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60 total words

12:00 am

nbs :P

12:01 am

flip

12:01 am

ru 6

12:02 am

pr 6

12:03 am

flip -- it this one a little meanie too?

12:03 am

i hate little ones

Clues are up

12:03 am

thanks, lickety

12:03 am

Thanks, Lickety!

12:04 am

ty Lickety

12:04 am

top row done

12:04 am

its a rash of smallness

12:05 am

Thanks lickety.

12:05 am

nbt nbs

12:06 am

wtg cos

12:07 am

nobody could call ruru a pr5

12:07 am

ty hi jill how are you?

12:08 am

hi everyone, late again

12:08 am

phantom edhs

12:08 am

I'm fine, cos -- and you? It was a gorgeous day here.

12:08 am

Hi flosey

'nother latebird here. hi, all.

12:08 am

same! enjoying the nice warm weather. im getting a tan from all the walking im doing now lol

12:09 am

cos -- I have froends in Evergreen, CO and I hear there are wildfires near there. Any news?

top line grey (big whoop)

12:10 am

yay melon!

12:10 am

i think last i heard it was contained. lemme see

12:10 am

<----had to look if there was a ick in the grid :d

12:10 am

yeah its contained now!

second line grey (faint whoop)

12:10 am

hi ru :-)

12:10 am

all evacs are lifted.

12:10 am

hi jilli

12:11 am

thanks, cos -- I wonder if they were evacuated.

12:11 am

oh! nbs!!!

12:12 am

and its been a year since our fires here too!

12:12 am

need the a nd u in the 2nd column

12:12 am

up 4

12:12 am

up 4/6

12:13 am

hi spell

12:13 am

found the u

12:13 am

hi ru

12:13 am

don't have the a nan, sorry

12:13 am

it's my only bt now

12:13 am

az 4

12:14 am

ty ru

12:14 am

tx ru... haven't seen that one before

12:14 am

ty ruru ... nbt, nbs

12:15 am

wtg nan

12:17 am

se6 (usually see it 2 separate words)

12:18 am

down to 5 sans list

12:18 am

me too

12:18 am

4

12:19 am

and that will be it for me tonight... will look again in the AM

12:19 am

3

12:19 am

*tucks kje in *

12:20 am

play those last 3 for me ru when you find them

17 sans lickety; still four shy of nbt with solo F, solo S, solo U, and solo A unfilled. should I know these words?

12:21 am

stalled at 15

12:21 am

15 here and thinking of listing

12:22 am

I have ef4 whats the other one please?

12:22 am

Need the sigle s please

12:22 am

(back from the kitchen) -- gnight kje

12:22 am

st 5/10

12:22 am

ty cos

12:23 am

FWs

12:23 am

ok - found a bunch of plurals and am down to 5

12:23 am

wow diz!

d'Oh! tx cos

12:23 am

Cos, en 6

12:24 am

ty Jilli

12:24 am

Melon - you should definitely know the u and the s. The a was new to me, and the f was also odd (to me)

12:24 am

firewoiks

12:24 am

congrats ru

12:24 am

ah got it ty

yay ruru

12:24 am

yay ruru -- amazing!

SpellChick, yep got all but the solo A. I had the Fs covered.

12:26 am

still missing the lone U and the lone F

wait, no, I don't have the F.

12:26 am

up 4 jilli

12:26 am

missing an s 6

12:26 am

the a is az4 (per ru), and that f is an fu4

12:27 am

fu 4 a d short of elmers

12:27 am

ty ru, and I'll have a flounder, please

tx ruru, i thought I had tried that, perntly not.

12:27 am

just for the halibut ? jilli?

got it! tx again, SC!

10 to go.

12:28 am

ty again ru for the lone f -- NBT/NBS now

12:28 am

Jilli goes into turbot speed

12:28 am

yay jilli

12:29 am

knock em down

12:29 am

oh dear, I started something

12:29 am

a clue for the s 6, please? - assuming it is an se

12:29 am

i'm stalled at 9... can't find the en6. Fish?

12:29 am

se 6 not put down

parody

12:29 am

cos clued it earlier as something usually seen as 2 words

12:30 am

ty ruru -- that's a word???!!

12:30 am

*!* ta da *!*

12:30 am

s 6 -- what the astronaut said to the rocketeer

12:30 am

en 6 not the beginning + the beginning of the TV dog (german shepard)

12:30 am

good night everyone :)

12:30 am

night nan

12:30 am

tx ru

tx ruru

12:31 am

trying to think of a dog pun to go w, but I'm too tired. brain not working

12:31 am

*looks at Timmy in the well*

3h 2 f and 2 S to go...

12:31 am

ty for that en 6, ru -- but it's shepherd, not shepard

7 one f to go

12:31 am

*takes clue back*

shepard was the astronaut.

12:32 am

oh lord is my

12:32 am

no! don't do that. I needed it!

12:32 am

I already used it

6, forgot about that Hebrew letter (which I start with a c rather than an h)

12:33 am

LOL

Hs done 4 to go! 3 s , 1 f

12:35 am

Missing f6

12:35 am

fu + bird home

12:36 am

ruru, how do you know all these weird words?

12:36 am

ty ruru, finished too

12:36 am

stuck on de6, any clues please?

12:36 am

yay chrissie!

looke amusing but mispeled

12:36 am

I'm weird Jilli.. what do you think?

12:36 am

:D

12:37 am

de + money

12:37 am

no you're not

12:37 am

thanks ru

12:37 am

ty ru again

12:37 am

and that's FW

feu d'artifice!!!! *~:.`.:*

12:37 am

<---here for Flosey and Jilli and Melon

12:38 am

and much appreciated ru

12:38 am

well I sure don't feel left out!

29 minutes, my shortest fireworks ever.

12:38 am

sweet ru xx

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yppee for melon!

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oh.. you too spell

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so, early to bed tonight

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:D

12:38 am

goodnight all

12:38 am

night flosey

12:38 am

gnight flosey

tx all. nitenite, .:*poof*:.

12:39 am

I was thrown for a loop when someone called you Spell Chick

12:40 am

I kinda liked it... But my chick days are rapidly coming to a close. 49 this year!

12:40 am

oh.. 49 is YOUNG

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sure is!

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49 is the new 29 :D

12:40 am

Not feeling that way. Must be my mid-life crisis or something

12:41 am

I hear that

12:41 am

ah found that de+ money word finally ty

12:41 am

night melon

12:42 am

I'm not a guy, so no new sports car for me... what should I do to make myself feel younger?

12:43 am

a trip to the bahamas

12:43 am

spell, start counting your age backwards -- next b'day you'll be 48

12:43 am

Been there...

12:44 am

get a toy boy

12:44 am

Yeah, the problem w that is at some point it's rather obvious. Besides.... you get older or you get dead, so I'm not hiding the #

12:45 am

Got a hubby I'm partial too... so no boy toys. Besides, I like a man who has a brain and can use it.

12:45 am

ahh true true

12:45 am

can't spell... too = to

12:45 am

well just enjoy life then :)

12:45 am

wor kwith or interact people younger than yourself - 10 or 20 years

12:45 am

Hello everyone

12:45 am

I can't see the pu 4/7

12:46 am

bill cosby jello chocolate jill

12:47 am

uh, no comprende, cos

12:47 am

it's like the elmer clue from earlier

12:48 am

first 3 letters of the pu4 ... bill cosby hawks them .. jello sells them too.. ***ding...

12:48 am

stupid clue sorry :(

12:48 am

there are no stupid clues.

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oh -- THAT P -- I was looking at the lower one -- ty cos

12:49 am

yw :)

12:49 am

perfectly good clue, cos

12:49 am

фейерверк !!

12:49 am

8 left. guess ill list

12:49 am

really, erda?

12:50 am

yes!

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ah -- I think I see a cyrillic FW

12:50 am

4 left here but I do list

12:50 am

stupid fu6

12:51 am

and they are using a German word for fireworks...

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fw

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clever erda!

12:52 am

aw shucks...

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plain ordinary FW here

12:53 am

wtg all fw'ers

12:53 am

thanks for the help, ru and cos and Lickety

12:53 am

the best kind, jilli

12:53 am

aw.. way to go jilli

12:53 am

now I can go to bed..unless spellchick isn't done :D

12:53 am

off to research the bible.. (im doing an independent bible study) gn all

12:54 am

No ru, still have 5 to go...

