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12:00 am

flip

flip and hi all!! hugs jili

12:00 am

hi dee hi ;-)

Clues are up

12:03 am

Wonderful Lickety!

12:04 am

wo7

12:04 am

late flip

12:05 am

wo10

12:06 am

sheesh, granny!

12:06 am

hey jilli....on a ro4 here

12:07 am

you sure are -- as usual, granny!

wo 7/8

12:08 am

wo 9

12:08 am

Just in and I see Lickety was already here -- yipppeee!

na6

12:10 am

wi 8

12:11 am

late flip

12:12 am

hey! how was the birthday??

12:13 am

wonderful m9, thanks

12:13 am

hi flosey -- having family fun?

12:13 am

or8

12:13 am

hi erda

12:13 am

or9 :-)

12:14 am

Lickety has been really fast on the draw these days -- great!

12:14 am

hi jillibus!!!

12:14 am

having a great time, thanks jilli

nbt

12:15 am

wtg dee!

12:15 am

I nee 2 more -- the U and the Z for nbt

12:16 am

any clues for the 1 top left corner? 14 words and i dont see any

zi 4/9

ul 5/14

12:16 am

amazed, flosey, that you've had time to post such an interesting icon and to babble when you have visitors.

12:16 am

Ws wiped

I need the U for nbt

12:16 am

ty dee (looking)

12:17 am

thanks jilli, hubby really did most of the grid, I would not have even made it 1/4 of the way

12:18 am

what is nbt jillie?

ul 5.... medical condition from worry... often in the stomach... sometimes causes bleeding...

12:18 am

nbt -- tyvm dee

12:18 am

thanks Dee

oh my... thanks dee... not difficult at all

NBT

I can cu4 as much as i like but I cant see the wo10

yqw

12:19 am

where have you been, mkg? nbt = no blank tiles

12:20 am

sigh.. stuck on the left middle r for nbt

12:20 am

I'm NOT going to be concerned about the long words at this point

wo 7 x 2

12:20 am

guess i forgot. so that means you have a word for each.......ok got it. i have r upper right with no words

found the 10 :-)

oops... it was a 9

and the 10 is superlative ! yayyy

12:21 am

what is o9ther 10? have wo 10. was other callled?

cu7

12:21 am

ta 8

12:23 am

was in10 called?

12:23 am

a have everything but a 7

12:23 am

ah, thanks have the 9 and 10

12:24 am

gitel, not that i know. so ty for in 10./

thanks for stats Gitel.... got it

12:24 am

ty gitel got that 10. is that a yiddish name gitel?

12:24 am

my name is yiddish too.

12:25 am

yes, it is

12:27 am

anyone got a 7??? :-)

ta and ir are the only ones I have so far

12:28 am

i know a six year old gitel in our community who is so sweet and lovely.

12:28 am

great name.

12:28 am

need about 10 more words to go to sleep.

12:28 am

in 6/7

12:29 am

wo7, no7, lo7

12:29 am

don't have nbt yet but have nbs

12:29 am

I have wo7

12:30 am

flosey, did you have a good birthday??

12:30 am

yes thanks Une, it was wonderful - son and family arrived from Toronto

12:30 am

terrific!

wi 8

12:31 am

lucite not in dict???????????

12:31 am

io7

12:32 am

got it -- tx diane!

id7/8

12:32 am

yay! nbs, nbt

trying to do likewise with your io 7 :-)

12:33 am

it's a plural, diane

12:33 am

wtg m9

ty, une

12:34 am

damn, can't find the 10s! I know there's wo10 but what is it?

It is a word that I might use to describe you, Jilli !

and it's a compliment

hi and nbt

12:36 am

well, thanks, diane but I have no idea

so you have the wo 9 ?

I cannot believe there are 14 8's wow

if so, the superlative of that

12:37 am

no, diane, no wo9

:-(

12:37 am

you've lived in many interesting places Jilli

12:37 am

I have wo8

12:37 am

wo10

hint hint ;-)

hi ru

and have gathered much knowledge....

12:38 am

hi de.. Hi everyone

hi ruru

12:38 am

oh shoot -- I found wo5 -- thought It must be ther but couldn't see it (tired)

12:38 am

cute

12:38 am

hi ruru

12:38 am

that's the word for jilli

12:39 am

nice wine in the PB, ruru

12:39 am

got the lo9

the wo 5 is the root for the 9 and 10 Jilli

nice compliment ruru... even if it did land you in the pb lol

12:40 am

there's a lo 9?

12:40 am

ah, got it, duh -- nbs

12:40 am

wtg jilli

12:40 am

got the lo 9

12:40 am

yup. there is! cuz I just found it!

12:40 am

from the PB in fact

12:41 am

yer so talented

12:41 am

thanks ruru xx

12:42 am

I gotta dash to the store before it closes!

12:42 am

what store is that?

12:42 am

tr 8

12:42 am

at last, nbt

12:43 am

found a tr8

and I must get to bed.... busy day tomorrow. Goodnight , Babble friends and gone ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

12:43 am

nighters diane.. sure you don't want to find one more word?

12:43 am

is the tr8 related to the 5?

12:44 am

ta8 also

12:44 am

yes it is flosey

it's related to rice-a-roni

lo 8

12:44 am

ty ru and josh

12:45 am

thanks got it

here are my 8's... any others? id, lo, or, ta, wi, wo

ut7 and 8

12:46 am

ah, just found the wi8

here are my 9's any others? lo, or, wo

ty josh

12:47 am

wtg flosey for the nbt (I haqd left here for a moment)

12:47 am

st 8

ty vash

12:47 am

ta 8 x 2

12:47 am

tr 8

12:47 am

ty jilli - hadn't planned on playing tonight, was overtired but waking up!

12:48 am

guess I'll pay for that

ti 7 and 8

te8 compound

12:52 am

I'm tired too -- had bridge here, but what a glorious summery day.

12:52 am

it was jilli and the kids just totally relaxed, so good to see

12:53 am

in10

12:53 am

or8

12:53 am

10's are waxed

12:54 am

well done ru

12:54 am

I ove being able to sit outside on a warm evening and listen to the birds going to bed, with soft music coming from the house through the open doors and windows.

12:54 am

I love summer.

12:55 am

I do too jilli

12:55 am

we get too little of it

12:56 am

Still almost 90 here :-( I'm not a big fan of summer

12:56 am

I so love summer

12:56 am

playing tennisalmost every day

12:57 am

reading outside

12:57 am

frozen daquiris

12:57 am

we hav agentler climate here, origami

i think i will enjoy summer much more now that i am in canada as opposed to the muggy south

12:57 am

(sp?)

from which t does the te 8 start please?

12:57 am

third row t dee

3rd column

12:58 am

add on from the first te 4/4 dee

12:58 am

the opposite of glue uip

12:58 am

ooh, I'd like a frozen daiquiri -- haen't had one in years. Margarita would be nice too.

12:58 am

glue up that is

ty

12:58 am

I grew up in the San Francisco bay area, so I'll never get used to the heat here

12:59 am

(*still the the SF bay area)

12:59 am

where are you now origami?

12:59 am

well, origami, you know how it is in the Pacific northwest then

12:59 am

Wish I could say the same ruru

12:59 am

**blink, blink**omg... how did i do that????

12:59 am

Yes, jilli ... my favorite weather

1:00 am

I'm in Sacramento

1:00 am

a bit too cool for me, ori.

1:00 am

*pats origami on the back*

1:00 am

thanks ruru ... i needed that

1:00 am

just climbed out of the grid, to find i have only 50 words to go.*faints*

1:01 am

have you eaten at the kitchen? origami

1:01 am

ci 8

1:01 am

josh, Canada's summers are variable.

1:01 am

ci 7 and ci 8 that is

1:01 am

Amazing, granny

1:02 am

I chat a lot and enjoy it

8's minus 2: id, lo, or, st, ta x 2, te, ti, tr, ut, wi, wo

1:02 am

jilli, i love to chat, too. but once i see a word puzzle in front of me, i go off into lala land.

1:03 am

so...ci 8 that i just called makes only one more

ty vash looking

1:05 am

the ci 8 comes off the ci 5/12

ty found them... only one 8 and one 9 to go

ir 7

io8 and 9 dee

builds off a 5, sorry, thought you had listed it already but you didn't

ty josh!

1:07 am

well, we had one lovely summer day and now it's bldy raining again :-(

1:08 am

thanks josh, got them right away

ty 8's and 9'

8's and 9's done!!

do 7

1:11 am

I don't see the lo 8

1:11 am

do you have the cu 7/40?

yes ty vash

lo 8... more like an lo 4/5...

1:12 am

then the other cu 7 is cu 7/56 compound word

ty looking don't have that one...

1:14 am

thanks got the lo8 and 9

yw

there is an ei7

1:16 am

ty josh...looking

70 to go they'll keep for later, no wo7

1:18 am

well done vanilla

wo 7 x 2

1:18 am

I've just reached 100

wtg flosey

1:19 am

wtg flosey -- I have 97

wtg van

1:20 am

ty, that's encouraging, thought I was dragging

1:20 am

101 now, lol

this grid is a bit mean

1:20 am

il 6 il 7

1:22 am

yes, josh, and big too

1:23 am

and I have a big backache

1:23 am

oh dear, what did you do jilli?

1:25 am

back from the store

1:25 am

ir 7 if not called

no 6 no 7 if not called... I lost track

1:25 am

oh, just too much this and that all day, flosey

1:27 am

that'll do it, jilli - hope tomorrow is a day to lounge in your beautiful garden

1:28 am

I think reclue should be a word .. we all do it all the time

1:29 am

flosey, I plan to take it easy in spite of the farmers' institute invitation -- please give my apologies to the boss man

I agree ru

I want owlier to be ok

1:29 am

yes indeedy ruru

1:29 am

then wordies should too!

1:29 am

I will indeed jilli, I plan to take the kids, think grandson will be interested

1:29 am

I did too dee

1:30 am

ty flosey -- I'm sure it will be most intersting

great minds jiil

1:30 am

dylan's ready for bed.. night all

1:30 am

(can't type)

1:31 am

night ruru and dear dylan (still waiting for pictures)

1:32 am

night

1:33 am

i still need 3 more 7's

1:34 am

i need 18 more

1:35 am

I don't know why people try to get the long words first when they so often grow out of short ones.

1:35 am

wow m9, you're really moving along

1:36 am

no flosey. I was responding.. I need 18 more 7's!! LOL

1:36 am

oh! sorry m9

1:37 am

just got an re 7

1:37 am

that's ok. I went to the store....

1:37 am

I AM creeping up on 1/2way though! :)

1:37 am

lol, I need 21 more 7s

I need 4 7's here... I have ci, cu x 2, do, ei, id, il, in, io, ir, lo, no, st, ta x 2, ti, ut, wo x 2

1:39 am

re 7

di 7

1:40 am

thanks broll was missing that re7

1:40 am

yw

ty bro and nurse

yw

recluse

yipes I want chocolate in the PB please

1:46 am

dark or milk choc, dee? But thanks...

yw either will be great!

1:48 am

over halfway

1:48 am

wtg jilli, that's my aim for tonight, then off to bed

1:49 am

once lightly through Lickety and then bed for me too

1:49 am

st 7....now down to one

1:52 am

ok. nbs, nbt and 1/2way I'm done for now

1:53 am

night m9

lo 7 x2

1:55 am

ok, that's it -- 116 left and I may not bother with the rest -- getting fed up with useless words...goodnight all and ...*poof

1:55 am

morning all - and what the heck is wrong with 'indian' - I eat indian meals, love indian culture, and know that your native american people were once called indian....

1:56 am

has to be a w 7

1:56 am

hi all

1:56 am

Proper noun, I guess, glant

1:56 am

hi and bye jmc

1:57 am

vash do you have the plural of frets

1:57 am

exactly 1/2 way, time for bed, goodnight all

1:57 am

yes

1:57 am

well, I've just entered di4 - herb name - which must also be a proper noun but it's accepted that - so frustrating at times

1:58 am

found it...it's a wo 6/7

1:58 am

WTG VASH!!!!

1:59 am

thanks

2:00 am

had to rely on moreword.com for those 2

2:00 am

guess i must be out of coventry, if you are talking to me

2:03 am

i just have a hard time multi-tasking...can't talk and work the board most nights

2:04 am

*sigh* or maybe not....will be back to chat when either i am or you are in a better mood...it's probably me...manic depression kicking in

2:05 am

smile granny rose - the very act causes the release of some endorphns

2:05 am

ok, vash, seems you and i are the same...i like to chat, but the grid becomes all important...hmmmm. do you think i might have become addicted to this game???

2:06 am

no...not at all

2:06 am

lol

2:06 am

*peeks in to give grannyrose a big but gentle *hug**

2:06 am

glant, thanx... trying to smile....but all seems too hard at the moment

2:07 am

ahhhh, sprite, thanx, lovely to see you, my dear

2:07 am

sorry granny....hope things get brighter soon

2:07 am

was lurking but wanted to let you know I care :)

2:09 am

vash, i MUST STOP SMOKING.... have tried all other avenues, but meds seem to be my last chance...coming off my current med which contorls my MD and fibromyalgia, have to be clear for 1 week before i can start the med , champix or zyban. * fingers crossed*

2:10 am

it is a tough place to be, when all seems too hard and you feel really really down. But you are an experienced lady, lol... you know things will be better in a while.

2:10 am

oh..ugh that's awful...glad i never started smoking, what a horrible habit to try to break

2:11 am

thanx, sprite, your vote in my ability counts soooo much

2:11 am

i wish you the best of luck with it...

2:11 am

smoking is very hard to stop - but when the right psychological moment arrives, it suddenly becomes quite easy. I tried to give up because other people told me I should and always failed.

2:12 am

thanx vash, plan on being around for a long time yet, but does it have to be so d**n hard, for goodness sake!

2:12 am

make sure you have plenty of oral stimulation, rose (not trying to be flip now). Toothpicks to chew on, some hard candy to suck on, everything that helps in that way.

2:12 am

One day I looked at the last cigarette in a packet and suddenly thought 'this will be my last one' and it was... 12th june 1982 - and I had been a 30 a day lady for about 12 years.

2:12 am

glant, this time i want to stop, for me and pnly me, not because others want me to.

2:13 am

yes I have a friend who did it just like that, Glant. But sometimes it can work just fine when one feels the need to stop, only it can be a fight.

2:13 am

my father kept sticks of rutabaga in cling film in his pocket when he gave up after 35 years - he said nothing lese stopped the cravings as well!

2:14 am

lol, can i use himself, do you think? am on leave for 3 weeks, mother mac goes into respite tomorrow, so heaps of prayers pleeeease

2:14 am

if you want to stop granny, it will be easier. It is just like any other addicition - you have to fight the physiical cravings - which wear off uite quickly all things considered - and the psychological ones, which are much harder.

2:15 am

prayers for you, rose, and full confidence you will help yourself do what you want to. You will make it.

2:15 am

i found the 'routine' cigrattes that i always had with my morning coffee/tea break at work etc the hardest, so when i finally gave up it was at the beginning of a vacation when there was no routine to worry about - good luck with whatevere works for you grannyrose - and you know we will be here cheering you on form the sidelines

2:15 am

*sigh* the med is supposed to stop that, plus i have lots of support from himself and my kids

2:16 am

plan yourself some small meaningful rewards along the way - like milestones

2:17 am

lol, sprite, you know how stubborn i can be....well...maybe obstinate...

2:17 am

it might help to see the addiction as a small child, rose. A child you have to educate. It wants, wants, wants and it wants it now! And you are the adult who distracts it, is firm when necessary, rewards it for trying so hard.

2:17 am

it's well after midnight here, i need sleep

2:17 am

good night everyone...and take care granny

2:18 am

good idea, glant, the first one will be to see my bank balance go up, instead of steadily down.* grin*

2:18 am

lol yes rose, but that will work for you, not against you. You will stubbornly stick to the quitting, no matter what.

2:18 am

nite,vash, sleep well

2:18 am

hi egbok

2:19 am

rose: another great stimulant then would be to put all the money you would have used for smoking in a jar. Buy yourself something wonderful from it when you haven't smoked for a set period of time.

2:19 am

evening egbok

2:20 am

sprite, the lure of Fiji???? perhaps

2:20 am

looooove fiji

2:20 am

well there you go! Love is a very effective help against cravings.

2:21 am

(making love too, btw)

2:22 am

ooooh, gotta a gree with you there....does that get better, too?

2:23 am

absolutely! More oxygen in the blood, better orgasms!

2:23 am

just love a goood cardio workout* grin*

2:23 am

and if you should feel like a cigaret after sex, just make some more love :)

2:24 am

LOLOLOOL....himself will be so pleased

2:24 am

and what glant said too, btw... we are here for you. Babbling helps too. And if you want, you could pick up some new computer game that keeps both hands busy :)

2:25 am

brb, glass needs refilling....just who is it, who keeps emptying it, i wonder?

