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209 1,718
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167 total words

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

morning all

12:00 am

what was the li 5/14?? had to be between lints and list...

flip

12:01 am

good morning babble friends

re 7

12:02 am

hello everyone :)

Clues are up

12:02 am

sa 7

12:03 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:03 am

wow lickety...you are the hero...

12:04 am

hello

12:04 am

thanks lickety

12:04 am

fa7

12:04 am

FL 8 if not called

12:04 am

goes with a 5

fa 7 x 2

ca 7

12:05 am

ro7

12:06 am

thank you dee got the CA7

fl 8 x 2 fl 7

12:06 am

ae 7

12:06 am

ae 4 a babblet

12:06 am

flip a bit late (had to change icon)

hi jili hugs

12:07 am

CU6

12:07 am

hi dee hi

12:07 am

x2

12:07 am

ooops

12:07 am

CA 6

ro 7 x 2

12:08 am

and thanks, dear Licety!

12:08 am

hello jillibus...my first flip....whoohooo

12:08 am

oops -- Lickety has no lice

12:09 am

ER6

12:10 am

hi river -- welcome to the flip!

12:10 am

ca 7 & 9

12:10 am

cattalo

12:11 am

oh fudge!!! so sorry PB for me

ca 7 x 2

12:12 am

yad are the CA 7 and 9 words we should know?

12:12 am

toughies

12:13 am

nbt

12:13 am

tyvm yad! Champers in the PB for you.

12:14 am

thanks yad

12:14 am

GOT THE CA 7 adn 9 woohoo

12:15 am

yw

for 8's I have fl x 2... has the other 8 been called?

hi and nbt

ooops nm ca 8/45

hi josh wtg

12:16 am

nbs

12:17 am

8's: ca, fl x2 ca 9

12:17 am

4TH COLUMN 2ND T stats please?

help with bottom t in the 4th column please

ta4

12:18 am

i just asked dee lol

ty josh lol mlf nbt

12:21 am

3RD COLUMN A stats please?

al 5/10 x 2

al4/5

x 2

and as4

12:22 am

nbt

wtg mlf

12:24 am

nbt and nbs

wtg yad

12:25 am

nbt

12:26 am

what does nbt and nbs mean?

12:26 am

No Blank Tiles and No Blank Stats - right?

12:26 am

no blank tiles and no blank stats

12:27 am

oh, thanks

12:27 am

just right! well done!

12:27 am

that you have gotten at least one word in each tile and in each work stat

12:28 am

hit the wall at 97

12:30 am

fireworks unaided

12:30 am

wow grem!

12:30 am

you go gremlinn.....

wtg grem

12:31 am

grats, grem

12:37 am

this is becoming a habit, grem -- wd!

odd lo 7/36

12:40 am

110 and stumped -- wonder if lickety has posted?

any oo words?

yes lickety posted nan

12:41 am

fl8

12:41 am

haven't found any dee -- and not for lack of trying!

lol me too... still short 2 o's

no oo words

12:42 am

no OO's...completed my O's

ob od od or or or

ty josh... not seeing the or's...

aww found em ty

12:50 am

nbt -- nbd

wtg jili

12:51 am

<-- waiting for someone to ask what nbd means

12:51 am

what do4 the 9 begin with?

ca 9/60

12:51 am

ca 9

12:51 am

hi ruru -- dunno

I have um 5... anyone have the other u?

12:52 am

um 4 8

ty diz!

12:52 am

<-- didn't think anyone here would ask, so ... nbd = no big deal.

12:53 am

yw

12:53 am

this time period is no fun

LOL

12:53 am

I couldn't figure it out jilli..lol

12:53 am

lol jilli

12:54 am

2 am ...must go to bed...saving last 67 for the morning...good night all

12:55 am

65 left river

12:55 am

well done, river -- sleep tight

12:55 am

you are good ruru

listing for last 10...

12:56 am

havent been up this late in a long time...yikes..going to pay when getting up to bring son to baseball practice...

12:57 am

good night all - poof

12:59 am

shiver me ti6

12:59 am

phant -- desolate

fireworks

1:00 am

whee for dee

ty jili

may I help anyone before I poof?

1:00 am

ca9?

1:01 am

It's 7am here and I've just got up. This is going to be a frustrating grid. I need a spare e or n to finish off desolat.... A quick glance at the rest shows a pattern of half a word here and there, which will irritate me more that pulling up dandelions on my lawn. So I am going to pull dandelions and pick bluebells and face this grid a tad later in the day. Have a good sleep the rest of you.

1:01 am

too soon, thanks, dee

yw

1:01 am

hi and bye pat -- I know what you mean!

ca 9... blend of cows and buffalo... plural ru

1:03 am

thanks dee

ca 7/32 is one of them... ca 9 is plural with an extra vowel and ca 8 is without extra vowel...

yw

1:03 am

more like a pussy kat and buffalo cross

any others?

1:03 am

*!* ta da *!* - goodnight everyone :)

1:04 am

can you imagine the litter boxes in the praries

wtg and nite nan

lol

1:04 am

ruru, yad slipped the singular into the chog a while ago -- he's probably sloshed with the champagne in the PB

lol jili... well I am off... going to see daughter for Mother's Day, so need to finish up a few things...

1:05 am

hmm hope it's good champagne

*poofing with hugs*...

1:05 am

happy mom's day to you dee.. and jilli too.

1:05 am

anyone like my first car? (today's icon theme)

1:05 am

I hope your son is coming to see you?

ty ru!!

1:05 am

ty ruru

1:06 am

that's a nice looking car there jilli

1:07 am

no son for mother's day -- but I'm going there next weekend. He and d-i-il are too involved with putting on The Merchant of Venice. I get to see the closing erformance and celebration next weekend.

1:07 am

I LOVED that car!

1:09 am

it's really cute

1:09 am

I remeber them in lime green too

1:09 am

It was vavaVOOOM!

1:09 am

LOLOL

1:10 am

I love the old Mustang's and T Birds

1:12 am

After that car I had a yellow Camaro -- didn't like the way it fishtailed.

1:12 am

wow.. I never like the Camaros

1:13 am

neither did I -- it was hubby's idea :-(

1:14 am

that's a muscle car jilli.. and not comfortable either

1:16 am

Well, just a meory now -- what was your first car?

1:17 am

*memory

1:17 am

bore da pawb - good morning everyone

1:17 am

hello glant

1:17 am

my first was a 57 Chevy Bel-Air.. but it never ran. then I bought a 66 Impala and I loved that car

1:17 am

thinking this grid is harder than it looked at first sight

1:18 am

hi Jilli

1:18 am

I have had so many cars I can't count them any more

1:19 am

3 hondas, 3 Lexus, 3 Chevys, 1 ford, 1 Toyota, 1 nissan, 1 volkswagon, 1 Mercedes, come to mind

1:20 am

and what now, ruru?

1:20 am

hmmm, 1 nissan, 2 fords, 3 vauxhalls, i renault and a mazda

1:20 am

I have a Lexus SUV .. the big one

1:21 am

gas guzzler!

1:21 am

yeah.. I get `17 mpg I guess

1:22 am

we tote the dogs a lot and need the room

1:22 am

couldn't afford to run that here

1:22 am

It costs me $100 TO FILL up these days

1:22 am

fuel is over $15 a gallon

1:23 am

omg.. wow

1:23 am

We had a Ford van and towed a 23 ft Prowler in our Dane-showing days. Fun.

1:23 am

I'd walk before I'd pay $15 per gallong

1:23 am

i put £120 worth into an ordinary station wagon yesterday and it wasn't even empty before i begn

1:23 am

sorry $120

1:24 am

i think your gallons are smaller than ours? ours are 8 pints

1:24 am

or is it your pints that are smaller? ours are 20 fl oz

1:25 am

I don't know I"m too tired to figure that out..lol

1:25 am

US gallons are smaller than Imperial ones.

1:25 am

found an ae 7 just now

1:25 am

please share

1:26 am

nm - got it

1:26 am

ae7 excercise

1:27 am

US pint = 16 fluid oz

1:27 am

so your gallon is 128 fl oz and ours is 160 fl oz

1:27 am

tyvm ruru

1:28 am

don't look at me -- I'm in Canada and we use litres now

1:28 am

we use litres too but i still think in gallons LOL

1:29 am

so the cost of our fuel is around $2.20 CA a litre

1:30 am

okay.. tennis in the early a.m.... I need to go to bed.. night all.. if I don't see you jilli have a lovely MOther's day and I hope that next week the play is great and they dote all over you and spoil you rotten.

1:32 am

we are so mixed up here, litres, gallons, pints, quarts, kilos, pounds, miles, kilometres, feet, inches, centimetres -- at least we don't have to calculate stones. And I remember having to do sums in £sd.

1:32 am

and about $9 US for a US galllon

1:32 am

Aw, thanks ruru - xx

1:32 am

poofs

1:33 am

we are all mixed up between imperial and metric here too - they began a conversion to metric in 1971 and it kind of fizzled out

1:33 am

bye rur

1:33 am

But the £sd wasn't in Canada -- in Shanghai, lol!

1:33 am

:-)

1:34 am

I began with £sd too - and remember farthings, 3penny bits, sixpences, florins

1:34 am

currency was much more interestig then LOL

1:35 am

and crowns, half-crowns, guineas (are guineas still alove?)

1:35 am

*alive

1:35 am

not really

1:36 am

technically would be one pound ten pence which doesn;t sound nearly as exotic as a guinea

1:36 am

I still have a silver sixpence --lent it to my d-i-l for the wedding -- Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a lucky sixpence in your shoe.

1:37 am

i've never heard the lucky sixpence bit but brides here still do the old, new, borrowed, blue

1:37 am

I heard Kate had a sixpence too...

1:37 am

she definitely had the old, new, borrowed, blue but not sure about the sixpence - must have missed the reference

1:45 am

28 left and that wall got me

1:45 am

I'll have to finish tomorrow...

