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145 total words

thank you flip

12:00 am

nice and small :)

12:00 am

flip.

flip and hi all

12:01 am

and away we go

12:01 am

ro7 and flop

12:02 am

ME6

12:03 am

RO6

12:03 am

dc RO 7/44?

12:05 am

DO7

12:06 am

yes, mlf

12:06 am

i have one as well might be the same

12:06 am

i would tend to doubt they're different, as the other 7 is the DO that pug called

12:07 am

oh missed that:)

12:07 am

Mine is do 7,48

12:08 am

as my DO7 is too.

12:08 am

nbt

help please with e in the 2nd column?

12:09 am

em5

12:09 am

its a babblet i think

12:09 am

2nd column N stats please?

ty vm nbt

12:09 am

it's a royal pain

12:10 am

ne4

not a babblet it's a ruler

12:11 am

i like en5.18, very tasty

12:12 am

mmmm yes.

ty dc didn't have that one

did anyone find the 8?

12:14 am

i stats pls?

12:14 am

ir 4

ir 5/20

12:14 am

ir 4

12:14 am

ir4 babblet

12:14 am

thanks got it

p's are: pe 4, 4, 4, 5, pl 4

12:15 am

whats the other 7?

do and ro 7

12:15 am

thanks

yw

12:16 am

found the do7

12:16 am

stats for middle column O and E please?

12:16 am

not seeing the 7's nor the 8

ol 4/4

ek 4/9 I think

12:17 am

thanks duh didnt see that :)

12:17 am

nbt! now need the 8 and ro7 :)

ro has same suffix I don't have the 8

12:18 am

thanks for the ro7

12:19 am

yikes. i do need a 6 lol

12:19 am

phantom tenfold

12:19 am

got them -- the do 7, maybe -- but the ro 7?

12:19 am

same

12:19 am

anyone know what the 8 is?

nice 8

12:20 am

hi all!! NBT & NBS

12:20 am

i still need that E and i dont have the 8 either

grows on top it does

ro

wtg diz... what is the 8?

look at my clue Dee

ty van looking

12:21 am

oh damn haven't got the 8

compound

12:21 am

nnice clue!

12:21 am

huh... that's word?

12:21 am

NBS.. need a 6 for nbt

12:21 am

nbs,nbt

12:21 am

what does it begin with?

12:21 am

ro8. mlf

silly hey

12:22 am

YEA got the 8

12:22 am

think you're a little backwards there cos??

12:22 am

wow.. weird

12:23 am

hey roo

ty nbs ro 8 really strange word

12:23 am

the 8 begins with ro?

12:23 am

found a ro6.. nbt/nbs

12:23 am

ok. 1/2way

12:24 am

yay cos

I think this is going to take me longer than yesterday

12:25 am

ah, yes the woody thing that grows to the top of the forest. Ty.

12:26 am

DC goes out on a limb for that clue

12:27 am

ty - nbs

I agree van.... not finding this one friendly

12:27 am

I see your branching out with your humour.

12:28 am

sorry. that was a little sappy

12:28 am

too bad these clues are not helping me lol

12:28 am

i was reading about maple syrup production yesterday, speaking of sap

12:28 am

need that 4th col. e for nbt

12:29 am

I love maple syrup

12:29 am

er 5

12:29 am

especially Vermont maple syrup

12:29 am

that may be a mistake, nan

12:29 am

You both need to go to the insane a-xylem

12:30 am

erable?

12:30 am

ty, dc

12:31 am

is part of it tr 4/4?

12:31 am

I had a hard time leafing it m9

12:31 am

speaking of which.. it's time for me to leaf.

12:32 am

do you sleep in a canopy bed?

12:32 am

none of us arbor you no ill will m9

12:33 am

toolmen isn't in enable

12:34 am

well.. if you cambian beat 'em, join 'em..

12:34 am

oops. cambium

12:34 am

okay i am stalled i am out of here poof

12:34 am

crashing -- off to the cradle :)

12:34 am

I am TIRED!

12:35 am

go spruce yourself up m9

12:37 am

Clues are up

12:37 am

hi mr p

12:37 am

how is lickety ?

ty vm mrp!!

time to let it lide for a while totally stuck

have a great night/day

12:39 am

Thank you, mr p !!!

12:42 am

What a sticky grid! Stuck with 14 to go...

12:42 am

fir sure ru!

12:43 am

how long till clue list refreshes?

it is new sunny close it and reopen it

12:46 am

Still no eight, and only nine left...

12:46 am

hey everyone

12:46 am

thx vm Volley :)

12:46 am

Hello aleksiaa

yw sunny

12:46 am

And hello to dee and sunny and all!

ro 8... compound word ro 4 + tr 4

hi jan

12:47 am

Hmm...

12:48 am

Weird one, thanks dee. It would have taken my monkeys ages to get that one!

12:49 am

And as it is they're deep into Hamlet...

yqw

12:51 am

OK time to quit...back for last 6 in the morning.

12:52 am

hello everyone, late flip

hi flosey!

12:53 am

hi Dee

12:53 am

was jilli on tonight?

not since I have been here

12:54 am

haven't seen her

12:54 am

she doesn't have her laptop but can get on a computer in the hospital but only for 10 minutes at a time

aww too bad someone didn't take her the lap top... she is probably going nuts

12:56 am

but she's tooting around in wheelchair or also using the walker

that would help... she'll be visiting everyone on her floor :)

12:59 am

its good thats she's up and about, when my 84 yr old mum broke her hip a few months ago, they got her up and about as soon as possible.....she's going great guns now.

1:01 am

dizgrannie, what part of australia are you from?

great to hear diz

fireworks

1:02 am

New South Wales

1:02 am

sorry had to leave for a minute, one of her friends is going in tomorrow and I wanted to ask her if she would be able to pick up jill's laptop

1:02 am

oh, im from Adelaide

1:02 am

oh wow another neighbour...lol

1:02 am

well, I think it would take a lot to bring jill down

sweet flosey!

1:03 am

hah :)

1:03 am

she has some great neighbours

did you ever hear how it happened

1:04 am

Dee, she slipped on some ice

aww... one of my hugest fears in the winter

well all need to get going want to finish black and white versino of Miracle on 34th and then go to sleep

have a great nite / day all

1:07 am

goodnight Dee

1:08 am

what's a versino

LOL version ooops

1:09 am

whatever it is .. it sounds 40 proof

1:11 am

how are you doing ru?

1:12 am

i'm okay.. how's Jilli doing ?

1:13 am

she seems to be very chipper - wheeling around in the wheelchair and also trying out the walker which must be quite difficult

1:13 am

awww

1:13 am

what a trooper

Ru, do you need a new knee, or do you have a meniscal tear?

1:14 am

right knee tear.. left knee new knee

1:15 am

maybe I can borrow jilli's walker when she's done with it?

1:15 am

she has her cell phone, is in a pleasant room I believe by herself

1:15 am

ah ru, that's just terrible that you have to wait so long

1:15 am

does she have someone to help her once she's home?

1:16 am

I don't know what arrangements will be made ru but she will be transferred back to Salt Spring's hospital as soon as they have a bed for her

1:17 am

we do have home care on the island but don't know just what level of care they provide

1:17 am

I'd love to send flowers there

hubby just had surgery for a bad tear in his left knee; surgery was done on 11/30 at 7:30 AM, and we were on our way home by 10... he was going without pain med by Thursday night... already has a great deal of mobility back and very little pain now... don't wait to have your tear fixed, ru

he even walked up our stairs the day of surgery

1:19 am

wow, Dee, that's pretty amazing

1:19 am

I can cope with my right knee for now dee..it's the left one that's killing me

I can't tell you how shocked we were...

Have 2 friends who just got new knees and our cleaning helper is getting her 2nd one after the 1st of the year... there is no reason for you to live with so much pain ... okay... off my soap box

1:21 am

wish it were that easy for me dee..it's not though

well all I need to get going... hugs to everyone... and flosey, send or give one to jili!!

Why, ru?

1:21 am

I will Dee for sure

1:22 am

I have 15 salespeople and this is our peak season

aww, so when will your season let up?

1:22 am

tell them the real reason ruru...you don't want to miss a grid

1:23 am

Jan I can have it done

1:23 am

yeah dart.. why didn't you skip yesterday's

1:24 am

you know the biggest drag of it all dart?

gotcha i understand

1:24 am

retired now ru...why skip any? :)

1:24 am

lol

lol... okay...going for real this time...hi/ bye, dart

1:24 am

hi volley

*poof*

1:25 am

rainy windy now and cool...so no golf

1:25 am

now I have to buy a laptop to have at the hospital

1:26 am

did yesterday's puzzle listless....did use morewords though

1:27 am

wow

1:27 am

took 4 hrs lol

1:27 am

way avove my pay grade

1:27 am

above

1:28 am

no way I could have done it without a list

1:28 am

last 4 words were 2 6's and 2 7's...made it a bit tougher

1:28 am

got down to about 35 and then broke out the morewords and slowly whittled the rest away

1:29 am

impressive... wow

1:29 am

2 of my final were plurals that I thought I had already put in :(

1:29 am

can someone help me with ir5,20

1:29 am

oh wait, dont worry..got it!

1:30 am

i need to find one more to be able to go to bed

1:30 am

the point total would he4 there....has to use a big pt tile

1:31 am

thanks dart

1:32 am

hi flos....say hi to jilli for me if you talk to her

1:32 am

I will dart

1:32 am

ty...hope she is able to get back home soon

1:33 am

ru I don't know what room she's in but will find out - but she could be sent back to SSI any time soon

1:34 am

My only remaining word is the ro 8

1:34 am

a friend asked at the front desk what room she was in - she was told there wasn't anyone in by that name!

1:35 am

fireworks

1:35 am

well done anike

1:37 am

fw's here also. and hello. flosey, please continue to assure jilli that she is in my prayers and thoughts daily.

1:37 am

I will granny

1:39 am

i know how hard it was for me, recovering from ankle surgery, and jilli has a few years on me....poor darling, wish i could be there for her.

1:40 am

flosey, what's SSI?

1:40 am

Salt Spring Island

1:40 am

ahhhhh. thanx

1:40 am

the small island where we live, between mainland BC and Vancouver Island

1:42 am

okay, if it's not too much trouble, could you please let me know by email, when she does come home. address in my profile.

1:42 am

I will granny

1:42 am

no trouble at all

1:43 am

* grin * thanx flosey.

1:44 am

you're very welcome, have taken your address

1:45 am

atta girl!!!! look forward to hearing from you...you do know you can email me anytime, don't you? i mean, even to chat out of chog...

1:46 am

sure granny, will let jill know too

1:47 am

omgosh, just looked at my profile...really do ne4 to update...do have the most gorgeous grand-daughter to share with you all....must get son to send me some pictures....seems like everytime i see her, i'm to involved with her to take photos.

1:49 am

flosey, jilli already has my email. but she ne4s access to her computer to chat...:(

1:49 am

wow, we have all taken so many pictures of our little grandson (hubby's concerned about the flash bothering his eyes)

1:49 am

yes, am hoping a friend will be able to take it in to her

1:50 am

don't mistake me,flosey, plenty of photos taken, just not by me.

1:50 am

Jill's neighbour has key to her home and can get it for whoever will be going in, unfortunately we're tied up here until Thursday, first chance - she could be here by then

1:51 am

ok. fingers, eyes, legs crossed.....lol....a tad difficult to walk like this.

1:51 am

please don't try granny, don't want to hear about any more broken bones

1:52 am

lol, okay, you wish is my command

1:56 am

flosey, you there? have to go, nearly dinner time, will talk at the flip. sleep well, hun. as always in my prayers tonight.

1:56 am

tyty granny, I'll be trundling off to bed soon

1:56 am

* poof *

2:09 am

morning everyone

2:13 am

hello Katie

2:14 am

could we have a special pb this morning in memory of FM?

2:17 am

I think it would be quite full Katie, seems she made a good many friends here in babble

2:17 am

it is a measure of the woman how much she will be missed

2:19 am

yes Katie, I must agree

2:21 am

really must get to bed, was trying to get 100 but missing by 9, be back tomorrow but late in the day

2:22 am

goodnight now

2:24 am

night flosey

please can someone clue the 9

2:27 am

what happened to FM?

2:28 am

Do you mean the 8? There is no 9.

2:29 am

jiving, there isn't a 9

2:29 am

mummy, FM has passed on xx

2:29 am

Mummy - she passed away, it's her funeral today, she will be much missed

2:30 am

oh, that's so sad, yes, she will be missed, condolences to her family.

3:25 am

so sorry to hear, {{katie}}

3:26 am

hi flosey, me, too, same as Granny, would rather mail something to Jilli's home address!

3:43 am

hee r

3:44 am

sorry

got called away before I managed to read your answer to my query - yes I meant the 8, can someone clue it for me please

ro8 = leafy growth on top - a compound word

can't find it vanilla, more help pleeeese

4:09 am

top of ahouse + oak,ash,elm

just back, and found it thank you diem.

5:03 am

hi all

5:04 am

Whoa, early bells for JMC.

5:06 am

yes the sounds of mice woke me up

5:07 am

dorothy's dog is in the grid

5:08 am

have i mentioned how much i dislike living in the country?

5:14 am

there is mouse (i hope) poop everywhere and the little bastards have even eaten into my coffee beans

5:14 am

no wonder they can't sleep

5:16 am

jmc, I like to feed my little mousey friends. I give them just what they love. decon

5:16 am

Oh, I would be very creeped out living with mice.

