no idea to

8:05 pm

nowt amazing about me molly, you, just get on with it! but i'm glad yto have met you and all the wonderful people here

8s? *tryiung not to whine*

8:05 pm

* sparkleflies * (re9 was my last!)

8:05 pm

the re9 = re + come to a con******

8:05 pm

re 9 -- + to leave out - ex******

8:06 pm

(find the end)

8:06 pm

hey BR! :)

8:06 pm

i have a 9, but can't find it :(

8:06 pm

ty

8:06 pm

Hello, Pini

ty grats pini i will chew on that

8:07 pm

Thanks, Pini (and Hi1)

8:07 pm

oops, i don't have a 9!! lol. i have 2 eights

8:07 pm

Hi BR

8:07 pm

hi pini and br

8:08 pm

wtg pini!!!

8:08 pm

(don't mean to hit and run, but just came in to find that last word...back in a bit)

8:08 pm

and tyvm pini

8:09 pm

YAY, Pini!!! WTG!!!

8:09 pm

hi and bye pini

8:10 pm

Plenty amazing about you Lilliann. People who understand that you just get on with it, are pretty special.

there are just blanks here most of the ac words should be :(

8:12 pm

the ac's are a royal pita!

8:12 pm

first re6/21 pls

8:13 pm

re + employ

8:13 pm

ty lbd

8:14 pm

everyone here is pretty special to me molly, as we all have different needs , disabillities and are all just gtest people...thats why we all babble! :)

8:15 pm

*great

8:16 pm

2nd re5/14?

8:16 pm

by the way molly, when i said you, i meant all people

8:18 pm

re double consonant + vowel

8:18 pm

jst incase i upset you? :) didn't mean too

8:18 pm

ty

8:20 pm

this is a nasty grid!!! :((

8:20 pm

yep

8:21 pm

but i am down to 5 (since i stopped chatting - lol)

8:21 pm

i've just got the su5...what sort of woed is that??

8:22 pm

yay kje! my typing sucks tonight!! lol

8:23 pm

try sc6/39... another weird oe lill

8:23 pm

i'm sick od looking left, right, up down all the time...i'm getting dizzy!!!

8:23 pm

uno

8:24 pm

go kje!

8:24 pm

do you want to give me a clue kje?

8:24 pm

yes, it is a windy grid, lill

8:24 pm

i don't have any sc's yet

8:24 pm

and I am done

wtg, kje!

8:25 pm

wtg kje !! whoo hoo!!

clue for second ac7/40 pls?

8:25 pm

woohoo

8:25 pm

lol kje!! :)

8:26 pm

ac7 - fame... much ac7

ty, i got two from that

8:26 pm

yw

8:27 pm

*whispers* boo

one more stinking ac

8:27 pm

the last one you were looking for kje?

8:27 pm

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

8:27 pm

:D

8:27 pm

hi fb

8:27 pm

they do stink to

8:28 pm

sc8, lill

8:28 pm

no, i don't do drugs!!!! lol

ac5/16pls? then i think i need to get dinner

8:28 pm

wine, but no drugs!! :))

8:28 pm

ac5 - like the coyote's dynamite compay but eds i most of froze water

8:29 pm

any sc's as i don't have any kje

8:29 pm

weed is featherbee, lill

8:29 pm

lol, i'm the weed she's referring to! a nickname, cause she loves me so much!

8:29 pm

sc + hahahahahaha

ty cheeky! ;)

8:29 pm

that's a dumb word

8:29 pm

then extend it for the 8

it is just so unnatural to spell up

8:30 pm

sc + a malt liquor

8:30 pm

the exted it for the sc6 ad sc7

sccolt 45? sczima?

8:31 pm

LOL TO!

8:31 pm

oh ok..lol, love you're nickname fb but i'd be wary!! lol

8:31 pm

then extend is what that should read

8:31 pm

featherbee=heather, heather=a weed

8:31 pm

malt liquor?

8:32 pm

I call her that b/c she has been kow to smoke a joint or two

8:32 pm

i was thinking scbeer, but didn't work

8:32 pm

have NOT.

8:32 pm

beer... but darker?

8:32 pm

ohh!

ok, it is nearly 9:30: stay up and finish or go to bed?

8:32 pm

how may left, to?

8:32 pm

the fun thing is i'm doing these just in my mind, haven't been entering any

30 but i need dinner and i overdid PT tonight and already hurt

back for the last 40. ha! might get 10.

