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flip

sorry jemmel.... I think we missed :-(

12:01 am

Fireworks before the flip...sure didn't see that fa as a possibility in the grid! Thanks!

awesome... that was certainly down to the wire !!

12:01 am

an7

12:02 am

Yes, we love tension just before trying to sleep! Thanks for the quick responses!

my first e was a "lovely" word, and on that note... I'm off to bed... just wanted to have a peek at the grid. Good night everyone !!

nite diane

plot

oops

12:07 am

so far not a big fan of this grid

anyone have bottowm n?

12:08 am

no4/4 vanilla

12:08 am

no4/4

12:08 am

i think its NE 5

12:09 am

just got it so i know it's right :)

12:09 am

lol cos

tx

12:10 am

first E stats anyone?

12:10 am

en 5

12:10 am

constipation fixer, mlf

12:10 am

ty kje

12:11 am

yw

12:12 am

volcano and goose

an7/8/8

12:12 am

i keep trying antelope

12:12 am

no 7

12:12 am

hi everyone - not too big, so will leave it for tomorrow as I have a very early tee time. Good night :)

12:13 am

NBS

nite cybernan

12:14 am

thanks sweet

12:14 am

cos it almost fits lol

12:14 am

nbt/nbs

12:14 am

yw

12:14 am

corner O stats?

12:14 am

or 4

12:15 am

thanks, cos, nbt

12:15 am

NBT NBS

12:15 am

yw and wtg

12:16 am

epona is the name of link's horse on legend of zelda :P

12:16 am

nbs

12:16 am

1ST AND 2ND column 2ND Es stats please?

12:17 am

el4/4

12:17 am

et4/4

12:17 am

which one for the el uusue?

12:18 am

1st column, 4th row

12:18 am

got the first column E thanks

12:18 am

en4/4 from that one too

12:18 am

and el5

12:18 am

nbt thanks all for the help

12:22 am

2 more F's to go

12:23 am

fe 6 x 2

12:24 am

tx cos!

12:24 am

Cos i was just about to call a fe 6

12:24 am

yw :) 1 more F. hm i wonder...

12:25 am

cos you have 6/27 and 6/30 right?

12:26 am

theres another fe6

12:26 am

sorry fl6

12:27 am

thanks hoot. F's done

12:27 am

yw

12:27 am

so what ani I missing?

12:28 am

hoot in chat i gave stats for two of them

12:28 am

fe x 4, fl x 11, fo x 1

12:28 am

fe 4,4,6,6 fl5,6,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4

12:29 am

fo!

12:29 am

:) the lone F

12:29 am

ur also missing a fl4 at the beginning

12:30 am

100 down, saving rest for tomorrow -- sleep well! *poof*

12:30 am

got it ty!

12:30 am

yw

12:31 am

91 down here, bed time, see you all tomorrow!

12:31 am

Clues are up

ty mr. president:)

12:32 am

Thank you, mrp!!

12:32 am

mr p -- rafa's in today's grid! LOL

12:33 am

QU 8/60

12:33 am

thank you morewords

12:35 am

not a single S anywhere...

12:35 am

phantom: antelope

and no er or ed its just a perfect grid with enough to challenge

q's done I quit for the time being

12:38 am

yes, vanilla...

12:38 am

draft

12:39 am

oops -- my monkey slipped...

12:40 am

or your monkey went for a beer

12:40 am

yup

12:41 am

fire that monkey, he isn't seeing so well

12:41 am

hence the "Draft"

12:41 am

he was clearly thinking of beer...

12:43 am

of coors

12:44 am

course

12:44 am

:D

12:44 am

2 minutes for that one, ru?

12:45 am

i resisted posting it for a while

12:45 am

should have resisted more

12:45 am

then decided to go froth

12:45 am

not long enough, ruru

12:45 am

er I mean forth

12:45 am

groan

12:46 am

:D

12:46 am

Erda's monkey not the only one imbibing)

12:47 am

I have more on tap

12:47 am

tried not to, but that one made me laugh

12:47 am

yeah..

12:48 am

have slowed.... will get 3 more and go to bed on a round number

12:49 am

and.... gn

12:49 am

nighters dr k

12:50 am

Night, kje

12:50 am

have been alseep once, then got a call from some number in missouri... didn't recognize it, prob wrong number - hate them

12:51 am

oh I hate that

12:52 am

that happens here.. .."wayne?.. is that you wayne?

12:52 am

no . there's no wayne here.. check into rehab ass****

12:53 am

sorry..he woke me up Friday

12:53 am

newton or the caller?

12:53 am

maybe it was newton

12:54 am

...If I had a hammer....

12:54 am

you would have hit him?

12:55 am

hmmm

12:55 am

I was making a wayne newton joke

12:55 am

yes, i know - lol

12:56 am

I'm actually non-violent

12:56 am

hmmmm

12:57 am

lone e at bottom?

12:58 am

kje, volcano

12:59 am

should have known it would ne a babblet

12:59 am

ty granny

12:59 am

and gn again

12:59 am

np's kje

12:59 am

(that screwed up my round number though)

1:00 am

lol

1:00 am

hi everyone

1:00 am

better get three more

1:01 am

hi flosey

1:01 am

kje, go for another 9 then, and get the next round number

1:01 am

hey flosey

1:01 am

yes.. good call granny

1:02 am

and i suppose i had better say hello to ruru, too. can't stand a sulky punster.....

1:02 am

waiting with bated breath.....

1:02 am

I don't sulk

1:03 am

YES!!!!!!! i rattled the chain, and here he came...lol

1:03 am

bah!!!!!!!!

1:03 am

rofl

1:04 am

clue for upper left e for nbt?

1:04 am

you're going to feel like a douche when you find it rose

1:04 am

en5, makes you use your bowels very well

1:05 am

stupid huh?

1:05 am

lol

1:05 am

ohhhh - got it!

1:05 am

beats me on the other one

1:05 am

en7, en + fire

1:05 am

thanx -)

1:06 am

thanks again granny. happy to see that one grayed!

1:06 am

np's roses

1:06 am

i'm flushed with pride

1:07 am

lol, and he's off and running...never let's me down....god bless you, ruru

1:11 am

I went for the g rating

1:12 am

so long as it's not the g-string....for which we are all truely grateful

1:14 am

darn, giggling too hard to type words in correctly.

1:14 am

I'm too old for a g string

1:15 am

yay, found the last 8

1:15 am

:D

1:15 am

I haven't found one 8 yet.. dang

1:15 am

ruru, the mind pictures are hurting my brain.....lol

1:16 am

wanna clue, mate?

1:16 am

pan

1:16 am

*giggle* not enough letters, marmar

1:16 am

I don't know how that happened! Sorry!

1:17 am

there were days when it might have worked.. however.. nowadays..

1:20 am

ruru, had the worst 24 hours, worked until 9:30pm last night, back again at 7:30am today. now io am looking forward to my surgery. i just can't keep up this pace anymore.

1:20 am

granny, read your profile and am so thrilled for your miracle! God's answers to our prayers to isn't always what we want it to be but in this case, WOW!

1:20 am

i hear ya granny.. i'm sorry you're in pain

1:21 am

oh, what have I missed granny?

1:21 am

hi all

1:21 am

*smiling at you, hun* yes i have been blessed. but i think the lesson i had to learn, is to turn Him first, then ask others for help with prayers second.

1:22 am

hey jilli

1:23 am

marmar, having a total knee replacement 25th june. 42 years of earning my living on my feet have finally caught up with me.

1:24 am

hi jilli

1:24 am

to top it off, ruru, the stress is bringing on the angina again. had it at work yestereve, ICU nurse threatened to MET call me. lol

1:25 am

oh.. how do you not have the stress..

1:25 am

jeez

1:25 am

it's a BIG deal

1:25 am

Ah-ha. My M-I-L had that recently and all turned out well. Well, the improvement in the one knee now makes the pain in the other knee more noticable! I pray yours goes beautifully!

1:25 am

lots of bourbon, ruru, dear, lots of bourbon. lol

1:26 am

thanx marmar

1:26 am

well.. not on the day of surgery. hopefully

1:27 am

but not at work....interesting scenario....you just go ahead dear, recover yourself, that's the monitor, here are the leads, and here's your chart.

1:27 am

you're going to be tougher than I ever would be

1:28 am

ruru, have a great anaesthetist lined up. general anaesthetic, spinal and femoral nerve block. just bring on the drugs.

1:29 am

ouch

Evening.

1:29 am

hey neil

Hey ru.

1:29 am

I replied to your email

1:29 am

hello neil

1:29 am

nah, i tell my gasman, knock me out first, then do whatever you like.

1:29 am

hey neil

Hi jilli.

And Rose.

1:31 am

lol, going to play a prank on my scrub nurse. we have paper knickers for patients who feel they must wear knickers into theatre. i'm going to write on mine.....jaqui, is the tourniquet on????

You never replied to that one I sent you Rose?

With links?

1:32 am

hi Neil

1:32 am

neil, thought i told you about our connection going real slow. but will try again tonight. did look at both links you sent me.....finally

1:33 am

darn red boxes again

1:33 am

I got them too but they're gone now

1:33 am

I use Red Box Away.. works every time

1:34 am

Is it a spray, ruru? Where can I buy some?

1:34 am

that must be a spray ru

1:35 am

lol

1:35 am

it is...

1:35 am

rofl, jilli.....

1:35 am

right next to troll-b-gone

1:35 am

which reminds me .. I haven't seen a nasty troll for almost a yeart

1:36 am

year

1:36 am

you must have missed the recent ones then ru, a couple of kids I presume

1:36 am

maybe a month or 2 ago

1:36 am

Dang.. i did

1:37 am

When, flosey? Not when I've been on.

1:37 am

I love giving them lip

1:37 am

it may have been quite late, don't remember but they were jamming up the chatlog

1:39 am

maybe when you were on meds jilli and going to bed early

1:39 am

I almost have all the 4's and NO 8's or 7's

1:39 am

I'm biggie blind

1:39 am

maybe

1:40 am

I'm tired blind, should just go to bed

1:41 am

okay ruru, an8 x 2 , to do with TV aerials for better reception, or what insects have on the top of their heads

1:41 am

ty granny!

1:41 am

qu8, a fourth of a circle

1:41 am

yeah.. thanks..

1:41 am

I couldn't see them

1:42 am

yeee hah..

1:42 am

maybe you need some

1:42 am

thanks granny

1:42 am

thanks Rose for the an8s

1:43 am

np's both of you

1:44 am

25 for the morning.. night all.. i'm tired

1:44 am

night, mate, sleep well

1:44 am

gnight ruru

1:45 am

night you two.. and flosey too if she's still here

1:45 am

.... where's my g string..???? dang it

1:46 am

I am, but fading fast, I didn't take it, honest

1:47 am

that was a joke for granny

1:48 am

same place as your speedo, ruru?

1:54 am

HA!

1:58 am

oh, dear, ruru, what am i going to do with you? hmmmm don's guitar needs a new g string...think yours will fit?

1:59 am

or will that fret you?

Ugh. Sorry... was away for a while.

2:03 am

groan

2:04 am

nbt/nbs

2:05 am

yay, jilli. sorry, ruru inspires me

2:05 am

neil, managed to get an email off to you

Oh well, glad someone here does.