5:17 am

What's even more delightful, is to bait a trap w/decon. Ha-ha stoopid mice.

5:17 am

yep i am getting decon as soon as the hardware store opens up

5:18 am

i can even bring myself to make coffee

5:18 am

I have a friend who moved to the country. First sign of mice, he got a cat. Took care of the problem pronto.

5:18 am

Mice I can get rid of, it's the red squirrels that put me over the top.

5:18 am

and i have lots of decon at home

5:18 am

squirrels are just mice with good pr

5:19 am

can't bring myself to make coffee that is

5:19 am

had to make tea

5:20 am

squirrels eat your electrical wiring, they chew right thru wood. they're awful. not to mention the walnuts they hide about the house.

5:21 am

yep i hate squirrels too but thank goodness we have mostly the not so aggressive grey squirrels

5:22 am

<--not an animal person

5:22 am

I like animals, jut not in my house

5:23 am

or just

5:23 am

i am glad animals exist i just don't want to deal with them (except my cat)

5:23 am

they are tasty for example

5:24 am

ok I need coffee. Can I get you a cup?

5:27 am

please

5:28 am

morning all, any clues for the first en5 please?

5:29 am

hi zoom let me look with you

5:29 am

yes please.....:)

5:33 am

is it the en5/18?

5:34 am

it must be i think - its the only one i dont have

5:34 am

so it will have either the f or the k no?

5:35 am

the k

5:35 am

looks kinda japanese

5:36 am

does that help or you need more of a clue

5:36 am

ok. i'll keep monkeying, ty jm

5:36 am

yay- got it!

5:36 am

yay!

5:37 am

could you clue one of the Os for me please?

5:38 am

i have an of 5 and an ol4 - either any good to you?

5:39 am

or5/12

5:41 am

thanks for all of the O!

5:42 am

stats for the third column e and then i have nbt

5:43 am

there's an od5 and an ok4 too and an oo5 too!

5:43 am

is your icon a self portrait molls

5:43 am

ty zoom!

5:44 am

ei 5/18 and no, but it could be

5:45 am

ty and sorry wrong e i need the third column fourth row

5:46 am

ek4/9

5:46 am

that's what i thought but as usual i misspelled it! lol

5:46 am

ty nbt

5:52 am

bbl

6:50 am

*Tiptoes quietly into the silent chat log*

6:51 am

a quiet good morning

6:52 am

Hi Teach

6:54 am

Hi folksies

6:55 am

this is a tricky grid

7:01 am

Hi Bich

7:09 am

good morning everyone:)

7:09 am

Hi Crossy

7:09 am

morning all

7:09 am

morning, all! :-)

7:10 am

Morning Une Morning WV

7:10 am

howdy une,teach,car et al

7:12 am

I'm too tired. Going back to bed.

7:13 am

later, car :-)

7:13 am

off to grab more coffee *poof*

7:13 am

have a good sleep car

7:26 am

time to get on with the day - BBL

7:26 am

tc teach

7:27 am

Breakfast finished

7:27 am

mmm breffast...

7:27 am

no bacon had, just oatmeal

7:28 am

oatmeal? ugh

7:28 am

bacon is just not on my diet.

7:28 am

banana, clementines, and coffee here :-)

7:29 am

with cholesterol problems, diabetes, i need oatmeal

7:30 am

today i have some crepes,crispy peameal bacon english muffins and a small bowl of bananas,grapes,strawberries and raspberries mixed with activa vanillia yogurt and orange juice

7:30 am

Aren't we all healthy this morning? I had cinnamon shredded wheat.

7:30 am

my colesterol is 96:)))))

7:30 am

wow, crossy, that's incredible!!!!!!!!!

7:30 am

peameal oatmeal?

7:31 am

it is,is it not?? suprised the hell out of me to be sure

7:31 am

peameal bacon

7:32 am

lol,,96,who would of thunk it,i eat eggs every day,bacon every day,adore my dairy and the doc says 96

7:33 am

that's incredible. Do you take a statin

7:33 am

but it is not all golden as i am still 40 pounds overweight

7:33 am

i take no meds

7:33 am

good genes, eh?

7:33 am

well for my acid reflux but that is it

7:33 am

must be

7:34 am

that is amazing. With a bacon diet and being overweight, it would indicate that you have high cholesterol

7:34 am

gotta be genetic

7:34 am

there is a trade off though,i get cancer if i just blink the wrong way lol

7:34 am

must be bichon

7:34 am

our entire family as far back as you car to go is just stiff with cancers

7:35 am

that is a serious trade off. At least diet, exercise and Lipitor keeps things under control for me

7:35 am

my brother is barely 40 and he has had all the tests already that do not hit a man till his 50,s

7:36 am

off to pick up donated food for soup kitchen -- LATER! *poof*

7:36 am

tc une

My heartburn went away when I lost 10 or 15 pounds- and I was not seriously overweight

7:36 am

s a matter of fact i have a oncology appt tomorrow

7:36 am

hubby's father and uncle died of colon cancer. You wanna bet he has regular colonoscopies

7:37 am

yup,you have to be right on top of it bichon

My family had cancers, heart disease and arthritis.

I'm working on the arthritis.

7:37 am

did all my blood work and chest x-rays last week

7:37 am

lol i am working on the bursitus

7:38 am

I have a big history of breast and ovarian cancer on both sides, but I don't have that mutation

7:38 am

life is grand!:))

7:38 am

every time i beat a cancer it is like a fresh shiny new life right out of the shrink wrap:))))

I am hoping that they develop newer screening methods by the time I am ready for the the next colonoscopy. Or that they give stronger drugs so I am not awake

7:39 am

this grid is driving me bonkers. Especially the o's and e's

7:39 am

wife was awake with hers and they hurt her

7:39 am

vowels are killing me as well

Colonoscopies are supposed to take care of the vowels.

7:39 am

and drinking all that damned peglyte..ugh

7:39 am

awake for a colonoscopy? that's scary

7:40 am

Hah Hah Kaplan

7:40 am

I don't mind all the prep. But, being hungry for all that time

7:41 am

why can they not come up with a pill to light up the insides?

I was conversational during it. Asked the doc "so what made you chose THIS branch of medicine?"

7:41 am

probably when it's too late for us

7:41 am

anyone here ever have to eat the chalk pudding contrast cause the mri was not picking up enough?? i have..now that is gross

7:41 am

he has a butt fetish of course

Then there were all the colonoscopy jokes on the internet.

that go along with the mammogram jokes.

Ha ha- medical testing is so fun.

I did enjoy my neck MRI though. I wanted to go back in.

7:43 am

see the new mamogram machines ladies?? no more squashed boobies,you lay on a table and line up the girls with holes in the tables and let gravity do the work.there are camera that rotate and film 360 degrees

really? Are they in use yet?

7:44 am

in trial only

Gravity has BEEN doing the work, unfortunately

hmmm i had that when i had breast surgery but didn't realize they were headed that way for mammos

7:45 am

makse sense,should not get boobies crushed and cysts ruptured when there is no need

sqeeze---hold-don't breathe...

relax.

Ugh.

don't move I mean.

7:46 am

now there is a vision for your morning coffee ladies:))

back to the vowels of hell.

7:47 am

only vowel i have is the o so far

7:47 am

ahh just found a pair of a,s

7:48 am

the lone o is in top left corner

7:49 am

I need the 4th and 2nd column o's

7:49 am

crossy loves bacon and eats if of5/16

the second column is frequent. The fourth I don' know

7:49 am

I knew you'd work bacon in there somehow. TY

7:49 am

BBL

7:50 am

or 5/12 bichon,when making ready for inspection the troops come to or***

ah--a good Yiddish word, dr4.

7:51 am

and for you as well kaplan

means "merde"

7:51 am

ty kaplan

for me as well what?

7:51 am

and there is a dr+ dbbl vowel as well

7:52 am

Ooo-vah

7:52 am

you needed the right hand or

eh?

7:52 am

is anyone having trouble with their cursor not returning to the type box

7:52 am

ro 6/30 =a probationary cop

7:53 am

try refreshing babble looney

7:53 am

ok

but there's no no6- that's stupid.

7:54 am

indeed,there should always be no6

7:54 am

nope still dont work but thank you

7:54 am

Well, there is no no4

7:54 am

i think it is with the sometimes vowel

true, Molly.

very subtle, but important.

7:55 am

Eh, I'm just being nit picky : )

7:56 am

loving this new tassimo coffee machine:))) gonna pick up some tea and hot choc packs for it today:))

was it an internet explorer upgrade that caused the cursor not returning? We've had that problem ever since

I don't have my first client till 3:30. Will I get dressed this morning?

oh and hi

7:57 am

na,stay in yer footie jammies

7:57 am

i have not used IE in 6 years,so cannot help

7:57 am

Morning Kiddies

7:57 am

howdy hego

Hola.

7:58 am

enjoyed the boobie discussion.

looney may have had that upgrade recently

7:58 am

always great fun:))

7:59 am

: )

"Thanks for the mammaries."

7:59 am

want pain?? they gave ME a mommo cause my nodes were swollen on my left pec

Sorry- I know it's old but I stil think it's funny.

7:59 am

Oh, Kap.

7:59 am

te

7:59 am

mammo*

7:59 am

to

I really can't be helped.

8:00 am

I hope not

are you trying to summon me, doren?

Hope not what?

8:00 am

Hi TO

8:00 am

Doren, you are a phantom in the grid today

this grid is slowing down for me

8:00 am

That you can't be helped.

8:01 am

Kap I want you to stay the same.

hi hego. cold enough for you?

8:01 am

Brrrr...

That's sweet.

8:01 am

Crossy would find it balmy.

8:01 am

my mrs has been trying to change me for 22 years,so i do not think any of you will have much luck lol

i am home sick

8:02 am

whats your temp hego?

8:02 am

Awwww.....

8:02 am

33 F

8:02 am

actually we are the same atm

8:03 am

Really!

8:03 am

heat is off and window open for nice fresh air though

8:03 am

you got to be kidding!

8:03 am

i lothe a stuffy house all sealed up tight

8:03 am

i think it is set around 60 but it has not kicked on

Poor TO. Get under the blankies and indulge yourself.

8:04 am

was cooking in da kitchen and that makes a pile of heat

8:04 am

I can't even imagine.

8:05 am

poor T.O have some mulled whiskey and get some rest

my tummy hurts. i only need to work today and tomorrow before vacation

so you know i am sick

bbl.dressed. I have to get

8:05 am

YAY! vacation for TO

OOps- cursor jumped

8:06 am

Why is she talking like Yoda?

8:06 am

use the forks loook..use the forks..lol

haha

8:07 am

sorry. everytime i try to use expert at work, those two letter things come in. am i the only one? and sorry you're sick owl

8:07 am

Hi Dorens

morning all: how many words today and thanks

8:07 am

no dorens,it happens to a few others as well

8:07 am

145

ty all . i think this is a one day bug, i hope so,

8:07 am

No Dorens, Expert does that two letter thing to lots of people

145

i htought doren was calling me when she typed to

8:08 am

I thought her boss bugged her computer

8:08 am

well, i have seen it from inge, frequently

8:08 am

That's okay TO. I thought you were traveling and "homesick".

8:08 am

no owl, i never call you to, i always call you owl

lol

8:09 am

hego aren't you somewhere fabulous like barbados?

8:09 am

Just back Dorens

8:10 am

I'm in weather shock

8:10 am

are you missing it already?

8:10 am

Yup

8:11 am

that is the only down side to that kind of vaca

8:11 am

right

8:14 am

and the fact that the tan fades so quickly

8:16 am

especially this time of year

8:16 am

well that and the price. Guess i'm not going to the caribbean this winter

8:17 am

I got a pretty good deal, but it still adds up.

8:17 am

glad you were able to. it really is so beautiful, and you will always have the memories, if not the tan

8:18 am

: )

8:21 am

this was naughty of me. should be working... happy babbles all

8:21 am

Bye Dorens

bye doren

everyone: burger king is givng away free fries on the 16th.

8:25 am

I

8:25 am

ll put that on my calendar TO

8:26 am

lol,crossy stands in line with his bowl of swiss chalet gravy

they just changed them it hink thye are coated tomake them crisper. i don't like that

8:26 am

oh that crap..nm..ugh

8:26 am

They must really think their new fries are something to be giving them away

8:26 am

mcain does that and it is nasty

8:27 am

they're just trying to get you hooked

8:27 am

and kfc has been know to do it

well you can judge for yourself. i hate all of the fry hanges, but it is good as i cross them one by one off my temptation list. wendy's old ones were the best

8:27 am

It's a very rare fry out that I like. 5 Guys is about it.

ooh yes - peanut oil! the secret to greatness

8:28 am

That's what I make my fries in at home.

8:28 am

up here #1 without question is harvy,s the hamburger is flame broiled and superlative

8:29 am

good fries in Barbados

if hego is still here: palisades amusement park, cones of thick crinkle fires in peanut oil. kethup would have been a sacrilege.

8:29 am

Just potatos in oil. nice

8:29 am

watch the movie "super Size Me" before ya eat those burgers :p

8:29 am

and they build it right in front of you not all in the back with the trimming all mashed in sideways

8:29 am

I remember TO

8:29 am

the BK ones

we were just a 23 minute bus ride away

8:30 am

or McDonalds

8:30 am

lol jeff,it is a rare treat,not a every day diet as in supersize me

8:30 am

Palisades was part of my adolescence

8:30 am

:0

nathan's fries are also good

8:33 am

like Nathan's

8:33 am

Good day kids.

