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119 total words

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

whee!

12:00 am

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip..

12:00 am

I was wondering about all the ice. Hope it doesn't feel too bad jilli!

12:01 am

I am diving into the grid. Will be back when I am halfway finished. *SPLASH*

12:01 am

holy A's batman

12:01 am

m9, it doesn't feel bad -- just looks horrible!

12:02 am

you look fine to me jilli!

12:02 am

how many times y'all type "avail"??

12:02 am

I want to type "animal"

12:02 am

phant #1 -- animal

12:03 am

What? Alpo doesn

12:03 am

haha, m9 -- I have to go out tomorrow and hope not to scare people!

12:03 am

doesn't work. LOL

12:04 am

nbt

12:04 am

you could wear a veil ;-)

12:04 am

tough one

12:04 am

i knew a girl in college whose name was allison polk and her fiance/now husband called her Alpo.. I always wondered why she let him call her a dog food brand

12:04 am

fer cryin out loud, dart!

12:04 am

oc 7

12:04 am

lol cos

ca7

12:06 am

nbt

12:07 am

nbt

12:07 am

phew got the oc7 thanks

12:07 am

wtg peri and hi!

12:07 am

hi jilli, hi all

12:08 am

stats for the 2nd column i please?

12:09 am

dolphin

12:09 am

in4

12:09 am

ty dart and m9

12:11 am

remember the al5!

12:11 am

ji6

12:11 am

ty jilli and cos

12:12 am

I love ji6

12:12 am

thanks jilli

12:12 am

me too. but it doesn't take mochi

12:13 am

help with the H?

12:13 am

ho4

12:13 am

ho4/5

12:13 am

ho4/5

12:13 am

have no idea on that ji 6

12:13 am

ty got the h

12:13 am

me either cyber

12:13 am

also need the bottom o and the 4th col. a

12:14 am

NBT NBS

12:14 am

the ho4/5 can be followed by Renfrew in Canada

12:14 am

4th column A stats please?

12:14 am

nan- like a spanish radish, maybe?

12:14 am

also ho4/6

12:14 am

wtg diz!

12:14 am

ac 4....oh 4

12:14 am

wd diz

12:14 am

ji6 root vegetable

12:15 am

bottom O is a gem

12:15 am

A in 2nd col?

12:15 am

ty

12:15 am

ty flosey

12:15 am

not any vegetable that I know

12:15 am

yw

12:15 am

4th column A?

12:16 am

cyber ji not a vegetable magazine said

12:16 am

av5

12:16 am

ac4

12:17 am

thanks une

12:17 am

yw :-)

12:17 am

thought she said a root vegetable

12:17 am

cyber not a vegetable

12:17 am

nbt/nbs

12:18 am

can someone clue the J i need it for nbt?

12:18 am

nice cos. I still need a 7

12:18 am

ji4/9

12:18 am

M9, oc 7

12:18 am

spanish radish -- whatever - nothing I am familiar with

ca7

12:18 am

no 7's here

12:19 am

ji + I ***e, I saw, I conquered + first vowel

12:19 am

it is a Mexican turnip according to the dictionary, the ji6

12:19 am

thanks magazine

12:19 am

yw

12:20 am

ty mag -- nbt, nbs

12:20 am

It tastes better than a radish, kind of sweet and quite crunchy. It is great in a salad.

12:20 am

what does a 7 start with ?

12:20 am

I'm stopping at 60 words & 454 points. Ch4/6 for now

12:20 am

thank goodness for a low number

12:20 am

i tried to scroll back that far but it wouldnt let me

12:20 am

ca7 oc7

12:20 am

rhozee yes! love it on salads

12:20 am

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow

12:21 am

phant potlatch

12:21 am

goodnight Min

12:22 am

nbs... I was so sure I'd tried that oc7 ages ago. grrr

12:22 am

bein' a singer and all..

12:23 am

thanks m9

12:23 am

as soon as you said singer i figured it out

12:23 am

not liking this grid at all -- good night :)

12:24 am

there -- the last ice-pack is done -- hooray!

12:24 am

yay!

12:24 am

gnight nan, and I agree -- nasty little thing.

12:24 am

wtg jilli

12:25 am

I agree too, not getting anywhere with this grid

12:26 am

I'm at 52 and faltering

12:26 am

I'm just faltering

12:27 am

awww

12:27 am

lol

12:28 am

ji6 is a lovely root veggie that you cut up raw in salads for a nice spicy crunch YUM!

12:28 am

only 32 words here

12:28 am

the j 6/39 is a vegetable sometimes called a mexican turnip,. i have had it raw sliced thin in a salad... delicious

12:28 am

sort of like a potato

12:28 am

evil wee bugger grid with big teeth... grrrr

12:28 am

i love it sammy

12:28 am

one more to 50% and then zzzzzzz for me

12:29 am

wtg via

12:29 am

me too jm.

12:29 am

yay found the ca7 weird word

12:29 am

go via!

12:29 am

lots of monkeying

12:29 am

I can't find it

12:30 am

looks like harrisburg, pennsylvania kinda

12:30 am

its a very very obsecure clue

12:31 am

a river runs through it?

12:31 am

Clues are up

12:31 am

uh.. yeah. that doesn't help at all!

12:31 am

LOL

12:31 am

ty mr p

12:31 am

first half of jc penney then state abbreviation

12:32 am

Thank you, mrp

12:33 am

oh cosd it is way to late at night for me to cope with you being clever so i will find a different word and save these clues for later after a nap! :-)

12:33 am

cajcpa?

12:33 am

yay mr p!

12:33 am

hahaha via!

12:34 am

me daughter worked at penney's and I'm still lost!LOL

12:34 am

okay no nbt for me tonight i see

12:35 am

i am off to bed to meditate on cosd's clues in my sleep

12:35 am

hi mrp, thanks for clues

12:35 am

bye all

12:35 am

hello

12:35 am

lo 6/7

12:36 am

was that penney's one for the turnip or the ca7?

12:36 am

hi diz

12:36 am

hi and bye jmc

12:36 am

penneys

12:36 am

what's the penney's clue?

12:36 am

uh cos?

12:37 am

that was NOT an answer!LOL

12:37 am

it was for ca7

12:37 am

first half of jc penney then state abbreviation

12:37 am

thanks via

12:37 am

lol sorry ca7 :)

12:37 am

I think

12:38 am

ca7 is a kind of tree with a long skinny beanlike fruit.

12:38 am

I came in to find out how jilli did the other day

12:38 am

hope everything went well

12:38 am

i think it means the first half of how you can order from penney's then the state abbbreviation. it is a tree

12:39 am

diz did u say lo 6/7 ?

12:39 am

thanks beth

12:39 am

: )

12:39 am

yes cos

12:39 am

got it!

12:39 am

the one with the long cigar shaped things hanging off?

12:39 am

ah, thanks beth! I found the word and still couldn't figure out the clue ;)

12:39 am

ah ok i doublechecked.. lickety is down apparently

12:40 am

now if you had said outhouse tp....

12:40 am

i think my gramma preferred sears....

12:40 am

such a small clarification turns a maddeningly obtuse clue into something easily comprehensible....

12:40 am

Hi west -- all went well but I now have a big bruise on my chin. Had to ice the area every 15 minutes for 15 minutes during the first 48 hours, which is just over with now. Damn nuiscance.

12:41 am

yes west, we called them bean trees

12:41 am

what happened Jilli/

12:41 am

good to hear jilli..that it's over not that it's a nuisance

12:42 am

doctor slugged you cuz he ran out of lidocaine?

12:43 am

I must stop! Sleep is necessary! Otherwise I will "just one more!" myself into insanity. See everyone tomorrow. (/today)

12:43 am

Yeah, sure, that's a good story to tell people, west, lol!

12:44 am

hi and bye via..this is like Lay's potato chips

12:44 am

so true! also, heal fast jilli -- *poof

12:44 am

1/2 way!

12:45 am

jilli pug asked what happened

12:45 am

gj m

12:45 am

A hundred and eighty were challenged by Travis to die...that's a clue

12:45 am

Pug, I had a recurrence of a skin cancer (basal cell) on my chin, which had to be removed by a plastic surgeon. He did a great job -- the incision (when it's healed) will match a curve on the other side -- very clever.

12:46 am

wow , so sorry dear, but very glad he did a terrific job !

12:46 am

is the list working for anyone?

12:46 am

it is working on expert

12:47 am

mrp didn't announce, right? So I guess there's not list yet.

12:47 am

yes she did.. and now its working

12:47 am

crap one of the wee fuzz buckets is pestering to go out--- good nite all

12:47 am

its updated automatically 1/2 hour after flip mrp said

12:47 am

same thing happened last night

12:47 am

gn pug..give the pug a hug

12:48 am

Hi! Up! Had to look it up

12:48 am

I'm grateful for whenever

12:48 am

yes. she announced

12:48 am

I guess I missed the announcement when I was attending to the ice-pack -- the list is working for me, thank goodness!

12:48 am

glad to oblige m lol

12:48 am

I already had the word.. I just love looking things up!

12:49 am

and you just knew I was singing...

12:49 am

Oh wait.. I should say I just love looking things up a@@h@@@!!

12:49 am

Sorry. joke from last chog.

12:50 am

oh yeah lol

12:50 am

and bad one at that.

12:50 am

but then.. the last grid was bad!

12:51 am

you always know your neighbor and you always know your pal if you've ever navigated on the Erin Ca***

12:51 am

no stopping me now

12:51 am

Erin?? Is that an Irish song??LOL

12:52 am

sorry..third daughter is thinking of me..Erie

12:52 am

ty west.

12:53 am

I thought it was Erie...

12:53 am

Js jilted

12:53 am

wish I knew some songs for the 7's

12:54 am

this grid is missing a slew of letters

12:54 am

I used to walk to school on a tow path of the erie ca***. My home town sprung up to service mule drivers. All of us kids used to play in the abandoned locks

12:54 am

but I ca7 falling in love with you.....

12:54 am

tee hee hee

12:54 am

that's so cool beth

12:55 am

very cool!

12:55 am

it was kind of like growing up in mayberry

12:55 am

you didn't like my song? :-D

12:55 am

I didn't get it...

12:56 am

ha ha.. my kids just got the first season of mayberry from the library.. or the vid store..

12:56 am

Opie was so cute then

12:56 am

you don't have the ca7?

12:56 am

oh now I do..the tree right?

12:56 am

yes. I think so

12:57 am

very clever

12:57 am

thank you

12:57 am

ah, got the tree -- west, you should be ashamed about that song.

12:57 am

we were just talking about the Panama Ca***..would love to go there

12:57 am

nbs though

12:58 am

what's shameful about the Erie song? ?!?!?

12:59 am

Is it naughty?? Should I go up look it?

12:59 am

not my song m...lol

12:59 am

39 left for tomorrow. NIte all, Bless you happy dreams

12:59 am

no, it was the play on words, m9

12:59 am

good night beth..sweet dreams

12:59 am

but she said west... I'm lost

1:00 am

my friend's mother who is in a nursing home in England has been remembering poems and asked Jennie to bring her a copy of the Owl and the Pussy Cat

1:01 am

went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat

1:01 am

her computer wouldn't let her download it because of "adult content"

1:01 am

it wasn't the Erie song -- it was the "ca7 falling in love with you"

1:01 am

Oh.. ha ha.. pussy my love?

1:01 am

is that a riot or what?

1:01 am

I guess

1:01 am

oh!!!! I thought you were talking about a song west posted!

1:02 am

omg -- pussycat is a bad word?

1:02 am

I had that whole poem memorized when I was about 8..

1:02 am

fireworks sans list

1:02 am

apparently just the first part

1:02 am

wtg dart!

1:02 am

Yay dart !!

1:03 am

wtg dart -- this is a meanie unless you have a head full of babblets, I think.

1:03 am

and danced by the light of the moon, the moon the moon....

1:03 am

my phant tonight...aalii

1:03 am

I'd like to know what a runcible spoon is

1:03 am

I tried that first thing dart

1:04 am

it also has a bong tree..LOL

1:04 am

it's a spork

1:04 am

it does

1:05 am

right, dart -- but I need that A in the 2nd column for nbt -- stats plz -- or even a hint?

1:05 am

then I have one

1:05 am

as in.. spoon/fork

1:05 am

at4/5 jill

1:05 am

an 4

1:06 am

an 5 and at 6

1:06 am

thanks dart..nbt and nbs

1:07 am

50 left

1:07 am

60 to go. listing

1:08 am

wtg m..are you busy now that the day is almost upon us

1:08 am

49... i think I'm going to list also

1:08 am

yes! now is when the strange ones trail in.

1:09 am

MA and Me get an extra day..

1:09 am

you mean me?

1:09 am

hello ruru

1:09 am

the 2nd al5/12 pisses me off

1:10 am

wow a very young teri garr on bob newhart

1:10 am

that's not the cottonwood is it?

1:11 am

nbt now as well as the previous nbs

1:11 am

wtg jill

1:11 am

most definitely you ru!!LOL

1:11 am

way to go jilli.. i'm way behind you

1:11 am

nj jilli

1:11 am

(actually I was speaking of clients at the tax office)

1:11 am

thks to dart and cos and morewords (hate to use morewords so soon, but...)

1:12 am

:D

1:12 am

wtg jilli and friends

1:12 am

jilli..did you find the 8 armed things?

1:13 am

must head for bed -- lots to do tomorrow. Hate to appear in public looking like this, but I have an appointment with the eye doc and lots of errands to do!

1:13 am

ha ha cos..

1:13 am

tell people they should see the other guy

1:14 am

it's a "pronunciation spelling".. ?

1:14 am

that's tentacleacious of you dart

1:14 am

oh yes, dart, thanks. Actually I had read that the pl here isn't really correct, but Wikipedia says there are several pls okayed.

1:15 am

anything you kneed ruru

1:15 am

nice T word, ru!

1:16 am

west, I planned to do just that, lol!

1:16 am

west, didn't you used to have pics linked in your profile?

1:16 am

ooh dart

1:17 am

no I never have..

1:17 am

and of course we can ALWAYS trust wiki.. right? LOL

1:17 am

I should put some in

1:17 am

oh ok.

1:17 am

I have ji 4 goodbye in brazil..what's the other j?

1:17 am

goodnight all!...*escapes the coming punfest...*poof

1:17 am

ji 6

1:17 am

la 5/12?? i have one and cant see the other

1:18 am

good night jilli..sleep sweetly

1:18 am

well jilli you should cephlapod your self to bed..

1:18 am

hawaiin porch

1:18 am

ooops I mean take your self to bed

1:18 am

that's 5/10

1:18 am

sammyson, I'm at the same problem

1:18 am

no that's 5/10

1:18 am

thats the 5/10

1:19 am

I am having a glass of water..

1:19 am

there are 2 5/112's together and i have one of them

hello all, havent been following the chog but am I the only one finding this grid near impossible?

1:21 am

it's a tuff one van

1:21 am

hi van join the club

1:21 am

you are not alone van

makes me feel better thx

3 v's so far lol

4

Hi. Can someone please help me on that A with the 2 tiles

1:23 am

ok.. have them both... add a vowel to la4

1:23 am

does anyone have the an5/12?

1:23 am

listing at 45 to go

al4

1:24 am

la + 2 vowels and a con

1:24 am

i have an5/12 that starts like a dog,cat,cow etc and ends with a vowel

ty ursh

1:24 am

isnt that am5/12

1:25 am

ty sammyson -- had to look in a different direction.

1:25 am

no it isnt hmmm

1:25 am

no is an

1:25 am

wow. the first three words I typed upon arrival are all babblet types. I gotta get out more!

1:25 am

thanks i wasnt trying a specific vowel got it

1:25 am

hi herin

1:27 am

left column gray

Howdy. So is that two AL 4?

1:27 am

at6 too please?

1:27 am

good going ru!! :-)

1:27 am

al5

1:28 am

i didnt forget the al5 :)

Never mind I just noticed that there is a lot of A words and I really should put my looking eyes in

1:28 am

al5 you COULD have...?

1:29 am

ok.. I have to share my fb status from a few days ago.

thats the big boy at6 sounds like a turkish fellow

1:29 am

Me: "Wow Gage, you sure do say "actually" a lot." Gage: "I know. That's because it's one of my other 'althoughs'." Me: "Although.... they're not really the same thing." Gage: "Actually, they are."

1:30 am

thanks got it

giggle M9

1:30 am

name that convertable car...

