June 11, 2012
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254 total words
flip!
flip
fa-lip!! :D
granny I see part of you in the grid!
which bit? hope it's not too exposed. * looking around frantically*
tr7, 8
hi
my first 3 words seem to indicate a trend of sorts... ;p
tx une!
yw :-)
SP6
Ai6
hi everyone, late flip
hey, flosey :-)
hi Une
late flip and hi all! hi flosey, une mlf melo rb smom
howdy, dee
hi Dee
100!
Late again -- hi all!
hey, jilli :-)
hi jili :)
Hi all!! NBS just need corner E for nbt
wtg diz
hi diz
hi jilli - was just barely ahead of you
wtg
late flip hi all
I have the Tony awards on
hi flosey
twas a good show, jilli!
es4
hi cos -- lots of latecomers tonight!
bottom a in the 1st col please
hi cos
durr NBT ty rbud
First column 2ND A stats please?
hi de
hi sm
at 4 and 5
thanks diz
ty diz looking
ty diz
got em thanks diz
2nd column T and O stats please?
ot 5
ot 5
need the top corner E please?
at6, plural of ro4 oil
od4
ta 4
es 4
thanks cos
nope, that wasn't it. just ignore me.
thanks for the O i got the T
nbt nbs
nbt
NBT.. need a 7 and 8
same here cos
wow Dee, that was fast
tr 7,8
wd mlf and cos
lots of great chat help flosey
thankd fiz
thanks diz even
already called, diz
ah she was just answering my question une im sure
I know Une was letting Cos know
oh, ok
answering mine too
whatever :-)
no probs Une
TR6
nbt/nbs
wtg cos
wtg cos
tyvm :)
I can't stop yawning
Would anyone mind cluing the TR 7/8 i need it for nbs?
MLF go across and up
acorss up across up acorss
:P
TR6
MLF, if you'd stop tr7-ing around in the grid, you might find it, lol
have nbs but still missing the second A first column
lol rb i dont have a tr 7 either
at 4 and 5 thanks to diz
nbs but not nbt yet
that was for flosey :P and wtg flosey
at 5 (pl)... a + horn playing in military
mlf -- that was a clue
NEVER MIND I had an idea what the word was i was just spelling it wrong
thanks all
thanks cos, still searching
nbt and nbs
brb
got it, thanks Dee
for nbt
yay, mlf! (whew!) :)
yqw
halfway
wtg Une
wd une!
tx . . . 131 now -- off to bed -- watching rain-delayed Rafa match in the wee hours! *poof*
nite une
my 83 yr old ma still uses that tr7 word all the time, lol, kids are always tr7-ing through her kitchen, yard, etc...
here, too, rb love that word
i still use it too rose
Clues are up
tr 7/48
bye une -- hope you catch a few zzzs!
Thank you, mrp!
Thanl you, mrp
ty mrp
tars
Ew, was just out in Hubby's shop a little while ago, the mayflies have descended by the hundreds!
yes, erda!
sorry...
we have horrible tent caterpillars here
tr8
tr 6/21, the alt. spelling of the tr7, was listed with the def - it works, haha
waahhhh, i want avatar
indeed we do jilli - hubby's been out every day to save our apple trees
oh, see mrp paid us a visit, thanks mrp
es 7/32
I just left to change into bed clothes so I wont disturb hubby when I crawl in
I've been lucky up here on the hill -- just a little tent on a flowering plum.
it's been a real battle down here jill, and on the drive into the village, we see apple trees looking absolutely dead
I know, it's terrible!
de 6,7,8,7
ty diz only have one 8 so far :)
yw
aw 7
thanks Dee for aw7
and etc
yw :)
fa 5/24 been in the grid a couple of times
ty diz looking
sp 6 and a consonant (not pl) for sp 7/44
has ov7 been called, egg-laying animals
no and ty granny!
np's dee
still totally blind to 4 eights
pa8, plural of vacant enclosed area in front of a church
ty for the ov7, granny
ty granny gave me pa 6, 7, and 8 :)
np's dee. yay for you
ty vm
ps5 x 2
ra 7 & 8
ty granny
take the R out of the pa 6 and run it around a bit for more of similar words
thanks rbud
ty rbud
plus I have a pa 6 and 7 which rhyme with another word for Jesus, our Sa****, same first four letters as the pa 5/18
wow, thanks rbud, I'd never have found those
found them while hunting the other ones
weird words -- ty granny
I mean rbud
wow ty found a bunch with that help
8s done
still 2 short here... :(
not liking this grid -- full of useless words
agree jili
nbt/nbs, though
wtg
and the dog disease, pa5, but even with all that, still need 15 P's! :\
diz for 8's I have de, pa, ra, tr... missing please?
tr x2, wa
ty so much
yw
found a tr8
hi ru
hi ru
hey ruru, fancy seeing you here, seems like we only just spoke to each other. * hint, hint*
lol
yes indeed rose
* laughing back at you *
hi ruru
ty diz conquered the 8's
well for goodness sake, just what kind of word is sw5/24? i ask you....is this something we use everyday?
hi jilli, dee, and flosey
how are the bridge girls
new word for me, granny
looking forward to a game tomorrow evening
still can't believe wo 6/30 is a word
i know, dee....apparently we are very uneducated. lol
me neither dee
lol
teachers would have smacked us for using it LOL
what's the last 8? I have the ones Dee mentioned at 1:19, plus the 2nd tr8 now, still need one.
grinding halt with 28 left ...
sheesh finally got that silly sw5/24
wa 8
ty! :)
yw
nice to kow it means "an accumulation of fine particles of metal or abrasive cut or ground from work by a machine tool or grinder."
and how about tr5/18. like now that's a word i use everyday, not. enable has really gone nuts this time
past tense it, too, granny
thanx dee
yw
at 7/40
and done!!!!
wtg granny!!!!
woohoo, g'rose!!
wtg rose
great job, granny!
thanx all
I'm over halfway and that's enough of this for me -- cheerybye all...*poof
night, jilli, sleep well, hun, see you after the flip....about 2 hours after
brb need some water
nite jili
can i help anyone?
no ty, still plugging away
how about you, flosey, rbud?
back from getting a drink, still plodding along, half way
but thanks rose, I'm too sleepy to 'get' clues tonight
unless you want to sit in pb and type a few, hahaha
lol
okay, babble friends, outta here. as i said will be back about 2 hours after flip tomorrow. til then, my dears, stay well and safe. * hugs*
cannot believe they take sp 4/9 but not other such descriptions of ethnic groups... very strange
it would be very wise if I just went to bed and looked at this grid with fully open eyes
in the morning
yup, that's what I'll do, goodnight al
* poof *
gn!
