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444 total words

12:01 am

ouch!! too big

Clues are up

WOW! Hi, flosey. Bless you, lickety; thanks!

12:02 am

wowser!

thank you lickety

12:02 am

ah Lickety, so glad to see you, many thanks

12:02 am

po7

12:03 am

thanks, lickety.

12:03 am

oh, wow. just noticed the size

74 x T, 68 x A, 67 x P - thats big

la 7

12:05 am

or8

12:05 am

po7

pa 7

12:06 am

thanks Une

la 7 x 2

12:06 am

yw :-)

12:07 am

pr 7, pr 8

12:10 am

op8

12:10 am

op7

12:11 am

ca7

12:12 am

thanks dc for the op's

12:12 am

one of my grandfathers was a lapidarist. i learned a lot from him.

12:13 am

hello everyone :)

12:14 am

hi Nan

12:14 am

that would be very interesting dc

12:15 am

I bet he left no stone unturned huh dc

12:15 am

hey nan :-)

ty cray for the pr 7 and pr 8

hi nan

12:17 am

or7

12:19 am

ge7

thx, dc for the op 8

12:20 am

ag8 !! just monkeyed it

12:21 am

tx flosey!

12:22 am

and ag9

12:22 am

if noone has found it -- ar 9

12:23 am

wow. two grey tiles! top I and the H

12:23 am

wtg dc

12:24 am

untin is so a word.

12:24 am

Holy cow now thats a grid, are you done yet Dee?

thx flosey for the ag 8

and the ag 9

12:26 am

yw Dee

12:26 am

ju7

12:26 am

ac7

from which a does the ar 9 originate, please

12:28 am

tx ru

12:28 am

se 8 if not called

nm found it, ty arb

ha, ha, mel... :)

12:31 am

nu 8

12:32 am

210 and signing off for tonite :-)

nite, une!

12:32 am

211

12:32 am

:D

12:33 am

Hi all

12:33 am

444!?

only 203, well done

12:34 am

se7

ge 8/50

12:38 am

found the ag 8, but don't see a 9

12:39 am

employment "ag9"

same beginning - 9 ends with tr 5 (attempts to do something)

12:41 am

se

12:42 am

ty -- would never have thought of that -- the word we use ends with c***

ag 7 unrelated

wtg nan

12:42 am

ah! the ge8 is related

12:42 am

nbt, nbs

ar 7

wtg nan!

12:43 am

Nbt nbs thank you for the 9

12:43 am

one of the ge 7's takes balls to find it

NBT NBS

wtg mel

12:44 am

hah, ruru!

12:44 am

^5 dee

12:44 am

torg just posted a lovely guitar piece on FB

thx

ge 8 x 2

12:46 am

ga8

12:47 am

thanks, ru

12:48 am

People will hang onto that stat Ru

12:49 am

I actually choked when I saw it

12:49 am

I actually did too!

12:49 am

phantom genoise

12:53 am

ooh, found a cactus

to 7

12:55 am

yay.. have all the g's and e's

well done!

pa 6, 7, 8, 9 ... and an unrelated pa 7

1:05 am

Hunth

pa 7 x 3 ...

1:06 am

Oops sorry

1:06 am

oh, that pa7 was unexpected, thanks, Dee

yqw

1:10 am

tu 9 called?

at 7/32

ty, ru, looking

1:19 am

that was fishy. thanks, ru

tu 8 also

1:20 am

Ok I have found everything from a bucket to a shoe and am not finding the pa 6/7/8/9 :(

1:20 am

finally got the ju 7.. jeez

tu 8 x 2

1:21 am

tu9

1:26 am

mel -- pa 5,6,7,8,9,6,7,6 all related

1:26 am

in same way related to verdigris on copper

LOL dc... was just typing about greening of copper ... snap

1:27 am

Ok I have several of those lookinh again for the missing endings

one latin ending... other ending like the ending of pagi.... (related to documents)

man's name... then plural

1:30 am

Ok think I have them, 5,6,7,8,9,6,76

1:30 am

Ok think I have them, 5,6,7,8,9,6,76

1:31 am

Hicuup for me lol

exactly what I have!

1:31 am

Whew lol

1:32 am

30 more p words

67 is sure a lot of them

1:33 am

night all 100 for tomorrow.

ac 7

sleep well, ru

1:33 am

Wow Ru nini sweet dreams

1:34 am

david bowie died at 69

ap 7

1:35 am

Bleh poinsetta is not found in dictionary :(

wow, dc, didn't realize he was that ill...

at 7 x 2

1:41 am

250 down and crashing - see you tomorrow :)

1:41 am

Nini Nan, sweet dreams

nite, nan

1:43 am

poinsettia is not in the puzzle, is in the dictionary.

1:44 am

Oh IA on the ending

1:44 am

:)

1:45 am

Well now its a phantom lol

ra 7

1:46 am

6/7 comboDee?

1:47 am

ra6 the hatches, Shaggy :)

one is ra 6/18 and pl 7/28; then a compound ra 7/28 not related

1:47 am

ta, Dee

mouse + appendage added to a kite, mel

yw, dc

1:48 am

i'm sandwiched between my two cats.

1:48 am

Got it but thank you

1:48 am

ra7 -- hair style

lol, must be warm and cozy

1:49 am

yes. the temp dropped 30F as the sun went down

1:49 am

it's 31 F now

r

1:50 am

low of 25 predicted

1:50 am

so, seasonal, as are the cats. :)

7 degrees here, now

1:50 am

hello, gladys, good morning to you.

1:50 am

yes, very frigid up your way all day today.

1:51 am

phantom tonsorial

nice phant

1:52 am

aw, no oriel nor oriole toady.

lol, nope, I have tried both several times ha ha

1:53 am

huh. my female cat is larger an hotter than the male one.

1:55 am

Ground control to Major Toms, commencing countdown, engines on....R.I.P David Bowie.

1:56 am

So sad. Only 69 :(

2:08 am

Ok I have 2 at 6/7 combos now

“My dear, Find what you love and let it kill you. Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you and let it devour your remains. For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it’s much better to be killed by a lover. ~ Falsely yours” ― Charles Bukowski

2:09 am

Hello new peoples brb going to go smoke now that Ruru is gone :p

2:14 am

ar

fa 7 ends like the ra 7

2:16 am

ah, moonlight sonata is playing. i performed that many times, as i type, i feel myself playing it in my mind. such a calming piece to play.

2:17 am

a lot of piano music in this sleep playlist. I cannot sleep to piano.

one of my top 5 favorites... my mother used to play it on the piano when I was a child... incredibly beautiful and comforting...

why? because you play the notes in your head?

2:18 am

yep. I studied piano formally from 8 to 22, and still play.

wonderful! similar to our daughter... she studied from 5 to 18

2:19 am

i don't have that reaction to orchestral music -- well most of it -- despite playing violin since 9, including 15 years in orchestras.

did you have a preference? violin or piano?

2:19 am

a few orchestral pieces -- The Planets, The Fingalls Cave Overture, the Theme from Pink Panther -- also prevent sleep.

2:20 am

viola actually. I still play violin. But i spent 4 years on viola and loved it.

2:20 am

eventually, i'll live with a piano again and play again.

2:20 am

i'm way out of practice on piano.

2:20 am

but i have my violin.

lovely, dc; our daughter, too, since she married. She needs to come here to play / practice... I think I need to make that happen in 2016.

Love violin, too.

2:21 am

the physical act of playing the instruments is important to me. That they make nice noise is a pleasant side effect. :)

:) makes me smile

2:22 am

i have a long history of sleeping to harp, trance, and a subset of techno, oddly. A lot of Brian Eno.

2:22 am

i wanted to learn piano because i was entranced by the motion of the keys sitting behind the music teacher in lemenary school.

2:23 am

i was sad to discover that playing one could not see the motion of the keys.

Lindz used to go to sleep to classical music.. just not Rachmaninov (sp?); loved Beethoven, Mozart...

2:23 am

but came to grok that in playing piano, one BECOMES the motion of the keys was almost as good.

I love watching the motion of the keys on a piano, but never thot about the pianist's view

2:24 am

Shostakovich is also not good for sleeping.

beautifully said, dc!

fa 7 x 2

2:24 am

it took me a full year to come to terms with continuing to learn despite not seeing the motion of the keys.

2:25 am

my parents were shocked and confused when i asked to learn piano.

2:25 am

upside, when i wanted to add violin the next year, that was easy. :)

really interesting

2:26 am

well, from their POV, my request came out of nowhere. Even explaining to them why, they didn't get it.

2:26 am

i practiced at a neighbor's for 6mos, then my dad bought me a modern upright.

had to prove yourself first?

pretty big expense, so I understand their hesitancy

2:28 am

i don't know what the piano cost. I know they bought the violin for $500 in 1980. I had the instrument rebuilt in 2003. It sound great, but still wants goldstahl E strings.

2:29 am

Für Elise now. Another one i love playing.

2:29 am

a lovely assortment of classical. Not good for sleeping for me this mix. Spotify does better slepp mixes than Amazon.

in my top 10 faves, too :)

spotify is unfamiliar to me

2:31 am

Spotify is a music site. It's social, and has a nice assortment of playlist, and users can make playlists.

2:31 am

right now i'm listening on Amazon Music

2:32 am

I'll gave to make my own sleep list there apparently.

I have only used pandora, so far, on our TV

2:33 am

i don't care for Pandora. I use Last.FM I can't put my finger on what i don't like about Pandora, but i tried at and meh.

2:33 am

I was busy looking for the f7 and came back to chat...and found another viola player!!! I started on violin in 4th grade, and in 7th, discovered a viola in the instrument closet at school and took it to my next violin lesson

en 7/36

2:34 am

i switche to viola in 9th grade when i made only 3rd chair 1st violin. I found i liked the instrument and the people in the viola section better.

2:34 am

Turned out my teacher was primarily a violist. I played for years, then many years off, and picked it up again and played in a couple of local symphonies until I had foot surgery that required me to keep my foot elevated for 8 months...I need to pick it up again, it's only been a year.

2:34 am

nice!

2:34 am

My best friend was always 1st chair violin!

2:35 am

i hope your foot is healing well

2:35 am

i really would love to get a string quartet together again.

2:35 am

I can't go to sleep to classical music, I get too involved.

en 7 x 2

2:35 am

had one, but then the cellist died -- that was 15 years ago.

2:36 am

whew!!! and i am done.... lol...what an amazing grid. cooee and g'day from me

2:36 am

yaeh, i'm finding that in spades with this playlist. Nice selection, but too much that i've performed.

2:36 am

yay rose! May you have awonderful monday

wow, rose, fantastic!! Still 59 to go, so going to list now!

2:36 am

Bummer. I haven't played in a quartet since college. But I did play in a small string ensemble at the junior college in the nearest town for a few years.

2:36 am

*giggle* thanx seain

2:37 am

Congrats Rose! Have a great day...I'm getting ready to head to bed with a book soon...

2:37 am

thanx dee. some quite weird ones there.

2:37 am

i see we're on opposite coasts.

2:37 am

Yep. You ARE up late!

Love your icon, Kaman. Great pic!

1st 250 went pretty quickly; then really slowed.

2:38 am

Thanks! And Kamanjah is an Arabic word for violin.

2:38 am

my sleep schedule is totally fubarred.

2:39 am

I can relate, so is mine, I woke up with busy brain at 7:30 this AM, usually sleep at least till 10

2:40 am

kmn is the root?

2:44 am

I know nothing about the Arabic language, I just was looking for a unique Middle Eastern name to use for belly dance and came up with it - if that's what you were asking. It was in some wiki article, buried in archaic words.

2:47 am

gotcha, and yes that's what i was asking :)

2:48 am

the ap7 plz

2:51 am

anagram of a common stone fruit, movie

2:51 am

and thanks for that :)

2:54 am

ap7. ap + decay + most of spasm

2:54 am

ty dc and granny

2:54 am

Thanks, Rose and dc

2:55 am

{{hugs}} lizgirl. xoxox

2:55 am

Nice to meet you dc, I have to hit the sack, finally made it to 250 - thanks to that ap. Still missing the top i and have no 8s or 9s - plenty for the morning!

2:55 am

wow, Twitter and FB are all David Bowie all the time at the moment.

2:55 am

sweet dreams kam

2:55 am

likewise, kaman

2:55 am

g'night

2:55 am

Hugs, Rose - not chatting. Big grid and need to finish today - busy day tomorrow.

2:56 am

Could really have done with a small grid today.

