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172 total words

12:00 am

flip. morning all

12:00 am

flip and hello all

12:01 am

hello...172 today.

12:01 am

hi all

12:01 am

good morning E1

12:03 am

la6/21

12:03 am

te7

12:06 am

el7

12:06 am

to6

12:06 am

do6/33

12:07 am

Hello all -- 7 minutes late

12:08 am

la7/32

12:08 am

Lickety seems to be up, with one extra word...

12:08 am

do6

12:10 am

be8

12:10 am

nbt

12:11 am

hi everyone

12:11 am

ty erda

12:11 am

nbt, nbs

12:11 am

hi flosey

12:11 am

YW jilli

12:13 am

Not an extra word -- one word lacking! Lickety shows 171!

12:13 am

last column gray.

12:14 am

wtg mixi

12:14 am

el 7

12:14 am

hello everyone

12:14 am

hi all!! NBT/NBS

12:14 am

hi nan

12:14 am

Hello all, just here for a min. good luck

12:15 am

hi elmer

12:15 am

nbt, nbs

12:16 am

go grannie and nan

12:17 am

wtg diz

12:17 am

wtg nan too

12:18 am

last row, last column o for nbt

12:18 am

os4

12:19 am

got it thanks

12:20 am

yw :-)

12:20 am

nbt

late flip; hi all

12:21 am

do7

12:21 am

hi Dee

12:21 am

last tow columns gray.

12:21 am

ab 6/7

12:22 am

Hi Dee

hi flosey elmer jili une mixi diz...

12:23 am

ba 6 and 7

12:23 am

howdy dee et al :-)

12:23 am

hi une

12:23 am

salut, jilli :-)

12:24 am

à toi aussi, use :-)

12:24 am

*une

12:26 am

125 down . . . gnite all :-) *poof*

do 5, 6, 7, 6

12:27 am

night, time for me to turn in to.

12:27 am

135 and fading

12:28 am

gnight elmer

12:29 am

4th and 5th cols greyed

ab 5, 6, 7, 6

12:29 am

go grannie. 50 left. time for bed.

nbt nbs

12:30 am

ab4 dee

12:30 am

ty dee for the ab's

yw... just a series :)

12:32 am

150 and stuck

12:36 am

well i didn't know that....you can plural sheeps noise.

12:37 am

the bathing suit most men shouldn't wear is a word???!

12:37 am

how are you all? i'm having a sort of pyjama day here. lol. have been doing chores, but stll in my jammies. that doesn't sound too good does it?

12:38 am

nan, it also a piece of equipment on a car dashboard, well over here anyway.

12:38 am

*!* ta da *!*

12:39 am

WTG NAN!!!!

12:39 am

yay nan!

12:39 am

ah - so the enable creator isn't japanese - he's an aussie who visits japan!

12:40 am

All done. The word that Lickety is missing is the last ba7.

12:40 am

Hi Rose--nothing wronge in being compy while doing chores--I do it myself

12:40 am

nan, could i please have that stats for the extra word?

12:40 am

WTG DACHEF!!!

12:41 am

ba 7/36 - it's a hound dog

12:41 am

interesting, granny -- Brit spelling , pyjama, US spelling, pajama. I remember calling them "pyjyes" in England...

12:41 am

ty dachef!

12:42 am

any other clues wanted before I crash?

12:42 am

and do you know what? that word isn't in the enable dictionary, but the grid accepts it. go figure!

hah! My instrument is in the grid! And I almost missed it!

12:43 am

thought you played a cello, melon

12:43 am

<-- tries to remember melon's instrument

12:43 am

oh yes, of course! got it.

cybernan, add "horn" and it's a clarinet like instrument Mozart used in a serenade.

12:44 am

funny - always thought you played a stringed instrument

:) or... 𝄢

I do I play a ba4. since you mentioned ba7, I just thought of the ba7 horn.

12:46 am

had my violin refurbished a month ago and discovered that after 50 years, I have to go back to square one -- definitely not like riding a bicycle!

12:48 am

do7/48

Can anyone clue the ba 7... all I have are 6's ...

12:48 am

also done here. nice grid. didn't list until 8 to go...think it might be a record for me, at least for a grid over 150.

oh, but how great you are doing it! DOn't worry, you'll get it. Are you working with a teacher?

wtg rose!

12:49 am

yay granny!

also do7/36, a homonym of do7/48.

12:49 am

dee, double consonant on the end

12:49 am

of hound dog

ty vm!!!

don't remember it being spelled that way

12:50 am

neither do4 the enable list, but the grid accepted it.

12:51 am

no - went and got some beginner studies - Kreutzer and Kayser a little beyond me at the moment

Most of all, nan, enjoy!

ty, rose... and btw, I LOVE jammy days :)

12:52 am

nan, recently found my grandfathers violin. unfortunately it need a bit of restoration, but the body is still sound, and unscratched

12:52 am

I will eventually -- a little frustrating at the moment

12:53 am

anybody fiddle with it granny?

12:53 am

let's see, i think it must be about 120 years old.

12:53 am

naughty ruru, lol

12:54 am

oh dear, ruru, fake jesse is back

12:54 am

sorry.. didn't mean to string you along

12:54 am

i'm sure i bowed you over

12:54 am

be careful, i might just grab the nearest neck, and squeeze

12:55 am

and Viola !

12:55 am

besides, it's gutless at the moment, and a little fretful

12:55 am

ha

12:55 am

but the shape is good.....

12:55 am

that's great, grose -- mine looks like it's been through the wars, but now that I've had a joint repaired, new pegs, bridge, strings and bow rehaired it sounds good.

12:55 am

halfway

12:56 am

i played violin as a kid

12:56 am

lovely nan

12:57 am

this one is a beautiful honey-caramel colour. i don't think i have ever seen one like it. they are usually darkish, are they not?

lost in the grid,I look up ,and here' ruru, getting into treble!

12:57 am

off to watch the news -- there is some serious flooding in Alberta, so will get an update. Niters :)

12:57 am

does the bow resinate nan?

any ps words?

12:58 am

yup - and the instrument resonates ;)

12:58 am

hi, all. Babble says I am missing a b7....lickety's says I am done. which is correct?

12:58 am

yes, dee, be quiet and i will whisper it to you

awww ty rose

12:58 am

babble - missing word is ba 7

12:58 am

angel, ba7, double consonant on hound dog

12:59 am

I'm all ears granny

Mediocrity restored. > halfway, nbt, nbs, and all ≥ 7s. nite all!

[poof]

1:00 am

don't trip over them ruru....or are your knuckle dragging today, as well?

1:00 am

ty, grannyrose. firworks.

1:00 am

not my knuckles

1:00 am

night, melon. have a good one, hun

1:00 am

WTG ANGEL!!!

1:01 am

try tying a knot in it, then? or do you need suspenders?

1:02 am

*blinks.. what are you talking about granny?*

1:03 am

FWs

1:03 am

not sure, ruru...maybe i'm having a grey moment and rambling on.lol

1:04 am

WTG DIZ!!!!

1:04 am

Hi all :)

1:04 am

hey ya liz

1:04 am

Hi there, Liz.

1:05 am

and hello peach....you lurker, you

1:06 am

HI Liz and peach

1:07 am

cooee pugs

1:09 am

Hey Rose--hugs--how are you and your brace wearing

1:11 am

Hey there, Rose.

1:12 am

Hi there puglet.

1:12 am

pugs, new brace is amazing. sleeping heaps betters, able to walk with no pain.

1:13 am

good news, granny!! Didn't know you needed a brace.

1:13 am

plus am trying to stick to a strict pain management program, involves only ibuprofen and paracetamol. seems to be working well.

1:14 am

hi puglet (been buried in the grid, wandering to kitchen, etc)

1:14 am

thats great Rose--so glad you are on the up hill on that now

1:14 am

jilli, when i fell i apparently tore the medial ligament. new knee was slip sliding sideways.

1:15 am

Hi Jill--hows the world been treating you

1:15 am

Glad that the new brace is helping, Rose and also that your ibuprofen / paracetamol regime is working. Hopefully this will all help get you back to full strength. No more falling though!

1:15 am

Sheesh, didn't know you fell, granny! How did that happen and when?

1:15 am

*giggle* i feel like a new woman, with a couple of UNINTERRUPTED night's sleep.

1:15 am

too much riesling jilli

1:16 am

or wrestling?

1:16 am

coooooeee!.. yes wrestling with don

1:16 am

jilli, my foot swkidded backwards on wet plastic film on carpets at work, about 4 weeks ago. went down on the right knee, then wrenched it sideways.

1:17 am

fw and off to bed, goodnight everyone

1:17 am

ruru -- don't like that icon -- reminder of bad times :-(

1:17 am

*flosey.. ms. in and out.. and get it done *

1:17 am

night Flosey

1:17 am

now, now you two....no wine or don involved...and it was the water which done it, officer.

1:17 am

Congrats flosey. Sleep well. :)

1:17 am

YAY flosey-the-silent! Sleep tight.

1:17 am

night, flosey, hope you slep well, hun

1:18 am

Jilli, is Beaumont Ab anywhere near the flooding?

1:18 am

oh and, WTG FLOSEY!!!

1:18 am

Don't know, Liz -- will look at a map. I've never been to Alberta.

1:19 am

NM - just wondered. Cousin lives there.

1:20 am

Liz, I just googled Beaumont and it's in the Edmonton reagion, north of Calgary where the terrible floods are.

1:21 am

Thanks. I'll email her later on - no point now as I guess it's pretty late there.

1:22 am

I just wondered how widespread the floods were or if they were confined to Calgary. That's bad enough though!

1:23 am

There is some flooding throughout the province. Camrose is close to Edmonton and I heard of problems there. Red Deer was put on alert. Calgary is where the army has been sent to help out. Saw them on the road today.

1:23 am

Thanks for that Speedie :)

1:23 am

No problem. All done. Have a good night!

1:24 am

t

1:24 am

Sleep well.

1:25 am

thanks for the update and congrats and goodnight, speedie-lurker!

Hi Everyone

I think I'm actually missing a word

1:25 am

Hi lickety

b7 something

1:26 am

Thanks for letting us know.

could someone email me what it is

1:26 am

i need two more words

1:26 am

will do, Lickety

and I'll add it to the db and do the clues

1:27 am

email sent, Lickety

got it jili thanks

1:28 am

Yay Jilli :)

1:30 am

missing one s of the bottom right

1:31 am

Me too

1:32 am

se4/8...su4/5, su5/12, su4/5

1:32 am

morning everyone

1:32 am

hello katie

1:32 am

hi katie

1:32 am

cooooooooeeeee

Clues are up

1:32 am

Ha! Missed the plural!

1:32 am

20 left

1:32 am

Hi Katie.

You might need to force the Clues page for a Refresh if you already have loaded it. Cntrl F5

1:34 am

how have you been lickety?

1:38 am

<---i'm going to bed.. chat is weird tonight

1:38 am

Night Ru, sleep well.

1:38 am

have a good one, mate. see you tomorrow?

1:39 am

night ruru

1:39 am

100 down. Time for a break.

1:42 am

later liz

1:44 am

gnight ruru

1:45 am

nbs at last

1:46 am

47 left and bedtime. Goodnight all...*poof

1:46 am

good night everyone--well wishes to all

Didn't know you could plural the follically challenged :)

The only rule of babble - try every possible combination

1:52 am

night, jilli, pugs. hope you both rest well tonight.

1:53 am

chrissie, there is also a plural of sheep sound

ty rose

Down to 40, off to start the day, tc rose

1:58 am

hope your day is good to you, chrissie. xoxox

1:58 am

May I please have a clue for oa5-10? thanks

2:03 am

peach, a weird plural, oa + *w*et*, candy

2:04 am

or, oa*i*, fertile desert spot, change the 3rd vowel

2:05 am

Oh, thanks, hon. It was *driving me bonkers.

2:07 am

np's peach. can't have a friend running around bonkers...can never tell what may happen. lol

2:09 am

HAHAHAHAHAHA1

2:18 am

*giggle*

2:19 am

sorry, peach. had to go pottie...and refresh the drink....

2:20 am

I know what you mean.

2:24 am

how are you going with the grid? may i help?

2:26 am

ab6-24 the 3rd please....thanks.

2:28 am

do you mean ab6, away, not in attendence?

2:29 am

OMG, I can't believe I couldn't see that.....thanks so much. only one left

2:29 am

plural it, hun

2:29 am

re6-18 please.....thanks

2:30 am

do you mean to trade again?

2:31 am

or to sell again?

2:32 am

Oh, my dear, thanks so much.

2:33 am

I think this bronchitis is dragging my energy out....have been on meds for a week but still have it. I have COPD bronchitis and sometimes it is, well, you know.

2:36 am

WTG PEACH!!! I SO UNDERSTAND. WHEN THE FIBROMYALGIA STARTS PLAYING UP, I JUST ABOUT FALL INTO PIECES. MY BRAIN IS SOOO SCRAMBLED.

2:36 am

oh dear...sorry for shouting...left the caps lock on, lol

2:38 am

I have a friend that has fibromy.... she battles it most of the time. I know you have been through so much...I really admire you and the way you've handled it.

