Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, December 29, 2006

12:00 am

stidmama

flip

12:00 am

melonheadjujube

flip!

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

stidmama

good size. I don't mind this one at all!

12:00 am

mcurlschool

flip

12:00 am

oldhousejunky

flip

12:00 am

stidmama

hi melon!

12:00 am

DRBERNABO

ca7

12:00 am

hootowl

Oh thanks the powers that be!

12:00 am

flosey

oh my you are fast DRB

12:00 am

mymuseisme

flipped

12:01 am

mymuseisme

ab7

12:01 am

DRBERNABO

te7

12:01 am

stidmama

cr8

12:01 am

rosalind230

tearing

12:01 am

stidmama

be 7

12:02 am

rosalind230

sorry

12:02 am

stidmama

yes rosalind? :-)

12:02 am

mymuseisme

ne8

12:02 am

stidmama

bo8

12:02 am

Andree

flip

12:02 am

DRBERNABO

ge7

12:02 am

stidmama

hi Andree!

12:03 am

stidmama

ba8 monkeys got that one...

12:04 am

jillibus

late flip

12:04 am

helenkeller

flip

12:04 am

rosalind230

ne7

12:04 am

stidmama

hello Jill -- got your email {{{{HUGS}}}}

12:04 am

jillibus

thaks, stid

12:05 am

jillibus

wow, all these 7s and 8s already and I haven't even looked yet!

12:05 am

melonheadjujube

grey F off icon shopping - brb

12:05 am

metaleather

thank goodness this grid's a smallish one. there were two in a row I didn't even attempt

12:07 am

TeaNCrackers

hi all!

12:07 am

jillibus

grey F? Icon shopping? Hmmm

12:07 am

stidmama

Hi Tea! how's you?

12:07 am

jillibus

hi TnC -- hi all the gang

12:07 am

Hugabugs

Did anyone mention ab7/40 and in7/44?

12:07 am

TeaNCrackers

good, hubby's home on vacation and of course I worked this week. We have one more Christmas with in laws on Saturday and then we can relax1

12:08 am

TeaNCrackers

hi jilli

12:08 am

flosey

hi again, back with new icon

12:08 am

stidmama

phantom: garlic

12:08 am

ARB

Shalom Everyone

12:08 am

jillibus

shalom arb

12:09 am

mymuseisme

shalom ARB

12:09 am

joey

cr 8/60

12:09 am

oldhousejunky

Shalom arb

12:09 am

jillibus

thanks, flosey - got it!

12:09 am

stidmama

shalom again, ARB! I am realizing how late it is here... wondered -- are the smells of "home" significantly different from Vietnam? I always hear people talk about how they remember how India or some exotic place smelled...

12:10 am

flosey

first word I saw !

12:11 am

kalea

hello everyone

12:11 am

DRBERNABO

Almost forgot to grab a new icon

12:11 am

stidmama

gray E...

12:11 am

flosey

Hi Kalea

12:11 am

rebel666

first word i got was when you get really mad you go into this ra 4,6

12:11 am

stidmama

hello kalea!

12:11 am

jillibus

stid -- once upon a tiem my mother and I were on a street in NYC and all of a sudden a scent wafted towards us and we both said " the amah!"

12:11 am

TeaNCrackers

I have a grey V! :)

12:11 am

stidmama

thanks rebel, didn't have those yet. :-)

12:11 am

iluvmyk9s

could someone tell me how many words in this puzzle?

12:11 am

stidmama

wow -- from your nanny when you were little?

12:11 am

stidmama

137 munkey

12:11 am

rebel666

no one knows

12:12 am

rosalind230

137

12:12 am

Angb

bo 8/60 - hi everyone

12:12 am

iluvmyk9s

thank you!

12:12 am

jillibus

gone to get an icon

12:12 am

stidmama

sorry k9s... *sigh* so tired I can't even read names...

12:12 am

flosey

nice one, thanks Ange

12:12 am

rebel666

oh oops i forgot about the pro babblers

12:12 am

flosey

Angb, sorry

12:12 am

Angb

I'll answer to anything flosey. YW

12:13 am

iluvmyk9s

that's ok stidmama!

12:13 am

lorena_k

ang pepsi bot**i*g plant

12:13 am

Hugabugs

bo8/60

12:14 am

rebel666

got pr 5,16.....people say if you get sucked up into a UFO u usually get pr****

12:14 am

flosey

ne7

12:14 am

stidmama

Jill -- my score is almost as tiny as your age. I think I'll quit for tonight. Does anyone want a mochajavachocolatte before I turn in?

12:14 am

Angb

thnx lorena - I was just saying I had found it. You had too I see.

12:14 am

rosalind230

ne8/50

12:15 am

Angb

thnx rosalind

12:15 am

oldhousejunky

it do stid

12:15 am

flosey

oooooh, stid that sounds good

12:15 am

lorena_k

opps.

12:15 am

stidmama

one for old house -- with "the works", or just whipped cream?

12:15 am

rebel666

my scores already 87 with 10 words

12:15 am

oldhousejunky

works of course

12:15 am

Angb

She's right lorena - as they say down here

12:15 am

ARB

ba 8 X 2

12:15 am

stidmama

lorena, that was a good clue! :-)

12:16 am

rosalind230

aged

12:16 am

stidmama

no ARB, one BA 8, one BO 8

12:16 am

Angb

thnx stid - I was confused there for a mo

12:16 am

ARB

You're right Stid -- can't see so early in the morning! Boker Tov.

12:16 am

joey

ARB? there are two ba 8's?

12:16 am

stidmama

Boker Or! :-)

12:17 am

Angb

Well that ba is odd! Off to see what it means

12:17 am

joey

oops, sorry, should have waited

12:17 am

ARB

No Joey, one a is an o!

12:17 am

joey

thanks

12:17 am

Angb

Oh - I have two of those ba's at home

12:18 am

stidmama

*set ups MJCL machine on side board and puts out mugs and plates of guilt-free cookies and cakes* help yourselves friends... I am so tired even "NFNP" looks like a possible word!

12:18 am

ARB

I seem to recall Dickens using that term, ANgb

12:18 am

mymuseisme

back with icon clue

12:19 am

flosey

thanks stid - delightful

12:19 am

jillibus

sorry. stid -- went to get an icon and missed your question -- yes, Chinese nanny (amah) from years before on another continent, remembered by a scent in NYC

12:19 am

mirandapan

Hi, everyone--here I am babbling when I THOUGHT I would be getting ready to fly to Texas tomorrow to see children. But--I'm in Boulder, where I'll be for the next 6 mos--not getting out of here tomorrow--first time I've missed New Year's with my girls in 15 years!

12:19 am

oldhousejunky

thanks stid - yummmmm

12:19 am

Angelsong

phantom word: protege

12:19 am

melonheadjujube

boker tov, ARB - and everyone!

12:20 am

SueMagee

Morning all! Has anyone mentioned CR 8/60?

12:20 am

ARB

Boker Or Melon - who is the lovely child?

12:21 am

jillibus

new icon coming [probaly everyone has it by now]

12:21 am

ARB

What a bummer Miranda

12:21 am

melonheadjujube

that was yesterday's icon - she is the young actress Victoire Thivisol from the movie "Ponette" - I guess whe would be in her teens now.

12:22 am

mirandapan

Yes--I got in just in time for last week's blizzard--and now here's another.

12:22 am

rebel666

someone post on here when licketys comes up

12:22 am

ARB

See, I'm showing my age -- I recognized Shirley Temple and Margaret O'Brien yesterday!

12:22 am

melonheadjujube

so did I

12:25 am

rebel666

found ba 4,9 something you do when you get sick is ba**

12:26 am

flosey

lol, thanks rebel

12:26 am

jillibus

holy mackinaw, arb and melon, you're just KIDS!

12:26 am

rebel666

found ca 4,7...vicious animals are usually kept in a ca** to protect people from being killed

12:27 am

Angelsong

BO8/60

12:27 am

ARB

I take my hat off to you Jilli -- next week I will be 69.

12:27 am

autumn moon

and past tense, rebel

12:27 am

jillibus

you mean ba4/9 is aword and insternet isn't?

12:27 am

rebel666

found tr 4.4....horses sometimes tr**

12:27 am

rebel666

ty moon

12:27 am

jillibus

I mean internet isn't

12:28 am

melonheadjujube

gawd, i think I just had my 1st hot flash - not kidding.

12:28 am

Scarlet

Hi, all... can't sleep, so what else? I Babble. Question: one night I was poking around, and staying out of chat, and there was an extensive kvetch session about clueing before the first hour was up... I didn't get it, and stayed out of it. Does it depend on the people chatting? I do not want to start any wars... I'm a peacenik! :-))

12:28 am

rebel666

ba 4,9 is something you do when you get sick....instead of hurl its ba**

12:28 am

ARB

Melon, my deepest sympathies.

12:28 am

jillibus

peacenik here too, scarlet

12:29 am

Erda

lots of beginners here tonight

12:29 am

rebel666

found dr 4,6....when you get out of the shower, u usually dr** water on the floor

12:29 am

Angb

I didn't like the heatedness of the discussion scarlet - so I am trying to avert my eyes at the present time.

12:29 am

Scarlet

LOL, jilli. That makes me very happy. What was the war about?

12:29 am

melonheadjujube

thanks - I'm recovering pretty well. Took a walk around a local park today. I really need to get outdoors - i looked in the mirror this morning and i was the color of bread dough - ick!

12:29 am

rebel666

found bo 4,6....usually a pig but its called a wild bo**

12:30 am

Scarlet

Angb, LOL... This group is fun and very funny... more to my liking

12:30 am

jillibus

scarlet, some experts like to find big words on their own and don't want hints of any kind

12:30 am

Angb

Sure - except with eye's averted - that is trying to miss the clues you miss much of the chat as well LOL

12:31 am

jillibus

melon -- glad you feel like a walkabout outdoors!

12:31 am

melonheadjujube

ooh, grey R upper right - howdya like that?

12:32 am

Scarlet

That totally boggles my mind... if I don't want any clues, I don't look at chat... at all. So, I guess ignorance is bliss for me, anyway. Back to the grid!!

12:32 am

jillibus

whee, melon!

12:32 am

flosey

have it jilli but had to giggle

12:34 am

Faerie

ge 7/44

12:34 am

Faerie

Hey Gang

12:34 am

Angb

Hi Faerie

12:34 am

flosey

thanks Faerie

12:34 am

jillibus

scarlet -- they like to announce right at the beginning that they've found such as "b9" and see someone else say "k8" and try to find each other's words right away -- and the clever things do! But it spoils their game if anyone gives bigger hints.

12:35 am

Angelsong

Hey, Faerie

12:35 am

metaleather

Hi Faerie

12:35 am

jillibus

good, flosey -- didn't want to be boring!

12:35 am

Erda

kinda infantile, isn't it?

12:35 am

Faerie

Hiya ((((((Angel)))))

12:36 am

Faerie

Hi Metal

12:36 am

flosey

lol jilli - you're never boring

12:36 am

Angelsong

faerie, I have some news, and I need help. can I call you?

12:36 am

Erda

tearing

12:36 am

Faerie

sure

12:36 am

mkl

bo8, cr8, and ne8. Which one am I missing?

12:36 am

Faerie

I'm sitting by the phone

12:36 am

Natasha

ba8 mkl

12:36 am

autumn moon

mkl - ba8

12:37 am

Scarlet

Thanks, Jilli. Hi Metall... How the heck are you?

12:37 am

joey

mkl, ba 8

12:37 am

mkl

thanks autumn

12:37 am

Natasha

hi everyone

12:37 am

jillibus

hey, thanks, erda -- my longest word so far!

12:37 am

mkl

Oops. The ba8 threw me a curve.

12:37 am

melonheadjujube

hi, again jilli, i was "diggin' the grid" - yes, I crave outdoors. I'm going to do my own cooking tmorrow - my friends have been so generous, but I'm ready for my own food.

12:38 am

jillibus

great news, melon!

12:38 am

Faerie

thanks I have all the 8's now

12:38 am

melonheadjujube

i'm stumped by the ba8 - definition only please, no no "sheep sound hockey stick, hook, snake" type clue please.

12:39 am

Faerie

brb phone :)

12:39 am

mymuseisme

means a young child

12:39 am

melonheadjujube

tx jilli. I'm still probably a wek away from driving, esp w/the clutch, but i do feel better each day.

12:39 am

jillibus

I have zero 8 words so far, but I'm patient...

12:39 am

ARB

Melon, it's a term that I think was used by Dickens

12:40 am

melonheadjujube

thanks muse 7 got it - though I had typed it earlier but apparently not.

12:40 am

melonheadjujube

sounds Dickensian

12:40 am

jillibus

I just can't seem to see long words at this hour!

12:41 am

mkl

jilli. Three of them have the same 3 letter ending

12:41 am

mymuseisme

in 7

12:41 am

melonheadjujube

I have ba8 bo8 and ne8 - what is the other 8?

12:42 am

jillibus

a ba young child intrudes via my scottish background as a bairn

12:42 am

mymuseisme

cr8

12:42 am

ARB

cr 8

12:42 am

melonheadjujube

todah, ARB

12:42 am

jillibus

gaaa

12:42 am

melonheadjujube

oh, and it goes so well with the ba8 ;)

12:42 am

ARB

it's a child-oriented grid!

12:43 am

melonheadjujube

ooh - halfway - need 5 more 7 letters to reach mediocrity.

12:43 am

jillibus

I tried a little simpson for the ba8, but no go (bartling)

12:44 am

Natasha

close jilli

12:44 am

flosey

but stay with it jilli

12:45 am

melonheadjujube

hehe jilli - you are red hot on it!

12:45 am

jillibus

bratling does not compute (I'm reaching a silly stage here)

12:46 am

mkl

You're only one letter off Jilli

12:46 am

Natasha

jilli, change the second consonant of your simpson guess

12:47 am

jillibus

trying...

12:47 am

oldhousejunky

1/2 done - calling it a nite

12:47 am

ARB

bye junky

12:47 am

flosey

night ohj

12:48 am

brandyjack

think the co-discoverer of insulin jilli....

12:49 am

jillibus

got it finally, thanks to natasha hitting me over the head with it -- bye baby ba8, not quite!

12:49 am

jillibus

oh yes, bj -- that would have helped a Canadian, eh?

12:49 am

melonheadjujube

'nite junky

12:50 am

mkl

47 left. Gotta run. Luck all.

12:50 am

Natasha

ooh, hope you didn't mind that clue jilli. I don't want to spoil your fun.

12:51 am

jillibus

tata, mkl!

12:51 am

jillibus

Nat -- I was most grateful!

12:52 am

melonheadjujube

my 7s thus far: ab, be, ca, ge, ne, te. others?

12:52 am

Natasha

oh good, I thought you were getting frustrated and you were so close!

12:52 am

jillibus

nobody spoils my fun here -- I'm no expert!

12:52 am

flosey

night mkl

12:52 am

brandyjack

Insulin is fairly important to the entire world I should think.. Although I take your point, can't recall the discoverer of penicillin for the life of me...

12:52 am

flosey

a pretty darn sharp cookie jilli

12:52 am

melonheadjujube

jilli just clicked on your profile - interestin grid clue . . . must puzzle over it.

12:53 am

jillibus

I have only one 7 ;)

12:53 am

mymuseisme

Alexander Fleming, I think

12:53 am

frogtaco

in7,44

12:53 am

brandyjack

nice clue jilli.....

12:53 am

melonheadjujube

got it! clever!

12:53 am

melonheadjujube

tx frogtaco

12:54 am

jillibus

penicillin was a Scot --

12:54 am

kierlex

hi all

12:54 am

oggy

morning all, clue for in7 please

12:54 am

jillibus

giggle, melon

12:54 am

brandyjack

yes, they are experts on letting their food rot, er, mellow out........

12:55 am

mymuseisme

;p;

12:55 am

jillibus

hi kierlex, oggy and all

12:55 am

frogtaco

No prob, melon. Glad to be helpful for once... :)

12:55 am

melonheadjujube

in followed by fate od bird, possibly

12:55 am

mymuseisme

lol

12:55 am

brandyjack

so we owe the greatest life saver in the world to a botched haggis....

12:55 am

jillibus

now now, bj

12:56 am

jillibus

fate ot bird?

12:56 am

flosey

thanks melon - wondered where that one could go!

12:56 am

brandyjack

a botched haggis. what a concept.

12:56 am

jillibus

sorry, od bird

12:56 am

melonheadjujube

speaking of fermineting - i am hooked on Marmite. my daily convalescent breakfast has been oatmeal - some days I add Marmite & buttermilk - it's an acquired taste i suppose.

12:56 am

rebel666

25 words

12:56 am

melonheadjujube

fate of bird - sorry!

12:56 am

melonheadjujube

can i ever not type! sheesh!

12:57 am

jillibus

Marmite is indeed an acquired taste and in my 79 years I haven't been able to acquire it, ugh

12:57 am

melonheadjujube

oh, it's like stout on a sponn, dontcha think?

12:57 am

ARB

sponn?

12:57 am

brandyjack

i've got another 32 years of resisting it to catch up with you jilli. Doubt it'll be an issue....

12:58 am

jillibus

well, stout isn't one of my faves either

12:58 am

melonheadjujube

it's best on very hot buttered toast - very thinly spread - of course I loke anchovies, too.

12:58 am

diem

Nope!!

12:58 am

oggy

thanks melon

12:58 am

melonheadjujube

spoon! is it my fault there's not a chatty spell check?

12:58 am

flosey

indeed an acquired taste - and with buttermilk! sorry, I like maple syrup on my porridge

12:58 am

jillibus

ah, now anchovies are another kettle of fish altogether

12:58 am

mymuseisme

dr7

12:58 am

ARB

I'll take pate or chopped liver, if we're going to be ethnic.

12:58 am

melonheadjujube

yw, oggy.

12:59 am

melonheadjujube

hehe jilli!

12:59 am

melonheadjujube

dum da dum dum -duMMMMM!

12:59 am

melonheadjujube

that was a response to the dr7 clue.

12:59 am

ARB

And of course I got your clue, Melon.

1:00 am

mymuseisme

lol

1:00 am

jillibus

hey, thanks for the tune, melon!

1:00 am

DRBERNABO

do you wear a badge?

1:00 am

ARB

it's probably age-oriented, again.

1:00 am

melonheadjujube

my mom made the best chopped liver - I made her bring the food grinder when she came for my Master's recitals.

1:00 am

rebel666

30 words

1:00 am

brandyjack

seriously age oriented.

1:00 am

helenkeller

hi again - i think one of my dogs undid my router connection & i've been trying to get back on the internet for almost an hour - i think one of my dogs undid my router connection

1:01 am

mymuseisme

hihelen

1:01 am

melonheadjujube

welcome, hk!

1:01 am

melonheadjujube

nly 3 7s to go

1:01 am

autumn moon

so, if I know the tune, melon, is that a good thing or a bad thing....got the word, though :)

1:01 am

vpchat

so helenkeller... you *had* all the answers, but your dog ate it? ;)

1:01 am

melonheadjujube

only! stick keyboard - no not from Marmite.

1:01 am

ARB

I have my gramma's wooden chopping bowl and "chack-messer" - chopping knife -- I'm afraid to use it because it probably is harboring ancienet bacteria, but I still cherish it. I remember watching her and praying her fingers would be OK.

1:01 am

diem

dottling

1:02 am

diem

oops sorrey

1:02 am

melonheadjujube

that's a good thing - i guess i know my dahs & dums. "Name that tune" anyone?

1:02 am

jillibus

scuse -- kitty was boarded over Christmas and I got her back today -- she's being very sweet and kissy and needs cuddling

1:02 am

FranMag

hi babblers!

1:03 am

flosey

ah, got it melon, thanks, yes, the dums did it

1:03 am

autumn moon

hi fran

1:03 am

mymuseisme

hi Fran!

1:03 am

flosey

that was an old favourite

1:03 am

Natasha

hi fran

1:03 am

helenkeller

vp - haha - reminds me of a boy in school who had the best one i ever heard - he had his dad check his homework the night before & hi s dad 'mistakenly' put it in his briefcase & left for out-of-town on a business trip that morning - he didn't have to turn it in for another week!

1:03 am

FranMag

hi muse! hi autumn!

1:03 am

ARB

Boker Tov Fran

1:03 am

kierlex

hi fran

1:03 am

FranMag

hi kier!

1:03 am

FranMag

hi arb!

1:03 am

autumn moon

well, I'm at 72 and I think I will call it a night. Will be back in the morning to see if I can get the rest without using Lickety or AMO. ni-night all.

1:03 am

FranMag

hi natasha!

1:04 am

metaleather

doggone it, looks like I missed a food discussion while I was icon shopping

1:04 am

FranMag

night autumn!

1:04 am

jillibus

hi fran (dear old kitty's gone to sleep beside me)

1:04 am

Angb

Hi Fran ...

1:04 am

melonheadjujube

aw, jilli what's your kitty look like?

1:04 am

flosey

night autumn moon

1:04 am

FranMag

hi angb!

1:04 am

FranMag

hi jilli!

1:04 am

ARB

g'nite moon

1:04 am

melonheadjujube

you missed Marmite, anchovies, chopped liver, and i don't remember what all else.

1:04 am

metaleather

'night autumn

1:04 am

jillibus

melon, she's a gorgeous well-marked longhaired calico

1:05 am

ARB

some of those things were worth missing!

1:05 am

metaleather

not a fan of liver in any form, love anchovies, never tried Marmite but can tolerate Vegemite

1:05 am

metaleather

barely tolerate it

1:05 am

jillibus

yup, like chopped lover and marmite, arb!

1:05 am

FranMag

thanks for all the icon clues everyon!

1:06 am

melonheadjujube

sounds gorgeous. i have a black longhair with a little white star on her chest and an overweight but pretty grey & white with faint tabby markings - that one has green eyes and a pink nose.

1:07 am

orionova

Lickety's up.

1:07 am

licketySplitAUS

Yep - just loaded - thanks orionova!

1:08 am

flosey

thanks orionova

1:08 am

mymuseisme

sweet lickety and thank you!

1:08 am

flosey

and lickety, thank you

1:08 am

frogtaco

Thank you lickety!

1:08 am

rebel666

gosh im stuck at 33 words!

1:08 am

metaleather

hi LIckety, orionova

thanks Lickety, orionova

1:08 am

ARB

thank you Lickety

1:08 am

diem

Night all

1:09 am

Scarlet

Thanks, Lickety, couldn't do without ye

1:09 am

flosey

night diem

1:09 am

nellebean

thank you lickety! blessing to you. . .

1:09 am

melonheadjujube

Lickety, I have made you my home page on Firefox - you're just a click away. tx.

1:10 am

FranMag

thanks lickety!

1:11 am

FranMag

i have my new icon with clue.

1:11 am

metaleather

'night diem

1:12 am

FranMag

night diem

1:12 am

FranMag

hey, i'm in the grid!

1:12 am

ARB

But you're not a word -- tried it!

1:12 am

Erda

yes she is

1:13 am

FranMag

you're in the grid too arb, but no S so you're not a word today either.

1:13 am

FranMag

hi erda!

1:13 am

Erda

hiya Fran

1:13 am

ARB

But my last name is in the grid and it's a word too.

1:14 am

Angb

What's your last name ARB?

1:14 am

FranMag

too bad i don't know what that is arb.

1:14 am

ARB

That would be giving a word.

1:14 am

FranMag

is it a be5/16?

1:14 am

melonheadjujube

does it derive from peerage?

1:14 am

ARB

nope

1:15 am

melonheadjujube

wow - now i'll be up all night!

1:15 am

ARB

nope

1:15 am

BigFootedMonster

Is it bo 6/33? ;)

1:15 am

FranMag

br5/14?

1:15 am

ARB

nope

1:15 am

ARB

4 letters

1:16 am

melonheadjujube

dov?

1:16 am

Angb

be 4/6? ARB

1:16 am

ARB

no,no

1:16 am

FranMag

we're all assuming ARB are your initials!

1:17 am

melonheadjujube

bo 4/7?

1:17 am

FranMag

oh well, found a lot of B words anyway.

1:17 am

ARB

yup

1:17 am

flosey

have 4 bo4/6 could one be it?

1:17 am

ARB

nope

1:17 am

licketySplitAUS

thanks all! Sorry for delay today - we had bad electrical storms there for a while and I had to shut everything off. Have a good grid, gotta run and cook dinner for the kids.

1:17 am

helenkeller

i have my word-in-the-grid icon now

1:18 am

FranMag

bye lickety!

1:18 am

helenkeller

ty lickety

1:18 am

flosey

bye lickety and thanks again

1:18 am

helenkeller

fran - you're in the grid today!

1:18 am

FranMag

great clue hk and cute story, how did you manage to convince your classmates you were that?

1:19 am

FranMag

yes, hk, but, alas, not a word.

1:19 am

flosey

thanks hk

1:19 am

metaleather

'bye Lickety, thanks again

1:19 am

metaleather

ty HK

1:19 am

Angb

Odd word for this grid in 6/27!

1:20 am

FranMag

thanks angb

1:20 am

kkiln

fran -- could I get a clue for that be 5/16?

1:20 am

helenkeller

fran - all i'm going to say is that it was the 70's - that's my story & i'm sticking to it!

1:20 am

BigFootedMonster

Okay, got my clue icon changed. I'm mortified that my last icon was from two weeks ago!

1:20 am

FranMag

kkiln, facial hair

1:21 am

FranMag

hi BFM, great pic.

1:21 am

Angb

thnx for the be fran

1:21 am

BigFootedMonster

Thanks hk, I didn't have that word.

1:21 am

FranMag

lol hk!

1:21 am

FranMag

yw angb

1:21 am

BigFootedMonster

Hi, Fran. I like yours, too.

1:21 am

kkiln

Don't know how I missed that one...thanks..

1:21 am

bookwomen

be 5/16 face hair

1:21 am

FranMag

thanks BFM! yw kkiln!

1:22 am

ARB

boker tov kkiln

1:24 am

ruthy

bye all got to go to work be back later to finish

1:24 am

FranMag

bye ruthy!

1:24 am

Angb

see ya ruthy

1:24 am

helenkeller

bye ruthy

1:24 am

flosey

bye ruthy, later

1:25 am

arleneehm

ok... really, i'm going to bed now.... bye again

1:25 am

ARB

Have hit the wall at 92 words, missing 3 7's.

1:25 am

Erda

Gotta go. I'll leave you with ni5/14, li6/21 and pr4/5 (x2)

1:26 am

helenkeller

good nite arl

1:26 am

Angb

see ya arlene

1:26 am

helenkeller

bye erda

1:26 am

FranMag

night erda!

1:26 am

FranMag

night arlene!

1:27 am

flosey

night arlene and erda

1:27 am

metaleather

bye ruthy, erda, arlene

1:28 am

melonheadjujube

mediocrity attained. will stick around a few minutes if anyone would like clues for the 7 & 8 letter words.

1:28 am

mcurlschool

li 7 please

1:29 am

melonheadjujube

I'm at 92, too ARB, which 3 7s do you need?

1:29 am

melonheadjujube

there's no LI 7

1:29 am

ARB

I have these 7's: ab, be, ca, dr, ge,in, ne,te.

1:30 am

melonheadjujube

both ab's?

