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12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

flip and Happy Valentine Day

12:01 am

to 6, ho 6. hi all

12:02 am

sa 6

Clues are up

12:03 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:03 am

na 6

12:04 am

sues

12:04 am

haha happy sa5 valentine's day

12:04 am

and na7

12:04 am

got it, thanks all for the clues!

12:05 am

na 6 x 2 then. ty crayola

12:06 am

флип

12:06 am

And TY lickety!

12:06 am

flip in Russian!

12:06 am

nbt

12:06 am

Da!

flip; hi all hi cos erda saphy

12:07 am

ch 7 x 2

12:07 am

I don't have cyrillic to respond

12:08 am

ho 8 x 2

12:08 am

th8

12:09 am

keep trying to enter thumb...what a phantom!

12:10 am

to 9 nbt./nbs

12:10 am

hello everyone :)

12:10 am

tried that a few times jill

12:11 am

hello nan!

12:11 am

ma 7

12:12 am

Hello all -- I'm late again, sigh!

12:13 am

ch7

12:13 am

Hi sis, was waiting for you!!

12:15 am

hi sis, saph, cos, erda, bunny,

12:16 am

hi jilli

12:16 am

crayola, hi-dee-hi, granny,

12:17 am

hi jilli

12:17 am

hello all, hardly awake

12:17 am

and nan, ruru, anyone else, and thanks to Lickety

12:18 am

cripes, finally found a K!

12:18 am

hey jilli, ruru, dee, jilly,saph,nan, cos, fuzzy,erda, and crayola

12:20 am

ch7 x 2

12:20 am

not seeing that to 9

12:21 am

Me either sis...

12:21 am

compound word, nan.

12:22 am

end the to5 part with the righthand h

12:22 am

<---got the 9... feeling smug

12:22 am

thought it might be, but still don't see it

12:22 am

point is ruru, is smug feeling you?

12:23 am

*gives ruru a raspberry*

12:23 am

smug feeling sounds cosy

12:24 am

got the 9 thanks

12:25 am

yay saph

12:25 am

Got it!! nbt/nbs...*joins ruru in smug feeling*

12:25 am

yay jilly

12:25 am

ruru -- did you get the Borowitz Report I sent you today?

12:26 am

YAY sis!

12:26 am

got the 5 letter word, but not the 4

12:26 am

I did jilli.. i'm going to read it in the morning

12:26 am

I can't absorb any more information tonight

12:26 am

Don't tell Molly, but I am enjoying a nice stiff G&T right now...

12:26 am

ok ruru

12:27 am

found it :)

12:27 am

it's just good for a laugh

12:27 am

nbt, nbs

12:27 am

nan, a smear, a spot.....or make your ****, signature

12:27 am

yay nan

12:27 am

heard of bench**** but not the to

12:27 am

<---had to take a double take at Jilly's stiff comment

12:28 am

LOL, I was thinking of clueing it as the to5+ Hall****...when you care to send the best...

12:28 am

There's my ruru!!!

12:28 am

Well, today is hubby's B-day and tomorrow's Valentines day....so.... ;)

12:28 am

<---has a hardened sense of humor

12:29 am

Almost wooden...

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HA!

12:30 am

One might even say ruru is boned up on humor...

12:31 am

as long as one af-firms it

12:32 am

Whew, thanks for saving me ruru..thought I had killed the chog...

12:32 am

people were probing for their next pun

12:33 am

In depth humor?

12:33 am

actually more in and out of it

12:34 am

Oh, do NOT remind me of In & Out Burgers...what I would do to be able to bite into one of those...

12:35 am

<---may have really stepped into it on that one..

finally nbt nbs :)

12:35 am

*giggles*

12:36 am

Yay volley dee!!

ty vm!

12:36 am

I haven't found a single word while ruru and I were punning

hi jili and Jilly :)

12:37 am

ty for the to9 -- and the giggles

hugs rose!

12:37 am

karma...yet another phantom

12:39 am

Well, must head off to pillows...no work for tomorrow but must go shopping for the ski retreat I have to run this weekend...bb tomorow!

12:39 am

have fun jilly

12:39 am

:D

12:39 am

hugs dee. how is ya, hun? i have had the most wonderful holiday. weather was absolutely perfect, and so was the company.

12:39 am

ooh, ski retreat sounds ni4!

12:40 am

*sigh* had 40 teens last year...only 13 this year...

12:40 am

But it will be a blast.

tu 7/44

12:41 am

granny, I'm so glad you had such a good time after all you've been through!

so glad your vaca was so wonderful, rose!

12:42 am

thanx jilli. we totally missed all the bush fires. one hit the outer suburbs of hobart the day after we left, and another was out before we went through to georgetown.

12:43 am

dee, jilli, the last two nights we spent at hawley house. i'm sure you can google it. all we had to do was walk down the drive and we were on the beach.

12:44 am

off to my pillows too -- only 90 tonight, finding it tough going

12:44 am

nbt/nbs

sounds like my kind of vacation. That is why we love the Outer Banks in North Carolina so much.

wtg jili

12:45 am

sounds wonderful, granny!

12:45 am

in bicheno, we had penguins nesting under our room. the noise!!!! when they left at 4:30am, all these squawks and carrying-ons.

12:45 am

Hi all :)

12:45 am

hi liz

12:45 am

hey liz. just gloating about my holiday. lol

That would have been a bit off-putting.

12:46 am

Hi jilli and rose. Your holiday sounds amazing - my hubby raves about the Bicheno oysters and for him, that would make up for any penguin noise! Will you post some pics?

12:47 am

i was quite put out...i sat up the second morning hoping for a glimpse as they went down to the sea....no such luck. they went right through to the other end of the building before coming out into the open.

12:48 am

Ohhhh! A shame to have missed them!

12:48 am

Think penguins are really cute

12:48 am

liz, still have to make my way through some 1200 pics. himself is a very prolific photographer.lol

awww

12:49 am

Only 1200?

12:49 am

the first night i thought the noise was a seagull having a nightmare, lol

12:49 am

lol :)

12:50 am

lol, liz, yeah, i know. but i took another 400

lol

12:50 am

That's the great thing about digital photography - as long as you have the memory cards!

12:51 am

sure is better than the old film method.

used to have to bring another suitcase, just for the photos

still missing one 7 :(

12:53 am

For me it was buying 14 or 15 rolls of film (36 pics each) and then having to think about the weight of those, when I flew!

12:53 am

Dee, vi 7/40?

that's it!!! ty diz!

12:54 am

yw

12:56 am

Bet some people would like a clue for that one ..

love the definition: the residue left in a still after distilling spirits, esp brandy

12:59 am

Some people thank you ..

12:59 am

hi torg

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Heyas kids ..

hi tor

1:00 am

just found my 6/30

1:00 am

Nurturing my love/hate relationship with sleep tonight ..

wow.. does that sound familiar, tor

ty diz looking

1:02 am

hello everyone

1:03 am

thanks diz

1:03 am

Hi flosey :)

hi flosey

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hi Dee

1:03 am

hey Flos!!

1:03 am

and Liz

1:03 am

late tonight, was baking cookies

what kind?

1:04 am

Love the smell of baking in a house :)

1:04 am

hey flosey

1:04 am

lol, shortbread - didn't make them at Christmas so....

1:04 am

hi flosey -- what kind of cookies? (drool)

yum, one of my very favorites

1:05 am

came across a new recipe for them and was anxious to try it

1:06 am

dear granddaughter made lots for Christmas -- gave boxes of them as presents -- lovely

is it better than your old recipe?

1:06 am

that's a good idea, jilli

1:06 am

don't know yet Dee, haven't tried them, too hot

I'll be anxious to hear. You'll have to share the one you like the best :)

1:08 am

think I still prefer the whipped shortbread

I haven't made shortbread in years; I'd have to follow the recipe closely.

1:09 am

not much to them Dee

1:10 am

butter, sugar, flour - these have vanilla but don't know that it makes a difference

love the smell of vanilla... I have only made chocolate chip cookies since we moved.. and some frozen oatmeal cookies (dough from our church youth group). You are making me want to have a baking afternoon :)

1:13 am

I've always loved baking but now finding it hard on my back - have to sit down

1:13 am

Tor, I have been trying, for years, to get my sleeping habits turned around.....friends say, Just go to bed! It doesn't work that way for me.....do you have any suggestions that might work? Thanks.

1:13 am

Buttery shortbread cookies are what separates us from the lower animals ..

I sooo agree, tor!

1:14 am

doesn't for me either Peach, I have to wait until I know I'll sleep

1:14 am

pach, have you tried melatonin. you would need to tke 3-4 tabs each night.

1:15 am

I don't peach .. I don't sleep well even when I'm really tired .. I just go to bed and lay there sometimes ..

1:16 am

Someone did suggest it, Rose.....but I don't know if I can take it with my other meds. Thanks for suggesting iut.

1:16 am

over halfway and it's sleepytime for me -- goodnight all...*poof

gn jili

1:16 am

ooh rose was going to suggest melatonin - i started with two capsules and now only take 1 before bed and am sleeping well - only down is very vivid dreams

1:16 am

Niters jilli

1:16 am

peach, melatonin is a chemical which our bodies produce. some peeps don't, hence the insomnia.

an 6 x 3

1:18 am

melatonin tells our bodies it is time to sleep, it closes down other body systems, like the kidneys, so we can sleep without having to wake every couple of hours to piddle.

1:18 am

Yes, tor, I know. It seems that as soon as my head touches the pillow my brain signals that now is the time for me to remember everything (or people) that I have ever known. I wind up just getting back up. Very frustrating, as you know.

1:19 am

i don't produce melatonin, so i take it every night so that my body knows it's sleep time.

1:20 am

rose - is it safe to take for long periods of time ?

1:20 am

yes, urshy....it's part of the med i take for fibromyalgia

1:21 am

that's me too peach - hubby says when I take any sleep aid I have conversations - unfortunately he only hears one side

1:22 am

ok thanks rose - i read somewhere that one should only take melatonin for short periods of time

1:23 am

besides, urshy, you are down to only one tablet. i'm have to take the equivalent of 4.

1:23 am

hmmm mine comes in capsule form

ti 6/21

1:24 am

Flosey, I have to turn my phones off before I go to bed....if I answer the phone while I am asleep I won't remember what I've said or to whom......I just wouldn't make a good

1:24 am

CIA or FBI person. LOL

1:24 am

oh wow, that could get you into trouble, Peach

1:24 am

urshy, mine have 1mg in them.

1:26 am

ok checked capsules and 1 capsule has 3mg which is why one is enough

1:26 am

there you go....safe as houses.

1:27 am

good to know rose - was concerned about long term usage - do you have vivid dreams ?

1:28 am

It would be so much easier if we could just smoke some pot ..

1:28 am

i thought pot kept you awake and partying ??

1:28 am

I agree.

1:29 am

occasionally, urshy. once i caught up on my sleep, the dreams settled..

1:30 am

Pot kind of amplifies whatever you're feeling - If you're tired, pot will help you sleep ..

1:32 am

I wish the government would legalize it in all states.

1:33 am

It just makes sense, you know. they could tax it and it would be helpful for a lot of people.

1:35 am

It's safer than aspirin .. There is no logical reason for it to be a Schedule 1 drug .. It's totally political, and it totally bites ..

1:35 am

Yep.

1:36 am

not to mention the tax revenue it would generate

1:36 am

Not one single person has ever - EVER - died from smoking too much pot

1:38 am

My husband has a neuro muscular desease CMT - Pot is the only thing that eliviates the cramping because muscle relaxers cannot be used - but it is not legal here yet

1:40 am

Will his doctor prescribe it for him, saphyre?

1:41 am

they aren't allowed to yet

1:41 am

if he were in the states that do he would be able to get it

1:41 am

That is such a shame.

1:42 am

Would contacting your state politicans help?

1:42 am

Or, oh well, Obama?

1:43 am

We belong to Norml - but being so close to DC it is just a political mess

1:43 am

I am truly sorry for your husband's condition and the fact that our for-profit "health care" system cannot provide him even the most simple, basic pain relief that he needs - that would improve his quality of life .. It angers me greatly that this is the state of our society at the moment ..

1:43 am

Just had a silly thought.....wonder if Bill Clinton inhales now......?

1:43 am

LOL peach

1:44 am

Yews I agree torgone

1:44 am

yes*

1:46 am

The amount of money spent paying for courts and law enforcement over pot is crazy - they need to focus on more important things

1:47 am

Its just an easy target

1:52 am

It is .. And it's something that can profit big corporations .. The private prison industry .. police/military corporations .. We wouldn't need so many cops/border patrol/FBI guys etc. etc. etc. if pot were legal ..

1:52 am

exactly

1:52 am

Rant rant rant ..

1:53 am

Abe Lincoln smoked pot for crying out loud ..

1:54 am

:)

1:55 am

Good ole Abe.

1:55 am

Norml is a great group - if you have not joined you should

1:55 am

I haven't heard of it, saphyre.

1:56 am

norml.org

1:57 am

Thanks, I will look into it.

1:57 am

yw

1:59 am

It's such a simple, basic, stupid thing that could help so many people, it is just so insane that our politicians throw the entire weight of our national resources against it ..

2:01 am

they even stop the growing of hemp for rope etc - so crazy

2:02 am

I didn't know that, saphyre.

2:04 am

yeah feds going against states who want to farm hemp

2:05 am

The story of why hemp and coincidentally cannabis are illegal is an object lesson in what is wrong with our political system .. It is all controlled by big money interests

2:05 am

agreed

2:08 am

it would be such a good thing for farmers but as you stated - big business is in control

2:09 am

why not pay farmers to grow hemp/cannabis in a controlled way. australia pays her farmers to grow opium poppies.

2:10 am

At one time in the earliest history of our country, the cultivation of hemp was REQUIRED of all farmers because it was (is) so useful ..

2:10 am

because the pharmacuetical lobbyists prevent it

2:11 am

and the govt is too dumb to see that the hemp plant used for rope etc does not contain the htc that marijuana does

2:12 am

that's weird....they would gain so mu4. the drug would be available at a mu4 lower price, surely.

2:12 am

and hemp makes great clothes.

2:14 am

Well, dear peeps, I need to answer some emails.....will try to finish this later. Enjoyed the chat.

2:14 am

Drs overprescribe all kinds of habit forming drugs legally

2:14 am

nite peach

2:14 am

night peach

2:14 am

amen to that saph

2:15 am

night peach, sweet sleep

2:15 am

me, too, amen i mean. took me forever to get off the oxycodone whn i had my ankle surgery.

2:16 am

and some get so addicted and the drs just keep giving it to them

2:16 am

that is what should be outlawed

2:16 am

this time, i only allowed myself a few weeks of strong pain relief, then moved over to ibuprofen and paracetamol.

2:16 am

good

2:18 am

saph, over here we have a system in our pharmacies available on their computers. it alerts a chemist when someone comes in for an addictive drug too soon.

2:19 am

here also but it still gets through - and the drs are partially to blame

morning

2:20 am

morning

2:20 am

{{{{sarah}}}}

{{{{ rose }}}} how are you xxx

2:22 am

doing well, hun. and you? and the smokes?

cool did you have nice hpiladay and smokeing going great not smoked for 5 weeks now and lost 10 lb to :) x

2:23 am

yay you, sarah. well done. i'm proud of you!!!! holiday was fantastic. great weather the whole time.

thats great did miss talking to you x

2:24 am

missed you, too. ;)

i have new carpet in sitting room rose and painted it and got new carper for dinning room and hallway love this not smokeing have loads more money lol

2:26 am

trip over a bit iffy. i went to bed, with my accupressure straps on, himself forgot to take his ginger tabs and didn't put his straps on. he woke me at midnight throwing up into the loo.

2:26 am

I quit 7 years ago - the nicest thing is not having to rush out a movie theatre or restaurant to have that cigarette

2:27 am

with you saph.....and sarah, i also noticed more money in the old hip-pocket.

i feel so much better for not smokeing and better for girls to x

2:30 am

how's amie and school?

sorted again at min did tell head not takeing anymore as sick of it now

2:31 am

on ya girl...that's my sarah!!!

and got amie eatting again now wish persons did not tell her she fat as then will not eat :(

2:34 am

must get to bed, good night all, 52 left for tomorrow, if there's time

2:35 am

nite flosey

nite flosey xx

2:35 am

does anyone have a clue for the sc5/20

2:35 am

night flosey. sleep well, hun

2:36 am

Mayo Clinic http://tinyurl.com/cl36qup

2:36 am

sounds like what you do with a razor, but with a c in it and no e on the end

2:37 am

ahh thank you ! fireworks

2:37 am

wtg Saphyre

2:37 am

WTG SAPHYR!!!!