12:54 am

praise the lord cos...

12:54 am

gn cos -- did you get sparklers yet?

12:54 am

want help.. or you're determined to find them

12:54 am

but you can go on up ahead without me. I'm sure mrs ru will appreciate it.

12:54 am

yep same time you did :)

12:55 am

yay cos!

12:55 am

mrs ru is watching Oprah.. god save me

12:55 am

i'm REALLY tired. I'll probably leave them for tomorrow night. Tx anyway

12:55 am

we don't get the oprah channel anymore!

12:55 am

I can stay and help, spellchick ;-)

12:56 am

I wish it would go away sometimes. :D

12:56 am

especially that obnoxious Iylana .. ugh

12:56 am

Ru, switch to DirecTV basic...

12:57 am

I don't watch Oprah but could.

12:57 am

I'm going to switch to books :D

12:57 am

Thx Jilli. When I get to 10, I'm determined to finish by myself. Usually it's monkeys, but no list, no clues (unless someone else is asking while I'm reading ;-)

12:57 am

I like some of Oprah's interviews.. but jeez some of these recent shows are pathetic

12:57 am

I'm reading the Michael Connelly Harry Bosch series. Very enjoyable.

12:58 am

OK spell -- I'll leave you to it then -- goodnight all and po4

12:58 am

night night jilli

12:58 am

night

12:59 am

me too .. good luck tomorrow spell.. nice chatting with you

12:59 am

night ru, back atcha!

1:08 am

I like Harry Bosch, too. Have read most of them.

1:09 am

just missing one....

1:15 am

FW

1:16 am

yay, peach!

1:17 am

Thanks, rbud......wish we could get some larger grids....well, not too large. LOL

1:24 am

has been a long stretch of short ones, it's true. probably means we'll flip one night to find a 650 word one or something, haha! :P

1:27 am

You're probably right.

1:27 am

Heading for pillows now. Nite all.

1:28 am

nite, sleep well. :)

1:40 am

morning all... another tiny one? One of these days we will wake up to a 900+ grid, no doubt.

1:40 am

Hi Sprite :)

1:40 am

hiya Liz :)

1:40 am

If there's a 900 + grid, count me out!!

1:41 am

depends on the day... if I have time that day, I will do it. And enjoy it.

1:41 am

I really don't have the time for larger grids - 200 is about my maximum!

1:42 am

But these really small ones are becoming a bit too common!

1:42 am

I loved doing the 700+ one. But yes, it does take a lot of time.

1:43 am

It's funny because it's not as though I work but what with walks and the gym and other stuff, the day is soon filled!

1:43 am

I loved the 500 + one a couple of weeks ago.

1:44 am

Liz, those are way healthier things than sitting behind the 'puter :) I don't get out much, so I do have the time.

1:45 am

True - I never realised what an outdoors person I was until I moved here - don't like spending too much time at the computer.

1:45 am

But if you're stuck indoors for whatever reason, the large grids are fun.

1:45 am

on a good day, I go and walk the dog and spend some time in the garden. On a bad day, I am lucky to make it downstairs. And on those days I am grateful for my puter

1:46 am

yes, large grids have their own charm, that is for sure. And the really big ones make for great chat as well.

1:46 am

I can understand that - I hope that the good days come more frequently :)

1:46 am

Got to go - back soon :)

1:47 am

ok :)

1:47 am

Yes I usually enjoy the chat :)

1:47 am

:)

1:49 am

hiya sprite! only 3 to go here.

1:50 am

hiya rbud :) You gooo girrrrl! 22 left here.

1:53 am

oh! done now! that was fast. a couple of plurals and a past tense I'd missed.

1:53 am

yay rbud!

1:54 am

kind of a fun little grid, the earlier hints for the 6's were a big help.

1:54 am

ah good to know, will look them up if I get stuck.

1:56 am

we are nearly done with our conversion of our old bedroom to our new living room. Almost ready for paint, and then the baseboards and trim. Then carpet. I hope. (the old man's fretting about the money, but he'll get over it.)

1:57 am

oh wow! Sounds wonderful. You'll love it when you can sleep and... do other stuff there!

1:58 am

I have a pretty new front door where a window used to be - ready for a new porch out there, going to love that!

1:59 am

oh yes!

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have found out it's expensive to relocate a gas line and meter, though, but it's too late to turn back now! :)

2:00 am

hehehe good... continue as planned.

2:01 am

fireflies too. Quick, but fun.

2:01 am

Hoping to be out there rocking in a nice rocker on my porch by the end of summer. Or fall. But first the new kitchen, yay!!

2:02 am

sounds like your home will be even more wonderful now, rbud!

2:04 am

I hope so. Trying to get it all set up for Hubs, he's not getting around so well. It may come to a wheelchair inside soon, so we are doing what we can to make sure we don't have to re-do anything later.

2:04 am

am sorry to hear that. But great that you can make the home wheelchair-proof now.

2:05 am

must be off... have a lovely day, rbud!

2:06 am

For now I plan to have some handrails put in here and there, it will help for a while.

2:06 am

Later, then, I'm off, too. :)

2:07 am

loved chatting with you!

2:07 am

likewise! (((hugs))) and poof!

2:51 am

hi folks. stats for the u,pls

3:10 am

up 4/6

3:51 am

Thud

3:52 am

hi all could I have a clue for the de6 please?

3:55 am

tanja, de + ****amental, basic

3:56 am

thanks granny rose - talk about not seeing the wood for the trees :) and that is fireworks for me:)

3:56 am

WTG TANJA!!!

4:33 am

cooee herin.

O there is someone here

4:57 am

lol, not for long, hun. dinner nearly ready. how are you?

5:00 am

*sob* so sorry herin, are you home tomorrow? never mind, will ring your mobile about 1100 hours. talk then, hun.

Busy till 1500

oh, another uninspired grid.

off again.

someone's getting stingy with the words. Has this been looked into?

I have 5 6's, de6, en6, fu6, ru6 and se6, which two am I missing, please?

5:48 am

hi Marc, I need en6, can you help?

en instead of start you en+ and he beginning of a TV dog *** Tin

5:49 am

you are missing po6 and pr6, both plurals

5:50 am

Thanks Marc

5:51 am

ooops, po 6 is a past tense, not plural, sorry

Thanks

two left.

What are the stats for the st in the far right column?

5:54 am

st 5/10

is there another f 6 or an a 6?

5:55 am

there is a fu 6/30

Thanks there is one f6 no a6

5:55 am

there is no a 6

so I need an a4 and f6 to finish

5:56 am

az 4/9

5:56 am

Clue for the lone a?

f6 to go

5:56 am

az + not off

I got it I just need the f6

5:57 am

Ty for the A's

5:57 am

would you like a clue, Kaplan

just first 2 letters

5:58 am

fu + ne

i left stuck on a f4 but i will find it

ok fireworks. Big deal.

6:00 am

congrats, Kaplan

6:00 am

bye

There are 7 f's, yes? 4 fe's and 3 fu's. I have them all but it is still showing that I am missing one and I restarted my computer. Anyone else have this problem?

6:05 am

I think there are 8 f's. there's one in the last column

6:05 am

there are 8, there's a lone F on the right and 7 on the bottom

OK I have that one but what are the stats of the one I am missing?

6:07 am

fa4, was missing it too, just found it

6:07 am

aha. it's an fa

Found it thanks, soooo stupid of me. I have to go thanks all

Why have I typed in Quest like 8 times? I should know by now that there is no Qu on the board...

7:08 am

good morning all

7:25 am

60 today? I am getting very tired of the small grids

7:27 am

i think the lack of people in chat shows all of us are tired of little ones

7:27 am

yeeep

7:32 am

good morning everyone;))) a very easy little grid.8 left here:))

7:34 am

now that i have said that,my last 8 will be fang toothed babblets from hell;((

7:36 am

good morning crossy - have hit a wall with 15 left

7:37 am

howdy,teach:))

7:38 am

do you have the fu 6/30= what a child would say on a good play day " today i had the fun*** day ever!"

7:38 am

oops,i pb'd myself there

7:38 am

not really awayke yet

7:40 am

thnx crossy - now need one more 6

7:41 am

i have all the 6 letter ones ,so tell me what you have

7:42 am

DE 6, EN 6, FU 6, PO 6, PR 6, RU 6

7:43 am

se 6/27 to put into orbit or launch

7:43 am

thnx again

7:44 am

np:))

7:44 am

please could you clue the en 6?

