Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, December 28, 2005

12:01 am

cybernan

.........and here we go

12:02 am

Yoeli

yo!@

12:02 am

Yoeli

f... to pass gas

12:02 am

Blaze

Yes, indeedy

12:03 am

tbear

I love it when that happens.......weeeeeeeeeeeee

12:03 am

tbear

New day new dollar....time for an icon change

12:04 am

Hugabugs

Hi All... hiya Blaze

12:04 am

Blaze

Hello hugs... how are you... hope all is Merry and well with you...

12:04 am

Yoink

Hi all

12:06 am

Hugabugs

Yes Blaze all is good here! How was your Christmas?

12:07 am

tbear

Hey Yoink.....like my snowflake? How was Xmas?

12:07 am

mab

Eeeek.

12:07 am

Blaze

excellent our 15month old grand daughter made the day of course....

12:07 am

Babs1

263 words...this one is for you real pros..not sure I'm up to it!

12:07 am

tbear

Mab,you should know by now not to actually look at the puzzle....Lol

12:08 am

jaydee

263 words.Oh dear!

12:09 am

mab

you're so right tbear; I should have averted my eyes.

12:09 am

Yoink

g7/36 my first ever long(ish) word post

Tbear, lovely! Had a good Christmas thanks, you?

12:12 am

tbear

Gr* thx Yoink...in Spain,got back last night/this morning. Mab think of it this way...if you did one word a day you'd finish on the 20th Sept and could have Oct,Nov and dec off......the BRIGHT side...always look on..

12:16 am

Babs1

g 7/40 here

12:17 am

IceBoySF

i10/91

12:17 am

tbear

Dash!! can't have rosa or rosas...after all the horticultural talk earlier...and why can't the ing be together...moan moan moan

12:19 am

mab

You have 263 other words to choose from, tbear. The bright side, you know?

12:20 am

mab

Iceboy swoops in with the 10 -- and there he goes, flying off to.... somewhere.

12:20 am

tbear

Touche Mabs.....darn bright side...turn the bl.....y lights off someone.....big lol

12:20 am

Blaze

i only have the i 8/55 and i7 no 10 yet thanks Iceboy

12:21 am

mab

So good to have you back and in form tbear, truly.

12:21 am

tbear

Mabs have u seen anything of Joelgee since forever?

12:22 am

tbear

U too Mabs...on tip top form,girlfriend

12:22 am

mab

No, I don't think anyone has seen him. One worries. Should we ask Jamie to email him?

12:23 am

IceBoySF

o8/55
o9/72

12:23 am

cybernan

tsk tsk -- words in the log?

12:24 am

Blaze

Ice boy you are cooking with gas tonight... thank you

12:25 am

Hugabugs

L7/40 (if it hasn't been said yet)

12:25 am

tbear

Yeah..that would be nice. He's so missed. think i scared him by threatening to keep him in my wardrobe with my bank manager......can spoil my single happy image with males in our female only (not gay) household

12:25 am

mab

Yes, Iceboy, it's so nice to have these incisive conversations. (ha ha) And thank you.

12:26 am

tbear

Mab, you gunna ask jamie then?

12:27 am

mab

Yes, I will.

12:28 am

cybernan

f 7/40, f 7/44

12:28 am

tbear

Gr8...send my seasonal good wishes too....Goodness it's hard to type with a cat on yr chest...

12:29 am

woceht

Woohoo i found the o9/72.

12:31 am

Babs1

you guys are amazing with the longies! *feels wind of rushing letters passing by*

12:42 am

cybernan

way to go ice boy and woceht -- longest o's for me so far are two sixes

12:42 am

mab

tbear, emailed Jamie and he pointed out that Joel's email address is in his profile. We must email him, all who miss him, I think.

12:45 am

Blaze

well 158 to go but my back is very sore tonight and will need to call it a night.... see you later

12:46 am

mab

Night Blaze.

12:48 am

cybernan

Bye blaze

12:48 am

tbear

Mab...just worked that out and have already e-mailed him....his icon indicates much (maybe!!) something I understand well unfortunately.....Hope he gets back to me...sweetheart

12:49 am

tbear

That sweetheart looked all wrong...meant hope i'm wrong bout the icon....

12:50 am

mab

I noticed the icon too, and I too am much too familiar with the feeling. Poor thing.

12:51 am

mab

That's what I understood.... Dear. (Ha ha)

12:51 am

nava

what was on the icon?

12:54 am

hackers0609

Anybody give me hints plz

12:55 am

tbear

Mab..tomoro I'm having a soiree (mustn't call it a party!!) with all spanish tapas and good red wine with my friends (includin Anj and Lola...yay) to celebrate my birthday eve. It would be so cool if you could hop in a cab and come. I'll have my laptop on and get Anj and lola and ME to chat a bit so you feel included....Lol

12:56 am

mab

Do you know Joel, nava? We are concerned because he's not been here since November. His icon seems to indicate sadness or misfortune -- it's a cartoon character. Email him if you like.

12:57 am

mab

Oh! How I would love to be there! Do, if it is convenient, pop in.

12:58 am

nava

yes, i know joel. hmm...it's a good idea to email him. thanks

12:58 am

tbear

I wonder if his ears are burning with us discussing him?? JOEL...are you out there Hun?

12:59 am

nava

i'm done for the night guys. good luck.

12:59 am

mab

Come home Joel....

12:59 am

mab

Night nava.

12:59 am

tbear

Why don't we make todays icon a Joel retrieval day?? I'm going to anyway!!

1:01 am

mab

Good idea. In the meantime, look for his picture on milk cartons: 'have you seen this man?' Something that's done here for missing children.

1:05 am

tbear

Right he should remember this crazy bird i stole from him,just incase it's amnesia.....(hopefully in that case he won't remember the wardrobe thing!!)

1:06 am

tbear

Mabs,what apair of motherly,cat crazy,caring sharing gals we are!!

1:09 am

mab

We are. We're the best! (ha ha) Lots of parenthetical ha ha's tonight.

1:12 am

tbear

Mabs (which is my spanish sister in laws name = Mabel but mabs to me!!) get a cab with retractable wheels and a couple of strong (hunky) rowers and get over here....then there will def be a lotta hahas 2moro nite!!

1:14 am

tbear

As it's nearly my birthday....can I put IGLOO....pls

1:15 am

mab

If the Concorde was still flying out of here, I simply pay the ungodly ticket price and show up with the hunky Captain and his co-pilot! But, alas...

1:15 am

cybernan

151 -- still no long o's, but it's bedtime for me! A demain.

1:15 am

mab

Bon nuit, cybernan.

1:16 am

tbear

Hasta manana cybernan que suenas con angelitos xx

1:17 am

tbear

Mab if I had left BA when I did..within 4/5 months I could have worked on concorde..... :( silly me....so strange to board an aircraft that smelt like an expensive lounge

1:18 am

tbear

had read hadn't...

1:18 am

cybernan

gracias, tbear

1:18 am

tbear

Pls can i put CLIMATE then....??

1:20 am

tbear

De nada Cybernan.....Mab I have a few stories re: British Airways Capts and Co-pilots.....HA HA HA HA HA HA

1:21 am

mab

Just as well, tbear, as one of them crashed. And, of course, more importantly one of them crashed filled with wealthy people.

1:23 am

mab

Pilots are probably not as sexy as one thinks, huh? Or are they philanderers with multiple wives in multiple nations?

1:24 am

tbear

One little flight would have been cool tho....Ladies and Gentlemen welcome aboard this British Airways Concorde flight to New York,my name is Tbear and you'll find me in the front galley drinking gin...pls feel free to join me at any time during the flight....only happy fun people allowed....like Babblers....lol

1:25 am

mab

It seems like a pilot would be an ideal mate. Steady, confident, intelligent, away enough of the time so they're not in one's hair constantly.

1:28 am

mab

And then there would be all those reunions.... Perfect mate.

1:29 am

tbear

Here here Mabs...Concorde flew low right over my head on it's maiden flight in the sixties (I was about 6 or 7) and when one returned to Filton on it's final run,again it flew right over me,very low...I am now slightly older,just 30 odd yrs. So emotional to see her flying for the last time...what idiots not to spend the money and keep her going

1:33 am

Dianne

I flew on the Concorde once - many years ago - Eddie Murphy and Keith Richards were on the flight. It was
very exciting to me.

1:35 am

tbear

OOooohh Dianne,you lucky lucky thing.... only been on on the ground....Everybody don't speak to Dianne...lol :)

1:36 am

tbear

Dianne I know i should know yr flag but I've not slept much for about 3 days...what is it?

1:36 am

mab

That is something, Dianne. I've never even come close to the craft, although my former sister-in-law flew often between NY and London.

1:37 am

Dianne

I know I was lucky - we had an around the world ticket and were offered either 1st class to NY or the Concorde - a no-brainer - we went on the Concorde.
It is/was a very small plane inside.

1:37 am

Dianne

tbear - I live in Hong Kong.

1:38 am

tbear

Dianne the girls used to tell me it was HELL to do a first class food and beverage service on board and looking at their galley space I can believe it....I would have managed tho!!

1:39 am

tbear

Hong Kong of course

1:39 am

tbear

Just gunna get some toast and tea...back in 5

1:40 am

Dianne

tbear - surprised you din't know it - you guys use to own it :)

1:40 am

mab

I seem to recall that Fabienne didn't care much for the experience, but loved that it saved so much time. She worked then for the British-American Chamber of Commerce, which made it effortless to hop aboard the concorde.

1:42 am

tbear

Apparentely from the cockpit you could see the curvature of the earth...how cool...ah yes tea and toast....5

1:42 am

Dianne

Well I figured it was as close as I would ever come to being an astronaut so why not. If the captain hadn't told us what to expect when we broke the sound barrier I don't think I would have noticed.

1:49 am

mab

I think I would be quite scared, not knowing what it was like -- the sounds, sensations. I would definitely do it however.

1:52 am

tbear

well u have no chance now mabellina...another of my s-i-ls nicknames....one handed typing cos tea in other hand...mmmm

1:55 am

mab

Well, no, and besides, I am poor now. I do believe, however, there is some plan to tinker with it and eventually fly it again some day, isn't that so?

1:56 am

mab

I have zero words above six letters. This puzzle needs at least one more e. I shouldn't have started.

1:58 am

tbear

I hadn't heard that.....but wow if it happens.I'd get my old uniform out and go back as a wrinkly...ooo no,I'd be a crinkly by then...and i'd have to wear flat shoes,after babies I'm allergic to heels and not too happy bout a face full of make-up either....infact forget it my daughters can try it for a laugh

1:59 am

tbear

Move over mother (darling) let the young 'uns in

1:59 am

sprite

Sizable one! Morning all :)

2:01 am

mab

You are still young. Anyone younger than I is young. This will probably remain true in the unlikely circumstance that I live to be 90. This is why you should always have at least one friend older than you are.

2:02 am

mab

It's big. Hi Sprite! I've only just now found a seven letter word, although I've not been too focussed.

2:03 am

sprite

The site is giving me problems. Takes about 10 secs for every new word to be processed :(

2:05 am

tbear

Sprite and a happy dutch xmas to you... Mab you're as young as you feel..my grandmother died last year at a permenant 16 (read 89) and mostly I am still a teenager (read 44 and 363 days) :)

2:05 am

sprite

Oh my... people who manage to get wild beasts behave again... and they don't take?? Don't think I am gonna like this grid.

2:06 am

sprite

Thanx tbear. Xmas is over here, we had a good time with the family. Very cozy :)
How was yours?

2:06 am

mab

Babble is entirely too fickle with its re's.

2:07 am

sprite

It would have been a Re8, so that hurts ;)

2:08 am

tbear

Sprite in Spain,with family and 9 pm on xmas eve got a 24 hr stomach bug after ONE glass of wine....much time spent in the smallest room of the house,but apart from that excellent....

2:10 am

sprite

Ah tbear, I am so sorry! That's a bad way to spend any day, and especially one you want to celebrate with your family. ((((tbear))))

2:11 am

tbear

Xmas may be technically over but I'm putting my tree up today I always have had a tree on my birthday and this year will be no exception.....big bl....y kid that i am.

2:12 am

sprite

It is your birthday?
Congratulations! Enjoy your day and make up for Xmas past ;)

2:13 am

tbear

Ta for hug...will accept it now I'm not infectious... Wasn't too bad,I'm a trooper...even managed one very weak g&t at 6 on xmas day...kill or cure...it was fine,but with no food inside it went straight to my head...yay

2:14 am

tbear

Sprite,thx birthday on Frid,celebrating with soiree 2moro nite(Anj and lola coming too) but tree up today!!

2:14 am

sprite

No babbler is a quitter ;)
That's the spirit. Hope you feel well again now?

2:16 am

tbear

OOoo has everyone got the to6...love apple one?

2:16 am

mab

One of your special candlelit dinners, Hyacinth?

2:17 am

sprite

You say To6, I say To6.

2:19 am

sprite

This is ugly. 65 words and only 2 7s. None of the bigger ones. I am having a particularly blonde day or this is a nasty grid. Or both.

2:21 am

tbear

Candlelit Tapas,spanish omelette,olives,salted almonds,white anchovies,serrano ham,manchego cheese,chorizo,russian potato salad (spanish name for it??) and gorgeous bread of course and washed down with gallons of great Rioja and Torres red,secret bottle of ChatneufduPape for me in the kitchen...surrupticious top-ups..(how mean) ooo and Bouquets (as in Hyacinth) Mab

2:22 am

mab

Iceboy zipped through here with an I 10. I see an I 6.

2:22 am

tbear

Pls don't tell Anj and Lola bout the stashed Chateauneuf du Pape.......pls pls

2:23 am

sprite

Thank you! That gave me the i10 right away :)

2:24 am

mab

It isn't based on the in6, is it, Sprite?

Ooo, sounds lovely!

2:26 am

sprite

Yes, it is, actually. Want a def? Or something?

