Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, January 22, 2006

12:00 am

Griffums

Woof all

12:01 am

JBsAnno

DANG IT!!!

12:01 am

Jacula

Woof, woof.

AWWWOOOOOOh!

12:01 am

JBsAnno

Okay, new puzzle, new day.
How many minutes does it take to type in 241 words?

12:01 am

Griffums

That sounds like the DANG IT of someone who almost finished a grid?

12:02 am

GreyWoulf

AAAAAaooooOOOWWWWWw!!

Woof!!

12:02 am

JBsAnno

Ah one,
Ah two-hoo

Ah, fifteen minutes

12:03 am

JBsAnno

Yes, Griff, I missed ONE STINKING WORD

But, I'm over it, okay?

<taking a deep breath>

12:03 am

Debs40ish

Morning all :) t7/32

12:03 am

JBsAnno

There.

I'm in my happy place!

A new puzzle!

(Thanks for understanding, Griffums!)

12:03 am

Griffums

ONE??????
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

12:04 am

GreyWoulf

JB -- Been there, Done that! (*Hug*)

12:04 am

hootowl

I get very suspicious of a grid that gives you a 5 letter word!

12:04 am

renfield

302 words

12:04 am

JBsAnno

LOL Griffums! Thanks for the howl!

12:04 am

hootowl

OMG!

12:04 am

Debs40ish

m8/45

12:05 am

Griffums

ay chihuahua! That is tough!

12:05 am

Debs40ish

m7/32

12:05 am

Jacula

Ren! Waiting for your next e-mail!

12:05 am

JBsAnno

{{hugs}} back, GW - I know, so close, and yet so far...

<shakes self determinedly>

New grid, gotta see the stats, and the theme? and then hit the sack. Nyquil is beginning to overtake my tyeoepoing...

12:06 am

renfield

mistress - it's been sent

12:06 am

Debs40ish

d9/60

12:06 am

Debs40ish

d8/45

12:07 am

JBsAnno

302?

302!!!!!

AAARRRRRRR RGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!

<runnin g in circles very fast>

12:07 am

renfield

mistress - i need to reload my xp on this note book and get my msn instant msg working again...sorry....i've been loading some new phtoshop software

12:08 am

Griffums

gotoyourhappyplacegotoyourhapp yplace

12:08 am

GreyWoulf

302!! -- OK -- normally I would stick around to work on the grid --but I made a promise to myself after the 474 to not go through that again -- 'sides I have prep to do and no time to do it -- will probably be in later to chat, but not to seriously hunt

12:08 am

renfield

slow down jb...you'll start coughing again..

12:09 am

JBsAnno

Thanks Griffs - <holding head in one hand whilst typing with the other>

Too late, ren! I'm trying not to wake my also-suffering DH, who wisely went to bed 2 hours ago...

12:10 am

Griffums

I didn't play the 474. I enjoyed that small burst of sanity.

12:10 am

torgone

m8/45

12:10 am

JBsAnno

Stars and planets today, folks, which means this grid is out in space!

12:10 am

GreyWoulf

So I am going to call it an early night ----

"It's an Early Night!"

---and go to bed in hopes of getting things done tomorrow

(*HUGS to all*)

(*Extra for hoot, ren, JB and Jac*)

G'Nite all!!

12:10 am

Griffums

hey torgone, long time no see

12:11 am

Griffums

Good night, and good luck gw

12:11 am

hootowl

Read the e-mail!

12:11 am

renfield

(((huggies wolfie)))

12:12 am

dalmatian5

Can anyone tell me what the theme is today>

12:12 am

hootowl

Night woulfie

12:12 am

Griffums

BJ's stats are up and I'm gonna need 'em

12:13 am

Griffums

(I think now that gw's gone, his mom should tell us some fun facts....)

12:13 am

JBsAnno

NIGHT, GW {{hugs}}, hope you get everything done.

Stars and planets today, I'm changing my icon, so refresh in a minute.

12:13 am

hootowl

I can't do that...he learned it all from me!

12:14 am

DarleenMB

So, does mine count? He's a "star?"

12:14 am

Griffums

:)))) Okay, well tell us embarrassing things about YOU but just change the name! :))) You're funny!

12:14 am

chic

s 7/32

12:15 am

Hugabugs

Hi All!

12:15 am

JBsAnno

REFRESH! (love google images...)

Darleen, what star is he?

12:15 am

JBsAnno

Hi, hugabug!

12:15 am

DarleenMB

Wha? You don't recognize BRAD? Oh, must be all the MUSCLES! He really bulked up for Troy.

12:16 am

renfield

jb...cute kitkat!!!

12:17 am

Griffums

ooooh, that niner was sweet! kaboom!

12:18 am

JBsAnno

Thanks, ren!

Darleen, my eyes are all fuzzy from typing in all the words EXCEPT FOR ONE ra 4/5 (deep breath, happy place, deep breath, happy place - it's working, Griffs!)
or from the Nyquil, or both.

Brad, ooohhh. Hmm, mushcles!

12:18 am

DarleenMB

well??? How's about a first letter? points? Don't hold out on us!

12:19 am

Griffums

I think debs already said it but it's
de 8/45 and de 9/60

12:19 am

DarleenMB

JBs you're too tough for me! I gave up and went and played computer games. So now I'll try this one for a bit.

12:19 am

Griffums

Brad could take me to the happy place

just sayin

12:20 am

DarleenMB

oh well, of COURSE Debs woulda got it first ....

12:20 am

DarleenMB

Yeah Griffums, you, me Angie... whoohoo.

12:20 am

Debs40ish

lol@darleen.... Evening :)

12:20 am

DarleenMB

:waves: at Debs... hullo dere!

12:21 am

hootowl

Have to go for a while. Try to get back on later but if not, have a great night.

12:21 am

Griffums

bye hootowl!

12:21 am

DarleenMB

BOOM! found it.

12:21 am

Hugabugs

s8/55

12:22 am

DarleenMB

yeah, Brad gets me thinking all s8/55!

12:22 am

Debs40ish

What part of USA you in Darleen?

12:23 am

DarleenMB

Wyoming. Wild and wooly... :-)

12:23 am

DarleenMB

Debs .. where are you? We have good friends in Stoke-on-Trent.

12:23 am

DarleenMB

well duh I coulda looked at your profile before I asked. tsk.

12:23 am

Debs40ish

I'm in Norfolk..

12:24 am

chic

t 7/32

12:24 am

cybernan

Good Evening/Morning, everyone -- what's the verdict?

12:24 am

DarleenMB

nan .. run away VERY fast.

12:25 am

Griffums

hi nan, it's gonna be a toughie I think

12:25 am

Debs40ish

You ever been to UK?

12:25 am

DarleenMB

don't get dragged in with the rest of us ... [circling the drain as I type]

12:25 am

JBsAnno

Okay, I see where I went wrong on yesterday's puzzle. This is my last [pick one]: (whine) (lament) (pity party) message about that so aaarrrggghhh for yesterday's puzzle, and there <dusting hands> I'm over it!

Thanks for your support!!!!

12:26 am

Debs40ish

u8/50

12:26 am

DarleenMB

Debs, yes, once a VERY long time ago. 1981? '82? I forget it was so long. LOVED it, absolutely LOVED it. Want to come back for another visit.

12:26 am

DarleenMB

AHA! I shoulda know it was a ploy so you could find more big words while I was distracted!!!

So, Debs, [attempting the same thing] you ever been to the States?

12:27 am

cybernan

Too late! -- I have 16 words entered.

12:27 am

DarleenMB

oooh no! Poor Nan, drowning with the rest of us.

12:27 am

JBsAnno

Got my printouts for tomorrow, I'll check in later during the football games.
Go Steelers!
Um, (in case JoJo is watching) go Seahawks!

12:27 am

Debs40ish

lol.. Yes been to Disney World Florida .. Pompano Beach .. Chicago only for a couple of days and Burr Oak in MI

12:28 am

JBsAnno

Good night!
May you all achieve peace, harmony, and 302 words.

12:28 am

Griffums

bye JB

12:28 am

DarleenMB

Did you enjoy DisneyWorld? It's our most fave vacation spot. Chicago..ugh. UGH. Well, I live in the least populous state in the Union (and that's counting deer and antelope!) so what would you expect?

12:29 am

Debs40ish

I thought Disney was the most magical place on earth... loved it didn't want to leave...

12:30 am

DarleenMB

Ah yes, Debs, us too. It's like a whole other planet. WE need to go back... been 10 years since the last trip.

12:31 am

Debs40ish

I went there in 87 Cinderellas castle was done up like a big cake

12:32 am

DarleenMB

Oh I remember that! Boy, time for you to make another pilgrimage as well, eh?

12:32 am

Griffums

I went in '79 before Cinderella existed

Stone Age Griff

12:33 am

Debs40ish

I'd love to... I keep looking at brochures I'll let you know if I make it over.. My Mums going to Canada and AMerica this year.. lucky cow...lol

12:33 am

DarleenMB

whut? 1879? Or are you referring to the CASTLE? bwahahahaha. cough cough.

Man I need to go to bed

12:34 am

DarleenMB

DEBS! Is that anyway to talk about yer Mum?

12:34 am

Griffums

No, just it's been a loooooong time. The Pirates of the Caribbean were real pirates.

12:35 am

Debs40ish

Yeah... but I love her really.... I was going to call her a dragon till I read your profile.. Eats fire!!!!

12:35 am

DarleenMB

Well Griffums, I'm a stone ager too. My first trip to DW was in, lessee. 1977?

12:35 am

DarleenMB

Debs? You Mom eats FIRE? WOW!

12:36 am

Griffums

The ghosts in the haunted mansion weren't even dead people yet. (It wa a boring ride.)
okay back to grid

12:36 am

Debs40ish

Oh sorry thought yours said you did... just read it again.. Plays with fire!!!......LOL

12:37 am

Griffums

oooh nice 8/45! *Spanish air guitar*

12:37 am

Griffums

(oops that should have been a C 8/45)

12:37 am

DarleenMB

Griffums, sounds like our last trip. The pirates were on vacation that time.

LOL Debs. Yeah, I make glass beads with a gas/oxy torch. HOT stuff. Esp when you drop it in your lap or grab a hot mandrel. eeeeyow. Babble is safer but less productive.

12:38 am

Griffums

Grabbing a hot mandrel doesn't sound so bad

(is that what the kids are calling it these days?)

12:39 am

Debs40ish

a8/40 .... I'll have a look at your website later...

12:39 am

DarleenMB

hahaha. Um, no. Mandrel as in steel rod (tiny steel rod) and if it's been in the kiln any length of time is about 950 degrees.

I think I like your interpretation better.

12:40 am

Griffums

did you say steel rod?

12:40 am

Debs40ish

lol

12:40 am

DarleenMB

badda bing. why yes, I did. [bats eyelashes coyly]

12:42 am

Griffums

Hot mandrels and steel rods

You learn a lot in babble
I'm kinda thirsty

12:42 am

DarleenMB

As long as you don't need a cigarette...

12:43 am

Griffums

mi 8/45 STUPIDHEAD WORD ALERT

12:44 am

Griffums

(course I was stupid enough to try it so...)

12:44 am

pinecone05

d 8 and d 9 60 Go Steelers!

12:46 am

DarleenMB

well all been fun. need sleep now. later...

12:46 am

Griffums

Well, with 100 down I'm going to have to call it a night for now and come back later - have some projects I have to finish. Don't touch any hot mandrels.

12:47 am

Debs40ish

Cya Darleen... Sweet dreams.. I hope you don't dream about heating the rod in your sleep!... Hubby must have night sweats!....lol

12:47 am

Debs40ish

c8/50

12:55 am

Debs40ish

m8/45 m8/50 m8/55

12:56 am

cybernan

No catan?!!!!

1:00 am

cybernan

c 8/45

1:23 am

sprite

Morning dear gang! :)

1:24 am

cybernan

Hi Sprite!

1:25 am

sprite

Sweet grid this is... and big ;)

1:27 am

sprite

All biggies already accounted for, probably... I just found O7/32, but that won't be news ;)

1:30 am

cybernan

It's news to me, Sprite.

1:31 am

sprite

Always feel like that when I get on later, that I'd better keep still about any finds, because they will be old news by then :)

1:31 am

cybernan

Just went looking for it and found an o 7/36 instead!

1:33 am

sprite

:D
*and hunting she gooooooooooes*

1:33 am

cybernan

also an o 8/55 -- all starting with the same three letter -- some 5's and 6's too.

1:37 am

sprite

LOL... can't find them at all. Probably they don't start with the same three letters as my O7. Or they do and I am having a blind spot the size of the grid today. Have to go get my daughter some breakfast, back in a bit.

1:37 am

speedfreak sam

hi everyone!

1:39 am

cybernan

Hi Sam...

It's 11:38 pm here -- I'm all most 2/3 of the way to the finish, so I'm off to my bed. See you in the morning :)

1:39 am

speedfreak sam

bye!

1:40 am

speedfreak sam

does anyone have a clue for the de9

1:41 am

pinecone05

yes...think about a bomb and what it does

1:41 am

speedfreak sam

thanks got it!

1:48 am

speedfreak sam

breakfast at last!
see ya soon!

2:12 am

Angelsong

112 words on first pass...

2:13 am

sprite

Sounds about right, a little under half :)
And now for the rest of those little, nasty, hiding others.

2:14 am

sherb

morning sprite and Angel, and anyone else out there :) ...a biggie today...

2:15 am

dalmatian5

At least they have given us a big one on the weekend where some of us have a little more free time.

2:15 am

sprite

Hi sherb! Yes it is, and I have already seen a good deal of fairly common biggies. Nice!
Got to go, take my kid to aikido. Back later :) Good hunting to you all.

2:16 am

sherb

later sprite :)

hi dalmatian :) ...I agree, I'd rather have the biggies at the weekend...

2:18 am

dalmatian5

I love starting the big ones because you sail along so rapidly in the beginning. It's the last of the words that take most of the time.

2:23 am

sherb

I work backwards, letter by letter, so I only experience that feeling on a small scale...

2:29 am

renfield

sherb...imagine meeting you here....8)

2:31 am

sherb

hi ren !! :D ...it must be very last at night for you... I've just got out of bed...

2:32 am

sherb

*late* at night...

I like you icon... is it another of your creations?

2:32 am

renfield

sherb - it is very late....2:30 AM...i'm reloading a program and we've been watching some really old horror movies....

2:33 am

sherb

trying to give yourself nightmares...?

2:34 am

renfield

no - i pulled it from a nasa site. i had to upgrade to paint brush pro....and haven't had a chance to use it.

2:35 am

renfield

trying...i already have...we both screamed...it was a dubbed italian movie (not as good as the hammer productions)

2:42 am

sherb

I need to get a TV in my study so I can watch movies and Babble... make my life more productive..

2:44 am

renfield

lol sherb...it makes babble last longer....however it has to be mindless entertainment....

2:45 am

sherb

definitely mindless... it's the only form I'm into...

2:47 am

renfield

our brains have so much information overload, total escape is an absolute...total escape w/out mind altering aids i should say...8) gob stoppers and diet cokes are ok though...

2:49 am

sherb

LOL ren :D ...and coffee and doughnuts...

2:51 am

renfield

lol - yes doughnuts!!!!! jellies....ok...now i'm hungry. we have an all night doughtnut place a few blocks from here....if i wasn't so scared - i'd go get some...

2:58 am

renfield

program loaded - i'm going to sleep now - later sherb

2:59 am

sherb

soon as I finish the T's and the S's, I'm going to get dressed and go out for breakfast... beautiful sunny day here in London... of course, the rate I'm going, I might not be eating breakfast until midday...

2:59 am

sherb

later ren... hope you sleep well :)

3:01 am

renfield

ok sherb..i still want those doughnuts.....8)

3:43 am

zoom

morning all! Sunday morning -mmmm, peace & quiet & babble - perfect :)

4:09 am

zoom

wow, i didn't mean this quiet - is anybody here?!

4:10 am

dalmatian5

Hi Zoom - how are you doing on the puzzle?

4:12 am

zoom

hi dalmatian - ok so far -93 words at the moment, what about you?

4:14 am

dalmatian5

I have about 175 and am ready to go to BJ's list.

4:17 am

zoom

you're doing really well dalmatian - over half way - did you get all the ca words?

4:20 am

dalmatian5

Actually I have not checked any of the stats. I just start out and look for words and combos and when I get stuck then I start using the stats.

4:25 am

zoom

well good luck dalmatian - you'll be finished soon at this rate :)

4:26 am

dalmatian5

Thanks, but I don't think so. The first half always rolls off faster than the last half!

4:27 am

zoom

you're right & it usually turns out to be really small words that i spend ages looking for at the end!!

4:29 am

dalmatian5

Boy, I know what you are saying. The last grid I had two words left and they were both only 4 letters. I thought they did not exist but I just had words out of order and could not see them. I finally found them and could not believe they were so easy.

4:37 am

zoom

Mmmm, are we mad or is it just a very addictive game?!
i'm looking for my last 2 ca words - any clues for ca8/45 or ca6/21?

4:45 am

zoom

yay, that's the ca's done :))

4:46 am

dalmatian5

There are 3 different CA 6/21's and I only have one and I do not have the 8 letter Ca. I wonder ifanyone else is out there with us.

4:48 am

zoom

found them dalmatian - do you want clues?

4:52 am

dalmatian5

Would love them thanks!

4:53 am

zoom

sorry - not a good clue but the ca8 means to undergo caseation.

4:56 am

zoom

ca6 words - one is a pl of a ca5, one's a loose shirt/tunic & one's a small house.

4:58 am

dalmatian5

Wow, great clues - thanks - I got them!

4:59 am

zoom

good good :)

5:03 am

rolin

ca 6...small house?

5:04 am

dalmatian5

The small house is from a Spanish word.

5:05 am

zoom

rolin - spanish derivative.

