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12:03 am

well done nan - got them

12:03 am

thanks Nan

12:07 am

tx nan

12:07 am

Bingo! First column :-) and nbt, nbs and 1/2 way

12:16 am

wtg m9

12:17 am

Thanks flosey! 35 left and not seeing much now.

12:17 am

33 left and in same boat

Clues are up

12:17 am

thanks Licethy

12:17 am

27 to go . . .

12:18 am

nan and m9 to the PB :-)

12:18 am

oops, sorry Lickety!!

12:20 am

Is there cake?

12:20 am

And I was being SO good not saying the g word! :-)

12:20 am

hee hee :-)

12:22 am

finished

12:22 am

whoo hoo ru!

12:22 am

stats for the top right A please

12:22 am

congrats, ru

12:22 am

as5

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as 5

12:22 am

nice flowing gr4

12:23 am

tx nan saw it as soon as i asked

12:23 am

<---is chopped liver tonight :D

12:25 am

always seems to take me a while to find the babblets

12:25 am

I have 30 to go still.

12:25 am

24 here

12:26 am

I didn't need lickety for once.. been thankful for the lists lately.. the grids have been tough

12:27 am

time to brush the teeth and start my new book

12:27 am

Trying not to list...

12:27 am

11 here - will probably list soon

12:28 am

25

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0

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smartypants

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:D

12:29 am

he's naught-y

12:29 am

have bridge tomorrow and trying to get the 2016 family dvd done

12:29 am

signing off with 23 to go -- gnite :-)

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g'night

12:29 am

night une.. night all

12:31 am

niters ru

12:31 am

sleep well ru!

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20..

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21 .. . . and really leaving !

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20 *snort*

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:-D

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19. Now you have to stay

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12:36 am

wow . . . passing the baton to m9 -- byeee :-)

12:36 am

does anyone have a po 6 that isn't strong?

12:36 am

using morewords.. but not listing. gah.

12:37 am

nm -- monkeys woke up

12:37 am

*!*~*!*

12:38 am

wtg nan!

12:38 am

good night everyone

12:39 am

good night Nan, well done

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k

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12:55 am

fw. I listed for the last 6

12:56 am

fw and off to bed, good night all

12:59 am

fw

1:17 am

hello

1:35 am

good morning all

1:45 am

COOEE!! HUGS IN ABUNDANCE !! SMOTHERS SPRITE WITH KISSES !! oh hello sprite, didn't see you here.

1:45 am

*giggles and gives rose a huge hug* Hello my darling friend. Great to see you too.

1:46 am

how are you doing?

1:47 am

feeling pretty good here as you can tell. taken it quietly again. it's really too hot to do much.

1:47 am

good job, darling. You definitely needed a heap of recouperation time to heal up from december.

1:47 am

and you my darling? good night? and yesterday?

1:50 am

mwah.... dentist appointment yesterday. First time in 18 months... with a broken-off tooth... and my usual fear of dentists... and our dentist sick at home for the unforseeable future...

1:51 am

good thing was, they were very understanding once I told them the combination of ptsd and an incest history and dentists was NOT a good one. Seems science finally is catching up, they had just followed a seminar on this relation. And the assistant was also an anxiety coach.

1:52 am

yuck.... i was lucky the last time i broke a tooth. my dentist was able to cap it. *huge sigh of relief*

1:52 am

so they checked my teeth, found out there is not a lot wrong there, just some tartar and gumb inflammation, not a lot. And that darn tooth. With an inflammation at the nerve end.

1:52 am

oh, dear one. the Big Guy is certainly watching over you.

1:53 am

He sure is. He even made it so that the dentist had a bit of extra time, and decided he could pull the rest of the tooth out right away. I agreed and he did and it went okayish. So no waiting at home in fear for it.

1:54 am

you poor darling. xoxox to you

1:55 am

yeah it was intense, lol. But it couldn't have gone better, so I consider myself really blessed.

1:57 am

you certainly were darling. now if He would only hear my pleas for cooler nights all would be great in our world.

1:58 am

*giggles* He says: I have given you cooler nights, woman. Just not in your part of the world. Go to Sprite's.

1:58 am

LOLLLL yup, He did say that....

1:59 am

it is freezing here at night :D

1:59 am

btw, is that the same as do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

2:00 am

and i would be running around outside, buck nekkid, making angels.

2:00 am

nah, no worries hun. Since you are on the other side of the globe, all roads lead to me. You can pass Go if you like.

2:00 am

the mind pictures are boggling!

2:01 am

i am trying to organise a visit to a travel agent. but i need to write a list of what we want to do, when and how.

2:01 am

take your time planning it all, sweetie, and let me know what info you need from me. We are in no hurry.

2:02 am

ohhhh, yesterday morning, i had gone into the bathroom, gotten ready for my shower, when i realised don had said he was going to do the dishes.

