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161 4,565
162 4,493
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166 4,406
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168 4,349
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172 4,213
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175 4,166
176 4,125
177 4,120
178 4,103
179 4,100
180 4,075
181 4,042
182 4,021
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185 3,958
186 3,930
187 3,906
188 3,875
189 3,852
190 3,847
191 3,794
192 3,762
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194 3,720
195 3,653
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199 3,595
200 3,577
201 3,569
202 3,550
203 3,532
204 3,519
205 3,504
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207 3,503
208 3,497
209 3,492
210 3,488
211 3,443
212 3,412
213 3,403
214 3,387
215 3,344
216 3,321
217 3,310
218 3,308
219 3,297
220 3,264
221 3,259
222 3,253
223 3,241
224 3,237
225 3,232
226 3,191
227 3,177
228 3,139
229 3,131
230 3,122
231 3,108
232 3,098
233 3,092
234 3,082
235 3,072
236 3,054
237 3,035
238 3,027
239 3,018
240 2,993
241 2,931
242 2,926
243 2,921
244 2,921
245 2,918
246 2,917
247 2,911
248 2,906
249 2,903
250 2,891
251 2,890
252 2,890
253 2,884
254 2,878
255 2,878
256 2,877
257 2,869
258 2,859
259 2,856
260 2,853
261 2,846
262 2,829
263 2,816
264 2,809
265 2,808
266 2,790
267 2,788
268 2,780
269 2,773
270 2,746
271 2,733
272 2,733
273 2,728
274 2,724
275 2,724
276 2,715
277 2,714
278 2,711
279 2,708
280 2,705
281 2,690
282 2,687
283 2,681
284 2,680
285 2,661
286 2,659
287 2,656
288 2,649
289 2,640
290 2,639
291 2,637
292 2,625
293 2,623
294 2,603
295 2,603
296 2,589
297 2,582
298 2,577
299 2,577
300 2,576
301 2,568
302 2,566
303 2,563
304 2,560
305 2,557
306 2,556
307 2,543
308 2,539
309 2,536
310 2,526
311 2,520
312 2,516
313 2,515
314 2,507
315 2,503
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317 2,489
318 2,482
319 2,462
320 2,453
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322 2,445
323 2,444
324 2,442
325 2,437
326 2,427
327 2,419
328 2,418
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331 2,408
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333 2,407
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335 2,405
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337 2,390
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341 2,380
342 2,377
343 2,373
344 2,373
345 2,371
346 2,360
347 2,346
348 2,335
349 2,329
350 2,329
351 2,322
352 2,319
353 2,306
354 2,305
355 2,304
356 2,302
357 2,296
358 2,296
359 2,284
360 2,282
361 2,280
362 2,278
363 2,271
364 2,269
365 2,268
366 2,259
367 2,254
368 2,254
369 2,253
370 2,253
371 2,250
372 2,240
373 2,237
374 2,234
375 2,225
376 2,221
377 2,198
378 2,192
379 2,184
380 2,152
381 2,147
382 2,144
383 2,134
384 2,129
385 2,119
386 2,102
387 2,101
388 2,099
389 2,089
390 2,078
391 2,072
392 2,069
393 2,059
394 2,051
395 2,050
396 2,034
397 2,029
398 2,026
399 2,021
400 2,020
401 2,008
402 1,993
403 1,991
404 1,973
405 1,962
406 1,959
407 1,958
408 1,956
409 1,936
410 1,935
411 1,930
412 1,927
413 1,927
414 1,919
415 1,906
416 1,906
417 1,901
418 1,901
419 1,899
420 1,881
421 1,878
422 1,876
423 1,874
424 1,855
425 1,850
426 1,836
427 1,835
428 1,832
429 1,831
430 1,825
431 1,822
432 1,822
433 1,821
434 1,811
435 1,804
436 1,798
437 1,790
438 1,777
439 1,775
440 1,769
441 1,769
442 1,762
443 1,752
444 1,747
445 1,744
446 1,734
447 1,734
448 1,731
449 1,725
450 1,724
451 1,709
452 1,707
453 1,705
454 1,702
455 1,696
456 1,685
457 1,676
458 1,672
459 1,672
460 1,672
461 1,669
462 1,669
463 1,665
464 1,664
465 1,660
466 1,640
467 1,638
468 1,637
469 1,635
470 1,633
471 1,626
472 1,614
473 1,609
474 1,601
475 1,596
476 1,595
477 1,592
478 1,579
479 1,577
480 1,576
481 1,574
482 1,570
483 1,553
484 1,546
485 1,544
486 1,541
487 1,540
488 1,538
489 1,526
490 1,523
491 1,506
492 1,503
493 1,500
494 1,494
495 1,487
496 1,486
497 1,482
498 1,458
499 1,442
500 1,437
501 1,437
502 1,434
503 1,432
504 1,430
505 1,429
506 1,420
507 1,420
508 1,411
509 1,409
510 1,403
511 1,396
512 1,393
513 1,385
514 1,373
515 1,365
516 1,347
517 1,341
518 1,340
519 1,337
520 1,335
521 1,334
522 1,333
523 1,327
524 1,326
525 1,323
526 1,309
527 1,296
528 1,286
529 1,281
530 1,281
531 1,273
532 1,271
533 1,257
534 1,250
535 1,248
536 1,243
537 1,242
538 1,241
539 1,230
540 1,226
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542 1,221
543 1,218
544 1,217
545 1,216
546 1,216
547 1,214
548 1,204
549 1,198
550 1,196
551 1,191
552 1,189
553 1,176
554 1,171
555 1,152
556 1,146
557 1,145
558 1,143
559 1,138
560 1,132
561 1,131
562 1,124
563 1,122
564 1,116
565 1,115
566 1,113
567 1,110
568 1,097
569 1,090
570 1,084
571 1,084
572 1,082
573 1,068
574 1,054
575 1,049
576 1,045
577 1,045
578 1,038
579 1,038
580 1,037
581 1,032
582 1,030
583 1,001
584 996
585 996
586 986
587 985
588 981
589 974
590 953
591 951
592 937
593 926
594 916
595 907
596 882
597 882
598 869
599 868
600 868
601 864
602 852
603 849
604 849
605 848
606 833
607 832
608 826
609 823
610 821
611 818
612 816
613 814
614 811
615 807
616 806
617 806
618 792
619 788
620 787
621 784
622 778
623 778
624 768
625 766
626 761
627 761
628 759
629 754
630 749
631 740
632 735
633 719
634 719
635 715
636 713
637 707
638 706
639 697
640 696
641 682
642 678
643 666
644 660
645 657
646 654
647 648
648 639
649 637
650 613
651 608
652 603
653 586
654 584
655 579
656 566
657 565
658 550
659 548
660 519
661 508
662 502
663 496
664 495
665 486
666 472
667 469
668 453
669 437
670 432
671 431
672 423
673 401
674 400
675 384
676 356
677 347
678 333
679 329
680 326
681 317
682 312
683 279
684 265
685 256
686 243
687 235
688 208
689 196
690 161
691 161
692 157
693 155
694 154
695 144
696 143
697 129
698 122
699 104
700 67
701 64
702 45
703 30
704 26
705 22
706 18
707 13
708 5
709 0

391 total words

flip and hi all!

12:00 am

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

flip/flop I'm out

12:00 am

Too effing big!!!

12:00 am

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

12:01 am

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

sc 7

12:01 am

hi Min, I'm fine

12:01 am

hello

hugs flosey, hi minve, erda

12:01 am

Hi VolleymomDee & Erda! How are ya? Welcome to flip

12:01 am

PL6

de 8

12:02 am

Hi MLFAN17! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

12:02 am

I am diving into the grid.Will be back halfway finished

Clues are up

12:02 am

RE 6/7 if not called

12:03 am

Thank you very, very much, Lickety!!

ty lickety

pl 7 x 2

12:03 am

CA6

12:04 am

LA6

la 7

12:04 am

LA 6x2

12:04 am

LA 6/7

12:05 am

dee 7/28?

12:05 am

former governor of Alaska as in will we be Pa7 in 2012? warning: not an actual word :-)

12:05 am

PA6

yes la /28

12:06 am

x2

12:06 am

SA6

12:07 am

dont forget the 6 dee

hi and nbt

12:08 am

PL 6/7 if not called

ty mlf hi and wtg josh

sc 7 x 2

pl 7 x 3

cl 7

12:12 am

SA6

12:12 am

late flip

12:12 am

PA 5 7 6

hi cos

12:13 am

te8 (if not called) ... hi all!

hi pini

12:13 am

ty dee got all 3 pe7

12:13 am

TA7

12:13 am

ty pini for the ta8

12:13 am

el7

12:14 am

actually TA 4 5 7 6

12:15 am

stats for the i THIRD COLUMN please?

12:15 am

in 4/4 mlf

io4

12:15 am

thanks cos and hello

12:16 am

de8 but im sure its been called :)

12:16 am

o

en 8

12:18 am

ty again dee :)

12:18 am

thanks dee i just had gotten it and was about to call it

12:19 am

volcano alert (also if not called)

yw

12:19 am

5TH COLUMN E stats please?

ty pini

12:19 am

need one more 8.. but dont have either 9

eo6

12:20 am

hello everyone :)

12:20 am

NBT

12:21 am

cl 9 if not called

pl 7 x 4

12:21 am

NBS

pl 7 x5

12:22 am

li 9

12:23 am

PL 5 7 6

pl 7 x 6

12:23 am

dee, you're on a pl tear!! LOL

12:23 am

phantom: toilet

lol ...

12:24 am

8's done... de, en, pa and te

nbt

12:24 am

tx cos

12:25 am

5TH COLUMN O stats please?

od4, oa5

12:26 am

od 4/5

12:26 am

i am sop dumb thanks josh

12:27 am

hi all

12:27 am

hey jmc

12:28 am

2ND COLUMN 2ND T stats please?

te6/18

12:28 am

isnt that the te8 one?

12:28 am

I am stopping at 196 words and 2242 points.Bye to all

12:28 am

DE6

12:28 am

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow

12:29 am

nite, min

12:29 am

DE8 which was probably called

12:29 am

i listed all the 8's mlf :)

12:29 am

bye min

12:30 am

i have pl7x 7 how many total?

12:31 am

pa8

12:31 am

i am stalled cant get nbt

12:31 am

all 8's already called

12:32 am

well..une.. I've not called them all yet..

12:33 am

LOL :-)

12:34 am

2nd COLUMN 2ND T can i have the stats for both if anyone has them?

12:35 am

both of the 3nd T words

did someone say there was an il9?

no li 9/54

12:37 am

hello everyone

hi crys

ah that would explain why i'm not finding it then

12:37 am

i cant get nbt i am out poof

:~)... I am still searching for the te 8...

12:38 am

fireworks

wtg grem

12:40 am

octopus appendage

can you gently guide me toward the te 8?

12:40 am

tx grem

wow ty vm... should have seen that...

12:41 am

date

12:41 am

oops

12:42 am

interesting that 7 tiles have multiples of 11 words

12:42 am

not counting 0s of course

12:42 am

I'm flattered, but I'll have to turn you down

12:43 am

:-D

12:43 am

lol she might be a little old for you grem

lol

12:43 am

harumph

12:44 am

LOL

12:44 am

ruru, true love knows not numbers

lovely phantom pliotron

12:45 am

at first glance, this does not look like a 391 word grid at all

12:45 am

more like 220

12:46 am

5th column e stats, please?

eo6/18

12:47 am

phantom eonian

12:48 am

ty josh

12:49 am

240 words and NBT -- saving the rest for tomorrw after the Rome tennis final Rafa v Novak -- WAHOO

12:49 am

*tomorrow

12:49 am

241

12:50 am

my $5.00 a month for the Tennis Channel is soooo worth it!!

12:50 am

not seeing that eo 6 -- any clues?

very close to grem's phantom

12:51 am

almost grem's phantom

phant elodea

12:53 am

245 and poofing *POOF*

12:53 am

246

12:53 am

guess I'll just have to leave it for tomorrow --- too tired to do any more :) Goodnight, all

12:54 am

249

12:55 am

LOLOL

12:55 am

250

12:55 am

ok, a nice even 250 and that's IT!!!

12:55 am

ROFL.

12:55 am

night une

you're not fooling anyone une

261

1:01 am

sarah palin is in the grid.. I can see russia from here

i prefer to think of it as michael palin from monty python

1:01 am

painlord

1:02 am

I'm back, will try and get some words before falling asleep

1:03 am

try and get some after falling asleep, that's the challenge

whew... finished all the p's...

1:04 am

this is a good board to finish before falling asleep, because that's only a good time for catching some z's

1:05 am

ah, so no z I see

1:06 am

definitely won't do that grem, but will give it my best shot

i do hope lickety shows up in the next few minutes

I thot he already had

well that would be good news indeed

I thought he came in almost immediately after flip..

ah, i was a few minutes late so i must have missed him

1:13 am

lickety is up but I can't use his "lickety all" box

:~)

1:14 am

**Lickety Add) box

1:14 am

nite.. all.. I'm crashing

1:14 am

I am tired

1:15 am

goodnight ru, sweet sleep

nite flosey

1:17 am

not going yet Dee, just saying gn to ru

1:17 am

I should be tired, but couldn't sleep so came back

aww gotcha

1:39 am

well, not doing very well, will see tomorrow, goodnight all

gn flosey

1:56 am

hi all..

1:56 am

anyone have that lone e?? it's keeping me from nbt

1:57 am

may be eo 6/18

1:58 am

it is eo6

1:58 am

caste

1:58 am

damn!!!

1:59 am

thanks diz!

2:00 am

yw

2:46 am

anyone got one of the 9's?

2:47 am

I have cl 9/60

2:47 am

is ti fairly common?

2:48 am

li 9/54

2:48 am

yup, it's an extension of a 5/12

2:52 am

wow.. totally not seeing anything

2:53 am

i have cl5's...

2:53 am

but none that I can seem to extend..

2:53 am

try cl 5 7 9

2:54 am

oh.. got it

2:55 am

nbt,nbs

2:56 am

good morning everybody! What a huge grid!

3:41 am

hello!

3:41 am

hello choco

3:42 am

oh hi. :) you are still awake ..

3:42 am

it is morning for me, not quite 11AM

3:43 am

I think everybody else is gone

3:43 am

I think so too. what time is it there?

3:44 am

almost 11AM and I just passed half. It's easier when there are no distractions

3:44 am

I see.

3:44 am

it took me about 50 minutes to get 197 words

3:44 am

It's 4:44pm in here.. and very quiet..

3:45 am

wow you are so great!

3:46 am

I am terrible, hardly ever finish - like 6 times in a year and a half!

3:46 am

and then with help from FM and Crossy

3:47 am

no, you are good! I've never finish this yet. well, being a newbie has to be considered. haha

3:48 am

I don't list, figuring what's the point, but sometimes there are clues in the chat

3:50 am

bore da - good morning

3:51 am

hello glanta!!!! how are you?

3:51 am

I am fine thanks Ruby

3:51 am

huge grid today

3:51 am

but i am glad as it will keep me busy

3:52 am

if I jot down all your Welsh words, I'll have a vocabulary of at least 40 words, lol

3:52 am

don't forget my favourite - moron=carrot

3:52 am

I have no idea what the language sounds like, however

3:52 am

i'll have to start writing them down phonetically

3:52 am

hello glanta. :)

3:52 am

ooh, I just found ayummy ai7!

3:53 am

bor-eh daah - bore da - good morning

3:53 am

hi chocomo

3:53 am

how have you been doin'?

3:53 am

are you new - i don;t think we've 'met'

3:53 am

yep. just a newbie foolin' around. haha

3:53 am

i am 170 words in

3:54 am

choco is new and young and very nice

3:54 am

where are you from?

3:54 am

presumably not the US o Canada as thye are mostly asleep by now

3:55 am

awww. that was too much to describe me ruby. haha

3:55 am

I am from Philippines Glanta.

3:55 am

ah i hvae a friend there in Manila

3:56 am

well, I just don't know how to put the flag beside my name. haha

3:56 am

really? that's nice. :) have you known some tagalog words?

3:56 am

you can only put the flag by your name if you pay a subscription - which is well worth it

3:56 am

i have no knowledge of tagalong

3:57 am

you two have found a way to drive me crazy: glanta will use Welsh and choco will use tagalog!

3:57 am

yea. I have to pay. duh. I'm just young. haha. No MONEY.. :/ hehe

3:57 am

is that the language spoken in the philippines?

3:57 am

funny idea

3:57 am

you can always confound us with french Ruby

3:57 am

haha. Babble will then be crazier than ever Ruby!!! haha

3:57 am

too easy

3:58 am

yep Glanta. :) It's Filipino.

3:58 am

uh oh, husband wants his aperitif! he is banging around in the kitchen. Is it cold there glanta? It just got much colder here

3:58 am

yes it's cold

3:58 am

not too easy to confound you just that French is too easy

3:58 am

i put the heating on for an hour last night

3:59 am

I think I'll have a hot toddy

3:59 am

which is very unusual for me at this time of year

3:59 am

I'm glad it got cold, it will make the roses and peonies last longer

3:59 am

my peonies look absolutely beautiful

3:59 am

deep red

3:59 am

mine, too. What colors do you have?

4:00 am

just deep red

4:00 am

and very blowsy

4:00 am

mINE ARE MOSTLY THE ORDINARY PINK ONES (BUT MANY), ONE MAGENTA (AND IT ALWAYS GETS JUST ONE FLOWER), whoops for caps, a 3 huge white ones with yellow centers. Gorgeous

4:01 am

they're my favorite in this garden

4:01 am

must go, see you later

4:01 am

{{glanta}} and {{choco}}

4:01 am

mine are in between some hostas which set them off beautifully

4:01 am

bye ruby

good morning babblers!

