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12:04 am

I'd like to buy a vowel

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:D

12:04 am

I'll double that

12:04 am

how much are you willing to pay?

12:05 am

11 consonants

12:05 am

++sings another chorus of Old MacDonald Had a Farm++

12:06 am

It does have eieio ;)

12:06 am

I could not load the grid last night and only discovered the 42,000 grid from yesterday about 10 minutes ago

12:07 am

Maybe Rain needs a couple of As

12:07 am

and then I get this???

12:07 am

no s for our Babbler eieios ;)

12:07 am

aspirin - fer sure jwr

12:08 am

Oh, too bad, Rainqui. Is it a computer problem?

12:08 am

Offred is in the grid - only now she's free! At least so far in Australia!

12:08 am

Doing yesterday's without Lickety wasn't easy - I ended up with a missing re that I had marked off, hursh figured out which one right off the bat, too!

12:08 am

no it wasn't: did anyone else have problems last night?

12:08 am

The site was down last night

12:09 am

That was the night before Kam.

12:09 am

andre is here ;)

12:09 am

At flip time, yes. The grid came up about 55 minutes late.

12:09 am

any idea when it went back up?

12:09 am

ooooh.

12:09 am

It was last night here. The 400+ wouldn't load until about 90 minutes after the flip time

12:09 am

You made me go google, Liz. Handmaid's Tale, huh?

12:10 am

what Liz said, I checked in an hour after flip and it was back up then

12:10 am

Yes - have seen the first 2 episodes of series 2.

12:10 am

Damn - I was checking for 89 minutes !!!

12:10 am

Sounds like Dr. God's computer being restarted.

12:10 am

Wonder why you had problems for so long?

12:10 am

there are C words.. gnashing of teeth begins!

12:11 am

I did email Lickety yesterday but don't think he's seen it.

12:11 am

Rain - I HOPE you were kidding about the 89.

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I know eh?

12:11 am

different server Rain, I don't know...

12:11 am

hello all, just ducking in for a few

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I actually checked for about an hour

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Hi Stid

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...Dr. God has many servers...

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I'm a Canuck too Kate

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I don't think I have Lickety's e-mail, forgot to check - I did drag myself to FB to messge

12:12 am

I saw that, EH?

12:12 am

Well, we're off again all together, Hooray!

12:12 am

It's on the Lickety page

12:12 am

Under Lickety's babble clues

12:13 am

Windsor Ontario

12:13 am

I have friends down that way... and there are LOndon Babblers too.

12:13 am

argh... didn't think of looking at babble page. I foget about the links underneath.

12:13 am

I, for one, am not going to blame the good Dr. about our vowel problems.

12:16 am

Haha... agreed jwr!

12:18 am

I know what is wrong with this grid. no S within a mile!

12:19 am

or T

12:19 am

right col cleared

12:19 am

hi stiddie and diz <3

12:20 am

got it, Kate! It's rare that I can get in on the pun with ruru around.

12:20 am

(((hugs kate)))

12:20 am

go dix go!

12:20 am

*diz

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WTG Diz

12:21 am

vroooom on, diz

12:22 am

Down to 23, very tired -- hope to see you-all again before 2019! *grin* have a lovely weekend! *puts choclits in PB in case they are needed* *poof*

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:D

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I'm proud of my 18, especially the C. That's what comes of reading Arthur Upfield long ago.

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Sleep well

12:23 am

nite stid

12:23 am

gn stiddie, ty Do come again!

12:24 am

Anyone found the 7 yet?

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ty for the hugz {{{(((stiddie)))}}}

12:24 am

left col cleared

12:24 am

not even a 6, drinking tea instea.

12:24 am

it's the C word I was talking about. Aussie cry

12:25 am

I have 4 6's. No 7

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same here

12:25 am

Me too

12:25 am

apology. I wasn't asked for a clue. I will bow out now.

12:26 am

Sorry twice over. That was a 6

12:26 am

ty jwr, appreciated... I am guesing it must be one that is pt...

12:27 am

After all these years, you'd think I would remember chog protocols. Got overexcited finding it.

12:27 am

stats for the bottom e plz

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16 to go but beating my head

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19 here but totally stuck

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12 here

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jwr, if you want to toss out that stat...?

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what, the C? 5/14

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I'm down to 5 but no 7.

12:31 am

And hello all.

12:31 am

at least I have a 6 now :/

12:31 am

stats for the bottom e plz

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Don't have it yet.

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still looking movie.

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Also don't have that bottom e, movieman

12:33 am

eu 7

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I'm missing a d,e,f,p and u.

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eu 7/36

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Why doesn't that surprise me?

12:33 am

ty broll

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o 4

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up 4 x 2

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that explains it - was looking for an "endo" word.

12:34 am

Thanks!

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yw

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9 left here

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Fireworks

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Thanks, broll

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of 4

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Yay ARB!

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good going ARB

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Congrats, ARB

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WTG ARB

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WTG ARB!

12:37 am

Congrats!

12:37 am

put the list in my profile. I'm not sure if Lickety is in sync with Babble.

12:38 am

FWs

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Thanks ARB - much appreciated, today and yesterday too.

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Congrats, Diz

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YAY Grannie

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Remember -- I play at 8 in the morning -- fresh (more or less)!

12:40 am

That's my slowest time. Getting ready to go to work not.

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In fact, I'm off. leaving behind one more clue. If you don't want it, stop reading this now. O - the obverse of The N Word.

12:41 am

stowed it away in my profile, ty ARB

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*poof*

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Congrats Diz!

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and grats to jwr as well - bye hagn at work

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Have a good day jwr

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clue for the di6 plz

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Just working on that word

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With no luck so far

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FW

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Congrats, Anike.

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di6 - hard to clue - first 3 of the electronic di5 before it, then a vowel, then the last two of what our form of government (supposedly) is

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just thought I'd give it a shot, haha, prolly makes little sense...

