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wr7

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flip hi all hi flosey Merry Belated Christmas hi une

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pe6

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flip

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hey, dee :-)

12:01 am

hi dee hi and everyone else

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flip

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hey, jilli -- how are you feeling??

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we 7

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gr 7

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and I don't know... look at second to last pic! http://tinyurl.com/6pkxtxo

hi jili! hi cos, diz, m9

12:02 am

GR 5 7 6

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I'm fine, thanks, une, except for that ankle!

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:-D

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WE 4 6 7

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Clues are up

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hi dee

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wow. thanks mrp!

12:02 am

wow, mrp -- thanks a lot!

12:03 am

TH6

to 7

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ur 7

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tyty mrp

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ha7

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NBT... need an 8

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HA 4 6 7

pe 6 x 2

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RE6

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the last column U is ur6/7 fyi

12:06 am

thanks cos, looking

ha 7

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i thought wanger is a w2ord

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RE 7/8

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nope.. cause it's a thang.

12:07 am

Look cos:)

12:08 am

look at what?

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ahh got the re8.. NBT/NBS thanks :)

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12:07am my name for a 8:)

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that gives em a few words

12:09 am

TO 7 was called right?

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yeah if theres only one :)

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PE6

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pe6 x 3, mlf

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(still absorbed by Downton Abbey)

12:11 am

love it, jilli!!

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AN6

wow, 10 minutes in and you're all gunz-a-blazin' ;)

JILLI!!!!!!!!!

12:11 am

hey, melon :-)

hey, une.

jilli, I love the boxing kangaroo.

12:12 am

PE6

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re8

12:14 am

is that the re8/50 ruru?

12:14 am

Thanks, mrp

from which r does the re 8/50 begin?

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yes

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yes it its

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if it is it has a 7 with it

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it is

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column 1

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can only find two pe6 ugh

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should we call kje and wake her up?

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:-D

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nbt

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wh 8

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go, flosey!!

wtg flosey

nbt

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nbt

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thanks diz 8's done

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2nd column T stats please?

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te 4/4

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te4/4

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te5/10

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or te 5/10

nbt and nbs

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te6/18

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oh duhh i should have seen that sorry

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didnt someone call pe6x3?

12:19 am

i think it was dee, cos

12:19 am

Third column E stats please?

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im looking at the list and theres only two of them

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ep4/6

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tx -- could only find two! LOL

12:20 am

lol thats why i checked the list une :)

une called pe 5 x 3 at 12:10

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got the EP thanks

12:20 am

ahh ok i guess we misread?

nbt

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i was repeating what someone else had said re pe6/x 3 :-)

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nbs

geste

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I have re8 what's the other?

ooops! PB 4 mi

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surely you jest melon?

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wh8

aww lol too may cookies / sugar ... we all can't type LOL

12:21 am

true dat dee! :)

12:21 am

i think someone said wh8, ru

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thanks

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yeahi have the wh8

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4th column lower W is that something i should know?

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wo4/8

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thanks une

12:23 am

I don't see the wh8

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me either :-(

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me either

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double vowel ending for the wh7, plural foer 8

wh 7 and wh 8 idiotic words...

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its wh 5,7,8

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got it

thang IS a word (in my neighborhood it is)

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and a 6 at the end

type of bamboo

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thanks i forgot about the 5 and 6

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WH 5/6

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ps5

ty diz missed that and the 5 ty cos

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sounds kinda perverted to me

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P's done

lol everything sounds that way to you ru LOL

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is the WH 8 just by itself?

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...lol.. I"m just sayin'...

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no mlf.. its a wh5/7/8/6

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sounds like a jockstrap or something

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no, wh5, 7, 8, 6

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i have a wh 5/6

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70 to go . . . off to shower and to bed -- hope everyone had a good holiday -- had a great visit with daughter and boyfriend -- they left this afternoon for Ann Arbor . . . bonne nuit! *poof*

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61 to go here..

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mlf, there are 2 worths between those

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65 :-)

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53

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missing one R... is there any ro5 or ro6?

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lol

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ok, THE END *poof* :-)

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found it.. it was an ro6

NBS. sill wh, by dumb luck I tried the "recipient" suffix, even tho its opposite doesn't register. My head's spinning!

wa 6 wa 7

byee une!

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i have wa6x3

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bonne nuit, une

ty cos, me, too

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but i didnt have the 7 ty

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hi dart

yw

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W's and R's done. 93 left

wtg cos

yo 5 and 6

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missing one A ugh

missing a bunch of a's ugh ugh lol

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found it it was at5/14

over halfway, nbt, nbs, both 8s and 7 7s.

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10 7's here...

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but stalled lol

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hw4

ty cos my missing h

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glad to help :)

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just a minor achievement -- nbt, nbs (still watching Downton, episode 4)

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er

wtg jili

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ooh found st7... was in the grid a few weeks ago

so nice to have you back jilli

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thanks, melon -- nice to be back with my babble buddies

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and ta7... .7's done!

ty cos didn't have that

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ha ha.. Tim is trying his hand at assembling the batcave now. I'm sure I'll have to take over soon

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yay. nbt and nbs

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T's done.. 50 let.. saving the rest for tomorrow

pr 7/32

gn 6

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phant agony

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ps 5

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reps

left column grey :)

wtg

babble is the best place on the web. second best in my book is basenotes.

tx VMD

12:58 am

what is basenotes ?

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1/2way... I'm having a hard time not being distracted.LOL

yw

my phant is phantom!

good one

1:00 am

okay.. it's either the list now.. or I need to bag this one for now

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I'll list if you do... (babble peer pressure)

thinking about listing, too stuck with 14

basenotes is a site/forum about perfume. It has a great directory of fragrances, and the bbs are a lot of fun. Perfume is a new pastime for me, and having others to obsess with just ads to the fun :)

basenotes.net for anyone who is interested. I had asked yesterday if there wereany basenoters here.

1:02 am

I heard an interesting interview on radio.. guy who runs a place called.. i think.. "I hate perfume"

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he has one called "in the library" and I gather it smells just like old books.

1:05 am

"Walking in the air" is supposed to smell like new fallen snow

right column grey

fireworks

1:07 am

wtg Dee

tyvm

There's a zillion perfume blogs out there. I've heard of "I hate..." I like yesterdaysperfume, nowsmellthis, and thenonblonde, amongst too many others to mention. I've gone a bit eBay mad on vintage scent, tho I've stopped for the time being to enjoy my haul.

Demeter fragrance library (at Sephora and elsewhere) popularized "real" fragrances. Dirt was one of their most famous.

taDah Dee!

1:10 am

I don't wear perfume. I'm in choirs

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and a woman in tax class has to leave if someone wears scent

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yay, Dee, and hi, all! :)

ty and hi rb

1:11 am

we have had that problem at the bridge club m9

when I was in a pit orchestra we had a no fragrance clause in the contract. I wear at home for me, mostly. put on before bed.

1:13 am

there are so many allergies that we had never been aware of

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do you put it on your linens too?

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what instrument?

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I use to wear it when I was a stay at home mom - gave me a bit of a lift

double bass

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hubby used to buy me chanel by the pint.........i loved it- then one year i was suddenly allergic to it

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havent worn perfume for 40 years now

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se

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could yyou list the sh's dee

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oh wonderful! The young man who played for our messiah concert was fabulous. I love that sound

Here's a poem I wrote today:

I'm always glad I play the bass, except to look for a parking place. Studied with a guy named Barry , who taught me much, 'cept how to carry my gargantuan fragile friend of wood. I traverse through a neighborhood, of shuttered stores where's parked my beater, on the way to a sparkling theater. Too cheap to lay a fiver down, I know each street space in this town, behind the Goodyear, in front of the bar, Nobody's stealing this old car. The bass—it is another matter, I always answer to such patter as "What's it worth, how much it cost?" "If you can't play it, please get lost." I was young back in the day, here and now I'd have to say, tender that sawbuck, pull into a space that makes it easy to carry a bass.

1:16 am

HA ha.. that's awesome

thanks. I'm glad you enjoy the sound of the bass. once I started, I was hooked.

1:16 am

great poem! :D

1:17 am

sounds like cleveland to me mele-on

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melon

how'd you guess!

1:17 am

i live in the heights

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knew a few people in the orchestra-lol

E17th and Chester. Goodyear was the tire place, and Moe's was the bar. There was a flophouse across the street; we christened it St. Moe's.

1:18 am

ha.. He gave up on the batcave . He caved!

Which Orch? I was Ohio Chamber, not THE Cleveland. They are my heros.

1:18 am

did you know klaus?

I live in the Heights!

1:19 am

I lived in Cincy for a year. That was enough Ohio for me.

hah, just saw your pic. I saw a deer on Kildare by the HS, a buck no less! They are getting bold.

got my masters @ UC/CCM.

Roy?

1:20 am

there is a heerd of 10 that tramp through my yard every damned day- including an 8 point buck..... makes me salivate to think how he would taste

1:21 am

does taste better...

1:21 am

But I did like to go to free student concerts at the music conservatory. And the art museum is free to public because of a grant some family made

1:21 am

doe deer, I mean

I used to live in Berea. There was a one-day deer season in the park. Overpopulated to the point of disease.

1:21 am

yes roy...... he was a friend of mine- he gave me a marvelous cane when my arthritis started getting bad-- i have had more compliments on it

Never knew him, tho my ex's family did. I was married to a Cumberworth for a while.

m9, CLE is an affordable place to live and get culture. And, truth be told, global warming has been good to us—less b*tching about weather.

1:23 am

gary tischkoff?- violin / cleveland orchestra

1:23 am

gary's wife and i were on the pta board - our kids went to wechool together

1:24 am

true melon- like today- we had no snow and it was a wonderful holiday with teh weather

I remember seeing him in the orch, also Lenny Samuels. As kids, we wondered if that beard ever got caught in his violin. I studied with Irv Nathanson, knew Gino Raffaeli, Diane Mather, most of the bassists, Eddie Ormond, Franklin Cohen, whose late wife played with us at the ballet and opera, and others.

I took a nice walk, it was in the upper 40s.

1:25 am

well.. I gotta do some laundry. 89 to go.......

I have a dental appt in 5 1/2 hours. This has got to stop! (reproaches self for nightowlish habits)

1:26 am

i knew gino also- i was a pharmacy tech for 30 years and filled a lot of rx's for the members

1:26 am

and a lot of the rich and famous of cleveland

Lee Silsby I'll guess. I'm one of the poor and obscure.

1:27 am

not lee/sislby but close to there-lol

sammysmom, it's been fun catching up but I really really must to bed! LOL back and see you @ babble! nite, all [poof]

1:31 am

m9- sad as it is i have only seen the orchestra 2 or 3 times--- hate to go anywhere

1:48 am

ng

2:23 am

anybody here?

2:24 am

Hi ruby - happy holidays

2:25 am

hello dianne, Happy Holidays to you, too!

2:25 am

finally finished cleaning the kitchen this morning. Totally collapsed by last night!

2:26 am

Me too. Now just enjoying a relaxing Boxing Day.

2:26 am

husband is out buying MORE FOOD! why why why

2:26 am

I'm hoping that the leftover capon flies away!

3:17 am

There's a famous food critic in the grid...

3:33 am

Happy Christmas Ruby and all Babblers

3:35 am

I see him Ray100 far fewer phantoms today - yesterday there were loads

4:12 am

Morning scouser, Ray, ruby, Dianne and anyone below the limits of my screen! Happy Boxing Day. Hope you all had a lovely time yesterday.

4:20 am

Er... anybody here? Or am I all alone?

4:37 am

Hello hydra! Just got here.

4:38 am

Hello Hydra & Jac - just sitting back down after eating Xmas leftovers for dinner tonight. Hope you both had a happy and peaceful Xmas

4:39 am

Hello lynxxx. Just having a morning cuppa before preparing for guests arriving for dinner.

4:40 am

Hi Jac. Was just playing Words with Friends against you in real time! Hi lynxxx. I had a lovely Christmas, thanks. Good food, good company and super presents.

4:40 am

We have no visitors today. It's couch potato day!

4:41 am

hydra - it was just 3 of us yesterday but we spent most of it preparing for today! Lazy day tomorrow, hopefully.

4:42 am

We're just getting the hose back into order but also hit the shops for a few hours for the Boxing Day sales (that go on for 3/4 weeks). Daughter moving into studio apartment so fun picking up some v. good bargains for her

4:42 am

hose = house

4:43 am

I did wonder!!!

4:43 am

lynxxx. I guessed you didn't spend Xmas in a hose. LOL

4:43 am

Rather you than me in the Boxing Day sale crowds.:-(

4:43 am

I have no cash for sales this year, but there's nothing I really need, so that's OK.

4:44 am

hydra - ditto.

4:45 am

My partner gave me a smart phone for Xmas, so I must spent some time getting used it, amongst much cursing, no doubt!

4:45 am

I've not been to them before - but we were very focused. We were shopping just for her - like you, I have no need for anything (I guess this is a sign of being too old!)

4:45 am

Mr Grumpy came up trumps!

4:46 am

hydra - so, if I get a text full of swear words I'll know it's just you trying your new phone out. LOL

4:47 am

Well, when I buy new things now, I wonder how many years I'll have left to use/wear them!!! Yes, Mr G definitely did. Thermal slippers, perfume and a phone. What more could a lady in a chilly house need? My sister gave me a lovely thick, furry fleece so all my needs are catered for. And someone else gave me thermal socks!

4:47 am

Yes, Jac, that will be it!

4:47 am

lol - you MUST have been bi***ing about the cold something awful!