4:10 am

morning red - you're up very late or very early?

its 5 am here, getting ready for work.

4:10 am

rather you than me LOL

well, itis raining which may keep the masses out.

4:11 am

what do you do red?

I'm an ER nurse.

4:11 am

definitely rather you than me

4:11 am

my life plan includes avoiding hospitals

4:11 am

esp ER

:D

4:12 am

i've mostly managed it apart form a cancerous attack in 2005

4:12 am

and never yet been in ER

good for you!!!!

4:13 am

so i wish you a quiet day

thanks. me too, the stormy weather usually helps.

4:18 am

I have a lost corner in my garden to be sorted later when all else is finished. We uprooted a tree and the debris lay on top of the earth until we could get it cut up and shifted. Various bits of machinery were also piled up there. We built an extension very close by. I looked out of my window last Monday and there, in that very corner, were two beautiful peonies just about to open fully. They are a rich deep pink, not scarlet and perfect, only two so far. It didn't just brighten my day it made me think although life IS also sometimes like that - a pile of rubble, given time it can turn into a beautiful time again. I've been smiling all week and it took just Mother Nature's two pink peonies not a £2million lottery win. I hope I remember the lesson all my life.

4:19 am

PS You lot cheer me up many a day!

4:19 am

morning Pat - and flowers always cheer me up

4:20 am

as well as the people here

flowers, esp living ones are wonderful. people too.

ty for sharing Pat - beautiful story

4:21 am

Morning Glantarell and all others. I have to go shop shortly - hate supermaket shopping.

4:21 am

i have started having mine delivered

4:21 am

because i hate going to the supermarket

4:22 am

I gave up with online food shopping when Sunday lunch and papers weren't delivered until Monday noon.

4:22 am

i can see that would be a bit of a problem

I couldn't have food shopping delivered - love to select my own produce, how could I smell the oranges or feel how fresh the bread is on line :)

4:25 am

I coped foodwise but Sunday papers should be read on Sunday, although I leave parts for later in the week and I threw a right paddy. Like a two year old. Sent myself to bed - great but NO papers!

4:25 am

i smell the oranges when they arrive ;-) and i make my own bread

I aspire to make my own bread one day

I won't buy the oranges unless they have a good smell - no smell means stale orange to me

4:26 am

it is very easy, just required forward planning as you need to leave it to rise between stages

4:27 am

pleat

4:27 am

pleats

4:27 am

oops pat

4:27 am

there is the pt too

4:28 am

So sorry. I don't chat often because I am soooo stupid. Are there any sunday papers in the bin?

4:28 am

bound to be, along with some chocolate

4:28 am

Do I have to come back out?

4:29 am

i' not quite sure what the riules are ;-)

4:31 am

off for breakfast - bbl

4:33 am

Do you check it regularly in case there are babble squatters in there?

4:59 am

I've been in there since 1985.

6:28 am

Hi Dachef and Pat, Chrissie, red. I haven't found the 8 and 9 letter words yet. How are you getting on?

6:29 am

Hi hydra, it

6:30 am

I've found only 1 8-letter word.

6:42 am

Morning all.

6:45 am

Hi Molly! How have you been doing?

6:45 am

My lips are still above the water level. How are you?

6:46 am

Doing well, although my timing stinks. My son just woke up. Gotta go. Glad you're still partially above water level! :-)

6:47 am

li9/54 starts with 1 of the li4/4's the other 9 is cl5/12, 7/36 then 9/60. Hi Molly, bye Brookie and hello hydra.

6:48 am

Got the 8's and 9's, but thanks FM.

6:49 am

wtg, hydra was asking but I think she is deep in the grid.

6:49 am

Oops, I must have missed that. Not enough coffee yet I suppose.

6:50 am

66 P words kind of made me want to go back to bed. : P

6:51 am

it is excessive what ever way you look at it. Hands Molly coffe and heads towards the kitchen as lunch will be ready shortly. ttfn.

6:53 am

Well, I got plenty of good sleep last night. So I have some sausage and biscuits working and I will just chip away at this big one.

6:53 am

is that cl9 a compound of the five and something?

6:54 am

oh no i see

6:54 am

Not a compound, but you're on the right track.

6:54 am

i got it

6:54 am

Kind of a strange word, to me anyway.

6:55 am

Morning Hursh.

6:55 am

ed

6:55 am

certainly doesn't roll off the tongue easily...Hello all

6:55 am

well i'm proud for i have found 62 of the P's all by myself, that's not bad at all

6:55 am

Morning Lynx.

6:56 am

Nice going Hursh

6:56 am

thanks. hello all.

6:58 am

is atalante EVER coming back to babble?

6:59 am

I think you would have to as Haz that. I think they keep in touch off the board.

6:59 am

*sniff* I think she has more interesting pasttimes now

7:00 am

discovering new creatures and such

7:00 am

i should just send her a message i guess

7:07 am

halt, screeching, conversation brought to

7:08 am

phantoms: intact, intent

7:08 am

pleading sleepiness, getting late here

7:09 am

sleepiness due to australianness valid excuse, check

7:10 am

Hursh is speaking like Yoda. : D

7:10 am

:)

7:11 am

i met him in a swamp down in degoba, where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda... s-o-d-a soda...

7:14 am

so... how bout them miami heat?

7:14 am

Oh bravo Hursh!

7:15 am

I meant for your song, I missed news about the Heat.

7:15 am

oh the heat i don't care about, i just trying to keep the chog alive

7:16 am

Well, it's a rainy Sunday morning in most of the US, so I think a lot of people are sleeping in.

7:17 am

i'm in the US :) i'm only a wannabe brit.

7:17 am

I keep forgetting that.

7:18 am

i'm glad i do such a convincing impersonation

7:18 am

i can put that on my visa application someday

7:21 am

anyone have the right hand E?

7:22 am

not me

evening all :)

7:22 am

hi MRP

hi lynxx **hugs**

7:23 am

sorry to hear about the things that have been happening to you, mrp

thank you hurshy... it has been so so difficult. but good things are happening now so we are able to move forward xox

7:24 am

good.

I truly believe all the babblers who have been praying for us has helped in so many ways

how are things with everyone going?? hope you are all well. is this a half decent grid??

7:27 am

lovely grid, i mean if you like biggish ones

7:27 am

hi all

7:27 am

half is decent, the other half ......

7:27 am

help with t above the q pls

7:28 am

hi all

7:28 am

te6/18, like a camping shelter

hi peri **hugs**

7:28 am

te8 what an octopus has lots of

ah lynxx, sounds like a challenge then!!

7:28 am

right back at you mrp :)

7:28 am

ty hursh

7:29 am

ooh nice, thanks Hurshy

7:29 am

have the cl57 but can't see the cl9

7:30 am

ccl5 and cl7

7:30 am

bit of a silly end Peri - an even more so

7:30 am

cl5liness is next to godliness, so if you're cl9, you're closer.

7:31 am

do I just add on to the cl7?

7:31 am

no

7:32 am

ha, that is my problem then, ok looking some more

phantom: wildcats

7:33 am

ty hursh

7:33 am

not seeing it :(

7:34 am

Goodmorning jmc

7:34 am

look in the top corner peri

7:34 am

end rhymes with ****, ****, pants on fire

7:34 am

hey lynxxx thought i was invisible :0)

7:35 am

sorry was gazing at the letters with blurring eyes

7:36 am

np i know it is la**

7:36 am

go it. I ws working with the wrong cl7. ty all

7:36 am

right column e pls for nbt

I am getting tri-focal glasses!! holy moly!! my eyes need all the help they can get... but the cost is prohibitive

7:37 am

think we all need that one Peri

7:37 am

i could use help with the corner i

7:38 am

there are two homonym il4/4, and then you do two endings to each of them to make four fives.

7:38 am

part of the small intestine

7:38 am

tri- focal, I can't even afford bi-focal. Just be like me - about 8 pairs of single vision glasses for all diff situations. Much cheaper

7:39 am

ah ty peri

7:39 am

I had bifocals, very expensive. then decided to just get glasses for distance. don't need them for reading or comput4er work

7:39 am

ty hursh

7:40 am

sometimes i seem to get stuck going in the wrong direction and can't find a new route!

7:40 am

woot! greyed both left T boxes!

7:40 am

wtg hursh

i have clue for the right e... eo+ alt spellint of leanne

7:40 am

ah, thanks mrp

7:41 am

got it ty mrp

7:41 am

TY MRP

7:41 am

ty mr p

7:41 am

nbt

yw all

on ya jmc!!

7:41 am

nbt here too and nbs

7:42 am

My health fund pays $200 per year for new glasses, so each year I have the fun of going to get new frames with single vision lens

on ya peri!

7:43 am

wtg peri

7:43 am

:)

I am also getting contact lenses for my sporting (reffing) cause we can't wear glasses

7:44 am

do you wear glasses at the moment MRP?

am enjoying my babbling and chelsea vs newcastle. what a lovely way to spend the evening

7:45 am

JMC, a little bird in the chat log said you were calling my name yesterday.

I wear them for long distance lynxx, but the reading has become an issue so need long distance for driving/tv etc... medium distance for computer, and short distance for reading

7:46 am

do you eally need glasses for reading tho, mrp. just asking.

no peri, not really, but when I get tired, I can't see much close up either

7:47 am

I wear my glasses mostly for driving and TV

7:47 am

i was saying that i hoped you came to my party last night molly

I have long disance glasses for the day, and about 4pm need extra help

7:47 am

the music was great

7:47 am

how ws the party, jmc?

me too peri... especially at night

7:48 am

same as me MRP - which is why I have 3 diff types of glasses!

7:48 am

food was great and everyone was sweet

7:48 am

Sorry I missed it. Hope it was a great celebration.

7:48 am

i got home at midnight

7:48 am

now i have to go and see son's big school graduation bbl

7:49 am

morning, all!

7:49 am

bye jmc

7:49 am

Sounds like lots of fun JMC. Hooray for your boy!!

7:49 am

hi Sue

7:49 am

jmc, glad you had a good celebration! talk to you later!

7:49 am

Morning Sue.

7:49 am

and look, a nice big grid on a day when I might actually be able to finish it!!!

7:49 am

and hi, lynxxx and molly!

see ya jmc **hugs**

hi sue :)

7:50 am

stepping out for a minute to update my icon...

7:54 am

ok, new photo is up. Hi, mrp!

sue **hugs**

ah! astronomy day for icons... good idea!

7:59 am

I love astronomy :-)

I will be back with cookies and cream icecream, twix and caramel topping.... I must be sick

8:00 am

sounds yummy!

8:00 am

but I have to be going - congregational meeting at church today and I have agreed to run for treasurer (I must be crazy!)

8:00 am

see you all later -

8:01 am

bye Sue

8:03 am

Goodnight everyone

8:09 am

date

8:10 am

oops, what a way to start the day. Good morning dear ones

8:10 am

Hello ((Mom)) nice entrance...next time one I do not have

8:11 am

((Annie)) good morning. Which one would you like and I will indulge you :-)

8:12 am

LOL, The "eye" in the 5 column

8:12 am

I'll see what I can do

8:12 am

ilia

8:13 am

oops again

8:13 am

LOL, I had that one

8:13 am

darn it

8:15 am

holy cow, 66 P words

8:15 am

Are there 66 P words? I have 32 so far

8:17 am

Good morning! WHEEEEEE!!! Now THIS is a Sunday grid!

8:18 am

hi car>! Sunday grid, indeed

8:18 am

And don't worry! These P's move right along!

8:21 am

Is canoli spelt with 2 n's?

8:21 am

yes

8:21 am

Well that explains that!

8:22 am

Good morning Annie! How are you?

8:22 am

I don't get the singular of the underwear word. I thought that was always plural. *Bashes head against Enable wall once again*

8:22 am

Hi car.! Fine and hope you are too

8:22 am

Hello Molly! don't hit your head too hard!

8:23 am

Molly, Hi, dont hurt yourself

8:24 am

Leaving the P's undone and moving along to the L

8:26 am

stepped away to go look at Sweetie's garden, now I'll scroll back to see what I missed

8:26 am

Hi Car. and Molly

8:28 am

you go alphabetically, Annie?

8:28 am

Today I decided to start from the top and work my way down the grid..see I far I can get

8:29 am

Hi Mom!

8:29 am

that is a good way. Almost 6 years playing and I just hop all over the place

8:29 am

Bah humbug....isnt castinet a word?

8:30 am

I generally start the upper left. Sometimes I see if I can get at least 1 word from each to see how quickly I can get NBT. This morning I started at the left and am working my way down the column. Then on to the next column....

8:30 am

catanet

8:30 am

Whoops! Castanet (i believe)

8:30 am

Car. are you Carol R. on Facebook

8:30 am

good way, car.

8:30 am

Yes mom! With a picture of eeyore as my icon! Friend!!!!!

8:31 am

yes, eeyore as a pic.

8:31 am

I saw it under uusues group she made, of which I am one :-)

8:31 am

Yeah! Me too!

8:32 am

good morning everyone:)

8:32 am

so excited to have support! it makes me want to do so much better for myself.

8:32 am

that is where I saw you but didn't know if it was you or not

8:32 am

(((Crossy))))

8:32 am

good morning Crossy!

8:32 am

Hi crossy :)

8:33 am

since this has now become a regular event i give you the first of crossy,s tidbit of the day!....

8:34 am

In real life, The Cosby Show’s Phylicia Rashad is only ten years older than Sabrina Labeauf, who portrayed her eldest TV daughter, Sondra.

8:34 am

Annie, did you get all your "eyes" in the 5th column?

8:34 am

(squeals....)

8:34 am

Crossy, I love your tidbits of the day

8:34 am

nope, only have 3 Mom

8:34 am

That just seems weird!

8:34 am

okay, just checking

HOly $ - 391!

8:35 am

I know! So exciting for a Sundy!

8:35 am

((((TO)))) good morning

8:35 am

*Sunday

8:36 am

exactly my sentinments Owl

8:36 am

there will be another tidbit around 1 pm or so for our still in best west coast babblers and the last around 9 pm for down under friends who should all be tucked in by now

8:36 am

I won't get far with it today, I am taking Mom to Macy's this afternoon

8:37 am

you are so thoughtful Crossy

8:37 am

Mom, I hope she gets something nice

rouses self from shock* uh. hi...

8:38 am

*splashes cool water on Owl's face*

8:38 am

She liked Alfred Dunner and I found her a pretty top on Friday and now she wants to go see what else they have.

8:39 am

Macys carries a lot of Alfred Dunner...she should be able to find somethng

8:40 am

she is hoping so

WHew thanks annie! i hope the pb has mimosa, it's going to be a long haul

8:41 am

TO, how are things with you?

8:41 am

Owl, Mimosas, bellinis, etc etc

hi mom! things are fine busy weekend! at least i am not rusting, don't sit still long enough!

8:43 am

prinhawn da - good afternoon

8:44 am

make sure you take some time out to rest.

8:44 am

good afternoon Glantarell

8:44 am

good afternoon Glantarell

8:44 am

Hello Glant :)

8:44 am

Hello Glantarell!

8:44 am

good morning glant

8:44 am

big grid today

8:44 am

good morning glant

8:45 am

oops

8:45 am

hiccups

i has a peek at the roberto cavalli exhibit "art as fashion" Friday night - just fab!

8:45 am

sounds like fun, TO

8:46 am

be back in a bit, I need to start my day. ((Hugs)) to all of you

8:46 am

Must go get ready for church. Have a great day all!

8:46 am

Bye Mom!

8:46 am

Bye Mom, later...have fun at Macy's

8:46 am

bye mom

8:46 am

Bye car. have a great day

8:46 am

bye car

8:47 am

oooh, just found the garlic mayo

8:48 am

glant, I forgot the spellling

8:48 am

bye bye ((Annie))

8:48 am

bye Car. and Glantarell

8:48 am

ey-o-le-eye

8:49 am

ey-oh-ee-lee

8:49 am

2nd version works better ;-)

8:49 am

even then i have 2nd and 3rd letters mixed up - i am dyslexic today

8:49 am

thanks glant will work on it

8:50 am

ay-ee-oh-l-ee

8:51 am

got it, thanks

bye mom! bye car! sorry, head buried in grid

8:52 am

bye TO, have a great day.

8:53 am

mmmmm V8 juice..slurrrp,feel the vitamins:)

i think i am going to email sprite and request cavalli as a theme

8:55 am

good idea

8:58 am

As licked - 87 to go - taking a break - bbl

by glan

8:58 am

2l8 left here

8:59 am

*whispers: did I hear my name?*

8:59 am

ew

8:59 am

Hi spritey

9:00 am

hi all... am not really here, not in the mood to change icons and text etc, just wanna play... and chat, if possible :)

hiya spritey!

9:04 am

hi TOwl :)

here it is: http://tinyurl.com/6xd36bv

9:09 am

howdy sprite

9:09 am

hiya crossy

9:10 am

pretty wolf!

9:11 am

hi, sprite, TO, crossy, annie, mema! back for a few while breakfasting...

9:11 am

tyvm

9:11 am

howdy sue

9:12 am

Hello uusue

9:12 am

hi uusue :)

9:13 am

I have agreed to run for treasurer of my (very small Unitarian) church; congregational meeting is today. I think I must be nuts :-)

9:14 am

sounds like it. But you will be doing a great job for sure.

hi uu! time to go with the changing of the guard.

