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flip!

12:00 am

flip

12:00 am

flip du jour ..

12:00 am

is it worth the bother??

12:00 am

mint

12:00 am

tore

12:01 am

oops sorries...

thanks anyway, wal (;

12:01 am

oh crap, another tiny grid

Old mac Donald had a horrid grid, E-I-E-I-O!

Clues are up

12:03 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:03 am

ty lickety

12:03 am

Would it help if all of us complained to someone???

12:04 am

I don't think so, I think the grids are randomly selected

all those creaking vlwels and no aria or eeire? Feh. I'm not sticking around for this one...

12:05 am

it would be nice to have at least two grids if they were both less than 100 words

12:05 am

Thanks peri.

12:05 am

hi all - the just keep getting smaller!

12:05 am

roan

12:05 am

sorry

12:05 am

i doubt it.. i have been bitching about one thing or another for 60 years and it never has done any good

groan!

12:06 am

nbt nbs gn all

12:06 am

wtg cos

gn cos that was speedy.

12:06 am

lots of blank tiles here and no 6's

at last a 5 letter word!

12:07 am

pe6 if that helps :) ty gn!

12:07 am

I have one 5 letter word

12:07 am

qu6?

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he 6

12:07 am

I mean, there is a qu6, if it helps...

tx diz

12:08 am

hi everyone

ooh, love the iris flosey!

12:08 am

hi flosey

12:08 am

Can't stay awake. I'll try this tomorrow. Hi and bye all!

12:09 am

thanks melon, from dil's garden

12:09 am

'night jilli

the hostas and peonies have elbowed my irises and poppies, sad to say.

20 words and insufficiently fun despite good company. nite all. [poof]

12:11 am

we had beautiful peonies back in Ontario but didn't think to bring some roots when we moved to BC

12:11 am

nite all

12:11 am

night melon and peri

12:15 am

FWs another easy one

12:16 am

wd diz - still missing 5 here and stuck

12:19 am

what letters, Nan

12:19 am

p, f, r and 2 q's

12:20 am

2 6's and 3 4's

12:20 am

qu 6,4,4,6.

12:21 am

missing the last qu 6

12:21 am

ra 4,4. ro 4,4,4

12:22 am

got the r

12:22 am

fa 4,4,4. fi 4,4. fo 4,4.

12:22 am

ty

12:22 am

found the f

12:22 am

pe 4,4,4,5,6,4

12:23 am

the last qu 6 is a plant

12:24 am

common name or latin for the plant?

12:24 am

ah - got it

12:25 am

replacement for rice or couscous

12:25 am

yeah Nan

12:25 am

now for that missing p 4

12:25 am

look at?

12:25 am

oh no - it is a pe 6

12:26 am

FW and goodnight all

12:26 am

*!*~*!* ta da *!*~*!*

12:27 am

ty diz

12:27 am

WTG Nan

12:27 am

^5 flosey

12:29 am

good night everyone - see you tomorrow. Hoping for a sunny day for a change.

12:42 am

many grey letter now. but cant see the o third row, 4th column. one word. it s the first o not sercond one. any one have it?

12:43 am

mkg, oo5, oo + o***ntal, eastern

12:44 am

ty i thought i tried that one already but must have been that i spelled it wrong. got it. ty

12:44 am

well done, sweetie

2:12 am

May I please have a clue for pe6-21? Thanks

2:17 am

hey peach. pe6, french father + not off

2:18 am

Thanks much, hon. I need to get french dictionery out....thought I remembered father, will look.

2:20 am

uh oh, another small one.

2:20 am

It won't take it, rose.

2:20 am

It's building up and we're going to have a seven-hundreder soon

2:20 am

hello Babblers :) My goodness, what's with the streak of tiny grids??

2:21 am

okay, try pe*, for each one + era

2:22 am

hey spritey. still sitting here.lol

2:22 am

hiya rose :) *hugs*

2:22 am

{{sprite}}}

2:22 am

from your mouth to God's ear, kje... on a holiday or weekendday, please.

2:23 am

Oh, rose, it did take it.....thanks so much.

2:24 am

*giggle* sprite. kje? if it happens tomorrow i gonna come after you with a scalpel.

2:24 am

Tim was SO happy with his birthday gifts and everything, rose... and he was very helpful with preparing for the party as well.

2:24 am

hi peach, grin, glad it took.

2:24 am

lovely sprite. always good when something goes as planned. ;)

2:25 am

I have one left....qu6-27......I really hate to have to ask for clues on a grid this small.

2:25 am

absolutely. And great to see he is growing up a bit and becoming more mature.

2:25 am

peach there are 2 qu6's

2:25 am

qu6, 4, 4, 6

2:26 am

Oh, yes, sorry, rose....it's the first one.....thanks

2:26 am

I have one, peach. Last part of water + oldfashioned word for before.

