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flip

Clues are up

ty lickety

12:02 am

Thank you, Lickety

lo 6

12:02 am

flip and thanks Lickety!

go 6

hi jili

12:04 am

hi dee hi and hi all

hope you had a nice day, jili

12:04 am

peaceful, dee, thanks

12:04 am

And y ou?

12:05 am

ra 8

mellow day; fabulous evening; dined at Eddie Merlot's with some friends to celebrate birthdays; food was fabulous

hi bro

12:05 am

ty broll got it

12:05 am

hi all

12:05 am

yw

12:06 am

lovely, dee

12:06 am

sounds delicious dee

I could literally cut my filet with a fork... truly amazing

12:06 am

We didn't have our usualHappy Hour(s) this evening -- everyone was away Or otherwise occupied

12:07 am

is it me or are the E's hard?

aww bet you missed it

12:07 am

i havent gone to happy hour in ages.. sure miss it..

only have ed 4/7 so far cos...

12:07 am

Steaks in restaurants are always so much btter than the home ones -- seasoned longer, I hear.

12:07 am

thanks dee!

yqw cos

sure wish I knew their secret jili; would love to duplicate that at home

12:08 am

actually, I didn't really miss it -- nice to have a rest

12:08 am

we marinate for 24 hours.. almost tastes as good

I can understand that, too, jili

12:09 am

marinate in what, cos?

12:09 am

Hi all!! NBT/NBS

12:09 am

late flip hi volley jilli cos all

12:09 am

hi dart

wtg diz!

12:09 am

hello everyone :)

hi dart, diz

12:09 am

garlic and lemon sauce. sold in salad dressing bottles.. hi everyone

ar 6

12:09 am

the steaks are aged longer

12:10 am

sonds great, cos!

12:10 am

ah that would explan it

12:10 am

I know, nan -- wish we could do that too.

sounds good; hubby sometimes uses cognac with seasonings; that helps tenderize

12:11 am

We buy whole loins or ribs at costco - leave them in the fridge for 8-10 days, then trim and cut them into steaks ourselves. Makes them more tender and flavourful

12:11 am

that sounds great too, dee@

12:11 am

my friend uses miracle whip and diet pepsi. its actually good.. very juicy

12:11 am

!

sounds like a great idea nan

12:11 am

and cos, that sounds godawful!

can you taste the miracle whip cos... that does sound ickly

12:12 am

I thought so too but it was decent... cant taste the whip or the pepsi.... but i woiuldnt make it

12:12 am

*because the loins and ribs come vacume sealed, there is not much waste

interesting combo

I'll have to remember that nan

12:12 am

.. and hi everyone :)

12:13 am

nan, when you're shopping for one, Costco doesn't ring bells

12:13 am

I love costco

12:13 am

Hainan

12:14 am

phantom - gondola

12:14 am

what do you mean, jill?

12:14 am

Hainan = hi nan, and is an island off China -- told you about that ages ago but you didn't notice, I guess

help with e in the last col?

12:15 am

i need that for nbt dee

12:15 am

no - I meant about ringing bells?

12:15 am

en 5

en 7 cos nbt nbs

ty dart

12:16 am

tyvm nbt/nbs

12:16 am

oh just meant that Costco doesn't turn me on because I don't buy in quantity, being alone.

wtg

12:17 am

wtg cos

12:17 am

I only buy movies, candy and pop at CostCo. lasts me a month ;)

12:17 am

Oh or when I want a free lunch I go on weekend afternoons and eat all the samples.

lol cos sounds like fun

12:18 am

besides, Costco is a long way from where I live and requires a ferry to get there

12:19 am

not seeing that en 7

12:19 am

ah yeah too much work for nothing

12:19 am

en7 ends with how it starts

my phant arraign

le 6

12:21 am

so it's en***en?

12:21 am

ahhh found that en5

12:21 am

yes nan

12:21 am

look at my icon for a clue

le 6 x 2

12:22 am

ty -- nbs, nbt

wtg

12:22 am

my phantom is thta dog that starts with peki something

12:22 am

wtg nan

12:23 am

wow, cos! Got it -- thanks!

12:23 am

new word for me -- looked up the def - couldn't understand that either!

12:23 am

wtg jill

lo 6 x 2

12:24 am

cos, if you could spell that dog properly and used the first 4 letters you"d have a word

12:25 am

I mean spell that dog's common short name...

12:25 am

ahh tyvm!

12:25 am

got two words from that

12:26 am

yes, cos

12:27 am

ar 6/24

12:28 am

have no idea what kind of dog that is -- cute, though

12:28 am

my dog? hes a chorkie

tr 6/21

12:29 am

were you referring to the pe 4, jill?

12:30 am

nbt but need an 8

12:30 am

yes, nan

12:30 am

ra 8: apportioned

ra 8/45... WWII controlling certain foods, gas, nylons

12:31 am

or gas in new york now?

12:32 am

tyvm nan -- nbs

so sad about that dart... can't imagine what a mess that is

12:32 am

yep...12 days now

12:32 am

takes me back to WW2 days, kids!

12:34 am

stuck at 68 down

12:34 am

gas, of course, and sugar, coffee, etc, as I remember in NYC wartime. My mother swiped my coffee ration because I was young enough to not be drinking it.

12:34 am

jilli to the pb

12:35 am

oops, oh yes, silly me, I knew that word :-/

super stuck with 27 left

12:37 am

well done, dee

ty nan

12:37 am

29 left here and 1 bt too

12:38 am

soon as I get down to 50 I'm going to list

which one is blank dart?

12:38 am

lone r

I think that is ri 5/10

12:39 am

like a lariat, dart

12:39 am

ri 5 d-man

12:39 am

yep thx...was trying to go down down

12:39 am

thx jilli ruru

12:40 am

yw dart -- rare that I can help the likes of you!

12:40 am

kind of hard to do for a tall guy isn't it?

12:41 am

*marks calendar.. for Jilli saved "dart" day

12:41 am

lol

12:41 am

rofl ru!

12:42 am

JSDD instead of WWJD

12:42 am

wot?

12:43 am

I get the JSDD bit...

anyone have the 7's?

12:45 am

en 7 ta 7 te 7

ty vm

12:48 am

mmm... that yummy chocolate liqueur is back

12:48 am

starting with what, nan? (brain dead)

down to 20... and major stuckaroo lol

12:49 am

ke 4 going volley...they come slowly ...17 here

nice dart, very nice

12:50 am

Hi all from a very wet Queensland!

12:50 am

helps that we are only looking for 4's,5's and 6's

12:50 am

Hi Liz!

so true; hi liz

at least I finally found the k's :)

another phant gondola

16

12:55 am

19 for 19 NBT..hi all...late for this one too

wtg

12:56 am

hi pav

12:56 am

wtg

12:56 am

fireworks.

12:56 am

howdy PAV, hi all!

12:56 am

... just kidding..

12:56 am

yahoo, ru!

12:56 am

hi rbud, wtg ruru

12:56 am

then so was I! ;p

12:56 am

hi everyone \

12:57 am

I have a loooong way to go

hi flosey

12:57 am

hi flosey

12:57 am

hi flosey -- where have you been?

12:57 am

hi flos

12:57 am

well, i'm not kidding. hello. fw's. and *hands on hips* why isn't logon a word?

12:58 am

getting ready for the kids - arriving on the late LH ferry

12:58 am

they'll be here around midnight

12:58 am

yay granny, and because it's 2 words

hi gran wtg

12:58 am

Hi Rose and congrats!

12:59 am

lucky flosey, getting so many visits from kids. Mine can't afford the ferries or the time.

12:59 am

hey flosey, jilli, dee, ruru, pav, dart, rbud, liz and nan

12:59 am

under an hour, wtg, g'rose!

12:59 am

hi rose

no 6/24

1:00 am

*surprised look* yay me...i did do it in under an hour. wow!!!

well done

1:02 am

wtg rose

1:02 am

lol, sorry folks, it is so infrequent that i achieve that sort of time.

1:02 am

hiya granny!

1:03 am

flosey -- how did things gowith shaw?

1:04 am

haven't had a chance today jilli - have been out all morning and again all afternoon til 6 - then supper and clean-up

1:04 am

firewords sans list

1:04 am

wtg dart

1:05 am

oh we, and the weekend is coming, and then a hoiday!

1:05 am

fantastic, dart!

congrats dart!

1:05 am

*oh well...

1:05 am

Yay Dart

1:05 am

last word tonight was same as last night...have to put it on the list with euro/asea etc

1:06 am

mega typo time = bedtime...goodnight all...*poof

which word was it?

1:06 am

tr 4....3 people singing

1:06 am

night jilli

:) have that one

1:07 am

i seem to miss the same ones always...that is one....unless it is compact 2X2 square

down to 10 ... getting close to listing.... always have stragglers, and you are correct, they seem to be same words

1:08 am

tr4...plus tori..roti...riot...tiro

always miss tiro and firn

1:09 am

ti 5,14 and tr 5,18?

have those, ty

1:10 am

pe 4,9...pe 5,20?

yep... down to 8 :)

1:11 am

le 4,8 X 2?

1:11 am

*!* ta da *!*

missing 2 o's; 1 g; 1 e; 1 d; 1 a; 2 t's from last col

1:12 am

ge 5,14...go 5,16?

1:12 am

en 6,21?

1:12 am

good night everyone - same time tomorrow :)

1:12 am

yay, nan!

1:12 am

nj nan

missing the en 6

got it

1:13 am

make close to your heart

nite nan wtg

1:17 am

nice..golfing later today..forecast 25-35mph gusting to 45mph

what's the temp supposed to be?

1:17 am

75 on sat....49 on sunday

1:18 am

think a front is coming thru

something is brewing... my body is already telling me before the weathermen

1:19 am

low this morning 61...low sunday night 25

ok4 on 4... I miss the dumbest ones.. down to 5 but very close to listing :)

our a/c and furnace are dizzy from switching back and forth the last couple of weeks

1:19 am

down to 4's and 5's?

1:20 am

turned off furnace today and ac went on...sure furnace will go on in 24 hrs

down to 4 2 5's and 2 6's t, d, g

exactly the same here

1:21 am

tr 6,24...tr 6,21?

1:21 am

.

1:21 am

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1:21 am

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missing tr 6/24 looking

1:22 am

oops, sorry, was shaking the crumbs out of keyboard

1:22 am

if you get it..take the last letter off for a tr 5

2 left one g one d ....hmm a 5 and a 6

1:24 am

ge 6,30?

yippe that's one... looking

missed the dumb past tense

1:25 am

pt of one you have

bottom d... it's a 5

1:25 am

ge 5,16

1:26 am

de 6.....what a granmother might say?

have that... it's a 5 I am missing

1:27 am

take stuff out of a balloon

wow that's it... fireworks sans list, but with dart LOL :) ty vm

1:28 am

wtg Dee

1:28 am

lol wtg!

another one I need to put on a list... I always miss that de - 5... ty flosey!

1:29 am

we just had that one too recently

I remembered it the other day in scrabble, so hoping that means it's getting into my brain

very surprised we had lickety on a Friday, and didn't use it :)

1:30 am

think the ones with a lot of vowels are harder to see

definitely; and I still struggle with words starting with vowels... no clue why that is

1:31 am

asea and euro for me 3 vowels i cons...starts with a vowel

1:31 am

1 cons. that is

getting better with asea

ahorse

1:32 am

afrit anear

anent

how much longer are your golf courses open?