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and congrats, anike!

12:53 am

after chasing down some sort of definition of the D word, all I came up with was unisexual.

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weird word.

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Not finding it :(

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You'd think I could find 3 letters!

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hi all, can't make out the di6/ any other clue?

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Thanks all.

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It's not in the regular dictionary, as if that helps. Odd combo of last 3 letters.

12:56 am

this is the adj form of that di 6 rbud clued: Biology Having the male and female reproductive organs, especially flowers, on different individuals.

12:56 am

Diode 6 is a zoological word. Di + Orange county

12:56 am

Liz... look waaaat up!

12:58 am

Try again. Do + Orange County + the last 2 letters of the political style of government in us and UK etic

12:58 am

No Di plus the rest of it!!

12:58 am

thinks anike is tired... DI 6 or is that a dofferent word?

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Orange County?

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Initials of the county

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LOL, won't help us much will it Liz ;)

12:59 am

Never mind - perhaps I'm word blind after the last grid.

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ah! good one.

1:00 am

I still have it wrong...can I just give you the word..

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go back to rbud's clue... top D clockwise circular pattern

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Got it - thanks!

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hahaha! would be easier, huh, anike? ;)

1:01 am

I was trying to end the government word with the last 2 letters of small bitey bug.

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<---- (hopes no one needs a clue for the 7 next!) :P

1:02 am

Oz bitey bug... mozzie?

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doesn't have the 7......

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no - 3 letters beginning wth t

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I think the 7 would be easier to clue, sounds like...

1:03 am

oh, sorry, Liz, thought of that when I clued it, was thinking I should have gone with maybe something to do with frozen water, or the first two of the cy4, but that's soooo obvious, right?

1:04 am

Finally fireworks. Last word py 5/18

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(and now I've done it regardless, heehee)

1:04 am

the di 6 was hard to clue!

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yahoo, congrats!

1:04 am

Time to give my computer a break. Thanks for all the help.

1:04 am

ty bud your last post did it for me.

1:05 am

the penny will not drop. must be even more tired than I thought

1:05 am

GN Liz, and congrats!

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yw.

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what, for the 7? I needed my morewords for that, with all the excluded letters. That knocked it down to only 3 on its list, whew!

1:08 am

though really, having put just eu7 in morewords just now, there aren't many at all (even without excluded letters)

1:10 am

I will look, ty

1:10 am

ends in 3 vowels, like that weird to4 common babblet

1:12 am

found it in the list, thanks rbud!

1:13 am

another weird word!

1:13 am

saw euploid and pounced erroneously ;)

1:24 am

clue for the O in the first column please

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the top O

1:26 am

nm found it - never see the sea :)

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don't have them yet ursh, will try to look.

1:26 am

TY!

1:27 am

I have trouble with that sea word, too, and oddly enough, it also always takes me forever to see "asea" when it's in the grid. :D

1:29 am

does that mean I'm probably a landlubber, I wonder?

1:30 am

funny, we all have words that we can't find well!

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:D

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(cause I am, have never been on anything on the water except a canoe, lol)

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It'

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It's been a long time since I've seen the oc5 that's my excuse ;)

1:37 am

Fireworks again with help of kind lister ARB

1:38 am

Congrats ursh!

1:47 am

how come fooey doesn't work, it works with a C... :P

1:48 am

and wow, my son just gave me some money, always a pleasant surprise... he sold a car.

1:48 am

:D I tried to pt the coo words, no luck.

1:49 am

tryng to mionkey the py... it doesn't seem to be in more words - or I'm completely blind :(

1:51 am

ends like the current opi*** epidemic - or like one of those painful things that happen to one's behind that require Preparation H

1:52 am

ty rbud, that did it for me - finally! must be fat fingers, I could have sworn I tried that at least twice...

1:53 am

typos are NOT always my friend :/

1:53 am

whew! I still have 15 to go, been too much going on here. People in and out, and it's a ridiculous hour for it all. The dogs go nuts every time.

1:54 am

coming and goind at 2AM? That's just silly...but I guess it IS Friday....

1:54 am

that's what happens when both kids still live here, with significant others and THEIR kids, and friends of all concerned... :P

1:55 am

you're running hotel, not a home! ;)

1:55 am

our place has always been kind of crazy, Hubs was very popular with the local late night crowd, too

1:56 am

plus he worked nights for years, things wouldn't really start up until after 11!

1:56 am

I seem to remember something about that rbud.... topsy turvey household :D

1:57 am

well, second shift. Sometimes third.

1:58 am

hey, we had a train engine catch on fire near here yesterday, out between a couple of tiny towns, took 4 or 5 local fire trucks to put it and associated brush fires around it out. There's a video, maybe I can send it over on FB.

1:59 am

kind of odd, it seemed to me, it was mostly shooting out the top of it like a torch.

1:59 am

crew was standing around waiting on the fire trucks.

I'd love to see that video, rbud. Sounds fun to watch!

2:00 am

that happens sometimes rbud... maintenance isn't what it used to be. crap builds up... it can be very hard tjo put out those deisel fires...

2:01 am

I'm sure the RR guys would like to see itto - can you just post it to my wall?

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I think so, the guy made it public. Not sure about putting a link here, Samantha, might be fun to try, hmmm...

2:03 am

LOL... I had to go look in the files to see who you were... I know FB R4 and rbud, but can't seem to put them together... there are very few that I link between FB and Babble - maybe a half dozen. Hopeless with screen names.

2:03 am

if you put the link here, tiny URL it...

2:05 am

Brush fires? Is it dry where you are? We have been pretty wet here....

2:06 am

If it happened at night, it's like a firewoks diplay with all the sparks flying :D

2:11 am

no, not at night, bet that *would* be something to see!