2:02 am

brrrrr that must have been refreshing :D

2:02 am

nekkid, i went to the door, and called out, is the water ready for me to use.

2:03 am

uh-oh.... and he said Yes, and after dousing you with cold water, added: just not heated?

2:03 am

halfway across the bedroom, i looked over my shoulder and there is himself with the biggest grin on his face

2:04 am

roflol :D Good man Don! So... both the shower and the dishes had to wait for a bit?

2:04 am

i said i thought you were doing the dishes. and he said....

2:04 am

what... and miss the floor show.

2:04 am

hahahahaha he is awesome!

2:05 am

foneting: writing stuff down exactly the way you pronounce it

2:05 am

107 kg of pink wobbly flesh?? he must be in love !!!

2:06 am

loll... good one. put it in.

2:06 am

silly rose. You are beautiful. The idea that only skinny taut-skinned people are beautiful is a crazy notion.

2:07 am

ok added :)

2:09 am

what was up Tim's nose that you and he had words the other day?

2:12 am

oh that was a combination of his rotten temper and my being overly sensitive. He dropped something in the kitchen and threw a tantrum. I asked wth was going on, he said to leave him alone, I said fine but then stop slamming all the cupboards etc. And he said he was about to be out of my hair again in a few seconds, the way I like him to be.

2:13 am

I took that as him accusing me of never wanting him around me. He just meant it for that moment.

2:13 am

*rolls eyes* if it had been me he would have worn the frying pan.

2:14 am

:D I can always count on you understanding me.

2:16 am

why do the male of the species always misread us?

2:17 am

to be fair, I think we misread eachother quite often. Our signals differ, and both sexes tend to read the other's signals as their own.

2:17 am

mind you the addition of 'the way you like me to be' was pretty provocative.

2:17 am

yes and meant to be provocative... just not in the 'forever' way I took it.

2:18 am

and why the tantrum??

2:19 am

out for breakfast by 8:30am tomorrow. youngest son, Josh, and his wife, Jen are taking us.

2:19 am

the tantrum was Tim... he can get very angry if things don't go his way, and then he starts cursing, slamming doors, throwing stuff, stamping his feet, running up or down the stairs impersonating an elephant... you get the picture.

2:19 am

oh wow, that sounds lovely! I hope you will have a wonderful family breakfast.

2:20 am

yeah, sure do. maybe a gentle reminder that none of you need that sort of angst.

2:21 am

yeah, told him that a zillion times. He is a slow learner...

2:22 am

<----- trying to work out if i want pancakes, berries and cream, or the whole enchilada, toast, eggs, bacon, baked beans, sausage, grilled tomatao...

2:22 am

ohhhh pancakes all the way.

2:23 am

but in Tim's defence, it doesn't help that I react badly to hard noises and loudly expressed anger/frustration. If I can let him be at such moments, it sorts itself out and there is no need for a row.

2:23 am

hmmmm, DIL LU has bought letters which adhere to the walls. she has put, in this house we do... something similar may help Tim. all are positive statements.

2:24 am

Tim would scoff at that. Not his style at all.

2:25 am

eh... it may work... you never know

2:26 am

:D

2:28 am

ROFLOLLL. i went out to the kitchen, and found a shop-bought muffin, the size of a Christmas pudding*but not really* hidden behind the toaster. when i came back into our room, i sweetly asked, didn't you want your muffin now?

2:28 am

his response.... eagles eyes.

2:29 am

roflollllllll

2:30 am

when will he learn.. after 4 brothers, a father, three sons and two husbands...NOTHING he can do will elude me.

2:30 am

just realised it is friday and I have to get the groceries and make dinner. Ugh. Don't want to... am tired after yesterday's ordeal. It is definitely gonna be an oven dish.

2:31 am

sounds good, sweetie.

2:31 am

lol rose... boys will be boys... and they will keep trying. It is just in their nature. As it is in ours to spot it all. And confront them with it :)

2:32 am

like the apple danish container, hidden under MY seat in the car...and the take-away coffee cup in the trailer, in our driveway...

2:33 am

:D

2:34 am

rob and I were fooling around on our way to the dentist. I had insisted we leave early, and it turned out that was needed too, since there were roadblocks and detours. So I told Rob to remember to tell me how RIGHT I had been...

2:34 am

he agreed, but I told him to save his superlatives until we had arrived.. and he promised me a song and a dance and a trumpet sound.

2:35 am

then when we got there... just in time... he said I really had been right... and I said, hey, where is my reward? And he actually did a dance, a song and a trumpet sound... and Tim walked away from us, telling a passing stranger that NO, those people were NOT his parents at ALL!

2:36 am

even though I was nervous as hell, we arrived laughing :)

2:36 am

ROFLOLLLLL.... poor Tim, and i thought i was the only parent which made their kids hide and cringe. i love it!!

2:37 am

:D

2:38 am

what i simply do NOT understand is my kids reaction when i mention my love-life. i stand there thinking, just where the hell do you think you came from??

