Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, December 21, 2006

12:00 am

NonnieLight

flip

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

smooth_pappa

flip

12:00 am

smooth_pappa

and a shortie

12:00 am

GreyWoulf

flip!!

12:00 am

TeaNCrackers

faloop!

12:00 am

Faerie

flip

12:00 am

stidmama

wouldn't you know, I get back and it's a small grid

12:00 am

Angb

flip

12:00 am

DRBERNABO

52?

12:00 am

Dispatch

flipsie

12:00 am

renfield

flipout

12:00 am

TeaNCrackers

stiddy!

12:00 am

DRBERNABO

For Christmas 52 would be nice

12:00 am

flosey

oh, Got my wish, a nice small one

12:00 am

Faerie

I had 18 to go :(

12:00 am

hootowl

Nuts! Got here just in time to be snubbed! Evening Stid and woulf

12:01 am

stidmama

{{{TEA}}} I got your email! did you get mine?

12:01 am

Faerie

Hi Hoot

12:01 am

stidmama

hi faerie -- you were so close!

12:01 am

Angb

Theres hardly any vowels!

12:01 am

Nef

wow! This is another toughy just looking at the grid!

12:01 am

stidmama

hi hootowl! wow -- so nice to see you again!

12:01 am

DRBERNABO

gotta get those 6s...

12:01 am

Faerie

Hiya Stid :)

12:01 am

TeaNCrackers

I did, I just have not had a chance to reply and here you are! I just sat down at the pooter.

12:01 am

GreyWoulf

hi hoot!!

12:01 am

LeslieAnn

late flip!

12:02 am

stidmama

LeslieAnn! NatLT was on earlier! she spilled the beans on your birthday!

12:02 am

Dispatch

i'm with you stid! my eldest son was to start is 2nd co-op rotation after the 1st of January. His boss called and said that if starts now, he'll get 2 days paid for Christmas and 2 days paid off for New Years!!! At $16.50 per hour for a college freshman not bad! And i've been mothering for 19 years and no one offered me that deal!!!!

12:02 am

LeslieAnn

what about my birthday??

12:02 am

stidmama

Yep. We got power last night, and internet back this afternoon. how's life as a working mother?

12:02 am

hootowl

Once in a while. Just going crazy trying to fit everything in the house AND get ready for xmas AND fight the worse cold I've had in 30 yrs! So how are you?

12:03 am

stidmama

when it is, and to remember to ambush you and embarrass you when you're in the log! :-)

12:03 am

LeslieAnn

hoot AND gw? what a treat@

12:03 am

Dispatch

excuse me...correction..he is a sophomore. but enough of that...i'm diving into the grid

12:03 am

LeslieAnn

yay!

12:03 am

TeaNCrackers

I'm glad all is well with you stid!

12:03 am

hootowl

AND I may be losing my cmp after waiting a whole year to get it back!

12:03 am

jillibus

flip a bit late

12:03 am

flosey

Hi Jill

12:04 am

stidmama

oh hoot, sorry to hear about the cold -- and the computer! what a bummer!

12:04 am

stidmama

Later Dispatch! see you tomorrow, I hope!

12:04 am

flosey

beautiful icon Jill

12:04 am

GreyWoulf

hoot -- we just got over various colds and sinus infections here as well

12:04 am

stidmama

hey Jill! I finished the last grid! (with a LOT of help, of course)

12:04 am

GreyWoulf

why lose the computer?

12:05 am

stidmama

flosey, that is a lovely stonehenge you've got there!

12:05 am

hootowl

Story of my life - all on or all off. I'm still hoping on the cmp. Scandisk has been running for 30 hrs and is only half way thru!

12:05 am

flosey

thanks stid

12:05 am

hurshy

te6 lol

12:05 am

GreyWoulf

Pfui! Buddy boy just woke up -- I will check back after he is back asleep

12:05 am

LeslieAnn

hi grinchy, i mean hurshy. you're up late!

12:05 am

NonnieLight

night woulf

12:06 am

stidmama

good night then Woulf!

12:06 am

hurshy

vacation

12:06 am

Angb

nite Woulf

12:06 am

LeslieAnn

ahh of course

12:06 am

stidmama

no way hurshy! you're too good!

12:06 am

hootowl

ok

12:06 am

jillibus

so glad you're back, stid -- and may your solstice celebration be warm 9 see the verse in my profile if you haven't already)

12:06 am

stidmama

thanks Jill!

12:07 am

hootowl

brb - dry just bleated at me

12:07 am

LeslieAnn

what in the world does that mean, hoot?

12:07 am

stidmama

that is a glorious song, Jill! Will read it to the boys tomorrow!

12:08 am

jillibus

oh great, stid! And give them a couple of big hugs from me -- such great guys

12:08 am

NonnieLight

very nice, Jill :)

12:08 am

Faerie

c 5/18

12:08 am

stidmama

of course, Jill -- you missed it, but our dear babbler "riemann" will come visit tomorrow and spend a couple days... we are looking forward to seeing him!

12:09 am

LeslieAnn

nice christmas critter, nonnie

12:09 am

NonnieLight

Thanks, Leslie :)

12:10 am

jillibus

stid, sing it to them (Greensleeves)

12:10 am

stidmama

I'll even finish stringing the guitar for the occasion, Jill! Incentive helps get little tasks done!

12:10 am

Faerie

woo hoo 6 grey boxes hahaha

12:10 am

hurshy

6 to go... dagnabit these are stubborn

12:11 am

TeaNCrackers

hee hee hee faerie - that's usually my line!

12:11 am

jillibus

can't stidmatt play it on the piano?

12:11 am

stidmama

go Faerie go! LOL how's the new job, anyway?

12:11 am

TeaNCrackers

arch

12:11 am

hurshy

5...

12:11 am

stidmama

no sympathy for hurshy! *look of awe*

12:11 am

TeaNCrackers

sorry!

12:11 am

LeslieAnn

ah thanks tnc

12:11 am

stidmama

you know, he probably could.... thanks tea!

12:11 am

hootowl

I'm back - it means the dryer makes this godawful bleating noise when the cycle finishes! And it will repeat if I don't do it right away!

12:11 am

jillibus

sorry -- haven't paid any attention to the grid yet!

12:11 am

LeslieAnn

you got that other 6, hursh? te and...

12:12 am

LeslieAnn

ahh, thought maybe you had sheep in the house

12:12 am

hurshy

nope that is one of my 5 left

12:12 am

Faerie

Stid I truly love my new job.....it is exactly what I wanted and what I needed and I LOVE my clients/patients

12:12 am

hurshy

it is either C, E, H, or N

12:12 am

melonheadjujube

OK, this is the fewest vowels i've ever seen - 5 1/2

12:13 am

jillibus

flosey -- your choice of icon is SO beautiful!

12:13 am

stidmama

I am very happy for you Faerie! If only we could all find employment that feeds our souls as well as our stomachs!

12:13 am

hootowl

Sheep would be quieter! So how is everyone? Haven't had time to keep up.

12:13 am

stidmama

hi melon! boker something... or just shalom?

12:13 am

flosey

thanks jilli

12:13 am

Faerie

Amen Stid - I honestly couldn't be happier right now :)

12:14 am

Dispatch

not a c hursh

12:14 am

hurshy

k

12:14 am

LeslieAnn

not a k either

12:14 am

hurshy

ah yes

12:14 am

NonnieLight

Faerie, is this your third week now?

12:14 am

LeslieAnn

;)

12:14 am

hurshy

ok 3 to go

12:14 am

flosey

oh wow hurshy, you're amazing

12:14 am

jillibus

This may be a small grid but I think it might be ha4/6

12:15 am

Faerie

Nonnie yes it is and it's better than I ever extected

12:15 am

Faerie

expected

12:15 am

NonnieLight

I'm so glad you're enjoying it--makes all the difference in the world@

12:15 am

jillibus

but not ha4/6 for hurshy, of course

12:15 am

stidmama

well, we're a ha*** lot, and I am sure we will ALL vanquish this one!

12:15 am

flosey

right jilli

12:15 am

LeslieAnn

phantom - trench

12:16 am

hurshy

not H

12:16 am

jillibus

thanks, stid

12:16 am

Faerie

Nonnie you have a fantastic memory :-D

12:16 am

hurshy

ec

12:17 am

GreyWoulf

Back again -- he got turned around in the crib and was trapped

12:17 am

stidmama

oh -- poor wee one! good thing daddy was there to save him!

12:17 am

hurshy

done.

12:17 am

melonheadjujube

woot - a five letter word!

12:17 am

NonnieLight

I wish, Faerie--I have to write notes about my notes.

12:17 am

LeslieAnn

congrats hursh!

12:17 am

flosey

hi again woulf, nice short one today

12:17 am

stidmama

one more and I will be at halfway and then off to dreamland....

12:17 am

Dispatch

holy cow!!! good job!

12:17 am

Angb

Well done hurshy

12:17 am

stidmama

go melon go!

12:17 am

Faerie

Hi GW - is the little guy alright?

12:18 am

Babs1

ok hurshy, how do you do that?!

12:18 am

jillibus

WOWEE, hurshy!!!

12:18 am

stidmama

YAY hurshy!!!!!

12:18 am

Faerie

Congratulations Hurshy!!!!

12:18 am

TeaNCrackers

holy crud - wtg hurshy!

12:18 am

flosey

wtg hursh

12:18 am

hurshy

i dunno

12:18 am

GreyWoulf

and how will he repay me? He will wake me up in 4 or 5 hours screamin until I feed him again

12:18 am

jillibus

gogogo stid, but don't go!

12:18 am

NonnieLight

WOW--hursh! Is that a record or sumpin?

12:18 am

hurshy

i'd post a list on babanon but i can't get it to let me log in

12:19 am

LeslieAnn

babs, hurshy has a brain twice the size of most humans

12:19 am

LeslieAnn

i had that problem too, hursh

12:19 am

hurshy

i dunno

12:19 am

Faerie

Licketys list is up now

12:19 am

stidmama

and that's halfway for me. I am so glad to see you all again. {{hoot}} I hope you feel better AND get to keep your computer. I'll be back online tomorrow at some point... *poof*

12:19 am

mrpresident

clues are up!

12:19 am

Babs1

any brain transplants, Hursh?

12:19 am

Faerie

Good Night Stid

12:19 am

LeslieAnn

bye stid

12:20 am

Faerie

(((((MrP)))))

12:20 am

NonnieLight

night mama, take care

12:20 am

jillibus

I think hurshy had better post a pic of herself -- maybe she looks like an ET!

12:20 am

flosey

good show stid

12:20 am

GreyWoulf

Farewell, stid -- see you soon!

12:20 am

hurshy

i have achieved the dream - finishing before lickety's clues go up

12:20 am

Dispatch

bye stid

12:20 am

hootowl

nite stid - I'll be here somewhere

12:20 am

jillibus

Whee stid! Come back tomorrow and sleep warmly and well

12:20 am

hurshy

when it was just brandyjack it was more doable but lickety's go up so fast...

12:20 am

melonheadjujube

got a 6!

12:21 am

LeslieAnn

huzzah melon

12:21 am

NonnieLight

wtg melon

12:21 am

jillibus

wtg melon

12:21 am

jillibus

I have 5 4s - VBG

12:22 am

hurshy

speaking of brain transplants remember when joey's character had one on DOOL and ross was like "a brain transplant?!?!" and joey was like, "i thought you were a scientist!"

12:22 am

jillibus

I'm really too tired to see words but enjoy your company, gang

12:23 am

DRBERNABO

got a 6 trying to figure out the corner 4

12:23 am

flosey

it's a nice way to relax eh jilli

12:23 am

DRBERNABO

corner r

12:23 am

jillibus

right, flosey

12:24 am

hurshy

there isn't any r in the corner...

12:24 am

DRBERNABO

I should probably type the e and f before I get it right just to cover all of the bases and surround it

12:24 am

jillibus

just what I was going to say, hursh

12:24 am

NonnieLight

ach, thundering outside!

12:25 am

hurshy

there isn't any F at all...

12:25 am

melonheadjujube

well, i need my rest - stopping @ 29, and just one 6 letter. laila tov, all.

12:25 am

jillibus

oo - greyed a tile!

12:25 am

hurshy

i am so confuzzled by the good dr.

12:25 am

LeslieAnn

nice one jilli. good night melon

12:25 am

NonnieLight

bye melon

12:25 am

jillibus

night, melon

12:25 am

melonheadjujube

wheee, jilli - which one?

12:26 am

NonnieLight

leslie, your icon?

12:26 am

jillibus

giggle -- the Y

12:26 am

Faerie

I'm off to bed also. Night all :)

12:26 am

LeslieAnn

what about it? i think it's left over from christmas ornament icon day

12:26 am

LeslieAnn

good night faerie

12:26 am

melonheadjujube

this is odd, two of the te words that end in "y" aren't words when the Y is dropped - even tho I think they ought to be {harrumph}

12:27 am

NonnieLight

bye Faerie, have a good day tomorrow

12:27 am

flosey

Cat just jumped up on my desk, first time he's ever done that - never gets onto anything!!!

12:27 am

melonheadjujube

hehehe, jilli - {poof}

12:27 am

NonnieLight

Oh, I was wondering if they were handpainted ornaments or container's of some sort

12:27 am

LeslieAnn

he probably wants to say hi to us, flosey

12:27 am

flosey

Jilli - I greyed 3 - all one worders!

12:27 am

LeslieAnn

oh i don't know nonnie, just looked on google images for something

12:28 am

licketySplitAUS

Hey Everyone, Did MrP tell you clues where up?

12:28 am

jillibus

oh flosey, thou art a braggart!

12:28 am

LeslieAnn

yup, but thanks for the reminder ;)

12:28 am

GreyWoulf

yes she did, Lickety -- thanks

12:28 am

jillibus

No, dear Lickety!! Thanks!

12:28 am

flosey

lol but there's one that's really difficult, can

12:28 am

flosey

get it

12:28 am

licketySplitAUS

I'm finishing work - now over 2 weeks off! Yeee ha!

12:28 am

NonnieLight

thanks lickety

12:29 am

jillibus

Oh well, I guess I missed the announcement -- sorry

12:29 am

NonnieLight

ah, enjoy!

12:29 am

flosey

thanks lickety, need that upper middle D

12:29 am

LeslieAnn

that's exciting, lickety

12:29 am

Erda

Congrats, Lickety!!!

12:29 am

ruthy

F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K8S

12:29 am

NonnieLight

wtg ruthy!

12:29 am

licketySplitAUS

No clues for 2 weeks!

12:29 am

flosey

WTG Ruthy

12:29 am

LeslieAnn

dr 4/7, flosey

12:29 am

licketySplitAUS

(only joking)

12:29 am

LeslieAnn

hooray ruthy!

12:29 am

flosey

holidays lickety?

12:29 am

jillibus

Yippee, Lickety!! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

12:29 am

licketySplitAUS

I'm such a teaser!

12:30 am

jillibus

YAY ruthy!

12:30 am

flosey

rascal

12:30 am

licketySplitAUS

No - staying home with kids!

12:30 am

vedaman

fireworks!

12:30 am

NonnieLight

congrats vedaman

12:30 am

LeslieAnn

hoooray veda!

12:30 am

flosey

4th gray Jilli - found the d

12:31 am

jillibus

YAY veda!!! (My ego is shrinking rapidly)

12:31 am

lynxxx

Congrats to the Vedaman

12:32 am

jillibus

Oh pooh, flosey -- but good for you!

12:32 am

lynxxx

hi Everyone. Lickety - so you can play with us everyday

12:32 am

NonnieLight

Well, I gotta hit the hay. Night all you good people.

12:33 am

vedaman

g'night nonnielight

12:33 am

LeslieAnn

good night nonnie

12:33 am

jillibus

ok, another grey tile

12:33 am

GreyWoulf

so long, Nonnie

12:33 am

vedaman

go jilli!

12:34 am

ruthy

WTG VEDAMAN

12:34 am

jillibus

and the 3rd

12:35 am

jillibus

terry

12:35 am

jillibus

oops

12:35 am

vedaman

yay for clues!

12:35 am

LeslieAnn

yeah, that was a good clue

12:36 am

LeslieAnn

harrumph, these last 3 are tricky. is it too early to ask for clues?

12:36 am

chj

was that for te*** hulk hogan jilli

12:36 am

GreyWoulf

btw -- Hi LA -- missed saying it earlier

12:37 am

jillibus

more like a towel. chj

12:37 am

LeslieAnn

hello gw! nice to see you

12:37 am

GreyWoulf

yup -- vacation is a good thing - let's me reconnect with all my late night buds

12:39 am

LeslieAnn

ugh, if anyone would have pity on me and clue a 6... they are my only 2 left

12:39 am

ruthy

bye everyone

12:39 am

LeslieAnn

bye ruthy

12:39 am

GreyWoulf

g'nite ruthy

12:39 am

jillibus

hi again woulf -- bye ruthy

12:39 am

lynxxx

t6 - uptight & easily irritated

12:40 am

ruthy

e+ch 5

12:41 am

DRBERNABO

I've never gone to bed with fireworks before. This will be something diferent.

12:41 am

jillibus

Hot stuff, Dr B!!!

12:42 am

DRBERNABO

I have this nice fire going and I'm done already. Isn't that always the case?

12:42 am

vedaman

kudos to you, drb; I usually don't go to bed until I have fireworks, which wreaks havoc on my sleep schedule.

12:42 am

LeslieAnn

huzzah! fireworks for me.

12:42 am

vedaman

yay leslie!

12:43 am

DRBERNABO

I was tempted to do that once, but I like to unwind for an hour with this and then use it to break up the monotony of grading

12:43 am

lynxxx

Hooray for LAnn

12:43 am

DRBERNABO

but now that the semester is over so much for that

12:44 am

kierlex

holy majoles this is the smallest grid i've ever seen!

12:44 am

jillibus

well, I have the middle column greyed

12:44 am

DRBERNABO

Yeah, we had more C's the other night than this entire grid

12:44 am

DRBERNABO

You go, jillibus!

12:45 am

kierlex

lol DrB

12:45 am

jillibus

kier, there was a 40-something one a while ago

12:45 am

chj

i have my whole head grayed

12:45 am

jillibus

yeah, funny, DrB!

12:45 am

GreyWoulf

I remember a 31 grid

12:45 am

DRBERNABO

A small one would be nice on Monday so we don't have to be dragged away to open presents

12:46 am

LeslieAnn

yeah, i remember a 31 or 32 word grid

12:46 am

kierlex

wow, 31. crazy!

12:46 am

DRBERNABO

(war stories)

12:46 am

LeslieAnn

all right, bed for me. good night folks!

12:46 am

GreyWoulf

I think you and I were the first finishers on that one, LA

12:46 am

kierlex

i remember back in the summer of 06... i'll never forget the day the grid stood still

12:47 am

DRBERNABO

there was one vowel, a y, in the corner

12:47 am

LeslieAnn

luckily hurshy wasn't on vacation then!

12:47 am

GreyWoulf

G'night LA -- see you again soon

12:47 am

kierlex

that 'y' went both ways, know what i'm saying?

12:47 am

jillibus

howcum, kier? I wasn't here then

12:47 am

LeslieAnn

*poof*

12:48 am

kierlex

oh jilibus, i'm just being dorky and pretending to reminiscie with babble war stories

12:48 am

jillibus

Night, LA

12:48 am

kierlex

LET IT BE THE HYDROCODONE SPEAKING AND NOT THE TUMOR THAT IS LODGED IN MY FOREHEAD

12:48 am

jillibus

lol, kier

12:49 am

mkl

Can I get another clue for the te6? Can't find (easily irritated)

12:49 am

DRBERNABO

although that would be an interesting conversation

12:49 am

kierlex

this tumor just says 'throb throb throb pound pound pound'

12:49 am

vedaman

t + e4 + letter

12:49 am

DRBERNABO

vietnam offensive + the beginning 2 and last 1 of the tree GW chopped down

12:50 am

kierlex

no wonder i never finish these damn puzzles!

12:50 am

jillibus

thanks, DrB

12:51 am

bookwomen

ty

12:51 am

mkl

ty

12:51 am

DRBERNABO

np

12:52 am

DRBERNABO

The grid was 60% 4-letter words, so it played to my strength tonight...

12:52 am

jillibus

anybody would think the de5/16 was an artist

12:53 am

Erda

just flatulent, eh?

12:53 am

DRBERNABO

i kept trying to get an explorer

12:53 am

jillibus

lol, erda!

12:54 am

DRBERNABO

Okay, so long until tomorrow. Same Babble Time. Same Babble Channel.

12:55 am

jillibus

night, DrB!

12:56 am

GreyWoulf

And Fireworks here so now I can keep my promise to be in bed before 2

12:57 am

GreyWoulf

G'nite everyone -- I'll try to check in tomorrow

12:57 am

jillibus

g'night, g'woulf, may you sleep the night through

12:57 am

jillibus

and YAY for finishing!

1:01 am

ikeyak

any clues for the e words bottom right

1:02 am

lynxxx

eg - expression word/s favoured by pompous old gentlemen

1:04 am

lynxxx

the other e is a bird

1:04 am

ikeyak

thnx got the bird not the other

1:07 am

ikeyak

still cant cant pompous word?? eg

1:08 am

lynxxx

ik - it is a 4 and the plural a 5

1:08 am

hootowl

Night woulf & fireworks here too

1:08 am

SummerBreeze44

eg + shortened word/s for commercial

1:09 am

lynxxx

Congrats Hoot!

1:09 am

ikeyak

thanks summer got it

1:09 am

hootowl

ty

1:09 am

lynxxx

chray

1:10 am

SummerBreeze44

np :)

1:11 am

hootowl

I'm done. Head is splitting. Night all.

1:11 am

lynxxx

nite

1:13 am

jillibus

congrats for hootowl!

1:16 am

flosey

any clues for te5/14 please

1:17 am

pink piggy

hi andree

1:17 am

lynxxx

which one flosey?

1:17 am

flosey

first one,

1:17 am

pink piggy

its Soph and Grace

1:17 am

flosey

have the fabric one

1:18 am

flosey

not familiar with those names pink piggy

1:19 am

lynxxx

te5.14 - te + cons + home cooking 'fuel' less the last letter

1:20 am

flosey

thanks lynxxx, good clue

1:20 am

bookwomen

ty

1:21 am

Andree

hullo pink piggies, what are you doing on babble

1:21 am

Andree

hello all

1:22 am

Andree

sophie and grace are two of my grandchildren

1:22 am

flosey

oh, nice Andree

1:23 am

Andree

pink piggies are you looking for words or just checking up on me

1:23 am

lynxxx

Hi Andree. Hi Sophie & Grace

1:24 am

flosey

are they with you Andree

1:25 am

flosey

Fireworks !!

1:26 am

Andree

no flosey, they live in Singapore

1:26 am

flosey

ah, long way away

1:26 am

bookwomen

fireworks thanks for the clues.

1:27 am

Mundy

help on ma 5 14 please

1:27 am

lynxxx

Congrats Flosey & Bookwomen!

1:27 am

flosey

thanks lynxxx

1:27 am

Andree

they will be home to live permanently on 30th so I am very excited, I have never had all my granchildren in one country for more than a couple of weeks at a time

1:27 am

bookwomen

your mother

1:27 am

HereBeDragons

Hi, Everyone! This is my first time posting, although I've been playing for about a week now. I figured it's time to introduce myself, and say thanks for all the clues I've been reading! :)

1:27 am

bookwomen

ma 5 /14 your mother

1:28 am

bleugirl2

Fireworks!

1:28 am

flosey

spanish word ma5/14

1:28 am

flosey

WTG bleugirl - and hello, have never seen you here before

1:28 am

Andree

hi herebe

1:29 am

flosey

Great Andree - that will be wonderful - I see my only grandson twice a year

1:30 am

flosey

occasionally a third when he comes to visit me

1:30 am

sapphie1

wow...tint weeny grid..morning babblers!

1:30 am

ARB

Shalom Everyone

1:30 am

Mundy

Thanks! My first fireworks since I was introduced a week ago.

1:30 am

flosey

hi saph and arb

1:30 am

flosey

WTG Mundy

1:30 am

Andree

I have only been seein my 3 oldest 2 or 3 times a year, so bring on the 30th

1:30 am

Andree

yay mundy

1:31 am

HereBeDragons

Congrats, Mundy! I'm hoping for fireworks on this puzzle . . . I've only got 8 words to go. By FAR the closest I've come to solving one!

1:31 am

flosey

indeed Andree, and a Happy New Year it will be

1:31 am

Iain

good morning all. Another cold just right for a game of golf ???

1:31 am

HereBeDragons

Oops. That should say 6 words to go. (I'm typing in the dark, and can't always see what's going on here). :D

1:31 am

flosey

what do you need HereBe

1:32 am

flosey

Hi lain - almost midnight here

1:32 am

HereBeDragons

Well, the question I have is how you know the word scores of the missing letters. I thought it had something to do with being a paid member, so I went and joined . . . but everything still looks the same. Am I missing something?

1:33 am

HereBeDragons

I mean, the word scores of the missing WORDS.

1:33 am

flosey

at the bottom of the grid you

1:33 am

HereBeDragons

*facepalm*

1:33 am

flosey

will find Friends of Babble - click on Lickety's Clues

1:34 am

lynxxx

Bye everyone - see you tomoorow

1:34 am

flosey

bye linxxx

1:34 am

Iain

bye lynxxx

1:34 am

sapphie1

bye lynxxx

1:34 am

Mundy

When you use Lickety's clues you need to type the words in both places as they don't appear automically in both.

1:34 am

HereBeDragons

Oh . . . YAY! I found it. Thanks, Flosey!

1:35 am

flosey

yw, enjoy

1:35 am

HereBeDragons

Cool. I will give that a try, and see if I can't figure out the missing words on my own. But chances are I'll be back soon for clues. :D

1:35 am

Andree

bye lynxxx

1:36 am

Andree

hereb, everyone does it a different way, I print the list and tick the words off

1:37 am

HereBeDragons

YAY! I just found my missing ag.

1:39 am

flosey

I'm off to bed, good night all

1:40 am

flosey

be back for tomorrow's flip

1:40 am

Andree

bye flosey

1:40 am

HereBeDragons

Good night! And thanks again.

1:40 am

sapphie1

bye flosey

1:41 am

BabbleRabble

Good night, HereBeDragons

1:41 am

Andree

bye hereb

1:43 am

jillibus

g'night, flosey -- did you finish?

1:46 am

lazaro68

are you back yet iain?

1:47 am

Iain

hello lazaro68 how are you

1:47 am

jillibus

well, I just did -- finish, that is

1:47 am

lazaro68

hello unc' hows things

1:48 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, jillibus!

1:48 am

lazaro68

got your xmas card today iain

1:48 am

Iain

it is a cold frosty morning. I am due to play golf at 9 30 so hoping it warms up a little

1:48 am

sapphie1

wtg jillibus

1:48 am

lazaro68

thank-you

1:49 am

sapphie1

lucky 13 left for when i get back from work, happy babbling folks!