1:30 am

don't argue with 5 year old logic

1:31 am

for real!

Howdy west

Did you know that an inside voice is the sound a gator makes

1:31 am

oh.. did I ever show you his Christmas present from his biggest sister?

1:31 am

uh.. I did not know that.

1:31 am

LOL

1:31 am

you did..it's the most beautiful gift

That is the words of a 2 year old

1:32 am

personal gifts are the best..right from the heart

1:32 am

herin they know more than we do lol

1:33 am

wouldn't you have to dial up the volume herin

1:33 am

maybe even crocidial it up?

ahh ma5 from heaven

The other friends 5 year old once stated in a very serious many 'WEll derr land sharks are gotten rid of by dragons'

1:33 am

groan

Haha Ruru

1:34 am

the last ca5 please?

1:34 am

I hope you're writing these down herin and m

1:34 am

west.. get the first link from my profile.. then I'll delete it

1:35 am

ok

1:35 am

never mind found it

West not my kids but these are things that have stuck in my head

1:35 am

rhymes with the ma5 vanilla just said

M9 I just friended you (cause I am cheeky)

1:38 am

we have certain little things that have become family vocabulary. Goog yob (good job) from when HeWho was little. "that's asgusting!" from AIden. "No me me!!" (you can't get me) from Elina, and a few from Gage.. such as "jelly chingo" for helicopter with guns.LOL

time to rest the weary brains bbl

The one word that has stuck in our family is Sara Lee for celery and I still don't like it

Later Vanilla

1:39 am

I just watched it..so precious!! what a happy little boy

1:40 am

40 to go

1:41 am

hello m9 and all: we have a word coined by my son - afternoon became 'natterdoon' - a time for chat !

1:41 am

19.. I need to list

1:42 am

not seeing the ho4/6 at all

1:42 am

change end consonant

Hi scouser

1:42 am

kinda like help cos

1:42 am

ah thanks

1:43 am

oh I like that! natterdoon

1:43 am

hi herinfernallady

This grid is missing an E

and a R

1:43 am

well spotted!

1:44 am

if it had those two letters the score would be very high

they just need to be in the right spot

1:45 am

true

1:45 am

have we got lickety today?

1:45 am

va6.. for real?lol

Were is Carlee and her purple crayon

1:46 am

Carlee isn't usually on this late herin

Flosey Hi what time is it for you?

Maybe i can just pinch one

1:47 am

it's almost 3: am in her area

1:47 am

here on bc coast it's 11:47 pm

wow

1:48 am

oc6 anyone?

1:49 am

8-leeged sea animals

1:49 am

Stuck at SF airport, it's 11:45 pm local, i'm on east coast time so really have no idea what time it is

1:49 am

octopi

1:49 am

that's it!

Is that the singular or plural?

1:49 am

thanks saan and scouser :)

Thanks Flosey

1:50 am

sorry - off to PB and I don't eat seafood: I need see-food instead

Shirlock will you get a flight out at this hour?

1:50 am

no. those only have 3.14159 legs

1:50 am

yw herin

1:51 am

hi Flosey!

Wouldn't that make it piepus?

1:51 am

there is oc7 - adverb from many-day-counting or music

1:51 am

20 left.

1:52 am

Hi Saanichcat

1:52 am

classy, herin

And if so how tasty would that be

1:53 am

10.....

1:53 am

I think an extra s would make it more tasty

1:54 am

thanks for oc7 scouser

1:54 am

5. All V's

1:54 am

cosdem is doing well. Go for it

1:54 am

vi6 please?

well I suppose I should head ff and feed the animals and the likes

1:55 am

never mind found it

Thanks for your help

1:55 am

fireworks

1:56 am

well done cosdem

1:56 am

wtg cos

1:56 am

wtg cos

2:01 am

cos. what's the la 5/12before the volcano stuff

2:03 am

never mind <---channeling peri

2:03 am

never mind

2:04 am

ru - bit of wood with vowel on end

2:04 am

33 to go but head is almost hitting the keys

2:04 am

goodnight all

2:09 am

nite flosey

2:11 am

pa7 please/

2:14 am

ru - adverb word, in the mouth

2:15 am

thank you

2:16 am

yw ru

2:16 am

done findally

2:17 am

goodly ru

2:17 am

really rough one tonight

2:19 am

yep - only here it is morning: a beautiful calm sunny with clouds morning. Must go outside soon.

3:12 am

good morning

3:13 am

hi ruby! :)

3:13 am

{{rbud}}

3:13 am

are you up early or very late?

3:14 am

was asleep, now up again, it's just after 3 AM here.

3:16 am

try making bingo words in your head, it is so boring that it always works for me

3:16 am

getting fussed about not being able to monkey the J for nbt, lol

3:17 am

ji6/39

3:17 am

it's a vegetable, I think

3:17 am

and it's only my 7th word! got the others (animal ones) from the chog

3:17 am

green and lumpy

3:17 am

aha! thank you, that worked. I haven't been at this long, just about a half hour.

3:18 am

this one makes me want to try lots of Spanish words, lol.

3:19 am

I need aN HOUR TO MYSELF IN THIS CIRCUS OF A HOUSEHOld

3:19 am

sorry for the caps, big pinky at fault

3:20 am

I hear that! (the circus part) - it's like that here, too. Dau just went to get son, he's a pain. Needed a ride. Yes, at 3 AM. sigh.

3:20 am

no wonder you're up!

3:21 am

ah, they're back, one less worry.

3:21 am

good

3:21 am

he treats us like his personal taxi service.

3:22 am

that sounds charming!

3:22 am

what is he doing out that late?

3:22 am

studying? lol

3:23 am

this is very disorganized; I'm doing any old word as I see it, not any order at all

3:24 am

no, haha, I wish. he's just a night owl with a lot of night owl friends. and easily bored.

3:25 am

that would drive me crazy!

3:25 am

he'll be 21 in June, not much I care to try to tell him, forget any kind of discipline at this point.

3:25 am

loam

3:25 am

already have that one, lol

3:25 am

whoops, is there coffee in the PB?

3:26 am

oooh, maybe coffee would be good - or tea - or maybe hot cocoa, it's kinda cold here.

3:26 am

hot milk? ice cream?

3:27 am

hmmm.... have some french vanilla ice cream, yum! and a brownie I could put it on. if the kids didn't get the last one.

3:27 am

that sounds like a perfect wakefulness cure!

3:28 am

son has a 10-day stretch in jail coming up soon, looking forward to the peace and quiet. Then after that he's done, till the next dumb thing he does.

3:29 am

I guess he's getting some partying out of his system first

3:29 am

I think that's most of it. he figures he's due some fun first.

3:29 am

not!

3:30 am

just glad dau's BF is the quiet type. he's never a problem like our son. very mellow.

3:31 am

I've always been lucky; my son was a mellow baby and continued to be mellow (sometimes too mellow, if you get my drift), through his teens. Now he is very stressed with his work, but he's 48, so it's not my problem (just my worry), now

3:34 am

The boyfriend is a fair amount older than our daughter, but that doesn't seem to bother them. She's 24, he's 34 or so, but they get along great. He's got a job, yay.

3:35 am

job is good! 10 yrs doable, but not more (2 times, too big a difference)

3:38 am

phantom: potlatch

3:38 am

they

3:39 am

they're both similar in their viewpoints and such, and not the brightest couple around (love her, but it's true.) seems to work for them.

3:40 am

that is fortunate that they've found each other

3:40 am

I've married two who were "the smartest men in the world", NOT!!

3:40 am

she still squeals like a little kid about baby animals, and can't make change, or tell time worth a darn, sigh...

3:40 am

wouldn't pour the water out of a wet shoe

3:41 am

she sounds like a sweetie

3:41 am

canna

3:41 am

and Miss Genius over here, keeps putting words in the chog!!!! duh

3:41 am

morning all - lovely day here today

3:41 am

she is, but she acts like a much younger girl. Our son, on the other hand, very smart, but doesn't put it to any good use.

3:41 am

pls don't tell on me

3:42 am

hiya kazzer

3:42 am

I had that one, too, no worries! :)

3:42 am

but she does drive rbud - i can't do that

3:42 am

Hi Kazz!

3:42 am

that's good news -- we'[ve had rain, rain, rain, but if you have sunshine, we'll have it in 2 or 3 days

3:43 am

we have had some large hail showers over the last few days (large for us - nothing ilk the monsters some parts of the states gets)

3:44 am

we've also had hail, but tiny pieces, so no damage

3:44 am

the big ones sqush everything

3:44 am

ah, the dogs have finally quit barking, they were wound up over the train going through.

3:44 am

my puppy stands and barks in Ruby's face and she just whines

3:45 am

its was funny in a way - they chap who gave me a lift part way home yesterday has a new car and winced every time a hail stone hit it

3:45 am

haha, what do you think that's all about?

3:45 am

that's funny, kaz

3:45 am

oh dear, don't blame him, a new car? I'd be looking for a carport to wait it out.

3:45 am

he obvious doesn't like the noise

3:46 am

it's like going into the ocean, after the first dent, the rest are less painful

3:46 am

a car wash bay, or something to pull under.

3:46 am

lol!

3:46 am

I can't stand fussbudget men!

3:47 am

no - he was reasonably laid back about it though but its unusual to get such large stones but it was a fantastic sky

3:47 am

what color sky?

3:47 am

he probably cried when he got home....lol

3:47 am

when I was in college, we all used to put on construction hard hats and go out in the hail and stand around.

3:48 am

almost pale pink and green in places - fantastic. tuesday we had fantastic mammatus under the cu nims

3:48 am

silly us.

3:48 am

majoring in party!!

3:48 am

when I lived in the Midwest, a green sky often predicted tornadoes

3:48 am

we used to wander around in thunder storms with umbrellas!

3:49 am

do you get brilliant sunsets, kaz?

3:49 am

ours are rather bland

3:49 am

yes, there's a nasty green-brown color that goes with tornadoes, it's true.

3:49 am

I have only seen one tornado in this country though they are very common here just not that powerful

3:49 am

isn't umbrella/thunderstorm a good way to get lightning-struck?

3:50 am

HA! got the last brownie! yay!

3:50 am

I've seen water-spouts off Florida, but only tornado warnings

3:50 am

yay for rbud!

3:50 am

thats a difficult one ruby as we live on the east side of a hill so at home we don't really see them but if we go up to the top of the hill it can be fantastic. I used to be a weather observer and only once i have seen the green flash

3:51 am

wtg rbud

3:51 am

oh boy, never seen that

3:51 am

just 11 left for me

3:51 am

the two dogs just came crashing into the studio!

3:52 am

they're both wet and stinky!

3:52 am

and muddy

3:52 am

are they getting on well? and though this might be painful have you had any news about your other boy

3:53 am

nothing friendlier than a wet dog, lol

3:53 am

specially when they are chunky and big and want a cuddle

3:54 am

I am loving my volunteer walking at the moment - they have a batch of puppies - stuffy mastiff crosses

3:54 am

oh, you didn't hear; after two weeks, the handyman found Max at the bottom of our fishpond! We buried him quietly next to the two other graves and I didn't tell my husband

3:54 am

RIP Max

3:54 am

Ruby is still annoyed by the puppy, but he is brilliant and they'll work it out

3:54 am

how big are the mastiffs?

3:55 am

oh I am sorry Ruby - at least you have closure with this

3:55 am

and I talked with my son and husband's daughter, and we all agreed there was no point in telling him

3:55 am

and the new pup is making him smile again

3:55 am

are you still trying to convince the puppy not to go near the pond? I worry about him, as you said he drinks from it too.

3:56 am

well 4 weeks ago the biggest boy at 8 weeks was about a foot to 15 inches long - 2 weeks ago he had doubled in size - soif he is still there on sunday he could be ginormous

3:56 am

you can never replace a dead pet, but there is room in your heart to love a new one

3:56 am

Rufie has gained about 2 kg in a month!

3:57 am

when I tried to discourage him from drinking from the pond, he just re-doubled his efforts

3:57 am

that figures! :P

3:57 am

and Max drank from the pond for years before this happened.....

3:57 am

cor blimey he's growing well - I really want a dog but no chance at the mo so I will walk ones other people don't want

3:57 am

I'm just praying a lot and making promises.....

3:58 am

maybe Max had some sort of heart attack or something, and fell in. not just a slip in balance.

3:58 am

I love the way mastiffs look

3:58 am

I hope that's what happened

3:59 am

it's hard to imagine how he fell in since he would go to his full height to drink and get his front paws over the (high) rocky rim

4:00 am

what's funny about the puppy is that his color is changing by the day

4:00 am

good bye, ladies, now I have to make a Campari for himself!

4:00 am

hmm, after a fish? or maybe a bird or duck or something in the water. we'll never know.

4:01 am

50 words and lovely to see you both!!!

4:01 am

I have added Fernes url to my profile - there is a page for adopting animals and you can see the doggies that are available

4:01 am

later then, ruby! (((hugs)))

4:01 am

but it's better than having been hit by a car and dying in somebody else's garden

4:01 am

by e Ruby - have a good rest of the day. off to docs soon myself.

4:01 am

I'm afraid to look, kaz, lol!

4:02 am

bye rbud - i am off as well but will be back later

4:02 am

oh, wow, sheep and horses, too!

4:02 am

later, Kazz, good doctor visit! :)

4:49 am

does anyone have the la 5/12 before the volcano related word (the 2nd la5/12 )please?

4:51 am

got it thanks

4:52 am

lol, mari, was in the middle of the clue....well done

.

co

5:18 am

I too am struggling with the 2nd la 5/12 - clue please

5:23 am

gran, la5, la + y*o are gran + first vowel + single hump

5:27 am

la5/12..jokes make you ***gh + **ts are picnic pests

5:28 am

Oops, already clued.

5:31 am

la + Chinese money without 1st letter

5:34 am

Thanks finally got it. Also struggling with vi 6/30 and vi 7/44 clue please

5:41 am

vi6...vi + first part of Mickey Mouse's girlfriend + vowel. Add a consonant for the 7.

5:42 am

nice cluing molly

5:43 am

Thanks but just found them

5:44 am

next one gran....

5:54 am

... half way ... but not nearly enough 6s and 7s to say "doing well" ... oh well ... until later ... ... barkeep! a round of good days for everyone! ...

pa

5:56 am

still here, nanette, would that be pa7? you need

5:57 am

night/ day doseffing, have a good one, buddy

oos sorry, I keep hitting the touch pad on this laptop.... Good morning everyone

5:58 am

hey anette

just started Rose so no it didn't refer to the pa7, I shall have to look for it now

5:59 am

* groan * nanette. nearly pumpkin time for me

your up late Rose

6:01 am

had a b.... of a day at work. at one stage had 3 children in recovery ( one of which was trying to climb out of his trolley) and 2 urology patients, one whose BP was 49. and 3 staff to deal with said patients....i'm absolutely knackered

oh my, that was a gruelling day!

6:03 am

lol, nanette, and the more we "cope" with the situation, the less staff we get. go figure!!!!

I could never understand why they make nurses work 10 or 12 hour shifts. It is such a trying job and you really need to be at your very best

6:05 am

all good outcomes, except for the person whose BP was so low....he had a bleeder ( arterial ) in his bladder, went back to theatre tonight. bleeder cauterised, all good when i finally got to come home. *sigh* would sopmeone please tell me why i do this job?

6:06 am

because you are a saint, rose!!!

6:06 am

nanette, 10 - 12 hour shifts gives better continuum of care for patients...and as nurses that is what we strive for.

God bless you Rose

6:06 am

and those are weird words in the grid, ty molly and rose for your help in finding them

6:06 am

((((ruby))))) thanx sweetheart

yes I suppoe se that is tru

hi Ruby

6:07 am

but I still don't have either half or nbt

6:07 am

hi hi no no

dang laptop!

6:07 am

making a little shrine for all the Roses I have known (many)!!!

6:08 am

the others, except for Rosie, my first chow, are not saints like this Rose!!!

6:08 am

so long as my shrine is a cecil brunner rose...my all time favourite.

6:09 am

everybody keeps telling me to get an Apple laptop but I love my old clunker.....

6:09 am

what color is that one?

6:10 am

it's a pale p[ink tea rose, the perfume is heavenly. i have one near my clothes line. sheets come in, smelling heavenly

I don't think I could adjust to an Apple, the operating system is so different

6:10 am

that is lovely. Now I have to look up tea roses to see if I have any

A friend of mine got one last year and ended up taking it back because he couldn't adjust to it

6:11 am

most of my roses don't have any scent at all

6:11 am

rub, usually they are quite a small rose, in clusters

6:11 am

they (son and DIL) keep telling me I'll have no more problems.....