2:41 am

thanx peach...there aren't many who understand FM. i have had to educate my GP, even. fortunately, or not, (it depends on how you view it), there are a few at work who suffer from it. we support each other, and encourage each other to just keep battling on. and it is a battle, hun. just as you are battling.

2:45 am

I do believe we are here, at this time, for reasons we may not understand, but we will, later on. And helping each other is one of the most important things we can do for others.

2:50 am

Well, dear one, I think I'll get ready for bed....it's almost 4:00AM here. Thanks again for bailing me out. Bless you.

3:05 am

;) yes, dearest peach, so true. sleep well, hun, and may you awake refreshed

3:16 am

bbl...have a crossword to finish, need to google. ;)

4:23 am

hello everyone

4:28 am

foffle, hello

4:53 am

how's the crossword going?

4:58 am

morning everyone

4:58 am

morning Anita

5:05 am

foffle finished...it was a general knowledge crossword, hence the need to google to find the last few answers.

5:05 am

cooee anita

5:06 am

well done grannyrose

5:09 am

you know, foffle..it's incredible how much we remember! like the words in babble.

5:09 am

also incredible how much we forget!

5:10 am

lol...yeah that too

5:11 am

lol

5:15 am

be back in about 30 minutes, happy babbling foffle.

5:15 am

thanks grannyrose see you later

Could I get a clue for be7, please?

5:44 am

be + throw around, scatter

5:45 am

or, be + snake letter + scottish trousers

5:45 am

wb grannyrose

Thanks granny, got both the 7 and the 8

5:48 am

thanx foffle, body and hair now clean....such a nice feeling

5:48 am

well done, marc

5:49 am

yes it is = all shiny and new

5:52 am

lol, not sure about the new bit....shiny definitely...

5:53 am

shiny is good enough lol

5:54 am

morning babblers

5:57 am

morning pippingeek

5:58 am

looks like everyone is deep in the grid

5:59 am

I think they are it's a bit of a marathon

5:59 am

any clues for ba6?

5:59 am

oh dear, i suppose i must have picked a tough one

6:00 am

foffle, plural sound of sheep

6:00 am

or ba6, hound dog

6:01 am

not particularly tough - but unlike most babblers I don't like the bigger grids

6:01 am

aaah thanks for that

6:01 am

and pipping, not so tough...this old grey mare made it to 160 odd before she listed

6:01 am

helo. Is anyone here? I need a big hug

6:01 am

nice. it's been a few weeks since i tackled any grid, i've been busy!

6:02 am

(((ruby)))

6:02 am

{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}}

6:02 am

hi pippin geek

6:02 am

{{rosie}}

6:02 am

what's he done now?

6:03 am

hi ruby

6:03 am

talk if you need, we love you regardless

6:03 am

hi foffie

6:03 am

no, he hasn't changed, it's just the fisc and the paperwork. I a drowning

6:04 am

there, sweetheart...3 pair of ears to listen, and lots of shoulders to choose from.

6:04 am

it was the first ba5 I needed

6:04 am

awww, hun. please don't despair.

6:04 am

ba6 I mean

6:05 am

oh, the sheep one then..

6:06 am

if not for the garden and the dogs, I would be in the slough of despond or is it despair

6:06 am

that's ba4 isn't it?

6:06 am

just saw a cartoon this morning, a pharmacy with a sign for "free antidepressants"

6:06 am

hun...ruby....just pick a little part of fisc, work on it, then put the wretched thing away for an hour...then try another little bit. take tiny steps, dear. then the journey isn't so hard.

6:07 am

and the image is someone at the counter being handed a puppy

6:08 am

yes, foffle. i didn't know one could plural it. not ba4, the evil god, but ba4, the sounds a sheep makes

6:08 am

that is so sweet and so true pippin. At lunch in the loal resto there were 4 dogs (not mine), a coton de tulear a bichon, a Malinois and a beautiful whippet

6:09 am

pipping, so true, even in jest.

6:10 am

doggles are sweet, even if my kitty is not a fan

6:10 am

then again, she's not a fan of other cats either

6:11 am

one more for nbt, the bottom right o?

6:11 am

nm

6:12 am

it's like i can never find a word until after i ask for it!

6:12 am

yay pipping, nice job

6:12 am

I would love to have a cat too, as I thin the dogs would love it, but husbad would insist on having it de-clawed and I find tht barbaric!

6:13 am

they make rubber claw covers that the vet can put on

6:13 am

notice the missing letters -- still not used to this weird keyboard

6:13 am

how are you feeling, rosie

6:13 am

good morning everyone ((ruby)) here in Canada,ruby,the vets no longer de-claw exept for medical emergencies

6:13 am

ruby??? if you kept the claws trimmed, there would be no need to de-claw a cat.

6:14 am

oh we've just all learned that DH is a jerk? lol

6:14 am

morning crossy

6:14 am

good morning crossy

6:14 am

pippen,foffle;))

6:15 am

ruby. the new splint is great. plus the new pain management. am sleeping most of the night now. wking only briefly to take next lot of pain meds. no pain at all when walking.

6:15 am

mornin' crossy

6:15 am

howdy,granny:))

6:15 am

wonderful to hear granny

6:15 am

one of these days crossy will come and sort out DH

6:16 am

that i good news, rosie, losing sleep is the worst!

6:16 am

who is DH?

6:16 am

glad to hear granny.i felt your knee all the way over here when you described slipping on that floor and landing on it directly

6:17 am

absolutely, ruby. and thanx pipping. after so many months, to be sleeping all night, it's just amazing.

6:17 am

my "beloved" husband

6:18 am

crossy, i also tore the medial ligament, hence the splint 24/7 for 4 weeks.

6:18 am

oh thanks. was wondering who crossy was going to sort out

6:18 am

lol,ruby.i envision your DH as a squacking 130 pound old rooster who needs a few feathers plucked.i bet i could toss him over my shoulder like a sack of flour and walk him out to your yard and dump him into your fish pond to put some sense into him.then i would dry him off and we could go to the local pub and hoist a few

6:19 am

crossy is a big guy and my husband is uch smaller but I fear it may be too late to make any changes in any direction

6:19 am

DH = "dear husband", often used sarcastically

6:19 am

hi, everyone..my grandson was playing basketball and fell and broke his foot.. they called it dancer's fracture..8 week to heal

6:19 am

ouch,poor kid:((

6:19 am

sorry to hear, annie

6:19 am

{{annie]] THAT IS POOPY NE****

6:20 am

what a way to start the summer, ouch ouch is right

6:21 am

there is a fly in here and it keeps landing on me. why is my cat not in a hunting mood when i want her to be?

6:21 am

lol

6:21 am

we had a little green finch in the house the other day and it was a race between me and Rufie who would s

6:22 am

*save* him first. I won

6:22 am

cute, ruby

sp6, please?

6:22 am

yayyy

6:22 am

awww, annie, not good...but kids do bounce back quickly.

6:23 am

marc, add a vowel to rate of progress

6:23 am

i once saw my friend's weimaraner pluck a female cardinal out of a pear tree. poor birdy didn't make it.

6:23 am

or a very very small pair of swimming gear

6:23 am

also a type of mechanical gauge

thanks

6:24 am

budgy smugglers?

6:24 am

hahaha granny

6:25 am

aka under the butt nut hut

6:25 am

oh crossy... :/

6:25 am

:))

6:25 am

ROFLOL

6:26 am

on Fr beaches, you're Lucky if they're wearig that uch *not that there's much to hide)

6:27 am

pled

6:27 am

oops

6:27 am

it's gonna be like that today on coney island for the mermaid parade

6:27 am

my bad

6:27 am

ty cross

6:27 am

*thinks* must keep himself away from the beaches infrance. what about the female of the species, ruby?

6:28 am

mostly topless and often fat

6:28 am

shouldn't be topless

6:28 am

oh...so i would 'fit' right in?

6:29 am

no, rosie, we would love you regardless!!!!!

6:29 am

I could go topless, and nobody would notice

6:29 am

same here ruby.ever since the topless law came into effect,the only ones who avail themselves of it are old,overweight biker gals who you would gladly offer 5 dollers if they would put thier top back on

6:30 am

lol...not too sure, ruby....then again, himself probably wouldn't be too interested in something he sees all the time.

6:31 am

i'll take that 5 bucks, thank-you kind sir...lol

6:31 am

it's like the nude beaches in nyc -- nothing there anyone wants to see

6:31 am

lol.never now you rode a motorcycle and were in a club,granny:)

6:31 am

we once did a charter and an invited "friend" (wife of B.s friend, proceeded to take off her bikin i top. I told her, in no uncertain ters, that as it was our charter and I set the rules, she had no business embarrassing y husbad

6:32 am

good on you, ruby.

6:32 am

I can be a very nasty bi***!

6:32 am

i cannot believe our little ruby can be like that!

6:32 am

Third column E stats please?

6:33 am

ea** on down the road

6:33 am

ty,pippin

6:33 am

ty pippin

6:33 am

you'd be surprised, crossy. When I was working, and a potential Customer would say I'd buy if you'd ****, I'd say "you're not that big a Customer!"

6:33 am

eases

6:33 am

I lived in Holland for years and avoided the topless debate by wearing a swimsuit rather than a bikini

6:34 am

ballocks

6:34 am

sorry

6:34 am

5th column T and O stats please?

6:34 am

every day should include a little something from The Wiz!

6:34 am

tr5 and os4

6:35 am

ty again pippin

6:35 am

nbt

6:35 am

stats for the 8 please?

6:35 am

yay!

6:35 am

today i am getting a perm for my tr5es

6:36 am

first time in over a decade, and i am excited

6:36 am

be 8/70

6:36 am

mlf, plural be7, be + throws around, scatters

6:36 am

you will be gorgeous, pippin!

6:36 am

and a 7/52 goes with that

6:37 am

ty, rosie, great clues

6:37 am

dont have be7

6:37 am

thanks ruby, i always wanted to be a curly girl

6:38 am

got it thanks granny

6:38 am

nbt and nbs

6:38 am

except now that nobody does perms anymore i have to go to a really nice salon to do it and it will be spensive

6:38 am

today we are having a treat.my brother does jaunts to Costa Rica and he sent me some of their amazing mountain grown single plantation coffee;)) first time i have had the perkulator out in 6 months.one neighbour down the hall just knocked at my door to ask what coffee i was using:))

6:39 am

nice, crossy. if i drank coffee i'm sure i would be envious

6:39 am

i normally do not,but i cross over to the dark side for this coffee

6:39 am

yummy, crossy. nothing like the aroma of freshly brewed coffee

6:39 am

and thank you for inspiring me to find the br4 and 5

6:40 am

my hair is thin, salt and Pepper and curly, if I let it. But mostly just neat and barely enhancing my tiny head

6:40 am

well,ty for being inspired so i could find it also;))

6:41 am

Sounds great crossy. I'm luxuriating in Colombian coffeejust now. A present from my daughter-in-law's mum

6:41 am

would love that doffiee!

6:41 am

een spelt that say

6:41 am

i've been growing mine out, it is down to my chin (from super short a year ago) and just lank and sad and not flattering, so curls will be fabulous

6:41 am

hah. if only pabst was a valid word

6:43 am

it is amazing,ruby.not blended with other plantations so you can actually taste the essances particular to that plantation like bananas grown on the same acreage etc and so smooth.my brother says when they ship overseas we get the "seconds"

6:43 am

I remember Pabst from my youth in NY

6:44 am

ahh water-beer;))

6:44 am

as teens,we used to have contests to see how many american beers we could drink.the stuff was dirt cheap so what the heck

6:44 am

the only beers I really like are the very dark monk-brewed beers in Belgium

6:45 am

now thats the stuff,ruby

6:45 am

drunk at room temp

6:45 am

thick enough to stand a spoon up in

6:45 am

exactly

6:45 am

no not room temperature!

6:45 am

and roughly 26% alc/vol lol

6:46 am

they're served chilled in Belgium

6:46 am

delicious

6:46 am

when I used to go to Brussels on biz, one time, one of my colleagues there, bought about q dozen different bottles for me to take home to my so -- had to buy an additionaly suitacse

6:46 am

those monks are not quiet because of the vows,they are quiet because they are so hammered they do not trust themselves to speak

6:47 am

(pls forgive the bad typing)

6:47 am

I lived in Brugge for ten years

6:47 am

if you forgive mine:)

6:47 am

hahahah about the Trappistes!

6:48 am

Brugges is so beautfil! o you have a collection of lace?

6:48 am

I loved the cloistered places for widows and spinsters

6:49 am

no I don't. that's for the tourists. I was once asked when Brugge closed (like it was a theme park!)

6:49 am

i don't like the dark ones, but give me a Flemish red and I will be ecstatic

6:50 am

i love a good sour beer

6:50 am

when I travelled to Belgium a lot, i used to go to the flea markets and found some wonderful stuff

6:50 am

oh yes ruby - that's a nice area

6:51 am

I collect lace, American and other, and have the daughter of an Irish friend who will inherit all of my lace (boxes and boxes). I've already given hr soe

6:52 am

have to go for a while - back later. Happy babbling all

6:52 am

I imported Belgian glass to th US, especially low-e to Pella

6:52 am

bye foffie

6:52 am

bye foffle

6:52 am

I find it fascinating to watch lace made.