I have never seen a vr word.
ditto that arb and hi
oooh I take that back I have seen vroom in scrabble
shalom Dee and everyone. There are a few disparaging words in this grid.
definitely
You-re right about vroom, though I think of it as varoom -- with a long oooooooo!
lol :)
fireworks
woohoo, Dee!! :)
ty
off to check emails and then to bed have a great eve / day all!!
*poof*
Hi people. Just checking in and ugh... think I'm gonna leave this one for the morning.
So he says... as he starts it. :P
hello dear friendsl....insomnia and I are babbling again
good morning everybody
anybody?
Ho ruby
that was supposed to be "Hi"
hey ruby
sorry, was in emails
neil, good choice
ruby, you still here?
and dianne? you still here?
yes granny - still here
can i help you?
Just starting out - I'll yell if I need some help. thanks
okay, dianne
hello back for 5 mins
{{rose}} are you still here?
hello dianne
I'm still here -plugging away
where has this morning gone?
Mine went long ago - it''s nearly 5pm here.
11AM here
oh,dear,,have i missed ruby?
RUBY!!!!!
pa
ko
hi all
good morning everyone
hello :)
r
hi crossy
hi sarah
can anyone help with es6 please?
I just found it Meduse - es + blueberry *** + past tense
thanks
fa5/24 please
fa5/24 is a writ for war in Mideast countries
fa5---obese and the novel **r and Peace
Helo everyone
hi lyn
think of what was on Salman Rushdie medusa
ty Annie
hi lynxxxie
hi all
and hello everyone
hi peri
thanks annie
hi peri
hi Peri
lots of pa's
mmm...thanks for the lead, only have 6 so far
gm everyone! stats for the E in 5th column?
hi Dawg
hi dawg :)
hi Lynxxx, hi annie!
plural a letter dawg
es 4/4
ty, lyn...need to go shower...have to be at work at 8. *yawn*
and ty annie
have an easy day, dawg
oh dear, doesn't seem like it is going to be a very productive day
hope it's busy, makes the day go faster.
79 words left, be back this evening to finish, i hope. hagd or night, everyone!
bye Dawg
e
sorry
Hi all
hi Bichon
hi bichon :)
I haven't really woken up yet
wa8 pls
wa** (electrical measurement) & 'monkeys'
ty lynxxx
r
thanks, lynxxx!
What perfect timing ... thanks ((Lynxxx)) and good morning / evening everyone
stats for the first column, lower a, pls
((Mom)) good morning
hello Mom!
((Annie)) good morning and good evening Lynxxx
ar4.7 - I think, hard to tell which A
Annie, I will get your email out to you today
or try at5.10 & 6.18
Mom, no hurry, anytime will be great
I don't think it's any of those lyn
aw 5/15,7/48, 6/30....i think that's it
at 4/5 comes from the a in the 4th row
that's the top a Annie
I mean aw 5/18 is the frist one
a + what is played at a military funeral
lower A, sorry
Mom
Mom has it
Now to tackle breakfastm ty all
ty lyn, new word for me
you're welcome Bichon
good morning ((Peri))
good morning ((Mom))
aw7 pls
I don't have it Peri, but I will help you look
pt of aw 5/18
past tense of aw 5
((Crossy)) good morning
((mom))
thanks for the aw words
Oscar Mayer the wiener the world aw 7/48
i get the all naturals brands now..tired of snouts and entrails in my hot dogs...
ty
<---- never have liked Oscar Mayer wieners.
eewww!
lol,sorry lynxx
going to get ready for the food pantry, bbl
bye bye ((Peri))
not that snouts and entrails are natural mind you
well they may be..just do not like nostrils peeking at me out of the hot dog bun
enough to make one go vegetarian almost
need first pa6/30 please
good afternoon, Medusa
hey mom
I'll help you look Medusa
thanks
pa6----pa and a person who saves your life is a sa****
thanks Annie
pa6.30 - pa & a Whirling De****h
youre welcome
thanks
yw
I seem to be stuck on 200 so will give it away for the night. Bye all
have a good night, lynxxx
pleasant dreams
bye lyn
anyone have the 2nd fa5?
fa5----obese and not peace, first 2 letters
tx annie
ra6/21 please
good morning all
person who sexually assaults, medusa
hi trentsnana
hi, nana
thanks
de 5/12 please
yw
wish they would not put those words in the grid!
to come up with a plan
oops, wrong de!
sorry
I have that one
that's the de6
morning all!
the person who sorts your teeth - third and forth letters
nan, I found it.....a believer
hi sue
morning, sue
hi trent, medusa, annie!
hi sue
ra7 please
medusa, thingie that catches mice
thanks
hello again
the sun just came out after days and days of rain!
hi ruby
hi meduse
((annioe))
and nana and sue
(((((ruby))) Bobby received your letter and was thrilled...he wrote back. that was a few days ago.
good morning all
hi teach
hi teach
hello wvteach, ((Ruby)), trentsnana and any others I missed
I am so glad he received it
hi mom
great clues in the chog, ty everybody
but still not at half
interesting grid but very little time today
the rain makes me sleepy
lack of sleep has left me sleepy. i'll nap soon.
