12:00 am
melonheadjujube
fleep!
12:00 am
harpjane
flip thnaks
12:00 am
DRBERNABO
ooh, first and last digits right on the guess...
12:00 am
jillibus
flip -- too big
12:00 am
NonnieLight
flippity flap
12:00 am
MeTarzanUJane
lots of n's!
12:00 am
melonheadjujube
got a 7!
12:00 am
harpjane
thanks for the help, i figured out my last word--tonic, but didn't have time to enter it!
12:00 am
stidmama
LOL it's a nice one!
12:01 am
dcseain
oh, it flipped
12:01 am
dcseain
252! cool
12:01 am
stidmama
oh gee harp -- hate it when that happens!
12:01 am
jillibus
5 X words!
12:01 am
melonheadjujube
and an 8 :)
12:02 am
stidmama
LOL okay, I am off for the night. seain, be well. I know YOU know how to drive, but watch out for the other idiots out there! *stern mama look* see you tomorrow!
12:02 am
stidmama
hi flosey! {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}
12:02 am
harpjane
well considering i had 100+ to at 11:15, and i have dialup, I"m happy
12:02 am
dcseain
g'night, stid!
12:02 am
dcseain
oh, well done indeed, harp!
12:02 am
corpsvalue
hi y'all! xa7
12:02 am
flosey
Hi Stid, ty
12:03 am
stidmama
sweet dreams all *poof*
12:03 am
melonheadjujube
too early to announce biggies?
12:03 am
jillibus
hi flosey {{{hug too}}}
12:03 am
melonheadjujube
laila tov, stid!
12:03 am
jillibus
night stiddy
12:03 am
dcseain
not from my POV, melon
12:03 am
DRBERNABO
xa 7, 8, 9, 8, 9
12:03 am
jillibus
likewise, melon
12:03 am
flosey
thanks jilli {{{{{hugs back to you}}}}}
12:04 am
jillibus
OMG, DrB!!!
12:04 am
melonheadjujube
oh, DRB I got those minutes ago and held my piece! I so wanted to beat you just once announcing a biggie {pout}
12:04 am
corpsvalue
i was getting to those DrB. you type fast! lol
12:05 am
DRBERNABO
just starting in the upper corner and working my way down
12:05 am
jillibus
I think I have the first 5 letters of those xes
12:05 am
MeTarzanUJane
do you guys want to help me with some of the x words? im totally blanking!
12:06 am
dcseain
if you have the 5 i do, jillii, yep!
12:06 am
flosey
good for you jilli, No idea here
12:06 am
melonheadjujube
yellow otanical pigment
12:06 am
jillibus
but I can't get past the first 5
12:07 am
harpjane
there are all kinds of words in the grid that we usually use in chat.....going to be fun to bust each other!
12:07 am
melonheadjujube
jilli, just keep thinking up suffixes
12:07 am
harpjane
for example, MeTarzan said a word.....MeTarzan said a wooooord.....
12:07 am
corpsvalue
wow i have 6 words and 390 points already!
12:08 am
jillibus
I must have the wrong first 5
12:08 am
harpjane
lol i have 39 but not that many points!
12:08 am
dcseain
wow 35/612 with the Xs
12:09 am
Robespierre
This isn't fair! I have 60 words, but only 611 points, and no idea what the x's might be...
12:10 am
NonnieLight
I'm drawing a blank with the x words also.
12:10 am
Just1Mar
where can you see your total points now
12:10 am
dcseain
wetten the cloth, no?
12:10 am
lynxxx
Yay! a decent sized one. Hello all
12:11 am
dcseain
hi, lynxxx!
12:11 am
corpsvalue
hi lynxxx
12:11 am
NonnieLight
at the bottome of your word list
12:11 am
Just1Mar
oh my it's so faint I couldn't see it lol
12:11 am
NonnieLight
bottome = bottom
12:11 am
mkl
hey pigeonman
12:12 am
melonheadjujube
I'm fading - laila tov all {poof!}
12:12 am
dcseain
laila tov, melon!
12:12 am
Just1Mar
night melon
12:12 am
lynxxx
bye Melonnn....
12:12 am
Just1Mar
darn sorry
12:13 am
dcseain
howdy, pigeon
12:14 am
jillibus
whew, X words done
12:14 am
dcseain
fun, weren't they?
12:15 am
flosey
WTG Jilli, good for you
12:15 am
jillibus
Now, just, get BabbleExpert and you won't have that problem -- email Lickety for it
12:15 am
jillibus
well, sort of, dc -- a bit time-c0nsuming!!!
12:15 am
herinfernallady
Hi
12:16 am
dcseain
expert is wonderful, i'm really liking it. :)
12:16 am
Just1Mar
What is that jilli?
12:16 am
dcseain
hi, lady!
12:16 am
NonnieLight
hiya herin
12:16 am
dcseain
free-running, lady?
12:16 am
NonnieLight
I can't hardly function without it, dc
12:17 am
mkl
pigeon, are you out there?
12:17 am
dcseain
ty, mkl :)
12:17 am
herinfernallady
Contary to popular belief i do exisist. Yes Parkour. My friends are mental enough to do Wo Shu with washing baskets so i thought of them
12:17 am
herinfernallady
Hi everyone
12:17 am
corpsvalue
thanks chic ... and hi!
12:17 am
dcseain
ty, chic!
12:18 am
chic
Hi corps and dc! and herin
12:18 am
jillibus
Just, it puts everything onn one page, and one of the best features is "Lickety Add". If you enter one word, it goes to the list. If you enter more than one word, it goes to the chat. Lickety will explain
12:18 am
dcseain
hi, corps
12:18 am
jillibus
hi herin
12:18 am
corpsvalue
hi dc!
12:19 am
flosey
thanks chic, got the sw7
12:19 am
lynxxx
Hi Corps & Infernal
12:19 am
herinfernallady
Been out and at the gym so didn't finish the last couple of grids
12:19 am
corpsvalue
hi again lynxxx!
12:20 am
jillibus
and chic and mkl
12:20 am
jillibus
herin -- beautiful icon!
12:20 am
herinfernallady
Hi How are you all
12:20 am
MeTarzanUJane
i still cant find the final x! i have two 8's a 7 and a 9? anyone can help?
12:20 am
dcseain
platten is a typewriter part, no?
12:20 am
herinfernallady
Thank you jill i do love the idea
12:20 am
corpsvalue
another plural MeTarzan
12:20 am
NonnieLight
one t, dc
12:21 am
jillibus
platen, dc
12:21 am
herinfernallady
wow i just learned what that X was.
12:21 am
corpsvalue
thanks for that pl7 LOL
12:21 am
dcseain
maybe i'm recall the German directions on my typewriter, then. :)
12:21 am
herinfernallady
Jill i love the idea of doing yoga at sunrise too
12:21 am
MeTarzanUJane
thank you! corpsval!
12:21 am
dcseain
jilli said a word :)
12:21 am
jillibus
oops, let the cat out of the bag (anything good in the sin bin? Melon's latkes?)
12:22 am
NonnieLight
wow, herin--you just arrived and you got the xa??? I'm still struggling with those :o(
12:22 am
harpjane
has nayone found the 3rd 9?
12:22 am
dcseain
the xa all start w/the same 5 letters, nonnie, like a common food additive.
12:22 am
herinfernallady
Nonie (looks about) I cheated. I looked at morewords.
12:22 am
jillibus
yoga suspended in midair, herin?
12:22 am
corpsvalue
nope on the 9
12:22 am
herinfernallady
Yoga at sunrise on the beach mmmmmmmm sigh
12:23 am
FranMag
Aloha Babblers! late flip
12:23 am
dcseain
aloha, fran!
12:23 am
corpsvalue
hi fran! have fun with those X's!
12:23 am
NonnieLight
thanks, dc---looking
12:23 am
dcseain
for a moment, fran, i thought you'd chosen dreidel-spinning as you sport.
12:23 am
FranMag
hi lynxxx! hi corps! hi chic!
12:23 am
NonnieLight
aloha, fran!
12:23 am
FranMag
i found xa7,8,9 already. :-)
12:24 am
FranMag
hi nonnie!
12:24 am
harpjane
i'm going to get some parsnips and make latkes today
12:24 am
FranMag
hi harp!
12:24 am
dcseain
another xa8,9 after those, fran
12:24 am
harpjane
because i can't spin a dreidle to save my life....
12:24 am
herinfernallady
Hi Fran
12:24 am
NonnieLight
I'm a twit...still no xa!
12:24 am
FranMag
those darn cached images dc. :-)
12:24 am
lynxxx
don''t ruin a good latke Harp! parsnips - yuk!
12:24 am
FranMag
hi infernal!
12:24 am
jillibus
parsnips fried in butter -- yum!
12:25 am
dcseain
i love parsnips
12:25 am
harpjane
parsnips are nice actually
12:25 am
herinfernallady
Nonie i used more words to find the xa
12:26 am
herinfernallady
Oh and news flash. I hit the 10 pound weight loose mark
12:26 am
dcseain
congrats, lady!
12:26 am
FranMag
that wind storm we had last night was worse than i thought, parts of the state are still without power and cable was knocked out to the whole state most of the day.
12:26 am
FranMag
awesome infernal!!
12:26 am
herinfernallady
I am nearly at my 105kilo mark by christmas.
12:26 am
dcseain
oh, wow, fran. gale-force winds i gather?
12:28 am
herinfernallady
Fran glad you are ok
12:28 am
jillibus
hooray for herin!
12:28 am
NonnieLight
ha--xa is done! Thank you for the help :o)
12:28 am
FranMag
must have been, some large trees were blown down too
12:28 am
FranMag
thanks infernal. :-)
12:28 am
dcseain
a neighbors boat got crushed by a fallen tree last hurricane that came through here. It was on a trailer beside their house.
12:29 am
FranMag
woo hoo! finished my Xs with just the monkeys. :-)
12:29 am
jillibus
fran, I hope that storm doesn't come here -- we've had enough!
12:29 am
dcseain
go, fran!
12:30 am
jillibus
wd, fran
12:30 am
NonnieLight
wtg, fran!
12:30 am
VolleymomDee
hi all!!!
12:30 am
herinfernallady
better than me fran
12:30 am
NonnieLight
hello dee!
12:30 am
NonnieLight
Hitting the hay...night all!
12:31 am
FranMag
night nonnie!
12:31 am
corpsvalue
hi dee!
12:31 am
jillibus
phish is so a word nowadays
12:31 am
VolleymomDee
hi frannie nonnie.... jil, corp... hope you are feeling better lady
12:31 am
jillibus
night nonnie
12:31 am
FranMag
xa7 gum is an ingredient popular with cutting edge chefs these days, i must have read it on a blog
12:31 am
lynxxx
Hi Volley. Nite Nonnie
12:32 am
herinfernallady
All right i have to tend to the man back in a bit. Volley i am good
12:32 am
jillibus
ah, that's why I knew those first 5 X letters!
12:32 am
VolleymomDee
glad to hear
12:32 am
dcseain
drop a letter, jilli
12:32 am
VolleymomDee
hugs jili
12:32 am
dcseain
plural of an irrational number
12:32 am
cybernan
good evening all :)
12:33 am
jillibus
must have read it on a label for some food or other
12:33 am
corpsvalue
hi nan
12:33 am
dcseain
evening, nan!
12:33 am
jillibus
I already did, dc, lol
12:35 am
10s Gu
how many words?
12:35 am
dcseain
252, 10s, hello
12:35 am
dcseain
9*3, 8*6, 7*17
12:36 am
dcseain
xa7,8,9,8,9
12:36 am
dcseain
king of iran
12:39 am
dcseain
ty ,corps
12:39 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up!
12:39 am
corpsvalue
thans lickety!
12:39 am
dcseain
thanks, likety!
12:40 am
MeTarzanUJane
any help for the h word in the bottomleft corner?
12:40 am
dcseain
yall signed contract today?
12:40 am
lynxxx
TY Lickety !
12:40 am
flosey
thanks Lickety
12:40 am
corpsvalue
gotta get back to work. have fun y'all!
12:40 am
dcseain
ciao, corps!
12:40 am
corpsvalue
*poof*
12:41 am
licketySplitAUS
dcseain - yes we did - Now just a 5 day cool off and all is set!
12:41 am
lynxxx
bye Corps!
12:41 am
dcseain
wonderful!
12:41 am
momof5
Can anyone tell me why: I type words in the Babble Expert box and, unlike the previous puzzle, I am only getting a red box (even when the word exists in the puzzle)?
12:42 am
licketySplitAUS
dcseain - and then onto the next task - finding somewhere to live - but not too early ;-) momof5 - I just updated clues then - do a Refresh clues and it'll work
12:42 am
dcseain
if clues are not up yet, that happens, momo
12:42 am
VolleymomDee
congrats lickety!!! So glad everything is moving forward so quickly.
12:42 am
dcseain
i would expect finding a place shan't be too difficult?
12:43 am
licketySplitAUS
thanks volley and dcseain - it means alot.
12:43 am
momof5
Ok, I'll see if I can find a new word and try again.
12:43 am
licketySplitAUS
dcseain - hopefully not - again another unknown really.
12:43 am
dcseain
true. :)
12:43 am
momof5
It works now. Thanks. I guess I just wasn't patient enough. I've always come into the game with Lickety already up.
12:44 am
lynxxx
What settlement days did you ask for Lickety?
12:45 am
licketySplitAUS
21st Jan lynxxx
12:45 am
dcseain
phantom thesis
12:45 am
herinfernallady
Hi I am back. Thanks LIckety
12:46 am
dcseain
wb, lady.
12:46 am
jillibus
MeTarzan -- most interesting pix in your flickr!
12:46 am
licketySplitAUS
hey lady. hope you are well
12:46 am
herinfernallady
Stuff Congrates on house sale
12:46 am
herinfernallady
That was i am stuffed. hope you are all good
12:46 am
MeTarzanUJane
hahaha thanks jilli...im a bit of an amateur.
12:47 am
lynxxx
Lickety - Wow, at least you had your clean out and be ready to rock & roll - hope you find a great place to lease
12:49 am
herinfernallady
MeTarzan i like your handle. Is that your puppy in the picture?
12:50 am
SaddySolar
my internet died on me when i had only 18 words left on the last puzzle... sigh
12:51 am
dcseain
bummer, saddy. wb!
12:51 am
jillibus
sad, saddy!
12:51 am
MeTarzanUJane
my icon is the beatles? is that what our talking about?
12:51 am
lynxxx
very saddy Solar
12:52 am
herinfernallady
MeTarzan your flicker pics
12:52 am
jillibus
probably the pug, MeTarz
12:52 am
MeTarzanUJane
oh yess! the pug is my doggy. Her name is Floyde.
12:52 am
herinfernallady
Very cute pug.
12:53 am
MeTarzanUJane
shes so great.
12:53 am
MeTarzanUJane
shes so great.
12:53 am
MeTarzanUJane
alright im exhausted. good night everyone!
12:53 am
herinfernallady
zDoubly so it sems
12:53 am
dcseain
g'night metarzan!
12:53 am
lynxxx
nite Tarzan
12:54 am
herinfernallady
Night Tarzan
12:54 am
jillibus
night Metarz
12:55 am
herinfernallady
phantom elephant
12:55 am
dcseain
at the zoo
12:56 am
herinfernallady
I have to take the back stitches out of the cat. Vet approved
12:56 am
dcseain
you take out? not dissolving?
12:57 am
cybernan
half way -- had one wine too many at dinner to finish tonight! --- see you tomorrow :)
12:57 am
dcseain
sweet dreams, nan!
12:57 am
lynxxx
nite C'nan - you'll sleep well
12:57 am
herinfernallady
They are dis solvable but one seems not to have. She was such a charmer they don't want her back
12:57 am
herinfernallady
Night Nan
12:58 am
jillibus
night nan
12:58 am
cybernan
you're right lynxxx, lol
12:58 am
jillibus
lol herin
12:59 am
SaddySolar
i jusr upgraded to pro
12:59 am
dcseain
i see, herin.
12:59 am
VolleymomDee
la 7 x 2
12:59 am
herinfernallady
Yah Saddy
1:00 am
dcseain
yay saddy!
1:00 am
dcseain
well worth the money
1:01 am
jillibus
good, saddy! Don't forget to check the little "Show Profile" box, upper right in your My Account
1:02 am
herinfernallady
Wow the city was locked down again. BIg fire in a basement electrical substation. bottom half of city was in lock down. 3000 staff in one building 4000 in another
1:04 am
herinfernallady
there was a fire in a buildings Electrical substation 2 buildings no power that kinda thing all not goog
1:06 am
jillibus
I need help so I can crash.The E in the second row, right side. The E in the bottom row, left side. The H in the bottom left corner
1:07 am
herinfernallady
DC http://tinyurl.com/25psm3
1:07 am
herinfernallady
Sorry jill no go from me
1:07 am
VolleymomDee
I think your h is he 4/6
1:07 am
jillibus
dee, it's not assistance
1:07 am
VolleymomDee
your e may be es 6/18
1:08 am
VolleymomDee
es is a large house and grounds where wealthy person lives
1:08 am
herinfernallady
Hi Urs
1:09 am
dcseain
hello, ursh
1:09 am
SaddySolar
so how do i go about getting a flag?
1:09 am
dcseain
interesting, lady, ty for the link
1:09 am
jillibus
thanks dee, that was the upper E
1:09 am
VolleymomDee
I don't know how to clue the he... no definition in dictionary.com
1:09 am
lynxxx
ep4.6 (ends in vowel)
1:09 am
dcseain
select a country in your profile, saddy
1:10 am
lynxxx
the he4.6 is a plural
1:10 am
ursh
hmm the large property also works with in
1:10 am
SaddySolar
i did... it just shows a blank space next to my name in the chat still
1:10 am
VolleymomDee
et 4/5 ?
1:10 am
ursh
oh look saddy - there you are
1:11 am
herinfernallady
Saddy maybe you need to ask DR God for a flag he may not have one
1:11 am
dcseain
huh. yeah you profile says pakistan. maybe you need to fill something in the city?
1:11 am
jillibus
well, saddy, you got your icon and all but your flag!
1:11 am
lynxxx
et4.5 is a plural too
1:11 am
dcseain
oh, good point lady.
1:11 am
ursh
volley - use the aitch and pl
1:12 am
lynxxx
Hi Ursh - TY for the in
1:12 am
VolleymomDee
ty ursh
1:12 am
SaddySolar
how do i get in touch with Fr.God lol
1:12 am
SaddySolar
DR.god***
1:12 am
ursh
well and truly stuck on 132
1:13 am
jillibus
ah, monkeyed the lower E
1:13 am
ursh
oh do tell jilli
1:13 am
herinfernallady
Down the bottom. There is a contact Dr god
1:13 am
dcseain
yes, the send them link down below
1:13 am
jillibus
ursh, ep + half a laugh
1:14 am
dcseain
ep's all build from 1st
1:14 am
ursh
tx jilli that was the only one i had
1:14 am
dcseain
italian volcano
1:15 am
Atalante
hi all :) I have a new beautiful Silverclaw pic: http://tinyurl.com/2vwwg4
1:15 am
jillibus
and I got the H in the corner so I can go to bed -- very tired
1:15 am
herinfernallady
Hi Ata
1:16 am
dcseain
lovely, complete with the 'why are you bothering me' glare :)
1:16 am
dcseain
g'night jilli, sleep well.
1:16 am
lynxxx
thats gorgeous Atal (person in the grid)
1:17 am
herinfernallady
Its a sleepy kitty. Very cute
1:17 am
Atalante
oooooh! I'm in the grid! ty lynx!
1:17 am
jillibus
beautiful, ata!
1:18 am
lynxxx
goodnite Jilli (if you are really going!?)
1:18 am
Atalante
ty :) she's a beaaauuuuuutiful girl :)
1:19 am
herinfernallady
I am watching the news. There was a house fire were 2 kids were badly injured so was their mum. Last week their car was stolen and some low life stole the clothes the sister bought for her from the ER while she was waiting. grumble
1:19 am
jillibus
I'm really going, lynxxx! zzzzzzzzz *poof*
1:19 am
herinfernallady
Night Jill
1:20 am
MVA
night jilli and hi all!
1:20 am
herinfernallady
Hi MVA
1:21 am
lynxxx
BBS taking a coffee break (after I found the la5)
1:24 am
bbnaz
okay......too much Project Runway. Will have to continue this tomorrow........
1:25 am
herinfernallady
DId i scare everyone off again.
1:25 am
dcseain
g'night bb!
1:25 am
herinfernallady
Hi BB
1:25 am
dcseain
hello, MVA!
1:25 am
dcseain
how are you this morning?
1:25 am
SaddySolar
still no flag :(
1:25 am
dcseain
probably dr god will need to upload one, then. you mailed him, yes?
1:26 am
bbnaz
I didn't mean to be rude. Hello to all of my flip friends and nighty night. see you all later
1:26 am
herinfernallady
Saddy you may have to wait
1:26 am
MVA
i've lost mine too, well i've never had one saddy!
1:27 am
dcseain
i've seen welsh flags on here, though.
1:27 am
dcseain
or mayb they had british ones, and i'm flaky, which is likely.
1:27 am
rururocks
dc I found a yiddish word the grid/enable won't take on this grid
1:28 am
MVA
dc i'm fine but the rehearsals for the Christmas concert could lead me to insanity!!!
1:28 am
FranMag
back again!
1:28 am
dcseain
yeah, rehearsals are like that.
1:28 am
MOJOJOMO
sup guys
1:28 am
dcseain
which is that, ruru?
1:28 am
bbnaz
though there is that "weta" word mentioned yesterday
1:28 am
VolleymomDee
a very strange sh 7/32 I have never seen it before
1:28 am
FranMag
i think the 8:00 gremlins are back!
1:28 am
rururocks
shplat!!!!!!...lol
1:28 am
dcseain
weta is a word? here local it is, it refers to one of our PBS stations.
1:29 am
FranMag
lol ruru!
1:29 am
bbnaz
no it is NOT a word. although someone was wanting it to be one.
1:29 am
dcseain
shlemiel i think is valid
1:29 am
bbnaz
worked for laverne and shirley
1:29 am
rururocks
if you are a putz
1:29 am
dcseain
indeed it did, bb!
1:30 am
dcseain
according to a yiddish text at home , George Bush is not a mensch.
1:31 am
rururocks
dick cheney is though...
1:35 am
dcseain
wow, the desk was dirty
1:36 am
FranMag
phantom: shtetl
1:36 am
dcseain
indeed fran
1:36 am
dcseain
i thought 1st ph8 was a proper noun
1:37 am
dcseain
oh, it has a usage other than the proper noun one. who knew.
1:37 am
FranMag
thanks dc! got it
1:38 am
FranMag
how many ph8s are there?
1:38 am
dcseain
2, both ph8/50
1:38 am
dcseain
other follows ph7/36, so likely o plural
1:38 am
rururocks
no there are three ph 's
1:38 am
FranMag
okey doke
1:39 am
FranMag
3 ph8s ruru?
1:39 am
rururocks
I have a ph 7/36
1:39 am
dcseain
2 ph8s, ruru
1:39 am
dcseain
5 total PHs
1:39 am
rururocks
a ph4/6
1:39 am
rururocks
and a ph 8/50..
1:39 am
dcseain
ph 8,4,7,8,4
1:40 am
dcseain
is your ph7 pluralable?
1:40 am
herinfernallady
Pounce HI RU
1:41 am
FranMag
hi infernal!
1:41 am
dcseain
phantom: phalanx
1:41 am
dcseain
ty, ruru. PHs done :)
1:43 am
rururocks
now you have me stuck on the ph's dc...
1:44 am
MVA
flip, got to go, may be back later!
1:44 am
dcseain
last one is an irrational number plural
1:44 am
dcseain
ciao, mva!
1:44 am
FranMag
later mva!
1:46 am
herinfernallady
Fran were did you run off to?
1:46 am
FranMag
internet went down again
1:47 am
herinfernallady
sigh
1:47 am
FranMag
i think that time was due to the previous problem and not the storm issues
1:47 am
herinfernallady
Rude.
1:47 am
dcseain
this one will score well.
1:48 am
dcseain
i few photes from yesterday on Maui: http://tinyurl.com/2u6g3s
1:50 am
herinfernallady
I am tired but cant complain as he had a really crap day
1:50 am
rururocks
just going to get halfway for now
1:50 am
dcseain
rough job?
1:50 am
dcseain
go, ruru, go!
1:50 am
rururocks
how are you feeling herin..heard you were not felling well
1:50 am
herinfernallady
Dc he isn't talking
1:50 am
dcseain
ah, i see.
1:51 am
herinfernallady
Guaranteed monkey nuts his boss upset him
1:52 am
herinfernallady
When hes like this i get him a cold drink, take his shoes off and leave him be
1:52 am
dcseain
sounds appropriate
1:53 am
dcseain
how's your cold doing?
1:53 am
herinfernallady
Nearly gone which is great. Its stinkie hot though 30C still
1:54 am
dcseain
here, we were 30F for the high, low of 20ishF expected
1:54 am
herinfernallady
bbrt
1:54 am
dcseain
so high of -1C, lows of about -8C
1:55 am
herinfernallady
That is cold
1:56 am
lynxxx
DC did you get the yiddish word for today?
1:56 am
dcseain
for here, that's quite cold. For other parts of North America, that toasty this time of year.
1:56 am
dcseain
i found the aramaic one :) not sure if i've come across the yiddish. what's it start with?
1:57 am
rururocks
Ifound one lynxxx... sphlatt!!
1:58 am
dcseain
don't have that yet.
1:58 am
lynxxx
are you sure tat wasn't you just jumping in Ruru?
1:58 am
rururocks
get in sh***
1:58 am
dcseain
that 2nd one, i'm guessing?
1:59 am
FranMag
i have the one that means to carry
1:59 am
lynxxx
its one letter changed from baa lamb
1:59 am
lynxxx
Franny has it
1:59 am
dcseain
so yes, the last one. :)
2:01 am
FranMag
i know that from the flintstones, bad luck sh***rock, remember him?
2:01 am
rururocks
there it is dc..glad I stayed up for that one
2:01 am
rururocks
there it is dc..glad I stayed up for that one
2:01 am
rururocks
there it is dc..glad I stayed up for that one
2:01 am
rururocks
there it is dc..glad I stayed up for that one
2:01 am
bookwomen
any clue for last sh 7/32
2:02 am
herinfernallady
oh look its 2am stupidity
2:02 am
bookwomen
nm got it.