8:33 pm

you have an odd definition of fu

8:33 pm

new flower pics are up, kje

8:33 pm

i'm an odd weed

8:33 pm

got the sc6 and 8, tyvm

8:33 pm

go to bed... 30 will take you aother hour in this one

8:33 pm

yw

8:34 pm

you ARE odd

8:34 pm

;)

we are babblers. enough sa4/5.

8:35 pm

i should go to bed... been up since 4

8:35 pm

ugh, long day. CRAP, that reminds me i wanted to bake a quick bread for the neighbor.

8:36 pm

maybe i'll just do it in the morning, and he can have it fresh out of the oven.

8:36 pm

heather is lover especially up here on the moors...its purple

8:36 pm

i likes purple!

8:37 pm

that is why i call her weed

8:37 pm

ooh, i could just eat some oven baken bread, still hot out the oven with marge on which just melts...

8:37 pm

kje, i have a geriatric med question for you, did you update your skype yet?

8:37 pm

ahh, now i see kje

8:38 pm

do you get purple heather there then..we drive up on the moors with the heather and the sheep just wildm it's great...farmers do own them tho and they all have different colours and shapes on their backs so they know who owns them

8:39 pm

no, weed

8:40 pm

i have only see heather cut, ot growing... we get it cut here for arragemets

8:40 pm

neat lilli!

8:40 pm

you can fb chat

8:40 pm

i've seen it occasionally in an herb garden. pam saw it growing!

8:40 pm

k, will do, one sec. snack time first.

8:41 pm

they burn it here to control it

8:42 pm

cuz it's a weed

8:42 pm

lol

8:42 pm

:PPPPPPPP

8:44 pm

: )

8:45 pm

its a beautiful weed!!

8:45 pm

but thats nor why

8:45 pm

*not

8:46 pm

heather is a plant not a weed!

cr 8 pls?

8:48 pm

lill, my sister's name is heather ad when we were young we looked up her name in the dictioary ad one of the defs was scottish weed, so I would make her mad by calling her a weed... that is how it got started

8:48 pm

cr8 - more wrinkled

t

ty

kje

8:48 pm

yw

8:48 pm

and i'm an odd enough duck that i took it as a term of endearment, and liked it, rather than being annoyed by it

8:49 pm

ah, I meant it that way... all nicknames are terms of endearment, brat

8:49 pm

lol

8:49 pm

kje, my question is over on fb anyway, if you wouldn't mind taking a look-see. re: grandma.

8:49 pm

but, when we were little it was def meant to annoy

8:50 pm

k

8:50 pm

i'm eating my snack right now, or would open up chat and get into the explanation

8:50 pm

i do not see a question

8:51 pm

in the peeps

8:51 pm

oh ok kje, i always thought ir was a plant :) sorry, got side rtacked by one of my cats!!

8:52 pm

we had different types in our garden when i was younger

no7 pls?

8:56 pm

more rowdy TO

8:56 pm

or more louder

sheesh ty

8:57 pm

yw

8:57 pm

it took me a while to get it!

8:57 pm

it's a rwisty grid today!!

5 left. must get food. maybe cereal

8:58 pm

*rwisty

8:58 pm

aghh still spelt it wrong!! lol

8:58 pm

*twisty!!

lol

8:59 pm

i just had a paCKET

8:59 pm

i just had a paCKET

8:59 pm

ooops

9:00 pm

i just had a packet of quavers...3am in the moening, not good!!

9:00 pm

quavers?

9:00 pm

my ryping is crap!! especially this time of the morning!

9:01 pm

brb, have to holler at hubz about something.

9:01 pm

cheese flavoured curly crisps

9:01 pm

see what i mean...*typing!!

9:02 pm

chips to you

9:02 pm

only 88 cals per pack

there is an actual word feoff and it is not in this grid. stupid.

9:05 pm

i typed that it ge, as we have had it before

9:05 pm

but obviously not enough f's

9:08 pm

i even tried it with only one F lol

9:08 pm

howdy

9:09 pm

hi shoo

9:09 pm

did you get it lbd?

9:10 pm

what clue s she looking for????

10 left mostly ar's

9:10 pm

love your dogs shoo, they are cute1

9:11 pm

yeah thanks. one looks like a bunny

9:12 pm

hey lbd.....you mean i got fireworks before you???/

9:12 pm

wasn't going to say, but when i saw your icon, i thought it was a bunny until i clicked on it..lol

back with 4

9:13 pm

the bunny one is mine.. the other one is her sister that lives in the same city

9:13 pm

hi shoo!

