Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, February 7, 2007

12:00 am

DRBERNABO

I said s not z

12:00 am

LeslieAnn

flip!

12:00 am

TeaNCrackers

floop

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

Angb

flip

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

lynxxx

flop

12:00 am

mrpresident

flip flipperoo

12:00 am

jillibus

not too bad

12:00 am

helenkeller

flip

12:01 am

lynxxx

Hiya MRP

12:01 am

Jencatd

Had four words to go. *grr* (^_^)

12:01 am

Minveryork

Sorry to hear about your bad day jillibus!My day was not so great either, even though it was my birthday.

12:01 am

jillibus

yes, min, love your icon

12:01 am

LeslieAnn

happy late birthday, min!

12:01 am

mrpresident

hi lynxxx! about to get a beauty of a storm!

12:02 am

jillibus

just after midnight last night my computer went BANG and died. What could be worse than that?

12:02 am

Minveryork

Thank you LeslieAnn! I guess now it is officially over!

12:02 am

LeslieAnn

rats, i was only one minute late

12:02 am

lynxxx

MRP best batten down the hatches then.

12:02 am

flosey

late again flip

12:03 am

jillibus

Luckily it got fixed today but I didn't sleep much last night, picturing a frazzled hard drive and 11 years of info gone

12:03 am

Minveryork

You must have fixed it because we see you here now

12:03 am

prismmgc2

min: it's only 7pm in Hawaii. keep on celebrating!

12:03 am

jillibus

what happened to mess up your b'day, minver?

12:03 am

lynxxx

Jilli - whew! and now we are saving to CD's or similar?

12:04 am

ursh

Dont you just hate it when you sit for ages trying to find a word from a tile - then check the stats only to find out there isnt one!!! top left c

12:04 am

Minveryork

LOL prismmgc2!Thanks! I wish I was there right now!

12:04 am

Angb

ursh I was doing that all last nite LOL

12:05 am

jillibus

lynxxx - thinking about it, just releived for now!

12:05 am

helenkeller

where is that nutster with her funny icon?

12:05 am

jillibus

relieved

12:05 am

LeslieAnn

don't think, copy jilli! or at least e-mail copies of important writings and such to yourself to save

12:06 am

jillibus

min's is pretty funny -- look carefully!

12:06 am

Minveryork

I just had a VERY long day today! First, had to drive an hour away to a conference and got lost so it took me 2 hours to find the place. Then I had to work the afterschool program. Then I had to work my second job and I did not get home until 9:00.I did not get to Babble unitl 11:oo because my husband made a dinner

12:07 am

jillibus

no use saving to my email if the whole thing dies! I couldn't even begin to remember all the email addresses -- but never mind now, I'm just gratefulall is ok

12:07 am

Minveryork

If you click on my profile you can see the icon better

12:07 am

jillibus

min -- what are your 2 jobs?

12:08 am

Hugabugs

Hi everyone

12:08 am

helenkeller

i am going to bed early tonight - good nite everyone

12:08 am

Angb

hi hugs

12:08 am

LeslieAnn

good night, nothing funny

12:08 am

jillibus

hi hugs :)

12:08 am

helenkeller

min - very cute icon there

12:08 am

Angb

nite helen

12:08 am

mrpresident

min! you are pro!! congrats!

12:08 am

lynxxx

Bye Helen

12:08 am

jillibus

isn't is GREAT to see min with an icon!!!

12:09 am

Douglas

Yay Min!

12:09 am

Minveryork

Goodbye helenkeller! I'll see you tomorrow in the log!

12:09 am

mrpresident

phantom... oozamaticator

12:09 am

Minveryork

I work eves at Berlitz Language Center teaching ESL

12:09 am

Jencatd

phantom: mirth

12:10 am

jillibus

lol mrp!!! :D

12:10 am

Minveryork

Thanks mrpresident. I am proud to be a part of such a friendly and welcoming community! Happy Babbling!

12:11 am

cybernan

what a grid -- 43 words and all but 8 are fours (:

12:12 am

Angb

am 8

12:12 am

jillibus

3 words here, nan, all 4s!! Joke of the eveing!

12:12 am

Jencatd

27 and nothing larger than a six.

12:12 am

jillibus

mail

12:12 am

LeslieAnn

good one, ang

12:12 am

mrpresident

nice one ang... now to find it

12:12 am

jillibus

oops (that was #4)

12:12 am

LukeM

exhausted after 6 words

12:12 am

Angb

thnx -

12:13 am

Dax

not sure if anyone said it yet but tr7

12:13 am

lynxxx

Thanks Ang

12:14 am

Douglas

Are some of the words here en espanol?

12:14 am

Angb

yw lynxxx

12:14 am

Angb

If they are I am going to be in trouble

12:14 am

Minveryork

I like your icon too jillibus! So what does the w stand for? Wacky? Whipped? Wimp? Weirdo? Wuss?

12:15 am

LeslieAnn

angb, are you sure the naked boy in your pic approves of it being here? ;)

12:16 am

Douglas

Nothing personal Angb, but you may wish to reconsider the naked boy icon...

12:16 am

Angb

No - I haven't told him - he would kill me I think ... still I have mother's rights I think. He's not showing anything untoward though!

12:16 am

jillibus

Wubbleyou

12:16 am

Angb

OK - I get the picture LOL

12:16 am

TeaNCrackers

bits is bits, i say!

12:17 am

wally.mac

hi

12:17 am

lynxxx

Hi Wally

12:17 am

jillibus

hi wally

12:17 am

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

12:18 am

LeslieAnn

ailer - one who ails. what's wrong with that?

12:18 am

Douglas

I'm with you, LeslieAnn

12:18 am

prismmgc2

failer one who fails.

12:19 am

prismmgc2

nighters Min! Keep on celebrating!

12:19 am

TeaNCrackers

hey, Crackers is in here - sort of!

12:19 am

jillibus

goodnight, minver -- pleasnt dreams, sweet repose...

12:19 am

wally.mac

hi lynxx

12:20 am

lynxxx

Bye Min

12:20 am

Angb

Hope you all like this one then ...

12:20 am

cybernan

ma 7

12:20 am

cybernan

bye Min -- love that icon

12:20 am

mrpresident

I got my pic up too

12:20 am

Angb

when it refreshes

12:20 am

LeslieAnn

haha your profile still says "chris - 6 years old"

12:20 am

Douglas

I don't have that one yet cybernan...

12:20 am

TeaNCrackers

it works, especially with your profile:)

12:21 am

ursh

Oh well managed only 45 words and i owe i owe so off to work i go - bbl

12:21 am

Douglas

phantom aileron

12:22 am

lynxxx

LOL MRP

12:22 am

lynxxx

see you later Ursh

12:22 am

mrpresident

hehehe! she is a target!

12:23 am

jillibus

bfn ursh!

12:23 am

jillibus

dang -- no s again!

12:24 am

wilson27fan

can anyone tell me how many words today/so far i have 64

12:24 am

prismmgc2

143 wds

12:25 am

jillibus

143

12:25 am

wally.mac

hi jishel

12:25 am

wilson27fan

ty

12:25 am

jesheil

hi wally

12:25 am

Douglas

You are doing quite well, wilson, as you are almost halfway...

12:25 am

jesheil

wahahaha

12:25 am

jesheil

daghan na ta

12:25 am

wally.mac

gimme a word

12:25 am

jesheil

nonono

12:25 am

wally.mac

the longest word you have in there

12:25 am

jesheil

hahahaha

12:25 am

jesheil

lol

12:25 am

wally.mac

hehehe

12:26 am

cybernan

anyone found any of the z's yet?

12:26 am

jesheil

fear ra

12:26 am

wally.mac

please ;(

12:26 am

jesheil

hehehe

12:26 am

jesheil

wahahahah

12:26 am

jesheil

hey guys

12:26 am

jillibus

wally, we don't give words, just clues, but not yet

12:26 am

jesheil

wally longing for something

12:26 am

jesheil

give him a help

12:27 am

jesheil

heheheh

12:27 am

wally.mac

okay.. soryy po...

12:27 am

jillibus

no z wrods here, nan

12:27 am

wally.mac

hehe

12:27 am

Douglas

I just got a z, and it is a rather unusual word...

12:27 am

jesheil

me too no z words

12:27 am

BNLboy

we're like 30 minutes in, give it a few hours for clues

12:27 am

jesheil

cluen doug

12:28 am

jillibus

tort

12:28 am

lynxxx

za5

12:28 am

jillibus

oops -- sooory!

12:29 am

jesheil

thanks anyway jill

12:29 am

wilson27fan

just try anything and every thing as long as it's atleast 4 letters jesheil

12:29 am

Douglas

zo 5/20

12:29 am

wally.mac

what word starts with letter" C"

12:30 am

jillibus

wally, you have to figure that out for yourself

12:30 am

wally.mac

ok thanks jillibus

12:31 am

cybernan

think there must be a lot of scientific/medical terms in this one

12:31 am

Wolfrick

Better yet, upgrade to Pro and see the Tile Stats!

12:32 am

wilson27fan

not all of us can upgrade to pro/wally u can use lickety's babble stats when he gets them up

12:32 am

prismmgc2

got a z 4/9

12:33 am

DRBERNABO

I got the i's done and didn't notice

12:35 am

wally.mac

bye bye... every one... have to log off from work

12:35 am

chic

that'senough fun for one nite...nite all...

12:35 am

cybernan

funny, drB

12:36 am

Angb

nite chic

12:36 am

wilson27fan

bye for now wally

12:36 am

lynxxx

Bye Chic, Wally

12:36 am

wally.mac

nice chattin' to you guy's.. have nice night to all of ya

12:36 am

flosey

bye wally and chic

12:36 am

Mundy

night chic

12:36 am

bookwomen

flim flan is so a word

12:36 am

Mundy

Bye Wally

12:36 am

Mundy

flit

12:36 am

Mundy

sorry

12:37 am

jillibus

bye wally and chic

12:37 am

jennstock

flin flon is a city in Canada

12:39 am

Hugabugs

I've been to Flin Flon

12:39 am

Wolfrick

How long is it usually before Lickety's updates?

12:40 am

wilson27fan

ok im off to bed with 71 found/night all

12:40 am

flosey

night wilson

12:40 am

BNLboy

good question, im getting close to stumped really quickly tonight

12:40 am

Angb

nite wilson

12:40 am

jillibus

night wilson

12:41 am

Douglas

Well done wilson...pleasant dreams

12:41 am

jillibus

wolfrick, it depends on how busy Lickety is -- he's a volunteer and has a lofe

12:41 am

Wolfrick

Sure, I understand... just trying to get an idea.

12:41 am

flosey

is that sort of like a life jilli

12:41 am

jillibus

and a life -- lol

12:42 am

jillibus

funny, flosey!

12:42 am

flosey

lol, just being cheeky

12:42 am

jillibus

mazo

12:43 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up!

12:43 am

jillibus

remember Mazo de la Roche?

12:43 am

jillibus

Hooray for Lickety

12:43 am

lynxxx

TY Lickety

12:43 am

BNLboy

thanks lickety!

12:44 am

bookwomen

i sell lots of his books. the jalna series is still popular.

12:44 am

Douglas

ubiquitous ae4...thanks Lickety!

12:44 am

flosey

ahhhh, thanks Lickety

12:46 am

cybernan

thanks, lickety

12:47 am

Jencatd

thanks Lickety

12:49 am

Douglas

Sanskrit for soul...

12:52 am

cybernan

I'm stuck -- found 75, but only one 7 out of the 5 longest

12:52 am

Angb

If I has 7 our of the 5 longest Id be really happy

12:53 am

Wolfrick

Is there an easy way to reset all the boxes on the updated Lickety's page?

12:53 am

lynxxx

If I was halfway I'd be happy !

12:53 am

prismmgc2

refresh it

12:54 am

Douglas

Pippin swore an oath of ****ty to Gondor...

12:55 am

lynxxx

TY Douglas

12:56 am

MVA

hi all!

12:56 am

Angb

hi MVA

12:56 am

Douglas

yw lynxxx

12:56 am

jillibus

hello MVA

12:56 am

lynxxx

Hello MVA

12:56 am

jillibus

yes, thanks douglas

12:56 am

flosey

love your icon ang

12:57 am

Angb

thnx flosey

12:57 am

jillibus

flosey, yous is silly! haha!

12:57 am

Angb

flosey - your's is great too - needs a caption tho - perhaps we should have a competition

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

Hi gang!!!

12:58 am

flosey

that's me

12:58 am

Angb

Hi volley

12:58 am

flosey

hi volley

12:58 am

MVA

hi volley

12:58 am

VolleymomDee

We got 3 inches of snow today.

12:58 am

jillibus

hello volley -- I'm sure that's not you in your icon!

12:59 am

jillibus

where are you, volley?

12:59 am

VolleymomDee

lol somedays it might be!!

12:59 am

VolleymomDee

Indiana

12:59 am

flosey

now that is one tough looking 'broad' volley

12:59 am

Angb

Could have done with some snow here to cool things down today.

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

my daughter sent her to me one day; she cracks me up.

1:00 am

jillibus

you're really getting winter now

1:00 am

kierlex

good evening all

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

you are right jil; finally; until recently we barely had winter at all.

1:00 am

cybernan

hour's up -- see you all tomorrow :)

1:00 am

Angb

hi kier

1:00 am

Douglas

Hello kierlex

1:00 am

Angb

see ya nan

1:01 am

MVA

bye nan

1:01 am

jillibus

bye nan

1:01 am

flosey

night nan

1:02 am

jillibus

I'm heading off too - didn't get much sleep last night

1:02 am

flosey

hi Kier

1:02 am

Angb

nite jilli - sweet dreams

1:02 am

flosey

sweet dreams tonight jilli

1:03 am

MVA

night jill

1:05 am

lynxxx

Bye Jilli

1:05 am

Douglas

What is hip? Tell me, tell me, if you think you know...

1:05 am

lynxxx

Hi Kierlex

1:06 am

kierlex

how are you all tonight/morning/noon/etc?

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

great, how about you

1:07 am

lynxxx

I'm great Kier - no work today!

1:07 am

flosey

good tks kier, night here, almost bedtime

1:08 am

flosey

cute icon kier

1:08 am

kierlex

ahh no work here, family still recovering =(

1:09 am

kierlex

thx flosey

1:09 am

lynxxx

Back in a while ....

1:11 am

MVA

hi kier

1:12 am

kierlex

hi mva...

1:13 am

kangabrat

evening, all.

1:13 am

Angb

Hi kanga

1:14 am

kangabrat

oh, great icon angb!

1:14 am

Angb

Took a photo of myself kanga LOL

1:14 am

Wolfrick

Is that right? gr5/14?

1:15 am

kangabrat

don't think i can pass my icon off as a photo of me ;)

1:15 am

Angb

Of course in my favourite pearls

1:15 am

kangabrat

before swine, angb.

1:17 am

Wolfrick

Yep, it's right... I got it.

1:17 am

BNLboy

my favorite candy isnt a word =( rolo's are the best

1:17 am

Angb

stop teasing me with those g's - looking for the 14 I found a 16 ... still looking for the 14

1:18 am

Andree

hi everyone

1:18 am

Angb

I tried that BNL

1:18 am

Wolfrick

Wanna hint?

1:18 am

kangabrat

hi andree. great storm, huh!

1:18 am

Wolfrick

Wanna hint?
TEASE TEASE TEASE

1:19 am

Angb

I thought it might be grill - like in pork!

1:19 am

kangabrat

getting hungry, angb.

1:20 am

Wolfrick

Nope.

1:20 am

Andree

only dark skies and a little thunder here kanga, will come soon I expect

1:20 am

Wolfrick

Man, those g's were stumping me, but I got them all.

1:20 am

kangabrat

some very welcome rain, here. and lots of lightning.

1:21 am

Andree

took me a while to realise the gr is going 2 ways

1:21 am

MVA

1 g left which is gr5/14!

1:21 am

Angb

Me too - but it aint helping

1:21 am

Angb

Cough up the clue Wolfrick

1:22 am

Angb

Please!

1:22 am

mess

sooo

1:22 am

prismmgc2

my g is the g5/16!

1:22 am

Wolfrick

Okay, but a subtle one.

1:22 am

Wolfrick

There are two vowels in gr5/14

1:22 am

prismmgc2

keep coughing Wolf

1:22 am

Wolfrick

And the two vowels are adjacent

1:22 am

Wolfrick

It's a dipthong

1:23 am

BNLboy

and it almost sounds like a word for grandmother

1:23 am

mess

i dont understand this

1:23 am

Angb

That's the 16 BNL

1:23 am

Wolfrick

No, that's gr5/16

1:23 am

prismmgc2

ty BNL!

1:24 am

kangabrat

ty wolfrick1

1:24 am

Angb

Found it, the last combination it could be thnx wolfrick

1:24 am

Wolfrick

Did you find it, Kanga?

1:24 am

MVA

ty wolfrick!

1:24 am

kangabrat

got it.

1:24 am

Wolfrick

I brute-forced it.

1:24 am

Angb

Back to the o's LOL

1:24 am

Wolfrick

_THEN_ I remembered the word.

1:25 am

MVA

got to go now, have fun all!

1:25 am

kangabrat

lol wolfrick. it means?

1:25 am

kangabrat

bye mva.

1:25 am

Wolfrick

Click the ? next to the word in your list.

1:25 am

Andree

bye mva

1:25 am

Angb

having read the def'n be interested how you remembered the word, and what from

1:26 am

kangabrat

teasing, wolfrick! do you have occasion to use it?

1:26 am

Wolfrick

It's the equivalent of "bard" or "skaald".

1:26 am

Wolfrick

No, just have read it before.

1:28 am

Angb

Now I know what is wrong with this grid - too many words starting with vowels

1:29 am

Andree

they are my pet hate angb

1:29 am

BNLboy

and not enough s'es

1:30 am

Angb

I am starting to think I don't use words starting with a vowel. BNL I would agree

1:30 am

BNLboy

i have math again in the morning, so im headed to bed... good night and good luck everyone

1:30 am

Angb

Nite BNL

1:30 am

Andree

nite bnl

1:33 am

DRBERNABO

fireworks

1:34 am

Angb

Yay DrB

1:34 am

Wolfrick

Are you kidding?

1:34 am

prismmgc2

wtg Drb!

1:35 am

Angb

Off to read bedtime stories - see you all later

1:36 am

DRBERNABO

keep fighting the good fight people

1:37 am

kierlex

ahghghg i just can't do this tonight... later everyone!

1:37 am

Andree

yay dr

1:37 am

Andree

nite kier

1:38 am

Andree

bye angb

1:38 am

Wolfrick

How did you solve it so quickly, Dr Bernabo?

1:39 am

Andree

he always does wolf

1:39 am

Wolfrick

Hmm.

1:41 am

mrpresident

is sprite around?

1:41 am

Andree

hi mrp, not yet

1:42 am

oggy

morning all, what does the 8 start with please.

1:42 am

lynxxx

MRP she's been coming on a bit later lately

1:42 am

Andree

hi oggy

1:42 am

lynxxx

Hi Oggy - Am

1:42 am

mrpresident

ah, homework requires ... what is a native of denmark called?

1:43 am

prismmgc2

am 8/45

1:43 am

lynxxx

a dane - ?

1:43 am

Andree

a dane?

1:44 am

mrpresident

a dane makes sense

1:44 am

oggy

thanks prismmgc2

1:44 am

Wolfrick

Denmarkistani

1:44 am

joey

me, too. done.....

1:44 am

lynxxx

LOL Wolfrick

1:44 am

lynxxx

Congrats Joey!

1:45 am

Wolfrick

How?!

1:45 am

joey

thanks. anyone need some help?

1:46 am

Andree

yay joey

1:46 am

joey

how? head in the grid, the word list, paying attention to clues, etc.

1:46 am

lynxxx

perhaps because they don't chat & just get on with it - or are speed typists - or are just plain smarter than us! (probably the latter)

1:47 am

joey

nope, not smarter. just determined to finish. not a speed typist either.

1:47 am

lynxxx

credit where credit is due Joey - you are v. good !

1:48 am

joey

thanks

1:48 am

Wolfrick

Anone who finishes in less than two hours has to be pretty darned good.

1:50 am

lynxxx

Wolfrick - there is a lot who can and do on the reasonably sized grids. A lot who do it without lists as well. I am in awe of them

1:50 am

Wolfrick

What list?

1:50 am

prismmgc2

joey... I'll take a hint: il 5?

1:51 am

joey

il 5, medical term. colon related

1:51 am

lynxxx

I use Lickety list - lkink below - when I either run dry or run out of time

1:51 am

prismmgc2

I don't see constipated lol

1:51 am

Wolfrick

Ah

1:52 am

joey

you are right, and that is too many letters. it has 3 vowels

1:52 am

lynxxx

TY Joey

1:53 am

joey

yvw

1:55 am

Atalante

hi all :) *groan* have hangover

1:55 am

lynxxx

HI ATALANTE !!!!!!!

1:56 am

Andree

hi ata

1:56 am

joey

nite all. good luck

1:56 am

lynxxx

Bye Joey

1:56 am

prismmgc2

time for me to quit & head off to pillowland

1:56 am

prismmgc2

night all

1:56 am

lynxxx

and g. nite Prism

1:58 am

Atalante

LYNXXX! I hate you! :)

1:59 am

lynxxx

LOL

1:59 am

Atalante

I nearly died yesterday, I'm allowed to have a hangover today :)

2:00 am

lynxxx

what happened yesterday?

2:01 am

Andree

as long as you enjoyed getting it ata

2:01 am

lynxxx

Server was drinking too! got the hiccups

2:03 am

Atalante

some asshole lorry driver tried (and nearly succeeded) to ram into my car after stopping dead in front of me on a roundabout. Don't think he liked the fact I was going to get off the roundabout in front of him! Or something equally stupid

2:04 am

Andree

no wonder you took to the bottle, lol

2:04 am

lynxxx

Yep - an a'hole! shakes you up when you get stupidity on the roads like that

2:06 am

Atalante

I was just very glad I didn't have my dog in the car with me because I doubt she would have got away uninjured! People are dumb

2:07 am

lynxxx

You OK physically?

2:08 am

Atalante

yes fine, and was fine mentally after a good few shots of vodka :) it just makes me so cross that such stupid people exist!

2:12 am

Andree

ata, some people have no idea how to treat a roundabout, especially trucks

2:12 am

Atalante

*mutter grumble idiots*

2:14 am

lynxxx

Wow - just got my first 7! ma7.32

2:14 am

Atalante

ah well, today is a beautiful day and we have a nice grid

2:16 am

Maggy

Atalante I have a harness which attaches to the seat belts for my dog in the car...it is intended for accidents and to stop them wandering about the car

2:17 am

Atalante

oh so do I maggy :)

2:17 am

Maggy

lare

2:17 am

Maggy

loops sorry keep doing this

2:30 am

Atalante

are all these words really here??!

2:31 am

Andree

75 of them are,lol

2:31 am

lynxxx

they do seem hard to find today - I'm struggling to get to a 100

2:32 am

Atalante

especially the longer words

2:33 am

lynxxx

I've got 2 of the 7s if you want point score or clue

2:34 am

Crone

how many words please?

2:34 am

Atalante

I'll keep soldiering on for the moment ...

2:34 am

lynxxx

Hi Crone - 143

2:34 am

kittychan

143

2:35 am

Crone

hi lynxxx & thanks

2:35 am

Crone

thank you too kitty

2:35 am

kittychan

yw

2:35 am

lynxxx

Hi Kitty

2:35 am

Crone

ilia

2:35 am

Crone

ooopps

2:35 am

kittychan

hello!

2:37 am

Andree

back later, 60 left

2:38 am

lynxxx

later Andree

2:47 am

lynxxx

back later too

2:49 am

sprite

morning all, nice sized grid. And any grid with LOTR must be a great grid.

2:50 am

Wolfrick

Yeah, but it's a terrible hobbit.

2:50 am

lynxxx

Hi Sprite.. and LOTR means?

2:50 am

sprite

lord of the rings!

2:51 am

lynxxx

ah - right! forgot

2:51 am

lynxxx

and I thought Wofrick couln't spell - Sorry Wolfrick!

2:51 am

sprite

lol

2:52 am

Atalante

at least 2 lotr words

2:52 am

Wolfrick

Ain't you precious!

2:52 am

kangabrat

hi all. return after sudden exit a while back.

2:52 am

sprite

hey Ata

2:52 am

lynxxx

How are you going Wolfrick? using a list yet? PS Sprite is a super speedy one as well

2:52 am

sprite

and kanga

2:52 am

Wolfrick

I'm looking at Lickety's list

2:53 am

Wolfrick

But no other tools

2:53 am

kangabrat

hi sprite. how're you bearing up today?

2:53 am

Wolfrick

I've got 51 so far on today's puzzle

2:53 am

lynxxx

Licety list is invaluable especially when the grids are in the 200-300 words

2:54 am

lynxxx

Thats great Wolfrick - is it your first time today?

2:54 am

Atalante

oh sprite dear, I've got a new email addy, I'm abandoning my old one cos I'm getting soooooooo much spam in it. New one in profile :)

2:54 am

sprite

a little less shaky, but I have to g back tomorrow for a double session, so tensing up already. But so far doing ok enough. Thanks for asking :)

2:55 am

kangabrat

sounds amazing stuff. but not surprised about shaky.

2:55 am

Wolfrick

You need a Gmail account. Never worry about spam again.

2:55 am

sprite

thanks Ata! Will mail you there soon.

2:56 am

sprite

lol, it is a gmail. And a nice one, ata. Shall I add you to my msn as well?

2:56 am

Atalante

you have MSN now???????!

2:56 am

Wolfrick

Just ignore the spam folder; it will empty itself eventually.

2:57 am

Bloodaxe

morning babblers

2:57 am

kangabrat

hey there blood

2:57 am

lynxxx

hi Blood !

2:58 am

sprite

I finally gave in, Ata :) Got the new one with the shared folders, which was so convenient that I decided to go for it.

