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flip and hi all

Clues are up

12:02 am

an7

12:02 am

WOW -- thank you, Lickety!!

flip and thank you Lickety

dr 7

12:03 am

flip

12:03 am

Thanks, Lickety!

12:04 am

flip! was on phone! hi all :)

THX dEE THAN ALSO GR

12:04 am

woof

12:04 am

i didn't get my wish for a biggie~ :(

12:04 am

flip

and ra6

grad

12:05 am

ta vanil!!!

oops off to the bin

12:05 am

PB with timtams in it

dr 8

ra 7

12:09 am

mrp -- please check my icon and writeup!

12:09 am

ok jilli! :)

12:10 am

i need the i in last column for nbt

12:11 am

ir 5

12:11 am

got the dr8 yay

12:11 am

ok ty grannie

12:11 am

nbt/nbs

wtg cos

nbt

12:12 am

wtg cos

12:12 am

phantom brethen

12:12 am

ugh i spelled it wrong anyway lol

12:12 am

not seeing the ir 5 nor the dr 8 -- have a dr 7

12:13 am

dr7 and dr8 same first few letters

12:13 am

ir5 and dr8 same last 3 letters

12:13 am

that is just brilliant jilli!!

12:14 am

well, mrp, thanks for the introduction to the currawong!

12:14 am

isn't their call amazing?

12:14 am

NBT,NBS

12:14 am

i luv the birds here

12:14 am

on ya diz :) and hi

12:14 am

did you get my message before the flip about the Dane person in Sydney?

wtg diz

12:15 am

no i didn't jilli, was on the phone, what was the message please?

12:15 am

wtg diz!

12:15 am

ty

12:15 am

nbt + nbs

12:16 am

wtg flos

12:16 am

thanks diz

12:16 am

I've been hearing via email from a Dane person in Sydney who had seen a drawing I did of Dane pups. She said if I visit Sydney in Jan or Feb she will take me to a dog show! Very tempting.

wtg flsoey

12:16 am

ty Dee

12:16 am

Se also wants my book :-)

12:17 am

wtg flosey

12:17 am

ra7 but i think it was called already

12:17 am

I'm assuming the ir 5 is the lone i that i don't have!

12:17 am

thanks jilli, interesting bird, will read it akk kater

12:18 am

yes nan

12:19 am

is the dr 8 related to the dr7?

12:19 am

yes

12:20 am

***all later jilli

12:20 am

oops -- must fix peculiar markings in my profile

12:20 am

in 7 x 2

12:21 am

I guess I don't have the right dr 7

hi and nbt

12:22 am

hi and wtg josh

12:22 am

hi josh and wtg

12:22 am

nan - checked the list. only one dr7

12:22 am

I'm baffled by that lone I too (I know it's ir5)

12:22 am

nan i'm not seeing it yet either

12:22 am

both the dr8 and the ir5 have the same last 3 letters./

12:23 am

think gerund

ir 5 making angry....

12:23 am

it isn't a word I'd use, seems strange

12:23 am

oh duh there it is

i've only ever seen the root of ir5 used as a noun in real life, not as a verb

12:23 am

ty -- couldn't see that!

but the verb forms are all accepted, so

12:23 am

nbt, nbs

12:23 am

wtg nan

12:25 am

jilli, i would be taking that up!!

gr 7/48

i really like pr7. good word that should be used more

12:27 am

i updated my status... the Prick took it too far this weekend.

ty josh locking

lol looking

12:27 am

thanks josh

also i mistyped and got a very weird pi5

12:27 am

good to see you back Griff

12:29 am

you too mab!!!

12:29 am

now im trying to find that weird pi5 lol

not seeing the pi 5 yet...hmmmm

12:31 am

gr 7 x2 if not called

12:31 am

nbt (couldn't believe that ir5 was a real word!)

12:31 am

the ir5 has been in the grid a few times lately

12:32 am

wtg jill

12:32 am

note to self: if it wasn't a word yesterday it probably isn't a word today

12:33 am

nbs

12:33 am

ahhh the pi5 is very weird

12:33 am

almost impossible to monkey

absolutely blind to that one ...

12:34 am

point count??

12:34 am

weird word...ends in the gerund

12:34 am

pi 5/16

12:34 am

ty

12:34 am

you weren't kidding that was weird!

12:34 am

I see I got rid of a lot of those markings in the profile, but not all -- thy come from things like "curly apostrophes" and such

12:34 am

there is a pt 6

ty vash found it

I have gr 7/48 what are stats for other gr 7?

12:36 am

gr 7/36

12:36 am

gr 7/36

12:36 am

not related to each other

12:36 am

you beat me to it cos

ty looking

hi

hi herin

Hi back hope you are all wel

12:39 am

hi herin...just got here not too long ago myself

trying to survive the heat and high humidity here

12:39 am

100 down -- good night :)

Night Cyber

Not a fan of humidity.

12:40 am

sorry to hear that dee

I have to trim a tree off the window. It is making a horrid squeeck noise when ever the breeze blows

will be glad for fall; that is for sure.... pretty scary noise at night herin

apparently dagnab it! is not a real word

12:41 am

:))) rasta

Actually it just sounds like the noise an animal makes like a dog yipping.

Rast neither is bing

awww better than the scary one then

It is one of those grating noises you can hear in the lounge but not so much in the bedroom

12:43 am

im missing two 7's.. i know one of them is an in7

ANd I am very happy with have a mattress recycling place that picks up. Who ever thought of that idea is a smarty

do you have dr 7 cos?

12:44 am

yes i do.

12:44 am

i have an, dr, gr, gr, in, ra

pr 7/36?

12:44 am

i need an in and ??

12:44 am

ok thats it thanks dee

yqw

12:46 am

got it.. now for the in7.....

12:47 am

i have the baby one..

12:47 am

in + gr 5

12:48 am

thanks :)

If an In7 is a baby is an infang a baby vampire?

12:48 am

thanks diz

lol

That was my first thought

12:51 am

G's done!

wtg cos

I am hoping that my movie doesn't glitch on me.

12:51 am

nice cos, i'm missing one

Cos was that hard the G words I am not seeing them

12:52 am

no not really... the last one was hard tho

12:52 am

ga5/20 was tricky

Opps I just spotted anotherone

12:59 am

I don't like grids of this size without an S

Jill it doesn't have much flow.

1:00 am

too right, herin

I am just doing my usually Cat-Bat-Mat thing

painful grid I agree

1:01 am

re6 x 2

1:01 am

glad to hear even you are finding that, dee!

1:01 am

hands out bandaids for the sufferers

hey ru

1:02 am

hi ru -- are you just cruising happily through this?

1:02 am

yes ..sorta

1:02 am

I haven't found the 8 yet though

Hi Ru

1:03 am

hi herin.. you are in the grid tonight

Yep. How the heck can you see an RE in this mess

1:04 am

R's done.. only 3 re words..

1:04 am

dr 8 ruru...

1:04 am

re 5, 6, 6

ty cos

1:05 am

thanks vash

Thanks I got some

1:11 am

<---sneaks off to bed.. night all

1:11 am

34 left and have been stuck for a while

1:11 am

nite ruru

night r

Night Ru. Sneaks off myself

1:12 am

night ruru, pleasant dreams

1:12 am

25 here

1:12 am

*poof*

1:12 am

and bye herin

byes

bye

1:13 am

bye

1:14 am

Are both e words ey something?

1:14 am

not sure sparks, 'm still missing one

1:14 am

eo 6 and ey 4

1:14 am

Just came in and was happy to see new puzzle

eo 6 and ey 4

1:15 am

Thanks VolleymomDee

1:15 am

snap Dee!

1:15 am

thanks dee

snap diz yw vash

1:15 am

And dizgrannie

yw rs

1:15 am

yw

1:16 am

I'm on tablet and chat is very laggy.

here, too, tonight

1:16 am

i tried babble on an ipad last weekend...i didn't get the word list to scroll

1:17 am

oh goody, got the 3 re words

1:18 am

I think I'll wait a while for a tablet

1:19 am

oh -- I see I'm well over halfway

1:20 am

i have one 6 letter word left and am not finding it

fireworks... do you know which letter vash?

1:21 am

whee for dee!

6's an ba da do dr eo fa in no no pt ra re re te

ty

1:23 am

YAY dee! (that was fast)

1:23 am

hey all

1:23 am

just wandering by for a few

hi stid!

1:23 am

hello stid -- I was just going to head bedwards

may I help anyone before I leave?

1:24 am

it's the te - thanks dee! looking now

1:24 am

good idea, jill, and one i shall emulate soon!

1:24 am

and got it

1:25 am

stidkid's second play is now over -- just striking the set and a quick bite to eat at a restaurant before he and tom get home.

yqw... te 6/24 def an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .

1:25 am

Then only one rehearsal each day this week and "tech" and performances next week and we are done. Done with the plays, and done with summer. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone

wow it sure has!

1:26 am

done with summer? It's just starting, stid!

probably bittersweet that it is over

1:27 am

well, school starts in one month, jill -- tomorrow I put in my application to be a substitute teacher!

good luck on that stid

1:27 am

hey stiddie :) *BIG hug* Morning jilli et al.

1:27 am

I was hoping to make more progress on both house and yard, dee! LOL oh well -- there is always next summer, right?

1:27 am

I hope you can really relax and enjoy August, stid

1:27 am

(((((((SPRITE))))))) hello my dear! I miss you!

1:28 am

and vice versa! Miss you a lot!

1:28 am

hi sprite!

1:28 am

I am going to do my durndest, jill! LOL

1:28 am

hi-from-the-past sprite!

1:28 am

how are you? are the kids on vacation? are there lovely flowers everywhere? Most of the flowers in my yard are not doing well -- many just gave up entirely this year due to the cold and the wet.

1:29 am

stid, my garden is lush!

1:29 am

that's nice jill!

1:29 am

am housesitting in Groningen. Lovely garden, lots of flowers. Kids are here with us, in between ot5 vacations. We are well, mostly. And you?

1:30 am

Sorry Cash, was transferring from team to train... yeah hard to get words or chat to scroll. Easier on this xoom than ipad though.

1:31 am

And auto correct is my nemisis Vash that was supposed to read.

1:31 am

that's lovely, sprite! I am well enough -- migraines were mostly gone and then had three in July. Hoping it was a last-ditch effort to make me miserable and they are on the way out. Minimizing reading has really helped.

1:31 am

*wonders if Sparks is writing in the wrong window*

1:32 am

And tram not team ARGH!

1:32 am

the hip hasn't been bad lately, either, so I feel quite strong! :-D *flexes muscles*

1:32 am

Hope, was a conversation about 10 min ago stidmama.

1:32 am

nemesis too, not nemisis, lol!

1:32 am

aw stiddie, stupid migraines :( Good for the hip though. For the head: often rub feet. Seriously.

1:32 am

has anyone else been trying "banana" over and over?

1:32 am

LOL sparks!

1:33 am

*giggles at Sparks*

1:33 am

hm. rub feet. That actually sounds nice!

1:33 am

Lol yes.

1:33 am

yes of course, stiddie, my monkeys keep trying that.

1:33 am

I have, stid -- and it's time I went and had one, too (my sleeping pill is a banana and milk)

1:34 am

it works if you use an o. unfortunately, that's not a word. it should be.

1:34 am

okay, for NBT and sleepy-bye, the i on the far right please?

1:34 am

sweet dreams jill (((hugs)))

1:34 am

hey mab!

1:34 am

*blushes furiously* one advantage to getting really random words is trying to type on touchpad when it's bumpy. Total potluck with what I'm hitting

1:34 am

stid, if you look at migraine on energy-level, it is basically a severe overload at the upper neck and head. Hence the rubbing of the feet... works good!

1:34 am

ir5, stid -- getting angry

1:34 am

night jilli

1:34 am

sleep well jilli

1:34 am

oh -- and sprite -- did you see I got my teaching certificate? Now legally allowed to torture kids in various topics grades K - 12!

1:34 am

Good night

1:35 am

thanks jill!

1:35 am

oh wowwwweeeeeee! WTG stid, you did so well! Gratz!

1:35 am

goodnight/day all...*poof

1:35 am

and those kids are lucky to get you.

1:36 am

*proud mama look* I would NEVER recommend doing what I did to get here, but I am glad I am here nonetheless.

1:36 am

*evil grin* Yeah, sleeping your way up sucks *Dugs beneath table*

1:36 am

well, a teacher I was helping a couple years has already asked if I will sub for her this coming year, and so have a couple others from the more local school! I am putting off applying for permanent or full-time positions until I feel more human again.

1:36 am

oooooh. SPRITE!!!! I shall come over there and give you a piece of my mind!!!

1:37 am

hahahahaha.....please do! I'd love to have you here.

1:37 am

*reconsiders* I don't have that much to spare... *sprays sprite with whipped cream instead*

1:37 am

all kidding aside, I know, hun. It was really tough. And you did it.

1:38 am

well, this computer is about to die. stidkid #1 (who is skating on thin ice...) used my computer without the plugin that was right next to the chair he was using. So I have to either move or use it all up. *grumble* So if I disappear, it's not your fault...

1:39 am

how wonderful you already have contacts. Am not surprised they ask for you, you left an impression. And very wise to wait a bit, get yourself back together first is really smart, I think.

1:39 am

argh... kids!

1:41 am

I think so -- I am working on getting the house in order again, and going through three years of papers (mine, tom's, the kids') and such. It will take a while. On days I am not "working" I will have plenty to do this autumn! LOL and there are always mid-year openings.

1:41 am

what about you sprite? have you been taking any more classes? I am thinking of taking a class in either one of my languages or music this coming year -- just for fun though, NOT for a grade!

1:42 am

oh yes :) Don't you hate paperwork? If you have room enough, put it in boxes and forget about it for 5 years... then throw it all out, lol!

1:43 am

no, didn't make it with the classes. Still learning how to survive life. But getting better.

1:43 am

oh, GMTA!!!! I rented an extra storage locker for a few months sprite! Put books, papers, clothes... extra furniture and such in it and will be starting to retrieve things over the next couple months!

1:43 am

Good for you sprite -- just making the attempt is a start.

1:44 am

Sorry for interrupting, what subject/year level do you teach?

1:44 am

hehehe :) Good thinking!

1:44 am

feel free to interrupt, Sparks, glad to have you join the chog anytime

1:45 am

We painted the bedroom (first time in 11 years) over the last couple weeks, and are putting it back together now! I have a few pics on my website, but will be putting up some "finished" pics tomorrow I think.

1:45 am

hey sparks -- I want to teach mid-level language arts and social studies, but am certified to teach elementary (K-8) or Reading (K-12)

1:45 am

ah good, will check it out!

1:46 am

I found some nice little touches at IKEA, and Mother bought them for me. I am in love with the light fixture...

1:47 am

being in love with your stuff is great

1:47 am

I also picked up a few things for the living room! :-D needed a proper space to "frame" the framed diploma and teaching certificates. *silly mama grin*

1:47 am

Got a great link for that age range

1:47 am

congrats on going pro, sparks!!!

1:47 am

hahaha why silly? You worked your ass off to get them. Be as proud as you can be.

1:48 am

Been dying to share it. Google John Davitt. Saw him talk last year. His new tools site has something called a learning event generator. Very cool stuff

1:48 am

yep. I like having some nice little things, even if no one ever comes to visit. I think it has to do with the German Shepherd who thinks he's a lap dog...

1:49 am

<-- that pic was taken about three weeks ago, Sprite! just after I lopped off all my hair again.

1:49 am

sounds good, Sparks!

1:49 am

Thanks saw how much fun you guys have and had to go pro, wish skill came with it!

1:49 am

wow stid looking good!

1:49 am

oooh. looks intriguing will check it out tomorrow sparks!

1:49 am

oh, skill is pretty hit-or-miss with this game, I am afraid. But we have fun anyway!

1:50 am

just wanted to ask, did you just get pro? Welcome to the madness, Sparks :) Skill will come, with practice. I promise ;)

1:50 am

thanks spritely! if only I could shed the chubbiness (grad school is NOT good for waistlines) as easily as the hair

1:50 am

babble has a great community. Nice people, very supportive. And fun.