2:38 am

in the waiting room, we were joking too and Tim said again we were NOT related to him. Then the dentist came to get us, said "the Van Dijk Family" and Tim said: You traitor!

2:38 am

oh, gorgeous, i love it.

2:39 am

oh, that is normal, sweetie. The one thing children just don't want to know is their parents having any kind of love life.

2:40 am

i sure hope i never end up in adjoining rooms in a motel/pub.

2:41 am

lol too bad... better they cringe because they hear you are having a happy love life, than that they feel sorry for you having none.

2:42 am

btw... did you see the cyber boolee and his wife are expecting their first baby. poor kid\.

2:42 am

fireflies. Last word the little to6.

2:42 am

mine too sprite. WTG SPRITE!!!

Morning all. May I have stats please for the A in the top right corner?

2:43 am

as5/10 matty

2:43 am

{{hugs}} Matty

2:43 am

omg no... poor kid indeed. Once that kid hits puberty, poor dad will take everything personally and it will be hell. I foresee tiny mushroom clouds...

Thanks guys. BTW, is Tim like 10 years old? Because that's how he's acting :) Hugs back!

2:44 am

*hugs matty! Hello there. All the best for 2017 to you and yours.

2:44 am

true, matty. No, he is 20 and usually acts relatively mature. Just not when he is frustrated.

And to you guys. It's not started well - yesterday, my OH found out one of his best and oldest friends died unexpectedly at aged 57

He had 3 boys - a special needs 16 year old, a 14 year old and a 7 year old

2:44 am

oh matty :( I am so sorry. That is so sad.

2:45 am

poor kids. And poor mum. Will hold them in my prayers, if I may.

2:45 am

matty, that is soooo hard. how is he holding up?

Yeah, Jeff is gutted. He and another friend (who is part of the 'group) are going round tomorrow to see what they can do

He's spoken briefly to Paola (the wife) but I guess they'll know more tomorrow. And yes Sprite, I'm sure that would be hugely appreciated

2:46 am

it will mean the world to them, having friends like Jeff to be there for them through this ordeal.

2:46 am

matty. please express our deepest, heartfelt sympathies.

I will.

Fortunately, apparently, Ashley (the friend who died) made a will so there's that, I guess. I cannot imagine how Paola will cope - the special needs lad has pretty severe special needs (autistic, learning disabled, emotional issues) - it won't be easy

2:47 am

time to go. very mundane stuff like food calls. xoxox sprite and matty. you do know how much i love and support you both.

Thank you so much rose. I hope your dinner is good!

2:48 am

*hugs rose* Have a terrific evening, sweetie, and sleep well

2:49 am

the will is a good thing, for sure. But indeed, losing your partner is hard enough without having a special needs child to take care of. She will need the help of friends and family in the years to come... not just now.

2:50 am

will hold them in my thoughts and prayers, matty, Jeff too. *hugs*

Thank you xx It's such a reminder, too, of one's own mortality when someone so close to your own age passes. Jeff is 56 - it's scary

FW. Shower time. Have a good day/evening all

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uoing

5:20 am

Heello, patact

5:20 am

I just looked at your profile; my first husband was from Elgin and I was there many times

5:23 am

Really Ruby? I took you more for a Chicago type girl. : )

6:20 am

Ins

6:34 am

Haha. I never lived in Elgin, but spent 4 months in Chicgo and a year in Carbondale.

Ruby is a Queens girl.

7:43 am

Me too, Queens College

I grew up a couple of blocks away from queens COllege

7:48 am

They have dorms now

I maybe would have gone there with a dorm, but I wouls till be right next door to my parents

7:51 am

My parents made me go there because the tuition was free. I had to drive every day from Rockaway

7:51 am

FINISHED!!! VERY EXCELLENT!!!

7:51 am

stats for bottom row F please

7:52 am

fo 4/7

I would have walked. But I went to school out of town, and that was a 50-50 kind of thing

7:52 am

to 6/27, pls

7:53 am

TO6 = more hat

7:54 am

sorry gothaab, don't understand. I do have the 5/16

little hat?

7:55 am

to6 is an arcane spelling/meaning. Add a consonant.

7:59 am

Is it to + the high value tile?

8:02 am

yes.

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ty fw

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5 left.

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Good morning

8:06 am

morning car.

8:19 am

good morning all

8:19 am

Good morning

8:30 am

Fireworks. HAGD everyone!

8:53 am

hello all

8:56 am

help with the o please?

8:57 am

nbs

9:00 am

op4 chooses

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op6 choosing

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hi une and ty

9:00 am

nbt

9:00 am

yw and hi :-)

9:07 am

someone gave a clue for to6 as more hat?

9:07 am

nvm

9:11 am

oh sorry, I need a clue for fo6 please?

9:13 am

It's like fe5/18, but add the o.

