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604 39
605 38
606 25
607 17
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610 4
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171 total words

Clues are up

12:02 am

Thanks, Lickety!

12:02 am

tarn

12:02 am

sorry

12:02 am

Hi Erda and Lickety, and tks

12:03 am

Hi flosey

12:03 am

Hi all and thanks, Lickety

12:03 am

hi flosey, Liz and Erda

12:04 am

Hi Saani

12:04 am

flip

12:04 am

Hi saanich

12:04 am

hi Saan

12:06 am

je 8

12:06 am

a wild guess - never expected that to work!

12:06 am

tks Liz, looking

12:07 am

wow nice find Liz…looking

12:07 am

hello everyone

12:07 am

Hi Nan

12:08 am

ar 6, 7, 8

12:08 am

got them, tks Liz

12:08 am

heelo nan

12:08 am

yw Flosey and thanks, Diz

12:09 am

ts 6

12:10 am

thanks diz for the ar6,7,8

ar 7, 6, 7, 8 :)

ra 8

12:11 am

Thanks for the extra ar 7, Dee :)

12:11 am

ra8 ..

12:12 am

je8 :)

yw liz

snap tor

12:12 am

Thanks Tor and Dee

12:12 am

jinx dee

12:12 am

na 8

12:13 am

NBT/NBS

12:13 am

WTG Diz

12:13 am

ty

thx liz for the na

wtg diz

12:13 am

wd diz ..

12:13 am

You're welcome, Dee but really you and Tor gave it to me!

great team effort!

tr 7

12:15 am

tks Liz for the na8

12:15 am

yw

NBT NBS

12:16 am

WTG Dee

thx

12:17 am

at 6 & 8 if not called

12:17 am

Thanks for the at 8

thx for the at's

12:18 am

me too, just got the at8

ra 5/20 and ha 5/22 same except for the first letter

12:19 am

Thanks, Dee

yw

12:20 am

Dee, there is also ta5/20

ty arb, looking

12:21 am

Thanks, ARB

got it

12:21 am

And ra 5/22

12:21 am

je8

12:25 am

ty got it.

12:25 am

great one.

ho 7

12:34 am

does anyone have stats fo the u?

12:34 am

un5/14

12:34 am

cant get it nan. sorry

12:34 am

nm found it

12:35 am

un 5/14

12:35 am

nbt, nbs

12:35 am

got it too. un 5

12:35 am

ty arb

12:35 am

nbt/nbs!

12:35 am

a stupid word.

totally stupid

wtg, rose!

12:36 am

agreed

12:36 am

me too rose. off to sleep now. ta.

ra 7

12:41 am

ty dee

yw

12:43 am

was the ra8 called?

12:44 am

Not sure, Flosey but thanks, anyway.

12:44 am

130 down, stuck and crashing -- see you tomorrow :-)

12:45 am

Sleep well, Nan

12:45 am

the s's are impossible

je 7

no 7

se 6 se 7

12:52 am

missing two s's.. I can't see them

12:55 am

oh. found the ar 8 finally

st 7 x 6 st 8 x 1

12:55 am

I don't have the 8.. is it a common word?

12:56 am

My missing 8 - looking for it.

the st 8/40 is a plural - not a common word, but we have had it before

12:57 am

oh.. got it

I think they are musical terms related to fugues

12:57 am

Thanks, Dee. That helped me find the st 7 and the st 8

wtg, liz! yw

12:58 am

a lot of gonads in the grid

12:58 am

Sort of thought Italian - ish!

1:00 am

hello all

hi ursh!

1:02 am

i'm missing one s 7

1:02 am

I am just showing my g/daughter how there are people from all over the world playing and chatting here - she is amazed

1:02 am

got it

1:02 am

finished

1:02 am

Congrats, Ru

wtg, ru!

fireworks

1:03 am

She'll be even more amazed if she understands the time zones, Ursh!

1:03 am

Congrats, Dee

ty vm

1:03 am

congrats Dee and ru!

1:04 am

30 left here - probably finish later. Have a good night / day all of you.

thx, saan

ty, Liz, you, too!!

1:05 am

*waves to rush's grand daughter

1:05 am

ursh's that is

1:05 am

auto-correct changed that

1:05 am

hi saan

1:05 am

Callyn waves back ruru :)

1:06 am

oh.. very nice name callyn

1:06 am

hi ru, how's it going?

1:07 am

long story saan. I may have to write.. but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

1:07 am

waiting...

ejot

4:17 am

Morning all. May I please have a clue for st6-18 the 2nd? Thanks

4:21 am

g'day peach. st6. st + rodent + vowel

4:22 am

Thanks much my dear.

4:53 am

Gooooooooooooood morning fellow Babblers xx

4:55 am

good morning worzel, son. xoxox

4:55 am

Good morning Mum xx how are you and Dad?

4:56 am

we're muddling along. how are you and Diane?

4:56 am

We are good thank you - Diane being blessed with beauty, of course xx

4:57 am

* giggle * of course, and there you are ....as handsome as ever too. xoxox

4:58 am

awww - must be in the genes - i get it from you!! xx

4:58 am

awww, sweetie, so kind. you been kissing the blarney stone again?

4:59 am

kiss it? with my gob i swallowed it lmao xx

5:02 am

are we still connected? or has there been a hiccup?

5:03 am

i dunno - i posted another comment after that but dr god swallowed it!!

5:03 am

aha, we are connected again. nasty hiccup!!

5:03 am

ditto wor

5:06 am

tart

5:06 am

oo sorry

5:06 am

and no, it wasn't personal lol

5:07 am

* giggle * well it did come out aloud.

5:08 am

was thinking of my ex wife lol!!!

5:11 am

so what are you plans for the day ahead?

5:12 am

I am getting heavily into jigsaw puzzles at the moment and Di bought me a jigsaw of a lovely winter scene by the artist Thomas Kincade (one of my favourite contemporary artists) for me birthday. It's a bloody tough one, but that's going to be my plan for today, make a start on it. How about you? xx

5:14 am

our day is almost over. we went to church as usual, then over to son simon's for afternoon tea...more like a high tea actually. came home full as a goog. grandkiddies were delightful as always. they ar so full of energy. i get tired just watching them.

