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12:00 am

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Clues are up

12:01 am

Thank you lickety!

12:02 am

Thanks, Lickety!

12:03 am

Hi everyone and thanks Lickety

12:05 am

ty lickety - hello everyone

12:06 am

Heyas kids ..

12:07 am

Hi all and thanks, Lickety

12:07 am

hi torgone and Nan

12:07 am

and Liz

12:07 am

Hi Flosey

12:08 am

se 7

12:09 am

he7

12:11 am

he7 x 2

12:12 am

de 8/9

12:12 am

de8 & 9

12:12 am

nbt

12:12 am

nbs

12:12 am

snap harp

12:13 am

great minds, diz

12:13 am

NBT/NBS

12:19 am

finished

12:19 am

Congrats, Ru

12:20 am

thanks

12:20 am

easy puzzle tonight.. after yesterday's brutal one

12:20 am

A good change

12:20 am

I agree

12:20 am

I had a lot of trouble with yesterday's

12:21 am

Me too - and I think most people too.

12:22 am

well done ru

12:22 am

ty for the de -- gave me nbt, nbs

12:41 am

*!* ta da *!* - good night :-)

12:46 am

FWs

1:03 am

fw

1:08 am

WTG FLOSEY!!!!

1:34 am

good morning all

1:36 am

{{hugs}} my dearest sprite

1:36 am

good morning my dear friend :) *hugs* How was your day?

1:37 am

quite nice thanx. the power was off at june's today so we did lunch.

1:37 am

how was your night?

1:38 am

hehehe good thinking. Will that be in stead of tomorrow, or just as an added bonus?

1:38 am

instead of.....although looking at the menu i nearly wanted to go two days running.

1:39 am

*giggles* Whachahave?

1:40 am

mashed avovcado on sourdough toast, with poached eggs and smoked salmon. * sigh *

1:40 am

you can have my avocado and then I will join you :D

1:42 am

going to see the occupational rehab person tomorrow. june says to show her THAT doc's report and say to her this is why i lost my job.

1:42 am

ugh... ugly vowel grid today! Running out of steam way before halfway. Can I have yesterday's grid back please?

1:43 am

oh that is perfect. Are you gonna?

1:43 am

aww c'mon sprite. compared to yesterday's this one is a walk in the park, i promise.

1:44 am

sure am. i really don't see how i can be employed by ANYONE after that report.

1:44 am

no it isn't. Too many vowel words. Too many vowels, period. And yesterday's was very friendly. Hardly slowed down until 44 left or soemthing like that.

1:45 am

very true, rose. And that report simply puts in writing what we knew all along. And what you suffer on a daily base.

1:49 am

ok, halfway. Rose, do any of the biggies end in the left bottom corner in that sorta-kinda ending?

1:52 am

not really. a delish ending not used.

1:52 am

another waste of a perfect good ending :(

1:53 am

so... how are you feeling, darling, about going tomorrow? Are you stressed?

1:53 am

enough to have angina a few times today.

1:55 am

yeah. No wonder. It is lousy to have no control over some aspects in your life, and to know some stranger does. But try and breathe through it, darling. You know what you can and cannot do, and so do several doctors by now. Let the occupational hazard read it all and things will be clear.

1:57 am

she wants me to take my resume with me. the last one i had was typed up by robyn, 13 years ago. it isn't on my hard drive any where. i think i have a copy. and you guessed it. it's in a box in the garage. which one...no idea.

1:58 am

so... don't take it with you. Tell her what you just told me. And tell her you cannot possibly search for some paper in a box in the garage with your handicaps.

2:02 am

oh, sprite. remember in the email i told you how the manary was all fluffed up all day.

2:02 am

you still with me, darling?

2:02 am

ah right, sorry, I am impatient, my bad

2:02 am

yes, I remember :)

2:02 am

the poor little thing was not well, and he died overnight.

2:03 am

awwwwww omg, that is so sad. So sorry, rose. *hugs*

2:03 am

thanx honey. he had a good life. he was 10 1/2 years old. as don said, he was well cared for.

2:04 am

he sure was, and he will be remembered as the manary, the canary with the outspoken male personality.

2:04 am

it is the longest i have had a bird survive in my whole life.

2:05 am

it is amazingly long for such a tiny bird.

2:09 am

still here. *sigh* yet another policeman has shot an unarmed man, who was already on the ground.

2:09 am

in theUSA

2:09 am

ah

2:10 am

i wish and pray for it all to stop. it's too sad sprite

2:11 am

not following the news, sweetie, because I cannot handle this kind of thing. Am trying not to add to my nightmare stuff.

2:12 am

i understand de4, and will shut up on the topic. sorry, honey.

2:12 am

*hugs* luvu!

2:13 am

xoxoxox

2:13 am

is Don going with you, to the occ. hazard girl?

2:14 am

he sure is. he can tell her how i cannot put my compression stocking on. and how he does all the driving because i am so limited in my range.

2:14 am

omg found the 8/9 all by myself!

2:15 am

yay, sprite. so did i!!

2:15 am

very good. And he will have to drive you home because you can hardly sit, let alone drive, after such an ordeal.

2:15 am

woooot well done rose!

