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12:00 am

flip

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flip !!

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flip

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flip

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and I am outta here. back tomorrow at some point. (((Hugs all))) *poof*

flip hi everyione gl

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hello friends

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happy flip :)

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ciao bella stiddy!

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g'night, stid

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flip

12:01 am

hi vanilla et al :)

12:01 am

Flip!

12:01 am

oooooh chic is here!! ((hugs))

12:01 am

flip...hi mrp

12:01 am

hello

12:01 am

I luv how you flip me dart! LOL!

12:01 am

hi mlf

12:01 am

hi mrp

12:02 am

:)

12:02 am

ca7

12:02 am

astronomy is my phantom

12:02 am

hi mlf :)

12:02 am

at least a decent size for the weekend

12:02 am

Hi mrp and all hugs

12:03 am

i would luv a 48 hour puzzle on sat/sun with 600+ words

12:03 am

doesnt sound bad to me mrp

12:04 am

flip another too big for me

12:04 am

I'm getting better. It won't be long now and I can finally go home

12:04 am

no jilli! stay and play!

12:04 am

oh brilliant chic! such good news!

12:04 am

CA6

12:04 am

I can't, mrp -- bridge all afternoon tomorrow, bedtime shortly.

12:05 am

Great, chic!

12:05 am

Mi 6

12:05 am

oh jilli, stay and chat for a little then

12:05 am

and I don't do mornings

12:05 am

did you get my email??

12:05 am

The celebrex is really working for the hips feel so much better without all that pain.

12:05 am

Yes, jilli!

12:05 am

looks like you are coming in March, yes??

12:05 am

celebrex is a great drug chic

12:06 am

thank god jilli, I don't do mornings either, unless it is 11.30am

12:06 am

Yes it is

12:06 am

Oh, I'll be here for a while, but a bit blurred after a swim this afternoon and a long Happy Hour(sss) at the neighbours'.

12:06 am

mrp i dont do mornings either

12:07 am

you are my type of ladyfriend jilli!!

12:07 am

yes, mrp, March, probably early, and SO glad you don't do mornings either -- yippee!

12:07 am

mlf, it just isn't worth it... this AM thing...

12:07 am

What are mornings?

12:07 am

Tank

12:07 am

Oops sorry

12:07 am

you might find breakfast being cooked at about 10-11am at our house

12:07 am

thank you jellen, my question exactly

12:08 am

this isalnd is full of earlybirds -- the only thing I don't like about it (aside from the ferry fares these days)

12:08 am

ok clue man... where are you??

12:08 am

i'm jealous, mrp. i'll be at work by 8 tomorrow morning :(

12:08 am

jes, don't be jealous, i am stuck in bed!

12:09 am

my knee refuses to go away, so have to abide by its wishes and look at it

12:09 am

I don't cook breakfast -- just Orange juice, a bowl of cereal and a little black coffee.

12:09 am

i would luv to be at work! my work ended on 29th Aug, and I don't restart till Feb next season

12:09 am

I was bad today, so I have to get up before noon to run some errands that won't wait...

12:09 am

well jilli, we will get on just fine!!

12:10 am

oh mrp -- heal, willya! And stay put until you do. You said you'd gone to see your friend who is so ill and given her so much comfort with a massage and so on -- didn't that mean you had been on your feet?

12:11 am

Oh, that's a morning, isn't it? :-P

12:11 am

i have made a decision about my packing... gonna donate all the stuff that is just sitting around getting dusty... ie bowls, vases, kitchen wizz stuff... and if I really want it, will buy it from the donation shop

12:11 am

Jilli....thank you for my birthday icon

12:12 am

LOL, river -- you're welcome!

12:12 am

no hunny, i sat with her... did her nails and gave her a facial... just chatted away to her (she really couldn't answer) and was a good girl

12:12 am

river... mine was easier to get to!

12:12 am

but how did you get to her, mrp?

12:12 am

jellen! errands in the morning?? sacraligious

12:12 am

my husband drove me

12:13 am

oh no honey...my birthday icon was the best

12:13 am

i have crutches and a cane... i can get around without bearing weight

12:13 am

ok (thanks for that too, Lickety!)

12:13 am

4TH COLUMN i stats please if anyone has it?

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in4/4

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im 4/6

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thanks

12:14 am

brb, clues have broken... need to go belt it with my cane!

12:14 am

good, mrp -- glad to hear you're taking care of yourself along with everyone else in your life.

12:14 am

got it

12:14 am

jilli, to be honest, I want to kill her daughter

12:14 am

Last column N stats, please?

Ugh. I never did get out tonight after all... told them to go without me. They're at a restaurant with some friends and I've raided the kitchen for a snack.

12:15 am

N bottom corner stats please?

12:15 am

jellen lol

That bad, mrp? :(

12:15 am

she is completely avoiding her mum, going out with disgusting boys and doing disgusting things on the internet and her phone... I can't do much but fend off the bastards, but she keeps putting herself right back in their path

12:15 am

don't have the n, mlf

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ni 5

12:16 am

how old is she, mrp?

12:16 am

on ya neil! you can hang with us on the balcony of the PB... lounges and cabana boys are there for us

12:16 am

she is 13 jilli

Oh good. Hi mrp... glad I'm visible after all.

12:16 am

late flip hi all

12:16 am

Thanks, diz

Cabana boys are of no interest to me, but you go ahead.

12:16 am

diz should i know it?

12:17 am

a selfish age, mrp -- I remember

12:17 am

THEN, she gets onto FaceBook with a boy maddi likes and takes him!! Maddi is appalled

12:17 am

yes MLF

12:17 am

Cabana girls then, neil?

12:17 am

you could be one of the cabana boys then, neil ;)

Now you're talkin'. ;)

12:17 am

Neil - who is that on your shirt? Abe were and a Vamp what?

12:17 am

errr neil... they peel my grapes! they would do the same for you, no strings attached!

Uh, me? I don't think I'm in that kind of shape.

12:18 am

well, yes, neil, both ways :-]

hmmm what's that jilli? What's both ways?

12:19 am

our cabana boys don't swing with me anyway!

12:19 am

jellen did you find it?

12:19 am

ooooh, neil as a cabana boy!! **imagination goes wild**

I don't swing both ways, jilli.

12:19 am

Nope, still looking :-S

12:20 am

same here

12:20 am

ok, smacked that pony but clues are not far away

12:20 am

hello everyone :)

You'd be in for a serious disappointment mrp. Have you SEEN me half naked? Not pretty. [check Flickr].

12:20 am

you could enjoy cabana girls and be enjoyed as a cabana boy, neil. Think outside the box, lol!

Haha. I'd enjoy Cabana girls but doubt any women would enjoy me as a Cabana boy.

12:21 am

ty mrp ;-)

12:21 am

DO 6/7 if not called

12:21 am

hey, you are young, you are handsome... flaunt it

12:22 am

neil, you don't know how desperate some of us are, lol!

12:22 am

and yes, see what mrp said.

12:22 am

hi nan :)

Haha! Uh, if you want me as a Cabana boy that about says it all.

You are too kind with the compliments, mrp.

12:23 am

this isn't so easy this little grid... darn it!

Clues are up

12:23 am

thanks lickety

Thanks, lickety.

12:23 am

Thanks, lickety!

12:23 am

jellen?

12:23 am

Attaboy Lickety -- thanks!

Do you ever speak? #curious

12:24 am

Wow! Many thanks, Lickety!!

12:24 am

thanks lickety!

12:24 am

Yes, MLF?

12:24 am

oh what?? ae8.... comes off the ae4 (plane)

12:24 am

Still haven't found that ni 5...

12:24 am

ugghh jellen lol

12:25 am

nope i havent

12:25 am

ok, i've stopped seeing new words. gonna go to bed now. laters, all you wunnerful peoples.

12:25 am

lickety speak?? only if he has something to say

12:25 am

Bye, jes

12:25 am

gnight jes

Yes, all he ever says in here is "Clues are up".

12:26 am

do6 and do7

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in6 and in7 compound

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x2??

12:26 am

oreo is here again and still doesn't count

12:26 am

i am gettind desperate jellen lol

Got it! ae8,55.

12:27 am

no8.... compound! oooooh luv it... describes me

12:27 am

woohoo neil!!

12:27 am

jilli, it should count... cause it sure does on calories

I have that too. It describes sooo many people. :P

Haha, you? I was gonna say me actually.

12:27 am

omg! sa8... compound!!!

12:28 am

I loooooove this grid!! compound city!

Another compound: sa8,45

12:28 am

mrp thanks found it

Yes. Oh, you found it already!

Didn't see that until after I typed it here.

12:29 am

i know its early but can someone clue the corner N please?

12:29 am

I'm no good at long words and compounds :-(

12:29 am

I'm not either, jilli...

ca6,21 & ca7,32. Someone in our family has been one of these ✡ [in shul].

12:30 am

on5, oi6, od5 , in6 and ra6 have same ending... sounds scientific

12:30 am

i found Mo 5 for cos lol

te7,40

12:31 am

only got the sa 8. hmmm

12:31 am

gotcha, neil -- a singing family

12:31 am

no8 is not + opposite of extraordinary

12:32 am

ewwww, to the ef7.... new one for me

Haha, well we're not really. One member is.

But yes... singular and plural.

12:33 am

it means shortly afterwards in middle english

12:35 am

my clue is... what do you call the greek goddess of shopping.... ***POS (card) plus very shortly

12:35 am

and there are several circle measurments in ra5

12:36 am

same or5 is here as yesterday

12:36 am

mrp can you try another clue for that NO8 please?

12:37 am

compound word mlf no* (meaning not) + opposite of retard or not extraordinary

12:39 am

sorry, me being stupid with clue.... how about.... not playing along with the same traits and values??

12:39 am

no* + mo5 (meaning decent intention)

12:39 am

and the mo5 to this story is... I can't clue today

12:40 am

not so, mrp -- finally got it, thanks!

I would say no* [not} + ethical.

12:41 am

sorry, my ideas of mo5 differ in my aussie language

12:41 am

finally got it thanks mrp

12:42 am

stats for bottom corner n, please?

A friend of ours is in the grid... his first name. It's a word, so it works.

[mo5,12]

12:43 am

there should be a no 8 for not sticky if the other is accepted.

Geez. I'd go to the PB now if I complained about the Twitter mo5,12s.

12:44 am

watch out neil...mo4 than 1 mo 5,12

12:44 am

A nasty person I know is in the grid... mo5,12 last one... cause he is one!

I think that's the same word I just mentioned, mrp.

Haha, yes dart.

12:45 am

is the ae 8 a compound?

12:45 am

indeed neil!

No, MLFAN.

12:45 am

no it isn't... it is about dynamics of ae4

12:45 am

nbt

12:45 am

excuse me for a bit, my son is changing my dressing

12:46 am

nice son, mrp

12:46 am

ok, ignore that statement, he would rather I not tell you

12:46 am

thank you all kindly

12:46 am

the ae4 being a babblet right?

12:47 am

bottom corner n stats, please???

12:48 am

ni 5/10, nan

12:48 am

i think its a ni 6

12:48 am

or a 5

Several good ✡ words in this grid. :)

Or a few, anyway.

12:49 am

ty - looking

12:49 am

nbt, finally

12:49 am

two of us cant find it

12:49 am

how did you find it jellen??????

12:49 am

there aften are, neil -- and cute symbol

12:49 am

nbt, nbs

12:49 am

Um, Morewords...

12:50 am

oh didn't realise I have nbs too!

12:50 am

wtg nan

12:51 am

got

12:51 am

it

12:51 am

nbt

12:52 am

wtg mlf

12:52 am

stupid me should have used that page jellen lo

12:52 am

thanks jill

12:53 am

wtg = words to go??

12:54 am

wtg = way to go

12:54 am

oh man... listening to the US open players.... totally not happy!!

12:54 am

ah, way to go... sorry, and thanks

12:54 am

I thought wtg was a new word site! LOL

12:54 am

LOL :)

Whew! That wasn't a bad little grid. When are we going to get a nice BIG one, I keep wondering?

12:55 am

I suggested large large grids for the weekend, but it isn't happening

12:55 am

oh neil!!! Congrat, but have pity on a Dull Normal like me!

12:56 am

Are you done?

12:56 am

same to you, mrp!

Oh, does Lickety make them any size he wants, or is it a program that just makes the puzzles up randomly?

12:56 am

Congrats, Neil

Yes, boatierra.

12:57 am

I haven't had time to work on these grids for days

Thanks jilli and Jellen!

BRB. Need a drink.

12:57 am

It's a program...

12:57 am

Whoa, in less than an hour. Impressive. I have 38 words. I'll be lucky if I get half way.

12:57 am

Lickety doesn't make up the grids -- Dr_God does witha computer

12:58 am

it looks like the US Open Tennis is screwing everyone over... the general consesus, the US Open heads-of-state are not listening

my footy team is going down too lol

12:58 am

Haven't been watching the tennis

12:59 am

we have a grid that we have made and use... but it isn't for public use... I have one grid that is 900+ with a couple of 13 letter words! is brilliant

12:59 am

oh vanilla... not fun to watch them losing.

12:59 am

Wow, mrp!

well at least the hype will die down

1:00 am

Going to take a kitchen break -- back soon

I know jilli! it is so good! and takes about 3 days to do... one of the grids had a 15 letter word!

1:00 am

fireworks

on ya dart! and neil :)

wtg wd congrats dart

1:01 am

congrats dart and neil

1:01 am

Congrats, dart!

1:01 am

hello and yay dart !!

hi west :)

1:02 am

hi mrp

1:02 am

Hi, west

1:02 am

hi jellen

1:02 am

yay neil too I didn't scroll down far enough

Roddick needs to shave - icky

1:02 am

hi west

1:03 am

hi dart

1:03 am

I agree Mr P

1:03 am

Hi, DR

1:03 am

DR nice to see you

1:03 am

was it scary yesterday?

1:03 am

Hi Jellen and West and everyone

1:03 am

or just maddening?

1:04 am

Yes a bit of both - took me 2 hours for a normal 20 minute drive

1:04 am

Jakester was home alone in the afternoon but phone service was not working so I was nervous

hi DR :)

1:04 am

jill -- were you shaken up much today?

1:04 am

Hi Mr P ( HUGS)

1:05 am

phantom dominion

1:05 am

that would be scary but he's a capable young man

holy moly DR! what happened?

1:06 am

He was reading when we got home

well, perfect star to jake!

1:06 am

Mrp- There was a Massive Power outage from Mexico to ARizona and half of southern california

1:07 am

SOmeone in AZ was changing a part and did not follow procedure- 5 million people lost pwoer

what?? how does that happen??

1:08 am

started in the afternoon- Our power came back on around 1am.. My parents are in the " boil water" part of town.

1:09 am

our daughter called from the landline in her office

1:09 am

i'm shocked?

1:09 am

which also included San Diego State University! Not sure how the students are going to boil water to brush their teeth

Back. HI westford and ruru! :)

1:09 am

Hi, ruru

1:10 am

West- The phones were very sketchy! She was lucky to get thru

I'm from San Diego originally.

1:10 am

the scariest part is that one person can do that..good thing he was on our side

1:10 am

Hi Ruru

1:10 am

hi Dr..

1:10 am

I love San Diego.. a great town

1:10 am

She's the GIS coordinator for the city of Encinitas

oh good lord, these idiot teens just don't stop!! brb... getting the cattle prod (goad)

1:10 am

Exactly Westie- though I believe he may be unemployed now

I said hi to you ruru.

And westford.

1:11 am

hey .. hi neil

That's better. ;)

1:11 am

Hi Neil

1:11 am

hi neil didn't see you come back

1:11 am

hi jellen

I crept in quietly.

1:11 am

I'm baaaack -- hi west and ruru

1:12 am

hi jill

1:12 am

Hi Jilli

1:12 am

i

Was it today you had to attend that event, ruru?

1:12 am

hi jilli and nan

1:12 am

*hi jilli.. is not in the dictionary*

1:12 am

nan -- we didn't feel a thing here.

1:12 am

LOL Ruru

1:13 am

yes... neil

1:13 am

hi west

Hey what do you know... I'm not in this grid.

[yes, I just noticed that]

1:13 am

I didn't either, but people who live on the east side of the lake did

1:13 am

Concerning the power outage, I looked up an article on AZCentral.com and copied a bit about the "how" - A Arizona Public Service Co. worker was switching out a capacitor, which controls voltage levels, outside Yuma, Ariz., near the California border. Shortly after, a section of a major regional power line failed, eventually spreading trouble further down in California and later Mexico, officials said.

Oh, how did that go ruru?

Were you able to sit for most of the time?

1:14 am

I had to stand. .for 4 hours.. and drove for 5 hours..I'm glad to be home

Oh man. I guess so! :(

1:14 am

oh gee ruru so sorry

1:14 am

Oops, not AZCentral, Yahoo news. My bad.

You wouldn't want to drive my car.

1:14 am

If I had been there I would have found a chair for you

Would be a killer on bad knees.

1:15 am

Oh Ruru- that is terrible

I would have too!

1:15 am

I can say one thing however

1:15 am

my son phoned from Quebec right after the quake to see how we were here -- I said "What quake?" He had heard a beep from his iPhone and CBC to say there had been one off Vancouver Island.

What's that ru?

1:15 am

haven't found that ae 8, but need to crash -- see you tomorrow )

1:16 am

good night nan glad you're okay

1:16 am

hairspray for women and hair gel for me are really in in the mid peninsula

1:16 am

gnight Nan

1:16 am

were you gasping for breath ruru?

It relates to the ae4,4 just before it, nan.

1:17 am

It was safari theme

1:17 am

Ruru , you couldn't get a wheel chair? Couldn't get crutches or even an ordinary chair? I hope you didn't do further damage to your knee.

1:17 am

I thought I dropped some acid or something

I hate hair gel and hairspray. Wouldn't do me any good anyway. Hey, when is that crazy hair theme?

1:18 am

did you go dresses as Tarzan?

Oh it's now?

Well, for tomorrow?

1:18 am

dressed*

1:18 am

women in leapord colored outfits..

I have some real bad hair photos of myself I can use, haha. Embarrassing but I'll change to one now.

1:18 am

the crazy hair theme is NOW, neil -- didn't you see mine or check my profile where I list all the themes???

1:18 am

westie.. come on

I just checked it a minute ago jilli, ys.

1:19 am

you know I can't get covered by a loin cloth

Yes, even. Geez.

1:19 am

you crack me up ruru lol

1:20 am

:D

1:21 am

jilli I googled crazy hairdos but they were all so ridiculous so I picked the cute kid

Ok, changed it. This is a little embarrassing. If I didn't crop it so closely you'd see more of my crazy, unruly hair... but I think this is enough to see why I usually keep it buzzed so short?

1:21 am

I really like the one you chose

Actually the full uncropped copy of this photo has someone else in it with even crazier hair... but can't use that.

Haha, that's cute, westford.

1:22 am

neil where did that curly hair come from?

I'm Jewish, westford.

hate to intyerupt curly hair and loin cloth chat but I have foreworks

1:23 am

I know that but not all Jewish people have hair that curly

Lots of our relatives have hair like that. Mom was lucky to get straight hair.

No, but it's very common with us.

1:23 am

Yay van !!

Congrats, vanillaslice.

oops fireworks

1:23 am

You have great hair, neil, not crazy at all. Lots of people would love to have hair like yours.

1:24 am

I wondered if it was from your mother's side or your father's side neil

1:24 am

you can say that again jilli

Ummm no, jilli. If I let it grow it's insane. Mad scientist hair... and I'm not even a scientist.

1:24 am

West, your little guy is a real cutie.

Mostly Mom's side.

1:24 am

Isn't he?

1:24 am

Congrats, vanilla!

1:25 am

Anti-frizz serum is a G-d send for those with naturally curly hair.

1:25 am

And I thought I'd founda really crazy hairdo but nobody noticed.

1:25 am

all the people who have curly hair want straight hair and vice versa

1:26 am

I did jilli I said I liked it

1:26 am

Tru dat westford!

1:26 am

Why do people with curly hair want straight and those with straight want curly?

1:26 am

wait till you see mine jilli

1:26 am

"Grass is greener" syndrome I'm thinking.

1:26 am

snap, west -- and sorry, I didn't see that -- may have been in the kitchen

1:27 am

somebody said you didn't have any, ruru

1:27 am

it was after you came back but there were several conversations going on at once..

ruuster, whatever hair you have left on your body, i am sure the short and curlies are not a view we need darling!

1:28 am

you're so baaad mrp lol

1:28 am

I still have hair on my head thank you

1:28 am

please ask doren

1:28 am

oh good, ruru

1:28 am

I have naturally curly hair and most of my life I've heard from complete strangers how much they envy my hair.

1:28 am

well, I think that's who gave me the idea you had none

hahaha!! good on dorens

1:29 am

kje started it actually jilli

1:29 am

I have the TV on and it's an infomercial for Hair Club lol

1:29 am

oh -- mised that. Now you'll hae to attend one of our NW gatherings and prove it.

i have hair... hair hair hair hair... should donate some to lickety ;)

1:30 am

ruru that's a great picture

ruuster, if I come to the USA, you better be there to pick me up hunny!

1:31 am

astronomy is my phantom tonight

1:32 am

you show up in California.. and I will pick you and the family up mr p.. anywhere

1:32 am

I have exactly zero words I'm diving in..

oh goodie! will make LA my first stop!

1:34 am

Then you will head north to Salt Spring, right?

jilli, I WILL be visiting you!

1:35 am

Stop[ping off, maybe, in Olympia -- ruru will drive you there too and join us all...

brb.. gotta look at the bathroom again

1:37 am

mr yu4 is mean..... mr yu4 is green!

1:37 am

in loo of what mr p

1:38 am

oh dear, ruru's at it again

1:39 am

oh, for today's theme i wish i had a scan of me great-great-grandparent's wedding photo. Her hair and headdress, though i'm sure fashionable in Bratislava at the time, oh the sight!

1:39 am

i approve of ruru's puns

1:39 am

sorry jilli.. don't worry it's seasonal.. it's di-urinal

1:39 am

good evening/morning, yall :)

1:39 am

sshhh, dc!

