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Total score 0 pts.
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184 1,745
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189 1,705
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198 1,637
199 1,630
200 1,624
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202 1,594
203 1,589
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207 1,546
208 1,536
209 1,531
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214 1,508
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216 1,496
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218 1,475
219 1,473
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221 1,469
222 1,467
223 1,453
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225 1,439
226 1,435
227 1,425
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255 1,324
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257 1,310
258 1,305
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260 1,294
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262 1,292
263 1,289
264 1,279
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266 1,263
267 1,252
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269 1,244
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271 1,242
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273 1,240
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275 1,233
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277 1,222
278 1,222
279 1,213
280 1,212
281 1,211
282 1,207
283 1,206
284 1,203
285 1,195
286 1,192
287 1,191
288 1,190
289 1,189
290 1,184
291 1,183
292 1,170
293 1,160
294 1,157
295 1,151
296 1,148
297 1,145
298 1,145
299 1,143
300 1,143
301 1,142
302 1,142
303 1,140
304 1,133
305 1,131
306 1,131
307 1,129
308 1,129
309 1,123
310 1,116
311 1,112
312 1,110
313 1,098
314 1,096
315 1,093
316 1,091
317 1,087
318 1,084
319 1,081
320 1,077
321 1,073
322 1,067
323 1,066
324 1,056
325 1,054
326 1,054
327 1,053
328 1,042
329 1,036
330 1,034
331 1,033
332 1,032
333 1,027
334 1,027
335 1,023
336 1,023
337 1,020
338 1,020
339 1,018
340 1,013
341 1,010
342 1,009
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344 1,006
345 1,001
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416 805
417 802
418 796
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447 706
448 705
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450 696
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456 664
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468 638
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471 631
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478 607
479 607
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483 587
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487 581
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516 438
517 428
518 415
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522 399
523 398
524 394
525 393
526 392
527 375
528 374
529 373
530 367
531 354
532 352
533 349
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535 347
536 342
537 341
538 334
539 334
540 326
541 307
542 306
543 301
544 301
545 300
546 293
547 290
548 286
549 285
550 268
551 262
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557 233
558 229
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561 211
562 171
563 169
564 161
565 157
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567 148
568 146
569 141
570 138
571 135
572 127
573 124
574 93
575 66
576 60
577 52
578 39
579 30
580 11
581 5
582 5

164 total words

12:00 am

flip, i had 10 to go. rats!

12:00 am

flip!

12:00 am

nuit

12:00 am

nuit

12:01 am

there

12:01 am

is an echo in here.....

12:02 am

found insects

12:03 am

fl6-7-8-7

12:03 am

see, people still say flip

12:03 am

only old people, hursh

12:04 am

aren't we all old people?

12:05 am

hello everyone :)

12:08 am

first time for a long time ive been around for the flip

12:08 am

hi nan and rolin

12:09 am

nbt

12:11 am

starting with s is discouraging

12:12 am

St7

12:12 am

second row grey

12:13 am

re7

12:13 am

25 to go.. night all

12:18 am

Aaawww the st7 makes me think of Archie Bunker!

12:20 am

made me think of American Pie movies, haha. St 6, now, that's all Archie. :D

Clues are up

12:21 am

thankee kindly, lickety

12:21 am

thanks lickety

12:23 am

100 down - good night all

12:25 am

whoops, finished the fours

12:27 am

wtg hursy

12:27 am

*hurshy

12:27 am

ty

12:28 am

nbt/nbs

12:28 am

take that back, still need an 8

12:28 am

in one of hercules' tasks i believe he got golden stuff by picking it off the bushes, i guess people like him would be fl8

12:29 am

bingo, that did it! :)

12:30 am

nice clue hurshy

12:30 am

Although it was Jason who found the Golden fl6

12:30 am

stats for the loan E in the fifth column please

12:31 am

er4

12:31 am

ed4/5

12:31 am

oh that is the non lone sorry

12:31 am

listen to pini

12:31 am

aaah got it thank you

12:31 am

er 4/4

12:31 am

oh, it wasn't hercules?

12:32 am

Nope

12:32 am

ok, jason then

12:32 am

tide

12:32 am

oops sorry

12:33 am

well i have 14 left

12:33 am

probably that's good enough

12:33 am

wtg!

12:37 am

nbt/nbs - that's it for tonight...cya next time! :)

12:51 am

what's the second 8 word? I have the golden fl one

12:54 am

St 8/45

12:55 am

thanks. :)

12:58 am

hm, new one for me.

12:58 am

Me too.

12:59 am

my kingdom for a st 8 clue please /

12:59 am

Think boats.

1:00 am

It’s a compound.

1:00 am

combo of two s4 words

1:01 am

fer cryin out loud, what kind of a word isd that ??

1:01 am

I know little to nothing of sa4ing, of course it's new to me, I suppose

1:02 am

I've sailed a fair bit and have never heard of it

1:03 am

Thank you both for the clues !

1:04 am

Yw,

1:04 am

Yw!

1:04 am

it says it's pronounced more like counsel, without the long A sound. may have heard it in some pirate movie, not sure, haha

1:04 am

you're welcome. :)

Got an 8. "Cheats."

1:12 am

irritated by not being able to find a third V, how hard could it be, haha

1:15 am

aha! a ve 6/27

1:57 am

well, sh4, down to 9 without the list and dead in the water. I give. :p

2:09 am

Good morning all. May I please have a clue for li5-14? Thanks

2:15 am

how you'd refer to a king, maybe - "yes, my li*** "

2:16 am

Thanks so much, rbud.

2:18 am

yw. and I'm done, woot

2:18 am

Congrats, rbud.

2:19 am

Must feed critters. Back shortly.

2:19 am

think I'll wander off, have fun

2:37 am

May I please have a clue for li6-21? Th anks

2:39 am

FW Thanks again for your help, rbud.

3:25 am

Congrats ((Gapeach))

3:25 am

First run thorugh and I have 31 words left for later.

3:25 am

Through*

3:26 am

Will come back later to see if I can find any more words. At least I have both 8s!

3:26 am

Happy babbling everyone!

5:16 am

you just KNOW it is going o be a good day when the first word you find is the SH 4 5 ... BWAHAHAHHAHA

5:23 am

me too Carlee!

5:23 am

That sh4 jumped out at me lol

5:24 am

heh.. followed by the ZI 49..i swear i amjust an adolecent

5:24 am

haaaaaaaaaa I'm right there with you

5:28 am

5th boy is out

5:33 am

6th and 7th on way out now

Good morning from Cleveland, Ohio!

