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153 4,067
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161 3,380
162 3,337
163 3,281
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166 3,257
167 3,214
168 3,171
169 3,058
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172 2,952
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176 2,758
177 2,703
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179 2,652
180 2,635
181 2,610
182 2,531
183 2,522
184 2,516
185 2,476
186 2,472
187 2,466
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190 2,423
191 2,412
192 2,407
193 2,405
194 2,369
195 2,353
196 2,339
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198 2,335
199 2,314
200 2,278
201 2,266
202 2,258
203 2,254
204 2,249
205 2,243
206 2,206
207 2,202
208 2,186
209 2,185
210 2,160
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212 2,143
213 2,130
214 2,108
215 2,102
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217 2,073
218 2,072
219 2,067
220 2,064
221 2,033
222 2,015
223 2,013
224 2,012
225 1,999
226 1,991
227 1,964
228 1,959
229 1,956
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232 1,943
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236 1,935
237 1,917
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239 1,900
240 1,888
241 1,860
242 1,857
243 1,849
244 1,842
245 1,825
246 1,823
247 1,821
248 1,821
249 1,809
250 1,809
251 1,797
252 1,795
253 1,795
254 1,791
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256 1,770
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258 1,729
259 1,725
260 1,723
261 1,714
262 1,712
263 1,700
264 1,700
265 1,700
266 1,691
267 1,686
268 1,685
269 1,682
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271 1,670
272 1,667
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274 1,661
275 1,639
276 1,619
277 1,615
278 1,613
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280 1,605
281 1,601
282 1,601
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284 1,592
285 1,589
286 1,588
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290 1,562
291 1,554
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299 1,505
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304 1,471
305 1,450
306 1,443
307 1,440
308 1,431
309 1,421
310 1,419
311 1,417
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313 1,413
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323 1,348
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365 1,060
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368 1,056
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370 1,052
371 1,051
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373 1,042
374 1,036
375 1,033
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382 994
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389 982
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392 975
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270 total words

12:00 am

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

A lot more than 11!

12:00 am

Flip! Hi min!

12:01 am

I am diving into the grid.Will return when I'm halfway finished

flip; hi all

Clues are up

12:03 am

thank you lickety!

12:03 am

Thank you, Lickety!

12:03 am

ca 7

12:04 am

tries

ty pink

12:04 am

ooops sorry

12:05 am

en 7

12:06 am

Hi -- I guess you guys might be sick of hearing how tired I am.

en 8

en 7 x 2

aww you need to take a break, jili hi

12:07 am

ty dee

12:07 am

But it was Happy Hour(s) at my place this evening and I was awakened by a phone call from the publishers at 6:15 am.

yw

te 7

12:07 am

Not at all jilli, impressed with your stamina to show up at the flip even when you are so tired

12:08 am

en 8 x 2 dee :D

12:08 am

how was the chili?

12:08 am

I think I won't be here long, but it's nice to unwind amopng friends

12:09 am

Hi all :)

12:09 am

hi jill and liz

ty ru

12:10 am

chili was great, so was the salad one neighbour brought and the home-made bread another did. And there was a decision to make it much simpler in the future.

en 7 x 3 then :)

yum... love chili in cold weather

12:10 am

and my rice krispie cheesies went over well too.

12:10 am

hello everyone :)

12:10 am

hi nan

12:10 am

hi nan

12:11 am

Hi Nan

12:11 am

The food all sounds very yummy, Jilli :)

12:11 am

which reminds me -- I have to send my neighbour the recipe.

hi nan

12:12 am

Never heard of rice krispie cheesies. Is it your own recipe or will I find it on google?

12:14 am

snap crackle clog?

anyone find the 9? nbt

12:15 am

don't know if it's on google -- it was given to me by a friend.

12:15 am

en8 x 3

12:15 am

I'll post it in my profile. Stay tuned.

12:15 am

Thanks jilli

ca 7

12:17 am

stats for the left e or the 9?

en 7 x 4

en 8 x 4

12:18 am

Reicpe for Cheese Crisps in my profile now.

12:19 am

Did I miss Lickety or didn't he show up?

12:19 am

I knew it! It's a RE word...

12:19 am

Lickety is up, jilli

12:19 am

Lickety's here Jilli. And the cheese crisps sound lovely

12:20 am

Oh good on both counts :)

12:20 am

need that left e for nbt

12:22 am

et4

12:22 am

ty Tor :)

12:23 am

I am stopping at 135 words and 1418 points. Be back later.

12:23 am

ty jilli, copied now. Will have to research what the uk equivalent is for the cheese

12:23 am

Sleep well Min

12:23 am

I would think any strong cheddar, Chrissie.

12:23 am

ty tor

12:24 am

It must be some sort of cream cheese though?

12:24 am

night minver

12:24 am

Or is it just grated?

12:24 am

I figured grated!

12:25 am

Thanks liz

12:25 am

Just guessing but that's what I'd do - thinking also about the texture.

12:25 am

no, it's a solid in a round plastic container -- let me check the indgredients -- I know it's mostly very strong cheddar.

12:26 am

NBT/NBS

12:26 am

crashing - nite everyone :)

12:26 am

Night nan. Sleep well.

12:26 am

WTG Diz

12:26 am

by nan

12:30 am

re 8 x 3 so far

12:31 am

no idea on the re 9

12:31 am

re 9 to in 6/7 again

12:32 am

ie, fester up again

12:32 am

me6,24

12:32 am

Jilli, I've googled the cheese and have seen pictures. It appears to be only available in Canada. Will experiment with different cheeses - the krispies sound too good to miss!

12:33 am

thank you diz

12:34 am

yw Ru

12:34 am

Thanks Diz :)

12:36 am

BBL gotta feed the g/kids, hungry buggars they are...LOL

12:36 am

It's MacLaren's Imperial "since 1891", made now by Kraft. Ingredients: Extra old cheddar cheese (milk ingredients, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzymes, salt, calcium chloride, colour, lipase), water, modified milk ingredients, sodium citrate, scorbic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, colour. It comes in a round dark red container 4" in diameter, 1½" high.

12:36 am

And it's kept refrigerated.

12:37 am

Thanks jilli, did you see my post just below

12:37 am

Only in Canada? Pity.

12:38 am

Maybe there's something similar in Lancs for you, Chrissie.

12:40 am

I'm sure I will find something that works taste wise, it's the texture that's the tricky bit

12:40 am

the texture is buttery

12:41 am

Tummy rumbling now, lol

12:41 am

well, good luck!

12:42 am

:)

12:44 am

re8 x 3

12:44 am

might I pls have a hint for the lone h second column bottom please\

12:45 am

come hi6

12:46 am

ahh ty ru

12:46 am

ty ruru -- I'd like to

12:46 am

you.. are always welcome here jilil

12:47 am

hi, everyone!

12:47 am

hi jb

12:47 am

hi jbp

12:48 am

hi jbp

12:49 am

some of the h's are killing me

12:52 am

this whole grid is a little frightening

12:52 am

to me anyway

12:52 am

i'm escairt

12:52 am

me too

12:53 am

nbt

12:53 am

nice going jilli

12:53 am

this one is a doozy

12:53 am

yay, hilli!

12:54 am

got all the z's though

12:55 am

ethnic slur! ethnic slur! that's what i get for playing on shabbat.

12:55 am

good for you, ru -- I have one z

12:55 am

any z clues welcome here

12:55 am

Shabbat shalom man!

12:55 am

Mab!

12:55 am

ru that is good ia m still looking in scrabble dictionary for last 2

12:56 am

thank you. good shabbes to whomever it applies.

12:57 am

ze6 - the highest point

12:57 am

then plural

12:57 am

thanks Dianne

12:57 am

god shavas to you as well

12:57 am

ty diane

12:57 am

ooh. thanks dianne

12:58 am

tyvm dianne

za 5 and pl looks like a country name

12:59 am

ty Dianne and Dee

12:59 am

I think it's the coin of that country

12:59 am

got ém all. thanks dee.

12:59 am

Ty Dee

yw

12:59 am

good one Dee! thanks!

yw

ze4 like what blood runs through, and plural

1:01 am

ooh, thanks ChrissieD

1:02 am

Ty Chrissie

1:02 am

eyelids are leaden, brain not functioning -- goodnight all...*poof

1:02 am

Sleep well jilli

1:02 am

Cain

Night night jilli

1:02 am

Sorry

1:02 am

night jilli

ce 7

1:02 am

the chili did her in

1:02 am

nite jilli!

1:05 am

man.. I have tons to go and need a break

1:05 am

man.. I have tons to go and need a break

1:07 am

is anyone else's interwebz being stoopid? or just mine?

had a few red boxes here

te 8

1:08 am

locked up here and have the dreaded red boxes too

1:08 am

ok, i feel a bit reassured.

1:08 am

red boxes here

1:08 am

Had red boxes

1:08 am

i'm still searching for the ce 7...

1:09 am

did the nightly hiccup move an hour with Daylight Savings, I wonder? I suppose it would.

Brit spelling pl for midpoint ce 7/32

1:10 am

just to let everyone know, 'fence' is not in the grid. that is all.

1:10 am

TYVM, Dee!

yw

1:11 am

Hi, VolleymomDee - I'm not really awake yet and we haven't met, but I wanted to say thank you for putting lists in your profile! They've been so helpful.

You are quite welcome, nice to meet you.

1:13 am

yes, truly, VMDee, you rock!!!!

Always a community effort :)

1:13 am

Fence is in the grid

1:14 am

You have fans! Anyway, it's MUCH too early for a Saturday here, so I'll get back to bed, but I heard you were on around this time so I just wanted to say that! You're the best!

1:14 am

nice try rururu

1:14 am

I would love a clue for the first column E...

1:15 am

Try it

1:15 am

Et

1:15 am

oh crap on a cracker

1:15 am

Lol

1:15 am

i'm in the pb.....

1:16 am

serving up hot chocolate laced with peppermint schnapps

1:16 am

schnapps optional

1:16 am

.et that is

1:16 am

Et4...that is

1:16 am

FFreakin spell check

1:17 am

thanks RR

1:17 am

Y

1:19 am

well, with nbt (finally) i am off to bed. sweet dreams, all!

1:20 am

Sleep well jbp

1:23 am

I just saw rbud's query about Daylight Saving. Some people seem to have it mixed up. We are now on Standard Time, i.e. winter time. Daylight Saving is over now. It was summer time. I wish we could stay on summer time all year and not have the dark descend at 4 pm.

1:25 am

Funny, Jilli. We don't have daylight saving in Queensland. Wish we did so it would get dark later than 7 in the summer!

1:26 am

Well, Australia is different!

1:27 am

I loved the long summer nights in Canada and England.

1:28 am

Me too.

1:28 am

Hated driving to and from work in the dark in winter in England.

1:28 am

Well, we're so far north.

1:29 am

Glad I'm not in northern Norway etc.

1:29 am

Lol

1:30 am

I thought you went to bed

1:32 am

I started to but had to attend to the kitchen -- dropped in here again to turn things off, and...Really needed to sit down for a bit, so tired.

1:33 am

finally - t's done.

1:33 am

I did laundry. .living large here

1:36 am

I did laundry earlier -- more to do tomorrow

1:39 am

and now I'm really going...*repoof

1:39 am

Sleep well jilli

1:51 am

2 to go...this grid is really hard...

1:52 am

rose - only 2 to go?? Wow. I have 176 to go.

1:53 am

morning all

1:57 am

121 left here.

1:57 am

And struggling!

1:59 am

Rose is a show off

1:59 am

But good!

2:00 am

well yea, she does have something to show off

2:02 am

you been peeking again, joso???

2:03 am

hehehehe

2:03 am

Guess you finished then Rose! Congrats :)

2:03 am

cooee to all my babble buddies...joso, anita, liz, dianne, rur

2:04 am

thanx, liz. it was a toughy tonight

2:04 am

congrats rose

2:04 am

thanx joso

2:04 am

i love it when my cat is surprised by who knows what and jumps straight up in the air.

2:05 am

wow. congratulations rose!

2:05 am

thanx mab

2:05 am

yea, I enjoy that too

2:06 am

i don't know how they do that. it's almost like flight.

2:07 am

levitation

2:07 am

my dog could do that, a 6 foot standing leap, wierdest thing you've ever seen

2:10 am

didn't know dogs did that too. i have one cat with nerves of steel, other quite nervy but curious

2:12 am

he didn't do it because he was surprised. he did it for extreme joy, or to get attention.

2:12 am

mab, i had a tom cat which could jump straight up onto the top of an 8' fe5. i used to laugh hysterically when i saw it. he would be asleep under a bush beside our drive, and a stray dog would meander in. from a complete curled up position, my cat would end up on top of the fe5.

2:13 am

after getting him I read up on the breed, they are apparently known for these leaps.

2:13 am

so what breed is that, joso?

2:14 am

bovies

2:14 am

they caution you that a 6 foot yard fence may not be enough

2:16 am

joso, no matter which way i google it, i cannot get to a site which shows me your dog.

2:17 am

bouvier de Flanders, I am certain my spelling is wrong, hold on

2:20 am

oh, they look like hungarian pulis. lots of curly ha4?

2:21 am

Bouvier des Flandres, someone else's spelling, so is correct

2:22 am

yes a lot of curly hair, 135 lbs that looks like 200lbs

2:22 am

do they sort of fixate on one person to love?

2:24 am

shadow decided I was it for him, even though he was supposed to be my wife's. But he had a mental heard, all in that heard were under his protection

2:24 am

heh, my spelling not so bad, only missed one letter

2:25 am

an ex-man-friend had a pair of them...he was not amused when the female of the pair decided i was her friend, and not him.

2:26 am

but of course you were ever so delicate in how you dealt with his tender male ego

2:26 am

payback happened when the so-and-so decided to whip her with a rope, and the rope flicked back and gave him the black eye.

2:27 am

how did he become an ex-man, hood ornament accedent

2:27 am

whip her, never was a man,

2:28 am

lolol.....after i castrated his ego....he was the one who said my innocent 6 year old was evil...for goodness sake!

2:28 am

how can a 6 year old child be evil?

2:28 am

hi

2:29 am

you make the right choices as to who should be ex friends.

2:29 am

g'day urshy

2:29 am

hi ursh

2:29 am

seen omen

2:30 am

how is it going every one

2:30 am

but baring demonic possession

2:31 am

ha ha ha

2:31 am

bovies are such sweet tempered dogs, I don't understand how someone would whip one.

2:31 am

urshy, all good. riding it out until the 25th, which is when my surgery is booked.

2:32 am

and you, dear friend....how are you, urshy?

2:32 am

fine

2:33 am

exactly, joso...which indicated to me how out of kilter this guy was.

2:33 am

not too long now rose, couple of weeks

2:34 am

*giggle* one of which will be spent travelling. am so looking forward to it.

2:35 am

traveling? doing the great oz wheelchair tour?

2:35 am

as my friend said...if you can't work, they cannot expect you to sit at home waiting.

2:36 am

joso...going to apollo bay for 3 days, then on to mt gambier for 3 days...praying that the weather is kind to us.

2:36 am

they may expect it, but that's their problem

2:37 am

no wheelchair...just making the most of this time off.

2:37 am

That sounds lovely Rose. Will the lake be blue at this time of year?

2:38 am

both places where we are staying have wifi...so am hoping to login ea4 night and say ' hi '

2:38 am

liz, it should be....

2:39 am

Stepsons gf comes from mt gambier - have seen pics of the lake. Love great ocean road.

2:42 am

oh, btw, i didn't tell you guys/gals. my own mother had a pretty hard fall this AM. apparently, one of her pupils is dilated...texted my bros...of course it is dilated, she has just had cataract surgery on that eye...apparently no-one has taken that into account..*sigh*

2:42 am

that's great rose, why not, no reason to sit there twiddling your thumbs.

2:42 am

Hope your mothers ok, Rose.

2:43 am

joso, my GP is very concerned for my mental health.

2:43 am

Totally stressed I'd think.

2:44 am

just googled gambier, comes up as some islands of the coast of bc, must be an old brit who managed to get his name on a few colonial things

2:44 am

don't understand...apparently peeps like me flip over the edge...like that's going to happen...i have both fe4 firmly on the ground.

2:45 am

joso, try mt. gambier

2:45 am

Rose I'm sure your GP has standing orders to watch your mental state shortly after meeting you

2:46 am

from the noises from the kitchen...methinks dinner is nearly ready...xoxox to you all

2:46 am

I did that next, looks like a tolerable joint

2:46 am

Bon appetite Rose.

2:47 am

hmmm, joso....not sure what i am to extrapolate from that...

2:47 am

Try mount gambier, south australia

2:47 am

:) enjoy your meal rose

2:47 am

bbl

2:48 am

Oops! You already did! Missed that!

2:59 am

80 left and time for breakfast

3:04 am

need a clue for the re 8/45 - please.

3:18 am

back...dianne, to go up again

3:19 am

thanks rose - got it.

3:26 am

yay dianne

3:32 am

am watching the leonard di capprio version of 'romeo and juliet' what an amazing re-make!!

3:39 am

isn't amazing? all these centuries later, shakespeare's words can still touch us.

3:45 am

Goooooooood morning fellow Babblers xx Would someone let me know how many words today please? xx

3:45 am

270

3:46 am

ty dc xx

3:47 am

hene

3:47 am

oops sorry

3:49 am

oh yes! one of my favourite words in todays grid! ze6 pinnacle. Strange how a word can be a favourite word . . .

