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12:00 am

hello all

Clues are up

12:02 am

hi

12:04 am

thx lickety

12:05 am

te7

12:05 am

halfway

12:06 am

i'm tired of those te 7's

12:06 am

thx for te7, Chrissie

12:07 am

75 & slowing...

12:08 am

80 and really slowing...

12:08 am

right column grey

maybe that's what TED talks are.

ma7

12:09 am

14 and creeping along - so slow typing on the ipad

12:09 am

what does grey mean here, again? that you have all the words in a given column?

yes, mcleach

12:10 am

85...

12:10 am

I've never touched an iPad or other tablet, so have no idea

12:10 am

thx melon, that's a pay-for-it feature, yes?

yes, it is. You pay once and you have Babble in ts full babbly glory!

12:11 am

that's what I thought, thx

phantom: discuss

yes, and discus too

12:12 am

haven't found the ma7 yet

12:13 am

hi everyone

12:13 am

hi flosey

12:14 am

Hi flosey

falling asleep at keybd. nite! [pouf]

12:14 am

g'night melon

12:15 am

90, don't know if I'm going to make it to 100

12:21 am

fireworks

12:22 am

wtg Mitch!

12:27 am

well done Mitch

12:28 am

100! (think I'll need to Lickety if I hope to finish)

12:28 am

g'night all, have fun

12:29 am

g'night McL

12:29 am

McL, Lickety is up

12:29 am

Congrats Mitch, bye McLeach

12:36 am

finito

12:36 am

wtg ru

12:36 am

I love finishing early

12:37 am

oh gee there's a list.. LOL

12:37 am

I couldn't find my last m

12:41 am

Hi all -- forgot the time

12:50 am

hi jilli

12:51 am

hello flosey

1:12 am

where is everyone?

1:14 am

Hello. to everyone

1:15 am

hi everyone

1:16 am

hi sandy

1:16 am

hi pug and sandy

1:16 am

hi pugs and sandy

1:17 am

Hi flosey and jilli

1:18 am

hi jilli and flo hope you are both keeping well and you too pugs

1:18 am

Iam doing just fine and you?

1:19 am

I'm fine, thanks, sandy -- and you?

1:19 am

a little chilly here in margaret river but our pony is fit and fine and jumping out of his skin after being sick but is sad that he is locked up

1:20 am

good to hear he's better, sandy

1:21 am

what was he sick with?

1:21 am

glad he is doing better. Has it started drying up any

1:21 am

And where were you, flosey?

1:21 am

?? when?

1:22 am

he had laminitus which is caused by eating too much - it was my fault as it was stormy i was too lazy to shut him off the very grassy paddocks - worst winter in 30 years here in margs- but still my fault

1:23 am

pugs it has started drying up but we are going to have to buy some cows and sheep to eat all the grass

1:23 am

between 12:50 and 1:15, flosey!

1:24 am

can you mow it or bale it Sandy

1:24 am

wow, not sure, oh, we were helping a friend press her apples

1:24 am

what was happening at that time?

1:25 am

nothing was happening -- silence in the chog!

1:25 am

oh, haven't been in the chog all day

1:25 am

have you finished this grid, flosey?

1:26 am

no, have 8 to go

1:26 am

we can pugs but it has some weeds in it that would not suit hay - we sprayed but we should have sprayed 6 weeks after the hay and clover germinated (we live and learn) the weeds are no good for hay but we think we could make it into silage

1:26 am

halfway here, but not nb anything. Not a nice grid imho.

1:27 am

oh, you mean tonight 12:50 ..... - was getting into jammies

1:27 am

tonight

1:27 am

In a few years you will be an expert at it all--lol

1:27 am

thought you meant this afternoon, jilli

1:28 am

we will but this will be a tourist farmstay - but we have to look after the property anyway

1:30 am

when is you pony show?

1:30 am

I should have said 12:50 grid time

1:31 am

speaking of jammies, flosey, did you ever order any from that website?

1:32 am

it is not a serious show but we are taking my friend's kids in the fancy dress with the pony - just some fun

1:32 am

two weeks away

1:33 am

we have showed for years I am sick of it- too much work- now we are learning natural horsemanship with our Welsh D which my daughter is breaking in

1:33 am

no, still wearing long Ts found one the kids brought back from one of the sunny south islands

1:34 am

LOL flosey, what is the pyjama site?

1:34 am

adn that was more than 15 years ago, wow, I am a pack rat

1:34 am

I understand that. It is alot of work before and afterwards

1:34 am

That website had LOTS of long Ts!!!

1:35 am

I am sooo good at plaiting up Pugs - it took me four years to perfect it!

1:35 am

can't remember sandy - as I said, it was before they had a son and he is 15

1:35 am

sandy -- Lands' End -- LL Bean too.

1:35 am

I love comfy pjs

1:35 am

ok jilli thanks i will peruse it

1:36 am

I do have one pr of silk jammies that have very loose elastic in waist that are comfortable

1:36 am

flosey, I have things I broought here with me 17 years ago and they were old even then!

1:37 am

and do have a look at that site, flosey!

1:37 am

lol, this is when we were living in ON, so before 95

1:39 am

will jilli - lot on my plate right now, Van for the weekend, home for a week then off to ON for 3 weeks

1:40 am

**well jilli

1:41 am

its getting on for wine o'clock here

1:42 am

wine o'clock sounds good

1:42 am

she must of fell asleep, flosey-lol

1:43 am

nbt/nbs and yes, wine o'clock...no, bedtime really

1:43 am

FW and better get to bed, busy day and have to get a few things packed, going over Sat. morning, coming back Monday am

1:43 am

night Flosey

1:44 am

night Pugs and jilli and sandy if still here

1:45 am

wtg flosey and have a great weekend. I will -- family arrives tomorrow night.

1:45 am

nite flo

1:45 am

pug and sandy -- if you don't know, this coming weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving.

1:46 am

no, I didnt--you having a huge dinner

1:52 am

*slides in sideways, in the tutu* helloooo my friends. have a lovely day. went out with a dear friend for lunch, op shopping and afternoon tea.

1:53 am

you just popping in and out?:(

1:54 am

nah, am here for a while, hun. home now, and ready to chat...

1:55 am

Did you get anything good while out shopping? Oh and hello too and hugs

1:56 am

hi all & FW

1:57 am

hi joso

1:57 am

wow w2g Joso and howdy and congrats to you too Rose on your fws

1:57 am

bought a large print crossword book for mother mac for christmas. found myself another black leather handbag with a shoulder strap, and a pair of burgundy leather slip-on shoes. oh, and 8 more coffee mugs for work. total cost...$21. not bad!

1:57 am

WTG JOSO!!!

1:58 am

sorry jilli was concentrating on the grid - I had no idea that Canadians had thanksgiving - we dont have anything like that here

1:58 am

sure isnt for all that

1:58 am

man you really go through coffee mugs

1:59 am

are they for x-mas gifts at work

1:59 am

I go through a lot of wine glasses

2:00 am

*giggle* used to take just a mug for myself to drink from. even after i labelled it, someone else would use it and leave it dirty on the sink.

2:01 am

so now i buy a heap of nice mugs, put them in the tearoom, and there ia always a nice mug clean for me to use

2:01 am

or do you just need a lot of affirmations, world' greatest nurse, worlds greatest mom, worlds sexiest woman, world's finest bareback roo rider, worlds best babbler, .....

2:02 am

lol

2:02 am

Hey! who is the world's best babbler - not me that's for sure

2:02 am

and because i pay so little for them, i don't care if others are careless and chip them. i just chuck them out and replace them.

2:03 am

well at this time I would have to go with mitch

2:04 am

I like picking up nice coffee mugs at yardsales and used stores. When I get too many I take them to the campgrounds to use

2:04 am

uh, joso. world's best babbler title belongs to someone else, certainly not me. everything else i put my hand up, including the roo riding...lol

2:04 am

I am having trouble with the first three as s - are they correct? as5/12 as6/21 as5/18 is that correct?

2:04 am

Lots of roos here , that is for sure

2:05 am

yes sandy. use a high point tile for as5/18

2:06 am

the first 2 are a + not front or back

2:06 am

thanks gran got that one

2:06 am

nice sandy...

2:06 am

LOL joso, sometimes i cannot see for looking

2:07 am

thank you

2:09 am

duh, joso, just understood the post re world's greatest etc. I'M NOT SLOW it's the way my mother dresses me...lolol

2:09 am

too much explaining about the mugs I think, do you pitch them at people when you get mad, or goo to the loo and smash one when frustrated, hmmmm

2:09 am

very clever joso

2:11 am

a joke based on the fact that some mugs come with that stuff printed on them.

2:11 am

yeah, mate...i finally got it...

2:12 am

But I doubt you are the type that needs that much propping up, or I wouldn't have made such a joke.

2:15 am

feels great when someone gives you one, kind of sad when you buy it for yourself

2:16 am

oops have to go hang out washingon the paddock fence LOL bbl

2:17 am

bye Sandy

2:17 am

bye sandy

2:17 am

see you later sandy

2:20 am

I was assistant manager at a store and got a world's greatest boss mug in the gift exchange, my boss didn't, he saw testy for days. lol

2:20 am

saw ---> was

2:21 am

oh, dear, joso. can understand his attitude, but the best man won, surely..

2:21 am

did you offer it to him?

2:24 am

hehehe, no. turns out he was a schemer, he evidently felt threatened by me and told the owner a pack of lies and got me fired latter on. Met the owner about a year later and he said it was the worst decision he ever made.

2:25 am

thats awful, Joso

2:27 am

from my point of view it came like a bolt from the blue, but was not a great hardship to me at the time.

2:27 am

awww, joso. something similar happened to me. a superior felt threatened because i was better organised than her.

2:30 am

yea, life happens, including petty people

2:33 am

the only bad thing was that it was the last time I was fit, being on my feet all day was all I needed. Got an easier, better paying, job but bulked out again

2:35 am

so what happened with your situation rose?

2:35 am

yeah, joso. know what you me4. since not working have put the weight on. started light 'n' easy diet..and lost a couple of pounds.

2:36 am

good thinking rose, better to catch it before you are 300 lbs

2:36 am

joso, i left...decided my kids needed me more than she did. that was the year my income dropped by $37K.

2:38 am

that must have been quite an adjustment, save a bit on daycare or anything?

2:39 am

lol, mate...they were all school age, and suicidal because of the way their father had treated them. i really needed to be with them 24/7 at home..

2:40 am

My mom was a nurse, I used her cape for a dracula costume one halloween

2:41 am

to this day i cannot say how we got through that time. i paid for food, education and clothing for 3 growing boys, paid all the household bills, plus paid off a mortgage and credit card...

2:41 am

oh yeah, joso...my cape was red.

2:42 am

what did you do for money, become a hit man, few hour, decent pay

2:43 am

mom's was a very dark navy blue, with bright red lining, perfect for drak

2:45 am

lol, joso. i qualified for a single parent pension back then.

2:46 am

i also delivered flowers for a local florist. it kept the wolves from the door.

2:46 am

do they still have uniforms in oz, or have they moved on to the pastel smocks we have here?

2:48 am

if you are asking about schools...most of them have uniforms. however our primary schools can be quite relaxed, and if the family cannot afford to buy the uniform, kids are allowed to wear what is available from the wardrobe.

2:49 am

no, I meant nurses

They wear tutus

Right rise?

2:50 am

joso, our major teaching hospitals have a uniform. most have adopted scrubs as a geneal rule.

2:50 am

one does anyways

Rose?

2:51 am

lolol...chrissie...hello hun

2:51 am

hey chrissy

Hi rose, joso, pug :)

2:52 am

private hospitals have a different attitude. they supply a uniform which reflects the company which owns the hospital.

2:54 am

I imagine scrubs are easier, but i think it's a shame. some professions deserve the dignity of a uniform, and I think nursing is one of them. uniforms for kids though is not such a great idea.

2:56 am

bet the doc's haven't lost the lab coats

2:59 am

good morning dear friends

3:01 am

i'm back, hi sprite

3:01 am

and everyone else

3:01 am

*rattles some cages*

3:01 am

hi sandy :)

3:02 am

How are you going today Sprite, I have only the k s left - i bet you finish before me

lol, morning sprite

3:02 am

{{hugs and kisses}} spritey, your card arrived today. thanx sooo much

3:03 am

am glad, rose! It took its time, lol.

3:03 am

hi Chrissie :)

3:03 am

joso, just emailed you. could you please respond soonest?

3:04 am

sandy, am ok today. Just having breakfast. And just started on the Ks, still need 4. After that, all the other words.

3:04 am

Ha! I have 7 left lol

3:05 am

:)

3:05 am

look away for a mo and look what happens, hi sprite, rehi sandy

3:05 am

hi joso :)

3:05 am

was away getting coffee---Morning Sprite and all others I missed while away

3:06 am

ok, Ks killed, now for some babbling

3:07 am

yay, sprite. i know how much you love k words....