2:26 am

it just fell, rose. it just fell over.

2:30 am

now spritey, how far are you into the grid? neeed a hand?

2:30 am

I have 95 left and happily plodding along. Thanks though :)

2:31 am

okay, will pop back in later and see how you are going.it's a lovely grid.

2:32 am

am having a lot of fun with it so far. All the best, rose, and remember we are thinking of you.

2:34 am

thanx sprite, don't think some of the others quite understand, but hey, probably my fault, for not keeping them in touch,. i don't like being all doom and gloom

2:34 am

rose, you are welcome in chog whether you are happy or do4. We love you just the same. And no, some won't understand, but most will, and that is what counts. *hug*

2:36 am

* feels the love* thanx sprite, see you in about 15 mins.

2:37 am

ok, I will be here for certain :)

2:44 am

i need stats for the first R in first column and the i in 2nd column for nbt please

2:44 am

hello cosdem

2:44 am

hello sprite :)

2:45 am

ri4/4 - 5/10 combo for the R

2:46 am

ir5/10 - 7/28 combo for that i

2:46 am

ru sure? i think thats the other r

2:46 am

got the ir though

2:46 am

and the ir7 too thanks

2:47 am

the first R in the first column, yes I am sure. Words count from the very first tile they can be made from, going from left to right, from top to bottom.

2:47 am

ok ty looking

2:49 am

i give up.. clue?

2:49 am

for a ceremony a priest performs certain ri5/10

2:49 am

thats the 2nd ri though

2:50 am

i have that already

2:50 am

oh duh. i didnt have the plural

2:50 am

nbs ty :)

2:50 am

that should be the first, how odd. Ok, how about what you do with dice.

2:50 am

yvw :)

2:51 am

love your icon, btw.

2:51 am

ty it was an icon theme once.. i havent updated lol

2:52 am

hehehe I know, I picked that theme. Came across the cardboard figures somewhere and loved them right away.

2:52 am

brb

2:53 am

ok back

2:53 am

wow that was fast

2:53 am

had to get my cigs

2:58 am

yay i monkeyed the ci7/8 by using the ci5

2:59 am

wtg! I just found a 10 *proud little dance*

2:59 am

what does it start with

3:00 am

it starts with in

3:00 am

thanks will look later

3:00 am

np :)

3:06 am

the 2nd cu7 clue?

3:07 am

that is a compound. I can cl4 more if you want

3:07 am

hmmm yes please

3:08 am

first part you do with a knife, second part isn't up.

3:08 am

thanks!

3:08 am

yvw :)

3:08 am

morewords didnt have it

3:09 am

ah yes, morewords doesn't use the same enable version as babble.

3:09 am

yeah but its a handy tool when it can be

3:10 am

yes it is. I prefer a2z myself when I get really stuck.

3:11 am

oh whats that?

3:11 am

something like morewords, but ordered in another way.

3:11 am

whats the website?

3:11 am

http://www.a2zwordfinder.com

3:12 am

ty checking now

3:12 am

ah looks nice. ill bookmark

3:12 am

I like it that I can check several wordlengths at once. I can glance over the page and the words that use the grid letters jump out.

3:13 am

yeah it lokos really easier than MW

3:13 am

it is something personal, I think. Some people love mw, but I find it a bit unclear.

3:14 am

yeah mw is.. idk.. i have to change the ending of the url every time i use it lol

3:14 am

lol

3:15 am

Morning all. May I please have a cl** for cu7-40? Thanks

3:15 am

well, if you are like me and you spot word patterns easily, the options of 'contains' and 'ends with' are nice too.

3:16 am

hi gapeach, you can make pudding from it

3:17 am

Ah, thanks so much, sprite. Hope you have a good day.

3:17 am

okay, sprite, am back...how goes it?

3:17 am

yes I am fine, thanks :) I hope the same for you.

3:17 am

i cannot find the 2nd di 5/12 ughhhh

3:17 am

hi rose, going strong, 27 left here and already found one of the 10s.

3:17 am

it is a currency, cosdem

I finally got babble pro!

3:18 am

yay, sprite

3:18 am

yayyy gratz egbok!

3:18 am

Evening everyone

3:18 am

hey lyn

3:19 am

hi lyn :) xxx good evening to you.

3:19 am

ah thanks found it

3:19 am

yqw cosdem

3:19 am

hi Rose - how are you?

3:20 am

lyn, coming off one med in order to start another....been a long road, nearly there

3:20 am

and you?

3:20 am

Good girl...keep it going

3:22 am

actually, i'm quite excited...new med , hopefully, will stop the cravings for smoking.

3:22 am

I am very well

3:22 am

d's done.

3:23 am

decidedly dandy, cosdem

3:23 am

lol, sprite. love the way you think

3:24 am

:)

3:25 am

good morning everybody

3:26 am

morning Ruby

3:26 am

hello everyone

3:27 am

hi Flosey, not sleeping again?

3:27 am

good morning rubyfoo

3:27 am

woke myself coughing!

3:27 am

hey flosey, shouldn't you be asleep?

3:27 am

so many hellos! {{sprite, cos, flosey, lynxx and grannyrose!!}}

3:27 am

oh dear

3:27 am

aw :( dry cough or wet cough?

3:28 am

don't have a cold, just a silly tickle - but very agravating

3:28 am

Is anybody else watching the Tour de France. Today is the best day for me, team time trials.

3:28 am

nice to have you here anyway - every cloud etc

3:28 am

Flosey, I'm watching for Hesjedal, a Canadian from BC who is riding for an American team. I'm rooting for him!

3:29 am

oh, ty ruby

3:29 am

no I can't say I do

3:29 am

and thanks lyn

3:29 am

does Sandyloo still play babble? I haven't seen her for a very long time, but she was as much of a Tour fan as I

3:30 am

why isnt indian a word?

3:30 am

I haven't seen her here in ages :(

3:30 am

I've seen her name in 'who's on line' ruby

3:30 am

neither is American or Australian

3:30 am

it is probably a proper noun, cosdem, needs a capital. I think it is silly that it isn't valid.

3:31 am

ah yeah oh well iw as all excited cause i thought i found an in6

3:31 am

but thats ok i have no more in6 left lol

3:31 am

aaah, we must be playing at very different times, then

3:31 am

if you see her, please say "hello and bon Tour" from me

3:31 am

I will ruby

3:31 am

lol cosdem

3:32 am

flosey, will you tell her hi from me too and that I miss seeing her?

3:32 am

I will sprite

3:33 am

thank you

3:34 am

I a not sure Sandy is still laying - I guessed she was tied up in building her new house. There is another Sandy from the UK that plays here

3:34 am

laying! playing

3:34 am

yay found the in10

3:34 am

yay cosdem!

3:34 am

now i need a 9 for nbs

3:34 am

lol sandy is laying... eggs?

3:35 am

I must have been thinking of her chooks!

3:35 am

how about Lo9/60, cosdem, a superlative

3:35 am

I remember she was living in some temporary place on her property, but she was very interesting with her horses and all

3:35 am

hehehe indeed lyn! I was thinking the same.

3:35 am

drop n&r Cos

3:36 am

ah thanks.. i had to read ur clue a few times to get it

3:36 am

how funny because that was the next word i was gonna work on too

3:37 am

just saw ur clye sprite.... looking now

3:37 am

yw

3:37 am

what a great 9!

3:37 am

tell me if you need more of a cl4

3:38 am

ok.. i will let u know

no Sprite and hello, but I do with the in10

3:38 am

what are the stats for the 10's, pls, and clues (if it's not too early for others and won't annoy anybody)

3:39 am

hi vanillaslice, in10 = unusual

3:39 am

hi vanilla

3:39 am

in10/77 rubyfoo, I don't have the other yet though

hi Ruby only here for a few minutes this in10 bothers me

3:40 am

wo10, sprite and ruby' meanining more wo9

tyty I can go back to my weeding

3:40 am

found the li9 ty

3:41 am

in10: excessive

3:41 am

ty ty granny

3:41 am

oh another great 10! Thank you rose.

3:41 am

in10, in + ******ary (usual * + past tense of to eat

3:42 am

10's done.

3:42 am

pfew down to 17, the last bit is slow

3:44 am

thanks granny, great clue

3:45 am

ty for the spoon-fed 10 granny.

3:46 am

keep 'em coming, spritey

3:46 am

110 left.

3:46 am

13 now, lol

3:47 am

must get back to bed, goodnight all

3:47 am

169 left :(

3:47 am

night flosey, I hope you sleep well now

3:47 am

sleep well, flosey

3:47 am

which one, cos, the in10 or the wowo10

3:48 am

huh? i have both 10's.

3:48 am

nite flosey, hope you sleep well

3:48 am

goodnight Flosey

3:49 am

*giggles* Onehundred and ten left , he said

3:49 am

okay, cos, misread your post

3:49 am

I have a wo9 but not the 10...hmm

3:49 am

ah yes.. i said 110 words to go :) but its 105 now

3:49 am

aaah, got it. good monkeys

3:49 am

superlative, rubyfoo

3:49 am

ruby, extend the wo 9 to mean the most

3:49 am

tsk. Pulling a peri on me.

3:52 am

L's .... done.

3:52 am

cant think of a L word to go with done

3:52 am

licked?

3:52 am

ah thank you

3:52 am

l's licked? I wish

3:52 am

or lynched, lyn :)

3:53 am

lacerated

3:54 am

why is it the most simple word is so hard to find

3:54 am

languished

3:54 am

ah that one wins the cake

3:54 am

that is called babble blindness, cosdem

3:54 am

:) sad isnt it

3:54 am

9's done!

3:55 am

lol I guess eyes and brains that easily spot wo4s like crwth aren't wired for easy wo4s.

3:57 am

3 left and I am gonna ask for cl5 because I am blind as a bat to them. St7/28 please?

3:58 am

ci5, add hook letter

4:00 am

omg it took me forever to find the ra6 lol

4:00 am

st7, st + hearing organ + opposite of out

4:00 am

just found a nifty ri6 from the middle

4:00 am

thanks rose! And su6/21?

4:00 am

ty for the st

4:01 am

a ruler , ruby, su6, minus the last letter of a dried fruit

4:01 am

reclue should be a word :(

4:02 am

great, thanks again, rose. Final one: Te5/12 please?

4:02 am

agree, cos

4:02 am

I agree, cosdem, we do it all the time.

4:02 am

**pokes head in chat** Hey Kids !

4:02 am

exactly. tell whoever makes the grid to add that lol

4:02 am

hey Aussieme!

4:03 am

shall we make a petition? uh oh, DH wants his apero. No more babble 'til after the Tour

4:03 am

{{everybody}} and thanks for the help

4:03 am

Hey Sprite !

4:03 am

te5, te + half a round leteer + fird=st vowel

4:03 am

hi Aussieme - is it really you!?

4:03 am

bye rubyfoo

4:03 am

nite, ruby

4:03 am

Hey Lynx, yeah, it's really me :o)

4:03 am

hi aussie. have you seen all the Australians in the Tour? It's amazing, bigger presence each year!

4:04 am

Yes Ruby, they get a better stronger force every year :o)

4:04 am

fireflies. Thanks for the help! Bye all, *hugs* to all my babble friends. Wonderful grid today.

4:04 am

and 27 Americans in the "rider pool". I'll know today who made the final cuts

4:04 am

YAY !! Grats Sprite xox

4:04 am

Hi all and bye sprite!

4:04 am

congrats Sprite - you conquered the grid!

4:05 am

go Cadel! and he's riding for an American team. Go Rogers!

4:05 am

hi Jellen

4:05 am

*hugs Aussie and Jellen on her way out*

4:05 am

bye sprite and hi and bye jellen

4:05 am

YAYVSPRITE!!!!

4:05 am

*poof*

4:05 am

Oooh, found an or8 and 9 :o)

4:06 am

hey sprite, what about me????

4:06 am

Could I have the stats for the lone Z, please?

4:06 am

and an or10 too

4:06 am

Hey Jellen xox

4:06 am

lost connection

4:06 am

((hugs Jell very tight))

4:07 am

zi4/9, jellin, z + not well

4:07 am

*hugs back*

4:07 am

wow im blind.. i was trying to find the ro4/4 and i already had it haha

4:07 am

Thanks, rose! NBT...

4:07 am

Thanks for the Lone Z Granny xox

4:08 am

np's

4:08 am

brb...

4:08 am

Mmm, found a nice, yellow cu7 :o)

4:09 am

r's removed.

4:13 am

i'm outta here... see you all at the flip

4:14 am

bye, rose

4:14 am

Bye Bye Granny <3

4:14 am

bye Rose

4:14 am

I swear, RIDICULE is a phantom today !

4:15 am

su7 anyone?

4:16 am

not me Cos....

4:17 am

found it....

4:17 am

if a lawyer objects.. a judge can su7 or overrule it

Happy 4th to all!

4:18 am

Thanks, cos

4:18 am

Yikes, I thought it was only the 3rd ?

4:18 am

Same to you, egbokmom!

4:18 am

it is the 3rd

4:19 am

Just getting a head start...

Welll, Happy holiday weekend.

4:19 am

Ah, good..... (Thought i'd lost a whole day off then) :o)

4:19 am

Then HAPPY 4TH !!!!!!!

4:19 am

i hate when that happens..

evening all :))

4:20 am

Thanks for the su7 too !! (my brain just processed it)

4:20 am

MRP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4:20 am

Hi, mrp!

AUSSIEME!!!!! **hugs** !!

4:21 am

hi MRP

hi jellen! **hugs**

long time no see aussie!!

hi lynxx! **hugs**

4:21 am

**Huge Hugs for MRP**

4:21 am

Yeah, been a busy Pea !

DO NOT tell me who is in men's finals of Wimbledon!!! am watching semi's now

4:22 am

does the te8 build off the te4 before it?

Barstardo Foxtel doesn't give it to us live from quarterfinals and up

hi cos :)

4:23 am

hi mrp :)

4:23 am

Lets see, have completed a Diploma in Child Psychology, and Level 1 Childcare. I start Level 2 in September, and I have no Idea who is playing at Wimbledon MRP, so I won't even be able to tell you :o)

200 left, night all.

4:23 am

Night night egbokmom !

4:23 am

Bye, egbok

4:23 am

night egbok

4:23 am

no one knows?

niters bokmom!

4:24 am

not a cl4 cos

thanks for keeping it quite for me girls and boys

4:24 am

thanks anyway aussie

4:25 am

compound Cos - what they do to or call derelict buildings

4:25 am

I know about the women's final, but not the men's...

darn... didn't finish yesterdays puzzle.... :(

4:25 am

ah thanks lync

I know the women's final too!! very well done

4:26 am

Thanks, lynxxx

4:26 am

I have no idea who's playing, so I don't know...

I am watching Djokovic V Tsonga.... Serbia vs France

4:28 am

16 left

and then watching Nadal vs Murray... Spain vs UK

4:28 am

Ah, I see, o.k then !

4:28 am

Go COSDEM !!!!!

4:29 am

Oooooh..... and I still don't know who won / wins etc.....

4:30 am

So you'll have no give away from me :o)

4:30 am

But other than that, how are you MRP, and Family ?

no idea who made it through, but it will be on early in the morning here, will have to tape it and watch it when I get back

4:30 am

this grid is easy if you ut7 the list

oh aussie, !! go read my bio... just incredible really... i update my prick and mole notifications when I can

but, today excellent day! refereed for 6 hours!!

4:32 am

Ah, Ok MRP, I'll go have a look :o)

feet hurt like heck, but feel great after so much running!!

4:33 am

fireworks!

4:33 am

Hooray for cos!

on ya cos!!

4:34 am

anyone need clues b4 i go?

4:35 am

i need to go to bed its 330am lol

niters cos!

4:35 am

I'm only 83 words in...

4:35 am

nite all..

4:35 am

or.. day all

4:35 am

Bye cos...

4:37 am

Oh GEEZ Mrp !!!!!!! Have read your Bio...... HOLY COW !! Lots of supporting hugs are flying across the miles to you !

thanks aussie! just friggin delightful isn't it

4:40 am

It's bloody awful dear !

yeah, but getting though, day by day... can't wait to leave in the morning... heading to the middle of bloody no where!! for 5 straight days

and taking my kids and Joshua (Luke's friend) who has a fever and coming down with the nasty flu

got his mum to pick up antibiotics for him and flu meds

4:42 am

Well, day-by-day all you have to think about is that you WILL win this...... GOOD will triumph over ARSHEHOLE, as it always does xoxox

the country air will sort him out, and my dad's great cooking!

indeed aussie! I will fight this one tooth and nail... then move the hell away from here

4:43 am

Have fun in the middle of no-where Hun, and put this out of your mind for those days..... Loves xox

4:43 am

Am off to my Sister's for the day now, so I'd best be getting my arse into gear :o)

4:43 am

Bye Aussie!

it also doesn't hurt a young man to do some target shooting, chase carp with a bow and arrow, tractors, fires, bulldozers etc... :))

see ya aussie! chat soon hunny!! **hugs**

4:44 am

Have sent you a Friend Request on FB MRP... xox

4:44 am

**disappearing, after leaving chocolate kisses on the table**

thanks hun, will go accept soon!

