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Total score 0 pts.
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120 4,184
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122 4,184
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124 4,184
125 4,184
126 4,184
127 4,184
128 4,184
129 4,184
130 4,184
131 4,184
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133 4,184
134 4,184
135 4,184
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138 4,124
139 4,052
140 4,036
141 3,998
142 3,994
143 3,887
144 3,863
145 3,791
146 3,726
147 3,690
148 3,679
149 3,534
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152 3,396
153 3,384
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155 3,343
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157 3,305
158 3,291
159 3,287
160 3,272
161 3,270
162 3,257
163 3,207
164 3,170
165 3,149
166 3,100
167 3,095
168 3,035
169 3,024
170 3,017
171 3,015
172 3,005
173 2,969
174 2,967
175 2,906
176 2,878
177 2,856
178 2,846
179 2,822
180 2,811
181 2,765
182 2,743
183 2,735
184 2,734
185 2,721
186 2,695
187 2,695
188 2,682
189 2,679
190 2,656
191 2,650
192 2,644
193 2,644
194 2,641
195 2,634
196 2,630
197 2,629
198 2,596
199 2,589
200 2,583
201 2,582
202 2,553
203 2,551
204 2,516
205 2,514
206 2,513
207 2,513
208 2,511
209 2,506
210 2,485
211 2,478
212 2,464
213 2,410
214 2,400
215 2,380
216 2,369
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218 2,356
219 2,350
220 2,341
221 2,326
222 2,324
223 2,322
224 2,322
225 2,318
226 2,301
227 2,290
228 2,279
229 2,279
230 2,276
231 2,260
232 2,259
233 2,255
234 2,250
235 2,249
236 2,228
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238 2,221
239 2,196
240 2,192
241 2,191
242 2,190
243 2,180
244 2,164
245 2,163
246 2,162
247 2,161
248 2,153
249 2,150
250 2,141
251 2,136
252 2,118
253 2,112
254 2,112
255 2,099
256 2,099
257 2,094
258 2,083
259 2,082
260 2,079
261 2,076
262 2,042
263 2,038
264 2,037
265 2,037
266 2,034
267 2,027
268 2,023
269 2,023
270 2,017
271 2,016
272 2,015
273 2,013
274 2,013
275 2,008
276 2,007
277 2,006
278 2,002
279 2,001
280 1,985
281 1,964
282 1,961
283 1,960
284 1,958
285 1,952
286 1,950
287 1,947
288 1,945
289 1,940
290 1,935
291 1,930
292 1,928
293 1,922
294 1,922
295 1,916
296 1,912
297 1,910
298 1,902
299 1,900
300 1,881
301 1,877
302 1,873
303 1,871
304 1,866
305 1,855
306 1,847
307 1,841
308 1,826
309 1,822
310 1,817
311 1,814
312 1,813
313 1,804
314 1,804
315 1,800
316 1,800
317 1,793
318 1,792
319 1,790
320 1,789
321 1,788
322 1,772
323 1,754
324 1,753
325 1,751
326 1,746
327 1,740
328 1,737
329 1,735
330 1,721
331 1,718
332 1,713
333 1,709
334 1,693
335 1,692
336 1,688
337 1,672
338 1,666
339 1,660
340 1,655
341 1,653
342 1,650
343 1,639
344 1,630
345 1,629
346 1,624
347 1,622
348 1,619
349 1,608
350 1,605
351 1,599
352 1,598
353 1,596
354 1,595
355 1,593
356 1,585
357 1,581
358 1,578
359 1,577
360 1,567
361 1,566
362 1,562
363 1,552
364 1,547
365 1,547
366 1,545
367 1,545
368 1,543
369 1,538
370 1,533
371 1,531
372 1,524
373 1,524
374 1,524
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376 1,515
377 1,511
378 1,507
379 1,505
380 1,501
381 1,491
382 1,485
383 1,484
384 1,478
385 1,477
386 1,473
387 1,469
388 1,469
389 1,469
390 1,462
391 1,461
392 1,459
393 1,457
394 1,450
395 1,441
396 1,438
397 1,436
398 1,430
399 1,425
400 1,423
401 1,410
402 1,409
403 1,408
404 1,401
405 1,399
406 1,390
407 1,386
408 1,386
409 1,384
410 1,370
411 1,368
412 1,367
413 1,359
414 1,356
415 1,354
416 1,353
417 1,349
418 1,349
419 1,346
420 1,346
421 1,322
422 1,316
423 1,315
424 1,313
425 1,306
426 1,304
427 1,303
428 1,300
429 1,299
430 1,298
431 1,293
432 1,290
433 1,290
434 1,289
435 1,274
436 1,273
437 1,269
438 1,269
439 1,266
440 1,257
441 1,249
442 1,244
443 1,239
444 1,239
445 1,233
446 1,230
447 1,228
448 1,226
449 1,225
450 1,222
451 1,221
452 1,212
453 1,210
454 1,202
455 1,196
456 1,195
457 1,193
458 1,184
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460 1,173
461 1,172
462 1,155
463 1,155
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465 1,146
466 1,145
467 1,143
468 1,138
469 1,128
470 1,124
471 1,109
472 1,102
473 1,081
474 1,072
475 1,070
476 1,070
477 1,068
478 1,067
479 1,063
480 1,047
481 1,045
482 1,037
483 1,035
484 1,035
485 1,032
486 1,029
487 1,022
488 1,018
489 1,018
490 1,018
491 1,015
492 1,014
493 1,009
494 1,007
495 987
496 986
497 969
498 961
499 961
500 955
501 954
502 948
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504 945
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506 936
507 935
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512 922
513 920
514 917
515 915
516 910
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518 900
519 900
520 899
521 892
522 891
523 890
524 888
525 887
526 886
527 882
528 881
529 873
530 870
531 868
532 866
533 849
534 842
535 841
536 829
537 829
538 824
539 821
540 813
541 813
542 799
543 798
544 797
545 794
546 789
547 789
548 784
549 780
550 778
551 773
552 769
553 768
554 762
555 761
556 757
557 757
558 754
559 753
560 750
561 745
562 745
563 727
564 725
565 708
566 701
567 688
568 678
569 664
570 655
571 649
572 643
573 642
574 641
575 627
576 622
577 612
578 602
579 592
580 583
581 579
582 572
583 568
584 566
585 566
586 563
587 562
588 555
589 544
590 529
591 525
592 521
593 515
594 513
595 512
596 503
597 495
598 493
599 489
600 482
601 473
602 470
603 469
604 455
605 453
606 440
607 436
608 425
609 424
610 423
611 419
612 412
613 407
614 405
615 403
616 401
617 401
618 393
619 390
620 390
621 378
622 374
623 374
624 373
625 364
626 359
627 357
628 356
629 353
630 352
631 348
632 328
633 328
634 315
635 314
636 307
637 300
638 288
639 287
640 283
641 267
642 265
643 253
644 249
645 235
646 230
647 229
648 213
649 210
650 209
651 206
652 205
653 202
654 190
655 188
656 187
657 182
658 179
659 169
660 164
661 154
662 144
663 121
664 97
665 93
666 86
667 65
668 61
669 60
670 42
671 36
672 27
673 27
674 24
675 22
676 20
677 12

274 total words

12:00 am

big grid!

Clues are up

12:02 am

Thank you, Lickety!!

12:02 am

thank you lickety

12:02 am

Wahey!

flip; hi all & ty lickety! Hi tor, Erda.

12:04 am

pr 9/10

Hi, Mitch!

12:06 am

hiya

fr 8

12:10 am

de 9

from which p does the pr 9 originate, please?

12:11 am

first column

ty so much!

12:14 am

hello everyone :)

hi nan

these aren't the droids you're looking for!

de 7

pr 7

sh 7

ma 7

12:21 am

sn 7

12:21 am

ho 7

12:22 am

de9

12:22 am

de9

nbt nbs

pa 7

fr 7

12:31 am

hello everyone :)

Hi mrp!

12:32 am

hi dee!

12:32 am

Hi all :)

all ready for Christmas?

Hi, Liz!

12:32 am

pi 7/8

12:33 am

hi mr p

12:33 am

nice to see you

12:35 am

hi ruuster!

ri 7/32

12:36 am

good to see you all too :))

12:36 am

how are you and the kids

di 7

12:36 am

got the last of the xmas showdown... err, I mean shopping done

di 7 x 2

12:37 am

rm

LOL... freudian slip?

12:37 am

x3 actually

ty, mitch, looking

fo 7

12:38 am

oh yeah!!

12:38 am

oh yeah!!

12:39 am

now how did I manage a double dip in the chog?

lovely photos on fb, mrp ... thx for sharing :)

12:40 am

oh thanks dee! did you see the dolphins??

12:40 am

it is wonderful to be on FB at this time of the year... get to share the joy

Can't believe I missed that one... I'll have to recheck... just saw the smiling faces and joy!

12:41 am

did you put dolphins on facebook on porpoise mr p

12:41 am

definitely dolphs ruuster

12:41 am

and i porpoisely did it for you!!

lol

12:42 am

I suppose that de 7 comes from the 4th column

12:42 am

harvey went out on the ski and was so surprised by the dolphins! he has never seen them live and up close before. He is such a virgin!

12:42 am

I'll have to go inia and outia from facebook I guess

12:42 am

hi nan :)

my de 7/44 comes from 1st col, nan

12:43 am

nope nan.. I don't think so

I bet that was a bit of a surprise lol.

12:43 am

maddie is visiting me for all of 2 hours... hate this to and fro between houses. but she came up to see me to tell me she has a new boyfriend!

12:44 am

flip late and it turns out larger i guess....hi volley mrp ru all

sh 7 x 2

hi dart!

12:44 am

hi dart

Will you get to meet the new bf?

12:44 am

it was dee!

sh 7 x 3

12:45 am

hi dart!

12:45 am

mrp..last pics i saw looked pretty nice

12:46 am

not seeing it hten

12:46 am

hello, all! fr8 x 2 if not called

12:46 am

fridgerators do this nan

hi une!

12:47 am

tx ru!

ty for the 2nd fr 8, une

12:48 am

:-D

12:49 am

have nbs, but need that bottom row d

12:49 am

home on the range.. where the ole doggies run free

12:49 am

which one, nan?

12:49 am

ah - nbt

12:49 am

except for une's who have to stop and peeeeeee

12:50 am

good grief

it 7 and it 8

hi everyone:)

12:50 am

hi une!

12:50 am

hey mrp!

still short 1 8 here

hi alta

12:51 am

hey alta :-)

12:51 am

((hugs)) !

12:51 am

ty dee

12:52 am

laaaate flip

12:52 am

just found the pr9 woohoo!

yw, nan

hi freep!!!!

wtg

12:52 am

howdy, freep

12:52 am

i haven't found the pr 9 yet

12:53 am

heh heh heh

12:53 am

*sniffle*

angels on the ground in worship... think of the carol, ru

12:53 am

oohhhh, and then the 10

pa 7 x 2

12:54 am

I admit it. I typed in jedi

12:54 am

tx dee

12:55 am

and ipod? LOL

yqw

lol freep

12:55 am

right p or left p?

12:55 am

left

12:56 am

climbs the mountain, then skis down

12:57 am

ru, did you see dee's clue?

12:57 am

i'm laying down right now

12:58 am

i have to pee after finding that pr

12:58 am

lying?

12:58 am

lying

12:58 am

wish I was laying

12:59 am

<---silences the chat with one bad joke

lol

sure not seeing e words.. only have en 5

1:00 am

fireworks

wtg Mitch

Fabulous, Mitch, wtg!!!