2:26 am

mab

I'd love it!

2:27 am

sprite

i10/91: Any of a group of glycoproteins that are produced by different cell types in response to various stimuli, such as exposure to a virus, bacterium, parasite, or other antigen, and that prevent viral replication in newly infected cells and, in some cases, modulate specific cellular functions.

2:28 am

sprite

It sounds like a hormone to me :)

2:28 am

tbear

sprite don't do defs....give clue to last 4 letters pls

2:29 am

mab

Oh for heaven's sake; one would have to be either a pathologist or you, Sprite, to make that out! Thank you very kindly.

2:29 am

sprite

Ends like the love god, only change last letter.

2:31 am

mab

Don't hate me because I googled. That's a wholly recognizable word, actually.

2:32 am

tbear

Thx sprite...gotta go now..lack of sleep over 3 days finally caught up with me..eyes swimming..brain fudgy..love and hugs speak later or 2moro..xxxxx

2:33 am

sprite

Sorry I gave the def before you posted you wouldn't want one, tbear... and why on earth would I hate you, mab? If I hit a wall, I google. I even use A2Z if all else fails. When I started here, I was told looking op the actual words was considered cheating, all the rest was research ;)

2:33 am

mab

Good night dear tbear....

2:33 am

tbear

Mabs....great chat..speak later xx

2:33 am

sprite

Sweet dreams, tbear.

2:33 am

mab

Absolutely.

2:34 am

tbear

Thanks guys...not against defs etc,just too lazy to look up...lol...hugs all round

2:35 am

sprite

*hug for tbear*

2:35 am

mab

It is a bit cheap, but if the word is obscure, as I thought this one was going to be, I have no qualms really about googling. a2z I use extremely rarely, simply because I hate the process of using it.

2:36 am

speedfreak sam

HI EVERYONE!

2:36 am

ktf

Hullo *grin*

2:37 am

mab

Well, good morning Sam!

2:37 am

sprite

A2Z is nice for those last nasty words, when your brain feels like it will never come up with another possibility ever. Usually the clues and hints in the chatlog suffice, and of course the stats panel helps.

2:37 am

sprite

Hi Sam! And tdf!

2:38 am

sprite

Make that ktf.

2:38 am

speedfreak sam

hi mab!
does anyone have a clue for the ten (It's always nice to get the biggies first.)

2:38 am

speedfreak sam

hi sprite!

2:39 am

sprite

Scroll down a little, sam, one has been giving a few minutes ago.

2:39 am

ktf

No worries, Sprite. *grin*

2:39 am

mab

If you scroll down a bit, Sam, Sprite gave us the definition.

2:40 am

sprite

No wonder I get so many oopses - if I type that badly ;)

2:40 am

mab

I'm sorry, hello ktf!

2:41 am

ktf

Hello, Mab. How's tricks?

2:42 am

mab

Tricks are fine, thank you, ktf. And for you?

2:43 am

ktf

Oh yeah, not bad. I, erm, googled the 10. I'm too lazy for this game. Also, crap at it. Forgive me?

2:43 am

sprite

Note to self: 'remote' is NOT in this grid. Not if you try it once and not if you try it one billion times. So quit!

2:44 am

mab

Now, just 20 more 'long' words to go. Yoink found a G7, and I believe there were some long O's.

2:45 am

sprite

You play, you have fun, then you are great at this game, ktf.

2:46 am

ktf

Thanks Sprite. *grin* I try...

2:46 am

speedfreak sam

thanks sprite I got the ten without help from my dad!

2:47 am

sprite

I have F7x2, G7, i7, L7. I'll see what I can dig up in the O-area, thanks.

2:47 am

mab

Fabulous Sam! And ktf!

2:47 am

sprite

Wow Sam, great going! Say hi to your dad from me too ;)

2:49 am

speedfreak sam

thanks everyone can I have a clue for the F7s please.

2:49 am

ktf

Erm... Lots of trees.

2:50 am

sprite

F7/40 woods
F7/44 compound, such as a salt or an ester of formic acid, that contains the HCOO- radical

2:52 am

mab

There is also F7: one who makes one kind of decorative item used with pictures.

G7: people who put on airs when they do something they think is wonderful.

2:53 am

sprite

Nice, mab! Thanks for the 3rd F7.

2:54 am

ktf

Got the G7. Thanks, Mab!

2:55 am

sprite

LOL! 'You have 150 words left to find'
Does that mean I'd better have some breakfast before I continue the hunt?

2:56 am

mab

sounds sensible.

2:57 am

speedfreak sam

thanks everyone! the only one I can't get is the G7.

2:57 am

ktf

Delighting over other's misfortune, Sam

2:58 am

mab

It's a GL, Sam. The root word rhymes with what one might do in a pool; not swim, but *****

2:58 am

mtnjock

hey sam, if I lord something over you, I am g5 ing, this is the who I am (the one doing it).

2:58 am

sprite

*armed with breakfast going back to hunt*
No, I am not addicted. What gave you that impression?

2:59 am

ktf

*straight face* Oh, nothing

2:59 am

mab

And it's not schadenfreude.

3:00 am

ktf

*peers* Are you sure?

3:00 am

mari

Morning all - how many words today please

3:00 am

speedfreak sam

236 words today

3:01 am

mab

263, mari.

3:01 am

mtnjock

yes it is MAB... LOL

3:01 am

sprite

LOL
Perfectly sure.
mab, in Dutch it is 'leedvermaak'. :)
Hi mtn!

3:01 am

Frances

'morning Steve

3:01 am

mtnjock

morning sprite, mab, sam... everyone

3:01 am

mtnjock

morning Frances

3:02 am

mari

Thanks

3:02 am

ktf

Morning! *passes around steaming cups of tea*

3:03 am

speedfreak sam

thankyou everyone!

3:03 am

Frances

*tea gratefully received* slurp slurp

3:05 am

Frances

do we have dislexics on? Is it 236 or 263??????

3:05 am

sprite

Mab, found the big Os. Singl. and plural, O8/55 - 9/72. Chemical words.

3:05 am

sprite

263

3:05 am

ktf

Damned science. I be an Arts student, cannae you tell?

3:05 am

Frances

Thanks sprite

3:06 am

mab

Thanks Sprite. Oh boy, chemical words.

3:06 am

sprite

I'd love to give the def, but the ending of the word is in the def. I'll think of a hint.

3:08 am

mab

No worries, I'll ferret them out. It's very helpful knowing if one is looking for normal or technical. That's how I divide up the world!

3:08 am

sprite

Okay, here we go.
First part: slippery, combustible, viscous, liquid or liquefiable substance. Nice to rub your loved one with. Then switch last two letters.
Second part: order to leave.
Last part: french for sea.

3:09 am

Frances

Nice one sprite ....got it straight away from that

3:10 am

dalmatian5

Sprite - you give the best clues! Thanks!

3:10 am

sprite

Don't forget the plural ;)
(I often do)

3:10 am

ktf

I'm stuck, argh. Never mind.

3:12 am

mtnjock

stats not posted yet by brandy?

3:12 am

sprite

Just keep faith, ktf :)
Go get yourself a nice cup of tea, come back and before you know it, you'll find a word that will lead you to a number of others.

3:12 am

mab

Haven't looked, mtn.

3:13 am

sprite

Don't know, mtn.

3:14 am

speedfreak sam

thanks sprite!
off to have breakfast.

3:15 am

sprite

Enjoy, Sam :)

3:18 am

sprite

mab, there are even more F7s.
Also found F44: prolongated item in music; F44: leader or work crew; F44: sounds like someone who puts things together, but the def is: Any of several frequency regions of relatively great intensity in a sound spectrum, which together determine the characteristic quality of a vowel sound

3:20 am

mab

These are great, Sprite. Such a relief to get them out of the way.

3:20 am

speedfreak sam

back!

3:20 am

sprite

And another GL7, plural to small body surrounded by many nerve fibers, consisting of an anastomosis between fine arterioles and veins. I think we have seen it before in a grid, cause I knew the word, but had to look op its def.

3:21 am

sprite

I agree, mab! 3 more 7s and 5 (!) more 8s, and then I'll know I just have to look for manageable words.

3:23 am

broll

s8/50

3:23 am

sprite

Owwww, that is almost magic! Just found 2 when I posted last one. i7/40 - 8/55 hell(s)

3:23 am

mrpresident

ah, another grid... looks... challenging!

3:24 am

sprite

Ha mrP! It is, at least I think so. Not an easy one, although big.

3:25 am

mrpresident

fell asleep for the last grid and missed out on finishing by 22 words! Not Happy!!

3:25 am

sprite

:(
Did you dream up some of the missing words?

3:28 am

mrpresident

it was one of those really weirdo dreams... everything seemed real....!! I was married to Harrison Ford, living on a goat farm, and babble was on my fridge monitor... I was trying to download my shopping list but all I was getting was "ma5/12... oops that wasn't a valid word!"

Go figure!

3:29 am

sprite

S8/45: The gritty coarse particles of wheat left after the finer flour has passed through a bolting machine, used for pasta. (My new word for today, found when looking for broll's 8/50. Didn't find that one yet.)

3:29 am

sprite

LMAO! What a wonderful dream.

3:31 am

mrpresident

mab, speed, sprite, et al... how is your day/night going?

3:32 am

sprite

Now that I am down to 32, the day is starting to look better ;)
This afternoon we will take the kids to a workshop where they can make their own mosaik-animal. Looks like fun too!

3:33 am

mab

Good morning mrpres. My morning is a continuation of last night, so, great, I think.

3:33 am

Haz1558

sprite - the se 8 word was the first one to leap out at me from the grid. It brought back unhappy memories of school dinners!

3:33 am

mtnjock

I got the sa7 from your clue, I think thats what you were hinting at...

3:34 am

mab

Oh that sounds fun! Mosaic is fun.
I don't know how you got down to so few words so quickly.

3:34 am

sprite

mtn: no, I don't have an Sa8. Thanks for the hint :)

3:35 am

sprite

Er, Sa7.

3:35 am

mrpresident

sprite... you are freaky fast!

3:36 am

sprite

It was tough going at the beginning, mrP, I am glad I am on a roll now. It's a funny grid. Not easy.

3:39 am

sprite

Another couple of biggies: i7/32 - 8/45: any of a class of plastics that because of its *beep* bonding action is capable of conducting electric current. Plus plural.
Beeped away the word that is giving away too much.

3:39 am

mtnjock

sa7 - no definition on record, 2 part clue, first part 4 letters, type of hindu clothing, change the last vowel, the other is a type of cooling device that is hand held.

3:44 am

sprite

Can't find it yet. Do you have the points count, please? That would help :)

3:44 am

Haz1558

mtnjock - I can't get your clue to work for the sa7. When you say change the last vowel in the hindu clothing, is it to another vowel?

3:45 am

sprite

Haz, I only just saw your earlier post. Isn't it great you finally managed to get something good out of that horrible memory? ;)

3:46 am

Haz1558

Yes, Sprite, I appreciated the points more than the pudding!

3:48 am

mtnjock

yes, not an i, but another vowel. rhymes with the pa7 thats a wax.

3:48 am

sprite

mtn, I am at a loss. I just looked up my stats panel and I see I have all the biggies now... but no Sa7. Does your Sa7 have a points count? If not, try refresh. It might disappear :(

3:50 am

speedfreak sam

I cant get the S7!

3:50 am

Frances

totally stuck on this one. I don't show a p!!! pa7??

3:50 am

sprite

mtn is pulling our leg! LOL - baaaaaad boy!

3:54 am

sprite

I have: Se7 : 1. membranes, especially those that line the pericardial, pleural, and peritoneal cavities, enclosing their contents.
2. The chorion of a bird or reptile embryo. (pl)

Also St7: minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass

3:59 am

mab

Thank you Sprite! This has been quite a clue fest; some of these I would not have found. Most.

4:00 am

speedfreak sam

thanks sprite I hyave written them on paper so my dad can help with them (I can't get them)

4:01 am

speedfreak sam

sorry have.

4:01 am

sprite

I think a lot of them have come up in grids before. Either that or I came across them in another kind of puzzle. You know, some vague feeling that there is a word with that letters... and no clue of the meaning! ;)

4:02 am

Haz1558

Well, It's reassuring to know that you're not carrying ALL that knowledge round in your head.

4:02 am

sprite

Sam: for that St7, think the special word for wounds that assemble the wounds of Christ. Some people who believe very strongly get them too, it seems. Then change the last letter.

4:02 am

rosalind230

morning all how many words today please

4:03 am

mab

I just heard on the radio that I am the same age as actor Denzel Washington. Somehow that makes me smile. I have no idea. Happy Birthday Denzel Day!

4:03 am

Dianne

Haz - can you give us a clue for the Se7. I've been searching and searching but not luck.

4:03 am

speedfreak sam

can I have some help with the 8s thye only one I have is the Ol/72

4:03 am

Haz1558

263 words today

4:03 am

Dianne

Just found one Se7 - is there another?

4:03 am

mrpresident

way too many!!! 263

4:03 am

speedfreak sam

263 words

4:04 am

sprite

Not by far, Haz. I have that associative kind of mind. If something rings a bell, I go try and see what might be there in the clutter in my brain. :) I usually look up the defs, so I might learn something in the process.

4:04 am

mab

Sprite, Sam is Jewish. His dad will know what you mean, but this isn't something Jewish kids would likely know.

4:04 am

mtnjock

there is an se 6 and se 8 and sa7

4:04 am

sprite

Dianne: no, one Se7. I have 2 Se8's though. Not related.

4:05 am

speedfreak sam

I don't get it.

4:05 am

Haz1558

se 8/45 - a type of milk pudding. First part of the word is a bit like 'half' but with another vowel, the second part of the word is like a woman's name.

4:06 am

sprite

Ah, I am sorry, Sam. And I am wrong too, I realise now. That word is different. Sooooooo sorry! The one I mean is what you get when you have problems with certain bodily functions and they put a hole in you to facilitate things. Sorry again. Painful confusion :)

4:07 am

speedfreak sam

thanks sprite!