9:13 am

alt spelling of fe5/18 (add a vowel in the middle)

9:14 am

looking for the fe5 now...:)

9:15 am

got them ty

9:15 am

now I have nbt

9:16 am

hello all. help with the as5 pls

9:17 am

A plus s4.

9:17 am

a plus when you mix something you st** it

9:18 am

ah, tyty

9:28 am

ne5?

9:30 am

hi all. any clue for the A top corner? ty

9:31 am

Yay, only 105 to go!

9:31 am

congrats mool

9:31 am

26 left I will be back

9:32 am

AS 5/10

9:34 am

33 to go

9:34 am

a+recipe instruction verb

9:36 am

20 to go

9:36 am

ty aeb. got it.

9:36 am

dint

9:36 am

oops. sorry

9:36 am

urvw

9:41 am

6 to go

10:03 am

ne5?

10:03 am

think of not bottom

10:04 am

hi wv and ty

10:05 am

First and last columns greyed:)

10:13 am

nice going there ML

10:15 am

think I'm stuck with these last 4

10:39 am

need clues mool?

10:41 am

feod

10:41 am

ooops so sorry.

thanks

10:48 am

not sure mkg, I'm not using a list, so difficult to know which ones are missing :)

10:49 am

Can't find po6, 24

10:50 am

poding

10:50 am

well that was one of the words :)

10:51 am

sounds like someone who like feet hills

10:51 am

sorry...but that didn't work anyway :(

10:51 am

you got the first part right, but the last couple of letters need adjustment

10:52 am

2 to go

10:52 am

TY moolingwa

10:53 am

one M, and one T to go

10:54 am

I still have 5 to go.

10:54 am

1 to go

10:54 am

a 5 letter m

10:55 am

fw

11:02 am

wtg moo

11:02 am

39 lefthere

11:03 am

I have qu4/8 and qu5/16. help with other q pls

11:04 am

m5: the place to spend the night, a theme, or a musical composition?

11:04 am

QU 7 - extend the 5

11:05 am

or a five card game?

11:05 am

ty for qu7

11:06 am

yvw

11:14 am

19 left

11:14 am

23 to go - PB for Peri

11:15 am

Maybe that is one of her 19

11:15 am

uh oh

11:15 am

I had it already

11:16 am

I am somewhat amazed that Ru was the only one to use gr4 in the chat

11:17 am

Molly do you drink G&T?

11:17 am

Very rarely, I mix them though. Why?

11:18 am

ruru recommended Fevertree tonic and I do not like it. also it is more expensive and you only get 4 bottles instead of 6

11:19 am

I can't help you. To me, tonic is tonic no matter what kind it is. I usually use Schwepps.

11:19 am

I am glad I tried it but I will go back to my regular brand

11:19 am

this is very different, made with botanicals but it does not indicate what kind.

11:19 am

I usually use Schwepps or Canada Dry

11:20 am

All tonic is...is carbonated water, sugar and flavorings. I can't believe their are "gourmet" brands.

11:20 am

I wish you would try this and let me know what you think

11:21 am

I just read about it and I won't like it if it has a bitter aftertaste. Please tell me you didn't try it because it is supposed to have fewer calories.

11:21 am

It is premium Indian Tonic Water. I bought it in the supermarket

11:22 am

oh no, I tried it because ruru recommended it.

11:22 am

It is the only tonic I have at the moment so it will have to do

11:22 am

I like it.. the best of any tonics I've tried

11:23 am

it's delicious

11:23 am

I am glad you like it ruru

11:23 am

my snooty gin friends also like it the best too... he told me .. (affected voice) .. it isn't a G & T without good gin and Fevertree tonic.

11:24 am

I do.. sorry you don't peri.. you like a drier taste I'd guess

11:24 am

i like bitter so it appeals to me

11:24 am

Well, some of us don't shop in Whole Paycheck and more of us just don't care what kind of tonic we mix with our gin.

11:24 am

I guess. I wonder what botanicals are in it

11:24 am

I should clarify that.. I live bitter in food, and cocktails, but not my people :D

11:25 am

as I said, I am glad I tried it but just do not care for it

11:25 am

I just looked at the ingredients and I didn't see "botanicals".

11:25 am

we just legalized Botanicals in California :D

11:27 am

My guess is they are referring to the quinine as a "botanical". All botanical means is herbal or medicinal.

11:27 am

the label says it is a blend of suble botantical flavors with spring water and the highest quality of quinine.

11:28 am

And hey, leave it to snooty gin drinkers to develop a pricey, bad tasting tonic. : P

11:28 am

it has a uniquely refreshing taste and aroma per the label

11:29 am

The ingredients are: Carbonated Spring Water, Cane Sugar, Citric Acid, Natural Flavouring, Quinine

11:30 am

I wonder if people loll about at the country club comparing the quality of their quinine.

11:32 am

Peri likes American brands of Gin.. I prefer the British (drier) style of gin with more juniper

11:32 am

they were just talking about tonic/quinine on the radio this morning. apparently there is a very rare, but horrible allergy some folks have to it.