1:00 am

that is ridiculous mitch.. not even an hour?

1:00 am

wow

1:01 am

listed the last 10, not an easy grid

1:01 am

dee - en6

stalling here with 67 to go LOL. Well done, Mitch!

ty freep, looking

1:02 am

finally found that de 7-9 -- you would have thought that I would have found it easily seeing has how it is what I must do every time i get in the car these days

1:02 am

thanks freep

1:03 am

en 5 too

1:03 am

an s

ty e's wiped

1:05 am

ar7

ty ru, looking

1:06 am

but you'll need a secret

1:06 am

just noticed 28 7's..yikes

1:07 am

clue please for ar6/24....morning all

1:07 am

lol ruru

1:08 am

flask, under yor upper limb

1:08 am

under your shoulder flask

1:08 am

*your*

ar 7 x 2

hi rose!

1:08 am

thanks granny!

1:09 am

helloooo, guess my secret's out....i was lurking

lol

last 8 is ro 8/40

1:10 am

180 down - good night all :)

1:10 am

have to look for that...will be my first 8 lol

1:10 am

night, nan. hope you sleep well.

1:11 am

good grief, dart, even i have three 8's. lol

1:11 am

4 8's here

1:11 am

i started 50 mins late lol

lol dart 8's are: fr x 2; it; pi; ro

1:11 am

<---rubbing it in

1:12 am

180 words tho

pretty fast, dart, for how late you came in

1:12 am

181

1:12 am

138 are 4's and 5's

1:13 am

193

225

1:13 am

aaaaaaaaaah

1:13 am

go dee!!!

1:13 am

228 here

1:13 am

228 here

1:13 am

228 here

1:13 am

go granny!!

1:13 am

granny is stuck at 228 though

1:14 am

nooooo, goodness, i hate this twitch. lol

1:14 am

lol, ruru

1:14 am

we have to get ruru over to that fast scramble site someone talked about the other night...see how he does in 2 mins or so

definitely needed a diversion... did the dumbest thing tonight... thought I'd have popcorn for a light snack... am always careful to avoid kernels... and cracked a tooth grrrrr

1:15 am

whoot, just found a use for the j

1:15 am

ta 5/12 // the second one

nice rose... haven't found that one yet

1:15 am

never mind

1:15 am

dee, it's an fj5

1:15 am

it jumped out and bit me

ty rose!

ty smom... was the t from 4th col I was missing!

1:18 am

am missing ar7/32...clue please?

chair parts, where you place your upper limbs

seats in cars often have one...

1:20 am

Hi everyone, just home from bridge

1:20 am

we're all done flosey. ... good night

hi flosey!

1:20 am

thanks Dee...been searching forages for it.....I detest the "A" words!!

1:20 am

this big one? welll done ru??

1:20 am

Ty Dee - got 2 7's from that

1:20 am

Hi Dee

agreed, flask, yw

wtg liz!

1:21 am

stuck on st 5/12... the second one

1:21 am

came in at a good time, first word is a 7

how was bridge?

1:21 am

hubby and I won

Excellent!

1:21 am

didn't get the rest of the scores

1:21 am

Well done flosey :)

1:21 am

ty

who cares after that LOL

1:22 am

st5/12 think razor

1:22 am

thanks Une

1:22 am

thanks.. got it

1:22 am

thanks Liz

1:23 am

yw

1:25 am

just kidding flosey

1:26 am

200 down and signing off -- good to see everyone :-) *poof*

1:26 am

night une, sleep well hun

1:26 am

201

fr 7 x 2

1:28 am

I think pornery should be a word

1:29 am

well thanks for the or6 ru

1:30 am

oh, got an 8

wtg

1:30 am

still stuck on the second or third st 5/12........

1:33 am

sammysmom thing for after sharpening blades

1:34 am

found it.. thanks

re 7/32

1:36 am

clue please for di6/24?

di 6/24... go for a swim + basketball goes through this (and di 7/36 - its plural)

1:38 am

thanks again Dee....

yqw

1:39 am

Ty Dee. Where do some of these words come from?

good question

1:39 am

surely if there are tr6/24s why cant there be di- same things?

1:41 am

night all.. 49 to go.. but I have to get up really early

ty scouse, didn't have the tr 6/24 yet :)

1:41 am

long tr4 ruru?

1:41 am

goodnight ru, sleep well

1:42 am

night, ruru. hope you sleep well

nite, ru, sleep well

thinking about listing... finally down to 24 :)

1:43 am

poofers

1:43 am

hello all -- and congrats again to flosy and mr flosey, who won at bridge tonight

1:43 am

hey jilli

1:44 am

thanks jilli

1:44 am

Hi Jilli. Ty for the more words info! It's great :)

hi, jili. We already had the privilege of congratulating flosey!

1:45 am

Drat

1:45 am

Oops! Sorry

down to 21... just one more... then I can list lol

1:46 am

yw Liz -- it sure helps, doesn't it!

1:47 am

Yup. Certainly made life easier this morning

1:47 am

Hi dee hi -- was flosey bragging? And wtg getting so many words...

Not bragging lol, I had to drag the info out of her LOL!

1:48 am

I didn't think she would brag. They won last week too.

Wow, how fantastic! Must be well matched as partners! :)

1:49 am

51 years Dee

1:50 am

plus the courting years

Congratulations! That is fantastic!

dr 7/32

1:50 am

Fantastic :)

1:50 am

ty Dee and Liz

You are so welcome!

1:51 am

As Dee said!

pi 7 x 2

py 6 and py 7... didn't even think of a py word :(

1:55 am

Hm! I have py 4 & 5 - need to look further

py + ritual and then its plural

1:56 am

Of course! Ty!

1:56 am

thanks Dee

yqw... I don't remember seeing that word before.

1:57 am

nor I

1:57 am

not in the grid...but a common mineral

1:57 am

fool's gold

1:57 am

oh, thanks dart

nontechnical name for the py 6 and 7... fool's gold ... interesting...

1:58 am

yahoo...3 to go...

snap, dart! lol

1:58 am

I know the word from chemistry I think

1:58 am

To do with metal - I learnt it combined with ir 4

1:58 am

and copper?

1:58 am

Chemistryblessonscat school - long time ago now!

fireworks

1:59 am

iPad problems!

1:59 am

longer ago for me, liz!

1:59 am

wtg Dee

1:59 am

nj volley

1:59 am

WTG DEE!!!!

1:59 am

Yay Dee :)

1:59 am

well done VolleymomDee

1:59 am

whoopee for dee!!!

1:59 am

hi grannyrose and everyone

ty vm! Proud I didn't list til 20 LOL.

1:59 am

hey scouser

1:59 am

hello scouser

1:59 am

Brilliant!

Ty!

2:00 am

well done!

Not bad until the last 50... then got tougher.

2:00 am

Expect I'll list we'll before that!

2:01 am

So what else is new, dee?

Scouser helped me find a bunch of tr's...

Cracked a tooth tonight, so have to try to get my dentist tomorrow... not looking forward to that, and mad at myself for eating popcorn.

2:02 am

did you pop it first? :)

2:02 am

I list shamelessly right away, although I don't look until I get nbt (unless I'm really really stuck)

2:02 am

and done here also. nice grid.

lol dart... popped and thot I had all the kernels removed from the bowl...

2:03 am

nj gran

2:03 am

Yay Rose:)

wtg, rose!

2:04 am

Enough for now. BBL

2:04 am

thanx to all of you, for congrats

wtg rose :)

2:04 am

later perhaps liz

2:04 am

Then if I get nbt listless, I try for nbs too, but often have to give in. We all have our own ways to play, and our own skills. What I love about Babble is the fact that it's cooperative, not competitive (except for ruru and dart, lol).

2:04 am

{{{sarah}}}}

2:05 am

hi sarah

{{[[rose}}}} how are you xx

lol, jili

2:06 am

wtg grannybabe

Waiting for one more Christmas present to arrive, and then I am finished!!!

2:09 am

wtg rose - was away for a bit

2:09 am

good for you Dee

:) i done xmas bits now :) dee

2:10 am

we're pretty well finished - except for each other

Ty.. wtg, sarah! That is the last one I am waiting for, flosey, one for hubby :)

2:11 am

Woohoo, I got all my pressies couriered to the family today! I do this in case of bad weather and cancelled ferries when I plan to travel there.

2:12 am

smart move jilli

Very smart.

me and hubby not doing each other this year as girls wanted laptops and phones and tablets cost a bomb lol

2:13 am

sarah, had a rough day at work...very busy...had painkillers at 10am...then completely forgot/didn't have time until i arrived home. :( okay now though.

Very generous of you to do all that, sarah.

Awww, so sorry, rose.

2:14 am

yes, Sarah, it is indeed

hugs rose

2:14 am

We just give little things, but that means lots of them. And they're all adults now, plus special friends. I had about 30 presents to wrap. Oof, at my age.

2:15 am

and mother mac had a really bad angina attack just as i was leaving this am. i waited until the amblance arrived, then left don in charge. all is well, she is home again now.

girls will always come 1st and xmas is for them unless you are rosie then it her birthday that come 1st lol

2:15 am

Yikes, granny! More power to your elbow!

2:15 am

oohhh, so many hugs...i feel so special

Wow, what a day, gran.

is mother mac ok hun

2:16 am

sarah, you are heroic.

2:17 am

lol, jilli. only panicked a little today...and, yes, my dear friends, she is fine....nearly 94 years old...have to expect this.

You are fortunate to have ambulance so close.

Well, I need to get going, so I can be up in time to track down the dentist. Have a great day / eve all!!

2:19 am

dee, the system is very good over ere. they send out a MICA trained team, who assess the patient, and they decide what sort of ambulance to call.

rose i have a bp monter fitted on fri and have to keep it on all weekend then hopefully they will give me something to bring bp down

2:19 am

* sigh * that would be 'here'

2:19 am

nite volley

nite dee xx

2:20 am

night, dearest dee. i do so hope yo rest and sleep well tonight

*poofing with hugs!!*

2:20 am

night Dee, sweet sleep

2:21 am

We're pretty lucky here too, on an smallish island with ambulances arriving promptly. My ankle anniversary was Dec 10 at about 11 pm and the ambulance was there in about 15 minutes that night.

2:21 am

sarah, should be interesting. when i had the bp monitor overnight, they discovered how LOW my bp went overnight.

lets hope it say something as still feel so unwell :( about time doctors sorted it now and still waiting on bloods

2:22 am

interesting indeed, granny

2:24 am

and at work, the doctor found out how high my bp went. * grin * you should have seen his face. jilli, i have sleep apnoea, or rather hypopnoea. this drps my bp a lot when i sleep.

2:25 am

I bet!

emma has it were she stops breathing for a few secs we hopeing she grows out of it

2:26 am

Do you need that masky gizmo thing for sleeping or is hyponoea not severe enough?

2:28 am

Hubby had apnoea but it wasn't really recognised then. I think it contributed to his too-early demise -- bp too high and then low, I guess, with huge strain on his heart which is what gave out at age 71.

2:28 am

In his sleep.

2:30 am

jilli, yes i need the mask and machine when i sleep. i use a CPA P machine every night. even after losing all the weight, i still use it. it's just not worth the risk.

2:30 am

arah, is emma on the big size for her afe?

2:30 am

Thank goodness, granny. I wish hubby had had that for years. He might still be here with me.

2:32 am

nbt at last!

2:32 am

No 8, 9, or 10

2:32 am

oh dear!!! *sarah*.....and *age*...sun is shining straight onto my screen...can hardly see it.

no rose emma is small for age she is 5 but in 3-4 year bits

2:33 am

jilli de9, someone who removes ice from fridge?