3:07 am

How are things with you, Mrs Sprite

3:07 am

5 left now - you better get to it sprite

3:07 am

yes it's right rose, and flosey has been in touch thanks to you, I apparently put an extra period in the address i put in the chog

3:07 am

lol sandy

3:08 am

hiya pug *hug* Am good. Having breakfast, ain't I a good little soldier? And how are you all doing today?

3:08 am

ahhh, good joso....so glad you two are 'talking'

3:09 am

Iam fine and am eating breakfst too--yogurt and coffee

3:09 am

wow good, pug. Yoghurt here as well. With an apple, a banana and specialK.

3:10 am

you got that all mixed together? sounds good

3:11 am

yes, all together.

3:12 am

3 left here sprite

3:12 am

go sandy gooooo

3:12 am

*giggle* i have mixed up a bag of toasted muesli with slivered almonds. have a tablespoonful with yoghurt if and when i feel hungry.

3:12 am

I like it with the grapenuts cer. havent tried the special K

3:12 am

Are you lot on diets?

3:12 am

oh very nice, rose

3:13 am

i am, sandy

3:13 am

Iam not, just like yogurt

3:13 am

not a diet for me, sandy. Battling an eating disorder. Am getting therapy for it.

3:14 am

okay, dinner ready...see you later if you are here. xoxox if you are not. lolol

3:14 am

I have lost weight since we moved to this farm, just through more activity

3:14 am

sprite that is good to hear - good eating is important

3:14 am

bye rose :) Enjoy your dinner

3:14 am

bye Rose, enjoy and hugs if I miss your come back

3:15 am

yeah well, I agree in theory. But practically I am making a mess of it all and right now I feel pretty obstinate about it all.

3:16 am

Does therapy for eating disorders help Sprite?

3:17 am

am in my 3rd week, sandy, too early to tell. But it seems to have helped a lot of people before me.

3:17 am

It is the hardest thing to be disiplined about eating

3:17 am

Hang in there spritey!!! you can do it!

3:17 am

yeah. When you are addicted to smoking or drugs or alcohol, you can ban it from your life. But when it is food, you have to deal with it all the time.

3:19 am

I agree, it is the hardest thing - I have come to realise that for me it is the amount of exercise that i do - but every one is different

3:20 am

yes and an eating disorder is different from just overeating or eating the wrong stuff.

3:21 am

don't really understand that sort of disorder and I suppose most of us dont understand

3:22 am

Sprite have you had that from childhood

3:22 am

most people don't, sandy, it is true

3:22 am

true sprite, unless you start living by intravenous drip you have to have food, and with diabetes you need to control rather tan eliminate.

3:22 am

(2 left)

3:23 am

*tHan

3:23 am

pug, I have hated food from around the time I was 4. Started binging around 16.

3:23 am

go sandy go

3:23 am

I know, joso. And right now I feel like I will never conquer this thing.

3:24 am

You can conquer everything Sprite you just need to keep going with it. But I bet its sooo hard.

3:25 am

Now Sprite that kind of talk is not going to help you! Think Positive!

3:25 am

I think things get easier as you go along if you can get through the first weeks

3:26 am

of course you will, you are not allowed to kill yourself by food, or any other means, too few good people in the world and we need you here to give the good guy's an edge. And besides, I'd miss you.

3:26 am

and the secret is not to expect immediate results and to forgive yourself if you fall off the wagon but make sure you get back on

3:26 am

I hope so. Last therapy day the 'senior' members told us how hard it still is for them and how they have trouble managing their emotions. It was pretty discouraging.

3:27 am

I agree with Joso 100%

3:27 am

aw joso, thanks :)

3:28 am

sprite is there certain things that you go for when binging

3:28 am

yeah, and not waiting until the next day with climbing back on... to remember that you can get back on straight away after a misstep. Pffff. I know the theory.

3:28 am

but to make it daily practise.... is hard

3:29 am

I can imagine that it is one of the hardest things to do

3:29 am

several, pug

3:30 am

can you remove those things from your home and just have healthier things in case an attack comes on

3:31 am

I don't have them in our home, unless other people eat it too. Like cheese.

3:32 am

well thats better than sugar products

3:33 am

it isn't as simple as that, alas.

3:34 am

i hate being a diabetic... no way around it. i just plain hate it.. and i dont manage it well..so im hearing you sprite. loud and clear

3:34 am

Well , I wish you well with it Sprite, but now I have finished and have to go. bye to everyone and see you soon

3:35 am

good to hear, ivesy! It is such a battle, all the time.

3:35 am

thanks sandy. WTG on finishing!

3:35 am

bye Sandy

3:36 am

It is a battle everyday

3:36 am

yes, constantly.. i take a shot , pills. and i just dont know what to eat or not to eat. its a very scary disease

3:37 am

I agree. Some things are clear... eat that and the BS skyrockets. But other stuff is much less direct. And of course I yearn for the stuff I shouldn't take.

3:38 am

and it dont help that food is advertized all over the place either

3:38 am

oh sprite, im a sweet freak! and junk food. and coca cola.. (not diet puleeezzzz..lol)oh yeah and i smoke

3:39 am

and in the clinic they are nagging me about using margerine on my bread. I just don't want it, it tastes bad. But they say it is the only way to get some of the vitamins (K, A, D, E). I think they are wrong.

3:39 am

I often wonder if the chem. put into most all foods dont play into diabetic illnesses

3:39 am

and some meds i take for coughing.. make my bs go up oover 500

3:39 am

oh, me too, ivesy! Sweets, and junk food, and fanta for me.

3:40 am

cant u just take a supplement for those spirte. .my A , D are low..

3:40 am

oh... that is bad, ivesy. How nasty.

3:41 am

god, feels so much better telling the truth about this !!lol

3:41 am

you have copd too Ivesy

3:41 am

Everybody has things that scare them, and sometimes you can work around them, like getting hubby to remove the creepy crawly in the shower. But sometimes you must deal with them. you have sorta worked around your food issues long enough to get diabetes, now you have to face this fear. You have to take back control of this part of your life. you understand this, you understand why, you know it will be hard and a long haul. But you know, if you look deep into your heart of hearts, you can do this. sit back, close your eyes, envision a cheeseburger, in detail, give it all the garnishes you like, paint a good mind picture. now ask yourself, is this the boss of me, it it in charge or am I. and respond, no, If I need to I will eat you, if I don't need you I can let you grow cold greasy and disgusting on the plate, I am so the boss here I can have some of you and leave the rest. I can take half and stop, I can take the pickles and walk away.

3:41 am

I already do. The dietician claims it is not the same. But I think she is wrong. I take fish oil and vit. D supplements. And we use some fat when cooking. Not much, but I think it is enough.

3:42 am

wow joso, good text. Good advice even.

3:43 am

lol ivesy, isn't it! So good to not pretend.

3:43 am

been there joso, done that.. i always thought i was a strong person.. dealing with my sons addiction and such...i just dont have the energy to deal with it. and the scary part is most times i just dont care

3:43 am

amature advice, if your pro's think it's a bad idea then scrap it, but i hope it helps.

3:44 am

that is it. That is it exactly. That feeling of... what the hell, who cares, I sure don't. So I will die sooner... doesn't even sound so bad.

3:44 am

Well said Joso. I am trying to lose some weight. Not yet overweight but need to take control and now I will think of your words. Impressive.

3:45 am

hi Pat, good luck :)

3:45 am

it all comes down to control and wanting to do it. if we dont want to we wont.... this is something that has to be dealt with EVERY single day.i know there are people who do it and with much worse disease.. im just not one of them.

3:46 am

i even have a book that shows exactly what to eat for each meal.. and how much.. its a very pretty book......lol

3:47 am

oh and i lost 35 lbs.. my sugar levels did not go down. so there goes that myth.

3:47 am

Ta Sprite.

3:48 am

ok, done ranting.. just felt so good sprite to hear someone else feel the same way.

3:48 am

it is a vicious circle. I try to eat regularly and regular stuff, and it makes me feel bad. Feeling bad is something I used to deal with by not eating or binging. So now I have a huge urge to skip meals and binge in the evening. But I can't cause hey, diabetes and the works, and not going to therapy for nothing, so I eat... with long teeth... and don't binge... and the emotions run higher and higher... and at some point something goes snap and I binge, or skip several meals, and then I feel bad about it.

3:48 am

oh, come on sprite, you know your dietitian knows better than you, you may not like what she says but you know she is right. denial ain't facing it, and ain't going to help.

3:48 am

I would wish for you it was easier, ivesy, but it is great to talk with someone who really understands :)

3:49 am

what's the point of employing experts if you are not going to listen to them.

3:49 am

sure is sprite .. :)

3:49 am

joso, we are talking about a lady who sits with us at lunch with scales! Weighing a slice of bread before and after buttering to see how much butter is on it.

3:50 am

oh god sprite.. i think i would have to shoot her..

3:50 am

and yeah, I hear you. But the butter thing is a biggie. Am not at all convinced that what she says is how it is. Have the feeling she wants to make us eat uniform meals.

3:51 am

I agree isvey, diabetes is a great pain in the patootie, would rather break a leg than have this constant niggling pain in the butt disease

3:51 am

lol ivesy! I certainly had fire in my eyes, grin.

3:52 am

lol joso.. ty.. dont get me wrong. i respect your opinion... kind of like people telling me kick your kid out your life cuz he is an addict. you arent living it. u dont understand it.

3:53 am

joso is living it though, ivesy. He has diabetes as well, alas.

3:53 am

ok i was just going to ask that.. u must do well with it joso.. you have a great attitude...

3:54 am

joso has helped me a lot with good advice, right from the moment I knew I had diabetes.

3:54 am

ah ivesy, so much easier to give advice that to heed it, i am far from perfect.

3:56 am

but you sound like you have control over it.. thats good. i wish i did. ..i wish i wanted to.. i

3:56 am

the best advice, keep getting back on the horse, because you fail does not mean you should stop trying.

3:56 am

the way I see it, right now it is important I learn to eat 6 times a day. And to try and aim for foods that will not skyrocket the BS. And to not have binges. As for whether I butter my bread or not and how much I put on it, that is for some other day. Maybe.

3:57 am

sounds ok to me sprite, get the broad strokes then fine tune.

3:57 am

also, exercise. I make sure I do more of that now. And if that isn't good enough, the heck with it, it will have to do for now.

3:58 am

coffee is calling. bbs..ps.. i dont use sugar in my coffee.... but i do have a smoke with it

3:58 am

I havent been to bed yet and Iam getting tired here, so many hugs to you all and I pray for you all each day. Enjoy your day/evening and may God Bless you each. nighty nite

3:58 am

exactly joso. It is impossible to change everything around overnight and stick with it.

3:58 am

night pug, I hope you will sleep well

3:58 am

g'nite pug, rest well

4:03 am

but don't dismiss the dietitian, don't lie to yourself. you know that she knows what she is talking about, it will have to be addressed eventually. know that you are, for now, setting it aside. undermine her in your own mind and you are just throwing away one of your tools.

4:04 am

but she is human too, joso. She can be wrong as well. I have been reading up on it and it seems to be common knowledge that you can compensate for not using butter on your bread.

4:10 am

as you wish sprite, of course she is human, and as such can be wrong. and the more likely answer is the dietitian is wrong and the person with food issues is right. One of the problems with being very bright is you can think rings around other people. Being able to win a debate doesn't mean you are right, it means you are a better debater.

4:11 am

lol that is true. But I think it is good to stay critical and research things. Taking everything I am told as gospel is going to give me huge problems later on.

4:16 am

absolutely, and if butter is too much, dealing with 6 meals and not binging are the more important things. but the rest of it, sounds like a lot of rationalization, don't like the fact, question the source. like those who refuse to face global warming while quant old holland sinks beneath the waves.

4:17 am

It may be, joso. I will keep it in mind. I have done some research and will bring it to therapy next week, so she can tell me where I went wrong, ok?

4:19 am

Ok, if you approach it as seeking an answer or solution, not a contest you must win because you don't like her.

4:20 am

I actually do like her. And I am willing to be convinced I am wrong if she has good points. Just not willing to take something like this without researching if it is true.

4:20 am

joso i apologize if i came across as bi tchy. u do know your stuff. you have good ideas.

4:21 am

*hugs ivesy*

4:21 am

im just so very tired..

4:22 am

you have every reason to be tired, ivesy. You have lots of worries and stresses, apart from the diabetes and diet and all. Wish I could make your load a little lighter :(

4:24 am

ty sprite.. helps having people to talk to. tween the trhee of us, mb we can do it.

4:25 am

we can :) And we will. And in between we nag a bit and commiserate.