9:14 am

lol,hope you loke micromanagement

9:14 am

like

9:14 am

yes, the former treasurer is stepping down and the list of arms they were twisting was quite short

9:15 am

you going, TOwl?

yes sprite. don't hang here much anymore

9:15 am

ok hun, glad to see you, however short. Have a good day/night.

9:16 am

Good morning all

9:16 am

tc, TO!

9:16 am

morning Mr Bob

9:16 am

hi, mr bob!

bye. i'd ask for the capucci theme but my last theme was overrruled. not a member in good standind anymore appartenltly ;)

9:17 am

oh, well, I just have my own theme :-)

9:17 am

which one was overruled, TOwl?

9:18 am

and what is capucci theme?

i have paid my dues...

9:19 am

l

9:19 am

I don't overrule themes unless they really will cause trouble... so what was it?

9:21 am

lol,the p,s are easy,just type in every single pl word you know :)

9:22 am

and ones you don't know like pl 4/9

9:23 am

*sigh* what's with people nowadays... indirect reproaches and no answers when asked directly... I aim to please everybody but I am no miracle worker.

9:23 am

hi JBV

9:23 am

hi sprite!

9:23 am

hi everybody!

9:23 am

hello JBV

9:23 am

hi Annie! big grid today

9:24 am

I'm ready for my second coffee - need a break, see you later

9:24 am

hi folks!

9:24 am

howdy jbv

9:24 am

hi welki

9:24 am

howdy welki

9:24 am

and bye again JBV

9:25 am

hello welki :)

9:25 am

sprite - psssssssst - please yourself, don't worry about everyone else

9:26 am

ok, off to church, wish me luck! (whether that means becoming treasurer or not I am not sure :-)

9:26 am

g'luck, sue!

9:26 am

yeah... in that case I should quit the icon themes. I don't mind doing them, but getting angry people about it isn't my idea of fun. I don't even know what cavalli or capucci is. Both spellings in chog, I see.

9:26 am

bye uusue, all the best and I hope the treasurer thing works out

9:27 am

i don't think she was angry, sprite ... look at the post, she ended it with a wink

9:27 am

lol sprite,is someone getting all bent out of shape over icon themes??? must be a slow day if they are

9:28 am

hey crossy .. will think of you later when eating bacon :)

9:28 am

you do icon themes,min does clue stories,i do crossy,s tidbit of the day.you like it or just ignore it:)

9:29 am

mmm bacon

9:29 am

something about her theme being overruled, which I never would do, and no answer about her theme or which one was overruled. Well, I guess it is capucci, I take it the link was for the theme. I should learn to read minds.

9:29 am

hmmm ... what do i do?

9:29 am

yeah well, the no answer thing. i get that

9:29 am

well I like you, crossy ;) And welki and Annie and and and and... mucho amigos.

9:30 am

you lighten up chat, welki

9:30 am

*beaming* thanks, sprite! that's a great compliment!

9:30 am

if we can get around the way you american spell colour and arbour i am sure we can avoid icon wars lol

9:30 am

well earned

9:31 am

and neighbour.

9:32 am

all those;)

9:32 am

I love that word, neighbour. Or even better: neighbourhood

9:32 am

theatre/theater

9:32 am

<-- dual citizen, uses both spellings

9:32 am

there are many

9:33 am

me too, welki :) Though when typing, I tend to use british spelling. But in babble I do both :) Plus some others that look odd but who knows, enable might like them.

9:33 am

enable keeps us guessing

9:34 am

enable rocks. It often rewards my creativity.

9:36 am

aargh, red bar of doome

9:37 am

hello periwinkle

9:37 am

hey spritey

9:37 am

quick! call anthony hopkins! he makes a great exorcist!

9:37 am

lol welki! We could do him for a theme

9:37 am

mmmm fava beans....

9:38 am

*dons hockey mask*

9:38 am

help with li9 pls

9:38 am

sexy, ru

9:39 am

hi ruru, no kissing today?

9:39 am

(hi peri .. don't have it yet)

9:40 am

no.. not really.. just pucking around

9:40 am

no using list yet, someone mentioned it earlier

9:40 am

me neither. You all call for icon themes, I added TOwls theme and welki's one and I can use more.

9:41 am

li9 - l plus not out meeting a Spanish cheer that has consumed food.

9:41 am

how about hair color, blonde, brunette or red?

9:41 am

ohhh, i'm embarrassed, sprite. i think i've changed my icon twice

9:42 am

ty Haz, got it

9:42 am

hi Haz :) Good one, periwinkle, am putting it in

9:42 am

You're welcome.

9:42 am

was not sure you would, tyy, sprite, ws just going to say blondes, cause I am one :)

9:43 am

Good morning/afternoon all.

9:43 am

<-- is a blonde at heart

9:43 am

I have 46 of the 66 p words

9:43 am

I am a blonde at brain.

9:44 am

May 22, it will play, periwinkle

9:44 am

I am discouraged. I bought the hair products my hairdresser uses and a new hair drryer and my hair still looks like crap.

9:44 am

bacon time .. later folks!

9:44 am

oh, will look for it, sprite but may not change mine.

9:44 am

bye welki, don't try and lure crossy away from here ;)

9:45 am

periwinkle, it is perfectly ok to suggest a theme without doing it yourself :) It must be for fun, no obligation.

9:46 am

drying one's hair isn't usually contributing to the lustre of it. Have you tried to do without for a while?

9:46 am

Good morning, all!

9:46 am

hi Judi

9:48 am

yes. sprite, but then it just droops. I hair dryer is suppoed to promote shine and reduce friziness. it is not frizzy just too soft and not sleek looking like when Lauren did it.

9:49 am

bacon? where?!

9:49 am

Am supposed to meet my god daughter for lunch and the weather predicts raind and possible thunderstorms

9:49 am

no matter peri,eat laugh,love and dance in the rain;)

9:50 am

I just don't like getting caughte in a thunderstom. they scare me

9:50 am

been raining here for 2 days non stop so far

9:50 am

may just meet for a quick lunch tho

9:50 am

crossy LOVES a good thunder storm

9:50 am

Hi Haz and everyone else....

9:51 am

hi all. any quick clues for the 9s?

9:51 am

sprite, have coffee mugs been suggested?

9:51 am

me too. Once it breaks, that is, 'cause till that time my head hurts like crazy. Hi Flask!

9:51 am

hello mkg

9:51 am

we're expecting thunderstorms here too

9:51 am

well then crosdsy will come and go with me to lunch with my goddaughter. I will treat

9:51 am

Indian food

9:52 am

hi sprite.

9:52 am

I like coffee mugs. Good one, peri, here goes.

9:52 am

mornin babblers!

9:53 am

Hello, Flask - sorry, was doing an e-mail when you arrived.

9:53 am

bye for now

9:53 am

hi EvaN

9:54 am

bye periwinkle

9:54 am

i love the sound,the fury of a good storm,so much electricity in the air and lightning so close you can hear the air sizzle;0

9:54 am

yep, with thunderclaps you don't just hear, but feel

9:54 am

so, remember that time when i got hot sauce in my eye and then 15 minutes later my husband elbowed me in the face, drawing blood? yeah, that was good times...

9:54 am

no probs Haz!

9:55 am

*waves @ Haz*

9:55 am

eva? what are you talking about?

9:55 am

oh, just a few morning mishaps.

9:56 am

wazzup, EvaN?

9:56 am

hi everyone.. am moping as I thought "castile" was good, as in castile soap..

9:56 am

hi Aloy

9:58 am

hi sprite.. have hit a wall, so I'm going to zap something for a late b'fast, brb.. fun grid!

9:58 am

*Passes coffee and a ho-made blueberry muffin to Eva*

9:58 am

ok, icon theme, icon and list updated. I said I wouldn't but well, you know.

9:58 am

bfn Aloy, and hi Molly

9:59 am

does anyone have the 9 letter words they can clue me?

9:59 am

this is too big a grid.........

9:59 am

good morning everyone

9:59 am

thanks molly. ive got 2 batches of homemade Frosted Coconut Rhubarb Cookies in the kitchen too. :)

9:59 am

hi flosey

9:59 am

mkg, I have li9

10:00 am

cl9 and li9...one has to do with what is next to Godlieness and one has to do with flooring.

10:00 am

cl9 is a strange looking comparative for not dirty.

10:00 am

plz clue flosey

10:00 am

please clue molly

10:00 am

also going to make some white chocolate chip cookies today. debating if i want to add coconut and/or lime zest...

10:00 am

Only the cl9 does not end in ess

10:00 am

thanks molly for the cl9

10:00 am

li9 - l plus not out meets a Spanish cheer that has onsumed food.

10:01 am

I vote for coconut. Lime and chocolate are not a combo I would enjoy.

10:01 am

thanks Haz, was half way through it! you saved the day

10:01 am

not getting it haz

10:01 am

Cute clue Haz.

10:01 am

You're welcome, flosey.

10:01 am

molly, one of my favorite cookies that i have ever bought has white chocolate with coconut + lime...

10:02 am

Well then go for the lime Eva.

10:02 am

*consumed food. The Spanish cheer has consumed food.

10:02 am

don't normally care for white choc. but that sounds good Eva

10:03 am

got the li.

10:03 am

ty

10:03 am

but im also making them for a coworkers bday, so i dont wanna put too much of what *I* want in them...heh

10:03 am

now for cl

10:03 am

cant get ending for cl 9. any clues?

10:03 am

comparative ending, mkg

10:04 am

ty got it.

10:04 am

never heard the word.........dont trust it is a word.

10:05 am

hah I found a river in egypt

10:06 am

<----- Wishes she worked with Eva

10:07 am

hehe, well, our "birthday baking fairy" (as we nicknamed her) just left the office, so im going to try to pick up where she left off...

10:07 am

that cl9 is not a word!

10:07 am

flosey, never argue with enable :)

10:07 am

Good day to all.

10:08 am

morning Scrabs

10:08 am

hi Scrabs

10:08 am

howdy scrabbs

10:09 am

Rain, rain, rain here but I am grateful to not live near the Mississippi River.

10:09 am

I agree about the cl9 and I will argue with Enable any old time. It's outdated and weird.

10:09 am

rain non stop last 2 days here also scwabby

10:09 am

raining here today too

10:09 am

then by all means, argue

10:10 am

wishes it would rain here

10:10 am

Yep, it started here Friday 6 pm--I was mountain biking in the park and got home just in time.

10:10 am

Eva, if every office had a Birthday Baking Fairy, life would be tons better.

10:10 am

Aw, wildcat, Texas needs rain so badly!

10:10 am

its true, molly!

10:10 am

hi wildcat

10:10 am

yes we do. it's a desperate situation

10:10 am

hi everyone

10:11 am

I agree with Molly. I want a birthday baking fairy

10:11 am

would someone clue the third ca 6/24?

10:11 am

although we do have one lady who finds it therapeutic to bake but she won't eat any of it so she brings it in, but it's a random thing

10:12 am

News story featured that contrast, wildcat--massive flooding from Mississippi River and drought in Texas.

10:12 am

it's so unfair to both places

10:12 am

missing that one too ru, sorry

10:12 am

ca6/24 - three for what's worn on your head, three for most of what is the straightest route between two points.

10:12 am

i do that sometimes, wildcat. i will keep a small amount at home for us, but the rest i take to work

10:13 am

thanks Haz

10:13 am

thank you haz

10:13 am

thanks Haz

10:13 am

I like random treats.

10:13 am

You're welcome.

10:13 am

Random treats are the best random acts of kindness

10:14 am

9 of us had dinner last night for one friend's birthday. Dessert was brownies + ice cream + hot fudge sauce + whipped cream. Yummy.

10:14 am

Oh Scrabs, that is one of my favorite desserts.

10:14 am

*covers ears LALALALALA*

10:15 am

it's so easy but soooo yummy

10:15 am

Me too, Molly.

10:15 am

ae 7/28 plz

10:15 am

wow Scrabs, even at breakfast time that sounds yummy

10:15 am

hello ivesy

10:15 am

Ruru, you are in the grid today. wi4. : P : P

10:15 am

my blood sugar just went haywire just reading that scrabbs

10:16 am

ae7 - a type of wind

10:16 am

at le5 I'm not we5

10:17 am

whew halfway

10:18 am

Go wildcat. 284 more for me.

10:18 am

good morning, afternoon, evening all

10:18 am

Hi ivesy

10:18 am

hints for the right-side E?

10:18 am

thnx Haz

10:18 am

howdy ivesy

10:18 am

.. back - hi again everyone

10:18 am

No Ruru, that you are not.

10:18 am

hi ivesy and aloy

10:18 am

Hi Aloy

10:18 am

leal

10:19 am

Free clue! Don't miss it!

10:19 am

wb Aloy :)

10:19 am

.. waves to Scrabbs who is in the pb

10:19 am

that's not the one she was asking for

10:19 am

eo6/18 - shortened version of the ae7 wind comes from the single e tile

10:19 am

lol,crossy is tryng to do just the p,c and s words first..darn thin g acount for 135 grid words all on their own!

10:19 am

eo + snakes are repti****

10:19 am

ty haz for the ae 7

10:20 am

that E is the same that Haz just clued, diff spelling

10:20 am

*waving from PB -- cannot speak because mouth is stuffed with food*

10:20 am

You're welcome, ivesy.

10:20 am

isn't that interesting... if my posts come through a bit slower, they will appear on yesterday's chog

10:20 am

me too.. left over broccoli/rice

10:21 am

ohh! just remembered i have some fresh peameal bacon in da fridge and some bagels....brb....semi-poink!

10:22 am

my love just started cooking for today. Chinese mie with lots of veggies and tiny meat balls with oriental seasoning, I think.

10:22 am

sounds yummy

10:22 am

something from the lower left T please

10:23 am

everything he cooks is yummy. I cherish him AND his cooking :)

10:23 am

Sprite, sounds delicious. Kudos to your love.

10:23 am

he is the best

10:24 am

do you take turns, sprite? we do.. last night he fixed a homemade pizza and a fresh salad

10:24 am

to44/5- froggy lookalike

10:24 am

he does all the cooking, Aloy.

10:24 am

ooh, he is indeed a keeper!

10:24 am

not possible from that T haz

10:25 am

the lower of the two together

10:25 am

Oh, left. Sorry.

10:25 am

he is, and not just for the cooking, grin. But his willingness to cook is something I treasure every day!

10:25 am

te8 - octopus part

10:25 am

.. searching for the froggy lookalike, ty for the clue Haz

10:25 am

ty would never have seen that

10:25 am

nbt

10:26 am

thanks Haz

10:26 am

tonight i am doing marinated red angus steaks ,crunchy oven baked stuffed russet taters with cheese,bacon bits sour cream and chives brussel snouts in a creamed butter sauce and a small greek salad with chynks of fresh crumbled feta

10:26 am

TY, Haz

10:26 am

You're welcome.

10:26 am

oh, to4, lol.. not to44, the longest word ever on a grid

10:26 am

oh good I have just enough time to get to crossy's for dinner :)

10:27 am

Brussels snouts--Belgian pig noses?

10:27 am

lol

10:27 am

although I"m not sure about the brussel snouts

10:27 am

LOLLL @ brussels snouts

10:28 am

the secret is to halve them then add the cream sauce before serving...mmm

10:28 am

my lol wouldn't enter

10:28 am

My son claimed he had to have medical help after eating ONE brussel sprout as a youngster. :-)

10:28 am

you have to admit crossy that was a funny typo

10:28 am

back just to say hello

10:28 am

hi ruby

10:28 am

my son calls them "garbage balls"

10:28 am

hello ruby

10:28 am

Haha, Cherry.

10:28 am

it was intentional wildcat..it is what we called them as children

10:28 am

hello rubyfoo

10:28 am

we always had garbage balls at Thanksgiving.. came right out of the garden

10:28 am

Haha, Crossy!

10:28 am

even better

10:28 am

hi Cherry, lol, yes children don't usually like them. Too bitter.

10:29 am

Clues for the 9's please?

the tile stats are crooked- what's with that?

10:30 am

cl and li scrabs

10:30 am

hello Kaplan

10:30 am

umm, Kap..

10:30 am

Try refreshing, Kaplan.

10:31 am

(worried about Kap's eyes)

daughter graduated college yesterday.

10:31 am

yay, congrats!

10:31 am

congrats kap and kap's daughter!

10:31 am

Yippee Kaplan!

10:31 am

Hello! Mazel Tov Kaplan!

10:31 am

the secret of cooking brussels snouts is to overcook them and then add butter

10:31 am

what's she going to do now?

10:31 am

gratz, Kaplan and daughter

sitting on her bare mattress in room full of boxes

10:31 am

congrats kaplan

10:31 am

argh nooooo rubyfoo! Never overdo them. Makes them even bitterer :(

10:31 am

Congrats to Kaplan's family and Hi Babbleland

10:31 am

that is a sad image!

10:32 am

hi DR

10:32 am

hi dr

She is in grad school- her first year grad combined with her sr year...moving into her first own apaartment

10:32 am

Hi Sprite

10:32 am

hi everyone

10:32 am

hi dr

10:32 am

Not sad, Ruby, the beginning of something new.

My baby is growed up!!

10:32 am

hi Natasha

10:32 am

roasted brussel sprouts are the best!

10:32 am

good for her

10:32 am

Hi DR

10:32 am

no, I mean REALLY overcook them, to the point where they get sweeter

10:32 am

Hi Ruby and Wildcat

Met boyfriend's grandparents and parents yesterday...

10:33 am

I boil them first after cutting them in half and then saute them in salted butter

10:33 am

Hi Ruby

10:33 am

husband would never eat them before

10:33 am

how did that go, Kap?