4:46 am

Not yet halfway, but nodding off...

4:46 am

hi all

4:46 am

Hi, carlee!

4:46 am

hi jells

4:48 am

how is life treating you hun?

4:48 am

Pretty well...how about you?

4:48 am

ok i suppose....i am worse than broke.. but happy :)

4:49 am

Happy is good!

hi carlee!! **hugs**

4:49 am

hi mrp !!!

4:49 am

yuou still here Mr P - all i can say is 'Bloody Hell' - you have had some bad shit recently - hope you enjoy your days aay my dear

4:51 am

Hi, Kazzer...

4:51 am

oh..i greyed the z

4:52 am

hi Jellen and Carlee

4:52 am

hi kazz

4:52 am

Heading to bed now...hope to see you all again soon...

4:52 am

nite nite jells

4:52 am

nite jellen

4:54 am

oh..we have a couple 10 words...( gone to hunt them down)

sorry kazz! hi darling! **hugs**

was just on phone to my daddy

5:04 am

ok..got the wo 9 and 10...

(((carlee))) !!

5:04 am

how is daddy?

5:04 am

how is he

see ya jellen!

dad is great! he is so looking forward to the kids and I coming up!

5:05 am

excellent for you mrp

5:06 am

4 more for nbt...i have nbs

on ya carlee!

5:10 am

1 more

5:10 am

am missing the r in the left column

5:11 am

got it

5:11 am

nbt/nbs in 36

5:11 am

ok..now i can dig in

5:19 am

Hiya mrp, I was in Sydney on June 12 for the launch of a new commorative stamp, the 60c HMAS Australia has my Dad's picture on it!

5:31 am

Clue please for in 10/77

5:34 am

in +or8 45

5:35 am

**FIREWORDS**

5:35 am

Thanks for and likewise - finished

OMG wren!!!

that is just amazing!! please post a pic of it on your bio!!!

congratulations to him too! what an honour!

and why didn't you visit me wren!!?

I would have travelled to see you!

5:50 am

i am back - been off doing washing etc

wb kazz!

5:50 am

ates

washing, ironing, f***ing etc.... WIFE

5:51 am

sorry about that - dodgy keys again - not clicking into the right boxes

5:52 am

i like that MrP

:) **hugs**

5:53 am

mrp, 2 hours before the big battle!! can't wait!!

ooooo, got that wo8!

oh une!! don't tell!!

5:54 am

mum's the wo**!! :-)

am still watching the semi's.... djok v tson 2 sets up and 5 all in the third

have not idea about nadal and murray yet

and these barstardos at foxtel won't show the final live!!

5:55 am

will wait for the caboose to catch up LOL!

5:56 am

you can't watch it live?? oh noooo

oh, just found it live!!!

une, will be watching it with you darling!!

5:56 am

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:56 am

FABBO!!!!

yippeeeee !!!!

can't wait!!

have to fast forward through some of the next match then.... djok seems to have this one.... but not so sure... Tsonga has come back before!

5:58 am

twas fun to see Kate and Wills in the royal box -- and fun to have them right here in the U S of A today!!

he did get rid of the Fedex

they are a sweet couple!

5:58 am

poor Fed . . .

Fed up too I guess! big loss of money for him

but the sponsorship must be incredible

5:59 am

somehow I think his endorsement contracts will carry him through LOL!!

I want to see Novak's face/body on everything I buy!!

what is going on here..... 3rd set 0/40 to tsonga on novak serve??

at 6/5 on the set!!

oh my god! it goes to tiebreaker!!

am luving this!! obviously!

6:01 am

chill, mrp . . . . all will be well!

ok, pause for bio break!!

6:03 am

<<<<<< this shot from Shakira's video makes me weak in the knees!!

6:03 am

tried loading a picture of the ceremony but it filled the page. now showing the presentation which was presented to me by Australia Post showing the 1st day covers etc. The original picture of my Dad when he was 17 yrs is at the bottom

6:03 am

hey, exwren!!!!!!!!!!

6:03 am

congrats on your dad's honor!!

6:04 am

It was a fantastic day on June 12th, I was bursting with pride!

6:05 am

well, of course!! :-)

6:06 am

There are loads of pictures on Facebook, if any of you are on it

6:07 am

cool!! I think most of us are

6:08 am

I spent most of my month 'down under' in QLD, my son lives on the Gold Coast. Had a few days in Canberra (brrr) and only the one day at the National Maritime Museum.

6:09 am

more than one Barbara Gough -- hint for getting to the right one, please?

6:11 am

found you!!

6:12 am

and found all your wonderful pix!

6:12 am

There's only one Barbara Gough, the others are fakes! Glad you have found me

6:13 am

:-D

6:14 am

must take pups out to pee -- BRB *poof*

6:19 am

just looked for you, but couldn't recognise you on the list

6:21 am

OK, found your friend request thanks

sorry, was off packing my bags!!

ok, back to the tennis

I better take a quick review of the murray/nadal match after this novak/tsonga match.... then keep myself awake for the night!!

have to get up at 5.30am to head bush

thankfully have a 6 hour train trip... can sleep if I need to

6:52 am

mrp, you're back -- did you see the icon I posted JUST FOR YOU?

no!!! is it tennis final related???

6:53 am

not saying a word . . .

you are a sweetie-heart-hunny-pie une!!!

6:54 am

won't leave it up much longer -- don't want to offend anyone . . . but wowser . . .

that is a bit raunchy-hottie-action there!! luv it

let me copy it first!

6:55 am

LOL!!

ok, saved to desktop!!

6:55 am

you saw the video, right?

no!! where is the youtube link???

6/5 novak.... !!! tiebreaker 3rd set

omg... please please win

6:57 am

hang on -- bringing it to you!

7 all!!! aarrrgh!

6:58 am

came out over a year ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4H-qN7 Xcog

ok, will go look in a minutes.... 8/7 novak!!

come on babycakes!!

omg, this is killing me!

rainest

7:03 am

fanning self madly -- just watched it again!!!

omg! tsonga won third set!!!!!

wow !!!!

7:05 am

Tsonga's been playing really well -- have always liked him -- and love his little victory dance at the end of successful matches :-)

ne, this is excellent tennis!

7:05 am

INDEED!!

will keep this and watch it again!!

I am going to make a huge assumption here.... nadal v djokovic in final????

7:06 am

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

no, don't spoil it!!

aaahhhh!!! yes!!!!!!!

7:07 am

AAACCKKK, you asked!!!!!!!!!!!1

thank God for that!!!!

my two favourite yummy boys!

7:07 am

less than an hour!!

7:07 am

yummy indeed!!

7:07 am

i shall be well away from the tv when this is on

7:07 am

did you watch the Shakira video?

7:08 am

what's wrong, kaz??

7:08 am

i couldnt see it

7:08 am

tennis - arrgh - hate it hate it hate it

7:08 am

oh dear . . .

7:09 am

before we started to go on holiday in September we always went on Wimbldedon fortnight with no Tv - it was great - one year we even missed the world cup!

7:11 am

not a big sports fan in general but LOVE tennis!

7:11 am

ok . . . back in a mo *poof*

these guys are like stallions on the run!!!

7:11 am

i love formula 1 - think Mark Webber is lovely

kazz... sorry hunny, I am addicted to the players!

I luv MotoGP.... Rossi is my favourite athlete

7:12 am

he is on the tv at the moment

7:12 am

rossi is 9th

yes he is!!

adore the boy

ok, man

ok, hunk of spunk

ok... need a shower

7:13 am

phew - yes too many hot men on the box at the mo

how much is that djoki in the window... the one with the splendid backhand. How much is that Djoki in the window.... I so want to be with that man!!!

how great is rossi though!! I met him and he is a funny bugger!!

kazz, what time does the tennis start your time??

in 40 minutes or so??

7:22 am

the actual build up is on now - i think the match starts at 2pm

ok, is 1.23 there now

will wire myself up to watch it

where is my vitamin B drink???

7:25 am

good morning everyone:)

hi crossy! **hug**

7:25 am

((MRP))

how you going sweetie??

7:26 am

nottobad at all..except for this worn out keyboard lol

7:27 am

and how about you darlin?

well, watch out for some of us 'ladies' tonight.... we are overcome with hot sports men... live on TV now!!

7:28 am

you watching the game or the "tight end?" lol

yeah, a little bit of one and a lot of the other!! LOL

7:29 am

morning all

7:29 am

howdy sue

hi sue! :)

7:30 am

morning crossy

7:30 am

and sue

7:30 am

how are you getting on Mrp?

7:30 am

howdy kazz

7:30 am

kazz

7:30 am

lice

7:30 am

oops

7:30 am

how is it I dont see an I word for the upper corner

oh sue, luving my day today!!

6 hours of refereeing and now the men's tennis final at wimbledon... life is good!!

7:31 am

i did that when i signed on - different word though, Ths grid is very slow for me today - still got 107 to find

7:31 am

Sue...it's one of the 10's...winds down the left side to start.

there is a 4 letter one there

7:33 am

well I found 2, i feel better

7:33 am

found a lo8,but cannot see the ten as of yet

wow, got the wo10

7:34 am

Ooooh...thanks mr p! Not ready to use lickety and didn't know it was wo.

hi champ :)

7:35 am

Hi...and CRUD...got the 8...

7:35 am

whee just got the other 10

7:35 am

is the 10 related to the wo 7/44?

7:36 am

or the wo8?

it iw related to the wo5/20

being from our planet, a lot

7:37 am

TY!!!

7:37 am

does anyone want a feel for the other 10 without a direct clue

7:37 am

ty mrp

7:37 am

it sort of relates to the other one in a very lateral way

yw :)

7:41 am

crossy will bbl.must head to the farm for some fresh eggs ,kaisers and peameal bacon:)

7:41 am

poink

see ya luvy

7:51 am

found the l8/9

7:52 am

feeling kinda good

7:52 am

so heading back to the camper for some breakfast

7:52 am

bbl

see ya sue!

6 minutes and counting!!

ooh- fat grid.

8:04 am

must be 6 minutes until Wimbeldon :-)

8:04 am

good morning everyone

a lot of words that sound like 1950s cleaning products or plastics, but aren't really words

Cat farts are awful.

8:05 am

hah Kap, good morning

good morning.

8:05 am

hi all from scenic iowa (looks at corn fields)

8:06 am

lovely corn fields, JMC and good morning

No lucite?

8:07 am

well they are nice but you seen one and youve seen them all

8:08 am

well i did pass a custom plastic molding company in ill on the way out

8:08 am

or maybe that was indiana--too many i states

8:09 am

love the looks of farm land

8:09 am

actually i do too mom as much as a gross

8:11 am

jmc, are you on business or pleasure?

8:12 am

both

8:12 am

:-)

8:12 am

I hope you have a wonderful time and pleasant weather

8:13 am

it was nice a cool last night and i always enjoy this event

8:14 am

i am hoping this is too far west for my stalker guy to show up--but i doubt it. he is the only fly in the ointment.

8:14 am

you have a stalker guy?

8:14 am

oh well when i finish with my job in 28 days he will no longer care about me

8:14 am

oh dear, so sorry to hear that. I hope he doesn't show up

8:15 am

you will go into private practice then?

8:15 am

a fairly benign stalker guy as these things go

8:16 am

i never really left mom--did it on the side--so i will just turn it up again while i take a masters in conflict transformation

8:17 am

that sounds interesting

8:17 am

i am looking forward to it except that i never did that well in school

8:18 am

with age comes wisdom, school will go much better for you this time around

8:18 am

:-) i hope so and i suspect it is more seminars than lectures

8:19 am

not sure how much wisdom--more patience though

8:19 am

:-)

8:20 am

definitely more patience but not so much going on in life in general as when we were younger

8:21 am

... you'll find that often the profs will hate you because you know as much as they do (just not as well organized) and you can see the flaws in their arguments ... the other students think you're wise and that everything you've done is amazingly amazing because they haven't done anything yet ... ...

8:21 am

good morning doseffing, I agree

8:21 am

lol that doesn't sound promising dose

8:22 am

doubt that they would hate jmc, she is such a sweetheart

8:22 am

lol not everyone thinks so mom i actually have a reputation for be a crusty bitch

8:23 am

... it's fun ... it seems you know that things don't signify the end of the world and there is a tomorrow ... which allows you to enjoy it more than you did the first time

8:23 am

you? never

8:23 am

i did take some mba courses a while back btw in which i wrote of an MLK speech and the class critic was i had not cite

8:23 am

Crusty bitch? *Has a looked of shocked surprise on her face*

8:23 am

i said how do i cite myself i heard him say that

8:23 am

morning Molly

8:24 am

wipe that smirk off your face molly! haha

8:24 am

*Gives JMC a hug, from one crusty bitch to another* : )

8:24 am

Molly ? nah

8:25 am

... and the other citation you get to use is "a private conversation with so and so when he was a drunk out of his mind undergraduate" ... that one is always impressive ... "you know so and so?!!!"

8:25 am

well this is a course that many older people take along with the straight out of college crowd so i won't be alone in being amazing

8:25 am

*Pictures JMC in a straw hat and overalls, preparing to pick corn*

8:26 am

lol that would be. . . . hmmm cong. charlie wilson (I was one of the girls in the hottub) jim hightower and molly ivans come to mind

8:26 am

no thanks molly i have conference to attend to give speeches and sell my book

8:27 am

morning everyone

8:27 am

never actually did the hottub but spent many a night at the restaurant at the kennedy center

8:27 am

hi car

8:28 am

stats for the E in the right hand column please

8:28 am

ec 4/6

8:28 am

ty car

8:30 am

hi

8:30 am

hi crystalle

8:31 am

hi crystalle

8:31 am

hi cwest

8:31 am

morning jmc!

8:33 am

nbt

8:33 am

and i must go hook up with the guy i gave i ride to iowa with so he can get his stuff out of my car

8:33 am

bbl

8:35 am

Whee! NBT!

8:35 am

Bye jmc

8:35 am

wtg car bye

8:36 am

I now have Dire straits stuck in my head from the su 6/21!

8:37 am

ty car

8:37 am

Hi Harry!

8:37 am

You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime

8:38 am

HI :) (and harry doesn't mind if he doesn't...make the scene)

8:38 am

Good morning Molly!

8:38 am

LOL!

8:38 am

He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright!

8:38 am

Perfect timing Harry!

8:38 am

and fyi, I _can_ play the honky tonk like anything

8:39 am

<--- Applauds Harry for knowing when to make an entrance.

8:39 am

Rock on, Brother!

sultans of swing

8:39 am

Hi Esprit!

8:39 am

PB for you!

hya car.

oooh

I got so excited with the singing I didn't realize

8:40 am

That's oK!

8:41 am

hi to everyone who came to babble while I was away

8:41 am

Hi mom!

hi mom

8:41 am

((Car.)) good morning

8:41 am

hi ((EspritdJean))

:-)

off to church

happy weekend everyone

8:42 am

have a great day, Espirit

8:42 am

I am skipping this morning but will go this afternoon.

8:43 am

Have agreat day Espirit!

8:43 am

afternoon church?

8:44 am

There is a church I sing at on Sunday afternoons.

8:44 am

ah, I see

8:45 am

found a 9 wo 9/84

8:45 am

I love it! It is a mix of Lutheran and Methodist. The praise band does more contemporary christian music.

8:45 am

and a 10 wo 10/105

8:45 am

that sounds really neat Car.

8:46 am

Got the wo 10!

8:46 am

I already had that wo 9! TY!

8:46 am

the 10 is more so of the 9

8:46 am

hooray car.

8:48 am

I had better scoot off here. Have some fresh fruit I need to cut up and empty the dishwasher before little Annie comes for the day.

hi everyone :))

luvley to see gorgeous babblers here!

8:49 am

(((MrP))) hello

8:49 am

I need to go to. I got a free swing set for the boys and Trif and I are going to take it apart and start moving it over here.

8:49 am

Hi MRP!

8:49 am

so glad to see you before I left. ((Hugs))

8:49 am

have fun Car. say hello to Trif for me please

8:49 am

and be careful

8:50 am

Will do.

8:50 am

Bye all!

see ya car!! *hugs*

9:12 am

hello

9:14 am

i got a 9!

9:16 am

wtg MLFAN

9:16 am

thanks holly i am just starting the grid

9:16 am

do you know what either of the 10s begin with?

9:17 am

in and wo

9:17 am

thank you

9:17 am

afraid not - sorry

9:17 am

duhhh got the wo thought i "saw it"

9:18 am

holly look at th chat it was posted

9:21 am

can i have the stats for the FIRST N FIRST COLUMN please?