4:25 am

sounds like a plan :)

4:25 am

:)

4:25 am

hope i didnt scare joso off lol

4:26 am

hehehe I am certain you didn't. Just some real life interfering, or some babbling.

4:30 am

you didn't strike me as bitchy at all ivesy

4:32 am

no, you didn't scare me off either, thought I'd do a quick e-mail check that stretched out longer than i thought.

4:32 am

glad for that... :) u seem to have a handle on it. wont hurt for me to listen for a change...

4:33 am

ivesy, I just read something that clicked for me... to make changes to our eating patterns with one step a month. Just one step. And to start with the easiest. Like... from now on I will eat breakfast.

4:34 am

let me see if I can find the link

4:35 am

one step a month seems do able....i will try to work on that c what i can come up with

4:36 am

here it is: http://tinyurl.com/k63h6co

4:40 am

It took me a good few months to get all the right habits after I was diagnosed 10 years ago but now its just normal, just try and be as good as you can sprite. Hope you don't mind me butting in.

4:40 am

ty sprite .. got it. bookmarked it..

4:40 am

don't mind at all, witchy, I appreciate it. Good to hear it can become normal.

4:41 am

great, ivesy.

4:41 am

i guess what makes me mad is that i have a great book that shows me what to eat for each meal.. i just dont put the effort into it.. i dont know how to be a diabetic!

4:42 am

well maybe that is because we tend to try for all or nothing? Maybe if you can pick out one new habit that will benefit you which doesn't seem too hard, and you do only that for a month, before moving on to a next one, it will become routine?

4:42 am

Basically ivesy just stop eating everything nice!

4:42 am

Basically ivesy just stop eating everything nice!

4:43 am

lolol.... ok, that helps..... NOT :P

4:43 am

lol witchy.. thats what im afraid of. . and sprite that is a good plan. . will think long and hard about what i want to start with...

4:44 am

Later when your sugars are more settled you can start eating a few nice things in moderation.

4:44 am

that is also good to know

4:45 am

see thats my problem, i want to eat junk in large amounts.... lol.. chocolate, cola cookies.. or and donuts from tim hortons....dont think these are in my book...:(

4:46 am

probably not... :(

4:46 am

but ..... when i do my shot as scheduled my a1c goes down.. even if i eat awful.... so kind of fakes it doesnt it.

Why are our bodies so complex and why do all the "bad" foods taste so good?

4:48 am

yeah... they tell me it is important to keep the BS as much level as possible. The dips and highs do damage.

4:48 am

yes,, im afraid of the dips and highs. im afraid of the damage it may have done already

4:49 am

one thing I have learned, Chrissie, is that if we don't eat for a while, especially when we skip a meal, our body needs energy so badly it makes us yearn for quick fixes. Junk food and chocolate and such.

4:49 am

chrissy.. come up with a way to make choc taste awful..... lol

Trying (unsucessfully) to improve my diet and include some exercise in my life, for different reason than you guys, and your stories and tips are heloful

4:50 am

as i said i lost 35 pounds.. didnt do a thing for my levels..

4:50 am

that is quite a lot, ivesy, well done.

4:50 am

I read a great sf novel, brain wave, some time ago. The premise was the earth had been traveling through a field that dampened electrical activity for the last billion years or so and emerged. the primary effect was that human intelligence jumped by 10 fold and reaction speed improved too. one of the effects was that everybody started to drive faster, due to their better reaction speeds with about the same number of accidents as before. to a degree they were right about what they could now handle. But, because of the new speeds, almost all accidents were now fatal for all involved, now more wounded. I played with this idea in my head for a while, and what i came up with was that even very smart people are stupid in some ways. Which I have seen again and again since.

4:50 am

i want to eat right, stop smoking and exercise. course i aslo want to win the lottery and that isnt going to happen either

But probably good for your body in many other ways ivesy, well done

4:51 am

ty chrissie..

4:51 am

too true, joso, too true. And the smarter, the stupider.

4:51 am

ah joso so true

4:52 am

and now im starved lol.. i actually bought some little mini sponge cakes...course the butter wont help

4:52 am

oh yea, smart people can be so clever about how to be stupid.

Sprite, I'll take that info on board. I usually skip breakfast

4:53 am

me too, Chrissie. Trying to learn not to. Found that I can handle a yoghurt breakfast better than bread.

4:54 am

funny, my son eats so healthy...

4:54 am

well that is a good thing :)

4:55 am

I do a piece of fruit and a raisin bran muffin, too much sugar in the muffin, but the bran and fruit are good.

4:56 am

but doesnt some fruit have too much sugar. i get confused on that

Does too much natural sugar in fruit effect diabetes?

4:56 am

sounds ok too. I am doing an apple, a banana and yoghurt, with specialK flakes. Seems to be ok.

Snap :)

4:57 am

sounds good too sprite.

4:59 am

the sweeter the fruit the more the sugar, but it is fructose rather than refined sugar, takes longer to get into the blood stream instead of being plunked all at once. a better way to take sugar, but still sugar. bananas over oranges, pears over apples, grapefruit over pineapple, rtc.

I'm floundering with my quest because I can't actually get any firm advise. No one can say eat this, don't eat,this, don't drink this and you'll be ok

5:02 am

no, it is always a personal thing, isn't it. We react so differently on different foods. And our moods and hormones affect it too.

5:03 am

yea, it's not poison vs non poison, it's degrees of poison.

5:04 am

even celery has some sugar

5:04 am

i used to eat half grapefruit and piece of toast for breakfast. now i cant get grapefruit becuz of the lipitor....

5:04 am

stress makes sugar levels soar.. so does colds and flu.

5:04 am

same for me, no grapefruit anymore.

5:04 am

lipitor? I don't follow

True joso, so much conflicting info out there too. I've just given up margarine 'cos it's basically refined plastic, but the butter police are after sprite

5:05 am

suppose we could sub a half an orange . i might try that.

5:05 am

too true. I couldn't get the BS down even with medication. Until we had finished our first meeting with the youth counsellor and the tension in our home when down... and so did my BS. Same afternoon.

5:05 am

after her to eat some

No, weighing how much she uses

5:06 am

joso: medication against high cholestorole, you are not allowed to eat or drink grapefruit while taking it. Something in the grapefruit makes it work too well and you get sick.

5:07 am

I am supposed to eat 5 grams of butter on every slice of bread. But I hate the taste. Always have.

5:07 am

i would rather have the grapefruit.. eating a good breakfast would lower cholestrol

So the first solution is to eliminate all stress from our lives, easy ! :(

5:07 am

lolllllll indeed!

5:08 am

ah, tnx sprite. fortunately not a problem of mine. I deserve high cholesterol, but have been lucky on that score.

5:08 am

let's see... I can reduce the stress and lose 120 pounds at once....

5:09 am

whom are you going to chuck from your family sprite

Makes me giggle when you refer to BS levels, think of alternative meaning for BS

5:10 am

lol joso, you got me... i would have to kick my boy out... but I won't. He is trying and so are we, and we will get through this as a family.

5:11 am

lol joso, you got me... i would have to kick my boy out... but I won't. He is trying and so are we, and we will get through this as a family.

5:11 am

Chrissie :D :D Am thinking the same thing whenever I type it.

5:11 am

reminds me of that old joke, I just lost 250lbs of ugly fat... my divorce is final today

5:11 am

sorry, chog froze and I reposted

5:11 am

lol joso

5:13 am

one left... a T7

5:13 am

it is not testify... another phantom

5:14 am

solving will be dull and boring sprite

Love the way you can multi task sprite, chat and babble at the same time

5:14 am

ah, lovely, thanks! Fireflies.

5:14 am

congrats sprite

Congrats :)

5:15 am

my favorite time of the day, Chrissie... I love the feeling of doing that. So great to play while being able to talk with friends. Thanks for being there for me, all of you. *hugs*

(((Sprite))) have a lovely day you beautiful lady. I've not finished but must go and fed the pup, bbl

5:17 am

ta sprige, have a good day, and be good yourself

5:18 am

*sprite, sorry

5:19 am

*hugs* to you all and have a good day/night.

5:50 am

How Companies Learn Your Secrets

5:51 am

http://tinyurl.com/9lpkmu6

6:22 am

hello, back from lunch at sprite's favorite resto

6:40 am

half

6:52 am

gm, everyone

7:04 am

hi all. have the te7. help with the ma7 pls

7:08 am

ma - pounds + and, ** or but + plural

7:08 am

ma7...Catholic church service + middle 2 letters of not husband, plural

7:08 am

ma4.5 + ** I were a rich man + plural

7:08 am

Clues falling like the rain outside

7:08 am

ty you all for the clues. new words for me

7:09 am

tadone!! finito!! this was a te7 grid.

7:09 am

is it indeed, lbd

7:09 am

raining again here :(

7:09 am

bbl

7:09 am

need second row e for nbt. Help?

7:11 am

enlighten

7:11 am

ev4/7

7:13 am

phantom: snollygoster

7:13 am

ed5/22

7:13 am

ty molly.

7:14 am

sorry mixi, read that as second column.

7:14 am

nbt, nbs will go list.

7:27 am

fireflies

7:32 am

stats for the first E first column please?

ei4/5

7:37 am

sugr can you clue it i have one ei 4/5 already...is it similar to that one?

7:37 am

first e= ed5/22 mlfan

7:38 am

clue please?

7:38 am

Instruct or improve (someone) morally or intellectually.

7:39 am

MLF ei4/5 is a type of duck without the last letter.

7:39 am

smd i have one ei 4/5 that ends in one cons and one vowel

7:40 am

My clue is the one you need MLFAN

7:40 am

ignore the EI MLF - you already have it

7:40 am

thanks riverdance:)

7:41 am

Hi all :)

7:41 am

got it

7:41 am

ty all for the help with that one

7:41 am

H Liz and everyone

7:41 am

i need stats for the y for nbt please?

7:42 am

hi liz

7:42 am

yu4/11

7:42 am

Is anyone else finding this grid challenging? Not liking it :(

7:42 am

I have 37 left and am struggling now

7:42 am

I just started it

7:43 am

i have 78 left and need one for nbt and either of the 7s for nbs

7:43 am

43 left here and struggling! Only have 3 x k!

7:43 am

me too Liz

7:43 am

but i agree kinda hard this time

7:43 am

those K's kill me

7:43 am

te 7 - describes the grid!

7:43 am

K words and I don't get along

7:43 am

lol annie i dont think most of us like k words

7:44 am

thanks Liz

7:44 am

ty liz

7:44 am

now i have nbs

7:44 am

Have you got the jungle book ones?

7:44 am

thanks for that te7 Liz

7:44 am

just need help with the y?

7:44 am

yw :)

7:44 am

I ka 4/9. I saw, I conquered

7:45 am

ty o-o

7:45 am

i have 3 of the k words

7:46 am

If the c and the k were reversed in position, I can find a few words for both!

7:46 am

ko 4/8 - add a simile word

7:46 am

and thanks again

7:47 am

or for that matter next to each other liz

7:47 am

y stats please?

7:47 am

yo think eggs and remove a letter

7:47 am

ko 4 - add an indefinite article and plural

7:47 am

yu 4 /11 - p;osted by river

7:48 am

Have those and also the one ending in a double consonant.

7:48 am

liz how long ago?

7:48 am

When you asked before!

7:49 am

7.42

7:49 am

the Y's are similar - just change the vowel

7:49 am

yu 4/10 and yo 4/11

7:49 am

ty river

7:49 am

time for my breakfast - have fun

7:49 am

ty got yo 4/10

7:50 am

both ys end in the postal abbr for toto land

7:50 am

And that takes it to 40 left - time to leave it for tonight. Enjoy your days :)

7:50 am

ty all for the help nbt and nbs i am out of here poof

7:51 am

Thanks for the help :)

7:51 am

gnite Liz

7:59 am

hi all. clues for the 7s please?

7:59 am

te 7 - boring

8:01 am

si 5/14 help?

8:01 am

ma 7 plural of ma 6

8:02 am

boys are sometimes told, don't be a si5/14

8:04 am

ty Hurshy

8:04 am

name that proper noun...poet Alfred

8:05 am

lord tennyson isn't here... hmmm

8:07 am

noyes

8:07 am

ding ding ding!!!

8:07 am

well done grant!

8:08 am

aw gosh

8:13 am

hi! help with the ed5 please?

8:15 am

uplift

8:15 am

ty grant

8:16 am

yw

8:18 am

kh5?

8:18 am

nm

8:21 am

ku5?

8:24 am

add double middle of grid letter and vowel

8:24 am

ty Jack

8:25 am

that's fine

8:25 am

18 to go and this is getting mighty te 7

8:27 am

M's mashed!!

8:28 am

aw man, i have 8 more

8:28 am

Well done, I still have 7

8:28 am

M's or words?