2:37 am

anyone need clues before i go?

2:38 am

oh, before you go, have to share with about our resident magpie(bird)

2:39 am

ok

2:39 am

he's just a young one, but in the midst of his warbling we have noticed he mimics rosellas, kookaburras, and even our local police/ambulance sirens.

2:40 am

lol thats funny

2:40 am

i have never heard the like before.

2:41 am

that must really be interesting to see and hear :)

2:41 am

hubby recorded him today. we are going to see if there have been other instances.

2:42 am

ohh please let me know what you find out

2:42 am

he sits on our front deck, right outside our open door. it's incredible!!!

2:43 am

i'm sorry. i'm keeping you from your bed.

2:44 am

oh no thats fine - love to hear stuff like this

2:45 am

so not too shy then huh?

2:46 am

lol, don't think so. a few years back we had one which used to follow me around when i was gardening. we called him dingbat. w reckon this one is probably his grandson.

2:47 am

wow that is awesome

2:47 am

he has adopted you :)

2:49 am

dingbat used to check out hubby when he was working on his motorbike in the garage. the bird would walk right through the garage and out the back door to check on what i was up to.

2:49 am

hehe

2:50 am

I will have to read more about them

2:50 am

i think they are really clever birds.will let you know what i find out about them.

2:51 am

are they all through Australia or just certain areas?

2:52 am

as far as i know, they are all over. i thought they were originally english.

2:52 am

Hi again. We have similar Rose. We have an amazing family of 5 butcher birds - 3 generations. They hand feed and what with them and the magpies, the song ( and mimicking!) is beautiful.

2:52 am

English magpies can't sing!

2:52 am

good stuff - ok i am off to bed - let me know what you find out

2:52 am

But I think they're prettier.

2:53 am

liz, this bird even mimics the cockatoos. and he has a set repertoire which he follows each tim.

2:53 am

sleep well saphyre.

2:53 am

night :)

2:53 am

They're amazing!

2:53 am

* time *

2:54 am

I love the magpie chortle here

2:54 am

oh, liz. didn't know that english maggies don't sing.

2:54 am

They squawk!

2:55 am

i, too, love their warbling.

2:56 am

Vic magpies have slightly different colouring - ours have more white on their backs, so I'm told!

Our magpies make an unpleasant noise and are predatory. I was upset last year to find 2 stalking a squirrel in my garden. They were gone before I could find out if the squirrel was hurt.

2:59 am

Hi Chrissie. Magpies here can also be vicious esp in breeding season but you should hear their song - so different from in the

2:59 am

Uk

So interesting, didn't know there were different types of magpies

3:02 am

Hi grannyrose. English magpies(member of crow family) got lot of different noises but I've never heard one mimic. But people keep them as pets sometimes so they might start copying. Love the YouTube videos of the Lyre Bird doing cameras and workmen etc.

3:02 am

I'm not sure that they are the same family but I think the uk settlers here named the black and white birds after the magpies at home.

3:03 am

hey scouser. yes the lyrebirds are great mimickers. but i didn't realise that magpies did also.

3:04 am

an

3:07 am

On radio not long along there was recording of starlings (Sturnidae) 15 years after a little island off Scotland was abandoned, making sounds of farming including sheep and hammering etc These sounds must have been handed down from beak to beak.

3:07 am

just had a look in wikipaedia. apparently the australian magpie is a member of the butcher-bird family. not related to english magpie at all.

3:08 am

I just did the same thing!!!

3:08 am

Aha grannyrose. We should communicate with lingua franca of biological names!

3:08 am

lol, liz....careful, people will start to think weird things about us.

3:10 am

Our local starlings in this street, however, for some reason are boring and do not mimic.

3:10 am

You mean they don't already, Rose?

3:11 am

Almost time for dinner, so I'll catch you all later. Enjoy your evening Rose and the rest of you, enjoy your days. :)

Bye Liz

3:12 am

you too, liz

Osea

3:13 am

scouser, strange about the starlings. i didn't know that they were mimickers.

Oops, not a word anyway

3:14 am

My pet rock is too shy to mimic.

3:15 am

Remember the first pree-preep phone-tone that completely divided the world into people who could and couldn't mimic that one,? starlings at our other home could do that perfectly

3:15 am

Hi BabbleRabble pet rocks - I have a zoo of them.

3:19 am

nearly time for my knock-out pills. see y'all tomorrow.

3:19 am

Cheers grannyrose

Bye rose

it

4:54 am

Hello. If anyone's out there, could I have a clue for the th6/33 please?

5:02 am

th6 parsley sage rosemary & ****e & an artist may use a m**e for inspiration

5:03 am

ty, lynxxx

5:04 am

yw

5:04 am

That gave me the 8 I was looking for :)

5:05 am

thanks! not paying attention here so missed that

5:06 am

:)

5:10 am

seas

6:09 am

Only here...only here...5 kh5s equal 1 ouguiya in Mauritania

6:15 am

Hello everyone :)

6:20 am

Hi all :)

6:20 am

Hey Lizlin :)

6:21 am

Hey smores :)

6:24 am

lol...my last name is in the grid and yesterday panda was in the grid

6:25 am

That's funny. The grid's speaking to you! I could do with it speaking to me!!! Not easy today!

6:26 am

me either, haven't gotten to far

6:26 am

last name by the way is mu4/6

6:26 am

58 left - I just listed - was really struggling! Bit short on time tomorrow too! Mu 4 /6 - good name, good UK band!

6:27 am

:)

6:31 am

Strange words - and that's just the a's!!!

6:34 am

:) well that explains why I don't have many a's

6:34 am

:)

6:35 am

lol...just tried hussie, not accepted of course

6:35 am

I thought huss was a word!

6:36 am

enable needs to be more brazen!

6:38 am

Growl!!! The first ch 7, I'd've doubled the middle consonant!!!! Used to think I could spell!

6:39 am

hello, anybody still here?

6:39 am

Hi Ruby :)

6:39 am

hi lizlin

6:39 am

{{smsores?}}

6:39 am

This grid is fighting back tonight :(

6:40 am

I spent the whole morning on paperwork; so much for St. Valentine

6:40 am

Smores sometimes turns off chat if she doesn't want to see clues that people post.

6:41 am

Hope you feel that you've achieved something.

6:41 am

if you see her, tell her hello from old me

6:41 am

romantic lunch to follow, perhaps!

6:41 am

raofl!

6:41 am

I'll be in bed before long!!

6:41 am

:)

6:42 am

Not much Valentine romance here either! Hubby deliberately ignores occasions which TELL him what to do!!! Lots of romance at other times though!

6:43 am

you are lucky, lzlin, my husband reflexively does the "romantic" stuff, but doesn't really get it

6:43 am

thinks gifts are what's necessary

6:43 am

{{ Ruby }}

6:43 am

{{smores}}

6:43 am

I get flowers when I least expect them!!!

6:44 am

aww...that's nice liz :)

6:44 am

It's very cute actually!

6:44 am

Today is also my dogs 13th birthday :)

6:44 am

I get flowers every Wed, when he goes to the supermarket.....

6:44 am

HB to dog!

6:44 am

That's sweet ruby :)

6:45 am

Well, it may be routine, but I'm sure the thoughts are the right ones :)

6:45 am

Happy birthday Smoresdog - a very good age for a dog. What breed is it?

6:46 am

all-american mutt...lol

6:46 am

We had an all-Brit mutt when we were growing up. Love them!

6:47 am

she is shephard/chow, malamute/wolf mix

6:47 am

Quite a mix! Is she good tempered?

6:48 am

wonderful temperment

6:48 am

mongrels are much better off - stronger, healthier, smoarter -- than purebreds. We just happen to be smitten with the beauty of ch2ow chows, tragedies included.

6:48 am

she is the same age as my daughter now...and both have red hair and blue eyes...lol

6:48 am

What more could you want?

6:48 am

and the chow makes your dog beautiful, I'll bet!

6:49 am

red hair and blue eyes, lovely

6:49 am

Chows are lovely. That's a beautiful combination.

6:49 am

Ruby and I are the same age - 70!

6:49 am

That's wonderful :)

6:49 am

yes ruby, she has gets her coloring from her mother, the chow/shephard

6:50 am

lol...ruby

6:50 am

Have you posted any pics of her?

6:50 am

no..I should take some and post, may do that later

6:50 am

I'll look out for them tomorrow! No pressure!!!!

6:51 am

would love to see those pix, smores

6:51 am

:)

6:51 am

I'm off now. Hugs to both and enjoy your days :)

6:51 am

then you could fly over here and help me manage (and enter) my photos LOL

6:51 am

good morning my babble friends:)

6:51 am

{{lizlin}}

6:51 am

{{crossy}}

6:51 am

Hi and bye Crossy :)

6:52 am

Bye Lizlin :)

6:52 am

howdy crossy :)

6:52 am

((ruby)) ciao liz

6:52 am

howdy smores

7:02 am

seeking out the warmth of the fireplace -- see you later, kids

7:02 am

*woof*

7:06 am

hello babblers

7:07 am

((sprite))

7:08 am

crossy! *hugs* Just recovered some data for receiving my email, I have earned a babble break.

7:08 am

hi and bye sprite, gotta go :)

7:08 am

there is always time for babble;))

7:09 am

hi and bye smores :)

7:10 am

I have windows up and running again, office, and my email. I have internet connection and the email program back with the most important message rules. So there. Hard work. Babble time.

7:11 am

what happened? had to do a total reinstall?

7:11 am

yep, format drive and reinstall from nada. Grrrr.

7:12 am

you had no system restore in place?

7:12 am

did not work. And my backup with everything (all data, all install programs, and screenies of the settings) seems to be corrupt. I hope someone can retrieve the data for me.

7:13 am

the best thing in my opinion with win 7 is the ease of putting the entire system back a day,a week or even a month

7:13 am

ouch

7:13 am

I have windows XP pro still. Ah well, done is done. At least I am back to babble :D

7:14 am

STILL xp???! wow

7:14 am

zooz let me check something yesterday and he said the data on my external hard disk should be still there. So I am hopeful.

7:15 am

yep. Vista stank, to be honest. And I haven't tried Win7 yet.

7:15 am

though i should not tease.i held onto 98 se for many,many years

7:16 am

i went rigth from 98 se to win 7

7:16 am

smart. 98 was stable. So is xp. 96, 2000 and vista were not.

7:16 am

win me stank,vista stank

7:16 am

lol! Culture shock, I bet!

7:17 am

7 seems fine.i am told win 8 is ok for tablets but sucks as a lappy or tower os

7:18 am

ok, good to know. I will wait a little longer. I think best would be to start with win7 when I need a new pc.

7:18 am

windows of course knew they were doing their first tablet and were trying to cater to it

7:18 am

yes,if you have a choice,start with win 7

7:19 am

funny thing is win 7 has a grat clipping tool for when you wish a screen shot but i still do it the old fashoined way of print screen to windows paint

7:19 am

pfff yeah. It is a lovely example of how an inferior product can take over the world market. Windows is so full of bugs.

7:20 am

when google/android ships a stable home os i am gone

7:20 am

i love android os on my tablet

7:21 am

lol! I use a nifty program for that. I can snip shapes, pages, windows, desktop, everything. Or I will, once I have reinstalled it, sigh.

7:21 am

I am behind the times. Not even sure what android does.

7:22 am

most things windows does but easier.you actually have to retrain yourself with it as you often keep trying to do things the old fashioned windows way

7:22 am

can't believe enable doesn't know what seitan is

7:23 am

hi mael. What does it mean?

7:23 am

enable is strange and wonderous

7:23 am

so true.

7:23 am

it's a meat substitute, like tofu, but made out of wheat gluten

7:24 am

and hi sprite, cross! :)

7:24 am

ah ok, thanks. As soon as you realise our version of enable does not even recognise 'internet', you will understand better why most new things don't take ;)

7:24 am

hahaha

7:25 am

so true

7:34 am

*smug* greyed out upper tiles.

7:44 am

oh good then you can help me with the k's

7:44 am

I'm assuming they're kh?

7:44 am

yes, I have the snake, what are the stats for the other K?

7:44 am

hiya hursh, sure! Both 5 letters long.

7:44 am

but different second letters.

7:45 am

hiya Annie, the other is kh5/24

7:45 am

hi and thanks, sprite

7:45 am

and hello everyone

7:45 am

my pleasure

7:46 am

there's a.... there's a.... *shiver* ?

7:46 am

yep. A real one. Poisonous too.

7:46 am

got the snake, yuck

7:46 am

i'll just pretend i don't know that's what it is.

7:47 am

hi all, got the snake but can't see the kh

7:47 am

and need help pls with the 8's and 9 too

7:47 am

the kh goes the other way.

7:47 am

hi peri

7:47 am

city in sudan **art*** peri

7:48 am

don't know that city

7:48 am

but looking

7:48 am

the kh looks like it rhymes with the meditational sound.

7:49 am

got it, wasnt looking the other way, thanks

7:49 am

thanks, sprite!

7:49 am

ty got it

7:49 am

new word for me

7:49 am

:) np!

7:49 am

imagine, me helping with Ks. *double smug*

7:50 am

TO9 feel + on your ****s get set go....compound word.

7:50 am

stranger things have happened

7:50 am

hi zooz :)

7:50 am

ty zooz

7:50 am

thanks zooz

7:50 am

Good Morning! Happy Valentine's Day!

7:50 am

thanks! zooz, great clue

7:50 am

darn compounds. Thanks zooz, got it.

7:50 am

car.ee, haven't seen you in ages. Happy valentine to you too.

7:51 am

Hello, everyone :-)

7:51 am

hi car. - Happy V Day to you too!

7:51 am

i got a nice valentine this morning. it had otters on it and it said "we otter be valentines" :)

7:51 am

Hi Sprite!!! {{hugs}}

7:51 am

Cute Hurshy!

7:51 am

Hi Zooz!

7:51 am

Hi Annie!

7:52 am

aw that is sweet, hursh. I have none so far. :( But I gave my husband a lovely one, only earlier this month when he was feeling down.

7:52 am

morning all!

7:52 am

Hello uusue!!! HVD!

7:52 am

hi double U sue :) How are you? And Frank?

7:52 am

hi everyone

7:52 am

Hi sue, happy V day to you

7:52 am

box o' chocolates too. i gave my husband a card with kittens and some pants but the pants did not fit :(

7:52 am

hi car and sprite!

7:52 am

Hello medusa!! HVD!

7:52 am

he hates to shop, you see, but he needs pants.

7:53 am

hi car. same to you. xxx

7:53 am

lol hursh. I gave my love a personified bottle of beer with a sweet message on it. The beer fit fine.

7:53 am

Frank fell yesterday morning; didn't hurt himself badly although he is quite bruised, and then he had a long chemo treatment yesterday and now is wearing his pump until tomorrow. He is not a happy camper.

7:53 am

hi medusa :)

7:53 am

hi medusa, Happy V day

7:53 am

hi sprite

7:53 am

even with that help for to9 i'm still mystified that there can be 13 t's from there

7:53 am

(((((Frank)))))

7:53 am

{{Frank}}

7:53 am

hi annie. you too. xxx

7:54 am

hi to hurshy and medusa and annie!

7:54 am

oh dear, I am praying for Frank

7:54 am

there are 18 c words too!

7:54 am

aw poor Frank. Darn it. *hugs* to him.

7:54 am

maybe it's just a hard grid overall.

7:54 am

hi sue

7:54 am

thanks all - he didn't sleep at all last night but has finally crashed, unfortunately I have a meeting at work and have to leave soon

7:54 am

it is not too bad, hursh.

7:55 am

name that proper noun! former iraqi dictator AND barack's middle name

7:55 am

hussein

7:55 am

ding ding ding!

7:55 am

:)

7:55 am

help with bottom left A pls

7:56 am

ae5/12

7:57 am

this is a hard grid for me, bbl. not seeing that ae5

7:57 am

ok, gotta run, bbl!

7:57 am

tfn peri

7:57 am

Bye Peri! Bye uusue!

7:57 am

ttfn sue

8:00 am

ae + evil tendency to discriminate against people of another race = Ra***m.

8:01 am

Hmmm...it is not taking it.

