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12:00 am

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

GREETINGS FRIENDS

Clues are up

12:01 am

thank you Lickety

12:02 am

rofl is not a word

12:03 am

Thank you!!

12:05 am

hi everyone and thanks Lickety

12:05 am

Hi flosey

flip hi pug tor erda flosey

ty lickety

12:06 am

hi Dee

12:06 am

hi Dee

12:07 am

Hi all!! NBT/NBS

hi diz, wtg

12:12 am

Belated Hi Dee!!

:)

12:14 am

needle case is back

ty flosey

12:14 am

yw Dee

anyone have the lone l in the 1st column?

12:15 am

no, but looking Dee

12:15 am

li 6 27

p is py 4/8

12:16 am

sq 5 20

ty diz

nbt nbs

I don't like this grid :(

12:19 am

certainly not an easy one

I agree!

12:27 am

howdy, all

hi mcleach

12:28 am

hi McL

12:34 am

hit the wall with 24 left, all Fs & Ss

definitely gets tougher

12:35 am

hug

12:36 am

Hi all :)

12:36 am

Hi Liz

hi liz!

12:37 am

Hi Mc, Liz,nan and diz

12:37 am

Hi pugs - missed you yesterday :(

12:38 am

ths, wasent feeling to great but Iam doing better--how are you

12:39 am

fine thanks - glad you're feeling better today. Guess going back to work was tough!

fireworks

12:39 am

WTG Dee :)

was really thankful to have lickety for my last 22

12:39 am

well done Dee

12:39 am

Congrats, Dee!!!!

12:39 am

Yes I'm only just starting but I saw that it was difficult.

12:39 am

no not really--feels good to be working again--personal problems

ty so much

12:40 am

congrats Dee

12:40 am

Hi ya Peach

12:40 am

Sorry about that, pugs :(

ty, pug, hope you feel better soon!!

12:40 am

Hey there, puglet and everyone.

12:40 am

thanks guys

12:41 am

Hi Peach

hi peach

12:41 am

How are you doing, Liz?

12:41 am

Hey there, Dee.

12:41 am

Everything's good here, thanks, Peach. And how about you?

may I help anyone before I leave?

12:42 am

Too early for me, thanks, Dee. Hope you have a good night :)

thx, liz

12:43 am

callin' it quits at 90, g'night all

12:43 am

night Dee

sleep well mcleach

12:43 am

FWs

12:43 am

Sleep well Mc L

12:43 am

night Mc

(((pug)))

12:43 am

WTG Diz

ttfn *poofing with hugs*

nice job diz!]

12:44 am

Doing OK, Liz. It is too hot to even open the door. Ninety something today. The wind way too strong for getting out and enjoying the summer.....been blowing for months now. I'll stop gripeing

12:44 am

Congrats, diz!!!!!

12:45 am

Do you have fans or air con?

12:45 am

I have central air and ceiling fans.....I don't use the fans much......stirs up the dog hair and dust....LOL

12:48 am

cooee and g'day from me

12:49 am

Hi Rose :)

12:49 am

Hugs and Hi Rose

12:49 am

Tough for you Peach, when it's too hot to go out.

12:49 am

Hey there, Rose.

12:49 am

hi liz, and dearest pugs. how are you both? how was work, pugs? are you exhausted?

12:49 am

hey peach

12:51 am

I feel great from working--but my darn back is something else and personal junk other then that I A-okay-lol ---and yourself?

12:52 am

good news except for your poor back. it's saturday...lol...need i say more?

12:52 am

I have never had back trouble before and I dont get this--Ive od on pain killers I think-lol and its not touching it

12:53 am

you probably need to icepack, 5 mins, hot pack, 10 minutes. see if it's just muscle spasm. the cold/hot treatment breaks the spasm up.

12:54 am

if you have time,do it for 4 cycles, about an hour. then go for a gentle walk around the house/garden for 5 minutes.

12:54 am

this back thing started about two months ago and has just gotten worse---its right about where your bra comes together

12:55 am

I will give it a try Rose

12:55 am

Sounds really painful.

12:55 am

that high is usually spasms/cramps.

12:56 am

it is Liz and no pills seems to be helping

12:56 am

from what though Rose--old bones--lol

12:56 am

This grid just got tough!

12:58 am

no darling, well, yes i guess so. my theory is that as we get older, our discs in between the vertebrae get thinner, and we get shorter, right?

12:58 am

I am now working five hours a day and five days a week

12:58 am

we still have the same muscle mass, but now it is getting squashed into a smaller area, and nerves etc start to be pinched in the soft tissues. and we get spasms/cramps.

12:59 am

pug, I suggest a good massage. That area behind the heart is one we often protect by contracting muscles there. If you have a roller to stretch out on that would be good too.

12:59 am

our neighbor has one of those iron yard rollers--Iam about to ask him to run that across it--lol

12:59 am

thanks Roses

1:00 am

LOL! not quite what I meant, but I know that pain and it will drive you to do almost anything to relieve it!

1:00 am

pugs. do you have a firm, large ball? you good put it between you and a wall/door and roll around on it.

1:00 am

FW and off to bed, goodnight all, see you tomorrow night

1:00 am

I do Rose

1:01 am

night flosey

1:01 am

Congrrats, Flosey and sleep well.

1:01 am

night, flosey dear. sweet dreams, hun

1:01 am

good idea granny! I have a tennis ball that I use like that. try it pugs!

1:01 am

The ball is a good idea - of course, your dogs might think it's play time!

1:01 am

whatever I need to do I will have to do it myself

1:01 am

Congrats, flosey and sweet dreams.

1:01 am

will do guys

1:02 am

my massage ball is very solid with firm pointy bits on it, which, depending on how hard you push, can get qu5 deep into the muscle.

1:02 am

leaning against a wall with the ball behind your back is a great idea. It can be hard to keep the ball in the right place - it wants to roll away!

1:02 am

well Beulah is big enough to put some wieght on it

1:02 am

tennis balls are so handy!

1:03 am

beulah has a horse ball I could hang and try that!

1:04 am

and don't forget the cold/hot packs as well.

1:04 am

LOL - we all want to help pug! you're getting lots of sympathy and empathy here!

1:04 am

okay---thanks for all the advice

1:05 am

bbl

1:05 am

bye Peach

1:06 am

roses6 - is that rose from a bush of yours? very pretty

1:06 am

Bye Peach

1:07 am

wish I could say it was - though the roses are looking fantastic lately. this is the season!

1:07 am

Rose, how was work for you this week

1:08 am

Mine havent even got blooms yet

1:08 am

it was good, pugs. much better starting later, and doing only the one hour.

1:09 am

That's really good news, Rose. Positive.

1:09 am

Am very glad for you Rose. No pain either

1:09 am

not in the knee or muscles of leg, no

1:09 am

what about Don? Has he went for his shoulder yet

1:10 am

What's wrong with don's shoulder?

1:10 am

oh yeah! thats good! About time

1:10 am

don't make me laugh!! i have reminded him several times to ring and make his appointment. but, nooooo. it's easier to sit here a bitch about it. *sigh*

1:11 am

are we talking about Don or Wor-lol

1:11 am

liz, don has a tear in the supraspinatus tendon, and a large spur. he has a referral to our specialist.

1:12 am

Ouch. Poor Don. Does that cause a lot of pain and what part of the body is that????????

1:12 am

well if he dont get it fixed, he will be sorry when you guys are on your world tour

1:12 am

Just what I was thinking, pugs.

1:13 am

spinatus - to do with spine?

1:13 am

poor Rose you will have to do all the packing of luggages

1:14 am

all up near/in the rotator cuff region of the shoulder. if you put your hand over your opposite shoulder, so that the heel of your palm is reating on the top of your shoulder, your finger tips are right over the rotator cuff.

1:15 am

OK - thanks for that. You need to get stern with Don - withdraw favours til he sees the specialist!!! LOL!

1:15 am

now move the whole arm backwards and forwards, that muscle is part of the rotator cuff

1:15 am

what kind of favors Liz-lol

1:16 am

Any kind Rose wants!

1:16 am

laughing

1:16 am

Can see how that's painful and limiting in his movement.

1:16 am

The threat should be enough!

1:17 am

or rather any kind of favour don wants....lolol...bit late for that now. you could have suggested it yesterday.

1:18 am

LOL! Effective from now!

1:18 am

hmmmm, may take a bit before it is effective....lol

1:18 am

my girlfriend, Carol is down to camp so I will have fun with her. Yesterday we had a little b-day party for her 4 yr old great granddaughter

1:19 am

lol!