1:31 am

helenkeller

oh - tx for the dr - that would be a cool icon!

1:31 am

ARB

only one

1:31 am

brandyjack

2nd one between the 4's and 5's

1:31 am

FranMag

yes, thanks for the dr also.

1:32 am

brandyjack

not that i have it, banging my head agin the wall on that one...

1:32 am

melonheadjujube

one ab7 is to cancel or interrupt, on is to be an accomplice.

1:32 am

mymuseisme

thanks bj

1:33 am

FranMag

thanks for that ro6 muse

1:33 am

brandyjack

thanks. kept wanting to put an er on the end of it....

1:33 am

ARB

got it

1:33 am

melonheadjujube

pi7 is a bullfighting term

1:33 am

melonheadjujube

;)

1:34 am

FranMag

thanks melon!

1:34 am

mymuseisme

ty melon

1:34 am

melonheadjujube

pr7 is an elected magistrate in Ancient Rome

1:35 am

ARB

got them both -- ty ty ty Melon. Todah rabah.

1:35 am

FranMag

thanks for the ab7s

1:35 am

melonheadjujube

nada, my friend. laila tov, everyone.

1:35 am

ARB

laila tov Melon

1:36 am

mymuseisme

night melon, pleasant dreams

1:36 am

helenkeller

good nite melon

1:36 am

FranMag

bye melon!

1:36 am

melonheadjujube

{poof}

1:38 am

metaleather

'night melon

1:39 am

flosey

night melon

1:41 am

helenkeller

good nite everyone, 35 to finish up for tomorrow

1:41 am

FranMag

night hk!

1:41 am

metaleather

'night HK, it's good to see you "out and about" again.

1:41 am

mymuseisme

night helen

1:42 am

sbaba

Hey kkiln, how are you doing?

1:45 am

kkiln

sbaba what are you doing up so late?

1:47 am

sbaba

It's not so late....I'm hooked...with 40 quick words. Where are you?

1:48 am

kkiln

I've got 87...missing one 7 and I am going to quit and clean my house. bye

1:49 am

sbaba

Lila tov, kkiln. I'm going to bed. I'll check in in the morning....

1:53 am

FranMag

night sbaba

1:53 am

FranMag

bye kkiln!

1:55 am

jillibus

hi -- I'm back for a bit

1:55 am

FranMag

hi again jilli

1:56 am

Natasha

and I'm done...

1:56 am

FranMag

hi natasha!

1:56 am

Natasha

hi fran--I've been nose down in the grid

1:56 am

jillibus

WOW Natasha!!!

1:56 am

FranMag

oh wait, i did see you earlier, you must have been buried in the grid.

1:57 am

jillibus

I have all of 21 words, but have been wandering, I admit

1:57 am

Natasha

can I give any clues before I head to bed?

1:58 am

jillibus

Too soon for me, thanks -- I don't even know what i need - lol

1:58 am

FranMag

too soon for me too nat! thanks though.

1:58 am

Iain

morning all

1:58 am

Natasha

ok--see you all tomorrow!

1:58 am

jillibus

night, nat!

1:59 am

jillibus

hello Iain

1:59 am

FranMag

hi lain! bye nat!

2:00 am

jillibus

just noticed there's no S

2:02 am

FranMag

there was one earlier jilli, while you weren't looking it was removed. :-)

2:02 am

jillibus

lol, fran!

2:04 am

FranMag

so jilli, do you have any 8s?

2:04 am

jillibus

yes, 2, ba8 and ne8

2:04 am

FranMag

thanks! *begins search*

2:05 am

FranMag

brb

2:05 am

jean1953

good morning everybody:)

2:05 am

jillibus

hello jean

2:06 am

ARB

any clue for ad 5/16?

2:06 am

mymuseisme

sun-=dried brick ARB

2:06 am

jillibus

sorry, arb, nothere

2:06 am

Iain

Morning Jean How are we today ( Don't ask about the golf)

2:06 am

jillibus

thanks, muse

2:07 am

jillibus

and that gave me another a

2:07 am

mymuseisme

I'm done, and sweet dreams/good day all

2:07 am

FranMag

night muse! yay!

2:07 am

jillibus

WOW, muse!!!

2:08 am

FranMag

hi jean!

2:08 am

jean1953

morning Iain Im a bit windswept the beagle wouldnt go to toilet in the garden first thing because it was raining so I have just come back from taking them out, I take it you lost the golf then!

2:08 am

ARB

ty mymuse

2:08 am

Iain

I am glad you asked about the golf came third yipee

2:09 am

jean1953

Hey thats good Iain well done:)

2:09 am

metaleather

yayyy muse, 'night

2:11 am

Iain

Thanks autographs will given out later???

2:11 am

MVA

morning all, wild and windy in south walws!!

2:11 am

jean1953

thats most kind Iain

2:12 am

lynxxx

hello everyone

2:12 am

jean1953

morning MVA and Lynxxx:)

2:12 am

Iain

Morning MVA Bude area not too bad

2:12 am

FranMag

hi mva! hi lynxxx!

2:12 am

metaleather

hi MVA, Lynxxx, Iain

2:12 am

MVA

gale time here!

2:12 am

jean1953

morning metaleather:) dont gloat Iain somerset is wet and windy lol

2:13 am

Iain

MVA For a change we have gentle rain

2:14 am

jean1953

rofl gentle rain we are tougher here in somerset we have hard rain lol

2:14 am

Iain

Jean Somerset wet and windy?? Who lives there!!! LOL

2:14 am

jean1953

rofl thanx big brother !

2:14 am

Iain

Your welcome

2:15 am

MVA

we need rain, and gentle rain would be nice!

2:18 am

Iain

Hoe many words today

2:18 am

MVA

137

2:18 am

jean1953

137 Iain

2:18 am

Iain

TA MVA

2:22 am

MVA

my daughter wants to shop today, so i have to gat her up and take her and everywhere is going to be full, can't i just babble?

2:22 am

ARB

Any clueson the li 6/21?

2:23 am

Iain

no peace for the wicked MVA

2:24 am

metaleather

sorry ARB, no help here. I don't have that one yet

2:24 am

FranMag

sorry arb, don't have it yet

2:24 am

jean1953

oh Iain you speak from experience lolololol :)

2:24 am

FranMag

arb, is it before or after the italian money?

2:25 am

Iain

yep

2:25 am

ARB

Found it. -- first li

2:28 am

FranMag

yay, found it too!

2:29 am

brandyjack

that was a nasty one...

2:30 am

metaleather

finally grayed out the T's

2:31 am

jillibus

metal, I've been struggling with your icon clue and all I can find via google is a bo that rhymes with the Spanish for heart. Help!

2:33 am

FranMag

yay! found bo8!

2:33 am

FranMag

and ne8!

2:33 am

Angb

yay fran

2:33 am

metaleather

it's a homonym for the evil little programs which deluge us with spam, and for the good little programs which assist us in chat... thing R.U.R. (from the science fiction story in which the longer word, starting with an R, for a mechanical man or automatically operating machine, was first seen in print.)

2:33 am

metaleather

yayy Fran

2:33 am

ren8

Morning everyone

2:33 am

metaleather

*think, not thing

2:34 am

jean1953

good morning ren8:)

2:34 am

FranMag

hi ren8!

2:34 am

metaleather

hi ren

2:34 am

Angb

Hi ren8

2:34 am

Iain

morning Ren8

2:34 am

Angb

garde

2:34 am

jillibus

hi ren*

2:34 am

Angb

yipes!

2:34 am

ARB

hello ren8

2:34 am

jillibus

ren8, I mean

2:34 am

lynxxx

hi Ren - and AngB

2:34 am

ren8

Hi to all of you

2:34 am

FranMag

i tried that too angb! no luck.

2:35 am

ARB

Fireworks

2:35 am

Angb

I am sure it is a word in some language fran

2:35 am

Angb

Yay ARB.

2:35 am

ren8

Well done ARB

2:35 am

FranMag

yay arb!!

2:35 am

lynxxx

Yay ARB! this means here must be 137 words here somewhere!

2:35 am

metaleather

yayyy ARB

2:36 am

jillibus

got metal's bo4 clue, I think, but don't understand a word of the 2:33 explanations!

2:36 am

FranMag

yes angb, our problem is we know too many words, more than enable will allow us to use.

2:36 am

jean1953

congratulations ARB:)

2:36 am

FranMag

lol lynxxx!

2:36 am

jillibus

YAY arb!!!

2:36 am

metaleather

2:33 ?

2:36 am

ren8

By the sounds of it the grid is quite difficult today, am I right in thinking

2:36 am

MVA

yay arb!!

2:37 am

ARB

There are! And I managed without a list until I had 102 words.

2:37 am

Angb

It starts really well ren *

2:37 am

FranMag

it's not too bad ren8, i'm at 105 without the list, apparently the last few are pretty tough though, because i'm stalled.

2:38 am

jillibus

metal, at 2:33 you said "2:33 ammetaleather

it's a homonym for the evil little programs which deluge us with spam, and for the good little programs which assist us in chat... thing R.U.R. (from the science fiction story in which the longer word, starting with an R, for a mechanical man or automatically operating machine, was first seen in print.)"

2:38 am

ARB

Fran -- that's toughly when I hit the wall. With the list, there were only 2 or 3 that I had to ask for clues.

2:38 am

jillibus

well, that didn't quite come out right

2:38 am

ARB

roughly, not toughly, though it too is appropriate!

2:38 am

ren8

Ive managed to find 12 words in the little time since I started

2:39 am

FranMag

yes arb, amazing how they pop out when you have the list. :-)

2:39 am

ARB

or you can figure them out knowing where they fit in and with the point count.

2:39 am

metaleather

I must need more caffeine... for some reason, I didn't even consider that 2:33 was the time, LOL@self

2:40 am

Angelsong

fireworks...

2:40 am

FranMag

yay angelsong!

2:40 am

Angb

yay Angel

2:40 am

flosey

WTG Angelsong

2:40 am

MVA

yay angel!!

2:40 am

FranMag

yes, knowing where they fit helps a lot.

2:40 am

lynxxx

Congrats Angel!

2:40 am

ren8

Well done Angelsong

2:40 am

jean1953

congratulations angelsong:)

2:40 am

jillibus

YAY angelsong!!!

2:40 am

FranMag

lol@ml's last comment

2:40 am

ARB

YAY Angelsong -- and by the way, thank you for your site -- beautifully arranged and very helpful.

2:41 am

flosey

time for bed - 40 to do in the morning

2:41 am

FranMag

night flosey!

2:41 am

ren8

Night flosey

2:41 am

flosey

g'nite all

2:41 am

jillibus

gaed

2:41 am

jean1953

night flosey sleep well:)

2:41 am

lynxxx

nite Flosey

2:41 am

metaleather

the RUR is from a reference to the Science Fiction play Rossum's Universal R* * * * s, by Karel Čapek. It premiered in 1921 and is famous for having introduced and popularized the term r****.

2:41 am

jillibus

night, flosey

2:41 am

MVA

nite flosey

2:42 am

FranMag

i'm going to take a break, see if the last 31 are easier to find later.

2:42 am

metaleather

'night flosey

2:42 am

ren8

thank you jillibus for that word

2:42 am

jillibus

ach, sorry

2:42 am

metaleather

Karel Capek, not ?apek

2:42 am

metaleather

bad monkeys

2:42 am

metaleather

bad monkeys

2:42 am

ARB

Night Fran, Flosey

2:43 am

ren8

Bye Fran

2:43 am

metaleather

"bye Fran

2:43 am

jillibus

bye fran -- will be gone to bed when you get back...

2:43 am

MVA

bye fran

2:43 am

Angb

nite fran and flosey

2:43 am

metaleather

belated yayyyy for Angelsong

2:44 am

jean1953

night fran:)

2:45 am

jillibus

good icon clue, angb -- thanks!

2:45 am

Angb

yw jilli

2:45 am

Angb

Like yours too - think I got it!

2:46 am

jillibus

probably, angb!

2:55 am

Angb

Tired - have 43 left. Enough to keep me amused tomorrow. Nite everyone.

2:55 am

MVA

nite angb

2:55 am

Iain

night angb

2:55 am

jean1953

night angh:)

2:56 am

metaleather

'night Ang

2:57 am

lynxxx

nite Ang

2:57 am

Angb

Nite all - thought I would get another 3 b words in before leaving. Now going definately. Byeeeee

2:57 am

ARB

I have to get on with the rest of the day -- bye all.

2:58 am

MVA

going now, starting the "wake-up" process on my daughter, wish me luck, and shopping too!!! bye all

2:58 am

lynxxx

bye ARB

2:58 am

ren8

Bye Angb, ARB & MVA

2:58 am

jean1953

must away myself will bbl 43 left to finish happy babbling everyone:) bye Iain say hi to

2:58 am

metaleather

'night MVA

2:59 am

ren8

Bye Jean

2:59 am

metaleather

bye ARB

2:59 am

jean1953

Meant to say hi to Anne Iain pressed the key too soon lol

2:59 am

Iain

Bye Jean Anne sends her love

2:59 am

lynxxx

Bye Jean and MVA

2:59 am

metaleather

'night jean

2:59 am

Iain

Must go myself bye all until later

3:00 am

ren8

Bye Iain

3:00 am

metaleather

'bye Iain

3:00 am

jillibus

bye Iain. Jean, mva

3:01 am

jillibus

and angb, arb, anyone else

3:01 am

metaleather

wow, the crowd thinned out in a hurry

3:02 am

lynxxx

it does do that around this time I have noticed

3:02 am

ren8

I'm not going anywhere for a while, having a quiet day and then out for drinks tonight

3:03 am

jillibus

well, I'll be ab4/7 very soon

3:05 am

metaleather

in case I am deep in the grid when you depart, 'night jilli

3:05 am

jillibus

night metal ;)

3:10 am

robbie

Hi from Sydney where the night is young... only 8.09pm hope you night owls feel okay

3:10 am

ren8

Ive now found 52 words I think that is quite good going

3:10 am

ren8

Evening to you Robbie

3:11 am

metaleather

hi robbie

3:11 am

robbie

back at you ren8

3:11 am

metaleather

it is very good indeed ren

3:12 am

ren8

they keep popping out of nowhere, not sure how many more I will get without the list

3:14 am

lynxxx

do we know what the 8s start with?

3:15 am

metaleather

I know the one I have, but not the others

3:15 am

metaleather

ne

3:16 am

BabbleRabble

ba 8/60
bo 8/60
cr 8/60
ne 8/50

3:16 am

annotherone

ba, bo, cr and ne lynxx

3:16 am

lynxxx

TY Metal

3:16 am

metaleather

someone may have clued the rest earlier, but I've been watching TV and doing email while babbling so I've missed a lot of clues

3:16 am

metaleather

yw

3:16 am

lynxxx

TY Babble & Annother

3:17 am

annotherone

multitasking like me metal

3:18 am

annotherone

it's my birthday today so babbling in between everything else I have to do

3:18 am

metaleather

yep
woooo happy birthday anno!

3:18 am

lynxxx

happy birthday annother !

3:19 am

jillibus

happy birthday annother -- you shouldn'thave to be doing things!

3:19 am

annotherone

ty jilli lynxx and metal

3:19 am

jillibus

just lie back and have someone drop peeled grapes into your smiling lips

3:20 am

miametro

morning all :)

3:20 am

annotherone

well going to spend some of my christmas voucher presents this afternoon so not too bad

3:20 am

jillibus

hello miametro

3:20 am

annotherone

lol - I wish jilli but everyone else has gone to work!!

3:21 am

annotherone

trying to decide what age to be this year

3:21 am

annotherone

thought 35 sounded good..

3:21 am

jillibus

sounds good to me

3:21 am

metaleather

mi metro

3:21 am

metaleather

*hi

3:21 am

BabbleRabble

ab 7/36
be 7/44
ca 7/44
dr 7/0
ge 7/44
in 7/44
ne 7/36
pi 7/32
pr 7/32
te 7/36

3:22 am

jillibus

oh my, babblerabble!

3:23 am

ren8

Popped out room for a min - happy birthday annother

3:23 am

BabbleRabble

ab 7/40 too

3:24 am

ren8

Morning Metro and BabbleRabble

3:24 am

annotherone

ty ren

3:24 am

BabbleRabble

Happy birthday, annotherone

3:25 am

annotherone

ty babble

3:25 am

BabbleRabble

Good day, ren8

3:28 am

pinkhatlil

good morning babblers this more like it

3:29 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, pinkhatlil.

3:29 am

ren8

Morning Pink

3:29 am

lynxxx

Hi Pink

3:30 am

metaleather

hi pink

3:31 am

annotherone

good morning pink

3:32 am

pinkhatlil

im sure when i went to bed at 3am (england time) some of you guys were playing have you been playing all night or up early when the board changes?

3:32 am

pinkhatlil

tote

3:32 am

ren8

I was not here, started at 8.15am

3:33 am

metaleather

I've been here since just about flip/change time, but will be up all night (that's my usual sleep/wake cycle... up all night, sleep in the day)

3:34 am

jillibus

just got the a's and b's done and am over half way so it's bed for me

3:34 am

ren8

Bye Jillibus, sleep tight

3:34 am

lynxxx

goodnite Jilli

3:34 am

jillibus

1:34 am, Pacific Standard Time

3:35 am

annotherone

night jillibus

3:35 am

pinkhatlil

good night jilibus

3:35 am

jillibus

*poof*

3:35 am

pinkhatlil

ping

3:36 am

metaleather

'night jilli

3:39 am

Haz1558

Good morning/evening all.

3:39 am

ren8

Morning Haz

3:39 am

BabbleRabble

Good day, Haz

3:39 am

lynxxx

Hi Haz

3:40 am

Haz1558

Hello ren and Babble - and lynxxx!

3:40 am

metaleather

good morning Haz

3:44 am

pinkhatlil

good mrning haz1558

3:44 am

Haz1558

Good morning pinkhat!

3:47 am

spellit

Good morning all even though it's wet

3:47 am

lynxxx

morning spellit

3:47 am

metaleather

good morning spellit

3:47 am

Haz1558

Good morning spellit - yes, wet and stormy here as well.

3:48 am

Haz1558

How did young Millie enjoy Christmas?

3:49 am

pinkhatlil

morning spellit is it raining where you are haz it isn't in london

3:49 am

ren8

Morning Spellit, it is not raining in Surrey yet

3:49 am

Haz1558

Yes, it's raining.....

3:50 am

metaleather

I haven't been here much the last few days, and haven't seen much of kthdsn when I've been here. How's she doing, does anyone know?

3:51 am

lizmac

It's lashing in Scotland !

3:51 am

pinkhatlil

i was planning on taking my little girl up west end for some sale shopping

3:51 am

Haz1558

metal - she has been on less than usual. Her hopes of getting money from her husband seem to be dashed and things no longer look as clear cut.

3:52 am

ren8

Morning Lizmac

3:52 am

metaleather

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope she'll still be able, somehow, to start afresh in Canada.

3:52 am

lizmac

Haz...you'll be having the same rubbish weather as here, foul isn't it.

3:53 am

metaleather

morning lizmac

3:53 am

lynxxx

Hi Lizmac

3:53 am

Haz1558

Hello lizmac - yes, it's pretty horrible today, although yesterday was nice!

3:53 am

ren8

Oh great it will eventually be here in Surrey then

3:53 am

lizmac

dabbling rather than babbling right now but bbl.

3:53 am

Haz1558

See you later lizmac.

3:54 am

ren8

Bye lizmac

3:54 am

metaleather

'bye lizmac

3:54 am

ren8

a clue for pr7 please

3:55 am

Haz1558

pr7 - I think it's a kind of plant, South African?

3:55 am

Haz1558

Sorry - that's pr6!

3:56 am

ren8

found it thanks Haz

3:58 am

Haz1558

Even with the wrong clue!? I'm sorry for leading you astray.

3:59 am

ren8

just happened to see it, no worries

4:02 am

ren8

As we speak it is getting darker, so rain is on its way to me

4:03 am

Haz1558

Just think of it as keeping hosepipe bans away.

4:14 am

Frances

Morning all. A few more than yesterday.

4:15 am

ren8

Morning Frances

4:15 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, Frances.

4:15 am

lynxxx

t'wouldnt be hard! Hi Frances

4:16 am

Frances

You're right there. I was in and out so quick I didn't speak!

4:20 am

Haz1558

Hello Frances.

4:21 am

lynxxx

Nite everyone - saving 37 for the morning

4:21 am

Haz1558

Sleep well, lynxxx.

4:21 am

ren8

bye lyn

4:21 am

Frances

Hello Haz. See the weather isn't so good there. I think it must be heading our way - getting very dark.

4:21 am

Frances

Bye lyn. Sweet dreams.

4:22 am

Haz1558

It's very stormy - the forecast isn't great for the weekend.

4:22 am

Frances

They're the days when you need lots of babble words.

4:30 am

sparklygem

does the ba8 have the same ending as the other 8 words? :)

4:30 am

metaleather

yes

4:31 am

sparklygem

nevermind just got it! haha

4:31 am

metaleather

'bye lynxxx, hi sparkly

4:31 am

metaleather

hi Frances

4:31 am

sparklygem

ty metal

4:31 am

sparklygem

hi everyone!

4:31 am

Haz1558

Good morning sparkly

4:32 am

ren8

Morning Sparkly

4:34 am

wurdygurl

morning everone...can anyone tell me what the 8's start with please

4:35 am

ren8

morning wurdy

4:35 am

metaleather

hi wurdy

4:35 am

sparklygem

hi wurdy

4:35 am

metaleather

ba, bo, cr, ne

4:35 am

Haz1558

There are two c 8, n 8 and a b 8

4:35 am

wurdygurl

hi early morning for all huh

4:35 am

sparklygem

ba, be, cr and ne

4:36 am

metaleather

bo, not be

4:36 am

wurdygurl

thanks

4:36 am

sparklygem

oops, meant bo not be :)

4:36 am

metaleather

bad monkey, no bananas for you

4:36 am

ren8

it is 10.35 in england

4:36 am

sparklygem

lol

4:36 am

metaleather

looks like your monkeys will go bananaless also sparkly

4:36 am

metaleather

;o)

4:36 am

sparklygem

yes! lol

4:38 am

Haz1558

Going to take a break - back later.

4:38 am

wurdygurl

geez haz - I wish it was 10:30 here. 5:30 and cant sleeep hate that

4:38 am

ren8

The rain has finally started falling here, great

4:39 am

ren8

See you later HAz

4:39 am

sparklygem

yeah it's raining quite heavy here now

4:39 am

sparklygem

bye Haz!

4:41 am

ren8

Looks like the whole country is in for a wet day

4:47 am

ren8

30 left which I will finish later, bye

4:47 am

wurdygurl

bye ren

4:47 am

metaleather

'bye ren

4:47 am

metaleather

stay warm and dry

4:48 am

wurdygurl

hey anyone know our theme today

4:53 am

helenary

could i have some help with the be8 please

4:53 am

helenary

bettling

4:54 am

helenary

oops

4:56 am

pinkhatlil

see ya later ren8

4:57 am

miametro

can i get some help with the ba8? i have the other three but am drawing a black on that one!

4:57 am

helenary

same here!!

5:00 am

kangabrat

ba + state of aus + fish

5:00 am

sugar

r****** and raving, change the first consonant for ba8

5:00 am

sugar

Morning all!

5:01 am

helenary

thanks kanga and sugae

5:02 am

kangabrat

my pleasure

5:02 am

sugar

yw helen - have you got it?

5:02 am

helenary

yup

5:03 am

miametro

oh, i thought i had the ne8 but it's a 7. is the 8 like it?

5:04 am

kangabrat

ends with a fish too

5:06 am

pinkhatlil

does any1 know the 3rd letter of the ba8 i cant find it in the a-z word list

5:06 am

kangabrat

n

5:09 am

pinkhatlil

thanx kangabrat found it i was looking for bar... i didnt try the n

5:09 am

kangabrat

thanks to my scottish grandma

5:11 am

pinkhatlil

is that word scottish i've never heard of it?

5:12 am

kangabrat

well, she used it ... means "little baby" or something like that

5:39 am

metaleather

hi to all who arrived while I was away doing some email sorting.

5:39 am

metaleather

wurdy, if you're still here, the Friday theme is usually a clue from the grid

5:42 am

Odin

Mornin' metal and all

5:43 am

metaleather

good mornin' Odin

5:43 am

Odin

How goes it?

5:44 am

metaleather

not too bad, I'm down to my last 14

5:44 am

metaleather

much better than usual by this time

5:44 am

Odin

7 left for me...good grid today

5:44 am

pinkhatlil

lucky for some i still have 94 to

5:45 am

pinkhatlil

go

5:45 am

metaleather

it's not a bad one at all. I could kick myself for taking so long to find the cr8, but all of a sudden it just popped out at me

5:45 am

metaleather

I'm usually in your shoes lil

5:45 am

Odin

I didn't see it for awhile myself.

5:46 am

metaleather

brb, need to check on cat

5:46 am

Eva

good morning everyone

5:46 am

Odin

Mornin' Eva

5:51 am

Odin

That's Fireworks for me...anyone need any clues before I go?

5:51 am

Eva

won't accept irae, as in dies irae....completely stumped on the i's.

5:52 am

Odin

in 6-27 is similar to entrap an animal

5:52 am

Odin

in 7/44 is adding the d to the end

5:52 am

Eva

just found the 5/12

5:52 am

gramma

Eva, put a consonant between your last 2 vowels.

5:53 am

Eva

thanks odin and gramma!

5:53 am

Odin

my pleasure

5:53 am

gramma

TY odin

5:54 am

Odin

YW gramma

5:54 am

zysx

Woo Hoo... Excel has given me fireworks :)

5:54 am

Eva

hi gramma. down in boston for a few days and of course have missed the first snow of the season! BAH. Does it actually look white up there?

5:54 am

gramma

WTG!

5:56 am

gramma

It's a bit snowy here in the Champlain valley but, my son said Fayston is quite the wonderland. You must have it don't you?

5:56 am

Eva

not in Boston. We head back to Vermont in a couple of days and I hope there's still some snow when we get back. Bostonis completely bare and gray.

5:57 am

gramma

Oh...I misunderstood. I thought you were back from Beantown.

5:59 am

Eva

haven't been in the big city for about 5 months. Been long enough so that I can sort of enjoy it. But had forgotten how noisy and bright it is at night. And it took a while to regain my driving aggression.

6:00 am

gramma

There's no room for manners while driving in the city.

6:00 am

Eva

there's no room for anything short of homicidal mania while driving here.

6:01 am

gramma

Eva, come home. Don't become one of them

6:02 am

Eva

Then when I go back to Vermont I find myself doing rude things on the road for a few hours before i relax and become civil again.

6:02 am

metaleather

cat's fed and much happier now. good morning Eva, gramma

6:02 am

metaleather

congrats Odin

6:03 am

gramma

Eva, do you have Merp w/you?

6:03 am

Eva

morning metal. Merp is still being patient about breakfast, but we're nearing the witching hour.

6:04 am

Eva

Yes, we took Merp because we weren't sure how long we'd have to stay.

6:04 am

Eva

Yes, we took Merp as we didn't know how long we'd be down here.

6:04 am

gramma

Well that answers that. Merp must travel better than my cat did.