5:50 am

hi there melon

hey.

I'm home from a big trip.

5:51 am

well do tell

My son and I were in Tel Aviv for a week for the wedding of my neighbor's son. Now, if I'm going to travel that far, of course I will stop somewhere on the way home. That would be 6 nights in Paris.

and. . . I met a fellower Babbler irl in TLV (:

5:53 am

sounds fabulous!!!!

5:53 am

sweet! babblemeet ups are always a bonus

best of all is simply that my son is well enough to make this trip. He is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the right meds, the right therapy, and superb case management has made a trip that would have been impossible four years ago a reality. He was a wonderful traveling companion.

my Babble bud took me to see the Israeli Philharmonic, my dream orchestra!

5:55 am

excellent, and fantastic for him as well...

5:56 am

that sounds absolutely heavenly. I adore the orchestra.. even mediocre ones.

I cried thre times: when the plane touched down at Ben Gurion airport, at the Pride parade in Paris, and on the plane coming home to think that we did this!

I did not cry when I smooched my hot Parisian waiter (;

5:57 am

BWAHAHAHA cute

I'm a retired bassist. Even tho I'm from CLE, the IPO and the Met Opera were my two "dream" orchestras. I ended up a second-chair bassist in a pit orchestra here in Cleveland.

5:59 am

i used to play bass as well 7 years. I couldn't continue bc i would need to buy one at the time and could not afford

6:02 am

I only ever played in school but our full orchestra travelled, new york, philiadelphia, boston, dc which was pretty cool for a HS orchestra

Another bassist! XXXOOO

I just uploaded the picture of me and the waiter onto my profile.

Wow, your HS orch went everywhere.

6:05 am

yea... that ws a fantastic experience. it was a remarkable group of students... considering the city my school went to was average size... again.. just HS but first chair

6:06 am

city my school was in *

6:07 am

ok.. my eyes are super sore as the air is drier... I need to put some compresses on them... glad you had a great trip Melon... back in a bit

I got my two degrees in double bass performance, and made about a third of my living playing when I was active. I trained on the job to be a computer programmer for the US Dept of Defense. I am grateful for my "day job" and also glad that is not what I majored in. I chased my dream, and made a living, one way or another (:

Nice chatting, carleekat. XXXOOO

phantom celeries

nbt

nbs

7:26 am

good morning, babblers!

hi, EvaNadin, I'm back for a few minutes.

8:01 am

Good morning, y'all!

8:30 am

hi to all

8:34 am

hi again all

8:49 am

Stuck at 25 here.

9:08 am

Scratched and clawed my way to 8.

9:09 am

I have one 8

9:11 am

i have an fl8

9:12 am

as do I

9:15 am

the other is st8

9:15 am

compound word, part of a boat

9:16 am

it is the last s word, and builds off the previous

9:18 am

i didn't think the combo would work but what do you know -- a surprised boat cloth

9:19 am

my reaction too

9:19 am

don't understand at all. pls help

9:19 am

"a surprised boat cloth"

9:20 am

haha shirl

9:20 am

Ta da! Fireworks.

9:20 am

yay judi!

9:20 am

10 left here

9:23 am

li6/21?

9:24 am

nm

9:27 am

fw

9:27 am

any clues before I go?

9:28 am

the li6 you were looking for earlier?

9:29 am

do you know the drug used to treat bipolar... it is a element

9:29 am

Eside

9:29 am

st 8, pls

9:29 am

a surprised boat cloth, bichon

9:30 am

it is a version of that word, and will be plural for the 7

9:30 am

st8 is the st 5 before it + not feeling well

9:31 am

thx kje

9:31 am

tyvm

9:31 am

yw

9:33 am

ok, I'm off... hagd all

There were people in the chat earlier who were saying that st 6 & 7 reminded them of American Pie and Archie Bunker, and I've been trying to figure out why ever since.

9:46 am

st 6 and 7....to refrain from arguing

9:47 am

Archie Bunker used to tell his wife Edith to st6/27 herself.

He did? I've watched those shows and I don't remember that at all! Interesting, thanks!

9:48 am

Yep! I don't remember it in American Pie, but then again, not sure I ever saw that entire movie.

9:49 am

sh 6/21, pls

9:49 am

woot, reading the Aubrey/Maturin series really helped with today's grid :-)

Alt spelling of sh***y town, bich

Always nice to meet a fellow sa4or of The Aubreyad, Natasha!

9:51 am

sorry sam, don't understand

9:51 am

it's Sanskrit for inner peace, bichon

9:51 am

I don't understand why it won't take the the first 5 letters of that word, as in "I sh5 do that!"

9:51 am

because that is a contraction Champ

Because that's a contraction

9:52 am

Well thank makes sense. Thx!

9:52 am

yay Samantha! I really struggled to understand all the vocab at first but stuck with it as my dad had loved the series and I was reading it to honor his memory... then I got hooked :-)

9:52 am

ty Natasha

9:52 am

yw all!

9:53 am

Down to 45 and haven't yet looked at Lickety... having fun for once instead of struggling!

There are whole books written just about the vocabulary in those books. "A Sea of Words" is probably the best.

9:54 am

Yes, I have that volume!

9:54 am

But it kind of interrupts the flow of reading to keep looking stuff up, so I often just let things go and figure I'll get the gist

I'm down to 13 and cussing :D

9:54 am

haha the cussing phase, it comes to us all

10:04 am

the clues just now got me down to 15

10:06 am

any clues for the E word for 5th column E? ty.

10:06 am

12

10:06 am

er 4/4, common word here

10:07 am

got it. ty

10:08 am

here's your fish :)

10:15 am

I'm down to seven. Haven't listed yet, just bruteforcing my way through combinations; the monkeys gave up long, long ago

10:18 am

re 6/27, first one, pls

10:18 am

To have emotion again

10:18 am

ty Sam

10:19 am

Glad to repay some of all the help you've given me!

10:26 am

good morning everyone :)

10:26 am

3 left

10:26 am

Morning nan!

10:27 am

hello all

10:27 am

Morning teach!

10:30 am

are there 2 st 6-7 combos? - the one I have means to smother

10:31 am

don't see how that relates to Archie Bunker

10:31 am

go samantha!

10:31 am

what he said to his wife

10:32 am

oh - so there is just the one combo then?

