Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, December 17, 2007

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

GroovyKiwi

well if we were DRB we would be predicting 351 lol but flosey got her wish lol

12:00 am

bbnaz

flippidy do dah
flippidy aaaaaaaaa

12:00 am

GroovyKiwi

flipidedoodah felipideaye lol good hunting all

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

herinfernallady

flip and 8 already found

12:00 am

DRBERNABO

re7

12:00 am

cybernan

you got your wish, flosey!

12:00 am

crpw48

you called ruru

12:00 am

SoCalJinx

flip

12:00 am

crpw48

off by two

12:00 am

lshult

flip

12:00 am

rururocks

I missed by two

12:00 am

flosey

indeed, super

12:00 am

frantique

Pop Bang Weeeeeeeeeeee Happy New GAME

12:00 am

lshult

morning everyone

12:00 am

GreyWoulf

flip flip

12:00 am

DRBERNABO

re8

12:00 am

jillibus

hope it's in English

12:00 am

herinfernallady

I just found the 8

12:00 am

chic

flip!

12:01 am

SoCalJinx

flip

12:01 am

GroovyKiwi

re 8

12:01 am

hootowl

Our local paper ran a blurb about how lucky we were to not have what you do. They are such asses. We never had 2 months of 90-100+ temps in summer and the last ice storm was in the 70's!

12:01 am

jillibus

I found a 4 :D

12:01 am

GroovyKiwi

lol i think we all found it

12:01 am

KnightTime

re7

12:01 am

lshult

easy 8

12:02 am

herinfernallady

can i be five and say i found it first?

12:02 am

herinfernallady

dead

12:02 am

herinfernallady

oh crap so so so so so sorry

12:02 am

jillibus

can I use the excuse that I' knackered and haven't found the re8 yet?

12:02 am

DRBERNABO

you say it, you are it...

12:02 am

DRBERNABO

lol

12:02 am

GreyWoulf

hoot -- is your yahoo IM working?

12:03 am

herinfernallady

Hey look 2 min in and i gaff

12:03 am

jillibus

ok, got it

12:03 am

justafreep

we7

12:03 am

lynxxx

Hello all - is it small enough and could it have any more vowels!

12:03 am

hootowl

No but i'll get in

12:04 am

GroovyKiwi

good eve lynxxx happy babbling

12:04 am

jillibus

No S again

12:05 am

bbnaz

okay, just found the 8 so now i don't feel so slow

12:05 am

GreyWoulf

I am gonna sign off from babble now, everyone -- gonna chat with my mom and then go to bed -- {{**Hugs**}} to all

12:05 am

bbnaz

hello lyn and jilli

12:05 am

GroovyKiwi

nite grey take care sweet dreams

12:05 am

herinfernallady

Hi Gry

12:05 am

cybernan

good night, GW

12:05 am

jillibus

night woulfie

12:05 am

lynxxx

nite Woulf

12:05 am

bbnaz

Merry Christmas if I don't see you till after woulfie

12:05 am

chic

nite woulfie!

12:05 am

jillibus

hi bb

12:06 am

FranMag

late flip!

12:06 am

jillibus

must get rid of this silly icon -- back soon

12:06 am

bbnaz

fran!

12:06 am

chic

hiya fran! it's your turn!

12:06 am

GroovyKiwi

good eve fran happy babbling

12:06 am

lynxxx

Hi Fran !

12:06 am

herinfernallady

Hi bb and i have a pic of the tree in the city we don't have tree at home

12:07 am

FranMag

hi kiwi! hi chic! hi lynxxx! hi bb!

12:07 am

flosey

Hi Fran

12:07 am

bbnaz

herin.......

12:07 am

bbnaz

i don't have a tree either. just a cactus (saguaro)

12:08 am

FranMag

hi flosey! hi infernal!

12:08 am

herinfernallady

There is lots of those in your world BB?

12:08 am

dcseain

late flip, oddball user issue.

12:08 am

GroovyKiwi

good eve dc happybabbling

12:08 am

Robo-bonobo

how many words today please?

12:08 am

herinfernallady

HI DC

12:08 am

10s Gu

how many words please

12:08 am

dcseain

89, robo

12:09 am

GroovyKiwi

89

12:09 am

10s Gu

ty

12:09 am

Robo-bonobo

ok, thanks

12:09 am

lynxxx

Hi DC, Robo & 10s

12:09 am

FranMag

hi dc!

12:09 am

dcseain

hi, kiwi, fran, bb, 10s, robo, lady, any one else i missed :)

12:09 am

10s Gu

hello lyn

12:09 am

FranMag

chic, your turn!

12:09 am

dcseain

howdy, lynxxx

12:09 am

FranMag

hi 10s and robo!

12:09 am

10s Gu

hello dcseain

12:09 am

bbnaz

yes indeed. in fact the saguaro cactus grows only in the sonoran desert (although that desert runs from the Gulf of California (Baja) up to about 60 miles north of me. So we have whales in our desert along with the normal snakes and such.

12:09 am

frantique

hi

12:10 am

lynxxx

Hi FranT

12:10 am

dcseain

hello, franT

12:10 am

dcseain

saguaros are way cool.

12:10 am

bbnaz

(well it occurs naturally here, it will grow in proper conditions elsewhere)

12:10 am

FranMag

hi franT!

12:10 am

herinfernallady

whales?

12:11 am

herinfernallady

huh?

12:11 am

chic

go fran!

12:11 am

bbnaz

yes, the desert runs down to the shore of the Gulf of California.......so we have whales that come there in the winter to birth...

12:11 am

chic

lol bb!

12:11 am

dcseain

whales come up to the desert in the gulf, lady

12:12 am

FranMag

if i disappear without saying anything, it's because of our nightly internet blip, okay?

12:12 am

herinfernallady

Oh ok cool im thinking whales in the desert huh? I think i need to think a LOT more

12:12 am

herinfernallady

Ok Fran

12:12 am

dcseain

yep, fran

12:13 am

herinfernallady

Im not even going to explain my logic tonight

12:13 am

bbnaz

okay...found 25 including the one 8 so will head to bed. leaving some for the morning. good night all and best of babbling to you!

12:14 am

herinfernallady

Night bb

12:14 am

chic

nite bb!

12:14 am

dcseain

g'night bb!

12:14 am

FranMag

night bb!

12:14 am

lynxxx

nite bbnaz

12:14 am

jillibus

So here I am with my tree

12:15 am

flosey

night bb

12:15 am

SoCalJinx

Thanks. I'll try that soon

12:15 am

jillibus

flosey -- I think you hae your icon dates mixed up 9but it's cute!)

12:15 am

chic

twinkle, twinkle, jilli!

12:15 am

flosey

tree? thought the theme was aliens

12:15 am

dcseain

pretty, jilli!

12:15 am

flosey

very pretty jilli

12:16 am

jillibus

ach -- too pooped to type right

12:16 am

jillibus

thanks gang

12:17 am

herinfernallady

Jill you are forgiven i was thinking Sand Whales earlier

12:17 am

FranMag

chic, you're up

12:17 am

flosey

I printed the icon themes for the month, must have been changed

12:18 am

MLFAN17

has anybody found any U words?

12:18 am

dcseain

fran, till i cliced on ur icon, i thought it was a Cthulhu xmas :)

12:18 am

flosey

tree is much more timely

12:18 am

dcseain

yes, mlf

12:18 am

FranMag

sorry flosey, nan made the suggestion yesterday and babs put it in right away.

12:18 am

FranMag

LOL dc!

12:19 am

lynxxx

MLFAN there is only one

12:19 am

herinfernallady

DC we can find you one of those on lline

12:19 am

flosey

ah, much more interesting than aliens

12:19 am

MLFAN17

ty dc i hadnt yet so wanted to make sure i wasnt trying to find nothing lol

12:19 am

dcseain

it adorable, the lamb

12:19 am

ursh

Hello all - i have a u 4/5

12:19 am

cybernan

yes -- u 4/5 -- the usual one

12:19 am

lynxxx

Hello Ursh

12:19 am

dcseain

morning ursh, and yes, that's what i fonud also.

12:19 am

lynxxx

Hi C'nan!

12:20 am

MLFAN17

ohh stupid me got it lol

12:20 am

chic

go fran!

12:20 am

FranMag

it's supposed to glitter, i guess i downloaded it the wrong way or something.

12:20 am

cybernan

hi lynxxx

12:20 am

cybernan

stuck at 63 here and I think the monkeys have gone to bed!

12:21 am

justafreep

yeah, nan. I'm a few ahead of you but it was like a wall a bit ago

12:21 am

jillibus

u4/5 usual one? I'm brain de4

12:21 am

MLFAN17

i got it jill

12:21 am

FranMag

okay, chic, you're up

12:22 am

dcseain

p, jilli

12:22 am

jillibus

fran, some gifs just don't seem to work here

12:22 am

dcseain

you'll find it jill

12:23 am

jillibus

ur right, dc, I got it, duh

12:23 am

dcseain

found the Portuguese dance

12:23 am

FranMag

i should find the link so you can see it, it's really cool

12:24 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up!

12:24 am

dcseain

we7

12:24 am

cybernan

dance?

12:24 am

cybernan

ah -- got it, ty

12:24 am

herinfernallady

thankd

12:24 am

lynxxx

TY Lickety

12:24 am

jillibus

Happy happy me, Lickety -- thanks

12:24 am

dcseain

yes, it's a musical tradition, as well as a dance.

12:25 am

cybernan

oh good, lickety -- was stuck

12:25 am

dcseain

gracias, lickety!

12:25 am

FranMag

http://tinyurl.com/yvd6m4

12:25 am

FranMag

thanks lickety!

12:25 am

FranMag

jilli, those are the glitter gifs

12:26 am

jillibus

there was a great restaurant in Montreal by that name, with a singer in that tradition

12:26 am

dcseain

oh, how neat, jilli!

12:27 am

chic

it's you, fran...

12:27 am

dcseain

i'm a fan of Madredeus, they do music in that tradition, and Teresa Salguiero, their vocalist, has a divine soprano voice.

12:29 am

jillibus

dc, that was back in the swinging sixties!

12:29 am

jillibus

I think now it has fa5/20

12:30 am

MeTarzanUJane

any help for the cr5?

12:31 am

dcseain

probably so, jilli, though it's still a pleasing thought :)

12:31 am

DRBERNABO

fireworks

12:31 am

jillibus

yay DrB

12:31 am

cybernan

congrats drb

12:31 am

herinfernallady

dang i was hoping ot beat you DR but you are the master. Did you use the list?

12:31 am

dcseain

Nuit De Fa4/8 Chez Restaurant Étoile De L’Océan À Montréal, so there's still some to be found there, jilli :)

12:32 am

justafreep

congrats dr. b

12:32 am

dcseain

well done, drb!

12:32 am

MLFAN17

c metarzan i am trying that oen too

12:32 am

MLFAN17

one

12:32 am

FranMag

yay doc!

12:32 am

jillibus

Waddaya know, dc!!!

12:32 am

dcseain

that wasn't the place, was it?

12:32 am

MeTarzanUJane

its a toughie mlfan!

12:33 am

jillibus

No, dc, it was just called Fa4/8

12:33 am

dcseain

well, the tradition has survived, if not the venue :)

12:34 am

justafreep

re7 x 2 if that hasn't been said

12:34 am

MLFAN17

so i noticed did you get it yet?

12:34 am

dcseain

ty, freep :)

12:34 am

jillibus

ah, to go back in time!!!

12:34 am

dcseain

re8

12:35 am

jillibus

brb

12:35 am

justafreep

fireworks

12:35 am

cybernan

FA 4/8's was one of my favourite restaurants in Montreal

12:35 am

FranMag

go, chic!

12:36 am

MLFAN17

cyber is theri only one 4/8?lol

12:36 am

dcseain

congrats, freep!

12:36 am

herinfernallady

Yah freep

12:37 am

herinfernallady

Cant find the re 7

12:37 am

MLFAN17

me either herin

12:37 am

dcseain

i found one, but not the other yet, lady

12:37 am

herinfernallady

I have one

12:38 am

cybernan

that and LesHalles and Portofino

12:38 am

MLFAN17

is their more then one i havent leooked yet

12:38 am

dcseain

one does so recue the balls in billiards or snooker.

12:38 am

MLFAN17

looked

12:38 am

MLFAN17

i jsut got the re 7

12:38 am

dcseain

you have them both now, mlf?

12:38 am

MLFAN17

dc no just one the 7/40

12:39 am

MLFAN17

re

12:39 am

dcseain

yeah, that's the one i've got too :)

12:39 am

MLFAN17

is their another re 7 or something else?

12:39 am

FranMag

yay! i have 2 re7s

12:39 am

dcseain

re8, and another re7.

12:40 am

dcseain

woo, fran!

12:40 am

FranMag

:-)

12:40 am

justafreep

night allllll

12:40 am

dcseain

sweet drems, freep!

12:41 am

MLFAN17

dc yes just looked at list re8

12:41 am

herinfernallady

got that re yah

12:41 am

dcseain

go, lady!

12:41 am

chic

go fran...

12:42 am

herinfernallady

19 left

12:42 am

MLFAN17

i go tthe re 6

12:42 am

MLFAN17

can someone clue the =re 7 please

12:43 am

dcseain

builds on the 4/5, mlf

12:44 am

MLFAN17

dc is their only 1 4/5 re

12:44 am

FranMag

okay, chic, you're up

12:44 am

dcseain

no, one at the top, and one next-to last. builds on top one.

12:45 am

MLFAN17

maybe i havent found it yet i cant get anythign to work with the one i do have

12:45 am

cybernan

any clue for the co 6?

12:45 am

cybernan

first one?\

12:45 am

OssieA

hi everyone!

12:46 am

dcseain

evening, ossie!

12:46 am

herinfernallady

Hi Ossie

12:46 am

OssieA

what's the themes today?

12:46 am

dcseain

looking, nan

12:46 am

dcseain

your tree, ossie.

12:46 am

OssieA

hi herin!

12:46 am

FranMag

nan, another name for a pain medication

12:46 am

herinfernallady

Nice choice in themes to Cyber and no to you question

12:46 am

cybernan

post your christmas tree

12:46 am

FranMag

hi ossie!

12:46 am

OssieA

g'day fran!

12:46 am

OssieA

don't have one, don't believe in it

12:47 am

OssieA

can I have just any ordinary tree?

12:47 am

chic

snuck right upon me, didn't you......

12:47 am

dcseain

of course, ossie :)

12:47 am

MLFAN17

ribbed as a fabric is the co6 i have

12:47 am

OssieA

(o:

12:47 am

FranMag

just lucky chic. :-)

12:47 am

herinfernallady

Yep Ossie i have the tree in the city. i don't have one either

12:47 am

herinfernallady

THere is not one tinsel up

12:47 am

Joesdinner

hi all.

12:47 am

OssieA

ok, be back shortly

12:47 am

FranMag

nan, clue at 12:46 for the co6

12:47 am

Joesdinner

how is everyone?

12:48 am

FranMag

hi joes!

12:48 am

dcseain

well, joes, and u?

12:48 am

herinfernallady

good thanks

12:48 am

cybernan

only med I can think of is codeine

12:48 am

Joesdinner

tired as usual, but well too thanks.

12:48 am

FranMag

yeah, it's another name for that

12:48 am

herinfernallady

CO talking horse and vowels

12:49 am

MLFAN17

the we 7 is that the one that is some kind of dance?

12:49 am

cybernan

must be a US brand

12:49 am

FranMag

it was in a grid a couple weeks ago

12:49 am

FranMag

it's most of the drug you have, but it ends with a vowel

12:50 am

FranMag

you're turn chic!

12:50 am

cybernan

ty fran -- a new one for me

12:50 am

dcseain

oh, long alt name less consonant, ty, fran.

12:50 am

cybernan

stuck on that cr too

12:50 am

FranMag

yw

12:51 am

MLFAN17

co talking horse and vowels?

12:51 am

cybernan

ah -- monkeyed it

12:51 am

FranMag

what are the stats for the cr?

12:51 am

MLFAN17

how many letters for that/

12:52 am

dcseain

cr5/14

12:52 am

MLFAN17

fran another one i cant figure out lol

12:52 am

FranMag

thanks dc (looking)

12:52 am

OssieA

ok, I'm back! (what as, I don't know)

12:52 am

FranMag

got it, thanks dc

12:52 am

chic

we're duking it out, fran!

12:53 am

FranMag

cool chic!

12:53 am

MLFAN17

fran help me lol

12:53 am

FranMag

with which one mlfan?

12:54 am

MLFAN17

the one you just got the c word

12:54 am

FranMag

cr5/14, cr + mixed up possessive pronoun

12:55 am

OssieA

I smell like men's eau de toilette again

12:55 am

OssieA

got 5 different edt on me

12:55 am

MLFAN17

i think jutst got ti ty

12:55 am

cybernan

2nd de 6?

12:56 am

dcseain

edt? i'm guessing that means something other than what i think.

12:56 am

OssieA

eau de toilette dc

12:56 am

dcseain

you're such a de6, nan

12:56 am

FranMag

why ossie?

12:56 am

OssieA

I just didn't want to type it in again sigh lol

12:56 am

FranMag

edt=eau de toilette

12:56 am

OssieA

because they were selling them cheap at the shops so I thought I'd hook in

12:56 am

dcseain

Eastern Daylight Time to me, thank you for explanation, both.

12:56 am

FranMag

thanks dc!

12:57 am

cybernan

sorry --- can't count! --- 3rd de 6?

12:57 am

FranMag

go chic!

12:58 am

MLFAN17

cyber do you have a de 6/21?

12:58 am

dcseain

don't have anyo fthe last 3, nan

12:58 am

dcseain

you're such a de6/21, mlf.

12:58 am

MLFAN17

i know i am dc lol

12:58 am

MLFAN17

but that is the only one i have lol

12:59 am

dcseain

that's the only de6/21. other two ar 6/24.

1:00 am

MLFAN17

dc yeah have to find the 6/24's

1:00 am

chic

u r up!

1:00 am

dcseain

1st one builds on de4/6

1:00 am

MLFAN17

i got the co6/24 though

1:00 am

dareaper

throw a re in front and you got another one

1:01 am

FranMag

wow, looks like we're not getting booted off today, yippee!

1:01 am

dcseain

yay fran!

1:02 am

dcseain

here, it's VERY windy today. i saw two electric transformers explode on the way to work, and hundreds of trees are down.

1:02 am

Just1Mar

evening (errr early morning) all

1:02 am

MLFAN17

dc very windy here too but was windier at the mountains

1:02 am

cybernan

got it!

1:02 am

FranMag

hi mar!

1:02 am

dcseain

howdy, just

1:02 am

FranMag

yay nan!

1:02 am

dcseain

hint, nan?

1:03 am

Just1Mar

Heya dc

1:03 am

Just1Mar

fran

1:03 am

OssieA

hi just!

1:03 am

Just1Mar

Ossieeee :)

1:03 am

cybernan

*!*~*!* ta da *!*~*!*

1:03 am

herinfernallady

Yah Cyber

1:03 am

FranMag

yay nan!!

1:03 am

cybernan

de + bad smell but change last vowel

1:03 am

Just1Mar

only 2 ft of snow today so far and still snowing.......hehehe

1:04 am

lynxxx

Hooray for C'nan !!

1:04 am

Just1Mar

wow cyber ur too good :)

1:04 am

cybernan

sounds like typical Mtl winter, Just1

1:05 am

Just1Mar

used to be typical but not for the last coupla decades lol

1:05 am

MLFAN17

fa 6/33 please

1:06 am

cybernan

well, it's been 4 decades since we lived there!

1:06 am

cybernan

past tense of the fa 4/8 before it, mlf

1:06 am

Just1Mar

last year at this time people were still golfing and I wasn't even wearing socks yet!

1:07 am

Just1Mar

got all the co's except co6/24 anybody?

1:07 am

dcseain

just, last year, the leaves here didn't change until about now.

1:07 am

dcseain

just, it's a drug, alt spelling.

1:08 am

Just1Mar

wow ! big diff this year

1:09 am

cybernan

we're getting more snow than usual as well --- however, usual is none until after Christmas and then only up to 6" at a time

1:10 am

dcseain

we're expecting more than usual for here - we usually get more in la niña years.

1:10 am

Just1Mar

ooo beautiful place nan

1:10 am

FranMag

i'll be right back

1:10 am

dcseain

k, fran

1:10 am

flosey

having trouble with that co6/24, any clues

1:11 am

Just1Mar

guess I'm not too up on my drugs ...don't know if that's good or bad lol

1:11 am

flosey

lol mar

1:11 am

flosey

me either

1:11 am

cybernan

like the pain medication, flosey but with a vowel at the end instead of a consonant

1:12 am

flosey

thanks nan, got it

1:12 am

Just1Mar

ooo thx nan got it too

1:13 am

flosey

cr?

1:13 am

Just1Mar

heh u read my mind flosey!

1:13 am

cybernan

cr + vowel + either's partner

1:13 am

dcseain

cr + mixed up pronoun

1:14 am

Just1Mar

thx again nan

1:14 am

flosey

thanks again nan

1:15 am

flosey

second de6/24?

1:15 am

cybernan

de + bad smell but change last vowel

1:16 am

cybernan

off for some zzz's -- see you tomorrow everyone :)

1:16 am

dcseain

pleasant dreams, nan!

1:17 am

Just1Mar

night nan thx for all ur help

1:19 am

flosey

can't get that bad smell

1:19 am

Just1Mar

lol me neither flos

1:19 am

flosey

night nan, sweet dreams

1:19 am

flosey

thanks for help

1:20 am

dcseain

sci-fi authors are an odd, but pleasing, congetial, and entertaining, not to mention erudite, lot.

1:20 am

Just1Mar

and um ah that's a clue for ???

1:21 am

dcseain

just a random comment. :)

1:21 am

Just1Mar

naughty boy!

1:21 am

flosey

do you have a random comment about a bad smell ?