1:33 am

anion inion onion

1:34 am

od4

1:35 am

last year..we played thru the winter...it was a mild one..but they close if snow is in the fairway...might not be great golfing when the high is 40 and windy...but some folks have the cart covers and hheaters and are hard-core

that IS hard core; I always thought winters there were rougher

1:37 am

we get ice storms...and on average 15 inches of snow

1:37 am

last year 3 inches,....and lowest temp whole winter was 12

I don't like winter, but I think we need a good hard one this year... kill off pests; kill off viruses; hydrate the ground

1:39 am

surprise! i hit halfway! off to bed

nice job pav; sleep well

1:41 am

had so many bad winters...think i might like a few mild ones...but know what you mean

Does MN have the worst winter in the US?

other than Alaska?

1:42 am

minus alaska...would say northern minnesota and north dakota

one of our daughter's friends just recently moved to Minneapolis area... think she might be in for a rude awakening

1:45 am

people there know it is coming and live with it...everything still goes on...not like when chicago or NY get a big storm and its shuts everything down

conditioned for it; makes sense

well, I am off til the flip; have fun golfing; try not to blow away

1:47 am

Hello Everyone. Dart, do you live here in MN?

1:47 am

not much of a choice not to be

1:47 am

bye volley...hi nef..lived there for 52 yrs...just moved to KS

1:49 am

Where did you live? I'm from northwestern MN and moved south for the warmer climate; so I've now been living in the Twin Cities for over 40 years

1:50 am

born st paul..grew up maplewood...then st louis park...maplewood..burnsville...then 22 in lakeville

1:51 am

we've lived insouth shorview for 20 years; lived in south MPLS for 20 before that

1:54 am

where in northern minn.?

1:55 am

50 miles east of ND and 70 miles so. of Manitoba

1:55 am

(by Thief River)

1:59 am

that is where the real cold i was telling volley about is

2:00 am

you want cold.. it gets down to 50 here in November

2:00 am

LOL! Yeah, it doesn't get to -40 down here in the Cities like it does up there!

2:01 am

ooooooo

2:02 am

I know.. I have to put pants on. not shorts..

2:02 am

poor ruru; 50 degrees (F) is still tee shirt and short weather here! ;-)

2:02 am

when the cold hits...you were at least 10 degrees colder than we were...and we were at least 10-15 colder than chicago...and they think they see cold

2:05 am

yep. But I really think the weather here isn't too bad at all most of the time. My sister is a vet and still lives up in that area; I'm so glad I chose an indoor career and moved south! :-D

2:07 am

my last winter there was 2010-11...snow was up to my waist by 2nd week of december.....last year was first one down here...and minneapolis had 15 inches total all winter

2:08 am

and winters have been on the wimpy side for about 10 yrs now minus that 2010-11 one

2:10 am

I know! We had been snowed in a couple of times that winter (2010-11) and luckily had friends who helped dig us out of our driveway. Last year we'd hired someone to clear our driveway whenever it snowed an inch or more; and that didn't really pay either

2:11 am

had neighbors move in from boston....dont think they have seen a bad one yet

2:12 am

(DH has MS and I had a hip replaced last year; neither of us can shovel or snowblow our short drive; it's a slight hill too

2:14 am

see ruru..if you lived in MN you would have to get yours knees done

2:14 am

oops..heleft

2:15 am

you don't want to mess with having to shovel snow...for sure

2:15 am

Jeez, just saw the time! Our grandson is spending the weekend here and he gets up early; I better get my butt to bed!

2:15 am

me too...golfing in about 8 hrs...nice chatting with you nef

2:15 am

we must have scaared him off talking about the cold....

2:16 am

bye, dart! hope you have a good game!

2:16 am

and good night to everybody else. Happy Babbling!

2:16 am

hope i dont blow away...winds will be 25-35..gusting to almost 50

2:17 am

cya later all

2:17 am

(just don't take an umbrella then; that might help)

2:17 am

no hat ..no umbrella

2:17 am

poooof

can anyone clue the 8 please

ra8 cut back in availability

bit of a struggle but got there in the end thank you Shallow One

yw. dont like to get the overly obvious clues myself for a first try, i think one could always ask for more specific ones :) so if im too cloudy .... dont hesitate

I agree, I don't look at those that spell it out unless I am completely stuck - which is probab;y why I never finish the grid. My target is NBS and NBT and halfway.

oh, i like to finish all right. i give the grid several workings, and when i'm absolutely stuck, theres always morewords. but since that never fails me, i try to avoid it.

but about 9 out of 10 times i consult morewords, i didnt know the word anyway

3:51 am

just a question for Jenny and Shallow.....if one was to say - for example from yesterdays grid, Di 8,you need insulin (diabetes)...would that be a clue or what?...just like opinions...Thnx

hello diz - to me that would be a good clue, but if you said di+b** on a horse 2nd vowel and plural - that's a bit too much

I know a lot of people like the clues spelt out for them but that, to me, defeats the object of a challenge.

3:54 am

TY Jenny.

for me it was a clue that worked well. the word is fairly common, so the clue is a bit obvious but would know how to hide it even more. I remember it was in an awkward position on the grid - with a turnable grid, i pretty sure i'd have found it sooner or later on my own

*i wouldn't know

3:56 am

Jenny, thats one of the reasons I don't look at Lickety's clues until the very last.

after all that - I'm stuck on the E in the rh column

3:59 am

en 5, en 7

3:59 am

not related

it were nice if lickety's clues came in stages like stage one only first letters, stage 2 first letters and wordlength, stage 3 adding wordcount and stage 4 as it is now. But i don't know if that were hard to program, wether someone would do, if enough people would share my view, and I'm very very thankful for lickety as it is right now -I'd be lost without it. I just limit myself not to open it until i atleast have half the grid, when i feel a grid is easy i try to carry on beyond that

4:01 am

agreed, Shallow.

4:01 am

Those who clue cannot win. Some want more info; others less or none. That is why I do not clue like I did years ago.

how do you "win" at babble? first finisher?

4:02 am

That is not what I said

4:02 am

WIN at Babble????

then please clarify, must have got you wrong

4:03 am

Another reason to not clue.... people cannot read

4:04 am

sorry BR, just re read your post.

migthy harsh response, BR, but i think i got you now

4:07 am

hello all - I just appreciate all clues and lickety too - have worked my own system of stages - finding all the words I can - then using lickety then using lickety and the dictionary and then when really stuck ask for clues :) and really I think it rude of poeple to complain if others have the deency to clue them - it is not like they have to do it - woops hobby horsing - I am bit bored - eldes sick hubby sick daughter bad shoulder and ti has got wet and rainy here and I shouold be working so play babble instead :)

4:08 am

Harsh? Your response was simply wrong

but wether reducing communication is a step towards 'winning'as never being able to get it right for everyone is a possible consequence, that for me would be even more unsatisfying than the occasional misunderstanding

4:09 am

i agree with u tanja i appreciate all clues. i pretty much work the grid same as you..

4:09 am

Amazing

4:11 am

Hello, ivesy and Tanja

4:11 am

my mother taught me thank you costs nothing but a few seconds :)

4:11 am

Hello Babble and Ivesy:)

4:12 am

hi babble, tanja.. . some people want clues, some dont.. and you cant win with some of them.. cant please all the people all the time !. if u want a clue take it, if u dont, dont look at it

4:14 am

and i dont mean win the grid. i mean u cant win with some people.. just to clarify

i finally did get that:)

4:15 am

ok :)

4:15 am

exactly Ivesy but ufortunately the mentality of the social networks has people say things and write things that have no tone or context or thought of context (are faceless ) and becasue they don't many people don'trealise there actions or manners are lacking

4:15 am

Back again for a little while! Just read the stuff below - I also appreciate whatever is given. People are helpful and that's one of the ways that friendliness is shown. So, in whatever format help comes, if asked for, it's really appreciated. Thanks

4:16 am

well said liz

4:16 am

Hello Liz:)

4:17 am

Hello, Lizlin

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

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airt

4:18 am

Hallo to all - I love being here - even as a relative newcomer, who rarely finishes the grid! I use Lickety if I'm over half way and stuck and ask if I need to! Thank you all for making me welcome over the past 2 months!!! OOPS Tanya!!!!

4:18 am

and then you hae dummies like me that do somehting stupid and the computer does that to me:( sorry peoples........

4:18 am

ty tanja but i have that word lol

4:18 am

Back to the Godfather Part 3 - back later1!!!

4:19 am

Bye Liz:)

4:19 am

I have done that many times ..... things happen ... no biggie

4:20 am

PB for me

4:30 am

Hello all

hi smores:)

4:32 am

hi Smores

4:37 am

be right back, cats fiqured out I was up

4:52 am

Cats have been fed and I got a nice strong cup of coffee :)

4:53 am

teehee... love the icon Tanja

5:02 am

Morning, All, i must be on form today...over half way and the first word i found was the 8 lol

5:02 am

Morning, All, i must be on form today...over half way and the first word i found was the 8 lol

5:02 am

Morning, All, i must be on form today...over half way and the first word i found was the 8 lol

5:02 am

ooh hiccups...sorry

5:04 am

hey zooz

5:05 am

it's back up

5:05 am

lol

5:06 am

had to red boxes earlier

5:07 am

huh....the...not ...to

5:07 am

<-----needs more coffee

5:07 am

I hate that...had those a couple of days ago.

5:17 am

Good evening all

5:17 am

Hello, Lynxxx!

5:17 am

hi lynxxx :)

5:18 am

what an odd looking grid - all those Ls & Os

5:18 am

agreed..

5:20 am

Hello, Lyn

5:20 am

I must admit i have been finding it more doable than i normally do..lol

5:21 am

hi BabRab

5:21 am

Hello, BR

5:21 am

Hello, zoom

5:22 am

Yeah, seems pretty fast. I didn't have time to enjoy the one yesterday

5:23 am

Hi BR :)

5:24 am

Hello, smores

5:25 am

small yet odd grid today

5:27 am

Poetry readers might see the archaic word for silver

5:28 am

mmm and what letter might that start with?

5:28 am

a

5:29 am

I'll let you know when I find it - poetry reading is not a pursuit of mine

5:31 am

morning all~

5:31 am

ah yes...now I remember seeing it before TY BR

5:31 am

Hello, Sue

5:32 am

Morning, Sue

5:32 am

hi, BR!

5:32 am

hi Sue...I heard Frank was already having his operation. How is everything?

5:32 am

hi, zooz!

5:32 am

thank BR

5:32 am

long update in my profile, lynxxx

5:32 am

Hi uu, hope things are well for you

5:32 am

he is doing ok, the cancer is out, chemo to come, we are scared

5:33 am

have a quick read, back in a sec

5:34 am

hi smores!

5:34 am

{Frank and Sue} stay strong

5:34 am

we are struggling, smores, but we have lots of support

5:36 am

Wow Sue - what a lot to go through in such a short time. You heads must n]=be swimming. Fantastic you have such a strong support time. A lot of people tend to back away when they hear the word cancer - but your friends don't.