2:13 am

It's on my wall, ty for taking the time rbud... the foamer page will love it, and it will give the real railroader pages something to take potshots at.

2:15 am

I see someone has a theory on the cause in the comments, didn't see that yesterday. No idea if they know what they're talking about or not.

2:16 am

here's what I got from tiny URL, not sure if it works if you're not on facebook, but worth a shot. https://tinyurl.com/y8rjalyd

2:18 am

And now you know who I am at Fb, Kate, we do a lot of back and forth there, it seems. My dad retired from the Rock Island Line way back when, have always been fond of trains and train lore.

2:20 am

I have the same "avatar" pic there as here, had forgotten that.

2:20 am

I just checkied the tiny url rbud, it works fine.

2:22 am

One day I will tie You on FB with YOU here... I really am hopeless. To me rbud and rose are 2 different people. :(

2:24 am

and I have 4 x rose in FB too

2:26 am

well, the would make it more difficult, gosh. I've met a few other Roses along the way, and of course grannyrose in here, but I don't mention I'm Rose, too, very often, when she's here, and others are calling her Rose - it's just confusing, haha

2:26 am

*that, not "the"

2:28 am

oh! just got my last 6, fo6, the melty cheese and/or chocolate pot with long forks...

2:31 am

between the grannys/roses/stids and overlap in Fb I am permanently confuzzled. The same icon pic is very helpful... but most people change their profile pics. (This is why I don't - easily identifiable, though I did try to change my Babble one to same as FB.. can't seem to find my profile pic in PC!)

2:32 am

Wooot! Go rbud go!

2:36 am

grrrr, son is outside revving his race car motor... bet the neighbors love that. But then again, they've been putting up with loudness from the shop out there for years, as Hubs fixed Harleys all the time.

2:37 am

luckily not much for neighbors, only one other house inhabited on the whole block.

2:42 am

Do you live in a ghost town rbud? I would have thought the neighbours would be having fits ;)

2:46 am

well, it's very small, and we own most of our block - AND there are train tracks right beside us, with trains using it a few times a day (there's a wye here, they set up the cars and then take off) That's louder, so maybe they don't mind the other noises? They never seem to complain.

2:50 am

Either that, or they're deaf. LOL ;) Maybe they are nightowls too...

2:59 am

aha, just sent over some stills I found that show the side of the engine post-fire.

3:00 am

thanks rbud :)

3:04 am

glad that didn't happen right next to our house - though shortly after we moved here 25+ years ago, one did manage to derail about 5 or 6 cars right across the crossing a block from here. Much fuss ensued. Only crossing from the backside of town, they all had to use a tiny dirt two-rut path along the tracks for days until it was cleared up.

3:06 am

have often thanked the powers that be that we're on the "right" side of the tracks, and are never trapped behind a long train like they are over there. :D

3:10 am

Ah... gotta love derailments... sounds like you chose well with the site - nothing worse than getting stuck at a crossing - unless the train stop..which is awful!

3:14 am

clue for the an plz

3:15 am

electonics word ivesy

3:15 am

an 5/12

3:16 am

tyvm

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my pleasure :)

3:16 am

Bonjour! Still no access to e-mail!

3:17 am

pauvre ruby :( bonjour ma cher!

3:17 am

Lapto p was "in the shop" for almost a month and now, with memory totally erased, no access!

3:18 am

My correspondents probaly think l've died!

3:18 am

Oh no ruby... not sure I understand why? no access?

3:18 am

My son was concerned enoguh (rare!) to telephone

3:19 am

l don't know either, but tomorrow a friend will see if he can figure it out.

3:19 am

My usual helper, Nadia, is tied up for the weekend

3:19 am

lt's annoying, but not tragic! LOL

3:21 am

Look at all the time you have for other things ;)

3:22 am

lt's true

3:22 am

So, it's all worth it, since son called :D

3:23 am

How are the pups?

3:24 am

yesterday we made ahuge bouquet of double lilacs for the livig room. The bush was planting specifically to provide cut flowers as it's in the bottom garden, not visible from the house

3:24 am

sorry for typos, l can't really read what l write..........

3:24 am

Ooooh! I adore the smaell of lilacs!

3:25 am

I wouldn't worry about typos... LMAO

3:25 am

My "angel<<<michele", who used to work for a florist, showed me how to make them last longer

3:26 am

What is her trick?

3:27 am

You either pound the stems with a hammeror split them with a nife, so they can take in water

3:27 am

They are very thirsty

3:27 am

knife*

3:27 am

ayed

3:27 am

Oh yes... good idea.

3:27 am

sorry

3:28 am

:D no4 that's not a word ;)

3:28 am

Yhey still don't last very long, but without that, they only last a day

3:29 am

pick them when the first of the buds starts to open and try either a bit of sugar or a crushed aspirin in the water (changed daily)

3:30 am

We add the powder that the supermarket provides with cut flowers but l cn only add water as there's no way l could like the vase

3:30 am

lift*

3:30 am

A very belated Happy Birthday ruby... I haven't been on FB :/

3:31 am

florist powder is good too!

3:32 am

Thank you. With lilacs, on my "table scape" lf have two "gift" plants, white orchids and white arum lilies

3:33 am

lt's all very grand. As l get smaller, the flowers get taller!

3:33 am

Pretty! Can you plant the lilies out when they are finished blooming?

3:33 am

l think so

3:33 am

<picturing the incredible shrinking ruby> :D

3:34 am

Since the lilies are white, l can have themplanted near the white peonies

3:38 am

nfortunately, l can't even dig holes any more

3:40 am

Teach the pups t dig? Just kidding... That's too bad ruby. yu used to ove to work away in the garden.

3:41 am

l can get down, just can't get back up

3:42 am

I need to give my keybosrd a good cleaning out... not hitting the keys hard enough. End up missing every secnd letter

3:42 am

Raffie's specialty is squashing iris!