10:33 am

Scrabs, you know what is next to godliness.. end it with a comparative for the cl9.60

10:33 am

hi scrabbler

10:33 am

Hi Scrabs

10:33 am

My nephew (living w me since age 16) also just finished college.

surprisingly well.

10:33 am

yay scrab's nephew!!!

conGRADulations!

10:34 am

Congrats Scrabs!!

10:34 am

COngrats to you and your nephew as well Scrabs!

10:34 am

TY, Aloy. Now li9?

10:34 am

wonderful, Scrabs

10:34 am

gratz Scrabs and nephew

10:34 am

that is a good story, scrabs

10:34 am

one of my good friends graduated yesterday too ... had to go back to school after her divorce, finished college at age 43

10:35 am

Quite an accomplishment given long and ongoing history of family upheaval.

10:35 am

have to give her a lot of credit!

10:35 am

Good for her, wildcat! That is perseverance!

10:35 am

bless her heart and her persistance

10:35 am

my parents raised my nephew

10:35 am

yes she worked long and hard while working up to 3 jobs at a time

10:36 am

my son graduates from high school in two weeks and my daughter is supposed to graduate from college in August

10:36 am

I wish my youngest nephew (17) would have moved in w me. He was permitted to quit HS last Sept after failing 9th grade twice.

10:36 am

aww that is heartbreaking scrabs. such wasted potential

10:36 am

how sad, Scrabs

10:37 am

that is too bad; it sounds like he would have been much better off with your guidance

10:37 am

Big bro is trying to push him on. Middle bro was also permitted to quit HS but he is now in community college and will go on to 4-yr school soon.

10:37 am

hope it works

10:38 am

I hope so.

10:38 am

if I'm not too nosy, what happened with your sister/brother/inlaws that this happened to those boys?

10:38 am

community college can do the trick for dropouts; then they can go on and finish with 4 yr degrees

10:38 am

my son is starting there as a baby step to 4 yr college

10:40 am

how can there be 66 P words in this grid??

10:41 am

My sis = "bipolar" + weak/inadequate parent. Dad = alcoholic/inadequate parent. Divorced. Very sad that these 2 are unable to teach and guide their boys.

10:41 am

I don't know 66 p words!

10:41 am

that is sad scrabs. they are very fortunate to have you in their lives

10:41 am

it is great that you can take up the slack

10:41 am

sounds familiar, Scrabs. Very sad. Am glad for them you are there to help them, it makes such a huge difference.

10:42 am

I had all 3 boys at my house every weekend for 10 yrs, took on the oldest, but I did not have the power and control that was needed to completely rescue the boys.

10:42 am

ach, dinner, see you later

10:42 am

Kap!!! Congratulations to your daughter!

10:42 am

bye ruby

10:42 am

Bye Ruby. Enjoy.

10:42 am

enjoy, rubyfoo

10:42 am

bye, ruby

thank you. i'm so exhausted!

does anyone know the meaning of the word convocation?

10:43 am

what is next for her, Kap?

10:43 am

you did what you could scrabs. it sounds like it was helpful in many ways

10:43 am

It's such a great feeling to see our kids achieve.

see post below

10:43 am

calling together, literally

10:44 am

From the dictionary...a group of people gathered in answer to a summons; assembly.

10:44 am

in 6 please?

thank you. they had a convocation before the graduation, but no body knew what it meant

10:44 am

They like to use high falutin' words at graduations to confuse the commoners. : P

10:45 am

con + together, towards a central point vocare = to call, to summon

10:45 am

in6 - give it a comparative ending

ty.

10:45 am

convocation sounds like a bunch of prisoners at a job fair

10:45 am

True, Ruru.

10:45 am

yvw :)

10:45 am

*Haz* my saviour*

10:45 am

Or two nuns, sharing their vocation.

10:46 am

saviourette?

10:46 am

to7 help please>

10:46 am

My nephew just texted re college graduation next Saturday. I must decide on a grad gift.

10:46 am

haz.. always has the words I can't find

10:46 am

to7 - painted in a pedicure

10:47 am

FISH ME

10:47 am

THanks Haz

10:47 am

TY, Haz. Anyone with a clue for li9?

10:47 am

You're welcome.

10:47 am

*hits DR over the head with a tiny guppy* Compounds are tough!

10:47 am

Haz has the bestest clue for the li9

10:47 am

hi scrab - sounds like something you put on the kitchen floor with a different ending

10:48 am

hi everybody

10:48 am

start with 1950's floor mat. and and w/consumed

10:48 am

hello grant, wb JBV

10:48 am

Hi JBV

10:48 am

li9 - l plus not out running into a Spanish cheer that has consumed food.

10:48 am

hey sprite

10:48 am

Aha, Monkey found it!

10:49 am

Mille grazie, JBV.

10:49 am

good monkey. Have a banana.

10:50 am

congratulations to all the graduates, moms and dads of graduates, aunts, cousins, etc. - Hooray for all of you!

10:54 am

cryptic clue: a picnic pest with a vocation

10:55 am

It's not easy to guide someone through adolescence and young adulthood. Then there is the cost of college.

10:55 am

so very true, Scrabs. My son is almost 15 now. Not easy at all.

10:57 am

So many trials and tribulations.

10:59 am

yes, and all the insecurity combined with the arrogance of youth :)

10:59 am

wow, fireflies. Very nice grid!

11:00 am

Yep. They know it all one day and then during the night they come into your bedroom, crying about life being so tough..

11:00 am

Yay Sprite!

11:00 am

found the li 6.. Carefully buries poor monkey who looked for it

11:00 am

yahoo for sprite, wtg!!!

11:00 am

comforts Ruru on the loss of him monkey

11:01 am

congrats to Sprite !

11:01 am

down to the double nickel, short break time, getting "babble eyes" (-:

11:01 am

*hugs* to you all, thanks for the great company and help.

11:01 am

Ruru lost his monkey??? Yee Gods!

11:02 am

Going to kitchen for more coffee--anyone want some?

11:03 am

i told my 17 year old to go and get a job and buy a house while he still knows it all;))

11:04 am

EXACTLY Crossy!!!

11:04 am

does anyone have a clue for de8 please?

11:04 am

I wish I were as self-confident as so many adolescents are. Of course for them it is an illusion due to naivete.

11:05 am

Someone who washes a car with exact precision.

11:05 am

They pay attention to the de6s

11:06 am

ah, thanks Molly

11:06 am

Glad to help Flosey.

11:06 am

would never have thought of that!

11:06 am

but we must balance that with their ambition and fire.we do not want to quench the energy of a young mind,the world will do that soon enough

11:06 am

Enable has opened up my brain to all kinds of absurdity.

11:07 am

True, Crossy. Idealism keeps the young going, and many of us oldsters.

11:11 am

Hello again! Back from church!

11:11 am

Hi Car

11:12 am

all reminds me of a very good book i must reccomend Boys life by robert mccammon

11:12 am

DR!!!!!!

11:12 am

http://www.robertmccammon.com/novels/b oys_life.html

11:13 am

good to see you Car! Hope you are well

11:13 am

I am. And you?

11:13 am

Hi Car. Is that the one the movie was based on? Hugh Grant movie.

11:13 am

Hi Scrabs!

11:13 am

I am good as well thanks

11:14 am

watching the end of West Side Story with Jakester

11:14 am

I have never seen that movie the whole way through.

11:15 am

5 stars on Amazon. On my wish list now. That author has written many highly rated books.

11:16 am

one of my fav authors

11:16 am

he also did 'swan song"

11:16 am

I love the music in this movie

11:16 am

a book i have read several times

11:17 am

both have been replaced for my bookshelf at least once

11:17 am

...approaching halfway...

11:18 am

Stats please for the single E in the right column?

11:18 am

"Boy's Life" is a classic. Very unlike most of McCammon's work.

11:18 am

Me too Scrabs!

11:18 am

eo6/18 comes from that tile.

11:18 am

Looks like a great book, Car!

11:18 am

eo 6/18 Car

11:18 am

do not forget "swan song" it truly rocks

11:19 am

I meant halway done, Scrabs! LOL

11:19 am

Many past clues did not register for me.

11:20 am

eo plus a dyslexic King of the Jungle

11:21 am

ty Haz

11:21 am

"Swan Song" is a little darker. It's been compared to Stephen King's "The Stand". "Boy's Life" is on the lighter, more home spun side for McCammon.

11:21 am

right now i am reading of all thing"david copperfield" by dickens..never had the chance to read it before..never realized it was such a large book:)

11:22 am

You're welcome, DR.

11:22 am

hi all

11:23 am

these p's are confusing and awful

11:23 am

Hi mom

11:23 am

not getting the clue....would the king of the jungle have another O in it?

11:23 am

Hi Sammysmom!

11:23 am

Time to go. Enjoy the grid, bye!

11:23 am

howdy sammy

11:23 am

tc haz

11:23 am

sound like king of the jungle but different 2nd vowel

11:23 am

thanks haz.. have a nice day

11:24 am

but dyslexic spelling, right?

11:24 am

nm...got it anyway.

11:24 am

Not really, Car

11:24 am

Ty!

11:25 am

Last chance for coffee. It's ready and I'm going to the kitchen.

11:25 am

Yes please!

11:26 am

11 more p's...grrrrrrrr

11:27 am

Go, ruru, Go!

11:27 am

Alright, Car. BRB.

11:27 am

do not feel bad i have 37/66 on the p,s so far

11:27 am

my family used to chide me about being a hoarder of STUFF.... oneof the things i have hoarded over the years is left over wood. lumber scraps and peices of furniture and such... today, i say walter eyeing a pile muttering something about building an ark

11:28 am

hi all - back for some more

11:28 am

love words with both latin AND english plurals

11:28 am

we have gone from a long , cold winter to a long cool spring with rain every day.

11:28 am

Hi again Glantarell! Hi Harry!

11:28 am

we've been dry lately, but have a week of rain forecast

11:28 am

hi ee

11:28 am

a hoarder! run!..crossy runs and trips over his pile of old records,4 lava lamps,5 old nintendo game systems and a stack of national geographics spanning 10 years

11:29 am

any clue for the ca6/24 between the song and the metal process? the 3rd 6/24?

11:29 am

ahhhhhhh crossy, a man after my own heart!

11:29 am

Hi Glantarell and Harry

11:30 am

Here's your coffee, Car. Caution, it's hot.

11:30 am

Ahhhh...delicious! TY!

11:30 am

hi scrab

11:30 am

Giantarell, start with a head covering and end with 3/4 of the shortest distance between two points

11:30 am

.. back for more!

11:31 am

like gabe of welcome back kotter

11:31 am

Hi Aloy! TY!

11:31 am

TY Aloy - been bothering me for ages

11:31 am

yw, glad you found it

11:32 am

I went to Accuweather the other day....the rest of the month of May has clouds and rain every day!!!! : (

11:32 am

*off in the distance is the finish line..p's are done*

11:33 am

time to take a break, 174 to go! bbl

11:33 am

224 left here...gonna be awhile before listing

11:33 am

wow, wtg ruru!

11:33 am

crossy strips down to his tighty whiteys and dances in the rain....

11:33 am

Oh wait! It has been updated! There are 3 days now with sun!

11:33 am

Go, Crossy, Go!

11:33 am

Bye Flosey!

11:33 am

Well done ruru!

11:33 am

bye flosey

11:33 am

76 left here

11:33 am

Go Ruru!

11:34 am

190 left here

11:34 am

I have 216 words found , but still don't have NBT!

11:35 am

I dont have NBT either Car

11:35 am

i still don;t have nbt - that elusive E in the last column has me beat at the moment

11:35 am

It was just clued a few minutes ago...eo 6

11:36 am

Cs conquered

11:37 am

Yeah Glantarell!

11:37 am

Back again - here's the cure for anyone who likes to accumulate stuff (including me, of course) just watch one - ONE - of those terribly depressing and frightening shows about people who live on top of 3 feet of compacted garbage .... ugh - I happened to see one last week and I have been cleaning ever since :)

11:38 am

Hi JBV!

11:38 am

hi car!

11:38 am

hi JBV

11:39 am

Ds done

11:39 am

Wow!

11:39 am

NBT

11:39 am

<---- jealous!

11:40 am

<----content with 203 to go

11:40 am

<--- proud of 167 to go

11:41 am

No pressure, Car, it's just fun to be here with Babble buddies.

11:41 am

which is why iam starting to divest myself of some of the 1500 books i have collected over the years... have given over 600 away and actually thrown away 3 books. have earmarked some valuable ones for the grandkids as a future college fund.. boxes are packed and labeled ready to go to their houses, so their parents can shuffle them around, heh heh

11:41 am

got my fireworks, but I'm still here for the chat :)

11:41 am

<------ now feels silly.....

11:41 am

<--- Serious is boring :)

11:41 am

congrats on your FW, JBV!!!

11:41 am

Oh my goodness Sammysmom! What a job!

11:41 am

Car, I am a recovering former OCD Babbler.

11:41 am

do you ever wish it were easier to give things away? I have been dealing with that recently, it is not so easy

11:41 am

sc 5 /12 leads me into crossys mid day tidbit of the day... sc5/12ings are from the days of sail. when a schooner was returing after a delivery and had no return cargo,it would be "in ballast" and often it would ballast"tween decks" as it would often handle better than ballasting in the depths of the hold and shifting boards were measured by sc5/12lings and put in pace to stop the ballast from shifting turing tacking:))....

11:41 am

COngrats JBV

11:41 am

Well done JBV!

11:42 am

well done JBV

11:42 am

during

11:42 am

My parents grew up during the Great Depression and are very frugal. I have learned to keep things "because you never know when you might need it."

11:42 am

TY Crossy!

11:43 am

on a more serious note, (hope this doesn't disturb anyone, but it's what I'm dealing with) - my husband's suits - more than 50 - you wouldn't believe how hard it is to find someone who will take them and pass them along to

11:43 am

the Tin Man would not be happy with me.. I missed re5.10

11:44 am

what size?

11:44 am

me too, Scrabs - same upbringing, same mentality, and I am very proud of it most of the time, but a reality check is also useful once in a while

11:44 am

Can you give them to a school for drama costumes?

11:44 am

Wow JBV, I would think people would be happy to receive a nice dress suit.

11:44 am

woo nbt with 211 togo

11:44 am

or a small community theater?

11:44 am

well, godthaab - he went up and down in weight, so there's quite a variety there, and I'm sure I'd have to some work in sorting which I haven't done yet

11:44 am

jbv..live theatre places would LOVE to have them

11:44 am

Nice Harry!

11:45 am

hello again everybody, 178 to go

11:45 am

Great minds Crossy!

11:45 am

hi ruby

11:45 am

What kind of books?

11:45 am

There are also job placement centers that accept donated dress clothes for people who cannot afford them.

11:45 am

hi aloy

11:45 am

snap dr

11:45 am

I need the middle-lower e for nbt

11:45 am

also good idea Molly

11:45 am

you know, that's an idea - HS drama department, I was thinking more along the lines of ajobs program, but there's nothing around here - I saw one website where they accept donations in Manhattan but I would have to figure out how to get them there! I want it to be EASY :)

11:45 am

When my dad died my mom discovered an org that rehabs the homeless. Cleans 'em up and outfits them and then preps them for job interviews. An incredible success rate. They got all of my dad's (many!) suits, ties, shoes & decent shirts.

11:45 am

I recently just found out that our town hall keeps a closet of suits and business attire in a closet. That way if someone is in need of a suit for a business interview or such, they can come and see if there is one for them.

11:46 am

JBV, most places will come to you for donations.

11:46 am

my sister is a hoarder and used to send me "m bags" of books from the US but they've discontinued the service

11:47 am

see jbv?? babble is a wealth of information;)))

11:47 am

that's what I 'm looking for Michnick but believe me I have not had any success so far

11:47 am

Where are you JBV? My mom also gave a lot of stuff to Purple Heart when she finally moved. They always came to her to get the stuff.

11:47 am

Hi michnick!

11:47 am

Es executed

11:47 am

Hi car! and everyone!

11:47 am

we give a lot to Purple Heart

11:47 am

One more week until my son's wedding!!

11:47 am

Hooray!

11:48 am

what's Purple Heart? - also, beware of these places that come to pick up bags of clothing - many of them just recycle the fabric as scraps - I don't want that, I want someone to actually be able to wear the suit

11:48 am

Purple Heart and Salvation Army are both good places to donate clothes.

11:48 am

oh, Mazel Tov, Michnick!

11:48 am

how exciting, Michnick

11:48 am

Mazel Tov Michnick

11:48 am

Oh happy day! You must be getting so excited!!!!! What number wedding is this in the line up?

11:48 am

Purple heart is a vet's org. They use the stuff for vets.

11:48 am

Purple Heart is an equivalent of Salvation Army. Look them up on line. They are reputable.

11:48 am

This is wedding #3 out of 3 in 5 months!! After this I need a vacation.

11:48 am

AmVets also collects clothing in our area up north

11:49 am

Amvets will come to you, JBV

11:49 am

How did the other ones go? I bet you have just been having the time of your life! And yes, you need a vacation now!

11:50 am

They were both amazing! I love being a mother in law and I just love my 2 new sons in law. (They are brothers). I am wondering how it's going to be to have a daughter in law!!

11:50 am

that sounds wonderful, michnick!

11:50 am

This is the most fun I've had in my adult life so far!

11:50 am

I am now smiling ear to ear for you Michnick!

11:51 am

Nice Michnick!

11:51 am

Great, Michnick, and how neat that brothers married your daughters.

11:51 am

Thank car. Wish I could have some of my babble friends come to the wedding!

11:51 am

just you wait for the grandchildren; THAT part will be even more fun!

11:51 am

It's a great story Scrabbler.

