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12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flippy baby grid

12:00 am

iz4 from rpevious grid

12:00 am

oh, dear, a midget grid

12:01 am

ty cos, although I didn't get it then

12:02 am

stalled lol

12:03 am

ugh.... hi all

12:04 am

hi all and double ugh

12:04 am

can i buy a vowel Vanna? (shes in the grid too)

12:04 am

along with her friend hanna

12:05 am

and hannah!

12:05 am

yay, toprow done. LOL

12:05 am

is she from Montana?

12:05 am

no, savannah

12:05 am

hi smom, west, LA and all

12:05 am

missing one from top row.... need one more N from that one

late flip now thats a nice size

12:06 am

hi jilli how'd it go today?

12:06 am

na4, 5, 4

12:06 am

hey rose

12:06 am

nbt

12:06 am

nbt

oops to the sin bin immediately

12:06 am

wow gg rbud

12:06 am

ty rose top row done

12:06 am

ooohhh, westy, hey hun.

12:06 am

almost beat dart to it... not quite, lol

12:07 am

need the U for nbt

12:07 am

dart must be done lol

12:07 am

hi westie...not yet

12:07 am

hey dart

12:07 am

and here's vanilla, rbud, dart ( no surprise there), and leslie. HELLOOOO from down under

12:07 am

: )

12:08 am

hi dart of course

12:08 am

hi jilli

12:08 am

cos, ur4

12:08 am

right column done

12:09 am

nope, was over-excited, not ur4 i thought it was

12:09 am

ur5

12:09 am

ha 7

12:09 am

hah...ur5

12:10 am

darn, rbud beat me, by this...much

12:10 am

not uriah

12:10 am

ty NBT

12:10 am

too bad there are so few As

12:10 am

wtg cos

12:10 am

lol, westy, did try that myself.

12:10 am

hu6

12:11 am

cheers LA

12:11 am

ty, Leslie

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:)

12:11 am

ty leslie.. now need the ha7 for nbs

12:12 am

hu 6

12:13 am

ha6

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hi 6

12:13 am

oops, that's what I meant, hi6

12:13 am

spelled it wrong when I tried it, too, lol

12:13 am

tyvm got it

12:14 am

you should get that hi6, cos, TV fan that you are, lol

12:14 am

lol yes. i hate the current hi6 :) one more month left

12:14 am

ah!

12:15 am

stuck at 13 left

12:15 am

12 left here. still no 7 blah

12:16 am

ha4 laugh

12:16 am

jilli tell him

12:16 am

no utah or haiti

12:17 am

lots of women names in the grid.. rita too

12:17 am

14 here

12:17 am

my soup tureen is there

12:17 am

what, west?

12:17 am

about the ha4

12:18 am

fireworks

12:18 am

nice work dart!

12:18 am

You make me proud dart !!!

12:18 am

hi everyone - all just about finished?

12:18 am

yay, dart! :)

12:18 am

WTG dart

12:18 am

wtg dart

12:18 am

10 left. wtg dart

12:18 am

hi flosey no way

12:19 am

my cat suggested "hggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg/"

12:19 am

yay 4th row done

12:19 am

hi flosey -- not me! Did you enjoy playing with J last night?

12:19 am

not found in the dictionary :(

12:19 am

yes Jilli, we had a good game

12:19 am

5th row done

12:19 am

lol LA sounds like a hairball

12:19 am

we're playing again next week

12:20 am

Amazing that he returned! Any idea why, flosey?

12:20 am

Then 2 weeks with Is. while Jean's away

12:20 am

leslie, your cat is playing babble? and just what are you saying about us, my dear?

12:21 am

I don't know what the problem was, had a bad arm/wrist? difficulty holding cards I think

12:21 am

wow, the ha7 is defined only as a state in some country, that sounds wrong. wonder what else it is that got it into enable, hmmmm

12:21 am

nbt/nbs monkeyd the ha7!

12:21 am

wtg cos

12:21 am

Not when I saw him at the market a few weeks ago, flosey.

12:21 am

yay, cos, well done

12:21 am

yes he is walking across the keyboard to get my attention

12:21 am

gj cos

12:22 am

someone asked him last night - first I had heard and I didn't ask

12:22 am

9 to go.. A/H/S/T left.

12:22 am

Oh and R.

12:22 am

what are the stats for the ha7 please?

12:22 am

then you ha4 trash left cos

12:23 am

well, we'll find out eventually, flosey.

12:23 am

av4, cos?

12:23 am

ha 7,32

12:23 am

9 here also, cos...but h, r, s

12:23 am

have av4 ty

12:23 am

found ar4/4 lol

12:24 am

a's ai 4...an 4....ar 4,5,5,4...av 4

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ai4,...an4...ar4, 5, 5, 4...av4

12:24 am

ty dart

12:24 am

snap dart. * giggle* not often i get to snap dart.

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h's ha 4,5,4,4,5,4,7,4,5,4....hi 6...hu 6

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missing ar5 x 2 then tyvm

12:25 am

r's ra 4,4,5....re 4,5...rh 4...ri 5

12:26 am

lovely ha7

12:26 am

back in a bit -- maybe (falling asleep) -- must empty dishwasher

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s's si 5,4...suu 4,4,5,5

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silly ur

12:27 am

thanx dart

6 to go including ha7 I think I have monkeyd every other comb

12:28 am

2 left.

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one ar5 and one h5

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ea 4......ir 4...iz 4,5...na 4,5,4,4......ur 5....ve 4

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1 left.. H5

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can someone give stats for the V please?

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anyone care to clue the 7 for my last?

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ve 4/7, flosey

12:29 am

add a letter to one you ha4 cos

12:29 am

I'm exactly halfway -- not bad, considering my sleepiness.Need the U and T for nbt

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might be a girl named after her father and mother

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thanks Leslie

12:30 am

I'm looking for the i from first column

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tyvm it was the plural fireworks

12:30 am

Hello everyone

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anike, iz4, 5

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iz 4/9 and plural, anike

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iz4, anike

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nj cosl

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ve 4/7 is the name of my soup tureen

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hey lyn

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hooray cos!

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same here jilli

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came to me in a dream

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yay cos !!

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ve4 is also the name of the never seen wife of Norm Peterson

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TY Jill - fireworks

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wtg cos

12:31 am

west, was that clue for me?

Clues are up

12:31 am

TY Lickety

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thanks Lickety

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also a song from pink floyd's "The Wall"

12:31 am

Thank you, Lickety!

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Thanks, Lickety

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for the 7 LA

12:32 am

chat moving so quickly..did you ask?

12:32 am

i did...

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Short and sweet - good for me today because computer has died (again) and resorting to old laptop - the game might overload it

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I'm off - see you all tomorrow. Happy babbling

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bye Anike

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hi and bye anike

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LA start with a prince and end with his mom's name

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bye anile

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leave out a few letters

12:35 am

wait is the 7 hi?

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good clue west...i was thinking of the deepest ocean trench in the world and change the first letter....your clue is much better lol

12:35 am

no ha

12:35 am

I like yours better

12:35 am

oh well for pete's sake that will do it

12:35 am

fireworks :)

12:36 am

WTG LESLIE!!!!

12:36 am

could not for the life of my figure out a man's name that started with hi ;)

12:36 am

thanks for the 7 West

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yay, Leslie!

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problem with mine..they are usually geographical and sometimes to the U S...and if you don't live here, they might not work

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yay, done! :D

12:38 am

hooray rbud

12:39 am

thanks for all the little lists, especially the H one

12:39 am

back again ...Yay LA and rbud and yw flosey

12:40 am

WTG RBUD!!!!!

12:43 am

flosey has jilli gone?

12:45 am

if she hasn't, i think she needs to amend her last post. anike isn't old enough to rate the word 'anile'

12:45 am

me??yes, i rate the adjective anile...but not anike

12:46 am

I noticed lol

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i'm off...nite all

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I think she went to the unload dishwasher, west, expect she may be back, was quite tired

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night, dart, sleep well, mate

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thx granny...tc poof

12:47 am

I wanted to ask her about the separatists flosey..do you know?

12:47 am

both my first and middle names are in the puzzle tonight.

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goodnight dart nice to see you again

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haven't heard anything new, west, have I missed something

12:47 am

hi skwirl then you get an automatic fireworks

12:48 am

I'm back -- separatists got a minority govt

12:48 am

flosey, did you miss the Quebec election?

12:48 am

that's better than detaching from the whole country jilli

12:49 am

west, they plan many referendums -- couldn't separate without that

12:49 am

lol jilli, have been so wrapped up in my own little world here

12:50 am

the world without apostrophes

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lots going on elsewhere, flosey!

12:51 am

still can't see that hi7!

12:51 am

it's ha 7 jilli

12:51 am

it will still be going on when I get matters settled

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probably because it's an ha7

12:51 am

maybe because there isn't one, according to Lickety -- it's ha7

12:52 am

thanks, everyone, lol!

12:52 am

ha7, ha**cot bean + ***conda, big snake

12:52 am

ty granny -- new word for me

12:53 am

ditto here, jilli

12:53 am

nbt/nbs

12:54 am

wtg jilli

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does anyone have a clue for ur please?

12:55 am

ur and first 3 vowels

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ur + first 3 vowels

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snap, west!

12:55 am

thanks jilli - that's a new one for me

12:55 am

and jilli? i am reading Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy. and you are right, the author of enable has to be Scots. you wouldn't believe the number of babblets i have read in the last few weeks.

12:55 am

and thanks west

12:55 am

and that's fireworks

12:56 am

WTG FLOSEY!!!!

12:56 am

wow, flosey -- well done!

12:56 am

snap jilli and Yay flosey !!

12:56 am

off to Duncan tomorrow, see you at flip

12:56 am

rose I love Scott but he's a hard read

12:57 am

okay, flosey. sleep well, dear friend. enjoy tomorrow?

12:57 am

westy, lol. hence i said 'weeks'. he keeps putting me to sleep.

12:58 am

our oldest daughter and her boyfriend are going to Scotland for a month in Oct

12:58 am

something she's been wanting to do forever

12:58 am

well give them 'rob roy' to read. they might understand what they are hearing

12:59 am

how true

12:59 am

love the sound of it though

1:00 am

is it called a brogue or is that only Irish

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no, the brogue is related to irish only, i think.

1:03 am

westy, my mother-in-law, who lives with us, is Scots.

1:05 am

wow.. my mom was scotch

1:05 am

RURU!!!!! the man who rocks the world...how are you, mate?

1:06 am

:D fine.. you ?

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oops, misread that...do you mean she was preserved in scotch?

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that's one way of putting it

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ruru, remembered to ice pack every 2 hours. made it through a 6 hour shift, np's

1:07 am

hi ruru and bye -- fw here and bed for me!...*poof

1:07 am

Yay jilli !! Sleep well

1:07 am

yeah.. jilli.. good for you

1:07 am

I'm lost in this grid

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WTG JILLI!!!! GOODNIGHT, DEAREST. SLEEP WELL AND I HOPE YOU AWAKE REFRESHED.

1:08 am

sorry, jilli. didn't mean to yell for the whole post.

1:08 am

rose does 'Mother Mac' have a whatever it is that isn't a brogue?

1:08 am

hiatus

1:09 am

oooopsie

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oh, yes, westy!!very much so.she was born on the Isle of Harris.

1:09 am

good word though

1:09 am

uh

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is that where the tweed comes from?

1:10 am

her speech has a lovely lilt to it.

1:10 am

I'll bet

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yes, westy.

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lol, her sister, who lives in edinburgh, says she has lost her accent, though.

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mixed now with a little Aussie?

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umm, i don't notice it...but a Scots who still lives in scotland might notice it.

1:12 am

how long has she been in Oz?

1:13 am

have I ever mentioned how I really hate little grids lately?

1:13 am

well, hubby is nearly 60, so at least 59 years.

1:13 am

join the club

1:14 am

has she ever been back rose?

1:14 am

no, ruru, feel free, go ahead an whine. i am ready to back you.

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grrrrrr

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dart must have finished in three minutes

1:16 am

no, westy. and that's really sad, as she is now too physically weak to undertake( forgive the expression) such a long journey. but we real-time link her with her sister through our computer and camera, so that she can talk whenever she likes

1:17 am

that's really nice rose

1:17 am

pretty much ruru

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how did jilli's tests go?

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I meant to ask her but she left so quickly

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she didn't say

1:18 am

wouldn't she have to wait for results?

1:18 am

i don't think she mentioned them, ruru. will try and remember to ask her, tomorrow, and let you know.

1:19 am

at least they were done at the local hospital..that ferry ride early in the morning is stressful enough

1:19 am

damn.. I meant to ask her right away

1:19 am

how have you been ruru?

1:20 am

wow.. you got a couple hours?

1:20 am

still having pain?

1:20 am

yes.. but it comes and goes

1:21 am

it's not as bad in the summer

1:21 am

i'm afraid of winter this year

1:21 am

cold and damp CA winter

1:21 am

for goodness sake, ruru. talk to me. you have my email.

1:22 am

I'm sure I"ll be cursing physical therapy people like granny is soon

1:22 am

have you decided to have the operation then?