1:50 am

Yeah just got it.was really excited

1:50 am

i went pro years ago but have never updated anything

1:51 am

Next to me you'd look too thin, stiddie. Remember that :)

1:51 am

LOL vashon! silly girl!

1:51 am

hm. all that great dutch cheese, I suppose?

1:51 am

On the learning event generator thing, go into wiki and look at the primary school version. Great with smart boards

1:51 am

yes you have been with us for a long time, vash. Never felt the urge to get an icon? ;)

1:52 am

i know...just like facebook, have never put a pic there, either

1:52 am

I have never had a chance to use a smart board -- hope I get to some day.

1:52 am

mostly eating disorder and no exercise since the damaged pelvis. But yes, the cheese is great, lol.

1:52 am

I don't usually but my nephew has been on me to get one.

1:52 am

thanks sparks -- are you also an educator?

1:52 am

Smart boards are fun

1:53 am

i need to get to bed...work in the morning

1:53 am

oh, that's rough sprite. I drink tea, actually -- I make a big pot of it in the morning and drink that all day long whenever I feel I need to eat something. It works to quell the non-hungry appetite

1:53 am

sweet dreams, vashon!

1:53 am

sounds good, stiddie!

1:53 am

I used to be a 6/7 and music teacher, but now I'm an elearning consultant

1:53 am

sleep well, vash, and dream even better

1:53 am

G'night

1:54 am

neat-o, sparks! I have been "attending" webinars through classroom 2.0 and a couple other places to learn more about how to integrate tech in classrooms. I have issues however with the assumptions that all assignments work for all students -- we have too many rural kids with neither internet nor computers (nor reliable cell service)

1:55 am

I miss teaching but in this job I'm working with teachers to help build skills

1:55 am

I love the middle school years, though! some folks think I am crazy, but when I volunteered in a 6th grade classroom teaching creative writing a few years back it was like coming home

1:55 am

teaching teachers is something special

1:56 am

Yeah same here stid but ways around that with differentiated teaching and planning.

1:56 am

I have been so grateful to have experienced educators who are willing to take the time to teach newbies like me

1:56 am

nothing crazy about it, stid, it is a great age.

1:56 am

It's the best age group I agree

1:56 am

yes, that is what I think -- I want to work in my home community, so am trying to figure out just what is available within the school to support the kids whose families have fewer resources.

1:57 am

Well if you ever want advice or help at all let me know stid. Happy to shoot you links

1:57 am

except when your own are that age... perhaps I will feel differently in a few years, but right now you couldn't pay me enough to teach high school! LOL

1:57 am

thanks sparks -- I will take you up on that for sure.

1:57 am

I love to see how the babble network works again :) You rock, Sparks!

1:58 am

hehehe stiddie... I think you could do it. Mine are there now. And I still love them. Most of the time ;)

1:58 am

With my students I used to have twitter length responses and kids could use mobile tech, reg computers or pen and paper to complete. Worked a treat for our class pin board

1:58 am

Cheers mate!

1:58 am

oh, I am suddenly so sad -- checking my "friends" tab and saw a couple of the babblers who have passed away. I am not going to remove those links, but so sad.

1:59 am

aw stiddie.... yes indeed. It is inevitable with a community. We'll remember them with love and gratitude.

1:59 am

That's terrible! Had that in one of my other games. Was so sad.

1:59 am

that's funny sparks - one of my first creative writing lessons I ever did was "microlit" twitter length stories. The kids were so happy at first that they only needed 140 characters, then frustrated at how difficult it is to distill an entire story into that length

evening all :)

2:00 am

hi mrp!

2:00 am

hey mrp! (((hugs))) meet Sparks, our newest addict

2:00 am

Oh definitely stid.

2:00 am

um, newest babbler! *wicked mama grin*

2:00 am

Hello mrpresident

2:00 am

hey mrP :) Hi Griffums!

2:00 am

Lol thanks for the intro!

2:00 am

hey griffums!

2:00 am

hi sprite!

2:02 am

oh, down to 3% battery. I think I will say bonne nuit (bonjour for mrp) and toddle off to bed.

2:02 am

oh, down to 3% battery. I think I will say bonne nuit (bonjour for mrp) and toddle off to bed.

2:02 am

Think i've lost connection, dang mobile tech! Must be tunnels.

2:02 am

Think i've lost connection, dang mobile tech! Must be tunnels.

2:02 am

Think i've lost connection, dang mobile tech! Must be tunnels.

2:02 am

oh I'd love to write a story that short! Wonderful challenge, stid.

hi sparks! :) welcome to the fold

2:02 am

I think the internet glitched...

2:03 am

sprite, I will send you the lesson plan, and you can try it on your kids. It's actually rather fun.

2:03 am

no, this was the 2 am hiccup. Reset of server, every day at same time.

yep, the 2am timewarp!

2:03 am

yeah i knew that

2:03 am

oh great, stid! Please do! Will be better with answering now. Promise.

2:03 am

Thank you mrpresident

2:03 am

nice to meet you sparks, have a lovely week, all!! (((hugs and choclits and really good coffee for all))) *POOF*

2:04 am

*hugs stid*

2:04 am

G'night and nice to meet you too.

2:05 am

I can't see little flag by my name. Do I need to add it somewhere?

2:06 am

you must select your country, I think. And check the Show Profile thing.

2:06 am

I'm procrastinating because i'm stuck in the puzzle... thanks sprite

2:07 am

I know the feeling.

2:09 am

did you spot the gerund ending and played around with it? It is pretty rewarding in this grid.

2:10 am

Might say goodbye, almost to my stop. Thank you all so much for the warm welcome. Look forward to future chats. Have a good evening. And I believe I should say... *poof* from what I've seen when people go.

2:10 am

'Night!

2:11 am

hehehe you can say whatever you want, but poof is correct, lol. Sleep well, Sparks. Great to have you along.

2:11 am

Will look at home sprite, bye for now

2:13 am

sorry.... not sleep well, but have a good trip home

what sleep? you actually get sleep?

2:17 am

me? Rarely, lol.

2:17 am

beautiful cat, mrP, btw. Royalty!

2:20 am

I'm too sleepy and way too slow at this - my skills are dusty! Off to bed. Nice to see a few names I remember here!

2:21 am

sleep well, Griffs!

2:25 am

what happened, mrP? Real life came between you and babble again?

thanks sprite, she was my cat love

sorry, emails, bull$hit, the lot... my stalker is at it again

what is real life?? I live in babble to avoid that dimensional delusion

2:26 am

I can see why. She has real personality. Hell no, not again? Is he emailing you? Isn't that proof of some kind?

he is doing worse sprite, it is in my profile

will email you the incident report... he is a liar and uses others to now harass me

2:32 am

what does your lawyer say?

the police are now very concerned... my lawyer is all for defamation, but he has no money, so what is the point?? it is a civil case and doesn't get him gaoled

2:34 am

if he is convicted, it may help with later criminal cases...

but, I just want to serve him the papers!

true, and live in hope

2:35 am

yes, anything you can do to help you feel powerful against him. He is so totally out of his mind!

well, today I spoke to him from a distance and told him I was suing him and getting a violence order out against him, I then walked away saying.... 'keep spreading your lies Max... you will just be paying me more!' I don't think he liked that

2:37 am

good for you!

i was just so angry with him!! i have to now control that and go to court.

2:40 am

yes. You know he is pushing you because it will help HIS case if you blow up, don't you?

yes, but what i said to him was not threatening, it was a fact!

and he will be served two sets of papers this week

don't you think it was polite of me to let him know? LOL!!

2:42 am

no, that was just clear and to the point. He wants you to blow up, at him, or better even, at somebody else in public. Then he can 'proof' you are the one who is out of it.

2:42 am

hehehe yes very polite!

2:43 am

very good. One set for defamation and the other for the PVO?

yes, he won't be please?? do you think?

2:45 am

I think he will be very pleased, lolll. NOT! I hope he will take up the challenge though, and not back out.

2:45 am

mrP, can you explain the PVO to me? Is that different from the order to stay away from you for a certain distance?

he is too chicken$hit to confront me, get's others to do it for him

what a loser... picking on a woman!

and now the 'federal police officer' is being investigated

he just keeps on pulling people in and frigging them over!

2:46 am

impersonating a police officer is punishable by law here

2:52 am

did chog froze? Or just you?

sorry sprite!!

was looking up the title deed for the Prick's house, see how much money he owes on his mortgage and how much I can get out of him

2:58 am

lol no problem. Can you explain the PVO to me? Is that different from an order to stay away from you for a certain distance?

plus, he did get paid, allegedly, for the 'sale' of his business... so will find that out too

whatever money he has, including furniture, will be seized by the sherrifs department once my case goes through

3:01 am

never mind, I managed to google it

it is sprite... gaol time for impersonating an officer

even if he was an officer, he had NO right to do what he did

i will send you the incident report now ok??

please don't share it with anyone darling

3:04 am

oh, hold it, I am not at home

3:05 am

no I won't. Can you send it to sarcassm@hotmail.com ? I can receive it here then. The planet addy is only accessible at home.

have sent it to both addies,

you now have my personal addy as well

3:15 am

Any clue for the ta5/12 please it won't take tauon???

3:16 am

wonderful honey, am reading it

3:16 am

DTins: black sticky stuff + active verb

the timtamslam info you need: bite off a small corner from each end of the timtam, take your favourite hot beverage (coffee, tea, hot choc) and use the timtam as a straw.... it will become hot and soggy. put it in your mouth, let it dissolve and swallow!

3:20 am

TY sprite

or derog term for a disabled person

not liking that there is no s, or ed... grrrr

3:28 am

I have told my daughter that she must take a picture of me doing the timtamslam, so we will make sure you get to see it, lol

3:28 am

but two very rewarding endings, mrP

3:28 am

ok, I read your mail. Will answer by mail.

3:32 am

good morning everybody

hi ruby!!

absolutely sprite!! I want pics from you, crossy, ruuster and peri... insisting!!! lol!!

if you can do video, I want that too!! please!

did you see the video of the birds in my profile sprite??

3:35 am

{{mrp}} reading over the chog, I see that your awful saga continues. I would think you would be better off not speaking to the guy, even at a distance. that's what lawyers are for.

how you going ruby??

3:36 am

When we filed our complaint against the dog guy, he came to my house to beg for me to drop it, then his wife called me, saying my husband was a liar. WhenI advised the gendarmes of both incidents, they gave me their cell number and said to call them IMMEDIATELY

3:37 am

that the people were not allowed any contact with us

3:37 am

and that I shouldn't talk to them

3:37 am

hi rubyfoo, good advice. Not a word anymore to the needledick

3:37 am

[[sprite}}

3:38 am

I want to draw attention to my icon today. It is so cute :)

3:38 am

he's surely da**

3:39 am

email sent, mrP.

indeed ruby!!

3:39 am

once my Max saw himself reflected in a door and got really scared....no genius, he

thanks sprite... will go look

3:40 am

lol no, not very smart. I was amazed at terra at the mirror. He didn't care about his own image, just didn't react. But when I entered the image, he looked from me to it and back. Smartass :)

that is too cute sprite!

i have an email to send you... it is fantastic... will send it now

3:45 am

thanks :) I like the icon so much myself :D

ok sending you a great one! ready??

3:47 am

ready :)

there it is!

of course feel free to share it, but take out my addy when forwarding it please!! :))

but I already know you would do that :D... thanks hun

3:49 am

I always do :)

I don't share that addy with just anyone you know!! **hugs**!!

3:51 am

omg.... that is a very sneaky illusion! Oh LOLLLLL that is great!

isn't it wonderful!!?? I luved it!

i get some great stuff, will have to pass them on... very clever, nothing dirty

3:52 am

took me a while!

i had to go to the answer!!

3:53 am

was looking for the silhouet etc. But I am a book person/word person... so at some point it jumped out at me.

i was looking at everything but the object !!

brb, life is calling

3:56 am

*ppof**

3:57 am

bye mrP and rubyfoo

sharing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MleXPV xLGX0

life stopped for me, thanks to my better half... can lay back and enjoy babble

te6 please?

4:02 am

your better half is a sweetie

4:04 am

this is an awful clue but I don't know a better one: first 3 letters of latin for world + loving both men and women + vowel.

he was dead meat a few days ago!! LOL

thanks sprite, perfect clue

4:05 am

yeah lol I don't say he doesn't make mistakes... we all do. But he IS a sweetie. And he has a nicely adjusted package. *innocent look*

4:07 am

do you have the pi5? I just cannot find it! Even looked in lickety's clues which P I was missing

hahaha!! indeed sprite!!

4:07 am

Morning all!

4:07 am

morning beckyj!

pi + gerand

4:08 am

grrrrr that is NOT a word! Thank you, mrP, totally new one for me.

it is mathematical

and as maths isn't a word, I agree

4:09 am

*mumblemumbleforcryingoutloudcrazymath smumblegrumble*

hi bec :)

4:10 am

hi :) how is everyone?

yeah, math is rubbish when language is your 'thing'

4:10 am

happily battling with this grid, enjoying the sun in the garden

4:10 am

how about yourself, beckyj?

4:10 am

sounds lovely sprite!

4:11 am

I am good thank you, I am currently relaxing on my couch trying to take down this grid! Slowly but surely...

4:11 am

that is the way :)

4:11 am

indeed!

4:11 am

:)

4:12 am

morning all

4:12 am

I so want fandango to bethere!

4:12 am

Morning, Kall!

4:12 am

hi Kallia... yes, and banana!

4:13 am

oh yes,hadn't noticed that

4:13 am

happy to share the misery, grinnnn

4:13 am

lol

4:15 am

do you have sunshine today Sprite?

4:16 am

It is beautiful here, going into the garden shortly to hand dye some fabric

hi kalli!

4:16 am

on and off. Just a moment ago it was so lovely, all the flowers in the garden radiant with sunlight. And now it is dark and gloomy :(

4:16 am

hello Mr P

4:16 am

oh wow! I love all the things babblers do. What do you use the fabrics for?

just dark here... and stupid a$$ dogs next door barking constantly!!

4:17 am

oh all sorts of things, art quilts, fabric postcards, anything I want to make

4:17 am

erodes the nerves, barking dogs.

4:17 am

that is not nice Mr P...we have one of those next door to us

4:18 am

sounds great, Kallia. I'd love to see it :)

4:18 am

I dye it and then block print

we have to 'deal' with it, cause they are their 'babies'.... get stuffed and train your dog

4:18 am

oh I so agree with that mrp

4:19 am

teaching your dog not to bark isn't hard at all. It only takes some time and attention.

4:19 am

anniesatticroom.blogspot.com

4:20 am

there you go sprite if you want to take a look

one of their dogs attacks our dog!! biting, snarling, wanting to kill her. and their answer?? "oh, she is just being territorial as your dog came here after her!" No, leash your beast and get some rehab

it takes very little time indeed sprite! my 'princess' was trying it on when she was young... I sorted her out in 2 days... hasn't barked since!

4:21 am

my son brought his dog on Thursday, first time he has been here, ..Dempsey just strolled up the path with not a sound,,,lolthe next doordog went bsolutely crazy

4:22 am

just did, you make wonderful stuff! And very broad range. From cute and funny to really artistic!

she would sit on the opposite lounge, barking right at me! A shot in the face with a water pistol filled with a little vinegar and water in it sorted that out!! and she had no idea where it came from

4:22 am

thanks Sprite, try my hand at most things

very lovely stuff there kalli!

4:23 am

depends on the mood...I never know what is going to happen...I just start

4:23 am

ty Mr P :)

4:23 am

we taught terra from the beginning. When he barked, we ignored him. When he stopped, we payed him lots of attention. Trained him to be ok alone as well. And never urged him to bark at the door either. He NEVER barks. Oh well... sometimes, very softly, in his dreams :)

4:24 am

I like that, Kallia. No need to focus on one style or thing.

