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190 total words

12:00 am

flip -- I made it!

12:00 am

you as well ruru!

12:00 am

me too jilli! lol

12:01 am

go figure...the first word I found was a rude fa4/7

flip; hi all; hi jili

12:01 am

haha cathy!

12:02 am

ho Volley

12:02 am

lol jilli...i see you found it too! lol

12:02 am

oops...i mean "hi" volley.

12:02 am

hi dee hi

hi cath

12:02 am

* tiptoes in, waves hello, tiptoes out*

12:02 am

flip and hi everyone

hi rose; hi flosey

12:03 am

glad to see a reasonable size for busy days

12:03 am

hi rose, see you later?

12:03 am

hi Dee

12:03 am

hi flosey and hi/by grannyrose. lol

en 6/27

12:03 am

hi Cathy, haven't seen you in a very long time

12:03 am

hi flosey -- glad you got your power back

12:04 am

cr 8

12:04 am

hello granny

Clues are up

12:04 am

me too, came back close to 4 I think

ma 7

12:04 am

i know...was just telling jilli i don't have a lot of time lately unless i'm on vaca...which i am now till the new year. :-)

hi ru

12:04 am

oh lickety, thanks

12:05 am

Yay Lickety!

12:05 am

found a cr10

re 7

12:06 am

wow, wtg Cathy

12:06 am

just add a gerund ending to every word you find...LOL

12:06 am

can you re the rude fa4/7? LMAO!!! jk

12:06 am

wow, cathy -- I got a cr7 -- related???

di 7

12:07 am

hi jilli, me too, that's as far as I got

12:07 am

hmm...not sure jilli...i don't think so though.

12:07 am

too many Ns all bunched together

do 7 co 7

fa 7

12:08 am

cr8

12:08 am

en 6/17

12:09 am

en 6/27 that is

12:09 am

the cr10 is a breakdown of a certain phosphate in muscle...I had to google it. lol

12:09 am

ni5/10 for the center n

12:10 am

thanks cath

12:10 am

got i

12:10 am

got it

ty tor

12:10 am

YAY!

12:10 am

ty torg

12:10 am

hi ruru

12:10 am

hi all *walks in with a ma7 in one hand and a pitcher of more ma7s inthe other*

12:11 am

woohoo...you sharing jmc? lol

12:11 am

got a glass? I only have two hands

12:11 am

I had mine earlier and I guess that' what put me to sleep

12:11 am

*hic*

12:12 am

lol...

12:12 am

i am ready to pour

12:12 am

thanks jmc

12:12 am

*pours flosey and cathy drinks*

12:13 am

mmmm....ty jmc! lol

12:13 am

cheers!!!!

12:13 am

hi jilli

12:13 am

don't tempt me, but cheers to all you sots

12:13 am

lol jilli...lushes!

12:14 am

i made my famous borbon balls today but yesterday i told the guy at the liquir store i was making them and he felt comepeled to to tell me that Jack Daniels is not technically a bourbon

12:14 am

hey watch who you are calling a sot!

12:14 am

pity

12:14 am

well.. he has a lot of balls to tell you that jmc

ze 6/33

12:15 am

I am merely pleasantly buzzed . . .

nbt nbs

12:15 am

I knew you'd pick up on that, ru

12:15 am

i toldhim that i understood that JD was not technically a bourbon since it is filtered twice. . .

12:15 am

wtg volley

12:16 am

that's telling him, jmc

12:16 am

it's my testicular fortitude jilli

ty and hi jmc!

12:16 am

molls picke up on it earlier today

12:16 am

still not finding that 10 but did get a cr8

12:16 am

woohoo, dee!

12:16 am

it is the only cookie i can "bake" since it does not require baking

heard that same bourbon discussion a few nights ago from a friend who went on the Bourbon Trail close to Louisville :)

ty jili

12:16 am

I have a cr 7 & 8 -- no 10 -- hint, cathy?

12:17 am

jack daniels isn't really a true bourbon

12:17 am

i was sorry to miss the JD tour . . . next time

12:17 am

late flip hi volley ru jilli all

12:17 am

hi dart

12:17 am

hi dart

hi dart

12:17 am

hey d-man

12:17 am

ru see my comment at 12:15

12:19 am

got it.. missed it Jmc

12:19 am

:-)

12:19 am

cr10 ...a substance of which its levels in the blood are tested for kidney function.

12:19 am

i don't know wine but i knows my jack

12:20 am

brb

12:20 am

okay i is heading to bef

12:20 am

*bed

12:20 am

bye all 177 left

bye jmc

12:21 am

gnight jmc

12:21 am

fi 7

12:22 am

thanks ru

not sure why some of these gerunds won't take the plural

12:22 am

wd ru (no idea)

12:22 am

the cr10 is the cr7/31 and ends with a 4-letter number.

12:22 am

oops...cr7/32 i meant

12:23 am

I only have a cr7/32

12:23 am

thanks Cathy, got it

12:23 am

oh -- ty

do 7 x 2

12:23 am

for nbs

12:23 am

7 + 4 = 11

wtg flosey

12:23 am

wtg flosey

12:24 am

nbt + nbs ..

12:24 am

tyty

12:24 am

Yay flo!

12:24 am

I have a different cr7/32, says Lickety's list

12:24 am

wtg torg!

wtg tor

12:25 am

there are two cr7/32 (that I've found so far)....the 10 builds off the first one.

12:26 am

I don't have the first cr7/32 :-(

12:26 am

Hi all :)

hi liz

12:26 am

hi Liz

12:26 am

the first cr7/32 is the act of making something, without the last letter.

12:26 am

hi liz

ma 7 x 2

12:27 am

ty cathyar for the cr 10 - my first word! ty to the medical dramas i enjoy!!!!

12:27 am

lol Liz...that's the only way I knew it too...had the google exactly what it was. lol

12:28 am

god is the cr 7 jilli

12:28 am

oh of course -- should have known that with my biochem background! -- although we had an e at the end

12:28 am

jilli, for the cr10 there IS an e and the end.

12:29 am

got that 10 at last (half asleep, as cathy knows)

ma 7 x 3

12:29 am

sweet jilli....WAKE UP!!! *clangs on pots and pans* LOL!!! ;-)

12:29 am

I had that cr7 right away, ruru -- thks anyway

12:30 am

huh? what? oh ...*wakes up

12:31 am

cr8 - if it's not been called

12:31 am

clue for the cr8 (I'm not looking at lickety's yet, but I though I saw someone say earlier there is a cr8

12:31 am

gerund ending to the cr5/14, cathy

12:31 am

liz, we're on the same thought train! lol

12:31 am

cr 8 extends the cr 5 /14

what you are doing when you beat together sugar and butter cr 8/60

12:31 am

gerund ending Cathy

12:31 am

oh...better find that 5/14 then lol

12:32 am

thankyou! :-) y'all are wonderful!

12:32 am

what I'm doing to ruru in the points race?

12:32 am

some like cr5 in their coffee

12:32 am

cr 5 /14 - scones and jam and yummy!

tr 7/36

12:32 am

:)

12:35 am

tr7/36 is related to astrological bodies somehow... though I think I've heard of it in reference to the number 3 in a card game perhaps. another gerund ending

12:35 am

en6/27 if not called

12:36 am

finally nbt

12:36 am

wtg ruru

wtg ru

12:36 am

jilli do you have the st6/27? if you do, it has the same ending

12:36 am

wtg ru

12:37 am

ty cathy

ty cathy... my missing s

12:37 am

lol.. I only have 40 left.. i couldn't find that n

12:38 am

sheesh, I have 139 left

ti 6/21... one of the characters in wizard of oz

12:39 am

still 160 here...been reading the chatterbox lol

12:39 am

ty volley

12:40 am

ty Dee :) wouldn't have thought of that as one word!

yqw

12:40 am

ruru..did you see my clue for the cr 8 at 12:32?

12:40 am

ty dee - I have a friend with that surname, and her first name is Dorothy!

12:40 am

She doesn't come from Kansas, though.

12:40 am

ri 7

12:41 am

lol :)

:)

12:41 am

Bet she has red shoes

12:41 am

finally, nbt

12:41 am

I don't think so

12:42 am

Yay flosey :)

wtg flosey

12:42 am

wtg flosey -- I have 4 bts

12:42 am

thanks Dee, Liz

12:42 am

and jilli

went to the dentist today, and I will have to have a crown put on after the holidays... grrr...

12:42 am

trouble with that middle N

12:43 am

oh Dee, I have to go tomorrow morning

for the same reason?

12:43 am

Hope that the dentist has protected the tooth for the holidays

12:43 am

me too. flosey

12:44 am

ni5/10, flo

12:44 am

BBL :) Good luck to all the fast finishers

they put some temporary chalky goo over it, Liz... and I am supposed to try not to chew on that side... also said if I get into trouble when we travel to get something called Orthoworks at a drug store.

12:44 am

had tocancel a doc's appointment this morning -- snow and ice and slush and rain on the hills...

12:44 am

I did finally get it, thanks Tor

12:45 am

I didn't see a clue for that middle N...

12:45 am

Dee, perhaps it's worth getting some of that before you travel - just in case!!!!!

still snowing there jili?

Good idea, Liz.

12:46 am

no, dee -- just rain, washing the mess away, thank goodness

brb need some water

12:47 am

ni5/10

12:48 am

starts like the number

12:48 am

lol, uses all 3 Ns

12:50 am

still baffled, flosey :-( -- is it a "real"word?

12:51 am

not one I've ever used

12:51 am

not off

12:51 am

Anais *** + not off

Hi people.

12:52 am

Hi Neil

12:52 am

ty torg -- a fabric, I think

Hi flosey.

12:53 am

Yep ..

12:53 am

Now I need an I in the middle row, and the Z

12:53 am

hi neil

12:54 am

in5/16

12:54 am

mince

12:54 am

mine

12:54 am

mite

12:54 am

nets

12:54 am

nice

12:54 am

nine

12:54 am

ninon

12:54 am

oops

12:54 am

=o

12:54 am

ty torg, but I have the stats, need a clue

12:55 am

guess that's the PB for me for the rest of the night

Haha. Great "clues" there, flosey. ;)

For the rest of your LIFE don't you mean? :P

12:56 am

Am I to in5/16 that you need a clue?

Ha.

12:57 am

thought you already had those , flosey! But I guess you're among the big-words-first gang now.

12:57 am

lol, really Neil

12:57 am

heya neil

12:57 am

yes thanks, torg, gotcha

Hey ru. :)

I'm on GT.

12:57 am

thanks tor! :-)

12:58 am

GT?