8:29 am

M's

8:29 am

ty for clues for sevens. i got the te but not the ma. still dont have the right ma 6. any clue for the ma six?

8:29 am

I still have a ko4 I can't find

8:29 am

it's like really huge but as if it's in another language

8:29 am

sounds like really large

8:30 am

ma...catholic ritual and ** I were a rich man...la la la

8:30 am

ty got it. super clue.

8:30 am

Cute!

8:30 am

os6?

8:31 am

to make into bone? i think

8:32 am

ty...sc6?

8:32 am

mornin'

8:32 am

hi bichon

8:33 am

ty hurshy

8:33 am

hi phae

8:33 am

hi all. did i miss clue for sc 6?

8:33 am

I don't see one mkg

sc plus river in englnad

england

8:34 am

sc vowel employ

8:34 am

that was the os6 clue from Hurshy

8:34 am

ty Jack

8:35 am

yw

8:38 am

must improve your aim so as to not miss clues

8:42 am

done...have a great day all!

8:42 am

bye phae

8:42 am

please clue the bottom left e and c

8:42 am

anyone play WWF on FB?

8:42 am

ei4...babblet

8:43 am

stat please

8:43 am

ci5/16 same as the si5/14

8:43 am

I do pae

8:43 am

phae

8:43 am

co4&5..hairdo

8:44 am

ty phae

8:44 am

sue..are you having any probs with it? I lost all my games I was playing and if I start new ones they disappear too.

8:44 am

yw Sue

8:44 am

I will try right now

8:45 am

all I get is some Game Over ones and nothing else

8:45 am

that sounds like a major problem.

8:46 am

I have contacted zynga and am waiting for a reply

8:46 am

everyone I play with uses their phones..I use my laptop

8:48 am

well...gotta get some breakfast. bbiab

8:48 am

â—¦What caused the airline to go bankrupt? â—¦Runway inflation.

8:53 am

phantom: mosaic

8:53 am

Hello All

8:53 am

hi hego

8:55 am

hi all. need clue for the e word second row, first column please.

8:57 am

also need v word plz

8:59 am

ed 5,22...to make things clear.

8:59 am

ve 4, 7

8:59 am

ty got ve word. dont know ed word. cant think of what it is. will try

9:00 am

yw

9:00 am

stumped with ed word. elucidate is all i can think. hmmm

9:01 am

ed5/22---to instruct spiritually, ends in sometimes vowel

9:01 am

Hi Annie

9:01 am

ed + no **s, ands or buts + sometimes vowel

9:01 am

ty got it.

9:02 am

yay!

9:08 am

hi hego, was away from keyboard and now I'll be back later

9:10 am

hagd Annie

9:11 am

Good morning all...no work (paid) today. Will babble until warms up enough to go out and finish harvesting the garden.

9:12 am

Hi Jilly

9:14 am

Is it just you and me hego...oh and a hundred lurkers...LOL

9:14 am

lol

9:15 am

a little tough today.

9:15 am

And lots of weird words....

9:15 am

*lurks*

9:16 am

well. the k's i always have to monkey.

9:16 am

uh oh

9:16 am

Hello buggie....Love your kitty!! I have one to match!

9:16 am

hi Buggie

9:16 am

hey hey, and thanks

9:16 am

looks like Crossy's cat Amos

9:17 am

Although no need to state the obvious, everyone loves Salem ;-)

9:17 am

Mine is Ben...and yours looks like a Bombay as well

9:18 am

And Salem loves everyone....I bet

9:20 am

crossy and Amos say goodmmorning to all our babble friends

9:20 am

lol speak of the Devil!

9:21 am

we have two bombay kitties, Amos and sirius Black

9:21 am

Hello crossy....3 days until we head to our Canadian wedding!! But,sadly, it looks like it will not work out to see either Flosey or Jillibus :(

9:21 am

where is it being held?

9:22 am

that's too bad Jilly.

9:23 am

Short time frame and Flosey heading to Toronto, Jilli's schedule won't work with ours...but now that we have our passports, we will be back

9:23 am

Yes, Salem likes to make sure he's the centre of attention, any visitors get a proper welcome, and massage and makes sure they don't get cold =^-.-^=

9:23 am

in toronto it is???

9:23 am

must go hagd All

9:23 am

The wedding...too cool, at the Fairmont in Vancouver on Wed

9:24 am

darn..thousands of miles from crossy:(((((

9:24 am

Buggie...Is he a 'shoulder' cat...likes being held up on shoulder?

9:24 am

Etimology: Amos: proper name; third of the prophets in the Old Testament; from Greek, from Hebrew Amos, literally "borne (by God)."

9:25 am

Oh dear crossy....another on our bucket list is to take the train across Canada....we may just meet yet!!

9:25 am

lol,funny thing is Amos is not a snuggly sort his hunter-killer instincts are way up there.Sirius Black however is a cuddly puss

9:25 am

no, he's too big for that, he weighs 6.5kg (he's not overweight, just big), but he loves to sit on laps, or stomachs are even better, and if he can sprawl over your arms too...

9:26 am

i have seen your kitties pic on the net often,buggie

9:27 am

Since changing keyboard layout and learning to type with all my fingers, it's a lot easier to type on the computer when I have him sprawled out over both arms

9:27 am

LOL, our other one was about that big...we just had to develop strong shoulders!!

9:27 am

Etimology: Salem: place mentioned in Gen. xiv:18, from Hebrew Shalem, usually said to be another word for Jerusalem and to mean "peace" (cf. Hebrew shalom, Arabic salaam). Common as a Baptist and Methodist meetinghouse name, so much so that by mid-19c. it (along with Bethel and Ebenezer) had come to be used in Britain generically to mean "non-conformist chapel."

9:27 am

on the net? you mean on Babble? (I do chat here from time to time)

9:28 am

no,if that icon is your cat,i have seen it often

9:29 am

Good morning o-o Enjoying your etimology tidbits!

9:29 am

Really? Hrm, who's been stealing my pics... Yes, this is my cat in the pic, taken about 5 years ago on my mobile phone

9:29 am

because i swear i have seen it elsewhere,but it may just me my mind short cuircuiting

9:31 am

and now it is time for crossy's tidbit of the day!!!!! big bird is 8 feet 2 inches tall:)

9:31 am

well we've chatted on here before, and if you play games on facebook you might have Salem's profile in your friends list

9:31 am

that is most likely where i saw it then

9:32 am

our black panthers both have a set of claws just like that :)

9:32 am

i have beem punctured many times:/

9:33 am

brb....

9:33 am

same here, I've had to stitch holes in all my jumpers...

9:34 am

like when they are in your lap and really happy because you are giving the on top of the head scratchies,they open and close their paws in joy and the claws start digging in

9:35 am

Salem just never learnt to put his claws away, so he gets caught on things all the time. Kind of funny when we're playing with his string on the sofa, he pounces and gets both paws stuck and still tries to catch the string with just his mouth

9:36 am

Amos thinks everything that moves under our bed blanket is prey and pounces and gets stuck

9:37 am

before these 2 bombays, i used to be able to walk around the house neeked if i so desired,but not longer because some thing are NOT dangle toys!!!

9:38 am

MisterBuggie: http://tinyurl.com/nb54ntp

9:38 am

Oh Salem attacks the duvet, only his claws are long enough to go all the way through. I usually shriek

9:39 am

sigh..yes, the cat own our home as well.us humans are well trained

9:39 am

OMG how on earth did you turn up my LJ?

9:39 am

Hello everyone - I am thinking of getting a kittie when my ex finally moves out. I have never had a kittie before (always dogs)

9:40 am

is amazing what can be done on the interwebs

9:40 am

i highly recomend a black kitty,riverdance.they are great!!

9:41 am

rescue one from a shelter and give it a forever home

9:41 am

Yes, kitties are great! I couldn't be without mine

9:41 am

that was my plan crossy

9:42 am

I got mine from a shelter when he was 3

9:42 am

i have had many cats but it seems to me that our bombays are very very smart and more personable

9:42 am

I definitely know I need a companion but I want the flexibility of not having to rush home every day if something comes up so a dog will not work for me.

9:42 am

I am going to miss my Tori terribly when he takes her.

9:43 am

at need we can set up our cats for a 4 day abscence if needed

9:43 am

not much more than 4 days however

9:44 am

(((River)))

9:44 am

but is def much more latatude than a dog

9:44 am

that would work for me and if I go away for a week I can always make sure that Keith can stop by to check on it

9:44 am

Our issue is the catbox....

9:45 am

that is why 4 days is the max.two litterboxes for our 3 cats can go 4 days max

9:45 am

catbox? YOu mean I cant just open the door for them to go out like the dog.......lol!

9:46 am

ahh we do not feed our cats to cars on the road or coyotes in the hills.ours are indoor kitties

9:46 am

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” ~Robert A. Heinlein

9:46 am

I am only kidding crossy - mine would be an inside cat also

9:46 am

that is well

9:46 am

Ours are indoor kitties as well...

9:46 am

rue words, o-o

9:47 am

so true o-o

9:47 am

rue*

9:47 am

acck! i have a malfunioning key:(

9:47 am

I am totally stuck with 22 to go so I am going to get back to work now

9:47 am

Have a great day everyone

9:48 am

mmm tttttttesting...

9:48 am

See you later river...hagd

9:48 am

was a toast crumb;))

9:49 am

back in a bit..poink!

9:53 am

Hello whoever is still here....i have te 7....can someone give me stats (not a clue) for the other please?

9:53 am

meant to say the other 7...

think of the Alps or the Antarctic mountain chain

9:53 am

ma7...

9:54 am

ty, jill!

9:55 am

yw pen...and good morning!

9:55 am

g'morning...

9:59 am

50 left...time to get to a few chores on puter...will be in/out

10:10 am

hello all. lots of blank tiles, any help out there?

10:12 am

help with y pls

10:12 am

this is a tough grid for me

10:13 am

NM monkeyed both

10:13 am

What do you need peri - it is a tough grid

10:14 am

just one blank tile now. the top E in left column pls

10:14 am

ed 5/22

10:14 am

it ends with the sometimes vowel

10:14 am

ok, looking...

10:15 am

thanks, I was not seeing it

10:15 am

thanks river so simple with the right direction

10:15 am

and hello all

10:16 am

hi west

10:16 am

stats for any middle column o please, my last blank

10:16 am

hi peri

10:16 am

oa 4/8

10:17 am

and hello westford

10:17 am

wet spot in the desert, westford

10:17 am

thanks

10:17 am

yw!

10:17 am

and that's nbt

10:17 am

Pastor J. that was for right column O and I needed it. thanks

10:18 am

hi river and pastor

10:18 am

57 left bl

10:18 am

oops, you're right!

10:18 am

one more favor please..stats for a 7

10:18 am

te 7/36

10:18 am

oh no I lied..still need the middle o

10:19 am

oa 4/8

10:19 am

thanks river looking

10:19 am

I have an oa 4/8 trees is there another?

10:20 am

os 6/33

10:21 am

ty I'll try that

10:21 am

back to work again for me - good luck

10:21 am

thanks river come back soon

10:22 am

oa5 think desert

10:22 am

thanks steve I have that one

10:23 am

fireworks

10:23 am

Yay steve !!

10:23 am

this game is like a treasure hunt

10:24 am

and now I can truthfully say I have nbt

10:24 am

it was the os 6/33

10:27 am

and nbs..te 7/36 describes this grid

10:27 am

and I'll be quiet now

10:41 am

Amid NSA Outrage, Big Tech Companies Plan to Track You Even More Aggressively http://tinyurl.com/larv75\nj

10:42 am

good morning :)

10:44 am

there was a time when I could complete these grids without lickety --no more! Is it the ageing me or are the words getting more weird?

10:51 am

words getting more weird i think

10:51 am

ok fireworks 4 me. poof im gone

10:52 am

congrats!

10:52 am

i am also done....but i did use Lickety today...

10:52 am

grats anita and pen

10:53 am

ty!

10:53 am

fortunately, a lot of the weird words were four or five letters...

10:55 am

yes - have just gone to lickety -- a lot from antiquity (greek, roman) and a lot from biological terms

10:55 am

I'm not even sure the biologists would know some of them!

11:01 am

i had to keep guessing...

11:02 am

sc 6, please?

11:02 am

nm - found it

11:03 am

*!* ta da *!*

11:04 am

bye all :)

11:04 am

may I have a clue for the upper left-hand e, pls?

11:06 am

ev 4 - time of day, plural

11:06 am

ed5...ends in two high point tiles

11:07 am

or were you looking for ed 5/122: to make clear as in understanding

11:07 am

hi molly :)

11:07 am

ok - really off to my book now!

11:07 am

ed5/122...damn, that is a lot of points for a five letter word : D

11:08 am

lol

11:08 am

ed 5/22 means to make clear. I thought it meant to build up? Help me here

11:09 am

Apparently it means both. To build up and to enlighten.

