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12:01 am

flip

12:01 am

flip and hi

12:01 am

hi mymuse

12:02 am

hi flosey :)

12:02 am

quiet, isn't it

fu7

12:02 am

yes

Clues are up

12:03 am

hi rasta

hi

12:03 am

hi iickety and thanks

12:03 am

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:03 am

thanks lickety

flip; hi all hi flosey, muse, erda, rast ty lickety

re 6 re 7

12:04 am

hi Dee

12:05 am

Hiya Dee!!!

12:05 am

hi Dee

12:05 am

slue

12:05 am

slum

12:06 am

did it again -- sorry!!!

12:06 am

but thanks Erda,

12:06 am

LOL flosey

nbt nbs

12:07 am

wow, wtg Dee

I still need that pesky l

ty

lu 4

nm got it. nbt nbs here too :)

12:08 am

Hi all!! NBT/NBS and over halfway

wtg rast

ca 6 ca 7

wtg diz

12:10 am

fu 4,6,7,5

late flip. oh, great, tiny grid. Yesterdays' was so much fun.

12:11 am

Yesterday's was torture...

eh, I aimed low. nbt, nbs, and 100 words.

nbt, nbs on this one.

wtg

OK, nbt, nbs, all ≥ 7 letters, and ≥ halfway at 40 words. Next stat: b.e.d. [poof!]

fireworks

12:25 am

Congratulations Dee ! !

12:25 am

well done Dee

ty!

Happy babbling all! Have a nice day / eve!

12:27 am

You too Dee

*poofing with hugs*

12:28 am

sorry.. my plane was delayed

12:28 am

This one won't take you long ruru

12:32 am

FWs

12:33 am

Congratulations diz ! !

12:38 am

wow..i'm in the grid

12:39 am

Mornin' folks

12:39 am

Imagine if enable accepted you, so many would be straight to the PB

12:40 am

hi miss hiker

12:40 am

Hey, it's cloudy out. No fair! But, we're not hiking today, taking the train to Oxford

12:40 am

Morning bichon, love yesterday's update

12:41 am

FW

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and off to bed, goodnight all

12:41 am

It was quite a walk. Got misdirected and ended up walking an extra half mile.

12:41 am

Congratulations flosey ! !

12:42 am

Sweet dreams

12:43 am

ten left but stuckaroo

12:44 am

Been here since the flip and still need 28 :(

12:45 am

Think I'll see if a coffee wakes the brain

12:45 am

Bichon, have a great day in Oxford, bbl

12:46 am

7.. making progress

12:49 am

3

12:50 am

firewoiks

1:02 am

Woot ruru

1:08 am

are you almost done with your trip Bichon?

1:10 am

two days in Oxford and then home, alas. But I do need to wash clothes

1:12 am

ah.. I bet

1:12 am

i'm going to head off to read more of my book .. nite Bichon.. safe travels

1:13 am

The suitcase has fumes coming out of it

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LOL

1:14 am

so glad the trip's been good.....you've certainly had the weather this week.......if you were nearer you could use my washing machine!

1:14 am

we've washed out socks and underwear, but...

1:14 am

ty Dipp

1:14 am

that'll teach the TSA to leave your stuff alone :D

1:17 am

night

2:31 am

wow, back down to 78...

2:33 am

hello and cooee kje. yup, another little 'un

2:35 am

hi gran

2:36 am

barely awake, but need to wind down for a few, had a late nighht

2:37 am

something special, kje?

2:39 am

ca 6/7?

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ca6/7. automobile + ***ation, aunt, uncle, brother etc

2:41 am

ty granny

2:41 am

just a date, gran... but had a great time. tried out a really neat scandinavian restaurant, and then took in the view from atop twin peaks

2:42 am

just the view, kje?

2:42 am

Reminds me, I'll be in the Bay Area on the 18th. From one trip to another

2:42 am

well...

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I don't kiss and tell, granny

2:43 am

lol, kje...

2:43 am

cool bichon! anyone planning a babble get together for you?

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No, I'll be attached to my two grands the whole week.

2:44 am

well, have a great time, and pack something warm!

2:46 am

I think it'll be warmer in San Mateo

2:46 am

yes, warmer there. the city will be 50s morning and evenings, but likely high 60s to low 70s during the day

2:47 am

san mateo will prob be about 10 higher than that

2:47 am

Weather in San Mateo is usually pretty nice in June.

2:48 am

yes, nice 70s there today, bichon... 63 right now

2:48 am

more sun!

2:49 am

argh! why did it have to be a nice big grid yesterday when i didn't have a minute to get to it, and now all small today?

2:49 am

The week we'll be home in CT will probably be steaming. Ugh. But, I get to see my fluffs

2:50 am

hurshy, joining you with the Union Jack

2:50 am

'cos it can be, hurshy. lol. hello hun

2:50 am

rule, britannia!

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ok, hit the wall and crashing, can't stay awake! hagn all

2:53 am

sounds like you're on quite a trip bichon

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The best. Wish I could go home, see the fluffs, wash clothes, and do the trip over again

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amen to that - did a 5 week tour of europe once and felt the same.

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ruer

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sorry, slinking off

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night kje, hope you sleep well, hun

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lol

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awww, poor bichon...it's okay, sweetie, we all do it..

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anyone got the left U?

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gotta go to Oxford Hagd Babblefolksen

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*so jealous*

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Having to do with pee

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oh too short to see! lol thanks

2:58 am

ur4/5, hurshy

2:58 am

probably not a good idea to use the word short. hubby a little touchy on that subject.lol

2:59 am

well is he here?

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not really, but watching over my shoulder. * giggle *

3:00 am

then i think you made it much worse than i did!

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serves him right....

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Hi all :)

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cooee liz

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hey tig

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Hmm - a small grid! Typical - no time for large grid yesterday / today!

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yeah i'm so mad liz!!!!!!!!

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I guess that's the way it goes sometimes!

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awww, sorry you couldn't get the grid from yesterday done, liz. and sorry to you also, hurshy.

3:05 am

fuser is a word. i know because a) i always need fuser oil in my printer at work at the most inconvenient times and b) when i typed it in here it didn't get a red squiggly underline.

3:06 am

guess i'm very fortunate in that i can usually finish. only one time did i fall asleep ' on the job '

3:06 am

We met up with a friend from Sydney today and have been out all day - got soaked! Just back from taking her to the airport!

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i can usually finish too. was just so busy yesterday i didn't even start.

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so it rained up there, liz? down here beautiful sunshine. most of the washing dry.

3:07 am

No me neither - by the time I got home from the gym and had dinner etc. etc.!

3:07 am

hurshy, i just hate those sort of days.

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Yes it's horrible up here right now and the forecast looks similar for most of the week.

3:08 am

i actually had work to do most all day at work, would you believe it! and had an evening activity!

3:08 am

liz, would appear winter has set in, hun.

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hurshy, how unreasonable, work instead of babbling.

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Winter here should be bright blue skies and sun! Low 20s during the day but colder at night!!!!!! Not today!

3:09 am

I agree with Rose, hurshy. Work getting in the way of babble! Shouldn't happen!

3:10 am

i am a bit stuck for my last 5 here

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RAFAY

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I've only just started!

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well, give yourself 20 mins and you'll be stuck for your last 5

3:12 am

which letters and how long are you missing, hurshy?

3:12 am

got the R!

3:12 am

morning everyone

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i showed the letters - RAFAY - but now just AFAY

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3 5's and a 4

3:13 am

mornin' anita

3:13 am

ya 4 - another word for wool

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ya 4 - another word for wool

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ooh thanks am i dumb or what

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Sorry about that!

3:13 am

ay4/6 and 2 x au5

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AFA - all 5's ok so au5's

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got em

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that just leaves F5

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have enrico

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fe5/18, fu5/18

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have an fl5 pl and an fu5 pl

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fu5, fu + my***f, just me

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ty Rose :)

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ty

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that is all

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the end

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fini

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WTG HURSHY!!!!

3:16 am

Congrats hurshy :)

3:16 am

now, doc, please can i play yesterday's???? i don't care about the points, i just want to play it later when i wakes up!

3:16 am

sigh

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lol, hurshy...exactly how i feel sometimes. the game is more important than the points.

3:18 am

It would be good to be able to retrieve old grids sometimes, especially when the current grid is small.

3:20 am

so agree, liz. especially when i have been away and unable to access babble. i just love the game...the points are secondary to that.

3:21 am

There are days when I just don't have time - and other days when there's loads of time.

3:23 am

Can I have the stats for the 7s please - don't want to look at lickety yet.

3:25 am

ca7, plurals of ca6. ca7/32

3:25 am

fu7/44, plural of fu6/30

3:26 am

Thanks. I'll have to look for those

3:26 am

re7/44, plural of re6/30

3:26 am

have the fu 7 now - had the 6 but hadn't made it plural.

3:30 am

Now have ca 7 - thanks!

3:36 am

re6, to say no, or rubbish

3:37 am

Couldn't see that for looking! Thanks!

3:38 am

Daft thing is I knew it had to include those letters! And I had fu 4!!!! Maybe my brain shrank in the rain!!!!

3:40 am

lol, liz...

3:40 am

:)

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Ooops - PB for me!!!!

3:41 am

you know liz, sometimes i look at a grid...can see the word, but can't see how the letters go to make it. weird!!!

3:41 am

And at other times words just jump out - like the ya 4 for me earlier!

3:42 am

I'd love to know more about how different people visualise words!

3:43 am

OK - I'll finish off later - cold in here! Going to a room that's warmer! See you again soon :)

3:44 am

later, liz. enjoy your evening, hun.

4:25 am

hello anybody

5:27 am

greetings!

5:27 am

greetings!

5:28 am

it seems I, at almost 60 years old, aam still Daddy's little girl. He is almostr 80, and he called last night to say he would come over this weekend to power wash our driveway.

5:29 am

good afternoon babblers :) Looks like we are back to regimented grids :(

5:31 am

good morning everyone:)

5:35 am

crossy! *hugs*

5:39 am

ca

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a

5:43 am

((sprite))

5:44 am

bless your dad, Angelsong. I wish mine would bother to care.