9:13 pm

i', 36 behind you TO ;)

9:13 pm

hi there

9:14 pm

i finished around noon today, shoo

9:14 pm

are you finished??

9:14 pm

awww

9:14 pm

git r dun liliann and TO

9:14 pm

so, are they the same, as the otherone doesn'r seem like she can get her ears up like yours

9:14 pm

I know that you are much better at this than I am

9:15 pm

this was a tough grid

and they are going to be a be-yatch

9:15 pm

shoo's pupster looks like she can get radio signals from mars! lol

1

9:16 pm

lol TO!

9:16 pm

they both started out with floppy ears and then one day...pop...her ears stuck straight out. and up

9:16 pm

go TO!

9:16 pm

ahh bless her, she is lovely!

9:16 pm

i think that is why her bark is soooo squeeky high

9:16 pm

she is a sweet little fluff ball

9:17 pm

especially right now ....she is sleeping

9:17 pm

so what's her cousin's excuse for the high pitched bark?

9:17 pm

are you two realated?

9:17 pm

we're sister, lilli

ca6

9:17 pm

ahh, i thought so

9:18 pm

i love the icon lbd, that's me!!! lol

9:18 pm

place to gamble, TO

9:18 pm

Maxine is my role model! lol

9:18 pm

i've been like that since i was 36!

9:18 pm

lilliann -- couldn't you tell from their icon resemblance??? *wicked mama look* I lurked just long enough to get 7 words. Back soonish... student teaching is going well. LOVE my teacher, LOVE my supervisor, LOVE the kids (most of the time). **Hugs and choclits for all** *poof*

ty dawg! now i can get some shuteye

9:19 pm

wrg TO!!

9:19 pm

whoooo hooooo TO!!! sweet dreams

9:19 pm

classes over now???

9:20 pm

yea, last week was my last class. YEAH!!!!

9:20 pm

kinda nice to have a wednesday night at home. even though tv sux!

9:20 pm

yahoo

9:20 pm

are we skyping this week??

9:21 pm

so do you get hot flushes lbd? look too young! :))

9:21 pm

you should be on the look out for your kobo.

9:21 pm

skyping...i think so, friday at 2?

9:21 pm

so do you live near?

9:21 pm

its okay that the tv sucks....mine is at the tv doctor

9:21 pm

no

9:21 pm

ahhh lilli, that's sweet, but the mental pause has hit, personal summers are all the rage

9:21 pm

and hi shoo, as i've never met you before

9:22 pm

hi lilli

9:22 pm

oh ok, how far away?

9:22 pm

anything you want to know about England, just ask Lilli

9:22 pm

to bad i didn't know her when I was teachinhg

9:23 pm

not everything!!

9:23 pm

Shoo lives in Nevada, I live in MT

9:23 pm

of course i spelled things correctly. ahhh retirement of the brain. LOL

OMG firewords. phew

9:23 pm

whoooo hooooo GE!!

9:23 pm

just because i live in england, doesn't mean i know everything!!

9:24 pm

You know more than I do

9:24 pm

you know more about England than we do!

9:24 pm

ask my hubby he is a coach driver for americans, canadians, aussiesm, kiwis, rhias, etc

9:24 pm

ask me anything about Nevada and i will get back to you with the answer...lol

9:24 pm

lol

9:24 pm

yay GE!!

9:25 pm

England swings like a pendulum do, Bobbies on bicycles, two by two, Westminster Abbey the tower of Big Ben, The rosy red cheeks of the little children.

9:25 pm

when will my book arrive??

9:25 pm

Hi BR

9:25 pm

spelling crap.....but it has gone 3am so i'm tired!!

9:25 pm

and of course all the goings on with the royals

9:25 pm

it was sent out Monday. coming to you via fed-ex

9:25 pm

Roger Miller? BR?

9:26 pm

why are you up so late, Lilli?

9:26 pm

2 or 3 days??

9:26 pm

or

9:26 pm

i've never seen a bobbie on a bycicle BR

9:26 pm

If you don't get it by saturday, email me.

9:26 pm

my dad wsa a copper years ago and he fell off his bike..lol

9:27 pm

hmmm i guess i am tired all the time. ask lbd about my spellin

9:27 pm

your dad needed training wheels! lol

9:27 pm

he never rode one after that!! lol

9:27 pm

lol about the bike....

9:27 pm

shoo's got dyslexic fingers!