1:47 am

bye yad and still ty for the

1:47 am

no prob, night

1:49 am

bye yad

1:50 am

ah, over halfway by quite a fe

1:51 am

i have 49 so far

1:52 am

*few

1:52 am

but very tired

1:57 am

64 left and I need my bed -- back later tomorrow (hosting a table of bridge in the afternoon). Goodnight all.

1:57 am

night jilli

1:59 am

*poof*

3:02 am

good morning

3:03 am

is anybody here?

3:09 am

Hi rubyfoo

3:10 am

hello diane. Where are you? I don't recognize the flag

3:10 am

I'm in Hong Kong

3:10 am

ahah, so it's tomorrow hahah

3:11 am

It's Saturday afternoon here.

3:11 am

Saturday morning here

3:12 am

hmm, I'll have to look at a time-zone map

evening all :)

3:20 am

{{mrp}}

(((ruby))) !!

3:22 am

first 50 were easy; now I've come to a screeching halt!

Mother's Day tomorrow, roads are just pathetic today... no parking or space to shop!!

3:23 am

I don't know when it's Mothers' Day in France, but I'll probably get a call from my (dutiful) son!

oh isn't he wonderful!!

3:24 am

yes, but mainly dutiful... :(

ha !

3:26 am

71 words and, finally, nbt! but the 9? I don't think so

the 9.... will try and clue you?

3:30 am

meowing critter (plus extra lettter) and things that go before vera.

ok, you need to find the ca6...

dianne!! (((hugs))) !!

3:31 am

((dianne)) it was on the tip of my tongue NOT!

meow creature + claws on a eagle

3:31 am

Hi right back at you. How are you doing?

without the n at the end of the claw clue

then plural it for the c9

oops, I mean you had to find the ca7 first

3:33 am

how do you find words like that? I have to go and be polite to our house guests. See you later and thanks for the help. 76 words, now

good to see you Dianne! Long time darling!

3:34 am

*poof*

see ya ruby!! (((hugs))) !!

3:35 am

I've beereally busy and haven't made the time to chat. I have lurked a bit. Hope all is o.k. with you and yours.

getting there dianne, if you take time to read my bio, it shows the crap, but things are coming around really well!

I refereed my first Premier League Soccer game today (and was assessed) and really really enjoyed it!!

I am moving on up the ladder in the football world and really happy with my success so far

3:41 am

Just read your bio and I am thrilled that you got his back pinned to the wall. Go for that public apology!

absolutely Dianne... I have been blocking him constantly, and now he has to say something, cause the innuendo and lies have caused so many problems.

3:44 am

Are you worried about your safety?

yes Dianne, very! But I am gettting a lot of councelling for it

3:46 am

Did you get a restraining order against him?

no, because I thought if I did, he would do something worse to get at me... the CJC will use a magistrate and probably put one up against me, without me asking for it.

he will also be paying punative damages

3:51 am

I'm glad to hear that he will pay damages.

thanks dianne... appreciate your kindness

i am going to get terri1 on here to have a chat and play... brb

5:09 am

evening everyone

5:16 am

boose 'not fouind in the dictionary' you are 'aving a giraffe it is found in most other places on Babble!!!!!

5:18 am

of course not that isnt how you spell it-think I'll go and lay down in a darkened room

5:33 am

l

6:44 am

Hi guys hope all well and happy. It's mothers day tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it.

6:45 am

good afternoon all. My husband and daughter aren't home tomorrow and they surprised me with a lovely breakfast today :)

hi terri! so tired, but gonna watch the football come hell or high water!! QPR v Leeds.... and QPR have been promoted to EPL!!

6:46 am

Good morning all. Sprite, what a lovely thing for your daughter and husband to do. Happy Early Mother's Day.

6:46 am

Hi Molly, thanks :) Hello mrP

6:47 am

Hey, MrP I think you meant the magistrate will put a restraining order up FOR you, not against you!

hi molly and sprite

yes, you are right... magistrate will put a PVO out against him without me asking for one. Would be perfect

6:49 am

Oh, nice to celebrate early. Good for you sprite

6:49 am

against the lunatic who set fire to your place? Good starting point.

6:50 am

I really appreciate them thinking about it and putting in the effort to do it a day earlier :) Makes me happy.

6:51 am

You have a good circle around you Sprite. : D

my profile says it all about what he has been doing. I can't prove he did it, but can prove causal links.

6:52 am

oh yes. Am grateful about them every day.

it is nice you got your Mother's Day!!

6:53 am

Isn't it the little touches that make Mothers Day special? I always have a good day.

6:54 am

I always am very clear about not accepting any expensive presents. I used to love the things the kids made for me when they were little. And I love the attention... breakfast, a flower, an extra hug. Those are the things that make Mother's Day for me :)

I just wanna sleep in and go to the football! I have had my hubby organise a dinner date and I work tomorrow... excellent day ahead for me for Mother's Day!! Wishing all you mums the best day too

6:56 am

sounds wonderful, mrP. I hope you have enough energy to enjoy it. Take care.

thank you

mrp - just read your profile. So sorry for what has been going on with you. It sounds very scary. Do you know what kind of treatment you will have for your cancer? I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year so cancer patients are close to my heart. Hang in there!

6:57 am

Absolutely, that's what counts. I love hugs from my son. He's a teenager now but will always give me a hug. Gee, I hope the hugs don't stop coming.

faith, I find out everything on the 24th May. having a couple of problems makes it difficult, but I would like to opt for a hystorectomy personally

6:58 am

Sprite, well said. It is the little things that make Mother's Day, and every day, special.

6:58 am

they might for a while, terri, but they will come back, grin. My son still hugs me (he is almost 15), but I am not allowed to give or expect a hug when there are friends close.

6:59 am

I can imagine, mrP. Safety first. And the thing is more trouble than blessing at our age, when we don't want a new baby anyway.

mrp - oh I hope you don't have to have a hysterectomy! The hormone swing can be quite the wild ride. I am on tamoxifen and having many menopausal symptoms as side effects even though I am only 37 and it isn't fun.

7:00 am

Ah, yes sprite. He can be different when they have friends around.

7:01 am

am so sorry, fbf :( I know it isn't that bad for everyone. A number of friends of mine had to have one and now they say they truly enjoy the hormonal balance.

7:02 am

I'd hate to be their age again, terri :) I don't mind about the hugging rules, I rather admire their courage in finding their way through the dark and misty forests of adolescence ;)

yes, everyone is different so it is hard to know how it will affect each person.

7:03 am

must be tough when it is such a rollercoaster ride, fbf. I hope it settles down for you soon.

7:03 am

just to add my two cents worth in...i had to have a hysterectomy about 8 1/2 years ago, they were able to leave in the ovaries and i have been great.

7:04 am

Too true sprite

7:04 am

that is great to hear, littlebit. The part about having been great I mean.

faith, 37 is so young!! I hope is settles for you (((hugs))) !!

7:05 am

yes it is!! thanks sprite :)

it comes in cycles so I enjoy the good times. :) I keep reminding myself the meds are supposed to keep the cancer away so that is a good trade off!

good it worked out so well for you little... must be a blessing now

7:06 am

it should be illegal for babblers to fall seriously ill :(

7:06 am

thanks mrp it is wonderful

i will bbl... need to have a lie down... terri can tell you all about my fun and games if she wishes :)

7:07 am

Morning Lilbit.

7:07 am

all the best, mrP, and have a lovely Mother's Day!

have a good rest mrp!

7:07 am

hey molly

7:08 am

later mrp!

7:10 am

this isn't a fast and smooth grid, is it?

7:10 am

Not at all Sprite.

7:10 am

no it is not

7:11 am

glad it isn't just me then! Am pecking away at it one word at a time.

7:13 am

I've seen more "almost words" than actual words.

7:13 am

indeed!

7:16 am

good morning everyone:)

7:16 am

hiya crossy :)

7:17 am

hey crossy!!

7:17 am

hello everyone :)

7:17 am

hi Annie!

7:17 am

hey annie!

7:19 am

crossy...i have my two year cancer free appt at the end of the month :)

7:19 am

how did your appt go, crossy?

7:19 am

yes..do tell

7:20 am

yaa for littlebit!!!!

7:20 am

littlebit, that's wonderful!

7:20 am

that is so wonderful, littlebit :)

7:20 am

hi Une :)

7:20 am

oh that was just the bloodwork sprite,now monday coming i have x-rays and meet with cance doc at month end

7:20 am

thanks everybody!! :)

7:20 am

hey, sprite :-)

7:20 am

wonderful, littlebit

7:21 am

cancer*

7:21 am

ok, always very exciting, to say the least. Am thinking of you both!

7:21 am

everything will be wonderful for you too, crossy

7:21 am

yes it will crossy! keep us updated please!

7:22 am

of that i am sure:) this is a scheduleld check up.i have already had it 3 times but have been clear for a bit now so i expect no surprises

7:22 am

there won't be. *hugs*

that's great littlebit! and cross, trust things go well with you, too!

7:23 am

that's good to hear, then i'm sure there won't be any

7:23 am

and 2 years cancer free lb!! so your appts are down to once ever 6 month now?

7:23 am

yes they are

7:23 am

very nice;)))

7:24 am

and no colonscopy for another couple of years! woohoo!!!

7:24 am

that must be a huge relief.

7:24 am

lol...yaaaa!

7:24 am

i'm the only person i know that has had 3 0f those things before the age of 50! :)

7:25 am

ugh . . . bless you!!

7:25 am

my wife has had 3

7:25 am

bless her heart

7:25 am

and she is 40

i am having trouble loading a picture to my icon. i am trying to load one from my computer (it is a jpeg image) but everytime i hit upload, the screen goes blank and it says "done" Anyone know what I am doing wrong?

7:25 am

that makes two now :)

7:26 am

they're not too bad though

7:26 am

but she had a lot of scarring bowel issues from her hysterectomy

Colonoscopies--yuck.

7:26 am

tortous colon etc

7:26 am

fbf, have you checked the box for Show My Profile?