3:49 am

When a wrong clue is typed THAT should mean a spell in the PB. I'm struggling at 114 and need the help!

3:50 am

pat, how can i help you?

3:50 am

Thanks for ze6

3:50 am

lol your welcome!!!

3:51 am

hello, worzel, dc, and pat

3:51 am

hi granny hows you? xx

3:51 am

You could lend me your brain please. I have to go away and when I come back it might all look better.

3:51 am

riding it out until the 25th, worzel. and you?

3:52 am

Sorry, forgot to say hello to all. Rarely chat because I'm too stupid to both chat and play.

3:52 am

not bad considering. Just about recovering from my op - left the house for first time yesterday. Tired myself out but it was necessary!

3:52 am

hmm, worzel, could give you 5 years...would make us equal, lolol

3:52 am

Good morning Pat xx

3:53 am

worzel, no cursing yourself...that's my job....

3:53 am

worzel, what surgery have you had?

3:54 am

to be fair it's only the second op i've ever had so not bad going for an oldie (i'm 42 now, ya know!!)

3:54 am

I've just had a cataract op and am squinting at the screen but that eye sees better now. Other eye will be done soon. Then I can drive again and shop on my own...

3:54 am

sorry, that should have read...pat, no cursing yourself...lol

3:54 am

oh i don't mind! you can curse me rose!! lmao

3:55 am

yeah, pat...the MIL was amazed post her cataract op.

3:55 am

anyway i'm off 2 make coffee. who wants one?

3:56 am

This sounds silly but I hadn't really clocked that I couldn't see. I kept walking into doors or falling over!

4:00 am

no thanx worzel. the end of my day here.

4:02 am

ok rose. well if i don't see u again have a good night (it's earlyish morning here in uk) xx

4:02 am

pat, my bro has just messaged me that my mother has just fallen for the second time today. she is in a nursing home. but had cataract surgery about 10 days ago.

4:04 am

worzel, you didn't answer my question re surgery...if it's too personal, i understand.

4:07 am

Hello, Rose & all :-)

4:11 am

good morning all :) Sorry to be so late, I slept in.

4:11 am

Hello, Sprite :-)

4:12 am

hi zooz *hugs*, hi rose *hugs*

4:12 am

How goes it with you, Sprite?

4:13 am

oh sorry rose i didn't realise youd asked! i had my appendix out. Was in agony for 4 days (thought it was trapped wing) and by the time they took it out under emergency surgery i had gangrene in my stomach and all sorts! but im getting there now. Thanks for asking xx

4:13 am

trapped wind not wing lmao

4:13 am

Sounds painful, Worzel :-(

4:14 am

am ok, zooz. Loan came through, so immensely relieved and all bills paid and money in the bank to get the car fixed. And had the annual flu shot which makes me a little ill right now. But nothing pressing this weekend, so I will indulge in being a little ill :)

4:14 am

a trapped wing sure sounds painful.

4:14 am

it was but the funny thing is that the pain was in my middlle and not down where the appendix is. But I'm a lot better now. I have a very large open wound on my tummy which has 2 be dressed every 2 days but no more pain thankfully x

4:16 am

((Sprite)) glad your money worries have ben eased...hate having money shortages...so depressing...Flu jabs are a god thing in the long run so hopefully the ill effect will be short lived.

4:16 am

hey zooz and sprite. was off preparing meds. goods new spritey, re finances.and worzel, too bad,hun. hope you are well on the road to recovery.

4:16 am

thanks zooz :)

4:16 am

hi rose *hugs* How are you today, hun?

4:16 am

worzel, that is referred pain.

4:17 am

Pain is pain to me..lol..no matter where it is on my body.

4:18 am

thats what the dr said. I have to say, the NHS here gets a lot of bad press, but they are angels, they truly are. The only thing is they kept telling me off for being out of bed too much after the op, but I just needed to move about and get on with it - can't be doing with being ill - i'm not your typical man lol

4:18 am

yeah and pain sucks. Biggest energy eater there is.

4:18 am

am so glad, worzel, that all is going well

4:18 am

Ditto on the NHS, Worzel.

4:19 am

ty rose. do you prefer to be called granny or rose? xx

4:20 am

lol, worzel. i was up and walking to the toilet 4 hours post-op. night staff nearly fell pff th5 ch6. when they saw me.

4:20 am

lol rose

4:20 am

lmao rose ty for the th5 and ch6!!!

4:20 am

well as long as you don't rupture any operation wounds, movement is good.

4:20 am

either worzel, i answer to both...also dear, darling, mum, sis and daughter. pick one...

4:21 am

Thats why, Rose has that icon..she is SUPER ROSE!

4:21 am

and we are training rose to answer to squirrel. We are close to reaching that goal.

4:21 am

well as i no longer have a mum i shall call you mum and it will be a privilege to actually have a NICE mum at last! xx

4:22 am

amen to that. Anyone having rose for a mum is a lucky person.

4:22 am

roflol, sprite....<-------squirrel------->

4:22 am

A nice red squirrel..not like the grey ones.

4:22 am

*winks at rose*

4:22 am

*cheeks full of nuts*

4:22 am

no, a beautiful one with a lovely rich red tail.

4:23 am

cheeks full of nuts? oo-er!!

4:23 am

worzel, email addy in profile, any time, dear.

4:23 am

let me see... nuts? yeah, check. Cheeks... turn around, dear... right, check.

4:23 am

We have lots of red ones on the Isle of Wight.

4:23 am

they are so cute, zooz. How lovely you get to see them a lot.

4:24 am

hi all

4:24 am

awww, sprite...roflol

4:24 am

Hello, Joso :-)

4:24 am

hi joso *hugs*

4:24 am

hi joso and good morning! xx

4:24 am

welcome to the madhouse

4:24 am

uh oh...the harem master is here..

4:25 am

madhouse? I will have you know that anything I post is to the point, wise and well-thought-through. Ah4.

4:25 am

Teehee

4:25 am

ROFLOL...sprite....since when???

4:26 am

oy, have you all been drinking

4:26 am

you mean you never noticed, rose? :)

4:26 am

Only tea sadly.

4:26 am

just a glas of water so far

4:26 am

*blushes* ummmm, *drawing squiggles in the dirt with toe of shoe* ummmm

4:27 am

Rose, I just found out something truly endearing about bovies, one bit hitler

4:27 am

bovies, one bit hitler... you lost me there. What does it mean?

4:27 am

joso, and the other bit???

4:28 am

lol

4:28 am

bouvier des flanders, a dog breed, bovies for short

4:29 am

ah ok

4:29 am

hitler ordered the breed to be exterminated

4:29 am

Now why does that not surprise me.

4:29 am

WHY????

4:30 am

the other bit, my guess, jack rabbit or kangaroo

4:30 am

because one of them bit him

4:30 am

*chuckling* joso

4:31 am

hitler thought about taking the breed as part of his troups, then one bit him and he ordered the breed to be terminated. How sick can someone be.

4:32 am

joso and sprite...hitler...one very sick puppy...

4:32 am

too true. Do you guys know that story by Roald Dahl?

4:33 am

WW I was rough on them too, used on the battle field to pull ambulance carts, almost killed out then too

4:33 am

which one, sprite?

4:33 am

and they are such gentle dogs.

4:34 am

the one about that woman that is giving birth, with the husband who is cruel and mean and keeps telling her she will once again deliver a dead child.

4:34 am

well, except to dictators apparently, hehehe

4:34 am

guess the dog smelled something evil, joso, lol

4:35 am

no, sprite not aware of that roald dahl story.sounds very sad.

4:35 am

so what happens in the story sprite?

4:35 am

Roald Dahl makes you feel for the woman, makes you hate the man, and makes you yearning for the child to live. And in the end the child lives... and the doctor says: "Don't worry, frau Hitler, your baby will be fine."

4:36 am

ooo, a very twilight zone feel

4:36 am

oh, dear...so it leaves you feeling ambivalent.

4:36 am

Thats what i thought, Joso..wow!

4:37 am

the man is a genius. A very creepy story, that.

4:39 am

yes to both. Ambivalent, and very twilight zone feel.

4:41 am

well I have it on good authority he can not be evil until he is 7, ;)

4:41 am

:D

4:42 am

hoho, joso...

4:42 am

you better believe it....

4:43 am

though with a father like that he might be twisted early

4:44 am

was hitler's father was on the warped side of the tracks?

4:44 am

Hitler's father was actually quite normal. He used to run a small business, but in the area they lived a Jewish family moved in and opened a business which bankrupted Hitler Snr. This is probably where Adolf's hatred came from

4:45 am

fireworks 4 me -)

4:45 am

Congrats, Anita!

4:45 am

they aren't even certain who is hitler's father

4:45 am

ty. pooh im gone

4:45 am

th4 again, so was my sons' father...he was the most malignant man i have ever known. it took 11 years for me to figure it out.

4:45 am

I don't think he was as twisted as the story says, was a petty bureaucrat, that's all I know really

4:45 am

gratz Anita!

4:46 am

WTG ANITA!!!!

4:46 am

congrats anita

4:46 am

hir

4:46 am

That was close.

4:46 am

*hugs rose* It is hard to pick a good man when you grow up with a narcissistical mother.

4:47 am

lol zooz

4:48 am

ahhh, thanx worzel for the history lesson. it was never a favourite subject of mine.

4:48 am

morning babblers

4:48 am

I do know a jewish doctor tended hitlers mothers death bed, and hitler made a special effert to exclude that doctor from the genicide.

4:49 am

hi carlee

4:49 am

hi joso

4:49 am

whoot!!! carlee{{hugs}}

4:49 am

I am off..Not often i get to see you ladies as on a bit later in the day..so it was nice to see you..take care..ntill next time..*lots of hugs*

4:50 am

Hello/Bye, Carlee :-)

4:50 am

bye zooz, have a lovely day! *hugs*

4:50 am

hi granny..hows things????

please could someone clue the 9

4:50 am

hi bye zooz

4:50 am

hey carlee! Girrrrrrl I haven't seen you in ages! How have you been?

4:50 am

school... it is a crazy schedule sprite ((hugs))

4:51 am

have a good one zooz. didn't ask you how the cat problem was progressing.

4:51 am

hi Jjenny, sorry, don't have it yet.

4:51 am

bye zooz

4:52 am

jenny, to contaminate with germs/bacteria/viruses again

4:52 am

thanks rose

4:52 am

thanks granny

thanks rose

4:53 am

yay, for all of you

4:53 am

tnx rose, got 4 out of that

4:53 am

ah, I see, yes that can take over your whole life, lol. Are you enjoying it, carlee?

4:53 am

yes I am... I have been teaching a class of grade 5s this year

4:54 am

one more week and i am back to school myself

4:54 am

oh wow, nice age group.

4:55 am

for most they are esl and there are a couple kids who have significant behavioral issues...

4:55 am

they test me every day but so far I am managing

4:56 am

carlee, not sure how up-to-date you are..i fell in may, at work. slipped on a freshly washed floor at work. no signs out to say so. tore my medial colateral ligament in the right knee( the total knee replacement knee). now have approval of funds for revision total knee replacement...happeniong on the 25th november.

4:56 am

not easy, carlee. But they have a good one in you.

4:56 am

wow, a very challenging group to deal with carlee

4:56 am

i knew about the fall... but yay on the surgery....

4:57 am

not long to go....

4:57 am

the behavior issues are oppositional.. they have no control at home their parents have been abusive... ( yes all authorities in the know)

4:58 am

no time at all rmcc and I wish you all the best of luck for a speedy recovery too... ( as I am not sure I would see you before again)

4:58 am

very important for them then to have you as a teacher, carlee

4:58 am

difficult to deal with at the best of times, carlee...have the utmost faith in your capabilities.

4:59 am

well... they have me for 1 more week sprite... I will cry my eyes out on friday

4:59 am

awww, thanx carlee

4:59 am

*hugs carlee*

4:59 am

ditto from me...*hugs carlee*

5:02 am

ahhhh group babble hug.... I miss those...

5:02 am

in that case... here's another one ((((((((((((carlee))))))))))))

5:02 am

squeeeeee

5:03 am

oooh, yeah, carleee...you, me and sprite

5:03 am

knock knock

5:03 am

and joso

5:03 am

who's there?

5:03 am

ummm, and joso

5:04 am

odd, was locked out but could still read the chat

5:04 am

babble burped

5:04 am

hmmm, not good, joso...so need the man to lead the harem...lol

5:04 am

the daily hiccup, joso

5:05 am

just a few more good wishes, but you had plenty to go on without me carlee

5:05 am

thanks joso...

5:05 am

hard to believe this grid harbours 270 words. Running out of steam long before the halfway point.

5:06 am

joso, you and crossy got into contact, right?

5:06 am

lead, snort choke

5:06 am

oh, loverly...meds kicking in...pillow singing it's song....see you all tomorrow at the flip

5:06 am

lead us right into temptation...

5:06 am

night rose, sleep well dear friend. *hugs*

5:06 am

yes, he is not sure he can make it, will let me know latter today

5:07 am

would be awesome. He said maybe Flosey can make a picture of you and him together, both holding a sign saying 'hi Molly!' :)

5:08 am

"leading" this bunch is like herding cats

5:08 am

so short update in my life... teachers college since sept... mum diagnosed with cancer in summer am living with her now as chemo is no longer an option ( but she is getting alternative drug therapy and it seems to be working) my son is in alberta now working for haliburton... daughter about to graduate high school and I have been seeing a very nice man ( a professor at my former school) for a few months...

5:08 am

lol sprite that is so bad

5:08 am

hehehe

5:08 am

I know... but so funny too :)

5:08 am

*poof* omg, sprite...will you ever stop riding on the edge? i certainly hope not...

5:09 am

so i take it not much has changed in babble land

5:09 am

ok... sorry about your mum, carlee. How wonderful you moved in with her. And the rest looks like good news. Wow :)

5:09 am

never, rose, grin. *hugs* Go to bed... I'll hold the fort...

5:09 am

well school is 100 km away still... so I am driving daily.... this way I get evenings with her and I make sure she is eating

5:10 am

good grief. Carlee, you are amazing.

5:10 am

*nighty night* xoxoxox

5:10 am

night night rmcc and again.best wishes for a speedy rcovery hun ((hugs))

5:10 am

no sprite...hardly... I just do want needs to be done...

5:11 am

recovery* even...

5:11 am

g'night rose, rest well

5:11 am

and WHAT needs to be done... blerg

5:11 am

so? That makes you pretty special in my book, carlee.

5:12 am

so what part of canada are you in carlee?

5:12 am

well thanks sprite....but it is pretty mundane...up at 5 on road by 630 latest.... school by 730 at the latest... teach until 330.... home by 5 cook.. prep for next day...

5:13 am

sarnia ON joso and I go to UWO ( althouse college)

5:13 am

UWO in London on

5:16 am

A bit far, I am meeting Flosey who is in town, for brunch in woodbridge on sunday, you are welcome to join, but that is a very long drive.

5:16 am

someone who is willing to do that for their mum, every day, is special, carlee. It is not in the things you do, but in the fact that you do them.

5:17 am

yea.. I heard from crossy... I already drive more than a 1000 km a week... and I am heading into my last week of practicum..not likely a wise time for me to be galavanting about ..this is a big homework weekend for me wrt prep

5:18 am

thanks sprite....

5:18 am

yea, I wouldn't do it ither

5:19 am

PB for joso :)

5:20 am

there we go nbt/nbs in 28 words

5:20 am

hey, what for

5:20 am

nice job, carlee

5:20 am

it5, joso :)

5:20 am

your unintentional typo for "either"

5:21 am

thanks sprite

5:21 am

ah, tnx for the i word sprite

5:21 am

*giggles*

5:22 am

not sure if you know already, carlee... I have compiled a babble dictionary and a list of babble stuff. It is all in my profile.

5:22 am

so I will be going to a book signing for Col Hadfield in a couple of weeks

5:23 am

oh...cool sprite...

5:23 am

if you need a laugh or two, check it out sometime :)

5:25 am

i just did... very clever :)

5:26 am

:) A lot of fun to compile.

5:26 am

( ahh been teaching math... loving the fractions)

5:27 am

well I'm going to amble off to bed, g'night ladies

5:27 am

night night joso...

5:28 am

night joso, sleep well dear man *hug*

5:28 am

wait..joso and crossy are the same person? LOL there is only 1 crossy...

5:30 am

some rather paranoia idea that Molly seems to have...

5:31 am

SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?! <facepalm>

5:32 am

yeah. But we laugh it off. We hope joso and crossy will both make it to the babble me4 this weekend.

5:33 am

oh speaking of babble me4..I wonder if indiajan and i are having lunch again...

5:33 am

we have been trying for a few months

5:34 am

oh that would be so nice

5:34 am

our schedules just have not coincided

5:34 am

( we live in the same city sprite... and it is not a big city...but our mutual commitments...)

5:36 am

sometimes it is harder to set up a meeting with someone in the same town as with someone who has to travel

5:39 am

ok... i am getting hangry

5:39 am

not hungry... hANGRY.... going to make an omelette and get the chilli sarted in the crock pot for dindin

5:40 am

hangry? So hungry you turn angry? I love it. Will add it to the dictionary if you don't mind

5:52 am

phantom: macrocephaly

5:53 am

hi o-o, am glad to see you.

5:53 am

I LOVE your icon!