11:32 am

chronic tonic allergy is no joke :D

11:33 am

I have never tried the British style. but I might like it. what brands should I look for

11:33 am

oh no, Eva. never heard of that

11:33 am

how is your little nugget doing, Eva?

11:34 am

what a cute picture in your icon, Eva.

11:34 am

chronic tonic allergy: groan!

11:35 am

the ones i can find are Brighton and Whittaker

11:35 am

I am stuck with 16 left

11:35 am

ok

11:35 am

many of them don't come over to the USA

11:35 am

any clues for the NE 5? ty

11:36 am

don't have it mkg

11:36 am

do you have it ruru?

11:36 am

ne + not bottom

11:37 am

ty ruru

11:37 am

bbl to finish

11:43 am

Really Eva, he just gets cuter and cuter.

11:47 am

TY Peri + Molly. he is doing well! just started day care on Tuesday -- lil man + mommy both handled it bravely!

12:00 pm

theyre kinda in love with him at day care, so i think he gets extra-good care there. ;)

12:03 pm

to 6/18?

12:05 pm

that must be my final missing T - am heling you look

12:05 pm

weight + allow

12:06 pm

good work, eva! :)

12:06 pm

the gr4/7 is in the gr4/7 today

12:07 pm

thnx

Hi there, please could anyone help me with my last one? po6,24, It's probably staring me in the face but I'm just not seeing it . Grateful for any help, thanks

n/m got it. Fireworks :D

12:41 pm

strong brew or meds

12:42 pm

never need ed meds

12:43 pm

5 left ands stuck

12:45 pm

welsh yeah to you!!!!!!!!!

12:48 pm

welsh, can you clue me the fo 6?

12:49 pm

or anyone else hav ethe fo 6? ty

12:49 pm

... do you have fe5/18? .... Put the o in

12:49 pm

ok ty

12:50 pm

foetid

12:50 pm

oooh my i hate this back and forth to lickety. that is when i make these errors.

12:50 pm

ty for the cule.

12:50 pm

clue

12:50 pm

... but not there

12:50 pm

apologies and off to pb

12:50 pm

it took it so not sure what you mean by not there. sorry.

12:51 pm

... my typing was a bit slow ... move my comment back three spots and it makes more sense ...

12:52 pm

ty

12:52 pm

ok.

12:53 pm

... so much for silly comments

12:53 pm

any clues for po 6 first one? ty

12:54 pm

... what peas come in + a mineral ending

12:55 pm

ty got it. ty.

12:56 pm

... do you need another?

12:56 pm

two to go. both are st words.

12:57 pm

st 5 10 first one please

12:57 pm

... old word for a woman secretary who took shorthand

12:58 pm

got it. ty. one more. trying to get myself. ty dos.

12:59 pm

got it. fireworks. ty doseffing

1:00 pm

... any time

1:01 pm

... must be off ... have been stalling all day ... garbage cans are sitting empty out at the street ... but it's sooooo cold ... ... ... luck to all

2:25 pm

hello....

2:25 pm

*waving to the lurkers*....

2:26 pm

::waves back::

2:26 pm

hi eva...

2:26 pm

hola penquis

2:26 pm

nice baby pic...

2:28 pm

thankyou. :)

2:28 pm

thankyou. :)

2:29 pm

i have one 4 to find and it's driving me crazy!

2:30 pm

found it!....now only a 5 and a 6 to find...

2:47 pm

i am done....

3:47 pm

i have one N4 to find - stats for any weird N words

no 4/5 is the weirdest one

3:49 pm

there are two other no 4/4 words...

3:49 pm

and two ni 4/4 words....

3:50 pm

have one no 4/5 and two ni 4/4 words

3:50 pm

have only one no 4/4 so i need a no 4/4

3:50 pm

Weird? Just because it is a a Latin word from the year 1300? Hahahahaha. That is normal stuff for Babble.

and one ne 4/4...

3:51 pm

do you have the carol word?

3:51 pm

yes

3:51 pm

and the musical symbol?

haha Molly, I agree! I was teaching my niece to Babble the other day. She's 9. And she was very confused by all the old english and latin and that sort of stuff.

3:51 pm

Then you should make a no4 to get the other one

3:51 pm

have the xmas no 4/4 - need the other no 4/4 word

3:52 pm

the weird word is no 4/5...

3:52 pm

ends in a vowel...

3:52 pm

I would never ruin a 9 year old by teaching them this game. It is for the old, addled minds who will blindly accept the nonsense words it deems "proper".

3:53 pm

got it - thought i already had it

3:53 pm

ah....

3:53 pm

TIAHI!!!

3:53 pm

my grandkids love helping me with this game - even the 6 year old who just types in letters randomly

3:54 pm

Pen, our icons are brethren.