11:09 am

ty Molly

11:09 am

ty both, but I can't find them

11:10 am

ed + vowel + two high point tiles

11:10 am

h ruby

11:10 am

duh me, ty bichon

11:11 am

yvw ruby

11:11 am

I kept looking for an edv word

11:11 am

by, we're going [I think] to get two foster dogs, Abby and Murphy

11:11 am

*ruby

11:12 am

I keep seeing bichons around here, I guess they're popular in France, not like chow monsters

11:12 am

I never understand how clues don't work and do work. ed5 ends in two high point tiles didn't work. But ed + vowel + two high point tiles did work.

11:12 am

because I am in a particularly dim state, molly

11:12 am

A great Babble mystery

11:13 am

I;ve been trying evoke and educe all day

11:13 am

Yes, we will add it to The Book Of Babble Mysteries. : D

11:13 am

right column o stats, pls

11:13 am

oy4/6

11:14 am

ty

11:17 am

morning all!

11:17 am

hello sue

11:17 am

hi sue, how goes it?

11:18 am

hi ruby and bichon! We are good.

11:22 am

We are good...hmm...wonders if Sue is having a multiple personality day. : D

11:22 am

I speak for the multitudes inhabiting my house.

11:23 am

Oh my, you have multitudes now?

11:23 am

Seems like :-) me, hubby, son, 2 cats, 2 dogs

11:53 am

do we have a list today?

11:53 am

yes

11:53 am

thank you:)

11:55 am

stats for the ci 4 please?

11:57 am

I really do wish it would stop raining now. I have swept/raked leaves/mud from the grates at the bottom of the driveway 2x today!. the first time when it was not raining to prevent flooding. but a couple of hours later it poured and the street at the end of the driveway was flooded. so I had to do it again. no one else is home but if they were it would not matter.

11:57 am

I do not think my neighbor is home but one of the grates is on her side of the driveway.

11:57 am

no ci4, ci5/16

11:58 am

flosey clue please?

11:58 am

there are several grates along the street before our house but if they are clogged the water flows down here and pools if the grates are clogged.

11:58 am

peri is it a shared driveway?

11:58 am

I am finding this grid to be very hard

11:58 am

yes, mlf

11:58 am

well if you were afraid to do something a buddy thought you should do, you might be called a big si---

11:59 am

i hate those lol

11:59 am

change first letter there

11:59 am

she works and I do not think she is home at the moment. if I find out she is I will kill her, just kidding.

11:59 am

ty peri got it

12:00 pm

yw mlf - just stopped in for a minute

12:00 pm

I just piled the wet leaves, etc at the edge of our lawn and hers. if the grates clog again I will clear only half of each

12:00 pm

help with 6 letter words pls. I only have ma6x2

12:00 pm

su 6

12:02 pm

I do not see the su6

pt of su4

12:03 pm

duh, ty rasta and mlf. I already had the present tense :(

12:03 pm

found the fu6 too

12:05 pm

bbs

12:23 pm

Jeesh. It actually stopped raining for about 1/2 hour. Now it's on again. Hello, fellow rain soaked Babblers, et al.

12:31 pm

as/5 18 ?

12:31 pm

Hello Judy, just came on to finish with lunch. sorry you are wet...we have snow coming tomorrow.

12:32 pm

sammy: question+ vowel + snake letter

12:33 pm

thanks jilli.... i did and you answered heh heh

12:33 pm

LOL...true that!

12:36 pm

What do the 7's start with?

12:39 pm

ma and te

12:40 pm

Lunch time for WooTy! What's on the menu? An almond? A celery stick?

12:40 pm

Why not both?

12:41 pm

No clue where to go with the 7 clues. This grid is most vexing.

12:41 pm

Last ear of summer corn *heavy sigh*, tomatoes and cheese

12:41 pm

ma7 and te7

12:42 pm

ma7 starts with Catholic liturgy+no **s ands or buts then pl

12:43 pm

te7 is what this grid is...

12:43 pm

<--------!!FW!!

12:43 pm

Ha! Ty for both, Jilly.

12:43 pm

yvw judi

12:46 pm

congrats!

12:47 pm

YAY, JILLY!

1:04 pm

Clue for Os6, please?

1:10 pm

Phooey. I quit on this one. Too annoying. *POOF*

1:11 pm

os+snake letter+ vowel + *l* Delta airlines

1:11 pm

oh well....me too *poof*

1:35 pm

still trying to figure out the delta airlines clue....hmmm.....

1:37 pm

hego, to turn into bone

1:37 pm

OH! ty , Bichon, I actually had that. :)

1:38 pm

yw

1:40 pm

I HATE this weather. I just wish all of the leaves would fall off of the trees already.

1:40 pm

and I wish it would stop raining too.

1:40 pm

there, there Peri

1:41 pm

then it wil be winter and you won't like that either.

1:41 pm

I am the only one who rakes/sweeps the leaves from the grates in the street and I am getting tired of this

1:41 pm

no I won't.

1:41 pm

remember the snow shovel?

1:41 pm

it better not snow cause guess who does most of the shoveling?

1:42 pm

I know

1:42 pm

I am in good shape but I am the oldest one living here.

1:43 pm

I am stuck with 42 left

1:43 pm

what are these dumb ku words, anyway?

1:43 pm

I don't have them but will look

1:43 pm

grrrr...

1:43 pm

ty

1:44 pm

ku + double consonant + vowel

1:44 pm

KU + double consonant + 4th vowel

1:44 pm

ty dear

1:44 pm

then plural

1:44 pm

pl for the 6

1:44 pm

bichon was faster and so was zooz

1:45 pm

and the pl

1:45 pm

hello again

1:45 pm

dears

1:45 pm

Snap, Bichon :-)

1:45 pm

hello Westand Zooz

1:45 pm

still missing 2 k words and 38 other words

1:45 pm

Hello, Everyone :-)

1:45 pm

bichon did hurshy's zucchini casserole come out okay or did you changed the time and temperature?

1:46 pm

hi hego and zooz

1:46 pm

and hi bichon as well

1:46 pm

change*

1:46 pm

No, she was spot on. Had to put it back in the oven and bake at 375

1:46 pm

hi west

1:47 pm

oh good..I copied the recipe but was waiting until I saw you again

1:47 pm

what is in the recipe beside zucchini?

1:48 pm

2 c cooked brown rice, 3 zucchini, an onion, 28 oz plum tomatoes, 5-6 basil leaves, 2 garlic cloves, salt & pepper to taste, 4 oz shredded jack cheese (i used pizza cheese) 3 Tbsp parm, 1/4 c breadcrumbs, i added a red bell pepper, and a bit of sugar and oregano to the sauce. it was layered, rice, sauce, zucchini, cheese & breadcrumbs, sauce, onions, zucchini, sauce, 375 for 1.5 hrs

1:48 pm

monkeys are up from their nap

1:48 pm

here's my copy peri

1:48 pm

rice, other veggies [I added eggplant], toato sauce

1:48 pm

looks good

1:49 pm

it's a monkey kind of day

1:49 pm

good for vegetarians and the gluten free crowd

1:50 pm

kind of a take on eggplant parm. sounds good.

1:50 pm

bichon did you slice or chunk the eggplant?

1:51 pm

Sliced, but salted first to draw out the bitter juices

1:51 pm

good idea

1:52 pm

brb

1:52 pm

I guess the glutens couldn't have the breadcrumbs though..maybe some corn meal ?

1:53 pm

West : ) I love "the glutens".

1:54 pm

I know. Sounds like munchkins or some other little people, doesn't it?

1:54 pm

I was thinking the dietary challenged neighbors of The Tudors.

1:54 pm

YaY the little mouse on the swing is back...LOVE IT!

1:55 pm

: )

1:55 pm

Are there any sliced tomatoes in that recipe?

1:55 pm

are they bellicose?

1:56 pm

think canned tomatoes

1:56 pm

just a 28 oz can of plum tomatoes bea

1:57 pm

bet sliced tomatoes would be good though

1:57 pm

There was no eggplant in the recipe, but I thought it would go well. Just put in what you like

1:57 pm

Yes, I have a similar recipe that uses sliced tomatos.

1:58 pm

what is your recipe called Bea ?

1:59 pm

I think it is a vegetable tiana?

1:59 pm

tian

2:00 pm

thanks, I'll look that up

2:01 pm

And fireworks for me...phew..this grid took a long time.It was becoming TE 7/36

2:01 pm

lots of recipes out there

2:01 pm

tian? never heard of it

2:02 pm

34 left and stuck again

2:02 pm

Yay zooz !! you're right about the te7/36

2:03 pm

Happy babbling, everyone...byeee!...*poof*

2:04 pm

thanks zooz

2:05 pm

Drinking game: Every time someone uses te7 to describe the grid, take a drink.

2:07 pm

guilty

2:09 pm

we used to watch the bob newheart show and every time someone on the show said "hi, bob" we took a drink

2:10 pm

hi crossy...that's classic

2:11 pm

we knew things were getting bad when the station started airing AA commercials in that time slot

2:11 pm

howdy,westford

2:11 pm

hah !

2:11 pm

I miss Bob

2:12 pm

miss him??? i cannot remember the show..was too drunk at the time

2:12 pm

I liked the one where he was the innkeeper best

2:13 pm

the we tried to do it with the smurfs.everytime someone in the show said "poppa smurf!! poppa smurf!" but that just lead to lcohol poisoning in one felaa i knew

2:14 pm

good thing I never saw a smurf

2:15 pm

evil blue things

2:16 pm

what's happening in crossy's world these days?

2:18 pm

not too much,westford.school is going well and as you know the mrs and i enjoyed a sunset dinner boat cruise for our 20th:) all is well in crossy land

2:19 pm

glad to hear it and no I didn't know about the cruise..that sounds lovely

2:19 pm

and remember.my picture is up at my picture site for the next ten days or so if you want o see he ship and a pic of mr and mrs crossy

2:19 pm

Congratulations on 20 years

2:20 pm

crosshair.smumu.com hen slec rowse hen scroll o see pic and wo shor vid clips

2:21 pm

uh oh! Something terrible has happened to Crossy's keyboard!

2:22 pm

crosshair.smugmug.com

2:22 pm

congrats on your 20th Crossy!

2:22 pm

using the on screen one now

2:23 pm

ty hego

2:23 pm

my laptp kb is malfunctioning

2:24 pm

the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog..

2:24 pm

mm seems ok now

2:24 pm

yay for the jumping doggy!

2:24 pm

lol and for something that uses every letter

2:25 pm

right

2:26 pm

but anyway.go to that site, select browse,ckick on the picture of the ship and you can scroll a few pictures and 2 small vid clips

2:26 pm

it is a very nice site to sell photos as well.i may spring for a subscription

2:28 pm

very nice pics Crossy! You two are cute!!!

2:29 pm

What is the body of water?

2:29 pm

:)

2:29 pm

that is georgian bay

2:29 pm

Lovely!

2:29 pm

calm as glass that day

2:30 pm

lucky!

2:31 pm

any clues for sc 6?

2:31 pm

sc 6/24

2:31 pm

just found it

2:31 pm

my beloved but with an s

2:31 pm

almost

2:32 pm

Hmmm.... ty

2:32 pm

lousy clue

2:32 pm

no clues are lousy...ty

2:32 pm

what my wife is minus a p

2:32 pm

mm thats not it either..my mind is mush today

2:33 pm

lol- what a clue to sign on to- hello all

2:33 pm

hi Wolvie

2:33 pm

have mercy on me ,wolvie

2:34 pm

np Crossy. :-)

2:34 pm

no more clues from crossy for the rest of the day i am thinking

2:34 pm

well no- we need one for the sc :D

2:34 pm

Hi everybody. For those who knew that my Dad was poorly, the results are back. The poor old boy has salmanella. Source unknown, but very debilitating for an almost 86 yr old.

2:34 pm

back from looking..you two look so young

2:34 pm

np, Crossy, it's the thought that counts.

2:34 pm

sc 6 is a Liverpool slang for stew

2:35 pm

lol i am 49 and my beloved is 43

2:35 pm

sorry to hear that soodle

2:35 pm

they look like kids to me West.

2:35 pm

ty saanichat

2:35 pm

oh no soodle lots of cases here from chicken

2:35 pm

yw Wolvie

2:35 pm

yes hego they do

2:35 pm

Sorry to hear Soodle, dear. Keep him hydrated.

2:36 pm

Hi saani

2:36 pm

poor soodles da:((

2:36 pm

hego! Hello!

2:36 pm

hiya

2:36 pm

lots of fluids for da, soodles

2:36 pm

yup

2:37 pm

Lol Wolvie. Last week, if I heard he had salmonella, I would have freaked. Now that I know its not something terminal, I'm saying 'Yay! Only salmonella! Treatable!!'