1:40 am

<---loves DC

1:40 am

heeheeheeeheehee

1:41 am

after all these years.. how have I lost all my ability to find words?

1:41 am

theres' bunch of ca4 through ca7 words relating to a style of singing and poetry.

1:42 am

I'm finding this harder than usual

1:42 am

ca 4.5.6.7.6.5

1:42 am

so am i, jilli

1:42 am

glad to hear I'm not the only one, dc

1:42 am

hi seain

1:43 am

hi, west

1:44 am

coming up for air. I saw what you said about your greatx3 grandparents wedding photo..how fortunate that you have that

1:44 am

three-card mo5, or a spanish peak

Ok it's not staying, but there's some even crazier hair.

1:44 am

oh foof, just found the volcano. Where is my mind?

Hi Seain.

1:45 am

did you see the buffalo jilli

1:45 am

ty dc for the mo5

1:45 am

thanks seain and jilli..I found my real name

1:45 am

thanks for the buffalo ruru

1:45 am

it was one of the things, along with a German wall clock that was a wedding gift, and their marriage certificate, in Hungarian and Slovak, that they brought with them on the trip to Philadelphia, eventually ending up in New Hope before moving to Cleveland at the insistence of my great-grandmother, their only child.

Ummm, anyone see what I said?

1:45 am

all our old friends are here

1:45 am

no, ruru -- and ty -- duh to me

1:45 am

ta, west :)

1:46 am

I saw that west, and it counts, too!

1:46 am

hi, neil, and no :)

1:47 am

scrolled back, and and now have seen.

1:48 am

not so crazy

Crazy enough.

1:48 am

cu5 is a spice

1:49 am

cu5.16 that is

1:49 am

yeah .. a little.. but..

1:49 am

neil how old are you in that picture?

1:49 am

ah, new picture, neil, and yes, that's crazier

1:50 am

oh didn't see the new one

Oh, I would've been 23 there.

1:51 am

the hairy-nosed dolphin is here too, I see

1:52 am

thanks jilli

1:52 am

yw west

1:52 am

wouldn't it be wonderful to be 23 again

1:52 am

I think you will always look young neil

1:53 am

23 was not a happy time for me as a 50s housewife with a 2-yr-old

1:53 am

Ack! To be 23 again?

1:54 am

I was just getting married...

1:54 am

I had 3 babies and one on the way

1:54 am

wow..

1:54 am

not me

1:55 am

I was in a new city with no money and no family or friends and a very busy hubby

Oh that must've been hard jilli.

1:56 am

hmm

1:56 am

that doesn't sound good jilli

1:56 am

I often think how nice it would have been in those days to have the internet

1:56 am

It was awful but it all worked out in the end.

1:57 am

The 50s were a bad time for those of us who were not June Cleaver

1:58 am

you didn't wear high heals and pearls to do the dishes?

1:58 am

not quite, west, lol!

1:59 am

I need the stats for the bottom right n for nbt please

2:00 am

ni 5/10

2:00 am

ni5/10, west

2:00 am

thank you diz

2:00 am

yw

2:00 am

beaten to the punch again

2:01 am

lol Jilli

That's better.

2:05 am

night all.. I have to call it a day.

ni5,10

Good night ruru, take care.

2:06 am

night ruru -- TAKE CARE!

2:07 am

G'night, ruru

2:21 am

ok, over halfway and I want my pillow -- goodnight all...*poof

2:22 am

G'night, jilli

2:23 am

thanks for the ni 5/10 I now have nbt..got it right at the 'burp' so I was checking email

2:23 am

good night jilli if I'm not too late

2:48 am

West, are you still here?

2:48 am

I am

2:48 am

trying to find an 8 before I give up

2:49 am

Oh, good luck at that...wait I have an 8...

2:49 am

no 8/45

2:49 am

I'll give you 5 bucks for that lol

2:49 am

sa8/45 - the sort of place where you might find a bargain (compound)

2:50 am

not + ethical

2:50 am

thank you haz 5 pounds for you..or are you doing euros now?

2:51 am

Thanks for the sa8, Haz

2:51 am

We're holding on to the pound sterling!

2:51 am

The other 8 is ae8/55.

2:51 am

good idea

2:52 am

yay for me I have all 3

2:52 am

thank you very much

2:53 am

Yay for you, west!

2:53 am

still have 94 for later

2:53 am

You're welcome, westford.

2:53 am

I've been talking on the phone...have 180 left :-)

2:53 am

I actually finished the grid from hell yesterday

2:54 am

It wasn't the nicest grid we've ever seen.

2:54 am

I would like to announce that we had sunshine today

2:55 am

I'm expecting a blizzard any day now

2:56 am

It's being so cheerful keeps you going, westford!

2:56 am

Could I have a hint for the second half of the ae 8, please?

2:56 am

I just might get my walk to the beach

2:57 am

It's the ending of the word used to study stars.

2:57 am

Thanks, Haz!

2:57 am

You're welcome.

I just got calls from friends! They are coming for dinner and I ain't cooking... so wonderful

2:58 am

Good news for you, mrp!

2:58 am

that is nice jellen will it be pot luck?

2:58 am

oh I mean mrp

3:00 am

thanks for the help jellen and haz and now to bed

3:00 am

*poof*

3:00 am

Sleep well.

3:00 am

G'night west

night west!

thanks jellen! Looking forward to some traditional Indian food!

3:02 am

Ooh, I like Indian food...

it is a little butter chicken, a little allu mattar paneer and beef vindaloo! with garlic naan... of course!!

3:07 am

Mmmm...naan sounds good right now...

3:07 am

good morning everybody

3:07 am

Hi, ruby!

morning ruby!!

I love naan... garlic especially!

3:08 am

brb

it soaks up the butter chicken just right!

how you going ruby??

3:10 am

not sure yet, just finished breakfast

3:11 am

how about you, mrp? are you truly up and around and (hopefully) without pain?

OMG! The epidemic of children smoking in Indonesia... we had a story about it here a couple of months ago... and it has been found (evidence) that the country has an endemic problem... children smoking as young as 3 to treat ADD and ADHD

ha ruby! breakfast is the break of the day!!

3:12 am

that is shocking, mrp

Am still laid up hunny... at least 3 more weeks to go

3:13 am

long recuperation! but, hopefully, when it's over, you'll be better than new!

what is with the smoking kids?? that is incredible... I guess they don't have the education to deal with it.

3:16 am

Very strange...to treat ADD?

3:16 am

hello jellen!

3:22 am

Just added a pic of my latest potential beau to my profile :-)

3:23 am

will check after; that is good news, jellen

3:24 am

Hope so, ruby...we've just been out once, but I have a good feeling about him...

3:26 am

sending good vibes your way!

3:30 am

hah, my real name is in here, only for the second time!

3:30 am

So it is!

3:31 am

I will take it as a good sign

3:32 am

do you have a clue for the bottom n?

3:32 am

for nbt

3:33 am

ni 5/10 = number before ten -e + not off

3:33 am

slap me with a mackeral. I was looking for that word, but didn't see it

3:33 am

thanks

3:34 am

You're welcome!

3:34 am

see you later in lex!

3:34 am

*poof*

3:34 am

bye!

hi everyone/anyone can I have a clue for the 8s please

3:51 am

ae 8/55 = plane prefix + astro**** (science of stars)

3:52 am

no 8/45 = not + ethical

3:53 am

sa 8/45 = place where samples are displayed or bargains are found

thanks Jellen - Brilliant

3:55 am

You're welcome!

4:15 am

Hey all...It worked! I changed my profile pic to match the theme of crazy hair for today :)

4:19 am

Hello, boa

4:23 am

I'm off to sleep for a few hours...

4:24 am

Howdy back. Sleep well :)

5:30 am

nano, omni, foro, rosa, tonka, anno, domini... are all “words” I wish were accepted by this game’s dictionary *sigh*

5:56 am

Done for now. Back to my book. Boa noite todos.

6:17 am

way to drive the rest of us nuts :)

6:31 am

hello again. Didn't even get to half this AM

6:39 am

yay, half, and nap time

6:44 am

gm

6:45 am

waiting for the sun to come up so that I can do my 10 miles training this morning

6:54 am

Morning KJE, hope the training session goes well.

6:55 am

thanks moll

7:10 am

good morning!

7:11 am

I would appreciate help with the bottom right N..

7:11 am

will look deb

7:12 am

n+ not out + not off

7:12 am

thanks molly

7:12 am

thank you Molly :)

7:12 am

: )

7:12 am

Thanks, Molly.

7:12 am

i haven't seen any sign of an 8, does anybody else have any?

7:13 am

ty

7:13 am

thanks molly, never heard of it!

7:13 am

road

7:14 am

no 8/45, ae 8/55, sa 8/45

7:14 am

oops!!

7:14 am

i was afraid one would be ae...

7:19 am

ae+**w your boat+Deutero****

7:20 am

thanks grant :)

7:20 am

thank Morewords...

7:21 am

thanks grant, any clues for the other 8's?

7:21 am

working on it

7:21 am

no8 - wrong, sinful

7:22 am

thanks hurshv

7:23 am

thanks, hurshy

7:24 am

sa+**t it be+operating ro**

7:25 am

thanks grant

7:26 am

yw, are there still other 8's?

7:26 am

no that's it

7:28 am

I'm sorry, not getting the no8

7:29 am

*****ity is a code of ethics. Someone who has none is no*

7:29 am

or no8

7:29 am

thank you :)

7:30 am

: )

7:32 am

the mama newt said happily to the papa newt, as they gazed upon their eggs, "we'll have our own little *** ****"

7:32 am

having trouble with the last I in the fourth row

7:32 am

(ef7)

7:33 am

thanks hurshy :)

7:34 am

in+portal

7:35 am

thanks Bea

7:35 am

i have that one.....

7:35 am

id5/14

7:37 am

****ana Jones + calci** is good for your bones

7:38 am

Sorry, that doesn't come from the fourth row I

7:38 am

thank you again

7:38 am

but i didn't have it

7:40 am

i + ***dle of the road

7:40 am

anoae

7:40 am

oops, not a word anyway

7:40 am

morning, all!

7:41 am

ty

7:41 am

morning :)

7:42 am

hi, deb!

7:42 am

Morning, Sue.

7:42 am

hi all

7:42 am

Hey, carlee.

7:42 am

hi carlee

7:42 am

hi carlee

7:43 am

hi, bea, annie, and carlee!

7:43 am

hi bea, annie and deb

7:43 am

hi there sue

7:43 am

hi sue

7:43 am

still need some I's from the very last column.... can't figure anything out

7:43 am

( sue..i had a minor heart attack when i got my text book for physics...I am NOT sure how its going to go.... for physics course for NON science students its chuck full of functions and calculus )

7:44 am

i+ pala**** pony

7:44 am

yayayay!

7:44 am

calculus, eh? well, please let me know if you need help with anything! If you send me the name of the book I might be able to get a copy (or i might already have it)

7:45 am

vibrations and waves by george C. King

7:45 am

ok, I don't have that one but will look it up

7:46 am

who's the publisher?

7:46 am

( i havent done calculus in 20 odd years )

7:47 am

wiley

7:47 am

nm, I found it

7:48 am

it's wiley - I've done some work for them so shouldn't have any trouble getting them to send me the book

7:49 am

i have physics first class on monday ( yay..what a way to start back at school...first class is physics!!!! )

7:50 am

and then i have this stupid lame history class that i ONLY took to be in my home college for lecture..and they flippin put me in main campus for..women's history in the workforce....seriously?....

7:51 am

well, should be an easy A, at least!

7:51 am

tonnes of other history courses i WANTED to take..but i thought..i should take this one to be in home college for a couple credits

7:51 am

there are 5 essays, 1 book report..and 2 exams with 45 articles to read and its a 1/2 course

7:52 am

up side...means none of them are weighted heavily... or only one is....

7:53 am

morning, help with right column N pls

7:53 am

Good morning Kat, Sue and Peri!

7:53 am

hi scrabs :)

7:53 am

did u have a good borthday hun?

7:53 am

hi peri, ni5---curtain material, very sheer

7:53 am

ni + not out + not off

7:54 am

Hi Scrabbs

7:54 am

Hi Annie & Bobby.

7:54 am

Happy belated birthday Scrabbs.

7:54 am

TY Molly

7:54 am

ty nbt and nbs bbl

7:54 am

Yes, I actually had a nice week and my youngest sister ordered me a Nook Color which should arrive in a few days.

7:55 am

Bobby says "hi" back to you, Scrabbs. He is happy, the Mets won

7:55 am

Is there a Mets game today for him to watch?

7:56 am

Yes, there is but we might we going out today. Mets are playing in the afternoon. I have to help him hang an old fashioned Coke sign in his room

7:56 am

I just found a spice.

7:56 am

be back soon

7:57 am

hi, scrags!

7:57 am

*scrabs

Summer is a***** in.

7:57 am

need my morning coffee :-(

7:57 am

i need foodage....and coffee..but am lazy and still in bed

7:57 am

It's OK, Sue. I know what you meant to type.

7:57 am

Hi Kaplan

Hi. 75 left. Long day.

7:58 am

hi, kap!

7:58 am

I had a mug of coffee but no breakfast yet and I woke up 2 hrs ago when a 10 lb rabbit named Tucker jumped into my bed for some attention.

7:59 am

hi kap

7:59 am

well, that would get some attention :-)

I had a dream my old cat could talk.

7:59 am

( at least isnt a 70 pound dog that did the same to me scrabs)

7:59 am

Yes, Carlee!

7:59 am

English, Kaplan?

It could repeat numbers.

8:00 am

<---- carlee been thinking of scrabs alot as she reads watership down

8:01 am

That's on my shelf to read. Do you know that I never read it?

8:02 am

its beautifully written....but....so far ( 115 pages in ) its working as a sedative am afraid... not much of a page turner for me... but i am glad i am reading it...

8:03 am

I scanned it many yrs ago and knew I would have trouble remembering those names.

8:03 am

stopping in to urge carlee to keep reading - it's a wonderful book- loved reading it many years ago, totally immersed in their world

8:04 am

the names arent bad... i just have a hard time envisioning this whole little rabbit society...

8:04 am

lovely names, if I remember, names of trees, leaves, bushes Hawthorn, Hazel

8:04 am

Buon giorno amica j!

8:04 am

( i have no choice jbv..required reading )

8:04 am

Ciao, Scrabbs!

8:04 am

hazel, fiver, bigwig, silver

8:05 am

Yes, we loved them all

8:05 am

i hope to finish today so i can read harriet the spy tomorrow

8:05 am

I have lived with at le5 one rabbit (and up to 4) since 1983. Their personalities and behaviors are fascinating.

8:05 am

and after that, carlee, I'll also recommend the Mattimeo series (for slightly younger readers, I think)

8:05 am

no rabbits, just medieval mice :)

8:05 am

Oh, this is the Childrens' Literature class?

8:06 am

( JBV.... i now have an entire shelf of reading for my courses...)

8:06 am

Redwall, etc? I re4 Redwall to my nephews and would love to read the entire series.

8:06 am

yes... it is scrabs

8:06 am

well, I would never classify Harriet the Spy in the same category of "literature" as Watership Down, but yes, that's it

8:06 am

Yes, Redwall - read all of them

8:06 am

And "The Wind in the Willows."

8:06 am

Wow, JBV. There must be close to 20 now?

8:07 am

OMG, just ready in NYT that "Super Fly" is in development for Broadway!!

8:07 am

oh really? I have not kept up... I think I read 3 or 4

8:07 am

GM, Une. My Columbine seeds have all germinated in the pots!

8:08 am

"music by ’70s-era soul, funk, and R&B artists"

8:08 am

I also read everything my son read all the way through high school, many things I had read myself, a lot of new ones, I am not too impressed by what "young adult fiction" has to offer

8:08 am

scrabs, that's so exciting!

8:08 am

columbines are so pretty!

8:08 am

yay, scrabs!

8:08 am

after the drought ended this week with 5" of rain, I have 3 red spider lilies that just popped up :-)

8:09 am

lets see...required reading for this class is...watership down, secret garden harriet the spy ...some assorted robert munsch, alice in wonderland, alice through the looking glass, the lion the witch and the wardrobe the hobbitthe sotry of the treasure seekers,sunburst, the priincess and the goblin and a wizard of earth sea, tom sawyer, and a load of hans christian anderson stories

8:09 am

I harvested the seeds from the pods and planted them a few wks ago. I am going to do the same with lily seeds.

8:09 am

you've got quite a mix there carlee - what age group are you aiming for?

8:09 am

LOTS of reading, Kat.

8:09 am

scrabs, you're GOOD!!

8:09 am

its the course....childrens literature

8:09 am

my blackberry lilies are setting seeds as we speak!

8:10 am

have fun, back to childhood, enjoy it!

8:10 am

wonderful selections, carlee :-)

8:10 am

I'm reading the Brothers Karamazov right now - falling in love with Dostoevsky

8:10 am

I don't know why it has taken me so long to harvest seeds of my existing plants.

8:11 am

well, growing from seeds takes patience -- you obviously have more than I :-)

8:11 am

that on top of this history course... and a physics course that is looking like is all calculus and functions ( for NON science students even )

8:11 am

scrabs have you ever collected seeds from lily of hte valley- they have bright red pods right now

8:11 am

altho I encourage my flowers to self-seed LOL

8:11 am

One of my co-workers is a master gardener and she brought some cuttings in a vase. There are 4 types of gorgeous sunflowers that I have never seen before.

8:11 am

OMG my lily of the valley is taking over my beds!

8:11 am

oh, how wonderful, scrabs!

8:11 am

Greetings to all!!!!

8:12 am

Do you speak to your flowers about that, Une?

8:12 am

hey, mm!!

8:12 am

i love lilly of the valley

8:12 am

Hi movieman :)

8:12 am

I like them, Une, but I know what you mean, they spread, but mine are in a corner where they don't bother any other flowers :)

8:12 am

we do have the occasional whispered chats :-)

8:12 am

me too, carlee :-)

8:12 am

Lily of the Valley have a lovely scent

8:12 am

I have no lily-of-the-valley, just tiger lilies, day lilies and something-doro lily.

8:12 am

Hi MM

8:12 am

anyway... back to watership... i will pop in from time to time to chat...am afraid the grids will wait until may for the most part

8:13 am

i agree, annie -- just delightful

8:13 am

Not to boast or anything, but last year I managed to read all the Harry Potter books in the space of a single week

8:13 am

I have a day lily in a pot on my terrace..I love it

8:13 am

Pop in to chat occ, Kat.

8:13 am

bye carlee, and hi and bye to Annie - have to run, be back later, good luck everyone

8:13 am

Bye JBV

8:13 am

when my mom first gave me some lily of the valley years ago, it was with the admonition, "you know, they'll take over" -- and YAY, love that they've spread like crazy LOL

8:13 am

LOL, I played in4/4 in a Scrabble game earlier today.

8:13 am

carlee, good luck in school this year !

8:14 am

oh i will scrabs... wont be in morning tho...all my classes start at 9...and i have the 1 hour drive to school..so am leaving at 7 am to ensure i dont get too snarled in rush hour traffic

8:14 am

thanks annie...

8:14 am

hey, annie -- am transporting 4 hound mix pups this afternoon :-)

8:14 am

I have some other ground cover that has taken over--tiny green round leaves.

8:15 am

Une, I am happy to hear that the hounds will have a good home

8:15 am

I have a salvia and I would love to get some seeds from this plant...how would I do that?

8:16 am

In front I have Creeping Jenny, but I should search for what I have out back. I have Salvia plants too.

8:16 am

Yay for Une and rescued dogs!

8:16 am

and can they germinate (if that is the right word to use) in6s in the winter?

8:17 am

they are this absolutely beautiful red-orange color

8:17 am

Annie, google "harvest salvia seeds" -- LOTS of info!

8:18 am

Will do...thanks Une...I am always googling, why didnt I think of that

8:18 am

google is my answer to everything LOL

8:18 am

I have purple Salvia.

8:20 am

well, now they're calling them border collie mixes instead of hounds -- 3 brothers and a sister

8:21 am

gee, i'm over half way already! much easier grid today

8:21 am

Siblings! Cute.

8:22 am

this is the little girl: http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/206 43716

8:22 am

It's hard to believe that tmrw is 10 yrs since 9/11. That day, and the ensuing days, are so vivid in my brain.

8:23 am

Yes, 10 years...there is a column of blue light coming up from where the towers were

8:23 am

Adorable pup.

8:23 am

Did you know any victims, Annie?

8:23 am

i agree, scrabs :-)

8:24 am

Yes, We lost a fireman who lived in our building and a young woman who was an airline steward whose father thought it was dangerous so he talked her into taking a job in the towers and she perished. More than sad.

8:24 am

yikes -- gotta get ready for soup kitchen bd mtg -- later! *poof*

8:25 am

Bye Une

8:25 am

good morning dear friends

8:25 am

Oh God Annie, that is a sad story.

8:25 am

Hey Trif.

8:25 am

Hi Trif :)

8:26 am

hi, trif!

8:26 am

Annie, my sister lives in Bergen County, NJ and recalls the numerous daily obits of victims in their local newspaper. And her next-do4 neighbor was on the phone with a Ca6-Fitzgerald worker and suddenly the line went dead.

8:27 am

My friend Riva walked down 82 floors. As soon as the plane hit the first tower her boss said "OUT" and they left. He saved her life.

8:27 am

hello dear friends! So nice to have a chance to babble! I really, really miss my laptop....not having it is cutting way down on my babble time!

8:27 am

Hi Trif. How has the start of the school yr gone so far? How is Primo?

8:27 am

Hi scrabbler! School year seems off to a good start for the girls, and Primo is deliriously happy at college...all is well

8:27 am

Smart decision, Annie.

8:27 am

Oh Scrabbs, that gave me the chills

8:27 am

ar

8:27 am

very good to hear, trif!

8:28 am

LOL at "deliriously happy." Freedom, living with peers, no adult supervision, studying art---fun!

8:28 am

hmmm. not to mention the "penis shaped pasta" one of his roommates made for dinner last night! God help us ALL

8:29 am

Silly kids.