10:33 am

Just the one, yeah

10:33 am

only have the one - but no list yet

10:33 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZOTsz\noKbE4 to see Archie say it

10:33 am

I haven't either, but will be soon

10:34 am

one left. an F5

10:35 am

there are only 3 of them, sam

10:35 am

oh - don't have all the f's so maybe not

10:36 am

I have four already, so there must be 5

10:36 am

at least 5 f5

10:36 am

Wait, I have 5 already, so there must be six

10:37 am

only have 2 fl 5's - so must be missing 3

10:38 am

i have 5 F 5s - will look for another

10:38 am

are we talking fl 5's or f5's?

10:39 am

F 5s

10:39 am

all f words w/5 letters. there are 6 of 'em.

10:39 am

i have FE 5 x 2, FI 5, FL 5 x 2

10:39 am

ok - looking for 2 more then

10:39 am

There's five and a phantom, is what I'm pretty convinced of at this point :(

10:41 am

window guy is here - bbl

10:41 am

That's what I have, teach. Someone want to tell us what we're missing?

10:43 am

FINALLY. I listed for one word, but I'm done. See y'all tomorrow!

10:43 am

congrats samantha!

10:44 am

so was there another F 5?

10:45 am

3 fe5

10:45 am

nm - got the last F 5

11:03 am

hi folks

11:03 am

Natasha, I am making my own vegetable broth/stock as I babble

11:07 am

Hello All

11:08 am

Waiting for the stock to be done.....

11:09 am

I would gladly give you some hego. lets see how it turns out first.

11:09 am

never made it before but it smells good

11:09 am

:) okay

11:09 am

I'm sure it will be good

11:09 am

:) the secret ingredient is love

11:10 am

lol true!

11:15 am

Hello everyone!

11:15 am

Hi Car!

11:16 am

hey car!

11:16 am

good for you peri --- too hot to do much cooking here -- a/c is running full blast and it is summer meals --- potato salad with potatoes cooked the night before, cold cuts and tossed salads

11:16 am

YUM!

11:16 am

lovely day here so far. supposed to go to high 80's later today

11:17 am

better than last week

11:17 am

indeed bichon

11:17 am

True!

11:17 am

not too bad right now either (9:17 am) but warming up quickly and I don't want to heat the house up.

11:17 am

Gorgeous here now that the humidity is low

11:18 am

The weekend was paradise!

11:18 am

it was hego

11:22 am

50 left bbl

11:22 am

hagd

11:22 am

Bye

11:24 am

car.ee !!

11:24 am

((carleekat!!!!))

11:25 am

Hey Carlee!

11:25 am

how are you?

11:25 am

hi hego.. how are you, too?

11:25 am

So happy to be home!!!! Just spent a week in RI taking care of my dad and stepmom. It was very hard.

11:25 am

how are you?

11:26 am

I'm sorry..but RI is nice yes?

11:26 am

oh i am fine... shovelling yet more kale down the gut... but all things considered..good :)

11:26 am

where in RI, car? I'm from Cranston and still have family in Prov

11:26 am

It was very hot and humid...even on the water where they live. Once the humidity broke, it was HEAVENLY!

11:26 am

LOL...How the kale are 'ya?

11:27 am

same here and I am on the water... was dreadful

11:27 am

Portsmouth

11:27 am

actually i like kale but 2ceaday is getting tiresome

11:28 am

YUK!!

11:28 am

Yeah...that's too much kale

11:28 am

Sorry it wasn't more of a pleasure trip Car

11:29 am

2 weeks down only 6 weeks to go

11:29 am

Gak.

11:29 am

It was tough, but I got through it and we made some progress. Whether or not the parents stick to the plan is up to them, but at least we tried.

11:29 am

i like salads... it is all healtthy..so... it is not the rest of my life...

11:30 am

Good luck Car. bbl

11:30 am

hagd Hego!

11:30 am

well hopefuly some good comes from your efforts car

11:30 am

toodles hego

11:30 am

So, today I am home, at my desk, supposed to be catching up on all my transcription work...but I had to get in a game of Babble!!!! They have no wifi there

11:30 am

lettuce all be as health minded

11:31 am

lol

11:31 am

more like healing shir... but yes healthy

11:31 am

we've all bean there with the bad eating

11:31 am

( but i appreciate the puns LOL )

11:32 am

I'm a veg but haven't managed to learn to like kale so I can't imagine eating it all the time for 6 weeks. Hope it works for you car!

11:33 am

babble is good car.

11:33 am

so good.

11:33 am

nat, I find if I chiffonade the leaves prior to however you prepare it, the "toug hness" is gone

11:34 am

Ok...and with 50 left, I shall go now and get some typing done. Wishing you all a blessed day filled with happiness and sunshine <3

11:34 am

I've done that, and macerated in lemon juice... but the essential kale taste remains and I struggle with that. I love nearly all other veggies but that one!

11:34 am

take care car.ee ((huggles))

11:35 am

FW! off to work - have a good day all!

11:35 am

i just chiffonade.. toss in a salad.. cider vinegar salt pepper oil..addd the rest of your veg and some onion... good to go... I really cannot distinguish from other lettuce and spinach when all mixed in

11:35 am

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS *~*~*for Nat

11:46 am

hi again -- last fe 6 please?

11:55 am

or the re 7/28?

11:55 am

re7 to depend on something

11:57 am

ty ruru

11:57 am

fe 6 is beginning of making beer or wine + to lay down

11:58 am

ty again

12:00 pm

yw

12:00 pm

good afternoon, babblers!

12:00 pm

hi eva

12:01 pm

how goes it, ruru?

12:01 pm

hi eva

12:02 pm

hello nan!

12:07 pm

good here.. thanks

12:16 pm

ve 6 please?

12:17 pm

a person who ver (s)

12:18 pm

the only V i have is the clothing item. LOL

12:19 pm

new one for me - ty ru

12:19 pm

ve 6 = ve + hand/arm swivel point (w**** )

12:20 pm

thx!

12:20 pm

*!*~*!* Thanks for the help

12:22 pm

ve 5 has an olde school past tense ending - basically the clothing item with an extra consonant in the middle

12:22 pm

and congrats, nan!

12:22 pm

someone was supposed to be coming to install and electronic furnace filter at 10:00 am --- These service people seem to think the people paying them have nothing to do all day! I wonder what would happen if they were docked pay for tardiness?

12:22 pm

TY rbud!

12:23 pm

tries one's patience, that's for sure. the cable guys here are often like that.

12:23 pm

ty rbud -- hagd everyone

12:24 pm

nan - i remember when we bought our house...we hadnt even moved in yet, so there was no furniture. the cable company gave us a window over lunchtime for them to come set things up, so there i was with nothing but a folding chair. i was waiting and waiting...my husband got there with the moving truck + told me the guy was sitting in his work van down the street eating his lunch.