6:06 am

Eva

He was awful in cars until the vet recommended giving him half a chlortrimeton about an hour before we leave. It makes him groggy and last just long enough for the Vermont-Boston trip.Now he just complains quietly a few times, at least until we reach the tunnel-then he howls.

6:07 am

metaleather

half a chlortimeton? hmmm, maybe we can try that next time we have to travel with Rock

6:07 am

gramma

My Mom used to drug us for trips too. We grew up believing that we all suffered from carsickness.

6:08 am

Eva

you can experiment with the dosage. Merp weighs about 15 pounds and half seems right. Some people use valium, but Merp gets psychotic on valium.

6:09 am

Eva

what did she give you gramma?

6:09 am

gramma

dramamine....or something like that. 5 sleepy children

6:10 am

LoriP

G'd Morning Babblers!

6:10 am

Eva

5 kids?! Sounds like absolute self defense on her part(-:

6:10 am

Eva

hi Lori

6:11 am

metaleather

poor Rock just urps and poops if he has to ride in the car. we gave him something the vet gave us for him when we took him to TX with us, he slept from here until Lake Charles, then was pitiful.... crying, urping and pooping after he woke up.

6:11 am

gramma

Oh, I don't begrudge her ways. I think she was brilliant.

6:11 am

metaleather

good morning Lori

6:13 am

LoriP

May I have a word total please?

6:13 am

Eva

poor Rock. Worth a try next time.

6:13 am

Eva

137

6:13 am

LoriP

Thank ye.

6:14 am

Gail

Eva, I always have trouble adjusting to driving in Vermont after I get beck from Boston.

6:14 am

Eva

hi gail. Where in Vermont are you?

6:14 am

Gail

Rutland

6:15 am

Eva

any snow down there?

6:15 am

Gail

My daughter lives in Boston

6:15 am

Gail

Just a few flurries, but I think more up north.

6:16 am

Eva

we moved from Boston to Vermont a bit over 2 years ago, but still have our old apartment here, as my husband is here some of the time. So Merp gets to be in his old digs, which he seems to like a lot

6:16 am

Gail

Where in Boston is your apartment?

6:17 am

Eva

Jamaica PLain

6:17 am

mattygroves

Morning - what's today's grid like?

6:17 am

metaleather

not too awful matty

6:17 am

Eva

hi matty-not bad, not great

6:18 am

LoriP

G'd morning Matty

6:22 am

Merk

Good morning/evening, Everyone!

6:22 am

Eva

morning merk

6:22 am

Merk

And my usual question ... how is the grid today? More normal sized I see.

6:22 am

LoriP

G'd morning Merk

6:24 am

LoriP

Hey, no 're' words? Yea!!!!!!

6:25 am

Eva

cat breakfast time. Back later

6:25 am

LoriP

Later Eva

6:29 am

zysx

bento is not on the list of words. Any particular reason?

6:29 am

pinkhatlil

i cant believe it wont accept "bento"

6:32 am

pinkhatlil

on the a2z finder bento is there i thought it was a valid babble word

6:34 am

Merk

ba 8 clue please

6:35 am

Haz1558

Enable just doesn't accept some words.

6:36 am

72 Temple Owl

hi all hi merk! "a very young child"

6:36 am

CyborgScrabbler

BENTO is not a valid ENABLE word, plain and simple

6:37 am

LoriP

G'd Morning TO

6:37 am

zysx

ba word: forbid + double 20 (one letter twice), a bank with a lion (well it is in Aus)

6:37 am

Atalante

don't you just love it when you log on and see all 4 8 letter words straight away!

6:37 am

zysx

what do you mean enable?

6:37 am

72 Temple Owl

ata: : p

6:38 am

Merk

I wish ... I still have not found the ba very young child.

6:38 am

Tiny

Hi all just popped in to say hi and have not forgotten you just been real busy Happy New Year to all

6:38 am

Haz1558

Atalante - it's a nice grid for the long words!

6:38 am

CyborgScrabbler

ENABLE is the name of the dictionary this site uses, it is published in the public domain

6:38 am

Uneaixoise

Happy New Year, Tiny!

6:38 am

Haz1558

Merk - think of a little chicken?

6:38 am

LoriP

G'd morning Tiny, Atlante, Haz (and anyone else I missed)

6:38 am

72 Temple Owl

well merk: think of a type of rooster - or the lightest boxer

6:39 am

zysx

Cyborg: Better update my spreadsheet :)

6:39 am

72 Temple Owl

hi tiny! same to you!

6:39 am

72 Temple Owl

hi lori hi haz

6:39 am

Atalante

omg Haz, does Spangle sometimes seem to have no bones? Hobbit managed to get herself through a 4" gap in a fence yesterday, and I have no idea how unless her bones suddenly dissolved and reformed again at the other side!

6:39 am

Haz1558

Gosh, she could be in a circus with a trick like that!

6:39 am

Merk

Got it with the chicken/rooster clues. Did not know that was also a young child.

6:40 am

Merk

ty

6:40 am

Merk

ty

6:40 am

Haz1558

Hello TO and Lori.

6:40 am

Tiny

ok I am off again see you

6:40 am

LoriP

Bye Tiny!

6:40 am

Haz1558

Bye Tiny - nice to see you, however briefly!

6:40 am

Atalante

I know! I have no idea how she did it, apart from sheer willpower to get to the pheasant on the other side!

6:41 am

Haz1558

Not many pheasants around here to see if Spangle could achieve the same trick.....

6:41 am

LoriP

I feel dense, because I'm still not seeing the ba/8.......

6:41 am

CyborgScrabbler

zysx also this site uses the pre 2000 edition of ENABLE, but I think an update is imminent

6:42 am

pinkhatlil

.i've been searching for the br5/14 could someone please give me a clue my eyes have gone funny

6:42 am

Haz1558

Lori - b plus the picnic pest, then four letters of the branch of study which includes phonetics.

6:43 am

Haz1558

br5/14 - add a beverage to the cereal

6:43 am

zysx

cyborg: I have done something in Excel which finds the words for me. (probably a cheat). just want the correct dictionary :)

6:43 am

Haz1558

Or b plus a tirade

6:44 am

CyborgScrabbler

zysx that is why I am saying use the old version not to 2K version :))

6:44 am

Uneaixoise

hello, all and happy birthday to me! :-)

6:44 am

LoriP

WOW! Thanks Haz. New word for me.....

6:45 am

Haz1558

You're welcome - and happy birthday Une!

6:45 am

pinkhatlil

haz1558 i've gone completely BLANK

6:46 am

72 Temple Owl

happy birthday, une!

6:46 am

Uneaixoise

thanks, TO!

6:46 am

zysx

Cyborg: hunting it down. thank you for your help

6:46 am

Uneaixoise

and Haz!

6:47 am

Atalante

happy birthday Une!

6:47 am

Haz1558

Lunch, back soon.

6:47 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

6:48 am

LoriP

G'd Morning and Happy Birthday to Une! I'd sing, but you wouldn't appreciate it..... :)

6:48 am

LoriP

Have a nice lunch Haz

6:49 am

Uneaixoise

thanks, Lori :-)

6:49 am

72 Temple Owl

bye haz

6:49 am

LoriP

Une, for not singing?? :)

6:51 am

Uneaixoise

noooo! :-) Actually I won't have much singing at all today--my daughter, her boyfriend, and my mom all have sore throats and coughs--I'm holding strong so far though!!

6:51 am

capemaggie

any clues for the cr8

6:52 am

Uneaixoise

maggie, look at what my mom's doing in my icon pic!

6:52 am

CyborgScrabbler

cr8 putting the baby to bed

6:52 am

Uneaixoise

it's the gerund form of what you rock the baby in

6:52 am

capemaggie

thanks, Un - got it!

6:52 am

Rainedaze

holding a baby?

6:53 am

Uneaixoise

excellent!

6:53 am

capemaggie

what a sweet photo, Un

6:53 am

72 Temple Owl

can anyone please tell me today's theme? it takes forever to check it on this old heap

6:53 am

Uneaixoise

I love it!

6:54 am

capemaggie

how old is mom?

6:54 am

Uneaixoise

TO, today's "take a word from the grid day"

6:54 am

Merk

cr 8 clue please

6:54 am

Uneaixoise

she turned 80 on May 25

6:54 am

capemaggie

does she live near you

6:55 am

72 Temple Owl

ty une! : )

6:55 am

CyborgScrabbler

merk cr8 was just clued, have a look back

6:55 am

Uneaixoise

yes, just 80 miles down the road--today's my daughter's last day visiting from MD and we're driving up to spend the day with her

6:56 am

Merk

Got it, perhaps what you are doing to the ba &

6:56 am

capemaggie

3 generations - that's cool

6:57 am

Uneaixoise

I agree!

6:57 am

capemaggie

bbl - have to rush off to a tennis game

6:58 am

LoriP

Later Cape

6:58 am

72 Temple Owl

i have my dad here with me for a few days...he is nearly 84

6:59 am

LoriP

Mom and Dad's 60th Anniversary is in 2007.

7:00 am

LoriP

I am also lacking self discipline, and reading chat, rather than looking for words..... :)

7:00 am

72 Temple Owl

lol! i need to hurry before my company awakes!

7:03 am

jonny

hi everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:03 am

72 Temple Owl

hi jonny!!!!!!!!!!

7:04 am

LoriP

G'd morning Jonny

7:04 am

Buttonman

good morning everybody....

7:04 am

pinkhatlil

hi jonny!!!

7:04 am

LoriP

G'd morning Button

7:05 am

Buttonman

Need a clue for the ba4/9 please

7:06 am

Uneaixoise

TO, that's great--know your dad's happy to be there!

7:06 am

Uneaixoise

ba4/9 toss one's cookies

7:07 am

72 Temple Owl

hi button!

7:07 am

Buttonman

hi Temple Owl

7:07 am

Buttonman

UNEA, I don't get it

7:08 am

72 Temple Owl

i'm not too sure, une - i sort of gave him heck for eating mc nuggets for lunch before i picked him p : o

7:09 am

Merk

The one popular suffix is coming in handy.

7:09 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

7:09 am

pinkhatlil

a clue on the be7's please

7:10 am

trina_uk

buttonman - ba4/9- slang for vomit

7:11 am

Buttonman

got it trina, thanks

7:11 am

Uneaixoise

be7 grizzly + popular suffix in today's grid

7:11 am

72 Temple Owl

ppink, use the suffix une just mentined with be4/6

7:11 am

sprite

good afternoon all

7:11 am

Uneaixoise

hey, sprite!

7:11 am

LoriP

G'd morning Sprite, and all others I missed.

7:11 am

pinkhatlil

hello sprite

7:12 am

72 Temple Owl

hi sprite!

7:12 am

Atalante

hi sprite :) guess what I'm busy doing :)

7:12 am

sprite

Really??? YEAH!

7:12 am

Atalante

:)

7:12 am

Buttonman

hi SPRIT, welcome

7:13 am

Uneaixoise

off to fix breakfast -- BBL!

7:13 am

pinkhatlil

thanks 72 temple owl- i soon got it the one your talking about after i sent the message. do you have clue for the second be7 :(

7:14 am

72 Temple Owl

i don't haave it yet... : (

7:14 am

72 Temple Owl

bye, birthday girl!

7:14 am

Merk

dr 7 compound word that builds on the dr 4

7:15 am

LoriP

Later Une.

7:18 am

pinkhatlil

72 temple owl i just realised that i have all the b's their isn't another be7 sorry for the confusion

7:18 am

Atalante

oh! my favourite flower is in the grid!

7:19 am

sprite

Don't have that yet, but I found a place where they grow :)

7:19 am

Atalante

pr6/21 :)

7:20 am

LoriP

Can someone throw me a bone on the ar 6/27 please?

7:20 am

Frances

Is that the South African one Ata?

7:20 am

Atalante

yup :)

7:20 am

72 Temple Owl

lori, what happens when you use metal in a microwave

7:21 am

LoriP

Doh! Thanks TO.

7:21 am

pinkhatlil

lorip its arching without the h

7:21 am

sprite

that is spelling it out, pink - please don't?

7:26 am

Wolvie

morning babblers!

7:26 am

72 Temple Owl

hi wolvie! : )

7:26 am

jonny

mornin wolvie

7:26 am

sprite

hi Wolvie!

7:26 am

LoriP

G'd morning Wolvie

7:27 am

Atalante

hi Wolvie!

7:28 am

Wolvie

cute pooch ata. :-)

7:28 am

Atalante

pffff bodge should be allowed!

7:28 am

Wolvie

so it should - what does it mean? ;-0

7:29 am

Frances

I thought that Ata. After all I do it all the time!

7:29 am

Atalante

to mess up something or to fix something messily / clumsily. so do I, Frances!

7:30 am

Wolvie

ah. I like that term!

7:30 am

LoriP

Okay, there's 10 minutes of my life I can't get back. Looking for the ac 5/16. More coffee, stat!

7:30 am

sprite

My kind of word!

7:30 am

Atalante

its a very very common word over here

7:30 am

pompellid

Bodge is British slang for a clumsy, messy, inelegant or inadequate solution to a problem. (See also Kludge.)

7:30 am

LoriP

I found it, and was instantly caffeinated.....

7:31 am

Wolvie

LOL - caffeine is good.

7:31 am

sprite

Like in - as a kludge I bodge a lot?

7:32 am

Wolvie

kludge? another one. if context provides definition, I think I just might resemble this one. :-)

7:33 am

sprite

I love those words, would like to know how to use them properly :) Is kludge a verb or a noun?

Darn, found a 9. It is not valid. But what else to call a man with hair on his chin?

7:34 am

Wolvie

no idea sprite, but thanks for leading me to a be 5/16. :-)

7:34 am

72 Temple Owl

sprite: i agree! : D

7:34 am

Atalante

not sure about kludge, never used that one. but bodge - "well, I've bodged that up" "I'll just bodge that together and hope it works again"

7:34 am

sprite

thanks Ata :)

7:35 am

Atalante

oooo we're all ar6/21 babblers!

7:36 am

Wolvie

good one ata! ty

7:37 am

LoriP

:-) @ Atlante

7:37 am

72 Temple Owl

ty ata! : )

7:37 am

periwinkle

found a cr8 by myself, what do the other 8's start with please

7:37 am

periwinkle

Good Morning Everyone

7:38 am

Wolvie

hi peri!

7:38 am

sprite

I just found N8. Morning peri

7:38 am

LoriP

G'd morning Peri

7:38 am

Frances

Hi peri
ba8 bo8 cr8 ne8

7:39 am

periwinkle

thanks Frances, will look for them

7:39 am

periwinkle

have an ne7/36 is the ne8 similar

7:40 am

Wolvie

no - think irking someone

7:40 am

sprite

Thanks Frances, that gave me the other 2. Don't know, peri, don't have the 7 yet.

7:40 am

Frances

No

7:40 am

periwinkle

NM just found the ne8

7:40 am

sprite

Got the 7, it is not related.

7:40 am

72 Temple Owl

but ty that was my last n! : )

7:41 am

sprite

My favorite star trek captain is in the grid!

7:41 am

Wolvie

ty Frances - giving me the start on those 8's helped me find them.

7:42 am

seano216k

can anyone clue me the li 6, i am guessing it aint no regular word!

7:42 am

Frances

Is that my icon sprite

7:42 am

periwinkle

got all the 8's thanks

7:43 am

Wolvie

oh yeah - clue friday. Duh

7:43 am

sprite

Yes Fran, it is :)

7:43 am

Frances

seano
think of someone who wins - change the first letter

7:44 am

Merk

It's the wee words that are tripping me up again. Clue for the final te 4,4 please.

7:46 am

72 Temple Owl

i vehementlyprotest in6/27 and in7/44.... *hands monkey a banana*

7:46 am

Merk

Oh, duh, I started with the wrong t! Thanks anyway.

7:46 am

sprite

Did you see his last name is in the grid too, Frances? But not as a valid word of course, only the last half.

7:46 am

72 Temple Owl

well merk either you cry it or you camp in it

7:46 am

Wolvie

ty TO

7:47 am

seano216k

thanks frances, nice clue...i had been trying to make my word add up to nine not seven...duh!

7:47 am

72 Temple Owl

i only hvae oneof the p words from the upper right

7:47 am

pompellid

hi all

7:47 am

Wolvie

hi pompellid

7:47 am

72 Temple Owl

hi pomp

7:47 am

seano216k

hi pomp

7:48 am

pompellid

stuck on the 7s... ab 7/40, dr 7 and pi 7/32

7:48 am

72 Temple Owl

hi seano

7:48 am

Wolvie

a bell and a font is what I have from that p so far TO

7:48 am

LoriP

G'd morning pomp

7:48 am

sprite

Pr7 comes from that one too, Temple Owl

7:50 am

72 Temple Owl

o where is hurshy when i need her?

7:50 am

seano216k

hi TO :)

7:50 am

sprite

We should have ab7 this game long before!
Dr7 is a compound, system or network for finding or catching someone, as a criminal wanted by the police.

7:51 am

periwinkle

sprite, thanks for the dr7 clue, clue for the pr7 please

7:51 am

sprite

It is in Frances's icon, peri.

7:52 am

pompellid

ta sprite... I'm silly... need ab 7/36

7:52 am

periwinkle

thakns sprite lookked at Frances icon and it did not help me

7:52 am

mirandapan

Hi, everyone--just checked in--I'm in Boulder and can't get to Denver airport for my Texas flight--very sad to miss grandchildren--things are a mess here. Did someone need the ab 7/40 clue? I have it.

7:52 am

Merk

Fireworks!

7:53 am

LoriP

Congrats Merk!

7:53 am

periwinkle

YA Y Merk

7:53 am

LoriP

G'd morning miranda

7:53 am

sprite

wtg Merk!

7:53 am

LuwandaHL

ab7 past tense of 5/14

7:53 am

mirandapan

--or any of the 7 clues--stayed up late watching weather and playing.

7:53 am

Wolvie

sorry to hear of your troubles mira - the ab 7 /40 I have is the past tense of an ab 5/14 - which means to halt

7:53 am

LuwandaHL

to halt

7:53 am

Wolvie

congrats merk!!

7:54 am

mirandapan

thanks--

7:54 am

LuwandaHL

good mornin everyone

7:54 am

72 Temple Owl

yay merk! frances, please show yourself again - i need you clue!

7:54 am

LuwandaHL

yes merk

7:54 am

LoriP

G'd morning Luwanda

7:55 am

sprite

hi Luwanda

7:56 am

LoriP

I am a total blank on the li's. I did get the li 4/4. Anyone?

7:57 am

bookgrrl

lori--italian money

7:57 am

Wolvie

li 4/6 rhymes with a musical term

7:57 am

bookgrrl

oops...sorry; i see that's the one you had

7:57 am

chiley

when I google tom hardy star trek nemesis it says his character was Shinzon....doesn't help me

7:57 am

Wolvie

same here chiley - and good morning

7:58 am

sprite

Google for shinzon startrek nemesis, then it is in the 4rt or 5th hit

7:58 am

sprite

someone gave a good clue for the li6: he who wins, change first letter.

7:59 am

Wolvie

ahh - thanks sprite

7:59 am

chiley

Thanks Sprite. I found it. Hi Wolvie and all

8:00 am

72 Temple Owl

or it's a legal term- in roman civil law, one who sent cases to the judge

8:00 am

LuwandaHL

thanks sprite

8:00 am

LoriP

Thanks for the li clues all.

8:00 am

sprite

I found Pi7: what we need for an icon + a5 to decorate, drop last letter.

8:00 am

72 Temple Owl

or the arbitrator - or dismissed them

8:00 am

Wolvie

thanks again sprite!

8:01 am

sprite

yw :)

8:02 am

72 Temple Owl

ok- leaving now with 26 left fot tonight - happy babbling, all!

8:02 am

Wolvie

bye TO

8:02 am

LoriP

Have a good one TO

8:02 am

72 Temple Owl

another clue: you might find that pi7 in a bull ring

8:02 am

LuwandaHL

by to

8:03 am

seano216k

bye TO :(

8:03 am

sprite

bye Temple :)

8:04 am

Charm

Good morning everybody.

8:04 am

sugar

ar 5/16, anyone?

8:04 am

Wolvie

hi Charm!

8:04 am

LuwandaHL

hello charm

8:04 am

LoriP

G'd morning charm

8:04 am

sugar

hi charm and everyone else I've missed - been in the grid!

8:05 am

LoriP

ae + ***utante

8:05 am

Charm

Hey, Wolvie

8:05 am

Charm

Hello lunwanda, Lori

8:05 am

LoriP

Oops, ar + ***utante

8:05 am

Charm

Hi, Sugar

8:06 am

sugar

many tx lori, got it!

8:07 am

LoriP

yw

8:07 am

sugar

1 left do5/16 please

8:07 am

sprite

sugar: like the snake C, change first letter

8:07 am

LoriP

do + *** and panties ensemble

8:08 am

sugar

Fireworks !!!!!! Tx for your help lori!

8:08 am

periwinkle

59 left bbl

8:08 am

Wolvie

bye peri

8:08 am

LuwandaHL

yahoo sugar

8:08 am

Wolvie

congrats Sugar!!

8:08 am

LoriP

Later peri.

8:09 am

LoriP

Congrats Sugar!

8:09 am

Charm

yay, Sugar!

8:10 am

sugar

thanks all, and thanks sprite for your clue

8:11 am

sprite

yw, and congrats on finishing!

8:12 am

Atalante

off for a bit, bobbled by drawing roots! 22 left :)

8:12 am

Dorens

morning all

8:12 am

Atalante

boggled!!

8:13 am

LoriP

G'd morning Dorens

8:13 am

Wolvie

good morning Dorens

8:13 am

sprite

yeah! Boggle on, Ata *hug*

8:13 am

LuwandaHL

hello dorens

8:13 am

Wolvie

bye ata

8:13 am

pinkhatlil

morning dorens

8:13 am

sprite

hi Dorens

8:13 am

Atalante

*hugs sprite*

8:14 am

Charm

Hi, Dorens

8:14 am

Dorens

nice normalsized grid today..not too big, not too small... I feel like goldilocks

8:15 am

sprite

Just don't sleep in my bed, Dorens :)

8:16 am

Dorens

lol sprite.... you are safe!

8:16 am

sprite

But you are right, it is a nice grid. Easy too, except for a few not too common words.

8:17 am

Dorens

have we ever had a grid without a few of those weird ones? I can't remember ever noticiing one

8:18 am

sprite

That is a tough question to answer. The longer I play babble, the less words I see as uncommon ;)

8:18 am

jean1953

good afternoon everybody:)

8:19 am

sprite

Ha, fireworks. Hi jean!

8:19 am

Dorens

true, true...but I haven't been playing long enough not to recognize that even though I know them... they are still odd.....YAY SPrite HI jean

8:19 am

LuwandaHL

spmetimes i find the weird ons but the "obvious" one stump me

8:19 am

Wolvie

congrats sprite!

8:19 am

Wolvie

hi jean

8:19 am

jean1953

congratulations sprite:)

8:19 am

pinkhatlil

sprite i felt like a naughty child who was told off and sent to the back of the classroom are you a mummy?

8:20 am

sprite

Very much alive, actually, pink.

8:20 am

Dorens

goodness, pinkhat--- no one here ever means to send anyone to the back of the classroom... at least not sprite!

8:21 am

sprite

As far as I remember I only asked you not to spell words out in the chatlog.

8:25 am

LoriP

just a friendly reminder, I thought. I'm sure no offense was meant.

8:25 am

sprite

Luwanda: sounds like you are becoming totally babbled, lol.

8:25 am

LuwandaHL

yep, that's me - lol

8:25 am

Wolvie

I agree Lori

8:26 am

pinkhatlil

i was only joking sprite

8:26 am

sprite

I was smiling :)
I liked the 'mummy' reference.

8:27 am

LuwandaHL

i go between knitting and babbling

8:27 am

sprite

I like both too, Luwanda.

8:27 am

LuwandaHL

tottling

8:27 am

LuwandaHL

opps!!!

8:28 am

mattygroves

Right - back now, again, how is the puzzle

8:28 am

jean1953

Hello mattygroves:)

8:28 am

Wolvie

hi matty! pretty good

8:28 am

sprite

hi matty, nice and easy.

8:29 am

Wolvie

shoot luwanda - I'd prefer a word that babble takes! ;-)

8:29 am

Haz1558

Good afternoon/morning all. Back for the last words.

8:29 am

Dorens

hi matty

8:29 am

mattygroves

That's good!

8:29 am

LuwandaHL

speaking of knitting. i have to go. my knitting store is having a great end of year sale. i slmost makes some of the yarns affordable

8:29 am

LoriP

wb matty and Haz

8:29 am

LuwandaHL

be back late. been fun babbling with you

8:29 am

Wolvie

bye Luwanda

8:29 am

sprite

now I am jealous!

8:30 am

Dorens

bye luwanda

8:31 am

LoriP

Later Luwanda

8:31 am

LoriP

I am an eternal screw-off. Still 40 words left.......

8:31 am

Wolvie

clue for bo 6/33 please? I just can't see it.

8:31 am

lizmac

NI5 anyone?

8:32 am

seano216k

its a type of battery liz

8:32 am

LoriP

ni + space ***et city for me today.....

8:32 am

Dorens

a type of rechargeable battery liznac

8:32 am

sprite

lizmac: a kind of battery

8:32 am

Dorens

lor ni + a not so nice guy

8:32 am

Wolvie

ni plus a bad guy lori

8:32 am

sprite

bo6: grocerystore, wine shop

8:32 am

Wolvie

oh man - ty sprite!

8:33 am

sprite

yw ;)
Have to be off now, have fun all and see you tomorrow.

8:33 am

LoriP

:-)

8:33 am

lizmac

TYVM

8:33 am

Wolvie

bye sprite, and ty

8:33 am

LoriP

Later Sprite!

8:33 am

mattygroves

Hmm...that Bo - grocery store?

8:33 am

Dorens

tomorrow. sprite.. enjoy your day

8:33 am

sprite

spanish, matty

8:34 am

jean1953

Hi Haz and bye sprite

8:34 am

sprite

*poof*

8:34 am

Dorens

don't know it matty, but the bo gave me an 8!

8:34 am

mattygroves

I'm struggling to find the bo.

8:34 am

Haz1558

Extend the bo4/7 matty

8:34 am

Wolvie

hiya haz!!

8:34 am

Dorens

you don't live in a US city... corner stores abound owned by latinos

8:34 am

Haz1558

The bo4/7 that is in the residence ab5/16

8:35 am

Haz1558

Hello Wolvie!

8:35 am

Dorens

end rhymes with star V***

8:35 am

Wolvie

bo 4/7 plus a baby sound matty

8:35 am

raelite

hey everyone, happy new year

8:35 am

mattygroves

OoooKaaayyyy...that's a new one to me!

8:35 am

Wolvie

hi rae!

8:35 am

jean1953

hello raelite:)

8:35 am

LoriP

G'd morning rae

8:35 am

smooth_pappa

goooooood Morning!

