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flip; hi all; hi cos

12:00 am

game on

12:00 am

another small one...

12:00 am

flip -- a better one this time I hope

12:00 am

flip hi volley

12:00 am

Hi Dee

12:00 am

hi dee

12:00 am

hi dee hi, hi cos, dart, erda

Hi erda, dart, jili, rows.

flip!

12:01 am

hi again jill

12:01 am

hi melon

12:01 am

Hi Jilli, all

12:01 am

hey guys

12:01 am

Ah, rows -- I grew up in Shanghai -- what are you doing htere?

hi mel

12:02 am

i'm a teacher here

12:02 am

What school, rows? I was there long ago -- 1928-1939

Clues are up

12:02 am

ty Lickety

12:03 am

well it's not a school that was around then

top row grey (:

12:03 am

Thank you, Lickety!!

12:03 am

it's a kindergarten that is a HK based company

hi VMD, jilli, Erda, Lickety

12:03 am

hello everone

12:03 am

also i know that Shanghai has changed a lot since you lived here!

Hi, Rows, pleased to meet you.

12:04 am

hi melon, likewise

nbt

12:04 am

se 6

fe

fe 6

12:04 am

nbt

wtg cos

12:05 am

wtg too dee and ty for fe6

12:05 am

sn 6

12:05 am

clues aren't showing up for me for some reason

12:06 am

I know that too, Rows -- my Shanghai was the International Settlement and the French Concession -- all gone -- my school was the Cathedral Grils' School -- on Avenue Haig -- and so on. Pootung (now Pudong, I believe) was just shacks.

12:06 am

wow, crazy

12:06 am

You may need to close Babble and come back, rows

12:06 am

yes, Pudong

12:06 am

hello everyone :)

12:06 am

I live in Puxi

12:06 am

fi8

12:06 am

okay brb

12:07 am

Where is that, Rows? I have no idea.

ty mcleach fi 5/6/8

12:08 am

haha Puxi is the west side of the river that's all

12:08 am

which F? bottom F I assume

12:08 am

Pudong = east side, Puxi = west side

yes bottom f

12:08 am

you know, in Mandarin, dong = east, xi = west

12:08 am

isn't puxi the place with that beautiful bridge

12:08 am

ahhh got it tyvm

12:08 am

we have a few bridges but i don't think they're really known for being beautiful

12:09 am

but they're not ugly

yw

12:09 am

nampu or something like that?

12:09 am

nampu or something like that?

12:09 am

there is the Nanpu Bridge, yes

12:09 am

I never learned Mandarin although my dad was fluent. My mother spoke kitchen Chinese and I only picked up a few words. Plus pidgin English.

12:09 am

guess i didn't know it was that well known

12:10 am

yeah... i have to speak Mandarin here, it's the only way to survive as a single woman with no Chinese family lol

12:10 am

I only know the Soochow bridge,,,I think.

12:10 am

and yes i know the pidgin English fairly well haha

12:10 am

i have to speak it sometimes too

12:10 am

Suzhou bridge?

12:11 am

i don't really know it... but yeah, it looks like Pinyin was not around when you were living here

12:11 am

has the 7 been called?

12:12 am

probably -- we used the Wade-Giles transliteration -- not pinyin

I don't think so

12:12 am

yeah. pinyin is very useful, and pretty consistent

12:12 am

makes it a lot easier for a foreigner to learn Chinese

12:12 am

I like the east ding province

gr 6

12:13 am

It was Nanking Road, continuing into Bubbling Well Road. At one time we live in an apartment house on Yu Yuen Road, near Jessfield Park and the zoo. Wonderful times -- for us.

12:14 am

<----laughs a little joke

12:14 am

quietly by himself

12:14 am

(now Nanjing Lu or something)

12:14 am

Now it's Nanjing Road... we have East Nanjing Road and West Nanjing Road. none of the roads have western names anymore, like "bubbling well" and there is no "jessfield park" i don't think

12:14 am

tyh deee

12:14 am

Cos, re 7

12:14 am

YuYuan is still there of course

re7 (:

yw

12:14 am

ty diz looking

ty mel

12:15 am

is it an again word?

12:15 am

no Cos

12:15 am

Jessfield Park is now Zhongshan Park

12:15 am

ah i see

12:15 am

has a color in it cos

12:16 am

have you been there?

12:16 am

not that the name Zhongshan makes much more sense than Jessfield... there is no mountain near it

12:16 am

Zhongshan = middle mountain

12:16 am

and yes i've been there

12:16 am

ah ha its a pl.. ty nbt/nbs

12:16 am

well, as I recall, there was a slight hump there, and a big mulberry tree.

12:16 am

Is that because Sun Yatsen's Mandarin name is Zhongshan?

12:17 am

i don't know

12:17 am

Hi everyone, another nice little one, busy day tomorrow

12:17 am

i have no idea who that even is

12:17 am

is it?

12:17 am

or was?

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You don't know who Sun Yatsen is?

12:17 am

He was the first president of China after the end of the last dynasty.

12:17 am

chinese leader long ago

12:18 am

oh okay

12:18 am

and no, i don't have my Chinese history memorized... i was never good with history to begin with

12:18 am

I know that Taipei's main street is Zhongshan Bei Lu, named after Sun Yatsen.

12:19 am

Which is why there's a holiday on the Double Tenth -- the tenth day of the tenth month.

12:19 am

ok halfway, gn all

12:19 am

it's likely that the same is true for our park then

12:19 am

double tenth? i only knew about the double ninth

12:19 am

and it's on the lunar calendar

12:19 am

Ah yes, jan, Sun Yatsen would be honoured in Taiwan.

gn cos. halfway here, too have the 7 and 8, but for from nbt.

12:19 am

It is one of the few things that ROC and PRC agree on.

12:20 am

Sorry all -- having too much fun reminiscing about Shanghai

12:20 am

That, and that Mandarin should be the official language. Though it's called guo yu in Taiwan and putonghua in China

12:20 am

oh, you're talking about the National Day holiday

12:20 am

i've just never heard of it referred to as Double Tenth

12:21 am

well jilli you don't have to apologize to me - i enjoy your reminiscing. it's really interesting to someone living here now :)

12:21 am

what an ugly grid this is!

There. > halfway, both ≥ 7, nbt and nbs. Clues anyone???

12:22 am

Ironically, my dad, who was a Scot born in Shanghai of missionary parents, and who worked for the Chinese Postal Bank, died on the Double Tenth, 1966, in New York.

OK, I'm officially old(er). just [command] +ed twice to get a big comfy text size.

the re 7 mel... blind to it?

12:22 am

ah

12:22 am

don't see the re 7 and don't know what the re 8 is

re is not a prefix this time.

fi 8

12:23 am

oh dear, nan -- I found the last one nasty too -- haven't paid much attention to this one yet

12:23 am

The 8 is fi

12:23 am

jan -- you know a lot about China -- how come?

re is a 6/7

possibly delicious.

ty mel that did it nbt and nbs tyvm

ymw

12:24 am

I've spent a bit of time there. I've got an honorary appointment at China University of Politics and Law, and I lecture at a number of Chinese universities.

12:25 am

seed

12:25 am

cool, what parts of China?

12:25 am

Wow, jan!

12:25 am

Guangzhou, Wuhan, Hangzhou, and Beijing mainly.

12:25 am

Oo4/5!

lol tor

12:25 am

ah okay

I'm learning a lot about CHina tonight! Thanks, all.

12:26 am

I'm scheduled to be back in China again in April.

12:26 am

haven't been to either of the first two cities, but i've been to Beijing and i'm going to Hangzhou on Feb 11th

12:26 am

hehe yw melon

phantom: splurge

12:26 am

This is such an international crowd, you never know where chatters will be from.

12:26 am

are you going to go to Shanghai ever, Jan?

12:26 am

Hangzhou is lovely, especially the West Lake area.

12:27 am

I was born in Beijing when it was Peking. It went through a Peiping phase too.

12:27 am

I've been to Shanghai a couple of times, but haven't spent much time there.

12:27 am

yeah, i look forward to checking it out... gonna try to see tea-related things... tea field and/or tea museum

12:27 am

Wouldn't it be fun to have a Babble meetup in Shanghai!

12:28 am

The Long jing tea is great if you like green tea. It comes in a variety of grades...

12:28 am

guess you want to get the tea excursions in the bag?

12:28 am

That's interesting, jilli, and yes, it would be! :D

12:28 am

That would be a meetup to remember!

12:28 am

lol ruru yes

12:28 am

I was taken to Hangchow (old sp) as a kid to witness the famous Bore but it didn't happen.

12:29 am

famous Bore?

12:29 am

isn't glen beck the famous bore?

12:30 am

I have Tetley's green tea with honey-lemon-ginseng every day for luch at home. Very refreshing.

12:30 am

the local Longjing tea is what i drink most of the time

stopping at 89. I think I'll have a cup of tea before bed. My favorite is Lapsang Souchong brewed very strong, very hot, and very sweet with hot milk and Demerara sugar. That'sll keep me up, so it's rooibos chai tonite. Happy Babbling all!

sleep well, mel!

12:31 am

still haven't found the 8 or 9

12:31 am

nice, have a good night, melon!

12:32 am

<---drinking vino

12:32 am

Night, melon...

12:32 am

The bay (in Hangchow) is known for hosting the world's largest tidal bore, being up to 9 metres (30 ft) high, and travelling up to 40 km (25 mi) per hour. The tidal bore is especially high during the Mid-Autumn Festival when several thousand tourists come to watch the magnificent Qiantang Tidal Bore (from Wikipedia)

shiraz?

tx VMD. And with that—[po4]

12:32 am

nope

12:32 am

there isn't a 9 nan

12:32 am

meant the 8

12:32 am

there is for Nan bugs.. she gets a tougher grid

12:32 am

so it's like a big wave?

12:32 am

thought the largest one was in the bay of fundy on canada's east coast?

12:33 am

how many words, please?

12:33 am

what wine are you drinking, ruru?

12:33 am

148

12:33 am

fi8/70

12:33 am

I wonder what it was like this year, since the Mid-autumn Festival co-incided with Golden Week. Bet the tourist crush was amazing.

12:33 am

oh - got the fi 8

12:33 am

LOL ruru

12:33 am

thx, jilli

12:33 am

a dry amontillado cherry

12:33 am

sherry

12:33 am

oops

12:33 am

cherry? sherry?

12:33 am

i found the 7...

12:33 am

<---too much sherry

12:34 am

Ah, sounds lovely. We finished dinner with a touch of 10 year old tawny port.

12:34 am

thought so, ru -- sounds sippable

not very fond of sherry

12:34 am

Winter makes me crack out the fortified tipple.

12:34 am

oh, nice, jan

12:34 am

i love tawny port jan

12:34 am

Hi all :)

12:34 am

Hi liz

12:34 am

you probably don't get the real thing where you live nan

12:35 am

dee I mean

12:35 am

hi liz

the "real" thing?

12:35 am

Once I went to a sherry tasting and I was astounded at the variety...

12:36 am

We get wines and things from all over, ruru

12:36 am

are the sherries you've tried on the sweeter side? dee?

12:36 am

i think i'm gonna take a break.. maybe have a nap or watch tv

12:36 am

like Harvey's?

12:36 am

Bye Rows - catch you again soon :)

12:36 am

Bye then Rows, come on back soon.

12:36 am

bye rows

12:37 am

see you guys :)

usually middle of the road - I avoid the super dry and the super sweet... not really sure why I don't care for them. Guess I'd prefer Drambuie or Grand Marnier, instead of sherry :)

12:37 am

I always thought sherry could be either sweet or dry. I used to buy a hunting sherry that was always dry.

12:37 am

Oh yes, come back soon, rows!

12:37 am

the best is Lustau

12:37 am

Like your taste in drinks Dee :)

12:38 am

they have a 20 year old amontillado to die for

12:38 am

but sherry is an aperitif and those others are digestifs, dee

I'll have to remember that. I'm always game to try them.

True, jili.

12:38 am

I don't know much about sherry, more of a port gal myself. But I'm willing to learn!

12:38 am

dry sherries you can have with dinner jilli.. in certain cases

12:39 am

I suppose so, ru -- depending...

12:39 am

could I have a clue for that re 6-7, please?

12:39 am

you have to look for a certain case ruru? :)

12:39 am

you are a case dart .. a head case

12:39 am

LOL

12:40 am

nm - found them

12:40 am

nbt, nbs

ni 6 same ending as a short person / not a dwarf

12:40 am

wtg nan

wtg nan

12:40 am

What an unusual word, dee!

my monkeys found it lol

12:41 am

<---waiting for Dart's shot back

12:41 am

ty Dee - that led me to the fi 8!