4:07 am

sprite

mtnjock, could you please give the points total of that Sa7? I really cannot find it.

4:08 am

mab

They are similar Sprite. Your clue made me smile.

4:08 am

sprite

Goes to proof how that mind of mine works, right? LOL
Very much working on association. Too much.

4:09 am

mab

Well that is the way our minds work -- I love that. This puzzle is simply amazing for its number of difficult words.

4:10 am

Haz1558

Sam, have you got the st7? It works off st 5/12 which forms the first letters of part of the body that food goes into first.

4:11 am

speedfreak sam

yep!
thanks to sprite (and google)

4:12 am

Haz1558

That's good!

4:16 am

Dianne

Haz - just got that Se8 - thanks for the help.
Did they serve that at your school dinners.

Sprite - any clue on the 2nd Se8?

4:18 am

sprite

Se6/21: lecture.
Se8/50: having that lecturelike quality

4:20 am

Haz1558

It's most often associated with church (se6)

4:22 am

Dianne

Sprite and Haz - I had the Se6 but now (thanks to you both) I have the Se8. I had no idea that was a word.

4:22 am

Haz1558

No, Dianne, neither had I!

4:23 am

speedfreak sam

with 40 words 5.33 and 772 points I'm leaving.
bye everyone!

4:23 am

Haz1558

At least there's some hope of using it in conversation.

4:24 am

mrpresident

bye speed.... have a good one!

4:24 am

Haz1558

Bye, Sam- have a good day!

4:24 am

mab

Bye Sam!

4:24 am

sprite

Once I see an ending like that, I just try it after any word I find in that area, lol. Between my own limited knowledge of english and the peculiarities of the enable dictionary, that seems the best way to go about it.

4:24 am

Dianne

Sprite - would a person be described as being Se8 or
would it describe a setting/situation?

4:24 am

sprite

Bye Sam!

4:26 am

mab

That ol word is completely foreign to me -- NEVER would have guessed it.

4:27 am

sprite

Dianne: I don't think one would use it for a person. Rather for describing a speech or something like that. But that's just on feel.

4:28 am

Haz1558

Dianne, I think you would apply se8 to a person's way of speaking rather than to them personally.

4:28 am

Dianne

mab - how could anyone guess a word like that. It's even hard to give a clue for - Unless you think of Fran and Ol***

4:29 am

Dianne

So you mean that when someone is a bit preachy in the logs then they are being S38 - right?

4:31 am

Haz1558

Yes, - you could say that someone's conversation was se8 in tone.

4:31 am

sprite

Right, I think. :)
The Ol-word isn't too uncommon in science related lit. The Poly- variant sounds familiar, I think. And I somehow have this association with the latin or greek word for 'little of something' or 'less of something'. Could be completely off target, though.

4:32 am

Haz1558

You haven't anyone in mind, DIanne, have you?

4:32 am

sprite

Should I go and hide?

4:33 am

Dianne

No one in mind - just storing away for an opportunity to let someone know that sound Se8 (I wouldn't even use the word - just the Se8 for it) :)

4:33 am

Haz1558

NO! Sprite, you're a real as5/10 to us all!!!

4:34 am

sprite

I am one of a family of teachers, so I am told sometimes my tone tends to be Se8 ;)

4:35 am

Haz1558

No, I think you're just a mine of information and it's great that you're willing to share it with the rest of us.

4:37 am

sprite

The sharing is what makes this game so wonderful. And it goes both ways :)
Just tell me if I sound too much missknowitall-ic - never mean to sound like that!

4:37 am

mab

Never.

the first four letters of the ol word are certainly recognizable, and the second part of the word somewhat less for me. Putting the two together probably wouldn't occur to me.

4:38 am

Dianne

Sprite - I think that you help us to learn while we are finding the words (which you also help us do).

4:39 am

sprite

I really enjoy that aspect of it. First I get to be a real kid, just playing around with letters until some combination all of a sudden becomes a word - and then I grow up a little and find out what it means. Makes every grid a new adventure :D

4:39 am

Haz1558

I think everyone has different ways of sharing information. You tend to go for hard information regarding definitions of words, whereas I would tend to split up the word and walk people through each bit. I think we all need the different elements. So, keep giving out those definitions!

4:40 am

sprite

I like your walk-through clues, Haz! They really help.

4:40 am

mab

I frequently learn something new about playing this game when you are here, Sprite. New was of looking, insight into your process; very helpful. And then that crosses over into other thought processes somehow.

4:42 am

Dianne

mab - the second part of that word should be familiar -
Private Pile?

4:42 am

sprite

That's so wonderfully put, mab. That is exactly why I find this game so truly worthwile. It isn't just the playing itself, though that is fun. But what you said. I usually carry something with me from the game that enriches other areas of my life :) I learn from you all.

4:43 am

mab

Interesting Haz, Sprite. I think the way that this game helps me to grow is in the various ways of thinking... I don't know quite how to put it into words, but I love this somewhat indefinable aspect.

4:44 am

sprite

Okay, mtnjock, come over here and tell us you're sorry!
I covered all the S's now and the only SA's are a 5 and a 4. Admit you have been pulling our leg, with that Sa7 and that P7!

4:45 am

Haz1558

Well, I started this session with se8/45 and I've finished with to6/21. I'll be back later to see what other food is lurking! Good to chat and see you later. Mtnjock's word isn't sausage, anyway.....

4:46 am

mab

Yes. The second half of the word if you start with the seventh letter of the alphabet is the name of a rural character in an old sitcom here.

4:47 am

mab

the ol word.

Later Haz.

4:47 am

sprite

Bye Haz, it was nice playing and chatting with you, as ever :)
I need to finish soon, will leave in about 20 minutes for that workshop. Will go hunt for those last elusive ones.

4:48 am

mab

Maybe it is a word that mtn knows well, but isn't accepted by Babble.

4:49 am

mab

Thanks so much Sprite. Must sleep now or I will do what mrpresident did and sleep too late to finish.

Have fun with your mosaics.

4:49 am

sprite

Could be. Or he might have entered it while there was some refresh problem, and the word might have found its way into the list. Without points, then. Well, if it was a joke, it was a good one. I really looked and looked. And I checked the grid carefully before coming to the conclusion there really wasn't a P. :)

4:50 am

sprite

Sleep well, mab, and thanks for your great company :)

5:11 am

Dianne

Is there really an Er7?

5:13 am

roncook

hi all no stats today any idea what the 8/9/&10 words start as.

5:16 am

miametro

263 words? oh my. you have to be joking.

5:16 am

mikenz

this is no joke it is serious wordhunting

5:20 am

Dianne

This thing is like pulling teeth.

5:21 am

trishtrash

Dianne, lol, I was just thinking 'blood from a stone would be eas... hey, stone! drat, not in there'

5:23 am

Dianne

I just don't see al those A words. I must be dense.

5:24 am

trishtrash

you and me both, then... I don't have any from the second row A yet... *goes looking*

5:26 am

Haz1558

at6/21 - sounds like something you would take if you need a pick-me-up

5:28 am

Dianne

Haz for this game I need ath At6 - and a big dose of it:)

5:28 am

trishtrash

Thanks Haz... I have an am 5/14 relating to the membrane we've been seeing a lot in the grid lately.

5:30 am

Haz1558

an4/4 - indigo blue dye
an4/4 - Latin 'before'
am7/32 - relating to membrane

5:33 am

spellit

Thanks Haz too

5:33 am

trishtrash

tyvm Haz.... I should've made my am5 work harder ;)

5:34 am

Haz1558

So, we're on a roll with the a's?!

5:35 am

Haz1558

We're running am4/9.

5:36 am

Haz1558

And even am5/20

5:36 am

Dianne

I'm alway running am4/9 - but more so today.

5:38 am

trishtrash

The am4/9 is a plural? *is bemused*

5:39 am

Haz1558

I know - have never heard it pluralised, but the grid accepts it!
an4/4 - water buffalo
an5/10 - more of above

5:43 am

trishtrash

thanks Haz, got them, awful sneaky for such big animals....

5:46 am

Haz1558

It's one of those words where I remember the letters but never the definition!

5:48 am

trishtrash

lol, I will have forgotten the vowel progression by the time we see them again.

6:08 am

Haz1558

Just discovered in7/40 and in8/55. Who'll call the fire brigade?

6:11 am

miametro

brilliant clues haz :)

6:12 am

Haz1558

Good - just heading out for a walk with the dog. Keep babbling. The words are there - we just have to find them!

6:14 am

Alien

good morning all.

6:14 am

miametro

only 199 words to find. !! how is everyone today?

6:27 am

trishtrash

mia... 101 words left & fine, here :) just babbling between chores and entertaining hubby.

6:34 am

davetins

If there are no stats today? Has anyone got a list of first letters please. 206 and at a dead halt

6:37 am

Frances

Babbling and watching South Pacific (Glenn Close version) on TV

6:40 am

trishtrash

Davetins..... Total: 263
4 letter: 117
5 letter: 76
6 letter: 45
7 letter: 17
8 letter: 6
9 letter: 1
10 letter: 1

D0, S22, S1, A13, S13, K1, T15, E7, R10, O7, T6, O6, M22, F37, N6, G10, L17, N11, A11, R9, C5, I19, O4, T10, E1 (that's a total for each cube, not just each letter, hope that's okay)

6:42 am

speedfreak sam

Hi everyone!

6:44 am

speedfreak sam

hi Sam ... you may be surprised to get a message from yourself, and you may also be surprised to have more words on your list. I wonder how???

6:45 am

speedfreak sam

what???

6:45 am

speedfreak sam

guess what dad's been doing when he should have been hard at work!!!

6:46 am

speedfreak sam

Hi dad!
I got the 10!

6:47 am

speedfreak sam

... and the 9 ... I don't think you need me to help any more ... c u later at home. LOL. Dad

6:48 am

speedfreak sam

bye dad!

6:49 am

periwinkle

What do the 9 and 10 start with?

6:50 am

Frances

in10 and ol9

6:50 am

trishtrash

peri ... in10/91 & ol 9/72

6:50 am

periwinkle

thanks Frances, will start looking

6:50 am

periwinkle

thanks trishtrash

6:51 am

Frances

periwinkle
good luck

6:53 am

trishtrash

98 left, time for lunch ... later & good luck everyone :)

7:00 am

speedfreak sam

I the def is any group of glycoproteins that are produced by cell types in responce to various stimuli, such as exposure to a virus bacterium, parasite or antigen and that prevent viral replication in newly infected cells and in some cases modulate specific cellular functions.
phwee done! well there's the I10/91!

7:02 am

davetins

Ty Trishtrash, never seen them like that before. If you need anything??

7:08 am

speedfreak sam

BYE ALL!

7:38 am

lalobstah

does anyone have a first letter count list? i'm paralyzed without one.

7:55 am

davetins

a-24
c-5
e-8
f-37
g10
i19
k-1
l-17
m-22
n-17
0-17
r-19
s-36
t-31
Hope that helps

7:56 am

lalobstah

thank you!

7:57 am

fit1

Oh man, I miss Brandyjack's second letter count. That was a Godsend. Does anyone have one?

8:06 am

granadan

click on http://p105.ezboard.com/bbabbl ersanonymous

8:06 am

granadan

copy and paste then :-)

8:08 am

fit1

granadan, there is an easier way to get to that site. Look at the right hand of your game, a column of links. Babblers anonymous is the last one. Just click and you are there. Thing is, it is YESTERDAY's puzzle still on the site, not today's :(

8:31 am

speedfreak sam

HI EVERYONE!

8:33 am

fit1

hey hi Speed

8:33 am

misstearweus

hi there sam

8:33 am

efor1124

morning everyone!

8:34 am

misstearweus

Hi efor!

8:34 am

speedfreak sam

Hi fit1!
Hi missteawears!
Hi efor1124!

8:35 am

speedfreak sam

Fit1 are you jewish???

8:38 am

jaydee

Hi Sam, how are you today??

8:40 am

speedfreak sam

Hi jaydee aka antie joice doing well!

8:42 am

jaydee

Good, im actually not Babbling today, no time, just logged in to say Hello to you.Love to A and J , and Mum and Dad too!areyou Babbling by yourself?

8:42 am

speedfreak sam

yes I am!

8:43 am

speedfreak sam

but dad instead of working hard at work did about 80 words!

8:43 am

jaydee

OK , enjoy, talk to you tomorrow, xxxxxxj.

8:44 am

speedfreak sam

bye!

8:52 am

fit1

speedfreak, yes I am Jewish

8:52 am

speedfreak sam

same here!

8:54 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, when does the 2nd letter chart go up? Is this done by Dr. God or one of us?

8:55 am

speedfreak sam

that logo is horrible must change.

8:56 am

speedfreak sam

talking to self

8:56 am

Marc Freeman

Who's logo, mine?

8:56 am

DarleenMB

marc, brandyjack does it and he's no where to be seen.

8:59 am

speedfreak sam

no my logo.

9:00 am

Marc Freeman

Speedfreak, are you really 9 years old?

9:00 am

speedfreak sam

yes

9:02 am

speedfreak sam

by everyone!

9:13 am

Marc Freeman

Maybe we should ask Brandyjack for the program so the first one in puts it up.

9:15 am

cybernan

Good Morning, everyone ... back to see if I'm any smarter now than I was last night. This is going to be tough without Brandyjack's crutch!

9:21 am

Marc Freeman

Bye Sam if you are still here. What a cool kid for 9 years old. They seem to be groing up faster and faster.

9:24 am

lianakate

I thought sterno would be a word for sure~ ACK

9:25 am

fit1

lian. I did too, but I think Sterno is a brand name

9:25 am

Chris P

try a different vowel on the end lianakate.