Oh? Ok Rose, I'll check. Just replied to your last reply ru.

2:12 am

off to bed, am falling asleep

2:13 am

night, flosey, sleep well, hun

2:13 am

goodnight all, rose, I'll be thinking of you tomorrow, trust everything will go well

2:13 am

gnight flosey

2:28 am

over halfway

Just replied to your last email Rose.

Tomorrow? What's tomorrow, Rose?

Neil, I can't get an e-mail to you.

ss I don't you and I'll send you my regular e-mail:

Huh, VermontMeow?

Why can't you?

I wouldn't put it in here.

2:32 am

Hi vermontmeow!

You just take my player/online name/ID and put it in front of @yahoo.com, to send me one.

morning everyone :)

Hi Sarah.

2:36 am

Well, time for bed -- goodnight/day all...*poof

2:36 am

hey sarah

Night jilli. Sleep well.

hi neil and granny how are you both :) x

2:37 am

night jilli, sleep well, hun

nite jilli

2:38 am

neil, re flosey's entry in chog, i think she's a tad muddled. not sure what she meant by it myself.

Huh?

I didn't question anything she said in here... so what do you mean?

I've been busy elsewhere [email] so whatever you're referring to is probably something I didn't see?

Oh duh. Never mind, haha.

Yep. About "tomorrow".

2:39 am

sarah, dear, some questions just shouldn't be asked....have had an abyssmal 24 hours.

I'm tired... can't tell can you? :P

Sorry to hear that Rose. :(

Why is that?

hugs granny it will all go well xx

'Neil, I never use this e-mail so send something here. I'll find it and send you may real e-mail: VermontMeow@yahoo.com

i just got up neil lol

Ok VM, check your Yahoo mail.

But if you never use it, the email on that account may be de-activated. That happens after a certain time period of inactivity.

I see Sarah.

Phantom: matador

2:48 am

neil, worked until 9:30pm last night, and was back at 7:30am today. just not enough hours between shifts for knee to recover. oh, well. in less than 4 weeks it will all be history. * grin *

be back soon just got to do housework :)

2:50 am

HOUSEWORK????? instead of babble. someone take sarah's temperature. she must be tired, sick or working for the russians. ( no offence meant)

2:50 am

it's a favourite line from Downton Abbey

Oh man, Rose... that must've been brutal. :(

Huh. Where did VermontMeow go?

3:01 am

okay, would someone please explain just where in a low-calorie diet cannoli fit in? found them on the supermarket docket after himself had been over to do the shopping. ( for those who don't know, cannoli are an italian patry filled with chocolate and vanilla custard)

3:03 am

if the cannoli... was cut in half... to let the calories out maybe... but really... NOT low calories.. although lower than 4000 per bite.

3:06 am

grandy, he thinks because his jeans are getting too big for him, he can relax....no way jose!!!!!!

3:06 am

You must go buy some smaller jeans... make him work harder....

3:08 am

like me? you mean. bought a pair of jeans in a size i haven't worn for years. nearly there, i'm proud to say!!!!

3:09 am

Making changes takes courage and determination.. congrats for doing both... good luck... must be off now... ta ta

3:10 am

grandy? he has smaller jeans....actually he's between sizes at the moment. i have to do up his belt, as he can't quite do it yet

3:10 am

you go granny... go granny go

3:11 am

night/morning grandy....whichever it is, have a good one

3:19 am

i'm outta here, happy babbling to all, see you at a late flip

Take care Rose. I'm out of here too.

3:22 am

thanx neil, have a good one,,whichever it is ....hmmmmmit's night, right? then sleep well

bk only dinning room to hoover now :) but coffee time lol

3:47 am

hello

3:47 am

anybody here?

hi ruby x

3:49 am

hello sarah. It looks like you and I come on at about the same time

3:49 am

how are you? Is it unny there? We have lovely weather, even though they keep predicting rain

i been on just doing housework lol :)

3:50 am

not me. I just finished cleaning the kitchen and am sitting down for the first time this AM

it is bit cold here today and i am gd thanks :) hope you are ok x

3:51 am

it is chilly in the mornings, but the flowers are magnificent!

the girls do not put any thing away as easyer for me to do it then get the moaning lol

but at school now so will stay nice all day lol

3:53 am

I think I would let their clothes rot on the floor! I'm not as nice as you are!

lol i get moaned at by hubby if i did not do anything lol

3:54 am

I would go on strike!!!!

3:54 am

or at least a job action.....

i would but then i have to live in the sh@t hole lol

on a saturday they all help as pocket money dy lol

day

3:56 am

you are too funny!

sorry spelling not very gd :)

lol

sarahlouise leaves school this week omg were the time gone

quadrant

3:58 am

how old is she?

opps sorry

16

3:58 am

had that, don't worry....

3:58 am

what a lovely age --- or not LOL

i am lucky as she not a bad kid rosie is 13 and moody lol amie is 9 imogen is 7 georgina is 6 and emma is 4 :)

rosie is a xmas day baby :)

4:02 am

great names! Rose (and Rosie) have great significance for husband and me: his mother, my aunt, our first chow chow, his granddaughter and great-granddaughter's middle names, granny rose, and more and more

4:02 am

his best friend's wife is rosie, too

4:02 am

and my garden is full of roses!

everyone thought i call her holy as xmas day but thought na lol

:)

4:04 am

rosie is better

had rosie at home to was best birth out of all the girls :)

4:07 am

you are very brave!

4:07 am

I only have one son, grown now, and no grandkids :(, but one was plenty for me

it is hard some days but would not change it for all the money in the world :)

4:09 am

it is lovely to "see" you, but I have to go and take care of husband

4:09 am

{{sarah}}

bye ruby x

6:54 am

gm, everyone...anyone

7:02 am

Good morning everyone! Started the grid off with en 5/12.....is this a good sign?

7:03 am

hi car! i found the same word too, lol

7:03 am

I feel so refreshed!!!! LOL!

7:04 am

and the brand name is in the grid too.

7:04 am

OMG!

7:04 am

just need Flush and it would all be there! rofl

7:05 am

Stop! I can't breathe! ROFL!

7:05 am

<---- is very tired from the weekend...everything makes me giggle!

7:06 am

sounds like you had a good weekend.

7:06 am

Very good!

7:07 am

that makes me happy to hear that. what did you do?

7:07 am

Went to the pond on Saturday....family party on Sunday....parade and cookout yesterday! Whee!

7:07 am

nbt, nbs!!

7:07 am

And how was your weekend?

Product placement?

7:07 am

Yeah!

7:08 am

Hi kaplan!

7:08 am

had to work, and it was rainy all weekend. but overall good days

7:08 am

morning, Kap

Hi. Subliminal advertising?

7:08 am

subliminal something, kap

7:08 am

Sorry about the work part. We have the drizzly rain today...good day to go back to bed!

this is a very evacuative grid.

7:09 am

the only "bad" part of the weekend, was not getting to spend much time with hubz. but work is better than unemployment, which was ready to run out

7:10 am

:)

7:10 am

*groan*

It is even good for sinks.

Dennis is here too.

7:15 am

nbt...

7:15 am

go car!

7:15 am

dizzy with excitement...or hungover...can't decide!

7:19 am

mornng, help with corner o pls

7:19 am

Hi peri!

7:19 am

or 4/5

7:20 am

ty car.

7:20 am

morning, peri

7:20 am

lone e under the L pls

7:21 am

... volcano

7:21 am

sheesh,,ty dose

7:21 am

Morning doseffing!

7:21 am

nbt, need a 7 and 8 for nbs

7:22 am

... almost missed it myself ... ... why is that one so hard to find? ... or is it just easy to overlook?

7:22 am

Me too Peri.

7:23 am

... qu8 ... one of four sections ...

7:23 am

... en7 ... to set on fire

7:23 am

Couldn't see it...but had to believe it was there. TY!

7:23 am

pe7, nom de plume

7:24 am

Ty all!

7:24 am

ty, dos for the en7

7:24 am

* TY for all!

7:24 am

tyty

7:24 am

now off to go shopping, wheee!!!

7:24 am

Oooooh! Shopping!!!! Have fun!!!!!

7:25 am

bye, peri, hagd

7:25 am

... yes ... I'm past 100 ... so if I go to the bank now .. and leave early for the bus and school ... maybe I'll beat the rain ... sounds like a plan ... ... later

7:26 am

Bye Doseffing!

7:26 am

hagd Dos

7:29 am

I really need to stop looking for words from the letters I have already grayed....

7:30 am

lol, sounds like you need a cuppa, car

7:31 am

I'm thinking back to to bed....

7:31 am

that's a good idea too.

7:31 am

Yup...BTB....Have a great day Dawg!

7:32 am

sweet sleeps, car!

7:56 am

good morning my babble friends:)

hiya crosshair x

7:57 am

howdy sarah:)

8:29 am

the goose is becoming a regular visitor - hi Babblers

8:30 am

hi alo

8:30 am

Good Morning Everyone! How are you today?

8:30 am

heartachy

8:30 am

good.. hope you are too, Nef.. hi hurshy

8:31 am

oh, sorry hursh

8:31 am

hello everyone

8:31 am

hurshy, what is the matter?

8:31 am

heartachy Hursh? What happened?

8:31 am

hi Annie

8:32 am

hi Aloy :)

8:32 am

i had such a great day yesterday with my sister, niece & nephew, at sturbridge village. the contrast of returning to normal life is painful.

8:33 am

howdy aloy,hursy,nef

8:33 am

:-)

8:33 am

mornin, crossy

8:33 am

I'm glad that you had a great day; I understand....

8:33 am

hi crossy

any clues for the 2 an8 plz :)

8:34 am

an8---rabbit ears on your TV of old

8:34 am

ty annie

8:34 am

sometimes it seems like it's not worth it to have good times

8:34 am

ty Annie

8:35 am

youre welcome crossy and hi

8:35 am

do not forget to latin up that t.v truner for the an8

8:35 am

lol,i need a tea,you said that already

8:35 am

and the other an8 ---add Mr. Gore

8:36 am

ooh, ty again Annie

8:36 am

I respectfully disagree, hursh. If it wasn't for the fantastic moments in life; it would be too much of a grind.

8:36 am

ty again aniie:) did i ever tell you that you are my favorite? :))

8:36 am

xxxx's

8:36 am

i dunno, i feel like i am going through the grind ok, and then i have a good time, and i feel SO much worse coming back to work, the meaninglessness and stupidness of it shows up so much clearer

8:37 am

maybe you are in the wrong line of work, hurshy?

8:37 am

but it provides the paycheck that allows for the good times

8:37 am

oh i am totally in the wrong line of work. but there isn't much i can do about it at the moment.

8:37 am

I also agree with Aloy

8:37 am

That's what I think too. Time for a job or career change?

8:38 am

yup, your inner self is telling you

8:38 am

i am working while my husband does his PhD. he will hopefully be done in 2 more years and then if he can get a job then i can have more flexibility. for now, i apply to other things that pay enough, but i don't get them, so, oh well.

ty x

8:38 am

.. or guiding you

8:39 am

trials and hard times in life are needed hurshy,as painful as they are.it is much like a sword being put to the fire and tempered again and again to strengthen its core as in life a body that has everything handed to it on a platter is a weak person and fails and the merest adversity,so too will a untempered blade shatter at its first battle..mmm..waxing poetic again..time for meds brb;)

8:40 am

this is true crossy but i feel like most of my life has been like that, cause of depression and other things.