2:02 am
FranMag
infernal, don't talk about ruru that way. ;-)
2:02 am
herinfernallady
I got booted
2:03 am
herinfernallady
I meant me. I didnt even see that clitch. My bum hurts from the booting
2:04 am
FranMag
i know infernal, i'm just teasing
2:04 am
rururocks
I didn't mean to stutter.. chat wouldn't take
2:04 am
rururocks
yeah infernal... Iam sensitive...
2:04 am
FranMag
yeah, it's the 2am hiccup
2:04 am
bookwomen
i thought she was talking about me as I do have the 2 AM stupids. I should be in bed. lol
2:05 am
herinfernallady
No
2:06 am
rururocks
137 words and only 4 greyed out tiles...eeek
2:07 am
herinfernallady
Go Ru
2:07 am
dcseain
yes, fran i do remember.
2:07 am
dcseain
well done, ru!
2:07 am
lynxxx
at least you've got the X's (no, I don't want to talk about them)
2:09 am
SaddySolar
does anyone have the forst an5,10?
2:09 am
rururocks
plural the 4/4
2:09 am
bookwomen
just finsihed those x's and going to bed. ty for the clues
2:09 am
dcseain
it's a latinate plural, saddy
2:10 am
FranMag
lol, i only have 3 AN words
2:10 am
rururocks
can't even think about those x's yet....
2:10 am
FranMag
night book!
2:10 am
dcseain
i have all but 1st and last ANs
2:10 am
balboe
How`s the new box
2:10 am
dcseain
the Xs were fun, and they all share 5 letters in
common
2:10 am
dcseain
this grid is nice, balboe, good morning
2:11 am
dcseain
i've got 58 left at this point, though i think i'll work for'em
2:11 am
SaddySolar
a latinate plural... yeah that makes it easier... NOT lol
2:11 am
dcseain
add a vowel, saddy; that vowel is a typical Latin plural.
2:12 am
FranMag
saddy, add a vowel to the one before it, latin plural, not an S
2:12 am
lynxxx
usually an e Saddy
2:13 am
lynxxx
are you being sensitive again Ruru?
2:13 am
SaddySolar
i have the 2nd an5,10.... its the first i want
2:14 am
dcseain
oh, sorry, saddy. i don't have that one yet.
2:14 am
SaddySolar
the first an
2:14 am
rururocks
an + british for goodbye
2:14 am
rururocks
then the latin plural
2:14 am
rururocks
then the latin plural
2:14 am
dcseain
that's the 1st 4/4, no ruru?
2:15 am
dcseain
there's a 5/10 before it.
2:15 am
rururocks
isn't that what she wants?
2:15 am
rururocks
oh I didn't know
2:15 am
SaddySolar
i have the an + british for goodbye+the latin plural
2:15 am
dcseain
she needs 1st an5/10
2:16 am
lynxxx
I've got 3 an5.10s so far - first one is an + Australian model **l* McPherson
2:16 am
dcseain
oh, it's from next-to-rightmost A
2:16 am
dcseain
an + Italian 'he'
2:17 am
herinfernallady
It is not accepting Frisee but its on more words
2:17 am
rururocks
sorry saddy I didn't have that one nice clue lynxx
2:17 am
dcseain
it has the short form, lady
2:17 am
SaddySolar
thanks lynx got it
2:18 am
herinfernallady
Ok i have that but its not right
2:18 am
dcseain
i agree not right, but this is ENABLE, after all :)
2:18 am
lynxxx
DC is my clue for your Italian he? (no italian here)
2:18 am
rururocks
maybe enable just had one too many frisee salads
2:19 am
flosey
off to bed, goodnight all, see you tomorrow
2:20 am
dcseain
an + letter L in spanish, portugues or italian
2:20 am
lynxxx
goodnite Flosey
2:20 am
dcseain
g'night flosey! pleasant dreams
2:20 am
rururocks
I am right behind you flos...good night
2:21 am
dcseain
g'night ruru! rest well.
2:21 am
sprite
morning all
2:21 am
dcseain
morning, sprite! D:
2:21 am
lynxxx
Hello Spritely!
2:22 am
dcseain
they signed contract today, and asked for 21 Jan closing.
2:22 am
sprite
lol, did I scare you, dc?
2:22 am
sprite
hey lynxxx *hug*
2:22 am
sprite
good news, dc!
2:22 am
dcseain
my fingers got the :D backward, i noticed on send. but i startle easily in general
2:23 am
sprite
so do I :)
*hug*
2:23 am
mrpresident
hello everyone :)
2:24 am
dcseain
evening, mrp!
2:24 am
dcseain
congrats on the contract again.
2:24 am
sprite
hey mrP! *hug*
How is the home situation, now that the end of the selling stress is near?
2:24 am
sprite
oh yes, and congrats on the contract!
2:24 am
mrpresident
thank you!! we signed today... very exciting stuff :D
2:25 am
dcseain
OJ from concentrate is so much less nice than fresh.
2:25 am
mrpresident
it is almost over sprite. I am sad that we will be sending our last xmas here. Still going through 1 more open house this saturday
2:25 am
mrpresident
spending *
2:26 am
sprite
why is that? Seeing you already sold?
2:26 am
lynxxx
why MRP? just as a backup?
2:27 am
mrpresident
the contract stipulates they have to come up with $57,000 by thursday next week... when we see that money, then we stop advertising
2:27 am
dcseain
that's reasonable, mrp.
2:27 am
sprite
ah, I see. Must be irritating, having to have an open house while you should not need it. But you will survive ;)
2:28 am
mrpresident
people can 'say' they will buy and sign anything, but unless the money is in our bank, we don't believe it
2:28 am
sprite
well, you are right about that, though once they sign, they are bound to deliver.
2:28 am
dcseain
unless they have a financing contigency, sprite
2:28 am
mrpresident
and we settle on the 21st January, one week before school goes back. So, in a month, we will be moving out
2:29 am
spellit
Morning all - early start for a change
2:29 am
dcseain
morning, spellit!
2:29 am
sprite
yup, if it is in the contract.
2:29 am
sprite
hi spellit
2:29 am
lynxxx
hello Spellit!
2:29 am
mrpresident
hi spelit :)
2:30 am
dcseain
will you be in the same school district, mrp? else, moving and reregistering, oy!
2:30 am
mrpresident
oh sprite, we found some good yugioh cards for Tim. Luke is sending them this weekend
2:30 am
mrpresident
we are staying in the area for sure... move closer to the school
2:31 am
sprite
Tim is SOOO looking forward to it! And Caya too. Will they really send this weekend? If you know for sure, I will tell them.
2:31 am
sprite
are you on skype yet, mrP?
2:32 am
mrpresident
they really will, letters are written and ready to go. I just have to get to the post office tomorrow
2:32 am
lynxxx
So Sprite - are the comics & the letters making the English learning more attractive for Tim?
2:32 am
sprite
oh wonderful! They are having so much fun in advance already. It is really cool, pen pals from the other side of the world, isn't it.
2:33 am
sprite
they certainly do, lynxxx! And Caya reads them as well! It is really easy with the pics along with the words and they love it.
2:34 am
mrpresident
must go eat dinner, brb
2:34 am
dcseain
njoy, mrp
2:34 am
lynxxx
That's great, glad it has all worked out so well - AND they have made new friends to boot!
2:34 am
mrpresident
will try and get skype up and working sprite, when I get back from dinner
2:34 am
sprite
yay, the laughing fence is back
2:35 am
dcseain
fran, that sh yiddish word is ther, but different spelling
2:35 am
dcseain
last sh7/32
2:35 am
sprite
just typing will do as well, mrP! Just want to ask you a few things that I don't want to put in general chat ;)
2:36 am
FranMag
back just in time for that sh7, thanks dc!
2:36 am
sprite
who shot the shirf?
2:37 am
FranMag
now that spelling makes more sense!
2:37 am
FranMag
hi sprite!
2:37 am
sprite
hi Fran *hug*
2:37 am
dcseain
SHAIRiff is the pronunciation here
2:38 am
dcseain
wb, fran, missed ur slipping away
2:38 am
FranMag
you two are really close to the sh6/30. might have to send you to the penalty box. :-)
2:39 am
dcseain
ty, fran, i'd not noticed that :)
2:39 am
sprite
ooooow thanks Fran!
2:39 am
FranMag
i wouldn't have either until sprite said her thing. :-)
2:39 am
dcseain
sprite, H, not We for surprise. W for pain/chagrin.
2:40 am
sprite
grin, I needed you to point out my almost-find ;)
2:40 am
dcseain
i'm at a total loss for sh7/32, after the bed dressing.
2:41 am
sprite
*tries to look smart while searching for the meaning of that clue*
2:41 am
SaddySolar
does anyone have the ar8,40?
2:41 am
dcseain
i don't saddy
2:41 am
dcseain
sprite, not a clue, request for help from me
2:41 am
sprite
nope, but it is good to know it is there, Saddy
2:42 am
FranMag
not yet, but i'll look
2:43 am
FranMag
saddy, do you have the ar6/18 that sounds like a record company?
2:43 am
Cat9x
ar8/40, Jackie O's hubby and the United *****s of America, hi everyone :)
2:43 am
herinfernallady
Back from washing the kitty
2:43 am
FranMag
it starts with that, last part is like one of the 50 united *****
2:43 am
sprite
just found it before you clued it, Cat, and hi :)
Thanks for saving me the cluing!
2:43 am
FranMag
ooh, cat beat me to it... hi cat!!
2:43 am
lynxxx
TY Fran & Cat
2:44 am
Cat9x
LOL, tis ok Fran, hello!
2:44 am
Cat9x
hi Lynxxx :)
2:44 am
FranMag
yw lynxxx!
2:44 am
SaddySolar
thanks
2:44 am
dcseain
morning, cat!
2:44 am
SaddySolar
got it
2:44 am
herinfernallady
HI Cat and hugs sprite
2:44 am
dcseain
ty fran, filled out my ARs
2:45 am
sprite
hi lady! *hugs back*
2:45 am
dcseain
1st sh7/32?
2:45 am
Cat9x
morning dc!
2:45 am
sprite
I haven't any of the sh biggies yet, dc, sorry
2:45 am
FranMag
i was still looking for that one dc
2:46 am
herinfernallady
Well the cat has her collar off so she is OCD cleaning
2:46 am
lynxxx
DC the only one I have is female sh* + vowel + what you get from the sun
2:46 am
FranMag
thanks lynxxx!
2:47 am
sprite
thanks lynxxx!
2:47 am
sprite
lol lady, glad for her
2:47 am
dcseain
oh! ty, lynxxx!
2:48 am
herinfernallady
I did bath her first she was all manky
2:48 am
lynxxx
taking another clearbrain break - BBL
2:48 am
FranMag
how does the last 9 start? the one that's not an XA?
2:48 am
sprite
bfn lynxxx!
2:48 am
FranMag
later lynxxx!
2:48 am
dcseain
ciao, lynxxx
2:49 am
Cat9x
both are xa's Fran
2:49 am
herinfernallady
Yes
2:49 am
Cat9x
oops, sorry! it's fi
2:49 am
Flask1
Morning all.......
2:49 am
FranMag
hi flask!
2:50 am
dcseain
morning, flask
2:50 am
sprite
thanks for the 4 X biggies
2:50 am
Cat9x
morning, Flask :)
2:50 am
FranMag
woo hoo sprite!
2:50 am
Flask1
any clues for sh5/14 and sh7/32 please?
2:50 am
dcseain
sprite:
xa 7,8,9,8,9
2:51 am
dcseain
which sh5/14?
2:51 am
sprite
lol dc, sw5 of you :)
2:51 am
dcseain
last one is to carry
2:51 am
Flask1
sorry its the final 2 x 7's
2:51 am
herinfernallady
Well she may be clean but i am now damp and covered in wet cat hair
2:51 am
sprite
works miracles for my points total, this one letter greyed out!
2:51 am
Flask1
the final 2 x sh's....sorry!
2:52 am
dcseain
last sh7 is yiddish for an encampment, with an extra vowel in it.
2:52 am
dcseain
last SHs are both yiddish , carry, and an an encampment - with an extra vowel
2:52 am
dcseain
the joys of cat bathery, lady :)
2:52 am
FranMag
sh5/14 means to carry in yiddish, s + anagram of "assist"
2:53 am
sprite
great clue, Fran
2:53 am
FranMag
thanks sprite. :-)
2:54 am
herinfernallady
Clue for the Fi 9 pleaese
2:54 am
SaddySolar
wish i knew yiddish
2:54 am
SaddySolar
does anyone have the at7,32 yet?
2:55 am
Flask1
Sorry Fran....not getting it!
2:55 am
dcseain
searching, saddy...
2:56 am
FranMag
flask, s + h*** (last 4 letters are "assist" mixed up)
2:56 am
Flask1
F9 is marine life + dish!
2:56 am
dcseain
saddy, a sportsman
2:56 am
herinfernallady
That is not a word
2:56 am
dcseain
a sportsman is at7
2:56 am
FranMag
thanks flask! i knew it had to start that way, didn't get the ending yet.
2:57 am
FranMag
thanks dc! that word is so hard to me to see
2:57 am
dcseain
ty flash, i knew the start, had no clue on end :)
2:57 am
dcseain
it's spiral, fran, no wonder it's hard to see :)
2:57 am
SaddySolar
tytytytyt
2:57 am
FranMag
lol dc, that's essentially what i said about the word. :-)
2:58 am
sprite
lol Fran and dc
2:58 am
FranMag
dc, that and i never played sports. :-)
2:58 am
dcseain
my sister did, only reason it's on my radar
2:58 am
Flask1
anytime dc...:-)
2:58 am
dcseain
she did softball, volleyball, and basketball
2:58 am
Flask1
Fran is the 7 related?
2:59 am
FranMag
no flask, but it's also yiddish
2:59 am
FranMag
sh + coffee or **a + ***ephone
3:00 am
dcseain
last sh7 - yiddish for a village or town - with an extra vowel toward the end.
3:00 am
sprite
thnx Fran, again :)
3:00 am
FranMag
we see it in the grid more without the last e
3:00 am
FranMag
yw sprite
3:01 am
sprite
I even tried it without the extra e. But did not realise there was a longer version.
3:01 am
herinfernallady
DC the cat also left a hair or two in my eyes
3:01 am
dcseain
how cat-like
3:01 am
herinfernallady
yes
3:01 am
dcseain
sprite, the version today is unusual and rare.
3:01 am
Flask1
ok Fran...thanks for that and your patience!
3:01 am
FranMag
i announced it as a phantom a couple hours ago and then a little while ago dc found that one!
3:02 am
dcseain
finally found the Indian bread
3:02 am
FranMag
yw flask, anytime. :-)
3:02 am
sprite
that is good to know, dc. Will try and remember this version as well, though :)
3:02 am
herinfernallady
How are you SPrite
3:02 am
sprite
I sooo love the indian bread. With garlic, if possible.
3:03 am
FranMag
dc, thanks, i hadn't seen it yet!! (as usual, it was much too obvious)
3:03 am
dcseain
garlic kulcha is lovely
3:03 am
dcseain
na6, anyone?
3:03 am
sprite
dead tired, lady, but happy with the way the Sinterklaas celebration went yesterday. Kids were happy, we were happy, and with small and not too many gifts. Great fun surprises though (not sure that is how you call it), and a marvellous atmosphere.
3:04 am
sprite
looking now, dc
3:04 am
FranMag
well, i know it's from the lower left N
3:04 am
dcseain
sounds wonderful, sprite!
3:05 am
sprite
dc: na + canvas shelter, change vowel.
3:05 am
FranMag
thanks sprite!
3:05 am
dcseain
huh. i didn't know that was English.
3:05 am
dcseain
ty, Sprite
3:06 am
sprite
yes, it was wonderful. :)
3:06 am
FranMag
dc, since when is that a requirement of enable? :-)
3:06 am
dcseain
true, true...
3:06 am
sprite
LOL... don't we love enable and all its incongruencies
3:06 am
dcseain
fran, we played walleyball in HS
3:07 am
FranMag
cool dc, for some reason i thought it was relatively new when i was in college, late 80s
3:08 am
dcseain
i was in HS 85-89, so that'd be about right.
3:08 am
FranMag
my friends were into racquetball so we'd see some people playing walleyball in the other courts.
3:09 am
herinfernallady
Sprite that sounds wonderful. i had to look it up
3:09 am
dcseain
heh, musta been entertaining to see
3:09 am
sprite
for a moment I wondered if it had anything to do with kangaroos
3:09 am
FranMag
i guess it's not that unusual, but i think the name is cute
3:09 am
dcseain
1st la5/12?
3:10 am
FranMag
sprite, glad your sinterklaas celebration was nice.
3:10 am
dcseain
we played it in the small gym in HS, so a bit larger than a racquetball court.
3:10 am
sprite
yeah, it was really good!
3:10 am
sprite
dc, I am sorry, no idea if mine are last
3:11 am
sprite
I have: not early, with inserted consonant, and the same word plural minus the last vowel.
3:11 am
dcseain
it's before the road, sprite, if that helps
3:11 am
sprite
hm, I have la5 after the road, so I must be really mixed up
3:11 am
FranMag
it's rubble at the base of a mountain dc
3:12 am
FranMag
base of a volcano to be specific, end sounds like laughter
3:13 am
sprite
mine are strips of wood used for roofing
3:13 am
FranMag
and thanks for the road. didn't have it yet. :-)
3:14 am
dcseain
that's mid-LAs, sprite
3:14 am
sprite
and heavy pole or stick
3:14 am
dcseain
or late, depending on which you have :)
3:14 am
sprite
hm, must be meaning another kind of road, I think
3:14 am
sprite
sin bin for you, dc!
3:14 am
dcseain
only one road in the LAs, 2nd word.
3:15 am
FranMag
you need an la5 before the country la** spritey
3:15 am
sprite
dc, you said it came before the road???
3:16 am
sprite
I think dc sent me on a wild goose trip, or he means a word for road that I do not have, LOL.
3:16 am
dcseain
la4 - a small road
3:17 am
FranMag
i didn't have it until he mentioned it either sprite, i think it's because it builds left. :-)
3:17 am
sprite
I have the la4/4 as road and it is my second la word... so for me the last la5 comes after it.
3:17 am
dcseain
1st la5 is before the road.
3:17 am
FranMag
that's because he asked for the first la5/12 sprite. :-)
3:18 am
dcseain
ty fran, we had a communication disconnect apparently :)
3:18 am
sprite
totally. I read: last la5. While he definitely wrote 1st. Never mind me!
3:18 am
dcseain
that in6 has not enough letters.
3:20 am
FranMag
lol sprite, you must have been up la**?
3:20 am
FranMag
i'll be back
3:21 am
sprite
not really, I am having some word troubles since I am on my most recent pain meds. I say other words th4 I think and read others th4 there are. Thanks for bearing with me.
3:21 am
dcseain
all good sprite, we all do that sometimes.
3:21 am
dcseain
we had a whole thread in here about discalculia yesterday.
3:22 am
dcseain
best part, is we can all laugh about it :)
3:22 am
sprite
lol, same here, my kids have the best of fun about my slips.
3:23 am
dcseain
ah, so it's independent of languageL
3:23 am
sprite
yes, and that is interesting in itself,lol.
3:23 am
sprite
strange, it takes united st5s, but not st5n island.
3:24 am
dcseain
Spoke with a Mr Oosterveld in Ontario earlier today, thought of you.
3:24 am
dcseain
that island is a proper name
3:24 am
dcseain
similar accent to yours.
3:24 am
sprite
oh lol, yes, a totally dutch name that is.
3:24 am
sprite
I realise, but I always thought it was named after a real word, lol.
3:24 am
sprite
seems there is no getting rid of a dutch accent!
3:25 am
dcseain
yes, i asked him. His wife is also dutch. There's a largish community in Sothern Ontario, mostly in shipping or farming of either flowers or potatos.
3:25 am
dcseain
he's a flower farmer who ships his own produce.
3:26 am
dcseain
i think the dutch accent carries through due to the large difference in the vowel sounds.
3:26 am
sprite
I wonder how many people call him Oosterveld with a proper O sound at the start (as in go). Most will say it starting OO as in oops, I think.
3:26 am
dcseain
i would imagine the same would be true of english speakers speaking nederlands.
3:26 am
sprite
that is what they told me as well... accent is merely a matter of vowels.
3:26 am
dcseain
didn't think to ask, but i know better.
3:27 am
sprite
ah well, you guys can understand us, and that is what it is really about :D
3:27 am
dcseain
i've a friend whose surname is Japikse - it's fun how people butcher it. Even allowing for the fact that they've come to say it as Ja-PIKS-ey, with an english J.
3:28 am
dcseain
indeed so, sprite. I'm always telling imigrants that an accent does not mean speaking badly. I'm a native speaker, and have a clear accent to others not from my region. no big deal.
3:28 am
sprite
and how is it really to be pronounced, dc?
3:28 am
dcseain
oh, does 'jarja' mean anything?
3:29 am
sprite
not in dutch, sorry
3:29 am
sprite
jaja means yesyes, but that is as close as I can get
3:29 am
dcseain
YA-pik-se - with short vowels, though a like spanish, not english.
3:30 am
dcseain
just asked as 'jarja farm' is his business.
3:30 am
sprite
for explaining the pronunciation of the name to me!
3:31 am
sprite
aha, in that case the word is not from dutch. Might be an abbrev combo of names of his family, or something else entirely.
3:31 am
dcseain
Japikse is equal Jacobson in English, if i understand correctly.
3:32 am
sprite
ah, in Dutch that would be Jacops of Jakops of Jacopsen.
3:33 am
dcseain
her paternal grandfather emigrated from Delft in the 1930s.
3:33 am
sprite
did you ever visit Delft? It is one of the most lovely cities in Holland.
3:35 am
dcseain
only been to Spain in Europe thus far. Plan to fix that in the next 2 years. with Oxford, Amsterdam, and Madrid in the works, though likely not in that order.
3:35 am
sprite
will you let me know when you will be in Amsterdam? We could have a cup of coffee in the big city, or you could visit us at home, if you would like to :)
3:36 am
dcseain
that would be lovely, and i most certainly will, as the purpose of that visit is to see my friends. Mike's son is 8, and i've yet to meet Maas in person. For that matter, haven't met Katelijne in person yet either.
3:37 am
dcseain
that's mike's gf, mass and fien's mother.
3:37 am
sprite
sounds wonderful!
3:38 am
dcseain
and it would be wonderful to meet you and your clan :)
3:39 am
sprite
you will be most welcome! We can cook you a dutch dinner even... I could ask my hubby to make us meatballs and sauerkraut st4.
3:39 am
dcseain
appreciated, though i'm an ovo-lacto vegetarian - i've no clue how that meshes with the cuisine there. Sauerkraut is a fave of mine though - grew up with lots of it.
3:40 am
sprite
let me think... no meat, no eggs, no dairy products?
3:40 am
dcseain
i eat eggs and dairy
3:40 am
dcseain
i MUCH too lazy to be a vegan.
3:41 am
dcseain
plus, i like my butter and cream
3:41 am
sprite
ah, ok! Just no meat! Well, if you are coming over, we will discuss the menu and make sure you can have everything that is on it. I can cook a decent vegetarian meal myself, we don't always eat meat here either.
3:42 am
dcseain
few cuisines are entirely meat-ladden, and those that are tend to be more northerly than yours, like Scandanavia and Russia, for example
.
3:43 am
sprite
it is rather common in the netherlands to have meat with every meal, but I think it is not healthy.
3:43 am
sprite
don't have it yet, looking now
3:46 am
lynxxx
ha5.18 ha most of a thing with scales & fins
3:46 am
lynxxx
thats ha + etc
3:47 am
Karys
thank you lynxxx !
3:47 am
dcseain
oh! i'm not sure i'd ever have monkeyed that.
3:47 am
dcseain
ty, lynxxx!
3:48 am
dcseain
morning, karys!
3:48 am
lynxxx
hello karys - yw
3:48 am
Karys
good morning dc...and sprite...and of course, lynxx:)
3:48 am
sprite
hi Karys. Still working on that clue...
3:49 am
sprite
oh wait, think I have it
3:49 am
Karys
seeing how many I can do before I have to go out at 10
3:50 am
dcseain
firewords!
3:51 am
dcseain
i must process emails, bbl
3:51 am
lynxxx
Hoorays for DC !!!
3:51 am
Karys
Well done dc !!!
3:51 am
dcseain
ty, see yall in a bit, have great day, karys!
3:51 am
sprite
woooooot dc!
3:51 am
sprite
go Karys goooo
3:52 am
dcseain
deracinate dee-RAS-uh-nayt, transitive verb:
1. To pluck up by the roots; to uproot.
2. To displace from one's native or accustomed environment.
3:52 am
Karys
was going well sprite, but slowed down a little now !
3:55 am
herinfernallady
hi
3:55 am
Karys
hello there hern
3:55 am
herinfernallady
I disappeared again. Damn goldfish brain
3:55 am
herinfernallady
Hi Karys
3:56 am
lynxxx
I think the heats getting to me! sitting here sweltering - haven't turned on the fan - dumb
3:57 am
Karys
don't !!!!....lynxxx...it's winter here, and grey and miserable
3:57 am
herinfernallady
Lynxx its horrid isnt it
3:58 am
Karys
there cannot possibly be 27 words from that L
3:58 am
lynxxx
at least its not too humid. ahhh much cooler now
3:59 am
herinfernallady
Dang its still 29 C
4:00 am
Karys
well, that's it 10 o clock...must go...back later ...byeee
4:01 am
lynxxx
Infernal - only 24 tomorrow...when is the change coming do you know?
4:01 am
herinfernallady
Later Karys
4:01 am
lynxxx
bye Karys!
4:02 am
BabbleRabble
phantom: slangwhanger
4:02 am
herinfernallady
Hi bable
4:03 am
BabbleRabble
Hello, herin
4:03 am
sprite
hey BabbleRabble
4:04 am
BabbleRabble
hello, sprite
4:04 am
lynxxx
Hi BR - dont dare ask what that means
4:05 am
BabbleRabble
hello, lynxxx
4:05 am
sprite
awwww that was my hubby on the phone, telling me he loves me. I never knew that after more than 14 years together, people could still be so in love, but we are.
4:05 am
herinfernallady
That is lovely SPrite
4:06 am
lynxxx
we are all jealous Sprite!