12:59 am

origami is my phantom

12:59 am

stupid z word (ty morewords) -- nbt/nbs

1:00 am

odd one, have not seen it before, monkeyed it

1:00 am

Gonna go to bed now -- goodnight all...*poof

1:00 am

how many letters is the z?

1:00 am

my monkeys are blind

Oh man I must be out of it ru. I glanced at the chog and thought I saw you saying "origami is my passion". :P Haha, I could just see that. Paper airplanes maybe? I still make those on occasion.

1:01 am

6, cathy

Just if I want to fire one at someone here. ;)

1:01 am

ty jilli

1:01 am

*repoof

Night, jilli.

1:01 am

oh, is that what went zooming past my ear, Neil

Could be flosey.

1:02 am

night night jilli

1:02 am

only if you fold in the tent neil

But by "here" I mean this apartment... not Babble. Kind of hard to throw one around in the chog.

1:03 am

how's stompy tonight?

Huh. I'm not getting that, ru... but I'm kinda "out of it" right now.

Oh he's actually quiet. But that's how it goes with him... he has spurts where he makes a hell of a lot of noise, in between which there are no signs of life up there.

1:04 am

origami.. fold in the tent.. a folding joke

1:04 am

maybe he's catatonic

And he usually waits for hours where you're definitely asleep, before making lots of noise.

Yeah.

1:04 am

I would literally kill him

Believe me... I'm sorely tempted. :/

Think I'll be paying him a little visit soon.

1:05 am

or leave satanic signs scratched in his door

Haha!

1:07 am

you could blame the building.. tell him you need sleep and his stomping and loud noises at all hours are disturbing your babble time

Blame the building? Huh.

1:08 am

thin walls

1:09 am

not enough sounds barriers.

Well, no. If he could walk normally and do his vacuuming and laundry at reasonable hours, there wouldn't be a problem.

Oh man. "Fierce" is nearly in the grid.

1:12 am

i tend to be a light sleeper.. i wouldn't put up with it

No. Not going to.

1:17 am

good for you

1:22 am

finally...managed to monkey that ze6/33

1:31 am

that's how I got it, Cathy

1:34 am

are you saying banana prices are going up with this grid you two?

1:35 am

it's a horrible word...lol! 3:30 a.m. here...yet I cannot pull away. lol. this is why i cannot come here often. oi vay!

1:36 am

there's a chap on the island here who is growing bananas - so far, apparently, he has managed to produce very tiny ones

1:40 am

is the di8 related to the di7 before it?

1:43 am

does he dole them out flosey

1:43 am

does he dole them out flosey

1:45 am

lol, he is the most knowledgeable person I know when it comes to gardening - he specializes in unusual, apparently has a very interesting garden

1:46 am

flosey, di8, means a miniature scene...di + either/** + i **, you are + In Charge

1:46 am

my neighbors have an interesting garden too.. not sure it's totally legal.. however..lol

1:46 am

lol, lots of that grown on the Island here

1:48 am

so I guess the straits up there are the only thing that's straight?

1:48 am

once the police flew over a site, went back and got the car, drove back and the guys were still there, harvesting - caught red handed

1:49 am

i'm guessing not exactly "red" handed

1:49 am

ok, more green handed, then, but it is (apparently) quite readily available if you know the people involved

1:50 am

one young fella was searched but without a warrant so case dismissed!

1:51 am

they didn't have to hash it out with him?

1:52 am

nope

1:53 am

they're still trying to legalize it

1:53 am

that was a joke flosey

1:54 am

yes, ha ha ha

1:54 am

it didn't go over my head

2:03 am

sorry to interrupt you both, but flosey did you see my clue at 1:46?

2:05 am

sorry rose, no, i didn't see it, checking it now

2:06 am

must have been when I went to the kitchen

2:07 am

had a b**** of a day...on he way to work, yours truly had angina, 2 doses of GTN and arrived at work still in pain. checked into emergency, and spent the day here until 1pm.all okay, no changes in enzymes or EKG.

2:08 am

thanks Rose, got it, would not have found it - poor monkeys

2:08 am

according to doctors i need to de-stress. lol. this is the only time when i am NOT stressed.

2:09 am

Hey Rose. Glad all's O K. That must've been scary

2:09 am

and I welcome the interruption to get a word like that one rose

2:09 am

that's good to hear rose, so you must find more time to spend with us

2:09 am

Oh, dear rose. Am sending positive energy to you now.

2:10 am

thanx flosey and liz

2:10 am

Look after yourself :)

2:10 am

and peach....you are all such good friends.

2:11 am

oh rose, I misread that at first, you must take care - slow down at work if necessary, your Dr. will stand by you

2:11 am

what is angina actually rose

2:13 am

gosh i love you all, was really scary. ruru, angina is when the coronary arteries start to spasm or are partially blocked, and the heart tissue isn't getting enough oxygen.

2:15 am

oh wow.. awful

2:15 am

if the medication to stop the spasms, or the actual arteries are not helped by stents to remain patent, death of cardiac tissue follows.

2:16 am

And what are your docs saying?

2:16 am

yeah, mate. consider...my mother has 'silent' heart attacks...she feels no pain, just feels unwell.

2:18 am

so a person wouldn't have any idea, other than simply not feeling well?

2:18 am

liz, don't need stents, and since it is now 16 months since i smoked a ciggie, and i have lost 35.5kgs, and am maintaining a fat-free diet as best i can, cardiologist is quite optimistic.

2:19 am

That's good. Personal question - don't have to answer. Can you afford to cut down on work to ease stress?

2:20 am

Hey! You could play the stress card to persuade Don to do your kitchen!!!

2:21 am

not yet, sweetie. in the new year, don and i are going to centre link. apparently they have a free financial information service. i have a 'loan' on the house in tecoma where son and his wife live. he is now qualified, and she has found another job. they should be able to afford to pay rent.

2:22 am

Well hope you're taking it easy over the Xmas period.

2:23 am

omg, liz, didn't think about that....

2:23 am

do you have any family coming for Christmas, rose?

2:24 am

not really, flosey. although don is pushing to go to his sister's for christmas tea....

2:24 am

well, anything you don't have to prepare, could it be a brief visit?

2:25 am

Tmhis year do what YOU want - you've had a tough time just since I've been in babble land!

2:25 am

she has some very strange friends who she invites to her home for christmas. all very nice, except they are very foul-mouthed, and i don't like christmas day to be spoiled with 4 letter words.

2:27 am

foul mouths aren't pleasant to deal with

2:28 am

no place for a Christmas Tea

2:28 am

I agree with flosey. Much too stressful

2:30 am

yeah, besides if don's eldest comes over to spend the day with us, he doesn't like to go there either. so...too bad, so sad. i will have to stay home with him, while don goes over there.* shrug *

2:30 am

Sounds good to me!

morning :)

2:31 am

And don will have to get home early to check you're ok

2:31 am

morning sarah

2:31 am

Hi Sarah :)

2:32 am

{{{sarah}}}

2:32 am

feel the love, dear girl. how's the head? and the bp?

hope you are all well :) {{{rose}}}

head hurts a lot today :( so think bp high today

2:34 am

do you have meds to lower it sarah?

2:35 am

Christmas Joke NO.754: An elderly gentleman phones his son and says, "Son, me and your ma are getting a divorce. After 50 years of looking at the cow, I've had enough." The son is very taken abackl and asks what on earth is going on, to which the father replies that its true, he's had enough, and its all over. Obviously, the son is rather upset, so he phones his sister and tells her the news. She gets straight on the phone to the father who confirms the story: "yup, its right. I've had enough of the cow, and we're getting divorced." The daughter says "Right, don't be stupid. Don't do anything. Don't see a lawyer, don't file any papers, we're coming to sort this out." The old man puts down the phone, turns to his wife and says "Right, thats sorted. They're both coming home for Christmas, AND they're paying their own air fare."

not yet flosey got to have bp thing for weekend that i can not take off and had bloods done they waitting to see what they both say

2:36 am

Lol dachef :)

2:36 am

Damn, that was longer than I thought!

2:36 am

oh yes, do you strap it around your waist?

2:36 am

lol Dachef, but a good one

not sure flosey go tomorr to have it put on

2:39 am

good luck with it Sarah, hope he finds some relief - headaches alone can mess up your day

2:40 am

Hope all goes well tomorrow sarah

2:40 am

sarah, i had to wear a monitor for 2 days also. scared the c**p out of my doctor when he saw the results. at work my bp was 180/120, when i was asleep it was 70/30. he didn't know what to do.

Hi Lizlin, sarah6 and Dachef.

2:41 am

I must get to bed, another busy day tomorrow - Friday 3 arriving, Saturday the other 2

Still here, flosey?

Hey Rose! :)

am sick of them now been few weeks now and with 6 girls no fun when they make noise

2:41 am

Hi Neil

2:41 am

yes, Neil, just about to hit the pillow

am so tried to all the time :(

2:42 am

hey Neil, how are you mate?

Haha, about the same as in our IM chat?

Sleep well then flosey.

2:42 am

goodnight everyone, take care rose and sarah, the rest too, of course

2:43 am

thaks Neil

2:43 am

thanks

2:43 am

Sweet dreams, flosey. Think I will be hitting my pillows also.

I just realized I hadn't actually finished here yet so I'm just doing that now before I crash.

2:43 am

Sleep well flosey. Sweet dreams :)

2:43 am

You too gap each :)

2:44 am

thanks peach, and Liz, and to you

2:44 am

night, flosey, rest and sleep well, my friend

2:44 am

oh, and peach also, sleep well, hun

nite

2:45 am

thanks rose, and you, do take care please, hugs

2:45 am

You too, Rose. You are being prayed for now.

2:46 am

tanx peach. i'm a tough old bird, really

2:47 am

Consider yourself hugged.

2:47 am

* grin * will do peach

2:48 am

Bbl - sleep well in US and Canada. Have a good day in uk. Rose, take care :)

Thanks Lizlin... take care.

2:50 am

thanx liz. you have a good one, hun

Take care, get better and have a good sleep, Rose.

2:57 am

and goodnight to all my babbler friends. see you after the flip

nite rose xxx

2:59 am

goodnight, my dearest sarah. xoxox

2:59 am

and, Neil? talk some more tomorrow, buddy

an

5:11 am

hi all

5:12 am

Hello, Carlee.

5:12 am

hi zoom :)

5:13 am

some twisty words in here :)

5:14 am

yes it is very twisty today and gerund..lol

5:15 am

the twisty ones are my favs :)

5:16 am

It does seem more stisfying when you find a big twisty word.

good morning, can some clue the 10 please

5:17 am

sorry..just got here

5:17 am

it is like the protein powder ends with the number before ten.