1:19 am

Sounds lovely, Pugs. So good for you to have your friend nearby.

1:19 am

lovely pugs, for you and carol.

1:19 am

thats not right Rose if you have to take it--lol

1:20 am

we missed you yesterday, pugs. were you sleeping in? or rushing to get to work?

1:21 am

the 4yr old and her 2yr old brother and a cousin thats 6 all wanted me to take them hiking and they were cute--they all had to have a walking stick like me--we had a nice time

1:21 am

BBL - need to go and shower off this sunscreen from our walk earlier today. Hugs. Yes, I know it's in the grid but I can't get into this bracket business!

1:21 am

lol, enjoy the shower, liz

1:21 am

I havent slept good since I dont know when--I was having a down and out spell, Rose

1:22 am

later Liz and dont slip on the floor-lol

1:22 am

pugs, how gorgeous. and as th4 were so small, it meant not too great an effort needed for you to keep up.

1:23 am

walking does seem to help my back though

1:23 am

awww, my poor pugs. sorry to hear that, sweetie. (gentle hugs and kisses).

1:23 am

so what time do you start work each day? and do you walk or drive to work?

1:24 am

I been wanting to write you but its just hard to put such things in words

1:24 am

I work from 7am to 12pm

1:24 am

just chuck on the page, pugs. i am very good at reading pugsese now.

1:25 am

lol--okay Rose

1:25 am

I am doing better now though

1:26 am

just one of those bad days when all seem to be against me

1:26 am

you poor darling.those are the hard ones.

1:27 am

Have you heard anything from Joso or Zoom--been thinking of them both

1:27 am

oh, and i caught up with zooz, passed on condolences etc.

hellooooo

1:28 am

are you doing better on that, yourself Rose---I know you were there too here awhile back

1:28 am

crossy says joso is on night shifts, so am guessing thatis why we haven't seen/heard from him.

1:28 am

Hi neniac

1:28 am

:_) nenia, hello dear.

<3

1:28 am

well Iam glad he found a job and I know he must be glad too

1:29 am

that doesn't look right. let's try it again...:-)

1:30 am

this is a holiday week end here in the states--so Iam off until tuesday

1:31 am

nice, it will give you a chance to experiment and find out what works for your back. btw, what sort of work are you doing?

1:32 am

We make all kind of gaskets for like semis and whatever and use several kind of material--like cork to rubber and we also make the gaskets the goes under like kitchen falcets etc

1:32 am

We make all kind of gaskets for like semis and whatever and use several kind of material--like cork to rubber and we also make the gaskets the goes under like kitchen falcets etc

1:33 am

they have really down size there. There is only 10 of us working there

1:34 am

then you were very fortunate to find work there, hun. someone is watching over you.

1:34 am

yes I was and He was for sure---but I am the only christen there

1:35 am

let your light so shine...unquote. you know what i mean,don't you?

1:36 am

I do

1:36 am

Matthew5:16

1:36 am

I will look it up after this

1:37 am

three are on drugs :(

1:38 am

which is sad, I think

1:38 am

oh and pugs i am reading an incredible book called ' in the steps of the Master' the writer goes to palestine, israel, jordan etc and traces His journey for the 3 years of His ministry.

1:38 am

I bet that is good Rose

1:40 am

fuel fuels

1:40 am

it is lovely. and i am learning more about Him and His ministry.

1:40 am

hello mari, nice to see you, dear

1:41 am

we are suppose to know this sunday if the new pastor will take over--I dont want to join until I see how He is

1:41 am

Hi Mari

1:41 am

who wrote it Rose

1:42 am

brb

1:43 am

need to go for a bit. next chore awaits. bed to be made. see you later. it's a very old book pugs, written in 1952-4 i think. by a man called H. V. Morton

1:44 am

okay Rose--love and hgs

2:18 am

and back

2:18 am

welcome back :)

2:20 am

our Sprite must be sleeping in

2:22 am

she had a busy day yesterday. shopping and cooking

2:23 am

thats hard for her, I know

2:23 am

or she may have had a bad night with nasty dreams again. * sigh * i wish there was something i could do to help her.

2:24 am

I know, I pray for her every night along with you and OO

2:24 am

i'd offer to sing her lullabys, but that would probably give her more nasty dreams. i sing like a frog with a sore throat...lol

2:25 am

now kermit sings and he dont sound all that bad-lol

2:25 am

to know that such a beautiful mind is being tormented like that drives me totears.

2:26 am

yeah, but he hasn't got a sore throat...lol

2:26 am

what else can be done--or we do to help

2:27 am

I like men bass singers

2:27 am

love her, pugs, with all your heart and mind. she is a very special lady.

2:28 am

I do all three of you

2:29 am

plus a few others but not as much due to I dont know them as well is all

2:29 am

good morning dear friends

2:30 am

Back

2:30 am

and i you all. plus a few more, th4 know who th4 are. i hold you all up in prayer, even if you don't believe.

2:30 am

there she is!

2:30 am

Hi again and hi sprite :)

2:30 am

and here she is....THE LADY OF THE MORNING!!!! xoxox

2:30 am

morning Sprite--love and hugs

2:30 am

re hi Liz

2:30 am

nice to see you as well liz...lol...{{hugs}}

2:31 am

we was just talking about you Sprite--were your ears burning-lol

2:31 am

*hugs* to you all :)

2:31 am

talking about me? *scrolls back*

2:32 am

all good stuff! who could say anything bad about you

2:32 am

awwww those are such kind things to say about me. Thank you. And hmmmm about saying bad stuff about me... not naming names, grin.

2:33 am

no wait....too late...now she's gonna have a big head as well as ....* ducks, shrieking with laughter, behind don*

2:33 am

well not from us anyway

2:34 am

*giggles* Walking so far next to my shoes that we need a double door opening to enter a room now!

2:34 am

whats you going to throw now? You guys already ruint all the pillows

2:34 am

*pours bucket with water*

2:34 am

roflol, pugs

2:34 am

she still has the water pistol...

2:35 am

super soaker fight!

2:35 am

* squirt, squirt*

2:35 am

how is our Sprite today

2:35 am

i was referring to pugs...she's the squirt here...lol...*chucks a loaded sponge at pugs*

2:36 am

and how are you today? Liz, are you well? Rose, how are you coping with all the bodily stress? Pugs, how is work going? And is the pain a little less now?

2:36 am

why me? lol

2:36 am

ther, now she weighs a decent weight, dripping wet....

2:37 am

why not??

2:37 am

yeah Thanks Sprite, you made me feel better and its going to be okay and work is going good--my only grip is my back

2:37 am

Everything's fine here :) using iPad and watching 24 - so only half paying attention right now :(

2:37 am

all good, Liz :) *hug*

2:38 am

sprite, have taken it very slowly today. nearly 6pm and all that is left to do is have a shower, and wash the hair. it took me from 9am to 5pm to do all my chores.

2:38 am

Stephen Fry playing British prime minister! Type cast!

2:38 am

was thinking about that, pugs. Your back muscles will have to get used to the new demands too... things might get better once they do.

2:38 am

stephen fry is so brilliant

2:39 am

its not from working Sprite

2:39 am

wow rose, well done pacing yourself. Not easy.

2:39 am

Rose after the supersoaker, you surely dont need a shower now

2:40 am

from what then, pugs? Stress?

2:40 am

but i did them. just kept sitting down every half hour or so. even doing the bathroom, i took one step at a time.

2:41 am

not at all bad, rose. And did you spread the work over several days as well, as you said you would?

2:41 am

no soap in super soaker, thank goodness...sprite got me right between the eyes.

2:41 am

I wish I knew Sprite--it started a couple months ago and just keeps getting worse---yesterday I think I od on pain killers and it didnt ever touch it

2:41 am

just pure water, rose.

2:41 am

giggles--bad Sprite for doing that to poor Rose

2:41 am

yes, dear. i did one bathroom and it's attendant washing yesterday.

2:42 am

very proud of you, rose. It isn't easy changing our patterns. And you did. *hug*

2:43 am

bad sprite? Hmph cleaning her up out of the goodness of my heart and then this.

2:43 am

sprite, we have advised pugs re cold/hot pack regimen, and to use a ball between her and a wall/door to massage sore spot.

2:43 am

I cant believe Rose is at last doing as she should--lol

2:43 am

pugs, please have the doctor look at it?

2:43 am

good advice, rose

2:43 am

I will tell her when I go in a couple of months

2:44 am

the pain is high up, sprite. sounds like between shoulder blades, and ribs.