5:05 am

rolin

ty..found it..*s*

5:12 am

sprite

Back for more :)

5:12 am

zoom

hi sprite - how're things with you?

5:13 am

sprite

As long as I play babble, I feel fine ;)
How are you, zoom?

5:14 am

zoom

good thanks - babble's saving my sanity at the moment - i've stopped smoking so it gives me something to do with my hands!!

5:15 am

sprite

Wow, great going! Hope and trust you will make it, good luck!

5:17 am

zoom

thank you - this is day 13 (not that i'm counting!) & apart from some family members missing the odd limb where i've torn them off, all's good so far :)

5:18 am

sprite

At least now I understand why 'sustain' and 'stamina' keep acting like they are in the grid :D :D

5:19 am

zoom

lol sprite!

5:19 am

sprite

O that is great, zoom. Day 13 already, that means your body is already there, even if your mind still knows the habit. Never mind those limbs, they'll grow back eventually ;)

5:19 am

zoom

i'm stuck on en6/21 - clues please anyone?

5:20 am

zoom

thanks sprite, i might have to add you to my support network - that's just the sort of thing i need to hear right now :))

5:21 am

sprite

Any time, zoom, you have my full support!
Sorry, can't help with the en6 yet, though. Am looking for it now.

5:23 am

dalmatian5

En plus one of your so 4/4 words.

5:24 am

zoom

thanks dalmatian - i have a distinct lack of so words, lol! off to look for some!

5:25 am

sprite

Don't have it yet either. Tried all my so4s, and they won't do it ;)

5:26 am

zoom

thanks dalmatian, found it.

sprite - bottom left corner.

5:26 am

SunnFlower

Hi folks, so4 think about what's in Heaven

5:27 am

sprite

Ah.... right, I WAS being blind. Thanks!

5:28 am

zoom

hi ferrari

5:29 am

SunnFlower

Hi Zoom, it's difficult giving up, I had a stitch in my ear 22 years ago,it worked a charm, good luck with it

5:30 am

zoom

a stitch in your ear, ferrari??

5:31 am

sprite

My love quitted smoking about 10 years ago, a friend of mine 2 years back, and they are both still going strong. It can be done!

5:31 am

SunnFlower

it's on an acupuncture point and you twiddle it when you want a fag

5:33 am

zoom

oh i see....yes i tried that some years ago & it was quite effective for a while. at the end of the day & whatever you use to help, you have to want to stop enough, i think.

5:35 am

sprite

That's so true. Both my husband and my friend tried a million different ways to quit and they didn't. And then one day they decided that they really wanted to stop and they did, and had a tough time, but they pulled through without aids and managed it. I admire you, zoom. You will succeed! :)

5:36 am

zoom

time for a break - something healthy like water & carrot sticks of course!!

thanks sprite & ferrari :))

5:37 am

sprite

Bye zoom, my thoughts go with you :)

5:37 am

SunnFlower

the idea behind the stitch is thatyou become a non smoker almost immediately and then you just have to get over the chemical addiction, every smoker is ambivalent about giving up, the stitch seems to work even if you don't really want to. The guy has a 90 percent success rate!

5:57 am

zoom

hi, back again, how's everyone doing?

5:58 am

SunnFlower

it's very quiet zoom

5:59 am

sprite

I am going slowly. 2/3 now found and feeling like there can't be more than 20 or 30 more words left. Somehow this is not an easy grid for me.

6:00 am

SunnFlower

Know what you mean sprite, I've 115 to go but I haven't used any help yet

6:01 am

zoom

i'm up to 169 now - can't believe there's nearly the same again left to find.
any clues for li6/18 & li7/28 please?

6:02 am

sprite

Same here, about a third left to go and seriously considering opening the stats panel or even reverting to A2Z, cause I am really stuck. Well, we know that feeling... it will pass, lol.

6:02 am

sprite

zoom: hear and hear well!

6:03 am

Eva

Zoom- What you are doing is one of the bravest and hardest things to do and you have all of my best wishes! I quit about 25 years ago and thought I was losing my best friend....had to keep reminding myself that this was junky thinking, and that any reason I could come up with for having "just one" ( a deep loss, a particularily stressful situation) could easily justify having millions. It seems to me, from watching friends over the years quit, that the ones who found it pretty easy to quit alsom ended up going back to it because they somehow hadn't really confronted just how addicted they were. So the suffering is a good thing(-: Just hang in there and let us know if there is anything you need. If you've done 13 days you can do it forever!!!!!

6:03 am

SunnFlower

the az word, wash you mouth out sprite!, LOL

6:03 am

SunnFlower

havent got those yet zoom

6:04 am

Eva

anyone have any clues for the big o's (no not the one from when Harry met Sally), the a8 and the mi8?

6:04 am

sprite

LOL ferrari! I do use A2Z sometimes, but only for the last 2 or 3 that I can't really find without aid. So... not yet! I have this trick: browse away from the babble page, do something else and then come back as if I have never seen the grid before. Usually helps ;)

6:06 am

SunnFlower

I keep seeing te**ily mewing c**s

6:06 am

zoom

thanks eva, it's really helpful to hear things like that, i'm loving it at home today because my partner & son who both smoke (altho not in the house) are out - hate to say it but it's much easier when they're not around at the moment - that's not meant to be as terrible as it sounds!!

6:07 am

SunnFlower

wearing jeans

6:08 am

sprite

Just plain common sense, zoom, of course it is easier when they don't confront you with exactly the thing you are trying to quit!
Oooooops ferrari... :)

6:09 am

michaela200

wot u have to do here just guess the words does everybody get the same board

6:10 am

zoom

sprite - these pesky li words, i think i have the 2 you gave clues for, do you have another li6/18 & 7/28?

6:10 am

SunnFlower

that j word isn't there sprite, I know it is without the last letter but what I said would have m*** even less sense

6:11 am

Eva

I'ts not a terrible thing to say at all! Hopefully you will act as a prod/inspiration to them. How incredibly hard to do this with smokers in the house. What about a house rule that they can't actually smoke inside the house? Our premises are entirely non-smoking, and I don't feel at all sorry for my smoking acquaintances (fewer and fewer) who have to step outside in%2

6:11 am

Eva

Any chance that they would abide by making the house a non-smoking area? What you are doing is such a gift for all of you....if anyone has to move in anyone else's direction, it should be them moving towards you!

6:12 am

Eva

Sorry for the repeat-the board is doing weird things again....half boards, hanging up and then suddenly responding again, so I thought the first message had been lost in space.

6:12 am

sprite

LOL ferrari... you are right :)
Zoom: sorry, only have that 6-6-7 combo so far.

6:13 am

zoom

oh yes eva, they're pretty good & don't smoke in the house, it's just knowing that the dreaded weed is accessible !!

6:14 am

sprite

michaela: on the top right you will find the link to the Babble rules, they should give you information on how to play here. We all have the same grid. For clues read the log or check out Babblers Anonymous (last link under Friends of Babble). Good luck playing!

6:14 am

Eva

My husband always tells smokers about the guaranteed 10 day quit smoking plan-cut one finger off each day. But when I was a smoker I probably would have used my toes.

6:15 am

sprite

ROFLOL Eva!

6:15 am

zoom

lol eva.

6:21 am

sprite

zoom: got them! They only differ from the other set by the 6th letter.

6:22 am

davetins

eva the big o's are add ons to not in??

6:25 am

zoom

thank you sprite - i'm struggling with those - must be too much oxygen getting to my brain, lol!

6:26 am

sprite

Gheghe, that's probably it. One set has to do with "hark, ye babbler!" The other with a long series of names, and the words you are looking for are the people in that series of names.

6:29 am

zoom

brilliant sprite - found them at last, thanks!!

6:30 am

sprite

:D

6:31 am

SunnFlower

mi7, mi8, to sing badly

6:32 am

sprite

Ah, great, thanks!

6:35 am

SunnFlower

I've got the ou8

6:38 am

sprite

I just found the big As, rare blue or light yellow to brown crystalline mineral, the rarest of three forms of titanium dioxide, TiO2, used as a pigment, especially in paint. (+ pl.)
Somehow they sound to me like what they call it when cancer appears in other areas of a body than where it originally was, but they have nothing to do with that, apparently.

6:40 am

SunnFlower

thanks sprite

6:41 am

sprite

Mi8/55: did wrong.

6:42 am

sprite

Mi8/45: food that went wrong

6:46 am

zoom

food that went wrong sprite?

6:47 am

sprite

If some wild animal ate you, you would be E5. If that went wrong, you would be Mi8.

6:49 am

SunnFlower

heaven forbid sprite

6:50 am

zoom

thanks agaain sprite. i had that as an mi6 but couldn't see the extension - doh!

6:50 am

sprite

LOL
Okay... not you of course! Someone else... someone not babbling... someone like my boss ;)

6:52 am

SunnFlower

got all the o's at last

6:53 am

sprite

I am one O short, but getting there. 36 left to find and absolutely no idea where they can be hiding.
*opens stats panel*

6:57 am

SunnFlower

had to give in sooner than you sprite

6:58 am

sprite

Somehow this is a tough grid! Found the missing O. It really helps if you know which tile to start from...

6:59 am

SunnFlower

it doesn't flow, there's dead ends all over the place

7:00 am

sprite

I keep trying to get an N and a T to be neighbours. Could make about a million words if they were next to each other, lol.

7:02 am

SunnFlower

and an e next to the m

7:03 am

sprite

Exactly so!

7:07 am

sprite

Oh help, there is ANOTHER J. Already found more of them than I thought I knew. Well. Here we go ;)

7:08 am

SunnFlower

flotsam

7:09 am

sprite

Nope, must be a J4. It's my last :( Can't see it for the life of me.
*goes monkeytyping like mad*
My love, my daughter and me go swimming soon, so I must find that last one fast!

7:11 am

SunnFlower

sprite there are 3 names

7:16 am

zoom

time for another break, 70 words to go, enjoy your swim sprite :)

7:17 am

SunnFlower

see ya zoom, sit on your hands

7:18 am

zoom

for sure ferrari :))

7:23 am

sprite

Hang in there, zoom, you will be fine :D
Okay, found it, thanks ferrari.
My missing one was apparently a past time of an expletive. Never thought of that. Monkeytyping is a great thing :)
We have 302 words / 5.07 average / 4295 points today. Nice grid, though not easy.
One of my toughest combo's: U5/6, widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
Thanks for the great company and have a nice day :)

7:25 am

Babbler

hi all : )

7:27 am

SunnFlower

congrats sprite, that us6 took me ages cos I couldnt see how it pluralised! Thanks for the company too, have a good swim

7:27 am

SunnFlower

Hi Babbler

7:28 am

Babbler

hi Ferrari : ) How are you? I'm hoping to be finished before Smallville. What are my chances, do you think? Tough grid?

7:30 am

SunnFlower

It doesn't flow today, and I'm fine thanks, you?

7:32 am

Babbler

ok, thanks...... though my throat feels a bit funny. I had the sniffles yesterday. It's getting colder, isn't it? Gonna nip out and get the papers in a sec..... and a chocolate muffin! heh heh! : )

7:35 am

harpjane

Good morning.

7:35 am

Babbler

morning, harp : )

7:35 am

SunnFlower

morning harp

7:37 am

Tandy

how come jane jess and jean are allowed but not janet

7:38 am

macuser

Please don't post actual words in the log. Thank you.

7:39 am

SunnFlower

please no words, it spoils it for others

7:39 am

Tandy

just asking

7:40 am

harpjane

hee hee, can't use my name in the log today.....

7:40 am

SunnFlower

well ask more with more subtlety

7:43 am

Tandy

thanks for the slapped wrist but still want to know answer to question

7:44 am

SunnFlower

email Dr God, very strange things happen in Babbleland

7:45 am

MaisieB

the two je's have other meanings apart from names. Ja is probably the same. Anyone have any clues for the c's. I'm monkey typing like mad ans only have half of them

7:46 am

harpjane

Tandy, sometimes there seems to be no rhyme or reason. turns out texas is a proper noun but also a word when spelled with a small t.

7:46 am

dalmatian5

Very often words have more than one meaning. Two of the words questioned are actually a type of cloth, one is a coin and one is a strap used around a hawks leg. You can always click on the question mark next to the word and see what it means and why it is more than a proper name. Hope that clarifies.

7:47 am

harpjane

268 words to go, I'm off to church and then a whole day of skiing. I'm going to be frantic tonight about 9:30 when I come back....

7:49 am

SunnFlower

have a good day harp, sounds fun

7:49 am

Babbler

have a lovely day, harp : )

8:06 am

lottijw

A quick look in and i`m backing out straight away!!! It`s too long....Sunday dinner to cook and uniforms to iron!!! May have to play Buzz on the playstation instead :)

8:14 am

Nonny

Morning all! I'm soooo proud of myself. I actually found a word that is a word that's not listed. It's another us 6/21. Anyone else come across that?

8:29 am

EasternBlue

Hi all - dropping in a for a quick hello...

Lotti - didn't see you yesterday so I thought I'd give you a glance at the giraffe!!

8:31 am

EasternBlue

It's a biggie today...not sure if I'll dive into this one...lots to do & yesterday's wore me out!!

Catch you later!!

8:37 am

zoom

hi all, back again with 60 seemingly impossible words to find. how's everyone doing?

8:41 am

FMitch

Hi Zoom, not playing today, way too man ywords. Wasx just reading the log and saw that you have given up smoking - well done!!!!!!!!!

8:44 am

FMitch

I stopped 8 months ago. one thing I did for about the first 6 weeks or so was keep a bowl of carrot and and celery sticks on my desk where the ashtray used to be.
Really helped break that "what am I supposed to dow with my hands now" habit. I was a 40+ a day smoker and you are right about what you said earlier - If you have the right mind set you will do it.

8:44 am

zoom

thanks fmitch, come on & play!

8:45 am

zoom

funny you should mention carrot sticks - i've just munched my way through a pile of them & they do help,lol

8:52 am

FMitch

Won't be playing today as it's way too many words, I like the grids that are max 200ish, more than that and I just don't have time to complete them.
Are you UK based?

8:52 am

Sherylr1961

can anyone pls help me with the an7 and an8

8:52 am

zoom

Mmmm, wiltshire - and you?

8:55 am

FMitch

I'm Berkshire.
Sunday lunch is calling rib of beef and all the trimmings. nice chatting and maybe we should start a link on babblers anon for us now non smokers. hits and tips and screams too LOL?

8:55 am

zoom

sheryl, the an7 is a mineral and the 8 is its plural - start in bottom right corner.

8:55 am

Chris P

zoom - where abouts in Wiltshire are you? I live in Devizes.

8:56 am

zoom

sounds good fmitch - the lunch and the link - enjoy :))

8:56 am

zoom

omg chris, i'm going to devizes tomorrow, all the way from trowbridge!!

8:57 am

FMitch

catch up soon and stick with it - after 13 days you can defiantely do it zoom!!!!!

8:57 am

Chris P

I lived in Trowbridge for quite a few years. Did all my schooling there!!

8:59 am

zoom

what a small world chris! i think devizes is a much nicer town.

9:01 am

Chris P

I agree - it's got a lot of character to it and we love living there. The people are so friendly. Can't believe someone else lives so close!!

9:03 am

zoom

i know, how crazy is that, how're you doing with this monster grid?

9:03 am

Chris P

Got 63 to go and starting to struggle.

9:06 am

zoom

i'm on 255 & just about stalled, don't seem to have found anything for ages - well only gibberish that gets an ooops!

9:07 am

Chris P

Have to admit - I've now resorted to babblers anon to get me going again.

9:07 am

periwinkle

Hi, all , getting a late start, not sure I will finish, too much to do today but will give it a shot. What does the 9 start with please

9:08 am

periwinkle

Nevermind, 9 starts with de

9:09 am

Sherylr1961

ty chris finally got it

9:10 am

smaller

Good morning, all! Late start for me too peri.
lot o'words to find

9:17 am

Yoink

Hello, this one's too big for me today, important football to watch later so not enough time

9:18 am

smaller

babble's so educational.
for example, "important football" is an example of an oxymoron.
thank you, yoink, for providing today's lesson

9:20 am

Yoink

You're welcome, though you're American so you are forgiven for not being able to understand

9:21 am

smaller

pthhhhhbbbbtttt!

9:21 am

Yoink

I'm guessing that's a US spelling for "You're so right, you are like a god to me"

9:25 am

smaller

LOL! good one!

BUT, you're just envious of my 17 words since you're OCD won't allow you to start the grid

9:26 am

smaller

speaking of BUTs,
thanks for changing my poopie diaper yesterday. i was starting to chafe

9:27 am

smaller

earlier: your not you're

9:27 am

Yoink

LOL, you're welcome, it's obvious there is almost no limit to the depths that I will sink to.

And it's not OCD, it's just... lack of time

9:29 am

sherb

admit it Yoink, it's OCD... otherwise, you wouldn't mind playing without completing... :D

9:30 am

smaller

musta been my stinking diaper yesterday that's keeping people from chatting today.

yoink, am i stinky again?

9:31 am

Yoink

Argh, but it would be all... and ... ok, it's OCD :(

Smaller, a little, but not as bad as yesterday :D

9:31 am

smaller

Hi Sherb!!!!! How are you? Are you done with the grid? You're always so speedy.

9:33 am

sherb

hi smaller !! :D ...found 41 words this morning, while chatting with ren... just returned for the other... 261...!!! ...flattered you think I'm speedy, but I think that might be just a tiny bit inaccurate...

9:36 am

smaller

yoink,
embrace the ocd. it's your friend. your ONLY friend. so enjoy it. hehehehehehe

9:38 am

smaller

sherb-
everso humble. do you think renny had less than 22 words. we're competing for crappiest babbler.