6:12 am

ummm, that would be * ruby *

6:13 am

it has been raining for a couple of days, so hedge guys haven't finished, but they're on the way to pick up the huge piles of cuttings from the half-finished job

6:13 am

another highly perfumed rose is the lorraine leigh. absolutely yummy!!!!

6:13 am

(I've been called worse!)

6:13 am

what color is that one?

6:14 am

oh, good, last i saw, they hadn't been....and lorraine leigh is a mid-pink, with a yellow heart

6:14 am

all my roses are red, pink, purple or salmon plus some white ones, left here by the former owners

6:15 am

what month do your roses flower, rose?

6:15 am

oh, btw, tiling in the bathroom is actually happening. pointed out to himself, that he now has just over 2 weeks to finish. strange that, huh!

6:16 am

good for you, Madame Rose!!!!

6:16 am

now have to lock up the dogs so the guys can come. See you later, friends

6:17 am

over here, our roses flower from november, through to....well now actually. i have a gorgeous yellow one, called golden jubilee, very old rose. scent is divine. and another one, called the neil armstrong, is a deep red, and highly perfumed

6:18 am

hello Babble friends

hello Sprite!

6:19 am

hi Nanette!

6:21 am

wow... this seems to be a tight one!

Was just thinking the same, Sprite

6:22 am

glad it isn't just me

lots of a's and i's but no e's

6:24 am

indeed. A slow start for me, not racing through the early words as with most grids.

still no h or j words and not one 6!

6:25 am

I have one 6, no 7s, no J wods and no H words either!

6:25 am

hey spritey

6:25 am

my 6 is va6, if that helps

6:25 am

rose! *hugs* How are you? Did you sleep well again?

thanks will try to find that

6:26 am

oh and for the J, the italian greeting but not starting C

my 7 is a pa7

6:26 am

thank you!

6:26 am

hi6, hi + first vowel + ***c is powder you could dust yourself with

6:27 am

thank you rose

6:27 am

yes thanx, spritey, have a new supply of Anatrin, working well

ty Rose

6:27 am

wonderful! Am so happy for you that you feel better.

6:28 am

ji6, ji + ***era is used to take pictures + first vowel

6:28 am

new word for me, thank you

lol at the ma6

6:29 am

lol, it's wonderful how good you can feel, just getting enough sleep

ty rose that's a new one

6:29 am

the ji6 means: the large, edible, tuberous root of a tropical American plant, Pachyrhizus erosus, of the legume family, eaten as a vegetable either raw or boiled.

6:29 am

it is mexican

opps that should have read lol at the va6

6:30 am

apparently ji6 is a mexican turnip

6:30 am

yes, fun one :)

6:30 am

oh, dear, snap spritey

6:30 am

snap rose :)

6:30 am

I love my babble friends... people who want to know what it means :D

6:31 am

well, sprite, all very well to enter words, but to know what they are, i think helps me to remember them

6:32 am

same here! I think I will remember that funny jnana(s) for a good time now!

for sure Rose

6:33 am

okay, let me see if i can help sprite....that is if she would like it...i have the 7's

6:33 am

I'd love to have the stats, rose!

6:35 am

ac7/36, ca7/36, lo7/36, oc7/44, pa7/32, vi7/44

6:35 am

oh I found a fun plural 'fish' :)

6:35 am

thanks rose! That will help a lot

6:37 am

shall i list the 6's too?

6:37 am

not for me yet, I am halfway with those. But I don't mind if others want them ;)

I also have a good portion of the 6's now but thanks

6:38 am

np's you 2

6:40 am

will go and do an on-line jigsaw, will pop back in and see how you are going in about 5 mins.

6:41 am

thanks dear rose :) You rock!

ok Rose enjoy the jigsaw

This one has all sorts of palindromes. And a phantom animal.

6:43 am

morning all!

6:43 am

really! palava is not a word?! Hello all

morning Kap and Sue

hi Lyn

Potch is a word. I'll give you such a potch!

6:44 am

I think it's palaver, lynxxx

Morning.

6:44 am

and hi, nono, lynxxx, kap, sprite!

6:44 am

hi lyn, and uusue, and Kaplan

top of the morning to you too.

6:44 am

I tried both

vini vidi vici?

No minimal animals?

6:47 am

lol... we have this joke in dutch that says 'veni, vidi, foetsie' - I came, saw and run like mad

cute, sprite :)

6:48 am

;)

I am going to land in the PB if I don't vatch what I am saying.

If you send me there now, it's worth it.

6:48 am

nbs and nbt (got nbt myself earlier, and nbs from the list of 7's)

6:48 am

good job, uusue!

wtg sue

6:49 am

btw, the ji vegetable is one we see in our markets a lot, it's pretty tasty in salads

6:49 am

can I please get a clue for the ca7? Found the rest, though most with help of a2z.

6:50 am

that is good to know, uusue, I will try one if I see one!

sprite that is the one I am looking for now

6:50 am

:)

6:51 am

hi, everyone. Happy weekend.

6:51 am

anyone have a clue for pa7?

6:51 am

and to you too, Angelson

hi Angel

6:52 am

ah found it. Ca7: feline + high mountain in switserland + vowel

6:52 am

pa7 is almost like a castle, but without the i.

6:53 am

it might be associated with the 'roof' of your mouth, I think

6:53 am

TY Sprite

ty Sprite!!

6:53 am

yvw lyn :)

6:53 am

and Nanette!

6:54 am

got it. it is almost, almost castle-like, minus one letter.

6:54 am

lol indeed :P

6:54 am

okay, how are you all doing/ can i help with clues?

6:55 am

hi rose! Just finished the 7s, with help from friends and a2z. I am fine for now.

the 7's are knocked off Rose thanks to your list of them

6:56 am

hi Rose

6:56 am

yay, spritey. knew you could do it

and well past half way now

6:56 am

and nanette...and hi lyn.

6:56 am

*grins at rose* Of course I can, with your help!

6:57 am

*grins right back at you* sprite

6:58 am

yes, granny, I have nbs thanks to your list!

6:58 am

strange....bourbon number 4, don't feel any pain in my knee....wonder why that is?

6:58 am

:D

ahhh bourbon, the master pain killer

6:59 am

yay, sue, go, girl, go!!!

6:59 am

what do they say about hollow legs? the bourbon has obviously risen above the knees now

lol

7:00 am

lol

7:00 am

yup, nanette, it sure beats codeine, morphine, pethidine, and any other 'dines

7:00 am

I agree!

7:01 am

and just whose legs are you calling hollow, young lady????

7:01 am

not allowed to have any b/c of the gabapentine, but I remember the old days :)

7:01 am

good morning friends.

7:02 am

oops, himself has just arrived home...and here i am chatting to you all

Morning Trif

7:02 am

young lady - flattery will get you everywhere

7:02 am

hi Trif

7:03 am

hey, trif...hope you have fun with this grid

7:04 am

thanks granny.....

7:04 am

my girl is heading home from your neck of the woods in about two hours!

7:04 am

gm

morning kje

7:05 am

morning kje

7:05 am

Hi tRIFFLES EN KJE

7:05 am

sorry for the caps... hi Triffles and kje :)

I bet you will glad to see her Trif!

7:05 am

hey sprite!

7:05 am

glad for you she is coming back in one piece. Well done, worried mum :)

7:05 am

She is leaving Perth Trif? that went quick - though I bet not for you

7:05 am

Nono, you have nono idea! I feel like my skin is the only thing holding me together, I am that anxious

you'll be tracking her flight home all day!

7:06 am

it did go quickly, lynxx, but this last week feels like it took three months of its own

7:06 am

thaks for the clue. fireworks.

well done Angel

7:07 am

wtg Angel

7:07 am

yay angel

7:07 am

and all day tomorrow too! she leaves this morning at 10 am my time, but doesn't get in until 11 tomorrow night

7:07 am

Hi trif! she'll be fine, you'll be a wreck until she's home - so it goes. Glad she is coming back.

7:07 am

congrats Angel

7:07 am

yay angel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:07 am

after 10pm here, as you know, lyn....been up since 6am....pills have just kicked in....i am getting very sleepy.....and trif, hope your girl travels well

7:07 am

WTG ANGEL!!!!

owe, thats a long flight

7:08 am

thanks granny, and thanks for having such a wonderufl country for her to visit!

7:08 am

sleep well rose :)

7:08 am

sleep well Rose, hope you don't have any shifts this weekend - sounds like you need a few days off

7:08 am

the whole trip is 37 hours, nono

she must have a layover somewhere?

7:08 am

love and hugs to all, see you at the flip

7:08 am

yes, seven hours in sydney, then another four in dalas

bye Rose, enjoy your evening

yikes those are long layovers

7:09 am

nanette, hope to spend it with my eyes very securely shut....

7:10 am

* poof *

you deserve it rose! :)

7:10 am

blessed sleep, granny

7:10 am

I imagine there are no direct flights to the US from Perth so will be changing in Sydney

7:11 am

7 hours... ugh...that is a long layover

7:11 am

although, it is long enough that she can just stick her stuff in a locker and hit the city if she wants... that could be cool

7:12 am

yes, tis. i wish she could leave the airport and see a bit of the city, but that is not allowed due to visa and security restrictions

7:12 am

perth is 4+ hours flight to Sydney

7:12 am

really? that sucks

7:12 am

too bad :( But anyway, it is long enough to have a nap or have a quiet meal.

7:14 am

yes. I tried to get the flight through melbourne, as herin was kind enough to say she would entertain her for the time, but there was no way to connect that way -- or at least, one Icould afford!

7:14 am

I used the U !

7:14 am

Hi folks

7:15 am

hi bichon :)

7:15 am

good morning bichon

7:15 am

Daughter coming back Trif?

7:15 am

hi Bichon

7:15 am

that is lady allover :) Sweet girl.

hi Bichon

7:15 am

maybe a day membership to the airline club for whatever airline she is flying? (like AA's admiral club)

7:15 am

That's a good idea kj

7:16 am

indeed

7:16 am

not allowed for those under 18 I already checked....though I do wonder if justin bieber, say, or the obama girls would find that true

7:17 am

I did not know that - that sucks

7:17 am

no... they would be offered a free membership. Fame has its perks.

7:17 am

it's people watching, snacks, and window shopping for my middle one

7:17 am

oh well, she will get to feel the real world traveler for a bit then... hanging out in airports all over, sleeping on the bench with her backpack under her head, eating crappy airport food.... all a slice of life

7:18 am

people watching is always fun. And reading. I could spend hours reading.

7:18 am

I could write a travel guide for teens with all I have learned through planning and executing this trip, believe me!

7:18 am

I could write a travel guide for teens with all I have learned through planning and executing this trip, believe me!

7:19 am

you could write two!

7:19 am

that is not a bad idea... i know their are travel guides for women, or seniors, etc... why not teens

7:19 am

I didn't realize she was still in high school. Do they allow kids under 18 on the plane unaccompanied

7:19 am

chapter one: CALL YOUR MUM! At least once a day!

7:19 am

most guides are aimed at the college age group/young adult

7:20 am

mostly because 99% of the parents in the US are now such over bearing helicopters they would never consider sending their kid across town, let alone across the planet! I could write ANOTHER book about all the sh** I have gotten from people who feel I am the worst mother on eart for letting her go

7:21 am

yes, they do bichon, but not with "unaccompanied minor" status - she just has to fly on her own, no special supervision or whatnot

7:21 am

not here, I hope, Trif. I think you did great. You have given her a real gift. Your trust, for one. And all the amazing things she learned from this. Beats 3 years at school.

7:22 am

i hate that people think they can give you their opinion about stuff that is none of their business as soon as you are pregnant or have kids.... like the pregnant mom buying junk food and someone tells her taht is bad for her baby

7:22 am

thanks sprite.

Tri, don't get me started on that one. It's a big deal for kids to walk two naighborhood blocks on their own to visit a friend. Unbelievable.

7:22 am

I know kaplan. and how sad

7:22 am

i want to walk up to some pot bellied man buying cheetos and say - you know how bad that is for you? never would happen, but everyone feels they can tell a mom how bad they are

7:22 am

ohhhh I am right with you, kje! Don't start me on that one. How about the people who think they can touch your tummy because you are pregnant?

7:23 am

besides, she went to go stay with FAMIL Y, not some bunch of strangers. I put it down to jealousy, I guess

Society of anxiety.

7:23 am

that is true, kaplan, but very hard to say out loud!

7:24 am

she will cherish this trip forever. You won't believe how much she will have matured, when you go pick her up!

7:24 am

Did she attend high school there?

7:24 am

more kids should travel and get a world view... would change things a lot

You think there is any correlation between kids not being allowed to walk to school alone and the preponderance of opiate addictions once the kids have a teeny bit of freedom?

7:25 am

kje, I don't want to tell the pot-bellied man that either. I simply hate people judging the whole time and thinking they know what another should do or not do. They don't know shit. Let them walk in my shoes before they judge my path.

7:25 am

I do have a few worries on that score, sprite. I figure we will naturally be a bit strange with each other, the first couple of days...I am sure she has changed quite a lot

7:25 am

you are a GREAT mom for letting her go, trif

Yes.

7:25 am

and, yes, she absolutely did go to school there, and she had a blast and got great grades and made a ton of new friends

7:26 am

some, probably, Kaplan. What we have here are kids that are always brought to school by car, then go to highschool on bikes for the very first time, and then have lots of accidents.

7:26 am

if you are even remotely interested, she did write a short blog: http://fionaelliott.blogspot.com.au/

7:26 am

don't worry, Trif. Just let it work itself out. You will meet her as she is now, and let her ramble, and things will work out just fine.

7:26 am

she is a horrible speller, so be warned!

hello babblers

7:27 am

hi TOwl!

7:28 am

thanks sprite. I feel a bit of pressure on myself as well - like I should be going crazy getting stuff done today so she doesn't come home and look at me like, "what have you been doing for three months ?" I fear that is probably me projecting more than anything else, however

7:28 am

good morning temple owl!

7:28 am

gm TO

7:28 am

oh I like that blog. Just read a bit. Very nice! She HAS learned a lot.

7:28 am

hey TOwl

happy weekend for you, trif

7:29 am

*hugs Trif* Stop trying to be something you think she might expect. She has missed you. Just you. Just the way you are. Relax.

This grid is too vowely.

7:30 am

this grid stinks. I love it ;)

7:30 am

LOL kaplan, what a great word! vowely

7:30 am

I'm away to an early bed - done too much today. Night all

7:31 am

sleep well, lyn :) xxx

7:31 am

good night lynxx

7:32 am

isn't pilav a rice dish with peach and such?

7:32 am

gn lynxx

7:32 am

pilaf, usually

7:32 am

ah ok, thanks

7:33 am

oh... and another spelling as well, lol, sorry. I go to the PB. Too close to a word.

night lyn

7:33 am

phantoms: minimal, almanac

7:34 am

animal too. Hi hursh

7:34 am

my big phantom today is animal

7:34 am

damn, it doesn't work.... no need for PB sprite

7:34 am

ah yes

7:34 am

snap, Trif :)

7:34 am

it does, kje... try another last letter.

7:34 am

indeed! snappity snap snap

7:35 am

close doesn't count

7:35 am

ah ok :) Darn... now what. Just found a load of goodies in the PB.

7:36 am

upload! upload! I am STARVINg

7:36 am

well, you could always give us a real word if your really want to go in

7:36 am

make it a 7

gee and i cannot even see it! it's been so long it feels strange to be here. time to go startthe day

7:37 am

oc7? A cross between an ink spitter and a carna***?

7:37 am

bye TOwl, have a good day

7:38 am

sprite that's adj form of the 8 note set

7:38 am

whee - finished - can now go and watch the thunderstorms

7:38 am

ty sprite!

7:38 am

er yes hursh, sorry. I meant it as a cryptic clue.

7:38 am

yay kaz!

7:38 am

wtg Kazz, hi and bye

7:38 am

huzzah for kazzer! (and my z key!)

7:39 am

ah well i just thought in case you didn't think of it... one time i was thinking of "debit" as "de-bit" and was like, huh, surprised that counts. babble does things to you.