2:56 am

babble on my dear.

2:57 am

131 to go - listed a short while ago.

2:57 am

Thanks, Rose. I'm usually here at night and around 11-12 Pacific, but don't hop into chat too often. I did get that i tho! :)

down to 14, so trying to stay awake to finish

3:01 am

{{hugs}} dee. may i help you?

no, ty, doing well with lickety.. down to 7. Thx for asking!!

3:02 am

whoot dee!! goooo girl

3:02 am

WTG Dee

3:03 am

All these p's :(

thx, all

phew... fireworks

3:05 am

Congrats, Dee

thx! I definitely need to go find my pillow now :)

3:05 am

Sleep very well

thx, so much, you, also, Liz! *poofing with hugs to all!*

3:06 am

WTG DEE!!! sleep well my dear

(((rose))) and you!

3:07 am

*giggle* i ne4ly fainted when i found all the a words.

3:07 am

Gaps everywhere, here = except j and i!

3:26 am

R.I.P David Bowie

3:27 am

Hi Zooz - very sad news.

3:27 am

Hi, Liz.

3:27 am

Not chatting - busy day tomorrow and need to finish the grid.

3:28 am

No worries, Liz, I hardlly chat anyway.

4:03 am

good morning all

4:04 am

Hello, Sprite :-)

4:04 am

*hugs zooz* Hello dear man! How are you? And how are your parents holding up?

4:05 am

All well here thanks. Parents doing well too thnks! How about you and yours?

4:05 am

we are all fine here, thank you

4:06 am

That is good to hear :-)

4:06 am

:)

4:08 am

lol... sn5/18 is valid! And it is so an acronym.

4:10 am

lol yes likt awol in the grid a few days ago!

4:10 am

like*

4:10 am

oh yeah, that one too!

4:11 am

never a dull moment with enable

4:11 am

Enable has a lot to answer for lol

4:12 am

at some point you stop being irritated by its many quircks and you start being fond of them, grin

4:13 am

Ha! I am not there yet :-)

4:13 am

you will be!

4:15 am

I see the ar6 dodger is in the grid. Probably stolen the words I can not find!

4:16 am

lolol

4:16 am

for a grid this big, it doesn't really flow, does it?

4:16 am

Oh I thought it was just me!

4:17 am

usually with grids this size my fingers can hardly keep up with my eyes spotting the words, at least for the first halve. This grid though... not so much.

4:19 am

Agreed. I have only gotten to the first N and only have 80 words lol

4:20 am

I have 131 words now, not hitting a wall but also not getting any kind of speed going

4:27 am

Aww the beautiful flowers your country produces is in the grid too!

4:28 am

yay!

4:30 am

Hi again, Zooz. Hi and hugs, Sprite.

4:30 am

Hugs to you too, Zooz - if you'd like!

4:30 am

hiya Liz! *hugs* How are you and your beloved?

4:30 am

Only here for a few mins. 63 left to finish. Busy day tomorrow.

4:31 am

We're well thanks - and you?

4:31 am

busy with nice stuff?

4:31 am

I am fine, thanks!

4:32 am

Another early am. movie - weird the time our friends like to see movies! Then coffee, possibly lunch. Then hair cut, then hubby's son arrives tomorrow evening.

4:33 am

ah all good stuff then. Yeah, never heard of people watching movies in the early morn!

4:33 am

These are lovely people - their timing is just strange!

4:33 am

And so we go, to be sociable.

4:34 am

And because we want to see the movie and it's nice to go with friends.

4:34 am

I hope the movie is worth it, grin

4:35 am

Had mixed reviews - "Joy"

4:36 am

good cast, I see

4:36 am

That's what we thought - not always a guarantee though of a good movie.

4:37 am

true. imdb gives a 6.7 out of 10. Worth watching, even though not great.

4:38 am

Going to a good place for coffee or hot choccy after and the socialising is always a good laugh.

4:38 am

sounds good :)

4:38 am

www.maxbrenner.com.au

4:40 am

*sigh* Can I come too! :D

4:40 am

Yes, please.

4:40 am

:D

4:41 am

earfun - listening to good music.

4:42 am

love it! Adding it now...

4:42 am

doesn't help me find the word I'm looking for though.

4:43 am

change the last letter.

4:43 am

hehehe I bet. Close though

4:43 am

Duh me! Thanks, Zooz.

4:44 am

Have a good day both of you - I'll be back in an hour or so to finish. Hugs.

4:44 am

bye Liz, have a lovely day tomorrow!

4:58 am

taking a short break, back later

4:58 am

Bye for now, Sprite :-)

5:31 am

Good morning all.

5:31 am

Shocked by the news I heard this morning about David Bowie. His was the music of my late teens and early 20s.

5:37 am

back. Good morning sukee. Yeah, he was special.

5:37 am

Hi sprite.

5:38 am

I wish this had been Saturday's grid :)

5:38 am

indeed :)

5:40 am

we have a blizzard here! cant see across street!

5:40 am

We had that yesterday.

5:40 am

good morning, everyone!

5:40 am

brrr sounds so cold

5:41 am

morning dawg, and ivesy!

5:41 am

Hi lbd and ivesy

5:41 am

When I woke up yesterday morning it was 4C, this morning it is -10C

5:42 am

hi sprite, suke, ivesy

5:42 am

and good morning/afternoon to all

5:43 am

nbt

5:43 am

good job

5:46 am

schools are closed.. now waiting to see if our boss closes library

5:47 am

Good luck.

5:47 am

*fingers crossed* not bad, an extra day off :)

5:48 am

Good morning, everyone, from the great white north ;) +7 yesterday morn and then a storm all afternoon and night, and scheduled for all day today. Sitting at minus 9 :)

5:48 am

yes and we get paid no matter...i wouldnt mind being home.

5:48 am

When I was working, we had work cancelled one day. Another day we got let go at 10 AM after struggling in. So glad I work at home.

5:49 am

Hi crossy.

5:49 am

*hugs crossy*

5:49 am

our storm just started crossy

5:49 am

Howdy Sukee;)

5:49 am

send some of the love down your way, Ivesy ;)

5:49 am

Howdy was in yesterays grid :-)

5:49 am

sending

5:50 am

lol.. well it is january and this is western ny

5:50 am

yes, we have also gotten away with murder the last month or so

5:51 am

We SHOULD be tasting minus 20's aboput now if things were normal

5:51 am

I know, I knew winter had to come eventually.

5:51 am

Well, they say our -10 feels like -20 :)

5:51 am

wanted to share this with my babble friends.my son is clean and sober, and has a job...!

5:52 am

Great ivesy

5:52 am

YaY good news, Ivesy!

5:52 am

Yaaa for Ivesy and son!! it has been a long road--for the both of you

5:53 am

omg ivesy... that is awesome. Well done, son... and well done you!

5:54 am

thank you.. been very very long.now we do a day at a time

5:56 am

Phantom : Apricot.

5:56 am

I am so happy for you ivesy and the rest of your family too.

5:56 am

hey aeb :) Long time no see. Hope you are well.

5:57 am

ty..i can breathe a little now

5:57 am

high time you could start to relax a little

6:00 am

ty ivesy....I fell and hurt myself (right leg) pretty badly, but I am doing much better. At least I have an excuse to have a messy house and still spend all my time on this grid.

6:00 am

off again for a bit. *hugs* to you all.

6:00 am

get better soon, aeb

6:01 am

I take it latin is a capital letter word?

6:01 am

Taking a break for breakfast here.

6:01 am

ty sprite!

6:01 am

Bye, Sprite.

6:01 am

yes :)

6:01 am

lute

6:01 am

Enjoy your breakfast, Sukee.

6:01 am

Talk later.

6:01 am

sorry.......

the only thing that matters is whether the word is in the dictionary

all other exceptions are bogus

6:07 am

Well the word Latin is in my the concise Oxford dictionary :-)

doesn't matter I have been telling people for years what Molly wrote yesterday

please may i have a clue for the tu9/72

6:19 am

don't have it Jiving...I am still on the A's.

6:19 am

Hi, Jenny :-) sorry over half way now but no 9s here.

Thanks anyway, I will keep looking

tu9 - related to class room, teaching, notes etc.. There are lot of tu9 videos in youtube..

6:21 am

Oh nice clue, Cosmos. thank you!

isn't that the tub?

tu8? LOL

sorry, that was tu8...

6:23 am

Well at least i have a tu8/45 now :-)

tu5 - teacher or one he creates or conducts tu8... add *** (how old are you) to the 5 to get tu8.. plural for 9

6:24 am

tyvm Cosmo!

6:24 am

Once again thank you for another TU8 and now a tu9!

6:25 am

good clue ty

I was starting with the wrong T and could not see what it could be, thank you

6:29 am

I have slowed to a crawl with 214 more to find. I think this is going to be a long day. But loving it!

6:36 am

clue for an6/21....please

add, religion is the ****te of the people

6:38 am

tx byz!

6:38 am

all I can think of is that religion is the opiate of the people.

6:39 am

an + ****te of the people

6:41 am

you have it, aeb . . .

6:41 am

sorry I must be dense...don't have it yet.

an + the first four letters of the narcotic

6:44 am

ty....I was starting with ant and it would not work.

6:46 am

Thank you for the An 6/21

6:46 am

hey zoom :-)

6:46 am

Hello, Une :-)

6:53 am

The Ps are annoying me now. i keep adding words only to find i have already added them so getting no where lol

6:53 am

67 p's . . . wow

6:54 am

Exactly! lol

6:55 am

have 40 of them so far . . . jeez

6:56 am

I only have 32 of them :-(

6:57 am

plenty to go around! LOL

6:57 am

Teehee!

7:00 am

phantom: corsage

7:00 am

Nice!

7:01 am

Do not see those much anymore.

7:01 am

180 to go . . . off to grab a coffee -- back in a mo

7:01 am

i know . . .

7:01 am

Good idea, Une. i have 198 might grab a cup of tea.

7:03 am

everything pretty much closed here..blizzard !

7:03 am

Stay warm, Ivesy.

7:04 am

Ivesy, I just saw that everything is closed where you are. It is snowing hard here. I live north of Springville but the schools are open here. I need to drive up to Amherst to see my mother.

7:04 am

will do..!

7:04 am

yes scrab there is a driving ban and or warning not to drive unless its emergency.

7:05 am

where do you live, ivesy?

7:06 am

no snow here but overnite low was 13 degrees . . . brrrr

7:06 am

dunkirk ny . western part of state.we get the lake effects snow

7:06 am

We live just east of our snow-making machine which is Lake erie!

7:06 am

ooohhhh lake effect snow is massive, eh?

7:07 am

everyone stay safe and warm! :-)

7:07 am

oh yes..esp when lake isnt frozen..

7:07 am

16 degrees, lake is at 40 degrees so perfect conditions for lots of snow. We will have 18 inches from this storm in the next day or so.

7:08 am

Ivesy, channel 2 just showed your main streets--tons of snow.

7:08 am

wow -- looking at forecast for Orono ME where my daughter lives -- 10-12 inches of snow tomorrow!

7:08 am

oh i missed it!.we get alot of attention when its like this lol

7:08 am

18 inches, scrabs -- wowser!

7:09 am

hard finding your car in that lol

7:12 am

ivesy, I read the very good news and I am happy for you and your son.

7:12 am

morning, annie!

7:14 am

Chiming in with Annie, glad to read good news about your boy, Ivesy

7:14 am

I am excited that I can cross-country ski tomorrow afternoon, and Fri, Sat, and Sunday. This past weekend was awful with rain and drear.

7:14 am

Hi Une :)

7:14 am

hey molly :-)

7:15 am

*Waves at Une*

7:15 am

scrabs, your leg muscles must be amazing!

7:15 am

Oy 444 words, may not finish..too much to do today

7:15 am

I am fat and fairly fit, Une.

7:15 am

ar6/30.....clue please

7:15 am

:-)

7:15 am

The AR6 dodger.

7:16 am

ty zoom!

7:16 am

great clue, zoom!!

7:16 am

welcome :-)

7:17 am

Oh great, now the orchestra in my head is playing the soundtrack from Oliver

7:17 am

Une, my nephew just got a rescue dog, an abandoned 6 wk old pup that weighs 3 lbs. I don't even know what kind of dog he is from the photos. But he joins their 2 other dogs, Lulu and Jon Snow.

7:17 am

LOL

7:17 am

my head's playing David Bowie's hits . . .

7:17 am

cool, scrabs!!

7:17 am

Same with me, Une.

