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161 2,224
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167 2,146
168 2,135
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170 2,131
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172 2,120
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174 2,081
175 2,065
176 2,058
177 2,020
178 2,012
179 2,011
180 1,984
181 1,981
182 1,971
183 1,958
184 1,953
185 1,944
186 1,943
187 1,943
188 1,925
189 1,922
190 1,917
191 1,915
192 1,910
193 1,887
194 1,884
195 1,879
196 1,874
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198 1,871
199 1,832
200 1,817
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202 1,793
203 1,790
204 1,784
205 1,776
206 1,771
207 1,763
208 1,759
209 1,757
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211 1,743
212 1,741
213 1,740
214 1,731
215 1,720
216 1,717
217 1,712
218 1,698
219 1,692
220 1,673
221 1,666
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223 1,631
224 1,624
225 1,619
226 1,614
227 1,607
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262 1,426
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266 1,419
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269 1,402
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300 1,267
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307 1,239
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309 1,232
310 1,230
311 1,219
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320 1,203
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382 1,018
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254 total words

12:00 am

flip..ML was closer

12:00 am

QU6

12:01 am

hideho, babblerinos! :D

12:01 am

sort of west lol

12:01 am

RO6

12:02 am

w7 &8

12:02 am

wa7 & 8

12:02 am

hi all

12:03 am

phantom warrant

12:03 am

ae 7 & 8

12:03 am

na6

12:03 am

thanks hoot got em

12:03 am

mi 7

12:04 am

yw

12:04 am

or 7

12:04 am

another ae 8

12:04 am

ae 8 x 2

12:05 am

griff does the mi 7 have a mi 5 as part of it?

12:05 am

OR

12:06 am

6

12:06 am

MLF - no

12:06 am

NO6

12:06 am

thanks griff

12:07 am

thanks cyber

12:07 am

is the other ae8 related to the ae7/8?

12:08 am

never mind i have both lol

12:08 am

MA6

12:09 am

to 6 & 7

12:11 am

NBS.. need lone O for nbt

12:11 am

oo6

12:11 am

got an oo6 from the other O ty

12:12 am

not seeing that one either cos

12:12 am

the lone O is oo6, I have it but nothing on the 0/3 O yet, if you follow, lol

12:12 am

you looking for the cup of tea maybe?

12:13 am

then i guess there are two oo6

12:13 am

yes, griff, that's the one, was just trying not to be too generous with clues this early ;p

12:13 am

thanks griff

12:13 am

I have a spread on the o/3

12:13 am

margerine

12:13 am

what are hte stats for the other O on the same column>?

12:14 am

there's ANOTHER oo6??

12:14 am

nice clues you guys

12:14 am

hi all!! NBS & NBS

12:14 am

o4

12:14 am

got it

12:14 am

I know it's too early to clue. But I am falling asleep, so it's now or never. 'Night all and happy babbling!

12:14 am

gj diz

12:14 am

im confused now. the oo6 is from which O?

12:14 am

I don't think it matters any more griff

12:14 am

I hear that, griff, but old habits, you know...

12:14 am

I just looked up and there they were..I am grateful

12:14 am

oo 6 x 2 one from each O in 4th col

12:15 am

the oo6 I have is the lone o

12:15 am

nbt, nbs

12:15 am

thanks diz. confusion cleared.

12:15 am

no scots diapers

12:15 am

2nd column bottom a stats please for nbt?

12:15 am

2nd O i think cos

12:15 am

nbt/nbs

12:15 am

we won't have mrp for a long time

12:15 am

mlf: two oo6.... bottom A is ae8/7/8

12:16 am

why west?

12:16 am

nbt

12:16 am

she said she and the kids are going away for a holiday..school vacation over there I think

12:17 am

but mrp said, I think, that the clues would come up at a half hour after flip automatically, like they used to with lickety

12:17 am

nbs

12:17 am

hoping so, anyway

12:17 am

i think she said that rbud

12:17 am

wtg m9

12:17 am

oh wow...I didn't realize that rbud

12:17 am

needless to say that's great !!

12:18 am

yes, here it is from her post on FB: "Hi babble friends :) clues will be coming up on the half hour after flip. That appeases some and annoys others, but I so don't notice right now! Enjoy the clues..."

12:19 am

gile

12:19 am

ty rbud :)

12:19 am

I saw that..thought it was just for the one day

12:19 am

not a word

12:19 am

can someone clue the AE 8 please?

12:19 am

oiltan should be accepted. its what the tinman has for skin color

12:20 am

nbs

12:20 am

lol cos

12:20 am

wtg for nbt and nbs ML

12:20 am

thank you west

12:20 am

oh, dear, hope not. I know they were automatic when it was lickety, some sort of program that generated them and posted without supervision, with the same "clues are up" every time. Guess we'll find out! :)

12:20 am

i just need this one more for nbt

12:21 am

everyone found the wa8 already

12:21 am

the method of using a spray can ML

12:21 am

not me..didn't realize there was a w

12:21 am

I did, ru, it was a battle...

12:22 am

must pay attention

12:22 am

got it nbt

12:22 am

well I'm glad-Iators you found it westie

12:22 am

Wtg ML !!

12:22 am

but I didn't

12:23 am

Is it Russell Crowe?

12:23 am

hyuck hyuck!

12:23 am

er then .. I am glad=-iators that rbud found it

12:23 am

(bad giggling)

12:24 am

<---got in the first bad pun, teehee

12:24 am

aw i got excited cause i needed one mroe 8 but i aleady have the wa

12:24 am

I was thrown off by the street I live on the corner of

12:24 am

it's not a word though..Wilton

12:25 am

pardon me for ending the sentence in a preposition

12:25 am

that's for jilli when she come in

12:26 am

. that reminded me of a bad joke my Dad told me

12:26 am

love bad Dad jokes

12:27 am

yay, nbt at last

12:27 am

wtg rbud

12:27 am

ma 8

12:27 am

wtg rbud !!

12:27 am

ty, Mitch

12:30 am

I don't know... this one is about the hick that went to the Harvard campus. He stops a student and says "I heard y'all got a WHOLE building jest full o' books!" The student says "the library. yes" "well.. could y'all tell me where the library's at?" the student looks down his nose "at HARVARD we do not end our sentences with a preposition." Hick scratches head "well... could y'all tell me where the library's at a@@h@@@?"

12:30 am

hahaha

12:31 am

LOL!!!

12:31 am

that's perfect

12:31 am

Clues are up

12:32 am

and there it is.. tyvm :)

12:33 am

yay!

12:33 am

ty mrp

12:33 am

ty to whoever called the ma8.. got it

12:34 am

gj cos !

12:35 am

Thank you, mrp!

12:36 am

I have nbt and nbs..just noticed..no wtg's necessary

12:36 am

wd! :) sorry.. had to

12:37 am

aww thanks cos

12:37 am

must resist list....

12:39 am

you can do it cos

12:44 am

100 words down.

12:44 am

got all the 8's, woohoo... it's all downhill from here! :D

12:44 am

vn cos

12:45 am

159/95 -- time for some zzz's see you tomorrow :)

12:45 am

only 2/9 7's tho lol

12:46 am

wtg nan..sleep well

12:46 am

that's what I have too cos

12:47 am

well lets get to work lol

12:47 am

fireworks

12:47 am

wtg mitch

12:47 am

Yay Mitch !!

12:47 am

yay, mitch!!

12:47 am

wow Mitch

12:47 am

listed the last 5 :(

12:48 am

wtg, mitch! :)

12:48 am

rate

12:48 am

oops sorry

12:48 am

(we forgive you your measly last five, md!) ;p

12:49 am

haha, thx!

12:49 am

wow.... finished the R's without a list.... im shocked

12:50 am

wd cos

12:50 am

go, cos!

12:50 am

lots of re's?

12:51 am

not really.. no re7s

12:53 am

thanks cos that will save me looking

12:53 am

100 left for tomorrow -- sweet dreams! *poof*

12:54 am

bye une..you too

12:55 am

I just hit 100..

12:55 am

this isn't a half bad grid...so far

12:56 am

m..I found the link to Levi..he sure is a cutie pie

12:57 am

Hi everyone

12:58 am

hi flosey..grand slam for you?

1:00 am

not tonight west

1:00 am

hope you had fun anyway

1:01 am

Hello all

1:01 am

oh yes, always enjoy

1:01 am

hi jilli

1:01 am

hi jilli..same question

1:01 am

we had fun too

1:02 am

but no grand slams either

1:02 am

must be nice to be back playing

1:04 am

yes indeed!

1:07 am

and I'm not looking forward to tomorrow -- have to take a ferry and have surgery on my face to remove a skin cancer :-(

1:07 am

oh gosh jilli, that just isn't fair, you've had enough

1:08 am

oh dear..

1:09 am

caught it early?

1:09 am

Well, it was supposed to have been done on Feb 29 but got postponed twice -- I'll be glad to get it over with.

1:09 am

It's a reappearance of an old one

1:10 am

It's only a basal cell carcinoma -- the mildest kind.

1:10 am

good they've been keeping an eye on it then

1:10 am

good morning

1:11 am

hi ruby

1:11 am

hi ruby! long time!

1:11 am

hello ruby

1:13 am

oh poor jilli, when it rains it pours! My dad, who was very fair skinned and NEVER went in the sun, was constantly having little skin cancers removed, up until his 92nd birthday and he was still handsome!

1:13 am

{{flosey and westford}}

1:14 am

I think my husband is getting better; he's back to being nasty again LOL

1:14 am

good he's better bad he's nasty lol

1:15 am

wow, look at all the to words

1:15 am

and his daughter is arriving on the 17th

1:15 am

is he enjoying the new little pup?

1:15 am

17th of this month??

1:15 am

but I'm going to the movies with my girlfriend this afternoon, so too bad for him!

1:16 am

lovely ruby, what are you going to see?

1:16 am

he smiles at Rufie, but then complains about his chewing up paper and getting into his bathroom.

1:16 am

We just go to a milti-plex and hope for the best. Saw Hugo and The Artist that way.

1:16 am

heard they were both excellent

1:17 am

yes, and neither of us had read any reviews

1:17 am

so we were totally surprised and delighted

1:17 am

I missed them both -- movies are here for a very short time in our tiny theatre

1:17 am

our little cinema had the Iron Lady on this weekend - kids were over so I missed it

1:18 am

I missed it too and really wanted to see all of them

1:18 am

we just wait..can't abide theatres..too much $$

1:18 am

mostly, I watch movies on TV with husband, but getting out of this circus is a great pleasure

1:18 am

I do want to see it

1:18 am

maybe it will be in our multi-plex today

1:18 am

and we have lunch out, too

1:19 am

now you're talking ruby

1:19 am

that's fun ruby

1:19 am

usually, I get his lunch ready before i go, but if he doesnt apologize when he getws back (having left in a huff at 7AM), he can make his own lunch

1:19 am

Our is $6 and quite charming -- no commercials, just a huge slide show of around Salt Spring before the movie

1:20 am

that sounds lovely jilli

1:20 am

yes it is lovely west

1:20 am

sounds lovely, jilli, I'm on my way! lol

1:20 am

ruby he should cool off by the time he gets back

1:21 am

It is -- just wish it was more accessible -- the building opens at 7pm on weekdays and there's a 2 pm matinee on Sundays, and that's all. .

1:23 am

sounds like the one in Maine..springs coming right out of the seats too lol

1:23 am

but it's walking distance..nice when I'm up there without a car

1:24 am

the seats are removable -- the room can be used for other things.

1:24 am

there's no slope to the floor.

1:24 am

I can't think of the oo words -- any help?

1:25 am

one ends with not dark

1:25 am

the other is tea

1:25 am

thanks cos

1:25 am

ty cos and west

1:25 am

and west

1:26 am

this is a nice grid

1:26 am

and that's nbt

1:26 am

tks for the oo reminders

1:26 am

wtg jilli !!

1:26 am

wtg jilli

1:26 am

yay jilli

1:27 am

has dee gone away or is she just busy unpacking?

1:28 am

hello all - what are the stats for the bottom O please

1:28 am

don't know west, she hasn't been as regular as usual

1:29 am

hello ursh

1:29 am

I think that's the oo6/24 ursh

1:29 am

Ursh, oo6

1:29 am

and nbs too

1:29 am

and hello

1:29 am

well done jilli

1:29 am

nj jilli

1:29 am

hi diz

1:29 am

I do have nbs but have been concentrating on one letter at a time

1:30 am

lots of ro words too

1:30 am

wtg flosey

1:31 am

wtg flosey !!

1:31 am

I'm soooo tired

1:31 am

was on the verge of calling my partner and cancelling out of bridge tonight

1:32 am

busy holiday?

1:32 am

glad you didn't flosey -- how did you do?

1:32 am

Alley and Paul were over, was great of course but tired

1:33 am

I don't know jilli, will have to wait and see, nothing spectacular though

1:33 am

ot

1:33 am

sorry, that was the end of a word I was adding

1:39 am

I guess everyone has found our buffalo?

1:39 am

no I hadn't jilli, thanks

1:39 am

thanks jilli

1:40 am

yw :-)

1:40 am

whose buffalo?

1:41 am

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON -- HOUSEKEEPER HASNIT ARRIVED (SHE['S NEVER LATE), HEDGE GUYS AREN'T HERE -- ALL VERY WEIRD!

1:41 am

sorry, didn't mean to shout!

1:41 am

the one that hangs out in Babble, ruby -- the little one, an4

1:41 am

does that mean no lunch and movie?

1:42 am

*cues Twilight Zone music*

1:42 am

aaah, housekeeper yay

1:42 am

yay too!

1:42 am

sometimes it pays to yell lol

1:48 am

gotta go -- early start tomorrow. Hope I can sleep -- I'm always wound up after bridge.

1:49 am

hope so too jilli..maybe some nice music?