4:25 am

I love it, and it's great to have time to indulge. I've met some great people in swap groups...Glant for one :)

4:25 am

oh how nice!

4:26 am

fireflies for me! Apart from the pi5, I liked this grid a lot.

4:26 am

it's not a bad grid...well done Sprite

4:27 am

first run finished and I've got 62 left for later maybe

4:27 am

off to dye lol

4:27 am

bye all

see ya later!

on ya sprite!!

4:28 am

enjoy, Kallia!

4:29 am

I am off too, bye all, and *hugs* for mrP. Take care, hun.

you too sprite! **hugs**... thanks for the email too... very helpful in relaxing me

bye !!

4:29 am

am glad :)

just nice to have people care... really helps

4:42 am

Bye Sprite

4:42 am

!

4:48 am

why won't it allow nanobite?

thanks for the bi4 but that's kind of a ticket to the PB, graham...

5:42 am

That nano word has a y in it

cause enable sucks graham

and it may be nanobyte too

6:18 am

Hi all - anyone have a clue for the pi5?

yep... maths... pi + gerund

hi everyone :) sorry, was consumed in conversation with my son

6:20 am

Thanks - and that's a stupid word in my book!

6:21 am

morning everyone

greetings people

rift

oooooooooops and off to a grand start

6:25 am

its ok espirit...mrp has been stocking the pb with timtams

I am on a Paul McCartney

went to concert last night

Paul McCartney *high*

6:28 am

nice... i take it it was fab

he is incredible

almost 3 hours, no intermission

6:32 am

yay

hi jean!! :) lovely to see you **hugs**

wb carlee et al :)

6:33 am

hi mrp

i managed to get my puter back so am mrp again

hi mrp :-)

6:38 am

yay for lickety fixing mrp's puter

6:44 am

going to go shower... back in a bit...this day has begun

6:48 am

morning, all!

a bre

morning usue! see ya carlee :)

6:55 am

ok...back...oops...let out dog

7:00 am

hi, mrp, carlee, nono!

7:01 am

ok...doggie done his business... cats fed...dog fed...

7:12 am

r

7:14 am

hi all, right i for nbt pls

7:15 am

ir + gerund

7:15 am

stoopid

7:15 am

good morning pe4 - dont have it yet

7:15 am

need an 8 pls for nbs

7:15 am

thanks Une and good morning

7:16 am

hello everyone

7:16 am

not really looking peri..just kinda staring at teh grid and if i should find i word i plug it in

7:16 am

Une, I received the calendar and am thrilled.

7:16 am

carlee is off to the PB

7:17 am

ok

7:17 am

A rough copy of a letter is called a dr***, the gerund form is an 8

7:17 am

need to get ready for food pantry, also doing laundry, bbl

7:17 am

ty Molly

7:17 am

hi molls

7:18 am

by peri

7:18 am

annie, so glad you like the calendar! It was really fun to put together :-)

7:19 am

thx for the 8 and for that right-hand I! I also need the right-hand O for nbt...

7:19 am

...and never mind.

7:19 am

nbs and nbt,, better get some exercise

7:20 am

bye sue

7:20 am

annie, I also gave a copy to the gentleman who fostered the "cover dog" for a looong time -- he was delighted :-)

7:20 am

BTW he has over 30 dogs!!

7:24 am

I just went to reach for my muffin and spilled coffee all over my desk..under the monitor, keyboard, mouse, mouse pad. Cleaned it up with no ill effects, thank goodness.

7:25 am

Une, this man has over 30 dogs or he fostered 30 dogs...both are awesome. do you foster the dogs on the calendar. I just love them.

7:25 am

*d8d

7:25 am

*did ---- LOL

7:26 am

jeez, glad you didn't have a coffee disaster!

7:26 am

no, but my mouse pad is soaking to get the coffee out. no big deal.

7:27 am

He has dogs of his own but also fosters a lot -- and hates to part with ANY of them but knows that when he sends pups on transports to forever homes, he's making room for MORE fosters that need in-between homes :-)

7:27 am

Very sweet older man -- he and his life live waaay out in the country :-)

7:28 am

No, I can't foster, since I already have 3 dogs of my own and don't have a fenced-in yard -- my contribution is transport -- now doing that pretty much every Saturday :-)

7:30 am

Une, what ever you are able to contribute of your time is wonderful

7:31 am

You are doing a grand thing, Une.

7:32 am

We worked with boxer rescue back in KS. Fostering, transporting, whatever was needed.

7:32 am

These two lugs snoring next to me now came from boxer rescue.

7:33 am

boxers are sweet - my chiropractor has one and she greets me at the door everytime I go - with her toy in mouth to play...lol

7:33 am

Boxers are such sweeties -- Annabelle, one of the rescue pups this last Saturday, is part boxer -- she rode up front with me and melted my heart! :-)

7:34 am

bkj e

7:34 am

sounds like you did great work, bea :-)

7:34 am

hey, river, inge, bea, et al

morning all, just reading your posts Une about fostering dogs. I just adopted a dog Saturday at an adoption fair and the woman who fostered her was so sweet with all the dogs she brought and my dog has been with her for about six months before I got her. She seems really sweet and well adjusted-already making herself at home here.

7:35 am

Hi River and bea

7:35 am

how nice Luv - good luck with her

7:35 am

Good for you for adopting, luv.

7:35 am

luv, that's GREAT!! I've met sooo many kind, loving folks who foster/transport!

7:36 am

hello

thanks River, will have to post a picture of her if I can get my icon to change-been having problems with that

she's a powderpuff chinese crested. Most chinese crested people think of are the homely hairless one but she's got pretty, white fur.

7:37 am

I, ahem, pictured them that way too -- by all means, post a pic! LOL

7:38 am

Luv, what is her name?

Her name is Lexie. I read up on the breed and it's possible for both the hairless and the powderpuff to be born in the same litter

7:39 am

my brother rescued a great pierinise (sp?) last year. She is beautiful but quite skiddish.

7:39 am

just found pics in google image -- wow, such a difference with hair! :-)

7:39 am

(and very cute name)

7:40 am

river, here in Nashville we have a rescue called "Big Fluffy Dogs" that takes in Great Pyrrhenees and other biiiig dogs :-)

7:40 am

I love that name - will have to remember that one for any future dogs in my household. My old girl is failing quickly - congested heart fairlure - we are enjoying every day we can with her.

yes, big difference with hair. I'm trying to post a picture but my computer isn't cooperating right now

7:41 am

hey, herin :-)

7:41 am

hi herin

sorry to hear that River, I know they're a part of the family and tough to see them fade

7:41 am

just checked out pics on google - how cute

7:42 am

hi again, all, just wanted to pop in for a minute to appreciate all of you with rescue dogs (and those who help to rescue them) - have a rescue dog and two rescue cats myself

I just read last night on Animal Lib a beautiful story on the Great Pyrrheness dogs.

7:42 am

hey, sue -- looks like we're all huge animal lovers! :-)

Une: http://tinyurl.com/3buk5hf Thought you may like this story

hi sue

7:43 am

I had 2 rescue cats..just mixing

7:43 am

my brother has been taking her everywhere to try and socialize her but she was most likely abused as a small pup and just does not do well with people coming into his home.

Une I say just read the story though as the rest of the stuff on Animal Lib can be upsetting

7:44 am

ok...i gotta get ready..wish me luck today...and/or inner strength

7:44 am

I have 2 labs - love them to death - my 13 year old Kerri and my 4 year old Tori - they are such special girls

Hi back too

7:44 am

all the best carlee

Love Carlee. ANy word?

7:44 am

and hello ((Herin))

7:45 am

River, one of my adopted girls is a precious beagle mix who was apparently abused by children -- she's great with adults and cats and dogs but terrified of kids -- have accepted that it's not gonna change - have had her several years now . . .

7:45 am

no word... i will know more in a couple hours...

7:45 am

best of luck and hugs, carlee

Loves

Une. When you get the chance read that tiny url

7:46 am

before my labs we had a shephard mix that we got from the animal rescue league as a pup - pups were abandoned on the side of a highway - who could do something like that - they were already forming a pack when picked up. She was a wonderful dog - first one we had and excepted my kids wholeheartedly when they were born.

7:46 am

will do, herin -- copying it to look at later -- THANKS!

Let's see if my icon has changed to Lexie. It seems that I can get it to change if I go directly to Babble but if I use BabbleExpert it won't change

Luv is that your dogs ears?

now that's not Lexie, will try again

7:47 am

OMG, Lexie is ADORABLE!!!!

7:47 am

carlee, I am so sorry about your Dad. I wish you strength and love today.

Oh yeah, it loaded!

7:47 am

just refreshed and there she is - she is adorable

Luv is that her ears sticking up?

7:48 am

{{{{{carlee}}}}}}}}

7:48 am

River, aren't labs just amazingly loving and wonderful?!

yes Herin she has big ears that are very expressive

Awwwwwwww

7:48 am

Luv, she is just too cute for words!

7:49 am

they sure are Une

7:49 am

how old is she Luv?

My cat is a big ass meatloaf of a thing. Yes she needs to not be so fat but she steals the other cat's food regadless of what we do

she's about 18 months old and weights 9 lbs.

7:49 am

Transported a black lab mix a couple of weeks ago -- he spent the 70 mile drive with head on my shoulder :-)

7:49 am

herin, I have the exact same problem!!!

7:50 am

awwwww

so now when you think of a chinese crested, you can replace that image you always had of them with hers!

7:50 am

herin, we need to give equal time to you cat people! LOL!

7:50 am

une, that is so sweet! My Sera is a labradoodle rescue :-)

7:51 am

anyway my router has once again been acting up, I have to get to work, so I am going to go shower and make breakfast, back in a bit

7:51 am

mine are always at my side no matter where I am....especially my old girl - I think she knows her time is coming so she doesnt go far from me

7:51 am

sue, at Xmas I was dancing with my brother's labradoodle and she got so excited she knocked me to the floor (with love, of course) LOL

7:51 am

bye Sue - have a great day

7:52 am

need to get crackin' as well - great to visit with all of you -- byeeee *poof*

7:52 am

time for my breakfast as well - be back in a bit

7:52 am

p.s. if you click on my flickr photos you can see sera the labradoodle and cheshire the very fat cat :-)

7:52 am

bye Une

bye everyone. I have to get ready to take Lexie to the vet for her check up too

Hi friends

Is anyone on here also playing 'Words with friends'?

7:54 am

Hi Pinny

My cat just thinks no one ever feeds her

Good morning, I have one quick work that is driving crazy and then I have to leave. I need a clue for pi5/15, please?

7:55 am

pi and gerund

If anyone does play 'Words with friends' please add me! My username is PinnyPoppins

7:56 am

Never heard of that game, Pinny

Thanks Annie but I do not know what gerund means

7:57 am

ty annie and gm all

7:57 am

it is a 3 letter ending to a word meaning an action...as in do***, go***, etc

I would love to play words with friends but doesn't taht use internet?

7:58 am

Hi crossy :)

Thanks got it and learned something knew. Have to go have a great day one and all.

7:59 am

bye, marc

Hi to anyone I missed

Pinny do you need the internet and iphone for that game

bye

8:30 am

Greetings to my Babble buddies!

8:31 am

good morning scrabs

8:31 am

Hi Scrabs. Thank you so much for the book recommendation. I am really enjoying "The Untethered Soul".

8:32 am

Hi wv

8:32 am

Isn't it great? It has changed the way I think about myself, others, and life.

8:35 am

It's a very good nudge in the right direction in regards to how and what you think about things/people.

8:35 am

And most importantly, how you think about yourself.

8:38 am

I need to re-read it. I highlighted the sentences that mattered the most to me.

8:46 am

GMorning Babble Peoples.....

8:49 am

good morning maryte

8:51 am

hi again, all!

8:51 am

Hi MAry & Sue

8:53 am

Hi, scrabs!

8:53 am

hello, hello!!

8:56 am

Hi, Maryte!

8:57 am

hello!!

hi all :)

9:00 am

Hey mrp

9:01 am

Grad

9:02 am

Oops

9:02 am

mrp!

hey girls!! :)) how is everyone ??

9:03 am

I'm settled in pretty good

did the deed today... got an Apprehension Violence Order out against the Prick... hopefully the courts will make it an interim order so he can't come near me anymore. Have updated my profile as he did it again this weekend.

Chic!! where are you hunny?? are they treating you like gold?? you are my golden girl!

9:06 am

I'm in rehab. They are getting me my epidural so I don't hurt as much

9:08 am

See you later breakie is here.

9:08 am

yay, mrp!!!!! (for the AVO) and boo prick!!!! (for bothering mrp)

see ya chic!

yeah sue, he is a loser

9:16 am

sounds like!!! We are in court next Monday to get an order of protection against my son's ex-gf, hopefully that will go well

it should do sue, she has proven herself to be dangerous

have you gotten money out of her family/her for damage to your car?

9:17 am

she has indeed. we just don't want to use her testimony (at the deposition) in court as she (falsely) accused my son of many things that could get him in real trouble

when it is over, take her to court over the damages

9:18 am

no, mrp, and that is not likely to happen - she has no money of her own. so far I have spent about $500 on new glasses, and the door replacement will be about $400

she is a right idiot and needs help

sue her parents... if she lives with them

how old is this girl??

9:19 am

the thing in my car that is most damaged is the door to the CD player, which doesn't close any more, but that is mostly cosmetic and I probably won't bother to fix it

9:20 am

well, she was living with her mom, who doesn't really have any money either, also my son broke a window at her place the night of the fight, trying to get help, so it may be a wash

9:20 am

and her mother is moving out of state - leaving today

ah, i understand

but, everything remains to be seen

9:22 am

indeed. if she fights the OP we may not even bother to pursue it as she is moving out of town anyway

9:46 am

anyway, I m off to work! see you all later!

9:59 am

Hello :)

10:01 am

why must setting up a new cell phone be so damn hard? 20 dollars for them to do it or go to their handy-dandy web site and give it a go..you get there and it say"please imput the 3000 letters and numbers that you will find in microscopic text under the battery of your new phone!...once you have spent an hour doing that,you enter all your personal info.now the fun of picking a number..seems all the numbers are taken except 429-@!#$,,now come the manual or automated activation,,that does not work,so now you call the activation help number that you should of called in the first place,take out the battery yet again so you can enter the 3000 digit number and after 45 minutes and 64 reroutes you get...gasp! a live person!..they pus 3 buttons and you are done!...now for a nice prozac a hot tub and a 40 oz bottle of jack daniels

10:02 am

oh i absolutely hate those automated phone systems, verizons is a real pita

10:02 am

ok,i am done venting my spleen

10:02 am

that is it..verizon

10:02 am

lol

10:03 am

either never get a new cell phone or pay the $20...

10:03 am

i just told them the site was faulty and it kept sending me back to home page,so she did it for free:))

10:04 am

i deal with verizon for internet land line and cell ...why??? cause im not all that bright??

10:04 am

and i get that stupid aumated system every time and yelling real person into phone doesnt work rofl

10:05 am

and why must that 3000 digit number be all zeos and ohs? lol

10:05 am

zeros

10:05 am

Good for you! You beat the system - and added to your gray hairs, frustrations, and probably shortened your life by a few minutes - and that, of course, doesn't include the brain cancer you will get from USING the darn phone

10:05 am

automated .....see i can type and spell

10:05 am

sigh

10:05 am

lol,the cancer is for the kid,it was his phone i was setting up

10:06 am

lol fava

10:06 am

er java

10:06 am

good morning everyone :)

10:06 am

howdy cybernan

10:06 am

And you didn't make him do it himself? His eyes are probably sharper (for the zeros and o's) and he is probably more used to dealing with automation

10:07 am

i should of let him do it

10:08 am

but it is done!..now for some hard core street drugs and i will be fine lol

10:08 am

can someone just mail me a prozac and a oxycontin please?

10:09 am

now now...don't let them win...

10:09 am

hehe,i won..set up was free:)

10:09 am

Exactly! You da man!

