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179 2,409
180 2,409
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182 2,409
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184 2,409
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186 2,409
187 2,361
188 2,359
189 2,337
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191 2,327
192 2,299
193 2,214
194 2,210
195 2,162
196 2,154
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198 2,144
199 2,133
200 2,110
201 2,036
202 2,027
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204 2,007
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210 1,934
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212 1,885
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214 1,873
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217 1,863
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219 1,845
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221 1,804
222 1,800
223 1,795
224 1,787
225 1,779
226 1,775
227 1,771
228 1,763
229 1,756
230 1,750
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232 1,749
233 1,747
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235 1,744
236 1,742
237 1,741
238 1,740
239 1,738
240 1,727
241 1,724
242 1,717
243 1,711
244 1,710
245 1,699
246 1,697
247 1,696
248 1,695
249 1,685
250 1,668
251 1,665
252 1,661
253 1,649
254 1,644
255 1,644
256 1,640
257 1,639
258 1,635
259 1,626
260 1,625
261 1,617
262 1,613
263 1,611
264 1,609
265 1,605
266 1,602
267 1,601
268 1,596
269 1,594
270 1,590
271 1,587
272 1,586
273 1,582
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277 1,572
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281 1,538
282 1,531
283 1,528
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285 1,515
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287 1,501
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294 1,464
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300 1,437
301 1,436
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303 1,427
304 1,425
305 1,423
306 1,423
307 1,417
308 1,415
309 1,411
310 1,411
311 1,397
312 1,394
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314 1,385
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352 1,249
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390 1,145
391 1,144
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394 1,137
395 1,137
396 1,136
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398 1,127
399 1,120
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607 406
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610 389
611 389
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618 337
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146 total words

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

Cu6

12:01 am

cu 6 x 2 cu 7

flip; hi all ut 7

12:02 am

hi dee hi

12:02 am

re 6 x 2

12:02 am

hi mlf and cos

hugs jili

hi mlf cos

12:02 am

hi jill

12:02 am

hi jill, dee

12:02 am

hi dee

12:02 am

re 7

12:03 am

FE 6 x 2

12:03 am

FE 8 if not called

12:04 am

hello everyone :)

12:04 am

lo 6

hi diz

12:04 am

thanks mlf

12:04 am

sl7

12:04 am

re 6 x 3

12:04 am

SL6

12:04 am

so 6 (sorry if repeat)

12:04 am

thanks jill

12:04 am

hi everyone

12:05 am

hi flosey

12:05 am

and hi carla

hi flosey

12:05 am

FR 7

12:05 am

ut7

12:06 am

cl 7

12:06 am

thanks hokie very twisty word the cl7

12:06 am

(I'm half asleep, so I do apologize if these are already noted.)

12:07 am

another lo6

12:07 am

le 8

12:07 am

NBS

12:07 am

thanks grannie got it

12:07 am

huh, me, too

12:07 am

thanks diz, that's nbs

12:08 am

nbs no nbt

12:08 am

amazing, diz!lettered

12:08 am

WA6

12:08 am

nbs here too

12:09 am

i's done! lol

12:09 am

cl6

12:09 am

and nbs here too (blush)

12:09 am

where does the re7 start please?

12:10 am

ok its not from the R i need.

12:10 am

fe6 called?

12:10 am

L on first column stats please?

12:11 am

and 7 jilli?

12:11 am

fr7?

12:11 am

i have FR7

12:12 am

re 6 x 4

fe 6 x 3

12:12 am

RE6

12:13 am

hokie do you need stats on that?

12:13 am

yes, flosey, but...unword imho!

12:14 am

2nd col R please

12:14 am

as are so many here

re 5

12:14 am

got an re7

12:14 am

which? I have FR7, question mark was because I didn't know if it had been noted already.

12:15 am

yes hokie it has :)

12:15 am

hokie okay i wasnt sure

12:15 am

:)

did someone say there is an sl 6?

12:16 am

not seeing that R or the first L

12:16 am

FE 8

12:16 am

thanks anyway. :-)

12:16 am

cos i cant get that L either

12:16 am

the 2nd R is RE 6/7

12:16 am

I still lack the first L, Y, and 2nd col R

la 5/10

12:17 am

hokie RE 6/7

12:17 am

thanks dee for the L

yqw nbt nbs

12:17 am

okay, got an R, thx.

re 6/27

12:18 am

NBT

12:18 am

is the LA 5 common?

12:18 am

wtg diz

12:18 am

nbt/nbs

wtg diz

12:18 am

wtg cos

12:18 am

re 6 x 5

12:18 am

wtg cos

12:18 am

and diz

12:18 am

never mind i got the LA 5

12:19 am

A stats?

12:19 am

hi everyone :)

12:19 am

so was it common?

12:19 am

au4 and au5

12:19 am

au 4 and 5

re 7 x 2

12:19 am

au 4 & 5

12:19 am

never saw it before

12:19 am

thanks should have seen those hokie:)

12:20 am

nbt, nbs

12:20 am

wtg nan

12:20 am

wtg nan

12:20 am

not seeing that la5

12:21 am

I have seen it before, but no idea what it means.

12:21 am

la5/10... so not much options...

12:21 am

sounds like a man's name

12:21 am

need stats for R in second column please?

12:21 am

3rd olumn 2ND T stats please?

12:21 am

Flosey RE 6/7

12:21 am

ah, alt spelling of another word that looks like a name

12:22 am

ty cos and mlf -- nbt/nbs

12:22 am

yw jill

12:22 am

MLF, try to5/10

12:22 am

to5 mlf

12:22 am

thanks mlf, looking

12:22 am

te 4, mlf

12:22 am

wtg jilli

12:22 am

yw flosey

12:22 am

got it thanks cyber

12:23 am

fe 8, le 8 -- the others?

12:23 am

te5 too

12:23 am

Corner D stats please?

12:23 am

de4

12:23 am

thanks cyber

12:23 am

thanks cos

12:24 am

nbt and nbs

12:24 am

do6 called?

12:24 am

wtg mlf

12:24 am

i am out of here poof

12:25 am

do 6 x 2 jill.. maybe theres more?

12:25 am

bye mlf

12:26 am

I have ot5 whats the other?

12:26 am

of5

12:26 am

of 5

12:26 am

duh thanks

12:26 am

fe 8, le 8 -- anyone have the others?

12:27 am

those are all I have

12:27 am

thanks mlf, at last, nbt

12:27 am

lol, cos. I didn't have it until you asked, and then it appeared.

12:27 am

lol love when that happens

12:28 am

Hello everyone. The is really Bugsaw but the game won't let me log on as Bugsaw any more for some reason. Can anyone tell me what Dr God's email is so I can find out what happened please?

12:29 am

dr.god@playbabble.com

12:29 am

hi bugs/annagramma -- how strange!

12:29 am

thank you flosey. I miss the game.

12:29 am

dr.god@playbabble.com

12:30 am

hope he can help you quickly bugsy so you won't miss this grid

I have ya 4 and 5... other y please?

12:30 am

I just tried every email and every password I have until some combination worked and this is what happened jilli. It was what I called myself before I became pro!

12:30 am

one L short and its driving me crazy

12:30 am

well, you can still play, bugs

12:30 am

ya 4 x 2 dee

12:30 am

I think a bunch of etymologists complained about your name anaa

12:30 am

ty for the ya5 tho

ty cos

12:31 am

hi ruru

12:31 am

LOL ruru. I am sure you were the instigator

12:31 am

Clues are up

12:31 am

hi jilli

l's are: la 5, le 6, 8 lo 4, 4, 6, 5, 6

12:31 am

ya4/10

12:31 am

who me?

yw and ty mrp!

ty f,kz]\

12:31 am

thanks wa smising lo5

12:31 am

hooray for the clues, mrp!

ty flosey

12:32 am

clues come up at exactly halfway thru :) ty mrp

12:32 am

TY mrp and/or Lickety

12:32 am

thanks mrp

12:32 am

alright, (past) time for me to hit the hay. 'Night, y'all!

12:33 am

gnight carla

12:33 am

ty mrp -- down to 50 and stalled

so 8

dr 7

12:36 am

thanks for the dr7 nd the 5

yw

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grrr beed \][

grr keep putting fingers on wrong keys so sorry

12:38 am

agreed dee

12:38 am

:)

12:38 am

dee's on drugs.. dee's on drugs

12:38 am

thanks for the so8 too

12:39 am

and the wa4 to go with it .. W's wiped out.

lol actually I did just take some aleve :) hi ru

yw cos

12:39 am

101 down and stuck

12:40 am

just peeked at the list. I aready have all the re6s all on my own :)

wtg cos!

12:40 am

wd cos

12:41 am

fr 6/42 with high tile in it

12:41 am

make that two fr6/42

fr 6/42 x 2

12:41 am

and fr8!

snap

12:41 am

halfway

12:42 am

fr 6/42 x 3

12:43 am

the fr8 is a fr4/6/8 combo

ty cos have all the 8's

12:44 am

wtg ruru

12:45 am

i'm lost tonight

12:45 am

50 left. saving them for tomorrow. night all

nite cos

12:46 am

g'night cos

12:46 am

gnight cos

12:46 am

great .. now I have to get to 49..lol

do 7

12:47 am

over halfway

wtg jili

12:49 am

ty dee

yw :)

12:51 am

crashing - last 20 tomorrow :)

nite nan

12:52 am

gnight nan

te 7

fireworks

12:53 am

whee for dee :-)

ty so much jili

glad it was a normal sized gird need to get some rest... busy day and week

may I help anyone before I leave?

12:54 am

wtg Dee

12:55 am

not seeing words any more so it's quittin' time -- goodnight all...*poof

gn jili

ty flosey

12:56 am

g'night jilli

*poofing with hugs then*

12:57 am

poofy hugs?

big poofy hugs LOL nite ru

12:58 am

nite dee

12:58 am

it was something I said, wasn't it, dee :-)

no dear freep; just exhausted

12:59 am

g'night! And hi all.

12:59 am

i need one damn c

1:04 am

think wine

1:04 am

cl621

1:04 am

lower left a for mbt, stats please?

1:05 am

ar6/18

1:06 am

thank you flosey

1:06 am

au4 and 5

1:06 am

I have ya 4, 4, missing?

1:06 am

yw ru

1:06 am

ya5/14

1:07 am

that was easy

1:07 am

bottom row grey now

1:09 am

what is your icon, ru?

1:10 am

it's tiny even when I click on it

1:11 am

the gay pride parade.. local color to welcome kje

1:12 am

ah yes, SF has quite a large gay pride parade I understand, daughter was down there last year, on business

1:12 am

large? .. gigantic

1:12 am

more queens than in the history of England

1:12 am

:D

1:13 am

I didn't see Toronto's but saw some of the marchers walking to it - interest

1:14 am

one burly big guy was dressed in nothing but huge chains

1:14 am

I think it's great.. a freedom day for gay people

1:14 am

and why not

1:14 am

like women's rights and black people's rights.. it's all the same.. it's the last frontier

1:15 am

of course

1:15 am

wonder if he had a lock on those chains

1:15 am

lol, I didn't look that closely

1:16 am

was on the other side of the street

1:16 am

I"d be afraid to guess what he'd try to pick the locks with..lol

1:17 am

lol

1:18 am

gives a whole new meaning to the chain gang

1:19 am

you're right there

1:20 am

we had a lively discussion earlier about religion

1:20 am

oh my, must look back, what time?

1:21 am

sometime around 5 or 6 our time

1:21 am

maybe a bit later than that

1:21 am

I'll check later, must have been interesting

1:21 am

it was pretty cool

1:22 am

everyone was so cool about it.. some very religious people who have common sense about religion

1:22 am

as long as it stays 'cool' can get quite heated at times

1:23 am

I enjoyed it .. we didn't get into an argument. I'm an atheist

1:24 am

i'm really stuck now

1:26 am

as long as people respect others choices, it's fine but you'd laugh - sister and I had a chat about gays - we have quite a few friends who are, but chat ended, and then "but it's wrong" she had to have the last word

1:26 am

when I said WE, I meant hubby and I

1:26 am

ah.

1:27 am

I grew up with 7 gay cousins...I totally get it

1:27 am

one of the friendliest weddings we've attended was 2 gays, their invitation was very interestingly worded - "come to a quear wedding" and so on

1:27 am

7 out of 54

1:28 am

I went to a gay wedding two years ago.. it was really beautiful and very moving.

1:28 am

they live around the block from us.. they're great people

1:29 am

I have 3 gay relatives, great guys

1:30 am

you are so cool flosey. I can't even wrap my head around it

1:31 am

but when you grow up with people, and love them, it's not difficult to understand

1:31 am

morning all - can anyone give me a clue for the r in the middle row please. Need it for NBT

1:31 am

hi Kazzer

1:31 am

beats me kazzer. not a clue

1:32 am

re6/21 I said that before, didn't I

1:32 am

re7 - make over the make overs

1:32 am

thanks Dianne

1:32 am

reredos

1:32 am

yw

1:33 am

that's it flosey

1:33 am

oops, sorry, forgot to change boxes

1:33 am

lol

re + give some food e 5/18

1:34 am

this Helen - just saw the other two - catch alight again and do it in the past

1:34 am

i'm calling it a day.. night all

1:34 am

thats should have read tks

a late hello to all!