2:59 am

Atalante

wooohoooo :)

2:59 am

Bloodaxe

gee...i already don't like the grid today.

2:59 am

sprite

this is fun :)

3:00 am

kangabrat

it is a little g4/7 blood.

3:00 am

sprite

hey Blood! Hang in there, lots of nice words to be found!

3:01 am

Wolfrick

Man, I had to brute-force the Z's

3:02 am

kangabrat

oh no. hadn't seen the z. must have been an automatic blind spot.

3:02 am

Wolfrick

Only 3 z words.

3:02 am

Bloodaxe

haha..i tend to block them out as well kanga

3:02 am

Wolfrick

And none of them is "Zorro"

3:03 am

kangabrat

dang

3:05 am

sprite

3 Zs can be a lot if you cannot find them, lol. I just cannot let go of wanting to make the animal exhibition place work.

3:05 am

kangabrat

me neither, sprite.

3:05 am

Wolfrick

"menagerie" doesn't quite fit, does it?

3:05 am

Wolfrick

;P

3:06 am

kangabrat

*head in hands* sob, i'm out of my league.

3:08 am

sprite

won't take :D

3:08 am

girlie

kanga, I have one word for you

3:08 am

girlie

ADDICT

3:08 am

sprite

LOL

3:08 am

kangabrat

sorry, girlie. it's not on the grid. can't accept it.

3:08 am

Wolfrick

But! There's no "d" in todays grid! :O

3:09 am

kangabrat

how's it going, girlie?

3:09 am

girlie

rort is a perfectly good word, hmmmmmph

3:10 am

girlie

good good

3:10 am

kangabrat

good

3:10 am

Wolfrick

It sure rort to fit, ennit?

3:11 am

girlie

how is it with you kanga

3:11 am

Bloodaxe

woo-hoo! just greyed my first box!

3:11 am

kangabrat

rort is a fine word. think we need more australian input in the dictionary.

3:11 am

kangabrat

having a stress out, girlie. will ring you later.

3:11 am

kangabrat

go, blood!

3:12 am

girlie

I'm terrified :/

3:12 am

kangabrat

:P

3:13 am

girlie

oooooo, emoticoning me :P

3:13 am

kangabrat

i learn fast, girlie. now concentrate on the grid... ;)

3:16 am

sprite

so 'farao' is not in the grid and if it were, it would be dutch spelling in stead of english... darn sprite, don't you EVER learn?

3:16 am

Wolfrick

What does "farao" mean in Dutch?

3:16 am

kangabrat

how many languages do you speak, sprite?

3:18 am

Kazzer99

Morning All - how are things - dont like this grid much. Any clues for am 6/24

3:18 am

lynxxx

Hi Kazzer

3:18 am

sprite

pharao, Wolfrick - just simpler spelling :)
kanga: not that much. Dutch is my native language, then english as an ok second one, then a little french and german and some leftovers from japanese study. All the rest is only words...

3:19 am

kangabrat

morning kazz.

3:19 am

Haz1558

Good morning/evening all.

3:19 am

kangabrat

hate to think how i'd babble in any other language that my native, sprite?

3:20 am

Kazzer99

Hello haz

3:20 am

kangabrat

*!

3:20 am

kangabrat

hi haz

3:20 am

lynxxx

good morning Haz

3:20 am

Atalante

hi haz! how's spangle?

3:21 am

Haz1558

Hello Atalante - Spangle is fine! Metacam is the wonder drug of choice, she's moving freely again.

3:21 am

Atalante

great :)

3:21 am

sprite

you'd do fine, kanga!

3:22 am

kangabrat

lol, sprite.

3:22 am

Bloodaxe

morning haz!

3:22 am

kangabrat

my french is a little rusty (ie gone)

3:22 am

sprite

hey Haz

3:22 am

Haz1558

Hello Bloodaxe - are you well this morning?

3:23 am

Bloodaxe

sure am haz...besides this bugger of a grid...and yourself?

3:23 am

sprite

you'd be surprised how many *words* would pop up out of your memory, even after having lost most grammar knowledge, trust me. And don't forget we get trained in different languages from early age on, in Holland, being such a small country with such a tiny language influence :)

3:24 am

Wolfrick

I have to fight to keep French and Spanish words out of my guesses

3:24 am

Haz1558

I'm pretty well, back has stiffened up again (I've been neglecting my exercises a bit....) but otherwise well. It's pretty cold here today, lots of frost.

3:24 am

sprite

don't Wolfrick. They are valid sometimes!

3:24 am

Wolfrick

Then they go and put them in the puzzle (jete)

3:24 am

kangabrat

never know when they are going to be accepted, wolf.

3:24 am

Haz1558

Don't resist guessing in other languages, Wolfrick, they may just be there.

3:25 am

lynxxx

Kazzer - am6.21 an explosive mixture - ends in a road or bridge ***l that you may need to pay

3:25 am

sprite

many spanish and french words are.

3:25 am

Wolfrick

We almost have "tortilla" today :)

3:25 am

Bloodaxe

thanks sprite!

3:25 am

sprite

a phantom tortilla, darnnnnn

3:25 am

Kazzer99

lynxx that fits in with the first am 6/21

3:25 am

kangabrat

lynxx, you are a genius.

3:26 am

sprite

what did I do, Blood?

3:26 am

lynxxx

Sorry Kazzer !!! forgot the 24 bit!

3:26 am

Bloodaxe

hahaha...um...just for being you!

3:27 am

Bloodaxe

(i meant to thank lynxxx)

3:27 am

Haz1558

He;s such a charmer.....

3:27 am

sprite

lol - now I understand :)
And I feel charmed!

3:28 am

Kazzer99

thats okay i shall wander around the grid trying daft combinations

3:28 am

kangabrat

ok, over half way now. might go and spend time with the man. good luck, all. talk to you soon, girlie xx.

3:29 am

Kazzer99

bye kanga

3:29 am

lynxxx

Bye Kanga

3:29 am

Bloodaxe

bye kanga and everyone...time for shower...bbl

3:30 am

lynxxx

Bye Blood ...we're glad of that!

3:30 am

Haz1558

Bye Kanga and Bloodaxe.

3:30 am

sprite

bye kanga and blood

3:30 am

kangabrat

looks like girlie is concentrating! *poof*

3:30 am

Kazzer99

ciao blood

3:35 am

lynxxx

Hey Kazzer - am6.24 I think there is a public transport system in the US that is called it

3:35 am

Wolfrick

Hmm. That's a proper noun.

3:36 am

Haz1558

Thanks lynxxx.

3:36 am

lynxxx

apparently it is an amphibean as well

3:36 am

Wolfrick

Well, I guess you learn something every day :)

3:37 am

Haz1558

The transport one ends in a different consonant, but it's a good pointer.

3:37 am

sprite

one of my justifications for babbling: I learn something new every day!

3:39 am

lynxxx

There is often Brand names and given names that are worthwhile trying Wolfrick - eg Fiat, Honda, Peter and today - mi4.5 which is a drink mixture

3:40 am

Haz1558

We'd have a great means of transport if we could get the ae4/4 and the fo4/7 together.

3:40 am

Kazzer99

ty lynxx that was the one

3:42 am

Wolfrick

Can someone give me a tiny hint on am8,45

3:42 am

Wolfrick

please?

3:43 am

sprite

a + german for 'with' + what an actor plays

3:44 am

Haz1558

Thanks sprite.

3:44 am

Wolfrick

Ach. I could swear I tried that.

3:44 am

Kazzer99

am 8/45 - french for friend minus last letter plus strange spelling of creature that lived under the bridge in the story billie goat gruff

3:44 am

Wolfrick

Danke.

3:49 am

Wolfrick

Well, I need to give up and get some sleep.

3:49 am

Wolfrick

It's been fun, Babblers.

3:49 am

sprite

night Wolfrick!

3:49 am

Haz1558

Sleep well, Wolfrick!

3:49 am

Kazzer99

night wolfrick

3:50 am

sprite

some old babblets in here

3:51 am

lynxxx

bye Wolfrick

3:52 am

kittychan

Hey! Who you calling an old Babblet?!?!? Why, back in my day we'd skin your hide for using such language! Hunh!

3:53 am

sprite

LOL kitty! Sooooo sorry darling... you couldn't be called a babblet, of course :)

3:53 am

sprite

and... fireworks

3:53 am

kittychan

:-)

3:53 am

Atalante

yay!

3:53 am

kittychan

I'm on my way out but maybe I'll run into you again later. I have 85 - not a bad start..

3:53 am

lynxxx

Yay for Sprite !!

3:54 am

sprite

any calls for clues before I run off?

3:54 am

Karys

Congrats Sprite !!.........hello everyone :)

3:54 am

sprite

hey Karys :)

3:55 am

kittychan

Hey! Great job Sprite!

3:55 am

Haz1558

Congratulations sprite - and helo Karys!

3:55 am

Kazzer99

bye Kitty and congrats sprite, hello karys

3:55 am

lynxxx

Hello Karys

3:55 am

kittychan

I have the c*** before the horse, but that is my only c so far... any advice

3:56 am

kittychan

One more word... just one more word and then I WILL go...

3:56 am

kittychan

I'm an addict

3:56 am

Haz1558

You could squeeze in a cr4/6

3:56 am

kittychan

great clue!

3:56 am

sprite

ca6: ca + what the postman brins

3:56 am

sprite

*brings

3:57 am

kittychan

cool - got it!

3:57 am

Haz1558

See, that 's two more words!

3:57 am

sprite

also ca5: a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.

3:57 am

Kazzer99

ty sprite

3:58 am

lynxxx

TY Sprie

3:58 am

lynxxx

and again!

3:58 am

sprite

yvw :)

3:59 am

sprite

drop first letter of the stone one for an A4

4:01 am

sprite

babblets ma4/5, oo6/18 (I really hate that one, NEVER can find it), 3x greasy O4, 2x hebrew letter, 1x greek letter.

4:05 am

Haz1558

And the carniverous crustaceans? zo4/9, zo5/20

4:06 am

Karys

ty Haz...didn't have the 5

4:07 am

sprite

oh yes, those are babblets too, forgot them (blocked them out, I guess!)

4:07 am

Haz1558

za5/22 - another almost African country

4:07 am

lynxxx

TY Sprite & Haz

4:07 am

sprite

I am off, have a great day/night/whatever all of you and happy babbling!

4:08 am

Haz1558

Bye sprite - have a good day!

4:08 am

lynxxx

Bye Sprite - Thinking off you tomorrow

4:09 am

Karys

bye Sprite...all good wishes x

4:12 am

Karys

best go....chicken casserole to construct !

4:13 am

Haz1558

Bye for now, Karys.

4:13 am

lynxxx

bye Karys (my mouth is watering)

4:14 am

Karys

save you some lynxxx !

4:14 am

lynxxx

maybe not - could be green before I get there - but thanks

4:16 am

lynxxx

BBS - must organise dinner here as well

4:16 am

Haz1558

ANother kitchen deserter! See you later, lynxxx.

4:19 am

Kazzer99

bye - have nice food

4:23 am

hillary

anyone know the al/4?

4:24 am

hillary

d'oh... i have it... I mean the al4/7 that doesn't end in the fricative

4:24 am

Haz1558

There are at least two - al4/4 - being illuminated, al4/7 - a reworking of what is green on a tree

4:25 am

Haz1558

There are twp ending in the fricative, just change the vowel at the end

4:26 am

hillary

oho...thank you.

4:26 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

4:30 am

pinkhatlil

hi babblers im at uni having a quick peek as my lecturer has not arrived as yet.

4:31 am

Haz1558

Hello pinkhat.

4:34 am

Haz1558

Right, I'm taking a break and will come back to this later. Bye!

4:34 am

hydra

Thank you for educating me about the fricative. Although I have a degree in English, I had to look it up!

4:35 am

hydra

There's plenty of ho4/5 where I am today.

4:42 am

hydra

What's happened to the chatlog? Is anybody still here?

4:42 am

hydra

I'm all on my own. Brrrrrrrrrrrr... spooky!

4:43 am

Yvo

good morning , im lurking and trying to find tr7/40

4:43 am

hydra

Oh, thank heavens you're there, Yvo. I felt all alone in the world.

4:44 am

Yvo

it is unusally quite

4:45 am

hydra

I've just clicked your icon and read about your daughter, Yvo. I am so sorry.

4:45 am

Yvo

10 to 25 below zero ith windchill

4:45 am

Yvo

yes the love my life

4:46 am

Yvo

she was 41

4:46 am

hydra

I found my daughter. I had to have her adopted in the sixties, and now she's 38. Talk about the Lord giving and taking away... 41 is far too young to pass away.

4:47 am

Yvo

Yvonne was also adopted

4:47 am

hydra

So we have something in common, from opposite ends of the adoption chain. I get on well with my daughter's adoptive mum. I have just come back from a weekend with them.

4:48 am

Yvo

im so happy for you,it means alot

4:49 am

hydra

Did Yvonne ever think about tracing her birth mother?

4:49 am

Yvo

yes

4:50 am

Yvo

but after all the help we offered she didnt want to anymore

4:50 am

hydra

Sorry, I'm probably getting too personal here. I do apologise.

4:52 am

Yvo

no your not its ok,sometimes it helps, babble for one keeps my mind of thinking about it

4:53 am

hydra

If you ever feel like having a private email conversation, I'm at hydrababble@yahoo.co.uk, Yvo

4:53 am

Yvo

thank you ill copy

4:55 am

hydra

Must get a coffee now. Hope to hear from you sometime, Yvo. Happy babbling. I'll be back later.

4:55 am

Yvo

i have a 8 year old grandaughter who is reading in church this morning,and she asked me to come ,well the streets are icy and im trying to get enough courage to try it

4:56 am

Yvo

ok enjoy your coffe i did allready

4:58 am

Kazzer99

I am still here - luriking really today - stuck on the last re 5/10

5:00 am

Kazzer99

strange small world hydra - i had a daughter adopted in 1983 - never heard from them though

5:00 am

Haz1558

Lubricate again for re5/10?

5:01 am

Haz1558

I've not started using the list yet, so not sure if it's the last or not.

5:01 am

Kazzer99

ty haz it is

5:01 am

Haz1558

Oh, that's good - a lucky guess.

5:02 am

Yvo

thanks Haz still could use a little hint on Tr 7/40

5:02 am

FranMag

hi babblers!

5:02 am

Haz1558

Yvo -I don't have it yet, but I'll look.

5:02 am

Haz1558

Hello Fran!

5:03 am

FranMag

hi haz! i just started, couldn't get to the grid until now.

5:03 am

Yvo

hello Fran

5:03 am

FranMag

hi yvo!

5:03 am

Kazzer99

yvo dont have tr 7 yet

5:03 am

Kazzer99

Hi fran

5:03 am

FranMag

hi kazzer!

5:04 am

lizmac

OK I give up, niether my monkey nor my cat can get these Zs, any clues going?

5:04 am

lizmac

*neither

5:05 am

FranMag

lizmac, i only have two of them, they have to do with the microscopic larvae of certain crustaceans.

5:05 am

Haz1558

liz - add a vowel to a woman's name for zo4, then make it descriptive for zo5. The za5 is almost an African country

5:06 am

Kazzer99

the other z is like an african country without the 2nd latter in the alphabet

5:06 am

Haz1558

tr7 - make an English dessert into one who plays with the emotions

5:06 am

Karys

just reading thro chat...I feel I have something in common with you lost Mums... I was the foster mother who had the babies waiting to be adopted !

5:06 am

Kazzer99

ty haz

5:06 am

FranMag

thanks for the tr7 and the dessert haz!

5:06 am

Karys

sorry...I had that tr7 and didn't know, I could have given a rare clue !

5:07 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

5:07 am

Haz1558

I hadn't even noticed the weapon!

5:08 am

FranMag

gave me those two words also!

5:08 am

Yvo

im struggling with the dessert

5:09 am

Haz1558

The dessert puts a t in front of a weapon (think firearms)

5:09 am

Karys

Yvo....custard and jelly ?

5:09 am

FranMag

yvo, if you have the R weapon, add to the front of it.

5:09 am

Haz1558

It rhymes with the famous Parisian tower

5:10 am

lizmac

TY for the ZOs, trying for the ZA, but no luck so far

5:10 am

Yvo

got it but only 6 letters

5:10 am

Haz1558

Yes, now make it a person who does.

5:10 am

FranMag

yvo, make it someone who does it.

5:11 am

Yvo

thank you got it

5:11 am

Haz1558

za5 - not Zaire, another country minus the middle b

5:11 am

dunderpuss

ZA- just a "mere" addition!

5:11 am

Karys

Haz....do you have the i coming from the left...I have one but can't find the other

5:12 am

Haz1558

Not yet, Karys, I'll give it some attention.

5:12 am

Atalante

za5 - african country with a letter missing in action

5:13 am

FranMag

karys, both have to do with the backbone

5:13 am

FranMag

hi ata!

5:13 am

lynxxx

Hi. Karys - add a consonant to the other one

5:13 am

FranMag

hi lynxxx!

5:13 am

Karys

yes..ty...found it now

5:14 am

lynxxx

Hi Fran. spk softly around Atal - she's suffering

5:14 am

Atalante

recovering now :P

5:14 am

FranMag

oh no, suffering from what?

5:14 am

FranMag

migraine ata?

5:15 am

Atalante

nearly lol. hangover after drinking too much vodka to blot out stupid lorry driver trying to kill me few minutes yesterday!

5:16 am

Karys

oooh dear....nice to know you're ok , well nearly ok !

5:16 am

FranMag

wow! i missed that story, glad you're alive and recovering now.

5:17 am

Atalante

road rage sucks!

5:17 am

lizmac

Don't know of any countries in Africa other than Zaire that start with Z, so STUCK !!!

5:18 am

FranMag

za + ms. farrow

5:18 am

Karys

doesn't actually start with Z liz, try another start letter

5:18 am

FranMag

(woody allen's ex)

5:18 am

Karys

the counrty, that is

5:19 am

Karys

oh thats a good one Fran

5:19 am

lizmac

OOOOPS of course, ZA****, how silly. Got it TY!

5:19 am

FranMag

well, it's probably called something else now. :-)

5:20 am

FranMag

thanks karys

5:21 am

Karys

have you all got the ro4/7 that sounds like the little white ball and stick game ?

5:21 am

FranMag

now i do, thanks karys!

5:21 am

FranMag

also the one who ro4/7s

5:21 am

lynxxx

you can extend that as well

5:22 am

Karys

yes got that

5:22 am

Karys

just couldn't believe it !

5:24 am

lynxxx

means to vomit - does sound like it too!

5:24 am

Karys

lol

5:25 am

Atalante

its also a massage technique

5:26 am

FranMag

i was wondering if that was spelled the same way

5:27 am

Atalante

yup :)

5:29 am

dunderpuss

still having trouble with the zo's - d'oh!

5:29 am

FranMag

dunderpuss, zo + two vowels then add a letter that makes that word an adjective for the zo5

5:30 am

Haz1558

zo plus two vowels, add a consonant for the descriptive zo5. It ends up looking like zo plus a reworking of a type of beer.

5:32 am

dunderpuss

Thanx! Now I'll just have to look up what the @#$% it means!

5:32 am

Haz1558

Carniverous crustaceans!

5:32 am

movieman

morning!!!!!!

5:32 am

FranMag

hi MM!

5:33 am

Karys

hi movieman

5:34 am

movieman

7s and the 8 please?

5:35 am

Atalante

and they really are carnivorous! fierce beasties

5:36 am

FranMag

i only have tr7/40, one who tr6/27s (tr6/27, small thing, also a dessert)

5:37 am

Karys

am8/45

5:37 am

hurshy

hi

5:37 am

FranMag

have to get to bed, good night babblers!

5:37 am

Kazzer99

hi all again

5:37 am

Karys

hi hurshy

5:38 am

FranMag

hi and bye hursh!

5:38 am

Karys

and a to7/28

5:38 am

Karys

nite Fran

5:38 am

lynxxx

Hi Movieman. am8.45 - ends in the part actors play. to7.28 extra on the cake. ma7.32 its an art

5:39 am

lynxxx

Nite Fran. Hi Hursh

5:40 am

Kazzer99

night fran

5:41 am

Haz1558

ma7/32 - relating to the military or the law in the wild west (sounds like)

5:42 am

Karys

ty Haz

5:42 am

movieman

just missing 1 seven, then i can continue with the rest of the grid

5:42 am

mom23

to7/28? Will I need a fish?

5:43 am

Scrabbler

Good morning folks. How is the grid?

5:43 am

Karys

missing one 7 also

5:43 am

BabbleRabble

ma 7/36 -- map projection dude, one letter short

5:43 am

phandmd

anyone have the both RA words from the top row? I have the animal + vowel

5:43 am

Haz1558

Extend the law suit with a bathroom floor material

5:44 am

LoriP

G'd morning Babblers!

5:44 am

Kazzer99

to 7/28 starts with begining of name of regular babbler plus what you stick on bathroom walls to protect them

5:44 am

mom23

ty--skip the fish!

5:45 am

Kazzer99

scrabbler - trcksy in parts - 143 words today Lori

5:45 am

LoriP

LOL Thank ye Kaz! :-)

5:45 am

Jacula

Morning all.:-)

5:45 am

Kazzer99

Hi Jac

5:45 am

LoriP

G'd morning Jacula

5:45 am

Scrabbler

I got it, Kaz. I am still working on the ZO clue from below.

5:46 am

Haz1558

Good morning Jacula - nippy where you are?

5:46 am

Karys

ty Babblerabble

5:46 am

BabbleRabble

to clarify, ma 7 -- ma + me*****r

5:46 am

Karys

Hi Jac

5:46 am

Jacula

'Tis a bit, yes, Haz. Snow tonight, I believe.

5:47 am

lynxxx

Phand - ra6.21 same animal + un*** we meet again

5:47 am

Scrabbler

Z's are done--ridiculous.

5:47 am

Haz1558

It was freezing quite hard when I was coming home from my night class last night. I shall soon (hopefully) have a certificate in food hygiene. How we've survived up to now is a miracle.

5:47 am

phandmd

thnx

5:48 am

Goosey

Am 8,45? anybody?

5:48 am

Jacula

Haz - Are you opening a catering establishment?

5:49 am

LoriP

Haz, are you taking what we affectionately call here, the "nosepicking course"?

5:49 am

Haz1558

Not at all! It's just that if you are doing any sort of catering (in my case church things and RDA) you are supposed to have qualifications.

5:49 am

movieman

still can't get the ma7/36

5:49 am

mom23

me either, mm

5:49 am

scarydeb

and me

5:49 am

Haz1558

ma7/36 - Mr Bolan of TRex fame, a vowel, and the beginning of a foot digit

5:50 am

Jacula

Haz - Oh, I see. Yes, all the new laws about not taking cakes to school, playgroup, WI etc., etc.

5:50 am

movieman

ty haz

5:50 am

scarydeb

ty Haz

5:50 am

Karys

ma7/36.....add cons to your mother then a feline then a vowel

5:50 am

trina_uk

ma 7/36 - karate is an example of ma.......... arts

5:51 am

trina_uk

sorry that is ma7/32

5:51 am

Haz1558

Exactly - it doesn't matter whether you are selling or giving food away, you have to be able to prove that your fridge worked and that your ham was fresh and that you had disinfected etc. Regulations upon regulations. I've managed never to poison anyone, but just in case.....

5:51 am

Jacula

'Nosepicking course', Lori? Ewwwwwwww!

5:51 am

Haz1558

And you wouldn't believe the dangers of a single hair!

5:51 am

hurshy

i would

5:52 am

Karys

LOL

5:52 am

dunderpuss

am8 - am I playing this part

5:52 am

LoriP

Jacula, we call it that, because it points out the painfully obvious, for waaaaaay too many hours. Mayonaise on the counter for several days is a bad idea, etc etc etc

5:52 am

Jacula

Haz - You'll have to send me some of the rules so I can 'scare' myself half to death.;-)

5:53 am

dunderpuss

weell... sorry am I (consonant) playing this part

5:53 am

Haz1558

I will - most is common sense, though. We had scary details about cockroaches and how you can't get rid of them.....

5:53 am

Scrabbler

TY dunderpuss (I love your name!)

5:53 am

scarydeb

after taking the Food Hygeine Cert I turned into a manic compulsive hand washer!

5:53 am

mom23

Time to get ready for that 4-letter w word. Back for more frustration later! TTFN all.

5:54 am

dunderpuss

Its what I feel like when I'm playing this game!

5:54 am

Jacula

Lori - Ah, this litigious world in which we live!

5:54 am

LoriP

The course is designed to relieve you of your common sense, and scare you to death.

5:54 am

Jacula

deb - I hope you're kidding?

5:55 am

Kazzer99

ma7 what bruce lee did ma***** arts or little green mene changing the last vowel

5:55 am

LoriP

Later mom.

5:55 am

Haz1558

I can believe you, scary. The lady in charge of the course confessed that her children were already obsessed with her four year old up through the night washing his hands. He also demands to know whether things are beyond their sell by date (too young to read for himself)

5:55 am

LoriP

Jacula, sad but true.

5:55 am

Jacula

'Bye, mom. Emjoy your day at wo4.

5:55 am

Jacula

*enjoy

5:55 am

Kazzer99

bye bye mom

5:55 am

scarydeb

I think so many bacterial based illness is caused by us being too clean now and our bodies not creating the antibodies

5:55 am

Jacula

I wish we had an 'edit' button!

5:56 am

Jacula

deb - I agree with you.

5:56 am

hurshy

atalante, are you there? busy?

5:56 am

LoriP

Ack! There's re's in this grid. scary, I agree 1,000%

5:56 am

Scrabbler

And from using too many antibiotics when unneeded

5:56 am

Haz1558

Yes, that's the confusing thing - on the one hand they tell you to clean like mad things, on the other hand, clean too much and our bodies don't develop antibodies.

5:57 am

Atalante

I'm here. lurking

5:57 am

Kazzer99

only the fs left now - happy fishing

5:57 am

hurshy

IM?