11:51 am

Amen Ruby!

11:51 am

I can only imagine ruby foo!

11:52 am

I have always wanted some of my friend's husbands to have brothers for ME>

11:52 am

Zach is just hacking away with a cough in the other room. It is so hard to listen to.

11:52 am

Does he have asthma?

11:53 am

No. A bad cold topped off with postnasal drip and allergies.

11:53 am

Loose, wet, phlegmy cough? Nighttime cough too?

11:53 am

Scrabs....you are not working today are you?

11:53 am

Sounds like she's doing Babble-rounds.

11:54 am

Nope but I am still always a doc.

11:54 am

You are here to play and relax. i have given him delsym and i am keeping him well hydrated. As a mom it is just a horrible thing to listen to.

11:54 am

In stores I'll hear a kid with a juicy, wet cough and want to listen to their chest.

11:55 am

:) Smiling and Car and Scrabs

11:55 am

Wet, loose, frequent cough is not likely to be from PND. watch him. I'll be there by the morning.

11:56 am

I'm enjoying the chat but give up on finding more words, 177 left :(

11:56 am

I'm almost halfway.

11:56 am

I hate to do this, but I think I need to as for help with the tile I cannot find a word for. It is the second T in the second column.

11:56 am

wi 6/30 please?

11:56 am

octopus arm car

11:56 am

I keep looking for castanet....

11:56 am

Good grief! TY!

11:56 am

Hello again wildcat

11:57 am

hi here in between getting ready and going to church

11:57 am

I do to Harry!

11:57 am

yw car I had to ask too

11:57 am

and anoint

11:57 am

he had pneumonia earlier this spring and this cough does not sound the same. However...just to be sure, I will take him over tomorrow and have them listen to his chest.

11:57 am

Hi Wild!

11:57 am

ty wild - that completed my 8s

11:57 am

How old is he car?

11:57 am

my phantom: detonate

11:57 am

yvw

11:57 am

8

11:57 am

I'm missing one 8 - care to share first two letters?

11:58 am

de, en, pa

11:58 am

ru - wi4 and more so

11:58 am

thank you

11:58 am

yvw

11:58 am

ty

11:59 am

I hope he is feeling well soon!

11:59 am

ty flos

11:59 am

yw HH

11:59 am

Ty mich. I am sure he will be fine. It would probably help if he could sit still for more than 2 minutes!

11:59 am

Typical

12:00 pm

5 more words for 50% and a break

12:00 pm

laundry awaits

12:00 pm

Whee! just found to 7/28...which reminds me...I desperately need a pedicure!

12:00 pm

would steam help him?

12:00 pm

Go, Harry, Go!

12:01 pm

ty car.

12:01 pm

I still have 206 left but my kids need supper. Why can't they understand that I am having fun??

12:01 pm

BBL

12:02 pm

bye mich!

12:02 pm

really mich tc

12:02 pm

Finally. I past halfway. 195 to go. I need a break. BBL.

12:02 pm

bye scrabs

12:02 pm

bye scrabs and poof for me

12:02 pm

breaks help, will take one with you Scrabbs.. bbs

12:02 pm

I am off to the kids consignment shop to try to find a pair of pa5 for zach. The poor kid is showing his socks to the world these days! I just don't want to buy him new pa5/jeans before summer as he will outgrow them while he is wearing his shorts!

12:02 pm

bye aloy

12:03 pm

I am going to watch NCAA Men's Lacrosse playoffs.

12:03 pm

bye wild and aloy

12:03 pm

Bye Scrabs! I love you for caring about my little man!

12:03 pm

Bye Aloy! Bye Ruby!

12:03 pm

ok! 194 left! bbl

12:03 pm

Bye Harry!

12:03 pm

bye car

12:03 pm

Bye Car- I can SO relate!

12:03 pm

Bye Mich!@

12:03 pm

Bye Scrabs

12:04 pm

Well, Car, a frequent cough is not from post-nasal drip. <---not like a faucet dripping so will not cause a frequent cough.

12:04 pm

lol reminds me of son's 2 month span between grade 8 and 9 I swear he grew 2 inches

12:04 pm

[{{DR}}}so nice to see you!

12:04 pm

he probably did flo

12:04 pm

: )

12:04 pm

Bye kids. Be good.

12:04 pm

Uh oh. What are you thinking scrabs?

12:05 pm

I surprised by that. I thought dripping down the back of your throat would cause a cough.

12:05 pm

me too.

12:06 pm

Pneumonia or asthma. Recurrent episodes of coughing, especially if at night and with exertion = asthma. Molly, the mucous flows down slowly and infrequently, not like a faucet. PND is a wastebasket excuse for a cough.

12:07 pm

gotta go bbl

12:07 pm

He started coughing at church and hasn't stopped scrabs. He has had a cold / runny nose for a week or so.

12:07 pm

He is sitting up, walking around, eating and drinking, but still hacking.

12:07 pm

Bye Wild.

12:07 pm

Ah, I did not read far enough back in the chat. I didn't realize it was cough with exertion. I was thinking scratchy, irritated cough.

12:08 pm

It is a scratchy, irritated cough.

12:09 pm

Then when he runs around, like into the other room to grab something, he coughs too.

12:09 pm

Okay, it's a terminology mix up then. To me, hacking = harsh, raspy, bringing up stuff cough. Just a byproduct of communication by typing. : )

12:09 pm

I am so confused!

12:10 pm

17 left - all Ts

12:10 pm

Poor kid!

12:10 pm

Scrabs, isn't coughing caused by movement associated with asthma?

12:11 pm

I think Scrabs left :(

12:11 pm

You can do it!

12:11 pm

I shouldn't have said anything. I hate to bother her on her day off!

12:11 pm

Exertion worsens an asthma cough. Gotta go, net book battery is about to die. ((Zach))

12:11 pm

glad i was wrong

12:12 pm

TY Scrabs!

12:12 pm

OK, I am off too. *poof*

12:12 pm

HUGS To all who are leaving

12:12 pm

That's my job, Car, be a medical detective and navigator. I cannot turn it off.

12:14 pm

*poof*

12:16 pm

help with the ae7 ?

12:16 pm

morning

12:16 pm

Hi Jes

12:16 pm

bye scrabs

12:16 pm

Scrabs...Babble

12:17 pm

Scrabs, Babble's version of House, MD. : P

12:17 pm

ae + go on h***day + the sun gives you a t**

12:18 pm

thanks Molly!

12:21 pm

*fireworks*

12:21 pm

wtg Glant, congrats

12:21 pm

WTG Glantarell

12:22 pm

anybody want a clue before i go mak dinner?

12:23 pm

my son,when he was 8 was diagnosed as pre-asthmatic.wife and i both smoked at the time in the house,in the car.stuid of course now that we look back at it.we both quit the week after our sons diagnosis.his problem vanished,never to return;)

12:23 pm

was reading back lol

12:23 pm

stupid*

12:24 pm

his problem did you both a favour, crossy

12:24 pm

next year will be ten years smoke free;0

12:24 pm

i gave up on 12th June 1982

12:24 pm

good for you

12:24 pm

turns out it was not his problem..but ours lol

12:24 pm

fortunately, it made me sick!

12:25 pm

righto - off to make dinner - happy babbling and see you tomorrow

12:25 pm

cig. smoke was also a migraine trigger

12:25 pm

*poof*

12:26 pm

teater

12:26 pm

oops, sorry, having trouble getting that te6/18

12:26 pm

for 2 years after we quit,each day the wife and i put our usual smoke money in a large coffe time..at the end of 2 years we added it up..was $12,160.00..bout the 2004 toyota echo i am currently driving with it..all cash up front lol

12:27 pm

wow, that

12:27 pm

bought

12:27 pm

that's a great way to go!

12:27 pm

only way to fly

12:29 pm

cause i came into the dealership with a wad of rolled cash and rolls of coin,they ran a check on me first..hehe.should of seem his face when i thumped that roll of fives,tens, and twenties on the desk

12:29 pm

I give up! does anyone have a clue for the first te6/18 please?

12:30 pm

te + what you hit with a hammer

12:30 pm

fw here and I am gone, fun grid.. tg it is Sunday (-:

12:31 pm

thanks Aloy

12:31 pm

yw flosey.. (( )).. good luck everyone, poof

12:33 pm

getting cross-eyed looking at this, going for a (short) walk in the rain

12:37 pm

stuck on the last ta 6/18 ??

12:40 pm

sorry dont have it Sammy

12:41 pm

the last ta6 I have is ta + a big cat

12:43 pm

"Have you ta**** our latest cheese sample?"

12:43 pm

thanks vioxx

12:44 pm

the t's are done!!!

12:45 pm

however, i always do the damned thin in reverse order so i still have 159 to go

12:59 pm

2 more p's then I will have 55 to g

12:59 pm

* go

1:00 pm

WHEW! P's finished

1:01 pm

NO

1:01 pm

IL

1:28 pm

n ail

1:29 pm

hi and good day

1:32 pm

hi

1:41 pm

hello again! Back from errands.

1:41 pm

hi car

1:47 pm

I am missing 1 R....any weird ones?

1:48 pm

rightmost e?

1:48 pm

drone

1:48 pm

eo 6

1:49 pm

sorry, slinking away

1:49 pm

ty car

1:49 pm

Its ok! I needed that one!

1:49 pm

yvw

1:49 pm

I had a lot of trouble with the eo 6, so if you want a more detailed clue, let me kow.

1:50 pm

afternoon babblers!

1:50 pm

more clues wud help me, car. thanks

1:51 pm

Hello Eva! Hi Bugsaw!

1:51 pm

Hi everyone. NOt trying to be rude, just a huge grid

1:52 pm

eo + the king of the jungle, but change the second vowel to a different vowel. (TY to Haz for the clue)

1:52 pm

lino

1:52 pm

linos

1:52 pm

oops

1:52 pm

just finished a second afternoon of cookie-baking. its a wonder i dont weigh a ton!

1:52 pm

yummmm...coooooookies!

1:52 pm

ou house must smell wonderful!

1:53 pm

your house rather

1:53 pm

yesterday was Frosted Coconut Rhubarb cookies and today was White Chocolate Chip with a touch of Lime

1:53 pm

O.M.G.

1:55 pm

I feel junior league. My house just smells like chili and cornbread.

1:55 pm

You are killin' me!

1:55 pm

that sounds good to me, molly!

1:55 pm

We're making pizza later

1:56 pm

<----thighs getting bigger just thinking about all the goodies!

1:56 pm

hi again, all!

1:56 pm

well, I am NOT the church treasurer. Whew!

1:56 pm

Hi uusue! Dodged that bullet!

1:56 pm

Oh yeah Sue, that's all you needed after just being done with all the grading.

1:57 pm

thankfully (for my thighs) i am taking most of these cookies to work for a coworkers bday. thankfully (for my tastebuds) i will be keeping a few here at home. ;)

1:57 pm

I had a moment of pique at having lost the election but then reminded myself that if I'd really wanted the position I would have given a MUCH better speech :-)

1:57 pm

In the words of the memorable Rhoda Morgenstern..."I don't know why I'm eating this chocolate. I should just apply it directly to my hips."

1:58 pm

Sue

1:58 pm

exactly, molly, although I thought it was Erma Bombeck (not that we haven't all thought of that!)

1:58 pm

Do you remember the episode she found out she was allergic to cottage cheese?!?!? I love that one!

1:58 pm

I remember Rhoda Morgenstern and his sister Brenda

1:58 pm

Sue's subconscious triumphs.

1:58 pm

it often does, Molly :-)

1:59 pm

That was classic TV Car. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

1:59 pm

<--- has no idea who Rhoda Morgenstern is

1:59 pm

Mary Tyler Moore's side kick on her show.

1:59 pm

Mary Tyler Moore was still my favorite. My family quotes that show constantly!

1:59 pm

ah. never really watched it (there were several decades where I didn't watch much tv)

2:00 pm

"You have spunk Mary. I hate spunk"

2:00 pm

I can still get in tears laughing watching the Chuckles the Clown funeral episode. Great stuff.

2:00 pm

Oh Lou!

2:00 pm

Mr Grant!

2:00 pm

Giggling now!

2:00 pm

I remember the Dick Van Dyke show

2:01 pm

hints for the bottom-left T?

2:01 pm

Murray had the best lines, though. Ted was such a putz...but I loved him! And god bless Betty White!

2:01 pm

it has just occurred to me that I don't really have anything to do! good heavens!

2:01 pm

I watched Dick Van Dyke, but, again, Mary Tyler Moore was the best part!

2:01 pm

Nice uusue!

2:01 pm

Yup!

2:01 pm

Number after nine + Ave Mar** then latin plural.

2:02 pm

tenia

2:02 pm

crud.

2:02 pm

thx, molly, didn't have those but they come from the t above

2:02 pm

nope, thats not bottom-left...

2:02 pm

hello car!

2:02 pm

And I already have them to boot. Figures. (slinks away to PB)

2:02 pm

and every one else too!!!! :)

2:02 pm

octopus arm

2:02 pm

Trif!!!!

2:02 pm

Okay, is it the weird extension of the canvas dwelling?

2:03 pm

great photo, trif!

2:03 pm

TY car

2:03 pm

thank you uusue

2:04 pm

I have pl and pt of the canvas dwelling, molly, neither from that dratted lower t

2:04 pm

canvas dwelling + cut** pie

2:04 pm

So....Z has invited the father over to hang out this afternoon.

2:04 pm

ty Molly

2:04 pm

HA! that was one of them, thx molly! now nbt!

2:05 pm

got NBT and NBS. just toddling on toward halfway...

2:05 pm

Yeah Eva!

2:06 pm

Is octopus appendage the other one?

2:06 pm

Yes

2:06 pm

I need a 9 for the NBS, anyone?

2:06 pm

it is, molly, thank you!!!

2:06 pm

sounds like a good opportunity for you to beat it, car. wanna come hang here?

2:07 pm

BIch...not dirty + one who doesn't tell the truth, misspelled.

2:07 pm

I have some typing to do. I really don't like to leave him in the house "unattended"

2:07 pm

ooh, thx again molly, now nbs!

2:07 pm

TY Molly!

2:08 pm

I have strenuous objection to that 9.

2:08 pm

tyvm Molly

2:08 pm

I agree molly, that 9 is ridiculous. I can't find a way to use it in a sentence, even

2:09 pm

my cat is cl9 than my dog.

2:09 pm

(not that that is a sentence I would ever utter even if true)

2:10 pm

that doesn't really work, uusue. It would just use the =er ending

2:10 pm

no - at any given moment my dog may be cl5er than my cat (especially if the dog has just had a bath), but my cat has cl9 habits. (I think that is correct usage)

2:11 pm

Its a stoopid word.

2:11 pm

right up there with nonhero from yesterday.

2:11 pm

I see what you are saying, but I would still say "My cat has cl5er habits than my dog"

2:11 pm

I agree car!

2:12 pm

The cat has just pointed out that she is better than the dog in every possible way.

2:12 pm

That what ca4 are supposed to do!

2:12 pm

Ty Bugsaw!

2:13 pm

I would appreciate a clue for the lone e in the right had column

the little knife cut cl9 than the big one.....?

2:13 pm

eo 6....eo + king of the jungle but with a different second vowel (TY again Haz)

That being said, apparently the OED doesn't recognize it s a word. O, Enable!

2:14 pm

eotarzan?

2:14 pm

eo + letters of la4/4 scrambled, often spelled with an a at the beginning, means of the air (such as an eo**** harp)

2:14 pm

just kidding, I got it. thanks car, I have seen that one before, but always forget it

2:15 pm

No....eogeorge!

2:15 pm

Ooh! Finished the N's!

2:15 pm

yay, car!

2:16 pm

I didn't even mean to! It just happened!

2:17 pm

Try all you want folks. No one who speaks the English language is going to convince me that cl9 is a word.

It does seem like you should say "more cl***ly" - like the discussion we had about impiest vs more more impish

2:18 pm

hint for it Molly

2:20 pm

Less than 100 to go!

2:20 pm

Bichon, do you want a hint for it?

2:21 pm

I agree, rasta (and I wasn't trying to defend the word, was just trying to use it in a sentence)

2:21 pm

yes, please

2:21 pm

Molly's clue from before was not dirty (cl5) + one who does not tell the truth, but spelled a bit oddly.

2:21 pm

The cat made her do it!

I used it in a sentence at 2:13, sue

2:22 pm

wait, I have the cl 9. What is the other one?

2:23 pm

yes, and I used it at 2:09 and 2:10, rasta, it still seems like an awkward usage.

2:23 pm

li9/54

Oh, I agree, bad word.

2:24 pm

The cat is still annoyed by it.

2:25 pm

five more minutes, and then I am going back to my housework....kick me off guys, have my back, okay?

2:26 pm

Mt. Washmore is calling me, so I will do.

2:26 pm

gotcha, trif, 5 minutes :-)

but given that ti's a non-word, I think you've used it wrong in your sentences, because it's a comparative of an adverb, not an adjective, so it needs to modify a verb.....

2:26 pm

no wonder the cat is complaining :-)

2:27 pm

My head hurts from all this grammar!

2:27 pm

Clue please for OL 5/10?

2:28 pm

don't have it, sorry. Will look

2:30 pm

times up for this happy babbler. Have a cl9 day friends!

2:30 pm

TRIF!!! 5 minutes are up...

2:30 pm

Bye sweetie! I am right behind you. Just want to finish these O's.

2:30 pm

thanks for having my back, uusue!

2:30 pm

bye, trif, you are faster than I!

2:31 pm

ol and what blood flows through minus the v

2:31 pm

thx, lilli!