1:49 am

ARB

YAY Jilli

1:49 am

Iain

Michelle How are Andrew and the rest of the tribe

1:49 am

jillibus

Thanks all -- now I can go to bed at a decent hour!

1:49 am

lazaro68

well,unc, very windy and chilly here in nz,not bbq weather yet!

1:50 am

Andree

bye jilli and congrats

1:50 am

pink piggy

clues?

1:50 am

lazaro68

all the brood are well, got another 6 weeks off school!!!!

1:50 am

scarydeb

how many words today

1:50 am

ARB

52

1:51 am

lazaro68

well, not andrew! i have sent him out to work

1:51 am

scarydeb

thanks - might get a rare finish

1:51 am

Iain

Keep the whip cracking

1:51 am

Andree

pink piggies, wondered where you went

1:52 am

HereBeDragons

OMG I just got my very first fireworks ever! *does big happy dance*

1:52 am

pink piggy

still trying to find words!

1:52 am

Andree

piggies you have to ask for specific clues

1:52 am

lazaro68

have you finished the grid? (Iain)

1:52 am

ARB

YAY HereBeDragons

1:52 am

BabbleRabble

Congrats, HereBeDragons!

1:53 am

lazaro68

and where is jeanie?

1:53 am

HereBeDragons

Thanks! I am very excited about this! It's the first time I've gone much further than getting half of the words. So, YAY!

1:54 am

Andree

piggies you have chosen a bad day, not many easy ones

1:54 am

lazaro68

having a lye in!

1:54 am

Iain

Michelle. Not yet. I keep getting distracted by two furry critters wanting their breakfast ( No one is not Anne)

1:54 am

pink piggy

anyone got.....ch 5,18?

1:55 am

Erda

No matter how hard I keep trying, I can't get the first te5/14 -- help??

1:55 am

lazaro68

oh dear! sounds like you need a trip to the hospital!

1:56 am

BabbleRabble

ch 5 is more of the ch 4/6

1:56 am

pink piggy

no worries...got it!

1:57 am

Andree

good girls, how many words have you got

1:57 am

pink piggy

20...sophs gone

1:57 am

ikeyak

haven't got any 6 letter words any clues

1:57 am

BabbleRabble

te 5/14 = ***ms of Endearment and Atalanta is in **

1:58 am

Andree

did she get bored Grace

1:58 am

pink piggy

dunno

1:58 am

pink piggy

shes back!

1:58 am

Erda

gee Babble -- what kind of a word is that???

1:58 am

Erda

Many thanks Babble

1:58 am

BabbleRabble

ec 6 = fruit trees are in the or****

1:59 am

BabbleRabble

a babble word?

1:59 am

Erda

That TE word is not in the latest Scrabble dictionary, groan...

1:59 am

ikeyak

thx babble

2:01 am

Erda

I may have to go fishing for the Third Edition, which may be hard to find, but that's the one used here...

2:01 am

Erda

I may have to go fishing for the Third Edition, which may be hard to find, but that's the one used here...

2:01 am

BabbleRabble

te 6 = t + sk***** not complete

2:01 am

BabbleRabble

te 6 = t + sk***** not complete

2:02 am

Andree

te5/18 please

2:03 am

Iain

Must go and get ready for golf, Bye Michelle, Anne sends her love

2:03 am

ikeyak

dont gat that lasy clue babble

2:04 am

lazaro68

love to you both.X don't forget your hip flask, keep warm.XX

2:04 am

BabbleRabble

te 6 = start with the offensive in Viet Nam Te* and everything is just fine or pea*** keen

2:05 am

Andree

thx babble

2:07 am

BabbleRabble

te 5 = the everything is fine thing: t+ p*a***

2:07 am

Andree

babble its the te5/18 I need

2:07 am

Andree

hy5/18 please

2:08 am

Andree

thx babble

2:08 am

BabbleRabble

hy multi-headed thing I think Hercules killed

2:09 am

ikeyak

stil cant get te 6

2:09 am

Andree

thx babble

2:09 am

pink piggy

am4/5 plz

2:11 am

BabbleRabble

am + the painkiller **pirin

2:11 am

ikeyak

got the te 6 finally

2:11 am

pink piggy

?

2:12 am

pink piggy

soz babble dont understand!?

2:13 am

BabbleRabble

am = to am**s (accumulate) a fortune

2:14 am

Andree

have you got it yet gracie

2:24 am

SirDemon

F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S!!!!

2:24 am

Andree

yay sir

2:24 am

SirDemon

first one ever, hehe

2:24 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, SirDemon!

2:25 am

SirDemon

thank you, thank you. Now I can actualy WORK, lol

2:25 am

BabbleRabble

If you must.

2:26 am

SirDemon

well, I'm AT work, so I should, but I'm lazy :P

2:29 am

Andree

last word, need ec6/27 please

2:30 am

BabbleRabble

ec 6 = fruit trees are in the or****

2:31 am

rolin

morning all..lol..from the sublime to the rediculous for the grid today

2:31 am

BabbleRabble

Good morning, rolin

2:32 am

Andree

hi rolin, I agree have not had enough time the last few days for the biggies and now I have finished and its not even dark

2:32 am

Andree

thx babble

2:32 am

Andree

FIREWORKS

2:32 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, Andree!

2:34 am

spanner

WTG andree

2:43 am

FranMag

hello babblers!

2:43 am

FranMag

yay andree!!

2:50 am

Andree

hi fran

2:50 am

suz1305

any words using the z, guys?

2:50 am

FranMag

hi andree, thought i was all alone

2:51 am

FranMag

none start with it, don't know about containing it though, i just started

2:51 am

suz1305

mm i'm in the same boat!

2:51 am

Atalante

hi Fran!

2:51 am

Andree

no, but it is very quiet, think there have been lots of finishers already

2:52 am

MVA

hi all, just started too

2:52 am

FranMag

hi mva!

2:52 am

rolin

well ive got down to 14 an i think ive hit the wall

2:52 am

Andree

1 word sue, jewish bread or cracker?, been inthe grid before

2:52 am

Andree

hi mva

2:53 am

FranMag

thanks andree!

2:53 am

MVA

thanks andree

2:53 am

Andree

are my little pink piggies still there?

2:54 am

suz1305

nice! thanks!

2:55 am

Andree

they must have gone, not an easy grid for kids

2:56 am

rolin

andree...i have the housing payment 'r'...can i have a clue for th other pls

2:57 am

FranMag

rolin, another word for vomit or throw up

2:57 am

rolin

cheers

2:57 am

rolin

etchy

2:57 am

MVA

ty fran

2:58 am

FranMag

yw

2:58 am

Andree

bye all and happy babbling, what fran said rolin

2:58 am

rolin

poo

2:58 am

rolin

cya andree

2:58 am

Andree

take the y off rolin

2:58 am

FranMag

bye andree! enjoy the remaining sunlight!

2:58 am

MVA

bye andree

2:59 am

kierlex

could i get the CH clues?

2:59 am

rolin

ill be happy to fly from this fog...if i can get out on sun

2:59 am

FranMag

kier, ch4/6, to burn

2:59 am

MVA

not good news from the airports rolin

2:59 am

rolin

c+ difficult..then take off the last letter

3:00 am

FranMag

ch5/16, swiss ch*** (member of the cabbage family)

3:00 am

rolin

fingers crossed to be lifted for the w/end

3:00 am

FranMag

ch5/14, burn with doubled consonant on the end

3:00 am

kierlex

ok i had those 2, what are the other ones?

3:00 am

FranMag

ch5/18, adjective version of burn

3:00 am

MVA

fingers crossed for you rolin

3:01 am

kierlex

thanks! ok now the ch4/8 is???

3:01 am

FranMag

ch4/8, take the R out of ch5/18, sounds like middle eastern tea

3:01 am

Atalante

5 to go!

3:01 am

rolin

c+straw

3:01 am

FranMag

hi ata! 6 here

3:02 am

kierlex

THANK YOU!!!!! BRAIN DEAD ME

3:02 am

rolin

but still need i ch

3:02 am

FranMag

what do you have rolin, i have all the Cs.

3:03 am

Atalante

hi fran! I wasn't ignoring you, I did say hi a while ago but I don't think you saw it :)

3:03 am

FranMag

sorry ata! i must have been buried

3:03 am

rolin

i have ce4/5 ch4/6 ch5/16 ch5/18 ch4/8

3:04 am

FranMag

you need ch5/14

3:04 am

MVA

ch514

3:04 am

FranMag

it's like ch4/6, but double the last letter

3:05 am

rolin

ty fran

3:05 am

FranMag

yw

3:06 am

FranMag

does anyone know what the 6 starts with? i can't see anything longer than 5!

3:06 am

rolin

ec6

3:06 am

MVA

ec 6 27

3:06 am

FranMag

thanks rolin

3:06 am

rolin

and te6

3:07 am

FranMag

thanks mva, points would have been my next question!

3:08 am

suz1305

bye all - I've had enough (and should be working) - have fun and Merry Christmas!

3:08 am

FranMag

bye suz

3:08 am

jakes-mum

Fireworks YAY!!

3:08 am

rolin

te6/30

3:08 am

FranMag

yay jakes-mum!

3:08 am

TrickyRic

hi all - 52 words rofl

3:09 am

MVA

bye suz, merryChristmas too!

3:09 am

MVA

Congrats jake's mum!

3:09 am

FranMag

hi ric

3:10 am

jakes-mum

TY had better go as am also supposed to be working, Mery Xmas everyone as I doubt I will be on again until after hols (going to the inlaws and mum inlaw is also babble mad so wont get near the puter lol)

3:10 am

Atalante

ec6? ooooo!

3:10 am

MVA

bye jakesmum

3:11 am

FranMag

yay, got the 6s

3:11 am

MVA

can't see te6 for looking!!

3:12 am

Atalante

don't get te6 about it, MVA!

3:12 am

FranMag

mva, do you have te5/18? it's an alt spelling of that

3:13 am

ren8

Morning, tiny grid today so not going to bother, see you all tomorrow

3:13 am

FranMag

bye ren8!

3:13 am

MVA

DOH!! pass the fish!!

3:13 am

KatieMcG

morning everyone :-)

3:13 am

FranMag

hi katie!

3:14 am

TrickyRic

hi ren, bye ren, hi katie

3:14 am

TrickyRic

lol sorry i'm not ignoring you all honest ;-)

3:14 am

rolin

does anyone have the er4/6?

3:14 am

FranMag

rolin, it's a unit of force

3:15 am

MVA

unit of work

3:15 am

FranMag

plural of it i should say

3:15 am

rolin

ofcourse fran..thx

3:15 am

sprite

morning all - a mighty tighty today?

3:15 am

FranMag

hi sprite! you'll probably be done in 5 minutes!

3:15 am

Atalante

morning spritey! *hugs*

3:16 am

MVA

hi katie and sprite!

3:16 am

TrickyRic

hi sprite

3:16 am

FranMag

yw rolin

3:16 am

sprite

*hugs right back*
How are you all doing?

3:17 am

Atalante

getting annoyed with my last 2 words

3:17 am

MVA

going now, 10 left, will be back later, good luck all

3:17 am

FranMag

the first 46 were pretty quick, now i'm slowly getting the rest.

3:17 am

TrickyRic

bye mvr

3:17 am

TrickyRic

mva*

3:17 am

FranMag

bye mva! see you later

3:17 am

sprite

bye MVA

3:17 am

FranMag

3 left now

3:18 am

sprite

hah - found the N5/20 all by myself! First time ever, I think.

3:18 am

Atalante

ty sprite!

3:19 am

sprite

lol, was that one of the 2? Great

3:19 am

Atalante

1 H to go!

3:19 am

rolin

and done!

3:19 am

rolin

and done!

3:19 am

FranMag

yay rolin!!

3:19 am

sprite

wtg rolin! Hey, is that you in the icon? Such a radiant lady!

3:19 am

Atalante

what a LOVELY word to finish on!

3:19 am

girlfriday

I need the N 5/20 and then 1st TE 5/14 and Im off to bed...

3:20 am

TrickyRic

congrats rolin

3:20 am

rolin

hummmff..now i have no excuse to get away from my a-level marking..lol

3:20 am

FranMag

sprite, that n5/20 is one of mine too!

3:20 am

rolin

lol...thx sprite...i was on holiday in the sun...so that helps...now im back to school and the cold..im back to being grumpy and bleak

3:21 am

sprite

Wonderful!

3:21 am

FranMag

lol rolin!

3:21 am

sprite

nah, you're not, rolin :) Never grumpy!

3:21 am

girlfriday

Fran, any clues for that N 5/20, thanks

3:21 am

rolin

but im off to find some sun on xmas eve...off to marrakesh

3:21 am

FranMag

awesome rolin! have fun

3:22 am

rolin

girl...it sounss like the ne5/12 before it

3:22 am

sprite

*slips silently into rolin's bag-on-wheels*

3:22 am

FranMag

duh, how could i forget that one!

3:22 am

rolin

np sprite.. just dont throw the toilet paper outa my bag to get in tho

3:23 am

FranMag

thanks rolin

3:23 am

sprite

*hides inside the toilet paper roll*

3:23 am

sprite

that is SOME toilet paper roll :D

3:23 am

girlfriday

nope, rolin, utterly blind

3:23 am

FranMag

GF, ne5/20 is a mild expletive that supposedly is derived from the phrase "oh nuts", let the points guide you

3:23 am

rolin

oooohhh very nifty...but youd better remember to get out before i need to use it...eeeewwww...did i say that???..lol

3:24 am

sprite

LOL

3:24 am

FranMag

GF, it usually ends with an S

3:25 am

girlfriday

ah, thanks, was going the wrong way around the grid with that one.

3:25 am

rolin

ok..i really should try to knock this marking over today...so i can go on holiday and rest...cya all later...

3:25 am

girlfriday

last one...TE 5/14 the first one...

3:25 am

sprite

bye rolin, good luck marking and have a great holiday!

3:25 am

rolin

t+unit of force+ vowel

3:26 am

girlfriday

and Im done. thanks for the last two...group!

3:26 am

FranMag

yay GF!

3:27 am

sprite

wtg girlf!

3:27 am

FranMag

ata, did you finish?

3:27 am

sparklygem

sorry guys, I'm still not getting the ne5/20. Is the word a US one?

3:27 am

FranMag

i think so sparkly

3:28 am

sprite

sparkly, take a word to measure sound in and change the first letter.

3:28 am

FranMag

sparkly, it rhymes with a car rental company

3:28 am

sprite

that is a MUCH better clue

3:28 am

sparklygem

got it! thanks sprite and fran!

3:28 am

FranMag

funny thing was we were talking about the same word sprite!

3:29 am

sprite

indeed :D The magic still works, grinnn

3:29 am

FranMag

okay, i have ha4 and ha5, what am i missing?

3:29 am

FranMag

indeed sprite! :-)

3:30 am

sparklygem

there's a hy5 but I don't have it yet

3:30 am

FranMag

oh nvm

3:30 am

FranMag

fireworks!!!

3:30 am

sparklygem

just got it

3:30 am

seano216k

fireworks

3:30 am

sparklygem

wd fran!

3:30 am

sprite

wtg Fran!

3:30 am

sprite

and seano!

3:30 am

FranMag

yay seano!!

3:30 am

FranMag

darn sparkly, i wanted to clue it

3:31 am

sparklygem

lol

3:31 am

FranMag

that had to be ata's last word too, where did she disappear to?

3:31 am

seano216k

fireworks...not even out of bed yet ;-)

3:31 am

sprite

lol Fran - animal that is like housecleaning: once you chop of one head, 10 grow back?

3:32 am

Atalante

am here!

3:32 am

FranMag

that's a great clue sprite!

3:32 am

Atalante

just contemplating the dreaded task in front of me today

3:32 am

FranMag

congrats on finishing ata! it was my last word too.

3:33 am

sprite

wtg Ata! What is the dreaded task for today?

3:33 am

FranMag

more knotwork?

3:33 am

FranMag

but that can't be dreaded, can it?

3:33 am

sprite

If Ata dreads it, it cannot be drawing.

3:33 am

sprite

LOL Fran! Once again :)

3:34 am

Atalante

oh it is! colouring the Knotwork From Hell.

3:34 am

Atalante

very dreaded!

3:34 am

FranMag

i think half my brain is living in Denmark.

3:34 am

FranMag

I mean the Netherlands

3:35 am

sprite

You will love it, Ata, I just know. Once you get into the right trance...

3:35 am

Atalante

I have to make a Big Decision though

3:36 am

Atalante

Watercolour or Pencil

3:36 am

sprite

pencil

3:37 am

FranMag

there, that was easy. :-)

3:37 am

sprite

:)

3:37 am

Atalante

I'll look better in watercolour IF I get it right. But that's not guaranteed, and this is too big and too good to ruin.

3:38 am

FranMag

so pencil would be more forgiving, but not as nice (in your opinion)

3:38 am

sprite

so basically, you have to choose between taking the safe way out of fear, or trusting your talent and dexterity and make a real work of art?
In that case: watercolour.

3:39 am

Atalante

yes .....

3:39 am

Atalante

but I'm really not very dextrous when it comes to watercolour LOL I'm still learning

3:39 am

FranMag

conquer your fears ata! you can do the watercolor...and you won't make any mistakes.

3:39 am

Atalante

well, I suppose I can always start again if I screw it up

3:40 am

sprite

grin - go follow your bliss, Ata. The safe way out of fear will never fulfill your bliss!

3:40 am

Atalante

though the pencil outlining took THREE DAYS *cries*

3:40 am

sprite

and you enjoyed every minute of it - even if you nagged about it

3:41 am

sprite

darn - am I starting to sound motherly again??? *shuts up*

3:41 am

Atalante

I did :D

3:41 am

Atalante

yup, but its true!

3:42 am

FranMag

ata, i say if the watercolor will do justice to your three days of laboring over the outline, then do the watercolor.

3:42 am

Atalante

watercolour is either kill or cure LOL itll either be fabulous or a disaster :P

3:43 am

sprite

It will be fabulous, I know!

3:43 am

Atalante

hopefully :)

3:43 am

sparklygem

done at last! :)

3:43 am

FranMag

yay sparkly!!

3:43 am

sprite

wtg sparkly!

3:43 am

Atalante

yay sparkly!

3:43 am

FranMag

ata, your disaster will probably still be fabulous! ;-)

3:44 am

Atalante

ha ha ha, well I do have a bit of an escape route, I've got to outline in black at the end, and I'm NOT doing that in paint, so I can tidy away any little slips then :)

3:44 am

FranMag

okay, i may be able to get to sleep before midnight, so i'll see all you wonderful people tomorrow.

3:45 am

sprite

Bye Fran, enjoyed chatting with you, dear mindmate :)

3:45 am

Atalante

bye dear!

3:45 am

FranMag

:-)

3:45 am

sprite

sounds great, Ata!

3:46 am

Atalante

I'll tell you if it is in about a week!

3:47 am

sprite

yes, please do! I'd love to see it finished!

3:47 am

Atalante

so would I!

3:47 am

sprite

grinnnnnnn

3:48 am

sparklygem

bye everyone, am going to visit my friend and her new baby :D

3:48 am

sprite

ow sparkly, enjoy!

3:49 am

Atalante

this is where I'm really grateful for babble, cos I can keep the window open and read / write in the chat as momentary breaks away from the paint

3:49 am

sprite

multitasking superwoman :)

3:50 am

Atalante

my brain doesn't like doing one thing at once! never has!

3:50 am

snppngtrtle

Awwww, it's a baby grid today.

3:51 am

sprite

my brain doesn't like doing one thing at all, usually :)

3:51 am

sprite

it is, turtle :( And not a tough one either.

3:52 am

Atalante

it has a few nice words though :)

3:52 am

sprite

that is true!

3:52 am

snppngtrtle

I was kind of hoping for a tough one. Have nothing to do tomorrow now that the semester is over.

3:53 am

Atalante

sudoku!

3:54 am

sprite

hop over here and I will keep you busy till the next week :)

3:55 am

snppngtrtle

ooooooh sudoku!

3:55 am

Atalante

ok. tissues - check. water - check. array of brushes - check. panic button - check. GO!

3:55 am

sprite

yeah Ata!

3:56 am

Atalante

so now I might be quiet :)

3:57 am

sprite

feel free to ignore everything ;)

3:57 am

TrickyRic

erm... have i missed something here? lol

3:57 am

hydra

You were hoping for a touch one, snppngirlie? This IS a tough one. I've ony found eight words!

3:58 am

sprite

Ah hydra, and that while you are living in it!

3:58 am

Atalante

hi hy5/18!

3:58 am

snppngtrtle

Sometimes these little ones are brutal.

3:58 am

hydra

It's so cold my brain has frozen.

3:59 am

hydra

Hi Atalante. I'm not even going to try adding up your word score!

3:59 am

Atalante

but I'm not in the grid!

4:00 am

sprite

Yes Ata, you are, but not valid, grin

4:00 am

Atalante

ooooooooooo! true!

4:01 am

jean1953

good morning everybody:) just a quick visit today

4:01 am

sprite

I am being chased by a phantom cherry

4:01 am

sprite

hi jean :)

4:01 am

Krys10

oh good, a little grid

4:01 am

sprite

go for it, jean, you can finish this one during that short visit

4:01 am

snppngtrtle

Hi jean

4:01 am

sprite

Hi Krys *hug*

4:01 am

Krys10

hey sprite!

4:02 am

jean1953

yes it is a short grid sprite but I feel so guilty have loads to do lol

4:02 am

sprite

ah, guilt! Don't talk to me about guilt LOL

4:03 am

mummy

hands up all those who have a long list of jobs to do but prefer to babble

4:03 am

jean1953

lol with me it doesnt last long lol I will just feel bad if we get to christmas day and I havent got all the presents lol

4:03 am

sprite

*raises two hands*

4:03 am

jean1953

me mummy lol

4:03 am

Krys10

phantom: hardhat

4:03 am

Krys10

also hazmat

4:04 am

sprite

I am frustrated no end by not having 'edge' and all related ones.

4:04 am

sprite

and nectar, of course.

4:04 am

Krys10

yes, so close!

4:05 am

Krys10

be back in a bit - quick shower and then bed

4:05 am

sprite

bye Krys :)

4:05 am

Krys10

that made no sense: quick shower and then I'm bringing the laptop to bed

4:05 am

sprite

*very big grin*

4:11 am

Denny

morning all - nice short grid today... how's it looking so far?

4:12 am

jean1953

morning denny:)

4:12 am

sprite

Short and sweet, denny.

4:13 am

Krys10

back!

4:13 am

sprite

well, that WAS fast, Krys :)

4:13 am

Krys10

incidentally, for those of you who were helping me plan my christmas vacation to europe last month:

4:13 am

Krys10

we are staying in a hotel near heathrow christmas day and we're seeing about a visit to stonehenge on the 25th

4:13 am

Krys10

then on to brussels etc

4:14 am

sprite

And when do you come by at my home?

4:14 am

Krys10

we actually talked today about amsterdam, but i think it will have to wait 'til next visit, sadly

4:14 am

Krys10

otherwise you know i'd want to visit!

4:14 am

Tella

dhbsdgdb/;l;'fbfgdhsdhshagndfnzbsnsbs

4:15 am

sprite

Too bad! But it sounds like a great holiday, Krys!

4:16 am

Krys10

i'm starting to get excited about it.

4:16 am

snppngtrtle

That sounds like a lot of fun krys.

4:16 am

Krys10

harr

4:16 am

Krys10

oops 'scuse me

4:16 am

sprite

ah, that is a good sign. Make sure you take pics :)

4:17 am

Krys10

absolutely! I just got a 1 GB card for my poor outdated camera

4:19 am

Krys10

it seems like "thray" should be a word

4:19 am

sprite

ah great, hope you will share some of the beauties. Always like your pics.

4:19 am

sprite

I am getting absolutely nowhere with the 6s. I must have a particular blind spot today.

4:20 am

Denny

me too sprite!

4:20 am

Denny

monjkey fingers doing all the work today!

4:20 am

Krys10

oh my goodness i just noticed that sixers are all we get today!

4:21 am

sprite

yeah, almost done and still missing ALL the BIGGIES ;)

4:22 am

Krys10

all two of them!

4:22 am

sprite

Ah Denny... what a lovely icon! They are adorable :)

4:22 am

sprite

all two SIXES even

4:22 am

sprite

and now I want 'arrgh'

4:23 am

Denny

thx sprite - need to update it but not got any decent photos recently - they won't sit still long enough!!! wait till after xmas!

4:23 am

sprite

am looking forward to it, Denny, but it sounds like they are healthy kids, not sitting still for a moment :)

4:23 am

Krys10

madge

4:24 am

Denny

there are sooo many words i want to use...cretin, credit

4:24 am

Krys10

darn it

4:24 am

sprite

not valid, I tried that too, Krys.

4:24 am

Krys10

creche

4:24 am

Krys10

i mea, that's a phantom for me

4:24 am

sprite

this grid is haunted!

4:24 am

Denny

sean has a chest infection at the mo'. First one ever but you wouldn't think it!! DOctor was impressed he had got this far (2 and a half) wthout needing antibiotics!!

4:25 am

sprite

aw, poor kid! Glad he is so strong, Denny.

4:26 am

Denny

yes he's fine - loves his medicine too! It's a very scary flourescent yellow colour! what's that all about?!!!

4:27 am

sprite

just made so the kids will love it :)

4:27 am

Denny

i remember the smell tho', that's a smell you never forget... bleurgh :-P

4:28 am

Denny

i want to put magi - tis te season after all! ;-)

4:28 am

Krys10

magi visiting a creche

4:28 am

sprite

so true, and I am still one M short, so that would be lovely :)

4:29 am

Krys10

bringing myhrr

4:29 am

Denny

ho ho ho

4:29 am

Denny

me too sprite

4:29 am

Krys10

i am missing one also.

4:29 am

Denny

rett

4:29 am

Krys10

one m

4:29 am

Denny

sorry

4:30 am

Krys10

m5/14
m4/6
m4/7
m5/16
m4/6
m5/22

4:30 am

Denny

might have to reort to the list...

4:30 am

sprite

well well, there it is. Ma5/22 was my missing one.

4:30 am

Krys10

wondered whether it was :) what am i missing?

4:31 am

sprite

Krys, after the 5/16 comes a 4/7

4:31 am

Krys10

oh for pete's sake, what a doof i am

4:31 am

Denny

woohoo thanks!

4:32 am

sprite

so... down to 2 and they are both 6s. Which at least reveals there is a T6 and an E6.

4:33 am

Krys10

d'oh, I just entered "thray" AGAIN

4:33 am

Krys10

and it is still not a word

4:33 am

sprite

did it work this time?