1:22 am

* giggle * you're right there, mate

1:22 am

yes.. it's unavoidable westie

1:22 am

my son-in-law is a physical therapist

1:23 am

stats on the u?

1:23 am

he seems nice lol

1:23 am

and he has a degree in sadism, right?

1:23 am

ur5, ruru

1:23 am

my Sister in law is a famous Physical Therapist

1:23 am

she does all the top sports people

1:24 am

we don't talk however

1:24 am

more like masochism..he's doing another Iron Man this week

1:24 am

rose will be your cheer leader

1:24 am

ugh.. i don't understand what drives people to do the endurance things

1:24 am

all he does is train

1:25 am

for his 50th birthday we all pitched in and got him a new bike..$5K plus

1:25 am

oh, and i have to tell you about the reaction to my fellow workers, nurses and doctors alike, when they saw me back at work. lol. i swear one doctor got whip-lash from the triple take he did when he saw me.

1:26 am

there is a woman who trains for iron man in town.. and she looks like a holocaust

1:26 am

survivor

1:26 am

they ought to know you by now rose

1:26 am

i have dropped 2 sizes in my scrubs.

1:26 am

wow.. that's great granny

1:26 am

just wear your Super Woman outfit from now on

1:27 am

rose didn't you lose a lot of weight before the operation too?

1:27 am

thanx friends. ruru, did you see that i am back into my motorbike leathers?

1:28 am

no

1:28 am

I was thinking the other day rose..what some people won't go through to get the bathroom done lol

1:28 am

yes, westy, i did. but i have continued to lose the excess weight. i feel another 10-15kgs would be good.

1:28 am

gives a whole new meaning to chapstick I bet

1:29 am

you go girl !!

1:29 am

rofl...well that's one way of looking at it, westy

1:30 am

my poor 88 year old auntie just fractured her pelvis..she'll be in rehab for a long time I'm thinking

1:30 am

ouch, westy...that is so painful. poor darling!

1:30 am

I hate facing old people stuff on my end

1:31 am

ie.. .me getting older

1:31 am

end of what, ruru? * had to be asked *

1:31 am

better than the alternative

1:32 am

oh.. just weird things.. like cutting myself on almost anything

1:32 am

being forgetful

1:32 am

needing naps

1:32 am

stuff like that

1:32 am

and why should i be the only one???? hmmmm

1:33 am

I remember hating to take naps

1:33 am

if we only knew then..

1:35 am

amen sister

1:38 am

someone clue the 7 please

1:39 am

change the first letter of the deepest trench

1:39 am

but leave off the last letter

1:40 am

...lost me..

1:40 am

or start with a prince and end with his mother's last 3

1:41 am

where's rose..she had a great clue

1:41 am

ha7, ha**cot bean + ***conda, big snake

1:42 am

there you are !

1:42 am

HERE I AM!!! LOL

1:42 am

thank you both

1:42 am

that's a new one

1:42 am

sorry, was off looking at emails

1:42 am

rbud said the def was a city in some states

1:43 am

how's it going, mate?

1:43 am

actually, it's a state in India

1:43 am

well that's good to know

1:44 am

sometimes I just read back in chat and am amazed at the info therein

1:44 am

yeah, like that's really helpful. lol

1:44 am

Think I need help on the u

1:44 am

please sir can you tell me how to get to ha7?

1:45 am

hang on, if you were in india, it might be helpful.

1:45 am

ur5, ur + 3 vowels

1:45 am

you might go to vegas like the prince west?

1:45 am

ruru say your vowels but stop after 3

1:46 am

he's such a caution

1:46 am

got it

1:46 am

thank you both.. i just couldn't see it

1:46 am

yay, ruru

1:46 am

westy's clue so much better

1:47 am

what is that word?

1:48 am

no idea

1:48 am

even the ending is strange

1:48 am

ummmm, and westy...no peppermint icecream available?

1:49 am

you lost me rose

1:49 am

sounds good though

1:50 am

and to top off my day, i found out that i am now responsible to train ALL theatre staff in the art of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.

1:51 am

didn't they think you had enough to do?

1:51 am

westy, you only have choclit, vanilla and strawberry cones available. :(

1:51 am

oh..I forgot that was my icon lol

1:52 am

for you rose..I will make up a special cone

1:52 am

apparently not, westy. i audit the Dangerous Drugs of Addiction register, and the Blood register....

1:53 am

oohhh, and can i have choclit topping on that, please, huh? please, huh?

1:54 am

took a course recently given by an EMT his night job was stand-up comedian what a riot

1:54 am

coming right up

1:54 am

EMT??

1:55 am

emergency medicla technician

1:55 am

ahhh, now that would have been interesting.

1:55 am

sorry medical...the ambulance guys

1:58 am

yes, westy. they have a very interesting job. personally, i don't think i would handle it well. but then again...in the recovery room, some very interesting things happen.

1:59 am

you have to be ready for anything

2:02 am

yup...i even had one anaesthetist tell me that breathing was over-rated. fortunately, for my patient, i didn't give her opinion much credit.

2:02 am

OMG

2:04 am

and another doctor said' he's breathing ok' and walked out on me and his patient, then was stunned because i told my colleague to push the emergency bell. his patient had taken ONE breath.

2:05 am

your patients are lucky to have you

2:05 am

the general population have no idea just how much their lives are reliant on their recovery room nurses

2:06 am

I have always known how important nurses are

2:06 am

westy, it's not just me...all recovery nurses are very alert to their patients and their condition.

2:07 am

I shall come to Australia and make sure you're my nurse

2:07 am

oh I do know that rose..you are the unsung heroes

2:07 am

I don't remember any of my recovery nurses granny, that is why.

2:08 am

lol, would be a pleasure to look after you, westy. as a matter of fact, i have taken care of my sister-in-law. and she says she never felt so sake.

2:08 am

hi bugs

2:09 am

not planning any surgery at the moment but you never know

2:09 am

hi guys. I am just on my way to bed with 10 left for tomorrow. Have fun Babbling

2:09 am

{{bugs}} hey, hun. you are back, i see. enjoying the itty bitty grid?

2:09 am

lol every time I get a twinge in my knee I think of you

2:09 am

now that is very sad, westy.

2:10 am

have a good sleep bugs

2:10 am

oh....silly granny...sleep well, bugs

2:11 am

I have 7 left and refuse to list

2:11 am

watching a replay of the dems

2:12 am

ask away, westy. if i can help....

2:12 am

have 9 ha 1 hi 1 hu missing?

2:14 am

missing an ha, ha4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 4,7, 4, 5,4

2:14 am

10 ha

2:14 am

ha 7/32

2:14 am

thanks bab and hello

2:14 am

hey babs, how are you?

2:14 am

I have that one

2:15 am

pl the first ha?

2:15 am

stalled

2:15 am

got it..ty twas a plural

2:16 am

yay westy

2:16 am

the hirsute one

2:16 am

no the double a one

2:17 am

for the n in the upper right corner I have Indian bread and grandma..need one more

2:17 am

don't you just hate it??when you miss an obvious plural?

2:18 am

These little ones irritate me

2:18 am

I do

2:18 am

na5, n + stuff we breathe + first vowel

2:18 am

na5, n + stuff we breathe + first vowel

2:19 am

thank you !!

2:19 am

np's

2:19 am

middle row a have the opera song

2:19 am

two of the i words were in a recent grid

2:20 am

ar + stetson

2:20 am

have those ty

2:20 am

ar5, ar + something we wear on our head

2:20 am

oh I hate that word...always miss it

2:21 am

I need to make a mental picture of the letter r wearing a chapeau

2:22 am

ar 5 ar5 the rain goes ratatat

2:23 am

good one !!

2:23 am

2 left both r

2:23 am

have 2 ra 2 re 1 rh

2:24 am

rh 4/6

2:24 am

ra5, ra + big scoring tile + double 2nd vowel

2:24 am

I have that one

2:24 am

ty rose

2:24 am

one more.....

2:24 am

ri5, ri + 1st vowel + abbreviation of thank-you

2:24 am

ri 5

2:25 am

ta da !!

2:26 am

yippee ki ay ....

2:26 am

WTG WESTY!!!! you're a winner

2:26 am

I'd like to thank my good friends rose and bab for my oscar

2:27 am

Congrats

2:27 am

BabbleRabble are you feeling hopeful?

2:27 am

thank you both

2:29 am

we are having our political conventions now rose

2:31 am

"political convention" is a euphemism for a liar's contest

2:32 am

I know but I still look for that glimmer of truth

2:32 am

maybe in the commercials?

2:33 am

I watch C-Span

2:34 am

cable satellite public affairs network

2:34 am

one day we'll have a truth telling robot

2:34 am

or a candidate with a growing nose lol

2:35 am

ahhh, so that explains it...jilli and gwen were having a ' discussion ' earlier.

2:35 am

hey I never knew what C-Span stood for

2:36 am

6 of one half a dozen of another

2:37 am

I get more satisfaction voting for a tree

2:37 am

both candidates' wives did a good job

2:37 am

i'll leave you 2 to discuss that subject. personally, i find politics so boring... and lol, babrab, so totally agree with you.

2:37 am

not so many trees now with all the fires

2:38 am

so many people are so fed up they don't vote

2:38 am

politicians are killing the world

2:39 am

rose before you go..do Australians get fined if they don't vote?

2:39 am

the pollies in ozland are just as boring...and all are fibbers. westy, over here, it is compulsory to vote...otherwise you face a pretty hefty fine.

2:39 am

you just answered my question

2:39 am

lol, from my mind to yours, westy

2:40 am

When I vote, I do a write-in for "none of the above"

2:40 am

you should write yourself in lol

2:41 am

wish we had the option, babrab.

2:42 am

wouldn't it be nice if the pols just told the truth

2:42 am

Those in government put their constituents last in the pecking order

2:43 am

no kidding

2:44 am

too much red tape

2:44 am

so true, westy. we have 2 major worker groups up in arms at the moment. the teachers, because they didn't get their pay rise as promised, and builders, because, their union wants to be the ones who elect the work-site union rep, not the workers.

2:45 am

unions were a good idea until greed got in the way...Bob Dylan

2:45 am

and, currently, the private nurses sector, trying to negotiate their new enterprise bargaining agreement.

2:47 am

no one wants to sacrifice for the greater good

2:47 am

the public nurses sector have their EBA, as fought by our union, but the private nurses are being dumped by the union. we pay the same fees and dues to the union...

2:48 am

not fair

2:49 am

"Personally, I'm in favor of democracy, which means that the central institutions of society have to be under popular control. Now, under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an industry is, if we were to think of it in political terms, fascist that is, it has tight control at the top and strict obedience has to be establishedat every level--there's little bargaining, a little give and take,but the line of authority is perfectly straightforward. Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to economic fascism. I think that until the major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy." ~Noam Chomsky

2:49 am

we are lucky to live in countries that give us a choice though

2:49 am

try telling that to the union...we are having a meeting with our union tomorrow...hope the rep is up to the opposition he/she is going to face.

2:50 am

nice quote...BR

2:50 am

well said bab and noam

2:53 am

have read your quote 3 times, BR. and it is so totally on the mark.

2:54 am

this is not political but our Caity is having a bad time..she was supposed to start a new job today..her car sticker was expired and in Massachusetts that means immediate impounding..so now she has no car and thus no job

2:54 am

Unfortunately, most Americans (though not me) think Chomsky is a socialist and that makes him un-American.

2:55 am

awww, westy, so unfair

2:55 am

tiha

2:55 am

hey, marais.

2:56 am

jobs are so hard to come by these days

2:56 am

Hi--Just lurking--

2:56 am

and, nope, marais, no ti words

2:57 am

hi Marais

2:57 am

Little mistake --still trying to get this game

2:58 am

it's ok, marais....even us old hands still do that

3:00 am

Forgot to look at LicketySplit. Now if I could create computer programs like take that. maybe I could find a job.

3:00 am

well, my friends, i must love and leave you. enjoy the grid...and i will see you all tomorrow after the flip. {{hugs}}

3:00 am

I'm heading off to bed with Perry Mason good night

3:00 am

bye

3:00 am

sleep well, westy.

3:01 am

and night, marais

3:01 am

you too rose..when the time comes lol

3:01 am

goodnight bab and Marais too

3:17 am

fireworks

fireworks x

3:18 am

well done sarah

4:12 am

Most Americans do not know who Chomsky is.

Could I get a clue forha7 please?

harritan

sorry

got it

5:13 am

gm

5:45 am

Down to 1. A s5. Think I have already monkeyed every possible s5 combo!

5:45 am

Down to 1. A s5. Think I have already monkeyed every possible s5 combo!

I have one!

5:47 am

Except that 1. FW!!!

congrats.

5:48 am

GM red. Fast grid. Even the weird ones are monkeyable

yes but my laptop is still lacking the last letter of the alphabet. :(

5:48 am

Weirdest maybe that ha7 and thankfully Marc told me it was there!

5:49 am

Only 2 words with that z. Won't hurt you much

well now I have the one to copy and paste...

5:49 am

Sorry. 4 words

5:50 am

One what to copy and paste?

the last letter of the alphabet.

z

5:52 am

Oh. LOL. That sounds painful! Like my sticky n I would have to hit ferociously 20 times!