8:35 am

Haz1558

matty - it features in 'Diamonds on the soles of her shoes' by Paul Simon (bo6/33)

8:35 am

Dorens

hi rael..happy new year to you to

8:36 am

Dorens

morning smooth

8:36 am

Sherylr1961

good morning fellow babblers

8:36 am

LoriP

G'd morning Smooth

8:36 am

Dorens

morning sherylr

8:36 am

LoriP

G'd morning Sheryl

8:36 am

raelite

:) this grid is great...not too hard, not too easy, big words not hard to find

8:36 am

jean1953

morning smooth and sherylr:)

8:36 am

smooth_pappa

*dives right in*

8:36 am

Wolvie

hi smooth!

8:36 am

Wolvie

hi Sheryl!

8:36 am

smooth_pappa

hey wolve!

8:37 am

lizmac

hi smooth

8:37 am

Sherylr1961

did everyone have a good Christmas?

8:37 am

Sherylr1961

What are your plans for New Year's

8:37 am

Sherylr1961

anything exciting

8:37 am

pinkhatlil

hi sheryl and smooth pappa

8:38 am

raelite

best christmas ever, thanks for asking, sheryl :)

8:38 am

Wolvie

yes sheryl I did, ty for asking. You?

8:38 am

kkiln

good morning all...clue for ca 5/18--- not the one that is enclosed.

8:38 am

Wolvie

hi kk

8:38 am

Sherylr1961

nice, not over yet though gonna have another turkey dinner tomorrow, that will be 3

8:38 am

kkiln

hi Wolvie

8:38 am

Sherylr1961

no wonder I only eat turkey at Christmas

8:38 am

jean1953

morning kkiln I had a good christmas here cheryl hope yours was good

8:39 am

Dorens

morning kkiln

8:39 am

smooth_pappa

Guid morn liz!

8:39 am

Wolvie

ohhh - we had prime rib for christmas, will have stroganoff for NY

8:39 am

Wolvie

don't have that ca myself kk - sorry

8:39 am

Sherylr1961

had Christmas with the hubby's family Christmas Eve, my own with my immediate family Christmas day and driving to Windsor today to have a get together with my family

8:39 am

kkiln

no problem...will eventually get it.

8:40 am

raelite

kk - you got the junior in the army?

8:40 am

Haz1558

ca5/18 - to borrow something off someone

8:40 am

Sherylr1961

I tried a prime rib one year for Christmas and my family loved it but missed the turkey

8:40 am

kkiln

yes I do...he is a ca 5/14.

8:40 am

Wolvie

haz - isn't that also the enclosed one?

8:41 am

LoriP

ca + a sheriff's ba***

8:41 am

Haz1558

It's an anagram of the enclosed one

8:41 am

lizmac

PI7/40?

8:41 am

Wolvie

ahh - duh. thanks lori and haz

8:41 am

Haz1558

ca5/18 - rhymes with an official's sign of authority.

8:42 am

pinkhatlil

can anyone offer the third letter to the de6/27 i cant find it

8:42 am

kkiln

Thanks Haz and Lori--- that is a new word for me.

8:42 am

kkiln

good clues

8:42 am

Wolvie

pi 7/40 - a font (pi 4/6 just above it) and a thruway minus a vowel

8:42 am

seano216k

liz he helps the toreador butcher a bull

8:42 am

GraceM

pink- b

8:42 am

Wolvie

pink - a b - a person who owes

8:43 am

lizmac

TY good clues!

8:43 am

Wolvie

hi seano and grace

8:43 am

pinkhatlil

thankx GraceM

8:43 am

seano216k

hi wolvie

8:43 am

Haz1558

Extend the de4/7 - money owed

8:43 am

pinkhatlil

debtor

8:43 am

inge

Guten Morgen, Babblers, Fireworks for me!!!

8:44 am

mattygroves

Got the pi4/6 but not sure what you mean about the thruway...

8:44 am

Charm

what's in the penalty box today?

8:44 am

Charm

Yay, inge!

8:44 am

Wolvie

congrats inge - and hello!

8:44 am

jean1953

congratulations inge:)

8:44 am

Wolvie

a do**, matty. :-)

8:44 am

inge

donuts in the penalty box

8:44 am

LoriP

COngrats Inge!

8:44 am

Wolvie

that's it pink! ;-)

8:44 am

Sherylr1961

congrats inge

8:45 am

kkiln

Congrats Inge!

8:45 am

Sherylr1961

made it to 70 words but slowing way down now

8:45 am

Charm

donuts aren't enough. No leftover holiday goodies? No pie? cake? eggnog?

8:45 am

mattygroves

Guys? PI8 I have the first half...?

8:45 am

Sherylr1961

gonna go get a cuppa and come back and take another stab at it

8:45 am

Wolvie

cya sheryl

8:45 am

mattygroves

Please?

8:45 am

inge

thank you , thank you. Makes curtsy in direction of Bableland.

8:46 am

Frances

matty
There isn't a pi8

8:46 am

inge

some halfprice chocolate bells and kisses

8:46 am

Haz1558

matty - what pi8?

8:46 am

Wolvie

pi 7 the font plus do**, minus the third vowel

8:46 am

mattygroves

pi7, sorry!

8:46 am

Wolvie

interior thruway, so to speak. :-)

8:46 am

mattygroves

Got it thanks!

8:47 am

mattygroves

I was thinking highway, motorway, turnpike...

8:47 am

inge

my task for today is to find eggnog. Noone had a sale these past two days, so I will try Meijers today

8:47 am

Wolvie

LOL - I'm sorry matty. I'll do better

8:47 am

Wolvie

make some inge!

8:48 am

Dorens

easy to make inge... and better for you without all those preservatives

8:48 am

Haz1558

pi7 - one who assists in bullfighting

8:48 am

inge

still have to buy the ingredients, need cream, dont I?

8:48 am

Wolvie

yes ma'am. :-)

8:49 am

Dorens

you can make it without.... not as rich, but what i used to have all the time as a kid... milk, eggs, vanilla, nutmeg..of course cream does taste better!

8:49 am

inge

OK you guys win, will check recipe and then go shopping. BBL

8:49 am

Wolvie

good luck inge!

8:49 am

Dorens

later, inge..enjoy it

8:49 am

Haz1558

Has the same ending as the more flashy bullfighters, but the function is to stick things into the bull.

8:49 am

LoriP

pr 7/32 please?

8:50 am

Wolvie

pr 2 vowels then sounds like an alt word for ripped, without the last vowel

8:50 am

Wolvie

the first part sounds like what you do in church

8:50 am

Haz1558

pr7 - Roman magistrate, I think

8:51 am

ren8

Afternoon everyone, back to finish the last 30 words

8:51 am

LoriP

Thank ye all.

8:51 am

Wolvie

hi ren

8:51 am

Wolvie

that's right haz. :-)

8:51 am

ren8

Hi Wolvie

8:52 am

Haz1558

The things you drag out of your mind from Latin classes years ago.....

8:52 am

GraceM

I'm missing an 8. I have: ba, bo, ne

8:52 am

K.Elisabet

Hi everyone- and thanks, Haz for the last couple of clues. I do best with definitions I think (assuming I've ever heard of the word, anyway!)

8:53 am

Haz1558

cr 8/60

8:53 am

Sherylr1961

haz extend the cr 4/6

8:53 am

lizmac

LI6/21?

8:53 am

Haz1558

Glad it helped, Elisabet.

8:53 am

seano216k

think of how a mother would be holding her baby

8:54 am

Haz1558

It's okay, Sheryl, I have it already, - Grace was looking for her final 8.

8:54 am

GraceM

ah, thx.

8:54 am

Sherylr1961

oops guess you weren't asking haz you were giving, just got back

8:54 am

LoriP

one of the pr 4/5's please. I have pr + vowel vowel

8:55 am

Sherylr1961

little more than 1/2 way going to the list, happy with that, lol

8:55 am

seano216k

oops sorry haz i jumped in too!!

8:55 am

Haz1558

Not a problem!

8:55 am

GraceM

fizzled out with 37 to go.

8:55 am

BabbleRabble

li6 - to the l + i**** goes the spoils

8:55 am

Dorens

poke, lorip

8:55 am

Wolvie

hi babble!

8:56 am

lizmac

Haz..weather's cleared up a bit here, there?

8:56 am

LoriP

Ack! Thank ye Dorens.

8:56 am

Haz1558

Yes, looking more civilised.

8:56 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, Wolvie and all

8:56 am

Dorens

hi babble

8:56 am

jean1953

hello babble:)

8:56 am

ren8

Hello again BabbleRabble you back to finish also

8:57 am

Sherylr1961

hey jean

8:57 am

Sherylr1961

he dorens

8:57 am

LoriP

Dorens, my bad, one of the pr 4/5's

8:57 am

lizmac

Sorry BR, could you clue that again for me, being thick today(!?)

8:58 am

Dorens

hi sheryl--sorry lorip don't have yet.. still listless with 40 to go

8:58 am

Haz1558

li8 - Mr Meldrew with a different first letter

8:58 am

Wolvie

li 6 rhymes with vi***, also a man's name liz

8:59 am

BabbleRabble

li -- alcoho*** + subs shoot ***pedos

8:59 am

lizmac

TY all, wouldn't have got that unaided

8:59 am

Sherylr1961

can someone clue the ab 5/16 can't see it

8:59 am

Dorens

home, sheryl

9:00 am

kkiln

Thanks Babble for the Li...could not get the othe clues.

9:00 am

LoriP

28 words left, and though I have taken goofing off to a whole new level, I must do some errands. Have a good day all!

9:00 am

Haz1558

Hopefully the alcho*** won't be in charge of shooting the ***pedos!

9:00 am

bichon

ab 5/16, you live in an ab***

9:00 am

Haz1558

ab5/16 - where you live

9:00 am

BabbleRabble

ab 5 -- add *** to a grecain urn

9:00 am

pinkhatlil

babblerabble i have never heard of that word do you know what it means

9:00 am

Sherylr1961

all around it, ty bichon and haz

9:01 am

scarydeb

clues pls ab7/36

9:01 am

Haz1558

ab7/36 - one who does the helpful ab4/6

9:01 am

Dorens

left, got rid of.. scary

9:01 am

Wolvie

hi scary - ab 7/36 - one who helps

9:01 am

kkiln

clues for in 6/27?

9:02 am

Wolvie

in plus ca 4/7

9:02 am

Haz1558

in6/27 - traditionally the fate of animals in old-fashoned zoos

9:02 am

lizmac

See we're on the Scots ones again GA4/7. Means went

9:02 am

scarydeb

thanks wolvie

9:03 am

kkiln

Wolvie...what a brain I am...I had the in 7/44 so I just overlooked the present tense.

9:03 am

Wolvie

yw

9:03 am

Wolvie

I do that all the time kk - just entered de 4/7 when I already had the 6. ;-)

9:04 am

GraceM

bbl later for the last 29!

9:04 am

Wolvie

clue for de 5/16 - I know I will need a ca 4/6

9:04 am

Wolvie

bye Grace!

9:04 am

BabbleRabble

its what makes babbling humbling for the betterment of mankind!

9:04 am

jean1953

bye grace:)

9:04 am

lizmac

Back later, folks.

9:04 am

Haz1558

de5/16 - ban someone especially from a place that sells alcohol?

9:05 am

jean1953

bye lizmac:)

9:05 am

stevedallas

most attorneys should be *****red

9:05 am

Wolvie

oh man - ty haz

9:05 am

Wolvie

and steve

9:05 am

Haz1558

You're welcome!

9:05 am

stevedallas

anytime

9:05 am

Haz1558

Maybe you should say some attorneys steve - you don't want a lawsuit on your hands!

9:06 am

Charm

THE Steve Dallas?

9:06 am

Dorens

i'm on my way out... back later...happy babbling

9:06 am

Charm

bye Dorens

9:06 am

stevedallas

the original!! love the icon

9:06 am

stevedallas

paraphrasing shakespeare

9:06 am

ren8

Bye Dorens

9:06 am

Haz1558

Bye Dorens - your icon is beautiful!

9:07 am

Wolvie

bye Dorens

9:07 am

jean1953

bye dorens:)

9:07 am

Charm

Maybe I should look for a new icon: The Starship Enterpoop?

9:07 am

Wolvie

LOL Charm

9:08 am

stevedallas

miss the old characters!!

9:08 am

Wolvie

well folks - must be off for awhile - bbl - 30 left. :-)

9:08 am

Charm

bye Wolvie

9:08 am

Haz1558

Bye Wolvie!

9:08 am

stevedallas

bye wolvie

9:09 am

Sherylr1961

cya wolvie

9:09 am

Charm

My paper doesn't carry any Bloom County. sigh

9:09 am

jean1953

bye wolvie:)

9:09 am

pabtrek

clues for the other 8's please have bo and cr

9:10 am

stevedallas

ne and ba

9:10 am

Haz1558

ne8/50 and ba8/60 - the usual endings

9:11 am

pinkhatlil

a clue on the ge7/44 please

9:11 am

Haz1558

ge7/44 - extend the ge4/6

9:11 am

stevedallas

officer and gentlemen ing

9:12 am

stevedallas

boran

9:13 am

mattygroves

Hey Steve, does your name come from Bloom County?

9:13 am

pabtrek

got the ne8

9:13 am

pinkhatlil

as soon as i read your message the word jumped right out at me thanks i thought i'd typed it in earlier obviously not :,

9:13 am

stevedallas

yep had it for a long time

9:13 am

mattygroves

Cool. Bloom County rocks.

9:14 am

stevedallas

up the meadow party!!

9:15 am

mattygroves

Bill the Cat for president (clearly a more sensible choice than Bush!)

9:15 am

mattygroves

I haven't got any nine's...yet

9:16 am

stevedallas

no nines

9:16 am

mattygroves

Duh. 8s I meant. Brain not in gear.

9:16 am

BabbleRabble

if you get a nine you are working on the wrong grid

9:16 am

stevedallas

got a 4/9 !!

9:17 am

Charm

done. clues before I go?

9:17 am

pabtrek

congrats charm

9:17 am

stevedallas

wtg charm

9:17 am

mattygroves

Any 8s please!

9:18 am

stevedallas

they all end in the same four letters

9:18 am

mattygroves

Would they be subjunctive letters?

9:19 am

mattygroves

OK, got one of them...!

9:19 am

Book Doctor Gwen

howdee all, nice day?

9:19 am

Frances

matty
bo8/60 what they do in a brewery to get the beer into the glass containers!

9:19 am

mattygroves

That's the one I already have...

9:19 am

Haz1558

Hello Gwen - the grid is nicer than the day!

9:19 am

ren8

Hello Gwen

9:20 am

pabtrek

cr8/60 how a mother holds a baby

9:20 am

BabbleRabble

ba 8/60 - the give and take in the chat: ba**ering and a sensation is a feel***

9:20 am

Frances

cr8/60 what you are doing with a babe in your arms

9:20 am

flosey

good morning all, back for last 40 - after I get my coffee

9:21 am

jean1953

welcome back flosey

9:21 am

ypsigirl

yeah I got all the 8s thanks for your help, all!

9:21 am

kkiln

ar 6/27?

9:22 am

ren8

Hello Flosey

9:22 am

BabbleRabble

cr -- rockabye baby in the treetop when the bough breaks the cr***e sall rock + the participle ending

9:22 am

Haz1558

ar6/27 - the usual ending to the end of poorly spelt Noah's vessel

9:22 am

mattygroves

I have 2 eights...the alcoholic one and the baby one.

9:22 am

stevedallas

forest of ar*** plus a consonant

9:23 am

torgone

ar6 = curved

9:23 am

spellit

Hazel - sorry I didn't answer your question..

9:23 am

Haz1558

Hello torgone!

9:23 am

stevedallas

oops that was ar 21

9:23 am

Haz1558

It's okay, spellit - how was Christmas?

9:23 am

Frances

ar6/27 a luminous bridge between two electrodes

9:24 am

torgone

Good morning and happy Friday!

9:24 am

jean1953

hello torgone:)

9:24 am

mattygroves

C'mon the last two 8s, please? I have BO and CR

9:24 am

spellit

Millie had a great Christmas. 9 months old now and walking round hanging on to chairs etc. Suddenly she walked across the louge, down the hall and appeared in the kitchen!

9:24 am

mattygroves

(And that's not a comment on my hygiene habits...)

9:24 am

Charm

bye everyone. happy babbling and see y'all tomorrow.

9:25 am

flosey

bye charm

9:25 am

BabbleRabble

is no bo ... you see my clue at 9:20?

9:25 am

jean1953

bye charm:)

9:25 am

Haz1558

Oh my goodness - a great leap for her! I wonder who was more surprised?

9:25 am

spellit

There is no stopping her now. We now have 4 other grandchildren staying for a few days so we are exhausted..

9:25 am

ypsigirl

that's such a great age spellit

9:25 am

Haz1558

That's lovely for you, spellit - the right kind of tiredness.

9:26 am

mattygroves

OK, have the BA, BO, and CR

9:26 am

ypsigirl

kids want me to play the game they got for christmas... operation!

9:26 am

pabtrek

ne8/50 stinging plant with a gerund end

9:26 am

mattygroves

Thanks Pab - all the 8s done :D

9:26 am

Frances

ne8/50 to sting as in the plant

9:27 am

Haz1558

Spellit, did you happen to notice Doren's icon of her granddaughter Phoebe? The child would put me in the notion of having grandchildren.....

9:27 am

ren8

clue for be5/16 please

9:27 am

BabbleRabble

ne 8/50 -- tennis has a ne* dividing the court... double the last consonant and add a sensation is a fee****

9:27 am

spellit

It's really funny to see her with Jason who is 17mths

9:27 am

BabbleRabble

be 5 - van dyke

9:27 am

Haz1558

be5/16 - as worn by men, or ladies in carnivals

9:27 am

scarydeb

be 5/16 chin growth

9:28 am

Frances

be5/16 hairy chin

9:28 am

torgone

So far I have 16 words with that gerund ending ..

9:28 am

spellit

I haven't seen Phoebe yet. Grandchildren are wonderful - you get to give them back!

9:28 am

ren8

thank you scarydeb & frances. Amazing how words jump out when given a clue

9:29 am

Haz1558

Keep an eye out for her, spellit, she is beautiful! How long have you got before you hand your lot back?

9:29 am

Frances

You're welcome ren

9:29 am

scarydeb

yw

9:29 am

spellit

Saturday morning if we are still concious

9:29 am

kkiln

off for a bit -- will be back to finish the five Ihave left.

9:30 am

ren8

bye kklin

9:30 am

Haz1558

One more sleep, spellit!

9:30 am

spellit

I am now being called to play cards with Molly and Chloe so back later!

9:30 am

spellit

Bye for now

9:31 am

Haz1558

Bye spellit - nice to see you (and Millie) again.

9:31 am

anike

I have 4 words to go and would love some help - ab 7/36, da 5/14, li 6/21 and pr 6/21

9:31 am

mattygroves

I'm going to empty the dishwasher and the dryer - bbl for the final 52!

9:31 am

Haz1558

ab7/36 - one who helps (extend the ab4/6)

9:31 am

pabtrek

ab7/36 the one who ab4/6

9:32 am

flosey

does anyone have a clue for ca6/27 please

9:32 am

Haz1558

da5/14 - d plus Mr Clapton's name, different vowel beginning

9:32 am

Frances

li6/21 one who wins - change the first letter

9:32 am

BabbleRabble

pr 6/21 - not an amateur and oolong is a type of ***

9:33 am

Frances

ca6/27 and sh-----

9:33 am

Haz1558

ca6/27 - one who minds or looks after shows this quality

9:33 am

pinkhatlil

a clue for the ne7 pleeeeease

9:34 am

Frances

ne7/36 getting closer

9:34 am

Haz1558

ne7 - almost there

9:34 am

BabbleRabble

ne 7 - drawing closer

9:34 am

scarydeb

ne 7 getting closer

9:34 am

pabtrek

and gerund to ne4/4

9:34 am

seano216k

yay fireworks

9:35 am

pinkhatlil

what does gerund mean?

9:35 am

Haz1558

Congratulations seano!

9:35 am

anike

TY everyone - still can't get the li 6

9:35 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, seano216k!!

9:35 am

flosey

oh, thanks was so intent on going the wrong way there

9:35 am

pinkhatlil

well done

9:35 am

Haz1558

It's sometimes also referred to as the present participle (the ending on ending, the three letters indicating a verb in the continuous tense)

9:36 am

pabtrek

congrats sean

9:36 am

pinkhatlil

thanks haz

9:36 am

jean1953

congrats sean

9:36 am

smooth_pappa

fireworks!

9:37 am

jean1953

congrats smooth:)

9:37 am

Haz1558

li6 - first three letters of what you do to taste, then first three letters of skater Dean's partner.

9:37 am

smooth_pappa

and congrats sean!

9:37 am

BabbleRabble

li 6 - to neglect a duty is being dere**** ... add either/**

9:37 am

smooth_pappa

hi jean! :)

9:37 am

featherbee

congrats pappa! how was the grid? i'm just starting

9:37 am

smooth_pappa

not bad at all feather

9:37 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, pinkhat.

9:37 am

pinkhatlil

haz is it similar to the ne 8

9:38 am

smooth_pappa

besides having no S words, it's fairly straightforward

9:38 am

flosey

WTG smoothpappa

9:38 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, smooth_pappa!

9:38 am

smooth_pappa

thank you guys!

9:38 am

Haz1558

Sorry, pink - are you talking about the ne7?

9:38 am

anike

Fireworks!! TY Haz. And goodnight all.

9:38 am

pabtrek

congrats pappa

9:39 am

Haz1558

If so, it is the gerund ending on the ne4/4, meaning close.

9:39 am

Haz1558

Well done anike!

9:39 am

smooth_pappa

good job anike!

9:39 am

flosey

good for you anike

9:39 am

ren8

clue for ar6/27 please

9:40 am

Book Doctor Gwen

TY belatedly for those clues for the li6 !!

9:40 am

ren8

found it, not to worry

9:40 am

pinkhatlil

i am but im wandering if ne7 is similar to the ne8 well done smooth pappa and anike

9:40 am

anike

It's 12.40 am here so I must go to bed but does anyone need a quick clue before I go?

9:40 am

Book Doctor Gwen

now up to 90 woids -- fun grid, much nicer than yester's

9:40 am

jean1953

fireworks for me now the dogs can go for a walk lol

9:40 am

flosey

congrats jean

9:40 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, jean!

9:41 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ar6 a type of weld***

9:41 am

ren8

Well done Jean, night anike

9:41 am

pinkhatlil

well done jean im sure the dogs are relieved

9:41 am

Haz1558

pinkhat - it's completely different to ne8, except for the ending, of course.

9:41 am

Ishbalin

How many words today??

9:41 am

Ishbalin

ping

9:41 am

ren8

137

9:41 am

Ishbalin

WHOOPS

9:41 am

Ishbalin

sorry

9:41 am

jean1953

Im sure they are too pink although theyve been out twice today already lol

9:41 am

Ishbalin

wrong text box

9:41 am

scarydeb

clue for ea6/24 pls

9:42 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ea6 dangled from your ***lobe

9:42 am

Katydid0615

what you wear in your ear with the hole in it.

9:42 am

sherb

greetings Babblers :)

9:42 am

jean1953

bye everyone happy babbling one and all:)

9:42 am

ren8

something worn in your ear

9:42 am

smooth_pappa

good job jean! enjoy the jaunt

9:42 am

smooth_pappa

hey sherb

9:42 am

Katydid0615

only leave out one of the double consonents

9:42 am

Haz1558

Hello sherb!

9:42 am

bunnyvicious

Can I get a clue for the N on the bottom, I keep typing in narf. Please and thank you.

9:42 am

jean1953

I will smooth just a quick round the field before dark for them

9:42 am

featherbee

oh, hi sherb! you just reminded me that i didn't do Quote Puzzler yet

9:43 am

scarydeb

thanks - I thought that had 2 r's

9:43 am

Haz1558

na4/6 - n plus President Lincoln's shortened first name

9:43 am

pinkhatlil

that was so bl***y obvious i thought i'd typed it in already thanx haz

9:43 am

smooth_pappa

jean... you're in somerset? isn't that just south of the welsh border?

9:43 am

BabbleRabble

na 4/6 -- to ** or not to ** that is ....

9:44 am

bunnyvicious

TY Haz, Don't think I've ever seen that one, hope I remember it for next time.

9:44 am

Haz1558

That's okay, pinkhat.

9:44 am

anike

bottom n - sounds like a short version of the person who lives next door

9:44 am

Haz1558

It's new to me as well, bunny.

9:45 am

sherb

me neither feather... saving it for later...

9:45 am

Book Doctor Gwen

narf!

9:45 am

Book Doctor Gwen

(should be in there cuz *I* say it's a woid)

9:45 am

smooth_pappa

hi gwen

9:46 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hi thar, smooth

9:46 am

bunnyvicious

I agree Gwen, it is the wisdom of Pinky, so shall it be.

9:47 am

Book Doctor Gwen

practed -- that should be a woid, too

9:47 am

smooth_pappa

all right... I'll be back in a bit

9:47 am

Frances

Gwen lose two letters and it would be

9:47 am

bunnyvicious

Bye Pappa

9:48 am

Book Doctor Gwen

frances, yup, got that one already 8-)

9:48 am

Haz1558

Okay, I have no excuse left to be sitting here. The grid is done, my tax return is done (I can sleep soundly now that I have repaid 88p owing from last year) the rain is off and the dog needs walked. So off I go - have a good day, everyone!

9:48 am

pompellid

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

9:49 am

Book Doctor Gwen

hmf, it says "barcode" is not found in the dictionary. (sniffs)

9:49 am

bunnyvicious

BYe Haz

9:49 am

Book Doctor Gwen

pomp, WTG!

9:49 am

Book Doctor Gwen

haz, good thing you paid that 88p or it could be bad LOL

9:49 am

pompellid

ta bdg... reference to torchwood?

9:49 am

ren8

Bye Haz enjoy your walk

9:49 am

bunnyvicious

YAY pomp!!

9:49 am

ren8

Well done pomp

9:50 am

sherb

enjoy your walk Haz... see you tomorrow :)

9:50 am

flosey

bye Haz, have a great day

9:50 am

Book Doctor Gwen

pomp, no, reference to DW!!

9:50 am

flosey

any clues for ni5 please

9:50 am

pompellid

ah, but Gwen is in TW not DW :)

9:51 am

ren8

clue for to6/18 please

9:51 am

ren8

found to6

9:51 am

Katydid0615

ni5 = ty[e pf batteru

9:51 am

Aloyisius

ni5: think battery

9:51 am

Book Doctor Gwen

um, Gwen is my name and i predate that show LOL

9:51 am

flosey

thanks aloy, will work on that

9:52 am

scarydeb

ni 5 battery or ni + unfaithful man

9:52 am

pompellid

LOL touché

9:52 am

Katydid0615

oops, had hands on wrong keys! LOL meant type of battery

9:52 am

BabbleRabble

ni 5 - to have oodles of something: s***s

9:53 am

Aloyisius

yw, flosey.. just started babbling and your request helped me find that type of battery that uses two metallic elements

9:53 am

Book Doctor Gwen

i haven't seen TW -- there's a character called Gwen, huh? good guy or bad guy?

9:53 am

scarydeb

clue for ga6/27 pls

9:53 am

flosey

glad to have helped

9:53 am

BabbleRabble

or, medical schools use dead bodies called ***avers

9:53 am

mattygroves

Good guy, Gwen.

