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290 total words

12:00 am

flip !!

12:00 am

flip

flip hi mrp hi all

12:00 am

RE6

12:00 am

hi all :)

12:01 am

hi mrp, Dee, mlf

12:01 am

ooooh, 2 x 9

12:01 am

hi flosey, dee et al :)

12:01 am

hi fellow babblers

12:01 am

hi sammy :)

12:01 am

ra 7/8 and hi all

12:01 am

SP6

12:01 am

hi vash :)

Clues are up

12:02 am

ty lickety

12:02 am

Thank you ever so, Lickety!!

hi and nbt

12:02 am

thanks lickekty

po 7

12:02 am

**Lickety

12:02 am

flip

12:03 am

and thanks Lickety!

12:03 am

thanks Dee

12:03 am

PL 6 X2

12:03 am

ea 9

12:03 am

ooh and a busy day tomorrow!

12:03 am

sc9... both 9's have same ending off easy words

12:04 am

ty for the ea 9 mr p

12:04 am

oh, funny, flosey -- we picked the same icon but upside down, lol!

12:04 am

ty for the other 9...those are off the list

12:04 am

I'll change...

12:05 am

hi jilli! what is theme??

12:05 am

please ?

12:05 am

lol, that's the way it was in the picture jilli, didn't think to change it

12:05 am

re 7/8

12:06 am

makes me want to start knitting again

12:06 am

re 7/8 x 2

12:06 am

is the EA 9 a compound?

12:07 am

thanks vash

12:07 am

sp 7

12:07 am

your welcome flosey

12:07 am

ec7

12:08 am

i didn't know that one nan...thanks

12:10 am

ca 7/8

12:11 am

found the ea9 ty and no its not a compound

12:11 am

thanks cos

12:11 am

it does start with an ea4 word though

12:11 am

ra7

12:12 am

ae 7

12:12 am

i have ra 7 x 2 nan..one goes with an 8 and the other with a 6

12:13 am

aces

12:13 am

hello from the pb

12:14 am

la 7 if not called

12:14 am

ac 7

12:15 am

both 9's end same

12:15 am

sp 7/8

12:16 am

hi to nan in PB!! **hugs**

12:16 am

ok, new icon if anyone cares

12:16 am

ok, new icon if anyone cares

12:16 am

oops -- sorry about the repeat

12:17 am

This grid is too big again

12:17 am

and what is wrong with earclip?

12:17 am

oi7 compound

12:17 am

nothing nan... enable is wrong!

12:17 am

jilli, it is an easy grid though!!

12:18 am

ty mr p

12:18 am

I care! am looking for a pic of my little girl wearing a knit I made her

12:18 am

Oh good, mrp -- I'm not only tired but a tad tiddly, lol!

12:19 am

cyber thats what i thought the word should be but it wont work

12:20 am

had such a good supper :-)

12:20 am

I'll join you in the tiddly stakes soon enough!!

12:21 am

es 6

12:21 am

watchahave ??

12:21 am

just got ti4/5 -- add the sometime voweland you'll have my condition :-)

12:21 am

the kookaburras and magpies are here for their daily feed fest

12:22 am

2 vodka on the rox and a glass of Barefoot Zinfandel

12:22 am

a little ti4y then!! LOL!

12:22 am

luv my vodka

12:23 am

what is a Barefoot Zinfandel!

12:23 am

I love kookaburras. Mrp, I'm seriosly thinking about a trip to Oz in Jan or Feb. May I visit you? But you may be moving...

al 7

12:23 am

A rich California red

12:24 am

you may visit and stay with us!! you would luv this end of Sydney... is all bushland shire

12:24 am

ty dee, now that particular tile is done

yw

12:25 am

and we may not be moving, cause word has it, the Prick is selling up

12:25 am

nbt, but that ea 9 is eluding me

12:25 am

same here cyber

12:25 am

I will get video of the kookas being fed for you jilli, and put it on youtube with a link for you - private link, you understand?

12:25 am

works off of the ea 4/4 nan

12:25 am

i have no idea wha that word is

12:26 am

Oh mrp -- I think I'll take you up on that. And I'll try to find my cousin in the Melbourne area too.

12:26 am

the member of the nobility?

12:26 am

yep

12:26 am

but think morning

12:26 am

nan, english royalty?? with the scottish monster

12:26 am

but it's not a compound?

12:26 am

you will jilli! we will look after you very well and take you to the beautiful areas that the tourists miss

12:27 am

ty mrp -- nbs

12:27 am

no, non of the 9's are

12:27 am

yw nan

12:27 am

mrp, mopre via email, ok? Later, when I'm conscious, lol!

12:27 am

po 7

12:27 am

thank yo9u mrp got it

12:28 am

Oh mrp, I luv yoo!

12:28 am

absolutely (vodka) jilli!

12:28 am

don't you spend a cent on accomodation

12:28 am

WOW, mrp!

12:28 am

you spend your money and time on enjoying the beauty of Sydney

12:29 am

Are you comiong here in Sept, mrp?

12:29 am

I am truly serious jilli... you just arrive, and we will sort it out for you

12:29 am

pardon the typos please

12:29 am

I soooooo want to!! and to bring Maddison... the a$$hole still owes my husband $30K... once that is paid, I am there!

12:30 am

so 6/7

12:30 am

I have a courtcase on 12 Sept, then school breaks up around 30th Sept... that is the time we would come... beginning of October

12:31 am

Well, I have a guest room in my 'umble 'ome...

12:31 am

and with defamation case, I might just travel the world once that is over!

12:31 am

stats for the 4th column i please?

12:31 am

stats for 4th column i please

12:31 am

we have a whole flat.... bedroom, lounge/kitchenette and huge ensuite bathroom... all yours

12:31 am

any time, mrp!

12:32 am

any time, jilli!

12:33 am

If you come in Oct, mrp, we'll arrange a giant babble gathering

12:33 am

you would think snoopiness would work

12:33 am

LOL cos

12:34 am

I just arrived in heaven

12:34 am

thank you vash

ca 7 x 4 so far

12:35 am

and ok, babblers, won't bore you all with travel plans here any more :-)

12:36 am

anybody???

ra 7 x 3

12:37 am

ty dee

rqw

yqw

12:38 am

stats for the 3RD COLUMN o please?

12:38 am

nbs... now ineed the 4th column i for nbt

12:38 am

oi 4/4

12:38 am

oo4 mlf

op 5 and op 6

12:38 am

no..its oi4 sorry

I need the i also cos

12:39 am

dee me too

12:39 am

found it!

12:39 am

in5/5

12:39 am

thanks for the o

12:39 am

similar to an on5 word

12:39 am

in 5/10 and io 4/4 for the i's

ty

12:40 am

anyone found the other 9 yet?

12:40 am

i still need 3 more 8's

nbt

12:40 am

yes, nan...which one do you have?

need 5 more here

12:40 am

still need 6 more

12:40 am

wtg nan

12:41 am

sc 9 is one

12:42 am

woohoo found the sc9

12:42 am

looking for the sc -- is it part of a combo?

12:42 am

i still need 2 for nbt

12:42 am

the sc 9 has the same ending as the ea 9, nan

12:42 am

got it

12:43 am

yeah cos and nan!!

12:44 am

aha, thanks vash, have both 9s

cannot find the sp 7/8... a gentle prodding would be appreciated

12:45 am

and now a message from our sp 7/8

12:45 am

thanks nan

12:45 am

thanks nan

ty nan great clue

12:46 am

thanks cyber

12:46 am

tyvm dee and hi dee hi

hi jili

12:47 am

8's so far: ca, ra, re, re, ro, sp

12:47 am

oops -- that was nan's great clue -- tyvm nan

12:47 am

can someone please help me with the 4th column i no idea

12:47 am

in 5

12:48 am

nbt

12:48 am

in 5/10 -- same as the on 5/10

12:48 am

those two often appear in the same grid

12:48 am

duhh thanks

12:49 am

4TH COLUMN 2ND Sfor nbt please??

so5 pl

so 4

12:50 am

so6/18 comes from that S I think -- a wee happy scots word

12:51 am

i got a so 4 and 5 from the other s

12:51 am

ty jill -- hadn't found that one

12:51 am

so 5 and so 6 come from the bottom s

12:52 am

yw nan

12:53 am

ty for the so 6 arb

i feel thankful that you cannot make -tion in this grid

12:55 am

180 down -- have an early tee time, so that's it for tonight -- see you tomorrow :)

with tion it would be a 400+ grid :)

12:56 am

ttfn nan, have a good game

ca 8/50

1:02 am

ty dee ....looking

think of over-the-head bed covering

plural

ce 7 x 2; ce 8/45

1:04 am

tks dee

yqw

sp 7 x 3

x 4

ty josh

1:10 am

ac7 called?

no, ty rb

1:11 am

for some reason no pl, hmm

1:11 am

and ae 6 and pl for 7

from which a does it originate

1:12 am

must be top left, my second A below it is still blank! :(

ty rb

yes

1:12 am

which is what I'm trying to unblank, lol

as4 for the lower 1st column a rbud

1:13 am

ty, josh

well, 2 of them

and an as5

hi again :)

jilli, i have the video for you!!

1:14 am

can you clue that ca 8/15 dee?

am uploading to youtube now... if anyone else wants to see it, will post the link

1:15 am

please post it - thanks

ac 7 does not plural rb because it is an adjective (according to dictionary.com)

it is incredible!! the sounds of the birds is just amazing!! from one bird to 20 birds!! all native australian gorgeous birds too

ca 8/50.... overhead bedcovering... plural... can be covered with a cloth ....4 poster beds

1:17 am

ty dee...got it!!

wtg

1:17 am

ahhh, I see, ty, dee (re the ac 7)

and of course, my gorgeous son is in it!

yw... looked it up you made me curious

vash ca 8 x 2

also ce 8

1:21 am

yep...i clued the 8's that i had earlier....still missing one

I didn't see 2 ca's or the ce earlier in your list :)

btw, all you birdlovers... the birds are being fed fresh meat... nothing nasty

1:22 am

thanks!!!

yw

1:22 am

mrp, did you post it and I missed it?

uploading joey... about 7 minutes to go

i just took the video 10 minutes ago

1:23 am

K. thanks

1:24 am

oooh, hot off the press! :)

1:28 am

ca 6/24...weird word

ok, it is a private video... so will post it with hyrogliphics

very

1:30 am

oh...there are 2 ca 6/24's now

1:30 am

this isn't like a Paris HIlton video is it?

http://www.youtube dot com/watch?v=lZC-vLtngP8 you will have to change the dot and take out the spacing to watch it

listen for the sounds after a few minutes

1:36 am

it says that it is a private video and I need a password.

ok, will see what that is about

1:38 am

last 8 as re 8/40...so re 8/45 x 2 and re 8/40...the re 8/40 goes with an re 7/28

ty vash

just changing it now

1:39 am

40 left....going to list

1:39 am

i should say going to lickety's list

me too

ok, can view it now

http://www.youtube dot com/watch?v=lZC-vLtngP8

change the 'dot' and take out the spaces

and, it is in my profile in it's entirety

1:46 am

Hi all Marie you with us?

hi diem :) long time!

1:49 am

Hi mrp yes its been awhile hope you and yours are well

fireworks

1:50 am

morning all - Hi Diem - all well?

thanks diem! we are 'coping' fine!

1:50 am

Morning all - Hi Diem - all well?

hi mari :)

1:51 am

wow Dee, very well done

on ya dee!! is a nice easy one too... congrats on finishing so quick!!

1:51 am

I'm ready to drop

1:51 am

would like to find 15 more

1:51 am

yes thanks ,wtg dee

ty and thx to lickety for his help :)

no flosey! watch the birdies... watch the birdies!!

1:52 am

congrats dee!!!

will pass it on dee! :) he loves to hear that it is appreciated

ty flosey... dropping like a fly here, so will see you all at the flip...ty vash!!

very much appreciated

see ya dee :)

ttfn! *poof*

flos... did you see the video??

is in my profile. everyday we have these birds show up... they are in luv with my son! he has the 'snow white' touch with animals

1:53 am

no mrp, will take it to watch tomorrow, ok? I'm really ready to droop

1:54 am

115 words for tomorrow

no prob babe... take it easy and have a great sleep!

well done hun... niters!

1:56 am

just back from kitchen chores -- and watching the kookas and maggies and ? -- what's the other bird at the end?

1:59 am

mrp, I wish you could b here at this time of year when we have the hummingbirds and goldfinches and purple finches and robins and...By October there won't be much left although there may be Steller's jays and pileated woodpeckers and juncos.

the currawong jilli

currawongs are black around the head/neck, magpies are white around the neck and kookas... well they are just kingfishers! beautiful sounds hey?

2:00 am

thanks -- msut look that up! I love Aussie words.

we have finches etc... but not in the city!!

currawong is aboriginal

2:02 am

kookas laugh -- I took my son to the Bronx Zoo in NYC to meet one. Remember my grandparents were from Australia, so my aunt who lived in NYC insisted we do that.

our kookas laugh in the morning light and the twilight... luv it

i took lots of audio of kookaburras when i was in aus

2:04 am

also a myth is 'when kookaburras laugh, rain is on the way'

2:04 am

I should have said I love those aboriginal words -- like Woomera for the missile site (or whatever it is) -- so onomatopoeic.

i like wollongong

the town is ok, but the name is solid

I like wooloomooloo

2:06 am

lovely!

2:07 am

you should try and find the song by 'Lucky Starr' called 'I've been everywhere' it names a lot of the weird Aussie town names

2:07 am

Oonadatta is one

i wonder if that is a take-off of the johnny cash song

it is a great song!!

2:08 am

but the word that takes the cake is the one franmag told us about for the little tiny Hawaiian fish -- the umu-umu-nuku-nuku-apua'a

2:08 am

Coolangatta, Parramatta, Wongaratta

our school had a rum tunnel to wooloomooloo! it was fantastic historic stuff... we were located in darlinghurst

the rum smugglers used it to get to the boatyards... wonderful history indeed

and the place was so friggin spooky! looking down the stairs to the tunnels was like looking into Amytiville!

2:10 am

MrP was that Fort Street Girls?

no, it was SCEGGS Darlinghurst

been to all those places! LOL

2:11 am

thx Only seen the outside of SCEGGS

oooh, am chatting with fran now... will have to bring that one up!! LOL

no diz

sorry diz, didn't mean to say no diz

reading stuff from before!! sorry hun

2:12 am

I've been enjoying the chat and getting nowhere with the grid so I think I'll put it off until tomorrow and head for bed. Say hi to franmag for me, ok, mrp?

2:12 am

tis okies xx

I should be able to find info on the tunnels and put it on my profile!

ok jilli! will do hunny! jilli, before you go, you still interested in playing Lexulous with me??

thanks diz **hugs**

am gonna have a vodka lime and soda for you jilli! luvs ya and chat tomorrow!

2:15 am

sure, mrp, but my visits to lex are very sporadic -- weeks or months of silence and then a spurt of a few days maybe.

2:16 am

enjoy, MrP, hubby just gave me a glass of white wine.....HICC! lol

cool! I will join you diz! bb in two min

2:16 am

((hugs)) mrp and bye bye all!...*poof*

2:17 am

good morning all

2:18 am

Good morning, sprite.

2:18 am

hey peach :)

morning sprite!

have a nice semillon chardonnay in hand!

2:21 am

darn just missed jilli. Great knitting! I did the same, designing with graph paper!

2:21 am

hi mrP :)

this is a nice flowing grid sprite... enjoy :)

2:24 am

will do. My love is being very moody, for some weeks now, which is sometimes very hard to live with. He is off today with canoe and Terra, so looking forward to a relaxed day ;)

oh sprite... they go through manopause at times

sorry it is happening now... give yourself time and do for yourself nice things :)

2:27 am

they do! And they want to be left alone then, I believe. The kids and me are going to have a lovely, lazy, very relaxed day with the 3 of us.

2:28 am

bought a new jigsaw puzzle yesterday, my girl and I love to do puzzles in the vacation.

perfect !!

do you have a jigsaw mat??

2:34 am

no we don't :( Couldn't find one big enough. Not even for a 1000 pieces puzzle!

you can get them from puzzle shops... you put your puzzle together on it... and as you need to, you just roll it up and move it... the puzzle stays together on the special mat, including all the pieces you have... you can buy two mats and put them together!

we have one the size of a table!!

2:36 am

hmz this shop didn't have them. But putting 2 together is smart! Will look into that when we get home. I really need something like that, so we can puzzle and then move the mess for dinner.

2:37 am

they had a 32,000 pcs puzzle in that shop! Can you believe doing one? But it wasn't beautiful. If I ever get crazy enough to try one that size, I want a very beautiful one!

sprite, if the man is in a mood, perhaps avoid for now... let him come to you when the 'time' is right...

on to puzzles....

32, 000!! that would take months to do!!

you can buy them online to the size you want too... puzzles are also available online... you can find a beauty there!

2:39 am

mrP, my love put up with me for years and years while I was depressed and handicapped. He is entitled to his own off times, right? ;) LOL @ manopause... we call it penopause!

2:39 am

oh I am gonna look!

too right!! penopause is a peculiar problem!! LOL

2:41 am

hubby made up different size boards for all my jigsaw puzzles...but when he had to buy a sheet of ply wood 5 feet x 3 1/2 feet to put on our verandah table....he said NO BIGGER...LOL

2:41 am

hey I found a jumbo mat online. Not cheap, but relatively big. I think if I bought 2 I could do all puzzles we like.

my luv started to fall apart at the seams after the fire... just tragic really

morning all...

2:41 am

lolllll dizgrannie!

what a sweetie diz!! LOL

2:42 am

hi FFG

hi fish2

2:43 am

your love has been through hell and back along with you too, mrP. We all reach our fall-apart stage at some point, alas. All we can do is be there for eachother and not give up on one another, I think.

2:43 am

dizgrannie, where do you KEEP all those boards?

sprite! if you have 5 minutes, go to my profile and look at the video I took today of the birds!! it is really very nice :)

2:43 am

hi lady :)

too right sprite... it was just such a shame that it took the work of a pinhead prick to pull him down

2:44 am

I have all the time in the world today. Am checking now

p/s want a 32000 piece puzzle. 1000 and 1500 are too easy

thanks sprite... enjoy the sounds!

hi infern :)

have you moved off the lounge yet?? and I hope not!! take it easy hunny

infern, go check my video out please, is in profile

2:47 am

lol, magpies through the continents are SO cheeky!

2:47 am

ah lady, I would love to make one... but the smaller one we bought isn't easy, grin.

Yes I got up and showered now drinking ribena

We have a pair of maggies here

the continents?? what do they do??

we have pairs of rainbow lorekeets and the blue/red parrots.. they are just gorgeous. and the Willy birds are so cute!