7:17 am

wonderful, scrabbs

7:18 am

Yes sad about David Bowie :-(

7:18 am

very sad :-(

7:18 am

He was sitting in front of me at a Broadway show. He was very gracious and beautiful.

7:19 am

aawww, annie . . .

7:19 am

Yes, very sad.

his new album was released on january 8th

7:20 am

The show was Angels in America. Long time ago.

7:20 am

i know -- heard it's terrific

7:20 am

I loved his movie ,"The man who fell to the earth".

7:20 am

Angels in America -- so fantastic . . .

7:20 am

me too, aeb!!

7:21 am

he was soooo multi-talented . . .

7:22 am

This is my fave live david bowie request.

7:22 am

http://tinyurl.com/nh7ogzs

7:22 am

Woth a listen.

7:22 am

Worth even.

7:23 am

cool, zoom . . .

7:24 am

It sure is.

7:30 am

Une I wonder if the little boy George on the video request ever found out what David Bowie was going to ask him lol

7:31 am

I was just thinking how cool it is that, for the rest of his life, he can go online and relive that phone call :-)

7:31 am

ty annie! and molly its a big change

7:32 am

I bet you can breathe better now

7:32 am

Very true, Une!

7:32 am

Is your son getting help now, ivesy?

7:33 am

i never relax becuz we have done this bfor.yes scrab . he lives near the veterns hosp. so he goes for counseling

7:34 am

Asking for help is a big step.

7:34 am

ives, Has he been to AA or NA?

7:35 am

Having a full time job now, Ivesy, should help a lot too.

7:35 am

My fav Bowie song is the theme to "Cat People" -- Putting Out Fires with Gasoline." LOVE it.

7:35 am

well he cant fool them like some of the others who hve tried to help...they seem to have found the right meds for his depression too.

7:37 am

Good for him, ivesy. Hope this "takes." I've been addiction free for 9 years now and was unusual but lucky to have never relapsed. I can be done but one must have strong motivation.

7:37 am

Exercise, vitamin D 5000 units per day--these are essential now too

7:38 am

Changing habits is so difficult.

7:38 am

It can be done --I sounded a bit "loose" there for a minut!

7:38 am

congratulations mimi!

7:38 am

Excellent, Mimi!

7:38 am

minute...cannot type today!

7:38 am

So glad it worked for you, Mimi!

7:39 am

good going, mimi

7:39 am

if he can keep job he wont have time to think about drugs..and there is random drug testting too

7:40 am

He needs to love and respect himself enough to not use drugs anymore.

7:40 am

I unfortunately had to do it cold turkey and alone with no rehab, counseling or anything, but at least it got done, though I would not recommend doing it that way. I just had no choice.

7:40 am

wow, mimi -- that's impressive . . .

7:41 am

Thanks, Une. I have found that one does what one must do most of the time.

7:42 am

((Mimi)) you are a strong willed lady!

7:43 am

Scrab, you hit it on the head there...I think the real underlying cause of these things is a serious lack of self-esteem which is why there is so much recurrence. It's hard to develop that especially during or after this type of crisis.

7:43 am

((zooz)) ty.

7:45 am

Mine started due to back pain issues but was then amplified by emotional ones. I'm lucky that deep down I did have love for myself that got me through, thanks to my wonderful parents.

7:45 am

Phantom : parasol.

7:45 am

and that scrab is his whole problem doesnt thnk much of himself..getting hired will help

7:46 am

i will be in withdrawal soon as the dr wants me to get off the patch that keeps me from getting dizzy.

7:46 am

It is more than "self-esteem". It is self-love. It is self-compassion.

7:47 am

Ivesy, will hold him in my prayers. I am here as a resource if needed at any time.

this article is long but informative ... I see myself in paragraph after paragraph ... after decades of treatment I am told you may have to accept you will never get better. http://tinyurl.com/gla4uf5

7:47 am

I found 90 and now must get ready to shop for my mother and visit with her. The snow is falling heavily.

7:48 am

thank you all . will keep you posted. :)

7:48 am

Oh, no, ivesy! You can do it, though. Be as good to yourself as possible during that time---favorite foods, lots of hydration, favorite book, etc.

7:49 am

its scary but have to see if i still get dizzy after the patch is removed

7:49 am

TY for sharing that, Byz. I have saved it but skimmed it briefly. It looks fascinating.

7:50 am

Fingers crossed for your boy, Ivesy. To quote Neil Young ....I've seen the needle and the damage done.....

7:51 am

And hello everybody :-)

7:51 am

It's a good idea, I think, to test the waters on things like that, ivesy.

7:51 am

Hello Soodle

7:51 am

Hi, Soodle! Huge grid today1

7:52 am

howdy, soodle :-)

7:52 am

Not a cat in hells chance of me finishing this bad boy...

7:52 am

300 left for later. bye, dear babblers

7:53 am

Hey, with a one-vowel change we have Bruce Jenner's new name!

7:53 am

later annie!

7:53 am

Bye Annie

7:53 am

Bye ((Annie)).

7:59 am

150 to go and taking a break -- back in a bit :-)

8:00 am

I'm leaving, so HAGD, Une and everyone!

8:01 am

Bye bye departers :-)

8:08 am

hello?

8:08 am

Is soodles really here?

8:09 am

morning all

8:09 am

in the cold of concord NC, but no snow thank goodness

8:10 am

hello sue, no snow here either although they keep predicting it

8:10 am

I'm happy without it, but the local ski resorts and the snowbirds are all singing the blues

8:11 am

I welcome the cold if it will kill the waiting fleas!

8:16 am

I used powerful flea meds on my pup but he's still scratching

8:16 am

ranee

8:16 am

sorry

8:30 am

pt

8:30 am

just snuck in for a few more words

8:30 am

((annie))

8:31 am

((ruby))

8:31 am

I owe Bobby a letter, but it's been crazy, this month

8:31 am

and I'm going crazy, too

8:32 am

ruby, no rush. save it for another time. why, crazy?

8:33 am

Im kinda nuts too. Bobby is slated for kidney stone blasting (lithotripsy) but it all depends on the arrival of a certain blood test result. Wednesday. I hope it doesnt snow

8:34 am

too many diverse things to do, dr's appts, nuclear tests, continuing IRS and FR paperwork -- so I donothing much and take marathon naps

8:34 am

Does his procedure hurt or is it just Noisy and scary?

8:34 am

Oh dear, you have a full plate. Please put the letter on the back burner.

8:35 am

He will be out for the procedure but will be very sore after.

8:36 am

now he really needs an envelop from me!

8:36 am

I must be on my way. I hope everything goes smoothly, ruby.

8:37 am

((hugs for you and Bobby, my pretend nephew))

8:42 am

hello all

8:42 am

4th column I?

8:43 am

hello friends.

8:43 am

hi trif

8:43 am

ir5/10

8:43 am

ty hurshy

8:44 am

nbt

8:44 am

at6/18(second one)...clue please

8:44 am

hello Trif, MLF and Hurshy

8:44 am

funny how life works - I stayed home from work today, with a terrible headache and stomach upset, and thus was home to hear the news about David Bowie, my love of my life.

8:44 am

and AEB

8:44 am

Hi ruby!

8:45 am

hi ruby

8:45 am

trif he apparently battled cancer I was kind of stunned as well

8:45 am

I have no words.

8:46 am

at6/18(second one).....clue please

8:46 am

it is very sad

8:47 am

for those of us in the US the actor who played Schnieder from One Day ata Time also passed away

at -- reach a goal

8:49 am

ty Byz!

8:49 am

Hello Byz

Hello, Ruby

8:52 am

phantom: tapioca

8:52 am

phantom: pointsettia

8:55 am

this is a lovely grid, but I don't think I'll even reach half

8:55 am

ruby I managed to get nbt with very little help

8:56 am

but nbs is a different story and I haven't even broken 100 words yet

8:56 am

omg I just found the ag8 by accident!

8:57 am

186 words and nbt, but nbs is another story!

8:58 am

this has some really nice words and the al ending is fu*

8:58 am

that is how i found the ag 8 ruby:)

8:59 am

ty, I found it, too

8:59 am

yw ruby

Ruby, ag + a fender bender lives a d*** in your car + woes: tr***s and tribulations

8:59 am

but the 9....no idea

8:59 am

you mean 9's ruby i have no idea either but i am trying

9:00 am

but i a not asking for any clues for them though

the nine: one who sells insurance: ag*** + c**m** and misdemeanors

9:02 am

thanks byz but didn't ask for a clue

I did not say you did

was for Ruby

9:03 am

no problem:)

You keep messing with me

9:03 am

lol

9:03 am

nbs

9:04 am

ty BYZ and that gave me another 8

9:07 am

ty for the ag8 and ag9

9:07 am

I did not find another ag8 tho

should of given you the nine at 9:02

9:07 am

hi all

9:08 am

now my small goalis to reach 200

9:10 am

peri i have one ag8 and a ag9

9:10 am

there is a nu8

9:10 am

that is what I have

9:11 am

i have ag 8/50 and ag 9/66

9:11 am

I have a pr8 which is a pl

9:11 am

2àà, nbs and nbt and I'll you later, friends

9:11 am

bye ruby

9:12 am

peri clue please?

9:12 am

200 -- dopey Fr keyboard needs a shift before nujmbers -- or maybe it is I who doesn't remember

9:13 am

tu8/45 is another one

9:13 am

lol ruby

9:13 am

pr7 to turn facing down ie when you turn your lower arm so that the palm is facing down.

9:14 am

Phaeton there is a TU9 which is almost the same just change the ending.

9:15 am

ty for tu8

9:15 am

yw peri

9:15 am

ok zooz...will try that

9:16 am

It is a TU8 then plural for the TU9

9:16 am

ty zooz, found them both

there are tu 8s on both sides of the nine

9:16 am

ty got them obth

9:16 am

15 8's...wow

9:17 am

67 Ps too lol

9:17 am

bbl

9:17 am

don't understand that clue for the pr word

ends in Mr. Hawthorn, MLF

9:19 am

ok, try this: for (not against) and abbrev for Mr. Hawthorn's first name

9:20 am

i greyed a letter!

9:21 am

I am working on it:)

9:21 am

Nice one, Trif!

9:21 am

congrats trif must be the I?

9:21 am

BOTH of them now!

9:23 am

pro7 and 8 found!

9:23 am

yay

9:23 am

hi zooz

9:23 am

hi luv

hi MLF

9:24 am

Hello, Mlf.

9:25 am

finally have all the Ps

9:25 am

wtg zooz

9:27 am

Thanks, Peri :-)

9:28 am

I found nu6 but not nu8

9:29 am

Morning Babblers. Nice grid today, large. My favorite.

9:29 am

hi christa

9:29 am

found 2 nu6's

9:29 am

I found a nu 8

9:29 am

found the nu8, ty

9:29 am

What you get from food, Peri.

9:29 am

ty found it

9:29 am

Hello, Christa :-)

9:30 am

195 left, bbl

9:30 am

Bye, Peri. 46 left for me.

9:34 am

i passed 100

9:36 am

hello everyone

9:36 am

hi car

9:36 am

Hello, Car.eeyore :-)

9:40 am

i have 334 left i will be back

9:46 am

Hi again.

9:46 am

Hello, Sukee :-)

9:46 am

cira

9:46 am

oops

9:47 am

:-)

9:49 am

ooh, got my first 8

9:49 am

Nice one!

9:56 am

hi car, if you are still here?

10:03 am

I'm picking my jaw up off the floor.

10:03 am

nu 8's, pls

10:05 am

What food gives you, Bichon like vitamins etc.

10:05 am

ty zoom

10:05 am

1/2 way.

10:07 am

welocme, mixi :-)

10:08 am

Nuheartburn

10:08 am

Damn it

10:10 am

ty zooz

10:10 am

Is there another nu 8?

10:10 am

hi, everyone

10:10 am

Guess not

10:10 am

hi welki

10:11 am

No, bichon.

10:11 am

ru, information is with the vet - hope he calls yours

10:11 am

Good. I hope it works out.

10:12 am

looking for a 9.

10:12 am

what i'd really like is for this diet to work out - smell and all. must be cheaper than the injections

10:13 am

nu 9, what food gives you so you can grow

10:14 am

The injections aren't too bad. Cheaper than anti biotics and prednisone

10:14 am

The 9s are tu, ag, ar and pa. Nu is an 8

10:15 am

related to the nu8 bichon?