4:06 am
BabbleRabble
fr. slangwhang, to assail with abuse] chiefly U.S.
a noisy or abusive talker or writer; a ranting partisan
4:07 am
sprite
am sorry about that, lynxxx... would love for you all to have this much happiness in your relationships!
4:07 am
herinfernallady
Happy here except hes in a shit and the cats gone mental
4:08 am
sprite
and of course we have our bad moments as well, if that is any consolation ;)
4:08 am
lynxxx
which is exactly what the word sounds like it means BR! good one
4:08 am
herinfernallady
At least he range you that was very kind and lovely
4:09 am
sprite
it just made me so happy he did, that I wanted to share, lol
4:14 am
jean1953
good morning everyone:)
4:14 am
sprite
morning jean
4:18 am
herinfernallady
Sprite that is lovely. It really is.
4:19 am
sprite
thanks lady :)
4:19 am
herinfernallady
I am looking at the disgusting world of age retouching for pageant photos
4:20 am
sprite
like signs of age are ugly. I love faces of older people.
4:20 am
jean1953
very quick visit this am, happy babbling everyone will bbl:)
4:20 am
sprite
bye for now, jean!
4:22 am
herinfernallady
Sprite i am talking about babies. 'Has YOUR child outgrown their photo'. that kind of thing. Its bad
4:22 am
lynxxx
whew, exactly 3/4 thru - time for list
4:22 am
sprite
I don't think I understand what you mean th4, lady
4:23 am
sprite
wtg lynxxx!
4:24 am
herinfernallady
Ok Sprite you know baby pageants they have in the states for example. The get the photos and turn them into dolls
4:25 am
sprite
how weird! No, we don't have anything like that in the netherlands, I think.
4:26 am
herinfernallady
Sprite i mean this. http://tinyurl.com/2owa35
it is quite disturbing what parents will do to have their perfectly cute kids made older
4:28 am
Queenruejean
Herinfernallady, I quite understand what you are saying. I'm sure you heard of our case here, a few years back, of Jon Benet Ramsey? Mom's frustrated beauty pageant dreams taken out on a tiny child. They gussy them up & make them a pedophile's dream!
4:30 am
sprite
that is so disgusting
4:30 am
Queenruejean
They don't allow a child to be a child. They make them look so much older than they are. Make-up slathered all over & even try to make them look like they have bosoms. It's disgusting.
4:31 am
herinfernallady
Hi Queen yes i did mean that. We have natural pagents. My exs kid was a winner of a baby photo comp (take out in your back yard deal) he was a cute kid.
4:31 am
Queenruejean
That's what they all should be like. A kid is the cutest thing in the world when allowed to be a kid!
4:32 am
sprite
I hate the pic at the right!
4:32 am
herinfernallady
Which therefor reminds me i have to get my 3 year old picture redone as its torn and shabby. Its a family fav. Im all cute and stuff
4:32 am
herinfernallady
I am watching Bones and they are talking about it.
4:33 am
sprite
I love that series, lady! Am waiting for it to be available on dvd in our region.
4:34 am
herinfernallady
Had to wait till summer to see it. I love it.
4:35 am
sprite
it is on tv here, but I haven't been able to follow it. And on dvd is more fun anyway... I love disappearing into the whole story for a couple of hours.
4:37 am
herinfernallady
So do i. I bought all 3 seasons of Deadwood as it wasn't on here. Thinking about hitting people up for ANgel for christmas
4:38 am
herinfernallady
Ill tell you what i got my mum
4:38 am
sprite
yay, the first season is available!
4:39 am
herinfernallady
I bought my mum and dad Metalica S n M dvd for chrissy
4:39 am
sprite
Angel... not sure about that one. How can he be alive after he sacrificed himself at the end of buffy?
4:40 am
sprite
nice, if they like metallica!
4:42 am
herinfernallady
hey do
4:42 am
herinfernallady
That was Spike not angel (droooooool)
4:43 am
sprite
owwwwww so true! How stupid of me! Guess I am mixed up because they are both so hot ;)
4:43 am
herinfernallady
That is true
4:43 am
sprite
but isn't spike coming back in angel as well?
4:44 am
lynxxx
Have you seen interview w. Spike? certainly not up to the character (who I agree is v. hot)
4:45 am
sprite
never, lynxxx, I love to keep my illusions alive. I am not interested in the man, just in the char :)
4:45 am
herinfernallady
Which one of James Masters have i not seen :D
4:49 am
lynxxx
phantom: athiest
4:50 am
sprite
as a superlative? Or a misspelt unbeliever?
4:51 am
lynxxx
just a misspelt - probably why I can't find words!
4:51 am
sprite
LOL, same here!
4:51 am
herinfernallady
I have 111 words
4:52 am
sprite
yay JoSo! *hug*
4:53 am
joso
well if that deservis a yea then big yay for herin and huge yay for sprite
4:53 am
herinfernallady
Hi Joso
4:54 am
sprite
your arriving is deserving a big YAY in itself, actually!
4:54 am
joso
hi lynx, I'm betteing you deserive a yay too, so yay
4:55 am
lynxxx
TY Joso - lol
4:56 am
herinfernallady
So how are you Jos
4:56 am
joso
I'm good, how are you all
4:56 am
SaddySolar
im surprised dictionary is not accepting latin as a valid word
4:57 am
grannyrose
g'day all
4:57 am
sprite
very tired, but content with how Sinterklaas went.
4:57 am
sprite
hi rmcc. It is because it needs a capital, Saddy.
4:57 am
herinfernallady
I am tired and my thighs hurt from yoga (in a good way)
4:57 am
herinfernallady
Hi RMC toasting there
4:57 am
joso
Sinterklaas sounds like fun, wish we had it
4:57 am
sprite
when my thighs hurt, I don't dare to put it in the chat, LOL
4:58 am
sprite
you could start it, JoSo ;)
4:58 am
grannyrose
hey joso, herin, sprite. it sure is hot, herin. melting comes to mind!
4:58 am
herinfernallady
Hey i was being poliet (cheeky).
4:58 am
sprite
*grins evilly at lady*
4:58 am
herinfernallady
Is there a P 8 word if so what comes after the P please
4:59 am
joso
awww poor rmc, we have beautiful blanket of snow here
4:59 am
grannyrose
it's a ph, herin
4:59 am
sprite
I think there are at least 2 ph8 words.
5:00 am
dcseain
ph8*2 is correct, sprite
5:00 am
grannyrose
hahha, joso, wouldn't trade this for all the tea in china.
5:00 am
herinfernallady
Thanks i was going nuts
5:00 am
grannyrose
hey dcs!
5:00 am
sprite
thanks dc!
5:00 am
herinfernallady
Found it
5:01 am
grannyrose
does anyone have sh7/32? first one. clue pls.
5:01 am
sprite
one sounds biblical to me.
5:02 am
grannyrose
hey ((((lynxxx ))))
5:02 am
herinfernallady
Is it still 30 out there?
5:02 am
lynxxx
sh7 - female sh* + vowel + what you get in the sun (well not me but...)
5:02 am
sprite
me neither, lynxxx, lol.
5:03 am
BabbleRabble
I often get sweaty
5:04 am
grannyrose
veryone, please watch the news on sunday night. our toy run is on, last year we had over 17,000 motorbikes turn up, should be even bigger this year, as the weather prediction is for a much cooler day.
5:04 am
lynxxx
too much laying in that hammock BR
5:04 am
herinfernallady
That is wonderful RMC
5:05 am
lynxxx
will do Rose - have a great day won't you
5:05 am
sprite
wtg rose!
*sends cool breeze to BabbleRabble*
5:05 am
BabbleRabble
little fresh air snooze is therapeutic
5:06 am
grannyrose
thanx lynxxx. yes, herin, and it isn't just toys, we collect donations of money and food as well. the salvos were ecstatic last year.
5:06 am
sprite
will remember th4 until next summer, BabbleRabble. Not much therapy in rain, hail and wind, I fear ;)
5:06 am
BabbleRabble
minor nuisances
5:07 am
herinfernallady
Rose is there any way to donate?
5:07 am
sprite
*grins broadly at BabbleRabble*
Guess so... can I claim being delicate?
5:08 am
SaddySolar
does anyone have the es word?
5:08 am
sprite
like a big mansion with grounds, Saddy
5:09 am
BabbleRabble
what a decedent leaves
5:09 am
Sandieangel
Hi here for half an hour - does anyone have the at7 plz?
5:09 am
herinfernallady
Hi Sandie
5:09 am
SaddySolar
*bangs head on monitor* that was so obvious.... got it thanks
5:09 am
grannyrose
herin, just turn up on the day, the ride ends at williamstown, lol, you should see the cafe and restaurant owners faces when 17,000 bikers turn up at lunchtime. come to the MRAA tent and introduce yourself. if i'm not there i'll only be away for a short while.
5:09 am
sprite
hi Sandie: a sportsman is one.
5:10 am
Sandieangel
hi herin!
5:10 am
lynxxx
at runs, jumps, plays football, swims etc
5:10 am
SaddySolar
at7 is a sportsman
5:10 am
sprite
never blame yourself for babble blindness, Saddy, lol.
5:10 am
herinfernallady
May do. May do (looks about thinking i may need to get the boy though for a road trip)
5:11 am
BabbleRabble
overpaid strut and styler
5:11 am
grannyrose
it would be really grand to meet you, herin
5:11 am
Sandieangel
forgive me for being thick - but I don't get the sportsman!!! I bet it is obvious.
5:11 am
Sandieangel
Oh I got it!!!
5:11 am
herinfernallady
I don't drive i will see
5:11 am
Queenruejean
Sandie, a cricket player, football player, etc.
5:11 am
SaddySolar
well some times i get an at7's foot
5:12 am
SaddySolar
or is that at7's toe?
5:12 am
sprite
someone who sports a lot and is nimble and healthy and has a great condition.
5:12 am
grannyrose
can anyone tell me if the last sh7/32 begins with the same three letters as the word before it?
5:12 am
sprite
yayyy , congrats, lol
5:12 am
SaddySolar
english isnt my native tongue so i screw up these things sometimes
5:12 am
BabbleRabble
if an at7 gets at 7 foot, what does an astronaut get?
5:13 am
sprite
I don't think so, rose. Starts with 3 consonants, but the 3rd is not the same.
5:13 am
grannyrose
helmet hair?
5:13 am
BabbleRabble
missile toe
5:13 am
sprite
LOL BabbleRabble
5:13 am
herinfernallady
Saddy I speak clear English and sometimes enable doesn't work English
5:13 am
sprite
Saddy: I am no native speaker either. We manage though ;)
5:13 am
grannyrose
thanx sprite, bbling now
5:14 am
SaddySolar
im stuck on the en words and the et words... cant seem to find any
5:15 am
lynxxx
et4.4 is an Italian Volcano
5:15 am
BabbleRabble
en 5 --- add consumed foodd
5:15 am
BabbleRabble
aand pl
5:15 am
sprite
en + had for dinner, and plural.
volcano babblet.
et + laughing sound + first 2 letters of bird's home.
5:15 am
lynxxx
et6.21 is a gas - sometimes has m at the front of it
5:16 am
sprite
also plural greek letter
5:18 am
SaddySolar
gee thanks
5:18 am
BabbleRabble
my fatigue exacerbates my codswallop responses
5:18 am
SaddySolar
till dont have et4,5 and et4,4 though
5:19 am
sprite
plural greek letter and volcano, Saddy
5:19 am
herinfernallady
I am going to bed soon
5:19 am
sprite
is that a promise or a threat, lady? :)
5:20 am
herinfernallady
Promise. I am stuffed. Yoga last night 1 hour work out today. Stuffed.
5:20 am
lynxxx
et4.4 volcano - et + the last 2 letters of the curved yellow fruit
5:21 am
SaddySolar
how come none of you has their own mugshot on your buddy icons?
5:21 am
grannyrose
i give up * sigh * clue pls for sh7/32, the last one?
5:21 am
BabbleRabble
workouts stuff you? you doing the taxidermist shufffle?
5:22 am
herinfernallady
Saddy every day there is themes. I know i get my themes from Babble
5:22 am
montreal13
we dont want to scare people off SaddySolar - Hi all !
5:22 am
lynxxx
shy sh + **a or coffee + I'll call you on the ***ephone
5:22 am
lynxxx
shy sh + **a or coffee + I'll call you on the ***ephone
5:22 am
herinfernallady
BabbleRabble way i feel I agree :P
5:22 am
grannyrose
saddy, i, for one, don't like the way i look!
5:23 am
BabbleRabble
sh 7 ---- vietnam offensive; the lure of gold, ** dorado
5:24 am
montreal13
tx lyn
5:24 am
SaddySolar
heheh... so how many of you have i scared off lol... i just think it would be nice to have faces to your alls names
5:24 am
KristineNas
Here's one and GM E1
5:24 am
grannyrose
thanx lynxxx, i think we've had that one before?
5:25 am
lynxxx
yes Rose, although there is a few variations in the spelling I think
5:25 am
Eva
Good morning everyone. Saddy-some people do the daily theme, others of us are lazy and stick with the same icon.
5:25 am
herinfernallady
saddy i can be found at http://tinyurl.com/24cu9s
5:25 am
herinfernallady
Hi Kris and bump
5:25 am
montreal13
no one Solar ! - some of us have personal pictures in Flickr within our profile...
5:25 am
BabbleRabble
I don't scare easily .... just hiss at the monitor
5:25 am
grannyrose
that's easy, my icon shows my sh5 of nicely, * giggle *
5:26 am
Eva
Also, some of us are computer incompetent and wouldn't know how to put our own photo there
5:26 am
lynxxx
Hello Eva....and Saddy, a lot of people, like Eva, have their pets
5:26 am
lynxxx
hey Eva, don't talk about me like th4.5
5:27 am
montreal13
Hi Eva - how's hobbit ?
5:27 am
grannyrose
how true, eva. my lifelong ambition was to dye computer illiterate, then what did i do? i married a computer whiz.aaaarrrggghhh
5:27 am
BabbleRabble
atalante and hobbet
5:27 am
Eva
LOL lynxx. I think that it was Jacula who a long time ago finally said-okay Eva, send me Merp's photo and I'll put in on for you!
5:27 am
dcseain
hello, back for a bit
5:27 am
SaddySolar
ok i still dont have the et greek plural
5:28 am
SaddySolar
i think i fell asleep in class the day they were teaching the greek alphabet lol
5:28 am
Eva
saddy-with the alternate greek plural ending, not the s
5:28 am
KristineNas
e + take a ba** you smell + plural letter
5:28 am
herinfernallady
Saddy that url was me
5:28 am
dcseain
et9 - a gas. et4 - plural archaic English letter. et4/4 italian volcano
5:28 am
lynxxx
et4.5 is plural, you can work out the missing letter by counting
5:29 am
lynxxx
nice Kris lol
5:29 am
KristineNas
ty ty lol
5:29 am
BabbleRabble
we can even narrow it down between a and z
5:30 am
grannyrose
lololol, BR
5:30 am
montreal13
tx a lot BR
5:30 am
dcseain
lol, babrab
5:30 am
SaddySolar
call me stupid... but i am still stuped... i keep thinking ethe...
5:31 am
grannyrose
close saddy, change the last letter
5:31 am
BabbleRabble
dump the last e for the pl
5:31 am
herinfernallady
Hi DC
5:31 am
dcseain
Saddy, pix of me: http://tinyurl.com/2fdgmh
5:31 am
dcseain
howdy, lady
5:32 am
KristineNas
e + you take a ba** in a tub of water the plural letter
5:32 am
SaddySolar
thnaks lady and dc for sharing :D
5:32 am
montreal13
hi DC !
5:33 am
SaddySolar
oohhh... but i thought the plural for greek was different.... got it now thanks for bearing with my stuidity
5:33 am
dcseain
bonjour, montreal, how've you been
5:34 am
herinfernallady
Saddy u can poke about at my 200 odd shots if you want
5:34 am
grannyrose
it's 10:30pm, i've been up since sparrow's f**t, still a lot to do for sunday, might be here at the flip ( hope i am ), nite all
5:34 am
montreal13
ok DC except for 2 long days of shovelling - arms and shoulders still ache... and you ?
5:34 am
herinfernallady
Rose you have fun
5:35 am
SaddySolar
dc... i would have hit on you had we met in 93.... too bad i would only have been 12 then lol
5:35 am
montreal13
nite rmcc - sweet dreams
5:35 am
herinfernallady
Mont swap your arms for the muscles above my knees which are dead
5:35 am
lynxxx
bye Rose !
5:35 am
montreal13
any time lady ! - you name the place, i'll figure the time ...lol
5:36 am
bfsog
hello room.
5:36 am
grannyrose
* poof *
5:36 am
herinfernallady
PRAISE THE GODS abbot is no longer the opposition head of health woot
5:36 am
herinfernallady
Hi BFS
5:36 am
dcseain
i'm well, ty. migraine from start of shift- well b4 that - is gone, and the roads are not too icy this AM apparently, so getting home should be a breeze, esp w/schools opening late.
5:36 am
montreal13
hi bfsog
5:36 am
dcseain
morning, bgsog!
5:36 am
herinfernallady
Then again this pain is worth the nearly ten pounds i have lost.
5:36 am
herinfernallady
Drive safe DC
5:37 am
montreal13
glad migraine gone at least DC...
5:37 am
bfsog
who wants one of my not so famous jokes?
5:37 am
herinfernallady
YAH BF
5:37 am
dcseain
i shudder to think what it'll take to get the ice off the sidewalk if my roomy didn't shovel, though. he's half-assed about clearing things, which annoys me.
5:37 am
montreal13
go ahead bf...
5:37 am
dcseain
bfsog, i'm on edge of chair...
5:38 am
herinfernallady
Dont go arse over on the ice
5:38 am
bfsog
I emailed you yesterday regarding receiving a refund for order number 14546815 and I did not get any response.
I have been emailing you now for the best part of a week now, the item I am after is a christmas present and I plan to purchase the item from elsewhere due to the no-show.
Can you tell me when I will get my refund? Thanks
Andrew Buchan.
My girlfriend came home from shopping the other day and said she was complimented on her driving skills.
She returned to her car and on the windscreen someone left a piece of paper saying "Parking Fine"
5:38 am
montreal13
bfsog, am on the edhe of abyss...
5:38 am
dcseain
spun out on way to work ,way home will be better :)
5:38 am
bfsog
i did that wron glol
5:38 am
bfsog
My girlfriend came home from shopping the other day and said she was complimented on her driving skills.
She returned to her car and on the windscreen someone left a piece of paper saying "Parking Fine"
5:39 am
herinfernallady
LOL
5:39 am
montreal13
(groan) ...and lol
5:42 am
montreal13
made it to 1000...
5:42 am
montreal13
100... that is ...lol
5:42 am
SaddySolar
fi9 anyone???
5:42 am
dcseain
nearly 1/3 there then.
5:42 am
bfsog
i just in, only done 20
5:42 am
dcseain
fi6 - compound - sea animal + dish
5:42 am
herinfernallady
They live in the sea Fi?? plus what you eat off
5:43 am
sprite
sorry, had to run off, had not noticed the time and the kids came home for lunch
5:43 am
herinfernallady
Sprite they do need feeding
5:44 am
dcseain
sprite, i've not been following well, has Belgium a gov't yet?
5:44 am
sprite
not sure, dc
5:45 am
montreal13
nearly 1 third DC...lol
5:45 am
sprite
seems that way, lady...
5:45 am
dcseain
just goes to prove, no one cares LOL
5:46 am
sprite
indeed so, grin
5:46 am
herinfernallady
More than likely have to get the vet to get the cat stitch out of her side no luck for us to get rid of it.
5:46 am
dcseain
not surprising, lady
5:47 am
herinfernallady
Little minx wouldn't sit still
5:47 am
dcseain
Montreal 1000 - thought was points :)
5:47 am
dcseain
Saddy, add French diminuitive to fr5/16
5:48 am
dcseain
either that, or you were offering a card game, montreal ;)
5:48 am
SaddySolar
hahah whats with you all giving me clues in latin, greek and french ahahahah
5:49 am
sprite
we treat you like a real babbler, is all, Saddy :)
5:49 am
dcseain
well, that's the source of the words, Saddy.
5:49 am
Eva
phantom-pariah
5:49 am
SaddySolar
hahah... sorry dont know french either!!!
5:49 am
dcseain
fr8 definition: a fringe of curled or frizzed hair, usually artificial, worn on the forehead by women
5:50 am
montreal13
no, just a typo - was sooooo happy to have reached 100 that i got excited and kept my finger on the 0 a bit too long
5:50 am
SaddySolar
i just joined!!! im a rookie!
5:50 am
sprite
not for long, if you remember these words and the clues, lol
5:50 am
dcseain
today was easier than yesterday by far
5:51 am
herinfernallady
Saddy
5:51 am
montreal13
just the time constrain dc - must go to work soon ...
5:51 am
bfsog
3 Men are walking through a park and they stumble upon a lamp. Excitedly they rub it and a genie appears.
The genie says "Hello there, as the founders of Grant the Genie, I will give you whatever you want."
"You have to climb to the top of that slide, say what you want to land in at the bottom and then slide down."
5:51 am
herinfernallady
http://tinyurl.com/3xekfg
this is a link of diminutives
5:51 am
bfsog
The first man climbs up the slide and says "gold!" - Sure enough, he lands in a heap of gold.
The second man, sensing an opportunity to earn lots of money says "silver".
The third man climbs the ladder and as he slides down he is having so much fun he shouts "weeeeeeeeeeeeee"...
5:51 am
SaddySolar
so any (more blatant) clues for fr8?
5:51 am
Eva
Chappy Channukah Montreal
5:51 am
sprite
lol, I thought he shouted shiiiiiiiiit
5:51 am
Atalante
or "shiiiiiiiiiiiit" for a ruder version :P and hi :)
5:52 am
sprite
lol Ata, great minds...
5:52 am
montreal13
tx eva - just too early (or lazy) to have changed my icon from yest.
5:52 am
herinfernallady
Saddy look at my link
5:52 am
herinfernallady
http://tinyurl.com/3xekfg
5:52 am
Eva
well its still appropriate
5:52 am
bfsog
i didnt know the audience today was so rude
5:53 am
Atalante
I am surrounded by snoring animals
5:53 am
montreal13
hi Ata
5:53 am
herinfernallady
this has the diminutives.
5:53 am
herinfernallady
Hi ATa
5:53 am
SaddySolar
am looking m'lady
5:53 am
SaddySolar
am looking m'lady
5:53 am
Atalante
oh! and for all you who weren't here earlier, I have a new pic of Silverclaw: http://tinyurl.com/2vwwg4
5:54 am
Eva
Saddy, I don't know if this will help, but the fr is also a kind of lettuce , plus the diminutive ending
5:54 am
herinfernallady
Ata she is dang cute kitty
5:54 am
montreal13
(more groan) bf...
5:54 am
sprite
lovely, Ata
5:55 am
Atalante
isnt she just :D she spent all afternoon yesterday snuggled up under the duvet in a little hidey-hole
5:55 am
montreal13
time to go and get ready for working day # 2 - happy babbling all - and have a nice day "POOF"
5:55 am
sprite
wouldn't it be great to be a cat
5:55 am
Eva
Merp doesn't know that in a couple of hours he is going to be stuffed into his travel case to go back to Vermont. If he catches on ahead of time, which he usually does desppite very precaution, we have to drag him out from th corner where he hides in the midst of a tangle of electrical wires and a fun time is had by all.
5:56 am
sprite
bye motreal
5:56 am
herinfernallady
Eva you going on a trip?
5:56 am
Atalante
sounds soooo familiar, Eva!
5:56 am
SaddySolar
and the lettuce+french diminutive brongs me to a hundred
5:57 am
Eva
we've been in Boston for a few days, in his old apartment, which we still have.
5:57 am
herinfernallady
My cat loves her crate. She sleeps in it its part of the furniture
5:57 am
Gail
It's cold in Vermont this morning, Eva
5:57 am
Eva
Do you think she could write to Merp please, and let him know how nice crates can be?
5:58 am
sprite
fireworks at last
5:58 am
Eva
I know Gail, and there have been 10 inches of snow while I was gone, so I'm looking forward to seeing the transformed landscape.
5:58 am
herinfernallady
Eva I have it as part of the furniture. Its there for her to sleep in and be quite if she wants
5:58 am
Atalante
YAY SPRITEY!
5:58 am
Atalante
but thats a different "thing" to having a carry crate?
5:58 am
Gail
Yes, six inches in Rutland and lots of wind and sleet
5:58 am
Eva
Where are you in Vermont Gail (if you're comfortable saying)
5:58 am
herinfernallady
Probably have to stuff her in there tomorrow to get the blasted disolvable stitch removed.
5:59 am
lynxxx
Congrats Sprite!
5:59 am
herinfernallady
She purrs her head off when i walk her to the vet. YAHHH SPRITE
5:59 am
Eva
Got my answer......boy you guys have had a rough weather year. I'm about 10 minutes from Montpelier, and on top of a hill, so no worries re flooding like you guys.
5:59 am
SaddySolar
yay 5 o'clock... time for me to go home.... still have loads of words left... i'll try to fit as many as i can tomorrow morning... though by the time i get to work theres only an hour or so left of the grid
6:00 am
SaddySolar
yhoo... toodles my new babble friends
6:00 am
dcseain
ciao, saddy
6:00 am
sprite
I am off too, back to the kids. Have a great day or night or whatever :)
6:00 am
lynxxx
bye Saddy - see you tomorrow
6:00 am
herinfernallady
NIght Saddy and welcome
6:00 am
herinfernallady
Bye SPrite
6:00 am
Eva
And Rutland also seems to attract huge winds, right?
6:00 am
herinfernallady
Ok but don't forget my cat likes being bathed and vacuumed
6:00 am
Gail
I live in town now, so it's not so bad.
6:01 am
lynxxx
bye Sprite !
6:01 am
Gail
We lost our huge tree this summer and part of the garage.
6:01 am
dcseain
g'day, sprite!
6:01 am
dcseain
bummer, gail. wind?
6:01 am
Eva
wow. why is it so windy there?
6:01 am
Gail
Yes, huge windstorm
6:01 am
herinfernallady
Ok i am going to its late
6:02 am
KristineNas
Cuz Rutland stinks lol I live here I know !!
6:02 am
lynxxx
nite Infernal
6:02 am
KristineNas
sorry just had to chime in ! lol
6:02 am
herinfernallady
nighty night
6:02 am
Gail
Rutland does stink. It's ugly, too.
