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12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

flipperoo

12:00 am

awww i thought i saw tequila!

12:00 am

another small one. What's going on??

12:00 am

top row greyed out! I'm soooo good! ;)

12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

too small but will work on it a bit

12:01 am

cos?

12:01 am

yes ma'am?

12:01 am

AHAH ! Another once in a blue moon babbler! Hi Griffums

12:01 am

wow griff. I can't get second one!

12:01 am

i was looking on google for images that are public domain

12:02 am

hi hoot - I'm here pretty much every day, just took a four-year break. :)

12:02 am

lol mlf u make me smile.. i dont care about public domain pics.. i just post what i find :)

12:02 am

but i will try to find some for you and email them tomorrow if you like?

12:02 am

nbs

12:03 am

i like to do that too but i woudl be the first one to be in trouble for it lol

12:03 am

Well Happy New Year

12:03 am

wtg m9

12:03 am

lol ok i will see what i can find.

12:03 am

you too!!!

12:03 am

HO 7

12:03 am

How could you stand it???

12:04 am

do7

12:04 am

very hard to find but i also want to find something i like lol

12:04 am

tyvm mlf got it

12:04 am

yw cos

12:04 am

NBS

12:04 am

thanks magazine i just found thatone

12:04 am

mlf -- email me on FB what pics you like.. and ill look for some

12:04 am

yw

12:05 am

flip a bit late again

12:06 am

MLF - you can use pics on Google - just not for profit. Sometimes it's the only way to find something!

12:06 am

you mean ideas cos?

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hi jilli

12:06 am

99% in. santorum ahead by 34 votes.

12:06 am

yes mlf.. ideas so i can look for you

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:) cos

12:06 am

nbt

12:06 am

hi jill!

12:06 am

no way cos! Lord help us

12:07 am

tell me about it mag!

12:07 am

i keep trying ought lol

12:08 am

the man is a buffoon

12:08 am

which man mom

12:08 am

Rick Santorum

12:08 am

but it's all over anyway. Mccain will endorse romney tomorrow and santorum is out of money. Perry is dropping out. It'll be Romney V. Obama.

12:09 am

wow.. nbt is going to be hard

12:09 am

Santorum is saner than king mitt

12:09 am

yeah m9.. i still have 4 bt :(

12:09 am

this is probably true hoot

12:09 am

I have 5

12:09 am

if saner means : knowing where you stand on issues, then yes.

12:11 am

help with the G?

12:11 am

ok no more we may have to start our own spot to sceme

12:11 am

nvm found a gi4

12:12 am

or wait til the offhours in the chog hoot :)

12:12 am

gi5

12:12 am

thanks hoot

12:12 am

flippin' late! howdy, Babblers! :)

12:13 am

hey rbud

12:13 am

oohh.. I got one!

12:13 am

gu4

12:14 am

I'm retired - so when for you and mom

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wooo got the gu4 too thanks

12:15 am

thanks m9

en7

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gyte

12:15 am

need the N 4th column

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Clues are up

12:15 am

tyvm mrp!

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Thank you, mrp!!

12:15 am

tytyty mrp

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flos na 4

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thanks again, mrp!

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i need the O in 2nd column and the N/E in 4th

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doh na4 babblet.. thanks dart

12:16 am

2nd column O is om4

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thanks dart

12:17 am

stats for the n

late flip; hi all!!

12:17 am

*please?

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fish me.. om4 thanks... now i neeed E in 4th columnb

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nan na4

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en5/10

12:18 am

yw- haven't found one of those e's yet

12:18 am

ty cos

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ty flosey!

ha - we're having the specialty wool lately - mohair a few days ago, now an6

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also en6

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en6 is the other

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nbt but still no 7s

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nbt, nbs

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nbt

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do7, ho7... geruds

12:20 am

now for 1/2way

ro 7/32 caesar salad lettuce

12:20 am

qu7 -- like at the bank or checkout

12:21 am

nbt/nbs

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ty seain

12:22 am

phantom quorum

12:22 am

thanks dc for the qu7, and nbs

12:22 am

qu 6

12:22 am

the u next to the qu is tripping me up

12:23 am

found all the d's!

12:23 am

My brother called me from Germany just to tell me that in German my Son-in-Laws name would be kind of a joke.

12:23 am

or at least funny

12:24 am

and that is in german?

12:24 am

I've talked to him 3 times in the last 30 years.. but he calls me to tell me that.LOL

12:24 am

Loren Wagner

12:25 am

that's my SIL's name

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lore is a mine car. so Loren I guess would be plural mine cars

ty dc finally found the q

12:25 am

ok.. you've officially lost me

12:25 am

Iowa caucus winner about to be announced.

12:25 am

so he's a mine car wagon maker...

12:25 am

my bro-in-law's name is Jan, which is normal in his native Danish, but people are often surprised to meet him here. LOL

12:26 am

that's my brother's middle name!

12:26 am

anyway.. one D short.. urghhhh

12:26 am

and he's American! I think it bothered him being a kid in the 50's..

12:26 am

your family Scandinavian?

12:26 am

but now that he's German it's ok!LOL

12:27 am

61 down -- enough for tonight

12:27 am

No. But my parents took turns naming us.. and they also kind of gave us different nationalities for our names. Not sure why.. I think it just tickled their fancies.

nbt nbs

12:27 am

nice :)

12:28 am

wtg miz dee

12:28 am

so we have Lawrence Bruce, Eric Jan, Owen David, Naomi Ruth, Freda Ellen, Angela Maria, Ralph Gerard, Michele Clare

ty vm

12:28 am

don't mind me. i've been watching the iowa caucuses and drinking vodka cursing at the tv :)

12:28 am

my father had a cute nickname for me

12:29 am

And I always say I got Catholic: Mary Frances.

12:29 am

good assortment of names there.

12:29 am

what was it ru?

12:29 am

still keep trying quora - why isn't that the sing. or pl (or something!) of quorum? I could swear I've heard it used

12:29 am

I think they're cool names

12:30 am

he used to fondly say" come here asshole"..

12:30 am

Not the ones Bill Cosby's dad had for Bill and his brother I hope

12:30 am

how fond!

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ok.. similar

12:30 am

he was so cute

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nice

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that story makes me think of Igor's story abotu his dad in young frankenstein

12:32 am

oh I got the ro 7

12:32 am

lettuce rejoice

can someone help me find the en 7 please

wtg ru

12:32 am

thanks ru, for the ro7

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*giggle*

12:32 am

that's not the ro7 I have... I found it wandering around

12:33 am

is it ro7 catholic lettuce??

12:33 am

there's no en7

12:33 am

pphant. enigma

12:33 am

every time I see that word I think of a woman my mom knew whose name was Ro7 Payne. Poor woman

12:33 am

ah 2 x ro7

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wow

ty mar; must be typo in chat ... hate when I waste time looking for nonexistant word :(

12:34 am

she probably married a guy named caesar huh magazine

12:34 am

ah thanks for 2nd ro7

12:34 am

phantom tontine

12:34 am

At Children's Orthopedic in Seattle when my Dad was volunteering there, there was a Dr. named Pepper Schwartz. He always thought that was funny.. she was black pepper.. and she was doctor Pepper

12:34 am

santorum now ahead by 30 votes. this is crazy

12:34 am

would have been appropriate ru

12:35 am

santorum?? good lord!

12:35 am

and they could help each other in the morning dressing.

12:35 am

*snort* m9 lol

12:36 am

99% votes counted. this is the tightest presidential caucus in history, CNN said.

is there an en 6?

12:36 am

yes dee

12:36 am

doesn't take "hottie"

12:36 am

or "nottie"

12:36 am

no, but it takes hotty and hotties

12:37 am

gu6

12:37 am

oops. story about SIL should have had me in pb

12:37 am

Romney ahead by one vote now!

12:37 am

Romney is in the grid tonight too

12:37 am

they're about to announce the winner any time

12:37 am

okay, so: do7, ho7, qu7, and 2x ro7 - need 2 more.

12:38 am

i habe the same ones rbud

have exactly what you have rb

12:38 am

ditto

ar 6/27

12:38 am

Quadrantids tonight

12:38 am

tx dee

12:39 am

santorum back in the lead .10 votes ahead.

yw

12:39 am

ok focus on the grid... focus....

12:39 am

so maybe they're causing a cosmic interference in the voting...

12:39 am

ty, Dee

yw

ro 6/21

12:40 am

ro 6/27

12:40 am

tx dee . . . have the ro6/27

12:40 am

still lacking a G and that bottom E

ty cos looking

12:41 am

gi4 or gu4 jill

12:41 am

fireworks sans list

wtg dart!!

12:41 am

wtg dart

12:41 am

wow, congrats, dart!!

12:41 am

woohoo, dart! wtg!

12:41 am

wow dart, wtg

12:41 am

or gi5, a really big one, lol

12:41 am

I keep seeing enema

12:41 am

yay dart yet again!

12:41 am

tx rbud

12:42 am

an 7 is the other 7

12:42 am

ahh thanks rbud! :)

12:42 am

but I do have nbs

still missing one other 7 then :(

12:42 am

I can't seem to flush it out

12:42 am

but its not animate ughhh

12:43 am

:P ru

12:43 am

I feel like such a douche

12:43 am

hi ruru

12:43 am

knock off the last two letters cos and you'll have a word

12:43 am

ty vm

12:43 am

aahh, just found the an6 sweater

12:44 am

anagram it and you'll have another

12:44 am

got the an7

ty une

what is the last 7 please?

12:44 am

:-D

12:45 am

an7 - a kind of tumor

12:45 am

got the G...

12:45 am

oh you have that one

what is the last 7 I have an, do, ho, qu, ro x 2

12:46 am

7's,....an,do,ho,qu,ro,ro,ti

aww ti ty dart!

to 6/27 and to 6/24

12:50 am

found it! yay, 7's do4!

wtg rb

12:50 am

nbt/nbs

12:51 am

help wth the an7?

12:51 am

yay, jilli!

benign tumor mainly consisting of blood vessels cos

12:51 am

wtg jilli

12:52 am

does it start with an4?

12:52 am

ok thanks looking

12:52 am

nope

12:52 am

ty rbud -- I know it's nothing compared to what others have done, but considering how sleepy I am...

starts like a girl's name or like the sweater

wtg jili

12:52 am

found it. i was spelling it wrong. thanks!

12:53 am

now for the ti7.....

12:53 am

ty for the tumour, dee

yw jili

12:53 am

jill how are you i havent asked u that lately

12:54 am

I'm fine, thanks, cos -- just waiting for this ankle to heal.

12:54 am

that ti7 is different

12:54 am

its good it's winter time. easier to stay at home i gather

12:54 am

ah.. it's a bird

12:55 am

oh yay. 1/2way.

12:55 am

santorum ahead by 4 votes.

12:56 am

the streak of cheeses extends to 2 days

12:56 am

tyvm M(!

missing one stupid t grrr

12:56 am

m9 i mean

12:56 am

7's d4

12:56 am

the ti7 made me think of mo4, didn't have it yet, to make a little pouty face, always thought it was a cute word, lol

12:56 am

missing one D.. ugh.

12:57 am

cos do you have the bell sound?

do you have do 4/5?

12:57 am

yeah i have do4/5 x 3, do6 and do7

12:58 am

no.. i dont.. i have do4/5x2, do4/6, do6 and do7

12:58 am

over halfway

12:58 am

tyvm marpocky thatt was it.

4 do 4's

12:58 am

you need the bell sound, do 4/7

12:58 am

wtg jill.. i just hit halfway.

wtg jili

12:59 am

ty cos and dee -- now I can go to bed...goodnight and ... *poof

12:59 am

nite, jilli!

12:59 am

g'night jilli

nite jili sleep well

12:59 am

i have gi5, gi4, gu4... whats the other one?

1:00 am

gu6 which I don't have

missing one dome a, a stupid g, an idiotic t lol always have a few stragglers that are torturous

1:00 am

Q's - have qu 6,7,4,5 - what's the last one?

1:00 am

gu6!

missing same as you cos ty flosey!

1:00 am

think small furry pet

1:00 am

gu 6?

another qu 5

1:01 am

ty!

1:01 am

(or think 21s if you're a Brit)

1:01 am

ar 6?

what is missing dart?

1:01 am

*repoof

1:02 am

to 6 X 2?

found the g

have the to 6's

have ar 6 x 2

1:03 am

heh. just got mi4 that is appropriate for tonight

te x 1 th x 6 ti x 3 to x 4

ty van.. missing a th...

1:04 am

th 5 X 2?

have those...

th4,4,5,5,4,5

1:05 am

guess it is X 3

missing the last one...

1:06 am

swimwear

1:06 am

that ruru wears lol

LOL can't believe I missed that one

we have hose on our feet

8 left

any au?

missing an a

1:07 am

no au's

1:07 am

am5 X 3?

found it spanish friend

1:07 am

X 4

missing one r...

1:07 am

thanks dee

1:07 am

now short one A...

yqw

1:07 am

how many ar6?

1:08 am

2 cos

ar 6 x 2 war = taking weapons and odor

1:08 am

ok i am missing one then.. i have ar6/27

1:08 am

odor i thought was ar5?

found it ro 6/27

3 m's and 2 h's

1:10 am

ha 6?

1:10 am

ho 4 X 2?

aww that's it and found my ha 4/5

1:10 am

A's d4

3 m's

1:10 am

mi 5 X 3?

yep

1:11 am

ma 5 X 2.....ma 6

missing a 5 and a 6

1:11 am

mo 4 X 3

1:13 am

help with the last to6

am5,4,4,5,4,5, an7.6.5.4. ar6.6.5 and missing 2

no missing one

1:13 am

am 5...

1:14 am

use it to talk cos?

fireworks!!!

1:14 am

i have that one dart

1:14 am

hauling around

1:15 am

wtg volley

ty dart

ty dart and all for help

sans list with lots of help from my am 5/16 lol

1:16 am

thanks dart.

just still looking for a r5 and 6

1:16 am

missing one T... its fthe top row T.. i have ty4.. whats the other one

1:17 am

te 5

1:17 am

ok thanks looking

1:17 am

T's done thanks

1:17 am

off to pb i go

great guessing again dart on my missing ones

1:18 am

you almost always have a hard time with the same ones that I do

cos, who did they name the IA winner?

LOL great minds

1:19 am

not yet....

my wedding purse arrived today, so I have my dress, my shoes, my comfy shoes, my purse... so I am good to go

1:20 am

santorum ahead by 4 votes... and they have lost the last batch of votes. they dont know where it is

idiots

1:20 am

ohhh... romney is claiming the state party has informed him romney has won the caucuses by 14 votes.

1:20 am

thaty's good news volley

1:21 am

that's

ty dart... last major task is seating

1:21 am

oh thats right. you have a wedding soon

1:22 am

don't tell ruru you need help with your seat

election counting is beginning to sound like Chicago when Daly was there

LOL true... on the 21st cos

1:22 am

lol.. god bless daley... he was a crook but he did amazing things for my hometown.

too true

1:22 am

my grandpa was poker buddies with him.

1:23 am

he told me they all had to cheat and let him win every time lol

I think we have our table all set, so the rest will be what it will be

interesting cos!

1:23 am

doesn't matter who gets elected...obama or the repub candidate...if we don't find a way to pay for stuff without borrowing as much as we do....we are gonna be in big trouble when people stop lending us money

1:23 am

anyhoo i hope you have fun!

1:24 am

i'm voting for mr. rocky anderson of the justice party.

absolutely dart... too many are expecting freebies w/o taxing... can't happen

1:25 am

obama signing the new law allowing police to detain americans without reason was just too much.