5:44 am

hiya crossy. How are you and Elegant?

5:45 am

we are fine, sprite and how's by you and yours?

5:45 am

we're fine too. And even the weather is cooperating this week.

5:46 am

we have had days and days of rain,but we must share the sun this year it seems as ruby is also reporting sunshine.guess the sun can only do one side of the pond at a time this year;))

5:47 am

lol so it seems. Well, it is the first week of good weather this whole Spring here, so I would say we were due.

5:47 am

hehe alas poor yu** ,i knew him well:))

5:48 am

ur88

5:48 am

crossy is not awake enough to be cute with words yet

5:48 am

ur** i meant

5:49 am

06:48 am here and almost time for a tea

5:49 am

12.50 here and I sort of brunched earlier, so no need for lunch. Could do with a nice cup of coffee though

5:51 am

i have some costa rican ,single plantation mountain blend my brother shipped to me if you would like.hehe,when i perk it,the entire building knows i am making coffee

5:51 am

sounds delish

5:53 am

my wife is the coffee fiend in this house.when i do make it,it becomes and event.no tv,no computer,not even a book .she takes the coffee,sits in her favorite chair and drinks it slowly and with great relish with her eyes closed

5:54 am

aw so sweet!

5:56 am

i however,and more into tea.right now i have this orange pekoe ceylon tea i love.it is dark and strong and is more at home on a large ceramic mug than a fancy tea cup.some days it is so strong that i have to fight it for possesion of the tea spoon

5:57 am

I don't like my tea strong.

5:57 am

lol.nope when i have tea,i want it to be able to beat me in an arm wrestle

5:58 am

I don't. I prefer a gentle tea. In a mug though. A big one. And either pure or sweetened with honey.

5:58 am

or stevia

5:58 am

i have earl grey for visitors as well as green tea,but both of them taste just like hot water to me

5:59 am

My senses are very acute. So a bit of taste goes a long way with me :)

6:02 am

interesting,though i am the polar opposite with food.with food,i like nuances,hint,gentle aromas,the sublte blending of flavours into a perfect harmony.i hate it when people just dump hot peppers or sauce in a dish and call it good.the meal could be dog turds with all that hot crap in it i say

6:02 am

:)

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jeezz am ending up with only Rs to find.

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my indian friend used to drive me nuts with dishes like that.he would say "here,paul,try this rice" so i would look at it,and it looks and almost smells like ordinary basmati rice,but when i had a taste,i almost need the hospital!

6:04 am

lol... Terra is being a pest. First nagging to be allowed up in my room, then nagging to be let out, now nagging to be let in again. He seems to think he is a cat.

6:04 am

well,our cats thing they are human

6:06 am

I ignored him until he shut up... now he made his way back into my room all by himself, lolol

6:11 am

clue 4 the ca7 please

6:12 am

john dickson ca** + do what I say or ***e

6:15 am

fireflies, bye all. *hugs* for crossy and Elegant ;)

6:16 am

((sprite))

6:18 am

DID ANYBODY EVER SEE pRINCE OF tIDES? tHERE'S A SCENE WHERE THE (BAD) FATHER DISDAINS sHRIMP rEMOULADE AND HIS WIFE GOES IN THE KITCHEN OPENS A CAN OF WET DOG FOOD," Ah that's more like it", while the children are falling about holding back their laughtTABASCO SAUCE AND SERVES IT AND he says, "

6:18 am

That was garbled, but it's a funny story and I hope you can de-crypt it

6:19 am

i remember that scene

6:20 am

one of my wifes favorite movies

6:20 am

I can always count of crossyk, no matter how garbled is y typing

6:20 am

lol,since i often type like that,i have no problem whatsoever in reading it

6:22 am

Hi ruby, crossy

6:22 am

howdy,bichon

6:22 am

Off for a walking tour of Oxford

6:22 am

sounds like a bit of fun;))

6:25 am

the mrs and i are also doing more walking because i am really off my game.can hardy do 4 miles atm

6:25 am

though i am hauling around a tad more fluff these days

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The 5 miles we walked yesterday after walking around Hidcote really did me in.

6:27 am

5 miles is a good stroll

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yes, but we had walked a few miles in the garden. And, we had to watch the sheep flops

6:28 am

you had a busy day!

6:29 am

here,bichon,here is a nice place to order a good walking stick...

6:29 am

http://www.canescanada.com/blog?articl\neid=22

6:30 am

I walked back frm lunch quite a feat in itsef DIL went canyoning yesterday, brave woman at 62! I would have stayed in the car!

6:30 am

lol

6:30 am

hello everyone :)

6:31 am

{{annie|||||||||||||}}

6:31 am

whoops tired elbow on keyboard

6:31 am

((ruby)) are you warming up?

6:31 am

can i have a different clue please spritedont get it

6:32 am

yes, we've had three days of perect weather with even a little rain at night. The garden is beautiful

6:32 am

I think sprite has gone, cool.

6:32 am

How lovely, ruby. Is your DIL keeping Burt occupied?

6:33 am

okay thanks does anyone else have the ca7 please

6:33 am

yes, at least she listen pastiently to the ame old same old tories

6:33 am

I just go in the kitchen

6:33 am

so you are getting a respite...good, you sorely need it

6:33 am

ca7 (pl( separate study places in the Library for grad students

6:34 am

cool., the ca7 is a plural of the ca 6/21

6:34 am

but the sh** hit the fan with the American fisc yesterday and I am being held together with scotch taspe and xanax

6:35 am

dont have the 6 either

6:35 am

oh dear

6:35 am

I'm hred a new lwayer and hope he can keep e both solvent and out of prion

6:35 am

poor ruby:((

6:35 am

ca6----auto and dont ***y on me, I wont help you

6:35 am

and you0know-who doesn't eactly understand what's going on, keeps telling me not to worry

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sorry, elbow on keyboard

6:36 am

i get that when the cat takes a stroll across my keyboard;)

6:36 am

did you hire a tax attorney?

6:37 am

veeery tired

6:37 am

now have hired a whole firm in Miami; they have ta and immigration attorneys and it may come to that

6:37 am

have already sent them, since yesterday, ooodle of money

6:37 am

ty

6:38 am

okay, you need an American attorney..good luck and hope it is resolved soon...oodles is right

6:39 am

somehow, I thught that this part of my life might easy NOT!

6:40 am

I just want to have enough left to live out my days here and be buried in the garden with my pups

6:40 am

If my cancer doesn't come back, I figure that I have about 23 years left

6:40 am

i guess we shouldnt expect peaceful days even now ruby..:(

6:41 am

good years, my precious drama queen...

6:41 am

somehow, I don't think peaeful is such an unreasonable thing to ask for....

6:42 am

peaceful is definitely not unreasonable

6:42 am

am I a drama queen? I hope not. My problem are usually jut small and nasty; thi is the only big one.

6:43 am

ruby, I was joshing you...yes, this one is a biggie

6:43 am

you are my queen,ruby:)) i could write a thriller out of my life,but do not wish to abuse the reading public with it

6:43 am

the IRS has gone from "we can work thi out" to "You could go to prison"

6:44 am

and me, not my old husband

6:44 am

I may have to renounce my citizenship

6:44 am

The IRS is being investigated here in the States for auditing and going after very conservative groups like the Tea Party

6:45 am

why they have chosen to go after us is beyond my understanding. It's not like we ever tried to launder money from meth labs or illegal activities

6:46 am

I am really worn out, hanging on my my fingernails

6:46 am

lol,there are days when prision has a certain appeal to me.i start thinking "hey,no more bills,you get 3 meals a day,a gym,tv room,full medical for anything and you can pull out a bible any time you wish without anyone bleating that you are oppressing their religion:)

6:46 am

but my dogs!!!!!!

6:46 am

i am sorry,ruby;((

6:47 am

they can be therapy dogs

6:47 am

when you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot in it and hang on

6:47 am

and now, the Sunday Times puzzle and a piece of Sicilian cheese iven to me by our reto guy

6:47 am

ruby, you are NOT going to prison

6:47 am

i like to tie a knot in it and beat people with it

6:48 am

today, some guy blocked my husband's parking space with his motorcycle while he was on the phone; I told him in Englih to get the f***out of the way Nasty me.

6:49 am

if they play it too hard and heavy.go to the newspapers and make them look like vultures preying on a old lady.they will backtrack so fast,they will bump into obama

6:50 am

I love my babble friends

6:50 am

you tell em,ruby!

6:53 am

tell them if they can take the 5th,so can you

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:)

6:54 am

omg.just monkeyed the m.a pure babblet too:)

7:01 am

the far right m the monkeys found that is

7:06 am

need right hand L please

7:07 am

nm

7:08 am

halfway, NBT and NBS - time to be out for the day playing music

7:11 am

morning all

7:12 am

hi carlee

7:13 am

hi annie how are things your way?

7:13 am

the bands from Andrea left this morning so all is well

7:13 am

Hello, everyone! Am I wrong or is this another little grid with big sharp teeth?!

7:13 am

this is a good thing :)

7:14 am

The rain was so heavy I thought my car would flood again

7:14 am

hi mimi

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oh no.... but it didnt...right?

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hi mimi

7:14 am

((carlee))

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((carlee))

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((Annie))

7:15 am

{{mimi}} x 2 :D

7:15 am

Don't know why you got two hugs, carlee, but, hey, more is better, right?

7:15 am

yeap...definitely :)

7:16 am

howdy mimi,carlee and all who stepped in while i was wandering the net

7:16 am

{{crossy}}

7:16 am

morning crossy

7:20 am

Not enjoying this grid at all. Maybe I'll try it later. HAGD and hugs all around.

7:20 am

tc,mimi

7:20 am

gm, everyone! clue for the el5 plz?

7:21 am

howdy,lbd

7:22 am

hi Crossy!

7:22 am

i also need the el5

7:22 am

el + the stars ***t light at night

7:24 am

thank you o-o

7:24 am

Hi o-o..love your profile message

7:28 am

tadone! finito! fun little grid.

7:29 am

congrats, dawg!

7:30 am

ty, Annie.

7:30 am

n uer

7:31 am

Hi everyone. Clue for the re6/7 please?