9:22 am

4/5 4/4 5/10 6/18 7/28

9:23 am

thanks dose

9:24 am

... hey ... it's so seldom that I get all the words on a letter without lickety that I've gotta show off when I do ..

9:24 am

lol sounds like a good idea ot me

9:27 am

is the U a UT word?

9:28 am

I haven't Babbled for yonks, and didn't used to tackle large grids, so I'm quite pleased with myself that I have managed 71 words including both 10's and a 9

9:29 am

that is so cool Ex i got 1 of the 10s and one of the 9s

9:29 am

... two are ... just make sure that you keep on going until you get the z in too ... ... they other is what you get when you don't find the two "ut"s ...

9:30 am

UT 8 woohooo

9:30 am

got the z

9:30 am

dose can you clue the IN please?

9:32 am

OR 8/9 :)

9:33 am

in + or8

9:33 am

I can get you a few ... a movie term 5/12 and plural ... a legal term 6/21 and third person ... a 5/12 that I don't recognize ... a 10/77 meaning too much which should give you two math terms starting with o

9:33 am

thanks ex

9:36 am

stats for the Z please?

9:40 am

zi

hi all just came in for the last few biggies...fireworks

10:01 am

congrats to you vanilla !

ty some whoppers in this one

10:02 am

yes.. am enjoying this grid

right you just go on enjoying it, I'm off to the bedsheets

10:04 am

ok.. you deserve a good snooze (-:

ty poof

hello

10:31 am

hi Owl

10:31 am

14 left to find here (-:

hi aloy!

10:33 am

having a good holiday weekend?

yes,i saw marsha ball in concert last night

10:34 am

um, I don't know her.. what type of music?

http://tinyurl.com/3dcddm5

10:39 am

thanks! what fun!

10:42 am

.. and FW here, yay.. great grid today. Sun is out and so should I be.. would you like a clue before I go?

10:45 am

ok, ciao for now.. am fixing the curry beef dish .. hope to see car.ee tomorrow and tell her how it came out.. poof

bye aloy

10:48 am

hi all

10:49 am

aloy was me who gave u the beef curry recipe

10:49 am

hi all

10:49 am

hi natasha

10:50 am

You know how it is, all the Cars type alike. : P

10:51 am

so pleased to have gotten both 10's right away

10:51 am

i know we do molls

10:51 am

well...if am not hear..find out how the beef curry turned out and let me know :)

10:51 am

Although you are most definitely the curry Car.

10:52 am

here even....

10:53 am

I read that Car Ee is putting a swing-set together today. Sounds like a beer event to me.

10:54 am

oh, man. I wouldn't do that again for just about anything.

10:54 am

even beer

10:54 am

I agree Natasha. That's what parks are for.

10:55 am

LOL, that's right Molly

10:55 am

speaking of curry i made myself oone fo those ramen soups for lunch..so NOT what i wanted..so just popped some fries in the oven..curry and chips for lunch coming up....( use up last of the beef curry )

10:55 am

yum

10:56 am

as soon as ramen is cool..ramen going down the toilet

10:57 am

ok..puppy's ears are up again...but they back to being crossed

10:58 am

I ate so much Ramen in college, I can't eat it anymore.

11:00 am

I'm with you there Molly

11:02 am

me too... but once in a while...

11:02 am

am like that with kd

11:06 am

ar

11:09 am

ok..aloy squared away with her curry

11:10 am

??

11:10 am

i tweaked the recipe...i had posted the link...but i tweaked it....it was a good place to start

11:11 am

just told her how i tweaked :)

11:11 am

Are we in Facebook Land or Babble Land?

11:11 am

in fb pland

11:11 am

fb land*

11:12 am

i am in both

11:12 am

and msn and yahoo... am in multitask mode atm

11:13 am

checking my fries

11:14 am

so what are your plans for the holiday molls?

11:16 am

hi

11:18 am

hi

11:22 am

Laid back plans. Elder kids are all working. Youngest and I will cook out, light some sparklers and go see some fireworks. There is berry pie and home made lemonade involved somewhere during the day.

11:22 am

excellent.. sounds like a lovely day

11:27 am

how about u natasha?

11:29 am

oh man..my eyes were bigger than my stomach....

11:32 am

ok..time to walk the baby wolf

11:44 am

st 7/28??

11:49 am

I don't have any large s's

11:50 am

st + hearing orgran, + not out but ++

11:51 am

now I have one

11:51 am

thanks ivesy

11:52 am

yw

11:54 am

<---thinks reclown should be a word used at the circus

12:00 pm

morning all

12:04 pm

hi pink

12:05 pm

hello all

12:14 pm

ariel

12:15 pm

sorry and g'day to all too lol

12:17 pm

♪ ♫ Things go better with Coca-Cola, things go better with Coke ♪ ♫

12:18 pm

That's Marion Berry's favorite song Molly

12:19 pm

That's because the bitch set him up. Marion Barry, Mayor For Life!!

12:24 pm

whoa

12:25 pm

do you know what is black on the outside and white on the inside molly?

12:28 pm

hello

12:28 pm

hello

12:29 pm

hi peri

12:29 pm

No Ru, do tell. Hi Peri.

12:29 pm

Marion Berry's nose

12:30 pm

Buh-dum-ching!

12:30 pm

hey ruru. I am tyoping on my new cordlesss computers. with cordless keyboard and cordless moutwse!!1 but the connection is sooo slow due to faulty router that I will not play babble today

12:30 pm

can't type for sh**

12:30 pm

it will get easier i think Peri

12:31 pm

Fios/Verizon person is coming here on Tues. there was a blackout on Wd night. a neighbor's tree fell on the electric wires outsied.

12:32 pm

blew out my surge protector and killed jmy computer

12:33 pm

the keys on this keyboard are not as raised as on the old one, making it harder for me to type

12:33 pm

and I am not going thru withdrawal so I am not addicted like the rest of you:)

12:34 pm

what? me?.. I'm not addicted

12:35 pm

*looks both ways*

12:38 pm

ha ha ruru

12:39 pm

ok, bye for now

12:49 pm

hello. tired from the contre-le-montre!

12:51 pm

hello ruby

12:51 pm

hello teach

12:52 pm

are you in Canada for a holiday or have you moving?

12:52 pm

moved* duh

12:53 pm

we are here in British Columbia for a wedding. Wedding was held up in the mountains surrounded by snow covered peaks

12:53 pm

Have been on the road for one week and will not be home for another 2-3 weeks

12:54 pm

aaah, I am rooting for a fellow named Hesjedal from Vancouver who is riding for an American team in the Tour de France

12:54 pm

I've never been in western Canada, but it must be beautiful!

12:55 pm

we are 3 hours east of Vancouver. the bride is from vancouver and my nephew will be at the university there starting next fall

12:55 pm

bigger than WV mountains, hahah

12:56 pm

the mountains are beautiful and they have had a very heavy snow pack from last winter and a cool spring. The road up to the wedding site just opened last week. WV has hills but not mountains. We do have the highest ski area east of the Mississippi

12:57 pm

higher than Vermont?

12:57 pm

I live at the base of Killington in Vermont.

12:57 pm

... ruby ... think Alps ...

12:57 pm

I'm not a skiier, but they advertise that the dtop at Snowshoe is greater than any of the other easdtern ski areas

12:58 pm

dose: I live in the foothills of the Alps

12:59 pm

Went skiing once at Killington back when i was in college. Now just enjoy x-country skiing

12:59 pm

I can't afford to ski there!

1:00 pm

we moved here partly for the skiing, but now we've given it up

1:00 pm

Someone told us yesterday during the wedding festivities that they reopened a ski area on Mt Wilson (somewhere in BC) for this holiday weekend (Canada Day was Friday)

good day all

1:01 pm

hello science

1:02 pm

I just reached half and that's all for tonight

1:02 pm

good night everybody

1:02 pm

hello there

1:02 pm

take care ruby

tough grid today

1:21 pm

im off to a good start tho

1:24 pm

I'm here with my 15 year old son

104 left

1:26 pm

YAY Got the WO 10 with no help

woot

there is another 10 that I dont see. Have not checked the stats

1:27 pm

ty Science

1:27 pm

How are you today

1:28 pm

dont have that one either

a bit down, but ok

and you

?

1:28 pm

the other 10 is the in 10/77

1:28 pm

We are ok... TOo hot here

1:28 pm

* I meant I dont have the other 10 -

same here. Where are you? I am in Houston

1:28 pm

Hello kids.

1:28 pm

I am in a suburb of San Diego CA

in 10???? hmmmmm

1:29 pm

It is supposed to be in the 100's

hey Scrabs

1:29 pm

HI Scrabs

got it! wooot

1:29 pm

come up to British Columbia where there are snow-covered peaks all around

1:29 pm

Would LOVE TO!!!

1:30 pm

Not that hot here but still hot. 80-82 for last few days and all thru this week. I'm doing yard work and came in for lunch and rest.

1:31 pm

Nice Scrabs. We aregoing to yard work tonight when it cools down

1:31 pm

I was in the southwest 2 wks ago and on 6/19 we started hiking at Bryce Canyon in snow and 34 degrees, it warmed up to the 70's later that day. A few days later it was 90+ at the Grand Canyon and then 100+ at Zion.

huge branch came down over the neighbors driveway in a thunder storm last night. waiting on dh to get home and break out the chain saw

Utah is lovely

1:32 pm

My sprinkler is leaking so not very effective right now.

clues for the U's???

1:32 pm

to use something SG

1:32 pm

I fell in love with Utah!

ty dr

1:33 pm

: )

1:33 pm

TY DR

1:33 pm

Love both Bryce and Zion. We are going from here to the Olympic Peninsula and then head home through the Tetons where we have been many times

missing one U

1:34 pm

For next year's guided hiking trip we want to do Yellowstone + Tetons.

Go to Moab next time - you can go to Arches - take a bike!

Yellowstone is my FAVORITE

1:34 pm

Our guide for this last trip told us about the wildlife.

we did yellowstone, tetons, arches all in one trip was awesome

my cousin leds winter Yellowstone trips. I think they're through National Geographic

1:35 pm

I would like to do a mountain biking trip but none of my friends would do that.

*leads

1:35 pm

Rasta, I went through "The World Outdoors" and was extremely pleased.

1:35 pm

We like staying on the Idaho side of the Tetons and have camped in a Idaho Forest Service campground just out of the west gate of Yellowstone. It used to be too crowded in Yellowstone but friends were there earlier this month and said the crowds were sparse - but also still lots of snow.

1:36 pm

If I were wealthy and could retire I would visit ALL of the national parks!

we stayed in Gardiner. It was great. I forgot, we also went to Jackson Hole. Awesomeness

did you buy a park pass? It is worth having

1:37 pm

We are in Manning Provincial Park in the Cascades in British Columbia.

1:37 pm

For our group the cost of the trip included admission to the 3 parks.

1:38 pm

On the east coast we love to go up to the parks in Nova Scotia

we are only going to Eureka Springs for a week. Too hot to ride anywhere and the fires also present a problem

My DH loves Nova Scotia

missing one U and one N

1:39 pm

Every corner of Nova Scotia is something different. Cape Breton - on the north - is the most unique.

are there degrees of uniqueness?

1:40 pm

Point of Information! If you are 62 or over - you can get a free pass.

nice!

1:41 pm

A free pass in to what?

1:41 pm

all national parks and fed recreation areas

1:41 pm

We just got the Golden Eagle pass this past week and it was $10

1:41 pm

That's one advantage to aging, I guess.

1:42 pm

I'll say!

bbl have fun

1:42 pm

Scrabs, haven't seen you in a while. How goes it?

1:45 pm

hi, all -

1:46 pm

I was in the southwest for a week, got back a week ago, and my head has remained out there. I was a zombie this past week.

1:46 pm

Hi Sue

1:46 pm

hi, scrabs! the southwest will do that to you...

1:47 pm

We spent our 40th wedding anniversary in the Baltics. I was Babbling from there

1:47 pm

I wouldn't mind a trip in the southwest. Hubby wants to go to Antarctica :-(

1:47 pm

we have been on the road for a week and are taking a lazy day today to do nothing and rest up

1:47 pm

Estonia, Latvia?

1:48 pm

Tell hubby to go to the south pole and you can go to the southwest.

1:50 pm

Antarctica is a big chunk of ice. What does he want to see there?

1:51 pm

MOO

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MOO

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MOO

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BAAAA BAAAAA

1:56 pm

don't feel good, am going to lie down for a while, see you all later

1:56 pm

Scrabs, that's what I say. At least in the Baltics there was lots to see and do. We went to Helsinki, Stockholm, St. Petersberg, Riga and Talinn

1:57 pm

What were the highlights?

1:58 pm

Bye Sue

2:02 pm

Definitely St. Petersberg. We had our own private guide and got to spend 3 and 1/2 at the Hermitage [not nearly enough].

2:02 pm

Everything else, but Helsinki was fascinating

2:03 pm

My husband was on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". It aired on May 17th

2:03 pm

So did he become a millionaire?

2:03 pm

No, but he won $21,500!

2:06 pm

That's great!

2:06 pm

We were very proud of him

2:07 pm

So, with his earnings he wants to go to Antarctica. I have zero interest in that. I'm trying to find someone else to go with him.

2:12 pm

What does he want to do there?

2:13 pm

It's difficult for me to understand. See wildlife, climb on ice. Swimm in heated water. I'd rather go to the Gallapogos

2:16 pm

Yep, I don't understand either. Does he want to accomplish visits to each continent?

2:17 pm

I don't think it's that. He hasn't been to Australia. He is very interested in polar exploration thogh. He could just read a book abut it. But, I'm not the one who won the money. And, I don't want to stop him from going

2:21 pm

I'm giving up here. Have 102 and I don't think I'm finding a whole lot more. Poof

2:22 pm

And I am returning to the garden.

2:52 pm

anyone around? Any clues for the st 5/10 after the st 7/28 please

2:55 pm

ale mug.

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MOOOOOO

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MOOOOOO

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MOOOOOO

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3:00 pm

Hmmm.

3:01 pm

looks like douglas fell asleep on the keyboard

3:01 pm

kazzer- german beer mug

maybe trolls

3:01 pm

I think Amelu already clued that.

3:01 pm

hi all, just checking for an email addy

oops PB for me. I was referring to the chog

3:02 pm

Red, white and blue popsicles in the PB freezer. : )

3:03 pm

thanks all

missing a di 5/12 after the watering down di 7

nm found it

3:04 pm

does anyone have crossy's email address?

no, but he is on Facebook you could send him a message there

3:06 pm

ok can try, though I always have trouble finding babblers on facebook, lol. They mostly don't go by their babble names.

he is Crosshair Smith

3:07 pm

oh! Well that should be easy to find, thanks :D

3:12 pm

sprite, are u still there ? i recently asked cross for his email add. and i do have it if you want...

3:14 pm

Hello Babble friends. A belated Happy Canada Day, and an early Happy 4th of July to all concerned. Hope your holiday weekend is going fantastically :-)

3:14 pm

hi soodle ... and thx !!

ei 7 clue please

nm got it

3:16 pm

Hi Soodle.

3:17 pm

Science, you're getting like Peri. Asking for a clue and getting the word a second later. : P

3:17 pm

Hello (((Molls)))). A very happy 4th to you! How I would love to be in the States right now! :-)

I am blind! LOL

3:18 pm

you are so right molly, exactly like peri !

tough grid today!

3:19 pm

Well Soodle, if you like crowds, there are lots of pretty fireworks events to attend. My son and I go to a little out of the way spot where it's not crowded but you can still see a show. It's nice.

3:19 pm

I was in Florida on July 4th, 2000. I loved every mili-second of it...

3:20 pm

bbl for last 18... by all "poof"

3:20 pm

Bye Mont :-)

3:20 pm

i am struggling on the su's after the one whiat i dont know what it means but it ends like the do one for italian for soft

3:20 pm

One 4th, I would love to see fireworks over the water.

3:21 pm

Moll, thats so weird. My one and only Fourth, and I got to see fireworks over St Petes

3:22 pm

Kazz - I am useless to you. I have only just started. Sorry.

3:23 pm

Dire Straits does a song Su***** Of Swing

3:23 pm

doh Molly - thanks

3:23 pm

<-----------Loves Dire Straits.

3:24 pm

<-----Turns speakers up to EAR BLEED for "Money For Nothing"

3:24 pm

Mark Knopfler is a HELL of a guitar player.

3:26 pm

<------ the saxophone on Your Latest Trick makes my knees go weak! And don't get me started on Romeo & Juliet..... (When the Soodle Memoirs are written, a whole chapter will be devoted to activities performed with Romeo & Juliet playing in the background....... Don't ask..... You'll just have to read the book!!