5:16 am

I don't have children - sometimes I think that's a blessing. To be honest I've never really been the fatherly type - I tend to see my pets as my children lol. Mind you, even they can tire you out. We have a 5year old West Highland White terrier and a 10 year old budgie - both as mad as fleas and so full of energy all the time

5:18 am

i believe that

5:19 am

Di's just reading a story online about how dogs kissing you is supposed to be healthy lol - I expect she'll be running round the house later trying to snog him lol.

5:21 am

so long as he's shaved....lol

5:21 am

haha

5:22 am

well mum i'm going to disappear now as I have shopping to do before I get to my jigsaw. I hope you and Dad have a lovely sleep and it's been wonderful to catch up with you - I must come on more often, I do apologise xx

5:22 am

np's son. enjoy your day kisses to di, and of course yourself. xoxoxox

5:23 am

xx

5:46 am

Good morning all.

5:48 am

that was close sukee. i was about to logoff. how are you, dear?

5:49 am

Great, how are you?

5:49 am

fair to middling. lol...nah, i'm okay thanx

5:50 am

We had snow yesterday, on the first day of spring. But it didn't come to anything.

5:51 am

that's late, isn't it?

5:51 am

Not really for here, it has snowed in April.

5:52 am

Still annoying though, it's going to be cold this coming week too.

5:53 am

our weather turned cold enough for a frost two nights ago, and today the temp was 28C. go figure!

5:53 am

Weather is weird these days :)

5:55 am

it sure is. i never know what to put on when going out any more. hubby says wear at least three layers and peel them off when you start to warm up.

5:56 am

I just can't wait until I can wear my shorts and runners without socks :)

6:10 am

time for bed for me. enjoy the grid sukee. xoxox

6:10 am

You take care Rose :)

6:19 am

Good morning, everyone:)

6:20 am

Hi crossy. A bit quiet this morning.

6:21 am

Howdy, sukee. Winter is back with a vengeance in my neck of the woods. All told we got 5 inches of wet heavy snow yesterday:(

6:21 am

Oh wow, we got flurries.

6:22 am

It's a bit colder.

6:22 am

hi all. I could type right away cause I had the batteries in backwards in my keyboard :(

6:22 am

Boo is back lying on the radiator.

6:23 am

Hi peri.

6:23 am

lol, peri. The batteries in this kb seem to last forever. it uses a pair of AAA batteries and have been in there for well over 4 years now;)

6:23 am

what kind of batteries do you use?

6:24 am

crossy I have a computer question.

6:24 am

I use Duracell

6:24 am

go ahead peri

6:24 am

then I must buy duracell

6:24 am

when I turn my computer own there is a low hum

6:25 am

not regular alkaline. get the better ones.. NiCads i think

6:25 am

after is it on a while the hum gets louder then turns into a buzz and a louder buzz which drives me nuts

6:25 am

could it be the fan. I have a desktop Dell about 3 years old. computer and monitor are one piece

6:25 am

no they are lithioun ion batteries

6:26 am

lithium*

6:26 am

When is the last time you cleaned out the heat sink in your computer?

6:26 am

huh?

6:26 am

mm... an all-in-one, that makes it harder

6:26 am

what is a heat sink?

6:27 am

Over time any desktop computer gets "dust bunnies" built up in the heat sink fins behind the cpu fan

6:27 am

Have you tried forced air on the fan? My laptop was heating up a lot until I started doing that regularly.

6:27 am

someone suggested that I take the back off and check the fan(s) and get rid of dust. but I am afraid to do that myself

6:27 am

this has to be cleaned out from time to time. Like right now my own machine is very noisy and the fan runs at a higher sped than normal

6:28 am

it must be done peri

6:28 am

I have one of those cans of forced air. but I would have to take the back off, right, sukee?

6:28 am

get a geek friend to help

6:28 am

my nephew knows a lot about computers. not the one who lives here.

6:29 am

When I had a desktop I found it easy to remove the back. It's not hard, I used to even add more memory myself.

6:29 am

You would be surprised how much crap builds up behind the cpu fan

6:29 am

other nephew will be here in two weeks for Passover but I don't want to ask for help then

6:30 am

I might give it a try with bro in laws help or the nephew who lives here. thanks

6:30 am

The machine starts to run hotter until you get performance issues

6:30 am

is worse if you have pets. all their hair gets in there

6:30 am

ok

6:30 am

it is quietly humming now which is not bothering me

6:31 am

mine runs qoiet for a while then speeds up like it is a jet about to take off. lol. I must do a D&C on her real soon:)

6:31 am

quiet

6:32 am

found an 8 all by myself

6:33 am

wtg, I found 3 with the same ending :)

6:33 am

Yes. it is a good idea to head over to Maximum PC Magazine website, do a bit of research and learn basic interior cleaning methods and how to add ram, or another hard drive.

6:33 am

it is all modular and quite easy

6:33 am

I found the ar8/40

6:33 am

ok, thanks crossy will do that

6:33 am

:)

6:33 am

Oh, I don't have that one yet :)

6:35 am

found the je8 too

6:35 am

Don't have that either :)

6:35 am

and na8. I am on a roll here :)

6:35 am

ra8 too

6:35 am

I have that one :)

6:36 am

ra, na and je all end the same

6:36 am

ty for je 8, still looking for the others

6:36 am

and the RA :)

6:37 am

I am hopeless with J words

6:37 am

Found the je 8 :)

6:39 am

found them all ty peri

6:40 am

yvw crossy

6:40 am

still need 2 more of them

6:40 am

Still looking for that ar and one more 8

6:40 am

good morning babblers - can anyone help me find se 6/18 please

6:41 am

the first one - I have all the others

6:41 am

There is a AT 8/40

6:41 am

brb. Cats are demanding breakfast:)

6:41 am

ty sukee, looking

6:41 am

Se 6/18 A type of dog

6:42 am

I think I have that one, sukee, thanks

6:42 am

got it, ty sukee

6:42 am

okay, so I don't have the first one :)

6:42 am

this one comes after the se 6/33 and se 4

6:42 am

Don't have that 6/33 either :)

6:43 am

well it has the high point letter : )

6:43 am

this one is stumping me, as I cant' find it even with More Words

6:44 am

ty jbv

6:44 am

oh! just got it

6:44 am

plant covered with bristles

6:45 am

have to train my eyes to read from right to left : )

6:45 am

got se 6/33 :)

6:46 am

I found se6/7 a type of sofa

6:46 am

ty for sofa

6:47 am

ty pri

6:47 am

peri...