I was gong to get a new computer, but then I saw the price of a comparable new model and I was in Sticker shock...so I am waiting.

how is everything out there?

5:53 am

Going ok. Woke up too early!

i wondered...

5:54 am

If my net was up, could at least get some legit work done. Instead I am babbling

5:55 am

Net up at 8p tonight though! (better be!)

5:55 am

Need any clues before I run, red?

well, at least you have fireworks. I have 17 words, which is almost 1/3 of the grid anyway!

so when the net is up you will not be babble distracted.

I have to go get ready for work...chasing an infection that I have very little record of.

5:57 am

Oh no. I'll still be babble distracted, but will go faster and be less painful!

5:57 am

HAGD then, fight the bugs!

morn everyone! OMG 44 words?? LOL

6:01 am

Red, are you talking about Macs?

6:02 am

Oops, she's gone.

6:15 am

are they kidding? I think this is the smallest grid I've seen!

6:15 am

You only need one cup of coffee for this one Ruby.

6:16 am

I know chomsky -- if anybody is listening!

6:16 am

{{molly}}

6:26 am

hi, all. the bathtub in our master bathroom was removed yesterday, and the new shower is going to be installed today!

6:26 am

and now angel will be clean! and hello

6:27 am

this is a tiny, impossible grid (at least for me)

6:28 am

hello ruby

6:29 am

hello teach

6:29 am

this is so hard!

6:29 am

21 words and nothing in sight

6:29 am

how are you?

6:29 am

just starting - but i agree

6:31 am

i'm doing well - and you?

6:31 am

ruby, I will also be a lot safer!

6:32 am

safe is good and I found half

6:34 am

good going ruby

6:35 am

but not even close to nbt or nbs! :(

6:41 am

hap time, see you later, kids

6:42 am

take care ruby

could someone plese clue ar5/10? please

7:09 am

Greek plural of ar 4/4

7:09 am

olivia, add a vowel are the land measure

7:09 am

hello everyone

ty :D

7:10 am

Hi anny, teach, olivia

7:10 am

hi bichon

7:11 am

good morning bichon

hello

7:12 am

gm, everyone. small grid...and i'm finding it difficult.

7:12 am

hi all, very difficult

13 to go..struggling!

7:13 am

Me too x

7:14 am

ditto here

7:14 am

hi peri, dawg, olivia, xei

7:14 am

stats for the U?

7:14 am

this is a hard grid

please can some one clue either of the 6s

ur 5/12

7:14 am

ur 5 12

7:14 am

hu6/27 another word for YAY

7:15 am

ur 3 vowels

7:15 am

thanks peri

7:15 am

could someone clue the 7 pls

7:15 am

morning, peri, annie, olivia, bichon, xeiluj, jiving

7:15 am

ty peri

7:15 am

hi dawg

7:17 am

ohantom...natural

7:18 am

not seeing that ur5

7:18 am

p

7:18 am

15 left

7 is a state in India

7:18 am

ur and first 3 vowels

7:19 am

ur5 + 3 vowels in order. No idea what it means

7:19 am

ty Annie

7:19 am

three different vowels

7:19 am

ty olivia but that does not help

7:19 am

what are the stats olivia?

ha 7/32

7:20 am

morning all!

7:20 am

hi UU

7:20 am

hi lbd!

7:21 am

hi sue

7:21 am

hi annie!

7:21 am

hi sue

7:21 am

10 and stuck, going to list

7:21 am

hi bichon! (I am feeling like the Waltons here...)

7:22 am

It does sue

7:22 am

NBT and NBS - time for breakfast

7:23 am

hi and bye, wv!

7:23 am

hint for the 7, pls

7:25 am

darn,i hate these big grids..hehe. morning all

7:25 am

hi crossy!

7:25 am

hello crossy

7:26 am

hi crossy, later, wv

7:26 am

'morning, everyone

7:26 am

howdy annie,suze,welkilbd et al

7:26 am

hi welki, how are you feeling?

7:27 am

hi welki!

7:27 am

going to list, 10 left

7:27 am

hi welki

7:27 am

doing well, thanks - meds are taking a toll on my system, but that'll go away once they're done

7:27 am

what's up, welki?

7:28 am

old news, sue - diverticulitis w/abscess, including a few days in the hospital - almost all done, now

7:29 am

oh dear - glad you are on the mend!

7:30 am

thanks :)

7:31 am

ha 7, a hint please

7:31 am

tadone!! finito,

uh oh, this is going to be one of those without any "real" words.

7:32 am

ha7, ha**krishna, + woman's name

7:32 am

wtg dawg - but now what? it's only 6:30!

7:33 am

think i'll bake today, as well as lots of cleaning since the kids have departed...first day off to be able to clean off all the fingerprints.

7:33 am

tyvm dawg

hi 6?

7:33 am

yw, bichon

7:34 am

hi6, to take a break from something. actors go on hi6 before filming the next season's show.

thankyou :)

well, I'm going to have to hit the list with only 15.

Stats on the V?

7:38 am

v is a girl

7:38 am

ve---girls name

7:38 am

morning everyone

7:38 am

Hi ((Mom)))

Ty how about the lower I and the U?

7:39 am

((Annie)) good morning. Did you have some rain yesterday?

7:39 am

It was raining or drizzly all day, it's cloudy and dreary now, expect more rain, ugh

7:40 am

The grass will thank the rain

7:40 am

and the flowers too

7:41 am

yes, I forgot the flowers

7:41 am

Mom, Your clan all in the US now?

7:41 am

they are. What a fiasco it turned out to be

7:42 am

fiasco? why?

7:42 am

they landed in Philadelphia, their plane was to leave at 3:20 for home. It was delayed 3 times before they cancelled the flight

7:42 am

they put them on another flight but it went into Dayton Ohio, an hour and a half from us.

7:42 am

(((MOM)))

su 5/12?

7:43 am

Oh my...what a trip!

pretty please :)

7:43 am

good morning everyone

7:43 am

su, double cons, vowel

7:43 am

good afternoon all :)

7:43 am

That flight was suppose to leave at 6:40 it ended up not leaving until 9:00. We got home at 12:30 a.m.

7:43 am

sorry about the air mess, mom! at least they are on the ground safe and sound.

7:43 am

hiya River, Annie

7:43 am

hi river, sprite!

7:43 am

(((LBD))), (((Sprite))), (((River)))

7:43 am

((sprite))

7:43 am

su5.12 like the 5.14 but double cons and no H

7:44 am

hi River and sprite

7:44 am

hi river, hi sprite

7:44 am

phone

7:44 am

hello uusue, thank you. Yes, we are very glad to have them home

7:44 am

morning all

7:44 am

(((Crossy))

7:44 am

hiya dawg! *hugs for crossy*

7:44 am

howdy carlee

7:44 am

hi mom :)

7:44 am

this is a nasty little grid

7:44 am

now that is my tale of woe for the day. How are you all?

7:44 am

(((Carlee)))

7:44 am

now if i had the 5/14,id be rocking

7:44 am

hi crossy

Fireworks! thanks for your help Xx

7:45 am

{{mom}} how are you...

7:45 am

Sprite, how is your darling?

7:45 am

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for olivia

7:45 am

how bad can it be? Only 44 words :D :D :D

7:45 am

congrats olivia

7:45 am

sorry about the flight issues mom

7:45 am

Carlee, just fine, thanks. How are you?

thanks Mom..nighty night! (or good morning in your case)

7:46 am

my love is doing very very well! Went for a huge bicycle tour yesterday, even. He is bored stiff, of course, so I think it is ok... as long as he takes care not to put pressure on his belly.

7:46 am

hi carlee

7:46 am

hi sprite

7:46 am

hi carlee

7:46 am

pleasant dreams, Olivia

7:46 am

just missed your tale of woe, I think, Mom. *hug*

7:46 am

whooo hoooo Olivia!!

7:46 am

thanks, Sprite *hugs back*

7:46 am

oh good for him, Sprite. How long does he have to be off work?

7:47 am

at least until the end of this week. And he has to be very careful for at least 6 weeks

7:47 am

well now I have managed to gray the bottom row :-)

7:47 am

so...are any of the yanks watching morning news?....am curious what the undits have to say about day 1 of the dnc

7:47 am

yayyyy Mom! ;)

7:48 am

(giggle) wtg MOM!!

7:48 am

I am sure you have enjoyed having him home

7:48 am

woot for mom

7:48 am

thanks, LBD

7:48 am

I am not watching the news

7:48 am

yes, it was lovely to have him home from the hospital. And he is pretty good about not being a pest :D

7:48 am

thank you, Carlee

7:49 am

carlee, depends on the channel you watch as to what slant you'll have to listen to. personally, i avoid tv during this time of year. i'm tired of the mudslinging and lies from all sides.

7:49 am

bbl, to visit.

7:49 am

are you finished, LBD?

7:49 am

getting a late start to the day - must run! see you all later1

7:49 am

bye dawg, and yes, I can imagine

7:49 am

bye double u sue!

7:50 am

bye bye Uusue, have a great day

7:50 am

well i know which channel depends.... ( am currently without cable until next week when i will have all the networks ( except fox and msnbc ) back

7:50 am

byebye sue

7:50 am

I am with LBD, I am so tired of the commericals and the mud slinging

7:51 am

commercial*

7:55 am

even here, Mom, and it isn't half as bad as in the US

7:55 am

wow, Sprite, I wouldn't have thought that

7:55 am

have to go out for the day - 7 left - BBL

7:56 am

for some reason we seem to think we need to copy the US in every way.

7:56 am

bye teach

7:56 am

bye bye wvteach, have a great day

7:56 am

that is not always a good thing :-)

7:57 am

no it is not. We are more and more forgetting about Sinterklaas, making Xmas into a purely commercial thing. And now the real mudslinging in the politics has started as well.

7:58 am

it would be refreshing if someone running for office would take the high road and just state what they would like to do if congress would go along with it.

7:58 am

that used to be the way here. But now they try to profile themselves by saying bad stuff about their opposition.

7:59 am

lol... it wouldn't be so bad, since I don't watch tv anyway... but I have to vote!

7:59 am

mom..you would enjoy the novel the best laid plans by terry fallis

7:59 am

I had to look up Sinterklaas. Feast of St. Nicholas :-)

7:59 am

it is a satirical look at canadian politics...and is not a long read....quite entertaining

8:00 am

8 left here

8:00 am

I will write that down and see if the library has it, Carlee

8:00 am

hello ((Peri)) have the storms passed?

8:00 am

yes :D Very fun holiday.

8:00 am

not raining at the moment, but more rain and possible thunderstorms today

8:00 am

hi peri

8:01 am

we have St. Nick on the 6th of December an then Christmas

8:01 am

oh Peri, I hope it won't be a severe weather day

8:02 am

THERE IS A SEQUEL... oops cap lock...and is called "the High Road"

8:02 am

thanks, I hope so too. wanted to do some errands but will wait

8:02 am

they are both very charming.... and entertaining

8:02 am

we start with St. Maarten, on Nov 5, when the children go door to door with candles and song and they get sweets. Then Sinterklaas, with gifts and trick gifts and poems. And finally Xmas, which used to be about the birth of Christ and about the silence of MidWinter. But it is all commercial now.

8:03 am

what a neat tradition

8:03 am

need help with r in 2nd column pls. only have ra4

8:03 am

Our library does not have them but I am sure Cincinnati will.

8:04 am

found an ra5

8:04 am

am happy we don't have a nazi today

8:04 am

very much so, Sprite

8:05 am

rh 4/6

8:05 am

rh4, ra4x2, ra5

8:05 am

ty sprite

8:05 am

hello amelu

8:05 am

thanks Mom and amelu

8:06 am

g'morning. ~:o)

8:06 am

ameleelulalalo :)

8:06 am

ty amelu, missing an ra4

8:06 am

depends mom...they cdn...but...if you can handle listening online....

8:06 am

ty Mom for rh4

8:06 am

http://terryfallis.com/the-best-laid-p lans/tblp-podcast/

8:07 am

you're welcome Peri

8:07 am

he puts up pod casts 1 chapter 1 week at a time...so you can sit and listen..or turn up and dust...whatever...

8:07 am

5 left and stuck

8:07 am

Thanks Carlee, I have bookmarked it

8:08 am

I need to scoot and get the day rolling.

8:08 am

((Hugs)) to all of you

8:08 am

{{mom}} enjoy the day

8:08 am

bye dear Mom *hug*

8:09 am

((Carlee and Sprite)) hugs to you both

8:09 am

bl

8:10 am

already found the High Road in my collection :)

8:10 am

now the first one

8:11 am

sprite,get a chance to read that book i sent you?

8:11 am

LOL! FW! My last word, hu6, how appropriate!

8:11 am

not yet, dear crossy. But it is on my shortlist.

8:11 am

hey my niece is in the grid!

8:12 am

yaa for amelu!! and ty for h6

8:12 am

gratz :) And our Haz is too

8:12 am

wtg amelu!

8:12 am

there are 3 girl's names in the grid

8:12 am

np sprite,i just have more cooking in my epub machine hehe

8:12 am

tyvm & yvw! ~:o)

8:13 am

sprite if you go to that link i posted...the author podcasts all his books....