5:37 am

it has been pretty intense, lynxxx

5:38 am

Has to be somewhat frustrating not to know to the extent possible what Frank has to deal with.

5:39 am

it is, BR, but we will have answers soon.

5:40 am

Just take each step one-by-one. It will all happen so quickly you won't have time to dwell too much on it all anyway. I know when I was going through it I didn't truly realise what was happening...it was actually much worse for those around me than it was for me. Looked like shit - death warmed up - but truly I just felt out of it. Hopefully Fran k will be a bit oblivious to it all as well. Really tough time for you - but he does have you by his side which means so much. He will get through it Sue - you gotta trust in that. XX

5:41 am

thanks, lynxxx, it is really hard to watch

5:42 am

I know, I know...hang in there girl

5:43 am

what I want to watch out for now is that he doesn't slide into depression

5:43 am

He has a history of that?

5:44 am

yes

5:44 am

That is very important Sue, just stay strong, he will need your strength

5:44 am

OK.

5:44 am

partly it was a side effect of undiagnosed celiac disease

5:46 am

There will be times when you will want to lose it, make time for yourself away from him for this

5:46 am

You know there are all these stages that you go through when you are told you have cancer....You know the Anger/Denial etc. I am sure they will have physc support services there in the hospital for caner patients...maybe that is something positive you can do/find out about

5:46 am

Just stay as positive as possible

5:47 am

If not within the hospital...there are probably phone cancer support services. I used them a lot for me - I also used them a lot when my Mum was dying

5:48 am

yes - I am told the cancer center here is quite good - I am sure we will find out all about it over the next few days

5:49 am

Great to talk to people who have an intimate and similar experience with what you are going through.

5:50 am

yes, cancer is certainly common, and a lot of my friends have already shared their experiences - I lost my mom to ovarian cancer but that was almost 40 years ago and I was not actively involved in her care

5:50 am

There are always things you forget to ask the Doctor too...or may feel stupid asking him. Those support services are great for that too. Knowing &/or information is really helpful coping mechanism

5:51 am

that was one of the reasons I was glad to have several friends with me when talking to the surgeon - I knew I wouldn't remember everything. One of them even took notes.

5:52 am

Talking talking - something we women do a lot and is really useful for coping. Something I don't think men do enough to get them through stuff. (personal observation in my own family this week)

5:53 am

yes - he's talking to me but I think it would be good for him to talk to a professional too

5:53 am

smart girl Sue

5:54 am

talked to my dad yesterday, he still has no power from the storm on October 30, and it is starting to get cold

5:56 am

Where is he again? I was listening to a program the other day where they were interviewing a power company trying to fix all the lines. Sounds like a nightmare

5:56 am

Found the 8 - yeah!

5:56 am

he's in New Jersey, not near the shore so no water problems, just a bazillion trees down

5:56 am

oh jeez

5:56 am

yay smores!

5:58 am

Yeah, the guy was saying in a lot of instances they had to cut through/down 2 trees to get to the problem ones. Had quite a few thousand linesmen coming in to work on it.

5:58 am

yes, they have been coming from all over the country

5:59 am

at least it is not a repeat of New Orleans, god forbid

6:00 am

Mayo Clinic ... resilience: http://tinyurl.com/acad5m5

6:02 am

what a simple insightful guide BR...bookmarked that one

6:03 am

me too

6:11 am

Going to make myself a late supper then off to bed. Goodnight everyone. keep babbling Sue, good place to come and 'dump' during times like this. Will be thinking of you both. xx

6:12 am

Be well, lyn

6:13 am

thanks, lynxxx!

6:14 am

This one has helped me when I feel down and helpless: http://tinyurl.com/ah7ftzd

6:15 am

that one looks good too, BR. Thanks!

6:20 am

hi, all. I have incontrovertible proof that I am NOT addicted to Babble. This past week, we have had two fairly large grids, and I have completed them, despite having an abrasion to my right eye that has led to a trip to the ER and to an eye doctor, with medication required to prevent infection/promote healing, and for pain. Nope, not addicted to Babble at all... :)

6:20 am

going to go lie down a bit, bbl. And I hear you, angel!

6:22 am

bye uu, get some rest and Try to have a good day

6:23 am

Hi Angel

6:27 am

hello friends. LOTS of phantoms today! parakeet, triage, tiger, etc

6:29 am

Hi Tri

6:31 am

funny grid....I was cruising right along and then WHAM - gridlock

6:31 am

And fireworks for me..time to do the house jobs :-(

6:31 am

yeah same here

6:32 am

huzzah for zooz!!!

6:32 am

Hello, TrifQ

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YAY zooz on the FW

6:32 am

and come on over zoozoom and I will have the tea all ready for you, as you do my housework!

6:32 am

last pr 5 pl..pr 5/12

6:32 am

:( on the HW

6:33 am

Q was supposed to be an !

6:33 am

Take care, All.

6:33 am

lol, it's okay zooz, I got it!

6:33 am

Bye zooz - enjoy your day

6:34 am

the last pr 5 I have is pr+ tiny particle

6:35 am

ty Trif

6:35 am

thats it ty!

6:36 am

was that it? im so glad! I am a terrible cluer

6:36 am

the 8 is what is being done with gas in NY

6:36 am

great clue :)

6:37 am

sad but true clue BR

6:39 am

oh hey - just found thor's brother

6:42 am

brb - gotta drive secondo to drivers ed...her license CANNOT come soon enough!

6:43 am

lol..bye Trif

6:47 am

anyone have the go5? I'm stumped

6:48 am

go + the first part of the largest city in michigan

6:49 am

thx BR :)

6:49 am

ty! I got it just as you clued.

6:50 am

ty br

6:52 am

... there's a bad moon on the rise ...

6:54 am

hmmm.....

6:54 am

Ty for that go 5 clue but I did have to look up the city!

6:55 am

Hi all - quick check in before bed!

6:55 am

Hello, Lizlin

6:56 am

Hiya Liz

6:57 am

Not finding this one easy! 59 left for tomorrow!

7:00 am

nite liz

7:01 am

Enjoy your day

7:07 am

7s - i have ta

7:08 am

en7/40 is all I have

7:08 am

en

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ta

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te

7:09 am

en compound?

7:09 am

no

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rats

7:09 am

got te

7:10 am

morning all, not seeing any of those 7's

7:11 am

en + rin tin tin and dan and the d**

7:11 am

ta7 = delayed, wasted time

7:11 am

hi BR,not getting the last part of your clue

7:12 am

te7 = pt of te5

7:12 am

last 2 same as the 1st

7:12 am

just got the ta, thanks

7:13 am

ty for te

7:13 am

biblical

7:14 am

brabble is abbreviating daniel and the lion's d**

7:14 am

ty Br for en7

7:14 am

I just realized that, ty

7:15 am

tole

7:15 am

oops sorry

7:15 am

help with ta7 pls

7:15 am

did not get your clue, hursh

7:16 am

stayed too long in one place

7:16 am

it rhymes with ... i c****** a heavy load on my back

7:17 am

ty for ta7, I was looking for a noun

7:17 am

SNAP! hurshy

7:17 am

a 6 is an archaic poetry word for silve

7:18 am

silver

7:18 am

what snap?

7:18 am

I was typing the same rhyming clue

7:18 am

ahhhhh :)

7:19 am

well I must go do other things - be back later

7:19 am

stopping for now, ttfn

7:19 am

And now I must depart. *poof*

7:19 am

enjoy your day/evening all :)

7:31 am

help with the E in third column please

7:32 am

good morning all

7:32 am

ed 4/7

7:34 am

en 6/21

7:36 am

got the en 6 - thnx BR

7:36 am

outer part

7:37 am

NBT and NBS - time to go run some errands - BBL

7:40 am

none

7:50 am

tr6/21 pls

7:52 am

tr6: 3 + poem

7:55 am

peri?

7:55 am

yes

7:55 am

ty FW

7:56 am

i've looked at the rivefront website and it appears to be a large conglomeration of several shops and restaurants. where exactly are you meting?

7:57 am

good morning everyone:)

7:57 am

Riverfront Restaurant. 3 South Orange St. even tho the post on FB says Market st.

7:58 am

I know what you look like so I will look for you. How tall are you? (odd question but it is hard to tell how tall someone is in a picture) you know what I look like, right. I am 5/8" blonde

7:58 am

the riverfront market lists several restaurants. none of them have that name

7:59 am

I will probably get there early. have never been before

7:59 am

i'm 5'4"

8:00 am

well that is what Brookie put in the invitation. I do not have her phone number. do you want to meet at a particular restaurant. just give me a name and I wlll find it.

8:00 am

Have a great time at the meet up!!!!

8:00 am

Good morning Crossy!

8:00 am

we could exchange cell phone numbers if you want.

8:00 am

car!!! golod morning.though my browser was acting up!

8:00 am

maybe there is a main entrance somewhere

8:00 am

good

8:01 am

harry's fish market and grill, a deli, cheesecake factory,pizza place, sushi place, no restaurant called riverfront. that is the name of the "mall'

8:01 am

morning crossy, car, etc

8:01 am

well maybe the main entrance to the mall?

8:01 am

Hi Dorens! Hi Peri!

8:02 am

howdy dorens

8:02 am

who chose the place? perhaps they had an idea?

8:03 am

everyone going get a helium baloon and draw a babble tile on it and tie it round yer hand on a long string hehe

8:03 am

That's a good idea, Crossy!

8:03 am

and now it is time for crossys tidbit of the day!!!

8:04 am

Two-digit Interstate numbers are designed to let drivers know the general direction of the highway. If the Interstate has an odd number, it runs north-south. Interstates with even numbers run east-west.

8:04 am

Brookie chose the place cause there are lots of places to choose from.

8:04 am

I tried locating her on zaba search but no luck

8:04 am

there must be a main entrance of some sort

8:04 am

Nice one, Crossy

8:05 am

I knew this one Crossy! We have big I-95 that runs the length of the eastern seaboard!

8:05 am

:))

8:06 am

well, good thing the weather is so nice... hanging out at the main entrance will have to do.. then we can decide what sort of place we want --thai, seafood, etc

8:07 am

dent

8:07 am

sorry

8:08 am

ok, I will look for you. bye for now

8:08 am

it is going to be almost summer here for sunday.thank god for that because traditionally nov 11 is cold,miserable half rain half snow and our war vets suffer every year.year before last we organized a group of school children with umbrellas to make our ww2 vets a little more comfortable

8:09 am

I am so glad to hear that Crossy!

8:10 am

was nice.they would keep the rain off of them and in turn hear amazing stories that will not be found in a book and right from those who where there

8:11 am

{{Veterans}}

8:11 am

indeed

8:12 am

here is one of our local boyus...

8:12 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_R\nohmer

8:13 am

Cross, I still have my father's WWII photo/story album from the 101st Airborne. He was a paratrooper. Asked him to tell stories but he wouldn't talk about it. Bless his memory and his spirit.