Mr Pres This is what I miss about Sydney

The are called Dickie-Birds by the older generation

2:49 am

we have them too, mrP. And just as bad. Chasing away other birds, coming almost into the house... did you know Terra befriended one?

no!! Terra is a funny mongrel!! LOL

my dog chases birds!!! she is crazy about them! doesn't touch the chickens... she protects them!! she wishes she could get a bird, but won't ever happen :)

our Maggies are smaller?? I think

Did you know that Kookies only laugh when you do something stupid

2:52 am

nice vid, mrP. And your boy is beautiful.

aussie magies are very tame, except during mating season!

thank you sprite! he is gorgeous!

well, I must be stupid when i wake up early in the morning! LOL with the kookas!

and the rams head on the table... found that in the paddock a few weeks back :)

2:54 am

we had a baby magpie on our garden when terra was a puppy. They leave their nests before they can fly and learn it from the ground up, magpies. The parents still feed them until they can fly. Terra was utter curious and so was baby magpie... they became friends. Mum and dad magpie tried to chase terra away, diving for his head, but he didn't budge, lol. The magpie and terra are still 'friends'.

2:54 am

*in our garden

that is gorgeous sprite!! trusting eachother and protecting too

Then Mating season duck and cover

i can't imagine terra hurting anything!

my cat would have had a meal of it, but vixie would have backed off for sure

2:56 am

he doesn't. He loves to chase ducks into the water, but when they don't go away, all he does is sniff them out and try to get them to play.

I am not right in the head I just said a 9000 piece jigsaw is too easy

2:57 am

lol lady, funny girl! It all depends on the puzzle. I had a 500 pcs puzzle in my hands yesterday that I don't dare to start... it had only roses. And another one, 1000 pieces, with only dalmatian puppies. And that last one is printed on both sides! So you don't even know if you have the right side up.

2:58 am

onset

2:58 am

awwww am so sorry! I miss my Expert.

pb for sprite! all mistake of course!!

This one was in sections like you could say this and this go here

shall I pelt you with Timtams??

2:59 am

good morning everybody

2:59 am

yes the 32,000 was like that too, which kind of spoils the fun, doesn't it.

Mr PRes do you watch Who want's to be a millianair

2:59 am

oh yes please mrP!

2:59 am

hi rubyfoo :)

Sprite do you have a link for that?

no infern

HI Ruby

hi ruby :))

2:59 am

{{sprite}}, {{herin}}, {mrp}}

I watch it sound off.

OK they are calling for women's only cab's driven by women for women. Isn't this reverse discrimination AND they are pink because as a girl I love pink

3:01 am

am looking, lady, I was in a 'real' store that specialises in puzzles and games.

it is only 14.5 hours to Vancouver?? I will book a flight!!

why infern??

why women for women cabs only?? and where?

Because men are pigs here with cabs

3:02 am

lady, this is one like it, only smaller: http://www.amazon.com/Worlds- Most-Difficult-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B00000 K0FI

3:02 am

from what I have read, many women are harassed by cab drivers

3:02 am

at last, a decent-sized grid! yay

That is cute Sprite.

i have been in many cabs, and never had issue! what has happened?

3:03 am

and this is the roses one http://www.jigsaw-puzzle-club.co.u k/Jigsaws/ED14137_Roses-jigsaw-puzzle- w.jpg

Well Elderly lady was punched in a cab she is 81

3:04 am

lady check out this shop: http://www.wirwarspellen.nl/ Tha t is where we were yesterday!

3:04 am

there was an article in the Int'l Herald Tribune about how dangerous hotels can be for women biz travellers

and have you seen the jigsaw puzzles online??

They take advantage of you and think you are stupid and have no clue on direction is another issue. Especially with Middle Eastern men. And I don't mean that as racis either

81 and punched?? so what the hell happened there?

3:05 am

when I worked, I used to travel all the time and only had problems with colleagues, never hotel employees. Maybe things have gotten worse....

No idea Mr Pres. But I really don't have issues.

well, if a middle eastern man said boo to me in a threatening way, I would punch him too!

3:06 am

I once had a cab driver in NY give me a hard time because I wasn't going far enough, started yelling at me (he was Russian, I think) and I just got out of the cab on the curb side and left the door open, so he had to walk around the cab to close it! hahah

No Mr Pres I am just saying this is the issue I ahve had.

3:06 am

mrP: you mean to play online? That I don't like much. I prefer the real thing.

ah, i haven't played them and wondered if they were any good

Sprite I would not have had been able to leave that store.

3:07 am

awesome, isn't it, lady!

i was in a cab with my boyfriend (back when I was 20) and the cabbie wouldn't let us sit together. we had to sit totally separated with a metre between us, not look at eachother or touch eachother.

he was middle eastern and a total dipsh*t

Yes it is Sprite.

3:09 am

mrP, I tried it and didn't like it. You cannot see all the pieces, or you cannot even pick the order, or you get a couple of containers (those are the best puzzles) so you can sort things out for starters, but not like when you sit down with the real thing and 'let things happen'.

Himself wasn't allowed in a cab because ''he was drunk'' and going too far (it was a $40 cab fair). He was drinking and not drunk

Sprite Jigzone online

3:09 am

I have had very good middle eastern cab drivers. And very rude dutch ones, though not many.

and my boyfriend was middle eastern catholic! was totally unacceptable to impose his religion on us

I honestly don't care as long as you are poliet and don't scare me.

3:11 am

far too easy, lady!

True on that Sprite. BAH ok 364 days to the Olympic Games and I am SO over it

3:13 am

I think about 99,5 percent of the dutch cab drivers are polite and helpful. If I have had a bad experience twice in my life, it is a lot.

3:15 am

I sympathise, lady. I have the same thing about Xmas :P

I am hoping food soon

Sprite I am very irritated about how this year Christmas was mentioned in June

3:16 am

what would you like, herin, I am psyching myself up to a cooking mode!

i am psyching myself up to pick up the phone and call for pizza

3:17 am

I could do with a nice breakie, rubyfoo. How about real croissants, crackers with smoked salmon, coffee and orange juice?

I am waiting for himself to bring home Chinese

Ooooooooo Drool Sprite

3:17 am

wow mrP! That is pretty intense :)

3:18 am

breakfast is the meal around here. No slamon in the house but I have homemade peach preserves, farmer eggs, whole wheat bread, expresso.

3:18 am

could get the croissants when we pick you up at the airport and also the salmon!

O stop it

3:19 am

hehehe coming over right now!

3:19 am

no bagels here, though, they don't exist in this part of France

Oooooooooooo They are talking about replacing failing retail stores here with big brand USA stores. Why bother when you can buy at Amazon at less the price

3:20 am

don't need bagles. Croissants, especially real french ones, will do!

What really Ruby I thought they were a universal food (I nearly said fruit)

3:20 am

we have an "artisanat" bakery right in the village that makes superb ones, the best I've had!

3:20 am

I think you have to be in Paris

3:21 am

we have croissants here, but they are not like the real ones, for the most part.

not one bugger will delivery chinese here... such a shame

3:23 am

Oriental food here is not worth eating - no decent Chines or sushi or Thai :(

infern, i am not in favour of globalization, but nothing is stopping it.... I have been battling it since 1996... very sad

we have awesome japanese and thai!

MrPres this is Solly that is closing 50 stores - Dotti P.A etx.

We have no good Chinese here so we are getting it from the proper area

3:25 am

there are virtually no Orientals here, hardly any blacks, few Americans, just French and Arabsd!

3:26 am

the netherlands are pretty multiculti. We have all colours, and most cuisines. Though how much they are like the 'real' stuff I don't know. But great great food!

3:27 am

herring! Indonesian! My few trips to the Netherlands have been superb food experiences. We just happen to be in the wrong part of France for decent food

3:28 am

fortunately, the scenery makes up for it

I thought France was all about food

3:28 am

Indonesian is probably the first 'foreign' food that became popular here.

3:29 am

not Annecy, unless you like things with gloppy cheese

What sort of Cheese?

3:29 am

when I used to cook Indian food (in a former life hahah), I used to make some of the Indonesian side fishes (serundang, e.g.) to go with

ok, pizza on the way!

3:30 am

I hope I am not insulting rubyfoo, but I feel the french cuisine is overrated. I'll take a good Thai meal over a french one anyday.

3:30 am

well done mrP

3:30 am

Reblochon is the local specialty and all kinds of Tomme. But they ruin potatoes with cheese and butter

You know that it is all about Cheese

3:31 am

I'm not French and husband and I totally agree with you. Unless you go to the most expensive restaurants, it is very blan and ordinary, and the beef is horrible

3:31 am

bland*

french cuisine is only good when home cooked

sorry, IMHO

3:32 am

oh yes, they kill meat. Top french cuisine is probably very good, but the rest...

Well I for one would live on cheese and wine

3:32 am

what is very good here, though, is halal lamb, much better than what you can get in the US

3:33 am

although maybe that has changed in the years since we left

3:33 am

not wine for me, but I LOVE the cheeses.

I hate the idea of Halal

3:33 am

why?

3:34 am

in the US you can only get frozen lamb from NZ

3:34 am

what is wrong with halal?

Well Ok I should change that too I hate the idea of any slaughter house that bleeds the animal alive instead of just killing it quickly

3:35 am

don't they stun it first?

BRB food here.

3:36 am

if you want to be sure of a quick kill, you have to do it yourself. 'Regular' slaughterhouses aren't any better than halal.

3:36 am

has anybody read Temple Grandin?

3:36 am

not me

3:37 am

she has developed humane ways of treating cows on their way to slaughterhouses. But I am edging closer and closer to giving up meat.....

3:38 am

have you read Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals? He won't eat anything that had parents

Am watching 'the world's oldest mums'... not even remotely happy to watch

3:38 am

even plants have parents

3:38 am

mrP, there is this magical OFF button on the tv :P

3:38 am

hahah, sprite

oh, want to watch it, but the women are miserable!

everything in these house is so old! and this 72 year old woman is looking to get pregnant!!

3:40 am

yeah well there is a reason women are most fertile when young... it takes loads of energy to bear, birth and raise kids.

she is calling the Ukraine, Kiev to get a clinic to help her out... she is british

3:41 am

have you read that older mens sperm isn't such a great idea, either? That a higher percentage of their offspring are autistic?

3:41 am

she should be locked up in a mental institution. Sorry if it sounds rude.

3:42 am

amen, sprite!

and this woman who is 68 is pushing twin boys... 2 year olds. She now has cancer and is dying

3:43 am

all that strikes me as really sick! after 40, there are too many risks for the babies

3:43 am

Hello all - A mother's job is to raise her child to 18 - a 72yr old probably wont see the child reach 10 - not right

3:43 am

that kind of child wish is only "ME ME ME" and not about the children.

she saw her mother live to 101 and thought she would do that too, she now has only months to live

3:43 am

everyone is not necessarily meant to have children

3:43 am

too right, ursh. And hi :)

3:44 am

hello ursh!

they don't use their eggs or partners sperm

they are an old surrogate to fresh babies.

Eating back soon

3:44 am

even if you live to 101, it doesn't mean you are a fun mum.

3:44 am

I was happy that my son was born when I was 20! I can't imagine shlepping a baby around now and then it was easy

so she leaves behind 2 babies.. and dies. the children are now living with her brother's son.

3:45 am

enjoy, lady

ivf technology is just bullshit when a line isn't drawn

3:46 am

very nice, thank you mum :(

so bloody sad

stupid ass doctors who are money hungry, obviously

3:47 am

have you noticed in the grid, two words for animal poop?

3:47 am

lol rubyfoo... you sure have an eye for those

3:48 am

small obsession.....

hehehe ruby! didn't see them until you obsessed them out! LOL

3:50 am

130 words, good morning's "work" and now had better start cooking.

3:50 am

see you later, ladies {{big hugs}}

enjoy ruby! bye **hugs**

3:50 am

bye rubyfoo, have a good one

3:54 am

yayyy found one of the 9s!

3:54 am

and the other one.

4:02 am

back in a few, checking on kids

4:35 am

ok back at last :)

4:43 am

morning everyone how are you all

4:43 am

hi coolgirl, almost finished here, how are you?

4:44 am

off work sick but relaxing at same time

4:44 am

sick is no fun, but relaxing is a good thing. Take care of you!

4:44 am

ty

clue for the 9s please

sorry forgot to say good morning everyone

4:49 am

fireflies!

4:50 am

ea 9 & sc 9

4:50 am

gw Sprite

4:50 am

morning Jjenny. The state of not being late and the state of having a snakelike skin

4:50 am

both end in the loch monster. Must be off, bye all!

thank you so much got them both now

I am missing three words to get nbt and nbs - both the i words and any of the 8s

5:54 am

io 4/4, in 5/10

6:35 am

sc9 to be in a state of snakelike skin

6:37 am

Good morning everyone!

6:38 am

hi car.ee

6:38 am

Hello Dahling! How are you!?!?!?

6:38 am

i am good..and u????

6:39 am

Hanging in. Another doctor's appointment this morning.

6:39 am

( having a devil of a tie trying to figure out the the bottom s in the 4th column but beyond that..cant complain )

6:40 am

ugh.... well hopefully he / she will get to the bottom of the complex migraines

6:40 am

oN

6:40 am

hi inge

6:40 am

so 4/4 plural

6:41 am

Carlee, I think it's not daughters

6:41 am

nope its not

6:41 am

There is no bottom to get to I guess. That is what they are. Just need to have some more blood work done.

6:41 am

so 6/18-----male children, one***, two*** (counting rhyme)

6:41 am

so + the bird made its ***t in the tree

6:41 am

thanks car.ee

6:42 am

got it with ur 4/4

6:42 am

: )

6:43 am

Annie that is a weird word.

6:43 am

hi Molly, it sure is

6:43 am

TY annie!

6:43 am

thanks annie

6:44 am

And a proper "hello" to Molly, Annie, and Inge!

6:44 am

*Wonders why she can't see a U in the grid*

6:44 am

and a proper hello from me al4

6:44 am

In this case, UR = your

6:44 am

Never mind...still don't recognize ur for your

6:44 am

and am nbt/nbs at 38....

6:45 am

Wow! Well done carlee!

6:45 am

oh..sorry molly...

6:45 am

txting teens... it slips in..will try harder to not let it happen

6:46 am

Whew! i's are grayed!

6:46 am

No problem. Being a word lover, abbreviations have never been my thing. I don't even use St. for Street or Rd. for Road.

6:47 am

yay for car.

6:47 am

*Hands Car a mimosa for that strenuous effort : D *

6:47 am

Ty, ty, ty!!!!!

6:47 am

*Throws roses at Car*

6:48 am

*sends car on a cruise to Bermuda*

6:48 am

<----- bows in a most graceful curtsey....(sp?)

6:48 am

passes the bottle of champers to car spray on everyone

6:48 am

Annie....Thank you so much!!!!! I need it!

6:49 am

car...that is what I think you need

6:49 am

No wonder I love it here in BAbble Land!!!! Thank you my friends!

6:49 am

a

6:49 am

R

6:49 am

car.ee needs some silly carefree lunacy

6:52 am

okgone to shower...back in 10 or so

6:53 am

I shall miss you terribly!!!!

6:54 am

hey, Annie :-)

6:54 am

Your calendar's in the mail :-)

6:54 am

Hi Une!

6:54 am

HI Une, Thank so very much!

6:54 am

morning, car :-)

6:54 am

*you*

6:54 am

you're more than welcome!

6:55 am

gotta feed pups -- BRB *poof*

6:58 am

I need some help with the center most O please?

6:58 am

duh! NM!

6:58 am

oo4! Almost clued it. : D

6:59 am

LOL!

6:59 am

Are there 2 ex words or just 1?

7:01 am

morning, all!

7:01 am

hi uu :)

7:01 am

Good morning Sue!

7:02 am

hi, car and annie! how are you?

7:03 am

hi again...whew i smell better

7:03 am

just one car.ee

7:03 am

hi, carlee!

7:03 am

Ty.

7:04 am

hi ya sue

7:04 am

BTW, I JUST figured out your sc 9 clue...took me a few minutes!

7:04 am

Im fine and you? uusue

7:04 am

it was sprites..opps... puppy wants out now

7:04 am

doing pretty well - finally got a good night's sleep last night

7:05 am

Oh good! I am so glad to hear that Sue!

7:07 am

Oooh! The fable guy is in the grid today!

7:07 am

so he is!

7:08 am

Coffee anyone?

7:08 am

I'll take some, car! black, please.

7:09 am

good night's sleep..what is that like...

7:10 am

<---- passes hot cup of delicious freshly brewed coffee to Sue....

7:10 am

Remember ol' Ro5 the Beau :)

7:10 am

good morning, carlee, eeyore, uusue, et al :)

7:10 am

hi dc :)

7:10 am

Hello DC! Good to see you!

7:12 am

hello dc

7:12 am

12-yr-olds and 5-yr-olds each offer different challenges. Somewhat sullen grumpy morning here today, respectively. :)

7:12 am

LOL Carlee! I just had a vision of us in our Jammies, sitting at uusue's feet..."Please, Sue! Tell us what a good night sleep is like!"

7:12 am

hi, annie

7:12 am

Oh sorry to hear that. Anything we can help with?

7:13 am

once upon a time.....

7:13 am

....in another pl5 and time....

7:13 am

i hate 12 year old boys

7:13 am

until they hit about 14 or 15

7:13 am

worst time for a boy...

7:13 am

eh, not really. all good. :) elder one as about to clean and oil his new-to-him Underwood #3

7:13 am

then..they rock....

7:14 am

in a galaxy far, far away

7:14 am

....life was good. People would put their gentle heads down at night and drift off peacefully into a dream world of happiness and love....

7:15 am

i found years ago that i rather like dealing with middle-schoolers

7:15 am

then....the movie credits rolled...

7:15 am

WHACK! Reality slep!

7:15 am

*sl4

7:15 am

girls at that age are fun...boys suck....then it switches...

7:15 am

Sorry...its not in the grid! * slap!

7:15 am

Where in the world did he find an Underwood, Seain?

7:15 am

Ugh. Time to get ready for the doctor's office. I would much rather stay here.

7:16 am

good luck car.ee {{hugs}}

7:16 am

Thank you!

7:16 am

ebay, Molly. Well, he started with a #5 from a shed at my Mom's house

7:17 am

noted, carlee :)

7:17 am

I would think those are at antique status by now, very cool.

7:17 am

Have a good morning everyone! Hope to check back in later!

7:17 am

be well, eeyore

7:17 am

they are, Molly, but yet rather common

7:18 am

good luck, car....all will be fine

7:18 am

I saw one in an historical railroad station. I thought it was so amazing, I took a picture of it. Writers are like that about the tools of their trade. : )

7:19 am

indeed so, Molly :)

7:20 am

Sorry, power went off and killed the router. Typing this on my phone, will be back when things improve.