12:24 pm

yes - and patience was never something I had a lot of :)

12:25 pm

you have a point -- the guy is probably on his coffee break!

12:25 pm

needless to say, i marched myself down the street and had some words with him. i said that if he couldnt give me the common courtesy of calling me to let me know hed be late (so i could therefore eat MY lunch), then he didnt get to eat his either.

12:26 pm

sadly, I think customer service is a thing of the past - doesn't matter what the company is

12:27 pm

if YOU miss the appt, you get charged for it regardless. but they can basically do whatever they want. nosiree, i dont think so.

12:27 pm

good customer service affects the bottom line and the ceo's and coo's wouldn't get their million dollar bonuses

12:29 pm

sorry for the rant -- between the repairs on the house and looking for a new car I'm rather cynical these days.

12:31 pm

oh dear. car shopping is a fate worse than death.

12:31 pm

i did it when i was pregnant, and i just had to do it again with a toddler in tow. BLERGH.

12:31 pm

car shopping is among the worst I agree

12:32 pm

can't be blamed for feeling that way, I can so relate. My little truck's been down for at least two months, just getting it to town to be worked on has proven to be an exhausting fruitless effort so far, unless I want to pay a tow service.

12:32 pm

the sales people are often on the slimey side

12:32 pm

spent a fair amount of time searching for another vehicle, too, but it's so depressing.

12:33 pm

do you have AAA rb?

12:33 pm

heck, no, that would be a luxury, haha

12:34 pm

have multiple friends with car trailers, all too busy. have a car dolly, truck's too big for it.

12:34 pm

it's not that much money and it's incredibly useful when needed

12:35 pm

when i was 6.5 months pregnant, i spent all those hours in a dealership undergoing renovation with no AC. in July. then, it turns out, the AC in the car they sold me (brand new, BTW) was buggered, so i spent 2 years driving myself + my son in a car with finicky AC. i finally had enough + bit the bullet to trade it in much earlier than i would have after giving them an earful + them agreeing to give me a VERY good deal on a replacement.

12:36 pm

about 8 vehicles sitting here, none running or legal, mostly our son's projects. Only running truck I own is hubby's old '71 Chevy, and have been informed it's not safe to drive before some undercarriage work. So there it sits, licensed and insured, and useless. Same story on mine.

12:37 pm

Maybe your son could get one of them running so you have something to drive

12:37 pm

Need to figure out something by the end of the month, when my truck plate expires. If I end up with a car, will need a different plate, of course.

12:39 pm

yes, we go round and round about that, but mostly I wouldn't trust most of them at this point, something peculiar about every one of them he's trying to sort out, haha. He's a barterer, trades for things he thinks he can fix, then... not so much.

12:40 pm

plus he considers them "investments" and would expect me to pay something for them, which is okay with me, to an extent, but I'd still rather put that money into my own.

12:41 pm

yeah and you should expect to charge him for storing all those wrecks

12:41 pm

my truck's problems are electrical/computer module things, not his strong point.

12:42 pm

then maybe pay for a tow truc

12:42 pm

truck

12:43 pm

I'll get it sorted out soon, I hope, but I sure miss the "pull" the old man had and his ability to get stuff done.

12:44 pm

most all the helpful folks who said, "anything we can do to help" when he passed away last year have gently faded into the woodwork, it seems

12:45 pm

so it goes.

12:46 pm

maybe your son can help you get it towed into the shop?

12:47 pm

rbud, I learned long ago when I left my husband; rely on no one but yourself to git'r'done bc everyone is busy with their own life to pick up the pieces.

12:48 pm

son insists he can get it there no problem, but it seems there's always actually a problem when it comes down to it.

12:50 pm

I hear that, car, I'm not bitter and feeling helpless, just tired. Every day some new drama here, my problems just fade to the bottom of the list. Like they always have, since I had kids, lol

12:51 pm

not bitter here either... is just a fact of life these days.

12:52 pm

off I go, a little window of time to borrow son-in-law's car before he goes to work, carpe auto, bwahaha!

12:52 pm

not really car.. I still do things to help my ex all the time

12:52 pm

then you are one of the good ones ruru

12:57 pm

I'd like to think so... it's been good that we have become friends again after separation and divorce.. hard to do I think In many cases.

1:00 pm

I have had zero contact with mine for 6+ years. inc spousal support.

1:02 pm

yup

1:06 pm

I have no siblings... no parents now... onlymy own 2 feet to stand on... I F*** up.. I have only myself to blame and myself to get mysef out of trouble

1:06 pm

life :)

1:08 pm

found an 8! nbs and 38 to go

1:08 pm

and hello all :)

1:09 pm

hey harry

1:09 pm

hi ru :)

1:13 pm

hi harry

1:13 pm

30!

1:13 pm

hi carlee

1:14 pm

done for now. back later to list - hagd!

1:52 pm

hello

1:57 pm

last column single e?

2:01 pm

hello?

2:05 pm

get ready for publication ed4/5 and pl

2:05 pm

snakelike creature

2:06 pm

oops - wrong one, sorry

2:06 pm

thought you said last row

2:06 pm

last column, e above the v:)

2:06 pm

sorry - missed the last bit!

2:06 pm

:)

2:07 pm

er4/5 - goes before ----while

2:07 pm

ty dipp

2:08 pm

nbt and nbs

2:09 pm

hi dipp hi trent:)

2:09 pm

hello - hw are you?

2:10 pm

pretty good how about you?

2:10 pm

very warm and muggy here - saps energy

2:12 pm

it was really nice here today in nc but it seems to have gotten warmer for some reason and its just after 3pm

2:13 pm

most brits find prolonged hot spells hard - for me, lack of sleep is the bug-bear

2:14 pm

same here in NY -- was great this am but i think there's a front moving in. supposed to be hot/humid again tomorrow

2:14 pm

our a/c has trouble keeping up with these recent hot temps

2:14 pm

santir

2:14 pm

hi shirl

2:14 pm

sorry

2:14 pm

FREE WORD!!!!

2:14 pm

ty dipp

2:14 pm

thx dipp

ty

2:15 pm

free two words, heh

2:15 pm

go for the pl too!

2:15 pm

are both the ha 5/12's pl words?

2:16 pm

yes

2:16 pm

ty dipp

2:16 pm

duhh ty

F5. You'll get it if you can remember the tiny comics that used to come with bubble gum.