6:49 am

not seeing the plant with bristles

6:49 am

it's not the plant, peri, it's the adjective se 6

6:50 am

got it, ty jbv

6:50 am

help with the u pls

6:51 am

un 5/14 - remove head gear

6:51 am

Hi all

6:52 am

ty Liz, dumb word

6:52 am

Hi Liz

6:52 am

and lower E pls

6:52 am

Don't understand the se 6/33 clues :(

6:52 am

es 5/10 - female name

6:53 am

ty Liz

6:55 am

SE 6/33 SE + high scoring letter + tiny insect

6:56 am

stree

6:56 am

Thanks, Sukee - don't remember seeing that word before.

6:56 am

sorry

6:56 am

I hadn't either, had to look it up

6:56 am

there is an st8 according to early chat

6:56 am

ty for spoon-feeding me that, sukee. I had no idea at all. Am terrible with plant clues

6:57 am

Yes - It follows from 4 x st 7 before it and is a plural

6:57 am

got it ty Liz

6:58 am

:)

6:58 am

have errands to do, bbl

6:58 am

I would have done better had you told me it was a misspelling of a military rank.

6:58 am

Have a good day, Peri

6:58 am

tc peri

6:58 am

lol

6:58 am

lol - I might've got it too, with that clue!

6:59 am

Time to go make breakfast, tummy is rumbling. See you all later.

6:59 am

Have a good day Sukee and thanks for the help

je 6/33 = 2000 lb. airplane

8:09 am

ty luv

8:19 am

Good morning, kids.

8:20 am

Thanks for the clue, LWG. That was my first word.

8:24 am

hello just stared

8:25 am

started

8:25 am

oops

8:28 am

Hi MLFAN

8:28 am

Howdy scrabby, MLF

8:28 am

hi scrab

8:28 am

hi cross

8:29 am

And now it is time for Crossy's tidbit of the day!!

8:29 am

Corner N stats please?

8:29 am

Mexico City is built over the ruins of a great Aztec city, Tenochtitlán. Because it is built on a lake, Mexico is sinking at a rate of 6 to 8 inches a year as pumps draw water out for the city’s growing population.

8:30 am

inidan flat bread

8:31 am

cross indian flat bread is that for me?

8:31 am

yup

8:32 am

ty

8:34 am

Uh, oh! Dangerous situation in Mexico City.

8:34 am

I think I would either start importing water, or move the city over a bit:)

8:35 am

is the U a un word?

8:35 am

yup

8:37 am

clue please?

8:37 am

Got it now.

8:38 am

to remove your head covering, MLF

8:38 am

i tried that before didnt work but i thought that is what it might be:)

8:39 am

I had to punch in the small sofa words se 6/18 and 7/28 several times beofre they took;/

8:40 am

Jotter

8:40 am

TY for clues, Crossy.

8:40 am

thank you cross i hadnt realized it had a plural but i have the single

8:40 am

rant

8:41 am

Third column A and E?

8:43 am

I don't have them but will look with you.

8:43 am

ty scrab

8:44 am

It's snowing hard out there!

8:45 am

es5/10 = an organic compound

8:45 am

Now this is interesting: Ever dreamed of owning a piece of the auld sod? Well now you can! http://www.buyireland.com/ lol. I should buy an acre of bush up north and sell it like this:)

8:46 am

got the es5

8:46 am

Haha. One of my patients dried out grass from the family's lawn and sold it to his classmates in 7th grade. THe mother told me that story.

8:47 am

scrabb just read your profile how awesome

8:47 am

There are long ar- and at- words that I do not yet see.

8:47 am

the longest ar word i have found so far is a ar6

8:48 am

scrab its at 6/18

8:48 am

lol! there are 43,560 square feet in an acre, and this person is selling ireland at 50 dollars an acre. that will net hi or her a tidy $2,178,000.00 !!

8:48 am

nbt

8:49 am

nbs

8:50 am

50 dollars a sq foot*

8:50 am

You could retire, Crossy!

8:51 am

lol! every town over there should set asode 20 acres or so, sell it by the square foot, and they could all retire1

8:51 am

aside

8:57 am

Morning everyone!

8:57 am

Hi IndianJan

8:58 am

Oops, IndiaJan

8:59 am

Howdy, jan

9:02 am

st7 = medical term for snoring/noist breathing

9:05 am

ty scrabby;)

9:19 am

Happy Sunday, Babblers!

9:21 am

morning, aloy

9:24 am

oh oh.. my reply was lost in cyberspace I think

9:25 am

Hi Aloy

9:25 am

Hi welki

9:25 am

hi scrabbs

9:26 am

I hit a wall here so was off on FB

9:26 am

Hi Everybody!

9:27 am

And Scrabs gave me a 7! ty

9:28 am

hi hego!

9:28 am

morning, hego

9:28 am

Buon giorno, H!

9:28 am

hello you three. :)

9:29 am

exciting news.. workers are in the grove picking! wahoo

9:29 am

saw your post, scrabbs, about doing taxes - have to do mine soon. hate it.

9:30 am

Hate tax time the most!!

9:30 am

Picking what Aloy?

9:30 am

aloy - oranges? grapes?

9:31 am

valencia oranges

9:31 am

Yummy!

9:32 am

I owe the feds $1330 and NY $335. Like I didn't already donate enough last year!

9:32 am

They never get enough.

9:32 am

i treated us to some grapes yesterday - $3.00/pound!!!!! what do they cost down below?

9:33 am

Not that much.

9:33 am

i paid ahead this year, estimated taxes, but suppose we'll still have to pay some more. and i file with the u.s., too

9:34 am

I can get the cheap grapes for $2.50/pound, but I prefer the green seedless when they are available

9:35 am

that's what i bought, crossy, the green seedless (they had red seedless/seeded, too, but not as sweet)

9:35 am

welki, do you work in the US?