8:29 am

Oh that is so "college". I remember the giant, penis shaped snow sculptures I used to see on campus after a big snow fall.

8:30 am

he and I have a pact to not see each other or speak on the phone for two weeks, unless it's an emergency....facebook, texting, etc. are all fine though.

8:30 am

LOL holly!

8:30 am

Molly, sorry....no glasses!

8:30 am

Why Trif?

8:30 am

we are really, really close, and this is going to help both of us, I think.

8:31 am

X

8:31 am

VA

8:31 am

I can't be running up there all the time, and he can't be running home every weekend. It's time for him to fly. I told him he can fly past me, but he can never fly beyond me....

8:32 am

Wise words, Trif.

8:33 am

don't for a SECOND think it's not killing me! At least twenty times a day I think of some flimsy reason to leg it up to Boston...have resisted all impulses thus far....

8:33 am

Guten Morgen Freundin Inge!

8:34 am

Good for you, Trif. One of my friends spoke with her college daughter (out-of-town) every morning and every evening.

8:35 am

off topic, but running reminded me....do you guys use the term "book" for going really fast? As in, "I was late for work yesterday, so I had to BOOK across town!"

8:35 am

I am wondering if it is a Bostonian thing

8:39 am

it's not bostonian, i don't think, because cher uses it in clueless, and that's in CA.

8:39 am

thanks hurshy!

8:43 am

Sorry, listening to mother ramble on phone. Yes, we say, "Let's book it."

8:44 am

scrabbler, enjoy her rambling....one day you will long to hear it!

8:44 am

Good morning all

8:45 am

Yes, that's what I remind myself. She goes off on tangents, complains, whines, criticizes my father...

8:45 am

morning boo!

8:45 am

Hi Boo

8:45 am

oh dear! okay, maybe THAT you won't miss!

8:48 am

I just listen. It's a long story, but we have never been close, so I don't discuss anything serious or personal.

8:49 am

gosh, just ignore me then, please...I shouldn't have butted in....

8:50 am

Good morrning

8:50 am

It is one of my greatest hurts of my life. I envy friends that have close relationships with their mothers.

8:50 am

Happy Satuday Friends.

8:50 am

Hi hego

8:51 am

Oh, Scrabs, I had the same thing with my mother.

8:51 am

It is very sad, indeed.

8:52 am

(((Scrabs))) (((Hego)))

8:52 am

Hi Molly, hugs to you

8:52 am

Mental illness has had a profound effect since I was a kid. And I must remind myself that I can't fix it nor am I responsible for it.

8:53 am

Right!

8:53 am

It's just very sad.

8:53 am

Hi Hego

8:53 am

Very difficult

8:53 am

Hi Boo

8:54 am

BRB, I must get breakfast. Anybody want something? Oatmeal? Yogurt? Toast? Coffee? Tea?

8:54 am

Scrabs, that is so hard!!! My mother and I were just starting to develop a relationship as adults when she died - I was 22 - I have mostly good memories of her (we fought a lot when I was a teenager, but what else is new?). I am very glad to have those memories.

8:54 am

and I will take some oatmeal and yogurt, thanks! :-)

8:54 am

I would love a cuppa, scrabs, please upload me one!

8:54 am

and hi, hego and boo!

8:54 am

tea would be nice.

8:54 am

Hi Sue

8:55 am

and hurshy!

8:55 am

TY for your orders.

8:55 am

Scrabbs, If I am being out of line please say so, does your mother have mental issues...asking for a reason

8:55 am

lol Scrabs

8:58 am

Scrabs, you are a remarkably well balanced person having grown up with that scenario between you and your Mom. I know several people who are not so fortunate.

8:59 am

Yes, she does. Two breakdowns when I was growing up. And, yes, dealing with adversity has made me a compassionate, resilient person

9:00 am

Thank you for answering...you are a wonderful human being

9:00 am

Clue for ae 8 please

9:00 am

we must create the life we want and deserve rather than be angry and sad about what we didn't have as kids.

9:01 am

ae + ast****** is the study of the stars

9:01 am

TY, Molly. New word for me.

9:01 am

Amen Scrabs. So many people carry undue emotional baggage from their past. And that is crippling to the spirit.

9:01 am

scrabbs, as so we must...kidstuff is in the past and sometimes we need help to get us past the hard times

9:02 am

ty Molly. You are a cluer supreme!

9:02 am

I have a constant hurt and have had longterm help!

9:03 am

In the last year of her life my mom went on Lexapro and became a whole different person.

9:03 am

She lived to 92 and had just one good year.

9:03 am

Once when I needed help the psychologist told me that something that was hidden from me was unjust and unfair to me and that one remark jumped me hurdles past years of hurt.

9:04 am

My mother has not seen a doctor in probably 25 yrs, distrusts doctors, is critical of doctors, should take a med, and has made her choices.

9:04 am

But it was great to have a nice time with her for that short time.

9:04 am

hego, you had that year :)

9:04 am

Annie, sometimes we just need to hear someone else say that. It's amazing.

9:04 am

Both of you were lucky.

9:04 am

Scrabs we sneaked it in with her other pills.

9:05 am

She never knew what it was.

9:05 am

Just to have a kind, nonjudgmental person to listen is wonderful.

9:05 am

Good for you, Hego!

9:05 am

: )

9:05 am

Ty Molly

9:06 am

Yay I just passed halfway.

9:06 am

I have to leave and help Bobby move some plants...bye you dear babblers

9:06 am

Yay scrabs!

9:06 am

Bye Annie

9:07 am

Bye Annie. Enjoy the day.

9:08 am

I forgot to say that I brought out the breakfast tray. Help yourself to coffee, tea, oatmeal, yogurt, etc.

9:08 am

ty Scrabs

9:08 am

Scrabs, did you have a good B'day?

9:10 am

Yes, I celebrated with Mary's kids on Tuesday, had dinner with 4 friends on Wed, and my NJ sister called to say she ordered a Nook Color for me.

9:11 am

That's great!

9:11 am

howdy everone:)

9:11 am

I love my ereader.

9:11 am

Hi Crossy

9:12 am

you will love your nook scrabbs,i cherish mine.have over 150 books on it as well as a few hundred songs and a bunch of pictures

9:12 am

ae-8 +plane +end of stargazing

9:12 am

Crossy!! How are you, Bacon Boy? Did you read below? I am getting a Nook Color so4. I am looking at accessories to buy.

9:13 am

get a cover for it and a reading light.i found a clip on light for my nook at wally mart for 8 dollars

9:13 am

Oooo a light. that's a good idea!

9:14 am

I found a bundle of accessories on Amazon--case, car charger, light, etc, for $25

9:14 am

sounds good,but make sure you get a cover for it

9:14 am

Now I'm excited!

9:15 am

Covers are a must.

9:15 am

i have dropped my many times and thank my luck i have a good sturdy cover for it

9:15 am

Screen protector = cover?

9:16 am

me too Crossy

9:16 am

no

9:16 am

a cover,like a book cover

9:16 am

like a binder for your nook

9:16 am

they sell them and the B+N site

9:17 am

I have looked at many. Do you use a stylus?

9:17 am

no scrabbler,my nook is a first gen model and not the full screen

9:17 am

i have the 2 inch colour screen at the bottom

9:18 am

the beauty of the nook,is eash of file transfer,the fact it runs best with Epub files,and the fact that the battery,if need,be is consumer replacable

9:19 am

and you can cram a 16 gig mico sd card into it and you will never lack for space

9:19 am

Yes, I read about the microSD card.

9:20 am

will all the stuff i listed thats in mine atm,i am just over 3/4 full with the onboard memory and have not even gotten to the micro sd space

9:21 am

i can also store my paperwork files for household and work on it

9:21 am

thing is my constant companion

9:22 am

i keep all my nook files backed up on a 8 gig usb flash key just in case

9:23 am

kk,lol,crossy will stop gushing bout his nook now

9:24 am

yours will be even better scrabbs,with its full colour touch screen it will almost be like having a tablet/reader

9:25 am

Yes, it is an affordable "iPad2."

9:26 am

indeed

9:26 am

this your first e-reader scrabbs?

9:26 am

i have a sony reader. was given to me by my favorite cousin as of now lol.. like the ease of putting books on from library

9:27 am

my mrs uses a sny e-reader

9:27 am

sony

9:27 am

hers is the short lived prs-700 full screen touch with built in side lighting

9:28 am

oh nice.. im still getting used to mine

9:28 am

I just have an old Kindle, but it goes everywhere I do.

9:29 am

kindle will be updating so u can get books from a library

9:29 am

they do have a way of getting irreplaceable fast

9:29 am

i hope so ivesy,everyone else can run epubs

9:29 am

Ivesy ther are so many books now I can hardly get to them

9:30 am

What with Babbling and all. lol

9:30 am

lol hego.. i know.. my head spins when i think of all the books i want to read

9:30 am

Yes, this will be my first e-reader.

9:30 am

scrabbs will be able to babble on her nook colour

9:30 am

Right!

9:30 am

Me too, Ivesy.

9:30 am

our director went to a meeting and kindle is finally getting on board

9:30 am

You'll love it Scrabs.

9:30 am

crossy is only 20 books behind atm;0

9:31 am

lol

9:31 am

and scrabby you can toss all your medical texts on it including diagrams by usiong pdf files

9:31 am

I am a reading fanatic--books, magazines, the web...

9:31 am

seems like the older i get, the more books i want to read.. even in our childrens room, so many good chapter books i havent read

9:32 am

Should I buy a 32g micro Sd or will 16g be more than enough?

9:32 am

16 will be more than enough

9:32 am

but get a top wuality sd card..pny,sandisk etc kodak

9:32 am

Ok--21.20 on Amazon

9:32 am

quality

9:33 am

I have read so few of the "classics."

9:33 am

crossy loves gutemberg.com

9:33 am

gutenberg

9:33 am

Yep, SanDisk is my pick.

9:33 am

wife is reading jack london books atm

9:34 am

white fang,call of the wild,the cruise of the dazzler,sea wolf etc

9:34 am

im trying to read wuthering heights . and hard times by dickens

9:34 am

I have about 24 real books to catch up on.

9:34 am

Both excellent!

9:35 am

quite an undertaking crossy

9:35 am

me scrab lol

9:35 am

And MANY on my Amazon wish list.

9:35 am

how can anyone not want to read!! lol

9:35 am

The mind Boggles!!!

9:36 am

amazon can put me broke with my wish list

9:36 am

I know many people, more so males, that are not readers. Videogames, TV dominate time for them.

9:36 am

Oh, yes!

9:36 am

I have a Chase Amazon credit card and earn points to use on Amazon, even right at checkout.

9:37 am

trying to figure out how my amazon bill got so hgh.. then i look at my orders oh yeah thats how

9:37 am

Hmmm maybe I should get one of thase, Scrabs.

9:38 am

I buy from Amazon a lot.

I do too

9:38 am

me too hego.. my fave site.

hi everybuddy

9:38 am

You get 3 points for spending $ on Amazon, and 1 or 2 for other purchases, and there are quarterly incentives, e.g. gas purchases.

9:38 am

i would be lost without my books

9:39 am

i get my books from freebooks.com,gutemberg,and err..other sources

9:39 am

Me too. My shelves are overflowing. I need to declutter by throwing out old medical texts, journals.

9:40 am

often get uncorrected editor e-book proofs for free as well

9:40 am

can u dowload books from freebooks crossy?

9:40 am

there are many free e-book sites out there ivesy

9:41 am

Hubby and I just cleaned out all the old outdated texts, Scrabs

9:41 am

Recycled them.

9:41 am

even if you can only read them and not dl them,all you do is copy and paste the entire thing to a open format using open office or windows office,then use the calibre program to turn it to pdf or epub

9:42 am

calbre is your best friend

9:42 am

calibre*

9:42 am

then just drag and drop into your reader

9:43 am

store run brb

9:43 am

I just bookmarked the Calibre site. TY, Crossy.

9:44 am

it is such a god program i would pay for it,nut it is free

9:45 am

hi again, all!

9:45 am

Welcome back, Sue

9:45 am

more books, crossy? can't keep up with the ones I have...waiting for retirement, then I can catch up :-)

9:46 am

You have to get an ereader , Sue

9:46 am

I have one, hego, can't keep up with those either :-)

9:47 am

: )

9:47 am

They make it WORSE.

9:49 am

I also have three different e-readers on my phone

9:50 am

Bye for now. BBL

9:51 am

kindle (which I also have on my computer), something called "books", kobo, and the reader that came with the phone.

9:51 am

Bye Hego

9:51 am

so I guess that is four.

morning babblers. clue for the re 8 pls?

9:51 am

and bye, hego!

re 6, please

9:52 am

I don't see myself retiring til age 75 or so, if I am still alive then.

9:52 am

Hi Owl

9:52 am

I was figuring on 70

9:52 am

I have a nook..and I am reading a book called The Hunt. It is very good.

9:52 am

and hi, TO!

9:53 am

Hi TO and Owl

9:54 am

TO, you better have a good re6 for asking for that clue

9:54 am

sue i retired, got a job at the library and now have books at my finger tips lol.. mind boggling

9:54 am

ooh, that's a good idea, ivesy!

wow ty molly

9:54 am

and thanks for the re, molly!

9:55 am

of course, as a professor emeritus I will still be able to use the university library (which I don't have much time for at the moment)

9:55 am

and hello sue, molly , temple , boo and anyone i missed

9:56 am

Hi ivesy

9:56 am

I guess I'm hopelessly old fashioned. I just can't get jazzed about e-readers. I still prefer real books.

9:57 am

i do too molly. i have some on my reader. but my house has books in every room

9:57 am

Real books are still ok to read as It is what you prefer to read.

9:57 am

Between the time I spend playing this game, and the part-time computer work I do, I have enough "screen time".

10:00 am

I prefer real books too, molly, but the e-reader is nice when I am traveling (especially by plane)

10:06 am

Good Morning Everybody! We have another beautiful day here (sorry for you folks on the east coast; but your bad weather is causing our nice weather here)

10:06 am

Ditto for me, Sue

10:07 am

It is beautiful here, in western NY state. In fact, it is time to go walk in the park. 94 to find later

10:07 am

hi and bye Scrabs

10:09 am

bye, scrabs!

10:09 am

and hi, nef! My son is in Minneapolis for the weekend!

10:10 am

What's he doing here, Sue? I hope he knows a local who can show him the sights! :-)

10:11 am

He's visiting friends and going to a concert (by a group whose name I can't remember). He spent two years there going to school, graduated a year ago June.

10:12 am

so he still has lots of friends there, and knows at least some of the sights (the ones he could walk to) - he lived in the Loring Park area

10:12 am

Hi Nef

Good morning Sue! At least I think it is. [still not awake yet]

10:12 am

Well, he should know the Cities fairly well then. It's so nice here that this is the time to visit

10:13 am

hi Boo abd Neil

Hi Nef.

10:14 am

hi, neil! still morning here - just finished my breakfast

10:15 am

Clue for ar 5/12 please

We haven't had ours yet... I'm the only one awake here so far, haha. Just having coffee.

10:16 am

ar + the last three of what you use Preparation H for

What time zone are you in, Sue?

10:16 am

central (Babble time!!)

10:16 am

ae8?

10:17 am

Ty Molly

Oh, ok. Then you're a couple of hours ahead of us.

10:17 am

ae + ast***** is the study of the stars

10:17 am

thx, molly!

10:18 am

wow what a word

10:19 am

it's the study of the upper atmosphere

10:19 am

thanks, Molly. That gives me NBS (and I already had NBT)

10:20 am

Molly, what time do you start the grid? You always seem to be giving difficult clues in the AM whenever I'm here! :-)

10:20 am

oh, right, me too, nef!

Sorry I wasn't quicker with clues... I've been back and forth here.

10:21 am

nice new icon, neil

10:21 am

It depends Nef. I do most of it early in the morning. Whenever I get up.

10:21 am

hello everybody

10:21 am

half this AM

Nice, ruby? Ugh. I hate this photo, haha! My hair... uh, that's NOT a crazy hair-do, it's a crazy hair-don't! You can see why I usually keep it very short.

I only put it there because of the icon theme.

10:24 am

neil, my nephew has the super curly hair too and he keeps it very short also. I (and probably most women) am very envious of all the hair and how curly it is!

10:25 am

I'm in the grid today, only the second time it's happened (my real name, lol)

10:25 am

there we go,all the bird feeders filled:) if you do not keep them topped up,they hop right on the window sills and tease the hell out of the cats

10:25 am

((RUBY))

10:25 am

hahah {{crossy}}

10:26 am

hi, ruby!

10:26 am

I thought of NB when I saw that Ruby.

10:26 am

and the ae8 word is now in the physics babblets list :-)

10:26 am

our dogs think the bird feeder is a floorshow; ruby watches for hours

10:26 am

{{sue}}

10:26 am

*sigh* I miss him.

10:26 am

yes, so true, makes me feel like it's a sign.....

10:26 am

he's saying hello

10:27 am

crossy misses jesse as well

10:27 am

phantom:arnica

Envious, Nef? I don't think anyone would want hair as coarse and curly as this?!

10:28 am

raising hand, I would, I would!!!!

10:29 am

well, I'm being scolded by the cats right now: dtr went out of town and either didn't clean the cat box or leave f4/8 out I imagine. :-( BBS after I find and fix their problem.

I doubt you would if you had it, ruby! Grass is always greener and all that, y'know?

10:29 am

too funny, nef!

10:30 am

my hair is fine, thin and straight, neil and EVERY hairdresser all of my life has felt that they HAD to tell me that!

Oh cats will let you know when they're not happy about something!

My dad and stepmom have cats.

10:30 am

your name is actually a word, too, ruby! cool!

10:30 am

mine is fine, thin and very curly -- takes a really good hairdresser to cut it properly

10:30 am

NOW to deal with the cats brb

10:31 am

and my head is the size of an orange!

10:31 am

if our 2 cats are not happy bout the litter situation they will crap on the couch to let you know..they are subtle that way

10:31 am

veiled hints, crossy

How can your head be the size of an orange? Unless there are some really giant oranges around?

Oh gross, crossy!

10:32 am

have you seen my FB icon photo? my head looks VERY small

10:32 am

We had a cat that hated everyone and everything, including herself. She used the top of the refrigerator as a litter box...

10:32 am

not really neil,if you have had kids,the first thing you learn is that poop and puke wash off

10:32 am

that is a lot of trouble for making a statement, bzzn

That's disgusting, Bea! Really though... a self-loathing cat? How do you know she hated herself?

10:33 am

I have a cat that hates everyone BUT herself - annoying as she sometimes bites, hisses at the other cat and the dog, but then wants to be petted - sigh

Sure, but you'd have to really shampoo that well, crossy. I'd probably use a steam-cleaner on it. They don't do that very often, hopefully?

10:34 am

She would hiss and snarl at herself.

10:34 am

what is the cat's name, sue

Sorry, I intended to type "hates herself".

10:34 am

we have a steam cleaner

10:34 am

Misty

10:34 am

cats are wonderfully funny

Hiss and snarl at herself? How does that work... at her reflection in a mirror?

Yes, ruby. I always say cats are very "trippy".

10:34 am

and a litter box is good for exactly 2 days..no more.we just have to follow the cats schedule is all

10:34 am

cat poop isn't hard to clean up (because it is, well, hard); cat pee is another matter altogether

10:34 am

I mis having cats, but husband is in favor of de-clawing, and I refuse to have one here

Wow, crossy. They sure like it clean!

10:35 am

Clue for ar6

10:35 am

Hated herself is correct. She passed several years ago.

10:35 am

many vets will no longer de-claw here ruby

10:35 am

hi boo, don't have it

10:35 am

I would not have a cat declawed, but when I rescue them I do look for declawed ones

Yes, Sue. It's difficult to remove every trace of cat urine.

10:35 am

it is the worst, as far as I'm concerned but we all know how weird DH is

10:36 am

ar+elbow and knees are j****s

10:36 am

tell your hubby,you will de-claw the cat as soon as we get all his fingernails pulled out

10:36 am

hahah, crossy, he's in bad enough shape without that!

10:36 am

thx, bea!

My stepmom just clips their claws short and files them, so they're blunt.

10:36 am

Thx bea

10:36 am

Yes, Neil. She would hiss at her own reflection, at her shadow and if her tail got in her sight, she would snarl at it.

10:37 am

ty bea, strange word

10:37 am

we have a scratching post that our 2 kittles love,they do notclaw anything else

Saves the furniture and her sanity. They never go outdoors so they don't need them sharp.

Oh wow, Bea. What a strange cat!

10:37 am

two of our dogs, when teething, bit through wallpaper, plaster and lath, left big holes in the wall

10:37 am

bea,that is even strange by cat standards

You're lucky, crossy. That doesn't matter with some cats!

10:38 am

we dosed the post with liquid cat nip for a week

10:38 am

She was. We think it was due to her being orphaned at one week.

10:38 am

ahh,barn cat?

Oh, so she didn't grow up with any other cats?

10:39 am

must go and serve s

10:39 am

must go and serve dinner to the troops

10:39 am

Morning / afternoon! May I please have the stats for the lower right N?

10:39 am

sorry!

10:39 am

ni 5/10

10:39 am

ni5/10 fabric

10:40 am

No, just her. Bottle fed. Hubs got custody of her in his divorce from previous.

10:40 am

taials can be scary! lol

10:41 am

tails*

10:41 am

TY Molly and Ruby!

Yeah, so she didn't know there were other cats in the world I guess, if she'd never seen and met any?

10:42 am

Max, who is autistic, barks when he sees his reflection

Might explain why her shadow and tail freaked her out? But surely, she would wash herself, including her tail?

10:42 am

but, fortunately, he loves his sister (and me)

10:42 am

That was another reason we figured she hated herself. Wouldn't groom. Her tail was a huge mess.

An autistic dog? How would you know the dog has autism, since they don't talk?

10:43 am

he had all the symptoms. I diagnosed it, using Temple Grandin's book. And he takes Prozac and is much improved

Oh really, Bea? Maybe she just didn't know what her body was, having no socialization with other cats?