7:27 am

that's too bad crossy, hopefully she won't have too much of a problem with that anymore

maybe that's it - i'll check that

7:27 am

half the problem is drinking all that darn peglyte the night and morning before

7:28 am

yep

7:28 am

she is tough as heck and she will overcome i am sure

7:28 am

good for her...and i'm sure you help her out a lot :)

7:29 am

coordination of chog and grid: just found pr5 LOL

My husband ate jello all day and drank only half of that poison and he was fine. He also gave a talk the evening before his colonoscopy- all to prove he wasn't a wimp after I told him how hard the whole prep would be

7:29 am

*grins at Une*

7:29 am

Ahahahaha Une!

Just to show off and say "it's not so bad"

7:29 am

lol une!!

7:29 am

:-D

7:29 am

she is the rock i lean on when i falter and i am her staff that hold her upright under the weight of her cares

7:30 am

sounds like a good attitude to keep faith

Crossy, I want to marry you!

7:30 am

you two are perfect for one another :)

7:30 am

lol sorry kaplan..one at a time

I will send you my phone number in case you decide to go in for bigamy

7:31 am

just fix me bacon and i'll be a happy camper

It's big o' me too.

7:31 am

lol, the wife watches sister wives...no thank you

7:31 am

BBL -- off to eat my LOCAL strawberries -- YUMMY!

7:32 am

later une

7:32 am

but i am honored the same

7:32 am

bfn, Une :)

You'll never know what you're missing.

7:32 am

sigh..somewhere in the world..green things are growing and strawberries are ready..sigh

7:33 am

lol kaplan..send me your portfollio

Coffe time. bbl.

7:33 am

not from you, Kaplan. But crossy sure knows that he is missing from his wife's side, should he falter :)

7:33 am

that = what

7:33 am

lol,a rock can hold you up if you falter..it can also bash your brains out if you get up to dickens

7:34 am

lol crossy

7:34 am

our 18th is this oct;)

7:34 am

looking back on the chog, I am 46 and have had 5 colonoscopies since 36.

7:35 am

exactly :D And let's not discuss that staff in the same manner now...

7:35 am

lol

7:35 am

ouch, sue :( You ok now?

7:35 am

oh man! so sorry sue!

oe

hello all!

7:36 am

hey nonnie!

7:36 am

yes, because I made them check me early. My father told us that eveyone in the family has died of colon cancer or breast. I they checked me and found pollups and a cancerious one.

7:36 am

ouch sue..well at least if they are in there that often,you should be polyop free by now

7:36 am

good thing they looked then

7:36 am

it is uckie and yuckie, but it saved my life

good for you, sue! :o)

7:37 am

I am cross, just had one about a mth ago and am clean as a whistle

7:37 am

my sons have to have their foirst one at the age of 35.

7:37 am

lol want yuckie? now i have an itallian mafia name..they call me crossy one nut lol..but i am here the hear it!! lol

7:37 am

good to hear it sue!! :)

7:38 am

and too ALL my friends here on the chog.....I am graduating with my Associates on May 14th!!!!

7:38 am

here to hear it*

7:38 am

yaa for sue!!

7:38 am

woohoo!!

way to go sue!

congrats Sue!

7:38 am

congratulations, sue

7:38 am

woweeeee sue! Wonderful!

7:38 am

that's okay crossy...i'm fluent in typo

7:38 am

ty. I have also decided to go on for a Bachlors to teach HS

7:39 am

i think it comes with babbling littlebit

7:39 am

good for you!

7:39 am

Big congratulations Sue!

7:39 am

you have no idea how much I have depended on all of your support. I really love being here.

7:39 am

me too crossy!!

7:39 am

hehe crossy is surrounded by all these brilliant ladies...good resource to have;))

7:40 am

babble rocks. Best community on the internet.

7:40 am

none other like it sprite

7:40 am

it does, and we learn babblets

7:40 am

Ywis, we do. Pfui!

In total agreement with you, Sprite :o)

7:41 am

hiya Nonnie :)

7:41 am

oh! almost forgot! it is now time for crossy,s daily tid-bit of the day!.....

7:41 am

and i am off to get dressed and start my day! happy babbling everyone!

7:41 am

The average piano has about 230 strings, and each string averages about 165 pounds of tension, with the combined pull of all strings equaling over eighteen tons.

Hello Sprite <waving>

bye bye littlebit

7:42 am

hi nonnie, bye little

7:42 am

bye littlebit, have a grand day :)

wow crossy

7:42 am

tc LB

7:42 am

have to get back to "wireless vs wired security"

7:42 am

bbl

hello annie :o)

7:43 am

I have days when I feel like a piano, then

bye bye sue

7:43 am

hi everyone!

7:43 am

loosen them strings a tad sprite

7:43 am

howdy aloy

7:43 am

bfn, sue :) And hi Aloy :)

7:43 am

hi aloy :)

7:43 am

*snip snip snip*

hello aloy!

7:44 am

Hey, sorry guys, went to check on the kids and got sidetracked by the movie they were watching "Pirates of the Carribean" the 2nd one I think. I'm going to join them now, so I'll say goodbye and love to you all.

7:44 am

tc terri

bye bye terri

7:44 am

enjoy, terri! See you soon, I hope.

7:44 am

bye terri, enjoy

7:44 am

Thanks guys bye for now

7:47 am

enjoying this grid.. hidden treasures or maybe it is the second cup of coffee that is helping, but couldn't "see" much for a while after I started it and now words are popping out

7:48 am

I have 46 left and still nothing pops out, lol. Slow going for me today. I could use a cup of your coffee.

7:48 am

>>> passes a steaming cup to sprite

7:49 am

ah lovely, thank you Aloy!

7:49 am

thats what i think i need,a nice cup of strong tea..brb

7:49 am

and the to 4 is here today again

7:49 am

yw (-:

7:50 am

hurry back, crossy. Hi bichon, the babblet one?

ty bichon...I've been trying to figure out a word for that tile for quite some time.

bye bye crossy

7:52 am

I had to stare at this grid until I was cross-eyed to see the f words.

7:53 am

Hello all, slow going

7:53 am

I keep seeing camisol.

7:53 am

still need 6 f words

hello molly and kallia

7:53 am

Hi Kallia

7:53 am

hi Kallia, me too

7:53 am

and hi to Molly

I need one from the u and the a just below it for nbt...any help would be greatly appreciated!

7:54 am

I wear flatties all the time...not a word!

7:54 am

a colour from the u

7:55 am

I know!

7:55 am

there is a color, um5

ty kallia

7:55 am

and a colour and a stone frome the A

and aloy

7:55 am

bottom a?

7:55 am

singing voice

aha...ty so much all

7:56 am

ty Nonnie

7:56 am

al*** vera

7:56 am

bottom a has a soothing lotion from a plant

stats (not clue) on the 9 please?

7:56 am

and a singing voice too

7:56 am

ca9

7:56 am

no idea kap...would like that too

7:56 am

ca9/60

thank you.

7:57 am

stone from the right a?

same as the u bichon

Yeah, bich- as in "Forever A****"

7:57 am

resin turned into stone, bichon. Sometimes with bugs in it.

7:58 am

oh doh! ty sprite

7:58 am

think Diana Gabaldon ;)

7:58 am

be**er is not in the dictionary?

I couldn't think why not, bichon.

7:59 am

resin...amathyst...it eludes crossy

7:59 am

no and please believe me, I tried!

8:00 am

crossy: fossilised tree resin. You'll go 'DUH' in just a few seconds.

8:00 am

think "Forever Am***", crossy

8:00 am

ahh got it ty

8:00 am

fish me....

am*** waves of grain

8:00 am

*slaps crossy over the head with a guppy*

8:01 am

good clue, Nonnie

8:01 am

got the ca, mokies did well

ty aloy :o)

8:01 am

monkies even

Mokies?

8:01 am

good job, Kallia

I like mokies.

8:01 am

actual clue for the ca9?

8:01 am

i'm a mokie fan too

8:02 am

mokies do the hokie pokey

my monkies must be lazy because I am still looking for the ca9

Hey hey were the mokies.

We're

8:02 am

feline+t4 plural

8:02 am

bichon: feline + one of its nails, drop last letter, make plural.

The Mokie Smountains

8:02 am

ca 9---meow maker and **** vera (plant) and add pl. letter

8:02 am

lol Kap

8:03 am

lol kap

8:03 am

there is a 7 as well

aha ty all very much

8:04 am

61 left

63 for me.

8:05 am

ty all very much for the ca9

8:05 am

16

8:05 am

and those f's are bugging me

nbt and nbs and 87 left...have to get going. Take care all you wonderful people :o)

8:05 am

wow Aloy...that's good going

8:05 am

still 39 to go here, 3 F words missing.

8:05 am

bye nonnie

8:05 am

bye Nonnie, have a great day

8:06 am

I have 8 of the bottom f's and am stumped

8:06 am

bye, Nonnie.. hagd

8:06 am

bye nonnie

8:06 am

I just got a fl8

8:07 am

there are at least 2 fl8's

8:07 am

I just got my 2nd one

8:07 am

I have the walking on air one, what is the second Kallia

8:07 am

those making it wet, bichon

8:08 am

weirdo lo7, no idea what it means

8:08 am

bichon, plural of fl 7---lots of water

There are the fl's that kids take to the pool, building on the fl5

8:08 am

okay, I guess I do have two fl8's, but ty

8:08 am

I am missing the t in the 4th collumn, lower one

8:09 am

morning everyone

8:09 am

morning Mom

I'm missing the same, b.

8:09 am

my only blank tile

8:09 am

((Sprite)) hello

8:10 am

that lower t is a ta4.4, babblet

8:10 am

hi Mom

8:10 am

Hi (((Mom)))

8:10 am

good morning Aloy

Ah.

8:10 am

Good morning (((Annie)))

8:10 am

thanks! Shame on me, blind to a babblet!

8:10 am

lower T is a city in New Mexico

8:12 am

thanks Aloy and Annie for the T word

8:12 am

Oh give me a home, where the ca9 roam!