7:39 am

I am still befuddled by the pi5 sprite alluded to

7:39 am

lol hursh

7:39 am

Trif, it ends in me and *

7:40 am

hurshy, I do that so often! you start pronouncing words funny after all the spelling, I guess

7:40 am

oh yes, hursh! I know! I have some words like that too.

7:40 am

ah, so it does!

7:40 am

must run, bbl to finish, hagd all

7:41 am

be well kje

7:41 am

bye kje, have a good day!

7:41 am

name that proper noun! salesman willy

7:41 am

ah, the blue people from avatar are here

7:41 am

fireflies! A grid with a real bite!

7:42 am

huzzah for dear sprite!

7:42 am

any help needed before I go?

7:42 am

I could use some help cleaning and balancing my checkbook, if you have the time

7:42 am

i started too recently to know what help i need.

7:43 am

sure hun, no problem. Your place or mine? :D

bye spritey

7:43 am

mine, duh! And wow, thanks, been a LONG while since anyone has asked me that question!

7:44 am

:D *hugs Trif* Ok, if I am not needed, I am off for now. Have a grand night/day, all of you. And thanks for the fun, chat and help.

7:44 am

blessings, sprite

7:44 am

ttfn sprite

7:44 am

hi all,no 7's here,help pls. know there is an oc7 and ca7 but do not see them

7:45 am

peri a set of 8 notes is an oc6 (not in grid bc we have no e) and you make that into an adj for 7.

7:45 am

ty hursh

7:45 am

name that proper noun! famous letter-turner

7:46 am

vanna!

7:46 am

Vanna

7:46 am

ding ding ding!

7:46 am

she has a great job! no talent needed and she gets paid very well

7:46 am

don't you think you would feel like your life wasn't very... useful though?

7:47 am

gm, everyone! clue for the ca6?

7:47 am

she has been doing it for a long time

7:47 am

does anyone have the ca7?

7:49 am

The salesman was Willie Loman

7:49 am

and hello everyone

7:49 am

ding ding ding!

7:50 am

I was reading back in the chat and saw that

7:50 am

bbl

7:51 am

:)

7:51 am

funny you should mention it, annie - I was listening to NPR yesterday and they were discussing Death of a Salesman, as Phillip Seymour Hoffman is now doing it on Broadway, and I guess he is amazing in the role, which is not a surprise to me at all

7:52 am

The entire cast got a good review esp. Phillip Hoffman....He really fits the part besides being a very good actor

7:53 am

I saw Lee J. Cobb in the original production (name dropper that I am)

7:53 am

i am skeptical that there are this many words in this grid.

hello annie

7:54 am

okay, I am off. many thanks for the good company, friends!

7:54 am

hi Owl :)

7:54 am

ca6 you order things from a ca______ minus G

annie i'll catch up with you later.

7:58 am

pa7 related to your sense of taste. or, like the word for describing a very very very large house, minus the i.

8:04 am

*suddenly feels spookily alone*

8:04 am

Name that proper noun.....Linda *****, the actress who played Alice

8:04 am

Lavin

8:04 am

and good morning everyone

8:04 am

Lavin

8:04 am

oh good people!

8:05 am

ding ding ding!!!!

8:05 am

name that proper noun! suicided author sylvia

8:05 am

and good morning, dose and river

8:05 am

hugs for hurshy so she doesnt feel alone

8:05 am

((((hurshy))))

8:06 am

How was your trip River?

8:06 am

:)

8:06 am

It was wonderful - stil a bit tired though

8:07 am

my skin is now dark and my hair is light - no stress lines in my face - life is good

8:07 am

nice to hear, river, :)

8:07 am

Plath

8:07 am

ding ding ding!

8:07 am

name that proper noun, T. Edison's middle name

8:07 am

alva!

8:08 am

ding ding ding!!!

8:08 am

Hi Molly

8:08 am

name that proper noun! dog food brand

8:08 am

... alpo

8:08 am

ding ding ding!

8:09 am

glad we can find these proper nouns because I certainly cant the grid words today

8:09 am

name that proper noun! _____, aristotle, socrates (morons)

8:10 am

Plato

8:10 am

ding ding ding!

8:10 am

for an extra ding, name that movie reference

8:12 am

?? Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone??

Name that proper star who was discovered at Schwabs (aka The Sweater Girl)

8:12 am

no...

8:13 am

Lana Turner?

ding ding ding

8:14 am

Molly is hot today

8:14 am

alas - I must get back to work - have a great day everyone

8:14 am

Name the dog food that used to have a commercial on TV

8:14 am

Bye River

8:14 am

bye River

Without the polite language, we would say today that she had t&a so some agent traded sex for a movie audition.

Hollywood -always tawdry.

Lana Turner not my fave.

8:15 am

Lousy actress

Bette Davis didn't need to do that stuff.

8:16 am

Neither did Kathrine Hepburn

Elizabeth Taylor, on the other hand, was in a class by herself.

8:16 am

ah, k hepburn... my favorite

Joan Crawford- definitely did.

8:17 am

... Lion in Winter was on the other night ... can't imagine anyone else delivering those lines

Bette Davis was considered ugly. I should be so ugly.

8:17 am

Hepburn was magnificent in the Lion in Winter

Name that proper chipmunk.

8:18 am

really kap? never knew that

8:18 am

... alvin

I thought it was chipMONK, but I was corrected.

8:19 am

alvin

8:19 am

wonder who today's version of an "ygly" actress is

8:19 am

dose beat me to it

Hollywood was brutal.

ding ding ding.

8:19 am

ugly

The plastic surgery look- lovely.

8:19 am

though ygly is a fun word

8:20 am

... you'll have to ask Glan ... it's probably Welsh or something like that

My week alone is coming to a close.

Name that proper dead Salesman.

8:23 am

Name that proper noun,,,,wife in The Good Earth

8:23 am

Kaplan, We did Willie Loman before you came on board

Let's see- there was Wang lung and his wife?

8:23 am

was it Olan?

oh.

8:24 am

ding ding ding!!!!!

8:24 am

And hi All

8:24 am

Yay! I dinged

8:24 am

hi again all! quick breakfast here as I am once again running late...

8:24 am

morning, you dinger you :)

8:24 am

Have no idea how I remembered that. lol

8:25 am

: )

8:25 am

Good morning all. I must be losing my mind. I actually didn't remember to Babble yesterday. WHAT WAS I THINKING???

8:25 am

Frankly, I'm shocked1

8:25 am

*puts hand on Judi's forehead*.....yes, you feel a little warm

8:26 am

did you do Marc Antony's wife?

8:26 am

Hi KJE

8:26 am

cleopatra???

8:26 am

hi hego

8:26 am

he had several

8:26 am

Mrs. Antony

8:26 am

and cleo is not in the grid!

8:26 am

oh, i guess i don't know the others.

8:27 am

am5?

8:27 am

lol @ annie

8:27 am

kje think pregnancy

8:27 am

(there is one in every class, annie)

8:27 am

don't remember Mrs Antony

8:27 am

couldn't resist

8:27 am

... olivia?

8:27 am

ty

8:28 am

beat me to it Annie. lol

8:28 am

no, but does start with an o

8:28 am

olivia isn't in the grid either

8:28 am

olavi

8:28 am

... thought I'd see if I could sneaki that one past

8:28 am

hey! lmao is in the grid!

8:29 am

olavi - that would be swedish?

8:29 am

ok, starts oc....

8:29 am

octavia?

8:29 am

... octavia

8:29 am

yay!

8:29 am

... sister of octavian

8:30 am

was she his 8th wife?

8:30 am

sister of augustus

8:30 am

lol

8:30 am

... no ... that was liz taylor

8:30 am

lol, hego!

8:30 am

no idea hego.... but I think she married marc

8:30 am

lol dos

8:30 am

and lol Dose

8:31 am

wonder if anyone is named octavia anymore... kind of pretty... though snooty sounding

I hated that book in high school.

8:31 am

very Roman

The good earth, I mean

8:32 am

I always loved that book.

I was away for a minute

8:32 am

and all of Pearl Buck's books.

Maybe if I didn't have to read it in high school.

8:33 am

... did the play in Senior year of High School English ... ... the guy stretched it out over two months ... ... one day we talked about two lines for an hour ... still don't like the play

High School had a way of spoiling required reading.

8:33 am

true, true

8:33 am

i never read it...I should check it out of the library

8:33 am

an5?

one of the many variations of phantom words.

8:34 am

somehow that worked.... ty

8:35 am

done with those pesky a's

check.

8:35 am

lucky kje

8:35 am

Ooh. I found the starchy j.

8:35 am

hmm.....

8:36 am

ty judi!

8:36 am

yes, ty

8:37 am

it is yummy, sliced, with a squeeze of lime, salt, and cayenne

8:38 am

and a shot of Tequila

8:38 am

Great in salad. Nice crunch. A beast to peel, but worth the effort.

8:39 am

I just cut slice the peel off in a thick slice down all sides

8:40 am

good idea

8:41 am

... oh well ... two thirds ... and the wall is much too thick to bang my head against any longer ... ... back later for the list ... ... good days for everyone ....

8:41 am

bye Dose. hagd

8:41 am

Bye dose, later

8:42 am

ca7?

8:42 am

later, dos... the list does help.... slightly

8:48 am

Phantom: minimal. grrrrrrrr

8:49 am

double grrrrrr

8:49 am

My kingdom for an e!

8:50 am

last la5?

8:50 am

e

8:50 am

what did i win?

8:50 am

ty kle. lol

8:50 am

um, not much

8:51 am

damn

8:51 am

I big steaming pile of squat?

8:51 am

do you have the la door lock?

8:51 am

I can do better than that, Judi.

8:52 am

yes, this is the last la5, before volcano vomit

8:52 am

don't have it, sorry

8:52 am

ok

8:52 am

and no one has that ca7?

8:53 am

but now I'm wondering. hmmm....

8:53 am

no kje

8:53 am

Sorry, kje. Not yet.

8:53 am

my monkeys are already tired

8:54 am

If we had an R, we could have a carnival.

8:54 am

banana break!

8:54 am

and my keyboard thinks I've been replaced by a non english speaker

8:54 am

been there

8:54 am

ca7, starts like feline, ends like not ma, with a vowel in the middle

8:54 am

*a vowel and a consonant

8:54 am

oh! that one.

8:55 am

Yeah, it's a grid full of gibberish today

8:55 am

thanks, Molly

8:55 am

ty Molly

8:55 am

ty

8:56 am

the la5 uses the 2 point vowel

8:57 am

really?

8:57 am

is this a particuarly hard grid or is it my imagination?

8:57 am

ands ends with start of our own NYC babbler

8:57 am

crazy word! ty

8:58 am

brooklyn lady

8:58 am

I'd say it's a pretty tricky one. I listed about twenty words ago. 30 to go yet.

8:58 am

no, Holly, you're right.

8:58 am

yep, I listed with about 40 left... still have 21 to go... not a pretty one

9:00 am

Just figured out the Ca7.

9:01 am

Awesome that the North Korean rocket lauch was and EPIC FAIL.

9:02 am

great even

9:04 am

Just monkied the Pa7.

9:04 am

just as well judi,japan was getting real tired of potential nuclear launch vehicles stagging over japan air space

9:04 am

and?

9:04 am

Hi Crossy

9:05 am

howdy hego

9:05 am

oh, I have that.

9:05 am

Hiya, Crossy.

9:05 am

down to the v's.... I can see the light

9:05 am

PA7: pertaining to the roof of your mouth.

9:05 am

go kje

9:06 am

ty Judi

9:06 am

Hey, Crossy - are you rushing out to Burger King to try their new bacon sundae?

9:06 am

ahh..no lol

9:07 am

this one of those type in anything and see if it flies find of days.

9:07 am

Can't believe they actually went there, but - I'm sure Americans (who will eat anything) will be snarfing them up. Not I.

9:07 am

what are the j word stats please?

9:07 am

guess N Korea thought the test launch was more important than that big U.S food aid package for it populace:(

9:08 am

ok, va6 is stupid

9:08 am

hi Harp

9:08 am

ji4 like the ci4

9:08 am

ji 4,9

9:08 am

ji 6, 39

9:08 am

thanks

9:09 am

ji6 is a root vegetable

9:09 am

yw

9:09 am

ty hego

9:09 am

NK is at least consistent in their ineptness. Thankfully for the rest of the world. I guess that's what they get for relying on Chinese technology.

9:09 am

thank god for morewords..got the ji6

9:10 am

they are delicious Crossy

9:11 am

we do not have a burger king..will have to travel and try one.we have everything else,but burger kings and taco bells just do not make it here

9:11 am

not missing much, for sure.

9:11 am

You're not missing much, Crossy.

9:11 am

snap!

9:12 am

here for take out,harvys/swiss chalet is king

9:12 am

holy cow... these v's

9:12 am

So snappy! I just can't get excited about fast food. I like slow food.

9:12 am

me too judi

9:13 am

kje is scaring me. : }

9:13 am

I remember when Swiss Chalets existed here. Long gone.

9:13 am

triscadecaphobia anyone? Happy Friday the 13th

9:13 am

i have 2 v,s and have not even looked down to see how many there are..too scared now:((

9:14 am

now I'm more scared!

9:14 am

ahoy aloy!

9:14 am

Hi Aloy

9:14 am

you siad that aloy and i just spilled my tea;((

9:14 am

and FW

9:14 am

There are two va's and five vi's.

9:14 am

oops

9:14 am

let me know if you want some clues for the weirder v's

9:14 am

yaa for kje!!

9:14 am

congrats to kje!!!!

9:14 am

!YQY!!! KJE!

9:15 am

yqy? stumped me

9:15 am

YAY kje !!!!

9:15 am

uh that's yay

9:15 am

crossy reads typonese fluently:)

9:15 am

Hego types in tongues.

9:15 am

and writes it. lol

9:15 am

can I get a clue for am6, please

9:16 am

easier than jumping all over every keystroke error:)

9:16 am

Or with her tongue. Hard to tell.

9:16 am

lol

9:16 am

I agree Crossy

9:16 am

Is that why my tongue hurts?

9:17 am

am6 - amercian doc assoc and edns in alcohol chem ending

9:17 am

ty kje

9:17 am

I jut didn't think it was a keystroke error - I thought it was some new abbreviation I was too clueless to know

9:17 am

thanks !!! kje

9:17 am

wow..i must need more tea..brgb

9:17 am

yw

9:17 am

In this grid everything is possible

9:18 am

ty kje

9:18 am

last chance for v clues before i vamoose

9:19 am

not up to V's yet, but thanks

9:19 am

okey dokey

9:19 am

adios

9:20 am

you could pick the weirdest one and clue it kje.. sigh.. waves bye

9:20 am

bye kje, enjoy the day

9:20 am

am6 goes BOOM

9:20 am

adios kje, hasta luego

9:20 am

really, Molly

9:21 am

I must go too. later good people.

9:21 am

all i can think of is amyl nitrate,,and my mind is stuck there

9:21 am

bye hego, hagd..

9:22 am

bye hego, have a great day

9:22 am

tc hego

9:24 am

am6----MD's association and you pay a ***l on highways

9:28 am

I need a clue for the last la5/12.

9:28 am

morning babbleverse

9:29 am

hi viajes, I like "babbleverse" (-:

9:29 am

Judy, I don't have it but will look

9:31 am

no time to play, husband has lost the electric bill and they're about to turn off the power.....

9:31 am

but {{everybody}}

9:31 am

good luck with your hunt for the bill ruby

9:31 am

hi ruby, cant you call the company and ask how much you owe and send a payment

9:31 am

la l + 3vowels, cons

9:31 am

*virtual dope slap for ruby's hubby*

9:32 am

got it : hard to clue, la + bat g***o is good fertilizer

9:32 am

but end with a vowel

9:32 am

and Hi, we received your letter, thanks, Bobby will take a while to answer..sorry about the bill

9:32 am

that is stressful, ruby.. I'd call them up and explain

9:34 am

Ty, aloy. Fireworks!

9:34 am

rats, I goofed.. end that clue with the abb. for not applicable and you will have it

9:34 am

yay for Judi!!!!!

9:34 am

obviously need another cuppa.. brb

9:34 am

congrats, Judi

9:34 am

need clue for J for NBT.

9:35 am

I hate this grid

9:35 am

Another cuppa coffee sounds good. I'm outta here!

9:35 am

ji 4/9---add two vowels

9:36 am

nbt, nbs. must take shower then take bully to dentist. bbl.