10:43 am

the vets here never heard of it, but our chows are deeply inbred

10:44 am

But, since she didn't have a momma, no one taught her how to groom.

Oh interesting, ruby.

That too, Bea.

10:44 am

he went from hiding and always averting his eyes to being a member of the family

I guess cats do learn a lot from their mother and littermates. I just figured grooming, etc. was instinct but maybe not?

10:45 am

my MD gave me a scrip for it

Wow, ruby. I've never heard of that before.

10:45 am

and the vet wrote down what I was giving him

10:45 am

neither had anybody, but it was a very distinctive set of behaviors

10:46 am

he is a black chow (pictured here) and is terribly inbred

Yes, I noticed the photo.

10:46 am

but very gentle and beautiful

10:46 am

we had another black chow, from the same kennel, and she died of a heart problem at age two

That's sad.

10:48 am

it was heartbreaking as she was a lovely little dog. Max is now almost 8 and Ruby is almost 9, so they are both doing OK

Oh, you have two dogs?

10:48 am

sadly, chows don't live to be old

10:49 am

since we lost the first black one, we always have two.

10:49 am

Ruby and Max

10:49 am

when we moved here, we had Rufus, an old gentleman.....

I see.

10:49 am

*poof*

10:52 am

Afternoon, peeps. Hey, there's a meteor shower in the grid today!

10:53 am

so there is!

10:53 am

not a word, though...

10:54 am

x

10:54 am

I know, sue. But I think I should get credit for finding it any way.

10:54 am

Hi, Inge!

10:54 am

howdy inge:))

10:55 am

Hiya, Crossy.

10:56 am

I think stanky should be a word

10:56 am

howdy judi

10:56 am

crossy likes happy bunny:)

10:57 am

lol, ruru!

10:57 am

Thanks, Crossy. I'm a huge Happy Bunny fan. My car window sticker says "Hi, Dorkwad."

10:57 am

*credit given to Judi*

10:57 am

lol,i have one that says"your too close,i can smell your breath"

10:57 am

I ate at the French Restaurant.. and they brought out stanky cheese

10:58 am

Hello...

10:59 am

Hi, Jellen!

10:59 am

howdy jellen:))

10:59 am

hi jellen

10:59 am

anyway I have to get some more lectures written. Properties of stars! Stellar atmospheres! Stellar interiors! Here I come!

10:59 am

morn

10:59 am

oops

10:59 am

Thanks, crossy!

11:00 am

thx, crossy, a nice parting gift :-)

11:00 am

Well, the Leonids should be very helpful to you then, sue.

11:00 am

need to get some goodies in the pb anyways

11:00 am

Bye, sue!

11:01 am

Ruru, I don't think you were in the chat last night when I was reporting on the shoes...

11:01 am

not much to do with stars, Judi, and I am basically skipping the solar system and planets as the geology department has a course on them (which most of my students are also taking). So it's nuclear reactions and galaxy formation for me.

11:01 am

I would like to know how in the hell I'm supposed to find 16 i words. GRRRRR>

11:01 am

yes?????

11:01 am

how'd it go?

11:01 am

Ah. Super novas and big bangs. So much more exciting than meteor showers.

11:02 am

I think they worked their magic...looks like we'll be going out again this coming week!

11:02 am

today it is lunch in the pb.my own pan fried sea bass,done in butter and sprinkled with fresh black cracked pepper,lemon squeezings and secret herbs and spices,sweet tater frittes,done all crispy in just a tbs of virgin olive oil and a simple salad

11:02 am

Or is that "novae"?

11:02 am

fantastic jellen..did you like him.. is he nice?

11:02 am

Oooh. A date report. Spill all that details, Jellen!

11:03 am

He is very nice. I like him a lot!

11:03 am

Champagne super novas Judi. : )

11:03 am

buy more shoes

11:03 am

lol, Molly! Love that song.

11:03 am

sigh..once they get going on shoes,my lunch goes cold:((

11:03 am

lol

11:04 am

Well, I met him on POF, the same site where I met Tim. His name is Danny, he lives about 2 hours from me, in Missouri.

11:04 am

Oooohhhhh...Ruru is a shoe guy. I spent a LOT of money on shoes because of my husband.

11:04 am

Yes, yes. Go on.

11:05 am

Clue for ca6/21 before the ca7

11:06 am

He mentioned that he liked women in jeans and heels. So I ordered some, and they arrived the day of the date. Mind you, I haven't worn heels since college....

11:06 am

well molly sort of , but I don't have a foot fetish like Rex Ryan

11:06 am

Boo - ca6: an explosive weapon.

11:06 am

this is getting juicy jellen

11:06 am

Haha, ruru!

11:07 am

legs!1 show mw the legs!..leer....

11:07 am

What did you do on your date, Jellen? As in, where did you go, etc.

11:07 am

Ewww...Rex Ryan...creepy, icky.

11:07 am

as opposed to the more prurient 'what did you do on your date" meaning?

11:07 am

:D

11:08 am

hey D

11:08 am

Anyway, he was in the Joplin area for work Thursday. I picked him up outside his motel, drove into Joplin for dinner and conversation, then drove him back to his motel...

11:08 am

ruru could never be creepy icky.

11:08 am

And....

11:08 am

*my pal doren*

11:08 am

lol@ judi digging for every scrap of date info:))

11:09 am

We sat outside talking for another 15 minutes or so, then he went into the motel lobby...

11:09 am

a nice start jellen.. that's fantastic

11:09 am

i have resurfaced ad am back among the living... was dead on my feet (or on my arse) every evening this week. getting back to work was fun, but exhausting.. particularly with our new bully law... mucho worko!! stayed till nearly 7 the other nite

11:09 am

You're killing me with the dot-dot-dots, Jellen.

11:09 am

two hours isn't a far drive for him

11:09 am

(wondering did they get beyond the motel lobby)

11:10 am

Doren!!!!!!!

11:10 am

As he was leaving the car, I blurted something like, "What, no good-bye kiss?" And he replied that he never kissed on the first date.

11:10 am

The end!

11:10 am

good first date

11:10 am

LOL

11:10 am

(particularly since I happen to know he called the next night)

11:10 am

Very good first date!

11:11 am

Hmmm. Okay. Sounds like it went well. At le5 he knows you would like to kiss him. I think that's called a "flirt blurt".

11:11 am

nice story, Jellen -

11:11 am

hi everybody

11:11 am

I would have done a good bye kiss.. but that is just me

11:11 am

hi jbv

11:11 am

We've talked several times every day since then...

11:11 am

***smooches for ruru *****

11:11 am

doren, I'm curious about the bully law - I can't imagine it's anything more than what you have been doing all along - what's different?

11:11 am

Hi, JBV

11:11 am

(think I got a good bye kiss from ru, didn't I?)

11:12 am

a nice old fashioned back of the hand kiss always leaves the ladies wondering and hoping for another date

11:12 am

hello all - all back from the wilds of wales where i couldnt get an internet connection but had a fabby time

11:12 am

yes you did and a big hug too

11:12 am

Hi, Kazzer

11:12 am

I had to be careful though Doren...

11:12 am

Gotta go get my hair blondified. See you kids, later. *POOF*

11:12 am

Bye, Judi

11:12 am

I didn't want your daughter to whack me with her purse..lol

11:13 am

Hi kazz, welcome back

11:13 am

oh my goodness j, it is a lot of paperwork and since it's new, it is taking us a lot of time to figure out ... so many grey areas and we try to do things right. And of course I'm in the midst of three investigations already .. we have threats from the parents of one kid (who says we are "after" him -- and these things are blowing up to get bigger

11:13 am

My daughter is also a big ru fan now

11:13 am

i am glad to be back in a way - holiday was lovely but you have to home to appreciate it

11:13 am

:D

11:14 am

kaz, i also feel the opposite sometimes.. holidays are lovely but nice to be home

11:15 am

I am also now officially retired on Fridays which have been given the unfortunate name of retard days by my lovely hub

11:16 am

what a nice way to ease iinto retirement... i would love to try four day weeks myself

11:16 am

i do 4 days weeks,it is great!

11:16 am

they have also be christened long walk days as last friday we walked 11 miles and yesterday we walked 14.5

11:16 am

I'm sure everyone would be much more productive on the 4 days - it would be great

11:17 am

also my hours are reduced on the 4 i do work - only 7 hours which will take some getting used to and organising my day as best i can

11:17 am

unfortunately the kids will still be in school on fridays, so it wouldn't really work out too well for me

11:17 am

and good luck with your anti-bullying program,doren, I did not mean to downplay it, I know it's very important, and sadly, necessary

11:17 am

Clue for the last ca7

11:17 am

it's a plural boo

11:19 am

don't know if it is necessary the way they've framed it though... looks like a lot of time will be spent on superfluous stuff and detracting from other important duties. (and didn't feel you were downplaying it)

11:19 am

will be back later - must be off to hand out the bits of washing i couldnt get dry - the chalet we stay in has a dishwasher and a washing machine but no dryer so i have a bag full to get dry but only pjs to wash

11:19 am

oops hang

11:19 am

Oh, if you want to see the shoes on me, I just uploaded a pic to my profile. Also, there's a picture of Danny there.

11:20 am

oh good, I was wondering who was waiting for your handouts

11:20 am

back again. Hi Dorens, crossy, JBV, Kazzer and everbody else I've missed. (It was the cat box that needed emptying; and the laundry needed some work also)

11:20 am

howdy nef

11:20 am

It doesn't work Jbv

11:20 am

Hi, Nef!

11:21 am

boo, do you have the ca 6- Jewish religious figure

11:21 am

hi nef... and nice shoes, nice looking danny, jell

11:21 am

hi Nef

11:21 am

Thanks, Dorens :-)

11:22 am

No

11:22 am

well that's it then!

11:24 am

Um, what are oo 4/4, does anyone know?

11:24 am

I think the whole process of getting new clothes and going out is wonderful for you jellen..it sounds like just what you need to do

11:24 am

Got the word, just curious what it means...

11:24 am

anagram of soot

11:24 am

a frequent Babblet, Jellen (Hi to you too!)

11:25 am

what is POF though?

11:25 am

I think so too, ruru. And I'm making other changes in my life, too...

11:26 am

Plentyoffish.com, an online dating site

11:26 am

all good jellen..

11:26 am

oh..

11:26 am

these dating sites are really working for some of my friends

11:27 am

I'm auditing an online class this semester, and I start teaching English composition at the local junior college this spring...

11:28 am

LOTS going on in your life, Jellen! Good for you! :-)

11:28 am

And I'm looking into going back to school for another master's degree, or maybe even a PhD...

11:28 am

wow.

11:29 am

The teaching is only part-time, which is good enough for me!

11:29 am

doren is that bullying law just NJ or is it a federal one now?

11:30 am

NJ, ruru, as a result of that horrible rutgers case, I think

11:30 am

yeah jellen you can ease back into it that way

11:30 am

oh yeah.. they are working on one out here in Cal I think too

11:31 am

I can tell you honestly that most teachers I knew were very much aware of and acted immediately against students teasing each other based on race, color, even size or handicaps, however, very honestly, I think anti-gay discrimination was not given the same attention or value

11:32 am

and it starts very early even in elementary school

11:32 am

I think a lot of schools look the other way regarding gay student harassment.. it's sad and scary at the same time

11:33 am

to be fair, some teachers are at a loss - so programs like this with training and materials are not a bad idea,

11:34 am

on the other hand, I even knew some whose religious views got in the way of their being open-minded, they voiced opinions like "if you encourage tolerance of homosexuality you are actually promoting it" as if you could sell a sexual orientation,

11:34 am

did we lose doren?

11:34 am

when I hear that from Someone.. I want to just smack them upside the head

11:35 am

it's a very touchy subject, but I'm all for bringing discussions like this out into the open with students and teachers, and let's not forget parents, whose views definitely influence the kids

11:36 am

it's hard to have "open" discussions with religious bigots however

11:36 am

true

11:39 am

brb

11:41 am

i'm back. sorry. get lost sometimes.

11:42 am

hi doren, we were having a very deep discussion, here, then ruru left and I'm on my way out too

11:42 am

have fun with the grid - see you later

11:42 am

we have always had a hard line on bullying when we hear of it, the hard thing is that often kids won't tell (for fear of reprisal) and teachers are so often not aware. most of our sophisticated kids don't do it IN class

11:42 am

okeydoke. enjoy the day j

11:42 am

I'm back

11:43 am

I had to take breakfast to mrs ru

11:43 am

the funny most intolerant religious bigots are folks like my mom, who is intolerantly atheists

11:43 am

yeah I can bet kids are smart about it

11:43 am

oh don't tell me... that lady is SO lucky

11:43 am

*zips lips*

11:44 am

ru you watching much of the US open?

11:44 am

Jbv seems pretty knowledgable on the subject

11:44 am

Seriously Dorens, she gets breakfast brought to her even when he's injured.

11:45 am

i watched a game last week where novak had a real hard time in the first set... this young ukrainian god was killing him.

11:46 am

bullying has always been a major part of schools, the new problem however is the social media.... texting and facebook are brutal, cause it's so much easier to be bold when the target isn't right there

11:46 am

that's the thing about champions like Novak and Nadal.. they can get roughed up .. but their will to win will always crush the lesser players

11:47 am

yeah the facebook bullying is horrible.. I've read a lot about that stuff. that's why I don't support and do facebook

11:47 am

yup, i think their experience gives them a bit more in staying power... the other guy (can't remember his name but he had an awesome serve and was a marvel for quite a while) did fizzle a bit

11:47 am

i just think parents should be a lot more responsible, in many areas, but what difference does iti make what I think.. parents don't need licenses, don't take exams, and don't get graded

11:48 am

so I have to deal with the results. I honestly think more than half of the kids i deal with would be okay if their parents did their job. (Oh, did I just actually SAY that?)

11:50 am

Yes, and I'm glad you did. There are far too many parents NOT doing their job.

11:51 am

no one seems to want to do anything about it though (except scrabbler, you and me)

11:51 am

I totally agree with you on that Dorens. Then again; I think that peer pressure can usurp parental guidance and oversite

11:51 am

that is sooooo true doren.. there isn't enough done before people have kids

11:51 am

honestly, i'm glad i'm not raising kids right now though.... it is much harder in today's society

11:52 am

I'm just trying to raise myself ..that's plenty.. don't know how you guys do it.

11:53 am

me too. It was hard enough when my kids were in HS (in the late 90's)

11:53 am

to change the subject. i am so bummed out. was having company for dinner and they have cancelled cause of the "terrorist threat" to NYC which will totally screw up traffic (they're coming from ny and bridges and tunnels are under heavy alerts)

11:53 am

ruru you're raised, you can begin to lower yourself now

11:53 am

ROFL

11:54 am

I can see why people would be afraid of that Dorens.

11:54 am

my wife's friend said she wouldn't go into the city to work in NY due to the security and threats

11:54 am

i can too actually. at first was a bit pissed off, but that was more selfish than anything else. now am realizing that i needed the day off anyway

11:55 am

treat yourself to a movie or something fun then Doren

11:55 am

shopping, straightening up and cooking would have made this grid harder, + i have one week's worth of newspapers to read + book etc. Needed a day ofo rest

11:55 am

I would think they'd want to get out of the City early

11:56 am

one couple lives down in the village... my cousin is a psychoanalyst who spent the first month or so treating traumatized folks from downtown. He walked down there that day.

11:57 am

thought it would be interesting talking with him this evening about his thoughts on the anniversary, etc. The father of one of my students died in world trade center, so our school always has feelings around this time

12:01 pm

Iback to reporting bullying or worse, when I waS a teacher, I reported a male 6-th grade colleague who was haviing his students have lunch with him and sit on his lap! I got in trouble for reporting it to the principal

12:02 pm

it was a memorable day here.. as I was in shock..

12:02 pm

imagine how 9/11 was for me, a new yorker so far away. I haven't been able to go into Manhattan since then, even though I've been back a few times

12:03 pm

It was a troubling day here as I live fairly close to The Pentagon.

12:03 pm

All of this remembrance stuff in the media is overwhelming to me. I don't "need" to know (again) what happened, etc. I still have nightmares about that day and how the "no fly and no public transortation affected my work that night

12:04 pm

I didn't even know aboutit, but Fr friends started telephoning me

12:05 pm

Nef, I haven't watched any remembrance stuff and I don't intend to. I fly the flag and say some prayers as my way of remembering what happened.

12:05 pm

the French have been having parades and marathons wearing American flag clothing to show their solidarity. It is very touching and surprising

12:06 pm

my neice and her fiance were chefs at a restaraunt in the wtc- she was late for work that day and was six bloks away when it hit- he was early for work that day- she still cannot talk about it

12:06 pm

wow.. how lucky for them

12:07 pm

there are so many commercials about it here and the TV is on in the family r4/5 for most of the day here. (maybe it's the channels we have on? )

12:07 pm

she survived- he did not

12:07 pm

Oh SMom, that is so sad.

12:07 pm

oh god

12:07 pm

I'm so sorry to hear that sammys

12:07 pm

that is so sad.

12:08 pm

I did a lot of business with the NY Port Authority and knew many people up there, but, happily, never found any of their names in the lists of deceased

12:08 pm

I Thought you meant he went in early and left

12:08 pm

i expect that there are so many tragic stories connected with it that the ripple effect will go on for generations

12:11 pm

I'm lighting a candle. Good night everybody

12:11 pm

There is a very tasteless headline on Yahoo "The 9/11 Babies All Grown Up" that features a picture of Diane Sawyer and a bunch of kids who were babies who lost parents that day.

12:12 pm

Good night Ruby

12:12 pm

re 9/11,at the time it happened,i had cnn on non stop for over 2 weeks.i will not watch any aniversary specials.it is burned into my brain and i will never forget and say a prayer to all those lost and all who were involved that day

12:16 pm

they were innocent,working,playing,laughing.then terror stuck.they died many of them not knowing what had happened.first responders climbed to their deaths knowing exactly what happened but hoping to save as many as they could.now they are lost lost to life ,love and dreams.families suffer we all suffer and the world will not forget new york this sept 11

12:17 pm

that is all i will say on this

12:18 pm

were you one one of the babies, Molly?

12:19 pm

so many of our young people do not realise that this country is at war and right here in our own back yard- they seem to think that this was an isolated incident and cannot hapen again- those of us who lived through ww11 know better

12:26 pm

dammmmmmmm... did i kill the chog?

12:26 pm

still here for a few more min sammysmom:)

12:26 pm

no sammys; I just didn't have anything to add...

12:27 pm

sighs with a whole nerw understanding of the phrase " cry , the beloved country."

12:28 pm

i did see the memorial they built..did anyone else

12:28 pm

on tv i mean

12:28 pm

not yet

12:30 pm

I watched the "Rising" documentary on Discovery the other day, it's about the memorial and some about survivors and how they're getting along. Also about the transit station underneath the memorial park. Very interesting.

12:30 pm

brb (laundry's calling me)

12:31 pm

Was that the memorial at Shanksville?

12:32 pm

Oh, sorry, I was talking about the one at Ground Zero, sorry if I spoke without knowing what was being discussed.

12:34 pm

it was a 5 or 6 part Discovery documentary. not a lot of dwelling on the actual incident, which was nice for a change, more about how it's going for people there these days.

12:39 pm

back. rbud, I guess I've seen the commercials about it but missed the series

12:41 pm

I refuse to watch any of it. I've been to the site many times and am outraged that the first responders have been told to come a different day so that there will be room for the families of loved ones - AND ALL THE POLITICIANS. If I can vote against anyone who doesn't belong there, I will!

12:43 pm

I agree Lynne. That is an insult to the first responders.

12:43 pm

i understand lynnet-

12:44 pm

I think I may be angry about the commercialization of the whole tragedy.

12:45 pm

i have been distrustful of politicians since i was a child- had a relative who was a minor politician- and did not like of trust him- figured they were all like that- and have had no reason to change my mind over the last 65 years

12:46 pm

yes, but if you watch the documentary (I think it'll be on again tomorrow, but not sure) you would see that there isn't much room in the memorial park yet, as it's being built on top of the roof of the transit station, which is only partly done. They want to let those in who actually have family listed on the memorial, and honor those who helped at a different time. they talk about there only being a 25 foot wide temporary ramp to the memorial, etc.

12:47 pm

Personally I would prefer to keep my reactions to, and memories of, the whole incident private. Although there will be a service here at which two choruses that I sing with will perform.

12:48 pm

the major part of the roof/park won't be done for a few more years, they just wanted to open this part for the "anniversary" - personally I vote to throw out all the media folks, AND the politicians. :)

12:49 pm

:)

12:50 pm

clue please for the no 8/45

12:51 pm

i must head to work,but before i go here is the ever popular crossys tidbit of the day!!!!

12:51 pm

Nebraska is the only state in the union that has a unicameral legislature.

12:51 pm

tc all and happy babbling..poink!

12:57 pm

no8 = not conforming to the rules of right conduct? (not mo5)

1:03 pm

morning, kids

1:03 pm

thx, rbud!

1:04 pm

yw! :)

1:04 pm

and hi, jes!

1:04 pm

hi sue :) how was your night?

1:05 pm

hi jes

1:05 pm

heya nef :)

1:05 pm

better than the previous nights; I took a sleeping pill and finally got some decent sleep

1:06 pm

oh good. sleep is nice!

Sleeping pills :)

whatever works

1:09 pm

Hi Gang

1:11 pm

hi Kaplan and hego

1:11 pm

hello everyone :)

1:11 pm

Hi Nef

1:11 pm

and nan

1:12 pm

hi nan

1:15 pm

hi

1:15 pm

Hi Mom

1:17 pm

a clue for the ae 8, please -- I assume it builds from the ae 4 and has a 2 pt letter in the ending, but can't seem to monkey it

1:17 pm

ends like the study of stars.

1:18 pm

ty hego

1:18 pm

yw Nan

1:18 pm

it has a 3 pt. letter at the end (sometimes vowel)

1:21 pm

the ending means "study of"

1:24 pm

got it from hego's clue -- ty everyone

1:24 pm

We're all so helpful. : )

1:31 pm

no8 anyone. pls

1:31 pm

im 5/12, please?