10:16 am

207 left, its like starting another grid lol

10:23 am

hello again

10:27 am

ஜ۩۞۩ஜ F.I.R.E.W.O.R.K.S ஜ۩۞۩ஜ

10:27 am

ju6?

10:27 am

I need a lye down now.

10:27 am

congrats zooz

10:28 am

Happy babbling evryone!

10:28 am

woo hoo zoom.

10:28 am

JU 6 a joung person?

10:28 am

Young person*

10:28 am

?

10:29 am

ohh

10:29 am

Ju6 Se6 is a pop group from Denmark

10:29 am

third year high school or college student

10:30 am

got them

10:30 am

ju6 plurals

10:31 am

The other JU6 is most of a month +***s the caber.

10:31 am

hidc

10:31 am

*poof

10:36 am

Aye, and he thinks the American lasses will know of caber ***sing : D

10:36 am

hello.

10:38 am

good morning dc

10:39 am

I have one nu 6 ending in a vowel help with the other please?

10:39 am

dc glad you didn't get blown away

10:41 am

Blown away?

10:42 am

yes molly It was very windy in the Washington Metro area yesterday

10:43 am

and during the football game I think they had rain earlier in the day or the day before as well

10:43 am

un 6/30, pls

10:43 am

It was nice in the Bay Area

10:44 am

hi bichon

10:45 am

Hmm, I live i the Washington Metro area and I didn't notice any big winds. Must have been in other areas

10:45 am

hi fan

10:46 am

Why is unfat a word?

10:47 am

good question

11:04 am

there cannot be 67 p's

11:05 am

bichon did you find it?

11:08 am

ruru ridiculous isn't it?

11:09 am

clue for un 6/30 please

11:10 am

not just

11:11 am

tyvm, got it

11:11 am

yw :-)

11:22 am

sorry Une, don't understand the the un clue

11:23 am

me either

11:23 am

oh I got it

11:23 am

fa4/7 bichon

11:23 am

anyone have the last po 7

11:23 am

against festival

11:24 am

I am totally lost

11:24 am

bichon do u have fa 4/7?

11:24 am

against fa4/7

not an amateur and consumed dinner

11:24 am

un + carnival

11:24 am

nm, ty all

11:25 am

hi jaxx

11:25 am

attic

11:25 am

PO.. 7

11:25 am

ty jaxx

11:25 am

I am announcing my arrival with the usual free word

11:26 am

tyvm jaxx

11:26 am

well you went through the roof on that one jaxx

queue for the urinal

11:26 am

Hi, all

11:26 am

NBT, whoo-hoo!

11:26 am

thanks byz looking

11:26 am

did someone clue the po7 ruru is asking about I don't have it either?

11:27 am

hi doub

11:27 am

doug

11:27 am

ag 8/50, pls

11:28 am

thank you found it

11:28 am

"Dump it down there, yeah, man, dump the **** Hey, man dump the **** on the burning ground." That's what Van Morrison says

11:34 am

name that proper noun! province home to toronto

11:34 am

bichon if you haveag 5/14 just expand it

11:38 am

ae6?

11:44 am

pertaining to a very long time (ae4/4)

11:45 am

good morning, everyone

11:45 am

ty jaxx

11:45 am

hi cyber

11:45 am

Hi, nan

11:46 am

ty fan

11:47 am

ag 9/66, pls

11:48 am

phantom: apricot

11:48 am

po 7: a ballerina dances en po 6 in her toe shoes -- plural for the 7

11:49 am

ty cyber

11:50 am

yw bichon

11:50 am

same first 5 letters as the ag 5/14 and is a pl

11:51 am

ty fan

11:51 am

yw

11:52 am

"We cannot stroll to the music of the ****; we must march to the sound of drums." Star Trek TOS, "This Side of Paradise"

11:53 am

stuck on those ac's

11:53 am

"Poetry, Captain? Against all regulations."

11:56 am

Doug is having his own little Star Trek party. :)

11:56 am

ac 6 please?

11:57 am

Hi, hego. How goes it?

11:57 am

Hi Jaxx. All good.

11:58 am

<--has no ac words

11:58 am

Great. 2015 was a damp squib but I am hoping for better things in 2016

11:58 am

i will aim good vibes at you.

11:58 am

a + 3/4 of theater + start of pirate growl

11:59 am

ac7\ + vowel + facial feature

12:00 pm

those clues have me confused

12:00 pm

or, cyber... ac6 - ac + opp of out + start of pirate growl

12:00 pm

ty kje and flosey --- hi hego

12:00 pm

Could do with a few. I am still unable to breathe properly. They are busy changing all the meds to see if it is a side effect of one of the 8 tablets i take

12:01 pm

ty kje

12:01 pm

got the ac 6/21

12:01 pm

what happened to your nose or lungs jaxx?

12:01 pm

With 8 meds, side effects are inevitable.

12:02 pm

agreed hego

12:02 pm

hi Nan

12:02 pm

yes, I have dry mouth

12:03 pm

Failed op followed by atrial fibrillation. I have a cough that makes me sound like a sealion in full song.

12:03 pm

I have nu 6/21 ending in a vowel help with the other nu 6/21 pls?

12:03 pm

could be allergies

12:03 pm

Will it go away jaxx

12:04 pm

Or post nasal drip

12:04 pm

side effect of heart/BP med - ACE inhinitor, most end in -pril ending

12:04 pm

cough is very common side effect

12:05 pm

yes, I take Losartan and in the beginning I had a constant non productive cough

12:05 pm

yes, very common

12:05 pm

hi, all. this grid is so cool....I've been working on it for a while, but it is coming along nicely.

12:06 pm

Agreed Angel

12:07 pm

That was the last idea, hego. All I know is I can spout like a whale. they have changed my ACE inhibitor for another sort of tablet. Reading the leaflet with Number9 it says if the heart was regulated by an ACE inhibitor then the tablet is not to be taken. Oh, Joy.

12:09 pm

ap 7 please?

12:09 pm

well, good luck to you anyway, Jaxx.

12:09 pm

I had to go for achest X-ray today so I will wait until tomorrow to check with my GP.

12:10 pm

ap 7/36, do you have the word befor it, if so, lop of the last two letters and add an nervous ***

12:11 pm

tks bichon, was just looking for that one

12:12 pm

yw flosey

12:12 pm

ty Bichon!

12:12 pm

Thanks, hego. the sound of a starving 10 year old has reached me so I had better go and feed my grandson before he expires through lack of food. bbl

12:13 pm

yw hego

12:13 pm

ty bichon

12:13 pm

first pass through the grid, 41 words left. not bad for this size grid...

12:14 pm

amazing!

12:14 pm

You go girl

12:14 pm

wow, wtg Angel

12:16 pm

impressive, angel

12:16 pm

Monkeys are busy today...they just found the th...

12:19 pm

there is a phantom arachnid in the grid.......

12:20 pm

first ar 7 please?

12:21 pm

the only ar7 I have is a poison

12:21 pm

hi all

12:21 pm

have that one too

12:21 pm

not using the list yet

12:22 pm

and the 9 it extends to

12:22 pm

this one follows the song

12:22 pm

ca 7/36, pls

12:22 pm

oh, don't have the ar9 or that ar7 but looking

12:22 pm

10 A words for the A second row, 1st column?????????where?

12:23 pm

the ar 9 is the extended poison

12:23 pm

ty nan, did not think to extend that ar7

12:23 pm

ty nan for the 9. got it.

12:24 pm

ar***** and old lace is the famous play

12:26 pm

nan, found the ar7 after the song. it is a short version of the ar4 (song)

12:27 pm

ca 7/36, pls

12:31 pm

ca + most of royal son

12:31 pm

still not seeing it -- know it comes from the right hand a

12:32 pm

ca + most of King's son

12:34 pm

ty kje

12:34 pm

not getting that ca7

12:34 pm

yw

12:35 pm

delete a letter from the queen's son, peri

12:36 pm

I am confused queen's son, Charles?

the title

12:37 pm

name that proper noun! make of car, american, produced grand am, firebird, etc

12:37 pm

pontiac

12:38 pm

ding ding ding!

12:38 pm

what do I win?

12:38 pm

three dings

12:38 pm

same as always

12:39 pm

thanks

12:39 pm

stuck with 144 left, bbl

12:40 pm

en 6/18, the second one, pls

12:40 pm

any other clues for that ar 7/28 please?

12:40 pm

first in 5/10?

12:42 pm

use top right a, cyber

12:42 pm

ir 5/10 - very angry

12:42 pm

ar 7/28 is sung at an opera

12:42 pm

it is a little operatic song

12:42 pm

ar 7/28 has a double consonant

most of a diva's forte and the end of the coal miner's daughter's first name

12:42 pm

in5 - in + 4 of a kind, for example

12:43 pm

ty kje!

12:43 pm

en 6/18, the second one, pls

12:44 pm

ty kje -- just saw it -- that's a new one for me - little opera? yes, but little song? no

12:44 pm

en + work hard

12:45 pm

ty kje

12:46 pm

yw

12:49 pm

fa 7/40, pls

12:50 pm

don't have it - that must be my missing f

12:52 pm

last ca 6/21 please?

12:53 pm

ca6 feline + charged particle

12:53 pm

fa7/40 - compound word, a type of fish, a guppy

12:53 pm

have that one, ty -- looking for the ca 6/21 that follows

12:54 pm

feline + to draw a ***e

12:54 pm

ty judy

12:54 pm

fa 7 -- type of fish appendage -- think siamese fighting fish

12:55 pm

ty judy

12:55 pm

ty cyber

12:56 pm

can I get a clue for the first en 6/18 ?

12:57 pm

sorry, don't understand the fa 7 fighting fish clue

12:57 pm

en + what a dog wags

12:57 pm

thanks, nan

12:58 pm

fa 7: lady windemere's fa* + what the dog wags

12:58 pm

fa7 - wave a fa* to cool off and ta4

12:58 pm

fa7 - blows air to keep you warm + wagging thing

12:58 pm

ty blah, nan

12:59 pm

yw

1:04 pm

oh drat -- just got to the ge's

1:05 pm

ty cyber

1:05 pm

I mean kje

1:09 pm

ga 7/36, pls

1:10 pm

don't have it

1:10 pm

ga 7: a cord used to strangle

1:10 pm

ty nan

1:11 pm

ty

1:11 pm

don't forget the plural

1:11 pm

any other clues for that one?

google the clue

1:13 pm

rhymes with orange veggie, sort of

right on top in google

1:14 pm

ty

1:17 pm

I have managed to grey 2 letters

1:20 pm

help with either ge8 pls

1:21 pm

of or pertaining to reproduction

1:22 pm

ok, looking

the 8 is a plural your parents .... put a pro ahead of the word for your ancestors

1:25 pm

oh ooops that is the 7

1:26 pm

no idea byz

1:28 pm

peri, think of the poor guy who cleaned the halls in elementary school, he was called a ja*****

1:30 pm

byz - check this out, if you haven't already seen this: http://tinyurl.com/jc24d9a

does the job

1:32 pm

for the googly impaired :D

1:33 pm

I found that ge8, welki, ty

1:33 pm

there are two ge8's per early chat

1:33 pm

also need help with se8 pls

1:34 pm

I remember the name of the man who cleaned the halls and yard in my elementary school. Leon

1:34 pm

a spanish young lady

1:34 pm

sheesh, got the older lady but forgot about the younger, ty

1:34 pm

the other ge8 would be a "private" part

1:35 pm

I found a ge7 but not an 8

that is a 7

1:35 pm

the other ge 8 is plural of the upper class

1:35 pm

usual English

1:36 pm

hmmm

1:36 pm

usually English

1:36 pm

ah found it ty

1:36 pm

yw

1:36 pm

ta 6/21 ??... i am getting fuzzy

1:36 pm

I just watched the Rose Parade..dvr'd it and just now getting around to it

1:37 pm

ta 6,21 is a plural

1:37 pm

I love the Rose parade

1:37 pm

Hi Westie

1:37 pm

good thing it was on Jan 1..another week and it would have been under water

1:37 pm

ta6 I have is a pl of an animal

1:37 pm

hi hego and peri and all

1:37 pm

so there are 62 A words in this grid? Holy crap

1:37 pm

hi hego, hi all

1:37 pm

hi

1:37 pm

Hi Peri and All

1:38 pm

Mael lol

kind of special if it is holy

1:38 pm

:)

1:38 pm

hi all, this one looks intimidating :) I'm past halfway but only barely

1:39 pm

me too

1:39 pm

hi mael

1:39 pm

hi sammy

1:39 pm

hi peri

1:41 pm

still lost on ta 6/21

1:41 pm

last li 5/10 please?

