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120 4,637
121 4,637
122 4,637
123 4,637
124 4,637
125 4,637
126 4,637
127 4,637
128 4,637
129 4,637
130 4,637
131 4,637
132 4,637
133 4,627
134 4,625
135 4,560
136 4,537
137 4,523
138 4,418
139 4,353
140 4,210
141 4,204
142 4,009
143 3,972
144 3,928
145 3,909
146 3,867
147 3,865
148 3,832
149 3,788
150 3,652
151 3,639
152 3,622
153 3,617
154 3,587
155 3,509
156 3,503
157 3,499
158 3,484
159 3,438
160 3,430
161 3,391
162 3,341
163 3,286
164 3,270
165 3,265
166 3,241
167 3,215
168 3,208
169 3,201
170 3,200
171 3,168
172 3,157
173 3,151
174 3,125
175 3,066
176 3,001
177 2,971
178 2,961
179 2,961
180 2,958
181 2,916
182 2,914
183 2,892
184 2,876
185 2,837
186 2,808
187 2,802
188 2,801
189 2,799
190 2,795
191 2,779
192 2,760
193 2,760
194 2,753
195 2,736
196 2,712
197 2,682
198 2,676
199 2,651
200 2,621
201 2,619
202 2,615
203 2,607
204 2,603
205 2,599
206 2,592
207 2,582
208 2,580
209 2,568
210 2,567
211 2,552
212 2,539
213 2,529
214 2,512
215 2,500
216 2,451
217 2,435
218 2,434
219 2,433
220 2,431
221 2,411
222 2,400
223 2,389
224 2,369
225 2,367
226 2,336
227 2,325
228 2,318
229 2,316
230 2,292
231 2,270
232 2,260
233 2,260
234 2,253
235 2,251
236 2,219
237 2,209
238 2,204
239 2,200
240 2,192
241 2,184
242 2,182
243 2,170
244 2,155
245 2,146
246 2,142
247 2,133
248 2,129
249 2,123
250 2,116
251 2,112
252 2,107
253 2,102
254 2,081
255 2,080
256 2,076
257 2,072
258 2,047
259 2,045
260 2,043
261 2,039
262 2,039
263 2,029
264 2,014
265 2,010
266 2,005
267 2,003
268 2,000
269 1,982
270 1,978
271 1,974
272 1,973
273 1,968
274 1,957
275 1,946
276 1,945
277 1,942
278 1,932
279 1,925
280 1,905
281 1,902
282 1,891
283 1,887
284 1,886
285 1,874
286 1,868
287 1,862
288 1,856
289 1,840
290 1,839
291 1,822
292 1,822
293 1,805
294 1,803
295 1,796
296 1,787
297 1,783
298 1,777
299 1,775
300 1,770
301 1,767
302 1,765
303 1,760
304 1,743
305 1,737
306 1,733
307 1,720
308 1,719
309 1,719
310 1,713
311 1,712
312 1,710
313 1,708
314 1,695
315 1,692
316 1,678
317 1,653
318 1,652
319 1,637
320 1,630
321 1,628
322 1,624
323 1,608
324 1,601
325 1,597
326 1,597
327 1,593
328 1,587
329 1,585
330 1,574
331 1,560
332 1,523
333 1,520
334 1,518
335 1,516
336 1,505
337 1,487
338 1,476
339 1,473
340 1,461
341 1,448
342 1,440
343 1,435
344 1,433
345 1,421
346 1,411
347 1,407
348 1,404
349 1,398
350 1,389
351 1,383
352 1,381
353 1,379
354 1,359
355 1,343
356 1,339
357 1,336
358 1,330
359 1,329
360 1,328
361 1,324
362 1,318
363 1,318
364 1,316
365 1,312
366 1,312
367 1,305
368 1,305
369 1,299
370 1,280
371 1,279
372 1,277
373 1,276
374 1,273
375 1,257
376 1,242
377 1,226
378 1,222
379 1,219
380 1,215
381 1,207
382 1,201
383 1,201
384 1,191
385 1,187
386 1,186
387 1,186
388 1,185
389 1,173
390 1,171
391 1,159
392 1,158
393 1,146
394 1,137
395 1,136
396 1,132
397 1,129
398 1,121
399 1,119
400 1,109
401 1,106
402 1,099
403 1,098
404 1,097
405 1,097
406 1,097
407 1,090
408 1,087
409 1,080
410 1,071
411 1,066
412 1,039
413 1,038
414 1,035
415 1,032
416 1,029
417 1,029
418 1,022
419 1,021
420 1,017
421 1,000
422 999
423 997
424 977
425 976
426 976
427 967
428 941
429 921
430 919
431 915
432 912
433 911
434 908
435 907
436 897
437 886
438 880
439 879
440 869
441 868
442 866
443 862
444 860
445 857
446 848
447 833
448 832
449 816
450 814
451 804
452 801
453 797
454 791
455 790
456 788
457 771
458 770
459 753
460 742
461 734
462 730
463 713
464 713
465 711
466 702
467 700
468 698
469 695
470 680
471 672
472 656
473 654
474 637
475 632
476 630
477 619
478 589
479 576
480 572
481 565
482 564
483 558
484 545
485 544
486 540
487 537
488 536
489 534
490 527
491 523
492 503
493 496
494 493
495 492
496 484
497 479
498 478
499 464
500 452
501 452
502 449
503 439
504 438
505 430
506 419
507 403
508 395
509 392
510 390
511 383
512 377
513 373
514 368
515 359
516 354
517 336
518 328
519 327
520 324
521 314
522 305
523 297
524 282
525 256
526 232
527 230
528 229
529 223
530 218
531 212
532 211
533 206
534 185
535 155
536 145
537 133
538 120
539 114
540 101
541 91
542 86
543 68
544 62
545 47
546 42
547 36
548 28
549 8

366 total words

12:00 am

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

Hi Min

12:00 am

Oh boy! Too big a grid for me to start at this time. Goodnight!

12:00 am

sweet sleep

12:01 am

Flip! We were both wrong, Min;this grid may take all day!

12:01 am

Hello and goodbye flosey!Enjoy the grid and good luck with it

12:01 am

Niters, Min! I'll probably head off to bed soon too!

12:02 am

Hi flossy!

12:02 am

hi Nef

12:03 am

Hi all

12:03 am

hi Liz

12:03 am

hi Liz

12:05 am

i'd have gone to bed by now if i didn't have two very comfortable kittens using me as one

12:08 am

hello everyone

12:08 am

hi

12:08 am

re7, 8

12:09 am

hi Nan

12:09 am

oh right, calling

12:09 am

ea7

12:09 am

st7

12:10 am

re 7,8,9,8

12:10 am

tx nan :-)

12:11 am

Thanks, nan

12:11 am

st8

12:11 am

so7

12:12 am

se7

12:12 am

ne7

12:15 am

or 7, se 7 x 2

12:15 am

ro 7

12:16 am

te7

12:17 am

x2

Clues are up

12:17 am

Thanks, Lickety

12:18 am

thanks Lickety

12:20 am

x3

12:22 am

st7

12:22 am

1/3 done and sleeeeeeepy as my kittens... night all

12:28 am

ar8 and 9

12:29 am

Thanks, Flosey

12:29 am

yw Liz

12:33 am

ea 7 x2

12:34 am

thanks Nan

12:35 am

220 and gnite all :-)

12:35 am

great start Une, good night

12:35 am

ae 7 x 2, ae 8

12:35 am

Sleep well, une

12:36 am

Thanks, broll

12:37 am

230 and byeeee :-)

12:39 am

240 . . .

12:40 am

yw

12:40 am

not seeing the st 8 nor the ar 8-9, but crashing so maybe tomorrow -- good night everyone

12:41 am

Sleep well, nan

12:49 am

right corner O - stats please

12:49 am

or 6/24

12:50 am

or6, 7 poop :-)

12:50 am

ty

12:50 am

yw

12:51 am

255

12:55 am

wtg Une

12:56 am

260

1:13 am

good morning all

1:13 am

good morning Sprite

1:14 am

a very good evening to you, flosey. I hope you are well.

1:14 am

yes thanks, and you?

1:15 am

I am fine! Lazy weekend planned. Lots of knitting, watching a tv series or something like that.

1:16 am

and good for you!

1:16 am

absolutely :)

1:17 am

that sounds kind of crochet-y to me

1:17 am

hiya ru :) Well I guess that is my crochet to bear

1:21 am

oh my, a big one!

1:22 am

hiya harpjane, yes, nice for the weekend

1:22 am

(hopes that harp is looking at the grid)

1:22 am

lol I'm looking at a nice big ermine!

1:22 am

probably not at your crotchet

1:23 am

lol sprite

1:23 am

volcano poker alert

1:23 am

;)

1:36 am

back later, hf all, and flosey: sleep well!

1:37 am

ty Sprite

2:15 am

66 to go but just too tired, bb in the morning, goodnight now

2:16 am

sweet dreams flosey

2:17 am

11 to go here

2:29 am

6

2:32 am

3

2:35 am

rose you are a hero I hav 286 left

2:36 am

lol336 left

2:37 am

lolll sandy... you soon wont. the grid is lovely. words jump out at you.

2:39 am

1

2:40 am

and done. what a wonderful grid! the last few were a little difficult.

2:41 am

well done rose you are getting as good as Sprite

2:41 am

no way. sprite can type so much faster than i can.

2:49 am

speaking of sprite....

2:49 am

leaving heaps of hugs and kisses for sprite.

3:13 am

Hi everyone. Just noticed I've found 111 words worth 1111 points. What's the chances of that?

3:15 am

TQ you need to put 111 dollars/pounds on horse no 11 in race no 11 .... and it will probably come in 11th place :0

3:23 am

That's a thought ursh

3:24 am

Oh well time to do the Saturday morning supermarket shop. Wish me luck. See you later.

3:26 am

Good luck, TQ :-)

3:26 am

I on the other hand have found one word and have 4 points!

3:52 am

My first 111 words only gave me 1015 points :-(

Morning all. May I have stats please for the O in the bottom right corner?

4:41 am

Hello, Matty they are the ones I have been trying to get for a while now!

4:41 am

Down to 104 to find.

Aaah - we're in the same boat!

4:42 am

or6/24 and 7/36

Thanks Tins - I'll look!

4:43 am

Oh good grief they are bigger than I thought they would be. thank you, DTins!

Found the - thanks!

4:44 am

Are they everyday words, Matty?

4:46 am

NM- Found them.

4:46 am

Thanks again, DTins!

Yay Zooz!

4:47 am

Those two words were crap!

