Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, August 13, 2007

12:00 am

FranMag

flip!

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

odessa

flip

12:00 am

Minveryork

Flip flip hooray!

12:00 am

Demmie

flippers

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

mrpresident

flip !!

12:00 am

KnightTime

fliptime

12:00 am

jesdraggon

happy flippings :)

12:00 am

mrpresident

flip !!

12:00 am

hootowl

Ok - That's doable

12:00 am

GroovyKiwi

flipidedoodah flipideahye my oh my a nice one today

12:00 am

Jellen

flip

12:00 am

licketySplitAUS

flap!

12:00 am

jillibus

oops. flosey -- black square

12:00 am

DRBERNABO

re7

12:01 am

FranMag

ch7

12:01 am

marisalsera

awww...didnt get to finish the other puzzle

12:01 am

harpjane

oooh i was close, i said 175

12:01 am

hootowl

teeth

12:01 am

flosey

Hi jilli - lovely carving. did you read mine? It wouldn't transfer

12:01 am

mrpresident

thanks owl

12:01 am

hootowl

GREAT way to start!

12:02 am

hootowl

Sorry

12:02 am

jillibus

I did eventually, flosey -- what a pity!

12:02 am

FranMag

jilli, great carving

12:02 am

Robespierre

tr 7

12:02 am

DRBERNABO

ch8

12:03 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up!

12:03 am

Robespierre

tr 8

12:03 am

jillibus

my mother played the ukulele like everyone else in the 20s, lol

12:03 am

FranMag

duh, thanks doc!

12:03 am

FranMag

thanks lickety!

12:03 am

Jellen

thanks, lickety

12:03 am

harpjane

t6

12:03 am

jillibus

Whoopee Lickety!

12:03 am

Erda

Hello Mr. President and spouse!! Hello lickety and sp;ouse!! Great to see you both here...

12:03 am

mrpresident

tr7 and tr8

12:03 am

DRBERNABO

i assumed it was off of yours, otherwise there'd be 2

12:03 am

FranMag

thanks robespierre!

12:04 am

licketySplitAUS

Hi Erda - yeah it's nice to work from home and be here for mrp. Got to go pick up my daughter - enjoy the grid everyone.

12:04 am

Minveryork

I just changed my icon.I chose a cartoon about wood

12:04 am

mrpresident

re7 & re8

12:04 am

jillibus

No E yesterday, today, wheeeee!

12:04 am

FranMag

cute min

12:04 am

chic

Hi kiddies!

12:04 am

mrpresident

ch7 & ch8

12:05 am

FranMag

hi chic!

12:05 am

mrpresident

hi chic :)

12:05 am

jillibus

all these 7s and 8s, and all I've doneis cont the Es

12:05 am

chic

Hi Fran and {{mrp}}}

12:05 am

Jellen

hi, chic

12:05 am

harpjane

ch7

12:05 am

Hugabugs

late flip - Hi everyone

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

hi all

12:06 am

GroovyKiwi

good eve hugs and chic and dee happy babbling

12:06 am

chic

Hi Jellen.. and Hugs and Dee and groovy.

12:06 am

Jellen

hi, hugs and Dee

12:07 am

jillibus

well, got the ch7/8 :)

12:07 am

FranMag

non-word: cheetos

12:07 am

jesdraggon

lickety shared us pretty pictures of your arm, mrp. (well, the pictures were pretty... the fracture not so much)

12:08 am

mrpresident

lovely stuff eh? no wonder I am in a crappy mood LOL!

12:09 am

flosey

hey there, mrp, good to see you

12:09 am

jesdraggon

heh. well, i'm admittedly biased--i really like radiology. can't be fun to be on the supplying end of pictures like that though

12:09 am

FranMag

flosey, we have hurricane flossie passing to the south of us in the next day or so.