7:45 am

not the beginning+ start of famous tv dog

7:45 am

not the beginng but the *** + beginning of where you skate

7:45 am

thank you both

7:47 am

clue for the s in the 5th column please

7:48 am

st5...typist

7:48 am

aarrgh, another small grid

7:48 am

ty,peri

7:48 am

i know peri and it plays fast.i was down to my last 8 in 30 minutes

7:49 am

yw crossy...;)

7:49 am

tx for all the great clues! one more request -- po6?

7:49 am

an st takes shorthand and then types it

7:49 am

but these last 8 have teeth lol

7:49 am

sorry,phae,i missed your initial clue;))

7:49 am

PO 6 - pt of PO 4

7:51 am

:)

7:53 am

I hae 4 blank tiles, feeling stupid this am. help with f in right column pls

7:53 am

i can see it now,30 minutes for the first 53 and 2 hours for the last 7 ;)))

7:53 am

sounds like bubbles in the bath

7:54 am

dumb word, ty, xeiluj

7:54 am

Y.W and fireworks for me!!

7:55 am

yay for xeiluj

7:55 am

help with the u pls and the o

7:55 am

yaaa for xeiluj!

7:55 am

congrats xeiluj

7:55 am

once **** a time..

7:55 am

up 4 4.

7:56 am

duh, ty crossy

7:56 am

and xeiluj

7:56 am

there was a grid,a tiny little grid that dreamed of being a big grid with no babblets...

7:56 am

on4/4

7:56 am

not twos

7:56 am

duh, ty Bzz

7:56 am

24 left

7:57 am

6

7:57 am

go crossy

7:58 am

9 here

7:58 am

help with de6 pls

7:59 am

ty xeiluj for on4

7:59 am

4

7:59 am

DE + FU 4

7:59 am

de + fu 9 and youre welcome

8:00 am

ty

8:01 am

right column gray

8:02 am

2

8:03 am

go crossy

8:03 am

1

8:05 am

FW for crossy:)) last word was fa 4/8

8:05 am

congrats crossy

8:05 am

well done !!

8:05 am

yay for crossy - and hello everyone

8:05 am

YAY for crossy

8:05 am

11 here

8:06 am

well done!

8:06 am

what are the stats for that lone A

8:06 am

hehe that is fast for me.less than an hour all told

8:06 am

hi River, my slingo buddy

8:06 am

hello river

8:06 am

still have 21 to go, but my heart isn't in it

8:06 am

az 4/9

8:06 am

the h words have me stumped. Only have 1

8:07 am

what about the E - have EN 6 - what else?

8:07 am

thanks 5 left

8:07 am

all are real world words ,peri.no real nasty babblets

8:07 am

two have to do with colors, peri

8:07 am

ef 4/7

8:07 am

ef 4/7 a babblet

8:07 am

ef5/7 a baby newt

8:07 am

mm,never knew it was a baby newt;))

8:07 am

so they do, ty mael

8:08 am

yw :)

8:08 am

it is either a baby newt or just another word for newt

8:08 am

very belated tx for the po6 clue!

8:08 am

learn something new every day in babble:)))

8:08 am

thnx

8:08 am

9 left, would like to finish before I start my day but does not look like it

8:09 am

speaking of which once car crawls out of the sack i should have a tidbit of the day ready

8:09 am

they are 4 and 5 letters too

8:09 am

great: quote from article on Roland Garros website re Federer's defeat yesterday: "Tsonga had the audacity to finish off the match by purloining the Swiss maestro's service one last time."

8:10 am

8 left, bbl

8:10 am

3 left here

8:10 am

bye peri

8:10 am

go river!

8:11 am

I am missing one 6 - its either an f or an s - I already have an se6/27 so which is it?

8:11 am

hi and bye, all -- off to eat my Cheerios and berries :-)

8:11 am

common river!!

8:12 am

huh?

8:12 am

actually i will do a tidbit now and see if i can scrape up a bonus one later,so it is now time for crossy's famous,much requested,often imitated,but never duplicated tidbit of the day!!!!!!

8:12 am

Henri Breault, a pediatrician from Windsor, Ontario, invented the child-resistant medicine cap in 1967.

8:12 am

sorry,river was just cheering you on,but typed it all in a mess

8:13 am

I think it's an f, river

8:13 am

the baby deer f was my past

8:13 am

last

8:15 am

we are also buying cheerios more.good to support a company that is not worried about hate filled cavemen who have a mind set of a tree stump

8:16 am

I have an F and and S left - they are either a 5 or a 6

8:16 am

do you have the fu 6/30?

8:17 am

I think there is an fu 6

8:17 am

fu6/30

8:17 am

fu6/30

8:17 am

I do not

8:17 am

a child would say "wow! that was the most fu**** day i ever had!"

8:18 am

and it actually means disastrous!

8:18 am

thanks crossy

8:18 am

yup,not worried about the dictionary,just a nice fast clue

8:18 am

now for that last S 5

8:19 am

st5/10

8:19 am

it's just funny how it sounds pleasant and it actually the opposite

8:19 am

I have one of those - are their 2

8:19 am

indeed;))

8:19 am

is it from the lone s, river?

8:19 am

no its from the bottom s

8:20 am

se5/10 plural

8:20 am

clue for my last 1 plz RU5/6

8:20 am

duh......fireworks.....thanks everyone

8:20 am

ru5 is plural of the ru4

8:20 am

thats 2 days in a row - havent done that in years

8:20 am

yay river!

8:21 am

ru6 - is most ru4/6

8:21 am

but I would love to see a big grid we could really get into

8:21 am

Clue for en 6/21 please?

8:22 am

not the beginning but the *** + dog *** tin tin

8:22 am

en6 - final + ***se the dishes of soap

8:22 am

en + water, water everywhere but not a drop to ****k

8:22 am

a chemical, starts with not the beginning

8:23 am

Thanks mael and o-o

8:23 am

See you all tomorrow...bzzz.....

8:24 am

bye bea

8:25 am

6 left

8:26 am

RU5/16 plz

8:26 am

plural of ru4/7

8:27 am

rudds

8:27 am

ty

8:27 am

that one ;)

8:33 am

done! see you all tomorrow, here's to hoping we get a bigger grid

fireworks!

8:50 am

congrats to all who finished - I must get back to work - see you tomorrow

9:01 am

Good morning to all! Why do I feel that somewhere is lurking a 700 word grid again?

9:11 am

<----!!FW!!....off to work, happy brief babbling all!

9:11 am

Morning friends

9:18 am

Hi kids.

9:18 am

Still here, Bob?

9:19 am

any clues needed before i go? grid was easy today so now it is a nice walk in the hills with my beloved,some good books,have some nice fresh pickerel fillets for dinner ..mmmm

9:19 am

scrabby!

9:21 am

Nice day for you and Elegant, Crossy!

9:22 am

I am off the rest of the week and my sister will meet me at Hemlock Lake for a day of paddling. But she is driving from Orillia, Ontario and must battle traffic around Toronto and then the international bridge.

9:23 am

ugh at driving over the border.is she taking tons of our money with her from rama??

9:23 am

I know she won $300 her first night. I don't know about last night.

9:24 am

stay away from the slot machine and play blackjack:)

9:25 am

She likes videopoker but does play blackjack. I went to a casino with her in the past but I don't get the desire to be a "gamer" and toss my hard-earned money away. She calls it entertainment. I call it stupidity.

9:26 am

lol,you know you are a lost cause when you you have finished the grid and still every once in a while you catch yourself looking for words that are no longer there:)

9:26 am

Silly boy!

9:26 am

as long as you treat it like spending money on lottery tickets,it is fine.make a budget,leave the plastic at home and plan on losing it all and just have fun and hit the buffet

9:27 am

She sets a limit and plays slowly and carefully. She likes the strategy. I remind her that the house is the net winner.

9:28 am

Clue for far right S?

9:28 am

the house always wins and they let just a few win to 'tease the geese"

9:28 am

Yep

9:28 am

a old job for a secratary she would use a st*** machine

9:29 am

TY!