8:34 am

Hi Scrabs

8:34 am

howdy scrabbs

8:34 am

wish me luck scrabby,oncology appt is tomorrow

hello scrabs. we are discussing fo4/5. i guess that is inevitable with our subliminal grid message staring us in the face today.

8:35 am

Crossy, it is what it is. Hope for the best. Be prepared for the worst. That's my philosophy.

8:36 am

But we always dicuss fo4

8:36 am

Fo4! Guess what I discovered when shopping after work yesterday? Hershey's DARK chocolate syrup!

how can it be any darker? it is already dark!

8:36 am

Big strong good luck vibes going out to Crossy.

8:36 am

lol,after 20 years of wedded bliss all i know is that it has something to do with chocolate!

8:37 am

Scrabs!!! that's GREAT!!

8:37 am

ty hego

oh hope the news is good

8:37 am

Semisweet chocolate!

8:37 am

as do i

8:37 am

I'm buying some today!

8:37 am

lol,easy hego...breathe

8:38 am

tyring. gasp...

8:38 am

wife immediatly noted that our new tassimo can make cadbury hot chocolte...

8:38 am

Good morning all. *scratches head* Hasn't Hershey's Syrup always been dark and semi-sweet??

8:38 am

I nearly sang and danced and cheered in the aisle of Walmart. I wanted to scream, "People! Look what is available! Can you believe it? This is just the best!"

8:38 am

even more Judi

8:39 am

Dr5. mmmmmmmmmmmmm

imagine that

8:39 am

now you have something to squeeze on da veggies scrabs:)

8:39 am

Better stock up the penalty box with that stuff. Lots of cans and lots of straws!

8:39 am

Just wanted to wish you all the best for tomorrow crossy in case I don't see you before then. For now am off shopping!

8:39 am

TY for clue, Judi.

8:40 am

ty seaspray..i am sure this is just to fill in the blanks..though it was a rush jhob

8:40 am

job

i only have one dr 5 and have no idea how it fits into the conversation

8:40 am

Crossy, I often pour chocolate syrup on plain Greek yogurt. Yummy.

8:40 am

*salivating down my chin*

8:40 am

clue for re6/27 please

8:40 am

There ya go.

oh i never thought of that although i love stoneyfiled farms chocolate underground yogurt

8:41 am

that would improve the yogurt

8:41 am

hello everybody

8:41 am

just have a couple of minutes

8:41 am

Have had Hersheys dark syrup for probably a year now Scrabbs....love it! bye for now

8:41 am

(((RUBY)))

8:41 am

Hi Ruby!!!

8:41 am

Hi Matches, Ruby and SS

scrabbler, have you tried cabot greek plain?

hello ruby

8:42 am

wife has discoverd the activia line of yogurts

8:42 am

I have not seen Cabot yogurt here.

OMG but it is full fat

8:43 am

I buy Chobani plain Greek yogurt in 32 ounce container then add what I want--jam, choc syrup, fruit, peanut butter...

8:43 am

crossy, wishing you the very best of luck tomorrow!!!!! my dermo appt went fine

8:43 am

ty ((ruby))

8:43 am

good stuff ruby!

8:43 am

good Ruby

8:43 am

we eat Greek yoghurt; I add prune whip, DH ads apricot jam

8:44 am

I used to make my own yoghurt years ago, but it's so good here and inexpensive that why bother?

8:44 am

Oh Ruby. You just ruined a perfectly good discussion about chocolate by adding the words "prune whip".

8:44 am

I hate to, but I must go. hagd All.

8:44 am

ke 6/30= what you pop for popcorn

bye hego

8:44 am

prune whip?? gag...

Chooooooooooooocolate.

8:44 am

you mean I'm the only person who prefers prunes to chocolate? hahahah

8:44 am

Bye

Ruby doesn't like chocolate.

8:45 am

Bye Hego

8:45 am

lol,kaplan,s going over the edge

8:45 am

*stunned silence*

8:45 am

Hi Kap

She is the exception that proves the rule.

Hi again.

8:45 am

years ago, Dannon used to eliminate it's least popular flavor each year and guess which one was first to go?

8:45 am

in this house there MUST be a MINIMUM of two types of chocolate on hand at all times lol

8:46 am

*mouth agape* A woman that doesn't like chocolate? And she lives in Europe where she can get incredible chocolate?

8:46 am

(and Ruby fails another literacy test!)

i am going to treat myself to max brenner while in town over the holdays

8:46 am

Prune yogurt?

8:46 am

Ruby, you are living proof that aliens live among us.

8:46 am

that's from growing up in a candy store

there's a place near me tht has fresh frozen yogurt and frozen strawberries that they blend and it is the BEST

8:46 am

for sure, judi

8:46 am

frogurt

8:46 am

lol

MMMMMgood! And healthy too!

Try some today! :)

8:47 am

I was going to buy semisweet chocolate morsels last night, for chocolate emergencies, but I regained my senses. That bag would be gone in a few days.

8:47 am

So a spoonful of choc syrup suffices.

Dove dark chocolate. a moment of appreciation, please.

8:47 am

it's supposed to be good for you, at least the dark stuff, but I can't even get husband to eat it

8:47 am

mrs current fav are the cadbury "secrets" caramel filled choc wafers

8:48 am

ruby, long time no see

8:48 am

caramel is another story -- anything caramel for me

8:48 am

Oh, yes, Kap. In the blue wrapper! ***Swiss yodel***

No fillings for me- except nuts. No squishy chocolate.

8:48 am

I am not a caramel fan.

8:48 am

{{bichon}} I saw that your dogs were the gnarliest the other day, but didn't see you!

Yeah, and the Dove dark bits- with almonds...

My teeth don't like caramel.

8:49 am

Yes, I was there yesterday. How are you?

8:49 am

Hi bichon

fave filling = dark with orange

8:49 am

only liquid caramel, kap, otherwise so long fillings!

8:49 am

Hi Scrabs, TO, Kaplan [again]

8:49 am

we are having dark, prolonged rain, more like November in Binghamton

No squishies. Macademia Godiva OK

hello bich. i met the loveliest bichon poodle last week. named moose. :D

8:50 am

It has finally gotten coldish here

8:50 am

I like choc truffles--choc inside choc! Almonds and peanuts are ok with choc, but no sponge or coconut or filling. A mint flavor is yummy.

Anyone who writes a song rhyming macadamia and academia gets the lyricist prize

8:50 am

there is snow on the mountains but not here yet

8:51 am

I like anything chocolate

8:51 am

I'm sure if we put our babble heads together, we can do it

8:51 am

Scrabs, do you prescribe Ritalin to kids or do you send them elsewhere?

Oh, lord- truffles. I know someone who makes cayenne truffles-mmmmmmmmmm

let's not even begin to discuss ghirardelli holiday peppermint bark squares

Ira Gershwin, where re you?

8:51 am

husband like chocolate truffles; to me they are just bitter

8:52 am

Husband likes nutella on bananas

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EWWWWWWWW.

sorry! what did I do?

oh i feel guilty just sitting in bed with so much to do. but i do see penrod

Get me out of here!

all the words

8:53 am

now we know everything about you, kaplan!! haha

everyone- make chog go!

8:53 am

bichon,our child is adhd and we had issues with ritalin over the years,then went to dexadrine and am now on adderal

8:53 am

After many years of feeling very uncomfortable prescribing stimulants for kids with "ADD" just because a psychologist told me to, I stopped 6-7 yrs ago. I always felt that I was letting down the child by prescribing a pill instead of teaching the kid and parents new skills and strategies.

fast

fast

fast

fast

all my words are at the bottom! I will be in the PB for life!

8:54 am

Kaplan just overdosed on Ritalin!!

8:54 am

Good Morning! Just stopping in to try for NBT before I leave; and I see Kap has turned into a troll! ;-) How DID you do that Kap?

8:54 am

I was just wondering if you did and if you did, did you have any r]problems with rising BP

ayyyy yi yiiiiiii!

lol kap is doing her torll imitation

Short circuit!

8:54 am

kap's a troll fol-de-rol

what the hell did I do?????

8:55 am

kaplan always gives the best clues...to everything

8:55 am

lol

help get us out of here!

it was all that chocolate.

8:55 am

need clue for re6/27 please

faster!

match see below

All those who had serious posts before I erupted, please repost when this little seizure is gone

lololol match wants a clue lololol

You know the Little Seizure- with Edward G Robinson

8:56 am

bichon, they need to watch for high BP with any of the stimulant drugs used for ADHD

8:56 am

handing kaplan a xanax

thanks!

8:56 am

rofl

I'm fine now, but the damage is still there

please don't give her anymore chocolate.

8:56 am

I must have missed the clue

8:57 am

must move the chog along

ROFLMAO

I accidentally posted all the words, Matches

8:57 am

weird

8:57 am

I missed it... :( and now I'm running out of time, as per usual

move move move!

8:57 am

7 more posts and it is gone

8:57 am

Ahh, Kaplan! I have to leave now but good luck with the "cluing"!

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8:58 am

Bichon--I saw weight loss, poor growth (from suppressed appetite), behavior changes, sleep problems...

8:58 am

must have missed the re 6/27. Anyone

8:58 am

k,it is gone

8:58 am

bye nef and pre-holiday hugs all around

need an un4/5 button

Whew! That was hairy.

8:58 am

same to all of you! Happy Babbling today! BBL

8:58 am

Re6: new cover atop the home.

8:58 am

I have been taking it for about 9 months and my BP has gone up. But, no other problems and I have better concentration

8:59 am

If Haz were here you would be in BIG trouble!

8:59 am

ty judi

8:59 am

Your secret is safe with us, Bichon.

8:59 am

ritalin is nasty stuff

Oh- yes- even more than I would be in for sweaaring.

8:59 am

ty Judi

maybe i should try it. mine is so bad, w ork is very diffcult. new system requires four screens simultaneously vrsus all on one page

8:59 am

ty Judi got it.

9:00 am

putting on bartender's apron..... *poof*

9:00 am

Too many bloody O's and E's in this grid.

I need to go chill out somewhere.

9:00 am

Sounds like you need four pairs of eyes, TO.

9:01 am

better off with a time release alternative

9:01 am

I'll make you a martini, kap....

it is just astounding. all to make the accountants happy

9:01 am

One of my partners tried her son's Adderall and said, "Wow, I love this stuff! So much energy. I can get so much done." We would all thrive on amphetamines but caffeine is safer. I believe that much of "ADHD" in adults is multitasking and busy-ness.

9:02 am

Kap, TY for all of those "clues."

ahdhis speed?!

9:02 am

I am using it for one specific reason and that is reading. It has helped that a lot

oops i mean ritalin?

9:03 am

Adderall contains 2 amphetamine.

9:03 am

well sadly in our child youth the school system was not going to take him unless he was drugged. we fought it hard but after many fights and many changes he is now 18 and a fine young man

9:03 am

On or off medication, Crossy?

9:03 am

as

9:03 am

Ah. Better living through chemicals.

9:04 am

low dose adderal as needed with theodd coffee

9:04 am

good morning everyone

speed kills

9:04 am

That's the philosophy of modern society, Judi.

9:04 am

I m also having Botox injections for a neck tremor. Since I've been taking Ritalin, the injections have not worked

9:04 am

the school sytem wants drones i suppose judi

9:05 am

god did we fight the system! was ww3 for years

9:05 am

Schools do not tolerate the behaviors of normal boys. Boys, and girls too, are not meant to sit at a desk all day.

9:06 am

once i said to the doctor" and the head of the school "ok,ill put my boy on this if both of you take it right along with him"

9:06 am

My d.i.l. wants to give the 4.o. Adderal because she thinks she is ADHD. the kid is just exhuberant.

9:06 am

Speaking of which... A woman just came in to make a bullying complaint. Her 12 year old is being harassed & bullied at the Catholic School. School suspended her son because he defended himself agains the bully. No action against the bully. Oy vey.

9:07 am

I would take that to the school board

9:07 am

ALL kids have issues with inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity! It is the normal state of toddlers. But kids must be taught self-control, self-discipline, etc.

is she pressing charges?

9:07 am

here we are getting suicides from bullied kids..problem just goes under the teacher radar it seems or the bully gets a slap on the wrist

9:08 am

I increasingly am convinced that schools are letting our kids down.

bullying exists at work. i worked for one for 1 years.

9:08 am

Scrabs, I think that's easier said than done. Not every parent is that strong

9:09 am

I think she's leaning in that direction, TO. When I first started working here, I was shocked to learn that a child as young as 9 years old can be arrested. *mind boggles*

9:09 am

Bichon, read John Rosemond's book, "The Diseasing of American Children: The Overdiagnosis of ADHD, ODD and Bipolar Disease." John gets it and I wish more schools, docs, child psychologists and parents did.

judi: when I worked in juvy, we had an eight year old. burglary.

detained.

9:10 am

I hate John Rosemond.

9:10 am

I've seen it too, TO. I blame incidental and absentee parents. They expect the schools to raise their children and handle all discipline issues. Two words people: Birth. Control.

9:10 am

I read him every week in the paper and disagree with 90% of what he says

9:11 am

His ideas are more political than anything

9:12 am

John Rosemond is my parenting guru--traditional, no-nonsense, he sees the decay of modern parenting and the alarming results. In 23 yrs of being a pediatrician I increasingly agree with him.