2:44 am

its right almost where your bra comes together

2:44 am

pfft, pugs. ;-P

2:45 am

That's too long to wait pugs. You might do some damage but in any case you shouldn't be in such pain for all that time.

2:45 am

I have never had back trouble all my life

2:46 am

that is a known stress zone. Please don't wait several months, pugs, go sooner. Let the doc check it out and maybe give you advice on how to handle it.

2:46 am

I cant chance it be something to lose my job right now

2:46 am

All the more reason not to leave it.

2:47 am

you can't chance it getting worse, pugs. The doctor is not going to call your boss, so getting her look at it won't hurt your job.

2:47 am

Sprite is talking good sense, as always.

2:47 am

no but if its something to cause me to have to take a leave--I wont

2:48 am

I know--but I already owe them people enough now

2:48 am

so, then you won't, pug. That decision is yours anyway. At least you will know what it is and what can be done about it.

2:48 am

I'll stop nagging now!

2:49 am

I might have to borrow some of those druggies stuff at work--lol

2:49 am

I will try calling after the holidays and try getting in--okay

2:49 am

lol that would a quick way to lose your job :)

2:49 am

please do, pugs.

2:50 am

np Liz

2:50 am

hi all, got up to see the meteors but there were only a couple

2:50 am

Can't believe with only 16 left, I just found the needle case! That one should've been obvious! Come back Jilli!

2:50 am

you mean borrow from the druggies Sprite? lol

2:50 am

Hi Sue

2:50 am

hey double U sue :) Sorry about the meteors.

2:50 am

yes pugs :)

2:51 am

Hi Usue

2:51 am

well, one of them was pretty spectacular, so I think it was worth getting up - would have been nice to see more, though

2:51 am

lol Liz. Babble blindness.

2:51 am

As ever!

2:51 am

I will try getting in Sprite next week---:)

2:51 am

hi ya sue

2:52 am

anyway, nice to see you all!

2:52 am

*smiles at pug*

2:52 am

how was your shopping and the dinner Sprite

2:53 am

oh yesterday was odd. It was like the little bears in the bed, lol. I had planned to make garlic soup and a spinach bread dish for 4 people. Then Caya asked if she could eat at a friend's.

2:54 am

then I planned to make the flounder recipe from Liz. Then my son asked if he could go away for the weekend with a friend.

2:55 am

and then my beloved didn't know if he would be home for dinner or not, lol. At that point I gave up. Ordered takeout. Done. :)

2:55 am

Carol is down camping for the week end - so I will be down there alot over the weekend and that will help

2:55 am

Easier for you! And the recipe to look forward to!

2:55 am

good for you! So what did you order

2:55 am

ah that will be so good for you, pugs.

2:56 am

indeed, Liz :)

2:56 am

I think so too

2:56 am

Just made granola! Have it on fruit every morning. Yummy!

2:57 am

sounds good, Liz

2:57 am

Too good - too easy to go and take some when I feel hungry!

2:57 am

how do you make granola?

2:58 am

I'll send you the recipe. Most fiddle bit is cutting up the fruit!

2:58 am

I'll be back!

2:58 am

awesome :) Thanks Liz!

2:59 am

I was telling Rose earlier I took a 2yr old, 4yr old and a 6yr old hiking yesterday in the woods and along the creek. They each had to have a walking stick--cute-lol

3:00 am

aw that is awesome, pugs :)

3:00 am

the little 2yr old boy cant say my name and calls me anthony-lol

3:01 am

awwwwww oh dear, I am melting. That is so sweet.

3:02 am

so what plans do you have for the weekend

3:02 am

lol when I was little, my grandparents had a neighbour who was called Jo. I was asked to call her Oma Jo (Oma = grandma). But I always called her Oma Majo. Because I knew the world Maillot and in my mind she was Oma Maillot.

3:04 am

lol--my cousin's little girl use to call me EE--I dont know how she came up with that and now that shes in her twenties she still calls me EE

3:04 am

not many plans here. Tomorrow is my son's birthday but he won't be home until somewhere in the afternoon. Will give him his gifts in the evening, probably. In the afternoon will go hear Caya singing.

3:05 am

I think it is so cu4 when children adopt names for us.

3:05 am

is this his 18th b-day

3:05 am

yeah me too

3:05 am

yes it is, pugs.

3:05 am

you making him a cake

3:06 am

no. He will barely be home at all. Just the presents, and hu4.

3:07 am

what did you get him

3:09 am

we got him a watch, all black, very nice. And a pillow with build-in sound system, for snoozing with music without ear plugs. And for him and 3 friends a couple of hours fun in a WipeOut thing. Will get him some snacks as well, he loves to snack.

3:10 am

nice! I havent ever seen a pillow like that around here

3:10 am

I like that song wipeout-lol

3:12 am

Something like this: http://tinyurl.com/qaw53h5

3:12 am

I got all his presents with huge discounts... kept an eye open for them for months.

3:12 am

will check it out

3:13 am

thats smart and good

3:13 am

:)

3:13 am

caya doing okay

3:15 am

since Iam working I wont get to go to Gradyn's school award thing next friday. so Iam going to send him a card with a little money

3:15 am

yes, she is, mostly. Had a long talk with a friend of her ex-friend. I got the impression she was ok with the results. It is always hard, stuff like this, those girl friendships are always so intertwined.

3:16 am

yeah it is--I think it is at any age but the first time seems to hit the hardest

3:17 am

aw that is sweet, pug. Sorry you can't go.

3:17 am

yeah for teenagers, their peer group is everything.

3:18 am

Rose must of fell asleep on us

3:19 am

was just thinking the same thing. Squirrel!

3:19 am

nearly, not qu5. contemplating my navel...

3:19 am

take out all that lint since you are at it ;)

3:20 am

well, how did that get there? am thinking i will have my shower soon. in nice clean bathroom. :-)

3:20 am

OK sprite - recipe sent. It looks complicated but it really isn't!

3:20 am

thank you, Liz!

3:21 am

So you're going to mess up your nice clean bathroom?

3:21 am

yw

3:21 am

I hope you enjoy it.

3:23 am

well guys Ive been up all night, think I will try for a couple of hours of sleep before heading to the campgrounds so I wish you each a blessed day/evening--love and hugs to you all

3:23 am

Sleep well pugs and feel better :)

3:23 am

Hugs

3:23 am

I hope you will sleep well and have a lot of fun at the camp place, pugs

3:23 am

hope you catch some good zzzz's, pugs. and i hope you day is spectacular. xoxox

3:24 am

Clue for the sq word pls

3:24 am

rhymes with what you use to hang up laundry

3:25 am

sq5, sq + most of what you use to hang clothes on the line

3:25 am

Thanks. That must be the only combo I didn't try!

3:25 am

lol smack those monkeys

3:26 am

Lol!

3:28 am

*snort*at least she didn't say 'spank' this time...

3:28 am

Lolol

3:28 am

*grin* No gu4 around today, so saying spank the monkey isn't enough fun ;)

3:29 am

for which we are truly grateful...lolol

3:29 am

hehehe you know you love my wicked sense of humour :)

3:30 am

A very good type of humour.

3:30 am

twin to mine own, sprite. of course, dear. btw, is your hubby easily shocked?

3:30 am

fireflies. Not as bad as I thought at first, this grid.

3:30 am

WTG SPRITE!!!

3:30 am

WTG, sprite. 8 left here. Might finish them later.

3:30 am

Rob? Lolololll he is married to me... nothing shocks him anymore. No, he has a great sense of humour, thank God.

3:31 am

close, Liz :)

3:31 am

roflolol, exactly with don. good...we are going to be great together, and put the pugs into the mix...oh, my, what a time we'll have.

3:31 am

Same here. Can't imagine being with someone with no sense of humour, wicked or other!

3:33 am

it is what I tell my kids... what to look for in a partner... forget looks. Go for kindness, the ability to let you be yourself, and a sense of humour compatible with yours.

3:33 am

rose, if only! That would be so awesome.

3:33 am

sharing a joke/laughter together everyday is the recipe for a happy marriage.

3:34 am

Can't wait to hear all about it!

3:34 am

sprite, dear, it is going to happen. i don't care how much it costs, it is going to happen.

3:34 am

oh I couldn't agree more. Sometimes something happens and we only look at eachother and then we are laughing so hard. The kids say it is embarrassing.

3:34 am

Gotta take loads of photos.

3:35 am

rose, that is gonna be so great then! Omg, being able to hug you guys for real!

3:35 am

oh yes, Liz. I am not a fan of being in pictures, but for this I will make an exception. Loads of pictures!

3:36 am

well, ill bring the photographer, how's that?