6:53 am

bye for now

6:53 am

tomorrow foffle, also on my way. nearly 10pm, and i can hear the siren call of my pillow.

6:53 am

{{rosie}}

6:53 am

goodnight granny sleep well

6:53 am

and here it's only 7am!

6:53 am

i'm just excited to not be already at work

6:54 am

night granny

6:54 am

bye ruby, crossy, pippin

6:54 am

and now, the NYT puzzle. Yay

6:54 am

(and half)

6:56 am

bah. starting to get tired already. but a furry somebody woke me up at 4:30am today

7:00 am

see you later, iids

7:01 am

100 words!

7:21 am

tadone!! finito!!

7:27 am

good morning all

7:27 am

cibgrats dawger

7:31 am

Good morning, Babble buddies.

7:31 am

hello scrabs

7:32 am

I see that you just got here too.

7:33 am

just getting started with the morning

7:33 am

I dozed in bed after waking up earlier than I wanted.

7:34 am

nice way to start the morning

7:34 am

Morning, everyone! Hey, I'm finally getting the hang of how to get more words. Let the monkeys enter everything and anything and, lo and behold, they are actually words!

7:35 am

Hi Mimi. Yes, type in all combos of letters.

7:36 am

i was always "embarrassed" to have all the non-words from monkeying then realized that only i could see it - now keep monkeying all the time

7:36 am

Hey, Scrab and teach...in case you didn't see it earlier, I finally got a job! Doing radiology transcription at home, which is what I've done for most of the past 30 years.

7:36 am

Yay! Working from home is great, and a paycheck is even better!

7:37 am

glad you got the job and that it is something that you like to do

7:37 am

Doing that part-time along with my retirement income (first check comes next month) will finally give me much needed finances. It has been a long, stressful time.

7:38 am

neat to be able to work from home - saves all inds of costs and hassle

7:38 am

i'm sure that was stressful for you

7:39 am

Actually, teach, I don't really like transcribing but I am very good at it and it pays well. The only problem is that the main dr. I'll be transcribing is the worst I've ever heard in 30 years! The owner of the service actually asked me to listen to this dr. first before agreeing to take the job....she warned me. But I don't have much choice and will simply look at it as a challenge!

please could someone clue the 8

rens

7:40 am

It's especially good to work at home for me since I have no car and must take public transportation. That is extremely difficult this time of year in Phoenix. Walking to the bus stop in this heat and waiting for it are just too much, especially after my heart attack last year. I'm totally drenched after 5 minutes in 106 degree heat.

sorry

7:40 am

That doc should know to speak clearly so that the proper words are typed. That is so crucial medicolegally.

7:40 am

sorry - just starting - no 8

7:40 am

No 7's or 8 for me yet

nevermind I'll keep trying

pl of be7, be + st5/18

7:42 am

You would think so, Scrab. This group of doctors has already gone through 3 other services. Those services simply said they didn't want the business because this woman isn't worth it. They've tried talking to her but I guess to no avail. Makes no sense to me. I think the service I'm going to work for should charge them double to do her.

7:43 am

But that doc must have to do corrections which are time-consuming, thus she should learn to speak clearly and slowly

7:43 am

TY, pablo.

7:43 am

hi kids! does she have an accent? does she have a speech impediment? or just mumbles and needs to take allocution lessons?

7:43 am

Gracias, Pablo!

7:43 am

Hi Bea

7:43 am

Bea, you are in the grid today. *Passes Bea the Babble tiara*

7:44 am

thnx pablo - gave me lots of words there

yvw! There's quite a few in there....

7:44 am

She dictates so fast she's like an alien doctor! Apparently, she converses that way, too. No, dawg, she's American with no accent I can discern yet...just talks like a chipmunk!

7:45 am

<-------- Will wear the tiara proudly

7:46 am

perhaps a note attached to her transcriptions...Dear Cindy Chipmunk, Please speak slower, and clearly, your transcriptions are a bear to listen to.

7:46 am

If I could work directly with her I could talk to her and probably get her to modify her style. But I won't be able to speak with her at all...just the owner of the service can do that. I much prefer working side-by-side with the doctors but gotta take what I can get these days.

7:46 am

Yay, dawg, good note.

7:47 am

It's just another one of those things in life that makes no sense....as I get older, I'm finding many of those. If only Babblers ruled the world!

7:48 am

One of the worst things for me to endure in life is being confused. Anyone else hate that as much as I do?

7:48 am

hello...help with the sp6, please?

7:49 am

True, Mimi

7:49 am

Is that the swim suit brand, phae?

7:49 am

a type of swim wear, phae

7:50 am

lol...thanks Bzzz

7:50 am

Hey, it's accepted!

7:50 am

ty lbd....done here

7:50 am

whooo hooooo Phae!!

7:50 am

Never would have thought of the swimwear!

7:50 am

WTG, phae!

7:51 am

Happy Babbling...need sustenance!

7:51 am

must be off, have a great day/evening everyone. fun grid today.

7:51 am

It's not even 6 am here....why am I awake?!

7:51 am

Now go enjoy the day, phaeton!

7:51 am

Bye and hugs, dawg!

7:51 am

Bye Dawg

7:51 am

owse

7:52 am

Free word!

7:52 am

Love freebies!

7:53 am

phantom: trousers

7:55 am

I better try it anyway. Haha

pa6?

7:56 am

I already did.

7:56 am

Hi SG. I don't have it yet.

nm

8:00 am

I passed halfway, so that is enough. I need to get going with my day. Maybe I will be back tonight.

8:00 am

Have a good one, Scrabs. I'm leaving too.

sab et

8:05 am

halfway, NBT and NBS - time to break for breakfast

8:16 am

irrelevancy: definition of WODLE - a sad Swiss song

ba 4.7

8:23 am

no hair

have that

8:24 am

Sounds like trumpet song played at military funeral.

ty done

8:25 am

Thanks, Molly. couldn't figure how to clue it.

8:29 am

its a british bun

8:30 am

if this grid will take swim suit wear it ought to take beer brand

8:34 am

and lst week it refused folic--lots of you remarked on THAT

8:39 am

mornng all, nbt but need the 8 for nbs. I know it sart with be but I do not see it

8:39 am

Morning All

8:39 am

hi hego

8:39 am

be+throw things around

8:39 am

Hi Peri

8:40 am

and plural

8:40 am

ty Bea

8:41 am

ty. Never had that before.

8:41 am

Any other clues before I bzz?

8:41 am

pfft!

9:04 am

I ate ba 4/7 in England!

9:10 am

s

9:11 am

stats for bottome right o, pls

os/4

9:12 am

i think os4/4

9:12 am

ty Summer

9:12 am

and ursh

yw

9:16 am

clue for the ba 7 please

9:17 am

double the cons in the middle of the six

9:18 am

dont have the 6 either

9:18 am

a kind of hound

9:18 am

very short legs

9:18 am

found it thanks

9:18 am

: )

9:19 am

bbl

9:52 am

** finito ** last word TE 5/12 which is one of the divisions of a flower parts

10:19 am

afternoon all - any clues for the first ba 6 please

10:20 am

my first is the dog... with long ears. not sure about another

10:22 am

its between the noise sheep make and not having any hair

10:22 am

oh.. I don't have that

10:22 am

plural sheep sounds?

10:24 am

maybe a bostonian talking about the baseball field?

10:24 am

yes

10:24 am

plural the plural shep sounds, kaz

10:24 am

that's just a plain crazy word

10:24 am

hi Doc

10:24 am

but thanks for it

10:25 am

lol... just plain crazy!

10:25 am

not if you're wild and wooly doren :D

10:25 am

hi wine dude

10:25 am

i still have a couple of days left of school, but can see light at the end of the tunnel

10:25 am

how are you californians?

10:25 am

walk into the light....

10:25 am

enjoying gorgeous weather

10:26 am

fantastic, doren... wake up every morning thankful to live in the best place on earth ; )

10:26 am

I'm doing a benefit tonight for the Michael J Fox Foundation

10:26 am

anyway - I will be back later - hubby has just put Dark Shadows on and I want to see it

10:26 am

today is lovely here too. but days llike this are just too rare lately. our spring alternated between rainy (very rainy), cold (very cold - sweaters an socks) and incredibly hot.

10:27 am

I am having a picnic on the beach with a cute guy and watching the super moon... mine trumps yours, ru

10:27 am

what is your part ruru? comedy routine???

10:27 am

nu uh kje

10:27 am

oh, kj that sounds reaaaly nice. enjoy

10:27 am

I am at a standstill with 11 to go

10:27 am

I get to meet Johhny Depp and Emilio Estevez and Holly LOcklear :D

10:28 am

and Holly is still cute

10:28 am

I get to spend the evening with a great guy... who cares about celebs ; )

10:28 am

<-------jealous of you both (but I don't even know who holly locklear is)

10:29 am

I think he means Heather Locklear

10:29 am

that's really good news kje.. where'd ja meet him?

10:29 am

does he mean heather locklear?

10:29 am

<--- Also jealous.. I am a Huge Michael J Fox fan

10:29 am

yeah her

10:30 am

i don't even know who SHE is. where have i been?

10:30 am

<---don't know my celebs

10:30 am

I"m one of the guest sommeliers

10:30 am

that is not necessarily a bad thing Ruru

10:30 am

any tw?

10:31 am

( the not knowing)

10:31 am

I figured that, but I still think you should do a comedy routine

10:31 am

Crue no longer rules for Heather

10:31 am

did she date a motley?

10:32 am

She was married to Tommy Lee

10:32 am

i'm down to 9.. but have no idea on the rest

10:32 am

oh my god.. really?

10:32 am

he's totally weird

10:33 am

<---spoken by one who knows

10:33 am

8 here...

10:33 am

and blind

10:33 am

and how do you know this ru?

10:34 am

ooooo - 6

10:34 am

a friend of mine is a studio musician in LA.. and knows him

10:34 am

<--asked by one who knows nothing about him.. even who he is

10:34 am

He's a drummer, that explains most of it.

10:34 am

any trips coming up, doren?

10:34 am

yeah NYC to meet me :D

10:35 am

Montreal next friday

10:35 am

she's met you... once wasn't enough?

10:35 am

ROFL

10:35 am

haha kj. once is never enough

10:36 am

maybe for you kje :D

10:36 am

<---doesn't go to coffee houses alone any more

10:37 am

so i'm going to the montreal jazz festival after school's out. something i've wanted to do for a while, but have a bit of trepidation

10:37 am

ugh! must list with 6 to go... no time to sit here all day staring at this thing!

10:37 am

fantastci doren!!! would love that!

10:37 am

yeah.. you gotta sit on a beach :D

10:37 am

the radio station runs a group that goes each year, and I impulsively signed up. not sure i like group things, and am not going with any friends. so it's a bit of a gamble

10:38 am

lots to do before then!

10:38 am

i'd rather be at a beach with a cute guy seeing the supermoon

10:38 am

enjoy kj

10:38 am

it will be great... that kind of thing is what you make it

10:38 am

*hopes he feeds kje strawberries*

10:39 am

you're right about that. hope i can make it what i'd like

10:39 am

I hate strawberries

10:40 am

raspberries???

10:40 am

better...

10:40 am

psoa

10:41 am

FW!!!

10:41 am

yay kj!

10:41 am

must run - hagd all... enjoy that festival, dorens!

10:43 am

*feels left out*

10:44 am

awwww, poor ru. left out of what?

10:44 am

have fun doc .. don't do anything I wouldn't do :D

10:44 am

and what wouldn't YOU do?

10:45 am

..not much... ;)

10:45 am

don't want to cause a deep depression ru, but I have to go now too. bbl. happy babbles

10:46 am

aw..bye doren.. have fun ending school soon

10:50 am

morning

10:50 am

hi..welki.. are things calming down up there yet?

10:51 am

no, not yet - still a state of emergency

10:53 am

the downtown is still submerged, still a dozen or more areas of mandatory evacuation - lots of the same in outlying communities. and the flooding is now expected to start in southern alberta

10:53 am

the downtown is still submerged, still a dozen or more areas of mandatory evacuation - lots of the same in outlying communities. and the flooding is now expected to start in southern alberta

10:54 am

sorry for the repeat

10:54 am

that's where you are isn't it southern alberta?

good morning, welki :-) ruru :-)

10:55 am

yes - but the more southerly regions are bracing for flooding now

10:56 am

hehehe -- there's south central, south and really south :)

and north central.... that's me :-)

10:57 am

heard edm is now on flood warning

yes... but different river system but still a warning.

11:00 am

south saskatchewan, right? same one that's threatening lethbridge, medicine hat and drumheller?

11:00 am

why are you getting so much rain?

Son and family were fine... just a power outage for a few hours but so many friends in an upheaval.... the cleanup is going to take months.

11:00 am

it's a combination of a huge rotating weather system and normal ice melt from the mountains

We're on the north Saskatchewan

11:03 am

down to 7.. i think i need to list

it showed it as a vicious circle on the weather maps...not moving anywhere. Are you seeing the sun this morning, welki ?

