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221 total words

12:06 am

Hi all

12:06 am

hey liz

12:07 am

hi folks

12:07 am

the british are coming the british are coming!!

12:07 am

Hi Hurshy and Flosey

12:09 am

do8

12:09 am

re7 x2

12:09 am

Hi there, my peeps!

12:09 am

Thanks pug and hurshy

12:09 am

hi Peach

12:09 am

Hi peach

12:10 am

quote

12:10 am

Free clue time.

12:11 am

hello everyone

12:12 am

hi Nan

12:12 am

Hi nan

12:13 am

en7 x 2

12:15 am

in7

12:16 am

to7-8

12:18 am

evening all

Clues are up

12:19 am

Hi Mool and thanks, Lickety

12:20 am

hey lizzster

12:22 am

crashing -- good night everyone

12:23 am

night nan

12:23 am

Sleep well, nan

12:25 am

100 to go

12:27 am

mo 8

12:28 am

thanks liz

12:58 am

hi al stats for the lone O please

om 5/16 alpha and om....

1:05 am

good morning all, a short visit before the hairdresser...

1:05 am

ty welsh

1:05 am

good morning Sprite

1:05 am

*hugs flosey* How are you today?

1:06 am

haha Sprite me too - 8am here - hair at 9.45

1:06 am

good thanks Sprite, and you?

1:06 am

I am fine! Counting the days till Rose and Don will arrive.

1:07 am

{{sprite}} hugs... two m ore sleeps... i am sooo excited

1:08 am

ah, that will be such fun, Sprite

1:08 am

ah, that will be such fun, Sprite

1:08 am

lol, didn't go at first!! so hit it again

1:09 am

ah Rose, it'll be such fun, enjoy

1:10 am

started packing today. meds, etc. clothes will be tomorrow when todays wash is dry... lolll

1:11 am

flosey, it seems like yesterday that the trip was 3 months away....time has flown but we are well prepared.

1:11 am

and now the dream becomes a reality

1:12 am

yes dearest, it is.... *very, very happy sigh*

1:12 am

any idea of what the 9 stats are ?

1:13 am

en9/60

1:13 am

I am so happy for all of you!

1:13 am

sorry, chat got stuck in the hiccup. Hiya ursh! Hair at 9 am for me. We will look smashing soon

1:13 am

hello rose, my dear friend *hugsssss* Counting down and downnnnnn

1:14 am

hiya peach! *hug*

1:14 am

thanx peach. we are gonna create some incredible memories.

1:14 am

went to see the location of your B&B yesterday, rose. It is brilliant. At the very end of the longest village in the Netherlands, looking out over the fields.

1:15 am

and the people running it are so sweet

1:15 am

ty for the 9

1:15 am

wow !! can't wait....

1:16 am

yw ursh

1:17 am

we will first go to our home, btw, rose. You can check in from 4 pm on, so we will take you home until then. But don't worry, we know you will be tired from the long journey. No pressure to talk or anything, just put your feet up and let us spoil you.

1:17 am

well this is odd

1:17 am

so long as alcohol is involved i won't mind at all.... loll

1:17 am

hiya hursh, what is

1:18 am

not only is 'eluct' not a word, but 'eluctable' wouldn't be either, even though 'ineluctable' is

1:18 am

anything in particular in mind, rose? I'll make sure it is available

1:19 am

the oddities of the english language in general and enable in particular, hursh :)

1:19 am

no trouble please sprite. anything caffeine free

1:20 am

sweetie, trust me, it is NO trouble. Much easier if you tell me what you would like most! Sweet wine? Port? Gin? Jenever? Whisky?

1:21 am

sweet wine, whisky, bourbon....vodka and lemon

1:21 am

awesome, thanks darling. It will be available for you. And Don? Same?

1:22 am

yes thanx honey

1:22 am

great. Tim is the whisky buff here, and he will love letting you taste what he has. He has this amazing Laphroig... to die for.

1:23 am

my man Tim.... *squeezing until his eyes pop*

1:24 am

*grins* Just a few more days, rose, and you can do that IRL!

1:25 am

*giggle* he's on a promise

1:26 am

I will tell him, lol. Oh Rose, I am jumping up and down on my chair here. So excited. Rob too.

1:27 am

and now Don is trying on his trousers, .... 'are these alright?' aaarrggh

1:28 am

lololllll please tell him, anything that protects his assets will do. We are not picky.

1:28 am

more particular: anything that is clean and ready to pack!

1:29 am

if he only waits until tomorrow he will have a heap more choices...

1:30 am

lol, how is it that most men are the same in this? This sounds SO familiar!

1:36 am

how are you all doing with the grid? Not sure why but it is slow for me. Halfway and out of speed.

1:37 am

16 to go... some obscure word in it

1:37 am

goooo rose!

1:38 am

not that many series, I guess

1:38 am

no, that's what makes it so difficult

1:40 am

the go4 part of that is, there will still be lots of babble when I return with pretty hair :)

1:40 am

what are you having done?

1:41 am

oh, just a haircut, nothing special. I just want to look my best for you :)

1:42 am

awww, too sweet. and there i will be, all crumpled and bleary eyed....

1:43 am

trust me, I won't be seeing that. I will see my dear friend and her dear husband, and being able to hug you will be the best thing ever.