7:32 am

re 6/7-----to say "No" and the one who does so

7:32 am

I re* to give you a clue.

7:32 am

hello, everyone.

7:32 am

hi phand

7:32 am

I can't figure out that EL 5 clue yet.

7:32 am

ty, Annie and phandmd, and hello :)

7:32 am

top of the morning.

7:33 am

hello Biltong

7:33 am

just taking a few mins break from studying for my NCLEX

7:33 am

I take it on Monday...

7:33 am

NCLEX ?

7:33 am

hi biltong, hi phan

7:34 am

oooh, good luck Phan!

7:34 am

hi lbd

7:35 am

"phand... el+ light ***tting diode

7:35 am

great pics of the girls, Biltong. such sweet faces!

7:35 am

NCLEX is the licensing exam for being a nurse.

7:36 am

phand, Good luck!

7:36 am

Aw, ty so much lbd :)

7:37 am

thanks. And I hate being dense, that clue isn't working for me either Crossy. Thank you anyway.

7:37 am

:(

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oh, I got it!

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yaaa!!

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Thank you so much.

7:38 am

:))

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fireworks

7:38 am

well, I better get back to it.

7:38 am

conrats, Annie, I have 5 left for later.

7:39 am

Fireworks. Thanks for the clues :)

7:39 am

here,the head hunters stand at the doors of the universities waiting for the nursing grads to walk out.you can almost write your own ticket

7:39 am

congrats, Bilt

7:39 am

That's not happening here anymore. :(

7:39 am

whooo hoooo Annie, whooo hooooo Biltong!

7:39 am

less of a brain drain than in the past though.we are starting to keep our own nurses

7:40 am

ty, Annie and lbd. Anybody need any clues before I go?

7:41 am

Sorry, Annie, missed your fw's. Well done!

7:41 am

my sister in law graduated nursing at McMaster U here 20 odd years ago.she was wooed by a hospital in texas.they leased them a car,set up an apartment,ordered furiture.all they had to do was show up lol

7:42 am

Yes, traveling nurses can really make bank!

7:43 am

so my brother sold the house here.stored his furniture and she did trauma for 15 years there

7:43 am

then burnt out:(

7:43 am

Bye eveyone. Happy babbling :)

7:43 am

now she is happy in a clinic setting

7:44 am

tc biltong

7:44 am

I love a happy ending!

7:44 am

bye biltong

7:44 am

now she give booster shots to kids and trains new nurses

7:44 am

AU5/12 clue please :)

7:45 am

no more putting together bodies scraped off the highway

7:46 am

we need people to train new nurses! Glad she is doing that rather than leaving the field all together.

7:46 am

au+ real sharp photos are knows as hi-*** images

7:46 am

Anita, add the U to a form of to be.

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ty cross

7:46 am

got it

7:47 am

she had to take 2 years off the gather herself again but the clinic is owned by the hospital so she gets better pay and no stress and the hospital beifitts because they rotate fresh nurses to her fur guidance

7:47 am

And what about the AU 5/14?

7:48 am

change the last 2 letters

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win win!

7:49 am

Thanks much!

8:07 am

have a great day everyone. see you tomorrow.

8:39 am

secret to this grid is to just let your monkeys loose and let them roam

8:50 am

never watch Mr bean in one window on your computer,play babble in another and drink a tea at the same time.i just had to wipe tea off my monitor screen;)

8:50 am

Good morning all

8:50 am

howdy,bob

8:51 am

feel like i should be playing the bob newheart drinking game:)

8:52 am

we were a classy crowd then;)

8:55 am

Hey kids!

8:59 am

hey all -- hey cousin! :-)

8:59 am

yes crossy.hat time is it|? tea up your sleeve

9:00 am

howdy ,stidmama,wb ruby

9:00 am

I arranged for a hike for my dil yesterday and it turned out to be cayoning in a large wayterfall. Whe's a very good sport

9:00 am

howdy scwabby

9:00 am

what fun, ruby! I hope you are enjoying her visit

9:01 am

please excuse the typing; this keyboard is driving me ccrazy; I can no longer touch-type

9:01 am

Hi Stid, Ruby and Crossy! Ruby, that sounds scary and risky. Was it?

9:01 am

she's 62 but you'd never know it

9:01 am

Crossy, my sister enjoyed her visit to Casino Rama and netted $300!

9:01 am

does not bother me,ruby.crossy is also a member of the hunt and peck club

9:02 am

yaaa for sis!

9:02 am

the waterfall was 60 M high and had the most water the fellows had ever seen

9:02 am

She stayed in BArrie for 2 nights as the hotel there was much less expensive than at "The Rama."

9:02 am

I had no idea hat they had planned or would never have let her go

9:03 am

We will do one final hike soon before she departs for New Jersey.

9:03 am

Stid, is Son #2 graduating this month?

9:04 am

yaa,the n,s in the bottom left finally clicked;)

9:04 am

no scrabs, he was a junior this year

9:04 am

OK, I wasn't sure. Is #1 back from Europe?

9:05 am

47 words but have no idea of the singleton l and m on the right

9:05 am

there down to 33 and nbt finally

9:05 am

lu4/5

9:05 am

not yet scrab

9:06 am

it's my great-uncle's 100th bday party today, probably over by now, but not sure kiddo has internet in that town

9:06 am

48 to find for me but I am not seeing much.

9:06 am

Wow, Stid.

9:06 am

happy b-day great uncle!!!!

9:06 am

ty for the lu

9:07 am

me4/6

9:08 am

Tom is awake -- he says hello too

9:08 am

Hi Tom!

9:08 am

they have it backwards.you should inherit the town on your 21st b-day and give it back when you are 100

9:08 am

ty again scrabs, now nbt, nbs and 51 words

9:08 am

soon to make paella for dinner

9:09 am

I need left U

9:09 am

I forget what paella is.

9:10 am

I like paella -- haven't made that in a long time... might be something for tomorrow

9:10 am

<---not much of a cook.

9:10 am

a seafood medley, scrabs

9:11 am

usually includes mussels, clams, fish, and a rain such as rice

9:11 am

Is that paella or a clue for the left U?

9:11 am

I only use huge wild shrimp(frozen, unfortunately) and chorizo. I don't botter with other whellfish or chicken -- too much trouble for 3 people

9:11 am

simple to put together, with veggies like celery and nummy as all-get-out

9:11 am

meant to say includes a Grain...

9:12 am

my trick is that I| soak the saffron with some Sazon Goya and anchiote for a day before I make the rice and then I roast the red Pepper in the flame of the stove and wrap it in newspaper for easy peeling

9:13 am

oooh. that sounds really amazing ruby!

9:13 am

an I saute the rice in olive oïl before I add the liquid so that th grains are separate

9:13 am

I used to do a lot of cooking. Now,not so much

9:15 am

Because I live alone I have to feed and please myself only, so everything is simple and quick--microwaving or heating food.

9:15 am

scrabs, it doesn't really take that much longer to cook and eat healthier foods...

9:16 am

ur4/6 was a fish

9:16 am

*stern mama look* a simple bean soup or chicken soup can be frozen and reheated later if you make too much...

9:16 am

I eat healthy foods--lots of veggies, veggie burgers, Greek yogurt.

9:17 am

I don't really eat healthy foods, like butter and eggs too uch. But overall, don't eat very much, so it evens out and my blood numer stay very good

9:17 am

Nuts, seeds. I try to avoid breads, pasta, potatoes, and other such carbs. No cereal except for occasional oatmeal.

9:18 am

do you make hummus, scrabs? I have the easiest imaginasble method, if you'r interested

9:18 am

I do the same thing when I am alone now that I am older though -- I tend to not eat much at all unless I am teaching or some one else feeds me. Food just isn't interesting any more.

9:18 am

<-- allergic to oatmeal

9:18 am

wish my beloved would eat more yogurt.it is so good for the ladies because i swear she is more trouble that maintaining a swimming pool.ph balances and various other levels are always going out of whack!

9:18 am

I would be interested, ruby...

9:18 am

I tried once without a food processor and that didn't work. Haha. There are so many flavors of hummus to buy now.

9:19 am

Good morning, dahlinks!

9:19 am

send me an e-mail and I'll send my easy-as-pie recipe

9:19 am

hey judi!

9:19 am

can't buy it here, crabs

9:19 am

hi judi

9:19 am

scrabs, sorry

9:20 am

I agree, Stid. Food is just a fuel for me, so spending lots of money at restaurants for fancy food is not something I like to spend money on.

9:20 am

ruby -- fb send?

9:20 am

Hi Judi

9:20 am

my e-mail address is in my profile, unless we're already friended, I don't know how to send in FB

9:20 am

I found a 7 by myself. ca6 and 7 combo

9:21 am

we are friended, ruby -- and I can forward to scrabs

9:21 am

but I will send you a quick email too brb

9:21 am

great! there are about 100 Nancy kelley's in FB

9:22 am

Name that great British actress in the grid.

9:23 am

Mirren?

9:24 am

Yes!

9:24 am

oooh, good find, scrabs and judi!

9:24 am

;-)

9:25 am

Off to breakfast! Toodles!

9:25 am

mm:(( the grid is growing fangs...:(

9:25 am

later judi

9:25 am

ruby, just put a bit of "graffiti" on your fb wall... *wicked mama grin*

9:29 am

down to 19. taking a break for a while. have a good weekend, all

9:30 am

Bye

9:31 am

30 left for me so I shall take a break too

9:55 am

good morning all! can I have stats for the lone N?

9:57 am

ni4/5

9:57 am

tx kje!

9:57 am

yw

9:57 am

nice new pic of baby 2bit... she is adorable

9:59 am

thanks!

10:01 am

she is growing so fast dan! soon the boyfriends will be knocking at the door!

10:04 am

yes, I'm gonna need a bigger bat

10:05 am

down to 2... hmmm... both 5s

10:07 am

my brother who has a daughter uses a shotgun

10:10 am

I figure I'll just tell the boyfriends I'm smart enough and well off enough to get away with one murder, and leave it at that

10:10 am

he does not use it on thyem,he just takes them out back and has them throw objects into the ait so they can see first hand how fast he can hit a moving target..