10:09 am

but i am more grey than before i see

10:10 am

well the thing came with 20 dollars worth of free air time..was not about to give it up to some annoying guy in a basement in istambul

10:10 am

Ah, that's probably true for all of us (except for me - at least it will be so after my hair appointment next week - no gray at all!)

10:11 am

i had to actually ask for someone with less of a accent,first guy was impossible to understand

10:12 am

nothing like a global company farming out their tech help to india for 75 cents an hour

10:13 am

There was a discussion on BBC last week regarding that. Some firms are moving their service places back to the UK because of the accent problem.

10:13 am

And then they interviewed a guy from India who was rebutting that claim - and he spoke so fast that I couldn't understand him!

10:14 am

good,and if they insist on farming it out,they should pay north american wages,no exploiting other countries

10:14 am

hello, only 64 words this morning

10:14 am

(((ruby)))

10:15 am

paul simon knew this.when doing his graceland record in africa,he paid all local singers and help three times the standard north american wage

10:16 am

Well, they should pay the equivalent of the NA wages in the economy of that country. To pay a lot more than would be expected for a similar job in that country might start economic problems in that country. But they certainly shouldn't be paying poverty-level wages for a technical job that requires some education.

10:17 am

lol fi 5/20= something crossy is supposed to have more of

10:17 am

hi all :)) again!! **hugs**

10:17 am

hi ruby -- that's where I started but quickly resorted to the list

10:17 am

I didn't know that about graceland/simon. And that's a great album. Good for him!

10:18 am

((((MRP))))

10:18 am

he did indeed java

10:18 am

reading over the chog, several things: when I get telemarketers, one or two a day, I say, I'm sorry, I don't speak French and frequently they answer "So solly" and 2) I went to college with Paul Simon and he and I dated because I was the only girl shorter than he.

10:18 am

you mankiller ruby!

10:19 am

uh oh, I've given away my age!

10:19 am

Ruby, where did you go to college?

10:19 am

very small mankiller, crossy!

10:19 am

Queens, in NYC

10:19 am

got pauls home number still? i need a autograph on a record of his:)

10:19 am

and you, java?

10:19 am

Queens College - Flushing, NY. I was there at the same time

10:20 am

he was a very sweet guy and had a '57 chevy convertible (red) that he'd afforded from his high school band's earnings

10:20 am

I never met him, but remember seeing him around campus. I was a psych major.

10:21 am

no! java, where did you live? My maiden name was Lief and I married a history professor named Kelley!!!!

10:21 am

no! java, where did you live? My maiden name was Lief and I married a history professor named Kelley!!!!

10:21 am

no! java, where did you live? My maiden name was Lief and I married a history professor named Kelley!!!!

10:21 am

re, too, but a little bit later

10:21 am

sorry about that; it didn't seem to enter

10:21 am

bichon, too

10:21 am

good grief! my babble ladies get around! lol

10:21 am

what was your major, java?

10:22 am

you betcha, crossy!

10:22 am

I lived in Hollis and then moved (when my parents did) to Valley Stream. My name at that time was Kane - until my last semester when it was Aneshensel

10:22 am

(I was very young)

10:22 am

hometown peeps - Hi, ruby, just joined in - I was nearby during those years, too

10:22 am

that is too funny, I got married at the end of my junior year

10:22 am

and hi java

10:23 am

I was undeclared for the first year, and going nights. But then majored - and graduated - with a psych major/english minor

10:23 am

this is lovely; I am so isolated from English-speakers here that it's funny to meet people from Queens

10:23 am

And a belated hi to all

10:23 am

the internet can be a wonderful thing ruby tuesday:)

10:23 am

I graduated in '63, 6 months pregs

10:23 am

(((crossy))) !! did I send you the timtamslam instructions darling?

10:24 am

hi java :)

10:24 am

i do not think so mrp

10:24 am

hi JBV :)

10:24 am

I was just 20

10:24 am

***hugs*** ruby!

10:24 am

i was going to use them to slurp up bacon vodka lool

10:24 am

and my son sent pix of his dad (long divorced from me) and he looks like a monster

10:24 am

ok, will do so to your email account? or can I just post it on my profile??

10:25 am

{{mrp}}

10:25 am

oh yeah!! give me the recipe please!!

10:25 am

p.a.melbourne@gmail.com

10:26 am

queens village is not totally black and oriental; when I went to high school, Martin Van Buren, there were only 5 black kids and they had to be bused in and there was only one oriental!

10:26 am

now*

10:26 am

hi mrp and hi everbody

10:26 am

where did you go to high school, java

10:26 am

ok, sent crossy

10:26 am

I love how the internet makes everything seems so close

10:26 am

and jbv?

10:26 am

jbv, it is just wonderful support... especially here

10:27 am

this is so wonderful for me!

10:27 am

has ruru been on lately? I have been away for a few days, so need to chat with him too

10:27 am

I just discovered a GREAT site for street-level views of our favorite streets and places - much better than google maps - do you know about vpike.com

10:27 am

we are talking around the globe and finding incredible commonalities

10:27 am

ruby I haven't tried it but I bet you can click on Martin Van Buren High School and get a 360 degree view

10:27 am

It can be a very small world...where were you living? I graduated in 1/66, after having taken 4-1/2 years to finish the BA. I was 22

10:28 am

unfortunately, I connected with "growing up in Queens Village" on FB and everybody talked only about the nuns in theiir schools

10:28 am

ruby, I lived in Astoria and went to Hunter College High School and Hunter College - just a little behind you, graduated from college in '71

10:28 am

High school - Woodhull Preparatory School in Hollis. I should have gone to Andrew Jackson High, but my parents were afraid for my life.

10:29 am

hi everyone

10:29 am

I understand that, java. My sister, 6 yrs older, went to Music and Art with a long commute because parents were afraid to send her to Jamaica HS

10:29 am

Woodhull -- very fancy! hahah

10:30 am

I majored in French, Spanish and English - Ruby, I've been listening to French TV broadcasts and understanding almost everything, not as rusty as I thought!

10:30 am

same reason I did not go to William Cullen Bryant HS

10:30 am

Well, I don't know about fancy. But I did get a good, if limited, academic education.

10:30 am

when I lived in Miami and used to go back to NY on biz, I frequently ate in Astoria for the best Greek food outside of Athens!

10:31 am

JBV, when are you fcoming to France? to practice, of course.

10:31 am

well now you can get Greek, Pakistani, Middle Eastern, Caribbean, South American - you name it! center of diversity there

10:31 am

Astoria - home of Edith, Archie, Gloria and Meathead

10:32 am

my sister, who lives in Forest Hills, sends me newspaper clippings about Queens' diversity. There are more languages spoken in Queens county than in any other county in the US!

10:32 am

ruby, I would love to be able to make a trip next year to my family in Pinerolo (near Torino) and I combine it with a transalpine visit - no definite plans yet, but we're talking.....

10:32 am

I wish you would all come here! I throw a great party.....

10:33 am

In '57, when I would have started at Andrew Jackson, they were busing in kids from Brooklyn. There were a lot of fights and disturbances.

10:33 am

a babble meet up - wouldn't it be great? Who else is in the vicinity ruby?

10:33 am

ruby, can I come for a party??

10:33 am

my son, on one of his last trips, took the train from Aix-les-Bains to Torino in less than 3 hours

10:33 am

you bet, mrp!!!!!

10:33 am

And I was born in Kew Gardens Hospital.

10:33 am

sounds great - how far are you from Aix-les-Bains

10:34 am

nobody :(

10:34 am

his wife wanted to see the Shroud of Turin.

10:34 am

less than an hour from Aix-les-Bains

10:34 am

I think it came to NYC and I never saw it here either -

10:34 am

so was I, java. OMG!

10:35 am

i just wanna travel to europe again... get my 'freak on' in the countries I really want to see

10:35 am

an7?

10:35 am

Ruby, have you ever been to the Fenestrelle Fortress ? I heard it was closed for repairs

10:35 am

not this one but an 7

10:35 am

My best girlfriend in the whole world was born 4 days before me - and we're still in touch even though we live about 800 miles apart

10:35 am

I think Kew Gardens Hospital was torn down, but I'm not sure.

10:35 am

me too, mrp - ready for an adventure

10:36 am

what is that Fortress, JBV?

10:36 am

ty!

10:36 am

an + ot 5

10:36 am

we should organise a 'babble tour'!! 31 countries in 10 days!!

10:36 am

I feel too old for adventure, but realize how important friends are

10:36 am

hi ruuster! was just talking about you!

10:36 am

Ruby, it is amazing to connect here - and just because of an off hand comment about Paul Simon.

10:36 am

gm mr p

10:36 am

I have my info for TimTamSlam in my bio for you hunny

10:37 am

And you're never too old for adventure

10:37 am

he lived in Kew Gardens and gave me his notes to pass a history course

10:37 am

oh let me read that

10:37 am

crikey, it is AM here... oh well

10:38 am

hello to everyone who has come in while I've been buried in the grid

10:38 am

bloody yahoo email won't let me copy/paste anything into emails i am responding to... will send you an email though too

10:38 am

more on Paul Simon: did anybody see his failed production of Capeman? When we were in school together, because I wore a cape instead of a winter coat, he wrote a song about me called "Capewoman" for a fraternity revue, just after the Capeman murder happened

10:38 am

This has been fun, but I have to go re-pot some plants that are desperate for attention. Type at y'all later.

10:39 am

bye java!!!! {big hug}

10:39 am

i have not ruby,but interesting tidbit indeed

10:39 am

and I ran into Marc Antony on a plane and had no idea who he was....

10:40 am

I love this place!!!!!

10:40 am

yes, I saw Capeman on Broadway - we liked it since my it was based on a true story from my husband's era

10:40 am

hugs back, my friend!

10:40 am

must go and cook

10:40 am

I have the music but evidently, it was a bust.

10:40 am

ruby, google Fortezza di Fenestrelle - it's amazing!!

10:40 am

ok, sent email ruru

10:40 am

I thought the music was wonderful

10:40 am

i saw capeman also, (good morning everyone), and I loved it - oh well

10:41 am

howdy dorens

10:41 am

yay for Dorens, well, I am Capewoman!

10:41 am

hi dorens - haven't made it to montclair, but we're plannign a fantasy trip to France :)

10:41 am

hi dorens! long time no see :)

10:42 am

. I am sweaty. just came in from walking the hills and am doing this before jumping into the shower

10:42 am

and JBV is coming here (hahah)

10:42 am

but I have a great guestroom!!!

10:42 am

I can dream, ruby

10:42 am

how about next tuesday for montclair (which, of course, is french)

10:43 am

someday maybe ruby. would love to see that part of france. and mrP! how are you these days?

10:43 am

I once ran in a trackmeet at Monclair State and was left in the blocks by all the other runners, my only "serious" race

10:43 am

OK, dorens - next Tuesday - you mean the 9th - shall I email you for details?

10:44 am

I am GREEN with envy!!!!

10:44 am

yes. sounds like a plan. there are some good movies there. and of course good restaurants. Are you at all interested in snowfower and the secret fan?

10:44 am

doing ok dorens! getting stronger and refusing the extra luggage from stalker Prick! how you going sweetie?

10:44 am

or even greene.....

10:45 am

i'm hot and sweaty and can hardly think of anything more than that. keep fighting that prick mrP

10:45 am

just googled snowflower - is it a movie? Yes, i'd be interested

10:45 am

jbv.. sarah's key is playing there! we should do that, yes?

10:45 am

i dunno ruby i think you should be verte

10:46 am

I am verte with envy!

10:46 am

snowflower is a movie. (remember movies free in montclair on tuesday)

10:46 am

oh, yes I would like sarah's key, too - either one

10:46 am

*poof* dinner for the (small) troops

10:47 am

okay we have a plan. the 9th. lunch (do you like ethiopian, or should we go to the french restaurant?) and either one of those movies

10:47 am

will do doren! hope the weather cools down

10:48 am

it probably will. meanwhile i was walking UPhill which definitely did something to my metabolism, sitting now in airconditioned house and i'm still dripping. need that shower. bye all.

10:48 am

bye dorens

10:49 am

I'll let you pick - I just need to be able to identify ingredients :) so I can kind of keep with the program

10:49 am

crossy wants breaded calamari rings with a dash of lemon and pepper,some nice long grain wild rice and a mound of steamed sweet pea pods,a nice french stick and some sweet/spicy dipping sauce all washed down with a fine vintage o, the grape

10:49 am

bye doren, talk to you soon

10:49 am

crossy, what's a French stick?

10:50 am

a narrow long loaf..you wopuld call a baugette

10:50 am

hahah

10:50 am

one for tearing and dipping,not slicing

10:51 am

baguette? ?

10:51 am

whatever lol

10:51 am

ruby knows the one i am talking bout

10:51 am

i buy them and the kids tear them in half and eat them with butter or cheese

10:53 am

does anyone have a clue for the 2nd af 5/16, please?

10:53 am

the one sticking out of the bycycle basket in every steriotypical pic of a old wizened frenchman about 100 years old with a beret and a smoke dangling in his mouth

10:53 am

a + corn ****ter

10:54 am

a + french fry

10:54 am

ty molly and ruru

10:54 am

*!* ta da *!*

10:54 am

on ya nan!!

10:55 am

yaa for cybernan!

10:55 am

anyone want clues before I go and wrestle with the new video editing program? (also with greek manuals)

10:55 am

yyaya cyber

10:56 am

*greek manuals that don't tell you what you want to know!

10:56 am

Back again. Lunch hour! Yay!

10:56 am

pi?

10:56 am

hi scrabs

10:56 am

hiya scrabs!

10:56 am

do not phone the help line,you will get some guy speaking hindi lol

10:56 am

hi kje :)

10:57 am

pi + gerund

10:57 am

ty

10:57 am

weird

10:57 am

oh man! can't sleep!! darn it

10:57 am

frustrating, isn't it? -- I could sympathize with your struggle with the cell phone

10:59 am

In this case the "help" is online, which is not helpful. They have this little box to ask if their answer was helpful, but no place to contact for tech help.

11:00 am

I think I'm going back to the store to have a chat with the guru who recommended the program.

11:00 am

Back for a few more words...

11:01 am

Clue for the 8, please?

11:01 am

hi bea :)

11:01 am

doesn't look like anyone needs help here, so I will be on my way -- wish me luck!

11:02 am

see ya nan, have good luck on your side always!

11:02 am

dr 8 - another gerund that architects use

11:02 am

An architect uses a dr8 table Bea.

11:02 am

ty, molly

11:02 am

NBT and NBS

11:04 am

Hello everyone! (Why is it I only get on Babble only when I'm out sick anymore? And I've been disgustingly healthy as of late!) :)

11:07 am

Hi JB

11:07 am

Hi, Scrabbler, good to see the green bunny!

11:08 am

And it's nice to see the black & white cat.

11:08 am

Unless your icon represents something else?

11:10 am

Nope, it's a cat, just a cat! (Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar...)

11:10 am

I started to wonder if it was a symbol, or Greek, or Arabic...

11:12 am

It does look symbolic, yes, I agree. I really like graphic representations, icons, symbols...you know - wingdings!

11:13 am

Me too!

11:14 am

I just noticed the -tion ending.

11:14 am

wait a sec, going back to my web history today to share something, I know it's there, and you would like it...

11:16 am

http://gizmodo.com/5826464/guess-which -city-has-been-kaleidoscoped-on-google -maps/gallery/

11:16 am

okay, here we go - maps and kaleidoscopes - cool, huh?

11:21 am

Cool. And I discovered www.weatherspark.com last night--cool visual presentation of weather info.

11:25 am

Neat-o, Scrabbler! My DH will like that one. :)

11:26 am

Did he finish his fellowship? In practice now? Still in Philly?

11:27 am

(pssst @ Scrabbler: where did everyone else go? Are they scared of bunnies and kitties? Are they all eating lunch and eyeballing our conversation? Hmmmm....un-pssst)

11:27 am

Still in Philly, working here and there, looking for FT practice, me, still at same hospital, same job, still loving it!

11:27 am

boo!

11:28 am

They are in the sun having lunch. I could go outside but then it would be hard to come back in. I am at the Indian Reservation today and could go buy inexpensive gas but I usually do it in the way home.