4:33 am

sprite

lol I wondered about that

4:33 am

Krys10

anything there related to 'tercet"?

4:34 am

sprite

don't think so - vowel shortage in that department

4:34 am

Krys10

which T does the 6 belong to?

4:34 am

Ragalla

e/6 is e+ch5/16 havent found the t/6

4:34 am

sprite

bottom left

4:35 am

sprite

Ahhh Ragalla, thanks!

4:36 am

sprite

I think I have tried all possible (and impossible) one-syllable T words. I will surmise it is two syllables then.

4:36 am

Krys10

then it must use the T above it, right? otherwise the 6 would have belonged to the T in the 4th row

4:36 am

snppngtrtle

oooooh just got it TE 6/30

4:36 am

Ragalla

whilst it looks like it could be some kind of cyber vegetable it is actually 'Soil water not available for absorption by plants'

4:36 am

sprite

exactly, Krys. So there must be the e between them...

4:37 am

sprite

Yeah! Fireworks!

4:37 am

Ragalla

te6=irritable

4:37 am

Krys10

yeah, that's what i thought it meant too, not the soil definite

4:37 am

Denny

arrgh thanks sprite!

4:37 am

Krys10

WTG sprite!

4:37 am

Denny

ragalla even!

4:37 am

snppngtrtle

Yay Sprite!

4:38 am

sprite

great teamworlk :)

4:38 am

Ragalla

can someone clue the ma5/22?

4:38 am

sprite

minus L somewhere

4:38 am

Krys10

oh i see, teh E6 is the soil clue

4:38 am

Krys10

what jewish people eat at passover

4:38 am

Krys10

spelled a little differently than I usually see

4:39 am

sprite

ma5/22 first 4 letters of one chasing bulls, insert consonant.

4:39 am

kthdsn

hey guys

4:39 am

jean1953

got the fireworks now I can go christmas shopping lol

4:39 am

Ragalla

thanks krys - kept trying the wrong way...

4:39 am

jean1953

hello kthdsn:)

4:39 am

Krys10

YW

4:39 am

sprite

yeah jean! See?

4:40 am

sprite

hi kate. Did you sleep a little better tonight?

4:40 am

jean1953

lol I excelled myself today sprite lol

4:40 am

sprite

what a great way to start Christmas season, jean :)

4:40 am

kthdsn

he went out for an hour last night to talk to the guy about getting my money, he still isn't home, I didn't wake up so I didn't get the kids to school and I can't go to work cos I've got them

4:40 am

jean1953

right am away have a great babbling day everybody:)

4:40 am

jean1953

certainly is sprite!

4:41 am

sprite

bye jean!
He is certainly becoming a pain in the behind, Kate :(

4:41 am

Krys10

it's way late here - i'm going to sleep, will find my last ten words tomorrow

4:41 am

kthdsn

I slept terribly, I kept dreaming that I'd slept all day, or that he came home and we argued, or that he came home but he was my ex husband instead of himself, it was horrible

4:41 am

Krys10

it's been a pleasure, everyone!

4:41 am

sprite

night Krys, sweet dreams :)

4:42 am

kthdsn

he's not answering his phone and he didn't even try to call me

4:42 am

Odin

Mornin' All

4:43 am

sprite

Hi Odin!

4:43 am

Odin

Hey sprite

4:43 am

kthdsn

I thought things were going to be managable until I left, but at this rate I don't think I can cope

4:43 am

Odin

Interesting grid today

4:43 am

sprite

I have to be off, thanks for the fun all :)
Kate - take care. He is NOT going to be pleasant about all this, as you see - take care of yourself and yours, dear. *hug*

4:45 am

Ragalla

well i have finished.

4:45 am

kthdsn

bye sprite

4:46 am

sprite

wtg Ragalla *poof*

4:46 am

boredagain

morning all, newbie here. just one to go: ha5/18 and it's driving me nuts. any clues?

4:47 am

Jacula

ha5/18 - Opposite of 'tender' , as of plants.

4:47 am

snppngtrtle

add a letter to the ha4/6, bore

4:47 am

Jacula

(Or think 'tough')

4:48 am

boredagain

jacula, you are a wonderful person. now i know why everyone says fireworks. Yahoo!

4:51 am

Jacula

y/w, boredagain.:)

4:51 am

Haz1558

Good morning all.

4:52 am

kthdsn

hi haz

4:53 am

Jacula

Morning, Haz.

4:53 am

Haz1558

Dr God is either being very kind or very cruel. Is the grid okay?

4:53 am

kthdsn

I don't think I'm going to do it today

4:53 am

FMitch

It's quite nice Haz, Morning!

4:54 am

Jacula

Haz - I started about 20 mins ago & only have 13 left to find. I'd say it's okay.

4:54 am

Jacula

Hi FMitch!

4:54 am

Haz1558

Grand! And finally, a spotting of FMitch!

4:54 am

FMitch

Hello Jacs :)

4:55 am

FMitch

I have been an absentee babbler this week an dnow have stinky cold and streaming eyes/nose :(

How's your back Haz?

4:55 am

kthdsn

poor fmitch

4:56 am

Haz1558

Oh FMitch, nasty cold! What a horrible thing to have. My back is improving, albeit slowly.

4:56 am

Jacula

Oh, poor you FMitch! Still got the cough from mine (4 weeks now!) and my daughter came down with a 2nd cold last night.

4:56 am

Haz1558

So, it's the cold rather than the flu? With the flu, you'd not even care that the game existed, never mind want to do it!

4:57 am

FMitch

It's the cough that's the real pain esp at night. Def cold not flu thankgoodness Haz.

4:58 am

Haz1558

It's nasty when you want and need to sleep and your cough won't allow it. My sympathy.

4:59 am

FMitch

Anyway... it's fun grid so far and a dinky size which makes a change

4:59 am

kthdsn

I can't believe he's doing this to me, I don't know what to do (recap for those who missed, he went to discuss getting my money and hasn't come home, the kids have missed school and I've missed work)

4:59 am

Haz1558

I'm taking the risk of starting in the expectation that I can get it finished. And yes, the dinkiness is a refreshing change from the past couple of larger grids.

5:00 am

Haz1558

kthdsn - try to do something to take your mind off things.

5:01 am

kthdsn

I wouldn't mind so much if I had the money, but until he gets it for me I'm at his mercy

5:01 am

Jacula

Well, I must leave you all for now with 10 to find. I have to go out and brave the crowds for the last weekly shopping session (plus getting Paul's last 2 presents he needs to buy to make sure it gets done!). Girding my loins.... Wish me luck! I will return. (I hope!)

5:01 am

Haz1558

All the best, Jacula. As long as the loins are girded, all should be well.

5:01 am

kthdsn

good luck jac

5:03 am

Haz1558

FMitch - are you still fog-bound or have the skies cleared yet. We can see daylight for the first time since the weekend.

5:05 am

FMitch

Good luck, Jacs

Sorry was on phone. Still lots of flog drifting about causing bg probs at Heathrow.

5:05 am

phandmd

morning - is there really a CH 4/6?

5:06 am

phandmd

yes, and I already had it.

5:06 am

Haz1558

yes phandmad - I smell burning

5:06 am

Angb

Hi everyone.

5:06 am

Haz1558

Was that the smell of your brain cells exploding?

5:06 am

Haz1558

Good evening Angb.

5:07 am

phandmd

yes indeed!

5:07 am

Angb

Hi Haz - it's midnight here - must be lunchtime there?

5:07 am

Haz1558

Poor people heading off on holidays are in for long delays at Heathrow, by the sound of things.

5:08 am

VolleymomDee

morning all!

5:08 am

Haz1558

It's just after 11 am, Angb - sort of mid-breakfast and lunch time.

5:08 am

Angb

Daylight saving - I forgot.

5:08 am

Angb

Hi volley

5:08 am

Haz1558

Good morning Volley. And Angb - we need all the daylight we can get!

5:09 am

Angb

I'll try to send some over.

5:09 am

Haz1558

That would be lovely.

5:09 am

FMitch

At the moment its domestic flights that are affected most I think Haz.

5:10 am

Angb

The weather forecase is for fine weather for more than a week. Xmas day will be outside this year. Yippee

5:10 am

VolleymomDee

how much snow do you all have

5:10 am

Haz1558

Not an ounce here, Volley.

5:10 am

phandmd

any clue for the ec 6?

5:10 am

FMitch

Snow!!! God forbid.

5:11 am

VolleymomDee

none here in IN either... really would like a bit for Christmas day

5:11 am

BabbleRabble

are domestic flights limited to maids and butlers?

5:11 am

Haz1558

e plus ch5/16

5:11 am

kthdsn

morning babble

5:11 am

phandmd

thnx

5:11 am

FMitch

LOL BabbleRabble

5:12 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, kate

5:14 am

Eva

good morning everyone. Another snowless day here in Vermont. The ski industry is hurting badly. Until now it hasn't even been cold enough to make snow.

5:14 am

Eva

good morning everyone. Another snowless day here in Vermont. The ski industry is hurting badly. Until now it hasn't even been cold enough to make snow.

5:14 am

Angb

Hi Eva

5:14 am

ch1212

Ditto in Massachusetts. Hi all

5:14 am

Haz1558

Good morning Eva - and ch1212

5:14 am

VolleymomDee

I cannot believe how tough this little grid is

5:14 am

Angb

Hi ch1212

5:15 am

Eva

wow, the painter's name is a word! I decided to try it even though I knew it wouldn't be.

5:16 am

Jacula

FIREWORKS!:) (Just couldn't resist another little try before going out. Must dash now. Byeeee.)

5:16 am

ch1212

hurrah for you, jacula!

5:16 am

Angb

Bye Jacula

5:16 am

Haz1558

Well done Jacula!

5:17 am

Angb

And congrats

5:17 am

FMitch

Congrats and byeee Jacs

5:17 am

kkiln

good morning all -- any clue for the te 6? I could not find it with "irritate" clue.

5:17 am

Eva

alt spelling of the usual

5:18 am

Haz1558

te 6/30 - irritable, incorporating an artistic method

5:18 am

Angb

The middle of the word is et 4/6 kklln

5:19 am

BabbleRabble

te = t + the details of the event were sk***** and will need to be filled in later.

5:20 am

kkiln

Finally got it...thanks Haz and Angb..

5:20 am

Angb

yw

5:20 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

5:21 am

phandmd

ma 5/16 is eluding me... hlp pls

5:21 am

Eva

plural of ma4/7

5:21 am

Angb

Add a vowel before the last letter of ma 4/7

5:21 am

VolleymomDee

gr8 clue babble on the te 6

5:22 am

Haz1558

It looks like a plural wise men, but with different last vowel

5:22 am

phandmd

ah, thnx

5:25 am

phandmd

the ma 5/22 uses the z right?

5:25 am

phandmd

got it

5:25 am

FMitch

Yup think Jewish food

5:26 am

Angb

thx for that phan and FMitch

5:26 am

FMitch

Hi Angb

5:26 am

phandmd

not a prob!

5:27 am

Eva

1 left-an n. I have ne4/5,ne5/12,ne4/4. What am I missing?

5:27 am

Haz1558

ne5/20

5:27 am

BabbleRabble

ne 5/20

5:27 am

Eva

thanks babble!

5:28 am

Angb

thx haz and babble

5:28 am

Eva

fireworks!

5:28 am

Haz1558

Congratulations!

5:28 am

Angb

yay eva

5:28 am

ch1212

good going, eva!

5:28 am

BabbleRabble

Congrats, Eva

5:28 am

FMitch

Congrats and Hi Eva (and Merp)

5:28 am

kthdsn

I was managing so well and now I feel like a scared little girl

5:28 am

Angb

Finally found the painter LOL

5:29 am

Eva

thanks all!

5:29 am

ch1212

Kate, that's normal. {{{ hugs }}} Deep breaths, and one minute at a time, sometimes.

5:30 am

Haz1558

Time to go. Have a good day everyone!

5:30 am

ch1212

bye haz

5:30 am

Angb

see ya haz

5:31 am

Eva

kth-it's going to be very hard for quite some time. There's no way around that. And feeling scared and sad and sick about it all doesn't mean you aren't doing "well".

5:31 am

FMitch

Bye HAz, good to see you.

5:32 am

phandmd

te 5/18 and 1st te 5/14 are eluding me too...

5:32 am

kthdsn

I guess you're right eva, I just feel so lost and alone right now, I didn't realise how alone I was because I always had him, now he's not here I see that I have noone but my online friends, who mean so much to me, but it's not the same as having someone there to hug you and help you manage things

5:32 am

Eva

FMitch-have you been away recently? Haven'ty seen you for a while

5:33 am

ch1212

add the sometimes vowel to abbrev for computer fixer for the te5/18

5:33 am

FMitch

Hi Eva, darn work has been getting in the way and the big grids are too much.

5:33 am

ch1212

te 5/14 is the fabric your bath towel is often made of

5:33 am

Kiki K

Wow this is an icky grid...

5:33 am

Angb

I have a te 5/14 which is the material bath robes are made of

5:34 am

phandmd

no there is another te 5/14 have the material

5:34 am

Eva

Kate-you are awfully young to be handling all of this, but you'll learn a lot about your strength, and maybe this will be an oportunity, albeit a terribly painful one, to make other connections so as not to end up so isolated again.

5:34 am

BabbleRabble

te 5 = te*ms of Endearment and Atlanta is in **

5:35 am

Eva

FMitch-sounds like work has to go

5:35 am

FMitch

lol Eva

5:36 am

phandmd

babble rabble, ?

5:36 am

Eva

see you all later.

5:36 am

ch1212

Kate, I went through it as a single mom, and the worst mistake I made was telling myself I should be doing 'better' and not giving myself time to just go trhough all the normal process of it. I kept telling myself I had to be super strong for my daughter, when in fact I just didn't want to keep feeling the pain, confusion, hopelessness, anger, fear, and all the rest.

So be as gentle as you can with yourself. {{ kate }}

5:37 am

Angb

thanx babble

5:37 am

sandr

phandmd - thonk of the missing derby winner and substitute te for sh

5:37 am

VolleymomDee

see you all later; hope you have a wonderful day!

5:38 am

sandr

think even!

5:38 am

ch1212

bye volleymom!

5:38 am

Angb

There is also a car race that Dunlop ta*** rally - change the second letter

5:38 am

VolleymomDee

hugs.... **poof**

5:38 am

phandmd

as in Kentucky?

5:38 am

Dachef

only have 1 a - am4. What are t'others???

5:38 am

Angb

see you volley

5:38 am

sandr

dachef - think elderly

5:39 am

Angb

Dachef - how old are you? (not nosey - a clue)

5:39 am

ch1212

2 ag's, 1 ar, 2 ats

5:39 am

phandmd

how old are you? (2)

5:39 am

Dachef

soory, I meant to add from the top row.....:)

5:39 am

phandmd

a famous landmark in paris

5:40 am

phandmd

I need more help on that te 5/14 that isn't material

5:40 am

Dachef

got em, cheers! te5 - think Chocolate Orange.

5:40 am

kthdsn

I've just called the girls school and explained the situation to them, I don't have to send them back so I can just concentrate on getting out of here

5:41 am

kthdsn

I hope to god that he gets me this money, I'm so terrified that he won't, and I can't leave without it

5:41 am

Katydid0615

phan, same first four letters, add a vowel to the end.

5:41 am

Angb

Anyone have a clue for the at words?

5:41 am

ch1212

That's good. That's one big thing off your list.

5:42 am

Dachef

at + short mommy, + plural.

5:42 am

ch1212

ang, think your female parent

5:42 am

phandmd

katy, I think that is a TE 5/10?

5:42 am

Angb

Thnx dachef and ch

5:43 am

phandmd

the chocolate orange didn't do it for me either...

5:43 am

phandmd

I am so dense...

5:43 am

Dachef

missing an r and the d from the bottom row. I have re4, whats the other?

5:43 am

Katydid0615

ah, you are right. let me think . . .

5:43 am

Angb

That at is an interesting word - means "the principle of life"

5:44 am

Dachef

chocolate orange may be a British thing. te5 is a boys name, also a chocolate manufacturer over here.

5:44 am

Katydid0615

try, first three letters of the material add first two letters of what you put in your car to make it run **soline.

5:44 am

Angb

There ius a de 5/16 - a french painter

5:44 am

ch1212

ang, I was going to clue it as "soul" from the dark recesses of my college class on world religions.

5:44 am

kthdsn

mmmm chocolate orange, I hope they're not just a british thing, I love them

5:44 am

phandmd

thank you so much for spoon feeding me.

5:45 am

Angb

ch - never heard of it before - sounds nice!

5:45 am

Katydid0615

you are very welcome.

5:45 am

kkiln

clue for the eg 5/14 please?

5:45 am

Angb

Have you the re 5/14 - that means vomit?

5:45 am

phandmd

done, gotta go for now, bbl to help clue. thnx for all the help

5:46 am

Angb

eg 5/14 - a type of heron type bird

5:46 am

ch1212

congrats phandmd

5:46 am

Katydid0615

wtg phan, have a good day

5:46 am

Angb

See ya phan - congrats

5:46 am

Dachef

thx Angb, got the vmoitous one (not appropriate today as I have a hangover). Struggling with the painter tho. I just know I'm gonna need a fish for this one......

5:47 am

Katydid0615

eg 5/14 is a bird.

5:47 am

Angb

de + US petrol

5:47 am

BabbleRabble

eg = movie The ***urn of the Jedi

5:48 am

Dachef

ta. Consider my fish well and truly utlisised.

5:48 am

Angb

Tis ok dachef - I hate small grids - finding this heavy going myself

5:49 am

kkiln

Thanks for the help with the eg...since I did not know the bird...I used google...BabbleRabble's clue came later...good clue though.

5:51 am

Angb

Have the 2 x ga 4/7s what g am I missing?

5:51 am

ch1212

ge

5:52 am

BabbleRabble

ge 4/7

5:52 am

Angb

Thx ch - think thats a fish as well

5:54 am

ch1212

hint for ec6 please?

5:54 am

Angb

2 to go LOL

5:55 am

NonnieLight

go angb go

5:55 am

Angb

e + ch 5/16

5:55 am

Angb

Hi Nonnie -

5:55 am

NonnieLight

morning angb and all

5:55 am

ch1212

Thanks, ang! That's it for me and I have to dash to get ready for work. happy hunting all

5:56 am

BabbleRabble

e6 = fruit trees grown in the orc****

5:56 am

NonnieLight

bye ch and congrats

5:56 am

Angb

Yay ch - have a good day

5:58 am

Angb

To the list I think for the last 2 ...

6:01 am

Angelsong

fireworks...

6:01 am

Angb

My last word was the singular of a plural I had. Pass me the last fish LOL

6:01 am

NonnieLight

wtg angel!

6:01 am

Angb

Yay Angel

6:02 am

BabbleRabble

Congrats, Angelsong!

6:02 am

NonnieLight

Congrats Angb!

6:02 am

BabbleRabble

Congrats, Angb!

6:03 am

Angb

Thnx everyone ... it's nice to finish a grid - haven't done that for a while

6:03 am

kthdsn

oh sod it I'm going to do the grid

6:04 am

Angb

Anyone need a clue before I go?

6:05 am

NonnieLight

Heading to work, bye all and have a great day.

6:05 am

Angb

See ya Nonnie have a good day

6:06 am

Angb

Well I should go back to sleep - see you all tomorrow

6:07 am

bichon

the ne 5/20?

6:07 am

kthdsn

night angb

6:07 am

Angb

Think the car rental agency but change first letter

6:08 am

bichon

Is that a cart rental in the US?

6:08 am

Angb

bye kath - take care

6:08 am

bichon

duh, how dumb of me

6:08 am

JFB

Thanks Angb

6:08 am

Angb

automobile rental company

6:09 am

Angb

I forget you guys talk different LOL

6:09 am

bichon

thanks Ang

6:09 am

JFB

Hi everyone - didn't bother with the biggies on work days - more my size this one is

6:10 am

Denny

fireworks for me - anyone need any help?

6:10 am

Angb

I tried the last two - but had stressful days anyway - so they didn't help LOL. Didn't get anywhere near finishing

6:10 am

kthdsn

just remind me why i started this grid, I've got 17 words and getting stuck

6:10 am

JFB

wtg Denny

6:10 am

Angb

Yay Denny

6:11 am

Angb

LOL kath

6:12 am

Denny

say you all - happy babbling :-D

6:14 am

JFB

bye denny

6:15 am

Faerie

Hello my friends :)

6:15 am

JFB

I'm with you kth! This is my last day off before Christmas and I shuldn't be glued to Babble

6:16 am

Faerie

Hi Kate - are you doing ok?

6:16 am

kthdsn

I'm supposed to be at work today but since he's disappeared again I'm stuck at home with the kids

6:17 am

Faerie

Oh Kate I'm sorry you are having to go through this (((((hugs))))

6:18 am

kthdsn

it's all going wrong faerie, I don't know if I can manage like this any more, I just want to get my money from him and go

6:18 am

JFB

Must go and actually do some housework. I won't come back for at least 2 hours [maybe!!] God bless kthdsn

6:19 am

kthdsn

see you later jfb

6:19 am

Faerie

Kate I can understand that. He is certainly not a man of his word and you can't count on him for anything nor can your children and it would be best for you to just get the hell out right now. Can your parents help you out with the money for a short time?

6:20 am

Merk

Hey, everyone. Short grid, I see. This is the kind I'd like for Christmas Day, please.

6:20 am

kthdsn

no, they have none spare since my dad isn't working any more

6:20 am

Faerie

Hi Merk

6:20 am

Faerie

Hi Merk

6:21 am

Faerie

when is he suppose to come up with the money for you?

6:21 am

kthdsn

and my passport forms are being held up yet again, the guy at school who is signing them is bringing me them tomorrow morning, so I can't post them until tomorrow, I wanted them to be sent off on tuesday

6:21 am

kthdsn

he went to discuss the money with the guy last night, and didn't come home

6:22 am

Faerie

when life starts to suck it really starts to suck I know Kate I've been there and done that but you have to be strong and stick in there right now for you kids Hon

6:23 am

Faerie

but what ever you do.....don't back down

6:24 am

kthdsn

I just wish I didn't have to depend on him for this sodding money

6:25 am

harvey

Can anyone help wih the first ma 5/14 please?

6:25 am

Faerie

your not going to have to much longer Kate just sit tight and be strong Babe

6:25 am

bonkler

ma5 spanisj momma

6:25 am

Faerie

Hi Bonkler

6:26 am

bonkler

morning all, chin up kth

6:26 am

harvey

Thank you bonkler, I was looking the wrong way!

6:27 am

bonkler

atage

6:27 am

Faerie

Bonkler you icon is toooo funny and I know that its you isn't it hahahah

6:27 am

bonkler

ooops

6:27 am

bonkler

yup that's me after staring into the babble grid too long

6:27 am

chiley

KT....is I might be very nosey....how much money are you expecting from him?

6:27 am

Faerie

Bonker Chris****

6:28 am

mousey

hello all

6:28 am

Faerie

Hiya Chiley

6:28 am

Faerie

Hi Mousey

6:29 am

chiley

WOOHOO....fireworks

6:29 am

chiley

Hi Faerie and all

6:29 am

Faerie

Congratulations CHILEY *~*~**~*~*~**

6:29 am

mousey

yah for chily

6:31 am

kthdsn

chiley he is getting me £20k

6:31 am

kthdsn

I owe £9.5k personally which I have to pay off before I leave, and I will have enough left to start a new life with the girls

6:32 am

Faerie

Kate can you translate that into American $$ for me?

6:32 am

kthdsn

roughly double, $40k

6:33 am

Faerie

thanks, that is more than enough for you to get a fresh start somewhere and is he going to be paying you child support?

6:33 am

TrickyRic

hi all again

6:33 am

Scrabbler

Good morning Babblers. 52 words! I can probably get this done before work.

6:33 am

inge

Kate, just arrived and read the recent log. We are all in your camp. Hope he comes up with some of that money.

6:34 am

Faerie

Hi Ric and Scrabbler :)

6:34 am

inge

Hi, Faerie, Scrabblre and too many to mention!

6:34 am

Faerie

(((((Inge))))) long time no see :-D

6:34 am

mousey

hi sc

6:35 am

kthdsn

no faerie, no child support, I want to be independent from him and I think him giving us that much to start us off is enough to make up for the lack of help later

6:35 am

TrickyRic

this is the first board i've not had to use the list for so far lol, down to my last 6 :-)

6:35 am

Scrabbler

Mousey--HI! I missed you yesterday--babblers mentioned you had been on before me

6:35 am

Scrabbler

Go Ric!

6:35 am

Faerie

so is he willing to give up the girls completely?

6:36 am

mousey

yes i was waiting for you!!

6:37 am

mousey

FAERIE!!

6:37 am

kthdsn

yes faerie, I will be more than willing to help him keep in touch, but I don't expect him to support us

6:37 am

Faerie

anyone have a clue for the te 5/18 ?

6:37 am

Faerie

Mousey!!!!

6:37 am

inge

good grief, 52 words, and our California babbler got her name in it!!!

6:37 am

Read-Knit-Bake

ma 5, 14 Spanish for mother

6:37 am

mousey

bee right back

6:37 am

inge

cert

6:38 am

Read-Knit-Bake

te 5 18 a little irritable

6:38 am

Faerie

Kate if he isn't going to pay child support I wouldn't give him 1/2 a chance to see the girls but don't tell him that

6:38 am

shorty

((((((FAERIE)))))

6:38 am

Faerie

thanks RKB :)

6:38 am

inge

at least it is not a word, changing boxes now!

6:38 am

Faerie

(((((((((((((SHORTY))))))))))))))

6:39 am

kthdsn

he's always been a good father, and I'm sure after this whole mess settles down he always will be, but I am sure I will manage without his financial help, just so long as he comes through with this money now

6:39 am

Scrabbler

Cool icon, Faerie. Cool screenname Read-Knit-Bake.

6:39 am

Read-Knit-Bake

Morning Faerie and all...a welcomed short puzzle! Off to finish holiday chore list. Enjoy the day.

6:40 am

TrickyRic

ty bake i didn't have the te

6:40 am

Faerie

Kate you need to get the money and run girl and don't look back.

6:40 am

kthdsn

I've told the girls that we're going to go on holiday after christmas, they are all excited about it

6:40 am

kthdsn

that's my plan faerie

6:41 am

Faerie

Do you know where your going Kate?

6:41 am

Scrabbler

That lone D on the top row--is it a dh word?

6:41 am

Mom

dr

6:42 am

TrickyRic

no scrabbler, dr

6:42 am

Mom

morning all

6:42 am

Mom

dr 4/7

6:42 am

Faerie

Hi Mom

6:42 am

Scrabbler

Got it, Mom. i am just getting familiar with the grid--it is quite the tight grid.