hi, teach, annie, ruby, mom, et al
morning, Seain
i have that with the sun ruby
hello seain
hi dc :)
hi seain
sun? we've had barely any all spring
garden is a green marsh with flowers
afternoon, medusa
we had about a week and i hated every minute of it
last se6 please
sepite
the roses are all blowsy and the weeds are trying to take over
opps
you hated every minute of the sun?
hi hurshy
<-- needs sun!
hi Hurshy
hi
yes. i like the cold
got it
i would rather not be hot, if i had the choice i'd pick cold, but that's not the same as hating sunshine - there's sun in the winter
you are lucky, medusa
as I get older, I mind the heat less and less and the cold more and more, especially with all this rain and humidity
i believe that is the usual pattern when aging - hence florida.
this is our only miserable spring in 15 years!
we lived in Miami before here, but this is better
i live in a land where meaningful cold is rare, happily.
name that proper noun! klingon serving aboard USS Enterprise D.
It was interesting when i lived in Boston, which does Winter the way DC does Summer.
Worf. already tried it :)
ding ding ding!
(that's why we HAVE name that proper noun)
hehehe indeed, hurshy, and g'morning to you
morning
i have 2nd interview at 10:30... sigh...
hi hurshy
hi
for nbt, pls, clue for the 2nd column o's
good luck, hurshy
good luck to hurshy
I had better start my day. Good luck, Hurshy. ((Hugs)) to all of you
one sounds like a sea-related mammal, ruby
bye ((Mom)) have a great day
bye mom
thanks ((Annie)), you as well
bye bye ((Ruby))
there's an od4
ty hurshy, looking
(found an ot5, yay
and pl
the od eludes me, but at least I have the necessaries LOL
see you later, kids
bye ruby :(
see you later ruby
{{annie}}
so6/21 please
take angry vengefulness and insert O
thanks hurshy
fireworks
yay annie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks sue
who gets a phone call saying that you'll get a free cruise in the bahamas for 2, in exchange for participating in a 30 second political survey, and doesn't hang up?
hang up immediately!
yes i know, i'm just wondering why they bother - what good does it do when it's that obvious that everyone hangs up?
wtg annie
hurshy, not everyone hangs up...they want that cruise and do not consider the consequences
i would hang up!
i don't know how anyone is that dumb.
I am so leery of odd phone calls that if I do not recoginize the # I dont answer
they are not so dumb as they are greedy
something for nothing is nothing
but i would think that if you are greedy, you would know that outside of Oprah, nobody can afford to give away cruises like that.
you would expect other people to be also greedy not super-generous.
all of that is true but there will always be gullible people
richard branson comes to mind...he can afford to give away a cruise
but would he? to everyone who answers a short survey? that's crazy!
yes, it is crazy
hurshy, do you know who was calling?
no, just robolady
i'm at work, anyway, so i don't particularly care.
they called a work number..dont they know it is Yale? Sounds odd.
how can you be farseeing if you can't farsee?
but you can farsi (lousy joke)
har har
anyway, anyone like a clue before I start out?
okay, bye dear babblers
ttfn annie
need sp6/30
got it
A new Peri is born.
can you clue it now that you got it? :)
am working on a clue. i came across it by accident!
its a scottish word!
it must use the v but i have monkeyed a lot of things with no luck
sp+ 5th **enue+ lat abbr for that is
phew, got it at last, thanks
yw
good clue grant.
ty
well no wonder i had trouble with P words, they are wacko
sw5/24 please
Morning all and how many words today and thanks
hi steve. 254 words today
sw5/24: take a neck wrap and change C to W
s +wa4
thanks
first ta6/18 please
got it! lol
Should we call it "Peri-itis"?
Peri Syndrome?
I think so. : )
Periception?
lmao! i am getting it bigtime whatever it is!
s
peri-natal?
fireworks!
nice work medusa
thanks ruru
i did not get far enough on this one last night. I have a lot let
YAY medusa!!!!
any help for getting the A in the fourth row down? It's my last blank. And then I can get myself ready for the week's slog through end of year sub jobs.
a + a type of loud dance stid
hm. thank ruru *thinking* (I don't dance, you know -- only ballroom)
second letter maybe?
metal points on the shoe
oh! LOL thanks ruru
got it. Happily NBT.
it's sunny here today. Was supposed to be raining the last three days and it has been increasingly balmy. Would be nice if it stayed like this for a little while, but I suspect as soon as I have a day off again it will be too wet to work outside. How's the weather down south, ruru?
warm and windy
"Loud dance"...Gregory Hines would kick your butt.
like warm, not so fond of windy. *finds a nice sheltered corner in the garden and sits down to read*
he can't .. he's dead
fireworks bye all
methinks Mr. Hines can come back... he practically walked on water, imho
YAY sarah and good bye
bye sarah
Oh Ru, you are so going to be haunted. By someone in tap shoes. Spooky.
ah! past halfway. So I may or may not be back later, depends on the weather and whether the kids needs my computer this evening. thanks for the help, ruru! *poof*
those e's are bothering me
I have ep 4 in the corner what's teh other
ep 6/21
pl
gm
Good morning.
thanks
pretty fast grid
kje, how are your subjects doing?
just graduated a group out
I want to hear you yodel. Do you do requests?
me?
Yep
I don't yodel.... no one would want to hear that
You told me you did ... easy peasy .... texas girl
I'm pretty sure I never said I yodel... and I know I never refer to myself as a Texan!
you did
*buys yodeling pants for KJE*
Lederhosen...
pretty sure you don't need special pants to yodel
so now we have pants that can yodel,,how does that help kje??:))
thanks erda.. I couldn't remember the name
I bet you do
are these pants related to the singing sword?