11:28 am

Ah, reminds me to update my profile!

11:28 am

Boo backatcha, car.eeyore!

11:28 am

Boo! Hi Car! How are you? Have you gotten your questions answered from recent headache episode?

11:29 am

Hi Scrabs, car JBs

11:29 am

How was lunch, Car? :)

11:29 am

Hi Bichon

11:29 am

Hi, bichon!!! Nice to see you again!

11:29 am

I am fine. Hanging in. No. No answered questions. Just moving on.

11:29 am

Hi bichon!

11:30 am

Hi JBsAnno!

11:30 am

I've been around, but it's summer, the great outside beckons

11:30 am

hi again, all!

11:30 am

Hmm, car, if I was a truer hockey fan, I

11:30 am

hi sue

11:30 am

At the minimum your PCP should answer all questions and review all reports with you. Make sure nothing was overlooked.

11:30 am

Hi Sue!

11:30 am

oops, dang enter key...

11:30 am

not quite lunch time yet but I figure I can fit in a little babbling :-)

11:30 am

hi, car!

11:31 am

Hi Sue

11:31 am

hi, scrabs!

11:31 am

Well, the NP at the PCP told me I had a sinus infection as noted on the CT. She put me on antibiotics. I called the Neuro to ask if I still needed the medication he prescribed and he said that I did NOT have a sinus infection.

11:31 am

IF I was a truer Flyers fan, I would take some exception to your phicon! LOL - actually, I love that Bruins got it, since hometown is an hour north of Boston

11:32 am

A bacterial sinus infection = cold/cough that won't go away after 10-14 days.

11:32 am

Nope. don't have that. I am taking the antibiotics anyway and will start the neuro meds this week.

11:32 am

It is all very frustrating.

11:32 am

Go Buffalo Sabres! We have beefed up the team this summer--several signings!

11:32 am

what are neuro meds?

11:32 am

What neuro med?

11:33 am

Inderal

11:33 am

The season will TELL ALL, Scrabs!

11:33 am

Car, I hate most docs, and I hate seeing people trying to navigate the health system.

11:33 am

JB, we have Ville Leino now!

11:33 am

migraines?

11:34 am

I had a CT a couple of months ago b/c of headaches - it showed some sinus thing as well but my doctor told me it wasn't clinically significant (and I had no sinus symptoms, just headaches)

11:34 am

Yup, "complicated" migraines, according to the neurologist.

11:34 am

Beta-blocker--> used as cardiac med and can be used to prevent migraines.

11:34 am

hope the inderal works

11:34 am

so I wonder if sinus congestion isn't something that shows up a lot on CT scans, even when it doesn't amount to much

11:35 am

anyway, I like the weather spark, scrabs!

11:35 am

We often see radiologists diagnose sinus issues on head CTs when the pt has NO symptoms of cold/cough at all.

11:35 am

I've had lots of sinus problems, but I never had pain with them, just a feeling of stuffiness

11:35 am

and JB, I don't know if we've met, but I like the cities as well (even though I don't really know which is which :-)

11:35 am

In kids just crying can opacify a sinus area.

11:35 am

Car, have you looked at any possible triggers in your diet, new food, new meds, new supplements?

11:35 am

Oh well. I am feeling better and that is all that matters. Now, if I could just sleep better....

11:36 am

Isn't that a great website, Sue? I discovered it through a migraine website, as a way to track weather + migraines.

11:36 am

Opacify - GREAT word!!!

11:36 am

I have too many triggers!!!! LOL!

11:36 am

Isn't that funny, Scrabs!

11:36 am

Two shots of Irish before bed Car. : P Just kidding.

11:37 am

"I am calling in sick today, my vision is opacified from too much time on the Internet."

11:37 am

Car--read about MigreLief--natural prevention for migraines. I use generic equivalent by buying magnesium, vitamin B complex + feverfew.

11:37 am

The good Captain accompanied me to bed last night, Molly!!!! LOL!

11:37 am

this is what my CT said, car: Mild bilateral maxillary (face - below eyes) sinus disease. Which my doc said was irrelevant to my headaches.

11:38 am

doctors actually take home remedies?

11:38 am

http://www.thedailyheadache.com/--good info and many useful links!

11:38 am

Sue, that is a common phrase used by too many radiologists.

11:38 am

More doctors take less medical advice than you would think, bichon!

11:39 am

Bichon, I respect the potential adverse effects of medications.

11:39 am

TY Scrabs!

11:39 am

my late f.i.l. [in Germany] was a GP. His brother had died of colon cancer. You would have thought he would have kept up with colonoscopies

11:40 am

My migraine triggers = incoming rain/storms, too much or too little sleep (if I nap I wake up with a migraine), missing a meal/delay a meal.

11:40 am

My MRI has "foci of hyperintense T2 flair signal in the deep white matter in the right frontal lobe. These are nonspecific and can be seen in the setting of small vessel ischemic changes, migraine headaches, and demyelinating processes."

11:41 am

AND trolls on the chog, Scrabbler!

11:41 am

Doctors, including me, do not like being the patient. We like to remain in control and we lose control when we are the patient. Thus it has been 2 yrs since I saw my internist, gyn and eye doc.

11:41 am

what does that mean? Is it the aging proces as I was told after an MRI

11:42 am

"nonspecific" = radiologist's hedge term

11:42 am

*slap* on the hands for Scrabs...go to your doctors!!!!

11:42 am

Scrabs, at least go to your GYN and get a Pap smear

11:42 am

Translation of Car's MRI comments: We haven't got a friggin' clue what's causing them.

11:42 am

I'm with you, Scrabbler. Married to a doc, work with docs, and last general appt was last year. Hey, if something WAS wrong, they'd all notice, right?

11:42 am

I am not really sure...I guess it means I get migraines.....DUH!!! I already KNEW that!!!

11:43 am

Well, I saw optometrist a few months ago, I did see MD to discuss slightly increased BP in Dec, and I have no uterus/ovaries, and am a nun, in effect.

11:43 am

AMEN Molly!

11:43 am

does anyone have the pi 5/16 please

11:43 am

okay Scrabs, you are excused from the GYN

11:43 am

Uh, oh, a male has entered the chat.

11:43 am

pi + gerund

11:43 am

Hi ruru! NO, I do not have it.

11:43 am

:) @ Scrabbler - I'll make my appointments if you make yours!

11:44 am

thanks a lot molly

11:44 am

Great clue from earlier today - pi +gerund

11:44 am

TY Molly! I always miss that one.

11:44 am

Dopey word.

11:44 am

And I'm typing slower than MollyL!

11:44 am

The annual check-up is useless for majority of healthy people--without any symptoms it is highly unlikely that an exam will reveal a problem. But, blood work could reveal a problem.

11:45 am

it actually is a stupid word..and it isn't in a2z wordfinder either

11:45 am

I'm having my physical this week. Haven't had one in a while. But, since I'm diabetic and asthmatic, I do see my doc a lot

11:45 am

Think I'd better make an optometrist appt, too, chat is starting to blur

11:46 am

What does pi5 mean? Tossing the Greek letter at someone?

11:46 am

Yes, you need frequent checks, bichon.

11:46 am

Sure Scrabs, why not? Since there is no definition offered for it. I hate that.

11:46 am

Makes me think of an eating contest at a fair, Scrabs

11:46 am

apparently it is the active verb form of either pi or pie, neither of which I thought were verbs at all

11:47 am

you could be right, JB! :-)

11:47 am

I need a break from this grid. NOt doing tooo well

11:47 am

Stupid receptionist just walked in to put timesheets up. She never knocks. I am going to pie her!

11:47 am

Me too. And I need cat litter. Ahhh. My exciting life!

11:47 am

This grid does have a lot of unusual words today, Bichon

11:47 am

There! Scrabs is pi5 her receptionist.

11:48 am

Blueberry or apple?

11:48 am

What segues! from migraines to pi to cat litter...only on the chog, LOL!

11:49 am

te 6 please

11:49 am

Like a region in Russia, ruru

11:50 am

thank you

11:50 am

thx, JB!

11:50 am

yw!

11:51 am

Going "poof" now, need food and nap (no migraine, though), too much squinting at computer, just like at work! See you all, sooner rather than, later! "poof"

11:53 am

bi 5/14 please

11:53 am

*thinking about a region in Russia*

11:54 am

Sounds like oregano, basil, etc + two vowels

11:54 am

Cats, dogs and toddlers are often bi5--nipper.

11:54 am

never mind

11:54 am

found it

11:54 am

bi 5/14 ...bi + ***ario is a region in Canada

11:55 am

Too late : (

11:55 am

thanks Molly

11:55 am

it's a wrap

11:55 am

Molly, is that clue for te6?

11:55 am

yay, ruru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

11:55 am

NM, got te6

11:56 am

it was, scrabs, although I would have described it as a region in the Balkans

11:57 am

<--- Is geographically challanged

11:57 am

Yes, that makes more sense

11:57 am

Or challenged

11:57 am

Silly Molly!

11:59 am

bye for now.. thank you Molly for the clues

12:00 pm

Congrats Ruru! Enjoy the day.

12:00 pm

Adieu Ru

12:02 pm

Molly, I made your sweet potato rolls -- a few changes --no bread machine, honey for sugar, sesame seeds on top--FABULOUS!!!! Many thanks!

12:02 pm

Hi Kate....back to work for now. I will pop in when I can.

12:03 pm

Oh Katie, I'm so glad you enjoyed them. It really is a good recipe and good for you for tweaking it.

12:04 pm

It IS a great recipe and the rolls are so pretty as well as delicious.

12:04 pm

hello dear babble friends. lunch time!

12:04 pm

That is my "go to" recipe for dinner rolls now. Hi Trif!

12:04 pm

((Trif)) I am still here, of course, finding "just one more word."

12:04 pm

hello my dear ones!

12:06 pm

Hello my dearest!

12:06 pm

I read a story at work with a student today, about a "hairy nosed south american dolphin" and thought of my dear babblers...

12:06 pm

hello my love!

12:07 pm

LOL!

12:07 pm

And you said, "INIA, inia, inia!!"

12:07 pm

(Better than saying redrum)

12:08 pm

ooooh, my boyfriend's last name is in the grid!

12:08 pm

I noticed that earlier. I said, "oh, there is Mr. Trif"

12:09 pm

you know it molly! how I love my dear colin!

12:09 pm

Have you gotten a second wind yet?

12:10 pm

no. and I can't focus AT ALL today.

12:10 pm

You can do it, Heidi!

12:10 pm

I need a remedial clue for the te 6 please...

12:11 pm

sounds like the cold russian place, kinda

12:12 pm

actually, no, not at all, ignore that.

12:12 pm

it sounds like the country next to where mom didn't go on vacation

12:13 pm

For God's sake! Give me something I can use!

12:13 pm

U of MD teams are the ***ps + a **t o'honey + vowel

12:13 pm

yes, sorry. I should not clue when sleep deprived.

12:13 pm

You were good on the cold russian place...

12:13 pm

TY Molly!

12:15 pm

hi again, all, now it really is lunchtime :-)

12:15 pm

Officially "hi" then Sue!

12:17 pm

Oh seriously! no6/21??? Give me a break.

12:17 pm

and it's officially "bye" for me, or the whole day will be away with me. Cheers, dears!

12:17 pm

bye!

12:19 pm

bye, trif!

12:20 pm

clue for this outrageous no6 word, molly?

12:21 pm

Slang for an7, I guess.

12:22 pm

ah, thx! didn't have the an7 either.

12:25 pm

Used in a sentence: It was no6 drive by pi6. News at 11! : D

12:27 pm

you mean pi5, I hope?

12:28 pm

a pi6 would be a whole no6 thing entirely :-)

12:31 pm

hello

12:31 pm

hi, mlfan!

12:32 pm

hi uusue

12:35 pm

stats for the O 5th column please?

12:36 pm

ob4/6

12:37 pm

duhh thanks uusue

12:38 pm

stats for the i 5th column please?

12:39 pm

hello everybody. With two attempts, I still haven't reached half!

12:39 pm

ir5/14

12:39 pm

hi, ruby!

12:40 pm

can you clue it please uusue?

12:40 pm

it's a gerund

12:41 pm

umm

12:42 pm

sane ending as the dr8

12:43 pm

*same

12:43 pm

ty sue!!

12:43 pm

didn't even have the dr5

12:43 pm

yw, ruby!

12:43 pm

I didn't either when it was clued earlier :-)

12:43 pm

lol got it

12:44 pm

good morning everyone

12:44 pm

yet another weird word

12:44 pm

hi, flosey!

12:44 pm

gorgeous day here

12:44 pm

hello flosey

12:44 pm

here, too, absolutely perfect

12:47 pm

but this grid is too hard for me!

12:47 pm

good night, everybody

12:48 pm

oh, goodnight ruby, sweet sleep

12:48 pm

P;

12:49 pm

does anyone have a clue for eo6 please?

12:50 pm

Span of time + Mr. Fleming

12:50 pm

thanks Molly

12:50 pm

great clue

12:50 pm

You're welcome Flosey. I always struggle with words that start with double vowels.

12:51 pm

night, ruby!

12:51 pm

hahaha, I always struggle with words that start with any number of vowels!

12:51 pm

(as well as quite a few words that start with consonants...)

12:51 pm

who is mr. fleming?

12:52 pm

wrote the James Bond books, lisa

12:52 pm

hints for the 8?

12:53 pm

oh, i see it is DR8...

12:53 pm

oh...got it now..lol...

12:53 pm

An architect uses a dr8 table.

12:53 pm

builds off the dr5/18, eva

12:53 pm

thats NBT and NBS for me. :)

12:53 pm

uses the present participle / gerund ending as do so many of the long wordsw

12:54 pm

Can someone help me with the pi5 please?

12:55 pm

pi + gerund

12:56 pm

oh....weird..thanks Molly

12:56 pm

yay, eva!

12:56 pm

I cant get any i words :( any clues?

12:56 pm

You're welcome JW

12:57 pm

one is short for da4/5, lisa

12:57 pm

in...word for baby...add a vowel for another i word

12:57 pm

another is ir5/14, same ending as the pi5/16

12:57 pm

in + gr5/20

12:58 pm

thx for all of those, molly!

12:58 pm

i have two da 4 words, but none are de 5

12:58 pm

da 5 *

12:59 pm

da4/5, something you would input to your computer

1:00 pm

in4/7 is an abbreviation for a word with a similar meaning

1:00 pm

da 5/12 - boys name + two vowels

1:02 pm

dania

1:02 pm

well, glad that one wasnt right. oopsie.

1:03 pm

... in6/27 ... an extemely young child .... in 7/40 ... an extremely young girl child usually a princess

1:04 pm

eva - change the last vowel you used

1:04 pm

i got it. thanks. :)

1:22 pm

ab

1:38 pm

missing the right hand O for nbt

death notice.

1:39 pm

ty!!!

1:41 pm

thanks for the clues...had to step away for a minute, the exterminator showed up lol

1:42 pm

have had a nightly critter that is NOT welcome

1:42 pm

hi, harry and kap!

1:42 pm

we had bats last year

1:42 pm

hi sue, lisa

1:42 pm

and bummer, lisa, hope the exterminators were able to exterminate :-)

1:42 pm

it has shown up twice, three days apart each time

1:42 pm

hi harry :)

1:43 pm

i hope so too. It is either a rat or an opossum

1:43 pm

yuck yuck yuck either way

1:43 pm

we live in a wooded area, and get a lot of animals...

1:44 pm

yuck indeed

1:44 pm

this is the first time one has been in my house though...at first we thought it was trapped in the walls, but came home saturday night to a bag of tortillas torn open and half a tortilla eaten laying on the ground

1:45 pm

oh, yuck - in my house that would have been the dog, of course...

1:45 pm

lol...we just lost our cat about a month ago :(

1:47 pm

{{{{lisa}}}} it is hard to lose our furry friends :-(

1:48 pm

yes, my children took a while to get over it, and Im not sure they are still over it. I asked if they would like to get a new one from the pound, and they said no :(

2:00 pm

hi sue

2:01 pm

hi, carlee! How is your dad?