9:29 am

np:)

9:30 am

but ,as i say,if you treat it like a night out at the movies or betting on the horses,just plan on losing what you take and if you make money consider it a bonus

9:31 am

we went once.the budget was 200 each.i left all my plastic at home and the car had a full tank of gas.we got the free buffet and in the last 5 minutes of our trip we broke even by winning it all back on one pull on a slot machine by the door

9:31 am

spent 4 hours there,so was fun

9:32 am

I think about the books or outdoor gear I could buy with that lost money.

9:32 am

lol,i am now to the poin that i have 30 books sitting waiting for me

9:34 am

i do not like going to the movies because my sciatica(sp) gets so bad i can hardly move sitting in those d**m chairs for 2 1/2 hours,i play 3 dollars on the lottery a week so what the heck

9:34 am

Me too. So many books to read and not enough time, especially because new books come out and get added to my list. ALAS!

9:34 am

if you are a king fan his new one is just out now.it is called Joyland.have yet to read any reviews

9:34 am

I haven't been to a movie theatre in many years--I hate the distractions of rude people. I wait for the DVD or stream it.

9:35 am

we also wait for dvd/stream now

9:35 am

I haven't read as much as usual in the last several months--trouble concentrating. Grief, I guess.

9:35 am

and the shining part deux should be close behind

9:36 am

i understand that,scrabby.been a tough year for losing loved ones here as well

9:37 am

we are still grinding though the procedural nonsense of the will and my beloveds mum passed plast sept and her brother in march

9:39 am

Yes, you have had many losses. It is such a change, such an adjustment. Still doesn't seem real.

9:39 am

her brother was a massive shock.he had a stroke then when they were running st scans etc on him they found stage 4 cancer that had metastisized like crazy,then he went home for a month or 2,had a second stroke and he was dead at 51.the cancer did not even have time to make itself felt

9:39 am

ct

9:40 am

lung cancer*

9:41 am

Any unexpected death is a shock, a stunner, so much more difficult to deal with. And with a young person it hurts even more.

9:42 am

yes.with her mum,we knew it was coming.on o2 last 2 years massive weight loss.lungs just failed the ciggarettes killed her basically

9:42 am

and smoking right till the end

9:43 am

And to witness someone suffer is brutal too. Aging, illness, suffering, death--nothing easy about any of it!

9:43 am

her da was 2 years earlier,same way.death by smoking

9:43 am

Good Morning, Everyone. (((Scrabbler))) (((Crossy))) My condolences to youboth

9:44 am

well,enough of me bleating at you.you have had a terrible loss as well

9:44 am

((nef))

9:45 am

Grief is challenging for all of us, is unavoidable for us, takes time, requires support, and sadly too many people deal with it in unhealthy ways--drugs, alcohol...

9:45 am

Hi Nef

9:46 am

It's important to take the time to grieve and celebrate your loved ones. I still grieve the loss of DH's Aunt Jean; but I also try to remember all of the good times too.

9:49 am

Time is the key word.

9:50 am

Scrabs, did you ever read and of Helen Kubler Ross? She was so good at explaining the grief process

9:50 am

(sorry. that should be "any of)

9:53 am

The only time inmy whole work life I didn't go to work when I should have was the night I went to hear her lecture (I'd copied my hours wrong so was sure I was off that night)

9:53 am

(I messed up my hours occasionally by going in to work on my nights off!)

9:57 am

I have read her stuff. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. CS Lewis wrote a wonderful book too.

9:57 am

Oh? What is the title?

10:00 am

"A Grief Observed."

10:01 am

Short essays and thoughts which so aptly describe grief.

10:01 am

Thanks. I'll add it to my reading list!

10:04 am

Well, I must get going. Enjoy the day!

10:04 am

bye, Scrabbs HAGD!

10:12 am

just read joyland reviews.basically king fans love it and the rest damn it with faint praise.so on my list it goes;))

10:12 am

I knew Lewis's wife before he married her--she came to Vermont, took me on a mushroom walk.

10:13 am

and the shining part deux is called Dr sleep and is due out very close behind this one

10:14 am

howdy,roundbarn:))

10:14 am

hi, Crossy and all.

10:16 am

all bored now.not used to finishing a grid in under an hour;(

10:17 am

I think I saw yesterday you said that you taught CS Lewis, RB?

10:17 am

you taught c.s.lewis?? wow! you age really well!!:)) hehe

10:18 am

(sorry, someone rang the doorbell. Roof inspection after the hail we had Friday)

10:18 am

Read my Vol 1, Crossy--I garentee it's not boring--will give you tidbits

10:19 am

No, I knew Joy Lewis, and had tea w/ c.s. once, I was in my early twenties.

10:19 am

anyways,may wander over and do some reading.anyone need clues before i head off?

10:19 am

my college writing prof wrote the first Lewis biog.

10:20 am

ok then.take care all and happy babbling!!..poink!

10:21 am

Bye crossy (they came back and said we were fine; no damage)

10:21 am

okay, sorry I'd read that wrong.

10:22 am

What kind of mushrooms were you looking for, RB? We used to hunt morels every spring here; but DH isn't able to go anymore

10:49 am

fw. Finished in under an hour. Now what to do the rest of the day?

10:49 am

Happy Babbling, Everyone!

I need help!:)

Never mind. I got it!

11:37 am

hi all! Getting tired of these tiny grids!

11:39 am

Hi suze! I think it's my fault. I have a very busy day and this is the only size i have time to do.

11:39 am

hi GE! Good to see you!

11:40 am

haven't seen you since the wedding. Pictures were beautiful! All good??

11:42 am

yes, we are doing well, today is Frank's last chemo treatment!

11:42 am

excellent! what's next?

11:43 am

well, he will get a scan in a few weeks which will tell us if the chemo did its job (so we are pretty anxious about that)

11:43 am

and I will be done working at the end of the month, so we plan to do a little traveling and relaxing

11:45 am

ok, well over half way, going to go do a bit of reading now. back later!

11:46 am

Good luck to Frank! and enjoy your day!

11:55 am

hi all

11:56 am

dang we just keep getting the small ones. . . nice that yesterday's was a moderate size. . .

11:56 am

Hello Everyone

11:58 am

hi pug

11:58 am

afternoon jm

12:00 pm

i was so hoping fudd was a word. . .

12:00 pm

Any clues for my last four words? De6/36, en6/21, ru5/16 and se6,27.

12:01 pm

and it wasent? lol

12:01 pm

i don't have them yet but i will look with your feenix

12:01 pm

de 6/36 ~ to take money away

12:02 pm

Thank you gemini :)

12:02 pm

ty gemini

12:02 pm

hmmmm

12:02 pm

yw

12:03 pm

ah! ty gemini

12:03 pm

se 6/27 ~ s + the last + not down

12:03 pm

Ty again gemini!

12:03 pm

ty

12:04 pm

ru 5/16 is pl of 4/7

12:04 pm

ty so much

12:04 pm

don't have the en 6/21

12:05 pm

ty for both of the ru words!

12:05 pm

Thanks for those though, gemini.

12:05 pm

or the fu 6/30,,,, you're very welcome

12:06 pm

en6---not beginning but en* and famous dog *** Tin Tin

12:06 pm

ty annie

12:06 pm

ahh ty

12:07 pm

Yay thank you Annie! Fireworks for me today.

12:07 pm

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body," --Winston Bennett ... college basketball player

12:07 pm

whoo hoo feenix!

12:07 pm

hi o-o

12:07 pm

YAY for feen

12:07 pm

hi o-o!

12:07 pm

Hello

12:08 pm

why is zound not a word when zounds is??

12:09 pm

no idea.... it can't be done by 1 person..............

12:10 pm

wait. . . what does zounds mean? I thought it was just something you said. . . "zounds! that was a terrible play"

it's short for god's wounds, or rather jesus, which were multiple

(hi all, flabbergastination at yet another little one)

12:10 pm

ah ty book

12:11 pm

yes yes it is getting tedious to have all these small ones. . . at least we had one decent sized one recently

12:13 pm

jgnm / ,; ~. . . ., ,. ., ,.vb/

12:13 pm

hi haz. . .???

right column zonked

12:13 pm

Hello Haz, is Dempsey

12:13 pm

walking on your keyboard

12:13 pm

cat got your keyboard?

12:14 pm

wtg book

12:14 pm

Sorry!

me-owwwwww

12:15 pm

haz knows how to make an entrance. . haha

top row zonked

12:16 pm

no explanation from Haz, hmmmmm?

12:16 pm

phone, darn it, bbl

left column, indeed, zonked

12:17 pm

apparently...