9:27 pm

he did, i never saw him as i wasn't born then

9:28 pm

he only drove or walked!! :)

9:28 pm

adhd fingers

9:28 pm

Now, if you huff and puff and you fina'lly save enough Money up to take your family on a trip across the sea, Take a tip before you take your trip; let me tell you where to go, Go to Engeland, Oh;

9:28 pm

in pictures it looks like the drivers drive kinda fast over there

9:28 pm

thats a good excuse, i'm going to use it when i spekll wrong1

9:28 pm

i think everyone in europe drives fast

9:29 pm

Mama's old pajamas and your papa's mustache, Falling out the window sill, frolic in the grass, Tryin' to mock the way they talk fun but all in vain, Gaping at the dapper men with derby hats and canes

9:29 pm

do you have speed limits in England?

9:30 pm

in the uk? france drive quicker and they flash lights and beep horbs!!

9:30 pm

yes we do lbd

9:30 pm

fast and faster?

9:30 pm

I thought that was the way the italians drove

9:30 pm

the only people that want to come here BR are the illegal immigrants!

9:31 pm

*horns

9:31 pm

Montana was one of the last ones to put a restriction on speed limits. federal dollars got the state to post 55

9:31 pm

and french

9:31 pm

on the motorways we can drive at 70 mph

9:32 pm

zoom zoom zoom

9:32 pm

but most people drive at 80

9:32 pm

i think the law is trying to change to 80mph

9:32 pm

those you cannot wear burqa in france are on the way

9:33 pm

any age limits???

9:33 pm

we have loads of people hiding in lorries trying to get here from france BR and also flying!

9:34 pm

80, that's about right for here. even when posted at slower speeds

9:34 pm

17

9:34 pm

Lilliann, why are the French trying to leave their country?

9:35 pm

So, lbd, it is 80 in the city... how about on the interstate?

9:35 pm

i live opposite a school so really it should be 5mp but it's still 30mph, which isn't right, and we have speed bumps but people still go too fast!!

9:35 pm

lololol

9:35 pm

as fast as the car with the red lights will go, BR

9:35 pm

it's not the french lbd it's illegal immigrants

9:36 pm

from iraq, afghanistan etc

9:36 pm

OH, gottcha now.

9:36 pm

the french can live here as it's part of europe

9:37 pm

The article I was reading indicated more european countries favor banning burqas

9:37 pm

the french put them into the back of our lorries so thay can get rid of then

9:37 pm

i read that somewhere too, BR

9:38 pm

what do you think about it BR? do you think they should be banned?

9:38 pm

ci6,24, please?

9:39 pm

okay..what is a burqas???

9:39 pm

ci + Golden bridge state abbrev, 3 letters + vowel, Jes

9:39 pm

http://michelleg3399.wordpress.com/201 0/03/25/malalai-joya-and-the-burqa/

9:40 pm

What I am concerned about is the ever larger encroachment on inalienable rights ... Americans seem content to give them away.

9:40 pm

the outfit in that photo is a burqa

9:40 pm

burqa is that veil muslim women have to wear

9:40 pm

thanks, dawg

9:40 pm

glad i didn't have to clue that as i couldn't think how to clue it

9:40 pm

evening all!

9:40 pm

k

9:40 pm

oh, i suppose it is more than the veil

9:40 pm

hi dan

9:41 pm

how is the bitch doing that you operated on jes?

9:41 pm

hi dan

9:41 pm

she's fine. the pup died though.

9:41 pm

oh, dear, jes :-(

9:42 pm

“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.” ~Benjamin Franklin

9:42 pm

oh no!! sorry jes, what a shame!

9:42 pm

amen, ben!

9:42 pm

how sad, Jes

9:43 pm

jes are you a vet?

9:44 pm

i'm not racsist, predjudiced, but i think we should all be on the same parr!(hope i'm not going to get shouted at again)!

9:44 pm

yeah. she never did uite right, owner worries that she was premature, which is a ri4 with scheduled sections

9:44 pm

yes, shoo

9:44 pm

my hats off to you and your profession!!!

9:44 pm

Last word. Help,please. RE5/14 before you reassert your right to property.

9:44 pm

More braking news: "TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The weekly gold fish races at a Tacoma bar are canceled after it received complaints from animal rights activists."

9:44 pm

thanks, shoo :)

9:45 pm

awww, its, sad, i'm sorry jes

9:45 pm

re+ double letter + vowel

9:45 pm

how do you race a goldfish?