8:40 am

lol,if i listed all of my last ten years even Job of the bible would feel sorry at times for me:)

8:41 am

I really hated my 2nd to the last job I had and couldn't stand it for a full year; once I decided I needed a change, my started looking around and even though I felt I wasn't qualified, I went to an interview "for interview experience" and that turned into the job I retired from.

8:41 am

but we must hang tough and kicl each day in the scrote and rip and tear any goodness out of it each and every day

8:44 am

I've always felt that if you love what you do for a living, it isn't work; and also that I could earn enough to live on. My income from my last job was just 1/3 of what I made as a nurse working in the hospital; but we had "enough" because I was happy.

8:44 am

but i am here by the miracle of medicine and my beloved.this is my 4th life or so and all a bonus round or encore:) this means i can do nothing wrong and every second of every day is a gift.its like having a old life sent for a rebuild and detailing and coming back all nice and new and in the shrink wrap:)

8:45 am

phantom: antelope

8:45 am

same with my s,i.l nef.she was a nurse in trauma/triage for 15 year and scaled back to be a photographer and she holds classes twice a week for new nurses

8:48 am

speaking of carpe diem,i best go "seize" some breakfast

8:49 am

carpe bfast!

8:49 am

I loved working in SV-ICU; did it for 34 years and when I couldn't do it anymore because of my foot injury & surgeries; I didn't know what I'd do. Ending up running a prenatal clinic was such a drastic change; but so invigorating, and I ended up loving that too. (I still volunteer and act as a consultant there; but DH is now my main nursing focus).

8:50 am

leone

8:50 am

Opps

8:50 am

PB for me

8:50 am

Nef, what is "DH"?... oh, dear hubby?

8:50 am

Where is Molly today? She usually puts out a breakfast buffet that is lovely.

8:51 am

yes, 99.9% of the time it's Dear hubby; 0.1% of the time it's less flattering. ;-)

8:52 am

ooh.. thunder and rain - good, we need some rain

8:53 am

We've had 9 inches of rain (at least) in about 2 weeks; you're welcome to it

8:55 am

(I'm glad this is an easier grid than yesterdays'; I feel more confident I'll finish this one)

9:00 am

this was a nice grid...anyone want a clue before I take off?

9:00 am

not me, Annie. I'm still having fun with it

9:01 am

(BTW) YAY, Annie!!! WTG!!!

9:01 am

lol, thanks, Nef and bye dear babblers

9:01 am

HAGD!

9:03 am

ok,brekkies is up,nice sweet pepper and mushroom omlettes cooked in creamery butter,toasted english muffins with apple jelly a rasher of crispy hickory smoked and maple kissed bacon and ice cold apple juice

9:12 am

hi again, everyone! glad to see folks are up and about! clue for the first ca6?

9:12 am

howdy lbd

9:13 am

was getting lonely

59 left :)

9:13 am

hi crossy!, shoulda been here around 6am babble time...

9:15 am

lol@ 6 a.m all of yesterday "real life" demanded to be noticed,so i crashed hard last night and slept till 08:30

9:17 am

glad you could sleep in! i've been up since 5am.

9:17 am

but for today,i can happily babble till around 12,then real life calls again;)

9:18 am

it is not often i sleep more than 3 hours at a time..was a real treat

9:19 am

what was even better was the offspring got up himself at 06:30,found his own clothes,made his own lunch and quietly wnt to school

9:19 am

ahh, there's hope! yay for offspring!

9:21 am

there is indeed he is doing 6 months of co-op at the local animal shelter and is worth 2 credits to his year end mark

9:22 am

but as i feared,today we pick up a new kitten to add to our other 2 rescue kitties

9:23 am

waves to Annie.. back.. was kicked off line , maybe the storm?

9:23 am

Yay for rescuing a cat!

9:23 am

made the mistake of brining the mrs in with me one day to pick my son up and of course she was surrounded by cute puff balls with big pleading eyes and 20 of them tried to curl into her lap all at once...i knew all hope was lost

9:23 am

howdy scwabby

9:23 am

kitty will be well loved. Hi scrabs hi aloy

9:24 am

hi Scrabbler!

9:24 am

How is everybody?

9:24 am

good, and you?

9:25 am

Hot and sweating already but it is sunny and beautiful so I am not complaining. I enjoy seeing my gardens come alive all summer.

9:25 am

line of t-showers here

9:26 am

are you growing veggies or flowers or both, Scrabs?

9:26 am

raining, here. *sigh*

9:26 am

We had hail and a wicked thunderstorm during the night.

9:26 am

25c-77f and rising here scwabby..hot and humid day

9:26 am

Tomatoes, peppers + lettuce, then flowers.

9:27 am

no green beans? my fave veg to grow

9:27 am

I planted Columbine seeds--perennial. I did so much work over the last few days--weeding, I made 4 hanging planters (sweet potato vine + coleus), planted pansies (one of my faves), and prepared a new garden plot.

9:28 am

nice! the joys of summer

9:28 am

I should do beans too. I am doing more container planting on the deck. Do deer eat green beans? I prefer to not feed the deer. They devoured 2 dozen tulips this spring.

9:29 am

groundhogs LOVE green beans and so do deer

9:30 am

scrabby,when we lived further north we used to plant 2 gardens,one tented with chicken wire for us and in the furtest corner of the lot,away from the people garden,we planted and entire garden of romaine lettuce for rabbits,deer etc

9:31 am

There are no groundhogs up here. I do see them in the nearby park. The raccoons are rascals too. They dig up newly planted flowers searching for bulbs to eat. And they have knocked down my hummingbird feeders a few times this past week. And they ate my unsowed sunflower seeds that sat on the icnic table.

9:31 am

I had a neighbor who went to the feed store, bought a huge bag of rabbit food, and made a perimeter moat around his garden, lining it with the food.. the rabbits left his garden alone

9:32 am

I have never seen rabbits up here either. They probably have to many predators to even have a chance.

9:32 am

Great idea.

9:33 am

The rabbits probably all left in a huff because they are jealous of your residential rabbits. : )

9:33 am

yesterday I was weeding, heard a commotion in the trees, looked up as a huge hawk swooped overhead, carrying a baby bird and the parents were chasing it.. Mother Nature, sigh

9:33 am

(((scrabs))) I am taking five minutes to play before I get my day started.

9:33 am

hey all

9:33 am

it worked for us as well,each fall it was easy to fill our deer tag for winter meat then all the rest of them were free to gorge before winter,in harsh winters i can remember us setting up feeding stations and salt licks

9:33 am

howdy stid!

9:33 am

There is a very bold raccoon that visits every evening and comes to my front deck. Last wk it was on my front steps at 5:30 pm.

9:33 am

howdy stidmama

9:33 am

Hi Stid

9:34 am

tadone! finito! hi stiddy!

9:34 am

That is nice, Crossy.

9:34 am

yaaa for lbd!!

9:34 am

congrats, dawger, wtg!!!!!

9:34 am

Yay Dawg!

9:34 am

back from fixing brkfst for hubby. (He wasn't crazy about the virtual one you served, crossy). Our gardens are totally invaded by squirrels and rabbits and who know what else. But we still plant them and get veggies to eat

9:34 am

hello!!!

9:34 am

YAY, lbd!!! WTG!!!

9:35 am

((ruby))

9:35 am

can't leave food out for wild critters here, it's called baiting. big no no

9:35 am

Bon jour Ruby!

9:35 am

hi ruby!

9:35 am

YAY LBD!

9:35 am

hey Nef and Ruby

9:35 am

hi Nef, hi RUBY!!

9:35 am

You are lucky, Nef.

9:35 am

Nef, what vegetables do you plant?

9:35 am

plant one for you, one for the animals and one for the weather

Good morning all and how many words today

9:36 am

167

9:36 am

167 today

9:36 am

lbd,we did not bait.they were going to eat a garden on outr property..period..it could be ours or one we made for them..and the feeding station was at the request of the MNR as the deer were starving to death 2 winters in a row and eating bark off of trees to stay alive

9:36 am

phantom = flannel

9:37 am

But the anise-flavored veggie is for real here.

9:37 am

hi all....clue please for ca6/21....the FIRST one please?

9:37 am

there is an herb in the grid that is close to that

9:37 am

thanks for that - have some ready to go in the kitchen! LOL

9:38 am

a type of oil, flask.

9:38 am

just read back over the chog which was fascinating!

9:38 am

for NBT the A on the right and the E under the L please?

9:38 am

it is soooo nice to see you all

9:38 am

aka rapeseed oil

9:38 am

How is Ruffino?

9:38 am

just bought my garden stuff: tomatoes, etc. but don't have the energy to plant anything today

9:38 am

e4=volcano

9:38 am

rabbit ears are a type of n7 stid

9:39 am

ruffino is "magnifique" (in the word of the vet!)

9:39 am

ack. thanks LBD

9:39 am

an7, sorry

9:39 am

he has stopped biting me, is getting over his "hot spot" and is enchanting

9:39 am

ad5.14 x2 stiddy

9:39 am

Molly, we plant lettuce greens, tomatoes, peppers (didn't get any of those last year, even the hot ones were eaten by critters!). Beans, radishes, etc. (Carrots are too tiny for us, gone before grown here) and squash.

9:39 am

and the backwards of the volcano

9:39 am

yaa for puppy!!

9:39 am

got them! :-)

9:39 am

ante

9:39 am

Rabbit ears--so soft and warm. I was kissing some earlier.

9:39 am

oops

9:39 am

Wow, there is probably a whole generation that have no idea what rabbit ears are.

9:39 am

sorry

9:40 am

true Molly

9:40 am

give them a kiss for me! I give my p[ups kisses, but don't know if they understand

9:40 am

last year i dug in the closet and showed my son an 8-track tape..should of seen his eyes

9:40 am

And now for the Babble proverb...where there is the wager, there is also the volcano

9:40 am

that is scary, molly

9:40 am

well, that took me a minute to connect with the rabbit ears...thinking people don't know what those long things are on a rabbit? *blush*

9:41 am

inscribing that in stone, molly

9:41 am

thanx to LBD and ALOY...:)

9:41 am

Every year, in the Fall, they do a list of what the coming year's graduating class has never heard of. Makes me feel old.

9:41 am

I would think bunnies would be offended

9:41 am

Scrabbs has rabbit ears in her house

9:41 am

and molly is just a kid!

9:41 am

8 bunny ears here and I love kissing them--so soft.

9:42 am

..I wonder if scrabs gets extra good reception on the tv

9:42 am

all those who have spliced tape to play tunes on a reel-to-reel tape player raise their hands..

9:42 am

crossy does double time in the PB

9:42 am

Hi ruru. Funny boy.

9:43 am

crossy had an amzing 16 track tape machine..was superlative in its sound reproduction

9:43 am

sigh..off i go

9:43 am

morning, ru

9:43 am

I did, cross... also spliced film a couple times when I helped a friend in her movie theater.