7:21 am

hope it's soon, uusue

7:22 am

is debating on eggs and toast ( over eassy ) or..western omelette ( made from smoked turkey

7:22 am

over easy

7:22 am

( is direction am leaning annie... )

7:22 am

i had egg salad on an english muffin, open faced. Younger nephew had cream cheese on english. I vote over easy.

7:23 am

two for over easy

7:23 am

toddling off to kitchen to make eggs and toast...

7:25 am

color within the sp7 LOL

7:26 am

thanks, dc, I got it

7:27 am

:D

7:29 am

oooh, found a CA 7/8 :)

7:30 am

thanks for saying that, I found them

7:31 am

weird...this batch of eggs....the /yolks break each time

7:31 am

there's a man's name there and plural

7:31 am

indeed, burger joint :)

7:35 am

ok, I am back but there are still a lot of storms around - lots of rain and thunderstorms last night!

7:35 am

we getting them today

7:35 am

ooohhh, please send some my way!!

7:35 am

I hope it cools things down for you

7:36 am

we need rain, too

7:36 am

hiya, une

7:36 am

hey, seain :-)

7:36 am

hmmm, just looking at the weather map, looks like it is going to rain all day. no wonder there are flood warnings.

7:37 am

and hi to une and dc!

7:37 am

howdy, sue :-)

7:37 am

just ordered my Red State Democrat tee :-)

7:37 am

nice, une!

7:38 am

nice, une :)

7:39 am

ya know, Tennessee didn't even go for Native Son Al Gore back in the day!

7:40 am

flood warnings in MI too

7:40 am

hmmmm, well, my little Michigan girl is camping in Quebec with her boyfriend :-)

7:41 am

which reminds me Une..i gotta send some $ to scarlet....so she can pick me up an obama shirt somewhere

7:42 am

good morning everyone

7:42 am

hi ya mom

7:42 am

((Carlee)) good morning

7:42 am

morning, mom!!

7:42 am

Anyone have an clues for the ea9 please? : )

7:42 am

((Une)) good morning

7:42 am

good morning Becky. I don't, just starting here.

7:43 am

the state of being ahead of time, ea9

7:43 am

Good morning! Well thanks anyways and good luck!

7:43 am

good morning Grant

7:43 am

Thanks Grant!

7:43 am

thanks becky, you as well

7:43 am

YW

7:43 am

to be in the state of not late...or....part of the peerage..however u wish to read it

7:43 am

wow, thx, grant1

7:43 am

grant!

7:43 am

tx grant!

7:44 am

Thanks, Mom!

7:44 am

Hi ((Mom))

7:44 am

going to the dentist, see you all later

7:44 am

bye, annie!

7:44 am

((Annie)) good morning and good luck at the dentist.

7:44 am

hang tough annie :)

7:45 am

later, Annie!

7:45 am

Good luck at the dentist Annie!

7:45 am

thank you all, *poof*

7:47 am

ooof...2 eggs...3 pices of toast and some bean dip... i should be set for the day :()...i am not sure if i wish to read..or watch mi5 or firefly

7:52 am

Good morning, all!

I just quit a message board. It's hard to disentangle!

7:55 am

hi, mom, judi, and kap!

Hi!

7:55 am

glad you haven't quit our message board, kap!!

7:55 am

Hiya, Kap!

this is about the level of intensity I can handle.

No quitting quipping.

7:56 am

i've never been on a a message board...

7:56 am

i do belong to one forum but its on an email addy that i rarely use

This was started in fun but devolved into a couple of people's craziness. I got involved when I had to much time on my hands, after I finished my dissertation. Met some nice people, but it served its purpose.

ah, well, back to real people.

Present company excepted.

7:59 am

we are real people kaps...( looking at self...yeap..skin..bone/..flesh..extra flesh..pretty much real )

7:59 am

you mean you're staying here, or you mean we're not real?

8:00 am

Hi Kap, Uuse and Judi

8:00 am

aawww, Ron Howard's in the grid today!

babble is real.

8:01 am

Good morning, Mom.

8:01 am

hey, judi :-)

8:02 am

hi, mom!

8:02 am

so...read...or firefly????

8:03 am

i am leaning towards firefly

8:03 am

read what, Carlee?

8:04 am

either harry potter or the help...or red riding hood ( the movie version that was out...prereading for my daughter)

8:05 am

OMG I never find giant words on my own -- just found sc9/60!! LOL

8:05 am

I loved The Help

8:05 am

the help is sooo good!

8:05 am

yay for une

8:05 am

I'm worried about the movie version -- previews look a bit "cute"

8:06 am

and that is NOT a cute story!

8:06 am

Une, does it play off the sc 4/5 ... at the airport you get a full body one of these

8:07 am

no, it's a snake-like quality

8:07 am

or my dry skin! LOL!

8:07 am

got it on the dry skin, thanks Une

8:07 am

:-D

8:08 am

ok, just found ro8 -- guess a lot of words have that same ending?

8:08 am

thanks again, that gave me my first 8

8:09 am

go, mom!

8:09 am

Not getting the sc9. I got the snakey skin part (first four letters), but nuttin else.

8:09 am

ends in loch **** monster

8:09 am

hi folks, same ending on ea 4

8:09 am

think of a scottish monster ending judi

8:10 am

Yerrg. TY. Smack me with a snakey fish.

8:10 am

:-D

8:10 am

Annie and I are off to the bank and then the pet store for a new bone.

8:11 am

Gotta get back before it gets too hot. 98 degrees today

8:11 am

ugh, here too, mom -- happy shopping!

8:11 am

bye, mom!

8:11 am

and a cat tower for Ziggy's 3rd birthday

8:11 am

have a good one mom..stay cool

8:11 am

and thanks for the 8 and 9 - now i have nbs!

8:11 am

bye bye ((Une and Uusue))

8:12 am

thanks Carlee ((hugs)) have a great day

8:12 am

any of you dog lovers who want a good laugh, check out this video: http://tinyurl.com/3gpj5u3

8:12 am

yay sue

8:12 am

go, sue!!

8:15 am

very cute, une - that is one smart dog!

8:16 am

and STRONG! LOL

8:17 am

ok, now I have nbt to go along with my nbs, time to get my day started! bbl!

8:18 am

later, sue :-)

8:20 am

120 to go and taking a breakfast break -- BBL *poof*

8:23 am

good morning everyone:)

8:26 am

good morning all

8:29 am

howdy teach

8:30 am

hi crossy - hows your day starting

8:31 am

not bad so far,have not won the lottery,but i am not being sued either:))

8:32 am

then it must be a good morning

8:32 am

any day on this side of the dirt is a grand day:)

8:33 am

and even better,the heat wave is over for now:)

8:34 am

20c today and we have a light breeze and the sun is just beaming...perfect

8:47 am

ae6 and 7=what you do to your lawn in the spring

9:05 am

Hi Babble

9:07 am

hi 1965

9:07 am

Hi Teach!

9:11 am

ro

9:12 am

s

9:13 am

stats for the lone I please

9:14 am

lol,there iS life

9:15 am

not much this morning, but there is some

9:23 am

io4/4

9:24 am

need i in 4th column = have that one from right corner

9:24 am

left bottom corner

9:24 am

in 5/10

9:27 am

thnx kate

9:27 am

yw

9:29 am

hi again, all! breakfast time!

9:29 am

morning sue

9:30 am

hi, wv!

9:30 am

major rain here - Galena (northwest corner of the state) got 13.45" last night!!

9:31 am

wow

9:31 am

yesterday was probably the nicest day of the summer so far - this morning it is overcast - but no rain yet

9:32 am

we didn't get anywhere near that much but it is very wet

9:32 am

that's a lot of rain

9:32 am

rained here yesterday too but then got very hot and humid in the afternoon; today's forecast is about the same

9:32 am

I wonder if they saw animals walking in pairs uu?

Hi.

9:34 am

hi herin

9:35 am

hi, herin!

HOwdy, I was waiting for news before I went to bed

9:36 am

and I don't know about the animals but they have closed their flood gates (installed after a flood devastated the town many years ago)

9:36 am

so what's the news, herin?

9:36 am

that is a heck of a lot of rain

So does that mean ducks are happy Sue?

9:37 am

http://tinyurl.com/3f57t82 - local story about the rain

9:37 am

and I think the ducks may have been washed into the Mississippi river

News is someone that was in the Goth Music community passed away just a while ago from cancer. He would ahve been around 40 ish

9:38 am

oh, herin, that is so sad!

He fought the good fight.

9:39 am

Chicago has flooded again as well; this is now officially the wettest July on record (and we didn't have any rain at all this month until about a week ago!)

9:39 am

Good grief! Can y'all see the steam coming out of my ears right now?!?!?

9:39 am

Herin, sorry to hear about your sad news.

9:40 am

Sorry to hear that Herin.

9:40 am

*Ducks and hides from Car*

Thanks and sorry you are sick

9:41 am

The incompetence cotinues Molly...Just had my appointment at my primary care doctor's office. Turns out, my CT scan showed a major sinus infection...that the hospital NEVER mentioned to me! This whole episode may have been caused by that and they should have started me on antibiotics!!! GRRRRRRR.

Car I can join you in the gross head department. There is ice cream on offer as most other foods taste like crap

9:42 am

Time for one of those seething letters to the president of the hospital. Trust me, they work wonders.

9:43 am

I have now shelled out $100 for the hospital visit, $100 in co-pays to other doctors and am looking at about the same at the pharmacy!!!!

9:43 am

Oh Herin! I am sorry about that. The nurse practitioner I saw just recommended lots of steamy hot liquids.

9:44 am

Use the word "negligence" a lot in your letter. That seems to promote offers of taking care of anything your insurance won't cover.

9:44 am

hello hello

Use the words ''An imbecile let alone a trained tec can read a CT scan''

9:45 am

My mom, when she was practicing, was on staff at that hospital. She will help me compose a letter this week.

9:45 am

Hello Ruby!

9:45 am

And have your primary care doctor write one too.

9:45 am

Can't do that. I have never seen my primary care doctor.

9:45 am

Hi Ruby

9:46 am

I thought that is who you just had an appointment with.

9:46 am

Nurse practioner in the same practice.

9:46 am

car not to make like of youra situation which stinks but where I live any report is sent to the primary doctor not to the patient

9:47 am

You mean the CT? Even if I was an in-patient at the time in the hospital?

9:47 am

we are having a big storm, too, but it's beautiful and green after our long winter and spring drought

9:47 am

and the roses!

9:47 am

If the nurse practioner explains the situation to the doctor, I would imagine he would be willing to write a letter. It's worth a try.

9:47 am

Nice Ruby!

9:47 am

oh, did not realize you were an in patient. if so someone should have let you know before you were discharged

9:48 am

car, that is awful (and ridiculous!)

9:48 am

<---- Loves roses

9:48 am

No they did not.

9:48 am

and hi to molly, peri, and ruby!

9:48 am

hi all

9:48 am

this is the second blossoming; the one bit of gardening I do regularly (sort of) is deadhead the roses to keep them flowering

9:49 am

(I once had an MRI that was misread that left me in pain for a year and not knowing why, and came close to leaving me paralyzed)

9:49 am

{{sue}} and peri and molly and car. that is rotten luck with the doctors, car!

9:49 am

Good grief Sue!?!?!?!

9:50 am

These kind of stories are why I have very little faith in doctors and health care people.

9:50 am

I get very frustrated by negligence...especially when it is so easily avoidable.

9:50 am

when my husband had his heart attack, he had seen his doctor that day! then had the heart attack in the middle of the night and the doctor had said he was doing just fine!

9:50 am

we need to become our own patient advocates and ask for results rather than assume things are ok if we do not hear anything. Otherwise situations like yours happens, car. so sorry

9:51 am

good morning everyone

9:51 am

I just asked them to draw a TSH for that very reason Peri.

9:51 am

hi, flosey1

9:51 am

hello flosey!

9:51 am

good for your car

9:51 am

flosey!

9:51 am

wehat is a TSH tho?

9:51 am

have been reading a bit here, you can ask for a copy of any testing that is done - you paid for it

9:51 am

catnip is a sweet phantom

9:51 am

Hello Flosey!

9:52 am

Why do you think it's a thyroid problem?

9:52 am

indeed, car you can ask for a copy of any results.

The classic I love from a friend 's partner the hospital saying "O you can't have codein it will make him sick'' No it will kill him. They are so stupid that he has a big sticker on his file too boot

9:53 am

It is the one test I know they didn't run. I have heard of other women who have had depression issues / headaches / etc and found out they had thyroid issues. Just checking.

9:53 am

It is the one test I know they didn't run. I have heard of other women who have had depression issues / headaches / etc and found out they had thyroid issues. Just checking.

Hi all. How many words are there today please

290

9:53 am

290

9:54 am

Hi Sandra! Hi WV!

9:54 am

Well, it's a good thing to check. I had no symptoms at all and it was discovered that I have thyroid issues. I take medicine for it now.

9:54 am

hello sandra

Might we add I think this certain hospital has too many patients and not enough staff and feral patients at that

Hi all!

9:54 am

Hi Science!

Hi Over lass

9:55 am

clue for the last S in the bottom row plz for nbt.

9:55 am

hi teach and science

9:55 am

Hi everyone! *Slids pans of oatmeal cookies in the PB oven*

9:55 am

and ibd!

I need that one also

9:55 am

hi ruby

9:55 am

so + the bird built the ***t in the tree

9:55 am

hi ruby. sitting in airport...waiting to check in for my seat.

and the lone "i"

9:56 am

going where?

9:56 am

in + *** the table

ty

9:56 am

going to Denver. have to help close up my Dad

9:56 am

does anyone have a clue for ac7 please?

9:56 am

's house.

9:56 am

thnx car - that makes NBS and NBT

9:56 am

hit me with a hake, molly!

9:56 am

Safe travels LBD.

9:56 am

Dawg...my thoughts will be with you.

9:57 am

High card + interest **** on a house

9:57 am

thanks Molly

9:57 am

super clue

9:58 am

xx molly!

9:58 am

Glad to help Flosey. I always have to wonder about that one for a while. Even though it's in a lot of grids.

These S words are sending me nuts

LB blessings

I helped my friend get her dad into a home this week....not fun

9:59 am

3 words for poop and their plurals in this grid!

and the scariest thing was that I saw a woman there that I used to teach with. She has alcoholic dementia

10:00 am

Oh Science...how sad : (

10:00 am

yes and frightening.

10:00 am

that is terrible, science!

10:00 am

That's sad Science. Alcoholism is an ugly disease.

10:01 am

it is and runs in my family

10:02 am

Be back in a bit.

My birth father died before 40 because of alcohol and drugs. Mostly booze.

10:03 am

wow underlass....alcohol poisoning?

10:03 am

half, phew! must cook dinner. see you later

No idea this is what I was told. Don't really know because he was a ding dong ditcher

10:03 am

Russell Brand (a recovering addict) wrote a very good piece on what it's like to be a friend/loved one of an addict in response to the death of Amy Winehouse.

10:04 am

same with my dad's father -- died when my dad was only 10 -- left him to "take care of his mother" -- jeez

I am adopted so i have no idea what his story is.

Une those dang pups are too cute.

Later Ruby

10:05 am

i know! LOL

10:05 am

Saturday morning I'm transporting 3 boxer/pittie mix pups in the morning and Brittany spaniel in the afternoon -- will have more pix! :-)

10:05 am

hi and bye, ruby

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I love pitties. They are banned here :(

10:07 am

they're great dogs and so misunderstood -- lots of landlords here won't rent to pittie owners :-(

The issue here is the amount of attacks. More like moron owners that need to be PTS rather than the dog

10:08 am

oh, I agree completely -- it's totally the owners who treat them badly and/or raise them to fight :-(

My mum doesn't like me going to my friends house who has 3 big dogs. I told her I respect them they are well trained and if I got bit it would have to do with me being stupid not the dog

10:09 am

look what happened to my husband last year, and he's been around dogs all his life. Just a stupid owner who coldn't control his own dog

Exactly Ruby

10:11 am

*poof*

10:11 am

<<<<<<<<<< "Passion" -- a pittie rescue I helped transport recently -- soooooooooo sweet!!

Une did you see sweet Patrick?

10:12 am

don't remember -- refresh my memory . . .

Patrick the little abused pitty?

10:13 am

no, sorry, herin, don't remember -- was that recent

The Patrick Miracle.

10:14 am

ooooohhhhh, yes!!!!!!!!!!!

10:15 am

Hi everyone. Nice out today

Hi Bichon.

10:15 am

Is it cold in Austrailia, midwinter

10:15 am

hey, bichon :-) (98 and humid here!)

Tell you what I wouldn't donate to the AHS after that rudeness

10:16 am

It's going to be 86 in CT, but not as bad as last week. Less humidity and lower temps. Just came back from a trek with the fluffs

10:16 am

gotta run for now -- good to see everyone -- byeee *poof*

10:17 am

bye Une

By Une.

hi Bichon

10:19 am

herin, how cold is it in Aus. I wish it were winter here

10:20 am

I don't bichon I don't like humidity but will take summer over winter any day

10:22 am

I hate the humidity. I came back from my walk with the pooches [about 2 miles] soak wet. They were panting heavily

10:22 am

125left and only one 8 and no 9's :(

10:22 am

I just started peri

10:22 am

pretty flower, bichon, what is it?

10:23 am

peri, ea 9/54 and sc 9/60 both have the loch**** ending

10:23 am

and good morning everyone

Moom

10:23 am

hi Mom, ty will look

10:23 am

I have one 8 .... ro 8.45 and it has the same ending

10:23 am

Hi ((Herin))

10:23 am

HI Peri

10:23 am

peri, it's a Japanese Iris. One of my favorites

10:24 am

Got the ro8

10:24 am

if you want clues Peri, let me know

10:24 am

yeah Bichon and hello

10:24 am

ty for ro8, I have re8 pl of an re7

10:25 am

clues pls, Mom :)

10:25 am

got the ea9 ty Mom

10:25 am

ea .... not late but substitute another vowel for the y and add the monster ending to it

10:26 am

ty Mom

10:26 am

sc ..... dry or snake skin is sc.... substitue the ending vowel with another and add the monster ending

10:26 am

ty Mom

10:27 am

you're welcome Bichon

10:27 am

ty Mom, have both 9's now

10:27 am

you're welcome Peri

Night all

10:28 am

thanks for the re 8 Peri

10:28 am

pleasant dreams ((Herin))

Have a great day

10:29 am

yw Mom

10:37 am

morning

10:37 am

116 words left and no seeing any of them

10:37 am

good morning Sammysmom

10:37 am

199 left here

10:38 am

i started last night when it was cooler- should have done more... it is hot and muggy today

10:42 am

bbl

10:43 am

bye Peri

10:43 am

it is hot and muggy isn't it Sammysmom, just about everywhere

10:45 am

Peri, if you are still here .... another 8 ca 8/50 what is on top of girls beds to make it frilly looking

10:49 am

does anyone have a clue for oi6 and 7 please?