1:43 am

me too, Don three

1:43 am

:D

1:45 am

time for me to go. A big *hug* for you all. In case I don't see you when I come back, a blessed day and a peaceful night to all. And a very special hug for Rose.

1:46 am

hugs and kisses honey.

2:03 am

must get to bed, 66 for tomorrow, good night all and I'll be thinking of you Sprite and Rose - have a marvelous time together

2:55 am

Good morning

2:55 am

nother beautiful day!

3:01 am

back, looking amazing with my new haircut *cough cough*

3:04 am

phantom: reticule

3:45 am

clue for the en9 plz

3:45 am

hiya movieman! A french meat word

3:51 am

trine

3:51 am

or try this: en*** what you do after knocking on a door, brits spelling + thing to sleep on + vowel.

3:55 am

fireflies. Bye movieman, I hope you find the 9. And the rest, of course :) Have a lovely day.

5:09 am

Hello everyone. Down to 87 words in forty minutes! But am stumped by the clue for the EN 9..Have tried to go in with the sometimes vowel on the end but can not seem to find the word. Nor the thing to sleep on either.bed..couch..sheet..mattress..fu\nton.

5:10 am

Futon*

French for go in, then **** du Rhone. No sometimes vowel

5:11 am

TY Zooz

5:11 am

Ah many thanks, Matty!

5:11 am

Hello, Lynxxx :-)

Glad to be of service!

5:12 am

o it was what babies sleep in.

May I have stats for the lone O in the third column?

5:12 am

So*

5:12 am

OM 5/16

Arrgh. Easy when it's pointed out. Thanks Zooz

5:13 am

Most welcome :-)

5:15 am

Have you been enjoying the nice weather, Matty?

Oh yes! Though it's a bit windy here today

Have you?

5:16 am

It is ten degrees cooler here today. And had thunderstorms last night.

5:16 am

Oh yes I have. Love hot weather. Good for my skinny body LOL

We had some heavy rain. Yesterday was gorgeous though

5:19 am

I have three of the 8s how about you?

Just one...

mo8, I have

5:19 am

Okie dokie.

Can I have stats for the ones I"m missing?

5:21 am

I have that one also. TO 8 /50 & DO 8/50

Right I shall look once I am clean!

5:21 am

The TO 8 I have comes from the T next to the Y

Ooh, I have three of those Ts...shall look

5:27 am

Actually it might come from the T above the G, Matty.

5:28 am

Sorry for the confusion.

5:42 am

Back

5:43 am

Hello zzoozz and Matty, if you're still here

5:45 am

Is anhbody here?

5:45 am

Hello, Ruby :-)

5:45 am

If you had rain last right, maybe it will arrive on Monday

5:46 am

I love the heat, but the garden is thirsty

5:46 am

I think, Matty, has gone to have a shower.

5:46 am

It's not raining here for a change. I actually saw the sun a few minutes ago. But back under the clouds it went.

5:47 am

The boy who walks the dogs helped me water the plants down below

5:47 am

Sounds like that most of the time here, Molly.

5:47 am

Hello Molly

5:47 am

The steps down to the bottom are too dangerous if I'm alone

5:49 am

My favorite food is in here: cu4 and I even drink the whey

5:49 am

Always best to be careful, Ruby. I had to change the last step at my parents home. It was too steep so changed it to be easier to step up and down on.

5:49 am

It's too bad you don't have a hose you could use from the deck.

5:51 am

It's mostly OK as I can tend the tomatoes easily with a watering can. The tomatoes are full of flowers; they love this hot weather

5:51 am

Morning all. Thanks for the clue for the EN 9 Ruby, lots of help :)

5:52 am

Hello Sukee

5:52 am

Hello, Sukee :-)

5:54 am

Looks like a rainy day here too. Although it may clear up. Humid already.

I'm back, clean and dressed

5:55 am

You look much better, Matty! LOL

5:56 am

Matty that TO* /50 comes from the T above the G not the T next to the Y

Why thank you - and that I almost certainly do!

5:56 am

I am sorry for the confusion.

5:56 am

TO 8/50

5:57 am

I can't see any of the 8's or the middle o or the 4th column t.

5:57 am

We had temps of 27C yesterday, sukee. it is 10C cooler here today.

It it a common word?

5:58 am

It is, Matty yes.

OK, I shall search

5:58 am

Think of waterboarding etc.

5:58 am

I have a mysterious shrub in the garden with a heavely scent, but only learned the name yesterday -- seringa

5:59 am

It is inconspicuous with small clusters of 4-petalled white flowers

6:00 am

It's Worth planting as it smells like a cross between honeysuckle and jasmine - captivating

6:00 am

Just looked it up, pretty.

6:00 am

also called Mock Orange.

6:01 am

Ha I put that into google, Ruby and tons of photos of syringes came up lol

6:01 am

That too :)

6:01 am

Yes, that's it

Gosh, that was painful. ;)

6:01 am

<No, zzoozz, syringa is lilac family. It's seringa

6:01 am

LOL

6:02 am

It was here and I never saw it until I was drawn by its scent

6:03 am

LOL, just got the TO 8...funny Matty :)

6:03 am

I know, Ruby but for some reason google keeps saying it is portuguese for syringe lol

That's me. A laugh a minute ;)

6:04 am

Another big grid. Yay.

6:04 am

And it is not a bad grid so far, Scrabs!