6:02 am
KristineNas
VERY !!!
6:03 am
Eva
Luckily I put the bird feeder back up just before I left for the city. I called Fish & Wildlife and they said that after the first snow most of the bears should be asleep. We'll see. Now I'll need snowshoes to get to the feeder to refill it.
6:03 am
Gail
I would rather have bears than robbers and muggers like we have here.
6:04 am
KristineNas
AMEN to that Gail !!
6:04 am
KristineNas
I should have stayed in New York !! lol
6:04 am
Eva
Sounds like it's time for the two of you to relocate!!It's beautiful up here. Come on up
6:04 am
KristineNas
I am never moving again. I'm sick of packing and unpacking
6:04 am
Eva
Anyplace is better than New York! I grew up there. Well, maybe not Newark
6:05 am
dcseain
must away. Bye, everyone! {poof}
6:05 am
KristineNas
Well not out of state anyway
6:05 am
KristineNas
bye dc
6:06 am
Eva
okay....100 left and getting too frustrated. Back later, from Vermont.
6:06 am
Gail
I should have stayed in Chicago
6:07 am
Eva
You guys sound like big city girls. Rutland has to be hard if that's true.
6:07 am
lynxxx
Going too - very late dinner - nite everyone!
6:08 am
Gail
I love Boston, my daughter lives there. That's where I will go when I retire.
6:09 am
KristineNas
It's very hard Eva I spent 30 years in NY and this move was awful
6:09 am
KristineNas
nite lyn
6:09 am
Eva
do you two know each other? Sounds like you'd be good support for each other re being in exile in Rutland.
6:09 am
KristineNas
I can count my friends on one hand after 2 years of being here
6:09 am
KristineNas
I don't believe I know Gail
6:10 am
KristineNas
I know A Gail but it's not this one
6:10 am
Eva
Okay-now I'm really going. Have to get ready for the trek.
6:10 am
Gail
We have never met. Maybe we should. I have been here 20 years, lots of friends, but...
6:10 am
KristineNas
HAGD Eva
6:10 am
Atalante
about time you knew another one then ;)
6:11 am
KristineNas
Yes I suppose it would be nice
6:11 am
Gail
I don't think we live all that far apart. I'm on Kendall Ave.
6:12 am
KristineNas
I'm on Terrill St. Rather close !
6:12 am
KristineNas
rather close ? why the heck did i say that ?
6:13 am
Gail
I think we knew this before. I used to work at Terrill and East Street corner. Walking distance for me.
6:13 am
KristineNas
I am 2 houses from the corner
6:13 am
Atalante
amazing how small the world is sometimes, isn't it?
6:14 am
KristineNas
Yes it is !
6:14 am
KristineNas
Where did you work ? there's nothing but houses here
6:15 am
Gail
Speaking of work, I have to go. Maybe we can meet for coffee some time. There is a doctor's office on the corner. I work for the wife doctor and she left him two years ago and I went with. For good reasons.
6:16 am
KristineNas
ahhhhhh
6:16 am
KristineNas
Have a good day Gail
6:17 am
Gail
Thanks. My email is gfcarter@verizon.net. Gotta run now. I would love to meet up with you.
6:18 am
KristineNas
same here
6:22 am
Atalante
hmmmm can I reach and get my jumper which the pup is resting against without waking her?
6:23 am
KristineNas
doubt it lol
6:23 am
Atalante
you're right. she's awake
6:23 am
KristineNas
lol figured
6:25 am
Atalante
but .... she's asleep again
6:26 am
Atalante
hard life being a dog
6:26 am
KristineNas
yeah it's just horrible isn't it ?
6:27 am
Atalante
almost as awful as being a cat LOL
6:27 am
KristineNas
you got that right !
6:28 am
Atalante
*looks at Silverclaw fast asleep in her little basket right next to my laptop*
6:29 am
Atalante
let me think. so far today she has: slept in her cat bed, slept on my hip, ate food, been given treats, slept on my feet, slept in her basket. yeah, hard hard life
6:30 am
KristineNas
oh yeah what a lousy life
6:31 am
Atalante
appalling. I'll be called out Animal Cruelty before long
6:31 am
KristineNas
yes you better be careful
6:32 am
Atalante
*giggle* she's such a spoilt little madam
6:33 am
KristineNas
they all are !
6:34 am
Atalante
very true!
6:36 am
KristineNas
I need a break from these letters, I will be back after the baby gets on the bus !!
6:38 am
Uniquity
Oh dear. 252 words and I have an exam and paper tomorrow. Dr. God, you torture me!
6:39 am
Atalante
at least its not 452 :P
6:39 am
Atalante
what are you studying, Uni?
6:41 am
Uniquity
Right now, classical mythology paper and three hour exam in literary landmarks. Not hard so much, I just need to prepare
6:42 am
Atalante
classical mythology? verrrrrry cool
6:43 am
Uniquity
Unfortunately, w are receiving the 1000 level lectures (first year) while I am in the second year course. I already know everything he said. Should make it easier, but mostly just boring. Thus, I babble! How're you, by the way?
6:44 am
Atalante
trying to think which god or goddess out of classical mythology to draw :P I've got a topic of "Gods and Goddesses". And I always go the mythology route
6:45 am
Uniquity
It's so beautiful to see different physical interpretations of gods/goddesses
6:45 am
Uniquity
And the way that their "purpose" is always denoted in their looks
6:45 am
Atalante
I'm wavering between Iris, Sedna, Hephaestus, Athene and Loki at the moment. Just a bit of choice!
6:46 am
Uniquity
Loki is fun because you have to give such good charcteization in his looks. I can only assume it would be tricky though!
6:47 am
Atalante
I'd look to draw him sitting on his pointy rocks with venom dripping on him. But I'm not very good at making things look horrible and painful!
6:47 am
Atalante
*love, not look
6:48 am
Uniquity
I'd rather be good at positive than horrible and painful, I think :)
6:48 am
Atalante
me too ...
6:49 am
Atalante
Baldor and the mistletoe dart would be fun, but its a really common thing, and I like trying to find things not many people draw
6:50 am
susanml138
just new at this trying to understand it
6:50 am
Uniquity
Who has given you this assignment?
6:51 am
Atalante
well, its not really something I have to do. There's an arty forum I post on a lot and every month we have a theme to post something on. And I *try* to do something every month, if only just a scribble. And this month is Gods and Goddesses
6:51 am
Atalante
hi susan
6:51 am
Uniquity
Susan - Welcome to babble! If you check out the help link above this chatterbox, and look in the links below the babble grid (particularly Angelsongs babble page and lickety's babble clues) you'll be sorted out in no time
6:51 am
Uniquity
Ata, that sounds like a lot of fun. I always wished that I could draw something when I set my mind to it. Unfortunately, I can only handle houses, it seems
6:52 am
Atalante
houses are good! and the main part of this monthly thing is to try and kick us all into working with subjects we don't feel at home with. Its very tricky sometimes!
6:53 am
Uniquity
I'm sure you get a huge sense of accomplishment from doing it though
6:54 am
Atalante
when it works well LOL. Yes, its a very good thing for everyone involved
6:55 am
Uniquity
Oh, how's your dog doing? I never remember who is who. You have Hobbit
6:55 am
downeastdame
good morning
6:55 am
Atalante
Yes, I have Hobbit :)
6:55 am
Atalante
Haz has Spangle
6:55 am
Uniquity
Or Hobbit has you...Heh
6:56 am
Uniquity
Did she get re-coned, or is this just an old pic?
6:56 am
Atalante
She's doing well, she's still got the Collar of Doom on though, poor babe, cos everytime I take it off she scratches so much we go back to square 1. grrrr
6:57 am
Uniquity
My kitty had to have eye surgery as he had something similar to entropian. He was acollared for ten days I believe, but at first the vet gave us too big a cone and he figured out how to gt it off. So for the very first day, we chased him around the house putting his cone back on! When we finally let it off, he went nuts...groomed his eye for hours
6:57 am
Uniquity
((after it had healed enough))
6:58 am
Atalante
I bet! poor babe! Hobbit goes mad grooming her pawss whenever I take the collar off when she's in eyesight. Her paws have never been groomed so much!
6:59 am
Uniquity
Bo was unimpressed with the fact that his fur had to be shaved around his eye. Looked ridiculous for quite some time
7:00 am
Atalante
oh my! LOL I bet! And Hobbit does look a little silly with 1 shaved ear ...
7:00 am
Uniquity
Does her ear seem to be healing though? Don't want her to look goofy forever! :)
7:01 am
periwinkle
Yowsa a bigger grid today. Hi all
7:01 am
Atalante
its healed fine. just got to keep the collar on long enough now for the skin to strengthen and start growing some fur again so she can't scratch it all away again
7:01 am
periwinkle
Ata, Hobbit does not look quite as pitiful in your icon today
7:01 am
Uniquity
Hi Peri! This grid is here to distract from things you really should be doing
7:02 am
fundays
hello everyone.. this is my first time. This game seems fun
7:02 am
EspritdJean
welcome fundays
7:02 am
periwinkle
we had snow yesterday and now have a coating of ice on roads and cars and windchill is 9 degrees
7:02 am
Atalante
she's got used to the collar now, and bounces around eveywhere just like normal now. Nope, no pitifulness any more
7:02 am
EspritdJean
having found this site, life as you knew it is over
7:03 am
Atalante
oops sprry that was silverclaw
7:03 am
fundays
I know.. i don't know how I am going to get work done today.
7:03 am
fundays
I must admit, it is kinda hard. I don't think I know 5 words that start with x.. ha ha
7:03 am
EspritdJean
you won't. accept it
7:05 am
downeastdame
i am not going to do work
7:05 am
downeastdame
hahaha
7:05 am
downeastdame
i accept fundays, you should too
7:05 am
EspritdJean
work is just a 4 letter word
7:05 am
fundays
I know... It is crazy. I have so much to do today, but it isnt looking good. HA HA
7:06 am
Anniebrook
hello everyone!
7:06 am
EspritdJean
gm annie
7:06 am
periwinkle
hi Annie, how are you today,
7:06 am
Anniebrook
hi peri and Jean, I am feeling much better, thanks
7:06 am
bfsog
Three boys called Mind your own business, Poo and manners are walking down a street one day.
They are not looking where they are going and poo falls down a man hole. Manners tries to reach down to rescue him while Mind your own business runs to a local police station
7:06 am
bfsog
He says to the policeman "quick quick my brother has fell down a hole"
"Hold on hold on, whats your name?" says the policeman
"Mind your own business" says the boy
"Oi, wheres your manners" said the angry policeman
"down the road picking up poo"
7:07 am
Anniebrook
LOL, bf
7:08 am
Scrabbler
Good morning Babble buddies.
7:08 am
Scrabbler
I agree---5 words starting with X???
7:08 am
Anniebrook
Good morning, Scrabbler
7:08 am
periwinkle
hi there Scrabs
7:09 am
EspritdJean
I hear ya scrabbler
7:09 am
Scrabbler
**monkeys are freed from cage**
7:09 am
EspritdJean
I've a feeling the monkeys are going to go on strike in protest
7:09 am
Scrabbler
Hi Perwinkle--I played Bogglific last night--different rules than Noggin so it caught me off gurad.
7:09 am
Atalante
at least 3 revolve around a sciencey word for yellow
7:09 am
ms_gilly
hi everyone
7:10 am
Scrabbler
And here is my lil*monkey out of her cage, LOL
7:10 am
Atalante
actually they all do. all the same first 5 letters
7:10 am
EspritdJean
how do you spell them atalante?
7:10 am
Scrabbler
Hi Ms Gilly
7:10 am
Scrabbler
Aha, Atalante--TY
7:10 am
ms_gilly
hi scrabbler
7:10 am
Atalante
if I told you how to spell them, that might be a bit obvious LOL
7:11 am
EspritdJean
was hoping you wouldn't notice that
7:11 am
lil*monkey
tee hee , i'm out of my cage but not on strike... working on the x's
7:11 am
Scrabbler
I know the first 5 letters now and am working on creating the rest.
7:11 am
Atalante
xa7/52 gum is a common food additive if that helps
7:11 am
Atalante
just try all sciencey endings, scrabbler!
7:12 am
lil*monkey
ata, do all the x's start like xa7,52 ???
7:12 am
Atalante
all have the same first 5 letters
7:12 am
lil*monkey
TY ata
7:13 am
Scrabbler
I am going to ignore the X for a while and enjoy finding normal words.
7:13 am
fundays
I need a clue for the X words. I am totally lost
7:14 am
Scrabbler
Scrabble Dictionary to the rescue!
7:14 am
Atalante
the xa7.52 is E415 food additive
7:17 am
Scrabbler
Done with X---all beging with same first 5 ltrs, as Ata said, the prefix for "yellow". Endings are (1) indefinitie article, (2) past tense of to eat, (3) pl that, (4) Suddam Huss***, and (5) pl that
7:17 am
EspritdJean
I drug 3 of them out of the scrabble dictionary
7:17 am
Scrabbler
Pluralize 2, EJ, and you are done too.
7:18 am
Atalante
is that yellow word used medically, Scrabs? I just know it from biology stuffs
7:18 am
Scrabbler
And we have all increased our word power for the day. I am a better person now than I was 10 minutes ago.
7:18 am
Anniebrook
Scrabbler, thanks for saving me the trouble, kisses going your way....
7:18 am
EspritdJean
and the monkeys are happy too
7:18 am
periwinkle
thanks Scrabs and Ata
7:18 am
periwinkle
have all the x's now
7:18 am
Scrabbler
Yes, Ata--xanthomas are yellow growths on the skin--filled with cholesterol, if I am correct.
7:19 am
lil*monkey
i got all 5 x's, i'm a happy monkey :)
7:19 am
Scrabbler
let's all do the HAPPY DANCE together!
7:19 am
Atalante
anyone not got the first 5 letters now? *grins*
7:20 am
Anniebrook
*hop, skip, jump, hop, skip, jump*
7:20 am
Scrabbler
That is the least I could do for everyone, Ata. :-)
7:20 am
Atalante
its a nice word. we had xa***flavins and stuff
7:20 am
Uniquity
Sure, you say it after I follow the clues!
7:20 am
Scrabbler
And I have a patient with bone tumors called xanthofibromas.
7:21 am
Atalante
thats a good word, if it sounds a horrid thing to have
7:21 am
Scrabbler
They are benign, at least for her.
7:22 am
Atalante
oh ... good!
7:22 am
fundays
ok.. i am so dumb. i am not seeing it.
7:22 am
Scrabbler
It is 19 degrees F and with huge snowflakes slowly falling--beautiful despite the temp.
7:23 am
Scrabbler
Fundays--use the first 5 letters of the words I threw out there, then follow my clues for the endings
7:23 am
fundays
yellow??? I am more confused now
7:24 am
Atalante
google the food additive E415
7:24 am
Scrabbler
BBS--going to check e-mail.
7:25 am
KatieMcG
afternoon all
7:25 am
Anniebrook
hi katie
7:26 am
fundays
thanks.. I got it
7:29 am
sukee
ok, i'm leaving those x words for last...
7:30 am
sukee
anyone know how to lower a 102 temperature?
7:31 am
Uniquity
Sukee, if you go back in chat a little bit, scrabbs spelled it out for you :)
7:31 am
Atalante
paracetamol
7:31 am
Uniquity
Umm, acetominophen? I don't know. I always just wait out fevers
7:31 am
Anniebrook
try tyenol
7:31 am
sukee
I'm taking aspirin right now, going to the doctor later
7:32 am
downeastdame
cold fluids
7:32 am
downeastdame
and tylenol
7:32 am
Anniebrook
I hope you feel better soon...drink lots of water
7:32 am
Atalante
not aspirin, take acetominophen
7:33 am
sukee
ty :) I don't have anything else right now. I'm going to pick up something else at the drugstore
7:33 am
sukee
At least the good part is I am home and can play Babble :)
7:33 am
bfsog
where do the words babble has come from!
7:33 am
Atalante
that should work. it normally does. it makes you feel a bit worse, then breaks the fever
7:34 am
Atalante
thats a very good thing!
7:34 am
periwinkle
found 1/2 on first go round and have at least 1 words from each square, bbs
7:34 am
chiley
Babble is a combination of Boggle & Scrabble
7:34 am
Anniebrook
later, peri
7:34 am
chiley
OH.....a program generates the words each day
7:36 am
Uniquity
They come from enable dictionary. Which doesn't enable all real words but makes it's own! :)
7:36 am
bfsog
dam right it makes its own
7:38 am
Atalante
poor enable, we dislike it so much
7:39 am
Uniquity
I'm still mad that it taikes zaire, but not mexico!
7:40 am
Atalante
but mexico aint a currency ;)
7:40 am
NonoNanette
Morning Babblers and thanks for the clues for the X!
7:40 am
Uniquity
It is in my world. And that is what matters!
7:41 am
Anniebrook
hi Nono!
7:41 am
Atalante
is it the currency of mexico?
7:42 am
Uniquity
It is the currency of Houyhnhnmland (Gulliver's Travels) ;)
7:42 am
Atalante
oooooo cool
7:43 am
NonoNanette
ha5...ha + make a ***t to punch the bag
7:44 am
bfsog
wow, how did you get that word! thanks
7:44 am
NonoNanette
ooops sorry
7:44 am
NonoNanette
my monkies found it bf
7:44 am
NonoNanette
i'm off to the pb now hope it is well stocked
7:45 am
bfsog
catch you later, i have under 200 to go!
7:45 am
Atalante
you should have just pretended you had been brilliant!
7:46 am
NonoNanette
well Ata i did tell the monkies what was needed does that count
7:46 am
Atalante
oh I think so :)
7:47 am
lil*monkey
did you call out a monkey? :)
7:49 am
NonoNanette
nah they were already out LOL
7:49 am
Aloyisius
hi everyone.. that ha word was deleted from the acceptable Scrabble words, dunno why .. tuff grid today.. for me at least
7:49 am
NonoNanette
hi aloy
7:49 am
Anniebrook
hi Aloy!
7:50 am
Aloyisius
hi Nono and Annie.. I hope the trend toward larger grids as we approach the holidays does not continue toward monster grids as this is a time my "to do" list of non-Babble activities keeps growing too!
7:51 am
NonoNanette
i hear ya aloy
7:51 am
Uniquity
The bigger grids are nice...just, interfering with exam period for me. LoriP complains as lobster season has started too
7:52 am
Aloyisius
how does lobster season interfere with babbling?
7:53 am
Uniquity
She works LONG days now...gone at 7, home to make supper around 6
7:53 am
Uniquity
once i go home for break, she will be working over 12 hours a day
7:54 am
NonoNanette
am sure by the time she is done she is too tired to do much but go to bed
7:54 am
Aloyisius
oh, wow.. i understand.. i tried, but had to give up on babble while i was teaching.. same reason.. long days
7:55 am
Uniquity
Pretty much. She has to cook, clean, laundry, take care of kids, work, sleep and try to babble, lol. I admire all of you who work and babble, I just do it instead of study
7:57 am
NonoNanette
how long does lobster season go on Uni?
7:58 am
Uniquity
A long time. June? July? One season ends, but another goes two months longer
7:58 am
Uniquity
It is just december/january/february that is REALLY bad
8:01 am
Scarlet
Good morning, Nono, Uni, Aloy and all!
8:02 am
Scarlet
{{Annie!}}} I didn't see you!!
8:02 am
Aloyisius
Good morning, Scarlet!!!
8:02 am
Scarlet
Hi, Sunshine!
8:02 am
Uniquity
**Scarlet!**
8:02 am
Scarlet
**Uni-Clue**
8:03 am
Scarlet
This looks to be a real fun grid! Another fabulous reason to goof off for a little bit! :-)
8:03 am
Uniquity
We're gonna have a new version of CLue (the game)here soon, if we're not careful...It was Scarlet...in the grid...with the monkeys!
8:05 am
Scarlet
I don't know what that means, Uni, but I am laughing really hard now....
8:06 am
fundays
hello everyone... I love this game. I have just started playing today
8:06 am
Uniquity
Hi again fundays :)
8:06 am
Scarlet
Good morning, fundays!! Welcome to insanity, fun and a life-long addicition!!
8:06 am
Aloyisius
welcome, fundays! You have started with a challenging grid..
8:08 am
Anniebrook
Just came back...{{{Scarlet}}}
8:08 am
Scarlet
Hello dear friend, Annie!
8:09 am
Anniebrook
I have so much to do and I keep pulling myself away and I am being pulled back...
8:09 am
Scarlet
Did you make a lovely first-night Channukah meal last evening, Annie? I am so in the mood for latkes... think I'll do it tonight!
8:10 am
Anniebrook
My daughter and family will be here on Saturday for Chanukah and then it is latke fest...I love potato latkes
8:10 am
Uniquity
Latkes are delicious
8:11 am
Scarlet
So do I, Annie...with sour cream... beloved likes applesauce, and daughter loves sour cream and applesauce... I can taste them now!! :-)
8:11 am
fundays
any clues for the i words
8:11 am
Anniebrook
Sour cream for me!
8:11 am
Aloyisius
in4.4 motels
8:11 am
Scarlet
fundays, I just started, so no help from me... YEA for Annie... we know what's good! :-)
8:12 am
Uniquity
Latkes are the only thing I like ketchup with
8:12 am
Atalante
I've never had latkes :(
8:12 am
Uniquity
Although, sour cream and cheese is always good
8:12 am
Anniebrook
Uniquity!
8:12 am
Aloyisius
in5.10 the jewel was in*** into the gold ring
8:12 am
Scarlet
Uni... that's funny... sometimes I mix a little ketchup withe the sour cream... everyone goes "Yerch" but it tastes good to me!!
8:12 am
periwinkle
*all* even
8:13 am
Anniebrook
welcome back, peri
8:13 am
Scarlet
Hi, Ata... they are easy to make!! {{{Peri-kins!!}}}
8:13 am
Uniquity
I like peanut butter, jelly and cheese! Mixing is good
8:13 am
Atalante
easy or easy for culinary idiots?
8:13 am
fundays
thanks aloy.. i just got blocked
8:13 am
periwinkle
making breakfast bbs
8:13 am
Uniquity
Easy easy
8:13 am
Aloyisius
good morning peri... oops, she just flew by
8:14 am
Uniquity
The recipe my mum and i use involves...flour, pepper, potato, onion. That's it
8:14 am
Atalante
I could manage that!
8:14 am
Anniebrook
salt, uni
8:15 am
Scarlet
VERY easy, Ata... grate the potatoes, add Uni's stuff, and I add a half-teaspoon of baking powder and some freshly-chopped parsley to it... nice, not canola oil... not to the smoke point, and drain on paper towels, and pop into a 250-degree oven whilst you continue making them.
8:15 am
Scarlet
*HOT* not *not*
8:16 am
Atalante
ooooo, yes easy!
8:16 am
Uniquity
Oh! They are good with syrup too! I discovered that when we made potato pancakes ins chool which are pretty much just the "Acadian" version
8:16 am
Scarlet
Syrup! Acccckkkkk
8:16 am
Atalante
mayonnaise. I'd have them with mayonnaise. Or aioli
8:17 am
Aloyisius
how about ketchup?
8:17 am
Anniebrook
Syrup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Uni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:17 am
Uniquity
You can eat them with anything. They are great on their own too. Potatoes can't be bad
8:17 am
Anniebrook
Sour cream and salt, that's it
8:17 am
NonoNanette
Hi Scarlet and anyone else i missed while checking email
8:17 am
lideola
home fries are always good when a little maple syrup gets on them
8:18 am
Atalante
mmmm. now I need food. brb
8:18 am
Scarlet
Hi, Nono.... the ketchup thing has been covered, Aloy... LOL. Hi, lideola...
8:19 am
NonoNanette
you have made me hungry for latkes, may have to make some for supper tonight
8:19 am
Uniquity
We have a global Babble Latke dinner thing going on
8:19 am
Scarlet
I know, Nono... I have talked myself into it!! :-)
8:19 am
lideola
home fries/hash browns/ potato pancakes/ latkes- all very similar, so I imagine that what tastes good on one will taste pretty good on another
8:20 am
Anniebrook
Latkes reign!
8:20 am
periwinkle
I am back
8:20 am
movieman
Hiya, everyone!!!!!
8:20 am
lideola
at least they all have similar ingredients... different preparations
8:20 am
Scarlet
There is something a little magical about a good latke, though... I am not a fry fan... but a latke... {{{peri!!}}}
8:20 am
Aloyisius
ah so, Scarlet.. just scrolled back. Have been buried in grid.... hey, movieman!
8:20 am
Anniebrook
welcome back, peri..hi mm
8:20 am
Scarlet
Good morning to you, movieman... Want a latke?
8:21 am
periwinkle
I like latkes too but find grating the potatoes by hand to be very tedious, Scarlet would you volunteer to make latkes for our Chanukah part this Sat.
8:21 am
movieman
I'd just like to get those bloody x words out of the way first, so......any cluez plz?
8:21 am
movieman
What is a latke?
8:21 am
periwinkle
*party*
8:21 am
lideola
oh a good belgian fry reigns supreme to me- creamy in the middle and crisp on the outside
8:21 am
periwinkle
potato pancake movieman
8:21 am
Anniebrook
mm, a potato pancake
8:21 am
Uniquity
Movieman - Scrabbler clued them all this morning, read back in chat
8:21 am
Uniquity
Antyhing that involves a potato is delicious in my books!
8:21 am
movieman
Sounds nice.....
8:21 am
Aloyisius
X + picnic pest + opp of Love..
8:21 am
periwinkle
mm, the x-words all start with the same 5 letters
8:22 am
lideola
pierogies!
8:22 am
amelu0218
X: the first 5 letters for all is the name of a magical land created by piers anthony.
8:23 am
Scarlet
Yes, I will, peri... I don't mind the work at all... I use my Cusinart for the grating... Zoom, and it's done... after many tedious years of doing it the old-fashioned way!
8:23 am
Scarlet
Pierogies... ohmygosh... love them, too! With fried onions and sour cream!
8:23 am
NonoNanette
pierogies are quite different but every bit as good as latkes
8:23 am
periwinkle
okay, will be expecting you on Sat. unless someone is kind enough to buy me a food processor for Chanukah
8:23 am
Scrabbler
I am back from playing my latest addiction = Noggin.
8:24 am
lideola
love the food processor... and love the mandolin for scalloped or au gratin potatoes
8:24 am
periwinkle
I would love a mandolin too.