5:19 am

thnks zoom :)

5:19 am

If you get the CR7/32 + number before ten.

5:19 am

Yw.

5:19 am

( got the 7 after the ten....)

5:19 am

I know they test your blood for cr10, that is the only frame of reference I have for the word.

5:20 am

Hello, Molly.

5:20 am

Hey Zoom

5:21 am

morning molly

5:21 am

Hi Carlee

thanks I've got it now - never heard of it!

any clues for the middle row - can't seem to get to grips with those.

5:23 am

EN6/27 the en**** code

5:25 am

IN 6& 7 cricket wickets.

thanks for the en6 - the in 6 & 7 come from the top I

5:26 am

AM 5/14 a+ squeek squeek

5:27 am

ic 4... religious treasure

5:28 am

IN 6/30 in+ not soft

5:28 am

in5/16...to suggest something without actually saying it

5:29 am

there we go nbt/nbs in 31 words

5:29 am

ZE 6/33 ze + vowel + metal

5:29 am

That should get you some middle ones.

5:30 am

Good work, Carlee.

5:30 am

thanks zoom :)

Thank you so much for all those clues - I just need the lower N in the middle column for nbs and nbt

5:32 am

think lice jenny

5:32 am

ni and opp word in french for yes

thanks carlee I didn't think of that one.

but it comes from onr of the other Ns

5:33 am

TY Zooz. Evening all

5:34 am

Hello, Lynxxx!

thanks zooz. Achieved my target for the day and now must go back to wrapping Christmas Presents. Poof

5:34 am

hi lynxxx

5:35 am

hi Carlee - long time no see.

5:35 am

Take care, Jenny.

5:35 am

am done term :)

5:36 am

when is your year end at school?

5:36 am

end of april

5:37 am

and you are in 2nd year? - or is already 3rd?

5:37 am

4th i had 2 from many many years ago

5:38 am

so you only have 4 months to go!?

5:38 am

ummmm... either 1 more year or 5

5:39 am

really?...thats a big decision. Will money/employment decide for you?

5:40 am

whether i get into the fac of ed next year decides it... if not..on to MA/PhD

5:43 am

i will get a taste of that shortly...i have independent study this term with my fav prof... 1:1 as an undergrad woohoo!!!! how often does that happen?

5:43 am

good luck then...though sounds like you are really liking the work

5:44 am

loving it for the most part..hated epistemology...it became an exercise in endurance... i would have rather an reconciliation with my ex over taking that course again

5:44 am

lol

5:45 am

its horrid... and i told the prof that too... but getting into philosophy and especially applying events of today to the theories of the ancients and medievals...great great fun..love writing the papers

5:48 am

how about you..how are things with you lynxxx?

5:51 am

pretty good...got involved with a local community group this year which is making me feel either really useful and satisfied - or otherwise pretty angry and frustrated. I think I will finish a project I am doing for it and then get out - maybe another 6 months

5:52 am

yea..i got that way a while ago with girl guides..i stepped out of the politics.... made it much more enjoyable

5:56 am

unfortunately a really small group - and not big-noting myself but I think if I opted out it would probably fold. (so would be nice to actually achieve something positive for the local area before I give it up. We are getting very well known and lots of publicity but....

5:56 am

anyhow - how are your kids?

5:57 am

ahh... sounds intriguing

5:58 am

kids are good... all things are actually good...i started to see someone too... which is nice....is good..he lives 150 mi away which means when we are together its really nice....but we are not joined at the hip which is nice too...

5:59 am

sounds 'nice' lol.

5:59 am

sounds like your newish car must still be clocking up the miles..is there anywhere you go that isn't a hundred miles away

6:01 am

it is... very nice... i enjoy my independence... and..no not really... i just keep clicking on the miles...but i have realised i quite enjoy freeway driving... long stretches of road... i get a lot of thinking done then...

6:02 am

an 5/14 plz

6:03 am

ennui

6:03 am

oops must feed the dog - the night has got away from me

6:03 am

and paul is very sweet.. he is a gentle giant... works security for the film industry so looks (maintains a look) that is totally badass biker...but he is such a square..i love it :)

6:04 am

hi BR - we boring you?

6:04 am

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

6:04 am

storm coming your way BR...is here :(

6:05 am

ohhh - the an5.14

6:05 am

BBS

6:06 am

little snow or below zero temps here ....

6:06 am

ty br working on it

6:06 am

got it , ty.. easy now that i see it

6:07 am

an + going a*ain** the grain

6:09 am

we are supposed to get snow this weekend.glad i walk to work

6:09 am

There are some consternators in the grid.

6:09 am

we getting some tonight :(

6:09 am

How are you doing, ivesy?

6:10 am

was hoping for another green christmas... i will scoot out first thing tomorrow to finish my shopping..no one will be on the roads early cus of the snow

6:12 am

16°F -9°C now .... forecast: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 13.

6:13 am

doing pretty good br.. finally got over bronchitis. son, clean and sober.. although dr thinks he should stay on suboxone for at least another six months . i agree.. how are u?

6:17 am

That is good news. I am ... not much changes.

6:19 am

I have been spending quite a bit of time at a mental health support site ...... lots of people looking for help.

6:19 am

hello everybody

6:19 am

Hello, Ruby

6:20 am

hi ruby

6:20 am

mental health big issue for me, with my son and all. i can understand alot of what people are going thru. good morning ruby, carlee, all

6:20 am

hi ivesy

6:21 am

mental health is a big issue here...we have now to dat had over 30 teen/ yound adult suicides in 2 1/2 years in our community of 75K

6:21 am

young* adult

6:21 am

my son could win an oscar for his acting. seems people with mental health probs. fool their drs into thinking they are ok.

6:22 am

they do indeed wear a mask

6:23 am

I think a lot of people "put on a show" for their docs. Husband's MD thinks he's a charmer! I'm the only one who sees the "real"DH

6:23 am

i always have the fear , when he doesnt answer his phone that something happened. i live with that everyday.. never know when they will snap. i agree ruby, that s how my son is.. i c the real person.

6:24 am

Hey all

6:24 am

so they start looking at you, like you're the unreasonable complainer! I know the drill

6:24 am

hi jan:) we are getting snow tonight

6:25 am

Wonderful :)

6:25 am

hi jan

6:25 am

Im home from cuba..tanned and wiating!

6:25 am

yes ruby! he once told my brother i was exagerating..the problems

6:26 am

i am hoping we get enought that the road and shops are dead tomorrow am...and I can scoot out to get the last few things

6:26 am

oh i would love a tan.. lol.so pale and tired looking now

6:26 am

lucky you!!!!

6:27 am

When I was practicing, I represented hundreds in civil commitment proceedings. Being alone in a room with some of them was an interesting occurrence.

6:28 am

aaah, Cuban food and sunshine, what a combination!

6:28 am

how did you cope BR...I had 3 years as a legal assist in crim law..and i absolutely hated it ...i felt like all i ever saw was the dregs of society and I lived in a cesspool...

Could I get a clue for di8, please?

6:29 am

hello Marc

6:29 am

hi marc

con

hello ruby and ivesy3

6:30 am

I didn't. After twenty some years I burned out and crashed ... never went back.

6:31 am

gm everyone, stats for the lone N and the Z plz?

6:31 am

hello IBD

6:32 am

hiya ruby! how was London?

6:32 am

di + cicero was an ***tor + Of ***e and men

6:32 am

London was splendid but I had to come back a day early because DH fell apart

6:32 am

:( i dont know how lawyers do it..i am waiting for my former boss to crash...the criminal lawyers here are all so close to burnout..one lost everything...one an addict, one is such a womanizer he is goign to land in jail himself for the advances he makes....a 4th is only doing legal aid and doing minimum...there 1 other..and my former boss..she needs to stay on her meds and she doesnt

6:33 am

oh shit ruby :(

6:33 am

ty for the big di, BR

6:33 am

ty, BR. (((ruby))) hope DH is better now that you are home.

6:34 am

it was OK, I got my batteries recharged, ate some good food and spent quality time with my relatives

6:34 am

ni 5/10

6:34 am

he was less capable of managing than I had thought.....

6:34 am

ze 6/33

6:35 am

found the ni5.10 working on the ze...

6:35 am

ok..caahhfeeeeee and cleaning again... my poor house is so filthy from weeks of study

thanks Babble I got it

6:38 am

You are a type A+ carlee ..... be good to yourself

6:41 am

ni**st word so far, en6/27

6:41 am

rang

6:41 am

whoops, sorry

6:43 am

Preventing Burnout: http://tinyurl.com/lnucn

6:45 am

morning everyone

6:45 am

{{crossy}}

6:45 am

((ruby))

6:45 am

morning crossy

6:45 am

howdy ivesy

6:54 am

ooh, en6/27, nice word.

6:54 am

(my fave)

6:56 am

half and nap time

6:56 am

sdee you later, kids

6:58 am

later, ruby. rest well. finaly found the ze6 whew

7:01 am

Do you find this grid more funner than the last one?

7:01 am

there are two quarterbacks in one in the grid, that count, and then there's a former dolphins quarterback who doesn't

7:02 am

31 words for later...off to work. hagd/n everyone.

7:02 am

A quarterback is a refund

7:03 am

Marino

7:03 am

ding ding ding!

7:09 am

well, i have found 4 of the 8's but i have not found the 10. what does it start with?

7:09 am

cr + consuming food: ****ng + a stitch in time saves ****

7:09 am

cr10/77

7:10 am

ah thanks

7:11 am

i'd say this grid is definitely harder than the last couple

7:11 am

either that or i'm so excited about being away from work for two weeks that i can't see straight.

7:15 am

I was beginning to feel an5/14 trying to find an5/14.

7:16 am

8.4% of the words end in ing

7:17 am

it's more than that

7:18 am

it's at least 10%

7:18 am

and that's not counting the ones that end in -ings

7:19 am

I count 16

7:22 am

co6, co7, cr8, di6, di7, do7, ea7, fa6, fa7, fi7, in6, ma7, na6, ra7, re7, ta6, ta7, te8, ti6, ti7

7:24 am

So, I can't see or count.

good morning and happy apocolypse eve! How many words today and thanks

7:25 am

tr 7/36 too

ornamite = holiday decoration that might explode any minute (hi all)

7:25 am

190

7:25 am

thanks for tr7!

7:25 am

good one gwen

ea6/50 plural, hursh. gm all

7:26 am

right, we were not counting the -ings, just the -ing

oic

*puts down pollock*

7:27 am

there is also ta8 on that front though

7:27 am

ea 8/50

7:32 am

di 8/55

and my phantom of the day: smegma

7:34 am

Why was the belt thrown in jail? He held up a pair of pants.

groaning loudly

farinite = a temperature scale

7:38 am

clue for that di8?