8:02 am

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

8:02 am

yeah, not working for me either

8:02 am

Hi Crossy! Hi Mael! HVD!

8:02 am

I apologise. Last letter is wrong. I will reclue, hold on.

8:02 am

In 1959, the USSR launched a craft called the Mechta towards the Moon. It missed, and instead became (inadvertently) the first man-made satellite to go into orbit around the Sun.

8:02 am

ae+ american spy group

8:02 am

ae --Intera***l marriage

8:02 am

Wow! I did not know that!

8:03 am

ae + things related to race are ra***l.

8:03 am

Stats please for the K?

8:03 am

lol! Didn't know that either, crossy, how funny.

8:03 am

thanks

8:03 am

kh5/24 and kr5/18

8:03 am

awesome, crossy

8:04 am

interesting crossy

8:04 am

:))

8:04 am

ty for kr5

8:05 am

yvw

8:05 am

ty!

8:06 am

aw... am sad... hubby forgot valentine and my daughter just asked which soup I would like for tonight, I said chicken... and now we will have mushroom soup instead. It is NOT my day. Or week, for that matter.

8:06 am

(real serious issues, I know...)

8:06 am

I'm sorry sprite

8:06 am

Oh that blows. {{hugs}}

8:06 am

:(

8:07 am

((hugs)) sprite

8:07 am

thanks :) Babble hugs make me feel better right away!

8:07 am

awww, sprite, 'tis true the course of true love never did run smooth, huh? (((hugs)))

8:07 am

:)

8:08 am

oh he loves me lots. He is just awful at remembering dates.

8:08 am

I get to take Hubby to the eye doctor today for new glasses, so I suppose I'll gently hint around and see if he gets it - maybe if I pull up and park at the florist? ;)

8:09 am

lol rbud, good one :)

8:10 am

Alas, most men are complete rubes about Valentine's Day.

8:11 am

hi Molly, too true. Happy Valentine to you.

8:11 am

back soon

8:11 am

Hello Rbud! Hello Molly! HVD!

8:12 am

It always kind of makes me cringe when people refer to Valentine's Day as VD. : O

8:12 am

mine was always good about it, I could count on a rose or three every occasion (valentine's, mother's day, my bday) but that was when he worked and had a ride every day. now he's officially disabled and doesn't get out that much, so I'll have to help out, lol

8:12 am

Sorry!

8:13 am

: D

8:13 am

hiya car, and happy ♥-day to you, too!

8:14 am

Oooh! I forgot about the heart symbol!

8:14 am

smorette- to9,102 please

8:15 am

Hi smorette!!!!

8:15 am

ok, back, but must be away now. Back later tonight. *hugs* to you all and may you all find a sweet surprise for you somewhere this day.

8:15 am

HVD!

8:15 am

{[Sprite}}

8:16 am

ttfn sprite

8:16 am

to 5/16 + ma 4/9

8:16 am

smorette- hi everyone

8:16 am

hi smorette

8:16 am

thanks car.eeyore

8:17 am

thnks car

8:18 am

Clue for the kh please?

8:20 am

A monetary unit of Mauritania

8:20 am

hurshy says it is like a meditation sound, I got it from that

8:20 am

that was a clue for kh sorry accidental pushed enter

8:20 am

Car, I will give you a million dollars if you get the word from that clue

8:21 am

nbt and nbs

8:21 am

name that proper noun...Mrs. Peron's first name

8:21 am

Evita!

8:21 am

Eva

8:21 am

ding ding ding!

8:22 am

Not to mention our own EvaNadine : D

8:24 am

<---- got the kh...where's the $$$$!!!???

8:24 am

nice backround molly

8:26 am

Right, I'm sure you were in Mauritania just last week, exchanging your 5 kh's for an ouguiya. : P

8:27 am

No...I am just that good at Babble!!! LOL!!!

8:27 am

We bow to the Babble Player Supreme. : D

8:27 am

lol

8:27 am

Good grief....I am struggling to NOT go back to bed!

8:28 am

*scatters rose petals about the Babble universe* Happy Valentines Day, Babbleonians!

8:28 am

Happy Valentine's Day Judi!

8:28 am

What's your weather like. Too much sunshine here to go back to bed, which I can't.

8:28 am

hi judi. you too. xxx

8:28 am

Bright and sunny.

8:29 am

*Scatters rose petals back at Judi, along with some Lindt chocolates*

8:29 am

HAPPY VALENTINES!!!!!!!!!

8:29 am

aseu

8:29 am

oops

8:30 am

Yup...must go close my eyes again. Have a great day everyone! {{hugs}} all around!

8:31 am

bye for now car. xxx

8:41 am

good morning all - Happy Valentines

8:41 am

all

8:42 am

hi teach, happy V day to you too

8:42 am

Down to 42. Time to do real work. Boo! Later, peeps!

8:43 am

ttfn judi

8:43 am

hi teach

8:59 am

hi teach happy valentines day <3

8:59 am

and to you smores and annie

9:00 am

oh... this is smorette, smores is at the store

9:01 am

hello smorette

9:01 am

hi teach

9:03 am

do you often play on babble?

9:03 am

i like your backround teach, it is cute

9:03 am

love snoopy - and all the peanuts

9:05 am

me too they are just awesome

9:07 am

grrrrrrr

9:08 am

why "grrrr"

9:09 am

i am frustrated and annoyed with certain work stuff.

9:09 am

too bad when work gets in the way of life

9:09 am

indeed.

9:11 am

halfway, NBT and NBS - time to get breakfast

Could I get a clue for vi7, please?

9:12 am

Good Morning Everyone. We got another 2 inches of snow last night; the kind that sticks to everything and makes it a winter wonderland outside; and nasty roadways

9:13 am

hi nef

9:13 am

hi marc. not got it yet

hi medusa and nef

9:14 am

sorry, Mac; just starting (but I'm looking now)

9:18 am

fruit of the vi*e + money or property are one's ****ts

9:18 am

things of value

9:19 am

thanks br and hi

9:19 am

Hello, medusa

thanks got it

9:22 am

anyone want to mention what the 8's are?

9:22 am

i have ho8.

9:24 am

th 8/65 ... pl of th 6/33

9:24 am

ok, gotta find th6 then

9:25 am

two ho 8/50

9:25 am

got em thanks!

9:25 am

the th i mean

9:25 am

oh duh thanks

9:25 am

think gland

9:25 am

got em all now

9:26 am

ho8/50 both please

9:27 am

18 to go.... guess i might as well get the list.

9:27 am

ho8 take care of someone else's place while they are away other ho8 is past tense

9:28 am

thanks hurshy

9:31 am

thanks for the clues, BR and hurshy. BR; I spent way too long looking for aHO gland (guess I do need some coffee this AM; haven't had any yet)

9:35 am

sorry ... cluing is not a science

9:35 am

NP; I'm just dull this AM

9:36 am

chive

tu7, please?

9:36 am

Ooops! off to PB to brew some strong coffee now

9:37 am

not got it yet marc but will help you look

9:37 am

oh,a happy valentines day to all the ladies of babble.crossy has a yellow rose for each of you

9:37 am

tu + not active but pa****

9:38 am

aw thanks crossy. happy valentines day to you. xxx

9:38 am

<---comes out of lurk for crossy's rose...

Thanks got it

9:38 am

pa *****

9:38 am

thanks br

9:38 am

ty br

9:43 am

Halfway...time for breakfast...hagd all

9:45 am

bye jilly

es6, please?

9:51 am

es = burn something to a crisp

9:52 am

name those latin citizens

9:52 am

fireworks

9:52 am

(which should totally be an Enable word, btw)

9:52 am

not the latin citizens! lol

9:52 am

go medus!

congrats medusa

9:53 am

thanks guys

9:53 am

gonna go make a coffee now to try and wake up! lol

9:53 am

gl all. xxx

Sorry don't see it mael

9:54 am

hi all

9:54 am

found a ho8/50 help with other ho8 pls

past tense

9:54 am

I don't see any d in the grid

9:55 am

duh, ty

OK I am there many times

9:55 am

the last 8 is a th8 but I do not have the th6/33

9:56 am

just the stat for the 9 please

something in the body

to9

9:56 am

to9

9:56 am

ty peri

9:56 am

es + faith, hope and ****ity

9:56 am

touch

9:56 am

oops

peri starts with an herb without the vowel

9:57 am

I was thinking along those lines Marc but still looking

9:57 am

aha, got the th6 and the th8 tyty

9:58 am

peeks out of PB, taking crossy's yellow rose gift; there is strong fresh-brewed coffee in here! I just made it; also have fresh made peanut butter cookies topped with Hersheys kisses inhere! :-D

plural

9:58 am

ty crossy for the yellow rose

9:58 am

off i go to the pb.today i am making toasted cheddar and onion bagels with smoked ham,romaine lettuce, thinly sliced tomato and of course baconnayse

9:58 am

you are quite welcome peri

thanks BR got it finally

9:59 am

thanks crossy.

10:00 am

bbs

10:00 am

actually good yellow roses are a tough find in a sea of red ones at the shoppes

10:01 am

yellow roses mean "you make me happy" I think.

10:02 am

Yellow roses mean friendship

10:03 am

okay, then it's red and yellow roses together that maen that then

10:07 am

mean

10:07 am

smorette- persnally i like red roses

10:08 am

personally sorry o is sticking

as5, please?

10:08 am

thanks for correcting my spelling. I'm still working on trying to drink the too hot coffee

10:09 am

don't burn yourself too much ;)

10:10 am

hiya

10:10 am

as5 + mule + 2 vowels, Marc

10:11 am

Marc, it's an Italian musical notation, meaning "a lot" or "very"

10:13 am

back... reasonably good talk with Tim's school, followed by another row with him and now he has run off again. Darn stubborn kid.

10:13 am

hi sprite x

10:13 am

oh, sprite! How old is he?

got it thanks

10:13 am

hi sarah

10:14 am

he will be 17 in May

10:15 am

just wanna cry now and stop trying. I am so damn tired of him.

10:15 am

sarahlou going be 17 in april she being a pain to must be age sprite

10:15 am

think so too, sarah.

10:15 am

hugs sprite xx

10:16 am

thanks hun *hug* right back at you

10:16 am

she told me she was leaveing home as would not buy her satin bedding

10:16 am

(((sprite))) My son was a problem at that age too. They think they know it all and can be a giant pain; I hope he can find someone who will straighten him out soon.

10:17 am

oh sarah... isn't it incredible

10:17 am

carefull hugs think i have scarlet fever in a lot of pain going doctors tomorr

10:17 am

thanks Nef. I hope so too. He wants it all, he wants it now and he does not want to lift a finger to get it. And hates us for not handing him everything.

10:17 am

ou4 sarah... hope you heal up soon

10:17 am

like you it is hard as do not want her to leave home yet

10:18 am

don't give up; but don't give in either. Pick your battles wisely. Just keep reminding him that it only affects him in the long run.

10:18 am

he flipped me the finger today. I got so mad.

10:18 am

me to hun moveing is not good only place i do not hurt is when in bath but do not think that is helpping it :(

kh5, please?

10:18 am

ok Nef, will remember that. Thanks :)

10:19 am

rhymes with the meditation sound, Marc

10:19 am

17 was tough for us with our son.18 is better.here in canada,18 is age of majority and it seems to straighen them up a bit as they suddenly realize they are now responsible legally for everything they say and do

10:20 am

I ended up kicking our son out the day after he turned 18. we had peace and quiet for 3 weeks and thenhe called me to bail him out of jail. I didn't.

10:20 am

KH + fourth vowel + hesitation syllable

10:20 am

yeah, 18 is legal majority here as well. We can hope.

10:20 am

wow Nef. Good for you. How did that work out in the long run?

10:21 am

indeed,nef.he must pay his consequences

10:21 am

I SO want the peace and quiet back in our home... I really miss it.

thanks Erda got it

10:22 am

YW Marc -- that's a new one...

10:22 am

He did his thing for 2 years; ended up in big trouble and a record. He's now 33 and has found out that his record follows him. But he's 33 now and is a wonderful husband and dad

10:22 am

that makes me a little more hopeful, Nef. Thanks.

10:24 am

I wish someone would have been able to tell him that this would follow him for the rest of his life when he was going through all of that. We tried, counsellors tried, etc. But he didn't really respect them or what they told him (he now admits that).

the first na5/16, please?

10:25 am

and of our 2 kids; he's the one that is there for us most.

10:26 am

yes, we have a similar problem. He demands 'respect', which means he gets his way and we shut up. He still does not realise that respect is earned and not by badmouthing others.

10:26 am

sprite, is there someone your son idolizes or respects that might get through to him?

10:26 am

aw that is good to hear, Nef.

10:26 am

Marc, it is like the one after it, but switch the last 2 vowels

10:26 am

Latin plural of naevus, Marc. Just got it myself...

10:26 am

Um, what about the respect he is supposed to give Mom and Dad?

10:28 am

my son shows a bit more respect now.knowing that as a adult we can toss him out on his ear at any time now gives him pause and he thinks before he speaks

10:28 am

right, Molly. And his teachers etc as well. His mentor just made an appointment with him, on the first lesson hour of the day. And Tim got nasty because he does not like getting up early. So we had to remind him his mentor had to get up early too, especially for him.

10:28 am

I don't know, Molly. :-( I think when kids act out like that they can't see beyond the tip of their noses.

10:29 am

Sorry, it just kills me the way kids demand respect and then go around disrespecting anyone who gets in their way.

10:29 am

Nef, not really. He likes his friends, but they are easygoing. And he likes gaming and hardstyle music.

10:29 am

a mentor at the school was invaluable for us

10:29 am

Hi all. Sprite et al, I am with you all the way with the teen thing, My son started acting out and giving us real trouble at 14. He is now 17 and we are starting to see glimmers of the light at the end of the tunnel.

10:30 am

Molly, I couldn't agree more. That is what we keep telling him. Earn respect. And make sure you do what you plan, so you can have self respect as well. It is NOT freely given.

10:30 am

Hope everyone has a safe and happy valentine's day ♥♡

10:30 am

Michnick, that is SO good to hear.

10:30 am

we managed to get him graduated at high school but it was a close thing:)

10:30 am

hi Enigma, you too

10:30 am

I always want to blame it on the way society praises kids these days; but I don't know

10:31 am

We were very firm, but all the time letting him know we love him - unconditionally - but that privileges AND respect can only be earned.

10:31 am

Thanks, sprite....later

10:31 am

great advice, Mich!

10:31 am

We were told by all the "experts" not to be tough - just love and love some more. Boohissey- kids crave limits.

10:31 am

I think there is a problem with letting kids face the consequences of their behaviour nowadays. Grounding or other punishments are frowned upon. Well, too bad. I can tell you he won't be gaming much in the near future.

10:32 am

exactly, Mich. That's what we do too.

10:32 am

Love is absolutely necessary. And so are limits.

I have to say that having older kids is great. I will tell you it will pass. Be strong and patient but keep your own integrity. Don't let them walk all over you. But always, always let them know you love them no matter what. Then kick them out if they don't behave.

10:33 am

*delurking* you all are making me appreciate my hormonal girls (4 of them) more than I normally would ;-)

10:33 am

hehehe :) I love it how you put that, Marc. Thanks.

10:33 am

You've got it, the discipline pendulum has swung too far in the wrong direction. When I told my son the door gets locked at 9:30 (remember he was only 14) - he had quite a shock when he came home at 10:00 to a dark & locked house. We made him sweat it out, let him sleep at home - but the 2nd time - we never even opeened the door.

10:33 am

hi fruittart, that is a good thing :)

By the way Sprite, thanks for the clue on na5/16

10:33 am

We are not supposed to be their "buddies" we are supposed to be their parents. And kids who grow up with no consequences become adults who don't believe in consequences.

10:33 am

Our daughter-in-law gave me a bunch of nursery rhymes that I'm supposed to sing/say to our grandson. Her therapist took a bunch of old ones and changed them "to build self-esteem" in our 3 1/2 yr old grandson! SORRY!! I use the old words anyway. (what's wrong with Humpty Dumpty not being put back together again?)

10:34 am

fruittart try 6 girls aged 16 to 5 lol thats fun lol

10:34 am

true, Molly. I don't even want his buddie and I told him so. I am his mother. That is my job.

10:34 am

You are so right Nef - let them learn that when the egg breaks - it stays broke!!!