6:04 am

haha, zzoozz, that happened to me at first with Google. I only knew the sound of the name, not the spelling

6:05 am

Zoom, trying searching for seringa plant

6:05 am

I have about 30 minutes then I am showing and selling my art at the local farmers market.

6:05 am

I did in the end, Molly. It came up with some beautiful white flowers so glad I got there in the end.

6:06 am

Syringes came up for me but then the Wikipedia link was on the right.

6:06 am

Nice one, Scrabs! Hope you sell lots.

6:06 am

Good luck, Scrabs, it is brave to put your art out there

6:06 am

Last week I made $45. It was a slow day. Most people buy food--pies, cookies, bread, plants.

6:07 am

nbt, nbs, 100 left to go. Time for breakfast.

6:07 am

I'll be back...

6:09 am

I still can't find the middle o or the 4th column t -- babble-blindness, I guess

The middle O is a greek letter. Also a villain in a classic Who episode

6:10 am

ty4/6

6:10 am

thank you both

6:11 am

Need to go and prepare parents meal. Happy babbling everyone!

6:11 am

Bye, sukee and zooz.

6:11 am

3 of those ty4/6

6:11 am

See you later, kids, it's time for the NYT Sunday crossword

6:12 am

Enjoy that, Ruby. I will do it later as it is in our paper on Saturdays.

6:12 am

thans, Molly, you always help me

6:14 am

The Sat-Sun internationalNYT has both the Saturday puzzle (hardest) and the Sunday one (the most fun)

6:14 am

They offset all the bad news

6:14 am

Poof!

6:14 am

Oh, I like the difficult one. It makes me think.

6:21 am

I love it too, Scrabs!

6:22 am

Yes, it is tricky. Some puzzles are so clever that I am amazed the creator(s) came up with the puzzle. I often work on the puzzle for 2-3 days.

6:32 am

morning all

6:33 am

I passed halfway. Off to the farmers market now. Bye.

6:33 am

Hi and bye, Dan.

6:33 am

ciao

6:45 am

Hey 2Bit. Happy Rainy Memorial Day weekend

7:06 am

good morning all. help with the O next to the Q pls

7:06 am

sunny here in PA

7:06 am

I have do8. help with the to8 pls

The TO8 is very painful, Peri

7:08 am

ot4/5

7:08 am

Hi all and thanks, Matty

7:08 am

ty matty

7:08 am

ty ursh

Can I have a tiny nudge on the DO9?

7:09 am

do8 and en9

7:09 am

do8 a body or system of teachings

7:10 am

You could, but it's an en 9 : D

7:10 am

do 8 - a principle or policy.

7:10 am

help with the en9 pls

7:10 am

steak - peri

7:10 am

en 9 - a type of steak

7:11 am

But everyone's getting their clues out before me, so I'll give up!

7:11 am

ty Liz , ursh

7:11 am

entre

7:11 am

I know nothing about steak

7:12 am

to 8, pls

7:12 am

to 8 - very painful

7:12 am

to 8 - is very painful (pt)

7:13 am

I was thinking torment, but that doesn't work out

7:13 am

"extreme vetting"

7:13 am

Similar to that

waterboarding is a type of this

7:13 am

excruciating pain

7:13 am

peri - start with to go in but switch the last two letters then add an alt spelling of a jacket

7:14 am

good clue Luv

7:14 am

they to ***** prisioners

7:14 am

ty peri Luv, Liz

Thanks for the do8! Still missing one

8, that is. But I'm not giving the game my full attention

7:15 am

Carl marx had a do8

7:16 am

ty for the en9

7:16 am

phantom: goiter

7:16 am

there is an mo8 that I do not have

7:16 am

reverse the last two letters bichon

mo is a pt and has to do with brick work I think

7:18 am

ty for mo8.

7:18 am

I do not know the stats for the last 8

7:19 am

un8

7:19 am

un 8 - but I don't have it yet

7:19 am

bl

7:21 am

Not sexy

7:21 am

Thanks, Molly - gave me 2 words

7:22 am

Lots of sex words in these grids lately : D

7:22 am

I'd noticed :)

7:23 am

Back tomorrow for my last 36 words. Enjoy your days / evenings or nights, wherever you are.

7:27 am

thanks for all the great clues!

7:40 am

un 8, pls

7:45 am

Not sexy

7:45 am

nothing comes to mind Molly

7:45 am

me either

7:46 am

do you have the er6/21?

7:46 am

got it, ty Molly

7:48 am

I dont

7:48 am

90 to go and taking a break -- thanks again for the terrific clues!

7:51 am

first e?

7:52 am

stats for the Y anybody?

7:52 am

ye5/14

7:52 am

ec4/6 and er5/14

7:53 am

ty ursh

7:53 am

ty phae got it

7:54 am

yw

7:56 am

2nd column o?

7:57 am

ot4./5

7:57 am

thanks phae

7:57 am

yw

8:00 am

clue for the ye5?

8:01 am

yiddish word

8:02 am

got it

8:02 am

usually refers to a woman

8:02 am

nbt

8:03 am

wtg

8:03 am

need stats for center O pls

8:03 am

ty en for nbs pls?

8:03 am

om5 I think phae

8:04 am

ty...that was it

8:04 am

yw

8:04 am

en6...to wag a carrot in front of rabbit

8:04 am

morning all, can someone please clue the en9?

8:05 am

I got a en 6/7 from that?