1:49 am

this is a good way to wind down though, wouldn't you say jilli

1:51 am

does enable change its mind? I swear every time I've tried to put up ceramic squares in the bathroom or kitchen again it hasn't worked..but this time it did

1:52 am

music keeps me awake

1:53 am

tv puts me to sleep every time

1:54 am

seems we've hit the midnight blip early tonight

1:54 am

yes, flosey, this is a good winder-downer but I mustn't stay too long. Just rying to get at least a word or two for each group in the list, but not quite making it -- haven't found an en, et, or im so far

1:55 am

e + our country is a na6

1:56 am

ty flosey

1:56 am

yw

1:59 am

im a hospice for pilgrims or travellors

2:00 am

or travelers

2:00 am

thank you flosey

2:00 am

yw west

2:00 am

just glanced and thought you said I'm

2:02 am

drawing a blank on the hospice

2:03 am

sounds like what Butler might say to Scarlett

2:04 am

young people use them for inexpensive stopover while travelling

2:05 am

Turkish building

2:07 am

it's on the tip of my tongue...

2:07 am

morning babble friends.

2:07 am

hi sprite

2:07 am

hello stranger !!

2:08 am

how are you all! And how is this grid?

2:08 am

phew, housekeeper arrived!

2:08 am

but hedge guys????

2:08 am

hi ruby :)

2:09 am

I am fine and this grid is too

2:09 am

good ruby, does that mean you can leave now?

2:09 am

great :D

2:10 am

how have you been sprite?

2:10 am

{{sprite}}

2:10 am

et6/18, French for star

2:10 am

phew, 50 to go, and all those beastly a's found. lol. hello fellow babblers.

2:10 am

I always miss that one, rbud

2:11 am

hello rose

2:11 am

I thought of it myself, quite proud, lol

2:11 am

WOW!!!! my lucky day/night...hi sprite, ruby, rbud, flosey, westy

2:11 am

thanks rbud

2:11 am

hi rose :) *hugs*

2:11 am

hi rose

2:11 am

{{rose}}

2:12 am

I will find 10 more and throw in the to 5/18

2:12 am

my computer is doing something weird; all the icons on the left keep going off and on

2:12 am

thanks rose..nice to see you too

2:12 am

my dearest friends, today i'm on top of the world, looking down on creation....

2:12 am

as long as you know where your to5 is... you are ok.

2:12 am

good news?

2:12 am

I need 7 more to half way, then I'll get to bed

2:12 am

and the only explanation you can find?

2:12 am

have had 3 full nights sleep in a row....new granny here

2:13 am

what has bput you on top of the world?

2:13 am

oh how lovely, granny! Makes all the difference, doesn't it.

2:13 am

that is wonderful

2:13 am

wow rose, that's a song we haven't heard in a while

2:13 am

roar

2:14 am

sorry, is there coffee in the PB

2:14 am

...is the sleep she has found, for the 3 night in a round... must have put her on the top of the world...

2:14 am

yeah, just put some in myself, ruby, fresh and hot.

2:14 am

there is leftover cheese cake

2:14 am

sure does, spritey....was nearly beside myself . then i hops on the scales and have lost 10.5kgs ( about 23lbs ), plus the original 10kgs i lost when i gave up smoking.

2:15 am

wow, wtg rose

2:15 am

that is all good news, rose!

2:15 am

amazing. Rose, you are a marvel. Lovely to see you there on that top of the world.

2:15 am

talk about a good day

2:15 am

rose is a new woman !!

2:16 am

am I really one T short of Qu**ation?

2:16 am

flosey, am wearing clothes i haven't worn for nearly 8 years,.....AND.....the knee is feeling better. ( less weight-bearing down on it )

2:16 am

oh, I left to get a snack and look who arrived! Hi sprite!

2:16 am

hi jilli :) *hug*

2:16 am

that is all good, rose

2:16 am

hey, jilli

2:17 am

rose is a winner!

2:17 am

hi granny too

2:18 am

not quite yet, spritey, have at least another 20kgs to go, but i'm on my way * grin *

2:18 am

you are to me, rose!

2:18 am

maybe your knews will cure themselves!

2:18 am

knees*

2:18 am

now there's a wonderful thought, ruby....

2:20 am

ok, exactly half way, must get to bed, goodnight all

2:20 am

flosey -- I finally went to morewords for the im and found it -- didn't know it was a hospice (or hostel?) and thought the Turkish building was a minaret.

2:20 am

I submit a new word: lionator. For he who tames the animals.

2:21 am

night flosey, good job. Sleep well.

2:21 am

night, dear flosey, sleep well, hun. may you awake well rested and refreshed.

2:21 am

or impersonates them with a ro**

2:21 am

{{flosey}}

2:21 am

sweet dreams flosey

2:21 am

wd flosey -- I'm not halfway yet but have what I aimed for so I'm off to bed too. Goodnight all!

2:21 am

oh yes! See, it is a word. *mumbles something about stupid enable*

2:21 am

night jilli, sleep well!

2:22 am

I hope so, sprite!

2:22 am

and jilli, night dearest, sleep well, and may you too awake rested and refreshed.

2:22 am

thanks, granny

2:22 am

*hands jilli a rubber hammer on her way out*

2:23 am

good night jilli and think of tomorrow afternoon when it's all over

2:23 am

to bonk myslef on the head with so I can sleep?

2:23 am

yeah. Works every time ;)

2:23 am

ty west

2:24 am

when what will be over? What did I miss? Scary thing tomorrow?

2:24 am

what westford said!

2:25 am

just a nuisance, sprite -- plastic surgery on my chin to remove a basal cell carcinaoma

2:25 am

aw darling! Yeah, scary nuisance. Will think of you. It will be ok.

2:26 am

jilli, prayers on their way for tomorrow, i know it's only mi5 surgery, but scary nevertheless.

2:26 am

the worst part is getting up early

2:26 am

Thanks, everyone -- and now I must poof...*

2:28 am

{{jilli}}

2:30 am

funny, that Q is tough to grey out today.

2:30 am

usually I get the q's first, today it took lo**er, but nothing obscure

2:31 am

spritey, first 2 q words are odd spelling, think outside the square

2:31 am

missing one and out of ideas. 3 related.

2:31 am

oh, ok, thanks rose. Must be missing one of those then. Will find it now. :)

2:32 am

qu5, another way to spell a female ruler

2:32 am

that one I have. And the 3 related ones.

2:32 am

I had never seen the second one, that rhymes with a sea bird

2:32 am

qu5, qu + bird

2:32 am

basic scrabble word

2:32 am

thanks! That was it, rbud.

2:32 am

and rose. Thank you both.

2:33 am

yay, spritey

2:33 am

rubyfoo is scarily good at scrabble.

2:34 am

ty sprite

2:34 am

and scarily bad at babble

2:35 am

who pointed me to Chihuahua? Another addictive word game!

2:35 am

hey, ruby, that will be something else we can do together....i love scrabble, and even when i give him the dictionaries AND the scrabble word guide book, i still beat him

2:36 am

oops, sorry, sprite, heehee

2:37 am

yes, I even have a new set and reg dictionary and mother's old scrabble dictionary

2:37 am

lol rbud! Evil! But lots of fun. Can't get used to not using plurals yet. Brilliant twist to a game!

2:37 am

hmmmm, my absolute fantasy, sitting in france, playing scrabble with ruby, while our respective hubbies bond....well it could happen!!!!

2:37 am

that would be awesome, rose!

2:38 am

oh, rose, what a lovely thought. I would rather send my husband to Australia; maybe he'd find a young sheila!!!! lol

2:38 am

rofl, ruby, now that would be interesting!!

2:42 am

we can play too, ruby, when I come. Rose, can't you plan your visit so we will be there together?

2:42 am

unless we put 3 in a bed, that wouldn't work lol

2:43 am

oooh, a babble meet in france.....definitely in the picture now

2:43 am

aw come on, that would be simple... first one goes to sleep, once she sleeps, we put her up straight against the wall, next one goes to bed...

2:43 am

but those husbands.....

2:43 am

and what's wrong with 3 in a bed.....? i'm too old for any hankie pankie

2:44 am

is there anybody else in Europe besdies sprite and me?

2:44 am

lots of UK peeps for sure

2:44 am

but sprite is still frisky!

2:44 am

that's true

2:44 am

oh, them, ruby, put them out in the garden shed, they won't know the difference

2:44 am

tiro

2:44 am

hah! Never too old for that!

2:44 am

there I go again, better quit for now

2:45 am

easy for you to say! lol

2:45 am

if you quit, how will you ever learn? Practise, dear. Practise!

2:45 am

off I go!

2:45 am

bye ((ruby)) enjoy your day

2:45 am

that's how you get to Carnegie Hall, "practice, practice, practice!"

2:45 am

hmmmmpf. I'll let you know that on some days I know I will never be as old as I feel!

2:45 am

well, once mine starts talking, and yours starts listening, we could start world war iii and they probably wouldn't notice

2:46 am

{{westford}}

2:46 am

{{and BIG group hug}}

2:46 am

night ruby

2:46 am

bye ruby, have a good day

2:46 am

and say hi to your husband from me

2:46 am

mine doesn't know how to listen

2:46 am

they could both talk at the same time

2:46 am

oh, yeah...group hug always good

2:46 am

we could put two soapboxes, side-by-side!

2:47 am

ruby is going to lunch and a movie with her girlfriend..a well deserved day out

2:47 am

rofl, ruby, what a great idea, and give them a microphone each ( turned off, of course )

2:47 am

bye

2:47 am

lucky me! *poof*

2:47 am

aw poor guys!

2:48 am

(they wouldn't know the difference!)

2:48 am

how lovely, ruby! Enjoy!

2:48 am

ruby, enjoy your day out....see you at the flip ( late one for me)

2:49 am

hey, spritey, ruby and i are just realists, we both know what our respective hubbies are capable of....

2:49 am

I am looking forward to meeting mr ruby as well, and I mean that.

2:53 am

me, too, spritey. wouldn't it be just grand if we could be there together? * sigh *

2:53 am

absolutely! I'd love that.

2:54 am

I'm back. Husband still isn't back from his errands and it's just too cold upstairs. At least the studio (and guestroom) has heat!

2:54 am

oh, for goodness sake, have put in every other ....tion word, except the na****.

2:54 am

wb ruby

2:55 am

how many "tion" words are there|?

2:55 am

I want quotation. But that is a phantom.

2:56 am

I only have 4

2:56 am

6 so far, ruby

2:56 am

putting the monkeys to work

2:57 am

aaah, found another

2:57 am

hm I have 5.

2:57 am

ae, en, lo, na, no, ra

2:58 am

hm, must find ae. Thank you.

2:59 am

yay, ty for the ae; it gave me nbt, too

2:59 am

and even nbs

2:59 am

yay, ruby

3:00 am

yay my first 8, thank you.

3:01 am

yay spritey

3:03 am

speaking of husbands, can you two experienced ladies explain to me how a man that can build cupboards and beds, cannot turn off a tap so it won't drip?

3:03 am

Ruby is knocking on the inside door; Rufie on the outside door

3:03 am

this place is a circus

3:04 am

lol ruby

3:06 am

just put a pot under the drip; at least yoou won't waste the water

3:06 am

otro

3:06 am

nope, spritey, when you find out, let me will you? mine still leaves the tap dripping, then complains about the water bill.

3:06 am

I mean the tap over the sink, the one from the shower and the one in the toilet... those for everyday use :)

3:07 am

lol exactly rose!

3:07 am

water is so expensive here, that is my reason for putting a pot under the faucet

3:07 am

otro? You are trying otro and are not ashamed to show us? LOL

3:07 am

(blushing)

3:07 am

hey, good idea, ruby, then when he kicks the bucket, it will remind him to turn the b......tap off.

3:08 am

*giggles* Just teasing. You should see the things I try here.

3:08 am

how about artoo, did anybody else try it?

3:08 am

or ne**o?

3:08 am

not my husband, rose. He would want to know what idiot had left a bucket there in such a crazy place :)

3:09 am

yep, ne**o for sure. Artoo only after you said so, and then I tried artoon too.

3:09 am

rofl, spritey....what can i say?

3:09 am

drip, what drip?

3:10 am

then one who doesn't turn the tap off, ruby

3:10 am

I don't mind, but sometimes I wonder. Men and women are so different in many ways :)

3:10 am

we notice everything; they only notice if their coffee isn't hot enough

3:10 am

add or to the ....tion list

3:11 am

ooo thanks rose!

3:11 am

had that and without the o, too

3:11 am

but why isn't "roos" accepted. We certainly have enough Australians to mount a petition

3:12 am

and if their bed isn't warm enough, and if there are no sox and jox in the drawer, and.....

3:12 am

we women notice details, to be precise. Our brain is wired for nearby stuff. Men notice the bigger plan. Their mind is wired for the plains.

3:13 am

especially since cooee and such are accepted. Even cooeed, which I think is taking it a bit far.

3:13 am

hey....spritey....i cooeed just the other day.

3:14 am

lol rose! I bet you use that in everyday convo ;)

3:14 am

might have been in my sleep, but i definitely cooeed

3:14 am

I'd have loved to see and hear that!

3:15 am

should have seen himself's face....

3:15 am

There's a joke about that: A couple, married 60 years, is interviewed by the loca paper, asking how their marriage has lasted so long. The wife says that her husband handles all the important matters and she, the small ones. The reported asks her to explain: she handles where they live, where the children go to school, what kind of car to buy, where they take their holidays, and he decideds on how to fix the economy and where the next ward will be and how to solve the schisms in the Church

3:15 am

must have scared him quite a bit

3:15 am

i couldn't...it was dark, you see

3:16 am

hahahaha that is a fun one

3:16 am

lol, ruby, sounds about right

3:16 am

sorry for the typos

3:17 am

if we can have admiration, why not miration?

3:17 am

as in miring our clothes/shoes....why not spritey...let's write to enable.

3:18 am

oh I know a joke like that too. There has been a tragic accident with busses full of sport supporters, so a whole bunch of guys arrive at Heaven's Gate.

3:19 am

Petrus sees them coming and thinks he needs to get some order there. So he tells them to form lines. "All men who were sat upon by their wives during their lives line up overthere!"

3:20 am

All men except one moves to where he points. A bit baffled Petrus walks up to the single man still standing in the original place. "So you were the boss in the house, I see?" The man looks at Petrus and says: "I wouldn't know about all of that. My wife told me to go stand over here and so I did."

3:20 am

ROFL, SPRITEY

3:21 am

:D

3:25 am

* groan * still 16 to go...this is a hard slog

3:25 am

of course, the chog is soooo much more interesting than the grid...lol

3:25 am

I agree. I have 82 to go and it is not going fast at all.