2:35 am

jilli, fr8, opposite of back + sk***, someone who glides over snow

2:35 am

OOh, granny -- we had snow here this morning, We're not down under, of course, unless you count being under snow. Not very much, really, but it makes tings awkward up here on a hill. Luckily, I have a wonderful neighbour who shovelled my driveway so that I could get out and deliver my Xmas packages to the courier.

2:37 am

Well, past bedtime, so I'll have to be satisfied with nbt and head to the pillow -- farewell all...*poof

nite jilibus x

2:38 am

pr10, past tense of pr9, abbreviation for not amateur, plural + **a la la + past tense of to consume

2:39 am

night, jilli. hope you rest and sleep well

2:41 am

wow, glad I saw that before I disappeared, granny -- tyvm!. Some guys say they have the 9 trouble when they mean one letter less, lol!

2:43 am

and I just found the (appropriate tonight) fr8, so NBS too!...*repoof happily

2:48 am

lol, the "guys" mean the gland which surrounds the urethral orifice. but that is actually spelled without the second hook letter.

rose can i have a clue for the y plz :)

3:00 am

y4: an avian without the b.

ty :)

3:04 am

over half way, better get to bed, lots to do tomorrow

3:05 am

goodnight all, will be in and out tomorrow between chores

nite flosey xx

3:11 am

sorry sarah, was away with the birds...lol...no i wasn't...was checking emails.

3:12 am

night, flosey. hope you rest and sleep well tonight.

3:12 am

hey dachef

3:13 am

alhoa!! ;)

3:16 am

hey dachef....was looking after one of your compatriots today. he immigrated over to here 5 years ago.

3:17 am

Actually, I have a good friend who has just moved to Sydney. Still not sure if he's brilliant or insane.

3:18 am

rofl...yeah, i know what you mean.

3:19 am

sydney, probably not the best introduction to australia.

3:20 am

He thinks its amazing. Direct quote: 'I cant believe that people use sixpacks of beer as passports.'

3:26 am

lol, dachef....

3:28 am

dachef..... i'm probably biased....but melbourne, hobart, and adelaide are all good jumping off points.

3:29 am

good evening

3:29 am

hey lyn

3:30 am

I think the main reason for my friend's move was work. Myself, I'm moving to Toronto in the new year.

3:30 am

hi Rose

3:30 am

ooohhhh, yo need to look ot for flosey and jilli, then

3:31 am

nice grid, lyn, moves smoothly until about the last 20 or so.

3:32 am

doesn't look like its got 274 words in it

3:32 am

We babblers are everywhere....when the revolution comes, and the walls of civilisation finally crumble into dust, when governments fall - it is the Babblers that will have the biggest network in the world!!!!

3:33 am

why the move to Canada Dachef?

3:33 am

rofl....so true dachef

3:33 am

Moving for work.

3:33 am

film?

3:34 am

There are, I'm sad to say, very few prospects in S.Wales.

3:34 am

well good luck to you, dachef

3:34 am

not so far to drop back for a visit - kind of

3:35 am

Film, and we're relaunching this: www.youhaveonenewmessage.com as a transmedia thingie with games and downloads and apps and all that technological bits.

3:35 am

good...you've been at it a long time so good something is happening for you

3:36 am

yup, its been a while!! But it is those who are crazy enough to believe they can change the world that do.

3:37 am

Yes

3:39 am

cannot believe this..just removed an earring and cannot find it after i dropped it...

3:41 am

ah, well...dinner is being served...happy babbling to all my fellow babblers. see you after the flip tomorrow.;)

3:42 am

bye rose.

3:42 am

bye Rose

3:42 am

* poof *

3:57 am

PB for me and Lyn.

3:58 am

OK - hope there's some nice wine in there

4:00 am

watching 13 Steps Down - very realistic

4:10 am

time for a break - bye Dachef

4:11 am

Take care, Lynxxx.

5:09 am

from wale to toronto...god help you dachef:(

5:09 am

good morning everyone

5:10 am

i am a northern boy so to me toronto is a seething cesspit of murder and drugs surrounded with a concrete jungle

5:12 am

and be ready,rent/home ownership is staggeringly expensive it is a sellers market for homes atm with vacancy of less than 1%. "starter" homes are fetching $450,000.00 rents in the downtown core start around 1700.00 per month

5:18 am

Morning, Crossy..you paint a very bleak picture of Toronto..there must be some positives to living over there?

5:45 am

Dachef, are you the author?

5:54 am

good morning all!

5:55 am

Morning, Scrambler.

6:13 am

Why don't elephants go skinny dipping? They can't get their trunks off.

6:15 am

Hi all :)

6:16 am

Hello

6:39 am

ar 7/32 plz

6:42 am

chair support for upper limbs

6:44 am

Too tired to find any more. 100 for tomorrow.

6:44 am

Good night on this very quiet evening :)

6:44 am

Be well

6:45 am

ty :)

6:54 am

ty

7:06 am

Wheeee! A biggie! Good morning everyone!

7:07 am

good morning all

7:07 am

Hello WV!

7:08 am

good morning car

7:15 am

got up early to get some work done - off to get some cookies baked

7:19 am

good morning everyone:)

7:20 am

Bye WV!

7:20 am

Hello Crossy!

7:20 am

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

7:22 am

A praying mantis has one ear.

7:22 am

Don't share that one with Trif! She hates those things!

7:23 am

lol,do i tell her they also bleed purple

7:24 am

Don't even mention them! Snakes:car.eeyore as mantis:Trifioso

7:24 am

crossy has faced a wild bear down but hates,despises cockroaches..shudder

7:26 am

when I lived in NYC we had tons of them in our apartment. Fortunately we didn't bring them to CT when we move here, 40 years ago

7:26 am

Good morning Bichon!

7:27 am

hi all, nbt in 10 minutes. help pls with the 9's and 10

7:27 am

found the fr8 by myself

7:27 am

Good morning Peri!

7:27 am

Me too!!!!

7:27 am

hi peri, car, crossy

7:28 am

One 9 is pr9...the way praying people lay on the floor

7:28 am

http://tinyurl.com/blr6rhm

7:28 am

ty Molls

7:28 am

Ty Molly!

7:28 am

The other one is de9...what you turn on to de-ice your windshield

7:28 am

Good morning Molly! Good morning BR!

7:28 am

Time for the bus....

7:28 am

DE9 keep the ice away.

7:29 am

ty Molls

7:29 am

and zooz

7:30 am

the PR 10 just PT the PR 9

7:30 am

duh, ty zooz

7:31 am

pr 9, I understand the concept, but I don't get the whole word, help

7:32 am

Sounds like a male gland with an extra letter

7:32 am

good clue, Molls

7:33 am

ty Molly

7:33 am

lots of people call the male gland that way

7:34 am

There is a whole dialect that adds extra r's to words. Like warsh.

7:35 am

Off they go.

7:35 am

...or you can drop your ahr's like we do here in Boston.

7:35 am

*Imagines Car pouring a Bailey's & coffee*

7:36 am

I sit on pins and needles all day now.

7:36 am

http://tinyurl.com/blr6rhm http://tiny\nurl.com/buhbenp http://tinyurl.com/dy6\nmnmc The 3 url's are for you, car.

7:36 am

Why?

7:36 am

I just want them home with me and safe.

7:38 am

Stats please for the lower left O?

7:38 am

of5/16

7:38 am

NM> just found it

7:38 am

of5/16

7:39 am

Hello Une!

7:39 am

morning, all :-)

7:39 am

Molly...your icon is beautiful. I want to be there.

7:39 am

just zipping by as I head out the door *poof*

7:40 am

Car, did you see the urls?

7:40 am

I am sorry BR...I did not. I will check them now.

7:43 am

TY BR! I just pulled them up and have saved them to my favorites to read on break today! I couldn't get the third one to work though :(

7:44 am

For some reason, Babble is inserting extra \n's into urls and tiny urls.

7:45 am

http://tinyurl.com/dy6mnmc

7:45 am

I am having that tinge of regret this morning...I wish we hadn't finished all the cookies...I want one with my coffee!

7:46 am

Got it that time. TY!

7:48 am

stats for the corner Y please

7:48 am

never mind

7:48 am

yi4/7

7:48 am

yi 4/7

7:48 am

Whee, everyone is Peri these days

could I get a clue for di6, please?

7:49 am

thnx molly and BR - NBT and NBS

drfront

sorry

7:54 am

take a di* (cool off in the pool) + what divides a tennis court; pl

thanks got it

Good morning. Not my usual Babble hour, so many new faces.

7:57 am

duipnet

7:57 am

good grief. and I spelled it wrong. Waiter! Coffee here!

aprie

sorry again

7:57 am

good morning melonhead

7:58 am

Hi Melonhead!

7:58 am

Hello, melonheadjujube

yep, a good nights sleep was all I needed to wend my way to the 9 and 10. nbt, nbs (:

8:01 am

howdy melonhead

8:01 am

But there is only one Original peri!!! all the rest are copycats

8:01 am

you are up, crossy

8:02 am

k peri

8:03 am

<--- laughing my butt off watching my bunny play around the christmas tree! I think he thinks he is in the woods!

car.eeyore, I love bunnies—from afar. My landlord would love them rather less, alas.

hi crosshair, peri, BabRab, etc.

8:05 am

your turn peri

8:05 am

k

8:05 am

mmmm bunnies...

8:06 am

And...we found out in the wee hours this morning that the kitten knows how to fetch. How joyous. He was playing with a piece of crumpled paper on the bed...in my face...I tossed it on the floor....and lo and behold! It was back in my face with a fury of fluffy fur!

8:06 am

our kitten also fetches but loves using the bendy straws

8:07 am

Watson loves to pick up things heavier than him with his teeth and drag them to his personal space

8:08 am

BTW, the is Watson's last day with us. Off to OK

8:08 am

mmmm,bunnies with carrotses and tatties and peas and herbs and spices in a rich broth..crossy runs....

8:08 am

you foster bichon?

8:08 am

I'm calling Scrabs...you better run!

My ten year old kitty became playful again after we removed the wall to wall carpet. At first she was discombobulated, losing many familiar scents. The fact that her favorite "toys"—no I don't spend actual money on toys—like milk cap rings, crumpled foil, origami birds, etc., slide across the floor revitalized her, happy to say. Kittens are a hoot. We think they're sweet fuzzballs, they are sure they are enormous musclebound bearers of fury...

8:09 am

No, Watson's a Shih Tzu. We've had him for 7 weeks

Watch it Crosshair, before we start flinging hot tofu at you!

8:09 am

uh oh

see?

8:10 am

i shall behave then

8:10 am

melonhead, familiar scents? I know what those are

goood ;)

Were that the 5th graders i taught yesterday so compliant.

8:10 am

phantom: L'esprit de l'escalier

one of my favorite phrases BR

back to the grid.

8:13 am

Hello, zTink

8:13 am

your up peri

8:14 am

break time for me. Have a great day everyone! {{hugs}} all around!

8:14 am

Be well, Car

8:15 am

you know your chronic when you plat three word games at once,babble,words with friends with peri and bookworm off to the side in another browser:)

8:15 am

tc car

bye, car. Time for me to do stuff. A good day/evening to all :)

8:15 am

be well, jujube

8:16 am

i should get the oil changed in the car and fold 10 loads of clean laundry and do 2 loads of dishes..but naaaa,

8:17 am

I should take a nap before I fall asleep

8:28 am

Good morning, all. Wow. It seems like a long time since we've seen a grid with more than 200 words. I'm not complaining!