1:35 am

Night Ruru - see you later maybe

1:35 am

hello melon

Realized it was the wrong r! Anybody have an 8?

1:36 am

goodnight ru

1:36 am

so8/75

1:36 am

le 8/45

1:37 am

fe 8/60

1:40 am

I don't have the 4th 8

Thanks Kazzer, flosey - tho I may never get that so 8!

1:41 am

do you want a clue helen?

Yes, thanks - satring is not getting me anywhere.

1:42 am

computer users use it

Staring - tho sarting won't help either.

1:43 am

the last one is fr 8/80

1:43 am

thanks kazz, looking

1:43 am

clue for that might be a mini bad hair day

Kickself gently - thanks flosey

1:44 am

yw helen, and thanks Kazz, still looking

nbt nbs

1:45 am

wtg melon

NBT - taking worn out eyes to bed. Thanks for all the help.

got the fr8 by thinking silly

1:49 am

nite helen

1:51 am

goodnight helen

1:51 am

must go as well to get ready for work. love and joy to all

1:52 am

and to you Kazz

tat Kazzer!

2:06 am

morning Babble friends

2:07 am

morning sprite - but past my bedtime

2:08 am

sleep well then, flosey :)

2:09 am

thanks sprite, 33 left for tomorrow - if there's time, busy day

2:09 am

I hope it will be a good one, flosey. Happy dreams.

2:10 am

yes, good busy sprite, getting ready for family arriving for the weekend, and tieing up some loose ends here

2:10 am

oh nice :)

2:12 am

hoping one week will mean seeing less tent caterpillars

2:12 am

what are tent caterpillars?

2:13 am

something you will never wish to see, they start out in a tent of webbing on the ends of limbs of, in our case mostly apple trees

2:13 am

oh... I think I know then. They can take over whole areas of trees :(

2:14 am

which meant clipping the limb off and burning - hubby has spent at least 2 hours a day doing this for the last few weeks

84, with 3 8s and 7 7s. I should have been in bed. Now I shall. nite,all! {poof}

2:14 am

yes, if not dealt with quickly, they spread

2:14 am

argh what a job.

2:14 am

bye melon

2:14 am

goodnight melon

2:15 am

nasty but necessary, we will have apples this year

2:15 am

at least there is that

2:15 am

they come in cycles - I don't remember the last time they were here, maybe 10 years ago

2:17 am

not sure if they are the same we have here. Some years they are all over the trees near the canal here. But luckily not in our gardens.

2:17 am

they don't bother some trees - our big maple hasn't been touched

2:18 am

but the weedy type trees like alder, they go for

2:18 am

picky pests!

2:18 am

yes, just nasty

2:19 am

anyway, must get to bed so that I can get off to an early start tomorrow

2:19 am

sleep well!

2:19 am

good luck with the grid sprite,

2:20 am

thanks, looks like a fun one

3:30 am

good morning

3:30 am

hey ruby!

3:30 am

is anybody here?

3:31 am

well just little old me

3:31 am

I made it rain today by watering last night! The all-powerful Ruby! lol

3:31 am

{{little old you}}

3:31 am

yayyy the magic of the watering can and the umbrella.

3:31 am

how are you and your husband?

yaw

3:32 am

hi Nanette

3:32 am

he's OK and I'm just tired from dealing with Rufie and him

3:32 am

hello hello no no

3:33 am

*hugs ruby* It is a tough job. How is Rufie healing up?

3:33 am

sprite: all the things you showed me how to do, I can't do... feel like a stupe! but will re-attack later in the day

3:33 am

Rufe is doing much better but looking longingly at Ruby's food

3:34 am

just take it one step at a time, dear impatient ruby :D

hi Sprite, Ruby, your visit all over? did the two of you have a good time

3:34 am

Burt bought him boned chicken breasts this AM, so he'll have sa healthy treat later

3:34 am

yeah poor Rufie. But he will love not having that bad itching spot anymore. It is worth it.

3:35 am

we had a marvellous time, Nanette! Yes it is over, I came home on Saturday. Ruby and her husband spoiled me rotten.

3:35 am

yes, no no, it was wonderful! We must have known each other in a previous life (how very Buddhist of me!) because it was definitely old friends

3:35 am

I agree

thats great!

3:35 am

and sprite really brought DH out of his shell into which he withdraws because of impatient me

3:36 am

he is a wonderful man. And you are a wonderful woman, ruby.

3:36 am

<-- blushing

3:40 am

we almost have do****el, sprite's new scrabble word!

3:40 am

oh we all love the cake, ruby!

3:41 am

lol yes I noticed! Lovely to learn new words, isn't it.

3:41 am

good

good morning, could I get a clue for re6/27, please

3:49 am

gm, marc

3:49 am

don't have it yet, but will look

morning Marc

3:49 am

burn again, Marc, and hi

3:50 am

slap me with a herring

thanks Sprite got it.

3:50 am

half and nbs but not nbt :(

good for you Ruby! I have more than half but need an L and an 8 for nbt/nbs

3:52 am

fe8/60

will work on that thanks

3:52 am

fe8 = chained

3:53 am

morning ruby glad to hear that the visit from sprite was a happy time. the word you mentioned, do****** puts me in mind of a word that is in the grid, very similar, and which is the little burned-out lump of baccy in a pipe which requires that screeching scrooper to clean out the bowl ready for the next baccy

3:53 am

le8 is like it

ty Sprite

3:53 am

lol scouser, that is nice :)

there, NBS and NBT

3:54 am

the fe6 is my Russian ancestor's name!

3:54 am

wtg Nanette!

3:54 am

interesting

3:54 am

hello scouser! what part of Russia?

re7/32, please?

3:55 am

act again again, Marc

3:55 am

Moscow area

3:56 am

nbt!

3:56 am

how far back can you trace them scouser

wtg ruby!

3:56 am

only took 80 words, lol

3:56 am

lol... Babble does not know 'internet' but it does know so8 (compound)

3:56 am

wtg ruby!

3:57 am

ooh, nifty clue! ty

3:57 am

:)

3:57 am

Late 18th century in Sweden; others in Germany even further. Very convoluted family- "weed" not "tr4" !

3:58 am

or bush/shrub -- many branches

3:58 am

we have a family-weed 'cos of many cousins marrying in late 19th century

3:58 am

like first husband who was Irish, Swedish, English and could trace way back

3:58 am

I can go back to the 2nd half of 19th C, all in the Ukraine

3:59 am

all those family t4 programmes you can get for computer get very upset when you put persons on same "row" in marriage

3:59 am

lol yes I can imagine

3:59 am

our previous housekeeper married someone with the same last name but a different hyphen; the priest raised an eyebrow!

4:00 am

but the name is very common in this valley

4:00 am

whenever I get an official form which says "give nationality" I always put "middle-European" because they don't have that as a choice!

4:01 am

:D

4:01 am

easier for me; they're all from only two places

4:01 am

and I think sprite is Dutch lol

4:01 am

I like the way the Swiss deal with the hyphen - one way round before the divorce, other way afterwards! So my cousin was Mme C. P-B and then afterwards Mme C. P-B !

4:01 am

notice they've used a mispelling of Dutch pottery

4:01 am

sorry - typed the last bit wrong Mme C. B-P

4:02 am

I didn't know that, scouser

4:02 am

I use a hyphen but with my first husband's name rather than my maiden name because I got married so young

4:02 am

uh oh, DHis calling!

4:02 am

fi4flies :) Yes I am Dutch. More than 1/4 Friesian, very apt int his grid today. Some French blood, some German.

4:02 am

the pottery is not wrong the word means a small quarry usually narrow and open to the sky

4:02 am

hug him from me, ruby

4:02 am

everything is kelley: son, degrees, assets.....

4:03 am

will do, sprite

4:03 am

I thought it had a t at the end.....

4:03 am

I am off, bye all, have fun :D

4:03 am

*poof*

4:04 am

slot

bye sprite

4:04 am

sorry - PB for me

5:04 am

Morning all....clue for the single L on the left please?

5:07 am

can any lurkers help me please?

5:07 am

nm....got it!!!

5:29 am

to4/7 please

5:31 am

good grief, just now found fr6/42

5:31 am

medusa, don't have it yet

5:31 am

ok

5:33 am

... rhymes with not hard

5:33 am

thanks!

5:33 am

tx dos!

5:36 am

how about so8?

5:37 am

id you're crazy about someone, you're be-so8

5:37 am

It's past tense

Hi all, I've been lurking. I think you'll find so8 is a two- part word to do with computers

5:40 am

... to be crazy is an so6

5:40 am

... I think

5:40 am

now im confused! lol

5:41 am

i was thinking that too

5:42 am

... my so8 and guernsey's so8 ... is "a computer programme" ... you run it

5:42 am

sorry - I clued the so6/21, which means 'drunk'.

5:42 am

lol

5:42 am

... to be crazy in love with someone is an s06

5:43 am

... though you usually hear it with "be" in front of it but there is not "be" here

Now we,re clear on that, has anyone got the lone l on the left please?

5:43 am

... ends with a double vowel

Ty dose, got it.

5:44 am

just got it

5:44 am

thanks

5:44 am

Sorry for the misinformation - it's 3.45am, and I really should close down, and go t bed, but ... maybe just one more word?

5:45 am

1 more word is never 1 more though. it always turns into more than 1 more for me

If I'd ever been to the Maldives, I might have known it!

5:46 am

That's why I got up, after being in bed for an hour - just one more word.

Off to do something useful. Be back later. Bye

5:47 am

... my I suggest ya4/10 ... a type of boat ... for sailing away to the Maldives ... or sleep ...

5:49 am

te5/12 please

5:52 am

I think it's the third hour of prayers (in a monastery). Anyway, it's from the word for three.

5:55 am

thanks

5:59 am

I'd better get to bed -- have fun. poof

6:00 am

ttfn christine and thanks for the help

6:00 am

Oooh, found one more - now I really must poof away.yw

6:01 am

Oh rats, I may as well make a cuppa - I'm not leaving any time soon

6:02 am

fr8 please

6:02 am

... as my mother used to say ... GO TO BED .... NOW

6:03 am

... the words will still be there in the morning ... or afternoon

6:03 am

I need to get up in about 4 hours, so it may not be worth while to go to bed. I'm retired, so I could just nap when I get back from the Doctor,

6:03 am

... although my kid never pays any attention to me when I say it so why should you ...

6:04 am

Good day to all.

6:04 am

Do you know the value of the fr8? we could work it out from that.

6:04 am

hi scrab

6:04 am

fr8/80 christine

6:04 am

... morning scrabbler ... how are the forests of the great north west this morning? ...

6:05 am

Drying out from a wicked thunderstorm overnight. I woke up to *BOOM*BOOM!

6:05 am

so we want 8 letters, totalling 16 - easyypeasy as my neighbour's kid says.

6:06 am

... yeah ... lost another branch on the tree too

6:06 am

A big, old tree?

6:07 am

... a big old tree ... but only a small branch ... that likely broke off in the last storm and took two weeks to fall all the way through to the ground

6:08 am

I have branches like that. I see them hanging up there and hope I am not underneath when a branch lets loose.

6:08 am

... likely about 100 years old ... but on it's last legs ... ... the town will have to take it down in the next couple of years

6:09 am

have 26 left!

6:09 am

I trimmed many low-hanging branches on Saturday, to allow more sun to hit the front of my house. Next I need one of those long tree trimmers to reach higher branches.

6:10 am

111 for me, medusa

6:10 am

i have been here quite a while now. think i need a break so gonna go and make coffee.

6:11 am

And I must grab breakfast. BRB.

6:13 am

gm

6:13 am

well, I found the fr8, but I don't know what it means - think of what humidity does to curly hair, then make it 'petite'

6:14 am

... and to you kje

6:14 am

well, I found the fr8, but I don't know what it means - think of what humidity does to curly hair, then make it 'petite'.

6:14 am

hi kje

6:14 am

great clue, chris, ty

6:14 am

thanks

6:15 am

hi kje

6:15 am

hi scrab... I hear you guys got a storm?

6:15 am

TY, Chris. Great clue.

6:15 am

hi medusa and dof

6:15 am

Overnight. I was awoken by a furious thunderstorm.

6:15 am

Oh, a hairpiece 'a little curl'.

6:16 am

I love big thunderstorms

6:16 am

... Don't miss that it's part of an fr4/6/8 combo

6:16 am

me too. not had a good 1 here for a long time now

6:17 am

got all fr now

6:17 am

I managed to fall asleep despite the pounding rain (I have a steel roof here, to handle the winters) and the thunder.

6:17 am

got all fr now

6:23 am

ar5/10 please

6:23 am

Gotta get to work. BBL.

6:24 am

ar + ***ephone.

6:24 am

ttfn scrab

6:24 am

got it

6:25 am

and plural

6:26 am

I have abba stuck in my head

6:27 am

... mama mia! what can be done!

6:28 am

well, it wasn't that one..... but now it is... thanks a lot dof ; )

6:29 am

... you're just lucky rururocks isn't around ... he'd have hit you with six different abba songs .. and you'd be done for life

6:30 am

i could reel some off for ya

6:30 am

still fun music

6:31 am

Goodnight/goodmorning all - I really am going to bed, now

6:31 am

... good plan ... ... g'night

6:31 am

sleep well, christine

6:33 am

goodnight christine and dos

6:33 am

does anyone have a list?