7:40 am

cicero: ***tor + Of ***e and Men

7:40 am

thanks!

ty Br, good clue

7:41 am

vitamin -- what you do when you have guests

7:41 am

i guess that means... of or relating to a model scene in a shoebox?

i need the lone O for nbt, anyone?

yepper!

7:41 am

on4 upon a time

7:41 am

coincide --- what you do when it rains

DOH! fish me with a million smelt!

nbt woot

7:44 am

How is marty doing, hursh?

7:45 am

he's ok but it's frustrating and a lot of work.

7:47 am

2947

7:48 am

hi all

7:48 am

hursh,what is wrong with Marty?

7:49 am

Hello, peri

7:49 am

not much - he lost some weight over the summer but there wasn't anything particular wrong that the vet could find, she had us switch him to wet food for kidney health and because he's not very into food of any kind, it's a lot of effort to get him to eat as much as he should

7:50 am

my cat likes Fancy Feast particulary the grilled chicken and turkey.

7:51 am

sometimes she eats a lot and sometimes not. how old is Marty?

7:51 am

i buy some really expensive stuff online. it doesn't matter what it is, he just doesn't care about food.

7:51 am

he's 12.

7:52 am

have you tried any of the Fancy Feast grilled food.

7:52 am

no

7:52 am

i don't trust regular brands

7:52 am

ok

7:52 am

the kind i buy uses only FDA approved ingredients for human consumption

7:53 am

there's no regulations at all on cat food, so...

7:53 am

ri7?

7:55 am

help with lone N and the Z pls

7:55 am

ooh another ta7 to add to the list of -ing words.

7:55 am

ni5/10 ze6/33

7:55 am

your ri7 is too

7:56 am

thanks

7:56 am

ty hursh, will look

7:57 am

and thanks for the ze6

7:57 am

ty for ze

7:59 am

not seeing the ni5 tho

8:00 am

ni & opp of french for yes

8:00 am

Grapefruit Is a Culprit in More Drug Reactions http://tinyurl.com/bmn5cm4

8:00 am

ty lyn

8:00 am

and hursh

8:01 am

is the cr8 related to the cr10?

8:02 am

yes they are both bio/med terms

8:02 am

The police have made some arrests in the maple syrup caper in Ontario.

8:02 am

sorry no that's cr7 and 10

8:02 am

the cr8 is a nice normal cooking or sports word

8:03 am

ok,I have cry and cr10

8:03 am

is BR joking?

8:03 am

ty for cr8

8:05 am

http://tinyurl.com/co9wfcr

8:07 am

maple syrup is serious business in Ontario

8:07 am

help with te8 and ta8 pls

8:07 am

OK I believe you! but actually reading it, it still seems like a joke

8:08 am

ta7/8 is what they do to hides

8:09 am

duh, ty,I already had the singular

8:10 am

te8 gerund end on the te5.10

8:10 am

ok,need to find te5/10

8:11 am

te5.10 a woodworking term

8:11 am

Good morning, all!

8:12 am

hi Judi

8:12 am

Hello

8:13 am

found a te5 but it is not the right one

8:14 am

drop the d from the body part Peri

8:15 am

ty got it

8:16 am

bbl

8:16 am

I'd better get to bed - night everyone

8:19 am

clue for the en word everyone is liking please.

8:20 am

and good morning.

8:20 am

I have en6/27: confounding puzzle.

8:23 am

morning folks

8:24 am

Hi Bich, nice icon. I read that the Newtown people are trying to get the media to leave them alone. Good for them.

8:25 am

have a friend that was having the worse day, he just texted me that "'well I am fucked again the motor blowed up my big truck this morning" I first replied "Damn. Well at least the world is going to end tomorrow, it won't be a problem. " and then I wrote "and think of it this way, according to your text, you where fucked and blown this morning, not a bad start." If you can....help someone smile today.

8:26 am

Lol, sue! Your optimism is admirable!

8:26 am

ty

8:27 am

When life gives you lemons...

8:27 am

If life hands you melons, you may be dyslexic.

8:27 am

give them to your kids and laugh at the face they make

8:28 am

Hee hee hee!

8:29 am

can you clue the word again, it is a confounding puzzle to me

8:30 am

I have the cr 8, what is the 10?

8:32 am

Don't have it yet, bichon.

8:33 am

En6/27: also used to describe a mysterious and/or excentric person.

8:33 am

first six letters + a number

8:34 am

I'm sure there's a better way to clue it . . .

8:34 am

the word I have for the cr 8 is milk fat and gerund ending

8:35 am

oh my, I know the word, it is on the edge of my brain.....frustrating...making me crazy

8:35 am

Sorry, should have been cr7 + seven, eight, n***

8:35 am

That's for the cr 10. Clearly, I left the clueing part of my brain at home today.

8:37 am

ty Jen

8:37 am

I'm not getting the 10.

8:37 am

yw -- hope it was remotely helpful :o)

8:38 am

Oh, just found it. Oy.

8:38 am

cr 7 is a protein, then add the last three letters of the number

8:38 am

judi, judi, judi..

8:39 am

hint for the third row n, pls

8:40 am

Na6: full time babysitter.

8:40 am

ni 5/10

8:40 am

n + not out + not off

8:41 am

nice one, Molly

8:41 am

clue for the second en6/21 please

8:44 am

boy, that one is a real mystery, a complete puzzle

8:44 am

I have that one, that is en6/27, I need the second en 6/21

8:45 am

oops dont have that one!

8:45 am

that word is killing me, annie can you do a spell out please

8:45 am

but thanks

8:46 am

en + a exotic fig usually dried f** + not pa but **

8:47 am

en6...not beginning + TV Dog *** Tin Tin

8:47 am

ty ty ty

8:47 am

Thanks!!! Molly

8:48 am

do all the first column e's start with "not beginning"

8:48 am

No

8:50 am

do they all start with en?

8:52 am

Ooh. It's happy hour. I just found the ma7/32.

8:52 am

happy dance!!! now clue it please

8:52 am

Cheers!

one starts with et

8:53 am

I have the 7/40

8:53 am

thanks Judi, I;ll drink to that

8:53 am

You can keep the gin Judi. Pass the Irish whiskey. : D

8:53 am

James Bond likes his shaken, not stirred.

8:53 am

me too

8:57 am

g

8:57 am

trying to figure out ri7/36

8:58 am

clue for st6/24

8:59 am

sorry, dont have it

ri 7/36 a big smile is a g***, make it a gerund

st 6/24 ends like the en 6/27

9:01 am

dont see it, Luv

9:01 am

st6 sounds like The Beatles drummer.

ri 7/36 r + baseball term

9:02 am

ty molly got iy

9:05 am

will dwell on this grid later. a friend is coming over for lunch..I'll be back later. will work on the ri7. thanks Luv

9:06 am

25 left. Time for my mid-morning break. BBL. *POOF*

9:09 am

hello all :) Paycheck arrived early while we were too low on money... isn't it wonderful to be lucky :)

9:14 am

... ok I guess one should have been there ;)

9:31 am

it's awesome, sprite!

9:32 am

hi mael, thanks :) I am happy and relieved :)

9:41 am

lovely endings today

10:01 am

hi all

10:01 am

hi jmc :)

10:01 am

how nice to see you sprite!

10:02 am

and vice versa :) How have you been?

10:02 am

glad you got the paycheck early. . . just don't spend it all in one place! ;-)

10:03 am

i have been busy which makes me wonder how much time was lost while i had carbon monoxide poisoning. . . i am getting a good bit do** these days

10:03 am

oh, no we won't. Just the necessary things. And, I hope, a little bit extra for Christmas and for savings :)

10:03 am

glad to hear about the savings part. . .so many people forget that part especially when the are living on little

10:03 am

oh my, jmc... that is awful. Are you totally better now?

10:04 am

yes, saving is very important. I had to learn that myself, as well.

10:04 am

i have always had an automatic $10 per month taken out of my account even when i was broke because you rarely miss $10 and it is there when you have a sudden emergency

10:05 am

so very true.

10:05 am

yes. . .my cat sarted acting weird and that made me start to look around and realize there might be a problem with my gas furnace . . . the heating guy came and turned it off immediately saying that i had the most dangerous situation he had ever seen in 40 years

10:06 am

so he fixed it and my cat is getting progressively less weird. . .i think she is just afraid now rather than harmed. . .and one good thing came out of it. . .

10:06 am

jmc, that is scary! Am happy the cat warned you early... is the cat ok too?

10:07 am

she now uses a litter box for the first time in 15 years haliluya!

10:07 am

yay :)

10:08 am

it is so dangerous and so very fast, carbon mono poisoning.

10:08 am

well i am blue some much less now that i have to think and realize how much that was effecting me this wintere and last. . . so i am glad i am getting more do** and it is not just that i am old and useless ;-)

10:09 am

well that is the odd thing is that i probably had a low level poisoning for winter last year and the first of this year. . .but when it got bad enough for my cat to notice was when i figured it out

10:09 am

*hugs jmc* You are young, incredibly useful and, more importantly, much much loved. Glad you are safe now.

10:10 am

[blush] i meant that as a joke! but i am feeling much better about things!

10:10 am

so are you all ready for a merry christmas? do you have stockings and a tree there?

10:10 am

am really happy to hear that!

10:12 am

z anybody?

10:12 am

having a tree is very common here, stockings are less so. Ornaments, lights especially, indoors and outdoors. Some people celebrate with presents, others have the presents with Sinterklaas. Dinner with family and/or friends is also very common.

10:12 am

amino

10:12 am

sorry

10:13 am

sorry snit for a minute i though it was my favorite word i learned from babble zarf but i will look with you

10:13 am

but we personally are not having a tree this year. We do have a lot of candles. No presents, but we are gonna cook with our family, my girl and me probably an entree and a sidedish, my husband and son the main dish and dessert. And we will have Christmas breakfast in a festive way too.

10:13 am

hi amino :)

10:13 am

I mean hi cool, lol and hi Snit

10:14 am

i would not mind if the US had not go** the present route

10:14 am

the Z today is ze6. It ends in a metal.

10:14 am

hi cool np

10:14 am

you don't have Sinterklaas, jmc. That is the perfect moment for gifting. It is more a fun celebration. For me, Christmas is quieter, more inward-looking.

10:15 am

ty sprite for the z

10:15 am

yvw :)

10:15 am

what is sinterklaas?

10:16 am

i think christmas eve is the inward time here. . . christmas day is the hoopla!