10:49 am

hi Flosey, I do not but I will help you look

10:49 am

... a container for petroleum products

10:50 am

thanks dose

10:50 am

hello doseffing and thank you

10:50 am

be back in a bit .... lunch time

10:50 am

... morning ... except it's time for lunch ...

10:53 am

many years ago I lived in the Highland Creek Valley, dose, I believe the entire area is now a park? They were all frame homes and most washed away with Hurricane Hazel (we had long since moved to North York)

10:55 am

... Highland Creek ... is that Rouge or Humber Valley ... I know the name ... it's just blank as to which end of the city it is

10:55 am

Rouge is out further East, Humber is West of Toronto

10:56 am

... not anymore

10:56 am

Humber Valley took quite a beating with that hurricane

10:56 am

... so did the Rouge ... there is still one of the old emergency bridges over the Rouge up north of the zoo ...

10:56 am

Rouge would be west of you

10:57 am

... Humber Valley is now not quite mid-town

10:58 am

... when did you leave Hogtown? ...

10:58 am

ah, my girlfriend and I use to go biking out through Highland Creek and Rouge area

10:59 am

... well ... it's houses now ... all the way out to Courtice on the east side of Oshawa ...

10:59 am

moved to BC after marriage, then back to Aurora in 1966 for 30 years, hubby taught at Northview Secondary and Georges Vanier SS

11:00 am

yes, and as far north as well

11:00 am

... is that the Georges Vanier on Don Mills road?

11:00 am

yes, in the 'peanut'

11:01 am

... yeah ... I went to Don Mills CI ... Vanier was always the newbies for us ... but that was ... arrrggg... 45 years ago ...

11:03 am

... even since 1996 it has changed ... particularly north ... ... it's people all they up to Elgin Mills ... Markham (or York Region) has a million people in it ...

11:04 am

... Aurora now counts as the north end of the city ... ...

11:05 am

... it's nicer on Salt Spring

11:05 am

good lord! just monkied ca 7 and 8= a hag or witch

11:05 am

Brother drove me around the area last year when we visited an old friend in Aurora - seems it's solid way up to Barrie

11:06 am

have you been out here dose? yes, it is beautiful

11:06 am

... 6.5 million people in the GTA ... fourth largest in North America

11:06 am

wtg crossy

11:06 am

crossy is just north of barrie one hour

11:07 am

... my brother in law lives in Mill Bay ... ... we probably fished right past your front door a few summers ago ...

11:07 am

hubby was born/raised on Salt Spring Island

11:07 am

left to go to U and only visited during summers until we moved here in 95

11:08 am

... his wife is a Victorian ... he talked her into moving here because of the job opportunities ... ... no mountains here ... she hated it ... so he's a lineman for BC Hydro again

11:09 am

... he probably got you your power back last winter after a snowstorm

11:09 am

lol@ victorian..for a second there i though she was into 1880,s dresses...lol

11:09 am

then it clicked

11:10 am

ah, well thanks brother-in-law

11:11 am

we do lose power here in bad storms, high winds - we have a generator in case of lengthy outages but have never had to us it for that purpose

11:13 am

wow, lice isn't a word??????

11:14 am

... do you get the ferry from Duncan or does it go over to the airport side?

11:15 am

we get the Swartz Bay ferry to Fulford Harbour - we're just up the road a couple of miles

11:15 am

lice is a word, but it isn't in the grid

11:15 am

otherwise, if going up north Van. Island, we'd get the ferry over to Crofton (which takes you into Duncan)

11:15 am

phantom, huh

11:15 am

... of course ... now I remember

11:16 am

We have 3 ferry docks, Long Harbour ferry to the mainland if going to Vancouver

11:18 am

... does that go in Twassen or up to North Van? ... just thinking of the next visit to Mill Bay for two summers from now ...

11:19 am

goes to Tswassen - can never get that spelling right

11:19 am

... I like the ferry ride from Twassen to Schwartz BAy ... but I dislike doing the same thing every time

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... yeah I forgot that other 's' again

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Hello :)

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the Nanaimo ferry goes over to Horseshoe Bay, you'd drive in to West and North Van

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daughter lives in North Van, other one lives in Van.

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we took a ferry north out of Horseshoe Bay, scenery is beautiful up that way

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... but if I got to Nanaimo first ... I'd turn north and go up to the other end of the island because i've never been there ... and then everyone would be yelling at me for not going where I was supposed to go ...

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Hello Sadie

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lol, there's a lot to see out here, did you go to Tofino?

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... honeymoon on the beach

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hello flosey

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Tofino is crowded in Summer but I love it in Fall, high winds and wild waves crashing

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lovely honeymoon area dose

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hi again, all, still raining here...

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just gor Boston Market for lunch...wow their food is delish! I never had them before

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we have finally gotten to see some sun this week and temps are even comfortable

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... we went there the last week before the season opened ... was about half price for everything ... and no people ... gonna be lante April ... ...

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... that was 24 years ago

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... the sun ... mountains ... forests ... and the ocean ... what more could you ask for!

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absolutely gorgeous!

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i wanted to go to the beach today with the boys...but alas, even though it is 91 degrees outside, it is raining :(

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Hope you don't get our storms, Lisa, they were intense and very wet!

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must be quite humid Lisa

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We need storms, it way arid here

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extremely humid...where are you at sue?

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Im near cleveland ohio

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60 miles west of Chicago

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we probably are going toget your showers :(

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we had horrible rains last weekend. Very hot and then showers with major flooding. I had my 15 year old, with brand new temps, driving to practice when that storm hit. Needless to say, it was not good. I had to have him stop the car and turn over the keys

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hi, all. I'm struggling with re7/28 and re8/40. clues, please?

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no match found. got them both

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re + what you write on with chalk

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can you share Angel

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We had those too, Lisa - it is officially our wettest July on record now, even though we had no rain all month until a week ago

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reblackboard?

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I understand your fear lisa for a new driver but they have to learn sometime.....when my 30 year old was learning to drive we got hit by a rare huge snowstorm and I made her drive she has thanked me ever since

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residewalk?

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yes, another word for it

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ah.

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thx.

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huh?

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ha ha, yeah here too. It has been the hottest july in half a century and definetly the wettest as well. How does that work???

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warmer air can hold more water.

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I don't understand the sidewalk thing?

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taht is true...its holding gallons up there in those clouds...

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bichon or a new sl5 of officers

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old word for chalkboard

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ty mcurl

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yw

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norse is not in the puzzle??

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bichon, that was me guessing what one might write on with chalk. You can safely ignore the sidewalk. :-)

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what do you call a red head swede?...a norse of a different colour!...hyuck!,,hyuck!

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No problemo sue

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and Norse is a proper noun; Enable doesn't allow those (except when it does)

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and hi, crossy!!

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howdy sue:))

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I'm not sure that chalkboards as we think of them (in the classroom) were ever referred to as sl5s. I think the term refers more to a hand-held tablet sort of thing. Hence the phrase, to wipe the sl5 clean. : D

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it was handheld, but a mini chalkboard

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I knew a lady who taught like a hundred years ago and she called them all slates; it was hard to remember what she was talking about sometimes for the youngsters in the crowd!

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our house in Westford had a slate and copper roof..didn't need any repairs for 100 years..and then $$$$$

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hi all

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hi west

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just remembering hopscotch

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ooops penalty box for me

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hello flosey

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me too mcurl lol

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let me know if you find anything good to eat west!

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must be something

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always is

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it is much like a cedar shake roof westford,looks great lasts a long time,but you do not want to be the owner 50 or 100 years down the road when it does need work

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can anyone give clues for a words? i cant get any off of the left middle... and only one off of the middle top!

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there usually is and most often contains some kind of chocolate *yum*.......well, rest of family is up finally so I need to get out and run my errands....(((poof)))

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back again, way too many ca words

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tell me about it crossy

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left middle the only one I have is snakes (think Cleopatra)

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mostly it was little pinholes in the copper

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thanks sue, i should have been able to get that one

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I would think that a sl*** roof would be really heavy

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bottom most s?

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it was a big house with a full attic

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i just got another...think of going on a boat with a sailor

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i have none for that one yet bichon

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everyone i think is that s, ends up being the one above it lol

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thanks anyway Lisa

11:48 am

we loved that house but the heating bills were killing us

11:48 am

50 left, must get to work for a bit, then errands to run, may be back after supper

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gj flosey still have 103 here

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think I'll take a lunch break

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trying to get down to 100 left

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244 here...but i just started :)

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opta

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good luck everyone

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thanks flosey bfn

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bichon, it's a unit to measure sound... so 5/10

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41 left! But I am so stuck!

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plural (the singular comes from the s above it)

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hahaha, 209 left for me but I usually don't get too far during the day

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i dont really get too far at night either ;)

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yes, so 5/10 is pl.

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awhile ago someone mentioned an ro8 that is a type of iris..can anyone clue it please?

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No clue. The ro8 I have is not an iris.

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maybe I read it wrong thanks molly

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west I have an ro 8 but don't think it has to do with irises. ro** what kids jump with but exchange the last vowel for another and end with sea monster

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It's an extension of what you tie someone up in. And no, you didn't read it wrong. I saw someone clue it as a flower this morning.

If anybody's still looking for left-side a words - there's one that a measure of land

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got molly, ty

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ty too peri

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hey what about my clue for the ro8?

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ok,

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re 8/40 ?

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look down peri lol didn't see it until afterwards

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it happens to me to west

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... pl of r37/28

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Re37???? YIKES! : D

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put tiles on my roof again sammy

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re7/28

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And how bad would it suck if a 37 letter word was only worth 28 points? : P

12:00 pm

if i had the re 7/28.........................

12:01 pm

... the score would probably be as a result of a penalty for using a Welsh town name with triple l's and triples g's in it ...

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check out my clue at 11:59 sammy

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79 s words in one puzzle??? wow...

12:01 pm

re + sl5/10 the plural ... ... ... to start again is to wipe the xxxxx clean

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oh lisa I hadn't counted...yarrgh

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I mean arrgh..am not a pirate

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lol...i hadnt counted until this minute...now im wishing i hadn't

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thanks west

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nevermind lol

12:03 pm

yw sammy

12:04 pm

everyone has rain and we had sprinklers put in the back yard yesterday

12:04 pm

getting new plantings and a new lawn it will be a godsend

12:04 pm

76 s words = I will not finish this grid. It just gets too boring trying to pound out that many that start with one letter.

12:05 pm

but the 76 eses all begin with an s ... what more can you ask for in fun grids like this ones

12:05 pm

well if its any consolence...ours isn't rain, its hell...extreme downpours with lots of damaging winds, homes flooded, then back to 90 degree weather

12:05 pm

well said bab and hello

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hi there BR, nice to see you

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Hello, folks

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sorry lisa..but whatever you have we'll be getting

12:06 pm

at least we have a rain gauge now so the sprinklers won't come on when it's pouring

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did you get it last weekend? cuz it did the same thing last weekend. We were WANTING rain lol...well we got it! Lots of people were out of power too, and with the humidity it was hrorible

12:07 pm

that is sweet westford! a rain gauge...like it alot

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I thought the grid was fun ... I only had trouble with the words I had trouble finding

12:07 pm

we got a bit not so much as predicted though

12:07 pm

i almost spit out my lunch reading your statement babble rabble

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now i am making it my mission to find all the s words,even if i do not finish:)

12:08 pm

i wanted to take the boys to the beach today, but its saying storms all afternoon

12:09 pm

its not raining this minute, but one step outside brings on a downpour of sweat lol

12:09 pm

you don't want to be near water then

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read your statement babble.that is already happening,the middle cass is fading to be replaced my the ultra rich and the very poor..fun eh?

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class

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I always try to find the words I can't find first so I do not have to bother with them later

12:10 pm

exactly...well for one, storms here kick up nasty sandstorms on teh beach, and the humidity will kill me

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;)

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not liking the ca words

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how many are there peri?

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sorry

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29 ca words

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thanks peri

12:12 pm

between c words and s words, those two alone equal over 100 words!

12:12 pm

40 c words but 29 of them are ca

12:12 pm

funny lisa love when that happens

12:12 pm

72 left, going to read for a while. I am reading Marker by Rboin Cook. I love medical hrillers. bbl

12:12 pm

it happens to me daily lol...stupid keyboard

12:13 pm

I have 13..ca guess I'll keep looking

12:13 pm

Robin even

12:13 pm

i think the kids spilled something on it or something, because every now and then it sticks

12:13 pm

bye peri enjoy

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bye peri

12:14 pm

i tried my wife on a robin cook tale..she did not like it as she seems to dance around the blatantly obvios for most of the book...but i have yet to try one of her books

12:14 pm

usually when I just hit return I get an error message - you must be pretty special, lisa :-)

12:14 pm

lisa the very best one was when Dorens left her house and left her computer on..went on for about 45 minutes

12:14 pm

Robin is a guy crossy

12:15 pm

whatever..

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holy cow...well i dont feel so badly then...

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lol

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i get an error message too, over and over and over, as the blank messages keep getting sent lol

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keeps us on our toes

12:16 pm

I agree crossy Coma wasn't bad

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but i will still try one as i used to like aurtur hailys med thrillers

12:17 pm

I loved his Hotel

12:17 pm

My error messages say: User error. Repeat offender.

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i have a first ed of his book airport..love that one

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and i know the hotel book..it rocked

12:18 pm

that was a good one..

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wow crossy first edition

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yes..but far from pristine i am afraid

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ex-library copy,old tape stains and no dust jacket

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that's a shame..still it is a first edition

12:20 pm

why oh why,every time i find a collectable book ,it looks like someone was on speed while stamping the endpapers?

12:20 pm

has that wonderful "old book smell"\

12:21 pm

I know what you mean

12:21 pm

on a side note,did you know you can buy a spray cleaner for your e-book reader that give it the old book smell?

12:22 pm

no way lol

12:22 pm

indeed you can:)

12:23 pm

oh I don't doubt it

12:23 pm

my cursor does not return to the blank wword box after putting a word in, it used to, i got a new computer but smae barnd. any ideas

12:24 pm

have you tried shutting down and restarting magz?

12:25 pm

yes

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what is smea barnd? you celtic magzel? :)))

12:25 pm

that sounds frustrating

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do you hit return, mag, or click the "add" box?

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mine returns to the box if I hit return but not if I click the box

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always use return

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same brand ofcomputer as i had before

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i tried all of that stuff but no luck

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is return the same as enter

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yes, mag

12:29 pm

163 lelft to go, but i am taking a break

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me too down to 90 now but things to do

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bye lisa and all

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*poof*

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thanks anyway

12:39 pm

I've seen the "new book smell" spray. Must have missed the "old book smell" version. Seems like kind of a lame idea to me.

12:42 pm

Hello, could I have the stats for the fourth column I, please?

12:43 pm

in 5/10

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in 5/10 Jellen

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Thanks, I'll start looking...

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Ah, thanks! nbt now

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yay, jellen!

12:48 pm

In 1442, “I will never get used to a book. It doesn’t feel right. I just love the experience of unrolling a scroll and the beauty of hand-written words.” Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type and the mechanical printing press in 1439.... many ideas are lame..at the time.take care all and happy babbling! poink!

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bye, crossy!

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Interesting comparison. Adjusting from hand written parchment to printed books vs. book smell in a can.

12:53 pm

It's funny too. Every time I voice the opinion that I prefer books to an e-reader, many e-reader owners get all defensive, like I've said a dirty word or something.

12:53 pm

... everything was new once ... I believe it was the town and university of Pisa in the mid 1400s passed a law saying that the university would have no dealings with people using the new Arabic digits ... they are heathen creations and too prone to error and fruadulent erasure ... Roman numerals are perfectly fine

12:54 pm

need ca 7/36 clue please

12:55 pm

... sounds like a body ... or like a shoulder purse for carrying an automobile

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ty!

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See, there you go. I don't have anything against e-readers. I don't think they are "heathen creations". I just prefer books.

12:59 pm

... yeah ... it's neat to be able to carry an entire library around with you ... ... but the one I've got is an inexpensive one (not an iPad) ... too many mechanical buttons and switches which are going to wear out ... and you can't turn flip through a book easily to find a favourite passage ... and ...

1:02 pm

I have a cheap one too, dos, it is nice for airplane travel when I don't want to carry a pile of books

la 5/20?????

1:03 pm

plastic gloves, science

nevermind I found it and ty sue

1:04 pm

yw - that gave it to me, actually :-)

difficult grid today

1:05 pm

... exactly ... ... but I'd jump for joy if I could talk the principal into getting me a class set of iPads with a couple of Mathematics apps on them so we could graph functions and do the transformations without using paper and pencil ... ... a smart board is nice with me doing it for everyone ... but the iPad set would be better ...

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yes, I have 112 words and the last ones have not been coming easily

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ooh, that would be nice, dos!

1:06 pm

... ya got $24,000? ... I priced it last week ... ... isn't gonna happen in my lifetime ..

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no, and I can't really require my students to buy them either, for the same reason

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I even run into trouble with students not buying books, and I am thinking of using an online homework system that will cost the students $29 - I'm betting some of them won't get that either

can you write a grant to Apple?

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... no ... we still use a class set of TI84 Graphing calculators ... $120 a piece ... ...

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... I could ... but it's me an 15 other high schools in Durham region and 2200 more high schools in Canada and 22000 schools in the States who want the same grant ..

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A friend and I were discussing a "school with no books" when Cushing Academy tore down it's library in favor of all digital borrowing. It would seem strange to see students milling around a campus with nothing but a digital device. Kind of Orwellian.

I know i have same issue

1:10 pm

... they earn Steve Jobs pension and medical payments by selling these things

we use a system called PLATO (all computer based), but I don't like the darn thing. The kids don't really learn anything

1:11 pm

... yeah ... it's like watching TV ... you stare at the screen and the flashing light turns the brain off

most schools use it for credit recovery; our program uses it for original credit. I think it sucks. Don't think teachers actually wrote the curriculum!

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our library got rid of about 24000 volumes a couple of years ago - the faculty had a fit - they are still available digitally but it is not the same thing. The math department talked the provost into funding the return of the math journals that they had gotten rid of (paid for shipping)

1:13 pm

... we're having the start of a big political municipal budget fight over the funding of libraries now ...

math and science should not be totally computer based. need that kinetic pen and paper thing in order to learn the techniques

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the dean of the library said something about how the library wasn't supposed to be a repository for things that didn't circulate, which I found rather odd (this is a university library)

1:13 pm

Oh I SO agree about the kinetic learning of math and science. I am a person who REALLY needs that.

we have huge issues with the budget. I am supposed to write some new science curriculum this year, but I know they won't buy me any books!