6:34 am

do you not have lickety flask?

6:34 am

\yes I do....why?

6:35 am

you were asking for a list

6:37 am

top do5/14 please

6:37 am

OMG!! How bloody stupid can one woman be????? I have never noticed the list was up at all......been here a couple of hours too.....thanks Medusa!!

6:38 am

no probs. its been down for a couple of days but the first thing i do is check that it is the right day! i really struggle without it

6:38 am

... don't fret ... madame president didn't get Lickety up for a couple of days last week

6:38 am

I have PT of the banana brand, medusa

6:40 am

I knew it was down, and managed both days.....but today I just kept refreshing the clues and it wouldn't change from 146...what a balloon I am.....am gobsmacked at my utter stupidity!!!!

6:41 am

we all have days like that

6:42 am

not getting that clue kje. is that for the first do5?

6:42 am

I am not listing, but the first do5/14 I have is a PT of the do4 to pass things out (or a brand of bananas)

6:43 am

hink there is 1 before that

6:43 am

do 5/12 similar to do 6/21 minus a letter

6:44 am

already got that 1

6:44 am

but thanks

6:44 am

do5 - italian sweet

6:45 am

do... gebana..I think

6:45 am

gabbana flask, lol

6:45 am

do5 and gabbana

6:46 am

thats the one! thanks

6:46 am

... Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine ... "La Dxxxx Vita"

6:46 am

Well I tried!!

6:46 am

thats a good one dose.....

6:47 am

well, not a brand I can afford, flask... so hard to remember the spelling ; )

6:47 am

... older anyways

6:49 am

Thanks kje. Hello everyone

6:50 am

... evening lynxxx

6:50 am

hi lynxxx

6:50 am

gm lynxx

6:50 am

hi lyn

6:50 am

ge kje

6:51 am

11 left

6:52 am

morning, help with lower r pls

6:52 am

17 here

6:52 am

hi Peri

6:52 am

... burn again

6:53 am

... and burnt again

6:53 am

merci, dose

6:53 am

TY Dos

6:54 am

i6/30 please

6:54 am

fi6/30

6:56 am

like a lion or tiger or bear.... mean and scary

6:56 am

thank kje

6:56 am

or slang for really hot .... "you look fi6, girl!"

6:56 am

yw

6:57 am

that one has been bugging me for ages!

6:58 am

... 80% ... time to stop and do something else ... ... barkeep! a good day for everyone! ... ... 'til later

6:58 am

hagd dos

6:58 am

bye Dos - enjoy

6:58 am

ttfn dose. thanks for the help

6:59 am

I'm down to 25.... will try to finish this morning if I can

6:59 am

cheers dose.!!

7:00 am

re5/18 please?

7:00 am

gave food again

7:01 am

thanx Unea...

7:01 am

yw :-)

7:01 am

re7/32 please

7:01 am

Such a beautiful dog Une, they are one of my favourite breeds

7:01 am

don't have it yet, sorry -- not very far along :-)

7:02 am

me too, lynXXX!!

7:02 am

and he was soooo sweet and loving

7:02 am

a real cutie

7:02 am

14 months old and an owner surrender -- baffling, eh?

7:03 am

makes you wonder why some people get animas dont it?

7:03 am

would be on my list of the next breed to get but need too much exercise for old me! was checking them out the other day

7:03 am

yes!!

7:03 am

he is beautiful, une

7:04 am

of course, nowadays, sometimes owner surrenders are because people have to move out of a house into an apt where dogs aren't allowed . . .

7:04 am

some lucky person gets a wonderful new pet though - thanks to kind persons like Une!

7:04 am

yep, lynxxx -- very high energy! LOL

7:04 am

oh, lynxxx, it's such a treat for me to meet and help drive these dogs!

7:04 am

this is true. i am not allowed a dog here coz i am on the 4th floor

7:05 am

and then, some apt/condo bldgs have rules related to specific breeds . . .

7:06 am

he went to a man in TX who's going to train him to be a hunting dog . . . hope it works out . . . for both of them!

7:07 am

cool

7:07 am

can't find that re7 yet, medusa.... will keep looking though

7:07 am

its being very good at hiding

7:08 am

need the bottom 2 re6 too

7:09 am

I have a re6 meaning posterior... re+ most of a dirt path through the forrest

7:09 am

tx kje

7:09 am

and the other I have it recited a story again

7:10 am

and re6 tidy up the laundry :-)

7:10 am

fireworks for flask!!

7:11 am

congrats, flask!!

7:11 am

already got that one une

7:11 am

Yay Flask!

7:11 am

well done flask

7:11 am

re

7:11 am

re

7:11 am

woohoo flask!

7:11 am

i figured -- just tossing out clues LOL

7:12 am

whoo hooooo FLASK!! gm, everyone!

7:12 am

lol

7:12 am

hi lbd!

7:12 am

hi kje!

7:12 am

hi dawg

7:12 am

hi medusa!

7:13 am

there is a fr7.44 - worried - that you can drop the f from

7:13 am

hi Dawg

7:13 am

hi lynxxx!

7:13 am

thanks

7:13 am

OK, found that re7

7:14 am

re + house rehabs?

7:14 am

similar to a te7 except different first letter

7:14 am

dont have te7! lol

7:15 am

boy I am feeling thick, clues flying right over my head tonite

7:15 am

they are me too now lyn!

7:16 am

ha! found it - comes from the left hand R

7:16 am

yes, lower r

7:17 am

hi all

7:17 am

gm jmc

7:17 am

hi jmc

7:17 am

hi jmc

7:17 am

te7 - where's Ata!

7:18 am

ata?

7:18 am

england?

7:19 am

hmm it was a coastal town up north somewhere i think

7:19 am

te6/7 was one of her favorite words

7:20 am

Kent wasn't it?

7:20 am

ok. i need the 6 too

7:20 am

thats the re6/18

7:20 am

ah you didn't mean te6 is where she is. . .and yes i looked and it is kent

7:20 am

te + decorate again

7:20 am

need the te6 too though

7:21 am

te + act again

7:21 am

haha ty good clues

7:21 am

got the te. thanks

7:22 am

gt the re7 at last!

7:24 am

just need re6/18

7:24 am

did you get the posterior one, medusa

7:25 am

fireworks

7:25 am

whoo hoo medusa!

7:25 am

could not work out that clue kje

7:25 am

Guess she did! Congrats medusa!

7:26 am

whooo hooooo MEDUSA

7:26 am

thanks all

7:26 am

yay medusa!

7:26 am

right im off to do some more knitting! speak tomorrow

7:27 am

enjoy

7:27 am

good luck everyone still trying

I am so confused with clues just given for te6 and re6. Could someone give me a more detailed clue, sorry?

7:27 am

hagd, medusa

7:27 am

morning all!

7:27 am

te6 te & color and vwl

7:27 am

hi mark, hi carlee

7:28 am

hi Carlee

7:28 am

te+decorate again

7:28 am

hi dawg

7:28 am

hi lynxxx..

thanks got it

7:28 am

the countdown is on..and carlee is gettiing a tad nervous with the weather reports

ow re6?

7:29 am

oh?

7:29 am

change the first letter only Marc

7:30 am

leaving friday... heading to TN/NC and looks like i might be hiking through the fallout of hurricane debbie

7:30 am

ah

7:30 am

sure you want to do that Carlee?

7:30 am

nothing like being in the mountains during a storm!

7:30 am

appalachian trail?

7:31 am

plans made...not just me going...

7:31 am

yeap jmc

didn't work, changed the te to re+re4 but it didn't go

7:31 am

well that is far enough in land that it will be a big rain storm but not big big winds

7:31 am

once the storm hits land it should race through pretty quickly

7:32 am

marc, make it a plural

7:32 am

I hope you can hole up in a leanto carlee

7:32 am

ah - sorry Marc - takes only the plural form - re7

7:32 am

the re is only a 7 plural with no singular

7:32 am

usually does yes....am more concerned with electrical storms

thanks got it

7:33 am

a leanto??? maybe take shovels and dig very deep holes!

7:33 am

I used to love watching lightning from my tent

7:33 am

if you can deice, why can't you defr6

7:33 am

hurricanes rarely bring thunderstorms with them. . . mostly the damage is wind

7:33 am

wind and flood

7:33 am

should be exciting....

7:33 am

woo our t-storm is over! just in time to take the kids to camp

7:33 am

because it is defrost

7:34 am

was in isabelle in b-more.... water water everywhere - that post storm surge

7:34 am

but why jmc

7:34 am

haha i was in houston for a number of hurricanes. ..carla the eye went over our house

7:34 am

hugo made it up here...took out a 100+ year old maple...that crushed 2 cars..took out hydro lines and blocked traffic for more than 6 hours

7:35 am

just because kje. . . you want logic with the english language? tsk tsk

7:35 am

at my house that is...made a mess of our yard

7:35 am

really what I want is the d's to end

could I get a clue for wa6, please?

7:36 am

foudn 2 of the 8's le and fe

7:36 am

help with other 8's pls

7:36 am

hi peri

7:36 am

a bumpy nose may be wa6

7:36 am

and a belated hi to marc and carlee

7:36 am

hi there jmc, hi all

7:36 am

hi jmc :)

hi jm

7:37 am

fr8 - small piece of fuzzy hair?

7:37 am

a witch's nose may be wa6

7:37 am

fr8 is a silly word

7:37 am

a toad may cause a wa6 hand

7:37 am

hmm, looking for the fr8

does the wa6 build off the wa4 before it?

7:37 am

a wa6 hand is no fun to hold

7:37 am

ty kje

7:37 am

yes

7:38 am

i am shocked with your stereotyping kje

7:38 am

what a cute word! TY kje

7:38 am

lol

7:38 am

not seeing that fr8 but still looking

7:38 am

start with hair on a humid day and then petite it

7:38 am

is the hight point letter in the fr8?

7:39 am

how's that for making up a verb

7:39 am

yep

7:39 am

yes, peri

7:39 am

yes peri

7:39 am

ty, kje for the fr8

7:39 am

what a dumb word, ty kje and jmc

7:39 am

yw

7:39 am

my stomach is growling - brb

missing something on the wa6

7:40 am

a curly fringe, often an artificial hairpiece, the fr8

7:40 am

wa4 - a skin bump due to a virus

7:40 am

wa6 PT it

7:40 am

the past tense ending, Marc.

7:40 am

Good morning everyone

7:40 am

past tense of the second wa marc

7:40 am

moring mom

7:40 am

hi Mom

7:40 am

morNing* even

7:41 am

hi mom and ivesy

7:41 am

(((Lynxxx, Carlee))) hello

got it thanks

7:41 am

hello jmc

7:41 am

(((MOM)))

7:41 am

(((LBD))) hello

7:42 am

hi ivesy, peri and crossy

7:42 am

stats for the left L please

7:42 am

hi lbd and mom

7:42 am

help with last 8 pls

7:42 am

morning all..

7:42 am

la5.10

7:42 am

man's name for la5, alt spelling

7:42 am

((Peri)) good morning

7:42 am

hello Ivesy

7:42 am

ty lynxxx

7:42 am

hi Ivesy

7:43 am

ty peri

7:43 am

howdy lbd,ivesy

7:43 am

getting ready for our big summer reading program at library.. .. more hours, more little rugrats streaming inand out runny nose, crying, god i love it lol

7:44 am

hi ivesy

7:44 am

:-)

7:44 am

hi crossy

7:44 am

morning ((Crossy))

7:44 am

sounds delightful, Ivesy

7:45 am

nbt now off to the bank to open an account. . . bbl

7:45 am

bye jmc

7:45 am

bye lynxxx good to see you as always

7:45 am

bye bye JMC

7:45 am

my dehydrating i think is just down to ground beef and some more banana :D

7:46 am

((mom))

7:46 am

howdy jmc

7:46 am

h Cross

7:47 am

16 remaining. bbl to finish

7:47 am

bye dawg

7:47 am

bye bye lbd

7:47 am

lol ivesy,must be great to be there right at the start when the children blossom into avid readers:)

7:47 am

choc cake w. berries and cream for me . BBS

7:47 am

i remember teaching my son..was great fun

7:47 am

bye bye Lynxxx

7:50 am

does anyone have the so8?

7:50 am

it is crossy, have seen a few babies at a few months now growing into toddlers. getting their first library card.

7:50 am

reading "the hobbit" to my son and acting out the dwarves smashing all of bilbos plates..:)) his eyes got all big and round and by the time i was done the dwarves plate smashing song he was jumping up and down and rooting for bilbo to save a plate:))

7:50 am

..good memory:)

7:51 am

i hate tolkien

7:51 am

do not care carlee..go away:)

7:51 am

we love hobbits

7:51 am

:P

7:51 am

Peri, I do not, but I will help you look

7:51 am

:p~~~~~~ to u too crossy <snort>

7:52 am

we liked tweedle beedles...

7:52 am

:PP

7:52 am

I have so6x2

7:52 am

I have those as well

culd I get clues for the second to last re6/21 and the re6/18, please?

7:53 am

have to get ready for the food pantry, bbl

7:53 am

so8 compound - think PCs

7:53 am

bye bye Peri

7:54 am

thanks Lynxxx

re6/21 S&re6/18, please?