8:24 am
Aloyisius
what's Noggin?
8:24 am
NonoNanette
hi
Scrabs
8:24 am
Scarlet
Hi, Scrabbler.
8:25 am
fundays
you guys are making me hungry!! :-)
8:25 am
lideola
oh yes, pierogies are very different but incredible in their own right. one of my favorite dinner nights is the soup & pierogi night
8:25 am
periwinkle
I is a game llike weboggle and Bogglilfic, Aloy
8:25 am
Scrabbler
A 4 x 4 word grid, played over 180 seconds. Shortest word = 3 ltrs. It is fast paced with just 20 sec between rounds. Babble helps me.
8:25 am
Aloyisius
ty for the info, Scrabbler..
8:26 am
Scrabbler
Peri--in Bogglific--you score points when you find words that the other players do NOT have, correct?
8:26 am
periwinkle
*it* is
8:26 am
Flask1
Afternoo all......
8:26 am
periwinkle
yes Scrabs
8:26 am
Aloyisius
hi there, Flask!
8:26 am
Scrabbler
Hi Flask
8:26 am
Anniebrook
hi Flask
8:26 am
Scrabbler
It threw me off with my only game, Peri.
8:27 am
movieman
Got the x's.....with some major assistance.....would never have got them on my own
8:27 am
Scrabbler
Yahoo, MM!
8:27 am
Scarlet
{{{ Flask-A-Riffic }}}
8:27 am
Pringleplace
Hi there - funny I do not have the word list underneath today? or something that tells me how many words left?
8:27 am
periwinkle
Scrabs you can see who you are playing against, if too many of the others have a higher rating than me, I chose another game :-)
8:27 am
Flask1
Awww thanks Scarlet......I need it today.....
8:27 am
Scrabbler
Maybe your 14 day trial period is over--time to go pro, PP
8:28 am
Scrabbler
I will try it again tonight, Peri. fish
8:28 am
Scarlet
OH, Flask... bad day, dear?
8:28 am
Aloyisius
Scrabbler!!!
8:29 am
Aloyisius
off to the sin pen
8:29 am
Scrabbler
Hi Aloy! How are you? and baby?
8:29 am
Scarlet
OOpsss to Scrabbler!
8:29 am
Aloyisius
lol... your piscine booboo
8:29 am
Scrabbler
hey, how did that word end up at the end of my sentence?? Sorry!
8:29 am
Anniebrook
*putting cookies in the penalty box for scrabbler*
8:30 am
Flask1
An uncle that my brothers and I were brought up with is dying.......his brothers and sisters have been sent for...and he is now on morphine......not good am afraid!
8:30 am
Scarlet
Oh, sweetie.... sending you a strong hug. Babble is very good to do when the world gets sad and crazy...
8:30 am
Scrabbler
Keep him peaceful and comfortable, Flask, and wish him a good passing. You will miss him. ((Flask and uncle))
8:31 am
Aloyisius
the baby swing arrived yesterday.. the diapers the day before.. house is gearing up.. can't wait to see her again.. parents relay that she is still keeping them up nights but looks to be thriving
8:31 am
Anniebrook
Flask, I am so sorry to read that {{flask}}
8:31 am
Scrabbler
I hope they are chocolate chip, Annie.
8:31 am
Flask1
thanks everyone!
8:31 am
Aloyisius
oh, so sorry, Flask.. just read
8:31 am
Anniebrook
scrabbler, none other than chocolate chip
8:32 am
Flask1
thanks Aloy!
8:33 am
Scrabbler
My "dinner" last night was half a carton of Edy's fudge brownie double churned ice cream. Naughty Scrabbler.
8:33 am
Anniebrook
Now that's a nutritious double delicious dinner
8:34 am
Flask1
ok am diving in....***SPLASH***.......
8:34 am
Scrabbler
I just "needed" it, Annie.
8:34 am
Anniebrook
*gets towel and wipes myself*
8:34 am
bfsog
tonight for dinner me and friends are going out for tea, my friend Christine just turned 19
8:34 am
raelite
great googely-moogely! an x with 5 words!
8:34 am
Scrabbler
19---just a baby.
8:35 am
bfsog
yeps im much older than her!
8:35 am
Scrabbler
I clued them a bit ago, raelite, if you check the archives from about an hr ago.
8:35 am
Anniebrook
Scrabbler, I have been in "need" also and have finished cartons of ice cream...good for the soul
8:35 am
Anniebrook
{{{{raelite}}}}
8:36 am
raelite
((annie)) - scrab, I had half a box of ferrero rocher for dinner
8:36 am
Scrabbler
TY for alleviating my guilt, Annie.
8:36 am
Anniebrook
LOL, anytime, scrabbler
8:36 am
Scrabbler
Well, it looks like we all periodically need to get our serum chocolate levels up in the therapeutic range.
8:37 am
Scrabbler
I have to get ready for work--meeting my dad first as he is taking my car to get new tires.
8:38 am
Anniebrook
later, scrabbler
8:38 am
Scrabbler
I shall return tonight.
8:38 am
raelite
see you scrab, have a great day
8:38 am
Scrabbler
Enjoy the day everyone!
8:38 am
Aloyisius
You too, Scrabbler.. see you next time!
8:43 am
Anniebrook
raelite, I read Chapter 8 and it is great reading and I loved it
8:43 am
raelite
I am currently working on chapter nine. it will involve squirrelsa
8:43 am
Anniebrook
raelite, LOL, that should be a great read
8:44 am
raelite
it is ...looking good. it's also got haz's spangle and atalante's hobbit in it
8:44 am
bfsog
anyone got the first la 5,12?
8:44 am
Cherrypop
What are we reading?
8:44 am
Aloyisius
la+ the ***lem Globetrotters
8:44 am
Anniebrook
bf, dont know if it is the first but la and # after 9
8:45 am
lideola
la+ ***dy *** *** (laughter)
8:46 am
bfsog
ty aloyisius, and thank yuo Annie, oh and you lideola
8:46 am
Anniebrook
cherry, go to raelite's profile and open her blog
8:46 am
Cherrypop
ty Annie
8:47 am
Anniebrook
raelite, a true babble fist of the night...cant wait
8:48 am
raelite
lol...I hope so.
8:48 am
raelite
this grid is ver engaging!
8:48 am
alicesuckling
has anyone finished
8:49 am
Aloyisius
done, done and I must run.. lol.. rhymes. Will be back soon to help with any clues .. see you all laterA!
8:49 am
Anniebrook
congrats to Aloy and bye for now
8:49 am
raelite
see you Aloy :)
8:50 am
Sandieangel
hi back for a few more. Can anyone clue me the first la5/12 plz? got the rest but cannot see that one.
8:50 am
Anniebrook
I must leave for a while too, see you later, babblers
8:50 am
raelite
bye annie
8:51 am
Sandieangel
Oh just got it!!!!
8:52 am
bichon
anyone have the second ap 5? please
8:53 am
Anne38
hi everyone clue for ha 5/18 please
8:55 am
raelite
not yet, working on it though
8:55 am
flosey
good morning all
8:56 am
flosey
ap5 - behaviour sort of like a monkey
8:57 am
raelite
got it . ha 5.18: ha + first three letters of what a salmon is
8:57 am
Anne38
hi flosey x
8:58 am
Anne38
thank you raelite x
8:58 am
raelite
no worries
9:00 am
flosey
clue for ep5 please?
9:02 am
raelite
ep + when something is funny you say *** (or ha4.6)
9:03 am
flosey
thanks rae - new words to me
9:05 am
flosey
ar8 - Mr. Onasis + the united *****s
9:06 am
flosey
at 7 clue please?
9:09 am
Sugerpig
flossy, take out a letter from the end of the clue you just gave.
9:09 am
raelite
at7: someone who does sports
9:09 am
bbnaz
howdy everybody. just in for a minute but wanted to say hello
9:09 am
flosey
thanks sugar and rae
9:10 am
raelite
welcome :)
9:11 am
Anne38
se 6 /18 please
9:14 am
bbnaz
and dropping in was well worth it. all the nines and only one more eight to go
9:14 am
flosey
the only se I'm missing Anne
9:15 am
phaeton
se6/18, try the game where you hit a ball back and forth...sp backward and the vowels reversed
9:15 am
pigeonman
al6 please? Hello all.
9:15 am
Uniquity
I am making slow progress today. Is this tricky, or am I too distracted?
9:15 am
Anne38
some strange words again lol
9:15 am
flosey
a few strange words Uni
9:15 am
bbnaz
hello flosey (~:
9:16 am
periwinkle
help with ph8 please
9:16 am
flosey
al6 is plural of al5 - do you have it?
9:16 am
fundays
Good to know uniq.. so they are aren't this hard
9:17 am
Anne38
thank you i missed that x
9:17 am
flosey
peri, ph8 is plural of ph7 - do you have it?
9:18 am
pigeonman
Flosey. Yes I have the al5, but I can't see how to plural it.
9:18 am
Uniquity
Is the fi9 related to the 4?
9:18 am
pabtrek
i don't flosey, could you please clue it
9:18 am
bbnaz
no more 8s or 9s. bbl must go out into the world and run errands
9:18 am
bbnaz
the preceding fi4 yes it is Uni
9:19 am
bbnaz
the creature in water is served on a dish called a *****
9:19 am
raelite
al 5: yiddish for a number..I can't remember which one though
9:19 am
bichon
an 5/10, the first one
9:19 am
pigeonman
Oops. Put the al5 in the wrong box. Sheepish grin.
9:19 am
Uniquity
Thanks BB, that was great
9:20 am
bichon
No, it's hebrew for the first letter in the ********
9:20 am
raelite
there ya go :)
9:22 am
crpw48
good morning all
9:23 am
Angelsong
hi, all. phantoms: elephant, elephants
9:23 am
flosey
morning crpw
9:23 am
EvaNadine
mornin babblers!
9:23 am
raelite
hello angel, eva
9:23 am
crpw48
celebrated my 37th wedding anniversary yesterday, give me a big yahoooooooooo
9:24 am
raelite
congratulations, crpw
9:24 am
Anne38
yay crpw48 great xxxxx
9:25 am
bichon
an 5/10, 1st one please
9:26 am
EvaNadine
how is everyone today?
9:26 am
crpw48
good, and you
9:26 am
flosey
indeed crpw, congratulations
9:27 am
pabtrek
bichon, my first an5 is plural of the an4/4
9:27 am
EvaNadine
busy morning...not bad, i guess, but not great...heh
9:27 am
bichon
an 5/10 is the very first an
9:28 am
pabtrek
okay, guess I don't have it yet, will look
9:29 am
crpw48
have a good day all, going christmans shopping, bbl
9:29 am
mkg
111 words and i must go to work. ugh. wont finish this today. too bad.
9:29 am
pabtrek
how about an + anagram of long slippery swimmer
9:30 am
debjed
good morning all. want my christmas list crpw?
9:31 am
pabtrek
ph7 please
9:32 am
bichon
ty pab, that was it
9:32 am
pabtrek
yw, bichon
9:33 am
flosey
pab, do you have ph7?
9:33 am
pabtrek
nope, flosey
9:34 am
flosey
ph7 is a salt or ester, does that help?
9:35 am
pabtrek
not really, flosey
9:35 am
Anne38
last sh 7/32 please
9:35 am
flosey
ester of phenol
9:37 am
flosey
ending is I just *** my breakfast
9:38 am
flosey
sorry, I'm not good at clues
9:38 am
pabtrek
thanks flosey
9:39 am
raelite
ph+en5.10
9:39 am
flosey
ah, much better clue rae
9:40 am
flosey
clue for fi9 please?
9:40 am
kathw
i liked both your clues, thank you
9:41 am
pabtrek
what you eat the fi4 on, flosey
9:41 am
flosey
thanks kath
9:41 am
kathw
fi9, what you serve a sea creature on
9:41 am
flosey
thanks pab
9:41 am
raelite
halibut and chips, $5.99
9:41 am
flosey
a favourite rae
9:42 am
raelite
mmmmmm beer batter
9:42 am
pabtrek
yw, flosey
9:42 am
flosey
and good spots in sidney for that
9:42 am
Anne38
last sh 7/32 please
9:43 am
flosey
don't have it Anne
9:43 am
raelite
was just thinking that...warm sunny day, the end of the pier...wafts of cider vinegar in the air
9:44 am
pabtrek
hmmmm, sounds good raelite
9:44 am
raelite
I meant malt vinegar...cider is too sw5.18
9:45 am
raelite
there's this place in oak bay, on estevan by willows beach called blighty's...the chips are amazing. they are only open as long as they have fresh catch left too
9:47 am
flosey
thanks rae, must remember that. When we go over to Vic. it's usually lunch
9:47 am
Deeha
Had a holidsay in US recently and had very good fish snf chips up in the Rockies of all places in a town called Nederland. As good as I get here!
9:48 am
raelite
in the rockies? they have great fish up there...trout, pink salmon
9:48 am
CadFan
I'm not too far from Nederland.
10:03 am
Haz1558
Good morning/afternoon all.
10:04 am
Haz1558
sh7/32 - variation of spelling of the Yiddish village. sh, infamous Vietnam offensive (three letters), masculine Spanish 'the'.
10:05 am
flosey
morning Haz
10:05 am
Uniquity
Morning Haz
10:05 am
Haz1558
Good morning flosey. Th4/5 is a twisty little grid. Hello Uniquity!
10:07 am
Uniquity
Hopefully my tea will help me make progress. At 98 for now..
10:08 am
Haz1558
Tea helps most situations, they say.
10:09 am
flosey
lol, coffee sure didn't help !
10:09 am
inge
I see the Yiddish word for small town and for to drag or haevy load are in the grid. Guten MOrgen, all, I am down to my last two words. can anyone clue ph 8/50 and na 4/4?
10:09 am
Haz1558
I covered all eventulalities - most situations, not all!
10:09 am
Uniquity
Not I, Inge!
10:10 am
phaeton
ph8/50, pluralize ph7
10:10 am
NonoNanette
na is a palendrome
10:10 am
Haz1558
Good morning inge - ph8/50 is the plural for ph7/36 - p, plus the chicken consumed food.
10:10 am
Haz1558
na4/4 - a type of Indian flat bread - make the na a mirror image of itself.
10:11 am
Uniquity
Beautiful Haz, muchly appreciated
10:11 am
Haz1558
You're welcome.
10:11 am
Deeha
oh ho ho Haz chicken consumed food indeed!!!
10:12 am
mkg
they spell the yiddish small town wrong.
10:12 am
Haz1558
I couldn't think of anything else on the spur of the moment.
10:12 am
Deeha
Not bad for an off the cuff!!!
10:12 am
pabtrek
i have ar8, ph8, and xa8 x2, what do the other 2 8's start with please
10:12 am
Haz1558
This may be a variation of the original spelling, though.
10:13 am
Haz1558
fr8/55 is one
10:13 am
inge
there must be two wasy of spelling it, mkg, are you qeustioning the enable dictionary? :)
10:13 am
Haz1558
ph8/50 is the other
10:14 am
mkg
oh my how dare i question enable........they holy dictionary.
10:14 am
mkg
cant get that ph 7 word nor either of the ph 8s
10:15 am
Haz1558
ph8 - a Jewish religious leader
10:15 am
pabtrek
thanks Haz
10:16 am
mkg
actually there could be many since yiddish is not written in english letters. so the yiddish spelling is open to intrepretation and if you were galitz you pronounce it one way and litvak pronounces it another
10:16 am
Haz1558
You're welcome.
10:16 am
mkg
what ph is a jewish religious leader? i only know rabbi or i guess you could say a gabi is a leader.
10:16 am
Atalante
yaaawwwwwwwn hi!
10:16 am
Haz1558
So you are wrong to say that it's spelled wrongly then?
10:16 am
Haz1558
Hello Atalante.
10:16 am
Uniquity
Hi again Ata
10:17 am
Atalante
I thought about going to Hobbycraft, but then thought I'd just stay here and babble instead
10:17 am
inge
I need the first ph 8/50, not the second which is a plural, did I miss my clue?
10:17 am
Haz1558
ph8 - religious leader spoken of in New Testament. p, rearrange slightly what grows on your head (four letters) then three letters of what your eyes do.
10:18 am
mkg
no clues just comments inge.
10:18 am
Haz1558
ph8/50 is the Jewish religious leader, clued below, inge.
10:18 am
Uniquity
Thanks again Haz
10:18 am
inge
you mean those guys that kept critizing Jesus?
10:19 am
mkg
what jewish religious leader is a ph???? i dont get it. i am an orthodox jew....what are we speaking of? a sect?
10:19 am
Atalante
"I danced for the scribe and the ph8, but they would not dance adn they would not follow me"
10:19 am
Haz1558
The ones, inge (or one in this case)
10:19 am
Deeha
those are the kids!!
10:19 am
kdcn
hey harlie!!
10:19 am
Haz1558
mkg - I've given a spell out clue below. Please read it and follow the directions to get the word.
10:19 am
inge
Fireworks, firewords, and all the rest. Thanks for the clues. Better look at the video.
10:19 am
mkg
oh those were a sect, not religious leaders. will look back haz.
10:20 am
Haz1558
I give up.
10:20 am
Atalante
google the lyrics I gave below!
10:20 am
mkg
haz i dont see the spell out and am trying it. i know who the sect was but the grid isnt taking it.
10:21 am
Haz1558
Use morewords and you'll find it, mkg or wwwa2zwordfinder.com.
10:21 am
mkg
oh my i just got it and i have never seen it spelled this way......oh blessed be enable.
10:22 am
Atalante
its a perfect normal way to spell it
10:22 am
mkg
and for the record, they werent religious leaders, but a sect of judiasm
10:22 am
Uniquity
If you look up the definition, it likely refers to something different than you had expected
10:22 am
Haz1558
Be sure to clue it that way when you offer to clue it for other people. I'm out.
10:23 am
mkg
i spell it with ie at end not what they do. but my sources are from the hebrew. oh well.
10:23 am
Atalante
haz, you have mail
10:24 am
Atalante
mkg. there is something wrong when you annoy one of the nicest people on babble to the extent of her leaving the chat. please don't be awkward. if you really can't get a word, come back to it later
10:24 am
Uniquity
Ata - Thank you
10:25 am
carra
Hi Everyone
10:26 am
Uniquity
Hello Carra!
10:26 am
NonoNanette
hi Carra
10:26 am
72 Temple Owl
hi everyone!
10:27 am
NonoNanette
hi TO!
10:27 am
inge
hi carra, not working in NY today, or are you there now?
10:27 am
Uniquity
Hi TO and Nono!
10:27 am
carra
hi nono & inge
10:28 am
carra
no work today
10:28 am
72 Temple Owl
: ) : ) : )
10:28 am
carra
my back hurts today i think i slept weird or something =/
10:29 am
72 Temple Owl
*theme to twilight zone* me, too!
10:29 am
inge
Come back Haz, we like your company
10:30 am
debjed
i got the word from all that craziness, thanks Haz
10:30 am
petemcb
can anyone tell me how many words today?
10:30 am
72 Temple Owl
252, pete
10:31 am
petemcb
which spelling of 252 is that? I've never seen it written that way.
10:31 am
petemcb
kidding.
10:31 am
inge
ha, ha , ha, is thre an echo?
10:31 am
Uniquity
Echos are common in here :) And Haz, if you're reading - I got your clues perfectly
10:31 am
72 Temple Owl
: D
10:32 am
debjed
if anyone would be willing to clue some X's for me, it would be appretiated. i have one x7.52.
10:32 am
Angelsong
I got a late start this morning, but I only have 35 to go, so it isn't bad at all.
10:32 am
inge
well, Haz, I knew the guys from Bible class! Just needed your guidance
10:32 am
Uniquity
Deb, they all beign with those five letters
10:32 am
Atalante
take the same first 5 letters, deb and monkey
10:33 am
72 Temple Owl
omg there 's an X 7?
10:33 am
Uniquity
as well as two8s and two 9s
10:33 am
inge
I am taking a break to write my year end Christmas letter, before the year ends due to procrastination
10:34 am
petemcb
for a total of 5, of which I have none....
10:34 am
NonoNanette
yep and 2 x8's and 2 x9's
10:34 am
Haz1558
Breathing cleansing breaths. I'll lurk for a while if that's okay.
10:34 am
Sandieangel
Fireworks!!!!! Does anyone need any help before I go?
10:34 am
72 Temple Owl
o.0
10:34 am
NonoNanette
congrats Sandie
10:34 am
Uniquity
Congrats Sandie!!! **party**
10:35 am
Atalante
yay haz *gives cake* ooooh I never took a pic of the cake I bodged together! *runs to do so*
10:35 am
72 Temple Owl
yay sandie! hi haz
10:37 am
Haz1558
Hello TO. Looking forward to seeing Ata's cake. No tasting offered, did you notice that?
10:37 am
flosey
oops, cleaning lady will be here in minutes and not even dressed !!! bbl
10:37 am
72 Temple Owl
yes i DID
10:38 am
Haz1558
We'll just have to imagine what it tastes like.
10:38 am
72 Temple Owl
this grid needs xanax. or may I do
10:38 am
witchy
hi haz who's under the stairs this week?
10:39 am
Haz1558
I'm still waiting for George to come back. FM has promised him as an advance for a film script.
10:39 am
Haz1558
If he doesn't arrive, I'll know who to blame, won't I?
10:39 am
witchy
I have a proof of posting now!!
10:40 am
witchy
maybe the lady in the post office stole him
10:40 am
Haz1558
Were you able to squeeze in all the details on the form?
10:40 am
Atalante
tasting was offered yesterday when it was still just a smidge warm and yummy!
10:41 am
debjed
got the x's. thanks guys:)
10:41 am
witchy
yes I can write really small
10:41 am
Sandieangel
Yikes I don't know what just happened but my computer froze and kicked me out! so, does anyone need clues?
10:41 am
Haz1558
So, you're saying it's too late for a taste? I'm sure it'll be great.
10:42 am
Haz1558
I look forward to his reappearance, witchy.
10:42 am
Atalante
of course you can have a taste *offers round* it tastes yummy, if not the prettiest-looking cake ever
10:42 am
Uniquity
Perhaps you could sweep out his cupboard or soemthing to make it more habitable
10:42 am
Sandieangel
Ok gonna make some coffee - maybe I could have some cake as well!!!!
10:43 am
72 Temple Owl
is it by any chance yellow with chocolate icing that is my all time favorite
10:43 am
Atalante
its yellow, but with buttercream icing and jam
10:44 am
Haz1558
Has George complained about his accommodation? It was passed by the Tourist Board as being fit for a star. Or did they mean one star accommodation?
10:44 am
72 Temple Owl
mmmmmmmmty ata!
10:44 am
Atalante
I'm sure Spangle would share her kennel if neceessary
10:44 am
Uniquity
George is used to top notch accomodations...
10:44 am
witchy
He told me it was the best dressing room he'd ever had
10:45 am
Haz1558
And you think my cupboard isn't top notch? I could huff, you know.
10:45 am
Uniquity
You don't want to create a negative environment before his return! He's very sensitive to the emotions of his captors...er, i mean hosts!
10:46 am
Haz1558
I'll bear it in mind. Have you ever seen some of the demands made by the stars with regards to their dressing rooms?
10:47 am
Uniquity
I've heard bad things
10:47 am
Haz1558
Rose petals in the toilet, pink champagne in the bath, that kind of thing.
10:48 am
Atalante
ok, cake in icon! its not the prettiest thing ever, but its a culinary triumph for me!
10:48 am
Uniquity
I'm sure he is quite a fan of the feminine details..hopefully he's not allergic to Spangle
10:48 am
rururocks
I don't know where to go on the al's help?
10:48 am
witchy
His main demand was a doggy blanket and a bowl of bonios
10:48 am
Uniquity
Looks yummy Ata!
10:48 am
Haz1558
It looks good, Atalante!
10:49 am
Haz1558
If he's allergic to Spangle, he's no use to me.
10:49 am
Atalante
I'm sure he's not
10:49 am
72 Temple Owl
yes it does. cake is my wekness, and cookies and pastry. you can keep candy and iced cream
10:49 am
Uniquity
I'm more than willing to take him off your hands :)
10:50 am
Haz1558
But Uniquity, how would you manage with your studies and all?
10:50 am
Atalante
me too, TO. I can walk past chocolate and sweets and most things any day, but stick a cake in front of me and I'm a disaster
10:51 am
Uniquity
And the fact I don't have a cupboard...or stiars. just a bach. pad. Hmm...perhaps I have let things get away from me
10:51 am
stidmama
hello all... our power is out AGAIN! I have about ten more minutes of generator time before I have to shut it off and go into town for errands.
10:51 am
debjed
help with the bottom row h?
10:52 am
Haz1558
Hello stidmama!
10:52 am
stidmama
"laughs" deb...
10:52 am
Atalante
stid - I finally got hold of my Astoria friends this morning. They still have no power, and maybe not for another 5 days. No cell phone networks. They had winds of 125mph. A lot of roads washed away. Pharmacies closed, everything closed
10:53 am
stidmama
*stands ready with fish*
10:53 am
72 Temple Owl
hey stiddy, i saw your bbq restaurant on cnn...unfortunately you'll have to drive a bit longer to get to it...
10:53 am
debjed
thanks stid, thought i had tried that:)
10:53 am
stidmama
oh man... yes, as the info gets out we are hearing of more and more places like that. Still, glad they were okay.
10:54 am
rururocks
I need help with the AL words I have the greek A
10:54 am
stidmama
LOL yes, washed it further down the road... luckily they have a small sandwich shop in town -- but no flood insurance. So a fund has been set up for them. We will be contributing...
10:54 am
stidmama
thanks for that one ruru
10:54 am
Atalante
they are ok. Their house has half the roof shingles it had before, and their lovely new fence is all over the garden. But they are ok, and this time next week they'll be over here away from the storms anyway
10:54 am
stidmama
there is also the hebrew A
10:54 am
Uniquity
Oh stid...that is a lot of no power. Lower power bill though!
10:54 am
Haz1558
al5/14 - three letters for beer, then the letters that are pronounced f, then plural
10:55 am
stidmama
how nice! it will be nice for you to see each other!
10:55 am
Angelsong
se6 clues, please?
10:55 am
DRBOFFICE
are we using foreign languages also
10:55 am
Atalante
I just can't *wait*
10:55 am
72 Temple Owl
hey angel
10:55 am
stidmama
what is that X doing there????? *sob*
10:55 am
rururocks
thank you I needed to get past that to move on
10:55 am
stidmama
hi angelsong!