9:36 am

ty annie

9:39 am

on hold with electric company

9:40 am

little by little, I'm going to have to take over all this junk

9:40 am

it is very depressing

9:43 am

I'm glad Bobby got the letter, annie

9:48 am

any luck with the electric company, ruby?

9:49 am

yikes! lost track of time -- must go! bbl. good luck ruby!

9:49 am

done! all in French. And I've taken over the account so I can send them the actual numbers of our meter

9:50 am

Good for you! ruby

9:50 am

this has not been husband's best week! he fell on me the other night, if you can imagine, while I was drying the big dog

9:50 am

he's very tippy

9:50 am

Annie, tell Bobby not to worry about writing back; it is a pleasure to write to him. Did he like the letter?

9:51 am

ruby, he loved the letter and he loves getting mail. He doesn't get much mail especially a letter from France

9:52 am

va7??

9:52 am

Ruby, would your husband consider using a walker for his balance

9:52 am

nevermind..:)

9:52 am

husband's daughter is coming next week and if she can get my printer to work, then I can write more easily and the letters will be easier to read than my scrawly writing

9:52 am

he'd forget, lol

9:53 am

hi Chris, just working on that one, can you clue it, please?

9:53 am

hi flosey

9:53 am

hi ruby

9:53 am

.. back, ruby, I'm relieved you won't lose your power!

9:54 am

it's OK, I'll just sit here in the dark.....lol

9:54 am

flosey, add a cons. to the one before it

9:55 am

this little grid has turned out to be quite a challenge..

9:55 am

oh, thanks Annie

9:55 am

it's a stinker

9:56 am

must run, bye dear babblers

9:56 am

bye, Annie.. hagd

9:56 am

{{annie}} and one for bobby, too

9:57 am

bye everybody, 55 words and I give up! see you tomorrow

9:57 am

tc, ruby!

9:58 am

va7...a male suv owner

9:58 am

ty musica!

9:59 am

sorry that's the va6

9:59 am

thanks aeb

10:00 am

there are only 2 va words, va4 and va6

10:01 am

Chris had asked for a va7 but there isn't one

10:03 am

didn't know the cute Aussie bear had an alt. spelling, co5.12

10:04 am

I didn't either Aloy, monkeyed it

10:04 am

will take anything that works, lol

va6= vehicle plus male

10:11 am

fireworks - had all the words except that one didn't show in the list, had to refresh and all's well

10:11 am

fun finding the oc6.24

valt

10:12 am

yay for flosey!!!!! wtg.. I'm 7 behind you..

10:12 am

need any clues?

10:12 am

6 .. no , but thanks.. haven't hit the v's yet

10:13 am

kje said there were some goodies in the v's

10:14 am

ok, good luck, don't think you'll have any trouble with them though

10:14 am

5 .. ty flosey

10:15 am

3, and I'm at the v's

10:15 am

wtg

10:18 am

the vi6/7 are my last two

10:18 am

remember an old song about the Island of Bimini - make a vew changes

10:19 am

h'mmm, Bimini

10:19 am

change first and last, then add a cons for 7

10:19 am

but no song comes to mind, sigh

10:19 am

it goes WAY back, a happy little song

10:20 am

who sang it?

10:20 am

looking it up

10:22 am

Stevie someone

10:22 am

got a lot of pretty women there and I'm gonna get me one

10:23 am

google Bimini Island

10:24 am

distant bells ringing

10:24 am

ok

10:24 am

also Bob Marley

10:25 am

got em, tyvm flosey! fw and I must be off

10:25 am

listening to BM but doesn't sound like same song

10:25 am

long list of "to do's" today.. Happy Friday the 13th, everyone!

10:26 am

Harry Belafonte?

Are you thinking about the original....written by gus kahn.... 1921 ??

Beach boys did one but it's different .

10:26 am

oh, he may have too, his type

10:27 am

thanks Diane

10:27 am

I don't know when it was out but hubby use to sing it and that was years ago

10:28 am

ok, breakfast time, have a great day everone

10:31 am

hi all,only have one 7- oc7 help with others pls

10:32 am

stuck with 51 left

10:32 am

pa7 . . . add in "i" toward the end and it's "like a castle"

10:32 am

is the oc7 to do with music?

10:32 am

vi7: add Mr. Gore to vi6

10:32 am

yep

10:33 am

ty looking

10:33 am

not seeing that pa7

10:34 am

and don't have the vi6

10:34 am

nor i

10:34 am

ca7: southern tree with white flowers

10:34 am

do not have the vi6 anyways

10:35 am

ok: pa7: buddy + vowel + ***es of Hoffman

10:35 am

what of Hoffman?

10:35 am

vi + Ms Suvari (actress)

10:35 am

who is hoffman?

10:35 am

got the pa7, ty Une

10:36 am

who is she?

10:36 am

lol

10:36 am

seems we do not travel in the same entertainment circles

10:36 am

thanks for vi6 new word for me

10:36 am

it's an opera: **les of Hoffman

10:36 am

Come Go With Me, To Bimini...Stevie S

10:36 am

pa: buddy + vowel + six feet ***l

10:36 am

means nothing to me sorry

10:36 am

she was the young girl in American Beauty

10:36 am

ty turqaz

10:37 am

yw

10:37 am

never saw that either une

10:37 am

sorry

10:37 am

excellent film

10:37 am

but i have it now ty

10:37 am

good

10:37 am

vi + talking bird

10:37 am

i watch about 4 hours tv a week and then it is specific shows

10:37 am

pa7, if you're not my friend you're not my pa*, lol.

10:38 am

ty turqaz

10:38 am

yw

10:38 am

what? it was an oscar-winning film - not a tv show

10:38 am

:-D

10:39 am

last saw a movie in the cinema 2 years ago

10:39 am

ok, BBL *poof*

10:39 am

never saw it,sorry une

10:40 am

don't feel bad crossy, I haven't either...

10:40 am

have no idea about southern trees

10:40 am

nor i

10:42 am

googling did not help

10:42 am

feline + mr gore + not ma

10:43 am

tyvm Une

10:43 am

and FYI American Beauty came out in 1999 and won 5 Oscars -- if you haven't seen it, IMHO it's great :-)

10:43 am

that's a fishing worm, here, une.

10:43 am

I like that film too Une

10:43 am

perhaps i will look it up uni

10:44 am

ok, just trying to clue without spelling it out . . .

10:44 am

bl

10:44 am

problem with us is there as so many books and so little time

10:44 am

that sounded snotty -- sorry

10:44 am

no offense take uni:)

10:45 am

your one of my favorite you know:))

10:45 am

LOL!

10:46 am

ok, pups giving me that "could we PLEASE go out" stare -- byeee

10:56 am

got the o7 but not the o6; any clues out there?

10:57 am

i do not have either:((

10:57 am

turqaz-i have pl of the 8-legged sea creature as an oc6

10:57 am

this grid is kicking my butt

10:57 am

oc 6/24 ~ a sea creature

10:57 am

ty scribe

10:57 am

sure-

10:58 am

terrific! ty scrive & gemini

10:58 am

scribe

10:58 am

it's all good-

10:58 am

yw

10:58 am

the oc 7 start the same?

10:59 am

no crosshair

10:59 am

i keep trying octave:((

10:59 am

close-crossy-chg last vowel & add consonant

you're close, crossy

11:00 am

crossy: oc7: musical c-to-c; drop last letter; add **l together

descriptive

11:01 am

ty\

11:01 am

yw

11:02 am

bbl; ty everybody for the great clues

11:03 am

ty as well turqaz\

this would we an awesome grid if there was at least one E !

11:05 am

i do not know whether to play this grid or get a priest over here to toss holy water on it to kill it

11:13 am

Absentus Diabolus ...

11:17 am

Exorcizo te, omnis spiritus immunde

11:18 am

uh oh ... I feel strange.......

11:19 am

and kinder

11:20 am

Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita :D

11:29 am

Ok.. there are waaaaayyy too many vowels on this grid..

11:57 am

ac7 anyone pls

11:58 am

ac7...starts like pain...ends like margarine, change the last vowel

11:58 am

and pls don't exorcise me.

12:00 pm

ty molly

12:05 pm

No need to exorcise you Hego : )

12:05 pm

: D

12:06 pm

that was a good clue,btw.

12:35 pm

al 5/12 first one plz.

12:37 pm

i do not like this grid.. at all..

12:37 pm

Hi Ivesy

12:38 pm

hi hego.. just here for a bit almost time to go back to work.

12:38 pm

al5 is the Texas fort you're supposed to remember

12:38 pm

ty !

12:38 pm

and this grid stinks

12:38 pm

yw

12:38 pm

lol.. yes it does

12:39 pm

hi everyone -- agreed on the sentiments concerning this grid :)

12:39 pm

Hi Nan

12:39 pm

hi cyber and bye lol.. back to work.... hagd all

12:41 pm

half way and time to list on this one!

12:42 pm

2nd al 5, please?

12:43 pm

that is a normal word

12:43 pm

thinking nan

12:43 pm

al + ***se were the days.

12:44 pm

hmpf -- don't call that normal - bastardised spelling, rather, but ty

12:45 pm

the word is normal, not the spelling, right.

12:45 pm

yw

12:52 pm

ca 6, please?

12:54 pm

ca 6/21 word is a feline plus dog food brand with different vowel at the end cybernan.

12:54 pm

isn't that the 7, min?

12:54 pm

your kitty + vowel and not high

12:55 pm

ty hego

12:55 pm

Hi Minver

12:55 pm

yw

12:55 pm

stupid words today

12:55 pm

Oh yes, sorry. Ca 6/21 is ca + anagram of the to 4/4 word.

12:55 pm

Hello hego

12:56 pm

and happy birthday to the cutie. : )

12:57 pm

Thanks hego!

12:58 pm

: )

12:59 pm

ma 5,18 anyone,pls

1:00 pm

ma 5/18 word rhymes with actress Linda La*** from "Alice"

1:00 pm

last la 5/12, please?

1:00 pm

ty, never saw that spelling.

1:01 pm

don't have the ma 5/18 either and have no idea who the Linda actess is

1:01 pm

An la5/12 word has a 2 point vowel tile in middle cybernan

1:02 pm

ty min

1:02 pm

3 vowels in a row

1:03 pm

bbl

1:03 pm

monkeyed the ma 5/18

1:13 pm

Hi everyone. Nice afternoon here

1:14 pm

va 6, please? or vi 6?

1:14 pm

hi bichon

1:14 pm

hi nan, doesn anyone have the stats for the j's? pls

1:14 pm

got the va

1:15 pm

ji 4/9. 6/38

1:15 pm

ty nan

1:15 pm

vi + actress **** Suvari

1:15 pm

got the ji 4, but no idea where to go from there

1:16 pm

don't know the actess

1:16 pm

vi + talking bird

1:17 pm

the actress' name is also the name of a bird

1:17 pm

That vi 6/30 word is vi plus the 1st mi 4/5 word cybernan.

1:18 pm

ty turqaz

1:18 pm

ji 6, pls

1:18 pm

Ms. Suvari starred in the film "American Beauty" cybernan.

1:18 pm

ji + photgraph taker minus the hesitation

1:18 pm

Al 5/12 I could easily finish the grid early, I am going to save my last word. Now here is a story. My Aunt An 4/4 and my Uncle Al4/4 introduced me to Babbleland a few years ago. When I first started babbling I took an oa4/5 to complete grids every single day. However, my pl 4/5 to finish every grid, did not happen.It was pl5/12 to see that with life and work, that would be impossible. Even though I am definitely no ma5/16 for some of the other Babble ma5/18s,I am so glad to be a part of the Babble ma 5/12 in the chat log. I mo 4/5 and groan at some of the jokes told,but I so appreciate the camaraderie with other players.Now that I have ho 4/6ed you with clues I am going to go eat some na 5/14s and watch the movie Dead Ca4/6.Husband is about to sna5/14 the computer away from me anyway. I hope that you have obta4/4ed more words with my story of clues. Ci 4/5 for now! BBL!

1:19 pm

yw, nan

1:19 pm

ji 6/39 is ji plus take a picture with a ***er* bichon and hi!

1:19 pm

tyvm Min

1:20 pm

when in doubt add mr. gore

1:20 pm

yw

1:20 pm

*that was the tip for the day

1:21 pm

*!* ta da *!* - a dreadful grid where the elastic is stretched pretty thin!

1:21 pm

all those hints from Min and still only have 46 words

1:21 pm

Congratulations cynernan on your fireworks! Hooray for U!

1:22 pm

Woot Nan

1:22 pm

I only had 16 clues in my story today. Very short story today

1:26 pm

anyone have the va 6?

1:27 pm

suv + grown male

1:27 pm

ty turqaz, never would have guessed that one

1:27 pm

va6/30:rhymes w/"Mr. S**d***, bring me a dream.." bichon

1:28 pm

ty Min

1:28 pm

yw

1:28 pm

yw, bichon

1:29 pm

6 more words, then I can list

1:32 pm

yeah, bbl

1:37 pm

2 words left, both coming from the a in the 2nd column: an 5/12 and at 6/21. any clues out there, please?

1:40 pm

an - sounds like is in a zoo

1:40 pm

at - at+vowel+not lady

1:40 pm

an - or the drummer for Electric Mayhem

1:42 pm

ty for those, miz. fireworks!

1:42 pm

so welcome and congrats!

1:44 pm

anyone want clues before i go do something constructive?

1:48 pm

Have the word, don't get the zoo clue. Too many weird words in this grid. I think my brain melted.

1:49 pm

g'day mates! *poof*

1:50 pm

Molly - I missed a word in there: what is in a zoo, what a zoo holds.

2:04 pm

hic

2:04 pm

hi all

hi jmc :-)

2:04 pm

*mops up puddle under Molly and hopes it is not brain*

2:11 pm

hmmm i am getting no where fast

2:18 pm

bbl

2:19 pm

Rats, missed JMC. It's really sad how dead chat is these days.

2:30 pm

back

2:30 pm

i took a nap

2:31 pm

my who's online is broken so lurkers have to speak up

2:32 pm

It's weird. It's like some sort of gag order has been issued on this chat log. It used to be a lot more lively.

2:32 pm

Good evening all, did half this morning, back for the hard half tonight

2:32 pm

I can be lively

2:32 pm

it is all my fault for going to graduate school

2:33 pm

Hi Bichon, Molly, JMC

2:33 pm

Hi Glant

2:33 pm

*shake shake shake*

2:33 pm

shake your booty; shake your booty

2:33 pm

are you too intellectual for us now JMC??? :-)

2:33 pm

hi again all! been a busy day so I haven't been around much

depends who's here Molly....

2:33 pm

Hi Sue

2:33 pm

that is it i is a brainiac

2:34 pm

Molly does know how to get the lurkers out :-)

2:34 pm

*shake shake shake*

2:34 pm

and hi, jmc, glant, molly, bichon, diane!

2:34 pm

shake your brainy shake your brainy

2:34 pm

Hi Diane

2:34 pm

Me? I'm not the one shaking my booty.

2:34 pm

I'm not lurking, I'm here [well in spirit]

2:35 pm

so what about the monolith on mars uu?

Hi glant :-0

2:35 pm

Martians

2:35 pm

oh, I saw a headline about that but didn't read the article. Let me go look.

2:35 pm

*turns a little green*

that was supposed to be :-)

2:36 pm

come on now *shake shake shake8

2:36 pm

Maybe it was thise apes who put the monolith on Earth (2001), perhaps they went to Mars next...

2:36 pm

*Hangs disco ball*

2:36 pm

wiggle wiggle wiggle - daren;t shae, I'd overbalance when everything started to wobble

2:36 pm

it was the monolith on earth that turned the apes into humans!

2:36 pm

wiggle works

2:37 pm

*squirm squirm squirm*

2:37 pm

ok, probably not, it looks like it's at a few-pixel resolution (the pixels are square) which makes everything look kind of rectangular.

2:37 pm

wiggle jiggle wiggle jiggle - found my rhytm

2:37 pm

But I wouldn't mind going to check it out :-)

2:37 pm

(trying to be sensitive to the mobility impaired)

2:38 pm

ROFL

2:38 pm

go glan!

2:38 pm

squirming doesn;t sound exactly elegant

2:38 pm

*wiggling and jiggling along with glant*

2:38 pm

why is glant going a hawaiian belly dance?

2:38 pm

(not that jiggling sounds all that elegant either)

2:38 pm

like shaking your booty is elegant! whoop!

2:38 pm

we all are, crossy!