1:41 pm

plural the 5 before

1:41 pm

me too sammy

1:42 pm

plural, cyber

1:43 pm

have the plural money -- looking for the one after that

1:43 pm

all of my li5/10s are pls so far

1:43 pm

got it

1:43 pm

:)

1:43 pm

anteater??

1:44 pm

yes

1:44 pm

wild animal, sounds like a candle

1:44 pm

true

1:44 pm

li*** tigers and bears oh my!

1:45 pm

li + overripen

1:45 pm

over ripen to the point of inedible

1:46 pm

ty kje

1:46 pm

yw

1:46 pm

fw

1:47 pm

Congrats kje!!!

1:47 pm

And I mean it!

1:47 pm

congrats kje

1:47 pm

ha! yes, it is long

1:47 pm

ta6/21 what you do with your toe on the floor plus internal revenue service

1:47 pm

ty kje

1:48 pm

ty diane

1:48 pm

dianne

1:48 pm

yw

1:48 pm

grats, kje

1:50 pm

la 5/12, the second one, pls

1:51 pm

my second one is the french word for rabbit

1:52 pm

Hi Une

1:52 pm

ty and hi une

1:52 pm

howdy :-)

1:52 pm

ty Une

1:52 pm

<---244 left

1:53 pm

yw :-)

1:56 pm

just found the poisonous 9, that was odd

1:57 pm

what is a poisonous 9, what are the stats pls

1:58 pm

ar 9,60

1:58 pm

ar9/60

1:58 pm

ok, have that, ty

1:58 pm

yw

2:07 pm

Anybody have link to babble expert?

2:09 pm

In my profile

2:10 pm

http://tinyurl.com/asayuk8

2:11 pm

thanks so much :)

2:11 pm

yw

2:13 pm

no 5/12, pls

2:15 pm

no + buddy

2:16 pm

ty Une

2:16 pm

yw :-)

2:21 pm

does the ar9 begin with ar5/10?

2:22 pm

think old lace ML

2:22 pm

no, it's a poison ******* and Old Lace

2:22 pm

we think alike bichon

2:23 pm

bichon isn't that a ar7>'?

2:23 pm

yes, just add ** Gore to it

2:23 pm

add mr gore to the end

2:24 pm

ty west and bichon

2:24 pm

tx for the ar's!

2:24 pm

yw

2:25 pm

yw from me too

2:25 pm

now if only I could get the stats for the other 3 nines

2:26 pm

please and thank you

2:26 pm

lol west

2:26 pm

ag 9/66

2:26 pm

other 2 I don't have

2:26 pm

thanks ML

2:26 pm

yw

2:26 pm

that'll do for a start

2:27 pm

yep:)

2:27 pm

or 8/40, pls

2:27 pm

pa 6/21 following the concrete slabs outside the back doors?

2:28 pm

cbyber I have pa 6/7 combo

2:29 pm

oriacyber Chinese Japanese

2:29 pm

or 8/40, pls

2:29 pm

cyber sorry

2:29 pm

between the two, mlf - 2nd to last pa 6/21

2:29 pm

describing someone or something from the far eat bichon

2:29 pm

I meant bichon sorry

2:30 pm

sorry cyber its the only one I have

2:30 pm

ty west

2:30 pm

what you do to a good dog and a number nan

2:31 pm

or sounds like a WWII general starring George C Scott

2:31 pm

west is that double cons in the middle?

2:32 pm

ohh we have that one

2:32 pm

it is

2:34 pm

do you have the DVD ML ?

2:34 pm

nope only saw it on tv but I do know its very long

2:36 pm

you said we have that one

2:36 pm

and thanks for the ag 9

2:37 pm

yw

2:37 pm

I have 235 left and am stalled

2:38 pm

234

2:38 pm

I have 6 whole tiles greyed

2:41 pm

I still have 2 greyed

2:42 pm

pa 6/21, the next to last one, pls

2:43 pm

ns

2:43 pm

I think I clued it at 2:30 but not using list so not sure if that's the one

2:44 pm

west that is the name of the movie we were talking about we bichon and I both should have it lol

2:44 pm

I need the word before it west

2:45 pm

double vowels on the end of it instead.

2:45 pm

ty brandy

2:46 pm

the one I just got is a pl the 5 is two vowels at the end of it?

2:47 pm

pattenoo

2:47 pm

oops lol

2:47 pm

lol

2:47 pm

What do you need?

2:47 pm

got it thanks

2:47 pm

hi pen

2:48 pm

pi 6/21, the first one, pls

2:48 pm

I have a pl bichon of the 5 above it

2:48 pm

change the second vowel and whack it with a stick

2:49 pm

ML did you get the one brandy clued ?

2:49 pm

sorry, don't understant. I have the 5/12, after the pi 6/21

2:50 pm

have a word with two vowels but not the same two vowels at the end of it?

2:50 pm

at children's party it's a papier mache item filled with candy but change the second vowel to get the pi 6/21

2:52 pm

ML pa 6/21 Irish man's nickname and golf gizmo

2:52 pm

that is a 7 letter word right west?

2:52 pm

ty west

2:52 pm

they are both 6's

2:52 pm

Like geo rge's last name, except change the last consonant to match the previous vowel.

2:54 pm

ty west

2:56 pm

ty again west

2:57 pm

Yw ML

3:03 pm

first po 8 please?

3:05 pm

plural of essays that rhyme

3:06 pm

leave it to enable

3:06 pm

:)

3:06 pm

I need 2 u words..are they all un ?

3:07 pm

there is one ut

3:07 pm

think Thomas More

3:07 pm

ty hego ..that's my son-in-law double o though lol

3:08 pm

yw :)

3:08 pm

Hello again everyone

3:08 pm

hi car.ee

3:08 pm

hi Car

3:15 pm

Well, well...I found an 8!

3:15 pm

yay!

3:16 pm

essays that rhyme? --those are poems in my book

3:17 pm

oh - i see -- an improbable plural!

3:17 pm

But they are collectively called po---

3:17 pm

Hah! TYVM

3:18 pm

Like Robert Frost wrote Po---

3:18 pm

yw

3:18 pm

ty hego

3:18 pm

yw. Sorry, I can barely think anymore.

3:21 pm

last two po, 7 and 8?

3:22 pm

compound words. thing you cook in and a sraight ----

3:23 pm

ty hego

3:23 pm

yw

3:23 pm

ty hego, these p words are driving me nuts.

3:24 pm

so many!

3:27 pm

ty again hego

3:27 pm

yw Nan

hi all

3:28 pm

hello

3:31 pm

if a subject has nothing to do with what the other person is talking about, wouldn't that be UN-TO 7/36? I hate Enable.

just watching a report about how it is legal for states to sell the info you provide to obtain a drivers license, and how it is being challenged to the supreme court

3:34 pm

damn

3:35 pm

not the challenge that it's legal in the first place

huh?

3:35 pm

sell it to who?

3:36 pm

I said damn...

limited entities - credit bureaus, to prospective employers for background ckecks and insurance companies. but we know that those entities use data for targeted marketing

there is no proof that an insurer that does not insure me must provide to get my info.

each inquiry costs the inquirer $9

3:39 pm

I don't think any info required by the government should be available to anyone but the government agency in question by any means.

i agree. that is the challenge: the info is mandatory, no opting out, so consumers have no choice

3:40 pm

mind you I don't understand much about US politics, and when I see what trump is getting away with, I understand only that ethics have gone by the board

well, nan, politics is a dirty business, always has been,

but time to change the subject.

3:41 pm

maybe so, but he has taken things to new depths

3:42 pm

what?????????? 444 words?????oh my gosh. i want to get half way but doubt i will make it.

no, he is just public about it and owns it.

but i must go now.

3:44 pm

and no ed, no ing endings......hmmmm

3:45 pm

Holy shit! Police action one street over !!!!!

3:45 pm

no er either

3:45 pm

Helicopters, media commnand post....holy shit!

3:46 pm

Wow!

3:46 pm

ra 6/21 please?

3:47 pm

Unless the president or a rock star is there, it can't be good.

3:47 pm

wow car. do tell what is going on.

3:47 pm

big mouse and 2000 lbs ?

ra 6/21 ends like a cooking implement used to flip pancakes

ratton

oopos

3:47 pm

ra6.21 walk v. fast & end of Hawiian dance

3:47 pm

ty luv

3:47 pm

Rumors on our Town FB page are flying.

3:48 pm

that's it luv

3:48 pm

I have local radio online and now local TV on my phone.

two clues for the price of one-LOL

3:49 pm

ty lyn

3:49 pm

had the 2nd one - lol -- it is the ra 7 before it that I need!

3:50 pm

where is an er when i need one in this grid.????????

I need that one too nan and tried for quite a while to find it with no success

3:51 pm

ra7 compound, the end of the vermin

thanks lyn, so easy when you see the clue!

3:51 pm

ty lynxxx

3:53 pm

what is that end of hawaiian dance word?

3:53 pm

...and fireworks for me.

3:53 pm

congrats, angel!

WTG Angel!

3:53 pm

yay angel

3:54 pm

mkg - forget the dance and add the beginning of a hawiian feast

3:54 pm

grats, angel

3:54 pm

starts with an h mkg

3:56 pm

i am so lost. i dont even see the ra part, walk very fast. as in what???????race? i dont see it in grid.

3:56 pm

she was in a hurry so she ra* very fast

use the r in the last column

3:57 pm

pt mkg -- walkED fast + h*** (hawaian dance)

3:57 pm

got the word. ty. ty

3:57 pm

great!

3:59 pm

hi all

3:59 pm

hey dorens :-)

4:00 pm

any clues for the 9s other than the ar 9? ty.

4:00 pm

I hate these mega grids -- so many little words that I miss the first time through

4:00 pm

une! great timing. I saw Hamilton!!! And it was everything they say it is.... Listening to the music now. wow!

4:02 pm

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Watched the 60 Minutes segment about it last nite -- just fabulous!

4:02 pm

this guy is a genius! My first thought was... hip-hop? no way. But I can't wait to see it again. Of course can never get tickets again

4:03 pm

Jennifer was in NYC last week with 2 peeps -- saw Something Rotten and an "avantgarde dance troupe"

4:03 pm

AG 5, 8, 9 - same first 5 ltters

4:03 pm

pa6.21 and 8 & 9. the signs of age on furniture is pa6.21. I guess if you 'aged' a piece of furniture it would be to pa8 it.

4:03 pm

last nite they said it's sold out till some time in the summer

4:03 pm

how did you get tix???

4:04 pm

Local news has NO information. :(

4:04 pm

what city are you in, car?

4:04 pm

tx lynxxx :-)

4:04 pm

indeed. I went on line yesterday to try to get tickets for october and they were $450 for good seats. I stood on line last July for nearly an hour and wanted good seats... Had to wait till January but worth it (if you're going to pay $150, I'd rather wait and sit in the sixth row than sit in the back. for the same amount.

4:04 pm

ty lynxxx

4:05 pm

not surprised -- it's THE show to see! :-)

4:05 pm

lucky you!!!

4:06 pm

one more thing you have in common with Barack and Michelle :-)

4:06 pm

yes, I am just sorry I didn't get four tickets.. Could have sold the other two and made $1000!

4:06 pm

what is hamilton? -- a musical? a person?

4:06 pm

no kidding! LOL

4:06 pm

musical

4:07 pm

about?

4:07 pm

yup... The day I stood in line turns out was the day after Obama had taken his daughter to see it - maybe that was the reason for the line??

4:07 pm

Clue for that AR 9 please?

4:07 pm

www.hamiltonbroadway.com

4:07 pm

hip hop musical about Alexander Hamilton nan. you can google it. truly amazing

4:07 pm

ty une - will have a look

4:08 pm

nan, the playwright also stars in it!

4:08 pm

add Mr. Gore to the poison for ar9, car

4:09 pm

une - he was sick this weekend so saw an understudy. I've seen enough clips of him (Lin-Manuel Miranda) to know that he was certainly better than the understudy, but it was still fabulous!

4:09 pm

ty

4:09 pm

yw

4:09 pm

that was in a grid last week, no?

4:09 pm

can't remember that far back, lol

4:09 pm

just saw that on facebook -- sorry you didn't get to see "the genius"

4:11 pm

doren, that happened to me the first time I saw Phantom --Michael Crawford was ill and his understudy was . . . disappointing . . . I was crushed!

4:11 pm

clue please for AC 6?