4:48 am

Ha ha! Yes indeed!

4:52 am

Halfway through, so must make a coffee and shoot the blackbird that has taken up residence outside my bedroom window and exercises its vocal cords at 3 am. It's warbling away now. I'll cast a laryngitis spell on it, I think!

4:53 am

LOL!

4:53 am

Bye bye blackbird

4:54 am

It's ironic, isn't it? I encourage birds into the garden, then one goes a bit too far. 'Blackbird singing in the dead of night...'

4:54 am

lynxxx - I'll be singing that all blooming morning now!

4:54 am

I suppose I could lie there imagining it is a romantic nightingale...

4:55 am

.. and Keats is writing a poem.

4:55 am

You could get another 23 and bake them in a pie like in the nursery rhyme. Mind you, that didn't stop them singing!

4:56 am

lol

4:56 am

We have a flock of Rainbow Lorikeets around here (inner city - usually in the bush) Gorgeous birds - but one does get mightily sick of the screeching and the destroying of trees as they rip all the foliage and bark off the trees

4:58 am

I must look them up, lynxxx, and see what they look like. We have ring-neck parakeets here, but they have taken up residence in someone else's garden, thank goodness.

4:58 am

Just googled them. Those colours! Beautiful!

4:59 am

See you later. Going downstairs for that coffee now.

4:59 am

Aren't they. They swoop around in flocks of at least 50 - chattering away to one another

5:03 am

I've got to go, too. Lovely to see you both! x

5:03 am

Bye Jac - have fun

5:40 am

hi everyone happy christmas to you all

5:45 am

good morning. Merry Christmas to you cool.girl

6:11 am

morning all

6:27 am

any clues 4 the 2 8s please

6:29 am

ive just found the re8

6:35 am

wh8

6:35 am

Hi everyone

6:36 am

hi all

6:36 am

Hi Katie how are you feeling today ??

6:36 am

Hi everyone

6:36 am

wh5 and ... whiz i thought i tried that and plural

6:37 am

Hi Norma, still full of the cold but eating rubbish with the heating full on so should be better soon. Did you have a good Christmas day? Thank you for the pressies, been cruising amazon already :)

6:38 am

Thank you for your pressie it was lovely and will come in very handy for lunch .... had a great Christmas ... keep feeding the cold and keeping warm you will beat it xx

6:39 am

ty

6:39 am

just had trifle and cream, and was reminded by Casty she get's the bowl after. This was pointed out by her bouncing up and down the whole time I was eating it lol

6:39 am

vw cool

6:40 am

Spoilt mutts, they are all the same they rule the roost we are only there to pander to their needs ;o)

6:40 am

This was made very clear to us when we returned home about an hour ago. We have found the feathers but the bird is nowhere to be found

6:41 am

Just dont make a fuss and just clear up lol

6:41 am

could i have clues 4 the u6 and 7 please

6:42 am

Sorry cool not got that far yet ;o)

6:43 am

u and re4 and more

6:44 am

re4 4

6:44 am

add cons to end

6:44 am

then plural

6:46 am

or try ur & P*** Sellars

6:46 am

Hello again

6:46 am

there you go Lynn ty

6:47 am

hi Lynn

6:47 am

hi Jo

6:48 am

ty

6:48 am

couldnt think of a clue lol

6:48 am

I was scratching my head to think of anyone well known with the name P****

6:50 am

haha yes am still thinking of any others

6:57 am

Goodnight all

7:00 am

nite Lynn

7:29 am

My first time to play - anyone online out there?

sha ny

hello. focal and welcome

7:39 am

good day after to all

good day sue

7:48 am

Thanks Temple Owl, I am playing from ireland on an exceptionally warm 26th December!

7:54 am

Good morning everyone

7:54 am

Focal, welcome to Babble

7:55 am

Where in Ireland?

7:59 am

Morning everyone

hi mom!

focal,wehave several players from ireland

ste---

nono long time no see

8:01 am

((TO)) hello

8:01 am

((Nono)) good morning and good morning Moule

8:02 am

great! I have never played Boggle or Babble before, so I am a slow starter. . . just finding my way around.

8:03 am

Hi Godthaab, I am in Dublin. Where are you?

mom how wasyour holiday?I am babbling from my brother's house...the teens are still sleeping as teens like to do

8:04 am

Toronto. I was in Ireland in the summer of 2010. What a great country!

8:04 am

It was a very nice holiday. How was yours?

8:05 am

rogs

8:06 am

morning Jam

8:06 am

change the vowel, Jan

8:06 am

Not to mention the box...

8:06 am

:-)

8:07 am

Glad you enjoed it Godthaab, I have never been to Canada, but it's on my list!

it wasfine. i stressed somuch but my first impresiion gifts were well received, after all of that second guessing and all that shopping.

and it is funny, was trying so hard to decide between two gifts for my niece and the one i did not buy, they bought for me!!!

8:12 am

Are all the words revealed at the end of the day?

8:13 am

Not really, but I think you can check the archives. On another note, is anyone else finding Babble a bit slow today? It takes forever to accept my words.

8:13 am

Not really, but I think you can check the archives. On another note, is anyone else finding Babble a bit slow today? It takes forever to accept my words.

8:13 am

Not really, but I think you can check the archives. On another note, is anyone else finding Babble a bit slow today? It takes forever to accept my words.

8:13 am

Not really, but I think you can check the archives. On another note, is anyone else finding Babble a bit slow today? It takes forever to accept my words.

8:14 am

And it is doing stupid things.....

8:16 am

So I see!

8:18 am

gm, everyone! welcome focal! and nope godthaab, site is working fine for me.

8:22 am

Hmmm. Must be the karma of my laptop. My desktop is fine....

8:22 am

might need to clean out your cache

any help with the re8?

8:27 am

don't have it yet, kenny

hello all I'm back fit as a fiddle re8 mold it again

8:29 am

welcome back, Vanilla!!

8:30 am

TO, glad it went well. Next year, not so much stressing.

8:30 am

Hi ((LBD)))

8:30 am

Hello everybody and Happy day after. I finally got my kitchen clean this morning, was too tired to finish yesterday.

Tx Vanilla

8:30 am

I have to scoot. (((Hugs)))) to all of you. Be back later.

8:30 am

Now, I'm hoping the leftovers will take off on their own from the deck....

yvw hi ruby kitchen slave

8:30 am

(((MOM))) Hi ruby!!

8:30 am

for sure!

8:31 am

and I made the densest-ever cheesecake with the consistency of n inner tube

sounds great

8:31 am

Happy day after all

makes them last

8:31 am

I'll send it over to the PB!

8:32 am

it will keep everybody on the straight-and-narrow

8:32 am

hi and bye ((Ruby))

8:33 am

{{mom}}

8:33 am

later, Mom

8:33 am

hi bob

8:34 am

how can st5o not be a word?

8:37 am

morning, all. I can't remember where in my profile it lists the date I joined Babble. anyone know?

8:37 am

ruby, it's a brand name

8:37 am

you'd think it would be off copyright as it's so old.....

8:38 am

december 29, 2005 angel. it's in your profile

8:39 am

wow.it's been almost six years!

8:42 am

tempus fugit

8:42 am

and if there was an l, you'd be a phantom today, angel!

8:43 am

time for a break. bbl

9:02 am

Ah, it's that time of year. To wonder how long Ruby's Christmas capon will stay in the great outdoors. : D

9:16 am

Can anyone help with my last two words? ro6 and go6?

9:18 am

Okay, thanks anyway -- I'll check back later.

9:19 am

GO + ****polis

9:19 am

Before I go, would anyone like a clue for other than the ro6 and go6?

9:20 am

hmm...

9:20 am

Don't have the RO yet; just got in...

9:21 am

got the go -- ty, erda!

9:24 am

Okay, I'll check back again for the ro -- good luck, everyone!

9:26 am

ro6 sounds like r + veggie that makes you weep

9:26 am

That ****polis is the capital of Maryland

9:28 am

Happy Birthday to your Dad, Une. What a handsome guy.

9:29 am

tx Molly -- he's been gone since 1976 but I'll always remember today as his bday :-)

9:32 am

35 to go and taking a break -- BBL *poof*

9:47 am

Good Morning Everybody! I'm back after a week of being mostly offline! (I was afraid my computer had a virus since it wasn't working right; turned out it was the network that was screwed up).

9:47 am

hi all and especially nef!

9:48 am

hi jmc! Hope you had a very good Christmas

9:51 am

i did how about yourself?

9:53 am

it was good; but too quiet. DIL sat it out and didn't come for any of it; she also ignored her family too.

9:53 am

phone

9:53 am

And my dtr has now slept through the last 40+ hours; waking only to eat and potty. I'm worried about her

10:03 am

back i can understand why--is she depressed?

10:05 am

... is she a university student who gets up at 4 in the afternoon and goes to bed at 7 in the morning? ... I got one of those ... ... means you never see then except to eat and shower

10:05 am

yes; she's been dealing with depression this past year; but (to me at least) this is a bit much for *just* depression.

10:06 am

sorry nef, but 'just depression'?

10:06 am

no, dose, she's 29, has a full time job, just moved into the condo (we now own), and is in roller derby in her spare time

10:06 am

idepression can rob you of everything and any motivation at all

10:06 am

... been there too ... there is no such thing as a bit much for "just depression" ...

10:07 am

hello all

That's right, it's a very serious thing

10:07 am

`

10:08 am

but how can she do all those other things and keep up with them and then sleep through Christmas?

10:08 am

catching up maybe

10:08 am

did she not get up and celebrate at all?

10:08 am

sometimes, even if you are depressed, you can put a 'face' on for others...when you have a chance you just withdrae

10:09 am

... "just depression" ... ... lols of ways to compensate and pretend it doesn't exist

10:09 am

hi mask i don't think we have met welcome to the chog

10:09 am

withdraw

10:09 am

I'm very worried about her; I want her to go in for a full physical and evaluation, etc.

10:09 am

hi pms kallia and dose

10:09 am

have you asked her why she is sleeping so much?

10:10 am

is she receiving treatment for her depression?

10:10 am

Hi everybody

10:10 am

hi everybody. I welcome all ideas and thought about this here (that's why I posted it)

10:10 am

... if you're worried ... seek professional help ... sooner rather than later ... I was lucky ... it worked at least somewhat for my kid k

10:10 am

<----- suffers from depression....

10:10 am

*pulls up a reclining coach for nef and pulls out a notebook and pen*

10:10 am

me too....

10:10 am

hi car

10:11 am

Hello!

10:11 am

<---also suffers from depression

10:11 am

hello car

10:11 am

LOL! Thanks, jmc! :-)

10:11 am

... don't mess with it ... and don't ignore it ... and don't hope it will go away ... ... and don't get fooled by a show of happiness ... ... ... end of advice and pontificating

10:12 am

*starts handing out stickers which say "i suffer from depression and survive" to babblers*

10:12 am

I agree with everything dos says

10:12 am

I handle it with medication and regular counseling. What a difference it has made in my life.

10:12 am

but start by asking her--it may really be that she has a cold or something very basic

10:13 am

I bet you'd be surprised at how many need the stickers jmc

10:13 am

her Dad has sleep apnea, I have narcolepsy; she is ADHD and has had depression in the past. I spoke with her about this being abnormal and she snapped and snarled at me; so --I just don't know...

10:13 am

nbs

10:13 am

i bet i wouldn't kallia haha

10:13 am

oh snapping and snarling....can relate to that!

10:13 am

*looks for muzzle for kallia*

10:14 am

guess I've needed it sometimes jmc lol

10:14 am

darn i think i may be out of muzzles to protect from bites!

10:14 am

*givees kallia a piece of belgian chocolate instead*

10:15 am

oh I don't bit....bark is louder etc.....

10:15 am

bite

10:15 am

oh lovely thank you

10:15 am

I don't deal well with snapping and snarling; I don't *LIKE* psych nursing! Especially at home!

10:15 am

... yes ... chocolate cures everything ... ... there was a sale on chocolates on the 24th ... I'm set for most of January

10:15 am

*gives nef a piece of belgian chocolate too*

10:15 am

Is she actually getting any treatment at the moment Nef?

10:16 am

*passes around big box of belgian chocolate for all takers*

10:16 am

there is plenty there even for you lurkers!

10:16 am

... yummmmm

10:16 am

ummmm...melting slowly ....delicious

10:17 am

she "sees" someone about once a month; but I'm not sure if that's strictly for the ADHD or if it's for the depression too.

10:17 am

Chocolate is good; I'll open a few gift boxes here too

10:17 am

is she on any medication, or does she not tell you these things?

10:19 am

I'm not sure about depression meds; she's on meds for the ADHD, migraines, and BC pills (for severe PMS and mood swings)

10:19 am

Stats for the U please?

10:20 am

I need the U and the 5th row O yet for NBT myself

10:20 am

ur6/21 and 7/32

10:20 am

ur 6/21 and ur 7/32 (pl)

10:20 am

nm on the O; just got it

10:20 am

Ty. found 'em!

10:21 am

it's difficult when dealing with an adult Nef....

10:21 am

and wouldn't you know, I should know that the U word would be medical!

10:22 am

got to go guys.....have a good day all

10:22 am

... it takes a long time and there never seems to be progress ... but the simple fact that it's taking time is a good sign ... ... depression is being handled rather a

10:22 am

... than getting deeper

10:23 am

it is, Kallia. I appreciate all of the empathy and help here.