3:27 pm

The Soodle Memoirs are going to scorch the best seller list. Remember the little people.

3:28 pm

I mean, us little people, not THE little people.

3:28 pm

Nuttin little about the people in the Soodle Memoirs..................

3:30 pm

<-----There she goes, lowering the tone again........

3:31 pm

hello dear friends!

3:31 pm

((((Trif)))) in the nick of time, to save me from myself!

3:31 pm

howdy again everyone:)Mark Knopfler kicks ass!

3:32 pm

indeed I will not! I want to hear MORE about the Soodle memoirs! I have to live vicariously through others now....

3:32 pm

Hey Crossy :-)

3:32 pm

evening everyone

3:32 pm

howdy soodles

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howdy kazz

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howdy triff

3:33 pm

My lips are sealed.... (until the book tour!!!)

3:33 pm

(biting tongue to avoid saying something like "speaking of big boys...it's crossy!)

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:))

3:33 pm

i let my fame fly before me

3:33 pm

Trif, May I compliment you on your remarkable self-restraint....

3:34 pm

yes, you may, especially because of what I did NOT say in response to what you just said! Snark, snort, snarf!

3:34 pm

ROFL!!

3:35 pm

it is tough being this famous...a curse,but i live with it...

3:36 pm

so, I am supposed to be getting ready for a Dependence Day party, but the weather is looking a bit iffy, so I am babbling instead.

3:37 pm

Pish posh, Trif. Our national day is in March. If we let the weather get the better of us, there would be no Paddy's Day. Go with the flow.....

3:38 pm

its not my party, I am merely attending. Just not much in the party mood today...BIG tired

3:40 pm

WOOOT - found both tens, all by my lovely self!

3:40 pm

<----------- Would trade left leg, a kidney and possibly first-born son to be in the US right now!

3:41 pm

<--------would love to be in Ireland right now, kicking back and visiting with Soodle!

3:42 pm

The words grass, other side and greener spring to mind......

3:42 pm

*Makes a mental note that July 4th and surrounding dates will be on the Soodle book signing tour*

3:43 pm

the words Hedgehog, Leonidas, and Monsoon come to mind....

3:44 pm

Thank you, Moll. Now all I have to do is write the book! Trif, can you not buy from Monsoon online?

3:45 pm

nope. they don't ship overseas....nor do they have an online clearance rail.

3:45 pm

there are 3 monsoons in the US now, and all in the same city, a mere 500 or so miles from here!

3:46 pm

Well, if you ever saw something that you REALLY REALLY wanted on their website, I could get it for you and post it over.

3:46 pm

ah, how I adore you soodle!

3:47 pm

Genuine offer, Trif! (and there would be no postage charges, I could sneak it through my office postage)

3:48 pm

thanks my love. I wll let you know! Oh, hey - did you happen to watch the RTE coverage of the queen's visit to Cork?

3:50 pm

trifs AND soods!

3:50 pm

I did, Trif! And I was hugely delighted with how the visit went. Most people here were a bit apprehensive about what the loonies might do, but it was all very very positive. I thought the fishmonger in Cork was fantastic. I bet he will be Sir Fishmonger in the next honours list!

3:50 pm

((((Carlee)))))

3:50 pm

My ex's cousin was the presenter! He lives in Cork and works at Tyndall, so they asked him to help out. His name is Simon Elliott

3:51 pm

hiya soods

3:51 pm

Hello carlee!

3:51 pm

how is everyone tonight?

3:51 pm

Wowsers!!!! So, (again vicariously) you have been hob-nobbing with the royals!!! I am impressed!

3:52 pm

he didn't get to meet her or anything! He was actually in Dublin, watching and commenting on the action in Cork.

3:52 pm

and meanwile wills and kate are here in canada

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but he was so excited!

3:53 pm

I am fine carlee = trying to decide whether or not to go to a July 3rd party -- its starting to rain here

3:53 pm

Good enough here, Carlee. A bit peed off at the thought of work tomorrow, while all my transatlantic buddies are celebrating.......

3:53 pm

and here i am debating on washing up a sink of dishes...

3:53 pm

well... canadians are working...

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if that makes u feel better

3:54 pm

my office is open tomorrow, but thankfully I was not scheduled to work

3:54 pm

whoopie cushions all round - fireworks for me

3:54 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for kaz

3:54 pm

Wow, not much is open around here on the 4th.

3:55 pm

huzzah for kaz!

3:55 pm

come over here....everything is open ;)

3:55 pm

Molls, remember my 'noo shoos' I was gloating about a few weeks ago? I wore them to work last week, and very inelegantly fell on my ass, as I walked over cobblestones. The shoes have been consigned to the Charity Shop bag.... :-(

3:55 pm

Whoo-hooooo Kazz. Well done!

3:55 pm

Cobblestones and good shoes rarely mix.

3:56 pm

thank you all - have a lovely 4th all of you that celebrate - I wil think of you when I am slaving away in work

3:56 pm

I trawled through YouTube in case I was caught on CCTV, but mercifully I appear to have escaped.

3:56 pm

okay, I have to make a decision. I am going to go rally the troops and gain opinions. Many happy returns to those americans amongst us

3:57 pm

happy 4th trifs if i dont see u

3:57 pm

Many happy returns Trif. Enjoy the party.

3:58 pm

so what is new ur way soods

4:00 pm

Not an awful lot, Carlee. Kinda sorta seeing a new man (very early days) but he is keeping me entertained!

4:00 pm

yesterday fir the first time in more years than i can comfortably remember, I got sunburnt legs

4:00 pm

And you, my friend? Hows life with you?

4:00 pm

excellent...that is always fun ;)

4:00 pm

tomorrow i hit the pavement on the summer job search...

4:01 pm

Kazz.... No sunscreen?

4:01 pm

Hi all...

4:01 pm

i am going to apply at the call centre... they basically hire on the spot..and we will see what happens...

4:01 pm

hi sista

4:01 pm

...looking for input on flooring again...anyone game?

4:01 pm

Oh, Carlee, good luck on you mission. Round these here parts, jobs are very thin on the ground.

4:01 pm

err no - which is really stoopid as this is the 3rd saturday on the trot when i have got sunburnt - different places though

4:01 pm

hi sistah...happy hunting! :)

4:02 pm

what kind of flooring we looking into pini?

4:02 pm

pini - what do you need

4:02 pm

LOL Kazz - and you a meterologist???? What hope do the rest of us have?

4:02 pm

this is for the kitchen..yes?

4:02 pm

Hi Pini :-)

4:03 pm

well it even worse cos i said to my hubby - oh no we wont get sunburnt

4:03 pm

I got the number for the allowance I'm getting for the new floor covering...wondering if I should really consider the laminate flooring...

4:03 pm

Kitchen, dining room, living room and hallway

4:03 pm

laminate u have to be careful about washing

4:03 pm

it cant get soaked

4:04 pm

we put it in our living room

4:04 pm

we parked at South Haven Point and got the ferry over to Sandbanks and then walked to Poole and had lunch in Fishy Fishy which is an absolute fabby restaurant and then walked back - 12.5 miles all together

4:04 pm

my kitchen dining we laid raw slate ( I love it0 very forgiving in the "newbie tile laying dept as not one piece is same thickensss...not one piece is exactly square...

4:04 pm

my kitchen/dining room are together...

4:05 pm

Golly Kazz. Well done you!

4:05 pm

flooring - dont get light coloured carpets if you have any of the following: pets, kids or husbands (or men in general)

4:05 pm

what a nice walk, kazz ;o)

4:05 pm

u just have to be meticulous in the grout removal..and seal the slate...and periodically reseal the slate

4:05 pm

ROFL...thx kazz...I was thinking a lighter covering (have a pet)

4:06 pm

it was fantastic - but the sunburn came from the sunlight reflecting off the sea water

4:06 pm

dont do light..in fact....do laminate then..with an area rug

4:06 pm

slate's probably more expensive than vinyl and/or laminate tho :(

4:06 pm

Pini, I would be careful about putting laminate down in a kitchen area, where there might be spills, splashes etc. But for a living/relaxing area, oak laminate is wonderful. I just got my lounge and hall done in it and I am seriously impressed.

4:06 pm

my slate was i think 1.00 / tile... it wasnt that expensicve

4:07 pm

you can get vinyl that looks like slate but is much easier to keep clean - we are going to get some for the bathroom

4:07 pm

most peeps dont like cus it is uneven...and not one tile is exact same colour as other..and diff thicknesses

4:07 pm

that sounds promising, sistah...

4:07 pm

check it out at home depot...i got black...

4:07 pm

Oh, I think thats the beauty of slate, Carlee.

4:07 pm

AND slate holds heat....so is not cold like ceramic

4:08 pm

it's amazing really...I kept asking the flooring guy questions and he kept answering all the way around it as if I was some dumb stupid woman

4:08 pm

and...i found..u know how your feet hurt standing on ceramic????

4:08 pm

i want slate in my dining room with nice dragons blood red walls and black velvet curtains

4:08 pm

slate b/c is uneven...i didnt get the same effect

4:09 pm

alrighty then kazz...that reminds me of one room that they did on that home decorating show from bbc...

4:09 pm

dude with the hair did a room...and they hATED it

4:09 pm

i mean she threw a fit

4:09 pm

I remember "Trading Spaces" had a room like that!

4:10 pm

i have always wanted this - with a christmas tree in the corner

4:10 pm

probably the same show

4:10 pm

alrighty then

4:10 pm

i remember that - said it looked like a tarts boudoir

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:)

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:)

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was trading spaces the brit one or the americn one?

4:10 pm

either one would cover it, sistah...

4:10 pm

I'm guessing more Brit tho

4:11 pm

it was the brit one with dude with hair and hyphenated name

4:11 pm

it was called Changing Rooms here

4:11 pm

Oh, Trading Spaces is the US version...

4:11 pm

wore the floral pants..or the leather pants...

4:11 pm

thats right Laurence Llewellyn Bowne

4:11 pm

Something Morgan-Llewellyn, I think his name is? I usually like his designs.

4:11 pm

oops Bowen

4:11 pm

the really tall guy, longer dark hair, yeah...him!

4:11 pm

I was close! LOL

4:11 pm

Cue Soodle to brag about recent DIY! My bedroom was in a dreadful condition. Walls with wallpaper which must have been put up using Supergle... etc etc. I put up 'lining paper' - plain white paper, then painted 3 walls in Magnolia, and the fourth wall in a deep Navy Blue. Navy curtains on the windows, and cream bed-linen, and its a new room. And more importantly - all my own work.

4:11 pm

changing rooms... yes...there was the very waspish fellow who had a think for pale blue...and white..every room he did was pale blue..

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that was it..llewellyn

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sounds lovely, soodle!

4:12 pm

perfect soods...

4:13 pm

I love blue and white with silver accent

4:13 pm

he still pops up every now and again. Love the idea for a bedroom like that - ours is going to lilac or lavender with a colour called Blossom white on the walls

4:14 pm

And, for once I treated myself. I don't get manicures, or facials, or massages, but I splurged on Egyptian Cotton sheets and duvet covers. Its my haven, and I can't go into it without a surge of pride (and amazement that the wallpaper actually is still attached to the walls.... LOL)

4:14 pm

ok...I'm off to do more flooring homework...thx for the input (beware--I may be back for more)

4:15 pm

okie kookie later pini

4:15 pm

youre welcome pini - dont take no crap from the salesman

4:15 pm

even better, soodle, when you know you did such a great job on your own...and splurged a little, too!

4:15 pm

ttfn

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i would love cotton sheets but they are so in sos to keep looking immaculate

4:16 pm

i love my cotton sheets...

4:16 pm

would not sleep without them..cotton flats in summer..flannels in winter

4:17 pm

<----- not enjoying this grid

4:17 pm

we only have light weight bedding all year - usualy coton percale as it washed niceky and dries quick and donest need ironing

4:17 pm

ok..i made a yummy dinner... but i still want something...

4:18 pm

err keyboard cant keep up with brain

4:19 pm

i found the grid really tricky until i went to lickety and then aprt from the ones i needed clues - which wasnt that many they clicked into place

4:19 pm

its a boring grid...

4:19 pm

its just not..clicking for me today...

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will try to gget to 1/2 way

4:20 pm

I recently invested in 400 thread count sheets. I will NEVER go back.

4:20 pm

arent they lovely molls...

4:20 pm

Ditto Molls.

4:21 pm

I have to talk myself into getting out of bed every day.

4:21 pm

I threw the flannel sheets out. I run way too hot for those.

4:22 pm

And no matter what the day throws at you, if you have had a good nights sleep, you are in a better position to face it. Therefore, I can justify my expenditure on decent bedlinen on the grounds of improved mental health!

4:22 pm

i need them in winter..mind i keep the heat low in winter so as to enjoy the fireplace

4:23 pm

i'll second that soods

4:23 pm

What Soodle said. I have recently come to embrace the phrase "I deserve it".

4:23 pm

no more of this fsss

4:25 pm

( female self sacrificing syndrome)

4:25 pm

Hmmmm. 2010 was the coldest winter on record here. Several mornings,I woke up with frost on the INSIDE of my bedroom window. My bedrom was in such a dilapidated state, I was ashamed to have a plumber in to check out the radiator. By decorating my bedroom, I have now guaranteed the warmest winters in living memory for the next 25 years! Sods Law!!

4:26 pm

excellent... and here to hoping the plumber is cute ;)

4:27 pm

<--- Has never seen a cute plumber. Ever.

4:28 pm

The last one I had in here looked like an alcoholic leprechaun, spoke with an Irish accent and started every sentence with my name (a habit that is like nails on chalkboard for me)

4:29 pm

u hate having someone say your name too?

4:29 pm

i always feel like i am in trouble... that someone is mad at me...

4:30 pm

now..carlee..kokie...hun...some other pet name/ nic name..fine...but carolyn... yeesh...what did i do now to piss you off

4:31 pm

I don't hate someone say my name. I hate someone starting every sentence with it. It's redundant. Big storms brewing here.

4:31 pm

jusdt been off filling in the daily calorie diary and exercise - only 15 minutes today

4:31 pm

The last time I had a plumber in my house, he was doing whatever plumbers do, and when he was finished, he tapped on the front door and came in, to the indelible vision of moi, perched, like a queen on her throne, upon the toilet. I'm still not sure which of us was most traumatised.

4:32 pm

I am blushing just remembering the whole horrible experience.

4:33 pm

Will that be part of the memoirs? : P

4:34 pm

i need a plumber to take out our redundant gas pipe in the living room

4:34 pm

my plumber is a friend's hubby..abnd he makes allthe "plumber jokes" and always says when he is coming over he expects me to be wearing a skirt...

4:35 pm

( he is harmless..crude... but harmless..and has proven many times that he is iincredibly loyal and very protective of my kids... )

4:35 pm

A whole chapter, Moll. To compound the humiliation, he was a rare breed of plumber - Good looking.A Colin Farrell lookalike...(he clearly carefully cultivated the Colin Farrell lookalike thing, with designer stubble, tattoos etc) I am squirming remembering it all....

4:35 pm

righto off to bed to cuddle the hub - see you tomorrow

4:35 pm

btw..i never wear the skirt..and he always complains..but it is goodnatured

4:36 pm

Kazz - enjoy!!!!

4:37 pm

soods....i cant tell you how many times buddies of my son barge in on me on the throne... i just dont even care now... ( they didnt "see" anything)

4:38 pm

ok..gone to wash up my dishes...back later

4:38 pm

Ladies, the lock on the bathroom door has a purpose.

4:39 pm

Especially when you have a house full of teenage boys.

4:41 pm

Oh, I know that nothing is 'seen' Carlee, but its just the whole indignity of the thing... Like when I was 18 and hospitalised following a car acciddent. I was confined to bed, and the nurse had just brought a bedpan. The boyfriend of the tiem arrived to visit me, bringing with him an ice-cream cone. He disregarded the pulled curtains, and awarded the ice cream to me. So, I spent the next three quarters of an hour, uncomortably on a bedpan, chatting to a boyfriend, eating ice-cream.

4:46 pm

Sheesh! Nobody is going to buy my book..... all my secrets are being revealed on Babble! Anyway... Its time I was in my (Egyptian Cotton) bed. Good night everybody, and have a wonderful 4th of July.

oh man, I started the grid, and then looked, wow. 254.

5:09 pm

*nods head*

5:11 pm

and Sprite asked for clues for her last 3 words - therefore it has got to be horrid/long

yup, now i have 38...

it's ok till you get to about 180

i am at 97 and getting stopped... ahhh.

5:28 pm

hi Owl - thats what I found too

check for superlatives and comparatves

also plurals w ithout singulars

have a bunch of those so far, i just need to focys..

focus

5:30 pm

I just listed - need to get things done today

how are you feeling red? lyn i listed at 76 to go

I am feeling a little sore, but in general I think I am doing OK. Mostly having a lot of trouble with anxiety regarding the procedure...

you are facing another?