10:10 am

air

10:10 am

hah

10:11 am

ever read the ten rules for dating my daughter,dan?

10:11 am

oooo... uno

10:12 am

orums.officer.com/t31193/ there u go

10:13 am

common kje! you can do ti!

10:13 am

there are lots of versions out there :-)

10:15 am

the one i posted is my fav

10:15 am

http://forums.officer.com/t31193/

10:15 am

any cy?

10:15 am

there,got it right that time

10:19 am

fw

10:38 am

good morning babblers. a small one today, how is it?

10:52 am

Hello TK, not too bad really, zipping right along...15 left

10:52 am

got down below 20 pretty easily, now stuck at 13

10:54 am

hi dan and jill :) so there is hope after all... btw, i wanted to make sure and thank everyone who clued me like crazy yesterday so i could finish... i had to poof without "signing off"

10:59 am

phone...it's my mom, will have to take a break...bbl

10:59 am

bye jill, gonna make a warm bevvie brb

11:00 am

what's a bewie

11:00 am

v-v

11:00 am

beverage

11:00 am

Good morning, all

11:02 am

hi tn

11:02 am

thanks..

11:02 am

not up on shortened lingo these days

11:02 am

you live in Montana don't you?

11:03 am

the two v's look like one long w

11:03 am

yup

11:03 am

For at least another year.

11:03 am

That granddaughter in Michigan is a magnet. Think we will be moving back and then come visit Montana

11:04 am

Back from our walking tour of Oxford. My feet hurt, all those cobblestones!

11:05 am

i just visited montana for the first time.. gorgeous scenery

11:05 am

hi bichon

11:05 am

Hi trentsnana!

11:05 am

It is a beautiful place to live, that's for sure. We have awesome views of the mountains. Going to miss it.

11:05 am

Hi Jilly

11:06 am

Montana, big sky country

11:06 am

We are going to Chico for a wedding at the end of the month...be in Bozo on Friday night and head to wedding on Saturday, returning here Sunday...probably not enough time to meet up..

11:07 am

FW, hagd

11:07 am

Grandchildren are a great reason to move, but I don't see any in near future and we are pretty settled here.

11:07 am

Oh, a wedding at Chico would be awesome. Our daughter, son-in-law and grandson (Trent) will be here the end of the month.

11:08 am

Our first grandchild, Trent, is now 14. We didn't get to see him a lot when he was little. Now he is in Michigan, too, and we will get to see both grandchildren a lot more when we move back.

11:08 am

WooT WooT WooT bichon!

11:08 am

hi ruru, bichon, jill, and nana :)

11:08 am

We have been here since October 2007. Though we love it here and have made a lot of friends, we still miss family and friends back in our home state.

11:09 am

Hi TK

11:09 am

sounds like you're really enjoying your vacation ruru!

11:10 am

Well, I've got some windows that need washing. I best get busy. Have a great day, everyone!

11:10 am

i wish I was still on vacation

11:13 am

need to get more hot bevvie

11:13 am

<----!!FW!!

11:13 am

bye nana :) i thought you were stillon vacay ruru, misread your post

11:14 am

jilly!!!! congratulations !

11:15 am

Well, tons of stuff today..must poof and get going...happy babbling all!

11:15 am

and ty Kate!

11:15 am

bye jill, hagd. see you monday :)

11:15 am

:-) *poof*

11:36 am

fireflies here :)

11:40 am

yay TK!

11:43 am

morning doc

11:44 am

hey ru

11:44 am

it's gonna be hot today.. in SF too?

11:44 am

hi ruru

11:44 am

and Kje and Kate and everyone

11:45 am

hi dr

11:45 am

very cool here right now, and foggy, but starting to burn off. I think we'll hit mid 70s or so, warmer than we have been

11:45 am

it's DR! hven't seen you in ages

11:46 am

Hi KJE!!! How are you

11:46 am

I have sort of been in and out when I have time

11:46 am

doing well, how about you

11:47 am

good- just very busy

11:47 am

100 here today

11:47 am

yep, know that

11:48 am

wow, ru! maybe you need a trip south

11:49 am

i like the heat

11:49 am

not me

11:49 am

I like warm but not over 100

11:50 am

I used to play tennis at 90-100 degrees.. doesn't bother me for some reason

11:50 am

probably cuz I'm so well hydrated with vino :D

11:51 am

could be

11:52 am

have you had your sushi bottle yet kje?

11:54 am

hi DR and kje :)

11:55 am

nice to see you Kate

11:56 am

long time ;) unfortunately, oi must dash off in a few minutes. i hope you have been keeping well

11:57 am

yes thank you...

12:00 pm

hopefully i will see you monday, i must poof now, sorry to babble and run

12:00 pm

quite possible- HAGD

12:24 pm

afternoon babblers

12:36 pm

Hi All

1:03 pm

howdy again everyone.back for my last 30..i hope:)

1:04 pm

Hi Crossy

1:04 pm

I don't think you'll have too much trouble.

1:08 pm

that's a likely story lo I have 24 left and nothing in sight

1:08 pm

{{hego}}

1:08 pm

((Ruby))

1:08 pm

lol Rubes

1:08 pm

inre

1:08 pm

whoops

1:09 pm

sorry

1:09 pm

no i words Ruby

1:09 pm

duh me

1:09 pm

: )

1:11 pm

I ive up, good night everybody

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1:12 pm

WHOA!!!!

1:12 pm

Good nite Ruby.

1:14 pm

I think Ruby doesn't have much to say

1:22 pm

i think i'm by myself

1:25 pm

nope,i am here,was just wandering round the net for a sec

1:30 pm

Anybody have the first ca 5/12

1:32 pm

Ca 5/12. A heap of stones. Also city in australia

1:32 pm

ty jaymil

1:32 pm

the other seems to bean scottish bottom land

1:33 pm

Yw

1:33 pm

mean

1:34 pm

so when they order a pinto beer.. ?

1:35 pm

the sun is always over the yardarm somewhere,ruru

2:02 pm

only pinto i ever owned was a 1973 ford pinto.thing was an crematorium on wheels.put a warning sticker on my back bumper that said "hit me and i explode.you have been warned"

2:17 pm

Hey all :-). Ru, you made it into the grid!!

2:19 pm

Hi everyone!

2:19 pm

Hello Cathy, from a sun soaked Ireland. :-)

2:20 pm

Ahhh...you're lucky Soodle! Rainy and cold here. We have the remnants of tropical storm Andrea here today.

2:21 pm

in Nova Scotia I should add!

2:21 pm

howdy,soodles,cathyar

2:21 pm

Whats seldom is wonderful round these here parts!

2:21 pm

Hi Crossy!

2:22 pm

Hiya Cross. :-)

2:23 pm

12 words left and listless still. I guess that's not saying much with a 78-word grid though! lol

2:23 pm

26 left here

2:24 pm

I lay out on the trampoline all day, like Da Vinci's Vitrvian Man. I'm like a lobster!

2:24 pm

remind me to show you my melanoma scars on my chest and belly...WEAR SUNSCREEN

2:24 pm

and limit crisping time

2:25 pm

bad soodles

2:26 pm

I used Factor 15, & Factor 50 on my face.

2:26 pm

and how long did you lay out there?

2:27 pm

I always wear 50 on my face. Mother Teresa taught me a lot!!!! I was only out for about an hour.

2:27 pm

my melanoma is not on my face.naughty soodles

2:29 pm

Ouch! I'll limit my exposure tomorrow. :-/

2:29 pm

and it is the type of low grade cancer that just keeps on giving.every month or 3 ,you go back,get a shot and he carves out another dime sized area and you get two or 3 more stiches

2:29 pm

well,not dime sized,chick pea size

2:30 pm

i go in on tuesday for a total look over

2:30 pm

not preaching.just giving information is all:))

2:31 pm

You see, we are so starved of vitamin D here, it's tempting. And I suffer from psoriasis, which vanishes with a blast of ultra violet..,,,

2:31 pm

oh,i know.mother natures rays feel good

2:33 pm

when all our snow vanishes here and the first real sunny day with a bit of warmth comes along,it is not unusual to see people just standing on the sidewalk,their faces pointed upward,just tracking the sun like a sunflower

2:35 pm

24 to go and getting one or 2 every 30 minutes now:/

2:35 pm

7 here

2:36 pm

make that 6

2:36 pm

i am not seeing the y,s that do not have to do with sweater making material

2:37 pm

both are yi words crossy

2:37 pm

the 5 is plural of the 4

2:37 pm

got them,ty,cathyar

2:38 pm

yvw!

2:41 pm

back in a few.off to troll the chog history;)

2:41 pm

actually just set up 2 windows,so i am good;)

2:43 pm

Thanks Cathy.

2:43 pm

i find that those at the flip are often in such a hurry to get to the finish line,you can often cull about 10 good words in the first 15 minutes of the chog history

2:43 pm

*Ties fingers so as not to make any level lowering comments about the Vitruvian Man pose*

2:44 pm

i just gave it a pass myself

2:44 pm

lol...true enough crossy. I'm usually in bed at the flip...it's 2 am when flip occurs here.

2:44 pm

it flips at 1 am here

2:45 pm

Lol Molly! It was not a pretty sight, but at least no other human being had to witness it!

2:46 pm

5 left...monkeys are getting tired, but am resisting lickety's list.

2:46 pm

*Checks emails from the Trim peeping toms*

2:47 pm

believe me! The Trim peeping toms would have better things to be looking at!

2:51 pm

Well, I'm glad you had a nice day to enjoy the sunshine.

2:52 pm

hi all

2:52 pm

Hi Peri

2:52 pm

28 left here. went to an art gallery to see a friends art work and then had lunch with my sister. now to finish babble.

2:53 pm

28 left and stuck

2:55 pm

I was disappointed when I saw the size of this grid. Whatever happened to middle of the road sized grids? Lately it's feast or famine.

2:55 pm

I was disappointed too

2:56 pm

down to 26 left don

2:56 pm

don't want to list but do not want to beg for clues.

2:57 pm

I may need a nap

2:58 pm

bbl

3:05 pm

happy to clue here...5 left and struggling.

3:05 pm

giving in and checking lickety's

3:10 pm

fireworks!