1:21 am

dcseain

the bad smell is a word i never recall, so useless to me that clue :)

1:22 am

lynxxx

de6.24 de + **ds & evens + The **c de Triumphe

1:22 am

Just1Mar

lolol I'm all ears...

1:22 am

chic

go fran!

1:22 am

flosey

thanks lynxxx

1:23 am

herinfernallady

ANd done

1:23 am

dcseain

congrats, lady!

1:23 am

lynxxx

Congrats Infernal !

1:23 am

Just1Mar

was that the first de 6/24 or the 2nd lynxx?

1:23 am

dcseain

ty lynxxx, i'd never have gotten there from the bad smell clue. :)

1:24 am

Just1Mar

great going lady

1:24 am

lynxxx

Just - that is the last de6.24 - the other one is terminal

1:25 am

flosey

fa6/27 please?

1:25 am

Just1Mar

yes have the 1st one still not getting 2nd :(

1:25 am

herinfernallady

and im off

1:26 am

lynxxx

fa6 - small person with wings and a wand

1:26 am

dcseain

ciao, lady!

1:26 am

flosey

Mar, lynxxx clued it very nicely 1:22

1:26 am

crpw48

2nd de6-24 clue please

1:26 am

flosey

thanks lynxxx, got it

1:26 am

dcseain

see lynxx at 1:22, crpw, and good evening

1:27 am

flosey

crpw, see Lynxxx clue at 1:22

1:27 am

lynxxx

crpw - see me @1.22

1:27 am

flosey

night dc

1:28 am

flosey

oc5 ?

1:28 am

Just1Mar

the **eds part is throwing me off cause no s on grid

1:28 am

Just1Mar

i mean **ds

1:29 am

dcseain

1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19...

1:29 am

dcseain

and not primes ;) though that's what they are

1:29 am

lynxxx

Just - just find the missing letters indicated by the **

1:30 am

crpw48

thank you, finally got the de6

1:30 am

flosey

re7 please?

1:30 am

flosey

sorry, that's re7/36

1:30 am

dcseain

1st re7 builds on re4/5

1:31 am

dcseain

2nd is past of re6

1:31 am

flosey

thanks dc

1:31 am

Just1Mar

thx finally got it (slaps head) but never new that word

1:31 am

sprite

morning all! Bless my husband, who has moved his computer to my room for the duration of the repair of my pc. And bless the man who offered to look at my pc, he found out the problem is with the memory thingies, that need to be renewed. Not too expensive and relatively quickly done. And bless you all for just being here :)

1:32 am

flosey

was going in wrong direction

1:32 am

dcseain

good morning, sprite! what great news all around :)

1:32 am

Just1Mar

hey sprite good to hear!

1:32 am

flosey

we7 please, my last

1:32 am

dcseain

builds on the 4 similarly, flosey

1:33 am

bananafour

flosey, got tired

1:33 am

flosey

got it, Fireworks

1:33 am

dcseain

yay flosey!!

1:33 am

sprite

life would be terrible, if not for the wonderful people making it bearable or even great ;)

1:33 am

flosey

whew!

1:33 am

sprite

wtg flosey!

1:33 am

Just1Mar

ng flos!

1:33 am

lynxxx

Good morning Sprite - what a great way to start the day!

1:33 am

dcseain

i bought my parking permit for school today. Last thing to do is order my books :)

1:34 am

flosey

have a good day sprite

1:34 am

sprite

wtg dc! You will enjoy it so much! You will keep telling us about you, won´t you? ^Please?

1:34 am

flosey

did you finish Mar?

1:35 am

dcseain

and for those of you in the States, maybe in Canada also, Lipton PureLeaf Iced Tea, Lemon, is almost as good as my mama's, and it's sugar-sweetened, not corn syrup. :)

1:35 am

sprite

sounds good, dc, lol

1:36 am

dcseain

it was a cosolation purchase at the store this evening, as they had no LU Pims anymore :(

1:36 am

Just1Mar

hmmm sugar and corn syrup are both poison dc

1:36 am

dcseain

i'll have to look at other places, i like the Pims Orange very much.

1:36 am

Just1Mar

oh no flos

1:36 am

Just1Mar

still got 27 to go

1:36 am

sprite

hey, I know LU Pims! Orange? So lovely... but your tea sounds great too.

1:36 am

lynxxx

Flosey - I missed yr finish - Congrats !!

1:37 am

sprite

lol, yes, Orange it is, I see you said so

1:37 am

dcseain

depends on metabolism, just, but i agree in general :)

1:37 am

flosey

thanks lynxxx, many thanks to you

1:37 am

dcseain

i've tried other flavours, sprite, but i like orange best :)

1:37 am

dcseain

of the pims that is.

1:37 am

sprite

hey, we all need our personal poisons once in a while :D

1:37 am

Just1Mar

well yeah not good for that but just not good for body

1:37 am

sprite

same here, dc!

1:38 am

dcseain

of course, i adore chocolate-covered candied orange peel, too :)

1:38 am

flosey

oh, I like that too dc

1:38 am

Just1Mar

everything in moderation, I suppose...

1:39 am

Just1Mar

except gin n tonic :)

1:39 am

dcseain

indeed, just. even an excees of water kills :)

1:39 am

flosey

lol, that use to be my fav

1:39 am

sprite

LOLLL Mar!

1:39 am

Just1Mar

pisses me off that the diet tonic sucks

1:39 am

dcseain

gin n tonic is a joy :)

1:39 am

dcseain

diet tonic is yucky, i agree.

1:40 am

sprite

aspartame is worse than sugar

1:40 am

MVA

hi all!

1:40 am

flosey

any diet drink is yucky

1:40 am

Just1Mar

having it now (blush)

1:40 am

dcseain

morning, MVA

1:40 am

dcseain

Sing it, Sprite!!

1:40 am

flosey

for sure sprite

1:40 am

Just1Mar

I don't agree on that flos....depends what the sweetner is and again....in moderation

1:40 am

crpw48

fireworks

1:41 am

dcseain

congrats, CRPW!

1:41 am

Just1Mar

hi MVA

1:41 am

flosey

WTG crpw

1:41 am

MVA

yay crpw!!

1:41 am

crpw48

that weird way of spelling a heavenly body gets me every time

1:41 am

Just1Mar

ng crpw

1:41 am

Marmar

Hello everyone!

1:41 am

sprite

it is, dc! Body cannot process it easily, it is harder to get rid off than sugar... no one knows yet what the effects of longtime big doses will do to a body. I rather keep my sugar intake low than use lots of aspartame.

1:41 am

crpw48

tytyty

1:41 am

flosey

must get to bed, goodnight all, see you at flip tomorrow

1:42 am

sprite

woot crpw! And hi Marmar!

1:42 am

lynxxx

Just so you all know - we now have Stewart Little at home - he is as beautiful as his picture (although ALL the greyhounds, about 20, at the pickup were beautiful). He is supposed to be a bit dumb but see no sign of it yet. He ad512s company which is what we want anyway.

1:42 am

Just1Mar

being a newbie am surprised that the last 4 or 5 grids have been so short

1:42 am

dcseain

sleep well, flosey!

1:42 am

MVA

night flosey!

1:42 am

Marmar

I want "rejoice" in the grid today

1:42 am

lynxxx

Hi Marmar

1:42 am

Marmar

Bye flosey...hi all others!

1:42 am

dcseain

just, when we get a string of shorts, we're slammed eventually with a 370-400 :) yin for yang

1:42 am

MVA

hi marmar

1:42 am

Just1Mar

MarMar........a mar after my own heart! heheh

1:42 am

dcseain

hello, marmar!

1:42 am

sprite

it is random, Mar. tomorrow can be 600+. Or 25.

1:42 am

crpw48

goodnight all, happy babbling

1:43 am

dcseain

Enter, Rejoice, and Come In is one of my favorite hymns.

1:43 am

Marmar

I know mar. Your name makes me smile too!

1:43 am

Just1Mar

yeah I hear ya dc

1:43 am

MVA

night crpw!

1:43 am

sprite

rejoice is good when- and wherever, Marmar :D

1:43 am

lynxxx

goodnight crpw

1:43 am

sprite

night crpw

1:43 am

Marmar

DC, great news about your school preparations! I am excited for you and jealous of you.

1:43 am

Just1Mar

wow 25 eessshhhh

1:44 am

sprite

seems Mar is synonymous with great babblers

1:44 am

dcseain

i'm a little scared that the alphabet will be a challenge. Then i remember i learned to write Chinese, so how hard can Arabic be. *crosses fingers*

1:45 am

dcseain

well, the sea ties us together sprite :)

1:45 am

Marmar

We just had the greatest Christmasy weekend with the kids, I I'm now all about rejoiceing. Sprite, you're too sweet.

1:45 am

flosey

ok, changed my icon

1:46 am

flosey

and now to bed

1:46 am

sprite

*hugs dc*
We are connected by more than the sea, lol. And arabic is an alphabet, dc. Much easier than kanji. Take heart and allow yourself some initial blundering.

1:46 am

dcseain

g'night, flosey, rest well :)

1:46 am

lynxxx

Your tree Flosey? its beautiful

1:46 am

sprite

Marmar: all natural sweetness here, no aspartame ;)

1:46 am

sprite

night flosey

1:46 am

dcseain

lovel tree, flosey, and a great space!

1:47 am

Marmar

DC, one of the schools my oldest child is looking at (she's going into 5th grade next year) offers Chinese and she would really like to learn it.

1:47 am

dcseain

indeed sprite. I've learned Cyrillic, Greek, Chinese, and and Amharic writing systems, i'm sure it'll come. :)

1:47 am

dcseain

oh, she should, mar! it's great fun :)

1:48 am

dcseain

and you get to confound people by saying things right, like i did to a customer the other day, who was stunned i got the tone right on her surnam, Feng. LOL

1:48 am

sprite

she should, Marmar! Works miracles on the agility of the mind. Very different language to learn, will stretch and widen much more than just her language skills.

1:48 am

sprite

dc, what is Amharic?

1:48 am

Marmar

She sat in on a "sample" class and loved it. The teacher is a big favorite in the school, makes it really fun.

1:48 am

dcseain

and learning the writing and reading is amazing.

1:49 am

dcseain

the primary language of Ethiopa, Sprite.

1:49 am

sprite

thanks dc!

1:49 am

dcseain

their script is based on Coptic, like Armenian, Georgian, and some others.

1:50 am

Marmar

Sprite, do you speak Chinese too?

1:50 am

dcseain

Amharic came to be at the intersection of Ge'ez and Arabic, about 1200 years ago.

1:50 am

sprite

sounds fascinating

1:50 am

sprite

Marmar: not much. I studied Japanese for 18 months and took Chinese as extra in the last half year.

1:51 am

Marmar

But you've had the exposure to it, that is so valuable.

1:51 am

dcseain

it's surprising how the writing of Japanes and Chines differ, esp in meaning. japanese 'to like' is chinese 'good/well', for example.

1:51 am

sprite

exactly :D
That is why I can recommend it for your daughter with my whole heart.

1:52 am

sprite

the kanji were taken from the chinese for their pronunciation, often, not their meaning, lol.

1:53 am

sprite

and when you realise that the pronuncation of one kanji differs widely from area to area, it breeds for very confusing uses in japanese

1:53 am

Marmar

Noted! We love foreign languages in our house, pity that we speak so few. We listen to french and spanish childrens CD's, watch DVD's in Turkish...it's like music!

1:54 am

sprite

wow Marmar, sounds special!

1:54 am

dcseain

turkish is a beautiful tongue; i hope to learn more of it someday.

1:54 am

sprite

arabic first, dc ;)

1:54 am

Marmar

I just ordered the Japanese (original) version of "Shall We Dance", Hollywood remade it with Richard Gere and JLo. But the Japanese version is wonderful.

1:54 am

bananafour

firewords, and i'm off to bed, goodnight all

1:55 am

dcseain

sprite, kanji pronunciations vary in japan? I know the hanji are different all over china, as are the languages, but in Japan that surprises me.

1:55 am

dcseain

congrats, banana! and sweet dreams!

1:55 am

lynxxx

Congrats Banana - sleep well

1:55 am

Marmar

Yea banana! Good night.

1:55 am

bananafour

ty dc you too

1:55 am

bananafour

ty all, gn

1:55 am

MVA

yay banana

1:55 am

sprite

dc: I mean in china, before the stealing of their kanji took place.

1:56 am

sprite

byebanana

1:56 am

dcseain

ah, yes, many languages, from two different languag groups. no/not is bu, kep, map, buk, and i'm sure more, those are just the ones i know.

1:57 am

dcseain

i have a friend that learned Mandarin in Xinjinhuan, and now lives in Hainan, where she's also picked up on Hainanhua, which sounds more like Vietnamese.

1:57 am

sprite

it was very confusing to me at first, learning a combination of kanji with a certain pronunciation, only to find next day that one of those kanji was pronounced totally different in another combination.

1:58 am

dcseain

http://tinyurl.com/ppc43
is a fascinating, if slightly lengthy, article about the falicy of standard right-wing US anti-abortion arguments.

1:58 am

sprite

lol, quite a non sequitur

1:59 am

dcseain

oh
, like kou, mouth + huo, knife + guo, country, when the knife is in the mouth, you mean?

1:59 am

dcseain

i've been good at those tonight, sprite :)

1:59 am

dcseain

= guo, country, that should read

2:01 am

BabbleRabble

phantom: tortiloquy, the spin of politicos who think truth is technicality for the naive

2:02 am

dcseain

well, said, BabbleRabble, and a good morning to you.

2:02 am

sprite

I cannot remember an example, dc, but it was more like a kanji pronounced as KAN in once combination and as TOKO in another. That kind of total difference.

2:02 am

Marmar

....and THAT is exactly why I will NEVER be good at this game!!!

2:03 am

dcseain

yes, compound ones will do that if switched left-to-right, for example.

2:03 am

FranMag

i'm back!

2:03 am

sprite

Good to see you, BabbleRabble. Interestesting word. Politics always baffle me.

2:03 am

FranMag

hi babrab!

2:03 am

dcseain

fran, was that tinyurl an FTP?

2:03 am

FranMag

hi mary, dc and sprite!!

2:03 am

sprite

wb Fran

2:03 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, friends

2:04 am

FranMag

hmm, it wasn't supposed to be dc, it was just the first page of the guys graphics collection

2:04 am

Marmar

Aloha Fran! Hello Babble!

2:04 am

lynxxx

Hi Fran, wb, and BabRab !

2:04 am

FranMag

hi again lynxxx!

2:04 am

Marmar

I'm going to get another cup of coffee, anybody want anything while I'm up?

2:05 am

MVA

hi fran and babrab!

2:05 am

dcseain

i'm good, marmar, ty

2:05 am

FranMag

hi mva!

2:05 am

sprite

yeah, at the start of a word a different pronunctiation than when used at the end... something like that indeed, dc. It´s been a while, lol.

2:05 am

sprite

coffee, please, Marmar!

2:05 am

lynxxx

I'll get my own thanks Marmar and get some dinner going..BBL

2:05 am

dcseain

ciao, lynxxx

2:05 am

FranMag

later lynxxx!

2:06 am

MVA

tea please marmar

2:06 am

MVA

bye lynxxx

2:06 am

Marmar

Coffee is served...pots on the boil for the tea...

2:06 am

Marmar

Bye lynxxx.

2:07 am

sprite

hey MVA!

2:07 am

FranMag

brb, have to get the cookies

2:07 am

sprite

*hugs lynxxx on her way out*

2:07 am

BabbleRabble

One of my favorite quotes: The Murder of a Beautiful Theory by a Gang of Brutal Facts

2:07 am

Marmar

Anybody remember the old Disney movie "Darby O'Gill"? For some reason, saying "pots on the boil" just brought that to mind...I'l too weird today.

2:07 am

dcseain

that's lovely, BabRab! :)

2:08 am

sprite

lol, I love that one, BabbleRabble!

2:08 am

dcseain

i don't recall that at all, marmar, should i see it?

2:08 am

MVA

i'm on my holiday, sprite, so i can babble for longer!

2:09 am

sprite

that is lovely, MVA! For you and for me, for I get to enjoy more of your company :D

2:09 am

MVA

don't recall that film marmar

2:09 am

dcseain

oh, how nice, MVA :) so we get you longer for a bit

2:10 am

sprite

sorry, don´t know that Disney movie at all!

2:11 am

Marmar

if you want to see a VERY young Sean Connery singing an Irish tune, some wonderful leprecaun dance scenes and one a very VERY funny scene with the king of the leprecauns and Darby singing, it's worth a look. And if you've been to Ireland, well, it's just beautiful scenery. Actually called "Darby O'Gill and the Little People".

2:11 am

FranMag

okay, i'm back!

2:11 am

sprite

owwwww NEEED to see that one :D

2:11 am

MVA

sean connery! sounds good!

2:11 am

dcseain

i'll netflix it, ty for the rec.

2:12 am

Marmar

Came out about the time of "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" and "The Three Lives Of Thomasina" I think.

2:12 am

FranMag

macadamia chocolate chip cookies in the penalty box!

2:12 am

dcseain

1959 according to IMDB and Wikipedia.

2:12 am

JFB

morning all! strange to see you at this time mva

2:12 am

Marmar

Sean Connery is so young and handsome, he looks like a cartoon character in this! We love it, but the kids don't like the Banshees...neither do I!

2:12 am

FranMag

hi jfb!

2:12 am

sprite

*runs off to sin bin*

2:12 am

dcseain

*ponies up some plain choc chip cookies, as they ought not have nuts*

2:13 am

sprite

hi JFB!

2:13 am

dcseain

morning, jfb!

2:13 am

MVA

hi jfb, holiday starts today!!

2:13 am

Marmar

Fran, what do you mean in the penatly box...upt them in your mouth!

2:13 am

JFB

hi sprite

2:13 am

dcseain

sprite, i love how your green and my orange complemnt. :)

2:13 am

sprite

Banshees are not to be liked, lol.
And Sean Connery is always handsome, to say the very least. He still is.

2:13 am

chic

your turn, fran

2:13 am

JFB

and dc

2:14 am

sprite

so do I, dc :D

2:14 am

Marmar

Touché Sprite!

2:15 am

FranMag

go chic!

2:15 am

sprite

;)

2:15 am

dcseain

d'oh! and eagle's nest for the end.

2:15 am

FranMag

you like how i built over that way?

2:15 am

FranMag

yay dc!!!

2:15 am

sprite

wtg dc!!!

2:15 am

MVA

yay dc!!

2:15 am

dcseain

it's important to open up board fran, always appreciated

2:16 am

Marmar

Bravo DC!

2:16 am

dcseain

¡Os agrezco a todos! Thank yall very much.

2:17 am

FranMag

well, mine and chic's game was getting really, really tight!

2:17 am

JFB

bravo dc

2:17 am

dcseain

I've been reading too many American authors, the 'os' looks funny. Must seek out some Castillian Spanish writing.

2:17 am

mrpresident

hello again!

2:18 am

lshult

hey guys, got the we7 & re7/40, what 7 am I missing?

2:18 am

sprite

Fran, my computer died on me, so I will not be playing on facebook until I get it back :(
Just in case you wondered why I was so absent.

2:18 am

JFB

dear

2:18 am

dcseain

mrp! wb!

2:18 am

FranMag

hi mrp! and welcome back limecat!

2:18 am

Marmar

Hello mrp!

2:18 am

sprite

hi mrP!!!

2:18 am

JFB

fade

2:18 am

dcseain

re7, ishult, good morning.

2:18 am

FranMag

another re7 lshult

2:18 am

mrpresident

sprite, has the package come yet!??
and (((hello!)))

2:18 am

dcseain

re7/36, specifically.

2:18 am

chic

hey there! I've got all vowels...go...

2:18 am

JFB

ooooooops!

2:18 am

lshult

clue?plz

2:18 am

sprite

another re, Ishult

2:18 am

MVA

hi mrp and ishult!

2:18 am

sprite

no, not yet mrP!

2:18 am

dcseain

it builds on the 4/5, ishult.

2:19 am

MVA

naughty jfb!!

2:19 am

dcseain

was it a high-top, jfb?

2:19 am

sprite

you could have gone to the sin bin for the cookies without posting a word, JFB, like I did ;)

2:19 am

dcseain

there are choc chip cookies, w/ and w/o macadamias, in penalt box :)

2:19 am

FranMag

go, chic!

2:20 am

mrpresident

oh man!! well, it should be any day now! I know that the airmail only goes out on certain days.

2:20 am

JFB

I'm heading for the macadamia cookies!

2:20 am

lshult

got it, ty

2:20 am

sprite

it will come when it will come, mrP! No worries, it is eagerly awaited.

2:21 am

sprite

grrrrr finally finally finally I see the ocean word without prompting, and now it is a phantom!

2:21 am

Just1Mar

ro6/21 anyone?

2:21 am

mrpresident

our kids got their school reports for the end of year today... and they had presentation day at school.
they had a fantastic day! Luke got an award for academic acheivement!!
Maddison's report was amazing!! she got high acheivement

2:21 am

dcseain

one who loads stages for musicians, just.

2:21 am

sprite

fan that travels with pop group, Mar

2:22 am

lshult

ro6/21= move musicians equipment

2:22 am

dcseain

oh, wunderbar, mrp! so proud of them both :)

2:22 am

Just1Mar

thx vm :)

2:22 am

FranMag

cool mrp!

2:22 am

dcseain

sprite, that's a groupie, not an ro6.

2:22 am

chic

go fran!

2:22 am

dcseain

at least here in the States.

2:22 am

sprite

wowwww mrP! How wonderful for both of them, and for you. Would you hug them for me and tell them I am so impressed they managed this through all the stress and changes going on in their lives?

2:22 am

MVA

well done to them mrp!

2:22 am

Marmar

Fantastic mrp! Congrats to them!

2:23 am

sprite

argh, you are so right, dc. I better refrain from clueing until brain gets back to work.