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very hard to do symbols and equations without pen and paper, especially as they get more complicated

try doing chemistry and physics problems without writing anything down!

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... new mayor of Toronto (almost a Canadian Tea Partyer) wants to slash library offices and close a few ... ... people rising up ... particularly elderly groups and associations of the poor because of the potential disapperance of computer availabiltiy

my hisband has a masters in chem eng and he always uses paper

oops husband

and the pb for me

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And to steer away from science and math...the handwritten word is so much more personal than the computer generated one. A love letter just doesn't cut it in email. : )

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tough word to avoid using, science :-)

i have to go the the "retirement" home today with my friend to see her dad.

1:15 pm

... I quite agree ... but I did some checking around the high school libraries here ... typically ... for the past school year ... ... there were four or five books checked out of the library in the past school year

that is because no one reads anymore

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... which begs the question ... "why keep the library?" ... it's gonna be a hard fight this time ... in ten years ... we'll lose

I am dreading school starting.....

we are raising idiots

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... we have "streamed" a lot of subjects ... there's a college stream and a university stream depending on your post-secondary aspirations ...

there is some great psychology curriculum online from Shippensberg in PA. I use a lot of the materials in my elective class

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Sadder still, parents don't read to their kids anymore. I have a friend who teaches pre-school. She asked a Mother if she read to her child. The answer was "Oh no, I don't have time for that. He gets that in school."

I also use some chemistry and physics from Georgia Public Broadcasting - the best stuff out there for those subjects

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... I did a week in a Grade 12 College math class last year ... ... it was grade 12 (high school seniors) ... Monday it was area of a rectangle ... Tuesday was area of composite rectangular shapes ... Wednesday was circles ... Thursday was surface area ... Friday was Volume ... ... nothing I hadn't done by Grade 6

I read to both of my children and the survivingone reads a lot

pi 6 please

nm found it

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That was a gift you gave to your children Science.

agree with that dos

spitoon!

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... my impression of the difference between kids rated as "gifted" and others is ... the parents read to them before kindergarten started and had persuaded them to start to read on their own ...

agree with that

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... must stop ... the rant is building ... must save it for the parents

i work with low income students such a struggle to get them to do anything. they are very spoiled even though they are poor. they want instant gratification

1:24 pm

... exactly ... if it takes more than 10 seconds it doesn't happen

did you read about the discipline problem in school in texas? they are blaming the teachers

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ti

whitmire from texas - idiot - right up there with our hairdo gov

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hey, blame everything on the teachers, why not?

hi inge

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... same here ... same everywhere ...

hi dorens. i know everything is my fault. this may be the last year for me

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well my illustrious governor knows SO much about education, he was at an educational conference on Monday, talking about how wrong it is for us to blame the parents.

lmao dorens

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i'd like to see him spend a month or two at an inner city school and then say that again

it is my fault that these kids end up in prison too!

1:26 pm

... blame it on the Canadians ... it must be our fault ... or maybe the Arabs ... or the Mexicans ... ... never look in a mirror

bbl off the the altzheimers unit!

oh yes lets blame the mexicans! texans would like that

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... by the way ... the pi6 is mexican ... ... think smashing something at a birthday party

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later then, science

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Never seen the pi6 spelled that way before

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hey all

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didn't know there was a pi 6.. will look. Hi Stid

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oh. yes, i've seen that before... it isn't the mexican party thing, i don't think

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... oh it's not really the mexican thing ... it just sounds ike it for spelling purposes ... checked the dictionary ... its place for growing certain coniferous trees

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*refers back in chog* WHY must we "blame" anyone? why can't we just start supporting folks? The parents who are working extra jobs to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table who simply don't have time, energy or money to support school instruction with sports or tutors... the teachers who are working in overcrowded classrooms with out of date materials... the schools that are in impoverished areas where bake sales are held for maintenance rather than field trips. *sigh*

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Thanks, stidmama!

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oh, and we're not allowed to have bake sales, either. and yes, it isn't about blame, it's about finding solutions, but when the solutions involve giving children better opportunities than they get at home. it becomes an "infringement" of democratic principals.

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... quite right ... but when the parent tells me that it's my fault that his kid isn't being raised right ... if I want to help the kid I must ask the parent to think about the kid

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I've long thought that one answer would be to create group homes for mothers who need a little help, and they would have "master mothers" to model the appropriate parenting techniques... eat dinner together and show them how... manners, conversation, etc.

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kind of like a kibbutz or commune. sort of radical

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That is an awesome idea Dorens. Kind of like taking the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program one step further.

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Interesting idea, Doren. But, boy, would it be hard to match up groups of like-minded folks. I wouldn't want to be in charge of that! lol

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problem is, it's too "outside the box" Whose responsibility would it be? Not the schools, and which bureaucracy would we trust?

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and we can't mandate it, and the ones who need it most wouldn't want to do it

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... my problem is no one can agree on proper behaviour anymore ... do we eat dinner together? ... but that means the employer must allow the parent to leave work ... ...

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there are a lot of problems. but instead of looking at the real problems and trying to find reasonable solutions, they just want to look at test scores and bame the teacher

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Dorens, perhaps divorced mothers with custody of their children could form group homes. I like the super mom idea.

1:37 pm

... a couple of years ago 60% of high school students around here had jobs in retail ... ... these are full time employees as far as the store is concerned ... ... damned if I'll let my employees stay home from work so they can eat with family

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Making people leave their homes and communities doesn't sound right to me. Perhaps support from within the community -- a babysitting service for parents who have to work late, mentors who check in regularly with parents to visit and give them ideas/a break (parenting young children can be so isolating), making sure that healthy food options are affordable....

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there are plenty of retired women out there who did a better job. and I know I personally can think of things i wish I'd done differently... would be great if they could learn from our mistakes as well

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True, doseffing. There are lots of elements of society that don't seem to support healthy families. We definitely feel like we need to make tough choices. But that's always been the case, just with different choices.

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... people are no longer allowed to make mistakes ... which is why no one will do anything ...

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lol - we may not be "allowed" to make mistakes, but somehow we all seem to manage to make them just the same!

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i'm thinking we need to teach the mothers, and visitors who come in and show them things, but they need constant modeling. also, I have a problem with people who can't take care of their own kids, and then go on to have 5 or 6... and we have a self-perpetuating mess

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i work with kids whose parents make a whole lot of mistakes, some that are so damaging to the kids, and they sure are allowed to make them

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... yes and yes ... ... but who is going to teach the males ... the fathers ... ... major pet peeve ... ... there is no longer a male image to follow or pattern after ... ... thus the boys often ... do nothing, want nothing, hope for nothing ... and have no idea that there is a future to think about

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that's absolutely true dos.... need a few male figures in there as well... but I was concentrating on the many families that are headed by single women who really just aren't doing the job at all.

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the number of children is a different issue, and one that I am not willing to address. A bigger issue for me are the parents (who exist) who cannot or will not stay away from the drugs and other dangerous situations. The children in those homes are in danger and come to school so traumatized that just staying in their seats is a victory. The foster family system is broken and often the children have no where to go when there are no foster homes available. What do we do for those children?

1:42 pm

... they're not mistakes ... unless someone points them out and persuades them that there is a better way ... a better choice ... right now the choice is "me right now" ...

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I think good role models are hard to come by for all. (Which is why I write books about basically good people trying to do the right thing in tough situations. I don't think we can ever have too many examples of that to look at!)

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oh! Vi! that reminds me -- stidkid #2 REALLY wants to complete his set. What can I do to get him an autographed set? *pleading mama look*

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It would make such a great Yule present for him!

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stidmama, I am, of course, be delighted and honored that stidkid still wants to finish them! If you want them autographed, then you can buy them from me. I think you have my e-mail, or can find it from my web site. Just let me know which ones you want.

1:47 pm

okay! *shhhh -- it's a surprise* :-D

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jumping in for a sec - there are agencies like described that mentor parents (i worked for one as a social worker) but it's a drop in the bucket, as you would guess **repoof*

1:48 pm

(((Krista))) right -- so many support models are there, just too few for the need. *sad look*

1:49 pm

Lots of good suggestions here. However, along with all those there would have to be a resurgence of common decency, manners and a "sense of community" all of which seem lost in today's world.

1:49 pm

It does feel overwhelming, for sure. But there really is lots of good stuff happening, too.

1:50 pm

as long as the money is more important than relationships (something our culture seems to encourage) then I think we will continue to have these problems, molly

1:50 pm

Agreed Stid.

1:51 pm

when I grow up, I shall insist on parents cussing only when necessary (as earlier this week when stidkid #1 was talking at the top of his voice while stidkid #2 was trying to sleep in the next room...)

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In fact, I think one thing we've got going for us these days is that we actually see injustice. In the "good old days" most people were unaware of or didn't count injustices of race, sex, class, religion, and all the rest. People were courteous, but only within their own group. We need to get that common courtesy back, but then apply it to EVERYONE, no exceptions!

1:54 pm

"courtesy" can also hide real feelings, I would be pleased as anything if folks just started helping each other and worked on getting along, regardless of the words they use

1:58 pm

yes indeed, I agree, Vicuna, we need common courtesy back!!

1:58 pm

Real courtesy is about being respectful and making other's feel values. I always tell my kids that it isn't enough to say "thank you" if you actually sound more dismissive than thankful!

1:58 pm

and yes to stiddy too

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*others feel valued, I mean

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yes vi -- that is true ((hey peri!)) -- it's important that the words convey true respect for the persons involved

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and never reply to a thank you with 'no problem' or something dismissive like that... one should use 'you are quite welcome, my pleasure, etc' that will make the person you've helped realize that they're not just someone on the street, even if they are...

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yes amelu! :-D

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Good point Amelu. One response I like to use when people compliment me on a meal is "I'm glad you enjoyed it."

2:01 pm

need just the lowest S now for NBT!

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Not daughter + vowel...plural

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pl of a unit of sound measure

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thanks Molly -- was monkeying all around that one

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I did that this morning Stid. : )

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I need only the i for nbt

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the thrid row i

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hey harry! how's the kiddos?

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in + *** the table

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making me crazy :)

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ty molly

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LOL harry -- I know the feeling.

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nbt, though I still have 167 to go :)

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They have to Harry. It's in The Kid Manifesto.

2:04 pm

one had crazy asthma attack yesterday

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so now she's on steroids and albuterol

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I have 169. eating the candy necklace stidkid #2 got me a while ago -- not my favorite candy, but "sugar is sugar" and right now that's what is keeping me going.

2:05 pm

Ouch, no fun, Harry.

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oh gee harry -- I had that happen to me in June. No good. ((hugs to worried parent and uncomfortable kid))

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well when we went to the pharmacy I got pringles too, so that's my vice today :)

2:06 pm

mine was up every couple of hours coughing the asthma cough and throwing up on everything. ew.

2:06 pm

I was on prednisone for 5 days and I am still getting my body back to normal!

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oh gee girly

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yuck

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she's on oral prednisone and also inhaled steroids

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but first he coughed so hard he peed on everything. 3 sets of sheets later...

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rofl girly!

2:07 pm

what fun

2:07 pm

i am thinking of dragging out the old crib mattress for him tonight - at least its plastic!

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luckily we know what to do by now, so I have some albuterol and prednisone always handy to start her off b4 going to the dr.

2:07 pm

my kids didn't have asthma, but sometimes when they were sick I had to put them in the bathtub for a while as I washed the sheets

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That's when I become a Bad Mother and feel as sorry for *myself* as for the poor kid!

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hard for all involved vicuna!

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we had some fabrics that were terrycloth on one side and plastic on the other to protect the bed when the kids were really little

2:08 pm

there really should be a pinkish mineral called "rosite"

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i layer a few folded beach towels under the sheets at all times - so far it has worked!

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oh, that would be so pretty! I can see it now -- 8-sided crystals that catch the light "just so"

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and a smelly mineral called nosite?

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let's make one :)

2:10 pm

aaaarrragggh, not liking the ca words, not liking them at all

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and a _really_ smelly one called "pooite"

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lol

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roflmao! "pooite"

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just monkeyed some the ca words and feeling a bit better

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ha ha Harry

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go peri-monkeys go!

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Oops, must take clothes down from the clothesline so the kids can play in the sprinkler. Back later.

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if a cockney makes a big deal of something, wouldn't it be a big "oopla?"

2:12 pm

Back from the dentist...ugh...can I get a clue for ac 7 ?

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later vi!

2:12 pm

... high card + ra4/4

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Vicuna made a boo boo. Hi. Op4

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ty dos

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oooh. great clue doseffing!

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hi annie

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thanks dos

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hey annie!

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That was a long dentist appointment, Annie.

2:13 pm

Hi Stid! How is the summer treating you?

2:13 pm

not too bad, annie -- you?

2:13 pm

Hi Bea, then I went shopping for food. Boy, everything is expensive.

2:14 pm

hey bea

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Hey back, stid.

2:16 pm

halfway there!

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bbl

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go harry go!

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*waves au revoir*

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C's done, Woot!!

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go peri go!

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wow peri you have some good monkeys there

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I treat them well

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ca7/36 was a new one for me

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Does the ca8 build off the ca5 before?

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no

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ty

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no

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that ca7.36 is the only ca 7 I do not have, clue please

2:20 pm

Hi Annie and Bzz

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Hi peri

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auto and brief****, what you carry your business papers in

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thanks!

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thanks peri

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thanks peri. i know i've seen that here before, and still don't believe it's a word

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down to 150

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HI, peri and ty.

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yvw Annie

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HALFWAY!!!!

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go stid!!

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go, stid, to

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and outta here for a bit. I think the stidkid is almost ready to help me get a little bit done around here...

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go, stid, go!

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((hugs all)) see you so4!

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*poof*

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bye stid

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need another break, bbs, 42 left

2:29 pm

are there any ae words?

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yes

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yep, ae6 and 7

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thank you :0

2:30 pm

yw :-)

2:31 pm

feeling very stoopid . . . stumped with 105 to go! LOL

2:31 pm

ha ha, 150 left here...i am so close to halfway :)

2:33 pm

please make me stop trying "clasp"!!!

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and reclasp

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:-D

2:35 pm

can I get a clue for the second pl 7.32 ?

2:35 pm

STOP trying Clasp!

2:35 pm

Hi Dorens!

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annie, I don't even have ONE! LOL

2:36 pm

sorry annie, not yet. I just went out to dump the some stuff in the compost pile, picked up a few weeds around there as I usually do, and am drenched. Didn't realize how humid it is out there

2:37 pm

Your garden must be lovely, Dorens.

2:38 pm

pl= the roller of a typewriter/ and plural

2:38 pm

oh thanks, but the weeds are taking over a patch of pachysandra, due to blight i had last year... need to keep after them!

2:38 pm

sammy, I have that one, I need the next pl7

2:38 pm

yup. same here.

2:39 pm

roller of a typewriter??

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roller of a typewriter/???

2:39 pm

a mine site or someone who mines it

2:39 pm

snap! LOL

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LOL!

2:39 pm

i am so happy im not teh only one who had no clue

2:39 pm

remember typewriters?

2:40 pm

... many, many little pl 4/4s

2:40 pm

lisa, start with what you eat off of and add a cons and plural it

2:40 pm

yes, but not rollers

2:40 pm

the first pl 7/32?

2:40 pm

... first one is the typewriter roller

2:40 pm

rhymes with la6/18 (the first)

2:40 pm

bichon, it was just clued....anyone for the second pl7?

2:40 pm

wow, thanks -- that's a new one for me

2:41 pm

I knew what it was thanks to Mr. Doyle, my h.s. typing teacher. Poor man! That is about the only thing I learned as I could never type very fast.

2:41 pm

I thought the typewriter thing was the seond one

2:41 pm

wow...i would have never got that ...thank you

2:42 pm

yes, do you have second pl7?

2:42 pm

I got it. the second pl7--- dishes and throw a vowel in the middle

2:42 pm

ah, second one is pl + vowel + men's neckwear

2:43 pm

or what Annie said :-)

2:43 pm

anyone have teh al6/7 combo?

2:43 pm

thank you Annie

2:44 pm

al6/7 mountain/plural

2:44 pm

think Heidi's chalet

2:44 pm

Lisa, the mountains in Swiss...

2:44 pm

... think of the swiss mountains ... unless ruby is around ... and then their French mountains.

2:45 pm

i dont know how i missed that! I had the mini version lol

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I have reached halfway, need a rest

2:46 pm

this grid could use an h

2:48 pm

ok, down to a nice round 90 -- taking a break *poof*

2:50 pm

one more a word to go and then i have all the a's :) and i have no clue what it starts with lmao

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i need to stop chatting...my computer is telling me something lol

2:55 pm

help on the es6/18 pls?

2:55 pm

I'm still missing 20 P words, and I can't imagine what they might be

2:55 pm

nm got it

2:56 pm

.. es + to stitch + not out

2:57 pm

ty dos...that's a weird word

2:58 pm

... sounds legal but my dictionary is missing

2:58 pm

ea 9?

2:59 pm

... to be ahead of time ... ... but in the state of being by the lake of the Scottish monster

2:59 pm

nice clue :)

3:00 pm

... that's wierd ... let me know if you need better

3:00 pm

i knew it had to do with the previous words, but I cant monkey the ending ~~

3:00 pm

... a vowel plus the scottish loch

3:01 pm

thank you :)

3:01 pm

that got me the ro8 as well

3:02 pm

i dont have teh ro 8

3:02 pm

unfortunately, the state of being charlie brown's dog doesn't translate to an sp10

3:02 pm

... you mean the tool used by little girls to jump over near a scottish loch

3:03 pm

nm...i think i got it :)

3:03 pm

sn10 rather

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... it should

3:04 pm

10???

3:04 pm

... a pleasant joke for the day ... ... it's a tough grid

3:04 pm

there is no 10, Lisa

3:05 pm

sorry lisa

3:05 pm

lmao...making fun of me?

3:05 pm

Yes it should. Considering Lucy said: Charlie Brown, of all the Charlie Browns in the world, you are the Charlie Browniest.

3:05 pm

:)

3:06 pm

... my favourite is from Linus ... .. There is no heavier burden than a great potential ...

3:06 pm

well...128 left and I think it's time to list

3:06 pm

are tehre 2 ec words? I have one that means the sun going over the moon

3:06 pm

Therefore, sn10 should be a word. So there.

3:07 pm

ec5/12

3:07 pm

sn10 means when you dance for your supper and quaff a root beer

3:07 pm

... first ec word is ec 5/10 ... it's french

3:07 pm

ec + not early, minus the last vowel

3:07 pm

... while waiting for the Great Pumpkin

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or the April Fool

3:08 pm

got em :)

3:08 pm

... good news

3:08 pm

Thank God for Dolly Madison cakes, who brought us all the Charlie Brown specials when we were young.