10:35 am

Oh Nef, I am gagging. Good for you for not watering down the nursery rhymes.

10:35 am

Sarah, I have 7 aged 13-23, 4 boys & 3 girls. we have seen it all.

10:35 am

Nef, you are so right! Children and fairytales go together. The witch dies, humptydumpty goes poof forever and so on.

10:35 am

yvw Marc ;)

10:35 am

As a teacher of young children, nursey rhymes are the best thing you can teach children because of the stance, rhymes, and flow of the pieces.

10:36 am

oh man... I am sending my son to you, Mich, lol! You know how to handle him.

10:36 am

i bet hard some days but we get thought it :)

10:36 am

I'm ready sprite!!

10:36 am

I am sad to see first graders in my class who don't know or haven't heard most nr

10:36 am

indeed, carpeve. It teaches them so much about language. But also the meaning.

10:37 am

:D Yay Mich! I sure could use a vacation from him :D

10:37 am

must be why I keep trying 'evict', grinnnn

10:37 am

Wow! There is some wonderful advice here today! We went through rough times with our son; we did our best to maintain a good relationship and it has paid off in the end.

10:37 am

The only one that truly freaks me out is Rock a bye Baby. When I thought about the meaning I just couldn't use it as a lullaby. Talk about giving a kid a nightmare!

10:38 am

lol,i keep hoping to find empty nest in the grid

10:38 am

carpeve: just like learning to string their laces. They teach it at school nowadays. I was baffled, back then... we taught it our kids and it was fun.

10:38 am

Hi again everyone :)

my6, please?

10:39 am

wb smores

10:39 am

Hi smore

10:39 am

looked up rockabye baby. Creepy, yes.

10:39 am

wb smores

10:39 am

Mich, I did change the words to rock a bye baby. The kid falling out of the tree was too gruesome for me too.

10:39 am

sprite, my daughter wouldn't let us teach her to tie her shoes. She was about 3 and went in her room and worked on her shoes til she did it herself. (she's 30 and still ties them very odd)

10:39 am

same as the other my, Marc, but ending in what Windows and Macintosh and Ubuntu are.

10:40 am

I just found other lullabies. The one all my kids remember is the one I made up.

10:40 am

aw that is sweet, Nef. A do it yourselver!

10:40 am

Carp, a lot of kids don't know nursery rhymes because a lot of parents don't bother to read to their kids anymore. Sad.

thanks got it

10:41 am

we used to read with our kids all the time. We even started with english and they are both fluent in it now.

10:41 am

smoresette is home sick, I thought she was resting, but she was babbling, soooo nbt/nbt 1/2 way done

10:41 am

my daughter in law reads them to her son in a normal voice. It freaks me out because I always sing them to him

10:41 am

good job, smorette

10:41 am

Oh I thought it was your daughter playing as you. Wasn't she doing that earlier?

10:41 am

Everything is pre-recorded with lots of bells and whistles. Kids need a quiet room and good book that Mom or Dad reads. If not every day, then as often as possible!

10:42 am

my bookcase was wide open for my son from age 11.i do not believe in changed versions to classic stories that have been homogonized to cater to current political correctness

10:42 am

singing is lovely with kids.

10:42 am

Hi everyone. Bright and sunny here today

10:42 am

howdy bichon

10:42 am

oh dear. Just looked at the time. I need to go now. BBL! Happy Babbling, everyone!

10:42 am

Yes, Molly, I told her to open her own account :)

10:42 am

hi bichon. Snowy here. And... what is it called? When everything freezes over with a slippery layer of ice?

10:42 am

Hi bichon :)

10:43 am

bye Nef!

10:43 am

Careful, some people have regretted opening up their "Babble world" to family members.

10:43 am

Bye nef...enjoy your day :)

10:43 am

I absoulutely hate the new DVDs that come in cars. So much of our special time with the kids was in the car, singing, games, talking. My kids opened up so much in the back seat when we DIDN"T have eye contact - all the hard stuff came out.

mu5/16, please?

10:43 am

black ice? a glaze?

10:43 am

true, Mich! Same for us.

10:43 am

I'll look it up, bichon, I don't know the english word

10:43 am

hi everyone can i have another easy clue for the to9 still dont get it

10:43 am

Families can live together and virtually never interact.

10:44 am

People don't talk to their kids in the car anymore. They just strap them in and plug in the cartoons. Sad.

10:44 am

glaced frost, sheet ice, says my dictionary

reach out and to*** someone

10:45 am

mu5/18= mu+consonant+**to the grid we plunge

10:45 am

we used to sing in the car, and play silly games. Last summer we still did, even.

10:45 am

Mu5/16 rather

10:45 am

lol...when mine were little we sang songs and played 20questions every morning to and from school

10:45 am

Ooo lookie, Jill came out of hiding. Hi Jill. : )

10:45 am

Thin layer of ice, a glazing of ice. Here we call ice that forms over the black asphalt, black ice. You can't see it, but it's slippery

thanks got the mu5

10:45 am

And the license plate game

10:46 am

We played a lot of games, sang songs. Parents do not know what they are missing today!

10:46 am

exactly, that is what I mean, bichon. I am gonna add that to my dictionary!

10:46 am

<----was expecting a Molly quip.. ;)

10:46 am

*Toss Valentine's Lindt to Jill*

10:47 am

License plate game is different in Israel all plates are the same. we used to have the kids look for a sequence of numbers

10:47 am

Hey Jilly :)

10:47 am

Tosses and off I go to the PB.

10:47 am

to 9 pleaseeeeeee

Fireworks, I have to go thanks for all the clues

10:47 am

I remember a trip we took in '81 out to Yellowstone and north to Alberta and back. We got all 50 states and all of the provinces. Great fun

10:47 am

wtg Marc, and bye

10:47 am

*eats lindt appreciativly and grants Molly a get out of PB card*

10:47 am

sorry coo, just started

10:48 am

You were very determined while we were chatting, Good going Marc

10:48 am

cool: reach out and to*** and try to hit the ****

to5/16 + ma4/9

10:48 am

WTG Marc :)

10:48 am

*steals a lindt from Jjill*

10:49 am

ty

10:49 am

ty Marc

10:49 am

I am not getting that, what is the to5?

10:49 am

one of the senses, Mich

10:50 am

OH, I was looking at the wrong M

10:50 am

TY marc

10:50 am

ah yes. This grid is doing that to us.

10:51 am

es 6/24?

10:51 am

es and to really burn something

10:51 am

es + something is burned or ****red.

10:51 am

hard grid for me, bbl

10:52 am

hi/bye peri!

10:52 am

bye peri

10:52 am

ty sprite and peri

10:53 am

*GASPS at the Lindt stealing* : O

10:53 am

*innocent eyes* All evidence has disappeared!

10:53 am

clue for the th8 please

10:54 am

sorry cool, don't have that one yet

10:54 am

plural of the th6

10:54 am

hi sprite

10:54 am

hi cool :)

10:55 am

dont have the th6

10:55 am

It's an endocrine gland....

10:55 am

thanks Jjill, got them

10:56 am

sage, rosemary th**e plus you, me **

10:56 am

ty Jilly

10:58 am

ty

10:58 am

:)

10:58 am

It's a clue fest!!

11:00 am

ah, found the spring water

11:01 am

spring water?

11:01 am

Ah, got it, ty

11:01 am

:)

11:01 am

Evian, it's not acceptable

11:01 am

change the first letter

11:02 am

:)

11:02 am

nope but there is another one, Molly, and that is valid

11:02 am

Well yeah, but I was referencing the brand of water.

11:02 am

so was I... vi5/24

11:03 am

ahhh ty sprite!

11:03 am

yvw :)

11:04 am

is the vi 5/24 french?

11:04 am

Oh this is all convoluted. I was replying to Mich. : O

11:04 am

Ha, Sprite, I had gotten the other one first, ty again

11:04 am

oui

11:04 am

And I was answering you, change the first letter

11:05 am

hi BabbleRabble, good to see you

11:05 am

and hi Kateq

11:05 am

Hello, folks

11:06 am

hi all

11:06 am

Hi kateq, BR

11:07 am

I do not do K words!! Does someone want to help me with my K's?

11:07 am

Ah, got one

11:07 am

kr5: snake kh5: rhymes with the meditation sound

11:08 am

may I please have a clue for the ti6?

11:08 am

for a sneeze

11:08 am

*hatchooooo!*

11:09 am

ah, that was the clue already! Thanks BabbleRabble, I was slow in getting it. Fireflies.

11:09 am

<-- thankful for the absence of RE words!!

11:09 am

ti6? I hard;ly know you!!

11:09 am

lol Mich

11:10 am

Well done sprite :)

11:10 am

*Mich cleans up a dirty joke* : D

11:10 am

WooT WooT WooT sprite!!

11:11 am

well, better off with me to write an email to school... sigh. *hugs* to you all, thanks for letting me vent and helping me thing.

11:12 am

Bye sprite...best of luck to you dear :)

11:12 am

23 to go...heading out again...bb tonight to finish!

11:14 am

bye for now Jilly :)

11:14 am

Good luck Sprite, we're always with you

11:16 am

I'm off too, bbfn

11:17 am

I have to go as well.

11:17 am

Bye Mich :)

11:24 am

*Watches the stampede out the back door*

11:27 am

hello

11:29 am

molly, are you still here?

11:30 am

Hi Ruby, where have you been?

11:30 am

preparing papers for an audit

11:30 am

Ah, busy, busy.

11:30 am

today they began to take shape

11:31 am

not my area of expertise and husband is no help

11:31 am

he remembers nothing

11:31 am

That's tough having to do it all on your own.

11:32 am

happily, I went through his desk in desperation, and found about 20 lbs of paper that I needed

11:32 am

how hard is the grid today?

11:32 am

it's always hard for me, MLF, and hello

11:32 am

hello ruby

11:33 am

oops

11:33 am

what did you do?

11:34 am

thought i typed on a word

11:34 am

<-- wouldn't mind

11:36 am

Stats for the O please?

11:36 am

It's supposed to be a challenging game. Not sure why people play if they think it's "easy".

11:37 am

you'll never hear me say it's easy. I try to get at least half and nbt and nbs and sometimes get close

11:37 am

whenif irst started playing it was the two week trial period and i did pretty well but thought it was going to stay that way but no such luck

11:37 am

the best part, for me, is when I first see the grid

11:37 am

NEVER MIND dont need the O

11:38 am

Me too Ruby. I enjoy playing when the grid is new and I have chat turned off so I can find words on my own.

11:38 am

I need the 2nd colum a for nbt, stats fould help

11:38 am

i like to see how many are in the grid

11:39 am

usually, when I arrive in the morning, I just dive in

11:39 am

2nd column A stats please?

11:39 am

<-- knows how to spell column

11:39 am

fould lol

11:39 am

i need that too

11:39 am

portmanteau word maybe?

11:40 am

K stats please?

11:41 am

kh5/24 and kr5/18

11:41 am

ty got it

11:42 am

i need that A for nbt

11:43 am

I'm typing random a words to find it

11:43 am

hah, ae5/12

11:43 am

babblet

11:44 am

phantom: mahout

11:44 am

ruby ae plus what the ae babblet i know isnt in the grid?

11:45 am

plus the gov't info agency

11:46 am

ty nbt

11:47 am

does anyone have th 9?

11:47 am

the 9 sorry

11:47 am

I don't have any 8's or the 9

11:47 am

i dont have any 7s either

11:48 am

I have one 7, ch7/48 pries something open (I think)

11:50 am

Ruby are we the only 2 in here??

11:52 am

it's either just us or molly is lurking....she's probably celebrating Valentine's Day

11:53 am

i am not celebrating Valentine 's day but hubby is here

11:53 am

no i am here too - hi guys

11:53 am

hi ursh

11:53 am

husband wants to, but I'm assiduously avoiding it

11:53 am

hi ursh

11:53 am

ursh do you havve the 9?

11:53 am

bah humbug

11:54 am

i would just like to be doing something but doesnt have to be celebrating anything

11:54 am

TO9 compound word

11:54 am

nope - no 7 - 8 or 9 - quite useless i'm afraid

11:54 am

ursh that is so not like you are you okay?????:)

11:54 am

ty gramma

11:54 am

hello gramma

11:55 am

yw.Hi

11:55 am

we like you for your looks, anyway! lol

11:55 am

lol mlf - had a busy day and only touched on the grid

11:55 am

i just started the grid today

11:55 am

ho8 x 2

11:55 am

you only What the grid? tsk-tsk

11:55 am

related compounds

11:56 am

ot the two HO 8s

11:56 am

got

11:56 am

BBL

11:56 am

cool tx to kateq i now have 2 x 8's

11:56 am

ty kateq

11:56 am

th 8 plural gland

11:57 am

no idea about the to, though

11:57 am

had the gland but hadn't tried a plural, ty

11:57 am

well obviously the HO 8 dont expand lol

11:58 am

got the th 8

11:58 am

need the 9, then I can go get warm

11:59 am

the 9 is a TO right?

11:59 am

starts with one of the senses, ends with german money

11:59 am

No HO right?

11:59 am

gramma said it was a compound (of what, I ask?)

11:59 am

sorry meant Ho

12:00 pm

to 9/102

12:01 pm

feel a man ;) for the to9

12:01 pm

ty ty kateq

12:01 pm

yw yw

12:01 pm

lol ursh

12:02 pm

I tried the german word for ink, but it wasn't accepted, tusch

12:03 pm

i still dont know it

12:03 pm

i have the first 5 letters though

12:04 pm

man's name at the end

12:04 pm

got it ty

12:05 pm

can someone give me stats for a 7 please?

12:05 pm

na 7/40

12:06 pm

ch7/48

12:06 pm

ty kate

12:06 pm

i have nbt and nbs

12:06 pm

ty for the na's

12:07 pm

93 is respectable enough to say good night!

12:07 pm

*woof*

12:09 pm

Ruby you still here?

12:09 pm

our famous paralympian - blade runner - shot his girlfriend in the early hours of this morning and is being charged with murder !!

12:09 pm

oh well

12:09 pm

hi again all

12:10 pm

I heard a little of that this morning ursh..terrible news

12:12 pm

early reports thought he mistook her for a burglar but it seems he shot her during an argument - very tragic - one young life gone and one young life ruined

12:21 pm

{smores} your name is in the grid!

12:26 pm

ursh, I can never understand why anyone resorts to this...why don't people just walk away? Senseless and accomplishes nothing except more trouble.

12:28 pm

Hint for the th8 pls

12:30 pm

hello again

12:30 pm

th 8 - pl of th 6, think gland, begins like an herb

12:30 pm

Hey Mimi {{hugs}} sorry I had stepped off for a minute

12:30 pm

Hi, flosey!

12:30 pm

Hi flosey :)

12:30 pm

So did you see your actual name here, smores?

12:31 pm

Yes...lol...and pluraled too

12:31 pm

Great clue, teach.

12:32 pm

cool that the my4 shares the same "m"

12:32 pm

I need a clue for ch6/24, right before the onion-type herb used in salads, etc

12:33 pm

...looking

12:34 pm

exoskeleton part or make up i believe flosey- just found one before the one you mention

12:34 pm

hi all

12:35 pm

Great clue, Wolvie...and hello!

12:35 pm

thanks Wolvie, looking

12:35 pm

:-)

12:35 pm

ah...got it

12:35 pm

ty

12:36 pm

yw- good thing to sign on to- get a clue, give a clue, lol

12:36 pm

:)

12:38 pm

Mimi...my dog is 13 today..posted a pic ( although not a very good one) in profile

12:39 pm

Awww...bless his/her little heart! My oldest child turned 32 yesterday....would be happier with the dog.

12:40 pm

only one I had on my computer, gonna take some of her today :)

12:40 pm

lol..mimi be nice even if they don't deserve it

12:41 pm

I miss my German Shepherd every day and she has been gone for 8 years. She got lymphoma at age 7 and was gone in six months. Fortunately, had a good vet and I don't believe she suffered much at all.

12:42 pm

And, nope, not going to be nice because they DON'T deserve it!!

12:42 pm

{Mimi}

12:43 pm

It's OK---I have now adopted sprite as my daughter!

12:43 pm

lol

12:44 pm

does anyone have the singleton a at the bottom of the 2nd column? stats or clue appreciated

12:45 pm

AE 5/12

12:45 pm

ty wvteach

12:46 pm

yvw

12:46 pm

sigh- it shows up in a lot of grids and i almost never see it - or at least not easily. :-)

12:46 pm

taking a break- have a good one all!