8:28 am

howdy judi

8:29 am

indeed 274 is right in my sweet spot for fav grid sizes

8:34 am

clue for lower o please

8:35 am

and lower i

8:35 am

4 of the i's are ir words

8:36 am

and the o is of5

8:36 am

ty mm

8:36 am

yvw crossy

8:38 am

and fish me on those ir,s

8:40 am

crossy, don't think me ignorant, but do you always use a comma as an apostrophe?

8:43 am

tbh,i do not worry overmuch with them.i have been trying to get used to wearingglasses for the first time and do not touch type.all hunt and peck,so it will happen

8:44 am

ah, i see

8:44 am

A comma is merely an apostrophe that has fallen from grace.

8:44 am

i wasn't being critical or anything

8:44 am

:)

8:44 am

i'm a one fingered typist myself

8:44 am

and in this game i get lazy and do not worry about perfect type

8:45 am

well put judi

8:46 am

if i ghost write another book the type will be correct i promise

8:47 am

actually i am better at dictating a book have have those with talented fingers pound it out

8:49 am

my musings and other verbal ejecta already span the globe hehe

8:50 am

*stands by with mop*

8:50 am

most who critique my stuff do the very same thing judi hehe

8:52 am

but living in a literary world where Stephen King could sell a million copies just by publishing his laundry list i figure there is room for all

8:52 am

love ya steve-o

8:56 am

I am having trouble finding di 6/24 and di 7/36 - can anyone help?

8:56 am

mm all i have is a pair of 7/32's so far

8:57 am

Can't see the pr 7/32 clue please

8:57 am

di 6/7 - compound words, small mesh item used to catch small fish

8:57 am

lol see that? got the right key

8:57 am

ty teach

8:57 am

pr 7/32 - what post office does to mail

8:58 am

TY so much wvteach - fireworks

8:58 am

ty again teach

8:58 am

halfway and NBT and NBS - got 4 dozen cookies baked - now to go play music at a nursing home

8:59 am

congrsts anike

8:59 am

mm cookies,what kind?

8:59 am

Cookies!!

8:59 am

chocolate candy cane kisses - chocolate cookie with peppermint kisses in center

9:00 am

mm,sounds pretty sweet.you make crossy a batch of oatmeal cookies and i am there

9:00 am

have already made oatmeal with craisins - come on down and will make them just for you

9:01 am

mmmmm

9:01 am

*drool* My husband came home from his mom's last night. He brought about three dozen pierogies with him. I said who the hell is going to eat all of these???

9:01 am

My gut is fatter already.

9:01 am

have already made about 6 different cookies - grandkids have already eaten all gingerbread men - make more this afternoon

9:02 am

perogies are a nice fast meal,some sour cream,some shaved sharp cheddar and some bacon bits on top and yer all set

9:02 am

Please don't talk about pierogies. I'll gain weight just thinking about it.

9:03 am

ok,use diet cheese then

9:03 am

*sigh*

9:04 am

What does the 10 start with?

pr 10/84

9:05 am

Ty. Working on it.

9:08 am

Got it!

9:08 am

perogies? yummm. haven't had any good ones since my mom left us. love 'em smothered in onions sauteed in butter.

9:09 am

That's how MIL makes them. Emphasis on butter.

9:15 am

I can almost duplicate Mom's stuffed cabbage, but the perogies ... at least I have my memories!

9:16 am

The are becoming a lost art. Time to jet. 72 left. Will try to finish later. *POOF*

9:38 am

don't make me hungry...!

9:45 am

hello

Can't get the clue about what the post office does to mail for the pr 7/32, can someone clue it in a different way please.

9:50 am

stats for the E on the th;ird column please?

9:51 am

p+re6 jenny

9:51 am

e way in mlf#

9:51 am

i dont hae an re 6 yet

9:51 am

pr 7/32 to put in order ahead of time

9:51 am

a way in, mlf

9:53 am

E is a way in?

9:54 am

yes mlf

9:54 am

en5/14

tha nks for the pr7 - got it at last

9:54 am

duhh th;aks movie lol

9:55 am

i got the pr 7 as well

9:55 am

yw

9:56 am

D 4th column stats please?

9:57 am

de5/12 de + big mouse

9:57 am

lol ty une

9:59 am

i know what the stats are but can someone clue the y please?

9:59 am

rhymes with a winged feathery creature mlf

10:00 am

good clue ty movie

10:00 am

de4/6 and de5/14 have to do with skin :-)

10:01 am

can someone clue the pi 8 please?

10:02 am

don't have it -- sorry

10:05 am

pi8 combo word not cake and a military ****

10:05 am

pi8...dessert + kids play area you build in a tree, plural

10:05 am

(pleural)

10:05 am

molly which P is it?

10:06 am

First column

10:06 am

thank you got it

10:07 am

DE 9 clue please?

10:10 am

good morning all and how many words today and thanks

10:10 am

de 9. Clear the ice from the fridge

10:10 am

de 9 a person who warms up their car when it is really cold outside

10:10 am

274

10:11 am

roster

10:11 am

oops sorry

10:11 am

ty invictus

10:13 am

is the PR 10 an extension of another pr word?

10:13 am

yes pr10 is pr9 + suffix

10:14 am

dont have the pr 9

10:15 am

pr9= to be in a prone position

10:16 am

pr5+ra4

10:25 am

droid is not the word you're looking for...

10:51 am

hello friends

10:52 am

hey trif

10:52 am

hello. babbling at work again :)

10:54 am

where else would one babble? :)

10:54 am

wow, a complete B*tch just called here....

10:55 am

it wasn't me

10:55 am

of course not! hahaha

10:55 am

why do people feel that level of aggression is ever appropriate? whew!

10:56 am

they don't think about whether it's appropriate, they just feel it and let it out. they need counseling. heck most people need counseling.

10:59 am

lol

11:09 am

this is a nice tasty grid

11:09 am

I am not enjoying the lone y

11:10 am

rhymes with avian

11:11 am

just spent a full minute entering yrien, ypien, etc. I AM AN IDIOT

11:11 am

good morning, all :)

hi all and good luck

11:12 am

monring

11:12 am

morning!

11:19 am

Trif, you are NOT an idiot. I would have gone there too.

11:19 am

thanks molly. how are you dear one?

11:19 am

guess i should have said rhymes with another word for avian.

11:20 am

i would have, too, if I hadn't just read movieman's clue at 9:59, whew!

11:20 am

its okay hurshy, I appreciate your cluing, very much~

11:20 am

im just generally peevish today, ignore me

11:21 am

well i do aim for precision in cluing...

11:22 am

♪Tis the season to be peevish♫

11:22 am

tr7 - the skill of stumbling?

Hello molly, hursh, *ignores trif*

11:23 am

ar 7/32, please?

11:23 am

nice clue hurshy, thanks!

11:24 am

Hmm, I read that word with the emphasis on the prefix I guess

11:24 am

people on a plane often fight over the ar7 between their seats

tr5/14 y is SO a word. everyone knows that. except enable.

ty hurshy!

11:25 am

agreed!

11:26 am

ty hurshy

11:26 am

Hi and good afternoon folks

11:27 am

gar....just found the pi6

11:27 am

This gives you an insight to the maturity level of the creators of the Enable word list. weewee is allowed. tr5/14y is not.

really. no time to hate enable today. today i hate my sinuses. bleh.

11:28 am

di 6, please?

11:28 am

nm - found it

11:28 am

yeah and if tr5y worked we'd also have -ier and -iest of it!

11:29 am

what was that crazy adj that counted the other day?

11:29 am

it was like... contracty or something bizarre like that...

there were lots of them; by enable logic, drapy should count

look st st6/27

11:31 am

saw 2 bald eagles last week in a tree by the freeway

11:33 am

dr 7, please?

11:33 am

where do you live Jerry?

11:35 am

sorry nan, but will look

11:36 am

i think it's a science word for like a moth or something

11:36 am

no, a PLANT

11:36 am

any of several insectivorous plants of the genus of the same name, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.

11:37 am

ok, ty hurshy <gggg>

11:37 am

ty, but as i am not a botanist....

ty hurhsh and google

11:38 am

well, i'm off to eat my lunch, ttfn!

11:40 am

dr + vowel + bodily fluid

bye hursh

11:41 am

ty hursh, google and bichon

11:41 am

Google always works for me

11:43 am

Sue's dog's name means bodily fluid?

11:43 am

im LOST

11:44 am

Ends like Doris Day song Que **** ****

11:44 am

not one of my best days.....thanks molly

11:46 am

or 6/21, please?

11:48 am

or + robot ending + vowel

11:48 am

boss coming....poof

11:49 am

ty molly

11:54 am

Hi - having great difficulty with my last two words - di6/24 & 7/36. Does anyone have any clues?

11:55 am

di6...take a *** in the pool + what you catch butterflies with, then plural

11:56 am

Thankyou molly - I must have tried everything but that! Fireworks.

ahoy,mat4/5s! just found pi6/7

12:01 pm

se 6/21, please?

12:08 pm

hi all- i have a di 9- un ice, as it were- what are the stats for the other 9? and while i am at it, for the 10? thanks!

12:11 pm

po9/60 and po10/84

12:12 pm

ty Bzz- gives me a direction :-)

12:13 pm

*!* ta da *!* - a sticky one for me

12:13 pm

congrats nan!

12:14 pm

any clues wanted before I leave?

12:15 pm

just found the pr 9, and the 10. ty bzz, it pointed me in the right direction

12:15 pm

i just started nan- but ty. :-)

12:15 pm

ok wolvie -- on my way - bye everyone, hagd :)

12:19 pm

clue for the pr 9/10please

12:19 pm

pr 9 lay flat, say.

12:20 pm

then past tense for 10

12:21 pm

pr 9 the word often confused with a male reproductive organ

12:21 pm

dont get the clue

12:21 pm

proser

12:22 pm

sorry

12:22 pm

pr 9- not con, and an alternate spelling for not curvy.

12:22 pm

I hope that is better, lol

12:24 pm

i am not a great clue giver, sorry

12:24 pm

ty

12:24 pm

oh good! that worked? cool

12:24 pm

did you get it?

12:25 pm

retard

12:25 pm

ouch! lmao

12:25 pm

sorry not you lol yes thankyou

12:25 pm

:D

12:28 pm

well- i have to take a break- bbl. happy hunting all

12:54 pm

am i missing something???... cannot find the forst po 6/21....

12:56 pm

any clue for the di6?

12:59 pm

compound word - what you use to catch a fish

1:01 pm

thanks bea

1:31 pm

first dr 5/12 plz

1:33 pm

just looking for that myself ivesy

1:34 pm

having put your clothes on - alt sp

1:34 pm

ahh ty !

1:35 pm

do you have the ar 6 & 7s? i'm stumped with those

1:35 pm

ar6/7 where you put deordarent.

1:35 pm

oh TY TY Molly

1:36 pm

ar7...place to put a tired limb

1:36 pm

ty, just found that

1:37 pm

Oh my God, I'm going to spelling hell. : D

1:37 pm

ty molly..how easy they are after i have them

1:37 pm

I wasmn't going tp tell you :-)

1:38 pm

stuck on the first dr 5/12

1:38 pm

rhymes with a heraldic cr***

1:38 pm

dr + God **** Ye Merry Gentlemen

1:39 pm

thanks molly

2:00 pm

very touching tribute to the kids that were shot, on you tube.. hallelujah.... brings tears

2:32 pm

I have fr8 and ro8.help with other 8's pls

2:37 pm

another fr8 - fo you have the border, or the colder one?

2:37 pm

Do you have Pi 8?