2:37 pm

quite treatable

2:37 pm

i hear you on that one soodle- it is a relief, but still serious at that age. hugs to you both. :-)

2:37 pm

Amazing how one's perception shifts.

2:38 pm

ma5/12? either one, please?

2:38 pm

Thank you Wolvie. 😄

2:38 pm

ma + not yeses...

2:39 pm

ty

2:39 pm

i have an ma 5/12 that is a plural- and one that sounds like a short name for a very nice house :-)

2:39 pm

ma .... house where the minister lives in older novels...

2:39 pm

Got them both.

2:40 pm

Think I need to rest...

2:40 pm

finally got the sc....cheez!

2:41 pm

and Crossy's clue.

2:41 pm

It really wasn't that bad.

2:41 pm

lol no it wasnt

2:42 pm

what happened to the sc clue, my curiosity is ram[ant

2:43 pm

lol,my clues need a clue today!

2:44 pm

i am so water logged after the last two days i cant think straight, lol

2:44 pm

ahh yes,you had the colonoscopy

2:45 pm

Oh, poor Wolvie...

2:45 pm

everything come out in the end?? lol..hehe...

2:46 pm

Oh, my! lol

2:47 pm

no butts about it that was a terrible pun

2:47 pm

Groooaaannnn.....

2:48 pm

Hope you have been able to eat, Wolvie.

2:49 pm

that peglyte is horrid stuff.near the end of ingesting it all,you would not be at all surprised to see your shoes floating in that toilet bowl..

2:49 pm

Must go! hagd All!

2:49 pm

tc hego

2:54 pm

oh LMAO- was gone for a minute- i meant from all the rain we have been having. too too funny

2:54 pm

but ty for the good wishes :D

2:55 pm

lol

2:55 pm

far left e?

2:55 pm

i have not had a colonoscopy yet- probably due for my first next year lol

2:55 pm

rain? some areas near us are dealing with snow already

2:55 pm

ed 5

2:56 pm

not us thankfully- we are severely waterlogged tho

2:56 pm

ty

2:56 pm

knew it would be a fish

2:59 pm

mm thought is was you having one this week.my bad.though i am sure one of our regulars was having 'la search con significance" lol

2:59 pm

or the ole extreme close up you do not ant in your portfollio:)

3:00 pm

want

3:00 pm

lol

3:00 pm

Finally perfect weather here. Won't hear me complain again until next April or May!

3:00 pm

((mimi))

3:00 pm

((crossy)) How is school going?

3:01 pm

come over to crossy's mimi, the woods and hills are an explosion of colour and the tang of fall is in the air:0

3:01 pm

school is going very well

3:02 pm

moving into some english classes very soon by end of next week i believe]

3:02 pm

I do miss true autumn. Need any more viewing suggestions yet for the Roku?

3:02 pm

nope.my schedules is packed as far as netflix goes

3:03 pm

i ended up getting a smart hdtv though.no roku needed.tv does it all

3:03 pm

There is just so much to find there. So nice to watch want you want when you want, right? And no commercials.

3:04 pm

thing sucks up what it needs right from my wireless modem

3:04 pm

i should of done netflix soomer mimi

3:04 pm

Clever of you, crossy. I'm waiting for the day when absolutely everything will be wireless.

3:04 pm

sooner

3:04 pm

and no honey boo boo!

3:05 pm

PLEEEEASE....I have never watched that show but have seen it referenced many times. If I want to watch ugly people doing stupid things, I just have to open my blinds and watch my neighbors!

3:06 pm

Sorry if that was unkind.

3:06 pm

mimi you are right on

3:06 pm

lol.i still have no idea what language they were speaking

3:06 pm

TY, cat!

3:07 pm

I kind of don't get most of the reality show phenomenon. Hey, I watch TV to ESCAPE reality!

an5 please?

3:08 pm

our Canadian netflix (I signed up about 2 weeks ago) does not have anywhere near the amount that that USA does.

3:09 pm

Must admit I do watch The Bachelor/Bachelorette, though. It has become a kind of game for me. The first episode of each new one, I write down all the guys/gals and "critique" them. Last time I have all of the finalists from Day ONE!

3:09 pm

I think the USA must want to keep us as occupied as possible so we won't concentrate on how badly our government is screwing up....and screwing us over.

3:10 pm

good one mimi!

3:10 pm

wait until they

3:11 pm

And you don't have Hulu there either, right? It's great because I can stream current shows to my TV the next day instead of watching on my computer. They also have a lot of older shows that I like.

3:11 pm

HUL

3:12 pm

oops sorrrry

3:12 pm

Prompted by AARP, I just wrote my Senator (McCain...ugh) and representative yesterday to ask they not take senior benefits away and state that those who have been made wealthy by the loopholes our government provided now be held responsible for taking the lion's share of paying down the deficit.

3:16 pm

Don't get me wrong...I will always love this country and am still proud to be an American but we have MANY issues and I'm not seeing anyone truly stepping up to fix things. I doubt many incumbents will be reelected next time....people are MAD...with good reason.

3:18 pm

i mean as far as those of us on the outside are concened,a few insiders closing down an entie government because the do not like the idea o health cae for all smacks o idiocy

3:18 pm

my k is acting up so please forgive he gibberish

3:19 pm

kb

3:19 pm

Oh, yeah, crossy....plenty of stupid to go around in the government. We are now at a stage when I fear we totally lack any sense of unity as a people. That is very sad to me.

3:20 pm

that is part of the problem..unity to many still think of it as "i can afford my own insurance driven health care.why should i pay for him wih MY axes?"

3:20 pm

taxes

3:21 pm

Sometimes it's a lot to deal with personally....got the whole ME mindset going on and then have a big plate of crazy with this doctor I still can't understand. And people wonder why I need vodka?!!

3:21 pm

here, if you work,you pay for health care.everyone is covered.period.easy eh?

3:22 pm

Afternoon everyone. Looking for 2 clues please.

3:22 pm

DI 6/24 and SC 6/24 please and thank you.

3:22 pm

We should have had something like that in place a LONG time ago, crossy. I've been going without medical care that I very much need for quite some time because I can't afford it and have no insurance. In this country that is ridiculous.

3:23 pm

May move to Canada....are Americans welcome there now, crossy?

3:25 pm

you are welcome anytime ,mimi

Sc+Mickey m----

3:26 pm

di + it's of no *** to me (I don't need it)

3:26 pm

we all pay for health care together because we are all going to need i.here is no way around i.we will all need health care sometime in our lives

3:26 pm

ty for that di - my last d

3:27 pm

yw

3:27 pm

Sorry, folks, but just gotta say crossy is the sweetest man on the planet.

3:27 pm

ah, but don't you realize, crossy, that is a slippery slope right into communism!

3:28 pm

well,at least i will be a communist who did no die of cancer a 43!

3:28 pm

better dead than red!

3:29 pm

Hi, kje! Gotta disagree a bit. Communism was, as a philosophy, an excellent idea that just didn't work on a practical level. But I think taking care of one's citizens is a primary and important function of government.

3:29 pm

common over to the dark side

3:29 pm

Practically speaking, keeping people healthy is less expensive than treating their advanced illnesses.

3:30 pm

mimi - i am for a single payer system... I was being sarcastic... the rhetoric the extreme right is throwing around is absurd. America will not end if we have the ACA

3:30 pm

or more specifically, if the tea party fails to overthrow the ACA since we already officially have it as law

3:30 pm

if you die of something stupid and preventable in he us, it matters not what you political beliefs are

3:31 pm

Dear kje, I know you could not live where you do and not be sensitive and responsive to others....sigh...so miss California.

3:32 pm

more importantly, mimi - I ma a physician who has worked at safety net hospitals and seen the outcomes of our stupid system

3:32 pm

and i hear that they say "we do not want the government running your healthcare"..do not worry..they are closed anyways lol

3:33 pm

When i was younger I used to believe you basically get what you deserve in life. Though that may be absolutely true from a karmic perspective, it is not at all true as viewed from this plane of existence.

3:33 pm

I am constantly amazed at how UNcommon common sense really is.

3:33 pm

kje.does not timely treatment in the end cost less hat waiting for a condition to ecome serious enouh o warran a clinic in he usa?

3:33 pm

oh wow, mimi... just looked. you are in arizona! I'm sorry ; ) I sympathize. I just moved out here from TX, your crazy neighbor

3:35 pm

Thank you for your sympathy, kje. And, yes, I need it and will take it. It's impossible to live here with my political opinion...people want to hurt me if I actually speak. It is truly a desert...both geographically and politically. See why I want to MOVE?!

3:35 pm

that is where we save $$ in timely treaatment

3:35 pm

My entire mindset is northern California...wish I could afford it...would be there YESTERDAY!

3:36 pm

american politics from state confuzzles crossy..

3:37 pm

there are usually pockets of sanity everywhere, mimi (ie: austin in TX)... don't have t live here

3:38 pm

thanks Cam

3:38 pm

You're absolutely right, crossy. Early detection and treatment are the keys to keeping costs down. Here we just wait until there's a crisis and it costs WAY more to deal with illness then. I'm almost to that point myself but am tenaciously hanging in there until Jan. when my Medicaid will finally kick in. I would have had it much sooner but we have a governor who shouldn't even be dog catcher...the woman is certifiable. Don't even get me started on that. You know, I've stayed here because my kids are here, but since they've been totally unsupportive and dismissive of their mother, I'm going to move.....why suffer with NO payoff.

3:40 pm

Yes, kje, you are right. Two of my best friends here are a guy who is a tenured prof in astrophysics at ASU and his wife. Oh, the anguish we share at living here.

3:42 pm

My godson is pursuing his PhD in Washington, D.C. and cannot wait to move back to Berkeley....I understand completely.

3:43 pm

indeed,mimi.if your family are off doing their own thing,there is no need to sit there and suffer

3:44 pm

I have the ma7... what does the other start with?

3:44 pm

nm

3:44 pm

te

3:44 pm

ty penq!

3:45 pm

it jumped out at me as soon as I asked... after looking for that last T forever

3:45 pm

It goes even deeper than that, unfortunately, crossy. My children have completely shattered my heart. So I find other people to "adopt" who appreciate me and fill me with love and respect. I am fortunate to have many good friends.

3:46 pm

then,you have done your duty.they are adults.live for yourself a bit now

3:48 pm

you come for a visit next summer or early fall and i promise you a prime rib dinner on the segwun on crossy!

3:48 pm

That's the way I feel, crossy. I was a very good mother. When I went back into singing classic rock music in my 50s, my kids were like "Mom!" But I told them I did my job and stayed married to their father WAY too long so either get on the train with me or I'm leaving you at the station but I'm moving on as it is now MY turn!

3:48 pm

it is your turn!

3:49 pm

I'm absolutely planning a trip to see you and your lovely wife, crossy. Don't know exactly when yet, but it's a definite plan!

3:49 pm

grab yerself a boy toy and common up some weekend next summer

3:49 pm

lol

3:51 pm

Nah...did the boy toy thing to death after my divorce....hey, I already raised my kids. Just had nothing in common. Prefer spending the time with my cats.....sad, but true.

3:53 pm

I've had so many wonderful men in my life...none of the youngsters fit in that category, however. Interested more now in intellectual and spiritual pursuits.

3:54 pm

nothing wrong with doing yer own thing either

3:55 pm

u

3:55 pm

Now THERE's a double entendre!

3:59 pm

after my granda passed in the 70,s my grammy took up sailing till into her early 80,s when she slipped on deck and broker her arm while setting a seet:)

3:59 pm

sheet

4:00 pm

she went deaf in her early 90,s and that slowed her down a tad

4:00 pm

Now that's my kind of woman, crossy! I still plan to get back up on stage and rock out. Hey, Tina Turner is 10 years older than me and still rocks the house!

4:01 pm

she rocks the house indeed!

4:03 pm

I'm actually classically trained in voice and I still keep up with my vocal exercises and "rehearse" often. I simply enjoy singing in and of itself, even if there isn't an audience.

4:04 pm

I'll sing you an a capella number when I visit, crossy!

4:05 pm

i look forward to it.brb.store run

4:05 pm

I'm gone for now...need to get some things done. Bye and hugs all around.

4:13 pm

hi all!

4:19 pm

Hello Sue. 😊

4:19 pm

hi soodle! How are you?

4:21 pm

Lol. Sue. Don't ask. Do not unleash the torrent!!! Suffice to say, I'm still here. 😄 And you & Frank? All well?

4:22 pm

We are good, soodle. Sorry to hear you are having a hard time.

4:23 pm

I have taken on a freelance assignment that I had some doubts about - too much work and too little money - and I was right. On the other hand, it is money, and I'm not doing all that much else, so I guess it is ok.

4:24 pm

Meh! This too will pass. I'm just at a bit of a low ebb right now. Tomorrow, I'll be grand.