3:09 pm

... I still play the CD of the music from time to time

3:09 pm

I directed "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown" once upon a time. Great show.

3:10 pm

... went to far too many kid's dance competitions where somebody just had to do "My Philosophy"

3:11 pm

My New Philosopy : )

3:11 pm

Or philosophy

3:12 pm

... that's the one

3:14 pm

took grand daughter to the dr today and heard the heartbeat of my great grandchikd due in dec

3:14 pm

nice !~!

3:14 pm

nice little swoosh, swoosh

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It beats the hell out of "You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile" which I could live the rest of my life happily if I never heard again.

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... a real day maker

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Aw Sammysmom! How sweet!

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yup

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A wonderful milestone, sammy!

3:17 pm

this is my third great grandchilkd- have a 3 year old and one due is 6 weeks, but this girl is my youngest grand daughter- only 20... i had hoped they would wait but .........

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my sone says time, tide and a hot crotch waits for nothing

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LOL!

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Never heard it put quite that way.

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nor had i but he DOES have a way with wiords, eh?

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Well Sammysmom, it's better than the NFL cheerleader I read about today who is a grandma at 37...yes 37.

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she beat me- i was a grandmother at 38-- people thought she was mine

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and after a few weeks, so did i

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<----- Can't wait to be a GramMolly

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my g gson calls my daughter nana and i am g'nana

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omg- did i kill the chog?

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just got here and saw the conversation. I became a grandmother at 33.

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we were just babies having babies dis

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first se6/18 pls

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and the funniest part is...my daughter (my fouth child) is 8 months YOUNGER than my granddaughter.

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yep...but I kept having them!! And now I'm just an old mom!!

3:33 pm

the grands are funner that your own i think- hopefully you can love them and send then home

3:34 pm

Okay, I've been lurking. Se/6: a Mexican gentleman with an added consonant, and it's something that feels motion or hears a noise and sets off an alarm.

3:34 pm

ty Carol

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that was the second se6 but I did not have that one either

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I think our kids were funny, but we were so busy working and raising them that we didn't take the time to realize how funny they were.

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yw ; )

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Now with the grands all we have to do when they are around is watch and listen to them and laugh.

3:36 pm

does anyone have the first se6 pls

3:36 pm

se6 - last year of college

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If anyone else has a clue for the first se 6/18 I could use it too!

3:36 pm

ty Vicuna

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15

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i am now a se------ citizen

3:37 pm

... the most experience ... or the wisest ... I refuse to say older or oldest

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14 left, bbs to finish

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i was really upset when i turned 65 and the state sent me a buckeye card ... thought how the hell did they jknow and what business was it of theirs anyway>>LOL

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Help, please on the first ca8,50 -- going out of me mind!!!

3:39 pm

... yeah ... but use the half price tickets anyways

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they go over a bed erda

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ca8 - awnings

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you betcha dose

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Got it -- masny thanks!!!

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... ca8,50 ... alternate spelling for a tin of small round green vegetables ...

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*many

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... must go ... will get the damnable os6 later ..

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doseff -- funny!

3:56 pm

I have the word, but not getting either of those clues for the ca8

I got the veggie clue.... good homonym !!

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Oops. Never mind. Looking at the wrong ca8

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which ca8 do you need?

there are 2 ca 8's ??

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I don't need either. I was just not getting the clues because I was looking at the wrong ca8.

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yup

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whew

4:05 pm

hi again, all!

hi sue :-)

4:11 pm

How are you, diane?

I'm good thanks... just made 16 jars of jam and enjoying a sit down/coffee break !

4:12 pm

wow, that is a lot of jam! What kind?

Hubby picked them earlier today ... nothing fresher. ... raspberry

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ooh, wonderful!

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my raspberries are all gone :-(

4:13 pm

*Packing bags and loaves of home made bread to go to Diane's again*

4:13 pm

I am finally off to bed...and I finally finished! Good night everyone :-)

I usually make about 50 jars.... and share of course :-) have already done the rhubarb-cherry

4:13 pm

yay, becky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

night becky !

lol.... I was expecting a bunch of you to show up the other day Molly... but nobody came !

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<--- Was there in spirit. : D

:-))

4:18 pm

ar 6/21 ??

4:18 pm

Summer is now OFFICIALLY here. We picked more than a cup of the native trailing blackberries, several blueberries, and EIGHT gooseberries from a bush I didn't know existed (must have been "planted" by a critter sometime in the last four years while I couldn't be in the garden).

4:18 pm

*bounce bounce* I LOVE SUMMER!!!!!

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oh yeah. hello! :-D

plural of ar 5/12

hi stid :-)

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guess you can tell i am getting overheated

it's a type of palm sammysmom

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hey diane!

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oh! that ar always reminds me of the spanish word for "sand" or a sports complex

4:21 pm

I love when stidkid#2 plays the guitar and sings... almost time to take him to his rehearsal. *sigh* by the time I get my old body moving the day is mostly over. Oh well...

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I'll see you-all again soon! *poof*

4:27 pm

al

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can't sleep and looking for a few words. The nines totally elude me....any hints?

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ea9- not late + famous monster

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They both end like the Loch Monster. One is the state of being like a snake, the other is the state of being like what you tie someone up with.

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Bag that, the ro one was an 8. Bea clued the other 9.

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Ruby, I must have caught your insomnia. I hardly slept but a few hours last night.

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thank you for the nine

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I just took 2 xanax and ate 5 raw quail ages with lumpfish caviar; it will either put me to sleep or have me outside meowing at the sky

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eggs*

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nothing like phonetic spelling....

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hi, ruby!

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{{sue{{

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I AM NEVER HUNGRY AT DINNER TIME, THEN WAIT TIL 11 AND FEEL SICK ALL NIGHT

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whoops didn't mean to shout, sorry

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I have trouble in the late afternoon, ruby, tend to snack a lot then (like now!!!)

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I think the Caribbean music should be spellable with an i as an alternate

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I am only hungry at breakfast and late at night

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in fact I think I will have some soup.

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lol - I tried that, ruby!

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homemade?

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I can also verify that catpiss is not a valid word, in case anyone was wondering.

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liens

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no, dried, part of my office stash.

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tyvm ruby

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sorry, are there more quail eggs in the PB? or even hot milk?

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{{bichon}} how are you?

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sure, I'll put some there, ruby (there were a couple of words in my last post as well)

4:40 pm

Much better this week. Lat week it was over 100 here and humid

4:41 pm

it's very cold but beautiful here, in between the rainstorms that s. My Ruby was so upset by the thunder that I had to give her a puppy tranqullizer

4:42 pm

she was beside herself

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fortunately, mine don't get frightened by storms. Just by other dogs

4:42 pm

it had phobarbital, meprobromate and other stuff, but it settled her down. Does anybody remember puppy uppers and doggy downers on the old SNL?

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phenobarbitol* I am typing in the dark

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Sera doesn't like the thunder either but it just makes her bark (as do many things)

4:43 pm

she's very calm around other dogs (and cats), it's just firecrackers and thunder that make her crazed

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she only barks if somebody parks in our parking or comes to the gate

4:44 pm

well, firecrackers are bad for them. But not terrible like other dogs

4:45 pm

I worry because her heart pounds to strongly and she trembles all over

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I swaddled her in a big towel and gave her the pill and she calmed down after a while. The vet recommended it, but it was creepy seeing her sort of collapse like that and she's a heavy dog, 75 lbs or so

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They all have their little schticks

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I'm afraid that I love this dog too much....

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you can't love a dog too much.

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she's 8 1/2 and I worry about her a lot

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chows make it to around 10

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Hopefully mine live a long Bichon life

4:49 pm

her diet is wonderful; I cook the two dogs brown rice with cauliflower, chicken, beef hearts and chicken liver and season it with bouillon and parmesan

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I think smaller dogs are good choices because of that, but, unfortunately, husband I both like the personalities of chows

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and they are so beautiful

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I do not cook for my dog. I do enough for them

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Sera is a pretty big dog but she is a real sweetheart :-)

4:52 pm

Do the French really cook for their dogs?

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I spend too much time cooking for them and feeding them. No, the French don't but I'm a Jewish mother

4:53 pm

we get her the real premium dog food (the kind you can't find in the regular stores, even the regular pet food stores)

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the French give them table scraps and dried kibble

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but I don' t cook for her, at least not on purpose (sometimes she gets something that has fallen on the floor :-)

4:53 pm

I also put cauliflower in the rice

4:54 pm

Well, me too ruby, but I prefer to use a nationally known name brand like Iams or Purina One.

4:54 pm

the kibble the dogs eat is Purina One, costing 5 times as much as in Miami

4:55 pm

it is actually cheaper to cook for them but it's still several $$ a day.

4:56 pm

I buy their dog food at Costco or BJ's and it's cheaper

4:56 pm

we've been getting Taste of the Wild, which is about twice as much as the national brands, but no filler so don't have to feed her as much

4:56 pm

why do they put ash in dog food? Does anybody know?

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even Purina

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and corn seems to upset her tummy a bit so the more natural food seems better

4:57 pm

I'll look on the web

4:57 pm

Ruby also gets a cheese omelet in the morning

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can't get fresh corn here anyway

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http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/choosing -dog-food/dog-food-ash/

4:58 pm

say what ruby. A cheese omelet.

4:58 pm

I didn't find the snake clue

4:58 pm

no ash in Taste of the Wild

4:58 pm

human dinner time

4:58 pm

one egg, emmenthal, parmesan and a little bit of bacon

4:59 pm

maybe I'm entering my dotage....

4:59 pm

obsessing about dog food

5:00 pm

sc9 = having the quality of snake or fish skin

5:00 pm

almost like the triangle

5:01 pm

I had scalines

5:01 pm

aaah, just got it and going to the PB, bad nell

5:01 pm

good nite, friends

5:02 pm

night, ruby!

5:02 pm

when she was anxius before, I swaddled her, like I used to with my son when he was a baby, learnt from my Russian grandmother

5:04 pm

ooh, I just got a bunch of words, maybe now i CAN SLEEP

5:06 pm

hello everyone -- back for the last 100

5:06 pm

good luck, ruby! (I am on sleeping pills now, they helped for about 10 days but aren't working so well now)

5:06 pm

hi, nan!

5:07 pm

what kind? my son takes lunesta which I think is the pill that made people sleepwalk, sleepcook, and, most frighteningly, sleep drive

5:07 pm

actually I forget its name but that's not it

5:07 pm

I take xanax at night to prevent middle-of-the night anxiety

5:08 pm

temazepam

5:09 pm

I'll look it up

5:09 pm

I am also on lamotrigine, an antidepressant that is supposed to help with anxiety as well

5:09 pm

side effects?

5:09 pm

so far I am unimpressed but it's only been 2 weeks

5:09 pm

not that I can tell, which is nice

5:10 pm

sleepy stuff is also called restoril

5:11 pm

I think antid's take 2 weeks to kick in. The last time I tried one, it had just kicked in and I immediately developed tardive diskynesthesia and had to taper right off

5:12 pm

I've written down the names and will see if I can find French equivalents. My MD will prescribe absolutely anything I ASK FOR; SHE'S A TERRIBLE ENABLER lol

5:13 pm

this one is supposedly faster acting than most

5:13 pm

I am finally getting sleepy; it must be all those new meds! haha

5:13 pm

I don't feel too depressed most of the time, but sleeping is still an issue

5:13 pm

how many hours do you get/need?

5:13 pm

great, ruby! at least my meds are helping somebody!

5:13 pm

I ned 8

5:14 pm

need*

5:14 pm

I can usually get 3-4 hours, then I wake up and can't get back to sleep for another 2-3 hours. if I don't have to go to work I can go back to bed and get another hour or two but I can't always do that

5:14 pm

I go to sleep ok, mostly, but just can't stay that way long enough

5:15 pm

that wouldn't be enough for me; I'd be useless the next day

5:15 pm

so you will sometimes see me on here when it is 4 or 5 am (babble time, which is my time too)

5:15 pm

It must be the subject matter, I keep seeing opiate in the grid. Hi all

5:15 pm

I can manage for a day or two but then I get pretty wrung out

5:15 pm

that waking-up in the middle of the night (after 9/11) is why I went on Xanax in the first place

5:15 pm

lol, mich!

5:15 pm

hello michnick; you are up really late

5:15 pm

Wow Sue, you must be dragging in the middle of the day. That is when a mostly sleepless night catches up with me.

5:16 pm

I'm typically not anxious when I wake up, usually I just have to pee, but then I can't get back to sleep

5:16 pm

You are right, ruby Time for bed.

5:16 pm

I NEED A NAP FROM 3 TO 4pm BUT dh ALWAYS WAKES ME

5:16 pm

of course, all the stuff going on with the kid (and my dad before that) hasn't exactly helped

5:16 pm

naps are good, I am an excellent napper. hello all

5:16 pm

sleeping problems here too

5:16 pm

hi, peri!

5:17 pm

Evil DH, he should not be waking our Ruby.

5:17 pm

husband just puts his head down and is instantly asleep. Unfortunately, he gets up a 5AM

5:18 pm

good night everybody and may we all have sweet dreams!

5:18 pm

bye, ruby!

5:18 pm

Sweet dreams to you too Ruby.

5:18 pm

and I am going to head home, see you all later!

5:19 pm

AND ENOUGH SLEEP!

5:21 pm

Good night, pray we all sleep well!!

5:22 pm

ca 6 following the prickly plants, please?

5:24 pm

I sure dont have it..

5:24 pm

***ifornia + my *** is an old jalopy

5:24 pm

ty erda

5:25 pm

YW Nan

5:25 pm

I also looked it up and promptly forgot what it means

5:26 pm

do you have the one that follows that?

5:28 pm

Oh dear -- yes: same first 3 letters + Fran***ca da Rimini

5:28 pm

ty again

5:29 pm

yw again

5:30 pm

wow these c's are tough

5:31 pm

I thought the S's were the worst.

5:31 pm

Maybe you have the first Re 7 ?

5:32 pm

re7 - to lounge

5:32 pm

sorry erda -- not that far down the list yet

5:32 pm

never mind; just got it

5:32 pm

have the re 6 before it

5:32 pm

ty Bzzz

5:33 pm

I thought the Cs would never end -- but they did!

5:33 pm

ty bea

5:34 pm

yw

5:34 pm

looking for the ca 5-6-7 before the auto container

5:35 pm

car5 - diamond weight

5:35 pm

there you are

5:35 pm

ty bea

5:36 pm

c's done -- whew

5:45 pm

second op 5, please?

5:47 pm

op + not be good/christian

5:47 pm

ty -- thought I'd tried that one

5:48 pm

ugh these c;s are awful

5:49 pm

what do you need ruru?

5:49 pm

os 6, please?

5:50 pm

os + most of sadam's last name

5:51 pm

ty again, ruru

5:51 pm

What does Ruru need? *Considers reply* *Evil grin*

5:51 pm

o + double consonant + a sk*** of wool

5:52 pm

about $100,000 , a fast car, and two hot babes.

5:52 pm

you're in the wrong game here!

5:53 pm

oh.. dang.. this isn't jeopardy?

5:53 pm

not bachelorette either

5:53 pm

or bachelor

5:54 pm

add another 4 zeros and the hot babes probably wouldn't be a problem

5:54 pm

the c's are not budging

5:55 pm

*Checks around. Only comes up with 20 bucks, a not so fast mid-size car and a tired old broad* No dice.

5:55 pm

lol nan.. you are certainly right there

5:56 pm

last ca 6 please

5:57 pm

Girls name

5:57 pm

*$20.. .BIG spender! HA!*

5:57 pm

feline + and feline's end minus a letter

5:57 pm

thank you both for that

5:58 pm

ps 5?

5:58 pm

Hey, I'm just a middle class, working broad.

5:58 pm

ps + three vowells

5:59 pm

molly?

5:59 pm

ty ruru

6:03 pm

Ru??

6:03 pm

anyone have the lone i in third column down help please

6:04 pm

in + *** the table

6:04 pm

you have to admire my restraint on not making some smart assed comments..

6:04 pm

well done ruru

6:04 pm

ca 6/24 either please

6:05 pm

not getting the feline clue

6:05 pm

ca 6/24 -- plural the choclate 5

6:05 pm

feline + a chorus ***e

6:05 pm

I think this is a dumb ruru day

6:06 pm

coolidge + auto

6:06 pm

ca 6/24...beginning of what is in milk that makes your bones strong + auto

6:06 pm

duh thanks molly should have seen that one

6:06 pm

thx, molly!

6:06 pm

coolidge + french these

6:07 pm

I got the first part of that feline clue, but not the last part. I'm having a dim day.

6:07 pm

beginning of walk the ****

6:07 pm

me too, mollly!

6:08 pm

thanks molly

6:08 pm

great clues everyone I am not seeing any words tonight glad you are all here

6:08 pm

Sleep deprivation will do that to you Sue. This is the first day in a long time I've been feeling those effects. I feel like I'm looking at the world through gauze.

6:09 pm

Walk The **** was a great movie. I was so impressed at both the lead performances.

6:09 pm

agrees

6:10 pm

god.. this is dragging on

6:11 pm

it is also warm and extremely humid here, which does not help my thought processes

6:12 pm

hello dear babble friends! How I miss you all, since my laptop died! I can only get on this ol' desktop for about 20 mins a day at most, and it has REALLY cut in to my me time!

6:12 pm

I loved Jaquin Phoenix before he dove off the deep end. He was amazing in "Gladiator".

6:12 pm

Hey Trif!

6:13 pm

whew! Thanks for remembering me!

6:13 pm

Has your girl left for Australia yet?

6:13 pm

hi, trif! nice to see you!!

6:14 pm

nope, not until january. Getting ready to send the boyo off to college for the first time - that is traumatic enough!

6:14 pm

"pilates" is a word!

6:15 pm

does anyone have the es6/18?

6:15 pm

I tried that too, trif - must either be a proper noun or too new for enable

6:17 pm

and jen, I have no es words at all

6:17 pm

has t officially taken the place of ed as a past tense in the states?

6:18 pm

I think of it as more of a British usage, nan

6:18 pm

and archaic

6:18 pm

I am not sure if it is official or not, cybernan. I want to say I almost feel it has become archaic, but perhaps not?

6:18 pm

snap, uusue!

6:19 pm

pi 6/21??

6:19 pm

sp 7 following the small piano, please?

6:20 pm

evergreen + british thanks

6:20 pm

thanks nan

6:20 pm

I only have one sp7 are there more?

6:20 pm

oooooh yes

6:21 pm

damn

6:21 pm

sp 7 x4

6:22 pm

double damn

6:22 pm

i'm stuck in the p's

6:23 pm

missing an a, several e's too

6:23 pm

I'm stuck on that sp 7/32 following the piano

6:23 pm

let me guess -- ac 7?