11:06 am

yes, it's sunny here - looking outside the window, you'd never suspect what's happened

11:17 am

ba 7? pls

11:17 am

nm

I have one.... the dog with the droopy eyes and face..... Fred in the cartoons

11:18 am

Forgot that it can be spelled with a double consonant at the end. ty

I never knew that either.... :-)

nor did the dictionary

...but it's a furniture manufacturer in Virginia LOL

hello all

Hello, Temple Owl

hi diane

11:38 am

hello

11:39 am

I never know whether I am coming on an hour or two after the last chog entry or not

11:41 am

are you still here, bichon?

11:44 am

Hi Ruby

11:45 am

hello Molly

11:46 am

I saw a mosaic garden bench the other day and thought of you. : )

11:46 am

What colors was it and id it have a theme?

11:48 am

Blues and earth tones. It had a sundial on it.

11:48 am

Nice

11:49 am

I would love to have a sundial in the middle of the flower bed, especially since I don't wear a watch

11:50 am

sounds lovely molly and hi to you and ruby:)

11:50 am

I think sundials look pretty in a garden.

11:50 am

Hi L

11:50 am

Hello Lilliann

11:50 am

i have 2 female peacocks sitting on my shed roof at the moment :D

11:51 am

they must have come from the local farm as i know they have peococks there

11:51 am

how lovely (and I get ecited when I see tiny birds....)

11:51 am

excited*

11:52 am

i got a shock when i looked out of the kitchen window ruby because i didn't have a clue what they were to start with has all i can see is their back end until they move their heads

11:53 am

What a nice surprise, L

11:53 am

they had peacocks where we loved before as it was an island and they could go free. My first dog used to chase them onto the roofs.

11:53 am

Freudian slip?

11:53 am

i've taken some pictures on my phone to show the bairn tomorrow.i keep looking out to see if they're still there

11:53 am

*until she has to clean the crap off the roof*

11:53 am

it was molly

11:54 am

some résidents actually complained, if you can imagine, because of the squawking

11:54 am

peacocks are messy birds

11:54 am

i won't be cleaning any crap off as i can't get into my back garden, that'll the bairn's job:D

11:55 am

but beautiful

11:55 am

that's a shame ruby.saying that we can sometimes hear them when they are on the farm so it must be noisy for the people who live next to the farm

11:56 am

the males are beautiful but the females are boring brown but pretty coloured heads

11:56 am

my husband feeds many birds and most of them just squawk and chirp, only the merles, the drabbest of them a, have lovely voices

11:57 am

I used to like the adolescent one, iridescent blues and greens but no showy tailss

11:57 am

ones*

11:57 am

i've just looked and they have gone into a neighbour's garden and luckily no crap ru

11:57 am

I feed the birds too. I get chickadees, cardinals and an occasional blue jay.

11:57 am

Howdy, neighbors!

11:58 am

Hi Judi

11:58 am

we have loads of collared doves and they coo at 4am, normally outside my bedroom window as they like to sit on the sky dish

11:58 am

hi judi

11:58 am

I like humming birds

11:59 am

Oh, L reminded me of the mourning doves. Man, they are dumb birds.

11:59 am

i feed the birds too and always make sure there are plenty of fat balls for them in the winter

11:59 am

Our cat likes to eat the birds. *sigh*

11:59 am

the birds are all different from American ones here, except for the sparrows. We have red tails, red throats, 3 kinds of mesonges, merles, verdier (a sort of chartreuse finch) and the occasional fany bird like hawks, red-throated pigeons, woodpeckers and somethings called a Geai which is multi-colored and about the size of a chicken

12:00 pm

fany*

12:00 pm

good thing Mourning doves don't play babble :D

12:00 pm

I have woodpeckers in the woods out back. I never see them though, just hear them.

12:00 pm

mine likes to chase them judi and occasionally gets one or two. we have blue tits nesting in a bird box and it's lovely seeing them take food in and out for their chicks.i hope our cat doesn't get them when they start to fledge

12:00 pm

we tried putting up suet balls on a metal thingie, but I watched two crows carry the whole thing away

12:01 pm

Are you sure about that Ru? : D

12:01 pm

I can hear a cuckoo and an owl at night, but never see them

12:01 pm

Our cat has easy pickins. Our neighbors have a birdfeeder that is fairly close to the ground. The cat hides in a nearby shady wood pile, then pounces at will.

12:02 pm

i put mine in my hedge so the little birds can get them as we have horrible rook type birds and they are huge and nick any food you put out, we also have alot of magpies

12:02 pm

bird sushi

12:02 pm

it's a shame you don't get to see the woodpeckers molly

12:03 pm

although I've seen magpies around here and in neighboring villages, we've never had one in our garden

12:03 pm

magpies are smart birds

12:03 pm

We have lots of warblers this time of year. The songs are just amazing. Here's a cool website for you birders: www.birdjam.com.

12:03 pm

our hedges and shrubs are full of nests

12:03 pm

we have black birds, sparrows and starlings nesting in our 2 fir trees judi and our cat sits underneath them

12:03 pm

magpies are thieves and killers

12:04 pm

I knew about the st***ing but not about killing

12:04 pm

are your blackbirds all black or do they have colorful shoulders?

12:04 pm

they eat other birds eggs

12:04 pm

no warblers here

12:05 pm

they get red shoulders during breeding time here

12:05 pm

I didn't know that

12:05 pm

12:05 pm

it's no yolk ruby

12:05 pm

the males are black and the females are all brown.i've never noticed any other colour on the male ones ruby

12:06 pm

the yolk's on me

12:06 pm

ty for the st word ruby:)

12:06 pm

ty judi, have written it down and look later

12:06 pm

so they're like our merles. American blackbirds have colorful shoulders

12:06 pm

I found a dead bird on my patio once. I suspect the mangy cat who roams the neighborhood.

12:07 pm

it could have been Alfred Hitchcock Molly...

12:08 pm

we find dead and stunned birds, usually the green ones, who crash into the window. Yesterday, I rescued one from the living room but had to grab it by the foot because Rufie was after it

12:08 pm

: O I never thought of that.

12:08 pm

our black birds don't sit still long enough to have a good look at their colouring

12:08 pm

*note to self.. don't call Molly "Tippy" ever

12:09 pm

I keep a bird guide by the window near the feeder

12:09 pm

Birjam is fun, lilliann. You can download their apps and make ringtones out of bird songs. Also lots of pics and info about birds on the site.

12:09 pm

we also have birds nesting in the eaves and sometimes we find a dead chick on the patio because they've fallen out of the nest:(

12:09 pm

there is a nasty Fr word in here, salo4

12:09 pm

what does it mean ruby

12:10 pm

i might have to download some ring tones for my father in law as he loves birds and he's like you ruby, he has a bird book near his kitchen window, he also like to drive to picnic areas around here and bird watch with his binoculars(the winged variety ru) :D

12:11 pm

it's similar to the c word, but a little less nasty

12:11 pm

atleast you rescued it ruby, what is the green bird?

12:12 pm

it looks like a finch, charteuse with a pale violet beak but I couldn't find a green finch in google

12:13 pm

it is a verdier

12:13 pm

the only big bird I've rescued was the hawk that flew into the living room

12:13 pm

I thought that word meant bitch

12:13 pm

S'okay, Molly. If the birds start to attack, just head for the nearest phone booth. ... Oh wait...

12:13 pm

oh and the woodpecker that got stuck in the garage

12:14 pm

I think it's a little stronger than that, but maybe not. I don't know anybody who uses it, though

12:14 pm

Eh, my French is not that great. I thought fils de salope meant son of a bitch.

12:15 pm

hahah, never heard that expression

12:15 pm

that reminds me ruby, i must phone my parents,i don't know why a swear word would remind me, i think it's the french thing :)

12:15 pm

<---Will go to the PB for using French swear word

12:15 pm

My lady friends must be very refined.

12:16 pm

it sounds like lilliann is another bad girl!

12:16 pm

i only know 2 swear words in french:)

12:17 pm

there are some funny and colorful local expressions, however, like "drinks like a pig" which generally comes with a slurping imitation

12:17 pm

what's the oter one, LA?

12:17 pm

i'm not repeating them in here as i'm too much a lady:D

12:17 pm

*says three "hail Marys"*

12:18 pm

just the first letter, like giving the stats

12:18 pm

that's not really swearing molly, so we'll let you off :)

12:19 pm

me is one and en is a two worded one ruby

12:19 pm

Go ahead, lilliann. It's okay if it's only for educational purposes.

12:19 pm

If I have to swear at somebody here, I do it in English

12:19 pm

well it's 2 words in english the en one

12:19 pm

They use me in subtitles, substituting it for much worse words

12:20 pm

sort of an all-purpose bad word

12:20 pm

merde is one and encoulez is the other.encoulez is not nice though(FO in english)

12:20 pm

hmmm, running through all my en words

12:21 pm

ty, LA, I will add that to my lexicon

12:21 pm

the one I like best is espece de cochon

12:22 pm

i know the pig bit but not the start ruby

12:22 pm

and, early on, when I was Young and cute and would get followed, I learned to say "Fiche-moi le camp" (at least it sounds ike that or "fiche moi le paix"

12:22 pm

it's just "type of"

12:23 pm

Translations, please?

12:23 pm

phone to parents:)

12:23 pm

they're like FO but startling to hear, evidently, as they always worked. Basically "Get lost\'

12:24 pm

but more rude

12:25 pm

got to go get ready for my day.. I have a lot to do.. have fun all.

12:25 pm

bye ru

12:28 pm

good night everybody

12:28 pm

Vowels done. Geesh.

12:53 pm

Anyone have a clue for the sp6/24?

12:53 pm

Mens bathing suit

12:54 pm

Ty. And thanks for that scarey mental image.

12:54 pm

Actually, it's a brand name, I think.

12:54 pm

yup and they make them for women too, and girls. (bought one for my granddaughter)

12:55 pm

Not the best look on men Judi, I agree.

12:55 pm

I have an se4 and a to4 remaining. I feel dumb.

12:57 pm

Ah, the monkies come through. Fireworks!

12:57 pm

yay judi!

12:58 pm

Now must go run some errands. Poo.

1:17 pm

Poo? lol Judi

1:20 pm

hello all

1:20 pm

Hi Pen

1:22 pm

don't remind me

1:22 pm

i am having such poo issues with my cats!

1:22 pm

of what Hursh?

1:22 pm

OOHHH>>>>>

1:23 pm

what are they doing?

1:23 pm

irritable bowel > diarrhea

1:24 pm

poor kitty, poor Hursh

1:26 pm

so i went to michael's, you know that craft store?

1:26 pm

yup

1:26 pm

and i'm checking out and the cashier says, "can i have your email address?" and i'm like, "um... no?"

1:26 pm

done that too

1:27 pm

i mean i got in my car, used my gasoline, came to your store, walked around to find the things i wanted, like, the one thing i don't have to do is give you my email address. that is the beauty of the Store.

1:27 pm

right

1:28 pm

chutzpah even to ask

1:28 pm

I think they have to.

1:28 pm

I just refuse.

1:28 pm

i know, i mean the store, not the person.

1:28 pm

Yeah, it isn't the cashier's fault. She was just doing her job.

1:28 pm

agree

1:29 pm

And generally it is a benefit to the customer. i.e. emailed coupons, etc

1:29 pm

I always say no, tho.

1:30 pm

And the cashier's ability to retain her job may be based, in part, on how many email addresses she collects from customers.

don't get me started about Michael's, They refused to take back unopened items with receipt because I would not hand over my license. I don't patronize them any more

1:30 pm

really??

1:30 pm

that makes no se 5 to me.

1:31 pm

yeah they make me wary.

1:32 pm

i just found be7/52 on a wild guess.

1:33 pm

I thought this grid was pretty easy. Mostly real words.

1:33 pm

oh, i can pl it for the 8!

1:33 pm

yay

thanks hursh

down to 26 with only hurshy's clue

isn't towser a word for a dog?

1,a large dog <great, lionhearted towser that he is — Springfield (Mass.) Union> 2: a large rough person; esp : one full of energy —often used in the phrase a towser for work

1:45 pm

ty i did not know this word.

well, neither does enable. it is from webster's unabridged.

1:46 pm

well it is still nice to expand one's vocab

did you ask for someone to name the cheap beer?

1:48 pm

no i only just arrived half an hour ago

1:49 pm

and i don't drink - so i am not sure what it is lol

not third, not second, but first place. :)

1:51 pm

be4?

5 letters. think first place award

1:53 pm

blue ribbon

1:53 pm

gold medal

well, say, for best in show

1:54 pm

i thought best in show got a blue ribbon, lol

1:54 pm

oops... ;o)

exactly

1:55 pm

trophy, plaque, loving cup...

no, no, ribbon. now think of a beer

:)

_____ blue ribbon

1:57 pm

oh, i see

1:57 pm

i still don't KNOW, but i see

1:58 pm

doesn't anybody out there drink beer?

2:03 pm

ok 1 got 3 left can anyone clue them please. ba7/36. la6/21. te6/18.

2:03 pm

i know what the word is and i don't drink beer....it was my father's favorite

2:03 pm

angela ba7

2:04 pm

well say it then!