9:43 am

I'm looking at crossy's post ---- nada

9:43 am

nada to which post ruby?

9:43 am

aloyisius, I need more help with the N7 -- second letter maybe? count?

9:43 am

ta4, ruby

9:44 am

crossy's 16 track machine is likely in the garage with his bell bottom pants and paisley shirts too

9:44 am

wand then I played it made a segment with markers and then I played it made a segment with markers and then I played it to a jazz track

9:44 am

lol

9:44 am

my mistake, I corrected it to an7... sorry stid!

9:44 am

oh! thanks. still looking for that I guess

9:44 am

typo, and poor stid is searching for an n7

9:44 am

Aloy, are you back in Ohio?

9:45 am

the rabbit ears = an7/8

9:45 am

yes, Scrabbler.. back in the Heart of it All

9:45 am

scrabs are you still coming out in June to Yosemite?

9:46 am

There is an n7...what you jot things down on.

9:46 am

No, Ruru. we decided to save money and do a Pennsylvania kayaking/hiking trip.

9:46 am

all I can think of is analog, and there ain't no G in the grid today. more help please aloyisius -- are we talking TV or critter?

9:46 am

thanks for the N7 molly

9:46 am

both stid

9:46 am

insects and tv's had them

9:46 am

ty for n7 molly

9:46 am

stiddy, think tv.

9:46 am

ty Molly!

9:47 am

oh! GOT IT! *facepalm*

9:47 am

for reception stidmama

9:47 am

: )

9:47 am

lol

9:47 am

and with that, I think I shall head toward getting myself out the door. Have a lovely day, all! *poof*

9:47 am

latin plural for an an8

Good morning

9:47 am

uh oh, my computer is doing funky stuff to go with crossy's bell bottoms and paisleys....

9:47 am

hagd, stiddy

9:47 am

gm mc

9:47 am

and the round an7 for the uhf channels:))

9:47 am

hi mcurl!

9:48 am

It's amazing, the big ass TVs most of us watched for the very first time, compared with TVs of today.

wasn't quick enough to catch stid before she headed out to teach today---darn

9:48 am

mcurl! why aren't you at school??? are you okay? nobody ill, I hope? *worried mama look*

9:48 am

hey! i had a pair of bell bottom cords,the big collar shirt and the platform wide toed shoes:)

I am

9:48 am

I didn't know TV's had asses?

been here since 6:30

9:48 am

And you must have been quite the hot stud, Crossy!

9:49 am

help for am6,24 please??

9:49 am

I wish I still had my rose suede hot pants from ''70! and my red corduroy playform shoes

9:49 am

Like the train name, Erda

9:49 am

or even platform*

9:49 am

Suede?

9:49 am

,---likes playform better

9:49 am

Oh, man, Ruru, you were literally hot.

9:49 am

lol,molly our first colour model was this massive hunk of furniture floor model type and for the first 5 years i thought lorne greene had a bad skin condition as he was always this light shade of green

9:49 am

ooh, was hunting that one, ty again Molly!

9:49 am

*Cues up Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" for Ruby*

9:49 am

Thank you, Molly!

9:49 am

hi ruby and

9:50 am

you would, ruru

9:50 am

and Scrabs, aloy, stid, crossy, ru

9:50 am

{{bichon}}

9:50 am

The chat log is flying now!

9:50 am

welcome, bichon

9:50 am

so nice to see everybody

9:50 am

I know.. am getting google babble eyes

9:51 am

<-- loved Donna Summers

9:51 am

ruby, have you seen people in France with Barbet dogs?

9:51 am

oh! LOL most of the schools I am in block babble...

9:51 am

We didn't get a color TV for a long time. I was so amazed when I watched "The Wizard Of Oz" at a friend's house and everything was in color when Dorothy walked out the front door in Oz.

9:51 am

don't know what that is, bichon

9:51 am

Aloy, how far are you from Cleveland? I have a friend in Cleveland Heights that I should visit.

we use it as a reading game

9:51 am

okay, good to "see" you mcurl, must get myself going, need to take the lid off the cold frame before the little tomatoes burn. *real poof*

9:51 am

crossy puts on his cords,his floral big collar shirt, adds a splash of english leather cologne and hits the dance floor!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN2qImB 0sT0

9:51 am

wonder if there are Ken Dogs in France too

9:51 am

we didn't get a TV until I was 10!

9:52 am

bye stid!

9:52 am

I'll meet you there in my hot pants and platforms!

9:52 am

I am surprised schools block Babble. It really is very educational.

9:52 am

There was an article in the paper here about how they were very popular in Europe, especially France. They look like a Portuguese Water Dog

9:52 am

we used to get 4 channels

9:52 am

I'll google it later, making a note

9:52 am

Yes, Ru. There are. But they have no "male parts".

9:52 am

about 25-30 minutes, Scrabbs.. keep me posted! (-:

9:53 am

We got 3 channels until we got a UHF channel--PBS. We got a color TV WAY after most families.

most classify it as a "game" which is sad because it is very educational. We have to be careful though because occasionally there are words inappropriate for elementary

9:53 am

<---Thinks school systems blocking devices are fascist.

9:53 am

or "Bits" as soodle calls them

9:53 am

Cool, Aloy!

9:53 am

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

9:53 am

I know, but bits seems so...small.

9:53 am

We had color TV pretty soon. Dad loved to watch the BB games in color

9:53 am

The hyoid bone is the only bone in the human body not connected to another bone.

9:54 am

watch out for those male bits!!!

9:54 am

I can row, ca.5.12? (my dad's corny joke)

9:54 am

I know the hyoid bone from CSI and cop shows

9:54 am

where's the hyoid bone in the boddy

9:54 am

It is an itsy bitsy thin bone in the neck, at the base of the tongue.

9:55 am

yaa for scwabby!

9:55 am

Haha Aloy

9:55 am

me, too, bichon

9:55 am

Scrabs has an unfair advantage, she went to med school

9:55 am

those are very educational!

9:55 am

He used to say, "I don't talk so good lookin, but I do the best I am"

9:55 am

One of my patients just had an excision of a thyroglossal cyst and part of the hyoid bone was removed.

9:55 am

Not to be confused with the itsiest bitsiest stapes, in the ear.

9:56 am

lol the male bits or my tidbits ruby??

9:56 am

Oh, yes, the ear bones are wee.

9:56 am

I think my daughter had that when she was little, but it disappeared

9:56 am

in someone so young? Isn't that unusual, Scrabs?

9:56 am

hahah crossy, won't go into that

9:57 am

It was amusing on the show "Bones" when she had her baby and the sign her friends made for her homecoming party said "Welcome Stapes"

9:57 am

Really, bichon? It is a result of a developmental error during embryological life. My youngest sister had surgery for it.

9:57 am

Molly, what was the baby's name?

9:58 am

27c or 81f..bounced up 4 degrees in last half hour:(

9:58 am

We brought her to a plastic surgeon and it sounded like he wanted to dissect her neck. We just waited on it and it closed up

9:58 am

enjoy "Bones"

9:58 am

We brought her to a plastic surgeon and it sounded like he wanted to dissect her neck. We just waited on it and it closed up

9:58 am

The baby's name was Christine, but her friends didn't know that yet, as she didn't name her right away.

9:58 am

Aloy, this kid had an infected cyst so the ENT doc did more extensive surgery. I was surprised to read about it in the operative report.

9:59 am

ugh.. hope all is well now

9:59 am

Hers used to get pus filled and drain

9:59 am

That is puzzling, Bichon.

9:59 am

This was a long time ago, she's 33 now

10:00 am

My sis is 49 and had surgery at 2.

10:02 am

who had the baby on Bones? We only had a few seasons of it here

10:03 am

Bones did, Ruby. She and Booth finally got together. Not married yet though.

10:03 am

I need the middle O for NBT.

10:03 am

hah! that makes me happy!

10:03 am

Actually, Angela and Hodges got married and have a baby now too. He is so cute.

10:03 am

to do something a lot 0f 5

10:03 am

our TV coverage is spotty, to say the least

10:03 am

Yikes, it's 11!

10:03 am

how of5 do you feed the bunnies

10:03 am

think of a jewel, scrabbs

10:04 am

Has any body seen Luther, a BBC series?

10:04 am

TY, Bichon

10:04 am

yw Scrabs

10:04 am

Yes ruby

10:04 am

op4 a jewel and not closed

10:04 am

Gotta run. I need to shop for my mother before I go play with Mary's kids for the afternoon and evening.

10:05 am

it's wonderful, don't you think?

10:05 am

hagd, Scrabbs.. hugs to the kids!

10:05 am

hagd, scrabs. i'm off too, must get ready for work. hagd everyone!

10:05 am

Those O's were obvious. Babble Blindness is a terrible affliction. Bye kids. Enjoy the day!

10:05 am

Love British shows, especially MI-5

10:05 am

bye scrabs

10:05 am

we loved MI5!

10:05 am

clue for the top o, pls

10:05 am

bye, dawger!

10:07 am

o + a red ***ish from the garden is great in a salad

10:07 am

ty Aloy

10:07 am

just realized I have to go to the PB for na4 :(

10:07 am

yw bichon

10:08 am

wonder what goodies are in the PB.. you must give us a report, ruby

10:08 am

if it's up to me, it will be GT's because it's finally warm enough

10:09 am

h'mm, GT's.. thinking

10:09 am

that's a sign of summer!

10:10 am

lol, got it!

10:11 am

love GT's

10:11 am

have some T but no G... putting it on a shopping list

10:12 am

must be bombay and schweppes!

10:13 am

well.. how about Beefeater's?

10:13 am

tried a "store brand" of tonic -- not the same

10:13 am

I use a store brand.. cheapo me

10:13 am

not sure, that was 1st husband's G

10:14 am

and.. always fresh lime or do you use the bottled juice?

10:14 am

geez, this phantom enamel and matador are annoying me.

10:14 am

no, just a squeeze of lemon (small squeeze)

10:15 am

hello and bye hokie

10:15 am

off to make dinner

10:15 am

lime here and bitters too

10:15 am

hi hokie, bye ruby!

10:15 am

mmmm, half to try that -- love bitters

10:15 am

just a tad, not too much

10:15 am

have* typing phonetically :( must be the GT's

10:16 am

LOL... tc, ruby

10:16 am

*poof*

10:17 am

hi, bye

10:19 am

help for the last le5,10 please?

10:19 am

le + first number

10:20 am

Thank you, Aloy! I fell for that one before...some of us never learn...

10:20 am

yw, I missed ne5.12 and we have it of5

10:22 am

well, I think I will go for a run and come back later. not at halfway yet and several blanks remain. :-)

10:23 am

have a fun run, hokie

10:24 am

backagain. DH will be seeing the neuro-surgeon again tomorrow AM (now I need to rearrange some of the other medical appts. for that!

10:25 am

thanks, just found about 8 more on my way out!

10:25 am

wb, Nef

10:29 am

clue plz for am6 24 :)

10:30 am

name of a train in the NE corridor

10:30 am

ooh, will think of another clue.. noting your flag

10:31 am

am + ****k and field are olympic events

10:31 am

cool ty did not know last one lol :) x

10:31 am

glad you got it (-:

10:32 am

fw and I'm off to do great things, lol.. happy babbling all!