3:26 am

lol yes... it usually is with you guys around.

3:29 am

Hello girls

3:29 am

hey, lyn

3:29 am

or should I say ......Coooooeeeeeee

3:30 am

lol, lyn, you are such a stirrer

3:31 am

how are you Rose - getting on top of your medical issues?

3:32 am

lyn, have had 3 full nights of sleep, feeling so positive tonight

3:32 am

and you, my friend? how are you and yours?

3:32 am

in spite of this bone-chilling cold - good on you!

3:33 am

you???cold????heaven help us if and when it hits here..

3:33 am

We are all OK. Daughters has moved out so we are in the midst of repainting/repurposing her room and both our backs are playing up! Lots and lots of paint as going from purple to orange

3:35 am

hmmmm interesting...lol....son and his wife have painted my house where they live with similar colours..lol...have reassured son, no probs...when you move out, will paint it whatever colour i like.

3:36 am

hey lyn :) xxx Sorry, I was afk for a bit.

3:36 am

suggestion: get them to repaint when they move out

3:37 am

hi Spritely. How is your son, did he get to live?

3:37 am

tong

3:37 am

oops sorry

3:38 am

he did. He managed to convince both my husband and me that he knew nothing about it. We told the neighbours about the smell and a day later it was gone. So I think it may have been something in their part of the shed.

3:39 am

wow....and I bet he won't bother trying it in the future - at least not at home! and what a relief for you

3:41 am

it really was. I was kind of panicked inside how to get him out of that swamp... am so glad it wasn't him.

3:42 am

okay, the last 7 is wa, a fighter

3:43 am

thanks rose. Not my last, but it helps :)

3:43 am

TY

3:44 am

2 to go here....pant, pant, gasp

3:44 am

go rose goooooo!

3:46 am

and done!!!!!

3:47 am

wtg rose! ***FIREFLIES FOR ROSE****

3:47 am

Hooray for Rose!!

3:48 am

well I am gonna list today. I have lots to do and I am stuck, so there!

3:57 am

okay, have to go and do something about dinner...roast lamb and salad for us, and lamb and veges for mother mac. happy babbling, dearest friends. will be flipping very late tomorrow...about 6:00am, according to babble's clock.

3:57 am

...

3:57 am

sounds yum Rose - enjoy

3:57 am

oh that sounds delish. Have a great evening, rose, and sleep well again :)

3:58 am

and good-night...* poof *

4:15 am

BBL

4:15 am

bye lyn, have a nice evening. I am almost done, so 3will be gone when you get back

4:18 am

fireflies. Bye all!

6:31 am

*Puts out coffee, tea, croissants and jam for all the lurkers*

6:39 am

ty molly.

6:39 am

:D Thanks Molly!

6:44 am

The grid is making me feel stupid

6:56 am

Good morning all!

7:00 am

morning car.

7:04 am

Hi mixi!

7:10 am

gliten

7:10 am

Hi suz!

7:10 am

wrong box! sorry!

7:10 am

good morn, car

7:11 am

nice start to the grid heh!?

7:12 am

No worries! I do it all the time!

7:17 am

Does anyone have the stats for the single O in the fourth column please?

7:18 am

Can't help you

7:21 am

gm, everyone. don't have it car

7:21 am

Morning Dawg!

7:21 am

How about stats on the lowest A?

7:22 am

ae8/40

7:23 am

Hi Une! TY...working on it now....

7:23 am

morning! :-)

7:23 am

Got it! TY! Just need that pesky O for NBT now!

7:24 am

just zipping by (don't have the "o" -- sorry) -- BBL! *poof*

7:24 am

I think it's oo 6/24

7:24 am

Bye Une! TY!

7:24 am

TY Alycia! I will try to find that....

7:25 am

ty, alycia! look for a type of tea, car

7:25 am

Got it! Ty Both!!!

7:33 am

morning all!

7:33 am

Good morning uusue!

7:33 am

hi car!

7:34 am

oo 6/18 and good mornin'

7:35 am

Morning Bichon!

7:35 am

hi bichon!

7:35 am

hi sue, car, dawg

7:36 am

name that proper noun! the hunter

7:36 am

orion!

7:36 am

Hi Hurshy! Orion!

7:37 am

ding ding ding!

7:37 am

hi UU, bichon, hursh,

7:37 am

Hi hursh, how are you doing

7:37 am

hi lbd and hurshy!

7:38 am

nbt, nbs the vowels are stymying me.

7:38 am

They are tough today :(

7:39 am

254 words and the s isn't in an optimal position?

7:39 am

Yup...its a bugger of a box today.

7:44 am

g's hard. only see half of them.

7:44 am

phantoms "ae4gel" and ae4lite" good morning everyone

7:44 am

Good morning Crossy!

7:44 am

howdy car:))

7:44 am

hi crossy!

7:45 am

name that proper noun! ms. helmsley

7:45 am

nbt

7:45 am

howdy suze;))

7:45 am

Leona

7:45 am

Leona!

7:45 am

and good morning everyone

7:46 am

ding ding ding!

7:46 am

howdy annie

7:46 am

Hi crossy :)

7:46 am

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

7:46 am

Good morning Annie1

7:46 am

ooh a double n and we could have had le6naire!

7:47 am

The border of your lips is called the vermilion-skin border.

7:47 am

hi car. :)

7:47 am

Due to the color of the skin, I wonder?

7:47 am

most likely:)

7:47 am

root

7:47 am

oops

7:47 am

i didn't know i had a million skins

7:48 am

LOL!

7:48 am

you have more than that actually hurshy

7:48 am

:)

7:48 am

Wow...just found the wa 7 & 8....so twisty!

7:48 am

cannot remember the number of skin cells ,but it is quite large

7:49 am

do they use the dbbl cons car?

7:49 am

Yes

Oh cross . . . PB for you! LOL - I'll put some wine in there for you

7:49 am

i still can't believe enable doesn't know about nooners.

7:49 am

I know, Hurshy!

7:50 am

ty car

7:50 am

Poor Enable...know wonder it is so cranky!

7:50 am

ha

7:50 am

crossy salutes the "nooner"

7:51 am

[could say something very bawdy...will refrain....]

7:51 am

wo 7/8, is the double cons. right after the wo?

7:52 am

thats you car,your mind always in the gutter..come down to the sewer with me..it is very nice

7:52 am

I don't have any wo 7/8 yet! Searching.....

7:52 am

it's wa, not wo.

7:52 am

Whew!

7:52 am

<---- too many years behind the bar....

7:53 am

ty hurshy

7:53 am

got them, thanks car! nbs!

7:54 am

:)

7:54 am

i spent 5 years behind the bar and to this day will not make a ceaser.spent too many hours watching the local cougars trolling,sitting there and drinking them things all night while i get to stand there and watch their war paint dry to a nice cracked glaze

7:54 am

a ceaser?

7:55 am

vodka,clamoato,rin with celery salt and ad a bit of celery

7:55 am

Did they at least tip you well?

7:55 am

Oh gak! That is nasty!

7:55 am

time to send hubs off to work. bbl

7:55 am

sometime the money is not enough..shudder

7:55 am

Bye Dawg!

7:55 am

Oh honey....I know....