9:26 am

fit1

I wonder if Brandyjack is OK. He usually posts the 2nd letter count

9:30 am

mari

Thanks Chris P

9:30 am

lianakate

thanks , Chris. Much appreciated. I dont use the lists for second letters etc. I just get on and type all i see that I know, monkey a few..and use a few clues I see in the chat. This is why Inever finish..am too impatient..LOL..

9:31 am

brandyjack

Coming right up....

9:31 am

Chris P

Have 74 to go & completely run out of steam. Need more chocolate!!

9:32 am

lianakate

shoot, fit. Twould seem that after in use for years and years..they would make it generic..Like, drugs..heh

9:32 am

Chris P

And of course Brandyjack's stats!!!

9:33 am

brandyjack

And posted......

9:33 am

lianakate

I am going back home to Mich..on Fri. See my two children, 7 grand children..and 2 great grands..I dont know what I will do for a week in the north..after all the visiting is done..they all WORK..ack. 4 days is plenty.

9:34 am

DarleenMB

thanks brandyjack!

9:35 am

Frances

brandyjack
I think you just made a lot of babblers very happy

9:35 am

doxy1lover

thank you brandyjack, I can't finish without you and your list

9:36 am

joey

yeaaaaa, BrandyJack. tyvm

9:37 am

mari

BrandyJack - would you consider marrying me? - you would need to appreciate the more mature woman

9:38 am

brandyjack

My wife might have an opinion of her own. But I'm no spring chicken either....

9:40 am

mari

Aw Shucks worth a try !

9:42 am

Munner

Just got back from early morning walk--got caught in the rain, but somehow that's exhilarating! Yeah, kind of crazy in my old age. Now to more fun. How many words today?

9:43 am

tiger

Just 263 today munner

9:43 am

brandyjack

Well, there's 17 seven letter words....

9:44 am

cybernan

Brandyjack -- have you any idea how pleased we are to see you?! Did you have a good holiday season?

9:44 am

Munner

So this is a great day with a bigger puzzle even with the 7 letter words :)

9:46 am

brandyjack

Yesterday's was way too small. I got bored and fell asleep before the puzzle reset. 400 channels of tv and nothing to watch. And I read about 350 pages of my books....

9:47 am

brandyjack

All the huzzah's in the last few minutes since the posting have indeed apprised me of everyone's appreciation. And I know how I get without the 2nd letter list......

9:51 am

Munner

My Babble goal each day is to get half the words before I look at Brandyjack's list, then to use it to figure out the rest. A really good day is not having to go to a2zwordfinder. Thanks Brandyjack!

9:53 am

sherb

afternoon all :)

BJ - can I add another huzzah... I like to do as much as I can without help, but I really appreciate your list for the longer puzzles, and when I've got less time... thank you :)

9:53 am

brandyjack

I have almost stopped using wordfinder. I won't use it to complete a puzzle, but I will use it when trying to find a word that is absolutely driving me nuts. Usually a 6 letter word follwing a 4 letter word that I just CANT see in front of my nose. But I have to have the second letter list. Just knowing there is a word is enough to find it sometimes....

10:01 am

renfield

add me to the list brandy - i think you are wonderful!!! - let's go to costa rica and surf!!!

10:03 am

brandyjack

I'm freezing my butt off, Costa Rica sounds great to me... As for surfing, broken bones do not entice me. Teasing the sharks sounds great though.....

10:05 am

marigold

Add me to your fan club. Thank you Thank you for the list.

10:08 am

Munner

I've reached halfway point. Leaving to meet a friend to see "Memoirs of a Geisha". Back later. Good luck to everyone and Happy New Year if I miss some of you in the next few days.

10:10 am

renfield

LOL Brandy - teasing sharks it is!!!

10:13 am

Frances

And to you Munner. Enjoy the film

10:41 am

smaller

if I had a "p", I could make "tampon" several times.

it's so quiet this time of day! where is everybody? you have to post something or the poor little chat log gets cold and lonely. brrr. poor little thing. it's ok chat log.

10:42 am

doxy1lover

hi smaller

10:43 am

smaller

hi doxy!!!
and how is your doxy today?

10:43 am

doxy1lover

the doxy is doing better than I am. he's sleeping right now.

10:47 am

smaller

lucky fella.

do you have the ae6?

10:47 am

renfield

hey hey smaller - 8)

10:47 am

doxy1lover

nope, working backwards.

10:49 am

sherb

hey smaller :) ...you looking for work today...?

10:49 am

smaller

a lot of people work backwards, must be the new fad!

hi ren, did you see my wave? had black ice this morning on the drive, so not a full wave, one finger off the steering wheel wiggle. a good finger though. not the bad finger

10:51 am

renfield

i saw the little wiggle - a little wobbly wiggle 8) - we had yellow fog - i swear - yellow fog!!!!

10:51 am

smaller

always sherb! well, no work finds me and i kick it to the side. i am giving a tour sometime this morning though. i love tours!

10:53 am

smaller

ren-
yellow? that doesn't sound healthy. move to montana. lots of clean fresh air here.

10:56 am

Schroeder

Hi all, just stopping by for a bit.....Renfield is that anything like yellow snow

10:56 am

doxy1lover

hi schroeder

10:56 am

smaller

lol Tink!

You should have been here yesterday afternoon, Ren really could have used a mocha.

10:58 am

sherb

hi Schro !! :D

10:58 am

renfield

LOL shro - no i think it's called = POLLUTION!!!! - it's about 70F and the air is stangnant

10:59 am

Schroeder

Hi Doxy, my little Doxie pup got his first taste of thunder the other night....not looking foward to the next storm this afternoon

10:59 am

renfield

hey sherb -how's your book?

11:00 am

doxy1lover

ren, are you getting any of the smoke from the fires down there? that would explain the yellow fog.

11:00 am

Schroeder

Hi Smaller, Sherb and Renfield...I hope you all have been staying out of trouble
Renfield you don't live near the fire do you?

11:00 am

renfield

stangnant means it stinks and it's not moving....8)
hi doxy!!

11:00 am

sherb

ren - didn't get any reading done yesterday...too busy trying to get smaller fired...

11:01 am

renfield

what fire??? - let me look at the news

11:01 am

doxy1lover

schroeder, send those storms my way. We haven't had a good storm in weeks. Our snow pack isn't very good yet this year.

11:02 am

granadan

my young dachs pup (Blodri) keeps having scatty fits over the snow. She just loves it!

11:02 am

doxy1lover

I was reading on msn this morning about some huge fires in northern texas and oklahoma. It's burning up neighborhoods, and they can't get a handle on it. Just wondered if the smoke was filtering down your way.

11:02 am

smaller

Tinkerbell,
Sherby has been sooooo mean!

11:02 am

doxy1lover

hi gran. my doxy loved to play in the snow when he was younger. We just haven't had a lot of snow the past few years.

11:03 am

Schroeder

Snow...I dream of snow, all we have had is rain this season, the ski resorts finally got some on Sunday but all I got was a dusting then more rain :(

11:03 am

Schroeder

Sherb is that true? Have you been picking on Smaller?

11:04 am

smaller

doxy and gran,
they sound so cute!

11:05 am

smaller

yes, schro,
but isn't she pretty?

11:05 am

sherb

Schro - you should have been here yesterday... there was this guy called Jessie, who claimed he was smaller's boss, but he let her call him rude names... like poopoohead... either way, I don't think smaller was doing a lot of work...

11:06 am

renfield

oh great - the residue will come our way when the front pushes through. the fire is nw of me by seveal hundred miles....i guess that's why we all have headches and can't breathe....duh

11:07 am

smaller

shhh sherb.
pretty people should be seen, not heard

11:07 am

doxy1lover

sorry ren

11:08 am

sherb

*smiles* ...oh yeah, I am still pretty...

11:08 am

Schroeder

Oh I knew I should have logged in yesterday....I missed everything!!!

11:13 am

doxy1lover

have to go for now. will log on later to finish.

11:14 am

smaller

bye doxy!

11:14 am

Marc Freeman

Need a clue for te7/28, Please

11:14 am

sherb

later doxy :)

11:15 am

sherb

Marc - te7/28 - an island of eastern Indonesia in the northern Moluccas east of northeast Sulawesi. Settled by the Portuguese (1521-1574), it was subjugated by the Dutch in 1683.

11:15 am

Schroeder

Bye Doxie!!

11:15 am

renfield

bye doxy!!
yep we had a big grass fire here as well - grass fires all over texas....

11:18 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks Sherb

11:29 am

smaller

ar5/12?

11:30 am

sherb

smaller - sorry, I'm working backwards...

11:31 am

renfield

i'm working on a legal brief - should i play or should i go?????

11:31 am

granadan

Just trying new icon

11:32 am

smaller

stay!

what's with people working backwards? what's the appeal? rebelness?

11:32 am

sherb

work... play... work... play... the babbler's dilemma... play... play... play...

11:32 am

smaller

oooo cute, gran!

11:33 am

sherb

working backwards means that the words you're working on are at the top of the word list, so you don't have to keep scrolling down to check... nifty, heh? :D

11:34 am

granadan

Tis my youngest dog - blodri - short for Bloody LOng DRIve

11:35 am

smaller

ooooooh! *lightbulb*

11:52 am

Schroeder

Too cute granadan!!

11:55 am

brandyjack

Doesn't work so well for those of us that do the random thing until we have to go to the lists....

11:56 am

goofball

Se 8/45, 6/21, and 8/50? Any clues?

11:58 am

sherb

the method does have it's drawbacks... but it's good when you need to finish quickly...

11:58 am

smaller

i only random for a wee bit. approx 10 minutes. then wimp out and print your list.
i know, i know, i'm a babble giant. don't be jealous

11:58 am

doxy1lover

hi all, i'm back

12:00 pm

smaller

goofball - no idea, sorry

hi doxy!

12:00 pm

Schroeder

Hi Doxy

12:00 pm

doxy1lover

goofball, the clues are as follow:
se8/45 - a type of milk pudding
se6/21 - a lecture, think church
se8/50 - having a lecture-like quality

12:06 pm

granadan

Hi Doxy

12:07 pm

doxy1lover

hi gran, that looks almost like my doxie. Mine is getting gray though.

12:07 pm

davetins

thank you BJ, never would have got the last 7 without your list

12:09 pm

goofball

Thanks, I need another clue for the milk pudding se8.
Got the other two!

12:09 pm

rosalind230

thanks doxy great clues

12:09 pm

Jessie1

Good Morning

12:10 pm

doxy1lover

on the se8 - forget the milk pudding clue. it is a product from wheat used in pasta.

12:11 pm

Frances

goofball
first 4 letters - half - change the last letter
second four letters - girls name

12:11 pm

sherb

goofball - for school dinners, we use to get rice pudding, tapioca, sago, and se******

12:11 pm

goofball

Now you're talking! Got it. Thank you!

12:11 pm

lshult

Se8- also called cream of wheat by Americans

12:11 pm

Schroeder

Morning Jessie

12:12 pm

doxy1lover

goofball, I didn't get the pudding clue either.

12:12 pm

sherb

hi Jessie :D ... how are you today?

12:14 pm

Jessie1

I am back at work as you can see... I take it smaller is probably cleaning her oven and watering the plants...

12:15 pm

Schroeder

Sherb, is this the Jessie from yesterday?

12:15 pm

Jessie1

You mean there is another Jessie? There is only one Jessie1

12:15 pm

sherb

so Jessie, if you're not smaller's boss, how do you know her?

12:16 pm

granadan

this little one is just ten months. Ive got a couple of oldies tho (10+11) - no gray on anyone yet though.

12:16 pm

Jessie1

This was just before I got deported from Montana

12:17 pm

goofball

Montana kicked you out?

12:18 pm

sherb

Schro - yes, this is Jessie from yesterday... part way through our chat, KristinaRose appeared and said that he was HER boss, and she's in California!...

12:21 pm

Plebian

Hi,
May I put in my 2 cents worth concerning the se8? I've never heard cream of wheat called that name, nor would I consider it a type of milk pudding. Being both a midwesterner and a southwesterner for lo, MANY years, I've only known the se8 to be a type of flour I buy in the health food store to make pasta and pasta like products. Wonder if that might help those who are still scratching their heads?

12:21 pm

Jessie1

No, I met smaller a few weeks ago here on babble. I just like to play a lot...

12:22 pm

rosalind230

se8 is a pudding made with milk

12:23 pm

smaller

no, Jessie
you like to pick on people a lot. babble bully I'd say.

12:23 pm

sherb

ok, but are you really KristinaRose's boss? (...is there another meaning to 'boss'?)

12:23 pm

Jessie1

No smaller, I don't like to pick on people a lot, just you...:-}

12:25 pm

Plebian

Aha! I see there are two se8's. That seems to explain a thing or two! LOL Sorry -- Will have to keep looking.

12:25 pm

smaller

pthhhhhhhbt!

shoot, now I have spit on my monitor thingy

12:25 pm

Jessie1

Boss has many definitions and I am everybody's boss.

12:25 pm

sherb

Plebian - it's both, honestly. I use se**** to make pasta, and you can also buy it in the shops here as a tinned milk pudding... don't know who eats the stuff, exactly, cos I've never met anyone who didn't claim to hate it...

12:26 pm

doxy1lover

sherb, personally, I think any pudding made with se8 would not taste very good.

12:26 pm

sherb

smaller - do you have a persecution complex? ...or are people just out to get you? :D :D :D

12:26 pm

renfield

hey hey - i see the big boss man is here again!!!

12:26 pm

moog

MATE

12:26 pm

smaller

Jessie,
adding a new name to the long list for you,
have you heard of meglomaniac?

12:27 pm

Plebian

Thanks Sherb,
Learn something new everytime I Babble! LOL

12:28 pm

Richplaydo

meglomaniac? as in the Incubus song??

12:28 pm

Maureen

Se****** pudding is lovely! I'm a teacher and we have it at school. Just like rice pudding, a dollop of jam just sets if off. It's probably an English thing.