7:56 am

re + past tense of tell

7:56 am

sorry I don't have the re 6/18 though

I have that one, it is the othe two I need, thanks

7:57 am

re6.18 something to do with b uttocks I think - but I don't know the term

rettle

sorry

7:57 am

the first 4 letters of that Marc and past tense

7:59 am

time to start my day. (((Hugs))) to all of you

7:59 am

bye Mom xx

7:59 am

bye bye Lynxxx ((hugs))

8:00 am

re6.18 re & a **i** before judge and jury

thanks got the both have to go noe

8:03 am

bye Marc

8:04 am

enough for me tonight - bye all

8:06 am

clue for te 5/12

8:08 am

nm got it and fireworks

8:14 am

hello. 84 this AM

8:14 am

I'm all excited; just found out that the Tour de France starts on Sat and I thought it was the following one! yay

8:15 am

good morning all - good morning ruby

8:16 am

hello teach

8:16 am

does it go close to where you live?

8:17 am

not this year, but two years it did, once around Lac d'Annecy and once right past the road next to our garden.

8:17 am

it is my favorite sporting event since I moved to France

8:18 am

yay matches!

8:18 am

hello kje

8:19 am

Good morning all

8:19 am

hello mr. bob

8:21 am

Back again. First 3 patients have been "no-shows." :-(

8:22 am

hello scrabs

8:22 am

more time for babble!

8:23 am

Yep. I reviewed that charts of all scheduled kids, signed off on lab reports, etc.

8:26 am

Good Morning, Everybody. How are you all on this fine day?

8:26 am

{{nef}} fine thanks but should be outside pruning roses

8:26 am

Scrabs; to have the first 3 patients of the day not show up really messes things up, doesn't it?

8:28 am

Hi ruby. Prune roses? How often do you do that? I have a rose bush out front I was going to cut out this summer, and then if bloomed like crazy this year (after 3 yoears of very few blooms)

8:30 am

didn't mean prune, meant deadhead.

8:31 am

they are a mess and dropping petals everyplace. If I do a good job, they'll flower one or two more times

8:31 am

it's nasty work

8:32 am

so8?

8:32 am

compound having to do with computers

8:33 am

of course, ty

8:34 am

thnx ruby

8:34 am

I planted a Peace rose out front about 10 years ago. It had beautiful yellow with blush pink flowers; but about 5 years ago it must have been hit with frost and then I've had deep red (and thorny) roses since. It's had some marvelous flowers, but the past 3 years it didn't do much at all; so I was thinking I'd dig it out and replace it. But over the past 2 months it's been spectacular with tons of flowers again

8:35 am

morning all!

8:35 am

I only added rosebushes the 3rd year of the garden, several kinds,: red, dark red, pink, purple and slamon

8:35 am

they are worth the work and wait

8:35 am

I'm glad that yours made a comeback!

8:35 am

hello sue

8:35 am

morning uusue

8:36 am

Nef, I am at the Indian Reservation Clinic so no-shows are common. Now school is over and it is summer so parents are less likely to be compliant with appts.

8:36 am

Nef, I am at the Indian Reservation Clinic so no-shows are common. Now school is over and it is summer so parents are less likely to be compliant with appts.

8:36 am

Hi Sue

8:36 am

morning sue, kje, wv, and everybody else

8:36 am

but for cut flowers, yellow ones are my favorite

8:36 am

hi nef, scrabs, ruby, wv, kje!

8:36 am

ruby, your roses sound gorgeous!

8:36 am

garden has nothing yellow or orange

8:37 am

and now husband's waterlilies are blooming, white ones and double pinks and they're gorgeous.

8:37 am

FW!

8:37 am

Loosestrife, which was in the garden died out but migrated to the fishpond

8:38 am

yay kje!

8:38 am

any clues needed before I go?

8:38 am

yay kje!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

8:39 am

L in 1st column please

8:39 am

good morning everyone

8:39 am

sure, 52 of them! hahah

8:39 am

wtg kj

8:39 am

{{flosey}}

8:39 am

Hi All

8:39 am

congrats kj

8:39 am

la5/10 no idea how to clue

8:39 am

hi hego!

8:39 am

{{hego}}

8:40 am

Scrabs, I'd have to be at work about an hour before our first pt. at our prenatal clinic; setting things up, etc. Our Midwives would come in about 20 minutes before the 1st client too. But to have 3 No Shows at the start of the day would set the whole rhythm of the day off. Or, they'd come in the late afternoon saying that they'd forgotten til then (or couldn't get a ride or whatever) and we'd end up there late.

8:40 am

like the roman household gods but with a vowel at the end

8:40 am

YAY, kje!!! WTG!!!

8:41 am

did you see the clue, teach?

8:41 am

saw the clue but still trying to figure it out

8:41 am

4th patient looks to be a no-show too. *SIGH*

8:42 am

(((Scrabs)))

8:42 am

I want to adopt most of the kids that I see here.

8:42 am

ends in a double vowel, wv

8:43 am

had the same problem with our Mexican patients at my clinic.

8:43 am

thanks, sue

8:43 am

On May 5 nobody showed up. lol

8:43 am

got it - thnx ruby and sue

8:43 am

and ruby

8:43 am

And we have no-shows at our main office too. Rural poverty.

morning all and how many words today and thanks

8:43 am

For the whole day, Hego?

8:43 am

146

8:44 am

I would have thought they'd be grateful for free health care

8:44 am

My clinic is in a very poor part of the Cities also.

8:44 am

right Scrabs, transpotation problems, etc.

8:44 am

Well, the non Mexicans showed up.

8:44 am

Mostly the parents are just not responsible!

8:45 am

it took me a minute to remember May 5th

8:45 am

oh, hego. How awful. We've had days with 23 scheduled and only 8 showed; but I never had no one show all day!

8:45 am

cinco de Mayo

8:45 am

Ah, Cinco de Mayo.

8:45 am

ole!

8:46 am

mixing some Margueritas for the PB

8:46 am

Oh! :-)

8:46 am

I could never figure out why they made appointments for that day.

8:46 am

they weren't looking at a calendar

8:46 am

right6

8:47 am

right

8:47 am

right7

8:47 am

PB?? (scrolling back to see what was said)

8:47 am

I think that many poor, uneducated/unemployed people do not have a calendar (paper or on phone) because everyday is the same--no schedule to life. No work days/weekends. etc.

8:48 am

no no, nef, it was pre-emptive -- thinking about 5 may makes me want one!

8:48 am

okay, ruby! :-)

8:49 am

Scrabs, that's so true. Among my clients, if they do have a calendar, it may be in their phone -which is often shut off due to unpaid bill

8:50 am

Sadly my perspective on kids and parents causes me to society as becoming more feral. Undisciplined parents raise kids without limits, guidance, structure.

8:50 am

Sadly my perspective on kids and parents causes me to society as becoming more feral. Undisciplined parents raise kids without limits, guidance, structure.

8:50 am

<-- didn't know phones have calendars

8:50 am

*too see society

8:50 am

Ruby, yes, and you can set reminders.

8:51 am

3rd try: to see society...

8:51 am

that is too true, scrabs, I can see why you would want to bring the children home

8:51 am

"All" of the fancy phones have all sorts of gizmos. Which cost money; and then they can't pay for them.

8:53 am

My clients were prenatal patients. I felt the same way about some of them. Some of their stories just break your heart! I wanted to bring some home to a safe environment so many times...

8:53 am

I know the feeling Nef

8:54 am

it must be very difficult to send them home

8:54 am

see you later, kids

8:55 am

bye Ruby

8:55 am

We had a social worker that worked with us; but sometimes the young women didn't know that they were battered. They assumed that that is NORMAL.

8:55 am

take good care of the roses ruby

8:56 am

cheez, Nef

8:56 am

bye ruby; good luck with your roses!

8:56 am

I see far too many adolescent girls with NO self-respect so then they permit boy after boy to use their bodies.

8:57 am

halfway, NBT and NBS - time to get something done - BBL

8:59 am

one girl came in with her eyelid and eyebrow slit open lessthan an hour before her appt. We took her to the ER and she had 15 stitches put in (our steri-strips didn't do the job and the CNM didn't think she could stitch her up without scarring her). The girl was "Styling her guys' hair and puleed it;" he pulled out a knife and sliced her for that

9:00 am

I hear you, Scrabs. It's heartbreaking.

9:00 am

were the police notified?

9:00 am

These girls would rather get some attention, even if deadly and brutal, than to not be attached to a guy.

9:01 am

sad

9:01 am

yes, hego. We encouraged her to press charges and this time she did. But who knows what happens later?

9:01 am

fireworks and off to face a very busy day

9:02 am

Bye Flosey

9:02 am

wtg!! Bye Flosey

9:02 am

domestic violence increases with pregnancy and escalates as the pregnancy advances

9:03 am

YAY, flosey!!! WTG!!!

9:03 am

Okay. I'll shut up now. Back to the grid

9:05 am

Finally a patient has arrived. Of course it is a kid that does not need to be here for her minor illness, but I will provide "peace of mind." That is mostly what we do now as most of the kids seen for sick visits do not need to be seen at all.

9:05 am

bye Scrabs

9:06 am

(((Scrabs)))

9:06 am

Hagd, Scrabs (hope everybody else keeps their appts from now on)

9:07 am

So many mothers come to our office with at least one of their kids each week--Munchausen by proxy! It's epidemic.

9:08 am

Oh, My! Are they just looking for Any sort of attention; or just unable to cope with their living situation?

9:09 am

Attention but mostly DRAMA--"Zachary has a cold and he cannot sleep and he is miserable and I am SO tired and something has to be done or I am going to lose it and he touched his ear once so I think he needs amoxicillin."

9:10 am

LOL, Scrabs! *I* was feeling overwhelmed this past week with DH tapering off steroids! I bet I sounded just like that! :-D

9:10 am

sound familiar

9:16 am

Just saw the time; I need to get moving here myself to get to my appts. today. BBL; HAGD Everyone!

9:17 am

bye Neef

9:19 am

and I'm gone too. poof

9:26 am

So who is still here? *waving to lurkers*

9:28 am

hello all - is there a list up ??

9:28 am

Hi Ursh. I don't know if a list is available. Check Babanon.

9:29 am

hi scrabs, ursh, et al

9:29 am

lickety is up

9:29 am

happy news, thanks dawg

9:29 am

hi everyone

9:29 am

hey, scrabs... most recent issue of NEJM.. 200th anniversary edition-- they asked jeremy to cowrite the lead article

9:30 am

oh tx will have to refresh and reboot and re whatever to see if i can get lickety up

9:30 am

So it has already been published? Is he at JHH now?

9:31 am

published just last week... i babysat so he could go to their 200th anniversary gala thursday nite. he is moving in august... very excited about the move, too

9:31 am

Did Phoebe just finish K?

9:32 am

she did. and also excited about baltimore

9:32 am

tadone! finito

9:32 am

Where will family live? I have friends in Lutherville.

9:32 am

yay dawg

9:33 am

roland park... he will be able to walk to work or bike. got a nice old house with fantastic gardens (and a fish pond)

9:34 am

Nice.

9:35 am

i am seriously thinking of going up to the adirondacks to get me a boat

9:36 am

that lightweight hornbeck. how long does it take between ordering and getting, do you know?

9:36 am

Hornbeck Boats in Olmstedville! Get an ultralight canoe!!!! I love mine--best purchase for myself. Ever.

9:37 am

They have barns filled with boats, especially the 10 and 12 footers which are the most popular. Leslie drove up a month ago to get hers.

9:37 am

i remember you mentioning it, and looked into it over the weekend, am seriously planning to get one... unsure about the different finishes... kevlar, etc. and high profile vs. low profile. I guess i need a 10 footer (would love one shorter, but don't know if it's practical)

9:37 am

good morning all :)

9:38 am

am trying to convince my kayaking/hiking buddy. she wants to go on a road trip to new england, I'm trying to push for olmstedville so i can pick up a boat. but definitely need roof racks, etc.. have nothing on top of my audi

9:38 am

hi nan

9:38 am

We got the 10 foot Kevlar canoes. They track well, weigh 14 or 16 lbs (I forget, but either way you can lift it with one finger).

9:39 am

i will use it 98 percent right here on the lake which is half a mile down the hill. and i guess bring it up to the vineyard when i go there

9:39 am

Call the place--they installed proper rack on my Subaru. I bought boat and paddles.

9:40 am

i intend to. might go up there next week (having mohs surgery tomorrow)

9:40 am

It is very liberating to have an ultralight boat. Travel to and from garage/car/water is easy!

9:40 am

Oh, oh.

9:40 am

i am excited about the boat... it is my post surgical reward

9:41 am

I will have a 5-day vacation in ADK in a few wks and then 6 days in Aug. Heaven.

9:41 am

Did you already have biopsy?

9:42 am

do you camp or stay at bed and breakfasts? (yes, it is basal cell. right on the bridge of my nose)

9:42 am

you're going to Heaven Scrabs?

9:43 am

I thought that was just reserved to Christians

9:43 am

scrabs is adkheaven, ru. tells us something

9:43 am

Garnet Hill Lodge in North River--this will be our 10th year. It is on 13th Lake which is my personal heaven. Then Keene Valley Lodge --just south of Lake Placid.