10:35 am

Quac Quac!

10:38 am

YAY, Aloyis!! WTG!!!

10:40 am

And I think it's nap time for me. I can barely stay awake right now in spite of 2 cups of high octane coffee. I've been up since 5AM so won't even feel guilty about this. BBL!

10:44 am

Good morning, all!

10:48 am

fort this hot day,crossy makes all the sweaty babblers out there his famouse long island iced tea(from scratch not premix) take 1/4 oz or 1 oz each of gin,rum,vodka and triple sec add to one of those tall frosted bar glasses,then 3/4 filkl the glass with pink lemonade,add a splash of coke(or pepsi),add crushed ice and garnish with lemon slice

10:49 am

Sounds lush, Crossy. Too much booze for me tho.

10:49 am

1/4 oz is the bar guide,1/2 oz is what the rest of us do and 1oz of each is party hearty

10:49 am

then use 1/4 oz measure

10:50 am

if done right,you will not taste the alcohol,only iced tea flavour

10:51 am

Don't like gin or rum. I'll just stick with my virgin ice tea. No sugar, no nuthin.

10:51 am

2 of those while waiting for the corn on the co and the sish-ka bobs on the bbq and life is good

10:52 am

cob

10:55 am

Perhaps the cabana boys will whiz up a pitcher of margaritas for us????

10:56 am

*Switches out Judi's boring iced tea for a frosted margarita*

10:56 am

i find that more like a food group instead of the drink,but hand me the tequilia and the salt and the lime wedges please

10:56 am

Whee! Don't forget the little umbrella, Molly!

10:57 am

*Umbrella with sparkly glitter on it, inserted. Drink up girl*

10:57 am

sigh..girly drinks...:(

10:57 am

how about a flaming zambuca?

10:57 am

Frankly, I'd rather be girly than flaming.

10:58 am

well,it is best(especially with my beard) to blow the flame out first

10:59 am

though at some bars,metal staws are offered to drink it while still on fire

10:59 am

* waits for ghost of Nancy Boy to chime in on flaming comment *

10:59 am

sigh..only in the u,s..flaming as on fire my southern friends...

11:00 am

anyways,time to go get our new kitty..tc alll..poink!

11:00 am

I say that with all fondness for our beloved NB.

11:01 am

Lunch! *POOF*

11:04 am

clue for the en 6 pls

11:05 am

may i plz have a clue for pe7 36 :)

11:07 am

en6 is a group of nine ..

11:09 am

Oh Judi, Nancy Boy would have been all over the flaming comment. Miss him so.

11:11 am

en6 sounds like what you do to bread dough (mashing it around before letting it rise) Never heard of the group of nine.

11:13 am

I miss Nancy Boy too :(

11:14 am

did we ever have a special day to remember NB? It has been over a year since he as died.

11:14 am

I have qu8, help with other 8's pls

11:15 am

No, but we should Peri. Good idea.

11:15 am

:)

11:15 am

well then let us choose a day now

11:16 am

an8 - insects' feelers

11:16 am

ok, tor, ty, will look

11:18 am

hmm, not seeing it

11:18 am

pe7 is a psuedonym or an alias, starts with writing utensil

11:18 am

ty Molls

11:20 am

Fridays are good. Let's make this Friday "Remember Nancy Boy" Day. We can all tell stories, reminisce and drink to his spirit, which remains around us.

11:20 am

Pass the word.

11:20 am

That's a good idea

11:21 am

It was Peri's idea.

11:21 am

OK, then, Fri. June 1. 2012 is remember Nancy Body day!!! put whaatver you want in you icon to remember him. I will put a message on FB as well

11:21 am

Thanks Peri, that's a good idea.

11:21 am

Nancy Boy, even

11:22 am

tor, canyou give me a dummy clue for that an8?

11:22 am

I am full of good ideas :)

11:23 am

is there any way we can get in touch Frank. or is that not a good idea?

11:23 am

picnic pest + vowel + double cons. + vowel + pl.

11:24 am

...what makes it easier to receive your TV signal...

11:24 am

ty both, got them

11:25 am

tor, your first clue was great, just a little dense today

11:26 am

waiting for foot doctor to call me back. getting twinges of pain in right ankel :(

11:26 am

Glad you got it

11:26 am

ankle even

11:26 am

Boo :(

11:27 am

bbl

11:28 am

ty molly :) sorry for delay was sorting one of girls out :)

11:31 am

Rats - aq4man doesn't work ..

11:31 am

Peri, I would include the idea of getting in touch with Frank in your Facebook message. I'm pretty sure some people here have his email address.

11:31 am

Sarah, sorting out your girls must be a full time job. : )

11:32 am

omg it is hun only time i get to myself is when girls at school lol x

12:11 pm

my sweet daughter took her crippled ole mom th half price book yesterday... si i could spend the gift card that she had given me for mothers day

12:14 pm

Hooray for the sweet daughter! Thanks to e-readers, we don't have book stores anymore. : (

12:15 pm

i love that place..... the were having a 20 % off sale and i had a 5 dollar coupon and a 25 dollar gifr card........ talk about a kid in a candy store........... i still spent 46 bucks of my own and had to have one of the store employees cart the4 stuff to the car @!!

12:15 pm

Glad you had fun, SMom. What a nice Mother's Day gift.

12:18 pm

yep and we have reading mat4rial for the whole year......... also gor a game and a dvd documentary for hubby.................. got about 50 paperback....... they were in th closeout section for a buck apiece. and were only 80 cents with the sale........heh heh

12:19 pm

What a haul. Good shopping.

12:20 pm

she has thought about getting us a kindle, but we still like the old fashioned way of reading............... still fighting culture shock i guess

12:38 pm

did i kill the chog ??

12:40 pm

en6,21?

12:42 pm

sorry mix.. i don t have it

12:44 pm

e + double cons. + at the top of your neck is your h***

12:49 pm

eflat . . no good? LOL

12:55 pm

thanks tor. great clue

12:56 pm

yqw

12:57 pm

i'm still trying to molnkey the te 6/21

1:01 pm

hey leona.. how are you? haven t seen you for a loooooong time

1:08 pm

I have spent all morning trying to get comcast set up. I am about to scream!!!

1:10 pm

i don t even know what a comcast is-lol

1:11 pm

internet service provider

1:24 pm

Oh good luck dealing with Comcast. Whenever I have to do that, I need the world's strongest drink by the time I'm done.

1:25 pm

<---wondering what the world's strongest drink is.

1:25 pm

this doesn't bode well. i have been at this for about three hours. hope the internet service is better

1:25 pm

tequila!

1:25 pm

evening all - does anyone who plays have a mac? I seem to lose control of LIckety list every now and again and the only way I can use it is to close down and reload all the data

1:26 pm

150 rum?

1:26 pm

sorry Kaz. pc

1:26 pm

i have a mac but i don't use lickety

1:27 pm

everclear!

1:27 pm

what?

1:28 pm

Grain alcohol. 150 or 190 proof.

1:28 pm

I knew molly would know!

1:29 pm

I spent years behind a bar in college. : )

1:29 pm

the frat boys at my school used to put it in a watermelon and people would eat the melon. everclear is grain alcohol? some thhing like that. moonshine.

1:29 pm

never met a bartender I didn't like. lol

1:30 pm

Onyx, I actually had frozen watermelon today and was remembering that very thing fondly.

1:30 pm

yes, everclear is generally 190 proof, but there are several states that have banned the full-strength version, so they have created a "milder" (i user that term relatively) version that weighs in at a mere 151

1:30 pm

Killjoys

1:30 pm

hey eva. went to the u of m

1:30 pm

Hi Eva

1:31 pm

University of Maryland rules! My son is a graduate.

1:31 pm

yeah! what did he major in?

1:31 pm

Sociology

1:32 pm

my hubby is a UMd grad school alum. :)

1:32 pm

Go Terps!

1:32 pm

me i am class of 81

1:34 pm

te 6/21 ??

1:35 pm

::mental note to go bar-hopping with molly:: never better than with a bartender. :)

1:36 pm

It's hard to keep up with all the new drinks.

1:36 pm

i dont require new, only tasty. :)

1:37 pm

lots of new kinds of martinis that taste like candy

1:40 pm

te6...te + vowel + dish*** hands (see Marge the manicurist for this)

1:41 pm

I will make sure the PB bar is well stocked for Friday, Remember Nancy Boy Day. : )

1:42 pm

As well as a full appetizer buffet. Eat drink and be totally inappropriate!!

1:43 pm

I can do that!

1:43 pm

<---Can always count on Hego for the important things

1:43 pm

molly, be sure to hire extra cabana boys. he would have wanted that!

1:44 pm

hi again all!

1:44 pm

Oh yes

1:44 pm

I am currently interviewing, Eva. Only the cutest and funniest will be hired.

1:44 pm

thanks molly for the te

1:45 pm

sadly, I did not know Nancy Boy first hand, but I have gotten to know him through all of you, and wish I had been here when he was active

1:45 pm

HI SUE!

1:45 pm

am i stuck??

1:45 pm

am i stuck??

1:46 pm

YES, YOU ARE

1:46 pm

hi hego!

1:46 pm

NB was a good kid Sue

1:47 pm

yes, I can tell from the love that you all have for him

1:47 pm

how are you Sue/

1:47 pm

Busy as usual?

1:47 pm

I am good, hego! back from college reunion, it was good to see everyone

1:47 pm

There are a handful of people here who can make me laugh until my sides hurt. Nancy Boy was one of them.

1:48 pm

getting less busy, classes are over and retirement is coming up

1:48 pm

sounds fun

1:48 pm

it will always be a regret of mine that i wasnt able to meet him in person before he left us. he will always have a place in my heart, but i imagine we would have been good friends.

1:48 pm

It was very obvious he had great affection for you too, Eva.

1:49 pm

must go. bbl

1:49 pm

And man, the stories of you two, bar hopping in London would have been classic. : )

1:50 pm

i imagine i would have been the sensible one, forcing his clothes back on him + such...heh

1:51 pm

Well, friendships need balance you know.

1:52 pm

::sigh:: i do miss him.

1:53 pm

He was one of the few people whose spirit just came shining through, even via written communication.

2:31 pm

I agree Molly. He was the best of all.

2:31 pm

here

2:33 pm

the other part of that disappeared

2:33 pm

supposed to say...work to do but much more fun 'here'

2:34 pm

leaving now..back when my chat log behaves

2:41 pm

help please qu7/40

2:46 pm

qu -- run a unit of capacitance with the work of the sun on skin

2:47 pm

unit of capacity is better

2:52 pm

qu7 always used with "ague" in Shakespeare

2:53 pm

as in "he hath a qu7 ague"

2:56 pm

probably recurrent malaria which makes you ill every qu?? days

3:11 pm

hi all, I posted a message on FB in Babble Community re remembering NB on 6/1

3:11 pm

I am back from the foot doctor and not happy. I am wearing an ankle brace that has ties and straps. It is black and not very attractive. I am supposed to wear it for 2 weeks. no exercise and no walking for exercise :(

3:12 pm

no exercise class

3:12 pm

good clue, BR, thanks

3:12 pm

hello everyone :)

3:13 pm

hi nan

3:14 pm

ty for qu7 br

3:14 pm

Is it a sprain, strain, torn ligments

3:14 pm

he says it is a sprain, but I am not so sure

3:14 pm

Hi all!

any clues for the ca7 32 plz :)

3:15 pm

I had a sprained ankle, but also damaged the lymph nodes. It was swollen for 6 months

3:15 pm

but I will wear the brace. it gives me more support than the one I bought at rite aid. this one is higher up on my leg and less attractive but hopefuly it will work

3:16 pm

I hope it heals quick peri!