I am finding this grid challenging... fast at first, now not so much
and I still have a ways to go
as do i
me too
time to go ... did not mean to cause trouble ... even so, I know what you said
no trouble at all, BR - hagd
bottom o? besides the od4/5
no idea
I still have 64 to go!
almost as many as ru's age!
if my kidding around offends,let me know.i do not wish to rub anyones fur the wrong way.it is just how i am.i do not take life a serious as a heart attack
who is offended?
just saying is all
now I'm offended
no offense in this group... this is the light group
:D
well, ru may be offended, he is sensitive about his age (and hair)
thats what i want to hear,now how about some dirty limericks??:))
ru - did you ever have your knee surgery?
his hair?? do not get me started on ru,s hair..or lack of it!!
anyone have the at7?
i would like to be bald again,i would get a tatoo of the harley davidson screaming eagle tatooed on my fore head..sublte yet pleasing to the eye
will look ru
not subtle or pleasing
mm,maybe just a butterfly:)
I will join you in the list... this is going nowhere
not getting the at
For AT7: M*** Hari + ****ula is a Polish river
i am destined to suffer for a bit yet,am barely 125 in
at plus first vowel plus go see someone minus last vowel in that word
ty wolve
yw. :-)
and erda
ty wolve
thank you all
lol- i have 2 other o's from the bottom one- the sound like the little river animal and it's plural, but i am still missing one from that o
have the od 4 as well
should have started with that
ty wolve!
hi all!
anyone have stats for the other o??
ov 7/44 but don't have the word yet
sorry just got here wolvie
ty- at least that gives me a direction. :-)
hi jmc!
I have it
ov + vowell + not normal
hmmm
ahhh- ty- light dawned on marblehead- lol
<===still looking for the light switch
me too, jmc
3rd vowel and start of scary stuff
i am off to take my sister to the airport bbl
bye wolvie
***ne = sheepish? + ****legal or ****normal
i hope you understand my poor clue jmc. :-) ttfn
i got it ty wolvie and ru
ty erda
got it, thanks everyone
yw
what is not normal?
it actual means to the side of normal rather than not normal but ty
****normal activity
See Erda's clue. I think it just means NOT.
nm, got it, ty
sp7?
hi bich ru was cluing ov7
The prefix that is.
hi molls
Hi JMC.
got the ov 7 so ty ru
*** is where I go for a massage + ****nam
ty erda!
YW kje
ra7?
a device for capturing rats
urgh
would have thought that was 2 words.... ty
ty erda
stats for the E in the corner please
ssssssssssssssssssssss
hahaha slap me with a fish!
haddock!
mmmmm haddock
*lights grill*
love fish
SPLOSH (sound of a fish-slap)
nbt
no no i lie still need the i in the corner
now nbt
se 6/18 please last se
se+ vietnamese holiday
no, wrong
se + editor's mark
s
another name for a group of 6, ru
es7?
thank you
yw
es7...es + Jeopardy announcer, misspelled.
???
es + Dolly ****on + vowel
ty
ty
I guess no one remembers Don Pa***
i kept looking how to link up travek
okay i am off to do some reading bbl
I was thinking of ALex too
nope, never heard of him
I was thinking alex
nbs
*poof*
and couldn't work in alex or trebek - lol
FW!!!
He was the announcer, not the host, of the original Jeopardy. He has also done work on Saturday Night Live.
*Packs up dumb, old trivia and goes back to lurking*
84F..gasp..wheeze..is what crossy would be saying if he did not have his nifty new air conditioner:))))
I remember watching the original Jeopardy and the watching the "Who What or Where" show right after......not ol trivia, just good trivia lol
i was too busy watching rod serling and alan funt
trave
sorry
happens to us all..premature babblation
ty
plus i needed the word:)))
ty for the tr sss1 :)
I didn't have it either lol.
my favorite cluer is sss1:) lillian:)
mine too crossy :)
and hi all
sss1 can clue my last 138 :)
very red here
and my last 155:)
we like red;)
i only have 140 so not much help
more like pink
frat
576t38476t23846
then you have 34 clues you can give me sss1, sadly i have frat :)
ov7 anyone, pls
ov,vowel and the start of the olympics with the disabled
pa 5/18 plz rite b4 the outdorr sitting area
ty lill....looking
andty ivesy
don't have that one yet ivesy, sorry, but will look
yw:) best clues are the one you dont know u give lol
got it lil.. just change the last vowel from the 5/18 b4 it
thanks for the pa5,12 ivesy, i was thinking of the other pa5 after it :)
yw
still working on the ov....
i don't have any pa5/18's ivesy so will look
ov + third vowel plus pa* for the course +vowel
ov and vowel and the start of what helps you glide to the ground after jumping out of a plane
aha! ty!!
80 left for later.promised my bairn i'd carry on with our monopoly game from last night before she goes bed.bbl
bye lil
nite lill
hi hego, can't figure out what it is but love your colourful icon
Hi Flo, I don't know either but liked the colors also. lol
hi folks
85 left
hi peri
fa5.24 please??
fa 5/24 not skinny + H2O is **ter
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah many thanks should have seen that one
at7?
at+ vowel+ the view from the window is a ****a
at 7/40 at + vowel + got to see someone minus the last vowel
ty dee and luv
<---Hates vr words
vr? .. rats ..
v + ***, ****, *** your boat
Thanks Mixi, I have them. Just hate them. And of course, no definition. *Stomps foot*
vrank you mixi
Sounds German. Und now, ve vill vr4 das boat.
boat song suck in my head. goes to wash it out of my hair. ....
*stuck
fireweeds.
Yay mixi!
Well done Mixi. Now go sing The Banana Boat song to get that other song out of your head. Dey, me say dey, me say dey-oh. Daylight come and me want go home.
dammit molly............... now i have it
now switching to the stars and stripes... heh heh
any clue for the fa5/24 ?
what the islamists issue as a death warrant
no ide what that is
not thin + start of not peace
got it ... thanks
This grid is giving me a headache ..
Vrery sorry to hear that Tor.