6:42 am

Mom

indeed it is

6:42 am

Read-Knit-Bake

dr 4 7..it going to be a long dr_ _ now i am really going

6:42 am

Mom

Hi Faerie

6:43 am

kthdsn

I think I'll have to stay in the house until the passports come, that's the only thing I'll have to wait for after I get the money

6:44 am

Faerie

but do you know where your going after you get the $$

6:44 am

Scrabbler

$40K is a LOT of money--is it really that much you need?

6:45 am

mousey

i need it

6:46 am

Scrabbler

LOL mousey

6:46 am

kthdsn

toronto faerie

6:46 am

Faerie

and 40k is a good start to put a down payment on a house and to get moved

6:47 am

mousey

give me 30$

6:47 am

kthdsn

scrabbler I have to pay half of that to clear my credit cards before I leave

6:47 am

Merk

Fireworks! This was hardly worth getting out of bed for.

6:47 am

kthdsn

I'll arrive with about $20k

6:47 am

Mom

Congrats Merk

6:47 am

Faerie

awwww Toronto is nice do you have friends or family there

6:47 am

Scrabbler

Ouch. I was hoping your math was wrong when converting pounds to US$

6:48 am

mousey

yah i know

6:48 am

kthdsn

yes faerie my parents moved out 3 years ago and my sister moved out almost 2 years ago

6:48 am

Merk

I can actually get something else done today. Wow!

6:48 am

Scrabbler

I am now not liking this grid. My initial excitement of 52 words has faded. :(

6:48 am

Scrabbler

Congrats Merk

6:48 am

kthdsn

I'm planning on arriving and paying 12 months rent up front for a nice 3 bed apartment

6:49 am

Mom

Amen, Scrabbler

6:49 am

Faerie

that is a wise choice then you will have lots of support and people around you who love you very much :)

6:50 am

Merk

See you tomorrow.

6:50 am

Uneaixoise

bye, merk

6:50 am

Scrabbler

Bye Merk--enjoy the day.

6:50 am

mousey

TODAY IS THE BEST DAY EVER!!

6:51 am

kthdsn

then I will have 12 months security while I find a job etc

6:51 am

mousey

bye merk

6:51 am

Faerie

Later Merk

6:52 am

Scrabbler

Why mousey??

6:52 am

mousey

the last day of school??

6:53 am

chiley

KT....I wouldn't rule out child support. It's expensive to take care of 3 girls. They're young....I would ask for SOME support even it it's minimal.

6:53 am

Faerie

Yeah Mousey

6:53 am

mousey

YAHOO!!!

6:53 am

Scrabbler

Oh, you have tomorrow off? Most schools here have tomorrow as the last day. So you are very lucky, mousey. What will you do over vacation?

6:54 am

mousey

no idea

6:54 am

Scrabbler

I am still looking for the te5 mentioned earlier--"slightly irritable"

6:55 am

mousey

oh i see cool!

6:58 am

ursh

Mousey in South Africa the schools finished for the year on 1 December and only go back in late January - I think like your summer holidays

6:58 am

mousey

bye all

6:58 am

mousey

gotta go to school

6:59 am

ursh

Bye

6:59 am

Faerie

Bye Mouse have a good day at school :)

6:59 am

Faerie

Hi Ursh

6:59 am

Scrabbler

Bye mousey

6:59 am

ursh

Hi Faerie and all - thank heavens for small grids - so much to do and only do after babble

7:00 am

Faerie

te 5/18 computer te** + sometimes vowel

7:00 am

Mom

Bye Mousey

7:01 am

Faerie

LoL Ursh I understand 100% and today is my day off work so I've tons to get done including my hair and nails *teehee*

7:01 am

Faerie

and laundry and housecleaning and visiting with my Mom and my Aunt and ...........

7:01 am

Faerie

thank goodness I don't have to be back to work until tomorrow at 2:45pm

7:01 am

ursh

I am now on 2 week break - firm has closed til 7 Jan but tons of shopping etc and and and

7:02 am

Scrabbler

TY faerie--I never knew that word

7:02 am

Mom

How nice Ursh

7:03 am

ursh

It is Mom most non-essential businesses here close between Christmas and New Year of course shops and so forth work through

7:04 am

Mom

Enjoy the time off.

7:04 am

Scrabbler

Yes, enjoy this slow time of life ursh

7:06 am

ursh

Scrab - does'nt seem to ever slow - eternal rush for one thing or another - but great not to have to be at any one place at any particular time

7:06 am

Scrabbler

But a slower pace helps.

7:07 am

Faerie

yw

7:07 am

MVA

back to finish, hopefully! off work since last fri, but still busy!

7:07 am

ursh

Certainly does - for the next 3 days our shops are insane - then the 26th arrives and all settles back to normal

7:08 am

Scrabbler

Go MVA!

7:12 am

Faerie

Fireworks !!!!

7:13 am

MVA

yay faerie!!!

7:13 am

ursh

Yay Faerie

7:13 am

Scrabbler

Wooot wooot Faerie. How about ec6?

7:13 am

Mom

Congrat Faerie

7:13 am

shorty

yay faerie~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

7:14 am

Faerie

thank you, thank you.....bows with a blush :)

7:14 am

Scrabbler

Here is a bouquet of flowers, Faerie.

7:14 am

Mom

e+ch 5/14

7:15 am

Faerie

ec is like an apple or***** where you go pick apples

7:15 am

inge

12 words to go, but I have to go to water excercise class. BBL

7:15 am

MVA

ne5/20, any hints pls?

7:15 am

Mom

Bye Inge

7:15 am

Faerie

aww thats the flowers and throws them one by one to the audience

7:15 am

Faerie

Bye Inge

7:15 am

Mom

Fireworks!!! and it is still morning

7:15 am

MVA

bye inge

7:15 am

Scrabbler

Got it--e + ch5,16 actually

7:16 am

Scrabbler

TY for close clue

7:16 am

MVA

congrats mom!!

7:16 am

Scrabbler

Wooot woooot mom. What will you do with your day now?

7:16 am

Mom

Sorry Scrabbler - looked in the wrong spot

7:16 am

Faerie

Congratulations Mom

7:16 am

Mom

Thanks MVA, Scrabbler, and Faerie

7:17 am

Uneaixoise

woohoo, mom!!!

7:17 am

Scrabbler

I don't have that either MVA

7:17 am

Scrabbler

I like your icon, Une

7:17 am

Mom

I think I will make a jingle tree, banana nut bread and some chocolate chip cookes

7:17 am

Mom

enough for all the babblers

7:17 am

Uneaixoise

and congrats to Faerie!!

7:17 am

Mom

Thanks Une

7:17 am

Scrabbler

Une--what does your name mean in French--I never asked before.

7:17 am

Uneaixoise

yum!!!

7:18 am

MVA

choc chip cookies, wonderful!

7:18 am

Scrabbler

Save some chocolate chip cookie dough for me, PLEASE Mom, PLEASE, you always let me do that!

7:18 am

Uneaixoise

it means a girl/woman from Aix (Aix-en-Provence)--I went to school there and lived there for a while--and was married to a Frenchman (un aixois) for 12 years :-)

7:18 am

Mom

you bet I will. Of course, you will have to fight your father and brother for some

7:19 am

Uneaixoise

gotta run--BBL!

7:19 am

Mom

I will save a special bowl for you, since you are my only daughter :)

7:19 am

Mom

Bye Une

7:19 am

MVA

bye une

7:19 am

Scrabbler

Bye Une

7:19 am

Faerie

ne 5/20 is like the computer geek except the last 2 letters - cross and 6pt tile

7:19 am

Faerie

Bye Une

7:19 am

Scrabbler

TY Mom, I knew I was your favorite kid!

7:20 am

Faerie

Bye Mom

7:20 am

Mom

shhh, don't tell the boys

7:20 am

Mom

Bye Faerie

7:20 am

gardengirl

ne5/20 sounds like the rental car company.

7:20 am

Scrabbler

TY Faerie--another word my monkey would never find. Dumb little monkey.

7:20 am

Mom

off to bake -- bye bye

7:21 am

Scrabbler

I won't tell my stupid little brothers, Mom. It will be our secret, OK?

7:21 am

Anniebrook

hi fellow babblers!!!

7:21 am

Scrabbler

Bye Mom!

7:21 am

Mom

it will indeed. I will set yours aside while they are sleeping

7:21 am

Scrabbler

Hi Annie--welcome to a small but no so easy grid.

7:21 am

Mom

Hi Annie

7:22 am

MVA

ty garden girl and faerie! ONE left!!!!

7:22 am

Faerie

Annie hi how ya doing girl ?

7:22 am

Anniebrook

hi mom and scrabbler...52 words and a stinker?

7:22 am

MVA

hi annie

7:22 am

Scrabbler

Anticipation....MVA is about to see sparkles.

7:22 am

Faerie

hmmmm Hurshy said she finished in 18 mins last night????

7:22 am

shorty

yay fireworks

7:22 am

Anniebrook

faerie, hi !!!! and MVA!!

7:22 am

Anniebrook

yay for shorty!!**!!

7:22 am

Scrabbler

Wahoooooo shorty.

7:23 am

Faerie

Woooo Hooooo SHORTY*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~**

7:23 am

Scrabbler

18 minutes? I bet she wasn't chatting!

7:23 am

MVA

yay shorty!!

7:23 am

shorty

thank you thank you thank you

7:23 am

Faerie

yes she was chatting the entire time

7:24 am

Faerie

Shorty I love your Christmas tree it sparkles :)

7:24 am

Scrabbler

LOL--you can't be serious.

7:24 am

shorty

thank you faerie

7:24 am

Faerie

Yep - I was blown away

7:25 am

Anniebrook

If it hurshy, I believe it...I will be happy if I do the grid in 2 hours...I'm in and out

7:25 am

shorty

no freaking way

7:25 am

Anniebrook

*it is

7:25 am

Scrabbler

A true BabbleMaster in our midst. I am not worthy.

7:25 am

Faerie

nor am I Scrabbler LOL

7:25 am

Scrabbler

hy5?

7:25 am

Anniebrook

Scrabbler *scraping and bowing* I am not worthy either

7:26 am

MVA

many headed beast scrabbler

7:26 am

shorty

PLEASE

7:26 am

MVA

not worthy either!

7:26 am

Faerie

we have a babbler named hy 5/18

7:26 am

Anniebrook

shorty, LOL

7:26 am

Scrabbler

Oh, MVA, I thought you were referring to hurshy as a many headed beast, then I relaized it was a clue. LOL

7:27 am

MVA

lol scrabbler!

7:27 am

Faerie

hy is kinda like water except it ends in a diff vowel

7:27 am

shorty

roflmao

7:27 am

Scrabbler

I would do better here of I had many heads finding words.

7:28 am

Faerie

someone did ask her to post a pic of herself so we would know that she wasn't an alien hahahaha

7:28 am

Scrabbler

Maybe hurshy and sprite are computers

7:28 am

shorty

roflmaowpimp

7:28 am

Faerie

Scrabbler or robots

7:29 am

Faerie

hmmm robots and computers same thing LOL

7:29 am

shorty

you guys are killing me :D

7:29 am

Faerie

brb gotta pee

7:29 am

Scrabbler

Yes, I have to be careful about laughing too hard--no diaper on yet.

7:30 am

Scrabbler

9 words left. I wonder if i can find them in 18 minutes?

7:30 am

periwinkle

Hi all, have more than half, have been playing about 10 minutes but I am stuck.

7:30 am

MVA

stuck on first te5/14 and have to be out of here 5 mins ago!!

7:30 am

MVA

hi peri!

7:31 am

Scrabbler

Yes, perie, the small grid is deceving! Ask and ye shall receive--if I have them.

7:31 am

Anniebrook

hi peri

7:31 am

Anniebrook

peri, a computer nerd or te***

7:31 am

periwinkle

only have one te5 - type of cloth

7:32 am

Scrabbler

use the sometimes vowel at the end

7:32 am

shorty

LOL Scrabbler

7:33 am

Scrabbler

Well, shorty--we need to laugh!

7:33 am

periwinkle

clue for the s word please

7:34 am

Scrabbler

i don't have the other te5,14 though, or the te6

7:34 am

MVA

herb

7:34 am

Scrabbler

sa4=wise one

7:34 am

Anniebrook

the ch's are shifty...clue for ch5/14 please

7:34 am

Scrabbler

A wise guy named herb!

7:34 am

periwinkle

of course,, thanks Scrabbler

7:34 am

Scrabbler

Add consonant to ch4

7:35 am

Anniebrook

scrabbler, love that clue

7:35 am

MVA

ch5/14 like ch 4/6 with another consonant

7:35 am

Scrabbler

TY Annie

7:36 am

periwinkle

what does the 6 start with

7:36 am

Anniebrook

MVA have those two, do you mean swiss ch***

7:36 am

Scrabbler

ec6 and te6

7:36 am

Scrabbler

e + ch5,16

7:37 am

Anniebrook

I dont know how hurshy could do this in 18 minutes, is she serious, I feel so dense

7:37 am

periwinkle

don't have the ch6/16

7:37 am

MVA

only ch 5/14 i have

7:37 am

periwinkle

I agree I think that hurshy and sprite must be computers ;-)

7:37 am

MVA

back in a min

7:37 am

Anniebrook

going for more caffeine

7:38 am

periwinkle

can't find any words with the E in the lower right corner

7:38 am

MVA

ditto annie

7:38 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers

7:38 am

Scrabbler

eg4==exclamation, then pl, and another eg5=bird

7:39 am

Scrabbler

Hi eva

7:39 am

Faerie

Hi Evan

7:39 am

Faerie

ch 4/6 drop one your double letters

7:39 am

Scrabbler

ch5,16= lettuce-type green, Swiss ch***

7:40 am

Faerie

ch5/16 same first 4 add 4th letter in alpha

7:40 am

ursh

te5/14 after camping equip please

7:40 am

EvaNadine

faerie -- did you see the breast cancer faerie icon i posted for you in Bab Anon?

7:40 am

Faerie

ch4/8 same first 3 letters plus 3pt tile

7:41 am

Faerie

No Evan going to go look right now :D thanks

7:41 am

Scrabbler

I am looking for that word right now too, ursh

7:41 am

EvaNadine

saw it + totally thought of you -- thought you may like to keep it in mind for fevruary. :)

7:43 am

Scrabbler

te5,14 (1st one) = t + energy unit + vowel

7:44 am

Scrabbler

te6???

7:44 am

periwinkle

thanks Scrabbler for E clues, all easy words just didn't see them

7:44 am

periwinkle

clue for the A in the upper left please

7:44 am

Scrabbler

My monkey found the te6--t + et4 + sometimes vowel

7:44 am

ursh

bat tempered = te6 - like all of us when shopping

7:44 am

Faerie

Evan she is beautiful I snatched her right up I'll put her in my space also :D

7:45 am

EvaNadine

peri -- what cats do to their backs to stretch

7:45 am

Scrabbler

Thick of curved shape, peri

7:45 am

ursh

Scrabbler - energy unit?? sorry guilty brain here

7:45 am

Faerie

Thank you sooooooooooooo much she is awesome

7:45 am

periwinkle

thanks Scrabbler

7:45 am

Scrabbler

Not a dyne, but E * * ---cars m***e into lanes

7:46 am

periwinkle

brb

7:46 am

EvaNadine

YW faerie. i had a feeling youd like her. :)

7:46 am

MVA

fireworks!!!!

7:46 am

Faerie

girl you rock....I have a couple of blogs and I'll put her in those also :)

7:46 am

EvaNadine

exactly halfway -- i think its time for breakfast!

7:46 am

Faerie

Wooo HOooooo MVA*~*~*~*~*~*~**

7:47 am

Scrabbler

Yahoooo MVA-- have been waiting for your announcement!

7:47 am

Scrabbler

Bye eva

7:47 am

Faerie

later Evan :)

7:47 am

Faerie

later Evan :)

7:47 am

ursh

Yahoo fireworks tx for that last one Scrabbler

7:47 am

MVA

thank your monkey scrabbler!

7:47 am

MVA

bye eva

7:47 am

Faerie

Congrats URSH*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

7:47 am

Anniebrook

congrats to MVA!!**!!

7:48 am

MVA

congrats ursh!

7:48 am

Anniebrook

congrats to ursh!!!!!!

7:48 am

Faerie

I going to jump in the shower and get my day started have fun everyone and CONGRATULATIONS to all finishers

7:48 am

Scrabbler

Yes, my monkey deserves special treats sometimes, as rewards--maybe extra chocolate today!

7:48 am

Anniebrook

have a great day, faerie

7:48 am

Faerie

*waves and blows kisses* **sprinkle** **sprinkle** **sprinkle**

7:48 am

Scrabbler

Bye faerie! 3 left for me

7:49 am

MVA

bye faerie and all babblers, should not be here, hey ho!!

7:49 am

Anniebrook

go scrabbler!

7:49 am

MVA

go scrabbler!!

7:51 am

Natasha

4 left: a g, an n, a t from the 4th column and an m.

7:51 am

Scrabbler

I did it--an appropriate last word during hanukah!

7:51 am

periwinkle

7 left here

7:51 am

Scrabbler

Ty all for clues!

7:51 am

ursh

Yay Scrabbler

7:51 am

Scrabbler

Go peri and natasha!

7:51 am

MVA

yay scrabbler!!!!

7:52 am

periwinkle

Ya for Scrabbler

7:52 am

Anniebrook

YAY for scrabbler!!!***!!!

7:52 am

Scrabbler

ga4 is like the rays, but without one of the usually doubled consonants

7:53 am

Anniebrook

de 5/16?

7:53 am

periwinkle

I am missing a G, have that one Scrabbler and one that means lots of something, help with the last G please

7:53 am

Scrabbler

tr4= tr + what Brutus said to caesar "** tu"?

7:53 am

periwinkle

Nm monkeys found it

7:54 am

periwinkle

missing a C word Have one that starts with ce and the rest with ch

7:54 am

Scrabbler

ge4==ge + I have 3 loa** of laundry to do

7:54 am

periwinkle

NM found that too

7:54 am

periwinkle

monekeys are on a roll here

7:54 am

periwinkle

5 left

7:55 am

Natasha

ma 5/22?

7:55 am

Scrabbler

last ma5 = like crackers used for balls or soup during passover, I think

7:55 am

MVA

good monkeys!! peri

7:55 am

Anniebrook

clue for de 5/16 please

7:55 am

MVA

like the artist, for de

7:55 am

periwinkle

French painter Annie

7:55 am

Scrabbler

Think of artist name

7:55 am

Anniebrook

thanks, peri

7:55 am

Anniebrook

and scrabbler

7:56 am

Natasha

last one: ne 5/20

7:56 am

periwinkle

missing 2 M words, have the cracker, spanish mom, numbers, and two ma4

7:56 am

Natasha

plural one of the ma4

7:57 am

periwinkle

Natasha, like the last name of Lucy's neighbor but start with N instead

7:57 am

EvaNadine

*YAWN* so exhausted!!

7:57 am

MVA

short for periodicals?

7:57 am

periwinkle

both of my ma4 already end in S

7:57 am

periwinkle

have that one MVA

7:57 am

Natasha

fireworks!

7:58 am

MVA

yay natasha!!!

7:58 am

periwinkle

Yay for Natasha

7:58 am

periwinkle

4 left

7:58 am

Natasha

add a vowel to the periodicals word peri

7:58 am

EvaNadine

take the periodicals + swap the S for a vowel

7:58 am

Scrabbler

Yay natasha

7:58 am

Anniebrook

congrats to natasha!!!

7:58 am

periwinkle

missing a T second from the bottom on the left

7:58 am

ikeyak

need a word top right must be something wierd

7:58 am

EvaNadine

also, addition + subtraction are types of this subject

7:59 am

Scrabbler

te5 = te5 firma

7:59 am

ikeyak

thats top right a word

7:59 am

Scrabbler

te5= cloth used for bathrobes

7:59 am

Scrabbler

What ltr does it start with, ike?

7:59 am

Natasha

ikeyak, do you have am+ ** you like it?

7:59 am

ikeyak

a

8:00 am

MVA

indian nurse maid?

8:00 am

Scrabbler

te5= t + en***y unit _ vowel

8:00 am

ikeyak

yes got that one

8:00 am

ikeyak

got the nurse maid too

8:00 am

Natasha

the other two are the same except for the last letter

8:00 am

periwinkle

missing an E from the left, have to draw and the ec6

8:01 am

ikeyak

just one more !!

8:01 am

Scrabbler

So you got that A4, ike?

8:01 am

greengeeny

hey everybody! Where the heck are the vowels????

8:01 am

Natasha

whoops, scratch that ike

8:01 am

ikeyak

yes

8:01 am

Scrabbler

en***y units, peri, but not dynes

8:01 am

Natasha

plural nurse ike?

8:01 am

Scrabbler

The vowels were overcome today, GG.

8:02 am

greengeeny

I looked and saw 52 words....Yeah! Then I looked and saw how many vowels there were....

8:02 am

periwinkle

thanks Scrabbler

8:02 am

ikeyak

got that one natasha

8:02 am

periwinkle

still need two M words to finish

8:02 am

ikeyak

any others

8:03 am

MVA

at + mother?

8:03 am

periwinkle

one 4 letter and one 5 letter M

8:03 am

MVA

m+ag4/6?

8:03 am

periwinkle

I have spanish mom, plural of crazy, periodicals, numbers, jewish cracker

8:04 am

ikeyak

got that thx mva

8:04 am

EvaNadine

got the TE6 -- whats the other 6?

8:04 am

Natasha

periodical + second vowel and plural, peri?

8:04 am

periwinkle

that was what I needed, thanks MVA never heard of thos words, FIREWORKS for me too

8:04 am

Scrabbler

m + ag4, then minus snake

8:04 am

MVA

yay peri!!!

8:05 am

Scrabbler

ec6=e = ch5,16

8:05 am

ikeyak

still need one more a word top right

8:05 am

Scrabbler

Woooooo peri!

8:05 am

Anniebrook

congrats, peri!!!

8:05 am

periwinkle

took me about 40 minutes but I had to keep refreshing and then switched to Firefox,

8:05 am

MVA

ikeyak, try plural of that one

8:05 am

Scrabbler

I almost beat hurshy's time on this grid. LOL! 18 minutes???

8:05 am

ikeyak

whoopie just got it 3 to go

8:06 am

EvaNadine

thanks scrabbler

8:06 am

periwinkle

see you all tomorrow

8:06 am

MVA

go ikeyak!

8:06 am

MVA

bye peri

8:06 am

Natasha

see you all later--must head off to work

8:07 am

MVA

got to go, shuld have gone 30 mins ago!!! bye all!

8:08 am

Scrabbler

Ike, do you need any clues before I go?

8:09 am

grammaterri1

I'll take a clue for the bottom left T scrabbler

8:09 am

Anniebrook

scrabbler, ce 4/5

8:09 am

BabbleRabble

a penny, Annie

8:09 am

ikeyak

I am missing one c word from second collumn

8:10 am

Anniebrook

duh, thanks babble

8:10 am

Anniebrook

down to 7 left

8:10 am

kthdsn

grrr I keep getting cut off

8:10 am

Anniebrook

going for more caffeine, my hair is going to frizz

8:11 am

72 Temple Owl

hi everyone! hi annie!

8:11 am

BabbleRabble

te 4/4 = teepee, pup; circus

8:12 am

72 Temple Owl

annie, still in for NYC?

8:12 am

72 Temple Owl

see you later ....dentist appointment

8:12 am

Anniebrook

hi temple!!! so sorry but I can't...will be in Ct. for the week at my daughter's house

8:13 am

Book Doctor Gwen

mornin, all! smallest grid i've seen yet

8:13 am

Scrabbler

te5's = computer te+ sometimes vowel, t + en***y (power) + vowel, te firma, and then cloth used for bathrobes

8:14 am

72 Temple Owl

ok annie see you later

8:14 am

ikeyak

need one more n word got the three obvious ones

8:14 am

grammaterri1

it's a te6, my last one

8:15 am

Anniebrook

ike, rhymes with a car rental company

8:15 am

Scrabbler

Thick of radior frequency, ike, then change H to N

8:15 am

Scrabbler

Grammaterri---t + et4 + sometimes vowel

8:16 am

BabbleRabble

te 6 =t + the detauls of the event were sk***** and many were filled in later

8:16 am

grammaterri1

ty ty fireworks for me

8:16 am

ikeyak

brilliant thanks scrabbler

8:17 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, grammaterri!

8:17 am

Anniebrook

cngrats to gramma!!!

8:17 am

ikeyak

need one more c word and one more e word both from second collumn

8:17 am

grammaterri1

ty

8:18 am

Scrabbler

ch4 + sometimes vowel

8:18 am

BabbleRabble

er 4/6 = akin to btu and pound

8:18 am

Anniebrook

my numbers dont add up ---going to check, ugh

8:19 am

Scrabbler

er4= en***y untis, not dynes

8:19 am

Scrabbler

*units

8:19 am

ikeyak

??

8:19 am

Scrabbler

Bye folks--must go waste time elsewhere and then get ready for working 11-6

8:20 am

EvaNadine

*~*~*~*FIREWORKS!!!!~*~*~*~*

8:20 am

Anniebrook

bye scrabbler, down to one little ole word

8:20 am

Scrabbler

er + paper lunch ba**

8:20 am

Scrabbler

Yippppeeeee eva

8:20 am

Book Doctor Gwen

scrabbler, good news!

8:20 am

Book Doctor Gwen

evan, congrats! weeeeeeeeeeeee!!

8:20 am

Scrabbler

Are you fixed, Gwen? (LOL)

8:20 am

Anniebrook

yay, evan!!!

8:20 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, evandine!

8:20 am

Anniebrook

clue for re5/14 please

8:21 am

EvaNadine

and i didnt even have to nag anyone for clues. :)

8:21 am

Scrabbler

re5=to vomit

8:21 am

Anniebrook

lol, thanks scrabbler

8:21 am

BabbleRabble

annie, amazing grace who saved a w*****

8:21 am

Anniebrook

FIREWORKS

8:21 am

Scrabbler

Good for you, eva.

8:21 am

EvaNadine

annie -- sometimes when im nauseous, i make this motion...like a gag

8:21 am

ikeyak

need one c word 5 letters second collumn

8:22 am

Scrabbler

And now Annie is a Babble champ too.

8:22 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, Annie!

8:22 am

EvaNadine

ike -- all the C5's start with the same 3 letters

8:22 am

Scrabbler

ch4 + repeat last ltr

8:22 am

EvaNadine

same first 4 letters, actually

8:22 am

Anniebrook

thanks, babble and scrabbler

8:23 am

Scrabbler

Gwen---what do you want to tell me?

8:23 am

BabbleRabble

one 5 ends with a double consonant

8:23 am

Anniebrook

it took me a little over an hour with LOTS of help, thank you!

8:23 am

Scrabbler

Or just "Good news" because I am done?