12:41 am

lol

12:41 am

And it led me to that missing 8

12:41 am

ty for that ni6, dee

yqw; wtg jan

yw liz

12:42 am

thought it was better than some of someone's puns here

12:42 am

ni 5/14 too

12:42 am

and ty too, jan!

fu 5 ... ends like the horn blown badly by Radar on M.A.S.H. LOL

12:44 am

BBL

12:44 am

ty dee -- funny one

12:45 am

damn all I can see is sexdrug

12:45 am

Too funny, ruru.

yw

12:47 am

100 - good night folks -- see you tomorrow :)

12:47 am

nice going nan.. and on the tougher grid too

it is rather tough

12:50 am

agrred volley...only 25 left but still not nbt yet

have nbt, but 28 left and stuck

12:51 am

I have nbt.. but missing the 7

12:51 am

re 6/7...think colr and pl

12:51 am

color

go left...

12:52 am

This one really is a fish

lol

12:52 am

nbt at last -- need a 7 for nbs

12:53 am

my nbt was kinda fishy too

wtg jili

12:53 am

oh god

12:53 am

oh god

12:53 am

I should have tried that for the halibut

12:55 am

28 left and slowed to geologic pace...

12:55 am

ty dee

yqw

12:55 am

why can't I see the re6/7?

12:56 am

I wouldn't take that for granite jan

rose color + a fish part and then plural it for the re 7

12:57 am

nbs -- the fish swam into view

12:57 am

and ty dee but I got it myself

wtg!!

12:58 am

Awright jilli!

12:58 am

ty jan :-)

12:59 am

It might take a little bit of work to find one of the words

1:00 am

OK 25 to go but bed is calling.

1:00 am

hi douglas

nite, jan

1:00 am

wd jan and goodnight

1:00 am

crap now i have to get to 25..

lol

1:02 am

Hi jilli, my clue for er4 went ignored...waah *sucks thumb*

1:03 am

sorry, douglas -- I already had it -- good clue though

1:05 am

night all.. take care

1:05 am

Only making a cameo appearance, Chatterbox Pub is closing, Happy Babbling all!

1:06 am

gnight douglas and gnight ruru

1:06 am

strolling down cleveland avenue?

nite ru, nite, douglas

another odd word fo 6/36 ends in hair product squeezed out of a bottle

1:08 am

sure is odd -- ty dee

1:08 am

th xvolley...doesn't plural though i see

yw... I don't believe I have every seen that one

means fat, stout, or plump lol

1:10 am

Scottish too, I see, dee (like me)

:)

tr 6/30

1:20 am

had that, thks, dee

great! Still missing 2 sixes here :(

1:22 am

I'm missing 4 sixes

great, jili... you started after me!

1:22 am

down to just 3 5's and a 4...but they are hiding well

down to 11... and they are underground LOL

1:23 am

53 left and out of steam -- goodnight all and ...*po4/8

gn jili

what letters do you have left dart?

1:24 am

ftd

same letters

brb heard a noise

1:25 am

k

1:30 am

fireworks, with list

1:30 am

wtg flos

1:30 am

thanks dart,

1:31 am

and off to bed, goodbvnight all

wtg flosey and nite xx

1:31 am

fireworks..sans list last two were two i thought i had already entered grr

1:31 am

nite flos

back and wtg flosey

1:33 am

Congrats, flosey!!!!

1:34 am

Sweet dreams, flosey.

1:36 am

i'm off too nite all

nite dart

1:36 am

bye volley

2:35 am

good morning everyone xxx

2:36 am

Hello, worzel. Pretty quiet here.

2:36 am

hi rabble. i not been on for a while but yea it is a bit quiet. hows u?

3:58 am

any one up? i'm super stuck on fo 6,36...

4:03 am

good morning

4:03 am

is anybody still here? It's almost lunch time!

4:17 am

lunch time? it's dinner time! :P

4:18 am

helo rows (rosie)

4:18 am

<-- loves the snail

4:19 am

hi

4:19 am

we have 2 kinds of snails here: large brown ones (probably edible, but not worth the trouble) and small, beautiful yellow and black ones

4:19 am

eating snails is not something i like to hear/talk about :P

4:20 am

sorry

4:20 am

when you buy them here, they're all prepared and you just pop them in the over

4:20 am

oven*

4:20 am

fo 6/36.....plump.stodgey

4:20 am

buy them how? already dead?

4:20 am

and that's depressing :(

4:21 am

i think of snails how many people think of cats or rabbits or dogs

4:21 am

i had some as pets before

4:21 am

yes, back in the shell with garlic/parsley butter and you just need to put them in the over. They're wonderful, not icky at all

4:22 am

yeah, depressing

4:22 am

I guess I like all animals, even reptiles and insects, just not worms

4:23 am

I have two Chinese dogs, chow chows and they are magnificent!

4:24 am

i'm stuck on the wo 4/9 ... looks like woou is the only option for the clue, but it's not a word

4:24 am

oh never mind

4:24 am

i got it :P

4:24 am

it is a racial slur about Italians, surprisingly allowed

4:24 am

a pejorative

4:25 am

hello BR

4:25 am

Hello

4:27 am

JT has what I would consider unorthodox views on words.

4:28 am

who is JT?

4:28 am

scrabble, in general, allows many racial slurs and bad words but is very selective about foreign foods. Go figure!

4:28 am

Dr_God's name is Jamie Tibbets

4:28 am

aaah

4:29 am

fies

4:29 am

sorry, not a word

4:30 am

change your last letter to your first letter and plural it too

4:32 am

new word for me

4:33 am

has a legal connotation in feudal times

4:33 am

off to lunch, see you later

4:34 am

Enjoy

4:34 am

bye Rose!

4:34 am

bye BR

4:34 am

bye Ruby :)

4:35 am

wo**, or even po** hahah

5:24 am

goooooooooooood morning fellow babblers xxx

5:24 am

howdy worzel

5:25 am

howdy aloyisius howz u?

5:25 am

waking up.. haven't had my "second wing" yet, how about you?

5:26 am

not bad thanx - feeling a bit lazy today so not bothering with the gym, just gonna sit here all day!!

5:26 am

lol.. ok! just monkeyed a newbie for me, fo6.36, going to look that one up

5:27 am

havent played in months so thanks for the fo6 tip will monkey that one myself methinks!!

5:27 am

hi all. how is everyone today?

5:28 am

hi medusa i iz fine here in liverpool. howz ur good self?

5:28 am

it is an adj meaning "plump"... never knew

5:28 am

i am good thanks worzel

5:28 am

hi medusa, Happy Friday

5:29 am

same to you Aloyisius

5:29 am

how is the grid today?

5:30 am

i have managed 61 and am now monkeying - but then, i'm a bit rusty after a few months off

5:30 am

ty, Friday is garbage/recycle day here... the grid is pretty friendly so far, have 23 left to find and haven't hit the proverbial "wall" yet.. hope I didn't just jinx myself

5:31 am

well i just started so i hope i can get my brain in gear!

5:31 am

on the other hand, I have caved to the list so I can finish in time to get the garbage out

5:33 am

yumm, now I'm thinking a piece of fu5 would go well with my coffee

5:33 am

oooh thanx for that one al xxx

5:33 am

cool. :)

5:34 am

(-: yw

5:37 am

fo 6/36 perhaps is not so flattering

5:37 am

I spy the **** of March, et tu Brute?

5:38 am

ooh, hi there BabbleRabble

5:38 am

wahayyy all boxes got one open now!!! go me!!!

5:38 am

Hello

5:38 am

thanks aloy

5:39 am

d done. :)

5:40 am

yw, brb.. time for my second wing.. thinking of my Mom now - when I asked her why she always drank two cups of coffee, she replied, " It takes two wings to fly".. (-:

5:40 am

good answer!

5:41 am

yup, and we knew not to bother her before her second cup, too!

5:43 am

ni6 rhymes with someone who has achondroplasia

5:43 am

e eloped!

5:47 am

ah yes, re6 tuna

5:49 am

the fi 8 is the one doing the fi 6

5:49 am

can't you redig, like .. you dig a hole, it rains and the hole caves in so you redig the hole? The pt would be redug.. how many times was that hole redug?

5:51 am

That is too logical, Aloy ... this is enable

5:51 am

English .. an ocean, a notion.. sigh

5:52 am

i dont have the fi6 yet. lol

5:52 am

to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.

5:53 am

well, sit still and stop fi6-ing around

5:53 am

thanks

5:55 am

Elvis.. blue su5 shoes, running through my head now

5:56 am

su5.14 means "sweat"? lol.. must remember that one!

5:56 am

ni 6/27 is new for me

5:57 am

was for me too

5:57 am

did you find the fo 6/36?

5:57 am

i am still working on f. not that far yet

5:57 am

means "idiot", LOL.. but I'll bet if you called someone that, they would know

5:58 am

the ni6, not the fo6, means idiot

5:59 am

i just got it

5:59 am

plump word!

6:01 am

February already .... the days are flying by

6:02 am

it dont seem right does it?

6:03 am

ty, BabbleRabble, need to turn another page of the calendar.. Groundhog's Day is almost here

6:03 am

cant get the fe5!

6:03 am

I do not think it is right to hog the ground

6:04 am

weird word, medusa.. fe + the lady s**** the doctor for a million dollars malpractice

6:04 am

lol.. maybe I'll bake a dessert in honor of the ground hoggers

6:04 am

thanks. that is a weird one!

6:05 am

seems too much akin to robber barons

6:05 am

I don't want to hog ground either, so I'll be cremated.. cheery thought this early in the am..

6:06 am

i cant help thinking that once i get the fi4/10 i only need to plural it!

6:06 am

yes, medusa.. you can

6:07 am

more feudal language

6:07 am

like a th*** in the night.. stole the jewels

6:08 am

i tried that and it would not enter before!

6:09 am

no wonder .... before is not in the grid

6:09 am

i just ealised there are 2 fo6! lol

6:09 am

lmao!

6:09 am

okie dokie.. time to put the recycle and garbage out.. fw to spur me on.. Pax, BR.. enjoy your Friday.. nice chatting with you too, medusa.. poof

6:10 am

ttfn aloy

6:10 am

be well, Aloy

6:14 am

is there a clue for the fo6/36 please?

6:19 am

f + G** bless us everyone + An***s we have heard on high

6:21 am

hi and tghanks molly. i would never have got that!

6:23 am

Scottish word for plump. (I only know that because I looked it up)

6:24 am

well its something new i have learned today!

6:24 am

Hoot man! The fodgel old man waddled up the bonnie brae. : D

6:25 am

eu

6:25 am

Oh crap, off to the PB for me. I'll fix breakfast.

6:26 am

u

6:28 am

Hello, tceicher. How is your day going?

6:28 am

last fo 4/7

6:29 am

fo** Knox

6:33 am

second gr5/14 please

6:34 am

got it!

6:38 am

what's the 7?

6:39 am

pl of the re 6/30

6:39 am

re7/44

6:40 am

omg duh. ty br

6:40 am

and what's the re6 when it's at home? :)

6:41 am

type of tuna

6:41 am

thank you

6:41 am

anytime. :)

6:41 am

ur4 and ?

6:42 am

ur5

6:42 am

Have you found the nice re5 to go with Phineas?

6:42 am

sunburned scandinavian

6:42 am

oooh and i just finished that book! lol

6:43 am

I thought I remembered you asking about it - Chiltern Hundreds?

6:43 am

u + perform a second time

6:43 am

what book was that hurshy?

6:43 am

thanks haz for both those

6:43 am

phineas re5/24

6:43 am

You're welcome.

6:44 am

phineas re5/24 by anthony trollope, that's the book, fourth in the palliser series

6:44 am

is it god?

6:45 am

it's good but you definitely don't want to read it without having read at least phineas finn first!

6:45 am

will look out for it. i read lots!

6:45 am

ni6 please

6:45 am

the series goes: can you forgive her? phineas finn, the eustace diamonds, phineas re5, the prime minister, the duke's children.

6:45 am

ni6 rhymes with fi6

6:46 am

does the author include a character akin to his last name?

6:46 am

thanks

6:46 am

not really.

6:47 am

Lady Eustace was a bit of a rotter, but very refined.

6:48 am

a BIT of a rotter! i actually found her ok in the BBC show, made me think of scarlett o'hara a bit, but then in the book i just hated her.

6:48 am

ack have to go get ready bye for now

6:48 am

Bye, hurshy. She's definitely worse in the book.

6:49 am

ttfn hurshy

6:49 am

i always find the books better

6:49 am

Having said that, the BBC series was very good, it's just that in the books you can read her mind a bit more.

6:50 am

Prosser on Evidence saved me many a time.

6:50 am

am not having much luck with the last 2 ni5

6:50 am

I must away, time for lunch.

6:50 am

i find the books explain things more too

6:51 am

ttfn haz

6:51 am

Good to see you Haz. Enjoy.

6:51 am

ni + ashes to ashes ***t to ***t

6:52 am

thanks

6:52 am

ni + river or fish net: ***ne

6:53 am

A person of Japanese descent

6:54 am

thanks

6:57 am

Haz is the best cluer on the site

6:58 am

any clue is good though. i am useless at clueing!

6:58 am

I have never met anyone who knows as much about English, grammar and usage.