Hey Ouwachita, we are not all up on our middle eastern terminology. Wink, wink.
i recall that word form a case on boston legal several years ago.. amazing how stuff sticks in the4 little nooks and crannies in you mind
I don't have much of a memory capacity for words that are not in my language. If I'm not using the word I don't seem to be able to retain it. Maybe that is why I'm not very good at Babble.
hi all
77 left
Hi Peri
help pls with de8
What the h*** is the wa7/8 supposed to mean??? Seriously?
how are you Molls?
Heya peri
hey tor
thread used by NOrth American Indians in weaving
usually spelled with a single consonant in the middle, the wa7/8
they are odd looking words
good to know, thanks. i was wondering what one does with an electrical monkey.
:)
according to earlier chat there is: de6,7,8.7 and I have none of them
come up with a plan, peri
ty got the first two
at first I thought you were telling me to come up with a plan :)
nope, the 7 & 8 are in the middle of those 2.
got the other two as well, ty amelu
the 7 & 8 build off the 6
I know, got them
~:o)
too late - you have them
Amelu, I had the same reaction to wa7/8 combo
I think my chog choked...
I was more than 1/2 done when I noticed the wrong going across the third row
notice the word going......
67 bbl
molly, luckily I caught myself before I sent what I was really thinking, lol.
Clue for ra/8? Please?
plural of the ra 7 - catching a rodent
... devices for catching large rodents
Thanks!
Well Amelu, someone has to be appropriate here. And it's certainly never me. : P
at 7 please
i second that request! :-)
clues for these wa 7,48 & 8,65 please
electrical unit + scotch ta**
at + vowel + rhymes with mist and is most of a beautiful scene!
at7...at + a scenic view is sometimes called a ****a
tx for the at7!
dont see it
help!
nm got it ty
thks!
Twas a difficult one to clue
wa7...a light bulb can have 100 ****s + scotch, duct, electrical sticky stuff
i agree, hydra!
A belated good evening (it's 10 pm here in London)
:-D
tough grid today!
YES!!
My friend has gone to Iona, a Scottish island, so I am having a mini-break in her flat. Had loads of plans but it's poured with rain for last 24 hours.
went flying through the first 100, then hit a big brick wall!!
I'm just over halfway but think I'll it a night soon.
my friend and his partner arrive in Vienna tomorrow -- he's promised me they'll waltz down the street!!
My friends have just come back. They adored it and even went to a Strauss concert. Well, they had to, didn't they?
how wonderful! :-)
Hope your friends have a good time. Mine got back yesterday and the weather was fantastic.
Oh dear, I'm being British and talking about the weather!
they've had a wonderful trip -- Prague, parts of Germany, and now Vienna :-)
I really envy them. Never been to Prague or Vienna, and my only experience of Germany was an hour in Munich airport!
he takes a group of students to India every summer for a month-long learning experience, then he and his partner extend the trip with a wonderful vacation afterwards -- last year it was Paries
*paris
professor of religion and philosophy
Wow! I am impressed!
funny though . . . while he was getting his PhD he was my part-time secretary :-)
No worries Hydra. People go on and on and on and on here about the weather. If it weren't for pets and teaching jobs, it would be the number one topic of conversation.
lol
pets and weather, yep! LOL
speaking of pets, mine need to pee -- back in a bit *poof*
Where I am now, in my friend's place, I am about two minutes from George Michael's house! And Une, that's what I just went off and did. And refilled my wine glass!
With wine, I hasten to add!!!
111 left. I shall never finish this grid.
finito. finally.
Well done, amelu!
That caused a HUGE sigh of relief. thanks hydra!
If you're still there, amelu, could you please give me a clue to the pa8?
pa8...three letter golf term + grips that hold wood while you saw it
Thanks, Molly
sorry, I did step away for a bit... ~:-/ any other clues before I poof out?
Poof away Amelu. Your work is done here. Have a good night.
~:o) ty molly, and back atcha! *poof*
at
at
sorry!!!
stevia - perfectly good little flower, currently hitting the shelves as a sweetener. But no.
Hi Rasta. Welcome to Lurker Town.
Hi. Hanging out hoping to scrape a few more before listing.
It's a tedious grid today.
YIpes, quite a grid after the last few weeks....hello all
ha just got a dog disease.
Hi Jilly
hiya molly!
Morning all
Rast - there is a 5/6/7 & 8 similar start words b4 the dog disease
hi lynxxx
ra
brb
so many odd words with no def...kudos to anyone who finished w'out list and Morewords. Bye everyone
The ps words are the ones that really annoyed me.
to
finally...nbt
Way to go Jilly
Why there is a pa/5 that is spanish for backyard but the plural is not taken, and you get that it does not exist in the puzzle?
I don't see a plural for that pa5. If you are talking about what we call a cement area in the back yard.
You are right, I must have been lost.
: ) Easily done when you are trying to find words in these things.
nbs
Jilly is just busting through this thing : )
LOL...if only....
hi all, back to finish, 32 left
Peri and Jilly, it's a race to the finish.
race race race!
hello. is it just me or are there more made up words than usual today?
so 5/18, pls. And hi
Peri is going to win, despite nbt, nbs and A-O knocked out, I am left with 154 still ...time for dinner..heavy on the protein for brain power to finish this bad boy! bbl *poof*
yes,I will but I had an unfair advantage
so + not peace
Yes Via, many made up (BS) words.
or as I like to call them, FBS!!!
FR!!
Peri, why an unfair advantage?
(though it doesn't help that I was up until 1am packing and then up at 4am to go to the airport. My brain may not be quite at its best today)
I only had a few words to go. Jilly has over 100
I do like to win tho
Ah, ViaJes The 2012 Tour continues.
Yes! Anyone in Ottawa come see my show at the Fringe!
Look out Canada! ViaJes had crossed the border!
*laughs maniacally*
I hope you brought lots of money Via. Because liquor and what not is off the hook expensive up there.
11 ta words left
I know, Molly! And I flew this time so I couldn't bring a case of whiskey with me like last time. :'(
(okay, not really a case. Maybe just a bottle.)