5:58 am

Scrabbler

I am up to a whopping 30 words in 20 min--yesterday I got 100 in 30 min---waaa

5:59 am

LoriP

I've set a blistering pace. 21 words in, well, er, never mind!

5:59 am

Haz1558

It's a very different grid today, Scrabbler. The words have to be teased out. Yesterday they jumped off the page.

5:59 am

Jacula

94 words here, so far...

6:00 am

Scrabbler

I know, Hazel, yesterday I felt like, well, Sprite and you and hursh...my Babble Self-Esteem was quite high

6:00 am

phandmd

I got 43

6:00 am

Jacula

Need some longer tweezers now to winkle the rest out...

6:01 am

Haz1558

Oh, Scrabbler, I'm nowhere near as speedy as the speed merchants! I plod along.....

6:02 am

Kazzer99

i got 10 left to find all fs

6:02 am

Karys

down to 29, not had to use list yet, and now have to get ready to go out with daughter, so back later

6:02 am

Jacula

'Bye Karys. Wrap up warmly!

6:02 am

Scrabbler

Kazzer--you're almost there!

6:02 am

Scrabbler

And karys--you too

6:02 am

Haz1558

Have a nice day with your daughter, Karys. It's my daughter's 20th birthday today, but she's in Edinburgh so won't see her, unfortunately.

6:03 am

LoriP

Later Karys. Go Kazzer!

6:03 am

Karys

beautiful sunshine tho' Jac !

6:03 am

Jacula

Happy Birthday to Haz's daughter!

6:03 am

Jacula

Mine has her 20th on 26th March.

6:04 am

Haz1558

I can't believe that I no longer have teenagers. Should I feel grown up now?

6:04 am

Karys

This daughter will be 20 beginning of March, and we shall be away, a fact of which I am being constantly reminded !!

6:04 am

Scrabbler

I have to go too. With the snow the driving has been horrendous--yest it took me 90 min to get to work when the usual is 45.

6:04 am

kakk

is there someone here called Karys?

6:04 am

Jacula

'Bye, Scrabbler. Take care.

6:04 am

Scrabbler

No, Hazel, don't become a grown-up, don't do it.

6:04 am

Karys

yes...me.. kakk

6:04 am

Kazzer99

its my mums today as well and it was hubby's on Monday - February is very popular for celebrations in our family - mine soon and and mum and dad's 50th wedding aniversary

6:04 am

Jacula

Haz - Nah!

6:04 am

scarydeb

my daughters 20 on 12th March and went to work in Perth, Australia last week so no cake to share this year

6:04 am

JFB

Haz no - grown up looks pretty boring!!

6:04 am

Haz1558

Scrabbler - drive safely and have a good day. I'll try not to grow up too quickly!

6:05 am

LoriP

Later Scrabbler. Drive carefully.

6:05 am

kakk

hello - I'm called Karys too - I've never known anyone else with the same spelling though - so nice to meet you :)

6:05 am

Kazzer99

take care scabbler

6:05 am

Karys

my Aunt told me not to bother now ( growing up )...it's too late !!

6:05 am

Kazzer99

oops scrabbler

6:05 am

Karys

kakk, not my real name, but I like it !

6:06 am

kakk

Karys isn't your real name? how funny - where'd you find it?

6:06 am

JFB

Jacula just read your icon - lol :)

6:06 am

Karys

just in my head kakk

6:07 am

Karys

really have to go now...byeee

6:07 am

Kazzer99

karys - is this married in 2007 or done already

6:07 am

LoriP

Later Karys

6:07 am

kakk

nice to meet you! bye

6:08 am

Jacula

JFB - Made me smile. Hate to imagine if they really carried out what it reads.

6:09 am

Haz1558

It's great, Jacula - a photo of your own?

6:09 am

Haz1558

Kazzer - Karys got married on Christmas Day while on a cruise. None of us were in the least bit jealous.

6:10 am

Haz1558

Who would swop basting turkey for a Caribbean cruise?

6:10 am

Kazzer99

its alright for some - like you say Haz - not jealous at all

6:10 am

Jacula

Haz - No, off the net. Lots of stupid signs on there. Another is a sign that reads, 'Caution! This sign has sharp edges!' and another, 'Warning! Road will be wet during rain!'

6:11 am

Haz1558

They've covered all their bases then!

6:11 am

Kazzer99

i think I have been to a gold course where i saw a sign like that but cant remember where

6:11 am

Kazzer99

*golf

6:12 am

JFB

The best (most stupid) I've seen was on aBBQ - Warning - grill will be hot when in use!!

6:12 am

wurdygurl

my favorite sign was in my town where i live. It is a church that has all of the services and programs . One side is english. The other side is for spanish services. The thing that makes it funny is that the spanish info was all in english. Like, whats the point

6:12 am

Jacula

LOL, Kazzer. I thought you were putting and driving with the rich & famous for a moment, there.;-)

6:12 am

lynxxx

goodnight all...(old) puppy wants a late night walk

6:12 am

Jacula

'Night, lynxxx.

6:13 am

JFB

Bye lynxxx

6:13 am

Haz1558

Goodnight lynxxx - have a good evening and see you tomorrow.

6:13 am

Kazzer99

night lynxxx

6:13 am

LoriP

G'night lynx

6:13 am

Jacula

wurdy - that reminds me of another sign, 'Don't let worries & stress kill you! The Church can help!'

6:14 am

wurdygurl

that is funny

6:14 am

marigold

hi peri and everyone else

6:14 am

Jacula

JFB - I had a box of eggs the other week that had the warning 'may contain egg' on it.

6:14 am

Kazzer99

hi marigold

6:14 am

Jacula

Hi marigold.

6:14 am

JFB

lol jacula

6:14 am

wurdygurl

bus duty the kids finally going back....yeha!

6:15 am

Gail

My favorite sign is on a ski shop nearby. It says "ski tuning in rear."

6:15 am

Jacula

Gail - Ouch!

6:15 am

Gail

My thoughts exactly.

6:16 am

Haz1558

Okay, time to go and take my fellow walking bio-hazard for a stroll. At least she doesn't have any fl4/7s to worry about! Bye all. And keep washing those hands, everyone.

6:16 am

marigold

can I have a clue for the ma7/32. please

6:16 am

Jacula

We will, Haz! Enjoy your walk.

6:16 am

JFB

See you Haz

6:16 am

periwinkle

Hi marigold and everyone else

6:16 am

Haz1558

Bye!

6:17 am

Kazzer99

bye haz see ya later - hi peri

6:17 am

Jacula

marigold - ma7/32 - Mr. Bolan of TRex (also my son's name) + definite article + '**' anf fro'.

6:17 am

periwinkle

don't have it yet marigold, just started

6:17 am

Jacula

Hi, peri.

6:17 am

Jacula

*and fro'.

6:17 am

BabbleRabble

ma 7 -- extend the ma 4/5 preceding and add tr*** and err

6:18 am

marigold

peri you have email

6:18 am

dunderpuss

ma7/32 like kung fu -"ma*****"arts

6:19 am

Jacula

Oops! Need more tea - I clued ma7/36. Sorry about that.

6:20 am

marigold

thanks Jacula. I got it

6:20 am

Jacula

y/w, marigold. Even though I clued wrong word.

6:21 am

periwinkle

marigold, I got the email

6:21 am

marigold

thats o.k. I needed that one also.

6:22 am

marigold

thank you dunderpuss that was a good clue. for the ma7/32

6:23 am

Kazzer99

FIREWORKS FIREWORKS - I am now going to sort out lunch for us probably speak later

6:23 am

periwinkle

got the ma7/32 but not the ma7/36

6:23 am

LoriP

COngrats Kaz!

6:23 am

periwinkle

Yay for Kazz

6:23 am

Jacula

Well done, Kazzer.

6:24 am

Atalante

OMG Tim Wonnacott just mentioned an etui on Bargain Hunt!

6:24 am

Kazzer99

ma 7/36 = to spoil ma* + feline + 3rd vowel

6:24 am

Jacula

Ata - he must be a closet Babbler!

6:25 am

LoriP

What in the name of all that is sacred is the ca 5 please?

6:25 am

Kazzer99

lumps of rock or a breed of terrier

6:26 am

periwinkle

Kazz, didn't you mean 4th vowel? I got it though, thanks

6:26 am

Kazzer99

ca 5/12 - stones used to mark a special spot

6:27 am

Kazzer99

yes sorry Peri

6:28 am

LoriP

Kaz, could you blond that clue down for me please?

6:30 am

periwinkle

clue for the 8 please

6:31 am

Jacula

am8/45, peri.

6:32 am

periwinkle

thanks Jacula, is it a "regular" word

6:33 am

Jacula

Hmmm, not really,peri. It's a herbicide. Begin with friend 'friend' am* then add a baddie that the Billy Goats Gruff encountered but change last letter to a vowel, making it a word for a part actors take.

6:34 am

Jacula

Why didn't I just say that in the first place??

6:34 am

Jacula

*French friend.

6:34 am

LoriP

Ack. All that time for the ca 5. Pass the fish please....

6:34 am

Jacula

Time for a break, methinks. 43 left. BBL.

6:36 am

periwinkle

thanks Jacula, great clue, got the am8

6:37 am

periwinkle

I have ma7/36 and ma7/32 what 7's am I missing

6:40 am

LoriP

There's a to 7 and a tr 7

6:40 am

Jacula

to7/28, tr7/40, peri. Really going now. Byeee.

6:40 am

anawaltgal

to 7/28

6:40 am

periwinkle

thanks Jac will look for them see you later

6:40 am

jean1953

good afternoon everybody:)

6:41 am

anawaltgal

morning jean

6:41 am

LoriP

G'd morning jean

6:52 am

Scarlet

Good morning, Babblers... how's this one today>

6:52 am

jean1953

good morning scarlet:)

6:52 am

LoriP

G'd morning Scarlet. Save yourself! :)

6:53 am

periwinkle

HI jean, I am not liking this one as much as yesterdays

6:53 am

Scarlet

Uh oh. Sounds like something I will love.

6:53 am

LoriP

Stoopid words....

6:53 am

jean1953

hello periwinkle. wasnt able to do much with yesterdays was short of time

6:54 am

Eva

good morning everyone

6:54 am

jean1953

good morning Eva :)

6:54 am

LoriP

G'd morning Eva

6:55 am

Scarlet

Hi, Eva and jean1953.

6:55 am

jean1953

must dash, hope to be back before I go to work this evening happy babbling everyone:)

6:55 am

hillary

can anyone help with the ra6?

6:56 am

LoriP

Have a good day jean.

6:56 am

scarydeb

ra6 male sheep + un*** later

6:57 am

6a

hi eva - it's late for you

6:57 am

LoriP

The li 5/10 please?

6:58 am

hillary

ty scary, what an odd word.

6:58 am

scarydeb

I only got it from an earlier clue

6:58 am

Eva

yes, woke up much too early and took something to go back to sleep for a while

6:59 am

Eva

merp is on the warpath so I won't get to play for very long

6:59 am

hillary

how about the am6's ... either or both?

7:00 am

LoriP

am + train ****k

7:00 am

Scarlet

Eva, what is a merp?

7:00 am

hurshy

her cat

7:00 am

LoriP

am + 1st vowel + for whom the bell ***ls

7:00 am

Eva

the guy in the photo scarlet

7:00 am

Scarlet

Oh. Thanks, hursh. Good morning to you.

7:01 am

hillary

tks lori, can you try again with the train clue?

7:01 am

hurshy

morning.

7:01 am

periwinkle

morning hursh

7:01 am

Scarlet

He's beautiful. Some day, when I really get my act together, I'll put Phaedra, my tiger cat, online.

7:01 am

LoriP

am + what the train runs on ****k, or a horse racing ****k

7:02 am

Scarlet

Thanks, Eva, I've admired him for months.

7:03 am

LoriP

Got it hilary?

7:03 am

hillary

tks lori, now I am needing an am4/5... but not the one that sounds like friend. any clues?

7:03 am

Eva

Thank you Scarlet!

7:03 am

Scarlet

:-)

7:04 am

hillary

got it actually... another odd one.

7:04 am

LoriP

am = change the last letter to *ace track :)

7:04 am

periwinkle

half way done, bbl

7:04 am

LoriP

Later peri

7:04 am

Wolvie

mroning all

7:05 am

Eva

see you all later

7:05 am

Scarlet

Hi Wolvie. See! I'm "normal" at last! LOL

7:05 am

LoriP

G'd morning Wolvie

7:05 am

LoriP

Later Eva

7:05 am

hurshy

lovely, scarlet :)

7:05 am

Wolvie

bye eva

7:05 am

Wolvie

hi scarlet - yes, you are!! ;-)

7:06 am

Scarlet

Bye, Eva. TY, hursh.

7:06 am

Scarlet

Thanks, Wolvie?? LOL

7:06 am

hillary

ok now the ai's are giving me the squits. help!

7:07 am

gwenski

hurshy - I saw this today and thought of you! "I've never understood why women love cats.

Cats are independent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep.

In other words, every quality that women hate in a man, they love in a cat. "

7:07 am

Wolvie

scarlet - love your bio. I live in NC as well.

7:07 am

LoriP

ai = 2 with the *** we breathe, last letter(s) consonants

7:08 am

Wolvie

hillary, there is the garlic spread ai

7:08 am

LoriP

ai 5 + ravi*** (pasta)

7:08 am

hurshy

lol. but my cats are actually very dependent and attached (marty gets upset if i leave for half an hour...), they do usually come when i call, they never go out at all, and if they're going to sleep, they want to do it near me. :)

7:08 am

Scarlet

Thanks, Wolvie. Yes, Apex, right? We have to create a NC contingent of Babblers.

7:09 am

Wolvie

sounds like a plan, scarlet. yes, apex. :-)

7:09 am

gwenski

Maybe see y'all later -- lots of work to do.

7:09 am

hillary

thanks lori... but i didn't get the consonants for the breathing one.

7:09 am

Wolvie

bye gwen

7:09 am

Scarlet

Okay! Now, into the grid! Bye, gwenski. See you later.

7:10 am

LoriP

*uesday and *aturally, respectively hilary.

7:10 am

LoriP

Later gwen.

7:11 am

Merk

Clue for the final fl 5,16 please.

7:12 am

LoriP

fl = anagram a ***** in a parade

7:13 am

Merk

ty

7:15 am

hillary

lori do you have the at's?

7:15 am

LoriP

Yes hilary

7:17 am

LoriP

Need a clue?

7:17 am

LoriP

1 I never heard of before at + not pa but **

7:17 am

hillary

nope... just got them!

7:18 am

LoriP

Yea!

7:18 am

hillary

I'd love clues for the to7 and tr7 if anyone has them.

7:18 am

LoriP

Sorry, not there yet.

7:19 am

LoriP

The li 5/10 would be nice though....

7:20 am

Sudokuaddict

what prisoners are called who aren't getting out build on the li4

7:20 am

hillary

The li5/10 is li + what happens to meat when you leave it unrefrigerated.

7:22 am

hillary

ok how about the il/5?

7:22 am

LoriP

il + 3rd vowel + **e of hearts, or spades, or clubs or diamonds

7:22 am

bookgrrl

il4 + 3rd letter

7:23 am

hillary

got 'im!

7:23 am

LoriP

hilary, am I gonna need a fish? Still not getting the li 5/10

7:25 am

hillary

li 5/10 is li + seaweed in the hot sun... the stench of death... oh dear... rhymes with a vessel you cook in!

7:26 am

hillary

OK now the re6 is driving me mad.

7:27 am

BabbleRabble

re 6 is the one going through your personal stuff

7:27 am

LoriP

Finally, the clouds part! Thank ye hilary. (sigh)

7:27 am

Anniebrook

li and refrigerate it or it willl ***

7:27 am

hillary

bab i'm going to need more than that... or less cryptic anyway@

7:27 am

Wolvie

hi annie and babble

7:28 am

LoriP

I can't beleieve that's a word, by the way.... (sigh, again)

7:28 am

BabbleRabble

hello

7:28 am

LoriP

G'd morning Babble

7:28 am

Anniebrook

hi wolvie and BRRRRRRR, it is cold

7:28 am

BabbleRabble

re 6 extends the re 5

7:28 am

Wolvie

much warmer here today, I am glad to say

7:29 am

Scarlet

Hi, Brrrrooklyn Annie! :-)

7:29 am

bookgrrl

babble, isn't that the ri5 & 6?

7:29 am

Anniebrook

hey scarlet, love your icon

7:29 am

Scarlet

Thanks, Annie. Good to be normal.

7:29 am

hillary

i don't think I have the re5 in question yet

7:29 am

Wolvie

I think so book grrl - my only re 5 so far greases stuff

7:30 am

Wolvie

but - babble knows many more words than moi

7:30 am

Anniebrook

scarlet, can anyone here be called "normal" whatever that is. babbleaddicts

7:31 am

bookgrrl

my only re5 is to make a candle burn again

7:31 am

Wolvie

now that she has an icon pic, she says she is normal. Go figure. As you say, normal is suspect here. ;-)

7:31 am

Scarlet

LOL, Anniebrook. I guess the proper term is "not more odd"... oh, drat, that is so true, Wolvie... LOL.

7:31 am

Wolvie

ty bookgrrl, that gave me another one. think of an re that would grease stuff - re-grease.

7:32 am

hillary

ok tks guys, now i have both re5s but am still flummoxed by the re6!

7:32 am

bookgrrl

tks wolvie

7:33 am

Wolvie

hillary - how many points for the word?

7:33 am

BabbleRabble

Yeah, I was cluing the wrong one... but I got it!

7:33 am

Wolvie

oh good babble - can you please clue the re 6?

7:33 am

hillary

re 6/18 wolvie

7:33 am

anawaltgal

re 6/18

7:34 am

LoriP

re 6 = the re 4 + 3rd vowel + 1st vowel

7:34 am

Wolvie

ty hillary and ana

7:34 am

BabbleRabble

re 6 --- re** McCoy and the jeweled headband: t**ra

7:34 am

LoriP

Crazy word.

7:34 am

Wolvie

ty lori and babble

7:34 am

hillary

yay! that's my rs done.Tks everyone.

7:35 am

bookgrrl

that's a word i should have known! fish, please.

7:35 am

Wolvie

mahi mahi tonite bookgrrl. ;-)

7:36 am

bookgrrl

trout sounds nice as well

7:36 am

hillary

right. o's now. who knows the oo6?

7:38 am

hillary

don't all clue at once now.

7:39 am

Wolvie

LOL

7:39 am

bookgrrl

the only oo6 i know right off is oolite, and that's not it

7:40 am

hillary

how about the or/6?

7:40 am

LoriP

oo + *e***ty TV

7:40 am

hillary

wow lori! how did you get that one?

7:40 am

LoriP

or 6 is a bird, and/or a baseball team

7:40 am

Scarlet

TY, LoriP

7:40 am

Wolvie

wow - ty lori

7:40 am

LoriP

hilary, I was looking for oolite too. LOL Broke out yonder dictionary in frustration.

7:41 am

LoriP

I confess.

7:41 am

Anniebrook

lori, TV?

7:42 am

bookgrrl

like survivor and american idol, annie

7:42 am

BabbleRabble

or 6 is bird

7:42 am

Wolvie

annie - you know - shows like survivor

7:42 am

LoriP

The new wave of TV programs. Not fantasy but *e***ty

7:42 am

Wolvie

that whole stinking genre

7:42 am

hillary

brilliant lori. now for the last or4... the one after the bird. any ideas?

7:42 am

Wolvie

to speak, hillary

7:42 am

LoriP

or + **t me offer everyone a cup of coffee

7:43 am

Anniebrook

wolvie, finally figured the TV part out, thanks

7:43 am

Wolvie

or - or plus robert e **e

7:43 am

Wolvie

those are the 2 I have after the bird

7:44 am

Anniebrook

lori, got the oo now...good clue, thanks

7:45 am

krissyk

k, so all these words today are not real

7:45 am

LoriP

Basically, yes. :)

7:45 am

hillary

can anyone help with the ca5 and ca6?

7:46 am

Uneaixoise

ca5 terrier

7:46 am

LoriP

ca 5 and 6 are unrelated. I had to ask for the 5 clue

7:46 am

Wolvie

hi ya une

7:46 am

hillary

sorry une i don't know my terriers.

7:46 am

Uneaixoise

hey, wolvie :-)

7:46 am

Anniebrook

hi Une

7:46 am

LoriP

ca 6 = ca + air **** or snail *** or -****

7:46 am

hurshy

ca5 is also a small pile of stones built as a marker

7:46 am

LoriP

c+what we breathe + *aturally

7:47 am

Uneaixoise

hey, annie :-)

7:47 am

LoriP

Jeez. Typist sucks. snail ****, e-****

7:47 am

hillary

tks...I had missed mythic piles of stones...

7:47 am

KatieMcG

afternoon everyone :-)

7:47 am

Wolvie

hi katie

7:48 am

Anniebrook

hi katie

7:48 am

LoriP

G'd morning katie

7:49 am

Uneaixoise

medieval hood . . . hmmm, hadn't heard that one

7:49 am

Uneaixoise

morning katie

7:50 am

Anniebrook

Une, your icon is priceless!!!!

7:50 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

7:53 am

krissyk

cripes, I've never had to go to lickety so early

7:53 am

LoriP

Welcome to my world krissy... :(

7:54 am

Uneaixoise

yep, had to go around 95

7:54 am

KatieMcG

Thank God it's not just me then!

7:54 am

Wolvie

une - that hood pondering - was that for the ca 6?

7:54 am

Uneaixoise

yep . . . ca + chain ****

7:55 am

Wolvie

ty - all I could think of was caul. ;-)

7:55 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

7:58 am

LoriP

The to 7 is a new word for me

7:58 am

Anniebrook

will return, later

7:58 am

Wolvie

don't have that one lori - have a tr 7

7:58 am

Wolvie

bye annie

7:58 am

Uneaixoise

later, annie

7:58 am

LoriP

Later Annie

7:59 am

LoriP

I'll trade ya Wolvie....

7:59 am

LoriP

to + infe***** (unable to reproduce)

7:59 am

Wolvie

tr - to play with, or a sweet served in a bowl

7:59 am

Uneaixoise

great clue, lori!

8:00 am

Wolvie

tr - also can add a t to the western gun

8:00 am

Wolvie

then make it one who does

8:00 am

LoriP

Thank ye muchly Wolvie!

8:00 am

Sam

to7 - thought that was a hard-shelled amphibian

8:00 am

Wolvie

yw - and thank you. :-)

8:01 am

Scarlet

Thank you both! :-)

8:02 am

LoriP

I figured since I don't know half these words, I'd monkey with that in mind.... :)

8:02 am

Wolvie

I am missing 2 g words - I have gr 4/7 x2, and gr 4/6 x 2 - what am I missing please?

8:02 am

Uneaixoise

gr5/14

8:02 am

LoriP

gr 5/14 and gr 5/16

8:03 am

Wolvie

ty - got the 16 - now for the 14

8:03 am

Uneaixoise

storyteller in West Africe . . . also a term you'll see in New Orleans

8:03 am

Wolvie

ty une

8:03 am

Uneaixoise

*Africa

8:03 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

8:05 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!

8:05 am

Wolvie

hi evan

8:05 am

LoriP

G'd morning evan

8:05 am

BabbleRabble

gr 5 --- g + Haymarket disturbance

8:05 am

Wolvie

ty babble

8:06 am

KatieMcG

I'm now getting to the stage I haven't heard of half of these words!!

8:06 am

Wolvie

I have a tr 7 and a to 7 - what do the other 7's start with?

8:06 am

BabbleRabble

I was at that stage when I had 143 to get

8:06 am

hillary

wovlie pls clue your to7!

8:07 am

Wolvie

heh heh

8:07 am

hillary

and there are 2 m7s

8:07 am

LoriP

ma 7/32 ma 7/36

8:07 am

Uneaixoise

ma7/ 32 and ma7/36

8:07 am

Wolvie

lori clued it a bit ago - to - consonant, plus to 4 (ceramic)

8:07 am

Wolvie

ty une

8:07 am

Uneaixoise

ma7/32 ma***** arts . . . kung fu etc.

8:07 am

ursh

Hello all - holy smoke I have to find 86 words that I have probably never heard or seen before

8:08 am

Wolvie

hi ursh

8:08 am

Uneaixoise

hey, ursh

8:08 am

LoriP

G'd morning ursh

8:08 am

Dachef

ma7/32 - Artifacts from Mars? ;)

8:08 am

Wolvie

and hillary and lori. :-)

8:08 am

Wolvie

hi Dachef

8:09 am

KatieMcG

Gotta go lunch is over. See you tomorrow :-)

8:09 am

BabbleRabble

ma 7 --- the 16th century mapmaker, Me*****r

8:09 am

ursh

I think there is a ma7 eagle in Africa

8:09 am

Uneaixoise

hey, dachef!

8:09 am

Dachef

afternoon ladies and gentlemen, hermaphrodites and those who are still unsure.

8:09 am

LoriP

Later katie

8:09 am

Uneaixoise

bye, katie

8:09 am

Wolvie

bye katie

8:09 am

LoriP

G'd morning dachef

8:09 am

Uneaixoise

dachef, lol

8:09 am

EvaNadine

mornin chefy

8:10 am

Wolvie

not magellan...;-) hmm

8:13 am

EvaNadine

90 words left to go -- good enough start for me, so im getting breakfast!

8:14 am

Wolvie

bye evan

8:14 am

Uneaixoise

later, eva

8:14 am

Dachef

bacon and sausage would be good for me. And not too much butter on the toast, or the eggs might slide off into the beans.

8:14 am

BabbleRabble

ma 7 --Roman ma** *n**ny... the one that wooed Cleopatra

8:14 am

Jacula

Hi chef and everyone. *Peers down front of t-shirt... hmm. Well, since I've given birth twice, I guess I come under the heading 'lady'. Having said that, science can work miracles these days....*

8:14 am

LoriP

Later evan.

8:15 am

Dachef

<peers down front of Jac's t-shirt> Yup, I agree.