9:36 am

no, but as a dual citizen, i'm required to file tax returns every year

9:37 am

Do you pay taxes in both countries?

9:37 am

depends on annual income, hego

9:38 am

That's pretty awful.

9:38 am

not if you consider that my social security is preserved by paying my share to uncle sam :)

9:39 am

You pay US taxes but don't work in the US?

9:40 am

I found at8 by myself.

9:41 am

there are ways to minimize the tax (spending lots of time in the states is one - one i wish i could do more of!) - but there are lots of people who pay, or are supposed to pay, taxes to the us, even if they don't live/work there

9:41 am

good work!

9:42 am

scrab can I have a hint?

9:44 am

One who at6's

9:44 am

OH, of course! ty

9:44 am

ty, scrabby

9:45 am

Hi Crossy

9:45 am

Howdy, hego:)

9:52 am

always miss that re6.18, to make a salary again

9:52 am

TY! I was looking for that just now.

9:52 am

Not ready for re words.....

9:53 am

it's the double vowel that makes that one tricky.

9:53 am

ty, aloy

9:53 am

I am talking to my mother now and she is telling me about her pooping issues...grrrr. The obsession of th elderly.

9:54 am

(-: agree, hego

9:54 am

Soon we will be there, scrabby, and we will need someone to listen to us:)

9:54 am

Hey! Pooping is important! :)

9:55 am

My kid says he is going to dump me in the nastiest home he can find; i told him if he did that i would save up and hire a hit man:)

9:55 am

And with the word pooping...hello everyone

9:55 am

oh .. to have a doctor for a daughter! instant info resource..

9:55 am

howdy car

9:55 am

te 6/18 first word...it's going to be a body kind of day!

9:56 am

Happy birthday Dear Car!!!

9:56 am

Haha, Car.

9:56 am

Thank you!

9:56 am

your B-day? Happy Birthday, car!

9:56 am

Thank you!

hello,all.

9:56 am

Yes, happy birthday, dear Eeyore.

9:56 am

Thank you!

9:56 am

Hope ti's a good one for you.

and happy birthday to you, car.

9:57 am

Thank you!

9:57 am

Leaving shortly for my birthday date with Dylan...we are going to see Paddington at the movies.

9:57 am

Have fun!

9:57 am

Happy Birthday, car:)

9:57 am

Then Zack has me booked for the afternoon to hang out and play Endless Ocean on the Wii.

9:58 am

happy birthday car

9:58 am

Thank you!

10:01 am

I was so suprised at the Google thing today

10:01 am

I was thinking, "Oh! What famous person has the same birthday as me?" (Besides William Shatner of course!)

10:01 am

what?

10:02 am

car not many famous people for my bday either nor do i share it with many people in general

10:02 am

my bday is today too

10:02 am

Sigmund Freud was born on same day as me:)

10:03 am

When I log onto Google, the letters are all cake and stuff...when you put the cursor on it, it says "happy birthday Carole"! Fun!

10:03 am

Happy Birthday Maggiej!!!!!

10:03 am

Happy birthday Maggie!

10:03 am

happy b-day, Maggie

10:03 am

U 2 Carol

10:03 am

ty

10:03 am

Car, that's cool!

10:03 am

happy birthday maggie

10:04 am

happy birthday, all :)

10:04 am

too many Ts today

10:04 am

no birthday's on google today

10:04 am

Bruce Sprinsteen is the same as me.

10:04 am

Hi Mael

10:04 am

mael and apparently a lot of them are 7s

do you browse with Chrome, car?

10:05 am

Yes

10:05 am

sorry i meant st

10:05 am

HI! clue for the st7/28...any of the 5 of them

10:05 am

hi hego! I only have 4 7s so far, ML, so this is clearly going well :)

10:05 am

phae one is a plural of st 6/18

10:05 am

Hello new entrants

10:05 am

I am currently suffering from Babble blindness. Will be back in a few...poink!

10:05 am

Where the ST's have no name...U2 song

i am sitting here, freezing!

10:06 am

have the road one

10:06 am

owl i always have a jack on in the this house

10:06 am

phae that is the only one i have

10:06 am

same

10:06 am

I need the last 4 st7's

10:07 am

there is the heavy breathing one.

10:07 am

i need all of them but the oen at least 3 of us already have

10:07 am

and the st6 before the road word

10:07 am

one of them ends like all the bits of paper in the air, conf**** that comes down in a parade

10:08 am

ty aloy

10:08 am

ty aloy

10:08 am

TY, Aloy

10:08 am

change the last vowel for the other one

10:08 am

thanks, aloy.

10:08 am

change the last vowel for another one.. I still need to find another

10:08 am

then pl

10:09 am

phae for me they wont plural?

10:09 am

and phaeton :)

10:09 am

Change the vowel again

10:09 am

one fo them did

10:09 am

lol, change the last vowel again!

10:09 am

i did:)

10:09 am

hwo many st7;s?

10:09 am

got them! thanks all

10:09 am

how

10:10 am

6

10:10 am

ty All

10:10 am

<----needs two more

10:10 am

the last 4 are all alike except for the last letter

10:11 am

Kadresa is here and then I am off to the movies. See you later! TY all for the birthday wishes!

10:11 am

Enjoy, Car!

10:11 am

i have the first 4 vowels in oder and and a plural

bye, car.

10:11 am

Have fun Car!

10:13 am

i need one more

10:13 am

you need the one that is st another word for ahem or to hesitate and either **

10:15 am

ty phae got it with your help and morewords

10:16 am

bad clue...glad you found it

10:16 am

too bad enable doesn't like coffee: ristretto is in the grid

10:16 am

the ahem part was confusing but it helped to know the last two letters of it

10:17 am

and jetset

10:18 am

done....clues?

10:18 am

je 7,8?

10:18 am

and Congrats Phae!

10:19 am

well done!

10:19 am

yay phae, congrats!

beach structures and superlative.

10:20 am

ty TO, tried everything but.

10:20 am

add that ending to a lot of the words

10:20 am

Good morning, all!