The t's and the s's wore me out.
oh no! I haven't even gotten to Ts and Ss yet. (Since I listed, I mean.)
Bars on the American side of the US/Canada border must do bang up business. And the liquor stores.
Fireworks!!
yay!
off to do some reading, see you tomorrow
nbs and nbt (late start today!!)
two ps words?!
Aw, our little Peri. Off to increase her vocabulary for another day of Babble. : D
... both involve three more vowels
Two insane ps words.
and two vr words... what a strange grid
The ps words are Neo-Latin, if you can dig that.
As Tor said earlier, vrery strange.
haha. I can't find the ps words. My monkeys are pfailing.
the only real vr word I can think of is vroom. (though I monkeyed the ones in the grid)
Both ps words add Quaker **ts then add a different vowel to each.
Trippy
ty molly.
Hello Gran Mere
yes, ty molly!
Hi molly. Just starting and doubt the full grid will be conquored by me today. Nice spelling though so maybe I'll get some unexpected or undeserved words by accident.
Ah well. We do what we can Gran Mere. How is Murphy these days?
I'm going to put dinner on the table a little early today. We had the plumber over all morning and the clean up has taken the starch out of both my husband and myself. Murphy is doing very well. He continues to try to please and we are so happy he is such an aware puppy. He notices.
Get some rest Gran Mere.
hello everyone :)
hi nan
Sometimes I wonder about the "what's for dinner?" suggestions on the internet. My family would kick my ass right out the front door if I served up "warm chickpea salad" for dinner.
I'd eat it if someone made it for me!
on my way -- have had the 24 hr flu bug going around and am zonked -- got it when visiting the kids and had to drive home today when I would much rather have stayed in bed!
Ouch, feel better Nan.
yes, flu sucks :(
I am going to head bed-ward
*Goes around turning on wee night lights*
Good evening Babblers
Hey Wht
There are certainly some strange tr words tonight.
Yes, and the strange words are not limited to the tr words.
No, but that was what I was working on at the moment.
Back..ready to tackle my last 154..hello wht, molly
I came back to finish up and I decided to start from the bottom, since I had now idea what the es7 might be.
Hi Jilly.
Hey Jilly
I always go from the bottom first
and then when I get frustrated I skip to the top
Hello everyone
yay for the second tr8!!!! (though I didn't know the Z turns to S when they are pluralized...)
hi all! phantom word for me: vodka
<--Was waiting for Via to find that one
Only in Babbleland is the z replaced with an s, viaje.
The z only turns into an s if you are British or Canadian.
My phantom is divot
<--Will ignore Wht's close proximity to the PB
scrambler---I was thinking the same exact thing....one of those kinds of days!
Hi Leigh
okay, stuck on the ra7/32...clue plz?
Thing to capture vermin
... deevices for catching large rodents
sheesh...
... and plural
ra 7/8 crappy apratment
ty molly
Nice play on words Bookwomen
ty doseffling and bookwoman!
I don't know how I was close to the PB, but I think dos was closer.
You were both equally close.
... no 'c' in the grid ... so no problem
I think Wht was referring to de7/44
Molly, ty for the pi5,18
... I'm sure she was ... but the referee won't raise his arm for two minutes without a c
: D
Clue for the sp7,44, please.
Wht, you have been transgendered. : O
sp7/44...where you get massage treatment + **** Nam
Oh my. You would think I would have noticed.
Don't look down...don't look down...
ty Molly. Even if my monkeys came from SE Asia, they wouldn't have gotten that one.
hey all!
It's like a grid formulated by someone on LSD.
I think that there are an inordinate amount of s's tonight.
love getting clues from others requests!
*successful mama look* my kiddo has managed to bring one grade up from sub-F to a solid B... still has a final to take, but I am so proud of the effort he has been putting in!!!! *bounce bounce*
morning all
congrats mama stid!
Hello mr p
hello mr pres!
(((((((MRP)))))))
hello !! missed you all :)
((((hugs)))) all round
Mama!!
Nice to see you back!
bounce bounce bounce right with you stid
Howdy stid
good to be back!! how is land of babbleonia
is everyone doing ok?? I need to catch up on what has been happening
I'm still afloat mr. p
hi all!
hey mcurl! I am sitting here, feet up, glass of wine... working in my friend's class tomorrow, and looking forward to being with the kiddos one more time before summer. And then I think I will take the rest of the school year "off" and not sub until next year.
I got married mrp!
on ya mcurl
omg mom!!! congratulations hunny!!! that is wonderful news!
when did that happen, magmom??? congrats!
who is the lucky ducky??
have missed you heaps stid!
oooh and I finally got some wedding pics. I shall upload one.
thank you mom! would luv to see them
congrats MM!!!
miss you, too, mrp -- did you know Grant's gf got him a new parakeet? And then we got that one a companion. It's very loud in here at times...
May 4, stid! mrp- he's an awesome ex of mine from 21 years ago. He's a metal artist and a wonderful man!
ty jilly
I'm a little jealous Stid; don't drink wine but was seriously thinking about something cool, tall and intoxicating!
sounds like a match made in heaven, magmom, so very happy for you both
cool and tall -- instant smoothie with milk, frozen berries and a banana.... that would have been my preference if we'd had bananas...
ex from 21 years ago?? wow!! how lovely that god saw you two back together :)
I was to tired to do anything about it!! It's going to be a heck of a week......only 3 DAYS LEFT!
i know someone like that mcurl ;))
i have to get off my arse and go salvage for tonight... i will come back before flip for some chat time. LUV to you all
bye for now!! **waves**
See ya MrP
:-) you CAN do it, mcurl! LOL I have decided to take a few days next week before Grant's school is out to help my friends at the local school. It's always important to close up the classroom so you can hit the ground running in the fall. Also, I loaned out a few of my books...
down to 90...wow, some of these words!!
later mrp! (((more hugs))) be well and see you soon!
by Mr P...you take care!!
ok. changed icon to wedding pic!