7:58 am

~~~ slides hot cup of tea down the bar to Crossy ~~~

7:58 am

mmmm

7:58 am

ty car

7:59 am

OK...100 left to find. Time to get to work. I wish you all a great day! {{hugs}} to all!

7:59 am

tc cat and hagd

7:59 am

car*

8:04 am

Binghamton's anti-hangover drink was beer and tomato juice (not that I ever had a hangover lol)

8:04 am

don't get the wa7's

8:04 am

not really here

8:05 am

military fighters are wa7

8:05 am

wa7 is a fighter

8:06 am

hi ((ruby)) we got your letter yesterday!

8:07 am

10 left. time fore a break.

8:13 am

hi ruby, mix, Annie. Back for my final 228

8:13 am

hi bichon, that should not take you long

8:13 am

someone said there was an ae8, yes? starting with ae4 plane related?

8:14 am

dont have it

8:15 am

ah got it

8:15 am

the putting of bubbles into water

8:16 am

and another, things that do that.

8:16 am

ty hurshy for all those

8:17 am

got the things that do that, thanks hurshy

8:17 am

hey, what are fellow babblers for

8:18 am

ah, got the other ae 8

8:19 am

the thing that is bumming me out isn't the placement of the S, it's the t not being next to any of the n's.

8:20 am

you an me both.

8:22 am

stats for the lone o pls

8:23 am

oo6---type of tea

8:24 am

ty annie

8:24 am

l

8:24 am

youre welcome, bichon and hi dorens

8:24 am

morning

8:25 am

good morning, all :)

8:25 am

hi nan

8:25 am

Hi Dorens, nan

8:25 am

no bacon, crossy?

8:30 am

Hi All

8:30 am

morning, hego :)

8:30 am

: )

8:33 am

have ae 8 and wa 8 -- what are the other 2, please?

8:33 am

howdy hego and no cybernan,today is crossys famous french toast each slice will absorb 2 eggs with done right.i beat the eggs real fluffy and give them a lot of ae8/40 then i use the large slices of texas toast and soak the bread for a min a side and place in a hot pan with a dab of butter and cook them till golden brown.i like to top them with a bit of sugar/cinnamon mixture or some of our fresh light canada grade a syrup,but instead of bacon today i am going to add some nice maple hickory smoked breakfast saussages

8:33 am

Yum : 9

8:34 am

sounds wonderful, crossy

8:34 am

sounds wonderful - and calorie laden

8:34 am

way to go crossy!!

8:34 am

way to go crossy!!

8:35 am

sorry cybernan,not carlorie micro management in this house:)

8:36 am

seen the light at the end of the tunnel too many times to worry about a few pounds,good food,lots of fun,people you love and just a hint of work to add persepctive

8:37 am

I wouldn't worry either for a few pounds -- it's a lot of pounds that I need to lose

8:37 am

any clue for the first ae8?

8:37 am

there's more than one?

8:38 am

hego, as hurshy clued....filling a balloon with air

8:38 am

2

8:38 am

there are 2 ae8's

8:38 am

lol,well i will make it with whole grain brown bread and egg whites for you,will use that colesterol marg for the pan,and instead of saussages i will steam you up some lean turkey slices sprinkled with secret herbs

8:38 am

ty Annie. Hmm....

8:38 am

assuming you are the one who added co2

8:39 am

where do you buy secret herbs..lol

8:39 am

refuse to use plastic in my food! -- Julia Child all the way!

8:39 am

it,s a secret

8:39 am

: )

8:39 am

in the Secret Garden

8:39 am

see? annie knows

8:40 am

lol

8:41 am

if that's the first ae 8, could I have a clue for the 2nd, please?

8:41 am

nm - spotted it

8:41 am

nan, the act of is one and the other is the one who does it

8:42 am

one more 8 to find

8:44 am

i also am missing the last 8,i have ae8 and wa8..stats for the last one please

8:44 am

there are two ae 8's crossy

8:45 am

i have the act of adding bubbles 8

8:45 am

ae 8 x2, wa 8, and ?

8:45 am

8/40

8:45 am

people who do the adding, crossy

8:45 am

i have that,that is a 7

8:46 am

plural it, crossy

8:46 am

there is a plural

8:46 am

ty and fish me

8:46 am

it was tricky

8:47 am

ma 8, those who do the adding?

8:47 am

no the other ae 8 -- is there an ma 8?

8:48 am

yes, but I have no idea what it is

8:51 am

change last vowel in fabric or the ma 7 girl

8:52 am

great clue, nan, thanks

8:52 am

Grid is playing up again and not entering words. Keep having to refresh. Anyone else having problems?

8:52 am

tyvm nan

8:52 am

no Hydra

8:52 am

No I hydra

8:53 am

not at the moment hydra - try refreshing

8:53 am

ty nan

8:55 am

7's: ae, en. mi, orx2, wa -- anyone got something else?

8:57 am

have one or 7, the speaker, what is the other nan

8:58 am

the speech he gives

8:58 am

ty nan

9:02 am

giving up and listing

9:02 am

ot

9:03 am

oh - a slug of am's that I missed

Anybody has a clue for the ma8?

9:05 am

ma****** Girl, but change last vowel

9:05 am

ma7 girl with last vowel changed

9:05 am

snap

9:07 am

am 6/21?

Sorry, don't get it.

9:08 am

think of a madonna song, kenny

9:09 am

you don't use ingredients to build a house, you use ma7s --change last vowel

Got it! Tx cybernan.

9:12 am

an 4/4 plz...prob staring rite at me

9:12 am

and yes it was got it

9:15 am

now I can't find it

9:16 am

nm, got it

9:16 am

ar 6/18, please?

9:16 am

I will look with you nan

9:17 am

morning everyone

9:18 am

hi viajes

9:18 am

hi viajes

9:19 am

got it

9:19 am

conjugation of to be + spanish cheer

9:19 am

ty nan

9:20 am

almost at half way

9:20 am

bbl

9:25 am

name that proper noun! great dolphins quarterback

9:26 am

and star of Ace Ventura!

9:26 am

really? never watched that.

9:26 am

very funny...he plays himself.

9:27 am

do not watch amrican fottie and have never seen ace ventura,so i also am out of luck:/

9:29 am

only person i can think of is jim carey. and i so do not like him

9:29 am

but you know he never played for the dolphins

9:30 am

Dan Marino!

9:30 am

do not think mr carey plays in the nfl:)

9:30 am

ding ding ding!

9:31 am

My brother played high school hockey with Jim. My husbands best friend is his nephew. Go figure...small town.

9:31 am

ok, i have ae8 x 2, wa8, can anyone tell me what the fourth 8 is?

9:31 am

lol.. i know .. cant see him playing football.

9:31 am

haha, just found the word that has been annoying the heck out of me in Sherlock Holmes

9:31 am

ma 8

9:31 am

ty cnan

9:31 am

ro 5/16= a early euro version of croquet

9:31 am

what word is that viajes?

9:32 am

anyone have a clue for the gi 6-7?

9:32 am

a misspelling of "clue"

9:32 am

what word viajes?

9:32 am

clew?

9:32 am

well, an old-fashioned spelling I guess

9:32 am

PB crossy!

9:33 am

acck

9:33 am

it's not a misspelling. i mean, they didn't always have standardized spelling. but also, cl4 as appearing in the grid is a type of sail or something, i learned about it in my time working for a yacht management company.

9:33 am

I guess it has a different definition; the Babble dictionary doesn't even mention the old-fashioned synonym for hint

9:33 am

oh well , cant put it off any longer .. have to get ready for work ... hagd all

9:33 am

viajes baited crossy!! no fair

9:33 am

muahahaha

9:34 am

what's in the PB today? anything good? last week there was pie.

9:34 am

hearing sounds from above -- better go and start breakfast

9:34 am

cnan, is the ma8 weird or normal?

9:34 am

dry toast for you..no crossy brakfast for viajes...humph!

9:34 am

breffast

9:35 am

haha, that should be a category hurshy! it should be in the clues. ma8-N versus ma8-W

9:35 am

oooh yeah, i ask that question a lot but never thought of making it part of the clues.

9:36 am

old word for american margerine in da grid..always forget that one

9:37 am

I am sad that maneater is not in the grid. So close!

9:37 am

that word and ethyl for gasoline always seem to put my mind in the same time frame

9:38 am

crossy, are you trying to trick me in revenge? Because I don't know that word, so it can't work.

9:38 am

would crossy do that?

9:38 am

or manatee, that would be nice.

9:39 am

rats, cnan left before seeing my question i guess.

9:40 am

i can work on her gi6-7 question while she is away

9:41 am

do you want a clue for gi 6/7 ?

9:41 am

or are you giving the clue?

9:42 am

i'll take a clue, annie

9:43 am

as pikula always say *** er done and another word for so4----***n

9:43 am

and then plural it....convoluted clue, I know

9:43 am

i was going to try to find, so, thanks for the clue :)

9:43 am

*says

9:43 am

that's a brand of jeans i think.

9:43 am

ty annie that and morewords got it foe me

9:44 am

yes, It is but I thought it was too obscure

9:44 am

ty, annie and hurshy

9:44 am

okay, going to take a break...see you later

9:45 am

70 left

9:45 am

it would of been annie since crossy,s beloved does not buy 500 dollar jeans

9:45 am

i don't think they WERE 500 dollar jeans. i thought they were a brand that walmart carried.

9:46 am

but, maybe i only remember seeing the commercials and not the jeans themselves.

9:46 am

see? what do i know about jeans?

9:46 am

an inexpensive jean, i had a couple pairs. comfy

9:47 am

any jeans i buy for myself,i buy knowing that they will be a shredded disaster in 2 months

9:47 am

They were sold by Kmart

9:48 am

kmart, walmart, i mix them up in my mind.

9:48 am

I had some in the 80's as a teenager.

9:48 am

ahh,k marts are long gone round here went with towers and the old box stores

9:48 am

woolworths etc

9:48 am

all eaten up

9:49 am

what are these jeans we're talking about? I'm confused

9:49 am

gi6

9:49 am

I keep thinking girbaud but that is not possible

9:51 am

i have all the 7's but still looking for that ma8.

9:53 am

me too and also the wa8

9:54 am

wa8 pl of wa7

9:55 am

no matter how many times i try it, it's not marinate.

9:58 am

The jeans end like an instrument with black and white keys

9:59 am

thanks Molly!

9:59 am

jeans?

10:00 am

Blue jeans, denim pants.

10:00 am

That particular brand name was popular in the 80's

10:00 am

is a clue for what?

10:00 am

gi6!

10:00 am

I am referring to the gi6 clue given about jeans

10:01 am

I keep wanting marinate too, hurshy. Also animation.

10:01 am

good morning all, and thanks molly for the gi6

10:02 am

hursh MA8 is like the word that you make things from..can be wood.. can be cloth.. also a madonna song ma****** girl.. change the last vowel

10:03 am

thanks ibuxx!

10:03 am

ur welcome.. man i am having a hard time w/ this grid.. these long ones get me everytime..

10:05 am

I'm still hung up on the jeans

10:06 am

if you know spanish, robwhy, it means gypsy

10:06 am

ah, got the Madonna song clue

10:06 am

wa8 finally! (obviously, didn't have the 7! lol)

10:06 am

ty, lbuxx. madonna song got it for me too

10:07 am

ah thanks lbuxx, i thought of the regular spelling but not that.

10:08 am

thx

10:10 am

now i need two more words for 90%

10:10 am

tadone!! finito!! lots of weird hard twisty words today.

10:11 am

congrats to dawger!!! and hi Babblers

10:11 am

well done lbd

10:19 am

hi aloy hi flosey

10:20 am

woah.. didn't realize i just got to 1/2 way.. yay!

10:20 am

wtg bux

10:20 am

am enjoying this grid, dawger.. seems like a good balance between easy and challenging, lots of surprise words popping up and not too many weirdos

10:27 am

first 70% weren't too bad. but getting to 80% was a bit more of a challenge. the last 10 had me going in circles--word blind.

10:28 am

know what you mean.. I usually take a break when I get "Babble Eyes" (-:

10:32 am

retinal babblitis oscurus

10:32 am

excellent diagnosis, crossy!

10:32 am

obscureus*

10:32 am

lol, I knew what you meant

10:32 am

take 3 whiskies and 2 head desks and call me in the morning

10:33 am

egads, missed the Christmas no4.. rbo for sure

10:35 am

nice to see the pretty or6 bird in the grid

10:36 am

and sprites dog is in there too!

10:39 am

sprite allows me to be godmother to her pup as I am canine-less at present.. so I adopted te5

10:44 am

sometimes being a surrogate pet owner is nice, don't have to clean up or pay the big bills. ;-) i do that with our neighbor's dogs. big galloots that they are.

10:45 am

yes, kinda like being a grandparent.. you give and get love minus the hassles .. best of both worlds

10:47 am

Clue for en7 please?

10:47 am

two birds so far

10:47 am

e + country, one ****** under God

10:49 am

Thank you Aloyisius

10:49 am

i must be away. bbl to chat. hagd everyone

10:49 am

bye, lbd.. you hagd too

10:51 am

bbl.. resting eyeballs (-:

10:54 am

clue for wi6 please?

10:54 am

I'll look with you viajes

10:57 am

don't see anything

10:57 am

me neither

10:58 am

I think it has to use the G, point-wise, but I can't find any combination that works...

10:58 am

nor i

10:59 am

hair piece + vowel + not off

10:59 am

that was a twisty stinker

10:59 am

yay! thanks!

10:59 am

sigh, I had tried that ending in R or T but somehow missed that combo...

11:00 am

wi 6 sounds like poopy city bird

11:00 am

thanks bichon

11:00 am

np flosey, viajes

11:00 am

that's the clue I was thinking of too crossy... though maybe not quite that description

11:02 am

does anyone have a clue for wo6 please?

11:03 am

nm, monkeyed it

11:03 am

odd word

11:03 am

wo + double cons + he,she,**

11:04 am

thanks viajes

11:05 am

Distant cousin of Dickens Little Do6 : )

11:06 am

ty viajes

11:08 am

im6 anyone?

11:09 am

im + vowel + salt can make you ***ain water

11:10 am

thanks Molly!

11:10 am

morning all!

11:11 am

Hi Sue

11:11 am

hi sue

11:11 am

hi molly and flosey!

11:17 am

hi again :)

11:19 am

hi and bye nan! I need to go make lunch

11:19 am

later babbleverse!

11:21 am

***ain water?

11:23 am

oh - got that one!

11:30 am

lol,big excuse for the ladies..us guys just get fat

11:31 am

ma 5/12 following the horse, please?

11:32 am

Ave *****

11:33 am

ty erda

11:33 am

ty erda

11:33 am

YW

11:33 am

and the 6 that follows the virgin?

11:34 am

or6,18 2nd of three?

11:35 am

******* glacees -- candied chestnuts

11:35 am

like the color misspelt.

11:35 am

but without the okural "s"

11:36 am

*plural

11:36 am

lost me;(

11:36 am

me too, crossy

11:37 am

i just keep trying to spell orange now:(

11:37 am

like the dark red color, but with the wrong letter doubled

11:37 am

oh - got it - ty erda

11:38 am

clues were for ma6 crossy. not the or6

11:38 am

le

11:38 am

YW Nan

11:38 am

lol,that would explain it

11:39 am

fournd or6. its a bird.

11:40 am

ty mixi

11:42 am

now if the bird was only maroon,i would be all set

11:43 am

no its bright yellow, it think.

11:44 am

or 5/10 between the speakers and the bird, please?

11:44 am

another bird

11:44 am

nm found it - the window

11:45 am

na5?

11:46 am

gads..this grid is killing me...

11:47 am

don't have it yet mixi

11:55 am

todays healthy lunch: leftover homemade veggie + cheese frittata!

11:56 am

oooh. can I come over?

11:57 am

come on over, mixi -- theres PLENTY of leftovers! hubby wont eat them since theres no meat!

11:59 am

first re 5/10, please?

12:00 pm

tp lubricate again

12:00 pm

ty erda - duh!

12:00 pm

afternoon babblers

12:01 pm

hi again all!

12:01 pm

YW Nan -- I keep saying "duh" a lot today...

12:06 pm

I have nbs and nbt, hoping to get half way

12:09 pm