12:17 pm

lots of zonking going on! haha

12:20 pm

left side stumble through and greyed. . . haha

zonk!

12:20 pm

haha

nbt and 14 to go

12:21 pm

a clue for the f and the s words in the last col. plz

fu4, a bunch of cartoon elmers

12:21 pm

go book go!

the S is a st5, court reporter, shortened

12:22 pm

ty Book

12:22 pm

FU4/9

12:22 pm

top row zonked :-)

8-D

conk!

12:23 pm

hi zooz!

12:23 pm

haha i have been conked! *rubs head*

12:23 pm

Hello, JMC :-)

12:23 pm

ty for the clue too

12:24 pm

Hi zoom

12:24 pm

yw :-)

12:24 pm

right side zonked (book has inspired me)

12:24 pm

Hello, Puglet :-)

12:24 pm

nbt

ker-blam!

12:25 pm

how are you doing zooz? i only see you in passing these days

12:25 pm

*dusts off flak jacket and puts it on*

12:25 pm

Teehee BDG, sounds like you are having a great time!

enuf in in the grid. it is the correct spelling, by the way . . . lol

12:26 pm

Not too bad thanks for asking..Hope you are well?

12:27 pm

i am sore because i played volley ball for two hours on monday. . . i did pretty well except when i dove for a ball i had a hard time getting up!

12:27 pm

Oh dear..you should be ok in a day or two..hope you won :-)

12:27 pm

i guess i was so enraptured by elmer fudd being in the grid i didn't notice book

12:28 pm

we won two and lost two games. . .it was fun. . .advil is a god se**

12:28 pm

i was mainly playing with 20 year olds and they were both supportive and surprised at the old lady

12:29 pm

Bet you showed them how to play..good for you.

ouch!

12:30 pm

well i realized i hadn't played in about 40 years!

12:30 pm

burn yourself with all those explosives book? ;-)

12:30 pm

teehee

12:31 pm

Paper cut..lol

12:31 pm

haha

12:31 pm

I see Nef is in the grid today!

hey, i haven't blown anything up since the ol' high school days . . .

12:32 pm

*puts most of serious look on face* we should not make light of books pain! hahahahahaha

and they recuilt the high school so everything's fine LOL

12:36 pm

haha i read that recruit and got confused but then realized you meant rebuilt

oops, rebuilt

12:36 pm

glad that they were able to put things back together

12:38 pm

6 left. . .

12:38 pm

Only just started so still have 38 to go.

12:39 pm

i was thinking i would leave them for later but i realized i have a baseball game to watch tonight. . .

12:39 pm

go zooz go!

12:39 pm

On TV or going to the game?

three

12:40 pm

Good going, Jmc & Book!

uno

wwwoootttttt last was se6

12:42 pm

Congrats Gwen!!efts

12:42 pm

whoo hooo book!

12:42 pm

Sorry!

12:42 pm

going to the game. . .

carefull zoozzoom!

less than 45 minutes 8-(

12:43 pm

too bad i already have that one

12:43 pm

you can always stay and chat book. . .

yeaoup

12:44 pm

3

go go go jmc!

12:45 pm

1

12:46 pm

fw!

12:46 pm

Congrats, JMC!!

12:46 pm

*groan* last word was th4! haha

12:47 pm

it took me something over an hour. . .

12:47 pm

YAY jmc!

12:47 pm

hey all

12:47 pm

hey zoom

12:47 pm

Hello, ((Stid))

12:48 pm

how are you zoom?

12:49 pm

Not too bad thanks for asking, Stid, How about you?

12:49 pm

doing okay -- sore throat this morning which could be allergies or a virus so taking it easy.

12:50 pm

Taught two days in a row in a 2nd grade classroom and LOVED it, but haven't heard back on the job I interviewed for last week so assuming I continue to be unemployed for the coming school year.

12:50 pm

Sorry to hear that..could be hayfever maybe.

12:51 pm

It could be, it was very warm and sunny the last couple days and a lot of things were blooming.

12:51 pm

I am sure something will turn up soon for you.

12:53 pm

It will be okay if it doesn't, actually. I feel as if having a job lined up before the new year would mean that I have to focus on teaching instead of focusing on getting the rest of my life back to normal. Hopefully they can begin demolition of the old house in another week or so, and then there will be a lot of things for me to do with the construction. I already bought a new hammer! :-)

12:53 pm

LOL I actually tried "duud" as in, "Duud, you took my favorite surfboard."

12:55 pm

OMG! i was just asking you how is it going on that front & you replyed before i could type it all down..lol...New hammer...ready to let off some steam ...good on you, Stid!

12:55 pm

:-D (((zoom)))

12:56 pm

zoom, I don't know if you like gardening, but I will share my excitement over my little cherry tree being LOADED with green fruit the last time I was at the house! For years it has barely managed to stay alive, and then last year it grew a bit and this year when it bloomed ... it was gorgeous. All three branches. (for a ten-year old tree that's somewhat pathetic)

12:57 pm

How about the pets side of things..or are you going to give it more time?

12:57 pm

you may be jumping the gun stid. . . these things go slow in my experience. . .did you see my suggestion about the picture?

12:57 pm

I have a cherry tree too...got lots of bloom this year!

12:58 pm

I am so very sad about my Lucky boy and the birds, zoom -- will probably have pets again, but in this little apartment, and before I have a fenced yard (if I'd had fenced yard to begin with, Lucky would still be alive)...

12:59 pm

:-) YAY for cherries! I might even get enough for a small cherry pie if I can keep the crows off the tree.

12:59 pm

(((Stid)))

12:59 pm

Yes, jmc, I did see your suggestion. But I think Mother also has the artist's contact info somewhere. Still, when I go north this summer I will see what I can do.

1:00 pm

thanks, zoom

1:01 pm

It was such a lovely, bright picture of a madrona trunk and branch. the colors were exquisite, and it was a fairly low print number (100-something out of a run of 500).

1:01 pm

thing is, the artist was also the owner/cook at this little restaurant where I KNEW I could get food that was safe to eat! They had such excellent pakoras...

1:02 pm

"upness" is so a wurd! "Is Grant up yet? No, his upness level is still pretty low."

1:03 pm

Common statement in our home, anyway... at least before noon! *grin*

1:05 pm

S on the far right please? down to 13 and trying to avoid the list until NBT

1:05 pm

ST5/10

1:06 pm

also the A is elusive... please and thanks!

1:06 pm

got it first try, thanks zoom

1:06 pm

Me too on the A :-(

1:06 pm

az

1:06 pm

got it, thanks mixi!

1:07 pm

Got it..thanks, Mixi!

1:07 pm

NBT and down to 11...

1:07 pm

TEN!!!

need clues for de po fu 6's

1:08 pm

de 6/36 is to take money away from

got the de

1:08 pm

fu 6/30 looks like the most enjoyable, but missing a middle consonant

now just need fu 6

1:09 pm

po 6/36 is to make into a bubble-like shape (po 4/9) past tense

done

1:09 pm

YAY science!

1:09 pm

Thank you, Stid!

yay

1:10 pm

like the pic of you and jmc, btw

1:10 pm

Congrats, Science!

1:11 pm

yw zoom

1:11 pm

Time for my evening meal..back later...Congrats for when you finish, Stid :-)

1:12 pm

later zoom, thanks again!

1:15 pm

down to 5, taking a break.

1:15 pm

back later...

1:18 pm

help with the o pls I have on4/4

1:18 pm

NM

1:19 pm

I am missing 4 of the h words and 2 from bottom s. help pls

1:20 pm

I have 2 hu4 and one he4

1:20 pm

at least 5 he words, peri

1:20 pm

stick around the bottom righthand corner

1:20 pm

found he4 and he5

1:20 pm

must be missing 2 he words, ty

1:21 pm

ty again Leslie

1:21 pm

yw

1:21 pm

I have 2 se4 from bottom 2

1:21 pm

and one se6

1:22 pm

i have 4 se (but not the 6)

1:22 pm

to put a missle into space compoun word

1:23 pm

ah

1:23 pm

thx

1:23 pm

you are probably missing se + double consonant and plural

1:23 pm

just found them ty

1:23 pm

FW

1:24 pm

hooray!

1:24 pm

not a bad grid. do you need clues, Leslie

1:24 pm

nah, not yet. thanks though

1:24 pm

yw, bye for now

1:37 pm

hi all, another small one today!