8:12 am

ty for the ta

8:13 am

:-) Molly, good morning

8:13 am

yw Mom

8:13 am

Hey Mom, Happy Saturday.

8:13 am

Hi Kap and Bichon

8:13 am

that is an odd lo 7

8:13 am

Hi Mom

8:13 am

clue it please, Kallia

8:14 am

means an awkard person

Awkard?

8:14 am

the awkard mokies are afoot

Awkard mokies?

8:15 am

Misspelling of a oil job, plural for the lo7

8:15 am

adolescent son passing my door on his way out... leaving in his wake a baffling scent of deodorant...

8:15 am

thnks all for the lo

8:15 am

Got it, thanks..

8:15 am

h'mm, lol

8:15 am

Rhymes with what adolescent boys refer to as breasts.

I still don't have it

8:15 am

:-) Sprite

8:16 am

yep definately awkard mokies

8:16 am

thanks for lo 7

8:16 am

Kap, think of the chorus of Strangers In The Night

8:16 am

typos not spelling mistakes!

8:16 am

awkard mokies rock.

8:16 am

ah, fw.. any clues needed before I hie myself to the laundry?

I have it.

8:16 am

wtg Aloy!

8:17 am

well done aloy

8:17 am

congrats Aloy!

8:17 am

congrats, aloy

8:17 am

typing typo demands high skill levels

8:17 am

aloy, af 6 please

8:17 am

this grid was like an onion.. lotsa layers

8:17 am

I must be off as well. Have a great day everyone. ((Hugs)) to all of you

8:17 am

bye Mom!

8:17 am

bye bye Sprite

8:17 am

bye Mom, Happy Saturday to you

8:18 am

there's an AF?

8:18 am

yes, kallia, an af7 and I dont see it

8:18 am

((Annie)) Happy Saturday to you as well.

8:18 am

af + I'm off ** the laundry + OH **y can you see?

8:18 am

yes, af6

8:18 am

bye Mom

8:19 am

sheesh, thanks aloy

8:19 am

bye bye Aloy and thanks for the af word

8:19 am

there is no af7, only a 6.

Ah- the af word.

8:19 am

Annie, that is such an everyday word, I'm going to fish you, LOL

8:19 am

sounds like a disease. I have a bad case of af 7

8:19 am

sorry, typo, meant af 6

8:20 am

base case of af6

8:20 am

ah thanks for the AF

8:20 am

only af word, so I knew what you meant

8:20 am

bad*

8:20 am

I can't type today

8:20 am

Yes, I use af6 quite often...LOL

8:20 am

the awkard mokies have af6

athlete's foot?

8:21 am

well I do it often

Aflete's thoot?

8:21 am

yep they do indeed lol

8:21 am

I af6 nothing about it

8:21 am

must scoot, fun chatting with you all.. see you next time! byee

8:21 am

bye Aloy! *hug* from Terra.

8:21 am

bye Aloy

8:22 am

ooh.. big hug back for Terra!!

8:22 am

I need to go do something

8:22 am

58 for later if I manage to get back

8:22 am

bye all, thanks for the giggles

8:22 am

you are already doing something, Kallia. Babbling and chatting with us.

8:23 am

yep I know, OH doesn't think that is doing something!

8:23 am

lol ok then, bye Kallia! Hate to see you go though!

8:23 am

aw thanks Sprite :)

8:23 am

needs must

8:25 am

bye kallia

8:26 am

popping back in for just a minute

8:26 am

hiya Mom, wb

8:26 am

to thank Molly for sticking that song in my head. :-(

8:26 am

am down to 8, pfff pfff pant pant

8:27 am

exchanging glances....

8:27 am

Where seldom is heard! A discouraging word! Bye Mom!

8:27 am

now I am off again. ((((AGGGHHHH))))

8:27 am

oh that one, LOL.

8:27 am

Oh, she meant Strangers In The Night. Either way, not a good one to have stuck.

8:27 am

*giggles* Bye Mom! Sing along hun!

8:28 am

no Molly, home on the range is the one I was talking about

8:28 am

and the skies are not cloudy all day

8:28 am

And the deer and the antelope play!!!!

8:29 am

how patriotic!

8:33 am

ah, my last word was warning for falling wood! Fireflies, pfui, quite a grid!

8:34 am

Congrats, sprite and thanks

8:34 am

yvw :) Bye all, thanks for the great company and fun.

8:37 am

hi all

8:39 am

hello jmc :)

8:39 am

catching up on the chog

8:43 am

i am getting the vowel words faster than the consonant words *baffled*

8:56 am

Try the f. It is a very nice consonant

9:38 am

May I please have the stats for the single T in the 4th row?

9:41 am

ta4/4

9:42 am

TY littlebit!

9:43 am

welcome :)

9:43 am

Now I have NBT and can take a break!

9:44 am

Have a great day!

9:45 am

you too!

9:59 am

afternoon all..im doing ok here but cant get the 9...can someone clue me please?...i know its ca9

9:59 am

a mixture of felines and bison

10:02 am

ty ruru

10:03 am

got three words from that, now nbs, thx!

10:06 am

*puts kitty litter out in the pasture*

10:07 am

don't think the cats need litter in the pasture, ruru, but nice thought :-)

Hi

10:08 am

hi, herin!

10:09 am

hi herin

10:09 am

nbt now too after finding words I'd rather not think about from the middle f

I am on the iPhone at inlaWs place what are the Eights please. I need a way bigger screen

Any one

Ok then have a great day I need sleep

10:14 am

morning all...

10:14 am

...I have an fl8 so far, herin

10:15 am

ca8,45

10:15 am

hi lilliann

10:15 am

hi pinikula

10:16 am

is that ca8 common?

10:16 am

got it! :)

10:16 am

so ca8 fl8 ... missing?

10:17 am

don't know, i haven't found it yet lol

10:17 am

* giggle *

10:17 am

guess we'll have to look together then!

10:17 am

another fl 8

10:17 am

there are 2 fl's pini

10:17 am

oh, thx angel...looking

10:18 am

fl8, 55, fl860

10:18 am

and lilliann

10:18 am

hi angel

10:18 am

* thinking *

10:18 am

hi lil and pini

10:18 am

one is to do with alot of water

10:19 am

the other is buoyancy

10:20 am

have the latter...working on the first

10:20 am

it goes off the fl5

10:21 am

got it!

10:21 am

thx ;)

10:21 am

yw

10:31 am

Hello, Pini. Another not so challenging grid.

10:31 am

hi BR! :)

10:31 am

How's the hammock doing?

10:33 am

I took the hammock down since the canadian geese had taken a liking to it.

10:34 am

oh no!!!

10:34 am

shame on them!

10:36 am

...and how are the waters coming along? receding?

10:41 am

The water is down 11.69 feet .... needs to go another 9 feet to get below flood level.

10:41 am

wow...it's come a long way yet has so far to go!

10:42 am

Hope it clears soon and that you can enjoy spring ... and perhaps rehang your hammock so as to enjoy the summer!

10:44 am

hi pini and br, glad to hear the water is receding!

10:45 am

The sun has been a more regular visitor and buds are forming on the trees. The geese likely will be moving on now that the temperatures are rising .... had twenty inches of snow in Manitoba last week ... to cold for the geese.

10:45 am

hi uu

10:45 am

our campus library had to rope off one set of stairs because geese were nesting next to it and attacking students who walked by :-/

10:46 am

yikes, uu! sorry to hear, but glad we've not had to do the same thing

10:46 am

I think this is where they come when they leave you, br, lots of babies now

10:46 am

although the warmer it gets, the more squirrels are appearing out and about on campus....makes it tough to walk...dodging squirrels and/or walking on a bunch of nutshells

10:47 am

there's a nice little path through the woods that I take to my office but the squirrels dig it up every fall burying nuts (it's wood chips)

10:48 am

Need to recruit Koda for squirrel management.

10:48 am

Oh, trust me...when he goes to campus with me and sees a squirrel, it's on!

10:53 am

Time to get working on the recycling detail. Have a great day.

10:53 am

enjoy, BR! cya soon! :)

10:53 am

(and stay dry!)

10:54 am

Still singing...oh give me a home, where the ca9 roam. : P

10:56 am

cute, molly...now it's stuck in my head!

10:56 am

may I please have a diff clue for that ca, so i can get that earworm out of my head?

10:57 am

cross between felines and bison? (not my clue but got it for me earlier)

10:58 am

ca9 = feline with a stutter + buff***** (pl)

10:58 am

* snap * uu ;)

10:58 am

that's a ca7 but then two different styles of plural give you an 8 and a 9

10:59 am

omg, it really IS a blend of those 2 animals.. wow...

10:59 am

thanks all y'all

10:59 am

;)

11:00 am

The word of the day, however, is lo7/36. Good Lord, I've seen some stupid words in these grids, but that one takes the cake.

11:00 am

apparently not a common one, eh?

11:00 am

earworm of the day - Here we go L***y- Loo, here we go L***by-lie,

11:01 am

hi folks

11:01 am

does that 7 come from the little tiny thing?

11:01 am

re 5/12 and 6/24 combo?? hint pleast

11:02 am

The lo 7 starts like an oil job, but spelled differently.

11:02 am

re 5 and 6 are not a combo, re 5 is to give a weapon again

11:02 am

re6 is to start your computer again

11:02 am

JBV!! I was singing that earlier myself. All on a Saturday night!

11:03 am

hi Molly - love your bluebird!

11:03 am

thinking I have the start, but not the end

11:03 am

Thanks JBV. I've been feeling a little out of sorts lately and bluebirds are a sign of hope.

11:04 am

nice symbol - I will take heart from it also

11:04 am

nm ... got it

11:04 am

Plural Pini

11:04 am

thanks jbv... gottem

11:05 am

ah the lo6 rhymes with girl parts

11:05 am

It's that line from the song...so keep on looking for a bluebird, and listening for his song, whenever April showers come along.