3:56 pm

that they are!...

haha too funny

I've got one ni5 and one no6 and all the n4's. What am I missing?

tign

oops ;)

4:11 pm

there is an NE 5/12...

thanks pen! I'll poke around for it.

4:12 pm

there is also an no 6/24...

Got it!! :D

It can't even tell me what it's supposed to mean... hahaha click the question mark next to the ne5 and it just tells you that you must have misspelled something!

4:19 pm

you can always check the Enable dictionary...i think Lickety has a link to it...

4:28 pm

i take that back.....there is a link to the Enable word list but it doesn't work...

4:33 pm

Hoo-Hah!!! Taking down the Christmas decorations & I found an unopened family-sized tube of Smarties. There IS a God.

4:38 pm

Well - because I am so superstitious, I would never take the tree or the crib down till after Jan 6th, but every bit of tinsel n tat is gone now. And I have Smarties!

4:40 pm

The Chog z

4:41 pm

4:41 pm

4:41 pm

Thec

4:41 pm

I give up

4:47 pm

hi Soodle...

4:47 pm

Smarties??...

4:47 pm

like the sugar candy?

5:13 pm

colored candy covered chocolate buttons

5:24 pm

here Smarties are just round pastel sugar candies....they usually come in a roll....used to be popular penny candy....

5:25 pm

your definition sounded like an M & M...

5:27 pm

very similar but for some reason, Smarties are much nicer. Been round for 80 years apparently

5:29 pm

I like Dummy bears better than smarties

5:29 pm

Wiki says M&Ms were made in the US after Mr Mars saw Smarties during the Spanish Civil war - interesting

5:30 pm

yes, that is interesting...

5:41 pm

well i am heading out....goodnight all....

5:50 pm

help with to6/18 pls

5:50 pm

2000 pounds + allow

5:51 pm

ty Leslie

5:51 pm

fw

5:51 pm

yw

5:52 pm

and congrats!

mmm smarties...

6:19 pm

smarties candy? you like them?

i do

4 left and stuck

6:29 pm

Smarties in these united states and smarties in the UK and UK owned countries are different candies.

7:06 pm

Hi to all babblers!Another Smarties lover here!My favorite!

7:06 pm

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

hi min

7:22 pm

Hello 72 Temple Owl!How are you? Are you still stuck on 4?

7:23 pm

Oh shoot! I missed 72 Temple Owl. She has le 4/7 the chog

7:41 pm

Hello Babblers

7:41 pm

I'm waiting here on the east coast of Virginia for Snowmageddon to hit.

7:43 pm

Hello lil*monkey!How are you doing? Welcome to the chog

7:44 pm

I am waiting here on east coast for my fireworks to begin.

7:44 pm

How much snow are you guys expected to get in Virginia?

7:45 pm

According to the Weather Idiots, we will get between 2 inches and 14 inches.

7:45 pm

They've really narrowed it down.

7:54 pm

LOL! That's funny. Hope for you sake it is on the lower end

8:12 pm

good evening all

8:51 pm

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

8:53 pm

Hi Min! Doing OK and bracing for the big rains. How are you doing?

8:57 pm

Lil*monkey is bracing for the snow and you are bracing for the rain.I wonder if I should be bracing for something too.

8:58 pm

:-)

8:58 pm

hello friends. hope you are all well and snug as you wait for the weather

8:58 pm

Hi Bugs!

8:59 pm

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

8:59 pm

Living in a big valley surrounded by mountains with big rivers ... we get a little leery when rain and high winds are forecast for 9 straight days

9:00 pm

I am glad to today is done, Minveryork. Over the holidays some creep hacked into my banking information and I spent all day trying to solve the problems that were created when I tried to solve it earlier. Ugh

9:01 pm

stent

9:01 pm

oops. PB for me

9:01 pm

Oh no, Bugs! That's awful. Is the problem solved now?

9:02 pm

I hope so but it has been stressful.

9:03 pm

the bank has been very kind but they don't do anything until you tell them to.

9:03 pm

That sucks Bugsaw!I'm wondering if my Yahoo account was hacked since 500 million accounts were stolen back in Sep

9:04 pm

I had you in the penalty box at do 4/5 Bugsaw.

9:05 pm

My online stuff was fine but I was probably trapped by one of those duplicate machines that you put your debit card into. (Pardon the grammar, please)

9:05 pm

LOL Min, you are too clever@

hi all, nbt and nbs, woot

9:16 pm

Hello Book Doctor Gwen!How are you? Welcome to puzzle.

i'm hainging in there, have had too much bad news recently

9:18 pm

I had my debit card purchase limit set to zero, so it only works as an ATM card. I figured that should prevent lots of money leaving my account. I always use a credit card, I can at least fight before the money is gone.

9:18 pm

Hello mixi6! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log.

mixi, was this voluntary or something they did to you?

9:19 pm

I'm sorry to hear about your Book Doctor Gwen! {{{HUGS}}}

9:19 pm

Hi there I am waiting on the snow event. I've see a few flakes so far.