8:23 am

ikeyak

yippee fireworks

8:23 am

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, yes, just that my fave skin was updated yesterday and my browser is happy again

8:23 am

Anniebrook

yay for ike!!!

8:24 am

Scrabbler

The news is that hurshy did this grid in 18 minutes overnight.

8:24 am

BabbleRabble

Congrats, ike!

8:24 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hurshy is way faster than me. i only have 33 words

8:24 am

Scrabbler

Great news, Gwen---happy, happy computer!

8:24 am

Scrabbler

Congrats Ike!!

8:24 am

Book Doctor Gwen

now going to my list of "weird" words to see what else i can find

8:24 am

Scrabbler

OK, really bye now.

8:25 am

Anniebrook

bye scrabbler

8:27 am

EvaNadine

*YAWN*
so very exhausted...

8:27 am

TrickyRic

last word i'm missing a h5 please - i have ha5,18

8:27 am

Book Doctor Gwen

by, tanx again scrabbler

8:27 am

BabbleRabble

you have the multi-headed monsterm Ric?

8:28 am

Anniebrook

ric, extend the one before it, Thomas Ha***

8:28 am

TrickyRic

thats the one i have annie

8:28 am

BabbleRabble

hy 5/18

8:28 am

Anniebrook

then babble has the right clue

8:28 am

Book Doctor Gwen

babblerabble, thanks, i was looking for that one too!

8:29 am

TrickyRic

ty i'm looking...

8:32 am

BabbleRabble

hy + the bathroom ***ins too often get plugged

8:33 am

TrickyRic

i don't think i'm with it today lol

8:33 am

TrickyRic

the only word that keeps flashing in my head is hybrid rofl

8:34 am

TrickyRic

oh got it, yay fireworks

8:34 am

TrickyRic

ty ty

8:34 am

pabtrek

congrats tric

8:35 am

kthdsn

wd ric

8:35 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, Ric!!

8:36 am

Anniebrook

yay for Ric!!!

8:37 am

TrickyRic

my first completion without a list yay

8:37 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ric weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

8:37 am

Anniebrook

well done

8:38 am

pabtrek

well done indeed

8:39 am

Anniebrook

I must do some housework *tearing myself away*

8:39 am

BabbleRabble

Have a great day, Annie

8:39 am

Anniebrook

thanks, babble and thanks for your help

8:43 am

Hi there

last one... te6?

8:45 am

M3

te 6 like being grumpy !!

8:46 am

JeeWhiz

t plus e4 plus sometimes vowel

8:46 am

Book Doctor Gwen

Ocho!

8:47 am

Hi there

thanks!!

8:47 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, Hi there!

8:47 am

JeeWhiz

I need one more t5 please...I have te5/14, te5/10, te5/14. Thanks...

8:48 am

BabbleRabble

te 5/18

8:48 am

Book Doctor Gwen

same as te 6 but skip the third letter

8:49 am

JeeWhiz

thanks....I will look...

8:49 am

M3

or to be more geeky!

8:49 am

JeeWhiz

got it thanks

8:49 am

Book Doctor Gwen

te 6 is t + want to come up and see my ****ings? + the sometimes vowel

8:51 am

BabbleRabble

pencil, chisel or cutting torch?

8:52 am

Book Doctor Gwen

acid!

8:53 am

broony

Wondered what fireworks meant! - just finished first grid after 9 tries

8:53 am

BabbleRabble

Nice job, broomy!

8:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

way to go, broomy!

8:54 am

M3

ne 5.20 please x

8:55 am

BabbleRabble

ne 5 = the number one car rental company change the h to n

8:56 am

Book Doctor Gwen

babblerab, TY!

8:56 am

M3

yeah great help !! do you have an uk clue hehe

8:57 am

harpjane

only 52 words? I bet they're hard ones!

8:58 am

Book Doctor Gwen

argh, 6 to go. must stop for now and do some "real work"

8:58 am

M3

i got it ta babble rab

8:58 am

Bugzy

ne5 - Fred & Ethel from I Love Lucy, change the first letter...

9:01 am

M3

ec please x

9:01 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, harpjane.... many have finished very quickly .....

9:02 am

BabbleRabble

ec = fruit trees populate the e+or*****

9:04 am

Strider

Babble - great clue.

9:04 am

BabbleRabble

ty

9:05 am

harpjane

well I'm halfway already, and I have SUCH a good icon today!

9:06 am

Chip

This would be easier if there were more vowels

9:06 am

harpjane

It's the sun at winter solstice, at Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. At winter solstice there are two daggers of light lining up with a spiral petroglyph. At summer solstice, one dagger in the center

9:07 am

harpjane

time to shower

9:07 am

harpjane

bbl

9:08 am

torgone

Woo hoo .. middle column greyed ..

9:09 am

raelite

lookit the little grid! I like it...instant gratification!

9:09 am

BabbleRabble

you da man, torgone!

9:10 am

Strider

I found a word = esad that in my dictionary means eat shit and die. What a horrible thought. Not in Babble's dictionary though.

9:10 am

raelite

it's an acronym...

9:11 am

Strider

Oh now that makes sense.

9:11 am

raelite

:)

9:11 am

babble_girl

any help with the te 4,4 i thought i had it but its saying not in dictionary, ive checked and it is :(

9:11 am

Strider

egret

9:11 am

babble_girl

its the last word i need :)

9:11 am

Strider

sorry.

9:12 am

BabbleRabble

t 4 = pup; circus; teepee

9:12 am

babble_girl

got that one, its the other one

9:12 am

K.Elisabet

Strider, are you expressing r+e5/14? ;-)

9:13 am

babble_girl

oh i didnt have that, what a plank lol it was the first word i saw aswell lol

9:13 am

Strider

You bet!

9:13 am

babble_girl

yey fireworks!!

9:13 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, babble_girl!!

9:14 am

babble_girl

first time ive completed it :D

9:14 am

BabbleRabble

Good for you!

9:15 am

raelite

heres to the first of many, bg

9:15 am

mabell

ma5/14 anyone?

9:15 am

Kenny Chuck

eg5 please

9:16 am

torgone

Scroll down . .

9:16 am

raelite

ma: spanish mother, JLo's restaurant

9:17 am

mabell

thank you - fireworks

9:17 am

BabbleRabble

Congrats, mabell!!

9:17 am

raelite

wtg mabell

9:18 am

BabbleRabble

eg 5 = I re**** to inform you your soldier is MIA

9:19 am

kthdsn

I'm really not having a good day today

9:19 am

raelite

what's up, Kate?

9:19 am

kthdsn

he's still not home, didn't come home last night again

9:20 am

raelite

how does that make you feel?

9:20 am

kthdsn

I'm just so confused and wondering if he really is getting me any money or if he's just pissing me about

9:21 am

raelite

ok, let's focus on the positive. He will get you money, he owes you that at the least

9:21 am

kthdsn

if he gets me the money I can cope, it's just the wondering and I hate being dependent on him for it

9:21 am

kthdsn

I can't do my things without the money from him

9:22 am

kthdsn

the positives are all dependent on the money

9:22 am

raelite

you shouldn't - you both have children, it's not your fault, someone has to care for them

9:22 am

raelite

I know, everything is about money these days, how to get it, how to find it, where to put it once you have it

9:22 am

kthdsn

which means until he gets it, I've just got to wait around for him like some kind of fool

9:23 am

raelite

you're not a fool - you're planning your new life, you're loving and enjoying your children

9:23 am

raelite

the fool is the one who doesn't value what they have

9:23 am

Kenny Chuck

ne4, I have the geek one.

9:24 am

hydra

Oh gosh, I'm in the grid, I'm in the grid!!!!

9:24 am

kthdsn

I can't leave without it, I've quit my job and the kids have quit school, everything is all planned and set, ric is taking me to pick up the passports if they're not here in time, he's also driving us to london to get the plane, it's all falling into place apart from the damn money to pay for it

9:24 am

chj

ne4 comedienne carol burne**

9:24 am

BabbleRabble

ne = poker ante goes in the ki**y

9:24 am

Kenny Chuck

I need ne4, not the geek one

9:25 am

raelite

then he will get it and it will happen. you have to believe it will.

9:25 am

kthdsn

I just feel so frustrated and I wish he would DO the same things he SAYS

9:26 am

raelite

from your fingertips to God's eyes...he WILL do it

9:27 am

K.Elisabet

Kate, so sorry you have to go through this. How are the kids taking it, if you don't mind me asking?

9:27 am

magzel

re 5/14 please. hello all and happy holidays. i shouldn't be playing i am way behind in holiday baking and gift wrapping

9:27 am

kthdsn

I've told them we're going on holiday and he has to stay here to work

9:27 am

hydra

think of profit and loss, Kenny. After deducting expenses, you're left with a ne-- gain.

9:27 am

Judi

I see we're playing 52 pick up today. Teeny puzzle!

9:27 am

raelite

re5: puke

9:29 am

magzel

thanks rae, should have seen that was sick 2 days this week

9:29 am

raelite

lol...it's all good...you've got cookies and and ribbons in your eyes, I'm sure :)

9:30 am

magzel

te 5/18 please

9:31 am

oldhousejunky

te 5/18 - a computer person + sometimes vowel

9:32 am

magzel

thanks so much you old house junky, i am too

9:36 am

Strider

Fireworks. Thks everyone.

9:36 am

ExWren

Why aare you working in the dark, magzel?

9:37 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, Strider!

9:40 am

anike

te 5/14 (1st one) anybody?

9:41 am

chj

te5 alt. spelling of a computer wonk

9:42 am

BabbleRabble

te 5 = **rms of Endearment and "I **ve at the office."

9:42 am

BabbleRabble

te 5 = **rms of Endearment and "I **ve at the office."

9:43 am

ypsigirl

fireworks!

9:43 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, ypsigirl!

9:44 am

chj

sorry gave te5/18 te5/14 tetris is a compu*** **me

9:44 am

ypsigirl

thanx, oh man iron sudoku is expert today

9:45 am

anike

TY Babble - Fireworks!! So glad this was a short list - ,I just don't have the time to sit here for hours.

9:47 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, anike!!

9:47 am

ypsigirl

ttfn!

9:47 am

Dansfire

ec6/27?

9:48 am

ypsigirl

e + c 5/16

9:48 am

Dansfire

thx

9:48 am

ypsigirl

e + beet like veggie

9:49 am

jafro2

te6/30?

9:50 am

chj

tr6/30 asian holiday + pet mantis i***

9:51 am

BabbleRabble

te6 = t + details of the event are rather sk***** and will be filled in later

9:51 am

jafro2

thx chg and Bable

9:51 am

jafro2

that's it for me

9:52 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, jafro2!!

10:06 am

kc8501

is there another hint on the tr??? I've no idea from that...

10:06 am

sherb

it's a te6, not tr... think irritable...

10:07 am

kc8501

aaaah. ok then no wonder I was off!

10:08 am

smooth_pappa

woah! tiny little thing today!

10:08 am

Lara226

Hey Ypsi your PC fixed?

10:08 am

Judi

Done. *twiddling thumbs*

10:08 am

raelite

it's a real minder bender lol <--

10:09 am

smooth_pappa

well... no time like the present... *dives in*

10:09 am

sherb

yep... recovery time after the last two...

10:09 am

inge

me too, DONE

10:09 am

horse_girl

does any one have an easy hint for the bottom d word???

10:10 am

smooth_pappa

wait a sec... could be tricky... there are barely any vowels... did we switch over to russian? lol

10:10 am

sherb

de5 - French Impressionist painter

10:10 am

chj

d + X-*** vision

10:11 am

horse_girl

Ive got that one, its the d on the bottom right habd corner

10:11 am

Chip

Seriously! It's a Thursday and we get this nonsense of a puzzle!!!! GRRRRR

10:11 am

Judi

de5 - French impressionist - painted balerinas.

10:11 am

inge

de 5 is a French painter

10:11 am

chj

de + fuel for your car

10:11 am

Judi

de5 also sounds like a derogatory term for an Italian.

10:12 am

lorena_k

Please help with the ma5 22? *sticks out lip*

10:12 am

chj

de5 to create a vacuum

10:13 am

horse_girl

i got it.thx.a better clue for those who may not have it is its a french word that means mess(as in dirty)

10:13 am

Judi

Horse girl - sounds like what you do with a shovel.

10:13 am

chj

ma5 alt. spelling of unleavened wafer

10:14 am

lorena_k

omg Chj thank you xmillion! :)

10:14 am

K.Elisabet

thanks chj, I needed that one too - down to four now!

10:14 am

sherb

horsegirl - you may be thinking of a different French word...

10:14 am

lorena_k

I need 3omg

10:15 am

horse_girl

no, the english translation is mess/messy

10:15 am

kc8501

oh man... hy 5 please???

10:15 am

Lara226

can I have a clue for the s plaeas?

10:15 am

K.Elisabet

hy 5 - many headed creature

10:16 am

72 Temple Owl

hi again - is abe here?

10:16 am

chj

anyone that knows french is bound to know the painter

10:16 am

Judi

Lara - s4 is an herb.

10:16 am

lorena_k

You have to re*******e vegetables

10:16 am

horse_girl

im part french but i dont really follow painting

10:16 am

chj

sa4 parsley **** rosemary and thyme

10:16 am

Lara226

ddddhhhhhhh...thanks

10:17 am

kthdsn

can this day get any worse

10:17 am

chj

are you going to scarborough fair

10:17 am

lorena_k

horse_girl de+ this petrol in your car

10:17 am

K.Elisabet

What's up now kate?

10:18 am

horse_girl

ive gotten the de word now evrybody.thx

10:18 am

Judi

Adieux, mon amis. This tiny puzzle puts a serious crimp in my goofing off abilities today. Have to go look busy now.

10:19 am

K.Elisabet

I'm missing one of the t's from the upper right - got the bits and the labels; what am I missing folks?

10:21 am

Lara226

Can I have a clue fot something beginning with the a in the upper right hand corner.. I cannot see anything coming from it..

10:21 am

chj

t waste allowance

10:21 am

horse_girl

a+ merry x-***

10:21 am

kthdsn

I don't think he can get this money, he can't seem to get hold of the bloke, and I can't manage without

10:22 am

chj

a amo **** amat

10:22 am

Lara226

I know I tried that... Thanks

10:24 am

K.Elisabet

Kate, you *can* manage. It might not work out as neatly as you hoped, but you'll get back on your feet. Hang in there!

10:24 am

kthdsn

everything is going so wrong and I don't know what to do or how to manage

10:24 am

kc8501

last. one. ne 5/20 anyone???

10:25 am

kc8501

aaaand n/m i got it!!!

10:25 am

kc8501

woo hoo 1st puzzle finished in a while!

10:26 am

horse_girl

do u wanna give a hint for those of us who havent kc????pretty plx

10:26 am

horse_girl

nerry

10:26 am

horse_girl

ignore that word everybody

10:26 am

lorena_k

Congrats Kc

10:28 am

K.Elisabet

Kate, of course you feel overwhelmed right now. It might help to take just one or two steps to take care of yourself and your kids. Do you have to have your credit cards paid off to leave the country, I mean is it legally required?

10:29 am

kthdsn

I don't think it's required but I won't be able to support my kids and pay off old debts when I have absolutely nothing

10:30 am

72 Temple Owl

kate- do you have a lawyer?

10:30 am

smooth_pappa

ok... done with that puzzle

10:30 am

kthdsn

no temple, I don't see how it would help, I don't want a fight, I want to leave

10:31 am

bichon

ne rhymes with a car rental company

10:31 am

72 Temple Owl

kate - you'll need money. part of the money and goods are yours. the =kids will still require support

10:32 am

lorena_k

ty bicon!! :)

10:32 am

horse_girl

i still cant see the ne :(

10:33 am

K.Elisabet

Lawyers aren't just for fighting, they are also for untangling those financial strings and protecting the kids.

10:33 am

kthdsn

we don't have anything owl, just a bunch of debts

10:33 am

lorena_k

thier slogan is we'll pick you up

10:33 am

72 Temple Owl

well they're not all yours to pay

10:34 am

horse_girl

ya umm, i dont really know any car rental companies.

10:34 am

K.Elisabet

You have the kids, Kate.

And the debts - you have even more reason to get some legal help than if you were in the black.

10:34 am

kthdsn

they are, they're in my name

10:35 am

lorena_k

if you are typing the geeky clue in just go above the D those 2 letters

10:35 am

horse_girl

lol.thx got it.what a stupid words

10:35 am

kthdsn

it was all going to be fine, he was getting me the cash and I was going and we were going to stay friends and everything was going to be ok, now I can't see how I can even survive let alone enjoy my life

10:38 am

K.Elisabet

Kate, this might seem cruel, but what would you do if he were hit by a bus right now? You are a smart strong woman, and you will pull through this no matter how much of a jerk he chooses to be. Even if it doesn't feel like you will right now.

10:39 am

Krys10

(((kthdsn))) sorry to hear it's been so rough. it will get under control!

10:40 am

diem

fireworks my first yeh !!!

10:40 am

kthdsn

I feel like my whole life is shattered and every time I start to pick it back up he shatters it again

10:42 am

lorena_k

congrats diem

10:42 am

Krys10

it sounds like the more you can do to get away/independent from him, the better off you'll be because he won't have enough influence to continue to throw things out of balance

10:42 am

GoBraves

wierd grid today...how many words?

10:43 am

kthdsn

that's just what I want to do, but I can't without money and he was supposed to be getting me it, he told me it was 100% certain and I foolishly believed him

10:43 am

Dansfire

so how many words are there today?

10:43 am

Krys10

just 52

10:43 am

smooth_pappa

Kate, I don't know how consoling this is, but I've been way in the red for a while now, and will be for a long time to come. But it's always doable, and there will be help available.just because there's not much money around doesn't mean that life can't be enjoyable. don't underestimate freinds and family.

10:43 am

Krys10

do you have a lawyer?

10:43 am

GoBraves

ty krys

10:43 am

Dansfire

fireworks

10:43 am

1MoreGame

((((kate)))) I've been there. I understand. He will do anything to keep you down because deep down inside, he knows he messed up. Oh, and hello wveryone!

10:43 am

kthdsn

no I don't want a lawyer, I don't have the strength to make an enemy out of him

10:43 am

1MoreGame

*everyone

10:44 am

Krys10

if you are raising three kids and he was supporting you, you are entitled to some help from him.. but it may take a lawyer to help you get it.

10:44 am

1MoreGame

Kate, listen. Do you believe in God?

10:44 am

1MoreGame

If so, say a prayer. and have faith that he will help you.

10:45 am

Krys10

i'm not religious but i also believe that things work themselves out and that being overwhelmed is an awful feeling but things usually aren't as unmanageable as they seem

10:45 am

1MoreGame

If not, start to and things will begin to happen that will be unbelievable, just as long as you focus on what's important: your children.

10:45 am

sherb

kate - you need a Plan B, which doesn't rely on him. It's no use waiting for him to come up with the money. I know it's tempting to get away, but can't you stay where you are for a while?

10:47 am

Krys10

kate? are we making this worse?

10:49 am

kthdsn

I'm sorry, my connection crapped out

10:49 am

kthdsn

I don't believe in god no

10:50 am

sherb

the server's having problems today...

10:50 am

kthdsn

I can't stay here happily, I have nobody but him here, and he's no longer here for me, I desperately need to be with people who love me, and they are in canada

10:51 am

Krys10

you will figure something out.

10:51 am

Krys10

it'll work out

10:51 am

kthdsn

I know that if I could just get to them, I will be fine, but getting there costs money, and that's the one thing I don't have

10:51 am

K.Elisabet

I agree with Sherb - a plan B is a great idea. You will get to Canada, it may just take a bit longer if he isn't helping (and it sounds like he doesn't have much incentive to help).

10:52 am

Krys10

exactly

10:52 am

1MoreGame

I just read a blog on your site Kate. It's entitled: "Only You Can Change Your Life". Did you write that?

10:53 am

kthdsn

I did, but I don't believe it any more

10:53 am

Krys10

one last hug for kate (((((kate))))) and i'm outta here - time to warm up the house and start my day

10:53 am

kthdsn

bye krys

10:54 am

sherb

so what are you going to do kate?

10:54 am

kthdsn

I don't know, I really don't know

10:55 am

K.Elisabet

Is there anything like the US Legal Services over there, for those who can't afford to hire a private lawyer? They handle mostly family stuff here, I think. Like what you are going through. Lawyers are the experts.

10:55 am

Biker

hey all

10:56 am

1MoreGame

Then I'll believe your blog for you, know that things will work out for you.

10:59 am

onyx

fireworks before breakfast!!!

10:59 am

Mary

help, please, dr4/7?

11:00 am

onyx

a kind of cart rhymes w grey

11:00 am

Minveryork

The dr 4/7 word rhymes with a color Mary.

11:02 am

Mary

Thank you, as usual was concentrating on the wrong D.

11:02 am

sherb

yes, there is Legal Aid... and also Citizens Advice Bureaux... and a National Debtline... all in the phone book...

11:03 am

lorena_k

anyone have the te6? That is all I need and I am not seeing it. :/

11:03 am

sherb

te6 = irritable

11:04 am

chj

te6 asian holiday + rennie's pet mantis i***

11:07 am

lorena_k

Tytytyty done. :)

11:11 am

72 Temple Owl

kind of quiet in here.....

11:13 am

pompellid

*F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S*

11:13 am

pompellid

very quiet

11:13 am

mo

hi Temple Owl....concentrating I guess......how are you today?

11:13 am

pompellid

all concentrating :)

11:13 am

72 Temple Owl

YAY POMP!!!!! WHO_HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!11

11:14 am

72 Temple Owl

tha ought to wake someon eup! hi mo!

11:14 am

mo

made me junp anyway!!!

11:15 am

pompellid

ought to doesn't always work...

11:15 am

72 Temple Owl

sorry.....

11:15 am

mo

jump,even!!!

11:15 am

72 Temple Owl

18 left ....and not seeing one more

11:15 am

mo

thats ok keeps me on my toes.

11:16 am

sherb

the server burped...

11:16 am

mo

there seems to be a shortage of vowels.

11:17 am

72 Temple Owl

8hols out bottle of pepto*

11:17 am

72 Temple Owl

anyone have a word from the bottom left t?

11:18 am

mo

yes...it means irritable.

11:18 am

72 Temple Owl

# of letter please?

11:19 am

mo

6

11:19 am

mo

te6/30

11:19 am

72 Temple Owl

ty mo i will look for it

11:19 am

mo

yw

11:20 am

72 Temple Owl

got it! tried without the sometimes vowel earlier

11:22 am

72 Temple Owl

hey - quite an echo in here.....*begins to sing*

11:22 am

pompellid

how many left owl?

11:23 am

72 Temple Owl

14....you?

11:23 am

pompellid

done

11:23 am

72 Temple Owl

doh!

11:23 am

pompellid

*smiles*

11:23 am

walnutchen

morning all... total for today?

11:23 am

72 Temple Owl

low on the m words - i'll concentrate on those

11:24 am

pompellid

Spanish mother...

11:25 am

Lara226

52

11:25 am

72 Temple Owl

ty pomp - not quite ready to give up, yet! : )

11:25 am

pompellid

wd Lara

11:25 am

72 Temple Owl

lara - you are done? yay for you!

11:26 am

walnutchen

thanks lara

11:26 am

Lara226

no I thought some one asked for the number of words for today

11:26 am

72 Temple Owl

hi walnut

11:26 am

walnutchen

hi temple! how goes it?

11:28 am

72 Temple Owl

it goes well. in the little world where i live. in the big one, i'm not done for christmas shopping!

11:28 am

walnutchen

Christmas shopping?

11:28 am

walnutchen

*sigh* I haven't yet started.

11:28 am

walnutchen

good thing Christmas is on Monday. I have the whole weekend!

11:29 am

72 Temple Owl

let's hear it for procrastination!

11:29 am

72 Temple Owl

man are we getting the bargains!

11:29 am

walnutchen

I'd rather play babble.

11:29 am

walnutchen

:-)

11:29 am

72 Temple Owl

for the bottom right e i have an oath and its plural....

11:30 am

72 Temple Owl

walnut, no computer where i am going! : (

11:30 am

walnutchen

where are you goin?

11:30 am

walnutchen

no computer? is there such a place?

11:30 am

72 Temple Owl

dad's house

11:31 am

72 Temple Owl

yes walnut, i'm afraid there is. and i'm going there

11:31 am

walnutchen

I can't remmeber a time where I was away from a computer. I think we've always had one around our house as I was growing up....

11:32 am

walnutchen

walnut = born in '73

11:32 am

mo

the other e from the bottom right corner is eg5/14...a bird

11:33 am

72 Temple Owl

owl = graduated from college in '72 LOL

11:33 am

72 Temple Owl

thanks, mo! : )

11:34 am

mo

yw

11:35 am

kthdsn

sorry everyone, my met crapped out on me

11:35 am

mo

hi kthdsn...are you ok?

11:36 am

kthdsn

no not really

11:36 am

mo

oh dear ...things not going well?

11:37 am

kthdsn

I don't think he can get me the money any more and I don't think we can manage with the friend thing any more, it's just all falling apart again and I have no plan B

11:37 am

Candy Cane

hey

11:38 am

walnutchen

hi candy cane

11:39 am

mo

things getting a bit fraught then......I am so sorry.

11:39 am

Candy Cane

hey walnutchen

11:42 am

72 Temple Owl

i have c34/5;ch4/6; ch5/16;ch5/14;ch5/18 - what am i missiing plesae?

11:43 am

mo

ch4/8 TO

11:44 am

72 Temple Owl

thanks again, mo!

11:44 am

relarion

Hello Babblers. I have 1 left :=)

11:44 am

72 Temple Owl

all right, relarion! you go!

11:44 am

mo

hi relarion

11:44 am

relarion

Thx mo, TO!!

11:45 am

walnutchen

whats up candycane? have you finished all your chritsmas chopping yet? or are you a procrastinator like me!

11:45 am

Minty106

HI EVREY1!!!!!!!!!

11:46 am

billmster

wont accept CHERT!!!

11:47 am

horse_girl

ugh, im missing ch5/18. help????

11:48 am

deb333

Could someone please help me with ma5/22? It's killing me! :)

11:49 am

relarion

unleavened bread, other spelling, deb

11:49 am

72 Temple Owl

i don't have that ma : (

11:49 am

deb333

Horse-girl...change the last letter of the word before it to the sometimes vowel

11:49 am

72 Temple Owl

ty relarion

11:49 am

deb333

Thank you relarion!

11:50 am

horse_girl

my lickity hint page is not working so i dont know what word you mean deb

11:51 am

horse_girl

nvm.i got it

11:51 am

horse_girl

thx

11:51 am

relarion

yw...uh-oh, I seem to be having a brownout. Per the L. list I need te 5.18 but here on the page it's the most upper-right t I'm missing, which must be a ta.

11:51 am

deb333

YAY horse-girl!

11:51 am

walnutchen

last one... ec6?