2:23 am

Marmar

erode

2:23 am

FranMag

okay chic, last few plays now. :-)

2:23 am

Marmar

eroded

2:23 am

mrpresident

oh you are right sprite! with everything that has gone on, they have acheived great things!
I will go hug them now

2:23 am

BabbleRabble

congratulations, mrp, ma'am

2:23 am

Marmar

oh my gosh....I'm so dumb.....sorry!!!

2:23 am

dcseain

has it been raining, marmar?

2:23 am

sprite

and past tense, Marmar. Cookie time for you...

2:23 am

FranMag

lol sprite, a lot of ro6s start out as fans though, they consider it a privilege to work for certain bands. :-)

2:23 am

mrpresident

hi babrab :) thanks

2:24 am

Marmar

I am about to hit the sugar cookies we baked all day yesterday!

2:24 am

Marmar

DC, the weather has been very kind to us, freezing cold but dry!

2:24 am

sprite

I am ashamed, lol. Switching words and meanings is my daily stupidity lately.

2:24 am

BabbleRabble

How did Luke handle the attention, mrp?

2:25 am

dcseain

the cold and dry is what i hate about winter where i live. winter is desert-dry, summer is jungle-humid. i prefer the humid.

2:25 am

mrpresident

you must get the package in the next day or two... I did put a return address on it, so if anything did go awry, it will come back to me... however, that isn't possible!

2:25 am

dcseain

eh, sprite, i do such a lot. i'm especiall good at clueing ?e instead of ?a or vice versa :)

2:25 am

Marmar

ohhhh, I can't stand the humid! Lived in Houston for 3 months and then high-tailed it back to Dallas...

2:26 am

sprite

all will be well, mrP, it just takes patience. Not our forte ;)

2:26 am

mrpresident

We did the whole social story and coached him in the morning before the presentation, so it went really well!
He just found me in the crowd and looked at me the whole time. That helped him alot

2:26 am

chic

ok fran; just about ready to hit the sheets...

2:26 am

dcseain

mrp, the postal service is envolved, anything is possible! postal service workings are a sub-set of bistromathics, or did you not know that?

2:27 am

Marmar

mrp, that is so sweet, what a great feeling I'm sure.

2:27 am

sprite

*hugs dc*
With the meds I am taking, it is a daily thing now. I say salade when I think I am saying candle, for instance... kids laugh their butts off when I talk.

2:27 am

dcseain

Friends with family in Houston say it's like here in the summer. I recommend visitind Washington, DC in April and October, usually the 2 nicest months for weather in the year.

2:27 am

mrpresident

irrational postal logistics is their forte! :)

2:27 am

sprite

Luke is one big hero to me. Seriously.

2:27 am

MVA

holiday or not i've got to eat, but i will be back later!

2:27 am

dcseain

ciao, mva, enjoy!

2:28 am

sprite

bye MVA, great to see you later as well!

2:28 am

FranMag

bye mva!

2:28 am

mrpresident

bye mva :)

2:28 am

JFB

Just checking my new icon! Time for a Christmas one

2:29 am

dcseain

how adorable, jfb!

2:29 am

mrpresident

oh, i must get lickety to upload the image of our tree

2:29 am

sprite

great one, JFB!

2:29 am

Marmar

I want to bring the kids to DC in a couple years, I love it there.

2:29 am

FranMag

cute jfb!

2:30 am

JFB

Mary is my daughter who 30 today

2:30 am

sprite

congratulations, JFB!

2:30 am

dcseain

oh, when you're coming, you must let me know, marmar!

2:30 am

Just1Mar

yikes 10 left of which 4 are fa's

2:30 am

FranMag

go chic!

2:30 am

Marmar

JFB, is that a picture of a Christmas play, or "Sternsingers". I don't know what they call that in English...

2:30 am

BabbleRabble

yup, yea, Luke ... and Maddison is special to accept the attention Luke requires and excel in her own right

2:30 am

JFB

Actually she says she's 20-10 not 30!!

2:31 am

Marmar

DC, you know I will!

2:31 am

BabbleRabble

congrats, JFB

2:31 am

dcseain

wow. barnes and noble really wants me to buy something, they keep sending me 25% off coupons, which combined with my usual discount, would give me 45% off.

2:31 am

JFB

Its a Sunday School nativity play - 25 years ago!

2:31 am

sprite

Very true, BabbleRabble! She is like a starlight princess to me.

2:32 am

chic

go

2:32 am

Marmar

Oh how beautiful JFB!

2:32 am

sprite

nice discount, dc! I wouldn´t mind that at all!

2:32 am

FranMag

yay chic, you won!!

2:33 am

FranMag

that was a nice close game

2:33 am

dcseain

oh, btw, i won't be here tomorrow, as i'll be up all day, so i sleep at night for a day shift on Tuesday.

2:33 am

JFB

What is Barnes and Noble dc?

2:33 am

FranMag

sleep well then dc.

2:33 am

dcseain

Large bookstore chain here, JFB

2:34 am

sprite

will miss you, dc. Hope you will sleep very well and be rested for the other shift.

2:34 am

chic

dang fran that was good! 324 to 337!

2:34 am

JFB

My kind of shop then!

2:34 am

dcseain

here's hoping, fran. :) that'll be 18-19 hours from now, the sleep.

2:34 am

FranMag

you'll probably dream about the grid! (I do.)

2:35 am

FranMag

it was a great game chic!

2:35 am

chic

so ttfn. nite all! and thanx fran.....

2:35 am

FranMag

night chic!

2:35 am

JFB

Time to go and start the day - bye all and happy babbling

2:35 am

jillibus

Thought I was only going to be gone for a few minutes but that was quite a while ago!

2:35 am

sprite

bye chic

2:35 am

sprite

wb jilli *hug*

2:35 am

FranMag

i did the same thing jilli, wb

2:36 am

jillibus

oh, hi sprite! (Had Xmas wrapping to do, etc)

2:36 am

jillibus

fran -- did your connection bug out again?

2:36 am

BabbleRabble

jilli is a rapper?

2:36 am

sprite

nice thing to do as well, jilli, wrapping

2:36 am

FranMag

no, it was good tonight!

2:37 am

jillibus

wright, babrab, lol

2:37 am

FranMag

she goes by the name of J-Bus. :-)

2:37 am

sprite

lol BabbleRablle

2:38 am

sprite

would someone mind telling me the starting letter of the 8, please?

2:39 am

FranMag

re sprite

2:39 am

jillibus

re8, sprite

2:39 am

mrpresident

r darling

2:39 am

BabbleRabble

re

2:39 am

dcseain

re8

2:39 am

sprite

thanks :) Was afraid of that, lol.

2:40 am

BabbleRabble

what rolling stones eagles did in studios

2:40 am

sprite

and found it, thanks again!

2:40 am

Marmar

Well, goodbye everone. My alloted time is over...I have to go do some.....I'm going to say it........housework. It was a very enjoyable morning with you all!

2:40 am

dcseain

as a teenager, i confused the cooks in the kitchen i worked in cause i like the eagles. *shrug*

2:40 am

sprite

bye Marmar, good luck with the chores!

2:41 am

dcseain

ciao, marmar, have a great day!

2:41 am

FranMag

horrors mary! well, try to enjoy, bye!!

2:41 am

mrpresident

nite marmar :)

2:41 am

jillibus

bye marmar!

2:41 am

BabbleRabble

cya, Marmar

2:41 am

mrpresident

today was a first for my kids too, they had an enormous fight! the first one ever in their lives

2:42 am

Marmar

Take care. *poof*

2:42 am

dcseain

ah, the joys of siblinghood :)

2:42 am

jillibus

oh dear, mrp!

2:42 am

sprite

argh mrP... not easy, though a learning experience no doubt

2:42 am

FranMag

what was it about mrp? (research for later)

2:42 am

dcseain

they've moved on from it, i hope?

2:42 am

mrpresident

it took them an hour to talk it through and come back together... they were both so distressed!
Both of them crying cause of the fight. I just had to sit and be neutral

2:43 am

sprite

then they did very well, mrP. You taught them well and they did well.

2:43 am

dcseain

good for you, mrp, hard as i imagine that must have been.

2:44 am

jillibus

I wonder what they've learned from it

2:45 am

mrpresident

Luke felt Maddison was being disrespectful and picking on him for not being a perfectionist.... she felt that he was being mean by saying that she wasn't nice to him 'ever'...

2:46 am

sprite

at the very least, jilli, they learnt it is possible to have a frightening fight with a loved one and get it settled, and still be very close and with love intact.

2:46 am

dcseain

my little sister was viscous at me, from a very young age. I learned quickly not to fight back, as then she'd get in trouble. Once, mom found her jumping on my chest. Happily, she didn't do that again.

2:47 am

FranMag

that's great that they actually talked it out. i hope my two will be that close.

2:47 am

sprite

my parents played out my sister and me against each other. Our relationship was tainted by that.

2:47 am

mrpresident

oh sprite! nasty stuff

2:48 am

FranMag

how are the two of you now dc?

2:48 am

dcseain

how awful, but sadly not atypical, of them, sprit. *hug*

2:48 am

jillibus

dc, was your sister really viscous, or vicious?

2:48 am

sprite

yup. Some people are not ready for kids when they get them, because they are not yet mature enough themselves, alas

2:48 am

dcseain

fran, we've gotten on famously since my time in Boston, fran, and the latter, jilli. :)

2:49 am

dcseain

being human, i know she's quite viscous, but i did mean viscious.

2:49 am

FranMag

that's good dc.

2:49 am

jillibus

this is getting confusing

2:50 am

sprite

LOL dc... nice to see how one typo leads to another ;)

2:50 am

mrpresident

is she vicious or what?

2:50 am

mrpresident

viscous... hahaha

2:50 am

dcseain

oh, was, yes. and was a total bully back then.

2:50 am

jillibus

I'm beginning to wonder how to spell any of them

2:51 am

dcseain

vicioso, therefore vicious.

2:51 am

sprite

when I started working and typing english business letters, I could never handle yours sincerely. I always started cins and then all was lost, lol.

2:52 am

BabbleRabble

parents only get one chance to raise their children .... few other tasks (if any) are as important ... the effort required is enormous and the rewards are great ... kudos to those who do it well

2:54 am

sprite

very true, BabbleRabble. Raising my kids is the biggest adventure of my life. I am very lucky to be able to share the load with my husband, a devoted father and partner, and to have such precious kids.

2:55 am

FranMag

okay, this is totally off the subject, but I just saw a picture of Tiger Woods' baby girl and she is absolutely gorgeous.

2:56 am

sprite

not a big jump from precious kids though, Fran ;)

2:56 am

FranMag

i guess not sprite. :-)

2:56 am

VolleymomDee

hi all!! dc we ended up with 14 inches of snow!!

2:57 am

sprite

wow Dee, and *hug*

2:57 am

BabbleRabble

hello, VmD

2:57 am

FranMag

hi dee!

2:57 am

dcseain

we got only rain this side of the mountains, but the Blue Ridge and Shenendoah Valley get 1.5-6 inches.

2:57 am

jillibus

hi dee -- and where are you?

2:57 am

dcseain

morning, dee!

2:58 am

sprite

she is the one kneedeep in snow, jilli, lol

2:58 am

VolleymomDee

hug right back at ya sprite... on way home from mother-in-law's Christmas Sat night, saw a car slip on ice, flip over, and land in a ditch; scared me to death. Indiana, jili. The driver got out of car with help of hubby and another motorist.

2:58 am

sprite

argh! Here goes another *hug* to help with the shock aftermath.

2:59 am

VolleymomDee

I was so thankful she was okay... kept thinking of our daughter's wreck a month ago.

2:59 am

VolleymomDee

ty ty ty!

2:59 am

jillibus

I did see a huge weather pattern on TV

2:59 am

BabbleRabble

what will drivers do when they get more than a dusting of snow?

3:00 am

VolleymomDee

it was so beautifu though; even called off churches this A.M.

3:00 am

dcseain

yes, hit the midwest and NE, plus southern ON, QC and the Atlantics rather hard.

3:00 am

VolleymomDee

took hubby 3.5 hours to clear our drive

3:00 am

ardilla

hello everybody!

3:00 am

dcseain

hopefully that included some breaks to rest his back dee.

3:00 am

VolleymomDee

we all just lazed around all day... and didn't even feel guilty hahah

3:00 am

dcseain

hi, ardilla!

3:00 am

sprite

hi ardilla

3:00 am

BabbleRabble

hello, ardilla

3:00 am

FranMag

hi ardilla!

3:00 am

sprite

stay home, BabbleRabble?

3:02 am

VolleymomDee

I thought same thing dc... anxious to see if he can get out of bed in a few hours... but I have learned to keep quiet - he doesn't appreciate my suggestions lol

3:03 am

sprite

need breakfast, brb with it

3:04 am

VolleymomDee

bring us some!!

3:04 am

BabbleRabble

when I was much younger, we had a blizzard that allowed us to walk on the drifts to the top of buildings ... some farmers had to chop holes in the roof of their barns so the livestock could get air

3:04 am

mrpresident

well, the kids are now painting eachother hearts and kisses and 'best friends forever'.... I love pulling out the paint and brushes during a feud :D

3:04 am

FranMag

wow, Dan Fogelberg died

3:04 am

VolleymomDee

wow babble... a bit scary

3:04 am

FranMag

he was only 56

3:05 am

VolleymomDee

great restoration--- art

3:05 am

FranMag

babrab, i can't even imagine that

3:06 am

FranMag

"Longer Than" was the first song I sang in public by myself, when I was in Junior High.

3:06 am

jillibus

mrp, that's lovely -- and lcever of you to proive the wherewithal

3:06 am

jillibus

clever

3:06 am

VolleymomDee

how did he die fran?

3:07 am

FranMag

he had prostate cancer, diagnosed 3 years ago

3:07 am

VolleymomDee

wow ... usually a curable cancer; that IS sad

3:08 am

FranMag

apparently, it was already advanced when he was diagnosed. very sad

3:08 am

jillibus

it seems there are two kinds of prostate cancer -- one very slow, the other very aggressive and is the latter more prevalent in younger men?

3:09 am

FranMag

could be jilli

3:09 am

VolleymomDee

why I get so aggravated when my hubby doesn't go for yearly checks... men can be so stubborn

3:10 am

sprite

*hands Dee a bowl of yoghurt with cruesli, speculaas and cranberries*

3:10 am

VolleymomDee

YUM YUM

3:10 am

mrpresident

what are speculaas? and cruesli?

3:10 am

jillibus

I'm hungry -- time for a bedtime banana and glass of milk

3:11 am

sprite

it is a special winter cruesli, Dee, only temporarily available!

3:11 am

VolleymomDee

in granola bars here

3:11 am

VolleymomDee

is it a grain?

3:11 am

sprite

cruesli is crunchy muesli... speculaas is a dutch cook treat.

3:12 am

sprite

http://users.hubwest.com/hubert/specul
aas.html

3:12 am

mrpresident

ah! evil breakfast!

3:13 am

sprite

it has tiny balls of speculaas in it, mrP, not much, just a taste surprise every once in a while!

3:13 am

mrpresident

speculaas... now there it is again! so it is a cookie?

3:14 am

FranMag

those sound good sprite

3:15 am

sprite

link to recipe at 3.12 am, mrP

3:16 am

mrpresident

we don't have speculaas here

3:16 am

sprite

http://cruesli.welsnel.nl/

3:17 am

sprite

you can have it, mrP, if you follow the recipe. Or I can send you some. It is delicious.

3:22 am

mrpresident

oh you can't send it sprite!

3:23 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

3:23 am

sprite

wtg Dee!!!!! Well done!

3:23 am

FranMag

yay dee!!!

3:23 am

sprite

why not, mrP?

3:24 am

VolleymomDee

ty ty... off to check email

3:24 am

sprite

you do have a forward address, I take it?

3:24 am

FranMag

bye dee!

3:24 am

jillibus

YAY dee!!!

3:24 am

VolleymomDee

sleep well all or have a great day!!! Hugs to you all!!

3:25 am

VolleymomDee

ty jili *poof*

3:25 am

dcseain

g'night, dee!

3:25 am

sprite

*hugs* Take care, Dee

3:25 am

dcseain

the speculaa recipe reads like spice american biscuits.

3:25 am

dcseain

spiced, sweetened american biscuits.

3:25 am

sprite

those are probably close, dc!

3:26 am

mrpresident

any food products sent to australia get taken at customs and disposed of via burning

3:26 am

FranMag

ooh, that wouldn't be good

3:26 am

dcseain

i think my friends family - the one with the dutch grandfather - makes them, as the recipe is familiar.

3:26 am

sprite

can´t I disguise them, mrP?

3:27 am

pinkhatlil

morning all, baby grid today!!

3:27 am

FranMag

hi pink!

3:27 am

dcseain

cruesli looks like muesli with cranberries?

3:27 am

mrpresident

hi pink!

3:27 am

dcseain

morning, pink!

3:27 am

dcseain

no news of joso, i gather?

3:27 am

dcseain

here's hoping he's away visiting or such.

3:27 am

mrpresident

I do hope joso is ok

3:27 am

sprite

no, cruesli is crunchy muesli, dc. The cranberries are special to this winter edition of this brand.

3:27 am

dcseain

i saw he's not been on Facebook in about a week, either.

3:28 am

jillibus

hi pink, and bye all -- time for bed -- 27 left

3:28 am

sprite

JoSo was on babble yesterday, dc, why?

3:28 am

dcseain

ah, okay. there's non-cruchy muesli?

3:28 am

dcseain

ah, several of us haven't seen him in some time, and were a bit worried, sprite.

3:28 am

mrpresident

we haven't seen him for ages sprite

3:28 am

FranMag

night jilli!

3:28 am

pinkhatlil

bye jilli

3:29 am

jillibus

I saw joso yesterday

3:29 am

dcseain

sleep well, jilli :)

3:29 am

jillibus

dc, muesli isn't crunchy.

3:29 am

sprite

8.27 am in yesterday´s chatlog, dc and mrP

3:30 am

sprite

muesli is just the grains and raisins, it is not really crunchy.

3:30 am

jillibus

OK, I'm OFF!!!

3:30 am

sprite

hugs to you, jilli, and take care!

3:30 am

dcseain

all muesli i've seen appeared crunchy, but i've been allergic to all the ones i've seen, so i've never tried it. They've all had buckwheat or malted barley in them.

3:30 am

jillibus

*poof*

3:31 am

FranMag

Is this cookie like the speculaa?
http://tinyurl.com/333t6y

3:32 am

sprite

not really, Fran. These are ginger cookies.

3:34 am

dcseain

i'll mix up some speculaas next weekend, they sound easy to make, and tasty.

3:34 am

mrpresident

ah, time for me to make chocolate mini muffins for school! bbs

3:35 am

sprite

they are, dc, good luck!

Bye mrP, have fun and hug your kids from me.

3:35 am

FranMag

later mrp!

3:35 am

dcseain

ciao, mrp!

3:36 am

dcseain

i love that there's mace in them. i use mace a lot similarly-spiced things, though a lot of people here don't.

3:37 am

sprite

man of many talents, dc :D You are special.

3:38 am

dcseain

i am far from the only man who cooks and bakes, sprite. :)

3:39 am

sprite

cooks, bakes, speaks 20 or more languages, can talk about feelings, babbles, makes music... and so on... and so on...

3:42 am

loredana

and has the most perfect manners... modesty and as scrabbler and i found out a house rabbit........... i agree with Sprite she is our Princess and she is always right dc s..... by the way Hello Babblers!!!

3:42 am

FranMag

hi lore!

3:42 am

sprite

lol, hi Lore, darling *hug*

3:43 am

dcseain

hello, lore

3:43 am

pinkhatlil

hi loredana!!

3:43 am

dcseain

the rabbit has been being social lately, and letting me pet him. he's running from the younger cat less, so she's chasing him less.

3:43 am

loredana

hugs for Princess Aloha Fran Hey Pink Hola dc s

3:43 am

FranMag

yay! found all the 6s

3:43 am

dcseain

part of that is he prefers to drink from their waterbowl rather than the water bottel in his cage.

3:44 am

loredana

clever Fran!!! yay

3:44 am

sprite

woot Fran! I am down to 9 total, but 3 of those are 6s!

3:44 am

dcseain

woo, fran!

3:44 am

loredana

my cats and rabbits share the water dishes the rabbits you will notice go around scenting everything claiming everything as theirs

3:44 am

FranMag

there's a strange do6/24 sprite, i needed the chat clue for that one

3:45 am

dcseain

de6/24 she means.

3:45 am

dcseain

how do rabbits scent things?

3:45 am

FranMag

yes, that's what i meant, thanks dc!

3:45 am

sprite

I have one that means more lifeless.

3:46 am

FranMag

there's a second one spritey

3:46 am

loredana

their scent glands are under their chin you watch him rubbing his chin on things

3:46 am

sprite

and I have a do5 that looks like it means sweet

3:46 am

sprite

with their chin, dc

3:46 am

dcseain

it means quite, but from french sweet, sprite; i looked it up.

3:46 am

dcseain

oh, yes, he did that no water bowl before drinking, as i wash it daily.

3:47 am

dcseain

quiet, sprite, not quite.

3:47 am

sprite

thanks dc!

3:47 am

dcseain

...to water bowl... (i'm a typo-a-rama tonight) :D

3:47 am

FranMag

good word too, it's a himalayan cedar

3:47 am

dcseain

the de6/24? neat.

3:47 am

FranMag

thanks sprite, i needed that do5

3:48 am

dcseain

i need learn to burrito the rabbit for claw-trimming.

3:48 am

FranMag

sprite, for the de6, add a smell but with a different second vowel.

3:48 am

sprite

thanks, wouldn´t have found that cedar without your clue

3:49 am

FranMag

cool sprite!

3:49 am

FranMag

do you have the co6/24?

3:50 am

sprite

nope, only co6/27!