9:38 am

Yoink

Smaller, I can always rely on you to make me feel better with your kind words :p

9:39 am

smaller

yoink...
thanks for your thanks. i must admit the onus of being st. smaller does overwhelm even me

9:40 am

sherb

smaller - you're winning hands down... just check out the rankings... :D

9:42 am

smaller

sherb-
LOL!!!
phew! good! i've been working soooo hard at it

9:43 am

Yoink

So how's that sainthood coming along Smaller? Is the fact that you are actually pure evil not hindering it somewhat?

9:45 am

Sherylr1961

can anyone help me with the as6 pls

9:46 am

sherb

Yoink - being a northener, you should understand that insulting people is often a sign of affection... smaller's just trying to say she like you... :D

9:46 am

sherb

Sheryl - sorry, give me about 6 hours and I might have reached the A's... :)

9:47 am

Chris P

sheryl - as + 'dirt'

9:47 am

sherb

Sheryl - scrub that - as6 has to do with the earth... :)

9:49 am

Yoink

Sherb, I know that really, she just has to admit it to herself! :D

9:49 am

smaller

Yes yoink, Sherb's right. And I'm soooo mean to her. See it's like family.
Oh, I can't say the evil thing helps but it is a perk. like a 401K or dental insurance

9:51 am

sherb

er, what's a 401K?

9:52 am

smaller

and i think it's sherby that stinks, not me

9:52 am

Yoink

That's what I was wondering too, Sherb

9:53 am

smaller

sherb....
oopsy, amercanism. it's a retirement plan that employees and employers contribute

9:55 am

smaller

not that i would need it.
...because i'm actually Prince William

9:55 am

smaller

i like pretending that i'm a girl. being a prince is really hard. kinda wanted to be a princess

9:55 am

sherb

and just to prove how slow I am, I've only found 16 S's in half an hour...

9:56 am

sherb

hmmm, and how long have you had these fantasies, smaller...?

9:57 am

Yoink

Is there enough in the Babbler's anon chest to pay for some therapy for Smaller?

9:58 am

smaller

...and i'm "smaller" b/c at my princely height it's nice to be a smaller girl even it's only babble. living a life as prince william is not all fun and games. you know

9:58 am

sherb

good thought, Yoink... I'll chip in another tenner...

9:58 am

smaller

don't judge me,
i just wanna be a princess

10:00 am

Yoink

I think it's going to take a lot more than that Sherb...

10:01 am

sherb

well, his mother was tall, and she looked OK for it... kind of dwarfed her husband, though...

10:02 am

smaller

ok enough about my needs, you insensitive cads.
i have to go watch "little einsteins" with a 2 year old in my humble castle.
social event of the season. and note how YOU didn't receive an invitation
bye! happy babbling!

10:02 am

sherb

you're right, Yoink... better make it a monthly payment plan... could need long-term therapy...

10:03 am

sherb

bye smaller... come back soon :D

10:03 am

Yoink

Bye Smaller! Enjoy that, whatever it is

My football is starting now too, everyone cheer on Liverpool! Bye all

10:04 am

sherb

as long as they're not playing Boro... hope you have a win, Yoink :D

10:10 am

hurshy

gosh, today seems hard.

10:11 am

sherb

hi hurshy :) ...depends how much time you've got... :D

10:13 am

hurshy

i've got the time, but it still appears hard. :)

10:23 am

mummy

hi who's the daddy

10:23 am

mummy

come over for a cuppa

10:24 am

hurshy

i have to say, if this puzzle had any human influence in its design, my guess is that it was for the sake of having the word je 6/36

10:25 am

who's the daddy

ok mummy see you in ten mins

10:28 am

sherb

and the devil is in here...

10:29 am

hurshy

but not admittable. i must say i don't see why edam (cheese) can't count. if cheddar appeared i bet it would, and i'm sure we have had brie.

10:30 am

hurshy

also, liase.

10:31 am

sherb

...liaise?

10:32 am

hurshy

how right you are, sherb. silly me.

10:34 am

mummy

how many words today please?

10:35 am

hurshy

302 - and hey, there's a new sleep medication in here too.

10:36 am

hurshy

well, i've found 160 and i think it's time i started using the list, i'm slowing way down.

10:37 am

mummy

Thank you, keep on babbling...

10:37 am

Trotters

Hi all, just 25 s's to go and I'll be done. The mi's, un's and ou's are really hard!

10:38 am

hurshy

way to be encouraging, trotters. :)

10:40 am

sherb

hi Trotters :) ...long time no see...

10:41 am

Trotters

Hi sherb, I've been around just never have enough time to both chat and babble during the week.

10:41 am

michaela200

ive only got 29 need serious help lmao

10:42 am

sherb

I know what you mean... weekday evenings are too short for me...

10:44 am

sherb

michaela - have you tried the second letter list at Babblers Anon? ...link on the right of the screen, go to General, then Stats... and you can also search for words at a2zwordfinder.com, or morewords.com... :)

10:46 am

sherb

my word of the day is the st8/55 - that's how I'll be celebrating in the jacuzzi when I finish... :D

10:47 am

hurshy

thanks for that one sherb

10:49 am

Trotters

Haven't got that one yet Sherb. I like the first mi7/36, story of my life. lol

10:49 am

michaela200

i dont get how to use it lol

10:56 am

sherb

an hour and a half to do the S's... time for a break...

10:58 am

Trotters

I've just got 10 left to go, Sherb. Enjoy your break.

10:58 am

michaela200

sorry to be a bugger,but i cant see no link for the two word list

10:59 am

Trotters

Under friends of babble, michaela, babblers anonymous

11:00 am

hurshy

and then it's the first post under general.

11:01 am

lola100

Hi all! : )

michaela, click on the babblers anon (top right hand of screen) and go to general. It's the first listed topic there : )

11:01 am

hurshy

sorry michaela - you're not a bugger - usually we're much more helpful than this but i guess not many of us are on today and we're all kind of focussed on this big grid.

11:01 am

Malise

sherb st8 - great word, goes well with mi6 as in wine glass

11:01 am

hurshy

see there's lola, she's friendly. :)

11:04 am

lola100

Hi hurshy! You being nice to the newbies?? : )

11:04 am

michaela200

yeah i see bout dont understand all this mi 6 stuff etc

11:04 am

hurshy

not nice enough i'm afraid - i am selfishly focussed on looking for words

11:05 am

hurshy

mi 6/24 for instance, means a word that starts with mi, is 6 letters long, and worth 24 points.

11:05 am

lola100

Aw hurshy, I don't blame you...it's a b*gger today! : )

11:05 am

hurshy

but the points are like this: for 4 letter words, just count 'em straight, but for 5's you double them, for 6's you triple them, and so on

11:06 am

hurshy

i'm trying to redeem myself now lola :)

11:06 am

brandyjack

To get the points, you add up the numbers at the bottom of the tiles and then mulitply them by a number which you get by subtracting 3 from the length of the word. For a seven letter word, the multiplier is 4.

11:07 am

lola100

Very good hurshy! : ) *lola leans over and places noddy badge on hurshy's lapel*

11:07 am

lola100

Hi brandyjack : )

11:08 am

brandyjack

Hi Lola, Hurshy.

11:08 am

hurshy

hey brandy.
lola - is noddy a britishism i don't know?

11:10 am

lola100

hurshy, lol! Yes, it's actually something we say in SA, not sure if the brits say it too. You get a 'noddy badge' whenever you do something good. Tongue in cheek saying. : )

11:11 am

hurshy

like because you can give someone a nod if they do something good? does it come from that? and oh, what planet have you got there?

11:12 am

hurshy

and thank you for the noddy badge, btw. :)

11:13 am

lola100

No, Noddy is a children's character created by Enid Blyton and beloved of all children except, obviously, American ones. Seems you got Sesame Street instead : )

11:14 am

michaela200

well i got 39 now but still none the wiser on the 2 letter word thing lmao,need it explaining easier lol

11:14 am

Trotters

I've finished!! 302 words. Only started at lunchtime, what a drag, almost lost the will to live but never give up. Can I have a noddy badge please?

11:14 am

lola100

No idea on the planet....was attracted by the purdy colours ; )

11:16 am

hurshy

this is why i love babble - i learn so much about world culture.

11:16 am

hurshy

well i guess there are other reasons too. :)

11:16 am

lola100

michaela, the word SONS (which cannot be made today) would be an so4/4. It begins SO, has four letters and each of those letters is worth one point giving the word a total of four points. Does that help? : )

11:17 am

lola100

Woo! Well done trotters! *lola gives trotters a noddy badge*

11:18 am

Trotters

Ouch, you stuck the pin in my skin!

11:18 am

hurshy

how funny, sherb pointed out earlier that satan is in the puzzle, and i just noticed that jesus is too. apparently today's puzzle is symbolic of the struggle between good and evil?

11:19 am

lola100

Hurshy, refresh to see Noddy! : )

Oops, sorry trotters! : /

11:21 am

hurshy

i like him already lola :)

11:23 am

lola100

Of course you do hurshy, he's Noddy!
*sings* Oooooooh, I'm a little noddy man, I always nod my head!

11:26 am

hurshy

you playing today lola, or just chatting?

11:28 am

lola100

I'm playing hurshy. Well, I call it playing but it is a sad thing to watch me right now : /

11:29 am

hurshy

i'm feeling like a total genius right now for finding the ly's

11:32 am

lola100

I have just been in mortal combat with the ca's...I won in the end though! ; )

11:32 am

hurshy

shouldn't have said that. i've angered the babble gods (translation, i'm doing the mi's)

11:32 am

hurshy

way to go, lola!

11:34 am

lola100

hurshy, I've found the best way to appease them is to sacrifice a chocolate biscuit : )

11:35 am

cybernan

Good morning everyone -- I've just downloaded the stats and I see that the a's are still with us!

Any clues for the an 7 & 8 combo?

11:35 am

hurshy

hmmm...would oatmeal work do you think?

11:35 am

sha

ruthy are u there?

11:36 am

hurshy

an7 - sort of like the name of that russian princess who everyone pretends to think survived the revolution, except without the s and change the ending

11:38 am

72 Temple Owl

hello lola, brandy jack, hurshy, sherb, nan, trotter! (well done!), sha, michaela...hope i havenot missed anyone!

11:38 am

lola100

Hi cyber : )

hurshy, it's worth a try : )

11:38 am

hurshy

hey temple!

11:38 am

lola100

Hi temple! : )

11:41 am

michaela200

they should call this baffled not babble lmao

11:41 am

hurshy

woohoo, done with those mi's. the oatmeal must have been satisfactory.

11:42 am

cybernan

How many letters of Princess A's name are used (not counting the s)?

11:42 am

lola100

Go hurshy! : )

Still battling, michaela? : )

11:43 am

hurshy

cnan - 6 of em. and it's the first s i wanted you to remove, the latter one stays. but instead of ending with 2 vowels it ends with just one, a different one.

11:43 am

michaela200

yup sure am u can play a multiplayer game like this called tangleword,dont know if anybody as heard of it or not

11:44 am

ruthy

ello sha

11:44 am

lola100

cyber, try this: first three letters sound like a girls name, next four letters are almost the same as your last ta4/4, just change the last letter from a consonant to a vowel : )

11:44 am

hurshy

yup, have heard of tangleword but it's blocked here.

sometimes the single words are the hardest - anyone have a clue for the na?

11:45 am

72 Temple Owl

hello, ruthy...hurshy can you elaborate a bit an the an7 clue please?

11:45 am

lola100

michaela, sounds like fun...where can we find it? : )

11:46 am

cybernan

Got them, Hurshy -- thank you.

11:46 am

michaela200

www.playsite.com also there is a good game u lot might like wordsteal multiplayer at www.markbyers.com u should all try that out,most peeps go in moderated room 2

11:46 am

hurshy

temple, if you put together my 11:36 with my 11:43, hopefully that will do it. otherwise i'll have to try a whole different angle.

11:47 am

72 Temple Owl

ty for an7& 8 : )

11:47 am

hurshy

nvm, got my na.

11:48 am

cybernan

Is everyone here working backwards through the list?

11:48 am

hurshy

no cnan, i'm going forwards.

11:49 am

lola100

Thanks michaela, will look into those when I finish today : )

11:49 am

hurshy

i'm just done through the n's and have 49 to go.

11:50 am

72 Temple Owl

je6/36?

11:51 am

lola100

cyber, I've got five left to find and they are scattered through the list! : )

11:51 am

michaela200

7 and eight letter word in there are u lot u having me on

11:51 am

hurshy

je 6/36 - past tense of je4
je 6/36 (my fave word today) flotsam and ....

11:51 am

Ouwachita

temple...je6/36...debris on the water

11:52 am

hurshy

no michaela, they really are there.

11:52 am

michaela200

hmmmmmmmm having trouble finding 4 letter ones lol

11:52 am

lola100

*whispers* Shalll we tell michaela about the nine letter word?? ; )

11:52 am

72 Temple Owl

ty ouwachite...

the li's are not my friends... : (

11:54 am

brandyjack

Michaela, my stats lists are accurate. Haven't found any of the 7-8-9 letter words myself yet.... Other puzzles have had 11 letter words....

11:54 am

michaela200

i got 47 now another 203 to go ohhhhhhhhh my lordy lol :-(

11:55 am

hurshy

sometimes the longer ones are easier than the short ones! there are a ton of 4 letter words we've never heard of, but a lot of the long ones are words we actually know, they just have prefixes and suffixes and stuff.

11:55 am

hurshy

the ou's are the biggest nightmare so far in my opinion.

11:55 am

cybernan

Help!!! -- been monkey typing for ages and can't find any of the ca biggies!

11:57 am

cybernan

Did get the spanish rhythm instrument, but nothing else over a 5 other than the plurals.

11:57 am

hurshy

ca 7/8 combo - brief**** plus past tense of eat
the lone ca8 is a musical instrument

11:57 am

72 Temple Owl

cyber : do you knw the spanish word for shirt or blouse?
if so, change the ending & pl

11:57 am

Ouwachita

any clues on the li6/18 and li7/28...I have the set that has to do with my hearing...cant figure out the other set...helpppp

11:58 am

hurshy

o'chita - person who is li 6/21, and pl

11:59 am

72 Temple Owl

ouwa - look to the li6 with the ed ending...if you are not the li**er you are the li****

11:59 am

lola100

ouwachita, change the last consonant of the hearing ones to a vowel and pluralise : )

12:00 pm

Anj

Yoo-hoo! : )

Ca6/7 combo - brief.... with MI in the middle, then plural...

12:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

i did not get the 5/10 10 below that mess and i found only one of the 4's below it : (

12:00 pm

Ouwachita

got them...thanks everyone...DONE...anyone want a clue before I leave?

12:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi anj! you were in yesterday's mess of a grid!

12:01 pm

michaela200

am up to 60 now

12:01 pm

macuser

Any clues for de6/21? I have the one that means to contribute money

12:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

whoops today's - that's what i get for being up for the flip!

12:01 pm

Anj

Hi T-Owl - i'm in today's as well : ) I'm not a word though... : /

12:02 pm

Ouwachita

de6/21...this part went over the fence before defeat...lol

12:02 pm

lola100

Hi babe! (((xxx))) How was the footie?? : )

12:02 pm

hurshy

mac - you wanting de or do?

12:02 pm

cybernan

Hi Anj -- is that for the same ca 7 that hurshy gave?

BTW -- see that you're in the grid today!

12:02 pm

macuser

No, not the money one, rather, the one that means specific

12:03 pm

Anj

Hi Lo ((xx))
cr*p game, Utd won it with a 90th min header. 5 secs of excitement and only one of 3 chances on target from either side all match

12:03 pm

hurshy

mac the other one is a homonym of the kind of fuel that big-rigs use.

12:04 pm

cybernan

Got it Anj -- thank you!

12:04 pm

ruthy

how u doing sha?

12:04 pm

cybernan

Anyone else having a problem with tiles disappearing from the grid?

12:04 pm

Anj

Cyber, I don't think so...

12:05 pm

lola100

Oh dear! Is your dad still sulking then? lol! Hey, I'm in the grid too! : D

12:05 pm

macuser

Thank you so much Hurshy, I got it :)

12:05 pm

lola100

cyber, I had that problem a few days ago. Just refresh : )

12:06 pm

cybernan

Tried refreshing, guess the next is reloading.

12:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

ouwa - if u r still here - the li5/1 and downward please?

12:07 pm

Anj

*#%#**% As } ( I'm banning them from language usage.

From now on, they're a symbol for grading use only.

Call me Ynj *fumes*

12:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

well Ynj...it only gets worse...i've said that about nearly every letter so far. : D

12:09 pm

lola100

Yay! I'm done! : )

12:09 pm

Atalante

why on earth did I just start this? Must be particularly masochistic today!

12:09 pm

hurshy

wtg lola! i got 28 left.

12:10 pm

Babbler

congrats, Lola! : )

hey all ! : )

12:10 pm

Dachef

while we're at it, can we ban o's as well?

Evenin' all!

12:10 pm

Anj

wtg babe : ) 143 to go here...

12:10 pm

macuser

Good job, Lola! :)

12:10 pm

cybernan

ca 6 & 7 combo, following brief_____s?

12:11 pm

lola100

Hi atalante, babbler, dachef : )

12:11 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi everyone -- just wanted you to know that I have posted a parody/tribute song in the Parody thread :)

Hope everyone likes it!

12:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay lola! *hands lola a choc chip brownie*
hey babs, dachef!

12:11 pm

Anj

I vote we ask Dr G to install a *PASS* button so you can reset the grid if you find yourself sufffering literary euthanasia : /

Hi Babs, Dachef : )

12:12 pm

hurshy

cnan, take a place where you gamble and change the last two letters to the beginning of what you pave roads with

12:12 pm

michaela200

i feel the same should never start new games can't leave em alone lol,this is right bugging me now

12:12 pm

lola100

cyber, ca plus opp of stand up plus first vowel : )

12:12 pm

hurshy

lol anj

12:12 pm

Babbler

*pins Noddy badge on Lola* there you go! ; )

12:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

gW! i was just thinking of a couple of songs to use for parodies!