8:06 am

en is a rib steak - it ends in a dove house

8:06 am

button phae just gave a clue that I got a en 6/7 from

8:07 am

dove house?

8:07 am

sorry not dove

8:08 am

a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons...

8:11 am

ty dan I used morewords to get it further

8:11 am

nbs

8:17 am

un 6/21, either/or, pls

8:20 am

don't have them sorry bichon

8:21 am

un6 - un + plant part

8:21 am

un...ro4

8:21 am

ty dan and phae

8:25 am

un + what you pay for an apartment

8:26 am

ty Molly and phae

8:42 am

yw bichon

9:05 am

t 5/16?

9:05 am

at sorry

9:08 am

do you have the AT 4/5 fan

9:09 am

hi mont yes I do

9:09 am

got it

9:09 am

add the sometime vowel then - hi fan

9:19 am

gotta go - bbl for last 79 - tough grid ... for moi at least...hagd all and take care - poof

9:27 am

Clue for my6, anyone?

9:29 am

my6 - a woman's name or a plant, to rhyme with teenage mutant heroes.

9:30 am

tyvm

9:30 am

You're welcome.

9:40 am

hi Haz! Go4 to see you - ty for the clue - mind is perseverating on ninja turtles

9:40 am

Hello Aloy - nice to see you.

9:41 am

oops, LOL - Haz to the PB

9:41 am

See, I'm out of practice! Does that not get me out of going?

9:42 am

h'mm, ok - but throw some chocos in there for penance

9:42 am

No problem. I'll try to mend my ways.

9:44 am

did you think of Fiona when you saw "tenrec" the other day? I surely did..

9:44 am

Absolutely. I think of her often but especially when the tenrec appears.

9:45 am

sigh, me too

9:45 am

Time was when she could have me in fits of laughter in the log. And it was so convenient to have someone to blame.

9:46 am

yup - the blame was on her!

9:47 am

She was so sporting about accepting the blame, only protesting feebly every now and again.

9:47 am

well, she could tease a lot too

9:48 am

Oh, I know, she enjoyed the banter tremendously.

9:48 am

sometimes you two would gang up on me - I felt loved, lol

9:49 am

I was a newbie and made lots of booboos

9:49 am

We only ganged up on people we liked! It was a sign of approval.

9:50 am

Did you join babble after us? I've always thought of you as being there already.

9:51 am

I joined but dropped out for a while bc I became an addict and didn't have time while teaching - thanks to retirement, I can feed my addiction

9:52 am

Ah, that explains it. I think it was August 2005 when I started and have given in to the addiction just about every day since.

9:52 am

- Lickety has helped so much - I joined before the lists but Brandyjack helped, remember?

9:53 am

I remember Brandyjack very well and also the times when it would have been considered amazing to finish at all. Lickety and (remembering my commission) morewords have made life much simpler.

9:55 am

amen !

9:55 am

How long have you been retired, Aloy?

9:56 am

Let me think - I took a year of absence after Hurricane Charlie and then retired, so - 2005 was retirement

9:57 am

Ah, so you're well used to it now. I take it you're enjoying it?

9:58 am

Loving it ! Not answering to the bell took about 18 months to adjust to - ahh

9:59 am

My sister-in-law was a teacher for many years and viewed retirement with a little trepidation. Would she manage to fill her days? Fast forward a few years and her life is very busy.

10:01 am

She volunteers at the local primary school, goes to craft classes, helps various folks with tasks, attends lectures etc and tries to tame the garden. No time to miss work!

10:02 am

I understand - felt like a hamster on the wheel and it took a while before I relaxed - and discovered that retirement can be as busy as you want it to be! We do lots of volunteer work for several env. orgs and we do lots of physical work in the Grove - so we stay out of trouble (-:

10:03 am

That's great. You get to help others while keeping yourself busy. It must give you great satisfaction.

10:04 am

discouraging at times, but - we try

10:05 am

lucite is too proper to be accepted

10:05 am

my retirements not as active. some morning tennis, some afternoon piano duets.

10:05 am

Lucite must have ideas above its station...

10:05 am

hi mixi - sounds great!

10:06 am

Hello mixi - that sounds very nice. It's about having time to do things you want.

10:07 am

still haven't found that turtle

10:07 am

... it

10:07 am

... it'

10:07 am

It's my6, just rhyme it.

10:08 am

... it's also a flower and a girl's name

10:08 am

Sorry, Aloy, I thought you had got it a while back, we were too busy chatting.

10:09 am

LOL - found it, ty

10:09 am

what I named our boat, my6 the turtle

10:09 am

You're welcome.

10:10 am

and we live on my6 slough

10:10 am

My Primary 5 teacher was a My6. She it was who helped to form my lifelong aversion to needle and thread.

10:11 am

ooh - she stuck you?

10:11 am

I had to rip out my stitching so often because it didn't meet her standards. Too late to sue for compensation for hurt feelings?

10:12 am

bet you won't be naming any pets after her!

10:12 am

Dead right!

10:13 am

My stitching WAS pretty bad, but it was pretty disheartening to have to do it all over again. And again.

10:13 am

I thought my6 was in the water pipes at Hogwarts.

10:14 am

It could well be, mixi, I have to confess that I've never read the books.

10:15 am

I know it as a plant

10:15 am

my6 was the ghost in the girl's bathroom

10:15 am

rule

10:15 am

Yes, mother tried growing in the back year on a sunny hill. It didn't really want to be there.