So many things to share with you stid. After next Monday I'm free ALL DAY!
Nice picture magmom
ty
Want to go walk on the new boardwalk in Olympia next Tuesday??
Yowza! Look at that handsome cowboy and his lovely bride! : )
I spent all day sneaking in this puzzle at work with Lickety's list and now I'm stuck with 76 left..
I should be able to do that; let me get back to you on that
Woohoo! WTG, m-mom! Congrats and many years of happiness ahead!
yes, nice picture. You're GORGEOUS! He's "not bad" -- looks good in a hat, at least!
bummer, I missed mrp!
ty molly and mom, stid- if only the bride had just 1 chin instead of 2. :-)
okay, just let me know!
and hi to everyone, I love you all! (didn't mean to imply that I am not happy to see everyone else!)
he does have all his hair stid. LOL
hey sue!
Well, like the lovely man at driver's licensing told me when I complained at my last picture: no one notices because they are so taken by your lovely eyes! (true, he said that, and it also applies to you)
congratulations, magmom!!! What great news!!
awww. *blushes*
That's okay Sue, we have all taken proper offense and are now pouting. : (
ty sue
*Kidding*
hello sue, my dear - we understand. We're just second-rate, and it's nice of you to notice us at all *turns into eeyore)
can anyone see me ?
wait -- WEST??? *squints eyes*
(((West))) I can see you
Hi west
I'm so happy !!
where did you come from?
rofl at west's funny funny joke
been lurking because my computer was wonky..got it fixed today Yay
hi, west! yay for fixed computer!
You can't hide from us, West. : D
stiddy I was so upset I couldn't chat
hi molly and sue too
oh west -- I am sorry you were upset *offers gentle hugs* are you better now?
much better thanks
btw, Tom likes the joke, too...
I am glad you are better.
my battery was swelling with age and caused my track pad to stick
I thought it was pretty funny too (joke)
oh, that sounds like it could have been dangerous, west! good you got it fixed!
Ugh, "swelling with age" is such a dismal phrase.
sure does
However, "shrinking with age" is equally as dismal. : P
oh, that's not a good thing, west. my mac has been losing battery life pretty fast, but I used it so much while I was in school that I am not surprised. Trying to decide if I sell it and replace it with a newer version, replace the battery, or bequeath this to one of the kids and just use Tom's computer at home for the time being. So far the battery isn't doing anything dangerous.
stid I love my powerbook..and the battery was still good but apparently it was bad engineering to put it right there
there is a lot that can go wrong with laptops, for sure. Limited space to put so many heat-generating elements.
yay me! down to 100~~
wtg stid !!
go stid!
hahaha 178 for me and I really should be solving physics problems
72 here...
hi all. any clues for the 8 letter words? i have one: the tr 8
going to stop here, check email, write a piece for my blog, and hit the hay early. might be teaching in a comfortable classroom tomorrow, but it's a full day toward the end of the year... they'll be a handful! *poof*
i dont see clues anywhere in chat. ugh
solvong physics problems may be the only thing more difficult than this grid!
sue, if you would be so kind as to solve the gravity problem while you are at it? there's certainly unequal gravity affecting various body parts as I age... *wicked mama grin -- REAL poof*
bye stid!
tr8 is the only one I have, mkg
there was a clue for a wa8 earlier today
Bye mama
wa8...a light bulb has 100 ****s + sticky stuff you wrap a package with, plural
ra7/8 combo
bye stid..happy teaching
ok, ducking out again, I am supposed to have 11 chapters of physics problems written by Friday and right now I only have 6 (two more are close to being done)
ty got the wa 7 and 8
hi mkg I have ra7/8 compound word that is one of the best sounding in the English language
magazinemom please give a clue ty.
Sue is the most non-retired, retired person I know of. : D
sorry magmom didn't see you gave the ra 7/8
youngest son calling..bbl
sue must learn to say no
need a clue for ra 7 and 8 plx.
ra7 vermin+ you catch mice in a tr4/5
It's okay West. Mag is not going to pout and get all verklempt because you clued too. : )
and plural
any more 8 clues?
*ducks back in* this is a contract I have with a publisher, they are paying me a lot of money to do this (I am saying no to things that don't pay)
good for you sue !!
14 to go and I'm running out of steam
ty got the 7 and 8.
yw
keep em coming!
de8...de + Mastercard or ***a, b*** will sting you
*Quickly boils water around Mag*
ty molly!
thanks molly
pa8...three letter golf term + what you hold wood in when you are sawing, plural
ty got the 7 and 8.
I don't saw
it is the animal, ho*** that you hold wood in no? i am confused.
use the vi4/7
like vi** grip
thanks magmom
yw
ty. got both 7 and 8.
and molly too
one more 8 to go.
need a clue please.
1st ap 5?
any clues for the e on top right corner? two words.
I'm missing the ti7??
ep 4 and 6
leigh I have a and ship side for ap5 not sure if it's the first
clues please?
opp of starboard
ep+your n**e is in the middle of your face
dont know ship terms at all. starboard or leeward? dont see leeward.
There are two tr8's. Both plurals.
ti 7 pt of prom crown
ah! ty west
I object. That word cannot be past tensed.
ep 4 is from other e. not the corner one.
ty for clue.
I didn't know you could past tense a crown
sorry mkg! my bad
I don't know ship terms either. Not enough.
she was crowned..she was ti*****
Oh. Duh.
any po** in a storm leigh
never heard of that ti word but got it.
No, she was not ti7. Sorry, that just doesn't fly.
Thanks mag, I got it after I said I didn't get it. =)
I had such a beautiful one...and long white gloves
*Imagines West as the prom queen*
nice west! Back when they still did those things with class!!
i still need one tr 8. i have the one meaning to march through..............as in a house. but not other. please give me a clue.