10:20 am

Hi Judi

10:20 am

hagd all!

10:20 am

hi Judi

10:20 am

Hiya Judi

hi judi.

10:24 am

halfway. bbl

10:24 am

48 left and I have had enough. Enjoy the day.

10:24 am

ts6 fly gave me fw.. have a wonderful Sunday, all.. poof

10:24 am

bye All...

10:27 am

guess everyone but me and judi are here HELLO JUDI

10:27 am

im missing the st that has something to do with 'ahem'... i didnt understand the clue

10:27 am

st7 that is..

10:27 am

I'm here, freezing and lurking. Just made half

10:27 am

rolin ends in or

10:28 am

hello MLFAN, judi and rolin

10:28 am

oops never

10:28 am

mind

10:28 am

hi ruby

10:28 am

rolin they all end in a vowel but one is plural and have double cons

10:30 am

i have the four that just have a diff vowel at the end and i have the road pl....

10:30 am

*waves to all*

10:30 am

Ahem = er

10:31 am

i think their are 6 of the st 7's but i have 5 if i am right?

10:31 am

oooohh... ty molly...sill word...

10:31 am

Too many Js today. As there were too many Ks yesterday. Apparently, we are observing equal rights for middle-alphabet letters this weekend.

10:32 am

Oh, also there was a T missing from that clue

10:32 am

lol judi and of course not the easiest to findi either

10:32 am

molly is it 5 st 7's or 6?

10:33 am

6

10:33 am

i have one plural and the rest end in a vowel?

10:34 am

in order are the ones ending in a vowel

10:34 am

Jo4 friend JUAN is not accepted. So much for equal rights.

10:35 am

anybody?

10:35 am

Hori

10:35 am

I think you are missing the st7 that is s + first three of "cloth" that towels are made of + first three of actress Spelling

10:37 am

im missing an 8...i have the at8 je8 na8 ra8 st 8...what am i missing pls?

10:38 am

i have it ty

10:39 am

ar7/8

10:39 am

rolin can you clue the na8 please?

10:40 am

yup.... na5 + superlative

10:40 am

ty dos...got them

10:40 am

i only have 3 na words and the 5 i have is plural

10:41 am

actually MLF...its the superlative of the na5

10:41 am

ok... ok na5 is...something that is cute...different...

10:42 am

it has the same first 4 letters as the na6 which means to sit around and gossip

10:44 am

i am lost with the last part of the word

10:44 am

nm

10:49 am

small clue for st 8 please

10:54 am

Js completed! *drops dead*

10:54 am

st8 is a plural

10:55 am

st7 = plural, st7 singlar, st8 plural. of same word

10:55 am

The st7 28 says it can be pluralized, but the bloody grid is not taking it:( I hate Enable sometimes

10:56 am

Nope, not taking it

10:57 am

unless there is another st 7 that i am unaware of

10:57 am

there are two st7

10:57 am

that would be why then:)

crossy.....s + weight allowance word + lower digits minus the e"

10:58 am

that is the problem when you have not listed

10:59 am

st7 = plural, st7 singlar, st8 plural. of same word

10:59 am

I got it, mixi. have the find the other 7 first:)

11:01 am

still looking, diane...

st + soak flax + homonym of "two" ( for the 7 )

11:03 am

lol, Have no idea what 'soak flax" is. perhaps I best come back to this one later

11:03 am

st7 four of them start with the same six letters. lol.

it's a crossword puzzle word.... a good filler I guess :-)

11:05 am

Oh well; i shall worry about it later when it becomes my last word:)

okay.....st + last 5 letters of the almond flavoured liqueur.

11:07 am

there, that was better, ty

...which I love, but it gives me heartburn! Ama*****

Breakfast time....be back later

11:11 am

good morning, all - watching the world curling final as I hunt for words

11:12 am

Howdy, cybernan

11:13 am

Since the invent of computers I no longer have the patience to watch curling, darts, or billiards on t.v. It is like watching paint dry to me now:)

11:14 am

Tough we do have some top shelf teams here;)

11:14 am

though

11:15 am

gm, everyone! clue for the first se6/18?

11:16 am

we recorded the game crossy -- it was played in the middle of the night our time.

11:16 am

rihgt now for example I am watching a gory movie called Fire With Fire, starring Bruce Willis, babbling, playing a submarine simulation game, and working on my book all at the same time. Darn technology has given me a four-second attention span:)

11:16 am

you're watching the women, nan?

11:17 am

bristly, dawn

11:17 am

yes -- I hope Jen has calmed down for this one!

11:17 am

and dawg, too :)

11:18 am

se6/18 change the first vowel in si6/18

11:19 am

i used to work with amy nixon, nan. a real sweetheart

11:20 am

sorry tc, there's one 6/18 before that one

11:20 am

Uhg! Cats have managed to get into the plumbing access panel in my bathroom closet. Demons!

11:22 am

I hope the little ninjas don't fall down between the walls. Impossible to get them out of there. I can't contort myself.

11:22 am

We have a fear of that happening as well, Judi. we have an access panel under the bathroom sink, and the space runs the entire length of the apartment.

11:23 am

They think it's great fun to hide under the bathtub.

11:23 am

just shake the cat treat back by the hole and hope they come out

11:23 am

bag*

11:24 am

Pffth. They are not motivated by such feeble human attempts.

11:24 am

I plan on making a sturdy cover for it. last thing I need is having to rip the walls apart to get a stuck cat out

11:28 am

Amy Nixon? -- don't recall the name - where did she curl?

11:29 am

tadone!! finito!! hagd everyone!

11:29 am

grats, dawger

11:30 am

Cats successfully extracted. Hubby has a new home improvement project!

11:31 am

she's an olympian, cyber - out of calgary

11:32 am

Thing on a string enticed them both out.

11:32 am

is there a clue for the se 6/33, please?

11:34 am

Morning

11:36 am

or the first se 6/18?

11:36 am

hi bichon

11:36 am

se6 se + high point tile + picnic pest

11:37 am

that's the se6/33 :-)

11:38 am

ty une

11:38 am

yw :-)

11:38 am

my first se6/18 is a type of sofa

11:39 am

SE + like the digits on the end of your feet but with a plural in there.