8:15 am

Wolvie

ah - light dawns -ty babble

8:15 am

LoriP

I give up. The zo 5 for my last word please?

8:15 am

Dachef

fab clue Babble.

8:16 am

Jacula

DACHEF! *slaps Chef's hand* :D

8:16 am

walabane

im only seeing one word and its pissing me off

8:16 am

BabbleRabble

zo 5 -- add unr***

8:16 am

Wolvie

keep plugging wala

8:17 am

LoriP

Thank ye muchly Babble! 143 words. Done.

8:17 am

walabane

i will be ima end up putting my foot through the screen

8:17 am

Wolvie

congrats Lori!

8:17 am

BabbleRabble

Congrats, LoriP

8:18 am

Jacula

Well done, Lori.

8:18 am

LoriP

Now, I will take off my Babble hat, and don my domestic diva clothes, lest I be recognized on the street.

8:18 am

BabbleRabble

quite a good idea, walabane... you are sure to find many more words that way!

8:18 am

Scarlet

Good work, LoriP. Don't forget your cape!

8:18 am

LoriP

Kick Babbling. I don't think it will catch on...

8:18 am

Jacula

LOL, Lori.

8:19 am

Wolvie

oh, I don't know about that!! ;-0

8:19 am

LoriP

When you're a Souper hero, protecting your identity is important. :)

8:19 am

Scarlet

LOL

8:20 am

Wolvie

what flavor today lori? ;-)

8:20 am

LoriP

Today? "Fish" chowder...

8:21 am

Wolvie

hahaha! good one

8:21 am

Jacula

BRB - 'phone.

8:21 am

trina_uk

clue for the am 6's please

8:21 am

EvaNadine

yknow, ive decided that snow is useless to me if i still have to go to work... :/

8:22 am

LoriP

am + train ****k or horse racing ****k

8:23 am

trina_uk

thanks

8:23 am

Dachef

talking of snow - they've forecast a foot or so for tomorrow for here, yet I have a meeting in London tomorrow. I have just had to arrange accomodation and travel for 15 people just in case they cancel the trains.

8:23 am

LoriP

am * 1st vowel + ***erate my poor cluing

8:24 am

LoriP

I must be off to the land of avoided domestic chaos. Have a great day all!

8:24 am

trina_uk

thanks again lori

8:24 am

Dachef

Which is likely. They cancel the trains nationwide here for any excuse. Last week someone peed on a line in Inverness and trains all over the country were cancelled.

8:24 am

Wolvie

bye lori

8:24 am

Wolvie

lol chef

8:25 am

EvaNadine

we only got like an inch here, so i wasnt at all *expecting* anything to close, but i sure was HOPING!
hehe

8:29 am

Judi

What

8:29 am

Judi

What's the other i? I have the two il4/4.

8:30 am

EvaNadine

what, "milf" isnt an acceptable word??
i thought the "american pie" movies made that into everday language...

8:30 am

Wolvie

il 5 - add a consonant to your second il 4

8:30 am

EvaNadine

theres an io4

8:30 am

Wolvie

that too evan. :-)

8:31 am

Judi

ty ty

8:32 am

Denny

afternoon everyone - enjoying the cold weather?

8:32 am

EvaNadine

anyone have the 8 yet?

8:32 am

Wolvie

hi denny

8:33 am

Wolvie

yes evan - it's an am word - sounds like a medicine

8:33 am

Wolvie

comes just before the train am

8:34 am

shorty

no school AGAIN today

8:34 am

Judi

Good clue, Wolvie. Got it straight away.

8:34 am

Wolvie

oh good!

8:35 am

Wolvie

hey shorty!

8:35 am

Judi

Poor Shorty. Would you feel better if we found something for you to study?

8:35 am

EvaNadine

im slow this morning... :/

8:35 am

shorty

not me my kid

8:35 am

Judi

Ah. Well, make that kid do chores then. Shoveling snow comes to mind.

8:35 am

shorty

Hes driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!!

8:35 am

Wolvie

am plus 4th vowel, plus cross letter, plus ro4

8:36 am

Denny

i'm sat in a freezing house because the gas board have decided to update the gas pipes IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER!!!

8:36 am

EvaNadine

interesting...thanks wolvie

8:36 am

Wolvie

oh man - bummer denny

8:36 am

shorty

Yeah HIM shovel snow he might hurt his hockey arm HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

8:37 am

Denny

they can't do it in the nice warm summer can they - oh noooo, it has to be winter and the coldest bloomin' week!!!!

8:38 am

hurshy

oh dear, poor denny!

8:38 am

Judi

That certainly doesn't make sense, Denny. Unless they had a leak they had to address immediately. *passes extra blanket*

8:38 am

Jacula

*Sends blankets, yeti boots and an electric fire over to Denny's house.*

8:39 am

Denny

no- no leak -there doing the whole street - thanks judi, now where did i put my heated socks...

8:39 am

Wolvie

yw evan

8:39 am

Denny

*they're* - sorry appalling english there!!

8:39 am

Denny

thanks jac

8:39 am

Wolvie

denny - not that it's the same, but my heat went out yesterday - the coldest day of the year. They were able to repair by the end of the day tho TG

8:39 am

Judi

That's okay, Denny. We speak appalling.

8:40 am

Wolvie

I was grateful for my fireplace

8:40 am

Denny

might hav eto succumb to the special hot chocolate i was going to save for the snow tomorrow!!!

8:40 am

EvaNadine

denny -- i can send you my hideous, yet fantastically *WARM* pants...

8:40 am

Wolvie

ly. ;-)

8:40 am

Jacula

y/w, Denny. Want a hot water bottle, as well? (Or a 'hot warty bottle', as my daughter used to call them when she was little)?

8:40 am

EvaNadine

sorry, i guess those pants are for shorty...heh

8:40 am

Denny

eva - thankfully i know american pants are trousers 'cos that could have been embarrassing!!!

8:41 am

Dachef

<sniggers> warm pants! <snigger>

8:41 am

Denny

lololol

8:41 am

EvaNadine

hah, yes, i forget thats one of the naming differences over there. ;)

8:41 am

Denny

roflol

8:41 am

EvaNadine

hey, if it works, ill take warm trousers OR warm pants!!

8:41 am

Judi

Okay, I'll bite. What does "pants" mean in the UK?

8:41 am

Jacula

ROFLOL re the hideous 'pants'.

8:42 am

Dachef

please dont send pants across the atlantic. You can get arrested over here for that sort of thing.

8:42 am

Jacula

Judi - underwear = knickers etc.

8:42 am

Denny

knickers - panties -

8:42 am

EvaNadine

judi -- in the UK, pants are undies. :)

8:42 am

Jacula

Dachef - truly am ROFLOLing here.

8:42 am

Denny

me too jac

8:42 am

Sam

roflmpo

8:43 am

Merk

Fireworks! Thanks for the clues earlier.

8:43 am

Jacula

Not ROFLOLPMP, thank goodness.

8:43 am

EvaNadine

so, i guess the show "Pants Off Dance Off" would have a TOTALLY different connotation over there!

8:43 am

Jacula

Well done, Merk.

8:43 am

Judi

Oh, puh-leeez. LOL.

8:43 am

Wolvie

congrat merk!

8:43 am

Denny

ooooh yes - 18+ rating!!! mind you channel 5 would probably give it a showing - if Keith chegwin can do it...

8:43 am

Wolvie

you would need new pants then jac. ;-)

8:43 am

Dachef

evan - over here that program is shown after 11pm on those dodgy pay-per-view channels.

8:43 am

Denny

wd merk

8:44 am

hurshy

what connotation does it have HERE? haven't heard of that show...

8:44 am

Wolvie

lol evan

8:44 am

72 Temple Owl

hi everyone!

8:44 am

Wolvie

hi TO

8:44 am

Denny

hi TO

8:44 am

EvaNadine

hurshy -- ive never seen it, but from what i gather, its people going crazy with karaoke in their undies...

8:44 am

Jacula

Hi TO.

8:45 am

Scarlet

Hi, TO. Congratulations, Merk. Karaoke in undies? Hmmm...

8:45 am

Vicuna

If I had karaoke in my undies, it would drive me crazy, too.

8:45 am

hurshy

how odd, and lol vi

8:45 am

Denny

especially if there was too much bass

8:45 am

Judi

LOL. Man, you Brits get all the good shows. We need a good knickeroake program in the U.S.

8:46 am

72 Temple Owl

yay merk!

8:46 am

Vicuna

lol Denny!

8:46 am

hurshy

combining most people's two worst nightmares - performing in public (poorly, most likely), and suddenly realizing you're in your underwear.

8:46 am

Jacula

evan - sounds dodgy even for par-per-view channels. Denny - did you HAVE to remind me about the naked Keith Chegwin. I'm off to make meatballs for dinner soon and I've gone right off the idea now.;(

8:46 am

Wolvie

lol

8:46 am

Judi

Now wouldn't that take "American Idol" to a whole new level?

8:46 am

Scarlet

LOL, Jac

8:46 am

Dachef

knickeroake? Fantastic idea! <furiously writes the idea down under the heading "ideas for next staff party">

8:46 am

Denny

lol

8:47 am

Denny

hey maybe we could enter the idea on dragon's den?

8:47 am

Vicuna

Eh, most performers are wearing no more than undies anyway.

8:47 am

EvaNadine

"knickaraoke"
i love the terminology!
think we can get Dr God to add that to Enable??
;)

8:47 am

Jacula

Ooer! Just remembered what my icon reads ... NOT those kind of meatballs!

8:48 am

Denny

just read it too jac - LOL

8:48 am

Jacula

knickaraoke - great word!

8:48 am

Wolvie

rofl

8:48 am

Dachef

"please give me some money because I want to sing along to britney Spears in my underpants". Oh no wait, just had a teenage flashback......

8:48 am

Jacula

LOL, Dachef.

8:48 am

Judi

I coined a phrase! Call my lawyer. Patent pending.

8:48 am

Vicuna

Off to help chaperone the pre-school on their field trip across the street to the post office. Must put 18+ thoughts out of my head right away!

8:49 am

Wolvie

bye vic

8:49 am

72 Temple Owl

bye, vi

8:49 am

Denny

bye vic

8:49 am

Wolvie

must be off as well - bbl to finish

8:49 am

Scarlet

Ta ta, Vicuna

8:49 am

Jacula

'Bye Vicuna. I must look for my missing or6. No, it isn't an org!

8:49 am

Denny

lol dachef - altho' it was duran duran did it for me!

8:50 am

Scarlet

See you later, Wolvie.

8:50 am

Judi

Or6 is a brightly colored bird.

8:50 am

72 Temple Owl

bye wolvie

8:50 am

Denny

i am getting nowhere with this grid today...

8:51 am

Jacula

FIREWORKS!:-) T'was a bird.

8:51 am

EvaNadine

OR6 -- is also baltimores baseball team. :)

8:51 am

Denny

wd jac

8:51 am

Scarlet

Congrats, Jac.

8:51 am

72 Temple Owl

yay, jacs!

8:51 am

Judi

Get your head out of your "pants" and get to work, Denny!

8:51 am

Jacula

Oh, thanks for the clue Judi.

8:51 am

Denny

but they're the only thing keeping me warm judi!

8:52 am

Jacula

It's hard to concentrate when your feet are cold, Judi! Denny - you have your pants on your feet??

8:52 am

pabtrek

actually it sounds like their on Denny's head

8:53 am

Jacula

Well, I must go and get the dustbin in now. We have to have them 'on the verge' by 7am. Binmen have only just been. *sighs*

8:53 am

Denny

no - round my head keeping my ears warm!!!

8:53 am

pabtrek

*they;re, that is

8:53 am

Jacula

(14:53pm)

8:53 am

Denny

know that feeling jac

8:53 am

72 Temple Owl

bye jac - see you later

8:54 am

Jacula

Denny - the chuckles you have just given me with that image will keep me warm as I venture to the verge.

8:54 am

Denny

my gas was going to be back on in a few minutes - that was 3 hours ago - must be a very important lunch break they're having

8:54 am

Judi

Work intrudes. BBL.

8:54 am

Denny

bye judi

8:55 am

72 Temple Owl

bye, judi!

8:55 am

Jacula

Denny - perhaps your gas men having been lunching with my binmen??

8:55 am

Denny

ooh just found a warm spot on the hard drive

8:55 am

Jacula

*have been

8:55 am

Jacula

Must go! Byeeeee. Happy Babbling.

8:55 am

Denny

perhaps jac - or perhaps the gas men smelt the gas from the bins and decided that was more important

8:56 am

Denny

woah off on a tangent there - this cold is starting to freeze me senseless!

8:56 am

Denny

not that your bins smell jac - it must be your neighbours...

8:57 am

72 Temple Owl

zoal

8:57 am

72 Temple Owl

sorry

9:00 am

Denny

right that's it - i'm off to try to warm up with a hot drink - see you later

9:00 am

72 Temple Owl

bye denny - stay warm

9:07 am

Bloodaxe

ok..seriously... convinced that there aren't really any "z" words in the grid...Dr. God is just toying with us....those pesky Gods, always toying with us...

9:08 am

EvaNadine

i agree, blood!

9:08 am

72 Temple Owl

i agee, bllod ! : /

9:09 am

Lisa-Sheds

zo + unr***

9:10 am

Bloodaxe

thanks Lisa...there goes my meddling Gods theory...

9:10 am

Lisa-Sheds

lol

9:10 am

Strider

zo = same as Lisa's clue but leave off the last letter

9:11 am

Anniebrook

thanks lisa and strider

9:11 am

72 Temple Owl

yes ty and hi annie

9:11 am

Bloodaxe

thanks strider.

9:11 am

Lisa-Sheds

ty

9:11 am

Anniebrook

hi temple!

9:11 am

Strider

yw

9:12 am

Anniebrook

came back on for 5 minutes and got 2 clues for the zee's, yay

9:12 am

Anniebrook

*for

9:12 am

72 Temple Owl

yep one more to go

9:12 am

Anniebrook

my monkeys quit

9:13 am

72 Temple Owl

mine are still asleep lazy creatures

9:14 am

Anniebrook

it's a za 5

9:14 am

EvaNadine

ZA + mama ***!

9:15 am

Lisa-Sheds

ty

9:15 am

72 Temple Owl

ty evan!

9:15 am

Strider

Thks Evanadine. Z's are grayed

9:15 am

Anniebrook

evan, thank you!

9:15 am

Bloodaxe

thanks evan.

9:16 am

72 Temple Owl

what is today's theme?

9:16 am

EvaNadine

missing a 7 -- i have MA7 x2 and TR7

9:17 am

EvaNadine

todays theme is "A Funnier Icon Than I Can Find"

9:17 am

72 Temple Owl

ah

9:17 am

Atalante

back :) had a lovely lovely walk on the beach with pup

9:17 am

72 Temple Owl

all my funny icons are at work

9:18 am

EvaNadine

beach??
*jealous*

9:18 am

Anniebrook

evan, to 4/4 and it is fut*** (hopeless)

9:18 am

periwinkle

Hi Everyone

9:18 am

periwinkle

TO did I miss your birthday?

9:18 am

Dachef

funny icons? I thought today was political satire day.....

9:18 am

72 Temple Owl

hi ata

9:18 am

Atalante

sorry :) its just down the road so we go there a lot!

9:18 am

72 Temple Owl

hi peri - how are you? acutally I missed my birthday - i was away and did not play

9:19 am

EvaNadine

straight off babblers profile:

~*~*~*~*~ Theme for Weds 07 Feb ~*~*~*~*~
A Funnier Icon Than I Can Find (Evanonut)

9:20 am

Anniebrook

Temple....Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!!!!!