6:59 am

its always handy!

6:59 am

Takes practice ... have to understand people have to understand the clue.

7:00 am

this is true

7:04 am

hurshy is very good too

7:04 am

i agree

7:05 am

se5/16 please

7:06 am

got it

7:09 am

se 4/7 -- add not **s, ands or buts

7:10 am

thanks

7:12 am

top su5/14 please

7:15 am

there are two ... elvis

7:15 am

got that one. need te one before it

7:16 am

su + a four **o* sedan

7:17 am

Have you seen the tv show, The Tu***s" ?

7:17 am

thank you

7:17 am

hello everyone and thanks BR

7:17 am

no. am not sure if i want to watch it

7:17 am

hey annie

7:17 am

No ... have not had a working television since 1999

7:17 am

18 left

7:17 am

hi medusa

7:17 am

Hello, Annie

7:18 am

gm, everyone! tough grid...or am i not awake enough?

7:18 am

and hi BR!

7:18 am

hi dawg. its not too bad today

7:18 am

hi dawg, I am finding this a tough grid too

7:18 am

Hello, lb ... they all are easy ... some are easier

7:18 am

there are some nasty words

7:19 am

hi medusa, hi annie, hiya BR

7:21 am

Hello and good morning to all {{hugs}}

7:21 am

Hi car. How is your little one?

7:21 am

Hello, car. How are the boys doign

7:21 am

hi car

7:21 am

Both are home today. Sign.

7:21 am

hi car

7:22 am

*Sigh.

7:23 am

I thought Dylan was better

7:23 am

Here, lots of older folks ended up in the hospital.

7:23 am

He got sent home from school again yesterday.

7:23 am

te6 please

7:24 am

Is he sick again? I hope not.

7:24 am

te + perform again

7:24 am

thanks

7:24 am

7 left

7:25 am

go medusa go!

7:25 am

He is very congested and his head hurts

7:25 am

doctor visit?

7:26 am

Went with Zack yesterday. They don't have strep, so just getting plenty of rest, Mucinex, and push fluids.

7:26 am

there are so many bugs going round here. hope he will feel better soon. big warm hugs for him. xxx

7:26 am

Try to get him the Tamiflu, car...supposed to stop it faster. This one hangs on and on.

7:27 am

I was boiling big pots of water on the stove to get it nice and steamy and that helped.

7:27 am

I can't give it to them now.

7:27 am

How are you feeling, Mimi?

7:27 am

I'm just getting the congestion under control and it has been nearly two weeks.

7:28 am

hi mimi

7:28 am

Much better, thank you, Annie.

7:28 am

It might be a good idea to get an antibiotic for the secondary congestion/infection right away.

7:28 am

(dawg)

7:29 am

My DH is a bit angry at me. I told dylan to sleep in and then when he wakes up we will decide on whether or not he will go to school. I am tired of pushing him on the bus and then having to go pick him up, so this made more sense to me.

7:29 am

Dylan has been on one.

7:29 am

I am glad you are getting better Mimi

phantom splurge

7:29 am

fore

7:29 am

oops. Sorry

7:29 am

Tell DH if he doesn't like it then HE can stay home andn take care of him and go pick him up again!!

7:30 am

Morning everyone

7:30 am

Hi smores

7:30 am

{smores}

7:30 am

{Mimi}

7:30 am

LOL! He IS home today, works from home on Fridays!

7:30 am

{Car}

7:30 am

hi smores and hokie

7:31 am

Oh, no....you really do have a full house, car! My sympathies...

7:31 am

hi smores

7:31 am

{{ Big group hug }} :)

7:31 am

good morning everyone - schools closed because of snow and cold and flooding on some roads from heavy rains before the snow

7:31 am

And lets not forget my mom!

hi, Annie

7:31 am

Hi wv!

7:31 am

Car, enter the word before sorry

7:31 am

hi wv

7:31 am

Hi Hokie!

7:31 am

Of course....so how many tranquilizers do you take daily?!! :)

7:31 am

Ooo...3 day weekwend for Teach

7:31 am

hello car - take care of thosde boys

hi, car

my family in SWVA/NETN are also closed due to flooding. They have missed a lot already from the flooding a week or two ago.

7:32 am

retired from the teaching - taking care of grandkids this afternoon

7:33 am

Noticed our "exit remark" is in the grid today.

7:34 am

i saw that

7:34 am

lol

7:34 am

Hi, medusa!

7:34 am

hi mimi

7:35 am

so is ruby's exit remark :)

7:35 am

ur5 please

7:36 am

For some reason I thought you had gone back to teaching WV...hmmm

ooh, one of my favorite candies is here.

7:36 am

Trying to decide on a movie for this weekend....it's between The Hobbit, Les Miserables and Hansel and Gretel....just depends on how much I want to cry..

7:36 am

Ours school is on a 2 hour delay

7:37 am

hi guys

7:37 am

our exit remark should be: "exeunt, pursued by bear"

7:37 am

Hi Rows!

7:37 am

((Rows))

7:37 am

this is my 4th year of retirement - keep busy with my usic and the grandkids

7:37 am

how is everyone?

7:37 am

Hey Rows, mael

7:37 am

mimi, I really liked the Hobbit and I watched Hansel and Gretel purely for Gemma Arterton in leather and corsets

7:37 am

hi rows

7:37 am

so

7:38 am

hi rows, smores!

7:38 am

:)

7:38 am

hi mael

7:38 am

hi medusa!

7:38 am

I'm leaning toward The Hobbit simply because it's one I think I'd rather see on the big screen...the others I might not mind seeing on DVD.

7:38 am

im good thanks rows. just looking for my last word

7:39 am

Especially Les Mis since I'll be crying the whole time!

7:39 am

Les Mis was amazing on the big screen... and tbh i didn't even cry, but then again i guess i don't cry at most films

7:39 am

i have not seen any of them but would like to see them

7:39 am

i'd recommend seeing it in the cinema

7:39 am

I cry at coffee commercials.

7:39 am

Haven't seen them yet either

7:40 am

lol Mimi

7:40 am

OK...good to know, guys. I'll just bring lots of tissues.

I've seen The Hobbit, but not any of the others.

7:40 am

when my nephew was here about a week ago, he had a copy of Les Mis. Dylan was sick, so I was upstairs most of the time. He fell asleep and I sat down on the couch...right at the very end of Les Mis. took me maybe 1 minute to start crying. He just laughed and said, "auntie! That may be a new record!"

7:40 am

is there a clue for ur5 please?

7:40 am

i didn't get to see The Hobbit... and it's not playing in China

7:41 am

musicals and I don't get along, but dragons and I certainly do

I don't have it, medusa. this is slow going for me.

7:41 am

i am more for vampires but will watch anything

7:41 am

One of my best friends is taking me to dinner on Sunday and I so look forward to seeing him always....he and his wife are the BEST people...I'm so fortunate.

7:41 am

u+ do again

7:41 am

ur5....ur and to perform again

7:41 am

no probs hokie

7:42 am

thanks annie. fireworks

7:42 am

congrats, medusa!!!

7:42 am

whooo hoooo medusa!!

7:42 am

I may get booed out of Babble today, but I must ask...Medusa, I'm sure you saw the Twilight movies...please tell me you hated them...sorry, but Kristin Stewart couldn't act her way out of a paper bag.

7:42 am

wow, lots of folks came in whilst i was getting coffee! hi all

7:43 am

congrats medusa

7:43 am

funny cos i liked Kristin Stewart in Panic Room

7:44 am

Yes, she was OK in that but she had Jodie Foster to buffer her as well as the terrific guys...she didn't have to do much but look sick.

7:44 am

WTG Medusa !!!!

7:44 am

while i do agree i do have the dvds. though in my defence i dont watch them and they are just part of the vampire collection. just have the last 2 missing. i prefer things like interview with the vampire. my all time fave movie is the lost boys!

7:44 am

I don't think it was kristen stewart's fault. I blame the source material

7:44 am

Got to scoot!

7:44 am

bye car!

7:44 am

i think i'd agree more with mael... the script/story were just bad

only thing I've seen her in was Adventureland. She wasn't bad, but I can't stand to see pictures of her. would it kill the girl to smile once?

7:44 am

bye car

7:44 am

thanks all

7:45 am

Bye Car...have a good one dear :)

7:45 am

I ADORE The Lost Boys and own that one. Also loved Interview and was glad I read the book first. Anne Rice is AMAZING.

7:45 am

even the best actors couldn't have done much more with it

7:45 am

then again it was Kristin's choice to take the role

7:45 am

Bye car...take care of YOURSELF.

Lost Boys is awesome.

7:45 am

hahahahahahaha hokie!

7:45 am

Definately one of the best vampire movies ever

7:45 am

I know, she has two expressions....sad and less sad.

7:46 am

i have some anne rice books but not read them yet. have so many books!

7:46 am

Do you watch vampire dairies medusa?

7:46 am

I kinda like her in Snow White, she was appropriately sullen

7:46 am

If I had her kind of money, I'd be smiling ALL the time...plus her boyfriend.

lol, Mimi. I know, I always think, if it's that bad, just leave the business.

7:46 am

i have to go hang my washing... brb

7:46 am

right im off guys. good luck to you all and will be here tomorrow!

7:46 am

Do read Interview, medusa...you'll love it.

I LOVE Vampire Diaries. Still have to watch last night's.

7:46 am

bye medusa!

Bye!

7:47 am

I've got to see if that's on Netflix streaming.

7:48 am

Oh yeah holie, you definatley need to watch last nights

As long as we're on Twilight, Robert P. is not attractive to me at all.

7:49 am

me either..

7:49 am

Yes---Vampire Diaries is on Netflix streaming! I just added it. Looks like a marathon this weekend.

7:49 am

Oh cool, I'll have to watch some of last season I missed

7:49 am

He does lack a certain warmth in the eyes I look for. I feel that way about Pierce Brosnan, too.

7:50 am

You can depend on me to keep you up with the Netflix, smores! :)

7:50 am

:)

7:51 am

Gotta say that even though I'm done in the men dept., that Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling....oh, my.....

7:51 am

feh, Viggo Mortensen all the way :)

7:51 am

yeah, they are fine

I do like Bradly Cooper, but Ryan Gosling also does nothing for me. He has nice abs, but his face just seems so plain.

7:51 am

There's a series I think you'd like called Outrageous Fortune, smores. It was done by a New Zealand film company and is wonderful. There are several episodes and I've been watching them back to back.

LOL

7:52 am

Oh, hokie, no!!! Did you see The Notebook?

BTW, I'm LOLing at myself for critiquing all these movie stars.

7:52 am

Have any of you seen the spoof on Twilight "Vampires Suck" ?

7:53 am

No, but sounds wonderful.....Netflix?

7:53 am

I second hokie, ryan gosling is nothing to write home about

No, I didn't see The Notebook. I generally stay away from weepers, because I tend to cry at the drop of a hat.

7:53 am

It is ridiculously stupid, yet hilarious

7:53 am

Pattinson looks like he doesn't bathe. How is that attractive?

7:53 am

Hey, hokie, vicarious thrills are the only ones I have these days.

7:53 am

(Molly)

7:53 am

Not sure Mimi

7:54 am

That's how I always felt about Rod Stewart...his hair always looks so greasy.

I couldn't see my tv or computer last Sun. after Downton Abbey from all the crying.

7:54 am

Hi Molly

7:54 am

BRB...daughter needs my laptop

7:54 am

shh, hokie, I haven't seen last week's episode yet

and I knew it was coming after getting unintentionally spoiled

7:55 am

:(

I won't say anything besides have your tissues ready.

7:55 am

oh I will :)

7:55 am

my husband too, poor man. He got into it and won't admit it

7:56 am

For anyone like me who couldn't get a line-of-sight for DirecTV or who doesn't like the dish, did you know they now have a WiFi version using USB so you don't need the dish? Just found out....happy.

hehe, my friend's husband got into it, too. mine, not so much.

7:58 am

Couldn't believe the "dog's name" is accepted in the grid!! I tried it for fun!

7:58 am

Those monkeys are smart!!

I know. I thought I had remembered using it here or in Scramble and it worked.

7:59 am

tadone!! finito!

7:59 am

morning all!

7:59 am

yay lbd!

7:59 am

{sue}

7:59 am

WTG, dawg!

7:59 am

gm, UU

8:00 am

hi sue@

8:00 am

hi mimi, lbd, and hokie! and mael!

8:00 am

good morning sue

8:00 am

How are things, sue?

8:00 am

morning, babblers

well, I just hit halfway. think I will start some laundry and change out of my PJs. will prob BBL. Bye, y'all.

8:01 am

((welki))

8:01 am

hi welki and wv!

8:01 am

I'm procrastinating on doing actual work

8:01 am

Bye, hokie!

8:01 am

I have a conference call in half an hour, but I should be writing. Bah.