2:04 pm

add a letter to the ba 7/24...repeat the last letter

2:04 pm

pabst

2:05 pm

la6/21 - pauses or pauser

2:05 pm

(you should have those if you have the 7)

2:05 pm

la 6/21 is a plural of the previous word

2:05 pm

(same goes for the te 6/18s that i have, if you have the 7/28...)

ding ding ding ding ding and a tip of the hat to penquis

i need to scrounge up some lunch. down to 23, should finish chores. i had not weeded all season so trying to do it all at once. can't plant till i do. and the bedding plants are nearly all gone. :/

2:08 pm

down to 8 here....

2:09 pm

oh i have 12

21

leaving the last 18 for later. happy babbling

2:16 pm

anyone still here?

2:17 pm

yes me

2:17 pm

but i am sleeeeepy

2:17 pm

are these related:

2:17 pm

pa5,12 pa6,21

2:18 pm

well i have a pair that are, yes

2:18 pm

it was a toyota model

2:18 pm

ty

2:18 pm

got them!

2:20 pm

do you have the right T besides bit of hair

2:21 pm

oh nvm pulled a peri

2:22 pm

central O there, i gots 2 ow4/8 - help with the other (promise i won't look now)

2:23 pm

thanks for the help ev1 just 1 left ba7/36

2:23 pm

actress angela ba7

2:24 pm

i am missing the ow 5/18 myself...

2:25 pm

owsen srry dont know how to clue that!

2:26 pm

you can break it up in pieces, but don't put it in chat

2:26 pm

like you might say, the c** jumped over the moon + we have five ***ses

2:26 pm

but thank you :)

2:26 pm

ok will remember

2:27 pm

once i yelled one at someone who was being given like a zillion different clues and was being so dumb and i was like, it's THIS, ok?!

2:27 pm

but thanks, anita... ;o)

2:28 pm

but that was an extremely trying circumstance.

2:29 pm

my mitty my mitty my mitty my mitty

2:30 pm

are there any TW words?

2:30 pm

no

2:31 pm

i am done....:oD

2:31 pm

oh well feel free if you wish to guess my P and my T or even my 3 Bs

2:32 pm

ooh i got the P it was the sound one

2:32 pm

heh heh....let me kn ow if you want any clues...

2:32 pm

well i don't have the list

2:32 pm

i just know i need a bottom T and 3 B's

2:33 pm

i think baldo should be a word

2:33 pm

i do, too....do you have the to 4/5....

2:34 pm

aha that was it!

2:34 pm

thanks

2:34 pm

now B's is a 5 and 2 6's

2:35 pm

do you have this combo?.....br5,14 br6,24

2:35 pm

ah had forgotten to enter the plural

2:36 pm

14 ba words....4 be words....6 br words

2:36 pm

BA6 Ba***** all sorts

2:37 pm

ba

2:37 pm

loses hair was the 5

2:37 pm

all sorts?

2:37 pm

are you done, hurshy?

2:38 pm

no i think zooz is cluing what i need but i don't get it

2:38 pm

i don't get it either...

2:38 pm

Product name for liquorice all sortys.

2:38 pm

geez my typing is bad.

2:38 pm

oh, that may be tricky as i am not actually in britain

2:39 pm

and also hate licorice

2:39 pm

the hardest one for me was the ba 6/24 (first one)

2:39 pm

ok thanks for saying first one - that did it :)

2:39 pm

NOW i'm done.

2:39 pm

congrats!

2:40 pm

i love ba allsorts zoom, it's also a type of hound with big ears

2:40 pm

Congrats, Hurshy!

2:40 pm

wtg hursh!

2:40 pm

They are nice, Lilliann :-)

2:41 pm

hi and back to lurkdom as i'm watching tv more than babbling :)

2:41 pm

I only just poped in..finished a while ago..bye.

2:42 pm

bye

2:42 pm

bye zoom and tc hin :)

2:42 pm

are you done, lillian?

2:50 pm

sorry, i'm watching a progrramme and geting sidetracked.no pen.85 left

2:52 pm

no problem...i am done so i am multitasking

2:52 pm

and typing sucks as usual.wtg pen!! :)

2:53 pm

ty!

3:00 pm

Hi folks

3:01 pm

hi

3:01 pm

hi bichon

3:02 pm

i'm not ignoring anyone, but i'm engrossed in

3:02 pm

Another beautiful day in the Bay Area. Not looking forward to returning to humidity

3:02 pm

oops, sorry:)

3:03 pm

peed

3:03 pm

is that a comment, lol?

3:03 pm

oh my, sorry

3:04 pm

no problem....been there, done that...

3:04 pm

lol bichon, ty, i didn't have that one

3:06 pm

Always on my mind <ggg>

3:07 pm

i hear ya!

Lilli, are you watching The Voice?

willie nelson?

3:15 pm

clue for ba 7, anyone?

Heeeelp me.....

3:15 pm

yes chrissie,you?

Yes lilli, that's why I can't find my last 7

Ba7- you ain't nothin but a kind of hound dog

3:16 pm

ba 7....think of a hound

3:16 pm

sorry, just about to find out who has won it

cryin' all the time

3:17 pm

hound is ba 6

you ain't nothing but a hound dog

3:18 pm

yes!!i'm so glad she won chrissie, but i do like leah aswell, but will i am will make sure she has a contract

Wow, I thought they were all great but thought Leah would win

3:18 pm

phone

you never caught a rabbit and you aint no friend of mine

3:19 pm

i thought leah would win too and i love her voice

3:20 pm

oohhhhhhh 2 t's

3:20 pm

thank you, penguid

3:21 pm

penguid?...

3:21 pm

oops

3:22 pm

oops

3:22 pm

referring to me, lol?

I'm also a country music fan and "don't close your eyes" is one of my favourites

Diving in for those final 7 now

3:27 pm

<---Had no idea country music was popular in the UK

Maybe I'm just a freak Molls :)

And finished....

Favourite song of all time is Willie Nelson, "There you are" but have never been able to buy a copy

3:31 pm

sorry, hubby was on phone

3:31 pm

Yay!wtg chrissie!! :)

3:32 pm

Chrissie if you want to be a freak around here you need to get in line. : D

ty lilli, you finished?

3:32 pm

congrats!

lol

ty pen

3:33 pm

i liked all the finalists chrissie.i thought mike might win because we don't have a british country singer but we do have alot of people who like country music, me included. i have an eclectic mix of music

3:33 pm

no 77 left chrissie, but i can now knuckle down :)

Going to watch Casualty now with a large brandy and come. Happy babbling all x

3:34 pm

*Imagines L in overalls and a cowboy hat*

Brandy and coke...

3:35 pm

*Erases thoughts from dirty mind*

Please pretend I never made that typo

3:35 pm

bye chrissie, so glad you changed it to coke:)

3:35 pm

lmao :)

3:36 pm

bye and tc chrissie

Best typo ever goes to ChrissieDee

...leave 'em laughing, even if unintentionally...

3:36 pm

lolol...

3:36 pm

It's right up there with Peri's "he was hard" typo about her former boyfriend.

3:36 pm

molly, alot of people like country music in this country and we have alot line dancer groups

3:37 pm

definitely add that to the babble bloopers chrissie :D

3:37 pm

*Imagines L boot scootin' *

3:38 pm

i'd look good in dungarees, cowboy hat and boots, not sure wheelchair line dancing will take off though??

3:38 pm

Just finished reading Berenstain Bears to my 3 y.o. grandson. Need adult entertainment. This should fit the bill

3:38 pm

lol molly

3:38 pm

<---Has been known to belt Van Zant's "Goes Down Easy" when drinking

3:39 pm

definitely adult entertainment bichon :D

3:41 pm

lol molly, aslong as it's just swallowing oysters:)

3:42 pm

i'm taking my dirty mind off to lurkdom to try and find some more words

3:42 pm

Wheelchair line dancing...I can see it. Swivel right, swivel left, spin around, clap. Up two, back two, shake your head, clap.

3:43 pm

i'd get dizzy doing that,i'd just sit on the side lines doing wheelies

3:45 pm

i am dizzy just reading about it... :o|

3:46 pm

but i think that could take off molly

3:46 pm

:) pen

3:47 pm

Apparently it already has. Google it.

3:47 pm

cat needs me and then i'm definitely off to lurkdom for a bit

3:51 pm

some of them are brilliant and it great time but i can't turn quickly as i get dizzy, but i am good at wheelies but i don't do them often because of my fingers and head

4:01 pm

oh boy.. missed a good one.. way to go Chrissie :D

4:03 pm

hi ru..

4:04 pm

probably a good thing you weren't there ru.god knows what you would have said(i was going to say come up with but i thought better of it) :)

4:04 pm

it would have been a doozy

4:05 pm

lol...

4:05 pm

I kind of stiffened when I read that though

4:05 pm

in shock :D

4:06 pm

*not going there*...

4:07 pm

mmm, i'm going to make myself some food as i'm starving and having to think of what i say here :D bbiab

4:08 pm

I always thought it was EJ Gallo Brandy..little did I know.

4:09 pm

Puts a whole new spin on "Want to go to my place for a brandy?"

4:10 pm

lol...

4:10 pm

I wonder what kind of "tologists" we are being now.

4:10 pm

:D

4:12 pm

he'll come up with something

4:14 pm

maybe we should be committed to a religious order or semenary

4:16 pm

That was considered when I was in Catholic school, but no one would take me. : )

4:16 pm

ooouuuu...

4:17 pm

I think Pen just had some brandy.

4:17 pm

(got penquis)

4:20 pm

okay..I'm off to do the event..

4:20 pm

Have fun sommeliering

4:21 pm

I hope I don't call Heather Holly

4:21 pm

Call her Locksy

4:22 pm

i am actually eating seafood chowder....

4:22 pm

am back with baked beans and scrambled eggs :0

4:23 pm

*thinking my chowder is better*

4:23 pm

what event ru?

4:23 pm

What a coincidence. I just put a pan of baked beans in the oven.

4:24 pm

i only like certain seafood pen , so i'm preferring mine :)

4:24 pm

I think he's gone. He is a guest sommelier at an highbrow event.

4:24 pm

hey babblers!

4:24 pm

beans in the oven moll;y?

4:24 pm

hi pip :)

4:25 pm

Pip is here. Time to break out the tequila.

4:25 pm

Yes L. Generally you "bake" baked beans in the oven. : D

4:26 pm

ooohhh, lovely,he can be a sommelier at my house too as long as i don't have to pay for the wine :D

4:26 pm

actually i might go with wine.

4:27 pm

i take them out of a tin and out them in a bowl and microwave them molly, sometimes re-heat them in a pan

4:27 pm

tho the doctor did give me a bottle of ouzo this week. but i'm a little scared of it

4:27 pm

hi lilli and milly

4:27 pm

ack, i mean molly

4:27 pm

You should be scared of it.

4:27 pm

(the i and the o are right next to one another, you know)

4:28 pm

lol pip, i'm loving milly :D

4:29 pm

we could have a programme molly, the 2 that disagree lilly and milly :)

4:30 pm

why would your doctor give you ouzo pip?i can understand tablets but alcohol and a very strong one at that

4:30 pm

i am starving, and i have salad in the fridge, but just want to eat potato chips

4:31 pm

hah, lilli, i mean the doctor i assist at work. a patient gave him 2 bottles, he gave me one

4:32 pm

oh,lol, well a glass or 2 will definitely get you dancing and doing the hip hop :)

4:32 pm

i may be young, but i'm far more likely to do the lindy hop than the hip hop

4:33 pm

lol, i was going to say it'll help you get up a mountain quicker

4:33 pm

That stuff will have you dancing naked in the street.

4:34 pm

well, it would for sure help me get DOWN a mountain quicker. (but probably not safer)

4:34 pm

by the way molly, i disagree as you're one of the few babblers i actually get on with :)

4:36 pm

i meant as in what i wrote at 4.29 molly

4:37 pm

naked rock climbing...painful :0

4:37 pm

naked rock climbing...painful :

4:37 pm

ouch!

4:38 pm

L, what I put in the oven is not canned baked beans. I made them from scratch.

4:39 pm

definitely 'ouch' pip! how is your job going?

4:39 pm

so how do you make them and what type of bean do you use molly? cannelini?

4:40 pm

i just always buy the low sugar ones from a shop but i do like to buy the mixed beans in a tin in water and then i mix them with garlic, onion and chopped fresh tomatoes, like a salsa

4:41 pm

and a tiny bit of chilli flakes

4:41 pm

job is going well, lilli. they did assign me to the super-jerky doctor, but he likes me

4:41 pm

super jerky?

4:41 pm

I use navy beans. You soak them overnight, then cook them on the stove for a while. Then bake them in a brown sugar, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, onion and bacon sauce.

4:42 pm

he yells all the time, it seems his greatest pleasure is to be outraged, and woe until they who make mistakes

4:42 pm

i've never heard of navy beans or bacon sauce

4:42 pm

unto, that is

4:43 pm

Not bacon sauce. All that stuff are the ingredients for the sauce I bake them in.

4:43 pm

well, i'm ghlad he likes you pip.

4:44 pm

oh ok, but i still don't know what navy beans are. will need to google

4:45 pm

They are white beans, smaller than cannelini.