1:32 pm

don't have that Nan, sorry

1:32 pm

no 8: not of upstanding character

1:32 pm

ty Nan. Hmmm...

1:37 pm

I found it! It has another word in it (mo5

1:37 pm

Aha! ty

1:38 pm

have to run -- bbl

1:38 pm

Bye Nan

1:38 pm

(I've been working on that for a long time; someone clued it about an hour ago)

1:38 pm

Glad you got it.

1:40 pm

mo 7/32 plz

1:41 pm

looking

1:42 pm

hmmm according to the stats i have all the 7 's , but on tiles i need one

1:43 pm

that happens

1:44 pm

refresh again may help

1:44 pm

ok will give it a try

1:47 pm

mo7 - beginning of high hills + he was speaking in a very prof*** manner (irreverently)

1:47 pm

and hi again, back to pick up a few more

1:47 pm

Hi Flosey

1:47 pm

hello hego, I love your poppy

1:48 pm

I have pink ones that big but really prefer the red

thanks flosey for the 7

1:49 pm

tx to Georgia O'keefe, Flo

1:49 pm

Hi GE

1:49 pm

ah, you got it, wtg when I said high hills, realized there was a U in that beginning!

1:50 pm

still working on that one

1:51 pm

(unless you are french)

1:51 pm

Sounds like the Rockyies

1:51 pm

tyvm flosey and hego!

1:52 pm

yw

1:52 pm

yw ivesy

1:57 pm

does anyone have a clue for oi6 please?

1:57 pm

mold on plants flosey

1:57 pm

on + Yankee Stad***

1:57 pm

thanks Hego

1:58 pm

yw

1:58 pm

Hi Ruru

1:58 pm

Hi Babblers.. ty for the great clues!

1:58 pm

thanks ru

1:58 pm

Hi Aloy

1:58 pm

hi hego

1:59 pm

We lured you out of hiding, Aloy

2:00 pm

lol, yes, hego.. have been Babbling on and off all day, so I just leave the site on.. whittled this grid down to 30

2:00 pm

that's a new one for me ru, have never heard it

2:00 pm

Good going!

2:01 pm

new to me too

2:01 pm

am on the list now, groaning over some I missed, like ca4.11

2:01 pm

weird one

2:03 pm

don't feel bad about missing cy6 tho.. never heard of it

2:03 pm

don't have it yet

2:04 pm

hubby just made tea, will sit out on the deck and enjoy it, bbl

2:04 pm

later Flo

2:04 pm

ttfn, flosey

2:07 pm

yikes! I'm always trying to put in Italian or Spanish words.

2:07 pm

Sometimes they work.

2:09 pm

clue for that cy 6 pls

2:10 pm

yes!

2:11 pm

hello ... cy+consonant+av*** (stay away from)

2:11 pm

cy + a consonant + robot ending

2:11 pm

ty

2:11 pm

i looked for that but missed the oid

2:11 pm

sorry for adding that ending

2:11 pm

semi-pb

2:11 pm

ty friends

2:12 pm

No Jeff, it was a good clue

2:12 pm

Oh, now I see what you mean.

2:12 pm

lol, I missed the pl of the cow sound!

2:13 pm

Put one foot in the pb. : )

2:13 pm

one foot in, one foot out, one foot in and you shake it all about

2:14 pm

you have me singing the hokey pokey, hego

2:14 pm

I love when Aloy sings!!

2:14 pm

all together now.. you do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around..

2:15 pm

And that's what it's all about!!!

2:15 pm

.. yay !

2:16 pm

: )

2:18 pm

rats, thought "reaim" was a word

2:18 pm

must be hyphenated

2:20 pm

no rhyme or re 6.. (-:

2:20 pm

lol

2:24 pm

done de done done.. anyone need a clue before I go back out and plant another mum?

2:26 pm

ok, enjoy the grid.. see you all next time, (-: poof..

2:26 pm

oe

2:27 pm

Bye Aloy

2:28 pm

Aloy?

2:34 pm

back for a minute or 2

2:34 pm

hi Flo

2:34 pm

are we the only ones left?

2:35 pm

No, there's always lots of lurkers.

2:35 pm

ah yes, but they seldom surface

2:36 pm

^ lurker

2:36 pm

lurking

2:36 pm

Look out! there's one now!

2:36 pm

here on and off...

2:36 pm

lol hi kj and origami

lurking

2:36 pm

See what did I tell you.

2:37 pm

very pretty cactus flower, origami

2:37 pm

deep in the grid

2:38 pm

down to 4 now and stuck on in6/18, does anyone have a clue please?

2:38 pm

almost finished with chapter 13 lectures, just have to do eclipsing binaries and the relationship between mass, radius, and luminosity (which I am sure you are all waiting with bated breath to hear about)

2:38 pm

ef7?

2:38 pm

and Lady Biotch, nice to meet you

2:39 pm

Hey Biotch! lol

nice to meet you too!!! have seen all of you often but tend to lurk

2:39 pm

newt + ****er or later you will get the clue

2:39 pm

it's a strange one kj, ef4 + I'll be back s***

2:39 pm

ty flos!

2:39 pm

*goes to dictionary*

2:39 pm

hi all - just arrived and getting into the grid

2:40 pm

thanks flosey ... took that pc in the desert this spring

2:40 pm

yw kj

2:40 pm

much better clue, Molly

2:40 pm

Hello Glant

2:40 pm

hi, glant!

2:40 pm

ty

2:40 pm

Hi Sue

2:40 pm

Hi Glant

2:41 pm

archaic. Why am I not surprised?

2:41 pm

Hi Flosey

2:41 pm

Hi Hego

2:41 pm

Archaic = Enable

2:41 pm

good afternoon all

2:42 pm

hi Teach

2:43 pm

hello Teach

2:43 pm

need a clue for in6/18, please?

2:43 pm

in6/18?

2:43 pm

hahah - me too flos!

2:44 pm

lol

2:44 pm

born with, kje

2:45 pm

ty!

2:45 pm

thanks Bea

2:45 pm

yw

2:46 pm

and at last, fireworks

2:47 pm

huzzah flosey!

2:47 pm

YAY!!!! FLOSEY!!!!

2:47 pm

WTG! FLOSEY!

2:47 pm

congrats Flosey

2:47 pm

yayay flos!

2:47 pm

tyty, hubby has just brought lunch, will stop in later to see if I can help with clues

2:48 pm

woo hoo Flosey

2:48 pm

ty Flo

2:48 pm

wtg flosey!

2:48 pm

ar 6 & & anyone? pls

2:49 pm

nm

2:49 pm

last 2 - ar6/18 and 7/28 sounds like what one does with oil, a blessing?

2:49 pm

ar+ the knee is a j****

2:49 pm

ty just got them.

2:49 pm

ah, much better clue Bea I'll be off now

2:50 pm

down to 30 hard ones.

2:51 pm

I have some catching up to do then Hego - have 174 lft...

2:52 pm

You just started Glant.

2:53 pm

er, apparently 'earnt' isn't in the dictioonary - ???

2:54 pm

I tried that too

2:54 pm

It earnt? It should be!

2:54 pm

lol

2:55 pm

well, I did think it was a pretty common word, even id earned may be correct

2:57 pm

It's just a crap shoot with this puzzle. le6/18 is accepted. What kind of back woods word is that?

2:58 pm

no logic to it.

2:58 pm

Just keep on typing till it accepts something.

2:59 pm

i feel this is less of a crap shoot than yesterday

3:00 pm

last so6/18?

3:02 pm

A type of poetry kje

3:02 pm

ah, thought i tried that... sticky n strikes again

3:02 pm

ty

3:05 pm

FW!

3:05 pm

ok, chapter 13 is done, time to collapse for a while

3:06 pm

Yay, kje!

3:06 pm

hey jellen!

3:06 pm

Hello!

3:07 pm

I eed a nap before i head to the grocery... hagd all!

3:07 pm

YAY! KJE!

3:07 pm

Oh, check my profile before you go, kje!

3:07 pm

woo hoo kje

3:07 pm

Hi Jellen

3:08 pm

Hi, Adrenne!

3:08 pm

Hi Jellen

3:08 pm

Hi, hego!

3:09 pm

Hi Jellen ... taking off for the store ... bbl

3:09 pm

Aw, must have missed kje...

3:09 pm

Hi/bye origami!

3:10 pm

ooh, we are getting the tail end of Katia tomorrow afternoon, Monday and Tuesday - 70 mph winds

3:11 pm

Stay safe Glant.

3:11 pm

Hi again, Molly!

3:12 pm

70 mph not a real problem - no big trees on my route to work

3:12 pm

Hey Jellen

3:12 pm

I'm taking a break from homework...:-P

3:14 pm

clue for sa8 anyone.

3:14 pm

It's a demoralizing experience...

3:14 pm

sa 8 is a compound: where you find bargains

3:14 pm

oops nm

3:15 pm

TY Jellen

3:15 pm

ty anyway Jellen

3:15 pm

You're welcome anyway!

3:15 pm

: )

3:19 pm

Anyone have all three K words? I have ka 4/8 x 2.

3:19 pm

4 k words

3:20 pm

Oops! Just saw that...

3:20 pm

there are 4 k words - 2 x ka4/8 & kn4 & kn5

3:20 pm

I still just have two..

3:20 pm

3 4/8 one 5/18

3:20 pm

I need the 2nd ka4/8

3:20 pm

5 is plural

3:20 pm

the kn words are all about tying

3:20 pm

Misspelled felines?

3:21 pm

ha, got the two ka words, thanks!

3:21 pm

Movie, Citizen Ka**

3:21 pm

kn - things you tie in string

3:21 pm

Got the kn words, thanks!

3:23 pm

How about the Y? Have the four-letter expression of distaste...

3:23 pm

change the last letter to the 1st vowel

3:23 pm

Oh, nm...

3:24 pm

Thanks, Adrienne

3:24 pm

YAY! Fireworks

3:25 pm

woo hoo Hego

3:25 pm

Hooray for hego!

3:26 pm

ty ty

3:26 pm

I'm rather ditzy today...

3:27 pm

clues anyone before I go?

3:27 pm

oi6?

3:28 pm

Ook! I haven't even hit halfway yet.

3:28 pm

whoo hoo hego

3:28 pm

just started

3:28 pm

hi all

3:28 pm

oi + Yankee Sta****

3:28 pm

Hi Jmc

3:28 pm

Hi jmc

3:28 pm

Hi, jmc!

3:28 pm

flip - that's a US cultural clue hego

3:29 pm

got it though

3:29 pm

Oh right. Well any sports arena

3:29 pm

oi+soccer sta****

3:29 pm

thanks

3:29 pm

yw

3:29 pm

jmc is the job hunt on?

3:30 pm

Must be in the grid.

3:31 pm

I'll say good bye now and good weekend All!

3:31 pm

it is but some what slowed by taking full-time masters program at university

3:31 pm

Bye, hego!

3:31 pm

mos da - good night hego

3:31 pm

bye hego have a nice weekend

3:31 pm

so how did the date go jell?

3:31 pm

Good for you Je. Enjoy!

3:31 pm

Oh, I didn't know that, jmc...tell me more!

3:32 pm

And poof

3:32 pm

Oh, it went really well...take a look at my flickr pics in my profile...

3:33 pm

well i couldn't find a job i wanted so i am taking a masters program in Conflict Transformation -- the next generation in Conflict resolution

3:33 pm

From what school?

3:33 pm

wow what a looker!

3:34 pm

i may have to print that photo for a pin-up boy!

3:34 pm

haha

3:34 pm

Eastern Mennonite University

3:34 pm

Very cool...sounds like an interesting program...

3:34 pm

I choose there program in part because of the wonderful so many people from that program do and in part because of the spiritual underpining

3:35 pm

His name is Danny, and he was a perfect gentleman during the date...

3:35 pm

it is not just about stopping violence or settling a dispute it is about dealing with underlying injustice

3:35 pm

oh too bad!. . .

3:35 pm

;-)

3:36 pm

It was kind of refreshing, actually...no self-defense techniques needed...

3:36 pm

haha!

3:38 pm

And we have tentative plans to go out again this coming week...

3:38 pm

anyway i am taking 13 credit hours with lots of reading and i drive down to Harrisonburg once a week and stay at a place my sister has near there

3:39 pm

Wow...I feel swamped with just 3 credit hours...

3:39 pm

most of it is really interesting and the classmates are interesting people too

3:39 pm

i have already turned one of them on to babble

3:39 pm

<---hasn't used brain in quite a while

3:39 pm

well i am a type A personality jell

3:40 pm

so what course are you taking

3:40 pm

hi all

3:40 pm

jellen, how did you meet Danny?

3:40 pm

hi peri

3:40 pm

isn't he a hunk peri?

3:40 pm

Information Retrieval. it's through the library and info studies program at OU

3:40 pm

Hello everyone, I hope to finish this

3:41 pm

Hi, Peri...met Danny onine (POF.com)

3:41 pm

I have been busy getting my stuff off of the basement floor which is quite wet from the storm

3:41 pm

Hi, Annie!

3:41 pm

oh that sounds interesting jell--that has changed so much from when i took that course in 1974

3:41 pm

hi annie

3:41 pm

he is cute Jellen

3:41 pm

Jellen, Danny looks like a nice guy, glad you had a good time

3:41 pm

yes my basement is wet but not flooded--but my son's basement is completely flooded

3:42 pm

Exactly why I'm taking it, jmc. Felt the need to update my skills...

3:42 pm

hi jmc, peri

3:42 pm

Thanks! He seems to be a very good guy...

3:42 pm

What mess Irene made for peri and jmc and son

3:42 pm

i will be happy of some pointers while i am doing all the research i am scheduled to do

3:42 pm

Not a potential Babbler, though... :-(

3:42 pm

Not a potential Babbler, though... :-(

3:43 pm

Huh...why did that repeat?

3:43 pm

oh well then that gives you a place where you can gossip about him safely!

3:43 pm

I would be happy to assist with research if I can...

3:44 pm

mine babble has been having kittens for some time jell -- maybe it was catching

3:44 pm

:-) thanks!

3:44 pm

stats for the corner n please

3:45 pm

ni 5/10

3:45 pm

ty jell

3:45 pm

Took me forever to find it last night...

3:46 pm

it is no word i know!

3:47 pm

ok i give clue please

3:48 pm

ni + not out + not off

3:48 pm

a sturdy chiffon or voile constructed in either plain or novelty weaves and generally used in the manufacture of women's garments, curtains, and drapery.

3:48 pm

ni + negative prefix

3:48 pm

My mother always had ni5 curtains in her bedroom

3:48 pm

ty jell i hope i can remember that next time!

3:49 pm

I will remind you, jmc

3:49 pm

huh I have sewn quite a bit and don't think i have heard that word before

3:49 pm

haha annie ty!

3:52 pm

There are several bovine words in the grid...an 4/4, mo 4/5, and to 4/4

3:55 pm

stats for i in 5th column for nbt

3:55 pm

id 5/14

3:55 pm

To err is human, to mo3 bovine

3:56 pm

haha molly good one

3:57 pm

I'm having the devil of a time with the first question of my Search Exercise...I'm tempted to throw it out here for ideas!

3:57 pm

nbt!

3:57 pm

haha, Molly!

3:57 pm

wd, jmc!

3:57 pm

Toss it Jellen.

3:57 pm

do jell--when i was the only person in my reference librarian class to get an answer the prof asked me how i found it. . .

3:58 pm

and i said i asked my mother and the prof said whatever works

3:59 pm

♪ When I was just a little girl, ♪ I asked my mother, what will I be?

3:59 pm

help with the na 5/16 please

3:59 pm

will i be pretty will i be plain what will become of me?

3:59 pm

girls name, teach

3:59 pm

Woman's name...first name of our NB.

4:00 pm

Okay. Here's the question: "About 7-8 years ago I heard about a revolutionary technological breakthrough that is supposed to change the world. I don't know much about it, except it was being called "IT", which is not an acronym, AND it is not related to information technology."

4:00 pm

thnx annie and molly -

4:00 pm

Hi, teach!

4:01 pm

oh that is that personal motorized devise--they have IT tours all around DC

4:01 pm

hi wvt!

4:02 pm

Called Segway.

4:02 pm

Ohhh...the things that look like a hand truck and carry one person?

4:02 pm

That's it, Vicuna!

4:02 pm

And hi!

4:02 pm

Never heard of them called IT. Segway yes.

4:03 pm

(Hi! Not really here... just grabbing a few words on the way out the door. But I hope everyone's well!)

4:03 pm

hi vic -- yes that is the one except now the police have them and they have 3 wheels instead of the 2 which defeated the purpose of the design

4:03 pm

well IT was the inventor's name for them

4:04 pm

Cool, jmc and vicuna! You all are brilliant!

4:04 pm

The acronym for them is PT, personal transport.

4:04 pm

there is a wealth of knowledge in babbleland

4:04 pm

And Molly!

4:05 pm

now you can go find some scientific american and newspaper articles about IT

4:06 pm

and now i can go a read some of my homework

4:06 pm

bbl

4:06 pm

How do we get IT from Dean Kamen, who invented the Segway?

4:09 pm

go read the wiki article--IT was its name before it was marketed

4:09 pm

ae8 anyone?

4:09 pm

my recollection is that he picked that name because it was IT!!! the next big thing since the internet

4:10 pm

hi ru

4:10 pm

by ru and all *poof*

Still here and still need the ae8,55, ruru?

4:11 pm

hi again. ruru, ae4 and then it ends in astr****

4:11 pm

yeah.. I can't find it .. tried all sorts of combos

ae + ast****** is the study of outer space.

4:12 pm

or agro**** , science of farming

And this means the study of the upper atmosphere.

4:13 pm

thanks a lot

4:13 pm

it was driving me nuts

You're welcome.

4:13 pm

<---- a short drive

I kinda figured that. [ducks]

4:14 pm

Hi, ruru and neil!

4:14 pm

and Nef!

Hi Jellen!

4:15 pm

snicker

4:16 pm

hi Jellen

4:16 pm

Put pics of "the shoes" and my date, Danny on Flickr (you can see in my profile)

4:16 pm

*insert comma after Danny

Afternoon everyone...

4:17 pm

Hi, red!

Hi red.

I got a notice of that in my email, Jellen.

A notice that you had uploaded the photo, showing a thumbnail of it.

4:18 pm

hi red! How are you doing?

4:19 pm

nice pics, Jellen. But the pic *I* like best is your icon: There is a gal who is happy! :-)

4:19 pm

Hi Red

He looks like a nice, pleasant guy.

Yes, Nef... isn't that a great photo of Jellen?

[especially now it's "unsquished"] ;)

4:20 pm

yep! I really like it a lot!

4:20 pm

Aww, thanks y'all! My good friend Billie took that photo...we had fun that day...

Yep, looks like you were having fun. :)

4:21 pm

Unsquished thanks to neil, one might add...

-> Expert unsquisher.

4:21 pm

How are you doing Red? Having a good weekend?

[I draw the line at squished bugs though.]

Hi to you too, Molly.

4:22 pm

haha, neil!

4:22 pm

Well, I just convincved AUnty it's time for a walk. Our goal today is we are going down the street 5 houses; she's on O2 and using a walker (that has a seat; and I'm walking without a cane (but do hold on to the walker in case it gets away from her. BBS

4:23 pm

Later, Nef

Ok Nef.

4:23 pm

5 houses, lots are 100 ft wide; that will be 1000 ft. walk when we get back!

I see... big lots in this neighborhood too.

4:24 pm

amlost half way. any clues to weird words out there?

Depends which "weird words" you're looking for?

4:24 pm

You're ahead of me, mkg!

4:25 pm

would love clue for the right hand column i and n. got the y words

4:25 pm

jellen i am slow so wont get half way for a bit.

4:25 pm

id 5/14 = turn of phrase

in5,10 -- like the vegetable that makes you cry.

Oh, Jellen clued the other one.

4:26 pm

ni 5/10 = ni + negative prefix

4:26 pm

And entered the one I didn't have...thanks!

So there's clues for both of those.

Ok, guess there was no need for me to clue!

4:27 pm

Oh yes there was!

4:27 pm

ty jellen what a weird word.

Ummm, no. You handled it all perfectly. ;)

4:27 pm

what i mean is a word i havent heard of nor you.

Just as I was about to clue the other word I saw yours appear, so deleted what I was about to post.

4:28 pm

neil there are many words in grids that none of us has heard of so those are the weird ones for me.

4:28 pm

Um, yes. I didn't have the word you clued. So your effort was not wasted!

4:28 pm

neil i still need the 4 i words for the i in right column

Well how should we know what words you have and haven't heard of, mkg? You know which ones you're stuck on if you've listed?

in4,4 is a common "babblet". in + 2 vowels.

4:29 pm

ty got it neil

in5,10 [again]: like the vegetable that causes tears.

i * chopping an o**** will make you cry.

4:30 pm

ty got it neil. two more so keep them coming.

4:30 pm

minion

4:31 pm

oopssss so sorry all.................apologies. i am in pb.

in6,18 -- like a trait or talent one is born with.

[like in**** musical talent]

4:32 pm

thinking about that one.

4:32 pm

inate is not in grid nor is instinct..............

4:33 pm

inborn not in grid.

4:33 pm

That one is from the 4th column I...

4:33 pm

Double the consonant, mkg

4:33 pm

got it neil. ty.

4:33 pm

ty jellen. yes from 4th column but iddnt have it anyway.

4:34 pm

I didn't either, :-)...Isn't neil wonderful?

4:35 pm

well more than half way now thanks to you and neil. ty ty ty. off to clean kitchen

in4,4 is a small lacquer box holding medicines or cosmetics, worn on the sash of a traditional Japanese costume. in + consonant + vowel.

If you needed that "in" as well?

Not so wonderful you didn't have to add a hint to my clue there. Guess I need to learn to clue better.

4:36 pm

Thanks, neil!

4:36 pm

bye, mkg

?

4:37 pm

Oh, I was soaking up those clues right along with mkg...

4:38 pm

I'm rather distracted today...

Oh, I see... thought you had those already.

4:39 pm

Nope! I was also distracted last night...didn't get many words at all...