2:16 am

absolutely, sprite

2:18 am

oh and rose.... remember to show that lady the truth. No pushing yourself to your limits, no stiff upper lip... let her see how you are, or she won't be able to judge fairly.

2:19 am

i hear you, sprite. and i'm not taking any magnesium tomorrow either.

2:20 am

I don't mean to preach, just from experience... I know how we are programmed by our narcissistic parent to be strong and resilient and all. Plus we have learned to not show any weakness. This kind of examination is extremely hard on us.

2:21 am

good move. Take some magnesium with you, and a bottle of water, for afterwards in the car :)

2:21 am

yup, was gonna do that.

2:21 am

:D smart move

2:23 am

june and i charity shopped today. three shops in all. last one we couldn't park near and is it was near level ground i thought i would try walking to and from it. it nearly killed me. june says it was about 250 meters all told.

2:23 am

now i am soooo stiff and sore. all preparatory for tomorrow.

2:24 am

aw my poor darling. Am sorry you are in pain :(

2:26 am

but it is a good thing you can show her how it is. And that you know exactly how much walk is too much... almost any.

2:27 am

it was roughly what would be expected of me from my parked car to my work station inside a building. i don't think any boss is gonna like it if i arrive, and say sorry, need to take endone and sit quietly for an hour.

2:27 am

as long as you take endone, you shouldn't be on any workfloor, to be honest.

2:27 am

well, duh, ya think??

2:28 am

I do I do I do

2:28 am

*giggle*

2:29 am

I have worked for about a year that way. Going from parking spot to my desk was about all I could manage on a day. Then still several hours of work, back all the way to my car, then drive home. It is a miracle I didn't end up a statistic.

2:31 am

well i am not doing it. this mob just have to understand how much pain i am in. and if they make an issue about my weight, i will sweetly inform them that before i fell i had lost 37 kg, and was still losing.

2:31 am

indeed, rose. Another thing they should pay for. You were doing so well before that fall.

2:33 am

and the inactivity following the fall and surgery, and now the nerve damage, all those things have helped with my weight gain. i was back to running before i fell. at work, i was on the emergency response team. and you didn't just saunter along the corridor i can tell you.

2:34 am

I remember, my friend. You were really getting back on your feet in every way back then. We all were happy for you, knowing all the pain and other stuff you had gone through. And then that fall. And the rotten attitude of your work.

2:35 am

water under the bridge, sprite. i want to move on, but these people will not let me.

2:36 am

that is why I feel so strongly about your lawyer putting his foot down. Enough is enough. Each and every examination they force on you is something else that holds you back from moving on and leaving this behind you.

2:38 am

and I WAS back at work, doing my level best, asking for help, when everything was snatched away from me. and they are carrying on like it's my fault and i am dragging the lead with returning to work.

2:39 am

yes, exactly. So it is about freakin' time they stop obstructing and start paying up.

2:42 am

fireflies

2:42 am

it should be very interesting tomorrow. and i am not volunteering any information which might make their job any easier.

2:43 am

WTG SPRITE!!!

2:43 am

good for you. Just let them see how bad it is. All of it.

2:43 am

*giggles* Thank you, thank you. It was nothing. Couldn't have done it without you.

2:44 am

you probably would have done it in half the time without me yakking at you the whole time.

2:45 am

nah I wouldn't. First of all I would have kept on looking for sorta-kinda kinda words. And I wouldn't have enjoyed my stay as much and would have moved on to other stuff :D

2:46 am

awww shucks, you are so sweet. *blushing furiously*

2:46 am

hehehe *hugs*

2:48 am

what are your plans for today?

2:49 am

um.... the surgeon meeting...

2:50 am

oh yeah. are you excited? or more nervous? is Cobi going with you?

2:51 am

no, Rob is going with me. Am more nervous than excited. But not too extreme. I do have faith that things will go as is best for me.

2:52 am

will pray for you. how many hours from now is your appointment?

2:53 am

5 and a half. You will be sound asleep by then :)

2:54 am

well i'll pray anyway, and the Man upstairs on your case.

2:55 am

thank you :D

2:55 am

gosh, i really must try and slow down when typing. i am typing faster than my brain is thinking.

2:56 am

don't worry about it, I can easily insert the words that get lost in space

2:56 am

or vice versa. whatever the reason is behind me missing words when i am typing.

2:58 am

*giggles* I know what you think, so a typo won't throw me.

2:59 am

what sprite says

3:04 am

I think I am gonna do a bit of translating work to focus my mind on something else than this afternoon, grin. It was lovely to see you, rose. *hugs* and sleep well, and good luck tomorrow. I'll be thinking of you.

3:04 am

ugh, i am yawning already and we haven't even had dinner.

3:04 am

sprite, slow deep breaths de4est. xoxox

3:07 am

I'll be fine. I'll be fine. I'll be fine. Lol.

5:20 am

Good morning my friends:)

5:38 am

Crossy hears the deafening silence break as a tumbleweed rolls by, disturbing the blanket of nothingness for a moment in its lonely travel, then as the solitary traveler vanishes into the eons of undisturbed chat room dust, Crossy feels the hush of emptiness descend upon him once again...

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5:43 am

Life! there is life!

5:44 am

Like a signal intercepted from the radiation blasted outer reaches of space it is hesitant, intermittent, but a sign nevertheless.:)

5:46 am

Morning al.