12:09 am

flosey

forgive my black box, will do something about it soon - my picture wouldn't transfer

12:09 am

mrpresident

hi flosey :)

12:10 am

GroovyKiwi

do 6/7 combo

12:10 am

GroovyKiwi

you in a black hole in space flosey lol

12:10 am

FranMag

thanks kiwi

12:11 am

FranMag

pr7 called already?

12:11 am

VolleymomDee

hi mrp; how are you holding up?

12:11 am

mrpresident

oc7 is nice

12:11 am

flosey

lol kiwi - was very annoying, had a beautiful cabinet hubby's dad made around 1913

12:11 am

FranMag

thanks mrp! very nice

12:12 am

mrpresident

hi dee! doing ok .. have sick son home today, using my puter at every given opportunity.

12:12 am

Hugabugs

re7 x 2

12:13 am

FranMag

thanks hugs and hi!

12:13 am

VolleymomDee

don't know what we would do w/no puters; hope he feels better; I've been sick with upper respiratory infection for a week; still not up to par yet

12:13 am

FranMag

hi dee!

12:13 am

GroovyKiwi

phantom: smurf :)

12:14 am

VolleymomDee

hi fran

12:16 am

Hugabugs

Hi Fran

12:16 am

Hugabugs

Hi Dee

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

hi hug!

12:17 am

FranMag

to7 called already?

12:18 am

Hugabugs

don't think so

12:19 am

abmoraz

ch8

12:20 am

abmoraz

beer

12:20 am

abmoraz

oops

12:20 am

abmoraz

sry

12:20 am

GroovyKiwi

pr 6/7 combo too

12:23 am

GroovyKiwi

ugh there are 22 re words sigh

12:23 am

FranMag

halfway, stopping to eat dinner, i'll be back in a bit!

12:24 am

Minveryork

I just got 100 words. I'll be back tomorrow for more!

12:24 am

GroovyKiwi

whats for dinner fran

12:24 am

GroovyKiwi

im in no mood to cook lol

12:24 am

GroovyKiwi

bye min sweet dreams

12:24 am

jesdraggon

good job minver. i've a hundred left yet :P

12:25 am

FranMag

we're having poke (seasoned raw or almost raw fish). we have ahi (bluefin tuna), tako (octopus) and shrimp.

12:25 am

FranMag

bye!

12:25 am

GroovyKiwi

nah sorry not coming to your place for dinner tonite

12:25 am

GroovyKiwi

think ill just do an omelette only me and baby brat home for dinner tonite

12:25 am

abmoraz

boo ... cheetos doesn't count

12:26 am

chic

I love tako poke!

12:27 am

abmoraz

I refuse to eat raw fish as long as I'm living in a land-locked state

12:28 am

mirandapan

tr 7/8--has it been called? Hi, everyone--waiting for the perseid meteor shower to begin its show

12:28 am

GroovyKiwi

good eve miranda happy babbling

12:28 am

jillibus

sonds good to me, fran, although I cooked my bit of halibut tonight

12:28 am

mirandapan

Thanks, kiwi

12:29 am

marisalsera

gonna call it a night...see yall tomorrow

12:29 am

jillibus

tr7/8 has been called a few times but I can't see it :(

12:30 am

mirandapan

sorry about that--I always have my eyes on the grid, so miss a lot of the calls.

12:30 am

bubbym

how many words friends? curious since my computer is messed up..............took forever to get this back

12:31 am

Erda

183

12:31 am

abmoraz

183

12:31 am

abmoraz

just found tr7&8

12:31 am

bubbym

nm found it.

12:31 am

bubbym

ty

12:33 am

bubbym

got computer back.

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

pr 6 x 3

12:36 am

VolleymomDee

did someone say re8?

12:36 am

Hugabugs

Thanks Dee

12:36 am

Hugabugs

all the 8's have been called

12:37 am

VolleymomDee

I am not seeing an re 8... was hoping I wrote down wrong letters LOL

12:37 am

GroovyKiwi

there is an re 8/55

12:37 am

VolleymomDee

ty kiwi

12:37 am

GroovyKiwi

dont ask me what it is yet tho lol

12:37 am

bubbym

i have no 8s yet........and i have 99 words.