8:01 am

things are pretty good, mimi, I finished my two big freelance projects that I have been working on since last summer, so I should have a little more free time

8:01 am

bye hokie

8:01 am

that's great, sue

8:02 am

Frank is doing pretty well except I have to get him to take better care of his skin

8:02 am

bye, hokie!

8:02 am

Think I have a PhD in procrastination, mael!

8:02 am

Good for you, sue...I know that was weighing on you. Take a deep breath and Babble your little heart out!

8:03 am

I'm trying very hard not to think of the things I must do...very stressed.

8:03 am

I am a professor of procrastination at Lazy University

8:04 am

I still have to work, of course, and we will be moving next month although in less of a rush than I was afraid of - our rental house will be ready March 1 and we don't have to be out of this one until March 30

8:04 am

back

8:04 am

Can I enroll online?

8:04 am

that's a nice buffer, it'll help make the move more smooth

8:04 am

absolutely, mimi, but you'll never get your grades back

8:04 am

hi, rows!

8:04 am

I hate moving more than surgery, sue....

8:04 am

ROFL, mael!!

8:05 am

hi sue

8:05 am

and it will indeed, mael, especially as the two houses are about 1/2 mile apart

8:05 am

i'm at 100 words and almost to the point of giving up now...

8:05 am

too many strange words that aren't really words, imo :P

8:06 am

I have 91 and have slowed down a lot

8:06 am

Rows, I mentioned to sprite that we had a great conversation with you the other day and I thought you were new, but she said you have been here before and she really likes talking to you as well....just FYI.

8:06 am

aw thanks :) yeah i was a member years ago and was on here then

8:06 am

i returned just the other day out of boredom and realization that babble still existed

8:07 am

I did the same thing, rows, except I came back a couple of years ago after being away for about 3 years

8:07 am

I'm fairly new but have already made great friends...in real-life ems as well...wonderful community.

8:08 am

that's great :) it's nice to get to know you as well as everyone else here

8:10 am

I really can't say enough good things about Babblers - I've met probably about a dozen in person now and they are all wonderful people - as well as the many I've only met online

8:10 am

that's awesome

8:11 am

I would so love to get a meet going here in the West or maybe right in the middle of the country....what fun.

8:11 am

well, i'm not sure how much i'll be on babble in the next couple of weeks, just to warn you guys

8:11 am

if you click on the pictures in my profile (the flickr ones) you can see some of us :-)

8:11 am

Glad you told us, Rows....I tend to worry.

8:11 am

my best friend from the US is coming to visit me, arriving tomorrow, and we're going to Hong Kong for 3 days, and i'll be showing him around Shanghai after that

8:12 am

Already did that, sue....I won't put a current pic of me on mine....too vain.

8:12 am

that sounds great, rows!

8:12 am

I'm positively GREEN with envy, Rows.

8:12 am

yeah, i'm getting really excited :)

8:12 am

that sounds like lots of fun, rows!

8:12 am

it'll be nice to have someone here who knows me so well and who i can go do things with and show around... Shanghai can get lonely sometimes

8:13 am

it's for the Chinese New Year holiday i have

8:14 am

OK...have put off duties long enough...must get started on my horrible day....prayers now being accepted....

8:14 am

oh no, why horrible?

8:14 am

good luck, mimi!

8:15 am

You don't even want to know, Rows...suffice to say this was not the time to give up drinking....

8:15 am

haha, you'll make it, mimi!

8:15 am

we'll be thinking of you

8:15 am

{{{{{mimi}}}}}

8:15 am

:( okay, well take care, Mimi *hugs*

8:16 am

Yeah, I'm a tough old broad. And thanks, dear sue.

8:16 am

Can always depend on my Babble family for wonderful support. Bye and hope you all have good ones. ((hugs))

8:16 am

bye Mimi!

8:17 am

you can always email me through the link on my profile, mimi (the one at work - it's a university so no problem)

8:17 am

May just do that, sue.

8:17 am

Right now I need to go get my day started, though, see you all later!

8:19 am

okay, bye sue!

8:21 am

Will leave you all with a new made-up word....splet....thinking of many definitions...like the sound of an egg hitting the floor....

8:22 am

haha

8:23 am

need help with the 8 please

8:23 am

We often have fun with my made-up words.....gotta laugh.

8:24 am

Now I'm truly gone.

8:24 am

it's fi 8/70 ... someone who can't sit still can be described as this

8:25 am

thnx rows

8:26 am

yw :)

8:27 am

halfway, NBT and NBS - time to make some breakfast - BBL

8:29 am

gonna take a break and watch an episode of Peep Show

8:29 am

i'll be back in a bit

8:38 am

Hi again

8:44 am

ty rows

8:45 am

Hi MLF :)

8:45 am

stats for the U on the 3rd column please?

8:45 am

hi smores

8:47 am

never mind

8:47 am

5th column E stats please?

8:48 am

NBT

8:48 am

sorry MLF just starting out don't have much yet :)

8:48 am

no problem smores i got nbt

8:48 am

what are the stats for the 7?

8:49 am

ee4/4

8:49 am

eg4/5

8:49 am

don'

8:49 am

don't have the 7 but have the 8

8:50 am

i got the 8 as well

8:50 am

is the eg 4/6?

8:50 am

re6/30 & re7/44 - compound words - colour + fish part

8:51 am

eg5/14

8:51 am

ty nb and nbt i am out poof

8:51 am

ty phae

8:51 am

yw

8:53 am

bbl

8:54 am

hint for the 8, pls

8:54 am

fi8 - one who cant stand still for a second

8:55 am

tyvm montreal

8:55 am

yw bichon

8:56 am

1st pass done: 96/52, not even 2 thirds "sigh" - happy babblings all "PO4"

8:56 am

hi bichon, montreal

8:57 am

Bye for nw :)

8:57 am

hi and bye smores - "real po4"

8:57 am

hi smores, not much time this AM. Got to go visit Mom

8:57 am

That's nice :)

9:02 am

Gotta go, be back in a bit

9:02 am

Hello, all...What are the stats for the 7 please?

clue for 7 at 8:50

9:04 am

re 7/44

9:04 am

Many thanks, Luv

9:04 am

Thanks, Annie.

9:05 am

youre welcome and hi

9:05 am

have to run..be back later

9:06 am

Morning

9:06 am

folks

9:08 am

That's not right. Morning folks.

9:08 am

MORNING BOB

9:40 am

hi all

9:44 am

*peers into the chog* anyone home?

9:45 am

nbt

9:45 am

Hi jmc

9:47 am

it is for dyslexics mr bob

9:57 am

Hello again :)

10:01 am

hi smores

10:01 am

Hiya ruru :)

10:01 am

i'm trying to tough out this grid without a list ..but it's not going well

10:02 am

lol...same here

10:03 am

but I su4 am creating interesting words

10:04 am

:)

10:05 am

like Spleed for example

10:05 am

:D

10:05 am

hmmm...ponders the many possible meanings :)

10:06 am

and defux

hello

10:06 am

morning TO

10:07 am

HI TO :)

10:07 am

LOL ruru

10:08 am

spleed is a medical term, obviously. bleeding spleen

10:08 am

cutting out two syllables could save lives!

10:08 am

yes.. rapid bleeding in the spleen

10:08 am

:)

down to 26 with that re7 clue. took the day off and i am glad, clupper brought very slippery light snow

10:09 am

same here TO and VERY cold wind...schools were on a 2hour delay

and another clipper may ruin the superbowl party.

10:19 am

We are suppose to get 2-3inches of snow Sat and another 1-2 on Sun.

10:21 am

at least the winds have died down so hopefully won't be to bad.

i heard sat then this AM Sunday...please not Saturday night!

10:32 am

are you going to a Super Bowl party or hosting one?

group going to a loal eatery

it is my bday and i don't want to sit home. I don't are for football.

10:34 am

Oh, hope it holds off for you, or comes in early enough where it will be cleared. How far do you have to go?

10:35 am

Ah, Happy Birthday TO!!

ty smores. it is on sunday.

10:36 am

afternoon everyone

10:37 am

Yeah, but I may not "see" you then :)

10:37 am

Hi Katie :)

10:37 am

hey guys

10:37 am

Hey Rows

10:37 am

i'm bored of this puzzle so i'm mostly just on here now to chat

10:37 am

afternoon all

10:38 am

how are you, smores?

10:38 am

LOL...just read your icon TO

10:38 am

HI Eva

10:43 am

how are we today?

10:49 am

Doing well Eva, thanks, and you?

10:51 am

eh. was doing quite well, then got some unfortunate news this morning. getting through the day now so i can go home and be with the ones i love. :)

10:51 am

and for now, lunchtime.

10:52 am

Sorry Eva :(

hi evaN and sorry to hear. hi rows

10:54 am

Enjoy your lunch, hope your day improves :)

this grid IS boring.

10:55 am

it's not liking me much

10:55 am

finally got to 1/2way point

10:56 am

The grid is a drive through ...fast and uncomplicated.

10:57 am

tr6 is more accurate for me

10:57 am

Hi BR :)

10:58 am

Hello, smores. Of course I have been known to be absent from reality on occasion.

11:00 am

no, never BR :)

11:06 am

I enjoy the occasional "absent from realoty"

11:06 am

*reality

11:09 am

28 left, will be back later to finish :)

11:09 am

Bye for now Katie...enjoy your day :)

11:11 am

fedorete = a small fedora

11:13 am

hey guys... still grinding through this one

11:14 am

anyone have a clue for the te6?

11:15 am

I like the word "tergle!" how come it's not a word LOL

11:15 am

Hey Rows, sorry don't have it

11:16 am

:) sugr

11:16 am

hmm ok

11:16 am

i'll look for other words for now

11:16 am

....looking

11:18 am

found it te6= te, a color, vowel

11:19 am

color? hmm not getting it

11:19 am

ooh thanks

11:19 am

the color of the chinese flag

11:20 am

:) that would be the one

11:20 am

yw :)

11:20 am

I'm not chinese! LMAO

11:20 am

LMAO, now I see it -- I'm seeing *** HAH

11:20 am

good evening everybody

11:21 am

you don't have to be chinese to know :P

11:21 am

{{smores}}

11:21 am

hello rose!

11:21 am

LOL...primary color :)

11:21 am

I know rows, me just being silly

11:21 am

hi ruby :)

11:21 am

:) US and France flag too

11:22 am

Hey Ruby {{hugs}}

11:22 am

well it's on those flags, but more prominently so on China's

11:22 am

:)

11:23 am

i'm getting close... 25 words left

11:23 am

i have a lot of re words left

11:23 am

wtg Rows...61 here lol

11:23 am

91 words but no 7 or 8

11:24 am

ty for the tr and te, smores

11:24 am

i've also probably been awake for more of the time that the puzzle has been up, to be fair

11:24 am

figured there would be alot...haven't listed yet

11:24 am

yvw Ruby :)

11:24 am

i'm down to the list now

11:25 am

I'm about ready to list too

11:25 am

sprite tried to teach me how, but I've never been able to use the list (hopelessly computer-inept)

11:25 am

Ruby the 8 is fi8/30 extends from fi6/36

11:25 am

if you have babble expert it's just there on the left side

11:26 am

you should download BabbleExpert

11:26 am

have to find fi6 first

11:26 am

lol

11:26 am

ruby, it's what people do who have trouble sitting still

11:26 am

I have it, just don't know how to use it, so my modest goalseach day are half and nbt, nbs

11:27 am

great clue, ty, rows

11:27 am

yw :)

11:27 am

the 7 is a plural of re6/30 compound word

11:27 am

hi all! top row done

11:28 am

gonna go brew some more tea now

11:28 am

hi dan

11:28 am

be back in a few

11:28 am

woohoo dan :)

11:29 am

i have 22 left and still haven't done the top row

11:29 am

there's still one f word left

11:30 am

the fi 5/18

11:30 am

it's an inlet in norway

11:30 am

yeah that's knowledge i don't have

11:31 am

but thanks :)

11:31 am

oh, the water is boiling

11:31 am

hmm, thinking of a clue -- fi + you ***er take-out food

11:31 am

And thats from the bottom 'F' not the top row 'F'

11:31 am

hahah zoozz

11:32 am

and hello

11:32 am

ahh i figured it out

11:32 am

thanks :)

11:32 am

Hello, All!

11:32 am

hi zoo

11:32 am

Thank you Ruby :)

11:33 am

of course, i'm still missing one of the top f words lol

11:33 am

hard to know which one it is though cos i have several fo words missing

11:34 am

ooh got it

11:34 am

the past tense of the animal

11:34 am

clue for the top g and bottom e, pls

11:34 am

ahh...thank you

11:35 am

gi4/7

11:35 am

gi4x2

11:35 am

bottom e is a sea animal

11:36 am

er4/6

11:36 am

slap me with a sea animal!

11:36 am

haha

11:36 am

*SLAP* but not too hard.

11:37 am

I eat those, but hate to catch them when I'm fishing

11:37 am

there is a fish in grid again

11:37 am

i love eating those in sushi

11:37 am

almost fugu

11:37 am

re6,7 combo

11:37 am

me, too, rows

11:38 am

I really miss sushi and good Chinese food. This is a very insular and provincial part of France

11:38 am

come to china ;)

11:39 am

I wish!