10:55 am
Atalante
oh we always do lol
10:55 am
Atalante
being yellow, stid
10:56 am
72 Temple Owl
we need xanax!
10:56 am
Uniquity
drb - we use enable, which includes quite a few words from languages other than english. I believe they have to be ones that are considered "common" though
10:56 am
stidmama
oui, DRB, nous parlons en francais, et hebrew, y espanol...
10:56 am
Angelsong
hey, Stid!
10:56 am
debjed
thanks haz for the al''s!
10:56 am
stidmama
do I EVER, TO! rofl
10:56 am
Haz1558
se6 - sounds like a branch of government but spelled differently.
10:56 am
stidmama
who's yellow, ATalante?
10:56 am
Atalante
the x's ;)
10:56 am
cybernan
hello everyone :)
10:57 am
debjed
hi cybernan
10:57 am
Haz1558
Or se plus a baby louse with a stutter (se6)
10:57 am
Atalante
what would we do without baby louses?
10:57 am
stidmama
ooh. finally got it haz!
10:57 am
stidmama
hi nan!
10:58 am
Haz1558
I'm scratching my head and wondering about that, Atalante.
10:58 am
Uniquity
We would eradicate lice and have non-itchy persons
10:58 am
NonoNanette
hello nan
10:58 am
debjed
help with the E from the second row?
10:58 am
Angelsong
hi, TO, Ata, Nana, haz
10:58 am
72 Temple Owl
rofl
10:58 am
Haz1558
Hello cyber - and you're welcome Stid.
10:58 am
Haz1558
Hello Angelsong.
10:58 am
stidmama
hey nanette! I have really enjoyed the videos you pick out! REALLY like the accordian, listened to some of his other things, too.
10:58 am
72 Temple Owl
nesten
10:59 am
72 Temple Owl
eths
10:59 am
72 Temple Owl
sorry
10:59 am
stidmama
thanks TO!
11:00 am
cybernan
nice mild morning here, but I do wish Washington state would keep their wind to themselves!
11:00 am
debjed
but it's not e i'm looking for;)
11:00 am
Angelsong
still not getting the SE6
11:00 am
Haz1558
Flatulence or the weather kind?
11:00 am
stidmama
okay, need to head out. Keep your fingers crossed that I have power again when I come home. The parakeet HATES being in a dark, cold house!!!
11:00 am
72 Temple Owl
well stid - that's your present for second day of hannukah. i gave you one yesterday too, as i recall
11:00 am
Haz1558
se6 - three letters to begin the opposite of junior, three letters for the baby louse.
11:01 am
debjed
where's montreal? still shoveling?
11:01 am
stidmama
it's not our wind, anyway, nan... it's that durn pineapple express out of Hawaii. Let's blame FRan....
11:01 am
Haz1558
Then I can understand why you want them to keep it, cyber!
11:01 am
stidmama
and out I go... *last look at grid*
11:01 am
Atalante
blame FM
11:01 am
72 Temple Owl
if it's from hawaii, then why isn't it balmy?
11:01 am
cybernan
we did ask fran to direct it further west!
11:01 am
Haz1558
FM to blame for flatulence?
11:01 am
rururocks
there can't be that many ar's !!!
11:02 am
72 Temple Owl
ruru, your monkeys will find them. trust me.
11:03 am
cybernan
how many are there ruru -- haven't gone to the list yet
11:03 am
debjed
are there more than four? ar's?
11:03 am
scribekd
there are 6 ar's
11:03 am
Atalante
how can I still have 93 words left? *groans*
11:04 am
rururocks
6 .... three are easy the others uh.....
11:04 am
cybernan
mmm -- only have 3
11:05 am
72 Temple Owl
think beards on grain. long ones.
11:08 am
debjed
another clue TO??
11:08 am
Atalante
yay got the ar's
11:08 am
rururocks
got them to...all off the same cyber sounds like a record company
11:09 am
Atalante
a shoulder - an elbow - a ***** (sounds like) - * finger
11:10 am
Angelsong
and fireworks for me.
11:10 am
72 Temple Owl
going to venture out to the sotre before lunch ends. see you later, all!
11:10 am
cybernan
not really up to date on record companies, ruru -- haven't bought any for years!
11:10 am
72 Temple Owl
antle
11:11 am
72 Temple Owl
sorry, time for a break!
11:11 am
debjed
bye TO, congrats Angel
11:11 am
rururocks
I think they do Aretha Franklin.. sounds like what Picasso is with out a cross letter
11:11 am
rururocks
at 7 clue Haz?
11:11 am
cybernan
can't believe there are 5 x words --- have no idea
11:11 am
Haz1558
at7 - a finely trained runner, perhaps?
11:11 am
Atalante
or Ar****cats - Disney films. Take the cats off and change the last vowel
11:13 am
debjed
need one more ar. any relation to the ar6,18 and ar8,40?
11:13 am
Ouwachita
last one i need...any help with the sh4/5?...cant seem to even monkey type it
11:13 am
Atalante
gosh that at7 is twisty turny
11:13 am
cybernan
ty atalante
11:14 am
Haz1558
sh4/5 - s plus a type of headgear. I make no reference to the past tense of anything....
11:14 am
Atalante
*looks round for nut*
11:15 am
Ouwachita
got it thanks
11:15 am
debjed
is there an fi9? any clue?
11:15 am
Haz1558
You're welcome!
11:15 am
phandmd
can I have a clue for the ra 6/24 after the sexual assault pls?
11:15 am
Atalante
not a meat bowl but a **** *****
11:15 am
Haz1558
fi9 - the type of china on which you serve your flounder or your plaice.
11:16 am
Haz1558
ra6/24 - on its way to being an Italian painter - or one of those turtles.
11:17 am
debjed
saw clues way earlier, but just got the single words out of it:)
11:17 am
Haz1558
You're welcome, deb.
11:17 am
phandmd
took work, but I got it; Thnx!
11:18 am
Haz1558
We like the work ethic.
11:19 am
Atalante
weakest link just now: "what is the large white bear that lives up at the Arctic?"
answer: penguin
11:20 am
Haz1558
And what was the right answer?
11:20 am
Haz1558
(Just kidding, we all know it's the grizzly)
11:20 am
Atalante
black bear. duh. LOL. pneguin? PENGUIN???
11:21 am
Atalante
ha ha he just got voted off for being an idiot
11:21 am
Haz1558
Maybe they knew it began with a p and their mouth engaged before the brain swung fully into action.
11:22 am
Haz1558
He'll not be a candidate for Eggheads then.
11:22 am
Atalante
I think thats what always happens in the weakest link. it does lead to amusing moments though!
11:23 am
Atalante
hobbit: *snort!snuffle* she obviously agrees
11:23 am
Haz1558
Right, time for me to take a little walk with Spangle. I'm feeling more in tune with the world again. Bye for now!
11:24 am
Atalante
good dear! have a lovely walk
11:24 am
Haz1558
Will do.
11:27 am
cybernan
anyone got a clue for the x's?
11:27 am
Atalante
xa7/52 is a common food additive
11:27 am
Atalante
x7/52 gum, even
11:28 am
rururocks
I am haveing trouble with the et 6
11:28 am
Atalante
its a gas, ruru
11:29 am
cybernan
ty -- are all 5 based on the same word?
11:29 am
rururocks
got it atal thanks a lot
11:30 am
Atalante
yup, cnan. all five have the same first 5 letters
11:31 am
phandmd
can I have a clue for the last 2 sh words pls?
11:34 am
Mary
clue for ha5/18 pls?
11:35 am
debjed
plural ha4,5
11:35 am
debjed
i don't ha4,5 you , i like you
11:36 am
Atalante
ha + short name for Fiona, plural
11:36 am
Atalante
fi9 - the type of china on which you serve your flounder or your plaice.
11:36 am
Mary
ty Atalante
11:36 am
caitlyn
Afternoon all ............
11:36 am
debjed
sorry wrong ha
11:37 am
debjed
guess i need ha5,18 too:)
11:37 am
phandmd
does no one have the last 2 sh words?
11:37 am
72 Temple Owl
the last one i have is the one you sail on
11:37 am
Atalante
I dont know which are the last two, I'm afraid
11:38 am
Mary
No where near the sh words yet
11:38 am
phandmd
there is a 5/14 an 7/32 after the boat
11:38 am
caitlyn
phan sh5/14 like the animal that goes baa but put a cons in place of the 1st e
11:38 am
sandr
can i have a clue for the last sh 7/32 please , thanx
11:41 am
phandmd
thnx, cait, I got the 5
11:42 am
raelite
in7.28 please?
11:43 am
caitlyn
Will someone please say hello to me!! I feel like a troll
11:43 am
Atalante
HI CAIT!
11:43 am
Uniquity
Hi Caitlyn!!!
11:43 am
hydra
Hello Caitlyn!
11:44 am
debjed
hi caitlyn!!!
11:44 am
debjed
loved your sheep clue:) it helped
11:44 am
caitlyn
rae in plus st5/10
11:44 am
hydra
raelite, the in you want is when you are in a section of the USA. Or the queen is lying in----- sort it!)
11:44 am
caitlyn
Thanks that was such an unexpected welcome
11:45 am
hydra
I meant, sort of. I can't type today!
11:45 am
hydra
Right, I'm off. I've been lurking but I've just managed my fireworks!
11:45 am
EvaNadine
afternoon babblers!
11:45 am
caitlyn
Congrats hydra!!
11:45 am
Uniquity
YAY hydra!
11:46 am
debjed
hi Eva, yeah Hydra
11:46 am
EvaNadine
how goes it?
11:47 am
Uniquity
Progress is being made
11:47 am
EvaNadine
good to hear!
11:48 am
72 Temple Owl
i think i see the hebrew village bu can't sspell it : (
11:49 am
EvaNadine
im trying to hunt down an inexpensive space-heater...
apparently the one ive used here at work for the last 7 years is "illegal" for the office because it doesnt have a tipover shutoff feature...
11:50 am
72 Temple Owl
if ther eis a problem,THEY should provid eyou a heater. what does your union say?
11:50 am
NonoNanette
how big of a heater do you need EvaN?
11:51 am
phandmd
sandr, do you still need the sh 7/32 clue?
11:51 am
EvaNadine
i dont work for a union.
they dont provide space heaters here -- im just abnormally cold compared to most people...
i just need a tiny one -- i like it to point on my feet during the day.
i just dont want to spend very much money, since the one i have does work...heh
11:52 am
EvaNadine
i found a good one on amazon for $25 but its another $12 in shipping...
gonna try to swing by the hardware store tonight...
11:52 am
NonoNanette
you should be able to find one fairly cheap then and all of them now i think have the shut off feature
11:52 am
EvaNadine
lots of the ones online talk about a thermal shutoff (as in, its shuts off if it gets too hot) but they dont mention a tipover shutoff
11:53 am
NonoNanette
yes your best bet is to try to buy locally.... shipping can kill you online on inexpensive items
11:53 am
Uniquity
Plus, you'll have to wait
11:53 am
EvaNadine
yeah. i just dont like going out once im home...heh
11:54 am
72 Temple Owl
do it on the wasy home,
11:54 am
caitlyn
Thats a good solution TO LOL
11:55 am
EvaNadine
i dont drive to work + the stores arent walkable -- gonna try to get chris to pick me up from the metro station + take me to the hardware store...
11:55 am
72 Temple Owl
i do...saves gas, too. once i am in i am IN
11:55 am
72 Temple Owl
whatever, lunch is over *poof*
11:55 am
72 Temple Owl
latan
11:56 am
72 Temple Owl
mean later
11:56 am
EvaNadine
someone told me the CVS across the street from my office had them for under $20, but when i just went over there on my lunch break, they didnt have any...
no wonder, since it just snowed yesterday...heh
11:59 am
raelite
you should ask them to get you one from another location
11:59 am
caitlyn
Can youaskthem to order one for you Eva?
11:59 am
phandmd
can I have a clue for the last ST 5/10?
11:59 am
EvaNadine
not worth it -- unforunately, most of the people who work there arent too swift...
id be better off just foraging on my own...
no worries, though.
12:01 pm
caitlyn
phan st5/10 is a large drinking mug best full of beer
12:01 pm
phandmd
no, there is one after that...
12:03 pm
caitlyn
Or its medical thing put in your heart to keep the artries open
12:04 pm
phandmd
that's the one! Thnx Cait
12:04 pm
caitlyn
YW phan that gets me every time!
12:04 pm
NonoNanette
ahhhh FIREWORKS!!
12:04 pm
raelite
pe7? please?
12:05 pm
phandmd
pe + na 5/10
12:05 pm
Uniquity
Nono! YAY!
12:05 pm
caitlyn
Congrats Nono!!!
12:06 pm
raelite
thank you!!
12:07 pm
NonoNanette
no i need to finish cleaning my carpet :( Happy babbling everyone
12:07 pm
caitlyn
Bye Nono
12:09 pm
rururocks
ha 5/18 clue ?
12:10 pm
caitlyn
ruru ha add nearlly all of a clenched hand
12:10 pm
phandmd
not whole (- stick ltr) + form of to be
12:10 pm
phandmd
I will bbl to finish last 16
12:10 pm
caitlyn
Bye phan
12:11 pm
rururocks
thanks phan
12:11 pm
Mary
can someone clue the na4/4 for me pls?
12:12 pm
Uneaixoise
it's a palindrome, mary
12:12 pm
caitlyn
Mary an Indian bread
12:12 pm
Mary
nevermind, it's that word I've seen a hundred times ty
12:14 pm
rururocks
la 6/18 # 3
12:15 pm
Uniquity
la + an object you sleep under while camping
12:16 pm
Mary
3rd la6/19 change last letter to the cross letter of the one above it
12:16 pm
cybernan
th 5/12 following the one referring to a time?
12:16 pm
rururocks
fish me
12:16 pm
rururocks
thanks
12:18 pm
caitlyn
nan same 1st 3 letters and a short thank you
12:19 pm
cybernan
got it , thanks
12:26 pm
lideola
afternoon everyone- here's a little holiday cheer from my family to you:
12:26 pm
lideola
http://tinyurl.com/ypa935
12:27 pm
Mary
1st ph8/50 pls?
12:27 pm
caitlyn
Hi lideola!
12:28 pm
lideola
ph+vowel+ periodic table for sodium + a cuppa
12:29 pm
phaeton
xa8..pls
12:31 pm
EvaNadine
there are 2 XA8/70 s
12:32 pm
Uniquity
32 more!!
12:32 pm
Mary
ty, lideola, too a while but I got it
12:32 pm
phaeton
either one or both...thx
12:33 pm
lideola
sorry- couldn't think of much to clue it with
12:33 pm
EvaNadine
X + picnit pest + detest (plural for the 9)
12:33 pm
EvaNadine
x + picnic pest _ opp of her + opp of out (plural for the 9)
12:34 pm
EvaNadine
PH8 is plural of the 7 -- PH + mans name
12:35 pm
EvaNadine
sorry, PH + vowel + mans name
12:37 pm
phaeton
thanks, Eva, kept trying all combos, never came up with that
12:37 pm
cybernan
can't see how you get to "not out" on the first one though
12:38 pm
lideola
thats not the first, its the second x8/9
12:38 pm
phaeton
it more opposite of a different way to say 'her'
12:38 pm
EvaNadine
i guess its really opposite of "she"
12:39 pm
Judi
Afternoon, lumpkins and pumpkins. Fireworks!
12:39 pm
EvaNadine
X + picnic pest + opp of she + opp of out
12:39 pm
Judi
My goodness, there were more X words in this puzzle than there has been all year, I think!
12:40 pm
MLFAN17
ty eva i got it
12:44 pm
MLFAN17
fi 9/84?
12:46 pm
Mary
fi9/94 when they serve you salmon they put it on a *********
12:47 pm
Mary
sorry that should be 9/84
12:47 pm
Scarlet
Good afternoon, Babble Nation. Thanks, Eva... looks like I came in at the right time! :-)
12:47 pm
Uniquity
Does the fr8 work off te 5?
12:49 pm
MLFAN17
mary for that clue its 9/84 isnt it?
12:50 pm
EvaNadine
hints for the FR8?
12:53 pm
harpjane
how's this for an ususual sport?
12:53 pm
Scarlet
I'm just poking along, Eva... no help here.
12:53 pm
Scarlet
I see a menorah, harp... what is it?
12:53 pm
harpjane
don't have it eva
12:54 pm
harpjane
refresh scarlet
12:54 pm
Scarlet
Hi, deb!! :-)
12:55 pm
Scarlet
Ohhhh, nice colors... underwater?
12:55 pm
dan2bit
fr8 - fr + to be + little girl ending
12:56 pm
Uneaixoise
fr8 add "french" diminutive ending to fr5/16
12:56 pm
MLFAN17
aa 5 please
12:56 pm
debjed
thanks dan!!
12:56 pm
dan2bit
hi Une, harp, scarlet
12:56 pm
Uneaixoise
hey dan!
12:56 pm
Scarlet
Hi, dan2!!
12:57 pm
EvaNadine
thanks une!
12:57 pm
Uneaixoise
yw :-)
12:57 pm
raelite
have any of you guys ever been so mad that you started to shake?
12:57 pm
Uneaixoise
yep . . .
12:57 pm
Scarlet
Harp, is that underwater bicycle racing? LOL
12:57 pm
debjed
yes, shake and cry. why are you mad?
12:57 pm
Scarlet
Yes, a long time ago, rae...what's wrong?
12:57 pm
raelite
oh just evil customers making me crazy. I'll be fine but it's such a weird sensation
12:58 pm
Scarlet
Tis the season to be insane...
12:58 pm
Scarlet
Hi, Une and raelite!!
12:58 pm
raelite
hi scarlet
12:59 pm
Uneaixoise
howdy, scarlet!
12:59 pm
EvaNadine
rae -- i have!
way back when i used to work at the museum, i had to have someone thrown out...
12:59 pm
debjed
what kind of customers are you serving (getting mad at)?
12:59 pm
MLFAN17
aa clue please
12:59 pm
Scarlet
How are you, Une? We are almost in the 60s today, with a nice weekend approaching...
1:00 pm
raelite
they are customers buying products for their rosacea and acne: two conditions aggravated by stress
1:00 pm
Uneaixoise
in the 30s here but warming up this weekend . . .
1:00 pm
debjed
when you get in a warm bath, you say aa* then plural
1:00 pm
Scarlet
MLF... the sound you make when you kick off some tight shoes...
1:00 pm
cybernan
first ha 5?
1:00 pm
flosey
Hi again, back to finish up - hopefully
1:00 pm
Uneaixoise
hey, flosey
1:00 pm
cybernan
aa 4: not oohs
1:00 pm
Scarlet
Hi, flosey and Nan!!
1:00 pm
MLFAN17
lol ty scarlett
1:01 pm
debjed
you work for a dermatologist?
1:01 pm
Uneaixoise
hey, nan ;-)
1:01 pm
raelite
nope, I work for a cosmetics company
1:01 pm
Scarlet
I guess folks with those conditions aren't in such a great mood to begin... and then, you need to help them feel better about themselves... sounds tough, rae.
1:01 pm
debjed
anything really work to reduce fine lines? :)
1:02 pm
debjed
i know stress doesn't help
1:02 pm
cybernan
hi flosey and une
1:02 pm
raelite
oh yes, we have a great product for that, it's a glycolic acid peel
1:02 pm
Scarlet
WHAT stress, deb? LOL
1:03 pm
debjed
i don't have much stress at my job, since i get to play babble a good part of the day and help animals feel better the rest of the time.
1:03 pm
DRBOFFICE
does anyone know the last x clue
1:03 pm
raelite
you can check out our website at www.zenmed.com
1:03 pm
debjed
a acid peel to do at home?
1:04 pm
EspritdJean
it is plural of the xa8/70
1:04 pm
Scarlet
This is a perfect segue to an ongoing conversation with some women friends... if you could, with money being no object, subject yourself to plastic surgery to "improve" the hand you were dealt in life?
1:04 pm
debjed
i will, thanks
1:04 pm
MLFAN17
drb ihave onky gotten two of them
1:04 pm
raelite
yes, it's really simple and only takes 10 minutes twice a week
1:04 pm
Scarlet
Hi, there, g&j!!
1:04 pm
DRBOFFICE
i have those
1:05 pm
DRBOFFICE
ty anyway
1:05 pm
flosey
could I have a clue for et6 please?
1:05 pm
debjed
my sis works for a plastic surgeon and he's done some face stuff for her- it looks a little unnatural at this point - she's 52
1:05 pm
EspritdJean
you said you wanted the last x clue, well that is the xa9/90 plural of the xa8/70
1:06 pm
DRBOFFICE
i have 4 mlfan17
1:06 pm
cybernan
ha 5/18, please?
1:06 pm
MLFAN17
expr i need the other two clues for the x
1:06 pm
MLFAN17
drb lucky you lol
1:06 pm
Scarlet
That's kind of my basis for saying "no", deb... some Hollywood types look as though they are hiding their kneecaps behind their earlobes... eyes too wide, looking like Gloria Swanson on crack...
1:07 pm
Uneaixoise
and the exploding lips! LOL
1:07 pm
debjed
hee, hee. i say my sis is looking like Michael Jackson.
1:07 pm
flosey
ha + beginning of sea creature
1:07 pm
Uneaixoise
ohnooooo
1:07 pm
Scarlet
Oh, yes, Une... like that crazy cat lady a few years ago...
1:08 pm
Uneaixoise
ohmygod, soooo creepy!
1:08 pm
debjed
hey, i'm a crazy cat lady:)
1:08 pm
MLFAN17
me too deb
1:08 pm
Uneaixoise
but do you LOOK like one??
1:08 pm
Scarlet
Does she hit you, deb!! No, deb... you may be a crazy cat lady, but this babe had 35 surgeries to turn her face into the image of her favorite Persian cat.... acccckkkkkk
1:09 pm
debjed
what does one look like?
1:09 pm
raelite
oh that's nasty!
1:09 pm
Uneaixoise
actually her face looks kinda like melting wax
1:09 pm
EspritdJean
they get their eyes shaped like a cat and a cleft under their nose like a cat
1:09 pm
Atalante
oh Jocelyn Wildensomething?
1:09 pm
Scarlet
Exactly... and she's complaining that her therapist is telling her that her problems go deeper than addiction to surgeries...
1:09 pm
debjed
that's disgusting
1:09 pm
Scarlet
Right, Ata... a certifiable nutcase!
1:09 pm
cybernan
ty flosey
1:10 pm
flosey
hi nan, did you get my clue?
1:11 pm
Uneaixoise
wildenstein . . . and here she is: http://tinyurl.com/56tpm
1:11 pm
Scarlet
She looks like a Barbie Doll after exposure to radiation... Bikini Atoll burn-out.... LOL
1:12 pm
Uneaixoise
oh wait, this is better and shows how she used to look: http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/arc
hives/000351.html
1:12 pm
MLFAN17
fr 55 please
1:12 pm
Uneaixoise
shorter: http://tinyurl.com/2oso6
1:12 pm
EspritdJean
that is freakish
1:13 pm
Uneaixoise
MLFAN it builds on fr5/16
1:13 pm
MLFAN17
then i need fr 5/16 unfortunately
1:13 pm
MLFAN17
what deb?
1:14 pm
Uneaixoise
you just looked, didn' t you . . .
1:14 pm
debjed
That cat lady
1:14 pm
Uneaixoise
fr + Three **** Men
1:14 pm
MLFAN17
ohh i saw a guy looked like acat with whiskers and lip just luike a cats
1:14 pm
Uneaixoise
oops, fr + Three W*** Men
1:14 pm
debjed
ok, going back to pharmacy, see you all on the other computer:)
1:15 pm
EvaNadine
ahh, a nice cup of tea...that will make up for my "illegal" heater!
1:15 pm
flosey
et6 please?
1:16 pm
Uneaixoise
it's a gas, flosey
1:16 pm
Scarlet
Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhkkkkkkkk! I had almost forgotten how frightening she is....
1:16 pm
Uneaixoise
LOLOLOL
1:16 pm
MLFAN17
une i dont get hwo to connect it
1:16 pm
MLFAN17
i udnerstand that clue though
1:17 pm
Uneaixoise
that's a clue for fr5
1:17 pm
Uniquity
Can i have a clue for the last two sh please?
1:17 pm
Uneaixoise
ends like the name of a Babbler: Nononan****
1:18 pm
cybernan
sh 6/30?
1:18 pm
flosey
thanks Une
1:19 pm
Uneaixoise
have 5s but no 6, nan
1:19 pm
cybernan
do you have the sh 7's?
1:19 pm
Uneaixoise
i have an sw7 . . .
1:19 pm
Uneaixoise
an xa7
1:19 pm
Uniquity
sh6, 30 - sounds like I shot the she***f (but with differnt first vowel
1:20 pm
Uneaixoise
an ne7
1:20 pm
cybernan
yeah -- me too!
1:20 pm
MLFAN17
if you have the sw 5 18 it goes with that
1:20 pm
gramma
I love sh7 It's a fun word to say. It's Yiddish I think and it means a little town
1:20 pm
Uneaixoise
oh, like Omar Sh****
1:20 pm
Scarlet
Omar Sh****
1:20 pm
cybernan
right une
1:21 pm
MLFAN17
i go that ty une
1:21 pm
Uniquity
gramma, I don't know the term - could you clue another way please?
1:21 pm
gramma
Could someone please clue the 1st LA word? I'm very stuck
1:21 pm
Uneaixoise
ok, Scarlet, picture the ice palace in Dr. Zhivago . . .
1:21 pm
cybernan
now to find those sh 7's!
1:21 pm
phaeton
mlf, did you get to watch the end of Tin Man?
1:21 pm
Scarlet
That beautiful Egyptian face and Lara swooning...
1:21 pm
Uniquity
ha + sa***a desert
1:21 pm
Uneaixoise
i know . . . sigh . . .
1:21 pm
Scarlet
Cue orchestra....
1:22 pm
MLFAN17
yes phae did you?
1:22 pm
gramma
SH + Asian holiday + 1st 2 letters of your power utility
1:22 pm
Uniquity
**la + sa***a desert
1:22 pm
phaeton
no, i got as far as dg giving up the emerald, then fell asleep
1:22 pm
MLFAN17
scarlet egyptian face?
1:22 pm
Uneaixoise
ohh, thanks, gramma--that's usually spelled with just one "e"
1:22 pm
periwinkle
Truffles!!