2:01 pm

sedated.... a skeleton... barely recognized him... no extraordinary measures..just fluids and morphine

2:02 pm

oh, carlee, I am so sorry {{{{{{{{{{{{carlee}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

2:04 pm

( i just sent u message on fb )

2:05 pm

i was afraid to touch him for fear it would hurt him...

2:09 pm

ri 5/10?

2:10 pm

i have 2 lisa - add crawling picnic pest, and add m*** hari

2:11 pm

hohoho, green ri5!

2:11 pm

hi, carlee, Lisa, uusue, Harry, et al

2:11 pm

is that astro doing a frozen veggie commercial

2:13 pm

But Astro can barely talk, what kind of promotion could he really do.

2:15 pm

cute, dc :-)

2:16 pm

halfway!

2:17 pm

Fhe German pianist is now playing. Cleveland news critic says a Russian will win.

2:17 pm

Oh, I checked in to say I ahe firewors.

2:17 pm

yay inge

2:18 pm

what aer the stats for the 8?

2:21 pm

later...77 to go

2:21 pm

(((carlee))) I am so sorry about your Dad.

2:33 pm

thanks for the clues...i am just popping in and out lol

2:33 pm

58 left :)

2:33 pm

harry~dr 8/70

2:37 pm

got all my g's

2:38 pm

Hi all......how is it today? the grid I mean!

2:39 pm

its tricky...

2:46 pm

any clues for the last no?

2:46 pm

can I get a clue for in 7.48 ?

2:46 pm

dont have it, lisa, sorry

2:47 pm

in = gr 5/20

2:47 pm

in + gr 5/20

2:48 pm

thanks !! lisa

2:48 pm

hi babblers, happy monday!

2:49 pm

hi, shdy

2:49 pm

lisa, no 6 is an idea

2:50 pm

Seain! great to see you, how goes it?

2:50 pm

ty, annie

2:50 pm

oh, okay. and you?

2:50 pm

ty lisa for IN

2:50 pm

i got two from that

2:50 pm

pretty good

2:50 pm

thank you!!

2:51 pm

there are some others off of the gr too...

2:51 pm

well one more that i know of

2:51 pm

48 left

2:51 pm

yes, the words iwth that ending wer some of my early words

2:52 pm

:)

2:52 pm

first time i have almost all of the big words by myself :)

2:52 pm

it's hot here again today.

2:53 pm

i cant find another y word...I have the hemilayan beast....

2:53 pm

here too...muggy and hot, and now it is raining...its like we live in the rainforest lol

2:54 pm

ye5 buena

2:54 pm

beautiful here sunny and 25c with a wind off the bay:)

2:55 pm

can you translate 25c, please, crossy?

2:55 pm

77f for my american friends

2:55 pm

buena?

2:55 pm

i only know that to mean pretty girl?

2:56 pm

ty, lol, been a while since I looked at the conversion!

2:56 pm

yes, rather chilly there crossy

2:56 pm

88f here and rather humid (so it feels like 98f)

2:56 pm

lol@chilly

2:56 pm

its in mid 90s here...

2:56 pm

ye5 buena means good herb in spanish; it's a plant

2:56 pm

ye*** buena is in california, I think

2:56 pm

my brother is flying in from Seattle tomorrow for two weeks.......heat wii hit him hard

2:56 pm

we fall apart when it gets over 85f:)

2:56 pm

and now i have to run off to a meeting, bbl

2:57 pm

we had our heat wave 2 weeks ago,tis enough

2:57 pm

90-something here, just finished a downpour, so heat index should be down, 2+ inches of rain since about noon!

2:57 pm

nasty

2:57 pm

njoy uusue

2:58 pm

it's about 100F here and humid. No rain in sight.

2:58 pm

here? no i love it! don't like to be out in the downpour, but love the heat

2:58 pm

i love the heat too..i would rather it be 90 than cold and snowy

2:58 pm

ugh, seain, that's not what DC is supposed to feel like!

2:59 pm

got the ye thanks !

2:59 pm

must be a lisa thing, lisa

2:59 pm

is that your name too?

3:00 pm

yep, the other one is from critters

3:00 pm

Topper says chance of isolated afternoon thunderstorms Seain.

3:01 pm

nice to 'see' everyone, just popped in to say hi - take care

3:03 pm

hi shdy

3:04 pm

clue for ra 7.48, please?

3:05 pm

what you do in the water, annie

3:05 pm

What you do when you go down the white water Annie

3:06 pm

thank you!! I should have seen that ending

3:06 pm

aah ty molly - I had the 6/27 but didnt' see that

3:06 pm

72 left...think it's time to list

3:17 pm

any clue for the te ?

3:19 pm

nevermind...got it

3:20 pm

fireworks

3:21 pm

doorbell

3:38 pm

Hello Babblers.

hi Cosdem :-)

3:39 pm

tough grid :( 87 left. listing now.

3:39 pm

hi diane.

3:40 pm

im struggling with an an4/4 word.. how pathetic lol

3:40 pm

yay found it

good :-)

3:41 pm

clue for the an5/10 though? :)

probably the one I'm missing

don't have it either, sorry cos

3:42 pm

lol thanks anyway

3:42 pm

an + charged particle

3:43 pm

thanks molly. thats been killing me since flip!

thanks Molly !

3:43 pm

: )

3:47 pm

bo

3:47 pm

ignore that lol

3:54 pm

hiyo

3:57 pm

do6?

3:58 pm

never mind found it

4:12 pm

if theres anyone here... clue for the pt please

4:14 pm

never mind. found it.

4:14 pm

(Cleverly waited two minutes before cluing)

4:14 pm

lol :)

4:18 pm

ye5?

4:18 pm

dont have it :(

abominable snowman

4:19 pm

i thought that was the ye4?

oops... that's just 4

it is cos... just goofed !

4:19 pm

ah ok :)

4:20 pm

y + orgeno is an h*** + vowel

4:20 pm

fireworks!

4:20 pm

ty molly.

4:20 pm

2 left.

4:20 pm

!! C !! O !! S !!

way to go Cos !!

4:21 pm

ty for the ye5 clue

4:21 pm

have a godo day all :)

4:21 pm

congrats cos

4:24 pm

fireworks! me too.

good work mix !

4:24 pm

!! M !! I !! X !!

32 left

4:27 pm

Go Diane!

thanks Molly... :-)

4:28 pm

Hello all -- nice to see the little buffalo again -- it's been a while

hi jillibus :-)

buffalo ? .... explain please :-)

4:31 pm

<--- Has no clue

4:31 pm

the Celebes pygmy buffalo -- an4/4 -- you can google it

4:32 pm

hey all. taking a few minutes of personal time. Spent all morning trying to get online job apps figured out. Tomorrow will call people to ask for references and letters of recommendation... *sigh* there is a lot to do.

4:32 pm

aww, baby buffalo!

aha ... LOL... I get it... that was my very first word today.

4:32 pm

hi stid -- I should be outside, sitting in the sun we've longed for!

4:32 pm

interesting cat rug in your icon, helena...

Hi Stid :-)

4:33 pm

Diane! Shame on us for not knowing that. : P

4:33 pm

i'm also a fan of the hawaiian goose (not present this time)

hi Helena

4:33 pm

That's not a rug, that's my cat. He's a little fat. :-(

I know the word well from years of crosswords... just didn't get Jill's meaning !

4:33 pm

helloa. helena

4:33 pm

Hi Stid. The job application process is a tedious one.

4:33 pm

hey all

4:33 pm

I went outside twice, braved some weeding since a stidkid was here to help if I had a reaction (no reaction -- that was good!)

4:34 pm

ah yes -- our little dog was like that too. When she was standing she was almost as tall as when lying down.

4:34 pm

I AM going to go outside for a bit...cul8r!

4:34 pm

Speaking of frequently seen in grid words, our favorite mountain is erupting again.

4:35 pm

later jill!

4:35 pm

Putting on quite a display too, I see, Molly

4:38 pm

ah, halfway for me and time to get the kid to rehearsal. Back later. *poof*

4:40 pm

so now I'm outside with the laptop

4:41 pm

can't see the screen very well, though.

4:42 pm

2 hummingbirds just had a squabble over a bee-balm flower

4:44 pm

you get nice hummingbirds and i just got a turkey vulture swooping down and scooping roadkill off the street:/

4:45 pm

I had bee balm years ago, a nice sizable stand of it and then it disappeared. I am so sad

4:46 pm

molly what is your favorite mountain? i only know of a favorite volcano

4:53 pm

oops, I did it again

5:03 pm

I'm getting nowhere with this -- hummers, nuthatches, goldfinches, towhees, cowbirds, pine siskins -- the birds and the bees and the butterflies and flowers -- all too distracting in the peace of my garden on a sunny afternoon...

5:04 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

5:04 pm

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

5:04 pm

howdy min and welcome to the grid;)

5:05 pm

Hey Min!

5:05 pm

evening all - i dont think i will finish tonight - 20 left but its 2305 here and time for bed methinks

5:05 pm

hello min -- it's only 3:05 pm here

5:05 pm

Thank you crosshair! Trying to babble quickly before I do school work again. I really shouldn't be doing this

5:06 pm

jillibus,if I took my laptop outside,it would get soaked

5:06 pm

We are having some pretty major thunderstorms now

5:06 pm

Hi Kazzer99! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

5:07 pm

we need more rain.has rained 3 nights in a row now,but the rivers are still low and the grass quite brown

5:07 pm

hi kazzer and maryte and all who've arrived during my reverie

5:07 pm

no too good Min - too many strange words for me - any clues for the ir please

5:08 pm

My dog Jack got squished in my icon. Oh well, he is a squishable dog. He is so cute, I just want to squeeze him. Jack LOVES to lick the plates in the dishwasher.

5:08 pm

we need rain too but my garden is irrigated.

5:08 pm

That ir 5/14 is making someone very angry Kazzer99.

5:10 pm

Or ir 5/14 is what Donald Trump is in the business of doing minus the first letter Kazzer99. Did you get it?

5:11 pm

needed morewords but i got it,ty min

5:11 pm

yw

5:12 pm

I need to go make dinner.Garlic-Sauced Chicken is on the menu tonight along with some corn & Rice-A-Roni.

5:13 pm

I will be back later to hopefully finish this thing.Adios!

5:13 pm

we are off to bed - see you all tomorrow

5:14 pm

Goodbye Kazzer99! I will see you tomorrow in the log.

5:24 pm

I give up -- too hard to see the cursor etc...Think I'll just read a book...ttfn..back well after the flip, probably -- bridge night...*poof for now

5:30 pm

i tried rice-a-roni once.did not care for it

5:32 pm

I don't care for it either. I prefer straight up rice. Never did get the rice & past combo in that stuff.

5:33 pm

Or rice & pasta

5:36 pm

hi again, all!

5:36 pm

Hi Sue

5:37 pm

hi, molly!

5:39 pm

Sue, did you read that they now think crop circles are caused by physics?

5:40 pm

I saw the headline but didn't read the article

5:41 pm

Something to do with GPS monitors and magnetrons. One scientist's proposed explanation of how people "hoax" them.

5:41 pm

ok, I looked at the article, basically it says that they are done by people at night, maybe using magnetrons (although I would think that sticks and trampling would be easier) - and they use GPS to get their designs straight, which makes sense

5:45 pm

I guess the trick to "faking" them is to do it in such a way that doesn't leave evidence of human manipulation.

5:46 pm

or not much evidence, anyway - it's not clear to me how diligent people are in deciding there isn't evidence of manipulation

5:49 pm

clue for in6, please?

5:50 pm

Lack of diligence explains so many things. in6 is a baby Bea.

5:50 pm

in6 "baby"

5:50 pm

Add a vowel for the 7

5:50 pm

Doh...Thank you.

5:51 pm

:0)

5:56 pm

Does anyone have a clue for pr 5,12? (Not print, I already got that one :) )

5:57 pm

pr+vowel + not off

6:01 pm

Thanks!

morning all :)

6:58 pm

ood Evening Everybody!

7:07 pm

Oops! that was Good; but it looks like everyone is sleeping now

7:16 pm

hi, nef! I am here!

7:16 pm

and hi mrp, if you are still awake!

7:16 pm

I'm here...mopping up last 6

7:17 pm

5

7:17 pm

hi, harry - 57 left for me but I don't usually have a lot of time until I get home at the end of the day

7:17 pm

How are you doing on this grid? I just started, and am doing okay (so far)

7:17 pm

yeah I just got the kids to sleep

hi sue!!! barely awake, but here!

7:18 pm

Go, Harry!! You can do it!

7:18 pm

took my daughter to horse riding, and this big t-storm rolled in, power got cut, lesson cancelled.

7:18 pm

I am doing ok too, nef, but am slowing down

7:18 pm

and hi, mrp!

7:18 pm

hi mrp! (((mrp)))

7:18 pm

ah yes, you are better off inside during a storm, i think

7:18 pm

hi mrpres

7:18 pm

they were going to ride inside the ring, but it was too dark w/o lights

7:20 pm

ok, 2/3 finally, time to list

7:21 pm

we had a heck of a storm around 2 PM here; it wasn't even predicted by the weather service today (it should have gone north of the Cities)

7:22 pm

<--- would love to have a storm

7:23 pm

nef that was on the news here

hi nef!! **hugs**

7:23 pm

I'm so tired of the weather this year that I told my DH I was thinking we should move to northern MN for the cooler weather (mind you, I moved FROM there for the warmer climate 40 years ago!)

just getting dressed and in iphone and reading emails and leaving in about .02 of a second!!

7:24 pm

bye, mrp!

7:24 pm

Our storm was on your news, Harry?

7:24 pm

I heard something about bad weather in minneapolis

7:24 pm

take care, mrp! Be safe!

7:25 pm

pi5?

7:26 pm

it Was bad! The visiting nurse was here and I told DH to help her out to her car with an umbrella and they both still got soaked!

7:26 pm

pi + gerund ending

7:26 pm

you've got to be kidding me

7:26 pm

what a dumb word!

7:26 pm

what, about the pi word?

7:27 pm

yeah

7:27 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:27 pm

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

7:27 pm

hi min

7:27 pm

apparently it really is the gerund form of pi or pie, neither of which I thought were verbs

7:27 pm

hi Min

7:28 pm

hi, min!

7:28 pm

pr7?

7:29 pm

I agree with you, sue; neither are verbs to me either

7:29 pm

don't have it, harry

7:30 pm

how about the pt word?

7:30 pm

there's a pt word?

7:30 pm

:)

7:30 pm

sorry, am churning through the list but am only to the d's

7:30 pm

sorry Harry, don't have either yet (but will look)

7:32 pm

pt + a 4letter word for Ireland

7:32 pm

ooh, thx, nef!

7:33 pm

yw

7:34 pm

ty nef

7:35 pm

1 left!

7:35 pm

Go HarryHood go!

7:35 pm

Go, go Harry!

7:36 pm

DONE

7:36 pm

.*.*.*.*.HARRY.*.*.*.*.

7:36 pm

that pr7 took some serious monkeying

7:36 pm

YAY, HarryHood!!!! WTG!!!!!

7:36 pm

yay, harry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:37 pm

Congratulations HarryHood on fireworks! Good for U!

7:37 pm

tyty

7:37 pm

Now that your'e done, U can check out my cute icon.

7:37 pm

nice clue, Harry. I just got the pr 7/36! Thanks!

7:38 pm

cute min

7:38 pm

nef - that was a clue?

7:38 pm

Thanks!

7:38 pm

nef has an extra sensory power to see invisible clues.

7:39 pm

It changed the direction I was looking, Harry

7:39 pm

And Min, that IS a cute picture!

7:39 pm

oh dear...they found the body of that new hampshire girl

hi more than 2 gn words?

7:40 pm

Did not know a New Hampsire girl was missing.Where in New Hampshire was she from and how long was she missing for? I attended high school in Hanover, NH.

7:40 pm

Thanks Nef!