1:25 am

we are "enjoying " very low rates on the debt now....if that ever goes up, and it will, we are going to be following Italy and Greece and the rest of Europe in a few years

I vehemently do not like obama

absolutely right dart

1:26 am

i only voted for him because i couldn't stand sarah palin. i was a delegate for hillary but this time around he does not get my vote.

1:26 am

and they can take "all " the money that everyone has and it still won't be enough to pay off the debt

definitely he is starting to show his true colors I think

1:26 am

I haven't voted in ages, I refuse to go out only to pick the lesser of all the evils.

1:27 am

I know that's unAmerican, but there it is.

need to vote though rb... that is one privilege we still have

1:27 am

ok they are about to announce the winner

1:27 am

2 minutes, they said.

fireworks thx for the helps

I understand how you feel

WTG VAN!!!

1:27 am

vnj van

1:28 am

Oh, I vote on local issues that mean something to me, but I haven't like a presidential candidate in 30 years or more.

1:28 am

obama is a good man.

1:28 am

yay, vanilla!

1:28 am

i vote every time. even if its just for a referrendum lol

Americans think they "deserve" benefits of socialized countries w/o taxation... none of it makes sense to my accounting brain

me, too, cos

1:29 am

because i want the right to moan about it :)

1:29 am

but rbud... voting local is very important too so good on ya :)

1:29 am

I moan about the lack of good choices, that's my complaint.

1:29 am

gyne

1:29 am

fair enough! :)

1:30 am

oops..

1:30 am

en6 please?

your voting seems to go on forever, dreading the time we'll be a republic and have to go through that all the time

1:30 am

i keep trying engima

en 6/21 make someone endeared to you or love you cos

1:30 am

if we lose the ability to borrow, we are screwed. who will loan any money if they know they won't get it back and then we can only spend what is brought in. Which means a 40% cut of the budget. Pensions, welfare, military etc. It will come if we don't get our house in order and time is not on our side forever.

1:31 am

thanks dee!

1:31 am

i was spelling it with an e at the end. doh

wtg

absolutely agree dart

1:32 am

we keep trying to get farther and farther off the grid, maybe build a moat around the place... we have a dream! ;p

1:32 am

ok here goes... the announcement....

1:32 am

as an ousider i dont any of the republican candidates as a potential president

1:33 am

Morning all - short of an am - am 5 the after am for friends

1:34 am

mitt romney has won the iowa cuaucses by 14 votes.

1:34 am

the closest presidential caucus/primary of any 50 states in history.

1:34 am

8 votes! :O

A + not yours

1:35 am

got that one but thxs

yipes shows significance of voting this time...

1:36 am

but that means nothing because romney, santorum and paul all got 6 delegates each.

1:36 am

oops my bad

change the last letter

1:36 am

romney and santorum have 11 delegates each. paul got 3

1:36 am

got that one as well

1:37 am

am4 is all I have between "friend" and a + not yours

1:37 am

ron paul is a bit scary to me. lots of skeltons in his closet

so you should

1:38 am

its okay - too early in the morning for me - not been up long - got the word i was after - need some coffee before i go to work i think

Well, all, I need to get going. Sleep well, and see you at the flip!! Thanks, dart, van, and all for your help!

np

1:39 am

nite volley...i'm off too

bye dee and bye all time for me too

Sleep well, am 5

1:39 am

night, Dee!

*poofing with hugs rb!*

1:40 am

what's the other W? I have wy4

1:41 am

wy4 another one

1:41 am

wy4/12 and wy4/10

1:41 am

thanks! :)

1:41 am

ahhhh, that's better!

1:42 am

good morning

1:43 am

glad u got it !

1:43 am

hello ruby

1:43 am

hi ruby! :)

1:44 am

what a night! we lost power upstairs, so no lights, heat or TV. Candles everywhere, scared dogs.

1:44 am

Fortunately, I found an electrician for this AM. Phew!

1:44 am

how long was it off ruby?

1:44 am

I don't think husband slept a wink.

1:45 am

ah, it was only your home?

1:45 am

so far, 15 hours. But it's weird that only one level would go off like that

1:45 am

very strange

1:45 am

anyone medical around?

1:45 am

did you find out what caused it?

1:45 am

I slept on the couch where it was warmer and I could monitor the dogs better.

1:46 am

hopefully, the electrician can fix it because husband is going crazy without TV and his computer

1:46 am

not that I know of hurshy, are you ok?

1:47 am

well i think so but that is where i want a second opinion.

1:47 am

not medical, hursh, but hoping you're getting better.

1:47 am

the hardest thing about doctors is deciding whether or not you need to call one.

1:48 am

hello hurshy, what is wrong?

1:48 am

yes, that's true, when I was in doubt, called ER, they told me to call the Public Health Nurse and do as they said

1:48 am

i am getting better, thank you rbud. i am just experiencing minor chest pains on the right side. i don't see this listed as a side effect of the painkillers i'm on, nor any heart things as side effects.

1:49 am

can you call ER and get an opinion? or would they insist on seeing you

1:49 am

i can call a nurse at our health plan but since talking hurts would prefer not to if i can help it.

1:50 am

ah, understand that, how about emailing the nurse

1:50 am

figure i should give it a little time, i'm young and healthy in general.

1:50 am

i don't think they have an ehotline but let me look.

1:52 am

no email listed just the phone number :(

1:52 am

darn, how about calling and asking if you can email?

1:52 am

how high up is the pain, hurshy?

1:53 am

due to pain

1:53 am

well it's definitely behind my ribs high upness wise

1:53 am

actually it may already be going away

1:54 am

hope so, for your sake hurshy, but I'd like to see you be reassured

1:55 am

could it be a gas bubble? does moving around help?

1:55 am

if that is the case, it would be reassurring to know

1:56 am

it COULD be a gas bubble i have been very gassy as a side effect of meds

1:56 am

I get that sometimes, I think because of the brewers' yeast I take,; it is a nasty pain, but goes away if I move around

1:57 am

well this was like a dull ache more when breathing in than out, does that sound like yours?

1:58 am

thinking about it, but I don't think breathing affected it....

1:59 am

definitely seems like a possibility

2:00 am

if you've been running your mouse and on your computer more than usual, and are right-handed, it might be just a muscle/joint pain from too much of that, I get pains in my shoulder and bottom of my shoulder blade if I sit here too long.

2:02 am

i feel like this happens occasionally, random pains, but i'm just more on the look out for side effects.

2:03 am

rbud: is there such a thing as straining an eye muscle from using the computer?

2:03 am

don't know, I wonder!

2:04 am

i don't think it's that rbud it feels more inside than that if that makes any sense

2:04 am

you can definitely strain your eyes from using the computer but if you mean more like a muscle near the eye or something then i don't know.

2:05 am

Hello everyone

2:05 am

fireworks for me - thanks for all the help - see you soon

2:05 am

sometimes it even feels like a rib is out of place, I went to the chiro a few weeks back for a working-over, helped a lot.

2:05 am

this is on top of the eye, under the eyebrow. feels like there's a finger stuck up in there sometimes

2:05 am

{{lynxx}}

2:05 am

yay, Kaz!

2:05 am

hi lynn

2:05 am

hello lynxxx, welcome to the layman's diagnosis hour.

2:06 am

lovely to have a medical consult in the morning!!

2:08 am

Hurshy - not wanting to suggest it but I had a sudden attack of pleurisy once. Apparently that is an inflammation in the lungs which causes the (inflated) lung to touch the ribs when you breathe. It was more than a bit painful and you would know if you had that but maybe it is something along those lines

2:09 am

well if it gets worse i would certainly call the nurse but i think it is going away i think ruby's gas guess may have been correct.

2:09 am

I hope you feel better fast!!

2:10 am

does bringing your knees up ease it?

2:10 am

mmm, maybe?

2:10 am

i think the fact that i can't even tell if i'm still feeling it is a good sign.

2:12 am

13 to go but must get to bed. goodnight all, Hurshy, hope you're feeling better soon

2:12 am

thank you flosey, goodnight

2:12 am

goodnite Flosey

2:12 am

good night flosey

2:18 am

the ght being gth and thus not useful is bugging me

2:27 am

mi 5, haha, kitty sound, m + lotsa vowels - always think it's funny to find the variations of "meow"

2:28 am

my kittens have different ways of saying it

2:28 am

sometimes i call cinder a communist kitty cause she says "mao"

2:28 am

and sometimes it's just "ow"

2:28 am

haha! we have one cat who is very talky, he'll just chat away with me.

2:29 am

and then marty is so expressively pathetic with his.

2:29 am

mitten likes to talk when she's got a toy in her mouth, a sort of song of triumph. i killed it, i've killed it!

2:30 am

the other boy says almost nothing, it's always a big surprise to hear even a tiny "mew" out of him.

2:32 am

cinder goes away from us and says things that seem to imply she's lonely. so we're like, just come back then silly.

2:32 am

they are both fixed males, but the "pink" one, as we call him, greets the black one like a long lost pal after the slightest of separations, runs up to him, meow, meow, lick the ears - he's odd. the black one yawns and takes it all in stride.

2:33 am

oh, yes, pinky does that, too, goes off to another room and cries like he's lost, haha.

2:34 am

:)

2:35 am

pinky just showed up one day, declawed and fixed already - no one ever claimed him, so we let him adopt us. he's quite the mouser even with no front claws.

2:36 am

I often think he's one of our own kittens from way back, he's just the color our old calico used to have. so maybe the place was familiar to him.

2:37 am

sort of a pale peachy color, not yellow.

2:38 am

(nattering along to myself, haha!) ;p

2:39 am

sounds pretty

2:44 am

i wonder if they sell non-carbonated ginger ale.

2:44 am

i feel like maybe it exists but is called something else that isn't occurring to me.

2:46 am

not sure, never heard of such a thing myself, but sounds possible.

2:48 am

there's ginger tea, I know.

2:54 am

yay, fireworks! (had to list for the last 11)

2:54 am

anyone here want hints before I poof?

2:57 am

guess not, night all! :)

4:32 am

Clue please for an 7/40

4:37 am

No probs just found it

5:51 am

found "anaheim" calif., but it is a proper name.. anyone home in the chat room?

5:52 am

... found 'antigua" which is even warmer

5:53 am

Hello all.

5:53 am

very nice.. I'll go to antigua .. mornin Scrabbler

5:54 am

hi doseffing

5:54 am

Are you usually up this early, Aloy?

5:54 am

... g'day

5:54 am

22.2 deg on the therm. right now... not good for the orange crop

5:54 am

no.. went to bed early and woke early worried about the temp

5:55 am

Uh, oh. It was minus 5 when I went to bed. Now 10.

5:55 am

Did you cover plants?

5:55 am

brought a bunch inside, covered a bunch.. it is the grove that concerns us

5:55 am

28 deg for four hours = damage to crop

5:55 am

... Did you get hit with much snow Scrabbler? We have none at all on the north shore of Lake ONtario.

5:56 am

Yes. It can cause economic devastation.

5:56 am

we have about a foot here and will get more each day through at least Sunday

5:57 am

oh wow.. hope you have good snow tires

5:57 am

All-season tires on a Subaru.

5:58 am

love Subarus, friend has one but I don't.. do you love yours?

5:58 am

Top row is grey. I'm good.

5:58 am

wahoo, good start

5:59 am

Yep, 2005 Forester with 143K miles. I keep my cars til close to 200K and may go right past that, if I can.

5:59 am

Morning! Question: how can a person be gormless when gorm isn't a word?

5:59 am

excellent !

5:59 am

toth

5:59 am

swmbo, I am clueless

5:59 am

Hi swmbo. Where is the word gormless?

6:00 am

can't find it either

6:00 am

Me too, the world is too mysterious for me alas!

6:00 am

... yes ... but gorm is there ... it just doesn't count

6:00 am

Hey, there is a Qu tile. I am waking up here.

6:01 am

well, I haven't actually looked it up, but I have heard it used many times to describe a simple, naive person. Of British origin I think

6:01 am

Nono, the owrd gormless is not in today's grid, sorry for the confusion

6:01 am

"Special Edition" on NBC--Election 2012.... Settle down, people. Please.

6:02 am

oh for heaven's sake.. just saw the gu6 pig, and my daughter used to have one named "nutmeg" as a pet..

6:02 am

TY for Nutmeg.

6:03 am

yw... she wanted nutmeg to have an exercise pen in the summer, so she built one.. all was well until she forgot nutmeg was out there.. the raccoon discovered dessert waiting for it..

6:04 am

I so dislike listening to politicians. So much BS.

6:04 am

amen to that Scrabbs

6:04 am

Oh, NO, Aloy. SO sad.

6:04 am

yes, it was a horrific learning experience..

6:05 am

sorry to throw cold water in the chog.. blame it on the grid word

6:05 am

BRB, must grab yogurt.

6:07 am

kitty cat talk is in the grid

6:12 am

Back. Got text from nanny for Mary's kids.

6:12 am

hope all is well with them?

6:13 am

That word always trips me up--which vowels.

6:14 am

Elizabeth got sick before dinner-headache, fever. I gave her Tylenol before I left. She is better now but not OK for school. Nauseous. And John finished the Lego project we were working on so he had the nanny send me a photo of the finished project.

6:14 am

aww, wish they were closer for you..

6:16 am

Yep. Then I would see them more than once a week. John wanted me to sleep over so we could keep working on his Lego City project. It's once of those huge projects. He loves Legos, as do I.

6:17 am

do you like the nanny?

6:17 am

And I kinda wanted to sleep in E's room overnight to watch and comfort her because that's what Mary would have done.

6:18 am

The nanny is outstanding. 33, former 1st grade teacher. Mature and great teacher of respectful and responsible behavior. And she will have her first baby next July. It will be a younger "sibling" for the kids. They are excited.

6:19 am

ah, so glad to hear that..

6:21 am

The nanny lives several blocks away. She is the niece of friend of Mary's.

6:22 am

thank goodness for her.. how is the dad doing?

6:24 am

omigosh.. fw

6:24 am

Tough, stoic, in-control MD. Not a nurturing, affectionate father, but does focus on them making good choices.

6:24 am

Congrats! I am stuck with 54 to find. I guess they are there.

6:26 am

... at least 22 of them are

6:26 am

yup, you will enjoy this grid.. guess I'd better get dressed and go out to check the grove.. sun is up.. hagd, Scrabbs (-: .. and you too, doseffing, if you are still here.. ah there you are.. ciao for now!

6:26 am

I will check on FL weather through the day.

6:28 am

And I must get ready for work. Bye.

6:51 am

anyone have a clue for the an7?

6:53 am

an7...first four letters of a heart condition + last three letters of a kind of small tomato

6:54 am

excellent clue molly!!! and good morning friends

6:55 am

ty

6:59 am

Hi Trif, Hi KJE

7:00 am

gm

7:00 am

gm. lovely icon kje~

7:01 am

phantom: ought

7:02 am

thanks

7:02 am

It has been said that one of the simplest prayers is "Thank you".

7:02 am

... aught should be there too

7:02 am

all those ght endings

7:02 am

indeed it should. and rough

7:02 am

For want of a properly placed H, the kingdom was lost.

LOL

7:04 am

molly, anthony hopkins did a delightful interview some years back, wherein he told a story of how, as a younger man, he had met with a jesuit priest, who told him the two best prayers were "thank you" and "F*** it" !!! One to express blessings, the other to just let it go.....

7:04 am

qu6?

7:04 am

to extinguish thirst, kje

7:04 am

... to satisfy thirst

boy am I thirsty kje

7:05 am

wow, couldn't see that - ty

7:07 am

does anyone have the count for the n please?