9:46 pm

No idea, lbd

9:46 pm

i bet it's really hard to put saddles and bridles on them

9:46 pm

i couldn't do your job, i'd be upset all the time, so hats off to you and i do realize how much work and time you put into it!

9:46 pm

and do you get sea monkeys to be the jockeys?

9:46 pm

TY and good night. 8)

9:46 pm

parallel channels of water, start all the fish at one end, and the winner is the one that gets to the other end first.

9:47 pm

no, sea horseas lbd1

9:47 pm

I have found trying to lasso dust mites to be a challenge

9:47 pm

night gramma

9:47 pm

g'night, gramma

9:47 pm

wtg gramma and gn, tc!

9:47 pm

Sweet dreams everyone

9:47 pm

Good for you, jes, in saving the dog.

9:47 pm

lol BR

9:48 pm

really jes?

9:48 pm

is that the same as bed bugs Br??

9:48 pm

Good night, gamma

9:48 pm

yup

9:48 pm

Yep

9:48 pm

hehehe

9:49 pm

*trying to imagine goldfish with a mindset to swim in one direction.

9:49 pm

new entry in physics babblets - fe5/18

9:49 pm

thanks, bab

9:49 pm

they's keep head banging the glass!!

9:49 pm

you can probably find pictures of the raceways if you do a websearch

9:50 pm

i imagine you could induce them to swim more quickly if you were to fast them for a day and then put food at the finish end of the raceway.

9:50 pm

aybe fish food at the end of the finish line to make them swim towards the end

9:51 pm

if that was me i would drown from not eatting. LOL

9:51 pm

The activists are concerned about steroid use by the gold fish

9:52 pm

ah barry bondfish

9:52 pm

ahh, or they could be baleamic!

9:52 pm

lol

9:53 pm

very first ac5 please?

9:53 pm

ac + Mr. Onassis

9:54 pm

do theiy get a sushi contract?

9:54 pm

and with that I am poofing....... s

9:54 pm

talk to you friday

9:54 pm

night, shoo talk to you later

9:54 pm

bye

9:54 pm

good talking with aeveryone

9:54 pm

nite shoo, nice to have met you, tc

9:54 pm

second ac7/40?

9:55 pm

bye lilli

9:55 pm

ac + ***** to fame

9:55 pm

thx lbd (who knew, an actual word!)

9:56 pm

one webpage says that they use a straw to blow bubbles behind the fish to chase it along the raceway

9:56 pm

second ca5/14?

9:56 pm

lol UU. there are a few in this grid.

9:56 pm

so, there are actually fish racse??

9:56 pm

*races

9:56 pm

bye, shoo

9:57 pm

ca + vowel + abbrev for Canada or California

9:57 pm

nm, got it

9:57 pm

picture of a raceway: http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/270 5643000092398122RmumQd

9:57 pm

thx, lbd!

9:57 pm

apparently Lilli. worldcup too!

9:58 pm

well, i suppose it's the same as tortoise, snail etc!

9:58 pm

ci 5/14?

9:58 pm

world cup??

9:58 pm

nm, got that one too

9:58 pm

maybe I should quit asking :-)

9:59 pm

i wouldn't sue, as evertyime you ask, you get it :)

10:01 pm

except now I am at the fe6/7 combo :-(

10:01 pm

If I was in the water and someone started blowing straws near my behind I'd outswim Mark Spitz..

10:02 pm

fe6/7 is ro do with poo

10:02 pm

fe6.7 is like what you do to your face, mud, paste, creams...only it's fe

10:02 pm

first ac7, please?

10:02 pm

thx, lbd! I did not find that one :-)

10:02 pm

and I have 4 left, can't stand it, must finish before going to bed...

10:03 pm

pb, ibd

10:03 pm

ac + El *** (the movie) + two vowels

10:03 pm

ahhh, well it's time to head for the pillows anyway. night everyone. it was fun talking with you all. see you tomorrow

10:04 pm

poof

10:04 pm

bye, lbd!

10:04 pm

is6/24?

10:04 pm

nite lbd, tc, swweet dreams

10:04 pm

g'night, ibd

10:05 pm

ok, got them

10:05 pm

is + clay figure you plant seeds on

10:06 pm

my last two: the very first sa5/12 and the sc7/32

10:07 pm

sc7 is more of sc6

10:07 pm

got that one, thx!