9:53 am

Judi

Morning all.

9:53 am

Judi

Scareydeb: where you plant your tomatoes.

9:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ga6, you plant things in there

9:54 am

Frances

Torchwood is anag of Doctor Who

9:54 am

Book Doctor Gwen

matty, tanks for the info. i've seen a few Gwens in TV/movies, seem to be more bad guys than good guys

9:54 am

flosey

got it, finally, thanks babble that did it

9:54 am

BabbleRabble

ga - mary mary quite contrary how does you ga6 grow

9:54 am

sherb

ga6/27 - round and round the ga6/27, like a teddy bear...

9:55 am

flosey

ga6/27 is my icon today

9:55 am

Book Doctor Gwen

but of course on DW there was a Gwyneth who saved the world, Yay!! LOL

9:55 am

scarydeb

thanks all - don't know how i missed that

9:55 am

mattygroves

And actually, in Dr Who, the same actress played a good guy in The Unquiet Dead.

9:55 am

mattygroves

(you beat me to that reference)

9:56 am

sparklygem

ad5/12 anyone?

9:56 am

ren8

FIREWORKS

9:56 am

sparklygem

wtg ren!

9:56 am

Aloyisius

Bravo, ren8!

9:56 am

riemann

Congrats, Ren!

9:57 am

sherb

ad5/12 - to embellish, make ornate...

9:57 am

Book Doctor Gwen

ad5, what you wear, or the philosophy you practice, is said to be what ad***s you. rhymes with "bad" part of a rose

9:57 am

BabbleRabble

ar 5 - add lincoln/douglas ***ates

9:57 am

mattygroves

If you decorate you ad*** something. How about the ad5/16

9:57 am

Aloyisius

sparkly... to dress up something

9:57 am

mattygroves

Never mind - got it!

9:57 am

BabbleRabble

congrats, ren8!

9:58 am

sparklygem

thank you everyone! I was going towards the right of the gid for some reason :D

9:58 am

ren8

off out for drinks this evening so best be off to pack bag for little man - see you all tomorrow

9:58 am

sherb

bye ren8 :)

10:04 am

flosey

bye Ren, enjoy your evening

10:04 am

sparklygem

i'm a bit stuck on the ar 5s and 6s - are they comon words?

10:06 am

BabbleRabble

ar 5/16 - film star ***bie reynolds

10:06 am

sherb

mostly common words sparkly... but there is ar5/16 - add scary's name...

10:06 am

harpjane

good morning

10:06 am

flosey

Hi Sparkly - welcome to babble - read your bio - you seem to be quite ar6 regarding your work

10:07 am

BabbleRabble

ar 6/21 - a fender bender leaves a **** in you car

10:07 am

sherb

hi jane :)

10:07 am

Aloyisius

if you went boating on Noah's craft, you might say you were ar****, alt. sp

10:08 am

BabbleRabble

ar 5/12 - at the entrance they may be a **o*mat

10:08 am

sparklygem

great - thanks everyone

10:08 am

sparklygem

hi flosey!

10:08 am

flosey

cute clue aloy

10:08 am

charlotte2

hi everyone

10:09 am

BabbleRabble

ar 4/4 - colds and flu and **lnesses

10:09 am

shorty

hello babblers

10:09 am

Aloyisius

lol, it was fun.. bb soon, have to do a teeny bit of work.

10:09 am

shorty

anybody seen faerie

10:09 am

flosey

morning shorty

10:10 am

metaleather

hi shorty

10:10 am

BabbleRabble

hello, shorty

10:10 am

flosey

haven't seen her this morning

10:10 am

shorty

has babble changed or is it my computer?

10:10 am

sherb

hi shorty :) ...haven't seen Faerie today...

10:10 am

smooth_pappa

whoo hoo! payday today.

10:10 am

Minty106

Can anyone help with ar 6/27 pls?

10:10 am

shorty

Heya babblerabble

10:10 am

BabbleRabble

faerie say something about a double shift

10:11 am

shorty

oh no!

10:11 am

sherb

ar6/27 - gerund

10:11 am

shorty

ooooo hey smooth_pappa

10:11 am

BabbleRabble

ar 6 - part of a circle and the gerund/participle ending

10:12 am

Minty106

ty

10:12 am

smooth_pappa

yeah shorty... now I get to pay my rent. lol

10:12 am

ypsigirl

did I miss the ar 5/12?

10:13 am

BabbleRabble

yep; scroll back

10:13 am

sherb

ar5/12 - passionate affection...

10:14 am

ypsigirl

thanks sherb!

10:14 am

ypsigirl

and nice icon clue too sherb!

10:15 am

smooth_pappa

anyone hear from kthudsn recently? I havent seen her in a couple of days

10:15 am

mattygroves

DA5/14 anyone?

10:15 am

harpjane

are there any ab words?

10:15 am

harpjane

rote

10:15 am

harpjane

well, shame on me!

10:15 am

flosey

nor I pappa,

10:15 am

sherb

a few jane...

10:16 am

smooth_pappa

jane: ab4/7, 4/6, 7/36, 5/16, 7/40

10:16 am

Inge2

yes, harp, I have ab516, ab5/14 and ab7/40 so far

10:16 am

smooth_pappa

whoops a 5/14 after the 5/16 also

10:16 am

mattygroves

DA5/14 anyone please?

10:17 am

sherb

d5/14 - sounds like a type of greek column, but change the first vowel...

10:17 am

smooth_pappa

DA + "I'm ***k James, B#&!h!"

10:17 am

mattygroves

I coulda sworn I'd tried that - thanks Sherb!

10:17 am

harpjane

thanks, got em all! two ab7's

10:17 am

Inge2

nice icon clue, sherb!

10:18 am

movieman

greetings, everyone!!!!!!

10:18 am

flosey

good morning movieman

10:18 am

BabbleRabble

just the facts, ma'am

10:18 am

sherb

thanks :) ...I always liked Harry Morgan...

10:18 am

metaleather

hi movie

10:18 am

flosey

any clues for pi7 please

10:18 am

smooth_pappa

yo, yo, yo! what it is movieman!

10:19 am

stevedallas

OLE!!

10:19 am

smooth_pappa

flosey, take the 1st 4 letters of the PI before it... it is a member of a bullfighting squad

10:19 am

mattygroves

Oh, mm! How did you like all the Salad Fingers!?

10:19 am

ypsigirl

jean luc "picard" is not taking ;)

10:19 am

sherb

hi movieman :)

10:20 am

smooth_pappa

HA!

10:20 am

chj

pa5 pinda*** in the style of poet pinda*

10:20 am

flosey

hmmmmm, don't have pi4 yet - will work on it

10:20 am

movieman

matty - very funny and very, VERY surreal!!!!!!!!

10:20 am

mattygroves

Add a vowel after our fine captain, Ypsi!

10:20 am

chj

sorry that was da5

10:20 am

flosey

ok, got the 4

10:20 am

chj

da5 pinda*** in the style of poet pinda*

10:20 am

BabbleRabble

pi 4/6 --- type of type not elte

10:20 am

harpjane

could I get some O clues, while I go shopping for an icon? think I"ll be a ge4 in dr4!

10:21 am

flosey

went to a bullfight once and had to leave, couldn't take it

10:21 am

smooth_pappa

I went to one in mexico when I was younger... had a blast! the PI7 got thrown off his horse, though. lol

10:22 am

movieman

some cluez for my other two 8's would be nice.....i have bo8/60 & ne8/50.....

10:22 am

Inge2

no taste for bullfights here either

10:22 am

sherb

cr8 - you do this to babies...

10:23 am

stevedallas

if an otter otts then otters otted yesteday

10:23 am

chj

cr8 a lacrosse player is usually cr****** the ball in his stick

10:23 am

ypsigirl

finally got that pi 7 monkeyed!

10:23 am

sherb

short interlude while I prepare something for dinner tonight...

10:24 am

lizmac

PR 4/5 x 2 have stumped me, any help please?

10:24 am

flosey

ah! finally got it

10:24 am

BabbleRabble

pr - chairman M** and reverse for the other

10:25 am

BabbleRabble

wtg, flosey

10:25 am

smooth_pappa

ok new themed icon up... an old picture of mine

10:25 am

lizmac

TYVM BabbleR

10:26 am

BabbleRabble

yw

10:26 am

mattygroves

Sorry- one more clue - do5/16

10:26 am

relarion

I finally put up a themed icon too, pappa...

10:26 am

chj

ba8 a light fighter is a ba**amweight + worf is a k****on

10:27 am

BabbleRabble

do + cross your heart underoo

10:27 am

smooth_pappa

relarion... that's so cuddly! I've those animals!

10:27 am

mattygroves

Thanks babble!

10:27 am

metaleather

bo8/50 lavern & shirley worked in a bo8/50 plant

10:27 am

flosey

thanks for the pr's never would have got those babble

10:28 am

relarion

Isn't he just, Smooth?! Your picture is really cool, so moody.

10:28 am

smooth_pappa

actually just changed it again... another from the same series

10:28 am

relarion

Ooh...even better.

10:28 am

ypsigirl

so funny metal, my sister came home for xmas from Mass and she started working in a micro brewary and we were calling her laverne!

10:28 am

smooth_pappa

hehe I thought so too. thnaks

10:28 am

metaleather

cool

10:29 am

movieman

ty chj.....

10:29 am

smooth_pappa

hi meta

10:29 am

bunnyvicious

Could I get a clue for do 5/16 please?

10:29 am

relarion

Clue for ab 7.36 anyone?

10:29 am

scarydeb

*~*Fireworks!!!*#^ thanks for clues - wouldnt be here without them

10:29 am

BabbleRabble

a dairy farmer's work is never done

10:29 am

relarion

woohoo scary!

10:30 am

BabbleRabble

congrats, scarydeb!

10:30 am

BabbleRabble

congrats, scarydeb!

10:30 am

Sherylr1961

fireworks for me

10:30 am

smooth_pappa

Bunny: DO + woman's underwear

10:30 am

flosey

WTG Scarydeb

10:30 am

Sherylr1961

short and sweet today

10:30 am

flosey

and Sheryl

10:30 am

harpjane

ab 7, one who ab4's

10:30 am

relarion

rage

10:30 am

smooth_pappa

yeah sheryl!

10:30 am

bunnyvicious

ab 7 builds off the ab 4/6 before it, ab4/7 + one of our members, ***gon

10:30 am

BabbleRabble

ab 7 --- missions get ab7; as do babies

10:30 am

scarydeb

see you all tomorrow byeeeee

10:30 am

relarion

sorry

10:30 am

bunnyvicious

ty pappa

10:31 am

relarion

bye scarydeb

10:31 am

smooth_pappa

bye deb!

10:31 am

metaleather

sorry to be so slow typing answers/clues. having to do it h/p/one-handed. (old cat needs cuddling against Mama's chest with other hand and forearm)

10:32 am

metaleather

'bye deb

10:32 am

metaleather

yayy sheryl

10:32 am

pinkhatlil

does anyone have the clue for the ra6/27

10:33 am

torgone

Jeff Gordon

10:33 am

BabbleRabble

ra - nascar

10:33 am

Inge2

pink, running as fast as you can

10:33 am

metaleather

ra6/27 cars/horses/runners

10:34 am

lizmac

Clooney gets my heart RA6/27 (not really, but hey)

10:35 am

torgone

He makes me ba4/9 ..

10:35 am

relarion

TY for ab 7, BR

10:35 am

metaleather

lol lizmac & torg

10:36 am

relarion

Only it was the previous ab, the ab 7.36, I don't have...

10:36 am

stevedallas

114 and at a standstill

10:36 am

Inge2

pfft, torgone. He's a hunk

10:36 am

Queenruejean

Relarion, one who assists in a crime.

10:37 am

metaleather

ab7/36 ------ one who helps/assists/aids, esp onewho aids and ab*** a criminal

10:37 am

relarion

TY Queen, Meta! I had tried that before but my typing is so bad, must have typoed.

10:38 am

Inge2

hmm. my 2nd favorite favorite captain is also in the grid.

10:38 am

lizmac

LOL, Torgone

10:39 am

metaleather

drop the a for a diff. word

10:39 am

torgone

He's no Arch Hall Jr. . .

10:39 am

mattygroves

pr6/21?

10:40 am

mattygroves

Never mind!

10:41 am

BabbleRabble

those who never mind need discipline training

10:42 am

harpjane

Babble Rab, you're welcom to have a go at teaching my cats to stay off the bed!

10:44 am

torgone

I could teach them in 30 sec. *cocks pellet gun*

10:45 am

lizmac

AC5/16 anyone?

10:45 am

ypsigirl

pr 7?

10:45 am

Inge2

getting an A on a test

10:45 am

BabbleRabble

ac - thespian

10:47 am

harpjane

they have really little brains, babble rabble, what they would learn is not to get on the bed while you're there with the gun!

10:47 am

lizmac

ty

10:47 am

lizmac

arpin

10:48 am

lizmac

OOPS, sorry

10:48 am

BabbleRabble

not me with the gun

10:49 am

harpjane

lol liz, i tried it too!

10:49 am

movieman

clue for the bottom n, plz.....

10:49 am

smooth_pappa

all right, off to work.. bye all!

10:49 am

Inge2

bye, smooth

10:49 am

bunnyvicious

n + nickname for Mr. Lincoln

10:49 am

bunnyvicious

Bye pappa

10:49 am

chj

na4 slang for neighborhood

10:50 am

movieman

ty, bunny....

10:50 am

flosey

I'm stuck on the pr words - clue for pr7/32 please

10:50 am

rolin

afternoon all..pr7?..pls

10:50 am

movieman

cluez for the o, plz......

10:51 am

BabbleRabble

pr 6 -- to talk with the lord: pr*y; to b** on the horses; and the **gan accompanies the singing at church

10:51 am

bunnyvicious

pr 7 - pr + 2 vowels + a word for rip without the last letter

10:51 am

chj

pr7 a roman official

10:51 am

periwinkle

Hi all, clue for the N in the far right column please

10:51 am

ypsigirl

thanks bunny, finally got it!

10:51 am

harpjane

is the ra 6 a common word?

10:51 am

periwinkle

thanks bunny and chj

10:51 am

Inge2

tx bunny, and love your icon!!

10:51 am

bunnyvicious

o + a light bulb goes on over your head when you get an id**

10:51 am

BabbleRabble

or - flower **ds

10:51 am

harpjane

peri, type of battery

10:51 am

bunnyvicious

ty

10:52 am

Inge2

very common jane...just clued earlier...running fast

10:52 am

bunnyvicious

or 5/16 - a circle past tensed

10:52 am

chj

ra6 ra**** stripes

10:52 am

BabbleRabble

ni -- meds schools use dead bodies, ***avers

10:53 am

Inge2

nice clue, babbleR

10:53 am

chj

ni5 a type of battery

10:53 am

harpjane

how stupid of me, I already had it!

10:53 am

periwinkle

thanks BAbble

10:53 am

Inge2

no wonder it was so hard, jane! :)

10:54 am

periwinkle

clues for the i please

10:54 am

movieman

cluez for the i words, plz.....

10:54 am

flosey

not getting that pr7, any further clues please

10:54 am

bunnyvicious

in 6/27 - in + what they put animals in at the zoo, past tense for 7

10:55 am

periwinkle

thanks bunny

10:55 am

BabbleRabble

ir ---kool ***

10:55 am

chj

ir5 george's lyricist brother + its **lightful its **lovely

10:55 am

periwinkle

thanks Babble

10:56 am

bunnyvicious

Peri, do you have the ab 7/36? pr + 2 vowels, then end like the ab

10:56 am

Inge2

start from the upper right p, flosey, then use the previous clue: pr + 2 vowels + babbler named ***gone

10:56 am

torgone

You rang?

10:56 am

flosey

ah thanks Inge2, finally got it

10:57 am

movieman

the other f plz.....not the fr4/7......

10:57 am

flosey

just using your name tor, and thanks

10:57 am

bunnyvicious

Sorry, I meant Flosey, not Peri :)

10:57 am

bunnyvicious

fr + monkey or **e

10:58 am

mattygroves

That's me done for today - all finished. Thanks for your help getting my fireworks, guys!

10:58 am

movieman

ty, bunny....

10:58 am

flosey

Congrats matty

10:58 am

bunnyvicious

Congrats Matty

10:58 am

periwinkle

missing an L words, have li4/6 and coin

10:58 am

torgone

That's ok .. go ahead and use me ..

10:58 am

periwinkle

WTg movieman

10:59 am

harpjane

pr7?

10:59 am

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, mattygroves

10:59 am

chj

li4 the last 4 letters of most of the 8's

10:59 am

periwinkle

meant WTG matty

10:59 am

flosey

10:56 clued by inge2 harpjane

10:59 am

bunnyvicious

Harp, see 10:56, there are a couple different clues.

11:00 am

chj

li6 l + rca v****

11:00 am

periwinkle

have that chj

11:00 am

chj

li6 l + rca v*****

11:01 am

harpjane

thanks!

11:01 am

periwinkle

thanks chj

11:01 am

trina_uk

clue for ab7/36 please

11:01 am

BabbleRabble

very nice clue, chj

11:02 am

ypsigirl

woo hoo fireworks!

11:02 am

chj

ab7 a lookout on a heist is an ab*****

11:02 am

pabtrek

congrats ypsigirl

11:02 am

BabbleRabble

ab 7 - missions get ab7l as do babies

11:02 am

flosey

well done ypsigirl

11:02 am

bunnyvicious

ab 7 - ab 4/6 + a member ***gone

11:02 am

BabbleRabble

Congrats, ypsigirl

11:03 am

mattygroves

Fireworks!

11:04 am

bunnyvicious

WTG ypsi & matty!!

11:04 am

ypsigirl

Thanks for your help. Have a good Firdya. that would be Friday, eh?

11:05 am

trina_uk

thank u

11:05 am

pinkhatlil

babblerabble can i have a clue for the ro5/16 please

11:06 am

movieman

missing a g......i have ga4/7, ga4/6, ge4/6, ge7/44, & ge4/6......clue plz.....

11:06 am

bunnyvicious

Off to Sudoku, ya''ll have a great day.

11:06 am

BabbleRabble

ro 5/16 is the past tense of the ro 4/5

11:06 am

pinkhatlil

bye bunnyvicious

11:06 am

periwinkle

I am needing the same g movieman

11:07 am

Inge2

you need a ga6/27 how does your ga***** grow? (flosey's icon clue today)

11:07 am

periwinkle

sheesh, thanks Inge2

11:07 am

movieman

ty inge2, trust that g to be an obvious one.....

11:07 am

Inge2

natch.

11:08 am

periwinkle

40 left bbl

11:09 am

pinkhatlil

babblerabble how many ro4/5's are there cos the one im trying isn't working for me.

11:10 am

movieman

missing 3 7's......i have ab7, be7, ge7, in7, ne7, pi7, pr7, & te7.......cluez plz.....

11:11 am

BabbleRabble

ro 5 - bath ro4/6

11:11 am

BabbleRabble

ro 5 - bath ro4/6

11:11 am

BabbleRabble

ro 5 - bath ro4/6

11:11 am

BabbleRabble

11:11 am

pabtrek

another ab and a ca movieman

11:11 am

pabtrek

and i guess i need the other one too

11:12 am

ypsigirl

dr 7 is old tv show sherbs icon

11:12 am

mo

hi all.....I have picked the ga6/27 icon clue today too.

11:13 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, mo

11:13 am

metaleather

hi mo

11:13 am

mo

hello babblerabble

11:13 am

pinkhatlil

hi mo

11:14 am

ypsigirl

ca 7 is a fish + common ending today

11:14 am

mo

and pinkhatlil

11:15 am

movieman

that's all the 7's, ty all......just 24 left now......

11:16 am

flosey

need a clue for te5/10 please

11:16 am

metaleather

I ask you, what the heck kinda word, definition notwithstanding, is ar5/16?!

11:17 am

metaleather

flosey... think tropical fish, specifically neon te5/10's

11:17 am

pabtrek

i don't know metal i don't have that one :)

11:17 am

Buttonman

I need clues for the ar 6/27 and the ar6/21 Please

11:17 am

metaleather

or, think of something composed of four elements

11:18 am

metaleather

romeo and juliet were ar6/21 lovers

11:19 am

pabtrek

a kind of welder with a gerund end*** button

11:20 am

ypsigirl

ttfn!

11:21 am

Buttonman

got those two, thanks PAD and META

11:22 am

Buttonman

be 6/33 and bo 6/33 please

11:22 am

metaleather

something moving, or seeming to move in a curved path is ar6/27

11:22 am

Latibug

clue of de 6/27

11:23 am

bookgrrl

de 6/27 = someone who owes money

11:23 am

metaleather

de6/27, one who owes

11:23 am

metaleather

or for the theologically inclined, forgive us our de*** as we forgive our de6/27s

11:23 am

trina_uk

clue for ba8/60 please

11:24 am

metaleather

bye ypsi

11:24 am

Buttonman

be and do 6/33 PLEASE

11:24 am

Latibug

ty

11:24 am

trina_uk

nevermind about clue for ba8/60 - just found it

11:24 am

metaleather

ba8/60 Scottish dialect for a very young child

11:24 am

pabtrek

sorry button don't have those

11:25 am

metaleather

me either

11:25 am

metaleather

yw lati

11:25 am

Buttonman

anyone have the ea 6/24?

11:26 am

pabtrek

what you wear in your lobe

11:26 am

Queenruejean

Button, there isn't a be or do 6/33

11:27 am

Buttonman

QUEEN, you are right...it is the be 6/24 and the bo 6/33

11:27 am

pabtrek

well that explains why i can't find them queen lol

11:28 am

Buttonman

got the ea PAD, thanks

11:28 am

pabtrek

be 6/24 someone who bets

11:29 am

Buttonman

got the be PAD thanks

11:29 am

Queenruejean

bo6/33 a Spanish word for market.

11:30 am

pabtrek

thanks queen

11:30 am

Buttonman

QUEEN, don't know spanish

11:30 am

Queenruejean

Or the name of the city in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds - bo6/33 Bay.

11:30 am

Buttonman

got it QUEEn, thanks

11:30 am

Queenruejean

You're welcome.

11:31 am

billmster

Ba/8 is not scottish according to our dictionary it has agerman origin

11:31 am

Buttonman

pr 6/21 and ra 6/27 PLEASE

11:31 am

Queenruejean

That's it for me. Take care all & have a happy & SAFE New Year!

11:32 am

pabtrek

congrats queen

11:32 am

Buttonman

by queen...i just have four 6's to go

11:32 am

pabtrek

opp. of amateur and a drink button

11:33 am

sparklygem

wd queen!

11:33 am

flosey

not getting that te5/10 - unfamiliar with tropical fish - tried google but no luck! any other clues please

11:33 am

sparklygem

sounds a bit like a nintendo game with blocks!

11:34 am

Queenruejean

Thanks! Button, ra6/27 is going really fast. Nascar is a form of ra6/27

11:34 am

pinkhatlil

i still cant find that peskie ro5/16

11:34 am

metaleather

te5/10 te +song from Fiddler on the Roof: " * * * dition!"

11:34 am

ampersand

flosey, it

11:34 am

sparklygem

take away the final two letters and replace them with a vowel

11:34 am

pinkhatlil

rodar

11:34 am

hurshy

greetings all on this fine friday

11:34 am

pabtrek

past tense of ro4/6 pink

11:34 am

ampersand

is also a math/science prefix meaning 4

11:34 am

flosey

ah, thanks sparkly, that did it

11:35 am

pinkhatlil

hi hurshy

11:35 am

sparklygem

hi hurshy!

11:35 am

sparklygem

ar5/12 anyone?

11:35 am

metaleather

greetings hurshy

11:35 am

movieman

hiya, hursh!!!!

11:35 am

torgone

Good morning . .

11:35 am

Buttonman

got the ra thanks QUEEN

11:35 am

pinkhatlil

rodea

11:35 am

Queenruejean

Pink, it's the past tense of the one preceding it. When you get out of the shower, you put on a ro4/6. Then you are ro5/16.

11:35 am

hurshy

hello all, *kiss* for tor

11:36 am

Queenruejean

Great, Button!

11:36 am

Buttonman

I need three word to finish...all of them 6's.......I need the pr 6/21, the ro6/21 and the to 6/21 PLEASE

11:36 am

hurshy

CHS - just read your bio. very interesting

11:37 am

metaleather

ro6/21, rat

11:37 am

metaleather

mouse

11:37 am

metaleather

hamster

11:37 am

metaleather

each of those is a ro6/21

11:37 am

sparklygem

pr6/21 opp of amateur and a hot drink

11:37 am

Inge2

..my icon..

11:37 am

hurshy

to6/21 added up

11:37 am

pinkhatlil

thank u pabtrek

11:37 am

pabtrek

yw pink

11:38 am

metaleather

to6/21 a somewhat archaic term for calculated or added

11:39 am

hurshy

i have the four top N's but i can't figure the other 2

11:40 am

Rlee

right hand side n, type of battery

11:40 am

Inge2

there's ni5 type of rechargeable batteries

11:40 am

Buttonman

got the to and the ro thanks...just ned the pr 6/21 and the pr 6/21 to finish

11:40 am

hurshy

ah, thanks

11:40 am

sparklygem

the one on the bottom - na4/6 + to ** or not to ** that is the question

11:41 am

hurshy

thanks gem, thought i tried that in my monkeying, but guess not!

11:41 am

Inge2

means your local movie theather...weird

11:41 am

sparklygem

yw :)

11:41 am

Queenruejean

Button, not sure of the def, but try this... not an amateur + a hot drink associated with England.

11:41 am

sparklygem

yeah I though that too inge

11:41 am

hurshy

are there any be- something words like "besmirch" or that sort of thing

11:42 am

Inge2

I have none, but am still missing two B words, hurshy

11:42 am

hurshy

i thought maybe bedrag, cause you can be bedraggled, but ng

11:42 am

Buttonman

FIREWORKS...thanks QUEEN

11:43 am

Queenruejean

Way to go, Button!

11:44 am

Buttonman

QUEEN, could not have done it without your help, thanks again

11:45 am

Queenruejean

And Hurshy, no, no words like bedraggled or besmirched.

11:45 am

Queenruejean

You are welcome, Button!

11:45 am

hurshy

what about any de- something words like deplane or whatever?

11:45 am

flosey

WTG Button

11:45 am

Buttonman

thanks FLOSEY

11:45 am

flosey

any clues for do5/16 please

11:46 am

hurshy

rhymes with a deadly snake

11:46 am

Queenruejean

One de, Hurshy. The 5/16

11:46 am

flosey

have monkeyed everything but the right one obviously

11:46 am

pinkhatlil

what t does the te7/36 start with is it the left or central t :(

11:46 am

Mary

do5/16 do + ladies garment

11:46 am

hurshy

ty queen!

11:46 am

hurshy

left

11:46 am

Inge2

it could start with either, pink.

11:46 am

Buttonman

do 5/16 is like the snake from INDIA but start it with a d

11:47 am

Queenruejean

You're welcome, Hurshy.

11:47 am

hurshy

but it COUNTS from the left

11:47 am

Inge2

yes, we know.

11:48 am

hurshy

well i just wanted to make sure pink knew :)

11:48 am

torgone

Feeling better today, hurshy?