9:12 am

It is there we differ. His memories of children of the 40's and 50's are innacurate

9:12 am

But, I am not a liberal parent

9:13 am

would of been easier if while my boy was growing up that the province did not try and raise him for me,nose into everything

9:14 am

i feel bad for any new parent in this brave new future.it is going to be tough

9:14 am

I especilly disagree when he tells parents to tell the kids that their doctor said they should do this or not do that

9:14 am

Crossy, schools want robot kids that sit still and are quiet. Exuberant, enthusiastic, spirited kids are not cherished.

9:15 am

Depends on the school, I think. But, most schools do want a student who listens all the time

9:15 am

Gotta jet. Work intrudes again. *POOF*

9:15 am

thank god(cant say that in school either!!!!!) he is in his last year and can have more freedom in post secondary eduaction

9:16 am

My d.i.l. is looking at schools with a Montessori or Reggio philosphy

9:16 am

It works, Bichon. Especially if the parents are wimpy.

9:16 am

Bye Judi

9:17 am

I see more and more parents choosing to homeschool because of disappointment with schools.

9:17 am

we should of home schooled as well scrabby

9:17 am

He will thrive, Crossy!

9:18 am

hi Scrabbs.. d.i.l. wants to home-school our gdaughter, even tho they are in a good school area

9:18 am

hi Babblers (-:

9:18 am

I don't think I could do that. Wouldn't want kid[s] at home all day

9:18 am

bbl

9:19 am

he is already starting to break away from the chains of the high school system,he has shown a natural ability in auto body/mechanics and is doing co-op this year to get hands on in the field,then he want to go right to the college course;))

9:19 am

I am so impressed with home-schooling parents and kids. Well-behaved, self-disciplined kids, eager-to-learn kids that advance academically.

9:19 am

Oh, perfect timing to come on. Thanks, Scrabbs. :)

9:20 am

he will be able to focus on what he loves to do and he will fly:))))

9:20 am

Aloy, I personally support parents that tell me they are considering home-schooling.

9:20 am

Yay Krista! A home-schooling parent.

9:20 am

yaa for krista!

9:21 am

Very bright kids thrive in home-schooling rather than be unchallenged at school.

9:21 am

and m9 also home schools i believe

9:21 am

hi all! Krista!!!!! What a time to be on! :) I'm a former home schooler.

9:21 am

So much of classroom time is wasted because of so many poorly disciplined kids disrupting the class.

9:22 am

It's the best thing I've ever done as a parent. Your patients are lucky to have you. Many pediatricians give the hairy eyeball of suspicion regarding homeschooling. Hey fruity!

9:22 am

Yay fruittart! I SO admire home-schooling parents!

9:23 am

My kids are in a good public school now, although I still wish we were home schooling the younger two but husband was tired of it consuming the family, or more accurately, consuming his wife who was done talking to people for the day before he got home! ;P

9:23 am

my sister is going to do it, possibly in concert with some time at a private school that she's been visiting which treats kids very differently. i'm SO glad my energetic nephew won't be subjected to public school at a young age.

9:23 am

That is so true, about wasted classroom time. I wish I could have been homeschooled, but I don't think it was allowed way back then.

9:24 am

Krista, I see the impressive results--kids that love to read and learn, kids that appreciate education, kids that rise above the silliness and danger of social pressures (smoking, drugs, alcohol, sex.)

9:24 am

Yay Hurshy. I know that wesley is a very bright boy.

9:25 am

yes, he'll be able to learn more in less time, keep on loving to learn, not have to deal with people telling him that learning or being smart isn't cool...

9:25 am

there are lots of hurdles here to home school,but it can be done http://www.ontariohomeschool.org/legal .shtml

9:26 am

i see no4 is in the grid to get us in the holiday spirit :)

9:26 am

There are some outstanding school teachers that recognize each child's learning styles, strengths, weaknesses, and who command respect from the kids, who have excellent classroom management skills, but too often parents share with me the problems of their kid not being challenged or helped or even taught the basics.

9:26 am

I can relate, fruit. Oh Hurshy, if he is energetic they'd want him medicated immediately. Crossy - our laws vary by state. Are Canada's uniform for the entire country?

9:26 am

i've seen some cautionary tales of people who 'home school' and never make their kids do things they don't want to do -- not into reading? fine. not into math? fine. How about the whole day playing video games? fine. It tarnishes the reputation of those whose kids become true learners.

9:26 am

indeed

9:26 am

i am so so so hoping my husband can get a job near them so i can help with the home schooling too.

9:27 am

True, Fruit.

9:27 am

they are provincial in nature kirsta

9:27 am

it is scary how disappointed i will be if that doesn't happen.

9:27 am

Boys are the primary victims of the educational system. They are quickly labeled as having ADHD and meds are advised.

9:27 am

I volunteer a lot in our school now and am employed on .25 time basis but the kids know that when I say a teacher majors on 'lining up' that I'm unimpressed with the focus ;-)

9:28 am

10% of 11 yr old US boys are on meds for "ADHD."

9:28 am

I see most teachers as victims of the "system" themselves. It doesnt' matter how good they are if they are forced to "teach to the tests" and manage 30 distruptive kids.

9:29 am

our system outright refused to teach our child unless drugged:( was not a good fight back then

9:29 am

for some reason this conversation is making me hungry

9:29 am

Oh, yes, Krista. Far too many kids today have not been taught respect and responsibility by their parents...because their parents are their friends and the kids are the focus of the family.

9:30 am

if i did not have to work for a living and if the mrs had not already had her eye disease inpacting her vision,we would of chosen home schooling

9:30 am

This conversation has me all riled up because I witness these issues everyday in my office and I fear for the future of society.

9:31 am

there are so MANY reasons to fear for the future of society, why limit yourself to just this one? :)

9:31 am

That's awful, Crossy, sorry to hear that. But not everyone can do it. We have sacrificed a lot materially to be a one income family, and it's not easy.

9:31 am

Human Resources depts have been challenged by so many undisciplined twenty-somethings that do not understand respect, responsibility, resourcefulness, etc.

9:31 am

Amen, Krista. The pressure they face on test scores mean they focus on getting those borderline kids over the line and not challenging the ones above the line or intervening with those far below the line. I think our school does a far better job of that than many do or can. The area we moved into has more money than surrounding areas. Parents are hugely involved -- 100% turnout to parent-teacher night, etc. Makes a difference

9:31 am

indeed as we sit here discussing adhd,france is trying to figure out how to safely bury 2 tonnes of radioactive waste with a life of 100,000 years;/

9:32 am

Yes, Hurshy, but I see badly behaving kids and wimpy parents everyday.

9:33 am

Did you see the 60 Min on that topic, Scrabbs (the 20-somethings who have no work ethic)?

9:33 am

lol,i have a rotating stream of 20 somethings that i hire and fire with no work ethic

9:34 am

No, but I see it in the twenty-something employees in my office.

9:34 am

gotta go - I'm home with the youngest today who has pink eye and it's time for a little care time *poof*

9:34 am

Glad to hear your kids are in a good school. Too bad there are such differences among them. Do you feel like a free woman now? :)

9:34 am

Bye Tart

9:34 am

oops - bye!

we have literally been invaded by twenty something. they make upgreater than 50% of the workers. they do work. but they bal at putting in their time, feel they should run the place

9:35 am

g-daughter to her mommy: "let's make a deal, mommy".. "I get to mess up my room and you get to clean it up".. aaaaargh... I confess to being bothered by the fact that this child is always consulted, is always given choices.. not good.. she now negotiates everything, and some things are NOT negotiable, like "should I stop at that stop sign or not?"..

they have grown up being told how smart they are. yes that is true. but everyone was hired because they are mart and educated.

9:36 am

Well said, Aloy. I see parents asking their young kids, "Do you want to get a flu shot?" AAAAHHHH.

9:36 am

yes, exactly, Scrabbs!

9:36 am

Agreed Aloy, some things are not negotiable.

9:36 am

during an interview they will say things like" i normally do not get out of bed for less that 25 dollars an hour,but i can give you a hand till some company hires me for what i learned in college or university"..ahh,so i am a fill in till you bless some company with your large brain and the sheepskin that you have hanging on the wall at home over your x-box?" lol

9:37 am

That was exactly what the 60 Minutes episode said, Owlie (and hi!). And it they don't like the rules, they just leave. I can't see how that's going to work in this economy, though.

the person under me takes exception if i say how anything has been done in th epast or in another area. i cannot see reinventing the wheel. it should be examined and adopted, modified, or discarded. but not dismissed

9:37 am

I think my BP is way too high now. This discussion about the behavior of kids and about education has me fired up.

ooh, first kap and now scrabs! *chants ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooommm mm*

9:38 am

aww, Scrabbs .. not fair to you.. here we are in your "oasis" of Babble relaxation, mucking it up with work-related problems!

9:38 am

we can discuss bacon if you like:)

9:39 am

or bunnies..

9:39 am

I'm one of the older homeschooling moms in my circle of friends, and I know most of my friends think I'm a hard-ass because I make my kids show respect. And I was raised by older parents, so I probably am too old-school for the home school, lol.

i am watching sandra lee maked iced hot chocolate. oops, chocolate got us into this fix

9:39 am

I know adolescents and young adults that don't want to work at a fast food place because it isn't "meaningful" or "stimulating." My immigrant grandparents would have said, "Be grateful for the opportunity and the money as you make your life better. It is a job not a career."

yes! fuzzy little cuddly litttle bunnies! can't you just see them ?

9:40 am

i go through them regulary scrabbs,they feel the world owes them

9:40 am

Yay Krista!! The R words--respect, responsibility, resiliency, resourcefulness, reality! reality = life is not fair and not easy.

9:40 am

*squeal* Bunnies!

:D

9:40 am

mmm bacon bunnies....

9:40 am

amen, Scrabbs..

here everyone, see them? they just love to be petted

9:41 am

I must relax, really. I am having chest tightness from all of this chat.

9:41 am

they are soo cute..and tender...oops,where did that come from?

9:41 am

my hand is sliding off them .. must be the bacon

9:41 am

Ha, my daughter said something recently (she just turned 16) about not wanting to work at a job until she is out of college and it's related to her degree. Whoa. Gave her a reality check.

9:41 am

Sorry, Scrabs. Deep breaths!

9:42 am

i think slinging fries or newspapers is good for a kid at the start

oooh scrabbler, see that wee one just looking at you ,begging to be petted?

9:42 am

or pumping my gas lol

9:42 am

Everyday I see badly behaving kids and wimpy parents. It makes me crazy!

9:42 am

easy scrabbs,pet the bunny

9:43 am

I toght i taw a rabbit!

9:43 am

There is a bunny under the couch now. That is where she stays all day.

9:43 am

focus on the bunny, Scrabbs

9:43 am

well I didn't get the job or the interview :-(

no this one just wants you topick it up

9:43 am

poor jmc:)

9:43 am

Well, I must get ready to depart. I want to get my haircut before I spend the afternoon with Mary's kids.

9:43 am

aww shucks, jmc.. must be something better out there waiting for you

oh je i am sorry.

9:43 am

It must be hard, when you know you can't change it in the short time you see them. Our guinea pig is popcorning. Soooo cute.

9:43 am

Hi dobie and Je

9:44 am

jmb that would be a wabbit

9:44 am

popcorning?

9:44 am

hug them for us, Scrabbs

9:44 am

Sorry, Je. don't give up.

9:44 am

better ge that check by jes lol

9:44 am

Popcorning?

9:44 am

Je - new job? I'm so out of the loop!

9:44 am

i am afraid to find out what guinea pig popcorn is

9:44 am

as am i

9:44 am

Aloy, I love them dearly and cannot wait to give them their Xmas gifts next wk.

9:45 am

i left my job this summer krista and was hoping for a new one in London--or at least the interview

9:45 am

crossy envisions little furry critters with exploding pelts...

9:45 am

Popcorning is when they jump up and down when they are happy. There is plenty of other "popcorn" to deal with, though, trust me...LOL crossy - ew

9:45 am

how far away from you are they, Scrabbs?

9:46 am

30 miles away but within a mile of both my parents and sister. They live in the suburb where I grew up.

9:46 am

okay no time to weep into my beer--have a paper i haven't written due in 2 hours

9:46 am

Wow, that is a change, je! Best of luck to you. Something great will come to you. I can imagine you were burnt out.

9:46 am

45 minute drive for me.

9:47 am

what about my bacon rabbits?

9:47 am

Alright, I must move along. I will miss my Babble buddies. TY for inspiring me.

9:47 am

Have to go be productive. So nice to see all of you! Take care.

9:47 am

not burnt out so much as not wanting to be krista--but i will hold out believing that i will find what i need to be doing

9:47 am

Have fun with the kids, Scrabbs.

9:47 am

bye all

bye krista. bye scrabbler. bye je

9:47 am

tc jmc

9:47 am

Makes sense, je. Bye now.

9:47 am

hope the roads are dry and the trip is a smooth one for you.. bye Scrabbs, by e Krista, bye jmc..

9:48 am

tc scwabby

9:48 am

**waves**

and bye all. i am going to get dressed and see how i feel

9:48 am

tc TO

9:49 am

... and I am following Owl out.. have an appt.. bbl.. poof

9:49 am

tc aloy

9:49 am

room is emptying faster than a revival tent at collection time;)

oh b4 i go - if anyone has someone ontheir gift list who loves the body sop - today's steals and deals offers a 9 piece body care collection on line for $35 arriving by christmas

9:50 am

look at all those missing k,s;(((

body shop

free shipping. can acces it via today show ateals and deals

9:57 am

good morning, all!