You're not on messenger?

4:40 pm

Now I am!

4:42 pm

Are you?

4:42 pm

I want dominion to be in the grid...

4:44 pm

Helloooo....*listens to echo* Anyone else still here?

4:44 pm

take the do off that word, Jel

4:44 pm

Hi, lbd! I did get that one!

4:44 pm

finito!

4:45 pm

how's it going, Jel?

can anyone clue the o in the middle column please

4:45 pm

I also got the game piece.

4:45 pm

Hooray for lbd!

4:45 pm

finished here also

4:45 pm

Whoo hoo teach!

4:45 pm

whoooo hoooo TEach!

4:46 pm

oi 6/27 = oi + sta**** (sports venue)

4:46 pm

what you use in a kayak or canoe to make it move, jive

4:47 pm

oops, that's from the other o

4:47 pm

welp, i better get moving on dinner. bbl

4:47 pm

It's going very well, lbd. Take a peek at my profile and you'll see my killer "date" shoes and the guy who inspired me to get them...

thanks jellen

4:47 pm

Later, lbd!

4:47 pm

take the od 5/16 and add another vowel after the o

clue for a 7 please for nbs and nbt

the only 7 I have is a plural - ca7 - one who leads the singing in a church

5:02 pm

try ar6/7 - ar & your knuckles are j****s

5:02 pm

Hi, lynxxx!

ty lynx - puts me up to 2

5:03 pm

And Chrissie!

Hi Jellen

love the shoes!!

5:03 pm

Hi Jellen...lovely photo - you look on top of the world

5:04 pm

Thanks, lynxxx!

5:04 pm

Thanks, Chrissie...they only put two little blisters on my feet, lol...

well worth it

5:05 pm

My date (the second picture) seemed to think so :-)

5:07 pm

I hope he is the reason you look so happy

5:07 pm

Actually, my friend took the picture before I met him...

5:08 pm

But it was partially that photo which led us to meet online...

can I ask you to tell more without sounding nosey?

5:10 pm

Sure!

5:10 pm

What would you like to know?

how did you meet?

5:11 pm

I met him on POF.com, a dating site...

oh, and now you've had a date?

5:12 pm

I messaged him, and he responded. We chatted for a bit, then exchanged Yahoo IDs...Which led to phone calls and yes, a first date!

that's lovely, so happy for you

5:13 pm

We shall see how it progresses. We're supposed to meet again this week sometime...

5:13 pm

me too!

5:14 pm

Thank you both!

5:15 pm

<----- Not sure which I am more jealous of... the shoes or the guy!!

5:15 pm

Hi everybody :-)

5:15 pm

that ef7 is weird

5:15 pm

hi Soodle

lol, hi soodle

5:15 pm

Hi, Soodle

5:16 pm

Hey, Chris, Lynn, Jell :-)

5:16 pm

I got ambitious and ordered another pair of heels, too...They were on sale!

5:17 pm

I have a wonky ankle, so heels were never possible to me...until I discovered wedges. Woo-hoo!

5:19 pm

Notice they aren't stiletto heels!

5:19 pm

I have also discovered the wonders of false eyelashes... absolutely brilliant!

5:20 pm

temp or (semi) permanent?

5:21 pm

Sticky-on, Lynn. A lá Michelle Obama. Absolutely terrific!

5:21 pm

First time I tried them, I thought my eyelids weighed a ton, but a few flutters, and bobs your uncle!

do you put them on yourself?

5:23 pm

hi again, all!

5:23 pm

Joint effort between myself and my 19yr old daughter. If my eyesight was better, I could manage them myself, but putting on falsies wearing specs is a chore!

Hi Sue!

5:23 pm

Hey Sue

5:23 pm

hi Sue

5:23 pm

Hi again, sue!

5:24 pm

hi, soodle and neil!

5:24 pm

and jellen and lynxxx!

5:24 pm

Hi Neil. Sorry I didn't see you there :-)

we had a make up lady for my daughter's wedding and she used lashes at the edges of the eyes - felt really glamarous

5:24 pm

good thing I am not dating any more - I have bad feet and so pretty much wear sneakers, and don't wear makeup :-)

Hi Soodlebum.

5:25 pm

Oooh. I'd love a live-in make-up lady.

5:25 pm

I can't imagine what I'd look like with lashes...

yes, me too

I think you have lashes, Jellen?

5:26 pm

Well, not full, thick ones...

5:26 pm

I have a prescription for Latisse somewhere...

Eyelash curler and mascara.

[yep, I actually know these things]

5:27 pm

You use an eyelash curler and mascara, Neil? Never would have figured that!

5:27 pm

Ya gotta have something there to work with first, though!

Did I say I use them, Bea? No.

But I know about them.

5:28 pm

<----- Not a fan of eyelash curlers. Had a near miss once....

5:29 pm

LOL!

5:29 pm

LOL!

5:29 pm

LOL!

5:29 pm

LOL!

5:29 pm

Hi, Bea!

5:29 pm

I think I may have used eyelash curlers once, when I was a young teenager...

5:29 pm

and hi, bea!

5:29 pm

Well, I'm just full of giggles tonight.

5:29 pm

Hello, jellen and sue.

5:30 pm

brb

Laughter is good, Bea.

5:32 pm

Finding this grid a bit tedious... :-(

5:33 pm

grid? there's a grid?

5:34 pm

No, Sue...there's no grid...only chat...

5:34 pm

oh, whew. That's what I thought :-)

5:35 pm

Theres a grid, theres eyelashes, theres stilettos, theres all human life here!

5:35 pm

birkenstocks here, and I have my own unadorned eyelashes, but that's ok :-)

Sue, check the IM please?

5:36 pm

Hi all..back again

5:36 pm

I have my Birkenstocks, too..

5:36 pm

Hi, Boo!

5:37 pm

Hi Jellen

5:38 pm

Hello Boo :-)

5:38 pm

Hey Soodle

5:39 pm

hi, boo!

5:43 pm

gee, I am at exactly 2/3, which would be where I might consider listing - not sure I want to, though, maybe I will take a nap instead

5:43 pm

Hi sue

5:44 pm

no stay and chat a while uu

5:44 pm

back for a while--got absolutely no reading done

5:45 pm

Hello Jmc :-)

5:46 pm

hi soodle did you have a good time while we celebrated your birthday in babbleland?!?!

5:46 pm

*wanders off to pb*

5:47 pm

(Using megaphone to contact JMC in PB....)JMC, I had a very memorable birthday. Thank you :-)

5:47 pm

Clue for da6 please

5:47 pm

it was memorable here too

5:47 pm

glad you had as much fun

5:48 pm

Oh? What did I miss, as I was blowing out gazillions of candles?

5:48 pm

we were drinking and eating cake and dancing on tables

5:48 pm

we wanted to do you proud

5:49 pm

Woo-Hoo! No wonder I enjoyed myself so much, with such virtual support!

5:49 pm

hi, jmc!

5:49 pm

yep it got quite out of hand

5:49 pm

hey uu you didn't go nap yet!

5:50 pm

nope, I am still here

5:50 pm

Hey all, sorry to interrupt, but can I get some help as to how to bulk grab my word list and placing it in Lickety's Bulk Add box? I used to do it all the time but now when I copy and paste I get a message from the webpage telling me that I need to remove blank lines from the beginning and/or end of my list (which I do, then renter my list and get the same response). Has anyone else run into this?

5:50 pm

(and to think I had put it down to my false eyelashes...when it was really the Babblers egging me on... Sheesh)

5:51 pm

hmm that hasn't happened to me but i haven't listed today--did this just happen today?

5:51 pm

Soodle, I...for one...did my part to make your birthday a raucous good time here in Babbleland.

5:52 pm

It's been happening since I started playing Babble again this year. It wasn't like that when I played years ago.

5:52 pm

yep i can vouch for molly being raucous

5:52 pm

have you tried reinstalling?

5:52 pm

Molly... If you hadn't, I would have been offended! I knew I could rely on you. Ably abetted by JMC. I salute you both!

5:53 pm

*curtsies*

5:53 pm

Reinstalling...I know what reinstalling is but what would I reinstall? What do you mean?

Hi jmc. :)

And boatierra. :)

5:54 pm

i am sure others joined in with us but i ...er..ahem...can't remember

5:54 pm

Hi Boat...I just tried doing that but it worked OK. Are you using the newish Lickety address ....http://r46.me/babbleclues.html

5:54 pm

hi neil

5:54 pm

Hi everyone :)

5:54 pm

reinstall the babble pro?

5:54 pm

Hi jmc - just going but good to see you

5:54 pm

hi lynxxx!

5:54 pm

Hi, boa and jmc

5:54 pm

hi jell

5:55 pm

Bye, lynxxx

5:55 pm

Bye all

5:55 pm

btw boat i just saw an ad for chocolate air that gives you the taste without any calories

5:55 pm

lynxxx - I use the link at the bottom of the game page, I'll try your link, Thx!

5:55 pm

Cheerio Lynn :-)

I have a copy of BabbleExpert if you need it?

5:55 pm

good to see you too lynxxx sorry i missed chatting but another time

I've never installed it myself... haven't found a need for it. A regular browser works fine.

5:56 pm

Good evening Babblers

5:56 pm

http://r46.me/BabbleExpert20110410.zip is the link for expert

5:56 pm

hi wht

Oh ok, that's even better. I didn't know the link.

5:56 pm

i just use pro and not expert

5:56 pm

it's a program that you have to install, boat, but once you do it's really nice

Good afternoon, wht.

Oh, there's something else caled Babble Pro?

5:58 pm

the link is in my profile, if the chog scrolls off the screen

5:58 pm

i don't know neil i am a bear with little brain today

5:58 pm

jmc - um, ya, I'm thinking I don't know what you mean. I am a Babble Pro, I paid to be permanent player but I'm thinking you're talking about something else and my limited computer knowledge is not catching up.

5:59 pm

Hi Wht :-)

5:59 pm

Use a word from the grid in a sentence...I done le6/18 all ma smart stuff frem Perfessor Sue, cause she done edumacated me. : P

5:59 pm

no i am probably just confusing the whole situation with the cottonstuffing in my head

That's a good idea, Sue. Maybe I'll do that too.

6:00 pm

jmc - Thanks for trying :)

6:00 pm

well, we are all pro as we have our pictures and flags; expert is a separate program that Lickety has written - if you download that link I gave, extract it (which your computer should do automatically) and then run it, it is like using Lickety's list but SOOO much better!!!

6:00 pm

and grammar from crossy molly?

Aww, not feeling well, jmc?

6:00 pm

Clue for da6 please

6:01 pm

Oh dear, water all over my monitor.

6:01 pm

no just spent a really long week and coming home to my 1/2 a house is kinda discouraging

6:01 pm

lol, neil, jmc is almost as old as I am and, like me, is probably getting fuzzier and fuzzier every day :-)

6:01 pm

better the monitor than the keyboard

6:01 pm

hahaha THANKS ALOT uu

6:02 pm

lynxxx are you still here?

Haha! What are friends for, huh?

6:02 pm

I beg to differ. JMC is a bold and saucy woman with a razor sharp mind. (and wit)

6:02 pm

i thought for SURE they would have poured the concrete so the building could start but the 6-10 inches of rain stopped that

6:02 pm

boy, that's for sure, jmc! (about the keyboard) - I spilled a large cup of hot tea on my laptop a year or so ago and it took the touch pad MONTHS to recover

6:03 pm

i like that description molly!

6:03 pm

oh, so it's just me that's fuzzy, molly? :=)

6:03 pm

i am thinking that my inaugural event in my new kitchen will be christmas dinner if i am lucky

6:03 pm

yeah, rain and concrete pouring are pretty incompatible

6:04 pm

no i said i was a bear of little brain today

6:04 pm

jmc - I just saw your comment about the chocolate, sorry. Haven't seen that advert.

6:04 pm

what's the estimate for the time to finish once the concrete is poured, jmc?

6:04 pm

Oh, JMC - I forgot to ask... How is the house faring out?

Ok Sue, I've put that link in my bio too. Easier than sending a copy of the program via email.

6:05 pm

Sorry Sue, well seasoned, bright women abound in this place. All inclusive. : )

6:05 pm

go check out thinkgeek.com boat

6:05 pm

that is the problem soodle what with a hurricane and then torrential rain things are not fairing well on the house

6:06 pm

thinkgeek is so cool :-) if I win the lottery I am going to buy their entire catalog

6:06 pm

in fact they don't seem to be fairing at all

6:06 pm

i love thinkgeek i always get stuff from there for christmas gifts!

6:06 pm

Oh I love thinkgeek.com! I follow them on FB :)

6:06 pm

If you get any more rain, jmc it will be sea-faring

6:06 pm

the caffeine soap was a big hit

6:07 pm

My current icon I got from Snorg Tees :)

6:07 pm

Thinkgeek is on FB? I'll have to check it out!

6:07 pm

haha wht you have that right--molls was starting an ark the other day but i was still in harrisonburg

Caffeine soap?

6:08 pm

haha, I missed your icon, boat, my chog still shows the old one

I guess it would make taking one's morning shower even more invigorating and eye-opening.

6:08 pm

i just got thinkgeeks new catalog today and have already marked pages in it

6:09 pm

yes you wake up in the shower for sure with it neil

6:09 pm

have you not looked at thinkgeek, neil? They are very big on caffeine and bacon.

6:09 pm

crossy would like it :-)

6:09 pm

I love browsing through catalogs...

6:09 pm

<----- Watching Fawlty Towers on TV. Have you guys across the Atlantic had the pleasure

6:09 pm

and sci-fi

6:09 pm

yes fawlty towers is on public tv here

6:10 pm

John Cleese is hilarious.

6:10 pm

oh yes, fawlty towers is such a hoot!

6:10 pm

i miss when we would get the nieman-marcus catalog right before christmas

6:11 pm

uusue2 - Oh the one with the outlandish mustache and beard?

6:11 pm

I remember that, jmc, do they not do that any more? (I thought I had just fallen off their mailing list because i am broke)

6:12 pm

i don't know i never got one after i left texas

6:13 pm

Can I get a clue for the singleton n in the lower right corner for nbt?

6:13 pm

One of my all time FAVORITE items Think Geek has, is the Canned Unicorn Meat! Awesome :)

6:13 pm

hard to see, boat, it is too little

6:13 pm

<--- loving the thought of 'falling off mailing list because I'm broke'. By rights, I should receive absolutely NO junk mail now...

6:13 pm

ni5/10 wht

6:14 pm

yeah, there are charities that I haven't contributed to in 15 or 20 years that still send me address labels - I have enough address labels to wallpaper my entire house, I think

6:15 pm

they are poorly run then uu--of course my boy is always complaining that half the mail that comes to this house is for people who have been dead for 10 years or more that were my clients

6:15 pm

ty jmc

6:15 pm

yw wht

6:16 pm

oh, I still get the occasional piece of mail for the lady I bought my house from 23 years ago - she's been dead a good 10 yeasr

6:16 pm

okay nbs so this time i am really going to go re** for one of my classes

6:16 pm

*years

6:16 pm

bbl

6:16 pm

Maybe you could use the stacks of junk mail to fill in the holes in your house, jmc.

6:16 pm

Soodle, you will be the darling of every charity and junk mail sender once you win your millions. Make sure The Soodle Castle has a big mailbox.

6:17 pm

My parents have been divorced for 20+ yrs, my mom's changed address, changed last name, and still we get (junk) mail for her from charities.

6:18 pm

Molly. I was asked how I would cope with 'begging letters' when I won the Lottery. I was gracious in my relply. I said I would continue to send them....

6:19 pm

Clue for da6 please

6:19 pm

'reply'

6:19 pm

Late hi, wht!

That's weird, boatierra.

6:19 pm

lol, soodle!

6:19 pm

da6...actor Matt with an extra vowel.

Unless perhaps she didn't notify any of them?

6:20 pm

I think so.

6:20 pm

ca

6:20 pm

sa

6:21 pm

I still get mail for my ex, and divorce was final in 2006...

6:21 pm

She probably did not.

6:22 pm

me too, jellen, and mine was final in 1996

6:22 pm

cu

6:23 pm

I'd probably still be getting mail for my first husband (divorced in 1980) except I was the one who moved away

6:23 pm

Shoosh is a person of few words.

6:26 pm

Time I was in bed! Good night everybody, and to all my US friends, sincere condolences and support on this significant anniversary. Poof

And few letters.

6:26 pm

oops... I am trying to add words to the list via add word box and for whatever reason..it chooses to enter into the chat box. Sorry for taking up space.

6:26 pm

Bye, Soodle

6:26 pm

night, soodle!

6:27 pm

You're okay shoo...Nice to see you!

6:28 pm

It's a Babble Expert defect Shoo. It happens to lots of people.

6:29 pm

Thanx

6:29 pm

Hi Shoo

6:29 pm

I can make that kind of mistake without the help of Expert. :^)

6:29 pm

LOL

6:30 pm

ok, it's 6:30 here which must mean it's either dinner time or i've missed my nap

6:31 pm

in either case I am off for a while, bbl!!

6:31 pm

by uu

6:32 pm

*Sincerely hopes Sue finds dinner, or a nap, but not both at the same time*

6:34 pm

I see that Alex Rodriguez's nickname is in the grid today.

6:35 pm

Yes..

6:35 pm

Go yankees

6:35 pm

<---Ignores anything to do with the Spankees

6:36 pm

Sorry Boo.

6:36 pm

That ok

6:37 pm

This grid is nasty today

6:37 pm

Here in Babbleland we have to be tolerant of religious differences, even when it has to do with the Yankees and Red Sox.

6:37 pm

yeah it is, boo.

6:38 pm

hey, yall

6:38 pm

I was raised an Orioles fan, but my second love is The Red Sox

6:38 pm

bah to both the yankees and the red sox i say.

6:38 pm

An atheist heard from.

6:39 pm

Hi, dc!

6:39 pm

Indeed Wht

6:39 pm

howdy, jellen

6:43 pm

I can't believe my monkeys came up with the ef7,40 on their first try.

6:43 pm

I love it when that happens

6:44 pm

It starts with the like the ef4 and the end comes quickly.

6:50 pm

Oops. Did I kill the chog?

6:51 pm

Got the ef7

6:54 pm

Thanks, wht!

6:54 pm

<enters and dusts off her chair> phew it hasnt disappeared

6:55 pm

Sure got quiet in here..

6:55 pm

Hi Groovy

6:55 pm

I think everyone went to find the ef7

6:55 pm

Groooovy! Haven't seen you here in ages!

6:55 pm

Anyone have any clue of the middle N? I can't seem to get any for that one.

6:55 pm

It is easy to find

6:56 pm

*clues

6:56 pm

yah its been forever and a day :)

6:57 pm

just dusting off the keys and the words and the brain to see if i can remember how to play rofl

6:57 pm

Rather the center N.

6:57 pm

Boat...I have the grandma word

6:57 pm

ni 4/5

6:57 pm

Boa, one is a ni4,5. It is like a longish skirt, but change the first letter

6:58 pm

There is an no4,5 that is like it.

6:59 pm

And there is the Christmas word

6:59 pm

So many clues, Thanks!! :)

7:00 pm

Oh! Just did an N that finished the top N, didn't expect that.

7:01 pm

Ah! Got one. Thank you Jellen :)

7:02 pm

Still working on the grandma word, skirt word, and the Christmas word.

7:03 pm

The grandma word and the Christmas word both start with no

7:05 pm

I just got a no 4/5 that is - a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.

7:05 pm

The Christmas word also could be used to describe this sequence: hijk*m

7:06 pm

Alphabetical?

7:06 pm

Hmmm...thinking about pizza for dinner...not on my diet, but so yummy!

7:06 pm

Over my head? LOL

7:06 pm

Think what letter is missing, boa

7:07 pm

Think about what is not there, boat

7:07 pm

I figured :)

7:08 pm

Oh jeez, if it were a snake it wouldv'e bitten me!

7:08 pm

I am always good for clues that are obvious once you know the word.

7:09 pm

I kept looking at the right side of the puzzle, not the left. That'll teach me.

7:09 pm

Think of it as the feast of the 7 fishes that Italians have on Christmas eve.

7:09 pm

Thanks wht, Jellen & tabbycat :)

7:10 pm

yw

7:11 pm

Or oops, the other way around, my other right. Anyway, problem solved!

7:24 pm

Clue for the ae8 please

7:25 pm

study of air?

ae8,55: study of the upper atmosphere. Or ae + ast***** is the study of outer space.

7:28 pm

Still not getting it ruru

7:29 pm

ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu baby way long time no see - missed me? lol

7:29 pm

OMMMM GGGGGGGG.. Kiwi!!!!!!!!!!!

7:29 pm

ty neil. I was twisting around the wrong way.

7:29 pm

HOw have you been?

7:30 pm

evening.

You're very welcome, wht.

7:30 pm

is this an easy grid?

featherbee! :)

7:30 pm

Hi feather

I found it not too bad at all.

7:30 pm

hiya neil! need a mental break.

7:30 pm

have you been around or just popped in today?

So you won't have much trouble. ;)

7:30 pm

dont have a heart attack now ru i am still alive and kicking lol

When are we Letterbloxing again?

7:30 pm

i just came in.

Not now, because dinner is served soon.

7:31 pm

hey weedie

7:31 pm

lol, not sure. sometime, i promise, just not tonight!

7:31 pm

@ 5:30 neil?

7:31 pm

Feather, it is easier than some we have had this week but it is not what I would call an easy grid.

7:31 pm

just popped in today. thought it was about time i got my tooshie back in my chair - considering its still here even tho highly dusty and full of cobwebs

I offered to help and was told to get out of the way and go sit down! Haha, I don't mind.

Huh, ruru?

Yes, of course... isn't that a normal time?

7:32 pm

hi ruru...oh, hang on, i have a link for you!

7:32 pm

you eat early

Eating around 6pm is kind of usual.

7:32 pm

it is good to see you kiwi.. how have you been

7:32 pm

heck, we eat 4:30-5 around here

We're not eating yet... dinner is being made. We're going out later.