2:38 pm

doing

2:38 pm

cos it's friday and I am wine-ding down form trying to fit 5 days work into 4 days...

2:39 pm

we is livelying up the chog cross

2:39 pm

cool! crossy pulls up a char and grabs some popcorn...

2:39 pm

except Molly, she was quite clear that she is not shaking her booty :-)

2:39 pm

*clinks wine glasses with glan*

2:39 pm

you're supposed to dance, not make us embarrassed by just watching crossy

2:39 pm

you do not want me to dance..

2:39 pm

I'm not quite sure what a booty is...

2:39 pm

now now molls hung up the disco ball

2:40 pm

a tushy glant

2:40 pm

your butt, rump, etc

2:40 pm

its your butt or arse glan

2:40 pm

tuckus

2:40 pm

hiney

2:40 pm

that is why I am onyl wiggling and jiggling crossy - all that extra flesh wobbling around could cause problems LOL

2:40 pm

ah, a bottom!

2:40 pm

good thing we aren't doing the bump!

2:40 pm

I can wiggle my bottom/bum!

2:40 pm

when i start shaking,the earth starts quaking glant:))

2:41 pm

No, I just meant that JMC was the one shaking booty and drawing out the lurkers.

2:41 pm

tushie, tuchas

2:41 pm

oh, dire straits are playing a slow number, stopped wiggling and started swaying...

2:41 pm

and I am recovering after arguing with a student for an hour and a half about why I won't change his grade from the F I gave him after he was caught cheating on the labs :-(

2:41 pm

*hmmms we shall overcome*

2:42 pm

you had to argue? boot his ass out of your office

2:42 pm

*pours glass of chillde white wone for Sue*

2:42 pm

*holds out glass to glan*

2:42 pm

*wine

2:42 pm

sounds so awful sue, when do you get a call from his/her parent?

2:42 pm

he's filing a grade appeal, more power to him, I say

2:43 pm

depends on how much the parent donates to the old pile of bricks yearly..hang tough suze!

2:43 pm

more fool him if you have evidence of his cheating

2:43 pm

hopefully never, bichon, this has been going on since last November

2:43 pm

haha "my son is in your graduate class and I want to talk about his grade. . . he is only 27 and needs extra consideration"

2:43 pm

what would that do? You're not going to back down [I hope]

2:43 pm

but hopefully he has learned a lesson and won't happen again

2:43 pm

Hi Flosey

2:43 pm

am 6/21?

2:44 pm

one of the 48 I don;t have Bichon

2:44 pm

if he wins the appeal then his grade gets changed (although there are several steps to the process)

2:44 pm

WE SHALL NOT BE MOOOOOved we shall not be moooved we hall not be moved todaaaaaaaaay

2:44 pm

hi Glant, just in to double check that I had indeed finished this grid earlier today

2:44 pm

and hi flosey!

2:44 pm

oh i do believe deep in my heart

2:44 pm

we shall not be moooooove tooooday

2:45 pm

somebody actually finished this one? i think it;s tricky

2:45 pm

why would anyone want to change a grade of someone who cheated? Wait, it could happen in today's world

2:45 pm

i could use it too bich

2:45 pm

but he already lost at the hearing where he contested the academic misconduct charge so I suspect he will lose this as well

2:45 pm

just stand strong Sue and hope the higher-up's dont cave in

2:45 pm

Who is on the committee? Hopefully no students.

2:45 pm

desperate men use desperate measures

2:45 pm

ohhh,i am just a student sir,and i would only like to learn..but it,s hard to read from the rising smoke of the books that you like to buuurnnn..arrrooo

2:46 pm

*wishes palaver was spekt with an A at the end*

2:46 pm

oooooo a good word palaver

2:46 pm

now off again, lunchtime

2:46 pm

bb at flip

2:46 pm

bye flosey i hardly got to know yee

2:46 pm

it would be in the grid too if it ended A not ER

2:46 pm

bye Flosey

2:46 pm

comeback any time

2:47 pm

am 6/21?

2:47 pm

and the word potch, which I use all the time (meaning to mess about) isn;t recognised by Enable

2:48 pm

potch please use it in a sentence for me

2:48 pm

just reading the process - the grade review board is 4 faculty and 4 students from the department

2:48 pm

It is a Yiddish word. It's like a spanking

2:48 pm

i was just potching around

2:48 pm

but the cheating was caught by a TA, who is also a student in the department, so they may not be too sympathetic

2:48 pm

oooo glan is kinky

2:49 pm

am6 - am+1st vowel+***d a story

2:49 pm

If you don't stop cheating in Physics Lab you will get a potch in the tushie

2:49 pm

if i were a student i would not be sympathetic to another student passing by cheating

2:49 pm

LOLOL

2:49 pm

never knew it meant to spank

2:49 pm

hahahahahaha bichon

2:49 pm

there you go, bichon :-)

2:49 pm

*shake shake shake*

2:50 pm

shake your tushie shake your tushie

2:50 pm

Yiddish has lots of great words which have snick into American English

2:50 pm

Glant *** a story?

2:50 pm

snickersnee

2:50 pm

*sneak

2:50 pm

past tense ***d a story

2:51 pm

ty Glant, got it now

2:51 pm

i ***d a story or two in the chog

2:51 pm

*sigh* the stack of tax returns beakon

2:51 pm

now don't let the chog get stale while I am gone!

2:51 pm

oh no, it's Friday night, you can;t do those

2:52 pm

you don't have much more time jmc

2:53 pm

1 to start 8 to finish and 5 to file until they move up the live

2:53 pm

*line

2:53 pm

It's the 17th this year, right?

2:53 pm

oh i've just found the co/buffalo cross - haven't seen that or a while

2:53 pm

i must dear glan it pays the bills

2:54 pm

good luck then - our year ended 4th April but tax returns had to be in by end Jan

2:54 pm

yes the 17th but I have class that day

2:54 pm

bbl and keep the chog ALIVE!111111111111111

2:55 pm

[blush] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2:55 pm

I've already paid estimated taxes for my Mom

2:55 pm

wiggles jiggle wigle jiggle

2:55 pm

throws handbag onto dance floor

2:55 pm

kicks shoes off

2:55 pm

party animal

2:56 pm

so much fun, but I need a break. Se y'all later

2:56 pm

bye, bichon!

2:57 pm

5 more minutes of work and I'm outta here.

2:57 pm

bye Bichon

2:57 pm

hi gramma!

2:59 pm

3 more minutes

3:00 pm

Clue before I go?

3:01 pm

Going, going GONE!

3:01 pm

any v ??? words gramma

3:01 pm

oh to late

3:02 pm

vi4 - a small (usually glass) container

3:02 pm

ohhh . thxks

3:02 pm

vi6 - vi + (sounds like) an under 18

3:03 pm

vi4 - like the italian word for wone but ending in first vowel

3:04 pm

vi5 - like the 4 but with a consonant added to the end

3:04 pm

vi7 - like the 6 but wioth the same consonant ending

3:04 pm

in fact, lots of words in this grid end with AL

3:06 pm

just listening to ann romney

va 6/30 the fellow who drives the moving va*

3:06 pm

not ure who ann romney is

3:07 pm

running mates wife for republican party

3:07 pm

va4 - someone who thinks too much of themselves ofr looks in the mirror too much

3:08 pm

ah, unfamiliar woth US elections

3:08 pm

never worked out whether your republicans or democrast are the same as our tories or labour

3:08 pm

spouse home, ... poof

3:09 pm

suspect republicans are labour and democrats may be tories but our tories don;t feel democratic LOL

3:10 pm

2nd al5 pls

3:10 pm

hi all

3:10 pm

Hi Peri

3:10 pm

al4 - man's name

3:10 pm

nm

3:11 pm

sorry, alt sp for although

3:11 pm

am I in the PB for that?

3:11 pm

if so, are there any canapes to go woith my wone?

3:11 pm

no one noticed

3:11 pm

ac7?

3:14 pm

it means lack of bile and I looked it up on morewords.don't know how to clue it

3:14 pm

tx

3:15 pm

go it

3:16 pm

good

3:16 pm

this grid has lots of odd words

3:16 pm

yep

3:17 pm

going to friends house for pizza and a movie in 45min so need to finish soon

3:17 pm

I'm down to 26 and have listed now

3:18 pm

I listed at 40

3:18 pm

I listed around 5

3:18 pm

hpow many words in the English language actually end with AL

3:18 pm

and are they all in this grid LOL

3:19 pm

What does listed mean? i get the lickety clues, as in the first two letters, are you talking about something else?

3:19 pm

lickety clues - the list

3:19 pm

first two letters and the score

3:20 pm

ok, does the score add up to the tiel

3:20 pm

you can also search for words on Morewords website

3:21 pm

yes the score for the whole word adds up to the numbers on the tiles but if the word is 5 letters long double it

3:21 pm

six letters long treble it

3:21 pm

god bless and forever keep morewords

3:21 pm

and I don;t know wjhat happens with 7 and 8 letter words!

3:22 pm

oh, yes, crossy, I'd never finish without it!

3:22 pm

don't see last two co5 words

3:22 pm

me neither

3:22 pm

well thank you, some of it means a lot to me!!

3:22 pm

one ends in AL, the other in AN

3:23 pm

ty got the an one

3:23 pm

and the middle letter is different but both after M

3:23 pm

glad to help Xei

3:24 pm

got them both,th glant

3:24 pm

ok, got distracted by actual work and now must go to colloquium, see you all later!

3:24 pm

I'm just starting on the rather daunting LOs

3:24 pm

ty glant

3:24 pm

Bye Sue

3:24 pm

and good luck

3:24 pm

thanks!!

3:26 pm

WEll as i dont get too many 7 or 8's i will figure that one out when i get to it.

3:26 pm

that's the way I feel about thta too Xei

3:26 pm

need one more for fireworks. pa7/32

3:27 pm

think about a word to describe 'like a palace' or very spacious and remi=ove the i

3:27 pm

I actualely have that one, do to with the mouth!

3:29 pm

yes but it was easier to clue with palaces for me LOL

3:30 pm

It has taden me all day to work it out so your clue was probably much easier

3:31 pm

ooh, I've just found the pl of the undersea creature with 8 arms

3:31 pm

Did you get it Matches?

3:31 pm

ty glant

3:33 pm

and variations of the italian word for goodbye - ci4, ji4 and ch5

3:34 pm

i cant see it, can you clue it please?

3:34 pm

Yhat is hte undersea thing

3:34 pm

and the na5 which I alwasy thought was slang for naturally

3:35 pm

which Xei?

3:35 pm

Oc6/24

3:35 pm

pl of creature

3:35 pm

latin singular is US, pl is I

3:35 pm

plural of the undrsea

3:37 pm

get it yet Xei?

3:39 pm

Yep, silly me!

3:39 pm

good

3:39 pm

9 left, all L

3:40 pm

Hey, well done you! This is a really hard grid

3:40 pm

it is a really hard grid and I've used Morewords a lot for the last 10 or so words

3:42 pm

I've just found a word I've never come across lu5 a kind of wood resembling mahogonay form the Phillipines - L plus vowels plus N

3:43 pm

3 vowels even

3:44 pm

lu?

3:44 pm

Lu5

3:44 pm

sorry La5

3:44 pm

so now you know th othr vowl LOL

3:44 pm

Cant see a lu word

3:46 pm

woo hoo - finished

3:46 pm

la5

3:47 pm

includes a U

3:47 pm

clues

3:47 pm

bore i go to bed?

3:47 pm

Hey, well done you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3:48 pm

tx

3:48 pm

having trouble with keyboard - have gunk under some keys

3:48 pm

must clean tomorrow

3:49 pm

that is my mantra, clean tomorrow! lol

3:49 pm

righto - offff to bed, happy babbling

3:59 pm

Hey off to bed? what time is it there? I just got back from seeing the Hunger Games

4:05 pm

the Hunger \Games, what's that? people running after a sandwich...

4:06 pm

onyx - i really didn't like that movie.. in a way i think it was prob a good movie because it disturbed me but then i didn't like it cause it disturbed me.. lol

4:08 pm

yawn, oh only another movie...

4:08 pm

I'm seeing 'The Cabin in the Woods' on Monday

4:08 pm

Not as good as the book. A distopian world that was sadly abbreviated in the movie.

4:09 pm

... Haven't read the book but I hope it's better than the movie ... the movie didn't really explain why the society was doing this and what the powers be were hoping or expecting to gain ... ... really didn't show why the kids were doing it .... i.e. motivations were bad ... of course they can cover that with twenty pages of explanation in the book ... but it isn't action so it gets left out of the movie

4:11 pm

True. The book explains the history and complexities of how the world got to be that way and that some of the tributes were trying to resist. A whole resistance movement was born from Katniss and her actions

4:11 pm

I'll DEFINITELY be seeing 'The Avengers' at the end of the month

4:12 pm

Oh yeah and the prequel for Alien.

4:12 pm

... because you liked the comics? or because you like explosionx? ... must admit that I found Iron Man really disappointing

4:13 pm

Cause i read those comics when i was a kid

4:13 pm

And The Dark Knight Rises, and Skyfall, and The Hobbit, and the new Spider-Man film

4:13 pm

... good reason ... ... but I'll bet it disappoints ...

4:13 pm

Oh, and Men in Black III

4:14 pm

clue for the zc7 pls

4:14 pm

Probably but i am a sucker. Prometheus looks good though

4:14 pm

ac7 :p

4:14 pm

... ac7 ... being sad about drinking too much booze

4:15 pm

... a silly clue

4:16 pm

... ac + an opening in something + country ending

4:16 pm

Not silly, I think it's clever : )

4:17 pm

... yeah ... but it need to be an al8 word to be truly clever

4:17 pm

ty-tuff one there

4:18 pm

I don't get the appeal of The Hunger Games.

4:18 pm

giving up, on 39 words, nite nite all,,,,,,

4:18 pm

... yeah ... it was a tough one today ... ... g'night

4:19 pm

Must have had to read the Books.

4:20 pm

Don't get the appeal of the story, books or movie. Like Lbuxx said, disturbing. I don't read or go to the movies to get disturbed.

4:20 pm

It's a series of books meant for young adults in a dystopian future

4:21 pm

I'm familiar with what it's about Bich. That is why I've had no desire to get into the story.

4:22 pm

Hubby and I read the books. I liked the first. The next one was repetitive and the third was okay. But, violent as they are, they have a lot to say.

4:22 pm

That's okay Molly, not everybody lkes the same things.

4:22 pm

well to each their own. I have seen a whole lot of kids get really excited about reading as a result of the books. mostly young teen boys who would not ordinarily read. Good against evil. Adventure. Sci fi.

4:22 pm

... kids who read seem to like them because they're the heros who beat the bad grown ups

4:23 pm

I don't think that is their only appeal some of the grown ups are good. some of the kids are evil

4:24 pm

Katniss is a strong hero making a lot of ethical choices. That's why I enjoyed the book.

4:25 pm

It's funny how when someone (me) expresses an opinion here that is not in sync with someone else, it always garners that "to each their own" comment. Hey, it's okay if you (anyone) likes these stories. And it's okay for me to say I don't get the appeal. That's conversation.

4:25 pm

The movie over simplified the nuances of the book. Katniss is the hero but Peeta and Cinna and Gael are too

4:27 pm

... always the problem ... ... I've read LOTR 10 or 20 times ... but everything that I read the books for is not in the movie at all ... because it's not action or acdtionable ... ... didn't like those movies at all

4:27 pm

Molly, i did not mean any thing by the comment. Certainly not being critical

4:28 pm

Me either dose. In fact the lotr movies missed the whole point of the books

4:28 pm

molly.. i usually dont get "disturbed" by movies at all.. big horror movie fan. .but this one got me.. i think it was because kids were involved..

4:28 pm

... I'm sure it's the same with the Hunger games

4:30 pm

I personally like to read things that "disturb" me gets me to think.

4:30 pm

liked the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo for the same reason, the strength of a woman character and it didn't have anything to do with sex.

4:31 pm

I could not get through The Lord Of The Rings books at all. Way too much description. I loved the movies though.

4:31 pm

... yeah ... but I walked out of Titanic because I didn't need to watch real people in a real situation die in terror over an extended time ... ...

4:31 pm

Couldn't watch the movies!

4:32 pm

LOTR, especially the poetry is real literature

4:33 pm

IMHO

4:33 pm

... yes ... but the whole history and character and reason for being in LOTR had to be left out ... and that's what i read the books to enjoy

4:33 pm

Titanic is like everyone's nightmare. Who wants to go see that on the big screen?