5:46 am

Doing creative, descriptive writing with the kids in class this week:)

5:46 am

and everyone else :D

5:47 am

Howdy, Sukee

5:47 am

No everyone--just crossy:)

5:47 am

Oh well, you'll do :)

5:47 am

gee... thanks... i think:)

5:48 am

Did you have a great day yesterday?

5:48 am

Felt so loved there that for a moment I got a case of the warm fuzzies:))

5:48 am

yup was a grand day here. was 20 c!! My better half has a cold though:(

5:50 am

Yes, it was warm here. Had my shorts on for the first time. We did have rain but not the thunderstorm that I was expecting.

5:50 am

Not bad, getting the shorts on mid-April;)

5:51 am

True.

5:51 am

Aww, kittens on Canada AM :)

5:52 am

there are always kittens, somewhere:)

5:52 am

How did you do on yesterdays grid? Did you finish?

5:53 am

heck no! I find large ones like that daunting and nothing but a typing endurance contest. I gave up after 150 or so.

5:53 am

My perfect grid is in the 150-250 range

5:53 am

I had plans to return but never did. Baseball got in the way.

5:54 am

big enough not to be babblet filled nightmares but small enough so you can have a life while you play

5:54 am

I have not seen a baseball game in 2+ years;(

5:55 am

Was Jay home oper last night, was it not?

5:55 am

It was.

5:55 am

opener

5:55 am

How did our boys of summer make out?

5:55 am

I even refused to answer the phone when a friend called because I knew she would talk through it.

5:56 am

They lost 2 - 1. I know it's an excuse but the home plate umpire was awful.

5:56 am

Kill the up!!

5:56 am

ump*

5:57 am

The only score for the other guys came from bases loaded walks.

5:58 am

Well, with it 20C yesterday and the first real taste of summer-to-come, the jays could of just had a nap on the field and the audience would have been content just to sit, there, dig the weather, and watch them snore;)

5:58 am

So far, the jays have won every other game and both series'

5:58 am

hello. I didn't have time to look at the grid until after 8PM and was really disappointed that I missed the first big one in a long time

5:59 am

((ruby))

5:59 am

Hi Ruby.

5:59 am

Anyway, it's beautiful and sunny, 25C or so in the afternoons and flowers everywhere, more ppopping every day

5:59 am

yay!!

5:59 am

{{sukee{{

5:59 am

{{crossy}}

6:01 am

Yesterday, when, exhausted, I tried to take a nap, there was a bee the size of a drone keeping me awake. There are beautiful multi-color, fuzzy bees here called "bourdons" (not sure of the spelling). I call them B-52's and don't know if they sting or not. I have a system for rescuine them, o get a very good look. I would touch them if I knew about the stinging

6:03 am

Naughty bee:/

6:03 am

Huge and noisy, but very lovely

6:04 am

We have a variety of those. They are so big and fat, you wonder how their tiny wings can keep them aloft

6:04 am

I try not to kill insects except for the big, black, jumping spiders that appear out of drains

6:05 am

Lullabee, lullabee Honey bees in the tree Rest your wings 'til the morning light Lullabee, lullabee Honey bees in the tree Your honey is safe tonight Just dream to the tune I am singing Time to stop all that buzzing and stinging-ouch Lullabee, lullabee Honey bees in the tree All I want is a smackerel or two...(or three) Don't' sleep lightly, sleep very tightly Happy slumbers to you

6:05 am

The only thing I don't like about spring and summer... bugs.

6:06 am

very nice, crossy

6:07 am

From Winnie the Pooh

6:07 am

You know, there are just not enough Es in this grid.

6:07 am

So far, inour 17 yrs here, no mosquitoes but I am afraid with global warming, we may not continue to be so lucky. There are fewer local bats, too

6:07 am

Ya think?

6:08 am

Last year, ruby, spring came so early that the mosquitoes had 2 full hatching's instead of one:(

6:08 am

Go in the bush and the little buggers can almost pick you up and carry you off:/

6:09 am

In the evening, Mr. Rufie lays out I front of the studio door and watches the bats. They are aware of him, I think, and make big swooping circles

6:09 am

Not to mention our deer flies and horse flies that can bite a chunk out of the crown of your head, but fortunately that is further north

6:09 am

Like tiny black butterflies against the twilit sky

6:10 am

sounds like Maine

6:13 am

Well, in Maine their state bird is the mosquito:)

6:13 am

Time to go make some breakfast, take care.

6:13 am

tc, Sukee

6:13 am

In Ontario it's the black fly :)

6:13 am

Love those black flies. They rip chunks of flesh out of you:(

6:14 am

or is that Deer flies? Think it is the deer flies that really pack a whallp

6:14 am

Minnesota, too. I once went to a cook-out outside of Minneapolis and at dusk, everybody came running into the house as swarms of mosquitoes attacked

6:15 am

We are lucky here, temperate climate, clean air and few insects (fewer and fewer, I'm afraid), even the beneficial ones

6:15 am

I remember up north, no matter how warm it was, if you went out at dusk it was always long pants, long sleeved shirt and tons of DEET

6:16 am

Maybe the French are eating the mosquito's:))

6:17 am

Our honey bees are a grave concern right now:(

6:17 am

in sauce Nantua

6:17 am

Are the colonies collapsing?