1:42 pm

Hello, all. Jeesh. It's like a Babble hunger strike.

1:43 pm

<------- starved for a nice fat grid, which will probably come tomorrow when i don't have the time to spare... hi judi :)

1:45 pm

Criminy. I hope there's a trail of bread crumbs that lead to the PB. It's the only salvation.

1:47 pm

a trail of choclit chips would be better ;) hopefully TO will be along shortly to open the bar....

1:56 pm

Clue for the fu6?

1:56 pm

geez! that was a quickie.....

1:56 pm

Yeah. Fu6 is my last word.

1:56 pm

most enjoyable minus one of the double consonants

1:57 pm

Ty. Firetwirps.

1:57 pm

;) my last word was the en 6/21

1:57 pm

I think I just broke my own speed record.

1:58 pm

me too - 1:37 to 1:56 now what will i do???????

1:58 pm

You will give me a clue for the in

1:58 pm

Well, here's hoping for more verdant grass tomorrow. I'm off to putz around the office to try and look busy.

1:59 pm

Hi All

1:59 pm

bye judi :) hi hego :) clue coming

2:00 pm

ty Kate. lol

2:00 pm

a cozy pace to stay on holiday, pt

2:00 pm

i like that hego... you WILL give me a clue for the in , lololol

2:00 pm

OH! PT. ty Kate

2:01 pm

Well you asked what you would do now. : )

2:02 pm

it'll get you every time ;) enjoy cluing when my brain functions well enough not to mess it up... and pooh's favourite food is NOT a word

2:03 pm

any clue is better than none and all efforts are appreciated.

2:03 pm

:) standing at the ready. i have an hour before they close here

2:04 pm

i could write a little story, or perhaps a poem...

2:04 pm

I should be okay. ty Kate.

2:04 pm

making coffee, bbs

2:05 pm

I should think you would be exhausted after yesterday's clueing spree.

2:05 pm

Enjoy Kate.

2:08 pm

I found Fenrir hiding in the grid

2:09 pm

hi Gremlin

2:09 pm

hello

2:11 pm

I've had "enuf" of small grids.

2:13 pm

for sure!

2:14 pm

must go. bye

2:18 pm

bye hego :) hi gremlinn :)

2:21 pm

off to sudoku for a bit...

2:43 pm

anybody home?

2:46 pm

I'm here Kate

2:47 pm

What are the u stats pls

2:48 pm

up 4,6

2:48 pm

ty, got it PMS

2:57 pm

sorry, hi bichon :) .. and PMS :)) wandered away to try to delete a zillion e-mails that had piled up

2:59 pm

The floor in this B&B is uneven. Every time I get up, I tilt. It's a really old cottage

3:04 pm

isn't there a nursery rhyme about a crooked old woman who lived in a crooked house with a crooked cat etc. ?? is that where you are?

3:04 pm

is the weather still holding for you?

3:05 pm

Exactly Kate. I think even the bed is tilted. Weather has stayed perfect. For three days before we came it was pouring

3:06 pm

i had seen that in your posts bichon, pitied the ones on before you taht endured days of rain...what is a "knot garden"?

3:07 pm

smiling as i picture you careening around the room as if on the deck of a ship ;)

3:07 pm

It's small hedging, like boxwood, grown in mazes. There are plantings in the centing

3:07 pm

Not far from the truth. The toilet seat won't stay up.

3:08 pm

*center

3:09 pm

hey all -- bichon, there is an old hotel in Hood River, Oregon, that is like that. I whacked my foot once when we stayed there because I lost my balance just standing!

3:09 pm

sounds very quaint, charming even... i love old, draughty, and creaky places :)

3:09 pm

hi stiddie :)

3:10 pm

Very charming. I will miss going home and leaving this all behind

3:10 pm

hi stid

3:10 pm

I just think of Anne Hathaway serving us tea

3:11 pm

"chipping camden?" what are they chipping? I live in an area with a lot of forestry, so I think about little left-over bit from falling trees...

3:12 pm

I don't think it means that in olde English. I think it means market area

3:12 pm

cotswold -- sounds like an austen or trollope novel location!

3:13 pm

Austen, probably. Also Tolkien country. Think Shire

3:13 pm

oh! LOL I am looking at a sat-map online now. It certainly has the lines of an ancient European settlement.

3:13 pm

wold = woods on a hilltop

3:14 pm

The people are so friendly. We stopped in a church this morning to have a look. Folks were just finishing a mid-week service. They offered us tea and biscuits and gave us a tour of the church

3:14 pm

wow. it's an amazing little place. I think there must be a lot of amazing little places in Europe...

3:15 pm

how nice! Mother and Dad had similar experiences the time they visited England.

3:15 pm

This trip has been a dream come true

3:15 pm

oooh. down to three, and they are all 4 and 5 letter words now...

3:17 pm

so glad you have been able to go, bichon -- arts and crafts is my "style" -- or could easily be. I like simpler lines and real wood and such. But I don't think I would like the interior lighting if I were to be authentic. In a tour of the Greene house (a greene house?) in Pasadena, the guide said they were afraid a wattage of more than 15 would burn people's eyes!

3:17 pm

two... :-)

3:18 pm

I also really like extra ornamentation, the way the arts and crafts tapestries and windows look.

3:18 pm

fw

3:18 pm

woot! stid

3:18 pm

of course the last two were things I thought I had entered ages ago!

3:25 pm

stid, hint for the de 6, pls

3:29 pm

de 6/36 discontinue to underwrite a project financially?

3:30 pm

to take money away from, bichon!

3:30 pm

take away the money

3:30 pm

snap stid!

3:30 pm

I have to head out, Tom is here and we are supposed to drop some things off in Tacoma (an hour away) and then be back in a meeting by 3... ARGH. *poof*

3:30 pm

congratulations stiddie! hi saanichat :)

3:30 pm

tyvm saan, Kate, stid

3:31 pm

bye stiddie

3:31 pm

Hi Kate and Hi Sid! AndAll!

3:31 pm

later sstid

3:31 pm

... i wandered away again... i have 999+ emails (mostly facebook spam) to go through ad get under control....

3:32 pm

I'm off to finish my lat 10. See you at flip, I hope

3:33 pm

i can stay to give stats/clues for about 30 minutes more if anyone needs them

3:33 pm

bye saan :)

3:33 pm

en 6/21, pleas

3:35 pm

finish + most of the outer part of a watermelon :)

3:35 pm

great clue Kate ty

3:36 pm

got it, ty Kate

3:36 pm

:) not terribly clever, but gets the point across

3:45 pm

woohoo...done!....short one today...

3:48 pm

congratulations pen :)

3:53 pm

anyone need any last stats or hints, i have to leave soon

3:54 pm

Hi TK i have oa4/7 whats the stats for the other O please?

3:54 pm

on 4/4 hi zooz :)

3:55 pm

OMG slap me with a whale..Duh

3:55 pm

just a single whale zooz? ;)

3:55 pm

i was trying too hard it seems..lol

3:55 pm

On4/4

3:56 pm

the fishies can be very elusive..

3:56 pm

Hello, Sue :-)

3:56 pm

hi sue :)

3:56 pm

Hi Kate and zooz!

3:57 pm

time for me to fly... last chance clues?

3:57 pm

Sorry, my iPad doesn't always update the chat log, so if I seem to be out of sync that is why

3:57 pm

Have a great Afternoon/Evening, TK :-)

3:58 pm

Bye, Kate!

3:58 pm

hopefully see you all tomorrow, friday for sure :) happy babbling!

3:59 pm

I tried doing babble on my parents galaxy tablet...did not like it..not sure if the ipad would be similar or not.

3:59 pm

It's better than my phone but that's the best I have to say for it

4:00 pm

lol..i understand :-)

4:00 pm

well people i have to work all day tomorrow so be prepared for a very big grid !! lol

4:01 pm

But babble is almost impossible on my phone as the word list doesn't scroll

4:01 pm

Hi ivesy, I have a busy day tomorrow too!

4:01 pm

Hello, Ivesy..it is about time we had a massive grid :-)

4:02 pm

hello, lol.. i know.. i will be trying to get it done between lunch break and bfor work. good thing i get up at early ungodly hours

4:02 pm

Nothing too large...say about 900-1500 :-)

4:03 pm

I don't miss getting up very early thats for sure.

4:03 pm

oh yes thats a nice size.. i could call in ....