3:16 pm

I have an8 and qu8, help with last 8 pls

3:16 pm

it might not be attractive, but get you lots of sympathy

3:16 pm

saw your fb mssg peri regarding nancyboy(jesse) memorial day for friday and will have a nice icon showing on that day.jesse was a great guy and we had quite a few chats.was sad that family curcumstances made life hard for him and his partner;( think i offered to adopt him once.wasa a nice smart fella and i will miss him

3:16 pm

indeed. I got sympathy yesterday at a bbq and I only had the smaller brace on

3:17 pm

Peri, I'm sure if something was broken it would have shown up on the x-ray. You sit tight for a few weeks and let it heal.

3:17 pm

glad you saw it crossy. I am trying to figure out what icon to put up

3:17 pm

what is the qu 8 peri?

3:17 pm

1/4 of a circle bichon

3:18 pm

last 8 is an 8 - change last letter of other an 8

3:18 pm

yes ma'm

got it :)

3:18 pm

ty, now I'm only missing the 4th row e, second in.

3:18 pm

hint for the an 8's

3:19 pm

isn't the am 6 a proper noun?

3:19 pm

ty teach

3:20 pm

bichon, old fashioned way to get better reception on your TV

3:20 pm

yvw

3:20 pm

ty peri.

3:20 pm

bichon et4 volcano

3:20 pm

slap me peri

3:21 pm

no I won

3:21 pm

I had to ask for a clue for that e too, bichon

3:21 pm

I don't feel so bad now

3:21 pm

Nan, the definition of am6 is amphibian. RIGHT.

3:21 pm

72 left and not seeing anything

3:22 pm

Peri, we will get you a swivel chair so you can chair dance at the party to remember Nancy Boy : )

3:22 pm

ok

3:23 pm

The theme for the day is: Eat, Drink and Act Totally Inappropriate!

3:23 pm

I am looking forward to the cabana boys

3:23 pm

good theme!!

3:24 pm

Hello All :)

3:24 pm

hi sadie

3:25 pm

There will be LOTS of cabana boys : )

3:25 pm

:-)

3:25 pm

need a few cabana ladies for crossy

3:26 pm

I will see what I can do, crossy

3:26 pm

ty:))

3:27 pm

just don't say anything to elegant or else I will get in trouble :)

3:28 pm

it ok,whilkst a cabana ladies is massaging crossy,we can get a baban boy to give her a pedi and a mani and rub scented oils into her feet

3:28 pm

:-)

3:28 pm

cabana*

3:28 pm

en 7, please?

3:28 pm

bbl

3:29 pm

nm - found it

plz can i have a clue for ca6 21 it is the 1st one :)

3:35 pm

ca 7 - cooking oil made from hemp like plant

3:36 pm

*ca 6, sorry

3:37 pm

me 5, please?

3:38 pm

me + mr. Rather's first name backwards

ty cybernan

3:38 pm

ty sarah

fireworks :)

3:38 pm

yay, sarah!!!

3:38 pm

Ooo, pretty peony Une.

3:38 pm

tx molly

3:38 pm

congrats, sarah

bye all xxxx

3:45 pm

no 5, please?

3:46 pm

no 5/12, that is?

3:47 pm

no 5/12 no and another word for buddy or friend

3:47 pm

ty sadie

3:48 pm

yw :)

3:55 pm

yes Une, party, all mine are blooming, one of my favorite flours!

3:55 pm

fleurs!

3:57 pm

there is a nice dessert in here nom noms!

4:04 pm

help with CA 6/21 (first one) please

4:05 pm

never mind

4:06 pm

te 6, please?

4:06 pm

te + what you cook in

4:07 pm

oops te + Vowel + cooking vessel

4:08 pm

ty hego

4:08 pm

yw nan

4:12 pm

Party? A peony party?

4:12 pm

huh?

4:12 pm

oh okay, i'm there.

4:13 pm

Scrambler's comment about Une's peony

4:13 pm

en 6, please?

4:13 pm

en + what you do to bread dough, minus the K

4:15 pm

ty molly

4:15 pm

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the clues :)

4:15 pm

that Molly is quick.

4:15 pm

Well done Nan

4:15 pm

Congrats Nan!!

4:15 pm

off to work on the door refinishing project

4:16 pm

Bye

Afternoon...

i want to type antelope

4:43 pm

my phantom was lapdance

4:44 pm

just finished up - hi and bye Red

4:47 pm

pe 5 /12 rite after the 7 plz

4:47 pm

duh just got it

4:50 pm

Red, you could go to the PB on a technicality, but I'll overlook it.

4:51 pm

al 5/16?

4:51 pm

ca6/21 please

4:51 pm

al5/10...all by one's self

4:52 pm

Sorry, al5/16...airborne

4:52 pm

ca6/21 a kind of oil

4:53 pm

ty Molly

4:55 pm

ta7?

4:55 pm

ta7...little frog

4:55 pm

Young frog

4:55 pm

or is a toad?

4:56 pm

thank you!!

4:56 pm

Either, evidently ..

4:56 pm

I'll take either! :)

4:57 pm

Eensy amphibian : )

5:04 pm

afternoon kiddoes

5:04 pm

is there any other clues for that molly?

5:04 pm

hey jes

5:05 pm

Heya jes

5:07 pm

how goes?

5:09 pm

It goes and goes ..

5:10 pm

Any other clues for what? ta7? t + if you are angry you are m** + what strippers dance on/around

5:15 pm

like an energizer bunny?

5:17 pm

Molly I love your clue haha

5:18 pm

ca6 molly. should have said! been a long day. lol

5:19 pm

i love being an adult sometimes. nobody will come tell us we're wrong for deciding that dinner tonight will be caramel and chocolate popcorn.

5:19 pm

:D

5:22 pm

ca6...tin ***, tunafish container + Coca C***

5:22 pm

Hooray for dinner at Jes's house.

5:23 pm

*Makes notes. No graham crackers in the UK. No ca6 oil either.*

5:24 pm

we do have that oil, just me being thick! thanks molly

5:25 pm

*Changes notes*

5:26 pm

do they call it ca6 in UK, or do they call it rapeseed?

5:26 pm

how ca7/32?

5:26 pm

have heard both used. i guess it depends who you ask

5:27 pm

ca7 holds water on a hike

5:27 pm

thank you

5:29 pm

am6 pls

5:30 pm

Like the train, Peri

5:30 pm

ty Molls, was looking in the wrong direction, again

5:32 pm

With all the froo froo water bottles these days, I wonder if anyone but soldiers use ca7s.

5:32 pm

po6?

5:32 pm

I use a stainless steel water bottle

5:32 pm

and refill it from the brita filter

5:33 pm

Po6 is Irish moonshine

5:33 pm

Thank God for Brita filters. I can't drink water out of the tap anymore.

5:33 pm

po6 ends like the ca7

5:34 pm

ty both!

5:34 pm

*Sheds a few, wee tears that there are people here who don't know what po6 is* Sniff

5:34 pm

I never buy water in plastic bottles. I am not convinced that it is better than some tap water

5:35 pm

and the plastic clutters up the landfills

5:35 pm

My son did a project in school about just how much those plastic water bottles clutter up the landfills. It was shocking.

5:36 pm

it is indeed, but some people just do not care :(

5:36 pm

companies should stop making it

5:36 pm

bottled water often just is tap water, peri... but some areas have better tasting tap water than others, i guess.

5:36 pm

I was really glad he took that environmental unit. It got him very interested in recycling and being nice to Ma Earth.

5:37 pm

no6/18 please?

5:37 pm

people seem to be convinced that they are getting some fancy smancy water, haha

5:37 pm

so i just keep refilling the same plastic bottle over and over... I think i've had my current one for almost a year.

5:38 pm

is the bottle BPA free jes?

5:38 pm

i only buy it every now and then when i need a fresh bedroom bottle for night drinks! once it is empty i just refill it from the tap anyway!

5:38 pm

No idea, peri.

5:39 pm

bruce says NYC is supposed to have the best tap water, according to someone who should know.

5:39 pm

it isn't a bottle that originally came with water in it is what I meant jes. those bottles are not meant to be refilled. at least that is my understanding

5:39 pm

It makes me laugh and laugh that that Bling H2O stuff is 50 dollars a bottle. IT'S WATER.

5:39 pm

it is a bottle that originally came with water in it, yes.

5:39 pm

when did bottled water become so popular and who was the genius who decided that we needed it

5:39 pm

I don't think you should be drinking out of it jess

5:40 pm

but that is my opinion

5:40 pm

Oh you know how it goes. The Eco people did a lot of tests on drinking water and convinced everyone that it had oogey stuff in it.

5:41 pm

i have a hard time worrying that adding new water to a water bottle will leach anything out of the plastic that the water initially in it didn't.

5:41 pm

en6/21 pls

5:42 pm

NM

5:42 pm

what makes me laugh is that they say it has gone through this mountainside for x amount of years then gives you a bbe date! lmao

5:42 pm

there was a report that came out several years ago about bacteria building up in reused bottles

5:42 pm

You do put it through the dishwasher though, don't you Jes?

5:42 pm

and i think they say not to reuse the bottles just to make you buy more!

Evening babblers...and morning and night to all of you on different time zones.

5:43 pm

hey red

it is true about the bacteria in water bottles, but...if you wash em, no problems.

5:43 pm

Ooo, Red. What is your Infectious Nursie opinion on reusing plastic water bottles?

5:44 pm

Too late. Thanks Red.

I do it often...

5:44 pm

I need to put my stainless steel bottles in the washing machine

LOL I am a runner too....

5:45 pm

I don't run it through the dishwasher. Periodically rinse it with salt water.

5:45 pm

well i always reuse the water bottles and i have never been il yet

but I am stuck in the grid all of a sudden. 93 left. they are hiding...

5:45 pm

I had a long discussion with my neighbor about washing water containers. She was of the opinion that it's "just water" and you don't have to. I asked her if she had ever heard of algae.

5:45 pm

i need 1

5:46 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuse_of_ water_bottles http://www.snopes.com/m edical/toxins/plasticbottles.asp

5:46 pm

Both wiki and snopes discuss it.

I admit though I dont reuse them for long...as I usually plant them for a run and then throw them into recycling after i use it the second time.

now I need 92.

5:47 pm

I'd reuse one once or twice, but not for an extended period of time.

I am sooo excited today, as I managed to finally get all my little video clips into power point for my friday presentation. I am now terrified they wont play.

5:50 pm

evening All

5:50 pm

hi hego

5:51 pm

hi Medusa

5:51 pm

hi hego

5:51 pm

hiya Peri

hello hego.

5:52 pm

hi Red

5:52 pm

what are you presenting, red?