7:07 am

na4/4

7:07 am

... 4/4 ... the babblet

7:07 am

a babblet, trif

7:07 am

ty

7:08 am

duh. thanks!

7:08 am

quite the slog to nbt today, I am afraid...and distracted!

7:08 am

hi all, molly not getting the clue for the an7 smalltomato?

7:08 am

ha! got there! nbt at last!

7:08 am

nm, found thean7ty Molly

7:10 am

oooh, name that proper noun: lovely caribbean island known to be a favorite docking spot for yachters?

7:10 am

... antigua

7:11 am

ding ding ding!

7:11 am

help with e pls

7:12 am

i have an en 5.10

7:12 am

ty will look

7:12 am

... en5/10 ... en + an aunt

7:12 am

ty both

7:12 am

... (I hope my Italian is correct)

7:12 am

bbl

7:14 am

bye peri

7:17 am

Good morning!

7:18 am

and done!

7:18 am

Woo hoo! Congrats kje!

7:18 am

morning car! was hoping to see yu here

7:18 am

huzzah, and get the to the PB!

7:18 am

I must get off to work... hagd all

7:18 am

tertiare at 2 today, please?

7:19 am

Yes!

7:20 am

also- nikki's fish had babies a whilst back, and they are ready to go to new homes now, and Bernadette is anxious to farm them out, as they cannot sustain a large population in the tank they have now. translation - free fish!

7:20 am

Why is Car in the PB??

7:21 am

thanks!!! tertiare will be so happy to have a "boys day!"

7:21 am

car isn't, kje is

7:21 am

i will mention it to the father, but he and the boys have a very specific plan.

7:21 am

The boys have swimming at the Y today. What time will you be home? Should I take her with me?

7:21 am

at least see what kind of fish they are....if they are already on the boy's list, it's all good

7:22 am

you can drop her home any time. I will be home around 4:15

7:22 am

"The Father" sounds ominous.

7:23 am

Yes, I will ask them.

7:23 am

I will give her the choice of staying here or coming with and then will text you.

7:23 am

as always, I bow....

7:24 am

I'm not ignoring you molly....but I'm also not touching that one! LOL

7:24 am

We just have always referred to them as that.

7:25 am

car, did you happen to tell mom what I told you last night?

7:25 am

Stats for the N please?

7:26 am

Yes, I did.

7:26 am

how did she take it?

7:26 am

na 4.4

7:27 am

Ty Got it. She was upset of course. We can talk about that later.

7:27 am

kk. thanks. I was dreading it, so I appreciate you taking that bullet!

7:28 am

I would gladly be full of holes for you!

7:29 am

am 5/12....hasn't that been in the grid a lot lately?

7:30 am

Stats for a G please?

7:31 am

4gs

7:31 am

Good morning babble friends

7:32 am

Hello cool.girl! Hello River!

7:32 am

No G here yet

7:32 am

g5 what was at the end of the beanstalk

7:32 am

gi5.14, car. it's the only one i have

7:32 am

Hello all

7:32 am

Hi lbd! Hi Lynxxx!

7:32 am

thanks lynxxx

7:32 am

hello there!

7:32 am

TY!!!!

7:32 am

morning Lynxxx, river, car, trif

7:32 am

i have a gu 6....think little furry pet

7:32 am

I need the bottom E for NBT

7:33 am

en 5/10.

7:33 am

thanks Trif

7:33 am

Ty Trif!

7:33 am

en6.21 to fill with love

7:33 am

Ty Lynxx!

7:34 am

no gu**antee you will get the gu4

7:34 am

Thang is a word!!! Hey Ms. Thang! don't you touch my man!

7:34 am

thanks again lynxxx

7:35 am

and thanks for the en - thats NBT and NBS - whoohooooo

7:35 am

swap out the a for an o and you are all set car

7:36 am

have it! That is why I am squirming in my chair! LOL!

7:37 am

wow. still get palpitations when I see them in secondo's laundry pile, I must admit

7:37 am

I think roma should be a word - to go along with the RO7 lettuce

7:37 am

I agree River.

7:38 am

Stats for the second W please? I have wy 4/10.

7:38 am

oh, great! now I am going to have "bad romance" stuck in my head.....gaga oh la la

7:39 am

How on earth did you make that jump?

7:39 am

Gag-gags at GaGa

7:39 am

wy4 sounds like elphaba

7:39 am

She looked ridonculous on NYE with the big ball on her head.

7:39 am

What on earth is elphaba?

7:40 am

okay, wy 4, sounds like glinda

7:40 am

The "Wicked" character

7:40 am

wy4.12 sounds like he Wicked Wi*** of he West

7:40 am

....who's name is Elphaba

7:40 am

Ohhhh! Got it now. Thank you for remedial Babble clues! It is still early.

7:40 am

ugh....WHOSE

7:40 am

The green one

7:40 am

Sad. I DID see that show...and loved it.

7:41 am

I have to go get the pickle out of bed. He is having a rough re-entry.

7:42 am

did yu? where?

7:42 am

Up in Boston with Suzi.

7:42 am

that sounded WAY naughty, car!

7:42 am

also a rough re-entry for my soph.

7:42 am

oh, yes, of course!

7:42 am

Gak! It did! Sorry.

7:42 am

enough of this grumpy grid...night all

7:42 am

Hi Christa!

7:42 am

Good nite Lynxxx! TY for all of your help!

7:43 am

sleep well, lynxx dear

7:43 am

good morning.

7:43 am

Go get the PICKLE OUT OF BED???

7:43 am

good night lynxxx

7:43 am

sweet sleeps, Lynxxx

7:43 am

morning crhista

7:43 am

christa, does soph mean sophomore?

7:43 am

I'm not awake enough yet to follow this chat...lol

7:44 am

LOL Molly! Dylan's nickname is Dyl Pickle...thus he is the "pickle" I am referring to. He is in first grade and has had a tough time getting back into the morning routine after vacation.

7:45 am

my freshman in high school is the same way...just about have to pull him out of bed to get him up

7:46 am

does anyone have all the q's?

7:46 am

only 3 Q's here

7:46 am

hi Trif, yes, just got them, what do you need

7:46 am

qu6/33, qu4/9 and qu5/16

7:46 am

6, 7, 4, 5, 5,

7:46 am

6 is for your thirst

7:46 am

4 is alt spelling of a dock

7:47 am

I guess I am missing the 7

7:47 am

7 is the gerund form of lining up

7:47 am

7 is a gerund ending

7:47 am

does it build off 6?

7:47 am

2 5s both with the same vowel combination

7:47 am

there it is! thank you jbv!

7:47 am

no the 6 and 7 are different

7:47 am

q's quelled!

7:48 am

Sneaks off, clearly in invisible mode...

7:48 am

thank you molly! please don't sneak away!

7:49 am

I apologize, chog was going too fast for me there for a mo

7:49 am

thanks Molly

7:49 am

ty Molly and JBV for the qu's

7:50 am

thanks JBV

7:52 am

I must get to work now - have a great day everyone

7:52 am

bye river

7:52 am

hagd, river

7:58 am

good morning everyone

7:59 am

gm, crossy

8:01 am

gm crossy. i was troubled to see your FB message in the babble area. I am so sorry you have been given a hard time!

8:02 am

i was just bent out of sape by a few comments that day.i am usually better than that.i will continue to share books with those who wish it

8:03 am

shape

8:03 am

we all have days like that, pet....don't worry at all!

8:03 am

back in a bit, time to send hubz off to work

8:03 am

speaking of which,you like sci-fi trif?

8:04 am

i cannot wait to share this one with sprite also

8:06 am

<-- firmly believes that Crossy does not deserve a hard time from anyone

8:08 am

well i have this gem of a book to share(yes it is now freeware) and is called :the stars,my destination" by alfred bester..was widely known in the u.k as tiger,tiger

8:09 am

that's a pretty "old" book, isn't it?

8:09 am

i have it in e-pub and can set it up for pdf..just email me and i shall pass it along

8:09 am

old being relative, of course! :)

8:10 am

krysten,it may be dated,but books like this deserved to be shared

8:10 am

I have a stack of titles to wade through at present crossy, so i won't get to it for a while, but you can send it to me if you would like!

8:10 am

agreed...I think I have it. A friend lent it to me a number of years ago as it was one of his favs too.

8:11 am

flowers for algernon,the cold equasions,the stars my destination,q clearance..all older but will wisk you away on the story it weaves leaving you its prisoner till the last page is turned

8:11 am

have you read the Hunger Games trilogy crossy? man, those books KIDNAPPED me for four days straight!

8:12 am

i make it my mission to hunt for older gems

8:12 am

I love a good scifi and age never matters. Only the imagination of the author.

8:12 am

i will look them up trif

8:12 am

I can lend them to you via my nook, methinks....

8:12 am

crossy LOATHES books that are nothing but the flavour of the month

8:13 am

Hunger Games was good...waiting on the second one from the library.

8:13 am

ugh - phantom - tonight

8:13 am

no need trif..i see that epubbud.com has them

8:14 am

krysten, take it from one who knows - return your phone calls, and start your laundry, because you will be doing sweet FA once you start reading!!!

8:14 am

Crossy, have you read Swan Song by Robert R McCammon? If not, I highly recommend you check it out too.

8:14 am

and if you have not seen it,check out that site trif

8:14 am

thank you crossy, I will!

8:14 am

i have krysten,try his novel boys life as well

8:15 am

Trif, no doubt since the first one was pretty good.

8:15 am

crssy, can't find Babble beta on my lap top. How can I restore it?

8:15 am

the expert?

8:15 am

i have a link,one sec

8:15 am

Crossy, I've read almost everything by him. Just got his latest at home now from library and can't wait to start it.

8:17 am

http://r46.me/BabbleExpert20110410.zip

8:17 am

ten years ago i gobbled up much of his writing

8:17 am

I have gotten addicted to a few authors, and whew, that can wear me out!

8:18 am

Yeah, me too. It was a pleasure to see a couple new ones in 2011.

8:18 am

anyway, hi all!!

8:18 am

shalom sue!

8:18 am

i have one for you all to look up.of course you all know peter benchly?

8:19 am

howdy sue

8:19 am

we will be heading to the airport in about 5 hours, which is about 6 hours sooner than necessary

8:20 am

but "necessary" is around 3 am which is impossible for everybody so we will get there early, check in, and then relax

8:20 am

ty so much crossy

8:20 am

well he did a lesser known novel called Q Clearance,where by mistake a no-name office drone gats top end clearance due to a cmputer glitch and finds himself right beside the president as a pesonal advisor

8:20 am

Jaws amongst a bunch of others...I really liked The Deep and

8:20 am

sue, just flew back from Hawaii. What a looong trip and it's 12 degrees here. Arg

8:21 am

lol bichon,it is minus 22c here

8:21 am

Thanks Crossy, I'll look it up.

8:22 am

you come home safe suze

8:24 am

longer trip for us, bichon, and it is SOOOO nice here!!!

8:25 am

Good morning all! any clues for the a7?

8:26 am

ok trif,now have all 3 parts of the hunger games in pdf and they are on the "to read list" :))

8:26 am

We left Kauai, but had to stop in Honolulu because of a mechanical problem. That delayed our flight from LA several hours, etc. Took us much longer

8:27 am

in e-pub*

8:30 am

ahh reading the review now..looks like one to share with my son as well.he got his first reader for christmas

8:31 am

atm he is now devouring harry potter...dad!!! there is so much more stuff in the books than in the movies! i love this!!...lol yes son,there is often more detail in the book

8:33 am

name the u.s state in the grid

8:34 am

hey all you fellow readers...any clues for the an7?

8:34 am

just started ae, will look

8:35 am

ty... the state is in New England!

8:35 am

sorry ae,just starting,got too busy blathering on about good books

8:35 am

it's not CT or MA

8:36 am

uploading what will probably be the last set of Israel pictures to facebook...

8:39 am

so far all my word are coming out of the bottom right quadrant

8:39 am

nvm about the a7...i found it!

8:40 am

i thing a spot of tea is in order..brb

8:40 am

share ae?

8:40 am

it starts with a girl's name

8:42 am

what is the second letter, ae?

8:43 am

n

8:43 am

ty

8:43 am

an

8:43 am

uvw

8:43 am

thanks ae

8:50 am

Morning folks

8:58 am

ay clues for the an6...please?

an6 = hairy cat

9:00 am

omg...should have got that! i guess i missed it because i'm a dog person(LOL)

any clues for the o or the n?

na 4/4 is all vowels after the n

om 4/5 to leave something out

like my brain? LOL

naoa

? LOL

9:09 am

ahh, much better ceylon orange pekoe tea and some toasted english muffins with butter and apple jelly

9:13 am

crossy...do u have an extra english muffin. i'm all out of them and i'[d like one for breakfast>

9:19 am

i shall set a plate for you,common over

9:19 am

ill add a soft boiled eggs and a few hash brown

9:20 am

ooooh ty crossy shall i bring some homemade peach preserves?

9:20 am

sounds very nice indeed

9:21 am

tyvm

9:22 am

funny,i am a morning person,the mrs is a night hawk,i love big country breakfasts,she can only tolerate coffee till around 2 in the afternoon,i like boats,she gets motion sickness on the water...

9:23 am

i handle winter fine,she is frozen the second it drops below 60f lol

9:23 am

ah yes...opposites attract, but you both r very fortunate to have each other!

9:23 am

we are indeed

9:24 am

but she is an easy woman to shop for at christmas..just buy anything that makes,retains or throws heat lol

9:24 am

barring that gold and diamonds will do

9:29 am

gold and diamonds works for all ladies!

9:31 am

hehe,other than a few gold chains and her engadgement,wedding and tenth aniversary ring my lady,s gold is teddy bears:)

9:32 am

this year i sent all the way to the disney store in oralndo FLA for a bear for her collection

9:33 am

lol,the shipping cost more than the bear:/

9:33 am

furs go with the gold ad diamonds on this side of the border

9:34 am

we do not do furs

9:34 am

we don't either now we do synthethics

9:34 am

there are so many man made alternatives

9:34 am

snap

9:35 am

it was just an oldexpression...i should have updated it!

9:35 am

she has this amazing winter coat that looks like it is all white fox,but it is synth

9:35 am

finito!

9:35 am

yaa for lbd!!

9:35 am

how do u find her in all the snow?

9:36 am

a red touque!!! lol

9:36 am

atcually the hat to go with it is white but the long scarf is red

9:37 am

and she has the tall eskimo boots with the tassels to go with it

9:37 am

if i do not keep her warm,i never hear the end of it

9:38 am

crossy ..do you know how the eskimos wash clothes....inTIDE!

9:38 am

gasp!\

9:38 am

i use whale oil soap and beat them on rocks

9:38 am

i kno ......a bad PUN!

9:40 am

then to dry them,you just hang them up wet,then when they are frozen solid,you hit them with a long stick to knock the ice off,then finish by hanging round the fire

9:40 am

LOL!

9:42 am

lol,just kidding,but i have been winter camping where it is so cold,you strip down to you undies,toss all your clothes into the bottom of the sleeping bag and hop in.if you leave the clothes out in the tent they become stiff and hard to put on in the morn

9:47 am

Good Morning Everybody! Hoow are you all this fine morning?

9:47 am

howdy nef:))

9:48 am

How are you today, crossy? Am I reading that it's cold there?

9:48 am

was well below minus 25 yeasterday but we are waaay up to minus 10 atm

That's not weather, that's a punishment.

9:49 am

(C) or (F)?