9:43 am

i will look into it. olmstedville is a long drive to go up and back in one day

9:44 am

Hi Ruru. Don't we all have our special happy place? A place where we just say "Aaaaah!" ?

9:44 am

yeah.. but I don't call it heaven

9:44 am

mine is Vancouver Island

9:44 am

For me it is the woods, certain knolls in parks, and 13th Lake.

9:45 am

"Happy Place"

9:46 am

re 7/32, please?

9:47 am

garnet hill looks great... think i'll book a room for one day next week and get the boat

9:47 am

That must be the one 8 that I am missing.

9:49 am

made the kiln hot again?

9:49 am

i have no 8's, but looking

9:50 am

ty grant

9:50 am

... that's 6/27 7/44

9:50 am

your son is le8 doren

9:50 am

no -- I've already re7 the pottery -- comes after that

9:51 am

Doren, we stay in a balcony room in the Log House. Rustic. New owners will be doing necessary updates that previous owner neglected. Beautiful view of mountains and lake from the Log House. Short drive down to lake. Beautiful paddle around the lake. Please do that. It is serene and gorgeous. Maybe you'll see ospreys, eagles, mergansers and the loons!

9:51 am

re+ do something again and again nan

9:51 am

thanks ru. and i definitely want to go there scrab

9:52 am

When I am stressed I close my eyes and push off the dock in my kayak/canoe and paddle around the lake. My heaven.

9:52 am

got it - ty ruru

9:52 am

scrabby,you may find this interesting,we have a a lady turning 115 in town this august,she is at a local retirement home,she has outlived her children but her grand kids take care of her.she is almost deaf as a post but has eyes like a hawk and misses nothing:)

9:53 am

now to find that so 8, I couldn't see last night

9:53 am

I am sure I wouldn't want to live that long

9:53 am

Wow! A blessed life. Growing old is rarely enjoyable.

9:53 am

oh she has some issues but is comfortable

9:54 am

8's = fe, fr and le.

9:54 am

No so8. And I am still trying to figure out the re8.

9:54 am

oh -- lickety has an so 8, but no re 8

9:55 am

it comes from the top r for sure

9:55 am

... it's so8 ... computer programs ...

9:55 am

Which R does re8 start from?

9:55 am

so8 think technology, programs like word, excel etc. they are so8

9:55 am

... there isn't an re8

9:55 am

there isn't a re 8

9:55 am

my r's are grey and I have no re 8

9:55 am

Ah, so re8 doesn't qualify.

9:55 am

... fe ... fr ... le ... so ...

9:56 am

I have all the r's and not one is an 8

9:56 am

OK, so no re8. I will stop looking for it.

9:56 am

oh duh -- ty dawger

9:56 am

what a fish!

9:57 am

you guys had me looking for an re8...:((

9:57 am

I was looking for it too.

9:57 am

... well wait 'til tomorrow ... there'll be 5 of them

9:58 am

yes,but then we will be looking for a qu8

9:58 am

... quatrain

9:58 am

... quainter

9:58 am

showoff;P

9:58 am

... quinines

9:59 am

... true

9:59 am

quitter

10:01 am

how can I be missing that many f's and d's

10:01 am

i would thing clotter would be a word;((

10:01 am

... well I can still count 8 ways to miss 'em

10:02 am

hi hi - 48 left, and I'm stuck

10:03 am

Clot"ter\, v. i. [From Clot.] To concrete into lumps; to clot. [Obs.] "Clottered blood." --Chapman.

10:03 am

crossy does not like enable

10:03 am

62 left and stuck

10:03 am

I tried "clotter."

10:04 am

and in pt it is also a word

10:04 am

... teh past tense is good

10:04 am

... though it's an adjective having to do with cream

10:05 am

clottered is also a valid word in real life..crossy is bummed out;(

10:05 am

any clue for the fr8?

10:05 am

In medicine we say "Check the patient's clotters." Clotters = lab tests of bleeding status.

10:06 am

yes..unkemt hair,feminized

10:06 am

... think of curly hair in the morning after you've washed it ... ... and put a "little" ending on it

10:06 am

fr4.12 french-i-fied.

10:06 am

ty crossy - cool word

10:06 am

good clue from earlier--what happens to your hair when it is humid, minus last letter + petite in French

10:06 am

stuck on the last 3... te 6-7 and to 4/7

10:07 am

strange word and thanks

10:07 am

... to4/7 ... rhymes with not hard

10:07 am

te + to do over and plural

10:07 am

ty dos -- thought I'd tried every possible combo with the f

10:08 am

ty dawger -- of course ... rhymes with the re

10:08 am

think worms

10:08 am

... ya ... it was about the twentieth combination which I monkeyed this morning

10:08 am

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

10:08 am

yaa for cybernan!!

10:09 am

any clues wanted before I leave?

10:09 am

whooo hooooo NAN

10:10 am

must be off for a bit. good luck with the grid. ttfn

10:10 am

by dawger and ty

10:11 am

doesn't look like anyone needs help so I will be off as well --- hagd

10:11 am

any clues for the fr8.....please

10:12 am

... fr 4/6/8

10:12 am

kinky hair, minus last ltr, + feminine or petite in French

10:12 am

... for the 8 ... think about the start of your hair after you've washed it in the morning ... and add a "little" french ending

10:13 am

ty scrabs and dose

10:16 am

now knows why I'm missing f's.. they aren't words

10:17 am

of course fr8 is in here when a perfectly valid cr8 is not..god bless enable:P

10:19 am

hi and bye, crossy, time for me to go to the eye doctor...

10:19 am

Bye

10:19 am

howdy suze:) good luck with the peepers

10:19 am

bye scrabs! hope more of your patients show up!

10:20 am

I am handling the free time quite well, Sue.

10:23 am

9 left

10:28 am

Help on re7,32 please?

10:29 am

... do you have the te7/32? ... well replace the t with an r

10:29 am

re + do something over and over

10:29 am

... or ... to do again again

10:31 am

Got it from your te7/32 clue, doseff -- thank you!

10:32 am

... and that's the weather ... ... any clues for anyone? ...

10:32 am

so8?

10:33 am

... computer programs

10:33 am

of course. ty dose.

10:33 am

and I did programming for 30 years.

10:34 am

hi all

10:34 am

fireworks.

10:34 am

... so did I ... and I had both parts ... and I still needed the clue

10:34 am

me too.

10:35 am

not feeling quite so dumb

10:35 am

... barkeep! something refreshing to go with everyone's grilled cheese sandwiches ... ... 'til tomorrow

10:35 am

bye dose.

10:36 am

tomato soup, dos??

10:38 am

my depression decided to whack me over the head this morning.

10:45 am

poor hurshy? want crossy to amuse you with a selection of his dirty limericks?

10:46 am

thanks, but i'm not really a fan of dirty limericks.

10:46 am

i was at a store with various bacon flavored candies last week and thought of you, though.

10:46 am

:(

10:46 am

very nice:)

10:48 am

it was at amish acres, in nappannee, indiana.

10:48 am

well then,no limericks..no streaking..mmm well then it is time for the all new crossys pun of the day!

10:48 am

puns are good

10:48 am

I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to me..

10:48 am

haha

10:49 am

There was a sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'.

10:49 am

there u go,2 for 1

10:49 am

thanks :)

10:49 am

anytime

10:50 am

want to hear what the kitten did last night then?

10:50 am

sure

10:51 am

is it too late to say yes to the dirty limericks, lol

10:51 am

well,crossy did 6!! loads of laundry yesterday,all clean and smelling like downy and it was all on the couch.i thought it would be fine there till today when i would fold it...

10:51 am

but when i woke up...

10:52 am

there were socks in the litter box,there were t-shirts under the couch,the cat beds we now lined all snugly with my wifes underwear...

10:52 am

:)

10:52 am

and he3 hadd a sock stuck on his left paw

10:53 am

how cute

10:53 am

he was asleep in the centre of what remained of the pile

10:56 am

at the moment he is stalking our 3 year old male kitty

10:57 am

i love kitties

10:58 am

so,the training continues..crossy was just trained to put the laundry away before bed time:(

10:58 am

just as i have been trained to never leave plastic bags out, ever, for even a minute.

10:59 am

yes,kitties and puppies can get into problems with the plastic handles

11:03 am

not just that - my marty likes to chew on them. at first i thought he was just chewing but then found bits in the litterbox.

11:03 am

bad kitty

11:04 am

yeah it's weird he LOVES it SO MUCH. so, i got one of those crinkle sacks where it sounds the same but it's enclosed in fabric.

11:04 am

thats why we bought 2 krinkle bags for the kitties,they get the sound of a plastic bag but it is safe

11:05 am

snap

11:06 am

ours will climb in them and have a nap

11:08 am

want something the cats will go crazy over? get a length of that white dryer flex tube that is used to vent the dryer outside about 5 feet is perfect

11:09 am

but like the second you bring home a bag from the store, there he is.

11:09 am

lol

11:09 am

and also, carrots. he loves carrots. so, carrots in a plastic bag is his version of heaven.

11:09 am

a cat that likes carrots;)

11:10 am

he's orange, so my theory is that he thinks that it will help keep him orange.

11:10 am

perhaps:)

11:10 am

our 6 year old female kitty is orange/butterscotch

11:11 am

her name is aberacadabera hocus pocus melbourne..abby for short:)

11:12 am

and the 3 year old male black kitty is sirrius black

11:13 am

and the new black kitty is named amos

11:18 am

for that top row, can't believe there's no "eerie" in the puzzle

11:19 am

i have 150 pounds of black dog wrestling on my back...<sigh>

11:19 am

think of it as a organic massage carlee

11:21 am

yes...am trying to find the zen in 8 paws with thick claws

11:21 am

put booties on the dog and train it in pressure poits

11:21 am

When is your hike, Carlee?

11:21 am

points

11:22 am

One of my rabbits does not like carrots.

11:22 am

we leave friday scrabs

11:22 am

almost done dehydrating :)...just ground beef I think... and if i find a roast on sale this week more beef jerky

11:22 am

get hurshys cat to talk to it scrabby

11:26 am

hey all

11:26 am

how's the grid today?

11:26 am

Bring lots of nuts, Carlee.

11:26 am

Hi Stid. first 2/3 have been fine

11:28 am

good. I'll jump in... *splash* giving myself 10 minutes to play now, and then heigh-ho, it's time to make more willow withies for trellising. :-)

11:28 am

ask crossy..i dont think i need to worry about more food :p

11:29 am

we are eating gourmet on the trail :)

11:31 am

sure sounds like it, carlee! I am so impressed with your preparations. And inspired. Thinking I might try dehydrating a few things this summer for use in the winter when I don't have energy to cook. Also, the freezer is going to be premium space this year (Mother is buying half a pig and 18 chickens, so some of that is coming our way), so I have to learn some new food saving strategies! LOL

11:32 am

its been fun :) and a learning experience

11:34 am

ok..grabbing some lunch..and starting to put meals together and dehydrate some g.beef...and...throwng together some pizza dought o make calzones for dindin

11:34 am

*stomps feets petulantly* rerefo4 is SO a word! I have to do it every time the kids don't grab their laundry promptly!

11:35 am

later carlee (I'll be there for dindin, can I bring fresh berries for dessert?)

11:39 am

D in the lower right corner for NBT please?

11:39 am

I have a de4/5 plural, stid, and hi again!

11:39 am

thanks sue (again)

11:39 am

anagram of past tense of to flee

11:40 am

and farmer in the de** minus one of the stars, then pluralize

11:40 am

ah, thanks scrabs, that gives me the other 2!

11:40 am

and thanks also scrabs

11:40 am

Geez, those clues are complicated. Sorry.

11:42 am

and that puts me at halfway. Have to get my activities started before I am glued to my chair for the day. see you-all later! *poof*

11:46 am

dehydrating is great. we dry all sorts of veggies (some need to be blanched first to preserve color) but they pack great for camp meals

11:48 am

Do you have to buy a dehydrator?

11:48 am

this fall i am debating doing canning again..a pre made ca of green giant green beans is $1.85..it may be time to get back to basics

11:48 am

I think I will try freezing stuff.

11:51 am

i am using my convection oven

11:51 am

i have 2 cases of quart jars and 2 of pinth with lids and rings that were given to me,i just need the boiler and the tongs etc

11:51 am

pint

11:51 am

A convection oven?

11:51 am

dishwasher on sterilize works too crossy

11:51 am

hi again; back for a little while. We freeze, have dehydrated, and can fods. The main thing you always need to remember is Use the food you've put up.

11:52 am

do not own one of those fancy dishwasher thingys carlee

11:52 am

my oven is convection....so i put on 170 F..with convection..dries stuff out nicely

11:52 am

crossy is the dishwaser

11:52 am

I have 16 tomato plants this year and am hoping for a big harvest.

11:52 am

nor do I anymore crossy

11:53 am

sounds like a good idea, carleet. Our microwave has a convection oven feature (but I've never used it). I wonder if that works the same?