8:14 am

many keep it to themselves as is their right

8:15 am

my grandfather also never spoke much of it,but did write a book of poems about it

8:16 am

he was a firewatcher in london during the blitz among other things he would stand post of tall building and report rocket/bomb strikes throughout the city and he lost his m8 on one watch

8:17 am

I can only imagine the trauma all our military face when deployed. When I turned 16 and wanted a car he refused to let me buy German or Japanese....remnants of the trauma. I'm glad we finally are supportive of our military and not like things were for Vietnam vets. Bless all who serve and those who keep vigil for their return.

8:17 am

he was also part of the flotilla to dunkirk and back

8:17 am

indeed mimi

8:19 am

And good for your community for actually doing something.

8:19 am

i meet gen rohmer almost every day.the man is a marvel and highly active in everything listed in that wiki page

8:21 am

he oranized the new war museum and also did alll the work for the 60th aniversary return to holland i think it was

8:22 am

and quietly paid for airline seats for any local vets who were still fit to go

8:22 am

Greetings Babblers.

8:22 am

but i ramble on.time to find some words

8:22 am

howdy scrabby

8:23 am

Just looked at your profile and we have something in common. I haven't had cancer but I've nearly died 3 times. Actually was allowed to see the other side the last time and it was amazing. I'm not religious but am spiritual and now am not afraid to die but not in a hurry either. What a terrific thing for your friend to do for others. My father has a small display in a museum in York, Pennsylvania that is a museum exclusively for the 101st. Makes me feel good knowing there is a type of memorial to him.

8:23 am

I'll relax here for a bit then must clean and vacuum.

8:24 am

((Mimicat))--glad you are here to tell us your story. My Dad died in April and I would like to believe he is happy and in peace.

8:24 am

lol mimi,on top of the cancers i have gone through the ice on frozen lakes twice,been run over by a car and was chewed up in an industrial mishap..death? i laugh at death mwahahaha!

8:25 am

i am sure your da is at peace scrabby

8:25 am

My mother would so wish for a message from him, that he is ok.

8:26 am

and is now immortal because of you.whenever you tell a story,or smile in rememberance of a time in your lives together or share him with us he lives on and with all the best of his life

8:26 am

Wow!! Maybe God feels the same way about you as He seems to about me: "Let's leave 'em down there a long time 'cause I don't' need the grief of 'em up here telling me how to run things and all the mistakes I've made!

8:27 am

TY, Crossy

8:27 am

Funny, Mimicat

8:28 am

you never know what road life will give you.we have a local lady who just set the guiness world record for the worlds oldest yoga instructor..she is 97

8:28 am

and still teaches

8:29 am

though she says of late she feels a tad stiff most morning and it takes her longer to do her loosening up exercises before class

8:29 am

Good morning all

8:30 am

howdy bob

8:30 am

Good for her!

8:30 am

Hi Bob

8:30 am

Scrab, when my mother died (she was actually my grandmother) I honestly felt he with me for several years. One day while I was in the shower and very pregnant with my first child I felt her kiss me on the cheek and leave. I never felt her with me again. She had her own destiny to fulfill and was satisfied I was OK on my own. I believe they are very well cared for on the other side and suffer no pain of any kind. The love I felt when I was allowed to briefly enter that space was unlike anything I've ever experienced. Take comfort in that, please.

8:30 am

Your words do comfort me because of your experiences!

8:31 am

my lady often feels her departed father

8:31 am

BTW, welcome to Babble, Mimicat. Please go pro. Where do you live?

8:31 am

and with her mother joining him this last month i am sure both are at peace and together again

8:32 am

yes mimi welcome to the insanity

8:33 am

I'm so glad I could be useful this morning. Life is hard for me right now and this helps me, too. What a wonderful community we have here. So glad all are willing to share. We are all in this together and should be helping each other. I live in Phoenix. Where are you, Scrab? And, cross, where do you live in Canada?

8:33 am

I live in a rural area southeast of Buffalo, NY.

8:34 am

i am in central ontario in a little place called collingwood at the base of blue mountain right on the shores of georgian bay

8:34 am

I hiked down into the Grand Canyon 16 mo ago--wow!

hello

8:34 am

I live in Sun City!!!

8:35 am

How Owl and Mubner

8:35 am

the american store chain that is taking over all our zellers stores is in the grid and a valid word.good hunting!

8:36 am

Yes, the canyon is amazing. I adore Canada as well. Wow, Mub---right next door! I've been in every state in this county except far New England and lived all over as well. Would like to travel abroad but am happy I've seen so much of this incredibly beautiful and diverse country. Good to connect with everyone.

8:36 am

Hi Scrabbler - thanks for uplifting chatter

scrabs, did you get snow this week?

8:37 am

Chatter, chatter, chatter. That's what we do here.

8:37 am

Owl, we had minor amounts of snow last Fri, Sat, Sun, and Mon. Now we are in the midst of a few warmer day.

we had a dusting. it will be 60 on monday.

8:38 am

hello chatterers

8:39 am

Kind of wish I lived somewhere cold since these days I look so much better with MORE clothes on!

8:39 am

scrabs, did leslie get her power back yet?

8:39 am

Hey, Doren. Any power at your home yet?

8:39 am

Leslie got power back Wed PM.

8:39 am

no, but hope springs eternal. I'm in Baltimore now... but should get a call when it happens. and i'll be back sunday evening... my friend MIGHT still let me back

hey doren! heading up to nj shortly

8:40 am

beginning to wonder about thanksgiving. hey owl, good luck with all that

8:40 am

Did you get a lot of snow in NJ?

8:41 am

four inches, but fortunately no more trees down. Friend in freehold got 18 " yes, eighteen! and lost the rest of his trees. so sad

8:41 am

So much devastation in NY and NJ

8:42 am

it is beyond imagination, really

a firend in harrington park got power wednesday, as well as so hackensack

and long island seems to be worse

8:42 am

morning all!

8:42 am

Sue, how is Frank this morning?

8:43 am

that's good. slowly but surely, normalcy returns. some day it will just be a memory. Yes, my sister in law in long island hasn't been home yet either

8:43 am

mornng sue

8:43 am

Yes--how are you doing?

hi sue, how are things?!

8:44 am

I've put a long(ish) description in my profile

8:44 am

good morning! miss2bit enjoys "the little green bunny rabbits" Scrabbs :-)

8:45 am

suze!

8:45 am

we just finished talking to the surgeon (profile doesn't reflect that), it may be Wednesday before we get the pathology report since the thing they took out was rather large and complex

8:46 am

Frank is feeling sort of ok, obviously our emotions are all over the place. He is going to get some blood soon, lost about 500 ml during surgery

8:46 am

i wish you strength for the next few days, and peace

8:47 am

This surgery will require a long time for recovery, so remind Frank to take baby steps toward wellness.

8:47 am

thank you, Doren! Oh, as of yesterday my dad still didn't have power, but he says he's fine. The library has power so he's spending a lot of time there.

8:47 am

just read your update sue.i am sorry,it seems to be much more complex than first thought!

8:47 am

Hi Little Miss2Bit!

es continual wishes for a seed recovery. I have a friend who had to have temporary ostomy, right as rain after healing chemo etc and was reconnected

8:48 am

she's now distracted by Curious George. thoughts & prayers for you and Frank, uu

8:48 am

he's been sleeping at home, sue? does he have any source of heat, wood stove? Most folks from Mountain Lakes are sleeping at the High school where they've set up shelter. Fortunately the weather seems to be warming up, but it was desperately cold for a few nights there

speed. sorr sue, at least it did not become seedy! :/

8:48 am

we really won't know exactly what's going on until we see the pathology report, and I will let you all know when we do

8:49 am

Doren, he has been sleeping at home, he has large east-facing windows so the house heats up during the day. He's been wearing a knit hat I got him as well as some thick down booties, and says he is fine. His living room is in the 50s at night, 60 during the day

8:50 am

I asked him if he had somewhere to go if it got too cold and he said the weather was getting warmer. Sigh. But he did say he would go somewhere if it got too cold.

8:50 am

that's terrific sue... one thing you don't need to worry about. My house was 43 the last day i was there, and that was at 3:30.

8:51 am

Sue, you have a lot of us sending good thoughts and prayers your way. Will hold a good thought for Wed.

yes, that is good to hear.

8:52 am

thank you all!

8:53 am

So glad to have found this site. You are all wonderful people. Am leaving chat now. Back tomorrow. My best to all.

8:54 am

Bye Mimicat

8:56 am

bye mimi!

8:56 am

tc mimi

8:58 am

name the famous cerial make in da grid for a crossy style brekkies!

8:59 am

Kellog--just one g, though. Now I'm gone.

8:59 am

and it should be acceptable as a word, kinda like xerox

8:59 am

I have hit the wall with 59 left.

9:00 am

I keep getting interrupted somehow...found 57 words in the wee hours, though.

9:04 am

stats for an A in the upper corner for NBT please

9:04 am

Got tarried yet?

9:04 am

at5/10

9:05 am

ar4/4

9:05 am

ty !

9:05 am

i think that at word has been in the grid for the past 3 days

9:05 am

yw

9:05 am

NOW I'm leaving. Good day, all.

9:06 am

Bye Mimi

9:06 am

bye Mimi

9:06 am

And I must vacuum before a guest arrives in 90 minutes.

9:07 am

Bye Scrabs! Have a wonderful day

9:08 am

ar5/14x3 DR

9:08 am

one to4 over the like sweet jesus,one to4 over the line..sitting downtown in a railway station one to4 over the line..lala

9:09 am

oh! Thanks Phaeton! : )

9:10 am

Like your style, cross! Until 3 year ago I still sang with a classic rock band so love the musical reference. Am definitely leaving now!

9:11 am

:)

9:15 am

kr5?

9:15 am

yw DR

9:15 am

DR...ar6/24

9:18 am

kr5 is a snake

9:18 am

Morning everyone

9:26 am

ty hoot

9:28 am

done...any clues needed?

9:28 am

yw

9:30 am

hello

9:33 am

stats for the E on the third column please?

9:34 am

clue for thego5/16please

9:35 am

phae?

9:36 am

go5/16 please

9:37 am

unforutnately i dont have it cool

9:37 am

en7/40

9:38 am

anden6/21

go5/16 sounds like mini supreme being

a higher being + an alien for go5/16

9:38 am

cool.. EN + opposite of cat but spelled backwards ending in a vowel and a cons

9:39 am

ty

9:39 am

clue for the E on the third column please?

9:39 am

tybut was giving thesats for middle e

9:40 am

my clue is for the 7 cool

9:40 am

sorry...major entity and I don't g** it?

9:41 am

ed 4/7 and en 6/21

9:41 am

tofinish plus whatwebreathe minus thex and first e

9:41 am

ed7 rim

9:41 am

ty wv

9:41 am

en6 to love a sweetie?

9:42 am

sorry my computers playing games

9:42 am

4th column lone R stats please?

9:42 am

ri 5/10 - 'morning folks

9:42 am

ri5

9:42 am

ri5/10

9:43 am

can you clue it please?

9:43 am

gtg happy babbling!

9:43 am

nbs

9:43 am

bye phae

9:43 am

a lariat

9:44 am

?

9:45 am

ri + the first three letters of our babbler who had a dog named Hobbit

9:45 am

no idea

9:46 am

ri + good job! *** boy!

9:47 am

yes?