3:43 am

Scecialising now, how the time flies! Too bad it's the irises... naughty puppy!

3:44 am

Now that it's past stupid o'clock, went to the kitchen to forage... there's a wasp on the loose in there...

3:45 am

She can do no wrong as she is the village princess. People come by to tke the two dogs' photos

3:46 am

I found a dead "leglesslizard" after the lawn was mowed, threw it in the pond, and it was instantly Grabbed by a monstergoldgfish fromthe deep

3:47 am

Of course, this news does not surprise me in the least... she is a beaut... they both are. :)

3:47 am

When the housekeeper walks them, she prétends they're hers, so proud is she!

3:48 am

I did see that ruby - the watch dogs alerted you to its presence...:D

3:48 am

sorry for th repeat, getting old!

3:50 am

LOL, how are you supposed to remember who saw what? Don't worrry about it. I repeat myself too. You might want t give that goldfish a name, if it's big enough to eat the lizard...

3:52 am

di 6 plz

3:53 am

That's funny because yesterday, when my friend and l were feeding and admiring the lovely fish, we named 4that we could recognize (out of hundreds!): Spot, Mr; Clown, Ghost and Angel (because of his very long white fins)

3:53 am

tricky one to clue ivesy. 1 sec

3:53 am

ok.. does it work off of the 5

3:53 am

hi ivesy

3:54 am

hi ruby

3:54 am

starts like the electonics part + a vowel + first half of a colour in the grid?

3:55 am

clockwise circular pattern to the word in the grid, if that helps.

3:55 am

ty kate , will work on it

3:56 am

and I will work on a better clue.

3:56 am

you're kidding, right? LOL

3:58 am

i dont get the electronics part lol

3:58 am

ldon't get the color

3:59 am

me either ruby lol

4:00 am

OMG,l finally reached half, my big goal for the day!

4:00 am

Italian for "god" + r***ling bin (for glass/paper/cans etc to be collected along with the grbage)

4:01 am

ahhh got it!! ty

4:01 am

great clue

4:01 am

tough letter combo...

4:02 am

the colour is one of 4 that is in a printer... it is a shade of blue. the word was cy 4/7

4:02 am

especially formy empty head!

4:03 am

and now I've just pretty much given it away completely :(

4:03 am

ty ty!!

4:03 am

sorry folk!

4:05 am

l still didn't get it, but l appreciate your effort!

4:05 am

ivesy... you got the as 5... do you not have the similar word?

4:05 am

grrr AN 5*

4:06 am

yes , i have the an 5..

4:07 am

i hate doing it without lickey.. never know what word goes where

4:07 am

I was just reading back.. so you did name some of the more special fish :D

4:07 am

there is a DI word that is th AN5's relative.

4:08 am

oh ok.. didnt know that

4:08 am

That's what triped you up with the first clue - I assumed you had that word already.

4:09 am

We started with 23 red OR yellow "feeders" and now have hundreds of multicoloredones, even some with black fins

4:09 am

oh no prob.. the other clue was great

4:10 am

l give up for now, l think NYT was just delivered & l'll have an early lunch

4:10 am

Very nice ruby! that must be quite a fish pond to behold... it must be very relaxing to sit and watch.

4:11 am

See you later

4:11 am

bye ruby, have an enjoyable day!

4:12 am

lt's beautiful, ws my husband's hobby, and there will be waterlilies by June (only leaves, so far) and thz fountain in the middle is blocked

4:12 am

lt is always surprising that the fish and plants survive the brutalwinters

4:12 am

Oh my! You will have to take some pictures when it's in full bloom!

4:14 am

lt attracts birds, including a heron who comes for breakfast, by day, and bats in the evenings

4:14 am

It's THAT big? A heron... you ARE lucky! Do you know what kind?

4:16 am

Just a common big white one. My husband used to try to shoot it, but there are enough fish to share

4:16 am

The pond isn't that big andl think the fish eat the Young when there are too many

4:17 am

Fish are cheap too... well worth any restocking needed to have a resident heron!

4:18 am

They can be canibalistic... even among their own species.. good thing goldfish are plentiful and inexpensive,

4:19 am

and again with the typos... sigh

4:19 am

That way the heron won’t have any egret

4:19 am

Not here! The feeders, which sell for one or two $/ dozen in Miami, cost one euro EACH here. If l could sell mine, they are Worth 10euros or more for each

4:20 am

Or l could eat themif l go broke!

4:20 am

l'm a cannibal, too

4:21 am

Wow... sounds like you should be going to the river and scooping up some to bring home... How do yu prepare goldfish - pan fried or baked?

4:21 am

yes.. another of my typos :(

4:22 am

goldfish and chips... could be quite a thing ;) at lest we know that you will be well fed, come what may.

4:22 am

Goldfish sushi. Like carp-accio

4:22 am

Maybe gefulte (sp?) fish as thet are, after all, carp

4:23 am

Maybe you should start sideline as fishie breeder? You said there are some pretty ones... tell them to make babies!

4:23 am

....aaand there's ruru! Hihi :D

4:24 am

no carping ru! You'd be well-fed here. And no egrets living in this little corner of Heaven!

4:24 am

carp and chips doesn't have the same cache though...

4:24 am

L think that's what they do Under the ice

4:24 am

ruby scores a double!

4:25 am

With all the drugs the gov't gives me, l could start two enterprises

4:25 am

We have lured ruru out..he has fallen for our bait hook, line, and sinker.

4:26 am

Maybe Coq au Fin?

4:26 am

:D ruby, drug dealer extraordinaire....

4:26 am

ouch! that was painfully good ruru

4:27 am

There's a coque living up the hill from me, and he's given me his phone number!

4:27 am

Was that zinger gill-t free?

4:27 am

Do tell, ruby....