2:59 pm

I remember Pud : )

3:12 pm

hi all. help with 2nd di6 pls

Hello Babblers.

3:12 pm

hi helen

heya peri :)

3:18 pm

nm

Oh, so sorry, didn't even see that!

3:27 pm

no worries, fw for me

3:27 pm

fyi the vegetable broth I made earlier today turned out very well.

3:27 pm

s

3:28 pm

waiting for pompoms

3:29 pm

oh well, Carlee must be busy so I will go byee

3:30 pm

OH... HIIII *~*~*POMPOM TOSS*~*~ for Peri

3:30 pm

( sorry was looking for my last 11 )

peri - It's in the 90's here again, making anything on the stove sounds terrible! But I'm sure yours is great!

peri - are you finished already?

3:31 pm

90's here too... but is not as humid...is lovely and warm

I live near the lake, it's supposed to be 'cooler near the lake.'

3:32 pm

same HK LOL...lake hurong is literally my back yard...

Oh, I 'see' I'm talking to an already gone peri. It's been a long day already.

3:32 pm

Huron *

Back to grid

Michigan here.

*Lake Michigan* I am not in Michigan, the state.

3:35 pm

I like righton the lake HK... I canhear the waves from my bedroom... itis HOT today

3:37 pm

live* even

Awesome!!!!I had a bf, ages ago, who had an apartment right on the lake. Step out on balcony, look down there was the lake, total 180 view. He said the people that lived there before had to move cause they felt like they were living in a washing machine.

3:38 pm

bwahahaha that is funny ( if you cruise through my pics on FB you will see loads of pics)

Some people hear washing machines, others hear beautiful nature.

3:41 pm

I remember taking a bus through banff to get to my hotel... and someone yelled out.. MY god, you see one mountain you have seen them all.. I am so sick of mountains

That's a strange thing to say, because all mountains have their own unique shape. I was just thinking last night how I would like to see Mt. Fuji in person - so pretty.

3:44 pm

yea well... can't please everyone all the time

carlee - that's for sure.

3:47 pm

Hello Babblers? Has anyone here heard of, or experienced, Photodynamic Therapy?

Heya lil*m - nope, sorry, not me.

3:48 pm

nope..sorry lil.. other than the principles I donot know anyone who has undergone the therapy

3:48 pm

I had it today on my legs. It is a treatment for skin cancer. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't hurt.

3:49 pm

I believe I may have screamed out MOTHERF**#%ER a few times.

3:49 pm

oh dear. I am sorry :(

I screamed that when I walked back in my house today. How does that work?

3:50 pm

well.. dealing with skin cancer.. you are more than entitled to scream out

Yes - exactly what carlee said.

3:52 pm

one of my dearest friends has surgery on wed. Mastectomy. but has spread to chest wall. she has a 4 year old and a 1 year old. I'll be away here and there taking care of things for her

3:52 pm

she hs the surgery then 6 months of radiation and chemo

3:52 pm

oh no, so sad :( I will be sending positive vibes and prayers to her Carlee.

Oh, carlee, may she have the strength to get through it all. You are a good friend!

3:53 pm

Hey what is update on the boys in the cave? I haven't heard any news today.

3:53 pm

8 out LIL

3:54 pm

thanks HK...

3:54 pm

*wheeeeeeeeeeee!* Wow that's awesome!

3:55 pm

they are restocking the O2 tanks along the route... the rest out tomorrow . pumps have managed to keep the water levels down

3:56 pm

That is a re6,27

3:56 pm

I would not want to be that coach. I can't imagine the guilt.

3:58 pm

yea... poor guy

4:01 pm

I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't come out of the cave.

4:06 pm

that was my thought Lil... I just didnt want to voice it

4:06 pm

I have already heard that he says he will insist all the boys come out first

4:08 pm

good afternoon, my babble friends. :)

4:09 pm

hello crossy

4:15 pm

anyone have ve6?

4:17 pm

first 3 letters of ve5 + I am, she ** plus cross letter

4:17 pm

{{{{BFF}}}}

4:18 pm

OMG BEF!!!!

4:19 pm

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ juDY }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

4:19 pm

How are you? It's been so long!

4:19 pm

How are you, Monkey?

4:19 pm

I'm awesome!!! LOVE retirement.

4:19 pm

I think of you every time I go to Lancaster

4:20 pm

Doing pretty good except my legs are killing me, I had photodynamic therapy today for skin cancer. Feels like I have been blasted with a blowtorch.

4:20 pm

I know! We had such a blast on the Amish tour!

4:20 pm

OMG!!! basal cell?

4:21 pm

Squamous, and lots of em!

4:21 pm

DAMN!!

4:22 pm

too much sun, Monkey!

4:22 pm

I know :(

4:22 pm

Yes but can't change the past. I lived in Hawaii , and then I lived in Cape Hatteras all those years.

4:22 pm

I am really careful now too

4:22 pm

five basal cells removed

4:22 pm

Yes me too

4:23 pm

Oh wow! Where were they?

4:23 pm

4 on my face; 1 on my ankle

4:24 pm

I hope you won't have more!

4:25 pm

Now that I know what to look for, if I see anything suspicious I immediately go to the derm and have them freeze it!

4:25 pm

What is photodynamic therapy?

4:25 pm

fireworks

4:25 pm

WOOHOO YPSIGIRL!!

4:26 pm

Fireworks for me too. :)

4:26 pm

WOo hooooooOO

4:26 pm

You can google it, they put a solution on your skin and let it percolate for about 2 hours, then shine a special light (it's called BLU light) on your skin.

4:27 pm

It is to eradicate the lesions.

4:27 pm

It feels like blowtorching and needles stabbing. REally pleasant

4:28 pm

OMG!

4:28 pm

I go, back in 4 weeks for the next session.

4:29 pm

More? YIKES!!

4:29 pm

Yes and that should be it. Just 2 sessions. Compared to other cancers where you have to get chemo and radiation, I feel lucky.

4:30 pm

True

4:32 pm

Do you have any trips planned? I will be taking my mom to New Milford Connecticut for a memorial service beginning of Sept.

4:32 pm

We might go to the Jersey shore too.

4:32 pm

Most of my family are going to DisneyWorld in the Fall

4:33 pm

I have so much to do here since I had two rooms redone. LOTS of stuff to go through and really need to downsize!!

4:35 pm

I bought one of those "cluster" houses like where you & I stayed with your friend. I move end of August.

4:36 pm

You should come for a visit!

4:37 pm

GOOD FOR YOU!!!