4:11 pm

Actually I saw him in In The Heights. and have seen so many clips of hamilton online or on tv that I feel like i've seen him. But live, in person. in fifth row... It woudl have been too good to be true

4:12 pm

Ah.. I can identify with that une

4:12 pm

ta 6/18 please? -- don't have either

4:12 pm

I remember The Heights got great reviews as well!

4:12 pm

It was great, but this was exponentially better. this was just such a phenomenon. no words for it, really

4:13 pm

ta6 ta & king of beasts

4:13 pm

ty lyn

4:13 pm

oh, i believe it -- the clips I've seen are just fantastic!

4:14 pm

listening to the music now. it is great and if you listen to it from the beginning to the end in order, you can really catch the genius of it all

4:14 pm

ty lynxxx

4:15 pm

Ist ta6.18 is that horrid tapeworm

4:15 pm

he seems to have been a musical genius his whole life . . .

4:16 pm

tx lynxxx

4:16 pm

ty for that one too :)

4:16 pm

absolutely. when you consider that he wrote In The HEights at 24 or something, that was incredible too. but this is . Oh i should just shut up. you know.

4:17 pm

is the ta 8 a compound?

4:17 pm

so glad someone I know actually got to see it!! :-)

4:17 pm

no

4:18 pm

would kill to see the new show with Maurice Hines!

4:18 pm

a movie deal is being discussed. If Lin Manuel is behind it I'm sure it will be major and you'll get to see it. I would buy it

4:18 pm

something i'm thinking about, actually

4:18 pm

oooooohhhhh how exciting!!

hello all

4:19 pm

hi owl..

4:19 pm

hello

4:19 pm

hi Owl

4:20 pm

have you found out what all the hoopla is about yet, car?

4:20 pm

No...very frustrated.

4:20 pm

My poor son is freaking out.

4:20 pm

BRB

4:21 pm

No TV station has it and the local radio only has very limited information.

4:21 pm

Its been going on for over an hour.

what show did you see, dorens?

4:21 pm

ah that is frustrating car

4:21 pm

hamilton!!!

4:21 pm

stoopid.

4:21 pm

still need the AC 6 in the meantime....LOL

oh. i want to go to a show, it's been years.

4:22 pm

sorry. not yet

4:22 pm

ac

4:22 pm

trying to think how to clue it

4:22 pm

typing it in would be fine with me! :)

4:22 pm

well owl, that's not the one you'll find tickets for. I was lucky back in july standing in line for an hour.. it was worth it...

4:22 pm

ac + not out + beginning of the far north

4:23 pm

but there are so many other good things

4:23 pm

tyvm

4:23 pm

ty nan. good lcue

4:23 pm

ac not out and letter before s

4:23 pm

hard to clue without spelling it out

4:24 pm

For God's sake...I will send my bloody parrot down to annoy the man out of his house!

i need to get brave enough to go and stand on the day ticket line

4:25 pm

te 6/21 please? either one

i would be lost in the city.

4:26 pm

you can go on line and find some good deals sometime.. check out broadwaybox.com

dorens, we are getting a cat cafe next month! Can't wait!

4:27 pm

times square is hard to get lost in, owl. it is a straightforward grid. numbers across, and down. just broadway at an angle. you can't get lost there

4:28 pm

enjoy the cat café. jsut brought my cat to the vet today. the diabetes is getting out of control... might need to go up to insulin. not excited.

4:28 pm

hi all. i had to go to work so back for more. ay clues for any 9s other than the ar?

4:28 pm

OMG...local radio just reported a "report of increased police presence"....there are 50+ cops, firefighters, SWAT, and an overhead chopper or two.

4:28 pm

nope. sorry

4:28 pm

pretty exciting car. stay inside!

4:28 pm

something awful is going on.............where do you live car?

oh, i am sorry.

4:29 pm

ag 9: salesman who makes an attempt

what is happening, car?

4:29 pm

*that was a cryptic clue, in case you were wondering

4:29 pm

nice clue again, thanks nan

4:30 pm

and i got a whole bunch more from that. love that kind of clue

4:30 pm

te6 number & urinary tract infection - change the end vwl for the other

4:30 pm

huh? a salesman who sells? hmm. does it end in tr 5?

4:30 pm

Great clue...tyvm

4:30 pm

LOL...nice one!

4:30 pm

i got it. it does end in tr 5. ty. ty.

4:30 pm

great clue indeed.

4:31 pm

so two more to go. anyone have them?

4:31 pm

yw

4:32 pm

keep those super clues coming in......

tu9 - tu6 teacher + *** (how old are you) + plural

4:33 pm

ty lynxxx

4:33 pm

great cosmo.. another whole bunch from one clue

4:34 pm

th 6 please

4:34 pm

th6 ends like actress in Pretty Woman

4:35 pm

ty for tu 9. got it and others too. ty.

4:35 pm

ty lyn

4:35 pm

ty lynxxx

4:36 pm

i dont get the th 6. hmmmm

4:36 pm

Actress J**** Roberts was in Pretty Woman and Erin Brokovich

4:36 pm

got it. sorry. i was focused on her last name. ty.

4:38 pm

ty got it

4:39 pm

one more 9. any clues out there? i have ag, ar and tu. what is 4th one please?

4:41 pm

pa7/8/9 build on the pa6.21 clue earlier

4:42 pm

tr 6 please?

4:43 pm

tr6 3 prefix & an ***uite is a bathroom attached to a bedroom

ca7/36 pls?

4:44 pm

ty lynxxx

4:44 pm

ca*** short pants & **on lights

ty, lyn

mkg, got the pa9? want a clue?

4:48 pm

tu 5 and 6 right before the 8-9 combo, please?

4:49 pm

double vwl end Nan

4:50 pm

ty lynxxx

4:50 pm

and the ut 6? (getting tired of this grid)

4:51 pm

a place you will be when you finish - heaven

4:51 pm

hego's clue think Thomas More

4:51 pm

or perfact

4:52 pm

ty again -- just not seeing anything any more

4:52 pm

where i will be when I find the last 2

4:53 pm

ta 8 please?

this grid has gotten old fast

4:54 pm

anything over 350 gets old fast.

4:55 pm

174 left. hopefully when i list it will be easier. and that will be now. turning off chat.. later, all

4:56 pm

ta8 sun brown & i***** is when you select a font to slope to the right

4:57 pm

I just need the 2nd last pa 6/21 and the ta 8

4:57 pm

ty lynxxx

4:58 pm

pa6 double cons & vwl

time to rest the eyes. ty for clues, bbl

4:58 pm

bye everyone

5:00 pm

tyvm - whew!

5:00 pm

Yay nan !

5:01 pm

bye lyn and owl

5:01 pm

It's.... it's... MASSIVE!

5:01 pm

any clues wanted before I leave?

5:02 pm

yeah - and ugly, judi

5:02 pm

ar9 - please

5:02 pm

never mind - got it

5:02 pm

poison + mr gore

5:02 pm

thanks

5:04 pm

Tha'ts redundant.

5:04 pm

Or redundantal

5:04 pm

lol. That too.

5:06 pm

on my way -- really need a break from the puter :)

5:14 pm

first en6 pls

5:16 pm

nm

5:16 pm

en7/28 pls

5:17 pm

senorita

5:17 pm

front halls ?

5:17 pm

So sorry

5:17 pm

yes, ty westford

5:18 pm

yw peri

5:20 pm

Blacked out the J box. *chuffed*

5:21 pm

Judi goes Brit with "chuffed"

5:22 pm

surfers like that too

5:22 pm

Thanks, Diane!

5:22 pm

I thought surfers were "stoked".

5:23 pm

that too

5:23 pm

I know surfers don't drink hot choccy

5:23 pm

The fools.

5:23 pm

po 5/14, pls

5:24 pm

a clue for the po 7 /8 - please

5:24 pm

2nd po8 pls. if it is a pl. I do not have the po7 before it

5:26 pm

po 7/8 cooking utensil and I walk the blank

5:27 pm

got the first part but not the second

5:27 pm

Well they might drink hot chocolate, but I don't think any surfer with any pride would refer to it as hot choccy.

5:27 pm

po 5/14, pls

5:27 pm

draw a straight blank

5:28 pm

or ****

5:28 pm

looking for the po 5/14 bichon

5:28 pm

ty west

5:28 pm

ty westford. I read that as walk the plank :)

5:29 pm

I thought you might..rhymes with blank

5:31 pm

po5/14...first part sounds like what water does when you heat it on high, then add last vowel

5:31 pm

ty Molly

5:33 pm

ty from me as well

5:33 pm

Sorry, lame clue but at least I didn't ***

5:33 pm

ty Molly

5:35 pm

Dinner break!

5:46 pm

pr 7/32, pls

5:51 pm

AP 7/36 pls

5:52 pm

PPR 7 - not amateur + Mr Hawthorne's first name

5:52 pm

ap + a bad apple has ***ted + adjetival ending

5:52 pm

ty teach

5:53 pm

and ty bichon - good trade

6:02 pm

yw teach

6:05 pm

june

6:17 pm

hi all has anyone clued the last 9? i have tu, ar and ag. what is other one please? need stat and most likely clues too.

6:18 pm

tu 9, pls

can someone pls clue un6/20? ty

6:19 pm

pa + metal + consumed + plural letter...

6:19 pm

un + county *** [the thing with rides]

6:20 pm

tu: a [person who helps students is a tu*** + from birth on we count our ***, the amount of time we have lived + plural

6:20 pm

tyvm mkg

6:21 pm

ty for pa 9. got it. great clue. ty pen.

6:22 pm

yw...

6:22 pm

i am still not half way. darn!!!!!!!!!

6:23 pm

62 left here. This morning Angelsong said she made her first pass and had 42 left. Amazing

6:24 pm

i have 147 left!

6:24 pm

snurf is not a word

6:25 pm

go pen!

6:25 pm

I have 40 left

6:25 pm

59 here

6:36 pm

ta 6/18, second one, pls

6:36 pm

don't have it yet...

6:37 pm

ta and King of the Jungle

6:37 pm

and pl for the ta7

6:39 pm

ca 7 /36?

6:42 pm

small hat + camping word for bathroom, lit****

6:43 pm

Good grief....that should be LAT****

6:43 pm

ty...

6:44 pm

ta 6/18, second one, pls

6:47 pm

ta6---ta and king of the jungle

6:47 pm

hi folks

6:48 pm

hi...

6:48 pm

hi welki

6:48 pm

i won't be finishing this one...

6:48 pm

ty Annie

6:48 pm

did you just start, pen?

6:49 pm

no....i have 120 left....but i am tired...

6:50 pm

I have 39 left. Anyone need any help?

6:50 pm

too many to ask for, but thanks...

6:51 pm

te 5/12, pls

6:52 pm

after ninth, bichon

6:52 pm

ty Annie

6:53 pm

yw

6:53 pm

te 6/21, the second and third ones, pls

6:54 pm

te + walnut, pecan +vowel

6:54 pm

got the G's done...yea!

6:55 pm

good job, pen

6:55 pm

ty Annie

6:55 pm

ty...skipped some C's...

6:55 pm

bichon, same 5 letters and ends with another vowel

6:56 pm

I'm looking for the ti 5/12, do you have it?

6:57 pm

ti + Mr. Coolidge

6:58 pm

ty Annie. Do you need any words?

6:58 pm

thanks, but Im plodding along. are you finished?

6:59 pm

no, 23 left

6:59 pm

I'm plodding too, Annie

6:59 pm

hi jaxx :)

7:00 pm

hello, everyone. any clue for the ap7?

7:00 pm

Hi, Annie. How's the weather your way?

7:00 pm

cold and the wind is whipping away'

7:01 pm

ap + ***ten eggs stink + most of frozen water...

7:01 pm

hi dawg, dont have it

7:01 pm

This is the first really cold night we have had this winter. My husband has been out and wrapped the car up.

7:02 pm

hi annie, jaxx, and pen. ty pen

7:02 pm

tr 6/18, pls

7:02 pm

Thanks, pen

7:03 pm

yw...

7:03 pm

thanks, pen

7:03 pm

Don't have it bich. Sorry

7:03 pm

don't have it bichon...

7:04 pm

tr6, tr + two vowels + abbrev for nova scotia

7:04 pm

got it, ty

7:08 pm

Thanks, lbd

7:09 pm

anyone want a clue before I get into bed and read?

7:10 pm

does that mean you are done, Annie?

7:10 pm

ca 6/21?

7:10 pm

either one...