10:07 pm

sa5/12 is sa + what you put in lemonade to keep it cool

10:07 pm

have that one, jes, need the first one

10:08 pm

i am not getting the ac7 clue... i'm either thinking of the wrong movie, or there aren't 2 vowels to follow it.

10:08 pm

ty sue

10:08 pm

sorry, sa5 is the type of vertebral bone that is attached to your pelvis

10:08 pm

ta da!!! Fireworks!!! thanks to all!!!!!

10:08 pm

sa 5/12 - sa + *** yon (what you color with)

10:09 pm

yay sue!

10:09 pm

hi teach

10:09 pm

hi all

10:09 pm

wtg sue!!!

10:09 pm

hi teach

10:09 pm

jes, try a + double consonant + what's the big **** (except misspell that last 4-letter word by repeating its first vowel instead of using an e)

10:10 pm

hi, wv!

10:10 pm

stuck on re 5/14 (second one) - clue please

10:11 pm

re5/14 is re+ double letter + vowel

10:11 pm

re 5 is something that is true, and pl

10:12 pm

sorry, wrong clue

10:12 pm

thnx jes - would never have monkeyed that

10:12 pm

it's what a an army batallion goes on when they ae looking for something

10:12 pm

finally got it, thanks!

10:15 pm

yay, jes! and now I am off to bed. see you all tomorrow!!!

10:15 pm

sleep sweet, sue

10:16 pm

nite sue sue, sweet dreams

10:32 pm

hi everyone. I need help with the re 9 please. thanks

10:33 pm

aperson who lives on his own, solitude

10:35 pm

thanks, lillian

10:36 pm

yw, sorry, it wasn't a very good clue

10:36 pm

but I got it, that was the plan......LOL

10:37 pm

eventually..lol

10:38 pm

firewords. thanks

10:38 pm

yay!! wtg joey!!

10:38 pm

15 here

10:40 pm

if you need help, let me know.

10:40 pm

i will, thanks

10:54 pm

i've just realized my name is in this grid(nearly) real name that is!

10:54 pm

well, with double cons anyway!!

10:55 pm

fireworks!!.

10:56 pm

nite to anyone who is lurking or here! actually morning as it's nearly 5am here! tc all

10:58 pm

Morning all.

11:00 pm

morning, splasher

11:00 pm

hello jes..I've only got 59 words..:((

11:02 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

11:02 pm

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

11:02 pm

Hi Minnie...

11:09 pm

Pretty quiet in Babbleland tonight.I am off to change icon for tomorrow & goto bed.See you later splasher.

11:13 pm

hi all./ any ac clues for first four?

11:13 pm

Pain?

11:14 pm

ac+Jackie's 2nd hubby.

11:14 pm

LS

11:14 pm

LSD ..not LS

11:15 pm

al + El *** (the movie...)

11:25 pm

Hi all -- ran out of time, then had computer attack problems, so 53 left and I give up.

11:27 pm

Now having shown off my granny squares I'm going to try to change icons for the next theme -- Rube Goldberg Contests

11:40 pm

GE WHAT WAS ONASSIS NAME? HUJMMMM

11:41 pm

got the movie. ty

11:42 pm

ty got them all...

11:42 pm

still missing ac 7 40 and the 8 after it. any clues?

11:50 pm

movies that have a lot of ac7

11:50 pm

or ac + what gold miners did

11:52 pm

Tonight's forecast calls for a relatively calm 113 words, with a 15% chance of -ing storms.

11:52 pm

action? actors? hmmmm

11:52 pm

i have second ac 7 so if that is what you clued, i have it. need first one.

11:52 pm

i think mkg means the 7/8 after that one :)

11:52 pm

lol gremlin..

11:53 pm

more like 297 tonight

11:53 pm

before that i mean..

11:53 pm

sounds like ac + another name for locusts

11:53 pm

i think it is before it. there is 7, 8, 7. i have the second 7.

11:53 pm

okay

11:53 pm

cicadas?

11:54 pm

you need ac+ el *** + spanish day

11:54 pm

if u hit a car, u were in a car ac***ent + two vowels?

11:54 pm

still missing first ac 7.

11:54 pm

then plural

11:54 pm

just clued it mkg

11:54 pm

plural is the 8

11:54 pm

ty. got htem both. ty ty

11:55 pm

off to sleep. ty all. got 99 words. that is enough.

11:57 pm

this was a really tough grid mkg.. good going

11:58 pm

my guess 297

11:59 pm

I hope.

11:59 pm

i want a 151 however

11:59 pm

oh oh.. flipperoo time

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