2:31 pm

add vowel for the 6

2:31 pm

yw sue

2:31 pm

Bless you liliann!

2:31 pm

and now i am off! See you in a bit!

2:32 pm

bye, car!

2:32 pm

yw car

2:32 pm

bye car

2:50 pm

Hi again

2:51 pm

can I get a clue for ap 6/21 ?

2:52 pm

ap + not dark

2:52 pm

thank you, wild

2:53 pm

yw

2:58 pm

how about ad 6/21?

2:58 pm

a + dr5

2:58 pm

ad 6----moves easily,

2:59 pm

ah! was playing with the wrong ad--ty, wildcat!

2:59 pm

yw

2:59 pm

ai5/10?

3:00 pm

ad 6 ends like a city in michican

3:00 pm

it's 3 different vowels, then consonant, ends in vowel

3:00 pm

I think it's Italian

3:01 pm

garlic mayonnaise! Love it!

3:01 pm

ad5.. to worship

3:02 pm

can i get a clue for the 3rd ca 6/24 ?

3:02 pm

evening all - i have been lurking and i still have 63 words to get

3:03 pm

I just came back on and still have 128 words to find

3:03 pm

Annie - I think its a fish

3:04 pm

its a hat plus a girls name

3:04 pm

feline pt

3:05 pm

have that one wild

3:05 pm

see kazz's clue then

3:05 pm

thanks kazzer

3:06 pm

Who knew ai5 was garlic mayonnaise? Good Lord.

3:06 pm

sue did

3:07 pm

I thought it was just a gibberish Babble word.

3:07 pm

Well yeah, Sue did. I was being rhetorical.

3:07 pm

i knew -- very popular in the south of France :-) -- served on toast points with bouillabaisse

3:08 pm

Well that explains it. Never been to the south of France.

3:08 pm

I actually made my own many years ago (back when I was thin :-) - it was wonderful!

3:08 pm

i lived there a looooong time ago LOL

3:09 pm

i keep fiddling and fiddling with that ai, to no avail

3:09 pm

oh, just got it

3:09 pm

ai + Angelina J***e

3:09 pm

ai and I love ravi***

3:09 pm

hey, annie :-)

3:10 pm

Hi Une :)

3:10 pm

how about the first ta6/18?

3:11 pm

ta6----person who would sew a suit or dress for you

3:11 pm

nope--one before that--the ta 6/18 in 2nd place

3:12 pm

oh, that is not the first. sorry

3:12 pm

first ta----bell ringer...first 4 letters are the same

3:13 pm

i don't understand your clue, annie. I have the coin, then three i don't know, then the wagging part, and the two versions of the sewer

3:15 pm

foam, what a dog wags and then a common ending (2 letters)

3:15 pm

i have those, annie--it's before the wagging that i need help

3:16 pm

I have 210 left and not seeing anything

3:17 pm

the p's will drive you crazy, peri

3:17 pm

well, and the first ta 6/18

3:17 pm

I have 46 of the 's and not seeing any more of them :(

3:17 pm

foam, sorry I am a lousy clue giver....just looked and saw there is another ta 6

3:18 pm

:) that's the one i need, annie!

is it ta + king of the jungle?

3:18 pm

thank you! Chrissie

3:19 pm

nope--monkeyed that one. the one i need is the second ta word in hte lickety list, right after a four-letter coin

yw, but just realised that can't be the first one

3:19 pm

46 of the p's is what I have

3:19 pm

atrium attain

haven't listed yet, still got 185 to go!

3:19 pm

foam it's like a te5 but with the extra a

3:20 pm

tenia

3:20 pm

yeah that word

lol

3:21 pm

i think you're probably right, wild, but i am not getting it

3:21 pm

Thanks peri!

3:21 pm

taeine

3:21 pm

:)

3:21 pm

start with ta, then end with the rest of peri's word

3:21 pm

taelie

3:21 pm

oops--sorry

3:22 pm

you can get 2 7's from it too

ty wildcat

3:22 pm

have one of the 8's te8, help with the others pls

3:23 pm

aargh! did it again! started with the wrong ae!!

3:23 pm

I mean ta

3:23 pm

pa, de, and en

3:24 pm

it's from the bottom right T foam

3:24 pm

and that, of course, gives me the two ta 7/28's also!

3:24 pm

ty wild

3:24 pm

THANK YOU!

3:24 pm

yvw

3:24 pm

de8 an expert in thoroughly cleaning a car

3:24 pm

on to sa 6/21?

3:24 pm

merci, Une

3:25 pm

de rien :-)

3:25 pm

pt of the sa4

3:25 pm

Une, how are you oing weather wise/flood wise?

3:25 pm

oh, yes, i forgot that works

3:25 pm

we're wet and chilly but no flooding, thanks :-)

3:26 pm

thx again, wild!

3:26 pm

glad to hear that

3:26 pm

the en8 is similar to the de8

3:26 pm

yw

3:26 pm

feel so bad for the folks along the Mississippi . . .

3:26 pm

help with the pa8 pls

3:26 pm

oohhh, thanks for the en8!

3:26 pm

one who protects his ideas with the govt

3:27 pm

the sa 6/18 after a spanish saint?

3:27 pm

tx wild!!!

3:27 pm

yw

3:27 pm

foam to the PB! LOL

3:27 pm

add a consonant to the spanish guy

3:27 pm

oh, lordy, i did goof, didn't i?

3:28 pm

hi, pals!

3:28 pm

:-D

ty for the 8's - please can I get help with the other 9 - I have cl9

3:28 pm

hi, welki!!

3:28 pm

:) got it! you are SO good, wild!

3:28 pm

li9

3:28 pm

related to the old kind of tile flooring

3:28 pm

i think it's li9 -- don't have it

3:28 pm

plie

3:28 pm

oooh

3:28 pm

yw don't know about good but I do have a lot of them right now

3:29 pm

tx welki!

3:29 pm

yeah yeah .. off to the pb with foam *pours a mimosa*

ty, got it

3:29 pm

ta 6/18 after a word that means "dirtied"?

3:29 pm

pass the mimosas welk

3:30 pm

make that a double mimosa, welki

3:30 pm

ta + the Cowardly Li**

3:30 pm

the pl of dirtied or a bird's claw with an extra vowel

3:30 pm

yum, one for me too!

3:30 pm

pb will be awfully crowded, but mimosas for all!

3:31 pm

at least it'll be a HAPPY crowd! LOL

3:31 pm

you can pass them on out, we don't have to come in

3:31 pm

i've got both the plural and claw

3:31 pm

PB drive-thru!!!

3:31 pm

oh, for heaven's sake--no, i don't have the plural--or rather, I didn't

3:31 pm

the bird claw is not talon?

3:32 pm

it'll be like the daiquiri drive-thru's in Louisiana LOL

3:32 pm

...hate to miss the obvious...

3:32 pm

we have a margarita drive-thru here

3:32 pm

it's easy in a grid this size foam

3:32 pm

:-D

3:33 pm

daiquiri drive-thrus? *packing my bag* on my way!

3:33 pm

my daughter still likes to tease me about the time I missed "rain" in the grid

3:33 pm

i'll take a mimosa spiked with a margarita

3:33 pm

pass me a mimosa or do I have to type a word to get one...mimosa sounds good about now

3:33 pm

now two el's but how to ask for them...

3:33 pm

a long tradition in the Pelican State LOL

3:33 pm

on my way to wild's ... tequila! gonna be a heckuva road trip!

3:33 pm

wasting away again in margaritaville.searching for my lost shaker of salt...oh! there it is!...slurrrrp!

3:33 pm

drinking your way across the states welk

3:33 pm

You know you're desperate when you see 'PB Drive-thru' and search thru the chog for user=drive-thru to find another word!

3:33 pm

el5: e + roast pork lo**

3:33 pm

and PT

3:34 pm

got that one...

3:34 pm

el5/10 overjoyed

3:34 pm

gwen ROTFL!

3:34 pm

and with 2 endings

3:34 pm

el5 e + dryer fluff

3:34 pm

ok, i need another el5/10 somewhere near the pork and the best of the best

3:35 pm

e and the pesky things you pick off sweaters

3:35 pm

that's it, une, ty--tho i could have sworn i'd tried that

3:35 pm

if anyone outside of babble were to ever read any of this they would kill themselves trying to make sense of it

3:35 pm

yw :-)

3:35 pm

wild, i was thinking the same thing!

3:36 pm

watching pork and mimosas float by

3:36 pm

ah, and that gives me a plural too

3:36 pm

anything else foam?

3:37 pm

yes, one word, but i

3:37 pm

sorry

3:37 pm

what's it near?

3:37 pm

one word, but i'm going to have to give up--i know it's an e from the right column, but i don't know the value--i messed up in crossing things off the list

3:38 pm

ooohhh, it's eo6

3:38 pm

there's only one there - it's the ae7 minus the a

3:38 pm

eo + anagram of what you smash with a hammer into wood

3:39 pm

ae7 is alternate spelling

3:40 pm

WOW!!!

3:40 pm

congrats!

3:40 pm

95 to go and taking a break -- back in a bit *poof*

3:40 pm

good one to mess up on

3:40 pm

bye, une!

3:40 pm

ty une

3:41 pm

ad6 please?

3:41 pm

a + dr5

3:41 pm

i like your icon, wildcat-is it arums?

3:42 pm

not sure picked it up online

3:42 pm

I wanted spring flowers

3:42 pm

:)

3:42 pm

thanks wild

3:42 pm

yw

3:42 pm

at this point, i wd offer clues in return, but the room is VERY well served by wildcat!

3:42 pm

I guess I'll take my mimosa daiquiri and do something else...

3:43 pm

clue away foam

3:43 pm

I still have 58 to go

3:43 pm

:) ask away, wild!

3:44 pm

I'm not listing so it's hard to ask for something specific

3:44 pm

bottom right O if you know it

3:45 pm

i think that one is o + "put on" + "consumed"

3:46 pm

...or one of them is

3:46 pm

yes it is ty

3:46 pm

another is the adjective of a grain

3:46 pm

pa8 anyone?

3:46 pm

and the last is a smell

3:47 pm

one who has his ideas protected by the govt

3:47 pm

add two letters to the pa6 before it, peri

3:47 pm

more than 1/2 way and just fouind the volcano

3:47 pm

back again, for a few

3:47 pm

ok, but have no idea which pa6, not using list yet

3:47 pm

does anyone have a clue for el7/28 please

3:48 pm

but ty anyway cos

3:48 pm

the state of happiness flo

3:48 pm

el 7/28 is the noun of the verb before it

3:48 pm

peri see my clue at 3:47

3:48 pm

thanks wildcat

3:48 pm

yw

3:48 pm

have that one, sorry, there's one before it

3:48 pm

what you do with an idea you have but want to protect it

3:48 pm

ap6 please?

3:49 pm

ty wild and cos

3:49 pm

ap + diet adjective

3:49 pm

foam what's the first el7?

3:50 pm

that one took me a while...let me thiink...

3:50 pm

thanks foam

3:50 pm

ok el + word used in a simile + metal

3:51 pm

I got it - like the stretchy stuff but change the last consonant flo

3:51 pm

thanks wildcat, got it from your clue

3:51 pm

:(

3:51 pm

I tried to make it use that C

3:53 pm

the grid just wouldn't be twisted!!

3:53 pm

:)

3:53 pm

and thanks foam, but I needed that extra bit - was going off in the wrong direction

3:54 pm

any more help needed?

3:54 pm

darn, while I was out for a bit, friends called and will be coming by in about an hour

3:55 pm

gotta tidy up a bit

3:55 pm

I'll be in and out

3:56 pm

ha - found a new physics babblet! li5/12 and its plural.

3:56 pm

ca 6/24 please

3:56 pm

okay, i'm off--again, ty, wildcat and all!

3:56 pm

pt of felines, cos

3:56 pm

bye, foam!

3:56 pm

yvw tc foam

3:57 pm

the other ca 6/24 i meant

3:57 pm

linet

3:57 pm

the one before the plaster u put onb roken arms

3:57 pm

I have one that means tilted

3:57 pm

I ca** help you Cos. Past tense

3:58 pm

hat + most of a straight l***

3:58 pm

no i havet hat one molly

3:58 pm

what does it mean sue?

3:58 pm

Or what Wild said

3:58 pm

ah found it

3:58 pm

what does what mean?

3:59 pm

the li5/6 physics one

3:59 pm

looks like the last name of charlie of silent movies fame

3:59 pm

thanks wild :)

3:59 pm

that would work too cos

3:59 pm

yw

3:59 pm

ah, it's a type of machine used in high energy physics research (my own field :-)

4:00 pm

well it gave me 2 more so ty

4:00 pm

it's one of those abbreviations (for a two-word phrase) that has become a word in its own right

4:03 pm

I grayed a tile!

4:04 pm

yay, wild!

the E? :-p

4:09 pm

hello everyone -- back from our morning golf :)

4:09 pm

hi, nan!

def for the 0s?

9s even

4:12 pm

cl9 = adverb meaning very much neater

4:13 pm

yay my first bingo! bottom row

4:13 pm

go cos!

4:13 pm

yay, cos!

4:13 pm

whee at long last - fireworks - only been at it for about 8 hours today

4:14 pm

woohoo kazz!!!

4:14 pm

yay, kazz!!!!!!!!!!

4:14 pm

wtg kazz!

4:15 pm

thank you - any clues bfore i go and get ready for work tomorrow

4:15 pm

li9?

4:15 pm

not getting the neater clue

4:16 pm

io6?

4:16 pm

have a cl 5 that is neat

4:16 pm

more of cl5, nan

4:16 pm

kind of

4:16 pm

add some more letters to it, nan :-)

4:16 pm

use that cl5 to make the cl9 :)

4:16 pm

li9 - refers to old type flooring

4:16 pm

li 9 - waht you put on the floor plus consenent and then munch plus vowel

4:16 pm

that's my problem -- can't ad est or ers

4:16 pm

bnever mind the io6 foudn it

4:17 pm

it's a four letter ending nan

4:17 pm

ending for the cl9 is like someone who doesn't tell the truth except with a different second vowel

4:17 pm

nan - not dirty plus person not telling the truth for the cl 9

4:18 pm

and you usually don't put it on the end of cl5

4:18 pm

cl5 plus someone who doesnt tell the truth?

4:19 pm

the floor stuff is ****leum, right?

4:19 pm

ty - a manufactured word, I think>

4:19 pm

ive seen that word used before nan....

4:20 pm

(still trying to find the li9)

4:20 pm

in5/10? ic ant seem to monkey it

having trouble with that too

4:20 pm

very poor english -- should be more cl 7

4:20 pm

1st 6/8 of the flooring word + pt of eat

4:20 pm

in = beginning

4:20 pm

li9 -- li4 + not on time, with a vowel aded between the first and 2nd letter?

4:21 pm

ha, got it, thx, wild! (was starting from the wrong l)

4:21 pm

yw

4:21 pm

old sheet flooring + ester formed by oleic acid

4:21 pm

Hi all...could I get a clue for the en8 please?

4:21 pm

nm just got it

4:21 pm

<-- day late, a dollar short

4:21 pm

one who en 6

that did it welki ty

4:22 pm

that's ok, welki, was missing the ester

4:22 pm

did u get it cos?

4:22 pm

no wild.. still thinkign

4:22 pm

i miss ester, too. she was a good ol' girl :)

4:22 pm

ty nan

4:22 pm

oh duh fiound it lol th anks

4:22 pm

yw

4:22 pm

ugh i still have 222 left?

what is the other 9?

4:23 pm

cl and li9

4:23 pm

neato isn't in the dictionary?

4:24 pm

cl9 Esprit

4:24 pm

eo 6, please?

4:25 pm

eo + king of the jungle but change a vowel

4:25 pm

good clue wild

4:25 pm

ty wild

4:26 pm

ty

4:26 pm

nbs/nbt

4:26 pm

yw

4:26 pm

yay, nan!

4:26 pm

hi everyone

4:26 pm

hi everyone

4:27 pm

hello

4:29 pm

ai7?

4:29 pm

Hi Jen

4:30 pm

Morning everyone. Hi Harp

4:30 pm

part of a plane

4:30 pm

oops pb for me

4:30 pm

hi lynxxx

4:30 pm

ad 6, please?

4:30 pm

hi jen and harp

4:31 pm

ad6, adept or nimble

4:31 pm

thx m9, kept spelling it wrong

4:32 pm

ty lynxxx

4:33 pm

what are the stats for the lone E please?

4:33 pm

eo6

4:34 pm

thanks

4:34 pm

what about the two T's in the fourth row?

4:34 pm

oi6/18 please?

4:35 pm

more of the black goo

4:35 pm

Over-cooked as usual. Big vat of chili and a pan of cornbread in the PB.

4:35 pm

it's a more word

4:35 pm

te8 and te6

4:36 pm

ah duh.. thanks!!

4:37 pm

yum, molly!

4:37 pm

te 8 is an octopus appendage...te6 is a canvas dwelling with an odd ending. Not y, but sounds like it.

4:37 pm

well the te6 I have is a babblet as far as I'm concerned

4:37 pm

i can see a little bit of light out there... 159 left...

4:38 pm

153 here, cos, but I am slowing down

4:38 pm

just hit 1/2way

4:38 pm

42 and I'm at a standstill

4:38 pm

153 now :P

4:39 pm

344

4:39 pm

wtg jane :P

4:40 pm

that's 344 to go, nothing to be proud of.....

4:40 pm

i know i was being a smart ass sorry :(

4:40 pm

oh lol, too tired to know...