9:58 am

good morning sue

9:59 am

howdy suze!:))

9:59 am

hi flosey and crossy!

10:00 am

had a nice talk with my dad this morning, he is doing well

10:00 am

good to hear sue

10:03 am

many of the k,s are 4 letter babblets

10:03 am

talked to jilli last night, she is a very determined lady - has been trying the walker already

10:04 am

tell her not to push too hard flosey

10:04 am

let the body have time to heal

10:05 am

I agree crossy, but I presume the staff will be keeping an eye on her

10:05 am

ro 8/55 any clues?

10:05 am

i did that when i shattered my left leg,thing has 3 pins and about 4 screws,i pushed it and one of the pins actually started working its way out through my skin!!

10:06 am

oh ouch, further surgery, will warn her

10:06 am

thanks for mentioning that crossy

10:06 am

it was not pretty

10:07 am

let alone pretty, I'd think painful would come to mind first

10:07 am

ro8/55 is a funny compound word, greenery on top of the house

10:07 am

I agree sue

10:08 am

actuall not,cause of all the nerve damage at the site where they did all the stiching when they put the bone back in,i felt nothing

10:08 am

well, roof gardens do exist but trees?

10:08 am

there you go :-)

10:08 am

ty weird word-never would have found it without help

10:08 am

and I think you are off to the pb, flosey!

10:09 am

have the first 4 letters of the 8, but am lost for the last half lol

10:09 am

yes, indeed I am, ah well, need another cuppa

10:09 am

tall woody plant, sugr

10:09 am

ty sue

10:09 am

read back a bit sugrr

10:10 am

actually flosey,our new library has a green roof,with trees,benches and fountains in the summer

10:10 am

and grass!

10:10 am

just google collingwood ontario library

10:11 am

wow crossy, what a super idea for a library - take your book up and enjoy!

10:11 am

will do

10:11 am

nice, crossy! There are a lot of green ro**s in Chicago as well (and you should join flosey in the PB!)

10:11 am

there is a nice shady overhand up there as well

10:11 am

crossy trudges to the pb

10:11 am

overhang*

10:12 am

thing better be pretty cost 5 million to build

10:12 am

but worth every dime,think 50% nwas private donations

10:13 am

should of heard the howl when we were given a choice of yet another arena or a new library but not both

10:13 am

we just renovated the old arena built in 1948 lol

10:14 am

Morning peeps - that ro 8 is what holds up the top of your house

10:15 am

we are talking about expanding our town library but I have no idea how much it will cost - they have torn down several historic homes to make room for the expansion, though

10:15 am

we call them trusses

10:15 am

and hi hoot!

10:15 am

we were lucky sue,we had a weedy old lot close to downtown

10:15 am

ah - I thought it was the one the builders put up while the house is under construction

10:16 am

ahh the temp supports..perhaps

10:16 am

I think around here the trusses are built off the ro8,...I'd have to look it up sometime

10:17 am

(I was thinking of the nonfunctional decorative one, that is supposed to bring good luck or some such)

10:17 am

Oh Sue that sounds like here - tear down the historic to build shlock!

10:17 am

we are lucky here,we have a company that does nothing but build trusses to order.makes things so much easier on the job site,you can wait for a nice day,get the whole lot deliverd and have the roof and plywood up before sunset

10:18 am

I thought od that one too

10:18 am

hopefully it won't be schlock - the existing library is on the national register of historic places but apparently it needs expanding, and a lot more parking (not obvious to me that it needs this but what do I know?)

10:19 am

our old one was just a run of the mill job sue as our canigie library burnt down many years ago,so it was an easy move

10:19 am

My first day here we went for a walk downtown and under a walk bridge was a sign saying it was the former site of a tavern from 17 something. Tore it down for a parking lot!

10:21 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_ library

10:21 am

Liked Long Islands way better. If it had to go it went to Bethpage Restoration. Hugh park with all the old buildings an made into a living history museum.

10:23 am

we are lucky here hoots,we set up a historical preservation society in the mid 80,and any historical building owner can get funds for 50% of any and all renovation/repair costs as long as he does not disturb or destroy the buildings historical qualities

10:25 am

very sensible, crossy!

10:26 am

indeed,we have preserved many fine victorian homes which otherwise would of been lost to "progress'

10:26 am

Theoretically we have one too but money is always a problem and they have no concept of Maintenance! They will let a building sit for yeays wih no one ever going in and then it's a big surprise that critters have moved in and the roof leaked, etc. Tear it down !

10:26 am

years

10:27 am

Does it come thru that I dislike this place?

10:27 am

yes, I get that, hoot!

10:28 am

lol yes

10:28 am

does anyone have tr6? I need a clue please?

10:29 am

According to the newspaper we have 45% of the people here are under the pverty line but we have nothing for them and all luxury for our 1%

10:29 am

sorry no flossy hi

10:29 am

sorry flosey, not a lot of words yet!

10:29 am

sorry flosey, not a lot of words yet!

10:30 am

ok, thanks for responding

10:30 am

Past tense of the 5/18 flosey

10:30 am

oops, didn't mean to stutter!

10:30 am

hi molly, thanks, just found it

10:30 am

and fireworks

10:31 am

yay,flosey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:31 am

and thanks molly, I have it now too

10:31 am

goodo flossy!

10:31 am

busy day ahead - glad this one was small, carpet cleaners coming in this afternoon, won't be in the office for several hours

10:32 am

me too

10:32 am

one of our more interesting is a tavern built in 1860 right near where the shiyards used to be.there is a pic from right after it was built with 3 soldiers standing in front of it

10:33 am

love to see the old towns maintaining a bit of their heritage - along with the new

10:33 am

Yes - they don't understand that here

10:34 am

and our ymca building was buiult in 1903 and was the recruiting centre for ww1 draftees and they have preserved on entire wall where the men lined up to wait their turn cause they all carved love letters and mesages into the brick work

10:35 am

must say bye for now, may be on the laptop for flip (really not comfortable with it)

10:35 am

tc flosey

10:35 am

There is a tavern in Annapolis that goes back to 1750. It is cool to sit in a place that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin patronized.

10:36 am

cool indeed

10:36 am

There is a huge glass sheathed pyramid right off the main highway that is the first thing anybody going or coming from here sees. Even has a statue of Rameses at the entrance. It's been closed for 6 years and now they are maybe, suposedly, possibly going to put a Bass Pro in there!

10:36 am

none of our historical building go back before 1840 as almost the entire town was lost to fire at that time

10:37 am

They had pictures in the paper - they left files, papers shrewn all over, dust, dirt furniture. Never emptied it.

10:37 am

;(

10:38 am

lol@ a bass pro in a pyramid

10:38 am

I swear they ckean nothing and when it finally becomes an eyesore they destroy it

10:39 am

Is this the point where Europeans sneer and mock at how young your buildings are?

10:39 am

Isn't that just the thing you want to see FIRST?

10:39 am

Good morning/afternoon all.

10:39 am

Go for it Haz : )

10:39 am

You can probably google the memphis pyramid. My vote was to make it a museum

10:40 am

hi haz - long time

10:40 am

sadly in toronto this is not the way they think,down by the skydome land is so valuable,they lit victorian building rot...cause you cannot demoilish,but you can let it get so bad that it gets condemmed and then you get a demolition order from the city,so they sit there,year after year

10:40 am

We tend to take things for granted, I know. I grew up near a 12th century castle but because I passed it all the time it wasn't until I was older that I realised just how old it really is!

10:40 am

yes haz,i know all about those quaint stone cottages that are not a day over 400 years old

10:41 am

I'd love to live near a castle.

10:41 am

Not in one thou. Too cold

10:41 am

did a virtual tour of one that was built in 1611!!!!

10:42 am

No planning system is perfect but I like that cities in the UK retain as many old buildings as possible, not in a theme park kind of way but as working buildings.

10:42 am

It must be amazing to go in a building that old.

10:42 am

a cottage that is

10:42 am

short ceilings molly many not more that 6 1/2 7 feet...they must of been shorter then lol

10:42 am

6.5 to 7 feet*

10:43 am

We visited Oxford last year and there were buildings hundreds of years old but they had shops in them or cafes or hairdressers. They had been maintained all along the line and were a functioning part of the city.

10:44 am

That's a good way to do it Haz

10:45 am

i love the look of the interior stucco and open beam faces that were common then

10:45 am

open the door and walk right into the livingroom

10:45 am

The architecture in the pictures I've seen of Oxford is gorgeous.

10:46 am

Oxford is beautiful, it really is. They cope with the traffic problem by having huge out of town car park and ride schemes.

10:58 am

That is nice. Because nothing takes away from the beauty of a place than lots of traffic.

11:00 am

It proves that you don't have to knock things down just because people have cars. The other advantage is for pedestrians, no dodging cars.

11:04 am

I've heard about some islands along the east coast here that don't allow cars. Bikes and golf carts only. I think I'd like that.

11:08 am

So they can't really take deliveries of oversized things? Flat pack would work well.

I promise never to paste the whole page of words into the chog

11:12 am

Kaplan, it wasn't such a bad thing

:)

11:13 am

So, Haz knows. Did she scold you <ggg>

11:13 am

sounds like I missed some fun!

She waasn't there but I waas warned!

11:14 am

Fire Island is that way

11:14 am

for a brief time, we were looting his mistake

eh?

11:15 am

I seeee.......

"some of us are prisoners/ some of us are guards"

just listening to dylanradio

11:17 am

Now that you've done it once, we expect it from time to time

all I have to do is highlight the whole page and ---I don't KNOW what I did.

11:19 am

As we get older [and i can talk] these things seem to happen more often

11:21 am

we have a babbler that is on a island where cars are not allowed lizsark

11:21 am

have not seen her i a long while though

11:22 am

Now I see why I've been pushed to the bottom of the list. Evertone just copied. I'll remember that.

11:23 am

who copied what? just go back in here

11:24 am

Actually, if you were anywhere IE I've had the same thing happen. There is a lot of bleedthru on layers nowadays

11:24 am

How do you move thousands of e-mails???

11:24 am

mm,better have a tea..seems like michelle is going to war in FB

11:25 am

And I'm finished so I can be a little self-rightious can't I?

11:25 am

woot hoot

11:26 am

i just click the main box and hit delete lol

11:26 am

5 or ten are real mail,rest is spam lol

11:26 am

Don't want to delete all of them. There is a reason I've kept them.

11:27 am

but that is msn,gmail is much more secure and does not seem to get cluttered with crap

11:27 am

and most are in folders

11:28 am

Any clue for first en5?

11:29 am

It's yahoo. They've "improved" the system and now I can't do things anything remotely easily! And do you really want them ebtering someones e-mail addy just because they sent you one.? Kills there so-called spam ckearance

11:29 am

firat is a mushroom

11:29 am

en5 is a mushroom

11:32 am

Still can't get it.

11:33 am

I've gotta go. Make lunch, feed BF and shop.

11:33 am

It uses the 5pt tile

11:33 am

bbl - -poof

11:35 am

had to use morewords for that one just entered en--- and looked for the k

11:35 am

en5/18 - e plus not yes, Billy the **d

11:35 am

would of been hunt and peck anyways on that word

11:40 am

Tx a lot Haz

11:42 am

You're welcome, Kenny.

11:42 am

is that to bullfighter word in here? it seems like it should be but i cannot put it together

11:43 am

to6/18

11:48 am

en5/18

11:48 am

that mushroom

11:48 am

sorry

11:52 am

hi all,help with the 8 pls

11:54 am

Hello peri. It's ro8/55 - a compound word.

11:54 am

ty Haz,will look

11:59 am

not seeing it but will keep looking

12:00 pm

Think the top of a house and what gets decorated at Christmas.

12:00 pm

aha,ty Haz

12:00 pm

bbl

12:00 pm

good morning, everyone :)

12:00 pm

Hello, cybernan.

12:01 pm

Morning, need a ko4/8, have the one that sounds like a Christmas carol but with a k, and the one that sounds like soda. What is the third one please?

12:02 pm

ko4 - one that sounds like the middle of an apple.

12:02 pm

gm

12:02 pm

ty Haz

12:03 pm

You're welcome.

12:03 pm

Hello, kje.

12:10 pm

Okay, off to the kitchen. Bye!

12:13 pm

hi and bye all, off to work finally! will check in a bit later.

12:33 pm

el

12:34 pm

half way for crossy:)

12:34 pm

hi crossy

12:34 pm

3 to go here

12:34 pm

howdy cybernan:))

12:35 pm

2

12:35 pm

congrats crossy

12:35 pm

just the stats for the 7,s please?

12:35 pm

yaa for cybernan!

12:35 pm

do 7/48 and ro 7/44

12:35 pm

*!* ta da *!*

12:35 pm

ty teach

12:36 pm

congrats cybernan

12:36 pm

yaa for cybernan!!!

12:37 pm

anyone want clues before I leave?

12:37 pm

if not I will be off to do some research on wireless printers

12:40 pm

ahh found the do7

12:42 pm

cybernan,research shared hard drives that plug right into your modem as you can also plug in usb devices like printers and bot(or several) computers can share the same files or have private files for that matter

12:42 pm

and I said I was going to work half an hour ago; now I really am going!