Very smelly indeed

4:52 am

Down to 97 to find but I must go and grab a bite to eat. Happy babbling everyone!

You too. Enjoy

4:59 am

Good Morning and welcome to Snowmageddon! We have 3 or so inches already here in coastal Virginia, and expecting to reach 12 inches.

4:59 am

I'm glad it's a big grid.

It's overcast and damp here, though not very cold

5:09 am

Very cold here, but only a little snow. The folks south of us got the brunt of this storm.

5:10 am

You are in MD, Molly?

5:12 am

Yes. It looks like this storm is moving across the southeast, especially the coastal areas and then moving north along the coast. Just a light snow for us, thank God.

5:13 am

I'm right in the thick of it. THat IDIOT Jim Cantore from the Weather Idiot Channel is here. HA!

5:13 am

I heard Virginia is in a state of emergency for snow and refreezing. Stay warm and safe.

5:14 am

Yes, and so is NC. Both have declared state of emergency.

5:16 am

Really? Then my sister is probably delighted. She likes snow.

5:17 am

I am in Smithfield VA.

5:17 am

There will be lots of sledding here today. I'm in Yorktown, it's a small historic village set up very high on a hill on the banks of the York River. We have several good sledding hills.

5:18 am

Hello msr

5:19 am

Hello! Snowing here too! Glad to be indoors.

5:19 am

Hi monkey, msr

5:19 am

Hi sukee

5:19 am

Morning sukee

5:20 am

Yes me too , msr. I made spaghetti sauce in the Crock Pot and now I am baking a dozen potatoes to make soup.

5:20 am

Yum! Will probably do some baking today.

5:21 am

We don't have snow here but it's very cold. However, there is going to be a bit of a thaw next week.

5:21 am

Potato soup is GREAT snow food.

5:21 am

I mean, we have snow on the ground but nothing active :)

5:21 am

I was just thinking, I have to start making soup.

5:22 am

Yes Molly, I agree. This soup is called loaded baked potato soup.

5:22 am

It has cheese, sour cream, bacon, and green onions.

5:22 am

It is supposed to be 60 degrees here on Wednesday. Mild winter, mild winter, mild winter.

5:22 am

Ooh, that sounds good

5:22 am

Loaded baked potato soup is the kind I make. It is wonderful.

5:23 am

Can't wait to have some later! Molly, other than salt & pepper, do you put any spices in it????

5:23 am

That sounds delicious. The potato soup I usually make is quick, using a bag of shredded potatoes, chicken broth and country gravy mix.

5:23 am

I always add a little of this and that from the spice cabinet when I cook. Some garlic powder, some onion powder, some parsley, etc.

5:24 am

OK I was planning on some onion & garlic, I will add parsley too.

5:24 am

Chives are good in potato soup.

5:24 am

I couldn't find chives, but I bought green onion (scallions)

5:26 am

I'm sure it will be good. And even better tomorrow. Soup always seems better after a day of letting the flavors soak in.

5:27 am

Stumped! I can't find either R word from bottom row.

5:27 am

One of them is past tense of to get up again, I think.

5:27 am

I found on, RE 6/18

5:28 am

Well done, Molly. Keep chanting :-)

5:28 am

Ah thank you

5:30 am

The other is RE + faster than walked.

5:30 am

Thank you zoo

5:32 am

After a few days of freezing weather we are back to 10.9c / 51f

5:32 am

Sounds like what we are going to get next week.

5:34 am

Yuo can have it for next week, Sukee but we would like it back again :-)

5:34 am

you*

5:35 am

I just wish it would stay below freezing for more than 2 weeks. People keep getting sick with the constant changes :)

5:35 am

That is something, me wishing for cold weather :)

5:35 am

I don't think it has ever been below freezing for 2 weeks here.

5:36 am

I could use the stats of one of the Os in the bottom right corner...

5:36 am

So could I!

5:36 am

OR 6/24

5:36 am

Then plural.

5:37 am

It is a bizarre word

5:37 am

zooz, I didn't understand your re + faster than walk. help

5:37 am

Would you like the DEF?

5:37 am

Middle English and all that.

5:37 am

Bich, what is faster than walk?

5:37 am

bichon, I ** in a 5K race.

5:37 am

"walk don't ***"

5:37 am

It is past tense of that.

5:37 am

What would you be doing if you was going faster than walking, Bichon?

5:38 am

doh, thought I had tried that

5:38 am

TITT!

5:39 am

The DEF for the OR 6/24 & OR 7/36 is : dung; manure; excrement.

5:39 am

Shitty word : P

5:39 am

good to know zooz

5:40 am

Well for craps sake

5:40 am

Or scatological if you like to throw around big words

5:40 am

lol

5:41 am

Got it :) TY

5:41 am

nbt

5:41 am

Hi all

5:41 am

Hi LIz

5:41 am

hi Liz

5:42 am

Hi Liz

5:42 am

Hello, Liz :-)

5:47 am

Finally have both 9s!

5:47 am

WTG, Zooz

5:47 am

Thanks :-)

5:47 am

I'm struggling with the 8's - have 3 of them. But on the + side, I only have another 50 words to find.

5:48 am

Good going!

5:48 am

The grid flowed well for me until the last 60 - now it's tougher.

5:49 am

I normally get to one left on a tile and for the life of me can not find the last one lol

5:50 am

Know what you mean :)

5:50 am

Saying that..I do have 9 tiles greyed out :-)

5:51 am

That's good.

5:52 am

If I could find the an 8, I'd have the first column grey.

5:52 am

Sorry I do not have that one.

5:53 am

And 2 more u's would give me the last column.

5:53 am

I'll either find it tonight or I'll leave it until the morning - see how I feel.

5:55 am

I have all the U's if you need any stats?

5:55 am

I've just started working through the list - but thanks.

5:56 am

stats for second column, lower e, pls

5:56 am

Okie dokie!

5:57 am

er 4/4

5:57 am

ty Liz

5:57 am

yw

6:00 am

I have a EA 7/28 from that tile.Serious in intention, purpose, or effort.

6:01 am

TY zoo, missed that one

6:01 am

ty zooz

6:01 am

Welcome :-)

6:02 am

Amazing how many times I've put in a comparative word but forgotten to put in the base 4 letter word :(

6:03 am

Easily done, Liz when they are twisty.

6:03 am

Oh I just got what you meant lol. Yeah that sucks!

6:08 am

Phone

6:08 am

Still don't have an 8 or 9 :)

6:09 am

Can clue a 9 if you'd like.

6:09 am

Well, stats would be good :)

6:10 am

re 7 8 9 8 is a nice run of words

6:10 am

re 9/54 for that one.

6:12 am

10 left after first run through of the list - leaving those for tomorrow. Enjoy your days everyone.

6:13 am

Take care

6:16 am

Finally found that RE run :)

6:30 am

I'm looking for that RE 7 8 9 8 run.

6:30 am

It is when you want to fix something back to how it was originally

6:31 am

oh nice clue! Thank you

6:31 am

YW

6:32 am

I was looking at the wrong RE.

6:35 am

Well, time for me to take a break. 127 to go.

6:36 am

I have 200 to go!

6:37 am

The A words were a pain in the ass. I'm glad to be done with them.

6:49 am

good morning all.

6:51 am

hi peri

6:54 am

Good morning peri!

6:54 am

:)

7:00 am

peri, I'm making loaded baked potato soup. Just took the 14 baked potatoes out of the oven.

7:01 am

And now I have a yen for potato soup so I'm probably going to get some going after breakfast is done cooking.

7:01 am

that is a lot of potatos, monkey

7:02 am

Good for you Lil. Oven baked potatoes are so much better than nuked ones.

7:02 am

I did not bake mine before I made the soup. yours will probably taste better

7:02 am

I am assuming Lil is REALLY hungry or she's having company. That is a lot of potatoes.

7:02 am

help with the O in the corner pls

7:03 am

Yes I know it's a lot of soup! I'm taking some of it to work on Monday for coworkers.

7:04 am

The soup will def have that "baked potato" taste.

7:04 am

Ends like Ivory soap is 99 percent .....

7:04 am

that is a nice thing to do, monkey

7:05 am

The soup has cheese, bacon bits, and onion in it too. Can't wait to try it later today.

7:05 am

Co-workers love home made food. So many people these days don't cook.

7:05 am

Agree, Molly! I don't cook unless I'm going to make a lot. It's hard for me to cook a single portion.

7:06 am

ty for or

7:07 am

peri, we were discussing that word earlier. It means poop!

7:07 am

ok

7:08 am

peri, do you have snow?

7:08 am

I think about 6 inches here so far.

7:08 am

There are a lot of things you can make and freeze in individual portions. I do that a lot.

7:09 am

just a little from Thursday. we only got about an inch

7:09 am

I did not realize you got so much snow where you are, monkey

7:09 am

I do the same thing Molly

7:09 am

Look at the radar map, Peri. The southeast is getting hammered. We only have flurries here.

7:10 am

it is dark and gloomy here some areas near me will get more snow but I think we will be ok

7:14 am

hi all... i'm keeping my eye on michigan for snow..i'm off there next wednesday.

7:14 am

We have what a friend of mine calls "snizzle". Like drizzle only snow.

7:21 am

bbs

7:24 am

hello....

7:27 am

test

7:27 am

sorry

7:27 am

Yep, that works : D

7:28 am

hard to believe it took me over a hundred words to find that one, lol....

7:28 am

Not really. With the larger grids, it is easy to overlook the simple words.

7:29 am

i was also flying through those first words...i try to be systematic, but sometimes i get distracted...

7:33 am

I like to hear about the "logic" applied to these illogical grids. : D

7:34 am

i am very systematic...look for word families....don't even think about nbt or nbs until i do my first run through....

7:44 am

I like the phrase "word families". It sounds like there are little clans in the grid.

7:46 am

i used it all the time when talking about reading and spelling instruction....

7:51 am

I was eating brekkie, now I'm back.

7:51 am

i should not have started this grid....company coming today for the weekend...

7:52 am

I am guilty of not looking for "word families"

7:52 am

anybody want some snow?

7:53 am

nope....still have grass here....

7:53 am

I have plenty mlfan!

7:53 am

coming down monkey or on the ground?

7:53 am

Both

7:54 am

same here

7:54 am

About 6 inches so far I think. Still coming down.

7:54 am

could be about the same here and it is still coming down

7:55 am

Are you in Virginia?

7:55 am

I wish.. but no nc

7:55 am

near

7:55 am

oops

7:55 am

Are you near Raleigh?