8:13 am

prolly more than that

8:13 am

fireworks

8:13 am

feel free to send it, any time, crossy. I collect. And keep ready. And use when needed :D

8:13 am

yaa for annie!!!

8:13 am

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for annie

8:13 am

thanks carlee :)

8:13 am

wtg Annie!

8:13 am

so is the 7 an S, R, or H?

8:14 am

Ha7

8:14 am

no way. Lol

8:14 am

weird or normal?

8:15 am

weird

8:15 am

clue please then? :)

8:15 am

ha** krishna and another girl's name ( 3letters)

8:15 am

monkeyed it. Really weird.

8:16 am

thankee, that's me done... too fast.

8:16 am

congrats, hurshy

8:16 am

sounds a bit like your spanish aunt should shave batter

8:16 am

better*

8:16 am

wtg hursh

8:16 am

LOL

8:16 am

i need to write a lament for small babble grids

8:17 am

well, have we had crossy's tidbit of the day yet?

8:17 am

but differentialise between easy fasties and tiny tighties.

8:20 am

a tidbit, a tidbit, i need a tidbit

8:21 am

crossy is on a diet... and so are we, tidbit wise

8:22 am

phone, again

8:22 am

!

8:22 am

ok, I will substitute: Here comes Crossy's tidbit of the day, brought to you by proxy sprite: "We all imagine pupils to be round – as they are the type we see most often (on humans) – but goats (and most other animals with hooves) have horizontal slits which are nearly rectangular when dilated. This gives goats vision covering 320 – 340 degrees; this means they can see virtually all around them without having to move (humans have vision covering 160 – 210 degrees). Consequently, animals with rectangular eyes can see better at night due to having larger pupils that can be closed more tightly during the day to restrict light. Interestingly, octopuses also have rectangular pupils."

8:23 am

(but most octopuses don't have hooves)

8:26 am

well hursh, I hope that made you happy. Fireflies for me, which makes me happy. Bye all!

8:32 am

g'morning all. ur 5/12?

8:33 am

ur and then 3 vowels

8:33 am

oh yeah and cats, and reptiles, have vertical slits that are like skinny footballs when light is bright and open up to become round. this is why cats look cuter and more curious in dimmer light, lol.

8:34 am

well ttfn all

8:34 am

Bye Hurshy!

8:35 am

thanks, car! that was my last word. now I'll go do something productive

8:35 am

Yeah! Congratus!

8:35 am

*Congrats

8:35 am

thanks! *poof*

8:35 am

tryoing three vowels. wow. cant get it right

8:36 am

They actually go in order of the list of vowels

8:36 am

got it.

8:36 am

weird words

8:36 am

I need stats please for the left side i?

8:36 am

And for the T please?

8:37 am

t word clues please.

8:39 am

If I had them I would share them!

8:40 am

ty anyway

used highest point tile, iz4/9 & pl

8:41 am

iz4/9 and 5/29

8:41 am

TY TO! And hello!

8:42 am

Hi River! TY you too!

this one is a little bee yatch

8:43 am

i am half way. ugh. tough onew.

8:43 am

Go mkg, Go!

8:43 am

ty got both i words. whew.

8:44 am

now for those t words.................hmmmmm

8:44 am

off to work. good luck all.

8:45 am

Got 'em!!!1 Ta 4/5 and plural!

8:45 am

If you are from Boston, it is what you use to pave the road.

8:46 am

got em. ty

8:46 am

clue for the 7?

8:47 am

ha** krishna + woman's name with only 1 middle consonant. (clue given earlier)

8:47 am

i have two na 4 4s. what is other n word from top corner?

8:47 am

that is all I have from there as well.

8:47 am

ty. done for now.

8:50 am

na + man's name for the na 5/10

8:53 am

Thank you. Got it - was put off by other man's name also starting with same letter!

8:54 am

oops! Sorry! And Hello EmaMaria!

8:54 am

Hi!

8:58 am

Fireworks!

8:58 am

Congrats!

8:59 am

I have about 2 minutes...anyone need clues?

yay car!

8:59 am

I have the 6 that is the appropriate response to fireworks clue for the other?

9:00 am

Take a break from your job and you are on hi 6/24

9:00 am

Fab got it!

9:01 am

Holy guacamole! I just checked the definition of a word and it sent me to Dictionary.com! Does that mean Enable is gone?

9:03 am

And it turns out the ha 7 is a proper name, so that shouldn't even be included! LOL! Babble will never cease to amaze me!

9:03 am

OK.. I am off to work. I wish you all a wonderful day! {{hugs}} for all!

9:03 am

it's been sending me to dictionary.com since I started playing a couple months ago, car

i always rememner its going to dictionary.com

9:04 am

Hi mael! that is how observant I am then! Just thought it was "Enable". LOL! Oh well!

9:04 am

but, hilariously, sometimes the words in babble do not exist on dictionary.com

9:04 am

They must have updated their web page though, because it definitely looks different than usual.

9:04 am

:)

9:05 am

Bye!

is the ha7 a common word?

9:06 am

no.

9:07 am

car!

9:12 am

Ha7 sounds similar to tje first name of ms huffington of the huffington post

9:12 am

Prince ha*ry and his mum princess D****

9:12 am

It is a cow breed

9:14 am

I got the hi6, does anyone know the other one?

9:14 am

Hu6 - yippee!

9:16 am

ty kje

9:16 am

thanks! :)

9:17 am

Yw

9:18 am

hi all

9:18 am

ty BR for the ha7 clue

9:19 am

and kje for the hu6

9:20 am

Hello, jmc

9:21 am

44 words? hard grid, I assume?

9:21 am

a few weird words.

hello joiners and unurkers

9:22 am

ruahn

9:22 am

try again mixi ;-)

9:23 am

5 lousy words left.

9:23 am

Like with any grid, the only hard words are the ones you cannot find.

9:24 am

there can't be a ru unless it has 2 Rs in it. . . otherwise it would come from the greyed out r

9:25 am

and I have all the r's. monkeys aren't cooperating.

9:25 am

haha!

9:25 am

pb jmc.

9:26 am

oh great *looks at remarks while sipping coffee*

je, do you read your fb email?

9:27 am

i get FB mail? I read messages, yes.

yes

9:28 am

did you send me one and i managed to over look it? sorry

np

9:28 am

i don't see why i got the PB. . . oh wait i guess i will have to say lol today!

9:29 am

putting chocolit cake for jmc.

time to go, maybe get in a walk before appointment

9:32 am

answered you TO

9:32 am

bye TO

9:32 am

ty mixi i am bound to end up there again today!

9:34 am

fireworks.

9:34 am

whooo hooo mixi!

9:36 am

stats for the V please

9:37 am

ve4/7

9:37 am

ty bzzn

9:38 am

ha**! i tried those four letter every way except the right one!

9:41 am

Hi all

9:41 am

nbt

9:41 am

hi boo

9:42 am

been a while since i ha** seen you

9:43 am

Yes. Been so busy this summer..lots of people coming and going..

9:44 am

so had a fun summer? or just lots of work?

9:44 am

Fun summer..

9:47 am

my summer blew past so fast i hardly remember it. . .

9:48 am

Yes. It did. fall is approaching

9:51 am

well at least this fall will be exciting for me since it will include the Nationals in the playoffs

9:52 am

Is that a sport event

9:53 am

hair

9:53 am

oops, sorry about that. Not a word anyway.

9:54 am

Actually, it is.

10:14 am

clue for hi6 please??

10:17 am

a pause, flask

10:19 am

thanks mael...

10:23 am

Hello friends

10:25 am

Hi Bob!

10:27 am

fireworks for me....any clue needed before I go?

10:29 am

the middle i, flask?

10:30 am

flower mael

10:30 am

doh

10:31 am

thank you, flask

10:31 am

lol....anymore?

10:31 am

yvw...

10:31 am

u pls

10:32 am

ur + plus 1st 3 vowels....only way I can clue it!

10:34 am

ty Flask another weird one

10:34 am

yep....there's one or two around....but I have enjoyed todays grid.....:)

10:36 am

ok...am outta here now....byeeeeeeeee...

can someone clue the T and the A in the same column

please

10:57 am

t4 = goatlike mammal in the himalayas and its plural

10:58 am

a4=opera song (if i understood your request)

10:59 am

*wanders back out*

thank you hoth

11:00 am

can i have the full stat for the t4 goat like critter please?

11:01 am

ta4.5

11:01 am

ty dc

11:01 am

odly, i found it from marais' clue -- and i learned something today.

11:02 am

good to learn something new each day:)

11:02 am

it is indeed :D

11:03 am

there it is ty

11:05 am

this is one of those smal and challenging grids i see

11:06 am

crossy does not like small grids with sharp teeth full of un-words

11:06 am

ah, so i should let the monkeys fly today

11:06 am

indeed

11:07 am

what i do with these is just lets our cat walk across the keyboard for a bit.you would be surprised how many he gets

11:07 am

LOL that makes sense

11:08 am

or ,if you have a toddler,just hit them pound away for a while

11:08 am

tell the child to enter any 4 letters they wish and hit the enter button,just put a gold star on enter button

11:09 am

LOL

11:11 am

but the jumbo ones are just as bad.all you do is add: er,ier,iers,est,ism.isms,iest,ers,oid, oids,ae,ea,eas,aes,iest to every single word and stay hydrated for the duration of the typing endurance contest lol

11:11 am

my fave size is tween 200 and 300

11:12 am

ing, ings too :)

11:12 am

yes,i know i missed a few

11:13 am

that way it is big enough to have actual words,but no so big as to have every single possible varriation of those words

11:13 am

indede

11:13 am

indeed even

11:13 am

well, i must run, might be back on later.

11:14 am

np.no spelling nazi,z here today

11:19 am

clue for the first ar5/10....pleqase

11:22 am

ar5/12 plz

11:23 am

ar 5/10 and 5/12 please..hehe now we got it covered:))

11:23 am

ar5/12...ar + what you wear on your head

11:24 am

ar5/12 is a buddist

11:24 am

thanks Molly

11:25 am

ar5/10...ar4 code of a phone number + vowel

11:25 am

tyvm Moll

11:34 am

firewords!

11:35 am

ha7 plz

11:36 am

ms huffington sorta

11:37 am

ha7 - run together the first letters of Charles' 2nd son and the last letters of his first wife (3 and 4)

11:38 am

never heard of ms huffington,but i got ur clue anyhow....thanx

11:39 am

thanks Haz, easy when you know how .

11:40 am

You're welcome, oggy.

11:40 am

so.......i'm curious.....just who is ms huffington.....please

11:42 am

hi all, back from raking leaves at the bottom of the driveway. there was a small flood there.

11:42 am

4 left. an S, R from top R and H all 4 and 5 letters

11:43 am

missing 2 of the h words

11:44 am

ha5/18 perhaps?

11:44 am

got the h words.

11:45 am

2 left, an s and an r

11:45 am

ty Haz, have al the h words

11:45 am

the words I am missing are 5 letters

11:46 am

ra5/20?

11:46 am

I have that one, thanks, Haz

11:46 am

is there another ra5?

11:47 am

No, your alternatives are ri5/10 and a plural for re4

11:47 am

it is the ri5/10 then. found the s

11:48 am

You'll have seen the ri5/10 before.

11:48 am

really? looking...

11:48 am

it is my last word

11:49 am

found it, thanks Haz

11:49 am

It's an anagram of sparkly headpiece.

11:49 am

Well done!

11:49 am

Fireworks

11:49 am

tough little grid, lots of monkeying and a nudge from Haz at the end

11:50 am

byeee, cu later

11:50 am

Some unfamiliar words, for sure. Bye, peri.

11:51 am

aebmusic: Ms Huffington is Ariana huffington, an author and founder of The Huffington Post.

11:53 am

hi guys, quick question, does anyone remember the link people used a whiel ago about tiny steps to start decluttering / cleaning ones hous?

11:53 am

flylady I think.

11:54 am

And hello!

11:54 am

flylady! TY! :)

11:54 am

and hello :D

11:54 am

No problem. Are you going to declutter?

11:56 am

nope, but someone I know wants to and I remember how good some Babble people found flylady

11:57 am

Ah.

12:00 pm

I'm sure I had something else to tell you, but I can't remember now!

12:00 pm

Great British Bake-Off?

12:00 pm

I did love that last night!

12:01 pm

Wasn't it spectacular? And those poor creme caramels that went splat.

12:02 pm

I know! Those poor poor caramels. And the tortes! POtato flour!

12:03 pm

I couldn't imagine how in the world you'd begin to get flour out of a potato.

12:03 pm

I learn something every week and there's no horrible mockery of anybody.

12:05 pm

not at all, and I love Mary and Paul, they are critical but kind. I learn how far beyond me most baking is!

12:06 pm

Yes, it's constructive criticism. Did you notice the bit last night about the cake 'singing'. I remember being taught that years ago by an elderly lady. If it's still singing, it's not done.

12:06 pm

The baking skills they display are amazing, especially when you consider that they're working with unfamiliar ovens etc.

12:08 pm

Absolutely incredible. I'm completely in awe of them all.