If you can have the crowned heads of Europe, you certainly should be able to have the ti7 queens of the prom.
you're right molly..
hundreds of years ago magmom
Oh Mag, class is the word. Proms today are not even close to classy. The dresses, well I will refrain from using the offensive words I have for them.
It is the plural of the acrobatic equipment used by the daring young man.
now the girls look like they are hitting the stroll after the crowning
big hug for wht..I am eighted
I just think that the girls should keep their goodies *inside* their dresses
wht that is with a z. is there another spelling? tried with an s but not taking it.
Whatever happened to "looking pretty"?
try again mkg- it is with an s
worked for me mkg
wow it took it. is there a singular too? a seven?
What you catch a bear with and the plural of the snake letter.
no
precisely molly
Grrr...ra 7/8...trying to figure out the last half of the compound.
tr4/6
catch the rodent leigh
sorry tr4/5
The singular is a 6.
Thanks west
ra rodent and what he is caught in with cheese.
Thanks too, mkg
i got it.
it is not the acrobatics thing. it means something else.
missing one k word. darn.
clue for the last se5,12. My monkeys are dancing around it, I am sure
7 to go!
down to 50 back later..so nice to be chatting
nm. I found it.
later west
bye west
Wht pulls a Peri.
I have the first pa 5/18...do the 6, 7, 8 have to do with that?
I learned from a master, Molly.
Same first four letters, Leigh.
They all start with the same 4 letters. I don't know if the words are related.
help with FA 5/24 please
Shhhh Wht. Peri will start calling us all "grasshopper".
fa5 holy war
not skinny + drink lots of **ter
Does EVERYONE know what that word means except me?
Thanks, guys. Down to 59....
What? Do you all hang out with Muslims on a regular basis?
thnx mmom
yw
FW!!
congrats mmom
Way to go Mom
we watch alot of CNN???
ty, ty!
Oh, that explains it.
I must go and make a treat for the kiddos per my promise.
Have a good evening everyone!
I completely missed the first so 4 and 5. What an idiot.
Bye mag
leigh, without ante in the grid, how were you to know you had to ra5,10?
Woohoo! Done with the 8s
Hmm. I don't know if/when I asked for ra 5...but thanks, because I was missing it!!!
Clue for the es 7, please
I need that too..
es + ****y like it's 1999 + vowel
es + just one pa 4/5 + 4th vowel
ty wv. Fireworks
Well done Wht
back with 50 to go *sigh*
back with 50 to go *sigh*
Congrats wht
Hi Jilly
WooT WooT WooT wht!!
You can do it Jilly
<---Guesses Wht is not a Prince fan
Anyone need clues before I go?
Just ahead of you Jilly with 40 right now
gotta list
35
You win.
Good night all.
Night wht
brb
niters wht!
** finito ** last word pa 5/18 (second one)
congrats wv
pa 5?18 - short form for disease in puppies
Er....de 5/12?
WooT WooT WooT wvteach!
------>sparklers<-----
congrats jilly
Wow, what crazy words!!
a clue for sw5/24.....please
nvm... i found it ty all!
se 6/18?
nm
I need the de 5 still... my last one.
an adherent of T. Jefferson's religion
de + adherent
Thanks turq
yw
Anyone need anything before I go?
Well, need to head off to pillows in a few...
hi all
Heya
hi jmcnrick
208 left
Hello tor
Girlie, jmc
COuld I have a clue for fa 5/24 please? Thank-you
Good night tor, girlie and jmc.
Islamist holy war
hi leigh
bye leigh
Thanks!
that is jihad a fa5/24 is a legal decree in Islam
Problem with grids with a lot of odd words is that I fail to find the words I do know.
(confused me for a sec but I got it, thanks)
Pardon - I'm I'm not up on my Islamisms
of course if the clue works. . . .
eh neither is anyone else. . . i just have this friend who is syrian and keeps me up to date
i am trying to help him be less sexist and he is trying to help me understand what is happening in syria
Both good goals
very good goals
yep he is a nice guy and is really trying to be faithful to islam and open to new ideas at the same time which is a lot harder when you come from a country where open to new ideas is punishable by torture and prison
it is very complicated. i'm trying to educate myself on the various parties, so to speak
oh. i'll bet you're all gone...
no i am still here
Not all ..
oh. hi.
still here, swearing at the grid ... and the grid is swearing back
got the fa word and now have only 100 left.
it is a little vulgar tonight
it's a perversely difficult grid.
oh. you mean the slurs?
i hate that.
well they are words
bit of both mab, but yes, the grid has a nasty mouth tonight
every time there is a jewish slur it takes me about a week to recover
i am making no headway with the aw words. . . a little help please
i have three biding time words aw
yep i just saw them ty mab
jmcrnrick, a + be patient
ty girlie
cricket, do you have an on line presence yet for on the level?
nice version of my name. . . and no i hope to launch it early next week. . .so many little things have to be done!
okay 120 left and so am i
have fun and whoo hoo to all the finishers!
i look forward to it. i can't imagine how one really goes about founding something.
bye jmc
haha that may be my problem mab!
oh no, you know.
but i joke. . . i have a fair idea about what needs to be done but hope to get it done in a timely manner so it actually works
i have incorporated and gotten a tax id and board members and a url and some volunteers working on all of it
now i need by-laws and irs recognition a bank account and a web page and some materials
and lots lots more
but i keep chipping away
. . .except on the days that i get frozen like a deer in the headlights. . .
anyway i must try to get some sleep tonight so tomorrow things will get done!
see you tomorrow or the next day. . . bye all!
Niters jmc ..
bye jmc
and fireworks
well done
computer threw a wobbly and had to restart. missed jmc going. didn't mean to sound so unenthused to see you torgone. punctuation failure.
now taking a wee break. wandering away for a moment.
No worries ..
se 6/18? any clues would be welcomed :)
looking for it now
found it!
se + sesame **re**
hmm
nightmare on elm **re**
tyvm
yw :)
I am a voice from your past. Hello.
that sounded ominous
hello
hi ML
just got my fireworks
hi west
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