9:50 am

lol samantha,punishment is below minus 40,you have to breathe in thru your nose and out of the mouth or you frost your lungs and if you spit,it will freeze before it hits the ground

9:50 am

once below minus 40,it does not matter much nef lol

9:51 am

-25C is around -10 F; -10C is around 14F

They meet at -40, interestingly

9:51 am

if you do not have good winter tyres,below minus 40,they will get a flat spot and ypu will have to drive slow till they warm up lol

9:51 am

they do indeed mask

9:51 am

I know, crossy, -40 is the same on both scales. (I moved south to the Twin Cities to get out of that weather!)

9:52 am

my brother is in vegas now

9:52 am

was 5 years in costa rica then picks vegas to live

9:52 am

go figure

9:53 am

My DH keeps reminding me that if we move that far south the bugs are much bigger; so we stay here in MN. :-)

9:54 am

lol nef,bugs are not an issue for me at the moment:))

9:54 am

very true, crossy. That's another good thing about living here in the north: no bugs for half the year

9:55 am

but funny enough nef,you go further north of me,north of the tree line and into the tundra,in the summer there all the bugs come out of the muskeg and eat you alive

9:56 am

***Butting in**** Nef - I'm in North Dakota! We're practically neighbors. :) ha!

9:56 am

carlee is the closest babbler to me

9:57 am

where in NoDak are you remluc? I went to ND for my nursing school (sadly, it closed in 1970); and I have family in MT so I sometimes think I know every ND and SD town there is!

9:59 am

I'm in Grand Forks. Home of the most fun nickname debate in the world. :\

10:01 am

YAY, Grand Forks! That's where my nursing school was based! And I worked there in the old St. Pat's Hospital for a year right out of school too! I'm from 50 miles east of there originally.

10:01 am

How's the debate going (I SO wish they could keep the Souix name!)

10:02 am

Okay, I can't spell it right this AM: Soux, Sioux, Soiux?

10:03 am

The debate is constant and so annoying. People are really getting out of hand, on both sides if you ask me. For me, I'd like to see it change so we can move past it and come together. There's a lot of hurtful things being said and I just hate that.

10:03 am

Sioux

10:04 am

And mostly people are mad because of the hockey arena....I don't know. I'm glad I don't have to make any of the decisions.

10:04 am

what is the argument about?

10:06 am

some national league board won't let them have their team name anymore because it's supposed to be racist. They were/are the Sioux, or the fighting Sioux. Why can Notre Dame be the fighting Irish?

10:07 am

good lord...

10:07 am

what about the clevland indian? lol

10:07 am

This must be a college team. The NFL still has the Redskins.

10:08 am

The local Siux tribes for many years were proud of the name; but some other tribes didn't like it in recent years

10:08 am

i am quite sure we will do ourselves in by degrees of political correctness

10:08 am

it is a college team; it's been UND's mascot since the university started

10:09 am

I agree - it's just gotten so heated here that I don't really see any other choice but to change it. Actually, UND's first nickname (change in the 40's maybe?) was the Flickertails. LOL! FLICKERTAILS! Now that's funny.

10:10 am

(and I attended UND as part of my nursing program even though we were a private Catholic School)

10:10 am

Flickertails? I'd never heard that before! WOW!

10:11 am

i'm reminded of a story told to me by my mentor about political correctness...She had to get a message to a keynote speaker in Ohio. She sent her secretary who had no idea who the man was. Instead of describing him as a handsome black man, she described his as a tall man with dark complexion. Had she said he's Black, the message would have gotten to him in no time, instead of moments before he spoke!

10:11 am

i avoid all stores that do not have the balls to post christmas banners or ads,if it is all happy hollidays,i take my money elsewhere

10:11 am

Yes, Flickertails. :) I believe they should just go back to that. Can you imagine? The Flickertails versus the Badgers. LOL

10:12 am

Really? I enjoy having my holidays at least acknowledged. I imagine lots of non-Christians feel the same way.

10:12 am

LOL! Why not, then!

10:12 am

here is one,no longer can that metal lid in the ground be called a MANhole cover..now it is a maintenence access porthole...now that wants me to laugh till they take me away

10:13 am

It could be Beavers...

10:14 am

Erda, is that a college team name?

10:14 am

No, but I fancied "Flickertails vs. Beavers" --

10:14 am

What's wrong with happy holidays? There are four holidays in late December (three religious and one ethnic group). Which one is to be chosen as the most important by people who need to sell you something?

10:15 am

LOL!

10:15 am

our national animal is the beaver,guess with will have to change it to buck toothed rodent

10:15 am

LOL Well there's the Gophers..... :)

10:16 am

Very true, remluc. And I attened the U of MN too...

10:17 am

you could live in Scottsdale AZ and be an artichoke

10:17 am

well,this grid is not doing itself,think ill dive in for a bit..sploosh

10:17 am

I've always thought that the Sioux mascot was presented in apositive way; the actual symbols have always been dignified, etc.

10:19 am

seriously, lbd? I didn't know that

10:20 am

guess what guess what guess what

10:20 am

What? What? WHAT??!

10:21 am

i'm GETTING BETTER!

10:21 am

WHOOOO!

10:22 am

I know - I don't understand it, but I know I'm tired of hearing about it! :)

10:24 am

YAY, hurshy!

10:25 am

remluc, I just Googled it; it looks really nasty! I was up in GF in October (and will be up there again in April for sure) and read some of the news about it at that time. It looks even nastier now!

10:26 am

Hurshy, do you live in New Haven, CT?

10:26 am

hurshy, is your throat feeling lots better? Are you eating soft solids now?

10:30 am

ok, I am very intermittent here, have internet access for the first time in a couple of days (at the newlyweds' apartment!)

10:30 am

hi sue! How are you doing?

10:31 am

I have been having a fabulous time, nef!

10:31 am

We are heading to the airport in another few hours...

10:32 am

(I am sick - really sore throat - but am ignoring it until I get home...)

10:32 am

Are you coming back to the US now?

10:33 am

Yes, we will be home tomorrow afternoon

10:34 am

well, take lost of vit. C asnd zinc lozenges on your flight, and use the saline nasal spray frequently to keep your nasal passages moist (to decrease the possibility of getting "really" sick in the dry air in the plane

10:35 am

I have been gobbling vitamin C like crazy but don't have nasal spray or zinc lozenges

10:36 am

(It may even help you not spread an infection to other passengers)

10:37 am

see if you can find some at the airport if you can't get to a pharmacy before then

10:37 am

I'm not very stuffed up (and not "runny" at all), have a little dry cough sometimes but that's about it - I don't think I'm too contagious to anyone that I'm not in direct oral contact with (that is, don't kiss me!)

10:38 am

I'll take a look when we get to the airport but I don't know if any thing will be open - we get there around 9 pm, plane leaves at 6 am

10:39 am

LOL! I'm just thinking that the dry air in an airplane can make you a lot sicker by drying out your nasal passages. I was just reading about flu viruses etc. and saw that it helps to keep them moist and

10:40 am

the weather here is pretty dry anyway so probably my nose isn't going to get much drier (it is the desert after all...)

10:40 am

that the Vit. C and Zinc Lozenges are very helpful at the beginning symptoms of any cold

10:41 am

unfortunately I didn't get the vitamin C until the cold was well under way - I suspect now it's not doing much except making me feel like I'm doing something

10:41 am

I never think about it being the desert there

10:42 am

It is pretty much a desert. There's a rainy season, Nov-Marcch, but the rest of the year, no rain at all

10:42 am

at the kibbutz where the wedding was held, they get 15 mm of rain per year - that's a little more than half an inch.

10:42 am

well, the best I can say then is take care of yourself. I hope you have a good flight; how long is it?

10:43 am

about 4 hours to Paris, then a 2-hour layover, then another 8 or 9 hours to Chicago

10:43 am

Wow! Never having been anywhere; I guess I always think of Israel as having a temperate climate

10:44 am

At least you have a break in that long flight, sue

10:44 am

It's very hot in the Spring- Early Fall and the winter is cooler and rainier

10:44 am

the southern part is very dry desert; the north is, well, Mediterranean (literally!)

10:46 am

I live in Ara [not far from the Dead Sea] for a year. Very dry, couldn't get used to it

10:46 am

It makes me wonder why they have fought over that area for so many centuries...

10:46 am

*Arad

10:47 am

Religion is the key word. And even though it is dry, the Israeli's have made great use of irrigation

10:48 am

it's so sad that we fight over religion, isn't it?

10:49 am

It's a repeatable pattern Nef

10:50 am

could I please have the stats on that lone O in the 2nd column, 4th row? I can't find it for anything

10:50 am

om 4/5

10:51 am

very true, bichon. But still very sad. the thing that should lift us up rips us apart.

10:51 am

and now it is time for crossy,s quote of the day!!

10:51 am

thanks, bichon

10:51 am

"All the system's paths must be topologically and circularly interrelated for conceptually definitive, locally transformable, polyhedronal understanding to be attained in our spontaneous -- ergo, most economical -- geodesiccally structured thoughts." -- R. Buckminster Fuller [...and a total nonsequitur as far as I can tell. -kl]

10:52 am

i think reading that hurt my brain:(

10:52 am

Damn! Bucky sure brought out the big guns for that one. Good morning, all.

10:53 am

Thanks again, bichon! I did not see that until I monkeyed that word just now!

10:53 am

basically i thing it means "i think,therefor i am"

10:53 am

I was going to say that's a very roundabout way of saying "it's all relative".

10:54 am

that works as well

10:54 am

Or, we all have to think inside the box.

10:54 am

hi, Judi! Love your icon!! :-)

10:54 am

i think we have to cut him off the coffee,whatever we do

10:54 am

And here I read it as meaning why he developed the roof shape!

10:54 am

Yes, Crossy. And take away al lhis Scrabble tiles.

10:55 am

no,he can have all the x,q and y,s

10:55 am

I love your icon too, Judi. How are you today?

10:56 am

I'm good, Nef. Howzabout you?

10:56 am

doing well, thank you. :-) Haven't seen you for a while; am I just missing you or have you been off?

10:57 am

Been busy at work. So, I play a little, lurk a little, chat a little. Mostly work.

10:58 am

well, it does pay the bills better than Babble does, I suppose... ;-)

10:58 am

So true.

11:00 am

Missing the qu7. What a surprise. Any clues?

11:01 am

i'll take a clue too - any clue - i'm totally clueless

11:01 am

Gerund form of lining up

11:02 am

merci molly

11:02 am

thanks, Molly! How are you today?

11:04 am

because i am feeling good today,you get a bonus quote of the day!

11:04 am

rennie, you are not clueless! But my clue will be a type of lettuce for a Ro 7/32!

11:04 am

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. - Douglas Adams

11:04 am

Ty for the clue, Molly.

11:04 am

ty nef

11:05 am

thanks nef!

11:05 am

Ish. Off to work again. No deadlines flying by me! *POOF*

11:05 am

I like that one, crossy. ANd I love Douglas Adams too

11:06 am

Hi Nef, doing okay, how about you?

11:08 am

doing well, Molly. Not even dressed yet and it's now 11 AM! (maybe it's time to do so though)

11:13 am

bbs, I'm going to take my own advice

11:13 am

I'm usually motivated to get out of pajamas by a trip to the store. Although I am seeing more and more people shopping in pajama pants and slippers and WHAT IS UP WITH THAT???

11:13 am

later nef

11:15 am

us too mollt - it has come to no holds barred - i go to the mail box and walk blondie in mine - sometimes to walgreens - bad girl bad girl

11:15 am

you should be molly not molting - sorry - i think i have sticky chocolate keys

11:16 am

Can anyone clue the ti7 please :o)

11:17 am

sorry norma - just started the grid

11:17 am

ti7...**** Turner, singer + first three letters of Mickey, the Disney rodent

11:18 am

Thanks for looking renfield

11:18 am

Molly brilliant clue thanks :o)

11:19 am

thanks molly - you be a goody girl!

11:20 am

could I have a clue for the an 7 please

11:20 am

whoo hooo what a clue! but the word, honestly!!!

11:21 am

an7 is a tumor made up of blood vessels

11:21 am

an7...first four letters of a heart condition + last three letters of a word meaning "scent" that starts AR

11:22 am

thanks I was trying a blood disorder!

11:23 am

right track

11:29 am

hi all

11:29 am

Hi JMC

11:29 am

how goes the construction?

11:30 am

angioplast is that kind of tumor i thought--that was what my hubby had

11:30 am

hey jmc and hego

11:30 am

no that's a procedure

11:30 am

Hi Renfield

11:31 am

Wasn't Renfield the guy in Dracula?

11:31 am

a

11:31 am

good morning, all :)

11:31 am

Hi Nan

11:32 am

yes hego - i am jacula's servant

11:32 am

hey nan

11:32 am

lol Ren

11:32 am

haha ren i didn't know that

11:32 am

hi cyber

11:33 am

when jacula is in the chog - i'm a really good person - when the jacula is away - well,,,,

11:34 am

well i have a loving xray of my hubbys head where his an7 was in the shape of a valentine heart

11:34 am

*lovely

11:34 am

awful JE

11:34 am

back. Hi everyone who's just joined chat

11:34 am

Nef how is your daughter?

11:35 am

OH MY, jmc!

11:35 am

i didn't think so. the doctor showed to my then 6 year old son who was fascinated

11:35 am

sorry i thought a nice story -- didn't mean to upset people

11:35 am

what's for lunch? who is cooking?

11:36 am

she's back to normal, hego. She was ill but unaware that she had a badly infected tooth. She had a root canal Dec. 28th

11:36 am

some nice clues for the 7's - ty, molly

11:36 am

it's okay, it's just that I knew he had passed away.

11:36 am

Nef, I'm glad to hear.

11:37 am

almost 20 years ago

11:37 am

jmc, it is a nice story to some, I'm glad you like it. It just sounds awful to me to think of something like that in the head

11:37 am

I remember that. You had told me.

11:37 am

Hahahaha...good when Jac is around? Why? : )

11:37 am

the nurse reaction. : )

11:38 am

hey molls

11:39 am

very true, hego. And is there such a thing as a "retired" RN? ;-)

11:39 am

jmc - thanks for sharing - children need to know what is going on - problems that can lead to the death of a parent should not be kept from them

11:39 am

Lunch time. bbl

11:39 am

Hi JMC. Not liking this Arctic thing that blew into town. Can't wait until it blows right back out again.

11:39 am

oddly many people at the time were surprised that i kept him informed

11:40 am

you mean Santa molly?

11:40 am

i am ignoring it as best i can molls

11:40 am

hey ru

11:40 am

Hi Ruru

11:40 am

gm ladies

11:40 am

molly - because jacula is - well jacula = queen of the night and i grovel for a shoofly pie - so i'm good

11:40 am

No California boy. I know it's hard for you to imagine, but our temperatures dropped about 20 degrees.

11:41 am

hru ru

11:41 am

27 today in Jersey

11:41 am

gee.. I'm sorry to hear that.. the weather is so nice out here

11:41 am

it dropped below 20 actually -- it has warmed up to 26

11:41 am

Brat!!

11:41 am

65 out here

11:41 am

weather? you have weather in California?

11:42 am

i will take the cold if i get spring and fall--something i grew up without in TX

11:42 am

oh, ruru; just go ahead and rub it in

11:42 am

:D

11:43 am

No, I mean our temperatures got 20 degrees colder. (Mental note: Be more specific)

11:43 am

*throws icicles at ru's head*

11:43 am

Ru, you really bring out the violent side of our anti-war friend. : P

11:44 am

what? they will melt

11:44 am

ok,i must leave you all and go do that nasty work thing,but i leave you all with one more quote to ponder...

11:44 am

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road. — Stephen Hawking

11:44 am

tc all..poink!