11:05 am

Well yeah, girl parts if you are an adolescent male. : P

11:06 am

for nbt I would love a clue for the end row up, 4th column T

11:06 am

hee Molly, that's why I said it that way

11:06 am

and speaking of April showers - I'm sending out good hopes and wishes for anyone affected by these horrendous floods

11:07 am

do you have ti 6?

11:07 am

Take the l and the e out of what you sit on in the bathroom.

11:07 am

in fact, i do not, jbv

11:08 am

think of lumberjacks.....

11:08 am

af?

11:08 am

ah like h***ty-t**ty

11:08 am

the pancakes or the manly men

11:08 am

af 6/27

11:08 am

af 6...the rear of the ship + Santa R***

11:09 am

pancakes? no I meant trees falling.....

11:09 am

nm, got it. thanks jbv

11:09 am

I thought it was "when I get a round to** ", haha

11:09 am

thx molly

11:09 am

JBP! The pancakes are flapjacks. : P

11:10 am

(smacks forehead with slightly syrupy hand), oh yeah!

11:12 am

my phantom: desolate

11:13 am

with 73 kleft, hope to bbl. thanks for all the FAB clues!

11:13 am

Please don't ever call a lumberjack a flapjack unless you are a very fast runner.

11:23 am

I am so accustomed to words winding around the grid that I never *see* the ones that are straight.

11:30 am

Yep. me too. Sodium chloride sat there for at least a half hour before I saw it.

11:31 am

morning all

11:31 am

hi, jes and molly!

11:31 am

Hi Jes.

11:31 am

hello jes

11:31 am

and bea!

11:31 am

ca 6/30?

11:31 am

Sue, pretty icon

11:31 am

nm, got it

11:32 am

thx, molly! there are four planets in it :-)

11:33 am

One beautiful evening in my life, I took my portable hammock down to the beach. There was no one there but me, the ocean, a fingernail moon and Venus. Oh, and a beer. A most lovely experience.

11:35 am

I love looking at the sky, day or night - always fascinating! (unless it is totally socked in, although even clouds can be interesting)

11:41 am

I guess I better get my walk in since no one else will do it for me...

11:42 am

50 left. Back this evening. *poof*

11:42 am

50 left. Back this evening. *poof*

11:43 am

bye, bea

11:45 am

ca 6/30??

11:46 am

evening all - any one got a clue for ar please

11:47 am

ca 6 - curve on the road, c + ancient frozen resin

11:49 am

i m still lost on that one kaz

11:49 am

got it

11:49 am

thanks, caz

11:50 am

got two from it, asi didn't have the a word yet :)

11:53 am

goooooooooooooood evening fellow babblers!!! xxx

11:54 am

and may i start by offering my condolences to the friends and family of one of my childhood legends, Seve Ballesteros xxx

11:54 am

mead

11:54 am

ooo thanks for that m9 lol

11:55 am

oops. sorry all

11:55 am

oops. sorry all

11:56 am

got the ar

11:58 am

Frog, Seve was a legend. I was sorry to hear of his passing.

11:59 am

yes, I grew up watching him - and think he could have given Tiger a run for his money had they been around at the same time as each other!

12:10 pm

My boss was an avid golf fan (he passed last February). We have a picture of Seve in our office.

12:42 pm

noswaith dda - good evening

12:46 pm

hellooooo... is there anybody there?

12:47 pm

evening glantarell

12:48 pm

hi katie

12:48 pm

it's very quiet here this evening

12:48 pm

must all be out enjoying themselves

12:49 pm

i am looking for a clue for the last pr5/14

12:52 pm

oh i'm sorry I'm nowhere near that yet

12:53 pm

it's my l;ast word and it's driving me nuts :-)

12:54 pm

pr 5/14 ends like an ode or verse

12:58 pm

stay in the upper corner... it's most of the word for what a poet would write

1:11 pm

oh... I killed the chog :(

1:47 pm

anyone awake?

1:51 pm

I keep popping up with connection errors

1:51 pm

ca 6/30 plz

1:52 pm

c + precious mineral

1:52 pm

hi lindy... nice to see you playing

1:53 pm

ty !

1:54 pm

hi

1:56 pm

ae7 please

1:57 pm

ae7 - think exercise

1:57 pm

thanks doxy :)

1:57 pm

yw

1:57 pm

i never do these so it didnt come to mind lol

1:57 pm

it took me awhile too

2:00 pm

evening all back again - poor old hubby has had a bad day and he had to go and get a good dinner - so we wet - now i have got my fireworks. Good Luck to you all

2:00 pm

wtg Kazzer

2:01 pm

Update to those that know about my niece. It looks like they have to carry out more tests and her body wont be released for at least 6 weeks but my dad has sorted out the funeral arrangements when it can take place

2:02 pm

glad to hear that it's progressing, kaz. Sorry that yall have to deal with that.

2:02 pm

I hadn't heard about your niece, but my condolences to you and your family

2:02 pm

hello, Kaz , doxy, cos, et al

2:02 pm

hi seain

2:02 pm

hi dc

2:02 pm

hi dc

2:02 pm

really unsettling kazzer

2:03 pm

yes - they are still not sure when she actually died yet

2:05 pm

the not knowing is probably upsetting

2:08 pm

<---- master of the obvious

2:14 pm

HI everyone, ruru, Kazzer dc

2:14 pm

hi bichon

2:15 pm

hi doxy

2:16 pm

de6 please

Got a cool ae word!

2:16 pm

don't have it cos, but would like to

2:17 pm

de6 - de + seasoning

2:17 pm

wait, it's de + table seasoning

that's it, but you can't resa4- go figure.

2:17 pm

thanks buch :)

2:18 pm

re 5 aft the back word

2:18 pm

re + upper extremity

2:18 pm

ty doxy

2:19 pm

yw

2:19 pm

Fireworks

2:20 pm

woot doxy. Have 9 left

2:20 pm

go bichon

2:22 pm

any more clues needed?

2:23 pm

ro 7/28

2:24 pm

ro 7/28

2:24 pm

so nice u had to say it twice

2:24 pm

hiccup

2:24 pm

how about the lo7?

2:24 pm

ro7 - ro4 + more of

2:24 pm

more of ending

2:24 pm

thought I had tried that. TY doxy

2:25 pm

lo7 - similar to term for breasts

2:25 pm

yw bichon

2:25 pm

lol t hanks.. got it

2:25 pm

is that lesbian breasts? :P

2:26 pm

yw. Only clue I could think of

2:26 pm

it means a stupid, lazy, awkward person

2:27 pm

No Cos, it's the term for breasts that young, immature males use. Grown up men use different words. : P

2:27 pm

was curious so I looked it up

2:27 pm

ah.. lesbians.

2:27 pm

:)

2:27 pm

i kid. i kid.

2:27 pm

Kazz, I'm very sorry about what you and your family are going through. Blessings to you all.

2:28 pm

having major issues with the lo words :(

2:28 pm

that's all folks

2:28 pm

wtg bichon

2:28 pm

Yay Bich!!!

2:28 pm

most of the lo words are not normal words

2:28 pm

or not normally used words

2:29 pm

im missing 2nd, 3rd and 4th lo words

2:29 pm

Not normal was just fine Doxy.

2:29 pm

lo5,5,6 - all related (spelling wise) one is past tense, one is similar to a name, and plural

2:30 pm

ok fund the lo 5/12...

2:30 pm

got them!

2:31 pm

the monkey in jungle book kinda

2:31 pm

yay cos

2:31 pm

kinda

2:31 pm

thanks doxy

2:31 pm

yw

2:32 pm

I'm off for now. Will see you all tomorrow.

2:33 pm

50 left. bbl.. 85 degrees outside. too ince to be online

35 left. Nice sunny day turned into cold and rainy.

85 degrees?

2:35 pm

yes. its hot . god we earned it after this winter

2:35 pm

we didnt have a spring lol

2:35 pm

last week we had a blizzard

Are you traveling around the world, perchance?

2:36 pm

nope. i live up in the mountains

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

2:39 pm

the plus side is. no mosquitoes here

2:40 pm

or 5/12 plz

Monkeys are looking for it, ives

2:43 pm

ok ty

o and what you do with a book.

and pl.

2:45 pm

ohhhh ty !!

has chog been dead this long?

3:23 pm

Yep

Wow.

3:24 pm

howdy

3:24 pm

It's a very nice day here. That may account for some of it.

3:25 pm

Howdy

Word couldn't be added?

3:26 pm

how goes?

3:26 pm

i haven't gotten that error today, kap (yet)

3:27 pm

No problem here Kaplan, just a bit sluggish at times

Well, let's see how it goes.

3:27 pm

(Of course, I'm not entering very fast right now, either)

I had to refresh d/t connection error

uh oh i think i broke babble...

Stop that!

3:29 pm

what'd you do, TO?

You broke it, you own it!

Red box again! Oh-oh!

3:31 pm

oh, way to go, kap, now i've got the error bar :P

Or is that uh-oh?

Yeah, like it's MY fault.

3:31 pm

I'm still not having any problems.

3:32 pm

:D

3:32 pm

Irony: I type my last comment and then get the red box

I just had the red box again...

Here we go...

3:33 pm

heheh. you were kinda asking for it, gwen... :D

3:33 pm

true

hi all

3:38 pm

the ca words are scaring me.

3:38 pm

hi beach

3:38 pm

Hi beach

3:39 pm

jes, I've just gotten the first ca and the last two. The others are scaring me, just eluding me!

3:39 pm

*aren't

3:40 pm

those are the same i have...

3:41 pm

9 letter words are scary just on the basis of size though :)

3:44 pm

ooh! Just found ca6/30

3:52 pm

and ca 6/21!

3:53 pm

yay! (i am not as tenacious and moved on to other words...)

3:56 pm

The 7-8-9 are words for a hybrid animal of a cow and a buffalo, with two different plurals.

wow...thanks gwen

3:58 pm

u clues?

3:58 pm

um5 is a brownish color

3:59 pm

thanks gwen; the only ones i knew were beefalo...