11:39 am

having grown up in NY, I am very spoiled about food

11:40 am

stuck on the last two fe words

11:40 am

fe 5/20 and fe 4/8

11:40 am

I always thought you were from Florida Ruby

11:41 am

lived in Miami before France, but originally from NY

11:41 am

fe5/ same as fe4/9 just add a vowel second from end.

11:41 am

<-- very old, lived all over the place

11:42 am

zoo that's not possible...

11:42 am

lol..yes it is Rows

11:43 am

the only vowel surrounding the last letter is the one that i already used

11:43 am

unless i add the vowel after the last letter

11:43 am

Depends which 'F' you use..lol

11:44 am

goes up

11:44 am

ohh

11:44 am

lol i got it

11:44 am

weird word

11:44 am

thanks guys :)

11:44 am

:)

11:44 am

I give up and still can't find the 7!

11:45 am

re6 = primary color + part of a fish

11:45 am

then plural

11:45 am

re7 color + what fish use to stay still

11:45 am

it's plural of the re6/30

11:45 am

hah, got the fe. thanks

11:45 am

yeah, what smores said

11:45 am

thank you zoozz, you can slap me with this one

11:46 am

hello again, all

11:46 am

lol, I could never slap you ruby :)

11:46 am

*SLAP* but hardly at all.

11:46 am

Hello, Eva

11:46 am

16 left

11:46 am

Welcome back EvaN

11:47 am

good night everybody. modest goals met!

11:47 am

goodnight ruby :)

11:47 am

Take care, Ruby.

11:47 am

see you tomorrow (although it's probably tomorrow for you, rows....

11:47 am

Night Ruby....sleep well dear :)

11:47 am

{{smores}}

11:48 am

bye zoozz

11:48 am

good night Rosie!

11:48 am

lol

11:48 am

no one calls me Rosie... but that's ok :)

11:50 am

Back in a bit

11:52 am

how are we?

11:53 am

9 left

11:54 am

I am well..hope you are too?

11:55 am

im well. a little down today due to some sad news received this morning. holding some family friends very close to my heart today.

11:55 am

clue for the fi8 please

11:55 am

Sorry to hear that, hope it turns out to be all ok in the end.

11:56 am

FI8 someone who cannot sit still.

11:57 am

ty

11:57 am

unfortunately, its not the sort of thing that can get better. but im praying that everyone else copes and has strength.

11:58 am

3 left!

11:58 am

Ahh.i understand..well by giving comfort, Eva, i hope it will comfort you too.

11:58 am

2

11:59 am

1

12:00 pm

TY zooz. sending prayers, good vibes, positive juju always helps both the sender and the recipient, from my experience. :)

12:00 pm

on a grid-related note, hints for the i or the bottom e?

12:00 pm

bottom e - fish

12:00 pm

Bottom'E' is a long fish

12:01 pm

id4/5

12:01 pm

id 4/5 - think of march

12:01 pm

my last one is fo 6/36

12:02 pm

i'm having a tough time...

12:03 pm

any hints?

12:05 pm

FO6 fo + letter hair product to style mens hair.

12:05 pm

wow. better throw that fish right at me!

12:05 pm

LOL, Eva.

12:05 pm

:/ i don't know men's hair products

12:05 pm

zooz. I do not get your clue

12:06 pm

Rows start from the bottom 'F'

12:06 pm

oh! i got it

12:06 pm

yay

12:06 pm

fireworks

12:06 pm

Well done, Rows.

12:06 pm

thank you!

12:06 pm

letter hair product?

12:07 pm

he meant there's fo, a letter, and then a hair product

12:07 pm

and it's not just for men's hair ;)

12:07 pm

sorry, Peri it is a letter to add then hair product.

12:08 pm

ah, now I got it, thanks

12:08 pm

what are the stats for the 7?

12:08 pm

I know, Rows but i was trying to steer you away from thinking hairspray type..lol

12:08 pm

apparently it's a Scottish word for "buxom"

12:08 pm

Re 7/44

12:08 pm

the 7 is re 7/44

12:10 pm

man, i still have to put my clean sheets on my bed before i sleep

12:10 pm

wouldn't be such a terrible thing if chinese mattresses weren't so crazy heavy

12:10 pm

for the record, i use my husbands hairspray AND his flat iron...hehe

12:11 pm

Is it getting late there, Rows?

12:11 pm

wish i'd had my ayi change my sheets before she went on holiday :/

12:11 pm

more help with the re7 pls

12:11 pm

it's 2 AM here haha

12:11 pm

but i slept pretty much all day

12:11 pm

i'm on holiday

12:11 pm

Re7 color + what fish use to stay afloat.

12:12 pm

God gosh that is late, Rows.

12:12 pm

lol

12:12 pm

stats for the top row G, please?

12:12 pm

that's what happens when you sleep all day

12:12 pm

that is the 6 which I already had, did not think to make it a pl. thanks

12:12 pm

gi4/6

12:12 pm

i have been a bit ill lately though

12:12 pm

so spending the day in bed was not a bad idea

12:12 pm

Gi 4/7

12:12 pm

and gi4/7

12:13 pm

GI 4/6

12:13 pm

thanks!

12:13 pm

didyou plural, Peri?

12:13 pm

yes

12:13 pm

i think i'm gonna call it a night

12:14 pm

bl

12:14 pm

have fun, everyone

12:14 pm

Oh yes..sorry should of read the wjole message.

12:14 pm

Take care, Rows.

12:14 pm

*Whole

12:14 pm

goodnight / day/ morning everyone

12:14 pm

bye!

12:38 pm

And i am done. Take care, all.

re5/24?

1:29 pm

the only re I'm missing Leona. :(

1:29 pm

re & the top student - sounds like what quacks

lol and the fi/8?

1:30 pm

ty Lyn and hi.

1:30 pm

fi 8- move about a lot- one who does

1:31 pm

hi - and bye, 6.30 in the morning and I'm already late!

1:31 pm

or add to letters to a fi 6/36. :-)

1:32 pm

poor lyn.

1:34 pm

stats for the bottom O, please?

1:35 pm

od 4,5

1:35 pm

or 4,4

1:36 pm

thanks hego! :)

1:36 pm

yw mama

1:39 pm

hi everyone :)

1:39 pm

hi Kate

1:39 pm

hi kate. :-)

1:41 pm

how are you guys doing? - haven't seen much of you sue, hope that means you are very busy working living etc ;)

1:42 pm

yes Kate- pretty much. i stop by most days, just don't chat as much- which means i sometimes actually finish a grid, lol. Hope all is well with you too.

1:43 pm

i continue to plod on, don't get on everyday any more, and rarely finish a grid these days, nice to pop in and see how tings are though :)

1:43 pm

:-)

1:45 pm

i see that no one can * POP * in and out today... it's in the grid. does it bode well that the first word i found today was the private bit/s below the belt lololol

1:45 pm

at the moment, the f's are driving me up a tree- found the 8 right off, but am monkeying for a few, lol

1:45 pm

lol- i hope it does!

1:46 pm

i just started, the only f's i have are the fi 6 and 8 that i think you clued... thanks!

1:46 pm

well there is a 5 that goes with those- just drop last letter on the 6 :-)

1:47 pm

oh - one more - another sort of generic word for dog fi 4/4/8

1:47 pm

yep- got that- i need 3 more to finish off the f's- i will get them. :-)

1:47 pm

also fi 4/10 and 5/22: small domain

1:48 pm

thanks for thtat one wolvie, i wish i had time to look up[ the meaning of some of these words...maybe if i actually get finished

1:48 pm

hi nan. :-)

1:48 pm

and fi 5/18: narrow inlet in Norway

1:48 pm

*one letter missing

1:48 pm

ahhh- ty nan- that is one i don't have. niceeeee

1:48 pm

good morning everyone :)

1:48 pm

tahnks nan, and hello to you too, just got the inlet looking for the other pair now

1:50 pm

i found the fi 6 & 8 right off because i have been accused of it my whole life, lol

1:50 pm

got them - sounds like a ****and drum band - think 1776 famous picture of three men marching in war making music

1:51 pm

me too wolvie, never could sit still

ty for the fi/8 :)

1:51 pm

yw. :-)

hi, just finished, any clues needed?

1:52 pm

Actually, that is a different fi4 (the 1776 one) The one in the grid is a territory held by a fe4al lord

1:52 pm

And Kate said "sounds like" so never mind. : P

1:52 pm

hi luv, congrats on the fireworks!

hi and thanks Kate

the n's are killing me

all the n's start with the same first 3 letters except the last one

the ni 6/27 rhymes with a term for a "little person"

1:55 pm

ty Luv. :-)

1:55 pm

have ni 4,5,6,5 -- still missing one

1:55 pm

tytyty!

1:55 pm

Thank you Luv! I've been looking for that one forever!!

nymph? = shrimp? LOL

that was my last word and it took me a while to monkey it

ok, I got that one - hah

another 5 nan

1:56 pm

The last ni5 is a Japanese word

1:56 pm

must be the last one as the others all start the same

1:56 pm

oh yes -- ty!

1:57 pm

missing an si or se from that left s

probably an se, there's only one si

1:58 pm

i have what a plant grows from, and who plants it

1:59 pm

also a fly and a dinner

2:00 pm

and a sand dune

2:00 pm

just got tyhe jewish supper

2:01 pm

according to the dictionary the one I thought was a fly is a plant, but I know it as a fishing fly

2:01 pm

and a grass is there- i still need 2 from that s. :-)

2:01 pm

anyone know what we are missing?

2:01 pm

se 5,5,4,6,4 and ?

2:02 pm

just found an sn

2:02 pm

make that 2- which finishes it

2:03 pm

i have ur 4/7- what are the stats for the other one?

2:03 pm

accordint to lickety, that is all the se's, i am still missing the last one - se 4/7

2:03 pm

rats, already have the sn

2:03 pm

ur 5/14; comes before the ur 4/7

2:04 pm

- not a clue, just alphabetically

2:04 pm

haven't listed yet, so don't know what I'm missing ... if I have all the se's maybe another sn?

2:04 pm

ty kate- the last se if like the fi you clued. only mix it up a bit and use an se to start

2:04 pm

yes -- sn 6

2:04 pm

Could I please have a clue for te 6/21?

2:05 pm

nan did you get the grass se?

2:05 pm

oh cool

2:05 pm

ys -- that's the one that is also the fishing fly

2:05 pm

i just listed because i have 16 left lol- would like to finish

2:05 pm

crossy comes out of lurk mode to thank everyone for the wonderful clues!:))

2:05 pm

thanks wolvie; can't help you kyle, sorry

2:05 pm

don't have the te yet- just going to finish those

2:05 pm

what plants the se 4's

2:05 pm

hi crossy

2:05 pm

CROSSY!!!!!

2:06 pm

((kate))

2:06 pm

hi crossy

2:06 pm

howdy wolvie

2:06 pm

howdy cybernan

2:07 pm

gr 5/16 - simpler word for avaracious

2:07 pm

s's done :)

2:07 pm

{{((crossy))}} hope you didn't get too much of the freezing rain lately

2:07 pm

go nan go!

2:09 pm

lol.freezing rain?? last night we got a foot of snow and today is heavy snow squall warnings with 80 kph winds off the bay,blowing and drifting with another 15-25 cm expected..no freezing rain in sight!

2:09 pm

still missing one p and 3 g's

2:10 pm

p's dpme

2:10 pm

*done

2:11 pm

have ur 4/7 - stats for the other please?

2:12 pm

grab a friend kate and yer snow shoes and come to crossy's place,we will snow shoe all day with a wine skin of cherry whiskey to keep warm then we can come back,sit in front of the fire,eat home made soup and crusty italian bread then drink martini,s all night and play twister

2:12 pm

clues for the 6/21?

2:12 pm

which 6/21, mama?

2:12 pm

te 6/21

2:12 pm

ur 5/14 per kate. :-)

2:16 pm

per kate?

2:16 pm

don't have the te

2:16 pm

ur clue from her, lol

2:16 pm

i don't either- it is the last word i need

2:17 pm

well not clue, stats u plus re 4/6 is clue

2:17 pm

someone clued it as a fishing fly but that doesn't help me

2:17 pm

sorry - stepped away for a minute, just got offered a small job doing the local businessmen's web site and updating data base :-) YEAH! crossy - you're on! that sounds GRRRRREAT!

2:18 pm

nice Kate!

2:18 pm

ty - got it

2:18 pm

good stuff kate on the new job!

2:18 pm

got the te te plus re 4/6 - do over

2:19 pm

it's just a little temp job, but good for the resume

2:19 pm

fireworks for me- not normal, lol

2:19 pm

thank you Wolvie!!

2:19 pm

i really should remember that te- i get hung up on it all the time

2:19 pm

yaa for wolvie!