6:19 am

yes, they have been the last few years

6:20 am

Hvae not heard any new news in last year or so. i hope things have stabilized

6:20 am

It is terrible, a lingering result of chemicals in farming.

6:21 am

yes. we live in an apple belt and are still paying for the pesticide fogging that was done in the 40's-late 70's

6:22 am

Now we live with the blemishes and eat them as nature intended

6:23 am

we use no pesticides hence, wormy plums, but the birds don't mind

6:26 am

seafarers of old used to eat the worms along with the fruit. Was a good cure for scurvy:)

6:27 am

Worms are my only phobia; if not for them, I probably would have become an entomologist (sp?)

6:31 am

So, I must bait the hook when I take you fishing?

6:32 am

No, I can do that. When I was very little, I used to catch frogs for my father, who would use them as "swimming bait"

6:32 am

Did I ever tell you about the 23" rainbow I once caught (and release, of course)

6:33 am

We used to rig up "swimming bait" with live minnows using a minnow harness

6:33 am

Sounds like a fish story to me:))

6:33 am

did you hade a mini whip to keep them swimming?

6:33 am

lol

6:34 am

<-- loves fish stories

6:34 am

Largest I ever caught was a 40 pound salmon here in the Nottawasaga river:)

6:35 am

(yes, i have the picture)

6:36 am

i was 27 at the time:)

6:36 am

I've caught very big mackerels when ocean fishing, and salmon and char with a spinning reel, but the rainbow, using a "white bunny| fly, was my grandest accomplishment, wearing waders and all

6:37 am

Up to then, I was just an ocean fisherman

6:37 am

ever look at a old picture of yourself and wish that just for a moment you had the power to reach back through the fabric of time and send your young self a message?

6:37 am

lol, I just had a vision of Ruby in hip waders:))

6:38 am

yes, crossy, and it would probably say "Think twice!"

6:39 am

When DIL is here next week, I will try to send you the photo of "my" rainbow

6:39 am

there is a very, very good screen play written by stephen king about that. You can get it free as a pdf file online. The play is called "Sorry, Right Number"

6:39 am

lol

6:40 am

Very few regret, though, and LOTS of adventures

6:40 am

then that is al a person could possibly do. it is better to regret things you have done than things you have not

6:41 am

very true

6:42 am

Off I go, time for a lie-down, Husband woke me up at 6:30 -- very annoying since I watched an old movie 'til about 1AM

6:44 am

XX

6:46 am

You reach a point where you look back on all your worries, all your fears, all your night terrors, and find that the worry, and the anguish did not change the outcome of your existence one jot or iota. We owe the universe even as we are born, and the bill comes due no matter how we strive to think otherwise. the best we can do between now and then is let the past lie buried, avoid fearing some unknown future and living the best today we possibly can, and in so doing pray that we influence those around us for the better. In that way we gain a measure of immortality on that day our debt to the universe comes due.... lol... I have been doing way too much creative writing!

6:48 am

Not bad for off-the-cuff:) needs some polishing though:)

6:49 am

hi crossy - deep thoughts for early in the morning, but I appreciate your perspective - very very true

6:49 am

I do some of my best deep writing when half awake. there is less life clutter in my mind that way

6:50 am

yes and the clutter of dreams is also very inspirational

6:50 am

of course you can simplify all that by saying simply: "Life is like a box of chocolates" lol

6:57 am

Morning all

6:58 am

morning car, morning all

6:58 am

help with de 8/9

6:58 am

pls

7:01 am

<--loves crossy! And hello and bye everybody else

7:01 am

Howdy car, peri:)

7:01 am

((ruby))

7:06 am

Peri, I don't have it but will look...

7:06 am

I found them

7:06 am

Must be off to class. Take care my friends, and happy Babbling!

7:07 am

HAGD!

7:07 am

Oooh...share a clue please?

7:07 am

if you have ae6/7 to add air to just add de to the front

7:07 am

ty

7:09 am

halfway, NBT and NBS - time to go off for the morning - BBL

7:11 am

HAGD

7:36 am

Fireworks

7:37 am

eater

7:37 am

oops, sorry

7:37 am

LOL good clue, grant. :)

7:38 am

glad to help

Wow, that's a lot of E

7:41 am

A lot of E's, but only six E words to find

weeeeeeeird

7:43 am

And that is fine. People are probably still hungover from yesterday's grid.

7:52 am

hello...clue for the sc7/52 pls?

it rhymes with clam soup

7:57 am

ty jj

I only have 2 words to go! an S and a W

8:00 am

have 6 w's

My last one is some other S7

8:01 am

Vowel Deliverer: would you like some more E's, folks?

8:02 am

sh7x2; se7/36;

8:03 am

done

8:03 am

Yay Phaeton!

8:03 am

sc7...an odd Scot word that means singe. I always find it strange when words like that are acceptable here.

me too thanks

8:04 am

yw and wtg

8:04 am

time to get busy...hagd all

9:10 am

Hiya!

9:11 am

Eeeeeeeee!

9:13 am

howdeeeeeeeeeee hego.. can't chat, red bar time

9:13 am

uh oh!