7:56 am

I am an hour from charlotte

7:56 am

6 " is a dusting in my book

7:56 am

I keep seeing fondue and rotund in this grid. Too much fondue will make you rotund. And tha

7:56 am

lol bichon... and lol JBsAnno

7:56 am

that's all I got for 233 words to go. Later, Babblers!

7:57 am

6 inches here is enuf to shut down our whole area for days.

7:57 am

bichon usually where I am in nc we don't get much too often but other areas do

7:57 am

It's a 2 hour delay in school opening

7:57 am

I predict school will be closed this entire week.

7:58 am

They close school here before snow even falls. The forecast is for flurries, and the schools start announcing closure. It's so stupid.

7:59 am

monkey the entire state of va closes when they have one flake lol

7:59 am

Yes I know!

7:59 am

so do i:)

7:59 am

Road clearing facilities are not as sophisticated in theSouth. Here they put down a layer of salt/sand before the snow start.

8:00 am

THey did that here last night, bich.

8:00 am

I would rather have the kids off the snowy roads and safe than shipped off to school in inclement weather. Also, it gets more cars off the roads when school is closed.

8:00 am

true bichon, the snow plow came through once already according to my husband. but its still coming down so..

8:01 am

agreed molly do you have snow in that part of va?

8:01 am

Also, southern states do not have the snow clearing machinery that the northern states do. There is no reason to fund it for the rare occasions like this.

8:01 am

I don't live in Virginia.

8:01 am

True olly, but you can hear everyone yelling when days are added on the calendar in June

8:02 am

*Molly

8:02 am

molly yeah true, but the cities are do get plowed and sanded the night before for the most part

8:04 am

More people get cars that are good in the snow, like Subarus

8:08 am

clue for the q please?

8:09 am

it goes to the right...

8:11 am

thanks and hello pen

8:16 am

does anyone have a word from the 2nd column bottom r?

8:16 am

re + walked fast

8:16 am

got up agin...

8:16 am

past tense of to get up again, I think

8:17 am

ty pen

8:17 am

ar8/9 pls

8:18 am

ar + congresssional part....

8:18 am

ty pen, great clue

8:18 am

'Round these parts, they will give a drivers license to anyone. You don't even need to speak English, you can bring an interpreter with you. (Even though all the street signs are in English). People do not know how to drive in snow and they do not keep their cars maintained for snowy weather.

8:18 am

yw...

8:18 am

ty pen

8:19 am

isn't that just lovely molly

8:19 am

160 left, bbs

8:19 am

nbs

8:19 am

one more for nbt....o in the corner?

8:20 am

or + i an en**** anything if I have the support of others...

8:21 am

Thursday night we had a light snowfall. Just enough to merit a brief brush off of your front and back window. I counted 7 cars going down the road whose owners had not bothered to clean off their rear window.

8:21 am

It wassalways true that Southerners could get a river's license younger than up North

8:21 am

*driver's

8:21 am

pathetic isn't it molly

8:22 am

I don't understand your clue pen?

8:22 am

Here you have to shovel off your hood and roof

8:22 am

a river's license?

8:23 am

that was a good typo

8:23 am

I read your typo just find bichon:)

8:23 am

MLF....how much pain can you en****?....

8:24 am

When the south was primarily agricultural, it may have been the case that kids could get their drivers license at a younger age. I don't think that is the case anymore.

8:24 am

pen for the o ??

8:24 am

that got me a du 4/5

8:24 am

Yes, or plus the last part of Pen's clue

8:25 am

got it

8:28 am

and in these parts no one has to speak english either. and you can get any benefit you want. i pay $200 for one of my shots. they get theirs for $1 . and if they dont have it , they dont pay that.. ha!! seems fair... very sore spot for me lol

8:30 am

I don't understand why foreigners who barely speak English are allowed to get jobs and they get them before most who actually qualify for them

8:31 am

1sora

8:32 am

the jobs around here now ask if you are bi lingual. spanish is now spoken in schools. they do not teach them to speak english.

8:32 am

what is up with that ivesy?

8:33 am

our population is predominately spanish. this is the county that people come to becuz they can get welfare. and sit at the library playing games on the computer all day.

8:34 am

where I used to live, has pretty much pushed out the American's and brought in foreigners and its now very expensive to live there. My husband always says we need gas stations and grocery store clerks;.. how do we think they are living as they don't get paid that much sometimes not even minimum wage

8:34 am

is st 8 a compound word/

8:34 am

ivesy that is so disgusting

8:36 am

pen I don't have it

8:36 am

nm....found it..

8:36 am

i dont mind if people rec. help. if they worked it cuts the benefits. so they just get everything pd for.this system is really messed up here. make them work!! stop having kids lol

8:37 am

lol ivesy

8:37 am

ivesy, where do you live?

8:38 am

I have seen job ads that say "bi-lingual preferred". How is that not discrimination?

8:38 am

i see what my son goes thru just getting help with his rent. and they dont pay all of it. also he doesnt get a cash allowance. he has problems yes. but he has to jump thru hoops to get aid

8:40 am

pen clue it please?

8:41 am

ivesy, how are you doing with the snowstorm? You have been getting slammed since yesterday!

8:41 am

hi scrab

8:41 am

Hi kids.

8:42 am

scrabbler! Long time no see.

8:42 am

How are you doing? How is your ??? was it your ankle???

8:42 am

s + what drops out of your eye + past tense of consume food

8:42 am

s + eye droplet + consumed....

8:43 am

Yes, my life was on hold while I was a foster mother to my grandnephews. They were returned to their mother on Wednesday. I miss them terribly but am ready to resume my life.

8:43 am

Sorry, I thought Pen had left

8:43 am

Yes, I broke my ankle 6 mo ago. I still have anterior and posterior pain--mild.

8:43 am

Molly, you & pen had a SNAP!

8:44 am

I'm glad you have recovered scrabbler :)

8:44 am

The fracture healed in 8 weeks but the strains/sprains of tendons and ligaments will take a long time.

8:45 am

Yes indeed

8:45 am

I'm sure you know to perform ankle pumps constantly.

8:46 am

Ankle pumps? You mean repeated plantarflexion?

8:46 am

Yes... any time, anywhere.

8:47 am

i was just avoiding chat, molly... ;o)

8:48 am

I have a bit of crepitus, or a catch, anteriorly and posteriorly. X-ray confirmed os trigonum syndrome. I talked to Bubba here (an orthopedist) and he told about anterior impingement syndrome too. I am not functionally impaired so I am just waiting to heal.

8:48 am

actually scrab, we have about 3 inches of snow. everyone around us got slammed lol

8:48 am

Mr. Bich did the same thing a couple of years ago and he atill has twinges

8:49 am

ty for the st 8 clue

8:49 am

Really, ivesy? The radar map looked/looks bad. I have to call my friend in Derby.

8:49 am

With time, that bone should heal to bone, scrabs. Right now the catch is because the bone has bealed to cartilage surface.

8:50 am

westfield got i bad yesterday. but so far we have been lucky

8:50 am

Yes, bichon, I suspect that my ankle will never be the same. But I can walk, hike, and snowshoe just fine.

8:50 am

That is great news scrabs!

8:50 am

'morning, everyone

8:50 am

have you been getting much snow scrabs?

8:50 am

I'm glad you can hike & snowshoe. I'm sure you would be miserable without those activities.

8:50 am

Mr. Bich is tough. He walked a mile in the snow to get to his car

8:51 am

scrabbs, i have an impingement in my left shoulder (since january of last year). takes a lot of time to heal. you might say i'm "decrepitus" *lol*

8:52 am

hi welk

8:52 am

OK taking a break to make my loaded baked potato soup! BBL

8:52 am

We got about 20 inches in the last few days. North of here got 28 inches in 6.5 hours on Thursday night.

8:53 am

yikes!! i am sure we will get it one of these days

8:53 am

I want some monkey!

8:53 am

Hi welki. At my age I expect ongoing degeneration of my musculoskeletal system.

8:53 am

Yummy, monkey.

8:54 am

never heard that word before scrab

8:54 am

you're a bit younder than i am, scrabbs - it ain't wonderful, but it beats the alternative :)

8:54 am

Yep.

8:54 am

I'm way ahead of you Scrabs. Have pelvic floor issues too. Am going to PT for it

8:55 am

bichon what does that mean?

8:55 am

The storm was so intense Thursday night that kids were stuck at elementary schools until 4am. Teachers and principals stayed there to feed and entertain the kids.

8:56 am

That reminds me to do my Kegel exercises, Bichon.

8:56 am

scrab oh my god really??

8:56 am

squeeze, hold, release *lol*

8:56 am

Have you given birth. That does a job on you pelvic muscle. Means you leak and get urgencies

8:57 am

never had children bichon

8:57 am

But you haven't given birth Scrabs

8:57 am

we call that cough and splat bichon lol

8:57 am

Yes, MLFAN. Semi-trucks jack-knifed on the thruway, so the thruway was closed. Side roads were jammed. Heavy snowfall made a mess. People had 4-8 hr drives home instead of 20-30 minutes.

8:58 am

No, but my uterus is gone so my bladder has fallen down.

8:58 am

genetics, age, weight (and i suppose gravity!) are other contributing factors, bich

8:58 am

I have seen results with the PT

8:58 am

wow scrab that is incredible! Not fun at all.

8:59 am

My m.i.l. has had 6 pregnancies and she has no problem

8:59 am

and they were all natural births with no problem? congrats to her

9:00 am

Yes

9:00 am

BBS, I have to make salads for the bunnies.

9:00 am

its amazing what some people's bodies can with stand

9:00 am

Is there surgery to put in a sling forthebladder

9:02 am

I thought those slings were dangerous and cause other problems?

9:02 am

yes, bich - my mother had the surgery, but there are restrictions on who might qualify for it

9:03 am

I just about choked on my coffee at "cough and splat" : D

9:04 am

and it is snowing in southeastern PA. but just flurries

9:04 am

Off and on flurries is all we have too, Peri.

9:05 am

peri want a few inches?

9:05 am

no thank you. I hate snow and ice. the cold I can deal with even tho I do not like that either

9:05 am

woot! of snow, of snow!

9:05 am

you are in the wrong state then peri lol

9:06 am

not as bad as in New England. my niece live in Connecticut

9:06 am

I love snow as long as we are all safe..and I love to watch it come down

9:07 am

Peri they are getting slammed on the shore. That is unusual.

9:07 am

I am so glad I do not have to work, getting my car out from under the snow and digging out a parking space when I got home was the pits

9:07 am

My sister and I will snowshoe in a bit but it only 6F now. The high will be 15 later.