4:28 am

Kind of a gourami meal

4:28 am

I have no more illusions about ruru. There scales have been pulled back from mine eyes

4:28 am

We'll see; l'm about 10 years too old for that particular pastime

4:29 am

Do you just sit there and perch waiting for an opening?

4:29 am

hahah

4:29 am

Usually i am just being coi

4:29 am

He was a dog fancier -- liked my fancy dogs

4:30 am

and he also liked your fancy puppies :D

4:30 am

l'm notcarping; you're a cutie, ru!

4:31 am

The drug of choice in the US is almost in the grid

4:31 am

Trying to sing ruru a song, butI'm out of tun-a

4:32 am

ahi!!

4:32 am

that ending will come in handy ruby. for a tricky 5...

4:32 am

l think it's Japanese tuna

4:32 am

or close to it, didn't mean to mislead you.

4:34 am

see you later kids, time for food and the NYT Sunday puzzle

4:35 am

Sunday puzzle? wow..... have fun

4:41 am

I'll go visit sudoku for a while.

4:55 am

ARB and I have lists in profile if anyone wants it.

"Old MacDonald had a farm..." Enable doesn't accept the next line though ;)

5:25 am

It should with this many vowels. : D

5:26 am

Oh, and there is a player with that name, so she gets the Babble tiara today.

Haa! Excellent.

5:44 am

Can someone put me out of my misery and clue the di 6/30?

5:47 am

I'm stuck on that one too, sukee

And me...

5:48 am

Doing a word search doesn't help either

5:49 am

Start like the di5 and end with the last three of a pr word that means a foretelling of what will be

5:50 am

It is a biology word meaning both male and female organs

thank you!

5:51 am

ty Molly

5:52 am

and FW. I thought I tried that already.

5:52 am

Thank you Molly

5:53 am

Breakfast time, good luck

FW. Have a great day

6:01 am

thank you Molly, got interrupted and distracted.

6:31 am

FW! HAGD everyone! :-)

6:36 am

Mahi, Mahi...I enjoyed the fish puns in the chat earlier!

Hi has anyone got a list up today. Stuck on a couple and would like to look up what I'm missing.

6:45 am

ARB and Traderkate

6:46 am

I have a list in my profile

Thanks for the info. Much appreciated x

6:58 am

any other clues for di 6?

6:59 am

Help with the di6, please...couldn't understand the one given earlier.

7:01 am

nvm...found it

7:01 am

di6/30 di + f

7:01 am

di6/30 di + f

7:01 am

di6/30 di + f

7:01 am

di6/30 di + f

7:01 am

di6/30 di + f

7:01 am

di6/30 di + f

7:01 am

di6/30 di + f

7:01 am

di6/30 di + f

7:01 am

di6/30 di + f

7:01 am

di6/30 di + f

7:01 am

OOOPS

7:03 am

di6...let's try the first three of the di5 + the last three of when you know something that should not be told and you are sworn to se7

7:04 am

It sounds like a really bad spelling of a division of the Catholic church

7:04 am

di6/21 di + f** (enemy) + la** (delicate material)

7:05 am

ty Molly found it at7:00

7:05 am

tyvm

7:16 am

is there a list?

7:24 am

stats for the bottom row E, anybody?

7:25 am

EU 7/36

7:25 am

thanks TK!

7:29 am

yw dan, anything else? I'm gonna take off soon. Just dropped in for a quick visit.

7:30 am

I have ARB's list in my profile

7:31 am

Oh good Molly! See you later then; have a good day :)

Thank you Molly for sharing the list. Much appreciated.

7:38 am

can anybody clue the py5?

7:40 am

py and a v*** is an empty space

7:41 am

ty lynxxx and Molly and ARB and rbud and all cluers - firewords

7:41 am

congrats Dan

7:41 am

off to assemble miss2bit's new birthday bike

7:41 am

wow - is it really 8 years

7:43 am

Happy Birthday to 2Bit's girl.

7:44 am

Oops, I'm early. 2Bit must be doing that "some assembly required" thing.

7:46 am

yes golden birthday approaches - turning 8 on the 8th

clue for eu 7/36 please?

Eu7 eu+ consonant +opposite of yes+two vowels.

thanks Babbley!

8:04 am

Someone have a word list?

8:06 am

molly has one.

8:06 am

tyvm

8:56 am

Good lord, if I set the date back on my computer, can I get yesterday's grid back instead?

9:02 am

I doubt it, but setting the date and time back would be a great way to mess with a co-worker. : D

9:07 am

i definitely think "fooey" describes this board

9:07 am

i tried that too

9:08 am

LOL ;)

9:08 am

think it's properly spelled phooey

9:08 am

i know how it's spelt, but hope springs eternal

9:13 am

Hahaha. We go from 404 to 60 words.

9:13 am

i missed a 404 grid?! booooo, that's what happens when i have to actually work for a living

9:14 am

It was fun typing away.

9:24 am

woot far right column blacked out...only 22 mountains left to climb

9:24 am

Go Natasha.

9:25 am

lol scrabbler

9:25 am

I need 38 and see nothing.

9:25 am

I suck at thinking up weird scientific terms with many vowel combos. give me rope, dope, hope.

9:26 am

cope with the trope

9:26 am

grope without hope.

9:26 am

Trope is a word that I see everywhere now, just on the last few weeks.

9:28 am

why isn't dipod a word? tripod is

9:28 am

dipod

9:28 am

oops sorry

9:30 am

Dipods can't hold up a camera.

9:39 am

28 left. Maybe I will return tonight. Off to a funeral soon.

9:39 am

sorry to hear...

9:41 am

Grope without hope is what got Weinstein in trouble natasha

9:48 am

good morning - I hope!

9:48 am

i bow to your humor ruru

9:48 am

is there a list somewhere? stuck in f-land.