2:26 am

nice sprite, the other one is one of 5 kids + 2 vowels

2:27 am

thanks :) Qs Qilled

2:31 am

Sprite, hon, I cannot get it.....I'm just too tired to think.

2:31 am

no problem, peach, will give another one

2:32 am

aQu*rium + come h***

2:33 am

Got it....thanks so much, sprite and rose. That was the last one for this little grid....I'm off to my pillows. Thanks to everyone.

2:34 am

wtg peach! And sleep well :)

2:35 am

WTG PEACH!!!!

2:37 am

getting there... 3 columns grey

2:37 am

Hi all :)

2:38 am

hiya Liz :)

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hey liz

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fireflies. over before started :(

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Back home now - really sorry didn't get a chance to meet you Rose - but it really was a flying visit for a family birthday.

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welcome home, Liz

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WTG sprite :)

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Big *hug* for rose and Liz, and a friendly wave to all lurkers. Bye!

2:42 am

Enjoy your day Sprite :)

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WTG SPRITE!!!

2:43 am

never mind liz, will be wandering about the continent in july. will try and persuade himself he wants to go north.

2:46 am

Just sent you a very brief e mail, Rose - providing your address is still as it is in your profile!

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SUNSHINE!

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Hi Ruby :)

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good morning, my friends, this is the first sunny morning in ages

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First of many I hope

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maybe we'll even have summer.....

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would be good ...

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quick half

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but no 6's nd not even close to nbt

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Too many vowels here!

2:57 am

just had my he*** in the garden. Haven't seen a fish i months

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We used to have one in London too - depleted our pond on a number of occasions!

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there were at least 300 fish but they've either all been eaten or are just down in the mud

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but the he*** is a thing of great beautfy

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Absolutely - have one here too down by the river.

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Phew! All 4 x 6 letter words!

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troe

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whoops

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Haven

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flailing about, randomly typing

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{{liz}} see you tomorrow

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Haven't been around much Ruby - hope all's well with you and your d - i - l visit has been OK

3:04 am

Have a good day Ruby - hugs from Aus :)

3:04 am

she's arriving on Wed and it can only improve the dour mood around here

3:04 am

did you have a wonderful time with your family

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Really lovely - better than I hoped for :)

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But its weird to fly to Melbourne for 24 hours!

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when I was working, I sometimes made one-day trips. It used to be fun....now, no more trips

3:06 am

:( - hope you make some trips soon - of your own choice :)

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But you've got your lovely dogs - hope they're well and behaving

3:06 am

husbnd and I talked abut it yeyterday and he realied that our travelling days are over PLUS I can't even go away for 2 days alone

3:07 am

Yes - I remember your trip to the UK in December - cut short!

3:07 am

they'll be gret if we have a couple of dry days. The baby dog now weighs more than 35 lbs and she's only 5 months old

3:08 am

when DIL comes, I'll have her help me bath the baby in my bathtub, I'll let her do the heavy-dog shleppinhg

3:08 am

Wow! She's going to be huge! Lucky dil!!!

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sorry about the styping' my fingers are freezing

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Will DIL visit be easier than the last visit?

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bye for now

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Bye Ruby - enjoy the day :)

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she is a very pleasant house guest and since I have no bagage with her, it is only enjoyable.

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:) :)

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{{ruby}} so you finally have some "me" time. so glad for you, hun. i know you like having DIL there

Could I get a clue for pe6, please?

3:34 am

how's your french, marc?

not good

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french father + not off

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okay pe*, for each one + era

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back

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{{rosie}}

got it thanks

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may I call y ou Rosie? That ws the name of my first-ever pup

3:36 am

hi marc

3:37 am

18 left but don't see anything in this morass of vowells

3:40 am

ruby, you have earned the right to call me whatever you like...

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hahah. She was a freat beautfy!

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(why does my errant finger keep kitting that f?)

3:42 am

subliminal urge to use f bomb?

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probably

3:43 am

has himself been behaving now his daughter is there?

3:43 am

she arrives Wed and he is a mess

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nasty and sentimental by turns

3:44 am

ahhh, hang in there my friend....you are nearly there.

3:44 am

at least I talked him into selling our 2nd (his) car which just sits in the garage collecting dust and costing insurance

3:45 am

oh, well done, ruby. a little extra cash is always good.

3:45 am

the new little car if fine for him AND STAYS IN OUR LITTLE "PARKING" UP NEAR THE STREET

3:45 am

AWHOOPS, BLAME THE CAPS ON THAT BAD PINIE

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okay, okay, i hear you, no need to shout....LOL

3:46 am

15 left

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dh is wandering around like a lost soul upstairs, has already had his apéros and there's an hour to go before we can leave for lunch

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lunching out? sounds nice. where are you going?