9:20 am

periwinkle

`````HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO YOU ! Temple Owl!~~~~~

9:20 am

Angelsong

Fireworks. a stubborn grid today.

9:20 am

Anniebrook

Une has an hilarious icon

9:20 am

72 Temple Owl

yay angel!

9:20 am

Angelsong

((TO))

9:20 am

72 Temple Owl

ty, peri! : )

9:20 am

EvaNadine

Happy Belated TO!

9:20 am

periwinkle

doing much better today, should have cancelled my P.T appt which is in 2 hours, but I will go and see what they have to say

9:20 am

Anniebrook

congrats to angel

9:20 am

EvaNadine

i will also not be around on my bday -- mine is on friday, and i took the day off, so i wont be near a computer!

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

yes do go sometimes that process has its ups and downs

9:21 am

Anniebrook

peri, glad you are getting better

9:21 am

EvaNadine

annie -- whats unes icon?

9:21 am

72 Temple Owl

well i took today off and boss was pissed....i hardly ever call out so i am mystified

9:21 am

periwinkle

HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, evanadine!

9:21 am

Anniebrook

Evan, HB in advance, will sing tomorrow, everybody, you are warned

9:22 am

EvaNadine

thanks peri -- babbler let me have tomorrow as my icon day, since i wont be around on friday

9:22 am

72 Temple Owl

how nice i hadn't thoughtof that

9:22 am

Anniebrook

evan, it is Whistler"s Mother sitting at a computer

9:22 am

periwinkle

MY BD is Feb 19 and marigold's is 2/17

9:22 am

periwinkle

MY BD is Feb 19 and marigold's is 2/17

9:23 am

EvaNadine

well, really it was because fridays are "take a word from the grid" day -- shes letting me share that one too, but she gave me tomorrow all on my own so i dont have to share. :)

9:23 am

72 Temple Owl

ah lots of feb babies

9:23 am

torgone

That's why he was pissed ..

9:23 am

EvaNadine

ahh, yes, i saw that one earlier -- very cute. :)

9:23 am

periwinkle

MY BD is Feb 19 and marigold's is 2/17

9:23 am

72 Temple Owl

tor? that makes no sense

9:23 am

periwinkle

didn't mean to have that ine 3 times

9:24 am

72 Temple Owl

gee peri we got it, already : D

9:24 am

torgone

He was upset when you took a day off because you hardly ever take a day off. He's used to having you there ..

9:24 am

periwinkle

Ikept hitting the enter button and nothing happened :)

9:25 am

periwinkle

only have 7 of the 6 letter words

9:26 am

72 Temple Owl

well he called from the road last week to bawl me out for copying him on large files taht clogged up his laptop...if he hasn't gotten over it by now it's his problem. plus someone else is sick and playing the martyr by coming in

9:26 am

72 Temple Owl

which i usaully do but it's a new year - was sick at work all day yesterday

9:27 am

EvaNadine

im missing one of my &s -- i have M7x2 and T7

9:27 am

torgone

Clogged up disc space reserved for porn . .

9:27 am

72 Temple Owl

sorry

9:27 am

Anniebrook

lol

9:27 am

periwinkle

to7/28 and tr7/40

9:27 am

torgone

No & words today, eva . .

9:28 am

Angela

lol Tor - figures I would sign in just as that is said :)

9:28 am

EvaNadine

har-har tor. :P

9:28 am

72 Temple Owl

ROFL not jack armstrong ROFL

9:28 am

EvaNadine

peri -- hint for the TO7?

9:28 am

Strider

Evan - clue for one of the m 7's. I have the m****** arts one.

9:28 am

ExWren

am I the only one finding this grid very hard? the words just aren't flowing - I only have 45 words so far

9:29 am

periwinkle

to7 means twisted or coiled, starts like a large turtle

9:29 am

periwinkle

ExWren I am finding it hard too

9:29 am

Anniebrook

Wren, my monkies ran away screaming...yes, it is hard

9:29 am

torgone

We have one of those martyrs - comes towork and suffers loudly for days . .

9:29 am

EvaNadine

MA7 = cleopatras lover MA** *N**NY

9:29 am

Strider

to 7 = to 4/4 and this grid is so fut***

9:30 am

72 Temple Owl

*looks sheepish* i do suffer loudly...i'm sure everyone WISHES i would go home

9:30 am

Strider

Thks Evan. A musical word.

9:31 am

72 Temple Owl

but our maartyr runs things so the bosses don't have to, they love her so

9:32 am

gracewer

help with ro 6/27 please

9:32 am

torgone

Our martyr is just a useless PITA ..

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

common words are hiding in plain sight in this grid....especially in the lower left corner

9:34 am

BabbleRabble

ro 6/27 -- r + tiger is a g*****

9:34 am

torgone

Muppet pianist + er

9:35 am

gracewer

thanks tor and rabble

9:38 am

Strider

Does anyone have the 8? What does it start with?

9:39 am

BabbleRabble

am 8/45

9:39 am

krissyk

8 is a french friend + homonym for a person who comes in here to cause trouble

9:40 am

72 Temple Owl

wow nice clue krissy!

9:42 am

Strider

Thks krissy.

9:42 am

torgone

perfect clue . .

9:42 am

72 Temple Owl

feeling punky, bbl

9:42 am

krissyk

glad to offer my hunt and peck solving

9:43 am

pida 1

re 6/18 pls?

9:43 am

bookgrrl

would someone let me know which G i'm missing; i have 2 gr 4 x7, gr 5 x 16, and 2 gr 4 X 6

9:44 am

bookgrrl

re 4/4 + two vowels

9:44 am

krissyk

gr 5/14

9:44 am

pida 1

thnx, bookgrrl

9:45 am

bookgrrl

thanks, krissy

9:46 am

BabbleRabble

gr 5/14 -- g + Haymarket disturbance

9:46 am

bookgrrl

txs, babble

9:46 am

Strider

Great clue Babble. thks.

9:53 am

M.P.

For anyone wondering why I'm on, if you see me, I'm sick. Just don't want to confuse anyone :)

9:54 am

72 Temple Owl

soory, mp...i am sick, too

9:54 am

M.P.

A.K.A. Hi!

9:54 am

Strider

Yes, and I seem to have a touch of bronchitis.

9:54 am

roncook

i,m sick too

9:55 am

roncook

hamstring pulled

9:55 am

M.P.

How many of us Babblers are sick? : (

9:55 am

72 Temple Owl

*raises hand*

9:55 am

M.P.

Just my life

9:56 am

Strider

ca 5/12 = pile of rocks

9:56 am

torgone

Sick at heart . .

9:58 am

M.P.

Hi torgone

9:58 am

shorty

Havent seen u in a long time M.P where u been

9:59 am

M.P.

Really I came yesterday at night but not too long

9:59 am

Atalante

awwwww tor

9:59 am

cybernan

good morning, everyone :)

9:59 am

M.P.

Of course, after Christmas homework comes back - all of that type of complication

9:59 am

72 Temple Owl

hi shorty hi nan

10:00 am

M.P.

hi cybernan

10:00 am

M.P.

hi everybody

10:00 am

torgone

Heya mp

10:01 am

arwennn

is it just me, or is this a difficult grid?

10:01 am

M.P.

ac - watering eyes - stuffed nose - ugh

10:01 am

M.P.

Have to agree, although I just got on

10:02 am

72 Temple Owl

ok time to go - later, peeps!

10:02 am

JFB

Temple, just read your profile. As my daughter's fiance is going to Iraq next month its much appreciated

10:05 am

Atalante

ok, I've put up an amusing icon :)

10:06 am

JFB

Its great Ata;ante

10:07 am

Atalante

i have a silly cat

10:07 am

cybernan

some nice clues in the log -- thank you :)

10:09 am

cybernan

speaking of funny icons -- have you seen jilli's? -- appealed to my funny bone

10:10 am

torgone

Is there any other kind, ata?

10:11 am

Atalante

hmmm true!

10:11 am

Atalante

but mine is silly and is called Sily so she's doubly silly :P

10:14 am

cybernan

anyone got all the z's yet? -- have one that 4/9 that is like the infamous to babblet

10:14 am

Bloodaxe

can i get a clue for the tr6? is it a 6/7 combo?

10:14 am

Atalante

add a consonant to that cybernan

10:15 am

Atalante

and the other is a 5 like an african country minus a letter

10:15 am

Denny

finally we have gas again - my toes are just starting to thaw!

10:15 am

cybernan

ty, ata

10:15 am

cybernan

thanks again

10:16 am

Strider

Does anyone have the ai 5/10 - it must be obvious and that's why I can't get it

10:16 am

motleybard

need help with the am 8 clue

10:18 am

cybernan

am+pronoun+actor's part

10:18 am

raelite

hi all, ra 6 please?

10:18 am

torgone

Garlicky sauce

10:19 am

Strider

thks tor

10:20 am

motleybard

thanks cybernan!

10:24 am

cybernan

r from the top row? -- have the ra 4/5 botany term

10:24 am

JFB

Thanks cybernan - my knowledge of herbicides is obviously lacking

10:25 am

raelite

anyone have a clue for ra 6?

10:26 am

cybernan

rae -- how many points in your ra 6?

10:26 am

raelite

nm I found it thank you

10:26 am

raelite

it's the second r in the top row

10:26 am

cybernan

oh good -- a clue, please?

10:27 am

raelite

male mountain goat + what a wheat farmer does to a field

10:28 am

cybernan

thanks, rae -- it's the one I've been looking for as well!

10:28 am

raelite

yeah, it was a pain

10:29 am

JFB

ty rae

10:29 am

raelite

np

10:29 am

rolin

the z bablet...whats the second letter pls

10:30 am

cybernan

o

10:32 am

cybernan

rolin -- z+3 vowels

10:34 am

CubsChick

ty cyber... that had me stumped.

10:35 am

cybernan

c's? -- have pile of rocks, what you put groceries in at the store, study hard before an exam -- missing?

10:35 am

raelite

the 6/24

10:35 am

raelite

ca + what you find at a post office

10:36 am

rolin

ty nan

10:36 am

cybernan

thanks rae

10:38 am

chiley

on the z5 that is like an African nation........isn't the nation a 5 letter word??

10:38 am

rolin

no chiley a 6

10:38 am

cybernan

just looked up the def of that ca 6 -- think it's past time some of these words were dropped from the dictionary -- really -- a piece of 14C armour?

10:38 am

pabtrek

not that one, the one with a b in chiley

10:39 am

Strider

clue for the oo 6/18?

10:39 am

cybernan

chiley -- it is -- drop one of the letters

10:39 am

raelite

that's almost as bad as the oo6

10:39 am

raelite

it has no def in the dictionary....it's an "indian tribe"

10:39 am

rolin

rae...isnt that 'how you take food'?

10:39 am

raelite

oo + anagram of ra4.4 (2nd one)

10:40 am

raelite

lol rolin...it could be...

10:40 am

cybernan

ty rae

10:44 am

Strider

thks rae. finally got it. very odd word.

10:45 am

raelite

np :)

10:46 am

cybernan

still can't find that garlicy ai word -- is it a 5 or a 6?

10:46 am

raelite

ai + anagram of the liquid you fry in

10:46 am

M.P.

I am feeling a little discouraged - my longest word is 6 words long.

10:46 am

oggy

hi all, clue for ra6 please

10:47 am

Strider

ai 5 - ai + anagram of black gold

10:48 am

cybernan

got it -- was trying to put the consonant in 3rd spot! Thanks STrider

10:48 am

raelite

male mountain goat + flat ceramic decoration found in kitchen and bathrooms

10:48 am

cybernan

and rae

10:48 am

raelite

minus last vowel

10:49 am

rolin

could someone tell me what the 7's start with please?

10:49 am

oggy

thanks rae got it

10:51 am

raelite

coolio

10:51 am

raelite

I've only got 2 of them, rolin

10:51 am

raelite

both ma's

10:51 am

sugar

hi all, can I have a clue for the li 5/10, please?

10:52 am

raelite

one is a muscial connotation, the other a form of asian "art"

10:52 am

EvaNadine

mmmm...make-your-own-pasta bar for lunch!

10:53 am

oggy

li5 2nd one please

10:53 am

raelite

li + when stuff goes bad it ....

10:53 am

cybernan

li + decay

10:53 am

sugar

tx cybernan!

10:54 am

sugar

and rae!

10:54 am

raelite

:)

10:54 am

cybernan

to 7: ***gone's ceramic piece?

10:55 am

rolin

good one nan

10:55 am

oggy

thanks nan

10:56 am

EvaNadine

i got the tri-colored tortellini with meatballs, shredded carrot, tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and black olives...
anyone want any?

10:56 am

rolin

oooooh yes

10:56 am

cybernan

did someone say there is an ro 6/7 combo? -- could I have a clue, please?

10:57 am

EvaNadine

ooh, forgot to mention mushrooms...
and it looks like they forgot the olives...oh well!

10:57 am

stidmama

hi all! RAE! how was the show? thought about you all weekend...

10:57 am

EvaNadine

cyber -- no RO7

10:57 am

EvaNadine

there are MA7x2
TO7 and TR7

10:58 am

cybernan

ro 6?

10:58 am

rolin

i have a ro6...rhymes with a weekend sport person

10:58 am

raelite

hi stid :) JCSS was....uhh...not the highlight of my day...but something else was!

10:58 am

EvaNadine

i dont yet have an RO6, but im still missing 6 of my 6'es

10:58 am

stidmama

*waiting in anticipation*

10:58 am

oggy

missing an ra4 have ra4/4 x 2 and ra4/5 x 1

10:58 am

sugar

re6/18, anyone?

10:58 am

raelite

we had lunch at the hotel attached to the theater and I saw the Barenaked Ladies!

10:59 am

stidmama

??? what is "barenaked ladies?

10:59 am

raelite

it's a Canadian band...very popular

10:59 am

stidmama

oh -- well, good for you! :-)

10:59 am

EvaNadine

i love the barenaked ladies. :)

10:59 am

cybernan

tr 7, please?

10:59 am

stidmama

so what was it about the show that disappointed?

10:59 am

sugar

South Africa has a band called Springbok Nude Girls!!!!

10:59 am

chiley

3 ra4/4

11:00 am

raelite

they sing acoustic, guitar songs, some silly, some poignant..."If I had a million dollars" is my fave

11:00 am

raelite

I wasn't disappointed...it was just very loud

11:00 am

raelite

my mother ADORED it though

11:00 am

EvaNadine

extension of TR6/27 -- which means just a little bit...also the name of a dessert

11:00 am

oggy

raia

11:00 am

stidmama

oh -- I don't "do" loud... I always have earplugs with me (a set in each purse and one in the car)

11:01 am

cybernan

thanks, eva -- didn't have either

11:01 am

oggy

sorry

11:01 am

EvaNadine

rolin -- any other hints for that RO6?
not getting it just yet...

11:01 am

raelite

I should have brought some with me...it's a rock opera...there was screaming...and screaching...ick

11:01 am

EvaNadine

YW cyber

11:01 am

raelite

I feel old :(

11:01 am

stidmama

thanks for the tr7!

11:01 am

stidmama

thanks oggy! :-)

11:02 am

oggy

im done fireworks

11:02 am

stidmama

now I have an even 40 words... *sigh* is this one as tough as it seems?

11:02 am

prismmgc2

morning all!

11:02 am

stidmama

YAY oggy!

11:02 am

raelite

wtg oggy

11:02 am

oggy

it is a bit tough stid.

11:02 am

raelite

was happy to come home though...traffic was horrid

11:02 am

stidmama

hey prism

11:02 am

sugar

that or 6/18 is just not happening for me..........Please help someone!

11:02 am

stidmama

well, the mainland... traffic is going to be horrid!

11:03 am

cybernan

ty rolin -- had to think in general terms.

11:03 am

sugar

YAY Oggy!

11:03 am

raelite

baltimore basball team

11:03 am

stidmama

that's what I thought... I suppose I should have not jumped in so fast. oh well.

11:03 am

rolin

ro6...this sport is played with clubs on grass..

11:03 am

rolin

cool

11:03 am

cybernan

eva on the ro6: Aussie, Mr. Harris, for the 4 and extend it for the 6

11:03 am

EvaNadine

AHH!
thanks. :)

11:03 am

raelite

they are building that new subway line right through the busiest street in vancouver! it's nasty!

11:04 am

rolin

wheres that rae?

11:04 am

rolin

wheres that rae?

11:04 am

stidmama

oh -oh, that sounds like it made it tougher than even normal. Still, if it's like the stuff they did in Portland Oregon it'll be WAY nicer when they're done

11:05 am

raelite

oh yes...in Vancouver, rolin...it's all for the f**** olympics in 2010!

11:05 am

cybernan

The household is stirring, so I'm going to make a cup of tea -- back in a bit - should be lots of clues flying around by then ;)

11:05 am

stidmama

now now Rae... you the olympics are probably the only thing that will get me north of the border on the mainland? :-)

11:05 am

cybernan

Arbutus, Rae?

11:05 am

stidmama

later nan :-)

11:06 am

rolin

oh you are getting the winter olympics...which part of vancouver..i know it a little bit

11:06 am

raelite

lol...you and everyone else!

11:06 am

prismmgc2

No, vancouver gets all the movie business

11:06 am

raelite

they are going to be all over Van...whistler, UBC campus, richmond

11:06 am

raelite

it's fun watching movies...seeing where I was last week

11:07 am

cybernan

Rae -- which street is the construction zone on?

11:07 am

raelite

oh sorry, it's on Cambie

11:07 am

stidmama

Actually, that's not true. I would like to go again to Vancouver to see the museums -- it's been over 20 years since I was there, and I think my children would like to go.

11:07 am

raelite

cambie to the airport

11:07 am

cybernan

Thanks, will know to avoid it!!

11:07 am

raelite

cnan: it is impossible to avoid it

11:08 am

raelite

I tried!!!! I know Van like the back of my hand!

11:08 am

raelite

stid: there is an impressionism display at the gallery in Victoria from the national archives of Canada, they have a couple of van gogh's

11:09 am

Strider

One clue I need is for the last fl 5/16 pls.

11:09 am

cybernan

from downtown to the airport? --- we usually come in on 12th and take it across to granville

11:09 am

flosey

back again, morning all

11:09 am

stidmama

oooh. That would be really cool to see. I think stidkid#2 would enjoy that. He and I can spend hours just in a single room at the relatively small Tacoma Art Museum

11:09 am

stidmama

hey flosey! how are you today?

11:09 am

bookgrrl

anagram of that parade object, stid

11:09 am

stidmama

nan -- you just said the name of one of my kids! LOL

11:10 am

flosey

great thanks stid - and you?

11:10 am

stidmama

thanks book -- that was for strider, but I needed it too!

11:10 am

Strider

thks bookgrrl. Fireworks!!!

11:10 am

raelite

hi flosey

11:10 am

momof3boys

hey e1

11:10 am

cybernan

congrats, strider

11:10 am

stidmama

I am better, I think... Hope the kids don't decide to share any more bugs this month!

11:10 am

stidmama

YAY strider!

11:10 am

flosey

hi rae

11:10 am

cybernan

really going for that tea now -- have 37 to find when I come back

11:10 am

flosey

any clues for am6/24 please

11:11 am

momof3boys

is the grid friendly???

11:11 am

bookgrrl

like the us train, flosey

11:11 am

flosey

oh stid, that nasty cold dragged on for almost a month

11:11 am

raelite

oh stid, it's not impressionism...it's baroque masterpieces! http://aggv.bc.ca/Exhibitions+Archive.
aspx?year=-1&id=2057&decade=2000

11:11 am

flosey

thanks bookgrrl

11:11 am

Strider

flosey - its the northeast US train spelled a little differently

11:11 am

stidmama

flosey... that was NOT what I wanted to hear! :-/

11:11 am

flosey

and my last one, tr5/12 please

11:11 am

EvaNadine

*still enjoying my pasta*
i think theres enough here for everyone!

11:12 am

stidmama

momof3 -- sort of. It's hard, but the chatter are friendly!

11:12 am

stidmama

evanadine, you've talked me into it! *holds out bowl*

11:12 am

torgone

Mmmmm . . .pasta . .

11:12 am

momof3boys

ty stid

11:12 am

stidmama

Rae -- he would love it... he's an artist to the core of his soul. :-)

11:13 am

stidmama

torgone! you were a clue a little bit ago :-)

11:13 am

Strider

flosey - tr + sacroil***

11:13 am

raelite

they have a Rembrant@

11:13 am

raelite

and a reubens

11:13 am

EvaNadine

spoons some pasta and veggies into stids bowl

some for you too tor?

11:13 am

stidmama

mmmmmmm *happy tummy*

11:13 am

flosey

Thanks Strider, that did it

11:13 am

torgone

Yes please!

11:13 am

flosey

Fireworks

11:14 am

raelite

none for me thanks, evan

11:14 am

stidmama

YAY flosey!

11:14 am

Strider

wtg flosey

11:14 am

raelite

yay flosey!

11:14 am

doxy1lover

congrats flosey

11:14 am

stidmama

rae -- when are we getting another installment, btw?

11:14 am

EvaNadine

hands a dish of pasta to tor.

you sure rae? theres plenty to go around!

11:14 am

raelite

oh soon...I have it written, just want to change it a bit

11:14 am

raelite

evan: just finished breakfast

11:15 am

EvaNadine

ahh, well, i can put a dish in the fridge for later, if youd like!

11:15 am

flosey

thanks all, now must stop for breakfast, bbl

11:15 am

stidmama

okay *waiting semi-patiently*

11:15 am

stidmama

later flosey!

11:15 am

raelite

super! sounds good!

11:15 am

EvaNadine

*gets out the saran wrap*

11:15 am

momof3boys

i made homemade chocolate for valentines day.. would anyone like some?

11:16 am

EvaNadine

oh dear, i really shouldnt, mom...

11:16 am

stidmama

*rushes forward to avoid stampede* yes please mom!

11:16 am

torgone

Mmmmm . .choccies . .

11:17 am

momof3boys

you sure?? milk choc..dark choc..white choc...pb cups...choc covered nuts...pretzels, strawberries..

11:17 am

stidmama

oops! tor! you've gone British! (my kids watch the "telly" -- *sigh*)

11:17 am

prismmgc2

wtg Flosey!!!

11:17 am

raelite

mmm chocolate...

11:17 am

EvaNadine

*perk*
did you say white chocolate?? thats my weakness!!
and pb cups...and strawberries!!

*swoons*

11:18 am

prismmgc2

mmmmmm dark chocolate covered strawberries......

11:18 am

momof3boys

i aim to please...the only cost is a somepatience with my being dense LOL

11:18 am

torgone

Righto luv . .

11:18 am

doxy1lover

*chocolate smelling salts for evan*

11:18 am

momof3boys

i made tuxedos with the white/dark choc on the straw...

11:18 am

EvaNadine

mom of 3 boys and still time to make chocolate...inconceivable!

have you ever tried shite chocolate pb cups?
theyre to die for!

11:18 am

Atalante

dark chocolate! please! me me me!

11:18 am

prismmgc2

lovely

11:19 am

bookgrrl

yum, shite chocolate! *smile*

11:19 am

prismmgc2

last tr 5/10 plz

11:19 am

torgone

=o

11:19 am

stidmama

mmmmmmm *gaining three pounds six ounces just sitting here watching the chat log*

11:19 am

momof3boys

never heard of shite choc..what is it?

11:19 am

EvaNadine

lol, not quite what i intended to put there...haha

11:20 am

EvaNadine

*White chocolate

11:20 am

prismmgc2

miss typed white choc

11:20 am

momof3boys

i love to cook/ bake/ craft...chocolates.. so martha stewart LOL

11:20 am

momof3boys

i love to entertain...i will cook for whoever will eat! lol

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

shorty

11:20 am

EvaNadine

well, i just so happen to eat at least 3 times a day!
;)

11:20 am

stidmama

ummm hello shorty?

11:21 am

Angela

hiya short!.

11:21 am

prismmgc2

ummm shorty?

11:21 am

momof3boys

lol stid

11:21 am

torgone

If only shorty were here . .

11:21 am

EvaNadine

hah, well, at least shorty doesnt come in unnoticed. ;)

11:21 am

bookgrrl

cat on the keyboard?

11:21 am

prismmgc2

tr 5/10 last one plz

11:21 am

shorty

sorry dog was standing on keyboard

11:21 am

momof3boys

evan..i eat constantly ..forget three times a day LOL

11:21 am

shorty

ROFL

11:21 am

stidmama

right... DOG on keyboard... *wink*

11:21 am

momof3boys

sure..blame the dog!!! did he eat the homework too ???

11:21 am

prismmgc2

those dogs dont have thumbs.... they can't type

11:22 am

kittychan

pen...?

11:22 am

shorty

;) ;)

11:22 am

EvaNadine

*starting to fall victim to food coma*

11:22 am

shorty

ummmmmm yea of course

11:22 am

momof3boys

as i sit here eating a "lean cuisine"...

11:22 am

stidmama

good morning kitty -- I saw pen yesterday morning.... haven't seen him/her today yet

11:23 am

momof3boys

isn't a "foiler" , one who foils??? LOL

11:23 am

stidmama

*looking ruefully at plate of stale Christmas jelly beans* I think I'll go warm up my tea... brb

11:24 am

shorty

hmmm u would think so mom

11:24 am

caitlyn

Afternoon all..........

11:24 am

kittychan

hello stid mama! Thanks you!

11:24 am

momof3boys

what was i thinking, trying to be logical???

11:24 am

Angela

hey cait

11:24 am

mcurlschool

momof3: especially if a to6/ is one that to4/s

11:24 am

momof3boys

do we need the "z", at all???

11:24 am

shorty

well isnt zooer one who runs a zoo?

11:25 am

torgone

Afraid so, mom ..

11:25 am

mcurlschool

should be

11:25 am

momof3boys

i thought so too shorty LOL

11:25 am

momof3boys

i am trying to figure yours out mcurls...

11:25 am

shorty

LOL

11:25 am

stidmama

yw kitty. hi caitlyn!

11:25 am

caitlyn

lol shorty

11:25 am

stidmama

Z starts three words, mom, not that' Ive found them

11:25 am

mcurlschool

momof3 think foil

11:26 am

EvaNadine

mom -- the TOs rhyme with your FOs. :)

11:26 am

doxy1lover

I found 1 z word

11:26 am

momof3boys

me either....thought i had one with "zooer" though LOL

11:26 am

EvaNadine

ZA + mama ***!

11:26 am

momof3boys

i think foil..i think leftovers LOL

11:26 am

stidmama

thanks evanadine -- is that the one you had, doxy?

11:26 am

EvaNadine

ZO + 2 vowels
same as above + a consonant on the end

11:26 am

momof3boys

ty evan

11:26 am

shorty

thats the only z I have :(

11:26 am

caitlyn

lol momof3boys

11:27 am

mcurlschool

thanks shorty/ off to work I go

11:27 am

momof3boys

:) cait

11:27 am

torgone

zo5 = "any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace."

11:27 am

caitlyn

Hi tor

11:27 am

stidmama

*thinking about the Z*

11:28 am

momof3boys

yikes tor!

11:28 am

doxy1lover

mmmmmmm......crab legs with melted butter

11:28 am

stidmama

thanks tor and evanadine! my Z is gray!

11:28 am

pabtrek

i feel silly asking for this but ai5/10 please

11:29 am

momof3boys

ok..i have tried zo + 2 vowels and con and can't come up with it...

11:29 am

shorty

mmmmmmmmmmmmm crab legs?????????

11:29 am

Maggy

thats as close to the z`s words as I got lol..crabs legs

11:29 am

EvaNadine

got bored...changed my icon...

11:29 am

prismmgc2

2nd tr 5/10 plz

11:29 am

stidmama

pabtrek, on't have that yet...

11:30 am

caitlyn

lol evan!!

11:30 am

EvaNadine

pab -- its a type of sauce....garlicy, if im correct

11:30 am

Atalante

garlic mayonnaise, pab

11:30 am

stidmama

eek! a large wood spider is building a lovely web behind my desk.... *distractible me* and I am nervous!

11:30 am

Maggy

ai...anagrave of olive ***

11:30 am

Maggy

anagram even

11:30 am

momof3boys

listen..i am putting on pounds just listening to you guys...you're killing me !!!

11:30 am

Atalante

*runs away from stidhome*

11:31 am

stidmama