10:23 am

stats for O in right column please

10:23 am

bye kallia

10:24 am

Thanks, dose

10:24 am

oa 4 and oa 5

10:24 am

O 4/5. 5/12

10:25 am

... speaking of depressing things ... must go and visit mother ... ... time for filial duties to be fulfilled .... ... a bientot

10:25 am

Bye dose. {{hugs}}

10:26 am

bye, dose. and thanks. HAGD

10:26 am

thnx all

10:26 am

Hi WV!

10:28 am

good morning all

10:30 am

gm

10:30 am

hi wv! how are you today?

10:31 am

hi wv!

10:31 am

bye dose

10:31 am

hi kje

10:31 am

hi kje

10:32 am

i was just reading up on boxing day, st stephens, king wenceslas, etc

10:33 am

i was just trying to see if my last paper was marked up and it was in this automatic correction system. . . .and the system consistently made errors. It was bizarre.

10:33 am

Nef, the only time I ever slept like that was when I had mono. And I had it as an adult, before everyone starts saying that people over a certain age don't get it.

10:33 am

ah boxing day--day for noblis oblige

10:34 am

good point molls i had it when my son was 2 and during tax season one year

10:34 am

and good morning molls

10:34 am

i found it sad, that like other holidays, it has become so commercialized, but especially ironic that it was the day to give to the poor or servants, and instead it has become the biggest earning day of the year for merchants - opposite of its goal... irritates me

10:35 am

it was the day for the lord of the manor to give to his tenants and servants--not all that pure

10:36 am

thanks,Molly for the input. She isn't acting sick other than the sleeping. I had mono when I was 21, but that was eons ago and I don't remember anything at all about how I was otherwise....

10:36 am

partly - but also the day to give out the alms boxes... the point was giving to less fortunate, not lining the pockets of the wealthy... just so ironic, like the uber commercialization of christmas

10:37 am

just sleepy as hell and a slight sore throat

10:37 am

when I opened my mailbox this morning, I had loads of emails, which started right after midnight christmas eve and continued throughout x-mas day, all for sales

10:38 am

ah well i only give the stores my store email address so i can ignore them mostly

10:38 am

I thought boxing day was also when the rich gave away their old items (sort of to make way for the gifts they'd received?)

10:38 am

didn't read anything about that nef

10:38 am

The only other symptoms I had when I had mono was a slight headache and a low grade fever that would not respond to antibiotics.

10:38 am

no i think that may be a modern version

10:39 am

That's good, kje. I'm not sure where I got that idea really;

10:39 am

whenever i start getting a sore throat i try napping now since it is often a reoccurance of the mono

10:40 am

i need help with the u please

10:40 am

Pee duct?

10:40 am

carries pee, jmc

10:40 am

from kidney to bladder

10:41 am

ty

10:41 am

medical term

10:41 am

I knew it was a pee something

10:41 am

i will work on it--my medical spelling is not that great

10:41 am

ur5?

10:42 am

ur4?

10:42 am

ur6 and 7

10:42 am

ty mon doctor

10:42 am

yw

10:43 am

sorry, dtr just got up and the cat is now pestering me for attention (why is it that cats know who to bug for attention: those who are allergic to them and also people who don't like cats)? I'm allergic to cats; but they always think I'm their best friends

10:43 am

bottom o?

10:44 am

that is so true, nef! cats always must come to me and I am allergic

10:44 am

4 letter babblet

10:44 am

and not overly fond of them... yet they follow me... its like they have a knack for finding who doesn't want them

10:44 am

getting up o--- the bed

10:45 am

preposition

10:45 am

omg... fish

10:45 am

THAT's the word I can't think of! Thanks

10:45 am

my cat likes me just fine ty and i like her

10:46 am

all those years as the daughter of an english teacher pay off yet again

10:47 am

stats for the corner A please

10:48 am

a + type of dance (needs special shoes)

10:48 am

ah a fish for me!

10:48 am

nbt

10:49 am

maybe you eat too much sushi kje and that's why cats follow you

10:49 am

maybe... cuz i love sushi...maybe will go get some today

10:50 am

.. more kitties.....

10:50 am

mew

10:50 am

i love cerviche

10:50 am

i wonder if the mexican place is open today

10:51 am

me too... and lots of great places here for it

10:51 am

how you doing ru?

10:51 am

i wish there were here but there are a few good places now--not like when i first moved up here

10:52 am

feeling a little slow today..

10:52 am

dc, jmc?

10:52 am

you look sluggish

10:52 am

<---- holding myself back

10:52 am

yeah dc

10:52 am

why kje? spirit of the season?

10:53 am

rosa's, though not cheap, is pretty authentic

10:53 am

it is lovely

10:53 am

also... about a 30 minute drive for you, but there is a little place between dc and b-more that is very athentic... run by a family from mexico city... let me see if i can remember the name

10:53 am

but i generally have to opt for cheap

10:54 am

Good day to all.

10:54 am

i would go there to get mole when i lived up there as no place else could really make it decent

10:54 am

there is a good one in harrisonburg too

10:54 am

and it is cheap... damn, what was it called

10:54 am

mole? there is decent mole up here?

10:54 am

gm scrabs

10:54 am

el azteca in clarksville!

10:54 am

man i love google

10:54 am

jmc, is your icon what your house looks like now?

10:54 am

How is everyone? How is the grid?

10:54 am

oddly enough i saw pork tamales at the safeway in time to eat them for christmas eve--and they were actually good

10:55 am

hi scrabs

10:55 am

pretty much--there are always changes

10:55 am

hi Scrabs

10:55 am

the stuff people think is scaffolding is trellises

10:55 am

google is the bomb

10:55 am

we would drive to clarksville from baltimore just to get mole enchiladas

10:56 am

How are you, Nef?

10:56 am

I felt bad that your simple little renovation was still so far from completion!~

10:56 am

my sister's girlfriend/partner sent us tamales for christmas but i had to leave them at my local's sister's house until i get an icebox

10:57 am

mole enchiladas is making me hungry i will have to go out there with my sister

10:57 am

jmc... send me your address on fb... I am happy to mail you some tamales

10:57 am

here today.. gone tamale.. i guess

10:57 am

Silly Ruru.

10:58 am

oh nef life could be wurst -- my construction guy did chemo during most of the construction

10:58 am

Wow, Je. How did he manage?

10:58 am

i will look you up later today kje--i am feeling like i have a vanilla pudding headache coming on

10:59 am

his doctor was amazed but he said if he had stopped he would have died--he had to keep going

10:59 am

i need food... bbiam

10:59 am

am I dreaming this or is this conversation for real..what's a vanilla pudding headache?

10:59 am

How did he have the energy?

11:00 am

one day he brought his brother over to the site because he thought he was going to die and he wanted his brother to know what to do next

11:00 am

Do you need vanilla pudding to get rid of the headache or is the headache from vanilla pudding?

11:00 am

funny thought - ru sleep babbling

11:00 am

that is when your head feels like it is full of vanilla pudding--enough to put pressure everywhere

11:00 am

What type of cancer?

11:00 am

i think my mother made up the term but i find it accurate

11:01 am

i am not sure but something connected with bone marrow

11:01 am

he wants to finish this job almost as much as i want him to finish it

11:01 am

Well, he is a tough guy that wants to live.

11:02 am

yeah you have to admire him

11:03 am

so it helps put the construction into perspective for me

11:03 am

I'm totally amazed that he's still doing thisjob, then

11:03 am

I woke up with a migraine because I slept too much and my brain doesn't like that.

11:03 am

he is here every day

11:03 am

Happy Boxing Day Friends!

11:03 am

hi hego!

11:03 am

Hi Hego

11:03 am

too bad scrabs

11:04 am

Hi JMC

11:04 am

hi hego

11:04 am

ru must be slow he didn't even take up my "things could be wurst"

11:04 am

I am waiting for naproxen to work. I might more caffeine too.

11:04 am

ru do you need coffee?

11:05 am

But he is sleep-babbling, remember? This is a dream for him.

11:05 am

oh in that case i shouldn't wake him up -- it might become violent

11:05 am

coffee for you scrabs?

11:05 am

i think we should screw with his brain while he is asleep

11:06 am

Yes, please. I asked the rabbit to get me some but she remains sleeping under the couch.

11:06 am

but how will we be able to tell the difference kje?

11:06 am

silly rabbit

11:06 am

Rabbits can be disobedient.

11:06 am

'morning, folks

11:06 am

*pours scrabs a cup*

11:06 am

hi welki

11:06 am

Ruru, did you get your 2020 calendar yet? Boy, 2019 really zipped by.

11:07 am

Hi Welki. Are you feeling better now?

11:07 am

Welki! How are you? Back to 100%?

11:07 am

El Azteca is great. I've been there.

11:07 am

hahahahahaha

11:07 am

excellent point, jmc

11:07 am

Hi Molly

11:07 am

i think so, scrabb - but it's been so long, i don't remember what 100% feels like anymore! *lol*

11:07 am

el azteca has authentic refried beans... made with lard... that's how you know you are dealing with real mexican food - lol

11:08 am

right kje

11:08 am

Are you tired, dragging? Is cough gone?

11:08 am

oh yum beans with lard!!!!

11:08 am

kje, sp5. Celiac sp5.

11:08 am

sure i'm tired - that's 'normal,' the cough is lingering, but not horrible anymore and from what you've told me, i shouldn't be surprised that it's hanging on

11:08 am

mole enchiladas, jmc... not that far of a drive!

11:09 am

ty Scrabs

11:09 am

damn it kje you are making me hungry and i have to stay here for a package

11:09 am

love mole

11:09 am

I'm glad you are virtually over this. Many wks were lost to this illness.

11:09 am

What is mole, anyway?

11:10 am

like water for chocolate :)

11:10 am

it's a rich sauce for chicken

11:10 am

great book

11:10 am

:)

11:10 am

it is a pumpkin seed and chocolate spicy sauce that properly made takes days to make

11:10 am

everytime I see it I gopher it

11:10 am

scrabs pronounced mol lay

11:10 am

mole is a paste made from various chiles and spices.... different types from different parts of mexico

11:11 am

you animal ru

11:11 am

lots of different chilis

11:11 am

yay! Ruru

11:11 am

but always chocolate powder no?

11:12 am

mole poblano (the brown one with chocolate, peanuts, chiles) is the most common one found in the US

11:12 am

no.. you can use bittersweet chocolate too

11:12 am

no, not always choclate

11:12 am

Interesting.

11:12 am

really see you learn something new every day

11:12 am

but mole poblano has chocolate... that is the most common one

11:12 am

MOle is wonderful

11:12 am

Ole mole!

11:13 am

I made Mole once and it came out great..but it is a tremendous amount of work

11:13 am

OLE!

11:13 am

Chef Ruru speaks!

11:13 am

but worth it ru! such a rich, deep sauce

11:13 am

That's what I've heard, that it's a LOT of work.

11:13 am

i made it once and it took me two days

11:13 am

Medical question, kje. My almost 89 yr old uncle just underwent bowel resection for a redundant bowel + obstruction. Is that a common condition?

11:14 am

(hego, this is all a dream to him... he may never have really made the stuff)

11:14 am

yeah.. it takes a couple of days

11:14 am

yes, not for me. too lazy

11:14 am

not commonto be found at that age, but can happen

11:15 am

I'm not lazy in the kitchen, but anything that takes two days to make is not worth the trouble. I'll leave those recipes to the experts.

11:15 am

important thing now - MOVE... he must get OOB immediately

11:15 am

RIck Perry has a bowell obsrtruction

11:15 am

I just got done cooking for 2 days. lol

11:15 am

no he is one your verb is wrong

11:15 am

I love how the two concurrent conversations are food and bowels.

11:16 am

Now there's a bit of news, Ruru.

11:16 am

So far he is doing ok. Was extubated within 10-12 hrs. Pain is controlled. Yes, I told my cousins to make sure he moves and takes big breaths, and get the Foley out.

11:16 am

lol molly!

11:16 am

lol Molly

11:16 am

Sorry to discuss bowel issues while discussing Mexican cuisine.

11:16 am

sounds like he is still in the icu? move him out fast, and get him oob

11:16 am

doesn't bother me

11:17 am

most common complication of hospitalization in his age group is disability from bedrest... doesn't take long at that age due to poor reserve

11:17 am

Oh it's okay Scrabbs. We are an "anything goes" kind of group. : )

11:17 am

why should it jmc.. you have pudding for brains right now

11:17 am

i penalize my students for any patient they do not move day 1

11:17 am

I haven't heard from cousins yet. In Utica, not Buffalo. Yes, I will emphasize that again.

11:18 am

nursing 101

11:18 am

so true but at least mine are only temporary

11:18 am

"penalize" used vaguely - I just give them a really hard time til they get it

11:18 am

Spanking machine

11:18 am

good for you kje

11:19 am

hello all - can add to bowel conversation - my 91yr old Mum had emergency surgery on Friday for ruptured duodena (sp?) ulcer - out of icu today and physio says will get her up tomorrow

11:19 am

<---holds back on rude comment

11:19 am

good afternoon my babble buddies:) on late cause the mrs had to hit the boxing day madness sales:(

11:19 am

hi ursh

11:19 am

Wow, ursh. I hope she continues to recover well.

11:19 am

ty for that ru

11:19 am

hi crossy

11:19 am

Hi Crossy. Any good bargains?

11:19 am

Hi Ursh and Crossy

11:19 am

howdy jmc

11:19 am

you are welcome

11:20 am

good wishes for your mom ursh

11:20 am

howdy hego

11:20 am

wow, hursh... sorry to hear, wishing her the best

11:20 am

bbl

11:20 am

usrh wishing your mum a speedy recovery

11:20 am

I have no family surgeries to report.