12:46 pm

I'm still not seeing it!

12:47 pm

Bye Wolvie!

12:47 pm

Bye for now wolvie :)

12:48 pm

Back to finish as my day got booked and it's now or never...

12:48 pm

{Jilly}

12:48 pm

only one consonant in that ae word mimi

12:48 pm

ae+ not the f.b.i

12:48 pm

hey jilly

12:49 pm

Fabulous clue, smores...ty.

12:49 pm

Thx, flosey.

12:50 pm

yw Mimi - guess you have to be American to think of that one, good clue smores

12:50 pm

:)

12:51 pm

Just looked up the definition of that one....ick.

12:51 pm

Frankly, at this point in time with our political and other troubles, flosey, I'd rather be Canadian.

12:52 pm

Be right back, daughter wants some soup

12:52 pm

hi all clue for the 9 pls

12:52 pm

Nice to be needed, smores.

12:54 pm

to9/102 starts with to5/16

12:54 pm

ends with boy's name

12:55 pm

<---and !!FW!!

12:55 pm

wtg Jillyjill

12:55 pm

Good for you, Jilly!!

12:55 pm

ty flosey, great clue

12:55 pm

And, sadly, must head out..thanks mimi and flosey! *poof*

12:56 pm

yw Mary

12:57 pm

need a clue for os6 please?

12:58 pm

Yes, flosey...that was an awesome clue.

12:58 pm

o + double vowel + prot*** is a necessary part of your diet

12:58 pm

ty mimi

12:59 pm

thanks bichon

12:59 pm

yw flosey

1:00 pm

Hi, bichon!

1:00 pm

hi Mimi

1:01 pm

What a cute puppy valentine!

1:01 pm

ty, it's a bichon Valentine

1:02 pm

I noticed that...I am so tempted to get a small dog but I think my cats would have heart attacks.

1:02 pm

My dogs would go crazy. They don't mind a dog though

1:03 pm

I just have a one-bedroom apt. with three cats....a dog might just send us all over the edge.

1:04 pm

I have a small house and two dogs, but it's not a problem

1:04 pm

thanks for reminder bichon, have changed my icon

1:04 pm

I swore after my German shepherd died and the kids grew up and moved away I wasn't going to take care of anyone ever again...then these 3 strays found me....and cannot imagine my life without them.

1:05 pm

down to last word and not finding it, sa6/18 - any clues? please

1:06 pm

ah Mimi, lucky you, we had to have our dear old Misha put to sleep, a few years ago now, but just haven't been able to replace her

1:07 pm

Flosey, that's exactly how I've felt about my dog. It has been 8 years and somehow having another dog just doesn't feel right....but cats are OK.

1:07 pm

at our age now, we realize we'd end up with someone having to find a new home

1:08 pm

I've raised and lost so many animals in my life but my Nikky was very special and irreplaceable...she truly was my fourth child. I only had her 7 years...lymphoma took her.

1:09 pm

Yes, and two of my cats are feral to everyone but me so that wouldn't work well. And one of them has seizures periodically.

1:10 pm

aha, finally found that silly sa6/18 and that's fireworks

1:10 pm

now must rush, have a bridge game in less than 2 hours

1:10 pm

yeah flosey

1:10 pm

Have a great one, flosey!

1:11 pm

nice chatting Mimi, bichon bye for now

1:11 pm

thanks Mimi

1:12 pm

I've gotta go, too. If smores comes back, would someone tell her bye for me? Hugs all around.

1:12 pm

hint for the sa 6, pls

1:15 pm

nm, finally got it

1:28 pm

finally back

1:28 pm

see I missed Mimi

1:29 pm

and flosey and jilly's fireworks

1:29 pm

are you still here bichon?

1:30 pm

those ma's are weird words

1:31 pm

hello everyone :)

1:31 pm

hi cybernan

1:32 pm

have kr 5 -- stats for the other, please?

1:33 pm

kr 5 24 kr 5 18

1:34 pm

Hi Poodle...I agree with ya about the ma's

1:34 pm

Hi nan

1:35 pm

ty, looking

1:35 pm

hi smores

1:35 pm

that's kh5/24, not kr

1:36 pm

oops sorry you are right. and I cant figure it out. any clues?

1:36 pm

ty une - still not seeing it

1:37 pm

don't have it . . .

1:37 pm

it's not in MoreWords . . . sigh

1:37 pm

kh+ meditation sound

1:38 pm

sounds like I should say

1:38 pm

ooohhhh, was going to the right, not the left! thanks

1:38 pm

Babble blindness! LOL

1:38 pm

did the same thing :)

1:38 pm

got it - kh + sort of like a mantra

1:39 pm

:)

1:39 pm

oh -- see you guys already had it, lol

1:39 pm

got it! ty

1:39 pm

yea, we're all done with k

1:40 pm

100 down and taking a break -- back in a bit *poof*

1:40 pm

*yeah

1:40 pm

bye for now une

1:41 pm

mucin

1:41 pm

PB for me

1:41 pm

:)

1:42 pm

lots of Valentine chocolate in there :)

1:42 pm

actually it was the monkeys

1:46 pm

BRB

1:47 pm

100 down and listing

1:54 pm

es 6, please?

1:55 pm

es and to burn something

1:55 pm

ty lilliann

1:56 pm

yw nan

1:58 pm

Cooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee\neeeeeeeeeeeeeee

1:58 pm

helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllo\noooooooooooooooooo hin.xx

1:59 pm

hi honey..xxxx

1:59 pm

you've just caught me as i'm about to go and play cards with morgan before she goes to bed

1:59 pm

how are you?

1:59 pm

how are you hin?

1:59 pm

snap..lol

1:59 pm

Girls, you have blown the chat width. Shame, shame. : D

1:59 pm

first na 5, please?

1:59 pm

watching live blog coverage of illinois state senate debate on marriage equality.. some of the senator comments are pissing me off

1:59 pm

am ok hen!

1:59 pm

getting over flu and now have stomach problems but apart from that i'm great :) you?

2:00 pm

"allowing this to pass we will be creating a superior class of citizens with more rights than the others"......... UGH

2:00 pm

missed you soooooooo much

2:00 pm

No Cos, not you. : O

2:00 pm

that was flask molly :)

2:00 pm

and hi molly and cos

2:00 pm

:P Hi all! Molly: tonight is the show!

2:01 pm

nooooooooooo.....it was lillian.....I don't do things like that!!

2:01 pm

me too flask.xx

2:01 pm

What show?

2:01 pm

so nice to see you!!!!...xxx

2:01 pm

the hour show... zero dark thirty?

2:01 pm

i don't have that one nan, sorry.i have all the others though, if you need clues

2:01 pm

hi cos

2:02 pm

have you finished?

2:02 pm

I've already seen it remember? There has been a sneak peak at ABC web site for days.

2:02 pm

no

2:02 pm

er!neith

2:02 pm

OH I know but Im saying now I can watch it.. instead of use my tiny notebook :)

2:02 pm

no, i have 25 left which i'll have to come back and do in 25 minutes when the bairn goes to bed

2:03 pm

oops!....me neither

2:03 pm

ok....

2:03 pm

will you be here then?

2:04 pm

os 6, please?

2:04 pm

should be.....am jus plodding along

2:04 pm

The first NA is Na+ a name brand of bottled water ***an

2:04 pm

first na5 is anagram of 2nd na5... switch position of 2 vowels

2:05 pm

Lots of water in this grid.

2:05 pm

ty nrkii

2:05 pm

ty nrkki

2:05 pm

bbs

2:05 pm

nm - found the os 6

2:06 pm

ok

2:07 pm

Illinois State Senate has passed marriage equality. It now goes to the full floor of the House.

2:13 pm

eschar

2:13 pm

Sorry all. Hopeless at babbling with chat alongside.

2:16 pm

th 6, please?

2:17 pm

th6 - lymph gland

2:18 pm

ty bea

2:18 pm

yw

2:18 pm

not having anything to do with the medical profession, I never think of that stuff

2:19 pm

don't think all these latin words should be in an english based grid either

2:23 pm

vi 7, please?

2:24 pm

If you have the vi5 beflore it, double the last cons and add a vowel

2:26 pm

ty bea

2:26 pm

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

2:28 pm

on my way - thanks again

2:39 pm

kh please?

2:40 pm

never mind forgot there is another H in the grid

2:42 pm

Es6 anyone?

2:43 pm

es + ****coal for bbqs

2:44 pm

Condem - thank you

2:47 pm

np

2:56 pm

fireworks

2:58 pm

sc 5/20, pls

3:01 pm

sc and to ***e and to hold

3:02 pm

ty lili

3:02 pm

yw bichon

3:03 pm

hi all

3:03 pm

hi jmc

3:04 pm

fireworks!

3:04 pm

whooo hoo lilliann!

3:05 pm

Fireworks here!

3:06 pm

wtg alleyn!

3:06 pm

ty jmc

3:06 pm

any clues needed before i go?

3:07 pm

whoo hooo alleyn!

3:07 pm

I still need 3

3:07 pm

no not for me . . .i just begun

3:08 pm

well maybe the stats for the K and the R

3:08 pm

ch6/24 please?

3:08 pm

do you want any clues flask?

3:08 pm

and as5/10 please

3:08 pm

kh5/24,kr5/18

3:09 pm

ra4/7,ra5/16ra5/16

3:09 pm

tytytyty

3:09 pm

ch624 goes off the 4 before it and opp of out

3:10 pm

yvw jmc

3:10 pm

as5 is very quick in music or donkey and vowels

3:12 pm

nice clue lill

3:13 pm

am done thanks hen!...xxx

3:13 pm

whoo hoo flask!

3:13 pm

ty

3:14 pm

you here tomorrow?

3:14 pm

me? most likely

3:14 pm

good.....and lillian?

3:15 pm

clue for the lower left A?

3:15 pm

yay!wtg flask!!

3:16 pm

i am looking for it myself syb

3:16 pm

yes hin, probably.late on through the day though.sorry, i was out doing my daughter's job with the recycling

3:16 pm

ae and not fbi

3:17 pm

see you tomorrow flask?

3:17 pm

sad that the whole world can understand that clue :-(

3:18 pm

nbt

3:18 pm

thx

3:18 pm

it actually wasn't my clue, i got it from someone earlier, but yes i think alot of the people know both

3:19 pm

yw syb.

3:19 pm

i must away to make one of my nieces a birthday card.tc all (poof)

3:20 pm

bye lill and thanks for the help

3:20 pm

i am off too . . . bbl

3:20 pm

109 left.. . *poof*

3:42 pm

ch6/27 pls

3:43 pm

NM

3:45 pm

hello again. I was here this AM and return with 88 left to find...

3:46 pm

howdy nef.back myself with 84 to find...

3:46 pm

peri, do you ever ask for clues and not find them before someone answers? :-) I get a kick out of how that always works for you: ask for a clue and you find the word yourself! :-D

3:47 pm

that's why it is called a peri!:)

3:48 pm

very true, crossy

3:48 pm

there are times when I really cannot find a word, really.

3:49 pm

sometimes I try morewords and cannot see the word until I have asked for a clue

3:49 pm

LOL! That's good to know, peri. I've never once finished typing a clue for you before you find it yourself. (Which is probably a good thing for you!) :-)

3:49 pm

I have been looking for the 2nd na627 and not seeing it

3:50 pm

NM :)

3:50 pm

at least I am pretty consistent

3:50 pm

see? hehe

3:50 pm

See?!?!! :-)

3:50 pm

I really and truly did not see it in morewords until I asked for a clue

3:51 pm

you are very consistent, peri. (That's why we love you!)

3:51 pm

aww, thanks

3:52 pm

:-)

3:52 pm

and Happy Valentines Day too, BTW

3:52 pm

Happy Valentines Day to you, too

3:53 pm

anyone doing something special for VD (as my daughter calls it)?

3:54 pm

not here :(

3:55 pm

need another break, 17 left, bbs

3:55 pm

My VD gift from my DH is a gift certificate for 3 hours of housecleaning by a cleaning company. Isn't that sweet? (I would like a flower too, but not happening)

3:55 pm

bye peri

4:01 pm

<------ Finds it a bit alarming to hear today being described as VD!! In my day VD was a sexually transmitted disease!!!! Hi all. :-)

4:01 pm

clue for the to9/102 please

4:02 pm

It was in my day too, Soodle; but you know the youth these days! :-)

4:02 pm

and good day to you too

4:03 pm

Lol Nef. Sorry Maj. Just got here. No idea, but looking.

4:04 pm

it's a combo word, maj. the to 5/16 +

4:04 pm

(should I give the 2nd half too?)

4:04 pm

Please!!!

4:05 pm

please-have the 5/16

4:05 pm

ma 4/9 (don't want to spoil anyone's game

4:05 pm

Ah!! I did a Peri!!!!!

4:06 pm

ty looking at wrong way

4:06 pm

Feel Mr Zukkerman. (Sp?)

4:07 pm

Soodle; I was just talking to peri about that a little bit ago (@ 3:49 CST)

4:07 pm

Spooky music playing in background......... :-)

4:08 pm

Ah! Half way now; I'm going to allow myself to list

4:10 pm

Emmmm. I have a grand total of 25!! But on the plus side, one of them's a 9.

4:11 pm

I have clues for the 8's if you'd like (I was here this AM when clues were flying fast)

4:12 pm

Hi Soodle...Happy ♥ Valentine's Day ♥ my friend ♥

4:12 pm

Thanks Nef, but I'll just puddle along for a bit longer.....

4:13 pm

*Puts a soaky towel under Soodle's chair*

4:13 pm

(((((((Molls)))))). Happy VD to you!!! (Never thought I would type those words!!!!)

4:14 pm

the visual of Soodle "puddling" makes me want to recommend Depends.....

4:15 pm

*Wishes people would not use VD for Valentine's Day* It conjures such icky images.

4:15 pm

See mine @ 4.01 Molls. My sentiments entirely!

4:16 pm

LOL, Molly! I'm sorry, my daughter has been using that term for years. (I wished that to Soodle first)

4:16 pm

Happy Gonorrhea Everyone!!

4:17 pm

And many happy syphallisses to you Molls. :-P

4:18 pm

It's okay Nef. I'm one of the last vestiges that finds abbreviations abhorrent. Especially for things like Valentine's Day and thoughts and prayers. Some things should just be spelled out. But hey, I'm ancient.

4:18 pm

And, I'm the person who has seen all of the STD's and even tertiary syphilis in a patient once..

4:19 pm

(I had to look up how to spell that; my computer kept telling me I was wrong and spell check couldn't help)

4:20 pm

Consternation Chez Soodle again today. 2 daughters, both with the first initial S. One whose birthday is tomorrow. 5 cards arrived in the post today, addressed to Ms S----------. I'm still picking up bits of skin and hair from the battle of the cards.

4:20 pm

Ew Nef, what a claim to fame.

4:21 pm

oh my, Soodle. That is hard to deal with I imagine!

4:22 pm

She got CARDS IN THE MAIL? REAL LIVE CARDS IN THE MAIL?? Not e-wishes or e-greetings or just a dumb old thumbs up on Facebook? REAL...LIVE...BIRTHDAY CARDS???

4:22 pm

what can I say, Molly. I doubt if anyone else on right now can say that unless they are in the medical profession

4:23 pm

Oh and it's all your fault for naming them both with S names. I hope they told you that. : P

4:23 pm

3 of them, Molls. Plus a Valentine Card for each of them. And Suzie got a bouquet of flowers as well!

4:23 pm

Wow, Soodle. sounds like fun!

4:24 pm

time to switch laundry loads. BBS

4:24 pm

Arra, if the cat had kittens, t'would be my fault. I'm used to it!!!

4:24 pm

Girlie is living the good life. I hope that continues. And Happy Birthday to her!

4:24 pm

Yup. My baby ain't a baby anymore. 18 tomorrow!

4:25 pm

Molls, I'll pass on your wishes. She still speaks VERY fondly of you!!

4:32 pm

My youngest just turned 21. I am in complete denial.

4:33 pm

Clearly we were both child brides Molly. Teen Moms. Heck!! Preteen Moms!!

4:34 pm

Pure as the driven slush.

4:34 pm

back. My youngest is now 30; but I always say I was a late bloomer.

4:34 pm

Did Son of Molly celebrate the occasion in style, or is he as shy and retiring as his Mom?