7:41 pm

no, only 2, TO

7:41 pm

she was from near the canadian border - 11 YO. last seen at her computer at home at 7 PM

ty clue for the last column o pls?

7:41 pm

several days ago.

7:41 pm

pr7???

7:42 pm

short write up in paper when a person dies, TO

7:42 pm

pr7 ends in a double vowel

ty and the remaining?

7:43 pm

ah, thx, harry!

7:43 pm

and has a bnai br*** in the middle

7:43 pm

or a locksm***

7:43 pm

or travels w*** charlie

7:43 pm

archaic term for please

7:44 pm

I think TO wanted the other word from the right-hand O

7:44 pm

the other ob ends in a vowel

7:44 pm

same beginning

7:44 pm

(which i don't have although I am closing in on it)

7:44 pm

Thanks for the double vowel clue. I just got the word.

ty. off to do housework

7:45 pm

thx again, harry!

7:45 pm

gotta eat supper - any more clues?

7:45 pm

Bye 72 Temple Owl! I will see you tomorrow in the log.

7:45 pm

no, just bring supper :-)

7:45 pm

heh :) night!

7:45 pm

bye, TO!

b4 i go, the y ord not the snowman beast?

7:45 pm

and bye, harry!

7:46 pm

:0( for pr7

7:46 pm

I have a garlic-sauce chicken waiting to be eaten for dinner. I made it about an hour ago. Still on the stove

7:46 pm

ooh, yummy, min!

7:46 pm

Sue what kind of supper are you waiting on?

7:46 pm

Min, that sounds good.

7:46 pm

probably salad, mollly, it is really hot again tonight

7:47 pm

Maryte, it's an archaic word for please, ends in the dble vowel

7:47 pm

It's hard to eat hot food when it's hot out.

7:47 pm

and harder to cook it!

7:48 pm

true, Molly. Turn up the A/C. ;-)

7:48 pm

Maryte...pr + vowel + get **** to a nunnery

7:48 pm

got it! duh......thanks!!!

7:48 pm

I have never made it before.Last nite I made creamy chicken strogonoff for the 1st time and it was yummy

7:48 pm

ahh from Shakespearian times!

7:49 pm

Outside of Shakespearean stuff, that word is pretty distant to most of us.

7:49 pm

yes, that sounds really good too, min!

7:49 pm

Ooo, I've never made chicken stroganoff. I'll have to try that.

7:50 pm

Enable knows more shakesperian english (and scots) than i do, certainly

7:51 pm

Hmm *contemplates watching "Shakespeare In Love" * I have a big steamy thing for Joseph Fiennes.

7:51 pm

B's Banned! 9 left

7:51 pm

Hello babblers

7:51 pm

Hi Wht

7:51 pm

Can I get a clue for the af5 af5 the conflagration?

7:52 pm

Hello wht! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle.

7:53 pm

I'm doing OK, except with the grid.

7:53 pm

14 left and my monkeys are still on vacation, I think.

7:53 pm

a + corn ****ters are popular in the South

7:53 pm

hi, wht!

7:53 pm

ty Molly.

7:54 pm

fireworks!

7:54 pm

wtg sue

7:54 pm

!! S !! U !! E !!

7:55 pm

Congratulations uusue2 on fireworks!Hooray for you!

7:55 pm

Wht, you just stay put, in your own inner Hawaii. It's better that way. : )

7:55 pm

YAY, sue!!!! WTG!!!!

7:57 pm

a's abolished

7:58 pm

I've sat here long enough; need to go rest a bit again. BBL

8:00 pm

bye, nef!

8:01 pm

,*,*,*,SUE.*,*,*,

8:06 pm

in my inner hawaii it involves leis

8:06 pm

I love flowers..

8:06 pm

*Can't resist* I thought it involved getting leid.

8:06 pm

that too

8:07 pm

that's nothing to puka about

8:07 pm

With flowers around of course. : P

8:07 pm

first running class of the new session tonight. im proud to say my legs arent sore at all. my feet, however...

8:07 pm

Oh poi, you're not kidding.

8:08 pm

Good for you Eva. Sorry about your feet.

8:08 pm

Molly + Ruru, you were here 9 hrs ago.

8:08 pm

What kind of shoes are you wearing Eva? Hi Scrabs.

8:08 pm

Eva--I love Mumford & Sons. TY for mentioning their concert recently.

8:08 pm

sok, molly. no pain no gain. pain is just weakness leaving the body. or some other fitness cliche...

8:09 pm

aloha can you goha with those puns.

8:09 pm

*Wonders if Scrabs is some kind of Babble Monitor*

8:09 pm

yes.. and you were too scrabs

8:09 pm

YW scrabs! glad you enjoy them!

Hi is NEF still here??

8:09 pm

*showing off fluorescent orange Babble Monitor vest*

8:10 pm

molly, i went + got fitted... im wearing Brooks running shoes. the kind with the extra stability for over-pronators like me.

8:10 pm

Ruru, I thought you finished the grid. And are you done Molly?

8:10 pm

hey all! ((((hugs and hugs))))

8:10 pm

*Quickly hides paraphernalia*

8:10 pm

hI sTID

8:11 pm

Hi stid

8:11 pm

uh.. oh yeah.. you are right ..I AM done..lol

8:11 pm

hey cousin! is your migraine any better? I started to get one today but took some excedrin and aleve and it seems to have worked. I am out of the prescription stuff at the moment, but honestly the last few times I don't think it made a difference.

8:11 pm

Okay Eva, glad you are wearing good supportive shoes.

8:11 pm

Clue for the ye5, please

8:11 pm

ruru? done??? *suspicious mama look*

8:12 pm

Are we not allowed to chat once we're done?

8:12 pm

*stands ready with duck tape for ruru just in case*

8:12 pm

why wait until you are done, Molly?

8:12 pm

rofl... only ruru, methinks...

8:12 pm

molly, i was willing to wear the wrong clothes for a while (wanted to see if i would stick with it before investing too much money) but i wasnt willing to risk my feet, to proper shoes were a must!

8:12 pm

y + oregano is an h*** + vowel

8:13 pm

molly -- carlee wanted me to contact you -- are you in facebook?

8:13 pm

oooh, thanks Molly!

8:13 pm

Yeah Stid, I'm in Facebook, why?

8:13 pm

ty Molly. Fireworks!

8:13 pm

Yay for wht!

8:13 pm

EvaN, I cannot imagine someone as fashionable as you EVER wearing "the wrong clothes"

8:13 pm

YAY wht!

8:14 pm

just wondered if we were friends -- I have so very many that I get "lost" sometimes! LOL

8:14 pm

My migraine was gone by about 3 pm yesterday. I woke up with it at 0630 yest AM.

8:14 pm

I don't think so Stid. I'll send a friend request.

8:14 pm

and carlee wanted me to give you a quick update on her dad (not good news) -- so I thought I would use fb rather than bog up the chat too much. Thanks. :-D

8:14 pm

hah, thankyou stid. but the "right" clothes for running have nothing to do with fashion, but all to do with comfort and moisture-wicking abilities...quite unlike the heavy cotton tshirts i insisted on wearing...hehe

8:14 pm

yay, wht!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8:15 pm

hm. I see... *pondering why anyone would want to run -- for any reason...*

8:15 pm

hey sue!

8:15 pm

and now i am going to go put my feet up and wait for dinner - see you all tomorrow!

8:15 pm

and hi, stid!

8:15 pm

good idea, sue! have a lovely evening!

8:15 pm

I agree, Stid. Hi Stid

8:15 pm

stid -- im STILL wondering. as im STILL quite incapable of it...lol but still, i trudge along.

8:16 pm

thanks Molly!

8:16 pm

Carlee was here earlier and said that things were looking "towards the end" for her Dad. She checked in after she had seen him today.

8:17 pm

Hiking, mountain biking, paddling, cross-country skiing, snowshoe trekking--I can do those, but running is too hard for me.

8:17 pm

,---not a runner

8:17 pm

oh good - then she already probably told you what I was going to. I got called away after "talking" with her earlier.

8:17 pm

scrabs, im finding the same to be true. 22-minute dance routine outdoors in florida summer heat? sure thing. a lap around the track? ugh.

8:18 pm

<--- Also not a runner

8:18 pm

...except on the tennis court, ruru

8:18 pm

that's not really running

8:18 pm

that's hurling

8:18 pm

I used to love XC skiing, would like to try it this coming winter if my hip stays relatively stable. Otherwise, I don't "do" sports.

8:18 pm

LOL ruru!

8:19 pm

I am struggling to pass halfway here.

8:19 pm

at least not leg sports. would go canoeing again if I could. We have a canoe, but I can't get it to the water alone.

8:19 pm

talk about up a creek without a paddle

8:19 pm

I just bought an ultralight, one-person canoe, with a low seat--weighs 16 lbs!!

8:20 pm

the main reason im focusing on running is that if i can actually get to a point where i can do it, it is something i can do anywhere, and mostly for free (shoes and clothing aside). alas, it is proving very difficult for me...but im still trying! just started second session of classes.

8:21 pm

I like to bicycle. Much less strain on the knees and shins.

8:21 pm

that sounds nice, scrabs

8:21 pm

I can walk... LOL

8:21 pm

Unfortunatly, they moved my office so it is too far to bike into work.

8:22 pm

Yep, walking is great exercise.

8:22 pm

I would bike, but the thought of falling scares me. I used to bike all over the place, using a 20+ lb behemoth that was probably too big for me.

8:22 pm

I walked 8 miles on Sunday

8:22 pm

oh, that's too bad -- I guess the buses there don't have bike racks?

8:22 pm

good for you ruru! (on purpose?) *innocent mama look*

8:22 pm

Great, ruru!

8:22 pm

yes.. the weather was so perfect here I had to..

8:23 pm

Dylan slept through the night.

8:23 pm

he was beat..lol

8:23 pm

Worn-out pup.

8:23 pm

I can walk for miles, but running is too much hell on my knees and ankles. Besides, I am haunted by what happened to Jim Fixx.

8:24 pm

that was so sad... of course I was just a small child when Jim Fixx died...

8:24 pm

who's Jim fixx?

8:24 pm

A running guru who died of a heart attack.

8:25 pm

oh.. well there's your running answer

8:25 pm

wasn't Jim FIxx married to Emma Up

8:25 pm

so -- what is everyone's position on running water??? *grin*

8:26 pm

Genetics cannot be altered--he developed CAD at a young age.

8:26 pm

*Suspicious look at Stid for "small child" comment*

8:27 pm

im opposed stid. dont waste the water!

8:27 pm

okay, I am down to 76 words and need to get some tortillas warming for tacos. later gators! *poof*

8:28 pm

nobody gets my cj

8:28 pm

nobody gets my jokes..lol

8:29 pm

i suppose i should poof too. i still need my post-run shower. hubby says im stinky. *sniffs self*

8:30 pm

Sorry Ru...Emma Up...hahaha...*Smacks Eva's hubby for calling her stinky*

8:31 pm

its ok molly. im quite sure hes right...heh

8:31 pm

I didn't get it, Ruru. Emma Up-Fixx?

8:34 pm

ok kids, im out!

8:34 pm

Bye Eva

8:35 pm

Any clues for the i's? Both of mine are blank.

8:36 pm

One of the i's is a baby.

8:36 pm

Add a vowel to that for another.

8:37 pm

TY, Molly!

8:37 pm

One is a synonym for da4/4

8:37 pm

TY. Far right i is my only blank tile now.

8:38 pm

it5/13 Like an autoharp missing the first letter

8:38 pm

One is the gerund version of angry

8:38 pm

The act of making someone angry

8:38 pm

ir5 is the one--TY

8:38 pm

Or it5/12 for the purists among us.

8:38 pm

hi all

8:39 pm

((((Carlee))) how are you holding up?

8:39 pm

((Kat))

8:39 pm

Hi Carlee

8:39 pm

am ok... really...tired...headache..but overall am ok

8:40 pm

Is your Dad comfortable?

8:40 pm

dad is so heavily sedated he did not know we were there

8:40 pm

I saw your post earlier, after you had seen your Dad. It's hard to see someone we love looking that frail.

8:40 pm

yes... as comfortable as can be expected

8:40 pm

Hello all. Just starting. First day of August. Finally summer.

8:40 pm

Good--he needs to be kept pain-free and anxiety-free.

8:40 pm

Hello Gran Mere.

8:41 pm

his lungs have filled up... i am presuming with blood as there was blood coming up periodically as he ewas sleeping

8:41 pm

Hi stidgmere

8:41 pm

hi gramma stiddy

8:41 pm

there is no treatment other than for pain scrabs..they were still checking his blood sugar today but i think they were endig that as well

8:42 pm

I assume you are home Carlee?

8:42 pm

Hi carlee and scrabs. Sorry to hear of your father's failing health, carlee.

8:42 pm

just fluids..and morphine..he get agitated when he is moved

8:42 pm

yes molls am home... i wont go back... others are going up...it has been so fast...

8:42 pm

Just keep talking to him, holding his hand, and telling him that you will all be fine, so he can let go.

8:43 pm

i wont be back scrabs....

8:43 pm

Our practice has a 2 yr old just diagnosed with cancer yesterday.

8:43 pm

Be gentle with yourself Carlee. No matter how "okay" you feel, this kind of thing is very tough on you.

8:43 pm

he decided on his own he was going scrabs...

8:44 pm

Kat, remember him as a healthy, happy man, not as he is now.

8:44 pm

oh good god..one of my sons' best friends mum was just diagnosed with stage 4 brain canacer ( had a mastectomy 2 or 3 years ago)

8:44 pm

I hate cancer.

8:44 pm

He lived far longer than expected. That shows his toughness.

8:45 pm

i will in a coupe days scrabs... right now the yellow skeleton gasping for breath with a shock of white hair is still etched on the retinas

8:45 pm

he had excellent quality of life

8:45 pm

scrabs...r u on fb?

8:45 pm

Breast cancer often spreads to the brain. Yep, cancer cells are evil, rogue and ruthless.

8:45 pm

I can be--going to FB now.

8:45 pm

oh god

8:46 pm

oh god

8:46 pm

That vision will leave you Carlee, I promise. In time it will go. I was with my Dad when he died and I know the kind of thing you saw today. It's hard to see.

8:46 pm

oh god

8:47 pm

hes....gone

8:47 pm

(((((Carlee))))) I'm sorry.

8:47 pm

So sorry Carlee

8:47 pm

Is someone with you Carlee?

8:48 pm

no...am ok

8:48 pm

i wanted it fast

sorry to hear, carlee, i can;t stay, my father;s death is still to o raw but i am thinking of you

8:48 pm

so sad..Sorry for your loss carlee.

8:48 pm

thanks T.O

8:48 pm

((Kat))--his suffering is over. He is at peace.

8:48 pm

i gotta go...

8:48 pm

make phone calls

8:48 pm

Blessings Carlee.

8:49 pm

god go with you Carlee...

8:49 pm

do take care carlee - thinking of you and family

9:02 pm

Blessings with you Carlee

9:03 pm

so many times over the years babble has been a place for those awaiting huge life transitions, or in grief. celebrations too, but so often the sad times. our little island.

so sorry for your loss Carlee **hugs**

9:04 pm

So sorry Carlee ...

9:06 pm

Our little island is a good place to be......

9:07 pm

It never ceases to amaze me how kind and supporting this community can be.

9:14 pm

(((carlee))) I am glad you came in.

9:16 pm

hi..sorry..i had to make phone calls

9:16 pm

thanks everyone

9:17 pm

((carlee))) . with you in spirit

9:17 pm

thank you.. am not sure what else to say..but thank you

9:18 pm

carlee, glad you're here.

9:18 pm

Carlee, any chance someone can come stay with you tonight?

9:18 pm

molls..thank you for the poem :)

9:18 pm

and thank you mab for your kind words..

9:18 pm

my son is home again now

9:18 pm

and my daughter will be in later...

9:19 pm

good. glad they are there with you carlee.

9:19 pm

Glad to hear your kids will be around you. You need that now. You're welcome for the poem. It's the way I like to think of this kind of transition.