11:44 am

bye crossy

11:45 am

later crossy

11:46 am

I know Molls.. jm just is so excitable

11:46 am

maybe she's a pass-a-fist instead of a pacifist

11:48 am

no i am a conscientious objector to war--i never said i was a pacifist

11:49 am

stats for the n please

11:50 am

*!* ta da *!* - easy once I knew what I was looking for!

11:50 am

whoo hooo cyber!

11:50 am

na4 babblet

11:50 am

na4/4 babblet

11:50 am

na 4/4 babblet

11:50 am

damn it i knew that i am just not getting it out of my fingertips

11:50 am

jinx

11:51 am

there! got it

11:51 am

any other clues wanted before I leave?

11:52 am

stats for the bottom e please

11:52 am

en 5 babblet

11:52 am

en 5/10 another babblet

11:52 am

en 6/21 -- don't you just love that word?

11:53 am

*bangs head on computer*

11:54 am

be nice to your head, jmc. It's the only one you have (computers can be replaced)

11:55 am

anything else? (putting off some sewing)

11:55 am

but my head is not working properly--it hasn't for days

11:55 am

nbt

11:55 am

Non-peace loving objector to war...got it.

11:56 am

probably doesn't work because you're pouinding the 'puter withit!

11:56 am

non-nonviolent objector to war

11:56 am

(my grandson's favorite word: puter!)

11:56 am

bye everyone - enjoy your day :)

11:56 am

Non-non...love the prefix

11:57 am

bye, nan! HAGD

11:57 am

my boy uses that word too nef

11:57 am

it is more precise molls

11:57 am

bye cyber

11:57 am

The non-word puter gives me the gickies.

11:58 am

gickies? *puts on face mask*

11:58 am

Ron Paul is 2 1/2 yrs old and pretty good on the puter already (of course his Dad is QA supervisor for a gaming company

11:58 am

really? like the presidential candidate?

11:58 am

I would love to go back to school and get another degree so I could teach English and make kids speak in real words for at least 40 minutes a day.

11:59 am

not possible Molly

11:59 am

and yes, he's named that because both parents support the politician

11:59 am

so do it molls--there are inexpensive schools around here

11:59 am

*shudder* i don't mind eating his shrimp but i would never vote for him

12:00 pm

nbs

12:00 pm

??? eating his shrimp?

12:00 pm

All depends on your definition of "inexpensive". Nothing like that is in the budget for the foreseeable future.

12:00 pm

at his swearing in parties when he would be re-elected to congress

12:01 pm

he was very good on my issue--but since i am no longer at the center i no longer have to pretend that i think he is anything but nuts

12:01 pm

have to go to work now.. bye for now kids

12:01 pm

montgomery college could get you some credtis

12:01 pm

Oh, I thought JMC had him confused with Mrs. Paul.

12:01 pm

bye ru have fun at work

12:02 pm

bye Ru, HAGD!

12:02 pm

haha no i do know the difference!

12:02 pm

*Now wonders how many kids are named after politicians*

12:03 pm

omg the number of jack and johns in the sixties!

12:03 pm

and the jackies!

12:03 pm

my son was so upset with the political pundits last night that he called and ranted on about it. I finally put the phone down and just let him rant

12:03 pm

Does that mean we have a generation of Baracks up and coming?

12:05 pm

probably molls

12:06 pm

*I* didn't see anyone named after him while I was working in the small prenatal clinic.

12:06 pm

well i will behave myself and quit talking specific politics in the chog--no sense offending when i don't really have a vote living in the colony

12:07 pm

DH just informed me he needs a ride to a luncheon meeting now; bbs

12:08 pm

hi again, all!

12:08 pm

You don't have a vote?

12:12 pm

we do get to vote for president--but the district is a one party colony--since the republicans refuse to give us a voting member of congress

12:12 pm

hi uu!

12:12 pm

hi, jmc!

12:18 pm

overstock.com seems overpriced

12:18 pm

It is, ridiculously so.

12:18 pm

what are you buying?

12:19 pm

an outdoor ceiling fan

12:19 pm

i am now looking at home depot (since i refuse to buy from lowes any more)

12:26 pm

Do you need installation, or just the material?

12:28 pm

i just need a fan

12:28 pm

but for outdoor use and to hang at an angle and with a light. . . .sigh

12:29 pm

bbl

12:36 pm

is pondering outdoor ceilings... - evening all

12:36 pm

hi, glant!

12:36 pm

hi sue

12:38 pm

never seen do4 on it's own before - thought it always travelled with ding!

12:39 pm

It's a *cough* slang word *cough*

12:39 pm

ah, I'd missed that one!

12:40 pm

oh, dear.... guess it's a slang word in the US... i won;t ask, I'll make an educzted guess.... dangly, right?

12:40 pm

there you go, glant :-)

12:41 pm

I'm pretty sure if you referred to a man's do4, it would be the same no matter what country you were in.

12:42 pm

well you learn something new every day - didn't expect to learn that today LOL

12:42 pm

are you lot up to mischief again?

12:42 pm

always :)

12:43 pm

That's why I keep coming back. lol

12:43 pm

Who us?? Whatever do you mean?

12:43 pm

there she goes, looking all innocent and all.

12:44 pm

hi, hego :-)

12:44 pm

she's the one who noticed my naivety....

12:44 pm

Hi Sue

12:44 pm

that won't last.

12:44 pm

nbs and nbt

12:45 pm

well done sue

12:46 pm

who knew - there's a ho4 that rhymes with the do4 - now please don;t tell me that's another slang word I'm oblivious too..

12:47 pm

not that I know of, ask Molly

12:49 pm

<<<ducks to avoid Irish slap....

12:49 pm

:)

12:49 pm

tee hee

12:51 pm

i keep seeing welsh words in this grid

12:52 pm

the y and w, no doubt

12:52 pm

ch & wy

12:52 pm

ch is a letter as is rh - makes looking things up in the dictionary interesting

12:53 pm

don't, you're making me dizzy!

12:53 pm

i was very proud of myself today - the first word i spotted in the grid was ro7!

12:54 pm

usually i see lots of 4s before i see bigger words

12:54 pm

lettuce anyone?

12:54 pm

ty

12:55 pm

very good

12:55 pm

i saw the other ro7

12:55 pm

as i was wandering around

12:56 pm

do you have ar 6,18?

12:56 pm

Hi everyone. Stats for the n in the 4th column?

12:56 pm

this gid would be easier if the e and y in the top left were transposed, also the th and h in the bottom right

12:56 pm

no i have the ar6/28

12:57 pm

no 4,4 babblet

12:57 pm

me too

12:57 pm

the n in the 4th column is my blank tile

12:57 pm

ty

12:57 pm

yw

12:58 pm

na4/4

12:58 pm

ty sue

12:58 pm

Hi TNana, and soon to be someone else's Nana. : )

12:59 pm

which is it? I'm confused

12:59 pm

ar 6,18 sounds like when they put oil on your head

12:59 pm

Hi Molly

12:59 pm

will have to rename myself

12:59 pm

ty Sue for the correction.

12:59 pm

never had oil put on my head LOL

12:59 pm

is it no or na?

12:59 pm

na as Sue said

12:59 pm

okay, thnx

12:59 pm

but i got it from the clue hego - ty

1:00 pm

yw Glant

1:00 pm

glad you do not have an oily head. lol

1:00 pm

Personally I just think about it as one of those whacked out Babble words.

1:00 pm

hmm, just found a french town

1:00 pm

must go. bbl

1:00 pm

wonder what the other meaning is

1:00 pm

bye hego

1:01 pm

What does Trent think about having a cousin?

1:02 pm

He's pretty excited, although he has many cousins on the other side of his family.

1:02 pm

He'll be 13 in March, so not really geeked about it - ha!

1:03 pm

We've had a long time between grandchildren, so are pretty happy with the news.

1:03 pm

Yes, boys that age are not into babies.

1:04 pm

Finally - NBT/NBS

1:04 pm

i need the 2nd column O for NBT

1:05 pm

om/4

1:05 pm

doh - found it

1:05 pm

been looking on and off all day

1:05 pm

afternoon all - looking for AN 7/40 and AN 6/24. Can anyone clue either pleae?

1:07 pm

an7...first five letters of a procedure that ends in "plasty" and widens heart vessels + not pa

1:08 pm

ty molly - I'd never have got that

1:08 pm

an6/24 is sweater wool

1:09 pm

ty again - and I SHOULD have got that

1:09 pm

ty Molly - didn't have that one

1:09 pm

Sweater hair? Sweater stuff? : D

1:10 pm

yarn?

1:14 pm

r5/12 is another yarn

1:14 pm

ra

1:15 pm

Thank you Molly - AN 6 totally escaped me

1:18 pm

A clue for EN 6/21?

1:19 pm

somenody who is in love with someone

1:19 pm

it's how they feel about them

1:20 pm

ahh... thanks

1:23 pm

i am totally foxed by the ha6 -

1:24 pm

H+ two vowels + gerund

1:25 pm

ty - no wonder i was stumped

1:25 pm

We've got a little Scottish thing going on in the grid this week.

1:26 pm

that's happened before - all archaic words

1:34 pm

fireworks

1:35 pm

back. WTG, Glant!! YAY!!!

1:37 pm

I need 43 more words til halfway; then I'm going to move some furniture arouns since DH is gone! ;-)

1:40 pm

yay glant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1:40 pm

and I am a little past half way, nef...

1:43 pm

RO 6/21?

1:44 pm

don't have it, indigo, let me look

1:45 pm

oops, gotta go to the airport. bbl (maybe much l)

1:46 pm

sorry, wandered off for a bit. I don't have the ro 6 either (but am now looking, Jing)

1:47 pm

HAVE a safe trip, sue!

1:47 pm

i don't have it either

1:47 pm

Thanks Sue & nef - the R's are stumping me

1:48 pm

I only have ro 6/27...

1:48 pm

Amelu - i'll take it please!

1:48 pm

Amelu - i'll take it please!

1:49 pm

ro 6/21 is a type of cheese

1:49 pm

kinda like what you'd use for tennis...

1:49 pm

ro6/21 is a kind of cheese

1:49 pm

ro6/21 add a vowel to the person from capital of Italy

1:49 pm

Too late, Nef beat me to it

1:49 pm

nicer clue, ursh! How are you today?

1:50 pm

and the ro 7 is lettuce... are we having salads today?

1:51 pm

all good tx nef - just very hot and humid here now

1:51 pm

add the ma 5/16 to those 2 and it might be quite good!

1:51 pm

Thanks Ursh and Molly

1:53 pm

did you get the 6/27? Personally, I'd start it out with a C for the game...

1:53 pm

Tennis???

1:54 pm

no, the C uses mallets...

1:54 pm

I got it, amelu; just looked up the definition and I agree; it needs a C in front of it

1:55 pm

agree

1:55 pm

What you would use for tennis was the earlier clue, the fog is clearing.

1:55 pm

no, kinda like what you'd use for tennis...

1:56 pm

RO 5/16 - the last second one please

1:56 pm

sorta in a kinda way...

1:56 pm

leave off the last letter of the following... at least, that's mine...

1:57 pm

I'd like the stats for the 2nd row T please. I have to 4/4, t4/6 and 6/24. What am I missing?

1:57 pm

oh my goodness - thank you amelu! I tired every combo but that!

1:58 pm

6/27, nef

1:58 pm

~:-P

1:58 pm

thanks, amelu

1:59 pm

THanks for the clue AND hint! :-)

2:04 pm

Just realized I went past half way by quite a bit; 38 left now. And I'd better get to work moving furniture if I want to be do4/5 before DH gets home! BBL! Happy Babbling Everybody!

2:05 pm

NEF!!! WHY ARE YOU MOVING FURNITURE???

2:08 pm

last two and they are both 7's.

2:08 pm

QU 7/52 and TI 7/36?

2:09 pm

qu, in line

2:09 pm

qu7/52 forming a line

2:10 pm

hi all

2:10 pm

thank you thank you

2:10 pm

ti7=metal

2:11 pm

sorry hair trigger finger let me try again

2:11 pm

Ti** Turner +shut your ***th (keep quiet)

2:11 pm

ti7=metal+article+ theres no ***ntain high enough

2:12 pm

does the qu 7 have a gerund ending?

2:12 pm

Yes Bich

2:13 pm

ty Mols

2:13 pm

Thanks JMC

2:13 pm

ti7 is a kind of bird - took me ages to find it (thank you morewords)

2:15 pm

yw jindigo

2:18 pm

hi all....clues please for ro7/32and...qu6/33 please??

2:21 pm

Qu6.33 your thirst. Ro7.32 is a type of lettuce

2:21 pm

Morning all

2:22 pm

hi lynxxx and happy new year

2:22 pm

hi flask

2:23 pm

Remember everyone, The Gridmaster assumes you are all well versed in South American bird species. As if.

2:23 pm

Hi jmc - HNY right back at you - hope it is a very good year for you

2:23 pm

and ro 7 uses a NE state name

2:23 pm

oh a south american bird. . . that is why i didn't see it

2:24 pm

i have decided to have positive attitude! I will get a job and in fact i have to meeting lined up to find work

2:24 pm

Go To Meeting?

2:24 pm

ro6/27 is the lettuce.....I'm asking for ro7/32!

2:25 pm

I am sure you will with that attitude

2:25 pm

in that case, I will have to look

2:26 pm

ro6.27 is a ball game thing, ro7.32 is the lettuce

2:26 pm

ro the lettuce is 7/32

2:26 pm

no no two meetings *sigh* i need to turn the heat up but every time i think of the bill. . . .

2:27 pm

what kind of a ballgame? football, american football, basketball, baseball???

2:28 pm

so there are two lettuces then???

2:28 pm

The kind you play on the lawn, with mallets

2:28 pm

British, but the first letter is lopped off

2:28 pm

No, only one lettuce, ro7/32

2:28 pm

ooooo ic

2:28 pm

thats CROQUET!!!!!

2:28 pm

yes now drop the c off

2:29 pm

And there you have the best clue for ro6/27

2:29 pm

yes....and it gives you the lettuce!!

2:29 pm

don't forget the ro 5/16

2:30 pm

ro6.27 is a play within the game of cr*****

Aloha, jmc, molly, flask, bichon

2:30 pm

I've never heard of a lettuce called ro6/27

2:30 pm

I am sadly home from Kauai, but I can't seem to change my icon.

2:30 pm

No Molly, there's only one lettuce and it's the 7/32

2:31 pm

there is a white puppy dog

I have been waiting to past a url for my favorite hawaiian song it is in my profile too

2:31 pm

hi joansie

2:31 pm

Okay, Bravo. I just don't see it. It's a groomed Bichon

2:31 pm

Yes that is what I was thinking Bich. I had to check the definition of ro6/27 tom make sure there wasn't some odd lettuce I had never heard of.

hows the house coming?

I see a darling dog too!

2:32 pm

What? A white puppy dog named Lettuce?

2:32 pm

Yes, Molly, the mutant Bichon.

2:32 pm

slowly joansie

2:33 pm

Flask - the lettuce ro7.32 . Ro & your first m4 word & vwel

2:33 pm

they are going to paint my bedroom next week while i am at school

2:33 pm

little neighbor kids used to call me lettuce when they were young..couldn't say my name

2:34 pm

Letitia?

2:34 pm

weird sea

2:34 pm

Nice jmc....sounds like things are coming together

2:34 pm

No lynxxx...Lois

2:35 pm

now i am just waiting for the cabinets, counter and putting it all together

2:35 pm

not to mention the solar panels

2:35 pm

You really went all out there jmc!

2:36 pm

Has your son started doing anything to his new place?