Hi o-o, our icons complement each other

5:54 am

nice one, ChrissieDee

5:54 am

Hi Chrissie :)

Hi sprite :)

5:55 am

oh, I love your icon too! Great sentiments both. And good advice.

5:56 am

Hi all :)

Hi Liz

Hi Liz

5:56 am

How did it go yesterday, Sprite or shouldn't I ask?

5:56 am

hiya Liz :)

5:57 am

two for two, Liz... loan came through and meeting went very well! Thanks for caring :)

5:57 am

Really, really happy for you :)

5:57 am

ok..back avec foodage...

5:57 am

wb carlee, and enjoy

5:58 am

thanks Liz. I feel so much better. Now we can have our car fixed, bills are paid now, and we are making progress in the family therapy. Am so grateful.

5:58 am

i am .... you know carlee is hangry when food takes priority over first coffee of the day

5:58 am

Hi Carlee - and Chrissie too (wasn't ignoring you!)

5:59 am

I love the word, carlee. Have stolen it for the dictionary. I hope that is okay.

5:59 am

hi liz

5:59 am

Hope everything continues on a positive note for you sprite.

5:59 am

oh..no problem... that is one of our Appalachian trail words.... end of the days hike we were so hungry we were getting hangry....

6:00 am

we were due for a change, I think... things were rather hairy for a bit. But now we seem to be getting into a more positive stream.

6:00 am

it is a wonderful word. Captures the feeling exactly.

6:00 am

indeed it does :)

6:01 am

oh oh..sprite... speed bumps in life hun???

6:03 am

quite a few, carlee... severe issues with son and daughter, health issues, money issues, therapy very demanding, husband near burnout, car broken down ... but things are starting to clear up a bit. And the good news is, I didn't break down this time.

6:04 am

You're amazing, sprite - the stuff you've had to put up with recently! Don't know how you've done it!

6:04 am

good news indeed. Am sorry so much has gone wrong.... but..one day at a time... nothing stays horrid for forever

6:04 am

I had amazing support from my babble friends, Liz. That truly helped.

6:05 am

babble is great for that :D

6:05 am

that is so true, carlee. One day at a time, sometimes one hour at a time, and at some point you can look up and realise things are going better again.

6:05 am

Coming back from soul murder is just so difficult.

6:05 am

It really seems so.

6:06 am

too true, o-o. An ongoing battle for over 40 years now. But finally, finally seeing results. *hug*

6:06 am

i remember one hour at a time... and I remember the hell of that time in my life...I never want to go back but remembering reminds me that whatever I am going through now... I will survive because I survived that

6:07 am

amen, carlee. You did. You came through and now you know how incredibly strong you are.

6:08 am

Strong people - both of you :)

6:08 am

not strong... I never think of myself as strong...but capable...and relatively unflappable...

6:09 am

we are a strong bunch here in babble. You too, Liz... and you, o-o. Our zooz and crossy... rose and pug and joso... and many more. We all weathered quite a bit of battles.

6:09 am

and MRP too

6:11 am

i tend to just think of it as life... we all have our problems... we all have our speed bumps in life... one way or another... and so we adapt

6:11 am

good morning my friends:)

6:11 am

Hi

6:11 am

Hi Crossy

6:12 am

some adapt, some snap. Am so lucky to find support with my friends at really bad moments, so I can adapt and not snap.

6:12 am

hiya crossy :) *hug* How are you and Ms Elegant? Thanks for getting back to be about emailing joso... I hope you can make it to the Babble me4.

6:12 am

moring again joso ;)

6:13 am

<snort> <snicer>

6:13 am

*giggles* Evil, carlee!

6:13 am

snicker* even

6:13 am

lol

6:13 am

howdy,liz,carlee ((sprite)) etc.

6:13 am

lol,carlee,don't start now:)

6:14 am

anyhoooooo... the hangries are gone..enjoying a second cup of coffee and once done #3 will take the hound for his morn ing hike

6:14 am

i just couldnt resist crossy

6:15 am

sounds good. I am not getting anywhere with this darn grid, only halfway. Still sitting in bathrobe, planning to take a nice shower after babble and watching the hail come down.

6:16 am

ewwwww hail... I am in my jammies...is incrediby grey here... whats it like your way crossy?

6:16 am

Tough grid. Had several goes at it and am finally down to 64 but will give up soon for this evening.

6:16 am

wow, 64, great job, Liz.

6:16 am

i got my nbs/nbt a while ago and now I am just poking along... i have too much to do but felt like popping in and catchin gup

6:16 am

hello?

6:17 am

very late stRT

6:17 am

am really enjoying seeing you again, carlee.

6:17 am

Hi ruby :)

6:17 am

hi ruby :)

6:17 am

hello carlee

6:17 am

{{sprite}}

6:17 am

{{lizlin}}

6:17 am

thanks sprite.. I miss babble... and all the babblers (hugs) it has been a time thing...

6:17 am

hi ruby :) {{hugs}}

6:18 am

Every thought is a battle, every breath is a war.. and I don't think i'm winning anymore.

6:18 am

Keep on babbling Carlee :)

6:18 am

I fully understand, carlee. The good thing is, we will be here when you have a little bit of time and energy. And you will be always very very welcome :)

6:19 am

( just waiting for someone to finish so i can toss the pompoms)

6:19 am

I know that feeling, o-o. And it stinks. *hug* For what it's worth, you are winning. Because you don't give up.

6:19 am

140 words in, carlee. You can wait, but it will take up most of your day, I fear ;)

6:20 am

exactly sprite... when one day is too much...one hour... and celebrate each hour with a wee pat on the back..muster yourself and hit the next hour full on

6:20 am

Depression is like a war. You either win, or die trying.

6:20 am

jumping in

6:21 am

literally. But at least we are trying.

6:21 am

wow ruby, watch the waves, hun :)

6:23 am

oh..so anyway..was saying before I left..i willbe attending a book signing with col hadfield in a couple of weeks... will post pics to fb after the event...

6:23 am

sounds good, carlee

6:24 am

With 60 left, I think it's time to call it a night. Enjoy your days. Hugs to you all :)

6:24 am

g'night liz

6:24 am

night Liz, sleep well :) And dream even better.

6:24 am

the event sounds like it will be...large....cant wait actually

6:25 am

( him beoing our hometown hero)

6:25 am

carlee: will he be signing his autobiography?

6:25 am

you sound like Phil Ochs, o-o :)

6:25 am

{{crossy}}

6:26 am

My husband wakes me up during my (wonderful) dreams, so I never rembember them, just the nice feeling

6:26 am

yes sprite... I have the book but not opening it at all until he signs it

6:27 am

lovely, carlee. Really special!

6:27 am

i have been indulging in some graphic novels... change of pace from teh philosophy tomes of the last 2 years...

6:27 am

oh ruby, how lucky he wakes you up then... or you wouldn't remember dream nor feeling ;)

6:28 am

good job, carlee. Variety of spice and all that.

6:28 am

yes, but if he let me sleep, didn't get up at 5AM,I might have the additional pleasure of remembering the dreams

6:29 am

you can't know that, some people just don't.

6:29 am

sleeping in past 5 am is over rated... I dont remember what that is like

6:30 am

all I ant is 8 hrs left alone.

6:30 am

understandable.

6:30 am

time enough to sleep in the grave eh?

6:31 am

I used to sleep only a few hours a night. But now I sleep full nights and it is a blessing. I can understand you want to sleep, ruby. Can't you sleep downstairs, in 'my' room?

6:31 am

pretty much crossy... this week i think in total I got about 15 hours mon- fri and I woke up at 5 am

6:31 am

I think I'd rather be dust in the wind then, crossy :)

6:32 am

i am averaging 3-4 a night these days

6:32 am

that must be very hard, carlee!

6:32 am

that must be very hard, carlee!

6:32 am

poor carlee;((

6:33 am

it is life ruby...if I wake up... I start thinking... mum, school, the kids ( mine) the kids ( my class) my lessons, the drive, the onset of winter..money... and so on and so on and so on... and so no sleep

6:33 am

at the clinic they told us that to lose weight it is important to sleep enough hours. Never thought that would be related, but it seems to be.

6:33 am

I need 8 hrs to function adequately for all I have to do during the day. DH takes multiple naps, including during prime-time tele and I am too tired then to change bedrooms

6:33 am

theses last 5 weeks it is the drive ...in 18 hours I was almost taken out 3 times by a transport

6:34 am

i've got a new medicine to try, only been on it for about a week, but have hope that it will help me sleep better - it is a melatonin regulator

6:35 am

I take xanax 1/2 hour efore bedtime, otherwise I Wake up at two with all of carlee's anxieties plus many of my own!

6:36 am

is it just me or is it not going to be possible to find 45 c words

6:37 am

i have 34 and i cannot see how there can be ELEVEN MORE

6:38 am

oh got a trio

6:38 am

the whole grid is like that

6:39 am

You know lack of sleep can make you grumpy and foggy. You may not know what it can do to your sex life, memory, health, looks, and even ability to lose weight. Here are 10 surprising -- and serious -- effects of sleep loss. http://tinyurl.com/9hz2you

6:39 am

i listen to podcasts...or old radio shows fromt eh 40's and 50's

6:39 am

i hate when they tell you stuff like that. and you're like, well that's just great. i'm not TRYING to have insomnia!

6:39 am

and fortunately... with all the crap..i really really love my life right now....

6:40 am

one "fallig=ng asleepp method" is to find bingos, 7-letter words. How boring is that?

6:40 am

thanks o-o, will check that out.

6:41 am

17 ca

6:41 am

very true, hursh, it is not a choice one makes. And if you have to battle with it all the time, it is tough.

6:42 am

ok i need 3 more ca then

6:42 am

french notebook!

6:42 am

I count back, from say 1487, and count down for instance 8, then up 6, then 8 down again, up 6...

6:43 am

good morning everyone - up early, trying to be quiet but NEED coffee, bb in a couple of minutes

6:43 am

hi zambie, good morning

6:43 am

did everybody find the nifty me6/24?

6:43 am

3 ce?

6:44 am

lemme see... .no, not me, ruby

6:44 am

i did! not for nothing do i read asterix with my husband

6:44 am

yes

6:44 am

ah, the obelix stone :)

6:44 am

ok so 2 more ca and 3 more ch

6:44 am

while at my son's, for some strange reason couldn't get into my home account, am flosey

6:44 am

the small megasliths

6:45 am

I fight insomnia by working on my amnesia chronicles

6:45 am

hey flosey! Oh how nice to see you. You will meet with joso later this weekend, right? And maybe with crossy too?

6:45 am

hi flosey

6:45 am

lolol o-o... very nice one

6:45 am

wwhere is flosey? I didn't see her!

6:45 am

yes sprite, am really looking forward to meeting joso and possibly crossey

6:45 am

flosey = zambie, ruby

6:46 am

zambie = flosey today

6:46 am

I'm in Toronto ruby,

6:46 am

AAAH, i'M NOT "IN THE KNOW"

6:47 am

they are under orders to hug you from me, flosey, so don't let them get away without it :)

6:47 am

What about that nutso mayor, flosey?

6:47 am

never had a problem getting into my account from here before so created a temporary one so I could play

6:47 am

very smart. Glad to see you. Computers are funny things.

6:47 am

ah, ok sprite, will get extra hugs

6:48 am

o-o, thanks for the link. I have seen a paragraph I am going to translate for my clinic group.

6:49 am

oh my, that is the craziest, strangest case I've ever heard ruby - it's all over the TV - seems to me he should resign and get some help for his personal life

6:49 am

from here, it's all funny. But I imagine that in Toronto, such a wonderfully=fun city,it must be awful

6:50 am

going to get coffee, brb

6:50 am

can't be that awful if his approval ratings went up

6:51 am

marian berry clone

6:51 am

that's like the old mayor of Boston, Curley, I think, who was re-elected while he was in jail

6:52 am

did you hear about the 19 year old black girl who was shot in the back of the head in a predominantly white suburb of detroit after she knocked on the door seeking help after a car crash

6:52 am

that is horrible, hurshy

6:53 am

no ... but nothing surprises anymore

6:53 am

michigan has stand your ground laws so the person may not get much punishment. large percentage of the time force is seen as justified in white-on-black crime (of course you felt threatened!) and the person therefore gets off on stand your ground laws, but not when it is black-on-white.

6:54 am

omg hursh... omg.

6:54 am

that is very bad bad bad, hurshy

6:54 am

but the supreme court thinks we're past racism enough that we no longer need the voting rights act...

6:58 am

The GOP-controlled Virginia Board of Elections purged nearly 40,000 names from the state’s voter rolls before the last election

6:58 am

stats and/or cluefor the 9, pls

6:58 am

re8/8 combo, make ill with germs again, ruby

6:58 am

re8/9* combo even

6:59 am

gm, everyone and ty sprite, now I have nbt and nbs

6:59 am

oh boy, ty, sprite. I hadn't seen ny of those

6:59 am

hello ibd

7:00 am

yvw all, and hi dawg :)

7:00 am

hellooo Ruby and Sprite! this is a tough grid for me. like pulling chicken teeth

7:01 am

name that proper noun! ketchup brand

7:01 am

join the club, dawg, it is an evil grid today. I ran out of steam lonnnng before halfway point.

7:01 am

heinz!

7:01 am

kerrys wife!

7:01 am

ding ding ding!

7:02 am

charlie or bishop sh have four words

7:02 am

old soft drink brand?

7:02 am

FOUR words?

7:02 am

i only got the 5 and 8

7:02 am

thanks!

7:03 am

ty, o-o

7:07 am

carlos estevez. sprite

7:07 am

see you later, kids

7:08 am

hello everyone :)

7:09 am

bye, Ruby, hi Annie

7:09 am

hi dawg:)

7:09 am

back again, thanks for the in and re words

7:09 am

Hello, Annie and lb

7:10 am

Hi o-o :)

7:10 am

Hiya zambie aka flosey

7:10 am

*winks @ o-o* Yeah, charlie sheen :)

7:11 am

greetings, o-o

7:11 am

bye ruby, hi Annie :)

7:11 am

Oh, Hi zambie/flosey

7:11 am

hi there lbd - will be flosey again come Tuesday night

7:11 am

and Annie

7:11 am

and hi to sprite :)

7:11 am

Flosey, are you in Toronto?

7:11 am

*hugs Annie* I hope you are well?

7:11 am

yes Annie, I have 2 sons here

7:11 am

and many cousins

7:12 am

Nice visit then

7:12 am

family reunion?

7:12 am

finally used the -guys ending

7:12 am

(spritey) yes, I am well and hope you are doing well with your therapy group

7:12 am

our daughters are in BC, not exactly a reunion but have seen most while here

7:13 am

it is going well, Annie, thanks for asking :) It is hard, but effective. This week I didn't even have one binge so far. Since last weekend!

7:14 am

Good for you!!

7:14 am

:)

7:14 am

well done sprite

7:15 am

thanks flosey. Am indeed a little bit proud of myself.

7:15 am

you go girl!

7:15 am

thanks dawg :)

7:16 am

as you deserve to be sprite

We're all proud of you too sprite, well done!

7:17 am

we all need affirmations, and a private cheer club

7:17 am

:) Doing my best, and realising I will probably drop off the train at some point again, but now I know that I can immediately get back on. They keep telling us: a misstep doesn't have to be a failure.

7:17 am

I love the cheers, to be honest. They make me feel proud of what I have done so far and give me courage to continue. Thanks, all :)

7:19 am

r + one who regrets his transgressions and seeks forgiveness: P*******

7:20 am

oh... good clue. Thanks o-o. Now I need to know what it means, of course, lol.

7:20 am

resistant, recalcitrant. Right.

7:21 am

can i get a clue for the first E please i keep getting words from the 2nd column E instead?

7:21 am

think of your challenge like babble, some days you finish in a flash, no help, no clues no list...other days you need the assistance of the group, the list and pray for a lot of oopsies! ;)

7:22 am

lots of en + another word options, mlfan. en + cigaret **** for instance.

7:22 am

ec4/5 mlf, like the ec that repeats itself but change last letter to another vowel

7:22 am

lol dawg, too true! Lots and lots of oopsies. And still they lead to fireworks.

7:23 am

plural... sprite, there is an -ses plural ending, nitwit.

7:24 am

okay i am confused, en plus another word\options?

7:25 am

et 5/12 and 4/5

7:25 am

yes, en + other words in the grid. Quite a few of them. Like en + cigarette holder ****

7:27 am

?

7:27 am

i found et 5/12

7:28 am

never mind. Somehow it seems much clearer in my mind than I can formulate it in chog.

7:28 am

sprite do you just mean an anything holder?

7:28 am

yes, hursh

7:28 am

ok then i have that one

7:28 am

i thought maybe there was some fancy special term for a cigarette holder

7:29 am

cigarette holder ... he or she

Enfingers

7:29 am

no, I meant there are many words starting with en- that get another word behind it. Like en + ready money, en + anything holder, en + manacles, en + hunt. And plurals or persons who.

7:30 am

*grins* Right, o-o. When I still incidentally smoked a cigarette, people often exclaimed: "Hey, do you smoke??" and I always said: "No, that's my cigarette."

7:30 am

ooh thanks i didn't have the ready money and hmm what is the hunt one

7:30 am

nice one, Chrissie :)

;)

7:31 am

yay got that

7:32 am

yay hursh

7:32 am

only 1 e left

7:32 am

ec 7/32

7:32 am

the ec7 maybe?

7:32 am

clue for the bottom H please?