aha! italian food -- goes well with evanadine tortellini!

11:31 am

momof3boys

you are bigger than it stid

11:31 am

shorty

ewwwwwwwwww stid Id be nervous too

11:31 am

kittychan

for a second I read Word Spider and I wondered what you could catch playing this game....

11:31 am

stidmama

hello maggy

11:31 am

caitlyn

Yuk stid...stay away from me

11:31 am

torgone

And it's made of wood . .

11:31 am

Maggy

hello stid hi all

11:31 am

lds

LAST WORD, the 2nd TR4/5 - how can it be??

11:31 am

stidmama

LOL kitty! a problem with living surrounded by large trees is sometimes the critters that belong outside decide to move in.

11:31 am

caitlyn

What the spider????tor

11:31 am

pabtrek

thanks evan, ata, and maggie

11:32 am

caitlyn

Hi Maggy

11:32 am

Atalante

hi maggy - I saw an article on the news today saying drivers will get 3 points if they are caught on their mobiles from the end of Feb! Woot!

11:32 am

momof3boys

ok..i have no words..i need to concentrate LOL

11:32 am

stidmama

lds do you need the british word for streetcar?

11:32 am

torgone

That's what she said: a wood spider . .can't be too fast moving ..

11:32 am

stidmama

actually can't see the spider now... getting nervouser

11:33 am

caitlyn

LOL tor

11:33 am

prismmgc2

ids: tr = what you put on a package

11:33 am

shorty

they need to do that here I cant stand people on the phone driving cause they pay NO ATTENTION

11:33 am

lds

ouch - the obvious!! thanx

11:33 am

prismmgc2

now help me with the 2nd tr 5/10

11:34 am

EvaNadine

pris -- just change the vowel. :)

11:34 am

stidmama

I don't have the list yet... don't know which ones I have are in what position...

11:34 am

momof3boys

i put bows on packages...

11:34 am

caitlyn

stid have you got any hairspray? My mum always zaps them with it ..they cant run away then

11:34 am

momof3boys

spiders are the best insect to have..they eat all the others...

11:34 am

shorty

yes it freezes them i do that to

11:35 am

stidmama

oh, I try to not kill them. I'll take it outside when I can get to it. they don't go far from the web

11:35 am

momof3boys

i love it when i have spiders in my house..then i don't have to worry about the flies or bees

11:35 am

momof3boys

that my boys let in, because they never shut the door!

11:35 am

EvaNadine

i dont like anything that has more appendages than i do...

11:35 am

stidmama

Sometimes we find the egg sacs of house spiders and watch them develop. They are really interesting!

11:36 am

Angela

gross!

11:36 am

shorty

ewwwwww gross

11:36 am

momof3boys

i love it when there is a big beautiful web in sight.. and the dew catches it..it is amazing

11:36 am

stidmama

My big dog likes "spicy bugs" -- wasps. He does the patrol for me when they are out and about

11:36 am

momof3boys

angela..you must learn to appreciate nature's beauty and awe

11:36 am

stidmama

mom, I have a cool icon to show you... if I can find it. brb

11:36 am

Angela

no, I must not. yuck!

11:36 am

momof3boys

ok stid

11:37 am

momof3boys

lol angela...

11:37 am

caitlyn

Oh stid..That is horrible..it can put me off my supper

11:37 am

EvaNadine

i appreciate it...
but i appreciate it a lot more when its far, far away from me!

11:37 am

doxy1lover

I appreciate nature, as long as it is outside, not in my house

11:37 am

momof3boys

lol evan..

11:37 am

Angela

spiders can exist...just as long as it's not within firing distance of my shoe :)

11:37 am

caitlyn

LOL Angela..me too

11:38 am

momof3boys

ever really see a spider build a web?? it is fascinating,...really.

11:38 am

Angela

I actually have a huge black one on my garage door, complete with big egg sacks that I have been tolerating...you would be proud!

11:38 am

stidmama

no luck. oh well... I hate having so many different places to keep pics!

11:38 am

Angela

But it will be toast as soon as I find something big and flat enought to kill it :)

11:38 am

momof3boys

don't get me wrong..i gross out if i don't see one and walk through it accidentally..but, seeing them is awesome

11:39 am

momof3boys

image how the insects that get caught up in them feel LOL

11:39 am

Angela

I can agree with that, as long as I don't walk into it

11:39 am

caitlyn

This conversation is giving me the shivers!!!

11:39 am

momof3boys

i must admit..i kill bees...that much of a nature lover, i am not! LOL

11:40 am

Vicuna

So I guess some of you aren't fans of "Charlotte's Web."

11:40 am

stidmama

sorry caitlyn... I was actually bit by a (nontoxic) spider years ago when the kids were little. I think I sat on it when I was working in the garden. It was WAY more painful than even childbirth. But I got over it.

11:40 am

momof3boys

i got rid of all shrubbery that attracts them

11:40 am

Angela

I know! I keep looking all around me now and getting the creepy crawlys

11:40 am

stidmama

Hey Vi!

11:40 am

momof3boys

i love charlotte's web...

11:40 am

Angela

I'm with you Stid = bit by one on the ankle and was on crutches for 2 weeks...no thanks!

11:40 am

momof3boys

how r u vic?

11:41 am

Vicuna

Hello, stidmama, momof3, and all!

11:41 am

momof3boys

ok...so you have legitimate reasons for not liking them LOL

11:41 am

momof3boys

personally, i would rather be in a room with a spider and all it's friends, than my ex hubby!

11:41 am

caitlyn

Hi Vic

11:41 am

Angela

lol mom!!

11:41 am

Angela

hiya vic

11:41 am

caitlyn

LOL mom

11:41 am

momof3boys

i have that pleasure tomorrow morning ..yoowhoo

11:41 am

stidmama

but then, I like spiders... *shrug* I see them as existing for a purpose, and just try to keep my eye on them so they stay where they belong.

11:42 am

Angela

sorry to hear that mom

11:42 am

momof3boys

maybe i could BRING the spider and let it bite him?

11:42 am

stidmama

oh {{{mom}}} think of him as a big, fat larval something and let the spiders have him! LOL

11:42 am

caitlyn

I would rather talk about moms ex than spiders

11:42 am

Angela

lol

11:42 am

momof3boys

don't be sorry ang..i plan on wiping him up all over the courtroom!!

11:42 am

Vicuna

I like spiders, too. Mosquitos and fruit flies I slaughter without mercy. Other things I try to put outside.

11:43 am

Angela

not a bad idea...can see the headline now...wood spider mysteriosly bites man to death...

11:43 am

momof3boys

i am with you vic LOL...hate those mes and f/f

11:43 am

momof3boys

i couldn't get that lucky ang...

11:43 am

Atalante

I don't mind anything except sand flies. They are evil insectified

11:43 am

Vicuna

Admittedly, if I'm going to put something outside in this weather, it might be kinder just to smush it.

11:43 am

Angela

well, you give 'im hell anyway then :)

11:43 am

momof3boys

and , for the record, i am not just a whiny ex wife.. he really does deserve it LOL

11:44 am

Angela

true Vic, true

11:44 am

Angela

my sister's going through it right now too, so I'm tempted to give you the benefit of the doubt

11:44 am

Vicuna

If you play Babble and he doesn't, that just proves you must be the better person.

11:44 am

stidmama

I just got a gr 5... where DO they find these words?

11:44 am

doxy1lover

clue for the am8 please?

11:44 am

momof3boys

i could tell you stories that would make your head spin..you wouldn't even believe me.

11:44 am

stidmama

am 8? *looking*

11:44 am

momof3boys

lol vic

11:44 am

caitlyn

We never thought you were mom!!Im sure he has earned it

11:45 am

Angela

given what I know of the moron my sister married, I think I would :)

11:45 am

Vicuna

am8/34 - am + gender neutral pronoun + actor's piece

11:45 am

momof3boys

lol cait..ty :)

11:45 am

billmster

What about midges Atalante?

11:45 am

pabtrek

second ho4/5 please

11:45 am

doxy1lover

thanks vic.

11:45 am

Angela

midgets?

11:46 am

momof3boys

wow...awesome vic...thanks

11:46 am

Atalante

nope, can deal with midges. anything but sand flies.

11:46 am

stidmama

yippee! the 9! thanks Vi!

11:46 am

Vicuna

I never squish midgets! I always put them gently outside!

11:46 am

caitlyn

LOL Vic!!!

11:46 am

Vicuna

Just kidding. Really, I'd offer them a cup of tea.

11:46 am

stidmama

glad to hear that, Vi (speaking as a slightly below average height woman)

11:46 am

momof3boys

i live with three midgets..would like to squish them sometimes LOL

11:46 am

Angela

phew! I was scared for the wee folks there for a minute!

11:47 am

stidmama

oops. meant the 8... *sigh* my fingers are not paying attention

11:47 am

momof3boys

make that four..the dog.

11:47 am

caitlyn

mom perhaps my icon is right for you today

11:47 am

momof3boys

wait..let me look closer..

11:47 am

momof3boys

ABSOLUTELY!!!

11:47 am

momof3boys

lol

11:48 am

Vicuna

I have 3 ho4/5's, of which my second is one who digs a row.

11:48 am

stidmama

ROFL caitlyn!

11:48 am

pabtrek

thanks vicuna

11:48 am

Angela

love your icon Vic...just took a minute to look

11:49 am

Vicuna

It's a classic, Angela.

11:49 am

momof3boys

does your sis's ex see the kids?

11:49 am

Angela

comic genius

11:49 am

caitlyn

Vic the 3rd ho4 is an anagram of the 1st one

11:49 am

momof3boys

lol vic..just looked..

11:49 am

Scarlet

Hi, all. I've been in and out of the grid... to feed my beloved and the biiiig tiger cat, Phaedra. Just finished. Clues, anyone?

11:49 am

stidmama

Vi! how did you find that pic of stidmatt? *grin*

11:49 am

Angela

He's trying but I'm hoping it doesn't happen. He did some pretty horrible things to my niece (his stepdaughter)

11:50 am

stidmama

hello scarlet!

11:50 am

caitlyn

Hi Scarlet and congrats

11:50 am

Scarlet

Hi, Stid. Feeling better, I hope?

11:50 am

Vicuna

Thanks, but I have three, caitlyn. Are there 4, do you know?

11:50 am

momof3boys

mine hasn't seen the boys since june..and hasn't tried..he couldn't care less..dirtbag.

11:50 am

doxy1lover

the first am6?

11:50 am

stidmama

yes, thanks. A little croaky this morning, but my head is much clearer!

11:50 am

Angela

way to step up - loser.

11:51 am

Vicuna

* ooh! am6's? Starts looking!*

11:51 am

momof3boys

quite charitable of you LOL

11:51 am

stidmama

Scarlet, did I miss something -- when did you get an icon?

11:51 am

Angela

sorry - my sister's hearing was this morning so I'm a little mouthy

11:51 am

caitlyn

Vic there are 3 ho4 and 1 ho5

11:51 am

momof3boys

quite ok..mine is tomorrow.

11:51 am

Scarlet

Oh, I'm glad to hear that. With children, you are open to many germs during the winter... part of the job, I guess. I remember!

11:51 am

momof3boys

let the rage fuel the fire LOL

11:51 am

doxy1lover

i feel for your kids mom. My dad left when I was 11, forgot us very soon after. Left 4 girls without a dad. He died 2 years ago.

11:51 am

Vicuna

Okay, thanks, caitlyn!

11:51 am

Angela

we'll be pulling for you then :)

11:52 am

momof3boys

death is too good for my ex..i want him to live long enough to reap his rewards.

11:52 am

momof3boys

ty ang.

11:52 am

stidmama

I guess so... but it's frustrating when I have my workbench set up and can't work for sneezing!

11:52 am

Scarlet

Hi, caitlyn. I love your icon. LOL

11:52 am

Angela

my soon to be ex brother in law decided that since my sister wasn't giving him what he needed, he would try it with my 15 year old niece

11:52 am

caitlyn

He will mom Im sure he will

11:52 am

doxy1lover

lock him up for good

11:52 am

momof3boys

low life...did they put him in jail

11:53 am

momof3boys

your mouth to God's ears cait..

11:53 am

Angela

nope, not so much as a night.

11:53 am

caitlyn

Oh God Angela he needs to be castrated

11:53 am

momof3boys

where are you ang??? i see a US flag

11:53 am

Angela

amongst other things cait, but I'm a firm believer that what comes around goes around.

11:53 am

Angela

I'm in NH

11:54 am

Scarlet

Stid, I just got so tired of being a Luddite... I went to the directions in the edit section of my account, and walked myself through it. I owe Dorens a big hug when I "see" her, because she told me I could do it. It was time! LOL

11:54 am

momof3boys

and they didn't lock him up?? i am shocked...

11:54 am

Angela

he has a myspace page with a pic of her on it that says she's his daughter and "words cannot express"...uh, yeah.

11:54 am

stidmama

good for you! and for Dorens. :-)

11:54 am

Angela

nope, can't get a straight story on why either.

11:54 am

momof3boys

that is staturtory rape

11:55 am

caitlyn

There is such low life around and they call them animals..animals dont behave that way

11:55 am

doxy1lover

I'm not surprised

11:55 am

momof3boys

he should be registered as a sex offender

11:55 am

Angela

He should be and hopefully we'll get to the bottom of why he hasn't been yet.

11:55 am

evanonut

g'day

11:55 am

momof3boys

i would have to put a bullet in his head..just for the sport of it.

11:55 am

Angela

Thankfully, it didn't get that far but far enough

11:55 am

Angela

Hey Nutty

11:56 am

momof3boys

i wish you and your family the best..that is a hard thing to go through

11:56 am

Angela

There is a line that has formed for that

11:56 am

caitlyn

Hi evan

11:56 am

stidmama

hello nut -- conversation's a bit intense at the moment... *feeling very helpless and sad*

11:56 am

momof3boys

i am sure ang...

11:56 am

momof3boys

sorry stid..we will lighten it up, ok?

11:56 am

evanonut

what? why? be not alone...i'm totally on edge

11:56 am

momof3boys

sssoooo...how about those METS?

11:57 am

caitlyn

Just dont talk about spiders again!!LOL

11:57 am

pen...

hi kittychan, Christy got you added before I did

11:57 am

Angela

sorry - didn't meant to start a heavy conversation

11:57 am

stidmama

LOL mom! no -- I recognize how important it is to talk about these things. They just make me a bit scared and nervous. Don't know why.

11:57 am

momof3boys

ok..maybe i should actually look for words in the grid, instead of yapping.

11:57 am

stidmama

hello pen -- kitty was on a little while ago..

11:57 am

doxy1lover

is there anyone from the Portland, Or

11:57 am

Angela

I have to run anyway. Thanks for letting me vent and good luck tomorrow Mom

11:58 am

stidmama

{{{Angela}}} be well.

11:58 am

momof3boys

ty ang....

11:58 am

doxy1lover

Portland OR area here. I may be relocating there in a few months

11:58 am

Angela

thanks - bye

11:58 am

doxy1lover

bye ange

11:58 am

Scarlet

So long, Angela... prayers and hugs.

11:58 am

momof3boys

stid..they are every mother's nightmare, that is why they make you nervous

11:58 am

caitlyn

Angela my prayers are with you and your family..take care

11:58 am

pen...

kittychan, I believe you know freyasings

11:59 am

evanonut

ok, on pedophiles lemme share this. i dated a wonderful guy in hs. people joked we would marry...now he is sitting in jail for 8 years for things that make me wanna puke.

11:59 am

Atalante

well doxy, I'll be visiting portland in 2 months LOL just looking up flights!

12:00 pm

stidmama

oh nut -- just shows we can't really know, can we?

12:00 pm

momof3boys

evan..close call.

12:00 pm

momof3boys

thankfully, you got away

12:00 pm

stidmama

Will you really Atalante? Wanna just trade cards then? I live only a bit north of there!

12:00 pm

evanonut

that's what i'm saying...they get away with it because they seem normal

12:00 pm

caitlyn

evan lets hope he stays there

12:00 pm

evanonut

he'll be out in about 2 years

12:00 pm

momof3boys

i NEVER EVER EVER would have guessed my ex would have turned out to be the loser he is, breaks my heart

12:00 pm

Atalante

where are you stidmama???!

12:01 pm

cybernan

The worst part is, the law seems to be more on the side of the perp than the victim

12:01 pm

The Great Leigh

Yay for Portland babblers! There are a bunch of us.

12:01 pm

stidmama

near olympia Washington, about 120 miles north of Portland

12:01 pm

caitlyn

Hi nan..I agree with you

12:01 pm

Atalante

oh wow!

12:02 pm

momof3boys

well, to be fair, he never physically abused the boys..but he sure does mentally...left them sitting on the stoop on their birthdays waiting for him and he never showed...

12:02 pm

momof3boys

among other things.

12:02 pm

Atalante

how far are you from Mt St H? I went there last year :)

12:02 pm

caitlyn

He doesnt deserve them mom

12:02 pm

stidmama

about 60 miles. Haven't been there in years, but I hear it has recovered nicely.

12:02 pm

cybernan

Just looked at your icon Atalante -- you really should feed that cat!

12:02 pm

stidmama

mom -- sounds like one of my grandfathers -- a real gem.

12:03 pm

momof3boys

you are right cait...and tomorrow, i will try to make sure, he doens't have any rights to them anymore.

12:03 pm

stidmama

that cat has POINTY teeth!

12:03 pm

Atalante

its a beautiful place, very starkly beautiful though. I'm thinking of flying into Seattle and driving down - for a bit of variation!

12:03 pm

caitlyn

Okay as resident bartender I think we all need a drink

12:03 pm

momof3boys

sad thing is, i was dating this guy, the boys loved and him them..then he needed "space"..the boys miss him.

12:03 pm

Atalante

lol doesn't she just! she looks so silly when she yawns!

12:04 pm

momof3boys

ok cait...colado's anyone??

12:04 pm

stidmama

ooh! that would be a bit of a drive after such a long flight, but if you wanted, we could meet up!

12:04 pm

pabtrek

the last re5/10 please

12:04 pm

momof3boys

anyone near NY??? love visitors!

12:04 pm

stidmama

I have three H 4 words... what is the last H please?

12:05 pm

caitlyn

pad to put grease onagain

12:05 pm

Atalante

long drive, yes, but shorter than hanging around in Atlanta / Chicago / Fort Worth for hours waiting for a connecting flight to Portland!

12:05 pm

pabtrek

thaks caitlyn, keep missing the obvious

12:05 pm

momof3boys

i still missed it LOL

12:05 pm

pabtrek

*thanks, even

12:05 pm

stidmama

icky -- I hear that! :-) well, let me know what you decide, would love to meet you in person!

12:05 pm

caitlyn

stid ho5/12

12:06 pm

pabtrek

stidmama, ho5/12 add a con. to the 4 before it

12:06 pm

stidmama

we might even pull off a Seattle or Portland gathering!

12:06 pm

stidmama

thanks caitlyn *looking*

12:06 pm

Atalante

wow yes! I'll certainly keep you in touch with my plans :)

12:06 pm

stidmama

got it. That was amazingly obvious... *facepalm*

12:07 pm

caitlyn

Ata is it cold enough for you?

12:07 pm

GoBraves

how many today?

12:07 pm

stidmama

143

12:08 pm

Atalante

oh don't cait! isnt it FREEZING!

12:08 pm

caitlyn

143 today

12:08 pm

Uneaixoise

love your icon, caitlyn!

12:08 pm

GoBraves

thanks all

12:08 pm

caitlyn

The snow is on its way

12:08 pm

GoBraves

tuff one

12:08 pm

momof3boys

braves??...ah..the enemy LOL

12:08 pm

caitlyn

Thanks Une

12:08 pm

stidmama

hello Uneaixoise!

12:08 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, stid!

12:09 pm

stidmama

I wanna play the icon game... brb

12:09 pm

evanonut

play the game stid

12:09 pm

evanonut

out do me

12:09 pm

GoBraves

the enemy will be good again this year momof

12:10 pm

puptone

Hey THEmonster! How ya doin?

12:10 pm

momof3boys

rocker used to kill me...

12:10 pm

momof3boys

lol

12:10 pm

caitlyn

Great icon evan!!

12:10 pm

momof3boys

mets better go all the way this year...last year was so anti-climatic!

12:10 pm

momof3boys

like....68...you do me, i will owe you LOL (sorry)

12:11 pm

GoBraves

the mets were by far the best team in the NL last year - a shame to watch all their pitchers get hurt near the end

12:11 pm

momof3boys

couldln't resist

12:11 pm

momof3boys

yeah, it was....reyes..wright...loduca...amazin
g

12:11 pm

GoBraves

sounds intriguing mom!

12:11 pm

momof3boys

i haven't followed off season..don't even know how we are doing in the pitching area...

12:12 pm

stidmama

okay, back with funny icon.

12:12 pm

GoBraves

hopefully pedro will be back, glavine will be back too

12:12 pm

stidmama

LOL nut! yours is better...

12:12 pm

caitlyn

LOL stid...It is so true!!

12:12 pm

momof3boys

the way we went down that last game...to watch the ball go by...ouch...

12:13 pm

momof3boys

i thought we had it clinched after ....omg..can't think of his name,...robbed that homerun over the fence

12:13 pm

cybernan

only have 33 left, but off for the list -- totaly stuck

12:13 pm

GoBraves

oh yeah - that was an unbelieveable catch, best I have ever seen

12:13 pm

momof3boys

that was a career making play for him.

12:14 pm

stidmama

I am down to 48, and not far behind, nan!

12:14 pm

momof3boys

i can't believe i can't think of his name...

12:14 pm

Atalante

36 left!

12:14 pm

momof3boys

this is going to annoy me...

12:15 pm

stidmama

three more words and I will have my hundred and will get the list. *frowning and staring at grid*

12:15 pm

GoBraves

anybody up for putting on some diapers, grabbing a mallet and some pepper spray, picking up a rubber hose, grabbing the wig and trenchcoat, and driving 900 miles?

12:15 pm

momof3boys

sure, why??

12:15 pm

caitlyn

0 left!!LOL

12:15 pm

momof3boys

oh..the military chick?

12:15 pm

doxy1lover

road trip!!!!

12:15 pm

GoBraves

seriously - that is the craziest thing of all time....wow

12:15 pm

torgone

Did that on my last vacation . .

12:16 pm

pabtrek

tr6/27 please

12:16 pm

EvaNadine

neat! one of the pictures i had taken for my BF is already being used on a DJs promo flier!
hah -- im a model and i didnt even really try to be!

12:16 pm

momof3boys

i just saw that yesterday..how do you throw away a career like that?

12:16 pm

GoBraves

lol torgone

12:16 pm

GoBraves

how do you throw away a whole life of accomplishment and integrity and motherhood like that?

12:16 pm

doxy1lover

clue for the ao5?

12:16 pm

caitlyn

tr6 a lovely dessert

12:17 pm

Atalante

how do you throw away going up into space like that!

12:17 pm

torgone

Follow your heart doxie . .That's what I always do . .

12:17 pm

momof3boys

seriously brave..no one is worth that.

12:17 pm

doxy1lover

thanks tor, was going the wrong way

12:17 pm

stidmama

YAY caitlyn!

12:17 pm

momof3boys

logically..if the guy was into her, then she needn't worry about any other woman..if he wasn't into her, then why throw away her career?

12:17 pm

GoBraves

yeah, really wierd - guy must have some kind of magic mojo going

12:18 pm

doxy1lover

brb, have to load some more laundry

12:18 pm

Vicuna

I don't think logic had much to do with it, momof3.

12:18 pm

momof3boys

obviously vic LOL

12:18 pm

momof3boys

was it chavez that made the catch brave?

12:18 pm

stidmama

but she wasn't being logical. I suspect she will get an evaluation and be found insane. She is too intelligent for it to have come from a normal thought process.

12:18 pm

GoBraves

agree with you vicuna...still, its a 900 mile drive...don't you think at some point you would say "OMG, what am I doing?"

12:19 pm

Vicuna

I'm sure it seemed like the right idea to her, or she wouldn't have done it!

12:19 pm

EvaNadine

logically, if youve been married for 19 years, maybe you shouldnt be trying to kidnap women over another man...

12:19 pm

GoBraves

yes, endy chavez momof

12:19 pm

cybernan

am 6? -- have the explosive

12:19 pm

momof3boys

dont get me started on the insanity thing.

12:19 pm

EvaNadine

i wonder if its gonna raise any red flags about NASA's evaluation process...

12:19 pm

momof3boys

wwwaaaayyyyy overused.

12:19 pm

Vicuna

Or what NASA training does to you...

12:20 pm

momof3boys

may be evan

12:20 pm

stidmama

explosive, nan? *looking*

12:20 pm

GoBraves

we don't really need wackos in something like NASA that is for sure...how about her poor kids?

12:20 pm

momof3boys

what about the wacko's that TEACH our children?

12:20 pm

momof3boys

then, sleep with them..

12:20 pm

momof3boys

and have babies with them>>>

12:20 pm

Vicuna

My children are being taught by great people!

12:21 pm

GoBraves

and 900 miles...ya gotta stop for gas at least twice...why the diapers? that is really wigged out

12:21 pm

Atalante

she probably isnt a "wacko". she was probably stressed and had a moment of completely illogicality

12:21 pm

momof3boys

brb..puppy peed on the floor...ugh

12:21 pm

GoBraves

a moment I can understand, but 900 miles has to take at least 12 or 13 hours....

12:21 pm

Atalante

moments can last a while

12:22 pm

pabtrek

is that a word Atalante

12:22 pm

Vicuna

Yeah, I've been having a bad hair moment for the past 4 years.

12:22 pm

Atalante

which one, pab??!

12:22 pm

momof3boys

my kids are being taught by good people too...but you never know..

12:22 pm

momof3boys

lol vic.

12:23 pm

stidmama

MOST people are not abusive or exploitive. MOST teachers are kind, professional people. MOST astronauts are intelligent, driven people who would never do anything to jeopardize their careers. But we don't hear about the good, kind, ambitious and normal folks!

12:23 pm

pabtrek

a little more help with the tr6 clue please, lovely dessert doesn't quite do it for me, i can think of too many and then i get sidetracked :)

12:23 pm

momof3boys

i think the insanity plea is abused

12:23 pm

stidmama

may I have an i word from the center tile?

12:23 pm

momof3boys

right on stid..they don't sell medie

12:23 pm

stidmama

pabtrek: that word also means "a piddling little amount"

12:23 pm

Atalante

I agree, mom, but it is also a very valid thing for some people

12:23 pm

LeslieS

a tiny word

12:23 pm

Vicuna

I know, momof, I only meant to point out that we must be careful not to forge tthat most teachers are doing a great job, and only a few are criminally messed up.

12:24 pm

caitlyn

pab dont tr...with my affections

12:24 pm

momof3boys

some people atal...