2:36 pm

I'm now envisioning the lawn game with heads of lettuce instead of balls. There is no hope for me.

2:36 pm

well i figure this is the last time i will have a large chuck of cash--everyone who i could inherit from has died

2:36 pm

that would take pretty big wickets molls

2:37 pm

Molly is preten din g to be Alice in Wonderland

2:37 pm

lol do the lettuce heads have funny little faces on them Molly?

2:37 pm

he is getting the electric heavied up this week so that he can then add new plugs etc

2:37 pm

i can hear the lettuce heads crunch with each hit

2:38 pm

it was hedgehogs in Alice and Wonderland--and flamingos

sorry, my whale spotter just called from the lanai to alert me about the whales frolicking in the waves

2:39 pm

just using a bit of poetic licence

2:39 pm

It's lettuce!!! Soylent Green is lettuce!! Arrrggghhh!!!

2:40 pm

ok - i give up! I can not monkey the QU 7 - will someone dumb it down the lowest level possible (it has gerund at the end correct?)

2:40 pm

Your whale spotter? Oy, what a life.

2:40 pm

OK I'm going, the sight of Molly falling apart is too much for me. Bye all

2:40 pm

gettin in line in England Molly

2:40 pm

qu + two vowels + gerund

2:40 pm

must cost a lot to have a whale spotter on retainer

2:41 pm

an english line is a qu5, drop the silent vowel in the end and + gerund...

2:41 pm

bye lynxxx

I have taken Bichon's place here on the island of Kauai

2:41 pm

I am not Bich, I'm right here in Maryland. : )

2:41 pm

Is it as I left it joansi?

2:41 pm

Heard the surf is wicked high

40+ years of marriage

2:42 pm

surfs up!!!

2:42 pm

FINALLY - thank you.

surf warning they 6pm thurs

2:42 pm

*applause from the peanut gallery*

they = thru

2:43 pm

I just read some info on kauai this morning...because it is the first pic on my 2012 calendar in my office

goes with you name

2:43 pm

Is this some rotating vacation gig where one Babbler constantly replaces another? Where does one sign up for that?

2:43 pm

okay you heard it here first: US tax day is April17 thanks to the District of Columbia again

2:44 pm

wtg jindigo

2:44 pm

We only did south shore beaches, mainly Poipu

2:44 pm

woo hoo...I have 2 extra days for return and estimates

that's where we are

2:44 pm

<----always in the tax know

I will need those 2 extra days

2:46 pm

I hate filing the return and paying estimates the same time

2:46 pm

there will also be new interactive videos to get tax help from irs but i haven't heard where to access that yet

2:46 pm

you could always pay the estimate early

2:47 pm

lol not on your life jmc...I wait until the last possible minute lol

2:47 pm

Why do people have to file returns now?

2:47 pm

what do you mean bich?

bichon this song is for you

bichon this song is for you

2:47 pm

Quarterly payments I would guess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOLo9-g SxnI

2:48 pm

my husband is self employed so we have to pay est. taxes each quarter

and any ither

2:48 pm

quarterly payments are due april 15, june 15, sept 15, and jan 15

I am no good at chatting back to lurking and whale watching

2:49 pm

it beats being unemployed

2:49 pm

clue please for th5/16 please?

2:49 pm

joansie you were doing just fine

flask...underwear

2:52 pm

a racy pantie

2:52 pm

very, very brief briefs

jmc said it better

2:53 pm

thanx all of you....:-)

2:53 pm

must get ready to go to daughters for dinner...bbl

2:54 pm

You did want to know <gg>

2:55 pm

bye sea

2:55 pm

i liked bichon's clue best

2:55 pm

although the thought of them always makes me squirm

2:56 pm

the th 5/16 is something one should not wear if it makes that particular sound when taken off...

2:57 pm

<giggle>

2:58 pm

ty jmc, it did turn out well

2:58 pm

bbl

3:00 pm

gu 6?

rodent pet.... with oinky animal

3:03 pm

tyvm diane

one might think it's a proper noun

yvw, bichon

3:03 pm

There is the African country

never thought of the "fowl" clue

it's also a coin

hey, yes.... you're right... never thought of that angle either.

3:17 pm

hey all,is there a qu7?

yes

3:18 pm

may I have a clue pls

3:19 pm

yes peri, there is. Lining up in the UK

use that verb ending

3:19 pm

ty,I mustnot be spelling it correctly then

3:20 pm

nm found it ty

3:20 pm

missing two 7's and 28 other words

3:21 pm

hottie is not accepted!

3:25 pm

24 left, bbs

qu7 please?

clues at 3:19

any clues for the e's?

and Elmer Fudd says" my house is enwuin! LOL

3:44 pm

d'oh, only one left and it's the ti 7... clue?

3:47 pm

nm, a2zwordfinder helped. Firewords!

3:53 pm

*poof*

4:02 pm

any other clues for qu 7?

4:05 pm

qu7 -- like at the bank or the checkout

4:06 pm

gerund of to stand in line

4:09 pm

thanks so much- got it but not a common word here in canada so took awhile

4:12 pm

clue for an6/24 please?

4:14 pm

anyone please?

4:14 pm

an6/24 - type of yarn

4:15 pm

thankyou kcp!

4:27 pm

hi again all! in the airport...

4:39 pm

on your way home?

4:40 pm

we are indeed!

4:41 pm

although we can't check in for our flight for another hour and 20 minutes, and it doesn't leave for another 4 hours after that...

4:43 pm

geez why did you get to the airport so early then?

4:43 pm

thought you would be qu7 all day?

4:43 pm

b/c the flight leaves at 6 am, we'd have to be here no later than 3 am

4:44 pm

and someone else had a 12:30 am flight so we came with him, got here around 10:30 pm

4:44 pm

really? bummer--at least you should be able to sleep on the flight

4:44 pm

this way no one has to drive us in the middle of the night

4:44 pm

we were at the newlyweds' place - the other traveler was his uncle - they drove all three of us to the airport

4:45 pm

oic that makes sense--i did that once when i flew in at 11 and my flight was at 6 am--didn't seem worth getting a hotel

4:45 pm

well that was very nice of the newlyweds!

4:45 pm

indeed - alternative would have been to get a taxi to a train but at 2 am in a country where I don't even know the alphabet, never mind the language, that didn't sound like something I wanted to do

4:46 pm

yikes! yeah traveling where there is no english (or whatever it is) alphabet is dicey

4:47 pm

10-20 of the immediate family traveled with them through Israel after the wedding - didn't seem to faze them (indeed we all had a wonderful time)

4:47 pm

nice--probably still seemed like a party

4:47 pm

of course they've been living together for years...

4:48 pm

the couple? clearly not orthodox!

4:48 pm

it has been an amazing trip - I have hundreds of pictures and thousands of memories

4:48 pm

no, reform

4:48 pm

nice i am glad you got to go

4:48 pm

so I have pictures of the whole ceremony

4:49 pm

my son came with me - it was wonderful for him - he has such a sense of family now

4:49 pm

good he had a tough year this sounds like a good end

4:50 pm

hi, I'm back again. sue, it sounds like a wonderful trip; the trip of a lifetime!

4:50 pm

bbs

4:51 pm

hi bye nef

4:51 pm

bye jmc

4:51 pm

indeed it was, nef!

4:53 pm

will you post some of them in your profile, or on FB?

4:53 pm

they are all on FB

4:54 pm

Nef, I am putting you in time out for moving furniture. Please ask for help with things like that. (Said with love)

4:54 pm

Wow! You've been posting them as you took them then!~

4:56 pm

Molly, DH just had knee surgery for 2 torn meniscus cartilages in his right knee. If he was home; he'd try to do it. I was just moving a couple of hope chests (empty ones) and a dresser (which was on wheels); so it wasn't that big of a deal. DH would have tried to help and then kept going!

4:56 pm

yes, I uploaded them from my phone to my computer, and then to FB whenever I could get a wireless connection

4:57 pm

that's amazing to me that you've done that so fast, sue.

4:58 pm

I am SO wired :-)

4:58 pm

(I'm the person with wedding pictures from 2 years ago that I still have to give to my friend!)

4:58 pm

Yes Nef, and who just recently had hip surgery, hmmm? You need to be good to yourself.

4:58 pm

it is SO much easier when they are digital!

5:00 pm

than

5:00 pm

Molly, I had hip surgery back in July; I've been given permission to do whatever I want -except fall!- by the surgeon. All of the furniture was on the same level of the house too

5:00 pm

and HOW did I miss that one, molly???

5:00 pm

thanks for the clue, Molly! I missed that too!

5:01 pm

I'm going to the PB, I hope there is grain alcohol in there because it's been that kind of day.

5:02 pm

I have some nice date liqueur from a kibbutz in the Negev, molly, how would that be?

5:03 pm

(((Molly))) you need to care for yourself too!

5:11 pm

ti7/36?

5:16 pm

MS Turner's 1st name + 1st part of Disney's Mickey's Last name

5:16 pm

ha, morewords got it for me. fireworks!!!

5:16 pm

and thanks, nef!

5:17 pm

YAY, sue!!!! WTG!!! (now what will you do til your plane leaves?)

5:17 pm

sleep?

5:18 pm

Good Luck! :-) It's not always easy to do in an airport

5:18 pm

actually I am chatting with my son...

5:18 pm

Much better plan!

5:18 pm

except now he is planning on sleeping on the floor, so I will read or something

5:21 pm

I spent a night at Dulles in 2006 during a heavy rain. I was on crutches; and EVERYTHING closed down after 11 or 12MN. There wasn't a change machine or coffee machine or anything working after that

5:22 pm

The floor zamboni cleaners came through somewhere around 2 or 3 AM, just as I'd finally fallen asleep

5:23 pm

ah well, here the cafes and the candy store and the book store and the jewelry store are still open

5:23 pm

and once we get through security there are more stores which I suspect will also be open

5:23 pm

Swarovski crystal closed at 1 am, though...

5:27 pm

what time is it there?

5:28 pm

1:30 am

5:28 pm

at 2 we can check in for the flight and go through security

5:29 pm

it sounds like they may stay awake better that Dulles International Airport then! :-)

5:29 pm

Not til 2 AM? Wow.

5:29 pm

yes, with the early flights and intense security they pretty much have to

5:30 pm

and it is purely an international airport, which makes a difference too, I think

5:31 pm

I suppose they have heavier security there because of the political and religious state of the Middle East

5:31 pm

yes, El Al security is legendary (and the legends are true, in my experience)

5:32 pm

at least you're safe!

5:34 pm

indeed we are!

5:36 pm

and the area around the kibbutz is particularly safe (far southern Israel) - early on there was a skirmish with the Jordanians, and in retaliation the Israelis closed the Red Sea ports - Jordan is otherwise landlocked and depends on that port so they have been careful to keep things on an even keel since then

5:37 pm

Israel has ports on the Mediterranean as well but the Red Sea access is also very important to them, so it is in everyone's best interest to keep that area peaceful

5:37 pm

(this is the story we got when we were there, anyway, and it seems to be accurate as far as I can tell)

5:38 pm

sounds very interesting. I'm not sure that I'd be brave enough to go there right now though

5:39 pm

well, I trust my relatives who live here, and they seem to know where to go and not to go

5:39 pm

although I did get a little worried about my son when he and the other cousins went to a bar that was right on the Lebanese border - that area has been calm recently too, though

5:42 pm

Good thing! (I'm afraid my son would be the one to stir stuff up, so I'm glad it wasn't him!)

5:42 pm

his mouth goes before his brain is activated sometimes

5:45 pm

my son is actually pretty sensitive

5:47 pm

that's good in that type of a situation. My son is very caring and sensitive; but (as I said) his mouth spouts off before he thinks sometimes

5:52 pm

I need to fix supper. You have a good trip, sue; sleep now if you can after you get through security.

5:54 pm

ok, take care, nef!

5:55 pm

wicked wy4 of the west

geesue,i didnoteven think to ask you to look upmychildhood playmates while you were there. I've been unable to find them via the net.

and hi all

6:19 pm

Hi TO

hi molly

this is a little beast

6:33 pm

I've only been able to pick at it a little at a time since it was a day from hell at work.

ooh sorry

i am trying my .89 loaf of 12grain bread arnold copycat i bought at aldi this week.

6:35 pm

Thanks. I should have expected it. My boss is going on vacation tomorrow and I was pretty sure he would pull some last minute, BS stuff, which he did. It's over. And he's gone for a week. YAY!!!!!!!

6:35 pm

How is the bread?

yay for bosses' vacations!

it is betterin a sandwich thann plain, perhaps because i had organic twelve grain before it.l when i have full fat cheese vice half fat,if no comparison i would not even notice

have not tried toasted, most whole grain is best that way imo

6:37 pm

How do you like Aldi? I've heard good and bad things about it.

we had usedit 15 years ago+ for the rolls for our work picnic, they were fine and very cost efficient. they would order them for us fresh vice going to the wonder store for offlloads.

6:40 pm

So it's better for bulk buying?

i have liked everything i have bought there: cornbread crackers (best), spring mix, onions@3lb for .99, baby carrots were .59 for months, i also got brave and tried the turkey italian sausage it was really good. no it is nice you do not have to buy in bulk, except for potatoesbut they comein 5and 20lb sizes

6:42 pm

An Aldi is opening up here soon. I will probably try it for some things.

as for frozen convenience foods, i don'tuse them but they havesome interesting ones,esp desserts.

6:43 pm

I don't do frozen convenience foods either. The only things I buy frozen are juice, spinach and ice cream.

thst id ehst i did, bought what was intereting noneseentials and what was a good buy like the onions and carrots. I do not have tomgo out of my way, i pass it.

soryy sticky keyboard

they have not been able to get the sausage for months. i was so leery of it i had it in the freezer for a month and when i triedit there was no more. that happens, some stuff is short term stock

6:46 pm

Some stores are like that. They buy in bulk and when they run out, it's a while before they get it again.

trader joes.it can be maddening.

6:48 pm

Never been there either.

since quaker polluted/improvedtheir maple oatmeal, i switched to tj sand i love it

however, i pass all of these places ont he way to work. so i can afford to cherry pick

6:53 pm

Isn't Trader Joe's expensive?

depends. the oatmeal was2.49 for a tenpouch box.

however, for nuts they are great also forcheese

6:54 pm

That's not bad.

for baking nuts they are the best

however they do prompt impulse buying. they have neatstuff. i boight a gruyere caramelized onion and ham flatbread.great appetizer

6:58 pm

I'll have to remember that.

well just imo.def cheaprethan whole foods but the invenotry intersects not overlaps

7:09 pm

Whole Foods is too pricey for me.

forme aswell.y firneds dosay they will never cook thanksgiving again, they get it there. they say the holiay mac & cheese is the best. for two, makes sense

and the husband cooks some stuff,so they are not people who cannot cook at all. they buy all o f their meet there.

7:12 pm

I work with a woman who shops exclusively at Whole Foods (don't ask me why because she eats out and orders in all the time) and supports a non-working boyfriend, then whines and says she has no money. Gee, I wonder why.

when we were living in the hotel on work assignment, folks often used their hot food bar

7:14 pm

I would try a Thanksgiving like that if it were only two of us. But for my clan, it would probably be too expensive.

7:16 pm

whole foods have some great stuff for sure

7:18 pm

Hi IJ

7:23 pm

hi again all, we are through security finally

7:25 pm

and I guess since we are in the duty free area and officially en route I will change my flag back

7:29 pm

Good evening all. My computer has been on the fritz for a couple of days....probable time to invest in a new one.....this will stay on for a few minutes at a time.....so I didn't get to start early today. Hope everyone is well and happy.