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a place we go every Sunday, on the lake, very beautiful, so-so food except occasionally, decent steak

3:50 am

we lunch out 5 days, his choice, usually at the local Italian

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12

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is the weather better?

3:53 am

first sunny day but still very cold

3:56 am

phantom: minaret

3:57 am

i guess it would be. hun, have to go...dinner ready. lovely to see you

3:58 am

{{rose}}

3:58 am

enjoy your lunch. catch you tomorrow, perhaps

7:23 am

firewords! seems a shame to waste such a tiny grid on a weekend day

7:47 am

hello everyone...a teeny one today

8:10 am

minor

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oops, crap

8:11 am

freebie for all!

8:11 am

I just typed that word in as you posted it

8:11 am

hi annie :)

8:11 am

ty for that small word.

8:12 am

morning, mael :)

8:12 am

this is a sad grid for a sunday

8:12 am

yw mixi ;)

8:13 am

Sunday calls for a 300 word grid and up

8:13 am

undersigned, annie

8:15 am

I could use a larger grid.

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at least I found a 6, sigh

8:16 am

I have 2 6's.

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is one of them a qu6?

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qu and pe.

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there are 2 qu 6's

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fireworks

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yay, annie!

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congrats annie

8:18 am

8 left.

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go mixi go !!!

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any clues before I leave?

8:19 am

stats for the 6s?

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pls :)

8:19 am

qu 6/27 x2

8:19 am

haven't listed so don't know what to ask.

8:19 am

he6/21, pe 6/21

8:20 am

thanks, annie :)

8:21 am

bye dear babblers

9:19 am

Morning friends

9:26 am

he6 clue?

9:28 am

and the other qu6? I have the grain

9:48 am

he6 - this place + not off

9:48 am

got it

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qu6 = ends like eagle's nest without the i

9:49 am

qu6 is archaic word meaning ask

9:51 am

combo of clues was great, got it

9:51 am

qu**n the eskimo and newly elected take the **th of office

9:53 am

my last word is a 4, chee

9:59 am

47 words is cause for a refund

10:03 am

Aw man! Another micro grid. This is getting to be too much of a habit.

10:07 am

waste of a Sunday grid, imo

10:08 am

So true, dan. Now we can waste away the day on the puzzle. We'll have to go do chores or something. Sucks.

10:09 am

*can't* rather.

10:13 am

Name that proper noun: Italian beer.

10:14 am

peroni!

10:14 am

Ding! Ding! Ding!

10:14 am

delicious, delicious peroni

10:15 am

*nodding* S'good stuff.

10:15 am

7 left, sigh

10:17 am

wow, I just completely monkeyed the o5

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it doesn't even have a dictionary definition

10:18 am

Yeah. That one's a Babblet. Frequently occurring word with no reasonable definition.

10:25 am

2 left, and they are two stupid f4s

10:26 am

aaaargggh

10:26 am

Hmm. I have a qu6 and a to4 left.

10:27 am

there's a t+all vowels

10:28 am

as for the qu, there's a question and a grain

10:28 am

Yep. Now I'm down to just the Q (dammit).

10:28 am

I'm missing one f4 now, I just can't see it

10:30 am

Ah! Got the Q. Finito!

10:30 am

congrats!

10:31 am

There's an fo4 that rhymes with a small unit of currency.

10:31 am

that was the one! hooray!

10:31 am

Hooray, indeed! I read your mind, mael! Congrats!

10:32 am

ANd ty for the Qu clue, although, it didn't really help. I had to go to A2Z for that one.

10:33 am

Laundry beckons! Off I go!

10:33 am

I had never seen the question qu before

10:33 am

happy laundry!

11:18 am

** finito ** last word TR 5/10

I thought I started this grid this morning

I'm sure I did, but where are my words?

12:36 pm

Hello all! Teeny weeny itty bitty griddy...

12:41 pm

brb...

12:45 pm

hi all, I really dislike small grids.

12:45 pm

I have several blank tiles.

12:46 pm

the A in the middle and the O next to it, help pls

12:46 pm

nm got the o

12:46 pm

help with the r 0/3 pls

12:47 pm

Hi there peri, nice to see you!

12:47 pm

nbt/nbs

12:47 pm

nice to see you too, Jilly

12:47 pm

tough grid for me

12:48 pm

ro4's?

12:48 pm

but I am sure there are some who completed it in 10 minutes or less

12:48 pm

LOTS of babblets

12:48 pm

Not me....

12:48 pm

I have ro4x2

12:48 pm

k..