11:40 am

tx zoom :-)

11:40 am

Most welcome :-)

11:41 am

ty zoom

11:43 am

ty zooz

11:43 am

these s's are brutal

11:44 am

I am finding the j's diffcult:(

11:44 am

first st 7, please?

11:45 am

6 of them begin with the plane, crossy

11:45 am

st 7/28: a medical term for heavy snoring sound

11:46 am

ty, nan

11:46 am

ty crossy

11:46 am

:)

11:47 am

want a clue for te je 7-8?

11:48 am

the 7 and 8 were the first ones I found:)

11:49 am

*!* ta da *!*

11:49 am

Yaa for Cybernan!!

11:49 am

je x 11, jo x 3

11:50 am

make that ja x1, je x10, jo x3

11:50 am

any clues wanted before I leave?

11:53 am

hagd everyone

12:16 pm

And now it is time for Crossy's tidbit of the day!! Ever send off an Email telling the boss to cram his job where the sun does not shine, and only realizing later that you have 33 cents in your bank account., or send out a highly creative poison pen letter you wish you hadn't? Well now you can alter a setting within Gmail that will allow you to recall a sent email within a specific time limit! http://tinyurl.com/kskvrow

12:22 pm

And I must add while I am talking about gmail app that unrollme.com is the handiest app ever for removing junk mail from your in-box forever!

12:24 pm

now to remove more than 5 junk mails from your list, you must like the app on Fb, but it is a good trade-off

12:32 pm

e

12:46 pm

how many words in this puzzle?!

12:46 pm

171

12:46 pm

Thanks! 120 to go...

12:47 pm

:-D

12:50 pm

172 (just to drive Kwoo nuts)

12:50 pm

cruel woman

12:51 pm

cross i agree about the j's i only have 8 of them

12:51 pm

hi dorens

12:51 pm

hi une

12:52 pm

good morning all

12:52 pm

hi Doren

12:52 pm

ho 6 clue please?

12:52 pm

argh

12:53 pm

more heated

12:53 pm

not colder

12:53 pm

ho 7?

12:53 pm

ty got the ho6

12:54 pm

never mind i have ho7

12:54 pm

7 is most heated

1:00 pm

SE 6/33?

1:04 pm

se6 uses the 6 point tile.

1:05 pm

ty bzz and morewords

1:12 pm

i am missing se 4/4 in between the 6/18 and right above th se 7 can anyone help?

1:12 pm

nm

1:13 pm

<---doesn't clue 4's

1:13 pm

hi Ruru

1:13 pm

morning ms hego

1:13 pm

hello ruru

1:13 pm

you should have been here to dinner at chez ruru last night

1:14 pm

gm mlf

1:14 pm

who's the cutie in your icon?

1:14 pm

some lapdog

1:14 pm

I'm going to adopt a Lab when I get my own home this summer

1:14 pm

Not that one wiseguy.

1:15 pm

*waves to doren*

1:15 pm

ao6?

1:15 pm

just another blonde that' trying to hunt me down hego (wishes)

1:15 pm

ruru where you moving to?

1:15 pm

It's not Doren. You can't fool me.

1:16 pm

somewhere in Napa (city)

1:16 pm

Did you get a house yet?

1:16 pm

that isn't Doren.> I really don't know who it is..

1:16 pm

no... no house yet.. soon though. Ours goes on the market in May

1:17 pm

Good luck to you.

1:17 pm

ruru that is so cool congrats

1:17 pm

I'm sure I'm going to find something nice.

1:17 pm

Exciting!

1:32 pm

hello

1:35 pm

hi Jane

1:41 pm

phantom tortise

1:42 pm

or maybe it's tortoise?

1:43 pm

yup :)

1:43 pm

wouldn't tortoise be a hare-raising experience?

1:43 pm

groooan...

1:44 pm

thanks hego.. I needed that groan

1:44 pm

haha!

1:52 pm

whatever it is, it's not in the grid....

3:19 pm

the bunny is tho

3:31 pm

hi all stuck on one of the first three an4/4 I have the buffalo and against. clue for the 3rd one pls?

3:32 pm

like againt but with a different ending

3:32 pm

Same as against, different last vowel

3:34 pm

ty, I thought I had tried that

3:34 pm

clue for the jo 6 please Molly?

3:35 pm

jo 6 one who writes short notes

3:36 pm

thanks

3:53 pm

jogeorgebush

3:54 pm

damn it

4:03 pm

Ah Ru - you're so amusing - at times : P

4:06 pm

phew halfway. tough grid

4:07 pm

anybody have a clue for the U?

4:08 pm

To take your cap off

4:08 pm

ty molly

4:08 pm

nbt now :)

4:10 pm

gotta make dinner bbl

4:15 pm

Evening all. Glorious weather here today. Got all the bed linen washed & dried in the sun! Glorious result for Ireland in the rugby. All well in the land of Soodle. :-)

4:15 pm

hi Soodle, hi all

4:15 pm

almost time to give myelf a pedicure :)

4:15 pm

hi peri and soodle

4:15 pm

we are not allowed to hang clothes on a line here :(

4:16 pm

Hey, Peri. I bought some lovely lavender coloured nail polish yesterday. I thought of you. Hi Harp. :-)

4:16 pm

The Irish Rugby boys are kicking ass and taking names.

4:18 pm

And the women did the same today as well!! Great result. Peri, who says you can't hang out clothes???

4:19 pm

township ordnance or some such thing

4:19 pm

I love ths smell of clothes dried in the sun

4:19 pm

Soodle, we have snotty Home Owners Associations who think clothes on the line looks too "low rent"

4:20 pm

no clotheslines allowed.maybe I should hang my clothes on the trees and bushes

4:20 pm

same here

4:21 pm

In California (San Fransicko especially) they have other uses for clothes pins

4:21 pm

<---trying to be amusing

4:22 pm

Good heavens! I would regard that as an infringement of civil liberties. Mind you, where I live, nobody can see the 'Soodle-Smalls' on my line. Maybe if they were on view to the general public, I wouldn't hang them out....