9:07 am

they got a lot of snow at the shore last year. or the year before

9:07 am

peri that so does not sound like fun

9:08 am

my husband will have to shovel some if he feels he has to go out and get some milk. the snow here should stop around early afternoon today

9:08 am

I do not have to shovel driveways where I live now

9:08 am

do they do a good job peri?

9:09 am

who, mlf?

9:09 am

my landlady shovels the sidewalk

9:09 am

we do not have a driveway

9:09 am

those that come to plow your snow?

9:09 am

I was pretty good at shoveling, just glad I do not have to do it anymore

9:09 am

peri ohh

9:10 am

Shoveling is a pain in the ass.

9:10 am

yes they do. mlf

9:10 am

the only thing is they plow the cars in

9:10 am

but my next door neighbor has a snow plow and he got rid of the snow beside my car for me last winter

9:11 am

as long as I have food, TP and other essentials I am ok. A bottle of wine would be nioe but that can wait.

9:11 am

Nice neighbors with plows and snow blowers are a God send.

9:11 am

nice, even

9:12 am

my bro in law did buy a snow plow when I still lived there

9:12 am

but he keeps it in the back of the garage so it is hard to get out once it has snowed

9:13 am

ok I am stuck with 157 words left

9:13 am

Well, you are supposed to get the plow out and attach it to the truck BEFORE it snows : )

9:16 am

i am back....down to 7...

9:16 am

Inspired by Lil Monkey, I now have a pot of potato soup working. Mine is not quite as big as hers though.

9:17 am

yum...

9:17 am

I'm back from putting my soup together. Now it must simmer for a while.

9:17 am

It's a big pot!

9:19 am

I forgot until I pulled up my recipe, mine starts with sauteed onion, celery and carrots, finely chopped.

9:20 am

I do not have any potatos

9:20 am

that is how mine starts, Molly

9:21 am

or celery or carrots either

9:21 am

thinking of getting a small crock pot

9:22 am

There are some things I almost always have. Potatoes, celery and carrots are three of them. And onions. Peri, I have a small crock pot and I love it.

9:22 am

how small, Molly. how much does it hold?

9:23 am

I used up 5 lbs of potatoes pretty quickly. I made potato soup, potato salad, has brown potatoes.

9:23 am

hash brown

9:23 am

It is a 1.5 quart size. Just enough to make soup, sauce and other things for two. I have some chuck roast in it now for Italian beef sandwiches for dinner.

9:24 am

ok

9:24 am

I have 3 Crock Pots lol

9:24 am

why do you need 3 monkey?

9:24 am

I had an old original Crock pot but I gave it away two moves ago. I did not use it very much

9:24 am

I have two. A larger one to cook in if the whole clan is coming for dinner.

9:25 am

THey are all different sizes. I have a wee one, it's about 1 quart and it's for fondue. Then I have a 4.5 quart, then I have a 6.5 quart.

9:25 am

I would love to have a mini one for hot dips. Then I would have 3.

9:25 am

I like to make a bigger amount when I make soup. then I can freeze some for later or give some away. most of my friends like my soup

9:25 am

I do the same, peri :)

9:26 am

what size is the other one you have Molly?

9:26 am

my sister has one and she does not use it I wonder if she would give it to me. I will ask her

9:26 am

does it use up much electricity?

9:31 am

rats, now the snow is sticking to the streets and sidewalks

9:31 am

My big one is a 6 quart. I have no idea to measure how much electricity it uses.

9:31 am

I know a few crack pots. Does that count?

9:31 am

ok. I pay my own electricity

9:32 am

Ru, I love the quote in your profile. Perfect for all the Babble winos. : D

9:33 am

Me too molly it makes me laugh

9:35 am

i am done...

9:35 am

yay for pen. see you on wordsplay

9:35 am

WOW, penquis!

9:36 am

ty....going there now, peri...

9:36 am

I pay an electric bill too Peri, but I have no idea how to measure what amount of electricity a small appliance would generate.

9:37 am

I would think using a crock pot uses less electricity than firing up the stove.

9:38 am

I am glad my stove is gas and not electric

9:38 am

I will do without a crock pot for now. but I would like a bigger stock pot

9:40 am

I passed 100. Time to layer-up for snowshoeing. Bye kids.

have fun, scrabs

9:41 am

Hi and bye, Owl. I hope you are feeling better.

yes, ty! now i understand flu without flu.

9:43 am

There are many flu-like illnesses. Human metapneumovirus is a biggie. Adenovirus. Parainfluenza. RSV.

happy snowshoeing, if you are still here!

9:55 am

do you santitie your hands before and after treating apatient

9:57 am

*sanitize

an 8/40 please?

10:09 am

picnic pest + a 4 legged mammal you can ride minus first consonant and replace with a different one

10:09 am

ty bichon for AN8

thanks bich, great clue

10:10 am

and gm all

10:10 am

yw Luv

10:10 am

hi mongreal

10:10 am

hi monty

10:10 am

ty bichon

10:10 am

(waits for Monty to bark now)

10:11 am

*montreal

10:11 am

hi there ruru, bichon, luv, hills et al

10:11 am

grrrrrrrshhh

hi montreal

10:11 am

hi montreal

bon jour and ty for the clue

10:13 am

<---bagel time

10:13 am

. enjoy ru

just finished, any clues needed?

10:14 am

wd luv ! Thank you but barely started...

ty montreal

10:15 am

ar9 please

10:16 am

bonjour TO, almost missed you...

ar + branch of government for 8 plural for 9

10:16 am

<--- antibiotics time

10:17 am

ar 9 your butt in slang + neo ****, ababy

10:17 am

merci luv for AR8/9

s'ok, i was not all here ;)

uh oh, are you ill?

10:17 am

ty luv

10:18 am

also ty bichon

10:19 am

yvw

10:19 am

infortunately yes...probably bronchitis...i'm 5 days into my meds and not much better though...

10:19 am

*unfortunately

10:19 am

ugh

ok off to a matinee performance of Beautiful-the Carole King story. Really looking forward to this

10:19 am

good morning everyone

i had something akin to mild flu. if this is mild,i would hate to have the whole thing. feel etter

10:20 am

enjoy luv ! - gm nan

10:20 am

tks TO

hi nan. bye all

10:20 am

hope you have fun luv

thanks everyone, good luck on the grid!

10:21 am

sare

10:21 am

oops...bad guess anyway

10:22 am

that's part of the Arkansas literacy test hillsnow :D

10:23 am

:)

10:24 am

sounds like a lot of players are under the weather - don't feel so bad now!

10:24 am

gotta go - bbl for last 180 !! - nice seeing you ru, TO, nan, bichon, luv and hillsnow - happy babblings all and take care - poof

10:24 am

I think I have to list now.. too difficult

10:24 am

bye Monty.. hope you start to recover soon

10:24 am

bye mtl

10:25 am

bye montreal

10:25 am

tks ru - real poof

10:27 am

So hard to figure the "fake" poofs from the "real" poofs.

10:28 am

wish doctor could create little puffs of smoke when people leave

10:29 am

hello...clue for the af6/27 please?

10:29 am

dr god that is

10:29 am

af6 African monster

10:29 am

or sounds like a + French fries in France

10:30 am

Good to clarify. Lots of Doctor speak in chat today. Plantarflexicon (commonly known as ankle pumps.

10:31 am

ty ru

10:31 am

not sure I want to go out in a puff of smoke!

10:32 am

at least you'll be lit on your way out nan :D

10:33 am

"Brisk walk" takes on a whole new meaning when you do it in 20 degree weather with snow flurries. Brrr.

10:34 am

it's cold here today too.. very

10:34 am

only walk I take in that kind of weather is from the car to the grocery store and only when forced to

10:34 am

I'm going on another date this afternoon.. braving the weather

10:35 am

ty

10:35 am

Hope the date is nice. It's good to have something fun to do, even when the weather does not cooperate.

10:36 am

thanks.. she's introducing me to her friends at a winery today

10:36 am

should be interesting

10:37 am

Oh, you have a common wine interest. Sounds like a good match.

10:38 am

good morning, all

10:38 am

Afternoon from a damp London. Hint for the ar8/9 appreciated pls

10:38 am

gm jb

10:38 am

would anyone like to clue me a 9?

10:39 am

just clued below alley

10:39 am

hi jb and alley

10:39 am

re9...who makes old thing new again

10:39 am

It helps to read over the chat when looking for clues.

10:40 am

There is a 7,8,9,8 run with that re

10:40 am

tytyty

10:40 am

only at 200 and struggling with this one

10:41 am

Too low down for me to find!

10:41 am

What difference does it make if you reclue a word instead of making someone search thru chat for it?

10:42 am

Starts with british word for butt :)

10:42 am

Ends with the nickname for a man's name

10:43 am

or AR + higher house in US congress and plural

10:43 am

stoat

10:43 am

Thanks

10:43 am

oop

10:45 am

Hello from snowy Massachusetts everyone!

10:46 am

already had stoat hillsnow.. but thanks anyways

10:46 am

Hi Car

10:48 am

hi car

10:51 am

It doesn't make any difference at all. Re-clue all you want. I was just making a suggestion for people looking for clues.

10:52 am

thanks for the ar clue

11:08 am

Hi from snowy North Carolina.

11:09 am

We're have snow up here in NE too

11:09 am

hi mixi from snowy Brooklyn

11:09 am

hi bichon

11:09 am

and from flooding Napa

11:10 am

hi ruru

11:10 am

Hi mix we have an inch of snow in Alabama this morning...a really rare event

11:10 am

a nice big babble to keep us busy today. otherwise I'll have to scrape some more paint.

11:10 am

Hard to believe CA is suffering for an overabundance of rain

11:10 am

hiya annie

11:11 am

the use of Babble to get out of doing obnoxious tasks

11:11 am

we're going to get 6-10 inches here tomorrow in the bay area.. the pineapple express

11:12 am

yes this babble is really keeping me busy. :)

11:12 am

pineapple express?

11:12 am

hope it's a steady day long rain -- not a deluge

11:14 am

wish the express would swing further north as it sometimes does - we

11:15 am

we're supposed to get a warming trend in a couple of days, but that means -8 instead of -12

11:15 am

I don't find it hard to believe that California is having an over abundance of rain. The weather usually evens itself out.

11:15 am

we should get a warming by the end of the week. 60's.

11:16 am

it was 60's on wednesday, now 23 with a few inches of snow on top of the sleet.

11:18 am

just saw an SUV doing a 360 in the lot across the street. I'm staying home.