3:36 am

Me neither but some things are special.

3:37 am

ohhhh that is true, Don is a great photographer! He might even be able to catch me in a non-ugly way, grin.

3:37 am

like new grandbabies, and long-time friends meeting for the first time.

3:37 am

(I am the moron who always has eyes half closed, or mouth half open, in photos)

3:37 am

You're not ugly!

3:37 am

no, I am not ugly, just not at all photogenic.

3:37 am

sprite, my darling, you are NOT ugly ( which btw is a phantom).

3:38 am

6 now!

3:38 am

go go goooo Liz!

3:39 am

c'mon liz, you can do it....

3:39 am

5

3:39 am

oh Liz, lol, your link for the puzzle did not work for me. Then I went to your page, found a great puzzle of emblems, made it while thinking too bad it isn't bigger... and then I noticed you had it in bigger format as well! Am gonna do that one too.

3:39 am

hmmm oxymoron, someone who has soaked in sard prewash....

3:40 am

But 3 have 6 letters

3:40 am

you know there is trouble when the biggies are only 6 letters long, lol

3:41 am

Don't know why the link didn't work. Rose said the same. Jbp asked me to are my puzzles about 100 , so I'm going through them doing that now!

3:41 am

6s: 2xC, F, 2xH, 2xL, Q

3:42 am

okay, 6's are co, cu, fi, ho, ho, li, lu, qu,

3:42 am

and the L biggies are stupid words

3:42 am

why do i bother?? sprite, we are gonna have to do something about this mind thing we have going.

3:43 am

I don't mind at all, sister of my soul :)

3:43 am

Huh! Missing 2 x l6!

3:43 am

thought so

3:43 am

you are so gorgeous, sprite.

3:43 am

Li6: L + eskimo house with mixed up last syllable + vowel

3:44 am

And co 6 keep trying cohosh!

3:44 am

as are you, rose.

3:44 am

close, Liz, Change last letter for the co6

3:44 am

almost, liz, try sharing a tv show

3:44 am

Thanks for that.

3:44 am

Lu6: Lu + vowel + nervous habit

3:45 am

Thanks sprite. Still thinking about TV show.

3:46 am

Have it!

3:46 am

liz, co + compere of show?

3:46 am

Now for an s5 and a t5

3:46 am

good job!

3:46 am

whoot, liz, you the one!!!

3:47 am

tu5/18, sort of hat thing

3:47 am

sh5/12, almost a piece of weaponry to stop swords, arrows

3:47 am

Sh 5/12 the middle one after shoeing a horse.

3:48 am

Th 5/12 - neither should be hard with that point score.

3:48 am

sh5, sh + the w***d, planet we live on

3:48 am

T + some babbler we won't name is an ass****

3:48 am

th5, t + what we lower the coffin into

3:49 am

Thanks. Tried that before but now see auto correct changed it to a wh 5!

3:49 am

oh, my, sprite....lololol

3:49 am

ah, impossible to do babble with an autocorrect!

3:49 am

Fireworks thanks to my good friends:)

3:49 am

wtg Liz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3:49 am

WTG LIZ!!! you rock, girl

3:50 am

No, you both do. Thanks.

3:50 am

ok, am gonna go. Big *hug* for you, my friends. Lovely start of my day with you. May you have a blessed day and a peaceful night, all.

3:51 am

enjoy your day, my dearest sprite. what plans for today?

3:51 am

Hugs sprite. Have a lovely day.

3:51 am

Almost dinner time here so have a lovely evening Rose. See you tomorrow, I hope. Hugs.

3:52 am

getting the last little gifts for Tim, go listen to my daughter sing in the park and probably, do the groceries. Unless my love's elbow is better.

3:52 am

you too, liz. see you tomorrow. xoxox

3:52 am

*poof*

3:52 am

xoxox sprite

3:53 am

Li6 anyone?

3:55 am

hey ya ruru. how's NYC?

3:55 am

good morning

3:55 am

li6, li + most of seabird + vowel

3:56 am

and my darling ruby. hello sweetie.

3:56 am

{{rosie}}

3:56 am

ruru, li6, from l in first column

3:56 am

How are you feeling? We have wonderful weather, rain at night and sunny in the daytime. Flowers!!!

3:57 am

nice dear ruby. doing well. have taken my time and finished all my saturday chores.

4:00 am

Nyc is awesome

4:00 am

Having a great time so far

4:00 am

hello ruru

4:00 am

Hi rubes

4:00 am

say hello to NY for e. If you get to Chinatown, try to have dimsum for brunch!

4:01 am

I am working today sorta

4:05 am

when do you hook up with dorens?

4:06 am

Sunday

4:06 am

It will be great to see her

4:07 am

okay, will be thinking of you both. hope you have a great time. and what are your plans til then?

4:08 am

I am doing a lecture today at my friends wine store

4:08 am

Then cooking dinner for 9 or ten

4:08 am

hope your friend supplies plenty of libation.

4:08 am

Yep..15 wines

4:08 am

egad, ruru, are you nuts?

4:09 am

It is a tasting..not a drinkfest

4:10 am

so you spit it out, no?

4:10 am

the lecture or the dinner?

4:11 am

The lecture is 15 wines..dinner is three wines

4:11 am

that's better...

4:11 am

Did you ever see "sideways" with Paul Giamatti?

4:11 am

whew...i thought we would have to wipe the floor with you..lol

4:12 am

Lol..i am not that big a partier

4:12 am

Yes ruby..cute film.

4:14 am

That wasn't his best film

4:14 am

so, what are you cooking for the dinner?

4:14 am

No, but the subject matter was great and I loved the cast (and, incidently,the story)

4:15 am

Lamb chops...mushroom compote..roasted potatoes..beet amd blue salad..and a shrimp dish

4:16 am

sounds ambitious and tasty

4:16 am

Its easy for me ruby..

4:17 am

This time it will be out family style

4:17 am

nice

4:17 am

Last time i did 6 courses ...was too much work

4:18 am

beet and blue salad?? what's that?

4:18 am

I used to cook elaborately but not any more

4:19 am

Two color beets..plus blue cheese..arugula..oranges and a balsalmic dressing

4:20 am

It relaxes me ruby..i love to cook

4:20 am

We used to entertain a lot but now I cook one thing for husband, another for the pups and something else for me

4:21 am

One thing?

4:22 am

Husband likes spicy food, so I'll make a big pot of something for him for a couple of days, plus a salad, shrimp cocktail and fruit salad

4:22 am

Then, boiled assorted meat for the pups

4:22 am

Then whatever for me, mostly vegetables

4:22 am

Ah ok

4:23 am

I used to make couscous with all the trimmings

4:23 am

Now that i am single .i cook whatever i want

4:23 am

And Indian food, including homemade breads and deserts

4:23 am

thanx ruru. sounds interesting. could you please send me the recipe?

4:23 am

Sure gr

4:24 am

When I was between marriages and lived alone, I always cooked for myself

4:24 am

You could use roaring 40's blue in the salad from aussie land

4:24 am

I once made an Indian buffet for 12, when I was a faculty wife

4:24 am

Those days are long gone!

4:25 am

That sounds challenging ruby

4:25 am

I used to love it

4:26 am

I cook chinese. Thai.. some indian..and other styles

4:26 am

dinner being served. ruby, ruru. hope your days treat you well.

4:27 am

Mostly curries

4:27 am

I never learned to cook either Thai or Chinese

4:27 am

Yes night i should try to fall back asleep too

4:28 am

Thai you would like ruby..mostly veggies and light cooking

4:28 am

I learned to cook Indian when I lived in London and learned "tricks" from Indian friends for American substitutions (it's hard to find Buffalo milk in Binghamton, for example)

4:28 am

I love Thai food, just don't know how to cook it

4:29 am

see you later, kids

4:29 am

Bye

5:25 am

outta here. enjoy the grid. xoxox

5:48 am

good morning everyone

5:55 am

*popping back in briefly* crossy {{hugs}} i finished 'hard times" moving on to ' a tale of two cities" i am proud of me.....lolol

5:56 am

yaaa for rose!

6:03 am

*giggle* thanx crossy. it was amazing. the last 4 pages were riveting.

6:03 am

}}crossy}}

6:04 am

76 words this AM bbut no nbt

6:04 am

what you missing, ruby?