11:48 am

hurshy

yes, thanks sweetie :)

11:48 am

Buttonman

FLOSEY, did you get the do 5/16?

11:49 am

flosey

not yet, still working on it

11:49 am

pinkhatlil

thanx hurshy i think i need a break im quickly becoming cross eyed

11:49 am

torgone

I'm glad :)

11:49 am

hurshy

bo8, cr8, ne8, and...?

11:49 am

metaleather

do5/16 do + boobie holder

11:50 am

Golux13

ba8

11:50 am

sparklygem

ba8

11:50 am

Buttonman

by all, had a good time...hope you all finish

11:50 am

hurshy

ty

11:50 am

flosey

AHHHHHHH finally - Fireworks

11:50 am

torgone

ba8

11:50 am

sparklygem

da5,14 anyone? or pr7,32?

11:50 am

sparklygem

well done flosey! :)

11:50 am

flosey

was working on the wrong snake

11:50 am

metaleather

yayyyy flosey

11:51 am

hurshy

pr7 roman or romulan ruler :)

11:51 am

Buttonman

WTG FLOSEY

11:51 am

metaleather

da5/14 think Greek column, but change the first vowel of that word

11:51 am

hurshy

da5/14 is an adj

11:51 am

flosey

thanks metal, that clue got it for me

11:52 am

kakamolaka

ba8 = ryhmes with the singular of what you wear on your legs, + a summer romance f****

11:52 am

metaleather

glad to help flosey

11:52 am

torgone

Didn't thay have centurions too? The Romulans I mean ..

11:52 am

sparklygem

thanks metal and hurshy!

11:52 am

hurshy

yep, but the praetor is higher than centurions

11:53 am

metaleather

and there are the Centurions from Galactica, aren't there?

11:53 am

Latibug

clue for do 5/16

11:53 am

periwinkle

missing 2 C words have 9 ca, 2 cl and 2 cr

11:53 am

kc8501

hahahaah hurshey said it!

11:53 am

hurshy

oh, tor tricked me into it!

11:53 am

hurshy

once star trek enters my head, everything else flies right out

11:54 am

torgone

Sorry ..

11:54 am

flosey

lati - just got lthat one, think Indian snake - with a d,

11:54 am

chic

Hey then!

11:54 am

hannah lou

f*i*r*e*w*o*r*k*s* for me

11:54 am

hurshy

peri there is another CA, and then i don't know cause i miss one as well

11:54 am

metaleather

yayyyy hannah

11:54 am

sparklygem

oh, I'm missing the pi7,40 too! my last 7 :)

11:54 am

Latibug

ty...that was hard

11:55 am

hannah lou

thanx all byebyebye

11:55 am

flosey

or do + boobie holder as metal clued earlier

11:55 am

torgone

2 ca, peri

11:56 am

hurshy

pi4 + homonym of entranceway

11:56 am

metaleather

participant in a bullfight, the one who sticks the bull with the lance, that's the pi7

11:57 am

torgone

I need 2 stinky ro words ..

11:58 am

sparklygem

great - thanks metal!

11:58 am

metaleather

I'm down to two D's, a B and an L

11:58 am

hurshy

did you get the unpronounceable babblet, tor?

11:58 am

Atalante

hi all :)

11:58 am

hurshy

and ro5/10 perhaps you need

11:58 am

hurshy

hey ata :)

11:58 am

joym999

I got fireworks...and it's only 10 AM here. I might actually get some work done today!

11:58 am

sparklygem

I've greyed the Ds and Ls if you needs clues metal

11:58 am

flosey

WTG Joy

11:58 am

torgone

That's them ..

11:58 am

metaleather

congrats joy

11:59 am

hurshy

yeah clue and L i need one too

11:59 am

trina_uk

clue for pr7/32 please

11:59 am

hurshy

*an L

11:59 am

sparklygem

which L, the 6?

11:59 am

joym999

pr 7 is a Roman official

12:00 pm

hurshy

yeah the 6

12:00 pm

Atalante

li6 - like the winner but different first letter

12:00 pm

Atalante

*a winner

12:00 pm

hurshy

ah, nice clue

12:01 pm

metaleather

I need the de5/16 please

12:01 pm

hurshy

i'm missing a 7 somewhere - are there 2 B7?

12:01 pm

Sudokuaddict

be7/44? plz and ty

12:01 pm

Atalante

de + place you go to drink

12:01 pm

joym999

DE 5/16 is what happens to bad lawyers

12:02 pm

sparklygem

just one b7

12:02 pm

Atalante

maybe, hursh, I'm missing a 7 as well

12:02 pm

Sudokuaddict

nevermind duh!

12:02 pm

joym999

BE 7 is what you need to get when you're lost

12:02 pm

sparklygem

2 a7's

12:02 pm

Atalante

ah well, there we go :)

12:02 pm

metaleather

lol, ty Ata and joy

12:02 pm

hurshy

i have 2 a7 already

12:02 pm

hurshy

i must need C D or P

12:02 pm

Atalante

I don't!woot!

12:03 pm

sparklygem

1 c7, 1 d7 and 2 p7s

12:03 pm

Atalante

2 x p7

12:03 pm

hurshy

i have no D7!

12:03 pm

torgone

d7 - Joe Friday

12:03 pm

periwinkle

d7 is a compound word

12:03 pm

Golux13

2xA7, 1xB7, 1xC7, 1xD7, 1xG7, 1xI7, 1xN7, 2xP7, 1xT7

12:04 pm

torgone

Just the facts, Ma'am . ..

12:04 pm

sparklygem

d7 - old TV series

12:04 pm

sherb

see my icon hurshy...

12:04 pm

metaleather

I loved that show

12:04 pm

Atalante

d7 - and film

12:04 pm

hurshy

ahahah, see i know mathnet... :)

12:04 pm

hurshy

ty all :)

12:06 pm

Atalante

phew off 14

12:06 pm

hurshy

lol :)

12:06 pm

hurshy

i have 5 to go...

12:06 pm

Atalante

you would :P

12:06 pm

caitlyn

Evening all............

12:06 pm

hurshy

mostly 5's

12:07 pm

flosey

evening caitlyn - morning here tho

12:07 pm

Atalante

2-6-4 - eeeeep!

12:07 pm

hurshy

my hands are sooooo cold - my mom keeps her house freezing

12:07 pm

Atalante

ahhh wondered why you weren't on aim!

12:07 pm

flosey

what starting letters are you after hurshy

12:07 pm

caitlyn

Snap with icon clue flosey!!!

12:07 pm

hurshy

oh i can get on

12:08 pm

Atalante

ohh just hiding then LOL

12:08 pm

Aloyisius

hi caitlyn and all.. back to happy babbling time, guests gone, chores almost done.. life is good

12:08 pm

metaleather

wb Aloy

12:08 pm

caitlyn

Hi Aloy did you have a good time?

12:09 pm

flosey

lol caitlyn - you too!

12:09 pm

periwinkle

ar5/12 please

12:09 pm

hurshy

passion

12:09 pm

Aloyisius

yes, caitlyn.. a wonderful family reunion.. we are so spread out that it is special when we do get together

12:09 pm

metaleather

dos más palabras antes de fuegos artificiales

12:09 pm

sparklygem

pr5/16 and pr6/30 please? I'm not liking the p's today!

12:10 pm

Aloyisius

however, it was impossible to babble and be sociable at the same time!

12:10 pm

flosey

sparkly - to search

12:10 pm

hurshy

mr. sulu, send a pr5/16 into that nebula

12:10 pm

metaleather

pr6/30 people abducted by aliens are often pr6/30, anally

12:10 pm

periwinkle

rats, thanks hursh, do n't know how I missed that one

12:10 pm

contrary1

Fireworks!

12:11 pm

metaleather

yayyy contrary

12:11 pm

sparklygem

thank you again metal!

12:11 pm

Aloyisius

bravo, contrary1 !

12:11 pm

caitlyn

Congrats contrary

12:11 pm

flosey

WTG contrary

12:11 pm

metaleather

pr5/16 is what the aliens use to do the ****ing

12:12 pm

sparklygem

ty!

12:13 pm

metaleather

yww sparkly, glad to help

12:13 pm

caitlyn

Why do people keep phoning when Im on babble??

12:14 pm

metaleather

they're evil caitlyn

12:15 pm

caitlyn

LOL metal (they need to get a life!!)

12:15 pm

riemann

*fireworks*

12:16 pm

metaleather

either that or you need to introduce them to Babble

12:16 pm

featherbee

hi all. quietly plugging away here.

12:16 pm

metaleather

yayyy riemann

12:16 pm

featherbee

congrats riemann!

12:16 pm

Aloyisius

wahoo, riemann!!!!

12:16 pm

metaleather

hi feather

12:16 pm

caitlyn

Congrats riemann!!

12:16 pm

hurshy

point total please?

12:16 pm

torgone

2025

12:16 pm

Aloyisius

hi feather

12:16 pm

caitlyn

Hi feather

12:16 pm

riemann

thx all. Now it's off for lunch with my grandparents.

12:16 pm

metaleather

Uno!

12:16 pm

Sudokuaddict

ar5/16? anyone plz and ty

12:16 pm

featherbee

i'm proud of finding the bo8 on my own! :)

12:17 pm

flosey

enjoy riemann

12:17 pm

sparklygem

fireworks!!

12:17 pm

flosey

WTG Sparkly

12:17 pm

torgone

Draw four!

12:17 pm

metaleather

woooo, you did very well then.

12:17 pm

metaleather

yayyy sparkly

12:18 pm

Aloyisius

nice job, sparkly!

12:18 pm

caitlyn

As Im the resident bar person you should have found it feather!!

12:18 pm

caitlyn

Congrats sparkly

12:18 pm

featherbee

congrats sparkly!

12:19 pm

BettyAnne

I need the first ca5/18 please

12:20 pm

flosey

a nurse is a very ca6 person

12:20 pm

Aloyisius

is that the one that rhymes with "police shield of identification", betty?

12:20 pm

Aloyisius

not on the list yet, so I'm not certain if that is the first one

12:20 pm

BettyAnne

I have no idea Aloyisius

12:20 pm

flosey

sorry gave the second ca6

12:21 pm

BettyAnne

Duh! Thanks Aloyisius

12:21 pm

Aloyisius

well, its the shiny thing a cop wears on his shirt

12:21 pm

kkiln

ar 5/16 = ar + the begining of de 4/7

12:22 pm

metaleather

bo6/33 clue please?

12:22 pm

periwinkle

de6/27 please

12:22 pm

kkiln

back for the last two....need to find ar 5/12 and to 6/21...can't find the added or calculated for the to..

12:22 pm

periwinkle

NM

12:22 pm

kkiln

de 6/27 = person who owes something -- continue on from the de 4/7

12:22 pm

metaleather

peri, forgive us our de*** as we forgive our de6/27s

12:23 pm

harpjane

the act of putting a liquid into a containor

12:23 pm

Aloyisius

tyvm, metal.. I needed those

12:23 pm

metaleather

kkiln a small child is a tiny to*, *** turner owns a tv network and used to be married to jane fonda

12:23 pm

metaleather

yw Aloy

12:23 pm

kkiln

harplane -- what letters are you referring to?

12:24 pm

sparklygem

bo6/33 spanish shop/market

12:24 pm

metaleather

woot, ty sparkly that did it

12:24 pm

metaleather

Fireworks

12:24 pm

Aloyisius

nice one, sparkly

12:24 pm

Aloyisius

bravo, metal!!!

12:25 pm

featherbee

congrats metal!

12:25 pm

caitlyn

Congrats metal!!

12:25 pm

featherbee

brap should SO be a word, along with dorf. i like how they sound.

12:25 pm

flosey

Congrats Metal

12:25 pm

sparklygem

yay metal!

12:25 pm

periwinkle

can't see the 2nd de4/5

12:25 pm

metaleather

de4/5 is what is owed

12:25 pm

Sudokuaddict

what you get in a car wreck

12:25 pm

flosey

peri had a small accident with my car

12:26 pm

kkiln

Thanks Metal --- I could not get that word together...

12:26 pm

periwinkle

metal that is de4/7

12:26 pm

metaleather

shoot, that's a 4/7, sorry

12:26 pm

periwinkle

flosey have tahta one

12:26 pm

periwinkle

Nm have all the de words

12:26 pm

metaleather

de4/5 is a depression or a ding.. such as the one your car gets in a parking lot

12:26 pm

harpjane

featherbee, use 'em in a sentence for us!

12:27 pm

flosey

you have the loved one?

12:27 pm

featherbee

"Brap!" he said after chugging his soda. "You're such a dorf" she replied.

12:27 pm

periwinkle

need the do4/6 please

12:27 pm

metaleather

another clue for anyone before I head back to bed?

12:28 pm

Aloyisius

sounds good to me, feather!

12:28 pm

periwinkle

Nm found it

12:28 pm

periwinkle

down to the dreaded 14, bbl

12:28 pm

featherbee

lol!

12:28 pm

harpjane

works for me feather! twas brillig and the slithy toves...

12:29 pm

featherbee

exactly.

12:29 pm

harpjane

needed fortimagnus clearance from malnex! (movieman, you should know that one!)\

12:29 pm

Aloyisius

i like borf, too.. but enable doesn't

12:29 pm

kkiln

metal -- what about the ar 5/12?

12:29 pm

flosey

gotta get out and enjoy this sunshine! bbl

12:29 pm

movieman

dreaded 14 for me too.....

12:30 pm

metaleather

ar5/16 ar + a girl who comes out to society is often called a * * * utante

12:30 pm

Latibug

YEAH....I'm done!

12:31 pm

metaleather

yayyy Lati

12:31 pm

featherbee

congrats latibug!

12:31 pm

kkiln

I have ar 5/16 -- I need ar 5/12!

12:31 pm

Aloyisius

yay, Latibug!!

12:31 pm

metaleather

'bye flosey

12:31 pm

Aloyisius

bye, flosey

12:32 pm

metaleather

ar5/12 is passion, it's what the ar6/21 lovers feel or exhibit

12:32 pm

metaleather

gotta go, see everyone later. happy babbling

12:32 pm

harpjane

li6?

12:33 pm

Latibug

harp....something you do to a lollipop...

12:33 pm

metaleather

li6 roman functionary, li*orice is a type of candy + babbler ***gone

12:33 pm

Sudokuaddict

cr8/60? plz and ty

12:33 pm

BettyAnne

to6/18 please

12:33 pm

metaleather

really gone now, *poof*

12:34 pm

Latibug

something you do to a baby....cr8/60

12:34 pm

evvvie

cr8 - think baby

12:34 pm

harpjane

thanks

12:34 pm

Aloyisius

holding a babe in your arms, sudoku

12:35 pm

evvvie

to6 pie + not out (kinda)

12:35 pm

Sudokuaddict

ty very much

12:35 pm

movieman

10 to go......

12:35 pm

rockimggramma

ea 6/24..pls

12:35 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks evvvie

12:35 pm

kkiln

That's fireworks for me...anyone need clues?

12:36 pm

evvvie

pr7?

12:36 pm

harpjane

ga6?

12:36 pm

Aloyisius

wahoo to you, kkiln!!!

12:36 pm

Latibug

ea 6/24...a type of jewlery

12:36 pm

harpjane

did you see my comment at 12:29? movieman?

12:37 pm

Latibug

she has a secret ga 6?

12:37 pm

rockimggramma

thnx for the clue

12:37 pm

Aloyisius

harp.. did you plant a ga6 this year?

12:37 pm

kkiln

ga 6 --- where flowers grow next to your house.

12:37 pm

kkiln

There is no pr7 evvie.

12:37 pm

harpjane

thanks kk, that's TWICE today I have asked for a clue when I already had the word!

12:37 pm

Latibug

there is a pr 7

12:38 pm

Latibug

pr 7/32

12:38 pm

evvvie

p something 7?

12:38 pm

kkiln

sorry -- there is a pr 7.

12:39 pm

evvvie

figured it out - thanks anyway

12:39 pm

pinkhatlil

i still cant get that te7/36 and i can not see it i know its something to do with counting but i've tried combo

12:39 pm

Latibug

i was going to clue you...but wasn't fast enough

12:40 pm

LoriP

All righty then. Back for my last 35 words! G'd afternoon all!

12:40 pm

Latibug

think about ripping somethig up

12:40 pm

Latibug

for te 7/36

12:40 pm

evvvie

pink have you tried the gerund?

12:40 pm

Angb

pink - what you must doing to get tickets out of a raffle book

12:40 pm

Aloyisius

wb LoriP

12:40 pm

kkiln

pinkhat -- it has nothing to do with counting,

12:40 pm

Angb

Morning all

12:41 pm

kkiln

Hi Angb

12:41 pm

Aloyisius

howdy, Angb

12:41 pm

Angb

Hi kkiln, aloy

12:41 pm

lbdawger

whoo hoo firewords, and perfect timing...the kids are here! whoo hooo! hope to stop bye in the next week, but...

12:41 pm

pinkhatlil

i asked someone else for a clue and they instigated counting in capital letters but at long last i have it i saw it ages ago and that

12:42 pm

Mom

Hi everyone!

12:42 pm

Angb

yay lbd

12:42 pm

Angb

Hi Mom

12:42 pm

Mom

Congrats Ibdawger

12:42 pm

Aloyisius

bravo, lbdawger... enjoy the kids.. i gave up babble for a while while mine were here..it was worth it

12:42 pm

Mom

Hi Angb

12:42 pm

pinkhatlil

i had typed it in cos it was so simple thank you guys

12:43 pm

LoriP

Congrats lb!

12:43 pm

rockimggramma

did I miss a clue for li 6/21?

12:43 pm

Mom

you did rockumggramma

12:44 pm

Mom

metal clued it - let me see what it was

12:44 pm

Angb

Gramma - pass your tongue over a small hill - without the k.

12:45 pm

Mom

li6 roman functionary, li*orice is a type of candy + babbler ***gone

12:45 pm

movieman

harpjane....you still here....?

12:45 pm

Latibug

i'm outta here for the day...

12:45 pm

Mom

That was metal's clue

12:45 pm

Latibug

hope you all finish the puzzle.

12:45 pm

Mom

Bye latibug

12:45 pm

Aloyisius

bye, Lati.. hi Mom..

12:45 pm

Angb

see ya lati

12:45 pm

Mom

Not a chance Latibug, but it is fun to try

12:45 pm

Mom

Hi Aloyisius

12:46 pm

kc8501

thanks mom... I was working on that one too

12:46 pm

Mom

You're welcome Kc8501

12:46 pm

kthdsn

hey all, I'm having a really bad day, mind if I whine about it a little?

12:46 pm

Aloyisius

we are all ears, kthdsn

12:47 pm

Mom

Go right ahead

12:47 pm

rockimggramma

thnx for the clue MoM

12:47 pm

kthdsn

it's getting harder and harder to keep going, I'm so desperate to get away, and this money just isn't going to show up, I feel so stuck

12:47 pm

Mom

you're welcome rockimggramma

12:48 pm

Mom

sorry Kate

12:49 pm

kthdsn

I just can't manage any more, I can't stop the tears, I can't do anything useful, I can't function properly

12:50 pm

kc8501

kthdsn, is there a social services type thing you can go to... at least to find a counselor?

12:50 pm

Yvo

you just have to pull yourself together for the children ,im sure they sense that mommy is in a bad way

12:50 pm

LoriP

kt, I don't know the history here, but as Winston Churchill said (words I've lived by) "when you're going through hell, keep on going".

12:50 pm

Mom

As hard as it is, you must pull yourself together for the kids.

12:51 pm

Aloyisius

oh wow, kthdsn.. so sorry ! Sounds like you could use some help to get through this tuff time.. don't be afraid to reach out..

12:51 pm

kthdsn

I need so badly to get to toronto, and the only thing stopping me is having no money, I'm so sure that if I get there to my family everything will work out

12:51 pm

Sudokuaddict

you aren't going to fix everything so start with one small thing and build on it. Take care of yourself and the girls first. Start feeling good about one thing

12:52 pm

kthdsn

I can't feel good thinking I'm stuck here, it's too hard, it's draining all my energy

12:52 pm

Yvo

Kth thats not the answer as you said your Dad said dont come without Money

12:52 pm

Niamh

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road your trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and its turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When they might have won, had they stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victors cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when your hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit!

12:52 pm

kc8501

exactly what sudoku said. find something GOOD to focus on it, and force yourself to. Do some deep breathing. Meditate.

12:52 pm

LoriP

You can be stuck "anywhere", believe me.

12:52 pm

Aloyisius

can a family member come to you?

12:53 pm

Sudokuaddict

that is what i mean you have to stop the energy drain

12:53 pm

Mom

Amen, Niamh

12:53 pm

LoriP

Exactly.

12:53 pm

kc8501

or, if it's that bad, are there local agency's that can help you get out? There are plenty in the US, but I'm not so good on UK stuff

12:54 pm

Mom

you can do anything distasteful if you know you don't have to do it the rest of your life, and this will not be for the rest of your life.

12:54 pm

flosey

kth - good to see you back - hang in, this is a very tough season to get through in your situation

12:54 pm

kthdsn

it feels like I'm stuck here, I can't see a way out

12:55 pm

flosey

just remember, you have many friends here in babble and we're all with you

12:55 pm

kc8501

to paraphrase the budda; life is impermanence. Accept that nothing lasts and move past it. HARD to do, but really, nothing lasts forever, so take comfort in the thought that it WILL change

12:55 pm

Sudokuaddict

I have learned to only look a few minutes ahead then a few hours and so on eventually you will make it to the end of the dark cloud

12:56 pm

Aloyisius

yes, sometimes you get through a day one minute, one breath, at a time

12:56 pm

Sudokuaddict

Words don't help sometimes so vent rant rave anything you need to do to get it out

12:56 pm

kthdsn

I can't see the end of this, I can't see the next step, I don't know how to move forwards

12:57 pm

Niamh

kt, it seems like you're in panic mode... I know when I am frantic and going crazy even the most obvious things are hard to see

12:57 pm

kc8501

I deal with a lot of stress, and one very basic thing I do is simply breathe. close your eyes, take a deep breath in, visualize it being clean, and breathing out visualizing the bad going out

12:57 pm

Sudokuaddict

we will listen and be there but never give up

12:57 pm

rockimggramma

last ro 6/21 and ro 6/18..pls

12:57 pm

kc8501

sounds kinda silly, but it DOES work. Also helps to picture something good, something silly, a kid, a peaceful place blah blah blah when you do it.

12:58 pm

kthdsn

I know if I had money I would be able to go, and I know if I can get there I can manage, it's just this hellish in between stage here that i can't handle, and I can't see how to get out of it

12:58 pm

Sudokuaddict

very good advice kc8501 it sounds simple but it has helped me through some tough times too

12:58 pm

flosey

kc - good advice - works for me

12:59 pm

kthdsn

I keep trying to feel calm and to think positively, but it's so hard when there's no end to focus on

12:59 pm

kc8501

heh nothing like a been there, done that. Know how it is kate. Baby steps. do one thing at a time. And try finding a womens group in the local area... believe me, they can be HUGE helps

12:59 pm

flosey

but there is an end kth - don't give up on your aim to get to Ontario

1:00 pm

kthdsn

I don't want to do anything to help me manage here, i want to do things to get me out of here, I feel like if I try to manage here I'll just be wasting efforts I could be putting into leaving, does that make sense

1:01 pm

flosey

indeed it does kth

1:01 pm

LoriP

But kt, in order to get here, you HAVE to manage there.

1:01 pm

Mom

Kate, you have to manage there before you can get to Toronto

1:01 pm

kc8501

yeah. but you HAVE to manage there while you're waiting to get to the ultimate goal. If you can get some stability there... it makes getting to the end easier

1:01 pm

Sudokuaddict

yes but is it realistic you have to manage there to get to Ontario

1:01 pm

Sudokuaddict

yes but is it realistic you have to manage there to get to Ontario

1:01 pm

Mom

nothing doing towards the positive is a waste

1:02 pm

Angb

Kath you really need to talk to someone - you could try ringing these people http://www.samaritans.org.uk/.

1:02 pm

flosey

but with an eye to your future, makes it easier to face today

1:02 pm

kthdsn

I wish that some guardian angel would step forward and lend me the money I need, give me the chance I'm so desperate for, but that's just not going to happen is it

1:04 pm

LoriP

Any goal one sets, is worth working toward. Sometimes it just ain't easy. There are no magic wands.

1:04 pm

godthaab

kthds - Why won't your family in Toronto send you money?

1:04 pm

pinkhatlil

9 left and its fireworks

1:05 pm

LoriP

Go pink go!

1:05 pm

Mom

Kate, the only person you can depend on is yourself. There are no easy answers

1:06 pm

kthdsn

godthaab I've asked them to lend me it but they say they can't

1:07 pm

godthaab

I'm in on the tail end of this conversation, but I noticed it before christmas as well. Why exactly do you need to get to Ontario? Sorry for asking repetitive questions.

1:08 pm

Atalante

kate, you can do it! you got through Chrsitmas, didn't you, and that was a huge stumbling block a week ago. just keep going ...

1:09 pm

flosey

You can get through Kate, one day at at time, always remember you have so many babble friends to talk to - any hour of the day there's someone here

1:09 pm

Yvo

kth,i will pray for you ,wish i could help you but we are on a fixed income,and it would hardly make a dent,

1:10 pm

kthdsn

godthaab, my marriage broke up and my family is in toronto, I need to rebuild my whole life and my dreams and everything, and I want to do it there with them

1:10 pm

rockimggramma

last ro 6/21, ro 6/18 and to 6/21..pls

1:11 pm

Mom

Sorry Rockimggramma, I don't have any of those

1:11 pm

Angb

to 6/21 - have you the added up one gramma?

1:12 pm

sbaba

rockimggramma...ro6,21...something that smells bad because it's ro***d.

1:12 pm

godthaab

Why won't Toronto send you money? What kind of family is that? (Sorry to be brutal)

1:12 pm

Angb

And change the first letter of that one for a ro 6/21

1:13 pm

Atalante

maybe because they don't have it, godthaab?

1:13 pm

godthaab

I'm just asking.

1:13 pm

Mom

Thank you Angb and Sbada

1:13 pm

Angb

yw Mom

1:14 pm

smaller

ba4/9 hahahahahaha. didn't think babble would accept it

1:14 pm

flosey

lol, why not when it accepts sh4, and others

1:15 pm

smaller

flosey, hahahahhaahha good point

1:15 pm

flosey

gotta go, bbl

1:15 pm

LoriP

Later Flosey.

1:15 pm

Angb

see ya flosey

1:15 pm

kthdsn

bye flosey

1:16 pm

BabbleRabble

Kate, if you have not already done so, call the office of your elected representative. Ask to be directed to an office of agency that might be able to help you. Call. If there is no help there, ask the agency if they can direct you to another place. Look in the telephone book for charitable agencies--some may be able to help displaced or indigents. Keep calling and keep asking. See if your job is still available. If James is not providing support, talk to governmental agencies that may provide assistance. Keep calling and asking. There has to be some help for you.

1:18 pm

Atalante

better to try someone like the Samaritans here, they have phone numbers and addresses of every charity and aid place possible

1:18 pm

Mom

I agree with Babble, you are going to have to go looking for the help. It will not magically appear on your door step.