3:50 am

FranMag

we've had the co6/24 before, it's another name for a pain medication

3:51 am

FranMag

it starts like a "secret language" and ends with a bunch of vowels.

3:51 am

sprite

ahhhh, yes, thanks, that one! It is the ending that always eludes me.

3:51 am

sprite

ok, one 6 left and it is either C, O or D.

3:52 am

FranMag

and now i have 5 left, 3 4s and 2 5s

3:52 am

dcseain

you're such a de6/21, sprite :D

3:52 am

FranMag

de6/21?

3:52 am

sprite

I am down to 6, 1x5, 1x6, rest 4.

3:52 am

sprite

that is the one, Fran and dc!

3:53 am

FranMag

woo hoo!

3:53 am

sprite

awwwww found it, and thanks dc :D

3:53 am

pinkhatlil

de6/21??? please

3:54 am

pinkhatlil

sorry de6/24

3:54 am

sprite

just clued, pink

3:54 am

FranMag

LOL, that's been his clue for everyone tonight (not that you're not special sprite) :-)

3:54 am

FranMag

pink, de + a smell with a different second vowel

3:55 am

sprite

lol Fran, ok, I feel thoroughly chastised. Back with both feet on the firm ground :P

3:55 am

FranMag

well, in your case sprite, the clue was totally appropriate and not facetious. :-)

3:56 am

sprite

I hope so, Fran, grin

3:56 am

dcseain

indeed, so fran, on all counts.

3:56 am

pinkhatlil

???????

3:56 am

sprite

de + form of to be with inserted vowel then?

3:56 am

FranMag

pink, try this, de + vowel + it's a himalayan ce*** tree

3:57 am

FranMag

pink needs the second de6/24 i think

3:57 am

sprite

oh, lol, I am still clueing the 21, since pink asked that one first. I see now it is remedied.

3:58 am

pinkhatlil

it is the second/last de six

3:58 am

dcseain

unfledged /uhn-FLEJD/, adjective:

1. Lacking the feathers necessary for flight.
2. Not fully developed; immature.

3:58 am

FranMag

those were the two clues i gave you pink

3:59 am

FranMag

good word dc

3:59 am

FranMag

de6/24, de + **e to a grecian urn + **e you okay?

4:00 am

sprite

you beat me to the urn, Fran, LOL.

4:00 am

pinkhatlil

what kind of word is that lol

4:01 am

FranMag

one we don't have to use in regular conversation unless you know someone from the Himalayas.

4:01 am

anike

Can anyone help with de 6/24 (the last one)

4:01 am

FranMag

lol sprite, it's my favorite **e clue. :-)

4:01 am

FranMag

just clued anike, scroll down a bit

4:01 am

pinkhatlil

that was a bit of struggle! thanks for the pain staking help lol

4:02 am

sprite

I trained my inia to water my de6. Now if I can teach her to put out the etna, I can sit quietly with my etui and pet my anoa. Ywis.

4:02 am

anike

Just seen that, and found it at the same time.TY. Fireworks

4:02 am

FranMag

lol, no problem pink, don't like to see people struggle. :-)

4:02 am

sprite

well done anike

4:02 am

FranMag

ROFL sprite!

4:03 am

FranMag

yay anike!!!

4:03 am

pinkhatlil

LOL sprite

4:03 am

FranMag

what does ywis mean anyway?

4:03 am

sprite

it means For Sure, as exclamation.

4:03 am

dcseain

it means 'certainly' fran, variant of iwis; archaic

4:03 am

dcseain

just looked it up :)

4:04 am

FranMag

oh cool!

4:04 am

FranMag

now, how is it pronounced?

4:04 am

sprite

it is one of my favorite babblets. There is a dutch word, ´gewis´, that means the same and is archaic too. Must be related.

4:05 am

dcseain

indubitably, sprite :)

4:05 am

FranMag

3 left!

4:05 am

sprite

iwis!

4:05 am

dcseain

EEwees or OOwees in English, based on era and spellings. I for former, Y for latter.

4:06 am

sprite

me too, Fran! one D and one O and one C, lol.

4:06 am

FranMag

cool, i've learned my something new for the day

4:06 am

FranMag

i have 2 Rs and 1 D

4:07 am

BabbleRabble

I used to think in terms of "when in doubt, mumble." now I just toss out some babble babblets and change the subject

4:07 am

sprite

lol BabbleRabble!

4:07 am

loredana

lol BR

4:07 am

FranMag

ROFL babrab! I'd like to be there for that. :-)

4:08 am

FranMag

2 left!

4:08 am

FranMag

both Rs

4:09 am

sprite

I am stuck on 3 still

4:09 am

FranMag

Uno!

4:10 am

BabbleRabble

ro 4 -- cad

4:10 am

loredana

yay go Fran and Sprite!!!

4:10 am

FranMag

my last one is a 5

4:10 am

sprite

got the cad, thanks. It is probably a simple word for each missing letter, lol.

4:10 am

sprite

happen again, Fran?

4:10 am

FranMag

yep, mine have been sprite

4:11 am

FranMag

that was it sprite!!!

4:11 am

BabbleRabble

past tense or what sounds like set to go

4:11 am

sprite

yayyyyy Fran! Well done!

4:11 am

FranMag

firewords!

4:11 am

BabbleRabble

congrats, Fran

4:11 am

pinkhatlil

yayyyy frannie!!!!!

4:11 am

loredana

yay Fran well done!!!

4:11 am

FranMag

thank you!!

4:12 am

pinkhatlil

is the fa6/27 obscure?

4:12 am

FranMag

as usual, i had all the wierdos, it was normal words at the end.

4:12 am

sprite

not if you know me, pink

4:12 am

FranMag

pink, not obscure if you're into fantasy

4:13 am

FranMag

we even have a babbler by that name.

4:14 am

pinkhatlil

thanks guys... i didnt see the E in the second row

4:14 am

dcseain

congrats, fran!

4:15 am

FranMag

i know pink, it was twisty

4:15 am

sprite

ok, found the last C, was one I have entered before, just mistyped, probably. The secret language.

4:15 am

FranMag

go sprite go!

4:15 am

sprite

there is the Oc5...

4:16 am

FranMag

yep, it was hiding today

4:16 am

sprite

and da4 da + act. Fireworks :D

4:16 am

dcseain

antidisestablismentarians is a longest word that can be made in with the grid, were it not for 13-letter limit.

4:17 am

loredana

woopee!!! Sprite

4:17 am

FranMag

yay sprite!!!!

4:17 am

dcseain

that randomly occurred to me the other day.

4:17 am

BabbleRabble

congrats, sprite

4:17 am

dcseain

congrats, sprite!

4:17 am

sprite

thanks :)

4:18 am

FranMag

the other da4/6 was my last 4. :-)

4:18 am

sprite

25 letters, dc? LOL

4:18 am

sprite

lol Fran! Great minds get silly alike, right?

4:18 am

loredana

ro6/21 that would be Fran when she is helping out hubby

4:19 am

FranMag

lol, that's right lore...which i haven't done since i was about 7 months pregnant with my son. :-)

4:20 am

loredana

how are the babes Fran ?

4:20 am

FranMag

and those times i just went along to eat dinner.

4:20 am

loredana

lol Fran

4:20 am

sprite

ok, I am gonna do something chore like before the kids get home for lunch. Have a great day and/or night, all of you. Your comapny was again a treasure for me.

4:20 am

FranMag

growing up too fast lore!

4:21 am

dcseain

have a lovely day, sprite!

4:21 am

sprite

your *company even

4:21 am

FranMag

have a great day sprite! ((hug))

4:21 am

loredana

see you Sprite enjoy your day take care Princess

4:21 am

BabbleRabble

be well

4:21 am

FranMag

i have to go too, it's past midnight

4:22 am

FranMag

lore if you need clues, you are in the capable hands of dc and babrab. :-)

4:22 am

dcseain

pleasant dreams, fran!

4:22 am

BabbleRabble

good night, Fran. Be well

4:22 am

loredana

wow Fran quick before you turn into a pumpkin take care see you soon

4:22 am

lynxxx

bye Sprite & Fran

4:22 am

FranMag

bye everyone!

4:22 am

pinkhatlil

bye fran and sprite

4:22 am

lynxxx

Hello Loredana & Pink !

4:23 am

pinkhatlil

hey lynxxx, how has your day been?.

4:23 am

KatieMcG

morning everyone

4:23 am

loredana

hello Lynxxx nice little grid today not giving me any trouble nearly finished

4:24 am

dcseain

morning katie; wb, lynxxx

4:24 am

pinkhatlil

hi katy

4:24 am

lynxxx

Fantastic - beautiful weather and got our new dog today

4:24 am

loredana

morning katie

4:24 am

lynxxx

TY DC

4:24 am

dcseain

how fabulous, lynxxx!

4:24 am

KatieMcG

brillian lynxxx, tell us more :-)

4:24 am

pinkhatlil

thats nice...what breed is it?

4:25 am

lynxxx

Hi Katie

4:25 am

loredana

yay lynxxx

4:26 am

lynxxx

Stewart Little - 2.5 yo white & brindle smaller male greyhound...never raced but been in racing kennels most of his life till now. He seems to have a really really nice nature

4:26 am

dcseain

so cage-trained?

4:27 am

lynxxx

not sure what that means DC?

4:27 am

KatieMcG

speaking from bitter experience, insure him and insure him now!! I'm thinking of getting my wages transfered straight to the vets :-)

4:27 am

dcseain

kennel-raised means likely he's accustomed to being in a cage when unattended and/or not being exercised.

4:28 am

pinkhatlil

that is lovely lynxxx, i hope all are very happy with him!!!

4:30 am

KatieMcG

Is his name Stuart Little?

4:31 am

lynxxx

Not sure how they do it here DC - he has been fostered for a month (in home environment) and seems perfectly at home in the house now - in fact won't outside by himself. Exercise - what is that! they can only go on max. 20 minutes walks (without building up) say once or twice a day. Stewart Little is his kennel name

4:31 am

dcseain

cute name :)

4:32 am

dcseain

interesting, so greyhounds are low-endurance?

4:32 am

dcseain

they're a breed i know little about.

4:32 am

lynxxx

Katie - yes I know what you mean...our late dog would have cost us about $10,000 (min) over the last 3 years..diabetes, 2 knee ops, heart etc

4:32 am

KatieMcG

I had Crumble at the vets again this morning so now I have one poorly cat feeling sorry for itself, and one upset cat because her sister isn't well, it's been one of those days!

4:33 am

dcseain

no fun, katie, hope crumble looks up soon.

4:33 am

pinkhatlil

13 left bbl, time for brekkie!!

4:33 am

lynxxx

http://gap.grv.org.au/index.html

4:34 am

dcseain

njoy, pink!

4:34 am

lynxxx

DC look at this site - Stewart is on the front page

4:34 am

KatieMcG

Thank you dc, got really bad toothache so was phoning in sick anyway but then had to dash to the vets as well. Honestly Mari had to offer to help I was in such a state!

4:34 am

lynxxx

bye Pink

4:34 am

dcseain

what a pretty pup!

4:36 am

lynxxx

He is isn't he, he didn't have the best reputation but his looks certainly got me.

4:36 am

KatieMcG

Oh Lynxxx he is lovely :-) I hope you are very happy together

4:36 am

dcseain

i'm sure he'll work out lovely for you, lynxxx

4:36 am

dcseain

is your tooth doing better, katie?

4:36 am

lynxxx

TY we are all really taken with him

4:37 am

KatieMcG

I wouldn't worry about reputations Crumble nearly didn't get bought as she was really hissy and scratchy and now she is the mommy's girl out of them all

4:38 am

KatieMcG

I've got an appointment for the dentist tomorrow and am just popping the painkillers at the moment. Should have done something about it last week but was so busy. Still have to take time of now as i'm in no fit state to drive!!!!!

4:39 am

dcseain

here's to a good resolution to your med issue, too, katie!

4:39 am

lynxxx

Oil of Cloves is great for toothache - just don't get any on your tongue

4:43 am

KatieMcG

thanks lynxxx, i'm willing to try anything!

4:48 am

biggirlsblouse

two words to go...

4:49 am

dcseain

go, biggirl! need any clues?

4:49 am

biggirlsblouse

ae 4,4 and de 6,21

4:49 am

lynxxx

go biggirls - 10 left here but can't see tham for looking

4:49 am

lynxxx

an ae4.4plane

4:49 am

dcseain

joan is such a de6/21, she brought me a cake.

4:49 am

biggirlsblouse

one to go...

4:50 am

biggirlsblouse

Got the ae one!

4:50 am

dcseain

ae - what we breathe, british, sort of

4:50 am

biggirlsblouse

BINGO!!!! FIreworks!

4:51 am

dcseain

yay biggirl! congrats!

4:51 am

lynxxx

Yay Biggirls !!!

4:53 am

phandmd

really how much more "mort" can you be than "mort"?

4:54 am

pinkhatlil

yayyyy biggirls!!!! well done!

4:55 am

dcseain

morter than a doornail as the expression goes :)

4:55 am

lynxxx

Happily we must have all tried it Phand - even though it is foolish

4:56 am

NonoNanette

Morning Babblers

4:56 am

lynxxx

Hi Nono

4:57 am

pinkhatlil

morning nono!!

4:57 am

dcseain

morning, nono!

4:57 am

phandmd

true enough. And I did forget about that expression, DC

4:58 am

phandmd

Did you get any ice, DC? it was just a rain event here in Frederick

4:59 am

NonoNanette

lynxx congrats on your new dog, greyhounds are beautiful animals

4:59 am

lynxxx

TY Nono

5:00 am

NonoNanette

a friend of mine adopted one several years ago and she told me a funny story about her dog

5:00 am

phandmd

Ohhh! Lynxxx, you got a grey?!?! I would like to have one, but don't think husband likes them.

5:00 am

phandmd

was it a racing dog?

5:00 am

NonoNanette

they went away on vacation and left the dog in daughters care

5:00 am

NonoNanette

the dog got out and went around the neighborhood looking for "mama"

5:01 am

NonoNanette

they went after her calling her name and the more they called for her the faster the dog ran

5:01 am

NonoNanette

chased her for several blocks before they finally caught up and were able to leash her

5:02 am

lynxxx

I haven't had much to do with them before, but there is so many around as the Adopt-A-Greyhound is very strong here...I have been really taken with them. Bred for racing but didn't race Phand - maybe as he is small for a male. Nono - a grey owner told me to use Smackos as a training treat/reward for coming back - if they accidently get off lead

5:04 am

phandmd

how old is he/what is his name? I am sure you will enjoy him alot.

5:06 am

pinkhatlil

fireworks!!

5:06 am

phandmd

yeah, Pink!

5:06 am

lynxxx

Stewart Little - 2.5 years - look at this site - as you can see he is on front pagehttp://gap.grv.org.au/index.html

5:07 am

dcseain

congrats, pink!

5:07 am

lynxxx

Congrats Pink !!

5:07 am

NonoNanette

woohooo congrats pink!!

5:07 am

dcseain

i must away, for shift turnover and like. hope you all have a great day/night. :)

5:08 am

lynxxx

goodbye DC - see you tomorrow

5:08 am

NonoNanette

bye bye DC

5:08 am

KatieMcG

bye DC

5:08 am

dcseain

won't be on tomorrow, as i'll be sleeping for a Tuesday day shift, so until the 19th grid-time. :)

5:08 am

dcseain

be well {poof}

5:08 am

phandmd

what an adorable face. How could you not fall in love with him! He is beautiful

5:09 am

pinkhatlil

he is a sweetie lynxxx, im not a doggy person, but i just wanted to cuddle stewart

5:09 am

pinkhatlil

bye DC!

5:10 am

lynxxx

Phand - there was about 20-30 greys at the pickup today and truthfully they were all beatiful. Pink - which is exactly what he wants too! so affectionate

5:11 am

pinkhatlil

congratulations on the new addition lynxxx....have a good day all, one must resume studying!!!

5:12 am

phandmd

I know, it can be very difficult to pick just one. I have heard it say, once you go grey you never go back. Also, I understand that they are not too overwhelming to have more than one.

5:15 am

lynxxx

Thats funny - my nail lady says exactly the same about black nail polish - and its true! Yes - evryone I have met seems to have at least 2. They are couch potatos, need minimal excercise, little grooming, affectionate, clean - what more could you want! they even suit apartment living. Here they do not have to be muzzled either - just wear a special collar and be on lead

5:17 am

phandmd

you wear black nail polish?

5:17 am

lynxxx

Anyway must stop gushing. Still have 10 to find or use the list tomorrow. Goodnite Phand & everyone- have a good day.

5:18 am

lynxxx

Love the black nail polish - looks good with silver jewellery...and it really worries the young goth types when they see an 'old' lady with it on. You should try it

5:18 am

KatieMcG

night lynxxx. I'm going back to bed too. See you all later.

5:20 am

NonoNanette

sleep well lynxxx and katie

5:31 am

phandmd

anyone have the DO 5/16?

5:32 am

JFB

I think its french for soft phan

5:34 am

PappouTed

Hi everyone, I have one left. The second de6 24. Has it been clued?

5:34 am

phandmd

used a translator and that didn't help. do you have a diff clue?

5:35 am

phandmd

a sweet nothing (build onto the 4/5 above it)

5:35 am

JFB

Like a 2 in cards - change first vowel

5:36 am

phandmd

thnx, Jfb

5:36 am

JFB

yw

5:38 am

phandmd

fe 6/30?

5:38 am

phandmd

Pappou, did you get my clue?

5:39 am

Queenruejean

Which one?

5:39 am

phandmd

oh, the 2nd one

5:39 am

JFB

only one I have is pt of the 4.7

5:39 am

PappouTed

no, I thought it was for the other one

5:39 am

Queenruejean

It's a type of hat.

5:39 am

NonoNanette

could i get a clue for the re7/36 please

5:40 am

phandmd

oh, thank you so much (shakes head at self)

5:40 am

PappouTed

I have the fe6, I need the de6 24

5:40 am

JFB

thanx your majesty

5:40 am

phandmd

de 6/24 is more of the de 4 above it

5:40 am

NonoNanette

there are 2 de6/24's which one do you need

5:41 am

PappouTed

the 2nd one, thanks

5:42 am

NonoNanette

it is tall cedar tree by definition

5:42 am

Queenruejean

Nono, rhw ew7/36 is the past tense of preparing something. Re**y, set, go - might help.

5:42 am

PappouTed

thanks, will start looking

5:43 am

NonoNanette

Thank you queen!!

5:43 am

Queenruejean

Nono, sorry, my fingers were wrong at the beginning. Glad you got it!

5:43 am

NonoNanette

dont know why i wasnt seeing that!

5:44 am

Queenruejean

I didn't see the second de6/24 until you clued it. Then I slapped myself & said D'oh!

5:44 am

PappouTed

got it, thanks

5:44 am

PappouTed

got it, thanks

5:45 am

PappouTed

sorry for the hiccup, have a good day everyone

5:46 am

NonoNanette

and FIREWORKS!!

5:47 am

Queenruejean

Congrats Nono & Pappou!

5:48 am

phandmd

and done!

5:48 am

Queenruejean

And congrats to Phandmd!

5:49 am

phandmd

gotta run now too.

5:49 am

Aloyisius

yay, phand and Non and Pappou! Hello all.. another wee grid i see

5:49 am

NonoNanette

congrats phan

5:49 am

NonoNanette

hi Aloy, small but somewhat challenging

5:50 am

NonoNanette

and now i must be off to shovel some snow

5:50 am

NonoNanette

happy babbling

5:50 am

Aloyisius

ah, Nono, sounds like I will learn some newbies! Careful shoveling!

5:57 am

montreal13

"Have tea...will babble" - hi all !

5:57 am

Aloyisius

hi there, montreal

5:58 am

montreal13

hi Aloy - got any snow your way ?

5:59 am

Aloyisius

lol, we are in fla. right now.. having a cold snap this morning as the front slipped south.. but NO snow!.. how about you?

6:02 am

montreal13

lots and lots - 3 quarters of an hour shovelling yesterday...since then, more snow and the dr***** snowplow showed up many times - i have an, at leat 3 foot high snowbank on sidewalk and in the street blocking entrance and driveway - it's at least 6 feet wide ! - a small mountain...

6:02 am

montreal13

at least*

6:03 am

carleekat

ooof snow...grrrr...I had to shovel for 5 hours yesterday

6:04 am

Aloyisius

wow.. i really don't miss that.. if we were still in NE Ohio, I believe we would be expecting tons of snow today! Some days were so bad that we couldn't get up the driveway and had to shovel a "tunnel" to the house.. ugh

6:05 am

montreal13

5 hours ? that's what i'll need today carlee - and good morning to you !

6:05 am

carleekat

my drive about 25 meter long

6:05 am

carleekat

myy driveway about 25 m long and I had drifts over 2 feet deep...we are 1 neighbourhood block from lake

6:06 am

montreal13

ahhh... that explains it... we have drifts and snowplows

6:06 am

Aloyisius

is the snow soft and fluffy or wet and heavy?

6:06 am

carleekat

packing snow

6:08 am

carleekat

we have a big snow fort in front lawn

6:08 am

montreal13

packed - when facing the wind, snow particles were actually painful...

6:08 am

Aloyisius

hope some kids are at least making snowmen.. used to get my kids to start their ball in the driveway.. every little bit helps

6:10 am

Aloyisius

my daughter would take my loaf pans and make bricks for her igloo.. took too long so she switched to bigger molds

6:11 am

Dachef

hi peeps! Whilst everyone is on the subject of snow - I thought I´d point out that I am currently in Girona, about 50 miles north of Barcelona and it is snowing!!

6:11 am

Dachef

The locals are going nuts - they havent seen snow in years!!!!

6:11 am

montreal13

hi Dachef ! - even there ??

6:12 am

Aloyisius

wow, Dachef.. doesn't sound like global warming in Spain

6:12 am

Dachef

its only a small covering, nothing much to write home about, but you´d think that it was the fianl reckoning!!!!