*warms hk's heart to see happy reunion bet lil*m & CiociaJudy*

4:38 pm

awwww thx HK!

4:38 pm

Aw thanks hk… sorry we seem to be hijacking the chog.

4:38 pm

I'm switching to Messenger, BFF

Really - so sweet, happy for you guys :)

4:38 pm

OK me too

bye

4:38 pm

Sorry Babblers. We apologize. Been a long time since we chatted.

4:55 pm

hi judy

4:59 pm

found a fish

5:03 pm

and a mollusk

5:26 pm

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I'm back

5:28 pm

I found the poop

5:28 pm

fe5

5:30 pm

fe5 and sh4 in the same grid. It is a scatological kind of day.

5:34 pm

dont see any of this stuff unless an ee* is a fish........but it is not. it is a water snake isnt it?

5:38 pm

any clues for the 8s other than the fl 8? that is the only one i have. ty.

5:38 pm

st8, it's a compound word

5:42 pm

any clues lil monkey?

5:45 pm

a surprised boat cloth (st8)

5:46 pm

i have 4 left and really annoyed -- don't want to list but ...

5:55 pm

omg! FW!

5:57 pm

mkg. Cockneys eat jellied e***. They are definitely a fish.

6:02 pm

Great clue, Shirl!

6:08 pm

That was a good clue, Shirl.

6:23 pm

jellied? wow. ok.

6:24 pm

ty for st clue. is this really a word? wow. ty

6:26 pm

going to list. ty all cliers.

6:26 pm

cluers i meant. ty

6:56 pm

stuck...fe 6 27 the second one please. so so stuck.

6:56 pm

nm just found it totally by accident. sorry.

7:15 pm

Hi everyone :) Late start ofr me... any hints on that fe 6/27 mkg?

7:32 pm

fe 6 is weird word: f+ to **r is human + opposite of the truth is a ***.

7:32 pm

TY so much mkg!

7:33 pm

giving up. going for a stroll.

7:33 pm

nice night for it, hagn :)

heya again

mkg poofed?

7:36 pm

hi ya HK, I'm deep in the grid. Had jto put out a few grass fires on FB .. few more still to attend to ;)

7:36 pm

looks like she's done for the day, yeah.

LOL TK - yes, you're one busy bee on FB, I 'see.' Loved that holding your breath one, priceless :)

7:38 pm

LOL, I've posted that before, but thought it deserved another go around ;)

her fe clue was one letter off

7:39 pm

I managed it on the first try... so perfect or not, it's a good clue... and I'll take all I can get. should probably go back and scan the vhog. it's pretty quiet in here.

Well, I am much slower than you, I kept at it for a while, then tried mixing it up - *hk too concrete at times*

7:41 pm

It's good to take a break when you bog down. Even a few minutes does help to find the fishies :)

7:41 pm

It's good to take a break when you bog down. Even a few minutes does help to find the fishies :)

7:41 pm

It's good to take a break when you bog down. Even a few minutes does help to find the fishies :)

People who love 'A Song for You' & 'Queen of the Roller Derby' are known as Leon Li 5/16s :) (I just had to share that, my favorite musician.)

7:43 pm

:)

So, are you saying it's a really bad sign when one bogs down as soon as she starts? Dang.

7:45 pm

not necessarily, your brain has to make a pttern.. thenthe words start to come. It didn't look to friendly to me in the fiorast few minutes..

I started this AM, seemed fine, down to 30 & jammed up here. (That's where my brain is going: roller derby, jammers, lol)

7:47 pm

Maybe the last 30 are strange words?

What else can they be? lol

7:50 pm

LOL, no clue! 85 tjo go here, so I'm too close to start to worry about the weird ones was getting red boxes here and slow input uptake. Hopefully better now...

TK - are you STILL having connection issues?

7:53 pm

comaes and goes. worse in hot or humid temps and afternoon/early evening. landlord is going to come up when I'm ready to finish the wifi upgrade. It should be better soon. I'll probably have him come up tomorrow. I can soldier on for now.

'comaes & goes' lol - your computer is in a coma :)

7:55 pm

LOL.. that's me. Can't blame that on the PC...

Sorry, I had to catch that last bit of Penn & Teller - I heart them, have since they started. Way, way back. At the Shubert, after their show they met with people in the lobby, just chatting. I'm always one of the very last to leave, soaking it all in. So lobby was pretty empty by time we got there & my date & I had a nice 20 minute conversation with both of them. Not only does Teller talk (duh), he's the sweetest guy - now Penn is 63 or 64 & Teller is 70! Time marches on.

8:01 pm

Wow... I like them too, but have never seen them live. what a time you must have had :) lucky lady!

I still remember many of the tricks they did, because they explain them. They re-did one recently on their show - it's a great bit, Teller standing in silhouette, lighting a cigarette, then it disappears . . . It's not your average joe magic act - although I like those too.

8:05 pm

I might have to do some you tube surfing later.. if I can get through this grid!

8:05 pm

watching the President's announcement about the Supreme Court nominee

yt surfing for me - once it starts, hard to stop, one thing leads to another.

8:06 pm

Cavanaugh

8:06 pm

Hi jane :) Not really familliar with the short list... is he the best of a bad lot?

8:06 pm

Kavanaugh (misspelled a minute ago)

This is what my concern is, so here goes: In a 2009 law review article, Kavanaugh said his experience in the White House persuaded him that "the job of president is far more difficult than any other civilian position in government" and that presidents should be exempt from civil lawsuits and criminal investigations or prosecutions while in office. But he wrote that such a change would require Congress to pass appropriate legislation. Even if that happened, he wrote, the Constitution would provide a check against a law breaker in the Oval Office. "If the president does something dastardly, the impeachment process is available," Kavanaugh wrote.

8:09 pm

found another fish

8:10 pm

Well, that is concerning...at the very least, raising the bar on what is considered dastardly? Hooray for fish jane!

Then again, many people change their views over time, so a 9 year old quote probably doesn't mean much.

8:11 pm

I honestly haven't been following the process too closely. I figured we will hear all sorts of dirt and compliments as he goes through the confirmation process.

8:11 pm

thiefthief

8:11 pm

well, it is likely more accurate than when young and fresh...

yep, that we will harp, that we will

8:12 pm

(was that subliminal?)

8:12 pm

thank you jane :)

8:12 pm

haha maybe?

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha LOVE IT harp. Harp wins the chat today !!!!

8:14 pm

st8?