2:37 pm

it8 - pt of the preceding it7 - to say something

2:38 pm

ty for it8 and fr8

2:38 pm

looking for pi8

2:38 pm

pi8 is distinctly wierd - pasty enclosed item followed by a castle or other defensible structure

2:39 pm

I have a pi6/7but no pi8

2:39 pm

pi8 is unique

2:40 pm

ok,looking but not getting the clue

2:40 pm

pi* comes in steak, apple and pumpkin varieties

2:40 pm

fo*** - pallisades, castle, fo** knox

2:40 pm

pl

2:41 pm

ty so much Glant, never would have found that pi8 myself

2:41 pm

weird, eh?

2:41 pm

since when is droid not a word? /sigh

2:42 pm

pi7/8 an unusually thick coin

2:42 pm

well, if you have to include non words, perhaps you have tp exclude real words??? logic and all that LOL

2:43 pm

need a break, bbs. 84 left

2:44 pm

down to the last 50 here, think I need a glass of wine to help :-)

ro 8 clue pls?

or stats

2:53 pm

ro8/40

2:53 pm

don;t have the word yet

2:54 pm

if you have the pr9, lose the p...

2:54 pm

and then lose the last 2 letters for the 2nd ro6/18

2:54 pm

hi all

2:55 pm

*gasp*

2:55 pm

hi jmc :-)

2:56 pm

sure have a big grid on a day i couldnt get to the computer

2:57 pm

what's wrong with retrod? He retrod his path many times...

2:57 pm

i think you are correct but the re words tend to be pretty random

thanks glan

2:58 pm

hi TO *waves*

2:58 pm

I think I'm grasping at straws because I am searching for the last 25 LOL

2:58 pm

yw TO

or 6/24 please

hi je! sitting here eating christmas cookies.

2:58 pm

grasping at straws often works glan

2:59 pm

i am about half way through making my annual bourbon balls

i could use some - are they good for sinusitis?

2:59 pm

ro6 - not the prayer beads but hte place roses grow - who knew?

2:59 pm

not that i am aware

3:00 pm

ty glan

how about striaght bourbon?

3:01 pm

haha straight bourbon is good for what ails you!

or 6 24 please

3:02 pm

really grumpy

3:02 pm

sorry science i don't have it

3:02 pm

think cowboys used to be or6

3:02 pm

grumpy and/or difficult

3:03 pm

hmmm i have a or5 that means that glan . . .does it build off it?

cannot spell it have the 5/14

3:04 pm

my mistake i had a on5 that meant than. . . add in the R science

ok i will try

3:04 pm

the oN5/14 is similar, just add an r for 2nd letter

okay got it I was confused with the similar spelling

ty

3:05 pm

stats for the Y for nbt please

3:06 pm

yi4/7

3:06 pm

ty that was what i was afraid of

3:06 pm

nbt

3:07 pm

well done

3:07 pm

clue for the en6?

3:07 pm

nm got it

je, are you travelling over the holidays?

3:12 pm

no i am having my sister son and assorted friends here

3:13 pm

yi4/7

3:13 pm

yi4/7

nice! if you have any vegans, i am trying a recipe for vegtan cokies. mexican hot chocolate cookies. are the bourbon balls vegan?

3:14 pm

ty kbc . . . or are you asking for a hint?

3:14 pm

nope, no vegans this year. . . but a muslim . . .

ty kbckc

3:15 pm

fireworks

yay glant!

3:15 pm

whoo hoo glan!

last dr 7 please

nm

3:15 pm

dr + 3rd vowel & se4

do chocolate cookies with cayenne rlled in cinaamon sugar sound promising? I can't make cokies for the gang and leave someone out.

3:16 pm

yum TO they sound very promising

3:16 pm

chocolate cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar sound divine. hate the cyanne ides LOL

3:16 pm

the bourbon balls start with vanilla wafers so i am guessing they are not vegan

3:17 pm

have either of you tried yorhsire puddings using soy milk if you do vegan cooking?

3:17 pm

if it is just a tiny bit of cayenne . . . .

they use oil so i surmise they will be crunchy. i don't want to go out and buy vegan margarine, etc. i think things that try to be what they are not, fod-wise, are unhealthy.

3:17 pm

no but yorkshire pudding isn't a regular thing stateside

3:17 pm

i don;t use dairy products but really would like to eat a toad in the hole

i don't know, i won't be eating them. just trying them. i have made three types of cookies so far.

3:18 pm

most margarine is vegan

doesn't margarine have milk or mil solids?

3:18 pm

some does, some doesn't - I use Vitalite or Pura brands

3:19 pm

not regular margine but the ones which say.. . .can't believe its not butter. . .you can also substitute crisco

i have a great recipe for rice pudding made with coconut milk, not adapted, a latin american recipe

3:19 pm

or just use white vegetable fat as a sunstutute in baing

3:19 pm

Trex, if you have that

3:19 pm

baking, even

3:19 pm

yes crisco is that white vegetable fat. . .

3:20 pm

i make the coconut rice pudding, it's yummy - add slivers of almond to make it yummier

oh, i do have crisco. but the recipes also use eggs and i do not want to experiment.

3:20 pm

ah, i use eggs - not vegan but dary free so use a lot of vegan recipes

3:20 pm

you can usually substitute oil plus cream of tartar for egg. . . as long as it asks for a whole egg

really?

3:21 pm

i could look up the ratio if that would help TO

if you sub oil for egg and oil for shortening, sounds dicey

3:21 pm

right, I'm off to amend my online shopping order, happy babbling all

ty je but no, i won't be making more than one vegan cookie

bye glant

je, wish you could have come to bethlehem last weekend. we had our party in the markt

3:25 pm

i can't find what i used to use. . . hubby on a no egg diet. . . but i see that a 1/4 cup of whipped silken tofu would work and that makes sense

3:25 pm

i wish i could have too. . . but i was tied down with my sister's recovery. . . today i drove her around for a while christmas shopping

3:26 pm

friday she goes to the doctor and hopefully right after christmas she will be able to drive again

thanks, je. I did not know she was ill, hope she is recovering

ta 4/6???

3:27 pm

she had adominable surgery last tuesday. . .it went fine but takes time to recover

glad to hear that

nm

my door is always open to you

3:28 pm

ta** the coals down

3:28 pm

:-) nice to know TO

we must do the town some time soon. any town will do ;)

3:29 pm

well i must go finish a few more tasks before i call it a day. . .bbl with 224 left

later. omg i am down to 19!

3:29 pm

that would be nice TO. . . I will look forward to that sometime

3:29 pm

WTG TO!

3:30 pm

bye all!

my sinuses are killing me, my equilibrium is off

i kept thinking about annapolis and how nice it is at the holidays

3:33 pm

substitute for 1 latge egg -3tbls veg oil+ i tbls water (for baking

thanks hoot. how is woulf?

done finally

wtg geek

3:35 pm

I have more!

3:35 pm

He's doing fine going crazy with his job.

3:36 pm

Must be the only company making money the way he talks!

and the kids? I will send him a greeting via email. i am sure they keep him busy.

3:37 pm

Inded they do! At all hours!

lol

3:38 pm

3 tbls water z= 3 tbls flour + 1 1/2 tsp shortening _ 1/2 tsp baking powder - for baking

3:39 pm

If you do a lot of baking, cooking try to get hold of a copy of The Food Substitute Bible - David Joachim has helped me when I've run out of thingd

thanks hoot, i am just trying out one recipe because i am making cookies for my gang and on eis vegan

3:40 pm

I got mine through a cooking book club but it's probably in stores and maybe your library

3:41 pm

Oh - I fed a vegan for about a year and never made cookies.

i ofund one for mexican hot chocolate cookies made with oil and no egg. i imagine they will be crunchy

3:42 pm

or cake - just food. Pays to be Italian!

yes it does.

3:43 pm

I would think so. But lots of people like crunchy.

3:43 pm

I just read a bunch of egg substitutes for vegan recipes and none of them looked like they would maintain the consistency of a baked good like cookies or cake.

3:44 pm

I doubt there is any that would be like a non-veggie recipe.

3:45 pm

Use cornstarch instead of egg in cookies, works beautifully.

3:46 pm

Ener-G egg replacer works well, but it's commercial so it costs a lot more than finding something else. Different types of baking benefit from different kinds of substitutions.

the cayenne - hcolate- cinnamon sounds good, it is for a guy

3:46 pm

ok - I have to go - good luck TO - let me know how it worked out

3:47 pm

veganbakingsecrets.com has a good list of what works well where

3:47 pm

and hello

3:47 pm

Bye Hoot, nice to see you here.

thanks hoot. hey hoot, we are everywhere this season, have you seen? owls are IN!!!LOL

hi stiddy

3:47 pm

I use pureed banana in place of eggs in my vegan cookies---works beautifully

tr6/21 after the camera stand, pls?

replace the last letter of the camera stand with another cons.

3:50 pm

Kate, that sounds like a nice way to make a soft cookie

thanks, luv. that does it for me.

if i had typed hosiery one more time :/

3:51 pm

Y for NBT please?

y + a Robin is a type of b***

3:52 pm

ack. babblet! thanks luc

3:53 pm

luv I mean.

3:53 pm

time to run things into town for kid and visit with a friend. Back later to finish. LOVE being on vacation starting tonight! :-) *poof*

TO I've just read the love story male version from your profile to my husband, it made us both laugh, thank you

4:12 pm

That is the funniest thing I have ever read in Babble. : D

4:25 pm

http://www.amazon.com/Ener-G-Foods-Kos\nher-Egg-Replacer/dp/B000QSS2C4

4:25 pm

hi all, 66 left

4:26 pm

parted

4:26 pm

oops. sorry.

4:27 pm

Hi Peri

4:27 pm

hey Molls

4:28 pm

p

4:33 pm

60 left, bbs

4:34 pm

just got to 100 left - time to focus on making dinner

5:19 pm

May I please have a clue for ar5-12? Thanks

5:20 pm

ar5/12 means intense love

5:21 pm

Thanks so much, MollyL.

5:21 pm

You're welcome gapeach

5:30 pm

the only kind of love

5:34 pm

I'm getting to be a pro at killing the chat these days

5:34 pm

How was the French Laundry party?

5:35 pm

crowded.

5:35 pm

I thought they were going to cut back on the invitees.. and there were a zillion people there

5:35 pm

I could barely move

5:35 pm

good grub though

5:36 pm

And I would repeat that chat is pretty dead these days, but that got weird last night.

5:36 pm

A true "rubbing elbows" event

5:36 pm

yeah.. I didn't quite follow the line of thinking there

5:37 pm

Chat usually gets sparse around the holidays. People are busy with other things.

5:38 pm

maybe sometimes people read the chat too fast and don't really take in the comment as it's written and infer another meaning. ... ? .. I really don't know how your comment went to the next level with her.

5:39 pm

It's pretty clear that a lot of inferring goes on around here. Such is life.

5:39 pm

yes.. not much can be done about that I think.

5:40 pm

Sometimes I read discussions and tell myself.. what? How did you get to that?

5:41 pm

+

5:41 pm

man .. am I stuck

5:41 pm

I may have to list early

5:45 pm

It has been slow going for me too.

5:45 pm

i'm guess your comment is on the plus side Annie?

5:45 pm

It was a symbolic comment

5:45 pm

like a high 5?

5:46 pm

I am being optimistic about this grid, hence the +

5:46 pm

ah

5:46 pm

glad someone is

5:47 pm

Im only on the second row

5:48 pm

some words are reaaaally well hidden in this grid

5:49 pm

how did you come out with the hurricane Annie..everyone was worried about you?