6:05 am

left l, bottom s and lone p

6:05 am

duh me

6:05 am

((ruby))

6:06 am

li6, li + most of sea bird + vowel

6:07 am

back from so so lunch and almost ready to tackle the NYT crossword

6:07 am

sq5, sounds like what is used to hang the wash on the line

6:07 am

I saw that clue earlier but couldn't believe it, so didn't even try lol

6:07 am

py4/8, py + In Charge. use the capitals

6:10 am

ty rosie, now I can lie down in peace

6:10 am

cannot see the sq 5

6:10 am

Morning all

6:10 am

square p** in a round ho**

6:11 am

hi sukee

6:11 am

ty,ruby

6:13 am

howdy sukee

6:13 am

*giggle* ruby, well done crossy, g'day sukee

6:13 am

*poof*

6:13 am

Looks like it's going to be a nice day here, sun is out, sky is more or less clear

6:14 am

could not think of peg, all i could get my mind to dredge up was clothes pins

6:14 am

lolol, ruby, crossy male of the species. probably doesn't hang the wash. just sticks it in the dryer...lolol

6:14 am

beautiful day here as well, sukee

6:15 am

i do laundry, just call then pins, not pegs;)

6:15 am

beautiful night here

6:15 am

so, crossy, how do we/i clue pegs?

6:16 am

i am just saying how my poor excuse for a mind works. your clue was quite correct of course

6:16 am

we are watching a dvd...heath ledger as ned kelly.

6:19 am

awww, crossy. if you call them pins...i have to think of another way to clue the last bit...how about sq + product of female chicken, minus last letter?

6:19 am

i wish i had a 3rd of your mind capacity...

6:20 am

That clue helped me granny, ty :)

6:20 am

good, sukee.

6:26 am

sadly, i have been in an apartment setting for a while now and it has been many years since i have had the joy of sleeping under sheets that have been kissed by the sun and freshened by the breeze off of the bay:(

6:31 am

aww, crossy. there is absolutely nothing like sheets dried in the sunshine and wind. the smell is like nothing else.

6:34 am

okay, it's or real this time. i am going. xoxox

6:35 am

tc rose and have a good sleep

6:35 am

ugh...* for *

6:37 am

lol, rose. I read through the typo. Did not even see it untill you pointed it out. All seasoned babblers should be fluent in typonese

6:39 am

Finding this puzzle easy with Lickety :)

6:40 am

But then, I hit the ho s :)

6:41 am

i try to make myself work for these small ones and do not use lickety until the last 20 or so. Yes, I am into pain and self-abuse:)

6:42 am

I usually go through it once to see what pops up, then I work from the title state, then I use the list

6:42 am

And the hos are done :)

6:45 am

morning!

6:49 am

All things considered, "ho words" is probably a better way to go than "hos" : D

6:49 am

LOL

6:50 am

Good morning Enomis

6:53 am

howdy, enomis

6:55 am

beautiful morning here in Ottawa! maybe summer will finally settle?

6:57 am

Same in Kitchener.Most of the trees I can see have leaves on them now.

6:58 am

Okay, 3 left. Taking a break for breakfast.

7:00 am

bye sukee

Could I get a clue for sh5/18, please?

7:04 am

Place where you keep books

wow how did I miss that thanks, Molly

sh5/12?

The first one, please?

7:12 am

for those who are following my daily exploits my profile/ daily musings have been updated:)

7:14 am

sh5/12 is almost what a knight carries with his sword. Take the D off the end.

thanks

last one li6, please?

found it thanks

7:44 am

good morning all

7:44 am

help with L in first column and P pls

7:44 am

good morning, peri

7:44 am

morning peri!

7:44 am

howdy,peri

7:45 am

li6: li + most of sea bird + **t the games begin!

7:45 am

lu, vowel, facial twitch

7:45 am

don't have the p yet

7:45 am

uhoh, gave the lu for the second column

7:46 am

py4

7:46 am

ty annie, didnt have that one!

7:46 am

py and 2/3 of frozen water

7:47 am

ty for pi

7:47 am

ty, annie

7:47 am

hi Molly, very moving icon.

7:48 am

not getting that li6

7:48 am

clue for the ol5?

7:48 am

ty Annie for lu, I needed that one too

7:48 am

I got a gift certifcate for Barnes and Noble for Christmas. Think I'm headed there today.

7:48 am

ol5 Spanish cheer and 23 frozen water

7:48 am

gm, everyone! ty for th li and the py

7:49 am

hi dawg :)

7:49 am

li + sea**ll + consonant + vowel

7:49 am

howdy,lbd

7:49 am

hi annie!

7:49 am

gracias Peri!

7:50 am

hi crossy

7:50 am

ty Enomis, new word for me

7:51 am

peri: a narrow strap-shaped part of a plant, especially, in most grasses and sedges, a membranous scale on the inner side of the leaf sheath at its junction with the blade.

7:51 am

ty for def

7:51 am

usual word to use in every day conversations :)

7:52 am

of course

7:52 am

th5,12?

7:53 am

Enomis, did you know that if you click on the ? next to the word, it gives the definition?

7:53 am

t + what you dig in the ground

7:53 am

NO!!!! I have been playing this game for years and never knew that! TY Molly - happy dance...

7:54 am

ty for th

7:55 am

It sometimes helps me learn a word if I look at the definition. Unless it's something like "lweis", because words like that are just never going to stick in my memory banks.

7:56 am

I agree, if I know what it is I will remember but the babblets are always eluding me.

7:56 am

co6?

7:57 am

found it!

7:57 am

cohos

7:57 am

oops sorry

7:58 am

now there is a fish that got away:))

7:58 am

(((((backwards swimming)))))

8:03 am

Stats for the P please?

8:03 am

te5,10?

8:04 am

py4,8

8:05 am

te + not highs, spelled a little different

8:05 am

ty car!

8:05 am

howdy car:)

8:05 am

two columns greyed, time for another coffee...

8:06 am

tadone!! finito!! hagd everyone. off to get ready for work.

8:06 am

Hello everyone...I am heading back to sleep, I think

8:06 am

Congrats Dawg!

8:06 am

sweet sleeps, car.

8:06 am

and now it is time for crossy's tidbit of the day!!!

8:07 am

When asked in 1993 why The Professor couldn't just fix the boat's hole, Bob Denver said, "He absolutely had no talent for boat building." The Gideons, who went on to place millions of Bibles in hotels, prisons, hospitals and military bases, first did so at the Superior Hotel in Iron Mountain, Montana, in 1908. With a nurse and a calligrapher, Saddam Hussein had a copy of the Koran written using his own blood. Submitted by Lawrie King - Toronto, Canada Bette Nesmith Graham, mother of Mike Nesmith of the Monkees, invented Mistake Out, later known as Liquid Paper or White-Out. How can you tell snail tracks from slug tracks? While your typical garden slug leaves a continuous trail of slime in its wake, snails leaves more of a dotted line, since they move forward in an up-and-down fashion, kind of like an inchworm. Submitted by Henry Lukas Cambridge, MA In all of Shakespeare's works, only one word starts with an "X" - Xanthippe, the wife of Socrates. He uses her name in The Taming of the Shrew. The area where Washington, D.C., now stands was originally a mosquito-infested swamp. It took years to drain and clear the land before our nation's government was moved to the city in 1800.

8:07 am

:)

8:07 am

oops. you get a twofer

8:07 am

or threefer as the case may be

8:07 am

LOL...we were just watching Gilligan...the one with Jungle Boy....a VERY young Kurt Russell!

8:08 am

i like the episode with Sterling Holloway. Poor gy was so typecast. You cannot be taken seriously if you sound like winnie the pooh

8:08 am

Twofer?!?!? That's a sixfer! TY Crossy!

8:09 am

though his kids must of loved story time right before bed

8:12 am

I'm sure!

8:12 am

Stats please for the L in the left column?

8:13 am

li6/27

8:13 am

li + sea***l (water bird) + vowel

8:14 am

TY...now I can nap!

8:14 am

yw :-)

8:25 am

fireworks!!! :) have a good day....

8:25 am

congrats, enomis!

8:26 am

any clues before I leave?

8:26 am

nope, but thanks :-)

8:26 am

bye then!

8:27 am

FW for moi also! :-)

8:30 am

Down to the last word

8:33 am

and fireworks

8:39 am

Good day, kiddos.

8:39 am

Hiya scrabs!

8:39 am

Buon giorno!

8:39 am

How is mom?

8:40 am

Slowly improving and probable discharge will be in 2 wks or so, but she is very pessimistic right now about being ready to be at home. She hates being at the nursing home but she feels safe there.

8:41 am

slow process

8:42 am

Yes. I will visit again today, take tomorrow off, then go on MOnday and Tuesday. I will spend time cleaning her house today and Monday, to make it safer for her.

8:43 am

will she be home alone?