11:19 am

lol, mixi - probably doesn't have snow tires on

11:20 am

We don't have "snow tires" but we do have all weather tires. And SUV's have 4-wheel drive so any SUV driver doing a 360 obviously doesn't know how to drive it.

11:20 am

snow tires? who gets snow tires? an average winter gets 3 half inch snow falls.

11:21 am

probably the parking lot is mostly ice.

11:21 am

and they don't know how to drive here.

11:21 am

Oh well on ice, you can forget it. SUV or not.

11:22 am

we get snow tires because we have a lot of mountain passes travel in order to go anywhere -- all weathers are usually good enough in town (not this year though). Snow tires are mandatory for the higher passes from Oct - Apr

11:24 am

Does anyone use tire chains anymore? Those were like the sound of winter when I was a kid.

11:25 am

the transport trucks have to chain up. Cleats have been outlawed because they chew up the bare roads

11:25 am

I-40, I-85 merge is closed due to weather.

11:25 am

where is that, mixi?

11:26 am

outside of Chapel Hill, NC

11:26 am

are you getting an unusually hard winter also, then?

11:29 am

un

11:30 am

Except for the mountain areas, snow in North Carolina doesn't happen much.

11:32 am

That's what I thought -- remember being there in late Dec. one year and it was pretty warm.

11:33 am

We have about 2 inches of snow/sleet. That's more that last years total accumulation.

11:33 am

are you inland, mixi?

11:37 am

yes. central north carolina.

11:38 am

No snow but it's bitterly cold here

11:38 am

hi ruby - happy new year!

11:39 am

The ski resorts are singing the, bleus

11:39 am

HOW COLD RUBY?

11:39 am

sorry for caps

11:39 am

helloo Nan and Happy New Year to you

11:39 am

the ski resorts here are raking it in

11:40 am

... they can make snow so they'll survive

11:40 am

I think it's about 20F which is unusual for here

11:40 am

... g'morning

11:40 am

Hello all. we're to get snow much of day..and then ice. Lucky us!

11:40 am

hi dos

11:41 am

I hated black ice when I lived in Oregon

11:42 am

no ody like black ice. I have studs on one pair of sneakers

11:42 am

If i warms up, we should get snow by mid-weekt

11:42 am

... we lost about half of our snow over Christmas but we're supposed to get a fresh load tomorrow ... ... but it has been cooooold this past week

11:42 am

Yup. They're talking about preemptively closing I-84

11:43 am

Binghamton had months of black ice every year

11:43 am

We're supposed to get 5-10 inches of snow and up to a 1/10th inch of ice.

11:48 am

300 down - time for a break - bbl

11:59 am

re 6/18, the third one, pls

12:00 pm

RE + thorny flower.

12:00 pm

the third one I have is to put in order again, but I haven't listed yet.

12:00 pm

I need the 3rd one, right after it

12:01 pm

The one I clued is the third one :-)

12:01 pm

to get up and down again in a chair.

12:01 pm

hi again - hubby offered to make breakfast

12:01 pm

*or brunch

12:01 pm

I don't know how many there are. The third one I have is shredded again.

12:01 pm

oooh nice.

12:02 pm

3rd one is got up again

12:02 pm

ty mixi

12:03 pm

ty m9f9

12:04 pm

need the bottom o for nbt. help please?

12:04 pm

OR 6/24 poo, excrement.

12:05 pm

And plural for the OR 7/36

12:05 pm

it means poop mixi, but it sounds like surviving along...

12:05 pm

orfa4?? lol

12:06 pm

re 6/18 x8

12:06 pm

ty zooz

12:06 pm

those are crappy clues sort of

12:07 pm

:-)

12:11 pm

snowing steady for the last hr.. looks like its our turn

12:13 pm

anyone have the st 8/40?

12:14 pm

st plus what comes out of your eyes, past of comsuned food

12:15 pm

thank you ivesy

12:15 pm

I tried that but must have missed the a

12:15 pm

yw.. was clued bfor and i remebered it lol

12:16 pm

that closes out the s's for me .. thank you

12:16 pm

85 left for later

12:17 pm

28 words left here

12:17 pm

123 left. think I'll go list.

12:25 pm

yum - fried egg, mushrooms, melted sharp cheddar in a cheese kaiser....

12:26 pm

*think I'll keep him for a while longer :-)

12:26 pm

what is a chees Kaiser?

12:26 pm

kaiser roll with grated cheese baked on top

12:27 pm

*they sprinkle grated cheese on top of the dough before they bake the buns

12:29 pm

*forgot there was bacon in it too

12:29 pm

that sounds good!

12:29 pm

it was

12:36 pm

first te 6/21 please?

12:37 pm

The first one I have is what professors strive for... after so many years, you get te6 (job security)

12:38 pm

that's the one right after, monkey, ty

12:38 pm

Just found one before that, te + Fifth Ave*** and plural

12:39 pm

ty monkey

12:39 pm

yw

12:46 pm

*!*~*!* Thanks for the help

12:48 pm

stopped snowing here blue sky lots of sunshine

12:49 pm

and blue sky

12:56 pm

ea5?

12:58 pm

Something an artist uses to hold up a painting

12:59 pm

hi nef! ty

12:59 pm

And Good Afternoon, Everyone.

12:59 pm

yw

1:02 pm

I was hear a bit after flip; fell asleep; and have now a few minutes to myself to Babble. It's cold here today (hovering just above zero (F)); but we have bright sunshine and pretty white (but icy) snow outside.

1:03 pm

cold here too nef snow stopped an hour ago

1:03 pm

a few inches I guess

1:03 pm

lots of sunshine now:)

1:04 pm

We haven't had snow since Christmas, but it still is clean -probably because it's been too cold to turn to slush

1:05 pm

we didn't have a white Christmas again this year here in nc

1:07 pm

How often do you have a white Christmas? We used to always have them when I was young; but the last 2 Christmases we didn't have any snow.

1:07 pm

So I'm still loving this

1:07 pm

I have a couple of inches of snow.

1:08 pm

Where are you mixi?

1:08 pm

(evidently farther north than MLF?)

1:09 pm

Chapel Hill

1:10 pm

I live in south east of England. I have a four year old granddaughter that has never seen snow!!

1:10 pm

How about you, MLF? farther south?

1:12 pm

WOW, Deeha! Is that normal for your area?

1:13 pm

It didn't used to be. When I was a kid I remember 2-3 feet of snow.

1:15 pm

Over the past week or 2, the weathermen on TV have been telling how bad the storms were in Northwestern MN (where I grew up); so I sent a text to my sister who's a veterinarian up there; & she said that the weather was the same as when we were growing up; no worse than ever. (We had a good laugh about the weathermen!)

1:15 pm

I come from Liverpool and we used to get deep snow that lasted for weeks.

1:16 pm

This was back in the 1950s and '60s.

1:16 pm

Really hydra? Do you have snow now?

1:17 pm

No. Haven't had any for a couple of years. Last winter was very mild. I live in West London now.

1:18 pm

People who live in "snow county" often scoff at people who don't live in snow country. If you're used to it, and your area has good snow clearing equipment, it's no big deal. For other places, it is a big deal.

1:18 pm

(And "some people" don't believe in climate change....smh)

1:18 pm

Agreed, Molly.

1:18 pm

ur weatherman missed forecasting the hurricane 30 years ago since then they are terrified they might underforecast so they really exaggerate now

1:19 pm

I think Heathrow, three miles from me, had an inch of snow last winter and that closed the airport!!!

1:19 pm

I don't believe in climate change. Smack your head all you want.

1:19 pm

I think you're right, Deeha.

1:19 pm

Even people who live in snow country don't always take it seriously

1:22 pm

sorry I went into the other room

1:23 pm

i live in nc parts of the state are probably worse then where i am located

1:23 pm

Well, Molly, I do believe that our climate has changed; so we will have to agree to disagree on that point.

1:23 pm

That's fine. I don't think you need to smack your head about it though.

1:24 pm

we haven't had but maybe a few white Christmas's since i have lived here. in fact, one of them we were waiting outside of the Chinese restaurant to open on Christmas day or evening i cant remember

1:24 pm

i had several white Christmas's growing up as well didn't live in nc though

1:25 pm

smh (to me) means "shake my head" not smacking it.

1:25 pm

fw

1:26 pm

congrats mixi

1:26 pm

YAY, mixi6!!! WTG!!!

1:26 pm

"I don't believe in climate change." Like it's an article of faith that one believes in or doesn't. Sorry but it just doesn't work that way. Scientific facts are not things one believes in like believing in reincarnation or the Books of Moses. Do your homework. The evidence is overwhelming and a cool summer or a mild winter here and there doesn't do a damn thing to refute it. Ignorance is the curse or our time.

1:27 pm

Zealots are always interesting.

1:28 pm

apparently we are getting warmer for the most part but here where i live the temps have been extreme at times both winter and summer

1:29 pm

That's exactly what the models for climate change predict MLFAN17. More extremes. And anyone who's been paying attention has noticed that extremes have been the hallmark of recent climate evenats.

1:30 pm

yeah but they also said that the sun was going to hit earth years ago

1:31 pm

do 5?

1:31 pm

Not sure if that zealot comment was directed at me, Molly. But zealots are those who "believe" in things that have no factual support. They go by their emotions. Not "believing" in climate change is pure zealotry. There's no other explanation.

1:31 pm

I've been to Glacier National Park many times over the past 45 years (1 of my sisters & her hubby were seasonal park rangers there) and I've seen the glaciers shrinking. Supposedly, there will be no glaciers left within 20 years. :-(

1:32 pm

that is sad nef

1:32 pm

a fishs fin

1:32 pm

orate

1:33 pm

wrong box tigs

1:34 pm

still looking ty tigs

1:36 pm

the fish's fin is normally spelled with an a. Not here apparently

1:36 pm

First round of shoveling done!

1:38 pm

It is amazing how many identities some people can afford to sign on with here.

1:44 pm

Has anyone seen the ice-shelf that just broke off from Antarctica. It was the size of Delaware and you can view it on google-earth. You may not believe in climate-change but our beaches down here in Fla are slowly disappearing as the water lines rises. You can always dis-believe it from a boat house.!

1:45 pm

Is anyone really babbling cause it seems like everyone's talking aout snow

1:45 pm

Do olives count as one of your five a day??

1:45 pm

I listed bich.. 29 to go.