4:45 pm

haricot beans which is what we use as baked beans

4:47 pm

that's what i buy a can of, as in haricot, cannelini and another bean, which i forget and mix with what i said at 4.40 but i have that cold with a salad

4:48 pm

i've never made proper baked beans, probably better as alot less salt and sugar than in the cans and probably more flavoursome molly

4:48 pm

i'll have to write down your recipe

4:50 pm

mmm, potato chips

4:51 pm

aye eat the chips as you can have salad tomorrow :)

4:53 pm

or crisps even.what flavour are they pip?

4:54 pm

just finished 2 small half-eaten b ags. one was salt and vinegar, the other onion and garlic

4:55 pm

i wish chips were full of vitamins... ;o)

4:55 pm

we don't get onion and garlic here, i would love them.i like prawn cocktail, cheese and onion and beef flavoured crisps

4:55 pm

well, potatoes do have some :)

4:56 pm

prawn cocktail chips or crisps/fries?

4:56 pm

crisps here

4:56 pm

chips are cooked potatoes

4:56 pm

are chips crisps?....or are fries crisps?

4:57 pm

fried even and from the chippy are the best

4:57 pm

no pen

4:57 pm

your chips are our crisps

4:57 pm

well....either they are chips or fries, right?

4:57 pm

ah...ok....

4:57 pm

what do you call fries?....

4:57 pm

your fries are our chips but normally our chips aren't thin they are chunky

4:58 pm

chips are fries.....crisps are chips....got it

4:59 pm

ours can be all sizes really.....steak fries are larger fries, for example....but we also have shoestring fries and curly fries....

5:00 pm

we only get thin chips/fries from macdonalds and kfc etc but from our chippies, which we call our fish and chip shops we get lovely chunky chips, none of them look the same or are the same size, and then we have loads of salt and vinegar on them.especially loads of malt vinegar

5:00 pm

sounds yummy...

5:00 pm

mmm, vinegar. i like them with curry sauce

5:00 pm

if we go to our food shops then we can buy loads of different types in the freezer section

5:01 pm

i like them with all sorts of stuff....like seasoned mayo

5:02 pm

we also get them with curry, cheese sauce or mush peas pen

5:02 pm

I can't eat vinegar chips. They smell like dirty socks.

5:02 pm

in canada, they have "poutine" ....it's fries served with gravy and melted cheese...

5:03 pm

Cheese curds...blech

5:03 pm

lol, molly, i've never thought of vinegar has smelling like dirty socks and i have to smell the bairn's socks and they definitely don't smell like vinegar...if only!!:)

5:03 pm

i like "crottes"...(turds)....but it's an acquired taste...

5:04 pm

we do have chips with gravy too, but i don't like that. i just like salt and vinegar on mine

5:04 pm

turds? that doesn't sound delicious at all

5:04 pm

sometimes i just like a little salt....

5:04 pm

turds pip?? really???

5:05 pm

cheese pieces that are irregularly shaped....

5:05 pm

what is turds apart from what i know that it is here

5:05 pm

you have to chew them well to get the flavor....and they tend to be a little rubbery....

5:06 pm

lillian....your answer appears below your question.. ;o)

5:06 pm

omg, stop it pen...lmao, here turds mean poo :)

5:06 pm

well it means that here, too, lol......but the French Canadians call that type of cheese "crottes" (means turds)....

5:07 pm

i thought that was curds

5:07 pm

oh god really? they need to change the word

5:07 pm

curds is what cheese is made from or how it turns into after the milk is added

5:08 pm

as it curdles

5:08 pm

but the curds are also the chunks of cheese after they drain off the whey

5:08 pm

yes...i don't know much about how cheese is made...but crottes are little irregularly shaped pieces of cheese, pale yellow in color....

5:08 pm

like cottage cheese comes in small curd or large curd varieties

5:09 pm

it's a good thing ru's not here as he'd have a field day, but saying that, he's missing all the good chat :D

5:09 pm

i like cottage cheese

5:09 pm

heh heh....

5:09 pm

I'll take chili fries over poutine any day.

5:10 pm

i find poutine a bit much

5:10 pm

but then i feel the same about chili fries

5:11 pm

so what is poutine?

5:11 pm

i mainly just eat all the bits of cheese out of it

5:11 pm

i don't care for poutine myself, though i like the crottes....

5:11 pm

We get chili fries as an appetizer when we go out and share them.

5:11 pm

fries w gravy and cheese curds

5:11 pm

poutine is fries with gravy and melted cheese

5:12 pm

sorry, i read it in the chat earlier, i don't know about gravy and melted cheese?

5:13 pm

in fact neither of them float my boat!

5:13 pm

it's not a hard cheese, more soft, like bigger chunks of soft cotrtage cheese

5:13 pm

so is that just fries with dried chilli over molly?

5:14 pm

when we have cheese on our chips it would be like cheddar which is melted

5:14 pm

No, fries with chili, like Texas chili, and cheese

5:14 pm

chili fries are fries covered in chili (you know the stew-like food with meat and/or beans) and usually cheese melted on top too

5:15 pm

it wouldn't be cottage cheese as we have that in a sandwich.i didn't think you could melt cottage cheese

5:15 pm

in contrast, crottes are fairly hard....

5:15 pm

we don't have chilli on our fries here

5:16 pm

we don't have that much around here either

5:16 pm

From what I have read here, people in the UK and Canada are not big on Mexican food

5:16 pm

i'll have to google texas chilli, is that like mincemeat with cheese?

5:16 pm

huh. that is a shame

5:16 pm

*Just fainted at the thought of mincemeat and cheese*

5:17 pm

no, we're not molly. we do have mexican restaurants

5:17 pm

lol...

5:17 pm

it's tomato-based sort of mince-meat (but it may only have beans and no meat depending on who makes it) and flavored with lots of chili powder

5:17 pm

no it if you take stew meat and cut into eights. . .

5:17 pm

same here, lillian...we have mexican restaurants but not much chili fries...

5:17 pm

i meant savoury mince not sweet mince used in tarts at christmas

5:17 pm

my dad's has beans and several kinds of meat, and we eat it over rice with cheese and sometimes sour cream

5:18 pm

brown it with onion and garlic and then slow cook it with a cup of chili powder and some tomato paste and a little water. . . .

5:18 pm

*faints at the thought of beans in chili*

5:18 pm

and some people use proper slices or chunks of meat in theirs, every region and/or family has their own style

5:19 pm

Right picky you are. No sugar in cornbread, no beans in chili...

5:19 pm

so many recipes.ty jmc,the problem is that the bairnm and i don't like too much chilli but we will eat a little

5:19 pm

well i have standards. . . .

5:19 pm

speaking of which, tomorrow i will bike to coney island and go for a run on the beach, then get a coney island hot dog (which means with chili and cheese) before i bike home. yay!

5:19 pm

sounds tasty pippin

5:20 pm

Oh really Pip. I guess you can afford the calories in a Coney Island dog with all that biking and running.

5:21 pm

eh, it's one dog. i only live 5 miles away so it's a short bike ride, but a beach run is a lot of work, it'll be worth it.

5:21 pm

goodness this talk of chili has made me hungry!

5:21 pm

jmc, it's basically how i would make spag bol but without chilli, but i will add some next time.

5:21 pm

5 miles...a short bike ride...ahahahahahaha!

5:22 pm

i thought chilli always had beans in?

5:22 pm

JMC has high falutin' Texas standards

5:22 pm

not in true texas chili! that is an anathema!

5:23 pm

it's 30 minutes and all flat. i guess i bike a lot. i used to go that far to work every day up a giant hill

5:23 pm

well i am impressed pippin!

5:23 pm

The only time I make chili without beans is when it's to go in dip or on hot dogs.

5:23 pm

of course i nearly died the time i walked (fairly slowly) six miles

5:23 pm

beans on hot dogs = giant mess

5:24 pm

well you probably use ground meat. . .

5:24 pm

which is the wrong place to start anyway

5:24 pm

jmc, that's because you're so sweet that if you get wet even from sweat, you start to melt!

5:24 pm

*Laughs at the thought of chili dog chili with chunks of meat in it*

5:24 pm

well, i've been to mexico and i must admit, i liked their food but didn't have anything too chillified :)

5:24 pm

hahahahahahahahahahahahha!

5:24 pm

i like ground meat in chili, but then my dad's chili is a thing of beauty

5:25 pm

ground meat is our mince

5:25 pm

i cut my meat myself for my chili. . . .

5:25 pm

yes lill

5:25 pm

about 1/2 inch cubes

5:25 pm

Chili is such a personal thing. I ate a neighbor's chili once and almost gagged because it had big chunks of green pepper in it.

5:26 pm

i know jmc, that is what i was saying :)

5:26 pm

So what do you eat on a bun, L. Mince burgers?

5:26 pm

if we have chunks of meat it's called a stew or casseerole

5:26 pm

weird molls

5:26 pm

ew! i know a lot of people do that, esp for vegetarian chili (hahahaha, oxymoron?) but i am not a fan

helllo all.

5:27 pm

i am not a fan of vegetarian chili. . .

5:27 pm

hi TO

5:28 pm

hey TO

5:28 pm

beef burgers, turkey,lamb,chicken but it is all minced down. i make my own burgers, with lean mince pork and add chopped onion, mushroom, garlic, mixed herbs, pepper and chopped sweet(bell) redd or whatever other peppers i have in

5:28 pm

call it spicy stew veggie stew. . . .

5:29 pm

hi TO :)

5:29 pm

What y'all refer to as "mince" we call "ground". As in ground beef, ground turkey, etc.

5:30 pm

Here, mincemeat only goes in pies at Christmas.

5:30 pm

and here mincemeat has nothing to do with meat either

5:30 pm

we have savoury mince and sweet mince

5:31 pm

but it's good in cookies

5:31 pm

the original mincemeat that the mincemeat we know was based on minced meat.. . .

5:31 pm

that is what my mother said. .. . but who knows

5:31 pm

see our mince meat is minced, so like your ground

5:31 pm

mince is a funny word

5:32 pm

the mince meat we know is sweet and then savoury mince is known as mince

5:32 pm

stats for the corner o please

5:32 pm

see, we do our ground meat in a meat grinder, so how do you make your mince meat?

5:32 pm

Have some ouzo Pip. It will get funnier.

5:32 pm

we do the same pip

5:32 pm

but i don't as i buy it already minced from the supermarket

5:33 pm

there is ouzo? any retsina?

5:33 pm

i think i will go with wine, but i will, if only to celebrate my new curly hair

5:33 pm

It's the same stuff Pip. They just call it mince instead of ground.

5:33 pm

i have a bottle of ouzo my doctor (at work) gave me

5:33 pm

What kind of perm did you get? Tight or loose?

5:33 pm

nice pip

5:33 pm

i need a vodka!! :)

5:33 pm

no stats for the corner O?

5:34 pm

what type of curls pip?

5:34 pm

but molly, how is it minced if it's been through a grinder?

5:34 pm

os4/4

5:34 pm

they had minced beef before they had grinders. . . .

5:34 pm

Don't ask me Pip. Where I come from, ground is ground.

5:35 pm

ty molls

5:35 pm

i've had enough talking about mince which ever way it is ground, chopped, sweet or not..lol

5:35 pm

kind of in-between curls, lilli, my hair is still only barely chin-length (and now a bit less)

5:35 pm

haha lill

5:35 pm

sounds lovely pip

5:36 pm

are you sure we can't grind this into the ground more?

5:36 pm

If I ever go to the UK I will starve because I will not be able to order food with the right words.

5:36 pm

shut up jmc :D(in a nice way)

5:36 pm

stats for the first column E please

5:36 pm

you can point molls. . . that is what i did when i went to places where i didn't speak the language. . .

5:37 pm

. . . like new jersey. . .

5:37 pm

el6/21 and 7/32, jmc

5:37 pm

ty jes

5:38 pm

i keep wanting to find alabaster

5:38 pm

believe me, i'd be the same in the U.S :) i can't believe how many ways you have eggs. i just like mine dry fried with a nice yolk so i can put my toast into it

5:38 pm

Oh I definitely don't speak Jersey.

5:38 pm

See! Dry fried???

5:38 pm

that sounds like sunny side up lill

5:40 pm

*Imagines a dried up egg white with a runny yolk in the middle*

5:40 pm

well, i would dry fry it at home molly but even here in restaurants and cafes, they don't so i don't mind it in pan withut loads of oil but i want a nice soft yolk

5:40 pm

nbt

5:40 pm

there, supposedly my profile pic should now be me with the new hair

5:41 pm

not here....

5:41 pm

it is when i click on it

5:41 pm

it definitely isn't molly, i put my egg in a pan and then i will cover it with a pan lid to cook the white and then the yolk is still gooey

5:41 pm

another 10 minutes before i wander off to the garden. . .

5:42 pm

No eggs cooked in oil in my house, only butter.

5:42 pm

mmmmm butter. . .

5:42 pm

i've actually started cooking mine in chicken fat, it is so so good

5:43 pm

ba 7/36 ?

5:43 pm

mmmmm schmaltz. . . .

5:43 pm

Jewish mothers everywhere are proud of Pip.