11:52 am

horse_girl

do you have any e words???from the lefthand side of the grid deb?

11:52 am

horse_girl

i have 12 words left and i REALLY want to finish it

11:52 am

relarion

Go horsegirl!!

11:53 am

wurdygurl

I have 15 left...not too bad for a little puzzle...can anyone clue the 6's

11:53 am

deb333

ec6/27 includes the word of the beet type vegetable in it.

11:53 am

wurdygurl

eg - scientisst say it when they discover something

11:53 am

wurdygurl

then plural

11:53 am

BabbleRabble

ec 6 = e +fruit trees were planted in the or****

11:53 am

relarion

No, my mistake, it was a tr...fireworks!!!

11:54 am

walnutchen

e words: what happens when you draw with a pencil, long legged bird, expletive or mild oath, and a unit of measure of energy?!?

11:54 am

kthdsn

wd rel

11:54 am

deb333

YAY Relarion!!!!!!!!!!

11:54 am

wurdygurl

congrats

11:54 am

horse_girl

way to go!!

11:54 am

BabbleRabble

Congrats, relarion!

11:54 am

72 Temple Owl

wtg relarion!

11:55 am

wurdygurl

I have the ec 6 thanks any help with the other one

11:55 am

relarion

ty, ty!! I'll stay and clue, just gotta tether my laptop here...

11:55 am

BabbleRabble

eg 4/7 == babble is **dictive

11:55 am

BabbleRabble

eg 5 is the plural of the 4

11:56 am

walnutchen

thanks deb/babblerabble...

11:56 am

walnutchen

:-P

11:57 am

horse_girl

i need one more e word from the left hand side. i got the 6/27 and the 4/6. what am i missing???

11:57 am

kthdsn

I'm trying so hard to be positive but I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel any more

11:57 am

wurdygurl

came in late kth - whats going on

11:57 am

BabbleRabble

eg 5 = r**ret to inform you your soldior is MIA

11:57 am

kthdsn

I don't think he can get me the money wurdy

11:57 am

wurdygurl

who?

11:58 am

kthdsn

he's stayed out all night and I've missed work, everything is going wrong

11:58 am

72 Temple Owl

kate, are you a citizen of britain? can the canadian consulate help you?

11:58 am

wurdygurl

kth - can you back up and tell me the story

11:58 am

horse_girl

was that for me babblrable?

11:58 am

kthdsn

the useless crappy git of a husband that I have

11:58 am

kthdsn

I'm a british and canadian citizen

11:59 am

stidmama

hello dear kate! {{{sounds like you need a few hugs}}}

11:59 am

relarion

bbl, happy Babbling all...

11:59 am

kthdsn

sorry wurdy did you miss the beginning? He doesn't love me any more and so I'm leaving, he was going to borrow me money to make it possible so me and the kids could have a fresh start, my plan was coming together and he doesn't seem to be coming through with the cash

12:00 pm

kthdsn

ty stid, I sure do

12:00 pm

stidmama

hi all.

12:00 pm

wurdygurl

bastard

12:00 pm

BabbleRabble

er 4/6 = good clues are a *od*end (help from a higher party)

12:00 pm

wurdygurl

sorry for language really reealy sorry

12:00 pm

inge

is Hurshy on line? Or does someone have her email address? or telephone #? I need to contact her right away. can someone have her email me? address in my purse.

12:01 pm

wurdygurl

well, step by step...why doesnt he leave

12:01 pm

horse_girl

thank u thank u thank u rabblebabble

12:01 pm

stidmama

kate -- are there domestic abuse shelters in England? can anyone at one of those point you in the direction of advice that is helpful?

12:01 pm

wurdygurl

do they have child support in britan

12:01 pm

BabbleRabble

et 4/6 = Prince **arles

12:01 pm

Atalante

I can email her, inge

12:01 pm

wurdygurl

he hits you??

12:02 pm

kthdsn

no he doesn't hit me

12:02 pm

horse_girl

ive got ALLLLLL the E's.now on to the other stupid ones.darn

12:02 pm

wurdygurl

sorry, just going from the shelter comment

12:02 pm

kthdsn

I would be just fine if i could get to canada and be with my parents and my sister, but I can't do that unless I have money

12:03 pm

stidmama

"abuse" is more than physical violence... emotional abuse is often more insidious and difficult to leave.

12:03 pm

kthdsn

child support won't make any difference, I need money now to move, not a cut of his petty income

12:03 pm

wurdygurl

how about checking with airlines and seeing about a hardship flight that brings the cost down

12:03 pm

wurdygurl

I hear that stid

12:03 pm

stidmama

and the things he is doing, kate, in the United States at least, constitute abuse.

12:03 pm

inge

Ata, please do and tell her to email me

12:03 pm

deb333

wurdygirl...the other 6 is te6/30...meaning annoyed...or rhyming with what a dog does when you throw something and then adding the sometimes vowel.

12:03 pm

stidmama

good idea wurdy!

12:03 pm

kthdsn

he's not abusing me, he's really doing his best, I just need money to fly out

12:03 pm

wurdygurl

do you have a joint credit card that you can charge the fare on

12:04 pm

stidmama

deb! I have been looking for that one since the flip! thank you!

12:04 pm

kthdsn

no, most of the cards are in my name and maxed out due to previous financial problems

12:04 pm

wurdygurl

thanks deb

12:04 pm

deb333

YW!

12:04 pm

wurdygurl

hmmm...thinking

12:05 pm

Atalante

done, inge. i'll pounce on her if she comes online as well

12:05 pm

wurdygurl

do you have a 401k or something similar that you can take a loan out from

12:05 pm

stidmama

wurdy, email inge. She has a plan.

12:05 pm

wurdygurl

have a garage sale and sell all of his stuff

12:05 pm

kthdsn

he was borrowing £20k for me (around $40k) to pay off my debts, get a flight, and start afresh, all we have are debts, and without money I can't do anything

12:05 pm

stidmama

Actually, hurshy finished about 25 minutes after the flip. don't know if she'll be back on today.

12:05 pm

kthdsn

we have nothing worth selling

12:06 pm

kthdsn

I really have no plan b, I can't even sell the house and take the money because it's worth less than the mortgage

12:06 pm

stidmama

kate -- what do you need RIGHT NOW -- a cup of tea, to get to work, someone to watch the kids for a few hours?

12:07 pm

lbdawger

last word...te5.14, the one before the land word.

12:07 pm

kthdsn

I've quit work, tomorrow is my last day. I know I've done it in the wrong order but I felt the need to start doing something about leaving, since he told me the money was a certainty

12:07 pm

stidmama

paying off debts can happen later. We can figure out a way to get you home to Canada if that will help.

12:08 pm

deb333

te5/14 can be a boy's or girl's name or a type of towel

12:08 pm

stidmama

hi lbd! still on? or on again? LOL

12:08 pm

inge

Kate, we are sort of working on a plan B. Can

12:08 pm

lbdawger

have that one deb. need the one before it.

12:08 pm

kthdsn

even if I can physically get to canada, I won't be able to manage with no money and a pile of debts in the uk

12:08 pm

inge

t wake up the godmothers to tell you what we are about.

12:08 pm

kthdsn

he's home now I'm going to talk to him for a bit

12:09 pm

deb333

Oh whoops...sorry...te5/14 has the abbr. for Georgia on the end

12:09 pm

kthdsn

I'll be back in an hour or two

12:09 pm

dcseain

the 1st te 5/14 changes one consonant from the land word

12:09 pm

stidmama

{{{kate}}} I will be on later this afternoon. I will keep you in my heart

12:09 pm

lbdawger

Hi Stid! back to finish, it's really slow here at the office. Kthdsn (((hugs)))

12:09 pm

inge

till later, Kate

12:09 pm

horse_girl

whats the land words????

12:10 pm

wurdygurl

bye kate

12:10 pm

stidmama

horse -- "earth" is sometimes called te*** firma...

12:10 pm

deb333

Fireworks for me. Thank you to all for your help.

12:10 pm

horse_girl

thx stidmama

12:10 pm

wurdygurl

ok 11 left for me

12:10 pm

stidmama

go wurdy go!

12:11 pm

stidmama

YAY deb!

12:11 pm

BabbleRabble

te 5/14 = te*ms of Endearment and "I **ve at the office"

12:11 pm

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, deb!

12:11 pm

Inge2

clue for the e from the bottom right, that is not a quaint exclamation? I know it has 5 letters

12:11 pm

wurdygurl

someone clued something earlier regarding an ma that ends in a sometimes vowel...can anyone help anymore with that

12:12 pm

stidmama

hello inge2!

12:12 pm

Inge2

hello, stidmama! How's the weather there today?

12:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

no ma ending in sometimes vowel

12:12 pm

BabbleRabble

no ma ends in a y

12:12 pm

wurdygurl

oh must have misread

12:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

inge, is there a plan b?

12:13 pm

stidmama

it is sunny today, and calm. Last night's storm was wet, but not overly windy. *thanking all the rain gods for that* And I will go pick up babbler "riemann" in a little bit for a visit.

12:13 pm

stidmama

how's the weather where you live?

12:13 pm

BabbleRabble

ma 5/14 = add Sierra Ma*** mountains

12:14 pm

Inge2

gorgeous, unseasonably so.

12:14 pm

BabbleRabble

ma 4/6 = the poor are *e*titute

12:14 pm

wurdygurl

I have ma 5/14 isnt there another like 5/18

12:14 pm

stidmama

oh -- are you in the Northeast? I hear Vermont is snowless! in December! so bizarre.

12:14 pm

Inge2

well, 3 left; just popping in to say hi, but must be off to work. Have a great day all

12:15 pm

Inge2

yes, it's true, Stid! no white Xmas here

12:15 pm

stidmama

later inge2!

12:15 pm

inge

yes, there is a B. We would set up an account in Kate's name in Toronto, to which all babblers could contirbute. $40 each from 1000 babblers would cover all debts. Anythhing less would at least get her to Canada and started.

12:15 pm

wurdygurl

Mi is snowless at least in northern metro detroit

12:15 pm

BabbleRabble

ma 4/7 = the wedding ring has a **mstone

12:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi and bye stid and all - until tomorrow

12:15 pm

lbdawger

ergh! thank you and fireworks.

12:15 pm

stidmama

yippee for me! just grayed the top row!

12:16 pm

stidmama

YAY lbd!

12:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

inge - keep me posted. can her relatives get her when she arrives?

12:16 pm

BabbleRabble

ma 5/16 is the plural of the 4/7

12:16 pm

horse_girl

i need help with the n words. I have 4/5, 5/12 and5/20

12:16 pm

stidmama

{{{inge}}} holler when things are set up.

12:16 pm

wurdygurl

that is a good plan inge. I hope people help her

12:16 pm

wurdygurl

i just sent you an email let me know when and where I can contribute

12:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

and half of those debts are his she needs $ to get on or she will end up maxed oput on credit again

12:17 pm

wurdygurl

I have 5/16

12:17 pm

inge

Her parents live in Toronto for three years now.

12:17 pm

horse_girl

for the n's wurdygurl????

12:17 pm

BabbleRabble

ma 4/7 = clues can be *od*end

12:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

inge i cannot get to personal email at work so i will check back

12:17 pm

lbdawger

jeez, she needs to make sure he pays his own debt. I don't know how the British system works but certainly there must be someone there who can help her at least get a fair shake

12:18 pm

stidmama

I don't know the UK system -- isn't there a debt forgiveness thingy like bankruptcy she can do? I know it plays havoc with credit ratings for a while, but at least it lifts part of the burden for the immediate bills!

12:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

why pay his debts? unless they are all in her name?

12:18 pm

BabbleRabble

ma4/6 = study of numbers

12:18 pm

wurdygurl

I am missing one

12:18 pm

inge

They are all in her name!!!!

12:18 pm

wurdygurl

I ahve

12:18 pm

lbdawger

Horsy. those who are considered really math, science and techy are often called n****

12:19 pm

Atalante

yes, but bankruptcy takes a while, and screws up things for 6 years, I think

12:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

doen't matter in US

12:19 pm

horse_girl

ive gotten those ones

12:19 pm

wurdygurl

5/14; 4/6; 4/7; 5/16; 4/7; and 4/6

12:19 pm

BabbleRabble

ma 5/22 = floor *** + auther **ne grey

12:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

both assets and debts in marriage are equally shared

12:19 pm

K.Elisabet

She really needs to consult with a lawyer, to make arrangements with the credit companys (never mind him!) Someone posted earlier that there is a Legal Aid service there, Ithink?

12:19 pm

stidmama

in the United States, most debts are considered jointly held, and when a marriage dissolves, responsibility is shared as well.

12:19 pm

lbdawger

Horsy, do you have the one that catches fish, double the last letter?

12:20 pm

wurdygurl

yay thanks

12:20 pm

wurdygurl

that is true stid, dont know what it is like in britan though

12:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

says she doesn't want to make an enmy of him. but it's about business

12:20 pm

horse_girl

no i didnt lbdawger, thx a bunch

12:20 pm

inge

We need some financial whiz in Canada to find out whether we can have such an account, that people would sent doolars, pounds, and other currencies to.

12:20 pm

wurdygurl

divorce is never friendly...well, rarely

12:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

*sigh* until later, all 0 work calls

12:21 pm

stidmama

that's the problem -- international laws are so different...

12:21 pm

wurdygurl

what about paypal inge

12:21 pm

stidmama

later TO {{have a good afternoon}}

12:21 pm

lbdawger

enemy shemeny. When it boils down to paying debts and raising the kids, it may have to come down to bringing out the big guns

12:21 pm

inge

that

12:21 pm

lbdawger

Later TO

12:21 pm

Atalante

she won't be mean to him, or even fair, because she wants to stay friends with him

12:21 pm

wurdygurl

she still loves him

12:21 pm

inge

that's why Hurshy contacted Dr. God. I hoped she knows more about that than I do

12:22 pm

lbdawger

*sigh* friends don't do this to friends...two way street. but I can understand how she's feeling.

12:22 pm

horse_girl

i dont really understand your clue for ma5/22 babblerabble

12:22 pm

girlie

hi everyone

12:22 pm

wurdygurl

time to strap it on and take care of her kids.

12:22 pm

stidmama

hey girlie!

12:23 pm

horse_girl

nvm i got it

12:23 pm

K.Elisabet

She's leaving herself vulnerable, right now. And the kids.

12:23 pm

inge

I even wondered whether our lawyer babbler chj could be of help in setting up such a fund

12:23 pm

girlie

small list today ... nice change

12:23 pm

wurdygurl

babblers to the rescue!

12:23 pm

lbdawger

horsy, first three letters of number word + *ink oxide + first vowel

12:24 pm

stidmama

thanks lbd -- a passover food!

12:24 pm

stidmama

yes girlie, but it's a doozy!

12:25 pm

wurdygurl

ok I am down to 9 now I am having some difficulty

12:25 pm

girlie

getting that idea :S

12:25 pm

stidmama

go wurdy go!

12:25 pm

horse_girl

ive gotten it(it just made up words till one worked)lol but does anhone have a clue for the t words?? i need one that starts on the t on top of the other t.

12:25 pm

wurdygurl

I have one a from the top right any help

12:25 pm

horse_girl

i need help with those also :)

12:26 pm

BabbleRabble

Kate needs to have her mother contact a bank in Toronto to establish an account. Once the account has been established, those who want to contribute will need to know procedure for making direct deposits to the account. Kate's mom could buy the tickets for kate and the girls and wire transfer funds to Kate if need be.

12:26 pm

inge

how about the fabric that bathrobes are made of, Horse?

12:26 pm

midwinter

I found a piece of camping gear for the two ts - this is my first game ever, so not sure if that's the best answer, tho :)

12:26 pm

horse_girl

ive gotten that one

12:26 pm

stidmama

on that T horse I have a brit slang word for "itching for a fight", camping shelter, te 5/14, "earth" and man's name

12:27 pm

stidmama

midwinter -- that was a lovely clue! how are you doing with finding words?

12:27 pm

inge

thanks BabbleRabble, that's what i needed to hear

12:27 pm

midwinter

umm....ok, but not much better than that ;) it's been a long time since I played word games, and I'm grabbing snatches inbetween work

12:27 pm

wurdygurl

itching for a fight - dont get

12:27 pm

horse_girl

i dont think i have the itching for a fight word. is it the 6/30 or 4/4? cuz i got those

12:28 pm

girlie

heh, I sent the link to my sister saying "you have to check babble out", I must have still been logged in on her computer - shes don e 1/2 the list for me :(

12:28 pm

horse_girl

oh i just got the 5/18. im missing one and i dont know what it is

12:29 pm

wurdygurl

can you clue the 5 14

12:29 pm

wurdygurl

oops 18

12:29 pm

midwinter

Can someone please explain the codes to me - ex: "5 14"?

12:30 pm

horse_girl

te+3rd letter of alphabet+h+the sumtimes letter/vowel

12:30 pm

horse_girl

5=number of letters and 14=number of points

12:31 pm

midwinter

ahh...thanks!

12:31 pm

TikiBear

5 letter words are worth 2 x the tiles

12:31 pm

horse_girl

ur welcome.i had to ask that to like yesterday.lol

12:31 pm

inge

midwinter, if you go to Lickety's list (under the tile stats to the left of chatlog) you can get first 2 letters of all words, ya 4/7 means word has four letters and is worth 7 points, Points are explained in Help above chat log

12:32 pm

midwinter

I'm horrible with numbers/scoring, so it's mostly greek to me. I just keep entering words to see what'll take :)

12:32 pm

midwinter

(which is why I always lose soundly at Boggle)

12:32 pm

horse_girl

my lickety's list has yesterday's puzzle on it.:(

12:33 pm

inge

mine is today's

12:33 pm

wurdygurl

hey all...my 7 and 8 year old kids are finishing the puzzle....let me know if they get outta hand

12:34 pm

horse_girl

lucky, i have 3 words left and i have no clue what they could be

12:35 pm

inge

by the way, those of us with girls, save some clothes for girls ages 2, 4, and 6 to send to Toronto eventually.

12:36 pm

inge

I will share the bank accout idea with Kate when she returns, and see what we can do

12:36 pm

Gadget

help with the EC?

12:36 pm

inge

now I am going to take time off for baking a few things, I will be in and out of the log

12:37 pm

stidmama

later inge!

12:38 pm

stidmama

sorry, had to take a break for kid things. midwinter, do you know about Lickety's list? there is a link at the bottom of this page, open it in a new tab or window.

12:39 pm

midwinter

I didn't know, but see it now - thanks

12:39 pm

stidmama

another help that was vital when I was new was Angelsong's resource pages... I still use her links when I am stuck!

12:40 pm

horse_girl

i need one more word. its a t 5 and it uses the top t in the left side of the grid

12:41 pm

stidmama

phone call from riemann! gotta scoot up to Tacoma to pick him up from the bus. See you-all later!

12:41 pm

lbdawger

first three letters of the land word + abbreviation for Georga

12:41 pm

stidmama

go horse go! go EVERYBODY! *disappears in a cloud of letters and dog hairs*

12:41 pm

lbdawger

bye stid, safe travels

12:41 pm

horse_girl

thank you. fireworks. my first finished babble ever!!!!

12:42 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo Horse_girl!

12:42 pm

Gadget

help with the EC...please?

12:42 pm

horse_girl

ec+opp of soft

12:43 pm

Gadget

Thanks!

12:43 pm

horse_girl

yw.ill b able to help ppl now.lol.ive got nothing to do

12:44 pm

midwinter

wow...that's a new word to me

12:44 pm

wurdygurl

i got nothing

12:45 pm

horse_girl

i know.half of these woreds ive never heard of b4

12:45 pm

horse_girl

well whicjh ones do u think ull need the most help with wurdygurl?

12:46 pm

Gadget

I can't seem to get the N4 and N5 - not the geeks

12:46 pm

TikiBear

if you got them, then you woulld be one (or more)

12:47 pm

midwinter

tiki - that's one of the few I got w/out help ;0

12:47 pm

midwinter

er....;)

12:47 pm

horse_girl

n+vowel+double letter

12:47 pm

TikiBear

esp if you have a pocket protector...

12:48 pm

horse_girl

n+h**** car rental

12:48 pm

hurshy

inge?

12:49 pm

Gadget

hmmm...dunno that rental company

12:49 pm

Atalante

INGE!!!!!!!

12:50 pm

horse_girl

umm its a diff way to spell hurts

12:50 pm

horse_girl

minus the h of course

12:51 pm

Gadget

weird one...

12:51 pm

wurdygurl

a little help will be nice

12:51 pm

horse_girl

did u get it then????

12:51 pm

kthdsn

I'm back for a while, he's popped out to get some food

12:51 pm

Gadget

yup - ty

12:51 pm

horse_girl

yw

12:52 pm

kthdsn

he's fallen apart, its sunk in that we're leaving, and instead of coping, he's trying to hide

12:52 pm

kthdsn

he still thinks he can get the money, although I'm still not so sure about that

12:53 pm

kthdsn

I feel a bit less devastated than I did earlier, but this is all a lot harder than I thought it would be

12:54 pm

wurdygurl

i need HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:54 pm

horse_girl

what do you want???cuz sum are kinda easy to get on ur own.i think

12:55 pm

wurdygurl

i have the last 8 words

12:56 pm

horse_girl

what do u mean???im a lil confused

12:57 pm

Gadget

help with HY5?

12:57 pm

inge

Hi, Kate, ok let him keep trying to get at least some of the money. We have thought of a plan B: your Mom would set up an account in your name with aToronto bank, then she would inform you and all babblers how to make direct deposits to that account. Then your MOM would buy your tickets and wire trasnfer funds to you as needed. What do you thnk?

12:57 pm

horse_girl

hy+***wing a picture

12:57 pm

kthdsn

that would be really great inge, you don't know how much it means to me

12:57 pm

horse_girl

or a mythical monster

12:58 pm

inge

Several babblers have agreed to help, so don

12:58 pm

inge

t despair on us. I have to get back to my baking though

12:58 pm

wurdygurl

lets put it this way i need help on the last 8 words

12:58 pm

kthdsn

there will still be a lot of other parts to figure out like how to pay off my debts here and how to start off there, but at least I will be with my family

1:00 pm

wurdygurl

hi

1:00 pm

kthdsn

you guys are so amazing, I hope that at some point in the future I will be able to repay all your kindness somehow

1:00 pm

horse_girl

so the t's and the Y???

1:01 pm

Gadget

I can in late...what can I help with kthdsn?

1:01 pm

dicktrickle

three feet in a y

1:01 pm

horse_girl

nvm. give me numbers.thatll help me comprehend which ones u need

1:02 pm

kthdsn

gadget I'm not sure that he can get me the money he was going to borrow, the babblers want to send me money so I can get my flight

1:04 pm

kthdsn

of course that will only make sense if you know the beginning of the story, I forget who knows and who doesn't

1:04 pm

dcseain

I work the puzzlse backward, and this one the beginning was MUCH easier than the end.

1:10 pm

kthdsn

did I scare everyone away?

1:10 pm

mattygroves

Hiya! How is everything - small grid!

1:11 pm

kthdsn

hi matty

1:12 pm

mattygroves

Hey Kate - what's news - how are things?

1:12 pm

kthdsn

I'm not sure he can get me the money, things are feeling a bit crap right now

1:12 pm

lbdawger

Hi Kate

1:12 pm

ExWren

Well what do you know, I have Fireworks. I have not been able to play for days, too much to do, and grids far too big, but today was a doddle

1:12 pm

kthdsn

hi dawg

1:13 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo exwren!

1:13 pm

mattygroves

Is he trying to back out, or claiming poverty?

1:14 pm

ExWren

Kath, I have only just come in to your story, perhaps I hade better read the back log, but when are you supposed to be leaving? will that be for good?

1:14 pm

kthdsn

matty he was going to borrow it from a friend, we are in debt up to our armpits and he was going to get me enough to pay my debts and start again, £20k

1:14 pm

horse_girl

ny more clues needed? i 2g2

1:14 pm

mattygroves

Perhaps it's time to think about formalising the split, so that he is legally responsible for the debt (or at least half of it?

1:14 pm

kthdsn

wren my husband doesn't love me any more and there's nothing left for me here, I'm going to toronto as soon as possible to start again with my family around me

1:15 pm

kthdsn

we never combined our finances

1:15 pm

kthdsn

he's back for a while, I'll come and talk again in 30 mins

1:15 pm

mattygroves

Yes, but he's legally liable for some of them, as you are married, and supporting children.

1:18 pm

mattygroves

How are people finding the puzzle?

1:19 pm

M3

1ST TE 5/14 please x

1:20 pm

M3

oh sorry you are chatting opps ill keep looking :-)

1:20 pm

mattygroves

I'm struggling, M! I have very few fives and fewer sixes!

1:21 pm

M3

matty i only need that te and the ec !

1:21 pm

torgone

I just looked to the left, and there it was ..

1:23 pm

Change of Pace

M3 as in Te*** cloth robe or garment or towel

1:23 pm

M3

thanks change ill work on it x

1:24 pm

Ho Hum

ec6/27 = e + c5/16

1:24 pm

M3

hehe ta ho hum x

1:25 pm

mattygroves

I don't have the c5/16!

1:25 pm

M3

burnt matty

1:25 pm

mattygroves

Got it = thanks!

1:26 pm

M3

ahhh the 1st te 5/14 te is hiding frrom me !!

1:27 pm

torgone

Babble is a fun compu*** **me ..

1:28 pm

Haz1558

Which is not what people were saying on Tuesday.

1:29 pm

Haz1558

Good afternoon/evening all.

1:29 pm

torgone

I don't care what the people say ...

1:30 pm

torgone

Heya haz ..

1:30 pm

Haz1558

Hi torgone - you can't live in a world without love?

1:31 pm

torgone

Well, I'm surviving ..

1:31 pm

Haz1558

Or what song does the not caring what people say remind me of?

1:31 pm

torgone

I don't remember either ..

1:32 pm

Haz1558

It was from the sixties - I can hear it in my head, but blowed if I can remember who sang it.

1:32 pm

M3

oh the te, is not a realy word!

1:32 pm

Haz1558

You've seen stranger, M3, why the surprise?

1:33 pm

torgone

Sure it is - pl. of "the dorsal surface of a body segment of an arthropod."

1:33 pm

M3

lol, i need to get some wrapping up done, its my last word ahhhh :-)

1:34 pm

Haz1558

Haven't you got it yet? It's an anagram of what you do to cheese or what goes in front of Britain

1:34 pm

mattygroves

EG5/14 anyone?

1:34 pm

torgone

I know where their jive is at ..

1:34 pm

mattygroves

Never mind!

1:35 pm

M3

oh ta haz thanks of to wrap now, bye bye xxx

1:35 pm

Haz1558

Bye M3 - Christmas is back on track.......

1:35 pm

M3

eg sounds like baby egal x

1:35 pm

torgone

One thing I do have on my mind ..