4:35 pm

Most of the time I don't believe what the years say my age is.

4:35 pm

WB Nef.

4:35 pm

TY, Soodle

4:35 pm

He is not a party boy. More the old soul type. He had fun on his birthday though. : )

4:36 pm

Well, thats what counts. Belated congratulations to him on reaching that milestone!

4:37 pm

He's been 6' 4" since he was 17 so we kind of already hit the "man thing".

4:40 pm

My son was a weed till he was 16. A growth spurt resulted in stretchmarks on his back. He's now 6'4" as well. Far too tall to give him the clip around the ear he sometimes deserves!

4:40 pm

I can't imagine a 17 year old being that tall, Molly. My son is about 6'1-2" now; but he took after me and kept growing after he reached 21.

4:43 pm

It must have been tricky for your lad, Molls, looking like a man, but still just being a young kid.

4:44 pm

All my boys are over 6 feet. We grow 'em big down here on the ranch. : D

4:44 pm

Hi Molly, Soodle

4:44 pm

Lol!!! The good Irish Mammying they get from you, Molly!!

4:44 pm

Not tricky at all. He is the "gentle giant" type. It's never occurred to him that his size is an advantage.

4:45 pm

Hello ((((Bich)))))

4:45 pm

My son was such a pain at that age; I'm glad he wasn't big and older-looking

4:45 pm

th8?

4:45 pm

hi bichon

4:46 pm

Hi Bich. Are you over your Post Traumatic Snow Syndrome? : D

4:46 pm

pl of th 6, a gland in the body

4:46 pm

Yes Molly, all is good now

4:46 pm

syb; th 8= it's pl of th 6/33; a gland in the neck that is necessary as a child but not so as an adult

4:47 pm

Wonderful. May the sun shine and flowers bloom.

4:47 pm

ti 6, pls

4:48 pm

My older daughter is only 13 months younger than my son (Irish twins!). I often feel guilty that all her milestones went largely unnoticed, as I had seen her brother achieve them a year or so ago. Luckily, she learned to assert herself early in life!

4:48 pm

I know of that. My older two are 18 months apart.

4:49 pm

Bich, have I missed something important?

4:49 pm

good for her, Soodle. My sisters and I are all about 15 months apart (I'm the middle of the 3).

4:49 pm

We had 3 feet on snow [actually it was Fri-Sat].

4:50 pm

<---Feels the need to burst into a chorus of "Every Sperm Is Sacred"

4:50 pm

Oh good heavens!! On both counts... 3 feet of snow & 3 girls within 3 years.

4:51 pm

We didn't get plowed out til Monday night. We were snowed in

4:51 pm

ti 6

4:52 pm

What you blow your nose in

4:52 pm

I was the "good" child all of my aunts used to say. My 2 sisters were hellians; Mom would put me down somewhere and chase after the other 2 and when she got them; I'd still be right where she left me

4:52 pm

and now it is time for crossy's quote of the day!!!

4:52 pm

"Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting." ~Elizabeth Bibesco

4:52 pm

ty Molly

4:52 pm

did you lose power too, bichon?

4:52 pm

Did you have power & food & alcohol??

4:52 pm

Nef, I so believe you were "the good one". You still are.

4:53 pm

lol@ every sperm is sacred.crossy used to love monty python

4:53 pm

Or, maybe the slow one, Molly? ;-)

4:53 pm

Yes, to all three. We had plenty of warning [although a lot of people decided to go out Friday night to shop]. One family ran out of infant formula. How do you do that?

4:53 pm

Bless your Mom, Nef. She deserved at least one 'goog' one!

4:54 pm

'Good'

4:54 pm

Everyone finds their way of achieving notoriety in the birth order Nef. You just chose the "good girl" route.

4:54 pm

she miscarried twice between the boys; then had a set of premie twins and died the following year at the age of 32....

4:55 pm

the formula couple would of been the ones i get in my station with frozen up gas lines because they spend their entire lives driving around with 5 dollars of gas slopping around in the bottom of the tank looking for a deal

4:55 pm

God bless your Mom Nef. She earned her place in Heaven five times over.

4:56 pm

LOL, crossy. I would see some people who'd come to our center and tell us that they ran out of formula for the baby; but they had their cigarettes!

4:56 pm

omg

4:57 pm

Like I said Nef, Bless her. What a tragically young age she was.

4:59 pm

thanks, Molly. We were blessed in that she wanted us kids to have the kind of Christmas she'd had as a child (nice old-fashioned one) and she was in the hospital; so she asked my aunt and uncle to take us for Christmas and she died Jan. 9th. We were very lucky to have them to raise us.

5:04 pm

i had one woman in her 60,s she had been coming to my station for years.four dollars in the morning and off she would go and 4 dollars in the evening on her way home.every.single.day rain or shine.one day after going out,prying off her frozen gas cap in minus 35 temps and trickling in her four dollars and standing there while she counted her pennies,i had an idea.i went inside and broke out the calculator and did a estimated time for each of her stops so i would be ready for her next time she came in. next day she comes in and it is a balmy minus 27 and whiteouts and the wind is wafting off the bay at 100 miles per hour.i dribble her four dollars in and go to the window and wait shuddering in the cold as she counts out her change from the sticky abyss of her coffee cup holder.i lean down and say "mam?.do you know that by buying fuel this way from me you spend over 940 hours per year at my station just buying gas?.first she looked distracted as 3 coffee congealed dimes stuck to her fingers then she looked at me shocked by the idea of it all.she paid me and off she went.next time she filled the tank:))

5:04 pm

So, now that talked too much; does anyone have any of the I words? I have the peruvian coin and the vine and can't find any more (and yes; I know I listed already; but I still try to find things without Lickety

5:06 pm

OMG, crossy! What was she thinking by buying such a small amount of gas?

5:06 pm

she just did not like to buy gas

5:06 pm

(did she have a "thing" for you?) ;-)

5:07 pm

I was raised that you had to have over 1/2 tank of gas all winter so your gasline didn't freeze.

5:08 pm

funny thing is,the fuel lines never,ever froze on her car as much as i prayed for it.cap would be so frozen on there with tank condensation that i would have to beat at it with the gas nozzle to break the seal and there would be stalgmites of ice on the underside,but the d**M thing would never freeze up

5:09 pm

LOL! It figures, doesn't it?

5:09 pm

Iv 5/16. Green growth on old buildings. (Don't know, maybe also peruvian coins....), and ic 4/4, the cold cubes you put in drinks, plural are my only I's.

5:09 pm

ty soodles

5:09 pm

nah! She fancied our Crossy!

5:09 pm

thanks for the ic4, Soodle.

5:10 pm

well,after years of hell,i did not have much fancy for her!

5:10 pm

Peruvian coins????

5:11 pm

tough the ritual of having to soak the congealed coffee off her coins every day did thaw out my hands nicely

5:12 pm

old, antiquated form (in4/4)

5:14 pm

Funny that! I spent the early part of this evening counting out the change from my coin jar. Without the pennies, I've got €360. Almost $500. Amazing.

5:15 pm

our pennies are vanishing fast as the bank recalls them all to send for melting

5:15 pm

Wow, Soodle! you are rich! :-) (we save our change all year for "mad money" on vacations; but we haven't had one for a while)

5:15 pm

my coin collection is going up in value as we speak:))))))

5:16 pm

isn't that sad, crossy?

5:16 pm

That's a lot of change Soodle. I try to make a point of spending my change so it won't amass.

5:16 pm

i am actually glad to se the demise of the one cent coin

5:16 pm

Well I'm delighted. Suzie WILL be getting her XBox for her birthday after all!!!

5:16 pm

yaa for suzie!!

5:17 pm

crossy, why are you glad to see it go?

5:18 pm

best to get an xbox now.i am told the new version of the machine will NOT play previously owned and used games

5:18 pm

number one,first and foremost is it was costing a 1.6 cents to make each one

5:18 pm

Yay for Susie, Soodle! Will she share with the other kids too?

5:19 pm

nuber 2 is that it is devalued to such a point that it is just clutter.so much more sensible to round everything up or down to the nearest 5 cents

5:20 pm

all stores now round up or down,if the sale is 2.21 to 2.24,it gets rounded to 2.20,if it is 2.26 to 2.29 it gets rounded to 2.30

5:20 pm

nothing here costs exactly 5 cents; everything seems to be "a dollar three ninety eight" these days

5:21 pm

and of course that is for cash only.all platic transations continue as normal

5:21 pm

okay; glad to hear that part remains the same

5:21 pm

the mint,therefore the government,there for mr and mrs takpayer will save 4 million a year by eliminating the penny

5:22 pm

glad to see my mad typin skillz are still up to snuff! hehe

5:22 pm

She will for sure Nef, if for no other reason than many of the games are two player. But she's been hankering after an XBox for ages, and now she'll get one, and it will be pain free for me, not having to dip into the ever decreasing savings. :-)

5:23 pm

the mint estimates there is roughly 6 billion one cent coins in circulation and it will take 3 to 4 years to see the last of them vanish

5:23 pm

Excellent, Soodle! (what about the games though? Will you buy her some of those too?)

5:24 pm

we are also going to get an x-box for the house before the current model is discontinued

5:25 pm

Leave it to a Mother to save up all that money and then spend it on her kid. You are golden Soodle. I hope girlie appreciates you.

5:25 pm

We have a Wii; but our daughter has it at her place (DH and I didn't get hooked into playing games on it)

5:25 pm

watch for those wimpy 4 gig models though soodles.get a 150-250 gig unit

5:26 pm

I'm so glad to have left the days of video gaming and game consoles behind.

5:26 pm

Apparently, and I'm no expert, you buy the console, and a 'bundle' of games. All her friends have consoles, so they all share games. I could be talking Chinese for all I understand of this, but seemingly it all makes sense.....

5:26 pm

very true, Molly. ANd I agree: Susie should appreciate her Mom's thoughtfulness

5:27 pm

hehe,wish i was there to shop with you when the time comes soodles

5:28 pm

She's a very low maintenance kid, and a joy to be around. No sacrifice!!

5:28 pm

well,may as well dive into the grid..sploosh

5:29 pm

Never did understand the appeal of video games. But some adults seem as wrapped up on them as the kids are.

5:29 pm

ch7's?

5:31 pm

sorry, syb. I don't have it yet but am now looking

5:31 pm

ch 7,33 just add a vowel towards the end of the 6 word

5:31 pm

chitina

5:32 pm

SO SORRY!!!!!!!!!!

5:32 pm

ch 7, 40 is a pl of the 6 c + cranky tv doctor h****

5:32 pm

It wasn't a word (but thanks for the "clue!) :-)

5:32 pm

close but there is a herb for cooking after that.......

5:33 pm

I remember one Christmas when Santa brought a playstation. I thought, 'If you can't beat them, join them' and had a shot at it..... All I remember is assorted Soodle offspring roaring PRESS X PRESS X. I bowed out of gaming there and then... C

5:33 pm

sourcream and ch****

5:34 pm

the 7 might be what you would call baby ones......

5:35 pm

We had a game for the Wii called "Animal Crossing" that was fun; but the version we had was for 1 player. I don't know if they have that as a 2 person game now or not; but that was a game that DH could play (no shooting or violence and easy to do)

5:35 pm

thx

5:35 pm

strange word, Bugs.

5:35 pm

glad you got something out of that syb. I was getting worried about my bad clues

5:36 pm

monkeys found it. don't know what they are really

5:36 pm

Speaking of your DH, Nef, how's he doing?

5:37 pm

na7 is my last 7

5:38 pm

another plural

5:38 pm

got it

5:38 pm

he's doing well, Soodle. He saw his Neurologist on Tues and his Neurosurgeon yesterday (today was PT) and they are both delighted with his progress finally.

5:40 pm

Something weird here. My Lickety add box has shifted to the right. Help

5:40 pm

Good news about Mr. Nef.

5:40 pm

I found myself telling him about 2 weeks ago that he should eat and choke and die while I was at work because if he continued to choke around me he'd end up with aspiration pneumonia and it would be better if he'd die instead. He's now paying attention to his swallowing! :-D

5:40 pm

Sorry Bich, I don't use expert.

5:40 pm

nm, fixed it

5:41 pm

(maybe I have caretaker fatigue or something? Do you think?

hi can not sleep so come on here

5:41 pm

And you are right about that Nef. My Dad had aspiration pneumonia. 20 days in the ICU until his 02 levels went back up.

5:41 pm

I think it is called a reality check Nef. It worked so don't worry

5:41 pm

hi sarah

hi nef :)

5:42 pm

< What Bugs said...

5:43 pm

It did work. I don't regret saying that to him; but I didn't expect to say it. He seems to rely on me more than he should sometimes.

5:43 pm

My dad had aspiration pneumonia aa lot. Ended up with a feeding tube

5:44 pm

Nef, that is the understatement of the century. : D

5:44 pm

it is so easy to slip into a dependency and it is not fair to the person who has to be the hero all the time

5:44 pm

since DH has MS; he'd be in ICU on a vent for a long time and I'm afraid he'd end up with a trach.

5:44 pm

bichon, did he ever get rid of the feeding tube?

5:45 pm

Amen Bugs. Unfortunately, I have been the "leaned on one" all my life. I began to rebel against that some years ago. Best thing I ever did.

5:45 pm

Sorry, but could you explain aspiration pneumonia in layman's terms? I never heard of it

5:46 pm

It was removed once, but he just got pneumonia again. It eventually caused his death

5:46 pm

You are eating too fast and you breathe some food particles into your lungs.

5:46 pm

good for you Molly

5:46 pm

How did you do that, Molly? I am the one everyone leans on and calls when things go wrong. I'd like to change that sometimes

5:46 pm

There could be lots of causes, like GERD

5:47 pm

You have to stop being the caretaker Nef. It becomes an addiction after a while.

5:47 pm

Sorry, Soodle. I forget that not everyone knows medical terms like that

5:47 pm

GERD = Gastroesophageal reflux disease

5:48 pm

I think you just started Nef! Remind them that you can't be there for everyone at every moment and it is not fair to you for them to expect it.

5:50 pm

basically, if your swallow reflex isn't working so well, the little flap (glottis) that covers the airway in your throat lets food or phlegm or stomach contents into the lungs. The lungs don't like stuff in there and the tiny alveoli (airsacks) plug up.

5:51 pm

There you go Soodle. One brief and to the point lay person explanation and one nursie explanation.

5:51 pm

My Dad was addicted to pain killers [opiates] and I think that contributed

5:52 pm

That's too bad Bich. It must have been hard on your family.

5:52 pm

kh 5 please?

5:52 pm

I was going to go on some more! :-)

5:53 pm

Thanks guys. I'm ashamed to say one of my brothers takes on a huge amount of the caring necessary for my aged parents. But its because he is geographically better placed than me & my siblings. But i'm guilty of allowing him to shoulder most of the day to day stuff, whilst I shimmy in once a week & allow myself to think I'm playing my part.

5:53 pm

kh + meditation sound, Bugs

5:53 pm

I really had an issue with the doctors who were prescribing it without any real reason for the pain. He said he had fibromyalgia

5:54 pm

Soodle; if you go every week and give him the time off; that makes a huge diffeence for him.

5:54 pm

got it, thanks Nef

5:54 pm

how old was he, bichon?

5:55 pm

He was 80 when he died. Not young.

5:55 pm

sa 6, 18 please?

5:55 pm

Oh Bich, addicts know how to work doctors. And many doctors will write prescriptions without any investigation into the "claim of pain".

5:55 pm

I even went to a drs. appt. with them to speak my mind. Doctor didn't want to hear from me

5:55 pm

fibromyalgia is a real disease process. But pain pills aren't the way to treat it

5:56 pm

I don't have it yet, Bugs but am now looking for it

5:56 pm

Nef, notice she said "he SAID he had fibromyalgia".

5:56 pm

He went to so many different doctors. I saw one report from a pain management physician who thought he should explore mental health issues

5:57 pm

Boys oh boys, is Molly right @ 5.55!

5:57 pm

And my dear Mom was his enabler

5:57 pm

That is how they work doctors Bich. Never stay with one for too long, so they don't get hip to the addiction.

5:58 pm

Sad to say, but that's very true Molly

5:58 pm

The doctors in Florida were really eager to give him Oxycontin

5:59 pm

I used to work for a guy who was so addicted to Oxycodone that he was stealing prescription pads from doctors we did construction for.

5:59 pm

Doctors who treat seniors are the worst. They rarely suspect addiction.