3:59 pm

ty. got the color.

3:59 pm

For the u4, think of the Disney elephant, or extra-big shrimp

4:00 pm

dont know cow and buffalo animal. is there such an animal?

4:01 pm

well i never heard that ca animal word before. or the plurals.

4:01 pm

Feline animal + bronze giant in Greek mythology

4:01 pm

ty for other u word. got it.

4:01 pm

Hello everyone

4:02 pm

i am disappointed in the 9 word.

4:02 pm

Why, mkg?

4:02 pm

?

4:02 pm

ok. back from re4ing the article about ca8 :)

4:03 pm

i didn't know they crossed them with yaks too.... or that water buffalo can't cross with bison

4:03 pm

i enjoy the cleverness of the long words which i cant find. but this one i never heard of.

4:04 pm

I agree, mkg. It is a weird word.

4:04 pm

well, now you have a new word, mkg. don't be disappointed by that.

4:04 pm

Hi Babble friends. Just a quick visit. Off on my holidays tomorrow :-)

4:05 pm

Hi Soodle!

4:05 pm

hey soodle, have a lovely holiday!

4:05 pm

Thanks :-)

4:09 pm

what is with this chat today?

4:10 pm

Gah, is anyone else getting the error boxes?

4:10 pm

MKG, could you clue the 9 letter word, please?

4:10 pm

getting red boxes

4:10 pm

was earlier, mark. seems to've stopped here, but it's been going around.

4:10 pm

Same, mkg

4:10 pm

me, too

4:10 pm

yes to red boxes .... boo

4:11 pm

I hate them.

4:11 pm

ca8 & ca9 are plurals of a hybrid animal (ca7), which is a cross between a cow and a buffalo.

4:11 pm

9: ca. feline pet, double last cons. then think of a mix of a cow and buffalo and that is the word and plural two different ways

4:12 pm

Oh thanks, Mkg. My poor monkeys would never have got that one!

4:12 pm

lo 7, please?

4:13 pm

like slang for breasts but different first letter

4:14 pm

Oh thanks. I was thinking of a different slang word, and it wasn't working. But got it now.

4:14 pm

off for a bit. laters, gators! :)

4:14 pm

Bye jes!

4:15 pm

Bye Jes. Have a good day :-)

4:15 pm

May I have some of the bottom a?

4:16 pm

Mark - you are certainly an international man of mystery! Every time I see you, you are flying a different flag!!

4:16 pm

Well, that reminds me.

4:16 pm

I feel another flag coming on........

4:16 pm

Mark: a women singer, lower than soprano

4:17 pm

Thanks gwen

4:17 pm

Another set: something to put on burns.

4:17 pm

I am a singer myself, so I got that rather quickly.

4:18 pm

No, I don't recognize the last clue you gave, gwen. thank you anyway.

4:19 pm

STUPID RED BOXES!

4:19 pm

Its obviously contagious. I'm getting them now :-(

4:21 pm

It's a plant, Mark. It's could also be a greeting (another way of saying 'hello'), if said with the proper accent.

4:22 pm

Hmmm, closer this time but still not getting it.

4:23 pm

how about, a + not high?

4:23 pm

Finally, thank you very much.

4:24 pm

I'll take a clue for ti6.

4:24 pm

lumberjack yell

4:24 pm

oh, never mind

4:25 pm

Thanks anyway, jessmom!

4:25 pm

np

4:25 pm

Ty

4:25 pm

Ty

4:25 pm

Sorry

4:27 pm

Jumping out for a while. Hope to be back later to finish. Bye! And thanks for the help.

4:28 pm

Bye Gwen!

4:28 pm

Bye Gwen :-)

4:29 pm

<-------- Note change of flag, in anticipation of my holliers!!!

4:29 pm

Flag change. Cool.

4:30 pm

It only took me about an hour and a half to figure out how to change it. LOL

4:31 pm

hi, all!

4:31 pm

Hello Sue :-). Lovely to see you.

4:31 pm

nice to see you too, soodle!

4:32 pm

How is your dad and step mom Sue?

4:32 pm

Hi uu!

4:32 pm

pretty good, last I heard. My stepmom should be going home soon unless something has changed (with 24-hour nursing care, but still!)

4:32 pm

hi, mark!

4:33 pm

and my dad is fine as usual; his best boyhood friend (they've known each other for almost 85 years) is coming by to visit him in a couple of weeks, so they should have a good time :-)

4:34 pm

Wow. Thats good! I am off to Spain with my 80 yr old Mom tomorrow. I have mixed feelings about the trip, she is pretty high maintenance, and not too well. I hope your dad has a great catch-up iwth his old buddy :-)

4:34 pm

Spain is awesome! My sister just went to France.

4:34 pm

oh, soodle, it should be fun anyway. where in Spain are you going?

4:35 pm

Its an island off the coast of Africa, in the Canary Islands, called Lanzarote, but belonging to Spain. Like I said.....mixed feelings!

4:35 pm

I take French though (just like my sister)

4:36 pm

Sounds cool though.

4:36 pm

where in france, mark?

4:36 pm

In a town called Rodez, in way south France.

4:36 pm

huh, don't know it.

4:37 pm

No, it isn't a very well-known town.

4:37 pm

France is lovely. Mark, have you chatted with Rubyfoo - she is an American, transplanted in

4:37 pm

Hic... France...

4:37 pm

Of course.

4:38 pm

Another red box for me!

4:39 pm

ok, I see it - I spent a couple of weeks in a tiny town west of Beziers once, very nice

4:39 pm

and I am getting sporadic red boxes as well :-(

4:39 pm

Awesome!

4:39 pm

That is not awesome.

4:40 pm

The town is, the boxes aren't, just clarifying.

4:40 pm

right, I got that :-)

4:41 pm

Hey, I am more than halfway. Haven't looked at the chart for a while.

4:41 pm

good work!

4:41 pm

Tyvm

4:43 pm

snack time, bbs

4:43 pm

Ok then

4:43 pm

Time I wasn't here. See ya'all.

4:44 pm

Bye soodle, have fun in Spain!

4:44 pm

Not quite poofed.... When you say you are a singer, Mark, are you in a choir/band/solo ?

4:45 pm

I sing in a choir. In my next concert I have a solo, but I don't usually sing alone.

4:45 pm

I play in the orchestra also.

4:46 pm

Yay Mark! What instrument do you play?

4:46 pm

Violin

4:46 pm

Why did I know that you would be a fiddler :-p

4:47 pm

At least I'm not a fiddler...crab! (terrible pun, I know)

4:47 pm

Sheesh!

4:48 pm

I am filled with them. I inherited them from my father.

4:48 pm

BBL

4:48 pm

Bye Mark.

4:51 pm

hmmm - lots of red boxes on babble expert, none in browser (chrome). interesting.

ca7 and 8 clues? do they miaow too?

4:53 pm

miaower with double end & **** vera

I have the 9- oh- the 8 is singular? duh!

4:54 pm

drop e

do the rest of the long fl's still have to do with water?

(6/27, 6/27 and 5/16

4:56 pm

seems to be lots of water related ones - I have 8 so far - but not listing and still 3 missing

never mind...

I am not going to try to finish.

5:00 pm

re 6/24 plz

5:01 pm

to turn your computer on again

5:01 pm

fl5.16/6.27 take first vowel in the 'laying on top of water' to the end. fl6.27 foolish word - perhaps an expression of distatste

5:01 pm

oh geez ty !

5:02 pm

oops - second vowel

5:02 pm

thx for the fl's, lynxxx! just one f left for me...

5:03 pm

and it was a fish. sigh.

5:57 pm

Is the ae 7 a compound word?

5:57 pm

no

5:57 pm

extend the 4 before it

5:57 pm

no but it is a form of exercise

5:58 pm

Duh! TY!

5:58 pm

I need another A from the right

5:58 pm

Me too.

5:58 pm

try af6.27

5:58 pm

Crud. That is the left. I need 4 more from the right! LOL! I think maybe I am too tired to Babble!

5:59 pm

I have that one lynxxx

5:59 pm

there are 5 am words

5:59 pm

k and I only have 4

6:00 pm

ti6 pls

6:00 pm

am 5/5/4/4/5

6:00 pm

hi all

6:00 pm

hi Peri - what a lumberjack yells

6:00 pm

got it ty

6:00 pm

ti6! a tree is falling!

6:01 pm

oops too late

6:01 pm

ty

6:02 pm

I need another

6:02 pm

C please

6:03 pm

so do I! but do you have the cu?

6:03 pm

yes

6:03 pm

do you want a clue?

6:03 pm

I need a clue for the cu pls

6:03 pm

no I have that

6:04 pm

end of a longish green vegetable peri

6:04 pm

c & the paint colour u**** in the grid

6:04 pm

they also live in the sea

6:04 pm

ty, odd word

6:04 pm

a ca6 spells the same way too

6:05 pm

ty lyn, both re new words for me

6:05 pm

are new words for me

6:05 pm

25 left, bbs

6:07 pm

Wild there are 3 feline words 6/7/7

6:08 pm

yes there are ty

6:08 pm

what are the stats (no clue pls) for the 9?

6:09 pm

ca9/60

6:09 pm

ca9.60

6:09 pm

ty

6:13 pm

the last re 5/12 please

6:14 pm

re + appendage

6:14 pm

oh dear. weather says tomorrow willbe in the 90s

6:14 pm

and last week we had a blizzard lol

6:15 pm

ah thanks wild

6:15 pm

firewords

6:15 pm

yw

6:16 pm

Congrats Wild!

6:17 pm

ty

*peeks in* all clear now?

6:22 pm

hi TOwl, hasn't been a problem for a few hours - though not sure what it was -?

the dreaded red message

6:23 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

6:23 pm

oh yes, not sure what was happening. I logged on/off after a few minutes

6:24 pm

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

6:24 pm

hi Min

hi min

uh oh here it goes anyone else gettting the message?