I'm hoping to get down to 100 before I list

12:10 pm

hello

12:10 pm

{{bichon}}

12:10 pm

hi ruby

12:10 pm

hi ruby!

12:10 pm

{{sue}}

12:11 pm

I worked on this for about an hour before and got 150, nbt and nbs but I think that's it

12:11 pm

150 in an hour is pretty darn good, ruby!

12:11 pm

hello ruby and sue

12:12 pm

I need 4 more before I can get to 100

12:12 pm

hi wv!

12:13 pm

hi wv

12:15 pm

maybe it was two hours -- I can't really remember LOL

12:15 pm

man, I know I am not good at vowel words, but those 21 a's (and the 6 below them) are really hiding from me!

12:15 pm

hello teach

12:16 pm

Down to 99. Going to take a break then come back and list

12:16 pm

I only have 12 of the 21 a's

12:16 pm

... beats me ... I've got 4 ...

12:17 pm

exactly what I have bichon and also 98 left

12:17 pm

we are so alike ruby

12:17 pm

and we could pretend rufie is a bichon

12:17 pm

does anyone have a clue for ar6 please?

12:17 pm

he's almost small enough LOL

12:18 pm

ar 6: area surrounding the nipple

12:18 pm

hello... back for lunch. If I stay past lunch someone should hit me and say "GO TO WORK!"

12:18 pm

form of the verb to be + bullring cheer

12:18 pm

thanks bichon

12:18 pm

thanks bichon!

12:18 pm

np

12:18 pm

and nan

12:18 pm

bbl

12:18 pm

na 5/10, please?

12:19 pm

ty for the ar

12:19 pm

... n + what you breathe + vowel ... ... I think it's an african coin

12:20 pm

thanks, dos!

12:21 pm

(my monkeys are in awe)

12:21 pm

Na + ***n (and ***q) are mideastern countries

12:21 pm

ty dos

12:21 pm

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help everyone :)

12:21 pm

back to clue in a minute

12:21 pm

yay nan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:22 pm

yay nan!

12:22 pm

congrats, cybernan!!!!! am back to find my final 9..

12:22 pm

congrats nan

12:22 pm

my monkeys have all left hme

12:22 pm

wtg nan

12:22 pm

home*

12:22 pm

Hi all....clue please for ra4/4...the first one please?

12:23 pm

r + 3 vowels

12:23 pm

ra + last two letters of opera solo

12:23 pm

hi flask and aloy

12:23 pm

first one I have is liquid precipitation, flask, but i am not even half way

12:23 pm

hi ruby!

12:23 pm

ah, thanks flosey and aloy!

12:24 pm

thanx to all of you!

12:24 pm

I missed that one, sue, duh!

12:24 pm

yw

12:24 pm

np

12:26 pm

I give up, good night everybody

12:26 pm

night, ruby!

12:26 pm

sweet dreams, ruby.. don't dream yellow squares!

12:26 pm

night ruby

12:27 pm

hi all. any clues for the 8s?

12:27 pm

ae 7 / 8 combo - things that add more oxygen to the soil

12:28 pm

wa8 + pl fierce fighters

12:29 pm

thnx aloy

12:29 pm

yw (-:

12:31 pm

ty wv, got it.

12:31 pm

thanks for the ae words, wv!

12:31 pm

wi6 rhymes with the cooing bird that poops on statues

12:32 pm

also ae8 ... the process of having added oxygen to the soil

12:32 pm

the wi6 is a species of duck

12:32 pm

there's another ae8 that is the process rather than the thing

12:32 pm

yay for quackers, ty mm

12:32 pm

doseffing is faster than me...

12:33 pm

yw aloy

12:33 pm

... I'm just using the faster monkeys

12:34 pm

<--- wants dos's monkeys

12:34 pm

done.. just in time as I must scoot.. really enjoyed this grid - hope tomorrow's is just as fun.. ciao for now, all! poof

12:34 pm

dont get the wi 6. sorry

12:34 pm

bye, aloy!

12:34 pm

ty for ae 8. got it so now have 2 8s. any more clues i hope?

12:34 pm

grrr, the ghosts are haunting me. animation! marina! marinate!

12:34 pm

... try it as ... a hair piece + a time period

12:35 pm

it's like the p***** - the city bird.

12:35 pm

... loos

12:35 pm

... sorry about that

12:35 pm

excellent clue, doseffing! real poof

12:35 pm

leftover chocolate bunnies in the PB

12:35 pm

ma8= like Madonna's Girl, but with different last vowel

12:35 pm

better have a word with those monkeys, dos! :-)

12:35 pm

... that's what ya get for using the faster monkeys

12:36 pm

(((viajes))) I am here and gone.

12:36 pm

okay I have finished my lunch and no one is hitting me so I will have to hit myself

12:36 pm

SKOOJ!!!!

12:36 pm

just jumped on to say hello

12:36 pm

hi skooj! Impressive cloud!

12:36 pm

you're all finished I suppose

12:37 pm

like hours ago

12:37 pm

yes am done and poof! Later!

12:37 pm

adios!

12:38 pm

skooj is my aunt. She just lurks nowadays, but I told her at easter that she should come say hello. :D

12:38 pm

what is madonnas girl? dont know that.

12:38 pm

it's a song mkg

12:38 pm

nice, viajes! I saw you were both from Minneapolis...

12:38 pm

... she's a bit greedy for stuff

12:38 pm

Living in a ma*** (misspelled) world...

12:39 pm

skooj gets up at like 5am and does the puzzle and finishes in ten minutes or something I think.

12:39 pm

ah, got it, was trying to change the last consonant rather than the last vowel...

12:40 pm

huh? viajes i dont get these clues.

12:40 pm

hmm... well, it's another word for fabric. Or ma8-istic means you care about money and things. Only it's spelled unusually.

12:42 pm

ty got it. good clue viajes.

12:42 pm

hope that helps; I must run away before I get sucked in again... must... resist... grid...

12:42 pm

ok so now who knows what last 8 is>? not ae or ae or ma?

12:42 pm

yay!

12:43 pm

wa8= plural battlers

12:44 pm

ae8 x2

12:44 pm

ty got it movie.

12:44 pm

ty for all clues. got all the 8s now.

12:44 pm

yw mkg

12:44 pm

phantom= clitoris

12:45 pm

any clues wanted before I leave?

12:46 pm

thanks nan but in and out here today

12:46 pm

LOL at movieman! I've spent hours looking for that.....some of that time in this grid!

12:47 pm

ok -- *poof*

12:51 pm

nan would love c words.

12:51 pm

clue for ro5/18 please?

12:52 pm

garden tool minus first letter flask

12:52 pm

... rhymes with the to5/18

12:53 pm

thanx all....

12:53 pm

... trio

12:54 pm

sorry cat in the way ... can't see where I am ...

12:55 pm

cleus for the e top row please.

12:55 pm

... the very best of people ...

12:56 pm

... eo6 ..... I like to think of it as "people from a time period"

12:57 pm

the very best of people? wow dont knw word but must fid it now.

12:57 pm

... sorry thats el5

12:58 pm

... eo6 is another word

12:58 pm

el, struggling with them

12:58 pm

got el. ty.

12:59 pm

now need eo. need a further clue.

12:59 pm

... eo6 ... time period + me + article

1:00 pm

ty got it. super clues.

1:02 pm

el6...el + **l and vinegar make salad dressing + **ats are tiny black, annoying bugs

1:03 pm

... should have remembered that one ... thanks

1:05 pm

Im back with my 69 words to find

1:09 pm

can I get a clue for le 6 please

1:10 pm

... le6/24 ... what the roman army was made up of

1:10 pm

... or a group that army veterans belong to ... (at least up here)

1:11 pm

thanks, dose, good clues

1:11 pm

Rowdy bunch, those boys at the le6

1:18 pm

clues for the ae8s please easy please

1:19 pm

... ae + ra6

1:20 pm

ae + nasty large mouselike animal + not and ... ... then plural

1:21 pm

... all of them involve getting oxygen into the ground

1:23 pm

and the other please

1:24 pm

ive got the ae40

1:24 pm

... ae+ ra6 ..

1:24 pm

... they're both ae 6

1:24 pm

... ae + a limited amount or share of food supplies

1:25 pm

... then there's ae7 and plural

1:25 pm

ty everyone

1:30 pm

may I have a clue for no6 please

1:31 pm

the first no6

1:31 pm

... to have a clue or an idea is to have a no6

1:31 pm

... sorry haven't listed

1:31 pm

thanks dos, have that one, hadn't looked to see that there was another

1:31 pm

no+ri4 flosey

1:32 pm

thanks MM

1:32 pm

yw flosey

1:32 pm

... yeah ... thanks for that

1:40 pm

does anyone have a clue for ti6 please

1:41 pm

... 75% ... but dead in the water ... time to list

1:42 pm

ti6 starts like striped cat and ends like what hosiery is made of

1:43 pm

thanks Molly, great clue

1:44 pm

missing the lowest O for nbt - any clue pls?

1:44 pm

a type of tea... oo 6.24

1:45 pm

... oo6 ... a kind of tea

1:45 pm

ty dos!

1:46 pm

And Amelu

1:46 pm

ty amelu!!! sorry didn't see you :)

1:47 pm

hi all. is this grid worth starting as it is 7.45pm here. i've just had a raclette with my daughter and her friend, so couldn't start earlier as i was busy preparing for it

1:47 pm

I'm having fun with this grid, but I'm not even halfway yet.

1:48 pm

... I got about half way in an hour this morning ... ... second half is tougher ... but not extemely ...

1:50 pm

mi 7/32 ??

1:50 pm

thanks dos...i might start then :)

1:51 pm

... the tower on a mosque from which you're called to prayer

1:51 pm

glad you're having fun harry....aye, i'll start

1:51 pm

thanks dose

1:52 pm

... lilliann ... there are a whole mess of good clues in the chog during the past hour or so

1:53 pm

thanks dose,will look back

1:53 pm

and thanks for the mi7

1:56 pm

50%

2:00 pm

... how do I miss the tr4/6 ... I was teaching it this morning ... argh ...

2:00 pm

yay harry, i have 55 :(

2:01 pm

i don't have any tr's yet doseffing

2:01 pm

looking now

2:02 pm

... commuters ride them to work

2:02 pm

,,, unless they're english ... in which case they ride a tr4

2:02 pm

... of course they might ride three of them

2:03 pm

tr6= gardening implement

2:03 pm

.... or they might cut the edges of something

2:04 pm

tyvm doseffing and mm, i now have 5 tr's

2:05 pm

just found 2 more

2:06 pm

not getting that mi7 clue, hello all

2:06 pm

118 left, and the words are trickling in

2:07 pm

but i haven't got the one you teach dose,unless you teach people to drive a couple of these things?

2:07 pm

... long nosed bird + the end of a smoke

2:07 pm

hi peri

2:07 pm

... math subject

mi7 wait just a mi*ute + first vowel +4I am ***aining water

2:07 pm

... tr4/6

2:08 pm

ty magmom

2:08 pm

clue

yw

2:08 pm

good clue, is what I meant

2:09 pm

help with o under the L pls

2:09 pm

mmm...thinking about the tr...i'm thinking angles, geometry percentages,fractions, but thinks of maths with 4 letters...is it shortened?

:;-)

2:09 pm

margarine, peri

2:09 pm

don't have it yet peri, sorry

2:10 pm

... well ... you've got the angles part ... used to find directdions

2:10 pm

ty harry

2:10 pm

2 spellings

2:10 pm

ty Harry,was sure I had typed that already

2:11 pm

good afternoon

2:11 pm

ty doseffing, we would normally put anomatory onto that

2:11 pm

hi bichon

2:12 pm

didn't sarah palin name one of her kids that?

yep

2:13 pm

what, bichon??

2:13 pm

nah - she's not that hip

2:13 pm

or the ol word?

2:13 pm

Sarah Palin namTrip and tr 4/6, or was it Bristoled her kids

apparently it's a scandinavian name

2:14 pm

Sarah Palin amed her kid after margarine?

Sarah has Track and tr4, I think Bristol used trip

2:14 pm

just checked ... Bristol, Tr4, Willow, Trap, Piper

2:14 pm

... I'm surprised she didn't look out her window and use something Russian ...

2:14 pm

I like the name bristol

2:14 pm

Tr 4 and Trap

*snort* dose. that was good!

2:15 pm

speaking of scandinavian - norwegion is in the grid. too bad it's proper _and_ misspelled

2:15 pm

I have ae8x2 and wa8,what am I missing?

2:16 pm

i'm confused with what she name her child now... trip and trap?

2:16 pm

ma 8

2:16 pm

ty will look

2:17 pm

... I'm sorry ... Google says ... TRACK ... not trip or trap

2:18 pm

i've just got all the tr4's and if they are any of them and with trip ...mmm...sounds weird...is it one name?

2:18 pm

Bristol Palins baby is Tripp and his Daddy is going to be a father again

2:19 pm

not seeing that ma8

2:19 pm

.... Sarah used the math subject

2:20 pm

Madonna son ma******, change last vowel peri

2:20 pm

*song

2:20 pm

ma****** girl

2:20 pm

don't know the son's name will have to google

2:20 pm

ty bichon for that

2:21 pm

no not son, song

2:21 pm

... as a math subject it formally ends with "onometry" ..

2:21 pm

107. Is there lickety today?

2:21 pm

oh ok, thanks bichon...sorry, am tired, have had 4 12 yr old playing in the garden for a couple of hours then 2 12 yr old hormaonal children with me for 5 hours, shopping, cooking and eating...so am now ready for bed!

2:22 pm

... yes

2:22 pm

That sounds like a workout Liliann

2:22 pm

woohoo

2:23 pm

it certainly is when the last two were girls!! if only i could lose weight with all the strain!! :)

2:23 pm

two 12 y.o. girls, scary thought

2:25 pm

mine is mor lippy than i dared to be at 16!! peberty starts alot younger now, and i feel for the girls and what they have to go through, but i was hoping for another 4 years yet until i had the mouth!!

2:25 pm

ma 6/21 plz , one just b4 bone m*****

2:26 pm

replace the last letter of bone with another cons

2:27 pm

ty harry

2:27 pm

thanks ivesy and harry

2:27 pm

yw

2:28 pm

yw lil

2:28 pm

100 left. I'm off to list

2:30 pm

My 4 y.o. granddaughter has a mouth which could rival anyone.

2:31 pm

my daughter was lovely when she was younger but she's made up for it since she was 11!!

2:32 pm

but i bet she doesn't awear tho bichon

2:32 pm

*swear

2:33 pm

... put on your cloak of invisibility and hang around the school yard ...

2:33 pm

not yet, but some of the things that come out of her mouth.

2:33 pm

... then you'll see how she presents herself to the teenaged world ... I'll bet it's not how she presents to you and other adults

2:34 pm

She's going into kindergarten this year, at a Catholic school. I sure hope none of the other kids swear.

2:35 pm

... kindergarten ... you're probably okay ... ... grade three ... I doubt it ...

2:35 pm

I can't wait.

2:36 pm

... Been there twice ... ... yes ... you can wait ...

2:37 pm

apparently dose, she is polite,giving, friendly and would do anything without be asked and also ask if there is anything she could do with other people...friends her age i don't know, as she was picked on at school for alot of years because of her hair colour and her dad i i told her to stick up for herself and do what they do back to them

2:37 pm

kindergarten...what age is that?

2:38 pm

4/5 year olds?

2:38 pm

... I commend your effort ... sounds like a great kid ...

2:39 pm

My oldest niece has just turned 5, and she's wonderful.....she can even beat me at Wii bowling

2:39 pm

aye, she does to other people....just not me!!! lol but we are too much alike and that is the problem....guns at dawn!

2:40 pm

... my great disappointment is when a nice kid like that gets to school (and I don't know how to avoid getting to school) ... they often have no idea of how to cope with kids who haven't been raised as "nice" kids

2:40 pm

aww, good for her mm

2:40 pm

... they either get bullied terribly ... or they quickly learn to response in kind only stronger ... ... neither alternative is pleasant

2:42 pm

I have a daughter, granddaughter's Mom, who had a really sharp tongue. Now she apologized profusely to me.

2:42 pm

.... Never take on a kid at a computer game of any type ... unless you have a very strong self image that doesn't mind being beaten badly by someone on 10% of your age

2:42 pm

Or the game of Concentration. My kids always beat me at that when they were young

2:43 pm