12:09 pm

oooh look at this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/b 013pqnm

12:10 pm

Great! Now we can see if we can do any better...

12:11 pm

I did buy the book of recipes from the last series and I've tried a few - they worked out well but I hasten to add that I didn't try anything too ambitious.

12:11 pm

Let's see if *you* can!! :)

12:12 pm

Looks like old times here. : D

12:12 pm

Hello, hego.

12:12 pm

hiya!

12:15 pm

*Wonders how much cooking wine you need to have had before you hear your cake sing*

12:15 pm

At least they've given full instructions for the creme caramels. And I've seen what can go wrong, so that should help.

12:19 pm

It's not so much singing as slightly hissing. But it's true, it means that there's still too much moisture left.

12:19 pm

oh yes the singing! I've never heard that before

12:20 pm

And I didn't know that you shouldn't use a non-stick pan to make the caramel because it will crystallise. The pitfalls of baking!

12:21 pm

nobody tells you this stuff.

12:22 pm

I do like it that the bakers can actually surprise Mary with flavours or flours

12:22 pm

We should export the programme to you in the States. It's far better than Downton.

12:22 pm

The suspense of wondering if the cakes will rise or the meringues stay crisp.

12:22 pm

We will have it sooner or later.

12:23 pm

Will pepper in pastry be a hit or a miss? (It was a miss)

12:23 pm

Haz likes to live on the edge.

12:23 pm

You have no idea, hego.

12:23 pm

pink pepper at that

12:23 pm

such excitement!

12:24 pm

Anyway, here comes the husband. I'd better feed him before he faints dead away. It's been three hours since he last ate.

12:24 pm

Toodle-oo for now!

12:24 pm

bye dear!

12:24 pm

Bye!

12:24 pm

bye Haz. Can't have hubby fainting.

12:27 pm

Singing and hissing cakes. The things you learn about in Babble chat. : D

12:27 pm

Haz is always very informative.

12:27 pm

haz and ata? what a treat!

12:28 pm

Indeed Dorens

12:28 pm

unlike this grid

12:29 pm

at my desk now fielding multiple calls to dyfs--1st day of school

12:30 pm

good luck

12:30 pm

: ( Not a great way to start the school year

12:31 pm

Are you folks having huge scary storms?

12:33 pm

Not here, but it looks pretty rainy up your way.

12:34 pm

weird, sun one minute, pour the next.

12:35 pm

Haz knows everything!

12:35 pm

and you are not smug??

12:35 pm

sure does Ata.

12:46 pm

down to four and tearing my hair out!

12:47 pm

poor, bald xeil

12:48 pm

{{{{ATA}}}}}} sorry about your news, hope things get better soon x

12:49 pm

missed Haz *sigh*

12:49 pm

evening everyone

12:49 pm

poor katie. there, there

12:50 pm

ty hego ;-)

12:50 pm

awwwww........

12:51 pm

clearly my upbeat entrance was before I saw there were only 44 words, I'm really rubbish at small grids

12:51 pm

clue for first na4 please?

12:51 pm

they are usually awful.

12:51 pm

Indian flat bread Kenny

12:52 pm

type of bread

12:52 pm

double vowel

12:53 pm

Sorry, can't see it.

12:53 pm

Poo. Was excited to Babble today because work closed for weather. Wanted a big chewy grid!

12:54 pm

Kenny, na + same 2 letters reversed

12:54 pm

sorry Griff

1:00 pm

Hi all, pouring again here

1:00 pm

I can clue for a bit, if needed

1:00 pm

I would guess there are more cluers around than those in need of clues. : )

1:00 pm

haha

1:01 pm

ok then, I will be on my way

1:01 pm

byee

1:02 pm

and that's firewords for me. how unsatisfying! happy brief-babbling, everyone!

1:03 pm

any clues for the ri 10?

1:07 pm

ri5,10 = anagram of sparkling headpiece

1:09 pm

Unbelievable, thank you, down to one now, su 5 12

1:13 pm

want a clue julie?

1:13 pm

Please, please, please, monkeyed to death!

1:14 pm

su5/12 = su + double cons + vowel

1:16 pm

Thank you, fireworks for me :)

1:16 pm

woo hoo

1:38 pm

back

1:42 pm

can I have stats for the I words?

1:43 pm

is 4 iz 4 and 5

1:43 pm

hi again all

1:43 pm

no no sorry that is not is 4 it is ir 4

1:43 pm

hi car

1:44 pm

hi jmc... hows it going?

1:44 pm

ir 4 iz 4 and 5

1:44 pm

slowly. . . i keep finding anything but work to do

1:44 pm

ty jmc - hi carlee

1:45 pm

yw i was afraid i just confused you

1:45 pm

ah... i am putting off washing dishes....but I did spend 2 hours cleaning out my car and am starting to pre for my 8 months of commute again

1:45 pm

hi dan :)

1:45 pm

prep*

1:45 pm

i already started class last week. . .tomorrow i go again

1:46 pm

got my sleeping bag and pillow and cooler, snow brush, knife and water and a spare pair of water proff shoes tucked inside the car

1:46 pm

tomorrow is my first day

1:46 pm

but for my determination not to quit i would quit

1:46 pm

sleeping bag?

1:47 pm

well...if I get stuck a: in snowmagedden..is warm... and 2 if am stuck on campus I have something to sleep in ..in residence

1:47 pm

thank heavens it is only one class this semester so i drive 150 miles. . .go to class. . .drive 150 miles

1:47 pm

ugh...3 hour drive each way????

1:47 pm

seems early for snowmagedden even for canada

1:48 pm

at least am 65 miles 1 way...but is 4 days a week i make that drive each way

1:48 pm

*giggle* not the way i drive

1:48 pm

it is early...but we have been known to be caught off guard the first week of oct... and if I get too busy...wellllll

1:48 pm

mostly a super highway at 80 mph more or less legally

1:49 pm

i am glad i get to come home each thursday rather than staying down there like i did last year

1:49 pm

( I am hoping that by being incredibly prepared.... snowmageddon wont happen...) and not for cdns... if limit is 60, 65, 70...with cdn plate..u better be doing that...else we get pulled over BIG time

1:50 pm

ah we get a 10 mph free zone. . .if you are 11 mph over you may get stopped

1:50 pm

people in MI are even targetting cdn plates....get caught up in traffic... they pull ahead.....and when can..purposely back into you....since of course...in another country...well " just pay me cash now and we will forget about it"

1:51 pm

really? what jerks . . . I never do that I insist we call the cops. . . it has always worked for me

1:51 pm

AND... we were the target of HUGE road rage ( for what I did..no idea... cus i was just cruising in my lane ( right lane) going speed limit ( 65)..and some chick pulled in front..and SLOWED down.... i thought at first..something wrong...

1:52 pm

some guy tried that with my boy thinking he was 17 (he was 24) and ended up really regretting it. . .even tried the "i'm friends with the local cops" card.

1:52 pm

5 mi later..clearly not something wrong..so pulled to middle lane...passed her..she started railing at me... then for next 35 mi....was bob and weave...every time she managed topull in front of me...she slammed on brakes

1:53 pm

wow! that is a scary story. . .I would find a peopled rest stop or mcdonalds and let her go. . .

1:53 pm

other cars were even taking pics of her....i finally nipped in behind a limited transport....stuck to him like glue and she had no choice but to carry on...

1:53 pm

good strategy

1:53 pm

there...wasnt.... was insane ( and..she had 3 little old ladies in hte car with her)

1:54 pm

what's a limited transport?

1:54 pm

they were probably all white with fear!

1:55 pm

18 wheeler... usually limited to 55...your upper speed limit is 60, 65, 70 whatever...but your lower is 55..and the transports are limited..that unable to drive much faster....and the computer on board will show their company what they drove

1:55 pm

ah i c

1:55 pm

the truck has a speed limiter on board... making the truck unable to go faster than 55...

1:56 pm

that sounds dangerous. . .sometimes you need to excellarate to get out of a situation

1:56 pm

on this was all happening just outside of detroit... around 10 mi was where it started... insane... chick was crazier than bat shit

1:56 pm

( pardon my french)

1:56 pm

accelerate

1:56 pm

they can...but not for long duration... shows up in computer...like black box

1:57 pm

nope not at all she was clearly crazier than bat shit

1:57 pm

my kids were freaking out.. anyway...id you watch any of the dnc last night?

1:57 pm

oh that is better then. . . as long as they can if they really need to

1:57 pm

<---- loved it

1:58 pm

no i was at the nationals baseball game. . .but been liking the various comments

1:58 pm

cory booker... loved him...

1:58 pm

is there more than one hi word?

1:59 pm

the tribute to kennedy..i cried

2:00 pm

no idea... i only have about 12 words so far

2:00 pm

:-)

2:00 pm

ah thanks anyway

2:02 pm

1 hi word

2:02 pm

ty BR that was what i was afraid of

2:03 pm

hu 6/27

2:04 pm

i ha** hu6 as well ty

2:04 pm

hey guys, down to 2 h words, one hi6, and one ha7, my brain has died. Any clues?

2:04 pm

pl of first ha

2:05 pm

ha+the *oyal princess D****

2:05 pm

hi6=a gap or pause

2:06 pm

got that too BR

2:06 pm

ha 4/6 laughter

2:06 pm

kk, thanx, got the ha 7 , trying to re engage brain for the hi 6

2:07 pm

ty BR got it

2:08 pm

you take a hi6 from work

2:09 pm

ends with you and me

2:09 pm

super! thanx jmc! fw!

2:09 pm

whoo hooo uncover!

2:15 pm

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~*for cover

2:21 pm

5 left

2:25 pm

1

2:26 pm

fw last word was si5/20 an undergraduate at cambridge on the dole

2:42 pm

hi everyone -- not the smallest, but almost!

2:43 pm

howdy cybernan

2:44 pm

*trying to fathom jmc's si 5 clue

2:48 pm

I doubt you would get the word from the definition Nan.

2:49 pm

hi everyone. it begins with the same 3 letters as si4 . See iz4

2:52 pm

ty bugs

3:00 pm

very hard grid today!

3:03 pm

ur 5, please?

3:05 pm

or ha 7?

3:07 pm

ur + first three vowels

3:08 pm

ty molly

3:08 pm

ha7...Members of the Royal family are Prince ***ry and the late Princess D****

3:09 pm

ty again

3:09 pm

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

3:09 pm

: )

3:10 pm

a grid full of babblets and words with no defs :(

3:11 pm

bye all - back at the flip if I'm still awake!

3:42 pm

Hello all! *splash*

3:43 pm

Nasty little twisty thing this grid!

4:00 pm

12 left...and no one to chat I guess...bfn...bbs

4:02 pm

I've only managed 16 words and I can't see any others. Think this is a grid too far today!

4:06 pm

Well, decided to come back and finish the last 12....

4:08 pm

5

4:10 pm

w2

4:12 pm

======>!!FW!!<======

4:19 pm

*heavy sigh* *poof*

4:31 pm

Aw, belated Hooray for Jilly. No one around to Woot for her. : (

4:32 pm

Hooray for Jilly. Short grid today but not very intuitive for me. Fireworks are a good achievement today!!

4:45 pm

hu6, jilly! evening all

4:45 pm

tx for the hu6 dan! LOL

4:46 pm

np :-)

4:46 pm

firewords here too - ra5 was my last - double the ra4 vowel

4:47 pm

congrats!!

4:47 pm

na5/10 any clues?

4:47 pm

and i see we have yet another precious pic of little 2bit!!

4:50 pm

don't have it, mom

4:50 pm

n + the *** that we breathe + vowel

4:51 pm

aahhh thanks!!

4:51 pm

Une I was actually thinking it might be time for a more recent one, though I do love the picasso "glasses"

4:51 pm

indeed LOL

5:01 pm

firewords! and i'm off to do a bit of housework . . . see you at the flip! :-) *poof*

6:34 pm

hi all. need ar 5 12 clue please.

6:39 pm

no clues eh???????????

6:44 pm

i got the ar. ar + what you wear on your head in winter to keep warm is this three letters;.

6:46 pm

ha clues for ha 4 5 the third one please.

6:48 pm

where is everyone?

6:51 pm

hare

6:51 pm

hare

6:51 pm

oops. so sorry

6:55 pm

just back-tx molly for the clue for na5/10

6:57 pm

My last word is the 2nd ha 5, 12. Any clue?

7:00 pm

Got it. Fireworks.

7:05 pm

hi clue for the ha7 please

7:06 pm

ha7 clue at 3:08

7:21 pm

Ha7 sounds like ms huffington, of huffington post

7:21 pm

Ha7 sounds like ms huffington, of huffington post

7:25 pm

clues for 1st ha4/5 and ri5/10 anyone?

7:26 pm

An ha 4/5 is h plus double vowels plus hook letter majmom

7:26 pm

Ha+ to be verb

7:26 pm

ri 5/10 is another word for a lasso or a rope majmom & hi!

7:27 pm

Hi min

7:27 pm

Ri + babbler ***lante

7:28 pm

Hello kje! How are you? Are you the only one here besides majmom? It seems to be a very quiet chat log this evening.