7:29 pm

probably even

7:29 pm

Hi Peach, sorry about your computer.

7:30 pm

Hi there, dear Molly. Is everyone in you family well?

7:31 pm

We are good Peach, thanks for asking.

7:31 pm

Great!

7:32 pm

How are things with you, other than the aging computer?

hi ij sue and peachy, i was booted, tome for a new pc as well

7:33 pm

hi, peach!

7:33 pm

Oh, about the same....sinus and allergies are the biggest complaint.....but then, most people here complanining about it too. Misery loves company. LOL

7:33 pm

hello sue - have a safe trip home

7:33 pm

Hi there sue.

sue, i wish i had thought to ask you to look up my old neighbors while you were in country, have not been able to find them via the web

7:33 pm

hi wv, will do!

hi teachy :)

7:34 pm

well, TO, I can ask my relatives about them - where did/do they live?

when they moved, they were K'far haor near hadera

haroe

7:35 pm

TO, do have a favorite brand of computer? I've only had 2 and they were/are emachines Windows something.

7:35 pm

haroe

7:35 pm

Sorry, wrong box.

7:35 pm

I have one sister-in-law who used to live near there, but she lives in Abu Ghosh now

gee peach, i have had a compaq and a dell.at work i have had dell and hp and another tech refresh is immiment. i have heard good things about emachines in the past

lol peachy, that is where my fneighbors emiegrated to in israel! i was correctin my typo! :)

7:37 pm

Kind of tough to make a decision, eh?

7:37 pm

btw, I finished earlier, so if anyone wants clues maybe I can help (although my brain is pretty fried)

i will not do dell again.

7:38 pm

Hah! TO.

7:38 pm

Thanks for that, TO.

:P

7:38 pm

me either, TO, and I'm not a big fan of HP any more either

7:40 pm

My printer is a HP and isn't working either at the moment.

7:40 pm

am 5/16 would be a help

7:40 pm

Mexican friend, ru.

7:40 pm

Spanish friend

7:40 pm

spanish friend

7:41 pm

an7?

time to list and knock this sucker out

7:41 pm

Peach, I have had very good experiences with Dell and Gateway. My laptop is a Toshiba.

7:41 pm

ay caramba

7:41 pm

OK, thanks for that Molly.

7:41 pm

an7...a heart procedure that ends in "plasty" + not pa

7:43 pm

perfect thank you molly

7:44 pm

en6?

7:45 pm

to be in love with

7:45 pm

I am very ♥♥ en6ed with your puns Ru

7:45 pm

*smacks head*

7:45 pm

ok, battery is running low, going to sign off now. see you all later!!

7:45 pm

thanks you guys.. I'm really slow today

7:45 pm

yw!

7:46 pm

See you then, sue.

*smacks ru's head for good measure*

7:46 pm

Any help with mi 5/14 please?

7:46 pm

Join the club Ru. *Passes Ru a glass of wine that ends in "ot" *

7:46 pm

ouch.. thanks for nothing TO..lol

bye sue safe trip

7:49 pm

why can't enable spell kitty sounds correctly

7:51 pm

*smacks head again.. omg I am an idiot*

7:51 pm

I don't know but that annoys me to no end

7:52 pm

That spelling that is

7:53 pm

:D

7:53 pm

It reminds me of the cat that had a thing for Pepe Le Pew who said "Le Mew"

7:55 pm

lol.. oh boy that takes me back some

7:55 pm

ti7?

7:56 pm

Clue for mi 5/14 please

7:56 pm

kitty sounds..

7:56 pm

just found ti 7 in the dictionary

7:56 pm

ti+ actress Ti** Louise + boca...the orafice that takes in food ***th

7:56 pm

ti7...Turner who was married to Ike + well shut my ***th

7:57 pm

mi 5 french kitty sounds

7:57 pm

molly has a better clue

7:57 pm

what a dumb word.. jeez .. thanks molly

7:57 pm

stupid french cats...

7:57 pm

You want dumb words? You have come to the right place.

7:57 pm

Le Pussie Francaise

7:58 pm

Le Hairball

7:58 pm

Miz, did you get the mi5-14?

7:58 pm

Thanks ruru!

i think i will be reduced to begginhg soon

7:59 pm

yes, peach

8:00 pm

*sits in chair.. wants to observe begging*

8:01 pm

*whistles*

8:01 pm

Ru, you are a bad, bad boy. But we "beggars" do like you a lot.

*biting tongue and summoning discretion*

8:01 pm

ROFL

8:04 pm

*whistles some more*

ok i will require clues,i have already missed the show on the rare birds of the amazon ,i willNOT miss the two on natural disasters.

8:04 pm

Hoo boy, expensive wine, cheap thrills.

i LOVE natural disasters. i mean, form the historical perspective

8:05 pm

I think Kim Kardashian is a Natural disaster

8:05 pm

Nothing about her is natural

8:05 pm

who would now ever marry that freak?

well said molls. she is very very attractive.

of course this is america and she is not blonde, so that is relaticely speaking.

qu7 pls?

8:07 pm

she and her whacko family are extremely unattractive..

8:07 pm

lining up the next record qu7

8:08 pm

uses the gerund ending TO

ty did not see the other u

8:08 pm

that was one I smacked my head on

to8?

to6?

8:08 pm

there is no TO8

8:09 pm

one is in your mouth

8:09 pm

the other is taking something in a bag

nm ty and night all

8:09 pm

I think the Kardashians are ghoulish looking.

8:09 pm

night TO.. take care.. have a good night

8:09 pm

me too molly

8:10 pm

it's like Barbie from Hell on that thing

8:11 pm

I like the SNL versions

8:11 pm

And don't get me started on that Snooki creature.

8:11 pm

I haven't watched SNL in many years

8:12 pm

check out the clips on youtube or hulu...they are quite funny, they (the 3 main sisters) usually pop up on weekend update,

8:13 pm

But you know, there are men (and women) who would marry anything for money and/or celebrity.

8:16 pm

stat for the top "T" on first column pls.

8:18 pm

Sounds like a W word for bar maid, or pirate woman. Rhymes with Dame Judy's last name.

8:18 pm

Oh crap, sorry. You said stats. *Goes to PB in search of hard liquor*

8:18 pm

thanks Molly

8:20 pm

Molly I take all the help I can get. Thank you.

8:20 pm

God bless the wishbone offense Big Red.

8:20 pm

Boomer Sooner!

8:21 pm

And God bless Barry Switzer.

8:23 pm

Switzer is a good guy. We like him around here.

8:27 pm

to6 pls

8:28 pm

Which one? One is what you stick out to be rude, the other is the gerund form of a bag you carry things in.

8:29 pm

i needed both. thanks mol

8:29 pm

ty Molly,the rude one

8:30 pm

: P

8:30 pm

Red, "Saving Grace" did some great bits about The Sooners. Did you watch that show?

8:31 pm

No, never seen it. May have to Youtube it

8:33 pm

My fifth grade teacher is here Mr. ro6/21

8:33 pm

I watched it because I was intrigued by a plot in which a "last chance Angel" take up with a hard core, female, alcoholic cop. But it's set in Oklahoma and they did touch on the Sooner love.

8:34 pm

do you remember when the episode aired?

8:34 pm

fw, now back to words with friends. cu tomorrow

8:41 pm

May I please have a clue for qu5-16 the 1st? Thanks

8:41 pm

It was lots of episodes. They had a running bit with a cop in the precinct who was a Longhorn fan. And Barry Switzer actually made a guest appearance.

8:41 pm

To slake your thirst Peach.

8:42 pm

Scratch that. Sorry. Sounds like a nickel, dime or penny.

8:42 pm

hi everyone!

8:43 pm

ti7?

8:43 pm

ti7...Woman who was married to Ike Turner + well shut my ***th

8:44 pm

hi everyone!

8:44 pm

Hi Jen.

8:45 pm

wow molly, my first word, the 7 you gave

8:45 pm

Prince Charles told her she had great legs. I know you all really need that information. Actually, she does.

8:46 pm

thanks!

8:47 pm

Wonder why we have sinus cavities?

8:47 pm

She has some of the best legs in show business and as ZZ Top says "she knows how to use them"

8:48 pm

I think she is close to 70.....sure doesn

8:48 pm

look it.

8:50 pm

Nef, if you are still here, will you please "send" me some energy? Thanks so much.

8:51 pm

Peach, I'm here and I will light a candle and send you some energy and lots of love.

8:51 pm

Anyone else as well.....my sinus' are so bad.

8:51 pm

Thanks, dear Molly.

8:52 pm

Speaking of energy.....ruru, are you still going to have knee surgery this month? If so, please let us know the date.

Sending you a prayer peach! my sinuses are really giving me fits too

8:54 pm

Energy up to The Moon Lady and back down to you Peach. Knowing that you will feel it and find your own energy as well.

8:54 pm

Thank you so much, Magazinemom.

8:54 pm

Molly you are so wonderful.

clue for the an 7/40 please?

8:58 pm

For Peach and MagMom, a verse from John O'Donohue's "Beannacht"... May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean be yours, may the protection of the ancestors be yours. And so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind your life.

8:58 pm

Heart related procedure + not pa.

Ah that's beautiful Molly! Thank you!

thanks peach thats fireworks for me!

8:58 pm

Oh, Molly, how beautiful. Thank you.

8:59 pm

Congrats, Luv!!!!!!

ty

any clues needed?

9:00 pm

I'm going to lie down for a bit. Later

hope you feel better soon, peach

9:13 pm

((hugs all)) migrainy, but wanted to play a little while I am up. hope you are all well *sending healing to peach*

9:17 pm

(((Stiddy)))

9:17 pm

hey LBD -- read that you-all are in Spring weather too? it's un-nerving to have little frogs singing this time of year...

9:21 pm

Tom is cleaning out the dead van that is getting picked up tomorrow and found a lovely pair of earrings that I had completely forgotten... can't wear anymore, but they are pretty. Might try putting them in at some point when I don't have work pending. LBD, I am actually pre-scheduled this month for six days already! :-D

9:22 pm

fishy silly na 4...

9:22 pm

need one more blank....

9:26 pm

Unless it's the o, I can help ..

9:27 pm

it's the o tor! LOL oh well

9:27 pm

om4 .. just got it ..

9:27 pm

*gasp* another fishy one! thanks!

9:28 pm

how are you tor? haven't seen you here in ages

9:28 pm

my laptop battery is about to die...

9:28 pm

I'm ok except for getting robbed and sick ..

9:29 pm

om4, to skip over

9:30 pm

it's good you're getting the calls, stiddy. that means they are getting to know you and want you!

9:30 pm

My laptop battery might be about to die .. wherever it is .. I don't know ..

9:31 pm

I saw the robbed on fb, I hope the people who did that to you catch the worst flu ever. And I hope you get and stay healthy...

9:31 pm

I'm getting better .. I don't want to go on the cart ..

9:32 pm

*sound of ringing bells and moaning people in the gutter*

9:32 pm

just logging on torgone..you got robbed???!

9:33 pm

My house got broken into a couple days before xmas ..

9:33 pm

:((

9:33 pm

I am SO close to halfway... (((cross)))

9:33 pm

gint

9:33 pm

oops.

9:34 pm

it is always a bit of trauma when your npersonal property get violated

9:34 pm

They came back a couple days later and got my car stereo ..

9:34 pm

((stidmama))

9:34 pm

sounds like someone who knows you and the patterns of your schedule

9:35 pm

the perp will be someone very local

9:35 pm

ah, halfway. *satisfied mama look*

9:35 pm

They were watching for sure ..

9:35 pm

or just a couple of rotten creepoids who got lucky that no one was watching *disapproving mama look at creepoids*

9:36 pm

wish i was there for you torgone,i would hunt them down and make thier life a living hell

9:37 pm

ask my mrs,i am good at making peoples lives hell lol

9:37 pm

Thanks cross .. but there are too many perps in this area .. That's why we're moving soon ..

9:38 pm

*has difficulty imagining sweet cross being difficult*

9:38 pm

moving north, tor? there's some nice property near us...

9:38 pm

mm san diego i see..

9:39 pm

I would be more difficult too if it weren't just things that can be replaced ..

9:40 pm

Except for the bag of coins, pins and medals I'd collected from around the world ..

9:40 pm

okay down to almost no power... ((((tor)))) I wish you never have to experience that again.

9:41 pm

if it can be replaced,relax and move on and carry a long butcher knife to cut off the fingers of the assholes next time they try that shait

9:41 pm

Thanks ((((stid))))

9:41 pm

everyone, I hope tomorrow will be a lovely day for you all! *poof*

9:42 pm

Seriously, if I had been here when someone tried to come in my house, I might be in jail right now ..

9:43 pm

Violence would surely ensue ..

9:43 pm

my wife,when she was a single lass was robbed at night..she hit the perp over the head with a cast iron frying pan..he sued for excessive force..the scumbag lost lol

9:43 pm

i fell in love with her right then

9:43 pm

What a woman!

9:45 pm

i have seen the scene pictures..there was a DENT in the cast iron pan!

9:45 pm

Hehe .. nice

9:45 pm

nice indeed

9:46 pm

crossy loves a woman with spunk

9:48 pm

Spunky is good ..

9:54 pm

hi again. Crossy, you're lucky she's never used that pan on you!

9:59 pm

firewords!

10:08 pm

Well done, Jen!

10:11 pm

I have 6 words left to find

10:11 pm

Just ask for clues, if you need any gemini.

10:13 pm

I need an A and an R word ~ bottom first column

10:13 pm

m, a , e at bottom of 2, 3 4 columns

10:14 pm

2 m words

10:14 pm

am5/12 = a + the boss is the m*** man.

10:15 pm

have that one

10:16 pm

WTG, Jen!!! YAY!!!

10:16 pm

I don't know how you tell the first 2 letters,, how many letters, how many points?

10:16 pm

ma6/21 - a supernatural being.

10:16 pm

gemini - I've got to guess since you can't be specific with stats.

10:16 pm

I don't know where you find the stats?

10:16 pm

en6?

10:17 pm

gemini - read the 'help' section above the chog for explanation of how to do the stats.

10:17 pm

go to the Friends of Babble below the grid and find Lickety's Babble CLues

10:17 pm

I have tile stats and word stats... I have read that

10:17 pm

evening all

10:18 pm

ahhh that 's probably it Nef... thanks

10:18 pm

Shirlock - en6 - to love. You might become en6ed of an object or a person and have a crush on them?

10:18 pm

Hi Jess.

10:18 pm

thx jac!

10:18 pm

y/w Shirlock.

10:19 pm

gemini - hope you find what you seek now.

10:20 pm

Gemini, for Newbies, first read the Help box (right above the chat log); then I like to refer you to AngelSong's Babble Page (down below the grid again). That really helps first; Lickety's page is sometimes not up for the day lately. All of the people who do these pages do it for free;

10:22 pm

nbs

10:23 pm

Keep going, jess.

10:23 pm

I found Lickety's page,,, that seems like a LOT of help.... I read the help here... I understand that,,, just didn't know where you found the first 2 letters... got it now...

10:23 pm

ti7?

10:24 pm

26 left and I have to list now.

10:24 pm

gemini - you'll also sometimes find list/stats in bios on the chog. That's the first 2 letters of a word and the stats.

10:25 pm

singer Ms Turner + the first half of Disney's Mickey's last name

10:26 pm

just cheated with morewords and got it

10:26 pm

but thx nef

10:26 pm

ti7, Shirlock, is a bird like a grouse from Central and Southern America. An anagram of 'in am out' or, failing that, a big hill like Everest without its last letter.

10:27 pm

Nef - your clue was simpler. LOL. I always seem to take the roundabout way of clueing!