9:20 pm

This was voluntary Gwen.

thanks min

sounds like a good plan, mixi

9:21 pm

You are the second person to mention snow. I wonder if it will make its way here o NY or if it's just a southern storm.

phantom nitwit

9:23 pm

Good phantom!My two phantom today was from and prom

9:26 pm

The german shorthaired pointer is going bonkers (despite his older gentleman status). Back in a bit.

9:27 pm

Hope to sbe here when you return.Hope to be here for flip

Hi Min.

9:29 pm

Hello Neil! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log. I was wondering when you were going to appear. I saw you were online before. Are U bracing for any weather in CA?

Great thanks, Min. Just rain... it's chilly and raining and supposed to be all weekend. Fun!! :P

9:32 pm

Think I would rather have rain than then the cold weather

Yeah. What's it like where you are?

dos

9:35 pm

VERY COLD! It will be in the 20s this weekend, too cold for rain. I'll be staying inside working on home improvements.

9:35 pm

Go Book Doctor Gwen go!

Ugh. I would stay inside too.

9:35 pm

*racing to find my last word so I can get fireworks w/BDG*

sprinkles fairy dust over the board *night all* *poink*

go go go min!!

9:37 pm

Congratulations Book Doctor Gwen on your fireworks!YAY!

9:37 pm

Bye Book Doctor Gwen. I hope to see you here again soon.

anyone need a clue or two? I just discovered a few new emails so I'm still online for a few minutes

9:38 pm

I am finished! I have fireworks! fo6/30 was my final word.

9:39 pm

I had been saving my last word since 12:00 pm today.I will be here to clue for the rest of the nite. Plus story is posted

hooray min!!!!!!!!!! okay, night night all

9:40 pm

Thank U and goodnight Book Doctor Gwen. Sweet dreams.

And... done. :)

9:42 pm

Congratulations Neil on your fireworks display!Good for U!

Yeah... so exciting. :P Haha. Thanks! TC.

9:48 pm

Hey neil, I see you are in SF. I am close. We should do a babble meet-up next time I'm in the city :-)

9:49 pm

Congrats to the finishers!

9:50 pm

I have not heard about any Babble meetups on a long time

9:53 pm

I know! I have had a couple and hope to meet up with kamanja soon.

10:21 pm

Good Evening Everyone.

10:22 pm

I see now that looking at the time, I'm a bit late to the party. Oh, well....

10:24 pm

twins

10:24 pm

Oops. Off to PB I go.

10:30 pm

Hello Nef! How are you doing today/ Welcome to the chog

10:30 pm

Hi Min! How are you tonight?

10:32 pm

U can join Bugsaw.She was sent 2 PB soon upon her arrival

10:33 pm

I am so thankful it is Friday.Got my fireworks not long ago and now just hanging out waiting to give clues if needed.

10:35 pm

How's life treating you? DH got out of the hospital (AGAIN!!) last evening; he went in by ambulance On Sunday & I thought he'd get out on Monday so took some clothes in. It's been cold here (-10 (F)) & when I finally could bring him home, I'd forgotten his coat!!

10:36 pm

No one is here in the PB except me; and I've just finished making some yummy Rice Crispy bars & also chocolate & scotch bars.

10:40 pm

It makes me tempted to spill a word into the chog. I would love to TASTE those rice crispy bars. OOPS! *happily enters the Penalty Box with a GRIN to join Nef and her RC bars*

10:42 pm

LOL! (They are very good because I add more marshmallows & butter than the recipe calls for)

10:42 pm

The fattier the better!

10:43 pm

LOL Very true! :-D

10:44 pm

.

10:44 pm

Sometimes a person just needs to forget about healthy foods every once in a while. It's healthier to splurge every so often

10:45 pm

Hello tout. Welcome to Babble! (I see you are a brand new Babbler!)

10:46 pm

Howdy tout!

10:47 pm

hi ori. How are you doing today?

10:47 pm

Unfortunately,I forget about healthy food almost everyday

10:49 pm

My "take a healthy lunch every day and quit eating out with people" resolution was broken today. Yay for getting it right for 3 days!

10:49 pm

Seriously, Min? I TRY to eat healthy; but if I don't have something every so often; I end up blowing my diet for a week or two

10:49 pm

Heya Nef! Doing OK. You?

10:50 pm

ori, socializing is also healthy for a person

10:50 pm

I'm hanging in there (as usual)

10:52 pm

For example,for dinner tonight I had a ginormous piece of steak wi/baked potato covered with butter & sour cream.

10:52 pm

DANG! That sounds Good!

10:53 pm

True. But fusilli and spicy slow roasted shredded pork in a spicy red sauce with sour cream was probably not the best.

10:54 pm

(I like the steak & potato that Min ate better than your pork, ore) ;-)

10:54 pm

But it WAS darn good.

10:56 pm

I hear you about the socializing Nef. I need to do more in the evening and weekends with friends.