4:41 pm

listing sure helps

4:41 pm

half way and listing -- sure there will be a lot of holes when I'm done

4:41 pm

so does not making typos

4:41 pm

haha wild... no kidding

4:42 pm

I think I already tried something but I typoed it so it's not there

4:42 pm

hints for the 9's please?

4:43 pm

cl - not dirty + comparative ending

4:43 pm

li - old type of flooring + pt of eat

not seeing how that cl+comparative ending works

4:46 pm

cl5 + someoen who doesnt tell the truth, Jean

ah I see ty

4:47 pm

But a misspelling of that non-truth person

4:48 pm

true but it is a word in the grid.. even tho it means somethign else :P

4:48 pm

Meet George Jetson...Jane, his wife!!

his boy leroy

4:49 pm

li + Florida Native American: Semi**** + consumed food

4:49 pm

Elroy

4:49 pm

ever see the cartoon movie "the jetsons meets the flintstones"

4:49 pm

Leroy was the Jetson cousin from the south. : D

4:50 pm

elroy.

right, elroy

4:51 pm

P's done!!

how do YOU know that young cosdem?

4:51 pm

i watched the jetsons when i was a kid

4:52 pm

gosh that was like 25 years ago

4:53 pm

I watched the jetsons when *I* was a kid, which was a lot longer than 25 years ago :-)

4:53 pm

I watch the Jetson's as a kid too cos and that was 5p years ago

4:54 pm

they never get old. its a future cartoon :P

4:54 pm

I watched the Jetsons and I'm young.. :-)

4:54 pm

50..sorry

4:54 pm

but my favorite was muppet babies.

4:54 pm

ugh

4:54 pm

oh and He-Man!

4:55 pm

double ugh

4:55 pm

:) i was a child of the 80's

4:55 pm

my fave was johnny quest

4:56 pm

and speed racer

4:56 pm

100 left!

4:56 pm

oh.. and mr magoo

4:56 pm

and george of the jungle

4:56 pm

i was one of the very few kids who actually watched John Candy's saturday morning cartoons "Camp Candy"

4:56 pm

harpjane, did you find the nines?

4:57 pm

hi BabRab

4:58 pm

Hello, Lyn. Getting a bit chilly there?

4:59 pm

Yes but nothing like what you endure. Waters all passed OK?

5:01 pm

The water is about back to where it should be. Still cool. Lows in the low forties at night.

5:01 pm

I am as proud of Cos as I am of my own. He appreciates the classics. : )

5:03 pm

oh whats on tv today is CRAP

5:04 pm

.. and then again.. molly...

5:07 pm

hi, in 6?

5:07 pm

in6 ends like the cl9 - stupid word!

5:08 pm

HE WAS ONCE A LITTLE GREEN LUMP OF CLAY... GUMBY!!!!

5:09 pm

i had gumby toys while my brother had pokey... but maybe i was the one who should have had pokey *eg*

5:09 pm

How can you not love a character whose sidekicks are Pokey, Prickle and Goo?

5:09 pm

ty lynxxx

5:11 pm

30 words left!

5:11 pm

go, cos!

5:11 pm

yay cos!

5:12 pm

35

5:12 pm

exactly molly that's my nickname

5:12 pm

to7 please?

5:12 pm

on your feet

5:13 pm

tali

5:13 pm

ah thanks! that was mty last 7

5:13 pm

*think pedicure cos*

5:13 pm

sorry *slinks off to pb*

5:14 pm

Wild there is chili and cornbread in there. Don't despair.

5:15 pm

and more mimosas I hope

5:15 pm

Plenty

5:15 pm

el7 after spirit?

5:16 pm

Ru, Gumby, really? I have a whole new appreciation of you. ; P

5:16 pm

no... Pokey...

5:16 pm

Oh, but of course. How could I have thought otherwise.

5:17 pm

10.

5:17 pm

Far sight better than Goo.

5:17 pm

you fell for that one..lol

5:17 pm

el7 stretchy stuff, cange the last coNs

5:18 pm

thx lyxx

5:18 pm

Cos, very disturbing icon. : O

5:18 pm

does anyone have a clue for re7 please, I don't have either of them

5:19 pm

just got the first one, n

5:19 pm

u find that disturbing but u dotn mind gumby? :P

5:19 pm

dependable and drew straight things again

5:19 pm

re7.. you can count on it flosey

5:19 pm

thanks wild and ru

5:19 pm

Gumby, schmumby. I'm concerned about the little paper guy on the floor. : P

5:19 pm

useless fact: when i was a kid, every time max headroom was on TV I'd cry and shake so bad mom had to turn the tv off

5:20 pm

oh thats the little boys' teddy bear on the floor

5:20 pm

lol, I'm just getting tired of this grid!

5:20 pm

M...m...m...m.. ax scared you? My kids loved it.

5:20 pm

terrified me. i had nightmares..

5:21 pm

Aw, poor lil Cos. He made a great Trashcan Man though.

5:21 pm

5 wonderful words left!

5:21 pm

he was trashcan man?

5:21 pm

my life....for YOU!

5:21 pm

You didn't know that? Yep.

5:22 pm

i dont hear actors voices so i can never tell :P

5:22 pm

Next time you watch The Stand, you will see it, now that you know.

5:22 pm

i will.. im sure itll be on syfy again in a month or so

5:23 pm

cos I need some help with lowest E please

5:23 pm

fireworks!

5:24 pm

woohooo cos!!

5:24 pm

the 3rd column bottom E?

5:24 pm

congrats Cos!

5:24 pm

!!!!!!! Cos !!!!!!!

5:24 pm

yes

5:24 pm

need 2

5:24 pm

yay, cos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:24 pm

lemme see....

5:24 pm

WTG Cox

5:25 pm

got 1

5:25 pm

en 5, 6, 4, 6, 8, 5, 6... which one do u not have?

5:25 pm

36 S words to go!

5:25 pm

last en6

5:25 pm

en + to 4/4 ?

5:26 pm

I have it now ty

5:26 pm

et6?

5:26 pm

ok wish i could of been more help

5:26 pm

no you were helpful that's how I got it

5:26 pm

one more from R?

5:26 pm

oh ok good!

5:27 pm

re 7, 6, 7, 5, 5, 5

5:27 pm

ro 4, 4, 4, 4, 4?

5:27 pm

I have 5 re and 5 ro

5:27 pm

re5 hmmm

5:27 pm

ok u need a re then

5:27 pm

re + not lose?

5:27 pm

et6 star like or a ballerina - or e & a type of fabric

5:28 pm

re + lube

5:28 pm

I always miss those

5:28 pm

thx lynxx, i tried that but left off the last letter!

5:28 pm

need 1 more from right side L

5:29 pm

hispanic person la6?

5:29 pm

have it

5:29 pm

Sierra Le5.10

5:29 pm

have it

5:29 pm

le + first number?

5:30 pm

do u have the li 6/21?

5:30 pm

yes

5:31 pm

lw4.8 perhaps

5:31 pm

omg it was lo4

5:31 pm

2 from the O right underneath it

5:31 pm

lol phew way too many L's to choose from

5:33 pm

od7?

5:33 pm

do u have the oi 6/21?

5:33 pm

I have it

5:33 pm

no cos

5:33 pm

ty

5:33 pm

what the tinman uses.

5:33 pm

couldn't see how it happened before this

5:33 pm

od7 o & give to charity

5:33 pm

also need 1 from right side D

5:34 pm

thx lynxx

5:34 pm

do 6/24?

5:34 pm

4 da 9 de 14 do 5 dr

5:34 pm

theres two do 6/24

5:34 pm

have both

5:34 pm

pt of the one before

5:34 pm

both of them are pt

5:37 pm

ok u need 2 do's

5:37 pm

d + quaker ***s (cereal)

5:38 pm

anyone have the first te 6/18?

5:38 pm

do4 - 8, do5- 3, do6 - 3 and one do7

5:38 pm

got it ty

5:38 pm

te + whats on ur toe

5:39 pm

thx cosdem

5:40 pm

yw :)

5:41 pm

last word, second st6/21, clue please?

5:42 pm

fastener

5:42 pm

or a basic necessity

5:42 pm

or weight reduction!

5:43 pm

lol

5:43 pm

wow, great clues but just not getting them!! and company's late - lucky for me

5:43 pm

brain dead here!

5:43 pm

little metal fasteners you put into a st6er to st6 papers together

5:44 pm

Flose, the metal fastener that lives in the paper fastener on your desk.

5:44 pm

OHHHHHH, LIGHT JUST WENT ON!!

5:45 pm

woohooo flo!!!

5:45 pm

Congrats Flosey!

5:45 pm

thanks everyone, great clues but what a numb brain! now company's coming and must brighten up a bit

5:45 pm

I think these big grids make us all a bit loopy.

5:45 pm

fasteners, was thinking of snaps

5:45 pm

I know they make me loopy

5:46 pm

that's for sure Molly

5:46 pm

this one seems very long - not lots of runs of words I guess

5:46 pm

here they are!! how's that for timing

5:46 pm

be back tonight

5:46 pm

at flip

5:47 pm

nice on the timing tc flo

5:47 pm

I know a lot of people like big grids on a Sunday, but I am hopelessly busy on Sundays, so I just do what I can with them.

5:47 pm

yay, flosey!!!!!

5:48 pm

ugh W's are evading me

5:49 pm

4 we, the rest wi

5:49 pm

ty it's a wi

5:50 pm

wi6.30 like a fox

5:50 pm

have it

5:51 pm

I am missing a wi5/18

5:51 pm

wi & what you get from the sun

5:51 pm

ty W's done

5:51 pm

te8? i know it builds off the camping thing but just not seeing it

5:51 pm

ah, thx, lynxxx!

5:51 pm

octopus arm - goes up

5:52 pm

geez, i got suckered by the camping thing -- haha, get it, suckered!!!!

5:53 pm

lol, shirlock!

5:54 pm

this grid is making me a bit loopy

5:54 pm

and Finished, Yay, perfect timing. Bye all

5:55 pm

woohoo lynxxx!!!

5:56 pm

congrats, lynxxx :)

5:56 pm

yay, lynxxx!!!!!!!!!!

5:56 pm

finally got through the list -- 19 holes

5:57 pm

i keep missing the pl, thx goodness for lickety!

5:58 pm

ae 7, please?

5:59 pm

ae + vowel + king of jungle but change a vowel

5:59 pm

same as eo6/18

5:59 pm

like the eo6, nan

5:59 pm

congrats, lynxxx!

6:00 pm

just zipping thru -- byeeee

6:00 pm

bye, une!

6:05 pm

in6 pls

6:06 pm

9 left, the end is in sight

6:06 pm

err, 49 left

6:06 pm

same ending as the cl9, peri

6:07 pm

then I better get a move on!! 78 left

6:07 pm

5 left here, morewords is geting a real workout :-)

6:07 pm

ty sue

6:09 pm

ai 5, please?

6:09 pm

fireworks!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:09 pm

garlic mayonnaise, nan

6:09 pm

wtg

6:10 pm

ty for the ae, btw -- was called to the phone

6:10 pm

right column gray!

6:10 pm

yay for sue!!

6:11 pm

wtg sue

6:12 pm

don't know what garlic mayo is called -- know the first 3 letters, but haven't been able to monkey the last two

6:13 pm

chemical symbol for third element. word sounds italian.

6:13 pm

angelica J***e

6:13 pm

3rd ca6/24 pls

6:13 pm

not a chemist either

6:13 pm

Im back hopefully to finish this monster....85 to go

6:14 pm

head to the upper right corner with it, nan

6:14 pm

nm

6:14 pm

right ad left columns gray!

6:15 pm

have tried adding ie and ei -- neither work

6:15 pm

straight up then to the upper right

6:15 pm

Nan, the ending is Angelica J***e

6:16 pm

have no idea who angelica is

6:16 pm

4th letter is a consonant, nan

6:16 pm

Am I getting the first name wrong? Brad Pitt"s wife

6:17 pm

do you mean Angelina J***e?

6:17 pm

bbs

6:17 pm

yes, I thought I had the name wrong

6:18 pm

oh -- got it -- ty

6:18 pm

whew! yw!!

6:18 pm

lol, youre welcome

6:18 pm

was starting with the french word for garlic

6:19 pm

ah. tricky, those French :-)

6:19 pm

how many now peri?

6:21 pm

de 6 following the toothy 6?

6:21 pm

just change vow

6:21 pm

like what covers a shark -- thoothlike, nan

6:21 pm

hey, yall

6:22 pm

hi, dc!

6:22 pm

ty

6:22 pm

hi, uusue, m9, nana, annie, et al

6:22 pm

hey seain

6:23 pm

Hello dc :)

6:23 pm

i started this w/out noting how large it is

6:25 pm

pick a smaller goal??LOL

6:25 pm

go with nbt first..LOL

6:25 pm

Fireworks!!!

6:26 pm

eh, my motivation for 'MUST finish grid' evaporated some time ago. :)

6:26 pm

wtg!

6:26 pm

congrats, doxy

6:26 pm

either of the il 5's?

6:26 pm

yay, doxy!!!!!!!!!

6:26 pm

il5 - hip bones

6:26 pm

add consonants to the il4

6:27 pm

thanks all. Have to get dinner now.

6:28 pm

sorry -- looking for the il 5/10's

6:28 pm

o

6:29 pm

one of them adds a consonant to the li4/4, the other one is the same but has a different third letter (second vowel)

6:30 pm

if that was for me, sue -- looking for il 5/10 not li

6:32 pm

sorry! I meant to type il (somehow my fingers don't want to start words that way)

6:32 pm

but otherwise the clue is ok for the il5/10 words :-)

6:32 pm

found them!!!

6:33 pm

yay!

6:33 pm

this grid is horrible once down to all these confounded latin words

6:39 pm

last li 5/10 -- following jungle beast?

6:40 pm

li5 babblet

6:40 pm

6 to go

6:41 pm

all t's

6:41 pm

li + the beginning of sense of flavor

6:41 pm

an

6:41 pm

nm -- found it

6:41 pm

and now for crossy,s final tidbit of the day.....

6:41 pm

a wolf,s howl does not echo...When hunting in packs, wolves use different howls to communicate with one another. Because echoes can distort communication, a wolf's howl does not produce an echo, even when emitted in a valley surrounded by mountains.

6:41 pm

good mornign all - up to 233 might get close today

6:42 pm

hey ru, hey crossy!

6:42 pm

goodnight all and happy babbling...poink!

6:42 pm

bye, crossy!

6:43 pm

and hi, tanja!

6:43 pm

od 7, please?

6:43 pm

o + give to charities

6:44 pm

1....

6:44 pm

ok, I am off - have fun, all, and see you tomorrow!

6:44 pm

can I get a clue for re 7/28 ?

6:44 pm

bye uu

6:44 pm

ty ruru

6:44 pm

bye uusue

6:45 pm

hi ho silver away!!!!!!

6:45 pm

congrats, m9 !!

6:45 pm

ok.. last word was tA5 not to5

6:46 pm

but close enough for a lo4 ranger ref!

6:46 pm

re 7/28: usually preceded by self meaning able to depend on oneself

6:47 pm

thanks!! nan

6:48 pm

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for all the help everyone :)

6:49 pm

bye nan, have a good night

6:49 pm

^5 m9

6:49 pm

anyone want clues before I leave?

6:50 pm

wtg nan

6:52 pm

i am so tempted to just use an old photo today... but that would be BAD!!!!!!!!!

6:53 pm

interesting icon m9 -- stopped at the house years ago but didn't know the bottles had contained embalming fluid -- for some reason I thought they were beer bottles.

6:53 pm

hi all - is there a clue for the lone e word in the last column please

6:54 pm

is the theme old photos? I'm close -- photo of an old person!

6:54 pm

LOL.. funny Nan

6:54 pm

as i trudge off to the pb

6:54 pm

no..., that's an old theme... of interesting architecture

6:54 pm

eo6

6:55 pm

eo 6: eo + reclined with transposed vowels

6:55 pm

i have not kept up on icons

6:55 pm

oh!! i see. I was talking about something entirely different! Of course no one would know what I was talkinga bout...

6:55 pm

woo hoo ty kindly

6:56 pm

me neither -- posting a photo of self for now, so that the babblers I'm meeting in the UK will know who to look for

6:56 pm

I'm doing a project I try and do every year.

6:56 pm

called "Every Day In May" where I try and take a picture every day and blog it

6:56 pm

very cool nan

6:58 pm

that I in the upper left corner is mocking me

6:58 pm

doesn't look like anyone is desperately in need of help, so I will be off to make supper

6:59 pm

a bunch of babblets, aknitter -- think hip bones for a couple of them

7:00 pm

the hip bones are the only ones i could find lol

7:00 pm

il 4: i + poetic meadow -- add consonan for 2 more

7:00 pm

and alt spelling

7:00 pm

change 2nd vowel for the other 3

7:01 pm

ooo ty

7:02 pm

well.. I'm outta here too!

7:02 pm

good -- time to produce a meal on the table

7:02 pm

bye m9 ty and cyber for your help

7:07 pm

*plops down* fireworks

7:09 pm

congratulations Annie

7:09 pm

hi everyone

yay annie!

hi mom

7:14 pm

((TO)) hello. Hope you had a good day

yes ty (((mom)))

7:17 pm

glad to hear that

rota

7:18 pm

((TO)) thank you

7:19 pm

hola

7:19 pm

clues for the 9's please?

7:19 pm

Hi Harpjane.

7:20 pm

cl 9/60 not dirtier

7:21 pm

li 9/54 li + consonant + spanish cheer + consumed

7:27 pm

not dirtier isn't fitting, let me get my hammer

7:27 pm

not dirtier isn't fitting, let me get my hammer

7:28 pm

I am not a very good cluer ..... not dirty + sounds like King Lear

7:28 pm

cl9 is next to godlier

7:28 pm

thank you Word for bailing me out

7:28 pm

and hello

7:29 pm

i actually got it from your clue, so thank YOU!