1:36 pm

torgone

If you can clarify please do . .

1:37 pm

lizmac

Kthdsn, Haven't been here for a few days, but so sorry to hear that things are going badly for you . It honestly WILL get better and clearer. Like most of us here, I've been through it and come out the other side a stronger person. Keep hope up.

1:40 pm

Haz1558

torgone - what's on your mind? Awaiting clarification of the need for clarification.

1:41 pm

kthdsn

I'm back, thanks liz

1:42 pm

mattygroves

** FIREWORKS ** - the list made this much easier :D

1:42 pm

kthdsn

he thinks the money guy will be in the pub tonight, and he's going to look into the possibility of getting one of those loans for desperate people

1:42 pm

torgone

It's more of the lyrics . .Led Zepellin ..

1:43 pm

Haz1558

Well done mattygroves!

1:43 pm

Change of Pace

kthdsn

1:43 pm

Haz1558

Ah, Led Zeppelin - that explains why I hadn't a clue!

1:43 pm

FMitch

Congrats matty

1:44 pm

Haz1558

Hello FMitch - feeling any better?

1:44 pm

Change of Pace

kthdsn, wish you all the best and hope this year brings you a brighter future

1:45 pm

FMitch

Not too bad thanks Haz, going to get an early night. Had Dr's appt to, might be anemic too

1:45 pm

kthdsn

thank you change

1:45 pm

Haz1558

Oh no - it's fried liver for you! And lots of greens.

1:46 pm

kthdsn

I'm going to crack open the haagen dazs he bought me, posh ice cream makes things so much easier to get through @D

1:46 pm

Haz1558

And FMitch - the balsam Kleenex really are kinder to your nose. Or men's handkerchiefs - so much nicer than scratchy paper.

1:46 pm

kthdsn

oops that was meant to be a smile :D

1:47 pm

FMitch

LOL Haz you know how to cheer a person right up!

1:48 pm

Haz1558

It's the little practical details that help to make life more bearable with a cold! Oh, and don't forget the goose fat embrocations (the last one is made up)

1:49 pm

kthdsn

Oooh when I have a cold I put a few drops of olbas oil in my oil burner, it seems to help more than sniffing it off a tissue

1:49 pm

Haz1558

Although they say that since Nigella started advocating the use of goose fat in roast potatoes, the shops can't keep up with the demand!

1:49 pm

FMitch

I have to say the roast pots she cooked last night looked sooooo good and crunchy.

1:50 pm

Haz1558

There may be something in the theory then.

1:52 pm

kthdsn

mmmmm cookies and cream ice cream

1:52 pm

FMitch

Goose fat is excellent for such things as it heats to a higher temp than other oils without smoking. Mind you I am an advocate of roast goose in the first place.

1:53 pm

Haz1558

You're not a great turkey fan, are you? No point in having it if you don't enjoy it.

1:53 pm

cybernan

52 medical terms?

1:54 pm

Haz1558

I use the same approach with brussels sprouts. None of us are keen, so I'm afraid I bypass the sprout mountains in Tescos.

1:54 pm

Haz1558

Not quite, cybernan - good afternoon.

1:54 pm

snppngtrtle

Could I have the point total for today?

1:55 pm

Haz1558

537 points

1:55 pm

snppngtrtle

Thanks Haz

1:55 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome - does this mean you are approaching completion?

1:55 pm

FMitch

Hi c-nan not a bad grid for a small size

1:55 pm

snppngtrtle

One word left and it was driving me crazy

1:56 pm

snppngtrtle

Got it though

1:56 pm

Haz1558

Well done!

1:56 pm

snppngtrtle

First time I've finished without the list!

1:57 pm

Haz1558

Well done indeed!

1:58 pm

snppngtrtle

ty

2:00 pm

Haz1558

Well, I suppose I should go and do something useful. If I get the ironing done tonight, it means I can concentrate on the dreaded grocery shopping trip tomorrow. Have a good afternoon/evening all.

2:00 pm

kthdsn

bye haz

2:00 pm

FMitch

Night Haz

2:01 pm

lbdawger

bye Haz.

2:01 pm

Haz1558

Byee - hopefully see you tomorrow, grid and shopping permitted.

2:06 pm

cybernan

now that i have all the easy ones.... h? -- have difficult and sturdy

2:06 pm

lbdawger

nan, many headed mythical monster

2:07 pm

cybernan

thanks, ibd

2:09 pm

lbdawger

yw

2:09 pm

annotherone

hi everyone

2:10 pm

lbdawger

hi ann

2:11 pm

annotherone

there are so many things I should be doing instead of babbling

2:11 pm

CadFan

Hi lbdawger!

2:12 pm

lbdawger

Hi Cadfan! boy are you up to your oxters in snow!

2:12 pm

CadFan

Indeed we are - sun just came out though so were'done for now. More expected on Saturday - but nothing like yesterday and this morning! We'll have plenty o snow to make for a white christmas - just no falling snow that day!

2:16 pm

lizmac

Id, Oxters? OXTERS? I always thought that was a "Scots only"word, obviously wrong, wasn't I ?

2:17 pm

lbdawger

brings back old memories of sitting at stapleton airport stranded! and loving it cuz that just extended holiday!

2:17 pm

lbdawger

Liz, i've been known to use odd words mixed in with my "common". lol

2:18 pm

CadFan

They had 4800 people stranded at DIA over night

2:18 pm

CadFan

Mark got stuck there some years ago - spent 2 nights in the place!

2:19 pm

Change of Pace

looking for the te 6/30 any assists so I can go hunting?

2:19 pm

majmom

happy holidays all-any clues for ec 6/27?

2:21 pm

Change of Pace

Maj : e+ ch5/16 was a clue I found earlier

2:21 pm

lizmac

te6/30...to be a bit premenstrual perhaps..sensitive!

2:22 pm

majmom

ty change of pace

2:22 pm

Change of Pace

Thanks a bunch liz

2:23 pm

lizmac

OK, what was ch5/16? YW CofP

2:23 pm

Change of Pace

Liz ch 5/16...burnt

2:24 pm

CadFan

Swiss ch 5/16

2:26 pm

lizmac

TYVM! Got 3 from that clue!

2:27 pm

lizmac

gama

2:27 pm

lizmac

OOPS, sorry!

2:28 pm

lizmac

Xmas pressy from me!!!

2:28 pm

CadFan

ugh.. got to go to something productive... can't get out of the house to shop so will bake and wrap! Have fun everyone.. back later for my last 11

2:31 pm

kthdsn

I'm still lurking in case anyone was wondering

2:32 pm

lizmac

any clues for ATs ?

2:33 pm

kthdsn

I don't have any at's

2:34 pm

rosewood36

I just played with it till I got it......then the 5 is plural

2:34 pm

torgone

at4/5

2:35 pm

torgone

Hang in there, kate ..

2:35 pm

inge

at 4 is the Hindu principle of life in case someone wants to google it

2:36 pm

inge

at 4: at + Christ**s

2:36 pm

lizmac

Got them, AT4/5, at your mother's, and plural.

2:36 pm

kthdsn

ty

2:37 pm

lizmac

welcome!

2:39 pm

lizmac

TR4/4?

2:39 pm

RockyMtnHi

Happy Holidays everyone...

2:39 pm

rosewood36

need some help with the 2 CH...4-6 and 5-18

2:40 pm

lizmac

NM got it!

2:40 pm

frogface

ch4/6 is to burn

2:41 pm

frogface

and ch5/18 is to burn plus a consonant

5:11 pm

hurshy

what is the good doc up to?

5:13 pm

Eva

hi everyone. Welcome back from the ozone!

5:14 pm

majmom

hi glad to be back

5:17 pm

phandmd

hello; anyone want a clue?

5:18 pm

renfield

are our molecules in the right places?

5:19 pm

phandmd

have no idea; are they?

5:19 pm

renfield

oops missing something....brain...where is my brain???

5:20 pm

phandmd

did you accidently wrap it with the presents?

5:20 pm

phandmd

or leave it at the grocery store?

5:20 pm

renfield

hahahahah phand! possibly.......

5:21 pm

stidmatt

riemann will be on soon.

5:21 pm

renfield

does he have our missing molecules?

5:22 pm

stidmama

oh, I was so worried when I couldn't log in! *sobbing with relief*

5:23 pm

kthdsn

oh yey babble is back

5:23 pm

stidmama

hi again kate!

5:24 pm

kthdsn

that was awful, I couldn't get in for hours

5:24 pm

stidmama

I had an email from inge... she was locked out too!

5:26 pm

wurdygurl

I feel so much better with my babble board up

5:27 pm

stidmama

*showering babbleholics with sympathetic chocolate*

5:27 pm

lbdawger

whoa, that was really scary...no babble to come to..

5:27 pm

EvaNadine

evenin babblers....i take it the board was down for a while??

5:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, couldn't load the page for ages. i guess it's fixed

5:27 pm

lbdawger

ahhh better with chocolate shower...er shower of chocolates

5:27 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

stid, thanks for the chocolate!

5:27 pm

stidmama

now four...

5:27 pm

wurdygurl

actually, right now I could use some gasX all this nerveous stuff makes me burpy

5:27 pm

stidmama

hi Gwen and Evanadine and all!

5:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i still need 6 woids -- who has the last C ??

5:28 pm

wurdygurl

I have 6 left how bout everyone else

5:28 pm

lbdawger

I have the last C! oh do you want it?

5:28 pm

EvaNadine

last C = remove the hook from the word before it

5:29 pm

wurdygurl

take out the letter nest to the sometimes y from word above

5:29 pm

lbdawger

c+ what you feed cattle and horses

5:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ah, TY evan!!

5:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

believe i didn't know that word? adding to list . . .

5:29 pm

rosewood36

whats the site to go to licketysplitaus?

5:29 pm

stidmama

now three...

5:30 pm

wurdygurl

I need another h I have opp of soft and sometimes vowel

5:30 pm

stidmama

l....aus.google.com

5:30 pm

majmom

any clues for te5/18 and te 6/30

5:30 pm

lbdawger

rose there's a link at the bottom of the page called lickety's babble clues

5:30 pm

phandmd

think water

5:30 pm

stidmama

oops. googlepages.com

5:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

h is a tiny plant-animal that lives in water

5:30 pm

FranMag

wurdy, monster of myth that grew two heads when you cut off one

5:30 pm

lbdawger

wurdy, mythical multiheaded monster

5:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

h is also a many-headed monster seen in a certain sinbad movie

5:30 pm

phandmd

anagram for great

5:31 pm

FranMag

rosewood, there is a link right below the stats

5:31 pm

phandmd

and play with the word sketchy for the te 6

5:31 pm

FranMag

aloha babblers!

5:31 pm

stidmama

hi Fran!

5:31 pm

EvaNadine

TE6 = T + e4/6 + sometimes vowel
for the TE5, remove the 3rd letter from above

5:31 pm

wurdygurl

is it 4 or 5 letters

5:31 pm

diem

you out there jillibus ?

5:31 pm

stidmama

is there an N 6?

5:32 pm

FranMag

hi stid! great to see you regularly again

5:32 pm

lbdawger

majmom, te+ Nutty and Rennies orphan buddy minus last letter + sometimes vowel

5:32 pm

stidmama

hello diem... Jill isn't usually on until later.

5:32 pm

FranMag

no stid

5:32 pm

lbdawger

no n6 Stid

5:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

2 n5s, no n6

5:32 pm

phandmd

oh, sorry I clued te 5/14 for anagram of great

5:32 pm

FranMag

there is an n5/10 that rhymes with car rental company

5:32 pm

stidmama

okay, thanks (listless today)

5:32 pm

stidmama

that was it, Fran! :-)

5:32 pm

FranMag

i mean n5/20

5:33 pm

FranMag

hee, you even got it with the wrong stats! :-)

5:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i need the ec6

5:33 pm

FranMag

i have something for jilli also

5:33 pm

phandmd

e + ch 5

5:33 pm

EvaNadine

EC6 = EC + difficult

5:33 pm

torgone

e + ch5/16

5:33 pm

stidmama

what are the total points today please?

5:33 pm

FranMag

book doc, e + greens

5:33 pm

FranMag

537

5:34 pm

lbdawger

e+ fruit trees or*****

5:34 pm

torgone

537

5:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

stid, fran, TY. yet another word for my "cheat sheet"

5:34 pm

stidmama

thanks tor, phand and evanadine... ONE left!

5:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ge4,7?

5:34 pm

lbdawger

Go Stid Go!

5:34 pm

stidmama

okay, I need an interesting one... *dives back into grid*

5:34 pm

phandmd

what you get when you didn't get a high school diploma plural

5:34 pm

FranMag

gwen after a while you see the strange words first and words like re4/4 and te4/4 will elude you!

5:35 pm

diem

Hi stidmama just i think she had pretty strong winds last night hope everthing ok

5:35 pm

FranMag

ooh, great clue phand!

5:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fran, no, they elude me from the start LOL

5:35 pm

phandmd

thnx

5:35 pm

lbdawger

Gwen, ge+ Diving Swan

5:35 pm

wurdygurl

still stuck on that h can we do someothing other than the sinbad monster

5:35 pm

FranMag

lol gwen

5:35 pm

majmom

ty evanadine

5:35 pm

stidmama

it was a fish, not a bird!!!!

5:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, that diploma thing was my clue, huh? TY got it!

5:36 pm

stidmama

firewords.

5:36 pm

phandmd

it's a fish in the pike family, in case you wanted to know

5:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

stid, weeeeeeeeeeeee!!

5:36 pm

FranMag

wurdy, it's an hy5/18

5:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

Tres!

5:36 pm

FranMag

yay stid!!!!

5:36 pm

phandmd

yes, sorry, I should have made an indication...

5:36 pm

wurdygurl

thaks

5:36 pm

stidmama

I mean a bird, not a fish... *sigh* got too excited and my fingers went too fast for my brain.

5:36 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo Stid!

5:36 pm

stidmama

go gwen go!

5:36 pm

chiley

For the Hy word....dogs like to pee on fire hy***nts

5:36 pm

phandmd

Go Stid! Woo Hoo

5:37 pm

wurdygurl

thanks down to two t's

5:37 pm

FranMag

cute clue chiley!

5:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

eg5,14 ??

5:37 pm

FranMag

a bird gwen

5:37 pm

wurdygurl

awesome clue

5:37 pm

majmom

need 1st te5/14-any hints?

5:37 pm

stidmama

oh -- I didn't realize the winds had been bad up there, diem -- that would put several of our regulars in the line for needing good thoughts... just a sec.

5:38 pm

FranMag

the feathers were used to decorate hats

5:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

egret? Naww...

5:38 pm

wurdygurl

you send your reg**** when you cannot attend a function

5:38 pm

phandmd

te 5/14 - anagram for great

5:38 pm

FranMag

um, yeah gwen

5:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh hell, there it is, sorry about that!!!!

5:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(smacking self with wet noodle)

5:38 pm

stidmama

Jill and dilly both show up as online in the chat room, diem, so I think we can assume they at least have power! LOL *earth to Jillibus, come in please*

5:38 pm

lbdawger

lol Gwen i don't think the grid accepts punctuation marks! lol

5:39 pm

FranMag

majmom, te5/14 means irritable, but it sounds like those guys that are into computers

5:39 pm

featherbee

hi! wow, i think i can do this one tonight!

5:39 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

for the money (not) ma5,22 ?

5:40 pm

FranMag

hey heather!

5:40 pm

majmom

ty phandmd

5:40 pm

FranMag

did you get my email?

5:40 pm

lbdawger

unleaven bread. diff spelling

5:40 pm

wurdygurl

yeah fireworks

5:40 pm

phandmd

think jewish food

5:40 pm

lbdawger

Go Feather!

5:40 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo wurdy!

5:40 pm

phandmd

yw majmom

5:40 pm

featherbee

i see it now, will check it out in a bit!

5:40 pm

FranMag

yay wurdy!!!

5:40 pm

wurdygurl

now have to pull kids out of hubby's butt lol

5:40 pm

stidmama

go feather go!

5:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ahhh, TY, phan, !! ! * F * I * R * E * W * O * R * D * S * !

5:40 pm

stidmama

diem, I just dropped Jill a quick email. We'll see if that draws her in...

5:40 pm

stidmama

YAY wurdy!

5:41 pm

phandmd

Woo Hoo Wurdy

5:41 pm

FranMag

interesting wurdy

5:41 pm

stidmama

YAY Gwen!

5:41 pm

diem

pass the fish never thought to check who is on

5:41 pm

lbdawger

oh goodness, poor kids...poor hubby's butt! 8-)

5:41 pm

FranMag

yay gwen!!!

5:41 pm

phandmd

Woo Hool Book Dr.

5:41 pm

majmom

good nite and happy holidays to all -Fireworks

5:41 pm

featherbee

umm...second letter, and stuck...what are the first two letters of that Y word?

5:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

con-sarn thing, 52 of the most ANNOYING words on the planet! LOL

5:41 pm

FranMag

ya heather

5:41 pm

stidmama

YAY majmom! and good night...

5:41 pm

featherbee

omg

5:41 pm

phandmd

YA

5:41 pm

featherbee

ok, so maybe i CAN'T do this one

5:41 pm

stidmama

YA feather. it's fishy

5:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

feather, you mown the lawn in your front ya**

5:42 pm

phandmd

Sure you can Feather

5:42 pm

featherbee

i was totally ignoring the A, and going YD? YR? YH? huh?

5:42 pm

FranMag

you're out of practice i see feather.

5:42 pm

featherbee

out of brain cells too

5:42 pm

FranMag

lol

5:43 pm

stidmama

that's okay feather, riemann is visiting we have brain cells to spare *passes over some gray matter* (he'll never miss it)

5:43 pm

featherbee

where's that babble erase? that's one comment I sure wish i could delete from everyone's memory!

5:43 pm

sonia

I haven't played in about a year and I suck at this

5:43 pm

featherbee

whew, thanks stid and riemann!

5:44 pm

FranMag

we'll wipe it out of our memory, don't worry...(i'll just remind you when you're kicking my but in scrabble) :-)

5:44 pm

FranMag

welcome back sonia!

5:44 pm

featherbee

LOL!

5:45 pm

sonia

I am old woman ,,,so I know I am playing with young folks but at least I am trying

5:45 pm

stidmama

hello sonia! gotta step out for a minute. back soon

5:45 pm

FranMag

i hope jilli comes on, i found this great blog that she may enjoy

5:46 pm

FranMag

the posts are written by this 93 year old gentleman in Canada, but someone else puts them on-line

5:46 pm

sonia

I see that you have two kids.,, I have a 3yr girl and a 20yr son. I am from NYC

5:46 pm

featherbee

hi sonia!

5:46 pm

phandmd

that is quite the age difference!

5:47 pm

FranMag

wow, that's a big gap sonia!

5:47 pm

asculptor2

hi everyone! would someone mind telling me the word total for this game ? thanks !

5:47 pm

stidmatt

Okay, I'm here!

5:48 pm

FranMag

hi matt!

5:48 pm

sonia

I know I mustv'e been on drugs..lol... but I always wanted a little girl and now I have her and boy does she give me a run around...she's such a girl

5:48 pm

phandmd

52

5:48 pm

stidmatt

Hi sculptor!

5:48 pm

FranMag

52 words sculptor, 537 points

5:48 pm

asculptor2

thanks! figured it was small...weird puzzle!

5:48 pm

FranMag

lol sonia

5:49 pm

asculptor2

Hi Matt

5:49 pm

FranMag

i have an 18-month old girl and she is so different from her brother, so i know what you mean sonia

5:50 pm

sonia

time does pass really fast.. I can't believe I have a 20yr

5:51 pm

FranMag

I can't believe I'm NOT 20 anymore

5:52 pm

lbdawger

you aren't? oh no!

5:52 pm

FranMag

i know lbd, it happened overnight too. :-)

5:52 pm

lbdawger

speaking of time...i'm bailing here, see you from the home front in a couple hours.

5:52 pm

sonia

I am 44yr and I feel like a old hag

5:52 pm

featherbee

ok, down to 15 left

5:52 pm

FranMag

later lbd!

5:53 pm

FranMag

go feather go!

5:53 pm

phandmd

let's go Feather!

5:53 pm

sonia

I really don't understand all the talk on this site but I am trying to keep track

5:54 pm

mousey

hello all

5:54 pm

stidmatt

Hi mousey!

5:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

who needa da clues??

5:54 pm

rosewood36

ok guys i need a bunch of help.....i think i can actually get fireworks on this puss

5:54 pm

rosewood36

puzzle

5:54 pm

rosewood36

i do book

5:55 pm

featherbee

ec6?

5:55 pm

phandmd

ask away

5:55 pm

phandmd

ec+ difficult

5:55 pm

rosewood36

ch4,6?

5:55 pm

featherbee

ty

5:55 pm

asculptor2

ok, no saying that you feel like a hag at 44. I just turned 39 and am making big plans for being fabulous at 40!

5:55 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

feather: e + burnt (4 lettersd) + sometimes vowel

5:55 pm

phandmd

burn

5:56 pm

mousey

burn baby BURN!!A

5:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ch4 is the same as the other ch4 except the R is a Y

5:56 pm

rosewood36

does anyone have msn that is done with this puzzle so they could give me the clues that way?

5:56 pm

mousey

I HAVE E-MAIL

5:57 pm

rosewood36

u done?

5:57 pm

phandmd

just ask here...

5:57 pm

grammaterri1

hi everyone

5:57 pm

phandmd

hello

5:57 pm

featherbee

ma5/14?

5:57 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

rose, sorry, can't help ya

5:58 pm

rosewood36

ch 5,18?

5:58 pm

grammaterri1

I'm done but I thought I d come back and help

5:58 pm

rosewood36

good!

5:58 pm

mousey

hello gramm

5:58 pm

grammaterri1

wanted to check on Kate too and se how she is doing

5:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ch5/18 = burn (4 letters) + your favorite semi-vowel

5:58 pm

phandmd

ch 5/18 - is the same as the ch 4/6 + sometimes vowel

5:58 pm

grammaterri1

hi mousey

5:58 pm

rosewood36

ty

5:59 pm

grammaterri1

I see phan has the cluing down pat, good job

5:59 pm

rosewood36

da 4,7?

5:59 pm

featherbee

ma5/14?

5:59 pm

phandmd

like a common pet; diff vowel

5:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ma5 = jewish "cracker"

5:59 pm

phandmd

spanish ( I think ) for mother

5:59 pm

mousey

is that you in your icon gramm?

5:59 pm

BabbleRabble

¿ Þ þ ¿ Þ þ ¿ Þ þ ¿ Þ þ

6:00 pm

featherbee

that's the 5/22

6:00 pm

grammaterri1

yes mousey

6:00 pm

featherbee

ah, got the spanish clue

6:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, sorry wrong ma. you want spanish for mother

6:00 pm

rosewood36

woohoo got ma 4,7

6:00 pm

mousey

nice CAR!!

6:00 pm

grammaterri1

spanish mother feather for the ma5

6:00 pm

rosewood36

got the other ma too

6:00 pm

grammaterri1

ty mousey

6:01 pm

rosewood36

ma 5,22?

6:01 pm

phandmd

that would be the jewish cracker

6:01 pm

mousey

you joined on my birthday

6:01 pm

rosewood36

dont get it?

6:02 pm

grammaterri1

happy belated mousey ( :

6:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

another ma 4 is a plural of the sorcerer word

6:02 pm

mousey

i guess

6:02 pm

sonia

Fran signing off,,,mom duties well get back on tomorrow and try again,, to get more that 10words

6:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

eeek, i mean another ma 5 is a plural of the sorcerer word

6:02 pm

rosewood36

haha

6:03 pm

phandmd

use the z

6:03 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(really bad at giving clues when you can't type!)

6:03 pm

grammaterri1

lol book

6:03 pm

mousey

i agree

6:03 pm

rosewood36

yeah

6:04 pm

featherbee

my last one, te5/14, the first one

6:04 pm

rosewood36

da 4,7

6:04 pm

mousey

what does that green thing say book?

6:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

do we all have the jewish cracker?

6:04 pm

rosewood36

no

6:04 pm

phandmd

da 4/7 - like a common family pet, different vowel

6:04 pm

rosewood36

wait i dunno

6:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

okay, da4/7 = anagram of ga4/7

6:05 pm

rosewood36

ty

6:05 pm

rosewood36

da 4,5?

6:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

rose, ma + Tau Cross + Zed + another vowel of the same

6:05 pm

phandmd

DA 4/5 - a collection of information

6:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

mousey, are you asking about my Dalek icon? It says "Exterminate!!"

6:06 pm

featherbee

first te5/14?

6:06 pm

grammaterri1

my name spelled like a guy

6:06 pm

featherbee

got it, nvm

6:06 pm

featherbee

fireworks

6:06 pm

grammaterri1

lol or what bathrobes are made of

6:06 pm

phandmd

te - 5/14 anagram of great

6:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

feather: te + Hook + my initial + boring vowel

6:07 pm

mousey

no the thing that says guy

6:07 pm

rosewood36

good god........da 4,5.....wow didnt see that

6:07 pm

phandmd

Woo Hoo Feather

6:07 pm

FranMag

yay feather!!!

6:07 pm

grammaterri1

gj feather

6:07 pm

Minveryork

ma 5/22 - jewish cracker-think a kind of car but use the cross letter instead of d Gwen and Rosewood36.

6:07 pm

rosewood36

22 left

6:07 pm

featherbee

ok fran, gonna check out your thing

6:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee feather!!

6:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

min, TY but I'm done 8-)

6:07 pm

FranMag

cool

6:08 pm

FranMag

i'll see you all later, going to do sudoku.

6:08 pm

rosewood36

de 5,16?

6:08 pm

rosewood36

de 5,16?

6:08 pm

mousey

how do you play that game fran

6:08 pm

periwinkle

HI everyone, just tried posting the recipe for Easier than Apple Pie and did not remember my password. Will attempt to post it again when my password is emailed to me.

6:08 pm

phandmd

to get rid of gas

6:08 pm

Flask1

Hiya everybody....just popping in to see if any clues are needed before I slink off to bed?

6:08 pm

grammaterri1

like Las V***** but with a D

6:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

de 5 is a famous expressionist painter ( i think)

6:08 pm

NatLT

hi and bye fran

6:09 pm

grammaterri1

hi peri

6:09 pm

mousey

hi peri!!

6:09 pm

diem

rose a painter

6:09 pm

grammaterri1

hi Flask

6:09 pm

phandmd

ok, pizza arrived, I guess I am outta here for the night

6:09 pm

periwinkle

Finished the grid earlier, will be back tomorrow.

6:09 pm

grammaterri1

bye phan

6:09 pm

Flask1

Hiya Gramm!

6:09 pm

rosewood36

er 4,6

6:10 pm

mousey

bye phan

6:10 pm

Flask1

sounds a bit like what a hen lays

6:10 pm

BabbleRabble

Do Expressionless painters have no sense of feeling? Maybe nerve damgae?