9:48 am

ri + song from the Lion King, Hakuna M***ta

9:52 am

hope you got the ri, mlfan - off to make omelets!

10:26 am

pr5/12 please

I have one so far pr + charged particle

10:27 am

gotit thanks

good !

10:28 am

pr 5 to lift something with a screwdriver like a lid

10:35 am

ty ru

10:36 am

yw.. i'm still missing one p

I'm missing 4, so probably no help here

I haven't listed, so no idea how they may begin

10:38 am

me too

10:41 am

i'm going to have to soon though... i've hit the wal

10:41 am

wall

10:48 am

fireworks

10:50 am

congrats cool

10:51 am

trying to think of a way to externd sympathies and possibly help our neighbors of 30 years

10:53 am

what happened sammy?

10:53 am

ty

10:54 am

ask them what they need at this time

10:56 am

a neighbors tree fell on thier house during the storm last week- damaging roof and chimney.... a few days later . her father died.. funeral was yesterday............. last night, her daughters mother and father in law were overcome with carbon monoxide in thier home and died,,,,,,,..... talk about a week from hell !!

10:57 am

my god!

10:57 am

sounds like our last 2 months:(

10:58 am

wow

10:58 am

the trr is being removed as i speak and they are not there.. my son is over there her kids and my kids , of course grew up together and my grand daughter... all are rallying to give the family services such as cooking meals, baby sitting etc

10:58 am

maybe a nice note and something homemade that you made and tell them you're sorry for all the grief they're under

10:59 am

just be there for them and offer any aid you can in doing daily life chores so they can deal with it all

10:59 am

or maybe offer to run errands for them if their plate is loaded

11:00 am

something simple as having meals pre cooked for them

11:00 am

yes,run errands etc

11:00 am

take care of the small things for them so they are free to take care of the large things

11:00 am

I did that for a neighbor who needed help and she told me it was the greatest gift

11:01 am

yes, we will do that and offer accomadations for out of town guests of theirs... i am already cooking

11:02 am

casseroles,meat pies,lasagne.stuff they can whip out of the freezer and have instant dinners

11:02 am

sounds good sammysmom

11:03 am

we can easily handle 4 guests and more if needed......we have an extra car if they need it

11:03 am

that's the best you can do sammy

11:03 am

i'd like you for a neighbor

11:03 am

guest accomodation will be very handy indeed

11:03 am

as would i

11:04 am

and i am perfectly willing to cry and pray with whomever give hugs and pats and cups of tea

11:05 am

have just replentished my tea stash... i have about 30 types of tea blends-flavors etc

11:05 am

her daughter's in laws didn't have a carbon monoxide detector?

11:05 am

when i was down for 6 months with my second cancer,donated pre made meals were a godsend and the offers for errands and store runs were vital and most appreciated

11:06 am

not that i ate much lol

11:06 am

stats for the lone r? (hi)

11:06 am

i would imagine they did... they were very intelligent people and fairly affluent.. i suspect that they were both sound ly sleeping...

11:06 am

ra 5/10

11:07 am

a percentage

11:07 am

or a portion of the whole

11:07 am

that's from the top r

11:07 am

wow..that's hard to believe sammy that the alarms didn't wake them. Wow

11:07 am

my bad

11:07 am

ri5 harp

11:08 am

i understand cross.. and i know how much their efforts must have comforted you... being cared for is a wonderful thing.

11:08 am

thanks

11:08 am

ahh the larriet

11:09 am

and i am sure all your efforts will be apreciated and cherished as they fight through all this

11:12 am

this is like a hallmark moment

11:14 am

i shall write something weepy bout it later then:))

11:14 am

ROFL

11:18 am

a card like this: friendship like ours is more than comfortable you ease my burdens like a hot tea and a warm blanket in the storm of my life.the small things you do for me as well as the large will ease my strife

11:19 am

hehe,wonder if hallmark is hiring?

11:19 am

i'm guessing there wouldn't be much call for "I'm sorry the tree fell on your house"

11:20 am

no,..well how many days has florida been tornado free now?

11:21 am

all those dbbe wide trailers take a beating i am sure

11:23 am

DId this newest storm cause more problems in NYC?

11:30 am

my fav blend of tea is in the grid

11:31 am

thank you crossy.. that was the P i'm missing

11:31 am

Red rose brand?

11:36 am

PG Tips?

11:37 am

ah, variety, not brand. Ta!

11:39 am

gm DC

11:42 am

anyone have the le 6/27?

11:43 am

hi, ruru

11:43 am

I Am Le6 was a recent movie.

11:43 am

that's the 6/24

11:44 am

a le627 may be true -- like the story of Persephone

11:45 am

let me think about that one for a bit

11:45 am

He is a le6 in his own mind. The le6 of Zelda.

11:46 am

ah

11:46 am

*i'm a dummy

11:47 am

Or The le6 of Sleepy Hollow, for those without kids who played video games.

11:47 am

thank you both.. i missed it

11:49 am

all good. we all miss plenty :)

11:50 am

I refused to type in pe4/9 the second because Enable says it doesn't accept abbreviations. Then I remembered that Enable is a big fat liar. : P

11:51 am

yes, le5.14 and sysop are among things it takes that surprise me.

11:51 am

Especially sysop since it is so oblivious to other computer terminology.

11:51 am

yep. :)

11:52 am

well, the 8 was easy once i found the 6

12:32 pm

Hi everyone, dc, Molly, ruru

12:33 pm

what is the 6? le 6/27?

12:35 pm

... an ancient tale ... a story from the dim and distant past ... usually heroic

12:36 pm

so the 8 comes from that word? dose?

12:37 pm

... that was le6.27

12:37 pm

... the 8 comes from ra6/18 ...

12:37 pm

I have the le 6/27: Sleepy Hollow. Does the 8 come from that word?

12:37 pm

... usually done with food in war time when shortages abound

12:38 pm

TY, I was confused. Thought the 8 was from the le 6.

12:57 pm

The go 5 for 16 is kiscking my butt

12:58 pm

it is a technical term to do woith clothing I think

12:58 pm

waiting for, onyx?

12:58 pm

... the deity consumed food in the past

12:58 pm

oh with a different last vowel

12:59 pm

it means an extra bit of fabric inserted into a grament to add flare

1:00 pm

hi again all!

1:00 pm

Hi sue

1:00 pm

all great clues but i am dense

1:00 pm

hi glant!

1:01 pm

go + you might ***ermine thta you like choclate or be ***ermined to stop smoking

1:01 pm

start with a deity, onyx, and monkey from there

1:03 pm

Leslieann thanks and everyone else.

1:39 pm

ra6-8

1:50 pm

ra6 the amount of food given to a soldier

2:23 pm

hello hello

2:25 pm

hi liz!

2:25 pm

I have read about Frank, how is he?

2:26 pm

tired right now, they are giving him some blood. We are both on emotional roller coasters, but this is the beginning of the healing journey.

2:27 pm

I pray that he recovers nicely and quickly

2:43 pm

uusue ..my best wishes go to you and Frank, and hope everything goes well.

2:46 pm

thanks, liz and mo! (sorry, people keep coming in and out)

2:47 pm

no worries ... we understand.

2:58 pm

clue for de6, please?

3:00 pm

de6 .... what you would call you liked.

3:01 pm

sorry ... who you liked.

3:01 pm

hi all

3:01 pm

thanks mo

3:02 pm

hi cos and yw.

3:03 pm

Smack! Thank you, mo. I was all around that.

3:03 pm

glad you got there!

3:10 pm

(((soe))) hey mo!

3:11 pm

that was supposed to be sue, stirring quince jelly....

3:11 pm

hi stid.

3:13 pm

en6 please?

3:14 pm

en6 ... en + expensive.

3:15 pm

thanks

3:15 pm

yw.

3:20 pm

hi Stid. I'm afraid I have some bad news. Hetty Clews just died.

3:21 pm

I know, Saanich, link to obit in my profile and at babanon

3:21 pm

Her obit even mentioned Babble and how much she enjoyed it.

3:22 pm

:-)

3:22 pm

I have it here. I'll be attending the service and will say a prayer from you.

3:22 pm

Thank you. no way I can come up for something mid-week. I have a three-day conference starting Friday in Seattle.

3:23 pm

And no one there would know or care if I am missing.

3:23 pm

How are you doing, Saanich? Making beautiful art?

3:23 pm

I would!

3:25 pm

I am thinking of making a solo run north in December, when I have a bit of time the schools are closed.

3:25 pm

Stid I am just clearing iust clearing out...all this misery caused by some goof DIY who installed the downstairs loo without a gasket. Actually the clear-out is amost through. It's like building a house! I put in a 'secret room' just for fun!

3:26 pm

secret room + fun!

3:26 pm

missing gasket = NOT fun...

3:26 pm

That's great Stid, see you then, tou can stay here for a bit if you like.

3:27 pm

Now back to finish up grid...later

3:27 pm

later saanich!

3:28 pm

hi again

3:28 pm

back for a little more

3:30 pm

ke

3:30 pm

ge5 the last please?

3:31 pm

a rock with crystals inside

3:32 pm

ge5 ... ge+POEM.

3:32 pm

thanks mo and smores

3:32 pm

sorry for shouting!

3:32 pm

yw

3:33 pm

it was such a powerful poem u had to shout it

3:36 pm

2nd ko4 please?

3:37 pm

Morning everyone. How sad to hear of the passing of another dear babbler

3:38 pm

ko ... sounds like a minty sweet.

3:38 pm

I have a ko4 that sounds like the posh game you play on horseback and with long mallets

3:39 pm

hi lyn ... sorry to hear that,but who was it.

3:39 pm

i thought i tried that thanks!

3:39 pm

oh no who passed?

3:39 pm

Hetty - see Stidmamas profile and link

3:39 pm

? who passed away lynxxx

3:41 pm

http://tinyurl.com/bh9ondc heres the link

3:41 pm

waht was Hetty's babble name?

3:41 pm

*what

3:42 pm

Hetty - I have not seen her for quite a while but goes back a long time

3:42 pm

dont think ive seen her. m very sorry to hear of this

3:42 pm

her babblename was Hetty

3:42 pm

oh, I guess I did not know her, she was quite the woman according to her obit.

3:44 pm

I didnt know her either but it is still sad news.

3:45 pm

yes she had a full accomplished life it seems

3:45 pm

hey all, working on quince jelly so only able to type off and on. She was a lovely, warm friend. She so enjoyed babble and the many happy times we shared in the chog.

3:47 pm

hi Stid. I am especially sorry for your loss of a good friend. And pretty envious of quince jelly on a lighter note

3:50 pm

I just read the obit, do not believe I ever had the pleasure....sorry for your loss stid :(

3:54 pm

any clue for the go5 after the bearded animal?

3:54 pm

Waiting for Go***

3:55 pm

Him above + tag ur **

3:55 pm

no sorry.. Him not above + alien

3:55 pm

I quit waiting for him a long time ago

3:55 pm

the last lo6 please?

3:56 pm

(wondering what 'Tag ur **" is)

3:56 pm

its a game.. tag! you're it

3:57 pm

lo6...very similar to the Foreign Le****

3:57 pm

lo6 (not sure if last) - like the French Foreign Le****

3:57 pm

ohh - of course

3:58 pm

lol, I thought it was some sort of Latin Motto

3:59 pm

thanks!