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the horse and the sound a lion makes

12:49 pm

I didn

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found ra4

12:49 pm

Didn't know what you were asking for...

12:49 pm

the r on the right but not the bottom one

12:49 pm

and the A in the middle pls

12:49 pm

Trying to go listless today

12:50 pm

found an ae4

12:50 pm

trying to go listless here too

12:50 pm

all a's are 4's

12:50 pm

14 left. how is the weather where you are Jilly?

12:50 pm

another 90 degree day but supposed to ra** later

12:50 pm

aex2, afx1, anx1

12:51 pm

Turned cold and rainy...*sigh* last graduation at 3 and last party at 5...going to dress warm

12:51 pm

you are ahead of me...19

12:51 pm

ty have all the a words

12:51 pm

in small grids most of the words are usually normal but I get nervous and keep looking for odds words and end up getting stuck

12:52 pm

missing a q word

12:56 pm

I have all of them...two 6's and two 4's

12:56 pm

missing a 6 letter word. I have qux2 and he

12:57 pm

ty I was missing the obvious 4

12:58 pm

Lots of those mostly vowel words today

12:58 pm

do you have all the 6 letter words, Jilly?

12:59 pm

still missing two

1:00 pm

bl

1:00 pm

bye?

1:07 pm

pe6 Peri

1:09 pm

Okay, totally stuck on my last tr, has to be tr5...clue please?

1:10 pm

tr + opp of off + vowel

1:10 pm

TY!! got it...!!FW!!

1:10 pm

WOOHOO JILLY!

1:11 pm

Yay, certainly slower without listing! TY CiociaJudy!

1:11 pm

YW. Yes, I'm trying to finish w/o list too. 4 to go.

1:12 pm

I'll stay to help if you need it...

1:12 pm

k need an N I have na7 and na4

1:12 pm

I mean na4/7

1:13 pm

and na4/4

1:13 pm

two na4...ones sushi related, the other all vowels after the n

1:14 pm

got the all vowels; guess I need sushi one

1:15 pm

whoops, the no4 is the sushi, the na is an inexperiened person, rhymes with a young homeless person

1:15 pm

na+** I were a rich man...

1:15 pm

got that one; need the sushi

1:16 pm

got it

1:16 pm

good job!

1:16 pm

need one P - I have pe4/5 x 4 and pe6

1:17 pm

just got it

1:17 pm

down to 2 F words

1:17 pm

both 4 letters

1:17 pm

yay!!

1:17 pm

all 4's

1:18 pm

I have 3 fa and 3 fo

1:18 pm

two fi/4

1:18 pm

both babblets

1:18 pm

got 1

1:19 pm

fi+*** you experienced

1:19 pm

fi+not yes

1:19 pm

TY JILLY! FW!!

1:19 pm

WooT WooT WooT ciocia!!

1:20 pm

guess I must get back to cooking now. have a good day Jilly

1:20 pm

Going to head out and get some tasks done before last graduation...

1:20 pm

you too!

2:30 pm

Finished two days in a row.

I swear I started ts grid in the morning ad cannot find my words

You experienced? What does that mean?

why have I been so brain-dead this week?

3:23 pm

wow...haven't been on all week and only a 47word grid ???

3:23 pm

Hello there smores!

3:24 pm

mostly 4 letter babblets...

3:24 pm

hey Jilly :)

3:25 pm

Watch for mostly vowel words, latin endings

3:26 pm

thanks for the heads up

3:35 pm

Well, off to my last graduation for this year....bbl Good luck smores!

3:42 pm

Bye Jilly...enjoy :)

4:00 pm

Evening folks from Guiting Power, Gloucester, England

4:03 pm

Gloucestershire

4:14 pm

howdy,bichon and howdy everyone:)

4:20 pm

hi all

4:20 pm

guess it was not a bad day to wait until the evening to look at the grid

4:21 pm

here is dinner tonight in the crossy household it is a quick easy dish and i pre-cook the sausage and let in marinate in the sauce in the fridge all day and if i do not have any leftover pasta i just do it at same time so near dinner time i just slam it all together in 5 minutes and bake.add a nice salad and a crusty itallian loaf of bread and you have a full meal to feed4-6 people

4:21 pm

450g pack pork sausages 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard 2 tbsp tomato ketchup 1 tbsp golden syrup or honey 2 tbsp olive oil 1 red onion peeled and sliced 1 red pepper, deseeded and diced 200g mushrooms, wiped and quartered 1 tsp chilli powder 400g can chopped tomatoes 150ml apple juice 300g cooked left over pasta bows (or other shapes) 150g Edam or other firm white cheese, diced 6 easy steps... Preheat the oven to 400F/200C/Gas 6. Place the sausages in a baking try and cook for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, mix together the mustard, ketchup and golden syrup. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and add the onion, red pepper and mushrooms, stir fry for 5 minutes then add the chilli powder, chopped tomatoes and apple juice and stir well. Stir in the cooked left over pasta. Spoon into an ovenproof serving dish. Remove the sausages from the oven and slice each into 3 on a diagonal. Tip into a bowl, drizzle with the mustard mixture and arrange over the pasta. Scatter with diced cheese and return to the oven for 20 minutes.