10:16 am

jmc, please see this link: http://tinyurl.com/yty82s

10:18 am

nice. . . of course he morphed into our santa claus. . .

10:19 am

it is celebrated either with little children, and lots of (small) gifts, or with teens and adults (who don't believe in Sinterklaas anymore) and then the fun is in making silly poems and 'surprises' which means a fun package. Like building a TV from boxes and carton and hiding a remote inside. Etc etc.

10:19 am

i like your version better i think. . . but when i was a kid i was very excited about Mother and Daddy leaving the front door unlocked for Santa

10:19 am

thanks

10:20 am

sounds lovely sprite

10:20 am

yeah we have that excitement with Sinterklaas, indeed. Zwarte Piet, Sint's helper, throws sweets inside the houses and leaves a bag with presents.

10:20 am

my biggest problem with christmas is the my sister's birthday is on winter soltice so i have to be doublely creative. . .

10:21 am

nice icon snit. . . what is your dog's name?

10:21 am

oh that is bad. I have a friend on winter soltice, one on Christmas Day and one on Dec 31. It is madness.

10:22 am

so... why the heck isn't innard valid. Tsk.

10:22 am

i framed two squares of a quilt our grandmother made in the 1940s for her for christmas

10:22 am

that is a beautiful gift!

10:23 am

i useally find her birthday present in the summer so it has nothing to do with christmas. . . but this year i gots nothing

10:23 am

so you are looking for an idea?

10:23 am

i will give some of the other squares to my two other sisters and niece and nephews and the boy

10:24 am

haha always sprite i only have until saturday (we are celebrating a day late so her daughter can be there)

10:24 am

sounds wonderful. I would love a gift like that myself, so I think they will be very happy with it.

10:25 am

ok, tell me what does she like and how is your relation?

10:25 am

i mean to write a note about the squares for them to put on the back of the frame so my grandmother will get her credit. . . i suspect she made it for my mother's wedding

10:25 am

a great family story included... lovely gifts!

10:26 am

we are very close. . . she is lives near me in DC (the other two still live in TX) and she has been taking an audobon class, she likes good food, she gardens, she reads (very differnent books than i) she cooks, she was a journalist for 35+ years

10:26 am

hi all

10:26 am

yes my wedding gift is always 3 roses in a nice vase with a story

10:27 am

hi peri! *waves*

10:27 am

hi peri

10:27 am

i think the story is the real gift

10:27 am

*waves* back to jmc

10:28 am

how about an ornate box or little chest or case, filled with small packages containing a book voucher, a small dinner voucher, a card with a kiss on it, a voucher for a big hug, etc?

10:28 am

Many years ago a very shy young man, too shy to share what was in his heart, gave a beautiful woman named Guinevere three red roses to propose to her. All during their lives together, whenever he wanted to express his joy or his contrition, he gave Guinevere three red roses. A few weeks after his death at a ripe old age, she came to the Friends Meeting of Washington, to Rick and my wedding. She took us aside and told us her story and gave us a beautiful vase and three red roses. All during our married life, when some amazing or something terrible would happen, we would give each other three red roses. Sometimes Rick would bring me roses home when we were the most mad at each other! Neither one of us was shy, but the roses became a statement of our enduring—even during the hard times—love. I give to you the roses and the story. As Rick would say -- I hope your marriage is at least half as good as ours because then it will be very good indeed. Love and best wishes,

10:29 am

lovely story, jmc

10:29 am

awwwww... jmc, that really touches my heart.

10:30 am

an ornate box sounds like a great idea! I think not the kiss and hug. . . she is more huggy than i am but as you know that is not saying much

10:30 am

ty peri it still brings tears to my eyes . . .

10:30 am

well... that would make such a voucher a special treat indeed... to be used when she is in need of one :)

10:31 am

haha i will consider the voucher. . . maybe at least one for the next book i read that i think she would like

10:31 am

anyway, lots of good things to put in an ornate box. And they don't have to be expensive, often the small things work wonders.

10:32 am

or a voucher to get together and have a lovely drink on a terrace some day?

10:32 am

yes i am giving everyone a tiny jar of sea salt with herbes du provance that i made up since they are the trendy (and expensive) things at the food stores

10:33 am

sounds lovely jmc

10:33 am

oh that is ni4 too!

10:33 am

a voucher to help her do fix up chores at her house . . . i am much taller, stronger, and handier than she

10:33 am

dang sprite why didn't you tell me i needed to go to the PB?! hahah

10:33 am

there you go!

10:33 am

I am always grateful no matter how small the gift. be it handmade or storebought. It makes me happy just to know that someone thought enough to give me something.

10:34 am

but I have known others who did not appreciate handmade gifts :( I think handmade gifts are the best since they are made with love

10:34 am

peri, that is so very true! I am the same. I really treasure the gifts I get. Your little booklet is always on my desk :)

10:34 am

yes i feel that way too. . . i am making a lot of my gifties this year because i am kinda broke

10:34 am

awww, sprite

10:34 am

handmade gifts are wonderful.

10:35 am

you made sprite a booklet? how ni4

10:35 am

no, I did not make it.

10:35 am

i always make bourbon balls since that is the one cookie that requires no baking. . .but i am expanding this year

10:35 am

a lovely, philosophical and funny booklet.

10:35 am

I am thinking of making some soap or aromatherapy oils but I am kind of lazy

10:36 am

those are lovely gifts, peri. But indeed a lot of work

10:36 am

the booklet is by SARK . she is a great and insightful writer and funny too

10:36 am

oh okay . . . i was thinking of making some soaps too but along with you. . . too lazy. . . seems like too much work

10:36 am

wish you lived closer, jmc. it would be a fun thing to do together

10:37 am

jmc, just the title will tell you what kind of booklet it was: Change Your Life Without Getting Out of Bed: The Ultimate Nap Book

10:37 am

I did make polymer clay hearts a few years ago

10:37 am

hmmm SARK only brings up channel islands. . .

10:37 am

and back in the day I made candles.

10:37 am

i don't live THAT far away!

10:37 am

try again, jmc.

10:38 am

hope all these gifts survive the end of the world tomorrow!

10:38 am

haha yes i made sandcast candles as one of the many ways i worled my way through college

10:38 am

one of these day I will come and visit, I promise. but my cat is old and sick and no one will look after her if I am not here

10:38 am

haha i am willing to take my chances steve!

10:38 am

if you google the title I just posted, she will pop up

10:38 am

i understand completely about the cat peri

10:38 am

what are sandcast candles?

10:39 am

ty sprite

10:39 am

LOL steve! Yeah, we will see. I have full faith in the day after.

10:39 am

well isnt' it tomorrow already in Australia?

10:39 am

peri, the mayan calendar didn't set a time, only a date, lol.

10:40 am

have we talked to any australians lately

10:40 am

I have plans with my god daughter on Sunday

10:40 am

and she is hopefully giving me gin so I hope the world does not end tomorrow

10:40 am

oh i think her things are sold by the Syracuse cultural workers

10:41 am

check the chog archive steve. . .

10:41 am

how about me... I have a full day of therapy tomorrow, lol.

10:41 am

I know but I mean since it turned midnight

10:41 am

woohoo! got the 10!

10:42 am

You all do realize I am only jesting

10:42 am

bbs

10:43 am

the way you make sandcaste candles is you put wet sand in a box and then put the form in the wet sand (i usasually used a bowl) and then you remove the form and fpour in the wax. . . usually about a third of the mold at a time with different colors let it set then the next third and the other colors oftern drip down the sides. . .it make a beautiful candle. . .

10:43 am

well, it's been nice knowing yaaaaaa......

10:43 am

haha yes steve we do realize

10:43 am

you are right harp we should be giving each other farewells rather than hellos! haha

10:44 am

oh wow, I am gonna do that! I love it. And you can probably use leftovers of old candles too.

10:45 am

hiya harp, yeah, may the end be peaceful, grin

10:45 am

[please forgive the 9 million typos in the sand caste discription]

10:45 am

yes you just melt them down like any wax. . .

10:45 am

wtg hoya and hi

10:45 am

what are the z stats?

10:45 am

that is something I am gonna love doing!

10:45 am

oops sorry wtg hoya!

10:45 am

ze6/33

10:46 am

ze6/33

10:46 am

'lo

10:48 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3uIz41\nOoEA but they are making smaller ones than i made. . . large multi-wicked hanging candles were all the rage in the 70s'

10:49 am

hanging candles?

10:50 am

sorry, got to go, my love and I are eating together tonight and we are gonna enjoy it. *hugs*

10:50 am

ze + 1st vowel + 3lettered metal

10:51 am

well speaking of being useful i must go paint my guest room. . .

10:51 am

bye sprite

10:51 am

bye all if tomorrow ends i hope i will be babbling at that moment! haha

11:30 am

Hello

11:48 am

I'm still here and it's getting late! uh oh

11:48 am

hi firefly, are we alone?

11:49 am

do you have stats for the 10? I have no idea

11:49 am

hi ruby

11:49 am

:)

11:50 am

hello mael, how are you?

11:50 am

cr10/77

11:50 am

molly, I was just thinking bout you! I made my all-time-best lasagna for dinner but had to substitute mascarpone for ricotta. It still worked

11:51 am

i'm good, how are you?

11:51 am

hi all. clue for that 10 please.

11:51 am

Sounds good Ruby. My clan doesn't like ricotta so I don't put it in my lasagna.

11:51 am

the mascarpone totally disappeared

11:51 am

ricotta does not belong in lasagna

11:51 am

:)

11:52 am

clue for cr 10 please.

11:52 am

and the sausage was Italian-American, brought here by my DIL from California. It's impossible to find those here

11:52 am

and they make awful lasagna using bechamel sauce

11:52 am

Nice treat for you.

11:53 am

heresy!

11:53 am

nice treat for husband!

11:53 am

this has to be the worst food region in France

11:53 am

bechamel sauce is the only sauce for lasagna

11:54 am

bechamel and meat sauce :)

11:54 am

cr10 - looks like an ingredient I'd read on a protein powder or supplement of some kind.

11:54 am

I make a spicy tomato sauce with meat and then layer mozzarella, parmesan and (mascarpone). It was wonderful

11:55 am

add a chemical ending to the cr7

11:55 am

got it! ty mael

11:55 am

I've converted my inlaws to proper italian lasagna ;)

11:56 am

yw!

11:56 am

I imagine that every family has its own lasagna recipe and my mother learned hers from the local Neapolitans

11:56 am

yeah, I make the classic bolognese lasagna

11:56 am

I prefer cheese, not cheese sauce in my lasagna.

11:57 am

3 cheeses, molly

11:57 am

yeah, a nice sprinkling of parmesan

11:57 am

do you add sausage, mael?