7:28 pm

tx so much minveryork

7:29 pm

Small grid makes for quiet chats

7:29 pm

yw

7:30 pm

And the NFL season kicks off tonight : D

7:30 pm

Small grids makes for happy babblers like me who have no time for big ones, especially on a work day. I got one left.

7:32 pm

Go min!

7:32 pm

I am saving my last word for later. I am doing a story now.

7:33 pm

There are some challenging words for a story, min!

7:35 pm

Yes, of course my story will not include the hard ones. I am not THAT good at writing a story of clues, maybe someday.

7:35 pm

what happens when you dont have any words

7:37 pm

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

7:38 pm

What do U mean if U do not have any words?U have to find them in the puzzle. There are 43 words to find in this grid.

7:38 pm

hello Minveryork I am new to this dont know what i am doing

7:39 pm

back for my last 5:)

7:39 pm

Go crosshair go!

7:39 pm

Hello crosshair! How are you? Welcome back to the puzzle.

7:39 pm

why ty min:)

7:44 pm

who's playing tonight Molly?

7:46 pm

I ha4/8 just one word left so here is a story of clues.The Democratic Convention ai4/4 tonight. I live in an ar4/4 that has mostly Democratic. I am sure that most will be watching where I live. I refuse to wav4/7 in my decision to vote for Obama,although husband is trying to change my vote. I cover my ea4/4 every time he talks about his support for Romney. He is sure Romney will get elected. I tell him, ha4/6!That'll happen when hell freezes over! However, if that DOES happen I will pull out my ha 4/5. If Obama wins, I will yell, "Hu6/27!" My na 4/4 was the one who taught me about politics & voting. She always ra 4/7d about the Democratic party.Even though hubby supports Romney, I believe in the end he will ha5/18 on who to vote for once he is in the voting booth.Now I am going to get off my re 4/4 and go watch TV. I am going to go watch the movie An 4/4 and the King. I'll be back tomorrow. Hopefully the grid si 4/9 will be small again.

7:47 pm

Cowboys and The Giants

7:47 pm

oooh good game.. what time?

7:48 pm

It's on NBC now here, not sure about the left coast. 8:30 EST

7:48 pm

*pins "clever" button on Min's sweater*

7:49 pm

oooooh.. i need to watch it

7:49 pm

Oh dear, Min's story was political. *Makes sure The Sensitive Room is stocked up*

7:51 pm

I love watching Romo get pounded

7:52 pm

oh Political.. I'm outta here

7:52 pm

I'm much happier watching football than all the hot air and empty promises coming out of Charlotte.

7:53 pm

great story minver

8:02 pm

ty for story min

8:02 pm

always enjoy reading your stories - you're very clever

8:04 pm

And now she has the "clever" button to prove it. : D

8:05 pm

Shouting out to TNana. How is the new baby?

8:07 pm

hi all

8:09 pm

*waves to nrkii*

8:10 pm

I could use a nudge the U and V words, if anyone would oblige...

8:11 pm

ve4= ms. wang

8:11 pm

ty

8:12 pm

ur5= ur+a string of vowels

8:12 pm

ur5 = ur + vowels

8:13 pm

ty!

8:14 pm

wow for a second I misread harp'

8:14 pm

harp's clue

8:14 pm

lol i see what you mean

8:14 pm

: D

8:15 pm

msn.wang...it's a new sex web site from MSNBC

8:16 pm

well there certainly are some dildos at MSNBC

8:16 pm

ve = designer wang would have had the same effect

8:17 pm

y'all have too much time on your hands... LOL

8:18 pm

not just time apparently

8:18 pm

: D

8:18 pm

you're welcome for the setup... :)

8:18 pm

Yeah, well that's what happens to those of us who live in the gutter.

8:18 pm

first 2 letters of the 7 please?

8:19 pm

ha

8:19 pm

ha 7

8:19 pm

ha 7 is the prince in drag

8:21 pm

not prince the musician

8:21 pm

:D

8:22 pm

got it, thanks

8:22 pm

4 left to go, but they're all 5 letter words, which are the worst for me

8:23 pm

ooh 2

8:25 pm

1 h5 left

8:25 pm

nrk's fast

8:26 pm

Giants score first! Yowza.

8:26 pm

I already found ha5/12 and ha5/18... missing?

8:27 pm

another ha 5 /12 a plural

8:27 pm

yay! thanks!

8:27 pm

congrats nrks

8:28 pm

could not have done it without my babble buddies... thank you, thank you...

8:28 pm

Yay nerky!

8:29 pm

hu6?

8:29 pm

okay, I'm going to go try to listen to the convention and pay some bills... good times :)

8:29 pm

hu6 = YAY!!!

8:29 pm

YAY = hu6

8:29 pm

woo woo woo thy

8:29 pm

see ya later -- happy babbling!

8:29 pm

ty

8:29 pm

bye nrkii

8:30 pm

i think i"m going to watch some football

8:32 pm

have fun all

8:33 pm

one to go, n something or other

8:34 pm

hip hip hu6! done!

8:37 pm

fireworks:)

8:37 pm

yaa for harp!!

8:38 pm

YAY cross?

8:39 pm

ty stid

8:39 pm

:-)

8:39 pm

down to 8 and still no NBT. This is a toughie

8:40 pm

very,a lot of nonsense un-words

8:41 pm

i got down to 5 before begging for clues

8:41 pm

well done for you!

8:41 pm

how's mrs cross?

8:41 pm

and "baby" cross? is he back in school?

8:41 pm

she is ok.worrying about her brother though

8:42 pm

lol@ baby,he is 18,eats me out of house and home

8:42 pm

crossy spawn is 5 foot 11 and has size ten feet and weighs in at 185

8:43 pm

he's a BIG boy! LOL

8:43 pm

I heard something about her brother -- he's still in a bad way?

8:43 pm

Do my eyes deceive me?

8:43 pm

Just Stiddie, Crossy, and me?

8:43 pm

God stidmama go!

8:44 pm

JB!!!!!! (((({{{{hugs}}}}))))

8:44 pm

the clot is busted thank god ,they caught it before it got to the brain,he has not woken yet but they say there is no bleeding on brain,eyes are equal and reactive and he try to pull iv lines out ,so we are hopefull

8:44 pm

down to 7 now, thanks Min

8:44 pm

howdy jb

8:44 pm

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

8:44 pm

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

8:45 pm

I will keep him on my list then, cross. I hope mrs cross will be okay, too -- so hard when we worry about people.

8:45 pm

Yup, looks like the Giants are having an easier time winnng on the field than I am with this grid!

8:45 pm

time to update your profile, JB... LOL

8:46 pm

are you well? I miss you!

8:46 pm

i am here for 15 min or so and can clue if needed

8:46 pm

Sure is, Stid! Good to see you here, you too, Minver!

8:46 pm

cross, I need the U please. probably just second letter and count would be enough.

8:46 pm

Congratulations crossha4/5 on your fireworks! Good for U!

8:47 pm

Will keep him in prayer, crossy, good to hear of positive signs!

8:47 pm

pic of my "baby" at my website... :-) first day of school today

8:47 pm

ur5/12 word is ur plus three more vowel in order stidmama

8:48 pm

ur5 just add 3 vowels in order

8:48 pm

thanks Min

8:48 pm

sorry got distracted

8:48 pm

that babblet always gets me. :-) thanks cross and min

8:48 pm

Saw the pic, Stid, I have your Twitter ping my phone!

8:49 pm

LOL you're far more tech-savvy than I am!

8:49 pm

Well, there

8:50 pm

is tech savvy (like hitting enter before finishing a sentence in the chog, LOL), and then there is Babble savvy!

8:50 pm

;-)

8:51 pm

But yes, love my tech and Babble works great now on my iPad, so give me wireless access and I am good to go!

8:52 pm

Dang, Cowboys just scored...booyah!

8:52 pm

yw

8:52 pm

I babble on my ipad occasionally, but I am so hooked on physical keyboards that I only finish if I am at my regular laptop or using a bluetooth

8:52 pm

boo cowboys? LOL

8:53 pm

5...

8:53 pm

Well, I am a pretty diehard Philly Eagles fan (and Phillies baseball, and Flyers hockey (I

8:54 pm

I'll stop there), Philadelphia is fanatical about sports and I've contracted the fever!

8:55 pm

Go Stid!!!! oh yeah {{{{STIDMAMMAAAAAAA}}}}}

8:56 pm

I decided that I wasn't going to watch any professional sports again recently. So I have even more time to babble and surf the web now. *grumble* I am just so tired of the cheating, the crooked referees and the petty accusations when people aren't happy with results

8:56 pm

Stiddy, take a look at the Targus versavue case with a bluetooth keyboard. I got it on the same day I got the ipad and have never looked back. Never used my netbook again, either.

8:57 pm

Yeah, that's all considered part of the fun here, LOL!

8:58 pm

evening, JBs and stid

8:58 pm

looks pretty nifty, JB -- will think about that if I ever have extra money. Subbing doesn't pay very well, and the kid's list is coming first for the next year or so

8:58 pm

hey seain

8:59 pm

our tv is mostly a cat toy now.cable programming is mostly a let down now and sometime offensive that we used it only to play dvd movie and the cats like the aquarium channel

8:59 pm

i opted out of TV a decade ago and don't miss it.

8:59 pm

I usually do something else while watching sports: Babble, coupons, paper sorting, folding laundry. Good times, good times

8:59 pm

we are mostly watching things on netflix now -- and when Dr Who or Sherlock Holmes are on.

9:00 pm

SEAIN!! HowRya!

9:00 pm

right now we are watching "get smart - again" which is not a very good movie, but I enjoy seeing don adams and the others

9:01 pm

recovering from mono slowly, but otherwise generally well. Overtaxed myself a bit last few days, but have had a lot of fun. :)

9:02 pm

<---Rooting against the Cowboys with JBs

9:02 pm

Oh, mono, poor seain! NOT good times!

9:02 pm

sorry you got mono

9:02 pm

Hi, MollyL, I

9:03 pm

I

9:03 pm

Hi dcseain! Sorry to hear about mono.Hope you feel better

9:03 pm

ty. really, seeing how long i went w/out contracting it, no real complaints aside from the usual tired of being tired :)

9:03 pm

evening and ty, minver

9:04 pm

Stid, about the keyboard, make sure you try it out, because some of the keys are in a different place that make my chog posts a lot shorter than I intend! I keep hitting the enter key when I need the shift key...

9:04 pm

I had mono as an adult. It sucks. The fatigue is overwhelming.

9:04 pm

Oh, scuse me, afk for a few, don't go away Stid, back within 10!

9:04 pm

yes, that's the problem with really small keyboards.

9:11 pm

Good Evening, Everybody.

9:12 pm

hey nef! (((hugs))) how are you? how's the new job?

9:12 pm

I'm baa-aaack!

9:12 pm

Hi, Nef!!

9:13 pm

I'm pretty exhausted tonight, stid. Working at the clinic all week (the manager is dealing with a personal problem). And Grandparenting is becoming a full time job too...

9:14 pm

Hi JBs! How are you?

9:14 pm

*gives JB MJCL and another hug*

9:14 pm

oh gee Nef -- that's a whole lot to have on your plate

9:15 pm

seain, all I could keep down when I was really sick with mono (for two wks straight) was grape juice. It took YEARS before I could drink it again.

9:15 pm

still stuck on 5. second letter and count for the 7? pretty please?

9:16 pm

Now, MJCL {{{{{:)}}}} makes a happy JBsAnno!!! THAT'S a drink!!

9:16 pm

AND my computer is mucked up. I can't get into FB to quit my Words games that I can't play

9:17 pm

haven't made one in quite a while -- trying to cut back on my caffeine LOL

9:17 pm

what's with the computer nef?

9:17 pm

<passing MJCL to Nef> Here, you need it more than me tonight. I'm just dealing with a litter-averse feline, but no computer access problems <shudder>

9:17 pm

ha7/32 stid

9:18 pm

TOR!!!

9:18 pm

Heyas kids ..

9:18 pm

I'm going to take it into the Apple store Genius bar next week if I can find enough time, stid.

9:18 pm

hey tor, and thanks

9:19 pm

Hi Tor.

9:19 pm

*thinking about ha 7* not hantavirus...

9:19 pm

Words had server issues earlier on my games, Nef, maybe it's not you...

9:20 pm

that ha7 apparently is a type of cattle from India

9:20 pm

ty for that, tor

9:20 pm

stid, think of a girl's name that's 2 first names together, with additional vowel on end

9:20 pm

it rhymes with that!

9:21 pm

well,seems we have some good cluers going,so i will bid you all a good nith

9:21 pm

night

9:21 pm

maryellen, maryjane, maryalice,

9:21 pm

g'night crossy

9:21 pm

sweet dreams sue -- see you again soon

9:21 pm

ha7 huffington

9:21 pm

I like nith, crossy, have a great one :)!

9:21 pm

really, JB? IF I get in even on my phone; I can't enter words right now; so I assumed the site must be wonky; but the computer problems are also real

9:22 pm

ooooh! thanks seain. LOL and Tor and JB

9:22 pm

now I am down to 4

9:22 pm

Nef, do you access thru FB, or the apple app?

9:22 pm

good clue, seain!

9:24 pm

stats for the U pls?