6:13 am

montreal13

lol

6:14 am

montreal13

got 50 words...but getting tougher...

6:15 am

Aloyisius

took me forever to find the second de6.24, looked it up and it is an Indian cedar tree.. oh well, maybe I will remember it for next time, maybe not, lol

6:16 am

bichon

Aloy, a hint please

6:17 am

montreal13

haven't got that one Aloy...

6:17 am

Aloyisius

sure.. starts out with the same letters as what you put under your arms so that you won't offend anyone..

6:17 am

Aloyisius

and ends with have a m**velous day

6:18 am

bichon

ty Aloy

6:18 am

movieman

clues for the 7s plz

6:18 am

montreal13

tx aloy

6:18 am

mrpresident

hello everyone :)

6:19 am

movieman

hiya mrp

6:19 am

montreal13

i have 2 re7 so far

6:19 am

Aloyisius

hi mm, and hello there mrp!

6:19 am

montreal13

hello there mrp !

6:19 am

movieman

clues monte?

6:20 am

mrpresident

hi mont and aloy and movieman :))

6:20 am

montreal13

clue for 1 is "****y set go"

6:20 am

montreal13

2nd is crypted again

6:20 am

Aloyisius

she we7 of telling her kids the same thing over and over again, it exhausted her..

6:21 am

movieman

ty monte and aloy

6:21 am

mrpresident

thanks aloy!

6:22 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone!

6:22 am

mrpresident

hi annie :))

6:22 am

montreal13

tx aloy ! - bonjour Annie !

6:22 am

Aloyisius

great family pic, mrp... how in the world did you get one with everyone (even the dog) looking super? At least one person has their eyes closed in our fam pics, lol

6:23 am

Anniebrook

hi mrp! :)) and bonjour montreal!:))

6:24 am

Aloyisius

howdy, Annie.. how is NY?

6:24 am

mrpresident

oh it was the fifth photo!! the dog struggled, the woman had her eyes shut... a couple of double chins later, we got it right!

6:25 am

Anniebrook

new york is quite windy! grateful for no snow.

6:25 am

Aloyisius

(-: lol, that sounds about right, mrp..

6:25 am

Anniebrook

mrp...going to see your house...you have a beautiful family

6:26 am

Scrabbler

Hi everybody.

6:26 am

montreal13

'morning scrabs !

6:26 am

Aloyisius

snow day for you, Scrabbler?

6:26 am

montreal13

adour

6:26 am

montreal13

ooops

6:27 am

Anniebrook

Hi Scrabbler

6:28 am

Anniebrook

mrp...couldnt open the site for your house...hmmm

6:28 am

mrpresident

hi scrabs :)

6:28 am

Anniebrook

I am so computer illiterate it is pitiful

6:29 am

Scrabbler

Wonderful photo, Michelle!!!!!!

6:31 am

mrpresident

thanks scrab! :))

6:31 am

Scrabbler

All of the Buffalo schools are closed--SNOW DAY! I was supposed to do my monthly stint as school doctor this AM but now I am free for 4 hrs before I go to the office.

6:32 am

Queenruejean

I'm probably going to kick myself, but can anyone help me with my last? It's the co6/24.

6:32 am

mrpresident

what is wrong annie!?? do you need help ?

6:32 am

Aloyisius

yay, was hoping you would get a break, Scrabbler.. but I remember you mentioning that driveway of yours

6:32 am

montreal13

dont have it queen...

6:33 am

Aloyisius

crack the secret co** and I will play you a tune on the p**no

6:33 am

Scrabbler

Yup, Aloy, the snowplow guy just finished my driveway. We got at least a foot of snow and there is more up north in the city. The local school here is open.

6:33 am

montreal13

tx aloy, always forget that one...

6:33 am

Aloyisius

arrgh, bet the local kids are not happy..

6:34 am

Queenruejean

Thanks, Aloyisius. I thought I tried that but must have monkeyed all around it. And I'm finally done!

6:34 am

Scrabbler

I embedded that word into my grey matter a few wks ago when it was here.

6:34 am

Aloyisius

yay, congrats Queen!!!!

6:34 am

Scrabbler

And my nephews' school is open.

6:34 am

Scrabbler

Yippeeeee Queen!!

6:34 am

montreal13

wtg queen !

6:35 am

mrpresident

i am amazed at the amount of babblets I just 'know' now

6:35 am

mrpresident

it certainly helps me get through the games faster

6:35 am

Queenruejean

Thanks all. Almost time to get my husband up, so I'll go pretend I actually slept. Good luck! :)

6:35 am

Scrabbler

And they help immensely in other word games and puzzles, don't they?

6:35 am

montreal13

true mrp... even I know some of them now...

6:36 am

Aloyisius

bye, Queen.. see you next time

6:36 am

mrpresident

mind you, I have no idea waht a lot of them mean.
I went searching for uncouth the other day.... there is no couth btw

6:36 am

mrpresident

nite nite queen :)

6:36 am

montreal13

bye queen

6:37 am

mrpresident

oh yes scrabs! I have done really well with target word and crossword

6:37 am

Scrabbler

And we can incise and excise but there is no cise.

6:37 am

Aloyisius

well, i looked up the third fa4.8 this morning bec it also has a past tense in the grid.. and i laughed because it seems rather an ugly word to mean "apply cosmetics"

6:37 am

Anniebrook

mrp!...I opened the url and your house is beautiful!!! I could understand your being loathe to leave such a serene house but I am sure your next home will be just as wonderful

6:38 am

mrpresident

oh annie, I am mortified at what is available!

6:38 am

Scrabbler

Hmm, I am wondering what that word is, Aloy...searching.

6:39 am

Anniebrook

mrp! and the prices they want!

6:39 am

montreal13

got them aloy...the past tense especially sounds funny...

6:39 am

mrpresident

I so want to pull out of the sale

6:39 am

mrpresident

I truly do

6:39 am

Anniebrook

can you do that, mrp?

6:40 am

montreal13

can't be done i guess mrp ??

6:40 am

Aloyisius

brb.. need some bagel power!

6:40 am

montreal13

later aloy

6:40 am

mrpresident

it can be done montreal, but with a price

6:41 am

montreal13

a price you are willing to pay mrp ??

6:43 am

mrpresident

yes montreal, it certainly is

6:44 am

montreal13

well then, what is stopping you ? i'm sorry, i don't know the story behind the sale...

6:48 am

montreal13

if u dont want to talk about it, np :)

6:52 am

Aloyisius

bagel power worked.. fireworks and I'm off to scrub floors today and clean out the freezer.. fun, fun! Happy Babbling, all.. see you next grid..(-:

6:53 am

montreal13

wtg aloy and hagd !

6:54 am

Anniebrook

congrats, aloy

6:57 am

montreal13

most school in the province are closed - most roads are only passable - it is minus 12 C but with the wind chill factor, it feels like minus 20 C (around minus 4 F)

6:58 am

montreal13

schools* even !

6:58 am

montreal13

68 down, 21 to go - BBL - happy babbling all !

6:59 am

mrpresident

oh, me not being able to work, not being able to contribute to the house and costs... we have a beautiful home that we have to sell cause the insurance won't pay for my very rare illness

7:00 am

montreal13

sorry to hear about that (((mrp)))

7:01 am

mrpresident

after 7 years of hospital and surgery, we are falling behind with the living expenses going up 40% and the interest rates on housing going up to 9%

7:02 am

Anniebrook

sorry to hear that too, mrp..is there nothing you can do to force the insurance company to pay for your arm surgeries...have to spoken to an attorney about this dilemma?

7:02 am

Anniebrook

*have you

7:02 am

mrpresident

so wish things were different. no way the insurance will pay

7:03 am

mrpresident

there are 57 specific illnesses they pay for... mine was ultra rare and not on the list...

7:03 am

Anniebrook

I wish things were different for you also {{mrp}}..perhaps an apartment till you find a new home

7:03 am

Anniebrook

dammm the list!

7:04 am

mrpresident

yes annie, it will work out

7:04 am

mrpresident

I have 20 left and need to got to sleep! it is already tuesday!

7:05 am

montreal13

i dearly hope that things work out for you and yours mrp...

7:05 am

mrpresident

love to you all and see ya later on! :))

7:05 am

Anniebrook

everything does work out, mrp! you have a positive attitude and a wonderful hubby and children....sweet dreams, mrp!

7:05 am

montreal13

later (((mrp)))

7:05 am

mrpresident

thanks montreal and annie :))

7:06 am

montreal13

must go too BBL - happy babbling all !

7:06 am

Anniebrook

bye montreal, stay warm!

7:07 am

montreal13

bye Annie...it won't be easy as shovelling beckons...

7:07 am

Scrabbler

I was checking e-mail. Good night, mrp.

7:07 am

Scrabbler

Stay warm, Luc!

7:07 am

montreal13

"POOF"

7:08 am

montreal13

tx scrabs -- "REAL POOF"

7:08 am

Scrabbler

Is it just you and me now, Annie?

7:08 am

Anniebrook

scrabbler, how is your friend Mary?

7:10 am

Scrabbler

I visited on Saturday evening. She finished her last radiation treatment on Thursday and will now continue chemo. She is extremely weak--cannot walk, so physical and occupational therapy are the main focuses now. There are 2 small Xmas trees in her room, and the kids were all there. I fed the baby. It is SO sad, so surreal. The good news is that the tumors are shrinking...will they disappear?? We can only wait.

7:12 am

Anniebrook

Scrabbler, Very sad. Is she home? How many children does she have? I pray for her recovery every night

7:14 am

Scrabbler

The kids are 7 (girl), 3 1/2 (boy) and the 10 wk old baby (girl). To see them all on the bed, cuddling with their sick mom is heartbreaking and just overwhelming with emotions.

7:14 am

bbnaz

hello you two

7:14 am

Anniebrook

hi bb!

7:15 am

Scrabbler

She is still in the hospital and the next step is to go to a rehab facility. I am sure her husband will try to have her home for at least several hrs on Xmas day.

7:15 am

Scrabbler

Hi Betsy!

7:15 am

Anniebrook

scrabbler, truly heartbreaking...an infant too in the mix..so sad

7:16 am

bbnaz

i do not do well durin gthe holidays. you know classic depression and all yet when i read what you write scrabbler, it seems so self indulgent. not only your friend but one of mine has been diagnosed with als, another had their wife die.........so no time for me to have a pity party for meself

7:16 am

Anniebrook

bb, love your Christmas "tree"

7:17 am

bbnaz

*smile* I think that the saguaro is the most beautiful cactus

7:17 am

Scrabbler

There has been so much tragedy that I am involved with in the last few motnhs--terrible diagnoses, deaths.

7:17 am

Scrabbler

I have found just 31 words--they are not jumping out at me.

7:17 am

bbnaz

Yours is a very difficult profession

7:18 am

Anniebrook

28 words here...

7:18 am

bbnaz

I have 33 and I started at the flip. I do have the 8 though so am pleased.

7:18 am

Scrabbler

Yes, and it reminds me to be grateful for good health.

7:19 am

Scrabbler

An 8? Ah, yes. I didn't review the stats.

7:19 am

Anniebrook

clue, clue

7:19 am

Scrabbler

Pretty please, a clue?

7:20 am

bbnaz

when you put things onto tape or paper you have re* your thoughts

7:20 am

bbnaz

or words

7:20 am

Scrabbler

Aha. TY! I had just found the co6 a moment ago.

7:20 am

Anniebrook

thank you, bb, as soon as I saw your clue the word popped out at me

7:20 am

bbnaz

all new bands want to make a black round piece of vinyl or now they want to make cds....

7:20 am

Uniquity

I was resistinbg the grid until you gave me the 8! Morning all...

7:21 am

bbnaz

morning Uni.

7:21 am

Anniebrook

hi Uni! resistance is nil

7:21 am

Scrabbler

Aha, Uniquity has been sucked in. You cannot resist the Babble forces! Where is your Mom, Uni?

7:22 am

Uniquity

work work work! She got yesterday off and paid today ;)

7:26 am

Anniebrook

Strange words here today

7:26 am

Uniquity

That's not promising

7:27 am

Anniebrook

babblets galore

7:27 am

bbnaz

well i am up to 42 now

7:27 am

Scrabbler

They must be, Annie, because I cannot see anymore normal words. I am up to 48 and am ready to use the list.

7:28 am

Anniebrook

i only have 35 but I am going slowly and enjoying my morning coffee

7:29 am

bbnaz

i am having lunch with my friend with als. first time since his diagnosis so i am lingering here too.

7:29 am

Scrabbler

I always laugh after I open the list. I start to see so many obvious words. Aha!

7:30 am

Scrabbler

That is a miserable illness, Betsy--SO sad.

7:30 am

bbnaz

you know at least with alzheimer's you get to the point where you are unaware.........

7:31 am

Anniebrook

that is an awful illness, bb, so sad

7:31 am

Scrabbler

But with ALS it is a slow paralyzing death from respiratory failure.

7:32 am

bbnaz

and he is somewhat estranged from his children so he lives alone. bloody kids but maybe this will be the catalyst to put it to rights.

7:32 am

Scrabbler

I hope so, Betsy

7:32 am

Scrabbler

Help with cr5 anyone?

7:32 am

bbnaz

i mean he is a bit difficult and most likely made his miscues in the past, but he is their father after all.

7:32 am

Anniebrook

I hope so too

7:33 am

Anniebrook

cr + vowel + either **

7:33 am

Scrabbler

TY, Annie!

7:33 am

Anniebrook

yw, scrabbs

7:34 am

bbnaz

Ditto that.......and you got that without the list?!

7:34 am

Anniebrook

bb, my monkeys got that one, not me

7:34 am

bbnaz

*whew* but I am always greatful for monkeys like that!

7:35 am

Scrabbler

It's always nice when the Babblet monkeys show up.

7:35 am

Anniebrook

I am feeding them organic bananas

7:35 am

Scrabbler

The last de6?

7:35 am

bbnaz

*grateful*

7:35 am

Scrabbler

Good for you, Annie--keeping them healthy.

7:35 am

bbnaz

maybe that is my problem today, i obviously cannot spell

7:36 am

Anniebrook

de ----first 3 letters of what we use so we do not offend people and a board game ***ts

7:37 am

Anniebrook

that was from a clue...i amended it somewhat

7:37 am

Anniebrook

anyone for ae 5/10 please

7:38 am

Scrabbler

I didn't get the first part of the clue but the second part helped me figure it out

7:38 am

Scrabbler

Eagle nest, Annie

7:38 am

Anniebrook

good for you, scrabbler

7:38 am

bbnaz

ae5 is where eagles live

7:38 am

Anniebrook

thanks, scrabbs

7:38 am

bbnaz

sounds like "fresh" oxygen

7:39 am

P.J.

HOHOHO,good morning all.................8-)

7:39 am

bbnaz

that de stumped me

7:39 am

bbnaz

morning hodag!

7:39 am

Scrabbler

Ho ho, Hodag!

7:39 am

Anniebrook

and thanks, bb

7:39 am

Anniebrook

hi Hodag, Ho Ho Ho!!!

7:39 am

P.J.

hiya bb

7:40 am

Scrabbler

How is Mousey doing, hodag? I miss his antics here (somewhat).

7:41 am

P.J.

hey Scrabbler,Mousey is doing fine,hiya Annie

7:41 am

Scrabbler

It always made me laugh when he came up with new screennames, such as Inge3.

7:42 am

P.J.

he is a stinker some times,but we'll keep him!..........;-)

7:42 am

Scrabbler

BBS--I am going to try to find my newspaper in the snow at the end of the driveway. I suspect the snowplow buried it and I will find it in the spring.

7:43 am

Anniebrook

happy hunting!

7:51 am

Scrabbler

No luck with the paper--buried! And you missed a good laugh: as I searched in the snow my left leg sunk into the snow at the gully at the end of my driveway. All of sudden I sunk! So my left leg is wet now.

7:52 am

Anniebrook

scrabbler, quick, change your clothes, I am being a mother

7:53 am

P.J.

oh no ,that sounds cold brrrrrrrrr!!

7:53 am

Scrabbler

Well, I will roll the leg of my pajamas up as I am too lazy to go upstairs to change.

7:53 am

Scrabbler

Aloy has mentioned that the 3rd fa4/8 is weird and I cannot find it.

7:54 am

Anniebrook

well deserved lazy morning, eh scrabbs

7:54 am

Anniebrook

I cant find that fa 8 either

7:54 am

Scrabbler

Haha, I was quite lazy yesterday too.

7:54 am

P.J.

sounds like something I would do.............lol

7:55 am

bbnaz

fa8? there is no fa8 only the re8

7:55 am

Scrabbler

When I sunk in I quickly looked for any people that might have witnessed me.

7:55 am

Anniebrook

fa 4/8 rhymes with--if it is not soft it is h***

7:55 am

Scrabbler

It is the 3rd fa4/8 she means.

7:55 am

bbnaz

got what you mean. i am slow you know

7:56 am

Anniebrook

i just clued it

7:56 am

bbnaz

only 35 to go and no list only your help!

7:56 am

Anniebrook

and then past tense the fa4/8

7:56 am

Scrabbler

TY Annie!

7:57 am

Anniebrook

yw scrabbler, my wet friend

7:57 am

bbnaz

okay make that 34

7:58 am

P.J.

gotta go now bye.

7:59 am

Anniebrook

bye hodag!

7:59 am

bbnaz

bye hodag....stay out of snow drifts like our friend Scrabs

7:59 am

periwinkle

hi all, found a 7 all by myself

7:59 am

periwinkle

may I have a clue for the 8 please

7:59 am

Scrabbler

Yahoo Periwinkle.

8:00 am

Scrabbler

re8==to have taped a CD

8:00 am

periwinkle

I just got up, didn't sleep well, no snow here!!!

8:00 am

Anniebrook

phone

8:00 am

periwinkle

thanks Scrabs, might have found that on my own if I were more awake

8:01 am

Scrabbler

2nd fe6?

8:01 am

Scrabbler

Consciousness is overrated, Periwinkle.

8:01 am

Scarlet

Good morning, all. Scrab, the second fe6 is a felt hat

8:02 am

periwinkle

well, look who it is, Good Morning Scarlet

8:02 am

Scrabbler

TY, Scarlet! Good to see you! Are you OK?

8:02 am

periwinkle

LOL Scrabs

8:03 am

periwinkle

no coffee yet

8:03 am

Scarlet

Hello, peri and good day to all. Yes, Scrabbler, we are well... very busy with visiting grandchildren, daughter's birthday tomorrow (26) and cooking, etc. We are super cold, but not having to deal with your weather, thank goodness!

8:04 am

Scarlet

Soooo good to see you all. {{{peri}}} Will be writing this afternoon... when I will take some "me" time... LOL I'll trade being very tired for the looks on our darlings' faces and all the hugs and kisses...

8:05 am

periwinkle

lucky you Scarlet

8:05 am

Scarlet

I know... and now, I'm getting teary-eyed just remembering their loving ways...

8:06 am

periwinkle

how old are you grandchildren, Scarlet?

8:06 am

Scrabbler

All of the Buffalo city schools are closed, but not the suburban ones. The city plows need a day to get the sidestreets done today.

8:07 am

Scarlet

The South Carolina brother and sister are nearly 7, the little girl, and just 5 in September, peri. The Ohio children are 7 and 4... two sisters... the loves of our lives.

8:07 am

Scrabbler

re5/14 is stumping me, or, actually I am giving up

8:08 am

bbnaz

FE6 is the type of hat men used to wear

8:08 am

bbnaz

think of the plant that grows along water and don't double the vowel Scrabs

8:08 am

Scrabbler

Great ages, Scarlet! Funny and precious! My favorite age group is 2 1/2 - 7. Too many kids become bratty at 7. Don't let it happen to your little ones, Scarlet

8:08 am

cherirock

hi all new player

8:08 am

Scarlet

Oh, Scrabbler... the SC daughter who visited yesterday lived in Syracuse last year... and she went screaming back to the South after that record-breaking snow last year... She was between Mexico, NY and Syracuse... nearly lost her mind having to go to school every day... she's a gradeschool teacher!

8:09 am

bbnaz

welcome cheri

8:09 am

Scrabbler

Hi cheri--welcome!

8:09 am

bbnaz

Scrabs did that clue help?

8:09 am

Scrabbler

Hey, Scarlet, it builds character!

8:09 am

cherirock

ty scrabbler

8:09 am

pabtrek

welcome cheri, be warned, it is very addictive

8:09 am

cherirock

hi bbnazxx

8:09 am

Scrabbler

I am still thinking about that, Betsy--is that re5/14??

8:09 am

Scarlet

They are simply amazing (I am very biased)... special, sensitive, talented and considerate... the girls have been fabulous mothers.

8:10 am

cherirock

hi pabtrek

8:10 am

Scarlet

Hi, Cheri... welcome to the best on-line word game in history!

8:10 am

bbnaz

Yes. also sounds like the thingie that makes a clarinet mouthpiece work

8:10 am

periwinkle

hi cheri, welcome

8:10 am

bbnaz

hello pab

8:11 am

pabtrek

hi bbnaz

8:11 am

cherirock

how do i get a avater please

8:11 am

Scrabbler

Sorry, Betsy, I need the first re5/14.

8:11 am

bbnaz

oh well so do i then *blushing*

8:11 am

Scarlet

Cheri, you have to go "pro" by paying under $16 to join for a lifetime membership.

8:11 am

Scrabbler

You must "go pro"--lifetime fee = $14.95 USD

8:12 am

Scarlet

Good morning, bbnaz and pabtrek!

8:12 am

Scrabbler

Haha, Betsy.

8:12 am

cherirock

oh do you have to pay

8:12 am

bbnaz

but you can play for free for two weeks and then you will lose sight of the tile stats and word stats. still free, just no "extras"

8:12 am

bbnaz

morning scarlet!

8:12 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, is there an ew7, if so can I get a clue, please?