1:57 pm

doen

1:57 pm

oops. done

1:58 pm

bichon i have been babbling on and off

1:58 pm

btui know i have a lot more to find then others do

1:58 pm

but i know sorry

2:00 pm

been online pretty much all day. waiting for nfl game to start and looking up pressed juices lol

2:00 pm

ok, I give up st 5/10, second one, pls

2:01 pm

i have the twinkling things in the sky at night and the other i have is to look at someone directly you st*** at them

2:02 pm

oh doh, silly me, ty fan

2:03 pm

yw bichon

People who accept the mounting data about the pace of climate change are hardly sealots

zealots.

2:04 pm

hi kaplan

2:04 pm

I went to college to learn about science. What did alltghese deniers do?

2:05 pm

can someone help with the do5 please i still have no idea?

2:06 pm

like the fish fin but an e where the a goes

2:06 pm

I have a college degree Bich. I just don't agree with you. That does not denigrate my education.

2:06 pm

it's part of your spine

2:07 pm

Sorry Molly, but it does.

It' not a matter of opinion or politics to read about the data and weigh it/

2:08 pm

No really it doesn't. But I will agree to disagree with you too, BR.

2:08 pm

that is a 6 i have it i need the do5?

2:08 pm

As I said the curse of our time. And that college degree just makes it easier to tell yourself it's something other than pure ignorance.

2:08 pm

As I said the curse of our time. And that college degree just makes it easier to tell yourself it's something other than pure ignorance.

2:09 pm

edjamacation

I don't understand how the science behind it is a matter of faith that some peplle do not share

2:10 pm

Sorry but I find denial based on nothing more than "I don't believe" to be pure sophistry. Do your homework. Stop believing and start learning something. Of course it's harder to justify the selfish lack of regard for future generations if you simply hide behind "I don't believe."

2:11 pm

i have faith in god that he will give ma lots of snow and presents for Christmas again sometime before i die

2:11 pm

And he'll come through in the end and fix the climate.

2:11 pm

fix it?

2:12 pm

To a heavenly chorus of little naked angel playing trumpets. Or is that Trumpettes?

2:12 pm

who tout?

Trump will probably try to pull out f the climate accord because his great great experts dont believe either

2:13 pm

interesting kaplan

2:13 pm

I had some work to do, DH is driving me nuts with his "we should" do such & such! (He just got out of the hospital Thursday again; he can't do much anything yet but that "we" always means ME!!!

2:14 pm

nef is it anything that can wait?

2:16 pm

MLF, the do 5 is the back, it's do + a*e you ready yet? + **me old, **me old, every day.

2:17 pm

ty nef:)

2:18 pm

LOL, MLF. DH was diagnosed with ADHD 2 years ago (I've always known he was since our kids were diagnosed 34 years ago. There are time I just want to put a cork in it every so often. :-)

2:19 pm

i have a friend with adhd but i don't know if he does that same type of thing or not. He was diagnosed in his teens now in his 40s

2:22 pm

does dh take meds for it?

2:23 pm

Usually I tolerate it; but this week has been weird; & I was stressed because he was so sick. He's behaving himself now; so it's all good. (I did give him the "evil eye" st5/10; & he got the hint now that he shouldn't find anything else for me to do).

2:23 pm

Yes, he does.

2:24 pm

my friend doesn't take any meds at all

2:24 pm

for it

2:25 pm

ne

2:25 pm

my husband finds himself things to do out of nowhere and a lot of those things he doesn't do too often. he has himself and kind of me on a "schedule" he dirves me nuts!

2:25 pm

hi norma

2:26 pm

isn't that the function of DH's?

2:28 pm

He's always had ways to deal with it in the past. When he worked, his desk faced a blank wall; and he pretty much has had ways to deal with certain stuff. But as his MS has progressed (or, like now, when he's recuperating from an infection & relapse & can't do much); that's when he gets futzy.

2:29 pm

multiple sclerosis?

2:30 pm

Yes

2:31 pm

i haven't been around the person who is female that i know that has ms. i know she goes to get medication in iv a lot

2:33 pm

I give DH his shots. Every once in a while I tell him I'm going to "shoot" him ;-) (you have to have some humor times)

2:34 pm

lol very nice nef

2:35 pm

it looks like the snow has stopped here. got a few inches

2:35 pm

my downstairs friends cleaned off my car!! that was an unexpected surprise.

2:35 pm

How's the temp where you are peri?

2:36 pm

I think it is in the 20's but have not checked lately

2:36 pm

peri snow stopped here about 2 and a half hours ago. hubby went out for a bit and came back. we got a few inches i think?

2:37 pm

((((((peri/Nef/MLF/friends))))))) stopping by to say hello before rushing off to check on a few things. Have procrastinated all day long, and want to get at least a couple things done before it's too much later! We might get some snow later -- which is nice, because it's finally warming up and won't cost a snow day at school! *poof*

2:37 pm

hi there stidmama

2:37 pm

thank you for the update stidmama

2:37 pm

Hi & Bye, stid!

2:45 pm

down to 100 and really struggling!

2:46 pm

deeha congrats i am down to 143 and not doing too well either

2:47 pm

LOL! I'm struggling& have 200 left!

2:48 pm

nef i was amazed when i got one hundred words that i found lol

2:49 pm

I think I've entered every single word on my list twice now

2:50 pm

oh you do that too huh nef lol i have to put things in twice sometimes since i go back and forth between babble and lickety

2:52 pm

I try not to use lickety until I'm half way. I do use more words before rickety, but try not to use that very much. I try to make my "little grey cells" work

2:53 pm

i haven't used either that much asked for a few clues per usual.

2:59 pm

Hello Babble friends, and a very happy New Year to all

2:59 pm

I need a break for a while. There are no more words visible to me. I need to go undecorate my house (should have done it yesterday; but wasn't up to it.

3:00 pm

Hi Soodle! How are you? Did you have a nice Christmas?

3:01 pm

Ah, it was lovely, Ned. Hectic, but lovely. How was your break?

3:01 pm

Ned???? Nef!

3:02 pm

Break? I'm retired; I don't get a break. ;-) Seriously, we had a nice Christmas.

3:03 pm

It's okay, Soodle; I mess up lots of names here too.

3:05 pm

Lol! Every December, I say 'I'm looking forward to the holidays'. Turns out I work harder & longer over Christmas.... Kids asking What's for dinner, will you drive me here, there, elderly parents to visit.....

3:06 pm

Ah, yes; we don't have parents; but lots of stuff to do & people to see

3:07 pm

How's your other half, Nef?

3:09 pm

He's been sick & in the hospital again, Soodle. He's back home as of Thursday evening & presently driving me nuts with his "we should...." ideas (that means *I* have to do what he comes up with; in case you need to know that)

3:11 pm

(((Nef))). That's difficult for you. Stay strong! Domestic crisis has arisen in my Mothers

3:11 pm

(((Nef))). That's difficult for you. Stay strong! Domestic crisis has arisen in my Mothers

3:11 pm

(((Nef))). That's difficult for you. Stay strong! Domestic crisis has arisen in my Mothers

3:12 pm

I stared at him with daggers in my eyes after the 3rd or 4th "we should" & he's now backed off since noon (this is the 3rd day I've had to give him the evil eye for that comment. You'd think he'd figured that out, wouldn't you?

3:12 pm

What's happened with your Mother?

3:12 pm

House.... must attend. I enjoyed all 10 minutes of Babble. :-/

3:13 pm

Oh dear! Take care & I hope it isn't too much of a crisis!

3:15 pm

hello friends! a raging storm outside, and a big fatty grid!!! praise god!

3:15 pm

Now I'll take a break; be back in a bit.

3:16 pm

Blocked drain, apparently. I may be able to manage this remotely ..... Call a plumber. Fingers crossed this doesn't require a road trip to Dublin. Gosh. I'm pretty worn out. Good night Nef & pals.

3:16 pm

soodle xoxoxox

3:42 pm

if anyone is out there, may I please have a count for the bottom row r?

3:42 pm

Okay; I'm back again. (I actually did do something important; I paid the bills for the month).

3:43 pm

hello nef!

3:43 pm

hi Trifi; re 6/18 (there's a bunch of them; I have 5 so far

3:43 pm

thank you!

3:43 pm

re 6/18 ... re5/10

3:45 pm

Hi dose. I was just going to add that re 5/10 myself. How are you doing today?

3:45 pm

thank you as well dos - looking very hard

3:46 pm

... just back from an afternoon of grocery shopping ...

3:46 pm

... it's not as hard as it looks ... but it's long ... and those last ones are hard

3:48 pm

Ugh! I probably should go grocery shopping too, but I only need some fruit.

3:49 pm

I need to poke the fire, but valentine is snoozing and snoring away in the chair nearby, and don't want to wake him....

3:49 pm

(I hate grocery shopping; it's my least favorite thing to do. My hubby used to do it all the time because he loved it; but he's no longer able to do it.

3:50 pm

i actually really like grocery shopping - looking at the foods, thinking up meals....

3:50 pm

... Well you could go watch the Wild on TV ... they're two up on the Kings so all must be right in the Twin Cities

3:52 pm

I've got a ton of other things to do; -- & I'm putting off as much as I can today!

3:52 pm

... sometimes that

3:52 pm

s

3:53 pm

... try again ,, sometimes that's that sanity requires

3:53 pm

... should try again ... but the second that is only "what"

3:53 pm

that's what sanity requires; very true. dose

4:14 pm

omg I have finished all the Rs

4:14 pm

I have 65 left, all S,T and Us

4:15 pm

... still far from there ... but ... well done

4:47 pm

WTG, lil*monkey. I've been off taking down Christmas decorations & am not trying to figure out what happened to a 3 foot tall fireplace Santa that is missing!

4:49 pm

.. ya see ... ya coulda put that off for another month or two ... didn't take the tree down until mid March last year ... ... of course we threw it out too which is why it stayed up so long ... sentiment and all that ... ... was supposed to come down today but spouse decided that she had to go to the mall so the tree remains

4:52 pm

Ugh. Took my decorations down today & exposed lots of dust. Tinsel covers a multitude!

4:53 pm

I usually take everything down on January 6th; but there were too many things going on yesterday. I'm discovering that *maybe* a certain little 7 year old was playing with some of the decorations: the Santa is missing; and now there's only 1 angel (out of 4) that still has 2 wings !

4:53 pm

soooooodle!

4:54 pm

Woo Hoo!!! ((((Trif))))

4:55 pm

snowing like CRAZY here. Expecting about 14" by the morning. ugh

4:55 pm

How lovely to 'see' you!

4:55 pm

... but being a math teacher I finally followed my own instructions and rechecked my work ... I am 80% done .. so I can go on to something else ... maybe if I'm still sober after the hockey game (not a typical Canadian state for a Saturday night after a Leafs/Habs game when both teams are playing reasonably well) ... luck to all and stay warm

4:55 pm

our photo is still my icon

4:55 pm

Where are you, Trifi?