6:00 pm

is oxycodone the same as oxycontin? I just assume they are the same

6:01 pm

I would like to know why somew areas of the country are so keen to give drugs to patients. A friend went down to LA after Katrina and she said every patient came in to her (she's a Nurse Practioner) and they all claimed they were on Oxycontin and valium for pain.

6:02 pm

Oxycontin is a brand name for oxycodone.

6:02 pm

ty Molly

6:03 pm

Just to lighten this conversation..... A man I work with began to feel very unwell. He deteriorated rapidly, and eventually went to the hospital. After numerous inconclusive tests, a very junior nurse noticed a patch on his backside. She asked him what it was for, and he said he had no idea. It seems that his wife's HRT patch had got detatched from her, stuck itself onto him, and played merry hell with his hormones!! (You gotta laugh)

6:03 pm

I started to say no, Bugs; but checked and they are the same

6:03 pm

I don't know Nef, but I'm guessing that the rotattion in med school on addiction is pretty short because most doctors are blind as a bat to it.

6:04 pm

Or the rotation

6:04 pm

poor man but how often did he bathe? Yikes

6:05 pm

Said in my best "non medical person" voice: It's all poppy stuff.

6:05 pm

I didn't go there , Bugs!!

6:06 pm

Although here in MN OxyContin is different than Oxycodone because it's the same as OxyContin with Tylenol (Norco)

6:06 pm

I want to know how it took a "junior nurse" to finally notice the patch.

6:07 pm

She was probably the one who turned and bathed him, Molly

6:08 pm

Hello again everyone :)

6:08 pm

hi smores. (I need to go switch laundry loads again, BBS)

6:10 pm

hmm...I changed my icon but my panda is still on here

6:11 pm

Refresh

6:12 pm

And if you are in Expert, forget it because Expert is not user friendly with icons.

6:14 pm

Tried refreshing, oh well, guess it will change eventually.

6:15 pm

And don't worry Molly, it's not a weemee. :)

6:18 pm

Waaaay past my bed time. Good night friends, and enjoy whats left of St Valentine's Day.

6:18 pm

Good night, Soodles! (back just in time!)

6:19 pm

Night Soodle...sleep well :)

6:19 pm

Hello just getting started after a slow day. I made a pumpkin pie and would like to cut you a slice. Do you prefer vanilla ice cream of whipping cream on top, Molly?

6:20 pm

smores, your icon changed for me when I refreshed

6:20 pm

Hi stidg :) sounds yummy

6:20 pm

hi stidg!

6:21 pm

*Hugs Gran Mere* Whipped cream please. : )

6:21 pm

Very, well. One for Molly, one for Nef, one for Smores and Bugs are you there? I'll save one for you.

6:22 pm

*Puts a pretty Valentine bouquet of red roses and baby's breath on Gran Mere's table*

6:23 pm

Thank you stidg, I'll have whipped cream too. :)

6:23 pm

And I made PB (peanut butter) kiss cookies this AM for the PB; I hope there's some left yet.

6:24 pm

We are all prettied up. Peanut butter cookies make me want to wind up in the pb very much. Oh good. I'm there.

6:24 pm

No toppings on mine please. I like my pumpkin pie "nekked" (as my daughter would say)

6:25 pm

hi all, need help with my last two words pls. the sa6/18 and the sa5/20 after it

6:26 pm

Okay nef. Scraping the whipped cream off. Piece looking like a bad plaster job. Cutting a fresh piece for Nef. Murphy getting the rejected piece.

6:26 pm

don't have any s words, peri.

6:27 pm

hi peri, sorry don't have them either....looking

6:27 pm

sorry, peri, I don't have that one either (but am looking)

6:28 pm

thank you stidg!

6:29 pm

yw nef.

6:29 pm

peri, is there a sa 5/20? I can't see it on Likety

6:29 pm

meant sa5/10 sorry

6:29 pm

and FW

6:29 pm

(sorry, my spelling is bad tonight)

6:30 pm

sa6/18 is alike a group of mentally healthy people

6:30 pm

going to play WwF bye for now

6:30 pm

But I guess she got them so never mind.

6:30 pm

TY, Molly

6:30 pm

WTG peri...once again you found it before it was clued..lol

6:31 pm

Oh glad it helped you Nef. Peri just whooshed in here, found her words, and whooshed out.

6:31 pm

Yes she did :)

6:31 pm

and thank you

6:33 pm

found the sa5/10 too :)

6:34 pm

Oh and Smores, thanks for your icon not being a "you know what". (Can't talk about them anymore, people get huffy)

6:35 pm

:) yw

6:36 pm

It's a pic of my dog, she is 13 today.

6:36 pm

Did you watch Touch yet?

6:36 pm

No, not yet, I did get to watch Bones though.

6:37 pm

You said it was a 2hours special, right?

6:40 pm

Yes, Touch is two hours. Not really a special, they just aired two episodes in one night to kick it off.

6:40 pm

Bones was okay. I'm still waiting for Pilant to come back and take Christine. Probably be the season finale.

6:41 pm

Hopefully I will be able to watch it tomorrow

6:41 pm

Yes, I have been thinking the same thing.

6:42 pm

Is Mother still in the room? I am about to leave school and wondered if she needs me to stop by a store for her on the way home.

6:43 pm

*waves at happy babblers*

6:43 pm

<---waves back to stid :)

6:45 pm

BRB....dog needs out, too much "cake" lol

6:48 pm

:-) guess Mother's busy. I'll call her later... have a lovely evening, all! *poof*

6:48 pm

You as well stid...bye :)

6:49 pm

grr...craving coffee but it's too late

6:50 pm

Time to hit the whiskey then.

6:50 pm

:) many years too late for that one.

6:52 pm

oh darn. I missed stid. I went to the bathroom then took out the trash and recycling. I took too long I guess

6:53 pm

Nef, you need to lose the jargon of one who is "always available". You didn't "take too long" you just weren't here when she was here. It all starts with the way you think. : D

6:54 pm

okay, Molly. I'll work at it. But I did want to ask if school is going better....

6:58 pm

stats for the 8's & 9 please?

7:00 pm

ho 8/50 X 2; th 8/65; to 9 102

7:01 pm

BBL; DH fixed supper for us! (YAY!)

7:02 pm

th

7:02 pm

Hooray! The caretaker is cared for!

7:02 pm

Bye for now Nef...enjoy your dinner :)

7:05 pm

I think I'm done for the evening, leftovers put away, laundry finished, dog and cats taken care of, kids settled in watching a movie.

7:05 pm

hi all!

7:05 pm

Looks like my chill time came early :)

7:05 pm

Hi Sue :)

7:06 pm

hi smores!

7:06 pm

How are you and frank doing?

7:06 pm

cute pup, smores!

7:07 pm

we are ok, smores, he has his pump on until tomorrow and that is always hard on him

7:08 pm

You saw my dog? It's still showing the panda on my screen.

7:08 pm

I had to refresh (since I was seeing my icon from yesterday) and when I did I see your dog.

7:09 pm

Cool, I have refreshed a few times but still not showing here.

7:09 pm

It's her birthday today, she is 13

7:10 pm

how sweet!

7:10 pm

So I have 3 teenage girls in the house now...lol

7:10 pm

cute :-)

7:11 pm

I thought this was the week Frank had the pump, I recall last week you saying it was his week off.

7:11 pm

Bet he's looking forward to tomorrow.

7:12 pm

he is indeed. It is a constant reminder of his condition; without it he can forget for a while.

7:14 pm

So is he feeling well enough on his off weeks to forget? That is wonderful.

7:14 pm

for the most part he feels ok; his worst side effect from the chemo now is really dry skin.

7:16 pm

Have they given him a special lotion or cream? Make sure he takes care of that, I've heard that can cause infection.

7:16 pm

Enable is not up on foods, I see; yesterday it wouldn't take bento and today it won't take seitan. Sigh.

7:16 pm

Those are foods? Never heard of either of them.

7:16 pm

yes, he has some medicated lotion for the rash, and then he uses regular lotion on the rest.

7:16 pm

:)

7:17 pm

a bento box is a Japanese lunch; seitan is wheat gluten, often used as a meat substitute by vegetarians (who don't have celiac disease)

7:18 pm

I can get them both here in DeKalb; I figure they can't be all that weird

7:18 pm

Oh okay, just your average run of the mill foods then. : P

7:18 pm

I had heard of seitan, didn't know what bento was.

7:19 pm

there are a few players here who are bento....

7:20 pm

So bento isn't actually food, it is what they put thier food in?

7:20 pm

harhar ruru

7:20 pm

yes, I misspoke a bit earlier

7:21 pm

That's okay, I learned something new :)

7:21 pm

Bet the kid who shows up at school with seitan and tofu in his bento gets beat up on the playground.

7:21 pm

lol

7:21 pm

haha :-)

7:22 pm

although there is a sizable Japanese community in the northwest Chicago suburbs, might not be so strange there

7:25 pm

<---avoids making PIC comment

7:27 pm

wow ruru, I'm shocked :)

7:28 pm

shocked that I showed restraint?

7:29 pm

yep :)

7:31 pm

well.... don't get used to it... :D

7:32 pm

lol...I wouldn't

7:35 pm

looking for sc5 is making me cu4

7:35 pm

Hi all - lovely dog smores :)

7:36 pm

me too

7:36 pm

I can't find that sc

7:36 pm

either

7:36 pm

Are you up for clues or not yet?

7:36 pm

Hi Liz..thanks...she has been properly spoiled today:)

7:36 pm

not yet for me

7:37 pm

Kind of like Yiddish get rid of whiskers?

7:37 pm

Glad that she's been spoilt - as if she isn't all the time!!!

7:37 pm

Sorry, didn't see the not yet to clues.

7:37 pm

LOL Molly :)

7:37 pm

thanks molly

7:38 pm

it was a close one

7:38 pm

But you stubbled along until you found it.

7:39 pm

I love this humour!

7:39 pm

I beardly found it

7:39 pm

Cutting edge!

7:39 pm

I find it absolutely charming of Liz to ask if clues are needed instead of just blurting them out. : D

7:40 pm

So "Englishly" polite!!!

7:40 pm

yeah.. too bad you didn't read that before huh? :D

7:43 pm

lol...thanks Molly, I had closed chat.

7:44 pm

kept trying schit :)

7:44 pm

pretty funny, smores :-)

7:44 pm

:)

7:45 pm

good evening all

7:45 pm

you can't have schit unless you have schwiped

7:45 pm

Hi wvt :)

7:45 pm

hi wv!

7:45 pm

and liz and ruru :-)

7:45 pm

I know Ru, I am the Babble Bad Seed. I ruin everything. : P

7:45 pm

hi WV and sue

7:45 pm

Hi Sue :)

7:46 pm

and Molly :-)

7:46 pm

schit schower and sc5

7:46 pm

hey thats no fair. . .i want to be the bad seed

7:46 pm

Bad a** chick!!!

7:46 pm

Hi jmc :)

7:46 pm

hi jmc!

7:46 pm

lol...jmc

7:46 pm

Hi y'all. Fixing dinner and waiting while the pasta pot boils.

7:47 pm

I'll share JMC. But you have to bear the brunt of the pious.

7:47 pm

hi! ugh what a grid!

7:47 pm

Hi stidg :)

7:47 pm

*chokes*

7:47 pm

LMAO...have you looked at the def. for sc5, check out the origin :)

7:47 pm

Hey Latex!

7:48 pm

I've been called worse

7:48 pm

hi harry! and gmere!

7:48 pm

Ask all my Jewish friends, I'm a wannabe Jew. : D

7:48 pm

hell i bear the brunt of the pious all the time hanging out with peace people! they drive me nuts

7:48 pm

*pats ru on the back*

7:49 pm

*chokes*

7:49 pm

HAAAAAAAAAAAACK

7:49 pm

*Gives Ru the heimlich*

7:49 pm

*thwacks ru on the back*

7:49 pm

You're always welcome Molly but I've never heard that word before!

7:49 pm

Hi liz and uu. and all. Good to see you keeping the chog steady. We have jmc and molly working to be the best baddies. Oxymoron.

7:49 pm

shouldn't that be schwacked?

7:49 pm

shouldn't that be schwacked?

7:49 pm

LOL :)

7:50 pm

i am not jewish

7:50 pm

<---feels like chopped liver right now

7:50 pm

i am a shickza (forgive spelling)

7:50 pm

Schwick, schwack, schlamazel.

7:51 pm

schicksa?

7:51 pm

schlemiel too?

7:51 pm

Shiksa

7:51 pm

lol

7:51 pm

better spelling 2nd time mmc!

7:51 pm

nope nope i deny being a schlemiel

7:51 pm

shiksa!

7:52 pm

the origin is what cracked me up, look at the Yiddish spelling

7:52 pm

oy

7:52 pm

*dances horah*

7:53 pm

Oh lovely, sorrel and chopped egg. We can add that to the kid's bento box.

7:53 pm

So we'll know what to look for in a grid full of "H"

7:54 pm

*Waits for JMC to start slamming Jack and singing Hava Nagila*

7:54 pm

no its a calm night with a bottle of shiraz

7:54 pm

:)

7:55 pm

Well, you deserve it. You wore yourself out last night.

7:55 pm

missing the lone A for nbt. any clues?

7:55 pm

me?

7:55 pm

Helloa everyone!

7:55 pm

Having a glass of Chardonnay here.

7:56 pm

ae5/12

7:56 pm

Singing.

7:56 pm

hi luwanda

7:56 pm

haha

7:56 pm

Hi Luwanda :)

7:56 pm

i am waiting for my group to get on skype so we can work on our project

7:56 pm

yellow tail reserve. . .

7:57 pm

*Wonders if she should cut and past a link to an article about alcoholism*

7:57 pm

BBL...girls want me to come watch Beauty with them.

7:57 pm

nah i read all that already molls

7:57 pm

Have a good evening :)

7:57 pm

Also off to work in the garden. BBL!

7:57 pm

bye smores

7:57 pm

Very good, carry on then.

7:58 pm

bye liz

7:58 pm

not getting the ae5

7:59 pm

don't bother.. I'm a professional

8:00 pm

for those who are interested the is an attempt to send sandyhook 1million hearts today www.sandyhookpromise.org

8:00 pm

ae+not the FBI

8:00 pm

ty jmc

8:00 pm

yw

8:01 pm

aesecretservice

8:01 pm

which reminds me i just came back from watching Argo with my sister. . . . good film. . . .gripping

8:01 pm

halfway!

8:01 pm

wtg harry

8:02 pm

does the Y do anything?

8:03 pm

Bless everyone's hearts, but Sandy Hook is so overwhelmed with all the good will. What does one town do with 60,000 teddy bears?

8:03 pm

the virtual hearts take up less space

8:04 pm

The Y is in some words

8:04 pm

ty

8:05 pm

ah well it is in ar4/7 isn't it

8:06 pm

bbl my group is online

8:11 pm

na6....not the indian

8:11 pm

Plural of the na5 before it.

8:11 pm

If you can dig that.

8:11 pm

wow

8:11 pm

thx

8:14 pm

ec6

8:15 pm

es6 is es + a word that means scorch or burn. There is no ec6.

8:16 pm

sorry...ec4/6

8:17 pm

ec + you and I are **

8:18 pm

ty

8:20 pm

ecwe

8:20 pm

...damn....

8:22 pm

ecthem

8:22 pm

damn....

8:22 pm

ra5

8:24 pm

i have the ra4 and pl

8:25 pm

ra5 like the black bird that means death etc - change last vwl

8:25 pm

ra 5 is a cross between edgar allen poe and wine

8:25 pm

: D Good clue Ru

8:27 pm

*bows lowly*

8:27 pm

excellent clue

8:33 pm

kh

8:36 pm

hmm

8:37 pm

hard to clue that one

8:37 pm

kh .. sounds like an abode

8:38 pm

People have been using kh + meditation chant to clue it, but the meditation chant doesn't really sound like that.

8:38 pm

kh5 Khart*** is the capital of Sudan, same end

8:40 pm

finally....been trying to get that all day\

8:42 pm

Well Syb, it's tough going when you are expected to know a monetary unit of Mauritania, 5 of which equal 1 ouguiya.

8:45 pm

oa5

8:46 pm

I am down to 41 and getting very frustrated..thanks for all the help

8:46 pm

Oa 5 Watering holes int he desert!

8:50 pm

Hi again.