10:15 am

pb for me! lol

10:15 am

I have a notion that a sprig of my6 is always included in a royal wedding bouquet.

10:16 am

hi Marj - have one of the chocos

10:16 am

stuffs PB with cookies.

10:21 am

phantom: gooier

10:24 am

hello all

10:24 am

Hello, peri.

10:24 am

hi peri

10:24 am

Haz, what a wonderful surprise to see you here.

10:25 am

I'm probably as surprised as you! Someone asked for a clue and it went from there.

10:25 am

I have missed your clues

10:25 am

I think of FM also but especially when I see tenrec in the grid.

10:26 am

I know, she was so much fun.

10:26 am

she was

10:27 am

She certainly left a lasting impression in babble. As did Anniebrook - I was so sorry to read she had died.

10:27 am

Anniebrook was a sweetheart. I really miss her.

10:28 am

how long has it been since FM died. It has to be at least 5 years.

10:28 am

FM died in 2011, November.

10:29 am

hi peri - fitting to pay tribute on Memorial Day weekend

10:29 am

and it so nice ( I know the word is in the grid) that she is still rembered

10:29 am

I had known she was ill since September but it was still a huge shock when she died.

10:29 am

HI Aloy.

10:30 am

Did we ever hear what happened to Anniebrook, was she ill?

10:30 am

I did not hear anything.

10:31 am

how are you and your family doing, Haz?

10:31 am

I think of her son, Billy

10:31 am

I hope Bobby was able to cope, she was always so concerned about him.

10:31 am

Bobby - right

10:31 am

I hope so too

10:32 am

We are all well. Older daughter is married and younger daughter is living and working in London. We visit her a couple of times a year and she comes home as well. Just the two of us and the dog now.

10:32 am

same dog?

10:33 am

Dempsey is almost 5 now, a little blue roan cocker spaniel. His signature song, if he had one would be 'Hopelessly devoted to you' - directed at me.

10:34 am

awww

10:34 am

beautiful pup

10:35 am

need to take a break, bbs. don't be a stranger, Haz.

10:35 am

He's a real velcro dog. Apparently it is a mark of the breed to be very attached to one person, and he has adopted me as his heroine.

10:35 am

See you again, peri.

10:35 am

indeed

10:36 am

Haz! How lovely to see you. I've been meaning to write or email. x

10:36 am

Haz, does your hubby have retirement plans?

10:36 am

hi Jac

10:36 am

Hello Jacula! I owe you an e-mail!

10:36 am

I'll look forward to catching up with your news, Haz.

10:37 am

Aloy, he's starting to think about retirement in the next few years. He has two mornings off a week now. He just finds it all getting a bit trying physically.

10:37 am

Jac, it's been ages. It'll be a LOOONG e-mail.

10:37 am

he truly deserves some "off" time

10:38 am

I have been on maternity leave for 34 years and am starting to think about the benefits of retirement.

10:38 am

Make the email as looong as you like, Haz. I don't mind.

10:38 am

lol -

10:39 am

You're a glutton for punishment but I'll definitely apply myself to it.

10:39 am

Good!

10:40 am

How have you been?

10:40 am

Re retirement - I got a sum from a private pension for my 60th birthday but I'll have to wait until I'm 67 for the other one and the state one.

10:41 am

How have I been? That'll take a looong email in reply to yours, Haz.

10:41 am

Yes, I think I'm due for the pension at 67. I still think it's ridiculous that I'm nearly 60. I'm still waiting to feel grown-up and responsible.

10:42 am

Okay, we'll catch up and the one with the e-mail with the most words wins the prize.

10:42 am

Yes - I can't believe I'm 60 either. Only 3 mins since I was 18 surely?

10:42 am

LOL re the email prize. x

10:43 am

I don't think twitter would suit us for catching up.

10:44 am

Nope. I only go on there if my daughter wants me to vote for something.

10:44 am

I don't have a twitter account but I have a look at a few people just to see what they're saying. Sheer nosiness, but then I've always been 'interested'.

10:45 am

You should be on Facebook - much more chance to be 'interested'.

10:46 am

I've always resisted Facebook because I know I'd spend too much time on it.

10:47 am

I do see the benefits, I just wonder if I'd be disciplined enough.

10:47 am

LOL. It can be a time-waster but is also very good in a lot of ways - keeping up with far-flung family, word games with others (like Peri), interest groups etc.

10:48 am

Well, you'll have to give a try and limit yourself to a certain amount of time a day or a week on there.

10:48 am

I suppose it's like anything else, it's how you use it that decides how beneficial something is.

10:50 am

Got to go now. Look forward to reading your email soon. x

10:51 am

I'll be out this evening but I'll definitely try to get something done tomorrow. Let the battle of the catch up emails commence...

10:51 am

See you soon, Jac.

10:59 am

And I must go as well. Bye for now.

11:00 am

bye haz, jac

11:00 am

bye, Haz - enjoyed chatting with you, tc

11:07 am

listed and found a bunch with suffix for how old you are

11:07 am

hi dan2, ty, will watch for it

11:13 am

bbs. need a break!