2:19 pm

yw mama3 :-)

2:19 pm

woooot wolvie! congrats!

2:20 pm

any clues before i go- must be off

2:20 pm

later and YAY wolvie!

2:20 pm

te 6/21 - fishing fly???

2:20 pm

hey all, babbling from school, was wondering if Mother was in the chog...

2:20 pm

hi stiddie, she may be lurking, but not chatting lately

2:21 pm

kate - look at my clue- te plus re 4/6- do over. :-)

2:21 pm

so now to do a une po**! ttfn

2:21 pm

that's okay, thanks kate. :-_

2:21 pm

if you're looking at my clue, kate, that was for the se 5

2:21 pm

thanks wolvie, thought they were separate words

2:22 pm

ty,have never heard of te6/21 in my life

2:22 pm

I am having a "day" today, not bad so far, and only three class periods to go before the kids leave for the day... And only two of them are "instructional."

2:22 pm

te 6 is a babblet te + perform again

2:23 pm

thanks for the babblet, nan!

2:23 pm

i think i've seen it in the grid before, but i'm very rusty we have bare ground here at present - unbelievable! WE ARE IN THE bUFFALO SONOW belt oops! aps lock - we shattered temp records here on wednesday!

2:24 pm

yikes, kate, that is a bad place to be right now

2:24 pm

and kids are on their way. enjoy the grid! *poof*

2:24 pm

i will send some down to you kate

2:24 pm

down to 24 and need to list, or I'll be here all day...but first, lunch!

2:25 pm

bye stiddie, saved from the PB by your *popping out*

2:26 pm

lol, you can keep it for this year crossy - enjoying the balmier temps and it's FINALLY getting sunny after, probably, the grayest january on record

2:27 pm

16 - never fails .. as I'm about to leave I find a bunch more!

2:27 pm

go nan go! lungch can wait

2:28 pm

14 - but bbl -- maybe I can find the rest without listing when I get back!

2:29 pm

we have faithin you nan, ttfn

2:33 pm

yaa! my monkey's are off strike and just found the gl 5/16 for me:))

2:34 pm

wtg monkeys! now i too must hunt for it

2:36 pm

hahaha... now lloking fo the fu words...

2:36 pm

one fu words is a sweet treat

2:37 pm

reminds me,the mrs asked me to make her a batch of home made

2:37 pm

ty crosssy - i keep forgetting to bring it and get it posted - the star had a tested recipe for bacon - peanutbutter cookies - of course i thought of you....

2:38 pm

mmmm

2:38 pm

bring on those nitrites;))

2:39 pm

will do, as soon as my addled brain can get it together :)

2:39 pm

lol,when i am finally cremated,i will most likely burn for days or even weeks like one of those junk yard tire fires...

2:40 pm

ROFL...

2:41 pm

or ,with all those nitrites over the years,i will be perfectly preserved and all the mrs will have to do is decorate me and stand me in a corner

2:42 pm

... picturing crossy dressed as a christmas tree....

2:43 pm

bloody grey hair is coming in like crazy.soon is shall be able to enter that Ernest Hemmingway look alike competition:(

2:43 pm

poor crossy, would you like an introduction to miss clairol?

2:44 pm

big cable knit fishermans sweater,a pipe and a jaunty cpt hat and i am all set

2:44 pm

sure,is she hot?

2:45 pm

clue for fe 5/20?

Oh the great boredom that comes with the great honor of jury duty {yaaawn}

2:45 pm

i'd call her "spicy" crossy, do you need a row boat for the competition - just to complete the image?

2:46 pm

lord save me from jury duty.i do not know about the states,but here,you will go bankrupt in a month on the pittance they pay you,while you lose your job

2:47 pm

sorry maj - don't have it yet

2:47 pm

nor do i

Chicago is one day or one jury. $17 a day but I get jury pay from my employer.

2:48 pm

I don't think you're able to be fired because of jury duty

2:48 pm

here,if you agree to jury duty,you stay till it is done.a day,week,month whatever.though if it becomes a big case and goes for a while,you can do ok

2:49 pm

17 a day sounds about right for here.that is just enough for gas to get me to the court house

2:50 pm

i've never even been callled for the pre-trial (choosing), but i have known people that hve been called 3-4-5 times... very strange

Yes if I'm not chosen today I do not need to come back but if you're picked you are in for the duration

2:50 pm

my beloved has been called twice,but i never have

2:50 pm

They called my daughter for a federal jury before she was 18.

2:51 pm

mistake bichon?

This is my fifth time being called

2:52 pm

they must like yoy:)

2:52 pm

you

2:52 pm

must have been. I called them and they said sorry.

2:52 pm

I've only been called once.

I don't know why? I'm never picked for an actual jury.

2:53 pm

.. the kind of mistake, like your cocker spaniel getting a credit card lol

2:53 pm

my cat once got a voter registration card lol

Lol

2:53 pm

And finding out he's rack up a big bill at the pet store

2:54 pm

:-)

2:55 pm

i may actually finish today!!!! i'm going to take a few minutes to clear my brain, then go for the last 46, bbs!

2:55 pm

back in a few.must see how my garden of time account is doing..poink!

Woo hoo! We've just been released!! Later!

2:57 pm

fe 5/20 - similar to fe 4/9 but with an added vowel in the middle

3:03 pm

good for goody!

3:04 pm

thanks mama!

3:07 pm

still not getting fe5/20-any more clues

3:08 pm

mom - if you have the fe 4/9 "make it past tense - hope that helps

3:11 pm

fe5/20: tv game show - Family Fe (but another vowel inserted)

3:11 pm

ty looking the wrong way

3:21 pm

can anyone help with the ur 5/14? i have gone after it a few times, but it remains elusive

3:21 pm

.... 21 to go, and 30 minutes!

3:26 pm

hi kate.u and perform again

3:26 pm

thank you westie! very long time, noe see! 17 now..

3:27 pm

I'm trying to babble when it's light

3:27 pm

usually a night owl

3:28 pm

ahhh... i am only on some afternoons these days, how are you finding the grid?

3:28 pm

20 left and stuck

3:29 pm

might have to list

3:30 pm

downto 14, but i list very early...

3:30 pm

need a lot of f words still

3:30 pm

I have 7 d's going to look

3:31 pm

missing a bunch of those myself last 4 de's and the last du

3:31 pm

more than one du?

3:32 pm

does anyone have the fo 6/36? a little hint would be appreciated

3:32 pm

4 du's - du4/6, du 4/8, du4/6 and du4/6

3:32 pm

thanks that will help

3:33 pm

don't have the fo 6/36 but do have fo 6/33

3:33 pm

thanks westie, i have taht one though

3:33 pm

fo + G** bless us every one + An***s we have heard on high

3:34 pm

Sorry, f +

3:34 pm

i now have all the du's if you want a clue

3:34 pm

thank you molly

3:35 pm

Any time Westie

3:35 pm

thanks molly! 11 left and baout 15 minutes...

3:35 pm

I will try the du's for a bit kate, thanks

3:36 pm

the du's are dun

3:37 pm

lol, well done westie

3:37 pm

tyvm

3:38 pm

*waves* Im happy. Found a brand new pair of shoes never worn at the thrift store and its a good name brand too. skechers :) paid only 4 for it. happy days

3:39 pm

all right cos !

3:39 pm

good for you, cos. I love a good bargain.

3:39 pm

nice score cos, good to see you, but i must dash in a few minutes. hi peri... 10 minutes to go and 7 still hiding... begging now - te 4/6 anyone?

3:40 pm

.. got it, never fails

3:40 pm

rhymes with lower limbs ?

3:41 pm

ni 5/10 - i think it was clued as something japanese...

3:42 pm

fu 5/22 still elusive as well :(

3:43 pm

4 dollars for Skechers is a steal.

3:44 pm

3 to go and 5 minutes

3:45 pm

2!

3:45 pm

fu 5/22 sounds like horn

3:45 pm

horn on an animal or something that blares?

3:46 pm

think Taps

3:46 pm

got it westie , thanks so much .... musical horn for those looking

3:47 pm

now i only need that silly ni 5/22 for fw!

3:48 pm

wooot! thanks to all , i have about 3 minutes to clue if anyoone wants anything

3:48 pm

Yay Kate !!

3:48 pm

i kept looing to the right instead of upwards

3:48 pm

I'll take a clue for the ni 5/22 please

3:49 pm

all one point letters, very similar to final divorce decree, decree ****. all one point tiles

3:50 pm

one minute, anyone else?

3:50 pm

mnust leave

3:50 pm

bye for now..have a good rest of the day

3:59 pm

hi all - back again to see if I can find the last 14 - still sans list

4:10 pm

missing one e - from second row on left. Have 2 ed and 1 ex. Anyone know what I'm missing?

4:11 pm

hi cybernan ... just finished, but can stay for a few minutes to help if I can

4:11 pm

hi mama.

4:12 pm

hi mo. been working off and on all day and still have 9 words to find. Don't want to resort to list, but getting ready to.

4:12 pm

missing 9 - all 4's or 5's... one t, anything weird there?

4:13 pm

just trying to work out the e words you want.

4:13 pm

have te x5, the rest all tr's

4:14 pm

mama have yu got the eu4/5?

4:14 pm

6 te words. 4,4,5,4,4,6

4:14 pm

te6/21 cybernan.

4:15 pm

nope, mo. that must be what I'm missing. thanks!!

4:15 pm

have that one

4:16 pm

duh -- the first te 4! fish coming my way

4:17 pm

got it mo. thanks!!

4:18 pm

yw.

4:20 pm

missing one f from the bottom - there are so many and I have run out of ideas!

4:20 pm

could I have a clue for the re6/30 please

4:20 pm

hi katie

4:21 pm

compound: colour + part of a fish

4:21 pm

color + fish part

4:21 pm

Hi mo, hope you are well

4:21 pm

Thanks Mama :)

4:21 pm

not too bad ty katie, and you?

4:22 pm

Hello just starting but hope to get half way.

4:22 pm

very well thanks Mo

4:22 pm

it's a nice grid today stid

4:22 pm

there are 5 fu words cybernan.

4:23 pm

Thanks for the encouragement, Katie.

4:23 pm

hi stid.

4:24 pm

Hi mo. We have some nice blue skie amongst the soft clouds this afternoon in the great Northwest.

4:24 pm

have 5 fu's, fo x11, fi x7, fe x5

4:25 pm

we have had clear blue skies but not very warm ... about 4 degres.

4:26 pm

missing an fi and fe

4:26 pm

We are in the low 40 degrees Farenheit. Coat weather.

4:27 pm

miscounted the fi's, so I'm missing an fe

4:27 pm

Ithink you are missing 1fe and 1 fi cybernan.

4:27 pm

fe 4,6,4,4,5,4

4:27 pm

is there an fe 5? or am I looking for another 4?

4:28 pm

there is an fe 5

4:28 pm

There is an fe5

4:28 pm

I haven't got it lol

4:28 pm

Stick another vowel in the 4 before it

4:29 pm

fe5/20

4:29 pm

ty Molly

4:30 pm

just got the fi 5/6/8 doing a happy dance

4:31 pm

yippee Katie.

4:31 pm

ah -- ty molly

4:34 pm

Its past 10-30pm here so I will wish you all happy hunting and a very goodnight.

4:34 pm

night mo tc

4:34 pm

good night mo

4:35 pm

guess I'm listing for the last 7 -- don't want to spend all day here!

4:35 pm

byeee .....

4:35 pm

ah - rwo dr's that I thought I had entered :(

4:35 pm

I have 7 left as well (although that was with help of the list) I bet they are different ones lol

4:37 pm

fireworks!! Thanks everyone for the help!!

4:37 pm

congrats mamabook :)

4:37 pm

could I have a clue for the fo 6/.36 plese

4:38 pm

*please

4:38 pm

Congrats mama!!

4:39 pm

f + G** bless us every one + An***s we have heard on high

4:39 pm

Molly, is that a real f word?

4:40 pm

nm - found it

4:40 pm

ty molly

4:41 pm

*!* ta da *!*

4:42 pm

Hello all *happy Friday dance*

4:42 pm

It means plump person in Scottish, Gran Mere.

4:42 pm

*Puts gin, tonic and limes out for Jill*

4:42 pm

Hi jilly. Oh, I should avoid Scotland in that case. They seem to be prepared for me.

4:43 pm

: D Gran Mere

4:43 pm

thinking of a nice creamy chocolate butterscotch fu5 in celebration (good thing I don't have any!)

4:44 pm

thank you Molly....but better not have a nip until me obtains nbt nbs...LOL

4:45 pm

*Takes drink fixings away from Killjoy Jill*

4:46 pm

Not so fast there molly....gimmee a few...please??

4:46 pm

mmm - when I think of Scotland I think of sticky toffee pudding with whipped cream and ice cream -- no wonder they have a word for plump person!