7:32 am

yes, that

7:33 am

hi6 and yon

7:33 am

thanks

7:33 am

o-o and I still rock at the guess-what-hurshy-is-missing game.

7:34 am

How are Wesley and Hannah doing, hurshy?

7:35 am

well

7:35 am

hurshy is it a word we have had before?

7:35 am

hi6? yes. just old fashioned

7:35 am

finally... fireflies. A big *hug* to you all, and have a blessed night and day. Thanks for the wonderful company and help.

7:35 am

clue for ac 8

7:36 am

congrrrrats, sprite

7:36 am

i'll second that, matches

7:36 am

well done sprite

7:36 am

be well, sprite

7:36 am

hursh: being sore

7:36 am

hello all. according to early chat there are 3 en8 and I do not have any of them, help pls

7:36 am

totally missed that we even had that ending!

7:37 am

i though that was a 6?

7:37 am

I have an ac6 but no ac8

7:37 am

guess it doesn't get used much though

7:37 am

peri?

There are 4 peri!

7:38 am

yes

7:38 am

even worse :(

7:38 am

I have en + persue + plural

7:38 am

one is en plus ch 5/14

7:38 am

and plural

7:38 am

same as bzz's but person who

7:38 am

ty Bea

7:38 am

and mlf

7:38 am

dumb words

7:38 am

ten plus to run after

7:38 am

en + what a slave is in

En + ready money and 2 letter plural

7:39 am

ty hursh

7:39 am

Triskaidekaphobia

7:39 am

ty Chrissie

7:39 am

thanks, CD

7:39 am

still need help with teh bottom H?

yw

7:39 am

what a slave is in?

7:39 am

help with M pls

7:40 am

NEVER MIND

7:40 am

ball and ch***

7:40 am

men are born free, but they are everywhere in ch6

7:40 am

nm hursh

What connects the wheels on a bicycle peri

7:40 am

ty hursh

7:40 am

and Annie

7:40 am

and Chrissie

7:40 am

hurshy clued the bottom h

7:40 am

help with the z please?

7:41 am

ze6 highest point, also old TV brand

7:41 am

I do not see the clue for the h

7:41 am

i got the bottom h

7:41 am

:)

7:41 am

I need help with the h and m for nbt pls

7:41 am

hi6 and yon

Come hi6

7:41 am

ty hurshy

7:41 am

and Chrissie

7:42 am

me4 and gr5

7:42 am

as hurshy said, hi6 and yon

7:42 am

i know gr5 isn't in the grid but they rhyme

Me4/5

7:42 am

sheesh, ty both

7:43 am

45 remaining. need brekkies. bbl to finish. ty for the clues and the fellowship

7:43 am

ze ... once a television brand ... high point opposite nadir

7:43 am

z help please?

7:44 am

me6----males and I am having a bad ha** day

7:44 am

ty got it

7:44 am

ty for ze

7:44 am

nbt

7:44 am

Thanks for the ze o-o.

ty annie, new word for me

7:45 am

I know I have been babbling a long time when I see that me6

7:46 am

help with 9 please?

7:46 am

za --- a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

7:47 am

z is grey.

7:47 am

re8/9 to contaminate again

7:47 am

it's not zambia

7:47 am

can't think of another name

7:48 am

never mind, I got the name of the country

7:48 am

play with yor bad ha** day, Annie.

7:48 am

treach

7:48 am

hi Bea :)

7:48 am

thanks Bea

7:48 am

Good morning.

7:49 am

Glad that wasn't a word...

7:49 am

I don't see the me6

7:49 am

not getting the re 8/9?

7:50 am

re+in6/30 and pl

7:50 am

good mornig all

7:50 am

thnx peri for re 8/9

7:50 am

isn't the me6 an ancient stone?

7:50 am

NBT and NBS - time for a breakfast break

7:50 am

you betcha

7:51 am

is there an ac8?

7:51 am

yes, being hurty

7:51 am

end with loch monster

7:51 am

tx hursh!!

7:52 am

i dont have the in 6/30 but am looking

7:52 am

2 sc words, or more?

7:52 am

ty, hursh, I never see words with that ending

7:52 am

me either mlf

7:52 am

if you don't clean a cut you might in6 it

7:52 am

think of wounds, mlf

7:52 am

only have sc5 x 2 . . .

7:52 am

tx bonkler!@

7:53 am

ne 7/28 -- more of what divides a court

7:53 am

thanks o-o

7:53 am

monkeys found the ne7 last nite :-)

7:53 am

hey annie :-)

7:53 am

o-o- like your icon, very true and sometime difficult to do

7:53 am

okay i got in 6/7

7:53 am

Hi Une :)

7:54 am

nbt and nbs

7:54 am

thanks for the help everyone

7:54 am

i am out of here poof

7:54 am

bye fan

7:55 am

sh + Jordon ... his ****ess; pl

7:55 am

one more word and i will have 90%!

7:56 am

whoooo that does it thanks

7:57 am

biblical speak with added vowel: sa 6/21

7:57 am

gee what is the ac6 between sore and sores

7:57 am

nvm pulled a peri :)

7:58 am

care to share?

7:58 am

well you can see how it must start, and end like the region of the patriots football team

7:58 am

aaahhhh a + the mighty oak!

7:59 am

if you say so...

7:59 am

:-D

8:00 am

still missing lots of 8's

8:00 am

ch8?

8:00 am

rook pawn

8:00 am

me too peri

8:00 am

ty

8:01 am

tx BR! :-)

8:01 am

ty o-o

8:01 am

ty o-o

8:02 am

89 to go and taking a break -- good to see everyone :-) *poof*

8:02 am

bye Une

8:03 am

re8 before sew skirt bottom again?

8:04 am

add a simile word and a penny

8:04 am

ty

8:04 am

ty o-o

8:05 am

and what about the last re8

8:05 am

thanks

8:06 am

r + sinner who seeks forgiveness: p*******

8:06 am

ty

8:07 am

ty

8:07 am

I don't get that clue

8:08 am

did you see indiana jones and the last crusade?

8:08 am

no

8:08 am

only the p******** man will pass

8:08 am

oh rats

8:08 am

well you needs to update your indiana jones movie watching habits

8:09 am

if you are sorry, you are p*******

8:09 am

te8?

8:09 am

got it, thanks

8:11 am

not everyone gets movie clues, hursh. ty for the second clue for re8

8:11 am

ty o=o too

8:12 am

yes but i want everyone to have the enjoyment of having seen indiana jones, star wars, and back to the future.

8:12 am

te 5/10; 6/18; 6/18; plural the last 6/18 for the 8

8:12 am

weird, thanks

8:13 am

I saw the first Indiana jones movies

8:13 am

and the first star wars

8:13 am

first movie, or first movies?

8:13 am

love indie but the entire star wars thing does not thrill me at all

8:13 am

good morning

8:13 am

the one i was mentioning of indiana jones was the 3rd in the original trilogy

8:13 am

movie

8:14 am

you could skip the second, but the 3rd is well worth watching

8:14 am

good morning, Christa

8:15 am

'morning, everyone

8:16 am

hi welki :)

8:18 am

th7/8 combo?

8:19 am

and th7 after triskaidekaphobia...

8:20 am

th**e but for the grace of god + he drove like a man*** and crashed; pl

8:20 am

what if my phobia is a fear of long words?

8:20 am

ty

8:21 am

that's hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

8:21 am

ty

8:21 am

which i guess i shouldn't have told you

8:21 am

t + bottom h

8:21 am

oh gee i feel dumb about THAT

8:21 am

thanks, done

8:22 am

you would think the psychiatrists would be considerate and just decide to name it ved. or something.

8:22 am

fun grid

8:22 am

doctor, i'm afraid of long words, what do i have? you have ved. phew, i was afraid it would be a long word.

8:24 am

harsh ved ... how long have you liVED with it?

8:26 am

Watched some of the stuff you people are putting out, hursh .. interesting

Congrats hurshy :)

8:30 am

sesquipedalianphobia

8:38 am

Hello again folks xx

8:47 am

270

8:58 am

lol hurshy

8:58 am

howdy worzel

9:25 am

mmm, breffast. Is there nothing finer? over easy eggs,a couple rasher of bacon,hash browns with secret herbs and spices. aka the clogmaster 3000 special

9:29 am

tomorrow will be a bowl of some kind of grain grown by monks who have never even seen meat on a plate and it will be covered with what may or may not be skim milk

9:30 am

hey crossy - when is your babble meet up?

welk!

9:30 am

it is tomorrow at noon,i am still trying to figure out if i can attend or not

9:31 am

hi, owl!

ooh, my feet are SOOOO sore but I am smiling this AM!

9:34 am

guess you danced your boots off :)

:) i need new ones, i cannot abide the old ones.

9:35 am

maybe something with air-cushion suspension

9:37 am

thinking about a trip back east again in early spring

9:37 am

Good morning babbleworld! H

9:38 am

jilly :)

no, the toe. hi jillys are too long

the toes are too long. sorry, tecting and chatting don't mix

9:39 am

Hi Welki and TO

and yay for trip ea4

9:44 am

will keep you posted - have to get through disney next month and then will make plans

9:46 am

howdy jilly

9:46 am

hi all!

9:47 am

suze!!!

9:47 am

sue :)

9:47 am

hi crossy!!

9:47 am

Good day to all.

9:48 am

Thello crossy and sue and welki and TO

9:48 am

Hello crossy!

9:48 am

and teach!

9:48 am

and welki and TO and jilly! and scrabs! and wv!

9:48 am

hello jill

9:48 am

AND scrabbler! And uusue

9:48 am

Late arrival for me, but I sipped coffee and read the newspaper first.

9:49 am

hi teach, scrabbler

9:49 am

Me too scrabbler..

9:50 am

there is it all confirmed,my beloved and i will be meeting joso and flosey for lunch in woodbridge tomorrow :)

9:50 am

Wowee! A fun Babble meet-up!

9:50 am

awesome, crossy!

9:50 am

woowoo! first babblemeet for you? i had SUCH a good time last spring

9:50 am

yes,it is my first babble meet:))

9:51 am

have a WONDERFUL time - wish we all could be there

9:51 am

well, not all

9:52 am

more good news.. our grandson was born last night, babe and parents doing well!

9:52 am

we will have lots to talk and laugh about since there is the belief floating around that some think joso and i are one and the same so we will take lots of pictures

9:52 am

Congrats aloy!

9:52 am

congrats aloy

9:52 am

hooray for aloy's grandson!

9:52 am

yaaaaaa for grandbabby!!

9:53 am

ty all.. am SO happy

9:53 am

there is no proof in a photograph, crossy - pics could be of anyone *lol*

9:53 am

congrats, aloy!!! joy joy joy!

9:53 am

granbabies are a parents reward for letting their children live

9:53 am

lol, crossy

9:53 am

you'll have to submit official photo i.d.

9:53 am

LOL...too true crossy!

9:53 am

lol@ submitting id

9:54 am

Congratulations, Aloy! New babies are so exciting.

9:54 am

Haha, Crossy.

9:54 am

flosey will be our id verification person

9:54 am

can't wait to hold him.. 12 days from now

9:54 am

why 12 days?

9:54 am

Woodbridge is a 3 hr drive for me. Alas, I am busy tomorrow.

9:55 am

we fly to Phoenix then, crossy.. still in Oh at present

9:55 am

my kids live far away, too, aloy. hurts, but the visits are SO special!

9:56 am

and.. we SKYPED when he was 20 minutes old.. now, that is a great use of modern technology

9:56 am

meet

9:56 am

and i think waiting a week or two is best - get the initial pass-the-baby-around-the-room over with, so you have private time

9:56 am

lol,do not know why,aloy my my mind thought you were all in same town or city,silly crossy

9:56 am

had to keep my voice down, lol..

9:56 am

Free clue!

9:57 am

try again, Scrabbs.. had that one

9:57 am

i can help with some clues, if anyone wants one or two

9:58 am

need the other M - have that one

9:58 am

can you clue everything but the ze 6/36 then pleas? lol

9:58 am

For a big grid I am not seeing much. I have just 51 words so far.

9:58 am

just got nbt/nbs

9:58 am

i have a ze that was a TV brand

9:58 am

TY, Shirlock

9:58 am

you will get in the groove, Scrabbs

9:58 am

me 6/24 - do you need a clue?

9:59 am

I need breakfast.

9:59 am

ty Shirlock

9:59 am

Growing up all my folks bought was ze6/36 TV...

9:59 am

hmm.. looking

10:00 am

there weren't many brands to choose from, jilly - not like now, when you need a roadmap to negotiatie through the brand names

10:00 am

The ME word is a cinch for Asterix fans

10:00 am

what is A

10:00 am

ze 6 the most aloy

10:00 am

.. asterix?

10:00 am

don't know what asterix is

10:01 am

And our west coast boy is awake now.

10:01 am

there was ze 6, rca and a few others that have since vanished

10:01 am

French comic strip

10:01 am

asterix and obelix, funny in french and english

10:01 am

asterix and obelix i think

10:01 am

right, Crossy

10:01 am

guals

10:01 am

me6 - males + put in an application, for a job, they're ***ing

10:01 am

sound like moons or something out in space

10:01 am

My mom still has hers...and it still works!

10:01 am

been years since i have seen a comic with them in it

10:02 am

I need one more Z. I have za5 and 6, ze4 and 5, and ze6

10:02 am

it is also an acient standing stone

10:02 am

ah, got it.. ty welki

10:02 am

they are trying out a new version, I hear

10:02 am

you need a plural scrabs

10:02 am

correction: i looked up early tv manufacturers - there were a gazillion!

10:02 am

pl the ze 6

10:03 am

Aha, TY!

10:04 am

bbl - have a great day, everyone

10:04 am

thnx welki - finally got it

10:04 am

i'm of course disappointed that "assmen" doesn't work

10:04 am

son's name Zach... bye welki, hagd too

10:04 am

Hahaha.

10:04 am

lol ruru

10:04 am

Bye, welki

10:04 am

blind to the za5

welk, sorry, the text turned into a call. off to run errands, happy babbling

10:05 am

african country

10:05 am

African country and currency

10:05 am

Hi and bye, Owl

10:05 am

oh.. tyvm Scrabbs

hi and bye, scrabs.

10:06 am

thnx scrabs and ruru4

10:06 am

BBS, must get breakfast

10:06 am

ty scwabby

10:06 am

me too.. bbs

10:06 am

tc aloy and scrabbs

10:07 am

finally found my last two n's

10:08 am

Hello ruru

10:08 am

gm jilly

10:10 am

Plain Greek yogurt + walnuts + berry jam= yummy.

10:10 am

hi all

10:10 am

i should be eating what you are eating

10:10 am

scrab i thought that was a clue at first! haha

10:10 am

that would be a breakfast in hell for me scrabs

10:10 am

Hi jm

10:10 am

howdy jmc

10:11 am

breakfast is always hell to me. . . a cup of coffee and i am good

10:11 am

hi snuffy! *waves*

10:11 am

ugh,jmc.i cannot function without a good breakfast

10:12 am

it was tough for me growing up in the south. . . i needs to be awake a minimum of 3 hours before i can face food. . .

10:12 am

breakfast like a king,lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper

10:12 am

cup of coffee, and a bialy with butter and I'm good

10:12 am

(longer if i was drinking too much the night before)

10:12 am

Hello jmc!

10:12 am

oh

10:12 am

hey jilly

10:13 am

i cannot go to be with a full stomach.my acid relux can and often does cause it all to back up on me and it is dangerous

10:13 am

I want some fried eggs.

10:13 am

so,very light dinner,it at all

10:13 am

bed

10:14 am

sounds good invictus. . . getting to be about lunch time and i have been up since 6 getting my "crops" to the market. . . .

10:14 am

I'm not so good at frying eggs though.

10:15 am

i like scrambled eggs

10:15 am

not a fried guy

10:15 am

i can do anything with eggs.eggs speak my name:)

10:16 am

any breakfast food;)

10:16 am

try doing blindfolded eggs. . . get the pan hot add some butter and then drop in the egg. . .before the whites get completely opaque add a tiny bit of water and cover with a lid for a few minutes and then you get a pretty and cooked fried eggs. . .

10:16 am

i am big on eggs myself ru and crossy. . .

10:16 am

that's because you're a local yolk-al crossy

10:16 am

I want fried eggs on toast with cheese and dip it in my mama's gravy.

10:17 am

In waitress speak...that is 2 egss eyes closed jmc...

10:17 am

the yolks on you ru

10:17 am

I will try that! I grew up always frying eggs in bacon grease though. No, I don't weigh 500 lbs.

10:17 am

i', a yolk-al alright

10:17 am

bacon grease is good too invictus. . .

10:18 am

gravy ..on eggs?

10:18 am

that's a Okie texas thing isn't it bacon grease

10:18 am

back with some mixed berry mini-wheats

10:18 am

gravy on anything. . . especially a bread like product

10:18 am

*sniff* i wouldn't know ru. . .

10:18 am

My mama's gravy is good on everything.

10:18 am

hi jmc!

10:19 am

don't know nuthin about no okies

10:19 am

my dad used to cook with bacon grease too

10:19 am

there's a new place in NYC that only sells biscuits, hoping to try soon for biscuits and gravy

10:19 am

sa6 = Iroquois chief

10:19 am

My parents always had a coffee can of bacon grease. I have a glass jar of bacon grease. SETX here.

10:19 am

i just saw the best recipe for pepper and salt biscuits. . . .