12:43 pm

there is a proper name for these modem hard drive but the name escapes me now

12:43 pm

lol sue

12:43 pm

this way every computer in the house not matter how cheap or expensive can have a terra drive

12:43 pm

although to be fair I have been doing some work-related things from home

12:45 pm

ahh! NAT network attached storage drives...

12:45 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-a ttached_storage

12:45 pm

then it is all good suze:)

12:45 pm

hey

12:46 pm

howdy goerica

12:46 pm

we already have a wireless network set up, crossy: includes 2 laptops, desktop, auxiliary hard drive and tv. We need a new printer because the old one won't interface with windows 7, so might as well go wireless.

12:46 pm

whats up?

12:47 pm

Staples has a great sale on just now -- just need to find out which ones use the cheapest and least ink.

12:47 pm

Im bored

12:47 pm

i find the lexmark products are best6 on cartridge prices

12:47 pm

wtf

12:48 pm

Not sure if there are any in the sale, but there are lots of brother printers -- understand they are pretty good on the ink as well. I'm tired of paying $47 per cartridge!

12:49 pm

i have a 3 year old lexmark all in one that cost 70 dollars and the cartridges are 17 and the thing has never failed me

12:49 pm

how old are you

12:49 pm

black is 17 colour is 22

12:49 pm

old enough to be yer daddy i would think

12:50 pm

:)

12:50 pm

Im 11

12:50 pm

lets just say 18 with experience:)

12:50 pm

ha, I got that new lexmark you pointed me to, crossy, but the cartridges are $55 for a set

12:50 pm

well goerica,do your parents know you are on this site?

12:50 pm

hahahhaah im def not 11. hhahha thats so funny

12:50 pm

im 16 and im bored in studyhall :p

12:51 pm

next time I need a new printer i am getting a laser printer - they don't cost all that much more than an ink jet any more and the cartridges are a lot cheaper

12:51 pm

55 a set is a tad high

12:51 pm

that's the high-volume cartridges, supposed to print 500 pages each, the 170-page ones are cheaper

12:52 pm

mine is laser,would not think there are many ink jets out there anymore

12:52 pm

or is it..1 sec..crossy is confuzzled now

12:53 pm

ink jet

12:53 pm

if it has small cartridges (about the size of a pack of cigarettes) it's an ink jet

12:53 pm

but bulletproof.been quite happy with it

12:53 pm

laser printers use big toner cartridges that cost around $75 but they print a lot of pages

12:53 pm

anyway NOW I REALLY AM GOING TO WORK!!!!!

12:54 pm

lol

12:56 pm

problem with laser printers is that they only print in black, unless you want to put out major bucks

12:57 pm

think ill stay with what i have then

12:57 pm

but i use mine more for faxes than anything else or transfering printed info to the computer

12:58 pm

WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PRINTERS ON BABBLE

12:58 pm

we talk about many things

12:58 pm

Im so bored right now...

12:58 pm

life,love,death.taxes,bacon.cocolate

12:58 pm

hahahhaa

12:58 pm

chocolate

12:58 pm

ok -- off to see what I can find out -- ty for the input :)

12:59 pm

np cybernan

12:59 pm

chocolate is dank

1:01 pm

yaa got both the 7,s

1:01 pm

that NBS at leastr

1:01 pm

Im bad at this

1:02 pm

suck my cock

1:02 pm

keep trying.game like this ios good for your school work

1:02 pm

now i will advise you to keep it clean in here as we have players of all ages

1:04 pm

if you are 16,you should be mature enough to keep it clean

1:05 pm

crossy can you clue the do7 please cos i just dont see it

1:06 pm

more idiotic

do7= more nerdy

1:06 pm

that is a better clue

1:07 pm

and the ro7= more of a chess piece

thanks crossy!

1:07 pm

got it ty so much

1:07 pm

np:)

How is everyone? I haven't been on Babble in about a year! Just started back

1:08 pm

well we are fine and are glad you are back!! a year is waaay to long to be without babble

I know! Thanks!

1:09 pm

babble of course is still the centre of the universe and everything else rotates around it lol

1:10 pm

Clue for the lower E for NBTs please. I have tried everything without success! Thank you.

1:10 pm

em 5/12

1:11 pm

thanks teach. I'll see what I can do with it.

1:11 pm

ty teach

1:11 pm

Got it! Thank you!

1:12 pm

it's an alternative spelling of an em4 - arab ruler

1:12 pm

noswaith dda - evening all

1:12 pm

e+**** cat manor a show on discovery channel

1:12 pm

howdy glant

1:12 pm

e + not you but ... + interjection / ending that means one who does

1:13 pm

hi crossy

thanks all

1:13 pm

fireworks here

1:13 pm

woo hoo teach

1:14 pm

this is my fav size grid,under 200 have easy half toughies.do no care for the monster we had yesterday

1:14 pm

yaa for teach!

1:14 pm

i looked but didn't even start yesterday

1:14 pm

was too big glant,just becomes an exercise in fast typing then i get bored

1:15 pm

i never do them if they rae over 200

1:16 pm

just sit there and pund 250 in till you get to the last 30 or 40 tough ones

1:16 pm

pound

1:18 pm

does any one else enjoy the Celtic Thunder group - have been listening to them while I did the grid

1:18 pm

never heard of them teach

1:18 pm

although i like Celtic music

1:19 pm

they are a celtic group like Celtic Women

1:19 pm

originally there were 5 in the group - now there are 6

1:19 pm

I suspect they may not be known on this side of the Atlantic - hven't heard of Celtic Women either LOL

1:20 pm

have toured here in the US - have seen them perform here

1:20 pm

I am watching them on our public tv station

1:21 pm

will go watch and enjoy

1:21 pm

have fun

1:37 pm

i have the ro7 can i have a clue for the other please

1:39 pm

more of a nerd - do7

1:40 pm

dont worry found it

1:42 pm

hi again all, finally made it into my office!

1:43 pm

hi sue

1:48 pm

hi, glant!

1:49 pm

(and if I am slow in responding, please don't take offense - I am actually trying to get lectures written for the spring!)

2:13 pm

must be nap time, chog is snoozin.. back to hopefully finish

2:14 pm

hi, aloy!

2:14 pm

hi sue (-:

2:20 pm

weirdo ro8!

2:22 pm

it is a pretty funny word, aloy!

2:23 pm

old middle English .. have never heard it in use, but then.. can say the same for so many other grid words (-:

2:25 pm

fw here so I'll go work on Holiday cards.. determined to get them in the mail within the next couple of days.. see you next time, sue..

2:29 pm

re6/27...clue please?

2:33 pm

ir

2:33 pm

sorry

2:34 pm

anyone at all????

2:34 pm

sorry don't have it flask

2:34 pm

ok thanx!

2:36 pm

any lurkers have it?

2:37 pm

yay, aloy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2:37 pm

and no re6/27 here, sorry flask!

looking desperately flask, but not finding it

2:38 pm

ok

2:38 pm

re6 - to put a new covering on the top of your house

2:38 pm

thankyou!

Thanks Giant!

2:40 pm

geesh! I should have found that as it is exactly what I need to do.

2:40 pm

ha, thanks all!

2:40 pm

just found the ro8 too - bizarre - ro-top of your house + tr4 growing plant wth bark

That was bizarre

3:04 pm

Sue is writing lectures for the Spring. *Feels remiss in pre-thinking my needs*

3:09 pm

clue for the to4,8? monkeys can't find it

3:10 pm

rhymes with what you read

3:10 pm

nm - -slap me with a fish

3:10 pm

Morning all

3:10 pm

morning Lyn

3:11 pm

hi Glant. Haven't seen you for ages. How is your house selling going?

3:12 pm

house is sold Lyn. I've bought a little boring bungalow about 7 miles form work - move in on 21 Jan

3:14 pm

Congratulations! a house to call your own. I love how the English don't like bungalows - the most common form of housing out here - only over the last 20 or so years have tiny blocks and double stories become common

3:14 pm

Well,it wiil only be borint till you make it your own

3:15 pm

hi Cross

3:15 pm

I don't mind bungalows but this was built about 40 years ago and is a square box with a party wall to another square box - but it needs absolutely nothing doing to it

3:15 pm

Howdy lynxx

3:16 pm

and yes, i will make it my own, and less boring

3:16 pm

down to 3 left - all K

3:17 pm

Glant, I like your little bungalow.

3:17 pm

well mines a rectangular box with a party wall to another rectangular box - built about 80 years ago...and suits us just fine now that the kids are gone

3:17 pm

how appropriate - last word was ke6 - the inside of a cracked nut

3:17 pm

Well,i am sure wth lots of books,comfy places tosit and some knick knacks it wiibe home

3:18 pm

i have made a momentous decision about my books - can hardly believe it myself - have decided to give away all my fiction except those by Terry Pratchett and Sherri Tepper

3:18 pm

gulp

3:19 pm

I only have room for my non-fiction - this is a pretty small bungalow and I am leaving a pretty spacious home

3:19 pm

Please excuse the messier than usual typing as i am babbling on a tablet

3:19 pm

Do you reread book Glant?

3:20 pm

i have realised i rarely re-read fiction, because is start to read and remember the ending

3:20 pm

Some books I can read over and over because it's not the ending so much as the telling of the tale.

3:20 pm

i have re-read a few books recently that i first read about 30 or more years ago and those I can enjoy ahgain, but there is a public library within easy waking distance of my new home so I shall just borrow the fiction i fancy

3:21 pm

I never get rid of a book,thats why i am glad indeed they invented ereaders

3:21 pm

Time for it to go then. We lugged books form home to home for years. Now only keep the most special ones

3:21 pm

those are the ones I am keeping Molly - the ones I really enjoy the telling of the tale

3:21 pm

That's what I keep too Glant. No point in keeping books around that I'm not going to read again.

3:22 pm

so i shall only have my old mahogany bookcase - about 3 ft wide by 6 ft tall - instead of that and my 'book wall' of about 8 ft wide and 6 ft tall

3:23 pm

that's a lot of books to get rid of :-(

3:23 pm

and what is worse is that nobody seems to want old books these dayhs

3:23 pm

I hope you can find good homes for them

3:23 pm

Glant you need an ereader

3:24 pm

I read 45 books last year and no refuse.

3:24 pm

hello everyone

3:24 pm

Our local library has sales oes a year...old library books plus also donations from the public..they make a bomb

3:24 pm

I have ro7, help with other 7pls

3:24 pm

Hi Peri and All

3:24 pm

hi hego - i have looked a ereaders and they are not for me - i don;t enjoy reading on the screen - part of reading is the tactile experience of turning the pages

3:24 pm

hi Peri

3:24 pm

do7 - more of a nerd

3:24 pm

hi Peri

3:24 pm

More nerdy Peri

3:25 pm

My reader is a blessing and now has well over 300 books on it

3:25 pm

ty Glant and hego

3:25 pm

I think e-readers are brilliant for thise who can get on with them - i just don;t think i can

3:25 pm

I don't know how I lived without it and I must have saved a tree by now. lol

3:26 pm

anyway, i am desperately in need of sleep so am off to bed - see you all tomorrow - happy babbling

3:26 pm

I know i have lol

3:26 pm

g'nite Glant

3:27 pm

bye Glant

3:27 pm

Gn glant

3:27 pm

Crossy, I see you got rid of your rude little troll.

3:27 pm

Thank god

3:27 pm

: )

3:28 pm

I do not know 15 k words

3:28 pm

me either

3:28 pm

found 9 k words so far

3:29 pm

Only problem with doing babble on the tablet is i have to chat in landscape mode but to enter words,portrait mode is best

3:30 pm

you'll get crossy-eyed. lol

3:31 pm

It is a learning curve to be sure but it is a fine macine

3:31 pm

Machine

3:31 pm

we know what you mean

3:32 pm

ke & ***ers are diseased people who lose limbs

3:32 pm

Ty lynxx

3:33 pm

Hi Lyn

3:33 pm

ty lyn,new word for me

3:34 pm

yw

3:39 pm

Bye everyone

4:15 pm

hola

4:21 pm

hi again all!

4:22 pm

hi

4:23 pm

Hi Sue. Still prepping your work for 2012?

4:26 pm

sure am, molly!

4:30 pm

You are the most conscientious person I know. The Puritan's and their work ethic had nothin' on you woman. : )

4:30 pm

dunno about that, I just don't like to show up at the first day of class with nothing to say :-P

4:31 pm

this grid seems laborious... few words build, just one slow word at a time

4:31 pm

and we will be gone for two weeks starting on Christmas, and I would like to be able to goof off with a clear conscience :-)

4:31 pm

I'm sure it will make your vacation more pleasant knowing that you will be prepared for work when you get back.

4:31 pm

indeed!!

4:31 pm

Snap

4:32 pm

I am starting to get really excited about it :-)

4:33 pm

I have never been away for two weeks. That must be a nice break from things.

4:33 pm

I'll probably still take things to work on but it will be nice to be away

4:34 pm

Molly!! You should take a vacation! It is good for the soul!

4:36 pm

Right now, money and lack of vacation time make that a little difficult. But I have dreams.

4:37 pm

I hope you are able to get away some time - it doesn't have to be expensive - just being somewhere else for a while can be very refreshing

4:38 pm

Like I said, I have dreams. And expensive is not in my repertoire.

4:38 pm

I guess i shall have to list with still 41 left... bugger

4:39 pm

((((mollly)))))

4:39 pm

hi, kje!