12:13 pm

lola100

Mmhwwammfrwm! *translated: Thanks temple!*

12:14 pm

lola100

LOL! Thanks babbler! Do you say that out here? : )

12:14 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Lola -- should get the fish on that one!

12:14 pm

GreyWoulf

Temple -- I have a couple of ideas, but the one I started with is: Babble, Babble, Little Grid -- cos I have to sing the original every night -- AND I have to learn all the verses!!

12:14 pm

lola100

Hi GW! : )

12:15 pm

hurshy

it gets easier with practice, michaela - some of the same weird words come up a lot and you learn to recognize them

12:15 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi lola! (*hug*)

12:16 pm

renfield

hey wolfie...great little parody!!!!!
howdy folks

12:16 pm

lola100

Hi ren! : )

12:16 pm

GreyWoulf

Hi ren! -- Thanks :)

12:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok - may i have help on the last li5/10 and beyond? i have only the li4/4 that refers to diet products.....

12:16 pm

Babbler

I can't remember, Lola..... but I like it anyway!! : D

12:16 pm

renfield

hey lola!!!!

12:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi ren!

12:18 pm

renfield

hey t-owl...lunch break or no school today???

12:18 pm

lola100

temple, take the diet one and change the last letter for a consonant and then for the last vowel : )

12:18 pm

michaela200

i give i think lol

12:18 pm

hurshy

hi ren

12:19 pm

renfield

hey hurshy hows our spelling champ today???

12:19 pm

lola100

temple, for the li5/10, take the diet one again, change the vowel for the first one and add the plural letter : )

12:19 pm

GreyWoulf

btw, since I have been working out the song this morning, I have been working out the meter out loud -- so Kristianna is now singing - "Babble, babble, little grid, how I wonder what you are!"

12:20 pm

Anj

Hi Ren : )

I have 6 As in the middle so in the spirit of humanity have decided to commute their sentence to cool names and slang only } )

12:21 pm

renfield

hey Ynj....

12:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

ren - NO! my eyes were glazing over by 3PM! how are u ?

12:22 pm

Christa

hello everyone.. hope sunday is good for people... could I have a clue about the sl's that I see in babblers anoy?? thank you

12:22 pm

cybernan

The last ca 7, please?

12:23 pm

Christa

never mind... I need more coffee... do I feel dump right now!!!!!

12:23 pm

renfield

t-owl...i haven't been up long...it's raining outside and i have a total frump head....but i'm happy!!!!

12:24 pm

hurshy

cnan - both of those are pls, one's latin

general tip - when on the ta 5's, ignore not the j.

12:24 pm

doxy1lover

hi everyone, what is the theme for today?

12:24 pm

hurshy

stars and planets

12:24 pm

lola100

Hi christa and doxy : )

12:25 pm

sha

ne clues for the 2nd li 6-18 and 7_28 pleez

12:25 pm

cybernan

Whew -- that's the c's done! --- thanks for all the help, everyone.

12:25 pm

doxy1lover

I will be back after I find an icon.

12:26 pm

lola100

sha, change the last letter from a consonant to a vowel : )

12:27 pm

cybernan

li 6 & 7: auditory recognition of sound made by someone else ( there are also 2 li words that fit this definition)

12:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi christa and doxy...*puts head on desk...closes eyes...sees m's and i's looking at her maliciously*
i thinkit's time for a break...

12:28 pm

lola100

I have to leave now, see you all tomorrow and good luck! : )

Cheers babe, say hi to your folks for me (((xxx))) : )

12:28 pm

Anj

'nite babe (((xx))) : ) Will do...

12:28 pm

sha

thank u lol

12:29 pm

cybernan

scratch that --- was thinking of something else.

li 6 & 7: hear(s)

12:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye, lola! see you tomorrow!

12:29 pm

cybernan

Break time -- back in a bit. :)

12:29 pm

renfield

later lola - see you tomorrow!!!

12:30 pm

Babbler

see you tomorrow, Lola : )

12:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

anyone have any clues for mi long words to share? i have the end of the list but the beginning is dicey...

12:31 pm

Anj

Ah, so tell me, Mr Enhanced North American Benchmark LExicon...what is wrong with detune(s) hmmm?

12:33 pm

hurshy

long mi's
did not behave well (or perform well in a play)
should not have consumed

12:33 pm

hurshy

i'm at 300 - so close so close just gotta get the us 5 and 6

12:34 pm

Dachef

Ynj, while we're on the subject, what about situ, as in "in Situ". Also, why not Edam? Good cheese that...

12:35 pm

GreyWoulf

Anyway -- I have to go -- got things I have to get done and no time to seriously consider the grid -- will check in later -- Bye to all (*Hugs*)

12:35 pm

hurshy

done!!! bye all!!! gotta go help kid with calculus. :)

12:35 pm

Atalante

I've got a nice pretty astronomical pic now :)

12:36 pm

Anj

'bye GW : )

Dachef, it's a bit patchy isn't it : / Mind you, it only winds me up when i'm struggling for words lol : )

12:36 pm

Babbler

congrats, hurshy!!! :D

12:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye hursh, woulfie.

12:37 pm

LeslieAnn

this is like the 18th day i've tried to put camo in. that IS a real word! and don't get me started on aint...

12:37 pm

Dachef

and why not casted? Casted? Defo a word! I mean, c'mon....

12:38 pm

Anj

I was going to get medieval over atune, until I realised it's got 2 Ts : )

'bye Hurshy, have fun : )

12:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok - time to go or i will have no day left! beautiful here!
see u later and good luck!

12:41 pm

michaela200

HELP lol

12:42 pm

Anj

later T-Owl : )

Todt not a word? That's not very organised...

12:42 pm

cybernan

*refresh* -- have changed my icon -- still in theme, sort of -- but more accurately reflects my feelings about today's grid.

12:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

*throws michaela a brownie* the best i can do - my brain is fried! happy babbling!

12:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

anyone have the last mo4/7?

12:44 pm

doxy1lover

I'm back to tackle today's puzzle.

12:44 pm

cybernan

Temple: holy mo**

12:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

*speechless*

12:45 pm

michaela200

wooooooooohoooooooooo just found s 7 letter one -)

12:47 pm

cybernan

What's wrong with enote? -- I send them all the time!

12:47 pm

Anj

...and osteo : / I've got a bone to pick about that...

12:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

*runs from room, shreiking*

12:48 pm

Babbler

heh, good one, Anj : )

12:49 pm

Anj

...dumb thing is, it allows os4/4 (as in 10 commandements without the M) which is a suffix, so what gives with the prefix? : / *sighs*

12:50 pm

cybernan

no rhyme or reason, Anj!

12:52 pm

cybernan

de 6/21? (don't have either)

12:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

cybewr: thanks to ouwachita - "de part dat goes over de fence last" bye now for real!

12:53 pm

Anj

cyber, the devil is the de.... : )

12:54 pm

cybernan

have de part that goes over de fence

12:55 pm

cybernan

had it in the wrong spot, that is!

12:56 pm

cybernan

That devil clue went right over my head (which appears to be a little thick today)

12:56 pm

Babbler

de6/21 - homonym for type of fuel

12:57 pm

macuser

cybernan
Hurshy gave me a great clue for the other de6.

It's: a homonym of the kind of fuel that big-rigs use.

12:58 pm

Anj

cyber, I meant de plus the bit that wags : )

Babbler, you're not joking about that word are you... : /
That's way beyond random noodling.

12:58 pm

Babbler

mi6/21 - the first one, anyone, pls? ty

12:59 pm

Babbler

I needed hurshy's clue for that one, Anj : /

12:59 pm

michaela200

is anybody doing as bad as me go 73 words lol

1:00 pm

doxy1lover

I only have 68 so far.

1:00 pm

LeslieAnn

i have 83, michaela... not too far ahead

1:01 pm

Anj

Babbler, sorry, no mi6/21s yet : /

Michaela, there's no bad score in a grid like this. Just keep grinding away : )

1:01 pm

cybernan

Got it -- thanks for the homonym clue!

1:02 pm

Babbler

okey dokey....

so7/32 anyone pls? ty :)

1:03 pm

Anj

Babbler, got the mi6/21 : )

mi plus with you sit on : )

1:04 pm

Babbler

thanks Anj, but that one's further down the list... : )

1:06 pm

Joeypapi

yes! broke 1k for te first time

1:06 pm

Anj

bu6/39! : / lol!

1:07 pm

Babbler

wow!!! found it!!

1:07 pm

Babbler

LOL Anj! :D thanks for making me laugh... this grid has been trying!

1:07 pm

LeslieAnn

hooray for joeypapi!

1:07 pm

Anj

Babs...think 10 Commandments and drop the I in after the M : )

1:08 pm

Anj

Go joeypapi : )

1:08 pm

Joeypapi

heh heh

1:08 pm

Babbler

yup, that's the one, Anj! thanks : )

1:08 pm

Babbler

good going, joey! : )

1:08 pm

Joeypapi

now i better give myslef a break)

1:09 pm

Anj

...that's a bit severe...how about a small fracture instead??

1:10 pm

Babbler

dare I crack an osteo joke...... ?? : )

1:11 pm

LeslieAnn

haha i'm not breaking into that ;)

1:11 pm

cybernan

noooooooooooooooooo -- oh go ahead!

1:11 pm

Anj

lol : D

1:11 pm

Babbler

errr.... I haven't got one.... just wanted to refer to the osteo.... LOL! :D

1:12 pm

cybernan

en 6/21?

1:12 pm

LeslieAnn

babbler, that was a joke... dare to CRACK an osteo joke? that was great.

1:12 pm

judybs

hello everyone. my first time here,

1:12 pm

Babbler

en + so4 in bottom left hand corner

1:12 pm

Anj

cyber, no Es yet...i'm still sulking over the As & Os... : /

1:13 pm

Babbler

Leslie, that was a total accident...... ooh! there I go again! lol! ; )

1:13 pm

Babbler

hi judy! :)

1:13 pm

Anj

Hi judybs - welcome to the babbleverse : )

1:14 pm

Babbler

ok, so no one's got the so7/32 either.....

se6/18 pls anyone? ty

1:14 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Babbler -- where do these words come from?

1:14 pm

Munner

Y'all are cracking me up!

1:14 pm

renfield

babbler - i broke my routine for you joke....now where was i...???
hi judy

1:15 pm

Babbler

hi Ren! lovely icon! : )

1:15 pm

Babbler

your's too, Anj, gorgey gorgey : )

1:15 pm

renfield

thanks babbler -

1:17 pm

Anj

Babs, i'm a pulsar, having resisted all possible connotations of the phrase 'red dwarf' lol!

I can change to a neutron star or a hypernova if you want : )

1:17 pm

Babbler

will they be as pretty as this one, Anj?

1:18 pm

W00BY

hey this is how u chat am an oxer but i could get into this b t w

1:18 pm

Anj

...not sure : / Are you then sun or a red giant then???

1:18 pm

michaela200

hey wooby woobles can u see me yet mate lol

1:19 pm

Babbler

hi wooby : )

1:19 pm

Babbler

I am Mars!!!!! humph : /

1:19 pm

michaela200

lmaooooooooooooo woobles u can help me now lol

1:20 pm

W00BY

i have 4 woo hoo

1:20 pm

Anj

...and I had you down as Venus, tsk! ; )

1:20 pm

michaela200

dont think they know wot a oxer is woobly unlike us lol

1:20 pm

Babbler

ok, no one's got the other word either....

how about sa6/21 and sa7/32 combo? (3rd and 4th on list) ty :)

1:21 pm

Babbler

I was gonna draw Venus! What colour is it? I'll go check while you find my words..... ;)

1:22 pm

mamabear

Hi babble world. YIKES!!! Do I play or do I don't?

1:22 pm

Babbler

ok *refresh* now I'm Venus (google image)

1:23 pm

macuser

Babbler
sa + mi4/5, then plural

1:23 pm

LeslieAnn

mama nice interpretation ;)

1:23 pm

Babbler

((((((((( Mamabear!! )))))))))))

how you doing today, honeybunch? : )

1:23 pm

Anj

Babs I don't have any of these big S s yet : /

Venus...sort of of white/green/creamy fuzzy blob.
Not in furs...

1:23 pm

Atalante

go for it Mamabear! I've just started!

1:23 pm

Babbler

thank you so much, macuser! : )

1:24 pm

doxy1lover

hi mamabear. That seems to be an appropriate response to today's grid.

1:24 pm

macuser

you're welcome :)

1:26 pm

Babbler

Anj, have you got the CAs yet? I could do with some help there too. : /

1:26 pm

mamabear

I hope my full moon does not offend anyone :)
(((((((((((Babbler)))))))) ))))))))) Truthfully - I feel like a piece of bread that fell in the dishwater.

1:26 pm

Anj

...of COURSE!

"The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering sa6/21 held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king."

MPFC strikes again : )

1:27 pm

harpjane

ts 5/12?

1:27 pm

Babbler

*drags Mamabear out of the dishwater*

now, now.... @.....>....>...>... here's a rose to cheer you up. :D

1:28 pm

macuser

harp
ts + lemon***

1:28 pm

doxy1lover

harp, ts + lemon***

1:28 pm

harpjane

thanks. I miss that every time!

1:28 pm

Anj

t plus Marquis de S.... sa4/5 : )

You can tell where my mind is... : /

Hi Mamabear : )

1:29 pm

joey

Hey, Mamabear, I came into work so I could chat for a few minutes, can't post from home. HOpe you are doing better.

1:29 pm

Anj

Whoop,s bit of a delay there...the speed of light aint waht it used to be in these parts thanks the Plank and his bl**dy Constant : /

1:30 pm

joey

hi everybody!

1:30 pm

Anj

HI Joey : )

1:30 pm

doxy1lover

hi joey

1:30 pm

Babbler

ca6/21 and ca7/32 combo, below what you pack your stuff in, pls anyone? ty

1:30 pm

harpjane

ti words? either one?

1:31 pm

Babbler

hi joey :)

1:31 pm

mamabear

hi anj
hi joey - doing better ... however I have a head cold now that has knocked me to the ground.

1:31 pm

renfield

hey joey
hey mama
sorry watching an old columbo.....litle lag here

1:31 pm

Anj

Harp, a.......! Gesundheit!! : )

1:31 pm

macuser

harp
ti word is what you blow your nose with, then plural

1:32 pm

Anj

...! Just found a ta5/20 : /

1:32 pm

mamabear

gonna go eat somethin - will have to decide if I am up to the hunt.... bbs

1:33 pm

Babbler

see you later, Mamabear! take care : ) xxx

1:34 pm

Babbler

no one's got my words..... : (

am I gonna resort to a2z now? don't wanna don't wanna don't wanna..... hate it hate it hate it :'(

1:35 pm

LeslieAnn

babbler if the puzzle's over 300 i think it's justified :)

1:35 pm

Anj

Babbler, hold on. I will be with the Ss in a mo.

List the ones you need again? : )

1:36 pm

Babbler

have you got your CA's as well? I need 6 of them...: /

se6/18, and so7/32... :')

1:36 pm

sha

rhow u doing ruthy?

1:37 pm

Anj

Babs, where do they come it the list? I haven't got BJ's breakdown yet...

1:38 pm

Anj

ca6/24 - suitc.... that you take on holiday, with mi in the middle : )
ca7/36 - ...whack it with the plural fish...

1:39 pm

macuser

Babbler
so7/32
so + opposite of me + st5/10 minus the 's'

1:39 pm

LeslieAnn

oh babbler, i thought i had found the se 6/18 for you but it was one of those fake ones the puzzle takes sometimes :(

1:39 pm

Babbler

se6/18 is below se8/45

thanks you guys!! :D

1:39 pm

Anj

ca7/32 - suitc...again, plus sounds like number after 7
ca8/50 - ...whack it with the past tense fish...

1:41 pm

macuser

se6/18
se + st4/4

1:42 pm

Anj

Cheers macuser : )

1:43 pm

Anj

ca6/21 - ca plus 'oppo of stand' plus 1st vowel
ca7/32 - ...another job for the plural fish...

1:44 pm

Anj

ca8/45 - musical instrument you shake : )

Sounds like what you do if you go fishing in a trawler : D

1:44 pm

cybernan

first mi 6/21?

1:45 pm

Anj

Cyber, think the guy who led the exodus, and drop an i in at the beginning : )

1:46 pm

LeslieAnn

speaking of words it won't take... no forms of anj!

1:46 pm

cybernan

Thank you, Anj

1:47 pm

Babbler

thanks, Anj!! here are my last few beasties...... (!!)

then ca5/14 (below Indian subclasses)

then the ca6/21, ca7/32, ca7/32 trio below ca** blanchet

:D:D:D

1:47 pm

Anj

y/w Cyber

Leslie, I've never fancied becoming an adjective lol

1:48 pm

LeslieAnn

well, it could be plural

1:48 pm

harpjane

so 7/32?

1:48 pm

Anj

Babs, ca5/14 - theink c.... and effect, drop the E and put an S in the middle : )

Haven't got the others yet : /

1:49 pm

Anj

Harp, see macuser's 1:39 post : )

1:49 pm

Anj

Leslie, but there's only one of me : /

...and I'm not schizo... : )

...and neither am I ; )

1:50 pm

Babbler

thanks, Anj : D

1:50 pm

michaela200

ahhhhhhhhh anj think i got the ca musical thing how many letters not sure how to spell it

1:51 pm

LeslieAnn

hey, it was worth a shot. or, the female version of anj... the anjete

1:51 pm

Anj

michaela, it's 8 letters and it's spelt exactly as if you were fishing : )

1:52 pm

Anj

lol Leslie : )

1:52 pm

michaela200

wooooohoooooooooooooo anj got it 45 points for that lol :-)

1:52 pm

sha

thats me all done bye guys time 2 put kids 2 bed

1:53 pm

Babbler

nite sha : )

1:53 pm

michaela200

hey woobles u here

1:53 pm

doxy1lover

bye sha

1:53 pm

Anj

go michaela! : )

'nite Sha : )

1:54 pm

renfield

later sha

1:54 pm

michaela200

ok am up to 83 now anymore help anj lol

1:55 pm

macuser

Finally finished! Need to do some work now, will come back later to help with clues. Happy hunting everyone :)

1:55 pm

Anj

OK Babs, got'em : )

ca6/21 - Ms Blanchett plus symbol for sodium
ca7/32 - which it with the normal plural fish
ca7/32 - whack it with the latin plural fish : )

1:55 pm

LeslieAnn

congrats macuser!