10:19 am

same here he had a can of it too

10:20 am

i don't use enough grease to keep bacon grease around anymore like my parents did. . .

10:20 am

i make herbed cheddar biscuits that are pretty yummy

10:20 am

stats for the lowest H please

10:20 am

hi 6

10:20 am

that sounds good too ru. . . .

10:20 am

my first word

10:20 am

*stomach growls*

10:21 am

We use it mainly for eggs and whenever I try to attempt my mom's gravy, I use some then too.

10:21 am

Are yours better than Red Lobster's cheddar rolls? Those are delicious.

10:21 am

looked hi6 and yon before I found that, ty ruru

10:21 am

i rarely make gravy anymore. . . don't fry my steaks and chicken like i used to . . . .

10:22 am

ty snuffy

10:22 am

TY, Aloy

10:22 am

I make good gravy.. my grandma taught me how to do it as a kid.. I'm pretty good at it

10:22 am

(-: twisty one

10:22 am

we are not big on the the biscuit thing that seems so prevalant in the states.here ,if you want something like that with brekkies or dinner,it is fresh crusty rolls or croissants for brekkies and yorkie puds with a big dinner,or dumpling with chicken and dumplings or that sort of thing

10:22 am

who is snuffy?

10:23 am

i knew that second H had to be in is somewhere!

10:23 am

Mmmmm chicken and dumplings.

10:23 am

english muffins go good with brekkies of course

10:23 am

biscuits are good

10:23 am

aloyisius is Mr. Snuffalupagous's first name

10:23 am

there's a place in the east bay that makes great ones

10:23 am

biscuits are heaven. . .

10:23 am

oh

10:24 am

snuffy is kinda cute

10:24 am

fount of info on this site

10:24 am

however these lobster buiscuits i keep hearing about sound very,very interesting

10:24 am

:-) been calling her that for years now. . .

10:24 am

I think they called Charlie SHeen Snuffy too.. but that probably meant something else :D

10:25 am

yes and so often the information is about food! haha

10:25 am

oh boy

10:25 am

never heard that ru. . . i think you made that up

10:25 am

not one of my faves

10:25 am

i think it was sniffy for charlie sheen

10:25 am

who me?

10:25 am

lol lmc

10:26 am

jmc that is.. lol'ing too hard

10:26 am

same thing jm :D

10:26 am

actually Charlie Sheen is incredibly bright, he just is more than a little nuts

10:26 am

i knew who you meant snuffy. . . don't let ru ruin a good thing. . .

10:27 am

well his whole family is smart. . . it is a shame he got too into drugs. . .

10:27 am

ok, won't get into a sn4 (just found that one)

10:27 am

hehe

10:28 am

bottom s greyed (-:

10:28 am

i just found it right before you said that. . . great minds snuffy. . .

10:29 am

must be, jmc

10:30 am

mensch is my phantom today

10:30 am

I tried that too, jmc

10:31 am

i am ashamed to say it but. . . stats for the z please

10:31 am

well, I must scoot for a bit.. fun grid, and I also tried mench.. ok, bbl..

10:32 am

bye snuffy

10:33 am

nm

10:35 am

Bye, Aloy

10:35 am

need clues for two 8's ac and re last one. please

10:35 am

za5 = African country or currency

10:35 am

Then pluralize.

10:35 am

Hi all ... Hint for first ch5/20 pls

10:35 am

ze4/9 then plural, ze6 (acme) then plural

10:36 am

I have ch5 = to abrade or rub

10:36 am

hi matches

10:36 am

ty scrabs

10:36 am

Okay, 125 left...bbl

10:36 am

hi alleyn

10:36 am

Matches, I have no 8's or the 9

10:36 am

bye jilly

10:37 am

nbt finally!

10:38 am

good day to all. nee clue fir 1st ac 6/24

10:39 am

Bemused...third letter must be first vowel and then where to reach 20 ......

10:39 am

hi mag

10:39 am

Ac6. - to feel sorer

10:39 am

Last re8 = re * 2 letters that sound like mid leg joint + canvas shelter

10:40 am

hi chrissie

Alleyn - use the upper h not the lower

10:40 am

Hi jmc and all :)

10:40 am

gotthat allyn. there is another

10:40 am

ty alley for the ac

10:40 am

rasta! hi long time no see!

10:40 am

Thx

the first ac6 I have is a type of seed

hi jmcnrick

10:41 am

reth

10:43 am

Greetings new entrants

10:43 am

hey everyone

10:44 am

Hi Rows

10:44 am

hi rows

10:44 am

how's it going?

10:45 am

I am avoiding housecleaning by being here.

10:45 am

if there are henchmen what is a hench?

10:45 am

ah

10:45 am

sounds good

10:45 am

Good call scrabs

10:45 am

i'm avoiding lesson planning and writing articles by being here :P

10:46 am

any more ideas on the 1st ac6

10:46 am

i am avoiding work too. . . another important babble community value! haha

10:46 am

but slightly bothered by this lazy eye i've come to have overnight, due to a bug bite on my eyelid!

10:46 am

achies

10:47 am

whoopssorry

10:47 am

magzel: pain + **therlands

10:47 am

No magzel, that's not it

10:47 am

a chemical pain maybe mags?

10:47 am

hi erda

10:48 am

hi jmc

10:48 am

oh no! too bad about the bug bite there is so little you will want to put on your eye.

10:48 am

my clue and erda's were for the same word

10:48 am

thanks erda and belated hi to jmc

10:48 am

yeah at least it's not itchy

10:49 am

but it's swollen so it makes my lid extra big and exciting and makes me feel like my eye can't open properly

10:49 am

rows take a benedryle or other antihistamine before bed tonight and the mean while cold packs. . .

10:49 am

mostly i'm hoping it wasn't a mosquito carrying dengue fever

10:49 am

put a cucumber slice on it to draw the toxins

10:49 am

Tough grid, can't even get half way :(

10:50 am

hmm, maybe

10:50 am

a lot of denge fever in Honduras?????

10:50 am

could be a good excuse to buy cucumber... i love stir fry cucumber

10:50 am

go chrissie go!

10:50 am

yes jmc

10:50 am

especially here apparently

10:50 am

cucumber is a good idea too. . . it will also help rid the circles under you eyes. . .

10:50 am

we have to wash out our pila every 6 days to prevent it, and i've stocked up on the 25% Deet bug spray

10:50 am

really i am surprised to hear that. . .

10:51 am

thank you that was my missing a

10:51 am

well jmc i didn't know my circles under my eyes were that obvious :P

10:51 am

Oh dear Rows. Is there anthing you can take?

10:51 am

well make sure you get rid of standing water around the house . . . .

10:51 am

exactly, the reason for washing out the pila every 6 days

10:51 am

i was noticing little honey boo boo's circles. . . .

10:51 am

life cycle of a mosquito larva is 7 days

10:52 am

Chrissie i should be fine

10:52 am

thanks though

10:52 am

my sister wrote an article about them and i grew up in Houston. . .land to the bird sized mosquito. . .

10:52 am

a friend of mine sent me this citronella stuff from the Philippines recently, i should just start using that at night

10:53 am

aw well i am off to make me some lunch. . . .

10:53 am

bbl maybe

10:54 am

Enjoy jmc :)

10:54 am

okies

10:54 am

citronella will help.. but it isn't perfect

10:55 am

i just have to hope this swelling goes down in time for my vacation when i leave on thursday... and that no other bug bites my face anywhere before then

10:55 am

i'm going to Rochester, NY on Thursday and meeting a cute boy there

10:55 am

a swollen eye isn't so cute :P

10:55 am

unless he's a boxer

10:55 am

lol

10:55 am

Could have a pirate themed date

10:55 am

no he's not

10:56 am

haha

10:56 am

you could bring a parrot with you

10:56 am

and an eyepatch

10:56 am

♥♥ for Rows!!

10:56 am

not sure US immigration would love that so much

10:57 am

hey Mimi! :)

10:57 am

how are you, my love?

10:58 am

Doing well, thanks, dear. Luckily, virtually no mosquitoes here in the desert, thankfully, as they LOVE me.

10:58 am

oh good!

10:58 am

they love me too... maybe i should hang out in the desert

10:58 am

i have looked at some schools in Africa for potential jobs next year...

10:58 am

You're welcome here any time, Rows.

10:59 am

aww thanks :)

10:59 am

what's new? i feel like i haven't seen you here in a long time

10:59 am

Be careful about Africa, though...so much turmoil and disease there. (This is the Mom in me talking.)

10:59 am

i know

10:59 am

but i do have friends who have spent time there... i feel like it would be worth it

11:00 am

The big good news is my daughter and I are on speaking terms again and it makes me so happy...I've missed my "baby" girl.

11:00 am

though i was looking for a place to spend maybe 2 or 3 years after i move away from Honduras, since I'd like to kinda put down roots somewhere or make a 'home' somewhere... Africa wouldn't be the place i don't think

11:00 am

aww, that is so great, Mimi!

11:00 am

congratulations :)

11:01 am

If I could pick anywhere, I think I'd want to go to New Zealand.

11:01 am

NZ would be nice... doubt they'd let me stay there very long as an expat though

11:01 am

since i'm a teacher... they could get plenty of English-speaking teachers there within the locals

11:02 am

You're lucky to be able to pretty much write your own ticket as to where you go. That's wonderful and I'm so envious!

11:03 am

i have two schools in Taiwan and one in Vietnam who have been emailing me and potentially will interview me though :)

11:03 am

eh, it is only to a degree

11:03 am

there comes a point where i have to accept whatever job i get, wherever it happens to be...

11:03 am

so i might try to find a job in a country of my choosing, but i might not find one, and then an opportunity may arise somewhere i never expected to go

11:04 am

that's what happened with both China and Honduras

11:04 am

but this time, since i am more experienced and better qualified, i am trying to be more choosy and pick where i go to an extent

11:04 am

Vietnam might be the better choice since Taiwan has such conflict with China going on...but I'm sure you're well aware of that.

11:04 am

esp. if i think i want to stay there for 2 or 3 years

11:05 am

well actually i'm not, Mimi, and i think that because of the fact that i'm not, it would be fine... these things don't really affect foreigners' lives very much

11:06 am

its all the lead based paints that's affecting china :D

11:06 am

I must admit that even with all our political and economic troubles, I wouldn't want to be out of this country for long periods of time. But would certainly love to visit MANY places. I have open invitations to stay with people all over the world if I can just afford to get there!

11:07 am

just getting antsy for an actual interview to come out of these emails though

11:07 am

emailing with headhunters is getting old

11:07 am

Of course, my first trips next year will be to visit crossy and ruru...OK with you, ru?

11:07 am

that's awesome Mimi :)

11:07 am

especially in Africa Rows :D

11:08 am

LOL, ruru...good one.

11:08 am

lead based paints? i really just hated the pollution there

11:08 am

i felt so unhealthy living there.. i got sick all the time and constantly had a cough because i have asthma

11:08 am

brb

11:09 am

but maybe i'm missing a joke

11:09 am

I was talking about ruru's "headhunters in Africa" joke, Rows.

11:11 am

You have to pay attention to ruru every minute as he loves to zing these at us!

11:11 am

I finally passed halfway! Now I must begin the housecleaning.

11:11 am

oh haha i thought he was talking about lead paint!

11:11 am

So, I guess that is hi and bye, Scrab?

11:12 am

Yes, Mimi, I have a lot of work to do...that I have delayed for too long. My Shop-Vac is going to get a workout!

11:14 am

Loving this grid...complex and interesting for me. Decided to take a break from transcription today and do the rest tomorrow. My house needs cleaning, too, Scrab, but I really HATE cleaning. I found a lady who will do the hard stuff (bathroom and kitchen including floors) for $50---HIRED!

11:17 am

we have a cleaning lady coming in today to clean our house... apparently the school pays for her to do this every few months, but i really miss having a regular cleaning lady like i did in China!

11:17 am

i had a housekeeper who would come in twice a week and do ALL the chores

11:19 am

I've always hated cleaning (love to cook, though) but now it's very difficult for me since the heart attack. I just don't have the stamina anymore. Working on it, though....gotta get back up on stage and sing....miss it and am such a show-off!

11:20 am

aww

11:21 am

Whenever I belt out class rock songs, I can almost feel my voice teacher rolling over in her grave...and it gives me such perverse delight!

11:21 am

classic rock, that is.

11:22 am

hehe :)

11:24 am

Well, must attend to some things. So good touching base with you, Rows! Keep us posted on your travels and on the potential new honey! Big hug.

11:26 am

you too! haha he's not a potential new honey, but he is a good friend :)

11:26 am

*hugs*

11:26 am

take care!

11:28 am

You, too, dear. Poof!

11:35 am

anyone have the th 7/36?

11:36 am

thin thine

11:36 am

not me, ruru

11:38 am

got it

11:38 am

care to share, ru?

11:38 am

peri...

11:38 am

DON"T MOVE

11:39 am

LOL

11:39 am

hard to clue that one..lessee

11:39 am

what is so funny?

11:39 am

I wlll keep looking

11:40 am

most of not here.. + the ending of someone who thinks they're sick all the time

11:40 am

got it, thanks ruru, good clue

11:41 am

what's funny is that I got the word just after I asked for it because you're here.. so don't move an in4

11:41 am

oh, ok

11:42 am

I will be here off and on til 3 pm and then going to a party at the local art school.

11:43 am

i'm almost done

11:43 am

what a grid

11:43 am

49 left for me. how many for you, ruru?

11:44 am

10

11:44 am

go ruru

11:45 am

help with th8 pls

11:46 am

not 12

11:46 am

duh, ty ruru

11:47 am

so obvious with your clue, missed it.. ty ruru.. hi all, back with a chicken salad sandwich and 73 more to find

11:50 am

Radar's drink of choice is in the grid

11:50 am

is lickety's list missing a t and a c?

11:51 am

haven't listed yet, ruru.. don't know, sorry

11:53 am

bbs

11:55 am

seems to be

11:55 am

trying to get to 67 before listing.. am at 70 now

11:55 am

going to go through the t's again

11:56 am

nbt and nbs but not close to half.... (:

11:56 am

hi ruby (-:

11:56 am

hi aloy

11:57 am

just ate 12 chewstnuts. I hope they're nourishing

11:57 am

wtg ruby :)

11:57 am

tench

11:57 am

Just had a chocolate binge here, not good :(

11:57 am

sorry

11:57 am

hiya chrissie

11:58 am

ca

11:58 am

got the t

11:58 am

whih is better for you, chocolast or chestnuts?

11:58 am

latin plural missed it

11:58 am

had that one ruby.. lol .. wtg, ruru

11:58 am

any have ce 6 and 7

11:58 am

Definitely chestnuts

11:58 am

How many left ruru?

11:59 am

I'll take the chest and skip the nuts :D

11:59 am

one

11:59 am

I feel like a ate cement

11:59 am

lol

12:00 pm

hi ho hi ho it is off to the list I go..

12:01 pm

Not laughing at your weighty diet ruby, but at ruru's comment

12:01 pm

nm got them

12:01 pm

hi again all!

12:01 pm

Hi sue

12:01 pm

hi sue, Chrissie, magzel

12:01 pm

are they fattening?

12:02 pm

:D chrissie

12:03 pm

a lot of my jokes slip by without comment :D

12:03 pm

Bt they are noticed and appreciated :)

12:04 pm

But

12:04 pm

amen to that

12:05 pm

very true

12:05 pm

Aloy, did I read that you have a new addition to the family?

12:05 pm

phantom: assinine

12:06 pm

as many times as I try to remind myself to look for the plurals.. aaargh, I need more practice (-:

12:06 pm

plurals are abundant in this grid and they are hidden

12:06 pm

plural everything

12:07 pm

yup, found 3 I missed so far.. sneaky s's hiding on top and bottom and middle too

12:10 pm

wow, ch7 uses all three s's !

12:11 pm

ruru have you finished the grid?

12:11 pm

ty for the ch7

12:12 pm

ty, ruru, you brought e past half

12:12 pm

yw

12:13 pm

Hect

12:13 pm

Phooey, not even a word

12:13 pm

ch7?

12:14 pm

ends with donkeys, ruby

12:14 pm

Didn't have the donkeys :)

12:14 pm

funny word -- braying

12:15 pm

26 left

12:15 pm

ty aloy

12:15 pm

Go peri

12:16 pm

uncle! Good night everybody

12:16 pm

yw ruby.. distracted here, hubby chatting

12:17 pm

gn ruby, sweet dreams

12:17 pm

Night night ruby

12:19 pm

15

12:20 pm

91 :(

12:21 pm

help with me6 pls

12:21 pm

NM

12:24 pm

peri pulled a peri

12:24 pm

yup, I noticed

12:25 pm

4

12:26 pm

Time to list

12:26 pm

and done!!

12:27 pm

bye for now

12:27 pm

Yay, congrats peri

12:27 pm

congrats, peri!!!

12:27 pm

brb.. laundry

12:28 pm

ens

12:31 pm

Time for food - congrats to ruru, sure you've finished now

12:33 pm

bye, Chrissie

12:42 pm

hello again, does anyone have a clue for re8/45 please?

12:43 pm

Hello, all!

12:43 pm

Hello Judi

12:43 pm

yes.. it is a noun related to a climb up a mountain, again

12:43 pm

hi Judi and zambie

12:44 pm

thanks Aloy

12:44 pm

yvw, glad you found it

12:45 pm

good clue, tks

12:55 pm

ec7 please?