9:20 pm

it is a lovely thought..yes...

9:21 pm

You are going to hear a lot of people saying "is there anything I can do". Remember to take them up on it. Even if it's just some company or an understanding ear on the phone.

9:22 pm

and as much as you love cooking, let people bring meals in for you

9:22 pm

so true. people do want to help but often don't know quite how.

9:23 pm

yea... i know molls.. i am needing to cry a while...just quietly..as i am now...and i really did..make my mental goodbyes a couple months ago...so although i am really sad he is gone... i am...ok

9:24 pm

Hey carlee. just posted on your fb. i'm so very sorry to hear the news, and just sent a prayer and energy of peace, calm, and acceptance to you. thinking of you.

9:24 pm

Goodbyes are like the tides, they ebb and flow. And crying is good. My Dad used to say "tears are cleansing"

9:25 pm

thanks feather... i saw it...molls..i tend to cry in the shower..not sure why..maybe it is the "cleansing" thing

9:25 pm

crying will help relieve the pent up emotions

9:26 pm

carlee...just coming back in. I'm very sorry!

9:26 pm

thank you champ

9:28 pm

Oh I don't know Carlee. After my husband died, I used to cry in the car. I think it's a tendency to cry where no one can see you doing it.

9:28 pm

maybe...

9:28 pm

It'll hit you at odd times. That's ok.

9:30 pm

Carlee, In time of sorrow, I would like to put an around around your shoulders and let you know, I care. Blessings

9:30 pm

carlee, what is your favorite memory of your dad?

9:30 pm

my poppy was my very best friend

9:31 pm

and I love thinking of him calling me his pretty one

9:31 pm

and loving the smell of him

9:31 pm

I miss him all the time, but I know I will see him again

9:32 pm

as you will too, because someone like you, must have had an amazingly loving father to learn from

9:32 pm

him cooking... he was like me... we liked puttering int eh kitchen..chopping and preparing and drinking wine as we cook... he came to this realization late in life....whereas for me..I always loved that kind of cooking... spending a whole afternoon just puttering with a dish... and..his hugs...he was really good at them...felt awkward doing so but he was really good at them

9:33 pm

then from now on, share your dads hugs with everyone

9:33 pm

dad and i had a very difficult relationship but the last 4 years were wonderful. he only met my kids 4 years ago

9:33 pm

i do sue..is how i hug people always

9:34 pm

it's nice you have a recent memory of him cooking, like his goodbye gift, sort of

9:34 pm

are there any charities he would have liked donations to? anything babblers can do to show our condolences?

9:34 pm

Nice memory Carlee. I'm glad things between you and your Dad got better in time.

9:34 pm

I thank God you had these four years

9:34 pm

carlee would you like me to start a thread for you on babanon?

9:34 pm

anything to do with school music programs...he used to be a music teacher... or special ed

9:35 pm

i wouldnt know how to access it stiddy...

9:35 pm

we can donate instruments in his name

9:35 pm

that would be lovely sue

9:35 pm

What is your dads name, just the first if you like

9:35 pm

James Brian Potts

9:35 pm

Okay, we'll leave it to the chog, then. ((hugs))

9:36 pm

how about http://www.mhopus.org/ The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation keeps music alive in our schools and communities by donating musical instruments to under-funded music programs, giving youngsters the many benefits of music education, helping them to be better students and inspiring creativity and expression through playing music. We believe that kids thrive when given the chance to learn and play music. Putting an instrument into their hands improves the quality of their education and their lives. The window is brief and all kids deserve a chance to play music in school!

9:36 pm

sounds like a great idea feather

9:37 pm

carley in my family when someone is born or dies a tree is planted to show the celebration of life lived or to be lived

9:37 pm

that... or just your local schools where ever anyone is...donate to the music programs in your local schools..sometimes the charities have alot of operational overhead whereas a school music program cann use the money to just buy sheet music

9:38 pm

Ok, gotcha

9:38 pm

nice carlee, I know my schools can use it.. We don't even have instrumental music program any more

9:38 pm

20.00 can buy sheet music for a new introductory piece of music for a beginner band

9:38 pm

that..i think would be my wish... and he wold love that...he love music...

9:39 pm

http://www.encoretheconcertband.ca/

9:39 pm

carlee, we will do that -- I'll ask our local school what would be helpful. The band teacher there is such a lovely person.

9:40 pm

this is the band he played in..there are clips... videos... he played in the final concert this year

9:40 pm

what a nice way to remember him

9:40 pm

he loved watching young people learn music...and encouraged them to stay in music...

9:40 pm

that is nice

9:40 pm

what a great program that is carlee!

9:41 pm

so yes...if anyone wishes to do something..donate $ in his name to their local school music programs..

9:41 pm

( and..if u do ,,pleae drop me a line on fb so i can let my step mum know )

9:41 pm

what instruments did he play carlee?

9:42 pm

clarinet ( u can see in the pic here )

9:42 pm

I see him! the Oct 17 concert...

9:42 pm

he played all the winds ..had to as a music teacher....but clarinet was his

9:42 pm

yes stiddy

9:42 pm

Music is an amazing legacy. It's a very tangible way to remember someone. I'm glad you have your Dad's music to remember him by.

9:42 pm

they can probably use a new reed player in heaven carlee

9:43 pm

they have one...

9:43 pm

As my husband (who was a musician) used to say: Another one joins the big show.

9:44 pm

the conductor there molls was my highschool band teacher

9:44 pm

I posted in the FB babble community page.

9:44 pm

one of my best friend has two sons who play clarinet. and my grandad played clarinet (and flutes and sax). my kids are brass players, and "grandaddy granville" played the same instruments as one of my sons... music is a wonderful gift.

9:44 pm

when I go .. I want you all to pun jokes all night long.

9:45 pm

okay, time for me to toddle off. carlee, you are in our hearts.

9:45 pm

*starts making a list of jokes for ruru* hope I won't need this any time soon, though!

9:45 pm

Carlee, remember to look up at the stars. My Mom used to say that stars are the windows of heaven (it's a song). It's nice to think of loved ones twinkling through at you.

9:45 pm

*watches stid toddle*

9:45 pm

nite stidders. and ruru, i promise you we will

9:45 pm

(if we're still alive)

9:45 pm

**hugs and special raspberry choclits for all**

9:45 pm

*poof*

9:46 pm

*Promises to pun all night and drink upscale wine should I need to observe Ru's passing*

9:46 pm

The night I go the grid will only have r's and u's

9:47 pm

*promises to share some of my very best wine with Molly if she'll drive up here to NJ*

9:47 pm

urrrrrrrrrr

9:47 pm

it will be the smallest grid of all time.

9:47 pm

ruru would be happy here in NJ. RU is rutgers university (the state u) and people have it on their car sometimes

9:48 pm

*Agrees, as long as it's nowhere near Secaucus*

9:48 pm

carlee, i'm heading out to fiddle with our new toy the boys got, but i will continue to send you healing peaceful energy. (((((hugs))))))

9:48 pm

thanks feather and thank you for the post...

9:48 pm

welcome.

9:48 pm

I am happy for you that you were so close to your father carlee.. that is a real gift

9:49 pm

thanks ruru

9:49 pm

I think I saw him in the rehearsal pictures - wearing a red sweater. such a handsome man, carlee

9:50 pm

no mab..he was next one over i think if i remember the pic ..if u go to the oct 17 videos..he is front row clarinet 4th from left

9:50 pm

oops

9:51 pm

will look again!

9:51 pm

its ok...

9:51 pm

( they are mostly retired high school teachers in that band so they all are grey and balding...

9:52 pm

that is my old highschool band teacher

9:52 pm

conducting i mean

9:55 pm

Be good to yourself Carlee. And remember that it's just fine to say "I'm not okay" and to lean on the people who love you at a time like this. Tell strong Carlee to take a break and let vulnerable Carlee be taken care of.

9:56 pm

yes molls...

9:56 pm

now I've got him - the other guy was ok, but your dad is more handsome. And, seriously, they sound great.

9:56 pm

they are a good band...

9:57 pm

alot of the people in this band were as youth in what was called teh police boys band ( and a number of them will perform at his memorial service )

9:58 pm

oh, that's lovely.

9:58 pm

( their web site are going to go "what the...?" from the hits from all over tongiht )

9:58 pm

<---chuckling at that thought

9:58 pm

yes

9:59 pm

i keep watching for the conductor to do his little boot scoot gyration he is famous for....

10:01 pm

the conductor is wonderfully animated.

10:02 pm

yea..he was great fun..his son is now a high school music teacher...

10:06 pm

either just about everyone is gone or eveyone is watching some nice mucis being played ( althought sound quality kinda sucks)

10:10 pm

Hi babblers!Just came back to get my last two words.

10:10 pm

hi minver

10:11 pm

How is your father doing? Did you say he was sedated

10:12 pm

he passed away this evening minver about 8:10 pm edt

10:13 pm

http://www.encoretheconcertband.ca/New /Videos/Oct172010/index.html

10:13 pm

Oh, carkeekat, I am so very sorry.

10:13 pm

(((carleekat))), I am sorry to hear that! My thoughts are with you.Wish I could give you a hug through the computer!Thinking of you and your family at this time

10:13 pm

i think most babblers are watching the vids at this link...is his band..he played clarinet... front row of clarinets...fourth from left he is bald wearing glasses

10:13 pm

F's Finished! 1 left

10:14 pm

thanks minver...and peach

10:14 pm

I'll be here to help clue for 15 more minutes if needed.

10:15 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for minver...

10:16 pm

Thanks carleekat.Seemed inappropriate to announce fireworks. Your loss is so much more important now.

10:17 pm

its ok minver... i am listening to daddy's band...

10:17 pm

and just....remembering...

10:20 pm

{{{carlee}}}

10:20 pm

Now is not the time to mourn but to celebrate his life

10:20 pm

hear, hear minver!

10:22 pm

exactly...i am sad...but i love this type of music...

10:23 pm

if u go to the june 6 2010 concert there is a pretty good rendition of stars and stripes forever...

10:23 pm

you'll likely like http://www.wsaxq.com/ the Washington Saxophone Quartet thin, carlee.

10:23 pm

then, not thin LOL

10:25 pm

i probably would..but right now am watching my dad seain

10:26 pm

just back from the concert - loved the mahler and lots of chances to see your dad

10:26 pm

and that other guy who looks a little like him

10:27 pm

am watchng june 6 now mab...tribute to sasmmy davis and dixieland..and the stars and stripes forever ( not bad for a canadian band :p )

10:30 pm

ah....the candy man.... :) love this song...

10:32 pm

oh, wow that was a wwirdly loud airplane

10:33 pm

grindy sounding and i could hear it over the concert

10:34 pm

there a concert in the area seain?

10:35 pm

no, your dad's group :)

10:36 pm

how weird hearing Dixie combined with When the Saints Come Marching In.

10:36 pm

oh... ok... there are close ups in the group i posted on fb :)

10:36 pm

yes there are! :)

10:37 pm

oct 17 or 18... 2010...dad is front row clarinet ...4th from left

10:37 pm

a number of the poeple in this band are performing at his memorial service on sat

10:38 pm

many of them have played together since they were teenagers

10:38 pm

i saw, and how wonderful!

10:38 pm

oh, how nice that they'll be there to perform

10:39 pm

sorry am repeating myself

10:39 pm

all good :)

10:40 pm

i know that for the first several weeks after my father passed i barely knew which end was up.

10:41 pm

am listening to them play lion king now

10:42 pm

i'm listening to the Sammy Davis Jr tribute

10:42 pm

its good... i always loved him

10:47 pm

oh, i'm really liking their Puszta :)

10:48 pm

yes, love that june concert - i'm always in the mood for the American Songbook pieces.

10:49 pm

gwynn bynon is an excellent conductor..i wish they had some of their most recent concerts uploaded..they are far superior that at this point..they had another conductor who fell very ill and gwynn took over....it wasnt really until this season and later this season the musicians got a feel for how gwynn conducts. I remember his first concert as conductor...i was with him

10:49 pm

i KNEw he was asking..and not receiving...

10:50 pm

and the band wouldd run away on him... but now...far more control and unified...

10:50 pm

yes, speaking as an instrumentalist, a new conductor is always jarring, and some are better at explaining their ways than others, and of course, each musician clicks with certain conducting styles over others, though we learn to deal with a great array of styles.

10:52 pm

their christmaas concert this year gwynn had them play a couple pieces i had played with him in highschool...

10:53 pm

talk about throwback of 25 years... i was right there....i had the fingering... and every one of boot scoots ( a funny little bum wiggle he has...i remember in high school mum laughing over his bum wiggles )...

10:53 pm

( i played string bass for 7 years )

10:55 pm

what is puszta? it sounds sort of slavic/dvorak something.

10:56 pm

i dont know it...

10:56 pm

dc, do you know it?

10:56 pm

googled..hungarian

10:56 pm

ah

Carlee. LOVE YOUS

10:57 pm

thanks herin {{huggles}}

10:57 pm

we are lstening/watching my dad's concerts

10:58 pm

( I posted a link on fb )

I was on my mobile when you sent me the messages

10:59 pm

i didnt know then

10:59 pm

i was just going to bring you up to date on my visit to the hospital today

No you wouldn't FB mobile is silly

10:59 pm

like many a Washingtonian, i have a weakness for Sousa. We hear Stars and Stripes and The Washington Post often here.

How is your Step mum handling everything?

11:00 pm

she is ...hanging in i guess.. she "wants to be alone" to focus.when people are near her she falls apart

Does she have someone that is there for her?

11:01 pm

and..she does not like to display emotion to others ( the era she grew up in )

11:01 pm

she has lots of good and old friends in the neighbourhood

OK.

11:01 pm

litterally a stones throw away

I apologise if the typing is all wonky have to pinch other computer

11:02 pm

its ok...my typing is wonky too

11:03 pm

thank you so much for sharing the band and concernts

11:04 pm

yes, i so agree.

11:04 pm

your welcome... he would be thrilled to know here are lots of people listening tonight

11:08 pm

Hi, all...

11:08 pm

it feels right to do so, and i feel like i know your father a little bit.

11:08 pm

stat and clue for 8?

11:09 pm

hi jellen

11:09 pm

thanks mab

11:12 pm

dr5/18 + gerund ending

11:13 pm

hugs and sympathy to you and your family, carlee

11:13 pm

ty une

11:13 pm

thanks une

11:13 pm

yw doxy :-)

Hi sorry I was looking at something

Hi Everyone I missed

11:21 pm

hi everyone :) special **hugs** to carlee

Hi Mr Pres

11:22 pm

hi mrp

11:33 pm

fi5/20 please?

11:34 pm

hi all. May I please have help with the pi 5/16?

11:34 pm

pi + gerund ending

can't even finish this stupid not being able to use my computer

11:34 pm

you have to be kidding - thanks for the help

11:35 pm

stoopid, eh?

11:35 pm

fi5/20 please?

11:35 pm

yes, very, very stoopid

11:36 pm

fi5/20 please?

11:36 pm

Une, what you need in your diet so that you are "regular". Uses high tile

11:36 pm

aahhh, thanks!!

11:42 pm

a clue ol

i am going

11:42 pm

a clue for the in 7/48 please

11:43 pm

to insert, as a tree to root stock, Nancy

11:44 pm

sorry dc not getting it, it is my last word

11:44 pm

starts with gerund ending, ends with a type of boat

11:44 pm

same here, nancy!

11:45 pm

bless you, I got it

11:45 pm

ah, in + gr5/20

11:45 pm

thanks so much dc

11:45 pm

tx seain!

11:45 pm

yall both quite welcome

11:45 pm

in6?

11:46 pm

baby, doxy

11:46 pm

ty dc

11:47 pm

:)

11:49 pm

it makes me so happy when i can annoy the cat into going away when she's on me annoying me for attention

11:51 pm

gnite and I leave you with these adorable pix: http://tinyurl.com/3vjru5z

11:55 pm

pi5?

11:55 pm

nm

11:59 pm

morning all.......

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