4:56 pm

south shore of Massachusetts, nef

4:56 pm

Muttering to self....14 inches????

4:56 pm

yes. first big storm of the season

4:57 pm

Wow, that's a lot of snow! (I wish we had a bit more; but not all at once!

4:57 pm

... a pleasant amount ... as long as it falls somewhere else ... remember it doesn't have to be shoveled in one go

4:57 pm

Happy new year, darling Trif.

4:57 pm

I wish it was sunday into Monday, so I could have a day off....

4:57 pm

happy new year to you as well, darling soodle

4:58 pm

Hi. Just as a contrast, our official weather forecast for last night was 'oppressive' - nand it was. Waiting impatiently for a cool change.

4:58 pm

I cannot find nbt to save my stupid life.

4:59 pm

.. what are you missing/

4:59 pm

Unseasonably mild here to date. It was 14 degrees earlier today.

4:59 pm

What are you missing Trifi?

5:00 pm

what you already clued for me, hours ago. THe r and the o in the bottom row. Just CANNOT see them

5:00 pm

... re 6/19 to have gone up again

5:00 pm

Or 6/24 is poop, Trifi.

5:00 pm

... re5/10 ... to do the race again

5:01 pm

I swear, I tried that!!!!!

5:01 pm

I'm SCARLET

5:01 pm

to run a race a second time (re 5/10

5:02 pm

thanks, r is gray

5:02 pm

to get stuff organized again (or going to a fancy lake place with activities)

5:02 pm

and the o please?

5:03 pm

hi, major snowstorm here...I live on the 23rd floor and I cannot see out the window. white, white, white

5:03 pm

same here annie dear. happy to be tucked up with a huge grid

5:03 pm

... or + du4 and the plural

5:03 pm

Yikes Annie.

5:04 pm

hi trif..yes, happy for a big grid

5:04 pm

Hi Soodle, Happy New Year to you

5:04 pm

hi Annie - glad you are tucked up inside

5:05 pm

thank you friends. FINALLY nbs, nbt, and over halway

5:05 pm

Hi lynxxx, yes, me too. I took Bobby out for an early breakfast this morning and my car was covered in snow when I came out.

5:05 pm

yay, Trif

5:13 pm

I'm taking a study break....love to all

5:13 pm

bye, Trif

5:28 pm

bye, babblers

5:28 pm

ack to find my last 99 words

5:28 pm

back, even

5:28 pm

my friend/neighbor made mac and cheese for dinner which was very good

5:34 pm

hey peri - hope the weather isn't too bad in your neck of the woods. here, it's cold and snowy, but it'll be like this for another four or five months

5:35 pm

we had 2-3 inches of snow. in the 20's. going to be single digits with the wind chill tonight

5:35 pm

but my apt is warm

5:36 pm

i get antsy when the weather is foul, so i've been crocheting newborn/preemie hats to donate to our hospital

5:37 pm

what a sweet thing to do.

5:38 pm

keeps me busy and those babies need warm heads. i was making coasters and doilies, but how many can you have?

5:39 pm

i skyped with one of my grandkids today - she's 10 and has taken up the guitar. she played pink floyd's 'wish you were here' for me :)

5:40 pm

aww

5:40 pm

all the children and grandchildren are musical - quite the show when we all get together

5:45 pm

hi Welki..you might want to look at Knitted Knockers too if you need to keep hands busy.

5:45 pm

Hi Peri

5:46 pm

hi lyn

5:46 pm

wish I knew how to crochet

5:46 pm

i=which is harder to learn knitting or crochet?

5:47 pm

we have a branch of knitted knockers up here = i can knit, but only barely

5:47 pm

I can do simple crocket only - haven't tried reading/understanding a pattern. aNot sure how good it would be on hands

5:47 pm

crochet too

5:48 pm

my daughter prefers knitting, i think crochet is easier. i used to volunteer at aids calgary and i must have taught have a dozen folks how to crochet

5:48 pm

just easier - or easier on hands?

5:48 pm

i find crochet easier on my hands, lyn - but i guess it's a personal thing. my daughter knits her own socks! she's an advanced knitter

5:49 pm

(and easier to do, too)

5:49 pm

hmm, maybe I will learn to crochet

5:49 pm

socks - wow

5:51 pm

I have just started doing washcloths - and saw a beautiful sedge stitch crochet one. Happily there are lots of UTube video to teach you everything nowadays. My next project

5:51 pm

I will check out youtube too

5:52 pm

I couldn't teach my daughter to knit but she learnt by sitting in front of her computer

5:52 pm

you tube teaching videos are a great way to learn how to knit and crochet.

5:52 pm

her socks are incredible - not your run of the mill sock, but beautiful cable knits

5:52 pm

ants

5:52 pm

oops, sorry ladies

5:52 pm

hi Bugs

5:52 pm

30 left, bbs

5:53 pm

hi lynxx

5:53 pm

I always wondered if you needed to go up a size in shoes with handknits? though I have never seen 4or5 ply

5:55 pm

she never uses synthetic yarn, so i'd guess that she does go up (at least) a size, to allow for shrinkage. you should see the hats and mittens she's made for the kids - looks like something out of a fancy schmancy yarn store

5:55 pm

I just squish my foot in whatever shoe will accept the sock

5:56 pm

Does she sell Welki - on Etsy or like?

5:58 pm

no, she knits for family and friends (i've asked her why she doesn't consign some of her work, since she lives in an artsy-craftsy sort of college town, but she says it's not worth it)

5:58 pm

one more hat done!

6:00 pm

you know, these hats are sort of 'spherical' - maybe there's a crochet pattern for those k.k. you mentioned

6:02 pm

thru retail outlets is hard because they can't get the mark-up they want. But selling Etsy or privately (word-of-mouth) is possible - at least you can recover the cost of the wools and a little bit for your time. Some people are pleased to 'order' hat and get it made just for them.

6:03 pm

By the way, if she doesn't know about it yet, let your DIL know above Wool Warehouse in the UK - best prices for wool I have ever found - anywhere.

6:04 pm

i'll message her - wonder how expensive the shipping to the u.s. would be

6:05 pm

not sure - but it is only AUD7 to get from UK to Aust

6:07 pm

weirdly I can get a parcel posted from the UK cheaper and delivered faster than I can get one posted within Australia - go figure

6:07 pm

just went to the site, she'll love it. i know she orders most of her yarn online. me, i usually buy what's on sale (and it has to be synthetic for the babies), but she doesn't balk at the price of some of the more 'exotic' yarns

6:07 pm

canadian postage is ridiculously expensive - i save what i want to send them and bring it when i travel, or order online

6:10 pm

where do they live?

6:10 pm

vermont

6:11 pm

so just over the border from you?

6:12 pm

on the other side of the continent, almost 3000 miles away

6:13 pm

oh goodness!

6:14 pm

i don't know where you are in oz, but we have friends who live in geelong - they have family in massachusetts (about an hour and a half from my daughter's place). they were visiting in november, we were visiting in november, so we picked them up and drove to boston for lunch! (then they joined us the day after for american thanksgiving)

6:16 pm

I am close to Melbourne, I guess Geelong around an hours drive. Distance is no problem for you!

6:17 pm

not when oysters and clams are involved :D

6:17 pm

hold on - are you saying you dreive 3,000 miles?

6:17 pm

no, we flew to albany, ny - about 1.5 hours from bennington, vermont

6:17 pm

(i have another kid in albany, too - and one in nj - heck, i have kids all over the place!)

6:20 pm

Q clues?

6:20 pm

i've got to get supper started - nice chatting with you, lyn. it's been a long while. i've sent the wool warehouse link to my daughter - thanks for the lead

6:20 pm

Yay - temp just dropped 8 degrees !!

6:20 pm

Bye Welki

6:21 pm

finish the qu with a seabird

6:22 pm

how many letters is that q word, please?

6:22 pm

qu5.16 & qu6.27

6:23 pm

thanks!!

6:32 pm

Hi Babble buddies. Spent the day having my first quilting lesson.

6:33 pm

Hi. Good?

6:34 pm

It was fun. I have homework to do before our next lesson. Something called a jelly roll.

6:34 pm

Got to go - bye all

6:36 pm

when you visit origami, I will introduce you to my SIL who has been a quilter for years. She uses amazing colours.

6:53 pm

Oooh, that sounds fun Bugs.

6:54 pm

she has lots of expensive equipment too.

6:55 pm

hi all. clue for the o bottom corner please. ty

6:56 pm

sorry mkg. I think it means poop but . . .

6:57 pm

My goal is to get good enough to do origami quilts - you fold the fabric and then sew it to blocks. Amazing quilts.

6:57 pm

she will love that idea!

6:59 pm

a poop word with an o . hmmm. dont know it.

6:59 pm

or6/24 and or7/36

6:59 pm

me neither

7:00 pm

it actually means manure

7:00 pm

but I get that does not help

7:04 pm

i will look. ty

7:05 pm

i just googled syn. for manure and there is no or word. what language is this in? i hate this dictionary they use.

7:06 pm

nothing comes up as or syn. for manure. darn.

7:07 pm

or + I cannot en**** any more of this snow!

7:07 pm

I'll try to have one completed before I come Bugs. If not, I have a great book she would probably like to thumb through.

7:07 pm

ty got them but really????????not even in morewords.

7:08 pm

not in more words and not anywhere. ty for clues.

7:08 pm

thank you !

7:08 pm

Yes it is in Morewords.com

7:10 pm

i only say ordo. sorry

7:16 pm

clue for an E word top row second e. i assume es words but not seeing any.

7:16 pm

ty

7:17 pm

i keep thinking those e words are es as in estrogen. but no g. ..clues welcome. ty.

7:25 pm

please send me any clues for es words. just turned to lickety. there are three of them. ty. es 5 is first one. i am sure they are all from that one word

7:27 pm

hi everyone

7:27 pm

hi ru.

7:27 pm

any clues for the 9s or 8s? ty.

7:28 pm

just got es words. anyone want clues?

7:29 pm

just need one 9 to get nbt, nbs.

7:30 pm

f I r e w o r k s

7:30 pm

I have at 9

7:30 pm

hi ruru. Yay monkey

7:30 pm

hi bugs...

7:30 pm

sent you an email

7:30 pm

checking. . .

7:31 pm

Hi ruru

7:31 pm

hi ori

7:31 pm

great monkey!

7:31 pm

ru clue for the at 9 please.