4:01 pm

lol re: latin motto

4:02 pm

thanks, smores and lynxxx. I never made quince jelly before, but I guarantee the fruit from my trees won't be going to waste any more! :-D

4:02 pm

Now I have to go survey the damage the frost last night did in the garden. *sigh* back later to babble. *poof*

Anyone local to Boston to come to my Open House Open Studio tomorrow afternoon?

4:03 pm

You might apple and quince pie too I hope

4:03 pm

Im gonna make pumpkin pie bars in a bit

4:03 pm

hi Kap, not local enough sadly. Good luck though

You can't get here from Australia?

4:04 pm

what a copout, lynxxx

4:04 pm

I know, pretty weak excuse

I thought so too.

4:05 pm

"I happen to be almost exactly on the opposite side of the world." pshaw

4:06 pm

no6 please?

4:06 pm

but I have some nice rhubard cake here if you want to drop over for afternoon tea this afternoon, lovely day so we can pop down for a walk along the beach. Leslie. Kap.?

4:07 pm

done

I can come yesterday/

4:07 pm

aw crap, nope, i'll be in the pb

4:08 pm

no6 compound, person who doesn't think highly of themselves perhaps

4:10 pm

or try...negative start and alternative to the id

4:10 pm

thanks got it from r first clue

4:11 pm

yw

4:14 pm

BBL going to take that walk along the beach with Stew

4:15 pm

enjoy!

4:16 pm

fireworks

4:46 pm

Yeah cos

4:53 pm

** finito ** last word TR 5/18 - to become ill or lose one's health

5:43 pm

WooT WooT WooT wvteach!! and hello all!!

5:44 pm

hi jilly!

hi sue! haven't talked to you in a while but i hope you know you have been in my thoughts.

5:45 pm

Hello uusue, just sent a little note to Frank on Caring Bridge...how are you holding up?

5:45 pm

thanks, GE, the support we have been receiving is wonderful!

5:45 pm

Hi Sue and Jilly. Congrats teach.

5:46 pm

I am ok, jilly, tired and emotionally all over the map. We have had a lot of visitors and that really helps.

I hope the hospital is close to home for your sake.

5:46 pm

crossy is back for more (((suze!))

5:46 pm

Sue - just read your updates from today - hope Frank feels a bit better this morning (afternoon or evening - whenever). Your both still in my thoughts.

5:47 pm

Hi Crossy

5:47 pm

Hang in there uusue and you take care of yourself well..Frank will need you!

5:47 pm

thanks liz! and yes, GE, the hospital is in town

5:48 pm

howdy liz

5:48 pm

yes suze,eat,sleep relax if you can.take care of yourself.frank will need your strngth when he is released

5:49 pm

Positive effects of laughter - difficult if you're not feeling like laughing but try!

5:49 pm

do not forget to call community care access,they can at leat get you in the files if any in-home nursing is warranted

5:49 pm

I can laugh but right now Frank can't, it hurts him too much

5:50 pm

I guess it would do post-op!!!! Lol!!!

5:50 pm

poor frank,all stitches from stem to stern

5:50 pm

and we are lucky that everything is right in town here; both the the hospital and the cancer center are excellent, and are maybe 5-10 minutes from my house.

5:51 pm

when my mrs was giving birth to our son ,i told bill cosby baby jokes non stop till she took a swing at me and the nurse moved me to safety

5:52 pm

LOL..good nurse...bad crossy...

5:52 pm

i am glad everything is close for you suze

5:52 pm

Brave nurse!

5:52 pm

(chuckling none the less)

5:52 pm

it's convenient for our friends to visit, too, which is really nice

5:53 pm

it is ok my hand was being crushed to a pulp by the wife anyways,was glad to let the nurse take over

5:53 pm

I know others have said it but support of family and friends is great!

5:53 pm

As I said, brave nurse!!!

5:53 pm

support is critical:) oh and maybe a nice strip-o-gram if he is looking perky

5:54 pm

like your thinking!

5:54 pm

might have to wait a couple of days for that, crossy :-)

5:54 pm

she can give him the after lunch sponge bath;)))

5:55 pm

I already helped him out a bit with some strategically placed talcum powder on some itchy bits :-)

5:57 pm

suze,without a word of a lie we have this specialty talc power for sports athletes who sweat a lot and get friction issues it has a nice talc/lannolin combination..you ready for what it is called???

5:58 pm

it is called anti-monkey butt talc and anti-friction powder!

5:59 pm

love it!

5:59 pm

you can get it at the pharmacy here

5:59 pm

http://www.antimonkeybutt.com/

6:00 pm

pretty funny :-)

6:01 pm

works amazing

we have Butt Paste for diaper rash. not quite as good as anti-monkey butt...but close

6:01 pm

i used to use it all the time when snowshoing

6:05 pm

hello again

6:06 pm

wow - almost afraid to read back through chog...lol

6:06 pm

just in time smores,we were just discussing butt paste

6:06 pm

and anit monkey butt powder

6:07 pm

hi smores! it was all my fault :-)

6:07 pm

do I even want to know why?

6:07 pm

frank has friction....

6:07 pm

or i had friction..cannot remember now

6:07 pm

really uu? I would have guessed crossy

6:07 pm

actually it's more a combination of sweat and anesthesia, which causes itching

6:07 pm

oh, okay, makes a little more sense now...lol

6:08 pm

lol,stuff really works though and wanted to make suze smile

6:09 pm

you think buying condoms as a teen is rough,ttry going up to the pharmacy counter with a bottle of anit money butt talc

6:09 pm

lol

6:10 pm

butt does it work? butt, get it LOL

6:11 pm

well, apparently crossy swears by it

6:11 pm

it works

6:12 pm

lol

6:13 pm

at 6 foot 2 and 250 pounds crossy gets friction hehe especially when snowshoeing

6:13 pm

by the way - my dad's power is back on!

6:13 pm

yaa for dad!!

oh what a relief sue!

6:16 pm

that's great news Sue

6:16 pm

does anyone have a list?

6:17 pm

he is SO stubborn (and of course I did not inherit that AT ALL)

6:17 pm

Lickety is current

6:17 pm

lickety is up

6:17 pm

lol...of course not uu

6:17 pm

thx, i didn't even think to check

6:23 pm

Hi everyone

6:23 pm

hi sea!

6:24 pm

hiya Sea

6:24 pm

How is everyone doing?

6:25 pm

fireworks!

6:25 pm

Way to go sue!

6:26 pm

YAY uu!!!

6:26 pm

just got it down to the dirty dozen

6:27 pm

ea

6:27 pm

oops sorry!

6:28 pm

no ea words, sea

6:28 pm

lol that was the middle of a word

6:31 pm

and now for a interesting tidbit of the day..men can use pregnancy kits on themselves!! http://gawker.com/5958323/

6:32 pm

saw that story! saved the guy's life!

6:32 pm

ok, I am off, will try to get some rest. Talk to you all tomorrow - I will update my profile if there is any significant news. I have also set up a CaringBridge site for Frank which I will be updating frequently.

6:32 pm

it did indedd and as a seminoma survivor i always keep a spare in the medicine cabnet even though the mrs can have no more children

6:32 pm

tc (9suze))

rest well sue!

6:33 pm

good night sue, sleep well :)

6:37 pm

Just read Sue's profile...sooo sorry...I too found out in the last 10 days that what we thought were symptoms of a deteriating heart valve for my Dad is lung and bone cancer..it has been a very stressful time

6:38 pm

wow crossy that is very cool

6:39 pm

one your best tidbits yet

6:50 pm

I didn't mean to kill the chog

6:53 pm

SeaSpray, I'm so sorry to hear about your dad.

6:53 pm

ty nrkii..it's been very hard

6:54 pm

How old is he?

6:54 pm

We went through this with my father in law exactly one year ago...My Dad is 79

6:55 pm

so sad... my thoughts and prayers are with you

6:56 pm

Thank you so much....I am hoping he is feeling well enought tomorrow that I can take him out and take him to his beloved farm...he was born there and he loves it

6:58 pm

Oh, that sounds like a good plan. I hope he feels well enough! When my dad passed away 2 years ago, I was glad that I had a chance a few months before that to take him to the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico. We didn't know he would leave us so quickly after that, so it was just luck that we managed to make the trip in time.

6:59 pm

That is wonderful...My dad owns the farm and went there everyday...My 4 year old granddaughter has been there every weekend since she was 4 weeks old...She went to visit him last night, he was so happy

7:03 pm

bbl...going to grab something to eat

7:03 pm

be well SeaSpray

7:04 pm

ty nrkii...you too

7:15 pm

okay, kids and cats are taken care of, time to finish this

7:16 pm

oh SeaSpray, I am so sorry to hear about your father

7:29 pm

back...ty smores

7:30 pm

hey I was waiting a bit

7:30 pm

just wanted tolet you know your father is officially on my prayer list

7:31 pm

thank you so much

7:31 pm

(((sea)))

7:32 pm

hey all, down to 80, trying to get at least halfway tonight

7:32 pm

ty stidmama

7:32 pm

thats exactly what I am down to...80

7:32 pm

I just finished a bit ago - can clue if you'd like

7:33 pm

lol that's funny you both have the same amount

7:33 pm

79 lol

7:34 pm

:)

7:38 pm

shhhh. we're secret twins.

7:38 pm

Only she's prettier and MUCH older! *youthful mama look*

7:38 pm

78... (and very competitve)

7:38 pm

76

7:39 pm

lol

7:39 pm

curp! *inventing new four-letter words*

7:39 pm

lol...yeah I invented several today

7:40 pm

definitely am much older lol

7:40 pm

well, you mentioned being a grandmother, and I had BETTER NOT be a grandmother any time soon! *stern mama look at stidkids*

7:41 pm

yes stidmama plays quite well for a 5year old...lol

7:41 pm

HaHa...I am a MomMom...not a Grandmother..I misspoke lol

7:42 pm

oh, in that case I am probably actually MUCH older than you...

7:44 pm

my son in law always reminds me of how old I am and threatens me with a nursing home in the future..I told him he is not the boss of me! lol

7:44 pm

evening folks

7:44 pm

Hi Jes

7:45 pm

hello jes my dear!

7:45 pm

hiya jes

hello babblers

7:46 pm

TO! how are you? were you okay in the storm?

7:46 pm

Hi TO

7:47 pm

Hello tO

hi smore, sea, stid. i lost power for 2 ngihts bit ok. famiily not so much

7:48 pm

sorry about family

7:48 pm

Oh no TO, is your family safe?

they will be ok. they are alive

7:49 pm

still no power?

7:49 pm

That's what matters

7:49 pm

so glad they are alive, the rest they can make it...

those with issues were back on wednesday. doren is still without power though

7:50 pm

what happened, TO?

7:50 pm

were they able to get gas for generators?

7:50 pm

yes, I know she is, but she is with the princess and prince this weekend... :-) hope she's having fun.

stid, sorry about hetty. it is nearly the anniversary of fiona's passing.

7:51 pm

yes, I know, and she was one of the first I thought of. Hetty so enjoyed FM's conversations.