9:49 am

luckily groping for words in babble isn't against the law ruru

9:50 am

di6 pls?

9:50 am

hello all -- was hoping for something a little more than this!

9:51 am

no idea shirlock - but where are you seeing a list?

9:52 am

Molly has a list on her profile

9:52 am

thx

9:54 am

DI 6/30 "god" in Italian + r***cling bin (cans/glass/paper put out with trash) drive by clue.... bye ;)

9:55 am

wow kate I'm in awe you found that

9:56 am

I take no credit; it was pretty much spoon fed by rbud ;)

9:56 am

thx TK for the drive by! that's FW!

9:57 am

Woooot!!!! see ua!

9:57 am

well thx for sharing it!

9:57 am

congrats Shirlock! Got 8 to go here

9:57 am

hi all.

9:57 am

yw, hagd :D <waves to all>

9:57 am

any clues for the 7? ty

9:58 am

eu7 <-- i cheated with morewords

9:58 am

e+opposite of down+opposite of yes + 2 vowels

9:59 am

opposite of sleep ap___

10:02 am

wow. ty. weird word.

10:03 am

actually means breathing correctly/well

10:05 am

no lickety eh?

10:06 am

mollyL has a list on her profile

10:08 am

ho do i get to mollyl profile?

10:09 am

go to who's online tab next to chatterbox and scroll down

10:09 am

then copy/paste the list to a doc

10:09 am

ty

10:11 am

stats for 2nd e in last column please?

10:11 am

i could never have done this grid w/o the list. waaay too many babblets.

10:11 am

i've got ei 5/12 but not the other nan

10:12 am

take off last letter Leslie

10:12 am

that's for the top e

10:13 am

there's only 2 ei's Leslie

10:13 am

ty leslie

10:14 am

right, nan is asking for a clue for the second e in the last column. i have one of the words but not the other

10:14 am

ep5,12

10:15 am

lyric poem in couplets

10:15 am

cant get the second u word: 4.7. clues welcome

10:16 am

gettin' ready for the prom... put my hair in a chignon...

10:16 am

ep 5/14 isn't it?

10:16 am

yes, you right nan

10:16 am

sorry my eye always skips a line

10:17 am

hope you don't have steak tonight natasha

10:17 am

by the way mkg it's the 1st u word not 2nd

10:17 am

i'm a veg ruru... 45 years no steak!

10:17 am

nothing worse than filet chignon for vegetarians

10:18 am

ty. got it.

10:18 am

ruru u rule

10:18 am

sorry. ty

10:19 am

glad I'm not a vegetarian -- can't imagine surviving without filet mignon smothered with bernaise sauce

10:19 am

I couldn't either when I was young - adored steak, super rare. College dining hall put me off meat.

10:20 am

Once I started THINKING about what I was eating... that was the end of it for me.

10:20 am

lol - can understand that, natasha - as I recall, everything was overcooked and tasteless

10:20 am

They'd serve things that looked like an open sore...

10:21 am

And this was YALE, mind you. The only time they had edible food was parents' weekend.

10:22 am

All of a sudden they'd roll out huge wheels of cheese and gorgeous coldcut platters. We'd all be telling our parents, "Um, no, this is NOT what they usually serve us."

10:24 am

that's what happens when the money goes to profs doing research full time and schools supporting football teams

10:26 am

down to 14 - need to find a list

10:26 am

looks like I have to list with 11 to go too

10:27 am

thank you ms Molly

10:27 am

(and Arb)

10:27 am

My profile is right here if needed.

10:28 am

ARB is the list making star. I just copy and paste for easy access. : D

10:28 am

thanks molly

10:28 am

And I put the spaces in, if needed, because the list reads easier for me that way.

10:30 am

College dining hall food was gross, but it never put me off meat. I am a carnivore by nature.

10:30 am

Thanks Molly! You helped me get to FW!

10:30 am

di6/30?

10:31 am

di6 Italian for god +r__cling your soda can in the blue bin

10:33 am

thank you - would never have got that Fireworks

10:33 am

me neither Chris, someone clued it earlier.

10:33 am

I just shamelessly copied

10:34 am

No shame in that!

10:34 am

turns out it means having male reproductive organs in one individual and female in another. Like, pretty much most species...

10:36 am

I'm all for that

10:36 am

ok one 6 left. have de, di (thx natasha), fo, po, ye, yo

10:37 am

Italians have their reproductive organs in everything more or less

10:37 am

there's two fo 6's

10:38 am

cool thanks

10:38 am

how could i have missed the cheese

10:38 am

one of the fo's is kind of cheesy

10:38 am

I know!!! I gave myself a fish slap when I finally saw it Leslie

10:46 am

hi all. help with top O in left column pls

10:49 am

Hi Peri - oc 5/12 Let me know if you want a clue.

10:50 am

clue pls

10:51 am

Atlantic or Pacific

10:51 am

ty big fish slap for me

10:54 am

called away, now back to the 14

10:55 am

I don't understand the de 6 help, pls

10:56 am

past tense of head of a college (de4/5)

10:56 am

ty peri

10:56 am

how are you feeling today, bichon?

10:56 am

*Cleans up all the fish mess all over the chat

10:57 am

:)

10:57 am

A little less bad. Got my voice back. Thank you for asking.

10:57 am

"Kind of cheesy"...good clue : )

10:59 am

And shameless copying is the name of the game here

10:59 am

FW and thanks Molly for today's list - would not have finished without it

11:00 am

good to hear bichon

11:03 am

bottom E pls

11:07 am

eu 7 - ends like sleep disorder

11:08 am

ty nan

11:08 am

12 left for later.

11:08 am

cannot monkey that py 5 -- clue please?

11:09 am

great day. going to read outside.

11:10 am

robot ending, cybernan

11:10 am

ty dan

11:11 am

*!*~*!* - thanks for the help everyone and for the list, molly

11:29 am

I looked up py5... eewww.