12:24 pm

pabtrek

thanks stidmama

12:24 pm

momof3boys

i know vic..and i agree..did you see the email about denzel???

12:24 pm

pabtrek

and caitlyn

12:24 pm

Vicuna

pab, tr6 - Don't tr6 with a woman's affectioN!

12:24 pm

Atalante

yes, but for them it is utterly valid

12:24 pm

pabtrek

that was a surprise last word

12:24 pm

pabtrek

wasn't expecting that

12:25 pm

momof3boys

that is why it upsets me, atal..the people that abuse it, ruin it for the people who are legit.

12:25 pm

Atalante

oh - yes. I agree totally

12:25 pm

stidmama

okay, got the io4, what is the other i from the center tile please?

12:25 pm

cybernan

there are a lot of endings that don't tell the truth today!

12:25 pm

momof3boys

my 3 y/o is ssssoooo friggin cute...i want to bite him

12:25 pm

stidmama

YAY pabtrek!

*~*~*~*FIREWORKS*~*~*~*

12:26 pm

pabtrek

thanks stidmama

12:26 pm

caitlyn

congrats stid!!!

12:26 pm

cybernan

congrats, pabtek

12:26 pm

stidmama

no -- fireworks for pabtrek, 44 left for stid!

12:26 pm

pabtrek

thanks cybernan

12:26 pm

Douglas

Well, I sat on a stump and I sat her on my lap
She said "Wait a minute bud you oughta see my pap
He's got a sixteen-gauge choked back like a *****
He don't like a man that's a goin' to ******

12:27 pm

caitlyn

Congats pab!!

12:27 pm

momof3boys

what doug??? LOL

12:27 pm

pabtrek

thanks caitlyn

12:27 pm

Vicuna

momof3, email about denzel? Are we talking Washington? Are we talking sent to me? I didn't know Denzel and I were that close! lol, no idea what you're talking about, so I guess the answer to your question is "No."

12:27 pm

Douglas

Yay pabtrek

12:27 pm

stidmama

ROFL douglas! two words with one rhyme! well done!

12:27 pm

Douglas

It's a verse from "Shotgun Boogie" by Tennessee Ernie Ford

12:28 pm

momof3boys

vic...getting to the fact that good deeds don't get publicized...he financed a hospital for the military...

12:28 pm

momof3boys

the email told about it and had pics with soliders.

12:28 pm

stidmama

I am just in awe of folks like you douglas who can remember things like that. I am SO not a "verbatim" or rote memorization type gal!

12:28 pm

momof3boys

didn't see it in the papers or on the news, though

12:28 pm

Vicuna

Ahh. Okay. Now I get it! :)

12:29 pm

momof3boys

never heard the verse doug...sorry

12:29 pm

caitlyn

Time for me to get some supper ready...as we are going to be snowed in tomorrow i hope the grid is bigger than todays!!(Sorry )

12:29 pm

Douglas

I would be surprised if you had heard the song...it came out in the 50's...

12:30 pm

momof3boys

i am a country fan...but not that far back...

12:30 pm

kthdsn

Hi everyone

12:30 pm

stidmama

caitlyn -- hope you have everything you need so you don't have to go out in the snow... stay warm!

12:30 pm

kthdsn

check out the new flag!

12:30 pm

momof3boys

i am a big 50's fan..love elvis...beatles..tom jones.. andy williams

12:30 pm

stidmama

I like Tennessee Ernie Ford, my mother had some records when I was a kid. He had the nicest deep voice!

12:31 pm

stidmama

{{{{{{{KATE!!!!!}}}}}}} you're home!

12:31 pm

kthdsn

I got here at last!

12:31 pm

doxy1lover

kth, welcome back

12:31 pm

momof3boys

a little before my time, but my dad had a big influence...

12:31 pm

Atalante

kate!!

12:31 pm

Ping

hi all

12:31 pm

stidmama

so glad you made it. How are the girls doing? how are you?

12:31 pm

stidmama

hello Ping!

12:32 pm

Ping

hi stid!

12:32 pm

kthdsn

it's ****ing freezing here and I feel like I'm on another planet, but things are going alright, the money is finally in my bank account so I'm starting to build my new life

12:32 pm

stidmama

(still need another I from the center before I can grab the list...) I have the io4... what is the other?

12:32 pm

stidmama

good for you kate. I know it's been really cold back there.

12:33 pm

Douglas

There was a clue in a NYT crossword that said "'Sixteen Tons' singer's workplace." There were lots of people who were not familiar with that song visiting Crossword Bebop, so I played a Tennessee Ernie Ford song, but I thought everyone knew "Sixteen Tons," so I played "Shotgun Boogie"

12:33 pm

cybernan

lo 4 ? (the monkeys quit) -- have bread, and 2 that differ only in the last letter -- missing?

12:33 pm

momof3boys

gotta go..my little man is sweet talking me into cuddling with him...an offer i can't refuse.

12:33 pm

momof3boys

gl all...bbl

12:33 pm

kthdsn

and I had to have Bon Jovi back to help me feel more at home lol

12:34 pm

cybernan

stid -- io x1 and il x3

12:34 pm

stidmama

later mom! have a beautiful day.

12:34 pm

stidmama

thanks nan! *looking*

12:35 pm

Ping

hi/bye momo

12:35 pm

cybernan

nm -- monkeys woke up

12:36 pm

stidmama

ha. got my hundred, thanks nan. Now to grab the list and take a little break. see you all later. :-)

12:36 pm

Uneaixoise

kate, so glad you made it OK!

12:36 pm

Ping

go stid!

12:37 pm

kthdsn

ty une :D

12:37 pm

kthdsn

I'm missing babble quite a lot, when I get settled in my own place I'll be back on more often

12:38 pm

Douglas

ubiquitous little bit...

12:38 pm

Ping

bbl - it's my lunch break - back to work

12:40 pm

Douglas

As Marvin the paranoid android would say..."Don't talk to me about ****"

12:41 pm

cybernan

or 4? -- have spoken

12:42 pm

cybernan

Hi Kate -- welcome to Canada!!!!

12:42 pm

Vicuna

or4 - heraldry term, or + live and --t live

12:42 pm

kthdsn

ty nan

12:43 pm

cybernan

ty vicuna -- must have tried everything else!

12:44 pm

Vicuna

Those 4 letter words can be such little pests.

12:44 pm

doxy1lover

ca6/24?

12:45 pm

Vicuna

ca6/24 - ca + post a letter

12:45 pm

cybernan

ca + what you find in the post box

12:45 pm

doxy1lover

thanks vic.

12:45 pm

doxy1lover

thought I had tried that one once before, guess not

12:45 pm

Vicuna

Probably you did and the computer is taunting you.

12:46 pm

ursh

Hello all - back to find 37 - Hello Kate - welcome back hope all goes well for you and the girls

12:46 pm

kthdsn

thanks ursh

12:46 pm

Atalante

go away or I will taunt you another time

12:47 pm

doxy1lover

that could be very true vic

12:47 pm

kthdsn

I'd better go before I start the grid, I have so much to sort out

12:48 pm

doxy1lover

hang in there kth, know that we care for you

12:48 pm

jean1953

good evening everybody, popping in and out of grid as am at work:)

12:49 pm

kthdsn

ty doxy, bye all :D

12:49 pm

cybernan

bye, Kate -- good luck! --- Have you found a job?

12:49 pm

redshoes

helloooooo

12:50 pm

kthdsn

no not yet nan, I'm looking for a home first lol

12:51 pm

Judi

Afternoon. Hi, Kate! Welcome to the other side of the pond!

12:53 pm

cybernan

re 6, please?

12:54 pm

Strider

re + inter ****

12:55 pm

Denny

evening everyone - back for another quick spurt - nice to see you back Kate

12:55 pm

ursh

ok the oo has me beat please clue

12:55 pm

cybernan

sorry strider, not getting it from that

12:56 pm

Strider

nan - it's a latin term that means among other things

12:57 pm

cybernan

there is no co

12:57 pm

cybernan

no idea, strider

12:57 pm

Strider

oo + anagram of second ra 4/4 - it's a really weird word

12:57 pm

ursh

no cybernan OO

12:58 pm

M.P.

Back everybody

12:58 pm

rolin

nan...re4/4 + 2 vowels

12:58 pm

cybernan

lol, ursh --- no wonder I'm having problems -- can't see!

12:59 pm

Strider

re 6/18 = it's been re** nice knowing you + spanish aunt t**

12:59 pm

ursh

was'nt shouting just enlarging!!

12:59 pm

cybernan

thank you, rolin

1:02 pm

redshoes

gosh, today's is kind of hard, huh?

1:03 pm

ursh

tx strider monkeyed the oo with help of your clue

1:05 pm

M.P.

Yessssss!!!!!

1:05 pm

Anniebrook

hi, im back again

1:05 pm

Anniebrook

I have the 7's but need a clue for the am 8, please

1:05 pm

hannah lou

F*I*R*E*W*OP*R*K*S* for me

1:06 pm

Anniebrook

congrats, hannah

1:06 pm

doxy1lover

yay for hannah

1:06 pm

Strider

am 8 - french friend plus homonym of annoying people on babble

1:06 pm

jean1953

congratulations hannah:)

1:06 pm

M.P.

yay for hannah lou

1:06 pm

hannah lou

thanx all

1:06 pm

jean1953

hello anniebrook:)

1:06 pm

hannah lou

happy babnling

1:06 pm

hannah lou

byebye

1:06 pm

M.P.

Sing hip, hip, horay for hannah lou!

1:06 pm

M.P.

What'

1:06 pm

ursh

or6/18 please

1:06 pm

M.P.

I think you mean "babbling"

1:06 pm

M.P.

Bye

1:07 pm

hannah lou

yea lol

1:07 pm

Judi

Ursh: or6 is a colorful bird

1:07 pm

ursh

tx judi

1:07 pm

Anniebrook

Strider, got it, thanks to you

1:08 pm

Anniebrook

hi jean

1:08 pm

M.P.

Which "r"? Can you say that, Judi, or is that too much of a clue? (I

1:09 pm

M.P.

am working on it, too)

1:11 pm

M.P.

Is there a sight in "Friends of Babble" that tells you stuff like which of the "r"'s or "o"'s words start with, or how long they are?

1:12 pm

doxy1lover

go down to licketysplits clues

1:12 pm

doxy1lover

Lickety's babble clues

1:12 pm

Anniebrook

MP --scroll down and click on licketys babble clues

1:12 pm

M.P.

K - yeah, forgot it did that. Thanks for reminder!

1:13 pm

doxy1lover

will bbl. need to get something done today

1:15 pm

cybernan

Fireworks, here ! -- last word an am 6 zoological term that i thought was a proper noun for a ra4/4way line!

1:15 pm

Anniebrook

congrats, nan!

1:17 pm

iesha

thats me finished

1:17 pm

iesha

beybey all

1:18 pm

Judi

Jeez Louise, those Z's are a pill.

1:19 pm

cybernan

congrats iesha

1:20 pm

redshoes

not even half way and I have to open lickety! oy.

1:23 pm

Bloodaxe

can i make a suggestion for a theme day?

1:25 pm

Atalante

of course, but babbler needs the suggestions really so she can add it to her list

1:25 pm

cybernan

sure blood -- anyone can! -- just hope babbler sees it!

1:26 pm

Bloodaxe

sorry...my computer is "refreshing" right now...I'm experiencing a serious lag right now...

1:26 pm

Bloodaxe

playbabble must take up some serious bandwidth.

1:26 pm

cybernan

I have a couple myself, but don't often see babbler on line and her email didn't work

1:27 pm

cybernan

anyone want a clue before I leave?

1:27 pm

Bloodaxe

yes cyber...now about the tr6/27?

1:28 pm

cybernan

tr 6/27: a lovely desert made with cake, fruit and rum: alt. def. is to fool around with someone's affections

1:29 pm

Atalante

mmmmmm tr6/27 is so lovley

1:29 pm

cybernan

*dessert*

1:29 pm

Atalante

and I can't type

1:30 pm

cybernan

lol -- that makes two of us Atalante

1:30 pm

Atalante

are there any G6s, nan?

1:31 pm

Atalante

and F6s?

1:31 pm

cybernan

no -- gr 4 x4 and 5 x2

1:31 pm

cybernan

fo 6/27

1:32 pm

Atalante

ty :)

1:33 pm

EvaNadine

just cyber + ata hanging around right now...?

1:33 pm

cybernan

I've finished and am on my way, unless you want a clue eva

1:33 pm

Atalante

wahhhh no-one loves us

1:33 pm

periwinkle

I am back from my P.T. appt.

1:34 pm

EvaNadine

still have 48 left to find and only an hour left to find them in...no worries cyber, but thanks for the offer. :)

1:34 pm

cybernan

ok -- see you at the flip, then :)

1:35 pm

ursh

ra6 please cybernan

1:35 pm

Atalante

byeeee!

1:35 pm

cybernan

ra 6: male sheep + what the farmer does to prepare his field

1:36 pm

ursh

i cant get to hoe from the m

1:36 pm

cybernan

not hoe, ursh

1:36 pm

ursh

lol cy

1:37 pm

ursh

tx cybernan found it

1:37 pm

cybernan

bye all :)

1:41 pm

Chip

Happy soon birthday Evanadine

1:41 pm

periwinkle

ca6/24 please

1:41 pm

M.P.

Clue on ae4,4 anyone? The first on the list?

1:42 pm

M.P.

(they are the same)

1:42 pm

Chip

MP - think about a type of dynamics that will tell you how well something flies

1:42 pm

M.P.

Never mind, got it!

1:43 pm

peep

ae+what you do with ores, withoth the last letter

1:43 pm

M.P.

Thanks, Chip, got it a second before

1:43 pm

M.P.

and peep, same deal. But thanks.

1:44 pm

ursh

Fireworks - tx all for great clues cu at the flip

1:44 pm

periwinkle

doesn't anyone have the ca6/24

1:45 pm

Haz1558

ca plus what the postman brings for you to read

1:45 pm

Chip

sorry Periwinkle, haven't found it yet

1:45 pm

periwinkle

NM

1:46 pm

periwinkle

thaks Haz found it before your clue

1:46 pm

Chip

thanks HAZ

1:46 pm

Ishbalin

MILF

1:46 pm

Haz1558

In the words of the old Tom Jones song 'It's not unusual' Peri!

1:47 pm

Ishbalin

lol sorry I just love American Pie and lol I got the word

1:47 pm

periwinkle

:-)

1:48 pm

M.P.

Well, all babbled out. Bye have had a wonderful time. : )

1:49 pm

Haz1558

Bye M P

1:49 pm

Atalante

I really am trying not to get the list but its hard ...

1:50 pm

Haz1558

It's not an easy grid today, you nearly got run over yesterday, you had a hangover this morning. Don't you deserve to be nice to yourself?

1:51 pm

Atalante

not when I only have 11 left LOL

1:51 pm

Haz1558

Ah well, there is that. But they could be 11 unheard of, impossible to guess at words...

1:52 pm

periwinkle

need to take break bbl

1:52 pm

Atalante

I'm sure they are!

1:52 pm

klaurel

morning! :)

1:53 pm

Haz1558

Good morning klaurel.

1:53 pm

Chip

Morning - fan of Adam Baldwin are we?

1:53 pm

Atalante

you could maybe help me though by telling me how many L, M and A 6s there are .... please?

1:53 pm

Haz1558

3 a6 words

1:54 pm

Atalante

*groan* there would be!

1:54 pm

klaurel

Yes, Chip, I would gladly take him to my bed. . . :)

1:54 pm

EvaNadine

dang, i have AM6x2

1:54 pm

Haz1558

One lazy shoe lo6

1:54 pm

Haz1558

A single ma6/21

1:55 pm

Atalante

ty! I'm missing an A6 then. Yuk

1:55 pm

Chip

I'll be sure to let him know if I see him

1:56 pm

EvaNadine

haz -- is my missing A6 another Am6?

1:56 pm

Haz1558

One a6 is familiar territory for babble, the other two are new to me.

1:56 pm

Atalante

aha monkeyed it :)

1:56 pm

Haz1558

am6/21, am6/24

1:56 pm

klaurel

You do that, Chip! :)

1:56 pm

klaurel

Sitting here watching Cinderella III

1:56 pm

EvaNadine

i have those -- i was asking about the 3rd A6

1:57 pm

Haz1558

at6/18 is the other a6

1:58 pm

torgone

clue?

1:59 pm

Haz1558

It's descriptive of at5/10 - the plural heart chamber?

1:59 pm

EvaNadine

torgone -- if you go to the courthouse, you may witness a t****

2:00 pm

torgone

I guess . .Now how about that clue????

jk
Got it-Thanks!

2:02 pm

torgone

Now . .that am6/24?

2:02 pm

Atalante

7!

2:02 pm

Haz1558

am6/24 resembles in structure and sound the US railway company.

2:02 pm

StephieC

am - think of a r***road train

2:03 pm

StephieC

toil

2:03 pm

StephieC

oops!!

2:04 pm

torgone

You're a dear, Haz . .

2:05 pm

Haz1558

Thank you, torgone. I was one of the girls fighting over you - do I go to the top of the list now?

2:06 pm

torgone

Of course . .

2:06 pm

Atalante

dont tell hurshy that!!

2:06 pm

Haz1558

Feeling very triumpant.....

2:06 pm

klaurel

ouch! Anyone gonna kiss my boo-boo? I was doing so well and then I hit a brick wall :(

2:06 pm

torgone

She's not talking to me . .

2:06 pm

Haz1558

triumphant - so elated I can't spell any more!

2:07 pm

torgone

MEMEMEME!!!
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxXXXXXXXXXXX

2:07 pm

Atalante

hurshy isnt? what did you do to her!

2:07 pm

Haz1558

She's giving you the cold shoulder? Some females are so fickle.

2:07 pm

Atalante

3!

2:08 pm

Haz1558

Come on Atalante, three more pushes......

2:08 pm

Atalante

getting there! trying!

2:08 pm

Haz1558

Which is roughly what they were saying to me 20 years ago today - it's my daughter's birthday.

2:09 pm

Atalante

LOL!

2:09 pm

FMitch

Evening/Morning :)

2:09 pm

Atalante

2!

2:09 pm

Haz1558

Hello FMitch - just in time to cheer Atalante to the finish post.

2:10 pm

FMitch

WTG Ata 14 left here

2:10 pm

Haz1558

Oh, it's exciting - will FMitch pip Atalante at the post???

2:11 pm

Atalante

probably!

2:11 pm

FMitch

Definately not Ata has the finish line in sight, Im struggling!

2:11 pm

Atalante

so am i!

2:12 pm

Haz1558

Of course I finished HOURS and HOURS ago, but don't let that get you down.

2:12 pm

Bloodaxe

hello. me again.
can i get a different clue for the tr6 please....

2:12 pm

kazzar

Evening Peeps, I'm a new North Easterner - any tips for the Z words - I am sooooo stuck :-(

2:12 pm

redshoes

"raca" should be a word. In the Bible it says that people aren't supposed to say "raca" to each other because it's a sort of expletive like "you fool!" still, if we can have french poop... I think we should be able to have Jewish fools...

2:13 pm

Atalante

Madame Listy Haz! :)

2:13 pm

redshoes

although, that could be with 2 c's... nm

2:13 pm

FMitch

*muttering about smart alecs under my breath*

2:13 pm

Haz1558

tr6 - put a t before a weapon to find a dessert that will play with your affections.

2:13 pm

Bloodaxe

OH YEA!!!!

2:14 pm

Bloodaxe

thanks haz!

2:14 pm

Haz1558

It's reverse psychology! Get them mad, and inspire them to new heights.....

2:14 pm

kazzar

groil

2:15 pm

Atalante

how many A5s are there?

2:15 pm

Haz1558

zo4 - add a vowel to a girl's name. Then make it descriptive for zo5. The resulting word will be zo plus a rearranged type of alcohol.

2:15 pm

torgone

My uncle used to do that . .It worked but I wanted to punch his fat face ..

2:15 pm

FMitch

Hi Blood what was the icon theme that you wanted to suggest earlier

2:15 pm

Haz1558

3 a5 words

2:15 pm

kazzar

thanx Haz - I'm working on them...

2:15 pm

Atalante

hmmmmm

2:16 pm

Haz1558

Thank goodness I'm at a safe distance from FMitch and Atalante then! I finished hours ago but only because I used the list and all available resources....

2:16 pm

AsGreen

hey all! I'm NOT babbling today (trying to go cold turkey - lol) just came on to remind you about Oprah!!

2:16 pm

Atalante

I hate Ts. I'm missing a T5

2:16 pm

Bloodaxe

oh gee...i forgot all about that already FM.
um...oh yea, my theme is "Things that do NOT go with Nutella"

2:16 pm

FMitch

6

2:17 pm

FMitch

LOL Blood

2:18 pm

Haz1558

White clothes don't go with Nutella.

2:18 pm

redshoes

blood... sad to say, almond butter does not go very well with nutella... it totally should, but alas, doesn't really. just fyi

2:18 pm

Bloodaxe

haha..that's right haz.

2:18 pm

torgone

OMG - I heard a great story involving nutella this morning . .too long for here though . .

2:18 pm

SkiBum

trial

2:18 pm

redshoes

oh Gone, you like to string us along, don't you?

2:19 pm

Bloodaxe

well i thought of it because i had just discovered that Nutella and french bread don't go too well together either.

2:19 pm

torgone

It's a tad gross . . .something to do with taking **samples**

2:19 pm

klaurel

fireworks

2:19 pm

Haz1558

You surprise me, Bloodaxe, I thought it would.

2:19 pm

redshoes

gosh, I so don't want to know. thanks for keeping it to yourself!

2:19 pm

redshoes

congrats Klaurel!

2:20 pm

FMitch

Yea red I'll pass on that one too

2:20 pm

ren8

evening all

2:20 pm

Bloodaxe

i thought it would too Haz...imagine my disappointment.
hello ren

2:20 pm

Bloodaxe

i thought it would too Haz...imagine my disappointment.

2:20 pm

Haz1558

Says FMitch who disgraced herself yesterday.

2:20 pm

klaurel

anyone need a clue before I head out? have to get my son from school and take him to teh doctor

2:20 pm

Atalante

1!

2:20 pm

redshoes

za clue kl?

2:21 pm

ren8

Hi Blood

2:21 pm

Bloodaxe

cheers klaurel

2:21 pm

Haz1558

Hi ren - and congratulations klaurel.

2:21 pm

klaurel

ZA + Princess Renaldi from Princess Diaries

2:22 pm

ren8

Hello Haz, is it cold enough for you

2:22 pm

FMitch

I didn't - it was just a very unfortunate typo honestly!!!

2:22 pm

Haz1558

We'll believe you this time!

2:22 pm

redshoes

thanks kl.

2:22 pm

klaurel

:P to you ren! Dang its toooooo cold

2:23 pm

Haz1558

ren - it's REALLY cold! There's snow forecast as well which I hate....

2:23 pm

klaurel

and how cold is it Haz? I probably got you beat

2:24 pm

Haz1558

Oh I'm sure you have - we're wimps over here.

2:24 pm

klaurel

We currently have a FIVE day high of 7 degrees, -8 if you count windchill and we had 5 inches of snow yesterday

2:24 pm

ren8

Hi Klaurel. HazI don't think it will snow, I think they are covering their backs after the load of snow we got 2 weeks ago and they did not forecast it

2:24 pm

klaurel

Yesterday I sent my child to school in -10 with a -31 windchill

2:25 pm

Bloodaxe

time for some homework..bbl.

2:25 pm

klaurel

enjoy,. blood

2:25 pm

ren8

Bye Blood

2:25 pm

klaurel

okay, anyone need another clue before I take off?

2:25 pm

ypsigirl

help on the z's pls?

2:25 pm

FMitch

Well I hope you are right ren8 as you are the next county south to me (Berks)

2:26 pm

Aloyisius

dirty dozen left.. hi everyone.

2:26 pm

klaurel

za + Princess *** Renaldi

2:26 pm

Haz1558

Bye Bloodaxe - glad to see you're taking your studies seriously.

2:26 pm

klaurel

ZO + the first two vowels

2:26 pm

Haz1558

Hello Aloy.

2:26 pm

ypsigirl

I did not see princess diaries sorry

2:26 pm

klaurel

ZO 4 + but add a letter to make it sound like a slippery fish

2:26 pm

FMitch

Hey Aloy, hows things with you?

2:27 pm

ren8

FMitch believe me, they are just preparing us for the worst. I admire the Americans before they have far worse winters than us and they just get on with it, we grind to a halt

2:27 pm

klaurel

ZA + Mama ***

2:27 pm

ypsigirl

thanks klaurel!

2:27 pm

Atalante

I can't find this last word! ARGH!

2:27 pm

ren8

Hello Aloy

2:27 pm

Haz1558

Deep cleansing breaths, Atalante.....

2:27 pm

klaurel

whoops, ZO + first two vowels, not in order

2:28 pm

klaurel

which is it, ATA?

2:28 pm

Haz1558

What is it?

2:28 pm

Aloyisius

Hi Haz and FM: very very sad day; we lost our 12 yr old Lab early this morning. Sorry to cloud the chat box, but .. :-(

2:28 pm

ypsigirl

have to run and pick up my son from kindergarten- bbl!

2:28 pm

klaurel

oh, not ALL Americans, ren, just those of us up north with nasty winters. The Southerners stop when there is a flurry

2:28 pm

Atalante

oh no :(:(:(

2:28 pm

Haz1558

Oh dear, Aloy - I knew the dog was ill. That's sad.

2:28 pm

klaurel

sorry, aloy! :(

2:28 pm

klaurel

and now, time to go get MY sone from school

2:28 pm

klaurel

ttyl

2:28 pm

ren8

Bye ypsigirl

2:29 pm

Haz1558

Bye klaurel.

2:29 pm

FMitch

Oh Aloy, so sad to hear that, at least there is no more pain.

2:30 pm

FMitch

(((Aloy)))

2:30 pm

ren8

I forget America is such a big country, don't mean to tarr you all with the same brush Klaurel

2:30 pm

Aloyisius

yes.. and if there is a doggie heaven, he is there, romping once again.:-(

2:31 pm

redshoes

((((Aloy))))

2:32 pm

Aloyisius

ty all for your kind support... babble is a nice respite, so let's babble on!

2:35 pm

Wyrd

aloy, had to put our 16 year old chow down last week, know how you must feel, very sorry

2:36 pm

shorty

aww Aloy Im so sorry

2:36 pm

torgone

62/17 and sunny here, ren8 ..

2:37 pm

redshoes

you're mean torgone!

2:37 pm

ren8

lucky you torgone, we cannot really moan here as we have not really had a cold winter until now

2:37 pm

Aloyisius

Wyrd, I'm sorry for your loss, too.. :-(

2:37 pm

Wyrd

thanks Aloy, it definitely ruined our day, thats for sure

2:38 pm

Ishbalin

lear

2:39 pm

Atalante

are there any *really* weird T5s?

2:39 pm

Ishbalin

I"M SOOOOOO SORRY

2:39 pm

Ishbalin

DIdn't mean that guys and gals

2:39 pm

Aloyisius

50 lashes with a wet noodle, ishbalin..

2:39 pm

Haz1558

Atalante - there are two tr5 words, one entirely normal, the other exactly the same except for the last vowel. Does that ring any bells?

2:40 pm

Ishbalin

WOWOW Aloy come on

2:40 pm

Ishbalin

1850's

2:40 pm

JFB

So sorry to hear the news from Aloy and Wyrd. It's tough

2:40 pm

Aloyisius

Atalante, I think the one you need sounds like a cough syrup

2:41 pm

redshoes

you know, 26 left and I'm just not feelin' it. my brain is definitely broken today.

2:41 pm

Atalante

got those .... and a chemical tr 5/10

2:41 pm

Aloyisius

ty, JFB..

2:41 pm

Scarlet

Oh, Aloy and Wyrd... so sad to lose such good friends... I am deeply sorry for you and your families.

2:41 pm

Haz1558

The only other really weird tr5 starts off with three, and has an ending associated with a Milanese football team (tr5/12

2:41 pm

MVA

so sorry aloy and wyrd

2:41 pm

MVA

hi all and jfb

2:42 pm

Aloyisius

yes, Haz... that is the one that reminds me of the cough syrup

2:42 pm

JFB

Hi MVA

2:42 pm

ren8

Hello MVA

2:42 pm

Haz1558

American cough syrups must be different!

2:42 pm

MVA

day off jfb? hi ren8

2:42 pm

redshoes

darn me for not liking cough syrup!

2:43 pm

Aloyisius

ty, scarlet and MVA and JFB..

2:43 pm

JFB

Day off today and tomorrow

2:43 pm

Haz1558

Atalante - not weird, but do you have the dressmaker's try out? to5/10

2:43 pm

Aloyisius

hack, hack, rhyming clue

2:44 pm

Atalante

*pounces* no! I dont!

2:44 pm

MVA

if it snows we may have the day off too, but only 1-2 inches forecast

2:44 pm

Haz1558

It comes half-way between the work and the worker...

2:44 pm

inge

hello Babblers, I need but four more words, but need to comment on the weather stuff first. WE northerners may complain about the cold etc. but I wouldnt want to live without snow. When all is covered in white and peaceful there is total bliss.

2:44 pm

FMitch

Fireworks finally!!

2:44 pm

Atalante

oh PFFFFFFFF!

2:44 pm

Atalante

ty!

2:45 pm

Scarlet

One daughter lives near Syracuse, NY, and they are battling more than four and a half feet of snow.

2:45 pm

Haz1558

Well done! A photo finish I think!!

2:45 pm

MVA

yay fmitch!

2:45 pm

inge

Secondly, we should take up torgone on his "invitation" and have an international babbler convention in San Diego to enjoy his weather

2:45 pm