5:52 pm

evening, hego

5:52 pm

no6/18 please

5:52 pm

Hi jes

5:52 pm

noplan

5:53 pm

no

sorry I am missing it

5:53 pm

that was in the wrong box hego! lol

5:53 pm

first 3 are a negative + word for music, painting, etc

5:54 pm

no, i was telling you that's not it

5:54 pm

o ok!

5:54 pm

this is a weird word

TY hego, I found it! 84 left and medusa must have fireworks?

5:55 pm

does everyone here know that this Fri. 6/1 is remember Nancy Boy Day?

5:55 pm

yw red

5:55 pm

still looking for it and trying to work it out! lol

5:55 pm

there will be drinks, snacks and lots of cabana boys :)

5:55 pm

I know Peri

5:55 pm

I'm trying to spread the word with my current icon.

It is a nice icon Molly.

5:56 pm

aww, your icon is lovely, Molls

5:56 pm

very nice

5:56 pm

yay cabana boys for nancy boy's memory! I'm sure he'd appreciate them :)

5:56 pm

Peri, hopefully your Facebook mention will be a heads up too.

5:56 pm

yup

5:56 pm

crossy saw my FB notice

5:57 pm

hopefully others will too

5:57 pm

me too

5:57 pm

I'm working on a playlist. I thought we would open up with "It's Raining Men" : D

5:57 pm

I made make it my statement for the day tomorrow or Thurs

5:57 pm

that would be great, Molls. I love that song

5:57 pm

statement on FB that is

5:57 pm

statement on FB that is

5:58 pm

It's actually raining buckets here right now. I love the smell of a rainstorm on a Summer evening.

5:58 pm

firework! there was an n i just could not see that just jumped out at me!

5:59 pm

yay medusa!

5:59 pm

Congrats Medusa

5:59 pm

YAY!!! Medusa!!

5:59 pm

thank you jes, molly and hego.

5:59 pm

All the best dance music comes from the early 90's and before that. The stuff that passes for dance music now is crap.

6:00 pm

right im off to chill with a cold drink! goodbye all and good luck

6:00 pm

My momused to say, it ain't good, but it's loud.

6:00 pm

Night Medusa

6:01 pm

night hego

6:01 pm

There is no rhythm to the stuff kids dance to these days. Which is why they all kind of jump around on the dance floor.

6:01 pm

lookind silly

6:02 pm

uh, looking

6:04 pm

en7 anyone?

6:04 pm

My son and the people who run the summer camps he works with did a flash mob dance to Party Rock Anthem at the mall. It's like the old synthesizer stuff from the 80's.

6:04 pm

'ngith, medusa

6:04 pm

sounds fun

6:04 pm

to cause a fire, hego

6:05 pm

ty Peri

6:05 pm

yw

6:05 pm

need to elevate my foot for a bit, bbs

6:06 pm

feel better

6:08 pm

bye peri, hope your foot heals quickly!

6:09 pm

stats for the lonely e in second column?

6:09 pm

et4/4

6:10 pm

aaggggh. thankee, jessmom

6:10 pm

a fish for nbt

6:10 pm

yw

6:15 pm

test

6:15 pm

I see you gem.

6:16 pm

ty,,, my words weren't adding, alls ok now

6:16 pm

good

6:17 pm

yay! done.

6:18 pm

anyone need a clue?

6:18 pm

If not, I'm outa here.

6:19 pm

g'nite all

7:19 pm

hello anyone... I am wandering in, taking a short break before "doing" much more today.

7:20 pm

... evening stidmama

7:20 pm

hey tor!

7:20 pm

... are you just back from school?

7:21 pm

I have been home for about 40 minutes, picked up Grant from town after I was down teaching. It was a really great day, just tiring.

7:21 pm

"mannel" the newest fiber creation: flannel for real men.

7:22 pm

... know the feeling ... had a good afternoon myself ... two senior year calculus classes for a teacher who has really worked them

7:22 pm

... means I got to do some teaching ... rather than babysitting

7:22 pm

woo-hoo! what fun, doseffing, and sorry I called you tor... LOL saw red and assumed (my eyes are tired)

7:23 pm

... been called worse ... no problems

7:23 pm

I was teaching math this afternoon, too -- 5th graders. Putatively review, but as I wandered around the room those kids really need a lot of hand-holding still. Just reading a table with more than two rows was confusing

7:24 pm

Heyas kids ..

7:24 pm

THERE's TOR! rofl

7:24 pm

... I'm sure ... up here the high school ends up splitting into two streams ... ... the so called "applied" math kids end up doing grade 5 to grade 7 stuff in their senior year of high school and often don't do it well

7:25 pm

Just back from picking up grandbaby ..

7:26 pm

there is something similar here, only not quite so systematic. It's called "basic skills" and they keep kids all together up through about 6th or 7th grade and then pull the ones who needed remediation years before out to do more life skills type math

7:26 pm

grandbaby???? when did you get a grandchild, tor? *mind boggles*

7:28 pm

She's 14 months old stid ..

7:29 pm

I wish that kids who need remediation got it as soon as they needed it, so they didn't fall behind in the first place. There are so many kids in the classes I sub in who aren't comfortable with basic multiplication, but who are being asked to multiply or divide fractions and decimals. Or do roots. Or... *shakes teacher head sadly* it's a recipe for learning to hate the content area.

7:30 pm

wow tor ... I know I was in the middle of student teaching back then, but gee. My brain must be full of holes to lose information like that! Congrats! *admires grandbaby*

7:30 pm

... so many things happen in elementary school

7:31 pm

... if you get one teacher in your elementary career who is uncomfortable with numbers ... it can be the end of your math learning

7:32 pm

... that's what happened with my younger daughter ... grade two was great at music, art, french ... but could barely count ... and scared my daughter out of ever figuring out how to learn math

7:33 pm

... I've discovered that in the province of Manitoba they will let people into to degree programs in education to get elementary certifications ... who took never got past fifth grade math themselves

7:33 pm

True. I was a bubble-head today, but the kids know me and we got through the math together (I taught this stuff last year when student teaching, too). They usually seem to be at least as competent when I am done teaching as when their regular teacher finishes. Personally I always grasped math best when it was in context -- science, or history or music. Some drills and such are good, but when that's the entire focus it takes the joy out of it. I learned algebra "for real" when I took physics in high school.

7:33 pm

... and now they wonder why the level of math learning is falling

7:34 pm

In Washington they require a certain amount of college-level math, but to be honest those courses can be pretty "basic" too.

7:34 pm

I took through calculus in high school, studied stats and accounting in college (and then had a brain injury that scrambled the circuits), so I know I can relearn things, I just don't remember it all automatically.

7:35 pm

... I know it can be hard ... the high school calculus course in Ontario is called "Calculus and Vectors"

7:35 pm

... I know it can be hard ... the high school calculus course in Ontario is called "Calculus and Vectors"

7:36 pm

... I'm terrified I'm going to get a question about the Vectors portion because my knowledge and practice is long past the "this bread is stale so throw it out date" that I know I couldn't answer anything in class

7:37 pm

sometimes when the math is above where my current using level is, I ask the kids to tell me what they understand. Usually, by the time they finish explaining, I have filled in the gaps for myself. Sometimes, when I am lucky, they fill in the gaps as they explain what they are thinking!

7:38 pm

often there is another student in the class who has a firm enough grasp of the task that together we can figure it all out.

7:38 pm

... that's exactly what you should do

7:39 pm

*sparkles at praise*

7:40 pm

... the only way to learn math ... is to do math ... ... so they've got to be encouraged to do it when they don't know ... ... if they see that's what you're doing ... they might get the idea that it's okay to get it wrong at first ... ... it's a phrase we don't seem to be able to use anymore ... "figure it out"

7:41 pm

today, it was obvious (in almost all cases) that the kids were either not reading the entire math question, OR they were looking at the table incorrectly. And of course, the perennial favorite: remember to make the final conversion (ounces to pounds, or yards to feet). Of course, we are still in the dark ages and have to do the complicated "standard measurements" stuff. Next chapter they will look at the more logical metric system.

7:41 pm

... "figuring it out" means you're going to be mistaken at first but that with time you'll get it right

7:42 pm

... metric must be hard down there ... ... they never get to see it in their non-school lives

7:42 pm

I often model "rethinking" for them as we work through the math! And sometimes I like to point out that one of the students came up with a different (or better) way to solve something. They love knowing that there can be more than one way to think of the work, and that their peers are demonstrating good thinking.

7:42 pm

... if only more elementary teachers could or would do that

7:43 pm

It is hard in some ways, but I think our grandparents never had metric at all and they did just fine. But in science they tend to use metric, so it all works out I think.

7:43 pm

NO! there is only one right way and everyone must do it THAT WAY. And show your work. :D

7:43 pm

... I had two good classes today ... and in both I was asked to show them how to solve a particularly difficult problem ....

7:44 pm

... I was able to do it by a truly brute force method but I was begging them to look at it again ... there had to be a better way or more elegant way ...

7:44 pm

I think it's easier to be honest when we don't know, or when we mis-speak, or when we just goofed up. NOT being perfect is less stressful than trying to be so.

7:44 pm

... came up with two while waiting for the bus ... just don't have a way of getting it to them

7:44 pm

oh, those are challenging lessons to teach -- did the kids come up with anything interesting?

7:45 pm

isn't that always the case! I usually think of several things on my (nearly hour-long) drives home.

7:45 pm

... didn't have time ... and had a bunch of work to do ... but one of these days someone will get there

7:46 pm

I think, just by mentioning that there might be an easier/more elegant solution that you open the doors to creative thinking.

7:46 pm

... that's my hope ... fingers are crossed

7:47 pm

tor is teaching his grandbaby how to do advanced math... "where did the teddy bear go?" *hiding it under the blanket*

7:50 pm

phantom antelope

7:52 pm

te6/21 pls

7:52 pm

... te + not closed but change the vowel

7:53 pm

ty dose

7:54 pm

thanks dosef

7:55 pm

tx doseffing, hey peri and jes! *eating sloppy tacos*

8:00 pm

Okay, back. For the moment...

8:03 pm

hi stid

8:04 pm

TOR! you posted a pic of grandbaby! *admires sweet child*

8:06 pm

hey kje how are you today?

8:08 pm

hi again all!

8:09 pm

hey sue! how are all the saggy-baggies? you apparently timed that reunion just right -- did they put a gazillion candles on a cake for you? are you home safe? (inquiring minds want to know)

8:10 pm

hi stid! I didn't really mention my birthday although my son and I did have a very nice dinner out. My classmates are fine, and we are home safe, and the dog is fine (she stayed at the vet's), and all is well.

8:10 pm

hi stid! I didn't really mention my birthday although my son and I did have a very nice dinner out. My classmates are fine, and we are home safe, and the dog is fine (she stayed at the vet's), and all is well.

8:11 pm

(my link seems a little flaky, though, didn't really mean to say all that twice)

8:11 pm

glad all is well and that you had a chance to have a nice dinner.

8:11 pm

I am down to 51 and thinking of stopping for the evening.

8:12 pm

I also have a new t-shirt - on the front it says Mount Holyoke College, and on the back it says "It's not a girls' school without men - it's a women's college without boys!"