i know what you mean dose, she got picked on for a lot of years and sometimes hid under the table or back garden as she was frightened of going to school, so i went in and i went in and raised hell,(it also helped i was a school gevernor) but that is no excuse for children today getting picked on in a small school!

2:43 pm

... knew a kid who was the nicest kid in the universe ... until her 13'th birthday ... when she became the brat from hell

2:43 pm

Thanks for the warning, dos

2:43 pm

... fortunately she turned 26 ... and relearned how to be one of the nicest people in the universe

2:43 pm

my mam and i never got on for years bichonm until i turned 25 and now we are the best of friends and tell eachother everything

2:44 pm

same here with us.

2:45 pm

el 6? clues?

2:45 pm

then last september she got bullied again when she atarted comprehensive school, all because of her hair colour. she wanted me to dye, it but i refused as she has such a lovely hair colour!ever since she was born loads of ladies have come up to me and said if only they did a hair dye that colour!

2:46 pm

what color lilian, red?

2:47 pm

she has 3 different colours...alburn, strawberry blonde and blonde...but kids call her ginger

2:47 pm

... el6 ... the pleasant surface dwelling people from HG Well's "Time Machine" ... plus the first two letters from the nasty little bugs that nip and bite

2:48 pm

tyvm dose

2:48 pm

I'd die to have hair that color

2:48 pm

I'm mousy brown.

2:48 pm

thanks dose

2:49 pm

i'm alburn but as i've got older i've got darker and greyer!!

2:49 pm

I used to get teased over my hair colour (blonde) at school

2:49 pm

Okay, I'm mousy brown and grey.

2:49 pm

my brother was red, my mam and nan alburn and my m.i.l was also alburn

2:50 pm

If kids will tease because of hair color, they will tease about anything

2:50 pm

I'm close to that lil, less auburn, most strawberry and some blonde, depending on sun time...

2:50 pm

really mm? that's sad, as so many people dye there hair blonde

2:51 pm

morgan is like that too, in the winter she goes darker shades and summer lighter as the sun bleaches her hair, the same as me

2:51 pm

I was teased about it until about 15, then the boys noticed that it was kinda nice to know someone who didn't look like everyone else, LOL!

2:52 pm

Of course, by then I had a nice protective shell/aura developed...

2:52 pm

does she have freckles in the summer

2:52 pm

so you have a lovely hair colout amelu...lol, my daughter has a boyfriend now who loves her hair colour

2:53 pm

yes, just like me, but i have loads more than she does, but as she's getting older she is getting more.we still have them in the winter but they are alot lighter

2:55 pm

I need a break. BBL

2:55 pm

my body is covered with freckles, and she is getting more over her body so in the summer we looked more tanned...it's great!!

2:55 pm

bfn bich

2:55 pm

I was lucky in that respect too... I've always had light "cute" freckles but when I hit 30, they decided they needed to join together so I'd look like I have a tan, LOL!

2:56 pm

mine have always joined in since i was about 11, as i always had loads and my art teacher called me freckles every lesson

2:58 pm

aww, my daughter just asked me if she was ugly, because she has a couple of spots on her face!!

2:58 pm

but atleast you don't need as much sun amelu..lol

2:59 pm

True, but it's pretty difficult to avoid March through October, here... ~:o)

3:04 pm

i wish i had your weather :)

3:05 pm

snowing here today..wet snow..ugh

3:05 pm

I love it! I'd much rather be too warm than cold...

3:06 pm

I do not miss the snow. Nope. Not even a little smidgen.

3:06 pm

i would rather bee too cold,when youi are cold,you can add layers,when you are too hot,well once yer neeked,that is it

3:07 pm

... it was trying snow down here about 15 minutes ago ... but it looks like it had to give up ... at least it had better given up ... I must go out later ..

3:07 pm

I have gotten very good at not moving... LOL!

3:08 pm

Spent many an hour on the porch with a fan blowing my way...

3:09 pm

I'm with you Amelu, I can't stand the cold.

3:09 pm

once it gets over,i would say 80f,i am cooked,drag me and my entire body heat rash into some water or shade

3:10 pm

Climatization... or is it acclimatization... either way, when I first moved here (from MI), I did not own (much less wear) a coat for 6 years.

3:11 pm

It would be extremely difficult for me to readjust to the cold.

3:12 pm

"Coats not necessary"...that's my kind of weather.

3:12 pm

i hate the cold...when i moved up north in england, i use to have to wear jumpers, have the heating on and the gas fire and have a blanket over me!! i prefer to be neked!! but only under my duvet where no-one can see me!! lol

3:12 pm

Of course, you'll catch me whining about record highs come July and August! Someone mark the date so you can remind me to come back to this chat and read my own words, LOL!

3:12 pm

i am sure you are correct amelu,my in-laws were snow birds for many year and one winter they had to come home for something medical(forget doing that in the states as it would of cost 30 grand) but anyways they has the house here at 90f and the furnace was roaring..i had to sit there in swim trunks..in january

3:13 pm

... I never complain in the summer no matter how hot ... ... that way I can whine and complain all winter and no one can tell me to stop

3:15 pm

I know what you mean crossy. My mom lives here and if it's below 65 degrees outside, she's freezing and wants the heat on... even wears a sweater in mid summer... meanwhile, I'm about to pass out...

3:16 pm

lol

3:16 pm

i love it when we go on holiday to egypt or especially jamaica at christmas and we can say how hot it is to friends and family on the phone when we text or ring..the only problem is, we have to go back to the cold two weeks later!!

Thank goodness it's not just my parents. Forget having a membership to the gym-- just go to my parents for a sauna.

3:23 pm

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

3:23 pm

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. - Voltaire

3:32 pm

ae 5/10 what i think is an eagle nest

3:39 pm

ae8/7/8 all to do woth putting air into things

3:40 pm

good evening all

3:44 pm

evenig glant..sorry, had my nose burried in the grid

3:44 pm

Hi Liliann

3:44 pm

how are you?

3:45 pm

I got half way before work and have decoded to see if I can do the other 125 befoe bed... pushing it a bit I think lOL

3:45 pm

I am fine, finally got my act together a bit anmd put up some wall lights, planted up some garden planters and painted a wall over the weekend

3:46 pm

trying to overcome the apathy!

3:47 pm

it's a nice grid..i started this evening and have 55 left

3:47 pm

good going

3:49 pm

you can do it hin.oh good for you glant.see you're not a d.i.y freak, sorry, couldn't think of the word i wanted

3:49 pm

my brain doesn't tell me the worda i want when i need them....

3:49 pm

LOL

3:50 pm

just on the tip of your tongue...

3:52 pm

Hi Glant

3:52 pm

well, it sort of is, my memory has got worse since my balance got destroyed...i don't know why and i hate it as it is give us a clue with me now, which is why i don't always clue here as i can't remember the wordes i want to use!! but hey ho

3:53 pm

Hi Bichon

3:53 pm

but i'm glad you are now getting into the diy again...see you can do it and don't need anyone else!

3:53 pm

wb bichon

3:53 pm

I'm back from vegging out. Needed to rest my brain

3:53 pm

I'm slowly getting my DIY confidence back

3:54 pm

anything nice bichon?

3:54 pm

at least I didn;t electrocute myslef, do irretrievable damage to the walls or lights, or blow a fuse!

3:55 pm

lol glant...well, that is a start!!lol

3:55 pm

lillian the damned chemo juice did the exact same to me.was in the kitchen other day trying to ask the mrs for the collander to drain the pasta.think i could remember the name of the damned thing?.."the drain thing,thing with the holes" sputter on like that till the wife either deciphers what i need or the word comes..been that way on and off for 5 years now

3:55 pm

and they do work LOL and are on the wall straight

3:55 pm

no, just lay down in bed with the fluffs and watched something immemorable on TV

3:55 pm

know that feeling crossy

3:56 pm

but it's also proved that you can do it, so don't be so down on yourself...a little at a time...

3:56 pm

it's the damage to the neural pathways in the brain

3:57 pm

I know I can do it Liliann, just a bbit resentful that I have to Liliann :-)

3:57 pm

It's a small price to pay for health and being cancer free

3:58 pm

It certainly is Bichon, but I do miss the ability to concentrate and the occasional loss of ability to speak fluently!

4:01 pm

I can understand how that must trouble you, but you get to see your grandchild. My mother had a radical [and I mean radical] mastectomy in 1959. She has terrible lymphodema, but she's lived to see three great-grandchildren

4:02 pm

it is indeed bichon

4:02 pm

i stutter over words and objects,but it is sporatic and has not affected my reading one iota

4:02 pm

I'm grateful that I don't have the lymphodaema, and very grateful to see my grandchildren. At this rate I'm hoping to see the great grandchildren too, as long as thye don;t come too soon LOL

4:03 pm

and am glad you are healthy now glant

4:03 pm

i haven't had cancer or the treatment you've had crossy, and i know you've got through it a few times as you are a figher and a good caring man and i hope you're memory improves

4:03 pm

hasn't affected my reading at all either crossy - it must be to do woith the speech centre

4:03 pm

must indeed,small mercies

4:03 pm

The radical mastectomy they did back then removed the lymph nodes.

4:04 pm

I'm glad we're both healthy cossy ;-)

4:04 pm

They had no chemo, only radiation

4:04 pm

My mastectomy was radical too Bochon - they took 22 lymph nodes out

4:04 pm

indeed glant,we have shiny fresh new lives

4:04 pm

and i had chemo and radiation

4:04 pm

i had operations and chemo...no radiation

4:04 pm

Did they leave some nodes in?

4:04 pm

I've never bothered with the reconstruction - call me Amazon woman LOL

4:05 pm

my-m-i-l also did not reconstruct

4:05 pm

They can do so much more now for lymphadema. My mother didn't have any treatment and it is way too late.

4:05 pm

No nodes left in as far as they know - there were cancer cells in 7 of the 22 - that was when they told me it was 'out there' - had left the breast

4:05 pm

I don't think I would either

4:05 pm

i'm glad you have got through it too glant, my cousin/sister to me had the same cancer has you at a young age and has come through

4:06 pm

sorry to hear abnout your mam bichon

4:06 pm

how long ago was this glant? got your 5 years in yet?

4:06 pm

some breast cancers are much more aggressive than others - i was 'lucky' as the hormone fed ones respond better to treatments

4:07 pm

My Mom is 88, has lung cancer and while she has dementia to some degree, her ticker is still ticking

4:07 pm

yes crossy, finished treatments in Feb 2006 - so 6 years now

4:07 pm

my cousin had a reconstruction of her breat but no nipple and had to have ovaries removed so she couldn't get it back

4:07 pm

yaaa for glant!!

4:08 pm

woot for Glant

4:08 pm

yeaaa for me! and you! and Bichon's mum

4:08 pm

the survivors club

4:08 pm

and Liliann's cousin/sister

4:09 pm

lilian, did she have testing for the BRCA mutation. Several people on my Dad's side have the mutation and had their ovaries removed

4:13 pm

i don't know if we have that here bichon.all i know is she is clear now about 7/8 years but majority of our family have all died of cancer/all different types. her mam had.....i'll have to think...can't remember, she has to take penicillin every day for the rest of her life(her mam that is)

4:14 pm

my best friend's nan and mam had breast cancer but her g.p wouldn't send her for testing

4:15 pm

but i don't know if that is BRCA? what does that mean?

4:15 pm

t's done in the US [ne lab in the entire country does it] for women [and men] who have strong family histories of breast and or ovarian cancer. Although non Ashkenazi [European] Jews can have the mutation, it is more common among European Jews

4:15 pm

BRCA is a gene

4:16 pm

My mother had breast cancer twice[the first when she was 35] but neither she nor I have the mutation. But, lots of people on my paternal side have it

4:16 pm

if you test positive for it in the UK you can have an elective double mastectomy to prevent future breast cancer

4:16 pm

oh really bichon, that is interesting

4:17 pm

if you have BRCA your chances of getting breast cancer are pehaps as high as 50%

4:17 pm

so i take it you are you are jewish ?

4:18 pm

i hjave nothing againt jewish people by the way :)

4:19 pm

*have

4:19 pm

Yes, Ashkenazic

4:21 pm

I have had breast cancer twice, the second time I chose to have a double mastectomy. I told my Dr I did not want to try for the third time

4:22 pm

so, what does the ashkenazic mean,were they jewish people that came to europe after the war...sorry, if i'm being rude, but i'd like to know why they are called that

4:22 pm

sorry to hear that bekki - I have asked them to remove my other breast but here in the Uk they don;t do prophylactic surgery

4:22 pm

my friend wasn't allowed to test for it glant

4:23 pm

to test for BRCA?

4:23 pm

sorry to hear about that bekki

4:23 pm

they will only test you for it if at least one close female relative has had BRCA variation breast cancer

4:23 pm

yes

4:24 pm

because they know it runs in families

4:24 pm

her nan and mam had breast cancer and one breast removed

4:25 pm

but if it wasn't BRCA variety then it's almost impossible for your frind tp have thta type

4:25 pm

her nan finally died of breast cancer

4:26 pm

so if breast cancer runs in the family through 2 very close female family member thay can't get tested?

4:27 pm

Glantarell I'm sorry to hear you had cancer, I feel Drs need to listen to what we say. I am very happy with the choice I made

4:27 pm

there are several kind of breast cancer - perhaps 7 or 8 - but BRCA is one they know is very aggressive and runs in families so they wioll test for it if it is known you have a relative with that fom

4:28 pm

Your fiends family could have been very unli=ucky and had several different jkinds

4:28 pm

the problem is, her gp never had her tested for it

4:28 pm

my friedn had breast cancer twice in 3 years - two completely different types with different treatments

4:28 pm

my grand daughter

4:29 pm

omg, sorry to hear that glant

4:29 pm

sorry my grand daughter tells me don't worry they will grow :-)

4:29 pm

she was one of the ones they founght for the special drg a few years ago - was it heparin?

4:30 pm

ROFL bekki - mine have never known me differently - they know it was 'cut off because it had gone bad'

4:30 pm

i'm just thick...i didn't think there was that many different cancers that you could get in a breat...i just thought...a lump...breast cancer!! so i apologise to all

4:30 pm

lol bekki

4:31 pm