7:29 pm

you're welcome

down to 2 and stymied

7:31 pm

way to go TO

7:32 pm

Hello Babblers

7:32 pm

hi Wht

hui whit and i am done

7:33 pm

Congratulations TO

7:33 pm

nice owl! not too stymied, then?

7:35 pm

wtg to.

7:36 pm

The first 216 went quickly enough for me. But I think things will be slowing down now.

i must go, it is late and i must get ready for work tomorrow. happy babbling.

7:36 pm

good night ((TO)), pleasant dreams

off for a couple of quick rounds at webster .com then laundry calls.

7:38 pm

oh dear, thanks TO, that reminds me I have clothes in the dryer.

as do i. must go down stairs, still captive inbedroom with the only working tv

bye all

hello all!

7:49 pm

bye TO

7:49 pm

hello Red

Hi Mom! how are you?

7:50 pm

I am just fine, thanks. How are you?

I am alright.

7:51 pm

what ever became of the house?

7:52 pm

nbt and nbs

It fell through, they counter offerred some 60K above what we first offerred.

Good JOb Harp!!!

7:52 pm

hooray Harp

7:52 pm

hi folks

7:52 pm

sorry to hear that Red. Something else will come along.

7:53 pm

Hi Welki

7:57 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:57 pm

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

7:57 pm

good evening Min. I am well, how are you?

7:58 pm

I'm well. I am about to give up on this bugger of a grid

7:58 pm

me too! 1 more 8 letter word and I am out of here. :-)

7:59 pm

with 182 left I will say my goodbyes. ((Hugs)) to all of you

7:59 pm

Goodbye Mom! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

7:59 pm

Good night Min, have a great day tomorrow

GN Mom.

I figure I can fing some of the 4 letter ords still, as I have 209 left!

8:05 pm

yay food

8:05 pm

i have 210, red. good evening

Hi Dc.

How are you?

8:06 pm

i'm pretty well, thanks. And you?

I'm hanging in there, having the hip surgery In 2 weeks. Not very happy about it.

8:07 pm

oh dear. Bone shaving, joint coating...?

Rimming of the misshaped acetabulum, and labral repair. No training for 18 months. Sad Panda. But I will be swimming.

8:08 pm

oh, my. Hope it goes well. Do keep up on PT

8:09 pm

you'll be able to run again?

Apparently I will be able to run again, but nothing big for about 2 years, we will see. I think I can get doing better by 10 months.

8:10 pm

may it be so

8:10 pm

huge changes. Pain issues brought this on?

8:11 pm

yeah! i got 200 words!

8:11 pm

go, go jenmo!

Yes, That and some weakness noted by my coach, I can't straight lift up my left leg if I am laying flat. that seemed off, so I saw the ortho and he noted my xray had an "alpha angle"

Whoooo HOOOO Jen!!!!!

8:12 pm

thanks, dc and red!

8:12 pm

bummer. Nice that you had coach to provide add'l guidance

Yes, now If I can somehow surmount the depression, I think I can handle it. next month is going to be awful.

8:14 pm

yes next month will be awful. Hip procedures leave you way out of commission. :/ You are young for such procedure, so excellent prognosis for recovery

thanks DC. I'll be glad when the surgeon does his part so I can get started on my part! For now, I am just in some pain and very very irritable, making everyone at work really hate me.

How is Tom doing?

8:16 pm

He was most of the way to getting listed for heart transplant in Richmond, when his insurance company informed him that VCU is not covered, but Hopkins is, 5 months into the screening.

8:16 pm

so, he's steeling himself to start the process over again in Baltimore.

Ooooh Really annoying, and why would they not do it at the beginning. :(

8:16 pm

he was in a bit of a funk because of that.

If you need any Help IN Baltimore, my cousin lives there, she's awesome...

8:17 pm

yeah, we wondered the same thing. The concept that VCU Medical Center, the largest teaching hospital and program in Virginia would not be covered never occurred to us.

8:17 pm

thanks, red, i'll keep that in mind. Baltimore is happily only an hour away.

She does not drive, has MS, but if you needed a place to be "Out of the hospital" she will feed you some nice gluten free food.

8:18 pm

thanks for the offer :)

8:19 pm

i am eating glutinous food as we 'speak' :)

LOL, I maybe should not offer up my cousin and her family so freely!!

8:20 pm

i know tons of peeps in Baltimore area, so when time comes, i'm not too worried.

I am still using Hoisin sauce on multiple things Seain, thanks for that instruction.

8:21 pm

cool. You should check out Soy Sauce Paste -- it's a thicker, richer form of soy sauce. In real Chinese restaurants they give the paste form with egg rolls, at it sticks to the egg roll.

I think it would be great on some salmons. I usually have better luck with Caribean and latino foods...

ahhh. 201. words.

8:26 pm

evening, all. back for the last *choke* 188 words.

going to nap, may be back later when in plain sight is on!

8:28 pm

rest well, red

8:28 pm

hiya, jes

8:28 pm

i have 192 left to go

8:29 pm

how goes, dc?

8:29 pm

pretty well, and you?

8:29 pm

spent most of the day at work; just got home, brought work with me.

8:30 pm

but at least the calf's leg wasn't broken, and the kitten hasn't died (yet?)

8:35 pm

oh, great news about the leg, and may the kitten pull through.

8:36 pm

i hope so. it's in a box on my kitchen counter on a heater right now. will probably be up with it every couple hours all night. at least it's small enough to bring home and i don't have to drive back to the clinic every couple hours

8:38 pm

ah, premie, or just abandoned young?

8:38 pm

mother died

8:38 pm

it's about 3 days old, probably has aspiration pneumonia from improper positioning when the owner was feeding it.

8:39 pm

oh, my.

8:39 pm

may have immune issues "helping" if it didn't get colostrum from mom. Owner doesn't know; says she found dead cat and newborn kittens together, no idea what happened.

8:41 pm

The other day, out for a walk with my baby niece, i saw a cat with something across the street. Suddenly, a rabbit streaked in front of me and across the street. The cat looked at it, picked up what it had.

8:41 pm

then walked off with baby rabbit. I bet the adult one was its mother. Nature at work.

8:42 pm

yup. rabbits are yummy... a lot easier that way than the reverse though; if the cat'd caught the adult rabbit, the whole litter would starve. this way, the doe can take care of any that are left, and have another batch.

8:42 pm

nature is not terribly kind.

8:43 pm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews /8479391/Calling-animals-pets-is-insul ting-academics-claim.html Despite what certain academics and animal rights activists seem to think...

8:44 pm

good point. the youngins are much easier prey, of course.

8:45 pm

sigh. That academic POV seems a little over the top to me.

8:46 pm

I about died when I read the objections to the use of the "wild"

8:47 pm

same here. I mean, really.

8:50 pm

i think these people could benefit from some time spent working at a wildlife rehab; maybe they'd understand that wild is exactly the correct word to use, BECAUSE it means uncivilised, unrestrained.

8:52 pm

cAN ANYONE CLUE pl 6 . 21 FOR ME????

8:53 pm

agreed, jes

8:53 pm

Earth, Mars, and Venus are pl6

8:53 pm

there are several of them inge

8:53 pm

any clue for the e word for the e in far right column? only one word

8:53 pm

pl6/21 is another name for braid

8:53 pm

pl6/21 is is plural of 5/12 it bothered me so i filed a compl****

8:54 pm

pl6/21 is creases in a skirt

8:54 pm

pl6/21 means maleable, agreeable, often used with the prefix "com"

8:55 pm

i don't have that one yet, mkg, sorry.

8:55 pm

did i hit the one you were looking for?

8:56 pm

i am still not half way. darn.

8:57 pm

i got htem all jes. ty.

8:57 pm

The e in the last column is eo6/18.

8:58 pm

ah, that babblet. Ty, Bea

8:58 pm

ty bea. but still not getting it yet. will keep trying.

9:00 pm

MY GRID WILL NOT TAKE AMY OF THE WORDS YOU AE ARE CLUEING././' .L

9:00 pm

have you tired closing out the program, inge?

9:00 pm

sorry bea cant get them. any further clue? eosin not in grid.

9:00 pm

sorry inge.

9:03 pm

i cant even get half way.

9:05 pm

back in a few, gotta check the kittum

9:07 pm

only have 185.............ugh. any clues welcome. i have NO 8 letter words yet.

9:08 pm

i have no 8s nor 9s, and have found 220 so far :) You are not alone, mkg :)

9:08 pm

i have 3 o 4s and need the rest please.

9:08 pm

hi dc.

213 for me, watching In Plain sight. loving this one.

9:08 pm

i have the 9s. want clues?

9:09 pm

if there's any Linkin Park fans here, the A Thousand Suns: Puerta de Alcalá Live EP is wonderful

9:09 pm

stas, please, mkg :) ty

9:11 pm

li 9 54 and cl 9 60. on starts with what you have for a kitchen floor, and other is a weird word i never heard. from the cl 5 12 opposite of dirty, and then a weird ending i dont believe is english.

9:12 pm

any clues for the T words (2 of them) for the T in second column other the other T? i cant get it.

9:13 pm

penalty box for red

9:13 pm

i just cant get the t words. gee.............

9:14 pm

the cl9 is a real word; means having the quality of being more tidy

9:14 pm

weird word.

9:15 pm

why not just say cl***er?

9:15 pm

because that means that something is tidier. the cl9 means a person with the habit of being tidier.

9:16 pm

if you'd done that in a cl9 manner, you'd have less mess

9:16 pm

the room is cl5, the keeper of the room is cl5ly

9:16 pm

they are related, but not the same meaning.

9:18 pm

i broke half way!!!!!!!!!!!! i have 196 words and 195 left and off to sleep.

9:18 pm

night all.

9:19 pm

g'night, mkg

9:19 pm

well done and g'night mkg

9:22 pm

my siamese-if-you-don't-please is being her usual charming self, laying on me purring, and periodically trying to pull my glasses off because the ear pieces look like twigs so she can chew on them.

9:23 pm

cute :) my elderly tabby is sitting in the window sill, watching the rain.

9:25 pm

ugh. not liking the e words.

9:25 pm

it's been mostly raining here for over a month. I spent most of April in WA, OR, and CA, while getting constant flood and tornado warning for home. Very exciting. I was hoping that tonight's storms brought no more tornados

morning all :)

9:26 pm

good morning, mrp :) foot doing okay?

9:26 pm

heh. we're "flooding". i always laugh about the flood warnings and people fussing here... it amounts to the shallow creek in the park coming over into some of the grass. i suppose technically it's flooded, but...

9:26 pm

it's not like it's covering the roads or doing any damage or presenting any danger.

looking great dcs! only ran on it for 6 hours this weekend, but had good support and am now booted up and bedded

9:27 pm

(((MRP))) hi everyone!

9:27 pm

howdy, mrp :)

(((dawg))) !!!

hi jes! **hugs**

9:27 pm

here, the river flooded Georgetown part of DC, Alexandria, VA, and scores of roads have been closed off and on.

9:27 pm

evening, dawg

9:27 pm

glad to hear it's doing well, mrp :)

9:28 pm

hi DC hi Jes

9:28 pm

hi dawg

9:29 pm

don't fall off any more wobbly bridges and make lickety chase the chickens!

9:29 pm

an EF0 tornado hit part of my neighborhood two weeks ago, brought down several score trees. Happily no injuries, deaths, nor significant building damage.

you guys are not having weather fun!!

9:29 pm

efo?

9:30 pm

you all have had some pretty rough weather this last month or so, DC

9:30 pm

EF zero

9:30 pm

Enhanced Fujita Scale Zero

9:30 pm

Happily, nothing compared to Alabama

9:30 pm

not familiar with it, sorry.

9:31 pm

tornado rankings of how fast the winds are blowing to make the tornado and how much damage it causes, jes

9:31 pm

Hi everyone! Hope you are all well.

9:32 pm

hi terri

hi terri :)

9:32 pm

the scale goes from EF zero to EF five

9:32 pm

evening, terri

9:32 pm

glad it was minimal damage, dc. we don't get many tornadoes here... had one last year about 30 miles south of here and it was a huge shock to everybody there.

9:33 pm

we mostly just get wind and lightning storms. and snow in the winter.

9:34 pm

i got to see some of the damage from the straight-line winds of '09 in Washington while driving up US 101. Wow, i knew that straight-line winds were dangerous and did damage, but i had no real idea of the scale. Amazing.

9:34 pm

we dont' have the right conditions for tornado's Jes. not that they can't happen, just not as likely as in the flats.

9:34 pm

here is not flat, but we still get them.

terri and I found a baby black kitten! we have adopted it and terri is taking it home to her son tonight. He is going to love it!!

9:34 pm

a friend of mine was hit by a tree about 3 years ago during a wind storm.

9:35 pm

well, DC gets the heat island effects for tornados.

9:35 pm

wonderful, mrp :) So terri, you're in Australia, too?

9:35 pm

So cute, this kitty!

dc--I live in that wind damaged area!

9:35 pm

Yep I'm an Aussie.

9:35 pm

ahhh, glad the kitten found a loving home!

9:35 pm

that must have been a terrifying time, mccurl

9:35 pm

put trees down across the power lines and roads; totaled his truck and very nearly him.

it was kind of spooky

9:36 pm

glad he came out okay, jes.

9:36 pm

took the end of his nose off. that's a mighty close call, right there.

9:36 pm

i'm glad you and yours came out okay from those winds, too, mccurl

9:36 pm

mother nature can have some real hair raising experiences in her bag of tricks.

being hit by a tree would be too frightening!

9:37 pm

I live about 20 mins from MrP. We are good friends and our kids get on really well.

I really considered myself lucky because just a year before that we lived in a single side mobile home surrounded by HUGE trees that would have come down for sure----we took them out and put in a new home.

9:37 pm

nifty, terri, nice to make your acquaintance. I live in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC

well, most of the time, my daughter and her son like to fight!

9:38 pm

welcome Terri. hope you will become a regular babbler!

9:38 pm

how very fortunate, mccurl :)

9:38 pm

kids are wont to fight

9:38 pm

good timing, mccurl!

9:38 pm

like your icon lbd. lol

9:38 pm

Likewise, dcseain.

9:38 pm

hi mixi!

9:39 pm

Hi, all --- quitting lurking.

9:39 pm

hi, mixi

9:39 pm

Thanx ibdawger, though my nickname at this point ought to be monkey!!

9:43 pm

leanto isn't a word? it is around here!

9:44 pm

take to o off, jes

9:44 pm

that should read, take the O off, jes.

9:45 pm

i got that word, dawg, thanks. but a leanto is an open faced shed with a slanted roof. it is definitely a word!

9:46 pm

sometimes it's hyphenated, which may be why it's not accepted

9:46 pm

i agree, Jes. we have them on this side of the mountain too.

9:47 pm

time to head for the pillows. see you all tomorrow. gl with the grid!

9:47 pm

heh. there's no system to the words Enable doesn't accept, DC. why does it like tegu but not degu? if anything, degus are more common critters. and it won't take cria (baby llama), but it'll take 2 spellings of tenrec? *shakes head*

9:47 pm

sleep sweet, dawg :)

9:47 pm

g'night dawg, sweet dreams

9:49 pm

linea is also a word--it's the connective tissue "seam" where the abdominal muscles meet.

9:49 pm

and three spellings of shtetl

9:50 pm

8 left

bye dawg!

9:50 pm

and that's not even english, dc! *pout*

9:51 pm

hah. nice job, mixi! I've still got 104

go mixi!!

I have 297 words left!! but am heading up the alphabet

9:56 pm

i have 150 to go.

w, t, and almost all s's down

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9:58 pm

fireworks.

9:58 pm

congrats, mixi

9:59 pm

the whole living room smells like strawberries. :/

10:00 pm

yay mix!

10:00 pm

s's gone!

10:02 pm

my phantom: reordain

10:04 pm

yay mixi!

10:06 pm

hurrah! kitten is up to normal temp (finally!)

10:07 pm

jes, did you hear we adopted a kitten off the street??

10:08 pm

every morning at 1am it is out on the street when I take my dog for a walk... no collar, can't feel a microchip, and skinny

10:16 pm

wonderful news, jes :)

10:16 pm

yeah, mrp. how old is it?

10:17 pm

you walk your dog at 1am? why are you awake and about at such an hour?

10:17 pm

wouldn't hurt to take it to a clinic or shelter to scan for a chip, even if you can't feel one.

10:18 pm

only a little thing... about 4 months old?

10:18 pm

am taking him to the vet now to get him scanned for a chip

10:19 pm

if he is owned by someone, they will contact that person and in the meantime, I will take care of it until they get it

10:19 pm

if they don't want it, they will sign over ownership to me

10:19 pm

yay! good on you, mrp :) and thanks for picking it up. it's very good luck to be adopted by a cat (or so i'm told by the cats that've adopted me)

10:19 pm

jes, I don't sleep much since the carbomb

10:19 pm

ah

10:20 pm

I will give it to terri... it has to be deballed!!

10:21 pm

she has a son and he has no siblings of dad or anyone, so it will be good for him (he is 13) to have the company of a pet

10:22 pm

p's are done!! 200 to go

10:23 pm

i have offered to pay for half the desexing and microchipping

10:36 pm

that's very kind of you, mrp

11:44 pm

does anyone have the in 6/18 . . . last one before fireworks.

11:48 pm

in+untruth+consonant

11:49 pm

thanks pcal2 . . . that did it.

11:49 pm

yw

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