8:12 am

Scrabbler

You don't HAVE to, unless you want to keep the tile and word stats past the 14 day trial period.

8:13 am

Scarlet

Cheri, you can play for a few weeks to try it out, but then you can have an avatar and some other perks.

8:13 am

pabtrek

morning, Scarlet

8:13 am

Scrabbler

No ew7, Marc

8:13 am

bbnaz

No marc. there is not an ew7

8:13 am

Scarlet

No ew7 Marc.

8:13 am

bbnaz

and cheri you can play for free forever if you wish. some do

8:13 am

Scrabbler

re7 x 2 and we7

8:13 am

cherirock

ok ty all xxxx

8:14 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks Scrabbler

8:15 am

Scrabbler

Done! Betsy, that re5/14 = to happen again.

8:15 am

Scrabbler

TY all for clues. Now I must accomplish some chores that were not done yesterday when I had a migraine. Enjoy the day!

8:15 am

bbnaz

thanks Scrab!

8:15 am

pabtrek

congrats Scrabbler

8:15 am

Scarlet

Have a peaceful day, Scrabbler!

8:16 am

bbnaz

and congratulations! as for your migraines.....email me at betsy baker at yahoo.com for what my daughter is prescribed...amazing stuff

8:16 am

Marc Freeman

I need a clue for one of the re7's I have the one which you might do if you were a spy but not the other one?

8:16 am

bbnaz

came from neurologist at Barrows Neurological Institute. simply amazing bullet

8:17 am

Angelsong

hi, all. any clues for the second DE6/24?

8:17 am

periwinkle

bbnaz, may I e-mail you too, a dear friend of mine gets bad migraines

8:17 am

Scarlet

bbnaz... what a wonderful name you have! Sounds like a brand name for some kind of harmonic embrace... "Speak your mind, but ride a fast horse" by Betsy Baker... LOL

8:18 am

bbnaz

oh Annie had a great one too for the de6.24

8:18 am

bbnaz

the stuff you put under your arms (first three letters) then the board game that hangs on the wall that is found in pubs ***ts

8:18 am

Marc Freeman

the other re7, please?

8:18 am

bbnaz

*laughs* yes Scarlet, speaking my mind sounds like me.

8:18 am

montreal13

"have more tea...will then babble some more" - hi all ! - 21 words to go...

8:19 am

bbnaz

I only have the one you have marc

8:19 am

Scarlet

Good morning, Lucien! How is your back and shoulders after having dealt with snow yesterday?

8:19 am

bbnaz

did that help Angel?

8:20 am

Scarlet

*are*

8:20 am

montreal13

both aching scarlet and tx for asking - talking of naughty, guess what i've been doing the last 30 minutes ?

8:20 am

montreal13

"re**y set go" marc for the other re7

8:20 am

Scarlet

Okay, I'll bite... doing something wonderful for your wife, I bet! You are such a sweetie!

8:21 am

Scarlet

Probably shovelling for another visitor?

8:21 am

periwinkle

having coffee and an brownie for breakfast

8:21 am

montreal13

yes and no scarlet... i shovelled the driveway so she that she can get out...

8:22 am

montreal13

so that she* even

8:22 am

Angelsong

fireworks for me...short and sweet, today

8:22 am

periwinkle

*a*

8:22 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks montreal got it

8:22 am

montreal13

wtg Angel !

8:22 am

montreal13

yay marc !!

8:22 am

periwinkle

yay for Angel

8:22 am

Scarlet

LOL... Oh, Luc... you just can't help yourself... peri, please pass the brownie tray... I have my coffee.. Yahoo for Angel!

8:22 am

periwinkle

okay, passing tray of brownies to Scarlet

8:22 am

Scrabbler

Betsy--what is the med? I know a neurosurgeon at Barrow--I went to high school and med school with him.

8:23 am

Scrabbler

I want brownies too!

8:23 am

Scarlet

Ohhhh, just what I needed... thank you dear Peri!

8:23 am

montreal13

brownies ? if i may peri ?

8:23 am

periwinkle

okay one for you montreal, I really like your given name

8:23 am

Scrabbler

Congrats Angel & Marc!

8:23 am

bbnaz

james frey is the doc. it is a combination of three different pills taken at once.

8:23 am

Scarlet

*Watching flurry of activity in peri's kitchen*

8:24 am

periwinkle

and one for you too Scarbs, now no more left

8:24 am

montreal13

well double tx to you peri !! feel free to use it or a diminutive thereof ...

8:24 am

Scrabbler

Feverfew/vit B/magnesium? I take that combo daily.

8:24 am

periwinkle

will have to bake some more later, will maybe make some blondies too and some easy fudge

8:24 am

pabtrek

congrats angel and marc

8:24 am

Scrabbler

**tackling everyone to get the gooey brownie in the middle of the pan**

8:25 am

montreal13

"avoiding scrabs' tackle and diving for the tray"

8:25 am

bbnaz

ascomp w/codeine, halioperidol and dex

8:25 am

Scarlet

Watch out... Scrabbler ALWAYS wins...

8:25 am

bbnaz

knocks the bugger out before it can take hold. they give the cocktail in injection form if you go to the er

8:25 am

periwinkle

I am stuck with 34 left to find

8:25 am

montreal13

"wake up in a daze...don't know what happened..."

8:26 am

Scrabbler

Yes, Scarlet, I could hurt someone, especially when chocolate is the goal!

8:26 am

Scarlet

LOL, Scrabbler... please attend to Luc... he seems a touch dazed...

8:26 am

montreal13

ah YOU scrabs happened...

8:26 am

bbnaz

make that "haloperidol"

8:27 am

Scrabbler

Wow, that is quite a powerful combo, Betsy. I take 440 mg of naproxen and that usually knocks it out.

8:27 am

bbnaz

daughter clara has had them since 2nd grade (now in 11th) and when they are bad, that is the only relief

8:27 am

Scrabbler

**attending to Luc's injuries, especially the concussion** **casualty of the chocolate wars**

8:28 am

bbnaz

naproxen, ibu, any of the otc do NOTHING for her.

8:28 am

bbnaz

actually there is question as to whether or not they are "true" migraines as imitrex didn't do a thing for her

8:28 am

montreal13

"thanking scrabs... forgot what goal was...somewhat dizzy"

8:28 am

Scrabbler

The pain is not so bad for me as is the dazed/confused/foggy feeling.

8:29 am

bbnaz

but no organic reason for them can be found. she is being treated for tmd right now though. they suspect that causes some of the cluster headaches

8:29 am

periwinkle

Scarlet have you made fudge with chocolate morsels and sweetened condensed milk

8:29 am

bbnaz

and as I said, that cocktail is the "silver bullet" and not used regularly

8:29 am

Scrabbler

The best way to prevent injury when chocolate is available is to have an abundance of chocolate!

8:30 am

Scrabbler

Cluster HAs are severe!

8:30 am

montreal13

chocolate ? what year are we ?

8:30 am

Scrabbler

Well, I must prevent another migraine by getting breakfast now before blood sugar plummets too low.

8:30 am

Scrabbler

Luc, words...make words.

8:30 am

bbnaz

it has been an extremely frustrating medical journey to say the least

8:31 am

montreal13

enjoy scrabs...

8:31 am

Scarlet

Scrabb...are you still here?

8:31 am

montreal13

words ? chocolate ? wars ? am lost again...

8:31 am

bbnaz

bbl - off to drive younger to school

8:32 am

montreal13

later BB

8:32 am

periwinkle

Lucien, are you okay?

8:32 am

Scarlet

Something amazing and wonderful happened Saturday evening... grannymaxxx's husband, Milt, called me from Waldorf, Maryland to thank me for the card and the letter I wrote to the family. He was such a nice person...

8:32 am

periwinkle

Scarlet, did you see my question re fudge

8:33 am

Scarlet

Yes, peri, and I have made that type of fudge... I usually use a jar of mallow creme to make mine... and the texture is pure heaven.

8:33 am

montreal13

lol yes peri, am fine - just fooling around re: scrabs knocking me out cold to capture last brownie...

8:33 am

periwinkle

thought you had, Scarlet

8:33 am

periwinkle

mallow creme instead of the milk?

8:34 am

Takuma Sato

Waldorf is not far from where I grew up

8:34 am

Takuma Sato

and good morning, all!

8:34 am

periwinkle

HI Takuma

8:34 am

Scarlet

Then he told me about the family being around her bed when she passed... he said it was "beautiful", and that the Babble site meant so much to her, and the friendships that developed as a result of her love of the game. Hi, Takuma!

8:34 am

montreal13

good morning Taku !

8:34 am

periwinkle

that is lovely, Scarlet

8:34 am

Scarlet

Mallow creme and a can of regular evaporated milk, peri.

8:35 am

periwinkle

okay, how much mallow creame Scarlet, I will be making it for the ladies in the rental office

8:35 am

periwinkle

I have the evaporated milk already

8:35 am

montreal13

wonderful moment with Milt i'm sure scarlet...

8:36 am

Scarlet

Peri, I will send you the recipe this afternoon... do you need it now? It was remarkable, Luc... one which I shall treasure... he was so very nice, and we talked for about 45 minutes...

8:36 am

periwinkle

I can wait til this afternoon, thanks Scarlet

8:38 am

Scarlet

Okay, dear... I will get the cookbook at the keyboard when I write... you will love this fudge.. and it can be made as a double decker type, with chocolate on the bottom and peanut butter fudge on the top... one pan of stuff... then a cup of choc. chips and a cup of peanut butter chips...

8:39 am

Scarlet

I still have 25 words to find, and don't want to finish too quickly... then I'll have to do the laundry... L:OL

8:40 am

montreal13

take your time then scarlet - got 19 left myself...

8:40 am

LuvB

WHAT DO THE 7'S BEGIN WITH

8:41 am

Scarlet

LOL... Luc... sometimes it's hard to slow down... one word leads to another... Hi, LuvB... please don't shout... we can see you...

8:41 am

montreal13

RE7 x 2 and WE7

8:42 am

gracewer

clue for the last de 6 please

8:42 am

Marc Freeman

Any clues for the o in the middle of the grid. I have one which is past tense for the paddle in a boat oa5/12 anyone know what the other two are?

8:42 am

gracewer

re 7 - past tense of the re 6

8:42 am

montreal13

no need to shout LuvB...

8:42 am

LuvB

a person who is more of the de4,6

8:43 am

Marc Freeman

de6 two vowels after the de4 before it

8:43 am

LuvB

apologize

8:43 am

montreal13

just kidding luv...

8:43 am

Haz1558

oc5/12 and or5/12 - the latter being an anagram of the boat one.

8:43 am

Haz1558

oc5/12 - oc plus the beginnings of what you do with a book.

8:43 am

gracewer

that is the first de 6 - sorry i need the last de 6 / 24

8:43 am

Scarlet

Good morning, Haz!

8:43 am

angel35

have a thought and change first vowel marc

8:44 am

montreal13

hi hazel and tx Angel35

8:44 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks Haz got the oc now looking for the or

8:44 am

Haz1558

Good morning Scarlet and everyone!

8:44 am

montreal13

last de6 = underarm ***dorant + i ***e you !

8:46 am

moonwoof

Why I love you too, monte.

8:46 am

moonwoof

Morning all.

8:46 am

Scarlet

Good morning, moonwoof.

8:46 am

periwinkle

HI there Haz, you missed my brownies

8:46 am

montreal13

"warm feeling...someone loves moi !"

8:46 am

Haz1558

I did? You didn't save any for me?

8:46 am

Marc Freeman

Haz can't seem to find that stupid or5/12, any other clue?

8:47 am

Scarlet

*many do, Luc*

8:47 am

Haz1558

or5 - what the author might say about his book to an editor. Or o plus what you do to a book.

8:47 am

periwinkle

No Haz, there was a mad scramble and they were gone in an instant, need to make some more

8:47 am

LuvB

help with the we7. the or5,12 o+what you do with a book

8:47 am

Takuma Sato

there's an or- that is the name of a type of mountain nymph

8:47 am

moonwoof

How could we not? Quarks attract odd bonds. =)

8:47 am

montreal13

ahhhhh (((scarlet)))) - and i lost a one-sided battle with scrabs to get the last brownie... concussion etc...

8:48 am

Haz1558

So, it's not your fault, peri, it was the manners of the mob?

8:48 am

Haz1558

we7 - a past tense of a tired word

8:48 am

Scarlet

I know, Luc... that Scrabbler should be a hockey player... she knocked you out cold... LOL

8:48 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!

8:48 am

periwinkle

correct Haz

8:48 am

Marc Freeman

I have that one, it does not come from that 'o'

8:48 am

montreal13

:) moon .... and HI !

8:48 am

Haz1558

I see it all clearly now, peri. You're absolved.

8:48 am

moonwoof

Morning Eva

8:48 am

Haz1558

Hello EvaNadine!

8:48 am

periwinkle

Hi Eva

8:49 am

periwinkle

:D

8:49 am

Haz1558

Okay, Marc, back to the drawing board.

8:49 am

EvaNadine

how is everyone, this fine + chilly monday?

8:49 am

periwinkle

In the future, I will set one aside for you Haz

8:49 am

Marc Freeman

I got it, it is a od4/5

8:49 am

Haz1558

od4 - follow a type of poem with a vowel?

8:49 am

Haz1558

Thanks peri, not that I'm demanding preferential treatment or anything.

8:49 am

moonwoof

Happily not Too chilly Eva. Somehow the big storm everyone kept saying to watch for hasn't shown up here.

8:49 am

periwinkle

okay have 17 left, bbs to finish

8:49 am

montreal13

hi Eva - cool (minus 20 C with windchill factor) but the sun is out !!!

8:50 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks Haz

8:50 am

Scarlet

Good day, Eva! Has the man found a starting day yet?

8:50 am

Haz1558

Evanadine - it's cold here as well, but it's pleasant out provided you wrap up warmly.

8:50 am

Haz1558

See you later peri.

8:50 am

EvaNadine

January 7 is the big day!
just negotiating salary now. :)

8:51 am

montreal13

yay for Eva and companion !

8:51 am

Scarlet

Great news, Eva!! :-) That is Russian Christmas, isn't it... Yippee!!

8:51 am

EvaNadine

yes, its great news!

8:52 am

Scarlet

Later, peri! Oh, Eva... I feel as though it happened to someone in my family, I am so happy!

8:52 am

Marc Freeman

How many f 6's are there, I have one fa and two fe, is that all of them?

8:53 am

periwinkle

back for a bit, Scarlet I was looking through my Toll House cook book and found a recipe for Mashmallow Cream Fudge, I am guessing it is the same or similar to your recipe, right?

8:53 am

montreal13

dont know marc, i have 2

8:53 am

EvaNadine

just one last large stressor in our lives, then *hopefully* things will finally settle down and we can breathe easy again for a little while!

8:53 am

Haz1558

There are two fa6 words.

8:53 am

montreal13

make that 3

8:53 am

periwinkle

jar of marhmallow cream and 1 1/2 cups of sugar, very sweet

8:53 am

Scarlet

Let me check, peri... mine is in the Hershey's Favorites cookbook... will be right back.

8:53 am

Marc Freeman

Can you clue them for me?

8:54 am

periwinkle

there is also a recipe for Bourbon Balls :-)

8:54 am

montreal13

one FA is past tense of putting on some make-up...

8:54 am

Haz1558

One is an old fashioned Tinkerbell, the other is a past tense/adjectival ending for fa4/8

8:54 am

montreal13

one FE7 is past tense of being afraid of..

8:55 am

Marc Freeman

I have the fa4/8 past tense. I will look for the Tinkerbell one, thanks

8:55 am

Scarlet

This recipe calls for 2 1/4 C. sugar... but the end result is not sweet... it's purely rich and creamy.

8:55 am

Haz1558

The girl fe6/30 the embarrassment when her father donned his fe6/30

8:56 am

Takuma Sato

think Spenser's "The Fa6 Queen"

8:56 am

Scarlet

I'll be making sugared whole almonds and candied walnuts and raisins later, peri... so good!

8:56 am

montreal13

tx hazel, had the 1st of those... but not the 2nd...

8:57 am

periwinkle

Scarlet, that is even more sugar than the recipe I have

8:57 am

periwinkle

please send me your recipe anyway, Scarlet

8:57 am

pompellid

past tense of putting on make-up? *confused*

8:57 am

Scarlet

I know, peri, but I bet the result is the same... the marshmallow creme makes the difference...

8:57 am

periwinkle

going now to eat a decent breakfast and get ready for the day

8:57 am

Haz1558

You're welcome montreal. I think you could probably carry one of them off, what do you think?

8:57 am

Scarlet

Later, peri-kins@ :-)

8:57 am

Takuma Sato

it's "eye-shadowed"

8:57 am

Takuma Sato

oops

8:58 am

Takuma Sato

ciao peri!

8:58 am

Marc Freeman

Still having trouble on the fa6, Tinkerbell one, I am sorry I am dense need another clue?

8:58 am

Haz1558

fa4/8 - follows the structure of easy's or soft's opposite.

8:58 am

montreal13

it's possible hazel...though it requires some "allure"...

8:58 am

pompellid

gnomes genre

8:58 am

Haz1558

f, plus an eagle's nest might help, Marc. (f is followed by two vowels)

8:58 am

Haz1558

I think you could do it. It would throw Anniebrook off the scent.

8:59 am

pompellid

Marc. usually found in forests and in literature.

8:59 am

towerof

how is this played?

8:59 am

montreal13

lol hazel... i would become inconspicuous, just another spy...

8:59 am

pompellid

old english version though

8:59 am

pompellid

old english version though

9:00 am

Haz1558

Exactly montreal.

9:00 am

montreal13

hi tower - are you new to te game ?

9:00 am

Scarlet

*Spies?* *Where?* *Callling 007 right now!*

9:00 am

montreal13

the* game

9:01 am

EvaNadine

for rules + clues on how to play, read the Help section, above

9:01 am

Takuma Sato

well, if you're going to be a spy, might as well blend in with the rest, right?

9:01 am

Marc Freeman

Finally got it thanks only 8 to go.

9:01 am

Haz1558

Anniebrook has been stalking montreal. The fe6/30 newly acquired by montreal may help to put her off.

9:01 am

Takuma Sato

hi, tower -- did you ever play the table-top game Boggle®?

9:01 am

montreal13

'xactly Taku !!

9:01 am

Scarlet

I thought our dear Annie was donning a nun's habit and flying over Montreal to "adjust" his attitude...

9:02 am

Anniebrook

*am back...hovering*

9:02 am

towerof

yes...ahh got it

9:02 am

Mom

Good Monday Morning to all

9:02 am

Haz1558

Quick, montreal, get the hat on before she notices!

9:02 am

montreal13

good luck Annie, you'll never find me now ! hehehehehhe

9:02 am

montreal13

hi mom !

9:02 am

Scarlet

{{{Annie}}} You have been "discussed" and I am still laughing...

9:02 am

Takuma Sato

You play it like Boggle®, but it scores like Scrabble®, with the Boggle multipliers

9:03 am

Vicuna

Who's that adventuresome-looking gentleman in the rakish fe6/30?

9:03 am

Haz1558

Make sure it's a white one,montreal. You'll be indetectable.

9:03 am

Scarlet

Hi, {{{Mom}}} Welcome to the loony bin...

9:03 am

Anniebrook

ah, Montreal thinks he can fool a nun by donning a fedora! HAH

9:03 am

Scarlet

Hi, Vicuna!

9:03 am

Takuma Sato

oops, "Boggle® multipliers" that is

9:03 am

Mom

{{Montreal}} good morning

9:03 am

montreal13

quiet vic ...shhhhh

9:03 am

Vicuna

Hello, all!

9:03 am

Haz1558

To the penalty box!

9:03 am

Scarlet

Annie!! To the PB

9:03 am

Takuma Sato

Hi, Vic and Mom

9:03 am

Mom

{{Scarlet}} hello

9:03 am

EvaNadine

i have RE7 and WE7 -- whats the other 7?

9:03 am

Haz1558

Hello Vicuna!

9:03 am

Mom

Good morning Takuma

9:03 am

Vicuna

Oh, sorry, montreal. I didn't realize yu still fe6/30 Annieb!

9:03 am

montreal13

yes Annie, land in the PB !

9:04 am

Takuma Sato

How long ago did Dr_God have to change the tiles, because the Scrabble® people were unhappy?

9:04 am

Haz1558

There are two re7 words.

9:04 am

montreal13

no longer Vic b/c of the fe****

9:04 am

EvaNadine

i have the RE7-8 combo

9:04 am

Haz1558

It must be about 18 months to 2 years, Takuma.

9:04 am

Vicuna

It was way back around the time you could first go pro, I think.

9:05 am

Takuma Sato

I can't remember what they looked like before -- I think it was a little font change. Is that right?

9:05 am

Haz1558

re7/40 - past tense of the enigma making re6/24

9:05 am

Anniebrook

*sitting dejectedly in the penalty box* I do that a lot....darn fe 6/30

9:05 am

Haz1558

re7/36 - made preparation.

9:06 am

Mom

**passes Annie Christmas cookies to pass the time**

9:06 am

montreal13

"hands over a secreted brownie to Annie in the PB"

9:06 am

Haz1558

I hope the nun in the penalty box isn't muttering naughty words under her breath.

9:06 am

Scarlet

**There, there, dear Annie** I have some hot coffee and your favorite chocolate macadamia nut cookies to soothe your conscience...

9:06 am

Vicuna

First they looked just like the Scrabble tiles. Then he changed it to something else, but it was harder to read, so then the current font was a third try. If I remember correctly, which is, of course, never assured.

9:06 am

Mom

thank you Haz

9:06 am

Takuma Sato

Man, this is the time to be in the PB

9:06 am

Haz1558

You're all so soft! If she does the crime, she does the time!

9:07 am

Vicuna

Haz must be planning to run for mayor of NYC.

9:07 am

Haz1558

THIS is why I got the Police Chief title.