redshoes

man... I am so out of it today! *stares off in the distance in a foggy haze having nothing to do with the weather*

2:45 pm

JFB

After threatening us with snow it looks like all we'll get is rain. As usual!

2:45 pm

redshoes

yay FMitch!

2:45 pm

Scarlet

WTG, FMitch!

2:45 pm

Aloyisius

yay, wahoo, FMitch!!!

2:45 pm

JFB

wtg finishers

2:46 pm

ren8

well done FMitch

2:46 pm

FMitch

congrats Ata
Hi MVA
Thanks guys, must go and get a cup of tea back in a mo

2:46 pm

Scarlet

Congrats, Atalante. I didn't know you had finished!

2:47 pm

JFB

What a god idea. I'll do the same FMitch!

2:47 pm

Atalante

just! and just about listless though not clueless!

2:47 pm

Aloyisius

congrats to Atalante, too!!!

2:47 pm

redshoes

yay Ata!

2:47 pm

Haz1558

Well done Atalante!

2:47 pm

ren8

congrats Ata

2:47 pm

MVA

congrats atalante!

2:47 pm

Scarlet

LOL, Ata...never!

2:48 pm

Atalante

some weird weird words today

2:49 pm

Haz1558

You're right, there.

2:49 pm

Scarlet

Is that yawning cat your baby, Ata? What a shot! LOL

2:49 pm

Atalante

yes, she is :) she always looks so silly when she yawns!

2:49 pm

Scarlet

Hilarious. I love cats, and mine runs the house.

2:50 pm

Atalante

mine tries to ...

2:51 pm

Scarlet

Mine is from the FBI... the Feline Bureau of Instigation

2:51 pm

redshoes

too many phantom words today. CAn't focus on the real ones. later kids.

2:51 pm

Haz1558

Bye redshoes!

2:51 pm

Scarlet

See you, redshoes

2:51 pm

Aloyisius

bye, redshoes.. fresh eyes do help!

2:52 pm

MVA

bye redshoes

2:53 pm

Atalante

mine tries to run the household, then gets squashed when my spaniel flops on hers. then she retreats for a while to restore her dignity

2:53 pm

ren8

Bye Redshoes

2:53 pm

Scarlet

My phantom has been a Babbler: Lizmac. We have talked of getting a dog from the rescue shelter, but not yet... maybe in the summer.

2:54 pm

inge

Down to 2. I am so frustrated I poured coffee into my pencilsharpener thinking it was my cup. Now that I have cleaned up, can I gt help with re 5/10? I have the one that rekindles

2:54 pm

Haz1558

Lubricate again, inge, re5/10

2:54 pm

Scarlet

Lubricate, again

2:55 pm

GingerUK

Hello everyone!

2:55 pm

Scarlet

Hi, GingerUK!

2:55 pm

FMitch

Ata, one of my fav pics of Hobbit is her sitting the basket on the back seat of the car - love it.

2:55 pm

inge

Thanks Scralet, adn Haz, I typed it in even though I still dont see it.

2:55 pm

Haz1558

Hello Ginger - long time since I last spoke to you.

2:55 pm

FMitch

Hey Ginger long time no see, how are you?

2:56 pm

ren8

Evening Ginger

2:56 pm

MVA

hi ginger

2:56 pm

GingerUK

Hi Haz... isn't it funny how life has a habit of taking over!

2:56 pm

Haz1558

You let life take over babble? Brave woman! How have you been?

2:56 pm

Scarlet

I have a photo of my very large tiger cat crouched in a laundry basket with the sun shining on her whiskers... heart-melting.

2:57 pm

GingerUK

I'm doing ok thanks.... it has been a while but I found my way back! How are you both (Haz and FMitch)?

2:58 pm

Haz1558

I'm well - still on maternity leave 23 years after the happy event...

2:58 pm

Scarlet

inge: it starts with the right, lower "r", over, up, and over and down.

2:59 pm

GingerUK

LOLOL me too 25 years after but in that time I repeated the thing another 5 times!!!!

2:59 pm

ren8

Haz I like that reply, I wish I could still be on maternity leave

2:59 pm

FMitch

Can you put it up as an icon sometime Scarlet.

Dong fine thanks Ginger not babbling as much as I would like as work does rear it's ugly head from time to time lol

3:00 pm

Haz1558

I only managed two in that time, you're obviously much more productive, Ginger! I'm happy dabbling in things at home and in the surgery a bit.

3:00 pm

FMitch

Haz is it my namesakes birthday?

3:00 pm

Scarlet

I'd like to, FMitch. Can I get it done on disk at the photo processor? Someone with more computer savvy will have to help with it.

3:00 pm

Haz1558

Yes, it is. She is 20 today. I no longer have teenagers...

3:01 pm

Scarlet

Haz, happy birthday to your daughter!

3:01 pm

MVA

happy birthday to your daughter haz!

3:01 pm

GingerUK

a little too productive but I wouldn't swat.... cept when they interfere with my PC time!! Oldest is 25 in may youngest is 6

3:02 pm

Haz1558

Thank you - I was speaking to her earlier today (she's at university in Edinburgh) and she was trying to come to terms with being so old! Give me a minute and I'll put up a picture..

3:02 pm

Scarlet

Wonderful!

3:04 pm

stidmama

HAz named her youngest girl "Mitch"? *grin* happy birthday Haz!

3:04 pm

stidmama

I am back...

3:04 pm

MVA

got to go now, see you tomorrow!

3:04 pm

FMitch

20 that does seem a very long time ago
lol stidmama

3:04 pm

ren8

Hello Stid and Bye MVA

3:04 pm

GingerUK

bye MVA

3:04 pm

stidmama

bye MVA!

3:05 pm

inge

hi stidmama, just got my fireworks!!!

3:05 pm

Aloyisius

bye, MVA..

3:05 pm

Haz1558

Back again - hope the picture's worked!

3:05 pm

Aloyisius

and congrats to Inge.. yay!!!

3:05 pm

ren8

Well done Inge

3:06 pm

stidmama

YAY inge!

3:06 pm

GingerUK

it's worked Haz!

3:06 pm

inge

yes, very pretty girl, Haz

3:06 pm

FMitch

Night MVA and congrats inge

Scarlet if you get the pic put onto a CD you should transfer a copy onto your PC

3:06 pm

GingerUK

toil

3:06 pm

stidmama

she is lovely! looks like you, I think. well -- younger, obviously!

3:06 pm

GingerUK

sorry!!!!!!!

3:06 pm

ren8

what a lovely looking girl you have there Haz

3:07 pm

inge

I enjoyed the latest chapter stid, I check daily so I dont miss anything

3:07 pm

Haz1558

She's the entertainer in the family - a very droll sense of humour.

3:07 pm

Scarlet

Congratulations, inge! Haz, Fiona is beautiful! thanks, FMitch, I'll try it.

3:07 pm

Aloyisius

beautiful name, too, Haz..

3:07 pm

FMitch

Lovely pic Haz, obviously takes after her mother :))

3:08 pm

torgone

She has a wry smile . .

3:08 pm

stidmama

thanks inge -- I will be more consistent now I hope. Though things are just "hopping" around here constantly!

3:08 pm

Haz1558

Looking at her just makes me wish she was here.... She resembles me but is MUCH better looking!

3:08 pm

inge

maybe you should get an isolation booth for writing

3:10 pm

inge

Working the Galway concert tonight. Worked the rehearsal this morning. I think the flute is my favorite instriment

3:10 pm

stidmama

{{{Haz}}} hard to watch our kids go on their own paths, isn't it? I have trouble just when one of them has an after-school activity without me!

3:10 pm

inge

*instrument

3:10 pm

Scarlet

Oh, you lucky creature! James Galway...ooooh.

3:10 pm

Haz1558

James Galway is one of our prouder exports from Northern Ireland!

3:10 pm

stidmama

James Galway? I remember listening to his music when I was in high school. What a great concert to go to!

3:11 pm

ch1212

I have his album of Japanese flute melodies -- one of my favorites, really. Hello all btw

3:11 pm

Scarlet

Hi, ch1212

3:12 pm

Haz1558

stidmama - I think it's only when you have children of your own that you appreciate your own parents! You raise them to be independent, but hope the invisible bonds of love are there to bring them back.

3:12 pm

Haz1558

Hello ch1212!

3:12 pm

Scarlet

*tears* Haz

3:13 pm

stidmama

hi ch!

3:13 pm

inge

the open rehearsal was for 100 students from the HS for Performing Arts and 30 members of our DSO civic orchetra. When Galway first faced the audience he waved to the kids like a little leprechaun. Afterwrds he gave them autographs and smiles

3:14 pm

Haz1558

Good man - he has never forgotten his roots, and we love him for it.

3:14 pm

magzel

hello everyone

3:14 pm

stidmama

so cool!

3:14 pm

JFB

Your daughter is beautiful Haz. My youngest is 20 as well.

3:14 pm

Scarlet

Hi, magzel.

3:14 pm

inge

The conductor Hans Graf is Austrian, and made an excellent impression

3:14 pm

Haz1558

Thanks JFB - it must have been a productive year!

3:14 pm

billmster

giving up for the night, some light snow!!!!!

3:15 pm

magzel

hi scarlet, still cold where i am

3:15 pm

Aloyisius

wow, there certainly was a plethora (big word there) of weirdo words today.. fireworks. Adieu to you all until tomorrow, fellow babblers.. thanks for all the hugs and support... it helped! :-)

3:15 pm

FMitch

*quietly passes tissue box to Haz*

3:15 pm

stidmama

YAY Aloyisius! adieu!

3:15 pm

Haz1558

Thank you FMitch - Scarlet might need one also!

3:15 pm

Scarlet

Much warmer here, today. Goodnight, billmster. We hit 51-degrees after a week of sub-zero wind chill.

3:16 pm

ren8

Hi Billmster, ch1212 & Magzel

3:16 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams, billmster!

3:16 pm

Haz1558

Aloy - congratulations and sympathy again.

3:16 pm

torgone

ra4/4? I have the homophones . .

3:16 pm

FMitch

Bye Aloy, glad to have seen you.

3:16 pm

JFB

Time to pack in for today. Happy babbling and see you tomorrow.

3:16 pm

torgone

(I hate asking for 4's)

3:16 pm

Haz1558

ra plus another couple of vowels - a bit of a babblet.

3:16 pm

ren8

Bye JFB

3:16 pm

Scarlet

Til another day,Aloy. You'll be on my mind.

3:16 pm

Haz1558

Bye JFB.

3:17 pm

Scarlet

'Bye, JFB

3:17 pm

stidmama

good night JFB

3:17 pm

stidmama

hm. think I'd best find out why Aloyisius needs support ... brb

3:18 pm

torgone

Thanx again Haz . .

3:18 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, torgone.

3:20 pm

ch1212

That's fireworks for me. Will return later to help with clues if needed -- I have to get dinner started. I'm thinking a thick stew -- it was 7 BELOW zero F this morning - brrr

3:20 pm

Scarlet

Good going, ch1212. Stew sounds good.

3:20 pm

Haz1558

Wrap up warm! Congratulations, ch1212.

3:21 pm

Haz1558

And I should head off as well. It's been nice to see familiar names again. Have a good day, all and see you tomorrow.

3:22 pm

ch1212

Bye Haz - bye all

3:22 pm

Scarlet

Good day, Haz, and thank you for sharing your birthday girl with us... she is a beauty!

3:22 pm

GingerUK

Night Haz

3:22 pm

Haz1558

Night!

3:23 pm

ren8

Bye Haz and look after yourself

3:23 pm

GingerUK

what does the 8 begin with please!

3:23 pm

ren8

am8

3:23 pm

Scarlet

AM, ginger

3:24 pm

GingerUK

thanks ren

3:24 pm

magzel

i need clues for both ma 7's please

3:25 pm

ren8

so do I Magzel

3:25 pm

ren8

yw ginger. Im in Surrey whereabouts are you

3:25 pm

Scarlet

AS in Ma*** registrata + preposition

3:26 pm

bookwomen

one ma 7 has to do with marriage

3:26 pm

stidmama

okay, I am back, having read the log. losing pets is hard.

3:26 pm

Scarlet

The 7/32 is ma***** arts

3:27 pm

Scarlet

Like Jackie Chan's abilities

3:27 pm

stidmama

good night Haz!

3:28 pm

magzel

thanks, got one, need to run now

3:28 pm

stidmama

later magzel!

3:28 pm

Scarlet

'Bye, magzel.

3:29 pm

ren8

See you later Magzel

3:29 pm

stidmama

AM 6/24 please?

3:30 pm

Vicuna

am6/24 - if it ended with k it would be the US train system

3:30 pm

Scarlet

Think of our train line from Wash. D.C. to Florida, Stid, minus the "k"

3:30 pm

ren8

ive got the jackie chan ma7 clue can I have another clue for the other one please

3:30 pm

stidmama

thanks scarlet!

3:31 pm

stidmama

*facepalm* that was clued WAY earlier, and I thought it was for something else...

3:31 pm

Scarlet

The man who wooed Cleopatra, with a c instead of a k for the last letter, and Ms. Blanchette, with the fourth vowel ending

3:31 pm

Scarlet

YW, Stid.

3:33 pm

torgone

Last re5/10?

3:33 pm

Scarlet

Lubricate again, tor

3:33 pm

torgone

Yup thanx . .

3:33 pm

Scarlet

YW

3:33 pm

torgone

10 second rule . .

3:33 pm

stidmama

okay, how about the CA 6/24?

3:33 pm

Scarlet

LOL

3:34 pm

Vicuna

ca6/24 - ca + post a letter

3:34 pm

bookwomen

ca + letter

3:34 pm

Scarlet

Like a weird spelling for dromedary

3:34 pm

stidmama

thanks. that is a weird one.

3:36 pm

featherbee

hiya!

3:36 pm

Vicuna

Hello, feather.

3:36 pm

Scarlet

HI, feather!

3:36 pm

ren8

Hello Featjer

3:37 pm

featherbee

vic, one of my favorite larson cartoons!

3:37 pm

ren8

sorry Feather

3:37 pm

stidmama

hey feather! {{{{{hugs}}}}} how are you doing? I have another virus (this one's a cold rather than flu) how are you coping with "snot-nosed kid" season?

3:37 pm

featherbee

got a snotty one right now, poor kid! it's moved to his chest, so he's coughing and sounds horrible

3:37 pm

stidmama

oh {{{Daniel}}} poor baby!

3:38 pm

featherbee

we're watching max and ruby right now. i don't want him too active at the moment, as it makes it worse, so we're just chilling.

3:38 pm

ren8

my Daniel has a cold also

3:38 pm

featherbee

aww ren

3:39 pm

Vicuna

Yes, feather, it's a classic.
Snotty noses are no fun. Especially when they can't even figure out how to blow their noses yet.

3:39 pm

stidmama

yep. good to have things to be quiet with. I actually let down the rules this last week, and let stidkids watch TV during the day!

3:39 pm

stidmama

{{{ren's daniel}}}

3:39 pm

ren8

I know where you are coming from Vicuna, my son is 3

3:39 pm

featherbee

i'm lucky there. he can't blow his own, but can blow if i hold up the tissue! i'm so glad he learned that

3:40 pm

stidmama

Finished Fs, Mastered Ms...

3:40 pm

Vicuna

Wow, your son is a prodigy, feather! Mine are 4 and they still have trouble with the concept!

3:40 pm

featherbee

gooo stid!

3:41 pm

featherbee

yeah. the drawback is when he does it with no tissue around.

3:41 pm

stidmama

O-O.... as in I need the OO please?

3:42 pm

featherbee

how's the grid today? nice size.

3:42 pm

Vicuna

oo6/18 - oo + anagram of what Abraham Lincoln split

3:42 pm

stidmama

thanks... *thinking*

3:42 pm

Vicuna

(sounds like the way you take most medicines)

3:42 pm

stidmama

not horrible, feather. I think you can do it.

3:42 pm

featherbee

oh, stid, did you see that flylady site i posted? great resource for clutter bugs like us!

3:42 pm

FranMag

hi babblers!

3:43 pm

featherbee

fran!

3:43 pm

Vicuna

Hello, Fran.

3:43 pm

featherbee

ha, good icon

3:43 pm

FranMag

hi heather!

3:43 pm

ren8

Hello Fran

3:43 pm

featherbee

stid, nut will appreciate yours too!

3:43 pm

FranMag

hi ren8!

3:43 pm

stidmama

got it. hi fran!

3:43 pm

FranMag

hi stid!

3:43 pm

FranMag

i haven't seen nut's icon yet.

3:44 pm

FranMag

hi vicuna!

3:44 pm

stidmama

yes feather, but I find her tone a bit condescending. She is one of those all-or-nothing types. But I have used some of her ideas for a while, and when I just pick and choose the ones that work it's okay.

3:44 pm

stidmama

it's very funny, fran!

3:44 pm

featherbee

aww, darn, i don't have her in my friends list! i should, then i could check on it

3:45 pm

featherbee

oh yeah, i know what you mean. for instance, i never "dress all the way to the shoes!" but i do like her motivational ideas and organization. i don't do routines either.

3:46 pm

FranMag

i have a funny story about my icon, well sorta funny

3:46 pm

stidmama

I don't do her sort of routines... LOL but my own ebb and flow works.

3:46 pm

Cathyar

k...i give up...what did lincoln split?

3:46 pm

stidmama

go for it fran!

3:47 pm

Cathyar

hi all...been lurkin tryin to get to 50

3:47 pm

stidmama

the things that go between posts in a fence, cathy...

3:47 pm

FranMag

i got it in an email a long time ago and the cat looks exactly like my friend's angora

3:47 pm

Cathyar

(clue stealin too ....bwaaahahahaha)

3:47 pm

Vicuna

Cathy, a train runs on a ----road track

3:47 pm

stidmama

and hi cathy, when did you get home from work?

3:47 pm

FranMag

they also had a leather couch and the picture looked like something my friend James would do.

3:48 pm

stidmama

oh my! and, fran?

3:48 pm

Cathyar

bout 45 mins ago...babblin between cookin suppa

3:48 pm

FranMag

i emailed it to them and asked them if it was cueball in the picture

3:48 pm

featherbee

thanks for the oo!

3:48 pm

featherbee

cueball, what a great name for a white cat!

3:49 pm

stidmama

mmmm so that's what smells so good!

3:49 pm

FranMag

turned out it wasn't, but they loved the picture anyway. i'm surprised i found it when i googled for icons yesterday.

3:49 pm

Cathyar

was gonna save the chattin for later, but didn't wanna miss out on that oo clue...still dunno what lincoln split...wood?

3:49 pm

Cathyar

slats?

3:49 pm

FranMag

cath, think of trains

3:49 pm

Cathyar

haha...stid

3:49 pm

stidmama

yes, cathy -- think of trains, the ra**road? like Vi just clued

3:50 pm

stidmama

but you have to anagram the ra4 to get the oo6

3:50 pm

Cathyar

k...gotta go work it...brb

3:50 pm

FranMag

i will always remember cueball because he was the cat that made me aware that i was allergic

3:51 pm

Cathyar

what kinda word is that s'posed to be anyway!?! tks for the clue tho!

3:51 pm

stidmama

oh... I am allergic to lots of cats. The ones I am most allergic to are the ones that love me most!

3:52 pm

FranMag

i walked into my friends' apartment in Germany and it felt like i was stabbed in the eye, i couldn't wear my contacts the whole time i was visiting and had to take benadryl.

3:52 pm

Cathyar

i mean tks for the clueS..plural

3:52 pm

stidmama

:-) I know cathy!

3:53 pm

ren8

ca5/12 please

3:53 pm

Cathyar

stid...i LOVE that icon!

3:53 pm

Cathyar

better run...bbl tho. don't wanna burn supper.

3:53 pm

stidmama

thanks Cathy -- funniest one I could find... but I think nut's is better, if she ever returns.

3:53 pm

stidmama

later cathy!

3:53 pm

FranMag

ren, pitca*** island

3:54 pm

FranMag

later cath!

3:54 pm

FranMag

ca5/12 means a heap of stones.

3:54 pm

ren8

thanks Fran

3:54 pm

FranMag

yw

3:55 pm

featherbee

ah! i got it from your second clue, thanks fran

3:55 pm

FranMag

yw heather

3:55 pm

Madi95

hi, ren, hi feather

3:55 pm

featherbee

hiya madi!

3:55 pm

ren8

Hi Madi

3:55 pm

FranMag

hi madi!

3:56 pm

Madi95

how's the grid? it's my first chance to get on today

3:56 pm

stidmama

hello Madi, not bad

3:56 pm

featherbee

i'm just not seeing these M words.

3:56 pm

stidmama

TO 7 please?

3:56 pm

ren8

some odd words, but ok Madi

3:56 pm

FranMag

a few strange words, but not too bad

3:56 pm

featherbee

not bad so far madi, but i'm just starting out

3:57 pm

FranMag

stid, extend the legal action, ends in bathroom or ceramic ****

3:57 pm

Madi95

that makes two of us feather

3:57 pm

stidmama

thanks!

3:57 pm

stidmama

down to two...

3:57 pm

FranMag

woo hoo stid!

3:57 pm

Madi95

go stid

3:57 pm

featherbee

ooooo stid!

3:58 pm

chic

Hi ya Kiddies!

3:58 pm

FranMag

hi chic!

3:59 pm

featherbee

hi chic! good icon!

3:59 pm

Madi95

hi chic

3:59 pm

stidmama

ONE!

3:59 pm

stidmama

heya chic!

3:59 pm

FranMag

cute icon chic, i just realized it was a hair dryer!

3:59 pm

chic

Fran I almost put that picture up from the 'redneck' collection...

3:59 pm

FranMag

*holding breath while stid finds last word*

3:59 pm

chic

Hi stid and madi!

3:59 pm

ADHDWordLover

good morning/afternoon/evening (pick one) my babbling buddies

3:59 pm

FranMag

lol

4:00 pm

FranMag

hola ADHD!

4:00 pm

featherbee

hi adhd

4:00 pm

ren8

hello Chic and ADHD

4:00 pm

ADHDWordLover

hola mis amigos y amigas

4:00 pm

featherbee

lots of people showing up right now

4:00 pm

chic

Has anyone heard the new kid, Paol Nutini?

4:00 pm

FranMag

what does he do?

4:01 pm

chic

Hi Ren! that's Paolo...

4:01 pm

stidmama

firewords

4:01 pm

ADHDWordLover

got on here real early and didn't know a soul that was here, so i quietly worked my way up to 100 words. now i've got a while to finish.

4:01 pm

featherbee

YAY STID!!!!!!!!!!!!

4:01 pm

stidmama

hey ADHD!

4:01 pm

Madi95

*congrats*

4:01 pm

FranMag

*takes deep breath* yay stid!!!!

4:01 pm

chic

He's a rock singer; his song "new Shoes' is hot!

4:01 pm

featherbee

hehe, i'm going the opposite direction....down to 99 left!

4:01 pm

ren8

am6/24 please

4:01 pm

stidmama

LOL -thanks all. I'll hang out and clue for a bit, then I need a nap...

4:01 pm

stidmama

wow feather, you're certainly speedy today!

4:02 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone, need help on my last two, the tr 6/7 combo.

4:02 pm

SMDNJV

Hey everyone! How bad is it today??

4:02 pm

stidmama

ren8: like the passenger trains in the U.S.

4:02 pm

featherbee

i am? feel slow!

4:02 pm

Millerhead

ren: ends like the stuff old people drink. ger****

4:02 pm

ADHDWordLover

am + betting on the horses (at the ****k)

4:02 pm

stidmama

lbd: a small, piddling amount, then add a consonant

4:02 pm

featherbee

mostly because the Ms hung me up, only found 6/12

4:02 pm

ren8

thanks stid

4:02 pm

ADHDWordLover

who u calling old?

4:02 pm

stidmama

not horrible, SMD

4:02 pm

Millerhead

oops. I gave you am6,21!

4:03 pm

FranMag

just listed to the sample on iTunes chic, sounds pretty good.

4:03 pm

Madi95

not very many words today

4:03 pm

lbdawger

thank you Stid! smack me with a couple of fish! but now i have sparklies!

4:03 pm

stidmama

hi millerhead! good pic of the little one!

4:03 pm

stidmama

YAY lbd@!

4:03 pm

chic

go to his web site and check out the video of 'new shoes from bush studios....

4:03 pm

FranMag

yay lbd!!!

4:03 pm

SMDNJV

Ha ha ha ha on the Icon Stid!

4:04 pm

Madi95

hi smd

4:04 pm

stidmama

thanks -- I looked around for a while before I found it!

4:04 pm

ren8

hi all to have just come in

4:04 pm

FranMag

i like yours too SMD, funny.

4:04 pm

stidmama

yours is better though...

4:04 pm

ADHDWordLover

i can't stand it when i breeze through the really long words and get stumped on the babies. clue for the al4.7 (not hebrew letter)

4:04 pm

FranMag

good one too stid!

4:04 pm

lbdawger

lol smd and stid! great icons!

4:04 pm

stidmama

another spelling for letter...

4:04 pm

FranMag

ADHD, alt spelling of the hebrew letter

4:05 pm

ADHDWordLover

why is it that atole is an acceptable scrabble word and not a babble word

4:05 pm

featherbee

i know adhd. yesterday it felt like all i was asking for were 5/12s

4:05 pm

SMDNJV

Asgreens brotherinlaw is on Oprah....

4:05 pm

SMDNJV

NeyMadi!!

4:05 pm

stidmama

because the enable dictionary is different from any real-life dictionary...

4:05 pm

stidmama

how do you know, smd?

4:06 pm

lbdawger

gotta run, hope to be back later! thanks for the finish Stiddy!

4:06 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx got it wierd

4:06 pm

FranMag

bye lbd!

4:06 pm

Madi95

"ney', smd?!

4:06 pm

ADHDWordLover

huh... it's arabic

4:07 pm

ren8

can I have the clue for tr6/7 combo again please

4:07 pm

FranMag

tr6 is a small thing or a dessert ren

4:07 pm

Vicuna

tr6/27 - Never tr6 with a woman's affections. If you do, you'll be a tr7.

4:07 pm

FranMag

tr7 is one who tr6s

4:07 pm

ren8

thank you everyone

4:08 pm

ADHDWordLover

t + longbarreled gun and one who uses it

4:08 pm

SMDNJV

Asgreen was talking about it earlier this week and then again last night.

4:08 pm

Vicuna

What's the other 7 besides the tr7 and two ma7's?

4:08 pm

FranMag

to7 vic

4:08 pm

Vicuna

Thanks, Fran.

4:08 pm

SMDNJV

"Mr. Clean Sweep."

4:09 pm

stidmama

ah, I see.

4:09 pm

ADHDWordLover

i cannot believe i have not ONE AT word. well call me tupit!

4:09 pm

stidmama

later lbd!

4:10 pm

stidmama

at: world soul in hinduism?

4:10 pm

stidmama

sorry, ADHD: that's at 4/5

4:10 pm

ADHDWordLover

clues anyone for any of the ATs?

4:10 pm

Madi95

ma7 PLZ

4:10 pm

FranMag

at4/5, at + pa's wife

4:11 pm

stidmama

and then at 6/18 is at**** fibrillation (heart attack)

4:11 pm

stidmama

remove the last letter of the at 6 for the at 5

4:11 pm

FranMag

the other two ATs have to do with the heart

4:11 pm

Dorens

good afternoon

4:11 pm

FranMag

hi dorens!

4:11 pm

Madi95

g'day dorens

4:12 pm

stidmama

hello Dorens!

4:12 pm

ADHDWordLover

ooo i'm a nurse, embarassed i didn't get those. shame on me. at least i got the AO major heart vessel

4:12 pm

ren8

Hi Dorens

4:12 pm

FranMag

ma7 is a music term, ma + consonant + pet that's in my icon + vowel

4:12 pm

Dorens

nice gentle grid today?

4:12 pm

FranMag

not that gentle, but not too bad dorens.

4:12 pm

stidmama

*grin* I had to look hard for the ao, I don't look up and left very often for words.

4:12 pm

stidmama

Not bad, but there are some tough spots, dorens

4:13 pm

ADHDWordLover

stid, my first babble mentor, i have to share something with you.

4:13 pm

stidmama

go for it ADHD

4:13 pm

Dorens

great icon fran. aren't there always SOME, stid?

4:13 pm

stidmama

In a good grid, there are! LOL but not too many. :-)

4:13 pm

FranMag

thanks dorens

4:13 pm

ADHDWordLover

i always see that you can get sooooo many words before going to lickety's. yesterday i got over 200 words before going t o lickety's

4:14 pm

Dorens

good job ADHD-- that is quite a feat

4:14 pm

ADHDWordLover

it stank tho, cuz there is a lag w/lickety's and i type so fast, it misses words. so it took forever to get them in.

4:14 pm

ren8

final word ro6/27 please

4:14 pm

stidmama

good for you!

4:14 pm

FranMag

wtg ADHD, it gets easier the more you play.

4:14 pm

featherbee

ok, down to 64 left. going to take a break and reheat some leftovers.

4:14 pm

stidmama

ro 6: one who massages?

4:14 pm

FranMag

ren8, one who ro4/7s

4:15 pm

ADHDWordLover

ro 6: a puker

4:15 pm

Dorens

one who ro 4/7's

4:15 pm

FranMag

see you later heather!

4:15 pm

ADHDWordLover

one who r0 4.7 (above it)

4:15 pm

featherbee

(fran, we need to play scrabble again sometime!)

4:15 pm

stidmama

later feather

4:15 pm

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