11:57 am

I use two, mozzerlla and Parmesan. And lots of Italian sausage.

11:57 am

no, I make meat sauce. Beef and pork, usually

11:58 am

and pancetta if I have any

11:58 am

the sausage makes the difference but you can't get it here. When DIL brings it, she buys huge amounts, freezes them and has a special carryon case

11:59 am

they probably have pancetta here, but I'm not sure what it is

11:59 am

phantom: zarf

11:59 am

it's a cured bacon-like product

11:59 am

and my "trick" for the sauce is Good Seasons Italian dressing mix

12:00 pm

I sautee it with my onions. celery, and carrot dice to start the sauce

12:00 pm

I love that stuff. I make our dressing with it and it's so much better than the bottled kind.

12:00 pm

still dont have the cr 10. darn. cant find the seven

12:00 pm

and it makes a zippy tomato sauce and/or meat loaf

12:01 pm

cr7 sounds like inventing somethingf and then you add on and on

12:01 pm

end it with a number

12:02 pm

ti 6/24 ??

12:02 pm

i have the cr 7 but what was the ending? need three letters.

12:02 pm

a number, mkg

12:02 pm

got it! wow. ty .

12:03 pm

got it.

12:03 pm

no idea on the ti, mom

12:03 pm

good morning everyone

12:03 pm

only have 98 words

12:03 pm

{{flosey}}

12:04 pm

hi ((ruby))\

12:05 pm

ti7 - metal can, gerund ending

12:05 pm

i have only 70 ruby so you are doing fine

12:07 pm

yes, but it is almost bedtime and will the world still be here when I get up? I can't believe anything bad could happen on my (late) father's birthday!

12:08 pm

I plan to be here ruby, see you

12:08 pm

need o clues for right hand corner o.

12:09 pm

does anyone have a clue for tr7 please?

12:10 pm

Or - colour or also a fruit

12:10 pm

tr + not out + gerund

12:10 pm

Also short for chimp and plural

12:10 pm

ty got the color.

12:11 pm

totally missed those o's duh

12:11 pm

ty got the chimp animal. but one more o exists..........

12:12 pm

keep the clues coming molly

12:12 pm

molly is the "go to" person for clues!

12:13 pm

how aobut clues for the four i words on top row i? dont have any of those either. any clues molly?

12:13 pm

nine

12:13 pm

nine

12:13 pm

in6 and 7, parts of baseball games

12:13 pm

thanks Molly, for the tr

12:13 pm

oooooooooops sorry.

12:14 pm

ty got baseball words.

12:14 pm

molly what is last o word for corner o?

12:15 pm

I'm missing the n in the middle

12:15 pm

me too ruby.

12:16 pm

think that one is ni5/10, starts with most of the number + not off

12:17 pm

ty flosey, isn't that a curtain material?

12:17 pm

no idea ruby, just monkeyed it

12:17 pm

104 and so to bed. Hope to see you all tomorrow.

12:17 pm

sweet sleep ruby

12:20 pm

Just got the last o in the corner if anyone still wants it? Or + you can ** it!

12:21 pm

bye ruby!

12:21 pm

ty for last o! got it.

12:22 pm

any clues for that center of grid n?

12:24 pm

na6/18

12:24 pm

clue bee?

12:24 pm

na6 - one who cares for children

12:25 pm

I think it's the ni5/10 weird word

12:25 pm

because I had it, and I didn;t have the childcarer :-)

12:28 pm

na is not from center n...................

12:29 pm

ni5 - starts with el **** the ocean current which affects climate

12:29 pm

need clue for the ni word.

12:29 pm

from centre go left, then up, up, up, right

12:30 pm

right and down, sorry

12:30 pm

can't even give directions LOL

12:32 pm

got it. ty

12:32 pm

weird word.

12:33 pm

ty glantarell

12:33 pm

any clues for the g in fourth row?

12:33 pm

yw

12:34 pm

gn4/6

12:34 pm

i have 2 gn4 words

12:34 pm

a gi4 and a ge4

12:34 pm

ty. got three others .

12:34 pm

got both gn words. ty.

12:35 pm

got the gi and ge. ty.

12:35 pm

gein

12:35 pm

there's a ge5 and a nother gi4

12:35 pm

oops. sorry

12:35 pm

have r of them. not the sixth. gi missing

12:36 pm

gi + 2nd vowel & consonant or gi + 2 consonants

12:36 pm

flip the vowels in the word you just posted

ni5/10 is curtain material. not weird.

1:09 pm

ram ie

hel lo swimmy

1:10 pm

how dy

wha t up une

1:12 pm

hello everyone :)

1:12 pm

fin ished coo king and wra pping

1:12 pm

but now have to cle an . . . ugh

1:13 pm

hey nan :-)

1:13 pm

whe re is cinde rella when you ne ed her mo st

swim my is ign oring us

1:13 pm

LOL

1:14 pm

unea you are very spacey today

pro b out wi th the prin ce

1:14 pm

true!

1:14 pm

stats for the z, please?

hel lo, la!

1:14 pm

hey les lie ann

1:14 pm

ze + french morning m****

1:15 pm

hi! (i am not spacey today)

1:15 pm

i'll quit now -- we were ragging on swimmy LOL

1:15 pm

nbt - now to find the 10

1:16 pm

go, nan!

1:17 pm

oh no -- missing the left i

1:17 pm

got it

1:18 pm

40 to go and taking a break -- back in a bit :-) *poof*

1:18 pm

wd, une -- 109 to go here

bye

1:32 pm

an 5, please?

1:33 pm

all worried about something - usually something existential

1:33 pm

a is the only vowel

1:34 pm

ty glan

1:35 pm

yw nan

1:35 pm

I associate that word more with teen worry : D

1:36 pm

I suppose there are existential teens. Never met any though. : D

1:36 pm

i think teen worry is existential :-)

1:36 pm

will i live or will my mother kill me?

1:37 pm

If I am alone in the woods, does it matter if I have zits?

1:37 pm

ROFL

1:38 pm

cr 10 please? -- have first 5 letters

1:39 pm

it's an extension of the 7 before it

1:39 pm

just repeat the last 2 letters and add a vowel

1:40 pm

ty glan

1:40 pm

hi again, may I have a clue for the di8 please?

1:41 pm

di4 couture house + the end of a panor**** view

1:42 pm

thanks Glan

1:43 pm

yw flosey

1:43 pm

10 left, and hard work

1:44 pm

good for you Glan, 68 to go here

1:44 pm

1st ra4 and 5 are alt sp of the same thing - a fabric made form nettles

1:45 pm

thanks, looking

1:46 pm

People make fabric from nettles??

1:46 pm

people have made fabric form nettles for at least 6000 years

1:46 pm

this modern fabric is a sift handle, drapy fabric rather like viscose

often blended with cotton or silk

this was a toughie. glad it's over

1:50 pm

don't believe I've ever heard of it

1:50 pm

well done TO. I'm done too.

1:50 pm

wtg jTO and Glan

1:51 pm

I haven't either Flosey.

1:51 pm

it was a bit tough here and there. glad i have babble expert

1:52 pm

anybody want a clue before i go/

1:52 pm

*!* glan and TO *!* :)

1:54 pm

ty nan, happy babbling all - good night

1:54 pm

thanks Glan but am sure you do have lots to do

1:55 pm

unless there's another clue for ra - am sure I've monkeyed every possible way - and for 4 letters that seems so odd

1:56 pm

OOOO, JUST GOT THEM

2:06 pm

need a break - bbl

2:15 pm

back for the last bit

2:16 pm

hi sprite

2:16 pm

hey flosey :)

2:20 pm

fi4flies. Bye flosey :)

2:21 pm

oh... and I recently made fabric out of nettles. It takes time and effort, but it is simple.

Day one of my Winter/Christmas break and I have a TON of things to do before saturday but just had to sit down and babble a while! nothing better for stress than babble and good friends!

2:32 pm

hi mcurl

hi flosey

2:41 pm

hi folks

2:41 pm

is the ra 5 an extension of the ra 4/4?

2:42 pm

Yes

2:43 pm

ty

3:18 pm

howdy my babble friends

3:36 pm

Hello

3:38 pm

howdy firefly

3:39 pm

Slow chat today ;)

3:39 pm

indeed,thought it was just my charming wit and personality;)

3:40 pm

Me too. Mine I mean, not yours. Lol.

3:40 pm

hehe

3:40 pm

:P

Clue for the 10lone please...playing on phone

oops. 10

3:44 pm

just reading your medial ups and downs.good lord! they sure do make it tough down there,the insurance medical system that is

3:45 pm

sorry science,do not have it yet

Ting

Oops

3:47 pm

cr - start with to make something but drop last letter, + not out for the cr7 for the 10, add a number using the last letter you have there

3:48 pm

and hi again everyone

3:48 pm

ty flosey

3:48 pm

yw crossy

3:48 pm

am in and out - resting between chores

Ty

3:49 pm

ugh,do not say chores..i have the clean laudry pile from hell looking at me

3:50 pm

lol, at least it's clean

3:50 pm

it is but i have let it build on the folding table..it is 8 loads...i think it may be evolving

3:51 pm

does anyone have any ma7s? other than the drink, have it

3:51 pm

oh my, that is quite a load to fold - hope there's no ironing involved

3:53 pm

hi all

3:53 pm

hi peri

3:54 pm

I managed to clear out some clutter from my computer room but not done yet. I HATE house cleaning but I do like the end result. wish I could afford a maid

3:54 pm

flosey thanks for the ma7 (drink)

3:55 pm

another ma7, not woman and add gerund ending

3:55 pm

you are most welcome peri, enjoy!

3:55 pm

no gin or vodka here :(

3:55 pm

I don't care for them either

3:56 pm

I prefer G&T but I like cosmopolitans too

Clue for the lone N please

3:56 pm

ni5/10

3:57 pm

think someone said it was a fabric, but I'm not familiar with it

3:57 pm

2nd cr7 pls

3:58 pm

God

Cannot see it

3:58 pm

ty flosey

3:58 pm

starts like the number SG, ends - not off

3:58 pm

yw peri

Ty

3:59 pm

still trying to find the other 2 ma7s, think one may be a pl, there's also a ma6

3:59 pm

yw sg

4:00 pm

another ma7, just monkeyed. not woman and opp. of day

Ty

4:00 pm

thanks peri

4:01 pm

yvw

4:01 pm

44 left, bbs

4:07 pm

If crossy is stil here, sorr I stepped away a minute. Yes, awful medical ordeal for me, but I think it's finally going the right direction!

5:19 pm

evening all...may I have a clue for the di8 please?