4:47 pm

Mmm...I think of Glenfiddich

4:47 pm

or macallan

4:48 pm

or tamdhu

4:48 pm

I think of rain and being bullied for being English lol

4:49 pm

the rain, yes, but I guess Canadians don't get bullied --- you can understand why the english aren't popular, though

4:53 pm

when I went up for my Papa's funeral I couldn't get served in the chip shop, it was only 6 years ago. Luckily my brother is better at a Scots accent than me and we got food lol

4:54 pm

good heavens - what part of scotland were you visiting?

4:55 pm

ah small coalmining village, both my parents grew up there but that doesn't matter because my brother and I are English lol. Glasgow and Edinburgh are completely different thank goodness.

4:56 pm

and my cousin was kind enough to move to the City so I can experience the Scotland that everyone else loves :)

4:56 pm

When I read your profile and saw the names, I figured you had to be of Scots descent

4:57 pm

Well, nbt, nbs and half way...bbs...*poof*

4:57 pm

wd jilly

4:57 pm

wd & bye Jilly

4:58 pm

Of our generation only my brother and I are English but the next one down has loads of us

4:58 pm

my relatives are all in or from Glasgow and Edinburgh area, other than the one near Inverness

4:59 pm

mind you, from our way of thinking, all of Scotland is pretty small in area

5:00 pm

in comparison to Canada it is, mind you most places are

5:01 pm

must be off - it's 3:00 pm here and haven't even started the days housework yet!

5:02 pm

have a good afternoon/evening

5:07 pm

tr6/30 pls

5:08 pm

nm

5:08 pm

fireworks

5:08 pm

congrats peri :)

5:09 pm

fireworks for the first time in years :)

5:14 pm

Good for you Katie : )

5:20 pm

somebody say Glenfiddich? crossy hold out cup...

5:21 pm

actually crossy holds out a nice antique scottish drinking bowl. Glenfiddich deserves it

5:21 pm

Congrats Katie!! I was away feeding Murphy his dindin.

5:29 pm

Bah!! I'm disgusted I missed the Scotland conversation. Went there on honeymoon, and seriously thought about relinquishing my Irish passport in favour of a Scottish one. Beautiful people, beautiful countryside, beautiful!!!!

5:30 pm

All we talked about was Scotch, fudge and plump people. Oh and that there is Scottish/British prejudice.

5:31 pm

And blessings of Brigid to you Soodle.

5:36 pm

Beannacht La Fheile Brid to you too Molls. ITS SPRING!!!!

5:36 pm

M

5:37 pm

I planted a seed (indoors) this morning and greeted the fair Lady.

5:37 pm

Sort of spring like here, but it's February...still really midwinter.

5:39 pm

The Primary school my kids went to was dedicated to St Brigid. They used to put on a pageant each year, all about her. I miss those simple, lively times!!

5:40 pm

I meant to say lovely times, but, lively times covers it just as well!!!

5:42 pm

Oh wow, I miss the days when my kids were little too.

5:46 pm

me too....and no grandkids to enjoy either yet

5:46 pm

I'm in that same boat Jill : (

5:47 pm

((hugss)) for all of us in that boat...

5:48 pm

For those bewildered, St Brigid is the second saint of Ireland, after Saint Patrick. Her feast day is Feb 1st. Today. :-). Oh heck Molly, you and me. I lookat3 adults, and say 'Where the heck did these grownups come from'?

5:48 pm

<----grownup....hmmm still not there yet..

5:49 pm

(((((Jilly)))

5:49 pm

and of COURSE I knew it was the Feast Day of St Brigid...one of her quotes is my FB status today..

5:50 pm

Rushing offto FB....

5:53 pm

LOL....

5:56 pm

<----suddenly realized I used po4/8 earlier and need to spend PB time...*calling out to cabana boys and hoping Molly left the G&T supplies there

6:00 pm

The po4 thing is getting old. I kind of wish it would fade away into obscurity.

6:00 pm

Hi all. Can I have some help with the gu5?

6:00 pm

but i likes it

6:00 pm

hi all

6:01 pm

add an s to the gu4

6:01 pm

Plural of the 4 before it Cos

6:01 pm

alt sp of good

6:01 pm

oh the other S.... ty

6:01 pm

*snuck out of lurkdom, sneaking back*

6:01 pm

Ooo, Glant popped out of the lurking bush.

6:02 pm

bingo tomorrow.. wish me luck. i want to win money!

6:02 pm

*grabs glan by the sleeve to keep her out of lurkdom*

6:02 pm

*Waves to all the other lurkers*

6:02 pm

hhhmmmm, just 3 left

6:02 pm

make nice with us peasants

6:02 pm

*Sends good juju to Cos*

6:02 pm

not waving to me Molly?

6:03 pm

jmc if I win the jackpot can I fly your cat out here for a catvacation?

6:03 pm

NO!

6:03 pm

Sorry, GLAN AND all the other lurkers.

6:03 pm

don't beat about the bush, jmc, tell him straight...

6:03 pm

lol worth a try

6:03 pm

*grins at Molly*

6:04 pm

he is trying to catnap my cat :-((

6:04 pm

Cos, you seriously need to get a life if that is what you would do with your jackpot winnings.

6:04 pm

appropriatly, se4/5 and 6/21 land on St Brigid day!

6:04 pm

I wsn't lurking for long, just came for the last 8 - 1 left

6:04 pm

Never!

6:04 pm

ni5/14 please?

6:05 pm

*ta da*

6:05 pm

never mind

6:05 pm

ni5 is pl of ni4

6:05 pm

WooT WooT WooT giantrell!!

6:05 pm

whoo hooo glan!

6:05 pm

ty Jilly

6:06 pm

& jmc

6:06 pm

congrats glan

6:06 pm

ty cos

6:06 pm

did you enjoy your trip cos?

6:07 pm

It was fun. Just wish had more time to see everything yet glad to come home when I did :)

6:07 pm

i knew a man named sefu. . . where did i know him from. . . hmmm

6:07 pm

glad it was fun

6:08 pm

Is Paco clinging to your pants leg now?

6:08 pm

*wonders about sefu & Paco*

6:08 pm

i think he was ethiopian. . ..

6:08 pm

lol hes actually next to me on the couch curled up by my hip;/leg

6:09 pm

glan sefu is from the grid i think.. paco is my dog

6:09 pm

Paco is Cos's dog. He had issues while Cos was away.

6:09 pm

issues?

6:09 pm

sefu is def in the grid

6:09 pm

depressed, non stop crying etc

6:09 pm

i am wondering about sefu myself since i saw his name in the grid

6:10 pm

tr 6/30?

6:10 pm

oh dear Cos. That may indicate that your dog thinks it is pack leader and was stressed because it couldn't protect you when you were not there.

6:10 pm

seem to remember he worked in a restaurant here to send money to support an orphanage and school he started in ethiopia

6:10 pm

unwilling pack leader at that

6:11 pm

so there was a real sefu as well as the one in today's grid?

6:11 pm

LOL paco does get away with everything

6:11 pm

Laughing at wee Paco being a pack leader. : D

6:11 pm

i tr6 through this grid slower and slower

6:11 pm

never mind found the tr6

6:11 pm

ty anyway jmc :)

6:11 pm

I did say unwilling , Mol

6:12 pm

yw

6:12 pm

well he thinks hes in charge so.. we let him think that :)

6:12 pm

Little dog, big attitude. : D

6:12 pm

sometimes it is not the best plan for a dog to be in charge

6:13 pm

I had two which we called the 'black shadows' because they were always real close behind, and also very nervous

6:13 pm

i think i am going to go watch jeopardy. . . i haven't in a couple of weeks

6:13 pm

bbl

6:13 pm

and I spent a week indicating to them that I was the pac leader and they settled right down and relaxed

6:14 pm

102 left

6:14 pm

real simple stuff like showing them a snack which I ate in front of them before giving them their food

6:14 pm

and only leaving ther food down fpr 15 minutes

6:14 pm

and not greeting them when i came home until they had stopped making a fiss and gone away

6:15 pm

amazing how much they relaxed in such a short time :-)

6:15 pm

fireworks

6:15 pm

woo hoo cos

6:15 pm

WooT WooT WooT cosdem!

6:15 pm

well, it's after midnight, and I'd better hit the sack - happy babbling, see you tomorrow

6:16 pm

tc glant

6:16 pm

Good night to the leader of the pack : )

6:17 pm

im thinking i want to make something differrent for dinner

6:21 pm

<----!!FW!!

6:25 pm

bbl all...

cos - bagna cauda. I just had it served to me.

fode

6:44 pm

can i get clues or stats for the 7 and 8?

fi8,70 and re7,44

fi 8 is another word for one that can't sit still

6:56 pm

could someone help with the re5/24 please and thank you

6:57 pm

re5...color + the last two of what a guy wears to a formal affair

re pay your membership **es and the high point letter

ooh good clue Molly

6:57 pm

thank you gramma

6:57 pm

also thank you molly

7:28 pm

Thx forvthe fi 8!

7:40 pm

Congrats, cos!!!!!

yw. still ain't seeing the re 7 here lol

7:40 pm

Me either!

7:41 pm

re7...color + what a fish swims with, plural

7:43 pm

hello again everyone :)

7:45 pm

tks molly l

thanks Molly!

7:49 pm

good evening all

7:50 pm

fo 6/36 help?

7:52 pm

hey hey hey - happy friday, babblers!

7:52 pm

Hi there, welki.

7:52 pm

go + do you like to live on the e***? + I *ove St Emilion

7:53 pm

hi dorens

7:53 pm

and hello there, peach

7:53 pm

hi all. and yes, happy friday. never neeed it as much as this week... long and hard one, at school as well as here

7:53 pm

i swear posts appear below others spontaneously! saw dorens' clue, but didn't see peach's until after i posted - 'course it may simply be old age :)

7:54 pm

thank you

7:54 pm

weirdo word

7:54 pm

sure is. i got it off someone else's clue earlier today, but you KNOW that clue was my own

7:54 pm

not liking this grid at all

7:55 pm

question. why do we always say not liking this grid instead of I don't like this grid?

7:56 pm

probably just speech patterns we've picked up along the way

7:56 pm

just sort of a statement

7:56 pm

i'm finally down to 30 (my sign that the end is in sight) and athere are some pretty weird words here.

7:56 pm

okay.. I really don't like this grid

7:56 pm

maybe sounds a little less harsh, "not liking this grid," v. 'i don't like this grid'

7:56 pm

yes, but I mean we say that here in the grid more than we normally do in real life - at least it seems that way to me

7:57 pm

i suspect that some of us behave very differently, in other ways than speech, here than in real life *lol*

7:57 pm

...okay .. this grid really sucks

7:58 pm

oh for sure. and yeah, ru, that is the real you, right?

7:58 pm

don't hold back, ru

7:58 pm

don't ask me.. how would I Know?

7:59 pm

man.. this is a grind

8:00 pm

how many left ru?

8:00 pm

persevere, young man :)

8:00 pm

5..

8:01 pm

I had to list for my last 12.. couldn't take it any longer

8:01 pm

can't imagine getting down to 12 without list... unless you got lots of clues from the chog

8:01 pm

nope.. just the 7

8:02 pm

super brain ru

8:03 pm

not feeling like a super-brain right now..that's for sure

8:03 pm

it's all the antioxidants in the wine

8:03 pm

haha

8:03 pm

I think that's what makes me look younger welki

8:04 pm

daughter's still hanging in, dorens - babywise - maybe in a week or two

8:04 pm

fat makes me look younger. fills out my wrinkles :)

8:04 pm

when is she due?

8:04 pm

how exciting. a week or two will be here before we know it

8:04 pm

yes! and not only do i get to meet a new baby, but perhaps get to meet YOU!

8:05 pm

oh you will for sure welki. half an hour away, i will be around

8:05 pm

ru, she's due the end of february, but has been early before

8:05 pm

that's exciting

8:06 pm

know what i'm planning to do? i have never seen the inside of a trader joe's - so that's one stop. and i love shopping at wegman's - stop two. can you see a pattern? LOLOL

8:07 pm

oh i'll be happy to meet you at a trader joe's. i've never seen a wegman's either but hear good things about them

8:08 pm

mmmmmm ... guess i should bring beaucoup US$

8:08 pm

hi guys :)

8:08 pm

hi, smores

8:09 pm

no, just one good credit card. trader joe's is actually reasonable, but you can go crazy there. whole foods are the stores that will break the bank

8:09 pm

baby staying put huh? that's good :)

8:10 pm

I love Trader Joes

8:10 pm

so far, so good, smores. and i'm thankful for that

8:10 pm

wish I had one closer, only get there about once a month

8:11 pm

** finito ** last word DE 5/12

8:11 pm

well, we'll see about meeting there - might be a good plan if navigating there isn't too hard

8:11 pm

wtg teach - and hi!

8:12 pm

hello welki

8:12 pm

WooHoo Teach :)

8:13 pm

i've meant to tell you for the longest time, teach, that my dulcimer looks almost identical to the one in your icon photo

8:14 pm

do you play yours welki

8:14 pm

fw

8:14 pm

i used to - not much anymore. i've had it for many years, many many many years (soooo many years ..LOL)

8:14 pm

good going, dorens

8:14 pm

congrats dorens

8:15 pm

Congrats, Dorens!!!!