8:50 pm

Hi Nef :)

8:53 pm

syb; do you know about Lickety's Babble Clues yet?

8:53 pm

and more words.com?

8:54 pm

they really help when the going gets nasty.

8:55 pm

Would be nowhere near completing this grid without morewords! Tough grid for me!

8:55 pm

hi Lizlin

8:55 pm

Did say hi earlier Nef but guess you were deep in grid!

8:55 pm

sc5 anyone?

8:56 pm

very tough grid for me too.

8:56 pm

sc + to ***e and to hold from this day ...

8:56 pm

no, Liz; I forgot and left it up while I had supper with DH (he cooked -- even if it was from the freezer and pre-made

8:57 pm

thx br

8:57 pm

back

8:57 pm

Still nice to be cooked for!

8:57 pm

Hi again jmc :)

8:58 pm

hey, BR; how are you doing these days? Surviving the Antarctic weather?

8:58 pm

blech

8:59 pm

hi jmc; is that blech a comment about the weather or the grid?

8:59 pm

both plus the fact that i have been sneezing all day

8:59 pm

The weather may be challenging but I am doing fault work in plate tectonics

9:00 pm

jmc; don't get sick!

9:01 pm

i think it is allergies. . .

9:01 pm

really, BR? related to the fracking or???

9:01 pm

Being alive is the source of all allergies

9:02 pm

LOL!

9:02 pm

well i guess dying cured my hubby's allergies then

9:02 pm

Looking at the results of plates colliding

9:03 pm

earthquakes?

9:03 pm

are you cognizant of any allergy complaints since his untimely demise?

9:03 pm

I seriously wonder about the effect of fraking on plate tectonics myself.

9:04 pm

he hasn't complained. . . .

9:04 pm

interesting topic since i live on the west coast of the us

9:05 pm

san andreas is very active

9:05 pm

hi wyrd

9:05 pm

Fracking is terrible.

9:06 pm

i just wanna know how close i am to the bubbling pile of underground lava

9:06 pm

The science channel is talking about the San Andreas fault right now

9:06 pm

hi jmc :)

9:06 pm

hi invictus

9:06 pm

i watch the earthquakes every day

9:07 pm

hello

9:07 pm

and they do happen just about every day there too, don't they?

9:07 pm

i think in cali they do, but not in oregon

9:08 pm

Around 300 million years ago, the landmass of the Earth comprised of one supercontinent, Pangea. Because of tectonic forces pulling and pushing, Pangea broke up into smaller pieces and drifted away and formed what is now the present configuration of the Earth. From Pangea to what is now the seven continents of the Earth, there have been several upheavals. The continents drifted away, crashed into each other and some joined together.

9:08 pm

they had them in nevada all day yesterday or the day before

9:08 pm

invictus, I totally agree with you about the fracking. Yet I have relatives that are thrilled with it because it's "helping the economy!"

9:08 pm

*comes in singing - the world is a mass of incandescent gasssssss*

9:08 pm

hi again all!

9:08 pm

At the cost of millions of people's health and the future of our planet.

9:08 pm

too bad they export much of that oil, along with our food

9:08 pm

nice welki

9:09 pm

hi uu

9:09 pm

hi sue and welki.

9:09 pm

hi :)

9:09 pm

i wonder if i live on western or eastern pangea

9:09 pm

well we have to pay for our computers and cell phones someway

9:11 pm

I live in North Dakota and fracking is a regular occurrence .... my congressional delegation understands where their campaign funds come from ... despite the seemingly disastrous environmental consequences

9:11 pm

alberta has over 170,000 fracking wells - there are only about 175,000 in all of canada. it's a mess.

9:12 pm

that is part of why i got interested in campaign finance reform BR

9:12 pm

There are beginning to be earthquakes here in TX due to fracking.

9:12 pm

and there are earthquakes in Ohio too from fracking.

9:13 pm

That is in the middle of a tectonic plate!

9:13 pm

Pangea: http://tinyurl.com/b8f3wqs

9:13 pm

Between 1847 and 1994 there were more than 110 recorded earthquakes of magnitude three or greater in Texas.

9:13 pm

...sounds like the country is fracking their brains out

9:13 pm

earthquakes, contamination from fracking fluids - money, money, money

9:14 pm

if it were only brains ru!

9:14 pm

hi ru

9:14 pm

hi welki

9:14 pm

I actually felt an earthquake a few months ago. I thought I was just dizzy or losing my mind until I saw it later that day on the news!

9:14 pm

hi ruru

9:15 pm

heya nef

9:15 pm

we had one here in northern Illinois a couple of years ago, didn't have anything to do with fracking, though

9:16 pm

we don't need to frack in california to have earthquakes

9:16 pm

BR; I remember being in 3rd or 4th grade and my aunt was going to night school for her Masters degree (80 miles away) and she cut up a map to show us kids how the different land masses fit together.

9:16 pm

and there i am again, reminded of another song, "i feel the earth move under my feet..." happy 71st birthday, carole king!

9:16 pm

They are crazy about oil here. I live right down the street from the site of the Lucas Gusher.

9:17 pm

good god carol king cannot be 71! i reject that it would mean i was old

9:18 pm

me too, jmc!

9:18 pm

invictus have you ever gone to the babe ditrick zacharias museum on 10?

9:18 pm

it would mean that we are finely matured

9:18 pm

Carol King did a concert here in Margaret River West Australia only last weekend and she sure didn't look 71

9:18 pm

I went to that museum every single year of elementary school!

9:18 pm

i keep wanting to go there but they close at 5 pm and I am always late

9:18 pm

lemme check - i'm sure that's what i heard *googling*

9:19 pm

hi sandy

9:19 pm

february 9, 1942 - so yes,, 71

9:19 pm

dang!

9:19 pm

hi jm long time no see

9:19 pm

Atlantis (in Greek, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, "island of Atlas") is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC. According to Plato, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune"

9:20 pm

i watched a program on tv - she performed with james taylor. was greaaaat!

9:20 pm

how is the building coming sandy?

9:20 pm

That isn't one of the best parts of town. There was at least one drive-by shooting DURING a high school football game at Babe Zaharias Stadium.

9:21 pm

Hello again :)

9:21 pm

ok jm, we have moved since I was last on here, and at the moment we have put down the sand pads for two chalets and our shed- LOL- we are sort of up market camping at the moment

9:21 pm

hi smores

9:21 pm

Tectonics gives a different perspective to what one has on his/her plate

9:22 pm

opa!

9:22 pm

Beauty and the Beast is over, girls are in bed, time to finish :)

9:22 pm

*smashes a plate*

9:22 pm

:)

9:23 pm

aww schit :)

9:23 pm

how about a clue for the tu7 please

9:24 pm

tsk tsk language smores!

9:24 pm

:)

9:24 pm

sorry sandy i don't have it yet

9:24 pm

tu + not active but pa****

9:25 pm

ty BR

9:25 pm

ty bab and hi

9:26 pm

Hello

9:26 pm

g'night folks

9:26 pm

Good night welki :)

9:26 pm

bye welki. . .keep me posted

9:26 pm

May the sandman be kind, welki

9:26 pm

goodnite

9:27 pm

(haha - she's eating pineapple, indian food, taking herbs, seeing an acupuncurist - should be soon!)

9:27 pm

thanks, BR - g'night sandy, jmc

9:27 pm

a good tup often helps

9:28 pm

hey there.. no baby yet welki?

9:28 pm

hi dorens

9:28 pm

hi j

9:28 pm

what's going on with Welki (or ???)

9:29 pm

uhm - let them figure out that a good roll in the hay may help - that's not my department :)

9:29 pm

hahaha

9:29 pm

LOL - just a few minutes more

9:29 pm

aah! Sending new baby vibes to whomever, welki! :-)

9:30 pm

nef, my daughter is due on the 22nd - has gone into premature labour twice already, but now the baby's a good size (a BRUISER! 8.5 estimated pounds) and his/her arrival is expected any time

9:31 pm

Oh! Is it her first?

9:31 pm

second

9:31 pm

8.5 is a bruiser. . .

9:31 pm

i've learned they come when they're ready. I had one three weeks late (and he was conceived using basal temperature chart, so I knew when he was really due

9:31 pm

I always went into labor the morning after eating at Outback Steakhouse.

9:31 pm

LOL!

9:31 pm

I know, should we tell?

9:32 pm

sure

9:32 pm

you're right, dorens - when they're good and ready

9:32 pm

Our son was conceived the same way, Dorens. He was 9# 12 oz. and 5 hours late!

9:33 pm

the boy was 12 lbs and a month late

9:33 pm

5 hours late??/ how can that be late, net? sounds like you timed that one right.

9:33 pm

lol....when I was pregnant with my 1st an elder neighbor whom I didn't know very well as we had just moved, told me if I wanted to induce labor " .. sex is both the cause and cure for pregnancy"

9:33 pm

My daughter was 5 lbs 10 oz 5 weeks early and my son, 8 lbs 3 oz 3 weeks early.

9:33 pm

<--Mother of 9, 10 and 11 pound boys

9:34 pm

that was what i said earlier smores

9:34 pm

12 pounds, jmc!!!???!???!? holy mackaloney!

9:34 pm

yow

9:34 pm

both my boys were 8.3, daughter was 8.4- that was plenty big for me

9:34 pm

molls and i make a complete set

9:34 pm

we had a 10.5 lb boy, but 12 is .... big

9:35 pm

set of what, j?

9:35 pm

worth two of them. . .

9:35 pm

Yeah, my son was a shoulder dystocia. I couldn't have had a bigger baby!

9:35 pm

ih5?

9:35 pm

Wow jmc

9:35 pm

boys. . . 9, 10, 11, and 12 lbs each

9:35 pm

ih+male sheep

9:35 pm

ty jmc. DONE

9:36 pm

Do I hear 13? Anyone? 13? Anyone?

9:36 pm

Dorens; my bag of waters broke 3 days earlier and where I was hospitalized they wanted him born earlier than he was. I was induced, drugged, etc. but he was born 5 AM on June 7th; (due on the 6th).

9:36 pm

i love this game.. you ask for ih 5 and I know exactly what that is without even looking at the grid. been playaing too long

9:36 pm

i heard that sammy davis jr was 13 . . . .

9:37 pm

Nef they let you go THREE DAYS after your water broke?

9:37 pm

okay - now it's time to say g'night. g'night. :)

9:37 pm

g'night welki

9:37 pm

g'night welki

9:37 pm

glad it all worked out well nef

9:37 pm

niters welki!

9:38 pm

WTG Harry :)

9:38 pm

Molly, they really tried to get him born before that; but they also thought he was only going to be a little less than 8 lb.

9:39 pm

whoo hoo harry! and yw

9:39 pm

YAY, Harry!!! WTG!!!

9:40 pm

gnight!

9:40 pm

well all this birthin' babies gots me tired. . . i is agoin' to bed to read.

9:40 pm

Night Harry :)

9:40 pm

57 left and bye all

9:40 pm

i don't know nothin' bout birthin' no babies

9:40 pm

:) night jmc

9:40 pm

good night Harry and jmc

9:40 pm

haha i knew someone would catch on ty dorens

9:40 pm

*poof*

9:42 pm

LOL! Dorens, I used to say that before I got the job as director of the prenatal program in the pregnancy resource center I've been working in for the past 4 years. But I'm a quick learner and worked with some great people who taught me a lot

9:43 pm

So Nef, they weren't worried about infection?

9:44 pm

they were. They drugged me up with IV antibiotics. My delivery was mis-managed; but luckily, we survived in spite of them

9:45 pm

Of course, my son was born with collapsed lungs and had to spend his first 5 days in NICU (he looked like a whale compared to all the premies there!

9:46 pm

Glad it had a happy outcome. I know hospitals won't let a woman go longer than 24 hours. Midwives will sometimes let labor go on longer if there are no signs of fetal distress.

9:48 pm

this was a teaching hospital and I was their guinea pig. They wouldn't listen to me or my DH. We had no say in any of it re: what we wanted. Never again! We moved out of that city and I refuse to go near there ever again

9:49 pm

Poor baby, that is usually a premature baby's problem.

9:49 pm

Can't say I blame you for that. Sounds terrible.

9:52 pm

Sometimes I feel like that Joe Btfsplk character from Lil Abner....

9:53 pm

But I've survived anyway! :-D

9:54 pm

No!! No dark rain clouds over your head!

9:54 pm

Not any more (I hope) :-)

9:55 pm

Dorens, I remember that line from "Gone With the Wind". The lady that played Prissy lived here in Augusta. She died several years ago when the little house whe was living in caught fire. I can't remember her name right now though.

9:55 pm

May I please have a clue for ih5-14? Thanks

9:56 pm

Butterfly McQueen?

9:56 pm

Butterfly McQueen ..

9:56 pm

ih + male sheep, peach

9:56 pm

Yes, tor, thanks.

9:56 pm

And Nef also.

9:56 pm

inram

9:57 pm

not a word, peach; but close! ;-)

9:57 pm

SORRY, I'm doing it again.

9:58 pm

don't worry, I was putting real words in chog this AM

9:59 pm

Thanks, nef.\

10:02 pm

11 left. I should shut up and finish this grid (and my laundry too)

10:05 pm

hi again, 11 left for me too :)

10:12 pm

FW!!!

10:13 pm

Congrats, smores!!!!!

10:18 pm

YAY, smores!!! WTG!!

10:19 pm

ty :)

10:19 pm

any clues wanted before I head off to bed?

10:20 pm

no, thank you smores. I'm going to finish soon if the cat doesn't puke again. :-/

10:22 pm

vi7-40 please....thanks

10:22 pm

that's what I'm working on too, peaches.

10:23 pm

Great minds, Nef....

10:23 pm

same start as the vi4 and 5 ends with rear end

10:24 pm

+a vowel

10:24 pm

lol...sorry hit enter instead of shift

10:24 pm

LOL! I just got that too! :-)

10:25 pm

:)

10:25 pm

Thanks much, smores

10:25 pm

ugh Nef...sick cat?

10:26 pm

yqw peach :)

10:28 pm

Need to make a phone call......bbl.

10:28 pm

All of a sudden, smores. She was here under my chair begging for attention; then suddenly howling like a baby and took off for the basement. She threw up on the way down.... :-( DH couldn't "figure out how to clean it up!

10:28 pm

Good night peach :)

10:29 pm

ewww...possible just hair ball?

10:29 pm

no; it looked like she'd gobbled her food down too fast.

10:29 pm

sometimes my long haired cat will have trouble with one and throw up...disgusting

10:30 pm

Firworks!

10:30 pm

WTG!!! :)

10:30 pm

well I am off to bed, good luck with the cat :)

10:31 pm

I don't "DO" vomit. Never could handle it (even though I'm a nurse!). It's always been DH's job because he can't stand my retching.

10:32 pm

(I used to tell my patients in the hospital that if they felt sick, let me know because I had drugs for that. I also told them I'd vomit if they did!

10:32 pm

niters, smores.

10:33 pm

yea, I don't do well with it either, got over it some when I had kids of course...lol

10:33 pm

night :)

10:34 pm

take care!

10:35 pm

Okay, does anyone else need any clues? I'll be leaving soon.....

10:39 pm

can someone clue the vi 7 again please?

10:41 pm

mlf, vi7, grape ***e + donkey + vowel

10:42 pm

ty granny

10:43 pm

now i have my usual 66 but already had nbt and nbs

10:47 pm

i have HO 4/5 5/14 6/24 8/50x2 what am i missing?

10:49 pm

hello?

10:54 pm

A pl.

11:33 pm

ho5/12?

11:33 pm

muchas casa

11:34 pm

casas

11:34 pm

back....hubby just decided rather rapidly to go shopping. had to go with him....he never gets the right brand.

11:34 pm

hey ruru, sandy

11:35 pm

*waves to granny* *ms tazmania*

11:35 pm

*giggle* got it in one, mate. what a holiday! now i need a holiday to recover.lol

11:37 pm

btw, were you here yesterday when i was talking about the magpie?

11:40 pm

nope.. missed it

11:41 pm

sc5/20 please

11:42 pm

will send you sound file via email

11:42 pm

a jewish shave ursh

11:42 pm

tx ruru

11:42 pm

it is actually yiddish soup

11:43 pm

sorrel (cold) with stuff

11:44 pm

<---got my Yid on

11:45 pm

ruru, have sent email, will be a couple of minutes before you get it.

11:56 pm

hello everyone :)

11:57 pm

hey nan

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