5:20 pm

di 8 is those fake scenes in museums. like cave men with dinosaurs

5:21 pm

ty bookwoman

5:22 pm

thanks book...can't think of the word though. lol

5:22 pm

Good morning from Aus, on this last day of the world!!!! LOL!!!!!!

5:23 pm

lol..so far so good hey Lizlin?

5:23 pm

All very good here! :)

5:23 pm

the way i figure it if you guys go first,then i have 12 hours to max out my credit card.if you do not go,i pay my monthly bill

5:23 pm

lol crossy

5:24 pm

The way I figure it is that I'm celebrating my birthday and if it's my last - then what better way to go!!!

lol crossy

I've been in a live chat for a couple days with scientists around the world showing us the skies by telescopes

it's amazing the amount of people that are scared to death

even though they are showing us with our own eyes that there is NOTHING out there.

5:25 pm

really? i have faced death too many times to be worried

5:25 pm

On the news this am they totally debunked the asteroid theory - if one was going to hit the earth, it'd be very large in the sky by now!!!

5:25 pm

Happy Birthday Liz!!!

5:25 pm

ty Cathyar!

5:25 pm

i was thinking more a solar detonation:)

5:25 pm

get a nice tan on the way out

wow birthday on the last year :) birthday blessings!

5:26 pm

Hard to believe that some people have withdrawn their kids from school and moved away from towns because they believe this!

naw the sun is actually quieter than it normally is...did get to see some beautiful flares tho

5:26 pm

ty grammaterri1

5:26 pm

♪Happy Birthday to Liz♫ Happy Birthday to Liz♪ Happy Birthday dear Liz♫ Happy Birthday to Liz ♪

5:26 pm

happy birthday liz

5:26 pm

ty Molly - tunes ringing through the air.

5:27 pm

ty crossy :)

5:27 pm

Hubby spoilt me with croissants for brekky and we're off out for lunch later to our fav cafe, overlooking a river, where we often see dolphins :)

sounds idyllic Liz

5:30 pm

It is good to be spoiled with croissants.

5:32 pm

There's a really lovely French patisserie in our town - the only one on the Gold Coast! I haven't had croissants since I left the UK 4 years ago!!!

5:35 pm

nice to be spoiled sometimes. happy birthday

5:35 pm

That is WAY too long to go without croissants.

5:35 pm

ty onyx - yes it's lovely and my hubby certainly is spoiling me today :) I'm very lucky :)

5:36 pm

Yes, Molly but it made them that much more special. Now bagels I couldn't go without for that long!!!!

5:37 pm

Am I the only one finding this grid trickier than the last few?

5:37 pm

definitely tricky Liz

5:39 pm

en 6 /21 - the first one - not the chemical one - please

5:39 pm

It's quite a puzzle, isn't it?

5:40 pm

I could never eat another bagel in my life if I lived near a French patisserie.

5:40 pm

I have that one!!!! There are 2 before that and it's the first I want! ty though!

5:40 pm

Ah well - I'd kill for bagels and lox!

5:41 pm

I def prefer savoury to sweet!

5:41 pm

Had an amazing cherry clafoutis from the patisserie last week - at a friend's house.

5:41 pm

en + French for film, but change the last vowel

5:42 pm

ty Molly :) that was it!

5:43 pm

Filling in gaps using the list now - 46 to go!

5:44 pm

good evening all - happy birthday liz

5:44 pm

ty wvt :)

5:50 pm

evening all! can I have stats for the Z?

5:51 pm

ze 6 /33

5:54 pm

ty Lizlin

5:57 pm

3 different NFL quarterbacks in the grid! (2 active) That's something you don't see every day.

can I get some help with the an's? both the 4 and 5 sigh

5:57 pm

an4/4 short for "unnamed"

5:58 pm

seems you are feeling much an5/14 about those an's gramma

man I am blind, thanks.

5:58 pm

I don't understand the quarterback clue at all! Wrong culture for me!!!! Sigh :(

6:01 pm

lol...didn't know it was a clue. lol. not a football fan myself. well...i'm off for awhile.

6:01 pm

Have a good evening Cathyar :)

I think it was an observation about the QB's and not a clue

6:02 pm

OK - still wouldn't recognise them if they hit me in the face!!!!

MA 7/40 is one. Peyton is his first name. not sure who he plays for tho

6:05 pm

OK have that ma 7! ty for the explanation tho :)

all of them are CR10's tho lol

6:09 pm

clues for either or 6 pls

I have one that's a plural of an OR 5

color minus the last letter

6:10 pm

ty

6:10 pm

didn't have any or's!

6:11 pm

and the colour!

I still have 85 left!

6:11 pm

How did I miss something so simple???? :(

6:11 pm

Down to 25!

yeah I just got the color after I clued you lol. then I saw it

6:18 pm

ra 7 pls

6:18 pm

ra7/44:grids can be ra***** from 50 words to 150 words Liz

hi Min! happy last day of the earth :)

6:20 pm

Being blind now - I have the ra 5 /14 which suits what you say Min

6:20 pm

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everybody doing today

6:21 pm

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

6:21 pm

Hello Lizlin! Happy Birthday! I hope you had a terrific day.

6:22 pm

Duh - there are 2 of the final letter!!!!!!!

6:22 pm

It's today Min - the last day of the world!!!! Don't forget I'm in Aus. Thanks for the wishes!

6:22 pm

An ra 5/14 word is ra 4/6 word + that gerund ending Lizlin

6:23 pm

I automatically assumed that but couldn't see it for looking.I should've just typed it!

6:23 pm

ty for the clue!

6:23 pm

yw

6:33 pm

clue for st 6 /24 pls - the last st

6:34 pm

Rhymes with Beatles drummer

6:34 pm

hi all!

6:35 pm

ty - keep forgetting about the top l-h corner letter!

6:35 pm

Hi Sue :)

6:35 pm

hi liz!

6:36 pm

hello again :)

6:37 pm

hi nan!

6:39 pm

2nd en 6, please?

6:40 pm

en6...not beginning + TV dog *** Tin Tin

6:40 pm

ty molly

6:40 pm

thanks molly!

6:41 pm

wow! that the 7 is a new one to me!

6:41 pm

te 7 I mean!

6:43 pm

3 to go!

6:44 pm

go liz go

6:45 pm

1

6:46 pm

fw! tr 7 last word - another new one for me!!!!

6:46 pm

ooh - missing a whole bunch of in's - yuck

6:47 pm

Congrats Liz!!

6:47 pm

yay liz!

w00t w00t Liz!

6:49 pm

congrats liz

6:50 pm

grats liz

6:52 pm

Off out now - enjoy your evenings :)

6:52 pm

clue for the in 6/30 pretty please

6:54 pm

in 6/30: unwell

6:54 pm

in + a group of lawyers (or not soft)

6:55 pm

ma 6/21 following crazy, please?

6:56 pm

not getting the in6 clues

6:56 pm

sorry not getting the in clue....

6:56 pm

got the in6 ty

6:57 pm

in + con**** your reservation

6:57 pm

think type of mattress

6:57 pm

I am dense tonight, still can't get the in 6

6:57 pm

ah, thanks, molly, I was drawing a blank on that one too

6:58 pm

in + not soft

6:58 pm

hi all

6:58 pm

sue, Frank does not get chemo on the weekends does hi?

6:58 pm

that did it , thanks to all of you great people

6:58 pm

first ma 6, please?

6:58 pm

ma6...guy + Dor***es are tortilla chips

6:59 pm

hi peri, no, the pump gets unhooked on Friday

6:59 pm

ty molly

6:59 pm

ok, I do not want the Reiki to interfere with the chemo. will stick to the weekends for now. may not be every weekend but I will send it

7:00 pm

thanks, peri!! he is doing really well so far

7:00 pm

pls let me know if he gets any chemo or tx on a weekend tho

7:00 pm

glad to hear that, sue. hope it continues.

7:04 pm

will do, peri. Right now the plan is chemo every Wednesday. Every other week he gets a pump that lasts 2 days (so until Friday)

7:07 pm

te 7, please?

7:08 pm

ok

7:08 pm

you can leave me a message on FB if you do not see me here

7:08 pm

will do

7:09 pm

:)

7:11 pm

te7...*** of war (change the middle vowel) + you need a lot of sta**** (energy) to run ten miles

7:12 pm

ty molly - I was close, but no cigar!

7:12 pm

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

7:12 pm

It's some kind of botany seed covering word. Pfft.

7:12 pm

yay nan!

7:13 pm

could I get a clue for the central n?

7:13 pm

hi folks

7:14 pm

off to put supper in the oven -- made the last trip to costco before Christmas this afternoon - picked up a chicken pie as I knew I wouldn't feel like cooking after that!

7:14 pm

nrrd that N also

7:14 pm

ohhhh, those chicken pies are deeelish!

7:15 pm

Hi all - anyone have a clue for the ta7 after the orange, space drink?

7:15 pm

ni 5/10 - kind of synthetic fabric

7:15 pm

n + not out + not off

7:15 pm

for ten bucks, we get two suppers from them - if you weren't piggy, i suppose you could get three (for two people)

7:15 pm

(and all white meat)

7:15 pm

thanks again, molly! never heard of it...

7:15 pm

gerund, diane

7:16 pm

we usually get 2 suppers as well

7:16 pm

bye all -- back at the flip :)

7:16 pm

bye nan!

7:17 pm

ha! read your profile, dianne - displaced new yorker here, too - no good deli OR chinese food!

Dianne, I think it's laying out in the sun then Saint ***klaus?

7:19 pm

( i ask for chow fun and get stared at like i've just asked for boiled underpants)

7:19 pm

haha welki, boiled underpants

7:19 pm

:)

7:20 pm

plodding along, 18 left

7:20 pm

do you hear what i hear? i hear a garage door opening - time to go. later, folks

35 here

7:21 pm

(time to fix the salad i could have put together instead of babbling! *lol*)

7:21 pm

boiled underpants?

7:21 pm

pinot undie, ru

7:22 pm

where does the cork go?

7:22 pm

Speaking of boiled underpants, I read something funny today. "Patchouli smells like dirty hippie butt" : D

7:22 pm

oh! one more thing! ru - we have TONS of dungeness up here ($10/pound - so i bought one) and mussels too! yumm

7:23 pm

haha, Molly, never liked the smell of patchouli

7:23 pm

wwwwwwaaaah

7:24 pm

(found them on saturday and promptly feasted - maybe the strike is over)

7:24 pm

Mmmm, crab and mussels.

7:24 pm

an 5/14 anyone?

7:24 pm

Teen worry

that is a great clue Molly. I had to have that clued too as I so could not see it!