11:46 am

what are the stats for the lower O please

11:47 am

of4

11:48 am

thanks

11:48 am

and the 7 stats?

11:52 am

Does anyone remember Faye Wray? That delicate, satin-draped frame? Faye is in the grid.

11:54 am

King Kong's afternoon snack

11:55 am

or Dunnaway

11:58 am

Dion, who warned people about Runaround Sue, is in the grid. This is what I do when I'm not seeing any words

12:04 pm

any stats for the bottom E?

12:04 pm

clue for the di 6?

12:04 pm

bottom e - eu 7 36

12:05 pm

Thanks Turt

12:06 pm

i'm not sure it makes it any easier. strange word.

12:07 pm

co 5/14, pls

12:09 pm

past tense of what the baby said

12:10 pm

ty Turt

12:14 pm

yw. i am stuck on the di 6. it's my last. frustration!!

12:17 pm

di + two vowels + bridal gowns are often la**

12:18 pm

I think that di6 just needs to get posted in the chat. It is the most asked for word today.

12:19 pm

But then, that would be encouraging the bitter, "don't you just love it" profile hit and runner.

12:27 pm

ty molly! fireworks!

1:03 pm

I wish we could just sprinkle sugar in the chat to fight off the bitterness :D

1:06 pm

or at least ice cream :D

1:10 pm

That would be nice Ru. And if people want to be bitter, so be it. But hiding behind a fake name is chickenshit.

1:41 pm

Di**** -- (Greek: διοικία "two households"; adjective form''-- that's what google yielded-- reverse lookup?

1:43 pm

It's not in the Enable dictionary...

1:51 pm

so fancy getting the greek letters in here!

1:53 pm

copied 'em :-D

1:53 pm

i come up with words sometimes, and they sound so real... and then they ain't

1:55 pm

I hate when that happens...

2:02 pm

name that proper noun! sigmund the psychoanalyzer

2:02 pm

freud

2:03 pm

ding ding ding!

2:03 pm

freud

2:03 pm

aarrgghh! Sorry!

2:04 pm

not a word anyway...

2:04 pm

it's ok, you just were a little late for the dings

2:04 pm

of course it's not a word, i wouldn't play NTPN if it counted in the grid.

2:05 pm

:D-- ok

2:06 pm

ok, i have two words left, a C4 and 5

2:06 pm

got the 4

2:06 pm

The house next door to me was sold a while ago and now the new neighbours son is really noisy. Well his 8-9 friends are. they are around the 19 years stage.

2:06 pm

and done

2:07 pm

oh geez, zooz, i'm so sorry

2:07 pm

Congrats, Hurshy!

2:07 pm

that is awful, zzoozz! Are there any "noise laws" there?

2:07 pm

I don't mind them enjoying themselves, I mean I was a but like that at that age but wish they would tone it down a bit.

2:08 pm

C5 comes from the root to make lovey noises-- one who does and one who is the recipient

2:08 pm

Music, too?

2:08 pm

There are, Ruby but they are a bane to use and it takes an age. Also I do not want to start a neighbour war.

2:09 pm

Music yes but mostly very loud shouting and banging about with the doors etc.

2:09 pm

Thankfully it is mostly confined to Friday night Sat & Sunday.

2:10 pm

My previous neighbor had 3 boys Under 6 and a pool to amplify the noise. We couldn't sit outtside and have a conversation.

2:11 pm

No my neighbor isa weaalthy pig who keeps having his side of MY hedge cut

2:11 pm

I suppose if this house was built better and not with these very thin walls it would be a lot better. Maybe I am just a miserable old git.

2:11 pm

now*

2:12 pm

Is he still doing that, Ruby. Thought that was sorted.

2:12 pm

My house was built on the cheap and there's no sound (or other) inssulation and of course, no heat.

2:13 pm

co5/16 is the adjective fporm of same root...

2:13 pm

Your house sounds just like how my house is built.

2:13 pm

form

2:14 pm

Australian hello :-)

2:14 pm

l wrote him a civil but form&l letter, but lt's still early in the season. lmay have to hire an assassin.

2:14 pm

I say that only as Grannyrose uses that saying a lot here lol

2:15 pm

Ah so it might be that he will leave off the trimming then, Ruby!

2:16 pm

I am now playing whit noise to see if that will drown out there din lol

2:16 pm

Todaya neighbor took me to the plant store& ol bought an enormous number of plants: "cheats" for the borders, others for in front of the house and many for the deck.

2:17 pm

She had to carry themdown to the housenfor,pe, much too much fornwimpy me!

2:17 pm

Nice sounds like you are having it all spruced up!

2:18 pm

l can't plant them myself, but hopefully somebody (gardener, handyman) will come to dig and carry.

2:19 pm

l ven bought small tomato plants for the deck as l can no longer get down to the ptager

2:19 pm

No but at least you can have it all planned out to how you want it!

2:19 pm

Getting old is no joke, but better than the alternative

2:20 pm

I hope your tomato plants will do better than the last lot you had.

2:20 pm

That is true, Ruby.

2:21 pm

lt's funny that you remember; l remember nothing of last summer. l guess l was too sick

2:21 pm

Nothing exciting happens in my life, Ruby LOL

2:21 pm

Yes you were rather poorly, Ruby. so glad things are getting better for you!

2:22 pm

lf something exciting happened in mine, l'd probably forget it. <<lol

2:22 pm

LOL Bless you.

2:23 pm

At least l can recall most of my past -- ready to have Mollyghostwrite for me (just kidding, Molly)

2:24 pm

or not.....

2:25 pm

Had to use morewords for the EU 7

2:26 pm

And that is me done.

2:27 pm

Hope you enjoy the rest of your evening, Ruby.