12:29 pm

doxy1lover

maureen, you are probably right. We all have different tastes. That's what makes the world go round.

12:30 pm

smaller

i think i spelled it wrong, rich.

megalomaniac,
very into power

12:30 pm

sherb

Maureen - personally, I always used to love tapioca and sago - just like frogspawn! ...great to squeeze it between your teeth...

12:30 pm

smaller

lol sherb!

12:31 pm

Maureen

doxy1lover, yes I guess so. We give babies rice and se****** pudding when we wean them too.

12:31 pm

Jessie1

I don't have a power complex... I just like people doing exactly what I say...:-} Are you an English megalomaniac?

12:32 pm

smaller

Jessie,
maybe I'll be nicer

b/c with that kind of bossiness maybe you'll be president and we could all be cabinet members.

12:32 pm

sherb

well, I do like to be in charge... but I can live with it if people don't always do what I say...

12:33 pm

smaller

global decisions made in babble chat log

12:33 pm

doxy1lover

smaller, can't be any worse than where they really are made.

12:33 pm

sherb

hey, smaller, we couldn't do any worse than what we've already got...

12:33 pm

smaller

now sherb,
don't lie

12:34 pm

Jessie1

NICER? What? and ruin it for the rest of us?

12:34 pm

smaller

sherb and doxy! 2 great minds think alike!

jinx-you owe each other a pepsi

12:35 pm

goofball

Could I have a clue for so 6/18? I have the one that means "maddest"

12:35 pm

doxy1lover

make it a diet coke

12:36 pm

sherb

goof - so6/18 - take the French word for sound, and add a small insect :)

12:36 pm

smaller

ok ya'll, my tour is here. off for now!

12:36 pm

doxy1lover

build on your so4 and so5. when you have ouches, some are more ouchier than others, they are the so6

12:36 pm

doxy1lover

bye smaller

12:37 pm

pbr

how bout a clue for the first fr5/16 -- i have all the other fr's. thx

12:37 pm

sherb

have fun, smaller... I'm off soon to spend some time with the family... so see you tmorrow :D

12:37 pm

SunnFlower

doxy, vowels and c*********, take the c**

12:37 pm

SunnFlower

off, sorry

12:38 pm

doxy1lover

sherb, i'm kind of jealous. have been sick since monday, and can't spend a lot of time with my son. he and hubby went to movie this morning.

12:38 pm

sherb

pbr - fr5/16 - insect poo (really) ...

12:39 pm

Schroeder

Bye Smaller!

12:40 pm

Jessie1

Bye smaller

12:40 pm

sherb

doxy - that's no fun :( ...I'm just recovering from a bad cold I've had for two weeks, so I'm having to stay in doors...

12:40 pm

pbr

sherb -- you made me laugh my *** off!!! thanks.

12:42 pm

sherb

pbr - thanks, I do like to make people laugh... and sometimes it just happens unintentionally...

12:42 pm

goofball

st 6/18 (either one) and 8/45?

12:43 pm

pbr

have 101, but need to go for a few hours, back later

12:44 pm

sherb

goof - st6/18 - one sounds like more st5/10, and the other sounds like thieved - for the st8, build on this...

12:44 pm

doxy1lover

bye pbr

12:44 pm

renfield

later pbr!!!

12:44 pm

doxy1lover

any clues for the in8 and in10?

12:46 pm

macuser

doxy - in8 is a "heck" of a word

12:47 pm

doxy1lover

ty macuser.

12:50 pm

doxy1lover

got the in10.

12:50 pm

macuser

very good doxy!

12:51 pm

goofball

any clues for OL 8 & 9?

12:52 pm

sherb

gotta go now... visitors will be here any time now... see you all tomorrow... and a special bye to ren :D

12:53 pm

doxy1lover

goofball, the clues that worked for me:
ol8/9 - think kid's show Kukla, Fran and Ol*** + Private Pyle (old TV show)

12:53 pm

doxy1lover

bye sherb

12:53 pm

Schroeder

Bye Sherb, have a good time

12:54 pm

sherb

oh, and doxy and Schro... knew I'd be in trouble if I started naming names... I'm gone... :D

12:55 pm

Jessie1

Bye Shreb

12:55 pm

sherb

I was typing that before you guys posted... honest... :D

12:55 pm

goofball

Thank you. Can't say as I know those words!

12:56 pm

doxy1lover

me neither. the clues helped me though.

12:56 pm

sherb

oh, and Jessie... I'm hoping to chat some more to you sometime... I like your humour :D

bye all :D

12:56 pm

Schroeder

We believe you Sherb...

1:06 pm

cybernan

in8: plural of in7...there was a movie, Towering In*****

1:08 pm

Schroeder

Hi cybernan

1:09 pm

cybernan

Hi Shroeder -- been here for a while -- just babbling away on my own. Stuck on the last 19, though.

1:10 pm

cybernan

ae 6/21, anyone?

1:10 pm

doxy1lover

any clues for fe7?

1:10 pm

spellit

Finished at last - 3598 pts today

1:10 pm

JJ555

anyone have a clue for the second fr 6/30?

1:11 pm

Schroeder

Congrats spellit!!
I have a long way to go, and a lot of work to do so I may not happen :(

1:11 pm

macuser

Congrats spellit!

1:11 pm

Frances

JJ555
go round pictures

1:11 pm

doxy1lover

jj, plural of fr5

1:12 pm

spellit

fr6/30 is based on the fr5/18

1:12 pm

doxy1lover

way to go spellit

1:12 pm

JJ555

thanks.......that was right in front of my face too.....jeez!

1:13 pm

cybernan

congrats, spellit!

1:13 pm

Frances

JJ555
You must be looking into a rather ornate mirror

1:13 pm

spellit

cybernan - extend the ae4/4 for the ae6/21

1:16 pm

spellit

doxy - fe7 sounds like "rigid 8"

1:17 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Spellit -- wonder how many of those I've missed?

1:18 pm

JJ555

anyone with a clue for the last fo 6/30?

1:19 pm

doxy1lover

ty spellit

1:21 pm

doxy1lover

jj, think what you would wear to a really dressy party, spelled differently

1:22 pm

spellit

jj - or you could build on your fo4/8..

1:22 pm

JJ555

thanks again

1:23 pm

cybernan

io 7 & 8?

1:23 pm

Babs1

any clues from the wise ones on am 7/32? please...

1:26 pm

Mary

am7/32 vertebrate that develops in embryo sac

1:26 pm

JJ555

anyone with clues for the second fe 5/16 and fe 6/27?

1:27 pm

doxy1lover

jj, when we eat a lot of food with others.

1:28 pm

Mary

io7/32 any of a class of plastics that because of its bonding action is capable of conducting electric current. & its plural

1:30 pm

spellit

fe5/16 you probably had one of these on Christmas day I hope

1:30 pm

spellit

and fe6/27 is the plural of course

1:32 pm

Babs1

mary...thanks for your clues...sometimes I still can't find the words from the definitions by googling or by using the reverse dicionary...any tips?

1:34 pm

spellit

io7/32 - add a particle to a Hebrew dry measure (which is in today's puzzle)

1:35 pm

doxy1lover

babs, I use morewords.com to find a lot of the words.

1:35 pm

spellit

the particle comes first ... io8 is the plural

1:37 pm

Norad

hey babs1 and merry 4th day of Christmas to all...you might try www.a2zwordfinder.com and use the scrabble base, it helps me sometimes...

1:40 pm

Babs1

Thanks, norad...I usually use the literati base which does the same function? keying in a few letters at the beginning and seeing what can be made?

1:41 pm

cybernan

don't know the hebrew dry measure!

1:44 pm

spellit

cybernan - om4/4

1:45 pm

cybernan

how about gl 7/40?

1:45 pm

spellit

sorry - om4/5

1:45 pm

Norad

I haven't ever used the literati, but it looks like it is the same base. I only go to a2z when time gets short and I don't have half of the words. As long as I get half I seem to stay pretty much in the middle of the rankings. :)

1:46 pm

cybernan

Got the io's - thanks spellit -- been monkey typing for ages and hadn't come close!

1:46 pm

spellit

add a word meaning "an age" onto your gl4/7?

1:48 pm

spellit

or gl7/40 is a small body surrounded by many nerve fibers, consisting of an anastomosis between fine arterioles and veins

1:48 pm

cybernan

Thanks again, spellit

1:49 pm

spellit

No problem - I'm off to make a cuppa now - back later

1:49 pm

cybernan

se 8/45? -- keep trying the wheat, but of course it isn't there!

1:51 pm

wordly wise

cybernan
build on your se6/21

1:52 pm

cybernan

Have that one worldly -- it's the se 8/45 that I'm looking for.

1:53 pm

Babs1

wheat one is there, cybernan...check your spelling ;)

1:54 pm

wordly wise

sorry cyb milk pudding se 8/45

1:55 pm

cybernan

I think it must be something we don't have in Canada, and the wheat is spelled with an i and an a.

1:56 pm

cybernan

ah -- just got it!

1:57 pm

doxy1lover

yay cybernan

1:57 pm

Babs1

yes...and the i and the a are used in this word...6th letter and last letter

1:59 pm

cybernan

Don't know how many times I tried to type that -- must have been the dyslexia kicking in!

2:01 pm

cybernan

any clues for the se 6 & 7 that follow the preaching?

2:02 pm

Ouwachita

cyber...whole thing is in upper right corner

2:03 pm

doxy1lover

se + womans name (similar to a flower)

2:03 pm

Ouwachita

cyber...the 7 is its plural

2:04 pm

Ouwachita

DONE...anyone need a clue?

2:04 pm

cybernan

thank you ouwachita

2:05 pm

Babs1

ar 6/21, please

2:06 pm

cybernan

congrats, ouwachita!!!!!! *clapping loudly*

Taking a lunch break before tackling those pesky a's

2:06 pm

Ouwachita

ar6/21...is the plural of the 5 right before it

2:07 pm

doxy1lover

yay for ouwachita

2:07 pm

Babs1

oops...missing the 5 one as well..

2:07 pm

Ouwachita

ar5/12...is a helmet worn by a knight

2:08 pm

macuser

te7/28 ?

2:09 pm

Ouwachita

te7/28...An island of eastern Indonesia in the northern Moluccas east of northeast Sulawesi. Settled by the Portuguese (1521-1574), it was subjugated by the Dutch in 1683.

2:10 pm

doxy1lover

finished

2:10 pm

Ouwachita

congrats doxy

2:10 pm

macuser

Congrats doxy!

2:11 pm

doxy1lover

hate to go, but I have to finish sewing the chevrons on my son's uniform. He leaves tomorrow to go back to the base.

2:12 pm

macuser

ty Ouwachita! got it :)

2:13 pm

doxy1lover

will see you all tomorrow

2:14 pm

Maureen

I am struggling to find et**. Have tried every combination I can think of. Any clues, please?

2:15 pm

granadan

sicilian mountain

2:15 pm

Chessy

volcanic sicilian mountain ...

2:15 pm

elder

mountain/volcano

2:18 pm

Maureen

Thank you! I was looking at the wrong 'e'. Doh!

2:23 pm

scarydeb

granadan - i have a minature version of your dachsy

2:26 pm

Babs1

may I have a clue for fa 5/16 *imitating sweet way periwinkle always requests clues*

2:28 pm

faeriekae

Babs I would help if I had that one but NO not yet....still monkey typing

2:30 pm

faeriekae

How about the fa 4/7

2:31 pm

Haz1558

fa4/7 - hand held instrument of cooling plus vowel
fa5/16 plural

2:33 pm

faeriekae

does the spelling differ or am I just out there in la la land today

2:34 pm

gem_gem

hi all has miyavi_fan been on at all today?

2:34 pm

tamara27

kae!

2:34 pm

faeriekae

Gem-Gem haven't heard from Miyava all day

2:35 pm

faeriekae

Tamara - hey Baby what's happening?????? Guess what? I think I may have lost my job today I'll call you and by the way Happy Birthday

2:36 pm

tamara27

*sheesh* I was just goign to tell you how much I hate you for pointing me in the direction of this game. Another addiction. I have finished one all week. Arrrgghh......

2:36 pm

gem_gem

oooooo ok thanks g2g for a bit be back soon!!!!!!

2:38 pm

gem_gem

no I don't. Please don't ask me what I'm talking about! So how is everyone?

2:38 pm

faeriekae

Tamara-this will drive you insane if you let it. Go to Babbler Anon and you can get a list of the first 2 letters to the words and the points

2:38 pm

goofball

I think Lionman should be a word.

2:39 pm

gem_gem

me too!

2:40 pm

joey

i need some help please before I lose my mind. the last two lo's. 5/10 and 6/18. I have looked and looked and can't find. thanks

2:42 pm

Chessy

joey - end part of girl's name that begins Char. The lo6 is the plural

2:43 pm

faeriekae

Joey- I wish I could help but I just got started on the grid. Been lurking in the background all day watching conversations but unable to join until now. I only have 60 words

2:45 pm

faeriekae

And now I gotta step out for a bit the Man at the office needs to talk to me Again.....

2:45 pm

joey

Chessy, tyvm.

faeriekae - I go in order after random searches - i am up to ma if you need help.
joey

2:46 pm

faeriekae

I will be back *sprinkles faerie dust before running to see what the man wants* (*^_^*)

2:47 pm

gem_gem

*accepts fairy dust with a smile :D *

3:02 pm

GoBraves

ok guys - the long o's and i - any clues?

3:07 pm

Haz1558

ol8/55 - first three letters of Miss Oyl's name, followed by command to leave, followed by French for sea

3:07 pm

Haz1558

in 7/40 and in 8/55 - call the fire brigade

3:08 pm

davetins

io7/32add to elect particle one of your om4/5 and om5/12

3:12 pm

Haz1558

in 10/91 - g;ycoprotein - drug used against HIV

3:14 pm

Haz1558

Or is it Parkinson's disease?

3:14 pm

davetins

it's aids Haz

3:15 pm

Haz1558

I was so excited at finding it that I didn't take time to think!