4:22 pm

*Applause for the lapdog*

4:23 pm

Funny thing Soodle. We live in a country where people have died protecting our "civil liberties" and now we make laws to infringe on them. Go figure.

4:25 pm

Whats the thinking behind the 'Non-Hanging-Of-Clean-Washing-On-The-L\nine law?

4:26 pm

what Molly said: looks too "low rent"

4:26 pm

FW, bye for now

4:27 pm

are the je7-8-6 related?

4:27 pm

and could I get a clue please?

4:27 pm

Wow. Where I grew up, there was nothing shameful about washing clothes!

4:29 pm

It's just too lower-class for some neighborhoods.

4:29 pm

Harp - the je 7/48 are little piers. The je 8/65 are the most of these... I don't have the 6 yet

4:31 pm

thanks

4:31 pm

got the 6, think space age cartoon with a different 4th letter

4:32 pm

Good woman! Thanks Jane.

4:35 pm

st8?

4:36 pm

st + ending of almond liquour, plural

4:37 pm

thanks

4:45 pm

18 to go

4:49 pm

Almond liquor?

4:51 pm

Ends like a high heeled spike shoe

4:56 pm

6 left

5:12 pm

drools .. just a bit

5:13 pm

Men get a little canine about those shoes

5:14 pm

love your princess pig.. molly .. or is it a Queen?

5:15 pm

Oh no, it's The King

5:16 pm

oh..

5:16 pm

he looks boared

5:16 pm

But never too hogtied to speak

5:17 pm

no swine before their time so to speak

5:17 pm

Squealing with glee

5:21 pm

it's hard for me to tell the difference between a female pig and a male pig..

5:22 pm

Especially when they are all wallowing in the mud

5:22 pm

oh plesase you two, stop it

5:24 pm

lol

5:24 pm

Glenda, the Good Witch of the East to the rescue! Thanks Lynn.

5:24 pm

Molly & Ru! Get a room!!

5:25 pm

jeez.. aren't you guys a little wound up?

5:26 pm

is talking about pigs taboo around here too?

5:28 pm

It wasn't like I was bringing home the bacon or anything...

5:29 pm

I'm still trying to make the stretch between talking about pigs and getting a room : O

5:29 pm

must be an Irish thing :D

5:36 pm

So Ru, how's the weather? How's your dog? Any aches and pains you'd like to discuss?

5:38 pm

nah no pain.. i'm on magnesium

5:40 pm

magnesium?

5:57 pm

SE 6/33?

5:59 pm

Also RA 5/22 please?

5:59 pm

se & cons & picnic pest

6:00 pm

ra5.22 indian nobility

6:00 pm

ra5. single indian ruler ends with consonant

6:00 pm

and hi

6:00 pm

Ooh nice one, Thanks for the , SE 6, Lynxxx :-)

6:00 pm

Hello, Lynxxx :-)

6:00 pm

Hello, Rose :-)

6:00 pm

hi ya lyn and zooz

6:01 pm

morning Rose

6:01 pm

Oh I had the RA 4/9 too..Doh..Thank you both.

6:01 pm

That is fireworks for me!

6:01 pm

WTG ZOOZZOOM!!!!!

6:01 pm

Congrats

6:02 pm

Thank you both!

6:02 pm

Congrats zooz!!

6:02 pm

Time for me to get to my bed and snuggle down to my book :-)

6:02 pm

i am procrastinating here. have huge pile of clean washing to sort and fold...* sigh *

6:03 pm

Aww thanks, Stidgmere :-)

6:03 pm

sweet dreams zooz

6:03 pm

Just do small amounts at a time, Rose :-)

6:03 pm

Toodle pips for now!

6:04 pm

bye Zzzzz

6:06 pm

I must get going too - bye

6:17 pm

hint je7/48

6:17 pm

te6/18

6:18 pm

je 7 + a little pier or dock, plural

6:18 pm

thanks bugsaw

6:19 pm

hi friends from down under

6:19 pm

and those from up over

6:19 pm

I only have 1 te 6. which one do you need?

6:19 pm

waves to bichon

6:19 pm

hi Bugs

6:20 pm

no i was giving hints ihad these words

6:20 pm

oh. sorry Praes

6:21 pm

does any body have a 8 letter word hint

6:21 pm

its okay bugsaw

6:22 pm

je 8/65 more of planes

6:28 pm

ty bookwoman

6:30 pm

yw

6:31 pm

Good evening, everyone:)

6:32 pm

Hi, crossy

6:37 pm

hi crossy, jaxx

6:38 pm

Hi, Bich. I seem to have scared crossy off

6:39 pm

Nope, I am here. just writing a letter at the same time

6:39 pm

One of our last days in the Bay Area and I am going to miss the nice weather

6:39 pm

Ah, multitasking. I am making a birthday card at the same time.

6:41 pm

A real letter! With ink and paper!! gasp! lol... my hand is cramping!

6:42 pm

It is a long time since I had a proper handwritten letter. I miss them.

6:42 pm

I wonder how many dollars a stamp is now? lol

6:43 pm

Just think; If is email 70 letters a month my unlimited internet package pays for itself:)

6:43 pm

If I*

6:44 pm

ra 6/18, first one pls

6:44 pm

You can't keep e-mails tied up with ribbon though. I have all our love letters tied up with ribbon and in a box.

6:46 pm

Like hand written letters. they are scarce and add a consonant for 'more'

6:47 pm

Poor clue - superlative of the 4 letter word is better.

6:47 pm

nm

6:49 pm

I put all my letters on a usb stick and put a giant red bow on it:)

6:50 pm

Still not the same

6:59 pm

I even dabbed French perfume on it:)

6:59 pm

Now, that is just ridiculous.

6:59 pm

:)

7:01 pm

You should give the perfume to your lady wife.

7:08 pm

aorta

7:09 pm

that should wake you up, crossy. A free word

7:11 pm

BBL after I have done the decoupage.

7:21 pm

st 6/18, second one

7:48 pm

I am back.letter is done:)

7:52 pm

hi all

7:54 pm

only st6 i have is roads

7:57 pm

Howdy, JMC

7:57 pm

hi crossy

7:58 pm

i is being my own IT person. . . which means i am in real trouble. . . haha

7:59 pm

The letter writing brought to my mind a bit of a poem I wrote year before last. i was experimenting with stream of consciousness stuff at the time and this is one of my early attempts I will share with my babble buds;)...