I hope not. But we will not know if this was successful until I can start running, in October. So I get nervous.

well that is a long time to spend worrying

Yes, it is. It goes up and down based on the day...situation.

5:34 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

5:34 pm

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

hi min

5:35 pm

hi Min

Hi Minver

crap, ikeep missing the local news

oh my, folks in washington state are skiing in tank tops at crystal mountain

nice!

5:43 pm

For those who do not have the 10 letter word yet, it is in my story of cl4 I put into my profile earlier today

5:46 pm

Phantoms for me today are riddle,ridicule, & window.

5:47 pm

ri 6/21 anyone?

5:48 pm

So sorry,rururocks but I did not find that ri6/21 yet.

5:48 pm

ri6 start like the ceremony but end like Mr Nixon's given name

i don't see a ten in your story, min.

5:49 pm

Towards the end..."He believes I spend an in 10/77..."

5:50 pm

thank you lynxx

5:50 pm

in1077 word is toward the end of story 72 Temple Owl

ty min

5:50 pm

*in10/77

5:50 pm

yw

i have done nothing today, after returning from church. no ambition

5:52 pm

Same here! The most ambition I had was to take dog on a walk. Don't even have ambition to finish the grid

5:53 pm

but is it hot where you both are?

no, humid. rained for three minutes.

5:54 pm

It is humid, but not too hot. It is cloudy&humid today\

5:54 pm

106 F here today

5:54 pm

wow - that's drippy!

is the or 8/9 fishy?

5:56 pm

very similar to the io8/9 - same end

5:56 pm

for Priests it is owl

5:56 pm

or 8/45 is most of the in 10/77 word 72 Temple Owl.

uh, ok, ty

5:59 pm

su 5/14???

6:00 pm

So sorry,rururocks but I did not find that ri6/21 yet.

6:01 pm

I found it minver

6:01 pm

TQ

6:01 pm

TW

6:01 pm

S

6:01 pm

4

6:01 pm

So sorry,rururocks but I did not find that ri6/21 yet.

6:01 pm

to slow down in music

6:01 pm

starts like the eastern ruler & ends like the start of italian farewell

6:03 pm

hi all and thanks. great clue lyn

6:03 pm

hi Dorens. yw

6:03 pm

Have had to refresh twice because the posts are not entering into the chog. Anybody else have a problem?

6:03 pm

course i had to go back a ways to see what was being asked for....but it worked then

6:03 pm

Hello Dorens! How are you doing? Welcome to the log.

6:03 pm

not me Min

6:04 pm

sulci

6:04 pm

thanks lynxx

6:04 pm

(heads to PB)

6:04 pm

i'm ok min. and hi ru... did my entering discombobulate you that much???

6:05 pm

lol ..probably

hi doren

zi pls?

6:05 pm

hi owl. this does not look like an easy puzzle today, or is that just me, being slow cause of the drizzly weather here?

6:06 pm

zi4 like a cash register ti**

6:06 pm

you could come here to clear skies and 106 Doren

ty

6:06 pm

Bye everyone - I'd better head out into the cool morning here

6:06 pm

and i had just monkeyed that too I would take the clear skies and 106 (assuming low humidity?)

well, i need 38 and ill see if i feel like finishing later

6:07 pm

no humidity

6:07 pm

i need 137.. bye lyn (and owl?)

6:10 pm

cannot find anything for the second column i except idli. rice/lentil pancakes from indian food, which of course is not naan, so not acceptable

6:11 pm

Goodbye lynxxx! I will see you tomorrow in the chog.

6:11 pm

i definitely would prefer over 100 degrees without humidity to 76, grey, constant rain

6:12 pm

then again, i shouldn't complain. we had a nice sunny few days preceding this, and the plants must be enjoying it, how are you ru?

6:12 pm

Well you are in luck Dorens because there's no ra4/4 or ri4/5 in the Penalty Box.I'll see if I have I you need

6:13 pm

hah.. no, you are right min, i am on my way there... looking for a nice glass of wine

6:14 pm

id 4/5 is rock singer Billy Id** and id7/52 is verb form of the if 4/5 word and id 8/70 is one who id7 Dorens.

6:14 pm

ah i just found the id4/5. but thanks min

hi all

6:15 pm

hello tnc

6:16 pm

at least i've made the nbt, halfway bench mark -- now for lickety, I'm definitely turning over to him early today

6:16 pm

Hello TeaNCrackers!How are you?Welcome to the grid

6:18 pm

Dorens,I have a story of cl4 in profile if U need it too.

6:21 pm

hi, all!

6:21 pm

in10?

6:22 pm

in10 .. a lot of something

6:22 pm

it would take an in******** amount of cluing to get it

6:22 pm

ty

6:22 pm

had a bit of a meltdown earlier today but am doing better now...

6:22 pm

in10/77:Husband believes I spend an in10/77 amount of time everyday babbling kje & hi there? How are U?

6:22 pm

an in10 amount of priests in the schoolyard

6:22 pm

oh my, should have read min's last post, still in pb. hello sue. want a glass of red wine?

6:22 pm

Hello uusue2! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

6:23 pm

and... I think I am offended by dorens clue ; )

6:23 pm

that would be lovely, dorens, thanks!

6:23 pm

hi, min! I got a lot of words from your story...

6:23 pm

no no no, kj, you misunderstand. I am so sluggish today i wouldn't be able to think of a clever cl**

6:23 pm

I would be.. kje

6:24 pm

lol

6:24 pm

<--sh** disturber

6:24 pm

Glad it helped.An in10/77 came from my story as well.

6:24 pm

: )

6:24 pm

good thing I did, too, min, because I certainly am not finding a lot on my own.

6:24 pm

hi min

6:25 pm

what was the meltdown about uu?

6:25 pm

just monkeyed a silly ti 7/8 combo. guess it will be one of those

6:25 pm

plenty of those doren.. this is a toughie

6:25 pm

oh, just life in general (including the fact that I can no longer type the letter j without using the on-screen keyboard)

6:25 pm

bad combo, tough grid + fuzzy brain

6:26 pm

Gave up on this at 2:37 with 175 words & 2011 points

6:26 pm

well between you and kj, you could never pen a dear john letter, then

6:26 pm

hands lint brush to doren

6:27 pm

true, it would be a dear ohn letter and would not be nearly as effective :-)

6:27 pm

thanks ru. that might help. i think i should have jsut stayed in bed today - well, at least i could figure out the te8 myself

6:28 pm

well kj could do a dear joh letter

6:28 pm

so between us we could get it done :-)

6:29 pm

well that is true, between the two of you you could - except for geographical difficulties

6:29 pm

Hi Sue, are you feeling better?

6:30 pm

hi, molly, i am indeed, life kind of got to me earlier

6:31 pm

Understandable Sue. Glad you got through it.

6:31 pm

time for some dinner... bbs

6:31 pm

bye, dorens!

6:32 pm

that was really funny doren

6:32 pm

hi, I'm new. is there a way to play against one other person and see what they are writing? And why does it say I have 5 hours for the puzzle?

6:32 pm

or should I say that was really fuy dore

6:33 pm

we don't play against each other here court

6:33 pm

this is more of a cooperative game.

6:33 pm

hi, court! check the help link above for basic info about the puzzle.

6:33 pm

the trick is to finish the grid

6:33 pm

5 hours because a new puzzle is posted at 1AM EST

6:33 pm

there is a new grid every day at midnight central US time, so that's why the 5 hours

6:34 pm

and you can't see anyone else's words or word list although there are a lot of clues in the chat

6:34 pm

ok, thank you everyone!

6:35 pm

yeah, it's weird that you can't see anyone else's lists. thanks for filling me in!

6:36 pm

if you click on lickety's babble clues it will bring up a list of words in the grid, but only the first two letters and the total number of points

6:36 pm

the help button explains how to calculate the number of points in a word - it can be helpful in figuring out which tiles are used

6:37 pm

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

6:37 pm

I don't know, being able to see other people's lists would be like seeing other people's hands while playing cards.

61 left ugh the grid that never ends

6:38 pm

HI gang

6:38 pm

hi, science and DR!

6:38 pm

Hi Gang

6:39 pm

soory- I had to refresh- my chog was stuck

6:40 pm

I am slow on this one... have been milking it along

me, too dr

6:40 pm

stuck chog has been happening to me a lot recently too

6:41 pm

I will stop blaming it on son's Xbox :-)

6:41 pm

Yep- I was blaming Jakester also :(

6:41 pm

Hello DR1965!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

6:41 pm

My chat log has been stuck a few times today as well.

in 5/20 please

6:42 pm

Hi Min- I m lazy today- how are you?

6:43 pm

... in plus 75% of the direction that my skill is moving at this moment ..

6:43 pm

LOL Dose!

6:43 pm

lol, doesffing!

ty i's gone

6:44 pm

I was lazy today too DR1965. Only thing I did outside of laziness was take dog on a walk. Laziness is great!

6:45 pm

I agree Min- I needed it today

6:45 pm

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

must be in the air. I did nothing but one load of laundry

6:45 pm

go Science!

pitiful. should be using my time wisely and making stuff instead of being a louse

6:45 pm

I did a bunch of cleaning but only after getting furious at myself and everybody else in the house including the cats

6:46 pm

I should be cleaning

6:46 pm

I even took a NAP

i watched Gladiator....

i always should be cleaning

6:47 pm

I took a nap too DR1965! In fact, I took several naps.

li 6????

6:47 pm

*Pictures everyone in Sue's house, including the cats, cowering in the corner and swearing to pick up after themselves*

6:48 pm

I have plural flowers for an li6, science

Iam such a loser. Thanks sue

6:48 pm

ROFL Molly- In my house it is just Jake who is cleaning his room .... I went to ask about dirty laundry and he closed the door in my face

6:48 pm

and the boys did do quite a bit of picking up - the cats and dog remain useless, though

6:48 pm

You are NOT a loser!

6:49 pm

yeah, I'm not even half way, science, and much of what I do have I got from min's story

I am. I also inadvertently pissed someone off yesterday and now I feel badly about it

6:50 pm

you'd be a loser if you DIDN'T feel badly about it, science!

6:50 pm

I have a friend who got tired of picking up after the men in her house. So she starting pitching their crap out in the back yard. Amazingly enough, the y-chromos got a lot tidier. : D

6:50 pm

(and believe me I have a prime loser in my life right now!!!)

6:51 pm

Somebody pissed me off yesterday & they DON'T feel bad about it! However, that's a daily occurence with husband.I piss him off too and don't feel bad about it.

6:51 pm

I am having fun sticking -ier and -ies on the end of lots of letter combinations - not getting a lot of real wo**s out of it but I find it entertaining...

6:52 pm

Science, you obviously didn't mean to piss this person off. It happens. Don't beat yourself up.

6:52 pm

I mean, wouldn't the pickles that have more di** in them be di**ier?

6:52 pm

hi everyone, was lurking but I had to smile when Science said she pissed someone off yesterday. My mom always said it is better to be pissed off than to be pissed on

6:52 pm

Don't forget the superlative

6:52 pm

good point, mom :-)

6:53 pm

I like that Mom

6:53 pm

((Babble Rabble))) hello, I have missed you

6:53 pm

gee, I don't know, BR, I might get some actual words that way :-P

6:53 pm

she has some of the best sayings

hi br

6:53 pm

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

6:54 pm

Mom's Mom is a wise one. : )

6:54 pm

Hi BabbleRabble! How are you doing? Welcome to grid.

6:54 pm

Hello BR- Nice to see you

6:54 pm

Hi Min, so nice to see you

6:54 pm

,

hi inge

6:54 pm

hello Inge

6:54 pm

hi, inge!

6:54 pm

Hi Inge

6:55 pm

ha - found the second 10 thanks to BR!! :-)

comes out of the woodwork to hug Babble Rabble....

6:56 pm

hi, red!

6:56 pm

((Red)) hello

6:56 pm

* feeling left out of Red's hugs

Hi everyone!

6:56 pm

uusue2, I think someone who has travelled the planet the most would be the wo5/20.Or someone who talks the most would be the most wo 4/9.

HUGS everyone, DR, Mom, uusue, Minver, BR...

6:57 pm

If the waters that run deep can have an ier ending, I don't see why the pickle spice can't. But then, this is Babble, where nothing really makes much sense.

6:57 pm

Hi Red _ HUGS Back

6:57 pm

Hello redturtlehead!How are you? Welcome back here

6:57 pm

st7?

6:57 pm

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

6:57 pm

I think I don't have the deep waters.

6:58 pm

and I did get the most of the wo5/20, that was the second 10-letter wo**.

6:58 pm

actually it's an st8

6:58 pm

HI KJE- dont have the st7

6:58 pm

Oh ok. I gave up on the grid so did not realize. Glad I did not put it into the chatlog. LOL!

6:59 pm

thx, dorens! strange word, sigh

6:59 pm

st5 is st*** waters run deep. The extension? of that is the 8.

6:59 pm

is the st7 not real?

6:59 pm

misspelled cow + a preposition as ** the doctor is **

6:59 pm

I don't know kje. Looks like it needs a g on the end.

6:59 pm

BR!!! I can't believe it!! Hello!

6:59 pm

ty br

7:00 pm

ahah! babrab. thank you

7:00 pm

Hello folks

7:00 pm

TY BR

7:00 pm

thx, BR!

Really good to "see" you BR. I have missed you.

7:00 pm

clue for in10?

7:00 pm

Hello, HT

7:01 pm

were the floods anywhere near you babrab?

7:01 pm

Hi ((Une and Dorens))

7:01 pm

the floods are about 300 miles west of me now

7:01 pm

hey, mom :-)

7:01 pm

hi ((Mom and Une))

7:02 pm

in10/77:Husband believes I spend an in10/77 amount of time everyday babbling doxy1lover and hello there.

7:02 pm

hi, dorens :-)

Glad you are safe, but wow...had no idea that area was so flood prone.

7:02 pm

Hello Uneaixoise! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

7:02 pm

Hi Doxy

7:02 pm

hey, min

hi Une!

7:02 pm

The Corp of Engineers has a lot to answer for the flooding.

7:02 pm

do 6/21 plz

7:02 pm

hi, une!

7:03 pm

hi all. thanks minver

:(

7:03 pm

and hi, ivesy!

te 8?

7:03 pm

somewhat like N'Orleans?

7:03 pm

howdy, sue and red :-)

7:03 pm

do 6 - small boats

7:03 pm

hi uusue!

7:03 pm

Hello ivesy3! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

7:03 pm

te8. compound word describing house not worth rebuilding

7:04 pm

hi min, im good ty.. and you?

7:04 pm

Halfway, all the 8's, 9's and 10's. Calling it a night. So nice to see all oif you. ((Hugs))

7:04 pm

tx dorens!!

ty dorens

7:04 pm

gnight, mom :-)

7:04 pm

night, mom!

7:04 pm

name that proper noun! title of Dickens book

7:04 pm

nite -nite mom

7:04 pm

good night Une and Uusue. Pleasant dreams

7:04 pm

Dorrit! (?)

7:04 pm

Little Dorrit

7:05 pm

ding ding. who's the handsome dude in babrab's icon?

7:05 pm

night Dorens, pleasant dreams. But we won't make you sleep in the PB tonight

7:05 pm

gosh that is the fourth or fifth time i've done that. maybe i should just stop chatting

7:05 pm

'Night Mom.

7:07 pm

oh no, Dorens, don't do that

7:07 pm

good night Molly, pleasant dreams

7:07 pm

see you all tomorrow

7:09 pm

Bye Mom

7:10 pm

I have gone to the list - too many wo**s and too little time...

7:10 pm

Bye Sue! Take care

7:10 pm

me too sue

7:10 pm

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

7:10 pm

well, I 'm still here, but on expert :-)

7:11 pm

i'm opening list, but no expert.. a grid like this kind of calls out for it though

7:11 pm

Oh OK I am here also- I read your post wrong

7:12 pm

np, I am less than coherent these days anyway

7:12 pm

I am here off and on,but not that useful since I didn't finish.Don't think I will be able to stay up until the flip

7:12 pm

I am listing also - just hit half

7:13 pm

your story helped Min

7:13 pm

I began to use the list too when I got to halfway mark

7:14 pm

Good, thanks!

7:16 pm

thank you as well

first st 7?

7:16 pm

s + not coffee + not out

7:17 pm

mmmm..crossy just made a home made shepards pie,lean burger cooked with sweet onions,mushrooms,peas shaved carrots,hp sauce and secret herbs and spices.i pop it in a casserole dish and top with whipped russet taters and brush it with melted butterbake for 30 min then ad 1/4 pound of shaved quebec applewood smoked cheddar and a dash of fresh ground peppercorns...

7:17 pm

wow, crossy, that sounds great!

ty ruru

7:18 pm

when the cheese starts bubbling and going a tad dark,it is done..serve with crusty loaf and a nice simple salad

7:18 pm

Hello crosshair! How are you doing? Welcome to grid.