4:04 pm

Lol!

4:05 pm

Anyway, fireworks. Good thing I have a meeting tonight or I'd be bored :-)

4:05 pm

Congrats, Sue!!

4:06 pm

off time for me too.. cy all tomorrow.. good nite, good morning good afternoon.. and a peaceful day

4:07 pm

Bye, ivesy!

4:07 pm

Take care, Ivesy :-)

4:40 pm

howdy again everyone:)) all done this grid but thought i would pop in to see whats shaking:)

4:40 pm

I have the FU4/9 buttocks word..any clues for the other FU4/9..i have tried soo many different combos?

4:40 pm

Hello, Crossy :-)

4:40 pm

ahh fu 6/30

4:41 pm

No i need the other FU 4/9.

4:41 pm

a child would say after an exciting day "wow!,i had the fu**** day ever!"

4:41 pm

sec..

4:42 pm

there is a version of elmers last name and one when money is givven

4:43 pm

I swear i entered the money one ages ago..how annoying is that..thanks, Crossy

4:43 pm

Fireworks for me.

4:43 pm

yaaa for zooz!

4:44 pm

i was stunned this morning.too me just under an hour to do this grid

4:45 pm

Two grid finishes in a row for you too!!

4:45 pm

with a bit of help from my babble friends

4:46 pm

We all need help at times chap.

4:46 pm

Has the weather warmed up where you are yet, Crossy?

4:47 pm

it is 15c and sunshine and a most beautiful day today with a light breeze blowing off georgian bay

4:48 pm

That is nice to hear..we have been close to 22c today..and it is expected to be the same for the rest of the week!

4:48 pm

good stuff:))

5:10 pm

tonights din-dins is barrila spegattini cooked aldente with basil,oregano,fresh ground black pepper gound mediterranian sea salt and chili flakes for those who wish a bit of bite,a drizzle of extra virgin italian olive oil and topped with grated romano cheese and served with parmisain and onion baugette and a simple salad.glasses of ausse vino are available

5:14 pm

anyone lurking in here need clues before i toddle off again for a bit?

5:15 pm

ok.off for a bit then.happy babbling...poink!

the reason why FedEx and UPS do not merge is start with f at the bottom go up ne ne and left

5:57 pm

hmmmmmmmmmmm

5:58 pm

havin a little p trouble

5:59 pm

Choices are po words, pr words, and one pu word.

5:59 pm

yeah.

5:59 pm

i can see that.

5:59 pm

The pr words build on the ru words.

6:00 pm

it's the LEFT p that is the troubling one

6:01 pm

The po words are: po (small lake), po (cake of corn) and plural, the next po is fluffy and past tense and plural, the last po is the British dollar.

6:01 pm

i have four of them, all PO.

6:01 pm

fluffy, fluffy... that must be it

6:01 pm

aha thanks

6:02 pm

I need the last fu 6, 30 and the en word.

6:02 pm

yw hurshy.

6:02 pm

i am just getting down to the bottom F and i too am missing the en.

6:03 pm

I'm going to use resources.

6:04 pm

i guess en is a 6 also?

6:05 pm

yeah.

6:06 pm

fu6 - most entertaining?

6:07 pm

en6 en + i am thirsty i need a ****k of water

6:07 pm

tada

6:07 pm

ttfn

6:10 pm

Thank you hurshy. Fireworks.

6:10 pm

Haven't finished a grid in quite awhile and I know it is only 60 words, still I am happy to see it to completion. And I finished my ironing for the week today also!

6:11 pm

Does anyone want clues? For a change, I am on the giving side of cluing today.

8:14 pm

de 6?

8:18 pm

take away money

8:25 pm

TY!

8:29 pm

hi all

8:30 pm

very few all here, peri! This is the closest i've ever got to fireworks, and so few to clue!

8:36 pm

Last one is a4 from the bottom....

8:36 pm

I can help with clues!

8:36 pm

Hello to my fellow babblers!How is everybody doing today?

8:36 pm

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

8:38 pm

TY Minver!

8:38 pm

Got it! FW!

8:39 pm

a+ in the end ***e

8:39 pm

Yay!

8:40 pm

Congratulations eieios on your fireworks display!Way to go

8:40 pm

i can't get a pu. the one on the left.

8:41 pm

pu 4/7 word is on the right and only pu word in grid today.

8:42 pm

ok thats the one i mean

8:42 pm

The pu4/7 pu plus the chemical element for darmstadtium

8:43 pm

Or that pu 4/7 word is also pu plus Nintendo ** Roundbarn.

8:47 pm

I've enjoyed your story and balloon minver--but a chemist I am not and my kids were too old for nintendo and the grandkids too young!

8:48 pm

po + most of outer space ships abrreviated

8:51 pm

got it RB?

8:52 pm

i feel stupid. I have the 7 po's, it's the pu. I don't like to admit not getting it, but swallow my pride.

8:53 pm

pu 4 sounds like elmer ***d

8:53 pm

hi folks

8:53 pm

hi welki

8:54 pm

ru, how old is dylan?

8:54 pm

he's 3 & 1/2

8:55 pm

he'll be 4 in December

8:59 pm

my guy will be seven this november - he's starting to go white around his muzzle, very distinguished

8:59 pm

may I have a clue for the en 6,21 please?

8:59 pm

(the other one, the border collie, hasn't changed a bit since we adopted him - and he's at least the same age)

8:59 pm

aw

9:00 pm

en + don't ****k and drive

9:00 pm

en + most of what you can't lead a horse to

9:00 pm

whew finally got it thanks ruru

9:00 pm

thank you =)

9:01 pm

hmmm - looking at him, it's not 'white,' but lighter than his coat

9:02 pm

jilli has a picture of Dylan if you want to see him

9:02 pm

where?

9:02 pm

on a blog on Facebook I think

9:03 pm

jillyjill?

9:03 pm

I'm missing one out of the bottom f's

9:03 pm

jillibus

9:03 pm

Jillyjill bagged out on me :D

9:04 pm

ohhhh, he's lovely!

9:05 pm

he's a good looking dog for sure

9:05 pm

big boy too.. although the picture doesn't show it

9:05 pm

('course he looks a bit like baxter - even the rose nose :)

9:06 pm

-- which first ticked me off, i wanted him to grow up with a black nose *lol* didn't we determine that somehow, they're related?

9:06 pm

i'm not sure.. who is Baxter out of?

9:07 pm

sheesh, i can remember mom, but not dad - hang on

9:10 pm

mom = mygolden mirage dad = kalar's four paw drive familiar?

9:10 pm

let me look them up

9:10 pm

what's baxter's akc name

9:11 pm

mygolden's "paws that refreshes'

9:11 pm

Hi welki and ru :)

9:11 pm

oh not akc - ckc

9:12 pm

hey liz

9:13 pm

5 left to find in yet another tiny grid.

9:13 pm

here's dad: http://www.k9data.com/pedigree.as\np?ID=115141

9:13 pm

here's mom: http://www.k9data.com/pedigree.as\np?ID=160133

9:13 pm

dad is us/canada

9:14 pm

got it

9:14 pm

liz, it's been such a busy couple of weeks, i'm sort of liking the small grids (even though i'm partial to those over 300)

9:14 pm

no.. they're not related.. but I know a lot of dogs in the mom's and dad's pedigree.

9:14 pm

Fireworks - thought that'd take longer. couldn't see them last night!

9:14 pm

you should have Baxter's eyes checked in looking at mom

9:14 pm

darn, was hoping we were inlaws

9:15 pm

yes, i know. breeder's been in touch

9:15 pm

I know Baxters great Grandfather and Grandfather well

9:15 pm

I competed against them

9:15 pm

maybe that's what i remember :)

9:15 pm

Hagen Daz was a very great dog

9:15 pm

I also haven't had too much time - like grids 150 - 200. Resent spending too much time in front of the computer, when I could be outside!

9:16 pm

The Justmoor dog was a beautiful dog too

9:16 pm

Baxter's mom is a really pretty bitch

9:16 pm

Enjoy your evenings - BBL

9:17 pm

yes welki.. it can be serious.. mrs ru's dog has PU too

9:17 pm

bye liz

9:18 pm

she's got a great personality, too - met her and grandma

9:18 pm

his great-grandfather was also a super dog Expo

9:18 pm

nice pedigree ... you did good

9:20 pm

why thank you, ru. we think we did good, too. don't know what we'd do if baxter were to die before murray (the border collie). murry is so attached to him, he freaks out if they're separated, even for a few hours

9:20 pm

I saw Hagen Daz win the National.. he was a really great dog

9:21 pm

7.. ? you have a long time..