4:21 pm

indeed jmc,tiny one today

4:22 pm

lots of really good bacon here in the UK crossy

4:22 pm

yes,you make some good rashers on that side of the pond as well:))

4:30 pm

I had Yorkshire pudding for the first time today. Not what I expected either

4:33 pm

Did you like it Bich?

4:34 pm

It was okay, nothing exciting. More like fried bread

4:34 pm

I've always found it kind of bland.

4:35 pm

agree Molly, but I had lunch from the Carvery, pork, lamb and beef. Yummy

4:35 pm

That sounds good.

4:37 pm

Mississippi Mud Pie for dessert. The village had a garden tour today. So muc funny chatting with all the gardeners

4:38 pm

After the tour, some of the ladies baked cakes and we had tea there

4:38 pm

Oh, I bet that was pretty.

4:39 pm

Nobody does cottage gardens like the English

4:41 pm

I've seen some very nice pictures of them.

4:42 pm

All the hosts were fun to chat with

4:44 pm

See you all tomorrow

4:59 pm

OMG! Your doing it wrong! Yorkshire puddings should be served with roast beef! And if made correctly, should NEVER be bready. Just light n fluffy & ethereal!

5:01 pm

Sorry for the rant! Hi all :-)

5:01 pm

There you go, Soodle! I was just thinking the same thing! YP should be thin and light and soaking up the beef juices! Yum..

5:03 pm

<------ makes seriously good YP! Its all in how much you 'batter' the batter!.......

5:04 pm

Hey Mimi. :-)

5:05 pm

Yep---it's not like a souffle or bread where you put a lot of batter in and it becomes dense....basically the opposite, right? Just a thin layer and get it crispy on the outside. ((Soodle)) Wouldn't you know us Irish can cook it!

5:06 pm

Phantom: torque.

5:07 pm

Looking back at chat, I want to eat at crossy's house tonight!!!

5:07 pm

hi all!

5:07 pm

The crispier & thinner the better! And Horesradish Sauce is a MUST!

5:08 pm

Hello Sue ((((())))

5:08 pm

((sue))

5:08 pm

hi soodle and mimi! Two of my favorite ladies!

5:08 pm

Awww...thanks, sue! Right back at 'ya!

5:09 pm

Well. Sue, 2 weeks into wedded bliss...... Everything as it should be?

5:10 pm

indeed it is, soodle! We are very happy and looking forward to Frank being done with chemo - last treatment is Wednesday!

5:10 pm

I think the first (20?) years prepared them! Great, sue...so happy that will be over.

5:11 pm

Whoo-hoo!!!!!!! So happy for you both Sue. (((()))))

5:11 pm

Have they given a prognosis, sue?

5:11 pm

we've been living together 5 years but were apart for 38 years before that, dated and got engaged in high school but drifted apart when we went to different colleges

5:12 pm

<------- Sucker for the happy ever after stories! :-)

5:12 pm

Amazing picture on your icon, sue!

5:12 pm

so we set a world record for length of engagement, I think, almost 45 years!

5:12 pm

no prognosis, mimi, except that he will have to go for scans every 3-6 months from now on

5:13 pm

Wow...I can't imagine being with anyone that long. I had to head for the hills after 23!

5:13 pm

well, that 38-year gap in the middle makes it seem much shorter :-)

5:14 pm

Guess you can ask crossy about the continuing scans. But if he has made it this far I would think it looks pretty good.

5:14 pm

Doing a little happy dance around my kitchen for Sue & Frank. (Hoping the neighbours have their blinds drawn. Ccc)

5:15 pm

I didn't know your history with Frank, sue....amazing! I'm still friends with my first love (at age 15) but he is married (for the 3rd time)...not at all interested in a mate anymore anyway.

5:15 pm

it just depends on whether there were stray cancer cells left after the surgery, and if the chemo has done them in or not - which we won't know unless they grow into something big enough to be visible on the scan - but because he was stage 4 they will never say he is cured or even in remission

5:15 pm

so it is scary, and will continue to be scary, but we will just have to cope with things as they happen

5:16 pm

I guess you just must live every day as a blessing, sue, and make the most of it.

5:16 pm

Indeed.

5:17 pm

Sue, will you give that husband of yours a great big squashy hug from me? Thanks!