5:49 pm

so far, it's fun but I have known it to change quickly

5:50 pm

I was at my daughter's house in CT for 2 weeks. I came home Nov 14 and we still havent any power. We are working off huge generators.

5:50 pm

I walked down 24 flights in the dark with a dinky little flashlight.

5:50 pm

good grief

5:50 pm

really?

5:51 pm

that's almost two months?

5:51 pm

do you live in the sticks?

5:51 pm

and my car was under 6 feet of salt water. So no more car. I leased a Honda Civic. No I live a block away from the Atlantic and it came up and met us.

5:52 pm

oh ..i'm sorry to hear that

5:52 pm

hopefully Fema is providing aid and support ?

5:53 pm

All the wires and transformers have to be replaced in all 5 buildings ( co-op). Cost 25 million. I might get paid for my car.

5:53 pm

I am guessing it wasn't one of those Fiat's that drive in salt water like the commercial

5:54 pm

Some folks stayed the entire time. Volunteers were walking up and down the stairs being food and water. Doctors were coming around with meds for diabetics, etc.

5:54 pm

wow

5:54 pm

No, my car was a clunky Ford Taurus.

5:55 pm

So that is the story of Sandy in this neighborhood. I feel badly for the people who had those homes washed away.

5:56 pm

*their

6:02 pm

Good morning :0

6:03 pm

gm liz

6:03 pm

Hi Liz :)

6:03 pm

Quite an ordeal for you folks, Annie.

6:04 pm

Puts things in perspective - I whinge about the humidity here, but when you read about Sandy and what all you poor people had to endure ...

6:04 pm

Molly, yes it was but the folks in Staten Island and Long Island had it just as bad and worse.

6:05 pm

Is "whinge" Australian for "whine"?

6:05 pm

UK probably but I guess also Aussie. Yes, to whine!

6:05 pm

It was heart-breaking that woman screaming from Staten Island on the news

6:05 pm

Then I think about the horrendous tragedy in CT and I think how grateful and lucky I am.

6:06 pm

A lot of things that happened this year were humbling and made people count their blessings.

6:06 pm

That's also so true

6:06 pm

Yes, I saw that, ruru. It was a cold rainy Saturday and they had nowhere to go and she didnt want to put her children in a shelter.

6:06 pm

It was so weird I was at a museum today in Sacramento and there were hundreds of school kids there.. I started to choke up actually.. I can't imaging how sick someone would have to be to harm a child.

6:07 pm

I cant imagine it either. When Pres. Obama called off the names of the children it was heartwrenching.

6:08 pm

Maybe something will be done about the sale of assault rifles now.

6:08 pm

I remember how we felt in the UK after the Dublane school shooting - I was a primary teacher! It's just too awful to even contemplate.

6:08 pm

I think it is tougher for people like Minver, Doren, stid and others who are teachers and work with kids than me.. but jeez.. I just can't watch it too long on the news

6:09 pm

Liz, Were children shot. I never heard about that over here.

6:09 pm

assault rifles HAVE TO GO

6:09 pm

Yes - it was in Scotland

6:09 pm

I think something needs to be done about the availability of mental health help.

6:10 pm

You can google Dunblane School massacre - it was in 1996

6:10 pm

that too for sure Molly

6:10 pm

I will.

6:10 pm

16 kid - 5 and 6 and their teacher

6:11 pm

Oh my God!

6:11 pm

The sad thing is, we can make guns less available, but people will always be able to get their hands on one if they really want to.

6:12 pm

In 1997, according to what I read, handguns were effectively made illegal for private ownership, following Dunblane

Hey ruru and Lizlin. :)

6:12 pm

Hi Neil :)

6:13 pm

hi neil

Hi. :)

Check your email?

6:13 pm

no.. not yet

6:14 pm

just got home about an hour ago

6:14 pm

trying to finish this sucker before I screw around

Yeah. I just realized I didn't do the grid yet today.

And it's a little quiet here now so I'm seeing what I can get done of it.

6:14 pm

get crackin' there

6:15 pm

you'll finish before I find my last 30 I'm sure

I seriously doubt that.

6:15 pm

yes you will.. I haven't listed

Nope. I only just started.

6:16 pm

I'm like the little train that could

6:16 pm

Just my take on the Connecticut shootings is that lawmakers should be looking more at recognizing and treating mental illness moreso than who should or should not have a gun. Just saying!!

6:17 pm

these p's are really hard

6:17 pm

I don't think guns are the real problem.. smd.. but more the rapid fire assault type weapons

6:18 pm

Good point smd. Mentally stable people don't strap guns to themselves and go into an elementary school shooting.

6:18 pm

and I agree on the mental health thing

How did his own mother not realize keeping guns in the house was a bad idea when he wasn't mentally stable? That's what I wonder. She had to know.

stop voting for republicans who are the ones who closed almost all the psychiatric hospitals (hi all)

But I guess even so she never would have thought her son could do something like that.

6:19 pm

I agree with that - but Neil beat me to what I was going to say!

Something I never do, Gwen.

let's not assume the mother was "all there" either

6:19 pm

I greatly agree Molly.

6:19 pm

I haven't figured that one out either neil

6:20 pm

as a mother of a son with mental issues i think i know enough that i wouldnt have guns in the house. we dont know when they will snap., as a mother you are aware of this

She seemed to be "all there" from articles I've been reading about it... but who knows.

No kidding, ivesy3. I wouldn't in any case.

6:21 pm

you may not want to admit it , but deep in your heart you know

Except it's kind of tempting just lately... with the neighbor we now have living above us.

6:21 pm

great point ivesy

STOMP! STOMP! And vacuuming at 5am, etc.

6:22 pm

I agree Ivy. We do not have guns either. Not because we are against gun ownership, but I do not thing it best to have them in our house.

6:22 pm

*start mumbling about Sam the Dog at the Mail Box when he's there Neil

6:22 pm

been there neil lol i hate it.. had neighbor who sounded like they stomped up stairs.

crazy people who want to shoot up schools won't be shooting up schools without such easy access to guns, either

Haha. Yeah, this guy can't walk without stomping. And he loves to vacuum at 5 am-ish and do laundry in the middle of the night too... right above us. When his washing machine goes into spin cycle... ugh.

6:23 pm

true gwen.. and then the coward shot himself.. no satisfactaion for the parents to get justice.. not that it would have made any difference

6:24 pm

I"m glad they were spared the trial ivesy

6:25 pm

hadnt thought of that ruru.. would have had to live thru it all over again.

6:25 pm

Neil, I have a full-size gong in my living room and sometimes at 2 in the morning or so my cats will hit it with a tail and off it goes! I sometimes wonder what my downstairs or next-door neighbors are thinking about that!

6:25 pm

BTW, Neil, will be sending em tomorrow.

6:26 pm

there was a great show with Mark Klass on recently talking about the trauma being worse going through a trial for parents

6:26 pm

<---p's waxed

6:26 pm

polished off the 68 Ps

6:26 pm

I need one more 7

6:27 pm

anyone want to list the 7's?

6:27 pm

...just kidding...

6:27 pm

May sound harsh, but why can't these guys just eliminate the middle step and go right to killing themselves.

6:28 pm

If only life was that simple, Mimi ...

Totally agree, MimiCat.

6:28 pm

something snaps in them mimi.. its the sadness of mental illness and a very poor health care system. put them on meds and they are ok.. no! they dont take the meds

They would do society such a favor.

Exactly, ivesy3. So much mental illness goes and untreated... maybe even undiagnosed.

6:29 pm

retramp should be a word

6:29 pm

Madonna does it every show shes on

6:30 pm

I agree, ru---especially since many of us re-tramped a lot in the 60's and 70's.

6:30 pm

obviously he should have been in a mental health facilty. but many people with mental issues can fake being ok... my son has fooled many drs.

Haha! No kidding. She's the "trampiest" too. But that's just a phantom in this grid.

6:31 pm

So what would you think if you heard a gong go off in the middle of the next next door, Neil?

6:31 pm

...night next door.

6:31 pm

i would think someone got lucky lol

He's above us Mimi, not next door.

Oh, you mean you heard one go off next door?

6:31 pm

Vanna White lived up stairs?

6:31 pm

hi all, need help with my last 3 words pls. do not see them on morewords

Haha, ivesy3.

6:32 pm

7s - DE, DI x 3, FR, PA x 2, PI x 2, PO, PR x 2, PY, SH, SN

6:32 pm

Yeah, but if they are coherent enough to bang a gong, perhaps the other banging wasn't so satisfying!!

6:32 pm

*show-off*...LOL

I would think someone got unlucky... they got gonged because their "performance" was so bad. :P

6:32 pm

pi 7/44 plz

6:33 pm

Didn't read my earlier post about the gong I have in my living room?

6:33 pm

both st6/21pls

Oh. I didn't see it, no.

6:33 pm

the gong show... or am i showing my age?

You have a gong in your living room... but heard one next door to you?

6:34 pm

I said my cats sometimes hit the gong with their tails and off it goes in the middle of the night and I wonder what MY neighbors think.

Well I know about "The Gong Show"... that's why I made that joke there. Been told about it enough.

Oh I see! Haha.

6:34 pm

Neil - if you want a laugh about living in an apartment, watch the short "Flat Life" - it is or was on the UK English curriculum for yr 6 kids!

Hmmm. Yeah... is it so loud they would hear it? Are you in an apartment or a house?

6:35 pm

An apt. It's a full-size, free-standing gong....BIG.

Haha. I could probably write a comedy about it, Lizlin... had enough crazy stuff happen in my last building and this one.

Oh wow, Mimi.

6:35 pm

It's a good little cartoon!

6:35 pm

just the first st6/21 pls

All of your neighbors above, below and around you probably hear it.

6:35 pm

it's on you tube!

6:35 pm

I'm a bit unusual....and love that about me!

6:36 pm

NM

We're on the main floor so no one's below us.

6:36 pm

I just hope the neighbors are making up better stories to explain it than is actually the truth.

Yep. You're unique... just like everyone else. ;)

Haha! Yes... I'd be hoping so too.

6:37 pm

Don't make me come and smack you!

Oh hey, Mimi? Check the link in my latest update.

6:37 pm

Did already, neil....will em tomorrow.

6:38 pm

what?

6:38 pm

jeft

em?

6:39 pm

Email, dear.

6:39 pm

what?

Oh! Ok.

6:39 pm

Sorry that was my daughter and she can be pesty. we will leave you alone.

6:40 pm

Must go for now. Bye all and have a good night.

Take care, Mimi.

6:41 pm

Bye Mimi - enjoy your evening :)

nbt and halfway, woot

Gotta pack up and head home... will try and finish this later.

6:47 pm

I have 113 left and still cant get the lone o in the second column, can someone please put me out of my misery and give me a clue

just found that lone o: of5. not an uncommon word

6:47 pm

I also just found it! Good clue Gwen :)

6:48 pm

got it ty

8-D

6:49 pm

lone O is OF 5/16

6:50 pm

bye neil

6:54 pm

I need an s 6

6:55 pm

S 6 - spanish mr

and my new phantom is primate

6:56 pm

s 6 - guard

6:56 pm

have those

do you have st6, adjective, pattern of long narrow colors?

6:56 pm

it's a st 6 from the top

6:57 pm

like a zebra!

6:57 pm

got it

6:57 pm

finito

6:57 pm

Congrats ruru :)

there are two st6 color patterns, change the last letter

6:57 pm

whew.. this one's a grinder

wtg ruru !!!!!! @ @ !!!!!!

(echo!)

porno

oops! good thing no one's listening, ha ha

7:30 pm

how can you do the grid and watch porno BDG.. I'm impressed

ar ar ar

7:32 pm

hey any and all....