12:39 am

jesdraggon

g'night all, luck in the grid :)

12:39 am

GroovyKiwi

nite jes sweet dreams

12:39 am

melonheadjujube

good evening - wish i was where i could see the meteor showers - they're supposed to peak at 2 am EDT.

12:39 am

abmoraz

I'm at 89 words with 2x8s and 5x7

12:39 am

GroovyKiwi

good eve melon happy babbling

12:40 am

Hugabugs

he7

12:40 am

melonheadjujube

hey, GK

12:40 am

greeksusan

where are you located, melon?

12:41 am

abmoraz

I saw a few earlier

12:41 am

greeksusan

i'm in indiana and they're supposed to be decent here

12:41 am

abmoraz

too much light polution here to see them real well, though

12:41 am

melonheadjujube

in a suburb of cleveland ohio - i'm half hours drive from the country, but really am not ready to drive - recent minor surgery.

12:41 am

mirandapan

Yes--peaking at 12:00 here in Utah (Perseid showers)

12:41 am

melonheadjujube

icon shoppinf IHO FeatherBees baby.

12:42 am

greeksusan

too bad....one of our sons lives in university heights

12:42 am

greeksusan

sobe

12:43 am

Dippnall

ch 8

12:43 am

FranMag

hi abmor, greeksusan and dippnall!

12:44 am

FranMag

chic, read back and saw your comment on tako poke, i knew you were cool! :-)

12:44 am

abmoraz

hello

12:44 am

FranMag

hi melon!

12:44 am

greeksusan

hi fran!

12:44 am

helenkeller

hey everyone

12:44 am

greeksusan

etch

12:45 am

chic

Hi Fran, it's probably one of the things I liked best about Hawaii...

12:45 am

FranMag

hi hk!

12:45 am

greeksusan

dang it, i keep forgetting to reset my cursor!!! lol

12:45 am

chic

Hey Helen!

12:45 am

helenkeller

heya fran, heya chic

12:45 am

FranMag

the octopus is par-cooked first so it's not as slimy as other types of poke.

12:46 am

Hugabugs

up6/24 x 2

12:46 am

FranMag

cool hugs *searching(

12:46 am

melonheadjujube

Fran, nice icon. my bro just bought his daughter a ukelele, she plays & sings. it is lovely.

12:46 am

Hugabugs

te7

12:47 am

FranMag

thanks melon, we just bought one for my son (4 years old) and my 2 year old daughter actually strums it better than him.

12:47 am

FranMag

we're hoping it's a sign of musical talent. :-)

12:47 am

chic

Ginger was acutie, Helen, sorry for your loss.

12:48 am

jillibus

hi helen -- just read your very sad bio -- words fail {{{hugs}}}

12:48 am

GroovyKiwi

brb gonna sort out some dinner for baby brat

12:48 am

helenkeller

thank you chic, jili

12:49 am

FranMag

later kiwi

12:49 am

ARB

Shalom Everyone

12:49 am

Jellen

Hi, ARB

12:49 am

FranMag

hi arb!

12:50 am

jillibus

hi arb

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

thx to hug... got all my 7's yipee

12:53 am

FranMag

wtg dee!

12:53 am

Hugabugs

Hmmm how come I'm still missing 2 then? lol

12:53 am

jillibus

wow, dee -- I have one 7!

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

thx; but took me forever to find the re 8

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

would you like a rundown of the 7's?

12:54 am

Hugabugs

sure would Dee... if you don't mind

12:54 am

jillibus

well, my excuse is watching the first Harry Potter movie on CBC

12:54 am

ARB

please,dee

12:54 am

Andree

hi everyone

12:55 am

Jellen

Hi, Andree

12:55 am

FranMag

hi andree!

12:55 am

FranMag

hi jellen!