11:53 am

no idea nef... get some mushrooms and try it...good quick inexpensive way to give it a whirl

11:54 am

sounds like a plan, carleet. I'll do that

11:54 am

i dehydrated a huge pot of ratatouille ( 2.5 quart pan) into less than a sandwich ziplock bag

11:54 am

lol@ 16 plants scrabby.me and my da once got the brilliant idea to buy 4 beefsteak tomato plants at the garden centre.they were 2 feet high,scraggly things in the little pots,but we took them home anyways..well! in no time at all we had tomatos coming at us left and right.we were giving them away

11:55 am

tomatoes die on me

11:55 am

i have neverhad a good tomato crop...

11:55 am

no rattoes fro crossy carlee..

11:56 am

no rattos for u..i know...mac and cheese with ground beef?

11:57 am

or beef stew with cheesy grits?

11:57 am

we have an over-abundance of raspberries and mulberries this year. I'm toying with the idea of the best way to preserve them. I'm not a big fan of jellys and jams (although DH is);

11:58 am

i make seedless raspberry jam..OMG...and u can do so much with it... make rasp squares...use as ice cream topper...

11:58 am

i HAVE NOT HAD a good tomato crop for a few yrs.

11:58 am

dehydrating may take forever. And I need to make space in the freezer if I go that route.

11:59 am

why need freezer space for jam?...just get some certo and sugar.. boil....oh is sooo yummmm

11:59 am

I've dried on cookie sheets and a rack over the pilot light of my oven, but have had a dehydrator for years now, fruit leather and dried apples are my grandsons favorites! but wild leeks, corn, string beans, even zucchini and tomatoes, work well.

11:59 am

Hey Scrabs. Just got back from visiting the kiddies in the Bay Area. A week of attempting to potty training the almost 3 y.o. with little to say for it.

12:00 pm

I planted about 20 various tomato plants this year. We always eat them as soon as they ripen and rarely have any for canning

12:00 pm

At that age they are defiant and resistant.

12:00 pm

i just want some unripened ones for fried green tomatoes with goats cheese grits

12:00 pm

You betcha!

12:01 pm

time to pick peas and hoe corn, later!

12:01 pm

Best window of opportunity = 18-24/30 mo.

12:01 pm

My son wasn't potty trained til almost 3 1/2; my grandson was (mostly) trained by 2 1/2. But he does wet the bed at night if his Mom is emotionally unstable.

12:02 pm

it will happen when it happens..i dont know any 18 year olds who arent potty trained

12:02 pm

goats cheese grits, carlee? What's that?

12:02 pm

i just bought out the store of reese peanut butter cups....froze them...ultimate bribe

12:02 pm

right carlee, but it's frustrating as he's the only one in his pre-school who isn't

12:02 pm

Yep, unless developmentally delayed, kids finally say good-bye to diapers by 4 - 5.

12:03 pm

you know what grits are right nef?

12:03 pm

carlee, there was a news item about some store being robbed of $600 of Reeses PB cups over several months. Was that you?

12:04 pm

well instead of cheesy grits... i plop in a big chunk of creamy goats cheese when am making the grits...

12:04 pm

who knows, maybe einstein would have been the only one in his preschool who wasn't, if they had preschool

12:04 pm

Clue for the la5? An earlier clue went right over my head.

12:04 pm

my kids were potty trained about 14 years ago nef...

12:04 pm

sort of, carlee; (they're kind of like oatmeal or cream of wheat?)

12:04 pm

la5 sounds like celtic great bird

12:04 pm

that's boston celtics, not like, celts.

12:05 pm

yeap...like whitened corn meal ( feels strange being a cdn teaching an american about grits )

12:05 pm

Still no clue, Hurshy.

12:05 pm

LOL! It isn't typical Minnesota farre, carlee!

12:06 pm

really? ? you know, magic johnson rival... ok, well, then, what about L**** the cable guy. sounds like that.

12:06 pm

nor is it typical cdn fare :p

12:06 pm

or L****, Darryl and Darryl from newhart

12:06 pm

OK, now I have it. TY.

12:06 pm

so how do you know about grits -- and eat them too?

12:07 pm

phew

12:08 pm

i went down to NC and had a babble meet up with a woman who used to babble...and she took me for lunch to the restaurant that hippified traditional southern cooking

12:08 pm

so..spicy fried green tomatoes...with goats cheese grits...was soooo yum I brought back a 5 lb bag of grits

12:08 pm

hippified meaning, made hip, or meaning, made in a hippie style?

12:08 pm

(funny how hip and hippie have now become dis-associated)

12:08 pm

yes hurshy

12:09 pm

42 left and not seeing a thing

12:09 pm

yes WHICH?

12:09 pm

hip...made cool...

12:09 pm

okay. DH made fried green tomatoes (after the movie came out) and we "sort of" like those; but the grits sound--- different.

12:10 pm

ah, thanks. so they did not have peace signs and tie dye

12:10 pm

but in asheville hip and hippie are synonomous

12:10 pm

I guess I can't get past the idea that grits arereally boiled breakfast cereal.

12:10 pm

hmm that is odd

12:11 pm

nef..if u put some cayenne in the bread crumb mixture...zips them up

12:11 pm

asheville is a city unto itself...very trendy... artsy... with a whole underground hippie culture

12:12 pm

I guess I need to go down south and have some of these thingsdone up right. DH is the adventerous gourmet cook in this house; but the grits he's made just didn't excite us....

12:12 pm

Asheville NC?

12:13 pm

grits dont excite me.... but with the soft goats cheese ..OMG

12:13 pm

yes NC

12:14 pm

i love goat cheese.

12:15 pm

<jotting down info in notebook for future travel plans> Someone else told me that Asheville NC had the best BBQ ever. She was taking a suitcase of frozen ones home from vacation in April.

12:16 pm

i am going to be in hotsprings Nc this coming sunday

12:17 pm

nice!

12:17 pm

then hiking back to erwin tn during the week that follows

12:18 pm

ri 5/16??

12:18 pm

and home by a week sunday

12:18 pm

I wish DH would get well so we can travel. We were going to go down the Mississippi River this summer tasting all sorts of BBQ and local food (I'd be driving; we wouldn't be "on" the river

12:19 pm

sorry, sammy; I don't have it yet (but am looking)

12:19 pm

ok..gotta set up my oven to dehydrate some more...( ground beef)

12:19 pm

got it.. never mind

12:19 pm

then i need a nap...

12:19 pm

bye carlee. HAGD

12:21 pm

Babble Blindness has hit. BBL.

12:26 pm

Could I please have a clue for that darn A? I thought I'd had NBT earlier, but now I see I don't have a single word for that letter

12:27 pm

cars, nef

12:27 pm

DUH! Thanks Harry.

12:27 pm

:)

12:29 pm

42 to go and I can't find anymore. time to list!

12:30 pm

okay, time for me to take DH to PT. BBL! Happy Babbling!

12:38 pm

any clues for the L in the 1st column?

12:39 pm

funny spelling for lawrence nickname

12:39 pm

ty got it

12:39 pm

how many words are there i have 78

12:40 pm

146

12:40 pm

ta much long way to go then

12:40 pm

the first fe5 please

12:41 pm

sorry cos, don't have it

12:42 pm

like to make really cold, leave out the r.

12:42 pm

thanks!

12:42 pm

ty hego

12:42 pm

yw : )

12:45 pm

and the last re7?

12:46 pm

add the first re5

12:46 pm

notthere yet, sorry

12:46 pm

weird word thanks harry

12:47 pm

kinda fun to say lol

12:48 pm

ty Harry

12:49 pm

10

12:51 pm

5

12:55 pm

DONE

12:55 pm

!!!YAY!!!!

12:56 pm

any clues needed?

12:56 pm

ty, I'll hang in here.

12:56 pm

te6/7 combo please?

12:57 pm

add the same re4/5 we spoke about earlier :)

12:57 pm

re 6,7 Harry?

12:58 pm

thanks harry! 7's done.

12:58 pm

to can somebody again

12:58 pm

re + not ice but ****,

12:58 pm

ty both

12:59 pm

bye!

1:00 pm

bye Harry, ty

1:02 pm

hey cos! we're tied for total points!

1:02 pm

oh? i haven't looked ever lol its on the rankings?

1:03 pm

yes :) but I'll be offline for most of the summer, so you'll win :)

1:03 pm

just looked, you have more than I do!

1:04 pm

fireworks!

1:05 pm

WTG Cos!!

1:06 pm

YAY cos!!! (status?)

1:06 pm

thanks both of u :()

1:06 pm

:) not :() lol

1:07 pm

hooray cos

1:07 pm

yw Cos

1:07 pm

bye again :)

1:07 pm

bye harr

1:07 pm

or harry... *sigh*

1:10 pm

brb

1:19 pm

yes! under 100 and finally have some 8s. back later. *poof*

1:48 pm

anyone here to clue so 8?

1:49 pm

compound - thinks computer programs

1:49 pm

(((river))) thanks

1:49 pm

Hello ((stid))

1:49 pm

my brain was TOTALLY not going in that direction!

1:49 pm

down to 29, listed at 45. it's annoyingly slow for me today.

1:50 pm

I have 15 left - just listed 2 words ago - I am so stuck though even with the ist

1:50 pm

*list

1:50 pm

go river go!

1:52 pm

I will save them for later - must get back to work - only had a minute to pop in

1:53 pm

later river, glad you were here. I am moving slowly right now...

2:06 pm

fw. two minutes to clue if anyone needs something?

2:08 pm

guess not. *poof*

2:09 pm

howdy again everyone:) back for a few more:)

2:21 pm

hi crossy

2:23 pm

howdy westford

2:23 pm

hi all

Is there a list?

2:24 pm

hi peri

2:24 pm

and it is now time fro crossy,s undeniable truth of the day and today i offer you the Chase law of business: Trust only those who stand to lose as much as you when things go wrong.

2:24 pm

howdy peri

2:24 pm

amen crossy

2:24 pm

Hi All

2:24 pm

lickety's up.

2:24 pm

howdy hego

2:24 pm

hi hego and amelu

2:24 pm

hi hego

2:25 pm

that will help..been slow going

2:25 pm

*waves to all*

2:25 pm

howdy amelu

2:26 pm

fi 6 30, anyone pls?

2:27 pm

like a wild animal hego

2:27 pm

violent in force, savage

2:27 pm

ty Peri.

2:27 pm

yvw hego

2:28 pm

I kept thinking of that word but couldn't see it.

2:28 pm

I should have just entered it.

2:28 pm

that is what I do if I see most of the letters or if someone clues it. even if I can't see the word myself

2:28 pm

same here hego..it's twisty

2:29 pm

tricky West

2:30 pm

i still do not see fi6

2:30 pm

our heat wave seems over..lots of thunder and rain now

2:30 pm

see Peris clues Crossy

2:31 pm

saw them

2:31 pm

grrrowlllll!!

2:31 pm

got it

2:31 pm

ty

2:31 pm

yay!

2:33 pm

yw

2:34 pm

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

2:34 pm

Bluetooth, the wireless communication standard, was named after Harald Bluetooth, a tenth century king who encouraged communication and unity among warring Norse and Danish tribes.

2:34 pm

and ty as well peri

2:34 pm

:)

2:35 pm

great tidbit Crossy!

2:36 pm

crossy where do you get them? all good

2:37 pm

ty ty:)

2:38 pm

bye All. have a good one!

2:38 pm

right now i am running 3 per day in no particular order: the tidbit of the day,the quote of the day and the undeniable truth of the day

2:38 pm

tc hego

2:38 pm

bye hego..are you finished?

2:39 pm

keep 'em coming crossy

2:40 pm

I have fe 8 and le 8 stats for the other 2 please

2:41 pm

fr & so

2:42 pm

ty ame

2:43 pm

just the quote of the day left and i will get that later on

2:44 pm

yaa found a use for the z!

2:44 pm

fr 6/42

2:45 pm

the humid hair one too

2:45 pm

fr 4/6/8

2:45 pm

yes.that one as well

2:45 pm

mm,i need the 4

2:45 pm

there we go:)

2:46 pm

don't forget the girlish ending...

2:47 pm

thanks ame

2:47 pm

and the decorative band and ice

2:47 pm

and ice minus a letter

2:48 pm

and I believe those are all the Zs I used...

2:52 pm

zzzzzz... afternoon power nap made crossy groggy:(

2:54 pm

bet you wish you had the new kitten's energy

2:58 pm

and for those who love and adore science fiction books,i offer this in place of the quote of the day to say goodbye to one of our top sf authors...

2:58 pm

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2lk8Dr/: 1zQlRcoHx:Ix.szLTV/www.economist.com/n ode/21557294/

3:00 pm

nice

3:10 pm

for my babble friends that wish a large ,deep though provoking read i can now offer you infinite jest a novel by david foster wallace in pdf format for the ereaders..i will make a epub of it shortly

3:15 pm

converting it now.may as well while i am thinking of it..epub is so much better anyways

3:16 pm

you are a good egg crossy

3:19 pm

anything for my friends

3:20 pm

are you still dreaming of that bookstore?

3:21 pm

still working on it,yes

3:21 pm

now that i am officially semi-retired,i may just speed it up a bit

3:21 pm

great place for a babble meet

3:22 pm

indeed,all my babble friends get two free books if they show up at my door wearing a name tag with their babble name on it

3:23 pm

it's going to be brilliant

3:23 pm

or a discount on the art suppkies of percentage off on the consigned art work

3:24 pm

I remember the cat named Italics..what did you name the new kitten?