8:43 am

You and her would love talking to each other--she spends so much time reflecting on her childhood and all of the Italian folks, the family tree, who stayed in Italy, etc.

8:44 am

I have a cousin who is our family historian and does all that.

8:44 am

What was your maiden name, mia amica?

8:44 am

Rago

8:45 am

a rather common name

8:45 am

Signorita Rago. And your parents came from Italy too?

8:45 am

No, actually my great grand parents.

8:46 am

We have been here a while.

8:47 am

Do you know when? My grandmother came from Napoli in 1912 and my grandfather from Sicily in 1914. My grandmother's 122 birthday is Monday.

8:47 am

1880's

8:48 am

I enjoy hearing all of the stories, don't you?

8:48 am

yes, I do.

8:49 am

My family originally lived in Brooklyn.

8:49 am

and then Manhattan.

8:50 am

Have you ever visited Ellis ISland? I have not, but I have been on the website and found the ship manifestos for my grandparents and other relatives.

8:50 am

My grandparents settled in east Utica which was all Italian.

8:50 am

I have visited, but did no research there.

8:51 am

One branch of my family lived upstate when they first came, but I don't know where.

8:52 am

They left because there was no Catholic church.

8:52 am

Interesting!

8:53 am

yes, imagine.

8:53 am

My grandmother would not let my uncle be al altar boy because of known abuse of altar boys by priests in Italy!

8:54 am

now, that's interesting.

8:54 am

Yes, it is not a new problem at all.

8:56 am

I finished the Q after finally seeing it.

8:57 am

must go. HAGD Scrabs.

8:57 am

help with the lu6 pls?

8:58 am

Bye, Hego.

8:59 am

help with the lu6 pls?

8:59 am

lu + et4

9:00 am

ty

9:02 am

sh5/18?

9:02 am

nm

9:03 am

Clue?

9:04 am

got it

9:11 am

Good morning, all. It's coffee and Babble time.

9:16 am

Hi Judi!

9:17 am

I may need a second mug of coffee.

9:21 am

I just made up the word "squelsh". It doesn't mean anything, but I like the sound of it.

9:32 am

Sounds like a real word to me.

9:32 am

Off to breakfast. 30 words left.

9:49 am

bottom p?

9:50 am

py + 2/3 of frozen water

9:50 am

ty!

9:51 am

clue for the 2nd sh5/12....please

9:51 am

sh + a cowlick is a wh*** on one's hair growth

9:52 am

ty for that one too

9:54 am

sorry scrabbler..I must be dense this morning, but i can't get your clue....do you have another?

9:55 am

sh + either/** + consonant

9:56 am

sq5 = ends in 2/3 of our lower extremity, "Break a l**."

9:56 am

st4/6 = st + I spy with my little **e....

9:57 am

tu5 includes the high-score tile

9:58 am

tyvm Scrabbs

9:59 am

th5 = t + dig a h*** on the ground to plant a tree

9:59 am

40 left and I must get ready for my day. Enjoy the day, kids.

10:00 am

hagd, scrab

10:08 am

hello all....can someone give me STATS for the first column D please?

10:09 am

4/7 pen

10:09 am

ty...

10:09 am

how about STATS for the first column L?

10:10 am

do u need the 2nd letter?

10:10 am

lu6/24

10:10 am

lu 6/24

10:10 am

ty

10:11 am

can i have a clue for the co6/24 please? x

10:13 am

co6 - co + the party thrower

10:13 am

ty kj

10:14 am

yw

10:22 am

are there 2 lu 6/24s?

10:22 am

gu5/18?

10:23 am

gu.... medieval word for a worker's group...

10:23 am

ah, ty

10:25 am

are there 2 lu 6/24s?

10:25 am

just one lu6/24

10:25 am

no

10:26 am

ty...so what is the STAT for the first column L?

10:26 am

oops, I gave you the wrong one for the lower l

10:26 am

the lu 6/24 uses the other L...

10:26 am

it is li6/27

10:26 am

ty...

10:26 am

yw

10:28 am

fw

10:28 am

congrats!

10:29 am

ty

10:29 am

any clues needed before I vamoose?

10:29 am

no thanks....

10:29 am

hagd

10:35 am

There is a moose in here?

10:36 am

only me from the Moose state... ;o)

10:36 am

no big words what a disappointment

10:37 am

yes, haven't had to list yet and only 9 left...

10:37 am

Really Pen, how did that happen? I thought the Canadians were the moosey people.

10:37 am

that is awesome pen

10:37 am

lots of moose here...even a special lottery moose hunt....

10:38 am

ty, mlf....

10:39 am

Yowza, a moose lottery. Get out your rifles and your odd looking hunting clothes!

10:40 am

First column i stats please?

10:41 am

alt spelling for eskimo home...

10:42 am

yes, moose licenses are granted for two people, since one person could not get the moose out of the woods...i am not a hunter....seems like hunting sitting ducks to me...

10:42 am

ty pen

10:42 am

yw

10:42 am

Oh look, even Pen gives clues when stats are asked for. Gotcha Pen. : D

10:42 am

ooops!!!!

10:42 am

i got it anyway lol

10:43 am

someone was here earlier just giving away random clues when no one asked for them....had to keep my face away from chat!

10:43 am

ho6/21 please x

10:43 am

some do that in here randomly i dont know why

10:44 am

I don't understand that. What is the point? To show off how many words you have?

10:44 am

i guess they think they are being helpful...

10:45 am

i still need 8 more for nbt

10:45 am

pen helpful in some way right?

10:45 am

i am down to 5 left....only two letters....

10:46 am

can someone please clue me ho6/21?

10:46 am

i just barely started

10:46 am

that is one of the words i am missing...

10:46 am

and i dont have it either

10:47 am

found it....european inn where youth stay...

10:47 am

found it!

10:47 am

I think it's helpful to give clues when they are asked for.Chat is too full of clues as it is without people just randomly tossing them out.

10:47 am

true molly

10:48 am

First column L?

10:48 am

li 6/27....need a clue?

10:48 am

I guess, though, it's best if you spot the start of an unasked for clue just to ignore it

10:48 am

li and most of a seabird

10:49 am

yes, i had to keep my eyes off the chat for a while...

10:49 am

and a vowel sorry

10:49 am

You can't spot the start of an unasked for clue. If you are in chat, and someone blurts out a clue, it's too late to turn chat off.

10:50 am

No, I meant don't read the whole clue!

10:50 am

frog try again please i am confused

10:50 am

hard not to...

10:50 am

It is only a game though

10:50 am

Li and first three letters of a sea bird, then a vowel,

10:51 am

got it

10:51 am

ty

10:51 am

yw

10:53 am

lu6/24 please

10:53 am

down to 2....both with the same letter...

10:54 am

lu + if someone is crazed they may be fren****....

10:54 am

ty pen

10:55 am

2nd column O?

10:55 am

yw

10:56 am

ol 5/12 and or 4/4

10:56 am

ty got it

10:57 am

One more for nbt... P?

10:58 am

py 4/8...

10:58 am

py and frozen water **e

10:59 am

ol5 please

10:59 am

nbt and nbs

10:59 am

only 63 left

10:59 am

i am down to one...

11:00 am

dont have it worzel but pen probably does:)

11:01 am

ol + vowel + most of frozen water...

11:01 am

ty pen

11:02 am

yw

11:02 am

ty pen

11:03 am

i am done!....

11:03 am

wtg pen

11:03 am

congrats pen

11:04 am

ty!

11:04 am

going to make something to eat....may be back later...

11:06 am

does anyone have the sh5/18 please?

11:06 am

nm found it

11:08 am

brb

11:37 am

so5/10 please

11:38 am

sun, in french

11:38 am

ty

11:39 am

yw!

11:41 am

te5/10 pls x

11:42 am

nm got it

11:43 am

yay fireworms!!!!!!

11:44 am

such an easy grid!!!

11:45 am

ezy for you, deefeecult for me

hello, all

11:52 am

hi Owl!

11:52 am

hi TO

at library, my computer is broken. still need 42! clue for bottom p and left column l pls?

11:57 am

py clue at 10:58

12:02 pm

clues for bottom s?

left col7umn L pls? ty

scrunch together square peg for s

nm l clue

ons econd thought i do need that L clue. sheesh.

12:10 pm

li6/27 + jumbled sticky adhesive....

li +a seabird with a consonant replaced with a vowel li6/27

hope that helps!

ty i will keep looking

DO YOU KNOW ITS MEANING PERHAPS?