3:13 pm

yaa for cathyar!!

3:14 pm

i am down to 19.think it is either beg or list

4:08 pm

same here....down to 22...

4:11 pm

down to 17...

4:20 pm

guessing helps....down to 12

4:23 pm

I feel like I'm watching the Ball drop on Times Square :D

4:24 pm

lol....down to 7.... ;o)

4:33 pm

*breaks out goofy New Years Glasses and Champagne*

4:34 pm

four!

4:34 pm

pass me a glass please....

4:35 pm

you have to put on the silly glasses first penq

4:35 pm

Hi, anyone willing to give me a clue for my last word? FE 5/18

4:36 pm

then i have to wait....need to see the grid!

4:36 pm

french farm with a different vowel ending fe 5/18

4:36 pm

it's similar to a nuclear scientist of old....i think he was one...

4:37 pm

Thanks, Ru! and I am done!

4:37 pm

down to two E words and two F words... :o|

4:38 pm

Can I return the favor real quick? Do need to get back to studying.

4:40 pm

*Puts on HAPPY NEW YEAR antennae*

4:40 pm

OK then, off I go. Happy Babbling!

4:43 pm

bye...

4:43 pm

down to 3...

4:45 pm

*confetti ready.. balloons ready to launch*

4:45 pm

congrats phanmd

4:45 pm

hello

4:46 pm

hi M9

4:46 pm

hey ru!

4:46 pm

what a stinky grid!

4:47 pm

*breaks out febreeze*

4:50 pm

Got all the 7's now. YAY

4:50 pm

but I am not seeing anything off that bottom e

4:50 pm

will it slap me with a fin?

4:50 pm

yep

4:51 pm

dang it! really? gah.

4:51 pm

oh Doh!! sure did

4:51 pm

ok. nbt/nbs/1/2way

4:52 pm

get ready...down to one....

4:52 pm

go pen!

4:52 pm

done!!!....:oD

4:53 pm

well done!

4:53 pm

Balloons let go.. releases confetti

4:53 pm

what does....nbt/nbs/1/2way....mean??

4:54 pm

ty ty!

4:54 pm

LOL.. I have no blank tiles, no blank stats and I'm 1/2way done

4:54 pm

That's my personal goal before I allow myself to list.

4:55 pm

no blank...meaning that you have gotten at least one word with a letter?....and at least one of each four, five, six letter, etc. words?

4:55 pm

yup

4:55 pm

m9 tends to blank out on us every once in a while

4:55 pm

ok..thanks..

4:56 pm

I re6 to comment.

4:56 pm

i confess....i listed at three words left....long way for me!

4:56 pm

that's great!

4:56 pm

ty!

4:58 pm

I'm tired and I have things to do.. I listed at just over 1/2way.

5:00 pm

i think i am getting better at guessing... ;o)

5:00 pm

<--- never guesses

5:00 pm

Yes.. that does help.

5:00 pm

*lying like a rug*

5:00 pm

Ha!

5:01 pm

but.. they're EDUCATED guesses.. right?

5:01 pm

after all these years.. yes.. :D

5:02 pm

yes, and the longer i play, the more i recognize the "babblets"....

5:06 pm

yeah. me too.

5:06 pm

ok, the list makes it pretty easy. 1 left

5:06 pm

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

5:06 pm

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

5:06 pm

done

5:06 pm

hey min

5:07 pm

Congratulations m9f9l on your fireworks display!Way to go

5:11 pm

Hi Min. What a happy, happy icon. : D

5:12 pm

Hello MollyL! How are you? I have to think happy thoughts to get me through my miserable allergies! Did U finish grid

5:13 pm

Today will be a short story eh?

5:14 pm

I guess that means the steroid shots are not working. : (

5:14 pm

Funny you should say that m9f9l! I am just finishing it now!

5:15 pm

I think that they are sort of working.I think that I would be even worse without it!

5:16 pm

I wasn't a us 4/5 of the list and I was able to do the grid all by myse4/7 today. Now here's a story with a sl4/5 of clues.Once I was a fu6/30 and put bad fu4/8 in my car. My car went about half a mile & then it refu 4/8d to go any further. It was se 4/5-expensive to fix. I had to nu 5/12 my car back to health by towing it to a gas station and taking out the bad gas and putting in new good gas I could have been a su4/5 and made the gas station pay for my troubles, but I didn't. My hubby is being an ar4/4 and wants to ru4/5 my Babble time by taking computer away from me. I can't be a re 7/44 and re 6/30 to give him computer. I'm going to go do something el 4/4 like watch the movie Ra4/4man. I will re5/12 this computer later to enter my last word and give clues. Bye for now!

5:16 pm

Min, have you ever thought about accupuncture for your allergies?

5:19 pm

Others have suggested that to me,but I'm deathly afraid of needles.It took me long enough just to get the nerve to do my allergy shots! Plus, I do not think acupuncture will really work. I'll just continue with my allergy shots.

5:20 pm

Well, it won't work if you don't believe in it. Accupuncture needles are very thin, you don't feel them at all.

5:20 pm

<--with Minver on the needle thing

5:21 pm

Believe me, I would feel them! I think of acupuncture like hypnotism. You have to believe in it. I do not believe in it.

5:22 pm

<---would feel them too

5:22 pm

Nothing works if you don't believe in it.

5:22 pm

<---- needle weeny

5:23 pm

in fact harmless things can be quite toxic if you believe it, it's the nocibo effect (the opposite of placebo)

5:24 pm

I think needles are no-c-ru

5:24 pm

I would disagree. You probably feel needles even when you don't look.

5:25 pm

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

5:25 pm

hah I have to give myself 5 injections a day and I'zm too afriad of the acupuncture needles to ever consider that...

5:26 pm

Interesting! I never heard of the nocibo effect!

5:26 pm

Wow, you guys really don't know much about accupuncture.

5:26 pm

Thank you MollyL for your suggestion. I do appreciate your suggestions.I just realized I probably sounded a little rude.

5:27 pm

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

5:27 pm

Wow!Five injections a day!Is that for your allergies Buggie?

5:27 pm

No Min, it didn't sound rude. It's not for everyone.

5:27 pm

Hi Min! I'm good, thank you. I hpoe you are well?

5:28 pm

'Hope'

5:28 pm

No, type 1 diabetes

5:29 pm

Oh my brother does injections 4 diabetes, but not as many.

5:29 pm

oooh, acupuncture needles are thicker than the ones I use, and mine can certainly hurt...

5:29 pm

I'm not scared of needles, but I have a pathological fear of dentists, so I can identify with the fears. :-/

5:30 pm

holy molar soodle

5:31 pm

Dentists, snakes & hairdressers. All can reduce me to a nervous wreck!

5:31 pm

well, the number depends on how many times you eat (plus an extra for the slow insuline). And if your brother is type 2 he'd only have 1 or 2 injections a day

5:31 pm

<---with you on snakes

5:31 pm

is type one the worst?

5:32 pm

Well, I hate to sound like a man here, but it's not the size of the needle, it's the skill of the person inserting it.

5:32 pm

I don't know much about diabetes

5:32 pm

they're different. Type 1 often appears in childhood

5:33 pm

wouldn't it matter how carefully you push the plunger molly :D

5:33 pm

There she goes.... Lowering the tone.....AGAIN

5:33 pm

<---Never heard of hairdresser phobia

5:34 pm

My brother has Type 2 diabetes.I'm not sure when he got it

5:34 pm

we're just talking medical equipment soods :D

5:34 pm

type 2 is most common, it's caused by resistance to insulin (which is a hormone produced by the body), type 1 is a lot less common and is caused by an autoimmune reaction, destroying all insuline production

5:34 pm

Hairdressers can inflict serious damage to a person.....

5:35 pm

howdy again everyone.back for my last 18:))

5:35 pm

hi everyone

5:35 pm

now wary of my hairstylist

5:35 pm

Yes Soodle they can. Which is why I do my own hair. But I'm not afraid of them.

5:35 pm

hi andree.. hello mr crossy

5:35 pm

Speaking as a seriously damaged person....... :-P

5:36 pm

howdy,ru

5:36 pm

mah I'm stuck on my last 2, and I just don't want to list

5:36 pm

how can a hairdresser inflict serious harm?

5:36 pm

Hello crosshair! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid

5:36 pm

Hello Andree!How are you doing today? Welcome to puzzle

5:36 pm

howdy,min;))

5:36 pm

i hate injections, i had my flu shot last week which anyone my age should have every year, i thought about it for the last 3 years

5:36 pm

I've seen some atrocities produced by hairdressers.

5:37 pm

I hate flu shots

5:37 pm

yeah.. just watch the oscars molly

5:37 pm

flu shot ? are you in the southern hemisphere ?

5:38 pm

Buggie,I just posted story of clues in profile.Maybe the two you need are in my story. Easier to do story than I thought it would be with such a small one. Lots of small ones lately

5:38 pm

<------ has a high forehead. One snip too many on my fringe & I look like The Brain.

5:38 pm

me too but as i am going overseas for 6 weeks i thought i had better have it

5:38 pm

Can't talk about "small ones" or "injections" or I will be accused of "lowering the tone"

5:38 pm

winter here buggie

5:38 pm

I love acupuncture.

5:38 pm

Thanks Min, I'll go look

5:39 pm

ha.. I always get blamed for Lowering the tone..

5:39 pm

But do you eat local honey and have you tried nasal irrigation?

5:39 pm

Lots of small ones lately.... Facepalm!

5:39 pm

i AM the lowered tone:))

5:39 pm

I accept almost any kind of humor in the chat log. Keeps it light and fun!

5:39 pm

ahhh, I have to get the flu shot every year too, but I have 6 months until next time :o)

5:40 pm

i get the shot every year

5:40 pm

So ru and crossy are basso profundos I think!

5:40 pm

I'd be good for 3 or four ejections a day :D

5:40 pm

<----Scatologist

5:40 pm

:)

5:40 pm

Stick an R before that and it would be closer to reality I think!

5:40 pm

:P

5:41 pm

Yay, M9!!!! Well said!