12:57 pm

ec + set the **ble for *upp*r , then add the pl vowel..

12:57 pm

all done and so back to the laundry, but I'll wait to see if Chrissie gets that clue.. a tough word

12:58 pm

ty Aloy, another great clue

12:58 pm

whew, glad you got it! ok.. poof time for me.. happy Babbling, glad we had a big grid this weekend..

12:59 pm

got all the 7s and 8s - now for those many other words

12:59 pm

Bye Aloy

12:59 pm

hagd aloy

1:06 pm

omfg.lol! howdy judi. i saw your icon about 'lucifer's testicles and spat iced tea all over my keyboard i was laughing so hard

1:06 pm

LOL! Hi, Crossy. Glad you enjoyed it.

1:07 pm

lol

1:07 pm

I've had that one up for a while. I guess you've been too busy with your nose buried in text books.

1:09 pm

How goes the college studies?

1:10 pm

goes very well.i am kicking arse in English,but on December 2nd, i break for 5 weeks of math and that is my shaky subject

1:11 pm

then in the new year it is back to english classes

1:11 pm

*shudders at the thought of college math* Maybe get a tutor?

1:12 pm

they actually have a on site class where if what you are taking gets to crazy for you you can slide over there,bolster your skills and then go back to the class

1:13 pm

So, you do more math to better understand math.

1:13 pm

*double shudder*

1:14 pm

yes,but they tone it down a bit for you untill you get get over what has you stumped

1:14 pm

mm,seems i have picked up a stutter.math does that to me as well;)

1:14 pm

Well, that's charitable. What type of math will you be required to suffer through?

1:15 pm

they are going to surprise me

1:15 pm

That sounds positively demonic.

1:16 pm

probably the stuff that goes like this "if you throw a triangle out a car window while going 20 mph, how fast was the elephant going when it ran over the cheetah?

1:16 pm

What if it turns out to be calculus? I would drop to the floor and start twitching violently in that case.

1:17 pm

greeting s all might I get a clue for m 6 please

1:17 pm

me 6/24 sounds like a old civilization standing stone marker

1:17 pm

Hee hee. My brain would explode long before things got that complicated.

1:18 pm

Sorry, pink. Don't have that one yet.

1:18 pm

ty cross and judi

1:18 pm

and i forgot,the cheeta is x,the elephant is y and the triange is orange,so find q

1:19 pm

rt

1:19 pm

Well, now the answer is obvious. It's the square root of WTF?

1:30 pm

Gotta go paint some junk. See y'all later! *POOF*

1:31 pm

Im back, hopefully, to finish

1:35 pm

a clue for in 6/18 please

1:36 pm

the ad arrived in the form of an in**** in the Sunday paper

1:36 pm

please in*** your coin here.

1:36 pm

in 6/18 word is Law and order: Criminal In**** Anniebrook.

1:37 pm

hello all - clue for the th7 please - the last th

1:38 pm

TE7 very small.

1:38 pm

thanks Erda, zooz, Minver and hi

1:38 pm

Hello, Annie.

1:39 pm

TE7 is very small but spelt with the 13-19 age group begining.

1:40 pm

Ok why am i cluing that when it is the TH you asked for...sorry.

1:40 pm

I really do need glasses

1:40 pm

no zoom th 7

1:40 pm

Last 7,36 please?

1:40 pm

no problem

1:41 pm

th7---Ted Bundy was a s****l killer and the second cons. not a vowel

1:41 pm

Ah4/5! Listen up! Will not be saying my oohs and aa4/5 over fireworks since there is no way I am going to finish the en6/18 grid. Here is a story of clues for today's date November ni5/12, 2013. One time I was hi 4/5d as a ch 4/9 to work the ni 4/4 shift at a fancy restaurant which was a disaster. After customers ate my food, they had a bad re 5/12ion. Their faces would become as 5/12 and they got belly ac4/6s.One time a customer made such a huge sc5/12 that he went to a hospital. My bad cooking ch 5/12d away the customers so I was fired after ni 4/4 days. After that I went to work in a fast food ch4/6 that had a bad st5/14 from the dirtine4/4 of the place.That was a bad experience also. I refused to wear their ugly ha 4/5 ne 4/4s and sh 5/12s and pants.I was in deep sh 4/5 for defying my boss.He fired me on the te5/12 day. My hubby wants the laptop. Husband tr5/10 to take the computer away every time I babble. I'm going to give it to him before he gets into a sn4/4. I'm going to get out of my ch5/14 and go watch the movie Ch5/6ty Ch5/6ty Bang Bang. Th4/5 I'll be back to give some more hi4/5s before I reti4/4 for the ni4/4. Be back later on tonight.

1:42 pm

thanks annie but i need the last th7

1:43 pm

T + always taught not to *** girls + not him

1:44 pm

thanks Minveryork for your creative story of clues

1:44 pm

great story, Min

1:44 pm

huh???????

1:44 pm

Thanks, zooz

1:44 pm

yay thanks zoom that gave me fireworks

1:45 pm

TY zooz

1:45 pm

ty for the clue story,min

1:45 pm

t + hi 6

1:45 pm

yw :-)

1:45 pm

Congrats, Ursh!

1:46 pm

yay for ursh

1:47 pm

You're welcome all. I haven't written one of those in a long time. My babble tune has been limited to weekends only.

1:47 pm

*Babble tim

1:47 pm

*time

1:47 pm

are things better for you at home now Minveryork?

1:48 pm

Husband has a very good full time job now, so that is great

1:49 pm

I am so pleased for you! The stress of unemployment is huge. Now I wish you had a shorter commute to your job

1:49 pm

glad to hear the good news, Min

1:49 pm

it is on my bucket list to revisit NH

1:52 pm

hi all, fw at last

1:52 pm

YAY for joso

1:52 pm

YAY joso!

1:52 pm

Congrats, Joso!

1:53 pm

ty ty ty

1:53 pm

my bucket list is to finish my current bucket list so i can start a new bucket list

1:53 pm

hehehe

1:53 pm

lol

1:54 pm

my bucket list is to discover immortality, the rest can follow.

1:55 pm

well,i have only one left on my first list since i have already done,bungee jumping,hot air ballooning,rode in a bi-plane, and done a parachute jump.

1:56 pm

I have yet to visit the British Isles, Africa, Canadian maritimes and New England.

1:57 pm

i was born in the UK,so i have that covered

1:57 pm

any memories crossy?

1:57 pm

the east coast will be on the top on my new list

1:57 pm

a grand extended world tour would be wonderful, so much to see out there

1:57 pm

not,really bugsaw.i was young.we came over in 1966

1:58 pm

so you can go back then to create some memories . Maybe we can attend a Babble meet there one day

1:59 pm

indeed.we have lots of great UK babblers

1:59 pm

i almost went this year but it was derailed

What's the last thing on your current list crossy?

2:00 pm

too bad. I am nowhere close to going just yet but have been invited to visit a friend in Kenya. . .

2:01 pm

am Ijust tired or is this a tough grid?

Very tough Bugs

2:01 pm

I found it hard bugs

2:02 pm

Not easy at all.

2:03 pm

thanks. it doesn't help me find words but I feel better

2:03 pm

It's 3 PM and I'm just getting started

2:04 pm

Hello, Bichon :-)

2:04 pm

hi bichon :)

2:05 pm

Hi Annie and zooz

Then when you list you find you've missed easy words, just got,what grows on your head!

2:05 pm

OUr foster dogs came last evening and we're very busy

2:06 pm

then you have a very busy household

2:06 pm

I don't list until half way at least and it is a struggle to get there

2:07 pm

I had listed with 37 more to find..down to 12 more to find.

How lovely bichon

Impressive zooz, I listed with 87 to go and still need 55

2:08 pm

The female just had her sub-luxating patellas fixed and she needs to be watched so she doesn't overdo it.

2:11 pm

sorry,last thing on my current list is a ride in a submarine

Wow, I take it you're not claustrophobic!

2:14 pm

nope.to a point anyways

2:16 pm

i may have to do it through subfunsafaris.com since i do not think the military will let me on one of theirs

2:16 pm

submarinesafaris.com

2:17 pm

I wouldn't want to ride one of Canada's secondhand subs anyways

2:17 pm

Some people are putting their names down for a one way ticket to goto mars...not for me thanks...lol

2:18 pm

lol,nor would i,joso,it is used junk that the british navy did not want

2:18 pm

oh,joso,my beloved and i will be there for lunch tomorrow

2:19 pm

Why would people want to go to Mars. There's nothing there but dust and rocks

2:19 pm

yes, got the e-mail, looking forward to meeting you both :D

2:19 pm

we will have to take some good picture for molly;))

2:19 pm

I have no idea why, Bichon, I was amazed when it came on the news a while ago..and people were signing up for it..wow.

2:20 pm

Where is Molly, btw?

2:20 pm

Where has Molly been? NOt seen her lately

2:20 pm

lol,you know you have a bad ex when you sign up for a one way mars trip!

2:20 pm

do not know,annie

2:20 pm

I would like to move to mars, open a new frontier

2:20 pm

Can you put them on your flickr site, Crossy, or can you still not get into it.

2:21 pm

my ficker site is cooked,so i will get joso or flosey to post them and i will put them up in facebook

2:21 pm

done.

2:21 pm

Congrats, Annie!

2:21 pm

yaaa for annie!

2:21 pm

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!

2:21 pm

YAY Annie

2:21 pm

stats for bottom row h, pls

2:22 pm

I do not have FB nor do i want it..but can i still see yours or do i have to be a member only?

2:22 pm

thanks, started this morning, went out for lunch, went to Target, came back, sat down and said I am not getting up until I finish this grid.

2:22 pm

HI 6/24

2:22 pm

or visit a space station, experience weightlessness for an extended period, not one of those 1 minute plane rides

2:22 pm

hi6/24 a come-hi**** look :-)

2:22 pm

you are either really good at Babble or you have a flat butt! this is not easy

2:22 pm

i will find a way for you to see them ,zooz,even if i have to send them to you through the we transfer site

2:22 pm

congrats annie

2:23 pm

thanks everyone

2:24 pm

LOL..funny you should say that, Bugs, As my bottom and back of my legs go numb after a while...i have to keep getting up and move about a bit.

2:24 pm

Bugs, you are making me laugh, my butt is not what is once was

2:24 pm

reminds me my friend.if you have issues with tiny attachment size limitations on your e-mail, do what i do and use wetransfer.com. you can send and receive files up to 2 gig

2:24 pm

*it

2:24 pm

me too zooz. I am in and out all day

2:25 pm

yes crossy, we will plaster the net with our photos

2:25 pm

good

2:26 pm

have a great evening, bye dear babblers

2:26 pm

ty Une

2:26 pm

Take care, Annie..nice to see you.

2:26 pm

tc.annie

2:26 pm

yw :-)

2:26 pm

maybe I'll reopen a facebook page just to have a place to post them

2:26 pm

later, annie! :-)

2:26 pm

enjoy your day annie

2:27 pm

tc annie

2:33 pm

And fireworks for me.

2:33 pm

congrat zooz

2:34 pm

Time for iron sudoku...Happy babbling everyone...byee!

2:34 pm

Thanks, Joso......*poof*

2:45 pm

does anyone know floseys real name so i am not calling her by her babble tag throughout lunch tomorrow? lol

2:45 pm

Florence

2:45 pm

ty,does she like flo? or just florence?

2:46 pm

Flo I think but just ask her what she prefers

2:47 pm

we are often wrong in what people prefer to be called vs what everyone calls them

2:47 pm

this is going to be nice:) babble meet ups are always fun

2:47 pm

wishing we could all be there with you crossy

2:47 pm

any hints for in 6/18?

2:48 pm

to put something into something else

2:48 pm

in6, put between two things

2:48 pm

geesh tyvm there is is bigger than ever

2:50 pm

An in 6/18 word is Law and Order: Criminal In**** maggiej.

2:50 pm

joso, crossy, don't get your clue about the in 6

2:51 pm

ty now just 3 sh's to go

2:51 pm

in6, in + breath mint; ****s (2 mints in 1)

2:52 pm

ty joso, now I got it

2:53 pm

:)

2:53 pm

fw thanks again for the in 6/18 help

2:54 pm

Congratulations maggiej on your fireworks! Good for you!

2:54 pm

congrats maggie

2:54 pm

:) see you tomorrow

2:54 pm

yaa for maggie!

3:09 pm

<smacks head> Finally get a clue from this morning...

3:21 pm

object to sh 7/8. Offensive

3:26 pm

hi all. any clues for the 9?

3:27 pm

re9/78

3:27 pm

clues for the ze 6/7?

3:27 pm

ze6 - an old tv brand

3:28 pm

tyvm Bea

3:28 pm

yw

3:29 pm

any clues bea? other than re being the start?

3:29 pm

to contaminate again

3:30 pm

i got it bea. ty ty ty

3:30 pm

yw

3:30 pm

ty again Bea

Phew, finished. Mega thanks to lickety and all the wonderful cluers!

3:34 pm

Good work, Chrissie!

3:34 pm

congrats chrissie

ty, ty :)

3:35 pm

boy do i need help........only at 90 words. ouch.

3:37 pm

15 Ts left to find

3:37 pm

i have one 8. only one.

3:37 pm

it is the 8 that is re before the 9. any other 8s out there to clue?

3:38 pm

th8 - a number

3:39 pm

ac8/50 sore + loch monster

3:39 pm

ty great clue for ac.

3:40 pm

ty got the number word too.

3:40 pm

keep em coming please.

3:40 pm

also do you have h word for h on bottom row?

3:41 pm

hi6/24 is from the bottom, I think

3:42 pm

"Come hi****."

3:46 pm

** finito ** lasdt word TH 6/21

3:46 pm

hello all --- looking for an offensive sh 7! ;)

3:46 pm

re 8, the first one pls

3:47 pm

The sh7 refers to Jews.

3:47 pm

RE 8/45 - climb to top of hill again

3:47 pm

didn't know why it was offensive - glad to learn

3:47 pm

oh - no idea

3:48 pm

Not this Jew, grrr

3:48 pm

It works off the, shiny sh5/12

3:48 pm

I'm sorry bichon.

3:48 pm

Not your fault Bea, Enable's fault

3:49 pm

I'm always offended by the cu4.

3:49 pm

still don't know it

3:51 pm

nan, do you have the first sh5/12?

3:53 pm

haven't listed yet, bea -- would like to get at least half way, if not down to 100 first

3:53 pm

my first sh 5 is the bed linen

3:53 pm

nan, having more luster

3:53 pm

ty - got it

3:54 pm

Make it more so and plural for two 8's

3:57 pm

ze 4,5 and 6,7 - what am I missing, please?

3:58 pm

za5 and 6

3:58 pm

ty - thought that was a country!

4:04 pm

not seeing the re 9 - is it a repeat word?

4:04 pm

re9 - plural of the 8

4:04 pm

contaminates again

4:05 pm

ah - 4 from one clue - love it! -- ty

4:09 pm

nbt, nbs, 155 down and heading to lickety land

4:11 pm

please clue za 5/6.

4:11 pm

countries in Africa

4:12 pm

ty bea. got it. but i dont get why this is a word when other capit. words arent. strange

4:13 pm

i looked and it is money from the congo. so it is not an english word. i just dont get this dictionary.

4:13 pm

ty for the h word as well.

4:14 pm

any clues for the e first column? there are two words.

4:14 pm

et4/5

4:15 pm

et5/12 - old anesthesia

4:16 pm

hello

4:17 pm

Hi, mlf

4:17 pm

hi bzz

4:18 pm

tadone!! finito!! tough grid.

4:18 pm

can anyone clue the two words from the E in the first column please? i have one of them

4:18 pm

WTG! LBD!

4:19 pm

et5/12, mlf

4:19 pm

et4.5 most of the gas

4:19 pm

ty, bzz

4:19 pm

ty both got them

4:19 pm

Hi MLf, Bzz, Mkg,Nan, & anybody I may have missed. Very cold night here. The fire is lit, & I'm chilling. :-)

4:20 pm

Good evening, Soodle.

4:20 pm

hi soodle! snuggling by the fire sounds nice.

4:20 pm

hi soodle seems to be cold here too

4:21 pm

are the f words in the grid common to babble?

4:22 pm

Yes.

4:22 pm

yes

4:22 pm

Babblers of the world...,unite! In front of my lovely roaring turf fire! All welcome. :-)

4:22 pm

Hey Joso :-)

4:23 pm

hello soodle!!!! and all my lovely babble friends

4:23 pm

hi soodle, nice Irish meal I see, lol

4:23 pm

happily babbling away whilst my valentine watches yet MORE gold

4:23 pm

golf

4:23 pm

((((Trif))))

4:23 pm

i have fe 4/7 and two fe 4/8's what am i missing?

4:23 pm

hi trif

4:24 pm

hi trif

4:24 pm

fe5/18

4:24 pm

fe5-18

4:24 pm

clue please?

4:25 pm

fe5, the indecisive sit on it

4:25 pm

don't fe*** me in

4:25 pm

ch 5/14, following the cook, please?

4:25 pm

morning all

4:25 pm

hi lynxxx

4:26 pm

hi lynxxx

4:26 pm

nm - found it

4:27 pm

hmm

4:28 pm

fe5, outdoor wall

4:28 pm

fe5 has a gate in it

4:29 pm

ty joso

4:29 pm

ec 7, please?