7:11 pm

I am on the point of doing the same myself. Thanks, Annie. Enjoy your reading

7:11 pm

ca6---feline and take the ***t out before you put yor clothes in the dryer

7:12 pm

cat---feline and electrified particle

7:12 pm

ty....

7:13 pm

yw

7:13 pm

ca7/36 small hat + most of what you do to pre wash minus the S

7:13 pm

jaxx, have a good night

7:14 pm

Thanks, Annie. as a retired scientist I should have got the second one. Guess I am tired so as its after 1am here, good night everybody.

7:14 pm

ty, lb....i had that noe...

7:14 pm

sweet sleeps, Jaxx

7:14 pm

good night, jaxx and I am out too, bye

7:14 pm

bye...

7:15 pm

fa 7?

7:15 pm

sweet sleeps, Annie

7:17 pm

part of a ship? the back end.

7:18 pm

got it....made me think of fish...

7:18 pm

what you use to cool yourself off and the end of the panamanian dictator, manuel nori***

7:18 pm

ty...

7:18 pm

(my clue is for a fa 6 and 7)

7:19 pm

had that one...thanks...

7:19 pm

second en 6/18?

7:20 pm

en + drudgery

7:21 pm

ty...

7:22 pm

nu 6/21?

7:23 pm

like the turtles only with an N

7:23 pm

garos

7:23 pm

something from a tree + r*** and rave

7:23 pm

heroes in a half shell :)

7:24 pm

whoa....let me think...

7:24 pm

the other is pea*** + spanish river

7:24 pm

got it....ty...

7:24 pm

had that other nu word...ty....

7:25 pm

10 left. Please ask me for clues

7:25 pm

I usually am so needy

7:25 pm

say what? you are not.

7:25 pm

I sure am

7:25 pm

fa 7, 40 please bichon

7:26 pm

te 6/21, second one pls

7:26 pm

something you cool yourself with + a dog wags it's ****

7:27 pm

or 7?....or is that a plural... i am missing the last four OR words....

7:27 pm

too easy bichon, thanks

7:27 pm

yw

7:28 pm

yes, it's a plural, pen

7:28 pm

or + knock over a *** in bowling

7:28 pm

or + fir tree

7:28 pm

ty...

7:28 pm

tadone!! finito!! whew!

7:29 pm

te 6/21, second one pls

7:29 pm

wtg dawg

7:30 pm

te6/21 change the last letter to another vowel.

7:31 pm

brb, need some tea

7:31 pm

there's no y in the grid

7:32 pm

just an ordinary vowel...

7:33 pm

ty pen

7:33 pm

yw...

7:34 pm

un 6/21, pls

7:35 pm

to oust someone from their senate chair....

7:35 pm

ty 5 left

7:36 pm

yw....po 5/14?

7:37 pm

po + vowel + little ****, from the old comics books

7:38 pm

it's only five letters???

7:38 pm

I have all the t's and it is telling me that I don't.

7:38 pm

yes, only the first two letters

7:38 pm

hawaiian finger food paste + saint *o*is, MO

7:39 pm

Little **** from the comics is a repeat of the same 2 letters

7:39 pm

P + you are a quart low in your car engine + last vowel

7:39 pm

guess i don't know that comic....

7:40 pm

ty....got it...sounds like the french word for hairy...

7:40 pm

it was dumb

7:41 pm

i was more into superman, batman... ;o)

7:42 pm

then you would have found it REALLY dumb

7:42 pm

hah!

7:42 pm

un 5/12, first one, pls

7:44 pm

not jelled...

7:44 pm

typen

7:44 pm

un + game, *** match

7:45 pm

and dawg

7:45 pm

ra 6/21?

7:48 pm

I have first three letters of indian princess plus last three letters of omelet flipping tool

7:49 pm

ty harry...

7:49 pm

yw pen

7:50 pm

halfway!

7:50 pm

long way to go...

7:50 pm

go Harry!

7:50 pm

i am calling it quits....got it down to 35....too tired to do more...

7:50 pm

Hi all. Isn't it funny how you can go away for hours, come back and suddenly spot a million words you didn't see before. Well, that's helped.... only 104 left to find.

7:50 pm

good job pen. I have 215 left and have lost interest allready

7:51 pm

hi Jac

7:51 pm

found my first 8!

7:52 pm

Hi Bug - please don't ever greet me that way on a plane. ;)

7:52 pm

hah! good one jac

7:52 pm

LOL, Never thot of that!! I wud be arrested for sure

7:53 pm

:D

7:53 pm

well got it down to 26 by just finding more of the 4 letter words...

7:53 pm

pen, you really might as well finish :)

7:53 pm

hah.....i don't think so....i would be asking for 26 clues...

7:53 pm

penquis - I've been finding words I thought I'd alread found. Sometimes one grid just slides seamlessly into the next. :(

7:54 pm

happens to me, too....

7:55 pm

Happens to us all, I think, penquis.

7:56 pm

most definitely

7:56 pm

I must have lots of typos, and words don't get entered

7:56 pm

That, too, Harry.

7:57 pm

hello friends

7:58 pm

hi trif - nice pic

7:58 pm

I get a bit overexcited at the start of the grid and try to type in as many randomly found words as fast as I can.

7:58 pm

Hi Trif.

7:58 pm

hi harry. OH, I am so sad today about David Bowie

7:59 pm

it was weird - last night I heard "starman" on the radio, and looked up the chords to it, and had it in my head, and then this morning looked at the news and saw he died.

7:59 pm

I've had a Bowie day on my FB page. So much part of the fabric of my teens - 30s.

7:59 pm

let the children booogeeee

7:59 pm

he has been my secret boyfriend for years, YEARS. From the cot, if you asked my children who mommy loved, they would say David Bowie....

8:00 pm

Harry - I was singing 'Five Years' on Sunday with no idea of what was to come.

8:00 pm

strange how that words jac

8:00 pm

Aw, Trif. ((HUGS))

8:00 pm

his poor family....

8:00 pm

works

8:01 pm

He KNEW. he knew! his last album is a goodbye to us all. I tried to play it today, but after two songs I was a mess

8:01 pm

Yes, Trif - he knew, just like Freddie Mercury did, and he left us a llegacy. He even gave Major Tom an end in Darkstar.

8:02 pm

it is so sad.

8:02 pm

now i am down to 14.....i am SO OCD..... :o|

8:02 pm

way to go pen

8:02 pm

told you pen :)

8:02 pm

but oh, I like to think of the party up in heaven! Freddy, Dave, George, John, Janis, Jim, oh I could go on and on

8:02 pm

go pen!

8:03 pm

I have greyed five letters, and feel good enough about that

8:03 pm

At least he and Lemmy made it past 27, unlike many of the others.

8:04 pm

ra 7/28?

8:04 pm

the first one?

8:04 pm

Trif - It'll be the Woodstock of All Tme when we get up there to attend the concert.

en clues?

8:05 pm

did you see the end of the world, jac? I'm picturing it like that....

8:05 pm

jilli posted this link today: http://tinyurl.com/gwj9faw

8:05 pm

Yes, Trf. xx

8:06 pm

en + like kahlua, *** maria

8:06 pm

en + subject of a composition....

8:06 pm

first ra 7/28?

8:06 pm

nice link welki!

8:06 pm

sciencegeek - en6/18 - en + animal's waggy or flicking endpiece.

eed onen6 and 7

need!

damn soft keyboard

8:07 pm

en + attempts

8:07 pm

en + hard work word.

got that one

8:07 pm

i clued en 7....

8:07 pm

double, double, **** and trouble :)

8:07 pm

first ra 7/28???

n, don't get

8:08 pm

pen - like the comb to tease your bouffant

8:08 pm

penquis - the long end of a rodent is ra7/28.

ra 7/28 rhymes with a tool used by a conductor

8:09 pm

i have that one....i need the first one...

8:09 pm

Or, Penquis - your hair might look like this if it's greasy or you get soaking wet.

8:09 pm

199 to go. I am going to the list.

8:09 pm

ty, jac....that was the one...

8:09 pm

ratsnest! hahahaha!

8:09 pm

I am clueing the first ra7/28.

8:10 pm

I should be studying...I am at the exact halfway point in the grid....

8:10 pm

82 words to find now, diving back in... sploosh!

i shant finish this one

8:10 pm

Glad you got it, penquis.

8:11 pm

Studying?

8:12 pm

se 8?

8:13 pm

miss in spanish

8:13 pm

Penquis - se8 is the Spanish unmarried girl.

8:14 pm

howdy babblers

8:14 pm

hi origami

8:14 pm

duh....had the mrs and not the miss...ty...

8:14 pm

Hi origami.

8:15 pm

hi all

8:15 pm

jmc :)

8:15 pm

hi jmc

8:16 pm

Oh dear! I seem to have an awful lot of 'p' words to find.

8:17 pm

hmmm i am guessing i won't finish this grid since i am starting just now ;)

8:17 pm

Maybe not, jmc.xx

8:17 pm

hi jamc

8:17 pm

hi jmc, I mean. Hope you are well

8:18 pm

since i rarely finish reasonable size grids. . . .

8:18 pm

hi bugs. . . i knew who you meant. . . .:)

8:18 pm

ta 6/18 (first one)?

8:19 pm

anagram of not coffee + Ms Peeples.

8:20 pm

have a good evening, everyone! see you tomorrow. *poof*

8:20 pm

oh welki i am so sad. . . my saab needs more repairs than it is worth in the blue book . . . .

8:20 pm

I haven't got all the 't' words yet, penquis - but it's probably the word for the band that separates things in a frieze.

8:20 pm

i may do them anyway . . .

8:21 pm

ty, lb...

8:21 pm

bye lbd!

8:21 pm

Good evening Babblers

8:21 pm

hi wht. . . long time no see

8:21 pm

hi wht

hi je

8:22 pm

I was thinking the same thing, jmc. How are things with you?

8:22 pm

i am done... :oD

8:22 pm

wtg penq

8:22 pm

wow pen - wtg!

8:22 pm

wow ... congrats pen!!

8:22 pm

Well done, pen!

8:22 pm

whoo hooo pen!

8:23 pm

tyvm....and thanks for the help...

8:23 pm

just monkeyed a really weird fa6/7

8:23 pm

i am heading out....g'nite all.....

8:24 pm

bye penq

8:24 pm

*hands harry's monkey a banana"

8:24 pm

eat them now. . . they are going extinct. . .

8:25 pm

bananas?

8:25 pm

Got all the p words!

8:25 pm

that is a major accomplishment, jac

8:26 pm

the bananas we eat in the US almost all come from one plant type plantations and there is a discease that is destroying them all . . .

8:26 pm

oh dear - where will we get our potassium?

8:26 pm

ironically these bananas were planted because the last kind of banana trees on plantations all died from a fungus. . . .

8:27 pm

apples and potatoes and tomatoes harry

8:27 pm

Oh no. Love bananas. One of the dangers of monocropping.

8:27 pm

happily for the Tanzanians where bananas are their food staple they plant several types of bananas. . .

8:28 pm

There are lots of different kinds of bananas. Some of them just don't ship as well as the Cavendish bananas.

8:28 pm

I am sure the banana corporations will come up with a new one to grow and ship. . .

8:28 pm

It was a while after I returned from Kenya before I could eat a banana. I kept wondering where the flavor went.

8:29 pm

yes. . . i agree. . . bananas in east africa are much more tasty. . .

8:29 pm

what - same coming from Spain or Porugal re citrus fruits.

8:30 pm

Or pineapples after being in Hawaii

8:30 pm

or barbecue after being in Texas! ;D

blame Dole Corp

8:30 pm

go to Snopes - site on web that analyzes rumors - the rumor of extinction of bananas is a unfounded rumor according to their report - it was first reported in 2003 that bananas had 10 more years - not true

8:30 pm

Everything is best picked and eaten fresh.

8:30 pm

I can grow my own citrus where I live (mostly) and it is amazing ... so different from the grocers.

or Chiquita

8:31 pm

ty wvteach. . . i didn't read it online so i didn't think to check. . .

8:31 pm

Ha jmc ... it is true about bbq

8:33 pm

hmmm wvteach it was reported by cnn, bloomberg and abc. . . i think i read it in the nyt and now looking at snopes it appears that there is some foundation with TR$. . .

8:33 pm

but i should have looked at snopes before. . . .

8:34 pm

TR4. . .

8:34 pm

personally i refuse to eat "fresh" tomatoes that weren't grown by my sister or me. . . .