4:24 pm

Yay forincome!

4:24 pm

ah well, there's the ticket! Good attitude. Have a drink :-)

4:26 pm

Lol! If I started drinking, theres a good chance I may not stop!!!! Lol.

4:27 pm

So, whats the assignment, Sue?

4:27 pm

I know what you mean! There were a few times over the past year when I decided that we needed a drop, though. Indeed, when we found out Frank had cancer, I called our minister, and she showed up with booze. I decided I am going to the right church :-)

hello peeps

4:28 pm

The assignment is writing online homework problems for a physics text - three chapters worth, and 400 problems per chapter. I just finished writing 400 problems about fluids.

4:28 pm

hi, TO!

Could I get a clue fro ma7, please?

4:30 pm

a very large dog, marc

4:30 pm

Rofl! I would be tempted to drown my sorrows, but I fear I may have to drive into the hospital at short notice. So, its tea. Hiya TO 😄

4:30 pm

*looks for dogs in the grid*

4:30 pm

or a catholic service + a small word of choice

4:31 pm

(it's not the dog, just sounds like it)

4:31 pm

I think the dog has a t

4:31 pm

ah, got it, I think it's got to do with mountains

4:32 pm

so now I have nbs but still two blank tiles, although I am more than half way

4:32 pm

Lovely clue, Kje. Thanks.

kje, don't know that dog

4:35 pm

it's a very large dog, marc, spelled differently (with a t and a double final consonant)

4:36 pm

Could I please have a clue for the e in the second row?

4:36 pm

ed5/22, tabby, to instruct or inform

4:37 pm

catholic service + a small word used to imply imagining

4:37 pm

Marc, a catholic religeous ceremony + no **s buts or maybes

4:37 pm

off to the store... may or may not get back tonight to finish. happy babbling!

4:38 pm

bye, kje!

4:38 pm

bye Kje. And thank you.

4:38 pm

Thanks ussue...that gives me nbt at last

bye kje

soodle you were in the grid the other day

4:40 pm

ok, thanks to all of you and lickety, I have nbs and nbt, going to go do some other things for a while. bbl! Good to see you all!

4:40 pm

Oh, really TO? Dang!!!! I'm annoyed I missed my moment of glory!

:D

bye sue.

LOVE your icon, soods.

4:42 pm

Bye Sue. ((())). Love to you & Frank.

4:42 pm

Lol TO! I gotta do my bit!!!

whatever is gong on, i hope it resolves soon.

must go peel potatoes for pot roast, bbs

4:44 pm

Aw. Thank you.

i don't know what the problem is with y icon. it looks blak but it's black print on a white background.

4:45 pm

And now I'm heading for bed. To sleep. Perchance to dream. I'm wrecked. Goodnight everybody.

night, soodle. sleep tight. don't le tthe bedbugs bite.

4:55 pm

crossy is back:)) had to get some beverages of an adult nature;)

5:36 pm

I made a pot of Irish afternoon tea from Murchies and enjoyed two cups. Oh, I do know how to live.

5:36 pm

the small pleasures are often the best

5:37 pm

It has been a busy day for me with lots of paperwork (something I don't do very often any more.) Glad to sit down and visit whilst gridding.

5:37 pm

crossy tidbit for theose who just shelled out 800 dollars for the new i-phone 5.guess what? yup!! save yer pennies for the new upcoming i-phone 6 with edge to edge display!!! should not be any more than a thousand dollars! lol! http://tinyurl.com/kjsh9vs

Hi all!

5:39 pm

more and more it is nothing dramatic that please me; a nice walk in the wood,a good book,some good music,getting out on the wter like we did last week. All good stuff

5:39 pm

howdy, magazinemom

hey crossy

cross, some one just sent me a file w .pub. i cannot find anything with which to open it

5:41 pm

epub?

5:41 pm

calibre has a good built in reader for that

Microsoft Publisher file

5:42 pm

that works as well

i don't have that

i cannot buy something to read this

5:43 pm

i like caliber because it handles many files and i also use it to change formats on my books for different e readers

5:43 pm

calibre is free you do not buy it

is it free?

5:43 pm

it is

http://www.zamzar.com/convert/pub-to-p\ndf/ This says it will convert it to a pdf. Free

5:44 pm

trust crossy .been using calibre to convert files for people for years

5:44 pm

but magmoms info works as well

I trust crossy more than me. LOL

caliber is an ebooks software?

5:44 pm

brb

5:45 pm

it is,but converst .lit,pdf,mobi as well as epub

5:45 pm

brb

mm have you used this software? calibre not working for me

No. Let me look on CNET for something. I trust their software.

5:48 pm

like i said not only have i used it,i still do

There is no free reader for Microsoft Publisher which is the problem.

*sigh* i need to prood read a flyer

5:49 pm

you have to import the file you wish to convert or read,slelect the format you wish to use then convert or read individually

5:49 pm

easy,peasy

5:50 pm

once you imprt your duccument into calibre the reast is easy

5:50 pm

import

5:51 pm

if only typing were that easy lol

5:52 pm

here it is.totally free. http://calibre-ebook.com/

TO- I have publisher. If you want to email it to me I think I can save it as a pdf for you.

5:54 pm

anyways.on you go

5:54 pm

:)

5:55 pm

talking to oneself is a nasty habit :)

lost in the grid for a few

5:57 pm

she vanished on me TO did. i can turn it into plain text,pdf,mobi , lit or whatever

no i was booted

oh heck, oven is calling, dinner is nearly ready

5:59 pm

send it to magmom or myself and we can convert it for you

do i run it or save it

5:59 pm

run it

If you need to email me, becparks at sbcglobal dot net

ty oven is getting louder must run

6:00 pm

but it is a good program to have and become familliar with

I've got to run feed the heathens.

6:01 pm

once you have imported the epub,highlight it on the list and select view

6:02 pm

there are dedicated e-pub viewers and that is all they do but a good software program like calibre should be shared

it won't run

6:14 pm

sec then i will just get you link for basic e pub reader

i will email the person and tell her i just cannot do it, unless i try it at the library tomorrow

trying the alternate download site now.

and dinner is not looking good, either. :(

6:16 pm

http://epub-reader-for-windows.en.soft\nonic.com/

6:16 pm

there ya go.basic reader

the alternate download site appears to be working. what do i convert it to?

6:18 pm

do not convert it.you just want to read it correct? so upload it to calibre and once it is on the list,just highlight it and select view button

6:18 pm

i am trying to make this easy for you:)

ms security does not like this site

but the download appears to be working since i overrode it

6:19 pm

then use the dedicated reader i posted instead

i will try calibre. btw my travel companion turned out to be an it consultant. he told me my pc is not worth trying to fix and i need to buy a new one.

6:21 pm

do not worry about ms security.i never post anything for babblers unless i personally have used it first and know it is safe

6:21 pm

computers age fast

my p ot roast is tough. it has been cooking two hours. :(

it is inedible at this point.

i think i need to go to bed and try again tomorrow.

6:22 pm

2 hours??? how much does it weigh?

6:23 pm

put tough roast in pieces in a marinade in the fridge overnight.you can resuce it

6:24 pm

1/3 cup honey,1/3 cup mustard pinch of chilli powder and something with hickory or maple,salt pepper,dash of galic

6:25 pm

you can then toss the entire thing in slow cooker tomorrow and add veggies and baby taters

6:25 pm

I cook my pot roast for 6-8 hours TO

6:25 pm

and usually over 2 days

6:25 pm

wow

6:26 pm

petrified pot roast

this one should go about 21/2, it is only two lbs

6:26 pm

Try refrigerating it tonight, and cooking it for 4 more hours tomorrow

low and slow, crossy

6:26 pm

i like my roast just to the point where it stops mooing

6:26 pm

I still cook and cook and cook. The meat falls apart when I'm done, which is how I like pot roast.

but i am starving! *pouts* you did not hear about my trip with the epiphytes last weekend.

6:26 pm

My recipe is on my FB page

6:26 pm

i cook my 3-5 pound roasts at 325 for 45 min a side in 2 inches of water covered

this is pot roast.

6:27 pm

crossy, sounds more like roast beef than pot roast

my recipe is on the can of campbell's golden mushroom soup

6:27 pm

then i slow cook the hell out of it in my cooker

6:28 pm

sorry,tis odd day for crossy.yes pot roasts in slow cooker

6:28 pm

ohhhh, now THAT sounds like pot roast :)

6:28 pm

yeah, TO, crossy and I both think you just need another 4-6 hours cooking in slow cooker

i need 29 more and i think i will need a list

6:28 pm

and it will be perfect

6:28 pm

crossy loves his slow cooker. i meake a deadly jamacian pulled pork in them

no, it's tonight's dinner. more soup and try it again tomorrow if it does not come around. may just be a bad roast.

6:30 pm

you do get them,they cobble together bunches of gristle with strings of meat,coat it all in enzymes,tie it all together with string and pass it off as food

%$ meat on sale and $2 worth of soup. i love the mc comak;s roast in the bag, but this one makes great gracy. this from a confirmed gracy hater.

not pieced and tied. bottom round.

6:30 pm

i can make a gravy, to,would bring a tear to yer eye

i hate gravy. truly hate it.

6:31 pm

:(((

of all kinds.

6:31 pm

how about an au jus sauce?

so yes, it WOULD bring at least a tear to my eye lol

au jus if the only way to go.

only for reheats

6:31 pm

see/ knew we would find something

i hate ravy and i figurethat takes sveral hundred calories off every roasted meat

so it's all good.

6:33 pm

if you are eating roast beef with mashed and roasted carrots with all the trimming,you should not care a whit about calories

nrk, have you seen or thought about seeing the musical "one"?

6:33 pm

do not forget yorkie puds

well, i am not. and if i were, it would be eye round not prime rib. leanest beef around

i hate fat in all forms. the taste gags me.

6:34 pm

we have a black angus heard here that offers itself up every once in a while and the meat is so beautiful,so tender..sigh...it needs nothing else

6:35 pm

herd

oh ood lord i was just called by someone who wanted to check my system and wanted to check ammy.com this after my soft ware download. :(

6:55 pm

i have no idea wgat that all means but i would be cautious

6:57 pm

Going to start dinner. Nothing fancy tonight but grateful for good fortune. Be wary TO of phone calls from people who have no business asking you questions. I am thinking I should take the first flight down to stand guard.

ok, overn is calling again. nan i do not understand.

7:01 pm

I really want to go see "one" TO.

7:03 pm

Okay, 11 left, and I'm not seeing anything, so I'm done. Have a great night all!

7:05 pm

i wish i could be there for all of you when the phishing scams start

Could I get a clue for te7, please?

7:08 pm

Hi all :) Marc, te 7 - tiring, like this grid!

Got it thanks

7:08 pm

yw

7:12 pm

Some really stupid words today!

sc6/24, please?

7:14 pm

Describes someone from Liverpool OR sc + a UK river

7:15 pm

It's the name of a type of stew from Liverpool

7:18 pm

Clue for ha 5 / 12 please - the last ha word.

7:18 pm

nm! Doing a Peri!

Thanks got it

7:19 pm

yw

os6, please?

7:20 pm

os 6 - to harden like bone

7:21 pm

os6/33 means to become bone or to harden like bone & hi

Sorry don't get the clue?

7:21 pm

thinking of how to clue it

7:22 pm

Put "to become bone" into Reverse Dictionary and it is first word on the list Marc Freeman.

7:22 pm

Hi Min

What is the reverse dictionary?

7:22 pm

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

7:22 pm

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

7:23 pm

Put this into your address bar: http://www.onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2\n&clue=to+become+bone Marc Freeman.

7:23 pm

clue for ma 5 (the first) please

7:24 pm

ma5/14 is ma plus a garden tool or rhymes w/famous lake

7:25 pm

ty - thought I'd tried that!

7:25 pm

S's Stopped! 4 left

7:25 pm

11 here but it's slow going!

7:28 pm

35 m's - mutilated! Finally!

7:29 pm

May I please have a clue for su4-5? Thanks

7:29 pm

present tense of the su 6

7:29 pm

Marvelous Lizlin!

7:29 pm

3 of the same letter!

7:29 pm

su 4/5 ends with double snake letter gapeach and hi there

7:30 pm

2 grey columns!

7:30 pm

Thanks much, Min and Liz.

7:30 pm

yw

7:31 pm

yw

7:31 pm

5 left

7:31 pm

Go Lizlin go!

7:32 pm

D's Dropped! 1 left

7:32 pm

WTG Min!

7:33 pm

1 left

7:34 pm

I wonder if we will both end with the same last word Lizlin

7:34 pm

Found it!

7:34 pm

Unlikely! I should've found this one long ago.

7:35 pm

Fireworks!!!

7:35 pm

Congrats, Liz!!!!!!