5:43 pm

the hound, sammysmom

5:43 pm

that's it, jmc sunny side up and then all the other terms, i get confused when i go to the carribeanand mexico as they don't know what we're talking about. all i want is a fried egg with a runny middle :) that's not too much to ask?

5:43 pm

repeat after me: sunny side up

5:44 pm

How do you like your eggs? Looking at me.

5:45 pm

why do i have to say sunny side up? :)

5:45 pm

my favorite is blind-folded . . .but few cooks know how to do them anymore. . .

5:45 pm

so what are they when you turn them over, which is what my hubby and bairn like

5:45 pm

over easy?

5:46 pm

Go ahead and order a dried egg in the Caribbean L and see what you get.

5:46 pm

yes, over easy, or over hard if no longer runny

5:46 pm

Yes, over easy. As in turn them over, but don't cook the yolk hard.

5:46 pm

i like my eggs in the carribean as they are on a flat type griddle pan but not too much oil

5:47 pm

i would like anything in the carribean. . .

5:47 pm

very confusing to me, we just say flip them over

5:48 pm

A blind folded egg is now called shirred.

5:48 pm

i like how our countries speak the same language!! :D

5:48 pm

Wait, no, basted.

5:48 pm

oh ty moll. . . .

5:49 pm

basted is different. . . but okay

5:49 pm

basted, is what you do to a chicken

5:49 pm

the hound is the ba 6/24 and cannot be made into a plural... i need the ba 7/36

5:50 pm

sammysmom ba7/36 ba double consonant vowel double consonants....hi all

5:50 pm

Double the consonant at the end SMom

5:50 pm

double up on everything sammy

5:50 pm

add a cons

5:50 pm

Basted is the same, whether you use bacon fat or butter.

5:50 pm

blindfolded is a sunnyside up where you put a little water on the grill and then a lid over the water and the egg. . . kinda looks like a cataract . . .

5:50 pm

hi gypsy

5:51 pm

THANKS... you know i can't see the tree for the forest

5:51 pm

jmc, that sounds like poached, except not

5:51 pm

no basted you pour the oil or butter from grill over the egg. . .

5:51 pm

hi cgypsy

5:51 pm

what is the one that gets baked in a little ramekin?

back. dinner is cooking, waiting for the dinner chime

5:52 pm

hi lil...on vacation and haven't had a chance to be on much....great conversation today....I'm hungry!

shirred egg

5:52 pm

is that called shirred?

5:52 pm

ty jmc, so similar to how i do it but without water.all teh terms get soooo confusing:)

5:52 pm

no poached you put the egg in boiling water. . .. hahaha . . . I begin to see lill's point

5:52 pm

we poach eggs in water and vinegar in a pan

5:52 pm

the ramekin is what i would call shirred. . .

5:52 pm

i poach in a silicone container, it works better

5:53 pm

yes the vinegar helps stay together. . .

5:53 pm

i also poach in a bowl with a little water in teh microwave

5:53 pm

so it's basically steamed while sitting down in the water

i saw today that fish can be poached in oil, i wonder if egs can. i only eat scrambled.

5:53 pm

I like mine made my St. Bennidict

5:53 pm

anyway I am off to plant more okra. . .

5:53 pm

there are so many different terms and ways of doing eggs, it's unbelievable

5:53 pm

tasty joso!

lil do you have scrambled egs?

5:54 pm

you can also poach fish and shellfish (and i assume other things) in butter, which is divine

5:54 pm

i wish i was coming with you jmc :0.lol

5:54 pm

bye jmc and tc

5:54 pm

butter poached shrimp are amazeballs

why oh why are the a words hiding from me? *tears at hair*

5:54 pm

yes we do TO, i had them for my supper with baked beans

5:54 pm

bye all! *puts on straw hat and poofs*

interesting... and you use the same word. miracle. ;)

5:55 pm

i had poached eggs for brekky, with some kielbasa

where are you going je?

5:55 pm

but i don't cook them with butter, i just scramble 3 eggs, add salt and pepper and a little milk and stir over the heat

5:55 pm

something about planting okra, TO

oh there is the oven chime. bbl

5:57 pm

diving in to find more words

5:57 pm

Oh praise be! She knows what scrambled eggs are!

5:58 pm

i'm english, not american. we don't have hundreds of terms for cooking one thing :D

5:59 pm

by the way no offense meant, i'm joking

5:59 pm

i'm diving in before rocks thrown at me :)

6:00 pm

Well L, we like diversity here. Beef and yorkshire at every meal gets boring. : P

6:00 pm

no rocks...

6:00 pm

it's because we season with more than salt

6:00 pm

yorkshire pudding with any meal never gets boring :)

6:00 pm

sadly, english cooking gets quite a bad rap

6:01 pm

cheek pip, so do we..:)

6:01 pm

Mushy peas...I rest my case.

6:01 pm

yes it does and yet we have some lovely tasting food and we do add spices,herbs and flavourings

6:01 pm

well, apart from them molly

6:03 pm

but then the same is said about american food as in hotdogs and all the cholesterol full food

6:03 pm

we all have different tastes around the world and we all have lovely tasting unhealthy food and healthy food

6:03 pm

Plenty of cholesterol in beef and bangers

6:03 pm

it's true. there is amazing american food, but so many americans eat like crap

6:04 pm

we all do pip.the best food to eat apparently is asian as in non cholesterol and healthy

6:05 pm

They even have an acronym for it - SAD - standard American diet. And it can be pretty sad, lots of junk food and fast foods

6:05 pm

Most "American food" comes from other countries anyway, as we are the "melting pot".

6:05 pm

but rice and noodles only fill you up for so long and then your'e hungry again

6:07 pm

aye and then the american's have added their own taste to things molly

6:08 pm

at the end of the day, we choose what we eat

6:08 pm

i choose delicious!

6:08 pm

i ate a cup of seafood chowder, a seasoned mashed up avocado, grape tomatoes, and a bagel thin for dinner...

6:08 pm

me too pip.

6:09 pm

i eat what i fancy, some might be healthy ,some not, but i don't care. we only live once. we have to enjoy our lives while we're here

6:11 pm

i've heard of stories from my nan who has eaten bread and dripping, golden syrup and bread and bread and sugar with butter and she is 96 this year, so it hasn't done her any harm

6:11 pm

What is the point of eating if you don't enjoy what you eat?

i ate oven fired chicken tenders, home fries and broccoli.

6:12 pm

i would try the chowder pen, but if it's too fishy tasting i wouldn't like it but the rest i would eat

6:12 pm

wasn't fishy at all....lobster, clams, crab, shrimp, and just a little haddock....yummy

6:13 pm

sounds lovely TO

6:13 pm

i don't like lobster pen but i ate crab years ago and it was too salty for me so i need to taste it again

6:13 pm

<---Loves seafood chowder

i almost always wat overn fired chicken tenders. sometimes i make a bit extra and maake them milanese or parmigiana

oh my, my typing is awful tonight. FRIED, oven FRIED, breaded tenders

6:14 pm

i must admit, i'm not a big fish eater and i can't stand salmon

6:14 pm

we knew what you meant TO:)

i am very iffy on fish and turth be told like it fried the best. but i am learning

6:15 pm

i only eat salmon out of a tin with loads of malt vinegar mixed into it

6:16 pm

i like cod, scampi,plaice, dover sole but not fishy fish

6:16 pm

well when one lives on the coast, one learns to like fish.... ;o)

6:16 pm

i used to live on the coast pen but i still wasn't a big fish eater

i am with you on that, lil, though i have eaten swordfish steak and mako

6:16 pm

i don't like fishy fish either....usually think that it's not fresh...

6:17 pm

i love mussels,winkles and cockles

6:17 pm

Alive, alive-oh!

i am just so bored with cooking - and eating - at present.

6:17 pm

i've had sword fish in jamaica and it was lovely To and tuna steaks

6:17 pm

:) molly

EVERYTHING they cook in jamaica is wonderful. I've eaten things there that i've never liked again.

6:18 pm

i've never had mako

6:18 pm

The best fish is freshly caught fish. The longer it's out of the water, the blander it gets.

6:19 pm

marinated and grilled or roasted shark is lovely

6:20 pm

It's because of all the ganga they add to the food TO. : D

ah, i have a ton of eggs and need to use them up quickly. i am going to make cup custards tonight, then a sacory pie tomorrow. that will kill a half dozen

:P yah mon

6:20 pm

In dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty, i first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone :)

6:21 pm

I like the Beatles song. Desmond pushes the wheelbarrow in that one. : D

6:21 pm

i'm the same To with the jamaican food and i even had cow hooves there

6:22 pm

i don't know that version molly

oh hell, i did not o that far, only as far as pepper pot soup and lobster.

6:22 pm

You don't know The Beatles song Oh-Blah-Dee?

i need to finish and decide if i want to go swing dancing tonight. not motivated but it that or walk

6:23 pm

when we went to jamaica molly, we went to 9 miles which is where bob marley lived and that is the only legal place on the island that you can smoke ganga and ask a policeman to light it for you :)

6:24 pm

oh yes i do molly, thanks

6:24 pm

Get up stand up...

6:24 pm

but, i've neve been big into the Beatles. my husband has been to the kabin a few times with his guests on his coach

6:25 pm

believe me To, no-one could eat the hooves, the best part was the carrots with the sauce:)

6:26 pm

hey, clue on the re6?

6:26 pm

TO, i think your cup custards would be our custard tarts? it would be custard in a pie case

6:27 pm

cup custard has no crust, just baked in a cup

6:27 pm

i don't have that one yet pip, sorry

6:27 pm

ah, so l

here we go again... :) it is individual custard baked in a cup or ramekin. no crust

i may make coconot custards.

6:28 pm

it's not my fault we don't cook the same :D, ahh ok ty :)

6:29 pm

got it. bloody re words

what they h - e- double hockeysticks is ba6/24!!!!!

6:29 pm

can you give me a clue please pip?

6:30 pm

you would buy a used item at a re**** shop

6:30 pm

i have a sheepsounding one TO

6:30 pm

TO, it is a total unword - double-plural sheep sounds

6:30 pm

and the hound dog with big ears

that's what I though it might be. but i was hoping to be wrong.

6:31 pm

my last word is the st6

6:32 pm

If you have the be7/8...you should have the st6

6:32 pm

and now i feel stupid because i never tried the plural of the one before. wigh

6:33 pm

the sheep word was my last one....

6:33 pm

haha, i meant "sigh"

and done. now to be productiv. or walk . or something

6:33 pm

That is not a sheep word. That is a word someone typed while they were drunk, and Enable said "what the hell, let's include it".

6:34 pm

yay!wtg pen!! ;)

6:34 pm

yay!wtg TO! :) enjoy the rest of your day and tc

geek, i wanted to go to connolll's tonight but i have not yet figured out how to do so easily and economically

6:34 pm

haha molly.

6:35 pm

i agree molly,what the hell is that word!!

connolly's

6:35 pm

okay, sadly, i feel ready for bed already, even tho it' only 7:30

6:35 pm

ty for the st5/6

6:35 pm

Drunk baseball announcer: The ba6 are loaded and Simpkin is up.

6:36 pm

i wish it was that time here pip

perhaps a british bball announcer

6:36 pm

well, i hope you get to go to wherever you want tonigh TO, cheaply and safely

6:37 pm

perhaps i will lay down my curly head till tomorrow, when i can bike to the beach!

6:37 pm

i miss riding a bike :(

i will try to figure out how to make an acquaintance list in fb

6:39 pm

Aha, a drunk British baseball announcer

6:40 pm

i'll have to get a bike made for my daughter where she pedals and then i can have an added bit onto hers but mine goes on the ground with a bucket seat and i can pedal, so when i get dizzy, the bairn does all the work :D

6:40 pm

it would be funny TO, apart form the fact we don't play baseball

6:41 pm

Oh that's right, y'all like those prancy sports like cricket and polo : P

6:42 pm

there's nowt wrong with cricket and atleast with our rugby union, we don't wear shoulder pads and helmets :P

6:43 pm

and try riding a horse quickly whilst hitting asmall ball at the same time :)

6:43 pm

Easy girl, we have rugby over here too. I dated a rugby player in college.

6:43 pm

and here in the cities they play polo on double-tall bikes

6:43 pm

did he have a broken nose?

6:44 pm

double tall bikes?

6:44 pm

And the rugby players are all insane from getting bashed in the head too many times not wearing a helmet.

6:44 pm

but rugby isn't a big sport in your country though molly, like ours is it?

6:45 pm

my dad and brother are alright, tyvm :D

6:45 pm

No, our big sport is football. But there are plenty of rugby teams.

6:46 pm

i think there are some insane ones in all sports, with or without helmets

6:46 pm

Not like rugby. Have you ever drank with those guys? Holy mother of God.

6:47 pm

you don't play football molly, you play american football which is similar to rugby. football is totally a different sport, what you would call soccer

6:47 pm

yes, and i kept up with them :) i don't know if i should say that :D

6:48 pm

Call it what you want L. It's called football here.