7:32 pm

*gently puts ruru in PB*

7:32 pm

hi stid

same as watching faux news. i know it's crap but i just can't turn it off! (joke)

7:32 pm

and BDG... *grin*

7:32 pm

Congrats, ruru!!!

7:33 pm

not too gently stid.. :D

7:33 pm

oh! YAY ruru! :-)

7:34 pm

this is a tough grid.. at least for me it was

7:34 pm

it's pretty slow going for me. Will get halfway tonight and then quit for the day.

been struggling to find the last 40 or so and i have 54 to go. OY

7:38 pm

"pitdroid" is in the grid and it SHOULD count for a wurd. *sits in middle of grid until injustice is corrected*

7:39 pm

I have 127 left now...

what's that, a robot who changes your tires?

7:40 pm

*rolls eyes* well, ms dalek.... it's a mechanical droid that fixes racing speeders

7:40 pm

stidkid #2, calls "newb" on you, BDG... *wink* it's a star wars reference. Though we are now more likely to watch Dr Who than Star Wars.

me no big star wars nut, TYVM

now if they had some daleks in those ol' star wars movies that would be something . . .

7:42 pm

:-) we're just nuts over here...

7:42 pm

wouldn't that be fun? LOL Darth Davros and Vader, meeting in the cantina...

dinner's done, gotta fly, happy boggling all

7:43 pm

later Book! have a lovely evening!

7:44 pm

ruru, it snowed... stidkid missed yesterday at school, and had a late start today. And now we are on vacation!!!! *pops popcorn and sits down to watch endless movies* it's going to be a long couple of weeks...

7:45 pm

Hi mama and stidkid. Back from Parkside. Same as usual. Everyone doing well and thinkinghighly of you.

7:46 pm

hello Mother! glad you had a good time. I always enjoy visiting them. :-)

7:47 pm

Works both ways, I think. I'm going to fry up some steaks to go with our baked potatoes. Have a lovely evening. Talk to you tomorrow.

7:47 pm

sounds delish. We'll have chicken soup if I can ever thaw the darn thing enough to pull the giblets out. Should have grabbed the home-grown bird instead of the last of the store-bought. Oh well...

7:49 pm

"trampire" a vagrant who flies about at night?

7:51 pm

hi stid and stidg and Gwen and ruru and Peach and all.. nice to have some Babble Time at the end of a busy day.. yay!

7:52 pm

hey Aloyisius! ((((hugs)))) I am SO HAPPY to see you! we have snow and it's moderately chilly. Finally feels seasonal, without our having to miss any pre-vacation concerts for a change. :-)

7:52 pm

Hey there, Aloy.

7:53 pm

peach? when did you get here? **choclits**

7:53 pm

wow.. stid, I don't miss the snow! sitting out on our lanai now in my pj's.. hi there peach, glad to join you all

7:53 pm

it's really cold here too stid. I think if it rained it would snow

7:53 pm

oh, and I found a "crispy" choclit bar that is safe for me to eat today, so I had one when I got home a little while ago. It was so much sweeter than I remember such things (a little too sweet for my taste)! LOL

7:54 pm

quite possibly, ruru -- this cold front seems to have really settled in over our coast

7:55 pm

lanai? *wishing for summer* LOL though I really do like the excuse to just dream about the garden without always feeling I ought to be out mucking around.

7:56 pm

Okay, I gotta hear it Ru. What is the temperature there?

7:57 pm

it's in the 30's here right now

7:57 pm

and it will be colder tonight

7:58 pm

maybe in the 20's

7:58 pm

brrrr! *sends longjohns*

7:58 pm

Okay, that is cold. A lot of people I know who live in California think it's cold when it's 50. For once, we had a milder day than you. High of 55.

7:58 pm

yeah.. no skimpy jammies for me tonight

7:58 pm

No ice hockey tonight again, Aloy? How disappointing.

7:59 pm

Hello, stid

7:59 pm

going to have to walk the dog on the earlier side

8:00 pm

hi BabbleRabble!.. have my flannel pj's ready though because we have a weather prediction of temps in the mid 40's for a couple of nights.. daggone it, that cold air won't stay north of here! How are you doing?

8:01 pm

(((BR))) nice to see you!

8:01 pm

In the mid twenties today .... wore a sweatshirt .... no acute distress ... pax

8:02 pm

Love your quote of the day, BR -- it's how I have begun to live my life. :-)

8:03 pm

Good for you, stid. I try to remember ... it is later than you think.

8:03 pm

(I automatically looked at the clock...)

8:03 pm

Oh yes, I agree stid.. just lost a long time friend and though I was prepared, thanks to "Caring Bridge", I am still having a hard time dealing with it

8:04 pm

I'm still getting roses blooming in my garden

8:04 pm

((Aloyisius)) sorry for your loss. So rough to lose someone at any time.

8:04 pm

So, "Carpe Diem".. life is precious

8:04 pm

How wonderful, onyx

8:04 pm

onyx, that is great

8:04 pm

that's nice, onyx! I actually have a pink rose still blooming, but I suspect the snow on it will help it go into hibernation now

8:05 pm

My condolences, Aloy

8:05 pm

Just cut the last three. Going to get cold tonight. Still some what unusual to have them this late.

8:06 pm

ty stid and BR.. so many memories to cherish, what a wonderful person.. i can only hope that I will be remembered with a fraction of the affection

8:08 pm

I am sorry for your loss, Aloyisius. Hang onto those wonderful memories.

8:08 pm

Ask yourself the following questions every day: What am I thankful for today? What did I learn today? Where did I do a good job? Who was I valuable to today? How did I take care of myself today? http://tinyurl.com/bwghzfm

8:08 pm

I will, gapeach.. she was a very special person who touched many lives, and I feel privileged to be among those

8:09 pm

A good list, BR. *runs to look at website*

8:09 pm

Hello, gapeach. Hope the bronchitis is gone or at least manageable.

8:09 pm

excellent, BabbleRabble, puts it all into perspective

8:10 pm

That's a great website, BR. have bookmarked it.

8:11 pm

HI there, BabbleRabble. Yes, thanks, the new meds are working wonderfully. I was beginning to forget what feeling good felt like. Thanks for asking. Hope you are well also.

8:11 pm

I need to do a better job of answering "how did I take care of myself today?"

8:12 pm

bookmarked it too (-:

8:12 pm

I need to continue focusing on what I did right instead of obsessing over all the things I didn't do right...

8:13 pm

how do you find stuff so fast, BabbleRabble? Amazes me!

8:13 pm

Amen to that, stiddie.

8:13 pm

automatic thoughts (negative chatter) is so insidious

8:14 pm

a lot of wisdom being tossed out tonight.

8:14 pm

My memory is not completely gone, Aloy.

8:14 pm

I am getting better, BR, at saying "next time I will .... (better practice)" instead of "I really messed up" :-) *proud mama look* it has taken me a lot of work to get there.

8:14 pm

well, I think you have an amazing memory.. kudos

8:14 pm

rofl, BR!

8:15 pm

ya never know what you might learn on Babble..

8:15 pm

"nosery" = sinus prayers?

8:16 pm

oh yes, stid.. perfect! (snort)

8:16 pm

Never to late to learn a new lesson. I have to kvell about my students today taught t he teacher a lesson. Precious moments in the classroom.

8:16 pm

nice, onyx!

8:17 pm

ok, so tell us more, onyx

8:17 pm

PB, aloyisius... and add a suffix for sn 7....

8:17 pm

oh dear, off I go.. ty, stid.. sorry, gang

8:19 pm

Students did project based finals today. Some of them actually taught me something I didn't know. Nicely done.

8:19 pm

no problemo, aloyisius. It's a rough grid with many common words.

8:19 pm

very cool, onyx -- high school? I have enjoyed being a community judge for some of our high school culminating projects.

8:20 pm

Hi again :)

8:20 pm

Keep finding plurals or singulars I missed!

8:20 pm

I think i knew you were a teacher. Yeah i teach high school. toughest job i have ever loved

8:21 pm

snorty

8:23 pm

:-) nope. And the "more so" ending didn't work, either!

8:23 pm

hi Liz.. onyx, I know what you mean.. awesome when you empower the kids and they become "experts" with their projects.. way to go!

8:24 pm

I posted these before. Good refreshers: http://tinyurl.com/5uq9qem\n http://tinyurl.com/dxp5x9f

8:24 pm

LOL, enjoying the aftermath of the sn5

8:24 pm

Nicely done, onyx

8:24 pm

as a new teacher, I love project-based learning but worry about the grading angle. I want to give kids authentic learning experiences, but (when I have my own classroom) I don't want to set myself up for squabbling over why I assigned different grades. Rubrics help some, but there are always subjective elements.

8:25 pm

ooh! TED talks! I have been enjoying some of the science talks from last year... will mark that for later.

8:26 pm

I so agree with you stid - project based learning almost became impossible in the UK - became so target based and curriculum set learning objective based! It was so much work to try and meet all targets in project based work!

8:26 pm

me too.. love TED talks since my daughter told me about them a couple years ago

8:27 pm

Thanks guys. Aloyisius, i read your profile. Great story. stid, i had a master teacher who taught be radical. why not give everyone a good grade? Grades ar esubjective. One of the girls who taught me something today was a special ed kid, who has speach problems. She got up and presented, struggled to speak words ina

8:27 pm

oops, in another language. she deserved an a

8:28 pm

One of my special ed kids wrote an amazing letter to Macbeth, as if she was Lady Macbeth after we'd been working on the play. She was dyslexic and aged 11! It was an awesome letter!

8:29 pm

wow, Liz..

8:29 pm

That is so wonderful, onyx! :-) When I student taught I had an extremely shy student. During the parent night (speaking from PB) the kid spoke up loud enough to be heard in the cacaphony of simultaneous presentations!

8:29 pm

Nice Liz

8:29 pm

way to go, Liz!

8:29 pm

She's in her 20s today - but I still remember!

8:30 pm

does anyone have the di 6/7 that they could clue to me before I go nuts?????

8:30 pm

It's so rewarding watching kids achieve!

8:30 pm

hey NANCY!

8:30 pm

that would be the first two di's

8:30 pm

Teachers too often are underappreciated. So much politics.

8:30 pm

Hey Stid, how goes it?

8:31 pm

sure, Nancy.. you use it if you have an aquarium and need to catch a fish

8:31 pm

di 6 /7 - compound words

8:32 pm

thanks for those words, liz and aloyisius!

8:32 pm

I am well, Nancy, thanks -- hope you are the same?

8:32 pm

oh thank you Aloy, got them.....fireworks finally

8:32 pm

yvw (-:

8:32 pm

Congrats Nancy :)

8:32 pm

YAY Nancy!!!

8:32 pm

and.. congrats to NANCY.. WAHOO !

8:33 pm

yes stid, I am doing quite well, had a complete knee replacement, recovery has taken a long time but getting better each week.

8:33 pm

clue for re 7 / 32 pls

8:33 pm

Congrats, Nancy!!!!!

8:33 pm

liz, re attempt

8:34 pm

Got it! Been looking for ages and then it jumped out!

8:34 pm

want to share, liz?

8:34 pm

Quite funny, when you consider the word!

8:34 pm

re7.32 happens when you fail but go after it again

8:34 pm

ah. thanks!

8:35 pm

and at this point, since I am struggling to hit the correct keys with my fingers, I shall bid you all a fond adieu. Have a lovely rest of your day! *poof*

8:35 pm

have a good evening :)

8:36 pm

Sweet dreams, stiddie.