11:18 am

cu 6/24, first one, pls

11:20 am

don't have it yet bichon

11:21 am

Good Morning Babblers

11:21 am

cu6 - rhymes with someone who does a marathon

11:23 am

ty Diane

11:24 am

ty Dianne

11:25 am

cunutjob

11:25 am

damn it

11:25 am

last cu 6/30, pls

11:26 am

adverb for cu4/6

11:27 am

ty dan

11:33 am

still morning and made it halfway. :D

11:33 am

me too

11:33 am

Ooo, Ru, dangerously close to a dirty, dirty word. : P

11:35 am

this grid is loaded with dirty words

11:36 am

It has been a dirty word week here in Babble Land. Do you think the Babble Gods are lonely?

11:38 am

maybe horny

11:38 am

I once called a terrible English boss the c4 word and , although he was one, he almost had a heart attack

11:39 am

It's very effective when used correctly LOL

11:40 am

dirt is now a phantom word for me in this grid

11:41 am

That's funny, ally

11:41 am

that is just not a word in my dictionary ruby.. I kind of find it offensive

11:42 am

I think that's the whole point, ruru

11:42 am

I haven't uttered it in a long time

11:42 am

And when used VERY sparingly, it has a huge impact

11:43 am

Now I use bad words in French, also sparingly

11:44 am

in French it's ok though :D it always sounds better in french

11:44 am

true that

11:45 am

Everything sounds better. But what's more fun here are the phrases in the vernacular without bad words, but funny and effective

11:45 am

Hi Bichon

11:46 am

I have the vocabulary of a "plouc"!

11:47 am

My friends teach me special epithets for politicians, stuff I didn't learn in high school

11:47 am

That word is a big gun that gets pulled out when people are really slinging the mud. Mostly a word used by men in fights when they know they can't hit a woman but they can pulverize her with that word.

11:48 am

or directed at a woman by nutjobs from Canada

11:48 am

Using it on a man, however, is more shocking (to the man!)

11:49 am

Nutjobs from Canada? Something I haven't heard about. I thought Canadians were cool and polite

11:49 am

most of them ruby.. there's a couple bad apples

11:50 am

most of them are polite I mean.. there are a few here that are rude and mean-spirited

11:50 am

That word, if directed at me, has no effect. I guess I've been innoculated

11:51 am

Too much time in the trenches, I guess

11:51 am

maybe

11:51 am

If women would stop acting like it is the most offensive word in the world, it would not get tossed out in arguments.

11:52 am

Exactly. There are worse things to be called, e.g. "You're just like my mother!"

11:52 am

That would sting!

11:52 am

Now THAT is offensive. : D

11:53 am

whew! fw - last words, to7 and 8

11:53 am

Then there is the classic "man fight phrase"..."all women are bitches".

11:54 am

Now if somebody called me short.....

11:59 am

Time to feed the prince and the bi*** LOL

12:00 pm

See you later

12:05 pm

in 7/36, pls

12:06 pm

nm

12:06 pm

in a completely non-active manner

12:07 pm

ty hurshy

12:21 pm

anyone got the 9?

12:21 pm

en9/60

12:21 pm

Good Saturday, all! It's flower planting day!

12:22 pm

en9 is a French word for a type of steak

12:23 pm

that clue did not help me at all

12:23 pm

lol

12:23 pm

it did help me, thanks

12:23 pm

it did? wow!

12:24 pm

I know nothing about steak

12:24 pm

yw

12:24 pm

90 left, going to get the mail. bbs

12:24 pm

It didn't help me.

12:24 pm

i just have a pretty good memory, so if i've seen it now and then on restaurant menus, that's kind of enough

12:25 pm

well, start with the first five letters of whatever your main dish is, and then put the _____ d"Azur on it.

12:26 pm

Ah. That got it done. Merci.

er6, please?

12:26 pm

wanna come over and get a little naughty, marc? ;)

I haven't had an offer like that in years. I am not sure I can handle it. But thanks for the offer. And thanks for the clue.

How about a clue for er5, please?

Oh by the way I am probably too old for you. But the offer made my day.

12:29 pm

strictly a clue, don't worry, lol :)

Oh darn

12:35 pm

(the chat is getting a bit randy)

12:35 pm

Hubby's back with my top soil. Yay!

12:36 pm

Sorry to throw dirt on the smut talk.

12:36 pm

what on Earth are you talking about judi

12:37 pm

my6?

12:37 pm

a tree dan mr6

12:38 pm

ty ruru

12:38 pm

or the famous toilet person in Harry Potter

12:40 pm

She moaned.

12:42 pm

75% finished and all the 4's are done. time to go pack stuff again.

12:42 pm

Hey, Mr. Douchebag Inconvenient Truth is in the grid today.

12:42 pm

pretty sure we elected a famous toilet person here in the US

er5, please?

12:44 pm

ER + heat d*** (what your hvac air travels through).

12:44 pm

er + anagram for snip

12:44 pm

to6/21?

thanks

12:46 pm

also oc6/21?

12:47 pm

oc + beginning of three in french

12:47 pm

Judi has to buy an extra right shoe everytime time she buys a new pair of shoes :D

12:49 pm

Huh?

12:52 pm

firewords! the to6/21 was my last

12:55 pm

Leaning to the right too much judi? :D

12:55 pm

well done dan

en6/18, please?

12:56 pm

Mo8?

12:57 pm

plant taking hold marc en 6

12:57 pm

if you put rigor infront of it judi you'd be stiffened MO8

12:57 pm

Got it. Ty.

12:58 pm

This grid is getting me plastered.