4:41 pm

I remember watching "The Thornbirds" and when it got to the part where Meggie's friends sent her away to a beach house for a month, I thought - that is the kind of friends everyone should have.

Good afternoon, don't have much time but I am stuck on en5/18? Can I get a clue, please?

4:41 pm

japanese mushroom, marc

4:41 pm

en5 is an asian mushroom

4:42 pm

en + derogative term for people from Oklahoma

4:43 pm

One interesting thing i notice with this tablet vs the reular computer is that you all know how we bump the chat to get rid of a incorrect entry? Well there seems to be none ofthat on the tablet.i can scroll right back to the flip

4:43 pm

Aw, I thought they liked that term in Oklahoma. : )

Thanks got it.

4:44 pm

wow, that's amazing, crossy! on my phone I can't scroll at all...

4:44 pm

en5/10?

4:44 pm

to sign up for classes, kje

4:44 pm

It is an amazing device suze

4:44 pm

ty

4:44 pm

(usually ends in a double consonant)

4:44 pm

I don't know how you folks play this game on mini screens. That would make my eyeballs throb.

4:45 pm

this is what drives my sis nuts... en5/18 i see immediately, en5/10... nada

4:45 pm

well, the en5/18 is in more of a straight line :-)

4:45 pm

I just pinch and spread fingers to enlarge things molly

4:47 pm

And a 10 inch screen is not exactly teenie

4:48 pm

she was probably thinking more of my phone (4" screen) than of your tablet, crossy

4:48 pm

Ahh ok

4:51 pm

Only pain is the touch kb vanishes after each word entry and i must bring it up again

4:51 pm

same with my phone

4:52 pm

falls into a category of things known as "first world problems" :-)

4:52 pm

first ko4?

4:52 pm

no, maybe first - not the coke sounding one

4:52 pm

or the apple middle one

4:53 pm

Sounds like the Christmas carol

4:53 pm

ty!

4:54 pm

But,if it really starts frosting my cojones,i can just slide the the tablet into its kb docking station

4:55 pm

Lol sue weiil if i am in the wilderness with theablet i guess i can use it to beat some food to death lol

4:57 pm

When you think about it,on a global scale we are all the one percent lol

4:57 pm

it's just a way of putting things in perspective when we are feeling sorry for ourselves that our fancy gear doesn't do exactly what we want it to

4:58 pm

Brb store run..poink

4:58 pm

exactly, crossy!

4:58 pm

(if you google first world problems you will get an eyeful)

Hi crossy and uusue! :)

5:30 pm

le5?

5:30 pm

hi, neil!

5:31 pm

le + less than two

5:34 pm

FEWER than two. Sorry.

5:34 pm

ty

Hey Sue, I'm in this grid, haha!

Me: do4,9 and do7,48. [and very proud of it]

5:38 pm

lo5?

5:38 pm

lore

5:38 pm

lorn

5:38 pm

sorry

5:41 pm

... past tense of a form of poker ... ... or past tense of an english restroom

5:42 pm

ty

5:44 pm

... the radio is set on a station playing nothing but Christmas carols ... how did I miss no4/4? ... hmmmm

5:44 pm

ah, thx for the lo5, dos!

5:45 pm

and I think a lot of us identify with the do words, neil!

5:46 pm

bottom row E for NBT?

5:47 pm

... arab ruler

5:47 pm

aha! thank you, dos

5:53 pm

hi, lil!

5:54 pm

tr6?

5:55 pm

I have a tr6 that is the past tense of a tr5

5:55 pm

... yep ... me too

5:55 pm

crap, sorry, thought I had tried that

5:57 pm

FW!

5:58 pm

yay, kje!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:59 pm

thanks for the help

6:01 pm

thanks for that tr6

6:01 pm

and hello evvybody!

6:02 pm

... evening

hello monkey and hello all

6:09 pm

hi folks

6:12 pm

hi TO and welki!

hello welk hello sue beb dinner is heated

6:12 pm

monkey! welki! kje! TO!

6:12 pm

anybody I missed!

dann- o! :D

6:13 pm

hi dan!

6:13 pm

any clue for the re6?...last one I need

6:14 pm

dan's been drinking coffee :)

6:14 pm

... to put the top on your house again

6:14 pm

thanks

6:21 pm

... and that's the weather! ... ... let's see ... go down to the pub and put the kiss of death on the Leafs ... or to go to the study and do some Calculus ... ... to qoote Homer Simpson ... ... Beeeer! .... g'night all ...

does ro 8 use the top of your house?

yes along with the tr4

ty

that's fireworkd for me

wtg

ty

6:37 pm

anyone have the fo 6/30?

the fo 4/7 before it + ** as I say not as I **

6:38 pm

thank you luv

yw ruru

eo

6:48 pm

hey all -- how's the grid?

6:50 pm

the first half isn't bad, stid, can't speak for the rest of it :-)

6:51 pm

thanks sue... not sure how much I have the brains for...

6:52 pm

<--- heading home

6:52 pm

later sue

6:57 pm

for NBT please, the O in the top row???

6:57 pm

sooner?

6:57 pm

happens all the time? of5

6:58 pm

of course, ruru!!! tahnks! NBT and down to 84. back later if I can, after I run the stidkid to his friend's house.

You can have a peahen, but apparently not a henpea lol

7:01 pm

ro 5/12 please

horse show

7:03 pm

thanks

yw

7:03 pm

al 5/14 pls

7:04 pm

al + an expre4ssion of disgust in jewish

7:05 pm

jewish?

7:06 pm

al + not you+ a consonant

7:07 pm

thank you ruru

7:08 pm

yw

7:18 pm

do6 please

7:21 pm

do 6 hang down your head tom do**** ends with vowel

7:32 pm

en5/18 anyone?

sorry i cant help

7:38 pm

en 5/18 - e+ opposite of yes, + to **ll a mocking bird

Thanks Red and hi

7:40 pm

hi herin. glad you got it.

7:41 pm

wish i'm a better cluer

7:41 pm

ty big red

7:42 pm

welcome

8:03 pm

May I please have a clue for to6-18? Thannks

8:07 pm

to4+ did i ever tell you you're my h***

8:09 pm

Thanks so much, bethn.

8:10 pm

yvw : )

8:18 pm

need food....bbl

8:19 pm

Good evening all

8:20 pm

hi wht very quiet here

8:20 pm

Can I have some he4,6 on the fr5,16?

8:21 pm

still looking for that one

8:21 pm

Is everyone out Christmas shopping or something?

8:22 pm

fr+ iron *** is obtained from a mine

8:22 pm

beth, it fr + raw metal.

8:22 pm

We must have found it at the same time, beth.

8:22 pm

great minds wht

8:33 pm

fireworks!

8:33 pm

wtg beth

8:33 pm

yaa for bethn

8:34 pm

I still have 20 left

8:34 pm

need any clues before i go?

8:34 pm

clue for the me6?

8:34 pm

hi crossy! howw've you been?

8:34 pm

Hi crossy

8:34 pm

not too bad for a old fart

8:35 pm

the Me4 shall inherit the earth + common suffix

8:35 pm

you are a mere spring chick crossy

8:35 pm

i am but a puppy

8:35 pm

I am blind. I was wasn't seeing that e to the left.

8:36 pm

i just drove 6 hrs round trip to see my mom, she was only awake for 45 min the whole time i was there ...

8:36 pm

i wish we could rotate the grid

8:37 pm

an ankle biter..a rug rat

8:37 pm

I wish we could shake it and start over.

8:38 pm

like boggle : )

8:39 pm

Exactly

8:41 pm

i am off. see you all tomorrow

8:42 pm

Night beth

8:42 pm

gn beth

8:42 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing

8:43 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! Way to go!

8:43 pm

howdy min and we3lcome to the grid

8:43 pm

Thanks crosshair!

8:45 pm

K's Kicked! 10 left

8:45 pm

hi everyone

8:45 pm

i have 10/15 k,s and the rest are impossible

8:45 pm

howdy jen

8:46 pm

Hello JenMO16!How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:47 pm

rough day at work today

8:48 pm

Sorry to hear that JenMO16. Hopefully you can relax w/us.

8:48 pm

T's Tickled! 7 left

8:48 pm

me too

8:48 pm

i shall be phoning the office tomorrow and telling them they will have to hold the fort without me.i do not give a damn about work when i have a unscheduled oncology appt

8:49 pm

well,unscheduled as in get that chest x-ray fast and blood work fast and see me next week

8:50 pm

but relax all,just me fretting,i am sure they are just filling in the blanks,this is the tail end of year five and freedom!

8:51 pm

I certainly hope so, Crossy.

8:51 pm

And Fireworks.

8:51 pm

i am mright at the end of the 5th year clean from my cancers

8:52 pm

yaa for wht

8:52 pm

well from my seminoma

8:53 pm

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! That's so awesome!

8:53 pm

LOL! I just Kaplan the Magne's HUGE OOOPS in the archives

8:53 pm

indeed,it is all laid out for u

8:53 pm

Too bad she did not post the word that still I don't have yet

8:54 pm

it was a oops alright,kind of like ww2 was an oops lol

8:55 pm

but we all have off days

8:56 pm

lol

8:56 pm

R's Ripped! 6 left

8:57 pm

I's Installed! 5 left

8:58 pm

So what word are you missing Crossy?

8:58 pm

gooo min!!!

8:58 pm

lol wht i still have 62 to go

8:59 pm

i will not finish

8:59 pm

F's Flipped! 4 left

8:59 pm

i got 111 left!

9:01 pm

D's Dipped! 3 left

9:01 pm

go min

9:02 pm

hi all

9:02 pm

hi jm!

9:02 pm

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

9:03 pm

:-(

9:03 pm

hello all -

9:04 pm

kap did what i did and put her whole list in the chog?

9:04 pm

hi wv

9:04 pm

Hello wvteach!How are you doing tonight?Welcome to grid

9:04 pm

P's Picked! 1 left

9:04 pm

takiong a break from baking cookies

9:05 pm

beaker's favorite word is in the grid

9:05 pm

I'm finished! I have fireworks!er5/10 word was my last one

9:05 pm

whoo hooo min

9:06 pm

Now time to do a story. I will also be here if you want clues

9:07 pm

congrats minveryork - back to the kitchen with me

9:08 pm

Goodbye wvteach! I'll see you tomorrow in the chog maybe

9:08 pm

bye wv

9:10 pm

Hi jmc

9:10 pm

hi wht

9:11 pm

I was busy looking through the chog today. It seems Kaplan took a page from your book, jmc.

9:11 pm

yes i saw that haha

9:11 pm

glad to have company

9:11 pm

Is she still in the PB?

9:12 pm

i will check

9:12 pm

nope she is gone

9:12 pm

I would put some chocolates in there but there were rumors that was what got her into trouble in the first place.

9:13 pm

it is everyone in the pb today in honor of fm's funeral today anyway

9:13 pm

you can't keep chocolates in there because stiddie sneaks in and eats them all

9:14 pm

And crossy grabs all the bacon.

9:14 pm

What would happen if I put chocolate covered bacon in there?

9:16 pm

stiddie would let crossy have it

9:16 pm

Well I need to be going. Good night jmc.

9:17 pm

bye wht have a nice evening--btw i did not get the interview for fwcc

9:18 pm

fm is gone?

9:18 pm

Sorry to hear that, jmc. But it does mean that you won't be moving to London just as you get your new kitchen finished.

9:19 pm

haha we'll we will see if i get the kitchen finished!

9:19 pm

yes jen she died a short time ago of liver failure

9:19 pm

ic

9:19 pm

that is why so many babblers have candle icons

9:20 pm

oh

9:20 pm

several people sent cards to her step father and ata went to her funeral today

9:20 pm

are you on fb?

9:21 pm

no i am not

9:21 pm

okay if you were i was going to suggest joining the babble group there but it is no big deal

9:22 pm

oh i have the babble group on facebook, i just don't play babble through facebook

9:23 pm

oh well it was posted there

9:23 pm

ok

9:23 pm

you may want to set your notifications to get those posts but don't ask me how

9:28 pm

bbl

9:28 pm

ok

9:31 pm

I have finished the grid. Now I de 4/6 it necessary to do a story of clues for those who ne 4/5. When I got home from work, I was happy to open the do 4/5 of an empty house. That meant that I was fr4/7 to babble al 5/10 in peace. However, it was an er 5/10 on my part to think I could babble in peace. Hubby came home an hour later and was a he 4/5 as usual. He teased me and called me a do4/9 for babbling as soon as I got home. He has told me I've gotten do 7/48 as I get older. Then my husband accused me of dr5/12ing over men in the chat log.He ir 5/20 me so much, I wanted to kick him in the arse with my fo 4/7. I immediately logged off & began preparing fo 4/8 for our next me4/5 so we would not into a fight. Now he wants the laptop again, but I told him to take a hi4/9. He wasn't too ke4/8 on that idea,but he left the room. I don't care if I ir 4/5 husband. I of 5/16 give up the computer, but not this time. I'm here to stay for the night! Even if he comes back and pl4/5ds for computer, I'm not giving in. This is still the end of my story though. I hope that this has he4/6ed some of you. I am going to go change my ik 4/8,but I'll be right back to clue more.

9:47 pm

Thank you!!

9:48 pm

good evening all! How are you all doing tonight?

9:51 pm

Hello BLouie! How are you doing tonight? Welcome to grid

9:51 pm

Hello Nef!How are you doing this evening?Welcome to grid

9:52 pm

You are welcome BLouie.I thought my story killed the chog

9:52 pm

Only half way but about to call it a day.