1:18 pm

kthdsn

the government won't help me babble, they don't help good people who need help, they help lazy layabouts who have no intention of helping themselves

1:19 pm

kc8501

but, the key is, you have to take the step, and no one can do it BUT you.

1:20 pm

Angb

Ring the Samaritans kath - you will achieve anything without trying. I am absolutely sure that there are people that will help.

1:20 pm

Aloyisius

maybe some legal advice would be good, too... like, if you leave, does that negate the possibility of support payments for the children (if he claims that you left him).. dunno... just trying to stick up for your rights

1:20 pm

LoriP

Generally, the Canadian Governments will not assist in travel, unless they're in a danger area.

1:20 pm

Angb

*will not

1:21 pm

LoriP

Also, custody proof would be an issue for any assistance

1:21 pm

BabbleRabble

You may be surprised what your elected representative can do. Call. It does not take long and you have nothing to lose trying. One thing is for sure. Doing nothing will get you nothing.

1:21 pm

kthdsn

I don't need legal advice, we're not fighting over anything, we are in complete agreement about everything we have planned, I just can't afford to leave

1:22 pm

Atalante

not over here, babble. someone like the samaritans *will* be of more use. MP offices probably won't be open till after New Year anyway

1:23 pm

BabbleRabble

okay... then start there. The idea is to do something besides talking about it

1:23 pm

kthdsn

they won't be able to pay my debts and give me money to make a new life though will they

1:24 pm

BabbleRabble

How do you know?

1:24 pm

LoriP

Blunt, but true. All the talk and venting and advice is usless until you empower yourself.

1:25 pm

Atalante

when your kids are in bed, give them a ring. if nothing else you can talk to someone, at the best they might be able to help

1:25 pm

pinkhatlil

can i have some help on the pi7/40 and the pr6/21 please.

1:25 pm

Mom

Sorry Pinkhatlil, I don't have those

1:25 pm

Angb

pr 6/21 is a south african flower

1:25 pm

Mom

yet ...

1:26 pm

LoriP

pi + E*qu**** (the country)

1:26 pm

godthaab

Atlante,

1:26 pm

godthaab

Atlante,

1:26 pm

kthdsn

I don't want to start over explaining the whole thing to a new bunch of people who will just listen and not be able to help me leave, I really want to DO something to get me closer to going, but I don't know what I CAN do, I don't feel like ringing someone and reliving the whole painful mess will help me right now. I could be wrong and stupid but that's how I feel

1:26 pm

Angb

pi 7/40 is a billfighter I thinl

1:26 pm

Angb

*think

1:26 pm

Mom

geez, LoriP, I would never have gotten that one

1:26 pm

Angb

*bullfighter

1:26 pm

raelite

thanks for those wicked good clues :)

1:27 pm

Scarlet

Kate, although I am very deeply moved by your plight, everyone (probably much older than you, including me) is telling you to be a person of action. The worst thing you can hear is "no", and then you move on to the next series of inquiries. You should call Samaritans... miracles do happen, even in our darkest moments. Please try. You'll never know what the other side of the situation is until you move forward. You have so much love and caring here in Babble, but we cannot do this for you.

1:27 pm

Mom

They can't help you Kate, unless you tell them.

1:27 pm

Angb

Thanx Scarlet

1:27 pm

raelite

kate - start doing odd jobs for people, cleaning house, mowing lawns, shopping...do all you can, then you can set your own hours

1:28 pm

Scarlet

:-) Angb

1:28 pm

pinkhatlil

LoriP that was a great help thank u so much

1:29 pm

LoriP

Okay, I need a 4 letter word please. The pr 4/5's. I have the pr + vowel/vowel.

1:29 pm

Haz1558

Lori - Just rearrange the order of your vowels....

1:29 pm

mkl

ab7,36?

1:29 pm

Mom

and to add to what Raelite said, you will feel better about yourself by helping someone else

1:29 pm

Sudokuaddict

reverse the vowels for the other one

1:29 pm

BabbleRabble

pr - chinese chairman M** and reverse

1:30 pm

godthaab

Atlante, maybe because they don't have it, godthaab?.....Perhaps I am not good at reading implications in e-mails, but a) I was not asking you. b) I may be wrong, and I certainly hope I am, but I detect a self righteousness about your resonse. Perhaps you didn't see my e-mail about me jumping into the middle of this conversation, nonetheless, if your reply was indeed sarcasm, and I sincerely hope it was not, don't bother venting it on me. You do not even know me. If I read this incorrectly, I apologize. Thank you,Godthaab

1:30 pm

Angb

ab - someone who joins in a crime

1:30 pm

bubba218

mkl, extend the ab 4,6

1:30 pm

raelite

you can earn money quickly - babysit, clean kitty boxes..anything - have your kids decorate some flyers and deliver them to your neighbours

1:30 pm

LoriP

Ack! (slapping forhead) Thank ye all.

1:30 pm

Aloyisius

maybe you need
cattle pr**? (the stick to move them along)

1:31 pm

mkl

thanks to bubba and angb

1:31 pm

rockimggramma

ac 5/16 and be 6/24..pls

1:31 pm

raelite

then you don't have to talk to anyone about your situation and you can get some CASH

1:31 pm

Angb

tw mkl

1:31 pm

Atalante

goodness me godthaab! I think I'll bow out of this conversation now. *hugs kate*

1:31 pm

BabbleRabble

You are out of line, godthaab

1:31 pm

Angb

ac 5/16 - when you are doing really well - like at cards

1:32 pm

kthdsn

I'm listening rae, really I am, but I don't see how I can get *enough* money by doing those things

1:32 pm

mkl

dr7,40?

1:32 pm

LoriP

be 6/24 + one who gambles

1:32 pm

Angb

be 6 - like the ab 7 without the a

1:32 pm

LoriP

kt, it can be done. You need to know that, or it will not ever happen.

1:32 pm

bubba218

dr7, compound word, like the TV show of yesteryear

1:33 pm

LoriP

That pr 4 letter word annoyed me all day. (pout)

1:33 pm

bubba218

dr7, starts with dr4,7 + what you uyse to take fish out of water

1:33 pm

Angb

thnx bubba - didn't see that one.

1:33 pm

kc8501

kate, one dollar/pound at a time. Eventually, they'll add up.

1:33 pm

mkl

ty

1:34 pm

BabbleRabble

kate, instead of using your energy to talk about what you think you can't do, use to do what you can....even if you think if futile. You just never know until you try.

1:34 pm

sukee

dr 7/40 is also the name of an old TV show

1:34 pm

mkl

One last clue? pi7,40?

1:34 pm

rockimggramma

thnx for the other clues.....ca 6/24 and or 5/16..pls

1:34 pm

godthaab

I was just asking a question. Perhaps I am not as internet-savvy-reading-between-the lines such as yourselves

1:35 pm

bubba218

my last word, do5,16?

1:35 pm

Angb

A type of bullfighter - starts with pi 4/6

1:35 pm

BabbleRabble

What you said was unwarranted, godthaab.

1:35 pm

Denny

mkl - pi7 - choose an entrance!

1:35 pm

kthdsn

I guess you're right, it's just so hard to see

1:35 pm

LoriP

do + *** and panties ensemble

1:36 pm

bubba218

pi7 is the person who stabs the bull in a bull fight, starts with pi4,6 + homophone of what you enter a room through

1:36 pm

LoriP

There ya' go kt. You'll see it, when you start enacting it. You can do it.

1:36 pm

BabbleRabble

It is, kate, truly it is. Still, you have to try!

1:36 pm

Bugzy

the pr7 is driving me crazy... any help?

1:37 pm

mkl

Thanks all. That took care of my 7's. I'll work out the last few on my own. Thanks again

1:37 pm

Haz1558

pr7 - a Roman magistrate

1:37 pm

raelite

it's a start at least though...(sorry had to work for a moment)

1:37 pm

kc8501

bugzy... sounds like what a lion or wolf is, without the d

1:37 pm

Angb

pr 7 get down on your knees and ***y + 2nd vowel + small hill

1:37 pm

Haz1558

pr plus to consume food rearranged (three letters) then a two letter 'alternative' word

1:37 pm

bubba218

pr7-- roman offical--

1:38 pm

rockimggramma

ca 6/24 and or 5/16..pls

1:38 pm

Scarlet

If you continue to live in the problem, then you, yourself, are part of the problem... it is the solution which requires your highest instincts, and total abandonment of ego. Yes, telling your story may seem tedious and painful, but people must know the details. They won't help you based on your emotions... just the down and dirty details. Yes, it can be humbling, but you must ask.

1:38 pm

Atalante

hi Haz!

1:38 pm

Bugzy

TY Haz, KC and Ang... I was going from the wrong p... duh!

1:38 pm

Haz1558

ca6/24 - relating to rhythm

1:38 pm

bubba218

ca+ if you bang your car you will get a **** in the door

1:38 pm

Haz1558

Hello Atalante - how are you?

1:39 pm

Vicuna

ca6/24 - ca + small hollow where something got bumped

1:39 pm

bubba218

or + whatr you sleep on

1:39 pm

Atalante

getting boggled by roots in sprite's tattoo - I've finally got some time to finish working on it! woohoo!

1:40 pm

Haz1558

Good for you - do you get to do the tattooing, or just the design?

1:40 pm

Atalante

I think I'd faint if I went near a tattoing needle thing!

1:40 pm

Haz1558

And I'd faint if anybody came NEAR me with a tattoing needle!

1:40 pm

rockimggramma

thnx...fireworks for me

1:41 pm

Vicuna

Yikes, Haz, you say "get to do" like you'd love the chance to do tattoos yourself!

1:41 pm

kthdsn

it's just so difficult, I manage to get myself motivated to try and do something, then I have no idea what to actually do, and it wears me out

1:41 pm

Bugzy

Yay for rockimggramma!!

1:41 pm

Angb

Yay gramma

1:41 pm

raelite

I believe in you, Kate - you can do this, just don't give up!

1:41 pm

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, rockimgramma!

1:41 pm

Atalante

so would I LOL

1:41 pm

Scarlet

It takes courage, Kate. You must... for yourself, and especially, the children. Courage and gumption. You can do it.

1:41 pm

Haz1558

No, Vicuna - absolutely no desire to tattoo or be tattooed!

1:42 pm

Vicuna

Phew!

1:42 pm

kc8501

kate, is there any reason your spouse cannot watch the kids in the evenings etc? so that you can get a parttime job?

1:42 pm

Atalante

I'd love to learn to do henna tattoos though

1:42 pm

LoriP

Aha! 137 words. Done!

1:42 pm

Vicuna

Because if we had a mad tatoo-er on Babble, things could get ugly! ;)

1:43 pm

Angb

yay lori

1:43 pm

Scarlet

Good job, LoirP!

1:43 pm

kthdsn

yes kc he works evenings

1:43 pm

Haz1558

A less likely candidate for the mad tattoiist of Babble, you are never going to meet!

1:43 pm

kc8501

does anyone have a hint for the bo 5/14??

1:44 pm

LoriP

bo + ***ist

1:44 pm

bubba218

bo = painting

1:44 pm

kthdsn

I had a well paid job but I quit when i thought I was able to leave, stupid decision I know, but it's done now

1:44 pm

Haz1558

bo5/14 - add Mr Garfunkel

1:44 pm

kc8501

does he work days as well? its hard, but when times were tough, the mr and I did that... also decreases time spent near each other

1:44 pm

kc8501

thank you haz!

1:45 pm

kthdsn

no he only works evenings

1:45 pm

LoriP

kt, you did what you felt was right at the time. Now, you will do the same again. The right thing foir this time, this point in your life. Never look back.

1:45 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome!

1:45 pm

carlir

pig like + tall letter

1:45 pm

Minty106

Can anyone hlep with bo 6/33 pls?

1:45 pm

kc8501

there you go... hardest part is always childcare... maybe the old job would take you back on as well?

1:46 pm

LoriP

bo + the painter ****s

1:46 pm

kthdsn

no, when i told them I was leaving, they said my contract was up anyway, I won't get it back

1:46 pm

Haz1558

bo6/33 - a Spanish grocery store

1:46 pm

Vicuna

bo6/33 - Spanish wine shop, rhymes with Suzanne of "Tom's Diner"

1:46 pm

kc8501

it's a spanish market... or... he has a hot bo* + anagram of how old you are

1:47 pm

BabbleRabble

Kate, you are trying to find funds to get you and the girls to Toronto. You are indigent. Presently jobless. Ask if they may direct you to someone to help you. It is not going to happen as fast as ideal. Nonetheless, without trying, the situation will only get worse.

1:47 pm

Minty106

ty everyone

1:47 pm

kc8501

couldn't hurt to call and ask... even if they don't have something, they may know someone. It is, if nothing else a starting place

1:47 pm

Scarlet

Hugs, Kate. My fireworks are for you, and now I must make banana bread for the Saturday family brunch. One of these mornings you will awaken and say: "This is what I SHALL DO" and procede to do it. You are an intelligent woman who has had her slats knocked out from under her. Re-Slat! *love*

1:48 pm

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, Scarlet!!

1:48 pm

LoriP

Congrats SCarlet!

1:48 pm

Aloyisius

bravo, scarlet

1:48 pm

kc8501

and believe me, you will feel SO much better when you force yourself to take that first step and you start moving forward. It's hard, but it's worth it

1:49 pm

kthdsn

thanks scarlet, and everyone else

1:49 pm

Mom

Congrats all who had fireworks while I was on the phone.

1:49 pm

stevedallas

fireworks!!

1:49 pm

Scarlet

Thanks, BR, LoriP and Alo. This was a fun one, too, and the last word was an ro4, which drove me a little batty.

1:50 pm

broony

Fireworks for me - 2 in a row! Where do they get some of these words from?

1:50 pm

broony

Fireworks for me - 2 in a row! Where do they get some of these words from?

1:50 pm

BabbleRabble

We are pulling for you, kate!

1:50 pm

Mom

Congrats Broony

1:50 pm

LoriP

Congrats steve and Broony!

1:50 pm

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, broony!

1:50 pm

Aloyisius

wahoo to steve and broony!!!

1:50 pm

Mom

Must go and run an errand. Be back later to try for the 67 I have left.

1:51 pm

Haz1558

What's an Everton supporter doing living in Newcastle?

1:51 pm

Scarlet

Yahoo!!! steve and broony!

1:51 pm

BabbleRabble

Congrats to stevedallas too!

1:51 pm

FranMag

hello babblers!

1:51 pm

periwinkle

Hi all, help with pr6/21 please

1:51 pm

periwinkle

Hi there Fran, you are in the grid today

1:51 pm

FranMag

congratulations to the recent finishers.

1:51 pm

Haz1558

Good morning FranMag.

1:52 pm

broony

Thanks Scarlet - last word for me was the same ro4 - hence the comment!

1:52 pm

Vicuna

Hello, FranMag.

1:52 pm

LoriP

And now, the boys and I have 2 squash pies, and a coconut cream pie to bake for a family get together tomorrow. Have a great day all! kt, believe in yourself. We do! :)

1:52 pm

FranMag

hi peri! hi haz! unfortunately i haven't been added to the enable dictionary yet, still not a word!

1:52 pm

FranMag

hi vicuna!

1:52 pm

BabbleRabble

Cya, LoriP

1:52 pm

FranMag

bye lori!

1:52 pm

Haz1558

pr6/21 - South African plant - could be seen as the slogan for those who favour a particular hot drink

1:53 pm

Scarlet

broony: I think interplanetary visitors left their dictionary on the last visit, and Babble-maniacs are paying the price. LOL

1:53 pm

kthdsn

I'm going to go and apply for some jobs in Toronto, I doubt it will work out but it's a positive action that I can manage to make myself do now. I'll come back later. Thanks all

1:53 pm

FranMag

thanks haz! great clue!

1:53 pm

BabbleRabble

Good luck, Kate!

1:54 pm

Haz1558

Glad to help, FranMag!

1:54 pm

Vicuna

Oh, that explains it, Scarlet. I always assumed that the Enable dictionary had been compiled by speakers of Tagalog or something.

1:54 pm

FranMag

later kate! ((hugs))

1:54 pm

Aloyisius

go for it, kate.. good luck

1:54 pm

Scarlet

Best of luck with that, Kate. *Love*

1:54 pm

Aloyisius

bbl... break time

1:55 pm

broony

There's a saying at Everton, Hazel. Once a Blue, always a Blue. It tends to be true - unless you are called Rooney! Got supporting them from age 7 collecting album stickers and never looked back! Season ticket holder of 11 years now!

1:55 pm

Haz1558

Bye, Aloyisius.

1:55 pm

Vicuna

Bye, kth. Good luck.

1:55 pm

FranMag

i have ne8 and bo8 which i felt so clever for finding, what do the other two start with please?

1:55 pm

periwinkle

thanks Haz, was working with the wrong P

1:55 pm

Scarlet

LOL, Vicuna. Tagalog would be easier. Yesterday I saw Apocalypto, and the language was fascinatin.

1:55 pm

FranMag

vicuna, i know for a fact it isn't because i keep trying Tagalog words and they don't work!

1:56 pm

Vicuna

Fran, ba and cr

1:56 pm

BabbleRabble

ba 8/60

1:56 pm

FranMag

thanks folks! *off to search*

1:56 pm

BabbleRabble

cr 8/60

1:56 pm

Haz1558

Glad you got the word, peri.

1:56 pm

FranMag

cr found! thanks again.

1:56 pm

Vicuna

I have no desire to see that movie, Scarlet, but I agree it would be interesting to listen to the dialog.

1:57 pm

majmom

hello all got an hour or so to babble-busy time of year-any clues ar 6/27 and ar 5/16

1:57 pm

Vicuna

lol, Fran. The Tagalog words don't work because they were *trying* to make and English dictionary!

1:57 pm

BabbleRabble

br 8 is a c0-discoverer of insulin

1:57 pm

Mundy

help on ba 8/60 please

1:57 pm

Scarlet

I think most word-lovers have an "ear" for other languages, and hearing ancient Sumerian in another Gibson epic was equally fascinating.

1:58 pm

Haz1558

ar5/16 - add a shortened form of a female name - a judge in Israel, or Miss Reynolds in LA

1:58 pm

FranMag

thanks babblerabble! google found it right away!

1:59 pm

Vicuna

If Gibson works his way through some of the world's disappearing languages it could end up being an incredible boon for linguists. (Assuming he's really accurate with them.)

1:59 pm

BabbleRabble

ba 8 -- b + picnic pest + a sensation if a fee****

1:59 pm

Haz1558

ba8/60 - b plus four letters of the type of horns sported by reindeer, then the gerund ending

2:01 pm

Mundy

thanks got it

2:01 pm

pinecone05

I did not know who discovered insulin...now I do. Sir Frederick ba 8/60. Babble is educational.

2:01 pm

Haz1558

broony - sorry, missed your post earlier on. Do you not feel somewhat outnumbered by the Toon army?

2:01 pm

FranMag

phantom: pirate...i'm sure renfield is a little miffed about that.

2:02 pm

swmbo

Actually, his name is Banting

2:02 pm

periwinkle

FIREWORKS for me

2:02 pm

Haz1558

Lest we make fools of ourselves in table quizzes everywhere!

2:02 pm

Haz1558

Well done, periwinkle!

2:03 pm

kc8501

grr... last word.... ab7 anyone???

2:03 pm

FranMag

yay peri! you beat me, i still have 25 to go.

2:03 pm

BabbleRabble

congratulations, periwinkle

2:03 pm

majmom

any hints on ar 6/27

2:03 pm

kc8501

uhm, the 1st one

2:03 pm

FranMag

kc, haz' icon has a great clue for it.

2:03 pm

torgone

One who helps a criminal

2:03 pm

Haz1558

It's either the past tense of ab5 or the one who helps as in ab4/6

2:03 pm

kc8501

n/m got it!!! fireworks!

2:03 pm

swmbo

ar6/27: moving in a curved line

2:03 pm

FranMag

yay kc!!!

2:03 pm

kc8501

now I can go home! wheee!

2:03 pm

Haz1558

Well done!

2:03 pm

periwinkle

I saw the DaVinci Code this week and was disappointed. I enjoyed the book so much more.

2:04 pm

majmom

arcing

2:04 pm

swmbo

yep, Majmom that's the one LOL

2:05 pm

majmom

sorry-and ty swmbo-did you have a nice xmas any news on janice?

2:05 pm

FranMag

hi torg!

2:05 pm

swmbo

No, what is wrong with jamice???

2:05 pm

periwinkle

see you all tomorrow

2:05 pm

Haz1558

Bye periwinkle!

2:06 pm

broony

Toon army are a fickle lot Hazel. There are lots of them granted - but they'd do better to support their players and board rather than berate them. The only way in which Newcastle is a big club is the size of the stadium - it's trophy cabinet is pre-decimal!

2:06 pm

pinkhatlil

i cant make out the ac5/16 i know haz you just clued it but im blank as for the pr6/21 lets not go there bye perwinl

2:06 pm

Atalante

I wish tagalog words would work! (wandering back in the convo now I'm back from letting pup out)

2:06 pm

majmom

ginny`s sister said she had surgery for ca of thyroid not long ago-just heard

2:06 pm

pinkhatlil

ment to be periwinkle

2:06 pm

swmbo

NO!!!

2:07 pm

Haz1558

I know what you mean. They seem to change managers at dizzying speed.

2:08 pm

Haz1558

ac5/16 - just add the most usual ending.

2:08 pm

majmom

i dont like to call -dont know if she wants it known or not other than fellow workers

2:08 pm

FranMag

hi ata!

2:08 pm

BabbleRabble

ac 5 - add the gerund/participle ending

2:08 pm

Vicuna

I have an embarrassing confession to make... I don't actually know any Tagalog vocab. :/

2:08 pm

Haz1558

pr6 - the last three letters are those of the most popular English hot drink, the first three letters indicate being for something.

2:09 pm

Atalante

hi fran :) and Vi! no! that's disgraceful! :)

2:09 pm

swmbo

It must have been really recent as there was a reunion meeting just before Christmas at her house. I couldn't go because of weather. I am going to call Mugs and I'll get back to you with whatever I find out

2:09 pm

FranMag

lol vicuna!

2:09 pm

majmom

if you hear anything let me know-otherwise good xmas here all kids were here some still here

2:09 pm

torgone

Belated Hi! Fran!

2:09 pm

Haz1558

I'm deficient in the old tagalog as well.....

2:10 pm

BabbleRabble

pr 6 -- those who pay the $14.99 become a pr* and oolong is a ***

2:10 pm

Atalante

mahal kita vi and haz ... even if you don't know any tagalog ;)

2:10 pm

torgone

I should know some tagalog - I live in a Pilipino neighborhood ..

2:11 pm

Vicuna

I was about to do a little quick googling and find something to say, but Ata has saved me the trouble!

2:11 pm

pinkhatlil

thanks to u all who have helped me its fireworks can i help anyone :)

2:11 pm

Haz1558

Pinkhat has fireworks!

2:11 pm

BabbleRabble

Congrats. pinkhatlil

2:11 pm

swmbo

left a message on Mugs' phone. Could you email me your phone #? I can't find it and I also am between computers so I don't have your email address to hand either :)

2:11 pm

Vicuna

(So, umm, Ata, what does that mean, anyway?)

2:11 pm

Angb

congrats pink

2:11 pm

Haz1558

But do you know any tagalog, torgone?

2:12 pm

pinkhatlil

thanks haz and bab-rab

2:12 pm

Vicuna

Yay for pinkhat!

2:12 pm

FranMag

ata, i'm always trying to use filipino fruits, but so far the only one that works is santol.

2:12 pm

FranMag

yay pinkhat!!!

2:12 pm

Atalante

(I love you Vi and Haz even if you don't know any tagalog) *grins* I don't know a lot, just bits and bobs from when I worked in Palawn for a few months

2:12 pm

majmom

will email shortly

2:13 pm

swmbo

thanks. Back to Babbling

2:13 pm

FranMag

that's cool ata!

2:13 pm

torgone

Mabuhai is the only word I can think of right now - Welcome!

2:13 pm

Haz1558

Well, that's a nice word to know.

2:13 pm

Atalante

mga daga means lots of rats. see, I know really useful tagalog!

2:14 pm

torgone

I do like pancit and loompya though . .

2:14 pm

Vicuna

Awww... shnorakal am, Ata!

2:14 pm

Haz1558

So, can we find the word for not, so that we know how to say, lots of rats not welcome?

2:14 pm

FranMag

maraming salamat po, thank you very much

2:14 pm

torgone

That applies to my workplace, Ata ..

2:15 pm

Minty106

Help with pr 7/32 pls?

2:15 pm

Atalante

and the place we lived over there!

2:15 pm

Vicuna

Or, maybe, Konoronhkwa, too.

2:15 pm

Minty106

sorry - I have it!

2:15 pm

FranMag

sounds lovely ata! :-(

2:16 pm

Angb

Back again - Hi everyone whose arrived since I was away. What is this tagalog?

2:16 pm

Vicuna

pr7/32 - Roman magistrate

2:17 pm

Atalante

it was a cabana on an island in the middle of nowhere!

2:17 pm

Haz1558

Tagalog is a language, spoken in the Philppines and in varying degrees in Babble land.

2:17 pm

pinkhatlil

bye guys speak to you all tomorrow ; )

2:17 pm

FranMag

hi angb! it's the official language of the philippines

2:17 pm

Haz1558

Bye pinkhat.

2:17 pm

Angb

Useful ...

2:18 pm

FranMag

thanks for the pr7 clue vicuna!

2:18 pm

FranMag

actually angb, since Filipinos are slowly taking over the world, it will be useful some day. :-)

2:18 pm

Denny

53 words to go and will have to resort to the list... evening all...:-)

2:19 pm

FranMag

hi denny

2:19 pm

Angb

Very few make it down here -

2:19 pm

Angb

Hi Denny

2:19 pm

Haz1558

Hello Denny.

2:19 pm

Angb

Except as wives ... if you get what I mean

2:19 pm

FranMag

...that you know of angb

2:19 pm

Atalante

what other iknteresting languages can we represent between us?

2:20 pm

FranMag

Kosraen

2:20 pm

Angb

Kai ora Ata

2:20 pm

Haz1558

Mine are the usual, nothing very different.

2:20 pm

Angb

And I spelt it wrong! LOL Kia ora

2:20 pm

Denny

i've got a bit of sign language but that is no good here lol

2:20 pm

Atalante

do you speak any irish gaelic, haz?

2:21 pm

FranMag

definitely derived from Polynesian angb!

2:21 pm

Haz1558

Hardly any, Atalante.

2:21 pm

EspritdJean

jambo! habari gani = Hello, how are you in Swahili

2:22 pm

Angb

Gidday - Kiwi and Aussie hello!

2:22 pm

FranMag

len wo - good day in Kosraen.

2:22 pm

EspritdJean

Kosraen?

2:22 pm

Denny

'ey oop me ducks - nottinghamese

2:23 pm

FranMag

from the island of Kosrae, my mother's island.

2:23 pm

Angb

Talofa - hello in Samoan

2:23 pm

EspritdJean

where is Kosrae?