6:28 pm

Not yet

6:28 pm

There does seem to be some kind of intermittent lag

6:29 pm

A's Abolished! 10 left

6:29 pm

I don't think DrG did get to the bottom of the server(?) problem from the other day/week - maybe same issue?

6:30 pm

Bye everyone

bye lyn

6:31 pm

Good evening, Babblers!

6:32 pm

Goodbye lynxxx! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log.

hello judi

6:33 pm

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

i will be in wilmington on the 21st and maybe the 20th

6:34 pm

P's Pummeled! 9 left

6:54 pm

hello all. back for my last 13

hi jess

6:55 pm

Hello jesdraggon!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

6:56 pm

how goes?

7:01 pm

F's Fumbled! 7 left

one to go

7:01 pm

Go 72 Temple Owl go!

7:01 pm

8

oops. 2

7:03 pm

s'osed to get fewer, not more, TO :)

well i've always been a rebel

7:04 pm

heheh

arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

7:06 pm

??

7:06 pm

??

7:08 pm

3 left

done

7:09 pm

yay TO!!

going to finish listeing to my radio program. happy babbling to all

7:11 pm

g'night, TO, have a good one

7:12 pm

af clue?

7:14 pm

the back end of a boat + r*** parks

7:14 pm

thankee, bugsaw, and hello :)

7:15 pm

Hi jes and everyone. this is a hard grid for me

7:15 pm

i've 2 left--happy to clue any but those 2 for you :)

7:16 pm

1

7:16 pm

how about the second fa 7, please

7:17 pm

plural; just swap out the last letter

7:17 pm

go Jes !!

7:17 pm

oh for Pete's sake............ that is why it is so hard. I am stupid!

7:17 pm

um5 please

7:17 pm

no you're not!

7:18 pm

a colour of brown

7:18 pm

a brownish color, cos. often "burnt" on a crayon

7:19 pm

hmmmm thinking

7:19 pm

got it thanks... i thought that started with an a

7:19 pm

it's like the fossilized sap

7:19 pm

no, the one that starts with a is a fossil, the u is a color.

7:19 pm

the last part of cuke cos

7:20 pm

ah duh... thanks

7:20 pm

thought you were in a pickle.. so I thought i'd help

7:20 pm

great clue ruru!

7:20 pm

and the ti6? :)

7:20 pm

(and nice pun)

7:20 pm

Bah-dum-ching Ruru

7:20 pm

hi cos, ruru :)

7:21 pm

'lo, molly

7:21 pm

trees cos

7:21 pm

what a logger yells, and then I defer to ruru

7:21 pm

ah thanks.. 2 left now

7:21 pm

or you could shiver me ti6 if you are a pirate

7:21 pm

What you say when a tree falls

7:21 pm

fireworks!

7:22 pm

Holy fishy fish! thank you, and fireworks for me too :)

7:22 pm

Yay Cos!!

7:22 pm

hi bugs

7:22 pm

Yay Jes!!

7:22 pm

off to eat dinner.. hagd!

7:22 pm

bye, cos

7:22 pm

have a good one

7:24 pm

eobye cos

evening all!

7:34 pm

hi red

How are you?

7:36 pm

good; yourself?

I'm alright. trying to get ready for one more day at work tomorrow.

7:38 pm

no weekend for you?

Well, I have monday off and such...

7:40 pm

ah

I actually prefer it, since I can get a lot more done on the work days when I am not working.

7:41 pm

makes sense

7:42 pm

hi again, all!

7:42 pm

hi everyone

7:43 pm

hi sue, jen

7:43 pm

i need one more "P" word, are there any "pre" words in here, and if so, can i have a clue please?

7:44 pm

no pre

7:44 pm

thanks, jes

7:45 pm

there's pe4, pe4, pi4, pi4, pi4, pr4, pr4, pr5, pr6, pr4, pr5, pr5

7:45 pm

yeah, "P"s wiped out!

7:45 pm

thanks anyway, jes

7:46 pm

yay, jen!

uh oh getting a red box, I need to go.

7:47 pm

is anyone else getting "connection error'notice over and over?

7:48 pm

yes, off and on all day, cwest

7:48 pm

same here

7:48 pm

I was, but haven't for a while

7:48 pm

i got it one time, about a minute ago

7:49 pm

bye red, have a good evening

7:49 pm

it just keeps popping up. ugh

7:50 pm

hi everyone .. i'm getting connection errors, too. thought it was because i'm on hotel wifi, but see i'm not the only one

7:51 pm

hi welki

7:51 pm

hi, welki!

7:54 pm

Clue for the last pr5 please?

7:54 pm

add an extra vowel in the middle of what robert frost wrote

7:55 pm

i'm sorry, add the r, not another vowel.

7:56 pm

boy, that top "c" is a hard one

7:57 pm

yeah, some of the c's were new words to me

8:00 pm

just emailed dr. g about the attack of the red bars. hi everyone!

8:00 pm

thx, lbd, and hi!

8:01 pm

hi, lbd

8:02 pm

lo7?

8:03 pm

like slang for tits, mixi, but starts with an l instead of a b

8:03 pm

lo7 rhymes with breasts

8:03 pm

TY!

8:03 pm

ty lol

8:05 pm

6 left.

8:06 pm

Clue for the last re5?

8:06 pm

nm

8:06 pm

nm

8:06 pm

start your computer again

8:07 pm

that's the re6 jes.

8:08 pm

so it is. i'm obviously not with it tonight. re+ upper limb

8:09 pm

6 left.

8:10 pm

go mixi

8:18 pm

fireworks!!

8:18 pm

last word was um4/8

8:19 pm

yay sue!

8:19 pm

congrats uusue. I have only a's and c's left.

8:22 pm

I can clue if needed...

8:22 pm

ae7?

8:23 pm

anyone have a clue for the u???

8:23 pm

ae = jazzercize

8:24 pm

u = color

8:24 pm

evening all

8:24 pm

um5, a brown color

8:24 pm

um = color

8:24 pm

sorry, forgot the m

8:24 pm

ty pink.

8:24 pm

thanks mix and pini!!!

8:25 pm

and the um4 drops the last two letters of the um5 and adds a vowel

8:25 pm

bo5 before ghost sounds?

8:25 pm

pt of ghost sounds

8:25 pm

thx uu ;)

8:25 pm

oy, thx uu ;)

8:26 pm

af6?

8:26 pm

(for the um4 and bo5)

8:26 pm

4 left.

8:26 pm

rear of ship + R*** Parks

8:26 pm

af6 = back + Marip***

8:27 pm

ty pini

8:27 pm

2 to go here

8:28 pm

1

8:28 pm

3

8:28 pm

first ca7?

8:28 pm

*•.¸¸.•*•.¸ sparkleflies ¸.•*•.¸¸.•*

8:29 pm

yay pini!

Morning and happy Mother's Day!!!

8:29 pm

singular of the ca9

8:29 pm

cow + buffalo hybrid, mixi

8:29 pm

yay pini!

8:29 pm

hi mrp...ditto

8:29 pm

hi, mrp

8:29 pm

hi, mrp! Happy Mothers day to you too!!!

8:30 pm

now off to a mother's day pow wow...have a good one!

8:30 pm

have fun, pini!

hi jes, pini, sue et al :))

8:31 pm

fireworks.

8:32 pm

yay mixi!

8:32 pm

Ty. jes and pini

8:32 pm

yay mixi!

8:37 pm

how're things down under, mrp? hopefully calming down? Lickety feeling better?

yes jes! things are certainly turning around, but me all the wonderful blessing and prayers that have come our way through you wonderful babblers!

we are all on antibiotics but recovering well.

8:40 pm

good to hear

8:40 pm

**hugs anyone in reach**

8:41 pm

hiya stid

8:41 pm

hi, stid!

8:41 pm

and great news, mrp!

Having a wonderful mother's day morning!!! Hope you are all well (((hugs))) !!

hi stid (((hugs))) !!

8:42 pm

I am just sitting down to work on the American Revolution project. Spent $500 on books at a warehouse sale (all at least half off, some much more)... so very much more impoverished, and much more ready to be a teacher! :-D only four more weeks...

8:42 pm

hey mrp! ((many hugs)) I miss you!

yes sue... today is my day off stress and I get to referee All Age football again, my favourite sport!!

8:42 pm

*Tosses some choclits to Stid*

miss you too stid!! how is stid kid doing??

8:43 pm

*eats choclits ravenously*

hi molly :)

8:43 pm

Hi Mr. P. *Places early Mother's Day tiara on Stid*

8:43 pm

you may be short of cash, but you're rich in books and knowledge, right? :)

8:43 pm

stidkids are well enough -- we are watching the latest Dr Who at the moment... love how it combines pirates with sci fi! LOL

8:43 pm

thank Molly!

8:44 pm

well rich in books anyway, jes -- how are the critters today?

It is a great day out in the sun... 2 games, both 90 minutes, so I start at 1pm and finish around 5pm... good exercise all round

8:44 pm

***Back to the perplexing season finale of "Fringe"****

8:44 pm

not too bad. hound dog didn't like the thunder earlier

8:44 pm

bye, molly

I haven't seen one of the new doctor who... is he fabulous??

8:45 pm

that sounds lovely indeed! we have a bit of sunshine at the moment, but most days here are still very gray, cold and rainy. NOT typical spring weather for these parts.

8:45 pm

we don't get thunder very often, thankfully

Molly, I tried watching fringe but got very lost in the plot at times

8:46 pm

it was shortlived, so that's good

8:47 pm

sounds wonderful, mrp!

8:47 pm

and stid, I am jealous of the books (although I still have mountains of books here that I haven't read yet...)

8:48 pm

((sue)) most of them are children's books of course, some reference books, some art books, some fiction, some history... I LOVE books. Probably should have gone for a librarian's degree instead of teaching. (too late to change that now)

8:48 pm

brb phone

ah, puter is about to die... if I disappear, sorry and (goodbye in advance).

8:49 pm

take care, mrp!!!

8:49 pm

bye, mrp, enjoy the sunshine!