9:24 pm

I AM going to get more words, s'cuse me a minute

9:25 pm

UR 5/12 babblet

9:25 pm

LOVE the hymie robot in get smart, I miss the whole get smart gang

9:25 pm

oh wow. not seen that one in ages. ty, stid

9:25 pm

Good clue earlier in chog - ur + 3 vowels in order

9:26 pm

get smart was a lot of fun.

9:26 pm

I never see that one without help, seain, fortunately the lovely people here always give me a push

9:26 pm

JB, I usually go through FB, but have tried Zynga too. I have an android phone (the Samsung GalaxieS); I've tried using their apps too. I also have a blackberry playbook and can't access FB at all through that.

9:26 pm

Is Lickety up today? I am thinking I should just list

9:28 pm

just looked, it is, stid :)

9:28 pm

Nef, what's your player name (you can email me at myusername at yahoo dot com if you don't wanna chog it, I'll ping you in Words

9:28 pm

g'day, herin

9:28 pm

HERIN!!!

9:28 pm

hi herin! How are you? Haven't been around too much lately

HOWDY. All good here. Just munching on Muffin bites until I can be bothered making a smoothy

9:29 pm

hey lady

9:29 pm

I would NOT be surprised to see MamaBear and Grey Wolf pop up on here tonight, so many old friends together.

9:29 pm

okay, listing

9:29 pm

Hmm, I wonder where that hottub key is...

9:30 pm

***prowls in the back door ***

9:30 pm

3... I think Woulf

9:30 pm

{{{{{{{WOULF}}}}}}} woo-hoo!!! PARTY TYME!!!

ARRRRR We summed him. POUNCE on the woulf

9:30 pm

JB, you can ping all you want; I'm still pretty much locked out til something works...

9:30 pm

*whistles for cabana attendants*

9:30 pm

hi, woulf

9:30 pm

evening, nef

9:30 pm

WOULF!!! YAY!!! :-D

I have coffee and vegan bites

9:31 pm

WOULFIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!

9:31 pm

HI everyone -- {{HUGS}} for all

9:31 pm

Herin, what you need is a shower of

9:31 pm

wait for it...

9:31 pm

Hershey's Kisses

evening friends

9:32 pm

!!!!!!!!

9:32 pm

AND mcurl!!!! *makes room in hot tub*

9:32 pm

two, btw

9:32 pm

I have been lurking and trying to do the grid while my wife is watching the game

9:32 pm

Why are the tiny ones always so uncooperative?

9:33 pm

Look, Stiddy found the key!!!!

I have those in the pantry. I am planing on making toll house cookies minus the chocolate in them and putting a hearsy caramel kiss on top when the dough is nearly done and then melting it. No idea if this will work or not. I plan on doing it with two cookies at different stages of cooking. If it doesn't work then I will put the chips in it

9:33 pm

one...

on my way stid

Hi MC.

9:33 pm

mcurl!!!!

hello herin

9:33 pm

FIRWEEDS!

9:33 pm

Yay stid!

jbs! how are you?

9:34 pm

Oh, herin, you totally got me drooling!!!!

barely started here.....long day at school

9:34 pm

what is the point of tollhouse without choclits??? *grumpy mama look* have I not taught you ANYTHING???? *failure teacher look*

9:34 pm

Yay, STIDDDDDDDDDDDDMMMMAAAAAMMMMMMAAAAAA

9:34 pm

YAY Stid!!! WTG!!!

9:34 pm

BRB, DH needs something

ooooohhhh I love "Naked" tollhouse cookies!!!

9:34 pm

Yay for STid!!

9:34 pm

Doing good, mc!!! <frantically dodging the stinkeye from Stiddy>

9:35 pm

sorry mcurl, about the long day -- hope it was okay other than long? I am just glad we are starting the year with plenty of good weather for recess!

9:35 pm

finally got that last tricky word!

9:35 pm

Yay, onyx!! Hot tub time!!

9:35 pm

fine. you-all have your cookie dough, and _i_ shall consume the unloved choclits.

9:35 pm

YAY onyx!

Amen to that stid. I have 5 stints outside per day!

Breath. The point is I am experimenting. I plan on making the dough minis the chocolate pieces. Then as they are about to be done cooking put a hersy carmel kiss on top and melt the kiss. Like a thumb cookie.

9:36 pm

congrats, onyx

I don't want to make a batch of cookies with chocolate in them first if they totally fail on the first idea

Yah Onex

9:37 pm

huh. ra5 is a ship which has had its height reduced by one or more decks.

So the finial cookie will have a top of melted Hersy carmel kiss if it works as I plan.

9:38 pm

How could any cookie be a BAD cookie, herin? though I do admit, I fooled the DH the other day, what he thought were choc chip cookies turned out to be oatmeal raisin. There is a reason for labels and pictures on the package, after all, right?

There will be no unloved chocolate.

9:38 pm

the only bad cookie is a burnt cookie

9:38 pm

Hear hear, herein!

9:38 pm

Hear hear, Woulf!

9:39 pm

pizzelle with anise in them are bad -- i'm allergic to anise. So, there's a bad cookie, at least in my world.

JB if the thumb print kiss idea doesn't work it will be a tasty melted fail. I will just add the chips to the dough and away I go.

9:39 pm

oatmeal rasin with some choc chips mixed in can be very nice

Grey top bad burnt cookie with burnt Naan bread . We labled that Naan Cookie in our house

9:39 pm

some coarse salt stirred in with all that is nice too, woulf

9:39 pm

Tasty melted fail - now THAT'S a great band name!

9:40 pm

tasty melted fail can be quite lovely to eat, as well as a band name.

9:40 pm

hadn't considered that, dc -- will have to do that real soon

9:40 pm

<dives underwater for a minute, there's gotta be more words down here!>

DC those vegan muffins that I made were really yummy

9:41 pm

sorry, I had to step away for a moment -- I am sure the cookies will be lovely, lady. I am enjoying seeing the suppers you post at fb

9:41 pm

cool, herin! were they also glute-free, or just vegan?

9:41 pm

I like anise, seain -- sorry you can't enjoy it.

9:42 pm

down to 7, s, t, and v words. Almost there!

9:42 pm

i can't have anise, fennel, caraway, nor licorice, nor spent much time around them. More for the rest of yall :)

DC they can be gluten free. You just have to find the oats that haven't been processed with wheat. As the oats here were $1.25 a bag and I am not intolerant I didn't care

9:42 pm

aloe v4

Stid the reason I am posting the suppers on FB is so I can remember if the dinner was good or horrid

9:43 pm

:D that makes sense, duh. Ta, herin

9:43 pm

3 left, almost there, stidmama!

You can make your own flour by using a blender/processor and sifting it and reblending.

9:44 pm

wow, seain -- if we are ever in the same location, remind me. Sometimes I eat those things, but can certainly avoid them!

9:44 pm

go JB go!

9:44 pm

Yay, fireworks!! oooohhhh, aaahhhh

9:44 pm

hi all

9:44 pm

wow, tiny grid!

9:44 pm

Yay JB!

9:44 pm

Hi, jes!!

9:45 pm

evening, jes, a tiny grid full of weird words

Here is the recipe: http://tinyurl.com/8josoqo

9:45 pm

Yeah, jes, there a a few babblets, and lotsa lesser used words, at least in my world!

9:46 pm

I am sooo out of practice -- still have ten to go even with the list

DC we have a brand here called Freedom foods they have wheat gluten free oats

9:46 pm

Whatcha need, GW?

9:46 pm

here it's Bob's Red Mill for gluten-free oats :)

9:46 pm

I

9:47 pm

I've had that brand, seain, good stuff

9:47 pm

I'll let you know soon -- I'm gonna try for a couple more minutes

9:47 pm

yes, they are quite lovely products.

9:47 pm

Okay! Sorry to offer and run, but it

I drizzled them in maple syrup because I like slightly sweeter food.

HI Jess

9:48 pm

it's heading on to 11pm and I gotta get up at 6.

Night JB

DC can't you have gluten?

9:49 pm

{{JB}}

9:49 pm

If anyone wants to play Words w/ Friends, email me your username at jbsanno at yahoo dot com, and I'll start you a game!

9:49 pm

hey jes, it's a small but tricky grid

9:49 pm

dcseain on WWF for me, go fig :)

9:49 pm

JB -- I am on there with my usual screen name/fb name

Dc poke poke

9:52 pm

and firewords

9:52 pm

"She'll toddle away, as all ****, with the Lord High Executioner"

9:52 pm

never mind. power's out. later

9:52 pm

Happy words to all, hope to see you all again soon. {{{Stidmama}}} thanks for the MCJL, mmmmm. Great to touch base with old and new friends, such a happy way to finish the day!! You'll see me as phillyanno on WW/Fs, cuz my jbsanno account got messed up. Good night!!!!! <poof>

Night Jess

9:53 pm

night, JB -- see you soon

9:53 pm

Yay dc!

9:53 pm

g'night JB

9:54 pm

g'night jes

9:56 pm

(((JB))) I hope I'll see you soon.

9:56 pm

oh -- YAY seain!

9:56 pm

and bye jes

9:57 pm

and great clue, Douglas! *scatters choclits at Douglas*

9:58 pm

brb

9:59 pm

Congratulations dcseain on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

Hi MINI

10:00 pm

Hi {{Min}}

10:03 pm

down to 2 -- the hi6 and the ha7

10:04 pm

hi all

10:04 pm

i took a hi6 to watch baseball

10:04 pm

ha7 huffington

10:04 pm

evening, jmc

10:04 pm

take a break (hi6) and come back to it, woulf...

10:04 pm

Hey there, jmc

10:04 pm

take a hi6 from something

10:04 pm

I always think that the hi 6 is related to hernias, like inguinal and hi****

10:04 pm

and 1 to go

10:04 pm

hey peach

10:04 pm

back to back wins with 6 home runs both games! go nats

10:04 pm

go woulf go --

10:05 pm

hi peach

10:05 pm

and hey jmc -- you must be talking baseball?

10:05 pm

Prince Ha*ry and his mum D****

10:05 pm

Hey, stiddie. I commented on your lovely flower last night but I think you had just left.

10:06 pm

nice one, BR!

10:06 pm

yes, the Nats have a had a rather exciting season, with a wow uptick here

10:06 pm

that did it -- FIREWORKS

10:06 pm

*sparkles at compliment* thanks peach -- I am so glad this one survived -- I lost all but four of my new dahlia plants, and only two of them actually flowered this year.

10:06 pm

YAY woulf!!!

10:07 pm

Yay GW!

10:07 pm

thanks for the assist, I definitely needed it

10:07 pm

congrats, woulf

10:07 pm

woulf -- are you well? I miss seeing you...

10:09 pm

Phantom: batraquomancy

Hi BR

10:09 pm

I've been fine, stid -- I could offer the same tired excuse that I am tired from work, but my mom tells me that won't work anymore :) The family are all fine, but I am burning myself out at work and tend to play single player games

10:10 pm

Hello GreyWoulf! How are you? Haven't seen you in awhile.

10:10 pm

Congratulations GreyWoulf on your fireworks!Good for you

10:10 pm

I was locked into World of Warcraft for awhile, but my interest in that has waned as well. So I have been basically nesting whenever I am online

10:11 pm

Hello, herin

10:12 pm

I have determined that I need to shake out of it, though and though I have said it before, I am going to make a more concerted effort to get back into the chog -- I do miss my interaction with everyone

10:12 pm

Sorry you are burning yourself out, I am also pulling away a bit from online games and usually lurk when I babble -- Grant is teaching me how to play a shooter game on his video system. I am pretty good considering I am middle-aged, have philosophical aversion to guns and haven't played shooter games before.

Grey I have been playing too much skyrim

10:13 pm

I have other friends who play World of Warcraft. They say it's quite addicting.

10:13 pm

Grant plays skyrim, it's too freeform for me just now.

I like it because of the variants.

10:13 pm

herin -- I still have to finish Morrowind before I consider Skyrim :) My biggest problem is having to share the computer with the family these days -- my wife has become quite the Facebook presence and the kids insist on their turns as well

10:14 pm

I get frustrated because my figners don't yet automatically know which way to move the stick or which buttons to push. It's a lot more complicated than the wii games we have.

10:14 pm

ah yes, your kiddos must be getting pretty big now, yes? Grant is 6 feet tall, you know, and so independent now. I felt very glad to spend a lot of time with him this summer.