7:32 pm

wow.. we eat late

When you're going out for the evening then yes, you sometimes eat earlier. Although I don't call this exceptionally early.

7:33 pm

we eat at 10

So I'm kicking back with a beer, while 2 gay guys make dinner... this is the life, haha!

[both very good cooks I might add]

7:33 pm

well gee neil if you have servants..that's the way to go

7:33 pm

ruru, check this out: http://tinyurl.com/winecellarofawesome

Tell me about it, ruru? Can't be too bad huh?

7:34 pm

lol, nice neil

[I'm stil in L.A. visiting at my brother's... he and his b/f are making the dinner.]

I'm gonna go see if I can do something useful anyway. Feel bad just sitting here. Shout if you need clues, because I'll check this periodically.

7:36 pm

k, go chop a carrot or something, lol

7:36 pm

have fun neil

7:36 pm

life has had its ups and downs - im doing great (tho getting over a flu bug and chest infection) but my eldest son Kieran (who is now 18) has had a lump in his brain diagnosed which is causing siezures so we are waiting for neurosurgeon to operate

7:36 pm

oh holy cow kiwi.. have they diagnosed what the lump is?

7:37 pm

oh no kiwi. i'll send prayers and healing energy.

7:37 pm

are you still with that man?

7:37 pm

its not cancerous. There is a big lump inside the brain which they think may have been there since birth but there is a smaller lump on top of the big lump which is rubbing against the skull which they think is causing the problems

7:38 pm

oh thank god for that.

7:38 pm

and yes still with the same man - will be four years on nov. still love him to bits and he is so good to kieran as well which helps majorly

7:38 pm

it's still scary anyway.. but that's a piece of good news then

7:38 pm

oh nice.. I hope it all goes well with your son

7:39 pm

gosh I miss chatting with you late at night

7:39 pm

awwww shucks ru i miss our evenings in too

7:40 pm

KIWI!!!

7:40 pm

and life still good with you? Hey LB Hugs!!! yeah im not a ghostie lol

7:40 pm

hi dawg!

7:41 pm

Oh dear, just re4 back, sending t's and p's and lots of love to you, Kiwi and Kiernan.

7:41 pm

hi Feather! how's school? how're the boys?

7:42 pm

school's on hold. we had major flooding, so the kids got sent home early the first day, and we've not been back yet. boys are good!

7:42 pm

evening, all

7:42 pm

kia ora java

7:42 pm

hi Java! Feather, will you have to make up these days?

7:43 pm

i have no idea. we were ordered on friday to close by the county executive, declared a disaster site or whatever the phrase is by the president, so one hopes we'll get a pass on it

7:43 pm

hey i havent forgotten much lol half way in just over an hour lol

7:44 pm

brb

7:44 pm

kia ora to you Kiwi

7:44 pm

go Kiwi!! I hope you get the pass, feather. It would be just like the superintendent to say no way and extend the school year.

the "natural" disasters are more and more unnatural...

7:45 pm

Unfortunately, the unnatural are becoming more and more natural

7:45 pm

well, the superintendent will have to if we use up the snowdays, not really her control. we can ask for special dispensation though, just not sure if it will happen

same difference. Scary.

7:46 pm

I hope you have a strong union, natural disasters are way out of anyone's control.

Back for a bit. Got the table set.

7:46 pm

hi Kap, hi Wht

7:46 pm

Hello all!

7:46 pm

hiya, Jellen!

Hi. jellen.

Hi again, Jellen!

7:47 pm

it's all the schools in our county, and a lot in the next county over. some can't reopen yet, are looking for alternate locations.

7:47 pm

hi jellen!

7:47 pm

hi neil

7:47 pm

I don't know how it is in NY, but here in Mass, they cannot extend the school year beyond June 30 because that is the end of the fiscal year.

I am gonna bail soon. Or is it bale. I never know.

7:47 pm

we'll just have to wait and see. it's been mind boggling here.

7:47 pm

bail

7:47 pm

Depends if you are making hay or removing water, Kaplan. :^)

7:47 pm

depends on whether you're getting out of jail or binding yourself up Kaplan

Like "here here" or "hear hear"

7:48 pm

hear hear

Hear here.

Here, hear!

7:48 pm

Beer here.

7:48 pm

lol

7:48 pm

are you saying that you're present or that you're attending?

Here! Here!

7:48 pm

listen listen or place place

Beer here too.

7:49 pm

as long as it's not bier here

7:49 pm

chog is getting silly now, and i must depart. may be back later...

7:49 pm

bere here?

7:50 pm

good to see you again lbd hugs

7:50 pm

aww, bye dawg. i need a touch of silly these days, for sure.

Sorry. I did that.

That's inevitable. The chog is full of silly people.

7:50 pm

departing, not because of silliness. wish i could stay for the fun.

7:50 pm

silly is as silly does...

7:50 pm

(((KIWI)))

I think 9/11 should just be a whole day of silence. No videos. I thought I offended you by being silly.

7:51 pm

feather, other than the lack of school, have you been affected by the floods?

No replay videos I mean.

7:51 pm

Bye, lbd

Floods! D

Fires! Earthquakes! Hurricanes!

7:52 pm

Silence is underrated. We could learn a lot from silence.

7:52 pm

yeah. was just helping mom rebuild her driveway today. can't get anywhere in town still, roads still closed.

I need to go escape and read Jane Austen or something.

7:52 pm

Silly people? Nah, gravitas ... sober and serious

7:52 pm

That is tough.

7:53 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0VYzm h96s many of these places, i drive by every day. i know where almost every picture is from, except for individual houses.

7:53 pm

Clue for the sa8,45?

this world is a mess.

7:53 pm

I have a friend who lives in Saranac Lake, Feather. How close is that to you? I emailed her and haven't heard back.

7:53 pm

Saranac Lake is several hours north of us

7:54 pm

Hi all.

7:54 pm

i'm binghamton region.

sa8,45 -- compound word. Where a purchase might be made?

7:54 pm

hi jac

7:54 pm

Well, then, maybe she's just ignoring me. I get that sometimes

7:54 pm

wht sa8/45 - a space where things are sold.

A purchase or a sa4,4.

7:54 pm

Duh. Thanks jac

7:54 pm

she's probably fine. the rain decided to hover over us for about 24 hours.

7:54 pm

{{{{ Jac }}}} ltns

Ok, I should give up on cluing.

7:55 pm

Good grief, Feather. That's a lot of rain...

see you tomorrow.

7:55 pm

i forget the numbers now, but maybe 10-11 inches? don't take that as gospel, i may be under.

7:55 pm

Hi feather. Having been following the flood stories from USA on FB, and hearing of the fires in Texas, I was somewhat surprised that our news here in UK didn't mention them.

7:55 pm

67 left, time to list.

7:55 pm

you see animals walking in pairs on the street feather?

Don't you mean swimming along the street, ru?

7:56 pm

LOL ruru

7:56 pm

just about ruru. although i did see a cute picture of a rescued groundhog.

7:56 pm

Who would have thought that some of the worst damage from hurricanes and tropical storms would be to upstate NY and Vermont.

7:56 pm

Lots about 9/11, which of course should be talked about, but nothing on current events in USA.

7:57 pm

too bad some of that rain couldn't have diverted to Texas

7:57 pm

10-11 inches is a lot .. rain or otherwise..lol

7:57 pm

*snicker*

7:57 pm

did you see my wine cellar of awesome, ruru?

Not touching that.

7:58 pm

walking in pears would be interesting too

7:58 pm

i did..I"ve seen that before. I'd hate to move wine in and out of there

7:58 pm

Apparently, we in UK are to be hit by the remnants of category 1 hurricane Katia, that missed USA. It will hit tonight as a storm with 90mph winds and torrential rain. :-(((

7:58 pm

oh ru you havent changed one little bit

7:58 pm

oh dear jac!

7:58 pm

batten down the hatches.

7:58 pm

Do you know why women are bad judges of distance? They've been told all their lives that's 8 inches (holds thumb and forefinger apart)

7:58 pm

hi BR

7:58 pm

nope KIwi.. I still have the same twisted humor

7:59 pm

*snicker back*

7:59 pm

LOL java2.

7:59 pm

Hello. feather ... glad you are safe despite the weather.

7:59 pm

Hi kiwi!

7:59 pm

I can't find the re 6 .. HelP?

8:00 pm

ruru - there's no rhyme nor re6 to why you can't find it.

Give me one good re**** why I should give you that clue, ruru?

8:00 pm

we've had one single report of a fatality recently, but other than that people are ok. lots of property loss, but you can get property back. not lives.

8:00 pm

It stands to re6/18

8:00 pm

thank you BR

8:00 pm

oh geez..

8:00 pm

thanks neil

You're welcome ruru.

8:01 pm

Clue for the second so6,18 please

8:01 pm

You're right feather - things are replaceable

8:01 pm

so - genre of poetry

A verse, rhyming with what a baby might wear on his or her head, wht.

8:02 pm

going to head out for a while, distract myself from feeling helpless. night all!

8:02 pm

Hello, Jac, java, and BR...think those are the recent arrivals. I got distracted by pizza...

8:02 pm

'Night feather.x

8:02 pm

Ooooohh - good thing to be distracted by

8:02 pm

nite feather good to see you again :)

8:02 pm

G'night, feather

And... dinner's ready. Later!

8:02 pm

ty neil and RB. I will now sing the praises of fish in iambic pentameter.

8:03 pm

sleep as well as pizza

8:03 pm

But fireworks.

8:03 pm

Hooray for wht!

8:03 pm

g'night to those leaving!

8:03 pm

i assume ae8 is a compound word?

8:03 pm

and congrats why

8:03 pm

howdy again everyone:)

8:03 pm

*wht

8:03 pm

Well done wht.

8:04 pm

crossy xxxx

8:04 pm

Hi crossy.

8:04 pm

Hey, LA!

8:04 pm

Hi crossy

8:04 pm

Hi ((crossy))

8:04 pm

LA, not it is not a compound word. It is the study of the atmosphere

8:04 pm

LeslieAnn - ae8 is a scientific study.

8:05 pm

te7?

8:06 pm

Hello Jellen. How'are things?

8:06 pm

Shirloc - you might have a te7/40 agreement with your landlord.

8:06 pm

Good, Jac! And how are things with you?

8:07 pm

thx jellen

8:07 pm

oops, that was thx jac

8:07 pm

Jellen - not brilliant due to redundancies in family, but we're all happy and healthy, which is the main thing.

8:07 pm

y/w Shirlock.

8:08 pm

Could have done without the sewer blockage yesterday morning! Beloved sorted it out. But, as he said, 'What a sh*t start to the day!' LOL

8:09 pm

Ewww...been there before!

8:10 pm

Well, I have things to yet. Have a good evening Babblers.

8:11 pm

Beloved had 3 showers yesterday - one before the sewer blockage, one after we'd discovered it and he'd sorted it out and another one when the heavens opened as we left ASDA with a full trolley(cart) of shopping .

8:11 pm

Goonight, wht.

8:11 pm

He wished he'd parked nearer the store after that!

8:13 pm

Bye, wht

8:14 pm

Does anyone still need clues? I'm here for a whole longer.

8:15 pm

ef7?

8:15 pm

how about a clue for the Ys?

8:16 pm

both are yu4 java one is a plant the other is an awful word lol

8:16 pm

I've got yu4/8

hi all, just here for a few

8:16 pm

Doh!

8:16 pm

LeslieAnn - ef7 is an archaic old English word. Means 'before long'. ef* (baby newt) + 'see you ****!' (What you say when leaving a friend's house.)

8:16 pm

both are yu4 java one is a plant the other is an awful word lol

there is a yu4/12, a word you say when you see something disgusting

8:17 pm

thx kiwi - fish!

8:17 pm

that's a new one for me. thanks jac

good clue jacula, thanx

8:18 pm

LeslieAnn - I think it's that particular word's first outing on Babble.

8:18 pm

hey gwen ltns

8:18 pm

weird one...

8:19 pm

LeslieA - have you done another talk yet? Last year's was great.

8:19 pm

a talk?

hi kiwi and y'alls

8:20 pm

Oh, I think I've got the wrong Babbler, LesleA.

8:20 pm

maybe. :) i talk a lot, but don't necessarily GIVE talks. :)

8:20 pm

cy6?

8:21 pm

I know you had the wonderful wedding pics. Another Babbler gave a funny talk for a speeches thing. Got you mixed up.

8:21 pm

Jellen, are you still here?

8:22 pm

Shirlock - cy6 is a botanitcal word. cy + consonant + robot ending.

and that's it, saying bye bye now

8:22 pm

*botanical, I meant.

8:22 pm

'Night Gwen. See you again.

8:22 pm

thx again jac

8:22 pm

y/w Shirlock.

8:23 pm

OK, more than 1/2 in each tile and stat. Time for bed with 66 left; night all

8:26 pm

Ah, I've found the link to the speech -

8:26 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr5fhmp _xP0

8:26 pm

Oh, Jellen's here now!

8:26 pm

'Night java.

8:26 pm

Wandered off to email...

8:26 pm

Here's the tinyurl - http://tinyurl.com/3yykl5g

8:27 pm

jellen, if you see jmc before i do, please tell her I'm fine. she was worried about our fires, and I keep missing her!

8:27 pm

Champ - don't know you, but I'm glad you're okay.

8:27 pm

Okay, I will do so! Glad you're okay!

8:28 pm

Today is the first day the smoke wasn't visible. Hopeful!

8:29 pm

Sent her a message on FB, Champ.

8:29 pm

This reminds me of Australia earlier this year; floods in one part, fires in another.

8:30 pm

Don't forget the earthquakes and tornados!

8:30 pm

We aren't FB friends Jellen. I'll try though. Thanks! jacula, I know what you mean...it's all crazy!

8:31 pm

I don't know if 'natural events' are getting more frequent around the world or if we are all more aware of events due to all being more in touch due to the internet.

morning all :)

8:31 pm

Oh, I sent her a message on your behalf!

8:31 pm

Thank you!!1

8:31 pm

Hi, mrp!

8:31 pm

Hi MrP. How's life at present?

8:32 pm

weve had too many earthquakes to fathom lately i just keep thinking whats going to be is going to be and you cant get out of it whether it happens this year or next someday there isnt going to be anything left so live life to the fullest :)

8:32 pm

MRP xxxxxxxx

fireless and floodless... unlike other parts of the world

kiwi!!! **drops in a faint**!!

8:32 pm

Groovy - I think you have a point!

how you going luvvy!!? haven't seen you in forever! ***hugs kiwi***

8:33 pm

lol you aint the first ruru nearly had a heart attack too

8:33 pm

MrP - I meant more re the dickhead and your recent surgery.

jac **hugs** how you going?

8:33 pm

mrp are you on yahoo chat?

LOL kiwi! just so nice to see you!

jellen, I can be...

8:34 pm

keeping me head down tail up living life to the fullest i can afford lol

i think I have yahoo... but will go look

8:34 pm

Kiwi - I think it's your turn on Words With Friends on FB.

first, how is stuff girls??

8:34 pm

Okay, I was going to add you...Which service do you prefer?

oh the Prick and Dick and Mole have done more to me in the recent weeks, and have forced my hand with my lawyers.

i am on skype chat and on FB chat

8:35 pm

Check my profile for the latest two pics... :-)

8:35 pm

Skype, I can do! I'm jellen311

and my knee is recovering well, but the tibia is bloody hurting and bruising badly. I find out more on that on the 20th Sept

8:35 pm

jac i havent been able to get the game to load for a couple of hours now grrr

ok, i am mrpresident1968

and no, I am 33 this month, + 10 years experience

8:36 pm

MrP - hope your lawyer grinds the Prick the Dick and the Mole to dust and that your leg bones start to behave themselves.x

i play word with friends! as below name

8:37 pm

MrP - you are one year older than my Beloved, depending on what month you were born. (He's Jan 69)

8:38 pm

(((MRP)))

crossy!!! **hugs**!!

8:38 pm

yeah wwf is working now and i played me turn

I am Sept 68

8:39 pm

I got Skype about a year or so ago, can't find it on my computer now and can't remember what my name was. May have to start again if my daughter decides to stay 'abroad'.

8:39 pm

no8?

8:39 pm

no wonder you are so hawt mrp,you are just a young thing:))))

jac, go to start in the bottom left of puter and in 'search programs and files' just type in skype

8:39 pm

I'm sure this must've been said earlier, but did you all notice that NB is in the grid?

8:39 pm

Shirlock - no8 - not ethical.

8:39 pm

not + ethical

oh crossy! **blush**!!

8:40 pm

Yes, Champ...

8:40 pm

ooo, that's just evil

what is in the grid???

8:40 pm

Kind of nice, isn't it?

8:40 pm

MrP - did that search thing. Couldn't find it.

you may not have it ... did you delete it perhaps??

easy enough to add skype and create your user name

is a great way to chat and I chat by way of typing heaps there

8:41 pm

MrP - no idea what my son does when he decides to do a zap! Wouldn't mind, but it was him that installed it in the first place.

8:42 pm

i have skype but hardly ever used it until now since i got the lappy with the built in mike and cam

8:43 pm

MrP - NB - I assume it's a clue for na5.16 - girl's name. Referring to a 'boy' who once posted here.

8:43 pm

hello everyone -- back to finish I hope!

kiwi, i use it to chat via keyboard... and sometimes use it to chat to dad face to face

8:44 pm

na5.16 = Mrs. Reagan.

8:44 pm

Hi cybernan.

oh I remember!

8:44 pm

Hi, nan

8:44 pm

oh well mine is grooviestkiwi if anyone wants to add me to their skype :0

girls, i have to go... going to take DH out for father's day lunch *one week late*... but it is a great venue... i posted on FB. Will come back with photos!

8:45 pm

I will ask you all for your names when I either find Skype or re-install it.

add me kiwi,

i have to go! ***hugs and kisses*** all round

8:45 pm

See you again, MrP.

8:46 pm

Bye, mrp!

8:46 pm

hugs mrp xxx your added

8:48 pm

Made my move in our game Kiwi!

8:49 pm

lol u just want to win quicker lol

8:50 pm

Can't understand why I'm still awake at 2.47am on a Sunday morning when I spent all of last night in a state of cat-napping between hot flushes/flashes. I assume the threat of a major storm (fear of flooding) has got my adrenalin levels flowing too high for sleep.

8:50 pm

Kiwi - YEA! LOL

8:51 pm

a clue for the im 5/12, please?

8:52 pm

Oh, and the fact that the predicted 90mph winds accompanying the storm will probably take the felt off the animal shed roof and blow most of our fences down.

8:52 pm

im+go in4 the door but without the T

8:52 pm

sounds like its time to batten down the hatches jac

8:52 pm

Good clue, Kiwi!

8:52 pm

Thanks, kiwi

8:53 pm

and the im5/14 is the same but with a different constanant for the 4th letter

8:53 pm

Kiwi - we seem to be having to batten down a lot in recent times.:-(

8:53 pm

ty kiwi

8:53 pm

here about 3 weeks ago we had snow at sea level at my house. its NEVER ever snowed here before in my lifetime and it was quick heavy and thick too

8:56 pm

Kiwi - there's a change going on on this planet. I'm beginning to wonder if there is actually anywhere 'safe' to live on earth, or whether I should hope for a major lottery win so I can buy another planet that will support life. :-/

8:56 pm

these in's are impossible!

8:57 pm

im not one for the kay sera sera stuff but lately im thinking no matter where i live im going to end up dying one day so if is going to be by natural causes or a natural disaster so be it

8:57 pm

in + way to get in the house, nan

8:57 pm

which ones you need help with nan?

8:58 pm

cybernan - you can make an in6/21 on those words if you go in4/4 your house and in6/21 some spells to see them If you're in7/32 it's easier to tap your in6/18 powers of magic.

8:58 pm

the first pair please?

8:59 pm

in6/21 to "speak" a spell

8:59 pm

and then plural

8:59 pm

tyvm -- didn't see that -- working from the wrong i!

9:00 pm

in 6/18?

9:00 pm

sounds like a prisoner

9:00 pm

ok my last one is te7?

9:00 pm

latent talent, cyber.

9:00 pm

or an oject

9:01 pm

you sign a te7 agreement with landlord

9:01 pm

LeslieAnn - te7 - you may have a te7 agreement with your landlord.

9:01 pm

hmm ok. must be spelling it wrong

9:02 pm

ty again

9:02 pm

LA - it ends with the sometimes vowel. Hope that heps!

9:02 pm

oh i was. yay fireworks!

9:02 pm

place to stay plus past tense of eat

9:02 pm

Well done LA!

9:02 pm

woohoo wtg leslie ^5

9:03 pm

kiwi.. hasn't lost her touch

9:03 pm

awww tyk ruru im remembering as much as ive forgotten lol

9:03 pm

and im down to 50 but have gone onto the list lol

9:04 pm

EEH, I remember the days when there was no list! LOL

9:05 pm

ehhh showing your age jac phhht

9:05 pm

Speaking of lists and all the bells and whistles Dr_God promised - did he decide not to go ahead with the new Babble?

9:05 pm

may i have a clue for my last 7 the mo7 please

9:06 pm

mo7 is like a state of Western USA but with a different vowel anding for last letter.

9:06 pm

like a giant hill

9:07 pm

tyk jac got it

9:07 pm

with a vowell ending

9:07 pm

It actually describes something that grows in mountainous regions.

9:07 pm

Kiwi - y/w.

9:08 pm

ruru - is that pic on your profile actually a photo of you?

9:08 pm

It's so weird Kiwi.. I was just thinking about you the other day with mr p.. asking if anyone had seen you

9:08 pm

Late hooray for LA!

9:08 pm

you can always find me on facebook if you so desire or if your even using it yet - i remember you werent last time we talked lol

9:08 pm

Hi again Jellen.

9:09 pm

no jac.. it's weird hairdo Icon day

9:09 pm

I'm better looking than that

9:09 pm

I am really modest too

9:09 pm

Oh, is it? I really should try to keep up with the themes.

9:09 pm

LOL, ruru.

9:10 pm

Well, I'm afraid you've all just got me as I am for my icon pic at the moment.

9:10 pm

Hello all briefly -- dinner's almost ready

9:10 pm

Hi, jilli!