1:55 pm

Babbler

see you later, macuser! (unless you have time to give me some clues for my missing CAs?? *pleading eyes* ) :)

1:55 pm

doxy1lover

congrats and bye macuser

1:57 pm

Angelsong

I've had the chat closed, working solo. now, I need help with these CA's:
first CA4/5
ca 7/ 32
ca 8/ 50
ca 5/ 12
ca7/ 32
ca 6/ 21
ca 7/ 32
ca 7/ 32

1:57 pm

Babbler

I SWEAR I tried those combos.... : / ((Anj!))

and with that.......... I have FINISHED !! woot! :D

1:58 pm

Anj

Angel, all those are in the last 50 or so posts : )

1:58 pm

ruthy

all done goodnight all

1:58 pm

Anj

Go Babbler!! (((wtg))) : )

I've still got 75 to get : /

1:58 pm

Babbler

night ruthy : )

1:58 pm

Anj

'nite Ruthy : )

1:59 pm

michaela200

angel ca a musical instrument u shake lol huh oh hark at me im helping peeps now lolol

1:59 pm

LeslieAnn

yay babbler!

1:59 pm

Babbler

you've got the beasties, Anj, the rest aren't so bad! :)

2:00 pm

renfield

way to go babbler!!!!!
i have 50 something...more or less.....

2:00 pm

michaela200

any clues for the os ones

2:00 pm

Babbler

thanks guys! :)

2:01 pm

Babbler

Time to eat. See you all later! : D and thanks again for the clues!

2:03 pm

Anj

michaela, i've got:

os4/4 - Exodus bloke without the M
os4/4 - os plus initials of big country below Zimbabwe
os5/10 - ...add an i to the 2nd os4/4 just before the end
os5/10 - change the 2nd S of the previous os5/10 to a T : )

make sense? : /

2:03 pm

Anj

laters Babs : )

2:04 pm

renfield

later babbler....8)

2:04 pm

Babbler

anyone need any clues while the oven's warming?

2:04 pm

LeslieAnn

how about an 7/28?

2:04 pm

renfield

the steelers and the broncos are about to play.....

2:05 pm

Babbler

an7/28: A rare blue or light yellow to brown crystalline mineral, the rarest of three forms of titanium dioxide, TiO2, used as a pigment, especially in paint.

(and then plural)

2:05 pm

michaela200

nope anj no idea

2:06 pm

renfield

babbler...it may be obvious...how about the lu 7 ?

and they'er playing in denver..will there be riots tonight?

2:06 pm

Babbler

lu7!! hehehehe she laughed lu7... ;)

2:08 pm

renfield

hahahhahha - thanks...i got it!!!!

2:09 pm

Babbler

I was dying to give that as a clue, Ren! thanks for the opportunity! : )

2:09 pm

renfield

y/w babbler...good clue and great acting!!!!

2:09 pm

doxy1lover

babbler, that was a great clue!!! :D

2:09 pm

Anj

...that an7 eludes me Babs - the breakdown doesn't seem to google : /

2:10 pm

Babbler

it does, Anj, but I had to persist too.... want me to break it down?

2:10 pm

Anj

michaela, lol, I will come back to the os words later. They're a bit weird : )

2:13 pm

Anj

...it's not astatine, actinium or antimony... : /

2:14 pm

renfield

come on babbler - i've been through the periodic table...

2:15 pm

Babbler

nope....

2:15 pm

Babbler

I didn't find it in the periodic table......

oh the afternoon I had! lol! :D

2:16 pm

Anj

...got 'em! Blimey, that took some digging : /

Think of a singer, one word, An...... and you're on the right lines : )

2:17 pm

Babbler

yayyyy! :D

.... anything else?

2:19 pm

renfield

ok...thanks babbler and anj....8)

2:20 pm

Anj

Ren, just Google Titanium Dioxide, then follow the definition link in the top right. The answer is just off the bottom of the displayed page in the Wikipedia results : )

2:21 pm

Yoink

Evening all!

2:22 pm

DarleenMB

AN7 one of the tetragonal forms of titanium dioxide, usually found as brown crystals, and used as a pigment in paints and inks

2:22 pm

Anj

Evening Yoink : )

2:22 pm

renfield

thanks anj..it does sound like the russian princess rather than a chemical

2:22 pm

DarleenMB

sorry, my dsl is down and I'm on dialup this a.m. verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyy sloooooooooooooooow

2:23 pm

periwinkle

Hi, all, I just can't find the very first words, ad5/14 and ad6/24. hope they are not too obvious :)

2:24 pm

Babbler

hi Yoink :)

and bye bye all, time to go :D

2:24 pm

aknitter

can anyone give me a clue for the as 6/18?

2:24 pm

doxy1lover

bye babbler

2:24 pm

DarleenMB

Oh peri, you will ask for the fish after you find them, lol

2:24 pm

Anj

...later Babs : )

2:24 pm

sherb

can I find 157 words in 37 minutes before ER starts? ...probably not...

2:24 pm

Yoink

Like that is it? Fine!

Bye Babs :)

2:24 pm

DarleenMB

ad: confess to be true

2:25 pm

renfield

sherb...imagine meeting you here again....12 hours later.....8)

2:25 pm

Anj

Sherb, good statement, unfortunately you had the numbers reversed : D It's a toughie, this 'un...

2:26 pm

periwinkle

Darleen, thanks

2:26 pm

michaela200

im still stuck on 83 cant find anymore now

2:26 pm

aknitter

can anyone give me a clue for the as 6/18? begging and pleading

2:27 pm

sherb

hi ren ...again... :)

hi Anj - yeah, and I'm just startiong the M's :)

2:27 pm

LeslieAnn

michaela, you could try looking from the "s" in the third row. there's 49 words that start with that one.

2:28 pm

renfield

don't have it ak...

2:28 pm

Anj

michaela, this isn't the friendliest grid we've had : /

Have you got the 2nd letter/score breakdown from Babs Anon?

2:29 pm

aknitter

ty any wat ren, i try to find one set before moving on ... i'm a little anal that way lol

2:29 pm

renfield

lol ak!!!!!

2:31 pm

periwinkle

clue for the ca8/50 please

2:32 pm

Anj

AK, as plus so4/4 you plant your seeds in : ) (as6/18)

2:32 pm

renfield

thanks anj

2:32 pm

LeslieAnn

ah thanks anj! i wanted to use that dirty word somewhere :)

2:33 pm

aknitter

ty anj, now i can move on with as clean conscience!!!

2:34 pm

Anj

...as opposed to as6/18ed one?? lol : )

2:34 pm

LeslieAnn

all right then. aknitter thinks clean, i think dirty. unfortunate timing for me...

2:35 pm

periwinkle

CA words are driving me nuts!

2:35 pm

Anj

I've made it to 252 : )

I might have to succumb to the 2nd letter list now...

2:36 pm

aknitter

personally i hate cleaning dirt rules in my house, i am too busy babbling

2:36 pm

periwinkle

clues for ca/50 please

2:38 pm

LeslieAnn

sorry, peri, don't have it

2:39 pm

aknitter

me neither, just starting the ca's

2:39 pm

Anj

Peri, think flamenco dancing - it's the thing they hold in their hands : )

2:41 pm

periwinkle

Anj, I have that one, must recheck my C list again

2:41 pm

MissyMe

peri
ca8/50 (past tense of word above it) first ca4/5 + you had a meal...you *** it...(be sure to past tense this word)

2:42 pm

LeslieAnn

en 6/21?

2:42 pm

MissyMe

Leslie
en 6/21 en + what is left after your body dies, and goes to heaven

2:43 pm

periwinkle

MissyMe, thanks so much

2:43 pm

Anj

...whoops! Sorry Peri, that was the ca8/45 : /

2:43 pm

MissyMe

Peri YW :)

2:44 pm

aknitter

off to swim practice with my daughter. bbl

2:44 pm

periwinkle

Anj, I know, but I will forgive you this time 8)

2:44 pm

MissyMe

bye aknitter :)

2:45 pm

periwinkle

any clues for the de8 and de9

2:45 pm

doxy1lover

bye aknitter

2:45 pm

MissyMe

Leslie another way to put en 6/21
en + first so4/5

2:46 pm

renfield

bye ak

2:46 pm

Anj

Peri, you will explode when you get them : )

2:46 pm

MissyMe

peri
de8 and de9
when you set of a bomb

2:46 pm

Anj

bye ak : )

2:47 pm

periwinkle

TY, TY, TY, MissyMe, it is interesting how the words just pop out with a great clue

2:47 pm

MissyMe

This puzzle actually took me less time to finish than yesterdays'...despite it's size it was a nice break

2:47 pm

sherb

117 to go in 13 minutes... this equation is still all wrong...

2:48 pm

LeslieAnn

ah, thanks missy. i had missed the so 4/5 so you got me two!

2:48 pm

MissyMe

lol peri how true!

2:49 pm

MissyMe

sherb I'm showing 9 hours on the clock...maybe you should refresh the page :)

2:49 pm

MissyMe

Leslie...that word just seems so hidden to me...sneaky :)

2:49 pm

sherb

thanks Missy - 9 hours on the clock, but ER starts on TV in 11 minutes... :D

2:50 pm

Anj

Sherb, you need vcr or Sky PLus : )

2:50 pm

MissyMe

sherb oh :) It's afternoon for me...not much on T.V. for me right now

2:51 pm

periwinkle

time for another break, bbl

2:51 pm

doxy1lover

watching "Ella Enchanted", just starting.

2:51 pm

mummy

who's the daddy, are you there, how many have you got now?

2:51 pm

MissyMe

k peri cya then :)

2:52 pm

renfield

missy - we have on a boris karlof movie....and IT's RAINING!!!!!

2:52 pm

sherb

Anj - I know, but 2 problems with that - firstly, I have cable (because there's a dirty big block of flats in the way of the Sky satellite), and secondly, haven't worked out how to record to vcr from cable... pathetic, isn't it... :D

2:52 pm

MissyMe

doxy is that on one of the movie channels?

2:52 pm

LeslieAnn

sherb... you could come back after the show?

2:52 pm

doxy1lover

yep, one of the Encore channels

2:53 pm

MissyMe

Anj...I just left Amazon, orded Judas Unchained!!! Can't wait, can't wait...

2:53 pm

who's the daddy

hello mummy, we got 141 how bout u?

2:54 pm

sherb

LeslieAnn - ER is followed by the new series of Desperate Housewives, so I'll have to comeback after that... I didn't plan my day very well today, lol...

2:54 pm

MissyMe

ren! lol Which Boris Karloff movie? That guy can read the dictionary to me and I would be all ears...always loved his style!

2:55 pm

renfield

mr wong......

2:55 pm

LeslieAnn

ah, that is a dilemma... you need a TV in your computer room!

2:56 pm

MissyMe

Ren no one of my favorites, but still...it has Boris Karloff :)

2:56 pm

LeslieAnn

je 6/36? (the last one)

2:57 pm

sherb

LeslieAnn - that's the answer!!

...back in the ad break...

2:57 pm

MissyMe

I have T.V., DVD, VCR, & CD next to my computer. Like a good girl scout, I'm prepared :)

2:58 pm

mummy

I reckon you've been cheating, got a list from someone in the know! I'm only on 114 - just resumed...

2:58 pm

MissyMe

Leslie
je 6/36 there's flotsam and there's je****

2:59 pm

michaela200

im still stuck on 83 think thats it for me

2:59 pm

MissyMe

brb going to go put a roast on for dinner

2:59 pm

LeslieAnn

ah crud i thought of that but thought the last vowel was an O. thanks missy.

3:00 pm

MissyMe

YW Leslie :)

3:00 pm

who's the daddy

musical instrument ca 8 45

3:00 pm

Anj

Sherb, lol... you should get an uplink feed from the block of flats : )

MissyMe - that will keep you off Babble for a while : D

3:00 pm

michaela200

i got that one like two hours ago daddy lmao

3:00 pm

who's the daddy

bless you ti 6/7

3:01 pm

mummy

easy peasy - if you're in espania

3:01 pm

mummy

got that one too.. bless you

3:02 pm

who's the daddy

so did i michaela i'm helping mummy !!

3:02 pm

michaela200

summink u sneeze into ti 7 lol

3:03 pm

mummy

huh - daddy - i'm going off in a huff, if you hadn't come over for tea you would still be wallowing in the depts of only 45 words....he he..

3:04 pm

mummy

haven't you got anything better to do daddy, like watch Ronnie get beat at snooker?

3:08 pm

who's the daddy

6 - 5 up and looking good to win

3:10 pm

cybernan

You finished Babbler? -- I'm just back after lunch and a long conversation with my cousin in Scotland.

3:10 pm

Anj

michaela - how about some juicy OUs : )

ou6/24 - an Oscar nominee must do this to their rivals to win
ou8/55 - past tense of the ou6 : )

3:11 pm

LeslieAnn

i think babbler finished and left, nan

3:11 pm

Anj

Cyber, Babs finished a while back. She's off for some nosebag at the mo...

3:11 pm

mummy

daddy, I haven't got a long enough neck to watch that and do this, so may have to give in at 120... sob sob.. and see higgins potting a few balls

3:13 pm

who's the daddy

well mummy we're tuned in to big brov at the mo, so might miss higgins win !!

3:14 pm

mummy

Oh Brother, how can you watch that!!??

3:17 pm

mummy

It won't accept that famous Portuguese rose wine...

3:17 pm

LeslieAnn

un 7/32 and 7/36? (first two)

3:17 pm

who's the daddy

oh sister i have no choice !!

3:18 pm

Babbler

.. got half an eye on Big Brother now... ! :)

ad break..... hi cybernan : )

3:18 pm

mummy

on that note I really do give in on 122/1512, how many do you have?

3:18 pm

MissyMe

Leslie
un 7/32 and 7/36

un7/32 This is food that goes without being consumed
un7/32 this is when you appetite is unsatisfied

3:19 pm

cybernan

os 5/10? - have the ancient city

3:19 pm

Anj

Babs! save me : / Those Os were evil..evil I tell you : ' (

3:19 pm

MissyMe

Leslie both words have past tense endings

3:19 pm

LeslieAnn

change the third letter, nan

3:19 pm

who's the daddy

141 1630

3:19 pm

Babbler

what's outstanding, Anj? :)

3:20 pm

LeslieAnn

excellent... my eyes were going buggy from all the un's! thanks missy.

3:20 pm

Anj

Babs, i've nailed them now, but they put up a stiff resistance : /

3:20 pm

MissyMe

os5/10 this is referring to bone, rhymes a little bit with gastria

3:20 pm

Babbler

knew you would, Anj!! ;D

3:21 pm

mummy

Daddy, so for 18 words you only have 82 points, shame on you

3:21 pm

MissyMe

Welcome Leslie :)

3:22 pm

MissyMe

I find the prefix type words the hardest to locate

3:22 pm

cybernan

I have that os 5 -- it is the other that I'm looking for.

3:22 pm

MissyMe

The ou's were especially painful

3:23 pm

doxy1lover

cybernan, the 2 os 5's are very similar. Change the middle letter.

3:23 pm

who's the daddy

i thought you were off to watch snooker !!

3:23 pm

MissyMe

k other one ryhmes with

o + double consonant + two vowels

3:24 pm

MissyMe

ignore the rhymes with I just posted and see the clue below it

3:25 pm

mummy

yess, daddy, night, night, sleep tight - I will had a few glasses of red ...mmm

3:26 pm

cybernan

Thank you, Missy.

3:26 pm

MissyMe

Welcome cybe :)

3:28 pm

LeslieAnn

is 5/12? i hate the vowels...

3:29 pm

cybernan

so 6/21?

3:29 pm

Babbler

Leslie - you might go to a shrink to discuss these...

3:29 pm

MissyMe

Leslie
is 5/12 this is like the hanky for you nose but drop the "t"

3:30 pm

LeslieAnn

eek that was an easy one too! thanks.

3:30 pm

cybernan

is 5 & 6 (plural): subject(s) of contention

3:30 pm

Babbler

cyber - plural

3:30 pm

nenaluli

why isn't Jesus a word? >=(

3:30 pm

LeslieAnn

proper noun

3:31 pm

MissyMe

Leslie...like you said, it began with a vowel, those are harder too

3:31 pm

cybernan

thanks, missed that in the sssssssssneaky jungle.

so 7?

3:32 pm

Babbler

cyber - same first three letters + cross letter + another word for road minus first letter

3:33 pm

MissyMe

cybernan
so 7 s + two vowels that sound like OW!!! + you get this from sitting in the sun + vowel

3:33 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Babbler -- thought I'd tried that!

3:40 pm

Anj

Consider this beast spiked! Anj is in the Endzone : D

3:41 pm

Babbler

woot, Anj!! :D

3:41 pm

MissyMe

Anj Good work!!!

3:41 pm

doxy1lover

Way to go ANJ!!!! *confetti flying*

3:41 pm

renfield

way to go anj!!!!! or Ynj!!!!!

3:41 pm

michaela200

got 99 now aj still at it lol

3:43 pm

doxy1lover

Will be back later to finish. Going to play with grandbaby.

3:43 pm

renfield

by doxy....enjoy!!!

3:44 pm

Anj

later Doxy : )

Michaela, how are you doing for U words??

3:44 pm

cybernan

Bye doxy -- have a good time!

st 8?