6:10 pm

grammaterri1

hahaha babblerabble

6:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(me not the art historian)

6:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(quite expresionless myself though)

6:11 pm

grammaterri1

good clue flask, couldn't think of anything for that one here lol

6:11 pm

mousey

peri are you still there?

6:11 pm

shorty

nice icon babblerabble hahahahahahahaha LOL

6:11 pm

Flask1

it was a struggle......lolol

6:12 pm

brandyjack

given what they call art these days, I could handle an expressionless artist, or at least one that kept them to himself....

6:12 pm

sallyds

tams

6:12 pm

rosewood36

ty

6:12 pm

rosewood36

et 4,6?

6:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

come up and see my ****ings

6:12 pm

grammaterri1

lol brandy I hear ya

6:13 pm

mousey

bye peri

6:13 pm

Flask1

if it was it**...you would scratch it!

6:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

that was a clue for the et4/6

6:13 pm

mousey

bye all

6:13 pm

Flask1

lol....so was mine!

6:13 pm

grammaterri1

bye mousey

6:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

rhymes with amazing grace . . . such a wr**** like me

6:14 pm

Flask1

Book....its a few years since a guy said that to me.....lolol

6:14 pm

mousey

a dirty butt lol

6:14 pm

Flask1

bye mousey

6:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yeah, i mean who has ****ings anymore? LOL

6:14 pm

mousey

bye all

6:14 pm

rosewood36

ty

6:14 pm

rosewood36

ge 4,7

6:14 pm

diem

e....a sketch

6:15 pm

Flask1

still a good line....lol

6:15 pm

grammaterri1

oh good one diem!

6:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ge is what people get if they don't have diplomas.

6:15 pm

BabbleRabble

drafted?

6:16 pm

Flask1

is it?......didn't know that, Book

6:16 pm

rosewood36

ahhh ty

6:16 pm

MPower1971

fireworks

6:16 pm

grammaterri1

oh babble that is rotten!

6:16 pm

diem

politics?

6:16 pm

grammaterri1

way to go mpower

6:16 pm

Flask1

well done MP

6:17 pm

rosewood36

ha 4,6

6:17 pm

Flask1

gramm....exactly do you need?

6:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

flask, it's an initialism for General Educational Development or something like that

6:18 pm

Flask1

how many do you need?

6:18 pm

Flask1

Aaah....thanks for that , Book!

6:19 pm

Flask1

Rose...its not easy!

6:19 pm

rosewood36

ha

6:19 pm

grammaterri1

I don't need any flask, I finished this a.m. just came back to clue a bit

6:19 pm

Flask1

got it?

6:20 pm

grammaterri1

this was a very tough grid, but it was fun

6:20 pm

rosewood36

ha 4,6 or are you still having trouble with it

6:20 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

if you flunk high scool you can go back as an adult and get an euivalent which is called a GE* (or plural GE**)

6:20 pm

Flask1

Sorry Gramm......I realised too late my mistake....sorry:((

6:20 pm

grammaterri1

no pardons necessary dear ( :

6:21 pm

Flask1

aww thanks!...:)

6:21 pm

rosewood36

anyone have a clue for the 1 i want?

6:21 pm

Flask1

which is?

6:21 pm

K.Elisabet

OK, I'm stuck with one left. An n5 - I already have the one that could conceivably describe some of us (no offense, everyone!)

6:21 pm

grammaterri1

the ha4/6?

6:22 pm

rosewood36

es

6:22 pm

rosewood36

si

6:22 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

elis, other one is a honomyn, almost, with a Zed on the end

6:22 pm

Flask1

I clued it at 6.19

6:23 pm

grammaterri1

the ha4/6 is as ha** to clue as it is ha** to get

6:23 pm

NatLT

not easy, and not soft rosewood

6:23 pm

BabbleRabble

The General Educational Development Test, or GED, is a test that certifies the taker has attained American or Canadian high school-level academic skills. Individuals that pass the test receive a General Equivalency Diploma, confusingly also called a GED.

6:23 pm

diem

jillibusyou with us?

6:23 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

babble, what up??

6:24 pm

BabbleRabble

the firmament

6:24 pm

grammaterri1

oh my babble lol, well he didn't actually say a word

6:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

umm, okay LOL

6:24 pm

Flask1

Ok....bedtime for me.......goodnight and godbless to ytou all!

6:24 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nighty night, flask

6:24 pm

grammaterri1

blessings flask!

6:24 pm

diem

nite flask

6:25 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm am off to eat a late dinner, see y'all on the morrow

6:25 pm

rosewood36

does someone stil need the clue for ge 4,7?

6:25 pm

grammaterri1

if everyone didn't get it with babblerabbles clues then sheesh lol

6:25 pm

K.Elisabet

I just pulled dinner out of the oven - someone help me out with that n5, pretty please?

6:26 pm

grammaterri1

like the rental car company but begin with an n

6:26 pm

grammaterri1

instead of an h

6:27 pm

grammaterri1

what are we having for dinner K?

6:27 pm

diem

rental car

6:27 pm

rosewood36

te 6,30?

6:28 pm

diem

a bit narked

6:28 pm

grammaterri1

that was my last one this a.m. t + et4/6 + next to last letter of the alphabet

6:28 pm

K.Elisabet

thank you thank you! Fireworks and a pannekuchen, aka known as a baby german.

6:29 pm

grammaterri1

aww congrats and ty K

6:29 pm

diem

way to go k

6:30 pm

grammaterri1

I want some jaeger schnitzel vom kalb so bad I almost would fly back to Germany to get it!

6:30 pm

grammaterri1

nothin in the US compares

6:31 pm

grammaterri1

I don't eat baby germans tho ( :

6:32 pm

diem

gram you lost me

6:32 pm

grammaterri1

on what diem?

6:34 pm

diem

what isj jaeger

6:34 pm

grammaterri1

a hunter sauce, like a creamy mushroom sauce

6:35 pm

stidmatt

WTG Elizabet!

6:36 pm

grammaterri1

popping off for a cancer stick, brb

6:36 pm

Minveryork

te 6/30 - te plus draw a picture plus sometimes vowel

6:42 pm

stidmama

is it me, or did the chat go quiet?

6:42 pm

M.P.

Hi, everybody. Diem, firefly, I saw you yesterday.

6:42 pm

MayneGuy

Hi all - need one more - ec 6/27 eludes me entirely!

6:42 pm

stidmatt

It's not just you.

6:42 pm

stidmatt

THis time.

6:42 pm

rosewood36

i still cant figure out te 6,30

6:42 pm

stidmatt

Hi MAyne!

6:43 pm

Kahlua

Hey MG!!!

6:43 pm

riemann

*waves across the room to the Stids*

6:43 pm

MayneGuy

Hey stid family - did you survive the last storm intact?

6:43 pm

M.P.

Is this any easy puzzle? It's usually way more words!

6:43 pm

MayneGuy

Kahlua! Hi baby girl

6:43 pm

stidmatt

Hey riemann!

6:43 pm

rosewood36

maybe girl 6,27 is 5,16 with a vowel in front of it

6:43 pm

rosewood36

maynegirl**

6:43 pm

MayneGuy

no MP - the fewer the words, the harder the puzzle

6:43 pm

diem

Gramm over veal the best?

6:44 pm

stidmatt

We survived. We were one of the lucky ones. No trees fell on or near our house or in our yard.

6:44 pm

rosewood36

oops

6:44 pm

M.P.

Really ... I'm already wilting in fright!

6:44 pm

Kahlua

that is ch 5-16 mg

6:44 pm

MayneGuy

not getting your clue Rose

6:44 pm

stidmama

hello MayneGirl! and Kahlua!

6:44 pm

rosewood36

ok hold on

6:44 pm

MayneGuy

ty kahlua and rose will persevere

6:44 pm

rosewood36

ec 6,27 is ch 5,16 with a vowel in front

6:45 pm

stidmama

*waving at riemann*

6:45 pm

rosewood36

never mind

6:45 pm

EvaNadine

EC + difficult

6:45 pm

Kahlua

hey stid

6:45 pm

MayneGuy

woohoo - fireworks!

6:45 pm

stidmatt

Hi riemann!

6:45 pm

stidmama

YAY Mayne!

6:45 pm

Kahlua

11 left

6:45 pm

stidmatt

WTG MAYNEGIRL!!!

6:45 pm

MayneGuy

ty all!

6:45 pm

stidmatt

Hi Kahlua!

6:45 pm

MayneGuy

What do you need Kahlua

6:45 pm

EvaNadine

evenin babblers

6:45 pm

stidmama

diem thought maybe the storm last night was hard on you island types... is this true? we barely noticed any wind down here, but had buckets of rain periodically

6:46 pm

stidmama

hi again evanadine!

6:46 pm

Kahlua

no fair you had all day... I just got home from work

6:46 pm

MayneGuy

btw - Kahlua - papa left 2 books at your house - could you bring them up New Year's?

6:46 pm

rawr

wats the last H word?

6:46 pm

MayneGuy

diem - where you from?

6:46 pm

EvaNadine

dogs like to pee on fire HY***nts

6:47 pm

stidmama

the last H word is a many-headed water snake, I think, from mythology

6:47 pm

MayneGuy

rawr - sounds like a word for water

6:47 pm

stidmama

oh evanadine! your clue was much cleverer than mine!

6:47 pm

rawr

thank u evandine and maynegirl

6:47 pm

rawr

and stidmama

6:47 pm

EvaNadine

stid -- wish i could take credit, but i stole it from someone who said it earlier

6:47 pm

MayneGuy

Kahula - my little angel - how can I help you :)

6:47 pm

Kahlua

I have the books...we'll bring them

6:47 pm

MayneGuy

yw rawr

6:48 pm

stidmatt

You're right mama.

6:48 pm

Kahlua

I could use eg 5-14

6:48 pm

stidmama

eg 5/14 water bird like a heron

6:48 pm

MayneGuy

Kahlua - any word on ykw

6:48 pm

MayneGuy

Kahlua - large bird like flamingo

6:49 pm

stidmama

and if those clues don't help, you'll reg*** asking for more!

6:49 pm

diem

stid we had strong winds but heard the isles got it im in n delta

6:49 pm

Kahlua

ty

6:49 pm

Kahlua

ne 5-20

6:50 pm

rosewood36

ma 5,22 please?

6:50 pm

MayneGuy

diem - storm actually seems to have passed over Mayne Island - but hear we are in for another on Christmas Eve

6:50 pm

MayneGuy

Like the weird candy, Kahlua

6:50 pm

stidmama

after our experience last week, I really don't like strong winds. And every time the lights flicker the last day (we got power back late Tues) I cringe...

6:51 pm

MayneGuy

Rose - ma*** balls (as in chicken soup) change last vowel

6:51 pm

stidmatt

We talked about the name of that candy yesterday here in babbleland!

6:51 pm

diem

Like the car rose

6:52 pm

MayneGuy

I'm with you Stidmama - winds make me nervous - lots of big trees here on Mayne

6:52 pm

rosewood36

ty

6:52 pm

rosewood36

ok now i need all the clues for the n's lol

6:52 pm

Kahlua

The house deal fell through :( Mayne

6:53 pm

MayneGuy

Oh #&^**%%#@#%^&&**

6:53 pm

stidmatt

Some trees were cut down a couple of years ago on our property, they were threatening the line.

6:53 pm

rawr

wats the middle D word?

6:53 pm

MayneGuy

That last message was for kahlua in sympathy

6:54 pm

rosewood36

ne 5,20?

6:54 pm

grammaterri1

wow I pop out for a smoke and the room fills up, hello everyone!

6:54 pm

MayneGuy

rose - what we all are here in Babbleland

6:54 pm

diem

are your lines u/ground like jilliibbus?

6:54 pm

M.P.

How are you all doing ... I have 10 words so far?

6:54 pm

Kahlua

thanks MG....I said a lot worse...stupid people

6:55 pm

MayneGuy

No way - diem - all above ground - small island here

6:55 pm

MayneGuy

Absolutley Kahlua - missing out on a GREAT opportunity

6:55 pm

diem

me too

6:55 pm

MayneGuy

Hi MP - Need clues?

6:55 pm

rosewood36

maybe girl the clue you gave me is ne 5,12 i need ne 5,20

6:56 pm

CobraLimes

2 to go....need help with ne 5/20 and te 6/30

6:56 pm

rosewood36

mayne*

6:56 pm

M.P.

Sure, thans MG

6:56 pm

MayneGuy

rose - sounds just like 5/12 - change last letter

6:56 pm

grammaterri1

like the rental car company but with an N instead of an H rosewood

6:56 pm

rawr

wat wuz 5/12?

6:56 pm

MayneGuy

te 6/30 - te+draw with acid + sometimes vowel

6:57 pm

M.P.

Explain more ... this is my third puzzle ... how do you specify which one of twelve 5 is?

6:57 pm

MayneGuy

which 5/12 rawr

6:57 pm

rosewood36

5,12 is a computer ne**

6:57 pm

MayneGuy

MP - go to lickety -its in the green writing at the botoom of your page second column

6:57 pm

CobraLimes

thanks, Mayne, on the te

6:57 pm

MayneGuy

yw cobra

6:58 pm

rosewood36

6 left!

6:58 pm

MayneGuy

*bottom

6:58 pm

diem

6/30 a little bit narked

6:58 pm

grammaterri1

welcome then MP, it gets easier the more you hang out here

6:58 pm

stidmatt

I just changed my country for a little bit of fun!

6:58 pm

CobraLimes

ne 5/20 is my last one...anyone to help?

6:58 pm

grammaterri1

go rosewood go!

6:58 pm

stidmatt

No flag???

6:58 pm

MayneGuy

Matt - it's invisible

6:58 pm

M.P.

I still don't understand ... but I'm eleven ... can you just use, for example, ma*** or something like that?

6:59 pm

rosewood36

name of rental car company with an n

6:59 pm

MayneGuy

MP - do you see the list of sites at the bottom of this page?

6:59 pm

grammaterri1

Cobra, it's like the car rental company but a N instead of an H

6:59 pm

M.P.

Yeah

6:59 pm

CobraLimes

GOT IT!

7:00 pm

CobraLimes

thanks folks.

7:00 pm

Kahlua

4 left

7:00 pm

grammaterri1

woo hoo cobra!

7:00 pm

Kahlua

re 5-14?

7:00 pm

MayneGuy

Mp- so look in the second column - fourth down is Lickety's Babble Clues - click on that

7:00 pm

grammaterri1

go Kahlua!

7:00 pm

MayneGuy

Kahlua - what you do when your nauseous

7:00 pm

stidmatt

I just changed my icon and country! The flag is to the Country.

7:00 pm

grammaterri1

r + et4/6 to throw up

7:01 pm

diem

Throw up

7:01 pm

MayneGuy

stidmatt????

7:01 pm

CobraLimes

r + draw with acid

7:01 pm

stidmama

go Kahlua go! sorry was away checking on things, cleaning up the mud splatters from the dog that came inside.... same-o same-o! LOL

7:01 pm

Kahlua

oh duh... ty gramma

7:01 pm

grammaterri1

yw Kahlua

7:01 pm

MayneGuy

Gramma! *perks up considerabley*

7:01 pm

stidmama

no flag showing, kiddo -- I don't think Dr_G has it in the database yet

7:01 pm

Kahlua

gramma is paying attention to me...where is my Mommy!!!!

7:02 pm

grammaterri1

stidmatt, that's funny, my icon is my state flag lol

7:02 pm

grammaterri1

aww Kahlua that's cute

7:02 pm

rosewood36

can someone give me a different hint for re 5,14?

7:02 pm

stidmama

there there Kahlua, mommy is never far away... (unless your stidmatt, and then mama is often in babbleland)

7:02 pm

MayneGuy

I have been right here - you're just not paying attention *as usual* :)

7:03 pm

stidmatt

Well, if my best friend comes on, Dr. G might want to put it on. Some more people from Georgia might join too!

7:03 pm

Kahlua

de 5-16?

7:03 pm

grammaterri1

lol ya'll

7:03 pm

MayneGuy

Kahula - as in the artist

7:03 pm

MayneGuy

or de + corner ***

7:03 pm

rosewood36

de 5,16---de+ what you put in a car to make it go

7:04 pm

grammaterri1

viva Las Ve*** but with a D instead

7:04 pm

stidmama

impressionist artist, painted and sculpted lots of dancers...

7:04 pm

Kahlua

heheh got the second one MG...only a Canadian would get one

7:04 pm

Kahlua

that one

7:04 pm

grammaterri1

good clue Rose! I actually didn't know that was what it meant

7:05 pm

MayneGuy

yw Kahlua - see Mommy is always here for you

7:05 pm

Kahlua

awww thanks mom...you too gramma and rose

7:06 pm

rawr

i need any clues for any of the G words

7:06 pm

kthdsn

grrr I still have 13 words to get

7:06 pm

stidmatt

My mom isn't that nice!

7:06 pm

MayneGuy

It's those big eyes, Kahlua - you're irresistible

7:06 pm

rosewood36

haha i knew that one good

7:06 pm

stidmama

go kate go!

7:06 pm

grammaterri1

yw Kahlua, you are so kind

7:06 pm

grammaterri1

Hi Kate!

7:06 pm

MayneGuy

MP - how are you doing - have you discovered Lickety's clues yet?

7:06 pm

rosewood36

6 words left!

7:06 pm

stidmama

ga + a type of playstation is the first ga 4/7

7:06 pm

kthdsn

I've been lurking for hours without really concentrating

7:07 pm

rosewood36

still need re 5,14 though

7:07 pm

MayneGuy

rawr - ga 4/7 - as e*ga** - old fashioned exclamation

7:07 pm

stidmama

then ga + short nickname for "mother" for the second ga 4/7

7:07 pm

M.P.

Found it ... let me try again, please give me a clue I think I can get it

7:07 pm

stidmama

the ge 4/7 is like the first ga 4/7

7:07 pm

rosewood36

ga+ the type of nintendo thats portable the initials

7:08 pm

MayneGuy

ga 4/7 - sounds like an Souht American animal

7:08 pm

Kahlua

te 5-14 not the wash cloth material

7:08 pm

rosewood36

ha

7:08 pm

stidmama

it's okay kate -- we're not racing (except against hurshy who finished in record time just after the flip....) LOL
do you need or want any specific clues?

7:08 pm

MayneGuy

ge 4/7 - kind of like fuh***aboutit

7:08 pm

kthdsn

I could use the T from the bottom corner

7:09 pm

MayneGuy

Kahlua - te +draw with acid + sometime vowel

7:09 pm

MayneGuy

kth - see clue at 7:09

7:09 pm

kthdsn

oh ty mayne that's the one

7:09 pm

grammaterri1

that was my last one this a.m. it was a ha**

7:09 pm

rawr

thanks everyone who helped me!

7:10 pm

kthdsn

what's the other 6 then?

7:10 pm

MayneGuy

WTG rawr - you have fireworks?

7:10 pm

Kahlua

that's 6-30 MG I need 5-14

7:10 pm

rawr

say wat?

7:10 pm

Kahlua

not the wash cloth

7:11 pm

grammaterri1

ec Kate

7:11 pm

MayneGuy

kth - material used for robes

7:11 pm

grammaterri1

ec+not eashy

7:11 pm

stidmama

brb

7:11 pm

stidmatt

fireworks are what you get when you finish the puzzle, 52 today.

7:11 pm

grammaterri1

*easy

7:11 pm

rawr

oic makes sense ya no not yet

7:11 pm

rawr

im new to this whole babble thing so ya

7:11 pm

MayneGuy

Sorry Kahlua - like 5/10 after it - change fourth letter

7:11 pm

riemann

*fireworks*

7:12 pm

stidmatt

WTG RIEMANN !~!~!~*~*~*~!!!!

7:12 pm

grammaterri1

wtg riemann

7:12 pm

MayneGuy

MP are you still with us?

7:12 pm

aknitter

hi all can anyone clue the first ma 5?

7:12 pm

MayneGuy

Aknitter - ma*** mia!

7:12 pm

Kahlua

Fireworks!!! look mommy I did good!!

7:12 pm

grammaterri1

spanish mother

7:13 pm

MayneGuy

*he Spanish one, not italiam

7:13 pm

grammaterri1

wtg Kahlua!

7:13 pm

riemann

Congrats, Kahlua!

7:13 pm

MayneGuy

Mommy is SO proud *beams*

7:13 pm

aknitter

ty, got it with the spanish clue LOL

7:13 pm

stidmatt

WTG KAHLUA !~!~!~*~*~*!!!

7:13 pm

Kahlua

aww thanks mom

7:13 pm

rosewood36

te 5,18 please?

7:13 pm

Kahlua

okay.....time for the new flip

7:14 pm

MayneGuy

waht all of us like to think we are here in BAbbleland

7:14 pm

grammaterri1

computer te**+sometimes vowel

7:14 pm

MayneGuy

Patience, my dear!

7:14 pm

riemann

te5/18: t+e-word+"vowel"

7:14 pm

grammaterri1

I have to be off, thanx ya'll for the great fun

7:14 pm

diem

A little narked

7:15 pm

MayneGuy

See you later gramma

7:15 pm

grammaterri1

blessings

7:15 pm

stidmatt

Is it just me or is the grid really slow?

7:15 pm

Kahlua

bye gramma

7:15 pm

stidmatt

Is it just me or is the grid really slow?

7:15 pm

grammaterri1

(((hugs))) kate

7:15 pm

stidmatt

Bye gramma!

7:15 pm

MayneGuy

got to go now too - time to make dinner

7:15 pm

rosewood36

grrr these te's are makin me mad!

7:15 pm

stidmatt

Bye Mayne!

7:15 pm

Kahlua

I'm going to

7:15 pm

Kahlua

Night mom....hugs

7:15 pm

rawr

ya me too

7:15 pm

MayneGuy

bye all - see you at the flip! :)

7:16 pm

rosewood36

can someone just give me the words? lol j/k

7:16 pm

MayneGuy

Nite baby girl *hugs back*

7:16 pm

diem

bye mayne

7:16 pm

rawr

i need the last 5 C words

7:16 pm

MayneGuy

bye diem - stay warm and safe in Delta!

7:17 pm

rosewood36

hey rawr ill help you with your words if you help me with mine?

7:17 pm

diem

Will do you the same

7:17 pm

rawr

ok ill try

7:18 pm

rawr

i dont understand the whole letter/number thing lol

7:18 pm

rosewood36

rawr you need ch 4,8?

7:18 pm

rawr

sure

7:18 pm

rawr

idk

7:18 pm

rosewood36

the first number is how many letters there are in the words and the last one is the word value

7:19 pm

dan2bit

fireworks!

7:19 pm

rawr

k ill try to remeber tht

7:19 pm

rawr

k ill try to remeber tht

7:19 pm

stidmatt

The first two letters are the first two letters in the word.

7:19 pm

rosewood36

ch 4,8 is ch +first letter in the alphabet+ the "sometimes"vowel

7:19 pm

stidmatt

WTG DAN!

7:19 pm

diem

WTG dan

7:20 pm

rawr

ty rose

7:20 pm

rosewood36

rawr do you have msn?

7:20 pm

rawr

which one do u need?

7:20 pm

rosewood36

the te

7:20 pm

rosewood36

the te's

7:20 pm

rawr

k im not sure which on tht it

7:21 pm

aknitter

er 4/6 please

7:21 pm

rosewood36

umm do you have licketysplitaus up?

7:21 pm

rosewood36

ooo er 4/6 is a hard clue to describe

7:22 pm

aknitter

you could just give me the word (accidently of course)

7:22 pm

rawr

ok rose

7:22 pm

rawr

hang on a second im trying to figure it out lol im new to this

7:22 pm

rosewood36

hmm i wish some people had msn so i couldnt help them better :)

7:23 pm

dan2bit

er 4/6 plural unit of enery

7:23 pm

dan2bit

energy

7:24 pm

aknitter

ty dan got it

7:24 pm

rosewood36

if anyone has msn add me at rebel_rouser2666@hotmail.com

7:24 pm

rawr

k im not so good with clues.

7:25 pm

rawr

aknitter do u hav the clues for the tes?

7:25 pm

rawr

*te's

7:25 pm

aknitter

there is the te canvas dwelling

7:25 pm

aknitter

i am working on the te's now

7:26 pm

aknitter

the te bathrobe material

7:27 pm

rosewood36

grrrrrrrrrr

7:27 pm

lbdawger

Hi again everyone!

7:27 pm

aknitter

hi lbd

7:28 pm

stidmama

back. I have about 15 minutes before I need to start dinner... hi knitter! hi lbd!

7:28 pm

rosewood36

im never going to get this puzzle done!

7:28 pm

lbdawger

Hi Stiddy

7:28 pm

aknitter

2 words left te 5/10 and re 5/14

7:28 pm

lbdawger

hi AK

7:28 pm

rosewood36

i have 6 left

7:28 pm

lbdawger

i can clue if anyone needs help

7:29 pm

stidmama

go knitter!

7:29 pm

stidmatt

Hi mom!

7:29 pm

stidmama

te 5/10: earth

7:29 pm

1MoreGame

first ma5 please

7:29 pm

aknitter

ty stid now just need that pesky re5

7:29 pm

stidmama

first ma 5 is spanish mother

7:30 pm

stidmama

pesky re 5 is to throw up

7:30 pm

aknitter

oh gag!!!

7:30 pm

1MoreGame

THanks

7:30 pm

lbdawger

re5.14 the noise one makes when one is hurling

7:30 pm

stidmama

LOL knitter! YAY?

7:30 pm

aknitter

ty stid, that did it for me how exciting that my last word is to barf!!!

7:31 pm

lbdawger

lol Whoo hoo AK!

7:31 pm

Scrabbler

Good evening Babblers!

7:31 pm

lbdawger

Hi Matt, Hi Scrabbler

7:32 pm

girlie

hi, can I get a clue for the ne 5/20 please

7:32 pm

stidmatt

HI STIDSCRABBLER!!!

7:32 pm

aknitter

upchuck, such a great sounding word

7:32 pm

1MoreGame

ec6 please

7:32 pm

kthdsn

hey scrabbler

7:32 pm

rosewood36

woohoo 5 left

7:32 pm

Minveryork

ne 5/20 rhymes with a rental car company girlie.

7:32 pm

stidmama

Hi Scrabbler!

7:32 pm

aknitter

ec + not soft

7:32 pm

stidmama

YAY knitter, then!

7:32 pm

Scrabbler

Yes, stidscrabbler it is, stidmatt. Do you have school tomorrow or has Christmas vacation begun? (Or has it been going on due to the storm?)

7:33 pm

lbdawger

e+ where a grove of trees are an orc****

7:33 pm

stidmama

hello Min! welcome to the grid! did you get your shopping done today?

7:33 pm

mamabear

good evening all! only 52? hmm.... maybe I'll do thi

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