3:16 pm

davetins

you finished Haz?

3:17 pm

Haz1558

No - I was on earlier in the day and got quite a few but am now filling in the gaps with BJ's list.

3:18 pm

davetins

any you're stuck on??

3:19 pm

Haz1558

Not just yet but I'll be sure to sing out for help, thanks.

3:20 pm

periwinkle

Hi everyone!

3:20 pm

Haz1558

Hello, Periwinkle!

3:21 pm

periwinkle

Found some of the big words today with the help of clues! Up to 121, still have a long way to go though

3:23 pm

cybernan

Hello everyone -- I see there is a whole new group here since I left for lunch!

3:24 pm

cybernan

stuck on my last 4 words -- all a's...

am 5/14?

3:24 pm

Haz1558

We sneaked in when your back was turned.

3:24 pm

smaller

Hi all!

Haz - can have another clue for the in10? My chemistry degree is currently glaring at me that I can't find it despite your fine glycoprotein clue.

3:25 pm

davetins

smaller 1st 5 letters mean between

3:26 pm

davetins

cyber the def would give it, work down to the bottom left corner

3:27 pm

Haz1558

If you take the word in5/10 that means to bury, or Latin between, add fe4/7 - frondlike leaved plant with o before the last letter, you should have it.

3:29 pm

Babs1

am + shortened version of St. N....who comes at Christmas

3:29 pm

cybernan

Thankyou davetins......

do you have a clue for the am7 as well?

3:30 pm

Babs1

am 7...same beginning as the one you finished with little piece you might write someone without the first consonant

3:30 pm

davetins

Cyber starts the same but goes to bottom right

3:32 pm

smaller

ohhhhhh! oh yeah. oops

thanks davetins and Haz!

3:32 pm

Babs1

any help with the fo 7/44's I have the one for the guy in charge of a group of workers

3:33 pm

davetins

babs school class plus insect

3:33 pm

Kelstar

any clues for the OL 8 & 9?

3:34 pm

davetins

fr7/44 one who mounts photos

3:35 pm

Haz1558

fo 7/44 - to first three letters add ma4/5

3:35 pm

periwinkle

Babs1 - one of the fo7/44 - take your fo4/8 (shape) and add the past tense of eat. Saw your reference to my giving of clues earlier in the log :)

3:35 pm

periwinkle

or rather my asking for clues

3:35 pm

Haz1558

fo7/44 - to fo4/8 add a small insect

3:35 pm

davetins

First 3 letters of popeyes girl then move away then french for sea
then plural

3:35 pm

Jessie1

smaller, did you finish your tour?

3:36 pm

cybernan

Thanks again, Davetins........Finished!!!!

3:37 pm

davetins

well done cyber, a toughy today

3:37 pm

Babs1

ty haz and peri!! got them! Wahooo! cybernan! *whistles shrillly* across cyberspace to cybernan!

3:38 pm

cybernan

Especially the last 30 words I was looking for!

3:38 pm

Haz1558

Well done Cybernan, and good for Babs to get those clues!

3:38 pm

lshult

Haz you gave a clue earlier for in7 & 8 -call the fire brigade. Sounds like it should be glaringly obvious, but I just can't spot it?

3:38 pm

smaller

Hi Jessie!
btw, your icon is kinda menacing. oh, so then it fits you. hahahhahaha. kidding!

yes the tour is over. the main guy ladeled on the cologne and he likes gold. he had gold rings (yes plural, he had several), watches (yes plural again), necklaces
and he likes rifles. - had about 10 of them in his HUGE pick-up. gotta love montana

3:38 pm

periwinkle

anytime Babs1

3:39 pm

Sherry

Hi folks! :)
And congrats Cybernan!!!

3:39 pm

davetins

Ishult think Towering XXXX film

3:39 pm

Babs1

i'm with you, ish! no firebrigade computing here!

3:39 pm

cybernan

in7 and 8 (plural): think of the movie, Towering In*****

3:39 pm

Haz1558

They are words for fire. In plus plant (fe4/7) then vowel, then plural

3:39 pm

Babs1

thanks, davetins!

3:40 pm

periwinkle

Babs1 - think of a movie not that long ago: Towering
In***** (think really big fire)

3:40 pm

lshult

got it, thanks.
said it was obvious!!

3:41 pm

Haz1558

Was it a case of ar5/10, I wonder?

3:41 pm

cybernan

Anyone else need help, before I leave to dismantle the tree?

3:42 pm

davetins

Kelstar, did you get the ol's??

3:42 pm

smaller

cybernan-
the other as6/18 besides the plural of the 5?

3:42 pm

Jessie1

What? No grisly in the back of the truck?

3:42 pm

Sherry

Cybernan: about in10, what was your first clue?

3:43 pm

Babs1

too many clues needed, maybe the best clue is to return to life without babble! hm.m.m.m

3:43 pm

cybernan

as 6: to the rear of the ship

3:43 pm

davetins

ship going backwards smaller

3:43 pm

smaller

it's GRIZZLy, you city boy!

nope, the grizzly was driving. not only golden, smelly and ammo-ed but also hairy.

3:44 pm

Sherry

thanks davetins! didn't have that one (though obvious for ship-fan me....)! :)

3:44 pm

cybernan

in 10: first half is a prefix meaning between -- it is a drug used to treat HIV

3:45 pm

smaller

cybernan and davetins,
thanks! i should have learned in the past to put an "a" in front of other words. that's why there are always so many a's

3:46 pm

cybernan

we all do it, smaller.......I kept missing the suffix that means like all day.

3:48 pm

cybernan

in 10: between + iron prefix + off's opposite

3:49 pm

Jessie1

Thanks for the spelling lesson; I'll keep in mind the ZZ. I knew I misspelled it but I didn't care. Bears don't usually care if it's the French pronunciation or the Italian.

3:49 pm

DarleenMB

in10 ... the drug they give to AIDS patients.

3:49 pm

Sherry

Thanks cybernan! that clue was crystal clear! :)

3:49 pm

cybernan

should say latin root for iron

3:49 pm

smaller

jessie,
actually you should know all about the tour because you were "right there"

3:50 pm

smaller

LOL jessie

3:51 pm

Sherry

Cyber: I'm French so I found right away since it's the French for 'iron'.

3:51 pm

Jessie1

Yes, that was me, the short-stubby-bald headed-nose picking-loud mouth in the back.

3:52 pm

cybernan

so it is, Sherry!

3:54 pm

Jessie1

Sherry, how do you say "grizzly" in French?

3:54 pm

smaller

jessie-
ah, so it was you that left the crusties in my company touring rig

3:54 pm

cybernan

Sherry -- When does the weather start to warm up in Normandy? We're planning on starting out in Amsterdam, then Brussels, then LeHavre where we will rent a car and tour Normandy and Brittany (only part of France we haven't seen) and are currently trying to figure out the best time frame weatherwise.

3:55 pm

Jessie1

No, the crusties were KristinaRose's

3:56 pm

smaller

no, she's a lady and politely eats them

only boys are messy

3:57 pm

Jessie1

Why not eat them, the have protein, carbs and digest easily.

3:59 pm

Sherry

Cybernan: Normandy is never warm! I went on holiday there a couple of summers ago and it was impossible to wear anything sleeveless. But I'll fish for information about that. Hang around!

4:01 pm

smaller

icky! you win!

i was even grossing myself out with that last one of mine. you win. you win. no more boogie. i fold. mental picture so gross!

4:01 pm

Sherry

Cybernan:
http://voyage-bons-p lans.aufeminin.com/w/sejour/vo yages/meteo/191/normandie.html

4:03 pm

smaller

but who am i to judge.
ok, just did a quick test.
actually it's not that bad. tastes like chicken

KIDDING!

4:05 pm

Jessie1

Hey, I have a 20 month old nephew. I learned not to pay too much attention to what comes out of his body. After all, it's just a body and we all have one.

4:06 pm

cybernan

Merci! Sherry.......

As I recall it was cold everywhere 2 years ago. We spent May in Tuscany, the Cote d'Azure and Provence -- needed jackets the whole time. When we arrived in the UK in June we enjoyed the only 3 weeks without rain they had all summer.

4:06 pm

Jessie1

Have you noticed that whenever we can't make out what something tastes like, we always associate it with Chicken?

4:07 pm

Sherry

De rien Cybernan! :)

4:07 pm

Jessie1

BTW, do you have long nails or the short nail-biting?

4:12 pm

smaller

I'm fired. I don't have to answer that

4:15 pm

smaller

ok now it's weird,
sorry all
light and breezy here please, jessie
I'm going back to the grid

4:19 pm

Jessie1

I'm going back to work...

4:21 pm

cybernan

Anyone need a clue before I leave?

4:23 pm

Sherry

a clue for the niner please cybernan :)

4:25 pm

cybernan

ol 9/72 (plural of ol 8): ol + first person singular + to leave + french sea

4:26 pm

Sherry

Thanx Cybernan! Got it!

4:29 pm

cybernan

Sherry is your first language French or English?

4:31 pm

Sherry

Cybernan: my mother tongue is French.

4:32 pm

cybernan

Wow! -- I wouldn't dream of attempting this game in French! -- although I do keep seeing (and trying) French words at times.

4:33 pm

cybernan

au revoir -- back at the flip:)

4:35 pm

Richplaydo

anyone for the te7/28?

4:37 pm

cybernan

te 7/28: a bird + past tense of a word for consume

4:37 pm

Haz1558

Bird (te 4/4) consumed food

4:37 pm

Sherry

I've studied English at university. I'm reading English all the time and I've got English-speaking friends. I'm writing a book in English as well! :)

4:37 pm

Sherry

See ya Cybernan!

4:46 pm

goofball

the first to 5/12 and 6/21?

4:47 pm

Haz1558

to 6/21 - fruit or vegetable?

4:47 pm

Sherry

goof: don't know if it's the first: books, volumes

4:48 pm

Sherry

Haz: I hesitated to try that one! thanks!

4:48 pm

Haz1558

to 5/12 - add male

4:51 pm

Sherry

Thanx Haz!

4:52 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, Sherry!

4:56 pm

Richplaydo

st8 anyone?

4:57 pm

Sherry

Sorry Rich, haven't got it yet!

4:58 pm

Richplaydo

its a tough one!

4:58 pm

Richplaydo

i guess ill do some work first, then come back and see if anyone has it! :)

4:59 pm

Haz1558

st8/45 expands on the preceding st6/18. The st6 sounds like the punctuation mark semi co***.

4:59 pm

Sherry

I'm off too! Going to write! I'll be back later on when the toffee in my brain has melted!
C ya later folks! :)

5:00 pm

oldhousejunky

Rich - st8 -- cancer drug; but.... past tense of steal - minus e + what you mix with gin, change first letter to l

5:02 pm

Sherry

Thanks Haz and oldhouse! Got them! :)

5:04 pm

Haz1558

Good - difficult to give clues for such strange words.

5:10 pm

goofball

Lo 6/24 or 6/18?

5:15 pm

movieman

Hi, everyone, it's the movieman again!!!!!

I'm having mixed emotions today....

I'm happy 'cos Chelsea won yet again.....but I'm also unhappy 'cos I can't get the fe7/44 or the lo7/40.....

Anyone care to assist me.....?

5:16 pm

granadan

any hints on the k?

5:16 pm

LeslieAnn

rhymes with a sport played on horseback

5:17 pm

movieman

Granadan - the k word sounds a little bit like a well-known brown coloured fizzy drink....

5:17 pm

granadan

ty movieman... got there - cant believe I didnt noodle type that one!

5:17 pm

LeslieAnn

movieman, there's an lo 7/40 that is the plural of the lo 6/27 meaning shoes... but that's probably not the one you want?

5:18 pm

granadan

ty LA too....

5:20 pm

movieman

Leslieann - that was the one I was missing actually, so thanx v. much....

5:21 pm

LeslieAnn

you're welcome

5:22 pm

Chessy

movieman - fe7 - first bit is like French for shut, then past tense of eat ...

5:23 pm

movieman

I can't believe I didn't spot that lo6/lo7 combo, seeing as that's all I've been doing over the holidays.....

5:24 pm

macuser

Anyone have a clue for lo5/16?

5:24 pm

LeslieAnn

yup, me too, got my butt glued to the so 4/7

5:25 pm

Haz1558

lo5/16 - you use this to work things out.

5:26 pm

macuser

of course. great clue Haz! ty :)

5:26 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome.

5:29 pm

goofball

the first as 5?

5:30 pm

Haz1558

as5/10 - a benefit

5:30 pm

macuser

to set ablaze

5:31 pm

macuser

sorry goofball - wrong word - my bad

5:32 pm

goofball

it's all right, macc I didn't have that one either!

5:33 pm

macuser

okay good - my eyes are crossed at this point

5:49 pm

Haz1558

Time to head off - any clues needed before I go?

5:50 pm

macuser

Yes. fr6/30 please

5:50 pm

macuser

the 2nd one

5:51 pm

Haz1558

There are 2 of them - one is the plural of fr5/18 the other is the person who puts the picture in.

5:52 pm

macuser

thank you - I somehow missed the plural

5:53 pm

Haz1558

The plurals are easily missed..

5:55 pm

Haz1558

Okay, goodnight everyone.

5:55 pm

macuser

goodnight Haz. Thanks for the clues

6:00 pm

renfield

mab - here's tonight'e candle 8) enjoy

6:00 pm

lalobstah

could someone please give me the third letter of in/10?

6:05 pm

macuser

it's the same as your in5/10

6:06 pm

lalobstah

Thank you!

6:07 pm

macuser

You're welcome :)

6:11 pm

pbr

greetings -- i#m stuck on:
in7/40 the first one
in6/21
in10/91
any help tonight? pls

6:11 pm

judierae

finished!

6:12 pm

macuser

Congrats Judierae!

6:13 pm

oldhousejunky

in 7/40 old movie towering in.....