12:55 am

Hugabugs

I watched that before coming on Jilli

12:55 am

helenkeller

enough for me for now, good nite everyone

12:55 am

ARB

hi andree

12:55 am

Jellen

G'night, hk

12:55 am

Hugabugs

next Sunday is Chamber of Secrets on CBC

12:55 am

melonheadjujube

hi, I'm back - Safari & Babble not getting along lately. Fran, my bro was suggesting that ukelele should be taught in elementary school along with recorder - it is easy for a child to learn & makes a lovely sound with just a few lessons.

12:55 am

VolleymomDee

ch 7; do 7; he 7; oc 7; pr 7; re 7 x 4; te 7; to 7; tr 7

12:55 am

greeksusan

think i'll turn in see you all later night

12:56 am

Hugabugs

g'night Helen... I know how you feel

12:56 am

melonheadjujube

shalom , ARB.

12:56 am

FranMag

night susan

12:56 am

FranMag

night hk!

12:56 am

Hugabugs

gag... I need 2 more re7's

12:56 am

herinfernallady

HI

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

gotta love those re words argh

12:57 am

Jellen

Bye, susan

12:57 am

FranMag

hi infernal!

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

one is a regular word... re 6/7 combo

12:57 am

ARB

shalom Melon. Ma Nishma?

12:58 am

herinfernallady

I just finished cleaning the dinning room we are out of bin space

12:58 am

Hugabugs

got that one... and the 7/8 combo

12:58 am

melonheadjujube

be seder - lounged about the house today, still a bit groggy. see doc in 2 weeks.

12:59 am

VolleymomDee

another re/6/7 ... re + bo 4/5

12:59 am

ARB

good to regain your strength and equilibrium. Hope all will be b'seder

12:59 am

FranMag

thanks dee!

12:59 am

VolleymomDee

yw

12:59 am

Hugabugs

thanks Dee

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

re 6/7 re + po 4/5

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

yw

1:00 am

Hugabugs

I have that one... but I just got the last one

1:00 am

melonheadjujube

todah. i had to pass up a nice bike ride today - a city park was closed to auto traffic. hopefully next week. My kids are really stepping in - i'm so proud of them.

1:01 am

herinfernallady

Melon are you ok?

1:01 am

Hugabugs

ok, off to bed with me. It's my last week temping at this place... *sniff* I've been there almost 4 months already.. gonna miss it

1:02 am

ARB

I remember when we lived in San Francisco. Golden Gate Park was closed to cars every Sunday. I more r less learned how to ride a bike at the age of 30 while weaving across a 6-lane empty road.

1:02 am

herinfernallady

Oh hugs Hugs

1:02 am

GroovyKiwi

ok dinner sorted

1:02 am

FranMag

night hugs!

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

I bet you will hug! Have a great day! nite

1:02 am

GroovyKiwi

good eve and happy babbling to all who arrived while i was afk

1:02 am

herinfernallady

We have a dinning table again

1:02 am

melonheadjujube

had a breast biopsy - outpatient surgery. tiny speck on my mammo, but since I have a family history the docs are vigilant. incision is lower outer quadrant - i thanked the surgeon for not messing with my decolletage - hehe.

1:03 am

herinfernallady

Hugs Melon owwes

1:03 am

ARB

keep up a good front, Melon!

1:03 am

greeksusan

Bless you, Melon. I hope things go well for you.

1:03 am

GroovyKiwi

woohoo herin - dinner party at your place on sat then lol

1:03 am

herinfernallady

Dear Enable Souper is a word. Thanks

1:03 am

herinfernallady

Groovy that would be nice but ill be not home :)

1:04 am

GroovyKiwi

oh dang why you coming over for my dinner party sat nite? having a girls nite in and kicking hubby and sons out lol

1:04 am

herinfernallady

Nope Romantic 4 day holiday :)

1:04 am

melonheadjujube

tx, all. i'm still a bit owee - it is not a fun procedure - squished, poked prodded - and THEN the anestetist shows up. . .