4:31 pm

starts of like rapture but becomes a plural

4:32 pm

ec7 ec + refined folk have good ***t* & plural

4:33 pm

ty josso

4:37 pm

wow, seriously tricky business getting to nbt today

4:44 pm

last re 8, please?

4:45 pm

okay, can't budge the h in the bottom row - help please?

4:45 pm

first four of the one above + canvas shelter

4:45 pm

that was for the re8. the H is come hi**** and yon

4:46 pm

ty dawger

4:46 pm

TY dawg

4:46 pm

ty you! geesh!

4:46 pm

must go put dinner in the oven. may be back later ttfn

4:47 pm

Trif, add a t in front of the h word for another difficult word to find.

4:47 pm

thank you! Now I just need a nudge for the e in the first column for nbt please please please

4:49 pm

et5.12 a gas or the heavens. then et4.5 (plural word)

4:49 pm

think of what was used to put you under for an operation in the old days....

4:49 pm

oh good lawd. Thanks lynxx

4:50 pm

nbt whew!

4:51 pm

arrgh. phone. brb

4:55 pm

en7.36 - now I have un***** my heart - Joe Cocker stuck in my head

4:59 pm

can someone give me stats for the 9 please?

4:59 pm

re9.78

5:00 pm

ty

5:04 pm

te 8, please?

5:06 pm

sorry, don't have it

5:07 pm

work from the te5.10 making it plural then plural again

5:08 pm

ty lynxxx

5:08 pm

ty

5:08 pm

is there a list?

5:09 pm

Lickety is there

5:09 pm

perfect. i think this one is tough

5:09 pm

(thank goodness)

5:11 pm

it's tough even with the list

5:13 pm

th 7-8 combo?

5:15 pm

sorry, don't have it

5:17 pm

i am trying to get below 100 so i can list....not a very ambitious goal, but one that i can live with... ;o)

5:17 pm

th7, th + Mr estrada with an extra vwl in the 4th spot

5:17 pm

ty joso...never would have gotten that one

5:17 pm

th8,plural

5:18 pm

yes, got them both...ty

5:18 pm

tough to even clue

5:18 pm

clue was good...got it on first try~

5:18 pm

no idea who estrada is

5:19 pm

ok, viking; **** the red

5:19 pm

ty joso

5:20 pm

or another way th & the turnip shaped celery - cel*****

5:20 pm

nbt

5:21 pm

is the 9 to do something over again?

5:21 pm

yes

5:22 pm

yes, & plural

5:22 pm

I'm having one of those random miscellaneous days. I decided, randomly, to clean the porch. Found a pile of bills from 1973-1989. Read and shred. Found the missing pruning shears, clipped the raspberries

5:22 pm

re9, share the flue, again

5:23 pm

reading old bills is interesting - takes you back to what was happening

5:23 pm

*!* ta da *!* - ty for all the great clues - would never have finished without them :)

5:23 pm

found some apples, made apple crisp, except there was no brown sugar, so made brown sugar with white sugar and molasses, spilled the corn starch. This led to cleaning the counter....

5:24 pm

pretty soon it's 4:23 and nothing is actually finished, except I am pretty sure the apple crisp will be done in another half hour....

5:24 pm

congrats Nan!

5:24 pm

doesn't sound like you sit still much harp

5:25 pm

congrats nan

5:25 pm

Good morning all :)

5:26 pm

well i have plantar fasciitis so if i can do the task sitting down, i do. That's why I took time to shred. And make apple crisp.

5:26 pm

morning Liz

5:26 pm

hi liz

5:26 pm

painful, harp -- took a year for me to get rid of it

5:27 pm

did you get orthodics for it?

5:27 pm

I'm on my 9th month now cyber. It sucks.

5:27 pm

At the same time I'm making plans for a walking trip in Ireland next summer....

5:28 pm

very painful, stretching my foot back (constantly) against a wall solved it for me

5:28 pm

Yes I have orthotics, night splints, creams, pain pills, stretches, physical therapy exercises, massages, and other implements of torture.

5:28 pm

can anyuone clue the th 7/8 please?

5:28 pm

I stretch but then sometimes I think I over-stretch and it gets worse.

5:29 pm

the anti-inflammatories wrecked my stomach so now I can't take my pain pill of choice.

5:29 pm

I found the orthodics in my golf and walking shoes helped. Also wearing sandals with good arch support around the house all the time helps.

5:29 pm

(but the snowshoe trip was EPIC!)

5:29 pm

Joso clued unfder MLFAN

5:30 pm

unfder?

5:30 pm

th + the red viking explorer with an extra vowel thrown in

5:30 pm

you can't read Babble? under

5:31 pm

ah ty joso

5:31 pm

gor both

5:32 pm

i don't share a flue with anyone. Babble is very educational.

5:32 pm

got

5:32 pm

on my way -- need to put some scalloped potatoes together for supper tonight.

5:32 pm

enjoy your evening, nan.

5:33 pm

bye everyone - will be back at the flip if I'm still awake.

5:33 pm

With 38 words left, how can 14 of them begin with c????

5:33 pm

bye Nan

5:33 pm

bye nan

5:33 pm

i got 23 out of the 45 c words

5:34 pm

Have 33 of them now - had missed 2 obvious ones!

5:34 pm

for the 4th column t i have ta 4/4 ta 6/18 and ta 4/4 what am i missing?

5:35 pm

ta 5 / 10 I think

5:36 pm

is it something i should know?

5:36 pm

makes lace mlf

5:37 pm

oh, you said you have that one, sorry

5:37 pm

French for cup

5:37 pm

Just remove the s

5:37 pm

no i dont have that i dont have any 5's for that t

5:38 pm

wow - if you are Iroquois you might know sa6.27 - talk about obscure

5:38 pm

i looked it up and it said coup

5:39 pm

Well, I guess I'm not Iroquois, Lynne. Can you clue it pls.

5:39 pm

hey everyone

5:39 pm

hi Rows

5:39 pm

Sorry, Lyn - friend Lynne has her birthday tomorrow!

5:39 pm

lol got it, i'm far far away from iroquois land

5:39 pm

how's it going?

5:39 pm

but I got an a in 4th grade history

5:40 pm

hi rows

5:40 pm

Hi Rows

5:40 pm

sa6, sa + short for a science subject

5:41 pm

got it

5:41 pm

ty

5:41 pm

ty joso

5:41 pm

ty joso

5:41 pm

yw

5:42 pm

It was the name of a street in Delaware I was just on. Small world

5:42 pm

sa6 that is

5:42 pm

i have me 4/5 what is the other m please?

5:42 pm

me6-24

5:44 pm

is it a compound word?

5:44 pm

me6, a tall standing stone, sounds like German for sir

5:45 pm

not compound

5:47 pm

me6, males + misspelled she

5:47 pm

got ti ty joso sorry about that

5:48 pm

te 8 pls - my final 8 letter word!

5:48 pm

nothing to be sorry for

5:48 pm

How are plans for the babble meet, joss?

5:48 pm

te8, plural of te6

5:49 pm

te8 - start with the english plural of te5.10 and make it plural again

5:49 pm

tyvm! I thought that te 6 was a plural!!! Never looked up the meaning.

5:49 pm

good, crossy and his true love will make it, TK can't

5:50 pm

Believe it or not I'm stuck on two silly words, probably word blind now. Help pls with the first 2 ha

5:50 pm

That's excellent. Shame about TK but glad Mr and Mrs Crossy will be there! Looking forward to pics!

5:50 pm

i have ha 4/6 and ha 5/18

5:51 pm

ha4, ha + dorothy's anutie **

5:51 pm

25 words left for later. Sadly Sunday morning house clean is calling. Have a good evening. Lyn, have a good day :)

5:51 pm

& plural

5:51 pm

bye Liz - you too

5:52 pm

Yep they're the ones, but I don't know Doroth's auntie

5:52 pm

bye liz

5:52 pm

i already said that joso:)

5:52 pm

from wiz of oz

5:52 pm

maisie sound the letter m makes

5:53 pm

ty - that makes 23 for later!

5:53 pm

yw

5:53 pm

ah looking at the wrong H no wonder I couldn't see it. Thank you

5:53 pm

Fireworks

5:53 pm

oops welcome maisie

5:56 pm

congrats maisie

6:06 pm

I'm on the C's, it seems like they never end

6:07 pm

yes, an awful lot of words for one letter

6:11 pm

got hi6.24 but just took me 5 minutes to find th7.36 - grrr

6:11 pm

only 4 c's to go

6:11 pm

then i get to eat some apple crisp

6:13 pm

thank goodness, done - those last 15 killed me...bye all

6:13 pm

congrats lynxxx

6:16 pm

help with the ch 6/27? I think there is only one

6:17 pm

it's like ch 5/16 but add a vowel into the third position...

6:18 pm

thanks,

6:19 pm

yw

6:29 pm

half way, time for a break

6:30 pm

Hello all. just starting and will enjoy the puzzle while staying warm here in the great Northwest where it is misty and grey, calm seas with salmon jumping as they begin their journeys up to their spawning grounds.

6:31 pm

how is life in a travelogue stid

6:32 pm

Great as I can stay here and watch the changes out my window.

6:32 pm

:)

6:33 pm

I just like to let people know how the seasons change and what preparations I do or responses I make to said change.

6:36 pm

Good evening all.

6:36 pm

Stidgemere, took the snowblower in for its tune-up today.

6:39 pm

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

6:39 pm

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

6:39 pm

Ah, wisely played wht. A snowblower must be ready!

hello babblers

6:44 pm

Good evening TO

6:44 pm

Hello minver and TO.

6:45 pm

When I was in Peru last year, people were fascinated by the idea that seasons change, leaves fall off the trees, etc.

6:46 pm

That, and in the winter it gets dark at 4:30 p.m. and stays dark for 16 hours.

hello wht and gmere

6:47 pm

I went to Cuba once and people were fascinated with the pictures of me standing by the snowpile at the end of our driveway that was over my head.

6:48 pm

Satch. Is not a word omg?

this rid is challenging

what does it mean, changer?

6:48 pm

hi folks!

hey welk!

6:48 pm

Hi peep

getting a rest from dancing tonight

6:49 pm

Satch doesn't it mean a trumpet player?

6:49 pm

satchmo :)

6:49 pm

I actually miss winter...partially because of the hot flashes...

6:50 pm

I thought like a purse or something

6:50 pm

eek - mimi, spend some time up here in alberta, you won't be missing winter when your nose hairs freeze

6:50 pm

Actually sounds like heaven, welki!

6:51 pm

door's open

6:51 pm

I guess not

6:51 pm

and here we are, thinking how nice it would be to someday be "snowbirds"

6:53 pm

I'm getting old and cranky...now so upset that I need to keep doors and windows closed because of other people allowing children to run riot....need some peace and quiet. Hey, welki, visit any time!

6:54 pm

Where is my cabin on the mountaintop?!!

6:55 pm

satchel is a type of carry-on bag. They were made from carpet hence the term "carpet-bagger." Not complimentary.

6:56 pm

your cabin, sorry to say, isn't a cabin - it's a house in calgary - but we do have a nice site on a lake in central alberta. unfortunately, it's rarely quiet - except in winter when we ice fish and during the week (in seasonal weather) when everyone's still in town

i want to go to AZ. not so fond of FLA

6:57 pm

TO, you're welcome any time. At least we don't have humidity.

6:57 pm

florida appeals to me more, because it's near the ocean. i've been away from the sea a long time

6:58 pm

7 hours to the Pacific here, welki....I miss it every day, though.

bad memories. welk. need to go create some new, good ones.

6:58 pm

We should have some sort of winter Babble vacation exchange. Those who pine for the northwoods could spruce up their own domicles and go north for a firm date with winter.

6:59 pm

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

gmere, how many people do you think are pinin for winter besides mimi and scrabs?

6:59 pm

no sprucing up here - what you see is what you get. and you'll see all sorts of things - dust bunnies, pupkus on the windows....

what?

7:00 pm

There you go, stid! Great idea!

7:00 pm

pupkus - what dogs leave on windows when they put their noses against them

7:00 pm

I would think that scabs would get enough winter, unless she moved recently.

7:01 pm

Well, we don't go for quantity, it is quality here in Babble land. So we have two happy people and the others are happy in place.

7:01 pm

Or Scrabs

i'll buy that

lol welk i did not know you had doggies

7:02 pm

Just two seasons in Phoenix...heaven and hell....just out of Hell and now in Heaven.

7:02 pm

stidg lives in one of the most beautiful places in the world - would gladly exchange houses for holidays

7:03 pm

oh yes - two of them, a golden retriever and a smooth coated border collie :)

welk, you can spend the winter practicing dacning :)

7:03 pm

i've been golfing in the basement :)

uh, o k...

7:04 pm

Stid, are you in the Pacific NW? I agree,,, may be relocating next year.

7:04 pm

brb - laundry buzzer :(

7:06 pm

Gone now...have a good evening, everyone!

7:07 pm

Yes. Mimi we're on Puget Sound.

beb, dinner bell and laundry buzzer al at once!

7:11 pm

Good night TO.

7:11 pm

Bye 72 Temple Owl! I'll see you tomorrow in the log maybe

7:15 pm

hi everyone!

7:17 pm

Hi Jen

7:18 pm

ok, I'll to the corner and work on this grid quietly.

7:18 pm

go to

7:18 pm

hi wht

back

7:20 pm

hi owl!

hi jen

7:35 pm

Hello JenMO16! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid

7:35 pm

hi min!

7:36 pm

Hi Babble folks.

7:37 pm

hi origami

hi origami

7:38 pm

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

7:39 pm

I'm hanging in there! Another beautiful fall day here. And you?

7:40 pm

Babble Blindness strikes deep. Into your life it will creep. It starts when you can't see a word. Staring you right in your face.

7:40 pm

Can I get a clue for any of the re8"s

7:40 pm

I am well. I gave up on grid HOURS ago,but have clue story in my profile if you need to use it origami. I have not done one of those in awhile since I only babble on the weekend.

7:41 pm

Oooh ... I'm headed to that story!

7:41 pm

one means to give an illness to someone again... to re****** them (plural letter)

7:41 pm

re 8/60 word is to pass your germs to someone else again.

7:42 pm

ty pen and min.

7:42 pm

yw

7:42 pm

re + head insect + go camping in a t***...

7:42 pm

yw

7:43 pm

ty pen. that is a new word for me.

7:43 pm

me, too

7:43 pm

can someone clue the ac 8 please?

7:44 pm

It is the dull pain you get after someone re9's you.

ok now pls clue that re 9?

7:46 pm

The ac8 is the state of having a dull pain.

7:47 pm

plural of the 8 owl!

7:47 pm

re8/9 was just clued, TO

7:47 pm

i'm just missing the firs re8.. anyone?

7:48 pm

I'm missing that to, Dorens

7:48 pm

well, at least we're in good company

Well ok doren thatnk you!

7:48 pm

sorry, don't have that one...

7:49 pm

how you keeping, owl?

7:49 pm

ty for the ac 8 clue....thought i had tried every kind of pain word, but i missed that one...

7:50 pm

May I please have a clue for re5-14 the 2nd? Thanks

eh. did you know that m night shyamaln wrote abook on education? i am reading it now.

7:51 pm

what sort of book? he's the film director, right?

7:52 pm

Peach, it is to sew up the bottom of a dress again.

7:52 pm

Thanks so much, wht.

yes. it is titled "I Got Schooled: Th Unlikely Story of HOw a Moonlighting Movie Dicrector Learned the Five Keys to Closing America's Education Gap"

7:54 pm

hmm -- sounds interesting, but i think closing america's education gap is a very complicated and unlikely thing to happen

7:54 pm

I was at the nadir of despair about finishing this grid when I found the ze6/7 combo.

7:55 pm

haha

the very chutzpah made me pick it up. but he says it is NOT all that complicated, that the key was examining data for successful schools and finding what they had in common, screening for noise

7:56 pm

oh my…. how about the culture of poverty????

7:56 pm

successful schools usually have parents quite different from the majority of those in failing schools. period.

i do not know the keys as yet. just some likely hypotheses that he has thrown out. like that charters are the answer.

7:57 pm

right. and when charters have to take kids whose parents don't care where they go and don't bother to apply to them, then we can talk about charters

and that class size is relevant

7:57 pm

sorry. i am very very jaded these days

7:58 pm

May I please have a clue for tr6-18 the 1st? Thanks

7:58 pm

One of the reasons charter schools look so good is that they get to toss out the kids that do not perform well.

i don't understand the issue well enought to know what that means. however, i was quote surprised to discover that my third cousins are attending a charter in Lodi, did not know one was there.

7:58 pm

that plus who applies to them in the first place??? the ones whose parents care

he also found data to support that class size is not really relevant

and that is as far as i read

8:00 pm

I would hazard a guess that the quickest way to improve the worst schools would be to provide a job with a living wage to all the parents.

8:00 pm

NM found it.

8:01 pm

and mandatory classes for certain parents

i think i want to read his argument in toto before i would have any thoughts on the issue

8:01 pm

still begging for the first re8

i did have a discussion on common core with my sil that was very enlightening.

8:02 pm

I still need that too, dorens

8:02 pm

I also would like a clue for the last th7,36

8:02 pm

someone will take pity on us eventually, wht

8:03 pm

wht do you have hi6/24? here or there

8:03 pm

Just found the th7, dorens. That was it.

i cannot believe enable takes in6/21 and not the word with an en

8:04 pm

i can believe anything about enable

i was in nnj for a couple of days this week

8:05 pm

me too

8:06 pm

To, try that en6,21 again. The only in6,21 in the grid has a corresponding en6,21

i think it is time for a break.