9:14 am

it is the norm for now.. we need a new server

9:14 am

I think so.

9:15 am

Babble just got a new server

9:15 am

I mean the local one, Molly

9:16 am

Ah, I see, your server.

9:17 am

Have you tried using another browser?

9:18 am

yes.. it is a local problem. Reception was fine until our tower was hit by lightening.. so we were switched to another tower and now the signal is often interrupted

9:20 am

Aloy, do you go north in the spring?

9:20 am

so, somedays I have to type in as many words as I can while I can.. we are headed north the end of May, hego

9:20 am

where to?

9:21 am

first to NC, visit with sister and also son/g-daughter.. then on to NE Ohio for a while

9:26 am

we wanted to go N. earlier, but we have to be here on May 27 for a QA (Quality Analysis) with our water monitoring group.. requirement, even tho we are volunteers

9:26 am

It will be warm by then.

9:27 am

it already is here, for sure..

9:27 am

spring flowers blooming there, hego?

9:27 am

Everything's popping up now.

9:28 am

ah, nice!

9:28 am

2 weeks ago it was the dead of winter, now spring has sprung!

9:28 am

(-: yay!

9:29 am

For sure.

9:30 am

Hi Hego and Aloy

9:30 am

Easy grid today. bbl for the rest. Have a good one.

9:30 am

Hi there Scrabbs!

9:31 am

Hi Scrabs. sorry. must go.

9:31 am

yes, down to 32 already.. hagd hego!

9:31 am

I am waiting for my last patient of the morning then I am off for the afternoon, except a MD appt.

9:31 am

hope you had a good eye test?

9:32 am

Heard you had fun at the zoo yesterday

9:32 am

I have memories of going to the San Francisco Zoo with my toddler grandson. We had a harness for him so he wouldn't run all around the place

9:33 am

We sure did. Jaxson is a runner! He runs ahead then turns around, looks at us and laughs. I woke up sore this morning and couldn't figure out why, then remembered chasing and lifting him all afternoon.

9:33 am

I will get phone call from the eye doc later. Today is annual gyn visit.

9:33 am

toddlers are exhausting fun

9:33 am

The SF Zoo is a great place and has a great playground too

9:34 am

Our zoo is small and has limited space. I feel bad for most of the animals.

9:34 am

have heard a lot about it.. on my bucket list, bichon

9:34 am

Jaxson loved the playground more than anything. When I said we had to go he said, "More, more."

9:35 am

Each zoo has its own highlights. The San Diego Zoo is the best

9:35 am

How old is he now, 2?

9:35 am

The Toronto Zoo is huge and wonderful. There is a train.

9:36 am

Yes, the SF Zoo has one too. The great thing about the San Diego Zoo is that it is near LegoLand

9:36 am

Philadelphia Zoo is the best zoo I've been to.

9:36 am

What is special about it lideola?

9:37 am

Jacksonville Zoo is outstanding too.

9:38 am

its the first zoo built in the US. It has an overhead large cat walk. Your walking along and look up and there is a tiger walking above your head.

9:38 am

Jaxson is 33 months--very late talker but he is smart--identifies letters already. That blew me away last Friday when he showed me that.

9:38 am

Cool lideola

9:39 am

and they have the zoo balloon. A hot air balloon that goes straight up. You can see the whole city.

9:39 am

I was at the Philly Zoo in 1987 when I went to Philly with a friend from residency. He grew up outside of Philly.

9:39 am

Wow, lideola!

9:40 am

One of the best things about being a grandparent is getting to go to cool places, like the Museum of Natural History

9:40 am

I was also in Philly in Dec 1984 when I interviewed at CHOP and St Christopher's for pediatric residencies.

9:40 am

stats for bottom d pls

9:40 am

BRB

9:41 am

Jehovah Witnesses at the door, need to stop here for a late breakfast.. bbl

9:42 am

plus, its about 10 minutes away from the Please Touch Museum, which is fabulous for kids under the age of 7 or 8. And 5 minutes from Smith Memorial Playground which is hands down the best playground I've ever seen. It has a century old big wooden slide that you go down in potato sacks and a mansion that is a 3 story playhouse that is great for rainy days.

9:43 am

And fireworks for me..Happy babbling everyone :-)

9:43 am

Think I'll have to plan to take the grands to Philly )

9:43 am

Scrabbler- Philadelphia is so much cleaner and friendly now than it was in the 80's.

9:43 am

off to work. happy babbling.

9:47 am

Good morning, all!

9:48 am

stats for the lower d, pls

9:51 am

I have de4.

9:51 am

good question bihon

9:51 am

bichon

9:52 am

Actually de4 x 4 + de5.

9:54 am

2nd column e above the d

9:54 am

oops

9:54 am

hi all, clue for the last de7/32 & de6/21

9:54 am

no 2nd column 2nd e

9:54 am

ewes

9:54 am

hi mry

9:55 am

hi mlfan

9:55 am

nm

9:55 am

Baaaaaaaah.

9:55 am

Ack, Judi is posting algebra equations

9:55 am

mary sorry I cant seem to type today lol

9:55 am

DE + interest ***** can go up or down.

9:56 am

Then plural.

9:56 am

It's okay MLF. Proper typing doesn't seem to be a requirement here : D

9:56 am

ty zoom

9:56 am

Last DE 6/21 DE + rodent.