7:18 pm

howdy min

7:19 pm

cu7/56?

7:19 pm

compound word

7:20 pm

got it, thx, dorens!

7:20 pm

I so LOVE Shepard's Pie.Your recipe sounds delicious!

7:20 pm

I made chicken scallopini.First time making it. Was ok

7:20 pm

indeed min,if you like it with a bit of zip,add 6-8 drops of your fav hot sauce

7:21 pm

and the carrots must be shaved with a good cheese grater

7:21 pm

I have to leave out zip as I have sensitive taste buds.

7:21 pm

i used to love shepard's pie. now, i just made dinner with ground turkey, cooked with red onions, mushrooms, zucchini, red and yellow grape tomatoes, cumin and other good spices, sprinkled with chopped cilantro. and ate it. No potatoes, No cheese. still good (and all the veggies came from the local farm store, so i feel doubly virtuous)

7:22 pm

then try my basic recipie

7:22 pm

i use sweet valencia onions

7:22 pm

Well, I am eating veggie burgers and a salad right now.

7:22 pm

sound good dorens

7:22 pm

I also make a tater-tot casserole which is kind of like shepard's pie. At least it reminds me of shepard's pie.

7:22 pm

i miss the cheese. but I'm trying to lose ten pounds desperately

7:22 pm

or8?

7:22 pm

I'd be sheepish to make a shepard's pie..

7:23 pm

we never see tater tots here..i know of them from my american friends though

7:23 pm

LOL rururocks!

7:23 pm

hi scrabs, how are you?

7:23 pm

Hello kids. I just returned from mountain biking on the trail in the park.

10

7:23 pm

most of the in10, doxy

7:23 pm

howdey scrabby

7:23 pm

ty sue

7:23 pm

Silly Ruru.

7:23 pm

hi, scrabs, sounds great!

7:23 pm

forgot that

7:23 pm

or 8/45 word is most of the in 10/77 word doxy1lover

7:24 pm

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

7:24 pm

I am doing well--enjoying the days off to do gardening, yard work, and biking.

7:24 pm

<---is on vacation this week

7:24 pm

oridnate

7:25 pm

---she misspelled it... still pb?--

7:25 pm

almost scrabs

7:25 pm

VERY CLOSE SCrabs - LOL

7:25 pm

scrab goes to the bad speller PB

7:25 pm

Swap 2nd and 3rd letters, kids. Sneaky clue, huh?

7:25 pm

I am starting to become a fan of ground turkey.I had turkey burgers the other day and I did not taste the difference. Also have used it for tacos&it's delicious!

7:25 pm

ru, your normal life sounds a lot like vacation. What are you doing different this week? more tennis?

7:26 pm

I know how to spell the word but I cannot type well.

7:26 pm

i've been using it for a while min, and every so often treat myself to a good beef burger... very rarely. But there is sure a difference.

7:26 pm

taking Dylan to the Beach, hiking Point Reyes, going to Lake Berryessa to take him swimming.. tennis, tennis, and some wine.

7:26 pm

I have that problem Scrabs

7:27 pm

Ruru, did you watch Novak vs Rafa? Novak is playing superb tennis.

7:27 pm

hmmmmmrather idyllic

re 7?

7:27 pm

I did watch it.. a terrific battle.

7:27 pm

Nadal was coming back.. he's really great

7:28 pm

re7 ... someone who shuts themselves away from everyone ..

7:28 pm

IT was a good match!

ty

7:28 pm

They were both crushing the ball.

7:28 pm

I thought Novak was folding in the third set

7:28 pm

ty for re7

7:28 pm

What is the other 10? I have in10.

7:28 pm

crossy winces and balls being crushed...

7:28 pm

wo 10

7:28 pm

I don't think I've seen Nadal serve better than he did today

7:28 pm

the most of this earth

7:29 pm

not those kind of balls crossy

7:29 pm

Sorry, guys. They were hitting the tennis ball with a high racket speed,

7:29 pm

ahh ok

7:30 pm

hitting those with racquets would be testicular manslaughter

7:30 pm

Rafa is so focused, so intense and so patient.

7:30 pm

.. or doubles ..

3 left and all s's

7:31 pm

GO SCIENCE !

7:31 pm

Hi doseffing

7:31 pm

I have 100 left

7:32 pm

Go SG go! Come on people, we have to help her.

7:32 pm

I'll do what I can but I still have 77 left...

st 5/10 and st 5/12

7:34 pm

... I'm just listening to Ella and Louis while seeking the final 3 ... so ask ...

7:34 pm

what are they singing? (they are sooo good together)

7:34 pm

do you know which ones, science?

7:34 pm

st ... which one ... there are several of both ...

7:35 pm

i have st5/12.. rhymes with what's in your head?

7:35 pm

Dancing Cheek to Cheek just had it's final chord

st 5/10 around the one to not move

7:35 pm

that's the best too, doseffing! love it

7:35 pm

st5 = st + P*** a door open. Not push.

7:35 pm

something to drink beer out of, science

7:35 pm

change the vowel sg of the not to move

and the last st 5/12

7:35 pm

st5 = German beer mug

7:36 pm

... just straightening up the CD cabinet ... so I gotta play everything once ...

good evening evr1

7:36 pm

hi, lady!

yay thanks all! done

7:36 pm

hi lt

7:36 pm

good evening 79

7:36 pm

yay, science!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now I can make dinner for the DH. Anyone need a clue

7:36 pm

Yahooo SG!

toughie today

7:37 pm

wtg geek

7:37 pm

yay sg. sure is

7:37 pm

YAY Science!!

so this is all I have accomplished today

7:37 pm

lo8/45?

ok see you all later

7:38 pm

But you have stayed inside and cool.

7:38 pm

well, i haven't accomplished this yet today, but i read most of the sunday times (didn't do puzzle yet) and watched about three episodes of game of thrones

7:38 pm

nm

7:38 pm

more like the lo4/5 before it sue

7:38 pm

Doren, the crossword puzzle is not too bad this week.

7:39 pm

Anybody want cantaloupe or watermelon?

7:39 pm

will probably fall asleep doing it, scrabbs.. but i think there's an acrostic today, and that is my favorite! (had a mango today that was so good i could have cried)

7:39 pm

Bye sciencegeek! I will see you tomorrow in the chog.

7:39 pm

no thanks, scrabs -- have bing cherries!!

7:40 pm

I like mangos too.

7:40 pm

i love fruit . . . period!

7:40 pm

particularly in the summer!

7:40 pm

I so LOVE watermelon, but can do w/the cantaloupe.

7:41 pm

My favorite melon though is honey dew melon,LOVE it

7:41 pm

Me too, Min

7:41 pm

<plum eater>

7:41 pm

honeydew is great

7:41 pm

hey ruru

7:41 pm

Unfortunately, honey dew is also the most expensive.

honey dew and watermelon are my faves!

7:42 pm

I like plums too

7:42 pm

Une, I was thinking of you today when I was examining my columbines.

7:42 pm

I like prune plums the best.

7:42 pm

the dark really sweet plum that is so juicy it is dripping down the chin

7:42 pm

I get a lot of "honey-don't"

7:42 pm

Here is a joke: How come melons do not get married?

7:42 pm

hard to believe your season is soooo much later than ours -- wow -- know you're enjoying them, scrabs . . . cut my first Casablanca lily today -- smells like gardenias -- *swoon*

7:42 pm

I have a LIST of Honey Do's Ruru

7:43 pm

Hey, this seedless watermelon has a few seeds inside.

7:43 pm

LOL rururocks!

7:43 pm

They can't elope/cantaloupe.

7:43 pm

Because they Can't Elope!

7:43 pm

LOL!

lol

7:44 pm

My day and tiger lillies have not even bloomed yet.

7:44 pm

Oh Scrabbler know that joke. I'm sure most people do

7:44 pm

Hello ladytraveler1979! How are you? Welcome to grid

7:44 pm

Minver.. do you know what sweet potatoes sleep in?

7:45 pm

ruru, do you have Cavaillon melons in California? Very small and exquisitely sweet . . .

7:45 pm

I might have to go into town to shop for mandos, plums and cherries tomorrow.

7:45 pm

my day li**** disappointed me this year. don't know what's wrong with them

7:45 pm

yes we do une..

hi min, thanks fod the welcome!

7:45 pm

No rururocks.

7:45 pm

man . . .

7:45 pm

they are really great

7:45 pm

so how'd you like the Wimbledon results today?

riat

7:45 pm

their "yammies"

7:45 pm

I need to trim back the trees in my yard and allow more sun to hit the plants.

7:45 pm

ouch!!

7:46 pm

LOL rururocks!

7:46 pm

GROAN! !!!

7:46 pm

Une, I was thinking of you. Rafa played very well but Novak was on fire.

7:46 pm

mmm I'm happy for Novak.. he deserves it.. I think Rafa is injured but won't say anything... I thought he was surging back and his serving was the best I've seen him do

7:46 pm

yep . . . sigh . . .

I still wanted Rafa to win

7:46 pm

me too . .

7:47 pm

Okay, how about GOL (Groan Out Loud)

7:47 pm

They were pounding the ball.. both of them

7:47 pm

what kind of injury, ruru?

it was a good match!

7:47 pm

I read he is having a foot injury he got shots for

7:48 pm

yeah, it was -- and it's so fun to see how thrilled his family is with his success :-)

7:48 pm

those two players are clearly the elite of the tennis wo5

7:48 pm

oh, the heel injury from earlier in Wimbledon . . .?

7:49 pm

If rafa had taken that 4th set.. it would have been much different I'll bet

7:49 pm

cracked me up when Novak tossed ALL his raquets up to the fans!!

7:49 pm

i agree

7:50 pm

Novak was serving killer aces and kept Rafa on the baseline on his heels so to speak

Novak certainly kept Rafa moving alot!

Popping back in for a few...

7:51 pm

killed me to miss the first set but had to pick up donated food -- what a shocker to get home and find that Rafa already lost a set!

7:51 pm

Hi Red. How is your hip?

7:51 pm

It is always incredible to see them play.. I think that DJ is in Rafa's head a bit by winnning 4 of the last meetings

seat

7:51 pm

hi again, red!

7:51 pm

yeah and he lost the first two sets in a hurry

it's good Scrabbler, I think. My anxiety is really impairing me, but the hip seems ot be progressing all the same.

oops!! sorry!!

7:51 pm

makes sense, ruru -- pretty hard to swallow

7:51 pm

No, thanks, lady, I already have a chair here.

How was your trip Scrbs?

lol

still getting used to this game!!

7:52 pm

nadal is going to cream him in NYC.. you watch

It's Ok Lady, next time can you drop a word I dont have?

7:52 pm

hope you're right!

7:53 pm

and they're both coming to Cincinnati, right?

lol I'll try!

7:53 pm

Outstanding, red! Strenuous and fun hikes at Bryce, Grand Canyon and Zion. I developed heat exhaustion 2.5 mi down into the GC.

7:53 pm

I don't know about that?

7:53 pm

evening all

7:54 pm

I climbed to the top of Angels Landing at Zion.

Glad you are now FIne and we enjoyed your pictures.

7:54 pm

Need a glass of wine.. bb in a bit

7:54 pm

I have 261 pics on my camera.

Hi Dan2!

7:55 pm

scrab, you were in my neck of the woods (so to speak)

7:57 pm

Hello dan2bit!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

7:57 pm

hi, dan!

7:58 pm

doxy, next Saturday I'm helping transport a DOZEN rescued doxy babies 9 wks old -- destination is Rhode Island rescue :-)

7:58 pm

how sweet. Wish I was closer

7:58 pm

Where exactly do you live, doxy?

7:59 pm

Just south of Salt Lake city

7:59 pm

only about a 4 hour drive to Zion, Bryce, Canyonlands etc.

8:00 pm

We stayed in St George our first and last nights there.

8:00 pm

Oh, doxy, I am in love with Utah. My head is still there.

8:00 pm

I want to eventually live in St. George. I love it there

8:00 pm

My photos are being delivered in a few days. I can't wait to see them.

8:01 pm

The north has canyons and mountains with snow still in most of them. Most of the camping areas are still closed due to snow.

8:03 pm

We have one ski resort that will still be open through tomorrow. There is still a lot of snow in the mountains here

8:04 pm

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

8:04 pm

that was quite a struggle...

8:04 pm

YEAH SUE!!!

8:04 pm

wtg sue!!!

8:04 pm

yeah, uusue2

8:05 pm

Fireworks

congrats to UUsue and Doxy!!!! Awesome!

8:05 pm

YAY Doxy!

8:05 pm

that was a struggle today.

I am half way now..

8:06 pm

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

wtg uusue and doxy

8:06 pm

was 90f here yesterday..strange as it may sound crossy misses those crisp bright winter days hiking the trails in snow shoes,going ice fishing,tapping the maples in the early spring for fresh syrup

Wow, My neighbours are setting off firewroks, sort of loudl and bigger than expected!

8:07 pm

I am going to find something to snack on. Had dinner earlier, but want something to eat.

8:07 pm

Talk to you all later.

Oh yes Crossy I will never miss any of that!!!

8:07 pm

lol red

8:08 pm

got a heat rash yesterday that is now raised into blisters,,thank god for hydrocortisone cream

8:08 pm

Doxy, when we started our day at Bryce, 2 wks ago, there was snow in the mtns and it was 34 F and snowing!

8:08 pm

yuck, crossy! Hope it gets better soon...

8:09 pm

Yeah, people are doing firecrackers here too.

8:09 pm

it will sue..we have a old rx of a nice 2.5% cortisone cream,it will do the trick

I'm sure it will cool a bit soon cross. its been unseasonably cool here. 70's

8:09 pm

Where is the rash, Crossy? Is it itchy?

8:10 pm

Dr Scrabbler is concerned about the blisters.

8:10 pm

it is raided into welts with raised edges in the groin area..sorry ladies lol

8:10 pm

raised

8:11 pm

Oh Crossy- Jakester had similar issue this week... He told me he was " sunburned" where he could not out sunscreen ROFL

8:11 pm

not ruptured blisters,but it was a close thing

8:11 pm

we used cortizone cream and baby powder

8:12 pm

Put some Gold Bond powder down there and if it doesn't improve in a day or 2 add an antifungal cream, e.g. miconazole, clotrimazole, etc.

8:12 pm

* actually that was a DAD thing

8:12 pm

using the cream and going comando style under the p.j bottoms lol

8:12 pm

will do scrabbs

8:13 pm

To quote Elaine Benes from Seinfeld, "I don't know how you guys walk around with those things."

8:13 pm

the cortizone cream is ok for now scwabby?

8:14 pm

NICE Quote Scrabs

8:14 pm

well,some packages are bigger to carry round than others scwabby lool!

Oh My.

8:14 pm

HUbby just asked why I am laughing

8:15 pm

Steroid cream won't fix fungal infection, if that is what you have, so you'll know in 1-2 days.

8:15 pm

all i can tell you is my shoes are size 14,want any more info and you ladies will each have to send crossy a dollar lool!

8:15 pm

Crossy, women have their problem areas too.

8:16 pm

is there a nice over the counter fungal cream you would reccomend scwabby?

only worth a dollar huh, crossy?

8:17 pm

form all 500 of you lady lol

8:17 pm

from

etut

lol

be back in a while....need a snack!

8:19 pm

lol dr1965..just tell him we are discussing a crossy crotch rash lol

8:20 pm

and apendage sizes lol

8:21 pm

Miconazole, clotrimazole, etc--same stuff used for "athlete's foot." Or go to the women's area of the pharmacy and get the female versions of those. Haha.

8:24 pm

i had a friend in college,we used to bar hop together and that man was amazing.he would leave with more women on his arm in one month than i did the whole year.one day i asked him his secret and he told me.."what i do is tell them my equipment is this big,and he held two of his fingers about 2 inches apart" i said "well how can that possibly get you the ladies like it does?" he said "well they are so fascinated because most guys lie about how large they are that they have to take me home right away just to find out for themselves"

8:24 pm

mmm..athletes crotch lol

8:28 pm

"jock itch", or tinea cruris in medical talk

8:28 pm

cool,learn something new everyday:)

8:29 pm

tad more than an itch though..hobbled home last night and i would not of been suprised to have seen blood running down my legs

8:30 pm

pushed it waay too hard in that heat

8:31 pm

Bright red, inflamed looking, usually burning and sensitive, often itchy.

8:31 pm

indeed,could hardly touch it to apply cream etc

8:31 pm

Crossy, scale back your training program.

8:32 pm

lol,my training program is work and running around catering to all our lovely visitors from the city on this long weekend

8:32 pm

We have fungi on our skin all of the time but heat and moisture in certain spots allows fungi to thrive.

8:33 pm

i will definatly take your fungal cream advice ty scwabby

8:33 pm

any clue for the in10 ?