8:34 pm

i need to change my icon. . . brb....

8:36 pm

tensor

8:36 pm

oops ... sorry :-(

8:36 pm

ty

8:37 pm

thanks origami. Good clue

8:37 pm

:D I'm a dork

8:37 pm

sometimes the best sort of clue. particularly in a grid of this size, every little bit helps.

8:38 pm

Maybe jmc will send you her glasses of bubbly to you in the PB when she changes her icon.

8:38 pm

hello dorens. . . crusher of the bad scrabble player. . . ;)

8:38 pm

*pours origami champagne*

8:39 pm

TY! I can use some

8:39 pm

anyone else want some? I buy in bulk!!

8:39 pm

I'll bring the OJ this time

8:39 pm

me me me!

8:39 pm

ah, i just have excellent luck with some people, that's all, jmc

8:39 pm

haha. . . so modest!

8:40 pm

*plaintively extending empty champagne flute*

8:40 pm

i love the challenge. . .

8:40 pm

there you go une dear

8:40 pm

*pours more champagne*

8:41 pm

thanks!!

8:41 pm

no really. it is all luck. you and peri, i do seem to do well with. others, not so much. i can't explain it.. just things seem to fall into place all the time. other games, i might have good letters, but lousy board. one of these days, i'm sure....

8:41 pm

no really. it is all luck. you and peri, i do seem to do well with. others, not so much. i can't explain it.. just things seem to fall into place all the time. other games, i might have good letters, but lousy board. one of these days, i'm sure.... you have beaten me, i think.

8:41 pm

une-- i'm still listening to this music, i think i'll never stop!

8:41 pm

:-)

8:42 pm

once or twice. . . i would have to check. . . i am still trying to transfer the words w/ friends onto my new phone so i am behind. . . .

8:42 pm

i'e been distracted lately, don't seem to play every day anymore, sorry

8:42 pm

told Jen about your theatre experience -- she joins me in glowing bright green with envy! :-)

8:42 pm

une, that pit pair is soooo cute

8:43 pm

hi there - just checking in to see if anyone knows what went down in car's neighbourhood this afternoon

8:43 pm

i've heard it said that one should beg borrow or steal to get tickets... now i understand. I really really want to see it again, this time with Lin. but i might just have to wait for the movie.

8:43 pm

they were soooo sweet -- and fyi the gentle giant on the right was 75 lbs of kisses! :-)

8:44 pm

hi cyber. . .

8:44 pm

what play dorens?

8:44 pm

Hi nan

8:44 pm

not to worry. . . play when you play. . . that is what i do. . .

8:44 pm

I do! a mentally ill man, known to have life long issues, holed up his parents in the house and threatened to blow them all up, or something.

8:44 pm

The Play!! or should i say The Musical Hamilton!!!

8:44 pm

OMG!!!

8:44 pm

p's polished. Only 62 left now.

8:44 pm

ended with one person going off in an ambulance, but car, her family, and my mum are all safe and well

8:44 pm

good grief!!

8:45 pm

ooooh i would love to see it since he was always my favorite founding father. . . .

8:45 pm

yikes

8:45 pm

wtg wht

8:45 pm

oh no. those things happen far too often, we just don't usually hear about them unless someone is killed.

8:45 pm

you have to understand, we live in PODUNK - Sherriff Andy, Barney and Floyd were no doubt shitting themselves

8:45 pm

(to be clear the OMG was about the crazy guy)

8:46 pm

figgered as much, j

8:46 pm

Glad to know everything is all right with car. It sounded rather dramatic.

8:46 pm

the cops around here are super, super nice, but just are not called on for this sort of thing - ever. the odd kid here or there, car accidents, and maybe one fire a year is about the height of our crimes

8:46 pm

odd kid smoking pot, that was supposed to say...

8:47 pm

no meth labs?

8:47 pm

dorens - did car say any more about what was happening with the emergency squads and swat teams?

8:47 pm

do you guys live in Disneyland? :D

8:47 pm

that is what I am talking about, cybernan

8:47 pm

I have no idea where the swat teams even came from! boston, I guess?

8:48 pm

my valentine says we live in normal Rockwell land

8:48 pm

jeez -- I live in the land of meth labs -- both mobile and immobile

8:48 pm

county police usually, trif

8:48 pm

Are there vacancies?

8:48 pm

plenty! come on down!

8:48 pm

breaking bad territory, une?

8:49 pm

indeed! LOL

8:49 pm

my boy lived near a trailer blow up as a meth lab in ruralish NC. . . i was happy when he came back to DC. . .

8:49 pm

ugh, jmc I can understand!

8:49 pm

ok - ty trif - was wondering what had happened - glad eveyrone is ok

8:49 pm

I grew up in the bay area and live in sacramento now. It is like that all the time. Ugh, I want to move.

8:49 pm

the only things that blow up here are lawn fires that people put too much accelerant on

8:50 pm

don't move to LA, origami. worse there.

8:50 pm

I imagine so dorens. although, the weather ....

8:50 pm

what is a "lawn fire" ?

8:50 pm

also wondering, harry LOL

8:50 pm

forget the weather. LA is so full of crazies anyway

8:50 pm

is that a combination of a lawn sale and a fire sale?

8:51 pm

I'm with Harry, who sets fire to their lawn?

8:51 pm

its when your lawn catches on fire when you burn the trash in the back yard. . .

8:51 pm

ooohhh

8:51 pm

oy.

8:51 pm

or overdose your charcoal with lighter fluid

8:51 pm

there you go - JMC nailed it

8:51 pm

People burn trash still?

8:51 pm

I thought it was a slash and burn thing

8:52 pm

my daddy did in houston until a neighbor called the fire department on him in the late '60s

8:52 pm

not trash so much as brush and branches and such, but since I live way out in the woods I toss whatever on there - Christmas tree, old chairs, dining room table....

8:52 pm

leftover tnt

8:52 pm

my Colombian nextdoor neighbors made me very nervous this fall when they had bonfires in their backyard which was full of dry leaves!

8:52 pm

notices from the IRS

8:53 pm

its very economical! big pile of briars turns into helpful ash for next years garden

8:53 pm

that's clearly a waste of tnt. . .

8:53 pm

correspondence from ex husband....

8:53 pm

body parts of ex husbands

8:54 pm

I remember when we used to burn the leaves in the street. Loved the smell, but it's been long illegal now.

8:54 pm

ouch

8:54 pm

hey!

8:54 pm

its become a bit of a ritual - every year we put the old Christmas tree out there, and primo shoots a flaming arrow into it. it's good fun!

8:54 pm

illegal here too, dorens!

8:54 pm

My grandfather was clearing brush and the fire got away from him. He had a bucket of water, but by the time he realized that the fire was getting out of control, the handle on the bucket was too hot to pick up.

8:54 pm

That's what I call good clean fun trif!

8:54 pm

But that was in the 50's

8:54 pm

I cut mine up and use the branches to protect the azaleas from freezing. . .

8:54 pm

illegal everywhere... in the US. since back around the EPA became more powerful. pollution. global warming?

8:55 pm

mine gets turned into mulch by the town.

8:55 pm

. . . yes but it also was in a very urban area wht. . . out in the country in texas people still do it. . . except during droughts. . . .

8:55 pm

when I was a kid the neighbors were burning a pile of leaves, and it had poison ivy in it. His kids inhaled it and nearly died when their throats constricted.

8:55 pm

We have yard waste pick up here also.

8:55 pm

I was about 4 or 5. My parents told me to stay inside. I never even looked out. Firetrucks in the back yard and I missed the whole thing.

8:55 pm

in TN too, jmc

8:55 pm

oh my. that's the sort of thing you wouldn't forget, HH

8:56 pm

yes, thank goodness for brush pickup

8:56 pm

well us swamp Yankees happily burn it.

8:56 pm

harry, poison ivy is sooo scary!

8:56 pm

brush pickup, the very idea! the selectpeople would die laughing

8:56 pm

rhododendron smoke is toxic as well

8:57 pm

I throw the leaves up a rocky hill in the back - trying to build up the soil coverage. The rest I use for my compost heap

8:57 pm

my brother had the job of burning the trash and he decided to speed it up and poured gasoline on the burning pile. . .the fire traveled up the fluid into the can and blew up in his hand. . .singed his eyebrows and eyelashes right offf. . . .

8:57 pm

One of my son's friends lives with me (a grown up man in his 30's). I had a stump to get rid of in the back yard and he thought it would be a good idea to set it on fire. I was asleep. The fire department showed up with sirens blaring at 2 am. geesh

8:58 pm

hol ycow jmc

8:58 pm

i do leave enough brush in the back for the bunnies to shelter :-)

8:58 pm

my leafs i pile around the base of the ro**s and then let them rot. . .

8:58 pm

oh geesh origami. it actually is a good idea, though....you do have to watch it like a hawk

8:58 pm

OMMG jmc!

8:58 pm

My son still wishes we would have gotten a flame thrower for clearing the driveway of snow.

8:59 pm

we say that every year, wht

8:59 pm

haha i am glad you protect your bunnies. . . if i wasn't in a city i would have bunny stew this summer. . . rabbits EVERYWHERE eating my garden. . . .

8:59 pm

The flame thrower sounds like a good idea to me

8:59 pm

I keep telling him that asphalt is flamable, but it never seems to make an impression.

9:00 pm

the asphalt doesn't dip down after the fire?

9:00 pm

jmc, my grandmother use to fence off her garden and plant one on the outside of the fence for the rabbits. she swore it worked

9:00 pm

it really is something that no one has been able to come up with some sort of heated snow blower, or driveway Zamboni, or SOMETHING

9:00 pm

That was the reason for never getting the flame thrower.

9:00 pm

i'm afraid the park service wouldn't allow that origami. . .

9:01 pm

A driveway zamboni. just what i need. smooth ice on my driveway.

9:01 pm

I'm off to Bedfordshire.

9:01 pm

bye trif. . . .

9:01 pm

not ice, wht, but something to melt all the snow and ice and make it go away

9:01 pm

I think a heated snow removal system will be my future invention. I will remember you all when I am rolling in money

9:01 pm

i do tax work origami. . . when you get rich. . . ;)

9:02 pm

just make sure it doesn't pollute. . .

9:02 pm

They do have heated coils for driveways, but I imagine the electric bill must be pretty steep if you turn them on.

9:02 pm

I will call you jmc

9:02 pm

it beats not being able to get to your house at all wht. . .

9:03 pm

I am sooooo glad I don't live a snow area

9:03 pm

Fortunately, our driveway is not that steep.

9:03 pm

It's all I can do sometimes to get my garbage cans out in the rain

9:03 pm

i don't mind some snow. . . i just hate snow for weeks at a time with ice in between. . .

9:04 pm

FIREWORKS! Happy Babbling all, see you next grid. x

9:04 pm

my sister's is. . . i keep trying to get her to put in the coil. . . you could just turn it on when it was snowing or icy. . .

9:04 pm

wow jac ... big congrats!!

9:04 pm

hooray jac! still 87 to go here

9:04 pm

whooo hoooo jac!

9:05 pm

I believe some places now have solar-powered paths that keep themselves clear of snow and ice. Probably not available to individuals, though.

9:05 pm

wtg jac

9:06 pm

cool gillie. . . but i am not sure that would work for my sister as her driveway in on the north side of the hill. . . thus lots of snow and ice not melting!

9:06 pm

i will definitely explore that possibility though. . . .

9:08 pm

well i am as done as i am going to get tonight. . . fun conversation and champagne not withstanding. . .

9:08 pm

bye all. . . . 368 left. . . .*poof*

9:10 pm

good night jmc

9:14 pm

nighty night jmc

9:26 pm

Fireworks

9:26 pm

Good night all.

9:26 pm

wtg wht! 31 here, and getting tired.

9:26 pm

congrats, wht!!!

9:34 pm

wow wtg hht

9:34 pm

wow wtg wht

9:49 pm

I have been in a cocoon of no news today. Just heard that Bowie died. The fearless chameleon.

10:09 pm

neglect not the -ful

10:36 pm

th6 rhymes with j---- child, chef/spy

10:37 pm

po7 rhymes with what you call if you're considering suicide and they talk you out of it (hopefully)

10:38 pm

tx hursh

10:41 pm

I thought the po7 was what you call if you are trying to quit smoking dope : D

10:41 pm

could be, could be

10:42 pm

and, with the work of thomas more, i am done

10:43 pm

congrats, hursh!

10:43 pm

13 to go . . .

11:14 pm

FW whew!

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