8:36 pm

bye, stid (( )).. see you next time!

8:38 pm

May I please have a clue for it7-28? Thanks

8:39 pm

it 7 /28 - to say again and plural

8:39 pm

NM found it.

8:39 pm

well, gapeach, it is when you say something

8:39 pm

Thanks much, Lizlin.

8:41 pm

anybody been west to the wild fr 8 55

8:44 pm

hi weiik.. found the word but not the reality bc I don't know where the edge is anymore

8:44 pm

Great clue, weiik

8:45 pm

Clue for ri 6 /18 - the last one pls

8:45 pm

nm! got it!

8:45 pm

i'm sure the wild fr 8 55 exists somewhere in nevada

8:46 pm

you are probably right, just haven't been there, weiik

8:46 pm

liz if u got it, i did not, share

8:46 pm

hi all!

8:46 pm

hi sue

8:46 pm

omit the final vowel!

8:47 pm

from the ri 7

8:47 pm

hi sue, nice to see you

8:47 pm

Hi Sue

8:47 pm

hi liz, aloy, weiik!

8:47 pm

I need the ri6-21 please, weiik.

8:47 pm

Thanks

8:48 pm

i don't have it yet

8:48 pm

hello sue

8:48 pm

riponse

8:48 pm

ri 6 /21 - ri + po 4 / 5

8:48 pm

then add a vowel for the 7

8:48 pm

hi wv and peach!

8:48 pm

Sorry.

8:48 pm

ri + p4

8:48 pm

rats, tried it, didn't work

8:49 pm

use the po 4 - when you send cards you po 4 them

8:50 pm

ty liz

8:50 pm

Hey there, sue.

8:50 pm

Thanks, lizlin and teach

8:52 pm

so much fun when you type in a wild guess and it works!

8:52 pm

aloy, this is the grid to do that

8:53 pm

you bet.. just tried another one

8:53 pm

the fr 7 40 was my guess,

8:53 pm

It is nice to find a word since you may stop looking for it unless you decide to keep looking.

8:54 pm

which is, for those that do not have it, is same as the wild west, fr 8 55 without the i

8:54 pm

true, BR.. so true

8:55 pm

May I please have a clue for dr7-32? Thanks

8:55 pm

sorry can't help

8:56 pm

It's ok, weiik.

8:56 pm

dr7 - dr + vowel + que ****

8:56 pm

draft

8:56 pm

hope that helps!

8:56 pm

dr, + *h boy and fluid portion of blood?

8:56 pm

gapeach, d + fo

8:57 pm

d+ flower + unit of time

8:58 pm

d+ first three letters of flower + unit of time, sorry I am tired and am not thinking too clearly

8:58 pm

** finito ** last word RO 8/40

8:58 pm

15 to go!

8:58 pm

congrats wvt :)

8:59 pm

me either, Nancy.. am finding that I still miss plurals, though I should know better, sigh

8:59 pm

ah, my dog is in the grid again!

8:59 pm

wtg, wvteach, congrats!!

8:59 pm

and yay teach!

9:00 pm

Doris Day: http://tinyurl.com/co5bzgd

9:00 pm

Will your dog ever learn, Sue?

9:01 pm

never, BR :-)

9:02 pm

ok, I guessed that one, BabbleRabble (-: Only she sang it that way

9:03 pm

She is quite young in that picture.

9:03 pm

nice trip back into time

9:05 pm

Christmas in a week.

9:05 pm

Thanks so much, Lizlin, Aloy and Nancy.

9:06 pm

not bah humbug, but.. not anywhere near ready with what I hoped to do, BR.. sigh

9:07 pm

Hi everyone...might as well not start this one

9:07 pm

do you have any special plans, BabbleRabble?

9:07 pm

Clue for st 6 /21 - the first one, pls

9:07 pm

hi sea! I started but haven't gotten too far yet.

9:07 pm

Hi sue...how are you and Frank doing?

9:08 pm

st6.21 is a measure of your walk

9:08 pm

ty - just got it! was looking in the other direction :)

9:08 pm

No. Christmas is just another day with my own thoughts.

9:09 pm

Now for the final 11 ts!

9:10 pm

OK.. thoughts are valuable, "hype" is not

9:12 pm

Twas the night before Christmas ... and all through the creature was stirring .... and I had to do it all myself ...

9:12 pm

through the house not a creature ...

9:13 pm

Try to amuse myself at times.

9:13 pm

hi all. clue for the 8s, 9s and 10 plz?

9:14 pm

hi folks

9:14 pm

Hey there, welki!

9:14 pm

mkg, what a newly ordained pr6 does before the altar, pt too

9:15 pm

pretty wintry here in alberta - same weather in your neck of the woods, BR?

9:17 pm

Hello, welki. The weather is unwintery with little snow

9:17 pm

May I please have a clue for tr7-32? Thanks

9:18 pm

folks are starting to ice fish here - a little too soon, considering the number of trucks that have already gone through the ice

9:18 pm

i dont know from priests. sorry.

9:18 pm

let's sing in prefix for 3 *** harmony

9:18 pm

affix for three + hair separation

9:19 pm

and i should have 4 **** , not 3 :)

9:19 pm

ooh, ok. well, think of a male gland that is prone to cancer and add a consonant, mkg

9:19 pm

Nice clue, welki

9:19 pm

and while we're at it, we can give the world a coke :)

9:19 pm

ty, BabbleRabble, got that one

9:20 pm

(thanks)

9:20 pm

Fireworks!

9:20 pm

yay for Lizlin, congrats!!!

9:20 pm

wtg liz

9:20 pm

Congrats, Lizlin

9:20 pm

got it! ty.

9:20 pm

Thanks so much, welki< BabbleRabble and Alloy.

9:20 pm

ty

9:20 pm

yay liz!

9:21 pm

ok so got the ten and one 9. what is other 9? not the pr word.

9:21 pm

Hey, congrats, Lizlin!!!!

9:21 pm

(-: yw

9:21 pm

well hello there, sue!!

9:21 pm

hi welki!

9:21 pm

and thank you chog, I have nbs and nbt!

9:21 pm

de 9 / 78 - you need it on your car windows in winter

9:21 pm

de9 is something that helps if your fridge freezes over, mkg

9:21 pm

ty for that 10 and9. super clue.

9:22 pm

also de 7 / 44

9:22 pm

How are you doing, Sue?

9:22 pm

I am ok, BR

9:23 pm

had a counseling appointment this evening, those are always good

9:23 pm

de 7 and 9 coming from fr 5 / 16

9:23 pm

Getting enough sleep?

9:23 pm

I am, BR, thanks to the magic of chemistry

9:23 pm

was just going to ask her that, too - you surely need your rest, sue - you've been through too much

9:24 pm

better living through chemicals

9:24 pm

yay for chemistry

9:24 pm

Frank isn't sleeping well, so I plan to ask them about that tomorrow when he's at his chemo treatment (first one so we are both quite anxious)

9:24 pm

Time for lunch - good luck with the grid :)

9:24 pm

ciao, Liz

9:24 pm

dont think i have the fr 5................

9:25 pm

the stuff that collects on the walls of your freezer, mkg

9:25 pm

Good luck sue..I hope everything goes well

9:25 pm

ty working on it.

9:25 pm

also on the windshield you scrape off in the winter

9:25 pm

thanks, sea!

9:26 pm

he's probably scared sh**less - i doubt i'd be sleeping either

9:26 pm

got the second 9. ty ty for super clues!

9:26 pm

on to the 8s have only one of them...fr 8 55. what are others please?

9:26 pm

and if you've read my latest update, it turns out that some of our friends have a house to rent, so we may be able to live there - which would be great! In the district, they already know and like our pets (and us), will be good

9:26 pm

how's zaki doing?

9:27 pm

ty for asking. he is stable. we pray his spine gets straighter with PT now. otherwise surgery awaits again. are you on the caring bridge page?

9:28 pm

need clue for the y word please.

9:29 pm

yes, i visit from time to time - glad to hear he's doing okay. your daughter is pregnant again, if i remember correctly

9:29 pm

you're going to need a filing system to remember all the grandkids :)

9:29 pm

yi4.7, mkg

9:29 pm

y = three feet except with an i instead of an a

9:30 pm

yes grandkid 18 is due in feb. we just saw grandchild 17, a girl. cute and very tiny.

9:30 pm

ty for y word. got it. y now is grey.

9:30 pm

i have one coming in february, too - to life!

9:31 pm

2x fr8

9:31 pm

hi, ishult

9:31 pm

good morning all

9:32 pm

take care, everyone - time for some reading.

9:32 pm

G'day, Ishult.

9:33 pm

hi Ishult, gm to you too

9:33 pm

Hey there, lshult.

9:33 pm

bye, welki..

9:33 pm

hi lshult!

9:33 pm

and bye, welki!

9:38 pm

fun grid, and I must scoot.. pax to BR and g'nite to all.. thanks for the company and the chat!

9:38 pm

bye aloy!

9:39 pm

bye sue, tc of you (-:

9:51 pm

May I please have a clue for pi7-44/ tHQNKW

9:52 pm

Thanks - even

10:05 pm

I've searched forever for the di6/24 and di7/36. Any clues please?

10:07 pm

Smith, go for a swim + is used to catch fish. and pl. for the di7.

10:09 pm

Peach,is the word you seek the past tense of the eye patched seaman?

10:11 pm

pi7/44 a military structure made of desserts

10:12 pm

Thanks, Jee, I have that as pi7-36.....I need pi7-44, second from the top pi's.

10:12 pm

pi8/60 for plural

10:12 pm

Thanks much, dan.

10:12 pm

Sorry just guessing...have no list.

10:13 pm

Thanks anyway, Jee.

10:14 pm

Is that one from the right or left p? Not getting your clue yet Dan.

10:15 pm

pi7/44 comes from the left P - it's real meaning has to do with minting coins. compound word

10:15 pm

*its

10:16 pm

Thanks Dan.

10:17 pm

np

10:17 pm

Never heard of that one. :)

10:50 pm

hi all. back for more. can you please send me clues for the D words for the bottom row D fourth column? there are three words.

10:51 pm

Two relate to skin...one is to remove rodent.

10:53 pm

I CANT GET THAT PI CLUE AND I NEED THE PI 8. anyone help me with it out there? pi for coins.................i am stumped.

10:53 pm

Dessert plus army hangout

10:54 pm

army hangout? base?????????????

10:54 pm

F word

10:55 pm

lots of gold bars in Fo** Knox

10:56 pm

ok trying. i have the apple pi** that are dessert..............is that ok?

10:56 pm

Not plural

10:57 pm

i got them. weird.................ty. got the 7 and 8. still missing three 8s

10:57 pm

ANY clues for the D in fourth column bottom line? there are three words. dont have any

10:58 pm

clued for you just a minute ago . . .

10:58 pm

de + rodent

10:58 pm

got the it 8. whew....will look for the d words. ty.

10:58 pm

de4 and de5 related to skin

10:58 pm

ty goit it.

10:58 pm

ty got all 3 now. ty ty ty

11:00 pm

:-D

11:00 pm

derma

11:01 pm

oops. sorry. duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

11:01 pm

pb for me.

11:06 pm

di 6/24 & di 7/36 are giving me fits ... any clues?

11:07 pm

sing and plural -- both end in what divides a tennis court in half

11:10 pm

hmmm

11:13 pm

not getting them ... thanks anyway

11:14 pm

when it's hot you might like to take a di* in the pool + tennis *** or hair ***

11:15 pm

that did it

11:15 pm

tyvm

11:15 pm

yw :-)

11:18 pm

firewords! whew! *poof*

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