7:52 pm

((stid))

7:52 pm

thanks nrk

7:53 pm

Am calling it a night, has been an exhausting 10 days Happy babbling everyone

he nrk. I had not seen hetty for a while, but then again i haven't been around much

7:53 pm

sleep sweet, sea

7:53 pm

Take care, SeaSpray. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts.

7:53 pm

she was mostly lurking the last couple years, her arthritis was so painful

7:54 pm

sweet dreams sea, be well.

sea, good wishes. get some rest

7:54 pm

Hi TO and Jes too.

7:54 pm

Take care Sea, hope things go well tomorrow

7:54 pm

evening, nrkii, how goes it?

7:54 pm

Prayers are with you and your family

7:55 pm

pretty good Jes, thanks... you?

7:55 pm

hope you are well nrk, the zombie project this year was fascinating.

7:55 pm

not too shabby, though I'm very frustrated with a client, and may end up taking her cat by next week.

7:56 pm

oh oh, another one of those, eh jes?

7:56 pm

thanks Stid... I picked up 19 more dolls on Thursday, so I will work on them through the year

she is a zombie making machine :)

7:56 pm

well at least you have a hobby -- which is oddly and scarily appropriate for the icon in your profile...

7:57 pm

ha!!

7:57 pm

you make zombie dolls? cool...lol

7:57 pm

cat had a really bad anesthetic reaction, tried to die... we got her back, but now she acts like she is blind. I keep telling the owner that I expect improvement for up to 2 weeks, and I can't tell yet how much she will or will no improve, but despite the strikingly obvious changes just since yesterday, the woman is focused on the cat being permanently blind

7:58 pm

and apparently thinks that blind = should be euthanized.

7:58 pm

oh man, jes... how sad. Poor kitty!

i guess she is in shock. can an animal really go blind in reaction to the anesthetic alone?

7:58 pm

Which makes me wonder if she's never met a blind person...

7:58 pm

tha's sad jes

7:59 pm

Oh jes, that's awful.

7:59 pm

My grandmother was blind

7:59 pm

well, it's more the concerted attempt at dying that did it, TO. Kitty stopped breathing and had to be respirated for about half an hour before she was breathing steadily on her own again.

7:59 pm

smores, yes, started last year with turning perfectly dreadful porcelain dolls into perfectly wonderful zombies

7:59 pm

and one of the most amazing women I have ever met

7:59 pm

do you have pictures of your dolls, nrkii?

oh no. that is sad.

8:00 pm

blind animals can get along okay, I have heard

8:00 pm

you have to post some pics nrk

8:00 pm

indeed, stid - i've driven a blind cart horse.

i am drifting off... long drive in perfectly awful traffic today

8:01 pm

Let me see if I can add pics here

8:01 pm

ogion and ged are both in the grid today...

8:01 pm

I have a ton up on facebook

8:01 pm

oh gee TO. not fun to drive in traffic.

8:01 pm

so is Loki

8:01 pm

I suppose that's better than driving a cart horse blind...

8:02 pm

yeah.. who'd need carrots then

8:02 pm

i suppose so, stid :)

do you sell them nrkii?

8:02 pm

hi, ru

8:02 pm

hey ruru and good

or is your home a museum?

8:02 pm

*waves to jes*

8:03 pm

my daughter collects the little zombie voodoo dolls

i think i will get read y in case i fall asleep over this half eaten dinner

8:03 pm

hi stid

yes jammies to!

which smelled a lot better than it tasted :(

8:03 pm

I have one of those smores.. the Karl Rove one

8:03 pm

lol...TO

8:05 pm

lol ruru...surprised they didn't make a bunch of political ones

8:05 pm

yay for jammies!

8:05 pm

oh. down to 50 now...

i think i will join the pg crew. went to see a movie but it was sold out :(

8:06 pm

PG?

8:06 pm

no movies for us... have to recover from whatever hit our bank account last month!

pj. oops.

time to go. nice to see you stiddy

8:07 pm

oh

pg makes me sound pregnant

or appropriate for the young crowd

8:07 pm

added a few zombie doll pictures

8:07 pm

lol

8:07 pm

((TO)) same here. Hope I get to see you again soon.

8:07 pm

in my profile

8:07 pm

I have 39 total dolls now, so these are just a few of the most recent photos I took

8:08 pm

those are hideous

as horrifying as i expected.

do you lock them up before you go to sleep?

8:09 pm

I'm adding 2 more... should be there in a min

8:09 pm

Oh my..they do look scary.

8:09 pm

those are pretty seriously creepy, nrkii

8:09 pm

hey zoom! *scatters choclits with wild abandon* how are you doing?

8:09 pm

The last 2 I added are of the last doll I did. She is the only one with a name: Buffy the Bunny Slayer

i have a friend that would ADORE them though.

how many muffins does your recipe make nrk?

8:10 pm

12 muffins, TO... full-size

8:10 pm

lol....Love it nrk

i wish i had one now

8:10 pm

I have not tried doing mini-muffins or bread yet with that recipe

but i would fall asleep chewing it

8:11 pm

I wish I had one too... I almost made some today

and ou could amear them with chocolate cream cheese

8:11 pm

I packed away all my zombie kids to go up to the attic yesterday. It's sad, but needs to be done.

well i do have everything including the ghirardelli

8:11 pm

Well, I just hope that they stay up there, nrk! *imagining thumps in the attic at 1 in the morning*

8:12 pm

sounds yummy

8:12 pm

People kept asking, how do you sleep with those in the house? I kept laughing about it, till my vacuum cleaner spontaneously fell over at 3:30 in the morning one night. I was not laughing then.

nrk since the bitter is melted wondering if i could sub oil?

8:13 pm

TO, you could try, but I stay very true to the recipe.

8:13 pm

Plus, I do love butter. But the consistency would be the same, so I don't see why there'd be any issue.

8:13 pm

oh nrk, that is EXACTLY what I would be nervous about! I would sleep with my fish whacking stick under my pillow!

yes. i need to refersh myself on the chemistry. i know it for cookies but i forget about cakes.

8:14 pm

And the taste is going to be overpowering spice and chocolate, so I don't think you will notice the diff between oil and butter.

8:14 pm

subbing oil for butter can be tricky -- when the butter cools it re-solidifies in recipes, and oil would not.

8:14 pm

LOL, stid, it was a high-adrenaline few minutes.

8:15 pm

help on the no 6 please?

fish whacking stick? sitid do you have those walking catfish?!

not the id

8:15 pm

nbt

8:16 pm

An no6/24 word is negative prefix plus Freudian term nrkii

8:16 pm

thanks to

8:16 pm

no, actually I don't even know when or where I got it. It's like a billy club for conking the fish after you catch them. Works on most fish, but dogfish are really hard to kill. (speaking of gross zombie things)

8:16 pm

thanks Min and hello harp!

8:16 pm

lol...stid

i am watching dinner at 8 and i am disappointed. except i love hearing billy burke

8:17 pm

one more word for fw, and then I'm going to go watch a movie

8:17 pm

Harp, I was actually thinking of you today. Introduced Grant to the Koto and he was so intrigued with it! Have you ever attempted to play one?

8:17 pm

Hello to my fellow babblers!How is everybody doing today?

8:17 pm

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

8:17 pm

howdy, min

8:18 pm

Well I would think you would be disappointed, TO, since it's after nine... *grin*

8:18 pm

doing wll min

nrk, west amwell is still blacked out. spook ride through there

8:18 pm

hiya Min!

8:18 pm

yep, west amwell and I think up around Frenchtown too

lol stid. perhaps that was what was wrong with dinner

8:18 pm

ta7?

8:18 pm

I wish I could adopt a family and have them come stay with me. I have space.

8:19 pm

ta7 = dawdled

8:19 pm

You have a Frenchtown? There's one in Montana also.

yes. and that is not 4H it is a caomp for power workers. my peco gu told me today. and he said some crews have come from hawaii

firewords

8:19 pm

en7?

8:19 pm

YAY good!

8:19 pm

yay GE!

8:19 pm

pt of having to wait

8:19 pm

people keep asking for words I don't have yet.... *sigh*

8:19 pm

ta 7/32 rhymes with what I did with the groceries from my car to to my kitchen harpjane.

8:19 pm

YAY GE!!!

8:19 pm

thanks

8:19 pm

Congratulations Good Enough on your fireworks!Way to go

8:20 pm

great clue, Min!

8:20 pm

thanks

8:20 pm

TO, but I bet they are camped where the 4H stuff happens every year... I know which field you mean, they have a lot of events there and it's a good space

8:20 pm

way to go, Good!

yes. doren is still in the dark

8:20 pm

That should be a good thing stidmama, then you'll be able to find some more words and hopefully finish this puzzle.

8:20 pm

en7= en+mans best friend then repeat 1st 2 letter again

what is wrong that it is taking longer than you?

8:21 pm

Thanks stidmama!

8:21 pm

thanks! that is all my 7s!

8:21 pm

thanks smores, fw!!

8:21 pm

YAY nrk !!!

8:22 pm

wtg stid

8:22 pm

TO, I think they lost a lot more trees up there -- their properties are a lot more exposed.

8:22 pm

Congratulations nrkii on your fireworks display! Way to go!

8:22 pm

yay nrkii!

yay!

8:22 pm

YAY nrk!

8:22 pm

But basically, the substation that got knocked out is up there (very big tree fell) and they are having to rebuild it. Not sure why we were up Monday/Wednesday and they still aren't though.

8:22 pm

E's Expedited! 6 left

realtor said hasbrouck heights lost 83 trees! 83! i cannot imagine

8:23 pm

maybe they need poles too?

8:23 pm

go min go!

8:23 pm

Excellent Min!!

8:23 pm

excellent, min :)

8:24 pm

hm. ogion, ged AND gont. I wonder if Ms. LeGuin babbles...

i just love the lathe of heaven

8:24 pm

Saddest lost tree story I've seen was up in Castine Maine. When Dutch Elm disease hit the east coast, this town went through a huge effort to save their elm trees. They succeeded, and they had a gorgeous tree-filled town. A few years ago, a microburst hit there, and took out a ton of trees. I was up nearby for vacation, and saw them during the cleanup. :(

8:25 pm

nbs

8:25 pm

for NBT in the middle of the fourth row down please?

8:25 pm

go harpjane go!

elm trees were so gorgeous. there are still a few in dc

8:25 pm

stid, which letter?

8:25 pm

G's Gauged! 4 left

8:26 pm

finished, stid

8:26 pm

Sheesh, internet on, off, on...back to tethering to my phone so I can complete this grid!

8:26 pm

the E please, sorry I am so tired

8:26 pm

ed4 = razor's ed**

8:26 pm

JILLY! home from hawaii? tanned? rested?

8:26 pm

hi jilly

8:26 pm

good going, min! :)

8:26 pm

Hello Jillyjill! How are you doing?Welcome back to the grid

8:26 pm

ah, thanks harpjane and nrk, needed both! :-)

8:27 pm

Irish skin only tans so much....rested though...

8:27 pm

(even though mine was the wrong e....)

8:27 pm

en6 = make oneself loved

and where is our box of chocolate ccovered macadakis mus jill?