4:34 pm

down to 3.. can someone clue the to 5/10?

4:34 pm

Can't wait for The Hobbit movie

4:34 pm

that awful Celine Dilon song from the titanic, didn't go down well with me, won't be sorry if I never hear it again...

4:34 pm

also the AC 7/36?

4:34 pm

... that was my feeling ... ... nice story .. but didn't need the final fortyfive minutes

4:34 pm

and the last co 5/12?

4:34 pm

this grid is killin me..

4:35 pm

... ac ... check back to 4:16

4:35 pm

small bed + adjective

4:35 pm

.. and me too

4:35 pm

I'm looking forward to The Hobbit movie too.

4:35 pm

... one keeps one's fingers crossed ...

4:38 pm

i am so not getting that clue dos..

4:39 pm

a small bed you might sleep on while camping + a two letter adjective modifying a noun

4:40 pm

thanks guys got the small bed one.. I can't get the AC clue.. not making sense to me.. brain is smoking.. lol

4:40 pm

ahh.. i'll come back to it later.. gotta run.. have a good weekend all :-)

4:40 pm

... ac ... a british word for vacation (in the singular) ... two vowels

4:43 pm

... someone tell me how I missed the subject that I teach ... ... I need a new prescription for my glasses ...

4:44 pm

ac 6 word is ac + hawaiian greeting with extra vowel near the end of the word lbuxx.

4:44 pm

I was clueing the co 5 word

4:45 pm

Last co 5/12 word is co plus skin color from the sun lbuxx.

4:58 pm

... a tough one ... but with the list and some clues it's done ... may I offer any clues before running to make dinner? ...

5:02 pm

... then ... barkeep! break out that bottle of good luck to end everyone's Friday the 13th on a high note ... ... 'til tomorrow

5:05 pm

Later Dose. And thanks for being honest. "A tough one" is what this is. I just laugh when people finish one like this and say "fun grid!"

5:16 pm

I'm just sitting here making up word after word only to discover they aren't words

too vowely.

I don't have ANY of the 6's.

5:20 pm

oc6/24, plural sea creature with eight legs

5:20 pm

Vowely, good word.

5:20 pm

va6/30, guy who drives the moving va*

5:21 pm

ji6=crunchy white veggie

5:21 pm

and hi again all!

Now I have 2 6's.

5:30 pm

As I've said before, my produce stand doesn't stock half the vegetables that most Babble people seem so familiar with.

I don't know that vegetable and we have Whole Foods.

and all kinds of Farmers' Markets.

5:32 pm

I guess we aren't exotic enough Kap. Pass the green beans and potatoes please. : )

I am VERY exotic.

Oh, my favorite town is here- Athol Mass.

I haven't talked to another human being since 11 this morning.

Since everyone has been away, I won 3 Shaeffer fountain pens on ebay.

I did not spend very much.

I'm talking to myself here too, apparently.

5:39 pm

yes u r

Thanks.

5:40 pm

anytime

5:44 pm

as usual for Fri waiting for hub to be ready to go

someday enable will accept lmao

5:48 pm

ca 6/21 plz

5:49 pm

ca6 feline and angels wear a h***

5:50 pm

ty lynxx

5:50 pm

yw

5:54 pm

Kaplan, we used to live in Athol a few years ago. It's a sweet little town.

5:57 pm

can we swap an a for an e?

6:00 pm

I won't tell if you won't :)

6:03 pm

Have to go finish prepping for wine and cheese get together tonight, and be grateful I found at least half on this monster today ... happy hunting all!

6:04 pm

HORRAY FOR LICKETY!!!

6:05 pm

for sure pic klesny!

6:28 pm

and thought I was dumb not seeing words - Hooray for Lickety and MRP! bye all

6:55 pm

What kind of pens?

7:22 pm

I believe she said Shaeffer fountain pens.

Afternoon Babblers...or evening if you prefer, or monring...

7:53 pm

hello fellow babblers, whatever time it is...

8:01 pm

Very excellent. I have a couple of pens myself.

8:16 pm

Good evening Babblers

8:16 pm

howdy

8:19 pm

clue for the ac7?

8:22 pm

yes, for me too please

8:24 pm

ac7 starts like a pain and ends with the first three of one who's pants are on fire. Put a vowel in the middle.

8:24 pm

hi babble

8:25 pm

thanks Molly!

8:25 pm

ty Molly

8:25 pm

: )

8:25 pm

Not obvious in the least

8:25 pm

Hi DR

8:25 pm

HI Molly!

8:27 pm

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everyone doing tonight

8:27 pm

Hi Min

8:27 pm

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

8:27 pm

Cute nephew Min.

8:27 pm

slogging through the grid, Min.

8:28 pm

evening all :)

8:28 pm

Hi Jes

8:28 pm

Hi Jes and Wht

8:28 pm

how goes?

8:28 pm

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

8:30 pm

Thanks MollyL! I have two cute young nephews. I saw them both for Easter.I wish I lived closer to them.Only get to see them a couple of times a year. They grow up so quickly!

8:30 pm

there's a distinct lack of 'e' in this grid.

8:30 pm

I have been saving the last word since 11:30 this morning.

8:32 pm

Maybe I should enter it now so I don't forget about it later.

8:32 pm

Just found the ca7 - a kind of melon

8:32 pm

Or maybe it is a kind of tree.

8:33 pm

I'm all finished! I have fireworks! ac7/36 was my last word.

8:33 pm

congrats min!

8:34 pm

I have story in my profile.I'll also be here to clue if needed.

8:34 pm

Fireworks. Last word was pa7

8:34 pm

Congratulations wht on your outburst of fireworks!Hooray!

8:35 pm

yay everyone!

8:35 pm

any clues for the at6?

8:35 pm

Thanks viajes!

8:36 pm

at6 ends in not woman

8:36 pm

The at6/21 word is at plus a vowel plus not a female viajes

8:36 pm

It is the name of a Babbler + male

8:36 pm

congrats Wht

8:36 pm

thank you! Three left, all V's...

8:37 pm

Vunderbar!

8:38 pm

are the vi6 and vi7 a) related? and b) normal words?

8:38 pm

They are related but not normal

8:39 pm

in that case... clue please?

8:39 pm

vi,6 vi + tropical bird

8:39 pm

Sounds like my family

8:39 pm

Related but not normal

8:39 pm

lol- mine also Molly

8:40 pm

i have clawed out half of the words now... this is not an easy grid.

8:40 pm

ty wht

8:42 pm

yes thanks!

8:42 pm

is the va6 a normal word?

8:42 pm

thanks for the vi

8:42 pm

stats for the j for nbt?

8:42 pm

Normal in England perhaps.

8:43 pm

ji4,9 and ji 6,39

8:43 pm

thnks, wht. nbt :)

8:44 pm

wtg

8:45 pm

A va 6/30 rhymes with Mr. S**d***, bring me a dream viajes

8:46 pm

thanks min!

8:46 pm

does that mean what it sounds like it means?

8:46 pm

*looks up word* Yup. Apparently. Yeah, must be a British thing.

8:47 pm

fireworks!

8:47 pm

wtg viajes

8:47 pm

haha, didn't expect to finish -- my party started almost an hour ago but no one is here yet

8:48 pm

I have seen nights like that in the chog, viajes

8:48 pm

yw viajes

8:49 pm

well, I think I will go put out food and such; it's probably about actual normal party-starting time. SEe you tomorrow fellow babblers!

8:49 pm

Congratulations viajes on your outburst of fireworks! YAY!

8:49 pm

good night viajes

8:50 pm

Goodnight viajes! Have a wonderful party! See ya manana!

8:50 pm

excelente! you can all stop by the party if you're in the neighborhood :P

8:50 pm

hasta manana

8:51 pm

Sometimes I will host a party in the PB and nobody appears

8:54 pm

*passes a cider to min in the pb*

8:58 pm

hey all ((gives Min lovely choclits)) I taught FOUR days this week! All at the same school -- new personal record!

8:58 pm

thanks for the clue story, Minver, I got several from it. :)

8:58 pm

yay stid!

8:58 pm

wtg stid

8:59 pm

oh, nice, stiddy! :)

9:00 pm

I hope you-all had nice weeks and are now enjoying the beginning of a lovely weekend?

9:00 pm

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

9:01 pm

I taught ZERO days this week and LOVED it! How were your four days of teaching stidmama? It sounds like you liked it.

9:02 pm

Hello rbud! How are you doing? I am glad my story helped.

9:02 pm

oooh. CA 7 tree!!!

9:03 pm

they were mostly good, Wednesday was very challenging. The kids in those classes by and large were not accustomed to doing actual work when substitutes were in the room, and so there were a few issues, but mostly minor ones. :-) I am getting WAY better at avoiding, averting and adapting to disasters!

9:03 pm

mmm. chocotaco

9:03 pm

YESSSSS!!! NBT already!

9:04 pm

How dare you,a sub, who actually expects kids to do work!

9:04 pm

Hi Stid and rbud

9:04 pm

do kids still do things to subs like we used to - "pssst, at exactly 2:15 let's all drop our pencils at once!!" lol!

9:04 pm

:)

9:04 pm

rofl Min! a MEAN sub, so unreasonable...

9:04 pm

Stid, if you can do well as a sub, it should be easier when you have your own class.

9:05 pm

they try, rbud. I wait, and then if I have to wait too long explain that if they waste my time during instruction I will waste the time they are given to get to the next class... *wicked teacher look* it usually works, even when I am bluffing!

9:06 pm

Sometimes I have to cover classes for teachers who do not get subs and they treat me like I'm a sub and I'm a regular teacher whom they see every single day in the building.

9:07 pm

yep. I don't let the kids get very far with that one. I tell them that I am a REAL teacher who is taking time this year to be available for my family... which is true. And that eases some of their anxiety over the day not being what they anticipated.

9:08 pm

thanks wht -- that is the other reason I chose to sub. I knew my basic classroom management needed work (it wasn't really addressed in my teacher program other than as theory), so figured my best bet was to get in there and see how lots of other teachers set their kids up for success. At least, that's the plan. Occasionally I am taking notes on how I will NEVER run my classroom...

9:09 pm

I don't think i ever did mean things to a sub... now, my regular teachers, they either loved or despised me...

9:09 pm

a friend of mine who subbed for years said she used to tell the kids she was "powermad" and would make their lives miserable if they didn't cooperate, haha!

9:09 pm

but it wasn't intentional. i'm just, er, difficult? sometimes.

9:10 pm

I once had a kid tell me that ESL isn't a REAL class so he doesn't have to go.I told him that if he skips my class he will have REAL consequences which he then soon found out when he tried to skip the class. Don't mess with me!

9:11 pm

Funny thing is, jes -- I have basically enjoyed ALL the kids I have worked with, even when I wasn't able to meet all their needs. It's frustrating, but usually it's not the kid's fault, right? I don't understand when teachers give kids the impression they aren't "good" -- although to be honest by the time the kids reach the upper grades so often they have internalized (from home or school or someone else) that "bad kid" persona that they really do make things very difficult on purpose. Which, my dear jes, I am sure you never did.

9:11 pm

OH!!!! JESS!!!!!! do you want to hear my hummingbird rescue story?

9:13 pm

heh. no, i was difficult on teachers for non-standard reasons. like requesting to take 2 independent study courses from the same teacher during his "free" period. Poor guy ended up teaching 3 different classes to a group of about a dozen of us.

9:14 pm

oh.... *giggle* you were more driven as a student than I was. I just took the basic A/B grade and floated on through.

9:15 pm

and we were all nuts. he walked into class one day, and there were 2 people standing on desks making bird calls, one walking backwards around the room pulling a little wooden ducky on wheels while someone else tried to steal it, and 2 people playing ... crap. forget the name. the "game" where you stab a knife into the table between your fingers as fast as you can? playing that with a barbie leg (no idea where the rest of the barbie was), and the rest of us playing hangman at the blackboard...

9:15 pm

oh. only just found the word that the Dutch call "gracht"

9:16 pm

i like hummingbirds :)

9:16 pm

*gasp* *heavy sigh* (whispered) oh dear...

9:16 pm

I have to say that I was a goodie two shoes in school. I had perfect attendance in high school until senior year. Then I had my first absence when I took a day to go visit a college

9:16 pm

I want to hear about the hummingbird, stid!! all ears --> )o(

9:17 pm

I almost failed to graduate...

9:17 pm

okay, so yesterday was lovely and I did NOT work. So in the afternoon I opened the back door so Lucky could come in and out. HE went for walkabout by himself (I should have seen that coming, but didn't) and the hummingbird decided to visit the budgies.

9:17 pm

My high school had this thing called "Senior Skip Day" when all of the seniors would skip a day of school. Do you think I did it,nope! Needless to say, I was not part of the "in"crowd

9:17 pm

because I didn't have enough fine arts credits. Too busy taking science classes. ended up finagling them into accepting wood-shop as a fine arts class.

9:17 pm

I was mostly good in school except for my Senior year civics class where I know more about the subject than the teacher.

9:17 pm

But the budgies are in the middle of the main living space, and the kitchen is so much brighter... with the skylight (which doesn't open) and all.

9:18 pm

so the little critter got all confused and tried to fly out the skylight. And didn't know to go DOWN and out the door.

9:18 pm

oh dear!

9:18 pm

I had to find the old pool skimmer (down by the shed, not sure where we got it, we never had a pool!) and the dustmop.

9:19 pm

Put the dustmop up to trap the hummer so it had to stop and rest on it (by this time the little guy was really tired anyway, and kept panting).

9:19 pm

I don't know, maybe it's just me being from New England, but what is a budgie stidmama?

9:19 pm

Then I had to hold the pool skimmer over it to block it from thinking it could fly up and back to the skylight. Took about six tries.

9:19 pm

parakeet, minver

9:20 pm

Oh, ok

9:20 pm

I am very glad that I was able to get it outside again, it looked quite bedraggled by the time I was done.

9:20 pm

thanks jes

9:20 pm

*proud mama look* I was as stubborn with that little guy as I am with my students!

9:21 pm

You did a good deed saving that hummingbird! Because of you, that hummingbird is probably with its family again.

9:21 pm

Stid, I always liked the teachers who expected a lot from their students.

9:22 pm

I had this odd belief that learning was fun.

9:22 pm

very dexterous of you, stid, to manage the two long handles! good job!

9:23 pm

good job stid :)

9:23 pm

thanks, wht! I do expect a lot, and I find that MOST of the kids, even the ones who struggle, like to have someone tell them they are capable of the next step. And then step in to support as needed.

9:23 pm

and now, i must away to remove the porcupine quills from the mastiff. ta!

9:23 pm

oh no jes! spring, of course! see you later. ((hugs))

9:23 pm

I was bad, the outstanding highest scoring student, and constantly bored, so I had my own permanent hall pass and key to the counselor's office, to help keep me out of trouble.

9:24 pm

oh, before i go-- you should (if you haven't heard it already) look up how to turn your classroom into a roleplaying game :)

9:24 pm

oh, poor mastiff! no fun to be a pincushion! good luck with that, jes!

9:24 pm

hm... will go do that now jes! :-D

9:25 pm

Learning was a lot f fun when I was little, but now it seems like education has turned into test prep and nothing else.

9:25 pm

some kids need that, rbud -- I try to get those kids to engage in other ways whenever possible. But it's a tricky balancing act, keeping all the kids challenged in their own ways in these really crowded classrooms.

9:26 pm

okay, Lucky needs his mama. back later *poof*

9:26 pm

I never actually graduated high school, went to college on an early entry program. have a dbl BS, but no high school diploma. hard to explain on job aps.

9:26 pm

later, stid, jes

9:28 pm

Next week, thestudents in New York take the state ELA tests and the week after that they take the Math exams Then 4th and 8th graders have to take the science tests and all the ESL students have to take the state ESL test.

9:28 pm

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

9:28 pm

rbud, when our son was in 5'th grade, we were having one of our continuing arguments with him about doing his homework, and he said to us, "but when I'm in college, no one will care what my grades were in 5'th grade."

9:29 pm

That stopped the argument. We knew he was right, but he wasn't supposed to have figured that out yet.

9:29 pm

And how did you respond to that wht? Your son was correct

9:30 pm

It stopped us cold at the time, but it didn't stop the fights over homework.