7:31 pm

I second that YAY, ruru

7:31 pm

at + not congress

7:32 pm

<---pretty stoked here bugs

7:33 pm

glad to hear you are happy. sometimes it just takes a while to get your life back to comfortable and fun.

7:34 pm

i assume it is the se 6 i have already but with at it is 8. trying to find the 9

7:34 pm

sorry MKG.. it is at +_ not congress (Plural)

7:35 pm

ar... grrr

7:35 pm

I keep typing t sorry

7:35 pm

well.. it did take me a while.. but I like the path i'm on .. it's very fun

7:35 pm

i have an se 6/7 that is the other "house" in the capitol. but it is not taking. hmmmm

7:36 pm

ar + governing body (plural)

7:36 pm

I am with you mkg. ruru is distracted, I think

7:37 pm

ha.. i'm easily distracted

7:37 pm

se 6/7 is two from every state. is that it?

7:37 pm

yes.. that's it

7:37 pm

ruru just not seeing it.

7:38 pm

it's the group of them not the individual representatives

7:39 pm

yes that is the se****. but if i put at in front it does not take it. and even with the plural it doesnt take it.

7:40 pm

it does if you type AR first mkg

7:40 pm

ar?????????oh my i thought it was at. so sorry

7:40 pm

ty. got it.

7:40 pm

yes.. it is ar+ .. i kept typing at I'm sorry

7:41 pm

ok ty. got them now. both of them.

7:41 pm

it's dark in here and bugs is right i'm fairly distracted

7:41 pm

and mkg set us up by asking for an AT word. no worries

7:42 pm

i asked for a clue for a 9. go back to 730 and scroll up. i didnt ask for at. ru clued at by mistake. i never set anyone up. sorry

7:43 pm

7:31 pm mkg ru clue for the at 9 please.

7:43 pm

:F

7:43 pm

like I said, no worries

7:43 pm

ok apologies

7:44 pm

lol

7:44 pm

glad you got the word.. sorry for my bad cluing tonight

7:44 pm

sorry for the at error. great clues ruru.

7:44 pm

I have 89 more to go. I will be here forever

7:45 pm

it's a big grid.

7:45 pm

took me a long time.. i think my birthday passed while doing it

7:45 pm

please leave cake in the PB then

7:48 pm

Only 248 left here :-)

7:48 pm

oh my goodness, origami. I feel better

7:50 pm

my daily goal is more than half way, nbt, nbs and that is enough. i seldom go to fireworks.

7:51 pm

bugs, why the PB?

7:51 pm

I am multi-tasking so probably won't get anywhere near fireworks tonight

8:00 pm

because I often live in there, mkg

8:00 pm

Hi again everyone. Thanks for that ar 9; I can finally say NBS now! :-)

8:02 pm

I live in the PB most days also.

8:05 pm

welcome Nef. Have your family moved in yet?

8:05 pm

Oh yes. And we still have boxes in the middle of everything too.

8:06 pm

I hope the chaos of boxes doesn't make life more difficult for you.

8:07 pm

I'm glad my son is here; it helps to deal with DH

8:08 pm

but do the boxes upset DH ?

8:09 pm

DH just got out of the hospital _Again! - on Thursday (he went in on Sunday); he's well enough to drive me crazy right now! :-)

8:10 pm

I am so sorry that you have such a burden. I think it must be different to nurse a loved one than nursing someone you have never met.

8:10 pm

Yes, the boxes bother him; but we're working on it.

8:12 pm

working as a nurse I could go home & have time away; being a full time caregiver is really tough because you don't get away

8:13 pm

Is a chaos of boxes like a murder of crows or a crash of rhinos?

8:14 pm

exactly!

8:14 pm

Oh, Nef. That is so difficult. I have been there.

8:15 pm

Good thoughts are regularly sent your way, Nef. I would not be very capable doing all that you do.

8:16 pm

Ditto

8:16 pm

LOL, ori. It isn't that bad tonight. There are several boxes in the corner of the dining room (3 are my fault, 2 are my sons'. The 3 that belong to me are there because I can't find the shelves for the buffet so I can put the glassware & crystal away. The 2 boxes of my sons have duplicates & triplicates of food in there.

8:18 pm

Hey, I have a sense of humor; we all have to laugh at ourselves so we can keep going

8:19 pm

that is so true, Nef. If we can't laugh we would go crazy.

8:20 pm

Indeed! I try not to take myself seriously. If I did, I would probably be in big trouble :-)

8:23 pm

yeah, sometimes things get tough; but I do have some friends that also help me by making sure I have time away with them. And, with my son & grandson here; I don't have to worry quite so much about what trouble DH is into.

8:25 pm

yes. I am sure he finds your grandson entertaining and feels safe in the hands of your son.

8:26 pm

Time away is crucial.

8:26 pm

are there programs DH can belong to for more respite?

8:27 pm

To be truthful, he finds our grandson a bit overwhelming at times. (DH was an only child; he doesn't understand how kids have so much energy; and he didn't understand how our kids could either when they were young

8:27 pm

Yes. when my husband was so very ill, friends who came to visit and hospice volunteers would give me much needed breaks.

8:28 pm

Yes ... in that time away is crucial.

8:29 pm

oh dear, Nef. Kids do have more energy than we can tolerate sometimes but I love the stories they tell and the way they keep me entertained as they talk while they draw or do art work of any kind.

8:30 pm

so true, ore.

8:31 pm

some of our old people's residences have day programs for those who are cared for at home. They go for a couple of hours at at time for one or two days a week. Is there anything like that there?

8:32 pm

our grandson is in Tae Kwon Do & is very good at it. He's decided to become a black belt; he's working very hard at it. DH likes to watch him go through his forms; & Ronald will show off and and all kicks knows

8:33 pm

lovely. they have a connection for happy memories then.

8:34 pm

DH refuses to do any of those things, Bugs. I've tried; but if I don't go to do that, he won't go. We have a senior center with many activities about 2-3 miles from here; he won't go even when I've tried to make him.

8:35 pm

Would he go to one of your grandson's Tae Kwon Do competitions?

8:35 pm

That makes it so much harder on you. I am sorry

8:37 pm

Yes. I've made him come to the state tournament & another tournament & he enjoyed watching him.

8:39 pm

But he won't go to any of the testing for promotions

8:40 pm

Is he embarrassed? Or does he think it is too much trouble to move? There must be a way to go around this.

8:41 pm

Usually if you know the reasons, a way can be found to calm the resistance.

8:42 pm

I must head out for food and a break

8:43 pm

DH is sometimes an old stick in the mud. Other times he does well. I think it's the fatigue of the MS at times; other times I think he's just being a putz.

8:45 pm

oh, well, things will work out.

8:46 pm

Sending all sorts of good wishes Nef. Must head out myself. The canines call.

8:46 pm

ROFL Nef! You hit the nail on the head with that diagnoses. I used to work with individuals with dual-diagnoses and I always putz was a third one

8:48 pm

LOL! I've told him at times that that's part of his problem; he agrees!

8:53 pm

okay; change of topic here: I have ar 9/54; what is the other ( letter word?

8:54 pm

9 letter word (sorry)

8:54 pm

re 7/8/9/8 (re9/54 if you want the stats)

8:55 pm

thanks rbud. Now to find it. :-)

8:57 pm

GOT IT! Thank you rbud! :-D

8:58 pm

there may be more of those in that group, not sure, hahaha...

8:58 pm

wow, so fast, too! :D

8:59 pm

...now to hunt for that ar9 YOU mentioned! heehee

9:00 pm

plural of the 8/40

9:00 pm

ar 9/54; let me know if you'd like a hint

9:01 pm

I have 14 re words; how many more can there be?

9:02 pm

i have 22 :)

9:02 pm

you've got a long way to go .... there are 26

9:03 pm

got the 8 and 9, thanks, Nef and doseffing

9:05 pm

Thanks Leslie & dose; I have a lot more work to do. :-/

9:05 pm

yw, rbud.

9:09 pm

hahaha, just put in "fear" - giggled when I saw "fear" does not exist in the puzzle

9:09 pm

sort of a philosophical statement? :D

9:10 pm

LOL! That's great, rbud!

9:10 pm

okay, I'm weird... ;)

9:10 pm

at least it didn't say that this puzzle will cause fear in the Babblers! ;-)

9:11 pm

:D

9:14 pm

re6/18(the one after to sit again).....clue please.

9:15 pm

to organize again?

9:15 pm

ty Nef

9:16 pm

Or, book a vacation at a re6/18 on a lake?

9:16 pm

reten

9:17 pm

sorry

9:20 pm

No problem; not a word

9:45 pm

Renet

9:46 pm

(other box, Gitel)

9:46 pm

(Also, not a word)

9:46 pm

Sorry. Glad it is not a word!

9:47 pm

Oh, don't worry. I'm the one who puts words in chat all the time & spend time in the PB all the time. :-)

10:05 pm

... and done ... 20% of the praise be to lickety ... may I offer a clue for anyone? ...

10:09 pm

.... then I'll go back to watching Sherlock ... g'night and good luck to all ... 'til tomorrow

10:11 pm

Good Night, dose.

10:14 pm

I still have 150 words left to find; but I'm really getting tired now.

10:14 pm

st6/18(right after the ship part)

10:18 pm

do you have the pl for a grocery st 5/10?

10:18 pm

(I think that that's the nest st 6/18

10:19 pm

next, not nest

10:20 pm

grocery?

10:20 pm

the building grocery st5/10

10:21 pm

Yes ....this is before that one.

10:23 pm

The only st6/18 after the ship part is what Nef clued. Before that is plural of cattle, plural of fixed gaze and plural of Scot for rock.

10:24 pm

St40....st10 and then st6/18....is what I need, please

10:25 pm

the one before the portico.

10:25 pm

that's the pl of the st5 before it

10:26 pm

got it ty all ...FIREWORKS!!!!!!

10:26 pm

Okay, I'm confused because the st6/18 before the portico is not the one after the ship part.

10:27 pm

But it looks like you found it somehow.

10:27 pm

YAY aebmusica!!! WTG!!!

10:27 pm

I did ...I didn't have the male cattle or pl.

10:27 pm

she was missing the pl of the how to drive a caraction

10:47 pm

hello 309 to go

11:03 pm

what's a caraction?

11:07 pm

car action lol

11:08 pm

or a cow

11:11 pm

nbt nbs

11:12 pm

Sorry, fell asleep here. Good night everyone

11:58 pm

hello all - how about a nice 160 grid today ?

11:59 pm

433

11:59 pm

yuck lynxxx - have a lunch date today which will run late

11:59 pm

333

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