9:21 pm

hope he lives to 15 or 16

9:22 pm

Dylan's father was Ashford's Saffron O'Reilly

9:23 pm

wish the photo was in color - gorgeous boy

9:23 pm

oh god.. O'Reilly was to die for

9:23 pm

total goof ball too

9:24 pm

I have a photo.. .hang on

9:24 pm

remember that i'm not a golden savant, just a gal who's owned by a golden :)

9:25 pm

btw. love jilli's great dane photos!

9:28 pm

can't get to the photo

9:28 pm

sorry

9:28 pm

i'll try later

9:29 pm

no worries

9:29 pm

what's dylan's registered name?

9:30 pm

(i am such a netnerd: here's the color pic: http://www.gaylans.com/o%27reilly\nstacked.jpg

9:30 pm

if you refresh you can see o'reilly

9:31 pm

and o'reilly doing the goofball thing: http://www.gaylans.com/o%27reil\nlywater.jpg

9:31 pm

I am finished! I have fireworks! se 6/27 was my final word.

9:31 pm

ohhh, i've seen him before in your icon :)

9:31 pm

hi min

9:32 pm

we're ooohing and aaaahing over our four legged friends

9:32 pm

yes.. I loved him.. I had O'Reilly's brother too ... who was the love of my life

9:33 pm

Ashford Monts Luisants

9:33 pm

i remember. and then there was dylan :)

9:33 pm

now there's dylan

9:34 pm

Monty's father was the most famous Golden of all time

9:34 pm

says Ashford Monts Luisants was born in 1994 - that can't be dylan

9:34 pm

no that's my Monty.. he lived to 15

9:34 pm

James :)

9:35 pm

dylan's name is Saffron's huff and puff (the three little piggies litter)

9:36 pm

monty looked just like James too

9:37 pm

Monty became a Champion as a puppy

9:38 pm

our breeder asked if we would consider letting her show baxter, but we said no

9:38 pm

hmmm

9:39 pm

he's show material for sure

9:39 pm

and then, when he was a year old, we took care of the temptation permanently

9:39 pm

I neutered Dylan too

9:39 pm

Too many hormones

9:40 pm

i'm glad we took her advice and waited until he was older - she was so right

9:40 pm

he filled out perfectly

9:40 pm

even if he is a bonehead :)

9:40 pm

I would have waited tilll 18 months or two years

9:41 pm

all goldens are boneheads

9:41 pm

well he was was about 16 months old

9:41 pm

that's better

9:41 pm

than a year old

9:41 pm

no matter. at the end of the day, he's just perfect

9:42 pm

Dylan is far from Perfect.. but I love him all the same

9:43 pm

perfect for us, ru - that's all that counts

9:43 pm

yep

9:44 pm

we should probably make an announcement that the golden portion of the program has now ended

9:45 pm

yep.. we went on toooooooo long

9:45 pm

feh. we don't do this often

9:47 pm

we're looking at a heat wave this weekend

9:47 pm

so now, I'm 2 from fireworks--both ne's. an ne 4 and ne 5, I have loch monster I have bird home and plural, I have what you catch fish in. clueson the other two?

9:48 pm

like fish *** stockings with an extra consonant

9:48 pm

*go boston*

9:49 pm

just spoke with my aunt (in lakeport)

9:49 pm

Hi there welki! Sorry for delayed response, I got distracted.

9:49 pm

Welki, you wouldn't happen to live near Quebec, would you

9:50 pm

no, i live in alberta (western canada)

9:51 pm

roundbarn, ne4, profit after tax

9:51 pm

ok got the first clue--a fo inal one ne4? Also, minver, didn't you fireworks during the golden portion? and lislin? congrats!

9:51 pm

lakeport is pretty close to me actually

9:51 pm

hi granny

9:51 pm

hey welki

9:51 pm

and cooee ruru

9:52 pm

there is no profit after taxes :D

9:52 pm

evening all! top row done :-)

9:52 pm

lol, ruru....

9:52 pm

hi dan

9:53 pm

isn't the profit after taxes clue the same as what you catch fish in? There mi ust be another unless I don't get the taxes

9:53 pm

ruru, had my review this morning. back into the splint for another 2 weeks. :(

9:53 pm

add a consonant to the end of the 'what you catch fish in' thing

9:53 pm

profit ne4 has double consonant

9:53 pm

oh bummer granny

9:54 pm

and work have to provide me with seated duties ONLY, or pay for me to stay at home.

9:56 pm

My first fireworks, thank you all. The show is consideravly better than the Spider one,

9:56 pm

your first? really? congrats

9:57 pm

wtg RB

9:57 pm

...live a virgin... all shiny and new.. like a viiiiirrrgin..

9:57 pm

WTG ROUNDBARN!!!!

9:58 pm

yeqh, for a word person I'm pretty slow. This morning crossy and kaplan repeat breezed through in no time. I have visited here during the day.

9:58 pm

like

9:58 pm

or, like weird al - like a surgeon. or, like weird welki, like a sturgeon

9:59 pm

oh this hockey game is killin me

9:59 pm

<----wistfully remembers his first fireworks :D

10:00 pm

my daughter is rastopopolas--I'm sure she's finished a no. of times. She rarely chats. Another daughter is Alembic--she said hi to me the other day.

10:00 pm

rasto talks sometimes

10:00 pm

may i have clues for the se 6,27 and the st 5,10, please?

10:00 pm

st 5/10 is seen in a court room typing

10:01 pm

se 6 is not put down

10:01 pm

Rasto lives in Tahoe..

10:01 pm

rasta comes in when there's a hard word she knows that's being asked about--she doesn't tell you she's milking goats

10:02 pm

really?

10:02 pm

thanks, ruru, got the st from your clue. afraid the se went over my head...

10:02 pm

better, i'm sure, than what some babblers are doing while they chat

10:02 pm

opposite of keep and not down

10:02 pm

You know the grids are getting boring if Ru is singing Madonna. : O

10:03 pm

LOLOLOL

10:03 pm

ah! the penny dropped. fireworks! thanks!

10:03 pm

good going, kitty

10:03 pm

yes, but they're renting the house on the mountaintop and and have bought a small farm I guess you'd call it in the valley--you can see the mt top place from where they are. right now rasta is at my grandson's graduation in Cal.

10:03 pm

*breaks out towel*

10:03 pm

you're welcome kitty

10:03 pm

Congratulations kittybat on your fireworks display!Hooray!

10:04 pm

Coming tomorrow: Ru dances Gangnam style

10:04 pm

sheesh - boston could have won

10:04 pm

<-- would rather see him in a tutu. ruru in a tutu.

10:06 pm

signing off, get some work done before bed. Thank you all for my first fireworks, i will email the family.

10:06 pm

I don't get the gangnam thing

10:06 pm

g'night, RB

10:06 pm

bye RB.. congrats again

10:06 pm

<---is a crappy dancer anyway

10:07 pm

Seriously? You have never seen the Psy guy doing the Gangnam style dancing? You're so lucky.

10:07 pm

and thanks again. I'm cutting a story and it hurts since I cherish every word.

10:07 pm

goodnight.

10:08 pm

night

10:18 pm

Goodbye RedBarn!I will see you tomorrow in the log maybe

10:33 pm

firewords, tx all cluers. This was not the fu6 grid I ever did

10:34 pm

Congratulations dan2bit on your fireworks display! Hooray!

11:23 pm

Any clues for de 6?

11:25 pm

And en6 as well! Pls!

11:26 pm

en 6 is a chemical

11:30 pm

Thnx, onyx. Got it. Can u clue the de 6?

11:30 pm

just got it take away money

11:32 pm

Great! My last 2 holdouts are the final 2 se's. any clues?

11:32 pm

not there yet stuck on the pu

11:34 pm

Got them! All done. Can I help u?

11:34 pm

pu 4? and yay for you

11:35 pm

Pu is potatoes without the first s

11:35 pm

thanks

11:37 pm

down to the last 4 s words

11:38 pm

Go onyx!!

11:40 pm

and fireworks!! be back at the flip

11:41 pm

WooT WooT WooT onyx

11:59 pm

de 6?

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