9:32 pm

It was only later that we learned that he had executive function problems that made doing homework really hard for him. We were still thinking that if he just applied himself a little, he would do really well.

9:32 pm

I was soooo bored in school, would yak away and distract other kids, but could still quote back verbatim whatever the teacher had said... they hated me.

9:33 pm

It was a real challenge. He is very smart but he also has learning disabilities. It is a surprisingly tough combination to deal with.

9:34 pm

oh, I hear that. our son is genius level IQ but spent years in alternative schools, for pretty much what I used to get away with back in the day. he never wanted to do homework, wouldn't bring it home. couldn't concentrate, bored easily.

9:35 pm

I was never social enough to distract other kids, rbud. I would do things like do my assingned reading during lectures, and things like that.

9:35 pm

constantly "taking others off task" - I got so tired of seeing that on the notes he'd bring home...

9:35 pm

At least he brought them home, rbud.

9:35 pm

well, at least you were being productive!

9:35 pm

I never knew why I had to take Probability. To this day I do not use it that much except to try amd figure out what the probability of me finishing a a babble grid on a given day

9:36 pm

lol, Min! :)

9:36 pm

Yea rbud. I usually had my homework done by the time I got home from school. And I never had study halls.

9:38 pm

they wouldn't let my hubby graduate high school, though he had plenty of credits - he got a full time job in senior year and skipped the last half of the day for the whole year - now they have programs allowing kids to do just that.

9:39 pm

he'd have been the valedictorian if they'd let him graduate, sigh...

9:39 pm

so eventually, in his 30's, he took and passed the GED test in only one try to get the paper.

9:40 pm

Homework was never an issue for me.It was just part of my daily routine. Come home and eat a snack and start homework,then have dinner and finish homework after dinner and then bed. Was only allowed to watch the TV once a week for an hour so that wasn't even part of the daily routine.Maybe that is why I am addictef to TV now

9:40 pm

everyone else (127 of them) he was in the GED class with had to take classes, he tested out.

9:42 pm

Not that I am really addicted TV, but I do have it on all the time as background noise if I am not actually watching it.

9:42 pm

I liked homework, actually, used to do it up fancy when I could, loved graphic design type things, maps, drawings, diaramas...

9:42 pm

Believe it or not, I do not watch any shows that are on now

9:43 pm

there's not much worth watching, I don't think.

9:43 pm

I loved research papers. I loved looking stuff up.

9:44 pm

oh, me, too - used to do other people's papers in college for money, lol!

9:44 pm

<---Thinks Wht was Teacher's Pet

9:44 pm

I always had trouble with homework. My parents had to help me every night.Was very fortunate enough to have parents who cared and supported my education.I see so many parents today who do not care about education.

9:44 pm

now I'm a librarian, maybe it was all that happy time spent in libraries back then...

9:46 pm

I never tried to make nice to the teachers. I just wanted to learn.

9:46 pm

Min, sadly, that is true. Parents seem to take very little interest in their kids education these days.

9:47 pm

But there was one time in high school physics where we had a test that I had completely spaced out on. I walked into class and the teacher started passing out the tests, and I had no clue there was a test that day.

9:47 pm

oh, dear, wht, how'd you do?

9:48 pm

Unfortunately, library program suffered budget cuts.We do have a full time librarian.Only certain grades get library as a prep. We used to have a great librarian in our school.

9:48 pm

I totally tanked the test. There was another boy in the class who was all excited because he had gotten a better grade than I had for the first time. Then the teacher said that he thought that maybe the test was too hard, and when he saw that I had done poorly, he decided that he wouldn't count the grades.

9:49 pm

My friend was really angry about that. He beat me and it didn't count.

9:49 pm

The teacher decided the test was too hard because you didn't do well on it?

9:49 pm

Art and music programs have also suffered fro budget cuts.

9:49 pm

Yep

9:51 pm

I wasn't honorable enough to admit what had happened. I just accepted that on that day the universe was smiling on me.

9:51 pm

Wow, I've never heard anything like that before. A teacher gauging the severity of a test on one student.

9:51 pm

Well, he was thinking that he had made the test too hard before he started grading it.

9:51 pm

they used to throw out my grades all the time to make the bell curve work, the kids hated me for that - and that was in college! :P

9:52 pm

I stayed up for the flip last night for cosdem. Not sure if I'll make it tonite.My brain is starting to fade very quickly now

9:52 pm

Wow, I'm not smart enough for this group.

9:53 pm

Me neither MollyL!

9:53 pm

well, that was also after I took 5 years off to party and came back much older, wiser and more motivated

9:54 pm

Well that was when I was smart. Then I had kids and they taught me that I wasn't as smart as I thought.

9:54 pm

It was hard growing up not being the "smart" one in the family.My two sisters were the smart ones in the family.

9:55 pm

Altough apparently, now that they are in their twenties, I have started knowing something again. :^)

9:55 pm

My 2 sisters were able to get good grades without studying

9:56 pm

<--- still waiting for our kids to discover I'm not as think as they dumb I am, lol

9:57 pm

Had to have tutors all through high school and college and I still struggled trying to get just okay grades. Barely made it through high school and college, but I did fortunately.

9:58 pm

LOL rbud!

9:59 pm

Min, that is one of the reasons I would make a lousy teacher, I never had to work at learning, so I never had to think about how to do it.

9:59 pm

I can't understand why people don't get things that seem obvious to me.

10:00 pm

If I had to work at it, I would have a better understanding of how to help other people get it.

10:04 pm

I grew up in a family of intellectuals, however, that was not me. Even now, when I go home, i don't understand half of the things they talk about. So I just sit there and say nothing. They are so in tuned with everything in the world&then there's me who does not read a newspaper.

10:04 pm

Well time for me to go. Happy Babbling all. And none of this will be on the test!

10:04 pm

Goodnight wht! I will see you tomorrow in the chog maybe

10:11 pm

oh, wandered off for a minute, had to rescue a table I had painted white from Hubby's shop, where he was beginning a black spray painting job, could have a speckled table! :P

10:12 pm

wouldn't want that!

10:15 pm

It must be the day for babblers save things today. First, stidmama saves a hiummingbird, then you save a table.

10:16 pm

especially since it took me almost 2 years (off and on) of stripping, rebuilding, sanding, gluing, and painting to get it looking this good, lol! :D

10:17 pm

omg what a great game! Nats Nats Nats!

10:17 pm

You also just saved your husband's life by saving your table

10:17 pm

yup! (Nats?)

10:17 pm

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

10:18 pm

Nationals just won in the 13th inning on Friday the 13th

10:18 pm

hi all

10:18 pm

rbud your kids will figure out you are not dumb sometime in their 20s

10:19 pm

cool, jmc, figured it was a sports thing - but both kids are already in their 20's, hope it doesn't take much longer, lol!

10:20 pm

about 24 for my boy

10:20 pm

with occasional relapses

10:20 pm

I don't know, my hubby is in his fourties and still claims he knows EVERYTHING!

10:20 pm

nbt finally

10:21 pm

ha, ours is 2 months from turning 21, he's at the height of his know-it-allness. :P

10:21 pm

haha that is because you are his wife that doesn't count!

10:21 pm

well there you go. . . something about making your own way after college is usually the turning point

10:21 pm

I finally had to list with 38 left, brain is drained.

10:21 pm

now I'm getting somewhere, lol!

10:22 pm

go rbud go

10:22 pm

i think nbt was enough for me

10:23 pm

just psyched from the game and needed a small bite of the grid to finish the day

10:23 pm

th 4 and 5, would never have noticed them without the list, sigh... will never be able to come close to dart and volley and the like, just don't have the babblet brain.

10:24 pm

Me neither rbud, as I duly noted in my story of clues today.

10:25 pm

i think they monkey faster than some as well as knowing prodigious amounts of words

10:26 pm

<--- not a good monkier, either. :(

10:26 pm

me either i always lose track except for 4 letter words

10:27 pm

I just plod along, happy to make halfway most days. but I like to find the big ones before I give up.

10:28 pm

That is about the extent of my babbling skills also, 4 letter words. Then if I am luck I can get some 5 letter words also.

10:28 pm

*lucky

10:28 pm

i can get longer ones but not from monkeying them

10:29 pm

ALWAYS resort to the list after I have found half the words.

10:29 pm

there have been a couple of smaller non-mean grids i got without a list but none without a clue!

10:30 pm

I will NEVER be a babbler who is able to babble sans lists.

10:30 pm

ac7/36, strange one. like booze, al*o*** (but leave out the first L and O) and end with two vowels

10:31 pm

or similar to the end of melan******, a state of depression and sadness

10:31 pm

ty rbud that makes nbs for me

10:32 pm

that may have been one of the hardest 7's, though the ji7 is odd, too, some sort of spanish turnip.

10:32 pm

oops, that's a ji6, not 7

10:32 pm

ji6? i eat that all the time. . . mexican and more like a radish

10:33 pm

cut it up in strips for a nice crunch to your salad

10:33 pm

there is vi 6 AND vi 7, never heard of them before

10:33 pm

hmmm, so I keep reading in the chog, may have to try it, I like that sort of thing.

10:33 pm

i have a va6

10:34 pm

suv+not lady

10:34 pm

very refreshing with a little little bite not as much as a decent radish

10:35 pm

okie I am done for the night with 66 left

10:35 pm

vi 6 = vi* and vigor, and the last 3 of the mi4 bird

10:35 pm

off to read about zones of peace in war zones

10:35 pm

bye all

10:35 pm

sounds interesting, later! :)

10:36 pm

*poof*

10:42 pm

wahhhh, so many weird words! :P

10:42 pm

indeed, i thought, oh 119, sure, no problem...

10:44 pm

it's like Babble saved up a bunch of odd ones to throw at this one little grid

10:44 pm

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

10:44 pm

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

10:44 pm

heya min

10:44 pm

hello all. I have 5 left

10:45 pm

19 here

10:46 pm

Hello m9f9l! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log.

10:46 pm

Go m9f9l go!

10:47 pm

oooh... "the chat log"... mixing it up a bit I see!

10:47 pm

4

10:49 pm

26 left, and nearly sobbing when I find one I should have known, but am too shell-shocked by all the odd ones to see, lol!

10:49 pm

LOL.. I know

10:49 pm

heehee, sounds like an emotional grid for you rbud

10:50 pm

I may be traumatized, oh no! ;p

10:53 pm

I have 2 5s, have tried every combination except 1!!!! an 5/12 and av 5/16

10:53 pm

but hey, can stick L on the end of lots of seemingly normal words, who knew?

10:54 pm

3

10:54 pm

av - bird

10:54 pm

ty

10:55 pm

an5 same as the comics but diff last vowel?

10:55 pm

ha ha.. yup.. that gets a lot of them!

10:55 pm

2

10:56 pm

Hey, yall. Any of our nurses/doctors around? I have a question about Blepharitis.

10:56 pm

that's just so wrong, lol - like the co5 alt spelling for the bamboo-eating bear, what's up with that? not fair, not fair! hahaha...

10:56 pm

hi, LA, m9, rbud, gemini, et al :)

10:57 pm

dc! you still have hair in Babbleland!

10:57 pm

hi!

10:57 pm

ty for co5. Oh, so i do! Mayhap i should change that :D

10:57 pm

Blepharitis?

10:58 pm

1

11:00 pm

here's what NIH has to say about Blepharitis: http://tinyurl.com/3s2ye7q

11:00 pm

it hurts, and looks bad. Been cleaning with Q-tips, but so far no improvement, of course i started this afternoon. It first crept up last night.

11:00 pm

Sunlight on it feels FABULOUS!

11:01 pm

FW!!!! attagirl!! or rather at6! (my last word. But I'm not a guy)

11:01 pm

Oh it sounds sad :-(

11:01 pm

huzzah m9!

11:03 pm

yay, m9!!

11:05 pm

well, dc, your pictures look fine, no sign of the problem - and love how your sweater matches your beard - but why are you on your side, hmmmm?

11:06 pm

though I almost get the feeling of a mug shot from some of them... still nice shots of the new haircut.

11:06 pm

hello everyone :)

11:06 pm

Just stopped in to see if anyone needed help

11:07 pm

am 5/12 is my last

11:07 pm

still struggling along, 18 to go. learning lots of new babblets.

11:07 pm

oh found it! fireworks

11:08 pm

an 5/12 -- I forgot to put the es in it

11:08 pm

*am 5/12 that is

11:08 pm

yay, Leslie!!

11:09 pm

congrats leslie

11:09 pm

hi cybernan - I could use a hint for what will probably be a fish but ca 4,5 is killing me

11:10 pm

ca + not high

11:10 pm

YAY leslieann

11:10 pm

I am sure I monkeyed that at least 45 times! Thanks nan

11:10 pm

congrats on the babies

11:10 pm

what do you need rbud? only have a few minutes before i crash :)

11:11 pm

on my side?

11:11 pm

ty bugsaw

11:11 pm

oh, weird. no clue. never uploaded like that before.

11:11 pm

hm

11:12 pm

let me tweak that...

11:12 pm

turn the photo in a photo editor, save it and upload again

11:13 pm

Thing is, it's upright on computer, flickr, facebook, google, so it's a babble thing

11:13 pm

but i'll turn it for Babble.

11:13 pm

oh, I'll get done, thanks anyway, enjoying the slow pace. only 12 left now.

11:13 pm

i loved how the color shone with it longer.

11:14 pm

Congratuations LeslieAnn on your fireworks! Good for you!

11:14 pm

true, it does look more all the same color shorter, you had some highlights with it long.

11:15 pm

this puzzle looks ugly

11:15 pm

made me think of Hubby, his used to be really long, he laughed about how he could meet girls by "tossing it back onto them" at bars, lol

11:15 pm

it is jen -- don't even start with only 45 minutes left

11:16 pm

Congratulations m9f9l on your fireworks! Hooray for you!!

11:16 pm

already did, just seeing what i can find!

11:17 pm

it looks darker short, what you saw in the long pix was all natural, with highly humectant shampoo and conditioner that i use at every length.

11:17 pm

Hello JenMO16! How are you doing? Welcome to the chog.

11:18 pm

hi all, seeing if I can finish with expert...

11:18 pm

hey min!

11:19 pm

Hello uusue2! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log

11:19 pm

there, fixed, that was weird

11:19 pm

hi min! I am good.

11:20 pm

i turned it, and it uploaded right. i turned it back, it uploaded right. no clue what went wrong 1st try with this photo that it showed up sideways. *shrug*

11:20 pm

evening, sue, minver, jenmo

11:20 pm

I am glad you are good. I am tired so I am headed for bed.

11:20 pm

evening, nan

11:20 pm

sweet dreams, minver

11:20 pm

good night, min!

11:20 pm

i might just follow you min!

11:20 pm

hi dc!

11:20 pm

and hi jen!

11:20 pm

Goodnight to all babblers!I'll see you later on today maybe

11:21 pm

hi sue

11:21 pm

i can see my lower eyes are puffy in this photo -- an early symptom of Blepharitis.

11:21 pm

down to 4

11:21 pm

lower eyelids that should read

11:22 pm

oh, okay, it's on your lowers? ouch.

11:22 pm

go rbud!

11:22 pm

yes -- last night left one was itchy and felt like sand in eye.

11:22 pm

apparently baby shampoo can be used to clean there. will have to get some.

11:23 pm

ghost word for me is animal

11:23 pm

2

11:24 pm

go!

11:25 pm

done! :D

11:25 pm

woohoo!!! congrats rbud!

11:25 pm

congrats, rbud

11:25 pm

yay rbud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:26 pm

soooo many silly words! ta5, an abbreviated Mexican rolled food, missing the usual E on the end... where do these words come from? *whine*

11:26 pm

one more for me and i hit 100!

11:26 pm

(that was my last one)

11:27 pm

thanks rbud! 100 not found!

11:27 pm

yay! going for the whole shebang? happy to help.

11:27 pm

ok, last 6 coming up...

11:28 pm

see you all tomorrow!

11:28 pm

oh, guess not! nite, then! :)

11:28 pm

go sue! :)

11:28 pm

nite rbud!

11:29 pm

5

11:30 pm

4

11:30 pm

(although I confess to using morewords...)

11:31 pm

3

11:33 pm

2

11:33 pm

1 (found the oc7 on my own, yay me)

11:34 pm

and done - found the pi5/14 myself too, finally.

11:36 pm

yay, sue!!!

11:36 pm

( I use the heck out of morewords, too!) :)

11:38 pm

off to bed - see you all tomorrow!

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