5:17 pm

That's kind of the way I feel now a year and a half after my heart attack.

5:17 pm

I will indeed, soodle! :-)

5:17 pm

:-)

5:17 pm

ah, I didn't know about that, mimi, must have been a real wake-up call!

5:18 pm

Not at all the same as cancer but still glad to be alive.

5:18 pm

Nor I Mimi?

5:19 pm

Woke up to a heart attack one morning and called the ambulance. Had 100% blockage of an artery. Was in hospital for 4 days and then on 8 medications that were worse than the heart attack. But down to 3 now and walking 1/2 mile in 12 minutes. Only slowed me down a bit!

5:19 pm

good for you, mimi!

5:20 pm

I've almost died 3 times in my life and I'm convinced I'm still here because God doesn't want me up there criticizing the way he's doing things! I can almost hear him saying "Leave her down there, I don't need the grief!"

5:20 pm

I keep saying that once I actually retire I will get my diet and exercise to a much healthier state than they are in now - I have another 4 weeks :-)

5:21 pm

Get my first early retirement check next month, sue, and so happy to have an income again.

5:22 pm

ah, good for you! I actually am collecting retirement but am also working, so am looking forward to the "working" part going away.

5:23 pm

I'm trying to get a part-time job to supplement. In another 1.5 yrs. I'll get more because my ex will be of age. That will be nice.

5:24 pm

ah, that will help. I can also get some Social Security but plan to wait as long as possible to claim it - I should be ok as long as the state of Illinois stays solvent, which may not be very long the way things are going

5:25 pm

Waiting also for lawsuit against Social Security to get to court (takes 15-18 months!) so I'll, hopefully, get the back money they denied me wrongfully. They turn EVERYONE down now. Even turned down a guy I know who had terminal cancer...and did die! Horrible process and so unfair.

5:25 pm

Ugh, that is really awful :-(

5:27 pm

All I did last year after the heart attack was file and wait, three times. Have a lawyer who specializes in SS law and has been in practice for over 10 yrs. so must be good or wouldn't still be practicing. He gets 25% when we settle but I probably wouldn't get anything if I didn't have him, so that's OK. Just hate waiting!

5:27 pm

fireworks! (that is, I found all 47 words :-P )

5:28 pm

Yes, it seems that having a lawyer is the only way to get SS unless you are old enough to claim it anyway

5:28 pm

Good for you, sue! I'll be giving up LONG before that.

5:29 pm

This SS was disability-related so age isn't a factor.

5:29 pm

didn't use to be the case - when my mom died my sister got a check automatically since she was still under age

5:29 pm

Golly! Well done Sue! I'm struggling with this grid.

5:30 pm

Yep, Soodle, this is one mean little bugger!

5:30 pm

well, I couldn't have done it without lickety and morewords!

5:30 pm

I never get all the words on any of the grids, but at least with the bigger ones I can have fun and feel productive. These little ones just aggravate me.

5:31 pm

Not ambitious enough to list, sue! Such an underachiever!

5:32 pm

well, I am actually learning more words by doing this, so I guess that is a good thing! Keep the old grey matter functioning...

5:32 pm

I probably should...just not motivated yet.

5:34 pm

Must get some things done. Good talking with you two lovely ladies! BIG hugs.

5:34 pm

that's one of the things I like about this game - you can decide for yourself how you want to play, and how you define success!

5:34 pm

bye, mimi! See you later!

5:35 pm

hello friends!

5:35 pm

hi trif!

5:36 pm

hello sue. so nice to see you in the chog!

5:36 pm

nice to see you too! I love those stairs in your icon.

5:37 pm

aren't they great? someday....

5:38 pm

secondo's real name is in the grid today!

5:38 pm

pretty rare

5:38 pm

cool!

5:39 pm

went to an absolutely beautiful wedding last night....still basking in the glow

5:42 pm

ah, lovely! Weddings are such fun.

5:42 pm

this one sure was! whew!

5:42 pm

dancing dancing dancing!

5:43 pm

can I please have the count for the o in the fourth column, fourth row?

5:44 pm

sorry THIRD row

5:44 pm

oo5/10

5:44 pm

lots of babblets in this one...

5:44 pm

yes, there it is! THanks sue! nbt for moi

5:45 pm

yay trif!

5:47 pm

tea is ready, bbs

5:47 pm

enjoy your tea, dear sue

quore

oops!..not even a word!

6:20 pm

Help with pe5,12 please

6:23 pm

got it.

6:25 pm

Hello, just about half way and hope to finish this grid.

6:30 pm

mimi.do not mean to make you uneasy but here in the great white north it is the same for odsp(social security) it took a full ten year for them to recognize that my wifes blindness might impact her ability to get work

6:37 pm

hello all....