3:45 pm

Babbler

st8 - build on st5/12

3:45 pm

cybernan

Congrats, Anj -- I still have 2 to go.

3:46 pm

renfield

i've got 16...and they are little words......

3:46 pm

cybernan

Oh brother, I don't believe that's really a word, Babbler!
thank you.

3:46 pm

MissyMe

Bye doxy :)

3:47 pm

Babbler

bye doxy : )

3:49 pm

Babbler

is Blade 2 a good film?

3:51 pm

Anj

Babbler, it's MUCH better than Blade III, trust me on this. Yup, gets my vote : )

3:52 pm

cybernan

us 5 & 6?

3:52 pm

Babbler

10 mins till it starts, then!! cool!! :D

3:52 pm

cybernan

little ones are always the hardest, ren

3:52 pm

Babbler

cyber, they are v. hard....

Any of various widely distributed lichens of the genus Us***, characterized by a gray pendulous thallus.

3:57 pm

cybernan

Thanks, Babbler -- googled it.

3:58 pm

cybernan

Yippeeeeeee!!! *refresh*

3:58 pm

Babbler

time to make tea and settle down for my film! Thanks for the heads up, Anj : )

see you all tomorrow! Theme : Harps

:D xxx

3:59 pm

Babbler

congrats, cyber! : )

3:59 pm

cybernan

Thanks, everyone, for your help -- couldn't have done the last 20 or so without you.

4:00 pm

cybernan

good night, Babbler

4:00 pm

cybernan

Anyone want a clue before I leave?

4:01 pm

Dachef

hitting the wall, hitting the wall, hitting the wall, ad infinitum

4:02 pm

cybernan

Want some help, dachef?

4:02 pm

Dachef

cybernan - the ou6/24? Got the one that means to ostracise....

4:03 pm

cybernan

Back in 2 minutes.

4:04 pm

cybernan

ou 6/24: several of the ou biggies start with the same three letters.
This one ends in what film stars do.

4:05 pm

renfield

dachef - 6/24 = hams on a stage try to ou**** one another

4:07 pm

renfield

nuts probably happy - steelers are ahead 24 to 3
tims probably sad....

4:08 pm

Dachef

got im! Cheers guys! Managed to get down to 32 without asking for help or a2z, but am really struggling now!

4:08 pm

Dachef

renfeld used a word, renfeld used a word!!!!!

4:08 pm

cybernan

Back again -- anything else?

4:08 pm

kristinc

Anyone feel like pointing me in the right direction of the de 8/45 and 9/60? :)

4:09 pm

cybernan

de 8&9: explode (as a bomb) and plural

4:10 pm

kristinc

Thanks cyber...just didn't see it!

4:11 pm

Anj

Kristin, as Mr Mindwarp once sang:

"Well I'm Christ In Shades I'm A Napalm God
Your Lipstick Flickers Round My Lightning Rod
You Fever Pitch b*tch You Love To Tease
Well I'm A Hot Dog Daddy Up On Your Knees
Sex Fuhrer Baby I'm A Love Dictator
Blitzkrieg Romance I'm A Living D------or..."

That's the gist of it...

4:12 pm

Anj

...d*mn! This red shift is playing h*ll with my transmissions : /

4:13 pm

kristinc

And Anj's approach was effective and entertaining. Thanks!

4:15 pm

Anj

Cheers Kristin...

I should apologise for the free te5/10 I threw in with that last clue as well

4:15 pm

renfield

broncos just scored.....

4:16 pm

Anj

Ren, what quarter are they in?

4:17 pm

renfield

3rd qtr w/ about 2 minutes left

4:17 pm

kristinc

Anj...you know, if you notice it before anyone else, then it is an appreciated freebie!

4:19 pm

aknitter

ty for the freebie anj

4:20 pm

Anj

lol Kristin - I will keep quiet next time : )

Ren, I used to follow NFL avidly, but I'm waaay out of touch now. I was looking at Yahoo's round up wondering what all the fuss about Roethlisberger was until I realised he's the Steelers QB : /

4:20 pm

renfield

last li 6 & 7....please...this football game is really good!!!!

4:22 pm

Anj

Ren, it's what ears are for...

4:22 pm

renfield

anj - i'm not a football fan...but this is kind of like it was w/ terry bradshaw....

4:22 pm

MissyMe

ren
last li 6 & 7

you put your ear to the speaker to li**** to the music

4:23 pm

cybernan

li 6 & 7: hear and plural

4:23 pm

renfield

duh...i can't hear you.....

4:23 pm

MissyMe

ren lol!

4:24 pm

Dachef

se 7/28? Energy fading. Cant......keep........eyes.... ..open.......must...carry..... ....on......

4:25 pm

MissyMe

Dachef
se 7/28 the letters in the word above this + consonant + vowel

4:25 pm

renfield

thanks....do i feel silly....*)

4:26 pm

Anj

Dachef, take your second se5/10 and put the word that sounds like the number after 7 on the end...

...then make it past tense for the se8 : )

4:27 pm

MissyMe

Ren i just love that picure...computer enhancements are getting so incredible now...our universe is full of color!

4:27 pm

Dachef

cheers guys! Getting there!

4:27 pm

renfield

steelers kicked a 42 ft goal

4:28 pm

MissyMe

Cool Dachef...go go go!

4:28 pm

MissyMe

good lord, ren!

4:28 pm

Anj

Ren , now you've done it! I'm getting all nostalgic about the Montana, Marino, McMahon era...

Who was the blonde QB that played for the Bengals??

4:29 pm

LeslieAnn

so as to best know how to respond, ren... who are you rooting for?

4:29 pm

LeslieAnn

boomer!

4:29 pm

renfield

yupe - me to anj...family was good freinds w/ bum philips...

4:30 pm

renfield

leslie...nobody...just a really good game...

4:31 pm

Anj

bl**dy h*ll...Boomer Esiason : ) Now i'mthinking Warren Moon... Oilers?

4:31 pm

kristinc

I have the hearing li 6/18 and li 7/228...ideas/blatently obvious clues for the others?

4:31 pm

LeslieAnn

oh ok. i'm all right with anyone but carolina winning the whole thing... stupid team, beating the bears!

4:31 pm

renfield

steelers just intercepted....

4:32 pm

renfield

yes warren moon - oilers

4:32 pm

LeslieAnn

anj, my family has an old worn copy of the bears' super bowl shuffle (we ain't here, to start no trouble...)

4:32 pm

Dachef

st 8/55? If you help, I'll start dishing out the coconuts.....

4:33 pm

Anj

Dachef, getting sext wi'd de vegetables?
Old trains went like this...
Boddice ripper word : )

4:34 pm

Atalante

ooooh this might help people - http://mineral.galleries.com/m inerals/by-name.htm - dictionary of minerals

4:35 pm

Anj

Ren, Leslie, so who are the personalities in the game now then?? Like the Fridge, The Boz, 3 Amigos etc : )

4:36 pm

sandy211

any clues for the 2nd st6/21 please

4:36 pm

renfield

anj - i don't know - this is the 1st game i've watched since last years super bowl

4:37 pm

Anj

Sandy, think s......-glass window and evict the i : )

4:37 pm

periwinkle

Dachef, st8/55 - add an ending to the st5/12 right above it

4:37 pm

LeslieAnn

i was gonna say, anj, your and my football interest peaked at about the same time...

4:38 pm

MissyMe

Dachef
st 8/55 this is what you do with veggies over boiling water...letting the third 5/12 hit them st*****,

4:38 pm

sandy211

Anj.... that's the one I have

4:38 pm

Dachef

got it - cheers all. Coconuts all round!

4:39 pm

MissyMe

Dachef it has the same ending as lu7/40

4:40 pm

Anj

sandy, you need the fisrt st6/21 then, and it's the 1st st overall : )

st plus part of a play (as in ...1, scene 1) with an E on the end.

...weird word : /

4:40 pm

periwinkle

clues for the first st6/21?

4:40 pm

doxy1lover

hello everyone. I'm back to try and finish up this grid.

4:40 pm

Anj

Go Doxy! Go Dachef! : )

4:41 pm

doxy1lover

st + what you do in a play + second vowel

4:41 pm

MissyMe

Sandy

st6/21 this word is spelled differently but sounds like a word when you get spots on your clothes...leave out the "i" and add an "e" at the end and make it plural

4:42 pm

Anj

Dachef, make mine a banananananana daiquiri : )

4:42 pm

sandy211

Cheers Anj. many thanks

4:42 pm

LeslieAnn

wow, that's a lot of bananas.

4:42 pm

MissyMe

I'm drinking little sips of wine currently...

4:42 pm

periwinkle

clue for the lu7/40 please

4:43 pm

MissyMe

lu7/40 peri
its like the word above it but you do this with gusto!, add an ending like st8/50

4:44 pm

Dachef

sorry, dont have enough bananas - my girlfriend visited last week. Dont have the ts5 either? Gotta be a bl**dy stupid word. Any clues?

4:45 pm

doxy1lover

ts + lemon***

4:45 pm

LeslieAnn

it is - ts + lemon***

4:45 pm

MissyMe

dachef
ts5 s + first sa4/5

4:45 pm

Dachef

thx doxy - I was right then. it is a bl**dy stupid word.

4:46 pm

doxy1lover

yes, you were very right!!

4:46 pm

renfield

i've got a bunch of banana's daschef..you can have them for the drinks

4:47 pm

periwinkle

TY MissyMe, for the Lu clue

4:48 pm

MissyMe

"Can anyone tell me what the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet is?"

"Why yes, it's ts5/12"

4:48 pm

Babbler

is Blade 2 scary?

4:48 pm

MissyMe

YW peri :)

4:48 pm

MissyMe

Babbler, I don't find those kinds of movies scary, just bloody, gory and very fast=moving, lots of action

4:49 pm

Babbler

oh, ok, thanks, Missy. It's building up to something and I got scared and logged back in! ad break now.... : )

4:49 pm

MissyMe

I did think that Blade 2 was at least as good as Blade 1 if you saw that one

4:49 pm

Anj

Babbler, once you've seen one fast-decomposing ex-vampire, you've seen them all in the film. It's not that bad : )

4:49 pm

periwinkle

I am reading a very good book. Mad River Road by Joy Fielding. I love her books. Has anyone else read any of her novels?

4:50 pm

tbear

hi....cat on chest,can]t say or see much but hi gang

4:50 pm

Babbler

I havent seen any Blade films. Will that mess up Blade 2?

4:50 pm

renfield

hi tbear!!!!

4:50 pm

MissyMe

No, if you see Blade 2 before you see Blade 1 it won't mess up the story...they have the same main characters but they're different stories

4:51 pm

Babbler

hi tbear!! *whimpers* I'm watching Blade 2 and got scared! tee hee :)

4:51 pm

MissyMe

hi tbear :)

4:51 pm

Babbler

*holds breath..... film back on*

4:51 pm

tbear

anj... cudnt resplo nd to e-mail...wudnt open

4:52 pm

Anj

Hey Bear : )

4:52 pm

MissyMe

Babbler...only movie that ever scared me out of my wits was the Exorcist, but I saw it when I was young...wrong thing to do if you want to sleep at night

4:52 pm

Babbler

never seen The Exorcist. Don't want to either. seen plenty of clips though. : )

4:52 pm

Dachef

ok, done at last! Thx for all the clues!

I keep putting the plurals in and then forgetting the singular. Doh! Does anyone notice that when reconcile with the second letter list, quite often there can only be one possible combination of letters that fits that gap, and you can swear blind you've tried that before? And then when you enter it again it works? I think the computers trying to wind me up.

4:52 pm

Anj

No worries Bear, it was probably just a circular : )

Hey, will you be up the Coach next Sunday??

4:53 pm

MissyMe

Dachef Good work!!! :)

4:53 pm

doxy1lover

way to go dachef!!!

4:53 pm

Babbler

congrats, Dachef!!

4:53 pm

Anj

wtg Dachef : )

Agree, and it drives round the bend : /

4:54 pm

renfield

way to go dachef!!!!!!!!!!

4:55 pm

tbear

yes...to coach

4:56 pm

Anj

Bear, we should be up there in the afternoon : )

4:56 pm

periwinkle

clues for the 2nd ca6/24 and ca7/36

4:57 pm

tbear

Hi Ren and Missy........Babbler..it's gruesome isn't it!! Just got access to keyboard again....Question...1.Why do cats always want to love you when you're busy 2.Why do we let them.

4:58 pm

Babbler

can't watch can't watch can't watch

4:58 pm

renfield

tbear...i's a control thing they have...

4:58 pm

Babbler

euwwwwwww

4:58 pm

tbear

Babbler....fancy kissing him....Yuk Yuk YUk

4:59 pm

Babbler

somebody talk to me! :'(

4:59 pm

Dachef

<tries to coax Babbler from behind the couch>

that was particularly gruesome, wasnt it?

4:59 pm

Babbler

tbear EEUUUWWWW

4:59 pm

doxy1lover

what do you want to talk about babbler?

4:59 pm

renfield

chocoalte yummies babbler....truffles...

4:59 pm

Babbler

that scottish gay plumber from This Life really got into trouble didn't he? orhas he? not watching..... !

5:00 pm

tbear

I wanna be a vampire........

5:00 pm

Dachef

doxy - everyones watching Blade II on the tele. Just got to the relly 'orrible bits.

5:00 pm

Dachef

what happened to the Cat from Red Dwarf? Is he dead yet?

5:01 pm

Babbler

EEEUUwww nobody talked to me and I saw something horrible! *sobs*

5:01 pm

renfield

i can watch vampires...but i can't watch zombies...no way..no time of day...

5:01 pm

doxy1lover

Oh. I'm watching Stargate. I like this one better.

5:01 pm

periwinkle

Hellllllllooooooo, I need help here. clues for the 2nd ca624 and ca7/36 please

5:01 pm

Anj

Dachef, he only had a small part ; )

Right, gotta go. Take care folks. Catch you tomorrow : )

5:02 pm

doxy1lover

haven't got them yet, sorry. :(

5:02 pm

Babbler

which one's the Cat, Dachef? (can't remember..... too traumatised!)

5:02 pm

renfield

steelers qb..just took the ball over for a td

5:02 pm

renfield

later anj

5:02 pm

Babbler

*sobs* deserted by my buddy!!

bye bye Anj :'(

5:03 pm

tbear

ca 6/24 andit's plural Peri....shirts

5:03 pm

doxy1lover

bye Anj.

5:03 pm

Dachef

nite anj!

Peri - sorry, got caught up watching blood and gore! ca6 is ca + one of your mi4/5. Then pluralise.

5:03 pm

periwinkle

thanks for responding doxy, felt as if everyone was ignoring me :)

5:03 pm

Yoink

Hi again! Babs, hard to believe that's Luke Goss isn't it? lol

5:03 pm

Anj

Babs, my folks are here so i'm being a dutiful son at the mo : )

5:03 pm

Babbler

Aaaah!! say hi to them, Anj! :D

5:04 pm

Anj

Will do: ) byeeee

5:04 pm

Babbler

which one, Yoink??? think I can look at the screen now....

5:04 pm

cybernan

ca 6/24 & 7/36 (plural): Think of a half slip (top half), drop the last 3 letters, add an e

5:04 pm

ukfizz

hi all.... can u tell me if it is worth upgrading please?

5:05 pm

Yoink

The main bad guy, the one who Blade was just fighting

5:05 pm

doxy1lover

just did it on Friday, I think it is.

5:05 pm

Babbler

WOW!! I wasn't looking, but I'll look when he's back, Yoink : )

5:06 pm

MissyMe

ukfizz Its nice to have the stats to refer to so I thought it was worth upgrading

5:06 pm

Dachef

ukfizz- its cool. You get a pretty nifty stats panel that tells you how many words of each letter you have left to find. Also, you can download an icon and use it - can be fun. And, after all, its only a few quid/bucks.

5:06 pm

Babbler

Yoink, is it the bald one with the funny mouth?

5:06 pm

renfield

me 2 ukfizz...

5:07 pm

cybernan

ukfizz -- definitely! -- the stats board is of tremendous help when you are trying to figure out which word(s) you have missed (beginning letter). Also if you enjoy the game, I think it is important to support it financially.

5:07 pm

Yoink

That's the one Babs

5:07 pm

Babbler

no way, Yoink!!! wow!!! Luke Goss???? flippin' eck!

5:07 pm

periwinkle

thanks for all the clues (feel much better now) found the ca words, new words for me

5:08 pm

ukfizz

Thanks everyone.. Im gonna do it right now :) xx

5:08 pm

Dachef

actually I think Mr Goss looks better than when he was in Bros.

"when will I, will I be faaaaamous..>"

5:08 pm

Babbler

woot ukfizz!!! :D

5:09 pm

periwinkle

clues for last ca6/21 and last two ca7/32 words please

5:09 pm

Babbler

....I can't tell you, I can't tell you that!!! lol!! :D

5:09 pm

Babbler

euw! luke goss really needed a dentist didn't he? can't watch can't watch can't watch...

5:09 pm

Yoink

I can't for the life of me find one of the li6/18, li7/28 pairing, I have the one meaning hear and its plural

5:10 pm

Dachef

peri - ca6/21 - ms Blanchett + chemical symbol for sodium. Clue blatantly plagiarised from earlier.

5:10 pm

Yoink

He's not the dead one Babs, he's still out there...

5:10 pm

Babbler

Yoink - your things to do li4 + double vowel (and plural)

5:10 pm

MissyMe

peri
last ca6/21 and last two ca7/32 words
ca6/21 this is a spanish bar or resturant
ca7/32s one word is plura of above and one has a vowel ending

5:10 pm

doxy1lover

li6,7 - one who puts up a li**, and plural

5:10 pm

LeslieAnn

my last two s's: sa 6/21 and 7/32

5:11 pm

Dachef

yoink - someone who makes li4/4's. Add a double vowel.

5:11 pm

Babbler

sa + mi4/5

5:11 pm

Yoink

Hooray, thanks Doxy and Dachef, that one had me stumped for a while

5:12 pm

Dachef

leslieann - sa + parasite.