11:20 am

thankfully

11:20 am

okay i need to go talk to my construction guy about lights bbl

11:21 am

(sorry, was on the phone) when we started getting pts. up less than 8 hours after heart surgery; we all thought that that was awful. However, the pts. did better being up and got out of ICU and the hospital faster. Someone that age is at greatest risk of urine infections and lung problems. Deep breathe, cough, move and remove foley ASAP

11:21 am

glad to hear it hego

11:21 am

Good, Hego. Any minor injuries? Papercuts?

11:21 am

*poof*

11:21 am

Bye JMC and KJE

11:21 am

I got nothing

11:21 am

so far so good - she is a tough lady and will do what ever her surgeon and physio instruct with vigour

11:21 am

Hi Nef

11:22 am

Nef, I told my cousins all of that. One cousin is passive, saying about the ICU staff, "They seem to be covering everything."

11:23 am

well, then, I hope the ICU staff is that aggressive!

11:24 am

Cousin just texted me--BP + HR are sl elevated but he looks good.

11:27 am

I have hit a wall with 110 to go.

11:27 am

My Dtr. is up and jabbering away as per her normal behavior; whew!

11:28 am

Has she been ill?

11:28 am

I can see the left column r is going to bug me.

11:29 am

I have 5 of those, He. Anyone have the bottom or right O words?

11:29 am

no, I'd posted earlier that I was worried about her because she slept through Christmas (over 40 hours, just woke to eat and potty)

11:29 am

Viral illness?

11:29 am

no Scrabs

11:30 am

nope; nothing like that. Depression a possible

11:30 am

Bottom O = preposition on4. Duh!

11:30 am

thank God she woke for those!

11:30 am

A recurring or new problem, Nef?

11:30 am

ty scrabs...got me nbt AND halfway :)

11:30 am

Oh of course, Scrabs

11:31 am

right o words are what you do when you swear on the bible in court

11:31 am

yay! I got an r

11:31 am

ugh...inlaws have arrived...bbl...wish me luck

11:31 am

Left R = re4 (rules and re4, short for longer word). to stitch again, to form again, as with clay

11:31 am

new, Scrabs. Hx of depression in past though (hospitalized at ages 13 and 20)

11:31 am

good luck Harry

11:31 am

one who re-forms the clay

11:32 am

I'm sorry to hear Nef

11:32 am

Good luck, Harry.

11:32 am

Aw, Nef. I started at age 11 so I understand completely.

11:32 am

ty Scrabs

11:33 am

thanks scrabs!

11:33 am

I miss oa4 recurrently in grids.

11:33 am

Nef- sorry to hear this. Mine started at 14. It has been a lifelong struggle

11:33 am

re + pale

11:33 am

re ty

11:34 am

Nef, Mag-mom, read about the role of L-methylfolate and MTHFR DNA mutations in depression. Read about Deplin.

11:35 am

I'll check it out- thanks

11:35 am

http://www.cnsspectrums.com/aspx/artic ledetail.aspx?articleid=1267

11:35 am

I'd posted a bunch about her earlier; everyone was helpful

11:35 am

thanks, Scrabs.

11:36 am

I learned about all of this MTHFR stuff in October.

11:37 am

I am feeling a deficiency of chocolate. Anybody want some DARK chocolate Reese's mini-cups?

11:37 am

is that the vitamin B absorption mutations?

11:37 am

I'll read your link now

11:37 am

Me, me, me!

11:38 am

i have the less severe one of those and i take methylated vitamin B now but i don't think it affected my depression much.

11:39 am

but i figure still good to get all your vitamins.

11:40 am

Reese's dark chocolate mini-cups for all!

11:40 am

if it's NOT the vitamin B mutations scrabs was talking about then oh well just ignore me :)

11:40 am

LOVE Reese's. Thanks!

11:41 am

Must have lunch. BBL

11:41 am

I got tested for the mutation, Hursh, and am homozygous thus make very little of the enzyme. I started L-methylfolate 8 wks ago and is has helped keep me even.

11:41 am

I scanned that article and will definitely read it in depth later. Thanks, Scrabs!

11:42 am

I think we are talking about the same thing, Hursh.

11:42 am

oh good

11:42 am

http://www.cnsspectrums.com/aspx/artic ledetail.aspx?articleid=1267

11:42 am

the only things that have made a NOTICEABLE difference for me are: exercise, antidepressant, and counseling. not surprising i guess. :)

11:42 am

My Dtr has huge mood swings and PMS; I need to do more research on that too.

11:43 am

Good, Hurshy.

11:44 am

tomorrow's my big day - if you don't see me after that, something has gone horribly awry with a routine tonsillectomy. :)

11:45 am

I'm a firm believer in exercise helping with depression.

11:45 am

Hurshy, I'll send healing thoughts and prayers your way this week.

11:45 am

thanks :)

11:45 am

I was going to ask, Hursh. Good luck. Everything will be fine.

11:45 am

Prayers for a quick and easy procedure and recovery hursh!

11:46 am

Exercise produces endorphins.<---good opiate!

11:46 am

endorphins make people happy. happy people don't kill their husbands.

11:46 am

This means I should be getting back to the Y. :-)

11:47 am

Is he pissing you off?

11:47 am

no it's a quote from legally blonde :)

11:47 am

tada!! finito!!

11:47 am

Haha

11:47 am

YAY, lbd!!! WTG!!!

11:47 am

wtg lbd!

11:48 am

Yay Dawg. So my missing 102 words really are hiding there?

11:48 am

ty ty ty. new computer does wonders! lol

11:48 am

U words?

11:48 am

what do the 8s start with?

51. Eh.

11:48 am

yup, they really are there but some are the usual weirdos

11:49 am

re8 = to re-form clay

11:49 am

ty

11:49 am

re8 and wh8

11:49 am

ty got them!

11:49 am

wh clue please

11:50 am

the bottom W is hard i only have wo4

11:50 am

Me too

11:50 am

same here

11:50 am

w + noose activity + double vowel, then pl

11:51 am

TY. What the heck does that mean?

11:51 am

dunno but i kinda remembered it from a previous grid

11:51 am

ty hursh. that is some insane word

11:52 am

halfway!

11:52 am

go5 = rhymes with another name for a Norwegian

11:52 am

I am not far ahead of you, mag.

42. Long day.

11:52 am

but that's a plant

11:52 am

that's not weird

11:53 am

go5 is a plant?

11:53 am

yes

11:53 am

found the pant ty

11:53 am

in scotland and climates like that i believe

11:53 am

plant

Prickly plant. A bush.

11:53 am

as in pa4, crossy?

11:54 am

no as in annother crossy typo

11:54 am

Haha. I like when your typos give clues.

11:54 am

i hear there is a yummy cheesecake in the PB, crossy

11:54 am

i am sure you do:)

11:55 am

I just brought out a bag of Reese's dark chocolate mini-cups.

11:55 am

brb, i smell turkey soup in the making

11:55 am

the last wa 4 plz

11:56 am

on the 5th day of bacon ,my true love gave to me,5 pounds of rashers,4 pounds of peameal,3 jars of bacon bit,2 tubs of baconayse and one jar of mortons bacon sallllt......

11:57 am

It's time for me to get moving; dtr has asked for some help at her place today: unpacking, putting up mirrors and shelves, etc. HAGD everyone! (whatever caused the sleeping must be gone now!?!)

11:58 am

My last wa4 = wa + Post-Script abbrev

11:58 am

crossy ...it should end and a bottle of Pepto Bismo(if you've eaten all tha in five days!(LOL)

11:58 am

Bye nef. Enjoy the day.

11:58 am

ty scrab

11:59 am

J words? U words?

12:00 pm

lol aeb,i have acid reflux meds..pepto would be like giving a prossional boozer a shanty lol

12:00 pm

Oh, oh. j + primate then two more related words.

12:00 pm

professional

12:00 pm

ty scrabbs

12:01 pm

ur 6/7 - excretory organ(s) pipelines

12:01 pm

and j + the shoulder has a r***ter cuff.

12:01 pm

hi all clues for the re8 and wh8 pls

12:02 pm

saw a clue for the re8 but did not get it

12:02 pm

TY, welki. Big DUH for me. I had re4.

12:02 pm

re + form, such as clay, Peri

12:02 pm

that is the clue I did not get

12:02 pm

the form part part

12:02 pm

remodel is not in the grid

12:03 pm

re + hexagon - octagon - square

12:03 pm

to mold into a sh5

12:03 pm

sh5 is but does not work

12:03 pm

good morning all.

12:03 pm

Hi m9

12:03 pm

hi m

12:03 pm

yes it does ty for re8

12:03 pm

try again, peri

12:03 pm

sweet.. didn't have that re or the base words of it!@

12:04 pm

wh7 is weird. w + a form of execution, to ha4 by a noose + double vowel. wh8 = pl

12:05 pm

that is an odd word ty scrabbs

12:06 pm

Hurshy clued it earlier.

12:07 pm

David Carrdaine know wh7 intimately

12:07 pm

funny definition, Ru!

12:08 pm

he was wh7 for his wanger

12:09 pm

Sad. It happens to adolescent boys too. A friend from residency, his 13 yr old son died that way.

12:09 pm

I love popping int with irreverant comments

12:09 pm

And we love it when you do, Ru.

12:09 pm

it is tragic scarbs

12:09 pm

We are accustomed to that, ruru. In fact we look forward to it.

12:11 pm

I need a break. 77 to go. BBS.

12:11 pm

i mean ppeople in the chat often say they want to strangle their kids.. but they don't really mean it

12:12 pm

sigh,cat saw an enemy in the christmas tree and just pounced into the middle of ity..sigh now he have decorations all over and a large orange tabby decorated in silver tinsel..maybe i should just give up on the tree and put a string of lights on the cat...

12:13 pm

I don't think you ever take on the full impact of the meaning of words until it hits home in some horrible way.

12:13 pm

well then you'd have Feline Navidad crossy

12:13 pm

lol

12:13 pm

so true Molly

12:14 pm

it's a catastrotree.

12:15 pm

maybe the cat needs a tinselectomy

12:15 pm

LOL!!!!

12:16 pm

ill sove a string of lights up it butt and light it up like the tree used to be

12:16 pm

shove

12:16 pm

nah.. just needs some lovin' under the meouwstletoe.

12:16 pm

Dinner visitor to Crossy's house: OH.. you have a kitty!.. Corssy.. no.. the cat is purely ornamental

12:16 pm

hehe

12:17 pm

wonder if it will stay still while i get the can of artificial snow out...

12:17 pm

no don't crossy! That would be cruel and unusual purrsecution!

12:18 pm

i can paint a star on the cats forehead

12:19 pm

hmm.. is this your cat crossy?? http://tinyurl.com/y8oz5oa

12:22 pm

lol that cat is the present,our cat is the tree

12:23 pm

brb

12:23 pm

(hope he didn't go for the artificial snow!)

12:24 pm

I have ONE word off that bottom W. Monkeying is NOT helping!

12:26 pm

Amen to that m9. I have tried every combo I can think of

12:29 pm

wa5.20 wa + the sad song played at the end of the day

12:29 pm

oh, me too!

12:30 pm

ty lbd!

12:30 pm

ty lbd- I'd have never gotten that

12:30 pm

wa6.33 wa + masking or scotch or duct

12:30 pm

ty! ty!

12:30 pm

lot of the w's are odd!

12:30 pm

ty you again!

12:32 pm

Home made strawberry ice cream in the PB. (Yes, we got an ice cream maker for Christmas)

12:33 pm

thanks for the W words!

12:34 pm

ty folks. you saved me certain time on Morewords. lol

12:35 pm

I try so hard to stay away from morewords, but sometimes....!

12:35 pm

yes, sometimes.

coming out of lurk mode to ask for a clue for the U...? Is everyone having a festive holiday season?

12:47 pm

good holida but don't have the u. sorry

12:47 pm

I don't mind using help now and then. I am not an Orthodox Babbler.

thanks anyway, hego. :)

12:48 pm

The U is the duct, transport, whatever for pee.

12:48 pm

I'm reformed myself. lol

12:48 pm

hi balletslippers. ur 6 and 7 medical term, tube between kidney and bladder (and pl)

12:48 pm

ty ladies

hmm thanks molly and nef

12:49 pm

Good ole Nurse Nef gives the proper definition. : )

nice to spend some time on babble after the insanity of Christmas. My niece is four and so this was her first "crazy christmas" where she acted absolutely ludicrous. Haha!

got the u! :)

12:49 pm

my dtr asked me tohelp her at her place; now I'm to wait an hour so she can shower and change clothes (good idea since she slept in them the last 2 1/2 days)

12:50 pm

what can I say, Molly? I can't seem to get away from that

erete

12:51 pm

Once a nurse....

whoops!

12:52 pm

Nef, I think the phrase "just say no" may have been invented with you in mind.

12:52 pm

okay, not a word

12:54 pm

Molly, I'm practicing; but I'm also worrying about my dtr. I just retired from working in Sept. and my old ED wants me to come back and work (a few days a week or month!) and I'm saying NO! NO! NO! to that!

12:55 pm

Don't fall into that trap, Nef.

12:55 pm

it's like the first drink of an alcoholic. lol

12:56 pm

Dtr. slept through the whole holiday except to eat and potty; this is veryu worrysome behavior. So her asking for help is encouraging (she hasn't asked for any help before; althought I've offered several times)

12:56 pm

It's a step forward, Nef.

Hi all. Nef, is she depressed?