6:13 pm

judierae

thanks

6:14 pm

oldhousejunky

in 6/21 - someone in prison

6:15 pm

pbr

Got them all -- well, the in's...thnx

6:15 pm

oldhousejunky

in 10/91 - medicine for HIV or..
between + prefix for iron + opposite of off

6:16 pm

macuser

any clues for fe7/44? it's driving me nuts!

6:20 pm

grant

mac- french to close minus second er +nautical second in command

6:21 pm

macuser

Thank you Grant! :)

6:25 pm

grant

mac-glad you got it in spite of extra m

6:26 pm

macuser

It was just the clue I needed. I had monkey typed myself into a stupor over it. Thanks again!

6:31 pm

Richplaydo

se7 and the two se6/18 are playing hide and go seek... and im not good at kids games

6:34 pm

macuser

Rich - se6/18 = a year has four of them

6:36 pm

pbr

help....lo6/24, the last 5/10 and 6/18

6:38 pm

Karys

hello everyone.....have only one lo6/27...pbr...and its sort of deck shoes I think !

6:39 pm

Karys

sorry....retype that as lo6/24 !

6:50 pm

pbr

karys -- found lo6/24--still can't find the last lo5/10 and 6/18

6:51 pm

hurshy

pbr, think of an la5 coffee drink, then change the vowel

6:52 pm

Karys

me neither....!!...but then only got 110 words....didn't start til very late....just waiting up for partner on taxi duty !!!

6:53 pm

Karys

hi there hurshy !!!....thak you for that....did you have a good Christmas ?

6:53 pm

hurshy

not too bad, thanks karys. how was yours? and hi everyone! :)

6:54 pm

Karys

good thank hurshy....'cept for same partner having a 'man cold' starting on Christmas night !!!.....aaahh...poor thing !!!!

6:56 pm

hurshy

what's a "man cold" - just one that gets complained about a lot?

6:56 pm

pbr

hurshy -- thx -- phew -- it#s almost 1am here in england--tomorow is a tour day, so I can either finish the puzzle or go to sleep for awhile -- maybe just a few more words

6:57 pm

hurshy

how many do you have left, pbr?

6:57 pm

Karys

precisely hurshy......you know how us girls just carry on and get on with it.....but men, well thats a whole new ball game !!!

6:57 pm

hurshy

lol karys :)

6:58 pm

pbr

quite a few - only at 148 and starting the m's

6:59 pm

hurshy

well, at least get to 150, right?

6:59 pm

mrpresident

I got to that.... am stuck like a goose up a drain pipe now!

7:01 pm

hurshy

i just passed 200...do you guys know about www.morewords.com?

7:01 pm

pbr

at least!!

7:01 pm

Karys

thats my favourite hurshy !

7:05 pm

hurshy

for instance, i just found the ol8/9 combo using morewords, saving me ages of monkey typing.

7:05 pm

Karys

man back now....safe and sound....bed time for me...good luck everyone....don't stay up all night pbr !!!

7:06 pm

hurshy

g'night karys!

7:09 pm

mrpresident

hurshy thanks, that gave me the nine letter as well

7:09 pm

macuser

Any clues for the first so6/18?

7:10 pm

hurshy

yw mrprez

7:17 pm

JBsAnno

hurshy - hello!
Between morewords and a2z, I usually finish the puzzle if I have time!

7:17 pm

hurshy

hi there jbsanno!

7:18 pm

JBsAnno

Hello!
Just changed my icon from the Badger to, well, refresh & see!

7:19 pm

JBsAnno

I've got the puzzle on paper, and have to go fix dinner for hubby and the cats. Hopefully, I won't get the food mixed up!
I'll enter my words later, see you then!

7:20 pm

JBsAnno

BTW, mrpresident, love the icon! I have that on my screensaver at work. Poor kitty!

7:23 pm

pbr

i'm at 180 and need to call it quits for today...catch you tomorow.

7:23 pm

hurshy

macuser - if you still need that so 6/18, it's a male offspring plus a picnic ruining insect

7:25 pm

macuser

tyvm Hurshy! Great clue :)

7:26 pm

hurshy

yw

7:31 pm

hurshy

ah...done. now that my christmas road trip is finally over, i can build my babble ranking back up!

7:58 pm

Swashbuckler

This is my first time playing this game. What's a good score for this puzzle?

7:59 pm

macuser

There are 263 words in today's grid

8:00 pm

Swashbuckler

So you judge based on how many of the possible words you get, not points?

8:01 pm

macuser

Your points are based on your word values

8:20 pm

Jacula

Hiya folks. Long but happy day in the non-Babbling world. Have arrived here with 215 words done on paper. 48 words to find. How is everyone?

8:25 pm

Nonny

HI Jac! I have 60 words to go. I'm thinking I'm out of it tody cuz they're not kicking in. These last 100 (now60) are taking its toll.

8:25 pm

periwinkle

Help please with the ot5 and ot6 and cl5

8:27 pm

Jacula

ot5 & 6 are a freshwater mammal (Tarka) and its plural.

8:27 pm

movieman

Thanx 4 your concern jacula, I've actually finished!!!!

At 25 minutes past 2 in the morning, on Thursday December 29.......(took me long enough!!!!)

I ended up using a2z and jotting my last 80 words down on paper before entering them....

No wonder it took me so long....

8:27 pm

Jacula

cl5 is the plural of cl4 (blood cl**.)

8:28 pm

periwinkle

Hi, Jacula., thanks for help with the O's. Can't believe I didn't find them myslef

8:28 pm

Nonny

How about some help w/ am 7/32 and sa 5/10. ANYONE???

8:28 pm

periwinkle

Jacula, I already had the cl/5 *blushing deep red*

8:30 pm

Jacula

Hiya Nonny, Peri & Moveiman.

Hope you all had a good Christmas?

Movieman - we watched The 40-year-old Virgin, Minority Report and the new version of War Of The Worlds over Xmas. What about you? (I've still got 'It's A Wonderful Life' on standby!)

8:33 pm

Nonny

Jacula, I watched Sahara and Batman Begins.

8:33 pm

Jacula

am7/32 - Any of a group of vertebrates that have an amnion during embryonic development, including reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Don't have the sa5/10 yet. Sorry!

8:34 pm

Nonny

Still waiting for clues/hints for am 7/32 & sa 5/10.....Need help, BIG TIME!!!

8:35 pm

Jacula

Nonny - not seen either of those films yet, even though my local video shop now know that I have more film archives and sometimes new films than they do! LOL.

8:40 pm

macuser

Any clues for re6/18?

8:41 pm

Jacula

re6/18 'rhyme & re****'.

8:42 pm

macuser

Thank you Jacula! I hate it when they turn out to be words I acutally know!

8:42 pm

Jacula

There again, you might not get that since it's the title of one of my books! LOL. Another clue - someone may ask you to see re**** in an argument.

8:43 pm

macuser

now i can't even spell "actually" right

8:44 pm

movieman

Hiya jacula.....

I watched my DVDs of "The Descent2, (scary stuff!!), & "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"......

Did U spot the Kubrick reference in "Charlie" at all?

8:44 pm

movieman

Hiya jacula.....

I watched my DVDs of "The Descent", (scary stuff!!), & "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"......

Did U spot the Kubrick reference in "Charlie" at all?

8:46 pm

Jacula

Movieman - is that the new (J. Depp) version of charlie you are talking about? If so, I've not seen it yet.

8:47 pm

movieman

It certainly is, so I won't spoil it for you by going into detail.....

8:48 pm

Nonny

Any help w/ ar 5/12 & ar 6/21? Also at 6/21?

8:49 pm

aknitter

nonny-- at 6/21 lack of muscle tone

8:49 pm

Jacula

I can't stand Tom Cruise, I find him scary, in fact call him 'Creepy Cruise'. Odd thing was, I didn't know my Mum felt the same until she said it (the exact words I've said) a couple of days ago. My other half now thinks this anti-Cruise thing must be genetic. LOL.

I can enjoy his fillms, but , well...

8:50 pm

Jacula

at6/21 - you might ask for this with a gin.

8:51 pm

movieman

Jacula, does your dislike of Mr. Cruise have anything to do with the fact that he's a Scientologist?

8:53 pm

Jacula

ar5/12 and its plural 6/21 are a knight's light helmet. Think Somerset word 'ar' and then add what you might have done had you got together with others. You would have m** them. If you're in UK, then just think of another word for the police. The M**.

8:57 pm

Jacula

Movieman - actually, it does. But not because of that fact so much as the avidness with which he seems to pursue it. It seems like a kind of autisic thing to do, to me. But, before I knew about the Scientology, I saw a film (not Breathless, I think) in which he played a real creep with his then lover, the readhead. Scared the shit out of me because I knew he meant it!

8:58 pm

Jacula

Oops! I just got beeped on BABBLE for typing ess aitch eye tee.

8:58 pm

movieman

Ah, well, I suppose I have to go now.....

It's nearly 3:00am and I should really have been in bed at least 3 hours ago, but this Babbling lark can really take a while......

So I'll sign off now.....

Byyyyeeeeeee!!!!!!!!

9:01 pm

Jacula

Come back soon, Movieman, and remind me which film with Creepy Cruise and Nicole Kidman I wads trying to recall! In the meantime, sleep well.x

9:01 pm

Nonny

Jacula, did you ever figure out sa 5/10? How about li 6/18?

9:02 pm

Jacula

li6/18 is one who li4/4's.

9:03 pm

Dianne

Help - I can't find the 1st or 2nd Mo4/5. I have the
sickness/single one word. Any clues, please.

9:05 pm

Jacula

sa5/10 is an anagram of 'soars'.

9:08 pm

Jacula

1st mo4/5 - not stereo.

9:08 pm

renfield

mistress - you have mail 8)

9:09 pm

Dianne

Jac - that's the one I have. What about the 2nd Mo4?

9:11 pm

Jacula

2nd mo4/5 - a speck of dust poetically. Failing that, the end of a witch's spelll, 'so mo** it be!'

9:12 pm

Jacula

Sounds like the body of water around a castle but is spelled differently.

9:14 pm

Dianne

Jac - I have that word for the 3rd Mo 4/5.

9:17 pm

Jacula

I don't have all the 'mo's' myself yet.

9:23 pm

Cathy

Evening all ... Jacula -- Was the Cruise/Kidman movie you're referring to called Eyes Wide Shut? I thought that one was kind of creepy :)

9:23 pm

Blaze

hello and hail to all.... could I get a clue for the am 7 please with (()) and XXX on top ?? thanks

9:24 pm

LeslieAnn

that one was creepy, cathy

9:25 pm

Blaze

Eyes wide shut was not only creepy... but grossly stupid....

9:25 pm

Dianne

Blaze - am plus word for opposite of day BUT add another vowel in the middle of it.

9:25 pm

movieman

I have returned, jacula, and have just checked out Mr. Cruise's filmography on the imdb, and by my reckoning he and Ms. Kidman (is she the redhead you were referring to?) starred together in only 3 films, "Day's of Thunder", "Far and Away" & "Eyes Wide Shut".....

Were any of these the film you were looking for?

9:26 pm

Jacula

Cathy - THANK YOU! That was the one. Been trying to think of it all holiday weekend.

9:26 pm

Dianne

Any clues out there for Fa5/16?

9:26 pm

LeslieAnn

hmm, blaze i agree with you there as well

9:27 pm

Cathy

You're welcome ... I thought that might be it. :)

9:28 pm

Jacula

Thanks for all the film clues, folks. Know know why I thought he was creepy etc.

9:29 pm

Blaze

Thank you for the am clue.....
the Far and away movie was a good one.... if my memory can serve me anymore

9:29 pm

movieman

Mind you, "Eyes Wide Shut" was okay if you like the sight of a nude Ms. Kidman (like me) lol....

9:30 pm

Babs1

fa 5/16 what you might turn on to cool yourself + signal for help minus the first consonant

9:31 pm

Jacula

fa5/16 - pl. of of fa 4. A kind of extended air-mover or devotee of a group or singer, etc. It has a surprised kind of ending - a round vowel.

9:32 pm

Dianne

Babs & Jac - now I know it's time to quit - I have that I meant Fr5/16. My eyes are shot and my typing stinks :)

9:32 pm

Jacula

Movieman - now you just sound like my other half, or a typical man, re Ms. Kidman. I was talking about thwe psychological side of things!

9:33 pm

Babs1

Well then Dianne, maybe it's time to sit awhile and play the guitar with those fr's on it...

9:33 pm

movieman

Alright, so the orgy scene was a bit creepy.....

9:33 pm

Dianne

Jac - I got the Mo4 I was looking for - to lose one's outer covering.

9:33 pm

LeslieAnn

that's ok dianne i needed it! the fr is fr + a naughty word

9:34 pm

Jacula

Dianne - why not play us one of my acoustic favourites? Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well Part II?

9:35 pm

Dianne

Babs and Leslie - didn't even know that was a word - thanks for thehelp.

9:36 pm

Jacula

LOL, Movieman. Orgies are only okay if everyone in them wants to be in them.

9:37 pm

Jacula

*settling back now to listen to Dianne playing guitar.*

9:37 pm

Dianne

Finished - phew. Anyone need anything before I go and get some work done?

9:38 pm

LeslieAnn

fe 7/44?

9:38 pm

Jacula

YES, DIANNE! f/mAC'S 'oH wELL' PART ii.

9:39 pm

Nonny

How about 1n 10/91?

9:42 pm

LeslieAnn

oh never mind i got the fe. Nonny, the in 10 is a in 5/10 plus a 5-letter word for convict, change the third letter

9:42 pm

movieman

Right then, I'm REALLY going now.......

(Unless someone else wants me to fill them in on some more movie info......)

No.......?

Then I shall see you all tomorrow......(not literally of course, unless we all got webcams, lol)

Byyyyeeeeeee!!!!!

9:43 pm

Dianne

Leslie - sorry I didn't clue you - I was away from the computer for a couple of minutes (and I just had a good clue to give you....)