9:07 am

Takuma Sato

Ah -- I might have been on hiatus for the intermediate stage

9:07 am

montreal13

SOFT is our middle name, can't help it hazel...

9:07 am

Anniebrook

*muttering naughty words*

9:07 am

Mom

we are just trying to make her comfortable, like the American prisons.

9:07 am

Takuma Sato

We need an archivist!

9:07 am

Haz1558

The secret microphones pick up everything, you know.

9:07 am

Anniebrook

*eating the cookies montreal and mom kindly gave me*

9:08 am

Uneaixoise

a timeline!

9:08 am

Mom

:)

9:08 am

Scarlet

Annie! I heard that....

9:08 am

Haz1558

And there had better not be a nail file included in that brownie.

9:08 am

Takuma Sato

a chronology!

9:08 am

montreal13

oui Une, une rimeline !!

9:08 am

Anniebrook

LOL....*found the file*

9:08 am

Uneaixoise

salut, montreal! beaucoup de neige chez toi?

9:08 am

montreal13

no nail file hazel... well maybe a wee one...

9:08 am

Anniebrook

hi une!

9:09 am

Takuma Sato

alright -- half the words down -- time for me to go calculate grades

9:09 am

Vicuna

We've got to get some PhD candidate anthropologist somewhere to study the culture of Babble for his or her theis.

9:09 am

Mom

hope you didn't chip a tooth finding the file. lol

9:09 am

Scarlet

Good morning, Une!

9:09 am

Takuma Sato

good luck all -- stay out of trouble, annie

9:09 am

Haz1558

I don't know. Zero tolerance is laughed at here.

9:09 am

Uneaixoise

morning, annie!

9:09 am

Uneaixoise

and scarlet!

9:09 am

Vicuna

thesis, I mean.

9:09 am

montreal13

trop de neige Une; have been shovelling for the last 2 days...

9:09 am

Uneaixoise

oh, wow--cold but sunny here :-)

9:09 am

Scarlet

Nice try, Takuma... but that Annie is a tough one to quiet down...

9:09 am

Takuma Sato

Well, we're a pretty tolerant bunch, haz ;)

9:09 am

Marc Freeman

co6/24, please?

9:10 am

montreal13

hagd Takuma !

9:10 am

Mom

sorry Marc, I don't have it

9:10 am

montreal13

encryption + 2 vowels marc

9:10 am

Haz1558

co6/24 - pain medication variation, add a couple of vowels to the end of the enigma (co4/6)

9:10 am

Uneaixoise

timeline could be hilarious . . . day first troll appeared, day "throw me a fish" became standard Babble usage, day "babblet" entered the lexicon . . .

9:10 am

Mom

thank you Montreal

9:10 am

Anniebrook

marc---co ---co4/6 and 2 additional vowels

9:10 am

montreal13

yqw mom

9:11 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks Montreal got it

9:11 am

montreal13

yw marc

9:11 am

Takuma Sato

I'd be keen to see things like biggest and smallest grids, etc., too

9:11 am

montreal13

day the PB was invented...

9:11 am

Anniebrook

*need more cookies*-----muttering

9:11 am

Takuma Sato

er, richest and poorest grids, or something like that

9:11 am

Uneaixoise

absolutely, takuma!

9:11 am

Haz1558

It would be interesting to see how many of the original players are still around. And to calculate how many people have played. Frankly I'd just make up a figure and defy anyone to contradict me!

9:12 am

Uneaixoise

would pecan brownies do, Annie?

9:12 am

montreal13

don't try that Annie, your time is up - out you go !!!

9:12 am

Vicuna

Dr_G may have the info about the grids. Atalante once asked him for the five largest grids in history, and he had them.

9:12 am

EvaNadine

i consider myself fairly original. :)

9:12 am

Anniebrook

Une, that would be wonderful

9:12 am

Takuma Sato

the first use of "fish hook letter" (which I still don't understand)

9:12 am

Scarlet

*Throws more cookies over the PB transom* *Offers some valium to Annie to quiet the muttering*

9:12 am

Haz1558

Now you're indulging her and rewarding bad behaviour. You'll all rue the day!

9:12 am

Uneaixoise

never!

9:12 am

Marc Freeman

do5/16, please

9:12 am

Takuma Sato

gp, vic. it hadn't occurred to me that he'd have all that info

9:13 am

Vicuna

You're original, EvaN. I'm purely derivative.

9:13 am

Haz1558

Whoever started those silly letter names should spend a LONG time in the PB, no cookies, no nail files.

9:13 am

Mom

Haz, you and I started within a few days of each other

9:13 am

Anniebrook

Well, Hazel, I am out, no thanks to you!

9:13 am

montreal13

dont have it marc

9:13 am

Takuma Sato

hear hear, haz

9:13 am

EvaNadine

what, Hook and Hoop?
heh

9:13 am

Haz1558

do5/16 - French sweet, if that helps?

9:13 am

Vicuna

lol, Haz.

9:13 am

Takuma Sato

Boo spelling clues!

9:13 am

montreal13

...and throw away the key hazel for good measure...

9:13 am

Uneaixoise

shirley mclaine: "Irma la Do***"

9:13 am

Haz1558

Boo!

9:14 am

Uneaixoise

ditto re spelling clues!

9:14 am

Takuma Sato

"Stick letter" "T-shaped letter"

9:14 am

Marc Freeman

Haz, it did help and I got it 2 to go

9:14 am

Vicuna

Tell them they can only get out of jail if they can solve a clue that does not use any spelling.

9:14 am

montreal13

tx haz and une

9:14 am

Uneaixoise

single hump . . . double hump . . . ugh

9:14 am

Takuma Sato

B-shaped letter, O-shaped letter, O-shaped letter!

9:14 am

Scarlet

Oh, Haz... I so agree... sometimes, when I have some words to finish, I see the clueing with ladder letters, hooks, curvy letters... and go screeching up a wall, begging for oxygen and demanding a frontal lobotamy...

9:14 am

Krista

hi folks..I'd be happy to just remember how I found Babble in the first place...have no idea

9:14 am

Haz1558

Now you're coming round to my way of thinking, montreal.

9:14 am

Uneaixoise

same here, krista . . . hmmmmm

9:14 am

Mom

{{Krista}} good morning

9:14 am

Vicuna

Give 'em he + double hockey sticks, Haz! lol

9:15 am

Takuma Sato

down with V-shaped letter, stick letter, C-shaped letter

9:15 am

EvaNadine

i had a friend who used to babble. i dont think she still does, but if she does, she doesnt chat anymore...i dont even remember which username she used...

but then i got a few coworkers hooked. ;)

9:15 am

Haz1558

Some day I'll get in trouble for speaking my mind but it looks like I've got a lot of agreement here!

9:15 am

montreal13

what do you mean now ? - i just want to make the time in the PB a little more pleasurable...

9:15 am

Krista

Thanks, Mom. :)

9:15 am

Takuma Sato

it was briefly very popular in an office at the university I used to attend

9:16 am

Takuma Sato

I don't remember how they found it

9:16 am

Scarlet

As the saying goes, Haz... "Speak your mind, but ride a fast horse!"

9:16 am

Mom

:)

9:16 am

Haz1558

montreal, it was the fact that you were throwing away the key for the letter abominators.

9:16 am

montreal13

hi there krista !

9:16 am

smcarrier

clu that de6,24 please

9:16 am

Mom

my sweetie found it for me from a USA Today article

9:16 am

Takuma Sato

but when no one chatted, we used chat to communicate, cross-campus

9:16 am

EvaNadine

i dont really mind the letter-names, but i try to avoid them when clue-ing, unless i either get (1) frustrated with myself because i cant think of a good clue or (2) annoyed with other people asking for clues for the same word over + over again...

9:16 am

Krista

Wow, I've been here 3.5 years. I didn't think it was that long. No wonder I don't remember (aged brain).

9:16 am

Marc Freeman

The last 5 I need a clue for is the first re5/14, please?

9:16 am

montreal13

oh that - yes, 100% with you there !

9:16 am

smcarrier

deroce

9:16 am

Takuma Sato

I can see that, Eva

9:17 am

EvaNadine

ooh, youve got me beat, krista -- October 2004 here!

9:17 am

Vicuna

Mom, I think my sweetie must have read the same article. He's the one who recommended it to me.

9:17 am

Takuma Sato

Though in the desperate situations, I prefer the old practice of giving a googleable definition

9:17 am

Haz1558

de, then replace one vowel in the American smell or fragrance.

9:17 am

Krista

Hey Montreal! Strange..it is sunny here but snowing. Eva - you getting snow??

9:17 am

montreal13

happen again marc

9:17 am

Uneaixoise

wow, impressive, krista--May 2005 here

9:17 am

Mom

gotta love those guys. I forget what mine looks like... lol

9:17 am

EvaNadine

it snowed a week or so ago...but no snow at the moment...

9:18 am

Takuma Sato

it's more interesting than spelling, imo, and just as easy to use for the very frustrated

9:18 am

smcarrier

ugh ty

9:18 am

EvaNadine

(but i dont have a window in my office, so maybe im lying...heh)

9:18 am

montreal13

a re***ring event marc

9:18 am

Merk

Good Morning!

9:18 am

Krista

Wonder who the original babblers are, Une.

9:18 am

Mom

{{Merk}} Good morning

9:18 am

Haz1558

Good morning Merk.

9:18 am

Anniebrook

my son in law told me about babble and life has never been the same

9:18 am

sneakypete68

Hi all what does the 4.65 mean at the bottom of the list

9:19 am

Uneaixoise

are you thinking "Hall of Fame" ? LOL

9:19 am

Scarlet

Hi, Merk and Krista!

9:19 am

montreal13

hi there Merk !

9:19 am

Haz1558

Interesting Annie. Did your son-in-law have any kind of agenda do you think?

9:19 am

Anniebrook

hi Merk

9:19 am

Krista

What was the nature of the article? Hmmm..I'm going to Google Babble and see what comes up.

9:19 am

Takuma Sato

Hi, pete. That's your average word length

9:19 am

Uneaixoise

sneaky, it's the average point value per word

9:19 am

Scarlet

I started on Oct. 15, 2006, and I can barely remember life without my Babble boost every day.

9:19 am

Vicuna

sneakypete, it's the average number of letters in the words you have found so far.

9:19 am

EvaNadine

its the average word length

9:19 am

Anniebrook

Haz, was wondering the same thing myself?

9:19 am

Uneaixoise

oops, vicuna's right

9:19 am

Krista

Hi Scarlet. I didn't see you over the weekend. Was wondering about you. Don't go telling me you have a life outside of this.

9:19 am

bbnaz

okay please oh please. I need help with the do5.16 and the ro6.21

9:19 am

Takuma Sato

that article was responsible for a huge flood of folks

9:20 am

Marc Freeman

Thanks Montreal got it

9:20 am

sneakypete68

okay ty

9:20 am

bfsog

afternoon all

9:20 am

montreal13

ok marc

9:20 am

Haz1558

Let's think the best of him. He knew you would enjoy it. Nothing to do with keeping you occupied for long periods of time.

9:20 am

towerof

i just got a 40 point word!!

9:20 am

Anniebrook

Irma La Do***...someone clued this before

9:20 am

Uneaixoise

go, towerof!

9:20 am

Uneaixoise

(twas I)

9:20 am

Mom

very good Towerof

9:20 am

Haz1558

ro6/21 - such as help move things for rock groups etc.

9:20 am

Takuma Sato

that's gotta be one of the bigger ones in the grid, tower

9:21 am

montreal13

add 2 vowels to the tarred way BB - for ro6

9:21 am

Scarlet

LOL, Krista... actually, I try to sneak in the grandchildren and cooking and housework and shopping and *gasping for air* then more Babbling...

9:21 am

Marc Freeman

Thank you all for all of the clues, I am done and must go to work. Have a great Babble day.

9:21 am

bbnaz

ah but I have been driving child to school

9:21 am

bbnaz

thanks!

9:21 am

Vicuna

ro6/21 - someone who accompanies rock bands on tour

9:21 am

Haz1558

Well done Marc - have a good day.

9:21 am

towerof

first time playing this too! but i gotta get going...will my game save itself till i come back later

9:21 am

bbnaz

and thanks for that haz! I will now see rockets (insert HUGE smile here)

9:21 am

Takuma Sato

and, clever name, towerof -- I just got it, though I had to say it out loud

9:21 am

Mom

bye bye Marc. Have a good day

9:21 am

Haz1558

Yes, tower, as long as you come back before the grid changes. You have 14 hours.

9:21 am

Mom

congrats Bbnaz

9:22 am

Haz1558

Congratulations bb!

9:22 am

Mom

bye bye Toweof

9:22 am

montreal13

wtg BB !

9:22 am

petemcb

how many words are there today?

9:22 am

Mom

towerof*

9:22 am

montreal13

later tower !

9:22 am

Mom

89 Pete

9:22 am

Haz1558

Just 89 today.

9:22 am

Vicuna

89 words

9:22 am

Takuma Sato

if you log in using the same info, you'll pick up where you left off, modulo Haz's comment

9:22 am

Scarlet

Well done, bb!

9:22 am

petemcb

Thanks, Mom.

9:22 am

Anniebrook

Haz, to occupy my time as in to keep me from giving "advice"....yes, it has occured to me...thanks for the ro clue also

9:23 am

petemcb

and Haz, and Vic.

9:23 am

Takuma Sato

ok, now I really have to go get these grades done

9:23 am

Anniebrook

chat is flying by

9:23 am

Takuma Sato

have fun yall

9:23 am

Haz1558

Annie, I'm sure any advice you give would be fine!

9:23 am

Anniebrook

bye takuma

9:23 am

Scarlet

See you soon, TS!

9:23 am

Vicuna

I've heard this before Takuma!

9:23 am

montreal13

hagd Takuma !

9:23 am

Krista

That sounds like me, Scarlet. I"m really not on here that much, it just seems like it!

9:23 am

Anniebrook

LOL, Hazel, thank you!

9:23 am

Haz1558

Bye Takuma.

9:24 am

Takuma Sato

(heh, closing the babble tab this time, vic...)

9:24 am

Mom

bye bye Takuma

9:24 am

Scarlet

LOL, I know what you mean... some days, I zoom to the computer, knock out 50 words and then back to the next objective...

9:24 am

bfsog

my girlfriend went dentists earlier, i think i have sympathy pains lol

9:24 am

Vicuna

Bye, Takuma! lol

9:24 am

Krista

Bye TS! Have a good one.

9:24 am

Takuma Sato

*floop!*

9:24 am

smcarrier

fa6,27 anyone??

9:24 am

bbnaz

well now that was a head shaking video (as spoken by a mum)

9:25 am

Haz1558

fa6/27 - an old fashioned spelling of a creature, Tinkerbell being an example.

9:25 am

bbnaz

old spelling of the critters that are tinkerbell

9:25 am

Scarlet

Floop is a wonderful word!

9:25 am

Anniebrook

Spenser's, Fa**** Queen

9:25 am

Mom

thank you Haz

9:25 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, Mom.

9:26 am

bbnaz

nice to see Spangle's mug again

9:26 am

Haz1558

Yes, she likes to look in and keep you all under observation.

9:26 am

Anniebrook

bb, I was just thinking that too...how nice to see Spangle

9:26 am

Krista

This is the only day Patrick and I have to go shopping for the kids together, and I think our son is getting sick. Ugh...

9:27 am

Anniebrook

Oh Krista, sorry

9:27 am

Mom

oh no Krista, that is awful

9:27 am

Scarlet

Oh, sorry to hear that Krista... always bad timing around the holidays...

9:27 am

Krista

I feel like mother of the year, here, but I think I"m sending him to Nana's anyway. He can always come home if he needs to (**guilt**)

9:28 am

Scarlet

Just do it, Krista...

9:28 am

Mom

halfway! Time to clean some of the house. Take care everyone. {{Hugs}} to all of you

9:28 am

Haz1558

On you go, that's what grandparents are for.

9:28 am

Krista

He seems to have a low-grade fever and a slightly runny nose...

9:28 am

Scarlet

See you later, Mom!

9:28 am

Anniebrook

bye {{{mom}}}

9:28 am

Mom

bye bye Scarlet

9:29 am

Krista

Bye Mom!

9:29 am

Haz1558

Then he'll be grand tucked up and warm with his grandma.

9:29 am

Mom

bye bye Krista

9:29 am

Mom

bye bye Annie

9:29 am

Anniebrook

I must be on my way too, bye, dear babblers

9:29 am

Scarlet

I just know that I am tempting fate here... but, Beloved and I had our influenza vaccines about six weeks ago, and we have not had so much as a tiny sniffle...

9:29 am

Haz1558

Can you tell I'm a hard-hearted mother?

9:29 am

Scarlet

Later, Annie... you made me laugh so much today...

9:29 am

Krista

Nice to see you, Annie! Take care.

9:30 am

Haz1558

Annie - lovely to see you again and do have a nice day.

9:30 am

Vicuna

Let's hear it for hard-hearted mothers!

9:30 am

Anniebrook

Hear, hear!

9:30 am

Scarlet

Hip-hip-hooray for HHMs of the world!

9:31 am

Anniebrook

*poof*

9:31 am

Vicuna

Everyone always tries to make us feel unnatural. We've got to stick together.

9:31 am

Haz1558

To my shame I once sent my child off to school with chickenpox. She had complained of feeling itchy, but hand on heart it was only when I whipped up her blouse the afternoon after school that all was revealed......

9:31 am

Krista

thanks, ladies...no one fainted at the idea of taking him to grandma's with the sniffles...my mother would send me packing on a guilt trip

9:31 am

Scarlet

Fooey on the guilt-infusers... they are the bane of my existence

9:31 am

Haz1558

Krista - it's probably just a cold. He'll be fine!

9:32 am

Scarlet

You have to think of what YOU need sometimes too, Krista...

9:32 am

Haz1558

Just check for itchy spots first, to make sure it's not the chickenpox.

9:32 am

Krista

Bet she infected the whole school, Haz. ;)

9:32 am

SaddySolar

allo peeps

9:33 am

Scarlet

Hi, Saddy, and so long Babble Nation... life calls! See you later!]

9:33 am

Haz1558

She may have done, Krista, but she has forgiven me. Our attitude has always been to keep going unless you really can't.

9:33 am

Krista

It's weird with chicken pox now..they get the vaccine, so if they get it, it's a mild version - hard to tell if it's chicken pox at all.

9:33 am

Haz1558

Bye Scarlet - have a good day.

9:33 am

Vicuna

Bye, Scarlet.

9:34 am

SaddySolar

small puzzle today... are the words tougher than usual

9:34 am

Vicuna

Hello, Saddy.

9:34 am

SaddySolar

?

9:34 am

montreal13

bye scarlet - hi saddy

9:34 am

Krista

Bye Scarlet, thanks for the pep talk.

9:34 am

Haz1558

Saddy, the grid is small but it's not particularly difficult.

9:34 am

Krista

Hi Saddy! Nice to see a different country represented here!

9:35 am

rumplestiltskin

clue for co6,24 please

9:36 am

Haz1558

co6/24 - add a couple of vowels to the enigma (co4/60 so that you get a medicine alternative

9:36 am

montreal13

encryotion + 2 vowels rumple

9:36 am

montreal13

encryption* even

9:36 am

Krista

Ok, I'm off to send my sick child packing and go shopping! :) Have a great day, everyone.

9:36 am

montreal13

hagd Krista !

9:36 am

Haz1558

You too, Krista, and I hope the little one gets better soon.

9:36 am

Krista

what was that, Montreal?

9:37 am

Krista

Thanks, Haz. I'm sure he will.

9:37 am

bbnaz

(CONFUSION DISCLAIMER) okay so the "who's hot" column didn't move for me for almost 35 days until it went up 1 and now it has dropped 2 points. Go figure as I have finished every puzzle since Nov 5th. Not important but makes me crazy.

9:37 am

Haz1558

He wasn't calling you a hag. He's too well mannered for that.

9:37 am

montreal13

have a great day Krista !!

9:37 am

montreal13

tx hazel !

9:38 am

Haz1558

Have you been paying DR-God the required sweetener?

9:38 am

Krista

Oh! I never saw that one before, sorry. Tee hee...Hazel, you're funny. Bye guys. *poof*

9:38 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, montreal!

9:38 am

bbnaz

well we did have a wee conversation about how it was a bit wonky

9:38 am

montreal13

hey BB - yesterday ichecked the WHO'S HOT column and i was back at 1030... but many were at 1031 ??????????

9:38 am

SaddySolar

wheres the whos hot thing?

9:39 am

Haz1558

And did he give any reason for wonkiness? I thought computer things weren't supposed to be wonky.

9:39 am

SaddySolar

do u mean rankings?

9:39 am

montreal13

check RANKINGS saddy

9:39 am

Haz1558

Saddy, if you look at Rankings there are three columns there.

9:39 am

Haz1558

There's Who's hot, Village Elders and something else.

9:40 am

bbnaz

i was floating along at 1030 and didn't finish one puzzle. dropped like a stone to 988 where i have languished since until it finally went up 1 and now it has dropped two.............all with finished puzzles. i am more concerned with finishing my puzzles and babbling here but it still makes me crazy.

9:40 am

montreal13

but all the 1031 are back at 1030 today ! go figure !!!!

9:40 am

bbnaz

and no Haz, he didn't say anything other than it was wonky

9:41 am

Haz1558

Ah well, wonkiness wins.

9:41 am

bbnaz

and i am still here having fun so there you have it

9:41 am

bbnaz

okay. two days left sans children to finish my santa duties.........see you all later

9:41 am

Haz1558

Cream of the crop, that's the other one. I had a senior moment there. Sometimes it can be days before I remember someone's name!

9:42 am

montreal13

bye BB

9:42 am

Haz1558

Bye bb - hope the wonkiness gets sorted.

9:44 am

bbnaz

village elders is where i am desperately trying to gain some momentum since a year of not playing just did nothing to help.