1:00 pm

Hi Geek

1:02 pm

I think so; that's why I worry. (she's been depressed in the past and hospitalized twice already (at ages 13 and 21), she's 29 now; and this was strange behavior for her

1:02 pm

SO now that she asked for some help; I'll help

I am also a depressed person and understand her behavior. I don't do well during the holidays. I have slept alot this past few days and don't like dealing with all the stress

1:03 pm

Just observe her for awhile, Nef. Could be just exhausted.

that is true too hego

1:03 pm

I can understand wanting to sleep throught the holidays.

1:04 pm

I've wanted to do that myself, actually.

1:04 pm

I will watch and see. I did mention that she should go in for a complete physical and workup; but she snarled at me...

well, I sent the DH to his parents for four days and I am alone and it is quiet.....I need that sometimes

maybe her thrroid and D levels are off

thyroid

1:05 pm

we all need that sometimes, sg!

1:05 pm

Young people don't want to hear that they might have a health problem.

well, I feel guilty about it. I did this last year as well. I just wanted the peace and quiet.

1:06 pm

sounds good to me Geek.

well, am hoping I get over the guilt and can get some things done

1:07 pm

I find I do better with some alone time my self. I just don't get much anymore now that DH is retired...

Nef, I hear that! DH took off the same days as me (I teach), so he has had me doing things like cleaning closets and the attic, etc..............

1:08 pm

I dread the day, Nef.

1:08 pm

I love him, but...

it is also so gloomy here. Rain every day and no sunshine.

I love mine, too! But, help

1:08 pm

Awwww...

I think I have SADD. Need a ray of sunshine

1:09 pm

Poor Geek. The sun will come out.

1:10 pm

yes. I relish the days he goes off to his mens' clubs functions; and he doesn't understand why I don't want to go with him for ALL of them! (I do belong to 2 groups with him and do those...

I think I shall work until I die so that I can get out of the house once he retires! LOL

1:12 pm

I have a few years yet.

1:12 pm

we have sunshine and 40 degrees F here right now; not a drop of snow... :-(

Well, wishing for sun. I may go to a movie tonight with a girlfriend

1:13 pm

A comedy!

NO - the new Sherlock Holmes film

1:13 pm

Oh, okay, that's good.

I am missing one J word.....

are they all ja's????

oh I have one jo

1:14 pm

a jo

1:14 pm

Last year the neighbors across the street had their nativity scene out and the snow was over the statues heads, even the lights didn't help melt the snow. THIS year, the statues looknaked without any snow! (2 years ago it was very cold; we put extra blankets on the Baby Jesus as a joke)

lol.....just rain here.....we had a freak snow last year.

1:15 pm

poor baby

1:15 pm

go6 please

dont have it joakay

1:16 pm

go + santa **** winds

1:16 pm

don't have it either

1:16 pm

hope alls Christmas was nice

1:16 pm

Jees, that's weird

ty nef

1:17 pm

ty Nef

1:17 pm

yw

1:18 pm

Monkeys forming a union.

1:19 pm

my monkey gone awry

1:19 pm

On strike?

1:20 pm

Hello everybody :-). I hope everybody had a really nice holiday?

1:20 pm

must be

87 invisible words

1:20 pm

soodle!

1:20 pm

ty soodle

hi soodle

1:20 pm

I've got 1 hour before i leave for my sisterinlaw's house

1:20 pm

hi

1:20 pm

Merry Christmas, Soodle

1:20 pm

Hi Pickles

1:21 pm

hi, hego

1:22 pm

Oh, heavens preserve me from my offspring.... They are getting ready to go out and about, and driving me NUTS! :-)

1:22 pm

wets

1:22 pm

i can't go pone day w/out doing that:(

1:22 pm

they'll be gone soon. Breathe.....

must be some good stuff in the PB

1:23 pm

Hi Kap!

1:23 pm

Thanks Hego..... they are lke coiled springs......

1:24 pm

@soodle, I never thought I'ld want my son to move out but I outgrew that

1:24 pm

ahhh youth

1:25 pm

LOL Pickles... he doesn't live at home anymore. He is home for the holidays and has caused mayhem....

1:26 pm

I some times go 4-6 months w/out my son. I miss him so bad and then as soon as he gets here, I waiting for him to leave

1:26 pm

soodle, aren't you the one who said she wanted him home so you could cook and care for him again? Just the other day?

1:26 pm

normal

1:27 pm

lol Nef

It's nice when they come, and it's nice when they go.

1:27 pm

God designed it that way or we never let them leave

All over the yahoo news is this awful fire in CT that makes it hard to complain about anything

1:28 pm

Who me, Nef? LOL! Nah, its great to have them around. I love it.

I don't blame the woman if she needs to be permanently sedated or can't go on with life

my daughter said "just don't read it" but once it seeps in, I can't shut it down

1:30 pm

Pass the xnax.

Yeah, really.

1:30 pm

uh xanax

1:30 pm

I think Xanax put the x in Xmas

got it anyway.

1:30 pm

lol Pickles

1:31 pm

Rofl Pickles!!

1:31 pm

I knew you'd get it, just OCD

Why don't xanax and xerox start with z?

1:31 pm

good question!

zerox. zanax. Makes much more sense.

1:31 pm

xenon

Pointless question, really.

Xebra.

1:32 pm

nothing wrong with pointless questions at a time like this

Going to the xoo.

Yeah, really.

Better living through chemistry.

1:33 pm

so funny Kap

1:33 pm

honestly i took a tiny little zolpiredem (sp? should be xolpir)

1:33 pm

okay; i guess it's now time for me to go off to my dtr's place now. wish me luck and encouragement.

1:34 pm

the other night and i was woozy like you wouldn't believe. haven't had one in years, apparently they hit you harder when you haven't. i was still bumping into walls the next morning

1:34 pm

have FUN nef!

1:34 pm

(((((G'Luck, Nef))))

1:35 pm

Bye, Nef, you'll do fine!

1:35 pm

Hi Dorens!!

1:35 pm

Thanks! BBL!

1:35 pm

hi hego. just sat down to see what i could do in ten minutes looking like a slightly tough one

1:36 pm

Dorens will be taking the pledge. lol

1:36 pm

what is the pledge?

1:36 pm

not to drink

1:36 pm

Dorens, I can confirm that there are 110 words in this grid. I am unconvinced that there are any more...

I take ambien on a regular basis but it works for me. I had too many years of insomnia- I feel like I deserve to be chemically dependent.

If God didn't want us to be medicated, he wouldn't have created laboratories.

1:37 pm

You earned it Kap

All those nights of lying awake wondering what ever happened to my fifth grade math homework

1:38 pm

no hego, i will not take that pledge. i drink wine and i love it. i don't drink it daily, but do enjoy it when i do. i hadn't even had anything to drink the night i took that pill, so isn't even a combined effect. and yes, kap, nothing wrong with it, particularly if it works for you!!

1:38 pm

well sood, i have found 76 in ten minutes. the others may never come

You know about the dyslexic insomniac agnostic who lay awake nights wondering if there is a dog?

1:39 pm

I love my wine too, Dorens.

Oldie but goodie.

1:39 pm

: )

1:39 pm

lol, kap

1:39 pm

definitely kap

1:39 pm

< ------ I think I may BE that dyslexic insomniac agnostic.....

I'm glad I'm not in recovery so I can have that occasional glass.

DOG!!!

1:40 pm

yup. i'm sorry for those, but it does work for them

1:40 pm

phantom: hemisphere

I hve to go back into my studio so I can continie to ruin some paintings.

1:40 pm

Civers me God lovin' Irish ears

BBL.

1:40 pm

Phantom: phantom!

1:41 pm

lol sood

1:41 pm

Bye Kap & Hi Molls :-

1:41 pm

the re's always make me nuts!

1:42 pm

Bye guys

1:42 pm

don't they always?

1:43 pm

croos eyed even.

1:43 pm

<---Bets Kap is a good artist with a low self esteem

1:43 pm

and modest

stats on the j's please I need one more

1:45 pm

ja 4,10 ja5,22 ja 5,22 ja 4,9 jo4,9

need clue for ja 4/9

1:46 pm

Yay.. thank you Hego :-)

1:47 pm

ja + *8 and from

1:47 pm

JA plus travelling ** and fro....

what?

yay ty

1:47 pm

okay. down to 80 and have to go -- happy babbles all

we are tied

1:47 pm

Bye Dorens

1:49 pm

Bye Dorens

2:07 pm

anybody have the st7 pls?

2:09 pm

nm, got it.

2:09 pm

I dare anyone to claim they have heard of the wh 7/8 combo.....double dare ya LOL

2:10 pm

Never Jeff.

2:11 pm

sounds dirty

2:11 pm

lol

2:15 pm

ok off t dinner with family syl

2:17 pm

Enjoy!!

2:18 pm

i have one jeff and use it every day

2:19 pm

I'm afraid to ask.

2:25 pm

And I always thought SMom was a proper lady. Wowza!

2:26 pm

<-----Still waiting for somebody to ask Sammysmom.....

2:26 pm

I was afraid.

2:28 pm

Oh rats, my dirty mind is so disappointed. It's a cane made of Asian bamboo. Phooey.

2:29 pm

okay, I looked it up. it's a reed plant or a cane made from this plant.

2:29 pm

there you go!!

2:29 pm

I'm bitterly, bitterly disappointed.

2:30 pm

I never imagined sm with a walking stick. Very stylish.

2:30 pm

i collect them ... all kinds... and sometimes use 2 at a time.... arthritis is a bitch you know

2:30 pm

sorry soodle

2:30 pm

Sorry Soodle

2:30 pm

Me too! I was trying much dirtier words

2:31 pm

She uses 2 at a time! I love it.

2:31 pm

Not that is not a dirty sounding word...

2:31 pm

which is what my son insisted that it was

2:31 pm

lol

2:31 pm

*Gasping* I almost choked on "two at a time"

2:32 pm

So everyone can quit searching "Sammy's Mom Does Dallas"

2:32 pm

i wish!!

2:33 pm

lmao!!!!

2:34 pm

Oh good, there is a wild woman in Sammy's Mom after all.

2:35 pm

gotta love her.

2:35 pm

yupper- i am an 18 year old brat living in an oooooooooold body

2:35 pm

Me too SM

2:36 pm

Three cheers for the 18 year old brat. Long may she rave!

2:36 pm

thanks

2:36 pm

Yay!!!!

2:37 pm

My mom sasys that age is nothing by a number on a piece of paper.

2:37 pm

by -> but

2:39 pm

my gran daughter ( 22) came for christmas.. and we had a great conversation on college life... she was surprised when i told her that things have not changed much since i was there.

2:40 pm

every generation thinks they invented the wheel.

2:42 pm

I am now getting all the chain emails and the like from my niece that I sent out in college and nothing has changed

2:42 pm

funny

2:43 pm

she was flabberghasted when i told her that sex was great in the 50's

2:44 pm

and i have total recall

2:44 pm

I at least had the courtesy to delete the lines that said if you didn't send this, something horrible would happen

Amazing how they all think they are the first ones to actually enjoy sex. LOL

2:45 pm

yup...

2:45 pm

Well, TV was showing people sleeping in separate beds...

2:46 pm

help with at 5/14 pls

2:46 pm

I have 3 siblings, and for a long time, I was convinced that my parents had sex a grand total of 4 times!

lol soodle. I'msure that

2:46 pm

a + t4/6

that's what my kids think

2:47 pm

that is what all kids should think to keep their sanity and still be in the same room as their parents

2:47 pm

thanks MizHoffle

2:47 pm

upper right e?

2:48 pm

girl sheep

e = female sheep pl

2:48 pm

I don't have to worry because I was immaculate concepted... :)

2:48 pm

Morning all

2:48 pm

yw big red

2:48 pm

ew4/8 female sheep

2:48 pm

ty

2:48 pm

evening all

2:48 pm

what a fish

2:48 pm

i thought i was too miz....

2:48 pm

hi lynxxx

I was adopted. I have no worries. :-)

2:49 pm

and i was the youngest of 5

hey lynxxx

2:49 pm

my aunt thought she got pregnant by french kissing

2:49 pm

Don't ruin it for me SM! And I am too, but was a surprise

2:49 pm

Immaculate concepted... I love it @-)

2:50 pm

and that was after she got married

2:50 pm

gees

2:50 pm

shoot!

2:50 pm

did her kid call her maman? Was it born with a beret?

Almost as bad as the lady I knew who asked her mother in law where the baby came out

2:51 pm

she went on to have 4 children but fainted when she was 7months preganant and the doctor told her how the child would be born

2:51 pm

Oh wow, Magazinemom.... she must have almost died when she was told the news!

2:51 pm

she thought the dark line which developed between navel and pubis was to show the doc where to cut...

2:52 pm

Rofl

Well in an attempt to keep it clean, I think her MIL told her something like "the same place it went in" LOL

2:54 pm

my dd is telling me that the baby is due in about 1.5 months and all she has is a couple blankets.LOL

2:54 pm

and a snowsuit.LOL

2:55 pm

I sent some clothes but I guess they haven't got there yet.

3:01 pm

Does she live far away from you, M9?

3:03 pm

a couple states. about 10 hours driving

3:06 pm

I'm watching the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes and not liking it at all.

3:07 pm

the first one?

3:07 pm

I did not care for the first one Molly only watched a short bit of it

3:07 pm

lil monkey really liked the one you are watching

3:07 pm

watch ironman instead then. LOL

3:07 pm

Oh Molly - I hated that movie when I saw it first, but I accidentaly watched it a second time, and I loved it.