9:43 pm

Jacula

IN10/91 - Any of a group of glycoproteins that are produced by different cell types in response to various stimuli, such as exposure to a virus, bacterium, parasite, or other antigen, and that prevent viral replication in newly infected cells and, in some cases, modulate specific cellular functions.

9:44 pm

LeslieAnn

give it for good measure! i was trying to think of something like, when 2 grapes love each other very much...

9:45 pm

Dianne

Leslie - I like your better.

9:46 pm

Jacula

Dianne - could you please stop nattering and play Oh Well Pt II, pretty please?

9:46 pm

Blaze

thanks for the in 10... how could I miss that one... I had to take it for a year.....

9:47 pm

Blaze

fleetwood mac.... please.... where can I down that for free.....???

9:48 pm

Jacula

37 wors left to find here, but at 3.47am I don't care that much if I find them or if I don't.

9:48 pm

DarleenMB

iTunes is only 99cents US. almost free. And the artists get paid.

9:48 pm

Nonny

Yes, Thanx. Your clues are great Jacula and LeslieAnn.

Down to my last 20.............Still going......I feel like the bunny in the battery commercial............

9:49 pm

Jacula

Blaze - if you ezmail me through Bab Anon, I can send you that tracks you want.

9:50 pm

Jacula

Nonn has now become 'Durcell'. Lol.

9:50 pm

Nonny

How about se 8/45? Se 8/50?

9:50 pm

Jacula

Duracell, I meant.

9:51 pm

DarleenMB

se8/45 what you make pasta from.

9:51 pm

Jacula

Not got those 'se's' yet. Sorry.

9:52 pm

Dianne

Se50 - very preachy.

9:54 pm

Nonny

Never made pasta..... Have no idea where this is going, SORRY!

9:55 pm

Blaze

thank you for the se's
Jac..., how do I email you on Babanon ??

9:56 pm

Blaze

I still have 137 words to go.... ROFLOL

9:57 pm

brandyjack

thanks for the In10 LeslieAnn

9:57 pm

Jacula

Thanks for the very preachy clue, Di. Got that now.

Nonny - I'm a great pasta cook but haven't got that clue either, so, don't worry!

9:58 pm

Dianne

Nonny - first half of the word is like a big trailer truck but change the last vowel - second half is what actors have to learn but change the last vowel.

9:58 pm

Jacula

Blaze - you click on me and then 'reply', I think.

9:58 pm

brandyjack

Pasta flour, you know, durum se******

10:01 pm

Jacula

Hiya BJ - just realised you finally rolled in again.

I would just (hic!) like to thank you (hic!) for all the help you given all of us (hic!) over the months and years (hic!). Big hug to you! Sorry I'm a pit piss*d now but it IS Xmas! LOL.

10:01 pm

Blaze

jac... I got the email off.... just email be back through bab anon.... thanks

10:01 pm

brandyjack

Um, Jacs, Xmas was 3 days ago......

10:02 pm

LeslieAnn

and to clarify, because this has caused confusion before, that jac is drunk, not mad. :)

10:02 pm

Jacula

BJ - (hic)m- It lasts a week here in UK now. We g on (hic) until 1st Jan. (hic!!)

10:03 pm

brandyjack

What? 12 days is too much for you? For shame.....

10:04 pm

Blaze

BJ where those Cape Breton pictures from you or swimbo.... they are great...

10:04 pm

Jacula

How can the vamp possibly be 'drunk' when most of the world has been eating GARLIC today??? GRRR! LOL.

10:05 pm

Jacula

Cape B pics were from SWMBO, others were from BJ. Great pics, both!

10:07 pm

Jacula

36 words to find here, btw.

10:08 pm

brandyjack

I still have 166 to find....
Was surprised more people didn't post pics....

10:09 pm

Jacula

J - I think more people didn't post pics because you can't do it from your own computer on there. I keep meaning to get photobucket to do it, but haven't, yet. I guess others are the same.

10:10 pm

brandyjack

I learned about photobucket from my daughter 5 mins before I posted those..... too easy......

10:12 pm

Jacula

BJ - re your sis-in-law's pics - this is a question me and my other half want to know... the trays of things on the snow (well, that's what they look like) on your sis-in-law's pics - what ARE they?

10:14 pm

Jacula

BJ - re photobucket - I don't believe you really jumped right in like that, given your pc awareness??

10:15 pm

Nonny

Any help w/ so 5/16????

10:16 pm

brandyjack

The caption says it all. Buckeye's. Peanut butter center with chocolate coating, look like a big chestnut. 1000 times the calories of a chestnut though.....

10:18 pm

LeslieAnn

nonny, a compound word... i don't want to go to work, it is so*** away (or add a letter to your so 4/7)

10:19 pm

Jacula

Sorry,BJ. Here in UK we needed a translation or buckeyes. We understand now.

10:20 pm

brandyjack

As for photobucket, the Web has many utilities and nifty ideas. But until I posted those pics on Babblers Anon, I had no use for that kind of service. While I keep up with a lot of techno-babble, it tends to be in my line of work. Stuff like SIP, H.323, H.265, VoIP, IP conferencing, IM etc. Utilities that appeal to John Q. Public simply aren't arcane enough for me. I knew I wanted a service like photobucket, just didn't know the name of the service I was going to use.

10:20 pm

Jacula

As for the lat 34 words I have left to find - can I e bothered?

10:21 pm

brandyjack

And just what else were you planning on doing for the next hour and 40 minutes.....

10:22 pm

Jacula

Curl up to sleep next to my sleeping giant?

10:22 pm

Blaze

I am down to 120 words tofind... and they are going to stay lost... I need a snack before the flip.... see you all then.... and I will look forany fleetwood mac musci that I may have.....

10:23 pm

Jacula

Earplugs not needed right now, so maybe right time to snuggle down?

10:23 pm

Nonny

Thanx again LA. Am down to last 4 and they're all st....

WISH ME LUCK!!!!

10:24 pm

brandyjack

Better let the young'un get his sleep now Jacs, he probably has to work in the morning.....

10:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello there!

10:28 pm

brandyjack

I'm missing the first st6/18.

10:29 pm

Nonny

It's like the one above it with a vowel. I'm missing the one below it. Any help there?

10:30 pm

Nonny

And Hi to you Temple Owl. Just starting???

10:31 pm

brandyjack

THink it was blaze's clue for that one earlier. LIke the semi-**** punctuation mark. It's the base for the 8 that follows.....

10:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

may i have a clue for the te7, please? and the ta6 that does not have all of the criations to it?

10:32 pm

Dianne

BJ - add a vowel to the st5/10 above it.

10:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

whoops, nonny - yes - i was doing puzzle on papaer - house guest, did not want to be rude...

10:32 pm

brandyjack

Got it. Thanks Nonny and Diane.

10:33 pm

Nonny

It's the one above it with the past tense of eat....

10:38 pm

Nonny

Can't seem to find the st 8/45 and 7/32. HELP PLEASE!!!! I'm getting tired and want to go to bed....

It's tough to be growing old.....

10:38 pm

brandyjack

Well, I don't know exactly what you mean by criations, but both ta6's are based on the ta4. The first one is plural of one who does the verb of ta4. The second is the most ta4.

10:40 pm

Dianne

Nonny - for the 1st half think of a nick name for a Russian vodka and leave off the last vowel. For the 2nd part think what goes with gin and leave off the first letter.

10:40 pm

brandyjack

For the st7/32, it's the st5 above with a three letter ending that begins with the last letter of the 5. Someone said the paste tense of eaten is the three letter ending.

10:40 pm

Nonny

Found the st 7/32. Need st 8/45.

10:42 pm

Nonny

Thanx Diane. You too BrandyJack even though I got it by myself first. ;-P

10:43 pm

brandyjack

If you got the st6 above it, add the last two letters of the usual mixer for gin. Other wise take the name used for your intestines (no, not guts) replace the first letter with st to get the st6/18 and go from there.

10:44 pm

Nonny

I've FINISHED!!! YEA ME!!!! I'm doing my get-to-go-to-bed dance!!!!

10:44 pm

brandyjack

Always glad to stick my half pence in....

10:45 pm

brandyjack

Careful with that jubilant dancing. Could hurt yourself at your age.....

10:51 pm

Mubner

I'm stuck in a bucket of mud, please help.....need second fr 6/30 and the next one after it... the fr 5/16. Any clues?

10:52 pm

Dianne

2nd Fr6/30 - plural of the Fr5/18.

10:54 pm

Mubner

Thanks, Dianne, I looked right over that one...

10:57 pm

Dianne

Mubner - so did I - it was the last word that I got to finish.

10:58 pm

Marc Freeman

Good evening need some help on the a's
ae6/21

11:02 pm

Dianne

Marc - take the ae 4/4 and add the last 2 letter of the mixer that goes with gin.

11:03 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks Diane

11:07 pm

goofball

Clues for the ro words?

11:09 pm

oldhousejunky

ro - what you do to turkey and the plural

11:09 pm

Jacula

Listening to 'Come' by Fleetwood Mac right now.

11:09 pm

Dianne

ro - a pot ro--- is always good for dinner.

11:13 pm

goofball

Thank you for the ro's. Now, I need the second re 6/21. I have the tool. Thanks!

11:16 pm

brandyjack

relaid

11:17 pm

Marc Freeman

the a's are killing me any clue on am7/32

11:18 pm

Dianne

Am plus word that is opposite of da BUT add a vowel in the middle of the word.

11:19 pm

Dianne

should say opposite of day (not da).

11:20 pm

brandyjack

think placental fluid.

11:21 pm

brandyjack

Although I just got it from Dianne's clue.... thanx...

11:22 pm

Dianne

At this point in the game I go right for the simple clues.

11:22 pm

brandyjack

and that's the only Am I have. invisible suckers....

11:23 pm

Marc Freeman

Thanks all the placenta fluid really helped.

11:24 pm

Dianne

BJ - think when "things run a---" and the plural.

11:25 pm

brandyjack

I am definitely not used to using that letter..... thanks....

11:25 pm

goofball

I'm giving up on the r's. May I have a clue for the af 5?

11:25 pm

brandyjack

Golfer's yell..........

11:25 pm

Dianne

I had a lot of trouble with the A's. What else do you need?

11:26 pm

goofball

af 5/16? ar 5/12? ar 6/21? Thank you.

11:27 pm

Dianne

Af5 - A plus what golfers yell.

11:28 pm

Dianne

Ar5/12 - part of the old pick-up line "haven't we --- before" and for the 6/21 make it plural.

11:29 pm

brandyjack

Could have sworn I tried those before....

11:29 pm

goofball

Got em. Thanks!

11:30 pm

Dianne

This is payback time for me for all the help everyone always gives to me :)

11:31 pm

MissyMe

Hi guys

Thanx so much for the lists you give brandyjack. They keep me from tearing out my hair. :)

11:31 pm

SueL

can i please have a clue for fo 7 44?

11:32 pm

MissyMe

fo7/44 golfers yell + another word for guy

11:35 pm

brandyjack

plant supervisor.

11:35 pm

Dianne

2nd Fo7/44 - drop the 2nd vowel of the 1st 7 and add a consonant at the end.

11:35 pm

SueL

missy me thank you. i still need the other two also.

11:37 pm

Dianne

3rd Fo7 - same first 5 letters as the 2nd then add 2 consonants.

11:37 pm

SueL

thank you soo much diann

11:38 pm

Dianne

SueL - you are very welcome.

11:38 pm

MissyMe

4 + another word for "life partner"

4 + another word for "guy" + what you place golf ball on, (just first letter)

11:40 pm

SueL

great clues thank you both

11:40 pm

MissyMe

youre welcome :)

11:50 pm

onyx

12 minutes
to find 2 f words bah!

11:51 pm

goofball

How did this happen? I only have three or four left! With some really good clues I could finish!

11:52 pm

LeslieAnn

quick, tell us what you need!

11:52 pm

brandyjack

110 words in 10 minutes. I don't think so....

11:52 pm

goofball

The very first ra 5/12 and 6/21?

11:53 pm

goofball

The second re 6/21? I have the first one (a tool).

11:53 pm

Dianne

Ra12 - than add word from old pick-up line "haven't we
--- before?" then make it plural.

11:53 pm

Jacula

34 wrods in 8 mins? Nah! Doesn'tmatter though.

11:53 pm

brandyjack

re+lifemate

11:54 pm

LeslieAnn

first ra 6 is ra + a new york baseball team (and singular)

11:54 pm

brandyjack

that was supposed to be re+life partner.....

11:55 pm

LeslieAnn

wow, that was a super-easy clue, bj ;)

11:55 pm

Dianne

BJ - I bet he gets it from the 1st clue you gave :)

11:55 pm

brandyjack

wonder if he got it :P

11:55 pm

LeslieAnn

onyx, which ones do you need?

11:55 pm

onyx

the first fo 7 word?

11:55 pm

goofball

Well, I've got those three now. The board says I have one to go. I have them all marked off. That means I have 5 minutes to figure out which one I forgot to enter....

11:56 pm

Dianne

BJ if he didn't pass him the fish.

11:56 pm

goofball

*slips into phone booth to change into evil twin for the flip*

11:56 pm

brandyjack

Drat. Looks like I get to keep the fish.....

11:57 pm

Dianne

1st Fo7 - crew boss.

11:57 pm

LeslieAnn

onyx, the leader of a jury

11:58 pm

onyx

yes, yes now the fo6

11:58 pm

onyx

thanks

11:59 pm

Dianne

Fo6 - think of a high scholl fo---- dance but change the 2nd vowel.

11:59 pm

LeslieAnn

fo 6/27 can't see the fo**** from the trees (or something) and fo 6/30 fo + consonant + door***

11:59 pm

brandyjack

there's the bunches of trees, what you do to a diskette to make it usable,

12:00 am

LeslieAnn

oh, and also a plural of a 5/18

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