7:59 pm

Thirty-Three years gone, and the classes begin again. I remember… Long hand for the boy’s who were too cool, Palmer script for the girls who did not care about that— Matter’s not anymore--not now… The clatter of keyboards drowns out all. The imperial measure is unknown to them--I sit and smile ruefully. I try the old longhand--and fail The skill is lost to me… Sadly, I bend my head and hit the keys, And mourn for what I have lost.

7:59 pm

*grabs a glass of sherry to listen to poetry*

7:59 pm

of course babble formats it as it will

8:00 pm

not too bad formating

8:00 pm

it is proper format on the word page

8:00 pm

but you get the gist

8:01 pm

keyboards are faster than long hand anyway

8:01 pm

I recall some wrote with a leftward slant and others to the right

8:02 pm

i deliberately didn't take typing in high school lest i got stuck as a secretary. . .

8:03 pm

guys didnt have to worry about that

8:03 pm

I took a keyboarding class in 1980. All i can remember of it was that I hated it;)

8:03 pm

i just learned by doing it over and over and over. . .

8:04 pm

lol. i now two-finger type at 80 wpm:)

8:04 pm

. . .and over and over

8:04 pm

give or take

8:05 pm

i am more traditional in my typing. . . use all my fingers but only the right hand shift key

8:07 pm

are there any ja words?

8:08 pm

i haven't found one. . . let me look. . .

8:08 pm

ja4/9

8:09 pm

hmm ok thanks

8:09 pm

yw

8:09 pm

you do know about lickety, yes?

8:10 pm

yes but I don't like using it.

8:10 pm

okay i am not around much anymore and wanted to be sure. . . i understand. . . don't use it much myself

8:11 pm

I avoid Lickety until I am tearing my hair out over the last dozen words or so:)

8:11 pm

*waves at jshapiro*

8:11 pm

yes, it is nice to see you JMC:)

8:12 pm

haha its been a while since i saw the last dozen words or so. . . working working working. . . .

8:12 pm

same here cross, only as a a last resort

8:12 pm

depends on my mood. . . .

8:12 pm

If you really want to be numbed by my attempts at poetry. I have a dozen or so deposited on poetry.com:)

8:13 pm

trying to get me to drink?

8:13 pm

and an excerpt of my novel-in-progress at authonomy.com

8:13 pm

You better go into it three sheets to the wind

8:13 pm

"You dun stomped on my heart and you mashed that sucker flat. You just sorta stomped on my *****."

8:14 pm

lol, Douglas

8:15 pm

It's the only song I know with that word

8:15 pm

i must say i was surprised the other day watching tc and some show with the big guy "hero" and reciting Invictus. . .

8:15 pm

I will call my collection "Poetry for the Alcoholicly Embalmed"

8:15 pm

I love Invictus

8:16 pm

i hated it as i was required to memorize it for school. . .

8:16 pm

I should tattoo it on my forearm...

8:16 pm

Timothy McVeigh ruined that poem for me by reciting it shortly before his execution

8:16 pm

but i do get the underlying thought. . .

8:17 pm

Well, I did not watch him shuffle off the mortal coil, so the poem still works for me

8:17 pm

ick! I was unaware. . . if i liked it i wouldn't now. . .

8:17 pm

he te**ed my opposition to the death penalty. . .

8:18 pm

but it would have been better for him to be jailed forever and worn down rather than dying thinking he was a hero and a martyr

8:20 pm

okay i am off to do some more work on my computer. . . nice talking with you guys. . .

8:20 pm

We let our cons rots for eternity here;)

8:21 pm

though some you want to bury in the ground

8:22 pm

depending on the crime, some of them you can just dump into general population, and the problem takes care of itself:)

8:26 pm

st 6/18, second one, after the cooking direction, pls

8:39 pm

sounds like it is Italian for the following word

8:40 pm

ty bugsaw

8:40 pm

ty and fw

8:41 pm

others st 7 words also sound like the same thing'

8:42 pm

how are you crossy? we haven't talked in a bit

8:42 pm

how many feet of snow do you have?

8:46 pm

Hwdy, bugsaw. In the last week we have lost 50% of our snow, but got 5 inches of wet heavy stuff yesterday

8:46 pm

We are still getting down below freezing at night but hitting 3-4C in the day

8:47 pm

Thanks crossy. Back here the news makes it sound like nothing ever melts so I keep visualizing about 18 feet on the ground and more in the piles

8:47 pm

The 2 foot base on the hill is still pretty much in place, because they stockpile snow mounds to keep the runs nice, but it things continue I think there will be 2 weeks or so left of skiing

8:48 pm

We are more than ready for Spring

8:48 pm

There is still lots of snow on the sides of the roads, but the roads themselves are clear for the most part now

8:49 pm

our hill only had about one week of really good skiing this year. we will have trouble this summer for sure

8:49 pm

Qw had nice suny day today:)

8:49 pm

sunny

8:49 pm

we

8:49 pm

ah. glad the roads are clear. I hate driving on ice

8:49 pm

Almost bed time. My typing is deteriorating rapidly:)

8:50 pm

I just finished so before we go, do you, or anyone here, need a bad clue or two?

8:50 pm

We got lots of snow overall and the water tables should be fine. they had their turn skiing. Now it is time for hiking and camping, and kayaking!

8:51 pm

I am ok for now bugsaw. i will dig at the grid for a bit more before bed.

8:51 pm

ok. off on a food hunt

greetings my fellow addicts!

Hello , Gwen !

oh, thank goodness, you are not *all* lurkers LOL

I truly think it is quiet tonight.

I do lurk, but usually with chat closed, so not really lurking :-)

i have been known to do that, especially when i have only a few minutes to tackle a grid

nbt

that was fast :-) I have 15 words left and then off to watch a movie with hubby. I don't know what he's chosen for tonight....a surprise, I guess !!

here's hoping it's not a baseball movie! 8 - )

:-)

....and done for today. Good luck with the grid, Gwen.

11:57 pm

hi folks

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