9:57 am

third column lone e?

9:57 am

sad but true Molly

9:58 am

ED 4/6

9:58 am

ed4...Horse who's name starts with Mister + abbreviation for school after jr high

9:58 am

hied

9:59 am

ty mary

9:59 am

oh oh so sorry

9:59 am

molly that isn't working?

10:00 am

oh I was going the wrong direction

10:01 am

is the bottom d a 4?

10:02 am

4 & 5

10:03 am

I am suffering from vowel overload again.

10:04 am

*Gives Judi some ExLax

10:04 am

slightly e overkill in this grid

10:04 am

zooz can you clue it please?

10:05 am

Yes. Vowel cleansing is in order.

10:08 am

Di + vowel + first two letters opp of clever

10:09 am

The DE4 think of a type of art...As in it is in the period of art de**

10:10 am

DE + vowel + first two letters of opp of clever.

10:10 am

Sorry about that, Mlf.

10:15 am

Need clue for he5/12 and he7 x 2, please.

10:15 am

Nm. just found.

10:18 am

Fireworks!

10:23 am

Congrats, Judi!

10:28 am

hello 59 to go

10:37 am

36

10:39 am

Go Jane, go!

10:39 am

28

10:39 am

what a relief after yesterday!

10:40 am

59

10:40 am

Did you finish that giant?

10:41 am

I did, but only because I finally got my stats up to 1030! Otherwise I would have bailed

10:41 am

HIKE!!!

10:42 am

Slant to the left, Ruru, run!

10:42 am

NOOOOO PUT DOWN THAT PICKLE!

10:43 am

Harp has become a stats watching addict. *Alerts help ressources*

10:44 am

pickle?

10:44 am

I know, I thought pickle was a baseball term

10:44 am

pickles make me cuke!

10:45 am

not a big problem molly, about once a year I'm actually home 30 days in a row. I'm about to blow my stats in a few when I go to Yellowstone w/o wifi

10:45 am

Yellowstone! That is on my bucket list--to hike there. Enjoy!

10:45 am

Yellowstone was great in the Canyon.. the rest of it is miles of lodgepole Pines

10:46 am

Oh good Harp. People who play Babble while on vacation worry me.

10:46 am

<---guilty as charged

10:48 am

Friday is opening day of the "summer" season. It's been closed to the public since the winter season ended in March. The first couple of days are magical.

10:48 am

Actually if we have wifi in the hotel and the grid is easy....... (ducking....)

10:49 am

loved seeing the bison and elk though

10:50 am

I find Babble relaxing and meditative, not a chore.

10:51 am

Meditative? or medicative?

10:51 am

:D

10:51 am

If you go there often enough (because you live nearby) then you get to see special things that the two-day tourists might miss.

10:52 am

Meditative--searching for words, typing.

10:52 am

Sort of like how the locals can see the cherry trees in DC at their peak, while someone from out of town can plan all they want, but still be a week off.

10:53 am

How long will you be there, Jane?

10:54 am

Just two, or possible three nights. The real reason for the trip is a concert in Bozeman. We are accidentally going through the park on the way.

10:55 am

sc7?

10:55 am

Great plan!

10:55 am

what concert?

10:55 am

sc7...sounds like clam soup

10:55 am

sc 7 sounds like what shoots bullets

10:55 am

oh.. better clue molly

10:56 am

<---Raised on New England clam soup

10:56 am

yeah.. the stuff they call clam chowder out here is nothing like back east

10:56 am

My sister is a choir director for a phenomenal handbell choir. This is their 10th anniversary concert and all the alumni are coming back. There is also a commissioned work that will be premiered.

10:56 am

thanks, new word for me

10:57 am

Wonderful, Jane!

10:57 am

(and no, the house will not be vacant while I am gone.....)

10:57 am

handbell?

10:57 am

39 and I am done. Leaving the office now.

10:58 am

love how scrabbler can just stop playing on a dime

10:58 am

7

10:58 am

might as well be late for work only 7 to go

10:58 am

google it ruru, and watch a bit on youtube. It's the ultimate example of "many hands, one body"

10:59 am

If even one person is missing you can't play the song.

10:59 am

I thought many hands one body was about Madonna?

11:00 am

lol, or any number of hindi gods

11:00 am

6

11:01 am

ta da! see you all tonight!

11:03 am

*Cues up "You Can Ring My Bell*

11:04 am

are you chiming in?

11:05 am

bye harp

11:06 am

Not chiming in, just a ding dong

11:11 am

I was wondering if ring my bell cymbalized something or not?

11:12 am

<---snared another pun

11:22 am

Sorry, no fan girls here to GROAN!!!!

11:53 am

what are the stats for the 8 & 9 please

11:54 am

i am facing a wall at 55 left

11:54 am

even blocked groans count ;D

11:54 am

de 8/45 and 9/60

11:55 am

combo?

11:55 am

bottom or top D?

11:55 am

yes - 9 is pl

11:56 am

got it, ty.

12:01 pm

Foolproof clue for those pesky de8/9

12:41 pm

*Sigh* I'm getting old and all the music greats are leaving us...

12:51 pm

Ruru here is a belated grooooan for the cymbalized pun.