8:28 pm

okay, time for me to scoot... I promised myself a movie

8:28 pm

Hey Jilly!! :)

8:28 pm

those are fattening

8:28 pm

did you see a nene?

8:28 pm

zombies are leaving the building!!!

8:28 pm

bye nrk - enjoy yourevening

8:28 pm

sleep sweet, nrkii!

8:28 pm

Goodbye nrkii! I will see you tomorrow in the chog maybe.

bye demented one :)

8:29 pm

ah, thanks nrk! and sweet dreams! *don't worry about the skittering noises from the attic...* (BWAH-HA-HA)

8:29 pm

ha!!! happy babbling all... (poof)

nrk tell ruru how much i care about how fattening things are

8:30 pm

hi/bi nrkii!

8:30 pm

I must go also - have a wonderful evening all

8:31 pm

down to 29 and NBt. Must take eyeball break. back later to finish *poof*

jilly it seems the time went quickly! glad you enjoyed it

8:31 pm

nighters smores

8:31 pm

Actually smores...I actually braked to save two nene's in volcano park!!

8:31 pm

bye ruru :)

geez everone is racing for the door *poof*

8:31 pm

YAY Jilly!! save the nenes

8:32 pm

by, stid

8:33 pm

nothing's worse than a flat nene

8:33 pm

*buys jilli a bumpersticker "caution I brake for nenes"

8:34 pm

LOL...I'd love it!! The car behind me wasn't thrilled, but then the next day the news had a big story on someone that hit one in the park...bad news for them...LOL!

8:38 pm

off to see Vienna Teng, bbl

8:38 pm

g'night, harp

8:38 pm

have a great concert jane!

9:18 pm

fireworks, last word tr5/18 meaning to stray

9:18 pm

WooT WooT WooT jes!!

9:19 pm

Congratulations jesdraggon on your fireworks! Good for U!

9:19 pm

33 left here...

9:19 pm

does anybody need clues?

9:20 pm

Yay jes!

9:21 pm

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

9:22 pm

Just chogging thru jes....

9:22 pm

hi all. any super clues for the 7s? i have the 8.

9:23 pm

hey tor, did you have a good birthday?

9:23 pm

hi torgone!

9:24 pm

there is a te7/32, a ta7/32, and an en7/40

9:25 pm

Hello mkg! How are you doing today? Welcome to the chat

9:25 pm

any clues for k words? doing good min.

9:26 pm

how is everyone? nice day today eh?

9:27 pm

there are lots of 4 letter k words

9:27 pm

would love clues.

9:27 pm

ke4/8 word is actor Howard Ke**. Ke 4/9: Can you ke** a secret? A ke4/8 is ke plus ** phone home. ke 4/8 is ke plus a preposition.A ke 5/18 is ke 4/8 plus a consonant.

9:28 pm

would love clues for those sevens as well jes.

9:28 pm

for all of them?

9:28 pm

ty got them.

9:29 pm

have 5 now.

9:29 pm

en7 sounds like a hormone

9:29 pm

need 4 more k clues. ty jes.

9:29 pm

ta7 means took your own sweet time

9:29 pm

A ko 4/8 rhymes with what a Christmas song is.A ko 4/8 word rhymes with Marco P***. Another ko4/8 is just like previous, just change second consonant. kr5/18 word is a snake mkg.

9:29 pm

and te7 is past tense of te5

9:30 pm

7's are down!! 18 left

9:30 pm

dont see korel.

9:30 pm

dont have te 5 either. sorry

9:31 pm

10

9:32 pm

Go Jillyjill go!

9:32 pm

te5/10 word is te plus negative prefix and te7 is past tense

9:33 pm

ty got te 5 and 7

9:33 pm

min still need two k words, the snake and the ko that rhymes with xmas song

9:34 pm

<----------!!FW!!

9:34 pm

the first ko4, the angels did say...

9:34 pm

woo hoo jilly!

9:34 pm

I felt like such a do 4/5 doing grid today. I have tr 5/12 so many words that did not work. It took me ae 4/4s to do grid.I am almost do4/5 so now I will te4/4 a story of clues for my de4/5 Babble friends.Every winter, my two girlfriends and I used to spend a weekend at the Hunter Mountain ski lo5/16 ne4/4 my house. We would go as a tr4/4. We would get on4/4 the ski lift and ski down the hills hundreds of times each day we were there. Nobody could pe4/5 us from the mountains, we'd just ke4/9 on skiing until it closed.That weekend always took a to4/4 on my legs. I was always so sore after. That tradition en 5/14 when my friends got married & had children. Now I don't have a le5/14imate reason to go there since I do not have the money to go there and nobody to go with. Now that I have to4/5 my story, I am going to go watch the Will Smith movie "I am Le 6/27". I inte4/5 to return here tomorrow to finish grid and help clue.Goodbye all!

9:35 pm

yay jilly!

9:35 pm

Congratulations Jillyjill on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

9:35 pm

mkg....on the lo christmas...sing The First No**

9:35 pm

Hello dan2bit!How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log

9:36 pm

got it min. ty. now need that snake kr clue.

9:36 pm

Good story Min. : )

9:36 pm

ko4/8 sounds like The First N*** and kr5/18 word is kr plus anagram of Spanish word for aunt mkg.

9:36 pm

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

9:36 pm

and thanks!

9:37 pm

kr+personality tr***

9:37 pm

got the kr word min. ty.

9:37 pm

Great clue Jillyjill! Much better than the two clues I gave.

9:38 pm

Thanks minv...but yours got her the word!!

9:39 pm

Guess it doesn't matter as long as mkg could find the word.

9:40 pm

ty jilly. i appreciated all clues and cluers. trust me i need all of you.

9:41 pm

now how about other two 7 words? i have te 7

9:41 pm

still 56 words to go. wont make it as am too sleepy. just tyhose 7s and i am to sleep.

9:42 pm

ta7/32= I lost her because I ta***** too long

9:43 pm

tallied not in grid. hmmmm..........

9:43 pm

ok got it! i didnt even focus on the double cons there! wow. ty jilly

9:43 pm

ta 7/32 rhymes with what I did with the groceries from my car to my kitchen mkg.

9:44 pm

en7=en+ ** re me fa so..+the younger ***eration drives me nuts

9:44 pm

P's Published! 3 left

9:44 pm

ty got en. super great clues. ty ty

9:44 pm

Go min Go!!

9:45 pm

i dont get the le 6 from mins story if anyone wants to clue it further.

9:45 pm

yvw mkg....

9:45 pm

le 6/27 word is The Le**** of Sleepy Hollow mkg.

9:46 pm

le6/24= the American Le****

9:46 pm

ty. super. now have 75 woirds. and time to go. night all.

9:46 pm

I am finished! I have fireworks! ar 6/24 was my final word.

9:46 pm

I will be here off and on to clue for the rest of the evening

9:47 pm

WooT WooT WooT minv!!

9:51 pm

Another great story Min - thanks! Didn't have either of those le /6 s and appreciated the clues! Welcome home Jilly

9:52 pm

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

9:53 pm

26 left - but will be coming and going, so don't know if I'll finish!

9:53 pm

hey guys...lillbit just posted this on FB "please pray for my brother in law roger cook. he is in the hospital with a bad infection in his blood stream. he has gone into kidney failure which might reverse when the infection is gone. had to have emergency surgery earlier. came through fine, but blood pressure needs to come up and meds aren't working yet! thank you!!!"

9:54 pm

Thank you for letting us know.I'll keep her in my thoughts.

9:55 pm

Hello lizlin!

9:59 pm

Well guys, I am getting my internet off tethering my phone, must log off and recharge phone...see you all tomorrow, hagn!

9:59 pm

*poof*

10:05 pm

Thanks for posting that here Jilly. I wish Lilbit would post things here too. We are not all on Facebook. Prayers going out for her brother in law.

10:06 pm

clue for te 7 pls

10:07 pm

Do you have the te5 before it? If so, past tense.

10:07 pm

No! But have the 6 before that!!

10:08 pm

Take the D out of the 6.

10:08 pm

OK - got that!

10:08 pm

And the 7! - ty!

10:09 pm

And then there were 21!

10:14 pm

May I please have a clue for ri5-10? Thanks

10:15 pm

ri + vowel + thank you

10:16 pm

Thanks so much, cosdem.

10:17 pm

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

10:17 pm

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

10:19 pm

Hi there, Min. I'm OK, thanks for asking. Also thanks for you clues story.

10:19 pm

You are welcome gapeach. I hoped that it helped you out.

10:19 pm

hi all!

10:24 pm

It did, Min.

10:42 pm

May I please have a clue for ar6-24? Thanks

10:42 pm

ar + not ladies

10:43 pm

Thanks much, cosdem.

10:50 pm

hello all - clue for the las pr5 please

10:51 pm

pr5 ends with last half of crying vegetable

10:51 pm

ty

10:51 pm

pr 5/12 word is pr plus a tiny particle tanja and hello there

10:52 pm

hello and ty - got 5 to go:)

10:52 pm

pr 5/12 word is pr plus an electrically charged atom Tanja.

10:52 pm

hello my babble friends

10:53 pm

Hello Riverdance! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat

10:53 pm

Hi there, Riverdance.

10:53 pm

Hello Min and peach...good to see you both

10:53 pm

only have a few minutes to get as much as I can and off to bed

10:55 pm

ge5-16 please.....thank

10:56 pm

Ge + poem

10:56 pm

thanks Liz

10:56 pm

Thanks so much, Lizlin.

10:57 pm

and a clue for the for the go 5 please :)

10:58 pm

Stuck on last 17 but using iPad - cant get to computer! G + poem + consonant

10:58 pm

River, I used to date a guy who said that. : P

10:58 pm

List is on my computer! Frustrated!

10:59 pm

lol...sorry for that Molly....

10:59 pm

ty very much peoples - that is fireworks :) those last couple I had been hunting for ages:)

11:00 pm

Congrats, Tanja!

11:00 pm

Clue for ta 5 pls - word blindness again!

11:00 pm

Molly , have you read the hot flash club....very funny for us middle age women..its a must read!

11:00 pm

Congrats Tanja

11:01 pm

No River, but it's on my "to read" list. : )

11:01 pm

ty - this game si just so good for so many things - brian exercise typing practice and babble friends:)

11:07 pm

ti5-10 please....thanks

11:07 pm

crown , gap

11:07 pm

Pretty crown, Peach.

11:07 pm

Crown

11:07 pm

Thanks much, Lizlin.

11:08 pm

And the clues rain right on down.

11:08 pm

Who's brian?

11:08 pm

And why is he exercising?

11:08 pm

Thanks to Molly also.

11:09 pm

Oh Tor, its the terrible Brian/brain thing. Ask my son, he knows all about being referred to as Brain.

11:09 pm

And to cosdem too.

11:10 pm

ok ....just cantfind any more words so going to bed

11:11 pm

NIght River.

11:11 pm

good night my friends

11:11 pm

Sleep sweet River

11:11 pm

Sweet dreams, River.

11:23 pm

There are worse things to be referred to as ..

11:26 pm

Let's see you end a sentence with _two_ prepositions ..

11:28 pm

.. and incorrect, idiosyncratic punctuation!!

11:58 pm

good evening all :)

11:58 pm

hi akk

11:58 pm

*all

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