6:23 pm

yep that's one of them

6:24 pm

Cybernan (Babble savant)

6:24 pm

just got it however

6:24 pm

I can

6:24 pm

no -- I'm missing it too

6:25 pm

I can't find the i in the fourth column....

6:25 pm

1st playing card + interest **** at a bank

6:25 pm

ty ruru

6:26 pm

p's are crushed now.

6:27 pm

so I spent quite a while a little bit earlier talking about my dog to ruby and bichon without noticing she was actually in the grid :-P

6:27 pm

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

6:27 pm

yay, nan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:27 pm

good for you nan..well done

6:27 pm

huzzah for nan!!!!

6:27 pm

sp7: s + geometry term + facial feature

6:28 pm

thanks nan

6:29 pm

off to get a glass of vino to celebrate, then back to clue :)

6:29 pm

any help for the i in the fourth column, please?

6:30 pm

in 5

6:30 pm

little map in the corner of the big map, trif

6:30 pm

not outgo

6:31 pm

ohhh, DUH! Thanks, sorry for being so blind

6:31 pm

anyone have the last re 7

6:32 pm

my only re7 is "relief, break"

6:32 pm

after that one une

6:32 pm

thanks anyway

6:32 pm

re + sp5

6:33 pm

don't have it then :-)

6:33 pm

to divide again

6:33 pm

trif! haven't seen you in AGES!

6:33 pm

thanks.. that one doesn't seem usable

6:33 pm

THANKS!

6:33 pm

I know! Secondo shattered my laptop, and ever since then it's been desktop hell for me

6:34 pm

oohhh, sorry -- but good to see you back in the fray :-)

6:34 pm

oh yum -- hubby bought a little fois gras de canard while I was out golfing today :)

6:34 pm

thank you une. So nice to know I was missed!

6:34 pm

well, of COURSE! :-)

6:34 pm

yum, nan . . .

6:35 pm

that and a nice chilled ortega......

6:35 pm

enjoy!

6:35 pm

oh I am

6:37 pm

any clues wanted?

6:37 pm

now I want a glass of wine....

6:37 pm

pouring a virtual glass....

6:38 pm

wandering off in search of a real one....see you soon my friends, windows 7 willing!

6:38 pm

ro 8?

6:38 pm

more like twine

6:38 pm

quality of being like a lasso

6:39 pm

thanks

6:39 pm

weird..i didn't see that

6:40 pm

i guess the saying is right

6:40 pm

there is a timely loch monster as well -- ea 9

6:40 pm

i have that one ...nan..lol

6:41 pm

so Primo is off to college trif.. good for you

6:43 pm

and an overweight loch monster sc 9 -- or maybe lizard like

6:43 pm

20 to go.. (panting)

6:43 pm

lol nan

6:43 pm

I am down to 53 but am packing it in - too hot and tired

6:45 pm

oh sue -- can we help you finish?

6:45 pm

hi and bye, sue -- rest well :-)

6:46 pm

we had a really nice day for a change -- around 80F with a light breeze off the lake

6:46 pm

hi all....clue please for ea9/54?

6:46 pm

happy for you, nan . . . sigh

6:46 pm

timely loch monster

6:46 pm

The state of not being late.

6:46 pm

quality of getting there before everyone else

6:47 pm

thanx to you both....

6:47 pm

earliness

6:47 pm

*Sings...we all clue together...we all clue together*

6:47 pm

thanks, nan, but I am sweltering here and need to get to a cooler part of the house

6:47 pm

Ding ding Flask!

6:47 pm

yeah flask

6:47 pm

also the chog is eating my posts

6:47 pm

see you later sue :)

6:47 pm

so sory!!r

6:48 pm

asps

6:48 pm

LOL!

6:48 pm

yep -- that's there too

6:48 pm

oh am going to bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:48 pm

Great clues Flask!!

6:48 pm

Would you like some fois gras and wine in the PB?

6:49 pm

lmao......

6:49 pm

I guess -- must be 3:00 am there!

6:49 pm

*Adds fancy cheese to the fois gras platter*

6:49 pm

and nicoise olives!

6:50 pm

mmmm...lovely!

6:50 pm

on my way -- need to get the beets started for supper :)

6:50 pm

swooning picturing that fabbo platter!

6:52 pm

sp7/8 combo?

6:57 pm

never mind

6:57 pm

wanna share??

6:57 pm

oh I always miss the easiest ones

6:57 pm

and now a word from our sp7

6:58 pm

ooohhh, THANKS!

6:58 pm

That is not an easy one. It is very twisty.

7:00 pm

<---dumb I'm soo blind

7:01 pm

puhleeze

7:02 pm

even a blind squirrel will find a nut eventually

7:02 pm

:-D

Hard one today...40 left

7:15 pm

I quit at a little over half way. No way I'm going digging for 76 S words.

Well I quit now

7:21 pm

I have 73 words left and am fully finished for today. Lovely day here in the NW. Hope your day was also pleasant!

i am going to another 20 minutes was pn the droid now on pc

7:26 pm

clue please for ac7/32?

7:26 pm

Hello Gran Mere. Glad to hear you had a lovely day.

7:26 pm

High card + interest **** on a house for the ac7

7:27 pm

thanx Moll

first re 7 please

7:30 pm

lie back science

ty

ro's are killing me!

7:33 pm

Ro ro ro your boat, gently down the grid!

ro 8 please

missing an ro 4 to

too

resembling a string ro/8

ro/4 a flower

dont see it

have the flower

the quality of the string

sorry vanilla dont see

ends like happ+****

ty blind as a bat

7:42 pm

clue for on5 please?

and the other ro/4 is ro +sick without the last letter

7:42 pm

ro5...what a violinist puts on his bow

cannot see that last ro 4

on5 is the start of something two syllables

i have the ro with the sick

7:43 pm

on5...the on5 of menopause is usually marked by hot flashes

7:43 pm

ty molly

got it finally

Molly flashes and flushes

7:44 pm

lol, that too

7:45 pm

Well, you are flushed with sweat when you flash. : )

lol

7:45 pm

mmmm.....what DOES a violinist put on his bow???

7:45 pm

ro + the seven deadly ***s

get cold more likely

7:46 pm

thanx

7:47 pm

Can't say I was ever cold. Hot, yes. Cranky, yes. Craving chocolate, yes. But not cold.

7:47 pm

never cold!

hot flushes and cold flashes

7:49 pm

never experienced that! just the flushes

anyway I have fireworks, twas a struggle

7:49 pm

wtg vanilla

7:49 pm

this one has been a struggle for sure

7:51 pm

need po6/21 after not rich

7:52 pm

po + red flower

7:52 pm

thanks Une

7:52 pm

yw :-)

7:53 pm

se6/18 please?

7:53 pm

don't have it yet, sorry

thats the older one

plus plural

7:54 pm

thanks vanilla

7:54 pm

tx vanila

one se 6/18 is a device that "feels" things

7:54 pm

oh, thanks SG, also need that one

the other is an older person

7:55 pm

ty, have all se words now

and plural

7:56 pm

So...the call for help button in the bathroom would be an se6 se6. : P

7:56 pm

Fireworks - last word, si5/20 monkeyed it!

congrats flosey

7:56 pm

F! L! O! S! E! Y!

7:56 pm

yay, flosey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:56 pm

tyty, didn't expect to finish this one

7:56 pm

have to check on supper

and I'd better go do a bit of work on the car

hagd all

15

bye!

poof

11

this has taken me off and on all day!

8:01 pm

Science closes in on the finish line...watch out.

8:01 pm

am over half-way now so am gonna plod on.....

i need the sp 7 first one

8:02 pm

hi all

8:02 pm

first peek at the grid--WOW

8:03 pm

hi jmc!

hey je!

8:03 pm

he flask!

8:04 pm

i wowed people at lunchtoday because i knew 3 out of 4 of the Great Britain saints (which is apparently on the test to become a resident in GB)

8:04 pm

sp 7 -- washer cycle + facial feature: n***

got it ty br

8:05 pm

i couldn't come up with the welsh saint fast enoug

7

8:06 pm

hi BR glad to see you did not drown

8:06 pm

St Daavid!

8:06 pm

go science go

8:06 pm

[hangs head in shame] now i will always remember st david

p's and r's

8:07 pm

lol

8:08 pm

but i don't know the difference between a bank holiday and a legal(?) holiday

8:08 pm

Isn't that the same thing in the UK?

8:09 pm

yes

8:09 pm

what is a bank holiday molly

okay i quit with 6 see you all later

8:09 pm

really science? okay bye!

8:10 pm

Water, water everywhere: http://tinyurl.com/3vhlemp

8:13 pm

What Does Bank Holiday Mean? Any business day during which commercial banks and savings & loans institutions are closed for business to the public, specifically at physical locations. These holidays usually coincide with federal holidays in the United States, but each country defines is own bank holidays. Infrequently, a bank holiday can also refer to a day where there is an emergency bank closure to avert a bank run. This type of bank holiday occurred as a result of the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 during the Great Depression in the United States.

8:14 pm

Apparently bank holidays (days when banks are closed) are the same as legal holiday (what we in the US think of) in the UK

8:15 pm

oh okay i was left with the impression they are different

8:15 pm

Her in the good old USA, most of our legal holidays are also bank holidays.

8:15 pm

ty for the video BR I will have to finish it later

8:15 pm

Are you still on the road JMC?

8:16 pm

clue for the ac7?

8:16 pm

i am in ohio still yes

8:16 pm

Hi Cos. High card + interest **** on a house

8:16 pm

thanks mollu

8:17 pm

ty molls

8:17 pm

Not to be confused with our favorite babblonese word ohia

8:17 pm

:-) so true

8:17 pm

These easy grids take the edge off of Babble skills.

8:17 pm

Cos, Mollu is my evil, Klingon twin sister. : P

8:18 pm

lol molly sry

8:18 pm

almost never easy enough for poor folk like me BR but I can see how semi pros like you could be bored

8:18 pm

Easy grids...ahahaha...BR would probably enjoy a 500 word grid consisting entirely of foreign currency words.

8:19 pm

[giggle]

8:19 pm

*Stands shoulder to shoulder with her poor folk sister*

8:20 pm

omg i am listening to this young sl*** of a thing talk about her 2 majors and 2 minors as a pooh pooh thing!

8:21 pm

It is a good tactic to find the words you can't find first so you needn't have to bother with them later.

8:21 pm

[grinds teeth]

8:21 pm

Oh give me a break. People really need to get a grip.

8:21 pm

i appreciate the advice BR i need all the help i can get

8:22 pm

My comment was about the pooh pooh thing girl.

8:22 pm

i understood that molly

8:23 pm

help with the 4th column i please

8:23 pm

stats would do

8:23 pm

in + *** the table

8:23 pm

Sorry

8:23 pm

clues for the 9 letter words please???

8:23 pm

no reason to be sorry molls ty

8:24 pm

Both 9

8:24 pm

yes molly please

8:24 pm

Both 9's end in the Loch Monster ending. One is the state of being not late. The other is the state of having skin like a snake.

8:25 pm

ea9 ... sc9 ... both have the same ending ... first person person pronoun plus a scotish loch with a monster in it ...

8:25 pm

ea9 == the Duke of **** and taking care of bus*****

8:25 pm

ea9 ... starts with a particular feudal lordly title ... ... whole thing the state of being ahead of time

8:25 pm

stats for the O in the third column please

8:26 pm

... sc 9 ... the state of having fish skin

8:27 pm

o 6a /o7 / o4 .... think of the petroleum industry ... ... its product ... and the container that might hold it ... and plural ...

8:27 pm

duke duke duke duke of ea** ea** ea**

8:27 pm

great clues !!!

8:27 pm

hmmm i forgot the rest of the words

8:27 pm

thanks!!

8:27 pm

ty dose

8:27 pm

Doo wop...Doo wop

8:27 pm

nbt

8:28 pm

... something about ... I'll walk into my dukedom ... Cause I'm the duke of Ea4/4

8:28 pm

brb this is a case for google!!!

8:28 pm

... sorry ... another 2 beers tonight ... and things which start off sounding wise and correct ... don't seem to make it all the way to my finger tips

8:30 pm

As i walk through this world Nothing can stop the duke of ea** And you, you are my girl And no one can hurt you, oh no Yes i'm gonna love you, oh, oh Come on let me hold you darlin Cause i'm the duke of ea** Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And when i hold you, You will be the dutchess Dutchess of ea** When i walk through my dukedom The paradise we will share

8:31 pm

ty BR i was having trouble copying and pasting

8:31 pm

Dose...that happens with my brain to lips connection all the time. Regardless of beer consumption.

8:32 pm

dose those are some of the best things to type! (but add a smiley face)

8:33 pm

(A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh) (A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh) In the jungle, the mighty jungle The lion sleeps tonight In the jungle the quiet jungle The lion sleeps tonight Near the village the peaceful village The lion sleeps tonight Near the village the quiet village The lion sleeps tonight Hush my darling don't fear my darling The lion sleeps tonight Hush my darling don't fear my darling The lion sleeps tonight

8:34 pm

I just logged on and look what I found !!

8:34 pm

I love that song BR

8:34 pm

hahaha i will have that running through my mind all night now BR (but the Kingston Trio version)

8:35 pm

can I get stats and clues for the 8's?

8:35 pm

swoon..the Kingston Trio is my shower music

8:35 pm

nevermind, I just noticed there are 9

8:36 pm

Way out here they have a name for wind and rain and fire The rain is Tess , the fire's Joe, and they call the wind Mariah Mariah blows the stars around, sets the clouds a'flyin' Mariah makes the mountain sound like folks was up there dyin' Mariah, (Mariah), Mariah (Mariah), they call the wind Mariah

8:36 pm

hello ?

8:36 pm

.. it wasn't the Kingston Trio ... was it? ... something like ... the Kingsmen ... but it was first writen by the Weavers with Pete Seegar ... ... watch it ... or Joe McCarthy will come for you too

8:36 pm

now to zombie jamboree!

8:37 pm

that sounds interesting jmc

8:37 pm

back to back belly to belly well I don't give a damn cuz I done that already

8:37 pm

what was written by the weavers dose?

8:37 pm

Hang down your head Tom...Dooley...hang down your head and cry *Serenades Westford*

8:37 pm

zombie jamborie takes place on long island cemetary

8:37 pm

where?

8:37 pm

thanks molly

8:38 pm

the 2nd ca5/14?

8:38 pm

zombie jamborie takes place on long island cemetary

8:38 pm

... Wimeweh ... ... or as it was named in 1961 ... when I bought the 45 ... The Lion Sleeps Tonighit

8:38 pm

The Kingsmen (1955) Louie Louie, oh no Me gotta go Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said Louie Louie, oh baby Me gotta go Fine little girl waits for me Catch a ship across the sea Sail that ship about, all alone Never know if I make it home

8:38 pm

zombies from all parts of the island

8:38 pm

Cos...word for poo plus a vowel

8:38 pm

no the Kinston Trio did it first--i don't recall the weavers doing it at all

8:38 pm

isnt that the first ca 5/14

8:39 pm

is this American Babble Stand?

8:39 pm

i meant.. 3rd ca5/14 sorry

8:39 pm

... check it out ... I think Pete Seegar wrote it ... off to google

8:39 pm

found it never mind

8:39 pm

i don't like the words but you can dance to it

8:39 pm

its plural for these prickly plants

8:39 pm

Plural of plants in the desert?

8:40 pm

I give Bab a 10

original name Mbube.... 1939 :-)

8:40 pm

*pours a virtual beer since in quakerdom there is no beer*

8:40 pm

ty tho :)

tokens did it.

8:40 pm

that's why I drink it here!

8:40 pm

The Weavers

8:41 pm

Do you get a virtual hangover from virtual beer?

8:41 pm

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams Last Saturday night I got married Me and my wife settled down Now me and my wife are parted I'm gonna take another stroll downtown Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams Sometimes I live in the country Sometimes I live in town Sometimes I take a great notion To jump into the river and drown Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams

8:41 pm

GEvening BabbleLand peoples...

8:41 pm

Leadbelly

8:41 pm

i would be happy if i got real beer

8:41 pm

Goodnight Irene has been covered by so many people. Clapton included.

8:42 pm

not to mention robert preston in the music man

8:42 pm

*gives JMC an ice cold beer*

8:42 pm

he did ?

8:43 pm

*sigh*

8:43 pm

Wikipedia says ... Wimoweh ... writen in 1939 by a South African group ... recorded by the Weavers in 1952 ... The Kingston Trio in 1960 ... and made a #1 hit under the title The Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokens ... ... I wonder where my mother put that old 45

8:43 pm

*holds cold beer next to sweating neck*

8:43 pm

(Hey, baby, what do I have to do) (To make a hit with you) You gotta dance with me Henry (All right, baby) Dance with me Henry (Don't mean maybe) Rock with me Henry (Any old time) Talk to me Henry (Don't change your mind) Dance with me Henry (All right) You better dance while the music goes on Roll on, roll on, roll on While the cats are ballin' (Roll on, roll on) You better stop your stallin' (Roll on, roll on) Its intermission in a minute (Roll on, roll on) So you better get with it (Roll on, roll on) Dance with me Henry (Roll on, roll on) You better dance while the music goes on Roll on, roll on, roll on Oooo-ooo-ooo-wee Henry, you aint movin' me You better feel that boogie beat And get the lead out of your feet You gotta dance with me Henry Dance with me Henry Rock with me Henry Talk to me Henry Dance with me Henry You better dance while the music goes on

8:43 pm

well what can i say i was 3 in 1954

8:44 pm

i first heard the Kingston trio version

8:44 pm

*gives JMC a frosted glass from the freezer*

8:44 pm

That was "Goodnight Ladies" JMC

8:44 pm

mmmmm maryte you are my new best friend

good night irene - leadbelly

8:44 pm

... I've still got 3 Kingston Trio albums ... if my kid didn't walk off with them when she got a turntable

8:44 pm

Enjoy!!

8:44 pm

i think you are right molly

8:45 pm

Westford, look up Goodnight Irene on YouTube. It's been covered by a LOT of musicians.

8:45 pm

I know Molly but Leadbelly wrote it and never got any royalties

8:46 pm

clue for ac7?

8:46 pm

Not the least of which is Mississippi John Hurt

8:46 pm

last ac5?

8:46 pm

... everybody and their cousins has recorded Good Night Irene ... once again ... it was a big hit for The Weavers ... ... enough anti McCarthyism ...

8:46 pm

love the Weavers' version the best

8:46 pm

nm... other a

8:46 pm

No argument there. Just commenting on how many people have covered it.

ac 7 pls?

kje, excuse my ignorance of georaphy but are you near corpus christi?