they've all had a good look and feel of the prosthetic breast and one of the little beggars bit it and punctured it LOL

4:31 pm

not thick Liliann - I assumed breast cancer was BC was BC until i got it

4:31 pm

omg...lol glant

4:32 pm

Mine ws strongly oestrogen and progesterone positive - which means it was feeding on thse hormones in my body so part of the treatment for me is to kill the hprmones so there is no food for the cancer

4:32 pm

but if the BC is not hormonally fed then doing that would nmake no difference, and the cancer is much harder to teat

4:33 pm

I had a bit of sticky tape oer the hole for about a year before I plucked up the courage to ask for a new one LOL

4:33 pm

when my cousin got it at 32 i thought it was just breast cancer, but no-one should ever just say just!! but she does have a healthy 12 year old before she got it but sadly lost a baby before she knew she had it, but that was probably her body telling her she had too much to cope with

4:34 pm

32 is so dreadfully young - I thought I was pretty hard done by getting it at 49

4:34 pm

you had the same as my cousin. she had to have her ovaries removed

4:35 pm

they suggested they might have to 'ablate' my oivaries after my secnd chemo because I continued to menstuate, which wasn't suppsed to happen but it stopped after the third chemo so they left my ovaries alone

4:36 pm

Hello to my fellow babblers!How is everybody doing today?

4:36 pm

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

4:37 pm

Evening Minver

4:37 pm

my cousin had injections into her ovaries every month at first...the same as me, but mine was for a different reason....and then when i was 35 i had to have a total hysterectomy but ny cousin still had the injections and then finally had to have the ovaries removed

4:38 pm

hi minver. nice to see you

4:39 pm

Nice to see you&Glantarell here.Don't get to see you often

4:40 pm

I haven't been here much of late - had daughter and granddaughter for a visit all last week and was away on and off for a couple of weeks prior to that

4:40 pm

life has gone all quiet agan now so I can babble

4:41 pm

i haven't been here for a few weeks plus i had my parents from france for a week last week

4:42 pm

it's sad when they go tho eh glant. i miss my parents as i don't get to see them very much. the last time was a year and a half a go...and they're getting older now

4:43 pm

sad when daughter and granddaughter went

4:43 pm

have to get act together to visit my mum

4:43 pm

2 and ahalf hour drive

4:43 pm

I am off from work all week, therefore, I got more time to babble. I was on earlier this morning and I found 145 words. I came back to get a few before I do my story of clues.This grid is much better than yesterday's hard grid

4:43 pm

so can't really go for a day trip

4:44 pm

yes yesterday's was hard but fewer words so i finished - chatting too much tonight LOL so need to get back to it as i have 95 left to find

4:46 pm

ma8 - fabric with a deviant spelling

4:50 pm

glant..my daughter is doing a pse project(personal,social education)and has to do a project on countries of their choice so my daughter chose wales,scotlandand england as that is where our families come from and she would love to ask you some questions as my dad's family have all died and he doesn't speak welsh. she would love to know more about the culture...if i gave you my email could she ask you questions?

4:52 pm

she is very welcome to ask questions - my email is digondda at gmail dot com

4:52 pm

my dad was born in wales and then moved away after the war

4:52 pm

I lie - adigondda at gmail dot com

4:52 pm

tyvm glant

4:52 pm

which part of wales Liliann?

4:53 pm

cwmbran

4:53 pm

south wales

4:53 pm

cwmbran is about 15 miles form em

4:54 pm

it's annew town but there were older settlements there

4:54 pm

* new town

4:55 pm

no...i used to go there with my brother for six week summer holidays...they lived in griifiths town..pontypool

4:55 pm

pontypool is much older, and a bit closer

4:59 pm

i remeber going up a main road past the local dump on your left and then after a few years infront of the road where my grandpareants lived the main road c arried on and there were car garages on the left of the road ...

5:00 pm

I've been through Griffithstown once or twice but never stopped so don;t really know it

5:01 pm

re 6/18, first one, pls

5:02 pm

re6 - to keep

5:02 pm

the garages were ther more when i was in my 20's visiting

5:02 pm

ty Glant

5:07 pm

trudging through the terrible Ts is tedious...

5:10 pm

ti6/24?

5:11 pm

ti6/24 word is beginning of striped cat plus ***don,England

5:12 pm

Ty Minver

5:12 pm

yw

5:15 pm

My total score is the current year. Good time to stop. Time to do a story now. I will also be here to clue whatever I can

5:15 pm

I have 53 left...

5:17 pm

thanks min, i have 11 left and need to send an email

5:17 pm

go glant

5:17 pm

47 T words = I have no desire to finish this grid : )

5:18 pm

Ts trashed

5:18 pm

tediously

5:20 pm

Ss slain and rs ravished

5:22 pm

Terrific Glantarell!

5:23 pm

Super Ravishing Glantarell!

5:23 pm

nobody's said thta to em for a LOOONG time Minver :-)

5:24 pm

I do not think anybody has EVER said that to me Glantarell.

5:24 pm

oh, sad, Minver...

5:28 pm

(((Min))) you should be appreciated for the lovely person that you are.

5:29 pm

Hello MollyL! How are you? Welcome to the grid & thanks!

5:31 pm

I'm good Min, and I'm thinking positive thoughts for you that your life is going to turn around and get better and better.

5:31 pm

am back.hi molly :)

5:32 pm

you should aLWAYS BE APPRECIATED MIN AS YOU ARE SUCH A LOVELY GIVING PERSON :)

5:32 pm

oops

5:33 pm

sorry about the shouting

5:37 pm

fireworks!!

5:37 pm

woo hoo Liliann - 25 left here

5:37 pm

Congratulations lillian on your fireworks! Hooray for you!!

5:38 pm

i've been too busy watching craft shows...my down fall..lol

5:38 pm

yaa for lillian!

5:38 pm

thank you both

5:38 pm

any clues needed?

5:38 pm

ty crossy

5:38 pm

got rid of my TV when I moved but spend too much time on computer now LOL

5:39 pm

Hello crosshair!How are you doing today? Welcome to grid.

5:40 pm

but i could still watch my craft shows on the computor....which hubby hates!! lol

5:40 pm

well, computor is probably better than tv as you can learn more :)

5:40 pm

and chat to all of us!

5:41 pm

thanks for you're email glant, morgan will send you an email and no doubt ask you loads of questions...

5:41 pm

no prob Liliann

5:42 pm

and i know quite a lot about welsh culture and history and folk takes

5:42 pm

*tales

5:42 pm

lol...brilliant that's what she wants

5:43 pm

ty for the welcome min. i am fine and my mrs(elegant) says hello to everyone.she still has her babble pro acct,but her vision is not so good of late

5:45 pm

hi elegance, i hope you are well and you have such a lovely, helpful,giving,loving husband, reminds me of mine when he is home :)

5:45 pm

*elegant

5:46 pm

aww shucks..

5:47 pm

if only we could put you in a pack of cards crossy, and deal you all around to all the babblers...we would all have a good day day and be well looked after

5:48 pm

Back for the final 27

5:48 pm

:)))

5:48 pm

down to 10

5:48 pm

Hi there mrs crosshair! Must be nice to have a partner who also likes to babble. Hubby would NEVER sit with me while I babble. I also don't sit with him when he plays his games.

5:48 pm

Hi Bich

5:48 pm

hi bichon

5:49 pm

go glant!!

5:49 pm

Hello bichon! How are you doing? Welcome back to the log

5:49 pm

Go Glantarell go!

5:49 pm

i orginalyl started babble shortly after all my chemo so as to exercise my mind,but over the last few years many of you have also become special to me as well ,including you lillian

5:50 pm

mine doesn't babble either min when he is here but saying that he has too much to do as he works away most of the year :(

5:50 pm

the mrs,says if she has a good day tomorrow she will try and log onto babble a bit

5:51 pm

crossy, I didn't mrs. crossy Babbled

5:51 pm

she does/did

5:51 pm

aww crossy, that is so lovely...i think half the time people hate me here because of my butt and how i chat!

5:51 pm

me neither Bichon

5:51 pm

*know mrs. crossy Babbled

5:51 pm

Does she love bacon too?

5:52 pm

well,your butt looks nice and tight from here:)

5:52 pm

she partakes of bacon from time to time

5:53 pm

i hope she has a good day tomorrow crossy, as i would love to meet mrs crossy.she musr be such a special person to have you and you to have her

5:53 pm

sigh..missing so many t,s

5:53 pm

lol crossy...that was many years ago!! lol

5:54 pm

we are as we should be at 19 years married,when i lack strength she is the staff i lean on,and when the world is beating her down,i am the rock to uphold her

5:54 pm

(((Lilliann))) why would anyone hate you?

5:54 pm

Hi everyone! I just finished. How are you all doing? Can I offer a clue or two?

5:55 pm

she cared for me through 3 cancers and i cared for her though full radical hysterectomies and eye diseases.we are one

5:55 pm

fireflies

5:55 pm

howdy gramma

5:55 pm

yaaa for glant!!

5:55 pm

my hubby and i am the same crossy, but i'm the lame duck and he the samson! thank god i have him and that he still wants me!

5:55 pm

yay!!wtg glant!!

5:56 pm

This grid bogged me down a bit; but, I got thru it

5:56 pm

and now, as the witching hour approaches, I'm off to bed - had planned an early night tonight LOL

5:56 pm

nos da pawb - good niht all - midnight chimes

5:56 pm

gn and good rest glant

5:56 pm

Congratulations Glantarell on your fireworks! Good for you

5:57 pm

G'night, Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite

5:57 pm

Congratulations gramma on finishing grid early!Way to go!

5:57 pm

yaa for gramma!

5:57 pm

hi gramma.wtg!!

5:58 pm

sleep tight - that phrase comes from medieval times when the mattresswas supported my crossed ropes tied to the bedframe - if the ropes were slack the bed was uncomfortabel, so a sevant had to tighten the ropes each night to ensure the bed was 'tight' and therefore comfortable

5:58 pm

con grats on finishing gramma

5:58 pm

I had to be at the hospital this morning @ 7am. It's an hour 15 drive. I got up early and didn't get out until after lunch. It sucked up a lot of my energy and my day.

5:58 pm

poof

5:59 pm

nos da pawb glant

6:00 pm

lol,glant i have a antique hospital bed made at the turn of the century and the materess is supported buy the narrow strips of metal and small springs on the end of each strip,so your rope bed does indeed make sense

6:01 pm

If nobody needs a clue then I'll be gone. Maybe even fix some supper.

6:01 pm

Goodbye gramma! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log.

6:01 pm

Have fun. See you all tomorrow.

6:03 pm

nite gramma.tc

6:08 pm

am6 anyone?

6:09 pm

why would they not molly?? i'm not overly popular ans my icon probably doesnt help but i'm not going to change it as that is who i am and maybe i waffle on too much...i spend alot of time on my own so when i chat, you can't stop me..saying that i've always been called a chatterbox...

6:09 pm

am + vowel + the bell rings, it ***ls

6:10 pm

am,..what bichon said..lol

6:10 pm

i also have prone to the verbal trotts,but it bothers me not in the slightest lillian:)

6:11 pm

That's all folks! See you in the mornin'

6:12 pm

i was just about to go bichon and tell everyone they are in good hands with you for clues! :)

6:12 pm

mrs says,because i am taurus you can find out everything you need to know of me after just 5 minutes;)

6:13 pm

aye, but you are a lovely well liked person crossy :)

6:13 pm

my hubby is a taurus

6:13 pm

hi again all! today turned out to be much more exciting than I was expecting, and not exactly in a good way (not horrible either, and it is over, but I am tired and happy to be home)

6:13 pm

what were you doing suze?

6:13 pm

hi everyone

6:14 pm

Lillian, your icon is cute. I don't think it's offensive at all. And you may chat a lot, but you don't go on and on about yourself.

6:14 pm

notice how as a taurus,we are always right and NOT stubborn?

6:14 pm

hi sue, glad it was good/or not but turned out alright

6:14 pm

howdy welki

6:14 pm

Hi Welki

6:14 pm

hi welki

6:14 pm

ty for the am6... how about the ar6

6:14 pm

trying to sort out a disagreement between a student and his dissertation advisor, then dealing with my son who needed to be picked up at the train station and didn't communicate about it very well

6:15 pm

pffttt crossy!! tauruses are very stubborn!!!!!

6:15 pm

what? moi?

6:15 pm

well,now you can rest suze

6:16 pm

is it me, or is this grid one heckuva p.i.t.a.?

6:16 pm

resting is exactly my plan, crossy!

6:16 pm

it is a royal pita

6:16 pm

and I agree, welki

6:17 pm

crossy pours suze a wee drop of something with a kick

6:17 pm

whew - had an insanely busy day, was hoping for a "friendly" grid. oh well, one of those that i'll do what i can and then no more :)

6:17 pm

How annoying every time |I think I will give up and go to bed I find one more word and it sets me off again!

6:17 pm

ar6, sounds like the skin around the nipple

6:17 pm

<-- has a manhattan on the rocks

6:17 pm

thanks, crossy!

6:17 pm

thanks lill

6:17 pm

and i know what you mean, deeha!!

6:18 pm

Welki, you are right about this grid. And "do what I can and then no more" is my philosophy on these things as well.

6:18 pm

just read back in chog...thanks molly.x

6:19 pm

wish i could incorporate the 'do what i can and then no more' into daily life a little more

6:20 pm

yw cos.

6:20 pm

how abt the el6

6:20 pm

With you there Welki

6:21 pm

well, i'm off to bed to read. hope i get to meet your chatming wife tomorroe crossy and all the other lovely people on here.nite and tc all

6:21 pm

^5 deeha - let's form a club!

6:21 pm

g'night lilliann

6:21 pm

What the 'I dont have to do everything myself' sort of club!

6:22 pm

first thing i'll do - YOU can organize it :)

6:23 pm

lol I set myself up for that didnt I!!

6:23 pm

yep - made it real easy *lol*

6:24 pm

cos, its e and sounds a bit like the word opp of short but a bit back to front and with a vowel in the middle..(poof)

6:27 pm

Heard today - when you get old you lose interest in sex, your friends drift away youir children ignore you. There are other advantages but they seem to be the outstanding ones!!!!¬

6:29 pm

that's a good one - my quote of the day was, "Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just just get up and go to work." (Chuck Close)

6:30 pm

That's pretty funny Deeha!

6:30 pm

Right thats it I AM going to bed!!! ................soon...............!!

6:31 pm

'night, deeha

6:32 pm

i'm off too - later, folks

6:33 pm

hi all, my sister's cat, Ziggy is missing. He is not coming when we call him. Hope he is ok

6:38 pm

I'll keep positive thoughts that Ziggy comes back, Peri.

6:38 pm

thank you Molly, he has stayed out long before but always shows up at the front or back door

6:43 pm

Cats seldom come when called, peri (at least mine don't)! Hoping that Ziggy is fine.

6:51 pm