3:07 pm

the first or second Molly?

3:08 pm

Yes, the first one. Ho hum. Ironman doesn't appeal to me either.

3:08 pm

I mean... Messrs Downey Jr & Law.... Slurp....

3:08 pm

How do you accidentally watch a movie?

3:09 pm

I had the TV on in the background, and I sort of got absorbed in the movie..

3:10 pm

A group of youn mothers here have started an amazing charity service here. They collect all baby related products - cots/prams/clothing etc. Clean them all up, repair where needed, even gift wrap them, and through various agencies give them to new mothers who are unable to afford them. Was just local but they are now getting requests from all over Australia. The larger organisations, like the Salvos, are unable to make it so personal. Such a wonderful thing to do

3:11 pm

nice lyn

3:14 pm

have all the j and y words but the w's are making me cross

3:16 pm

Golly..... Fireworks!

3:16 pm

yay soodle!

3:16 pm

Hooray for Soodle!

3:16 pm

Free clues if any are needed?

wtg soodle!

3:17 pm

need help with w's please and missing two of the r's in first column

3:18 pm

Do you need clues or stats, Peri?

3:19 pm

either pls

3:19 pm

howdy everyone:) back for a few more:)

3:20 pm

hi Cross

3:20 pm

howdy lynxx

3:20 pm

Some strange WA's. Wa plus faucet & plural, Wa plus scotch sticky stuff & plural. Hey Cross :-)

3:21 pm

thanks bottom w grayed

3:21 pm

i love that wh 7 and 8 lol,sounds like slang for the male appendage

3:21 pm

have 3 wh words

3:21 pm

Wh ...W plus noose activity. then add a couple of vowels and plural

3:22 pm

those I have from previous clue, ty

3:22 pm

Have you the genre of film, John Wayne type, and shorter words from it?

3:22 pm

wh4.10 an d 5 wh & put on a h**py face

3:23 pm

Wa plus SMS talk for 'your'....

3:23 pm

thanks lyn

3:24 pm

ty soodle

3:24 pm

SMS?

3:25 pm

40 left got most of early this am when I could not sleep

3:25 pm

need a break bbs

3:25 pm

text...

3:27 pm

hey all (((soodles))) any help for the U for NBT?

3:27 pm

hi stid!

3:27 pm

hi Stid

3:27 pm

and crossy shoots the clue with the broken leg,cause it is not going anywhere lol

3:28 pm

stid.. the U. think Pee.

3:28 pm

i leave all the texting to my son..kid cannot write an essay but can pound out 200 wpm on his phone lol

3:28 pm

hey lynxxx! how's your day going?

3:28 pm

got it! thanks m

3:28 pm

yw

3:29 pm

It's great Stid. Nothing planned for the day except some 'me' stuff

3:29 pm

sounds delightful, lynxxx! Tom and I went shopping today, just a little, got a pair of pants and a sweater for me and a couple shirts for him... felt nice to just be out the two of us for a change.

3:29 pm

i love the next 4 days or so after christmas.have enough leftovers for many days:)

3:30 pm

We have a little bit of leftovers, and several recipes to try. But so far today is being a lazy day for us.

3:31 pm

Same here Cross...plus young guest gave us a slab of at least 10kgs of scotch fillet...cyro packed...won't have to buy meat for weeks

3:31 pm

well, now that I have my NBT, I am going to go kick the stidkid into doing homework... he spent a lot of time last week NOT working... so this week he gets to put nose to grindstone. Back later ***hugs and choclits for all*** *poof*

3:32 pm

bye Stid

3:36 pm

Aw, sorry I missed Stid... (Hugs back atcha if you come back, Stiddy)

3:37 pm

BBL

3:39 pm

just gotta find one more.

3:39 pm

fw

3:39 pm

yaaa for m9!

wtg m9

3:41 pm

thanks

3:47 pm

ta

3:51 pm

My kid would look at me like I was from Mars if I suggested homework on Christmas break.

3:52 pm

hi all

3:52 pm

my kids school kept it light and just gave him 2 books to read,so i just put them in epub on his new reader santa got him and he is devouring them

3:54 pm

told him when he is done both and can give me an in formal book report on both,i will let him download his fAV MUSIC VIDEO TO HIS READER

3:54 pm

sorry caps

3:54 pm

perhaps he can then teach dad to use a keyboard...:)

3:55 pm

hello again?

3:55 pm

howdy jen

3:55 pm

sorry was,talking to myself again;)

3:55 pm

hi crossy

3:57 pm

have a good christmas jen?

3:58 pm

yeah, pretty quiet one

3:59 pm

same here,our son is 18 soon,and christmas is nice and relaxed,not the panic of his youth:)

4:00 pm

went shopping today and spent my gift cards, all i have left is to shop on amazon.com

4:01 pm

about 4 year ago i got this artificial tree thats about 5 feet tall and mounted in its own pot.all i did was run 3 strings of lights with mini bulbs and left it like that ,so we just pop it in and out of the box.there is just enough room in the tree box for a bag of red bows and a bag or ornaments.tree can go up and down in less than 10 minutes:)

4:01 pm

well if you use kindle,then you are all set:)

4:01 pm

i don't have a kindle

4:01 pm

should give yourself a present and get one

4:02 pm

personally i prefer,sony,or kobo or the nook

4:02 pm

i only have 35 dollars

4:02 pm

oh well i am sure you will find something nice

4:03 pm

yeah

4:16 pm

go6?

4:17 pm

go 6 - go + girls name

4:18 pm

ty teach

4:18 pm

Go + Ms Karenina

4:18 pm

Hi again all

4:18 pm

sorry,do not know the woman

4:18 pm

lol

4:19 pm

not into Russian novels Crossy?

4:19 pm

a clue for the u,s please?

4:19 pm

nope

4:19 pm

medical term - think pee

4:19 pm

u's are part of renal system

4:19 pm

i know OF tolstoy but have not read much of him

4:20 pm

from kidney to bladder

4:20 pm

Saw the movie lol

4:21 pm

ty for the u,s

4:22 pm

yw

4:23 pm

hagd all.

4:23 pm

tc hego

4:24 pm

i am in for a long haul,just coming up to half way now and slowing...

4:26 pm

ro6?

4:31 pm

Ends like the Grand Crevice in the US

4:32 pm

thank you Molly

4:32 pm

Also sounds like weepy vegetable.

4:32 pm

Hey Bugs, hows tricks?

4:33 pm

ty

4:35 pm

I am having a ice holiday from work. We had a good feast with family last night and love the left overs today

4:36 pm

how is your holiday season going

4:36 pm

Very nice. Good gathering with the clan yesterday and a lazy day of leftovers, tinkering with some gifts and just being lazy.

4:36 pm

a Nice holiday, not an Ice holiday...... sheesh

4:37 pm

I got a book which is always my favourite

4:38 pm

my husband's favourite is a gun that tells the temerature of whatever you point it at. Maybe I will be able to get a modern fridge from it LOL

4:38 pm

One of my gifts was the book "Harry Potter: From Page To Screen, The Complete Film Making Journey" which is simply awesome.

4:39 pm

that sounds like fun. I stopped reading teh Harry Potter books when they started to get so dark and long.

4:39 pm

My book was the newest Terry Pratchett one.

4:40 pm

Terry Pratchett is a good read

4:40 pm

my son who was a major HP fan always approved of the movies tho and that says a lot when they usually make artistic changes that annoy book fans

4:41 pm

Molly, that's a great book. I got it from the library. It's also good for weightlifting lol

4:41 pm

wa5?

any hints for the u's?

4:41 pm

wa + the kind of dance that you need clicky shoes for

4:41 pm

ty

4:42 pm

No kidding Jeff, it weighs a ton.

4:42 pm

I love the behind the scenes shots

4:42 pm

u word is a body part relating to pee and the plural Sugrra

4:43 pm

Hi all! Happy Boxing Day. Thanks for those 4 'wa' words, Molly!

4:43 pm

and back to you Jacula. Hope your holiday was good

4:44 pm

Hi Bug. Yes, the guests have just left. Everything is cleared up and Beloved and myself are relaxing now. Had two busy days and will relax tomorrow.

4:45 pm

So, did everyone have a good time?

4:46 pm

I am relaxing now. in fact, think I will head of for a nap and come back to this later. happy Babbling all

4:46 pm

Have a nice rest, Bug. TTFN.

4:48 pm

Hey Jac. Good to hear you had a nice holiday.

4:48 pm

hi jac

4:48 pm

Hi Jen.

4:49 pm

Bit of a delay on this chog at present!

4:50 pm

there is? i thought everybody was looking for words!

4:51 pm

Yes Jen. The post goes off when you press enter but takes a second or two to show up on the chog.

4:51 pm

oic

4:51 pm

I don't see any over sized icons.

4:51 pm

go6?

4:51 pm

nm

4:52 pm

oversized icons, molly?

4:52 pm

Jen - big icons sometimes slow the chog. Sometimes, it just happens anyway.

4:52 pm

If someone puts an over sized icon in their profile, it can slow down the chat log.

4:54 pm

i don't think i have seen an oversized icon in the chat

4:54 pm

Yes, that can be an5/14ing.

4:55 pm

You wouldn't see it in the chat, you would have to go to the profile to see it.

4:57 pm

25 left to find here. How's everyone else doing?

4:58 pm

153

5:01 pm

I doubt I will even get half way. I've been busy with other things most of the day.

5:02 pm

Well, just enjoy playing Molly.

5:02 pm

same here molly, easily distracted by the television

5:04 pm

I haven't seen any TV today, but have Sky-plussed 3 programmes for later.

5:07 pm

All my shows are on mid-season break so I am flipping between Breaking Bad and Dirty, Sexy Money.

5:09 pm

i am watching missouri whoop n. carolina in college football

5:09 pm

FIREWORKS!:-)

5:09 pm

yeah, jac!

5:10 pm

yay, Jac!! (and yay, Missouri!!)

5:13 pm

Nice work Jac!

5:14 pm

Thanks!

5:15 pm

Have just added a pic of today's family meal at our house to my Flickr pics.

5:16 pm

looks good, Jac!

5:16 pm

I'm writing thank you notes and wishing I had dirty sexy money

5:16 pm

Lovely group Jac. Looks like everyone was having a good time.

5:16 pm

Great-looking bunch, Jac!

5:17 pm

Someone in Maryland won the Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve.

5:17 pm

lucky them...

5:17 pm

wish it was jmc

5:18 pm

Hard trick since JMC lives in DC. I live in Maryland, but I will just overlook your wish.

5:18 pm

Friends of ours won a million on a $10 holiday scratchoff a little over a week ago, I'm so happy for them! (though taxes took over half already, sigh...)

5:19 pm

Starting with the lady in the orange paper hat on the left and moving clockwise - my Mum, my stepdaughter, my daughter, my son, me, Beloved's mum, Beloved's dad, Beloved and, on the table next to him, the stone head that looks like him. (Set there are 'head of the table'. LOL!)

5:19 pm

I live next door to Maryland, do i get a cut? ;)

5:19 pm

Know anyone in Elkton Seain?

5:19 pm

ruru - I wish I had any money - don't mind if it's not 'dirty' or 'sexy'. :-)

5:20 pm

I don't think i do currently Molly :)

5:21 pm

rbud - Lotto and scratchcard winnings here in the UK are tax-free.

5:22 pm

That is where the winning ticket was purchased.

5:23 pm

wow, tax-free would be nice. Hubby loves the Bingo scratchoffs, I bought him several for stocking-stuffers, hope it'll pay off, lol

5:23 pm

How do they make any money off the lottery if it's tax free?

5:24 pm

Lovely photo, Jacula

5:24 pm

enough ticket sales could easily offset jackpot

5:26 pm

Our friend who won here was scratching her ticket at the gas station, saw what it said, turned around and handed it to a policeman in line behind her and asked if he saw the same thing. Pretty exciting!

5:26 pm

Hi dcs. Thank you (re the photo).

5:27 pm

guess she thought it was safe to hand it to him -I personally wouldn't have let it out of my clutches, lol!

5:27 pm

The proceeds of our UK lotteries go to charitable causes. I guess the profits come from having more players than winners.

5:28 pm

We won £5 over 2 tickets on a section of the national lottery, but we spent £6 to get it.

5:29 pm

well, at least it minimized your losses :)

5:29 pm

dcs - LOL. Yes.

5:30 pm

rbud - I can well imagine that you wouldn't quite believe wh4/9 you we4/8 seeing if you saw a huge win.

5:32 pm

I won 1500 dollars once, and I made my son look at the numbers to verify too. : )

5:34 pm

g's gobbled!

5:35 pm

I won £300 once and also got someone else to check I wasn't seeing things.

5:36 pm

Having said that, I still think I've spent more on tickets than I've won.

5:39 pm

If anyone needs any clues, just ask.

5:40 pm

(For the grid, I mean. Not for winning the lottery.)

the 8's?

respere

5:40 pm

LOL

oops lol

5:44 pm

re8 = someone who moulds something to how they would like it again.

5:45 pm

wh8 = walking sticks.

5:45 pm

bamboo walking sticks, that is.

5:47 pm

ty, jac and morewords

5:49 pm

that wh8 is not one i think i'd've found on my own

5:51 pm

y/w dcs.

5:53 pm

To be honest, dcs, I found wh5/24 and my monkeys found 7 & 8 by just trying it.

5:54 pm

However, I and my monkeys did the grid without listing, which is a miracle considering guests/lots of cooking/lots of eating and a moderate amount of booze.