3:24 pm

or

3:25 pm

amos

3:25 pm

is he famous? lol

3:25 pm

he may be,i know he is infamous

3:26 pm

don't think he'll be lying on the shelf anytime soon

3:27 pm

no,he is not laid back enough to be a book store cat..may put our 6 year old butterscotch kitty in there,her name is aberacadabera hocus pocus

3:27 pm

abby for short

3:27 pm

love her name

3:28 pm

it is because she can get out of any,and i mean ANY harness

3:28 pm

she's magical

3:29 pm

I think all cats are

3:29 pm

she is large and in charge,is about 15 pounds and like i said her coat is butterscotch swirl and she has a stubby tail

3:30 pm

she sounds beautiful

3:30 pm

does she ignore the new little guy?

3:30 pm

she is laid back..kitten is adhd on crack so she spends her time trying to kill the litten for some rest

3:31 pm

3 year old male and kitten get along like long lost brothers

3:31 pm

the 3 year old male is sirrius black

3:32 pm

I can hear them plotting now

3:32 pm

yupp..the short tailed she-b***h has got to go

3:32 pm

LOL

3:34 pm

i think she will be the bookstore cat and everyone is happy

3:35 pm

sounds like a good plan

3:35 pm

there we go,book is now converted..was a long one!

3:37 pm

so many books..so little time

3:37 pm

indeed.want to hear something sad?

3:37 pm

okay

3:38 pm

as humans,we are good for around 10,000 books at 2 books per week..that is it..no more...finito

3:39 pm

that is sad

3:39 pm

so do not waste time reading those trashy rags at the market check out counters lol

3:40 pm

yep

3:40 pm

i just sent a batch of books off to sprite not long ago i see,must erase the pack now..

3:41 pm

is she still visiting Ruby?

3:41 pm

not sure

3:42 pm

what a trip that must have been

3:43 pm

crossy one last question then I am gone..do you have any opinion on Toyotas? Thinking of getting either a Highlander or Rav4

3:43 pm

i LOVE my toyota!!!

3:44 pm

8 years old this year and i have done front brakes once and changed a tail light bulb

3:44 pm

highlander,if gas is not a issue,the rav4 has a few bugs

3:44 pm

we loved ours..gave it to our daughter..and now wish we had it back

3:45 pm

but the highlander def

3:45 pm

okay thanks I think you sold us

3:45 pm

remember i just finished 30 years with my head under every type of car on the road

3:46 pm

if you had a highlander before the rav 4 will feel cheap and tinny anyways

3:46 pm

this will be the retirement car for long trips..he works at home now so not much of a commute

3:47 pm

we had a Camry but want the cargo room

3:47 pm

then there is no choice if you want to travel as well

3:47 pm

you lose a big on gas,but gain everywhere else

3:47 pm

bit

3:48 pm

I will be sure to pass this on..thanks so much

3:48 pm

np

3:49 pm

and now I'm off to the kitchen..bye with hugs

3:49 pm

tc westford

4:06 pm

my god..found one word in 20 minutes..:9

5:01 pm

there..found 1 more:(

5:41 pm

go cross go! I am here for about fifteen minutes (off and on), ask if you need clues

5:45 pm

hi stid! 45 left for me...

5:46 pm

hey sue!

5:46 pm

I listed at about 45 and it was possible then to finish... LOL

5:47 pm

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everybody doing today

5:47 pm

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

5:47 pm

hi min!

5:48 pm

I may list later, right now I am writing zillions of physics problems

5:51 pm

hello Min, welcome to the grid

5:52 pm

Thanks stidmama!

5:52 pm

I am heading down to spread slug death in the garden... *evil mama-gardener look* it's either that, or no yummy things later. see you-all soon. *poof*

5:53 pm

bye stid!

5:54 pm

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

5:56 pm

had to list.could not stand it anymore

one left...

done!

6:15 pm

Congratulations leighprefect on your fireworks! Way to go!

6:23 pm

Hello again Everybody. How has your day been?

6:23 pm

YAY. leighperfect!!! WTG!!

6:24 pm

Hello Nef!How are you doing today?Welcome to the puzzle

6:24 pm

hi Min. I'm fine today; how are you doing?

6:29 pm

Congrats leighp!!! Just starting and hoping to do half of the grid.

6:30 pm

I always find it funny to come back to a grid (after you swear there isn't another word left to find) and you suddenly see 5 or 6 words just staring back at you. How did I miss them the first time? :-)

6:32 pm

hi stidge

6:32 pm

Hi nef.

6:32 pm

sorry about mis-spelling your name

6:38 pm

Hello stidgmere! How are you doing? Welcome to the chog

6:39 pm

I am doing well Nef.I had my last day of school today, YAY!

6:41 pm

YAY for you, Min!

6:43 pm

Do you have a summer job too? It seems most of the teachers I know are so thrileed to be done with classes for the summer; and then they have all these odd summer things they line up and do (like uusue)

6:49 pm

Yes, I'm teaching summer school for seventeen days in July

6:50 pm

:-( Or maybe it's not such a bad thing?

6:51 pm

ty minveryork. Gray day today back to Junuary.

6:56 pm

T's Tumbled! 7 left

6:59 pm

S's Stumbled! 5 left

7:00 pm

Go, Min! You can do it!~

7:02 pm

Dang. Now I'm entering words on letters I've already finished; the T's and S's because Min mentioned them..

7:03 pm

the D's have me stumped though

7:03 pm

(the upper D, that is)

7:09 pm

A de 6/30 is one who refuses to follow the rules and the de 4/8 shortens the word Nef.

7:11 pm

thanks, Min.

7:13 pm

yw

7:19 pm

Know what my last word is but I'm saving it for later tonite.

Hello all. how is everyone?

7:20 pm

oh, man! Do you ever miss the easiest words? I feel dumb when I see the words I listed

7:20 pm

hi red. Doing okay; how about you?

I am alright my last letter of the alphabet key is broken.... glad it is not a vowel.

7:22 pm

oh-oh. How do you break that letter?

it just stopped working. Maybe it will work later. I had a similar issue with the a key a while back...

how is your hubby?

7:25 pm

I need to share... DH decided to clean his keyboard on Saturday. He took ALL the keys out to do it; it took him 2 days to put it back together (and I had to get him an old one to copy; but his keyboard had a lot more keys that the rest of them around here.

Oh WOW...

7:26 pm

Hey Red...OPEN...ALL PROGRAMS...ACCESSORIES...EASE OF ACCESS...ON SCREEN KEYBOARD...for when you have keyboard problems

hubby is brave.

7:27 pm

I had a little piece and quiet then. :-) (steroid tapering off; his last dose is Thursday; then he'll be "back to normal" about a week after that

7:27 pm

Nef, it's really easier to just get a new keyboard. They aren't expensive.

I have a mac, i think its a little different thank Molly!

7:27 pm

macs are different

7:28 pm

Oh, okay. I am not MAC proficient. But I'm sure it has a similar feature. You will just have to look it up.

7:29 pm

cleaning helps too if there's something under it

I think it may just be a bit wet....we are a little wet here. BUt if it continues, I will have to deal with it...

I am glad there are none of that letter in the grid.

It would be easy to get a new keyboard, but its a lap top....alas alack alay.

7:34 pm

it's in at least 2 F words

7:35 pm

red, you can plug a regular keyboard into a laptop and it works just fine. That's what we did when I worked in triage....

7:37 pm

I hate to break it to you Red, but the last letter of the alphabet is used in some words in this grid.

I could... somehow this will work out. I'm waiting for the trial coverage to start again...running!

7:38 pm

I have a nonfunctioning key on my laptop keyboard as well; I use the Windows onscreen keyboard but it is still a nuisance

7:38 pm

and hi again all!!

LOL the chance of me finishing the grid...rare, I can copy and past...the one letter! Hi uusue.

7:38 pm

hi red!

7:39 pm

hi sue

7:39 pm

said letter is actually used in quite a few f words, I count 5 so far

7:39 pm

Hey there, my peeps.

7:39 pm

hi nef and peach!

I think I may already have to go to bed....I want to stay up, but...

7:39 pm

Hello redturtlehead!How are you doing?Welcome to the PB

7:40 pm

hi peach! How are you?

7:40 pm

Hi gapeach1066! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid.

7:40 pm

Doing OK, Nef. ....and you?

7:40 pm

Hi there, Min.

7:40 pm

red, you're going to bed this early?

7:40 pm

doing okay, peach.

hello folks, iwould like a cluepls for my last word.

7:41 pm

Hi 72 Temple Owl!How are you doing?Welcome to the chog

7:42 pm

hi TO

hi min! hi nef

the first fi, fi6?

7:43 pm

ok, got to go shepherd the kid around, bbl!

7:43 pm

fi6/30 might be used to describe lions and tigers and bears

7:43 pm

sorry, TO I'm still looking for that one too

thanks min! night all

7:44 pm

Goodbye uusue2! I will see you later on in the chog maybe.

7:44 pm

thanks Min! Yay, TO!!!

7:44 pm

Congratulations 72 Temple Owl on your fireworks! Hooray!

7:44 pm

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

7:44 pm

yw Nef

7:44 pm

Congrats, TO.

7:47 pm

looking and looking and looking 2 fe 6/27; had both the fe8/60 and the fe 7/44 but never saw the 6's. Time for a short break!

7:58 pm

hi all, is there an so8?

8:00 pm

there is peri, compound word

8:00 pm

ty, looking....

8:00 pm

(shall I clue more?

8:00 pm

yes pls

8:01 pm

pertains to computer programs

8:01 pm

ty

8:01 pm

had both words, did not think to put them together

8:01 pm

Hello periwinkle! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid.

8:01 pm

:-)

8:02 pm

hi Min

8:02 pm

I found both words after someone clued it this AM

8:02 pm

Hail Queen Of The Gin Parties! : D

8:03 pm

of gosh, what a label to have

8:03 pm

I really am not much of a drinker

8:04 pm

and must be careful, do not want to gain any weight. must stay slim

8:04 pm

36 more words to find. almost forgot that I did not finish

8:06 pm

cr6 pls

8:07 pm

cr6/21:some people in Haiti speak French-Cr**** perwinkle

8:07 pm

louisiana cooking, peri

8:07 pm

sheesh, and I have had that kind of food, ty

8:08 pm

I'm stuck on the to 4's peri. Don't feel too bad

8:10 pm

brb.

8:17 pm

back; and still stuck

8:18 pm

Good evening, everyone! I have 2 words left - fr8,80 and re7,32. Any clues would be greatly appreciated - thanks!

8:19 pm

fr8/80 is what your hair is like in humidity and the French feminine diminuative

8:20 pm

Good evening Babblers. I just started a little bit ago. Hope I can finish.

8:20 pm

Hi Brooke, I just found fr8

8:20 pm

Maybe this will help Nef......

8:20 pm

fr 8 - looks like pt of fr 4/7

8:20 pm

(sorry to tired to spell. Hope that made some sence

8:20 pm

I have almost attained fi 4/7works.Here is a story ri 4/7 with clues. My niece just learned how to cr 5/20. She is so cu 4/6! However, she is also a little de 6/30 because she goes to places she knows she isn't supposed to go to She has become very de 4/8 at disappearing. The more she cr5/20s the de6/30 she gets.Sometimes we have to do 4/5 on her to get her toys so she does not disappear. If we take our eyes off my niece for just a little minute, she will dr5/18 off to places unknown.She moves about with such fi6/30ness & speed, we have to put the gates up by all the stairs.Once my brother was ir4/5 when the babysitter let my niece cr5/20 outside toward the road. If her brother hadn't seen her, she might have fl4/8 the front yard. My brother was so angry that he fi 5/18 the babysitter. Of course he would not give the babysitter a reference le 6/18 to get a new job. Husband wants the computer. I fr 4/7 what he'll do if I do not give it to him so I will give it to him. Now that I have to 4/5 my story I am going to go watch the Eastwood movie "High Plains Dr 7/44".I will be back after the movie to help w/clues.

8:20 pm

Awesome clues for fr - thanks!

8:20 pm

.... but others are faster cluers! lol

8:20 pm

Hello Brookie! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle.

8:21 pm

Hello wht! How are you doing tonight?Welcome to the log.

8:21 pm

Hi Minveryork! Doing well, thanks!

8:21 pm

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

8:23 pm

hello Minveryork. Thanks for your story. they are great as always

8:23 pm

Okay, re7,32 left...

freeclay

8:23 pm

Wht, somehow, I think you will finish. Yes I do. : )

8:23 pm

thanks Min.

8:24 pm

re7 is dumb. It's when you re +re5/12

8:24 pm

(so you're repating twice

8:25 pm

Wow, that is dumb. I had actually thought of that word but didn't think it actually existed, so I didn't try it! So much for assuming... Thanks sooo much!

8:25 pm

err... repeating

8:26 pm

since people are here, just putting it out again that we want to have a Babble meeting on the west coast of BC this summer. Check my icon for details if you are interested

8:27 pm

Sorry to grab clues and run! Have a nice evening, everyone!

8:28 pm

it would be fun, Bugs; but I doubt if I can make it. DH has to get well before we do anything else.

8:28 pm

YAY, Brookie! WTG!!