1:23 pm
Scarlet
Omar Sh****
1:23 pm
Uneaixoise
Omar Sh**** is Egyptian . . .
1:23 pm
periwinkle
I just 4 of Trader Joe's dark truffes, mmmmm
1:23 pm
gramma
Isn't that a great word?
1:23 pm
MLFAN17
i got that une
1:23 pm
Uneaixoise
yep, lots of yiddish words are fun!
1:23 pm
Scarlet
Ohhhh, peri... I will make your latkes if you share!!
1:23 pm
gramma
Do you have a clue for the 1st LA?
1:24 pm
cybernan
not getting that yiddish town -- assume it is based on the 5/14 before it?
1:24 pm
MLFAN17
seh got tit back though because of dg grey
1:24 pm
Uneaixoise
my first la is a small street . . .
1:24 pm
periwinkle
If I thought you were serious Scarlet, I would :-)
1:24 pm
gramma
me too.I need the 5
1:24 pm
Uniquity
What i said at 1:22 should be the first la
1:25 pm
Uniquity
And thank heavens, I have finally finished!
1:25 pm
phaeton
i hope it's on again, but earlier.
1:25 pm
gramma
nan, did you see my clue?
1:25 pm
Scarlet
If wishes were horses, peri, then beggars would ride... {hug}
1:25 pm
Uneaixoise
do you have la5, to make tardy?
1:25 pm
Uneaixoise
and the plural?
1:25 pm
Uniquity
sh + first two letters of number after (x2) and stick letter
1:25 pm
gramma
TY Uniquity
1:26 pm
Uniquity
***number after nine. Man
1:26 pm
cybernan
yes gramma, but asian holiday? and up here the power utilities all have different names
1:26 pm
MLFAN17
uni what is the rest of that?
1:26 pm
MLFAN17
about the number 9?
1:26 pm
Uneaixoise
nan, think Vietnam . . . the *** Offensive
1:27 pm
Uniquity
sh + first two letters of number after nine (x2) plus stick letter
1:27 pm
gramma
3 letter Asian holiday and the wattage comes thru the ******** line
1:27 pm
Uneaixoise
(3-letter Asian holiday)
1:27 pm
Scarlet
Just change the vowel in a vulgar word for breast...
1:27 pm
cybernan
sorry, don't know any asian holidays
1:28 pm
cybernan
other than chinese new year!
1:28 pm
Uniquity
Or, SH + french for head + stick letter
1:28 pm
Scarlet
A singing quar***
1:29 pm
MLFAN17
i am confused lol
1:29 pm
Scarlet
Then be glad that we
1:29 pm
cybernan
got that --- thanks uniquity
1:29 pm
Scarlet
we're not clueing one of my favorite words: tchotchkes... LOL
1:30 pm
MLFAN17
scar what is the rest of that clue about quar?
1:30 pm
Uneaixoise
great word!
1:30 pm
cybernan
and the first sh 7? following cloth for a bed?
1:30 pm
Uniquity
Mlfan, but some of these clues together
1:30 pm
gramma
HA 5/18? please
1:30 pm
MLFAN17
yes uni i thought so
1:30 pm
Scarlet
It was the middle of Uniquity's clue for the SH 7... the Vietnamese New Year... or Offensive during the war...
1:31 pm
Uneaixoise
sh7 is an Islamic devil . . .
1:32 pm
cybernan
frustrating --- wish this game would stick to english
1:32 pm
Uneaixoise
ends in pigment change on the beach
1:32 pm
Uneaixoise
nan! LOL
1:32 pm
cybernan
how in the heck are we supposed to know islamic devils!
1:32 pm
Atalante
ohhh wondered what that sh7 meant!
1:32 pm
Uneaixoise
sorry--ONE is the Islamic devil--the other is a Russian village
1:33 pm
Uniquity
Okay, take the bed covering sh5 before it, change the second vowel + c**dy is yummy!
1:33 pm
Uneaixoise
hey, ata!
1:33 pm
Uneaixoise
hey, ata!
1:34 pm
cybernan
ty uniquity
1:36 pm
Uneaixoise
ah, MORE yiddish . . . sh5/14!
1:37 pm
cybernan
*!* ta da *!* -- thanks for getting me through those last few,, everyone!
1:37 pm
Uneaixoise
woohoo, nan!!!!
1:37 pm
Scarlet
Yahoo for nan!@!
1:37 pm
periwinkle
Yay for nan
1:37 pm
Scarlet
Une... isn't the al5/14 and 6/24 more of the same?
1:38 pm
Uneaixoise
but not yiddish, right?
1:38 pm
bubba218
the 1st ph8,50 please
1:38 pm
flosey
sh7 please, the first one
1:38 pm
periwinkle
Hebrew, Une
1:38 pm
Scarlet
I knew I could count on you, peri!!
1:38 pm
MLFAN17
i need that too bubba
1:39 pm
Uneaixoise
look at 1:33 flosey
1:39 pm
flosey
thanks Une, will do
1:39 pm
Scarlet
bubba... those in the temples who ruled the land... in the time of a young Jesus...?
1:40 pm
Scarlet
Or interpreted the rules for the people?
1:40 pm
bubba218
Thanks Scarlet
1:40 pm
cybernan
sh 7: female pronoun + neutered pronoun + indefinite article
1:40 pm
Uneaixoise
sanctimonious and self-righteous, bubba
1:40 pm
periwinkle
se6/18 please
1:40 pm
Scarlet
Great, bubba! LOLOLOL... Une... excellent! :-)
1:41 pm
Uneaixoise
what? huh? the word--not you! LOL
1:41 pm
MLFAN17
help me out with that one buba lol
1:41 pm
cybernan
se 6/18: first part of upper house in parliament + louse egg
1:41 pm
BabbleRabble
Before the days when dogs were used to sniff out drugs at airports, many different animals were tried, including chickens, due to their superior sense of smell. Things went awry, however, when the Sergeant in charge of the Poultry Unit was arrested for drug trafficking. At his arraignment, the Press was scandalized when he pled guilty, but he remained indignant. "What did you expect? I ran a fowl of the law!"
1:41 pm
periwinkle
thanks nan
1:42 pm
bubba218
ph8 starts like old egyptian ruler + vowel + what you do with your eyes
1:42 pm
Uneaixoise
se6 sounds like W pronouncing a legislative body in DC
1:42 pm
periwinkle
thanks Une, got it
1:42 pm
MLFAN17
cyber a louse egg//
1:43 pm
Uneaixoise
100 to go . . . groan . . . BBL
1:43 pm
cybernan
ph 8: person from the old testament
1:44 pm
flosey
te6/18 please?
1:44 pm
cybernan
actuallly, I guess they were around during Jesus' lifetime, weren't they?
1:44 pm
periwinkle
taking a break and having some tea, bbs
1:45 pm
Scarlet
Later, Une!!
1:45 pm
flosey
enjoy peri
1:45 pm
bubba218
fr8 please
1:45 pm
BabbleRabble
ph 8 --- goliath's tribe
1:45 pm
Scarlet
I believe that Jesus reacted strongly to the ph* and the moneylenders in the Temple...
1:45 pm
cybernan
te 6: drop a letter from the second decade
1:45 pm
danf63
bubba - it's looks like a female fr5/16
1:45 pm
bubba218
the sadducees and the ph8's
1:46 pm
BabbleRabble
pharisees
1:46 pm
Atalante
thats the one ;)
1:46 pm
MLFAN17
ty babble lol
1:46 pm
flosey
thanks nan
1:46 pm
cybernan
great clue BR --- but I heard that there is hot chocolate in the penalty box!
1:46 pm
BabbleRabble
one of my better clues
1:46 pm
bubba218
thanks dan
1:47 pm
Scarlet
He can't go in, nan... he's too busy paying his fine for going afowl of the law...
1:47 pm
BabbleRabble
I have it rented for the whole month
1:47 pm
Scarlet
Yahoo for flosey!!
1:47 pm
cybernan
^5 flosey
1:47 pm
MLFAN17
ph 7/36 please
1:47 pm
danf63
yea flosey!
1:48 pm
BabbleRabble
congrats, flosey
1:48 pm
flosey
thanks all - great clues
1:48 pm
MLFAN17
and i only have 60 words lol
1:48 pm
cybernan
ph 7: beginning of a drug + consumed
1:49 pm
bubba218
ph + vowel + mr king cole + vowel
1:50 pm
cybernan
off to do some creative flower arranging in the form of Christmas baskets for our front doorstep --- see you tomorrow or at the flip :)
1:50 pm
Scarlet
I am a little confused as to why the ph4/6 can't be pluralled? Is it supposed to be an adjective here?
1:50 pm
Scarlet
Later, flosey!! Have a nice day.
1:51 pm
flosey
thanks Scarlet, you too
1:52 pm
flosey
must be off too, be back at flip
1:52 pm
Scarlet
Later, nan... thank you for the clues! :-)
1:53 pm
MLFAN17
cybver which direction for the ph with the consumed i cant get anything to work i dont know the drug part
1:53 pm
debjed
i have ap = acting like a monkey. clue for the other ap?
1:53 pm
BabbleRabble
be careful, back flips may be dangerous to your health
1:54 pm
Scarlet
AP + not belonging to her
1:54 pm
debjed
thanks red
1:54 pm
bubba218
the first la5,12,please, just can't see it
1:55 pm
bubba218
nm, just found it, 10 second rule
1:56 pm
bubba218
pl7,32 after what we eat on, please
1:56 pm
gramma
HA5/18 is all that's between me and the fireworks.
1:57 pm
Scarlet
plural of the 6/21 after the dish
1:57 pm
Scarlet
Or, bubba, use the first three letters, add number after nine and then plural
1:57 pm
bubba218
ha + a halibut is a ***h
1:57 pm
MLFAN17
bubba that is 6 letters isnt it?
1:58 pm
gramma
TY They've never been more beautiful!
1:58 pm
Scarlet
Congratulations, gramma!!
1:58 pm
gramma
Out for a celebratory ciggie. BRB
2:00 pm
bubba218
the third pl7,32 please
2:00 pm
Scarlet
Still trying to monkey it, bubba...
2:01 pm
MLFAN17
i just got the fr 8 55 woohoo
2:02 pm
smcarrier
share please
2:02 pm
MLFAN17
i think its a french word
2:02 pm
newyrkplay
does anyone know how many words are in today's puzzle
2:02 pm
MLFAN17
i think its a pastry but i cant be sure
2:03 pm
MLFAN17
but its fri......
2:03 pm
gramma
PL7- washie your dishies
2:03 pm
Scarlet
You're welcome, new
2:03 pm
gramma
that was a really stoopid clue!
2:04 pm
MLFAN17
who me gramma?;lol
2:04 pm
gramma
pl7- begins like all the others 1st 4 letters than make it cute and plural
2:04 pm
gramma
Not your clue...mine
2:05 pm
MLFAN17
ohh i am not sure mine was so great either lol
2:05 pm
MLFAN17
but different word
2:05 pm
bubba218
Thanks, finished at last!!
2:05 pm
MLFAN17
Anyway i am going to watch tv see ya
2:05 pm
gramma
but did it work?
2:05 pm
Scarlet
That was a good clue, gram!! Yahoo for bubba@!
2:05 pm
gramma
WYG bubba!
2:06 pm
bubba218
worked for me!
2:06 pm
debjed
need one of the two th5,12's that comes right before the th4,9?
2:06 pm
gramma
wyg? I think I've had a stroke..I meant wtg
2:07 pm
gramma
th- 8th letter of the greek alphabet
2:07 pm
gramma
th-plural of the 4
2:08 pm
debjed
thank you , thank you , that was driving me crazy
2:08 pm
gramma
I usually drive my husband crazy.
2:09 pm
Carl Carlton
I'm missing one of the X words...I've got the 'ates' and the 'eins'.
2:10 pm
gramma
how bout the an?
2:10 pm
Carl Carlton
Crud, I though I'd tried that one. Guess not. Thanks.
2:12 pm
gramma
Back to work. See you all tommorrow.
2:12 pm
debjed
bye gramma, thanks for the clue
2:12 pm
Scarlet
Later, gramma.
2:16 pm
Scarlet
Ohhh... just monkeyed a new word for me: sw6/33... will check it later. Ata, how was your cake? Wonderful?
2:17 pm
Atalante
does it look nice???? :D
2:17 pm
Scarlet
Will check!
2:19 pm
debjed
clue that sw, red??
2:19 pm
Scarlet
Ata... is that a jam in the center? Yes, it DOES look good... was it tasty?
2:20 pm
Atalante
jam and then buttercream icing - its a traditional thingy here
2:20 pm
Atalante
it tastes GOOD!
2:20 pm
Scarlet
deb, it is the first four letters of the preceeding word, adding use an emory board to fi** your nails.
2:21 pm
Scarlet
It is making me so hungry for a sweet... buttercream is directly from heaven... Oh, nice!!
2:21 pm
Atalante
there are so many more complicated icings, but how can you better buttercream??!
2:21 pm
Scarlet
Glad you found it, deb!
2:22 pm
Scarlet
The only one better than buttercream is whipped cream frosting with heavy cream (lots of it) with a dusting of vanilla sugar or vanilla confectioner's sugar and beat the heck out of it. What is the name of your creation, Ata?
2:23 pm
Atalante
I dont like cream, so I'll stick with buttercream :P well, its a trial run for next week when I'm going to attempt to splodge together a birthday cake
2:24 pm
Scarlet
You have something for which I have lusted: double cream... not available in the states. Nice trials, though... my beloved is wonderful to help with the test cakes! :-)
2:24 pm
Atalante
you cant get double cream???? O.O
2:25 pm
Scarlet
Eating... not baking them! No, alas, not here!
2:25 pm
periwinkle
never heard of double cream
2:25 pm
periwinkle
*hi* all
2:25 pm
Scarlet
Oh, peri... I would love to have some to do experiments...
2:25 pm
Atalante
and you can't get *proper* clotted cream either :(
2:26 pm
periwinkle
is it that good, Scarlet
2:26 pm
periwinkle
never had clotted cream
2:26 pm
Atalante
not as good as clotted cream. I don't like cream, and even I will eat clotted cream whenever possible. Its divine
2:26 pm
periwinkle
well, then Scarlet we must take a trip across the pond asap
2:27 pm
periwinkle
Ata, it is like our whipped cream?
2:27 pm
Scarlet
Peri... it's like sour cream, it's that thick, but it is purely heavy cream... pack your suitcase, peri-kins... we're a goin' over the big water! LOL
2:27 pm
periwinkle
I am ready now, Scarlet
2:27 pm
Atalante
and clotted cream is even thicker and richer. its more solid than liquid
2:27 pm
periwinkle
Ata, do you have room for Scarlet and me?
2:27 pm
Scarlet
Ata.... please call Heathrow... two starving American women are coming soon...
2:28 pm
Scarlet
Oh, divine, Ata...
2:28 pm
periwinkle
Wow, would love to try the double cream and clotted cream
2:28 pm
Atalante
just turn up!
2:28 pm
periwinkle
will let you know when our flight arrives, Ata
2:29 pm
Atalante
www.roddas.co.uk - look there and salivate!
2:29 pm
Scarlet
Clotted cream has been a siren call for years... not that I have actually ever tasted it...
2:30 pm
Scarlet
Okay, Ata... thanks...will look.
2:30 pm
periwinkle
going to check it out now Ata
2:30 pm
Atalante
I wish I could send you some but I dont think it would taste very nice after sitting in a box for a week!
2:33 pm
periwinkle
thanks for the thought though Ata
2:33 pm
periwinkle
surelly there is a place in New York city that one could find some clotted cream, they seem to have everything else
2:34 pm
periwinkle
will have to ask my friends who live in the Big Apple to check it out for me
2:34 pm
Atalante
you would hope! I have had some "clotted cream" in Oregon, but it wasn't like the way its made over here, it was just sweetened whipped cream. bah!
2:34 pm
Scarlet
The only thing I can think of that is comparable is the rich cream that is sweeter than cream cheese, and I can't think of the proper name of it... I use it in French pastries...
2:35 pm
periwinkle
where do you buy it Scarlet
2:35 pm
Atalante
you could - in *theory* - make your own clotted cream. I *think*. You boil up cream until it solidifies a bit
2:35 pm
Kateq
mascarpone?
2:35 pm
Atalante
aha - http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/food
/clotted.htm
2:36 pm
Atalante
that site has recipes and mail order in the US!
2:36 pm
periwinkle
thanks Ata will check that out later
2:37 pm
Scarlet
That's it, Kateq!!!! thank you!
2:38 pm
Atalante
kind of. if you take marscapone texture and make it taste like cream. but richer. you'd get something like clotted cream
2:38 pm
periwinkle
just looked up mascarpone and thought that is what you might be using Scarlet
2:39 pm
Scarlet
I use the marscapone in many baked goods, especially the phyllo dough/cherry goodies!!
2:39 pm
periwinkle
when are you inviting me over, Scarlet, I am a very good pastry taster :-)
2:40 pm
periwinkle
I will even bring Trader Joe's truffles or make my own
2:40 pm
Scarlet
Turnovers, small Sunday bruch pastries... LOL, I bet, peri... Oh, Ata, I am just longing for clotted cream now...
2:40 pm
periwinkle
I am longing for clotted cream too :(
2:40 pm
Atalante
sorrrrrry!
2:40 pm
Scarlet
Truffles and French pastries... I can feel my jeans breaking apart at the waistline now... (Not that I give a hoot :-)
2:41 pm
hawknoah
ever get the wine from trader joe's? prices can't be beat
2:41 pm
hawknoah
used to like the meringues there but don't buy them much anymore
2:41 pm
periwinkle
know, I've not seen wine in our Trader Joes
2:41 pm
periwinkle
meant *no*
2:41 pm
hawknoah
some states don't have it- I have to go to Virginia to get the wine cuz our stores don't have it either
2:41 pm
periwinkle
I do give a hott
2:42 pm
periwinkle
*hoot* can't seem to type well today
2:42 pm
hawknoah
i often make the trip just to stock up! best $4 wines around
2:42 pm
periwinkle
I like wine but it gives me a headache
2:42 pm
Scarlet
Why, peri... I thought you were a tall, skinny, like me...
2:43 pm
periwinkle
I am tall and skinny like you, Scarlet and want to stay that way
2:43 pm
hawknoah
better that you don't spend more than $4 for a bottle of headache then :)
2:43 pm
Scarlet
Hellfire and brimstone, peri... I am 62... if I never got fat before...even during pregnancies, I never will...
2:44 pm
periwinkle
I probably won't either Scarlet
2:44 pm
hawknoah
i was sorry to see a 252 word puzzle today, i was hoping to finish much more quickly
2:45 pm
Scarlet
OH! A grid, Noah... better get into it! (Right, peri! We couldn't get too chubby, even if we really tried!) I still have 83.
2:45 pm
Niamh
hello everyone!
2:46 pm
periwinkle
52 ledt here
2:46 pm
periwinkle
Hi Niamh
2:46 pm
hawknoah
138 for me..
2:46 pm
periwinkle
*left even
2:46 pm
Scarlet
Hi, Niamh!! Did you choose a name for your baby? LOL
2:46 pm
bichon
anyone have a clue for the first ph 8?
2:46 pm
Niamh
I would like to thank everyone who gave me ideas yesterday on my puppy's name. I kinda swung wide with Ata's idea of cloud... her name is Rain
2:47 pm
Scarlet
Those who dominated the interpretations for the people during the time of Jesus, bichon.
2:47 pm
Scarlet
That is wonderful, Niamh!!
2:47 pm
Scarlet
*religious*
2:48 pm
hawknoah
i read ALL of the current top ten dog names are human names
2:48 pm
hawknoah
fido and rex have left the list
2:48 pm
periwinkle
fr5 please
2:48 pm
phandmd
I am having a hard time with the NA 4/4; I feel so dumb, but can I have a clue pls
2:48 pm
Scarlet
I just can't get too excited over a dog named "Ralph" Noah... LOL
2:48 pm
periwinkle
all of my cats have had human names
2:48 pm
hawknoah
interestingly Ralph wasn't on there
2:48 pm
Scarlet
NA + the same letters, flipped
2:48 pm
phaeton
it a palindrome, phan
2:48 pm
hawknoah
7 of the top ten cat names were human i think
2:48 pm
phandmd
f + get up
2:49 pm
hawknoah
tiger and smokey still on the list
2:49 pm
Scarlet
I have always named my cats after Greek or Roman gods and goddesses
2:49 pm
phandmd
ok thnx! am done now
2:49 pm
periwinkle
na4 is Indian Bread
2:49 pm
Scarlet
Yahoo for phandmd!!
2:49 pm
hawknoah
it occurred to me when reading this that my cat's name is human too: Wesley
2:50 pm
Niamh
I did a lot of reading on names... my sister is upset with me settling on a name like Rain, she thinks it should have been more exotic.
2:50 pm
periwinkle
Scarlet, how many words do you need to find?
2:50 pm
hawknoah
i had a cat named Oliver growing up. a human name yes, but anot a popular one this century
2:50 pm
hawknoah
congrats fellow marylander
2:50 pm
tat2dolfin
hi everyone
2:50 pm
hawknoah
(sings Maryland, my Maryland)
2:50 pm
Scarlet
I have 83 more, peri... and enjoying a pokey time through the grid.
2:50 pm
hawknoah
which is to the tune of Oh Tannenbaum so it's timely this season
2:50 pm
Scarlet
Go Terrapins!!
2:51 pm
phandmd
Yes, indeed!
2:51 pm
tat2dolfin
aw i have a Grey kitten names Grayson go figure lol
2:51 pm
hawknoah
i guess grayson could qualify as a human name
2:51 pm
phandmd
I have a black cat name Bagheera
2:51 pm
periwinkle
bbs want to to what Ophrah has to say
2:51 pm
hawknoah
one of those unisex ones
2:51 pm
phandmd
an an orange kitty named Amber
2:52 pm
hawknoah
amber-- def human
2:52 pm
tat2dolfin
yes it is
2:52 pm
periwinkle
want to see what Oprah has to say, think I ate too many chocolate truffles :-)
2:52 pm
hawknoah
i have an orange kitty as well. they make fine pets
2:52 pm
phandmd
the best! They are so friendly
2:52 pm
Scarlet
LOL, peri... see you soon!
2:53 pm
bichon
ph 8,1st one?
2:53 pm
Scarlet
When I was a little kit, I named my cat "Doggie"
2:53 pm
phandmd
My black cat is just like Rugyard Kippling's the cat that walked alone
2:53 pm
hawknoah
speak of the devil, here comes the orange monster now asking for food
2:53 pm
tat2dolfin
thats cute
2:53 pm
Scarlet
bichon, ph + **e you reading this now + first person singular + use your eyes to ***
2:53 pm
phandmd
PH 8 - is who Jesus spoke out against
2:54 pm
hawknoah
i try to make him wait until 5
2:54 pm
momof5
ph8 = biblical character with double vowel ending
2:54 pm
Atalante
I used to have a cat called Mouse
2:54 pm
Scarlet
Right, phand... and the moneylenders...
2:54 pm
phandmd
My daughter wants a huge dog and name it kitty
2:54 pm
Scarlet
LOL, Ata... we're both a little warped...
2:55 pm
hawknoah
ack he's eating the cords behind the computer-- that always gets my attention
2:55 pm
Scarlet
My daughter's cat, Penguin, does the same thing, Noah... and makes her crazy with worry...
2:55 pm
nurse1000
hello everybody. Trying to finish this grid and really stuck on 4. Can anyone please help???? sh 6/30 and the sh4/5 following it. Also, the last sh5/14 and sh7/32. ty for any help.
2:56 pm
Scarlet
nurse, the sh6/30 sounds like the top guy in a western.. the one with the shiny badge, change the first vowel, then end the same.
2:57 pm
Scarlet
SH 4/5 is the past tense of a vulgar expression (SH**)
2:57 pm
phaeton
sh6/30...Omar Sh****
2:57 pm
phandmd
sh 6/30 = as kids we are told to sh**e (- the E) + preposition
2:57 pm
hawknoah
i don't think he does it when i'm not here- it's just to get a rise out of me
2:57 pm
phandmd
s + head gear
2:58 pm
Scarlet
SH 7/32 sh+ have a cuppa, minus last vowel + ***l me a secret
2:58 pm
phandmd
sh 5 - is to carry
2:58 pm
phandmd
sh + french for head + stick ltr
3:01 pm
nurse1000
whew!!! Terrific clues. I can't thank you enough!! Starting to lose it here. Ty so much all. Welcoming fireworks today. Your help was much appreciated.
3:02 pm
Scarlet
Yahoo for nurse!!!
3:03 pm
Scarlet
The same thing with my daughter, Noah... only when she is using the computer!! Wily kitties!
3:04 pm
hawknoah
pretty smart actually
3:05 pm
Scarlet
I know... they have us trained to a "tee" and fully get the reactions they intend to create! :-)
3:05 pm
hawknoah
i'd pick him up and cuddle him now but i don't feel like getting furry
3:05 pm
hawknoah
ack.. my daughter's tv show is over and she's calling me
3:06 pm
hawknoah
i'd better occupy her rather than turning on another one
3:06 pm
Scarlet
My beastie, a 15-pound, 15 1/2 year old, tiger with amber/golden eyes, is past her winter shed right now...
3:06 pm
Scarlet
Later, Noah!
3:06 pm
hawknoah
she keeps asking to go out and play in the snow but i don't feel like it.. maybe i should
3:06 pm
hawknoah
my monster was 17 pounds but we barely feed him the prescription food and he's trimmed down to 15
3:06 pm
hawknoah
he's 12 now
3:07 pm
Scarlet
Wears 'em out, and they have a ball for about 10 minutes, Noah.
3:07 pm
hawknoah
ok i guess i'll give in
3:07 pm
hawknoah
maybe if i pelt her with snowballs she'll get tired of it
3:07 pm
Scarlet
Our monster has lost three pounds in two years...
3:07 pm
Scarlet
LOL... enjoy!
3:08 pm
hawknoah
thanks! may be back later to finish the last 122...
3:08 pm
Atalante
my bestfriend has a *20lb* cat. Beat ya!
3:09 pm
Scarlet
Wow... does she have a saddle for that critter, Ata?
3:09 pm
Atalante
pretty much!
3:09 pm
Atalante
finds a pic cos he's gorgeous*
3:09 pm
phaeton
we had a desert domestic that weighed 32lbs.