2:23 pm

ExWren

wotcher mate - Woodstock, Oxford

2:23 pm

Vicuna

Bon sro lanh oon - I love you in Cambodian

2:24 pm

FranMag

in Micronesia, it's part of the Federated States of Micronesia

2:24 pm

Angb

Ngh oh - cantonese

2:24 pm

Haz1558

Hello ex-Wren - that made me laugh!

2:24 pm

EspritdJean

ty fran

2:24 pm

smaller

ba8?

2:24 pm

FranMag

ia ora na - welcome in Tahitian

2:25 pm

Vicuna

rito n isha - "a doctor on an isolated island" in Japanese

2:25 pm

ExWren

let's get back to basics!

2:25 pm

Atalante

oh i'd love to go to micronesia, i want to go to yap

2:25 pm

FranMag

hi exwren!

2:25 pm

Vicuna

(oops, rito no isha)

2:25 pm

Angb

Malo e lelei - Tongan.

2:25 pm

Angb

Hello exwren

2:25 pm

FranMag

ata, my sister did a stint in the Peace Corps in Ulithi, one of the outlying islands of Yap.

2:26 pm

Haz1558

ba8 - a small child - think of a small boxer, or hen, take the first four letters of that and add a consonant and the present participle endING

2:26 pm

ExWren

Hi Fran, like your icon, haven't got around to changing mine yet

2:26 pm

Vicuna

makatan uyutan - "I don't understand your language" in ancient Maya

2:26 pm

FranMag

thanks exwren!

2:26 pm

Atalante

wow ..... its a diver's dream destination

2:26 pm

FranMag

lol vicuna

2:26 pm

Angb

Kia ora - New Zealand Maori. Kia orana - Cook Island Maori

2:27 pm

Vicuna

(That's the derivation of the name "Yucatan")

2:27 pm

Atalante

mrrrrooowwww! Silverclaw language for hello? where are you?

2:27 pm

FranMag

ata, Kosrae is not as well known, but also very nice for diving.

2:27 pm

majmom

bo 6/33 any clues?

2:27 pm

Atalante

one day when I have lots of money I will get out to Micronesia ...

2:27 pm

Angb

Sorry about all the hellos but in Auckland we have so many Polynesian cultures.

2:27 pm

Haz1558

bo6/33 - Spanish wine/grocery store. Extend the preceding bo4/7

2:28 pm

smaller

thanks vic

2:28 pm

FranMag

yes ata, it's very expensive to go because Continental has a monopoly on the air routes!

2:28 pm

EspritdJean

or you could join the peace corps

2:28 pm

Cathyar

hi all...ar5/16 please?

2:28 pm

majmom

ty haz

2:28 pm

FranMag

that's really cool angb.

2:28 pm

Angb

thnx haz

2:28 pm

Atalante

I'd really love to spend a year getting random ships between all the islands and just bum around diving again

2:29 pm

Angb

When speeches are made formally - there are many hellos in different languages

2:29 pm

FranMag

hafa adai - general greeting in Chamorro, the language of Guam

2:29 pm

Haz1558

ar5/16 - add shortened version of Miss Reynolds or the Biblical Judge Judy forerunner

2:30 pm

Haz1558

But when would you babble, Atalante?

2:30 pm

FranMag

well, if you get to Kosrae, i'll let my aunt know to look out for you ata!

2:30 pm

Atalante

good point, Haz .... what's wireless like in Yap, fran LOL

2:30 pm

FranMag

thanks haz! strange word

2:30 pm

Haz1558

And what about Hobbit!!!!

2:30 pm

Angb

It's interesting the different Pacific Islands that we "look" to. Guam and Phillipines from the US perspective. We look to Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Solomons

2:31 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, FranMag.

2:31 pm

Cathyar

sorry haz...doesn't work for me :(

2:31 pm

Atalante

you can take dogs diving these days! really! but yeah ... I couldn't leave Hobbit for a year!

2:31 pm

Haz1558

Okay, try ar plus the first three letters of the opposite of credit.

2:31 pm

FranMag

Hawaii has a full mix of all the islands, lots of Micronesians here now also. of course Polynesians have been here for a while.

2:32 pm

Cathyar

ty....that worked haz :)

2:32 pm

Haz1558

Still, you can dream (sorry, I'm Mrs Sensible)

2:32 pm

Haz1558

That's good Cathyar.

2:32 pm

FranMag

ata, you'll just have to get hobbit certified to dive!

2:32 pm

Atalante

maybe less than a year ... :) any time in the middle of nowhere diving is good time!

2:33 pm

tingy

Hello Babblers!

2:33 pm

FranMag

hi tingy

2:34 pm

Haz1558

Good afternoon tingy.

2:34 pm

mo

hi tingy

2:34 pm

FranMag

hi mo!

2:34 pm

EspritdJean

anyone got some clues for the 8's other than the bo 8/60?

2:34 pm

Haz1558

Is this your garden, mo?

2:34 pm

mo

hi Fran

2:35 pm

mo

Haz...no....wish it was.

2:35 pm

FranMag

ba8 is a very young child, it uses the same ending as the bo8

2:35 pm

Angb

ne 8/50 - annoying someone

2:36 pm

Haz1558

It's lovely anyway!

2:36 pm

FranMag

cr8 is what you do with a baby, same ending, rock in a cr***e

2:36 pm

EspritdJean

ty Ang

2:36 pm

Angb

yw Jean

2:36 pm

mo

it is...thats why I picked it.

2:37 pm

Haz1558

Anyway, time to be off -see you all tomorrow!

2:37 pm

EspritdJean

ty fran, not getting that ba tho

2:37 pm

mo

bye Haz...see you.

2:37 pm

FranMag

ba8, small roosters are called ba**am, add that common ending

2:38 pm

Atalante

being nosey now, how did you end up in Hawaii if your family is from Micronesia, Fran?

2:38 pm

EspritdJean

ty got it now but never saw that word before

2:38 pm

EspritdJean

is there Babble for the Learning Disabled?

2:38 pm

Angb

Down to 21 left - no list ... not sure I can make it

2:39 pm

FranMag

ata, my father met my mother in Kosrae when he was doing his doctoral thesis, he was a social anthropologist

2:39 pm

FranMag

they lived in Guam where he taught at the University of Guam and that's where i grew up.

2:40 pm

FranMag

he was born in Hawaii and we used to visit his mother and sister here over the years

2:40 pm

Atalante

wow! that's the sort of thing we get in films over here! "Jungle adventure for single scientist, finds native love and absconds to Hawaii" ok, that's silly but you get the idea!

2:41 pm

FranMag

but the reason i moved here was to be with my husband who has lived here since he was 5, he is Ilocano from the Philippines.

2:41 pm

Atalante

you have had a wonderfully interesting life!

2:41 pm

FranMag

yes ata, a "storybook" romance of a different kind.

2:42 pm

kthdsn

I've applied for 16 jobs, I feel a little better, but I don't believe I will hear back from any of them so I also feel kind of pointless

2:42 pm

pinkhatlil

what time does the puzzle change.

2:42 pm

FranMag

yes ata, i've been exposed to many interesting things.

2:42 pm

kthdsn

maybe diving into the grid will take my mind off it for a while

2:42 pm

EspritdJean

9 more hours

2:43 pm

Atalante

you're lucky :) such wonderful places! do you dive?

2:43 pm

pinkhatlil

is that usa time uk time?

2:45 pm

FranMag

i have been certified ata, but i have this weird thing where i get seasick snorkeling to the dive site!

2:45 pm

FranMag

last time i dove at night i had vertigo and had to throw up in my regulator. ick

2:46 pm

FranMag

pinkhat, it's 9 hours from whatever time you are in.

2:46 pm

Atalante

oh I do too! its pretty common. seasick tablets rock :)

2:47 pm

FranMag

it's been many years since i dove, probably 12.

2:47 pm

jillibus

hi kth

2:47 pm

Strider

Hi all, could I have clues for any of the i words?

2:47 pm

FranMag

i never thought to try that ata. i got certified to be able to dive with my boyfriend at the time.

2:47 pm

ZOOP

ad 5/16..pls

2:47 pm

kthdsn

hi jilli

2:48 pm

Atalante

its been too long since I have either. husband keeps insisting on going to non-diveable places for holidays.

2:48 pm

FranMag

in6/27, in + i know why the ****d bird sings

2:48 pm

jillibus

good luck with the job-hunt, kth -- and grid-diving is a good way to gather your wits

2:49 pm

Strider

Thks franmag

2:49 pm

FranMag

ir5/12, think of "really mad" and then change last consonant

2:49 pm

leep

ad5/16 - a kind of stucco used in the Southwestern U.S.

2:49 pm

leep

irage

2:49 pm

Strider

I got the in7,44 from that FranMag.

2:49 pm

leep

oops

2:50 pm

ZOOP

thank you

2:50 pm

Atalante

who said they had seen Apocalyptico? was it good?

2:50 pm

Strider

ty again FranMag

2:50 pm

FranMag

well what do you know strider! that's the 7 i'm missing! *smacks self with a ca4/6*

2:50 pm

jillibus

thanks for the ir, fran

2:51 pm

FranMag

yw jilli

2:51 pm

Strider

FranMag - it happens.

2:51 pm

FranMag

kate, 16 applications is a lot, i'm sure you'll get a couple responses out of those.

2:51 pm

kthdsn

I hope so fran

2:51 pm

kthdsn

I'm convinced that they will be put off by the fact that I live in the wrong country though

2:52 pm

FranMag

ata, i don't know about "un-diveable" there are people that dive in frigid lakes!!

2:52 pm

jillibus

what is the "right" country, kth?

2:53 pm

FranMag

well, you never know kate, they could be looking for someone just like you and not care where you are.

2:53 pm

kthdsn

I've applied for jobs in toronto

2:53 pm

ZOOP

te 4/4 right after te 7/36..pls

2:53 pm

FranMag

zoop, i don't have all the Ts yet, the one i have is a canvas dwelling.

2:54 pm

Atalante

can dive anywhere :)

2:54 pm

ZOOP

tent

2:54 pm

ZOOP

oh..no sorry

2:55 pm

FranMag

that's the one zoop! :-)

2:55 pm

ZOOP

sorry...direworks for me

2:55 pm

FranMag

i just can't imagine getting all bundled up to dive in murky water that's almost freezing! something for everyone i guess.

2:55 pm

joym999

I'm done with the grid, so I thought today would be a good day to download an appropriate icon.

2:55 pm

FranMag

yay zoop!

2:56 pm

joym999

It didn't work!

2:56 pm

Angb

yay zoop

2:56 pm

FranMag

good one joy.

2:56 pm

FranMag

i can see it in your profile joy

2:57 pm

FranMag

depending on your profile, it may take a while for it to refresh.

2:57 pm

joym999

Oh...there it is. It changed. I hope it doesn't give too much away.

2:57 pm

lynxxx

goodmorning

2:57 pm

Angb

Hi lynxxx

2:58 pm

FranMag

well, people that aren't familiar with the series from the 60s may have a hard time with it.

2:58 pm

FranMag

hi lynxxx!

2:58 pm

featherbee

thanks joy, i didn't think of that one!

2:58 pm

featherbee

and hi again all

2:58 pm

FranMag

hi heather!

2:59 pm

joym999

yours are pretty, Fran. I just learned recently that CA** are a type of GO******. Live and learn, as they say

2:59 pm

Angb

Hi feather

2:59 pm

featherbee

i'm checking out all icons now for ones i missed

2:59 pm

jillibus

kth, I tried to go to your cowbags website as shown in your profile but it isn't there any more, they say -- ???

2:59 pm

joym999

glad to help, feather.

2:59 pm

lynxxx

hi Feather

2:59 pm

joym999

I have a photo for a harder word that I'm going to change to later on...maybe about an hour before flip

3:00 pm

FranMag

i got to it jilli.

3:00 pm

kthdsn

it loads for me jilli, was very slow though, maybe they are doing maintenance on the server again, they have been having trouble lately

3:00 pm

jillibus

ok, I'll try again later

3:01 pm

FranMag

how many left heather?

3:01 pm

featherbee

48

3:01 pm

jillibus

now I'm diving *plop*

3:02 pm

FranMag

20 for me, just about to take out the list.

3:02 pm

Atalante

you only go diving in cold water bundled up in a nice warm dry suit - and you do actually feel *warm* in them!

3:03 pm

Angb

17 left here .... can I hold on?

3:03 pm

FranMag

have you tried it ata?

3:03 pm

FranMag

go angb go!

3:04 pm

lynxxx

15 here - still finding w. clues and monkey

3:04 pm

FranMag

woo hoo lynxxx!

3:04 pm

FranMag

okay, i'm not getting the list then

3:04 pm

Atalante

ohhhhh yes - essential for diving in the UK, let alone anywhere colder! I really wanted to dive in Greenland, but the facilities weren;t there to allow it :(

3:04 pm

featherbee

hmm, maybe i will too

3:05 pm

Strider

9 left. I think I will be able to finish.

3:05 pm

Angb

Yay strider good going

3:05 pm

FranMag

go strider go!

3:06 pm

sandy211

clue for be6/24 please

3:06 pm

FranMag

sandy, one who wagers, alt ending

3:07 pm

sandy211

thanks FranMag

3:07 pm

FranMag

yw

3:09 pm

featherbee

daniel's wierd. he brought me my new swiffer carpet flick, wanted me to put it together, and is now cleaning my rugs.

3:09 pm

featherbee

ab7/36?

3:10 pm

Angb

Add a b to fran's clue for sandy

3:10 pm

Frances

feather
prefix be6/24

3:10 pm

lynxxx

Feather - use the clue Fran just did for the be

3:10 pm

Angb

Make that an a not a b

3:10 pm

debbinla

a person in las vegas (ab7/36)

3:10 pm

featherbee

ah, thanks! wasn't even looking at that clue

3:10 pm

Angb

Hi debb

3:10 pm

debbinla

a person in las vegas (ab7/36)

3:11 pm

Angb

And Frances

3:11 pm

featherbee

lmao, now he's chasing my dog with it

3:11 pm

jillibus

kth -- I tried cowbags again and got this message:

There is no website configured at this address
The domain cowbags.co.uk. is not hosted on this server.

3:12 pm

Frances

Hi Ang

3:12 pm

FranMag

i was just going to ask you if daniel was taking a nap!

3:12 pm

featherbee

nope, giggling and saying "run away"

3:12 pm

FranMag

hi frances!

3:13 pm

FranMag

jilli, i can get in fine

3:13 pm

FranMag

hi debbs!

3:13 pm

kthdsn

oh that's very odd jilli, I don't know why it would do that, I'll look into it

3:13 pm

jillibus

weird, fran!

3:13 pm

FranMag

jilli. try www.cowbags.co.uk

3:14 pm

Vicuna

feather, never discourage a boy with an interest in cleaning supplies!

3:14 pm

featherbee

hee, he's actually getting some stuff up!

3:15 pm

featherbee

just brought it over to me to check out

3:15 pm

FranMag

no kidding vicuna! my son used to like to sweep, so we bought him his own broom.

3:16 pm

Vicuna

(Of course, when my kids "help," they just make twice as much work for me!)

3:16 pm

torgone

He'll get over it ..

3:17 pm

Vicuna

Alas, don't we all, tor.

3:17 pm

jillibus

that was it -- the www was missing -- thanks fran!

3:17 pm

FranMag

lol, i hope not torg

3:17 pm

torgone

I sure did ..

3:17 pm

jillibus

now for some lunch -- back soon

3:18 pm

featherbee

am i catching up to you fran? 32 left

3:18 pm

FranMag

well, you should be able to get in either way jilli, maybe your isp wasn't allowing it.

3:18 pm

kthdsn

it shouldn't need the www, I'll have to investigate, at least it works though

3:18 pm

FranMag

i haven't found any words yet, still at 20

3:18 pm

lynxxx

12 here

3:19 pm

jillibus

fussy isp, I guess! I tried it on both Netscape 7.2 and IE7

3:19 pm

Angb

lynxxx you're streaking ahead

3:19 pm

jillibus

back in a while...

3:19 pm

lynxxx

sort of lurching really!

3:19 pm

Vicuna

I've got 27.

3:19 pm

FranMag

it's like when babble was updated, some people could get in with just babble.com before www.babble.com was working.

3:20 pm

featherbee

i'm not seeing the ac5/14

3:20 pm

FranMag

feather, portrayed on a stage perhaps

3:20 pm

lynxxx

ac5.14 ac*** on stage

3:20 pm

Vicuna

It's what the ac5/12 did.

3:20 pm

Veruca

past tense of act

3:20 pm

featherbee

sheesh. i had teh other form too.

3:21 pm

FranMag

it's those hormones!

3:21 pm

kthdsn

I'm stuck on the O, any clues?

3:21 pm

featherbee

lol!

3:21 pm

Strider

Well, I have one left and I guess I am brain dead. Any clues for the te5,10?

3:21 pm

FranMag

i'll wait for clues with you kate, i don't have either yet!

3:22 pm

Angb

An aquariam fish strider?

3:22 pm

Vicuna

or5/16 - or + sleeping furniture

3:22 pm

featherbee

no Os here

3:22 pm

Vicuna

od4 - like what you have when the lightbulb goes on over your head

3:22 pm

Angb

thx vicuna

3:22 pm

lynxxx

o4 - is like a good i*** to apply for as many jobs as you can Kath

3:22 pm

FranMag

thanks vicuna!

3:22 pm

FranMag

thanks lynxxx!

3:23 pm

kthdsn

ty

3:23 pm

Vicuna

No problem... even if it does mean Fran will certainly beat me...

3:23 pm

FranMag

i need a ca4/6 smack for both of those!

3:23 pm

featherbee

sweet. i love my boy. he just found a snack bag of chips and brought it to me!

3:23 pm

Strider

Got it!!! Fireworks.

3:23 pm

Angb

yay strider

3:23 pm

FranMag

yay strider!!

3:23 pm

lynxxx

Yay Strider - and thanks for the count - I did too

3:24 pm

JMann

good afternoon everyone

3:24 pm

JMann

congrats strider

3:24 pm

FranMag

hi jmann!

3:24 pm

Angb

Hi JMann

3:24 pm

kthdsn

how about the N on the right?

3:24 pm

lynxxx

Hi JMann

3:24 pm

featherbee

fran, you're in the grid!

3:25 pm

FranMag

:-)

3:25 pm

featherbee

not legally, but you know...

3:25 pm

FranMag

kth, a type of battery

3:25 pm

FranMag

i'm still confident enable will add me one day

3:25 pm

FranMag

kate, it's a contraction of the the two elements in the battery

3:26 pm

Strider

ni and another name for a roue

3:26 pm

featherbee

22 fran

3:26 pm

FranMag

18, but i don't have the list out yet

3:26 pm

Angb

12 here ... and very slow.

3:26 pm

FranMag

stop where you are and let me get the list set up

3:26 pm

featherbee

ah, i do

3:27 pm

featherbee

ok, stopping

3:27 pm

kthdsn

I'll have to keep looking for that one...

3:27 pm

kthdsn

oh there it is

3:28 pm

lynxxx

I cant find that n...how many letters pls

3:28 pm

featherbee

i had stopped at 20, btw.

3:28 pm

featherbee

ni5

3:28 pm

FranMag

5 lynxxx

3:29 pm

lynxxx

TY

3:29 pm

Strider

ni 5,14 - last 3 , think of a rake (that's the man, not the tool)

3:30 pm

Atalante

gah why can't I find my last 4 LOL

3:30 pm

lynxxx

TY strider - I had found it - I was looking for a longer word

3:31 pm

Vicuna

(hmmm... I wonder whether Enable would accept "gahs"...)

3:31 pm

Atalante

it SHOULD do!

3:31 pm

lynxxx

I looked too Vicuna - !

3:32 pm

lynxxx

but it does take e4.7 along same lines !

3:32 pm

featherbee

brb

3:32 pm

Vicuna

But it's so arbitrary with exclamations. Even more arbitrary than with regular words, I mean.

3:32 pm

torgone

It already has modern interjections like eg4/7 ..

3:32 pm

Angb

Am missing a c - have 10 cas, 2 cls, 2 crs - what am I missing?

3:32 pm

lynxxx

'modern'!

3:32 pm

Atalante

and how it gets brrr as a word I'll never know

3:33 pm

Vicuna

must be another ca

3:33 pm

torgone

another ca angb

3:33 pm

FranMag

okay, ready heather

3:33 pm

Angb

thnx vicuna

3:33 pm

Vicuna

Well, it IS pretty cold in the Enable offices.

3:33 pm

LuwandaHL

I'm bac. knitting was fun spent too much money

3:33 pm

lynxxx

Hi Luw

3:33 pm

torgone

What with coal rationing and all ..

3:34 pm

Angb

Hi Luwanda

3:34 pm

FranMag

heather?

3:34 pm

Vicuna

What they need is a sort of series of tubes that can carry information... yeah, that could work!

3:35 pm

FranMag

lol vicuna!

3:35 pm

Atalante

cn the tubes carry words we request to be added?

3:36 pm

FranMag

like fran?

3:36 pm

Vicuna

We could call it... an "internet". And we could say it was really high- "tech"! Yeah, and then we'd be so excited we could have a "fest!"

3:36 pm

Atalante

and "email"!

3:36 pm

Angb

I'm taking a break - will get the rest later ...

3:37 pm

FranMag

later angb!

3:37 pm

Vicuna

But then... maybe not. Sounds impossible. Let's just give up and eat some feta.

3:37 pm

Atalante

as an aside, email is actually in the collins english dictionary - was added last year, so emailed, emailing etc are valid words

3:37 pm

lynxxx

bye Ang - good idea, might do same.BBL

3:38 pm

Atalante

and make some etuis

3:38 pm

FranMag

later lynxxx!

3:38 pm

kthdsn

don't forget ferriers

3:38 pm

Vicuna

And by the way, brrr, it's cold in here!

3:39 pm

torgone

Have another ro4/4 of coal, vic ..

3:40 pm

Vicuna

lol, tor. I never even looked up that ro4 til now!

3:40 pm

Vicuna

But one ro4 of coal isn't going to get me very far!

3:42 pm

featherbee

ok fran, ready.....set...go!

3:43 pm

Vicuna

Speaking of random, did anyone look up the na4/6?

3:44 pm

Atalante

"a neighborhood movie theater."

3:44 pm

mom23

obscure's an understatement for ro4/4 !

3:45 pm

Vicuna

Yeah, why on earth is that random bit of slang a "real" word, but any number of others are not?

3:45 pm

Atalante

who knows!!!

3:45 pm

Vicuna

Sigh. Every time I think I have come to terms with the vagaries of Enable, I find that I am not yet resigned...

3:46 pm

Atalante

same here .....

3:47 pm

Vicuna

A lively sense of injustice is, on the whole, a valuable trait, but not really doing us any service here!

3:47 pm

torgone

"The Enhanced North American Benchmark LEexicon is the most thoroughly researched, and therefore the most authoritative word list and reference available for Scrabble® players. ENABLE isn't limited to words under an arbitrary length, so it is also eminently suitable for other word games such as Anagrams and Clabbers, and crossword puzzle solving."

3:47 pm

Atalante

no!!

3:48 pm

Vicuna

"most authoritative"??? It is to laugh.

3:48 pm

JMann

any clues on the PI 7/40?

3:48 pm

featherbee

stuck at 13 fran

3:48 pm

FranMag

8 here

3:48 pm

FranMag

7

3:48 pm

kthdsn

we always played scrabble based on the Oxford English Dictionary

3:48 pm

Vicuna

pi7/40 - a bullfighter who stabs the bull so the more famous fighter can finish it off. Sounds like "choose a portal"

3:49 pm

Wyrd

28

3:49 pm

Vicuna

8

3:49 pm

featherbee

11

3:49 pm

FranMag

5

3:50 pm

Wyrd

27

3:50 pm

LuwandaHL

ar6?

3:50 pm

FranMag

4

3:50 pm

LuwandaHL

go fran!!!!

3:50 pm

disneyjessi

hi all..how many words today plz

3:50 pm

JMann

thanks Vicuna - got it!

3:50 pm

LuwandaHL

137

3:50 pm

featherbee

8, you're killing me!

3:50 pm

torgone

$1.37

3:51 pm

disneyjessi

thx

3:51 pm

Vicuna

ar6 - some def you'll never know, ar + girl's nickname short for female judge in the Bible or Ms Reynolds in "Singing int he Rain"

3:51 pm

FranMag

stuck on Ds

3:51 pm

featherbee

Ps are giving me trouble

3:51 pm

FranMag

3

3:52 pm

featherbee

5

3:52 pm

kthdsn

me too feather, I am stuck on the top corner P, got 2 of them, both pi4

3:52 pm

FranMag

uno!!

3:52 pm

featherbee

eek! 4!

3:52 pm

FranMag

done!!!!

3:53 pm

Vicuna

Yay for FranMag!

3:53 pm

featherbee

lol, well done!

3:53 pm

seano216k

erm is that ar5 you are cluing vicuna?

3:53 pm

FranMag

well, i was 2 ahead of you heather, not totally fair.

3:53 pm

LuwandaHL

wtg fran

3:53 pm

Wyrd

woohoo FRan!

3:53 pm

Vicuna

Oh, yeah. Oops. And it involved so much typing, too...

3:53 pm

featherbee

you still would have won, i'd have had 2 left instead of 4

3:54 pm

Vicuna

ar6/21 - describes passionate lovers

3:54 pm

FranMag

that was nerve-wracking!

3:54 pm

featherbee

ok, to6/21?

3:54 pm

FranMag

remind me not to do that again

3:54 pm

seano216k

well done fran :)

3:54 pm

featherbee

LOL!

3:54 pm

FranMag

past tense of a little kid heather

3:54 pm

featherbee

stid will be thrilled you won!

3:54 pm

FranMag

add a letter to "carried"

3:54 pm

Vicuna

thee's an ar6/27, too, going in a curve

3:55 pm

featherbee

ok, the ones that were really getting to me were 3 of the PRs...let me see...

3:55 pm

FranMag

helen will be thrilled too

3:55 pm

featherbee

erg. stupid pr4/5s, they're anagrams!

3:56 pm

FranMag

thanks for the congratulations everyone! :-)

3:56 pm

Vicuna

They mean the same thing, too.

3:56 pm

featherbee

i had one, the other was getting to me. pr7/32?

3:56 pm

FranMag

she's just going to take it out on me at scrabble, but i'll take the victory

3:56 pm

featherbee

bwahaha

3:57 pm

FranMag

pr*****ian guard in ancient rome.

3:57 pm

Vicuna

pr7 - Roman magistrate. I don't know why he can't stay out of the Babble grid. Feels at home around Etna, I suppose.

3:57 pm

featherbee

ergh. i need to go look that up.

3:58 pm

FranMag

i had to google for that one feather.

3:58 pm

Vicuna

And today he had the li6/21 to keep him company.

3:58 pm

featherbee

dumb combo of vowels in that! i don't feel bad for missing it!

3:58 pm

kthdsn

oooh ty for the pr7 clue, I googled it

3:58 pm

FranMag

hate to race and run, but we have to run out to do errands! hubby is threatening to leave without me.

3:59 pm

featherbee

ok, gonna work on my last one on my own for a bit....

3:59 pm

featherbee

lol, bye fran!

3:59 pm

FranMag

bye everyone!! see you all later

3:59 pm

Vicuna

Bye, Fran.

3:59 pm

Atalante

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