12:51 pm

Hope he sees it.

12:52 pm

I knew a fan girl would show up and contribute to the cause

12:52 pm

:)

12:53 pm

Is that Little Richard?

1:09 pm

can i have help with the sh6/21

1:10 pm

second d from the bottom

1:10 pm

please

1:18 pm

sh6/21 is plural of the linen you put on your bed

1:20 pm

Second D from the bottom is de5...de + last three of what Lickety gives us

1:21 pm

I'm assuming that is your second D since you didn't mention the first

1:36 pm

Reminds me of the short story Stephen King wrote in his Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection called "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" sadly, there are more greats on that side now than there are on this side:( R.I.P Percy...

2:16 pm

Pls - still stuck on de8/9

2:17 pm

Alle add de to ae 7 and 8

2:17 pm

de + to add air to

2:17 pm

se 6/24/ and the 7 pls

2:17 pm

hi bichon and all

2:18 pm

don't have them but will look

2:18 pm

hi west

2:18 pm

Thank you SO much

2:18 pm

yvw Alleyn

2:19 pm

you're welcome..had a hard time with that one..so easy when you know the answer

2:20 pm

Shed

2:20 pm

Whoops!

2:21 pm

already had it..

2:22 pm

se 6/7, pls

2:22 pm

still looking bichon

2:22 pm

do you have the stats ?

2:23 pm

6/21 and 7/36

2:25 pm

I have broiled meat, pt of sit and 'usher' ? for 6/21 no 7 though

2:26 pm

just got the 7 what Confederate states do

2:26 pm

a Confederate state

2:27 pm

the singular is 6/24

2:27 pm

sedrinkbourbon

2:27 pm

hi Molly are you channeling ruru ?

2:28 pm

Just filling in while he is otherwise occupied

2:28 pm

good job

2:29 pm

#1 granddaughter is in school in Knoxville and I sent her some State facts..did you know you can't buy Jack Daniels in the county it come from because it's DRY ?

2:30 pm

* comes

2:33 pm

The South has strange ABC laws

2:34 pm

When we lived in VA Hampton County lost going from dry to wet by one vote

2:38 pm

Hence the reason for so many backyard stills

2:38 pm

good point

2:40 pm

that was decades ago though but in Mississippi we had a revenuer living on our street..did I spell that right ?

2:54 pm

Good thing Tennessee is dry. it is in the top ten for highest gun deaths by state. See they are about to pass their "Guns In Trunks" bill anyways:/

2:54 pm

Lynchburg, not all of tennessee**

2:55 pm

would that be swimming trunks ?

2:55 pm

swimming with lead weights..

2:56 pm

all I remember about TN is how green it was

2:56 pm

we were jes' passin' thru

2:59 pm

So, workers at the Jack Daniels Distillery cannot have a drink, but they can carry a gun on their hip and keep a few spares in the trunk of the car just in case a war breaks out at lunch time:) laws in different places are very interesting:)

3:00 pm

We have one area out east where you can get arrested for feeding a moose:)

3:00 pm

that's too funny

3:01 pm

don't want to meet a moose with a car..that's dangerous

3:02 pm

sc7 anyone, pls?

3:02 pm

hey, hi westie

3:02 pm

sc7..sounds like clam soup

3:02 pm

Arlo wrote a great children's book based on his poem. "Mooses Go Walking"

3:02 pm

hey hego nice to see you

3:02 pm

ty molly

3:03 pm

I'd love some RI clam soup about now

3:03 pm

I have had friends die after a head-on with a moose:( The length of the legs on the moose plus the bulk of the body ensure that almost without fail the entire 2000 plus pounds of that animal is going to come right through your windshield:(

3:03 pm

and clam cakes which they don't have in Maine

3:03 pm

*Sigh* We folks in America are really not the gun toting crazies that you other country people think we are

3:03 pm

We eat the tomato kind in NJ

3:04 pm

Just going by what i read, thought it was interesting seeing as how many parts of that area are dry, yet new gun bills like that get considered

3:04 pm

RI's is a combination of New England and Manhattan hego..my Auntie Gert makes the best

3:05 pm

sounds good.

3:05 pm

Not saying you are gun toting maniacs, but SOME places hand then out like grocery coupons

3:05 pm

westford.....maine has clam cakes....

3:05 pm

Hi Penq.

3:05 pm

mm, more clam cakes less guns!

3:05 pm

Snow melt yet?

3:05 pm

hi pen but they're flat at least in O

3:06 pm

hi hego....stalled with my last four...

3:07 pm

we had some exchange officers from the UK and they all thought the US was like 1930's Chicago

3:07 pm

I mean we have odd laws as well. In Toronto it is illegal to drag a dead horse down Young street on a Sunday:)

3:08 pm

as it should be lol

3:08 pm

Yes West, apparently that is what many folks in other countries think about guns and the US

3:09 pm

TV and movies don't help the image..however we loved Justified

3:09 pm

Timothy Olliphant was the nicest kind of eye candy

3:10 pm

still is for that matter

3:10 pm

Let;s peek at homicide death rate via firearms by country for the year 2014, perhaps we are wrong...

3:11 pm

http://tinyurl.com/prbu8rz

3:11 pm

anyways. that is old news.