5:41 pm

ty buggie for that word u gave me fw

5:42 pm

*wonders how I got on soodles SH*T list*

5:42 pm

wtg cos!

5:42 pm

do not worry about it ruru,just keep on trucking:))

5:43 pm

Oh, Ru!!! You'd need to be so so much worse to wind up on that list! Just joshing!

5:43 pm

I enjoy doing things to get on people's sh** list :-D

5:43 pm

soodle is a good egg,we have a pub crawl planned:)

5:43 pm

*adjusts Halo*

5:44 pm

congrats cosdem

5:44 pm

Hello Cos ((()))

5:44 pm

One of the many reasons I like Cos. : D

5:44 pm

lol :-D hi all... easy grid today.

5:45 pm

Congratulations cosdem on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

5:45 pm

Cos, have you seen Une's new icon?

5:45 pm

no not yet. let me go look

5:46 pm

LOL thats great

5:46 pm

fe

5:46 pm

wonder where she pur -loined that one?

5:46 pm

fi

5:46 pm

fo

5:46 pm

Ruru, your conspicous in the grid today....

5:46 pm

Fum

5:46 pm

Hello ChampFit!How are you doing today? Welcome to grid

5:46 pm

fe fi fo fum

5:46 pm

Crap...sorry!

5:46 pm

dang ru beat me to it

5:47 pm

Others have also suggested local honey, which I think I am going to finally try this year. I have to take it all year long.

5:47 pm

brb paco is looking at me with sad eyes.

5:47 pm

I'm in a mirror soodle :D

5:47 pm

Great Min...thanks!

5:47 pm

Local honey is a good suggestion.

5:47 pm

Cos, did you watch any of the shows I suggested yet?

5:47 pm

just don't snort it minver

5:47 pm

Ruru thru the looking glass!

5:48 pm

My dog is very good at giving me the sad eyes look.It melts my heart and I cave in every time he gives me that look!

5:48 pm

Go Ask Ruru, when you're ten feet tall

5:48 pm

Finally, fireworks. Those last 2 words really had me stumped

5:48 pm

you have been well trained then;))

5:48 pm

yay buggie

5:49 pm

Congrtaulations Buggie on your fireworks! Hooray for you!

5:50 pm

Love the Jefferson Airplane reference, Molly!

5:50 pm

Ok.. off to do chores and such..

5:51 pm

Am going to haul these aching bones off to bed now. Goodnight all & thanks for the company. :-)

5:51 pm

Goodbye m9f9l! I will see you tomorrow in the chog maybe

5:51 pm

Hi and bye, Soodle...BIG hug.

5:51 pm

Goodbye Soodle!I will see you tomorrow in the chog maybe

5:51 pm

May have to listen to some Jefferson Airplane as I do them!

5:51 pm

Bye m9.

5:52 pm

*poof*

5:52 pm

bbl

5:52 pm

((ruru))

5:53 pm

Goodbye rururocks! I'll see you later on in the chog maybe.

5:53 pm

I just came back to see if I could stand the anguish of this grid....I can't....leaving until tomorrow. Bye and hugs all around.

5:53 pm

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

5:53 pm

tc,mimi

5:53 pm

♪Just checked in to see what condition my condition was in♪

5:54 pm

good tune:)

5:54 pm

now i want to listen to industrial disease

5:54 pm

Kenny Rogers and the First Edition...their drummer tried to attack me in a hotel room once....

5:55 pm

Dire Straits!Love that song.Haven't heard it in ages though

5:56 pm

and heavy fuel rocks as well

5:56 pm

He later appeared in episodes of Home Improvement...can't remember his character name...heavy blond guy named Micky.

5:56 pm

crossy loves dire straits

5:57 pm

The walk down memory lane gave me a leg cramp...really gone this time!

5:57 pm

crosshair, think we got a Dire Straits CD in the Penalty Box

5:58 pm

opps..off i go humming money for nothing...

5:59 pm

♪and the chicks are free♪ Poof!

5:59 pm

mabe i belong there too just realised i was rabbiting on about f*** injection that its in the grid

5:59 pm

insert killer guitar solo here...

6:00 pm

common in andree.have the turntable going and put the volume at 10 and pulled the knobs off

6:02 pm

it is interesting watch videos of mark knophler now at his age.he wanders on the stage ,looking like anyones grandfather,picks up a guitar and blows the roof off the place

6:02 pm

thx crossy but I hate music too loud, i will probably have too kill you if i come in

6:03 pm

lol.i will put the guitar song from the movie going home on nice and soft for you

6:04 pm

and ariels lament from the movie the mission.very nice tune

6:04 pm

thx crossy

6:06 pm

off to walk hugo , bbs

6:07 pm

we just finished taking the cats for walkies

6:09 pm

crossy, did you ever hear the Mark Knopfler / Chet Atkins album . . .

6:09 pm

i have seen them in a vid or 2

6:10 pm

but have never come across the entire album

6:10 pm

Hello alembick! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid

6:10 pm

thank you! can't resist chatting about Mark Knopfler. Local Heroes soundtrack anyone?

6:10 pm

i love it

6:10 pm

our neighbor is screaming her head off. she lives alone.

6:11 pm

going to go see if she got her hand caught in a blender?

6:11 pm

I had the Chet Atkins / MK on cassette, now am inspired to try to find it in a format I could actually listen to now LOL

6:11 pm

should not be too hard..let me take a peek

6:11 pm

lol no. she has schrizhopneia or however you spell it. she s screaming because she has ghosts haunting her

6:12 pm

thank god we're moving.

6:13 pm

Not a good idea for someone with schizophrenia to be living alone.

6:13 pm

I agree. We have called the police a few times. THey always end up leaving her. She leaves her front door open to let radiaton beams leave and it's not safe to lave door open overnight but she does.

6:14 pm

poor thing

6:14 pm

when her door is closed then its when the ghosts are trying to kill her so she screams her head off nonstop.

6:14 pm

I don't mean, "thing"

6:15 pm

I only know this because the neighbors and ryan tell me all about it lol

6:15 pm

I feel bad for her. Sounds like a tortured life.

6:16 pm

the landlord finally caved in and let her installl a security system. but only for her.

6:17 pm

yes. but also it would be hard to be next door. sympathy all around.

6:17 pm

she closes her door more now but that means more screaming

6:17 pm

I was wondering how the security system would do any good if she leaves the door open.

6:18 pm

Now I don't feel so bad with the neighbor who only yells GO PEE at her dog. : )

6:18 pm

lol we always attract the odd neighbors. we had one a few years ago would who come over every day and tell us he was shot in the head and we need to call 911 for him.. leroy was ihs name.. nice guy ..

6:19 pm

switch who and would

6:19 pm

not KILroy LOL

6:19 pm

alembick.i will have the entire neck and neck album ready in an hour or so and can send you a copy if you wish it will be in rar file so you will need the free software program called winrar to unzip it

6:19 pm

he would insist he was dead and we needed to help him. good times.

6:20 pm

just send me an email to remind me and use babble in the header

6:20 pm

WOW crossy, thank you! how does one share sending info on this chat? I can handle unzipping. and don't feel too bad about copyright since I did buy it once . . .LOL

6:20 pm

i will send it to you with a free program called we transfer

6:21 pm

you can send up to 2 gig at a time for free

6:21 pm

OK, I do not know how to send you an email. . .

6:21 pm

and do not worry about copyright,we lshared cassettes and 8-track s right? this copy is from a friend of mine

6:21 pm

my email is in my profile

6:22 pm

crosshair, just looked at your profile. You have a list there from December 2012.

6:23 pm

lol,yes,min,i need to tidy it up

6:24 pm

I think I found it. does it sound Australian?

6:24 pm

That is okay. I keep scrap paper and I was going through it and found a piece of paper from 6 years ago.I'm a pack rat

6:24 pm

lol.yup thats my last name.i get royalties from the aussies:)

6:24 pm

we had the name first you know;))

6:25 pm

Have this thing about recycling paper.I have to use both sides of the paper. It drives my husband nuts. Whenever he goes to print something from printer, there is always writing on the back and then he has to reprint it again.

6:26 pm

lol

6:26 pm

i would make sure you have an ample supply of sketch pads

6:41 pm

down to 13 and still grinding...

6:43 pm

hello friends

6:45 pm

howdy,trif

6:45 pm

Hello Trifioso! How are you doing today? Welcome to chog.

6:46 pm

Im fine, but my beloved is sickety sick sick...poor guy. I feel so bad

6:47 pm

Sorry to hear!What's he sick with?Hope he feels better soon

6:47 pm

I am not at all sure. I made some home made bagels this morning, which he loved, and ate two of...around noon he went DOWN and has been head in the bucket ever since :(

6:48 pm

mind you, secondo and I ate them too, and we are fine....thinking he must just have some sort of bug.

6:48 pm

ginger ale, saltines.....sleep. Hopefully that will work

6:49 pm

after 20 years of wedded bliss,i use my son as my official food taster..hehe;)

6:49 pm

cause you never know lol

6:49 pm

haha crossy

6:50 pm

hello babblers.

6:50 pm

Good morning / good evening everyone :)

6:50 pm

crosshair,I have seen your dinner menu posts.I hardly think you have to worry about your food tasting good.Wish that I could be your official food taster!

6:50 pm

howdy,blueheron

6:50 pm

howdy,liz

6:51 pm

Hello blueheron!How are you doing today?Welcome to grid

6:51 pm

my brother is almost finished with his chemo/radiation.

6:51 pm

Hello Lizlin!How are you doing today?Welcome to the chog

6:51 pm

lol,min.tonight was honey garlic sausages,peaches and cream niblets corn and cheddar and broccoli fried rice;))

6:52 pm

That's good blueheron. Did not know he was doing chemo.

6:52 pm

18 left over from yesterday that I've got to find - time to list I think. Tricky little grid.

6:52 pm

that is good news blue! I hope it was a successful treatment course for him

6:52 pm

Hope all goes well for your brother blue heron :)

6:52 pm

i am glad he is almost finished,blueheron

6:53 pm

*gets a napkin to wipe the drool from her mouth*

6:53 pm

Have you had your results yet Crossy?

6:53 pm

we won't know until 2 weeks after his treatments. Thank-you all for your support.