5:55 pm

'I and my monkeys'? That sounds very wrong. My old English teacher will come round and rap me on the knuckles with a wooden rule for that gaffe!

5:59 pm

hello everyone :) *splash*

5:59 pm

hiya nan, think i'll join you *splash*

6:02 pm

Hi nan & LA. Enjoy your swim!

6:03 pm

I and my monkeys My monkeys and I We search the Babble Grid For words low and high And for words high and low A'searching for words The monkeys and I go

6:12 pm

congrats jac

6:13 pm

LOL Molly.

6:14 pm

need a u

6:14 pm

Bodily tube that pee travels through

6:14 pm

cyber - both u words refer to peeing.

6:15 pm

thought that was urea

6:15 pm

So, actually nan, you need a pee! :-D

6:15 pm

No, that's the opening, I think.

6:15 pm

got it -- doesn't that usually have an h in it?

6:16 pm

nbt, nbs

6:17 pm

cyber there is a form of the word with an 'h' in it but not in this grid.

6:17 pm

urea is a chemical compound in urine.

6:18 pm

Let's not get into this, eh??

6:18 pm

<---Not well versed in medicinal pee words.

6:19 pm

I've had enough of people around my dinner table talking about operations, bodily functions etc. What IS it about family meals that makes people suddenly think of talking of such things? LOL

6:20 pm

It's the age of the people at the table. I am not fond of such talk at family gatherings myself.

Thank goodness it's not just me!

6:22 pm

I think you have a point there, Molly.

6:22 pm

magazinemom - Hi! Not seen you here for ages. No, it's not just you.

Hey Jacula- took a long break, but IO

I'm back!

How are you?

6:25 pm

When my Mother was still with us, she used to corner my girlie in law at holiday gatherings and grill her about irritable bowel syndrome, until I caught her and told her to hush.

6:25 pm

I'm okay thanks, magazinemom. You?

6:25 pm

Was your daughter-in-law a nurse, Molly?

Doing great! Rediscovered the love of my life and the kids aren't doing drugs or in jail. LOL.

6:26 pm

My girlie in law is a nurse, yes.

6:28 pm

you know, it is not only at family gatherings you hear about health problems, my dad lives in a retirement community and they have coffee every morning, and that is all they talk about, their health problems!

6:29 pm

magmom - the love of your life? I hope you don't mean Bable???

6:29 pm

at a certain age it replaces the conversation about who caught the biggest fish!

6:29 pm

*BabBle, that is.

6:29 pm

Jen - I can imagine!

No. lol. A guy I dated about 21 years ago. We were having a meeting about writing an article on his metal art and just realized we weren't over each other

6:30 pm

cybernan - or whose got the biggest bleep bleep bleep, or who got the hottest girl etc.

6:31 pm

Wow, magmom. If it's hot let it trot!

LOL. That's us in my profile pic. He's my cowboy :-)

6:32 pm

I think if you constantly dwell on what is wrong, that is like inviting it to stay in your life.

6:32 pm

magmom - Oooh! You know what they say about cowboys. LOL

6:33 pm

aww great story magmom!

6:33 pm

Molly - I agree.

Thanks!

6:33 pm

monkeyed around the clock with the ja -- found only one

6:33 pm

...wonders what they say about cowboys..

6:33 pm

down to the last 50!

6:34 pm

-- found them :)

6:34 pm

ruru - I'm wondering how to type it politely.

6:34 pm

That is why I gravitate away from people who constantly tell their tales of woe.

6:35 pm

Oh jeeze, they ride well. Done.

6:35 pm

... "j" with a monkey? ... because someone might do it ... then someone in the third person might do it ...

6:35 pm

Thanks Molly. Said well and said succinctly.

6:36 pm

*yawn*

6:36 pm

We're obviously boring poor ruru, Molly.

6:37 pm

stop that ru, you will make me yawn

6:37 pm

i need a U word for NBT please!

6:37 pm

Dammit Jen! Now you've said that, I actually have (yawned).

6:38 pm

stop it jac!

6:38 pm

... urinary tract

related to urine

6:38 pm

Men are usually not fond of hearing what other men do well.

6:38 pm

... and plural

6:38 pm

thank u for the pee pee word

more correctly it's an anatomical part

6:38 pm

YYY..aaaAAA..Www...nnnN! Ah!

6:39 pm

Sorry Jen!

6:39 pm

what time is it over there anyway?

6:40 pm

You talking to me, Jen? Here in UK 40 mins past midnight.

6:40 pm

hmmm, only 40 past 6 here

6:40 pm

7:40 pm in coastal Virginia :)

6:41 pm

Hey Lil, did you have a good Christmas?

6:41 pm

yes indeedy, did u Molly?

6:41 pm

it's almost football time here in California

6:42 pm

I have many "Elderly Clueless Parent" stories to share

6:42 pm

Missouri is whoopin' NC in college ruru

6:43 pm

stuck on the first and last pr's -- any clues?

6:44 pm

cybernan - 1st pr = MrP our Antipodean friend with a vowel at the end.

6:45 pm

Last pr = p + one who takes leisure.

6:45 pm

ty jacula

6:45 pm

y/w nan.

6:46 pm

is there a def for either word?

6:46 pm

lilmonkey - do share!

6:47 pm

nan - click on the word in our word list and you will see the definitions.

6:47 pm

... from the french for ready ...

6:48 pm

Your word list, not 'our' word list, that is.

6:49 pm

I did Lil, thanks.

6:50 pm

My mum managed to revolt us at dinner, embarrass my daughter post dinner AND get my stepdaughter into BIG TROUBLE with her grandparents almost as soon as she (my Mum) arrived today (or more likely her father will get the ear-bashings on the 'phone later)

6:51 pm

But that's got nothing to do with my mother's age; she's always been that way.

6:51 pm

yes, I know -- thought maybe they were manufactured words

6:52 pm

Some people thrive on negative attention getting behavior. Sad.

6:52 pm

My Mother was that way too, it just got worse as she got older.

6:54 pm

Molly - my Mum is kind at heart but doesn't think before she puts her tongue in gear. In fact, I don't think her tongue has a gearbox.

6:54 pm

My Mom was kind at heart too, but some people have no edit function when it comes to what they say.

6:56 pm

Oh well. As 'they' say, you can choose your friends but not your family.

6:58 pm

Also, it's a mother's perk to embarrass her children just like they once embarrassed her. However, getting them into real trouble or putting them down/trying to make a fool of them is NOT on.

6:58 pm

boy is that the truth

6:58 pm

At my age, I think I can tell the difference now.

6:58 pm

The sad thing is, some people choose friends who are just like their family.

7:01 pm

Molly - I guess they go for what's familiar. My friends are a wide mix.

7:01 pm

Real life friends, that is.

7:02 pm

Oh! Christmas is such 'fun', isn't it? LOL

7:04 pm

Beloved's just finished watching 'Dirty Dancing'. Time for bed soon, methinks? No! Hang on! He's sitting down on his laptop next to me checking his Facebook...

7:08 pm

29 left!

7:08 pm

hi, go6 pls

7:09 pm

hi peri!

7:09 pm

slang word

7:10 pm

go + ms karenina

7:10 pm

i'm go6 wash that man out of my hair

7:11 pm

ok, confused me, what you are sayng is not spelled with extra a in the middle, but I got it, ty

7:11 pm

that is go5 - theoretically, not really a grid word

7:11 pm

Jen - did you HAVE to use that as a clue? Now I'm going to be singing songs from my favourite musical all bloody night!

7:12 pm

LOL

7:12 pm

the go6 is actually a large lizard

7:12 pm

it is a lizard

7:12 pm

kje - good clue!

7:12 pm

or, at least a reptie, maybe a lizard

7:12 pm

reptile

7:12 pm

peri - factual clue.

7:13 pm

lol jac

7:15 pm

♪ Some enchanted evening, you will find a stranger ♪

7:16 pm

missouri wins!

7:17 pm

need a break -- the wa's are killing me!

7:18 pm

There is nothing like a dame! http://tinyurl.com/c84flnl

7:18 pm

me oo, cyber, me too

7:22 pm

uw

7:22 pm

*!* ta da *!* - whew!!!!

7:22 pm

Hi, just making weird letter combinations. Hope uw doesn't mean anything.

7:23 pm

Hi stidge.

7:23 pm

whoooo hoooooo NAN!!

7:23 pm

Hi jac.

7:23 pm

hi gmere -- did you all have a good Christmas?

7:25 pm

Happy Talk - http://tinyurl.com/5ms5jj

7:25 pm

* all the stids that is ;)

7:26 pm

help with the wa7/48 please?

7:26 pm

Yes, a very nice Christmas cyber. The kids came over and had dessert with us and our Christmas Eve and Day were very satisfactory. We wish you and your family happiness.

7:28 pm

http://tinyurl.com/ccn2h6w

7:28 pm

Glad to hear you had a nice Christmas Gran Mere. Wishing you all the best in the New Year.

7:28 pm

nm

7:28 pm

LOL Jen, you did a peri!

7:29 pm

♪ You gotta have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how you gonna make your dream come true ♪

7:30 pm

ty gmere -- we are in Palm Desert -- no kids this year, but we did spend quite a bit of time on skype with them.

7:31 pm

19 left

7:35 pm

anyone want clues before I leave?

wa 5/20 please?

7:36 pm

Yes, please wa7-48....thnaks

7:36 pm

hi jen!!!

7:36 pm

clue the 8s

7:36 pm

wa + faucet

7:36 pm

I have friends from our area at Palm Springs. They enjoy the change of scene from our home area.

7:36 pm

I've gone on from Rossano Brazzi to Mario Lanza now.

7:37 pm

hi lilbit!!!

thanks nan, that got me all the rest of the wa's I needed too!

7:37 pm

i got 14 left!

7:37 pm

Hi Peach, hope you had a good Christmas.

7:37 pm

wa + 3m(s)

7:37 pm

have a good christmas?

is the ta 7/32 a compound word?

7:37 pm

yes i did

7:38 pm

got some gift cards and a doll of course

nm, found it

7:38 pm

good, glad it was nice

7:38 pm

no -- the guy who pours your draft beer

7:38 pm

and you littlebit?

7:39 pm

I absolutely hate opera when sung by women, unless deeper voiced, contralto etc. But I just love it by men (tenors or bass, or deeper).

7:40 pm

it was real nice, got a lot off nice stuff from my parents at school. some nice stuff from the boys and friends it was real good :)

7:40 pm

re 8: sculpt again

7:40 pm

i hate opera, period.

7:40 pm

* sorry that's the 7 -- 8 is the one who sculpts again

7:41 pm

Hi there, Molly. Thanks, I hope you did too. It was quiet and I didn't have to cook.....don't do that much anymore. Peaceful, I guess describes it best.

7:41 pm

good, i get to spend money on Amazon, littlebit

7:41 pm

wh 7-8 -- extend the wh 5/24 with word of encouragement for a horse

7:41 pm

Jen - you should stop, listen and feel, maybe?

7:42 pm

Also, if you know the story, it helps.

7:42 pm

blech, no opera, sorry

7:42 pm

i got to go to the mall today and spend my money i got. found a really cute dark purple dress...marked down from $60 to $21!!!

7:42 pm

8 left, all y"s

7:43 pm

wow!!

7:43 pm

Jen - shame that you dismiss it without exploring it fully. However, your choice.

7:45 pm

Molly, I saw Robert Goulet in South Pacific many years ago at the Fox in Atlanta.....splendid performance.

7:45 pm

when you are hearing impaired jac, it makes it very hard for me to understand them

7:46 pm

not getting the wh cyber

7:46 pm

will have to work on it later

7:46 pm

Oh Peach, I actually got to tour the Fox in Atlanta the weekend my niece got married. What an amazing theater.

7:46 pm

w + Tom Dooley's fate + double vowel

7:47 pm

oh...thanks nan!!

7:47 pm

yw

7:48 pm

off for a while -- may be back for the flip :)

7:48 pm

firewords!

7:48 pm

Jen - then you should turn the volume up and experience the vibes. I know you can do this, since my Dad became deaf in later life.

7:48 pm

Thanks, cyber for that w clue.

7:48 pm

no thanks jac

7:48 pm

congrats jen!!

7:49 pm

I sometimes wonder if the younger ones wonder who the heck Tom Dooley is. : )

7:49 pm

thanks littlebit, i need to go get on my farm, see ya later!

7:49 pm

bye jen!!

7:54 pm

I know who Tom Dooley is, but do my kids know who Geoffrey Chaucer once was? http://tinyurl.com/3sjdeno

7:54 pm

I'm glad you had a chance to tour it. I don't get to Atlanta much any more....traffic is, well, you know what it is.....that 285 around the city is a real headache. I'd much rather drive in NYC. But then, again, I don't do much driving here in Augusta. My reflexes just aren't what they used to be. LOL

7:55 pm

Jen - sorry you are so against experiencing new things. Your choice though, so okay.

7:56 pm

Jacula, have you ever heard or seen the Smothers Brothers do "Tom Dooley"? I think you can seem them on YouTube. They're a scream.

7:57 pm

see even

7:58 pm

May I please have a clue for any of the yo's? Thanks

8:00 pm

Days or yo46. Olden days. The pluralize.

8:00 pm

Thanks, Scrabbler.

8:00 pm

Yes, gap, I have.

8:05 pm

66 left and I see nothing. Monkey & I are ready for bed. See you tomorrow.

8:05 pm

Here is a song from my cousin, George. http://tinyurl.com/yby84n5

8:08 pm

Sweet dreams, Scrabbler. Good to see you back on....maybe you've been on when I wasn't.