1:04 am

GroovyKiwi

ohhh nice

1:05 am

ARB

timely

1:05 am

DRBERNABO

firworks

1:05 am

herinfernallady

Owwwe. Squishy not good but glad you did what you did though

1:05 am

herinfernallady

Yah Dr

1:05 am

melonheadjujube

taDah DRB

1:05 am

ARB

YAY DrB

1:05 am

Andree

yay drb

1:06 am

Jellen

Congratulations, Dr. B.!

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

wtg drb

1:06 am

DRBERNABO

I owe it all to my official Babble T-shirt

1:07 am

herinfernallady

Finally a word that i have been wanting in the grid for so long is in here

1:07 am

melonheadjujube

I'm fortunate. Cleveland Ohio is a fantastic town for medicine - there's the Clinic & University Hosps. I'm at University - their Breast Center is really excellent - and the whole staff is wonderful.

1:07 am

jillibus

YAY DrB -- since the icon theme is wood, it's good you got firworks lol

1:07 am

DRBERNABO

okay, I'll bite. What word?

1:08 am

herinfernallady

Is Tudor a proper noun thus its not being enabled?

1:09 am

herinfernallady

Melon im glad that you got the best care

1:09 am

DRBERNABO

yes

1:09 am

GroovyKiwi

woohooo wtg drb

1:09 am

herinfernallady

Woot i just got my first 8 only

1:10 am

melonheadjujube

tx infer - & yes Tudor is proper, nevermind whether the House of Tudor was. . .

1:11 am

herinfernallady

I thought tudor want a proper noun like tudor style retro style that kind of thing

1:12 am

DRBERNABO

ooh, a shot at Good Queen Bess and the whole gang

1:14 am

herinfernallady

woot 2nd 8 on my own im on fire. Oh dear. Sorry everyone i think i have eaten too much sugar and coffee

1:15 am

ARB

wtg Herin

1:15 am

Aloyisius

fireworks.. that was fun!

1:15 am

GroovyKiwi

or something lol

1:15 am

ARB

YAY Aloysius

1:15 am

aj

does anyone else find this puzzle hard i'm stuck at 72!

1:15 am

GroovyKiwi

woohoooo wtg aloy ^5

1:15 am

Jellen

Congratulations, Aloy!

1:15 am

GroovyKiwi

its ok aj - i got 55 to go

1:16 am

herinfernallady

I have done poo over the last few days and havent enjoyed the grid or even finished but today im liking it. Yah ALoy

1:16 am

melonheadjujube

I'm at 81

1:16 am

GroovyKiwi

youve done what? lol

1:17 am

Andree

yay aloy

1:17 am

FranMag

yay aloy!!

1:17 am

herinfernallady

ha ha ok bad Aussie grammar (shes probably up High Street with Granpa) I have disliked the grid over the last few days (poo)

1:17 am

melonheadjujube

haha - a word from my past!

1:18 am

Aloyisius

ty all.. learned some newbies, but there really aren't as many "weirdos" as we have had before.. off to sleep.. happy babbling!

1:18 am

FranMag

night aloy!

1:18 am

Jellen

G'night, Aloy

1:18 am

herinfernallady

Night ALoy

1:20 am

GroovyKiwi

nite aloy sweet dreams

1:20 am

GroovyKiwi

now if it was me herin i would have said id have done stuff all lol

1:20 am

Jellen

Good night everybody. Met my modest goal for the night, plenty left for tomorrow!

1:20 am

GroovyKiwi

nite jellen sweet dream

1:21 am

herinfernallady

Night Jellne

1:21 am

herinfernallady

Groovy that too. I have had way to much sugar today. And im a tad hype

1:21 am

herinfernallady

I even know what one of the weird words means

1:21 am

FranMag

night jellen!

1:22 am

GroovyKiwi

oh heck herin thats scary lol

1:22 am

herinfernallady

Think i have been playing this too much

1:23 am

melonheadjujube

brb - going to see if I can see any meteors - despite the streetlights - at least it's clear out. . .