12:22 pm

Meaning: membrane growth from the base of a blade of grass

12:23 pm

I'm sure that is tons of help. : P

welll then, that makes it perfetly clear! ;)

12:24 pm

li + mixed up name of Elmers product

12:26 pm

Oh man, I am dim today. I had to think about your icon for a second.

:)

ty

12:29 pm

That would actually be a great line for a course I took called How To Lie With Statistics.

yes! and now, adieu, till tuesday or until i get a new laptop. happy babbling, all

my battery is nil and my power supply burned out.

1:01 pm

the so5 is a muscle in the calf of the leg. French sun is spelled with an l at the end of the same word

1:01 pm

hi all, back to find my lst 39

1:11 pm

Oh yes, the muscle behind the gastrocnemius muscle, how could we not know that? : D

1:11 pm

:-)

1:13 pm

I knew I should have paid more attention in kinesthesiology class.

1:14 pm

one of these days I will get a prof. pedicure. it looks so much better when someone else does it and it less tedious.

1:14 pm

I just redid my toes. they are not kind of orangey rather than periwinkle

1:15 pm

I actually have gifts cards from bingo last week. will need to make an appt soon

1:15 pm

I am stuck in the fi words

1:26 pm

fw

1:31 pm

you here bugsaw?

1:32 pm

guess not:)

2:05 pm

and now it is time for crossy's tidbit of the day!! For today's tidbit, i wish to introduce you to Millie. http://tinyurl.com/mf5vvdd

FW

FW

"Say what you will about National Socialism- at least it's an *****"- (Big Lebowski quote.

3:28 pm

The Dude abides

4:45 pm

lugey

5:13 pm

good evening. I am exhausated, I just spent the day helping lay hardwood flooring in bedroom number 2. One more to go

hi phand, hope you're doing okay

anyone have the lone L in the first column?

6:14 pm

lu6/24

foundit, thanks! (li6/27 actually)

stuck again with 42 to go. that's a good number to pause on. hi and bye, peri!

6:48 pm

there is also an lu 6/24...

7:13 pm

I would like a clue for those LI and LU words...

lu 6/24 lu + ** phone home + 2/3 frozen water

li 6/27 li + a sea bird ***l + vowel

7:22 pm

thank, Luv.

7:45 pm

if anyone is here, may I have a clue for the ol 5?

7:47 pm

ol + vowel + a t** is a spasm...

7:47 pm

thanks Pen!

7:48 pm

yw

7:59 pm

evening all! can I have stats for the P

8:00 pm

nm found it py4

8:06 pm

down to 7

8:07 pm

go phan go

8:15 pm

may I have a clue for the sq5? I saw the clue about most of what you use to hang clothes on a line, but I am not getting that one.

8:16 pm

sq+ the usual vowel + most of what a chicken lays

8:16 pm

and hi all!

8:17 pm

good evening everyone:))

8:17 pm

howdy suze:)

8:17 pm

hi crossy!

8:17 pm

thanks, sue.

8:19 pm

yw :-)

8:20 pm

have not seem much of you of late, suze. How are you keeping, and how is Frank?

8:21 pm

we are good! I am finally getting back to work on these physics problems I'm supposed to write, and I've gotten way behind, so I am spending a lot of time on them.

8:21 pm

your first anniversary is coming up soon if i am not mistaken:))

8:22 pm

Frank is doing well; his doctor put him on some medication for his Crohn's that doesn't agree with him, so he quit taking it and seems fine so far. We'll see the doctor in a week or two to talk about it.

8:22 pm

last word, clue for last qu 5 pls

8:22 pm

Anniversary was a week ago, actually! Time flies!

8:22 pm

yaa for frank and suze!!!

8:23 pm

my b.i.l has had crohn's for well over 25 years. It is a tough thing to keep a handle on:((

8:24 pm

it is indeed, crossy

8:24 pm

phand, I don't have it yet, sorry!

8:24 pm

congratulations on celebrating your 1st anniversary, Sue!

8:24 pm

It's a plural, phan

8:25 pm

thanks, Tor!

8:26 pm

thanks, phand!

8:27 pm

did you hear suze? My English marks from my last three english classes were high enough that i was invited to sit in on a university writers craft class for 6 weeks;)

8:28 pm

that is awesome, crossy!

8:28 pm

90%, 95%, and 96% respectivly

8:29 pm

last two were college Englishes:)

8:29 pm

I am quite excited with the whole prospect.

8:31 pm

sounds really cool :-)

8:32 pm

It is interestin in the walk of life; the paths we take to one destination often branch off to places that we never dreamed of visiting.:)

8:32 pm

indeed it is!

8:33 pm

lol, after almost 20 weeks of English, 7 hours a day, everything i write sounds like a story. lol

8:33 pm

you'll have to send me some of the things you write; I'd love to read them!

8:35 pm

have you read Of Mice and Men lately, suze? If so, I have added an entire chapter to the end of it for an assignment. Managed a 99% on that particular one.

8:35 pm

had to try to stay in the same style as steinbeck

8:35 pm

Wow! I've read it but it has been a very long time.

8:36 pm

on Monday, i will get it from my school file so i can send it to you.

8:36 pm

I would love that!

8:37 pm

oh! wait!

8:37 pm

I have it here!

8:37 pm

cool! I don't have to wait :-)

8:37 pm

give me an addy suze, and i will send it to you.

8:38 pm

uusuzanne at yahoo

8:38 pm

yegads, I am listing and am embarrassed at all the easy 4-letter words I missed!

8:40 pm

now is this a final edit copy, so stucture is not perfect, but the entire tale is there. Is about 3-4 pages

8:40 pm

*waits with bated breath*

8:42 pm

ok, it is sent

8:42 pm

i think i finished off the book rather well,if i do say so myself:)

8:42 pm

I got it! Will read it soon!

8:44 pm

meanwhile, fireworks!

8:44 pm

woo hoo uu!

8:45 pm

yaaa for suze!

8:47 pm

:-)

8:47 pm

going to go goof off for a bit before getting back to writing problems - see you all later!

8:47 pm

firewords here too - tx all cluers! booksh5/18 was my last

8:50 pm

sent you a second one suze

8:51 pm

this one is actually the beginning of a novella i am working on. This one got me 99% in class. Hope you enjoy it

9:01 pm

hi all. any clues for the 6s? wow. lots of them

9:02 pm

qu6 shushes

9:03 pm

ho6 inns

9:03 pm

ho6 inn for college students

9:06 pm

ty got it.

9:07 pm

want more?

9:07 pm

got qu also. ty.

9:11 pm

any clues for the P word or I word?

9:11 pm

i is inuit residence

9:12 pm

p + sometimes vowel + nitr** acid

9:14 pm

DONE!

9:14 pm

good night

9:15 pm

ty for P word. got it. night harry.

9:16 pm

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everyone doing today

9:16 pm

ty for i word as well.

9:16 pm

hi min.

9:16 pm

how are you?

9:16 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! Hooray!

9:16 pm

not doing so welltoday min.

9:17 pm

my daughter had surgery yesterday with complications. i am worried about her, and her life. many issues.

9:17 pm

I'm so sorry to hear you re not well. What is the matter?

9:18 pm

Oh no mkg!What kind of surgery and what complications

9:18 pm

need clue for the L word for left column L please

9:19 pm

li 6/27 word is li plus anagram of white sticky substance.

9:20 pm

ty got it.

9:21 pm

yw

9:21 pm

i have no o words yet. anyone have them and clues please?

9:27 pm

ol5/10. ol + vowel + t**, spasm

9:27 pm

or4/4. or + **ft, not right

9:28 pm

ot4/5, relating to the ear. o + t**, spasm

9:32 pm

ty granny. got ol word.

9:32 pm

got or

9:33 pm

got ot. ty ty ty

9:33 pm

done with o words. ty granny

9:37 pm

yay, you mkg

9:56 pm

Hello grannyrose! How are you doing? Welcome to chog.

10:06 pm

Hi Min. I hope your clue story was totally fictional. It was fun to read, though.

10:08 pm

What's Irish and lies around in the sun all day? Patty O'Furniture.

10:09 pm

LOL, o-o. Not much chance of it doing that this Bank Holiday weekend in UK - rain from coast to coast!

10:11 pm

Hi Jacul! Yes it's fictional,however, I DO like McDonald's.

10:12 pm

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

10:12 pm

I signed in to see if my friend Linda, someone I played a wordgame or six on FB with and then recommended she come here, has signed in yet.

10:13 pm

Min - Maybe Mac in USA is different. Fast food, I hate!

10:15 pm

Hello friends. I have had a busy day and need to relax. Is this grid relaxing or annoying, please?