10:15 pm

What I find most annoying, stid, is when I leave a game like that for awhile and have to relearn what all the buttons do

This is why we have our own pcs

10:15 pm

yes -- and since I am not a "gamer" I can stay away for weeks at a time. Which, of course, doesn't help my "enjoyment" level! LOL

Have you seen a clip from Roseanne about Jackies internet addiction? That is so me

10:17 pm

the kids are definitely growing -- Seb is now in 1st grade, Kristianna in 4th, and both are loving it... though they are still adapting to getting up at 6 am to get ready for school -- I drop them off at a before school program at 7 on my way into work

10:18 pm

herin -- re: individual pc's -- I just got my own laptop, but now i have to install my games onto it

10:18 pm

yes, it was a real shock to Grant today to be up before noon... LOL first day back and all. And they moved the high school day to 15 minutes earlier than before. So once zero hour starts in a couple weeks... *sigh* it's rough to be a teen

Cost is a real pain here for high end laptops

10:19 pm

anyway, I should probably get myself slowed down so I can sleep. Sub services call as early as 5 sometimes, and though I hope to NOT be called tomorrow, I sure wouldn't want to turn it down. Back again someday, I hope. ***hugs for babble family*** see you-all soon! *poof*

10:20 pm

I got lucky -- I don't have a true high end, but it seems to be a decent high midrange -- I was able to get it on sale and my friend who know computers better than me say I did pretty good... of course I wouldn't have been able to get it without my bonus from work

10:21 pm

{{stid}} -- g'nite -- see you soon

10:23 pm

I also have to admit that discovering Kickstarter back in Feb has also helped to eat my time -- I have helped to fund several interesting (to me at least) roleplaying game projects... I just hope they end up at least half as good as they sounded when I pledged my money

Night Stid.

Grey I cheat and use a HD tv for added gaming awesome.

Are you interested in the Fallout Series?

10:26 pm

interested, yes -- have the time to play it, no I also have to find games that the kids can also play -- so I have a PS3 and we play a lot of the various Lego titles

10:26 pm

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

These guys did a series of Fallout NV on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/user/WaysideCre ations THese guys are brilliant

10:28 pm

Hello herin and greywoulf and minv

Hi Jilly

10:31 pm

I will have to check them out -- but I have trouble following any webseries as well -- for example, I love 'The Guild' but have only been able to watch a couple of episodes... I am sooo far behind on things

10:31 pm

Hi Jillyjill

These guys are in production at the moment.

10:35 pm

brb

10:39 pm

I'm finally back. Sorry I was gone so long; missed a lot of chog I guess.

10:40 pm

Well, I need to go -- the curse of having to get up at 6 to start the day-- I will be back soon -- I promise, and you can tell my mom that I finally stuck my nose back in the log

10:40 pm

{{Hugs to all}} luv ya, miss ya, see ya soon *poof*

10:41 pm

bye Woulf! Take care!!

Bye woilf

10:46 pm

Hey nef, your cute red headed doc showed up but I haven't met him yet

10:46 pm

bye greywoulf

10:46 pm

May I please have a clue for hi6-24? Thanks

10:46 pm

what's the gossip say about him?

10:47 pm

nothin yet...

10:47 pm

did he just get there?

10:48 pm

When can I find out what the answers to the puzzle? I did pretty well this time but I still want to know the wacky words I missed.

10:48 pm

hi + color *ed +princess dIIII

10:48 pm

been here a few weeks...

10:48 pm

oh, should be princess d****

Marais a word list should be generated in 24 -48 hours after completion. Go to Archives then select the date. There should be a word list

10:50 pm

Thank you.

Also if you wanted to know now you can go to the bottom of this page and bring up Lickety's list which has the first 2 tiles listed for words

10:51 pm

Sorry marais, eating popcorn and trying to clue one handed...

When you click on Archives then the date of the puzzle you want there will be blue writing that says 'View word list' click on that for the list

10:51 pm

I've been using Lickety's list but I think Babble cheated this time and made up words ;)

Yes that is called Enable the offical scramble dictionary that always makes up words

10:52 pm

I'm done! I finally have fireworks! hi6/24 was my last word

Yah MINI

10:53 pm

I find words in OED that work but Enable won't take them.

10:53 pm

WooT WooT WooT Minv!!!

10:54 pm

Does anyone want any clues before I retire for the evening

Well I am done. I am going to go get things done about the house

10:54 pm

LOL, all but a few were on enable marais...

10:54 pm

Congratulations herinfernallady on your fireworks!Hooray!

Someone has to vaccuum and since I am the only someone here I have to do it

10:54 pm

TY everyone

10:55 pm

Goodbye herinfernallady!I will see you tomorrow in the log

10:55 pm

Bye herin...*hearing varoom of vacuum in background*

10:55 pm

That's the joy, the wonder, the mystery of Babble - Finding new and exciting words that don't exist ANY WHERE ELSE ...

10:55 pm

I am following herinfernallady out the door. Goodnight all!

Going to go torment a cat. He hates the vacuum

10:56 pm

LIke your thinking....herin...just like my hubby...

10:56 pm

Help! can't find the hi6 even with jilly's clue.

10:57 pm

hi 6/24 word means to go on a break (especially tv shows).

10:57 pm

I wish my DH would think about using a vacuum sometimes.... even a Roomba (which we have!) would be helpful

10:57 pm

*hi 6/27

10:57 pm

*OOPS! That is the the hi 6/24 word

10:58 pm

Got that one min, missing the other hi6.

10:59 pm

There is only ONE hi6 word in grid. Other is hi 7/32 Roses6.

11:00 pm

Jilly clued it at 10:28 but I couldn't undertand it with the clue.

11:00 pm

OOPS!It's an ha 7/32 word. Okay, I really need to goto bed

11:00 pm

I keep messing up!

11:00 pm

me either; but I'm tired so nothing I tried made sense

11:00 pm

there is only one 6 and one 7 hi words...

11:01 pm

ha 7/32 word is ha plus Princess D****, replace D with hook

11:01 pm

the 7 is ha+*oses6+princess d****

11:01 pm

Okay, I really have to goto bed. Story of clues is in profile.

11:02 pm

*POOF*

11:02 pm

Thanks Min

11:02 pm

And Jilly

11:02 pm

thanks minv...sweet sleeps!

11:02 pm

OMG finally! Thank you all for leading me to it!

11:02 pm

hu6/27 - a hearty cheer

11:03 pm

crap...I'm in the wrong....

11:05 pm

tor, with your last clue; I FINALLY noticed the double R's

11:07 pm

Maybe I should go to bed. I have to work tomorrow again and am finding that I'm more tired these days

11:07 pm

Only one other word uses them both ..

11:08 pm

That seems to be going around, Nef ..

11:08 pm

the tiredness, tor? or the getting older? ;-)

11:11 pm

I thought you had retired nef?

11:11 pm

ta4-5 please.....thanks

11:12 pm

ta+double consonant, then pl for the 5

11:13 pm

ta + human resources + pl.

11:13 pm

and by double consonant, I mean not matching and not single hump letter

11:13 pm

I did, Jilly. But I went to a Board of Nursing meeting and found I really missed nursing and networking with other nurses; so right about that time my old Exec. Director asked if I'd come back "for 6-8 hours a month" while we expand and move part of the Center to another building.

11:13 pm

The tiredness, Nef .. The other is a constant ..

11:14 pm

Thanks much, Jilly and tor.

11:14 pm

They always say we can't retire...I don't know if I'll ever afford to test that theory ;P

11:15 pm

I'm filling in this 1 1/2 weeks (full time) for the clinic manager while she tends to some personal stuff.

11:15 pm

ar5-12 please.....thanks

11:16 pm

ar5/12=ar+what you wear on your head

11:17 pm

I had always said I'd retire by dying at the bedside (in ICU), but my foot injury changed that idea

11:17 pm

(Thanks, Jilly)

11:18 pm

Thanks so much, Jillyjill.

11:18 pm

Well, I just wish I didn't feel such a draft on my neck having 23+ years here and top of pay scale...

11:19 pm

yvw ga

11:20 pm

Jillyjill, I am unable to get the blankety-blank letters together for hi6-24. It is the last one for this grid. Will you dumb it down please.....thannks

11:20 pm

Such a draft? What do you mean? I was in the same unit in CV-ICU for 28 years, CCRN for 25 years, and top of my pay scale too when I was injured

11:21 pm

Ga...working on it

11:21 pm

hi + past tense of eat (-last letter) + you and me, ga

11:22 pm

We have a pretty myopic CEO Nef...nurses are an expense....

11:23 pm

Thanks so much, Nef and Jillyjill.

11:24 pm

fw

11:24 pm

LOL! I often wonder why the su 4/5s feel that way. After all; the reason people need to be in hospitals is they need NURSING care

11:24 pm

WooT WooT WooT ga!!

11:24 pm

YAY, GA!!!! WTG!!!!

11:25 pm

The problem is that there isn't a charge they can bill patients for on nursing care...

11:25 pm

Yay peach!

11:26 pm

I got a memo telling me that my department hours are up from budgeted (I don't do budget) Budget was based upon 2010 hours which was before we went EHR....we will never be as efficient as when we were on paper...

11:26 pm

yeah, "nursing" is not a charge. They charge$500-$1000+ for a "Bed" but we (nurses) aren't listed on thebill

11:27 pm

really? then you must have a bad EMR system

11:29 pm

We use Cerner, it's not bad but everyone hinges on it...our meds, supplies and documentation...everything! It takes 45 min to an hour longer to do each patient.

11:29 pm

I bet we'd have better nurse-patient ratios if the hospital could charge for nursing time

11:31 pm

We used to watch the waste at the end of a case, then come back later and sign. Now to waste, two nurses: one logs in, picks patient, then picks "waste" then second nurse logs in, then amount entered, then "done" then you start all over again. Most patients have two wastes each case...

11:31 pm

We use Excellion or EPIC (can't remember which is the trade name); most of the hospitals and clinics around here are also on or converting to it. It's really smooth once you learn it

11:33 pm

<---on cloud 9. Hello all

11:33 pm

The better part ofo my day is spent logging on, and 'click, click, click....." It really is cumbersome. It's also an intranet program, so whenever they have a new client come on board...things go wonky

11:33 pm

Do they each have to sign out afterwards every time?

11:34 pm

No, nef, just in. And all our supplies have to be scanned in individually, before we just marked a box...

11:34 pm

Or does it automatically sign you out with each page change?

11:34 pm

oh dear.

11:35 pm

Hi cos... What's up?

11:35 pm

ah just had a good night watchin tv :) how u doing Nef

11:35 pm

So basically, that's an average of 4 hours/day for nursing hours...

11:35 pm

tired, cos. I should be in bed (and asleep) now

11:35 pm

Well, must toddle off to bed...another day awaits...bye all....

11:36 pm

Hi cos...enjoyed your FB post!!

11:36 pm

I think of cerner more as an organizational and mgmt system than true emr. Are all Of you (nurses, pharm, docs, therapists, everyone) writing notes and placing all orders in cerner?

11:36 pm

have a good night both of u!

11:36 pm

(sorry, had to step out a sec after last post)

11:37 pm

I'm heading off to bed too.

11:37 pm

Gn nef

11:37 pm

Net

11:38 pm

Nef (autocorrect)

11:38 pm

Yes kje...we are...big publicity for our CEO, first hospital in state our size to go EHR totally in one fell swoop

11:38 pm

kje, Excellion (or EPIC) everyone charts and orders through it. It really is patient-centered

11:39 pm

Yes, I've used epic, meditech, cprs (VA). So far my Dave is meditech

11:39 pm

Fave!

11:39 pm

Ours is Cerner Millenium

11:39 pm

:-)

11:39 pm

Why does it autocorrect fave? A perfectly common slang

11:41 pm

Jilly, there is def a learning curve, and emr def doesn't correct all problems, but does get mire efficient over time. Hang in there!

11:41 pm

I donn't know kje. But I need to go to bed now.

11:41 pm

GN

11:42 pm

I should be in bed, but just got home from a late work mtg, was falling to sleep there so drank coffee, now awake, darn it

11:42 pm

niiters

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oops, sorry

11:43 pm

(POOF)

11:46 pm

LOL nef. Blame it on autocorrect. Works for me

11:46 pm

LOL nef. Blame it on autocorrect. Works for me

11:46 pm

Well KJE, I always thought that, but we are at top speed now, the three of us pretty good with computers to begin with, but we are still left with it taking 1/2 to 3/4 of an hour longer, we've been on it for 1.5 years now

11:47 pm

that's longer per patient. We were extremely efficient on paper...

11:48 pm

I'm not dissing the EMR, just we will never be as efficient and I am damn tired of the su4/5's thinking we should be

11:49 pm

Jilly - I dropped out of typing class in HS. HATED it. Decided then I would never become a secretary. Finish med school and the whole medical world moves to typing....I've gotten pretty fast with a couple fingers each hand!

11:51 pm

Is it just emr efficiency, or have they added a lotof documentation requirements? Seems like nurses have to document more and more and there is a lot of duplication between professionals which just wastes time.

11:51 pm

LOL...I thankfully excelled in typing class, and wss blessed to have taken a job in '82 for the Air Force where I cut my computer teeth...

11:52 pm

Oh, and our MD's here are ready to revolt. They actually put on extra MD's in ER and hospitalists due to the system's documentation...

11:53 pm

And you have to remember way too much...there is only one part of the program that cues you you missed something. For instance, I can document I gave an IVP drug before I even entered that I started the IV, and the same is true at DC

11:54 pm

I had worked on a program in Home Health 5 year ago, and it cued you on everything.

11:55 pm

That just sounds like a crappy system

11:56 pm

Oh well have to be up in 6 hours and do it again...must really get to bed, but I am not a particular fan of Cerner, and our training and support from company was crap! Learn by doing, not that we were ever adequatly trained...but must *poof*

11:58 pm

Gn Jilly. Rest well

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