12:58 pm

it's a nasty grid

thanks ruru

12:59 pm

yw

1:02 pm

judi is lathe to find the end of this grid

1:04 pm

No sense grouting about it.

1:05 pm

Hubby is outside throwing the dirt where I want it. Time for me to go rake it around. See y'all later!

do8, please?

1:14 pm

do8....A belief

1:15 pm

The Monroe DO8

thanjks

1:26 pm

a clue for the re7/36 - please

1:29 pm

the British are coming! (for Dianne)

1:31 pm

Aloy - thank you - can't believe I didn't see that!

1:31 pm

yvw .

tr7, please?

1:43 pm

don't have it yet, Marc - hunting

1:45 pm

oh, got it -rhymes with what cars go through under a mountain

thanks

1:45 pm

yw

1:55 pm

fw, back to yardwork - ha great weekend, Babblers

1:59 pm

re 7/32, pls

2:05 pm

nm

2:11 pm

re 6/24, pls

2:14 pm

clue for the in 6 please, not the plant related one.

2:14 pm

sorry, I meant the UN

2:15 pm

un lease

2:16 pm

ty bich, stupid word

2:16 pm

yw

2:25 pm

re 6/24, pls

2:26 pm

re + first 3 letters of lu5/14 + consonant

2:27 pm

tyvm une

2:27 pm

yw :-)

2:28 pm

n

2:28 pm

oops

2:31 pm

reluct...sometimes it is just easier to spell the whole word out

2:59 pm

en 9 /60 ??

3:04 pm

did i kill the hogg????

3:04 pm

chog?

3:05 pm

If you kill the hog, we can have bacon

3:06 pm

hr

3:06 pm

ello mom

3:06 pm

yay... i love bacon

3:06 pm

hi ruby

3:06 pm

No bacon here

3:08 pm

What they call bacon, isn't

3:08 pm

nobacon in france???

3:09 pm

It's totally different, no taste and different kind of fat

3:10 pm

sounds like turkey bacon

3:10 pm

or maybe tofu?

3:11 pm

Ruby if you are close to Germany you can try speck. It is pretty close to bacon.

3:11 pm

All the meat here is less good than in the US; the only thing better is halaal lamb

3:12 pm

Nice idea, but I'm far

3:13 pm

Sorry for that. The meat in Germany is wonderful.

3:13 pm

i think i would give it up then.

3:14 pm

wehavegone from 1 lb of bacon for one meal for thethreerofus to getting 3 meals from 1 pound

3:14 pm

I think the problem here is what they feed (or don't feed) the animals

3:15 pm

probably

3:15 pm

I eat very little meat now

3:15 pm

lt's not Worth bothering

3:16 pm

The dogs get chicken breasts

3:16 pm

i underrstgand.... am glad we like salmon choiwder and corn chowder and potato ch................

3:41 pm

hello all

3:41 pm

hello all

3:41 pm

ruby I took my took in Scrabble

3:51 pm

batting my head against the wall looking for en 9....

3:55 pm

type of steak sammysmom

3:56 pm

en + first three of the old oak + a word that sounds like cold weather outerwear. (We don't use that steak word here in these united states)

3:59 pm

thanks molly

4:00 pm

off to give hubby a treatmernt... later all

4:34 pm

hello everyone

4:36 pm

hello nan

re7, please?

re7/32 and re7/36, please?

4:43 pm

re7/32 - ballet re*****

4:43 pm

RE 7/36 Compound word..color + garment for cold weather.

thanks got both

4:47 pm

ty alicia and zoom

4:48 pm

Or those who Paul Revere said "Were coming!!" (The British don't like to remember that) : D

last one ro7, please?

4:53 pm

we fired our guns and the british kept a-coming

4:54 pm

there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

found it thanks

4:55 pm

We fired once more and they began to runnin'

4:55 pm

we fired once more and they began to runnin

4:56 pm

LOL.. hello all

4:56 pm

down the Mississipi to the Gulf of Mexico

4:57 pm

(everyone) down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

4:57 pm

wonder how long it will take to get that tune out of my head!

4:57 pm

well they ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles

4:58 pm

and they ran through places where a rabbit couldn't go

4:58 pm

Now I have to go listen to it at youtube. I get it stuck in my head whenever my change back is 18 dollars and cents in the teens...

4:58 pm

they ran so fast the hounds couldn't catchem

4:59 pm

my friends address is 1814 and it happens every time I go there

4:59 pm

down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

5:00 pm

Yup, that would do it!

5:01 pm

and hey! this grid has a "cannon"!! :-)

5:02 pm

The kind that can have its mind blown.LOL

5:02 pm

but does it have a gator?

5:02 pm

oops I just realized what yoiu meant lol\n gator

5:03 pm

Um.....

5:03 pm

HA HA HA HA HA!!!

5:03 pm

lol sorry

5:04 pm

is there chocolate in the penalty box?

5:05 pm

Always.

5:42 pm

ge 5 please?

5:45 pm

ends with a french "word"..

5:45 pm

ty m9

5:46 pm

de rien.

6:57 pm

Evening all. May I please have a clue for cu6-24 the 1st? Thanks

6:57 pm

hah....i am looking for that word now...

6:58 pm

Hope you have better luck than

6:58 pm

oh, i have that one....c + long distance r*****.....

6:58 pm

it's the second one that i am looking for...