8:12 pm

I have 68 left, probably won't finish - hip is hurting and I think I will go lie down in a bit.

8:13 pm

LOL great saying!

8:13 pm

oh, I am on my heating pad this evening, sue. you have my empathy

8:13 pm

I like it :-)

8:13 pm

(the saying that is, not the heating pad)

8:15 pm

I like the shirt, uusue

8:16 pm

hello, everyone

8:16 pm

I have a STEM cafe (science for the public) on Thursday night, so am writing a handout for everyone - I am talking about pseudoscience and how the world won't end on 12/21/12

8:16 pm

hi, welki!

8:16 pm

hi welk

8:16 pm

and thanks, kje!

8:17 pm

my undergrad was Texas Woman's University, so I can relate

8:17 pm

hey welki

8:18 pm

<-- dated one of the first young men accepted into vassar college - does that count? or that i was one of the first women to use the bathroom at mcsorley's? *lol*

8:18 pm

Sounds like a solid topic -- I know you also address it on your website. But part of me wishes the world WOULD end and then I could stop worrying about how to pay off my grad school loans.

8:19 pm

1st le5?

8:20 pm

nm

8:20 pm

monkey found it

8:20 pm

... clever monkey

8:20 pm

*tosses banana to monkey*

8:21 pm

he's ok... I'll keep him for now

8:21 pm

and down to 50. Heading out. back later *poof*

8:21 pm

en7?

8:22 pm

That en7 really burned me up ..

8:22 pm

... to be on fire

8:22 pm

... orto set on fire

8:22 pm

ty dos

8:24 pm

uno

8:24 pm

FW

8:24 pm

Yay K!

8:24 pm

not a horrid grid

8:24 pm

hi bgh

8:25 pm

how many words?

8:25 pm

167

8:25 pm

... true ... I got my usual 75% without much trouble

8:25 pm

... the list might be a bit slow

8:25 pm

99 - 4s

8:26 pm

40- 5s

8:26 pm

18 - 6s

8:26 pm

7 - 7s

8:26 pm

3 - 8s

8:26 pm

hope that helps, gemini

8:27 pm

must run... too much to do and too little time!

8:27 pm

yes!! thanks

8:28 pm

... 'til next time

8:28 pm

hagn all

8:33 pm

... and done ... ... any clue for anyone?

8:36 pm

... then time to call it a night ... ... barkeep! a pleasant evening for everyone! ... ... later days

anyody home?

8:41 pm

Is it safe in here? : )

safe from whatmoll?

8:41 pm

Just joking. How are you TO?

ok. how did you fare witht he storms?

8:44 pm

Just fine. Lots of rain but nothing too severe.

i would like a clue if you have the am6. i simply cannot see it

8:47 pm

It's like the train, different last letter.

ty

lots of old friends in this one

8:58 pm

And more "real" words than usual, which is nice for a change.

8:58 pm

It's always safe in Babble Land ..

please, i need a measly four to finish that i cannot find...is there an error witht the first ne4?

9:00 pm

ne4 tide - spelled 2 ways

ty, i do have those. the tide with an a is my first ne 4 but lickety shows one before it.... i do not think that is alphaetically possible~

wow that was freaky...i input the last word and the tide became the first word...perhaps i am sicker tonight than i thought! ty for the help tor

9:05 pm

Weird ..

very. now i must turn in, feeling punk, dizzy, and no appetite

i can handle the no appetite, will balance last week's eating orgy.

tor, doc watson died!

9:14 pm

Oh noes.

9:14 pm

Heya herin

9:15 pm

my first word is good tro eat

i got to see him once. i was very lucky

Howdy

9:17 pm

hi all. any clues for 7s oir 8s?

9:17 pm

Hi Herin!

HI jac :P

9:19 pm

Hi mkg.an7s and an8s have to to with sticky up things off their heads that insects have.

9:19 pm

ca7 is the place where workmates eat.

9:20 pm

ty jac. got it.

9:20 pm

en7 makes the fire hotter.

9:20 pm

ty got the insect things.

9:20 pm

ty got the fire word

9:21 pm

no7 is what you write on with pen or pencil.

9:21 pm

pe7 is a nom de plume, a name you use when writing to keep your real identity secret.

9:22 pm

ty got it.

9:22 pm

ty jac. got pe 7. wow. keep em comin!

9:22 pm

qu8 is a quarter of an area.

9:23 pm

i have qu 6. hmmmmm

9:24 pm

qu8? I'm confused...

hi jacs. just leaving, nice to see you

9:24 pm

it extends off the qu4 8

9:24 pm

i got qu 7.

9:25 pm

qu7 - used to describe a fever that occurs every fourth day. Failing that, take a liquid measure and then add a girl's name without the last letter. OR think of Scottish plaid kilt material.

9:25 pm

HI TO! x

9:26 pm

ty for the 7!

9:26 pm

but there is a qu 8! so how does th9is differ from the 7? is it same basis? or just add one letter on?

9:26 pm

mkg - use the qu4/8 as the start for the qu8.

9:27 pm

ta7 - frog baby seen in your local pond in Spring.

9:27 pm

there is no th9

9:27 pm

ty got ta 7.

my last word...need a clue for EN 7 please:) I saw the fire clue, but not getting it

9:27 pm

will try. is it two words for the qu 8?

9:28 pm

Uncover - correct! Ther is not.

ugh...got that one! I'm looking for the wrong word grrr

9:29 pm

Alta - you'd normally spell it in+ the fire word. Try strating it with an 'e' instead.

9:29 pm

cnat get rest of the qu 8! darn. is there another word or just an ending?

yeah, I need the en6 not the 7:)

9:30 pm

Oh heck! The sauasage fingered tired person has started typing for me....

9:30 pm

qu**drant is a word. not getting the word though

9:31 pm

u have it, just use one less letter

9:31 pm

en6 = en + anagram of a church official. I don't make it easy, do I? LOL

9:31 pm

oooooooooooh. ok got it.

9:31 pm

ty ty

9:31 pm

ty for help with qu8!

9:31 pm

so now half way a nd can go to lickety

9:32 pm

wow. qu is grey. nice.

9:32 pm

aack - i'm a church official but clueless! any further hint?

ty pastor, cause I'm lost too

9:34 pm

te5/10? the 2nd?

9:35 pm

Try filmst4 who died young, James D*** for the anagram I mentioned.

9:36 pm

qu8, mkg is the green square you enjoyed during breaks at Uni, plus what your mother would do when you got home and or tutor had told her you'd been partying rather than studying.:-(

9:37 pm

d'oh! none of those in my denomination!

9:38 pm

alta, the anagram consists of swapping the first & last letter...

9:38 pm

Pastor - surely you must have heard of James De**?

9:38 pm

ya, that's what helped! thanks!!!

9:38 pm

hi all! trying to find my last word....ne5/12?

9:39 pm

2nd te5/10 is a type of saw.

9:40 pm

Hi Harry - the word you seek is ne + 'not bottom'.

9:40 pm

ty jac :)

9:40 pm

ty Jac!

9:41 pm

we just had a very brief t-storm

9:42 pm

mroe on the way - gonna shut down! night!

9:43 pm

We just had a barely noticable rain shower. I only noticed it because I was sitting outside and felt a few drops on my skin. However, the UK West Midlands is supposed to perhaps get a thunderstorm later today.

shhesh! Tym all, I kept going the wrong way on that one..Fireworks!

9:43 pm

18 to go!

9:43 pm

Well done, Alta!

<curtseys> tym!

see you in a couple hours

9:45 pm

I'm going to wander off back to bed now. See you all next grid, when thunder doesn't threaten.x

9:46 pm

jac, one more clue: al 5 16 please.

9:47 pm

the last an8?

9:48 pm

change last letter for other an 8.

9:48 pm

tyy

9:49 pm

any clue for the al 5 16?

9:49 pm

nm got it,.

9:49 pm

al+if something happens frequently then it happens ***en

9:50 pm

beginning of of5. sorry bad clues. I'm exhausted. :/

9:50 pm

ty got it magy

9:51 pm

need clue for am 6 though.

9:51 pm

think of train

9:51 pm

ty got it.

9:52 pm

yw!

9:52 pm

how about te 5 10 or 5 12? there are two 5 10w and i dont have either.

9:53 pm

5/10-men sing te**r and change last letter

9:54 pm

5/12-te+another word for friend

9:55 pm

got te friend.

9:55 pm

ty got te 5 10. one of them. what is other?

9:56 pm

te+better **te than never+vowel

9:56 pm

fe6?

9:57 pm

ty ogt it.

9:57 pm

missing te 6 21,

9:57 pm

fe 6, i am a woman. i am therefore a fe****.

9:59 pm

te+vowel+something you cook food in

9:59 pm

got it ty!

10:00 pm

other fe6?

10:01 pm

o gee i didnt know there were two. hmmm

10:01 pm

te+vowel+pots and ***s

10:02 pm

fe the seeds used on rye bread.

10:03 pm

ty for te word. got it.

10:03 pm

stuck on en words. i have the seven and no others./

10:04 pm

I'm working on en5 now

10:04 pm

en+what you do to dough without first letter.

10:06 pm

ty weird word.

10:06 pm

yw!

10:07 pm

en 5 clue please?

10:07 pm

lo6?

10:08 pm

not a friend but an en**y (take off y and add vowel)

10:09 pm

dont have lo 6. sorry

10:09 pm

ty for en word.

10:09 pm

yw and ty for all of your clues!

10:10 pm

lo 6: lo + qu4

10:11 pm

oooooooooooops. lo + qu 4 change last letter.

10:12 pm

ty!

10:15 pm

how about le 5 10 last one? I HAVE THE OTHER ONE.

10:15 pm

sorry ofr caps

10:16 pm

le+***, two buckle my shoe

10:16 pm

ty got it.

10:16 pm

how about do5 or an5?

10:18 pm

nm..got do

10:18 pm

nm got both of them! fw!

10:20 pm

need anything?

10:23 pm

13 left.

10:23 pm

not sure.

10:24 pm

I'll stick around for a bit.

10:24 pm

po 6 please.

10:25 pm

Irish moonshine or ends the same as the ca7

10:27 pm

ty ogt it.

10:27 pm

8

10:28 pm

ro 6 clues pllease.

10:29 pm

the basketball player dennis ro****, change vowel for other 6

10:29 pm

i dont know him. sorry.

10:29 pm

fishing ro*+male

10:30 pm

ty ogt both.

10:30 pm

2 to go

10:31 pm

pe 5 first one please.

10:31 pm

pe+waterme***

10:32 pm

ty one left.

10:33 pm

done. whew.

10:33 pm

ty magyk for all tghe super clues. are you done?

10:33 pm

yep! and ty for all your help!

10:36 pm

ty mkg! this was fun. :) must go to bed tho. teaching tomorrow!

10:38 pm

bye.

11:08 pm

hi, all. it has been an exciting day. We bought a newer car, a 2011 Dodge Avenger.

11:15 pm

congratulations on the newer car.

11:27 pm

stats for the lone e?

11:37 pm

jane it's the babblet volcano

11:42 pm

lol thanks

11:43 pm

hello everyone :)

11:45 pm

Hi mymuse - haven't seen you for a while!

11:56 pm

hello

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