2:27 pm

Happy babbling everyone!

2:27 pm

and that is me, giving up! Good night zzoozz

2:27 pm

Sweet dreams, Ruby.

3:23 pm

does anyone have clues, besides Lickety?

3:25 pm

ARB has posted a list in her profile

3:34 pm

I can't find ARB.

3:36 pm

molly has a list too

3:38 pm

Kimm: Check via "Who's Online" and click on their icon

3:42 pm

List

3:49 pm

thanks!!!

3:54 pm

di 6/30?

3:58 pm

See, I told you it should just be posted in the chat : D

4:20 pm

Thanks for posting the list, MollyL

4:37 pm

po 6/24, pls

4:38 pm

PO 6 - to think deeply

4:42 pm

ty teach

6:49 pm

7 to go and i may have to give up

8:14 pm

cy 5 and di 6?....they are my last words...

8:18 pm

Add a vowel to the end of the cy4 - think cyr*** de bergerac

8:19 pm

ty....

Clues are up

8:21 pm

ty!

8:22 pm

Thanks Lickety!

8:23 pm

di 6 anyone?

8:25 pm

can't find a definition for the di 6 - uses the first three letters of the di5 - ends in secr***

8:28 pm

ty....new one for me....i am done...

8:29 pm

congrats. So am I.

8:29 pm

cool...congrats!

hi all, diving in (crap, this pool is shallow)

found the 7, silly word

fw, night all !!

10:14 pm

pide

10:20 pm

not a word.

10:24 pm

i have fa 4 7 twice and what is third f word please for the first column F? ty

10:25 pm

nm got it. fa 5 22.

10:25 pm

I don't have it yet, mkg; but will look with you

10:26 pm

ok, thanks

10:27 pm

need second E word for the E second row, 5th column. ty

10:27 pm

have ei 4.

10:27 pm

oops just got that too. ei 5,12. add letter to the ei 4.5

10:29 pm

I just started less than 20 minutes ago; so I don't have that one either. The ei 4 I have is from the top row, 5th column

10:29 pm

wish lickety was around.

10:30 pm

He said clues were up as of 8:20 PM I saw

10:35 pm

clues up for me

10:36 pm

(((cos))) How are you doing?

10:36 pm

the waiting ugh

10:37 pm

i dont know how to deal with the waiting

10:38 pm

waiting? (Sorry, I haven't been here the last couple of nights)

10:38 pm

How's Ryan?

10:42 pm

days left thats what were waiting for

10:43 pm

could be tonight could be up to 14 days

10:44 pm

cos, instead of just waiting, this is the time that you should be talking to Ryan, tell him you love him, tell him that it's okay for him to go (give him permission to pass)

10:45 pm

hes sleeping heavily on morphine... but we talked a few times today and hell no i aint letting him go

10:45 pm

im sorry but no

10:46 pm

and review your lives together; any silly memories you have of the two of you. Even if he's heavily drugged, hearing is the last sense to go

10:46 pm

Is he suffering?

10:47 pm

This may sound bad; but the thing is, as long as you want him to stay and be with you, he will try to hang on to life; and that may increase the amount of suffering he's going through

10:49 pm

(& I just realized what I said about hearing; & once again I forgot; can Ryan hear?

10:51 pm

yes he can but he is coherent.. he knows.

10:51 pm

we have conversations

10:53 pm

ok. Just talk to him. Waiting is hard; but talking to him & reviewing your lives together will remind both of you about the good times (& bad); & it will help the time pass

10:56 pm

And it's okay to tell him how you feel; if your angry or sad, or whatever, that's okay to share within.

10:59 pm

but how do I wait

11:00 pm

What do you want to wait for? Are they limiting your time at his bedside?

11:03 pm

hes at his moms house

11:04 pm

OH! And how far is that from where you are?

11:04 pm

not far. but i mean.. sitting there waiting for it to happen

11:10 pm

Don't just sit there & wait for him to die. If it's okay with his mom, feed him, wash his face, sponge out his mouth & keep it clean & moist, hold his hand; do those types of little things that mean something to you to comfort him. If you can read a book to him that you both like; or bring his dog over for a visit; things like that that would mean something to the 2 of you. Just sitting there *waiting* doesn't help either of you; but if there are things you can do for his comfort; that will help.

11:14 pm

And when you aren't there visiting; use your energy to do mindless, thoughtless tasks such as doing laundry, doing dishes, scrubbing floors, weeding the garden. Basically do the things around the house that always need to be done but don't require any thinking or concentration. And eat the nutritious foods (not junk); and be sure and get your rest & sleep.

11:16 pm

Because when he does pass, you need to be able to get through *that* whole phase of the process, too

11:18 pm

Sorry to butt in here, but Nef is completely right. I lost my dearest closest friend in July to cancer and at the end it is all about being there for the person and doing what needs to be done, showing your love, support and caring. Doing what he/she needs, not what is easiest for you.

11:21 pm

okay .

11:21 pm

hes only 34.

11:21 pm

i dont know.

11:21 pm

I see Lickety is up

11:22 pm

I've lost 5 very close family members (and am losing my baby brother to ALS very soon also) and it *hurts* so much; but it's important to make the other person feel loved & cared for. And as a nurse at the bedside in ICU for 34 years; I've given this same advice to so many family members. It makes a difference if you think about your loved one or worry about yourself.

11:24 pm

cos, it's extremely hard on you; but you will feel better later.

11:24 pm

Thanks, Dorens.

11:24 pm

Hi harp.

11:27 pm

cos, he's packed a lot of living in his 34 years; both good & bad. You need to remind him of your times together, okay?

11:44 pm

SOOO well said Nef, sure hope I have a friend like you nearby when I have to face it

11:54 pm

Thanks, flosey. I hope you do too; and I hope we all can be that lucky. (I was updating my profile about my brother just now).

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