6:53 pm

exactly half done, maybe time to know when to say when. This grid is headache inducing.

6:53 pm

please may I have the count for the right column L?

6:53 pm

i go on tuesday,liz

6:54 pm

Will be thinking of you :)

6:54 pm

lu 4/5

6:54 pm

lu 4/ 5

6:54 pm

snap

6:54 pm

thank you crossy....will be thinking of you on tuesday

6:54 pm

thank you

6:54 pm

crosshair, what are you getting results for? I feel out of the loop here. I hope that it is nothing serious!

6:55 pm

sending good energy your way Crossy, my friend.:)

6:55 pm

no,no min.it is my 6 month full check up with oncology,ct scan,bloodwork x-rays etc.it is a my regular routine

6:55 pm

nbt tra la la

6:55 pm

this will continue for the rest of my life since i have already had cancer 3 times.you learn real fast never to miss a check up

6:55 pm

now my son has *ruined* everything, he found me another word so now I do not have the balance of being half done. Guess I will have to stay a while longer LOL. Thanks son.

6:56 pm

LOL!!! Found a quick 6 words when I listed! How come I couldn't see them before????

6:56 pm

Oh, okay. I was starting to get nervous for you. Good luck!

6:56 pm

lol

6:56 pm

not to trivialize the subject matter of discussion. I will send good thoughts on Tuesday. . . and for your brother blueheron

6:57 pm

should be a cool breeze,min

6:57 pm

it is fine,alembick,we are glad you are hanging around

6:57 pm

nice alem! good to know it runs in the family!

6:58 pm

my mom is roundbarn. and we got turned onto this game by my sister

6:58 pm

ahh ok.we know roundbarn well:))

6:58 pm

read some of her stuff

6:58 pm

I have been saving my last word since 3:29 today. I'll enter last word when somebody el 4/4 is ready to get fireworks.

6:58 pm

Really all in the family!!!

6:59 pm

reminds me! i have yet to read your story,min.brb

6:59 pm

Who is your sister alembick? Does she come to chog often?

7:00 pm

um, I think her playbabble name is rastapopolous?

7:00 pm

thank-you alem:)

7:00 pm

Thanks for your story Min - got a clue from it :)

7:01 pm

we both chose Tintin names. Because we used to play on a team on the other Boggle site, the one that only gives you 3 minutes. I forget what it is called right now. It made me too stressed out. And our other sister that we used to play with died. so it made us too sad to play there any more.

7:01 pm

You are welcome Lizlin!I hope it helps crosshair out as well

7:01 pm

it was Team Tintin.

7:02 pm

I LOVE Tin tin!!!!

7:02 pm

now I remember it was called Wordsplay.

7:02 pm

he is HUGE in this family....

7:03 pm

I see rastapopolous here sometimes. RedBarn is here more often though.Wish my family played Babble, but they don't

7:03 pm

8 left for later. Need to start Sunday morning house clean :(

7:04 pm

Trifosio did you like the Tintin movie?

7:04 pm

Bye Lizlin! I will see you later in the chog. Happy cleaning!

7:05 pm

"there goes liz,time travelling again

7:05 pm

:))

7:05 pm

Speaking of cleaning,I must take a shower & clean my hair

7:06 pm

going to go, son wants more of me :)

7:07 pm

hiya babblers

7:07 pm

I did, very much actually. I was surprised at how well they did bringing the personalities of the different characters to life

7:07 pm

the story gave me one more word:)) 11 to go

7:07 pm

yaur

7:07 pm

sorry

7:10 pm

just be sorry it's not a word, i would have taken it

7:14 pm

my monkeys just died..

7:15 pm

what killed them!?

7:15 pm

yes, crossy, I am having similar simian issues

7:15 pm

overwork trying to find these last 11

7:15 pm

:(

7:17 pm

10

7:17 pm

yay! you can do it crossy!

7:29 pm

there is a town on a island in the east coast.it only has a primary school.for the high school kids,they have to cross on a ferry or causeway to a united states town where they take a bus back into canada to go to high school imagine dealing with u.s and canada customs twice a day!! lol

7:29 pm

that sounds like no fun

7:30 pm

ugh! Can't they skpe or something?

7:31 pm

hehe.would be better.i have seen tests of internet "classrooms" and i thing it will come sooner than many of us would wish

7:32 pm

how many kids is it?

7:32 pm

professor sits at home in his office and they use gotomeetings.com or some other such program and away you go

7:32 pm

not sure ,trif.i stumbled it and promptly forgot the name of the town:(

7:35 pm

we use that sort of technology all the time at work, actually. one of my coworkers is EXCELLENT clinically, and she often observes students who are having particular troubles, all over the world in our different centers

7:35 pm

our very own toronto university has no textbooks.with your tuition you get a kobo reader with the textbooks pertaining to all your classes pre-loaded on it.there is a damage deposit on it.you use it,then return it and that is it

7:36 pm

thats kind of nice, altho i always enjoyed perusing the bookstore for books for other classes that looked interesting

7:37 pm

that was when they first started.they are so cheap now,you probably just buy it

7:37 pm

wow, that is amazing crossy - bet the old campus bookstores weren't too happy with that arrangement! all the money they used to make selling, rebuying and selling textbooks - gone!

7:37 pm

me too pipping

7:37 pm

at least you are not lugging 50 poiunds of books arcoss campus anymoire

7:37 pm

woww,crossy's mad typing skillz

7:38 pm

it's true, i'm always envious of the students with ipads because of that

7:38 pm

i ahve over 300 books on my nook

7:39 pm

8 more and haven't used any word lists or hints at all!

7:39 pm

:) good thing e-readers came along.all my book shelves have been full for 2 years now:))

7:39 pm

lots of babblets tho

7:40 pm

i still have 10

7:40 pm

yes, indeed crossy. at my youngest's school, all students were given ipads this year with the curriculum loaded on it. Their homework is all done via document or pdf and submitted. NO MORE "the dog ate it" "i lost my book" etc

7:40 pm

lol.a virus ate my homework!!

7:41 pm

or a nice power surge at just the right time

7:42 pm

trif.does your child have the dragon program?

7:44 pm

if not google dragon naturally speaking.it is a voice to type program and works with office,excell and open office.you train it when you start by reading it a book so it can learn your speech patterns.then as you speak it will type for you.once it is fully trained ,it can do over 150 wpm

7:44 pm

is that the one where you can just talk into the computer?

7:44 pm

anyone got the re 6/7 combo? it's my last two

7:45 pm

i have even babbled with it

7:45 pm

i uttery re**** to tell you! and pl

7:45 pm

oh,god, himself is upstairs puking again.....Poor guy!

7:45 pm

ty!

7:45 pm

:(

7:45 pm

that's not a load of re****, either

7:45 pm

yaa for pippin!

7:46 pm

sorry to hear it, trif

7:46 pm

i feel so bad....

7:46 pm

but....I don't want to catch it either....:)

7:47 pm

my last word is the se 4 for 7....

7:47 pm

just saw it

7:47 pm

"note to se**"

7:48 pm

ty but it was the other kinda sorta word, thought it was a prefix

7:48 pm

oof, i spent too much money this weekend, i hope the vintage store buys my hats and bathing suit monday so i can trade for some glasses frames

7:49 pm

sounds like a good plan, pippin!

7:50 pm

sadly i bought 3 pairs of shoes today, but i really needed them!

7:51 pm

I have 17 left and they are hiding

7:52 pm

i got clues for those in need

7:53 pm

but even though i feel like imelda marcos, i'm excited to have running shoes and work shoes without worn-out cushioning from a year of wearing

7:54 pm

...13

8:00 pm

Trif are you sure he didn't eat anything but the bagels you made? Because that really sounds like food poisoning.

8:02 pm

it does indeed.....I am thinking now....i did also make some chocolate chip cookies today...wonder if he got into the batter before it was cooked?

8:03 pm

we have been eating the cookies all day and been fine, but he might have eaten some of the raw stuff

8:03 pm

Or it could be something he ate last night.

8:03 pm

the good thing about food poisoning is that is really does pass in 12 hours. The bad part is that it is the LONGEST 12 hours of your life.

8:04 pm

he ate what I ate last night....and secondo too...we are both fine

8:04 pm

neither of us slept well last night, and he has been very stressed out with his new job starting this week. I think maybe he is just over tired, run down...and probs ate too much cookie dough :)

8:06 pm

Well, food poisoning can take as long as 12 - 24 hours to manifest. It doesn't really matter though. It's getting through it, like you said.

8:07 pm

indeed. have lots of saltines and ginger ale on hand :)

8:07 pm

okay - the lower e is KILLING me....have the er4....what is the count for the other please?

8:07 pm

I had food poisoning once and I couldn't even keep water down. I had to get anti-nausea meds.

8:08 pm

el5/12

8:08 pm

thank you

8:09 pm

got it.

8:11 pm

oh bless, himself is asleep....poor thing

8:12 pm

How long has he been throwing up Trif? If longer than 12 hours he might want to call his doctor.

8:12 pm

ok, im giving this one the boot. dumb teeny grid got the best of me. HAve a good night all

8:13 pm

I'm bored to tears...anyone need clues?

8:16 pm

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

8:16 pm

Hello Cathyar! How are you doing today? Welcome to chog

8:16 pm

Hi Min! Long time no see! :-)

8:17 pm

Thank you for offering Cathyar, but I have been saving my last word since 3:29 today and I already know what word is

8:17 pm

ahhh...why are you saving it though?

8:18 pm

I always save last word. Seems to make the grid last longer

8:21 pm

lol...perhaps I should have done that too!

8:22 pm

Min, how is your Babble get together shaping up? Any takers?

8:28 pm

Nothing yet,however, I am thinking of changing the venue

8:47 pm

I will be in Vermont near Burlington from abt July 16-Aug 1.

8:55 pm

Was thinking of changing it to Burlington. I think rururocks will be there in August. I can't do it in July because I teach summer school. Is there anyway you can be there in August

giving a raspberry to the internet gods for yet another itty bitty grid! (hi all)

8:59 pm

Probably just the first few days--depends on things back here, and whether there w ll be anybody with me after the end of July. I'm working on it. You all could use my cottage if you wish. It's on a small lake 15 miles from Burlington, and completely equipped. Sleeps six comfortably, more, with sleeping bags.