3:11 pm

i am done... :o)

3:12 pm

Diving into this grid a bit:)

3:12 pm

WTG!!Penq!

3:12 pm

Yaa for pen!!

3:13 pm

we only ever had one gun..a .22 I ordered from a Sears catalogue when we lived in Texas..everybody went down to the caliche pits to shoot beer cans..he gave it to his Dad when we moved back east

3:13 pm

It's not a US friendly place here. I have figured that out.

3:13 pm

just heard thunder here

3:14 pm

hi ML we've had our rain for today

3:14 pm

yesterday was drop dead gorgeous

3:15 pm

ty, hego, crossy....

3:15 pm

Yay pen for your fireworks..sorry to be late

3:15 pm

west been mostly cloudy today and some rain and a little breezy but first time I heard thunder today

3:16 pm

se 6/7, pls

3:17 pm

withdraw from the union.

3:17 pm

bichon it's what they did in the South in 1861..plural for the 7

3:18 pm

ty hego

3:18 pm

ty both so much. I've been trying to get that for a long while

3:18 pm

yw

3:18 pm

can someone clue the 8 and 9 please?

3:19 pm

ML do you have ae 6 and 7 ? Put a de in front

3:19 pm

no ae words at all

3:19 pm

add air to

3:20 pm

nm

3:20 pm

thanks for steering me in the right direction west

3:21 pm

bich I clued it right after you first asked then the chat got busy

3:21 pm

you're welcome ML

3:21 pm

I thought I had nbt a while ago but I don't, I need the third column bottom d?

3:22 pm

one who believes in God de 5/12

3:23 pm

I think Zoom clued that for you earlier. de + last 3 of what Lickety puts up for us

3:23 pm

and de 4/6 style of art I think

3:23 pm

ty west and molly, and zoom..i must have missed it

3:23 pm

Zoom's clue was de + vowel + first two of someone who is not clever

3:25 pm

15 left for later take care all

ar 6?

nm got it

5:40 pm

a plural Sugra

5:47 pm

Hi, Bugs

7:31 pm

clue for the de5 from the bottom please

7:32 pm

rhymes with the stuff poured out of a truck for house foundations

7:36 pm

nm the de5

7:36 pm

can i have a clue for the se6 from the right column S

7:39 pm

nm firewords

yay sue!

anyone have sh6/21?

nm, pass the pollock

7:53 pm

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

7:53 pm

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

8:21 pm

Pass the pollock?

8:25 pm

i think it's something along the line of handing over the haddock

hi all

8:26 pm

hi gwen

8:26 pm

maybe pass the dago was already taken?

seaweed is not in the grid

hi welki

8:28 pm

it is for those who can't kelp themselves

GROAN

8:30 pm

my algae-rhythms must be good today

you are so lucky i'm too tired to pun!

8:31 pm

lol

nbt

nbs

fire-in-the-hole!

yawning and running away now. bye bye

9:04 pm

S's Stomped! 7 left

9:05 pm

A's Ambushed! 5 left

9:08 pm

H's Hammered! 2 left

9:08 pm

R's Removed! 1 left

9:20 pm

can i get a clue for the 9 please?

9:20 pm

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

9:21 pm

de9/60 word is plural the de 8/45 word if you have it asda

9:21 pm

doing well, thank you. and yourself?

9:21 pm

unfortunately i do not have the de/8

9:22 pm

de 8/45 is de + ae 7/28 word and then add de in the front

9:22 pm

ah ok thanks

9:22 pm

yw

9:30 pm

Min! It is so nice to see you. I know you are very busy now, but we miss you and your clue stories:-)

9:33 pm

Anyways i am off for the night tc care and happy babbling!

9:45 pm

can i get a clue for the lower middle column E?

9:45 pm

ed4

9:45 pm

evening all

9:48 pm

got it thank you

9:49 pm

yvw

I would appreciate clues for my final 3 words. st5/12 the middle one and se 6and 7 right next to one another.

9:52 pm

st5 = horse

st: I have the one to look at; the horse and the male cow.

9:55 pm

looking for the one after the male cow now

9:55 pm

My st's are 4 5 6 5 5 5 5

9:55 pm

(missing that last 5)

9:55 pm

do you have the place to keep swine?

9:56 pm

have all of them now...

9:58 pm

st4 = sky light st5 = look intently st6 = looked intently st5 = on the old homest*** st5 = horse st5 = male cow st5 = to live in or as if in a pig's home

thank you! It's that old home place!

9:59 pm

:)

10:00 pm

so my final two words are both se 6 and 7, both words right next to each other.

10:01 pm

se6 = to withdraw formally

10:01 pm

the pl

10:02 pm

Thanks! That's it!!

10:02 pm

congrats!

10:11 pm

Congratulations Naches girl on fireworks! Hooray for you!

10:12 pm

I am finished! I have fireworks! de 6/21 was my final word

10:13 pm

Hello Pinikula!How are you doing?Welcome to the chat log

10:13 pm

hiya min...how's it going?

10:18 pm

*sparkle dust*

10:20 pm

now on to sudoku - back later!

hi

10:44 pm

Hello herinfernallady!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

Hi Mini

11:41 pm

help! my computer is not working with babble.

11:41 pm

help! my computer is not working with babble.

MKG wht is wrong

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