1:23 am

herinfernallady

The Do 6 word is a weird one but i remember it used in SIms 2

1:23 am

GroovyKiwi

its a style of window herin

1:25 am

GroovyKiwi

<sigh> time to tackle the 22 re words <
gulp>

1:27 am

herinfernallady

yep but it looks like the plural of room mates : ) in uni

1:27 am

melonheadjujube

cloudy after all. humidity, no doubt. what a summer - first dry, then deluge. my tomatoes have blossom end rot, darn it.

1:28 am

melonheadjujube

grey 8 :)

1:29 am

herinfernallady

Melon thats bad. My Canna is reblossoming and i thought it was dead as

1:29 am

ARB

wtg Melon. I'm missing 2

1:30 am

melonheadjujube

i peeked at lickety's clues.

1:30 am

herinfernallady

Groovy you might want to smoke a JOINT to work out those RE words :)

1:30 am

flosey

23 to go but must get to bed, goodnight all

1:30 am

Andree

last be5/14 please

1:30 am

FranMag

finally greyed my 8s

1:30 am

melonheadjujube

herin, i have NO idea of what you speak. . .{cough, cough}

1:30 am

FranMag

night flosey!

1:31 am

herinfernallady

ha ha do be do

1:31 am

herinfernallady

Night flosey

1:31 am

jillibus

thanks, herin, from the land of BCBud

1:31 am

ARB

Andree -- an old fashioned word for being crazy over someone

1:31 am

jillibus

night flosey -- see you tomorrow night?

1:32 am

flosey

yes jilli, I'll be there

1:32 am

FranMag

thanks arb!

1:32 am

Andree

thx arb

1:32 am

ARB

yw

1:32 am

herinfernallady

I was cluing drugs are bad

1:34 am

melonheadjujube

and here I thought BC bud was, well flowers, well. . .

1:36 am

GroovyKiwi

its ok herin i found them they werent all that bad in the end except a couple that i swear arent words lol

1:37 am

herinfernallady

Oh

1:38 am

kierlex

hi everyone!

1:39 am

FranMag

hi kier!!

1:39 am

melonheadjujube

hey, kier

1:39 am

kierlex

how are yall?

1:40 am

melonheadjujube

halfway with all 7s & 8s - i have ascended to the middling heights of mediocrity. anyone want clues for the biggies?

1:41 am

jillibus

hi kier

1:41 am

FranMag

good kier, how are you?

1:42 am

kierlex

am tired =) long weekend. my hub is starting a new job so there was a 6 hr bbq farewell party and that was fun but sad

1:42 am

GroovyKiwi

good eve kier good to see you happy babbling

1:44 am

jillibus

melon, I have four 7s and one 8, so clues would be a help

1:44 am

Andree

hi kier

1:44 am

jillibus

the 8 I have is ch8

1:45 am

kierlex

you know lately i am just happy if i get at least one word for each of the tiles!

1:45 am

Andree

lately i am happy with 1/2 way, my time is so taken up with the office

1:46 am

jillibus

the 7s are ch, do, pr, re7/40 (first one)

1:46 am

Andree

79 left

1:47 am

jillibus

me too, kier and I'd reach that if I could find the U and the bottom R

1:48 am

GroovyKiwi

wooohoooooo firewords for me

1:48 am

Andree

yay groovy

1:49 am

jillibus

YAY kiwi!!!

1:50 am

herinfernallady

Yah groobvy

1:50 am

GroovyKiwi

tyk and i hate to firewords and run but i am dead on my feet and cant keep my eyes open (counting the days until hubby gets back to day shifts and i can sleep proper lol) and i need to find my bed

1:50 am

GroovyKiwi

catch ya all for flip tomorrow - happy babbling

1:52 am

jillibus

night kiwi -- get a good sleep!

1:57 am

jillibus

melon -- you there?

1:59 am

sprite

morning all

2:01 am

melonheadjujube