7:25 pm

thanks molly

7:28 pm

Ru, you should get someone to photoshop a Santa hat on that goat. : P

7:29 pm

hmm .that wouldn't be me

7:29 pm

ar 5 clue please

7:30 pm

o in the middle of the 4 ru

7:30 pm

en6/27 clue please?

7:31 pm

thanks flosey

7:31 pm

I tried everything but that

7:31 pm

yw ru

7:31 pm

en + the back half of the headache pill that was recalled

7:32 pm

en6/27 is a puzzle

7:33 pm

hmmm, maybe not in Canada ru?

7:33 pm

got it, thanks ru and molly

7:34 pm

ma7/40 please?

7:35 pm

ma7...gerund of a male word

7:35 pm

thanks molly

7:35 pm

<---Didn't think "football player Peyton" would fly

7:35 pm

oh gosh, should try that ending on everything - seems to be

7:36 pm

no, not with me thanks Molly

7:38 pm

oh gosh.. i missed so many easy ones

7:42 pm

I miss easy ones every day.

7:42 pm

<---Not a Babble whiz kid

7:43 pm

<--- not feeling so whizzy either

7:46 pm

may I have a clue for st6/24 please

7:48 pm

*smacks head*

7:48 pm

cross a bee with a beatles drummer flosey

7:48 pm

st6 rhymes with Beatles drummer

7:48 pm

thanks Molly

7:49 pm

hey!!

7:49 pm

was sure I had tried every letter following that word

7:49 pm

I clued mr. starr first

7:50 pm

oh, sorry ru, missed it

7:50 pm

but THANK YOU

7:50 pm

just kidding flosey

7:50 pm

Ooo, touchy tonight. : P

7:50 pm

*lets go of Flosey's leg*

7:51 pm

lol

7:51 pm

I was too cute with my clue to get recognition.. :D

7:51 pm

missed it because I looked up to speak to hubby

8:00 pm

what kind of word is that te8/50 - monkeys almost gave up then remembered that old faithful ending

8:03 pm

It's some ancient wood working word. Leave it to Enable to include it.

8:04 pm

ok, stuck on last word, can't add the gerund to it, ti6/21 clue please?

8:04 pm

Did the holiday food and liquor shopping today. Shoppers seem to be in pretty good spirits.

8:04 pm

not the scarecrow or dorothy flosey

8:05 pm

I took woodworking one year, for fun, and needed a chest to put baby clothes in

8:05 pm

tytyty forf fireworks

8:05 pm

<---Did not clue so Ru would get ALL the attention.

8:05 pm

or toto too

8:05 pm

HHAHHHHHHHAAA

8:06 pm

Congratulations flosey on your fireworks display!Way to go

8:06 pm

very thoughtful of you Molly - Christmas spirit and all

8:06 pm

I'm trying cute cluing today

8:06 pm

N's Nodded! 9 left

8:06 pm

It's positively fetching.

8:07 pm

ok, supper's ready, thanks Molly and Ru, see you later?

8:07 pm

bye flosey..

8:07 pm

isn't hubby a sweetie - made it while I babbled

8:08 pm

Goodbye flosey! I will see you tomorrow in the chat maybe

8:09 pm

flosey has hubbie trained well

8:13 pm

bb in a bit

8:22 pm

D's Dubbed! 5 left

8:25 pm

*Prepares to throw confetti at Min*

8:27 pm

** finito ** last word TA 8/50 - pl of TA 74

8:28 pm

Congratulations wvteach on your fireworks! Hooray for you

8:29 pm

N's Nuked! 1 left

8:31 pm

I am finished! I have fireworks! ta 7/44 was my final word.

8:33 pm

congrats minver

8:33 pm

Thanks wvteach!

8:33 pm

I'll be here off and on to help clue for the rest of the night.

8:36 pm

Min - you still here?

8:39 pm

Hello Dianne! Yes, I am still here. How are you doing today

8:41 pm

I'm doing good but stuck on the ta 7/44 and the ra 7/44. Can you give me some clues?

8:42 pm

ta 7/44 word is kool-aid type drink with the gerund ending

8:42 pm

ra 7/44 word is what my phone did with the gerund ending

8:43 pm

Thank you - I keep forgetting to look at that upper G.

8:44 pm

Now I just need the 10.

8:46 pm

cr10/77 word is same first six letters plus a number Dianne

8:52 pm

good evening Babblers

8:53 pm

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

8:55 pm

can I get a clue for the di8?

8:58 pm

That di 8/55 word refers to an image style of a picture wht

8:59 pm

That isn't helping me a lot. But my phantom for the day is diorama.

9:00 pm

its a variation of that word

9:01 pm

make your phantom an adjective :-)

9:02 pm

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

9:02 pm

ty Une and lideola

9:02 pm

Hello Uneaixoise! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:02 pm

hey, min! finishing up last 14 words :-)

9:02 pm

yw wht

9:08 pm

I love it when someone tells their phantom and it's most of the word they are looking for.

9:11 pm

Firewords! Back at the flip! *poof*

9:12 pm

Congratulations Uneaixoise on your fireworks! Good for U!

9:13 pm

Goodbye Uneaixoise! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log.

9:13 pm

wtg Une

9:15 pm

clue for the ze6, please

9:19 pm

That ze 6/33 word is ze plus vowel plus metal can wht.

9:20 pm

ty Min. New word for me.

9:20 pm

yw

9:29 pm

Fireworks for me.

9:29 pm

And I need to be off.

9:29 pm

Good night all.

9:30 pm

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

9:33 pm

May I please have a clue for any en word? Thanks

9:36 pm

en 6/21 word is en plus movie theater with different vowel

9:38 pm

Thanks much, Min.

9:39 pm

That en 6/27 word refers to a mysterious puzzle gapeach.

9:41 pm

Thanks once again, Min.

9:42 pm

The en6/21 is en plus I ****k coffee every morning gapeach

9:43 pm

Thanks so very much, Min

9:44 pm

I'm still working on wht's di8 phanthom word....LOL

9:49 pm

HI gapeach and Min and anyone else :)

9:50 pm

Hey there, Lizlin.

9:50 pm

Has anyone heard from Rose today?

9:51 pm

Not today but she said yesterday that she'd be back at flip, so wouldn't expect to hear yet.

9:51 pm

Oh, right.

9:51 pm

gist

9:51 pm

sorry

9:54 pm

did you get the di 8?

9:55 pm

Not yet. I'm kind of going to other words and then go back and try it again.

9:55 pm

dinnings

9:55 pm

Crap....sorry.

9:55 pm

Do you want a clue that was posted earlier?

9:55 pm

di 8/55 word is di plus either/** plus am 4/6 word gapeach

9:56 pm

.di + either/** + i **, you are + In Charge

9:56 pm

Ok, that was my last clue for the night. I need to goto bed.

9:56 pm

Night Min, sleep well :)

9:56 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I will see you tomorrow.

9:57 pm

I can't find am4-6, Min. But thanks anyway.

9:57 pm

I can clue for about 5 mins

9:58 pm

Not sure what Min meant by that am 4 /6 either

9:58 pm

But the first part of her clue is the same as mine

9:58 pm

I need help with the first ma6/21

9:59 pm

nm, got it

9:59 pm

Good because I wasn't sure how to clue that!

10:01 pm

di 8 / 55 - di + either/** + i **, you are + In Charge

10:02 pm

It's the "in charge" that I'm stuck on.

10:02 pm

Initial letters of in charge

10:04 pm

Thanks much, Lizlin and Min....I can't believe that I'm so .....I can't even think of a word for "me".

10:04 pm

Tired?

10:04 pm

yw

10:04 pm

That too, Lizlin.

10:05 pm

Sometimes it's so easy to miss what later seems obvious! I kept forgetting about the "g" in the top left-hand corner1

10:06 pm

Did you finally get it, Liz?

10:07 pm

Yup! Got fw a couple of hours ago - went out for lunch, now around to clue for a while!

10:09 pm

I keep forgetting about the difference in time.

10:10 pm

it's weird I know - and the world's still in existence here! lol!

10:12 pm

How about that? I have some friends who believe this stuff......but they are friends and so it goes.

10:14 pm

I have some friends who also are a bit freaked by it all - even though they claim they're not! Hard to believe that some people have evacuated their homes or even contemplated worse because of this!

10:15 pm

The media latches onto anything that will sell.

10:18 pm

But it's the gullible ones who get caught up by it!

10:19 pm

Indeed.

10:27 pm

I need to get some things done......don't think I will have time to finish......Thanks for all the help.....see you at the flip.

10:31 pm

Bye gapeach :)

10:33 pm

hey all, would like NBT today -- Z please?

10:40 pm

z + a type of kitchen that has a table and chairs

10:41 pm

or z + the opposite of take-out at a restaurant

10:47 pm

thanks nrk

10:47 pm

hope you are well?

10:48 pm

Eh. Just called the gas company because of a slight smell of gas, and it's almost midnight. So now I'm stuck waiting up for their technician. I know it's nothing, and I should have waited till morning. This has happened before. UGH.

10:49 pm

oh gee. What do you think it is, if it happened before? a breeze down the ventilation?

10:50 pm

not sure, but whenever it happens it seems to go away quickly

10:50 pm

do you have a CO detector? or two? One for each floor...

10:50 pm

I'm traveling for the holidays tomorrow, and I didn't want to leave it unchecked. Especialy because I'm in a duplex.

10:51 pm

good idea

10:51 pm

I have 2, but CO detectors don't detect gas. Or at least not always.

10:51 pm

that's true.

10:52 pm

My grandmother's home in L.A. always smelled of the methane, just slightly. Old home, pilot lights and such. Ours smells a bit occasionally of propane, but our appliances all have electric ignition so no pilot lights to release gas.

10:53 pm

my stove is 100 years old, so I have to light it... but the smell was not coming from the kitchen. It was in the living room, which is above the furnace and hot water heater.

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usually it's because someone leaned briefly against the stove and moved one of the dials a little.

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always best to check it out if it's noticeable.

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Loved the funny holiday card you posted on fb with the zombie dolls

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thanks :)

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good night all.

11:06 pm

sweet dreams jerry

11:11 pm

well down to 57, that's good enough for me. Sweet dreams all -- see you soon! *poof*

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HULLO

11:51 pm

Hello, all...

11:55 pm

* tap tap tap * may i come in, please?

11:57 pm

okay...* meanders off again *

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hey.. Hi jellen

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hi GR

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how ya been.. i'm guessing busy

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*drags Granny back by the hair*

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????

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grabs granny's cane

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I've been okay...

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very nice to see you pop in

11:59 pm

Thanks! It's good to see you, too!

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