9:10 pm

hey jilli hugs

9:10 pm

that's fine with us jac

9:10 pm

love that hairdo, ruru!

9:10 pm

you have a nice face

9:10 pm

how about that one jilli

9:10 pm

Hi jilli.

9:10 pm

im just thinking how much i wanna tackle that face with a razor lol

9:11 pm

rur - thank you.

9:11 pm

lol kiwi

9:11 pm

last so 6, please?

9:11 pm

kiwi - ruru's face or mine???

9:11 pm

rurus lol

9:11 pm

an ode nan

9:11 pm

Jeeze - I know women my age get hair where they don't want hair but I didn't think mine was that bad!

9:12 pm

poets write so6

9:12 pm

an ode to a shaver more like it

9:12 pm

ty -- don't see it, but got it!

9:12 pm

LOL - that blog got all crazy again. Love it!

9:13 pm

Ode to a shaver... oh sharpened blade that cuts my beard..I'm speaking to my razor .. I find that weird..

9:14 pm

cyber - sometimes I just snse words but don't see them in the grid but up they pop on my list.

9:14 pm

{applause applasue}

9:14 pm

LOL ruru.

9:15 pm

*bows lowly*

9:16 pm

Don't bow too low - you don't want to fall over and have to be picked up again.

9:16 pm

ru have you set yourself up on facebook yet??

9:16 pm

*reaches for ice pack*

9:16 pm

*!* ta da *!* - off to make a late supper :)

9:16 pm

no kiwi.. I don't facebook

9:17 pm

wtg nan ^5

9:17 pm

Hooray for nan!

9:17 pm

yeah nan

9:17 pm

Oh dear! Did you whack your nose when you fell, ruru?

9:17 pm

wow so proud of you for not givving in yet lol

9:17 pm

Well done cybernan.

9:18 pm

I am going to be the last human on earth to join facebook

9:19 pm

If I didn't 'do' Facebook, I'd have been much more in the dark and much more worried about what was happening to my daughter on her world travels. I'm not allowed to comment, but I can send her messages and see her photos.

9:19 pm

brb...wandering off again...

9:20 pm

if i didnt have facebook i wouldnt have been able to keep up with everyone from here who i have as friends when im not on here lol

9:20 pm

ruru - but when you finally click the 'join' button, how can you be sure you're the last?

9:20 pm

I know it works for many people.. but it is not for me

9:21 pm

Because I'll be dead jac..lol

9:21 pm

so what do you "do" instead then lol

9:21 pm

You're probably very wise, ruru. I've heard it's not so easy to leave FB as it is to join.

9:22 pm

I get several hundred emails a day.. adding more to that would drive me batty

9:22 pm

a short drive....however

9:22 pm

*Has image of ruru clicking 'join' button just before his coffin glides off to the incinerator.*

9:23 pm

ruru - you need to get a spam sorter and batter-offer thing for your email.

9:23 pm

well if that happens I'd have urned it I guess.

9:23 pm

"duh" ruru

9:23 pm

Terrible joke, ruru, but it made me laugh.

9:23 pm

that's just business emails jac.. not spam.

9:24 pm

Heck, ruru. What a nightmare.

9:24 pm

Evening all.\

9:24 pm

Have to run.. hugs kiwi..love ya to pieces. bye jac.. have a nice night all

9:24 pm

May I please have a clue for st5-12? Thanks

9:24 pm

'Night ruru.

9:24 pm

i can get that many a day when i have a project on at work but no project at moment so lucky if i get a couple a day

9:25 pm

so nice to see you again ruru its been a pleasure xxx

9:25 pm

st5 up and left the room like ruru just did lol

9:25 pm

gap - st5.12 - didn't lie down. Or, to quote a poem, 'The boy st5 on the burning deck...'

9:26 pm

Thanks so much, Jacula

9:26 pm

y/w gap.

9:28 pm

actor cliff robertson died.

9:29 pm

not sure who he was lbd

9:29 pm

how old was he lbd?

9:30 pm

Aw, lbdawger. I liked him. Wasn't he married to Dina Merrill at one time?

9:30 pm

He was 88 and played JFK in a film many years ago. I don't remember him.

9:31 pm

88..awesome!

9:32 pm

I loved him in Charly, an adaptation of Flowers for Algernon.

9:32 pm

ok my last word - the no8 help please

9:32 pm

without scruples, Kiwi

9:34 pm

hrmmm not helping lol

9:34 pm

duh got it

9:34 pm

and thats fireworks for me

9:35 pm

prefix for without + aesop fables of5 had a ***** to the story

9:35 pm

whoooo hoooooo KIWI!!!

9:35 pm

Well done Kiwi. (Made my next move, btw.)

9:35 pm

nice to have been back this afternoon - its been a pleasure catching up with you all hugs and ill try to get back again soonish rather than laterish xxxx my love to all

9:36 pm

Nice to see you back here, Kiwi. Be sure to return soon.x

9:38 pm

bye, kiwi, hagd!

9:38 pm

I've started to yawn at last. Hope that means the adrenalin has calmed down and sleep can soon come. Hope I'll be up in time to make a plum crumbe and cook it before I have to put the slow-roast beef joint in the oven. I only have one oven, unlike some lucky people who have cookers with 2, 3, 4 or 5 ovens.

9:39 pm

Not mentioning any names, but why do my ex and his 2nd wife NEED a multi oven when neither of them cook??

9:40 pm

For show! What an effing waste of money, and of a good cooker.

9:41 pm

Burst of bitterness over now! It's safe to come out and chat, clue etc. LOL

9:46 pm

Well, if no one needs any more clues, I'll go in about 10 mins.

10:18 pm

just watching Sinatra at Carnegie Hall on Detroit PBS -- still in his fading years he was such a great talent -- not only a wonderful singer but a great actor. Just heard his "Send in the Clowns"...magnificent.

10:19 pm

Hi, jilli!

10:20 pm

Hi Jilli and Jellen

10:20 pm

Hi Jellen and all

10:20 pm

Hi, Bugsaw!

10:20 pm

Oh, good to see yu, Bugs!

10:21 pm

Terrific icon, bugs!

10:22 pm

Jilli, if you'd like to the famed shoes, I put a pic in my profile :-)

10:22 pm

Two of my sons were born on this day so I ignored the suggestion and honoured them

10:23 pm

Aww, that's nice!

10:23 pm

cool, Jellen -- they arrived in time? And how was the date?

10:24 pm

The date was very nice...he was a perfect gentleman!

10:24 pm

Bugs, there were also multiple Babbler birthdays this month so it was super-appropriate.

10:24 pm

evening :)

10:24 pm

His pic is also in my profile ;-)

10:24 pm

So will there be a repat, Jell?

10:24 pm

that is what I thot Jilli. I have had it up for a day or two

10:24 pm

Hi, jes!

10:24 pm

hey Jes

10:25 pm

*repeat

10:25 pm

Yes, we're supposed to get together this coming week!

10:25 pm

oh great, Jellen!

10:25 pm

I hope it goes well for you Jellen.

10:26 pm

Thanks, me too!

10:26 pm

has anyone heard from Nef this week?

10:27 pm

We've had a romance on our street lately -- the lonely lady on the corner met a guy online, he came to visit and is a really good person. They're getting married!

10:27 pm

She was here earlier...

10:27 pm

she was on earlier today

10:27 pm

Wow, jilli!

10:27 pm

that is good news Jilli. I like good news

10:29 pm

HI follks ... Jilli, that is lovely

10:29 pm

Hi, origami

10:30 pm

Just checking in while my dinner is cooling ...made a leek, chard and goat cheese fritatta and can't wait to dig into it

10:30 pm

why is nonmind not a word? I experience that fairly regularly

10:31 pm

sounds great origami. hi

10:31 pm

Yum, origami!

10:32 pm

halfway

10:32 pm

She's the owner of the cat wot bit me. He spends almost every day on my deck and yowls to come in. It's hard not to let him! But this guy (whose first name is the same as my late hubby's) has been great with her three dogs who used to bark all the tiem, but he has taken them for walks in the woods and trained them to shut the f up -- the niehgbourhood is happy to welcome him!.

10:32 pm

We'll see ... first time I made it. I'll update ya'll in a while

10:32 pm

Sheesh! I neglected to type in felines!

10:33 pm

so did I, jellen!

10:33 pm

maybe he will pay attention to the cat too and he will stop tormenting all the neighbours (hope hope)

10:33 pm

btw, I got over halfway last night -- had no time today so "goal achieved".

10:34 pm

wd jilli!

10:34 pm

I was busy chatting on the phone last night ;-D

10:35 pm

with the DAte, Jellen?

10:35 pm

Yes ma'am!

10:35 pm

<--- beaming

10:36 pm

<---beaming, too!

10:37 pm

no, Bugs, they don't realise what a menace the cat is. He (the cat) has always been so firendly.

10:37 pm

(forgive the ypos)

10:38 pm

I am so glad you found happiness Jellen. I remember those days fondly

10:38 pm

*typos, lol! (Sinatra is distracting me)

10:39 pm

It's early days yet, Bugs...We've just had the one date...

10:39 pm

And there is the problem of distance...he lives 2 hours away...

10:39 pm

mutual interests, jellen?

10:40 pm

Some...

10:40 pm

Music, art, collectibles...

10:41 pm

distance is tough, but can be worked around

10:41 pm

yes but I remember the thrill of chatting on the phone and learning more about each other. I found my love at 49

10:41 pm

sounds good...and non-shared interests?

10:42 pm

Well, he calls himself a hillbilly, but I haven't seen much to prove it...

10:42 pm

weird. ae4/4 says i already entered it, but is not appearing in my list.

10:43 pm

hubby and I had shared enjoyments, and then others which filled gaps. He completed me.

10:43 pm

He's into restoring his '57 Chevy, rides horses (which I'd love to try), farms...

10:43 pm

refresh, jes

10:44 pm

shared sense of humour, jellen?

10:44 pm

I think so...he certainly makes me laugh...

10:44 pm

sounds fabulous, jellen

10:44 pm

Not sure he'd like some of the British comedies I like, though...

10:45 pm

similar and separate interests have not been harmful to us Jellen. it helps us not loose ourselves in the other one

10:45 pm

oh well, you can't have everything -- but who knows?

10:45 pm

that worked. thanks

10:45 pm

He doesn't spend much time on the computer, and well, you know me...

10:46 pm

we sometimes watch different tvs because I like the British stuff and he likes bombs and shootings

10:46 pm

you don't have to be identical

10:47 pm

gee bugs that sounds familiar! hi all

10:47 pm

exactly!

10:47 pm

Hi hoot!

10:47 pm

No, of course not...he's also a bit of a workaholic, but I don't mind that...

10:47 pm

Hi, hoot!

10:47 pm

hi hootowl

10:47 pm

We finally set up second set so he can watch what he likes and so can I.

10:48 pm

so when he's being a workaholic you can enjoy computering

10:48 pm

But there is a lot of overlap too

10:48 pm

Hmm...just hit the in's...

10:48 pm

hi Jellen - good luck!

10:48 pm

they are killers for me too

10:48 pm

I still emphasise that thing about completing each other

10:49 pm

in s are mostly familiar bablets

10:49 pm

Yes, Tim and I did that, I think...

10:49 pm

I don't like in, re, or c words

10:50 pm

We seem too. 6 yrs on New years and no fights and he lets me yell when I'm frustrated

10:50 pm

He's also very respectful when asking about Tim...

10:50 pm

Would Tim have liked this fellow, Jellen?

10:51 pm

Hmm...I expect so...

10:51 pm

another plus

10:51 pm

And I let him read without interrupting or yelling at him

10:51 pm

in 6/27, please?

10:52 pm

thats in - i wear ame size dress

10:52 pm

a me

10:53 pm

i wish

10:53 pm

revert to moll - me**** size

10:53 pm

Thanks, hoot!

10:53 pm

in+ me

10:54 pm

am I making sense?

10:54 pm

oh ok yw

10:54 pm

not much, hoot, but I got it -- tyvm

10:54 pm

hehehehe

10:54 pm

yw

10:56 pm

What can I screw up next?

10:56 pm

Oh! I didn't have the word that makes up 4/5 of the bottom row!

10:57 pm

how about the cy, hoot?

10:57 pm

cy+ consonant+ robot ending

10:57 pm

thanks :) that wasn't a screwy clue at all though... :)

10:58 pm

did you want one???

10:58 pm

mi 5/18, please?

10:58 pm

well, you asked what you could screw up next...

10:59 pm

Nm, got it!

10:59 pm

to chop very finely -last vowel+sometime vowel

10:59 pm

Thanks, hoot

10:59 pm

I needed a good laugh!

11:00 pm

yw

11:01 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

11:02 pm

f's fragged :)

11:02 pm

hi min

11:02 pm

Hi, Min

11:02 pm

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

11:02 pm

Fantrabulous jesdraggon!

11:02 pm

hi Min

11:02 pm

Oh, I feel like a mo 5/12 tonight!

11:03 pm

no worries Jellen. I just found the stuff we eat

11:03 pm

took a while to figure out which one you meant.

11:03 pm

hello all, need the lower right N for NBT please

11:04 pm

hi stid :)

11:04 pm

This one is mostly easier than the last 3-4 but with a few ringer thrown in!

11:04 pm

ni 5/10

11:04 pm

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

11:05 pm

Hi, stid! Please see pics in profile and gush accordingly... :-D

11:05 pm

thanks Jellen. figured it would be fishy-ish

11:05 pm

hi stid

11:05 pm

HI STID!! hugs to you

11:05 pm

he's pretty cute, jellen -- like the shoes, too!

11:05 pm

nbt

11:05 pm

So question is,do I do a story, try to finish grid or go to bed?I am tempted to do all three, but unable to do all three in less than an hour so need to pick just one.

11:05 pm

hey bugs my dear! Who's bday are you celebrating in your icon

11:05 pm

wd, jes!

11:06 pm

Thanks, stid!

11:06 pm

sleep sounds good to me, min. LOL what would feel best to you?

11:06 pm

go jes go!

11:06 pm

My two middle sons were born today, 5 years apart

11:06 pm

*big mama grin* then happy birthday to YOU! :-D

11:07 pm

on 5/14?

11:07 pm

Sleep would feel the best to me,but would also love to finish grid, however, I still have 23 words more to go.

11:07 pm

cmon Min 23 is nuttin

11:08 pm

oh, hi, stid and min -- I went to the kitchen for a bit, sorry

11:08 pm

I have 94 left and never mind

11:08 pm

hey jill

11:08 pm

Hello jillibus! How are you? Hope you found something good in the kitchen! Anything you can share with us?

11:08 pm

I have 35 left...

11:08 pm

don't have that yet jellen

11:08 pm

same ending as oi & od

11:09 pm

Thanks again, hoot!

11:09 pm

thats the on5

11:09 pm

yw

11:09 pm

thanks for ALL of those, hoot!

11:09 pm

Ok, I flipped a coin. Heads-go to bed and tails - finish grid. Guess which one I got?

11:10 pm

yw

11:10 pm

Finish the grid!

11:10 pm

sleep, min!

11:10 pm

tails, min!

11:10 pm

and I am at 100 words. will get halfway and then head out.

11:10 pm

Well, one of us is right :-)

11:11 pm

Since heads has told me to goto bed,I am going to bed

11:11 pm

true enough, jellen

11:11 pm

there is also an ra &in with that ending

11:11 pm

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

11:11 pm

Awww....sweet dreams, Min!

11:11 pm

aww. oh well, sleep sweet, min

11:11 pm

sweet dreams min ((hugs)) see you tomorrow!

11:11 pm

g'nite Min

11:11 pm

thanks for those as well hoot

11:12 pm

yw

11:12 pm

I want oreo to be a word.

11:12 pm

and I am at halfway. nice to have at least one achievable goal each day. (((Hugs all))) see you tomorrow probably. *poof*

11:13 pm

didn't we all

11:13 pm

G'night, stid...

11:13 pm

sleep sweet, stid

11:13 pm

bye stid

11:13 pm

k's krushed

11:14 pm

l's lashed

11:15 pm

Boy, you're violent tonight, jes!

11:16 pm

it's true, jellen. i'm going to take that out on some firewood tomorrow though.

11:17 pm

so 6/18 between to make less hard and the poem?

11:17 pm

firewood? treerats. Squirrels?

11:18 pm

firewood = wood to burn in the fireplace this winter. treerats = squirrels

11:18 pm

change a cons into a vowel in the midd;e

11:19 pm

I just call them rats! They keep trying to steal the birds sunflower seeds!

11:19 pm

m's .... uhm... mildly escorted out?

11:19 pm

I expected mushed

11:19 pm

gotta keep you on your toes?

11:20 pm

Fireplace - none here - dam

11:20 pm

if I tried to stand on my toes I'd fall over

11:23 pm

not if you use your hand to brace yourself against the fireplace mantle :)

11:24 pm

no mantle either

11:24 pm

May I please have a clue for in6-21 the 1st? Thanks

11:24 pm

i finally figured out what ending you were talking about earlier and got about 5 words all at once. thanks :)

11:24 pm

Hmm...

11:25 pm

goodo!

11:25 pm

which brings me to 30 left :)

11:25 pm

an in****ation is a magic spell

11:25 pm

11 left here.

11:26 pm

Thanks much Jellen.

11:26 pm

thanks, jellen

11:26 pm

didn't see ya - hi peach

11:26 pm

I'm stuck on the so 6/18...

11:27 pm

Ooh, got it!

11:27 pm

Hey there, hootowl.

11:27 pm

hihi - how are you - long time

11:28 pm

I have only the hat, Jellen

11:28 pm

so 6/18 = not a vowel, but a con******

11:28 pm

is sa8 related to sa4?

11:29 pm

thanks, jellen

11:29 pm

I'm OK, hoot....how are you?

11:29 pm

yes - compound

11:29 pm

Yes. It's the place for the sa 4

11:29 pm

still hanging in

11:29 pm

ah, there it is. thanks

11:30 pm

Spings deluged killed our spring vacat and now it looks like lee is gonna do it again

11:30 pm

otherwise great!

11:31 pm

enable got real funky today!

11:31 pm

that was supposed to be - spring deluges

11:32 pm

I'm not sure if I need bigger keys or smaller fingers

11:33 pm

ooh, the te is a good word

11:33 pm

yep

11:34 pm

I guess from the speed you know how to type??

11:34 pm

touchtype I mena

11:34 pm

1 left...

11:35 pm

Firewords!

11:35 pm

whooey wahoo -yyayyyy

11:35 pm

all the 4's done. 11 left

11:35 pm

yay jellen!!

11:35 pm

Congrats, Jellen!!!!!!

11:35 pm

horay for Jellen

11:35 pm

plenty of time jes

11:36 pm

ae8 related to ae4?

11:36 pm

Yup, the study thereof

11:37 pm

yeah science ending like agron*, astronm***

11:37 pm

thanks

11:38 pm

yw

11:40 pm

help with the no 8, please? thanks

11:40 pm

what's with the flashcards???? Went to look up the ef word and

11:41 pm

not very nice

11:41 pm

ar6/18 before the firestarter?

11:41 pm

not ethical

11:41 pm

not the right kind of person

11:42 pm

ar+ that okace is j****

11:42 pm

that place

11:42 pm

ar + elbows and knees are j****s

11:42 pm

I give up no more

11:42 pm

thankee

11:43 pm

OMG, that took me forever. thanks

11:43 pm

gonna go get a drink - then I'll have an excuse

11:43 pm

50 years of typing and I still can't

11:45 pm

i've gone blind. ca6 before the word that's usually contracted?

11:46 pm

jes, big gun

11:46 pm

BOOM

11:46 pm

hello all from down under

11:46 pm

gads. i have the other spelling, does that make me less dopey?

11:47 pm

Hi, rose!

11:47 pm

guess not, since they don't actually have the same definition...

11:47 pm

hi granny

11:48 pm

hey jellen, jes hoot

11:49 pm

ef8?

11:49 pm

er. ef7, i mean

11:50 pm

ef + cross letter + in a little while

11:50 pm

ef 4/7 pretty quickly

11:50 pm

exteend the ef4

11:51 pm

thanks

11:53 pm

hi grannyrose

11:54 pm

hey hoot, how's it hangin'?

11:55 pm

as usual sweety has decide he is going to bed. Do you lnow how many times I missed the flip or the beginng of a movie because he picked the wrong time to go to bed!

11:55 pm

trying to understand your clues. Is anyone willing to share. Ex: 4/7. ef7. Newbie to this. Found 107 words

11:55 pm

Good for you dpml!

11:55 pm

clues are usually requested by the first letter or 2 of the word, then the number of letters in the word, and the number of points it's worth.

11:56 pm

dpm, ef are the first 2 letteres, the 4 means 4 letters, the 7 means the total point score for those letters

11:56 pm

so ro4/4 means a 4 letter word starting with ro, worth 4 points.

11:56 pm

the letters are the firet 2 of the word the first number is the length the seond the point value

11:57 pm

if you click the link to Lickety's Babble Clues below the tile stats, there is a list of words alphabetically with first 2 letters, so you know what you're looking for.

11:57 pm

and I'm going to shut up now!

11:57 pm

re6/18, please?

11:57 pm

jes - did you finish

11:57 pm

LOL. poor dpm.....everyone with the same answer, hope it helped dpm

11:58 pm

no, hoot! just drink more :)

11:58 pm

oops. penalty box.

11:58 pm

no, 2 left

11:58 pm

i am!

11:58 pm

jes, logical thought process

11:58 pm

well?

11:58 pm

Name one re**** why I should give you a clue!

11:58 pm

need last ta6, and re6/18

11:58 pm

WTG HOOT!!!!

11:59 pm

logical? enable isn't logical

11:59 pm

;-)

11:59 pm

thanks, jellen. and because you love me! :)

11:59 pm

jes, ta6, what is in tea-leaves

11:59 pm

wrong idea grannyrose. I finished this afternoon

11:59 pm

whoo! last minute fireworks!

11:59 pm

sun browned + number before ten -e

12:00 am

(literally!)

12:00 am

WRG JES!!!!

12:00 am

Hooray!

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