8:15 pm

WTG Dorens !!! congrats

8:15 pm

brb

8:16 pm

just got mine about 9 - 10 years ago - now that i have retired I have my dulcimer as a major focus of my time - i am also learning to play the bowed psaltery

8:17 pm

difficult to learn? (i'd love to learn the hammered dulcimer)

8:18 pm

wow - just watched a video - looks VERY tricky, teach!! double bow?

8:18 pm

the lap dulcimer I always say is easy to learn the beginnings but you can continue to learn more forever - have lots of freinds that play the hammered dulcimer and it seems to be much harder to learn, but have never tried it

8:19 pm

the bowed psaltery is also easy to begin learning - though i had never learned a bowed instrument - have never tried the double bowing - have only played the psaltery for a year

8:20 pm

... and psaltery is just fun to say :)

8:20 pm

took me awhile to learn to spell it correctly - kept leaving out the E at the end of the word

8:21 pm

has a unique sound - went to a workshop last spring where there were about 60+ on stage in concert - look up psaltery symphony 3

8:22 pm

no kidding - listening to another video, so pure

8:23 pm

got it - listening

8:24 pm

we have a group of about 10 psaltery players locally and will go to psaltery symphony again in April

8:24 pm

you mean part 3, right?

8:25 pm

i guess, don't know which one you have - last year was the 3rd yeaqr and the first time i went - there are clips from each year some hwere on the internet

8:27 pm

the one i just found is from 2012, swan lake

8:27 pm

yes, that was the concert i was a part of

8:28 pm

last year's theme was classical music - this year it is American composers

8:29 pm

oooooh - could one of them be aaron copeland?

8:30 pm

unfortunately not - Shenandoah, Flow G ently Sweet Afton, Red River Valley, Tombigbee Waltz - not as thrilled with this year's choices - she posts the music, we gather for four days, and then give a concert Sunday afternoon

8:35 pm

it'll be lovely! and i'm off to have a treat - had dental work today, so bought myself a container of creamsicle sherbet/ice cream. later, teach!

9:35 pm

back for my last 20

9:51 pm

evening all - looking for some clues please FU 5/22

9:55 pm

Change the first letter of the cavalry horn, Jindigo

9:55 pm

And hello lurkers

9:55 pm

found it WHT - thanks

9:58 pm

clue for the te6,21 please

9:59 pm

Hi all :)

9:59 pm

Hi Liz. How are things down under?

10:00 pm

don't have that one WHT - hi Lizlin

10:00 pm

Drying out, wht!!!

10:02 pm

That is good. Sounds like you have been having a pretty extreme summer.

10:03 pm

It has been extreme but we're sub-tropical, where I am and so it is the wet season. Until this past week, it's been a pretty dry summer but this weather was the most extreme I've experienced here!

10:03 pm

Fireworks

10:04 pm

Congrats wht :)

10:04 pm

te6 is te + repeat an action or task.

10:04 pm

ty, I didn't have that one yet!

10:04 pm

Oh look, there is life in the chat log after all.

10:05 pm

Hi Molly - I've been out all morning and have just got home, so not lurking! Honest!!!

10:06 pm

Liz, you are not a lurker, you're a joiner. : D

10:07 pm

That's what I hope! Only lurk if very tired or feel that I can't join in a conversation :)

10:08 pm

clue for er 6 pls?

10:08 pm

Sometimes the conversations here get very exclusive and it's hard to join in.

10:08 pm

Wears away, Liz.

10:09 pm

I couldn't see the pl for looking - going round in circles - literally!

10:09 pm

And very tired describes my condition tonight, so good night all. Happy Babbling.

10:09 pm

tyvm!

10:09 pm

Good night wht. Sleep well :)

10:09 pm

Hope you get some good sleep Wht

10:09 pm

SE 5/16 for FW please

10:10 pm

Sorry, don't have it!

10:10 pm

s + we were so scared we were on the **** of our seats

10:10 pm

Still have 43 left - haven't had much time on this grid yet!

10:10 pm

ty Molly :)

10:11 pm

Thanks Molly!

10:13 pm

It is stupid cold here. Stupid cold = anything under 20 degrees.

10:14 pm

Are you talking F or C? If you're talking C then I so agree. F I can't even imagine and I suspect that's what you mean!!!!!! Strange how quickly I acclimatised to QLD weather!!!

10:17 pm

20 C is too hot for me!

10:17 pm

So, you won't be moving here then harpjane? :)

10:18 pm

Even in the UK, I loved 20 C and hotter!

10:18 pm

<---Doesn't do Celcius

10:18 pm

Thought you'd say that!

10:18 pm

I planned my trip to Arizona for January. I'm just sayin;

10:19 pm

I'm concerned that I'll feel cold in the Rockies in northern hemisphere summer!!!!

10:19 pm

<---Doesn't do metric either. Or Military time. Or the date with the month first.

10:20 pm

Sorry, date with the day first.

10:20 pm

You might, Liz. My aunt from Arkansas brings her warm coats when she comes here--in July!

10:20 pm

That date business has caused me lots of confusion over time! I always do the day first - here and in UK!

10:20 pm

I'll bring lots of layers!

10:21 pm

And fleecy things!

10:21 pm

I went to Peru on vacation this year, it was 90 F with 80% humidity. I got used to it. But my cough drops are all stuck to the wrappers now.

10:21 pm

We have that kind of humidity all summer. It's oppressing.

10:22 pm

I don't like humidity - I cope with it here but luckily it's not humid too much of the time here. I agree that it's oppressing and even with a fan, I don't sleep that well, when it's humid!

10:23 pm

Visited Cairns last winter (2 hours flight north of here) and a woman was whinging that her clothes never dried out properly in summer - I'd hate that!

10:23 pm

It's true, you can't line dry in humidity.

10:24 pm

When I first got off the plane, it felt like I had stepped into a sauna. I thought, "I can't do this." But it was okay.

10:24 pm

<---Always thinks that whinging is singing while you whine.

10:24 pm

Usually the climate here's pretty good - no real extremes of temperature.

10:24 pm

I'd really miss the distinct seasons though.

10:24 pm

Tra la!

10:25 pm

I do still get confused about that!

10:25 pm

Makes for a jolly whiner. : )

10:26 pm

You do see the changes in season through the blossom on trees as much as anything but there's no real spring or autumn! Just a gradual change of temperature. Averages about 30 C in winter and low 20s in summer.

10:26 pm

I've lived my whole life where there are four distinct seasons. I don't think I would do well somewhere that didn't happen.

10:26 pm

I kind of enjoy the changing temperatures. Every day brings a new challenge. Last week we got 12 inches of snow. Now it's all melted.

10:27 pm

The people I talked to in Peru were really amused that I lived in a place where sometimes it was light until 10:00 p.m.

10:27 pm

And sometimes it was dark until 8:30 a.m.

10:27 pm

It was like that most of my life too - I've only lived here 4 years. I really miss the long summer evenings!

10:28 pm

Lizlin, what is your latitude?

10:28 pm

Really? It's never light until 10PM here. 9:15 at the latest and that is around mid summer, the longest day of the year.

10:28 pm

It

10:29 pm

It's never dark until 830AM either.

10:29 pm

Just after 7 here - in mid-summer. Also QLD doesn't change its clocks!

10:29 pm

Molly, in the States, part of that has to do with how far west you are located in the time zone. We are very near the western edge.

10:29 pm

Just looking it up!

10:29 pm

Latitude 28 S

10:30 pm

ah, you ARE pretty much in the tropics, then?

10:30 pm

Sub-tropical officially!

10:30 pm

We're at 45 N--halfway between the equator and the north pole!

10:31 pm

definitely not tropics in Montana!

10:31 pm

London was at 51!

10:32 pm

Montana looks beautiful in the summer, but I would be clinically depressed there in the winter. Way too much snow for me.

10:32 pm

I say the same thing about Maine.

10:32 pm

Where are you, Molly?

10:33 pm

East Coast USA

10:33 pm

I've been to Boston - in summer and NYC but nowhere else on the East Coast.

10:33 pm

About 40 miles outside of DC.

10:34 pm

Ah! I lie! I've also been to DC :)

10:34 pm

I'm probably prejudiced, but I think DC is a much nicer city than Boston or NYC.

10:36 pm

Def nicer than NYC (apols to anyone who loves it) but I did love Boston and also DC - mind you, that was in the 70s!

10:36 pm

I also much preferred SF to LA!

10:37 pm

Not having any skyscrapers in DC (nothing can be taller than the Washington Monument) I get overwhelmed in cities with tall buildings. I need to be able to see the sky.

10:37 pm

I'm with you there. I don't like the claustrophobia of large cities!

10:38 pm

I hate the main tourist area of the Gold Coast and avoid it unless we're showing guests around! Most of them feel the same way!

10:39 pm

I don't either Liz. Which is why I have no desire to ever go to New York City. Even pictures of it on TV give me claustrophobia.

10:39 pm

I take the centre of London in small doses, when we visit! It's great for photography, something we both love - but I can't take too much of it!

10:41 pm

I don't do well in any cities. I tolerate them because that's where the airports are! I like to have my trips into a city carefully orchestrated.

10:43 pm

I admit I miss the theatre and concerts etc. that London has but I never used those facilities that often!

10:43 pm

I don't do well in cities either. I need to have trees and grass and growing things around me.

10:44 pm

Me too! Our choice of activities here are beach walks or hinterland walks, in the rainforest.

10:44 pm

I would be in an everlasting state of Nirvana if I could walk on the beach every day.

10:45 pm

What's the biggest mammal you've seen in the rainforest, Liz? in the wild, so to speak?

10:45 pm

I am!!!! Especially in winter when we often see whales breaching! Mind you, a couple of weeks ago there was a huge school of dolphins so close into shore!

10:46 pm

You are living the good life Liz.

10:46 pm

Probably a kangaroo! Just once. Usually the animals are pretty well hidden during the day. It's just the birds, the flora and waterfalls!

10:46 pm

Yes, Molly. I'm really lucky and I remind myself of that regularly! Such a change from teaching in London!

10:47 pm

A kangaroo in the wild! Cool.

10:47 pm

I imagine the largest mammal you've seen, overall, would be one of the whales?

10:47 pm

And koalas too!

10:48 pm

Are koalas large animals?

10:49 pm

Yes. We go whale watching pretty much every week in the winter and see southern humpbacks. The company invented a season ticket for us! Not especially large - though some males grow quite big. In the local wiildlife sanctuary you can cuddle koalas and feed kangaroos!

10:50 pm

hey guys

10:51 pm

Hi Rows :)

10:51 pm

the flip is in another hour, right?

10:51 pm

Cuddle koalas and feed kangaroos, that sounds wonderful.

10:51 pm

It's awesome - I never fail to find it just awesome - no other word for it!

10:52 pm

Yes, Rows.

10:52 pm

hmm ok

10:52 pm

Liz, you have an abundance of contact with nature around you. It sounds divine.

10:52 pm

i have some time to kill, but i'm done with this grid already

10:52 pm

just finished organizing my room and getting packed for Hong Kong

10:53 pm

How long will you be in HK for?

10:53 pm

That is another reason cities don't appeal to me. Not much contact with nature.

10:53 pm

3 days

10:53 pm

leaving tomorrow, returning Wednesday

10:53 pm

As I said, Molly, every day I think how lucky I am! I never imagined that my life would turn out like this!

10:53 pm

(tomorrow is Sunday)

10:54 pm

It is here too! Enjoy the trip!

10:54 pm

3 pm Saturday here!

10:55 pm

thanks :) wow you're ahead of us here

10:55 pm

it's 1 PM here on Saturday

10:56 pm

And some of the other Aussies are further ahead!

10:56 pm

10 to find!

10:56 pm

i was also just clarifying cos i know in America it's not Saturday yet

10:57 pm

I know - it's so confusing. Still my cousin's birthday in Canada - have to think to get the timing right!

10:57 pm

It's Saturday in two minutes in our eastern time zone!

10:58 pm

It's kind of fun coming to babble at different times and meeting different people because of the time zones.

10:58 pm

yep

10:58 pm

i'm from the west coast though, so i always have to subtract 4 hours from my time and then switch that time from AM to PM or vice versa

10:59 pm

to know what time it is for my parents and friends

10:59 pm

so it's 8:59 PM in California right now on Friday

10:59 pm

I do something similar with the UK - add 2 or 3 and then change from am to pm or vice versa!

11:00 pm

good night, all. it's been a very enjoyable conversation!

11:01 pm

Night harpjane. Sleep well :)

11:01 pm

goodnight jane :)

11:03 pm

Fireworks!

11:07 pm

BBL :)

11:51 pm

hello all - very quiet in here

11:54 pm

hello ursh!

11:58 pm

hi all!!!

11:59 pm

hi dzgrannie

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