5:12 pm

MissyMe

Leslie
sa 6/21 and 7/32
frodo's friend's name + ending of biblical people called the Hit****

5:12 pm

doxy1lover

help with first ca7/32 pls.

5:12 pm

LeslieAnn

aha, thanks folks.

5:13 pm

Yoink

Oh thanks to you too Babs! Screen is scrolling too fast!

5:13 pm

doxy1lover

nevermind, had it

5:14 pm

Babbler

:D:D:D thought you hadn't noticed li'l ol' me.... !

5:14 pm

Dachef

doxy - ca + common Indian girl's name + s.

5:16 pm

Dachef

going to bed - need beauty sleep (more than most)!

See you guys soon, thx for all the help earlier.

5:17 pm

MissyMe

Night Dachef Sweet dreams

5:17 pm

Babbler

nite dachef! sleep well : )

5:17 pm

tbear

Nite Dachef

5:18 pm

Yoink

Night Dachef

5:19 pm

periwinkle

thanks found the ca6 and ca7

5:20 pm

LeslieAnn

eek, what about these ly 6 and 7?

5:20 pm

Babbler

ly + satisfy

5:21 pm

MissyMe

Leslie
ly 6 and 7
ly + third sa4/4
7 is plural

5:21 pm

LeslieAnn

all right then, easier than i thought it would be. thanks babbler.

5:21 pm

LeslieAnn

(and missy)

5:21 pm

MissyMe

YW...I'm not much help today, my connection is sooo slow

5:22 pm

Babbler

...... and I've got half an eye on a scary movie! lol! :D

5:23 pm

periwinkle

help with da6/21

5:23 pm

MissyMe

lol Babbler
I hope you suffer with nightmares after you watch a scary movie

5:23 pm

LeslieAnn

only half an eye, huh?

5:23 pm

MissyMe

I mean don't suffer...not suffer
arg!

5:24 pm

spellit

I have the li6/18 which means to hear - any clue for the other li6/18 please?

5:24 pm

MissyMe

peri
da6/21
lots of pretty flowers, pushing up the da****

5:25 pm

Babbler

Missy - I had trouble with Buffy..... the 6pm edited kid's version! lol! I just turn away from the scary/gory bits.

5:25 pm

LeslieAnn

clues around 5:10, spelit

5:25 pm

Yoink

lol, I thought that was a bit mean Missyme!

5:25 pm

MissyMe

spelit
li6/18
this is the person on li4/4

5:26 pm

periwinkle

TY MissyMe
Help with first de6/21 please

5:26 pm

MissyMe

awww Babbler
I learned my lesson after The Exorcist...if it scares me I turn it off and watch something calm and happy, or read a good book :)

5:26 pm

Babbler

some of the special effects are lovely, MIssy, Yoink. (just to show I am enjoying the film! lol!) :)

5:27 pm

periwinkle

Oh my, too many Mi words for me.

5:27 pm

Babbler

I'll have a think about the scariest film I've ever seen and let you know, Missy. :)

5:27 pm

MissyMe

Babbler...they did go all out on the SFX...Blade 1 was like that too

5:27 pm

Yoink

I can't remember the last time a film scared me, I'm thoroughly desensitized by now

5:28 pm

Babbler

Yoink, I've made a point of avoiding scary movies, just so I dont' get desensitised. My Mum warned me when I was a kid and I listened to her. : )

5:28 pm

MissyMe

Yoink I'm desensitised to violence and wonder if I should be...I worry about kids watching this stuff

5:28 pm

LeslieAnn

a likely story, babbler!

5:29 pm

spellit

Thanks all - my eyes are getting blurred!

5:29 pm

Babbler

oh I adore the fight scenes!!! so well choreographed!! but I wish I'd learnt a martial art, that's why. :)

5:29 pm

Babbler

Leslie.....errr.....true actually!

5:30 pm

Yoink

have you seen Crouching tiger, hidden dragon Babs? That has some amazingly choreographed fight scenes

5:30 pm

MissyMe

spellit
I hear ya on that! When I got to the mi's and saw the looong list I thought, okay break time! Go clean your house...

5:30 pm

Babbler

beautiful film, Yoink :D

5:31 pm

MissyMe

Yoink, I saw that...I was disappointed at times when people started flying around and I could easily see the wires here and there holding them up but it was a good story

5:31 pm

periwinkle

any help with1st de6/21

5:32 pm

Babbler

was The Matrix made before the Bourne Identity? They both have brilliant fight scenes.

5:32 pm

Babbler

peri- homonym for a type of fuel

5:33 pm

MissyMe

peri
1st de6/21
its in the de*****, plural of ta4/4

5:33 pm

Yoink

Babs, I'm pretty sure the same choreographer was used for The Matrix and Crouching tiger...

5:33 pm

tbear

Guys if you want to see agood but not mainstream film...Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress....fab but of course the book is always better....definatelt a fab lil film

5:33 pm

MissyMe

Yes the Matrix was first
I enjoyed both films very much

5:34 pm

MissyMe

Anyone see Light the Red Latern? Very interesting film

5:35 pm

Babbler

haven't seen either film, Missy, Tbear. I'll look out for them. :)

5:35 pm

periwinkle

MissyMe, already have de6/21 that is singular, can't make it plural. must need the last det/21 then

5:35 pm

LeslieAnn

sorry for asking for so many clues, but does anyone have the ca 6 and 7 between the military people (have the plural) and the brief****?

5:35 pm

periwinkle

meant last de6/21

5:37 pm

MissyMe

peri
det/21 the clue I gave you was for the last de/21

here's the one for the first
de + vowel + like the ledge on a window + drop one "L"

5:39 pm

MissyMe

peri...it doesnt have a plural this time around
just de + first ta4/4

5:39 pm

cybernan

ca 6/24 & 7 (plural): think of a half slip (top half), drop the last three letters and put the e back on.

5:40 pm

Yoink

LeslieAnn, ca + one of your m4/5s, and plural

5:41 pm

cybernan

peri: de part that goes over de fence last.

5:41 pm

periwinkle

MIssyMe, can' t figure out the clue for the first de6/21.
will take a break, may be back later, thanks for your help

5:41 pm

MissyMe

Leslie
ca 6 and 7 between the military people (have the plural) and the brief****
this is a leather tunic, ca + first mi4/5

5:41 pm

MissyMe

peri okay
when you come back if Im here Ill just give you the definition...probably easier

5:42 pm

cybernan

Peri - first de6/21: anagram of a type of fuel for cars

5:42 pm

cybernan

Scratch that --- NOT and anagram, but a HOMONYM

5:42 pm

artlady

Hi all...long time no babble!

5:42 pm

LeslieAnn

le sigh. didn't have that 4 either, have it now. thanks again folks. nan, yoink, you guys gonna have a pluto fight?

5:43 pm

MissyMe

artlady hello :)

5:43 pm

artlady

Geez, I just realized I'm still wearing my Christmas hat!! Shows how long it's been...just a minute...

5:43 pm

LeslieAnn

hi artlady!

5:44 pm

cybernan

Started with a baffled looking Pluto which I kept until I finsished when I switched to this one.

Leaving now, so Yoink can have him all to himself!
See you at the flip, everyone :)

5:44 pm

artlady

Ok, that's better!

5:44 pm

doxy1lover

bye cybernan

5:44 pm

MissyMe

bye cybernan cya later :)

5:47 pm

Yoink

All finished! I will continue to tell myself that I won't take on ones that big, but I keep failing

5:48 pm

LeslieAnn

hooray yoink!

5:48 pm

doxy1lover

congrats yoink!!!

5:49 pm

MissyMe

peri
first de6/21
in a clockwise direction, or widdershins

google that definition and it will come up

5:49 pm

MissyMe

Good work, Yoink! :)

5:51 pm

MissyMe

gotta go fold some more clothes...

5:51 pm

doxy1lover

bye missy

5:53 pm

Yoink

Gotta go too, see you tomorrow

5:53 pm

doxy1lover

bye yoink

5:57 pm

doxy1lover

finished at last.

5:58 pm

LeslieAnn

yay doxy!

5:59 pm

doxy1lover

thanks. see everyone tomorrow.

6:22 pm

Angelsong

se8/45?

6:25 pm

LeslieAnn

past tense of se 7- one of the 5 se****, use the first four letters of that, and then the past tense of eat

6:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi again, everyone!

6:29 pm

LeslieAnn

it's pretty quiet in here, owl

6:31 pm

chic

Oy!

6:32 pm

michaela200

wooby u here

6:33 pm

harpjane

Hello!

6:34 pm

msree

Thanks, Pida 1 See ya later

6:34 pm

Eva

Hi everyone. Well, it's clear to me that I"m not going to finish this one. Still need 97 more and I'm just not going to stay up that much longer. But I figure I should at least try to get all the biggies. I'm still missing half of the 8's. I have:
ca8/50
de8/45
mo8/45
se8 /45
st8/55
un8/50

Thanks!!!!

6:34 pm

LeslieAnn

ok, owl, apparently i lied :)

6:35 pm

LeslieAnn

de 8/45 take the s off your 9

6:35 pm

Eva

Lots of us lurkers working away silently, LeslieAnn(-:

6:36 pm

LeslieAnn

se 8 i gave a clue at 6:25

6:36 pm

Eva

Thanks LeslieAnn, but that's one of the one's I have already.

6:36 pm

LeslieAnn

mo 8 plural of mo 7 - to make something slightly wet

6:37 pm

Eva

The list I gave is the ones I have. It's the rest that I'm missing.

6:37 pm

LeslieAnn

which one? there's only 1 de 8/45, se 8/45

6:38 pm

LeslieAnn

oh crap! perhaps i should read ALL the post. oh well, hope i helped somebody else. :)

6:39 pm

tabbycat

Eva...ca8/45 musical instrument (small hand held) used by Spanish dancers

6:39 pm

LeslieAnn

ca 8 - if you break your leg you would have a ca** + a vowel + what you use to catch butterflies

6:39 pm

LeslieAnn

mi 8/55 - past tense of 6, to do a play wrong

6:39 pm

Angelsong

SE 6/18 anyone?

6:39 pm

Eva

No problem....so about those others 8's (:

6:40 pm

LeslieAnn

mi 7 - to callibrate a piano wrong, plural for 8

6:40 pm

Yvo

Leslie you helped me on the se and i thank you

6:41 pm

LeslieAnn

oh and if you take the mi 8/55 and change the first three letters to the opposite of safe in baseball, you'll get another

6:41 pm

Eva

jeez you you know I kept trying the instrument before, wishing it would be a word, and kept spelling it wrong! Thanks.

6:41 pm

LeslieAnn

se + st 4/4

6:43 pm

Angelsong

ty!

6:47 pm

Eva

Thankyou muchly to all of you! Now I HAVE:
ca8/50
ca8/45
de8/45
mi8 /55
mi8/50
mo8/45
ou8/55
se8 /45
st8/55
un8/50

What's left please?

6:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

1st mi6/24 clue please? i am desparate : )

6:49 pm

Minbat

Owl, I sprayed my plants with water; I mi**** them.

6:50 pm

Eva

owl- I had 10 tamales and chocolate cake - I mi____

6:51 pm

Eva

owl-or, the prefix for an error and the past tense of consuming

6:54 pm

Atalante

can someone give me clues for the ta7/32 and the se6/18 straight after the se8/45? please???

6:58 pm

LeslieAnn

ta 7/32 - plural of ta 5/12

6:59 pm

LeslieAnn

se 6/18 i gave a clue at 6:41

7:00 pm

LeslieAnn

an 7 - an + first vowel + a brief****, change first letter from c to t. plural for 8.

7:01 pm

Atalante

thanks LeslieAnn! and **done** woohoo!

7:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

*sigh* if only i had ta5/12...guys - the site is acting up horribly for me...i'm not ignoring you...my dialup cannot handle the long list and all of the pretty icons...

7:04 pm

LeslieAnn

ta 5 - ta + not mrs. but ****, drop last s

7:04 pm

LeslieAnn

congrats atalante!

7:04 pm

Eva

Thanks leslieann! Now I have the an8. I'm still missing one. Do you know which it is?

7:04 pm

LeslieAnn

temple, you can hide the icons, that'll probably help

7:05 pm

LeslieAnn

um three mi 8's, you have 2, right?

7:07 pm

Eva

Yup, you're right. I have the piano one and the theatre one. Can I have a little clue for the third one pretty please?

7:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

i don't know how to do that - unless you mean hide the log...

7:08 pm

harpjane

sa 6/21 & 7/32?

7:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

i keep trying to print the grid to work offline, but everytime someone talks, the page refreshed and won't print!

7:10 pm

Eva

harp - ends with a little bothersome insect-and then the plural

7:12 pm

harpjane

um, eva? Could you tell me a little more about the bothersome insect?

7:13 pm

periwinkle

may I have clues or defs for the mi6/24 and mi8/55, +
first mi7/36

7:13 pm

Eva

vega____

That "might"help you.

7:14 pm

harpjane

thank you from the bottom of my heart....

7:16 pm

Eva

You're very welcome! Nice to be able to return some of the help.

Peri-mi8/55- just passing alone what LeslieAnn gave me-the actress said her lines wrong - she mi______.

7:16 pm

periwinkle

Eva, know what you clue means but still can't figure out how to make the words I need

7:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

i'm begging you all...i know this is awfully cheeky but any way you might be able to suspend chat for a fe wminutes so i can hide you all? I love you but every time someone speaks the page refreshes and i lose access to the hide log option....

7:17 pm

Eva

Have to go load the stoves and feed the cat. I know this sounds like a broken record - but it's the way every day begins and ends. At least in the winter (the stoves-the cat eats all seasons)

7:21 pm

periwinkle

that mi8/55 is a really stupid word

7:21 pm

brandyjack

Peri, the mi8/55 is similar to the ou8/55. Thanks Eva.

7:22 pm

periwinkle

brandyjack, found the mi8, just think its a dumb word 8)

7:23 pm

periwinkle

ditto for the o8/55

7:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

thank you!

7:25 pm

gwenski

TO: Another suggestion is to click on the 'Refresh every' and change it to 'never'. Then the chat log shouldn't cause you problems.

7:27 pm

gwenski

How do you get the plural of us5/12 for the us6?

7:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

i hid the icons and now the grid has no letter! *groans*

7:30 pm

Jera

Evening, all... getting a late start today...

7:30 pm

harpjane

welcome to the fray, jera!

7:33 pm

Jera

Oh dear... it always seems to be a fray when I get a late start...

7:33 pm

gwenski

oh good grief. The football game must have me rattled.

7:34 pm

harpjane

Jera, this puzzle is a little nu 5/16, if you know what I mean!

7:35 pm

Jera

Ah... that I can handle, LOL

7:36 pm

Jera

I think i will happy to find half in the amount of time I have...

7:36 pm

periwinkle

Just saw a segment on "60 Minutes" tonight where people actually get paid big money to play video games. They have tournaments and everything. The games are action type ones though and not word games. Wouldn't a Babble Tournament be fun though?

7:37 pm

Jera

Maybe someday, periwinkle... I dream of a big US meetup asap...

7:38 pm

periwinkle

Where are you Jera, I am in PA

7:38 pm

harpjane

So, was there a football game today? (hee hee hee!)

7:38 pm

Jera

I'm in VA, about 20 miles from DC... I'm thinking a DC convention would be awesome!

7:39 pm

periwinkle

Jera, that might be doable

7:39 pm

Jera

I'd be thrilled to make the arrangements, if there's enough interest...

7:39 pm

gwenski

well, there's still a footgame going on, but IMHO, it's not going very well.

7:40 pm

Eva

I'm no where near tournament material....when I look at the ratings lists and see the dozens of people who quietly and steadily get all the words every day - and then people on the list who zoom through. I plod and plod. And have decided to only do what I can in a relaxed fashion. And a lot of what I find so unusual and wonderful about this way of playing is the cooperative nature. How did that ever come about? Does anyone know? Was it intended from the beginning?

7:40 pm

periwinkle

Jera, I am interested and marigold, my sister might be too. I know there are other Babblers in PA and NY and I think NJ.

7:41 pm

harpjane

I have all the n's except for one ne 4. Can't for the life of me figure it. Is one of them an odd word, or are all the ne 4 common?

7:41 pm

Eva

Dont'forget gramma and me in Vermont!

7:41 pm

Uneaixoise

eva, no, it was much more "hardnosed" at the beginning

7:42 pm

Jera

Awesome, peri... I'll start making a list & checking out some places... maybe a cyber cafe we can rent out & take over...

7:42 pm

gwenski

Mebbe it's the Loch Ne** that you're missing?

7:42 pm

Eva

So how did this evolve?

7:43 pm

Jera

brb... gotta go tuck in the littlies...

7:43 pm

Uneaixoise

the kinder, gentler Babble started when there was a huge influx of new players that followed some publicity in a couple of publications

7:43 pm

periwinkle

clues or definitions for 2nd mi6/21 and the mi8/45 right after it. Also first mi7/36.

7:44 pm

harpjane

honestly gwenski! I have missed that word SO many times. I think I need a trip to Scotland to orient myself! Thank you!

7:46 pm

gwenski

Perhaps you can help with the ou7/36?

7:46 pm

Eva

I would imagine that there must be some people who miss the original "purity" and prefer to play on their own. But as one of the relative newbies, I appreciate this spirit very, very much, and am grateful to you old timers who had the generosity and interest to hang around and help.

7:46 pm

harpjane

holy mo 4/7! That really is a word!

7:47 pm

gwenski

2nd mi6/21: Gobbled the wrong food?

7:47 pm

Uneaixoise

personally speaking, at the beginning, when it was more intense, I found it pretty intimidating!

7:48 pm

aknitter

holy mo 4/7 -- my dad always said that when i was a kid, thought he made it up!!

7:49 pm

Eva

gwenski-your query led me to the ou7/36. If your boat is faster than mine then you would ou_____me.