6:58 pm

crunner

6:59 pm

the second is like the manservant

6:59 pm

english-type

7:00 pm

ty...

7:00 pm

Thanks so much, pen and lynxxx.

7:01 pm

yw...

7:03 pm

*waves from poolside with cocktails*

7:03 pm

*waving back with my glass of water*...

7:03 pm

ru is living large :D

7:07 pm

Livin' the dream!!!

7:07 pm

Livin' the dream!!!

7:07 pm

Livin' the dream!!!

7:07 pm

Gin and Tonic and sunshine. Just what the Doctor ordered

7:08 pm

lovely to see you content Ru

7:10 pm

Almost. Almost content

7:12 pm

i

7:13 pm

It is too bad i am too old to be a cabana boy

7:16 pm

I'd have been a great cabana boy in my day🤣

7:19 pm

you can be a cabana boy here in the PB anytime.. ;o)

7:22 pm

my 6 please?

7:22 pm

A tree nan

7:23 pm

ty ru

7:25 pm

oc 6?

7:26 pm

Oc plus begining of three in french

7:26 pm

merci, ru....

7:26 pm

De rien

7:27 pm

ty ru

7:31 pm

I need my6 as well

7:33 pm

girl ghost at hogwarts

7:33 pm

it's a tree...

7:34 pm

ty ally

7:37 pm

co 5/12?

7:38 pm

add a vowel to previous word...

7:38 pm

its a raccoon

7:39 pm

ty

7:39 pm

i'm stuck on the co 6/21. any clues?

7:40 pm

co + your cooperation is v**** to this operation....

7:40 pm

add to the end of co 4/5

7:41 pm

ty pen

7:41 pm

ty!

7:41 pm

ru didn't have a clue for that one??!!!

7:41 pm

yw...

7:43 pm

stuck on the first 2 to 6's -- any clues please?

7:43 pm

sorry, don't have them yet...

7:46 pm

first one starts at the far right t, and extends the word above

7:46 pm

ty ally

7:48 pm

male turkey + breast

7:48 pm

ty ally and nan...

7:51 pm

heading out for chinese food -- bbl

7:51 pm

bye..

8:21 pm

i am done...

9:04 pm

tr 7 please?

9:11 pm

or un 8?

9:11 pm

tr 7: a gopher may dig a t-----. Add an r after the t.

9:12 pm

un8 - not arousing

9:13 pm

ty -- didn't know there was such a word!

9:14 pm

ty crayola

9:15 pm

yw

9:20 pm

*!* -- anyone want clues before I leave?

9:21 pm

congrats, nan.

9:22 pm

congrats! i am stuck on en 6 18

9:22 pm

congrats! i am stuck on en 6 18

9:22 pm

congrats! i am stuck on en 6 18

9:22 pm

en + base of a plant

9:22 pm

ty nan

9:22 pm

sorry

9:22 pm

ty!

9:27 pm

anybody have a clue for the lone o?

9:29 pm

greek letter

9:30 pm

ty ally. nbt :)

9:30 pm

93 to go

9:31 pm

10 left here, sticking it out

9:31 pm

wtg ally

9:31 pm

its a nice diversion from packing

9:32 pm

are you moving?

9:32 pm

sorry to disappear -- babble expert went on the fritz and crashed my computer

9:32 pm

hi nan

9:33 pm

yes

9:33 pm

that's always stressful.

9:34 pm

what is your moving day, ally?

9:36 pm

80 to go

9:36 pm

we are moving everything out on tuesday

9:36 pm

I'm on my way if no clues are needed

9:36 pm

googled babble expert and am now reading sprite's profile.

9:37 pm

oh - that is quick. We have to be out by July 7 -- haven't started packing yet -- too busy renovating the new house

9:38 pm

I used to be so good at moving. Now it would be a major operation.

9:39 pm

I used to be able to call a moving company and have them pack us up and move us -- now that we are retired we are on our own -- there is something wrong with that!

9:39 pm

i feel like i should be better at it, this is our 11th move in 15 years... but it is still awful

9:39 pm

When I was single I would move all the time - pack up the hatchback and go.

9:39 pm

try moving after living in one house for 25 years!

9:40 pm

unthinkable

9:40 pm

yikes, that would be hard.

9:41 pm

I'm having a hard time believing we've been here that long -- we used to be transferred every 5-7 years. The time has gone by soooooo fast

9:42 pm

2/3 done! woohoo

9:42 pm

are you getting a dumpster nan?

9:42 pm

But then as my hubby pointed out the other day, he is beginning his 18th year of retirement

9:42 pm

my brother and sil are moving out of their house and she plans to just throw stuff out over a year's time.

9:43 pm

No but Big Brothers and Got Junk have been here twice already

9:43 pm

Got rid of a lot of stuff through Kijiji

9:43 pm

nice

9:44 pm

oooh, babble expert is nice

9:44 pm

listing.

9:44 pm

The big stuff is easy -- it's the little mementos that are hard to get rid of.

9:45 pm

I would have a very hard time doing that. We have so much crap.

9:46 pm

taking a break - back at the flip

9:46 pm

bye everyone

9:46 pm

bye nan

9:47 pm

stepping away for evening walk.

9:47 pm

have a good walk ally

10:20 pm

thanks, it was a bit humid but nice

10:23 pm

done!

10:23 pm

have a good night!

10:24 pm

2 left for me. :) way to go

10:26 pm

fireworks!

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