3:09 pm
Scarlet
That is a true T-rex, phaeton...
3:09 pm
phaeton
he liked dog food better than cat food
3:10 pm
Niamh
my neighbor has a 18 pound cat.. his name is Angus
3:10 pm
Scarlet
I would think he'd eat the mailmen... LOL
3:10 pm
Scarlet
Well named, Niamh.
3:10 pm
phaeton
when he purred he sounded more like a lawn mower
3:10 pm
Scarlet
I like big cats...
3:11 pm
phaeton
no, he was very friendly. He would meet you at the door when you came home
3:11 pm
Niamh
Angus is very pretty, cream colored with grey mask and long hair
3:11 pm
phaeton
we called him TC for ToughCat
3:11 pm
Scarlet
Mine is more of a canine than a feline...
3:11 pm
Scarlet
LOL, phae...
3:11 pm
Atalante
http://tinyurl.com/2y37tb
3:12 pm
Atalante
there :)
3:12 pm
Atalante
dinnertime now. brb
3:12 pm
Scarlet
She growls, fetches, rolls over on demand, makes "big kitties" on command, and I taught her, thee months ago, to "shake paws", first the left and then the right... she is amazing.
3:12 pm
phaeton
when he got too old to jump up where his food was, he would sit on the floor and go, 'wah, wah' just like a baby
3:12 pm
Scarlet
Thanks, Ata... will take a peek!@
3:13 pm
Scarlet
My old gal is too arthritic to jump up anymore, too, phaeton, so I lift her.
3:14 pm
phaeton
we did too, he would nibble, then jump down and start all over again.
3:14 pm
Scarlet
Awwww... we don't love them too much, do we!
3:15 pm
phaeton
we do, even tho i'm allergic to them
3:15 pm
phaeton
gotta check somethig out, bb
3:15 pm
Scarlet
I just love cats... even though I grew up with more dogs than kits... Boston Terriers and English Bulldogs...
3:16 pm
Scarlet
Later, phaeton!
3:16 pm
MLFAN17
i am back until dinner is ready
3:17 pm
Scarlet
I'd better get moving on this thing, MLF... still 81 to find!
3:18 pm
MLFAN17
Scar i have only found 65
3:18 pm
Scarlet
LOL... then we both have some more digging to do. I will work on it a bit longer, then help clue you, MLF>
3:19 pm
MLFAN17
i was so lost when iw as here two hrs ago scar i had to get away from it for a bit lol
3:19 pm
Scarlet
Lost looking for words, ML... or just that chat was flying like a supersonic aircraft? LOL
3:21 pm
MLFAN17
well both i guess as so many of the clues got lost and i didnt know what cclues were gong with what letters
3:21 pm
praise2him
wi 5 plz?
3:21 pm
Scarlet
It gets crazy sometimes, MLF... I will try to be a better cluer for you. HI, P2H... blow on a birthday cake candle and make a **** then add the first vowel
3:22 pm
praise2him
ty scarlet
3:22 pm
Scarlet
:-) P2H!!
3:22 pm
MLFAN17
okay scar lol.. i have the two fr's 55 and 27 what are the other two??lol
3:23 pm
MLFAN17
hi praise
3:23 pm
praise2him
how goes it?
3:23 pm
Scarlet
I have the 8/55 and the 5/16 only, MLF.
3:24 pm
MLFAN17
is that fr 5/16?
3:24 pm
phaeton
mlf, put the f in front of the ra5/10
3:25 pm
phaeton
i don't have the fr 55
3:25 pm
MLFAN17
ohh duhh i have that one
3:25 pm
MLFAN17
that is 6 27
3:26 pm
MLFAN17
unfortunately phae i dont know what the word means
3:26 pm
MLFAN17
its french though lol
3:26 pm
phaeton
scarlet, what is a clue for the fr8/55?
3:26 pm
phaeton
lot of french and yiddish words today
3:27 pm
Scarlet
FR + he ** a nice person + "small ending" like on a kitchen
3:27 pm
momof5
fr = to cook in oil + *** the table for dinner and have a cup of **a, not coffee
3:27 pm
MLFAN17
scar that si the 8/55 right?
3:28 pm
lideola
hi all, here is a happy holidays treat from my family to you! http://tinyurl.com/ypa935
3:28 pm
phaeton
thanx, scarlet
3:28 pm
Scarlet
Hi, lideola... I am a Bah! Humbug! but, I really like to hear when others are in a holiday mood!!
3:28 pm
MLFAN17
the oen that ends with a cup of is an fr word?
3:30 pm
phaeton
mlf, take the fr5/16 word and at the ending of a small kitchen
3:31 pm
Takuma Sato
howdy folks
3:31 pm
Takuma Sato
fun grid today?
3:31 pm
phaeton
mlf, did that make any sense to you?
3:31 pm
Scarlet
Well, hi there, Takuma!!
3:31 pm
praise2him
gonna go for a while
3:31 pm
Scarlet
Very fun, and a little whacky too!
3:31 pm
praise2him
need to fix supper
3:31 pm
Scarlet
Later, p2H
3:31 pm
MLFAN17
phae not quite
3:32 pm
praise2him
see ya!!
3:32 pm
Takuma Sato
excellent! I'm taking a little break from writing and could use some levity ;)
3:32 pm
Scarlet
This is the place, TS!
3:32 pm
Scarlet
Lots of Yiddish words, so be forewarned!
3:33 pm
phaeton
fr5/16 then double stickletter and the second vowel
3:33 pm
Takuma Sato
ah! good to know. Yiddish words seem to occur frequently in the NYT xword, so hopefully I'll be prepared
3:34 pm
Scarlet
Hi, bill... yep, that's a good clue! :LOL
3:34 pm
MLFAN17
i found that word already lol
3:34 pm
Scarlet
Love the NYT
3:34 pm
Takuma Sato
Mmm, I could go for one of those -- thanks!
3:34 pm
phaeton
mlf, is there another fr8?
3:35 pm
MLFAN17
theris an 8/55
3:35 pm
phaeton
btw, how many are there today?
3:35 pm
Scarlet
phaeton, no, but there's a fi9/84...
3:35 pm
phaeton
that is the fr8/55
3:35 pm
Scarlet
There are six 8; and three 9 letter words.
3:35 pm
MLFAN17
i go tthe fr 8 55
3:36 pm
phaeton
i got the fi9
3:36 pm
MLFAN17
oh well gotta go again see ya
3:36 pm
Scarlet
Silly word, phae.
3:36 pm
Scarlet
Later, MLF.
3:37 pm
periwinkle
Hi all, back to find my last 49
3:37 pm
Takuma Sato
ciao ml
3:37 pm
phaeton
yeah, bye mlf
3:37 pm
billmster
80 words call it a day!! good night folks
3:37 pm
phaeton
scarlet, how many words in all?
3:37 pm
Scarlet
Good night, bill. Sleep well!!
3:37 pm
periwinkle
fr5 please
3:37 pm
speedfreak
help with at7 please
3:38 pm
phaeton
great, at least i'm half way there
3:38 pm
Scarlet
Use the first five letters of the 8/55 peri
3:38 pm
phaeton
speed, sportsman
3:38 pm
Scarlet
Hi, speed... not there yet!
3:38 pm
stidmama
hello again all! hi peri! what's cooking today?
3:38 pm
periwinkle
but of course, thanks, Scarlet
3:39 pm
periwinkle
hi there stidmama, are you okay, saw the floods on TAV
3:39 pm
Scarlet
:-) peri. Hi, stid.
3:39 pm
periwinkle
TV even
3:39 pm
phaeton
fr5...what you get with a BigMac, misspelled
3:39 pm
periwinkle
probably left over roast chicken and steam asparagus
3:39 pm
Scarlet
Stid... that was a nightmare seeing the news... we thought about you and yours... a LOT!
3:40 pm
stidmama
we are doing fine peri... our favorite restaurant (the BBQ place that washed onto highway 8) is gone, but other than that life is fine. I worry though about the hundreds of people south of us who have been flooded out. Rotten time of year to make a new start.
3:40 pm
stidmama
that sounds like a lovely meal you're planning!
3:41 pm
stidmama
I am worried about AprilD -- she doesn't babble much any more, but I know the area she lives in to the north had some mud slides.
3:42 pm
stidmama
hm. so what are we saying if we ask for an obvious clue? pesce? salmon? halibut? (yes I just found the fi 4/8)
3:43 pm
Scarlet
stid... serve it on a fi 8/84
3:43 pm
stidmama
hm. *thinking*
3:43 pm
periwinkle
glad to hear that you are okay stid, also have carrot salad with my chicken
3:43 pm
phaeton
scarlet, thats 9/84
3:43 pm
stidmama
ooh! got it! :-)
3:44 pm
stidmama
I LOVE carrot salad!
3:44 pm
phaeton
but who's counting, lol
3:44 pm
Scarlet
Yep... and stid's good enough to find it anyway! LOL
3:44 pm
periwinkle
this carrot salad is very easy, shredded carrots, minced garlic, olive and some minced fresh parsley
3:44 pm
phaeton
is the x used in any words other than to start them?
3:44 pm
stidmama
you know, I think I have all the ingredients, too!!!!
3:45 pm
periwinkle
*olive oil*
3:45 pm
periwinkle
it is really good
3:45 pm
Scarlet
Five words start with X
3:45 pm
Fiber Art
does the fi9 build off the fi4?
3:45 pm
Fiber Art
Hi, Scarlet
3:45 pm
phaeton
right, but is it in any other words?
3:45 pm
Fiber Art
And all
3:45 pm
Scarlet
Yes, Fiber, and Hi!!
3:46 pm
periwinkle
Hi Ata
3:46 pm
Scarlet
Phaeton, I have found 199 words, and none that I know of have an X in them... HI, Ata... that was one sweet cat!!
3:46 pm
Atalante
isnt he goooorgeous :)
3:46 pm
Fiber Art
probably not a fi..latte. Ugh
3:46 pm
phaeton
thanks, scarlet
3:47 pm
Scarlet
LOL.. fiber!
3:47 pm
phaeton
fiber, it's what you serve dinner on
3:47 pm
Scarlet
Other than the five I mentioned... but, I am not done yet, so....??
3:47 pm
Fiber Art
Ah! Thanks. Not a potable, after all.
3:48 pm
phaeton
well, i guess time will tell
3:48 pm
Scarlet
No in our house, Fiber... LOL
3:48 pm
herinfernallady
Hi
3:48 pm
Scarlet
Hi, Lady!
3:48 pm
TeaNCrackers
hi all
3:48 pm
lideola
hey phaeton- your name is almost there
3:48 pm
lideola
hi herin, TnC
3:49 pm
herinfernallady
Hi Tnc
3:49 pm
herinfernallady
Hi everyone
3:49 pm
phaeton
is that what it means?
3:49 pm
herinfernallady
Phaeton your name is nearly in te grid
3:50 pm
phaeton
I tried with the en instead of the on but it didn't work
3:50 pm
periwinkle
Scarlet and stid what are you having for dinner tonight
3:50 pm
lideola
for anyone who wishes to view- here is a little holiday cheer from my family to you http://tinyurl.com/ypa935
3:52 pm
phaeton
lideola, your girls are darling
3:52 pm
lideola
ty phaeton: ) i like them an awful lot, too
3:53 pm
lideola
especially right now when they are napping
3:53 pm
bbnaz
excellent lideola!
3:53 pm
Scarlet
peri, I made a heavy lunch with homemade red sauce for the pasta, salad and garlic bread... so, tonight will be a little lighter!
3:53 pm
phaeton
yw, someone at the door, bb
3:54 pm
lideola
ty bbnaz- you can add voice to it if you wish- we deicded against it
3:54 pm
lideola
but i laughed and laughed the first time i saw it
3:54 pm
periwinkle
lideola I typed in the information but can't get to see it
3:55 pm
periwinkle
will try again
3:55 pm
herinfernallady
Lideo that is cute
3:55 pm
lideola
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9601426
936
3:55 pm
lideola
that is the original URL
3:55 pm
herinfernallady
Does any one want a kitty for christmas she is going nuts
3:56 pm
lideola
sure- airmail her... a good punt might get her all the way over here
3:56 pm
lideola
thanks herin
3:56 pm
herinfernallady
Lideo that is so not funny its funny
3:57 pm
lideola
; ) exactly as i intended, then
3:57 pm
featherbee
does anyone want a 3 year old for christmas? you can return him once he reaches 4. IF he reaches 4.
3:57 pm
featherbee
does anyone want a 3 year old for christmas? you can return him once he reaches 4. IF he reaches 4.
3:57 pm
herinfernallady
I am about to dunk her in the bath shes driving me nuts. I can actually feel a ball of energy when she is near me or runs past me
3:58 pm
stidmama
hello, back!
3:58 pm
herinfernallady
Hi Stid
3:58 pm
herinfernallady
And feather.
3:58 pm
herinfernallady
Feather whats he doing to you?
3:58 pm
stidmama
peri, I think we'll have chicken adobo -- I have a canned sauce that is quite nice.
3:59 pm
stidmama
feather, trade you for the older teen...
3:59 pm
herinfernallady
Feather i am a BIG fan of bribery and stars.
3:59 pm
featherbee
just being oppositional in general
3:59 pm
stidmama
ah -- hard-headed. is that like his mum or his daddy? LOL
3:59 pm
phaeton
our daughter inlaw did that elf thing. It is really cute
3:59 pm
featherbee
i bribed him with fruit to get him upstairs
4:00 pm
featherbee
lol both
4:01 pm
stidmama
:-) thought so. I can only blame myself for my own children's tendencies... *banging head on wall*
4:01 pm
periwinkle
finallly got to see it lideola, really cute
4:01 pm
herinfernallady
I was thinking more of a toy thing. I used to bribe my exs little boy to behave. That and i gave him noisy toys at Christmas as i loathed his mum. the noisy toys were 'mummys' house toys.
4:01 pm
periwinkle
feather, nicholas is a cutie pie
4:02 pm
stidmama
muse, if you're lurking... you win!!!!
4:02 pm
periwinkle
feather, I will trade your 3 year old for an 11 year old cat that pees outside the box
4:02 pm
featherbee
lol stid
4:02 pm
featherbee
lol stid
4:02 pm
stidmama
and it's your turn too feather...
4:03 pm
stidmama
peeing outside the box -- he's THINKING outside the box. rofl
4:03 pm
featherbee
ty peri
4:03 pm
featherbee
hat issues now too
4:03 pm
featherbee
o thanks on the cat though! darn chat box
4:03 pm
herinfernallady
Feather is he just having the good old bed time tanty?
4:04 pm
featherbee
*chat issues not hat issues
4:04 pm
stidmama
too early for bed, lady -- only suppertime back east
4:04 pm
featherbee
he just has a hard time transitioning from daycare to home
4:05 pm
herinfernallady
Oh so its go go go go go home now but i don't wanna bath mum?
4:05 pm
stidmama
don't we all, feather!
4:06 pm
featherbee
more like no mommy, i don't wanna play when we get home, no, a story doesn't sound nice, no, those twinkly deer aren't pretty, no, i don't want to go into the garage, no i don't want to get out of the van, etc. etc. etc. these were all the issues we had tonight, but i'm sure i left out a few.
4:07 pm
featherbee
and we aren't talking conversational nos either. whiney/grumpy/yelly nos.
4:08 pm
herinfernallady
Oh the fantastic NO stage of a child's developement Got to love that one. Then theres the WHY stage.I have a cert 3 in early Childhood Studies and i swear they didn't cover that one. I love kids just don't want them
4:09 pm
stidmama
feather, have you ever tried being oppositional first? for example, when I have a grumpy gus (similarities between 3 and teen are many), I'll say "Let me know when you want me to make some really awful supper and I won't feed you... and don't look so pleasant! It annoys me." usually gets them to smile a bit...
4:09 pm
featherbee
he's watching diego cartoon while i nurse nick, so peace briefly reigns
4:09 pm
featherbee
lol will try it stid!
4:09 pm
fruittart
just popping in while the older ones are on the paper route and little two are resting. feather -- some days I'd trade you an oppositional 8 yr old for the 3! ;-)
4:10 pm
featherbee
;) fruittart!
4:10 pm
herinfernallady
Feather from a strangers point of view Daniel seems to be doing the whole 'I don't wanna share my mum' mood. Some days you can't win. Hugs
4:10 pm
herinfernallady
HI Fruit
4:11 pm
fruittart
hi infernal!
4:11 pm
featherbee
nope. i gave up on winning. ty for the hugs
4:11 pm
fruittart
other days, feather, i'm just looking for the highest bidder -- $1? do I hear a $1? ;-)
4:12 pm
featherbee
*tosses a dime at fruit*
4:12 pm
periwinkle
27 to go
4:13 pm
featherbee
lol, wait! weren't there any other bidders????
4:13 pm
herinfernallady
I remember a friend of mines toddler threw the biggest hissy fit. She curls up in a ball on the floor. He just walks up puts her an other direction says 'Meca is that way' and walks off into the other room. After a couple of minutes she gets the 'you done yet' speach
4:14 pm
stidmama
fruit, I am in line for the 3 year old first -- you and feather can fight over my t4s
4:15 pm
herinfernallady
Stid the stidkids driving you menta?
4:15 pm
featherbee
ok gotta go stick dinner in the oven. brb perhaps.
4:15 pm
fruittart
i have a friend with 6 who says i can only look for it to worsen for the next few years. i tell her, "thanks! some friend!" ;-)
4:16 pm
stidmama
well at the moment, they are in school, but we are having some interesting evenings...
4:16 pm
stidmama
later feather!
4:16 pm
herinfernallady
Later Feather
4:16 pm
stidmama
6? 6 CHILDREN???? *faints*
4:16 pm
lilliann
hi all.i'll gladly swap an 8 yr old girl feather....fruitart your 8 yr old sounds like mine!
4:16 pm
stidmama
where were these wise friends BEFORE we had kids?
4:16 pm
herinfernallady
Stid they do that. I was horrid as a t???
4:16 pm
stidmama
hi lilliann
4:16 pm
herinfernallady
Hi LILI
4:17 pm
lilliann
hi stid and herin
4:17 pm
herinfernallady
I remember telling my parents i hated them. I was so horrid as a t??? i nearly caused them to separate. Mum would take my side dad wouldn't.
4:17 pm
fruittart
i think before kids i thought *mine* would be different.
4:17 pm
periwinkle
24 left, bbs to finish
4:18 pm
stidmama
later peri!
4:18 pm
lilliann
bye peri
4:18 pm
herinfernallady
Later Peri
4:19 pm
lilliann
i was a terrible teen aswell herin, i use to have physical fights with my mam and my dad never believed my mam un
4:19 pm
lilliann
sorry, pressed wrong one....until my dad saw me being rude to my mam
4:19 pm
herinfernallady
I never ever hit my parents just was a whiny little snot
4:20 pm
lilliann
my mam hit me so i'd hit back
4:20 pm
stidmama
I didn't hit people, but once poked a hole through the wallboard with my my pinky finger... *holds up finger as proof* did it as an alternative to hitting my younger brother. He was impressed enough to actually back off.
4:21 pm
herinfernallady
I think mum slapped me once across the face. I think that was due to me telling her she wasn't my real mum
4:21 pm
herinfernallady
Stid owwees
4:21 pm
lilliann
my mam and i are too much alike, we use to dislike eachother.it wasn't until i was 25 that we became really good friends, now we tell eachother everything and its lovely
4:22 pm
stidmama
it didn't hurt me... LOL it was good it worked though because he was actually stronger and would have won in a tussle
4:22 pm
herinfernallady
My parents and me are and have always been really close.
4:22 pm
herinfernallady
Stid thats why girls learn to kick
4:22 pm
herinfernallady
Or bite (i was good at bitting)
4:22 pm
lilliann
i kneed my brother in a tender place once....he left me alone after that and never picked on me again!
4:23 pm
stidmama
oooh. ouchie *says the mom of two boys*
4:23 pm
Merk
Good afternoon gang
4:23 pm
lilliann
i sound really horrible, don't i? believe me, i'm not like that now!
4:23 pm
herinfernallady
Lili thats what i am getting at. I was a biter and a kicker.
4:23 pm
herinfernallady
HI Merk
4:23 pm
stidmama
hello Merk! how's life today?
4:23 pm
fruittart
had to answer the door . . . i once slapped my mom and called her a nasty name.
4:24 pm
stidmama
hey dorens!
4:24 pm
Merk
I'm here 5 minutes before we have to leave. I'm just using the beta tonight and hope I find another internet connection later on. Where are the 9s and could I have clues please.
4:24 pm
Merk
busy, busy, busy
4:24 pm
fruittart
shucks, gotta go make dinner! bbl
4:24 pm
stidmama
the only 9 I have is compound sea creature + what you serve it on (a dish)
4:24 pm
stidmama
later fruit!
4:24 pm
Dorens
I have a powerful urge for potato latkes... even tho I'm home alone tonight. Could I possibly be that self-indulgent?
4:25 pm
stidmama
I am past 100 words, ready for the list, I think.
4:25 pm
phaeton
the other 9's are the xa words
4:25 pm
lilliann
the only problem is, is that my daughter seems to be following in my footsteps......at the moment she likes to call me stupid and tells me to shut up alot!!!i don't mind the shut up so much its just the "stupid" does get to me!
4:25 pm
stidmama
Latkes sound lovely. I was going to make some today until I realized one of the kids has a concert tonight. So we'll do latkes tomorrow instead. Some meals deserve to be lingered over
4:25 pm
lilliann
hi dorens
4:26 pm
lilliann
what are latkes?
4:26 pm
stidmama
It's really hard when the children say things like that isn't it? One of our kids seems to be on permanent restriction...
4:26 pm
Dorens
hi lil... I don't like your daughter calling you stupid,, OR telling you to shut up. latkes are jewish potato pancakes
4:26 pm
stidmama
latkes are lovely potatoe pancakes very popular this time of year (hanukkah season)
4:27 pm
Dorens
eaten with sour cream (yum) or applesauce (also yum)
4:27 pm
lilliann
they sound lovely!
4:27 pm
stidmama
We try very hard to model polite disagreement behaviors... but sometimes I "snap" and holler back. They are usually just shocked enough to hear what I have to say after that.
4:28 pm
herinfernallady
Oh pfft now you make me want to go cook Welsh Picklets
4:28 pm
stidmama
dorens-- we eat them with both... AND maple syrup!
4:28 pm
phaeton
i need another 'p' so i can have frappe
4:28 pm
Dorens
i eat both too stid, but syrup is a new one for me!
4:28 pm
lilliann
i can walk away, talk nicely or shout and none of it has any effect on her!
4:29 pm
herinfernallady
Is she acting out for a reason? Is someone being mean to her at school?
4:29 pm
lilliann
oohh, you eat potato pancakes with maple syrup??
4:29 pm
Dorens
keep walking away lil... and maybe she could lose a privilege or two.....She ought to see the connection between bad behavior and loss of something she wants
4:29 pm
stidmama
then, *wicked grin* have you tried putting earplugs in, sitting in a comfortable chair with a book? LOL THAT works really well! They just can't believe you will ignore such outrageous behavior!
4:30 pm
Dorens
stid, you are cruel lol
4:30 pm
lilliann
she was bullied but i've sorted it out and it seems to have stopped....she's alot happier going to school now but not nice to me
4:31 pm
stidmama
lilliann -- you might "check in" with her again. I have found that (for one of mine, the other's more random) bad behavior is usually linked to some stress away from home. They bottle it up there, and bring it home.
4:31 pm
herinfernallady
I was the fat kid that was picked on at school. I was also a good couple inches taller than the rest of the class. I was about 150cm at 12
4:32 pm
maddline1
could i have some help with one of the xa words...either one thnx
4:32 pm
MeTarzanUJane
anyone have help with the corner bottom left h word? its a tricky one!
4:32 pm
lilliann
i ignore her and she comes and stands infront of me for a confrontation...she's been grounded for i don't know how long...no telly allowed or treats, i've also told her that santa won't be coming and me and dad aren't buying her any xmas gifts until she's nicer to me, but she says "i don't care" and shut up!
4:32 pm
phaeton
xa...the bugs....opp.of s**...and not out
4:33 pm
stidmama
bottom left corner h is he 4/6: laughts
4:33 pm
phaeton
then the rest build on that
4:33 pm
stidmama
thanks phaeton!
4:34 pm
stidmama
{{{{{lilliann}}}}} it's so hard to be a mom when the kids are that unhappy.
4:34 pm
MeTarzanUJane
thanks stid!
4:35 pm
stidmama
is it possible that your child has simply forgotten what it is like to have a good day? Does she need a trip to the zoo or park with you -- for some one-on-one without stress?
4:36 pm
lilliann
i know stid, i just don't know what to do. i'm going into the school tomorrow so will see how she is there. the thing that got me last time was the the school had noticed the changes in her behaviour and didn't think about contacting me to see why
4:36 pm
Chris P
anyone have the 1st ph8?
4:36 pm
herinfernallady
Hugs Lili
4:36 pm
stidmama
sorry Chris, not yet...
4:36 pm
phaeton
it's a Jewish leader in the new testament
4:36 pm
herinfernallady
http://www.hintsandthings.com/ i just found this interesting site.
4:37 pm
stidmama
wow phaeton... too fi4-like!
4:37 pm
Chris P
a clue would be good phaeton
4:37 pm
lilliann
the other problem is,is that she also gets jealous of other people talking to me, either on the phone or standing next to me, she even gets jealous of her dad and will try and cause us to fight
4:37 pm
lilliann
thanks herin
4:37 pm
phaeton
ph..first vowel..get up with double vowel on the end
4:39 pm
stidmama
okay, I know for sure this is a sea-dweller, AN 5/10? the first one?
4:39 pm
Aryn
any clues for the at7?
4:39 pm
stidmama
is your daughter still adjusting to the new family situation? could she be worried about her status in the family?
4:40 pm
phaeton
an5/10 to raise the pot in poker
4:40 pm
phaeton
at7 is a sportsman
4:40 pm
herinfernallady
Lili that seems a lot of problems poor her and you
4:40 pm
stidmama
no , the first an 5/10 please
4:41 pm
stidmama
a sportsman? *thinking*
4:41 pm
phaeton
sorry, that's the only one i have
4:41 pm
Chris P
thx phaeton - been looking in wrong direction!
4:41 pm
Scarlet
stid, think annointing with oil
4:41 pm
phaeton
yw, chris
4:42 pm
Uniquity
first an5,10 = small picnic pe