7:49 pm

periwinkle

thanks gwenski, these mi words are kinda dumb

7:50 pm

periwinkle

clue or def for ou7/36

7:50 pm

Eva

unea-there are clearly people playing who are in a very different league from me and it's nice to have room for all of us. If I had tried this without the chat log I probably would have given up and gone away.

7:51 pm

gwenski

Eva, I think I have that has ou7/32, if it's a wind-powered boat.

7:51 pm

Eva

peri-I just answered gwenski re the ou7/36.

7:52 pm

gwenski

Yeah, I agree. Those mi words are bizarre. Could make an alka seltzer commercial out of them!

7:52 pm

Eva

OOOPs-sorry-need to read more carefully, yes, that wind powered boat is a 32, not a 36. Have to go hunting now.

7:52 pm

periwinkle

Eva, I thought that was for the ou7/32

7:53 pm

periwinkle

The ou words are pretty dumb too

7:54 pm

gwenski

I'm also missing one of the ou5/14. (Have past tense of 'not in')

7:55 pm

periwinkle

clue for the last ou7/32

7:55 pm

gwenski

ou7/32 is past tense of ou6/21.

7:56 pm

Eva

okay-this time I found the ou7/36. Very common. If your steak isn't rare or medium in is well ____. Put the usual ou_ prefix on it et voila!~

7:56 pm

periwinkle

thanks Eva

7:56 pm

Eva

de nada peri

7:57 pm

aknitter

en 6/21 -- is there a clue floating around

7:58 pm

periwinkle

aknitter, en6/21 - en+ what leaves your body when you die

7:58 pm

Eva

knitter-en+ what some believe we have in the afterlilfe. Sounds like a kind of fish filet

7:58 pm

gwenski

Thanks, Eva. That also helped with my missing ou5. Now all I need is 19 s's. (Plus lots of help for the Panthers! :-))

7:59 pm

aknitter

i liked that en fish filet clue, made me laugh. ty both, never would have found it on my own

7:59 pm

periwinkle

aknitter, no problem

8:02 pm

Eva

Well guys, 72 left to find and I think it's time to throw in the towel, or the fish filet, or the wind powered boat, or the thing that lurks in the loch. See you all tomorrow and good luck to those of you with the will and energy to go for the last drop.

8:02 pm

periwinkle

clues for the last do5/12 and do6/21 please

8:03 pm

periwinkle

See ya Eva

8:03 pm

periwinkle

marigold, are you playing?

8:03 pm

Eva

don't know which the last ones are Peri, as I don't have them all, but do you have the person who give money and the plural? Now I'm really going.

8:03 pm

gwenski

double the vowel on the end of do4. Then plural.

8:04 pm

periwinkle

gwenski and Eva, just found them right before I saw your posts, thanks

8:06 pm

gwenski

Can't find the last sa5/10.

8:08 pm

harpjane

the last sa 5/10--fills up. works off the previous word. pluralize the 4/4

8:10 pm

gwenski

Thanks. It helps to start from the proper s!

8:11 pm

harpjane

time for supper and shower. when I return I shall tackle A through L. I have 85 left. Possible, I think!

8:14 pm

periwinkle

clue for last ou7/32 please

8:15 pm

periwinkle

nevermind, found it

8:25 pm

Jen

Hey everyone! Have been out all day, so haven't even looked at the puzzle... now that my son is asleep and I have the place to myself, should I attempt this behemouth?

8:28 pm

periwinkle

Hi, Jen, not a bad puzzle, but has some stupid words in it. HOw much time do you have. I have been playing off and on all day and am up to 253, don't think I will attempt to finish though.

8:28 pm

Jen

Pretty much not tired, so I could stay up till the puzzle closes. I dunno...

8:29 pm

periwinkle

What the hell, give it a shot

8:31 pm

gwenski

Wheww. I just finished. My last words were from Fiddler on the Roof... Su*rise, Su6/21.

8:31 pm

periwinkle

Congrats to you gwenski!!!

8:32 pm

Uneaixoise

kudos, gwenski!!

8:32 pm

gwenski

I might stick around a little bit while monitoring the sad Panther game, if I can help at all.

8:34 pm

aknitter

a first mi 6/24 clue would be greatfully accepted

8:35 pm

gwenski

first mi6/24: sounds like cell division to me. Or, plop a vowel in the midst of the guy with the ten commandments.

8:36 pm

aknitter

ty gwenski

8:38 pm

renfield

mi 6/24 = mi + squiggly consonent +r what performers do in a play

8:39 pm

renfield

ak - excuse the typo - there is no r

8:40 pm

aknitter

yes there is no r, thought i haed a different puzzle for a moment lol

8:40 pm

Jen

And I am off and running! LOL

8:40 pm

renfield

i'm working one handed today and it's very difficult...8)

8:41 pm

gwenski

OOH! The Panthers Offense just scored! Now they're only down 34-14. Think I'll go watch the last five minutes. Good nite, all.

8:42 pm

renfield

nite gwen....8)

8:46 pm

Jera

hey all, I'm back... hubby roped me into watching West Wing after we got the littlies tucked in...

8:48 pm

Jen

Evening Jera!

8:48 pm

renfield

hey jera
hey jen

8:49 pm

Jen

Hey renfield! :)

8:50 pm

Jera

*wonders if she should start at the top or the bottom today*

8:51 pm

Jen

I started at the bottom about 5 minutes ago. ;)

8:51 pm

harpjane

starting at the bottom is easier for these large puzzles! imho

8:53 pm

Jera

Alrighty then... u's it is (already found the y)...

8:53 pm

Jen

I always have probs with un's, but these were pretty easy!

8:55 pm

harpjane

ly 6 & 7?

8:57 pm

aknitter

ly 6 and 7 are made from the ly 4 the act of causing the cell death

8:57 pm

renfield

ly + sa 4/4
then plural

8:57 pm

harpjane

thank you ak!

9:07 pm

harpjane

Anyone have the second li 6/18 & 7/28 combination? I have the first one (means 'hear and obey')

9:08 pm

aknitter

sorry harp, not yet

9:11 pm

hurshy

harp - a person who is li 6/21 is a li6/18 (double vowel ending)

9:12 pm

hurshy

any star trek fans out there? i have the genesis planet exploding for my icon...

9:13 pm

harpjane

hurshy to the rescue! (We sunspots have to stick together!)

9:13 pm

hurshy

you see the little klingon bird of prey escaping?

9:13 pm

harpjane

I do now! so maybe yours isn't a sunspot?

9:14 pm

hurshy

oh, sorry harp, not a sun, just an experiment in rapid terraforming gone horribly wrong due to the use of protomatter

9:15 pm

hurshy

young david inherited his father's daredeviltry without his good luck.

9:16 pm

hurshy

isn't tomorrow harp day, harp?

9:16 pm

harpjane

Ah, poor young david! en 5/10?

9:17 pm

hurshy

add past tense of eat.

and i have to go.

9:17 pm

harpjane

You have done well in your brief appearance, o hurshy. Bring a harp tomorrow!

9:37 pm

harpjane

Good lord, look at the c's! 22 ca words?

9:46 pm

Jera

Gotta go watch Gray's Anatomy with hubby (gods, we're boring)... hopefully back later for last 89 (LOL)

9:47 pm

Jen

Bye Jera! I'm catching up on recorded shows right now. :)

9:53 pm

Angelsong

Finished!!! all 302 words

9:55 pm

Jen

Whoot! WTG angelsong! :)

10:15 pm

lawyer-1

OK, so I have 200 words for 3000 points.I could spend the next hour and 45 minutes or so trying for the remaining 102 words....or, I could stop now with a more eye-pleasing total. I think I'll call it a night. Sometimes we go for the gusto, sometimes we go for the artistry.

10:16 pm

Jen

Huzzah lawyer! I am still up, so I figure I might as well keep plugging along.

10:16 pm

Uneaixoise

ah, lawyer-1, quelle panache!

10:17 pm

lawyer-1

Well, Jen, us Terp fans value our rest more than our score.

10:17 pm

Jen

Aw snap! An FSU crack comin' outta nowhere! :)

10:21 pm

lawyer-1

Jen....at least I din't say, "Go Penn State"!

10:22 pm

Jen

Ahhhh, but who's ACC champ this year?

10:24 pm

lawyer-1

Terps won in soccer!

10:25 pm

Jen

And that's totally the national sport, other than baseball... oh wait, we always win the baseball ACC crown too. oops. :)

10:28 pm

lawyer-1

Would you prefer that I point to UMBC, the chess champs of the country?

10:28 pm

Jen

#3 party school in the nation!!! woo hoo!

10:31 pm

lawyer-1

Well, Jen, if the truth be known, I never went to an ACC school <sigh>!

10:32 pm

Jen

You have my curiosity up, where'd you go?

10:34 pm

lawyer-1

I went to a school with no athletics. My son was almost a Jefferson Scholar at UVA, but he wanted an academic challenge.

10:36 pm

lawyer-1

Come to think of it, my son is your age.

10:36 pm

Jen

I've never been impressed with UVA, to be honest. Where'd he end up going? Now, I'm not saying that FSU was a huge mind bend, but I grew up in Tallahassee and my Dad teaches there, so it was pretty much a given where I'd go. Did get a BA and MEd out of there tho...

10:38 pm

lawyer-1

I taught at Florida Institute of Technology....Business Law and Business Ethics. Boy, there's a pair! And a lawyer teaching ethics? He went to Rhodes College and then to American U. for law school.

10:39 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Hi Everyone!! The Seahawks made it to the SuperBowl ~ Yipee!!! After 30 years we deserve it!!

10:39 pm

Angelsong

this grid almost did me in a couple of times.

10:40 pm

Jen

I've heard of a few lawyers with ethics, lol! Is your son up here still?

10:41 pm

mab

Congratulations JoJo -- I know how much you wanted your team to win!!! Wonderful news!!!!

10:42 pm

lawyer-1

My son is in CA. Like me, he never practiced law. He's in marketing.

10:43 pm

harpjane

I don't follow fb but Seattle is the closest city with a team. So GO SEAHAWKS!
(um, it IS football, right?)

10:43 pm

Jen

Oh! I can understand, though. I taught for a few years and now that I am going back to work (stay at home mom now), I am going to be doing the furthest thing from teaching... government work!

10:44 pm

JoJoFunLvg

Mab & Harp: Thx so much, and yes Harp it is football.

10:44 pm

lawyer-1

Whose government?

10:45 pm

Jen

Don't worry... ours.

10:45 pm

lawyer-1

Maybe that's why I should worry!

10:47 pm

Jen

Tee hee! Eh, been close enough to it for 11 years... wife of a former NAvy officer, figure I might as well actively participate rather than be on the sidelines. Besides, my BA is in PoliSci

10:48 pm

lawyer-1

Sorry, Jen, I just love to prod and poke. Don Rickles was my hero!

10:49 pm

Jen

I don't mind... nothing to hide and after the weekend I've had, nothing can rile me now.

10:52 pm

lawyer-1

Please do not get me started about this weekend. My spouse and I are the designated eldercare people in the family. We went from nassisted living facility to nursing home to emergency ward of the hospital.

10:53 pm

lawyer-1

And, if that's not bad enough, we are the sandwich generation. It's the 2nd marriage for both of us. Between us, there are 7 children and 8 grandchildren.

10:56 pm

Jen

Yikes! So sorry to hear that. I hope everything works out okay.

Hubby's gone on business, I got stomach flu, the cat got sick, and my car got broken into in my driveway and my $1000 GPS was stolen. (not that I am competing, just letting you know why my weekend has been bad)

10:56 pm

lawyer-1

That sounds like a vacation for me!

10:57 pm

harpjane

been there, lawyer. Not the sandwich part, but I can tell you it's a wild ride when you're the caregiver for your parents.....blessings on your head, your hands, and your heart!

10:58 pm

Jen

I am praying for you! While I have not experienced anything like that with my parents, I know what my Mom went through with my grandmother when she ill, since Mom was an only child.

10:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi - back to try to finish - i am missing an sa4 word and at this point not sure which one...shall i list what i have?

11:00 pm

Jen

Hey 72TO! I have given up any semblance of order to my list since I only started about 2 hours ago, so I'm not sure I could help. ;)

11:00 pm

lawyer-1

Parents? We are dealing with aunts as well? None of our siblings or cousins will step up and carry their share, so it falls on us.

11:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

i'll list and see - maybe someone will help...how's the kitty?

11:02 pm

Jen

Doin' great, thanks for asking! And I take the car in tomorrow for all the damages... should be fixed by Thursday.

11:03 pm

lawyer-1

Soory, I did not mean to cast a pall over the group. Besides, somewhere in this world it must be past my bed time. TTFN

11:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok for sa4's i have:
not happy + vowel
type of boat tha's wind driven
not crazy
to fill or satisfy
sat + not you but *

11:04 pm

Jen

Bye lawyer! {{{{{{hugs}}}}}} Try to have a good week! :)

11:04 pm

Jen

TO, very first sa4... like the Marquis de sa..

11:05 pm

harpjane

TO, I think you have them all. There are 5 sa4 words, right?
Lawyer, sleep well!

11:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

thanks jen ...that's "not happy + vowel..."

11:07 pm

Jen

Oops, sorry TO... maybe I need to get to bed as well!

11:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

you are right, jane...it's the very last word i'm missing, the sa5/10 (doh!)

11:08 pm

harpjane

to, try making the last sa 4 plural?

11:08 pm

harpjane

btw-
TEMPLE USED A WORD, TEMPLE USED A WOOOORD!

11:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

doesn't work : ( ...maybe it's time to call it quits...

11:09 pm

Jen

Poop! It's a word I already had! :(

11:10 pm

Jen

Okay, I'm spent! Didn't come close to finishing. G'night all! Sweet dreams!

11:10 pm

harpjane

every body sing...
"I CAN'T GET NO, SA5/10- FACTION....."

11:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

: )

11:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

jen - want some clues?

11:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok ok ! : )...now i am missing ONE WORD with no idea which!

11:13 pm

Jen

You are so sweet, but I gotta get some shut-eye... gotta be at the body shop at 7 tomorrow (or is it today?)

11:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

night, jen...i'll probably stillbe here counting words!

11:19 pm

harpjane

TO are you still missing an sa word?

11:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

I DID IT!!!!! *jumps up and down in dance of happiness*

11:21 pm

doxy1lover

hi all. just stopping by to see if anyone knows what the theme is for tomorrow?

11:22 pm

Uneaixoise

harps

11:22 pm

doxy1lover

thanks une. Nite everyone.

11:23 pm

harpjane

YAY~!!~!! TO DID IT!

11:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

nite, doxy...une and harp are you guys still solving?

11:23 pm

Uneaixoise

yep-- 8 words to go . . .

11:24 pm

harpjane

No, I'm done now. I'm going to change into something harp-like and hit the sack. Won't make it to the flip tonight.

11:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

need any clues before i go? past my bedtime!

11:25 pm

Uneaixoise

de6/21 after the de4?

11:27 pm

harpjane

the first de 6/21--sounds like a type of fuel.

11:28 pm

zubie

Hello! I'm back! ;D Happy New Year to everyone, by the way.

11:29 pm

Uneaixoise

thanks, harpjane!

11:29 pm

harpjane

hey zubie!

11:31 pm

zubie

Hi jane :D

11:31 pm

harpjane

zubie used a word, ZUBIE USED A WOOOOORD!
(Happy New Year!)

11:32 pm

Uneaixoise

mi6 after mi7/36?

11:34 pm

zubie

I did? :D I was trying to AVOID using a word by using THAT version! Oh well! :D

11:36 pm

harpjane

wull now, gomer pyle and andy might ask a friend over for dinner, und the friend wud say 'wull ah bettah check with duh mi6 first'

11:36 pm

Uneaixoise

mi6 after mi7/36, please?

11:40 pm

harpjane

did you get it, une?

11:40 pm

Uneaixoise

nope

11:41 pm

sprite

Morning dear gang - bit early for the new grid, so I thought to drop in and see if anyone needs some last minute clues ;)

11:41 pm

harpjane

mi 4/5 + first person pronoun

11:42 pm

sprite

We could ask zubie that one: we missed you, zubie... did you Mi6?

11:43 pm

DarleenMB

good one sprite!

11:43 pm

Uneaixoise

hah! thanks! :-)

11:45 pm

Uneaixoise

first sa4/4 please?

11:45 pm

sprite

What you need on a boat if you want to use the wind.

11:45 pm

harpjane

opposit of happy + opposite of you

11:46 pm

harpjane

sorry, wrong sa

11:46 pm

Uneaixoise

i've got the part of the boat already

11:47 pm

sprite

The next Sa4/4 is 'of healthy mind'.

11:48 pm

Uneaixoise

i've got that one too

11:49 pm

Uneaixoise

it's the second sa4

11:49 pm

sprite

Then I don't know which one you need. Can you specify? :)

11:50 pm

Uneaixoise

according to the stats there's an sa4 right after the sa4 who's a singer

11:50 pm

sprite

You already did.
But the 2nd Sa4 is the boat part.
First one is the one harpjane gave a clue for. Second one is boat part.

11:51 pm

Uneaixoise

i'm an idiot--thought i'd entered that HOURS ago--sorry for the confusion!!

11:51 pm

sprite

LOL!

11:52 pm

Uneaixoise

my last word: ta4/4 . . . and thanks so much for the help -- I'm just sooooo tiiiiiired . . .

11:53 pm

Uneaixoise

never mind--that was ANOTHER one i thought i'd already entered--i'm done and going to bed!!!!

11:54 pm

harpjane

ta 4/4, one end of most animals. hint: not the head.

Congratulations!

11:54 pm

sprite

First Ta4/4 = what we would be wagging if we were dogs.
Second Ta4/4: T + what that thing would be attached to.

11:55 pm

sprite

ROFLOL!~
Sleep well... you really deserve it :D Congrats!

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