8:12 pm

Oh dear! Stepdaughter just came down, asked me to help her out - needs a bowl to throw up in since got slightly drunk. She's sorted now.

8:13 pm

Jacula, was Geaorge really your cousin? I just watched both of your suggestions and am ready to Babble again

8:16 pm

Bug - yes. He was my maternal gran's cousin's son.

8:17 pm

Which makes him my 3rd cousin.

8:17 pm

He was always my favourite. He had such long fingers and sweet smile

8:17 pm

He was lovely, wasn't he!

8:17 pm

I have no famous cousins except for Charlie who was in a band called Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck. No fame there

8:18 pm

Thanks for letting us know....just watched. Great!!! I like his rendition of "Here Comes the Sun" also.

8:20 pm

Bug - I have a couple of 'famous' cousins, neither of which ever sought fame. I don't want fame either, which is why I lie low.

8:21 pm

still, it shows that you come from a talented family

8:21 pm

But I can't help boasting about George on his behalf because hie was so lovely and such a great musician.

8:22 pm

he definately was a good soul. I still say a prayer on his birthday and the day he died.

8:23 pm

Here comes the Sun -http://tinyurl.com/c3xw5

8:24 pm

Thanks Jacula.

8:24 pm

http://tinyurl.com/ckyhmxx

8:25 pm

Bug - thank you for remembering and doing that.

8:27 pm

:)

8:28 pm

what are the stats for the J's? please?

8:29 pm

ja4, ja5, ja5, ja4, jo4

8:29 pm

ja4, ja5 x2, ja4, jo4.

8:37 pm

Another link from cousin George - a length of 42 characters and resulted in the following TinyURL which has a length of 25 characters: http://tinyurl.com/yu6cxw

8:40 pm

thanks

8:42 pm

what are the stats for the U words?

8:43 pm

ur6 and ur7. i haven't found them yet

8:43 pm

pee words, LA.

9:05 pm

What are the stats for the top right E, and the bottom right A? (please, for nbt)

9:06 pm

try aw 4/10 for the bottom a, jane

9:06 pm

and sheep for the e

9:07 pm

thanks, nbt and nbs, time for dinner

9:12 pm

I'm off of to hug the snorer and victim of the sprouts and stuffing man now. Wish me luck!

9:14 pm

by jac

9:14 pm

http://tinyurl.com/278z5ad

9:15 pm

i'll be doing my mantra to go to sleep.

9:15 pm

crossy snores a tad also:(

9:16 pm

you are a brave woman to hug the snorer

9:16 pm

well,more than a tad...

9:16 pm

Good evening babblers. I hope you have been enjoying the holidays.

9:16 pm

hi,wht

9:16 pm

well i have sleep apnea,and chock and wheeze and gurgle as well....

9:16 pm

have to wear the evil cpap mask;((((

9:17 pm

choke

9:17 pm

hello wht. hope you are have a holiday with lots of love and peace in it

9:17 pm

Jac, One of the things my wife always finds in her Christmas stocking is a supply of ear plugs.

9:17 pm

i can snore to the tune of a jet turbine coming up to speed;)

9:18 pm

Bugs, It has been a very nice holiday. And yes, filled with love.

9:18 pm

st7?\

9:19 pm

Christmas can be a strain for many families and I a always glad when people have the holiday they hope for

9:19 pm

what you would cook st4 in

9:20 pm

ty kje

9:22 pm

ooh. thanks kje

9:24 pm

yw

9:24 pm

crossy and wht - your earrplugs help a bitt but not a lot.

9:25 pm

Thanks for tyring though!

9:26 pm

i can snore the paint off the walls

9:26 pm

Bug - huggin th snorer ofteen changes his sleep pattern and stops the snoring for about 3 minutes.

9:27 pm

but i must wear the cpap mask almost nightly now as that type of choking increases the chance of heart attack and stroke by 50%!!'

9:27 pm

3 minutes is not enough respite for meto get to sleep tho! I just get him to roll over and it takes him a while to get back into such a deep sleep that I can pass out first

9:28 pm

jacula and bugsaw,get your mates to a sleep clinic to check for sleep apnea

9:28 pm

it may save their life

9:28 pm

Sometomes you just have to wake him up, remind him about the sexy nightie he bought for you for Xmas... afyter he reacts to that you can have some zzzzzz's. LOL

9:29 pm

and it is time for me to bid you all a good night

9:29 pm

well, yes that is always the best plan but..

9:29 pm

poink

9:30 pm

Good night Crossy

9:30 pm

Crossy - I KNOW he has apnoea, but he won't go to a clinic. The number of nights I wonder if he is dead, and then he breathes again.

9:31 pm

I need to juwt cudle up and go now. Happy Babbling all! x.

9:32 pm

how about help with either 8 letter words?

9:32 pm

i wear spanx as a re8 - to give me a waist :)

9:35 pm

ro6?

9:36 pm

can't get it leslie?

9:36 pm

re + rectangle, square, circle + extra letter

9:36 pm

got it!

9:41 pm

ugh. down to my last 3. totally stumped on an sp5.

9:42 pm

what you do with a car or boat

9:42 pm

sorry that

9:42 pm

was st

9:45 pm

add s to pa4/7

9:45 pm

clue for the ro6 please

9:45 pm

hmm interesting. sp + *** the day i ever met this grid. fireworks!

9:45 pm

r + mispelled crying veggie wht

9:46 pm

(swap out third letter of veggie)

9:46 pm

ty LA

9:47 pm

ty, again, la.

9:52 pm

ok a little more than 50% but time 4 bed

9:54 pm

Great clue, LA.

9:57 pm

May I please have a clue for se5-14? T^hanks

9:57 pm

Thanks even

9:57 pm

se +consonant + negative

9:58 pm

Thanks much, wht.

10:00 pm

wa5,20?

10:02 pm

Wht....wa + ***dance

10:02 pm

Or spigot.

10:02 pm

ty ga

10:02 pm

yvw

10:03 pm

May I please have a clue for yo5-18? Thanks

10:03 pm

Alternate spelling of Indian holy man.

10:04 pm

sounds like a bear with a picnic basket

10:04 pm

Fireworks

10:04 pm

yay wht!

10:05 pm

Congrats, wht!!!!!!

10:06 pm

Thanks much, wht and Mizhoffle.

10:07 pm

yvw. Do you need any more clues before I go?

10:08 pm

Yes, please/ re5-14 please.....thanks

10:10 pm

re + African antelope, but change the last letter.

10:12 pm

I can think of Impala.....I had one years ago. Other than that, my brain is taking a break.

10:13 pm

It has 3 letters

10:13 pm

It rhymes with not old.

10:15 pm

Oh, have it now. Thanks so much, wht.

10:15 pm

yw. And good night all.

10:16 pm

Sweet dreams, wht.

10:23 pm

evening, all

10:26 pm

Hey there, jes. How you?

10:26 pm

pretty good, peach, how're you?

10:27 pm

are even.

10:27 pm

I feel much better tonight.

10:28 pm

good :)

10:29 pm

Fireworks, finally. Thanks for all of the help. Jes, are you just starting? Need any clues?

10:29 pm

wahoo peach!!

10:30 pm

yay peach!

10:30 pm

I have just 3 left

10:30 pm

i just started; have found 66

10:31 pm

Wow, you're doing really well, then.

10:31 pm

and that is fireworks!

10:31 pm

i am usually pretty fast at first

10:31 pm

yay miz!

10:31 pm

Congrats, MizHoffle!!!!!!

10:31 pm

then i'll hit a wall and have to grind the rest out

10:31 pm

Thanks!

10:32 pm

I know how that goes.

10:32 pm

I am off to eat some Christmas sweets and read. Night all!

10:32 pm

g'night, miz

10:32 pm

hi again. YAY, MizHoffle!!! WTG!!!

10:32 pm

Sweet dreams, Miz.

10:33 pm

Hi there, Nef. How are you?

10:33 pm

hi nef

10:34 pm

Hi jes and peach. I'm doing okay; spent the day trying to help my dtr with her unpacking (she's just moved into the Aunty's empty condo.

10:35 pm

AND I forgot to hit "enter" after writing that! :-) a week without Babble and I'm brain dead already!

10:36 pm

Moving is quite a job, isn't it? I'm sure she's glad for your help.

10:37 pm

Later, y'all.

10:38 pm

g'night, peach

10:40 pm

think i just ran out of easy

10:42 pm

I have 85 left and I don't think they can be real words (since I don't see even one more word in this grid

10:42 pm

i've got 79 left, so there are at least a few more you can find :)

10:43 pm

oh, okay; I'll keep looking then! ;-)

10:44 pm

ok...just monkeyed a yo4 which is definitely not a real word.

10:45 pm

"the letter used in the writing of Middle English to represent a palatal fricative, as in ung (Modern English young ) or a velar fricative, as in litliche "

10:46 pm

oh my. That must be the first yo 4; right? My monkeys found that this afternoon

10:46 pm

(I didn't look it up)

10:46 pm

yea

10:46 pm

pl it then

10:47 pm

yeah, i'm listing now... :)

10:47 pm

those wh's are icky too

10:48 pm

I just listed myself. I've reached a point in my life where I try pluralizing any words that end close to an S

10:48 pm

heheh

10:50 pm

sad; isn't it?

10:50 pm

ghar. scottish words shouldn't count. :P

10:51 pm

I feel the same about it when there's a spanish or French word in the grid too

10:51 pm

guess it's of limited use to gripe about enable, yah? heh

10:52 pm

we all know I'll be back in a day or so anyway, no matter how frustrating the dictionary is...

10:54 pm

LOL! Very true, jes. I was pretty much offline this past week because I thought my DH had infected my mac with a virus when he messed up his computer and the laptop. Turns out that we had a very slow network causing my problems

10:54 pm

being offline was very strange

10:54 pm

glad you didn't have to haul them all off for viral purge!

10:55 pm

oi! those ur's are so obvious in retrospect

10:56 pm

aren't they? I had the dangest time with them; then felt like a dolt for missing them!

10:57 pm

d'oh. missed the ta5 dance

10:58 pm

go 6/24?

10:59 pm

go + santa **** winds in CA

10:59 pm

i'll clue it when i find it, yad :)

10:59 pm

go + **** Karenina

11:00 pm

Ra ra Kournikova!

11:00 pm

thanks

11:00 pm

thanks, mags!

11:01 pm

welcome!

11:06 pm

magazinemom, I just read your profile and am impressed that you hold so many "jobs"! ;-) And I'm from NW Minnesota, near that "other" Red River Valley! :-)

11:08 pm

ro6 please?

11:08 pm

ro 6 sounds like the root veggie that makes you cry

11:08 pm

It mostly just equals your regular 40 hour a week job. LOL. I also help my honey with his metal art business.

11:09 pm

thanks, nef

11:09 pm

Thanks! didn't have that one

11:09 pm

I know; but being a Mom makes a person a jack of all trades and then we wonder why we are so tired, right?

11:10 pm

Amen to that! I've been a single mom for 4 years. Whew!

11:12 pm

wouldn't that be a jackie of all trades?

11:12 pm

I always had DH to help with the kids; he always had his Aunts next door (when our kids were little we had a dble bungalow with them in the other half; we moved once the kids got to be too noisy as pre-teens)

11:13 pm

you are correct, ruru

11:13 pm

hi ru

11:13 pm

hi jess

11:14 pm

everyone done?

11:14 pm

It's easier now that they are 13 and almost 12. My parents live just around the corner and they are a big help, plus my ex is nearby and he is an involved dad.

11:15 pm

that's good that the Dad is involved and that your parents are close.

11:15 pm

down to 26 ruru

11:15 pm

30 left

11:16 pm

Not me; ruru. still working on it (but won't finish again tonight. I just can't see many words here

11:16 pm

nbt! :)

11:16 pm

Yay Jes!

11:17 pm

hw?!? that is so not an actual english word!!

11:17 pm

pr 7/32?

11:18 pm

this grid cheats :P

11:18 pm

builds from the pr5; one who pr5s

11:18 pm

pr+ es 5/10

11:18 pm

got it thx

11:20 pm

thanks for the hw, jes (missed it earlier)

11:21 pm

clue for go 6/24 please

11:21 pm

welcome, nef :)

11:22 pm

go + santa **** winds (in CA), Kaz

11:22 pm

go + Kournikova

11:22 pm

goanna

11:22 pm

oops sprry

11:23 pm

oops ;)

11:23 pm

PB for 10 min lol

11:23 pm

thx tho...that was my last word

11:23 pm

WTG

11:23 pm

yay kazozz

11:24 pm

last re 5/18?

11:24 pm

get damp again

11:25 pm

Oh good grief. I've been looking for that for 2 hours. Sheesh. Thanks Jes!

11:26 pm

welcome. don't forget the plural

11:26 pm

bedtime for me. I can't stay up long enough to finish

11:26 pm

got it!

11:27 pm

Night Nef. Sweet dreams!

11:27 pm

sleep sweet, nef

11:27 pm

6 left...

11:27 pm

5

11:28 pm

go jes!

11:29 pm

2

11:29 pm

1

11:29 pm

gads. my last word is a 4 letter

11:30 pm

fireworks. last word was re4/5 - workout sets

11:31 pm

wtg jes!

11:32 pm

anybody need clues? :D

11:36 pm

Phew, got em all!

11:37 pm

yay yad!

11:45 pm

hurry up and flip!

11:48 pm

ahreed bluegirl :)

11:48 pm

agreed even

11:59 pm

hello

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