8:30 pm

May I please have a clue for re6-30? Thanks.

8:30 pm

evening all1

8:30 pm

*!

8:31 pm

when your laundry spills you have to re**** it peach

8:32 pm

Thanks much, Nef.

8:36 pm

Hello dan2bit! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle.

8:36 pm

That re 6/30 word is re plus the fo 4/8 word gapeach1066

8:37 pm

ty Min I am well, and you?

8:37 pm

Thanks much, Min.

8:37 pm

refee

8:39 pm

Sorry.

8:39 pm

not quite, peach...

8:39 pm

refee?

8:42 pm

May I please have a clue for re6-18? Thanks

8:42 pm

Refee...what someone who talks baby talk calls a joint.

8:43 pm

re 6/18...re + as*** projection

8:44 pm

Out of body experience

8:44 pm

Time to play name that author.

8:46 pm

nbt and nbs. 46 left.

8:46 pm

re 6/18 word is re + Judith Krantz book Mis****'s Daughter.

8:47 pm

I'm all finished! I have sparklers! fe 6/30 was my last word.

8:47 pm

wtg min

8:48 pm

I have 4 words left; and 4's. Please help! I need the do5/14 (first one); the to 4/7, tr 4/7 and the last tr 4/4

8:48 pm

Thanks you all. Brain is slowing down now. Finally got it

8:48 pm

YAY, Min!!! WTG!!!

8:48 pm

Congrats, Min.

8:49 pm

I just got the last tr 4

8:49 pm

do5,14 is pt of do4,5

8:50 pm

YAY Min!

8:51 pm

wht, it just won't work

8:51 pm

to4/7...sounds like not hard?

8:52 pm

te6-21 please.....thanks

8:52 pm

Past tense of the pineapple brand Nef

8:52 pm

te6/21...te + rose color + vowel

8:52 pm

that's the wrong do, Molly

8:53 pm

Thanks much, Molly.

8:53 pm

I need the 1st do5, so before the pineapple

8:53 pm

do + *** Knight was on The Mary Tyler Moore Show?

8:54 pm

Ohhhh, that is "soft" in Italian

8:54 pm

I'll be here off and on for clues. Story already in my profile

8:54 pm

nope, I have that "do" also

8:55 pm

There is the Italian sweet, nef.

8:56 pm

La do*** Vida

8:57 pm

wht! I loves ya! that was it! :-D

8:58 pm

wouldn't it be Sweet in Italian?

8:59 pm

(I don't know Italian, rurur)

8:59 pm

I think it applies to gelato.. sweet and soft

8:59 pm

finally got FW. THANK YOU ALL!!! (My, aren't they pretty!?!!)

8:59 pm

Soft or sweet, but my clues just fly right by people, so it doesn't matter.

9:00 pm

clue for the fr8, please.

9:00 pm

Molly, I don't understand any language (even English sometimes)

9:00 pm

I would think Sweet first Italian men are to macho to be soft

9:00 pm

I think it's actually a musical term. But what do I know.

9:01 pm

that could bt

9:01 pm

be

9:01 pm

hair gets fr8 in humid weather, + french feminine small

9:01 pm

I'm praying for a small grid tonight.

9:02 pm

why ru?

9:02 pm

ty nef. That is the oddest word so far tonight.

9:02 pm

That fr 8/80 is a small version of a bad hairday maybe wht

9:02 pm

I'm in SF all day and with traffic I'll never make it home to finish

9:02 pm

I'm exhausted from this grid; anyone need clues that I can explain?

9:03 pm

I'd like a nice 75 word grid

9:03 pm

Congratulations Nef on your sparklers tonight! Good for U!

9:03 pm

oh, ok. will join your atheistic prayerchain

9:03 pm

thanks, Min

9:03 pm

ROFL

9:03 pm

I like your definition of the fr8, min.

9:03 pm

yw

9:04 pm

I use prayer selectively.. usually only with babble..lol

9:04 pm

Dorens, looking at your icon in the small size, I thought it was my bed! :-)

9:04 pm

Atheistic prayer chain, the oxymoroniest.

9:04 pm

Thank you wht! That word is definietly a hard one to clue.

9:05 pm

** finito ** last word AR 6/18 - plural of AR 5 - but not seeing it for too long - time for bed i guess

9:05 pm

once my (then) husband was piloting a small private plane with me and (our then) two year old son. and he lost power to an engine and was looking for a place to emergency land. And i was afraid to ask him how bad it was so i assumed the very worst. I made so many bargains and promises in the form of prayer that day!

9:06 pm

YAYwv!! WTG!!!

9:06 pm

wow doren

9:07 pm

Congratulations wvteach on your sparklers! Hooray for you

9:07 pm

what ended up happening?

9:07 pm

it was kind of an insane moment. never went happily in a plane with him again after that. and yay nef!

9:08 pm

That would pretty much keep me out of small planes too

9:08 pm

me too!

9:08 pm

With that I bid you all a good night.

9:08 pm

he found a very small airport not far from where we were and he landed there. we got friends or family to come pick us up, we were about two hours from home. i don't remember what was wrong with the plane, but i certainly remember my emotions and thinking. and pleading with my mythical god of the moment

9:09 pm

night nef.. sleep well..

9:09 pm

sweet dreams nef

9:09 pm

Goodnight Nef! I will see you tomorrow in the chog maybe.

9:10 pm

god of airbags I'd guess

9:10 pm

Good night nef

9:10 pm

gosh, this was a little cessna twin, back i 1976... don't know if air bags existed. to me it was just the god of the woods... ramapo mountai range actually

9:11 pm

I have a pilot friend who says that any landing you walk away from is a good landing.

9:11 pm

did you have a wet seat? lol

9:12 pm

i think that's true wht....

9:12 pm

Fireworks

9:12 pm

Molly, you were right.

9:13 pm

don't remember ru, but if so i could always blame it on jeremy... he was just two and in diapers then. But this past friday he coauthored the lead article for th New England journal of Medicine's 200th anniversary issue (by invitation)

9:13 pm

Congratulations wht on your sparklers tonight! Way to go!

9:13 pm

wow.. that's a big deal

9:14 pm

you have such bright kids..

9:14 pm

yeah... he is a hot shot medical historian, so it would make sense.

9:14 pm

thanks.. i used to take partial credit, but lately i am more of the mind that they get it all from their father (even if he did idiotically insist on flying those tin cans with wings)

9:15 pm

Congratulations to Jeremy and his proud Mom.

9:15 pm

Let's keep that between you and I, Wht. It would ruin my "Black sheep Babbler" reputation. But thanks. : )

9:15 pm

no, no molly you have to tell. please!

9:16 pm

Dorens, Molly is a prophet. When I started I said that I didn't know if I would finish, and she said I would.

9:16 pm

(he also went off to the 200th anniversary gala and left me to babysit. next night was a reception at the Museum of Fine ARts and i was supposed to bring the kids, but Levi was under the weather and slept too late

9:17 pm

black sheep?

9:17 pm

oh, of course you would wht. that is just you S O P, isn't it?

9:17 pm

I do finish more than I don't, but I didn't give myself all day, today.

9:18 pm

this one doesn't seem so bad, though, is it?

9:18 pm

And I didn't finish the 700 word grid. :^)

9:18 pm

No this one was pretty straighforward.

9:19 pm

It is my contention that the 744 drew the line between the hard core Babblers and those of us who consider it sport.

9:20 pm

nice term there," hard core". has a nicer ring than mine, which is "truly insane" (of course i am one of them)

9:20 pm

744 wasn't for sissies that is for sure

9:20 pm

Well, I had to start that one just to see what I could do, even though I only had an hour or two to work on it.

9:21 pm

I wonder how long it took gremlinn to finish that one. 45 minutes?

9:21 pm

it certainly was challenging

9:21 pm

i had to finish it, just because i am "truly insane"

9:22 pm

<---in the loony bin too

9:22 pm

Good for you dorens. That is a good kind of insanity.

9:23 pm

sometimes i'm not so sure wht. when other things in my life are sacrificed for my obsession, it doesn't feel all that good

9:24 pm

oh, wht. i was in arlington for dinner the other night. za?

9:24 pm

everyone has to have a few addictions doren

9:25 pm

really ru? why can't i just be normal and do this in moderation?

9:25 pm

Did you enjoy your dinner, Dorens. I haven't been there in a while. But Arlington has a lot of great restuarants.

9:25 pm

Hard core, it's like the difference between alcoholics who drink straight out of the bottle and the rest of us, who use a glass. : P

9:25 pm

yup. surprisingly good. a nice salad with black beans, avocado, etc. and chocolate goat cheesecake for dessert. even the coffee was good

9:28 pm

so mol, are you accusing me of drinking straight from the bottle, now? ?

9:28 pm

Sounds great, Dorens. I might have to give it another try.

9:29 pm

No Doren, I know you use lovely glasses and lift your pinky just so. : )

9:29 pm

(and the pizzas were good too, but i let jeremy order and he got things like pickle pizza with swiss and chorizo. and goat cheese, arugala, strawberries and balsamic reduction. strawberries!! on pizza!

9:30 pm

lovely glasses from time to time, mol. but finish it up straight from the bottle from time to time

9:31 pm

Oh my GOD! Those are the grossest pizza toppings I have ever heard of.

9:32 pm

i know! but believe it or not they still tasted good. i think i was very hungry

9:33 pm

Sorry, but I'm a non-believer when it comes to things like that. Pizza is sacred and should not be messed with in such a way.

9:33 pm

They have to be good, because in addition to all the good restuarants, there are something like 27 pizza places in Arlington. So Za tries to combine the two.

9:34 pm

no need to apologize molly. it did seem sort of gross, even tho it tasted good. at least they didn't order the mac n cheese pizza. and yes, they really are good

9:35 pm

Doren, if I have pizza nightmares tonight, I am going to hold your son responsible. : O

9:35 pm

what are your favorite places wht?

9:36 pm

haha, molly, go right ahead. but don't hunt him down when he moves to md and stalk him, ok?

9:36 pm

Punjab, Scutra and Acitron.

9:37 pm

I won't. But they are going to laugh his ass right out of Little Italy if he ever tries to order pizza that way there.

9:37 pm

i like sofra

9:38 pm

I don't think I have been there, Dorens. What kind of food do they serve?

9:38 pm

he only ordered it that way cause it was on the chalkbaord as specials

9:38 pm

middle eastern, which is one of my favorite cuisines

9:39 pm

oh the menu at acitron looks good! hope to try it sometime

9:40 pm

There dinners are good and we went there for brunch once and it was delicious as well.

9:41 pm

I'm of course not addicted to this game

9:41 pm

i have to ask jeremy if he's been there. he usually knows of th good places, and spent summers at a clinic in mexico and likes authentic. which this looks like

9:41 pm

I've quit with no success several times

9:42 pm

oh no, ru of course you are just prepared to pray, "PRAY" for a small grid cause you have a full day

9:43 pm

my family was very fond of oleana in cambridge and sofra is a bakery/eatery from the same team that makes such incredible stuff

9:43 pm

border of belmont and cambridge

9:44 pm

We will have to try that sometime. Anyway, I have to be off. Good night. Happy Babbling and Happy eating.

9:46 pm

nite wht

9:46 pm

*listing at 39* maybe I can finish this one!

9:47 pm

i'm a selective prayer

9:51 pm

and a chat killer

9:51 pm

hi, ruru :-)

9:51 pm

hiya sue

9:57 pm

6 left...

9:57 pm

May I please have a clue for ar6-18 the 1st? Thanks. I have three left.

9:58 pm

I am, you ar*, plus Mexican cheer

9:58 pm

Thanks much, sue.

9:59 pm

la5-10 please......thanks

10:00 pm

sounds like Lawrence's nickname

10:00 pm

So Ru, are you going to San Francisco tomorrow to sit around waiting in a coffee shop? : P

10:00 pm

Oh, thankns again, sue.

10:01 pm

is kje arriving tomorrow?

10:01 pm

nope.. i'm working all day

10:01 pm

no.. I think she moves there in AUgust

10:01 pm

re5-18 please.....thanks. It is the last one.

10:01 pm

Oh good, that is so much more productive. : )

10:01 pm

I have great appointments at nice restaurants to hawk some wine.

10:02 pm

LOL molly.. that's for sure

10:02 pm

Oh, rough life. *Cough*

10:02 pm

gave food to again, peach

10:02 pm

<---works his fingers to the bone

10:03 pm

fireworks!

10:03 pm

<--Plays dramatic, violin music

10:03 pm

Thanks much, sue. That wraps this one. See y'all at the flip. Thanks for all the help.

10:04 pm

bye gapeach

10:04 pm

or do you prefer 1066?

10:04 pm

bye, peach!

10:24 pm

so8?

10:26 pm

Windows XP

10:26 pm

the compound words always get me, thx tor

10:29 pm

yqw

11:01 pm

That clue would also work for a bu8 compound word ..

11:08 pm

dr5/12?

11:09 pm

less wet?

11:09 pm

tx mab

11:11 pm

i lack most of the dees myself. if fact, I just quit the puzzle when i got to the dees. easily discouraged today.

11:15 pm

They are daunting ..

11:26 pm

hello everyone...I am done.

11:29 pm

Yay west!

11:30 pm

thank you tor..it was a hard one

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