10:58 pm

It's really important to remember to stay in contact with friends when you're going through stressful times, Min

10:58 pm

I am soo0ooo not a socializer origami, but I went out with friends for drink tonight which I have not do 4/5 in YEARS!

10:58 pm

Tomorrow I am going to hang out with someone who was my boss's boss's boss. She is a wonderful woman and is going to attempt to teach me to quilt. I think it will take many lessons.

10:59 pm

I hope to become more sociable once I become single. Still don't see it happening soon though.This is taking FOREVER

10:59 pm

If I didn't have my friends, (especially my closest 2 nurse friends!) I'd be sunk with all of the stress in my life lately

11:00 pm

And I'm sorry, origami, I said Min instead of you; but I meant it for both of you

11:01 pm

Why is it taking so long, Min?

11:01 pm

Was telling my friends I had never been to Madison Square garden and they were shocked. They said I have to go to a game or concert with them there, but they are expensive.

11:01 pm

I have clawed myself out of a cave of depression and am taking a few socializing offers here and there. And it really helps actually.

11:02 pm

Who knows! Logistics of documents and paperwork maybe

11:02 pm

I believe it too, ori.

11:02 pm

I'm sorry it's taking so long, Min.

11:03 pm

My problem is I do not like to spend money, so I do not buy anything for myself or do anything for myself and now this divorce is totally sucking the life out of my bank account.

11:06 pm

(((Min))) (I do the same thing; everything & everyone always comes first; & then my bank account gets hit hard when someone else needs something.)

11:06 pm

Oh, wow, Min. I always have a hard time spending money on myself. I guess I could blame it on a strange upbringing.

11:07 pm

And Nef too :-)

11:08 pm

I grew up poor; I hate spending money on myself. I even refuse to go through a fast food driven for lunch or coffee because "it's cheap[er at home"

11:09 pm

Unfortunately, my kids didn't inherit that trait from me.

11:11 pm

grid

11:11 pm

Oops! Back to the PB again.

11:12 pm

The strange thing is that I grew up with some money. But then my father died when I was young and I think my mom lived beyond her means after that. And I have been poor since Nef.

11:13 pm

Can't say that I am poor. I actually DO have money,but I'm still a cheapskate when it comes to myself. I'm very frugal.

11:14 pm

Off to TV and crochet land. Have a nice evening all.

11:15 pm

Both DH & I grew up in poor families; but we've managed to do *okay* financially together. We aren't rich; but we aren't poor either

11:15 pm

Good night origami. Take care!

11:17 pm

OK, I'm not actually poor. Just poorer than my upbringing. Night Nef!

11:17 pm

That's such a great word, Min. Frugal. I think that that's what I am too. If I do buy something, I will buy something that's worth the money I spend on it.

11:22 pm

Husband told me that I've had everything handed to me on a silver platter my whole life. Now look who's eating off a silver platter! By the way, what he said is sooooo not true.

11:23 pm

Don't you just *Love* people who judge you like that? He knows you well enough he knows how to hurt you with words.

11:25 pm

I have to learn NOT to care about what he says anymore.

11:26 pm

He also said my father never worked a day in his life which is also not true. However, that can be said for his father.

11:26 pm

yes. It's hard to do but remember that he and his words show *his* problems, not yours.

11:28 pm

So who needs therapy when you have the Babble chat log?

11:32 pm

LOL, Min. In my profile I list a book titled Irregular People. It's written by a Christian writer & may be a bit religious for some people; but it taught me how to deal with someone very close to me who could always make me cry by what she said

11:33 pm

She knew just what to say to make me miserable & think that *I* was always in the wrong; but she was the one who was "broken" not me.

11:37 pm

I think that Christians have a VERY positive outlook on life

11:38 pm

However,some of their views are a little bit skewed I think

11:38 pm

I do too; but some Christians can go a bit overboard, you know?

11:40 pm

And then there's the "Christians" who twist Christ's teachings until they are completely around!

11:41 pm

(I meant they were twisted completely around

11:52 pm

Any guesses on the next puzzle size? My guess is 113 words

11:52 pm

It's a weekend; I'll guess 71 words

11:56 pm

I can't believe I made it to the flip! I am soooo exhausted!

11:56 pm

oh, my! 5 minutes (& 28 words!) left in the grid. -- I don't think I'll make it! ;-)

11:57 pm

Thank U Nef for keeping me company as I wait for the flip

11:57 pm

You did good, Min. Congratulations to you! :-D

11:57 pm

I think if you had not been here,I would not have made it.

11:57 pm

Hard to stay in Babbleland when there's an empty chat log

11:58 pm

Did you read my story of clues I posted earlier today Nef?

11:58 pm

It really is, isn't it? I end up wandering off if no one is here

11:59 pm

I did, Min. I found 3 or 4 words from there that I didn't find on my own

12:00 am

Now I'm starting to fade fast!~

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