8:49 pm

bye, mrp, enjoy the sunshine!

8:55 pm

evening everyone:)

8:55 pm

hi crossy!!!

8:55 pm

did I miss your birthday yesterday??

8:56 pm

hi crossy :)

8:58 pm

clue for the re 6 / 24 please

8:59 pm

start your computer again, teach

8:59 pm

restart your computer, wv

8:59 pm

thnx uusue

9:00 pm

thnx jes also

9:06 pm

back(ish) hey cross, bye mrp.

9:10 pm

hey stid, i never heard what happened with the son and the senior project?

9:11 pm

the performance was allowed, it went well. Mother was able to be there. He was given an alternate assignment to complete -- a sort of reflection, but I don't know if he followed the directions or if it was accepted. So... still waiting to find out if my evening June 14 is scheduled.

9:16 pm

anyone there? my last two entries were rejected...

9:16 pm

mine were too, but then i could start entering again

9:17 pm

good. *waves at teach* four more weeks of student teaching, and then (presumably) I will get certification!

9:17 pm

only 11 more to go and want to get done quickly and don't want any more of those red boxes

9:18 pm

congrats - i am just finishing three years of being retired from teaching - and loved those years with the kids

9:19 pm

go teach go! I can only barely imagine retirement. It's still at least 25 years away for me, closer to 30 if they raise the retirement age as much as they really need to.

9:20 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

9:20 pm

welcome to the grid, min!

9:20 pm

my granddaughter will start in kindergarten where I taught and I am looking forward to volunteering back there

9:20 pm

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

9:21 pm

that will be fun, teach! I am realizing only now how very different teaching is from volunteering to help small groups and individuals! LOL oh well, I like the large group instruction too, it's just the classroom management piece that is slow to develop.

9:21 pm

ah, NBT!

9:23 pm

the management will come more easly when you have a classroom of your own and can start from the first day in establishing rapport, structure, etc.

9:23 pm

and back to lesson planning. Feather sent me copies of some of her forms for keeping things straight and I am going to try them out tonight.

9:23 pm

oh teach! ((((many hugs)))) that is what I needed to hear this evening. :-D

9:24 pm

yay, stid! Sounds like things are going well!

9:24 pm

and hi, min!

9:24 pm

yes sue, they are pretty smooth -- I keep waiting for that anvil to fall on my head. Two of my dear friends in the cohort for the master's learned only this week that they are being dropped. Four weeks from graduation. Pretty sad.

9:25 pm

Hi there uusue2! How are you doing this fine evening?

9:25 pm

ouch! That is tough.

9:25 pm

i have served as the cooperating teacher and the university supervisor for student teachers and have seen how much more stressful student teaching (in someone else's classroom) is than "real" teaching

9:26 pm

I'm good, min! Just have a little grading to do this weekend and I am putting it off :-)

9:26 pm

but next week is finals so a frenzy of grading to do but then I will be DONE!!!

9:26 pm

I don't think that is going to happen to me, though. My supervisor is a retired principal and she is very affirming when I have questions or worries. She is also very clear about what I need to do to get better... I benefit greatly from people being direct.

9:27 pm

we had to file plans of action very soon in to the semester if the student teacher was "failing" - we wouldn't have been able to wait that long in to the semester - we had to show a corrective action plan and to document their attempts at changing the specific behaviors where they were in trouble - that is awful

9:27 pm

ah, that's good, stid!

9:28 pm

yes, I had a rough start, but we ironed things out quickly and it's much better. I think what is pulling me through is my clear desire and efforts at improvement. I wasn't really familiar with this grade level (elementary) when I started, most of my volunteering and interest is with middle schoolers.

9:28 pm

stid - i;m sure that you will make a good teacher who will care about your students

9:29 pm

B's Banished! 1 left

9:29 pm

ah yes, different ages can be very different! I can't imagine teaching children, actually (young adults are challenging enough!)

9:30 pm

go min!!

9:30 pm

I am done! I have fireworks! ca6/30 was my last word

9:30 pm

thanks teach. I am learning so much, and I can tell the improvement in myself. anyway, I do want to get this bit of planning out of the way so I can spend tomorrow analyzing the results of the assessments I gave last week. *proud mama teacher look* most of the students showed wonderful improvement, and it was clear that "practice makes perfect" for many of them! have a lovely evening all.

9:31 pm

YAY min!!!

9:31 pm

yay, min!

9:31 pm

I will be here off and on to give clues if anyone needs.

9:31 pm

sounds good, stid!

9:31 pm

*departs, leaving a wake of choclits* *poof*

9:32 pm

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

9:34 pm

good night all

9:36 pm

Goodbye wvteach!I will see you tomorrow in the chog

9:43 pm

as usual I just miss stid! Hello all

9:44 pm

Hello jillibus! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

9:47 pm

I have 15 minutes and then my pizza will be ready (spinach-feta).

9:48 pm

reading back..you teacher are under much more stress than i would of imagined!

9:48 pm

59 to go

9:49 pm

also reading back -- how wonderful that stid can get coaching and encouragement from teach over the miles.

9:51 pm

hi, jilli amd crossy!

9:51 pm

but,my best gift was the gift or reading from a teacher i cannot remember and do not know the name of...she spent extra time with me till it "clicked" and i was off like a rocket..i can never repay that gift..there is not enough money.so remember when you teachers are having issues,and stress..remember the gift yoy give of one little boy learning to read...

9:51 pm

and a belated (I think?) happy birthday to crossy!

9:52 pm

tyn sue:)

9:52 pm

yup,mine was may 6th

9:53 pm

thought so :-)

9:53 pm

i am 25..;)))) lol!

9:54 pm

i have warts that are 25;))

9:54 pm

happy belated birthday, crossy -- may you have many many more

9:54 pm

ty jilly

9:55 pm

did you have abacon birthday cake, crossy?

9:56 pm

lol..no,not a bacon cake ,but a nice double fudge cake and a special present later on that night..;)

9:58 pm

sounds yummy (on both counts :-)

9:59 pm

Hey crossy -- happy belated birthday from another 5/6-er! Turned 66 on the 6th -- cause for celebration! Hope your day was happy as mine!

9:59 pm

happy birthday, mom!!

10:01 pm

Tks, uusue2. Grateful for every birthday and every wish!

10:04 pm

Hello mom23! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

10:04 pm

Happy belated birthdays to crosshair & mom23!Hope you guys had wonderful birthdays with your families.

10:06 pm

Hi Min! Doing great. Usually am lurking while playing but had to jump in when re4ing that crossy & I share a day. My kids are in CT & NC and I'm in FL, my 2 sisters were here to celebrate with me along with my husband & theirs. Great Day!

10:09 pm

Where in CT are your kids? Both my sister and sister-in-law live in Connecticut. I go to Connecticut all the time. Actually, I live about 25 minutes from Danbury.

10:10 pm

My kids are in Marlborough & Lebanon and are parents to 3 of our 4 grands. Busy visit when we get back there!

10:27 pm

Eyes are at half mast, so gotta get some shuteye. TTFN, kids. 'Til the morrow :-)

Hey, I'm in CT too ALSO about 25 mins from danbury, in the opposite direction from the NY border hope you don't mind me butting into your conversation just being nosy...lol...

10:29 pm

Hello WakeMeUp!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

10:29 pm

I think you are near me. I live near the CT/NY border

hello actually i am on here most nights uwinding from work so i rarely chat... i just try to do an hour or so to keep the old brain active

ugh had to switch computers... babble wasn't responding on my other one

11:02 pm

Happy Mothers Day Mums

11:11 pm

AR 5/12

11:15 pm

did u wanna a clue for it?

11:16 pm

movie *** we there yet + frozen water minus the e

11:16 pm

danke.

11:17 pm

AF 6/27?

11:19 pm

i only just started grid . i jave only done ledt side so far sorry

11:24 pm

af 6 - the rear of a ship + OJ and champagne Mim***

11:26 pm

weird one. danke.

11:30 pm

FL 6/27 and 5/16 towards the bottom of liketys list

11:32 pm

...and back ... evening all ... HMD (to all the moms)

11:33 pm

fl5 = anagram of Rootbeer Fl***

11:33 pm

and pl for the 6

11:33 pm

the 5/16 before is opp of ceiling

11:33 pm

i have that one

11:33 pm

that one too

11:34 pm

the 6/27 before that sounds like huey dewey fl****

11:35 pm

did that do it?

11:35 pm

got it. whats the 5/16 right after it

11:35 pm

not the ceiling

11:36 pm

oh i typed it but it didnt register. duh!

11:36 pm

oh i typed it but it didnt register. duh!

11:36 pm

;)

11:37 pm

it happens ;)

11:42 pm

any others?

11:42 pm

or 5/12

11:42 pm

o + what you do to a book

11:44 pm

thx!

11:45 pm

yvw

11:45 pm

last pr 5/14??

11:46 pm

add a hook to a rhyming piece

11:47 pm

did you get it?

11:47 pm

duh, i forgot there were two of that last letter

11:47 pm

;)

11:51 pm

next?

11:51 pm

Updated my icon in honor of Mother's Day

11:51 pm

hi cos

11:52 pm

hi pinki

11:52 pm

Fireworks!

11:52 pm

wtg yad ;)

11:52 pm

should I wait for flip, or sleep??

11:53 pm

flip flip flip !

11:53 pm

(it's only 7 minutes away!)

11:54 pm

6

11:55 pm

5

11:56 pm

4

11:56 pm

i wonder what this chog is like on new years eve right b4 midnight?

11:57 pm

messy?

11:57 pm

lol

11:57 pm

hello

11:58 pm

cos rent you at some fast food place or something?

11:58 pm

no lol my neighbor tagged me there and ihave no idea why

11:58 pm

mlf i got my corner store!

11:58 pm

very strange

11:59 pm

cos how did it happen????

11:59 pm

that you got your corner store that is?

11:59 pm

i put it all on my wish list and got it all in one dya

12:01 am

flip?

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