9:52 pm

(((Min))) how are you doing tonight?

9:53 pm

love your stories min

9:53 pm

Have you been playing long, BLouie? I haven't "seen" you before this.

9:54 pm

I only show up occasionally. WOrking full time plus doesn't give me much time to hang out.

9:55 pm

understood. :-) Well, Welcome to the game (we have to get you addicted so you "go Pro" though!) ;-)

9:57 pm

Hello all. Min, I really do hope your clue stories are fiction! Your poor hubby gets it in the neck in most of them.:-)

9:58 pm

how's everyone doing?

9:59 pm

Hello jes. Finished the grid, AND finished writing all my Christmas cards but still need to compose letters to go with many of the cards.

10:00 pm

Tonight's story was fiction! I have to do what I can with the words in the puzzle. Rarely are my stories ever totally true.

10:00 pm

hi wv, Jacula, and jes. I have 85 left, just coming back after being gone all day. I was here when Kaplan goofed and posted her word list in chog

10:00 pm

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

10:01 pm

Congratulations Jacula on your early fireworks! Good for U

10:01 pm

not bad, just got home from work/rescue.

10:01 pm

any clues for the o words? cant get any. nor the e words in columns 3 and 4....

10:01 pm

Nef - I didn't see that but LOL! Oh dear! Did she get Dr_God to delete it?

10:01 pm

ended up with 3 horses, 7 dogs, and a cat. the dogs and cat will be passed on to another rescue tomorrow night though.

10:02 pm

how're the horses doing, jes?

10:03 pm

hard to say, nef. dark out, couldn't see them well. one's pretty thin, one's a little underweight, one looked okay. will do dental checks/whatever dental work they need and check for parasites tomorrow. and the farrier's coming tomorrow to do feet

10:03 pm

I hope and pray that you will be able to pass off the dogs and cat. When they take the 7 dogs; will you include the Jack russell in that group too?

10:03 pm

mkg - od5/12 = a building used for musical performances, often used as a cinema/movie theatre name.

10:04 pm

mkg - of5.16 - 'do you come here of5?' = a cheesy chat-up line.

10:04 pm

Hellomkg!How are you doing this evening?Welcome to grid

10:04 pm

no, they're going to a pug rescue, they don't want the jack

10:04 pm

mkg - ok4/9 - another way of spelling 'okay'.

10:06 pm

mkg - ol4 - an oil. (The word is a Latin plural.)

10:08 pm

mkg - oor5 - Scottish word meaning 'shabby' - sounds like a creepy 'ee' word.

10:09 pm

mkg - final 'o' word is or5.12 - you might or5 something on line, or, if you're in the army, your commanding officer might or5 you to do something.

10:10 pm

Sorry for hogging the chog! I finished the 'o' word clues for mkg now.

10:11 pm

Can I get a clue for the e at the bottome of the second column, please?

10:11 pm

Thanks for the clues, Jac. I was able to finish my O's with your clues

10:12 pm

sorry, Tabby, I don't have that one or any for the 3rd column bottom E either

10:12 pm

Nef - oh good!

10:13 pm

em5 is the bottom e from the left

10:14 pm

tabby - another spelling for an African or Arabian chieftain - em5.12.

10:14 pm

er5 is from the e in the right column

10:14 pm

central column e is ek4

10:14 pm

Nef..bottom e in the third column is to sign up...like for school

10:14 pm

Oopl...no that is from the first column

10:15 pm

Geez...can't type tonight.

10:15 pm

Thanks! Jes's ek4 is the one I needed

10:15 pm

en5/18 is a type of Japanese mushroom and comes from the top 'e' in the first column.

10:15 pm

welcome :)

10:15 pm

Thanks, Jac...got it

10:16 pm

tabby - y/w.

10:16 pm

tabby, I needed that en also, though. Thanks!

10:17 pm

yw, Nef

10:17 pm

nbt

10:18 pm

wtg, jes! I just got nbt also

10:18 pm

jes - now I'm worried about the Jack Russell - where will it go?

10:20 pm

what a beautiful poem for FM jacula

10:20 pm

Hi ruru. Thanks. Haz also put a poem in her profile.

10:20 pm

yes, Jac; I love that poem too. Very fitting for FM

10:21 pm

you are amazing in many ways

10:21 pm

I had begun to write a poem for FM, all about the amber friend who is not your friend, but I got too busy and a little too upset to finish it in time.

10:22 pm

My poetry muse is a little rusty, but she's still throwing a line or two to me.

10:23 pm

ty for cl;ues jac and jes. goetting most.

10:23 pm

cant get that ok 4 9.......tried all combos of two more vowels

10:24 pm

Mkg - type 'ok' ad then type what a deaf old man who couldn't hear you would say, '**?'

10:24 pm

ty got it!!!!!!!!!!

10:24 pm

well half done and by for today.

10:24 pm

(Not 'ay'!)

10:25 pm

Well done mkg.:-)

10:25 pm

lovely poem, jac

10:25 pm

Une - yes. I love Christina R's poems.

10:26 pm

mkg - 'bye for now then.

10:26 pm

comforting to me as well . . . January 5 will be the first anniversary of Mother's death

10:26 pm

what if rafa started writing poems?

10:27 pm

doubtful, ruru :-)

10:27 pm

Une - sorry. It will be hard.

10:27 pm

Une - how long did your dog stand to wear the Christmas collar?

10:27 pm

ruru - who is rafa?

10:28 pm

(((Une))) My condolences. I didn't remember that your mother died.

10:28 pm

she's such a sweet girl, she'd wear it as long as I wanted her to -- UNLIKE her two sisters!!

10:28 pm

thanks, Nef . . . holidays are rough this year

10:28 pm

rafael nadal Une's secret lover

10:29 pm

Une - there's a bittersweet thing about every holiday after that, but it does get less raw. x

10:29 pm

sigh . . . :-)

10:29 pm

also the greatest tennis player in the world

10:29 pm

tx, jac, I'm sure that's true

10:29 pm

the jack russell will stay with me until i find him a home. i've already had him since october, so it's not like i'm gonna just decide to kick him out in the street before christmas.

10:29 pm

ruru - this is gossip I must have missed. *GASP*

10:29 pm

wow, ru, I thought you'd say that about Roger, not Rafa!

10:30 pm

jes - very glad to hear it! I have a soft spot for JR's.

10:30 pm

yes.. une just started taking spanish lessons and well.. ya know..

10:30 pm

jac, he has a HUGE female folowing LOL!

10:30 pm

huge doesn't quite cover it une

10:30 pm

Une - does he? I don't follow tennis since Bjorn Borg times.

10:31 pm

Une, most of my relatives have died right around the Holidays dating back to before I was born (my maternal grandfather died on Dec. 26th while my Mom was pregnant with me). I've always considered it a blessing to have the memory of them with me through the holidays.

10:31 pm

a lot of people die during the holidays.. as it is important for them to enjoy the holidays with family and friends

10:32 pm

my dad died in January as well (many yrs ago) -- not a great month . . .

10:32 pm

at least you loved your parents

10:33 pm

not close to my dad, but totally devoted to my mom -- sweetest woman EVER

10:33 pm

sorry

10:33 pm

sorry . . . don

10:33 pm

sorry . . . don't mean to bring down the chat!

10:34 pm

ruru just said what I was about to say (people hanging on for the holidays and then dying).

10:34 pm

yes i've seen it again and again

10:35 pm

My Dad died on Nov 23rd 8 years ago. I was never keen on the month but don't like it at all now.

10:35 pm

you didn't bring down the chat, Une. I typed in the wrong box and by the trime I realized it, the conversation has moved on

10:35 pm

I forget what month my father died in

10:36 pm

ruru - perhaps not a holiday or birthday time, then.x

10:36 pm

hey all.

10:36 pm

hey, m9!

10:37 pm

hi m9.. we're being mororse

10:37 pm

or rather morose

10:37 pm

my mom died 6 days after my birthday. My Dad a week before my birthday. My brother on my daughter's birthday. There...I can be morose too.

10:37 pm

My Mom die Jan. 8th (when I was 8), DH's grandmother died the day before Thanksgiving; his mother died Jan. 16th, my Grandmother died Nov. 29th; my Grandfather died Dec. 26th, etc. I just feel their presence at this time of year

10:38 pm

I 'd have to smoke 4 packs of cigs, drink a pitcher of manhattans, and gamble several thousand dollars to feel his presence

10:38 pm

ruru :-)

10:39 pm

I'd rather have a nice salad and a glass of wine

10:39 pm

And it doesn't make me feel morose; it reminds me that these people played an important part of my life and they (or their memories) are still here with me

10:39 pm

well said nef

10:40 pm

half way

10:40 pm

bbl.. thanks jac for that lovely poem

10:41 pm

yes. I don't feel morose either :-)

10:42 pm

When I take out the Christmas decorations, I fluff up the squashed tin foil garland of my Moms; straighten up the wilting holly leaves of my Grandmothers'; try to touch up the faded ornaments that were DH's Grandmothers; and; once they are all on the tree; I can "see" them all with me again. (and yes, I am a sentimental old fogey too!)

10:44 pm

same here, nef -- i'm lucky to have lots of wonderful memories -- and I'll always remember my mom whispering "shhhh, I think I hear reindeer on the roof!"

10:46 pm

LOL! My uncle used to "shoot Santa" every year after midnight Mass was done. We'd have a houseful of company; and all of the cousins would rush down stairs hoping Uncle Chris didn't hurt Santa! :-)

10:46 pm

:-D

10:46 pm

I like your memory better than mine, Une! :-)

10:48 pm

I have lost my entire family. They are still living...I hope. My youngest daughter's husband attacked me in my wheel chair and I called 911...had MRI torn tendons in my arms and injured rotater cuff and some other things in my arms. I do believe he would have killed me if she had not been there. So, by calling 911 I lost my two daughters, two grandchildren and one great grandson. So the holidays are really rough. This all happened in 2009. Just when I think I'm over it....I'm not. My heart is broken.

10:48 pm

Hi Nef and all, have just updated my bio re Jilli

10:49 pm

tx for the jilli update, flosey

10:49 pm

gapeach, wow . . . can't even imagine . . .

10:49 pm

It is brutal

10:51 pm

When I ask for someone to send energy...I really need it. I was going through some Christmas stuff and found a snowman that was made som 43 years ago and I just sit and cry.

10:51 pm

(((gapeach))) I'm so sorry! I hope and pray that things will work out for you soon!

10:52 pm

thanks for the update and addy, flosey!

10:52 pm

yw Une, and indeed gapeach, hugs.

10:52 pm

yw Nef

10:52 pm

hubby just came home, bbl

10:53 pm

They hate me Nef. I don't expect to see any of them again. I gave them everything and they hate me. I'm sorry to dump all of this on you all. Just pray for me please.

10:53 pm

healing thoughts and prayers going out to you and your family gapeach!

10:53 pm

so very sorry, peach :-(

10:55 pm

Sending love and light to you, peach, with hope for a better future

10:55 pm

I will pray for you and hope that there is a resolution, gapeach. It may take a while; but it will come.

10:58 pm

wow peach. that's awful. do you have friends to spend holidays with?

10:58 pm

Thank all of you. I do appreciate the very act of caring that you give. I need to get away from the computer for a while.....

10:59 pm

later, peach . . .

10:59 pm

((Peach)) I will hold you in my prayers. I'm sorry you have this hurt in your heart. You deserve better. May that come, in time.

11:01 pm

Yes, I have friends here, that I met many years ago. They help me so much, but they have their own families too. I have two little dogs, so I won't be alone. And I have you all. God bless each of you.

11:01 pm

Later.

11:01 pm

bye, peach. hope your night is ok.

11:02 pm

good night, peach. Please know that you are not alone.

11:06 pm

firewords for moi -- gnite, all -- taking pups out to pee :-) *poof*

11:06 pm

g'night, unea

11:06 pm

niters, Une

11:14 pm

and this was fun. back to work i go. laters all.

11:15 pm

bye, jes. HAGN!

11:25 pm

or not. they called back, dog is better... guess we'll see if they call back again later? heh.

11:26 pm

Goood nite everryone! I can't stay uplate tonight;need sleep nowww

not sure if theres anyone here but if so...HI

11:48 pm

hi vanilla!

11:49 pm

gee, it's almost midnight! maybe I should go to bed...

hello Sue, reading gapeach makes you realise again how blessed you are

11:50 pm

oh my gosh, it certainly does!!! I hope she is doing ok!!

and here we are peace all round

did you finish the grid?

11:52 pm

no, haven't finished one in a while

found this one harder than the big one yesterday

11:53 pm

need one for FW ------ en5,18

11:53 pm

hello all

en5 hope gapeach is ** plus vowel

hi ursh

11:54 pm

Oo5 is my last...anyone have a clue for it?

11:55 pm

don't have that one, atropos

the sun will **s*

11:56 pm

thx, vanilla!

11:56 pm

Perfect thank you!

yvw

11:56 pm

thx vanilla !!!

11:56 pm

oo5 is often in the grid - looked it up - no definition

11:57 pm

have my new icon up, am going to bed - see you all tomorrow!

gnight Sue sweet dreams

11:58 pm

ursh, my scrabble dictionary says it means "shivering with cold" :-)

its apparantly the same as ourie which is shivering with cold

hi pcal

11:59 pm

I should change my name to that. Hebe

11:59 pm

hi vanilla and all

12:00 am

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