6:48 pm

with helmets :)

6:48 pm

Just please don't call it "footy"

6:48 pm

i would never call it footy

well ladies, i bid you all adieu. and happy babbling, if any of you are. :P

6:52 pm

bye To, tc and i hope you ahve a good evening :)

same to you, cheeky

6:57 pm

help with ba7 pls

6:57 pm

Like the hound, double consonant at the end

6:58 pm

Hello just starting. Lovely day in the Northwest with sunshine and comfortable temperatures.

6:58 pm

Hi Gran Mere

7:00 pm

Hi Molly.

7:01 pm

Sounds like a pretty day in your neck of the woods.

7:03 pm

hi peri

7:04 pm

((gmere)) lovely to see you

7:07 pm

ty Molls

7:07 pm

hi lil, hi all

7:09 pm

Yes. We finally got summer!

8:02 pm

we sure did, and what a glorious beginning to our warmer season!

8:02 pm

hello all

8:04 pm

hi stid :)

8:05 pm

Just got fireworks!

8:05 pm

yay!wtg gmere!!:D

8:06 pm

Thank you lilliann! I don't finish very often but it is nice to do it. I'm going to finish cooking dinner. We have some fish to go with our baked potato, fresh beets and beet greens. I'm going to do the artichokes tomorrow--not enough pans to hold everything!

8:08 pm

YAY mother!

8:08 pm

sounds great gmere,send a plate over please :D

8:08 pm

evening all! can I have stats for the 8?

8:08 pm

:-) have a wonderful evening.

8:08 pm

hey dan -- the niece pics were awfully fun. What a sweet child she is!

8:09 pm

be8/70

8:09 pm

thanks stid! the new cousin is a doll :-)

8:09 pm

bye gmere and tc

8:09 pm

ty lilliann got it

8:09 pm

how are you lilliann?

8:10 pm

yw dan

8:11 pm

not me, unfortunately... be 8 for beginners?

8:11 pm

not too bad thanks stid,father in law was inhospital this week but out now and seems to be doing ok as long as he takes his warfrin when he should

8:11 pm

I am so sorry he had to learn that lesson the hard way... I hope he will not have lingering problems!

8:13 pm

no, he's just found out that he has a bad heart and has to take warfin but we have to remind him to take it at the same time every day. he went into hospital with bad neck pain which is unrelated and then they found out that he had an irregular heartbeat

8:14 pm

oh, so glad it was something else that got him the help he needed... but still... ((hugs)) glad he'll be okay!

8:16 pm

us too, but i don't think he realizes how serious it is

8:17 pm

i love him to bits but when you talk to him and he doesn't have senile dementia or owt like that but when you talk he is on bbc radio and the rest of us are on cnn.he just doesn't listen as he's too busy telling you his live story or whatever.he was the same in hospital with the doctors

8:18 pm

he's more worried about his bad neck which isn't bad but he needs to move it more but because it hurts he doesn't so that makes the spasms worse

8:19 pm

sounds like perhaps perceptual impairments? Is his hearing going? mid-range perhaps?

8:20 pm

he might think he's listening, and he might be hearing something, but if it's hard to fill in the missing bits he might not really be hearing.

8:20 pm

everything is good stid, it's just him and he's been like that for years and years...it's just him

8:21 pm

wow... LOL I cannot imagine existing like that, actually. Bothers me when I have allergies that clog my ears.

8:21 pm

That's when I have trouble connecting and retaining information.

8:22 pm

he's always talked over people and his life is more important.he did it when the bairn was knocked over, bless him. i don't think he means to do it, he just does#

8:23 pm

and he has loads of mates and when we drive pass people, he'll say 'that's my mate' but he doesn't know their name and they've never shown up when he's needed them so...

8:25 pm

as you know i have problems with my ears which is why i have all my dissabilities, but he doesn't bless him.his ears and eyes are ok

8:29 pm

he's a lovely man stid and if you met him you would like him but you'd also understand...probably not his accent though..:)

8:30 pm

rough to have people like that, isn't it lilliann? And yes, I know you also have trouble with hearing, which is why I mentioned it. As a teacher, sometimes it seems a student (or a parent!) is just rude and doesn't pay attention when it really is a hearing or vision issue.

8:30 pm

LOL I am pretty good with accents, lilliann... after a while. Or is he Geordie too?

8:33 pm

he has more of a pronounced accent and the ol4 geordie words that aren't used so much now

8:34 pm

oh, yes -- that's a funny thing about accents, they turn into generational oddities, too. My grandmother spoke the German of "50 years ago" ...

8:35 pm

i think some of the bairn's teachers might of thought i was rude on her parents' evening as i couldn't hear everything and then i was leaning in so i could lip read :)

8:36 pm

:-) I refused to go to many conferences that were held in the gymnasium. I couldn't hear what was said, too much background noise.

8:36 pm

They thought originally it meant I didn't care, but the reality was that I simply couldn't hear.

8:36 pm

i should have taken off my glasses..:)

8:37 pm

do you have hearing aids stid?

8:37 pm

No, I have "perfect" hearing, lilliann according to the tests, but I have a problem with background noise because my brain isn't able to sort the important things out.

8:38 pm

i have hearing aids but when out in public with all the noise it makes it worse for me so i don't wear them out in public

8:38 pm

oh ok, is there something that can be done?

8:39 pm

yes, I know there are some hearing aids that claim to avoid that, but I don't think they are very good.

8:41 pm

when i wear mine i can hear every one else but the person i'm talking too, and then all the noise gives me pressure in my head and then i end up lying down for hours,so sod the hering aids :)

8:42 pm

I don't know, lilliann -- one of these days I will give docs a try again. I am still so disgusted with the way I have been treated for other issues that I just have developed coping mechanisms. Which include things like trying to meet with students when all the other ones are busy and quiet. :-)

8:45 pm

i'm like you stid, i've had enough of doctors just passing the buck or not listening and after the 10 years i did i just get on with it now and see them when i have too, but i should say that no all doctors are bad and alot do listen and will try and help and thankfully i've found a few but the others haven't helped

8:49 pm

i think it also depends on what you have wrong with you as i had signs and symptoms are similar for alot of ailments as i found out even though i ended up having the both they told me i wouldn't have, so it is tough for doctors but some just don't seem to care.my local gp is crap

8:50 pm

so is my typing as it is early:) 5 left diving in to finish and go to bed

8:52 pm

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

8:52 pm

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

8:54 pm

hi min

8:57 pm

E's Energised! 7 left

8:57 pm

thanks lilliann -- and yes -- I have multiple (at this point usually minor) issues that could be many things, and they aren't interested in looking at the totality of symptoms, just treating each thing separately. Oh well.

8:58 pm

welcome to the grid, Min!

8:58 pm

yay min!

8:58 pm

brb down to 50

9:00 pm

well hopefully they will stid as alot of minor issues tend to go together to form a major issue or a not so major issue but atleast a'something' if you know what i mean

9:07 pm

B's Bought! 6 left

9:08 pm

go min!!

9:09 pm

A's Aligned! 4left

9:11 pm

I am finished! I have fireworks! sp 6/24 was my final word.

9:11 pm

I will be here for thirty more minutes to clue if still needed

9:12 pm

yay!!wtg min!! :)

9:12 pm

2 left here

9:13 pm

back again

9:14 pm

Hi all!

9:14 pm

YAY Min!

9:14 pm

Just reading the chog, and wanted to mention Stid that if you try a DO instead of an MD, you might get a doctor who is more likely to look at the whole instead of one symptom at a time.

9:14 pm

hey nrk!!!

9:14 pm

That's supposed to be their approach.

9:14 pm

Go lillian go!

9:14 pm

I just switched to a DO, so we'll see how that works. :)

9:14 pm

Hello nrkii! How are you doing today? Welcome to the grid

9:14 pm

2 left here also

9:15 pm

P5 and S5

9:15 pm

hang in!

9:16 pm

hope it works out well, nrk, I have also heard good things about DOs

9:16 pm

Go nrkii go!

9:16 pm

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

9:17 pm

hey penquis!

9:17 pm

you, know, every time I see your icon in smally-size penquis, I think it's a jellyfish... LOL the 1701 species!

9:18 pm

fireworks finally!!

9:18 pm

lol

9:18 pm

i am doing fine, min....been lurking for a while...

9:18 pm

YAY lilliann!!!!

9:18 pm

hi nrkii and pen :)

9:18 pm

Congratulations lillian on your fireworks display!Way to go

9:18 pm

can you give a robust clue for the BE 8 please?

9:19 pm

piffle. FOUND IT.

9:19 pm

I have stupidity brain today

9:19 pm

yay liliann!

9:19 pm

still looking for last 2... on phone with mom so distracted

9:19 pm

my last ones were ab6/7 and how i didn't see that befor now, i deserve a bif fish slap!! :)

9:20 pm

Been gone alday...should I dive in? Is it doable?

9:20 pm

congrats!

9:20 pm

hey jilly -- it's friendly enough to 50, then I am bogging down

9:21 pm

hi jill :) it's not bad at all

9:21 pm

I don't have those yet either, lilliann... *thinking* hard to know which ones I am supposed to take care of when I don't have the list

9:21 pm

*splash*

9:22 pm

stid, the ab6/7 is when a child is not at school so they are this

9:23 pm

man, silly me! thanks lilliann!

9:24 pm

i can't say owt as it was my last word :D

9:24 pm

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

9:24 pm

i'm off to bed, so bye and tc all :)

9:24 pm

gn, lillian

9:24 pm

owt, nowt, --- you're TYPING in geordie? or is that a generic English expression?

9:24 pm

sweet dreams lilliann (((hugs))) happy summer!

9:25 pm

Min, how was the picnic today?

9:26 pm

or was that yesterday... time is so wibbly wobbly these days

9:28 pm

The picnic was great! We had a beautiful day.I brought my dog and he was a hit.Everyone loved him! He was so good!

9:29 pm

:-) SO happy it went well and was good weather. You deserved a pleasant end to your school year.

9:31 pm

Thank you stidmama! I will miss my co-workers next year.I interviewed the other day to keep my position in my school

9:31 pm

So happy to hear your news minv!!

9:32 pm

oh! I am glad you are staying put, Min

9:33 pm

down to 40, taking a break...

9:35 pm

Not sure if I'm staying put. I haven't received confirmation.

9:37 pm

evening again! just got firewords - sa5/12 was my last, dried orchid

9:37 pm

hi dan...congrats!

9:37 pm

WooT WooT WooT dan2!

9:38 pm

Congratulations dan2bit on your fireworks! Hooray for you

9:44 pm

YAY dan!

9:48 pm

nbt/nbs

10:09 pm

halfway...taking a break..

10:46 pm

okay, back again, listing to get this done.

10:47 pm

wb

10:47 pm

Labs

10:47 pm

hey penquis

10:48 pm

Labs

10:48 pm

hey

10:48 pm

Kris....wrong place to type your words... ;o)

10:48 pm

go kris! (other box)

10:49 pm

Oops. Wrong box. Sorry, all

10:49 pm

hey kirs

10:49 pm

kris. sorry, so tired, but want to finish!

10:50 pm

no problem...been there, done that...

10:51 pm

yep. we're all experts at "the perfect clue" moment!

10:51 pm

30...

10:53 pm

15... I cannot believe how many plurals I missed!

10:56 pm

5

10:56 pm

fw

10:57 pm

so.... I think I will do a few dishes so Tom doesn't have to do everything for a change. Any clues before I head out?

10:57 pm

congrats!....i am done, thanks...

10:59 pm

goodnight to whoever is still here!

11:00 pm

YAY penquis!

11:00 pm

sweet dreams to you!

11:00 pm

and have a great rest of the weekend to everyone else! *poof*

11:01 pm

congrats penquis

11:38 pm

Any clues for the ba 6-24?

11:40 pm

plural of ba4 just above

11:43 pm

well maybe it's the dog spelled with 2 t's

11:44 pm

the plural of ba4 is only 5.

11:45 pm

no, the ba4 that ends in s

11:50 pm

I'm missing some then. I jave a ba6-24 tat ewnds in 2 t's--a spelling of a dog that I hadn't heard, but it took it. However now I've found a ba4 that ends in s and it has a 6 plural. there are 2 6-24s.

11:52 pm

In baseball they run a ba4

11:52 pm

add another vowel in the middle

11:52 pm

or what sheep say

11:53 pm

then pl

11:55 pm

interesting--I just pulled up the ba 6 24 thqt has the doubkle vowel, and the dictionary didn't have it. Boes the grid use a different dictionary than the one we can get with the question mark?

11:55 pm

yes

11:55 pm

well that explains it.

11:56 pm

enable is a very strange dictionay that I date to the early 40's

11:56 pm

great - it's dropping words!

11:56 pm

dictionary that I date to early 40's

11:57 pm

yet it has current slang--sometimes--and today a swimming suit--unless it meant something else in early 40's--I HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THE ? DEFINITION--

11:57 pm

put together by someone who likes adding endings that are not normal!

11:58 pm

a lot of current slang ain't so currant!

11:58 pm

current

11:58 pm

2 min - what else?

11:58 pm

IT'S AN INFORMAL NAME FOR ODOMETER.

11:59 pm

did you finish?

11:59 pm

WELL i'LL SE THE SIZE OF THE FLIP AND GO TO BED!

11:59 pm

NO i DIDN'T FINISH

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