9:01 pm

Hello Book Doctor Gwen!How are you?Welcome to the grid

9:03 pm

That is soo nice of you to offer your cottage RoundBarn!

just killing a few brain cells before dinner 8-)

9:04 pm

I would hate to have people stay there without you! Is it ok if I tell other babblers your offer? Some babblers might not be here now to see this now. What town is the cottage in?

9:07 pm

I have tons of friends in BTV but sadly I have to go to Chicago in Sept for a wedding so I can't go :( Funds you know?

9:08 pm

It's three miles out of Hinessburg on Lake Iroquois. Between Hinesburg and Richmond. From Hinesburg it's abt 15 miles into Burlington. It's between Lake Vahmplain and the foothills of the Green Mountains. We've climbec Camels Hiump many times, but ZI can't any more, not enough stamina.

nbt woot

9:14 pm

RoundBarn, I will change the dates since you are so nice to offer the use of your cottage.My sister lives there so I can stay with her.It will make more room for other out-of-towners who might come to meet-up. Haven't gotten any responses anyway.When will you definitely be there

9:16 pm

I would even be willing to host the meet-up at her house if she lets me do that.Or we could all meet at a restaurant or something. Burlington is a GREAT place to be in the summer

9:17 pm

sweet water on church street. great food :)

9:18 pm

now i kinda wanna go to btv and not chicago

9:20 pm

I know about funds cosdem, which is why I don't attend the babble-meets on the east coast even though I wish I could.

9:21 pm

My granddaughter from France will be there July 20-27. A friend is staying with me s7-29, U I have a drs apptment in Burlingtin July 31 so I can't leave till the first. A caveat, though--the shower works but we don't use it, because of the poetry wall. We bathe in the lake. And these old cottages have weak septic systems--so we flush when necessary but not just for phantom word ur***. The roof is new and water tank. We can't drink the lake water, have to bring in drinking water. Lake water ok for dishes and non-swallowing use.

9:22 pm

I have been promising my friends rob, dave, ben, keri, nick, etc lol id come visit them soo i need to. maybe sept .. i dont want a boring wedding where no one talks to me anway

9:26 pm

hey all

9:26 pm

down to 14 earlier

hey stid, we are kind of tied (i have 15 to go)

9:27 pm

go gwen go!!!!

9:27 pm

We just got back (Tom and I) from Seattle where we went to hear the Seattle Symphony play some lovely big band style jazz.... :-D it was a good afternoon!

9:28 pm

there's a canoe and maybe I repaired the rowboat last summer--a freak tornado took out my dock and injured the rowboat but I may have fixed it. Good swimming, although I don't know hpow the Eurasian milfoil will be this year. It's usually ok by my place.

9:28 pm

how have your days been?

9:29 pm

good evening my lovies :)

9:29 pm

hey jes!

9:30 pm

how goes it on the rainy side of the state, stid?

9:30 pm

minveryork, my email is jjack1@uis.edu if you want to think about this more.

9:31 pm

mostly dry, jes -- warm with little puffy clouds right now, cloudy earlier, but more humid than anything today.

9:32 pm

nicey nice. it's about 80 here, just got home from work (again). raccoons have started eating puppy chow already, hurrah!

9:32 pm

AND we met with the house designer guy to discuss the changes to the houseplans, and I think the house will be "good enough" -- officially there will be two bedrooms and two offices... :-D and we do think we can fit the garage on as well! And TWO skylights in the main living space, and a little deck off the back to ease the transition to the back yard. Now all I have to do is worry about paying for it all. *sigh*

9:32 pm

wow, that seems fast for the critters... they are recovering well!

9:33 pm

I'm giving p on this grid so goodbye everyone. Got other work to do. I sent Nef a poem about beer.

9:33 pm

isn't insurance paying for most of it? i brought home the paperwork for a construction loan for our place - lovely sheaf of papers.

9:33 pm

g'night, roundbarn, have a lovely weekend!

9:33 pm

I don't know the Yakama word for raccoon, but around here the Lushootseed word is "buh-loops" (spelled differently but I don't know how to make those characters on a regular keyboard).. I think "buh-loops" (accent on second syllable) is cuter.

9:33 pm

sweet dreams roundbarn!

9:34 pm

they are older than the last set, probably 6 weeks-ish instead of 2 weeks, which means they were drinking out of a bowl right off, i never had to bottle them, which is nice.

9:34 pm

Insurance will end up paying off the old mortgage and for demolition; we needed a brand-new construction mortgage to rebuild because our current mortgage holder is cursed....

9:35 pm

ah, that is a lot easier, for sure! bottling baby critters is way harder than for humans.

9:35 pm

ah, i see. i recommend staying away from Bank of America

9:36 pm

it's easier to prevent them getting attached this way too; they are already prone to hanging in the corner hissing and swearing at me :)

9:36 pm

yes, we went with a local branch of a Washington state-based bank.

9:36 pm

They will NOT sell our loan to anyone!

9:36 pm

LOL they are so cute from a distance, but up close, they are amazingly similar to some teenagers I know!

9:37 pm

hah! yes, I prefer my 'coons at a distance. at least these can go back basically same property they came from, last set came from a demolition in town.

9:38 pm

is it hard to rehome raccoons? Squirrels it seems could be let go almost anywhere there is shelter/food (at least that was true in Virginia)

9:38 pm

Hello stidmama! How are you doing? Welcome to the chog.

9:38 pm

Hello jesdraggon! How are you doing? Welcome to the log.

9:38 pm

if you let them go in town, they get in trouble almost immediately, and people don't like having them around.

9:39 pm

hi minver, how's your weekend?

9:39 pm

hello Min! welcome to my tiny corner of the alternate reality we call "choclit-land"

9:39 pm

down to ten, and feeling stuck...

9:40 pm

okay, 7 now...

9:40 pm

Go stidmama go!

9:40 pm

46 here...

9:40 pm

I will wait for you to enter my last word. I've been saving it

9:41 pm

jesdraggon and stidmama, story of clues posted in profile.

9:41 pm

oh gee... now there is PRESSURE!!!! *girds lions and marches in*

uno

9:41 pm

I will list so we aren't here until flip...

9:42 pm

go go gwen!

9:42 pm

I am in no hurry to finish stidmama, so don't feel pressured

9:42 pm

Go Book Doctor Gwen go!

9:42 pm

GO GWEN GO!!!!

9:42 pm

4

9:43 pm

oooh. 2~

FW !!

9:43 pm

Waiting to WooT someoen...

9:43 pm

WooT WooT WooT Gwen!!

9:43 pm

yay gwen!

9:43 pm

Congratulations Book Doctor Gwen on fireworks!Way to go

9:43 pm

hi jilly :)

9:43 pm

YAY gwen!!!!

(last one was au5/12, a new word on me)

9:43 pm

Min, I am down to 1...

9:44 pm

Hello Jillyjill! How are you doing today? Welcome to puzzle

9:44 pm

several new words today

9:44 pm

and I think I know what it is...

9:44 pm

hey jilly!

9:44 pm

Hi minv, I am well, how are your allergies doing?

9:44 pm

are you ready?

9:44 pm

Hi Stiddy...are things getting better?

9:44 pm

YEP!

9:45 pm

I am finished! I have fireworks! fu 5/18 was my final word.

9:45 pm

WooT WooT WooT stiddy and Minv!!

9:46 pm

Stidmama, did I jump the gun?

9:46 pm

YAY Min!!! (me too)

well i have a few minutes before dinner. guess i'll clear off the table. cheerio pals

9:46 pm

au 5 the first was my last word

9:46 pm

Congratulations stidmama on your fireworks! Good for you

9:46 pm

no min, I just took a little while to get the last one

9:46 pm

later gwen

9:47 pm

The allergies are the same, no better no worse, but thanks for asking. I have not rubbed my eyes in the past few hours

9:47 pm

See you later gwen

9:47 pm

Goodbye Book Doctor Gwen!I will see you tomorrow maybe

9:47 pm

yay stid and min!

9:48 pm

So far so good for my allergies this year! Controlled with meds, I started them a few weeks before needed and so far, that's worked

9:48 pm

Oh, and Jes, our little Ben has had a reprieve from his allergies...

9:52 pm

excellent :)

9:54 pm

I'm on medicine all year round and I STILL get my allergies

10:00 pm

Well, just popped in for a chog chat, must head to pillows for a early and busy day tomorrow. Have a great evening jes, minv and stiddy....and all lurkers!!

10:01 pm

later jilly -- see you soon!

10:02 pm

Min, do you ever take "holidays" from the allergy medicine? I do, in the summer when I am not in the toxic environment of the schools, and so the meds seem to keep working.

10:02 pm

but it might depend on the kind of meds you take

10:09 pm

well... do you need/want any clues, jes? I am about to fall asleep here.

10:10 pm

Goodbye Jillyjill!I will see you tomorrow in the chog maybe

10:11 pm

stidmama,I take 3 allergy shots a week. Not sure what is in medication.Medicine is especially made to meet my needs.

10:11 pm

oh, that's intense, min --

10:12 pm

I am glad most of my allergies respond well to OTC meds and can be managed without professional attention (except the food allergies, those are so bad the allergist specifically said allergy shots would be too dangerous)

10:14 pm

My allergies are intense stidmama!

10:15 pm

Fortunately, I do not have any food allergies. I have Spring allergies.I'm allergic to anything that is living & not human

10:17 pm

I am sorry you have the animal allergy problem -- I have to be careful what animals I am near, but I would be very sad if they ALL made me miserable

10:20 pm

Animals are the LEAST of my problems. It is all the dander, flowers, pollen, trees, weeds etc that I am allergic to stid.

10:21 pm

I am so tired... I have to go to sleep I think. Min, I am glad that at least you have something that helps, even if it's not perfect. I hope it rains and washes the allergens out of the air for you!

10:21 pm

Jes, good luck finishing and YAY in advance... *zzzzzzz* *poof*

10:23 pm

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

10:24 pm

g'night, stid

11:57 pm

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