8:07 pm

Hang on Dorens, I am trying to figure out how to clue it. reascent

8:07 pm

i just need that darned re8 and i can go read my book

8:07 pm

ty ga. That was a very straightforward clue.

8:07 pm

haha.. thanks so much peach. you figured it out!

8:07 pm

Damn! I was trying to do it right....I'm just not a good cluer.

8:08 pm

Fireworks

8:08 pm

Congrats, wht!!!!!

8:08 pm

me too! yay why and me

wht are you reading, doren

8:08 pm

ty peach....that gave me two words....down to 4 now...

8:08 pm

the girl you left behind by jojomoyer

i just finished "morality play" and "the harvest"

8:09 pm

I sure could use a clue for that last th7-36, please....thanks

8:09 pm

book club here monday nite. need to finish now.

8:10 pm

night all

8:10 pm

Night Dorens

night.

8:11 pm

i am done!

8:12 pm

wtg pen

wow there are some moods here tonight i sense

8:16 pm

th7-36 the last one please....thanks

8:17 pm

A cousin to the hi6/24.

8:18 pm

And I thank you, kind sir.

8:18 pm

ty ty!

night all. i will try again tomorrow.

8:21 pm

Sweet dreams, TO.

8:23 pm

Goodbye Dorens! I will see you tomorrow in the log maybe.

8:40 pm

May I please have a clue for th5-14? Thanks

8:43 pm

peach - the start of a sentence plus first two letter of a fur ball house pet.

8:44 pm

Definate article + abbreviation for the Golden State.

8:44 pm

Thanks so much, Dianne.

8:44 pm

Thanks wht, also.

8:44 pm

hahaha - I can't believe that I did that

8:45 pm

I'm so glad you did though.

8:49 pm

Good night Babblers.

8:51 pm

Sweet dreams, wht.

8:55 pm

i am still here peach if you need a clue...

8:56 pm

Thanks, pen. How about ec7-32? Thanks

8:57 pm

Have you finished, pen?

8:57 pm

yes...

8:57 pm

at 8:11...

8:57 pm

Oh, I missed it. Congrats!!!!!

9:11 pm

ty!

9:12 pm

ca6-21 the 3rd please....thanks

9:14 pm

hi, all. My husband asked me out on a date today, and took me to our favorite jeweler...I traded in one of my old rings for a new one. The new one is 2ct! He told me he had been planning this since summer for our anniversary. He actually proposed to me again in the jewelry store...and the jeweler, he and I all were misty eyed.

9:15 pm

how sweet angel. I was wondering what he was up to

9:15 pm

How wonderful, Angelsong!

9:16 pm

How sweet Angel! What a lucky woman -- and obviously a very smart and lucky man!

9:18 pm

Going to make an omelet....bbl.

9:19 pm

gap - 3rd ca6/21 is an anagram of 'cranes'.

9:19 pm

Angel - how lovely!

9:20 pm

the ring I upgraded from was 1/2 ct. so, for our anniversary, he gave me a plush kitten, a Love figurine, our marriage license, triple matted and framed, a heart pendant with a small diamond, a Swarovski crystal cat, and this new ring.

9:21 pm

Wow, Angel! Can I borrow him for our next anniversary?!

9:22 pm

lol, Mom

9:32 pm

*starts rent-a-hubby business*

9:33 pm

the first 7/26, and 8/50 please?

9:34 pm

BTW, Angel, congratulations! How long have you been married?

9:35 pm

Thanks much, Jacula. Was making an omelet, so didn't get right back.

9:35 pm

7/26 and 8/50 what? mab?

9:36 pm

oh! the th 7/8

9:42 pm

th + a soap is a s****l, a continuing program + third letter...

9:43 pm

most of not here + the ending of someone who thinks they're sick all the time

9:44 pm

th8-45 please.....thanks

9:44 pm

it's a number, ms peach

9:45 pm

using those two e's

9:46 pm

Gosh! Thanks so much, mab. Looks like I would have seen it, but no.

9:46 pm

thanks pen and ru, seeking

9:52 pm

May I please have a clue for ti5-12? Thanks

9:52 pm

got them. thanks so much.

9:53 pm

ti....it a word that relates to adding color....

10:01 pm

Thanks much, pen.

10:03 pm

yw

10:10 pm

hi, I'm back for my last half!

10:11 pm

MayI please have a clue for as5-10 the 1st? Thanks

10:12 pm

hi everyone, has joso been on here lately?

10:12 pm

as + i uttered that, i ***d that...

10:12 pm

yes, he was around earlier

10:12 pm

Haven't seen him yet.

10:13 pm

looks like an attempt, uses the double cons.

10:13 pm

Thanks so much, pen and mab.

10:14 pm

yw...

10:14 pm

Oh, sorry, pen, I guess I missed joso.

10:14 pm

ok, last one: the fourth en8?

10:15 pm

ze6 please

10:16 pm

en...just builds on the previous words

10:16 pm

old television brand, dr.

10:16 pm

ze...means the apex, the top, the highest point

10:16 pm

so silly. thanks.

10:16 pm

ty Pen

10:17 pm

May I please have a clue for ec7-32? Thanks

10:17 pm

ty Mab

10:18 pm

like extreme happiness, ms peach, minus some letters

10:19 pm

ec + remain, ***y + abbrev. for socioeconomic state....

10:19 pm

Great clue, mab. Thanks much.

10:19 pm

is joso here?

10:19 pm

was here, isn't now

10:19 pm

Thanks so much, pen.

10:20 pm

yw

10:20 pm

he's still logged in, however

10:20 pm

6 left, y'all. Didn't think I would get this close.

10:21 pm

almost done!

10:23 pm

is the te8 a compound word please?

10:24 pm

no...it builds on the word before it...

10:25 pm

add an extra plural of two letters

10:25 pm

May I please have a clue for ca6-21 the 3rd? Thanks

10:26 pm

thanks

10:26 pm

yw

10:26 pm

change the 5th letter of the ca6 before it

10:29 pm

Thanks so much, harpjane.

10:30 pm

aha, fireworks at last - we were out to dinner tonight 2 sons and their wives and one grandson 15 - they came back to the house after for more chat;

10:31 pm

congrats!

10:31 pm

Congrats, zambie!!!!!

10:33 pm

in5-10 please....thanks

10:34 pm

now must have a good night sleep ready for noon meetup with joso, crossey and his wife. I understand Trader Kate was trying to get over but a long drive for her, would love to meet her as we were talking about it a while ago

10:34 pm

goodnight all

10:34 pm

gap - in5.10 - not moving,

10:35 pm

Thanks much, Jacula. only 3 more.

10:35 pm

84 here

10:35 pm

Sorry I've been in and out, but I've been up really late talking to my daughter who is in Lisbon, Portugal and who is having a bit of a hard time.

10:36 pm

y/w, Gap.

10:36 pm

sorry to hear that jac

10:37 pm

Hope things clear up for her, Jacula. I know it is difficult when they are far away.

10:37 pm

in6-18 please....thanks

10:38 pm

the act of putting something into something...

10:38 pm

to put in between two things, ga

10:38 pm

harp - she's flying home tomorrow. It was a week's trip for a conference, but she went with someone we suspected was a delusional nutter and the woman has now turned out to be just that. Won't go into more detail as it's a long story, but me, her boyfriend, her dad etc., will be glad to see her safely home.

10:39 pm

Thanks much, pen and harpjane.

10:39 pm

yw...heading out....g'nite all...

10:39 pm

'Night Pen.

10:40 pm

Sweet dreams, pen.

10:41 pm

me6-24 please.....thanks....only 2 left

10:41 pm

Any more clues needed?

10:42 pm

in6/24?

10:42 pm

gap - me6/24 is literally 'long stone' - or try a word for males + US 'hello' + a consonant.

10:43 pm

those kind of situations are always tough, jac

10:43 pm

harp - in6/24 is the plural of the imperial measurement that men always think is longer than it is - i.e. fish caught and 'equipment' etc. lol

10:44 pm

Thanks much, Jacula.

10:44 pm

thanks, jac, lol

10:44 pm

y/w gap and harp.x

10:45 pm

fe5-18 please....thanks.....the last one

10:45 pm

Don't fe5 me in

10:45 pm

Nice clue, harp! Though I'm now going to be singing that for hours...

10:46 pm

lol jac

10:46 pm

Thanks, harpjane.

10:47 pm

That was the last for this grid. Will check emails and see you all at the flip....thanks once again.

10:47 pm

Well done, Gap. *~*~*~*~*~*

10:48 pm

Any more clues needed?

10:50 pm

sh5/18?

10:50 pm

It's all very well for my daughter, who may or may not now be asleep on a sofa in a hostel in Portugal, but I've gone from being ready to go to bed to wide awake and worrying as only a mother can. :(

10:51 pm

harp - sh5.18 - bundle of hay or straw.

10:51 pm

ah, thanks

10:52 pm

Now singing 'Bringing In The Sh**ves'. *sighs*

10:53 pm

go back to Don't F5 me in

10:53 pm

much more fun to sing!

10:54 pm

LOL!

10:55 pm

I dunno, harp! I have many happy memories of harvesting the hay. :)

10:55 pm

'We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sh....' LOL

10:55 pm

:)

10:56 pm

help!! please.. re 8...first one. thanks

10:57 pm

i don't think i have it yet

10:58 pm

The second time Hillary went up Everest ..

10:58 pm

helenary - 1st re8 - to rise up into the air again. (Or rather to describe having done it)

10:59 pm

Hi Torg. Just listening to Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters singing 'Don't Fe5/18 Me In' here.

11:00 pm

thank you Jac and Torg

11:00 pm

little know fact-that song was not actually written by Cole Porter, although it was incorrectly attributed to him

11:00 pm

Heyas kids ..

11:00 pm

Think I might search YouTube for a favourite Jimi Hendrix track now, Purple Ha4/10. lol

11:03 pm

Harp, I've read the Robert Fletcher actually wrote the song.

11:04 pm

Maybe Rory Gallagher's Sh4 Kicker ..

11:04 pm

torg - Good one!

11:04 pm

I never remember the name, jac

11:04 pm

the last en7?

11:04 pm

Lots of clues we could give re songs in this grid.

11:05 pm

harp - last en7 - last going intos.

11:05 pm

DON'T BREAK MY HEART, MY............la la la HEART....

11:05 pm

thanks

11:06 pm

LOL, Harp.

11:07 pm

Is that don't go breaking my heart, or don't break my heart again, anyone who had a heart, or... any number of songs.

11:08 pm

It's only Love Can Break Your Heart so sang Neil Young.

11:09 pm

no Billy Cyrus

11:09 pm

>>>> Breaky Heart

11:10 pm

Ah, boot 'n' scoot. I went to a line dancing class just once. lol

11:11 pm

I also went to a flamenco class just once. I would love to be able to dance, but I fear only my right side has rhythm. :(

11:12 pm

boot and scoot sounds like a cowboy who has the runs

11:12 pm

I might yet excel at belly dancing. :)

11:12 pm

ruru - that's what I thought, but it is the term they use.

11:13 pm

fixed with imodium and a beer I guess

11:13 pm

boot and scoot sounds to me like someone who has trodden on an autumn dog turd (one you know is there but cannot find, due to all the fallen leaves).

11:14 pm

*moseys in in her sh** kickers* howdy y'all

11:14 pm

You call autumn 'fall' in US and Canada. It's a good and descriptive term.

11:14 pm

any of those sound like a good description of that particular song....

11:14 pm

also sounds like a dance in a gay men's leather bar :D

11:15 pm

that's why they call boots sh** kickers in the West. . .'cuss you kick a lot of sh** when you work around horses and cattle

11:15 pm

..and so we descend into smut. Loving it. roflol

11:16 pm

*shocked look*

11:16 pm

See? I told you all most of this grid can be clued with songs.

11:16 pm

Oh get over yourself JM :D

11:16 pm

haha

11:16 pm

jmc - don't be a hypocrite. lol

11:17 pm

i is a sensitive girl. . . .haha

11:17 pm

Yea, jmc.. right...

11:17 pm

*coughs*

11:18 pm

what's the fun in life if you can't be a hypocrite among friends

11:19 pm

mmm.. that seems to be the Washington Lifestyle

11:20 pm

32 to go, just plodding along here

11:20 pm

oh right and california is where all the completely honest folk live. . . people who never portray themselves anyway except as they truly are. . . haha

11:20 pm

go harp go!

11:23 pm

California Dreaming, California Girls...

11:23 pm

now I'm starting to fade, ne6?

11:24 pm

jm is just jealous of our nice weather (all year round)

11:24 pm

Tell you what.. I'll go for Surfing USA... which is what I am doing on here at present, since I'm on the net and talking to people from USA. :)

11:24 pm

:-) i'm going to leave, ol' texas now, they got no use for the long horn cow; they plowed and fe***d the cattle range, the people there are all so strange. . .

11:24 pm

it's pretty late/early there, jac

11:25 pm

harp - ne6/21 - your butt and those regions.

11:25 pm

ne 6 Hell the ne 6 world

11:25 pm

everybody go surfing. . . .

11:25 pm

ty ru

11:25 pm

jmc - it's a feelgood song, is it not?

11:25 pm

lol jac

11:25 pm

I wan't a beach boy fan

11:26 pm

no i had that life in Houston. . . I like seasons with flowers and fall leafs . . . .i even like a limited amount of snow

11:26 pm

I preferred the Beatles and the Stones

11:26 pm

there's a place that i can go and tell my troubles too. . .

11:27 pm

I loved The Beatles (had to, I'm related to one of them, but that had no bearing on my love). Loved The Stones and also loved The Beach Boys.

11:27 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Q0kWP\nk3uI

11:29 pm

and buddy holly and frankie valli too

11:29 pm

We have good srf here in UK, too. In Devon and Cornwall. My surfers are in North Devon and they even go out on Christmas Day.

11:29 pm

Bet it's cold there in the water

11:30 pm

really. . .there is almost no surf in texas because the continental shelf goes out about 10 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. . . you can walk that far and keep your head mostly above the water. . .

11:30 pm

Yea, ruru, but what a buzz!

11:30 pm

maybe the gulf stream warms it some?

11:31 pm

gulf stream comes up your coast jm.. the arctic rolls through england

11:31 pm

coriolis effect and all

11:32 pm

no the gulft stream goes up to england . . .it is part of what keeps it more temperate. . .

11:32 pm

the coldest I've ever been diving was in Washington

11:33 pm

the gulf stream goes up to New England you mean

11:34 pm

the Gulf stream goes up to Olde England, as jmc said

11:34 pm

no england. . . http://tinyurl.com/k3mtmjh

11:34 pm

i did not make this up! haha

11:35 pm

Here's Andy from North Devon surfing an 80ft wave in Portugal in the aftermath of Jude. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\novHDjDg2MTY

11:35 pm

11 left, all re's and en's.

11:35 pm

*starts essay on the educational nature of babbleland*

11:35 pm

go harp go!

11:36 pm

Yup, Mr. Ponce discoverd the gulf stream.

11:36 pm

oh, i have some ri's also

11:37 pm

let us know if you need help harp. . .

11:37 pm

assuming all i have left are "to do over" words, i should be good to go

11:39 pm

it doesn't always split off and head to England Jilli

11:39 pm

the currents also bring cold arctic waters down past england and spain (primarily)

11:39 pm

haha boy does ru hate to be wrong. . . we love you even if you didn't know about the gulf stream

11:40 pm

Dat's tue, ruru.

11:40 pm

Or even True!

11:40 pm

okay guys i am going to mosey on out of here. . . see y'all all later. . .

11:41 pm

'Night jmc.

11:41 pm

night jm

11:42 pm

No more clues needed then?

11:42 pm

one to go, shoot me now....

11:43 pm

Gets into stance for shooting - want a clue, haarp? *smiles*

11:44 pm

Just to get us in the mood for the beach... http://tinyurl.com/k3mtmjh

11:45 pm

Goodbye jmcnrick! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log.

11:45 pm

finally! thanks for all the help

11:45 pm

OOps! Wrong link! I meant this one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v\n=EPEqRMVnZNU

11:45 pm

Congratulations harpjane on your fireworks! Hooray for U!

11:46 pm

Well done, harp! *~*~*~*~*~*~*

11:46 pm

I do wish this chog had an edit and/or delete function.

11:48 pm

oh if that were the case.. JC would have retracted everything

11:48 pm

I see now that it's nearly 6am - flip time for the grid here in UK. I might as well sta up for it now, but will not view the chog because too many clues are thrown about then and I much prefer to go my own way (as Fleetwood Mac sang) in the beginning.

11:49 pm

see you at the flip, or at least you'll see me, jac!

11:49 pm

see you later then Jac.. yes. clues and stats go flying in random then

11:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul-cZy\nuYq4

11:51 pm

See you later, ruru.x

11:51 pm

You, too, Harp. x

11:56 pm

How are you related to the Beatles?

11:58 pm

Any guesses for the next puzzle size?My guess is 164 words.

11:58 pm

253

11:58 pm

159

11:58 pm

Geting ready for the next grid... http://www.youtube.com/watch?\nv=MeG-hNXXy6I

11:59 pm

godhaab - George is my grandma's cousin's son, and, yes, I have met him, before he was famous.

11:59 pm

120

11:59 pm

Cool!

12:00 am

788

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