8:14 pm

I hoping the President doesn't fall asleep while he's letting someone else have the floor.

st8 - shock + cloth part of ship

8:15 pm

clued as a boat cloth that is taken aback or something like that.

8:15 pm

thanks

8:19 pm

sc5?

8:20 pm

sorry jane :(

8:20 pm

sorry jane :(

sc 5/12 = sc + ree

8:21 pm

a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain

8:21 pm

hahaha ty

yeah, I couldn't think of anything - there ya go. welcome

8:21 pm

re7/40....clue please

8:21 pm

thiefthief

8:21 pm

I should have shortened it up was trying it with an L on the end

or, if you wanna use your brain, what mixi said (heya mixi)

8:22 pm

is that a clue jane? thiefthief?

8:22 pm

hi aebmusica :)

8:22 pm

no i'm just overwhelmed

that was harp's subconscious

8:23 pm

mkg came back! how was the stroll?

heya aeb :)

8:23 pm

Hi Trader...I've got 8 left and one of them is the re7/40

8:23 pm

hey helen!

8:23 pm

re + don't hurt my ****ings.

8:23 pm

also waitng for a clue to drp ;) 33 here and bogging sown I should eat

8:24 pm

** finito ** last word CE 5/12

8:24 pm

ty mixi, and that word pls as well!

oh, you done good TK, I still have 22

8:24 pm

yea teach. I have 2 left.

WTG wv!!!!

8:25 pm

fw

8:25 pm

Congratulations teach!!!! **************POMPOM TOSS************ from carlee :)

8:25 pm

tyvm mixi6

8:25 pm

Congratulations mixi!!!!

YAY mixi !!!!

8:29 pm

21 now... thnk I will take a quick break and have a bite.

see ya TK

8:32 pm

bbs... jsut need a quick break

8:45 pm

time to go fry a steak bbl

8:48 pm

re7/28 ?

8:49 pm

the adj meaning trustful...

8:50 pm

it was also the name of the shuttle on DS9.... ;o)

9:00 pm

ty pen

9:01 pm

relias

9:01 pm

sorry

9:01 pm

yw....

9:04 pm

Hi Babblers - waiting for it to cool off (still 97F) so I can take the dogs out.

9:07 pm

wow, origami. too hot for me

9:14 pm

Me, too!

9:17 pm

Melting temps! Hi origami, Bugsaw, and pen :()

9:26 pm

waves to everyone and keeps looking for words

9:33 pm

heading out...goodnight all....

9:47 pm

a little cooler over here ori

9:48 pm

Ugh - still 94. I refuse to take them out until it is 85. May take a while :D

9:49 pm

HI Kate

9:51 pm

I had a nice chilled glass of chardonnay sitting outside

9:51 pm

lovely

9:54 pm

we just had a downpour to cool off the ground and feed the greenery. I love the smell

9:54 pm

yes.. saanich told me today it rained up your way

9:56 pm

just reached us in the last hour

9:56 pm

I just had some lovely left-over chardonnay. Think I'm going to have another glass :D

9:56 pm

lol.. wtg ori

9:56 pm

how was the picata?

9:57 pm

piccata?

9:58 pm

It was yummy! But, I really hate cooking just for myself. I appreciate food so much more with others. Something I should get over.

9:58 pm

I got over that in a hurry living alone ori :D

9:59 pm

now I cook whatever looks good and fresh

9:59 pm

See, I keep telling you that you are so much more advanced than me :D

9:59 pm

it's a terrific wine isn'tit?

10:00 pm

It really is!!!

10:00 pm

(planning to level bugs with a bottle of wine at the restaurant we're going to)

10:01 pm

Mail me the cork to sniff :D

10:01 pm

I can hardly wait. i wasn't sure if you could bring anything now that border wars are getting serious

10:01 pm

i'll email you the picture of her passed out from exhilaration

10:02 pm

just wipe off the drool first please

10:02 pm

Please do! I hope you guys have a great time :D

10:02 pm

no problem.. we'll have cloth napkins

10:02 pm

(note to self.. bring bib for Bugs and mr Bugs

10:04 pm

Yes, we backwoods Canadians don't get out much. Have to wax up our gumboots to be fit to be seen

10:04 pm

(and depends for Bugs for the chair)

10:05 pm

I think this had better be an impressive bottle since I have had to take all this abuse!

10:05 pm

<--almost ready to be a backwoods canadian

10:05 pm

LOL.. I promise IT WILL BE

10:05 pm

Wear you Sunday-go-to-meeting wellies Bugs

10:05 pm

*your

10:06 pm

haha, thought that said backwoods Canadian... more wine for me please ;)

10:06 pm

Floyd might even put some crime scene booties on over his caulk boots just in your honour!

10:07 pm

Wow, now you're getting fancied up

10:08 pm

we are going to a nice place to eat. Even Ruru liked it

10:08 pm

looking forward to giving you a big hug.. I'm a good hugger

10:08 pm

and he eats out a lot so he is picky

10:08 pm

I could use a good hug.

10:09 pm

I love that restaurant.. it is terrific

10:09 pm

I'm going to eat there a lot someday

10:09 pm

He is a fancy eater!

10:09 pm

not really

10:10 pm

I can swing both ways :D

10:10 pm

the chef and his wife are both so nice. It is the place we go to for important celebrations.

10:10 pm

When I come to stay with you for months on end, Ru, we'll have to go :D

10:10 pm

yeah.. absolutely Ori.. glad you had a laugh at that

10:10 pm

yes, origami. He wants to get a place not far down the road from here

10:11 pm

With a guest house :D

10:11 pm

is the place you liked still on the market, ru?

10:12 pm

naw.. it sold.. but there will be others like it

10:12 pm

I know they exist

10:12 pm

Well, there go my extended vacation plans

10:12 pm

i sure liked it though

10:12 pm

I was afraid of that but yes, they exist. Just have to have the right timing

10:13 pm

not really ori.. i will be buying up there for sure

10:14 pm

<--- wipes back of hand across brow. Phew.

10:14 pm

I'm meeting the realtor on that THursday bugs to look around if you want to join us

10:15 pm

I will do my best. One of my cousins has invited herself to come on Wed or Thurs. If I can suggest Wed you are on. It would be fun to see what is out there

10:17 pm

no problem either way.. but looking to spend as much time together as possible.. it will be great to see you.. Saanich is excited.. talked to her tonight

10:17 pm

will let you know

10:17 pm

okey dokey

10:26 pm

I really need to take the dogs out. But it is still 92 :-( Maybe this day we don't play.