10:16 pm

bugs - it

10:16 pm

it is a nice grid - enjoy it.

10:17 pm

thanks Dianne. I think I will jump in

10:18 pm

Having said that, we had hot dogs for dinner last night - 2 versions. The first was cooked (for himself) by my O/H using what he called 'proper hot dog sausages' from a jar, with onions, proper bread rolls etc. The second was cooked by me for me an my son - British pork sausages with onions and proper bread rolls. We read the ingredients on both types of sausages and, guess what? There was meat, herbs etc., in mine and my sons. O/H's so-called sausages ingredients list began with 'mechanically recovered chicken' (that's the stuff they sweep up off the floor) and then read like a chemistry experiment.

10:19 pm

I have never had a sausage from a jar and that is probably why Jac

10:19 pm

He got a bit cross when we went on about it for a bit, saying he'd enjoyed them. :(

10:20 pm

I never had sausages from a jar either - and now I never will.

10:20 pm

Dianne - glad to hear it! Glad to have done someone a service in life.x

10:21 pm

Incidentally, the ones in a tin are no better!

10:21 pm

Tho I must say the weiners hear that are considered Proper hot dog sausages are filled with unidentifiable things too

10:22 pm

I bet they have a long shelf life.

10:22 pm

Bug - I think weiners and hjot dog sausages are the same thing. Weird filling with casing you wouldn't eat if you knew what it really was.

10:23 pm

That's why kosher frank are the best to eat.

10:23 pm

Hi Bugsaw! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log.

10:24 pm

Hello Dianne! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle.

10:24 pm

I am doing fine Min - enjoying a lazy Sunday morning.

10:24 pm

Min - I'm glad your clue story was mostly fictional.

10:24 pm

hey Minveryork. Went to an Irish dance concert today. It was fun. The little ones are so cute!

10:25 pm

Does anyone need any clues for the grid, btw?

10:26 pm

just the hard ones Jac ;) I just began

10:26 pm

LOL, Bug. I have no idea which ones might be difficult for you.

10:27 pm

that is why I don't know what to ask for, but thanks for the kind offer.

10:28 pm

co6/24 - if you and I stand up on a stage and chat to an audience, e might be co6/24ing a show.

10:29 pm

*We not 'e'.

10:29 pm

got 2 words from that. Thanks

10:30 pm

You should have got 3 words altogether for that group. bug.

10:30 pm

hmmm...

10:32 pm

If we are looking at pictures of babies, kittens or puppies,we might say, 'what a cu5/14', or 'what a cu5/18'. Cu6/30 is the plural of the second version.

10:33 pm

li 6/27 li+ a mix up of the 4 letter word for sticky liquid you would use instead of paste (does that make any sense?).

10:33 pm

I found those thanks

10:33 pm

Bug - co + hooker. Plural that. Then the doing a show together word you've already got.

10:34 pm

Thank you Jacula!You just clued last word I need.Hooray

10:35 pm

I am finished! I have fireworks! co6/24 was my last word

10:35 pm

I am still looking for the hooker...

10:35 pm

Well done, Min!

10:35 pm

I'll be here off & on until the flip to clue if you need them

10:35 pm

YAY for Minveryork!

10:36 pm

Bug - I hope the post you just made about still looking for the hooker is never copied and pasted out of context. ROFLOL

10:36 pm

oh yeah... oops!

10:37 pm

Just the first two letters - no pro words or rugby word needed, Bug.

10:37 pm

I found the li 6 finally!

10:39 pm

Don't know if you will be able to view this link the Kylie and Hugh Jackman playing innuendo bingo. It's hilarious.

10:39 pm

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/s\ntargazing_blog/2014/05/hugh_jackman_pl\nays_innuendo_bingo_with_kylie_minogue.\nhtml

10:40 pm

Jac, you mean the fish! I didn't know I had it until I looked at the list LOL

10:40 pm

Oh! I need to find my tiny url to post that again.

10:41 pm

Tiny url done. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01z7\n6mr

10:42 pm

sq5/20 = blend of a squeeze and a peg.

10:44 pm

found it!

10:44 pm

tu5/18 = the French/Canadian version of the French for hat or bonnet.

10:44 pm

figs

10:45 pm

we all call them that here Jac. What do you call that kind of hat?

10:45 pm

A bonnet.

I called them "watch caps" until I did a lot of crossword puzzles.

Don't know anyone who uses tu5 in real life

10:46 pm

Kind of like early, but enclosed at the sides, baseball caps. LOL

10:46 pm

Hello rastapopolous! How are you? Welcome to the grid.

10:46 pm

people don't wear bonnets here any more. They referred to those hats women wore to protect them from the sun in the 1800s

Hi - just cleaning up the last few, trying to look up the really weird ones

10:47 pm

Not many people here in UK use the word bonnet any more, except for we writers. LOL

10:47 pm

Jac is giving great clues rasta

I'm done now, just trying to learn a few new words by looking them up what the heck is lu6

10:48 pm

et4/5 (last one) - French needlecase.

oho - don't want to be lu6, that's for sure

A bonnet to me is made of gingham, has a visor and strings.

10:50 pm

lu6 means sufferinf from syphilis.

A tu5 is knit and is for cold weather

10:50 pm

me too rasta

10:51 pm

ye4/6 (speaking of cold weather) is The Abominable Snowman.

10:51 pm

yu4/7 = the Christmas season.

py4 is another lovely word. I think we should write a poem about this stuff.

10:53 pm

Any more clues needed or has everyone finished?

10:54 pm

I think I am good now thanks Jac. Only 33 left and once I opened the list I was away

10:54 pm

Haiku about pus (just for rastapopolous)

10:56 pm

Pus, the relief/ho outpouring so good/that feels better!

10:56 pm

*hot

10:57 pm

Stricxly speaking haikus should be about the seasons not pus. LOL

10:58 pm

No sign yet of my FB friend, so I'll be off for now, I think.

10:59 pm

It was so nice of you to stay so long and offer clues. Do you know her name on Babble? If I see her I can tell her you were here.

11:02 pm

Bug - she hasn't joined yet, so, no, I don't know. Her name's Linda and she's from Iowa, so welcome her and help her out re the way we clue etc., if she gets here when I'm not here.xx

11:03 pm

Congratulations rastapopolous on fireworks!Good for you

but that haiku is only 4/6/4. Aren't they supposed to be 5/7/5 ?

11:03 pm

Will do

11:03 pm

I must go now. Happy Babbling all still struggling with the grid. xxx

It's only thanks to lickety and morewords alas.

11:04 pm

5/7/5 - but it's 5.03 am here and maybe I miscounted, rasta.

11:05 pm

What are you doing up at 5:00 Jac! Cripes!

11:05 pm

Award winning poet nips off to bed sharpish, having got her haiku wrong.

11:07 pm

Bug - I'm called Jacula because I'm the mistress of the dark and a night owl.x

11:08 pm

rasta, still here? it's mom

11:09 pm

That is just WAY too early for me. My heart doesn't beat until at least 9:00 but I still am tired by 2:00 ish

11:11 pm

well i guess she's gone--i want to know the word she thought shoukld go in a poem. I just wrote one about a cow's tail.

11:14 pm

you guys and your poems are hilarious. I love Cows with Guns

11:14 pm

actually jacula people take considerable license with haiku syllables--rasta knows that--

11:16 pm

bugs, my grampa gave a bride a cows tail just butchered--she didn't know what to do with it--never heard of oxtail soup. she and her husband, our herdsman, took it miles away and buried it. Grampa had really given them a handsome gift, though not wraoped like in the grocery store.

11:17 pm

I wouldn't know how to accept that gift graciously either even tho I love ox tail soup

11:18 pm

he probably didn't want them to ignore opening it until after the honeymoon

11:19 pm

they had just moved in over the milkhouse, and butchering was going on. He climbed the stairs, held out the tail and said "here, lassie, is your wedding gift." Her husband told me yeears later.

11:20 pm

what a story. Nothing like that happened with me

11:21 pm

luckily

11:21 pm

Finally done. Must go round up a cup of tea. Good night all

11:22 pm

Congratulations Bugsaw on your fireworks! Good for you

11:22 pm

gotta go to bed--goodnight, bugs and all. I'll call Rasta in the morning, send her the poem. It'll gross people out in Illinoids Times this week. goodnight.

11:22 pm

Goodbye Bugsaw! I'll see you tomorrow in the log maybe.

11:23 pm

Hello & Goodbye Roundbarn! Nice to see you very briefly

11:24 pm

I've been off the puzzle for ten days--working in Wis with no internet. goodnight, minveryork.

11:59 pm

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