8:34 pm

nevermind...brain just kicked in...got it

8:34 pm

.. in plus or 8 ... means way to much ...

8:34 pm

crossy did an in10 ammount of talking bout his crotch in the chog lol

8:37 pm

thanks for the 10! what is the other one?

8:38 pm

i have a gift for the gab,and for text,when i use lots of text that makes me the wo10(superlative) that you know

8:38 pm

wo10= superlative about wo5

8:38 pm

wo ... builds from wo5

8:38 pm

Just don't share any photos, Crossy.

8:39 pm

lol,i messed that up..nm crossy..think a book is calling me anyways

8:39 pm

tc everyone and happy babbling

8:39 pm

poink!

8:39 pm

thank you!

8:42 pm

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

8:42 pm

I have had enough too--been chatting and stuck with 118 to go for 30 min.

8:46 pm

hey all! just finished putting together the DVD/CD shelves. Now I just need Tom to help me mount it on the wall... definitely a TWO person job!

8:47 pm

AND the living room is re-arranged... and some of the clothes for autumn/winter are in vacuum bags and ready to go to the storage locker. :-D I hereby declare myself to be officially BACK!!!!

8:48 pm

wb stidmama!

8:48 pm

Way to go Energizer Bunny Stid!

8:48 pm

HELLO stid! sounds like you are doing much better than I am at putting order to the house after months of neglect

8:49 pm

:-D Well bugs, MOST of the progress is superficial -- dozens of unsorted boxes in the storage locker, but with them out of the house I have room to think.

8:50 pm

hi, stid! You are in the grid :-)

8:50 pm

AND I can bring them back in one or two at a time for sorting without feeling overwhelmed.

8:50 pm

I am still working on my office. I am finding tax returns from 2005 that were never put away properly!

8:50 pm

hey sue! I know -- but I don't count. when PERI is in the grid, she counts!

8:50 pm

*Sue channels Dr. Suess*

8:50 pm

you go, Bugs! :-D

8:51 pm

Hello stidmama! How are you doing? Welcome to grid.

8:51 pm

It would go so much faster if I didn't Babble every day...

8:51 pm

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

8:52 pm

LOL I know that feeling, Bugs -- I deliberately didn't even log in until just now.

8:52 pm

hey Min!

8:59 pm

oh man... the whole network died! *sigh*

9:05 pm

*wonders if anyone else came back...*

9:06 pm

i'm here stid

9:06 pm

sorry stid. I am here just into the grid

9:07 pm

okay *relieved look* I was just worried...

9:07 pm

don't worrry. your breath is fine

9:07 pm

sorry, was testing batteries and putting them in flashlights

9:08 pm

roflmao

9:08 pm

and waiting for dinner as I am VERY HUNGRY

9:08 pm

good idea, sue -- and when I unearth my flashlights from the monster cleaning I intend to do the same thing.

9:09 pm

nice bright LED flashlight was my birthday present from Menards, I finally got around to picking it up

9:09 pm

wonder if someone can help with a problem

9:09 pm

maybe, Jen -- depends

9:09 pm

Poor Sue, always waiting for dinner. : P

9:10 pm

what kind of problem?

9:10 pm

this is always a good place to try Jen

9:10 pm

me and the dog and cats, molly :-)

9:10 pm

my mom is 72, my dad is 71, they argue all of the time, will be married 50 years in August

9:10 pm

Are you waiting for food delivery?

9:11 pm

hm. opposites attract, Jen?

9:11 pm

waiting for Frank to cook, molly

9:11 pm

dad has seen the doc for forgetfulness and he wants my mom to go to a joint doc meeting to see if everything is okay with her and she refuses

9:11 pm

... have they always argued or is this new behaviour?

9:11 pm

keep going Jen

9:11 pm

it is just worse doseffing

9:12 pm

what is your dilemma then?

9:12 pm

my mom thinks it is all dad because she keeps reminding him to do things but sometimes to the point of dad hating it

Hi. Jen yes they both need to see a doctor. Could be as simple as needing meds

9:13 pm

hm... I wonder if he is trying to distract from his own forgetfulness by pushing things off on to her -- or if perhaps he really does see something in her that would logically require attention

9:13 pm

mom still works part time in a day care, dad is retired

Well your Mum sounds as tough as boot nails. Jen

9:13 pm

he just wants her to go the doc to take this same test

9:14 pm

It wouldn't hurt for her to get a "baseline" anyway so if she does experience a decline later it easier to spot

9:14 pm

she is herin, she is the oldest of 7 kids and dad is number 5 out of 6

9:14 pm

well, either there is something wrong with her, or else there isn't - in either case going to the doctor wouldn't be a bad idea, especially together with him - that way the doctor can discuss whatever issues they have with both of them there - even if she has no problems and he does she will need to know what to do

9:14 pm

... if there are no health problems ... then bored ... get him something to do ... that way she doesn't see him doing nothing and maybe she stops having so many suggestions

9:14 pm

Dad could be deteriorating then but I wouldn't worry about the fighting at this point. My parents argued all the time too but it was the way they interacted.

9:15 pm

*Lights fire under Franks butt so Sue can get fed*

9:15 pm

and if there are issues, then personality changes can be one of the symptoms - understanding this can help them deal with whatever it is

9:16 pm

He kept himself alive for 6 weekes longer than the doctors thought was possible so he could go home to be with her. Her dementia took over FAST after he was gone. She had lost her anchor

9:16 pm

lol, molly, he's working on it, and he did a lot of cleaning today after I got all pissy so I am being nice to him now

9:16 pm

there. NBT

9:16 pm

yay, stid!

9:17 pm

i have a feeling that when one them dies, the other is going to go quickly

Jen do you have a men's shed in your area

9:17 pm

Jen, it's hard to watch your parents age. Especially if there are health problems involved. I'm sorry this is bothering you.

9:18 pm

Anyone have a clue for RE7?

9:18 pm

men's shed?

9:18 pm

final thoughts (I have many heart-felt opinions on this issue) is just to be sure that ALL the medical issues (including possible depression) are addressed, since simple things like metabolism can result in symptoms that are mistaken for dementia

9:18 pm

... you're right ... happens a lot ... same suggestion ... make sure there's something for them to do ... preferably that they want to do ...

9:18 pm

bzz...spider.

It is a place were men in their retirement go and ''play'' in the man shed

www.mensshed.org/ here this is it in Australia

9:19 pm

re 7 ... someone who shuts themself off from everything and everyone ...

9:19 pm

TY peach.

9:19 pm

Jen, would you Mum go to the doctor on her own? PErhaps she does not want to loose face

9:19 pm

like a day care Herin?

9:19 pm

brown spider

9:19 pm

dad goes to coffee every morning in the retirement community

Yep but for grumpy old men to go and play and share stories

9:19 pm

good cl4 Peach

9:20 pm

YES! got a 10!

9:20 pm

YAY STID!

9:20 pm

Thanks, DR....couldn't think of anything else

9:20 pm

*Tosses choclits at Stid*

9:20 pm

go stid!

9:20 pm

hey DR -- I love the invite to the "seussicial" on facebook.

9:21 pm

Glad you saw it

9:21 pm

THere is lots of Dr Seuss rhyming going on in my house

Jen I feel that it is best they get a check up. Your mother sounds like me. Not dying not going to a doc.

9:23 pm

yep that's it, but trying to convince her is the problem

Do you have kids Jen?

9:24 pm

there. 101 and done for the day. (((hugs all))) see you-all tomorrow! *runs off to do some studying*

Hugs Stid

9:25 pm

no herin, i am a 48 yr old single woman, never been kissed, never been married

9:25 pm

Bye Stid

9:25 pm

bye stid

9:25 pm

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

Jen go for a serve of guilt pie. Tell your mum that you and everyone else wants her around for a long time and a doc visit is a great idea

Hi Mini

9:27 pm

ra 6/18 ??

9:28 pm

got it

9:28 pm

9:28 pm

clue sammy?

9:28 pm

monkeyed it thanks bugsaw

9:29 pm

I need it, Bugs...please

9:29 pm

I just monkeyed it too. I was hoping you would make it easier for me LOL

9:29 pm

it is the sound that bones make gapeach

9:30 pm

rodent + ***o, the floor kitchen floor covering

9:31 pm

Thanks much, Bugsaw.

9:31 pm

Hello herinfernallady! How are you? Did you finish grid

I have not finished

9:33 pm

I did not finish either.I gave up on grid at 175 words.

9:34 pm

I have 24 left

Using the list here

9:34 pm

go dr!

9:35 pm

trying Jen

Using the list is still like treading in mud

9:37 pm

I agree Herin

9:37 pm

me three Herein

9:38 pm

anyone got a word with the "u"?

Awww. The cute boy Kurt from Glee is on Ellen. He just mentioned the same town as my friend.

9:39 pm

Jen, you get them in your stomach when you worry a lot.

9:39 pm

the other is to use something

9:40 pm

... and to be the person using something ...

9:40 pm

thanks, now i have at least one wo4/9 with each letter

9:40 pm

Hi doseffing

9:40 pm

are you in the east or west?

9:41 pm

... evening ...

9:43 pm

east of Toronto ... but ex-girlfriend from PEI would call it west ...

9:43 pm

I am sure she would! I am on the west coast

9:43 pm

help with the ri6/24 please?

9:44 pm

ri6/24 grimace

9:44 pm

halfway!

9:45 pm

ty Une

9:45 pm

... the clue I got it from was ... the first part of a ceremony and the last part of President Nixon's first name ...

9:45 pm

yw :-)

IN 10 please

9:46 pm

ty doseffing

9:46 pm

in+or8

9:47 pm

hi everyone

9:47 pm

Nice Dose!

9:47 pm

hi natasha

Ok I need a smack for that one

9:48 pm

nawww, no smacks herin!

Worse thing was I was staring at that for ages

Jen is that your kitty?

9:49 pm

it happens that way sometimes

9:49 pm

not my kitty but my parents, she is called my sister

9:50 pm

you are not going to believe what your sister did is what i hear all of the time

Aww. Is she tailless?

9:50 pm

she is a manx named Calico

9:50 pm

yes talilless

Awwww

9:51 pm

she is a very loving cat when she wants to be

But how does she do the tail signs without a tail

9:51 pm

tail signs?

The ones that tell you if the kitty is mad or happy or twitchy

9:51 pm

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

9:52 pm

trust me, she hisses!!

9:52 pm

hi min, how are you?

Norr. My cat squeeks and twitches his tail

9:52 pm

I am sitting here eating Ben & Jerry's Dublin Mudslide

O yum Min

9:53 pm

that sounds yummy!

9:53 pm

just came home from a barbeque, so full, full, full

9:53 pm

It is sooooo YUMMY!I've never had this flavor before.

9:53 pm

what's in it?

9:54 pm

May I please have a clue for io5-12? Thanks

9:54 pm

I was at a BBQ yesterday&ate all friggin' day! I really shouldn't be eating this fattening icecream right now

9:55 pm

io- think of medicine you put on a cut without the e

9:55 pm

almost the whole w4 for the painful anisthetic of the old days

9:55 pm

Thanks much, Jen

9:55 pm

yw

9:56 pm

io 5/12 is io + I ate spaghetti for ***ner gapeach1066

9:56 pm

Thanks much, Min.

9:56 pm

yw

9:57 pm

I've had to go to the clues less than halfway through. this one is a slog for me for some reason

9:57 pm

got the 10

9:57 pm

10's, that is, almost immediately

well done

9:59 pm

if only the rest was so easy for me!

Well I have to be off. Have a great day

10:02 pm

see you, herin

10:02 pm

can someone clue the first cu6/24

10:03 pm

cu + a fi**** is a Mexican celebration

10:04 pm

thanks, Molly

10:04 pm

Glad to help.

10:09 pm

so many cu words....

10:10 pm

I CUrsed the CU words today.

10:10 pm

LOL, Min.

10:13 pm

I thought the cu words were cu4

10:13 pm

ha! cu words done.

10:15 pm

te 5/12 please

10:15 pm

rhymes with the re5

10:16 pm

te 5/12 word rhymes with the re 5/12 word wvteach

10:16 pm

thnx all

10:16 pm

di6?

10:17 pm

thinned down

10:17 pm

more watery

10:18 pm

any well drinks at TGIF

10:18 pm

oh, now I deserve a slap for missing that!

10:18 pm

yw

10:19 pm

nice last clue there, ruru

10:22 pm

:D

10:23 pm

You will not get a slap, you'll just have to goto the PB for asking for cl4/6 Natasha.Many are already there.

10:23 pm

well, at least it will be fun.

10:23 pm

hopefully the drinks won't be di6/24

10:23 pm

Hahahaha...as if Ru orders drinks at TGIF....hahahaha...

10:24 pm

I am useless here as I did not finish so I am off to bed.

10:24 pm

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

10:24 pm

good night, Min.

10:30 pm

the cokes at TGIF are great

10:31 pm

cu 7 56?

10:32 pm

compound word sammy

10:33 pm

figureed that but still cannot see it

10:33 pm

to slice something+opposite of up

10:34 pm

dammmmmmmmmmm and i used to assist with these years ago in hosp... thanks

10:34 pm

no prob

10:36 pm

I've reached my goal of 154 words found, off to bed.

11:07 pm

hi all

11:40 pm

hey all! *offers choclit cake with raspberries on top to jmc*

11:41 pm

***lurking fireworks*** (last word was dialect for teases). I did not enjoy this grid.

11:41 pm

YAY Jill!!! **hugs** how are you doing?

11:41 pm

hello stid and all!

11:41 pm

was thinking about you earlier, and wondering how that cat injury is healing?

11:42 pm

jill! I am making actual, real progress on getting the living room to look like a living room and not a corner of a dorm room!!!!

11:42 pm

Thanks, stid -- it seems to have improved a little but still red and tender in the vicinity.

11:43 pm

wow -- watch that carefully (I know you do) and don't hesitate if there is ANY question, to see the doc! *worried mama-friend look*

11:43 pm

Congrats, stid! Now you have a little time for other than studies and duties.

11:44 pm

I have an appointment with a GOOD doc on Wednesday.

11:44 pm

yes, I am seeing how much I can get done when I am "me" and not "student-me"

11:44 pm

Makes me more confident that I can actually teach. :-D

11:44 pm

Welcome back to the world, stid.

11:44 pm

good jill -- keep that appointment! **hugs**

11:45 pm

You've been teaching all the time, stid -- of course you can!

11:46 pm

Time to change my icon and story, but I did like these binary stars...

11:46 pm

I saw that you had a lovely evening outside yesterday jill -- so pleased your little garden is doing well!

11:46 pm

binary stars are a source of amazement to me -- how they manage to survive so close together without smashing!

11:46 pm

The balmy weather helped!

11:48 pm

We have enjoyed the nice weather, too -- Tom even mowed the lawn a bit today! Tomorrow we will make even more progress.

11:49 pm

Well, here I go for the icon change -- back in a bit...

11:49 pm

later jill!

11:50 pm

*licks the chocolate off fingers*

11:52 pm

*hands jmc a finger towel* hey there! just in time for me to hit halfway!

11:54 pm

wtg stiddie i have 170 left

11:54 pm

go jmc!

11:55 pm

naw i am still tired from my 17 hours drive yesterday and have to get up for a workshop in the morning.

11:55 pm

oh gee jmc -- a workshop tomorrow?

11:55 pm

I was panicking because I thought my online workshop is tomorrow (having spent the last three days on housekeeping and visiting...) but I have another day yet to study and get things in order.

11:56 pm

yes i am at my annual quaker gig in grinnell iowa this year

11:56 pm

what is your workshop?

11:56 pm

(grinnell is less exotic than kenya)

11:57 pm

oh, that's not so bad, I guess -- glad it's now and not August. I hear iowa is hot in august

11:57 pm

i am sure it is not hotter than Texas was when i was growing up

11:57 pm

I am taking a 4MAT workshop online. Bernice McCarthy is actually teaching it! *mama in heaven look* I am SO enjoying getting some clarification of content that was hinted at but not actually taught in my master's program

11:58 pm

what i hated was coming to iowa in january -10 or worse

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study, stid? Workshop? I thought you were through --- ???

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Mother recommended this course to me, she used a lot of these ideas when she was teaching

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(some people never learn)

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I am done with the master's bit, jill -- but enhancing my skills and learning a little more for myself is a wonderful thing!

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Hi jmc

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wow a train is going right through the middle of campus and within feet of the tents were people are camping

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i bet all the campers are awake with the train whistle

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good for you, stid, and I guess this is pressure-free?

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and actually done done -- I got my final evaluation in the mail yesterday, which means that ALL the paperwork that was needed for my diploma is complete!!!!

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gee whiz, jmc!

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hi

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flip now..............................

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YAY STID!

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And I bet that evaluation was sky-high.

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lol mkg

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