6:39 pm

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everybody doing today

6:39 pm

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

6:41 pm

and even then they said"oh but we have a blind person in our disability office working on a speech to type program to dictate letters" and i said "well how often does a job like that open up?"

6:41 pm

Hello minver and all. Working on a couple of six letter words and may need resrouces. I need the pe 6, 21 and the qu 6, 27 (the first one).

6:41 pm

all that is,is your token disabled person

6:44 pm

got the qu, now for the pe 6, 21.

6:49 pm

Fire works for little ol me.

6:49 pm

Monkeys were doing very well today.

6:51 pm

Congratulations stidgmere on your fireworks! Good for you

6:52 pm

yay gmere!

6:52 pm

and hi again all, popping in briefly and can clue if needed.

6:53 pm

suze!

6:54 pm

Mrs O!!

6:54 pm

hi crossy!

6:54 pm

:-)

6:55 pm

how is married life treating you? is frank behaving?? lol

6:56 pm

we are coming up to our 20th,our 22nd together and my beloved says the training may be done in another 10 years..maybe..she hopes

6:57 pm

but remember,SHE proposed to me,so she asked for it! lol

6:59 pm

we are good, crossy, we've been together for 5 years already anyway so no big change in the day-to-day routine, but it is nice to be married, finally

6:59 pm

i am sure it is:))

6:59 pm

it changes things,especially in the states

6:59 pm

evening all

7:00 pm

hi jes!

7:00 pm

howdy,jes

7:00 pm

yes, the health insurance is a big deal here

7:01 pm

matters not here,but a wedding brings a closer union a noeness of body and soul

7:01 pm

oneness

7:01 pm

yes, there is that too

7:02 pm

so close,that when you close your eyes,i go to sleep...

7:02 pm

my father was rather surprised when I told him about it on the phone (it was a done deal by then); I will have to write him a note

7:03 pm

crossy, Frank is coming up on his last chemo treatment on Wednesday, and is starting to get quite anxious about the upcoming scan (probably about 3-4 weeks away) which will tell us if the chemo actually worked or not

7:04 pm

yaaa for frank.i remember this day from my post second cancer chemo.i remember it well

7:04 pm

this is the bit test.for all the marbles

7:04 pm

I am pretty anxious about it myself, the statistics are not on our side on this one :-(

7:06 pm

i did not want to tell you the stats.i already knew them,but you are a samrt woman and you know our cancer tratments have come leaps and bounds in the last 30 years.remember,if terry fox were alive and doing his run today,he would of survived

7:06 pm

I hope so

7:06 pm

smart

7:07 pm

just read a paper about the treatment Frank is getting, it extends survival by an average of 4 months (from 25 to 29 months after diagnosis)

7:07 pm

I am hoping, since he was an extremely early stage 4, that he will be on the long-lived tail of the distribution

7:08 pm

but we will just have to see, and enjoy the days we have

7:08 pm

at least.and remember,the survival curve improves once you get past 3 years till the 5th year when it is reduced to 10% chance of a cancer other than the initial type

7:08 pm

he's planning to leave his port in for a while, just in case

7:09 pm

yes.if his oncologist is good with it,by all means

7:09 pm

i have a big test coming up myself in the second week of june

7:10 pm

he'll have to switch oncologists once he's on my insurance; the plan I'm on doesn't cover the local hospital

7:10 pm

I thought you just had a scan? Is that when you get the results?

7:10 pm

i find that the doctors who can wear the oncology badge are all top shelf,so i would not worry

7:11 pm

i get results on ct/blood/x-rays on june 11th

7:11 pm

yes, I think it will be fine but wanted to wait until the current bout of chemo is done to switch - hence the timing of our wedding

7:11 pm

have enlardged nodes in my right boob atm

7:11 pm

will be thinking about you then, crossy!!

7:11 pm

i will be fine:)

7:12 pm

Frank had some swelling in his armpit a few weeks ago but it seems to have gone away - but every little thing is a cause for worry now -

7:13 pm

please let me know the scan results for frank in 3-4 week,either here or in pm in fb.i am following you and want nothing but the best

7:13 pm

will do :-)

7:14 pm

I've been posting on caringbridge.org as well, link in my profile

7:14 pm

it never ends afer this.every 3 months for the first 2 years and every 6 months after that,forever

7:15 pm

yes, I think that is what we are looking at to

7:15 pm

*too

7:16 pm

you do not dare miss an appt.betwem my first cancer and my second,i got lazy and blew off two appts in the winter because they were in the city and a long drive.come spring i had my stage 3 lymphnoma.they found it while doing a test for my sperm health

7:17 pm

I will make him go, absolutely.