8:47 pm

I must away..hungry as a bear

8:48 pm

hi TO brb have to pay attention for a bit

8:48 pm

... reminds me of The House of the Rising Sun ... ... the guy who wrote and recorded it in 1957 never got any royalties because Dylan made it a minor hit in 1960 ... ... but he is never remembered for it because everyone remembers The Animals .. ... the original guy had a big laugh at Dylan over it

8:48 pm

ac7 - high card + score or r****

8:48 pm

ac7 hi card + what you pay in interest is the interest ****

8:48 pm

ac7 hi card + what you pay in interest is the interest ****

ty

8:49 pm

Take my hand I'm a stranger in paradise All lost in a wonderland A stranger in paradise If I stand starry-eyed That's the danger in paradise For mortals who stand beside an angel like you I saw your face ascending Out of the common place and into the rare Now somewhere out in space I hang suspended Until I'm certain that there's a chance that you care Won't you answer this fervent prayer Of a stranger in paradise Don't send me in dark despair From all that I hunger for But open your angel's arms To this stranger in paradise And tell him that he need be A stranger no more

8:49 pm

back

8:49 pm

hi bubba

ah, we are being serenaded :)

8:49 pm

Many original artists don't get credit for their work because a cover version is more widely popular. It happens.

8:49 pm

hi

8:50 pm

rats i lied i do not have nbt I missed the bottom S

8:50 pm

Neil Diamond and "Red Red Wine" comes to mind.

8:50 pm

hey Bubba :0)

ae6/7 pls?

8:51 pm

ae 6/7 - you have your lawn ae****d in the spring/ plural

8:51 pm

Bottom s...so 5/10...it's a plural

8:51 pm

... ae 6 ... .. to poke holes in your lawn

ty

8:51 pm

... plural of the so4 from the S above

8:51 pm

bottom so 6/18

8:51 pm

ty all now to find it

hello maryte, my mother also left me a small plot of land in ireland which we want to build on

8:52 pm

al6/21?

8:52 pm

The 6/18 is a little trickier.

8:52 pm

hi marija

8:52 pm

hmmm

8:52 pm

male child + mexican nap: ***sta

8:52 pm

al + evergreen tree

8:53 pm

Hey Sis!! Marija is my sister everyone!!!

8:53 pm

ty bubba

8:53 pm

ah ty BR i was getting no where

8:53 pm

really maryte? double welcome marija

8:53 pm

welcome marija

8:53 pm

she's older than me

je, when do the kenyans arrive?

hi Maryte, glad u made it home safely

8:54 pm

i am at a meeting with them now then we go to a different meeting in western maryland and then i bring them back to DC

8:54 pm

hi all

8:54 pm

We had a blast in Montreal!! we always do....

8:54 pm

hi luwan

8:54 pm

Ooo, ooo, where in Western MD? Deep Creek?

thank you for welcoming me

8:55 pm

so i am basically tied up until august 8

8:55 pm

are you half way yet??

8:55 pm

ca8?

where are you now? and welcome maryj

8:56 pm

Frostburg about as west as you can get and still be in maryland

no, only got 59 so far

8:56 pm

willmington OH

8:56 pm

ca8/50 ... an awning ... or the cover over top of a four posterbed

8:56 pm

ty

8:57 pm

ty dose

8:57 pm

any way i have been encouraged to apply for a job in london, england

I am only older by 1 year, we have the same bd

8:57 pm

Um...no JMC. Deep Creek is in Western MD.

8:57 pm

ca 8/45 ... the plural of 7.32 ... automobiles in long procession on the freeway at rushhour

do you ant to go to londohn?

aerates

8:58 pm

if i got this job i would TO

8:58 pm

wrong box sis....

8:58 pm

okay molly i didn't say it wasn't--i am going to frostburg

8:58 pm

sorry to confuse

9:00 pm

if i got this job i would travel all over the world--that would be fun

9:00 pm

thanks sis

9:01 pm

I am easily confused. I thought "Frostburg about as west as you can get and still be in Maryland" meant that Deep Creek was not. In Western Maryland that is.

sounds nice. i am hearing rumors the radio station will go to london next year, i would jion them

9:01 pm

haha no i just meant i was going really far west

9:02 pm

that would be great TO

9:02 pm

jmc, will you be going to western maryland anytime soon?

9:02 pm

Sunday

9:02 pm

from ohio though

9:03 pm

from a buckeye to a terp

ca6/24 after the prickly plants pls?

9:03 pm

lol indeed BR

9:04 pm

evening kiddos

9:04 pm

hi jes

9:04 pm

mr coolidge + auto

9:04 pm

... an automobile from USC mibht be a caxxxx

9:05 pm

Deep Creek is west of Frostburg, that is why my tiny brain cell got confused.

9:06 pm

Hi Jes :0)

9:07 pm

bubba, what do you think of medical schools giving a series of interviews to applicants to determine their communication and teamwork skills?

9:08 pm

they don't do that already, bab? (well, communication anyway, how does an interview determine teamwork skills?)

ty. a clue for the next one pls?

9:08 pm

probably more important than their grades, anyone can get good grade, but good communication is a real skill.

9:08 pm

Good question Jes. I don't think an interview CAN determine teamwork skills.

9:09 pm

and doctors are known for their communication skills

9:09 pm

depends on the doc

9:10 pm

had to do about 3 interviews as part of the acceptance process for veterinary college, and a bunch of mock appointments during senior year as part of the curriculum. do they not do the same in md?

9:10 pm

... ca624 ... same start ... but ... plural of frozen water less the initial i

9:10 pm

When interviewing potential residents , I prefer social interviews rather than acaemic ones. If they know everything you have nothing to teach them, but if you cn work with them, then yuou have a good potential resident.

9:10 pm

not sure it worked, really... there are a lot of vets out there with sh***y communication skills...

9:10 pm

Agreed Shirl. I have experienced plenty of doctors who have very bad communication skills.

9:11 pm

people skills: http://tinyurl.com/3dag4h6

9:12 pm

lots of docs who end up in research so don't interact with patients or not as much

9:13 pm

People can talk a good schtick, but their teamwork skills only present in an atmosphere in which they are working with a team.

9:14 pm

can anyone help with re7/28?

9:15 pm

ac7?

9:15 pm

re + consonant + not early

9:15 pm

ty molly

9:15 pm

thanks, molly

9:15 pm

... re7/252 ... re + sl5 ... sl5 is a small hand held blackboard ... of which you get a clean one when its wiped ... and don't forget the plural

9:16 pm

ac7 - high card + interest ****

9:16 pm

Glad to help y'all.

9:16 pm

thx doxy

9:17 pm

yw shirlock

9:17 pm

MCAT to get longer: http://tinyurl.com/3gpexjo

9:17 pm

bbl

9:17 pm

thankyou

9:18 pm

thanks doxy

9:20 pm

yw jes

clue for se6/7 pls?ty

9:27 pm

don't have it yet, sorry

9:27 pm

... elderly people ... or more experienced people

9:27 pm

after junior year

9:27 pm

and plural

9:28 pm

Junior Sample?

9:28 pm

ty

9:28 pm

hey, BR, good to see you :-)

9:28 pm

Hello, Une

duh ty!

9:34 pm

is there an extra ro5/10 in this puzzle that doesn't belong?

nope

9:35 pm

... I count 5 ... all listed in Lickety

9:35 pm

between ro5/10 and ro6/18

ca7/36 pls?

9:35 pm

last word...I'm sure it's got to be a fish...as5?

9:36 pm

... there are two 5/10 before the 6/18

9:36 pm

TO: auto + brief****

9:36 pm

almost tomato as*** -- change last consonant

9:36 pm

ca7,36 auto + you put jewelry into a jewelry ****

9:36 pm

ca7.36 what is left after all the meat has been cut off

9:37 pm

i have the one that goes with ro6/18 what is the other one

9:37 pm

ca736 ... sounds like the body of a dead animal ... but might think of it as a purse or shoulder bag for carrying an automobile

ty, now off to bed. happy babbling all!

9:37 pm

night TO

9:37 pm

g'night TO :)

9:37 pm

sleep well!

9:37 pm

ro + xxx the table

9:38 pm

une - could you be a little more obtuse? it's late and I'm only firing on 1 cylinder

9:38 pm

ea9?

9:38 pm

kj - the state of being better than on time

9:39 pm

ea9 - not late, ends in Loch **** (famous lake in Scotland)

9:39 pm

ty!

9:40 pm

DONE

9:40 pm

woohoo

9:40 pm

yay, harry!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:40 pm

(I still don't get the tomato clue, une :)

9:40 pm

yayayay

9:41 pm

WTG harry

9:41 pm

.*.*.*.*HARRY.*.*.*.*.*

9:42 pm

ty for ea 9 clue doxy:))

9:43 pm

night night all

9:43 pm

... Harry ... there is a jellied form of serving tomatoes ... and bunches of other stuff too ... which is spelled the same way as the as5.12 ... except the final letter is "c"

9:44 pm

aspic, harry

9:44 pm

is it a southern thing? sorry :-)

9:44 pm

... okay ... be obvious ...

9:44 pm

... okay ... be obvious ...

9:44 pm

too tired for subtlety LOL

9:45 pm

... don't know ... my grandmother used to make it ... ... and there was a spy movie in the mid 60's ... I think it was George Segal ... call ... A Dandy in Aspic ... that's all I know

9:46 pm

... as I recall ... it was just gelatin ... with stuff like tomatoes ... or julienned carrots mixed in with it

9:46 pm

growing up, I saw it as a regular on tearoom menus

9:46 pm

yep

9:46 pm

ca6 after the desert plant?

9:47 pm

looks like an auto from far western state

9:47 pm

... ca6/24 ... the first one ... is president Coolidge .. and an automobile

9:47 pm

or that :-)

9:48 pm

... the second one has the same start but the ending is the plural of frozen water with the initial i removed

9:48 pm

calces

9:48 pm

sorry. pb for me

9:48 pm

thanks for the first one :)

9:49 pm

and ty joey lol

9:49 pm

... sorry ... you're repeating the clue the way I gave it earlier ... ... I'm repeating the clue the way the other person gave it ... ...

9:51 pm

i take directions well. and I am busting to finish before I get company

9:52 pm

re7, first one?

9:52 pm

nm, found it

9:52 pm

... don't forget the plural

9:53 pm

got it, thanks

9:53 pm

I should have got that easier, it's what I'm doing right now

9:54 pm

finished the c's -- i could weep with relief . . .

9:54 pm

... hey ... the other day I clued a word three times before noticing that I hadn't entered it myself ...

9:54 pm

:-D

9:54 pm

yep une, they were tough

9:56 pm

ps?

9:56 pm

the c's sucked, une

9:56 pm

ps + 3 vowel

9:56 pm

indeed!!

9:56 pm

I tried that!

9:57 pm

clue for the ce6 please

9:57 pm

ah, I tried the i ending, more commo plural ending for that

9:57 pm

ty

9:58 pm

ce6 - ce + interest ****

9:58 pm

ty

9:59 pm

and the 2nd ce7?

9:59 pm

similar but ends in a metal

9:59 pm

ca8?

9:59 pm

ce7 - change last 2 letters and plural

9:59 pm

thanks!

10:00 pm

ca8 awnings

10:07 pm

finished!

10:07 pm

yay, bubba!

10:07 pm

yay, bubba!!!

10:09 pm

WTG bubba

10:09 pm

Wow.

10:14 pm

and with way too many to finish,i bid you all a goodnight..poink!

10:16 pm

is ea9 a compound word?

10:17 pm

no. ea9 - not late + Loch **** (lake in Scotland)

10:18 pm

thanks, doxy

10:18 pm

yw jess

10:19 pm

crawling over the finish line - firewords! *poof*

10:19 pm

yay, une!

10:19 pm

WTG une!!!

10:19 pm

15 left here

10:20 pm

how about the sc 9? thanks

10:20 pm

103 left here...

10:20 pm

sc9 - snake skin like, same ending as ea9

10:21 pm

ce 6/21 pls

10:21 pm

thanks. one more

10:22 pm

ty

10:22 pm

ce+ the going ****

10:22 pm

ce6 - ce + interest ****, plural for 7

10:22 pm

thanks all

10:23 pm

i quit -help for the sa 6, please?

10:24 pm

sa6 - add consonant to previous sa5

10:24 pm

OMG, find me a fish. thanks. thanks. thanks

10:24 pm

FIREWORKS!!!!!

10:24 pm

i kept trying sacred over and over and over

10:25 pm

yay doxy!

10:25 pm

Congrats!

10:25 pm

have a good night all. I'm off to bed.

Hi

10:29 pm

bye, doxy

10:29 pm

last re7?

10:32 pm

to divide up again kje

10:32 pm

ty

How you all going

10:35 pm

27 left

10:35 pm

47 left

150 fr me

10:37 pm

searateugh

10:37 pm

i just want to go to bed!

I don't even have one 8

10:39 pm

1st se6?

10:39 pm

se6, old

10:42 pm

not senile. lol

Nope I am sure I am senile

10:42 pm

oh sheesh! even with the clue that took way too long

10:42 pm

I need to go to bed

Go then KJe or you determined to finish

10:43 pm

19 left, feel i mus this close!

10:44 pm

39 left

I am arguing with the souround sound AGAIN

10:44 pm

110 left...i just popped in to see if i could get a few more s and c words lol

10:45 pm

still missing 22 c words and 31 s words lol

10:45 pm

skip the c's they ar epaiful

10:45 pm

evening, yall!

No love on the C's KJE?

Hi DC

10:46 pm

no love

10:46 pm

lol...thats why i didnt do them earlier...i might try to blank out other letters first :)

10:46 pm

I have all my a's darkened :)

10:46 pm

yeah ,the Cs are rather difficult this grid

DC do you know why LJ was spazzing out?

10:47 pm

more DDOS attacks from Russia

10:47 pm

oi 6 clue?

Um what does that mean?

10:48 pm

SUP/LJ is trying hand to deal with it best they can. I've managed to post several things this evening.

10:48 pm

Dedicated Denial of Service Attacks, agents of, it is believed, the Russian government, are flooding the servers in an effort to curtail free speech.

10:48 pm

firewords!!

10:49 pm

congrats, jenmo

I have lived under a rock for a few days

10:49 pm

yay, jen!

10:49 pm

LJ is a major free speech platform in Russia.

Yah Jen.

So you are saying like a bot spams their system till it falls over and over again?

10:50 pm

more or less exactly that, yes.

10:50 pm

the Wikipedia article is actually quite detailed if you want to learn more about Denial of Service Attacks

Jes the OI is were you put Gas in a tin

Thanks Seain. I wonder what Russia has to hide

10:51 pm

thanks, lady

10:51 pm

things are bad at present in the US, but still in many ways better than in many places, including Russia.

O ok. It is like the old days when you hated someone political and you sent a butt tone of emails to their account it broke

10:52 pm

same concept :)

10:52 pm

FW!!!

Sorry to ask in a simple way.

YAH KJE

10:52 pm

congrats, kje :)

10:52 pm

now to bed... hagn all

10:52 pm

sleep well, kje

Should I change my password then?

10:53 pm

ae6?

10:53 pm

probably not necessary, they're not hacking as yet, but it couldn't hurt if you want to change it

10:53 pm

ae6 your lawn

10:53 pm

hello all

10:53 pm

evening, jilli

mmm. Hi Jill.

10:53 pm

add air to something, mixi

10:54 pm

ty jes.

Thank you for your patience there Seain. I am a bit ignorant on these things.

10:54 pm

my pleasure, we can't all know everything :)

I would like to know if Twitter suffers the same thing or if they are bigger and stronger

But I am a woman of course i know everything "D

opps :D

10:55 pm

twitter his issues like that too, but more recently mostly in N Africa and the Middle East

10:55 pm

LOL

10:55 pm

I didn't bother trying to finish this thing. Did a jigidi jigsaw of the area where rubyfoo lives (Annecy, France) and it's so beautiful I don't want to get rid of it to start another one!

Dc what does this mean: Varnish Error 503 Service Unavailable

10:56 pm

that means that your server cannot find the website, an try again in a few

10:56 pm

Either that or your furniture needs refinishing :-)

So my connection isn't talking to theirs? I thought that was a 403 error

10:56 pm

you'll get intermittent 503, 400, and 504 errors due to these attacks, and some pages may not load, and what does load will load slowly sometimes

10:56 pm

indeed, origami :)

Nope fallen over again :(

10:57 pm

got all my r words and all the i words :)

10:57 pm

it means the server is responding, but the requested service on the server is not responding

10:57 pm

oh...wait a minute..got all the r words from the bottom...still need the top one dang it lol

10:57 pm

os6?

Honestly I have been under a rock for a few days mostly on FB trying to get news

10:57 pm

it's crumblng here too, so the attackers are at it right now.

Fine I will go to Twitter :P

10:58 pm

i dont have any os words :(

10:58 pm

better option for the moment that

10:58 pm

oh well, I guess I'll go to FB ans see what monkeygames is up to

10:59 pm

nor do i, LisaG

10:59 pm

ro8?

10:59 pm

she's unpacking from the move mostly :)

10:59 pm

i have that one just have to think how to clue it mixi

11:00 pm

starts with thick twine

11:00 pm

accept take the final consonant off

11:00 pm

ty, lisa

11:00 pm

then add it with the ending in the lower left corner that ends alot of the big words

11:00 pm

ec5?

11:00 pm

ty lisa

11:01 pm

a'ight. i give it up. 80 left, calling it a night. have fun, ya'll.

Sigh

11:01 pm

ec + don't be ***e for dinner

11:01 pm

thansk lisa

11:02 pm

ps5 anybody? and hiya

11:02 pm

ps + three vowels.

11:03 pm

ty mixi

11:03 pm

po6 after the no money?

Today is a sad day for me

11:03 pm

wqhy herin?

11:04 pm

po6 rhymes with mo6 sad and mopey

11:04 pm

ty dan.

11:05 pm

i cant get ps word...

11:05 pm

ty, dan

11:05 pm

ps + 3 different vowels

11:05 pm

got it cosdem!

Someone that was a long standing muso in my Goth Community passed away from cancer last night. He was only about 40

11:06 pm

wtg :)

11:06 pm

well, i should do some stuff around house and off to bed, as i ned to be up well before the sun, and it's a touch after midnight.

11:06 pm

so, g'night/day and happy babbling, yall! Herin, i'm sorry to hear of your loss. May his way be easier now {poof}

That is true DC.

11:09 pm

I have to restart the server. Hold onto your hats. Should be back up in a few minutes.

11:17 pm

testin

How long?

11:23 pm

thanks. dr_God.

11:26 pm

Thanks, dr_God.

11:29 pm

yes, thanks, always

11:33 pm

fireworks.... and now a word from our sp8,45.

11:34 pm

poof, y'all.

11:39 pm

second re7/8 combo please?

11:44 pm

anyone?

11:45 pm

ok. i found them. fw!

11:49 pm

congrats Dorens

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