10:28 pm

Firewords! :)

10:31 pm

may I have a clue for the li 5,14 please?

10:33 pm

A feudal lord bugs

10:34 pm

NOW I see it. thanks

10:34 pm

You're welcome.

10:35 pm

Well, off to read and listen to some David Bowie. Happy babbling.

10:35 pm

Congratulations Helen

10:35 pm

enjoy origami. hope to see you soonish

10:36 pm

:D

10:40 pm

tx orig - Diamond Dogs?

10:40 pm

heya Bugs

10:43 pm

niters all

10:52 pm

Hello? Looks like I may have missed the chatters

11:13 pm

Hi Nef. I'm here if you need clues.

11:15 pm

Hi Jacula. It seems I rarely finish grids anymore; but it doesn't bother me either anymore.

11:16 pm

(I just can't understand how there are so many words in such a strange grid!)

11:19 pm

(I'm currently working on that bottom row R)

11:19 pm

I like to finish them Nef, but sometimes don't achieve it.

11:20 pm

Let me know if/when you need a clue or the stats.

11:21 pm

Thank you. I will do that. How are you doing these days? Is your fellow still on the road so much? (I think I remember he drove trucks?)

11:23 pm

Yes, you remember rightly. He's still on the road all week. We're both fine, thanks. How about you? What's been going on in your life since we last spoke?

11:29 pm

My Dh went through numerous illnesses & hsopitalizations during 2016; so I asked my divorced son & his son to move in with us to help me (he works from home anyway) because when DH fell; I had to call 911 to help me get him up off the floor (he has MS, IDK if you remember that).

11:30 pm

Now I'm ready to have them move out; but I think we have to move to some sort of senior housing /assisted living place because I can't manage the house, yard, and shoveling snow all the time myself.

11:32 pm

That's the biggest thing. And my 9 year old (& only) grandson just got his Black Belt in TaeKwonDo last month! < busting my buttons with pride on that!>

11:35 pm

Yes, I do remember your O/H was ill. I do feel for you and understand why assisted living might be necessary. It's really hard to get someone up when they fall, especially if they can't really assist you in any way. I remember trying to get my father up the stairs after a late-night call from my Mum. He wasn't a tall or heavy man, but he was a dead weight when his dementia made him not want to help. :(

11:35 pm

Well done to your grandson!

11:37 pm

Also, Nef, we often take a property on either as a couple who will split the jobs or when we're younger and have the health and the energy to cope. Time can change all of these things. :(

11:38 pm

My hubby has always weighed around 240- 250 lbs (I think that's around 113 kg); he's always had very muscular legs and body. so when he's a "dead weight"; he's pretty difficult to move!

11:41 pm

Yeah, you're right. :-( I've had arthritis since I was a teenager & have had several joints fixed or replaced over the years; it's tougher to try to do everything at this point of my life.

11:42 pm

I, being old-fashioned, had to convert his weight to stones and pounds. (I don't 'do' kilograms.) 17 and a half stone, almost 18 stone would be impossible to lift. I think my Dad had gone down to about 9 and a half stone when I was trying to lug him up the stairs.

11:44 pm

Nef - both me and my other half lament the loss of bodily strength as we get older. We often wish we could go into a body shop and get new parts like cars do.

11:44 pm

I don't understand stones for weight! It's such a strange way to weigh things!

11:44 pm

Nef - 14lbs = 1 stone.

11:45 pm

I've lost 9lbs (that's over half a stone) during this hot weather in the UK.

11:46 pm

LOL, Jacula! You can get new parts for your body; you just can't have all new pieces for all of yuor parts! I have replacement parts for a foot, a knee, a hip, and both hands now! :-D

11:46 pm

Jacula and Nef!!!! Hello :)

11:48 pm

You guys are really suffering from the heat, aren't you? Here in the US,we have insulation in most of our houses (which helps in the winter *and* summer, then I was talking to a friend in London & she said that they don't have a/c nor do they have ceiling fans!

11:48 pm

We have your POTUS visiting on Friday 13th. Our Queen didn't attend her latest great-grandchild's Christening due to having a busy week, including having to greet him. If she had the choice, I bet I know where she'd rather have been.

11:48 pm

Hi Kate! How are you?

11:49 pm

Hi Kate.

11:49 pm

Jacula, I read about the Trump baby blimp ballon! I think that that is hilarious!

11:50 pm

Nef - no we don't have a/c or ceiling fans as standard here in UK. Don't usually need them! Re new body parts - yes, I have a bungee cord and a pin holding my right collar bone in place after I dislocated it falling backwards down the stairs 3 years ago.

11:51 pm

Ouch! That wasn't fun I bet!

11:52 pm

Doing well nef. I'll lurk and leave you to catch up with Jackers :)

11:53 pm

You don't have to lurk, Kate; join in!

11:54 pm

Trump blimp - to be honest I don't think flying that is a dignified way to go, though the idea made me laugh. I think it cost 18K, which could be better spent. The Government (what's left of it after yesterday) have demanded a huge police presence for his visit, knowing how many protests there will be. Thing is, they've cut police budgets so much, the police aren't keen to provide it because they feel they might be needed for more important emergencies elsewhere.

11:54 pm

(we can discuss any topic at all, not just our newer body parts!)

11:55 pm

Kate - please stay because I have to go soon.x

11:55 pm

Loz wasn't at Louis' christening? That's a shame :( Bet she's miffed about that. (I can hear her mumbling "that dreadful man...")

11:56 pm

Kate - I bet she's miffed. I would be if I was her.

11:56 pm

the blimp was crowd-funded (from what I read); And he travels with a huge contingent of Secret Service men too....

11:57 pm

Jacula, the blimp was privately paid for and there was crowd funding to pay for the helium to folat it for the big day. As protests go, i rather like the idea, can be seen by a lot more than little sign ever would. It may be undignified, but hey....look at intended target :)

11:58 pm

He is such a stupid man; I really think he pulled (& is still pulling!) to wool over so many people's eyes here.

11:58 pm

Well, I see she has managed to make sure htere is NO state dinner... that's her dig. She will give him the politest short shrift and "bum's rush he's ever seen. I do admire her so.

11:59 pm

Go Queen E! Good One for you!

11:59 pm

Why do youhave to go Jacula? After all, it's morning now ;)

12:00 am

Crowd-funded or privately funded, but it could have gone towards helping the homeless (of which there are too many) or towards a much better cause. Any cause other than trying to insult a brain-dead idiot who is so sure he's a hero that he's bombproof re insults of any kind.

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