10:27 pm

thanks

10:28 pm

thanks all... I found the 2 letter clues

10:29 pm

tinamou

10:29 pm

Welcome to the mad world of Babbelonia, gemini.

10:29 pm

oops hello everybody!

10:29 pm

Bug - wrong box!

10:29 pm

now THERE is a simple clue :)

10:29 pm

*shuffles off to the penalty box*

10:29 pm

jess - ROFLOL!

10:30 pm

Bug - there might still be a few stale mincepies in the PB.

10:30 pm

I love it when others do that for me but it is so embarrassing

10:30 pm

so glad Jacula. Nothing but stale Christmas cookies left here.

10:30 pm

You do some good clueing, Bugs! ;-)

10:31 pm

Bug - not as embarrassing as if you'd typed a rude word in upper case (which people sometimes do).

10:31 pm

hee hee Nef. I just came back from having a rest and did not check where the cursor was

10:31 pm

I restocked the PB with fudge earlier today and didn't eat any of it

10:32 pm

one night at flip, I think I entered 10 words before I realized I was in the chat box.

10:32 pm

I have been back at school for 2 days and everyday gremlins sneek in and leave choclates and treats. It is such a temptation!

10:32 pm

I think I saw half a bottle of flat champagne in the PB fridge.

10:33 pm

I was typing as fast as I could... Not good when you look at the grid and your keyboard and not what you typed

10:33 pm

*rummages in the fridge for rum and eggnog instead*

10:33 pm

No rum in the fridge, Bug. Renfield was in earlier and she would have drunk all that.

10:34 pm

half way

10:35 pm

it's ok . i plan to be out as soon as I stop talking lol

10:35 pm

LOL, Bug.

Hi. did I miss Renni? Sad Panda face

10:38 pm

Hi Herin. Yes, but so did I. She was telling everyone how she behaves herself if I'm in the chog (since I am her boss) but if I'm not... and, since I wasn't, I'll bet she drank all of the rum!;-)

I dont think madam Ren knows the meaning of the word

10:39 pm

SWMBO was in here a couple of days ago, too. Not seen her for years!

10:39 pm

Herin - which word? 'behave'?

poot. I missed everyone. Yep behave

10:41 pm

Herin - I missed them, too. I only saw because I checked back on the chog. I don't always do that but have been doing for the past few days.

My cat so does not take a hint

10:41 pm

And the hint is...?

Stop slurping and eating yourself on the coffee table while I am trying to eat breakfast. (yes I got up at 3pm)

10:42 pm

phantom angina

10:42 pm

Oh I hate it when cats do that! Yes, it's very off-putting.

Slurrrrrrrrrrrrp slurp slurp. Ewww

10:43 pm

Jess - an7.40 comes close.

She has been poked half a dozen times with a remote and still ignores me

10:44 pm

yes, found that. was trying to get the 6 after it, thinking it might be related... turns out to just be fluffy instead.

10:44 pm

try the hard poke with your big toe encased in a slipper. Poke then move the foot upwards in a rapid fashion.:-)

It doesn't work Jac. She is just annoying. probably warm. Lucius was a bed bug this mornign

10:45 pm

Kicking her off the table doesn't work?

Did that she got back up and flopped on the corner. the glass is cool

hi jess and thanks for those 2 words

10:48 pm

Growing up, I used to live next door to a girl who would sit at the open part of the fence on the patio eating with her mouth open, with all the accompanying noises, and staring at me. I used to hang a blanket over the fence so I at least couldn't see her!

She wasnt special in any way?

10:50 pm

She wasn't exactly an umpleasant girl - she'd offer you a lick of her icecream or take a well-sucked sweet out of her mouth and offer it to you. No, she wasn't 'special' - just hadn't been taught any different. The family of 4 shared one toothbrush between them.

O ok. it just sounds like something my friends kid would have done as a boy

10:51 pm

Speaking of the word 'special' and how it's come to mean something else, just like 'gay' has... the buzzword on this year's Christmas cards for relatives etc., seemed to be 'special' and so I avoided buying any.

10:51 pm

uNpleasant, I meant!

10:53 pm

She also had a sinus problem and had 'yellow candles' streaming from each nostril. Sometimes runny, sometimes dried out on her upper lip. BLEURGH!

See the thing is I personally dont find using the word special to describe someone as a bad thinng.. I would say individual but most wouldnt get that

So the kid was more raised by wolves then

10:54 pm

Herin - not exactly but something like that. LOL

10:56 pm

'special' in UK is used by the younger age group to describe someone who is mentally challenged in some way.

10:57 pm

This is only a recent thing, brought about by all the PC nonsense over the past decade.

Jac it is here too but i never seemed to associate it with a negative. I have no idea why

Did you read a so called study about jamie Olivers cook book and how one recipe is worse than a Mac Donalds Burger?

10:59 pm

http://tinyurl.com/6yw8jg

10:59 pm

Brass in Pocket (1979) by The Pretenders would mean something else entirely now!

11:00 pm

Herin - re the cookbook. No, I didn't. Where was that?

11:03 pm

Jamie doesn't advocate that you should NEVER eat fatty food or fast food - just that it should not form the main part of your diet.

here: http://tinyurl.com/87o3htx

Sorry I can't still get my new pc to work right

11:05 pm

That seems to be a link for the TV series 'V'.

Soryr

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl e-2080289/Jamie-Oliver-meatball-sandwi ch-Chef-blasted-heart-attack-recipe.ht ml

11:08 pm

mi5,14 please?

11:09 pm

I've got the article now and read it. Once thing the US attackers seem to have forgotten, aside from what I said about high calorie/high fat etc., not forming the main part of your diet, is portion sizes. They are much smaller here in UK and also include fresh steamed vegetables.

11:10 pm

jes -mi5.14 - cat noise in French.

11:10 pm

thans

11:10 pm

k

11:11 pm

y/w, jess.

11:12 pm

Herin - the pheasant casserole is a case in point. It's not something you'd eat more than once a year.

11:12 pm

qu7,52?

11:13 pm

jes - standing in line.

11:13 pm

so... haven't read the book, dunno who the chef is, don't really care about the argument, but... why is pheasant something you'd only eat rarely?

11:13 pm

waiting to be served

11:14 pm

thanks

11:14 pm

jes - because it's a game bird that can only be shot between August - December.

11:14 pm

y/w re qu7, jes.

11:15 pm

yah... but you get more than one bird in a hunting season. we used to have quite the trade in pheasant amongst my classmates.

Jac apparently a serve for 4 is a serve is one

11:15 pm

Game meat is also very expensive.

11:15 pm

Herin - LOL!

11:16 pm

not if you hunt it yourself, or your family does.

11:17 pm

perhaps I'll get classed as redneck here, but I eat venison year round, and elk also.

11:17 pm

beef is expensive! elk is free.

11:18 pm

a hunter can take a dozen pheasant; that's a dozen chickens i don't have to buy, and depending on how you cook it, at least 2 dozen meals of pheasant from those.

11:19 pm

We watched a programme on TV the other night about a 74 stone woman who'd tried to cover up for her sister over the death of her nephew. She was such a broken and weak woman, I think I can see why she did that. However, she did tell the truth in the end and stop her sister abusing any more of her children. The woman ate about 18,000 calories a day in about 5 meals. Each plateful of tacos, wraps, burgers she ate would have been enough to share between the 4 of us here at home and we'd only eat 8,000 between all of us, 10,000 at most a day.

11:20 pm

Jes - we have strict rules here in UK about when game can be taken.

11:21 pm

We do here also. But we also have freezers.

11:21 pm

there are hunting seasons here too... and licenses....

We have wild deer but they are full of ick

11:21 pm

just because you take it in September doesn't mean you have to eat it in September.

11:21 pm

Jes, so do we but perhaps filling them with game isn't a priority? Mine's full of home-grown fruit and veg.

And don't start me on the duck hunting. It is bloody wrong that yobs are allowed to shoot to kill not for food.

11:22 pm

Herin - I LOVE roast duck. That's what we had on Christmas Day. But it was farmed duck, not wild duck. Wild duck tastes much better.

11:22 pm

I'm just saying that the statement that pheasant is something nobody would eat more than once a year is perhaps not entirely true, that's all.

11:23 pm

jes - it's true for most people in the UK, other than the monied classes (who can afford bigger freezers).

11:23 pm

I think it would be unpleasant to eat pheasant too often.. especially if you've shot partridges with your cartridges..

11:24 pm

gilbert and sullivan just showed up! hi ruru

11:24 pm

I'm actually not that keen on game meat, other than duck or goose (which doesn't count as 'game' exactly.)

11:24 pm

11:24 pm

please don't say out of a pear tree

11:25 pm

LOL, Westford.

11:25 pm

I think we struck ruru speechless. wow

11:25 pm

we wait all year for our friend to give us a pheasant pie..good good good

11:25 pm

............

11:25 pm

hi westford. long time no see

11:25 pm

hi bugs

11:26 pm

lurking and getting very hungry..one left

11:26 pm

I had sweet and sour pheasant at a friends once.. and you had to be careful about the buckshot

11:26 pm

I wouldn't call myself especially monied, but I can afford a chest freezer... it's probably older than I am, but it'll hold a cow, a pig, an elk and various birds.

11:26 pm

I'm not the pheasant plucker. I'm the pheasant plucker's mate. I'm only plucking pheasants 'cos the pheasant plucker's late. Try reading that out loud and reading it fast.:-)))

11:26 pm

he hunts them and then cooks them up

11:27 pm

wow

11:27 pm

go westford

11:27 pm

Jes - your chest freezers must be bigger than mine.

11:27 pm

I can go no further without a little clue

11:27 pm

whew.. I thought jac said pheasant phucker

11:27 pm

and before you point out the lack of veggies, they're in the diet, but not in the freezer.

11:27 pm

need ro21 please

11:28 pm

ro 6/21 that is

11:28 pm

*giggles*..

11:28 pm

it's about 3 feet x 3 feet x 6 feet. decent sized freezer, but certainly not the biggest ever.

Hi Ru

11:28 pm

West - add a vowel to the end of Julius Caesar's lot.

11:28 pm

ro 6/21 the italian cheese westie

I mean in the sense of just mindlessly killing food.

11:29 pm

Yay !!! Thank you. Fire Works

I mean not for food

11:29 pm

and probably cost $50 used a half dozen years ago, so not sure why that would be a "monied" thing.

11:29 pm

hi herin

11:29 pm

Anyone actually tried saying my little rhyme out loud yet?

11:29 pm

yeah westie.. well done

Howdy

11:29 pm

I'm afraid to jac

11:29 pm

thank you ..these little ones get me

11:30 pm

Jes - I'm talking about things in general in the UK, not about you in the US.

hi west

11:30 pm

ruru - go on! You know you want to...

11:30 pm

anyway, off to deal with a dog.

11:30 pm

I just tried it jac it's funny

11:30 pm

going to teach it to my friend

11:31 pm

I know where i'd be going with it fast jac..lol

Later everyone

11:31 pm

It's a good one, isn't it? If you don't concentrate ... well, you're lost. LOL

11:32 pm

very good actually

11:32 pm

'Bye jes. See you another time.

11:32 pm

bye jess..

11:32 pm

brb.. have to clean up the kitchen from dinner.

11:33 pm

I'm usually one meal behind..clean up from the meal before while I'm making the next one

11:34 pm

'bye ruru.

i have to go and hang laundry and prep dinner

11:35 pm

hi and bye herin can you see your screen now?

11:36 pm

See you later, Herin.

11:40 pm

West - let me know how your friend gets on with it. Are you going to teach him/her in a public place? If so, make sure you write it down so you don't have to attempt saying it in public yourself.:-)

11:41 pm

good idea jac..he needs a good laugh as does she..had part of a lung removed just before Christmas

11:42 pm

Choking with laughter might be risky then, west!

11:42 pm

yeah, maybe I'll wait

11:43 pm

Blushing is okay though.

11:43 pm

we go way back..I dated his friend in high school

11:44 pm

we spend Christmas Eve with the whole gang

11:45 pm

Oh, don't talk to me about boyfriend's from way back. I've just seen up to date pics of a couple of mine from back in the 70s. One looks just the same, just slighty grey and the other looks like his face has been ravaged by a dissolute life. (They are brothers!)

11:46 pm

you dated brothers, Jac?

11:46 pm

which one is married?

11:46 pm

help with the first qu 6/33 please?

11:46 pm

Nef - yes, but not both at the same time!

11:47 pm

(sorry, popping in and out while playing words with friends on FB;

11:47 pm

what you do to your thirst joey

11:47 pm

hi nef and joey popping in is always good

11:47 pm

thanks, bunches westfford

11:47 pm

en5/10, ro5/16 and mi 5/14

11:47 pm

yw

11:48 pm

but sometimes when you pop in, the chat is very strange or interesting

11:48 pm

en and spanish aunt

11:48 pm

West - the one who is still married to the girl he went out with after I broke his heart (so I'm told) is still looking good. The other brother, with whom the relationship was not serious, did marry and had several children before his wife left him, saying he was boring (he was!).

11:48 pm

ty!

11:49 pm

boring is what did it then

11:50 pm

I got the pics through still being in touch with the oldest brother of the family and his wife.

11:50 pm

ro5 sounds like what a Canadian calls a cap

11:50 pm

ro 5/16 is ro and spanish what?

11:51 pm

West - sad, but true!

11:51 pm

I have that one.... there are 2 ro5/16

11:51 pm

recently saw a 'friend' after 50 years..nice enough guy with a terrific wife

11:52 pm

the other is a rascal

11:52 pm

gemini - a bad man might be decribed as a ro5.16.

11:53 pm

oops,, I didn't have one of them,, thanks

11:53 pm

mi 5/14 is a fancy cat noise ( French? )

11:53 pm

I have them both now,,,, just the mi5/14... french cat call?

11:53 pm

west - there's a 'but' coming next, isn't there? (re the old friend)

11:54 pm

hmm kk

11:55 pm

gemini - the French cat sound has every vowel in it bar 'e'.

11:55 pm

no not really jac he moved away and was coming back here for a class reunion so we got together..I hardly remembered him

11:55 pm

ty Jac

11:55 pm

ty Jac

11:55 pm

gemini -y/w

11:56 pm

ok ! done

11:56 pm

I think I remember most of my past boyfriends, west.

11:56 pm

back in the day I was a fan of the Kingston Trio and he and his frat brothers took a highway sign and presented me with it

11:56 pm

sounds like a golden girls episode when rose's ex came to visit from their HS years and she had no clue who he was for most of the episode :)

11:56 pm

LOL, west.

11:57 pm

University of Rhode Island is in Kingston

hi you'll find me where there's a flip near

11:57 pm

Cos, Hi. - yes, it does.

11:57 pm

hi everyone :)

11:57 pm

one more, please ti 7/36

11:57 pm

hi cos and vanilla!~

11:57 pm

Hi vanilla. You'll find me retiring for the night when it arrives.

11:58 pm

frank's daughter + a rodent. mius the se

11:58 pm

hi nef, jac

11:58 pm

I was going to say Ike's ex

11:58 pm

thanks, cosdem

11:58 pm

and westford

nef!!!

11:58 pm

hi cos and van

11:58 pm

ti7.36 is a bird from central and south america. Uses all the letters bar the last one of a big hill like Everest.

11:58 pm

oooh i sld have west :) and ywjoey

11:59 pm

Hi, Vanilla! I see you just after you've left in the AM lately

11:59 pm

big one please so i dont feel compelled to finish tonight

12:00 am

hello

12:00 am

this whole week is weird..days missing

Seem to come in at different times lately

12:00 am

hello ML

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