7:18 pm

lol.now after 3 cancers(seminoma(operation),lymphnoma(\nchemo and melanoma (surgery it is all a moot point:) though the babble room may say TMI.i do not care

7:19 pm

no worries!

7:19 pm

only by sharing cancer stories can you help others

7:19 pm

exactly, and I very much appreciate your sharing with us!

7:20 pm

reminds me// GET THOSE MOLES CHECKED AND AS BAZ LUNDRUM SAYS "WEAR SUNSCREEN!!"

7:21 pm

Indeed. I get a skin check every year as I am quite spotty :-)

7:22 pm

had our local resident surgeon cut a half dozen out of me that were stage 2 and as he termed them "agressive"

7:23 pm

anything flat,more than 3 cm across,irregular shape and ligher in the centre

7:23 pm

lighter

7:23 pm

Yes, "aggressive" was how they described Frank's tumor as well, was good that we didn't wait any longer to get it taken out

7:23 pm

indeed!

7:26 pm

some people are embarrased by cancer.they hide it.feel like they failed or are shunned by the rest of society but i am to the point,in your face"this is nothing but a defective part of me that is only holding me back" attack kind of survivor.i pull zero punches

7:27 pm

people have become much more open about cancer than they were when my mother got it 40 years ago - a good thing IMHO

7:27 pm

i even vounteer on a cancer hot line run by our big cancer hospital.new cancer patrients can call it just for advice,to vent or whatever

7:27 pm

it is my way of paying it forward

7:27 pm

good for you!!

7:29 pm

i will soon be working for our local cancer society and driving local patients in my town to cancer treatments in the city.again.paying it forward to those who did it for me

7:29 pm

clue for p5 please?

7:30 pm

pe + I am going to go ***d a book soon

7:31 pm

i am as well:)) just downloaded a bunch of ebooks for the mrs also

7:31 pm

can i get a clue for the qu 6/27 word, please?

7:31 pm

there are 2, penquis

7:31 pm

one is a grain, the other is really weird

7:32 pm

qu+vowel + poetic before

7:32 pm

qu + first vowel + 3 letter palindrome (or what jes said)

7:33 pm

got it....thanks

7:33 pm

for those who have open format readers that can handle pdf,epub,mobi and lit files, google www.bookos.org.there are tons of books available here and you can load up to 7 a day.ty to our very own sprite for hooking me up with this site

7:35 pm

is the p6 related to p5?

7:35 pm

first four letters are the same, jes, then add not off

7:35 pm

thanks, sue, that's firewords :)

7:35 pm

yay jes!

7:38 pm

i am done!!

7:38 pm

yay penquis!

7:38 pm

tyty

7:41 pm

yay penquis!

7:47 pm

and now I really am off, see you all tomorrow!!

8:06 pm

goodnight all

9:05 pm

hi all. any clues for the sixes? i have one. the qu word, the sstuff we eat that is a grain and yet not a grain.

9:05 pm

any other clues out there?

9:09 pm

he 6/21 word is he 4/5 plus wear a hat ** on your head mkg

9:10 pm

ty min got he

9:10 pm

need two more six letter words.........

9:10 pm

Other qu 6/27 word is qu plus two vowel plus do ** mi fa etc

9:11 pm

got the qu. ty ty t y

9:11 pm

one togo.

9:11 pm

one to go.

9:11 pm

any clues for the last 6?

9:12 pm

i have 8 to go total. sorry for misinfo.

9:13 pm

Go mkg go!

9:14 pm

i need two n WORDS still. have na 4 only.

9:15 pm

pe 6/21 word is french father plus wear a hat ** your head

9:15 pm

dont know french at all. sorry.

9:16 pm

got it with monkeys. ty min.

9:16 pm

7 left total. ugh.

9:16 pm

time for bed.

9:16 pm

night all.

10:41 pm

mkg apparetly has 11 children, Minver. I guess it gave her no time to learn French.

10:43 pm

na4/7, if you haven't gone mkg, is na plud *f only O hadn't said that, or the title of a Rudyard Kipling poem.

10:45 pm

Apparently I can't type or spell after being woken up by the police helicopter hovering overhead. So tired...

10:45 pm

Should have read no plus if only I hadn't said that.

10:50 pm

I am finished! I have fireworks! pe 6/21 was my final word

hi, jacs!

10:50 pm

And with that I am off to bed.Nice to see you briefly Jacula

this is a twisty nasty little beast

10:51 pm

Hello & goodbye 72 Temple Owl!Nice to see you too briefly

you as well, min.

10:52 pm

I leave you with a story of clues in profile.Goodnight to all!

11:24 pm

we almost have eeyore, we do have rpp, and enpough letters for Poohbut in the wrong places as is almost everything in this grid

11:25 pm

roo, of kanga and

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