7:35 pm

Congratulations Lizlin on your fireworks display! Way to go

7:35 pm

ty both. Waiting for you now, Min

7:36 pm

My last word was te 4 - the first one and considering we have about 200 of them here ...

7:37 pm

I am finished! I have fireworks! an 5/20 was my final word

7:37 pm

Congrats Min :)

7:37 pm

Is sk4-8 a fish? Thanks

7:38 pm

Congrats, Min

7:38 pm

Doubt that it's needed, but time for me to do story of clues

7:38 pm

!!!!!!

7:38 pm

You found it then!

7:38 pm

Let me doo this over.....Congrats, Min!!!!!

7:38 pm

sk4/8 word is what people use to glide down hills in winter but change the vowel gapeach.

7:38 pm

do - even.

7:39 pm

Do you need any clues Peach?

7:39 pm

BTW - good to see you back.

7:39 pm

I'll be here off&on for the rest of the nite to clue if needed

7:39 pm

ci5-16 please, Liz. Thanks

7:40 pm

Alternative spelling of an si 5 - sometimes boys are called this - not very nice though!

7:40 pm

That ci 5/16 word is just like that si 5/14 word gapeach.

7:40 pm

Thanks so much, Min. 5 left.

7:41 pm

Go gapeach go!

7:41 pm

Go Peach :)

7:42 pm

ed5-22 please....thanks

7:43 pm

ed 5/22 is ed plus no **s and or buts plus sometimes vowel.

7:43 pm

ed 5 - to uplift - but might help to think in terms of a large building (diff ending though)

7:43 pm

Go SE direction

7:44 pm

Thanks much, Min and Liz.

7:44 pm

yw

7:44 pm

yw

7:44 pm

as5-18 please....thanks

7:45 pm

Knew you'd want that one - to question + 4th vowel and snake letter

7:45 pm

An as 5/18 is to question plus Mac ** is what I use to Babble

7:45 pm

Thank muchly, Liz and Min.

7:46 pm

yw

7:46 pm

Go Peach!!!!!

7:46 pm

oa5-10 please.....thanks

7:46 pm

Water in a desert

7:47 pm

Thanks much, Liz.

7:48 pm

The last two are 4 letter words....just hate to ask for them. fi4-8 the 4th please.

7:49 pm

financial word

7:49 pm

The fi 4/8 word is beginning of business year (fi**cal year).

7:50 pm

Thanks much, Liz and Min.

7:50 pm

yw

7:51 pm

The last one is the one you clued, Liz. I've been every which way, except the right one obviously.

7:51 pm

Which one?

7:52 pm

I'll clue again, more clearly.

7:52 pm

Oh, sorry, the sk4-....thanks

7:52 pm

sk + a simile word

7:53 pm

** pretty ** apeach

7:54 pm

sk + first vowel + snake letter

7:55 pm

OMG! I can't believe that I am so unseeing. Thanks so much....That was the last.

7:56 pm

Fantastic. Congrats, Peach :)

7:56 pm

Congratulations gapeach on your fireworks! Hooray for U!

7:56 pm

Enjoy your evenings, Peach and Min. :)

7:57 pm

Has TraderKate been on today....I want to ask about her friend, Diana Ketcham. She asked for prayers yesterday.

7:57 pm

I haven't seen her but I've only been here for the last hour. I'm off now. BBL.

7:58 pm

Goodbye Lizlin! I will see you later in the chat log maybe.

8:01 pm

I can't remember if I asked for prayers and energy to be sent to my niece in Corpus Christi, TX. She is back on Cbemo has had three other bouts and had gotten a clean scan.....then a couple of weeks ago they found 4 spots and she and her husband (he's not taking it well at all, undserstandably). Her name is Susie, so if you all will do what you can to help her, all of her family and she will be forever grateful. Thanks

Will be praying for Susie peach!

8:03 pm

Thank you very much, magazinemom.

8:04 pm

I will keep her in my thoughts and prayers

YW. So many folks that need thoughts, prayers and good vibes lately. Makes my heart heavy.

8:04 pm

Hello magazinemom! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

Hi MIn!

8:04 pm

Hello wvteach! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid.

In return if I could ask you all to pray for Maddy, an 8- year- old girl who is kicking leukemia's booty for a second time. She is such a brave girl and a fighter.

8:07 pm

Of course, we will, magazinemom/

Thanks.

8:09 pm

Good girl for Maddy for being strong in her battle. I will be thinking of her. Is she a child in your family magazinemom

Her great-grandmother is a friend of my mom's. She's a local little girl who has one everyone's hearts with her courage.

*won

The dog was seeking ear scratches while I was typing. lol

8:23 pm

as 6 anyone?

8:26 pm

it is a plural Jack

8:26 pm

need more?

8:28 pm

The only as5 I have can't become a plural

8:28 pm

ok- a + not your front or back but ****

a + si/4

and plural

8:29 pm

OK there now ty both

yw

8:33 pm

Hello Jackanory! How are you doing? Welcome to the chog

8:33 pm

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

8:33 pm

welcome Minveryork! hope your day is going well

8:34 pm

Thanks Min it's a good place to be

Could I get a clue for ku5, please?

8:36 pm

The ku5/20 rhymes with actress Renee R**** Marc Freeman

8:36 pm

ku + double middle grid letter + vowel

8:36 pm

it is not a real word Marc. I just tried to find what it means ....

Thanks got it

8:37 pm

Ah 4/6! Listen up! After putting my no 4/4 to the grid it took me eo4/4 to finish this te 7/36 grid. It se 4/5s like a story isn't needed, but I am going to write a story with so 4/5 clues anyway. If a somebody as 4/8 for a clue, it helps me out. As5/12 from clues, I also use Lickety's list to help me. I often de 4/6 it necessary to use the list. It is an as 5/10 for me, especially for the ma 4/5ive grids. So 4/5 may di 4/5 me for using a list and think I am a si 5/14 for using list, but I do not care. I will never di6/24 the list. I refu 4/8 to give up that list. Sufi 4/8 it to say, I'd never finish grids sa 4/4 a list. It me 5/12 so much to me that Lickety takes the time to provide us with a list. I wish that I could me 4/5 Lickety one day to thank him in person.Hubby,whose na4/5 is Mike, gets very fu5/22 if I babble too long.I'm going to stop before he makes a fu 4/8 and starts to mo4/5 & groan & say me4/5 things about Babble.He mo5/12 & groans every time I babble. I hope you have us 4/6 this story to help you babble. I'm going to go mo 4/8 on out of here and watch a Tom Ha 5/20 movie insi 4/5 the bedroom. I will be back here at the sa4/5 time tomorrow evening. Goodnight babblers!

8:40 pm

thanks for the story Min.!

8:40 pm

Magazinemom, didn't mean to be brief awhile ago.....had a phone call.......We will surely pray and send energy to Maddy. Please let us know how she is doing.

8:41 pm

yw Bugsaw

8:42 pm

Clever tale, bye

8:42 pm

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

8:43 pm

There is a special on ABC at 10:00PM EST about the little girl who was shot and left for dead by the Tali ban. Diane Sawyer has interviewed her. Perhaps anyone will like to watch.

as5/18, please?

8:45 pm

as5/18 word is to question plus I use Mac ** to Babble Marc

thanks got it

8:46 pm

evening all!

8:47 pm

busy week, not much babble time

8:47 pm

hi daddy dan

8:47 pm

Hello dan2bit! How are you doing today? Welcome to chog

8:47 pm

I am well. Thanking G it's F

8:48 pm

My babbling time has been reduced to weekends dan2bit.I have been so busy with school work for the last few weeks.

8:48 pm

clue for sc 6 please?

8:48 pm

Minver are you teaching or learning (or both)?

sc+m**** like mickey

ci5, please?

8:49 pm

thanks Marc

8:50 pm

The ci5/16 word is just like the si5/14 word Marc Freeman

Thanks got it.

8:51 pm

an5 pls?

8:51 pm

I'm a teacher,but we are using a new reading program and it's a lot of work!I feel like I am a brand new teacher again

8:51 pm

yw

8:51 pm

An an 5/20 word ends with another word for we Jackanory

8:51 pm

wow!

8:53 pm

Great thanks Minver

8:54 pm

yw

10:04 pm

Slowish chat today ..

10:08 pm

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

10:08 pm

Or maybe I should say welcome to the slog(SLOw Chat lOG)

10:21 pm

I am well Min. How's youse?

10:28 pm

I am well torgone, but disappointed that I have no time for Babble during the week. I am very busy with work all week

10:30 pm

Yeah .. That kind of stinks ..

10:33 pm

Work keeps demanding more and more, and gives us less recharge time ..

11:10 pm

Okay, well that topic didn't generate much interest. Let's try this: SPAM - Animal, Mineral, or Vegetable?

11:19 pm

Canada - America's Hat .. Miss North Carolina, your thoughts ...

11:26 pm

hi everyone :) long time no babbling!

11:26 pm

not since i was in China!

11:27 pm

Heya Rows .. Where in China?

11:28 pm

looks like Babble doesn't have a Honduras flag icon... sad

11:28 pm

i was living in Shanghai for 2 years

11:28 pm

well i think that making canada americas hat is terrible. all we want is peace. that is why when i am miss america i will travel to canada and talk about peace with our neighbors

11:28 pm

hi all

11:28 pm

hi jmc

11:28 pm

ask dr god for a honduran flag. . .he is pretty good about things like that

11:29 pm

Heya jmc

11:29 pm

hi all

11:29 pm

how do i ask him?

11:29 pm

*puts a robe on over her swimsuit*

11:30 pm

i knew i keep my world saving cape for some reason

11:30 pm

email him. . . through the link at the bottom of this page that says "send them"

11:31 pm

i'm on babble expert... i don't see that link

11:31 pm

dr.god@playbabble.com

11:31 pm

*puts 12 robes on over swimsuit*

11:31 pm

gracias!

11:32 pm

trying for discipleship?

11:32 pm

de nada

11:32 pm

emailed him!

11:33 pm

yeah the worst thing that happens is nothing. . . .

11:35 pm

hmm this grid is requiring me to think. . . i may be beyond that ability tonight. . . .

11:35 pm

so what took you to hondurus rows?

11:35 pm

yeah haha i'm tired

11:35 pm

prolly not the best time to do this

11:35 pm

i'm an international teacher

11:36 pm

i teach English as a Foreign Language and kindergarten

11:36 pm

eh. . .i just do the easy ones and then quit on nights like this. . .

11:36 pm

ah my son would like to do that for a while. . . he has already done a bit of traveling but wants to live somewhere. . . .

11:36 pm

tell him to get his TEFL Certificate

11:36 pm

makes it easy to get a job teaching EFL

11:37 pm

i will pass that on to him. . .

11:37 pm

Asia is a good place to get a job, pays well and there's lots to see there, and easy ways to travel around

11:37 pm

i didn't get enough time there in my 2 years, for sure

11:38 pm

he hasn't spent much time in asia. . . only northern india where we both had a bit of a bother. . . .i'd still like to give southern india a try though. . .

11:38 pm

cool

11:38 pm

i haven't been there yet

11:38 pm

just Asia and Central America

11:40 pm

well if you can get used to the idea that they are going to cheat you. . . and it is filthy. . . it is an interesting place. . .please understand i stayed in places in Kenya and Tanzania and Guatemala where gringos/muzunga don't go so its not that i am finicky. . .

11:40 pm

yep, i understand completely

11:40 pm

i have spent and so has my son a good bit of time in Guatemala. . . but not sure i would be willing to go there now. . .

11:41 pm

i haven't been there just yet

11:41 pm

i only moved here two months ago

11:41 pm

but i'd like to see more of Honduras first... over Thanksgiving break i'm going to Tela and Roatan, most likely

11:41 pm

wanna try scuba diving

11:42 pm

he was part of the first free elections in guatemala in 2003 working for a friend of mine who is now banned from public speaking in guatemala. ..

11:42 pm

my son recommend belize. . .

11:42 pm

yeah

11:42 pm

i've heard it's nice, i think i might visit in February

11:42 pm

scuba diving is wonderful

11:42 pm

i'm going to Panama and Costa Rica over Christmas

11:42 pm

:)

11:43 pm

there is an english speaking quaker colony in costa rica

11:43 pm

well nothing personal but i am going to go find my bourbon and bed. . .

11:43 pm

oh cool

11:43 pm

hope to see you again soon rows

11:43 pm

yeah i've heard Panama and CR are more developed and Americanized

11:44 pm

enjoy :) see you soon i'm sure

11:44 pm

bye all

11:45 pm

Byeeee ..

11:51 pm

just cannont see the last fi4/4

11:51 pm

sorry the last 4/8

11:55 pm

bogster, fi + first two letters in the place where you go to learn things

11:55 pm

tks duh

11:55 pm

:)

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