he does not always come when called but does when he has been out for a while and it is getting dark. he does not go out in the dark

6:52 pm

ah - well I do hope he is ok, peri!!

6:52 pm

my cat is an indoor cat

6:52 pm

thanks

6:53 pm

my cats are indoor cats too but every once in a while they get out

6:54 pm

my cat used to go out on the balconey when I lived in an apt. but she will not go outside here

6:55 pm

el6 pls

6:56 pm

el + vowel + stop at the stop s***

6:57 pm

ty

7:02 pm

uean

7:03 pm

don't know how that happened.. i typed one letter , then the next four ended up there. good evening, ladies

7:04 pm

hola all

7:05 pm

did I miss anything? did they swap some tiles when I wasn't looking?

7:05 pm

hi via

7:06 pm

hello. wouldn't that be a funny April Fools joke? to just keep making subtle changes to the grid every couple of hours?

7:07 pm

I think that would be a great joke. Especially at the flip when people are so rabid about being the first to find a word.

7:07 pm

a bit twisted?

7:08 pm

<---Loves twisted humor.

7:08 pm

<--twisted

7:08 pm

ma6/30 pls

7:09 pm

male + Spanish for what

7:09 pm

clothes in stores are draped on ma*e**ins + vowel

7:09 pm

ty

7:09 pm

how about the second wi5/18?

wi + what you lay out in the sun to get

7:10 pm

haven't listed yet. have the wi + sun***

7:11 pm

thanks Dorens!

7:12 pm

and thanks to you too, now i found a first wi5/18. think it is time to list though.. down to 86 and getting tough.

7:13 pm

hey, thanks Book Doctor too... I swear I didn't see that post before.

8-D

getting stuck with 110 left, OY

7:14 pm

sigh. I just went biking for an hour in the cold and wind and now I have to leave in about two minutes to do aerial and really I just want to sit here and play Babble and eat cookies or something.

7:14 pm

second oo word please, an oo 6

7:14 pm

aerial?

7:15 pm

i sympathize via

7:15 pm

trapeze and hoop and fabrics -- circus stuff

7:15 pm

I just take classes for fun and fitness; I'm not destined for the actual circus or anything

7:15 pm

tea mmkg

7:15 pm

ok

7:15 pm

it's good I'm just tired and wish I had more time in between to catch my breath :P

7:16 pm

ty dorens -- didn't have that one either

7:17 pm

the first na 4/4 plz

7:17 pm

indian bread?

7:18 pm

Via, did you read the story about the elephant that escaped from the circus? I thought of you. : )

7:18 pm

no! *googles "elephant escape circus"*

7:19 pm

ty dorens

7:19 pm

ty. got it. super clue dorens.

7:19 pm

need am 6 21 plz

7:19 pm

glad it worked mkg

7:19 pm

It was in Ireland. I think she was looking for Soodle. : )

7:20 pm

she didn't want a bath!

7:21 pm

Sometimes a girl's gotta do, what a girl's gotta do.

7:21 pm

the first lo 6/18 plz

one who ransacks

7:22 pm

stick around too long ivesy? (still haven't listed, but that's my first)

7:22 pm

one who does the lo4

7:22 pm

ty ty ty

7:29 pm

le 6 clue please/

the French foreign ******

7:30 pm

nice -- thank you

yw

7:30 pm

and now suddenly I have "too le5 to quit!" in my head

or lower limb... charged particle

7:31 pm

ty for super clues.

7:31 pm

got it.

:-)

7:31 pm

wasn't there an old rap song when I was like 12? "Too le5! Too le5 to quit!"

7:32 pm

it's a hazy memory... anyway, I must go torture my muscles and make pretty poses on trapezes and such -- bbl

7:32 pm

dont know song. i am old so not sure.

lol... don't think I know it viajes... and I know thousands of songs... just a little lax with rap

7:32 pm

im word clued please.

7:33 pm

it was around the same time as "Can't Touch This" I think -- one of those ubiquitous songs that one couldn't avoid...

turkish inn mkg

i + female horse + consonant

7:38 pm

** finito ** - last word wo 6/30 - 4/5 of word to be anxious or concerned + neutral pronoun

ahhh, thanks wvteach... I'm just approaching my W's and needed that one

way to go on the finito ! .... I still have 25 to go

7:40 pm

to 5/16 plz

sorry ivesy... missing that one

7:41 pm

its a tough one

right after looney ****s... right ?

7:42 pm

yes thats the one

7:43 pm

ziggy is back, he was on a shelf in the garage.

7:43 pm

we were in the garage several times and called him and he did not come

7:43 pm

but noone bothered to tell me. I had to go downstairs and ask

ivesy... alternate spelling of knitted headwear

7:45 pm

the first li5/10 please

or maybe it's the ONLY spelling lol

sorry cos... don't have it or the next one yet

7:46 pm

hmmm thinking on that diane lol

7:46 pm

if u need the next three li5/10 lemme know :)

a knitted pull on winter hat

will do, cos :-)

Ivesy.... mind your P's and *'s

7:48 pm

winter hat li? gee, here we dont have a word like that. is it british?

maybe Canadian ?? lol

7:49 pm

li + something spoils , it is ***ten

7:49 pm

thanks ives

7:49 pm

whew got it... ty diane ...

thanks ivesy

7:49 pm

yq

7:49 pm

that was yw.. lol

there... you remembered your Q lol

7:50 pm

yes i did finally lol

7:50 pm

li*** is a hat????????never heard it.

7:50 pm

ty for clues as i got the word.

7:51 pm

i think the to5 is a hat. not the li5

7:51 pm

yes its the to that it is the hat

no... lol the to 5/16 is a hat

7:52 pm

mi7?

7:52 pm

ok.... we agree that the to 5/16 is a hat ?lol

7:53 pm

do you have the TO 6/27 - remove middle consonant for the TO 5 (hat)

7:54 pm

ty for the to6

7:55 pm

mi 7 - towers on a mosque

7:55 pm

got a to7 from it as well

7:55 pm

would love a clue for et words

7:55 pm

and ty for the mi7

7:56 pm

e + to4 + vowel

I have one.... french word for star I think

7:56 pm

et 6/18 - French word for star

7:56 pm

time arrival guess + first half of mickey's girlfriend

7:57 pm

got one of them. what is other please.

7:57 pm

clued both.

great clue cos

7:57 pm

ty diane :)

7:59 pm

na5 please

7:59 pm

ok ty must go look and search.

7:59 pm

there are so many to 4 4s.

na + Mr. Gershwin

8:00 pm

thanks diane

yw

8:01 pm

not getting the other et. i have et 6 18 but not the other. darn. any more clues welcome.

8:01 pm

et + vowel + ***nie mouse

8:03 pm

ty got it.

8:04 pm

woo hoo just finished the 7s

8:09 pm

30 left

8:10 pm

wo 6 needed if possible.

8:10 pm

yeah cos!

8:12 pm

wi6 please? dont have the wo6 yet

8:13 pm

wi6 sounds like the bird who poops on statues

8:13 pm

cos dont have the wi either. sorry

wo 6 was clued earlier...can't see it in the chat now.... first 4 letters of to "fret" and impersonal pronoun

8:14 pm

ty molly. got it.

good one Molly... thanks !

8:14 pm

ty super clue diane

8:18 pm

ty molly!

8:19 pm

and ty diane for my last 6

8:20 pm

the last tr5 please

sounds like the Swedish coin that starts with a K

8:22 pm

never mind found it

8:22 pm

ah ty anyway diane :)

gooooood !

8:23 pm

fireworks

way to go !

8:24 pm

Congratuations cosdem on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

and fireworks here too... going to listen to our grandson's hockey game on the computer and do some photo editing. Have fun, everyone and good luck !

8:36 pm

to7 pls

8:37 pm

nm

8:38 pm

lastto5/18 pls. my last word and do not see it in more words

8:39 pm

it is a little bird peri. same first letters as the one above and then 2 vowels

8:39 pm

nm fireworks

8:39 pm

YAY for peri!

9:03 pm

yay! hello. back from flying.

9:04 pm

hi viajes. what kind of flying?

9:05 pm

circus stuff. Not really flying though. Mostly just making pretty poses on trapeze and hoops and ropes. I don't do flying trapeze -- too scary.

9:05 pm

like Cirque du Soleil. I like that stuff but am not fit enough

9:06 pm

try it! you will get fit quickly!

9:06 pm

I am not fit enough to do the a lot of the tricks I want to do yet, but I am working on it ;)

9:06 pm

I think I have to get fit first so I don't land on my head ll

9:07 pm

well, there are mats...

9:08 pm

I am laughing at a vision of myself wearing a helmet and padding while making slinky moves on a ribbon

9:08 pm

Hi everyone. Sounds pretty exciting doing circus moves. I'll applaud.

9:08 pm

I fell on my head once. But I was very low to the ground and the mat was very thick.

9:09 pm

I will sit beside you and cheer gmere

9:09 pm

We'll have popcorn and drink sodas.

9:10 pm

congrats, peri!!!!!

9:10 pm

wait a year; I will be much more impressive then :) (assuming I don't break my back completely between now and then)

9:10 pm

I am with you! but I admire viajes' gumption tho

9:10 pm

May I please have a clue for t05-16? Thanks

9:10 pm

Ah, peri with fireworks and us sitting on bleachers. Good job peri, hooray!!

9:10 pm

wi 6/36 please

9:11 pm

to 5, 16 is a Canadian knitted winter hat

9:11 pm

wi sounds like a bird that poops on statues

9:11 pm

is wi6 the bird that walks all over cities? (or rhymes with)

9:11 pm

ty bugsaw!

9:12 pm

Saw the first humming bird of the season up close today. Brillian red throat.

9:13 pm

how lovely! we are much behind you in spring time. some people have daffodils but I still have frost in the morning

9:13 pm

thank you viajes

9:13 pm

Thanks much, Bugsaw.

9:14 pm

yw

9:19 pm

Going to watch tv. Have a great evening.

9:19 pm

qu 5,16 the third please

9:19 pm

bugs: " "

9:19 pm

bye g'mere

9:19 pm

change the last vowel

9:20 pm

4 left here

9:20 pm

q5 - limit, number

9:21 pm

thanks viajes, got it from that . Thanks for trying Harry

9:21 pm

heh - np

9:21 pm

am6?

9:21 pm

I kept trying to change the last letter on the one above it -- no luck

9:22 pm

oops nm

9:22 pm

what about an5/10?

9:22 pm

nm!

9:22 pm

sorry :)

9:22 pm

I finally thot of a good clue tho

9:23 pm

how about the first lo6/18?

9:23 pm

to hang around. vagrants and students do it

9:23 pm

ty!

9:24 pm

last na6/18?

9:24 pm

sounds like what the English call the head nurse on a ward

9:24 pm

or perhaps a woman prison guard

9:25 pm

ty !

9:25 pm

done yet?

9:25 pm

last word is the last so5

9:25 pm

don't have the last one

9:26 pm

figures :)

9:26 pm

sorry, I am Canadian

9:26 pm

aah

9:26 pm

well OK then

9:27 pm

done!

9:27 pm

Hello all! How is everyone? I have returned to let you know I have a story of clues if anyone is still working on the grid.

9:28 pm

you want the so5 bugs?

9:28 pm

Congratulations HarryHood on your fireworks!Good for you

9:28 pm

hi min :)

9:28 pm

YAY Harry!

9:28 pm

hi Minveryork

9:29 pm

ok then, gnight!

9:29 pm

Hi Min, I am reading your story now :)

9:30 pm

Goodbye HarryHood!I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

9:33 pm

qquear

9:35 pm

Hello debgpi!How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log.

9:37 pm

can anyone clue me on the first oo?

9:38 pm

oo + not many calories

9:38 pm

ty Bugs!

9:39 pm

clues for ro 5,16 please?

9:41 pm

ro 5/16 is just like the to 5/16 word if you have it Bugsaw.

9:41 pm

thanks Minveryork

9:43 pm

yw

9:48 pm

done. anyone want a clue before I go?

9:48 pm

Last so5/10?

9:49 pm

congrats Bugs!

9:49 pm

so + Mamma ***d me there's be days like this

9:49 pm

Congrats, Bugs!!!!!

9:49 pm

thanks viajes. nice to chat with you

9:49 pm

ty gapeach. enjoy the grid

9:50 pm

it is a song Torgone. Sing the line

9:50 pm

Thanks Bugs! Could have sworn I'd tried that ..

9:50 pm

OK I am off. Happy Babbling

9:51 pm

Congratulations Bugsaw on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

9:51 pm

34 left and not looking too good ..

9:51 pm

Goodnight Bugsaw! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log.

hello all. min, do you have the re5/6 pls?

actually the first re5/10 will do it

9:53 pm

I only have two re 5 words, but they don't go together with re6 words I have. Do you think you need and re5/6 combo?

no, the first re 5 pls

9:54 pm

The first re5/10 word is re plus ta4/4 word 72 Temple Owl

min, i think that is re6/19 #1 ty

9:55 pm

I did not finish the grid 72 Temple Owl,so I probably do not have it. Sorry! I do have a story in my profile if you need it.

thanks anyway,min. see you soon

10:00 pm

Lubricate again ..

10:01 pm

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

10:02 pm

Oh,I did have the lubricate word. That is my first re5 word.

10:04 pm

May I please have a clue for ta4-4 the 2nd? Thanks

10:08 pm

it sounds like to rip up paper

10:08 pm

t + I am, you ***

10:09 pm

first no6/18?

10:09 pm

Thanks a bunch, torgone.

10:10 pm

Thanks to you, bethn, also.

10:10 pm

ta 4/4: I hope you obta** the word from this clue gapeach.

10:10 pm

no6/18 - no + what you do with a pen/pencil.

10:11 pm

Thanks Az!

10:11 pm

yvw peach :)

10:11 pm

mp

10:11 pm

Is the im6 a real word?

10:12 pm

please come to my house and remove all the baked goods?

10:12 pm

no torgone, I don't think so

10:13 pm

Oh, it is actually ..

10:13 pm

the chat omitted " would someone "

10:13 pm

You'd have to live in Turkey to know it! Jeesh!

10:14 pm

*looks up word* ... well, it's Turkish! Not English!

10:14 pm

@bethn -- yes please!

10:15 pm

I have magnificent passover desserts and delicious easter desserts - I am a one stop diet buster

10:15 pm

okay, I give up on the last na6 -- clue pretty please?

10:16 pm

salt used in mummification

10:16 pm

yay! thanks bethn

10:17 pm

also, you are making me want to go eat my leftover piece of cake

10:17 pm

yvw : ) i couldn't think of a good clue

10:18 pm

well, I didn't know it; I googled "mummification salt"

10:18 pm

i have double crumb crumb cake, and black magic bunny cake here

10:18 pm

<-- mouth watering

10:18 pm

i watch a lot of national geographic and history channel

10:19 pm

does that help with lots of babble words?

10:19 pm

arg. EO6 anyone? otherwise I'll be monkeying it all night

10:20 pm

for me it does, i have one of those useless trivia minds

10:21 pm

eo+ seven eight **ne,+ no ifs,**ds, or buts

10:22 pm

but of course! why didn't I think of that; it's so obvious? :P thanks again beth

10:23 pm

: )

10:26 pm

one word left!!!

10:28 pm

Go viajes go!

10:29 pm

ahh! that was unexpected... I was monkeying around and suddenly there were these explosions... hooray!

10:30 pm

Congratulations viajes on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

10:30 pm

Now that you are done, I can go to bed. Goodnite babblers

10:31 pm

good night min!

10:32 pm

Woot Viajes!

10:32 pm

bless you happy dreams, min

10:32 pm

anyone need any clues before I go read Sherlock Holmes? (or cl4s, as Doyle would spell it?)

10:36 pm

ding ding ding! time's up... viajes goes poof! good luck everyone. Maybe see you at flip time.

11:36 pm

last ro6/18 please?! thanks!

11:37 pm

my last word . . . please/

11:37 pm

nm! Firewords!

11:45 pm

hello everyone :)

11:46 pm

came early to help clue, but it looks like everyone has finished!

11:53 pm

not me, nan -- just got over halfway -- been away all day and knackered now.

11:54 pm

Hello all

11:54 pm

trying to get 1/2way

11:55 pm

knackered?

11:55 pm

tired, pooped, exhausted = knackered

11:57 pm

and I have to put icepacks on my sliced chin for 15 minutes, then 15 minutes off, then repeat -- for 48 hours. It's off now but I have to put it back in 3 minutes.

11:57 pm

So brb...

11:57 pm

hang in there jill

11:58 pm

ok..1/2 way

11:58 pm

wtg

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