9:45 am

montreal13

fireworks !

9:45 am

Haz1558

I must have a look sometime to see who's there and talk about them behind their backs.

9:45 am

bbnaz

HUZZAH for Lucien!

9:45 am

Haz1558

Congratulations montreal!

9:45 am

montreal13

YOUPPI !

9:45 am

bbnaz

Haz you make me smile. Okay really am shoving off now.........

9:45 am

montreal13

tytyty "taking a bow"

9:46 am

montreal13

have a great day betsy !

9:46 am

Haz1558

Bye bb!

9:46 am

Haz1558

Don't forget to take the fe6 off before you bow, montreal.

9:46 am

montreal13

ooops forgot "picks up fe6 from floor and dust it off"

9:46 am

lizmac

Hello there, only one left...any clues for the 2nd DE6/24, please?

9:47 am

Haz1558

The next time, you can incorporate it into a stage flourish!

9:47 am

bubba218

re7,36 please

9:47 am

montreal13

enjoy your day hazel - happy babbling all !

9:47 am

Haz1558

de6/24 - d, a female deer backwards, the first two letters of the Camelot King.

9:48 am

montreal13

"re**y set go" bubba

9:48 am

Haz1558

Thanks montreal, same to you!

9:48 am

bubba218

de6 starts like under arm spray + a person like evil kneivel is a ***edevil

9:48 am

petemcb

congrats, Montreal. When I combine fe6 and Montreal, I come up with Toe Blake. Does that mean anything to anyone?

9:48 am

Haz1558

As in Dr Who?

9:48 am

montreal13

It certainly does to me Pete !! what memories...

9:49 am

petemcb

how 'bout Danny Gallivan?

9:49 am

montreal13

and Dick Irvin ? - really have to go now - bye all "POOF"

9:49 am

lizmac

Thank you..Fireworks. Thanks for the clues.

9:50 am

Haz1558

Congratulations liz!

9:51 am

bubba218

thanks for the clue, fireworks

9:51 am

Haz1558

Congratulations bubba.

10:02 am

Haz1558

Okay, light fading so I'd better take Spangle out before she needs a miner's headlamp. Back later!

10:04 am

Merk

fireworks

10:08 am

Cheshill

co 6 24 please

10:09 am

Preethi

helo all

10:09 am

Preethi

one has the de 6/24?

10:09 am

SaddySolar

im stuck on that too...sorry Chesh

10:09 am

Preethi

the 2nd one

10:09 am

Deeha

Preethi look back to 9.28 where it is clued

10:09 am

bethn

more deceased preethi

10:10 am

Preethi

Hi Haz, Montreal, Bubba, liz

10:10 am

SaddySolar

more de4,6

10:10 am

Preethi

Hi Deeha, Bethn

10:10 am

bethn

hi all

10:10 am

Preethi

9.28 is not avbl Deeha..

10:10 am

Deeha

Hi to you. and hi all

10:11 am

Preethi

I have the first one.. need the second.. the one before the last de 4/5

10:11 am

Deeha

sorry 9.48

10:12 am

bethn

preethi , if you click the little icon that looks to me like a calculator next to " my friends" you can view entire chat

10:12 am

Preethi

deodar

10:12 am

bethn

de+what sounds like bad smell

10:12 am

Preethi

oops sorry abt that

10:13 am

Deeha

thayts the one!!

10:13 am

Preethi

got that Deeha, Thank you and thank you bethn

10:13 am

Preethi

thats fireworks for me!

10:13 am

Merk

congrats, preethi

10:13 am

bethn

yay preethi!

10:14 am

SaddySolar

co6,24 anyone?

10:14 am

Preethi

Thanks Merk, Bethn'

10:14 am

Merk

Didn't you love that de 6, 24. How can you be more dead 4,6?

10:14 am

Merk

Two vowels added on to the co 4,5

10:14 am

bethn

yvw

10:16 am

Cheshill

well in the princess bride whats his name was mostly dead

10:16 am

Merk

The one that stumped me was the cr 5 ... maybe it's what makes you de 6,24. It is coagulated blood ... yuck!

10:16 am

bethn

merk, if you look at my house plants you can see ther are many degrees of de**ness :)

10:28 am

harpjane

hello

10:29 am

bethn

hi harp

10:29 am

bethn

deoa

10:29 am

bethn

oops!

10:30 am

SaddySolar

good thing thats not a word beth

10:30 am

SaddySolar

heheh

10:31 am

harpjane

i was kind of hoping it WAS a word!

10:31 am

bethn

i try to clue whenever i can even if they are not words :)

10:31 am

Angela

Morning babblers!

10:31 am

bethn

hi angela

10:31 am

MLFAN17

mek if the cr 5 is the same word i have who would have guessed that one lol

10:33 am

harpjane

hi angela

10:34 am

Angela

how goes the grid for everyone? I have 53 and am soon going for Lickety :)

10:35 am

bethn

not too bad today, went to grid at 29 left

10:35 am

harpjane

i have 24 and I'm going now, i'm lazy

10:35 am

MLFAN17

i still cant figure out the co word with the two vowels added at the end of it

10:36 am

MLFAN17

Angela i started last night and have less then you do

10:36 am

Angela

if it's the one I have MLF, it is co 4/6 with the third vowel and then the first vowel

10:36 am

bethn

me either mlf

10:36 am

Angela

no sweat MLF, I'm temping today and have NOTHING else to do -trust me

10:37 am

MLFAN17

angela i think its 4/5

10:37 am

Deeha

co+ anagram of idea

10:38 am

Deeha

thats me with fireworks. Any more clues needed??

10:38 am

MLFAN17

angela sounds like me unless i watch tv..awaiting arrival of my mother some time today

10:38 am

Angela

congrats deeha!

10:38 am

Deeha

ty

10:39 am

Angela

:) Yikes! The mother-unit. Is that good or bad?

10:39 am

bethn

ty deeha

10:39 am

Deeha

no probs

10:40 am

harpjane

hello deeha, congrats

10:40 am

MLFAN17

deeha how many letter is that co word again?

10:40 am

MLFAN17

angela you mean the out law lol

10:41 am

MLFAN17

well my mother and father are moving somewhere here in NC so she is looking for a place to live

10:41 am

cornstalks

MLfan, where are you in NC? I'm in Hendersonville.

10:42 am

Angela

Excellent - that's always fun ML

10:42 am

MLFAN17

i am in Mockscille

10:42 am

Deeha

sorry I weas distracted wasnt it the co6 you wanted??

10:42 am

MLFAN17

Mocksville

10:43 am

MLFAN17

deeha i think so somethignn about the word idea but i cant get anything to work

10:43 am

cornstalks

Mocksville's pretty far east, right?

10:44 am

MLFAN17

its an hour from charlotte

10:44 am

BettyAnne

oc5/12 & fa6/27 please

10:44 am

MLFAN17

and half hour from winston salem

10:44 am

MLFAN17

about two hrs from the Va border

10:44 am

cornstalks

Just curious. I'm always amazed to find people close by

10:45 am

Deeha

it is co4 before it + -thats a good *de*!!

10:45 am

cornstalks

the world wibe web! I'm about 90 minutes West of Charlotte

10:45 am

Deeha

fa6 is Titania the fa**** queen

10:45 am

cornstalks

Let me try again. Neat to find people close by on the world wide web!

10:45 am

MLFAN17

corn when i lived in va was amazed when i find people from there but usually they were not that close from where i was lol

10:46 am

Deeha

oc5 is oc + ***lly amazing!!

10:46 am

BettyAnne

Thanks Deeha.

10:46 am

MLFAN17

ty for the oc5 deeha i got it

10:46 am

Deeha

Think it is time for my evening glass of wine - or two!! Bye all good luck

10:48 am

MLFAN17

fa6 is that a ship?

10:48 am

MLFAN17

as part of the clue i meant

10:49 am

harpjane

top row grey, off to work with me!

10:49 am

MLFAN17

corn yes that too but i dont find people much from va when iw as there lol

10:49 am

EspritdJean

no ML fa6 is an alternate spelling of what tinkerbell is

10:49 am

cornstalks

faerie

10:49 am

cornstalks

Oops! Sorry

10:50 am

MLFAN17

ohh ty esp that makes more sense

10:50 am

Angela

friend of mine travels to Charlotte quite a bit - works for Bank of America

10:50 am

EspritdJean

:-)

10:50 am

MLFAN17

ty corn but i knew it already as soon as i got the clue lol

10:51 am

MLFAN17

angela thats a good job your friend can go all over the US if they wanted even be transfered

10:51 am

EvaNadine

runs around screaming *i dont WANNA run SQL queries all day!!*

10:52 am

Cheshill

ok fire works! now off to Christmas shopping!

10:53 am

MLFAN17

ae 6?

10:53 am

Angela

she actually works in NH and goes down there sometimes for meetings

10:53 am

Cheshill

past of ae 5

10:53 am

Angela

it's a good gig that's for sure :)

10:53 am

EvaNadine

AE6 is past-tense of AE5...burds nest, methinks

10:53 am

Cheshill

bye all

10:54 am

MLFAN17

angela not too bad of a commnute even by plane

10:54 am

MLFAN17

eva what is ae 5 lue i only have a 5

10:54 am

MLFAN17

clue

10:54 am

EvaNadine

AE5 - birds nest

10:54 am

MLFAN17

i mean ae 4 sorry

10:55 am

Uniquity

Hey babblers, what's the good word?

10:56 am

MLFAN17

eva now if i can figure out which one it is to use i would be in great shape huh?lol

10:56 am

MLFAN17

Hi uni

10:56 am

EvaNadine

same first 3 letters as your AE4

10:58 am

Uniquity

Everyone safe post-storm, thus far?

10:58 am

Uniquity

Thanks Eva, gave me them all :)

10:59 am

EvaNadine

YW uni :)

11:00 am

72 Temple Owl

hi all!

11:00 am

MLFAN17

i am determined to get this one lol

11:00 am

Angela

hiya uni

11:00 am

Angela

Hey TO!!!

11:01 am

Angela

so far so good Uni. lots of shoveling though

11:02 am

MLFAN17

eva vowels at the end or is that too much info??

11:02 am

MLFAN17

HI 72

11:03 am

MLFAN17

i am getting errors

11:04 am

EvaNadine

theres only 2 more letters to noodle...im sure you can figure it out. :)

11:04 am

Angela

me too ML

11:04 am

MLFAN17

refresh the page angel

11:04 am

MLFAN17

angela

11:04 am

EvaNadine

refresh the page + they do away...
at least they did for me. :)

11:05 am

Angela

that seemed to work for me - tx

11:06 am

caitlyn

afternoon all.....How are you all coping with the snow? I have been watching it on the news

11:06 am

MLFAN17

yw angela thats how i fixed it

11:06 am

72 Temple Owl

hi caitlyn

11:07 am

MLFAN17

isnt their a double oo word?

11:07 am

Angela

hi cait

11:07 am

EvaNadine

OO5 ends the same way as the AE5

11:09 am

MLFAN17

i had to refresh again

11:10 am

MLFAN17

eva what si the clue for oo5 please?

11:10 am

caitlyn

And me MLF

11:10 am

Angela

me too ML

11:10 am

caitlyn

Are any of you being affected by the weather?

11:11 am

MLFAN17

not here cait

11:11 am

rururocks

co 6/24 clue?

11:11 am

MLFAN17

windy yesterday though

11:12 am

MLFAN17

and did get some rain

11:12 am

MLFAN17

just cold today

11:12 am

Angela

nope - clear blue sky here Cait

11:12 am

caitlyn

ruru add a couple of vowels to the 2nd co4/6

11:13 am

caitlyn

Its freezing in Wales as well but dry

11:14 am

MLFAN17

cait that one is so aggravating

11:15 am

72 Temple Owl

cordea

11:15 am

MLFAN17

72 that doesnt work lol

11:17 am

caitlyn

ruru did that clue help?

11:17 am

MLFAN17

i got the ec

11:18 am

MLFAN17

cait i still cant figure it out i tried all the possibilities i can think of nothing is working

11:18 am

MollyL

Your clue helped me Caitlyn, thanks.

11:18 am

bethn

has anyone clued 2nd fe6/30?

11:18 am

72 Temple Owl

maybe you need to try a to z

11:19 am

72 Temple Owl

fe6/30 = a hat

11:19 am

MLFAN17

its vowels i know that much 72

11:19 am

bethn

mlf what are you looking for?

11:19 am

rururocks

yes catlyn... I have been getting red boxes but it finally went through

11:19 am

caitlyn

MLF the 2nd4/6 think morse co.. and add 2 vowels from the bottom of the grid
YW Molly

11:20 am

MLFAN17

fe6?

11:20 am

rururocks

thank you

11:20 am

bethn

ty TO !

11:20 am

caitlyn

How are you TO?

11:20 am

MLFAN17

beth the clue with the woord or pat of the word idea

11:20 am

MLFAN17

co

11:21 am

72 Temple Owl

i'm ok and you, cait?

11:21 am

Uniquity

Just reading back through, thanks for the co6 caitlyn. Hey TO!

11:21 am

Haz1558

Did I read about you being sore all over yesterday, TO?

11:21 am

caitlyn

YW Uni
Im fine thanks TO

11:21 am

bethn

for fe6? or a different one?

11:22 am

MLFAN17

i got the 6/24 co

11:22 am

MLFAN17

beth fe6 please

11:22 am

bethn

a kind of mans hat

11:22 am

rururocks

de 6/24 clue.. the second one next to last de

11:22 am

72 Temple Owl

hi haz! haz a took a tumble down the basement steps

11:23 am

Haz1558

It sounded really nasty! Are you feeling better today?

11:23 am

bethn

de+sounds like a smell

11:23 am

Uniquity

Ouch TO...hope you didn't break or sprain anything!

11:23 am

72 Temple Owl

I took a tumble, certainly hope not you , haz

11:23 am

Judi

Afternoon, all! Holey Moley, TO! Guess you bounced, eh?

11:23 am

caitlyn

Oh TO poor thing ,I bet you will have some bruises

11:24 am

bethn

to are you ok? thats how i broke shoulder & tore rot. cuff :(

11:24 am

Haz1558

No, no basement steps to tumble down. It would be useful for keeping people in, now that I come to think of it (the basement)

11:24 am

caitlyn

Hi Judi

11:24 am

72 Temple Owl

i am very bruised...going to dr tonight

11:24 am

Haz1558

Hello Judi.

11:24 am

MLFAN17

sounds like a smelll lol

11:24 am

Haz1558

I was worried that you might have done damage to your back again.

11:24 am

72 Temple Owl

judi, with all this blubber, yoou'd think so! unfortunately i didn't land on the blubber

11:25 am

Uniquity

By people, do we mean George? TO, I really hope it's not too bad. I've fallen down many a step and it is highly unpleasant!

11:25 am

caitlyn

Are you at work today TO?

11:25 am

72 Temple Owl

i am home.

11:25 am

bethn

some smells do have sound, changed diapers lately ?eeeew! argggh! echhhhh!

11:25 am

Haz1558

I suppose I did have George in mind. You know me so well. It's scary in one so young.

11:26 am

caitlyn

Try and rest until you have seen the Dr

11:26 am

72 Temple Owl

no rest for the holiday procrastinators, cait

11:26 am

Judi

Hope everything is okay, TO. Whenever I fell down steps, they were carpeted. Didn't stop me from squishing a disc, though (not to mention my self-esteem).

11:26 am

bethn

fa6/33 anyone - its my last one

11:26 am

caitlyn

LOL!!

11:26 am

Uniquity

Don't want to to stay too still though, or you'll stiffen up all over and hurt more

11:27 am

Haz1558

fa6/33 - puts a past tense ending onto fa4/8

11:27 am

72 Temple Owl

no carpet.

11:27 am

Judi

*passes egg nog and morphine to TO *

11:27 am

MLFAN17

hey beth is their a name for those types of smells lol

11:27 am

Haz1558

So move, but not too much. Take drugs but not too many. We've got you sorted, TO.

11:27 am

LoriP

G'd afternoon Babblers!

11:28 am

72 Temple Owl

skip the morphine - just more nog

11:28 am

MLFAN17

judi have you ever had Silk nog?

11:28 am

Haz1558

Good afternoon Lori, nice to see you

11:28 am

LoriP

***wonders if I can have egg nogg and morphine, without falling downstairs.*** :-)

11:28 am

72 Temple Owl

hi lorip

11:28 am

SaddySolar

co6,24 please????

11:28 am

Uniquity

Exactly Haz...just a middlin amount of everythin ;)

11:28 am

LoriP

TO, I hope you get on the mend quickly!

11:28 am

Judi

*holding nose* Hate egg nog of any kind, MLFAN. Makes me gag.

11:28 am

Haz1558

Nobody needs to witness the event, Lori. I'd say go for it.

11:29 am

LoriP

G'd afternoon Haz. As always, your sage advice brings me through.

11:29 am

72 Temple Owl

oki have we4/8;wi4/9;wi4/11 and wi5/26 what am i missing please? (ouch i sprained two fingers and typing hurts!)

11:29 am

Haz1558

co6/24 - if you have the type of communication Morse perfected (co4/6) add two vowels.

11:29 am

Uniquity

I shall witness the lack of event...**follows her through house**

11:30 am

Judi

We7/48, TO.

11:30 am

Haz1558

Sage advice. That should be carved on my tombstone. 'She gave sage advice'

11:30 am

MLFAN17

Jud i dont like thr eal stuff either and id o drink milk but the Silk stuff is so good

11:30 am

caitlyn

we7/48 TO

11:30 am

72 Temple Owl

ty cait!

11:30 am

MLFAN17

haz i still cant figure that one out ugghh

11:30 am

Haz1558

Have you we7/48 already of finding more w's?

11:30 am

LoriP

Sage advicem just in thyme. That's our Haz! ***stop following me #1***

11:31 am

SaddySolar

thanks Haz

11:31 am

rururocks

still can't sniff out the de 6/24

11:31 am

rururocks

monkeys need coffee

11:31 am

MLFAN17

ruru me either

11:31 am

Uniquity

Thanks for the 7 Haz

11:31 am

Haz1558

ML. You've got the Morse co4/6 - add the ending on the land of the kangaroos and Cats of Glory.

11:31 am

72 Temple Owl

it builds on the four above it

11:31 am

LoriP

***hands ruru and monkeys, fresh coffee***

11:32 am

bethn

begins with what you put under arms+ **e you ready for christmas

11:32 am

MLFAN17

4/6 or 4/8 72?

11:32 am

Haz1558

de6/24 - Take a d, add BACKWARDS female deer, then the first two letters of the camelot King.

11:32 am

SaddySolar

RURU de+ weird spelling for smell

11:32 am

caitlyn

Lori doesnt coffee make monkeys hyper?

11:32 am

Haz1558

You're welcome for the 7 Uniquity.

11:32 am

Uniquity

That de is weird, thanks again!

11:33 am

LoriP

hyper monkeys are the best kind! :-)

11:33 am

MLFAN17

saddy is that 6/24?

11:33 am

MLFAN17

de?

11:33 am

72 Temple Owl

hand monleys banana chocolate bar

11:33 am

Uniquity

Hyper monkeys work the hardest ;)

11:33 am

SaddySolar

there are 2 de 6,24s

11:33 am

bethn

sorry mlf i was watching video the only thing i can think of is auralstench !?!

11:33 am

Haz1558

ML - I've clued the de6/24 below.

11:33 am

LoriP

heh heh heh beat #1 to that.

11:33 am

bethn

fireworks

11:33 am

MLFAN17

well i got one of them saddy lol

11:34 am

72 Temple Owl

yay bethn!

11:34 am

Uniquity

Congrats Beth!

11:34 am

SaddySolar

the first is more de4,6... the second is what i just said

11:34 am

LoriP

Congrats beth!!!!

11:34 am

MLFAN17

i got it from saddy's clue

11:34 am

SaddySolar

yay beth

11:34 am

Haz1558

The first de6/24 is comparatively more mortal than another. The second de6/24 - change two vowels....

11:34 am

caitlyn

Congrats bethn!!

11:34 am

72 Temple Owl

k how many de6/24 are there?

11:35 am

SaddySolar

does anyone have the cr word?

11:35 am

SaddySolar

there are 2 de6,24s

11:35 am

Haz1558

cr5/14 - cr, a vowel, then two lettered word used for alternatives.

11:35 am

caitlyn

2 de6/24 and 1 de6/21

11:35 am

Haz1558

TO, there are two de6/24.

11:35 am

bethn

ty all! anyone need help before i go finish payroll?

11:36 am

72 Temple Owl

check! got them!

11:36 am

SaddySolar

YAY got it HAz... any idea what it means though

11:36 am

Haz1558

Don't forget to award me extra money beth for all the sage advice I've given lori.

11:36 am

Judi

Fireworks. I think my mouse is about to pooh out. It can't decide if it wants to single click or double click. Even though I have it set to single click. Time to upgrade to a wireless rodent, methinks.

11:36 am

Haz1558

Well done, Saddy.

11:37 am

Uniquity

Yay Judi!

11:37 am

SaddySolar

i need the first two ae words beth

11:37 am

Haz1558

Congratulations Judi!

11:37 am

caitlyn

Congrats Judi!!

11:37 am

MLFAN17

camelot king??hmm

11:37 am

72 Temple Owl

lol judi i read that as MOTH!

11:37 am

MLFAN17

i have one ae word

11:37 am

72 Temple Owl

i mean MOUTH

11:37 am

Haz1558

The one who took the sword from the stone. Or first two letters of Mr Garfunkel to be more contemporary.

11:37 am

MLFAN17

how many wlrds in this grid?

11:38 am

SaddySolar

89

11:38 am

caitlyn

89

11:38 am

Haz1558

There are 89 words.

11:38 am

bethn

eagles nest saddy, all ae words have same first 3 letters

11:38 am

Judi

Hmmm. Did you hit your head when you fell down the steps, TO, or is this just the usual delusions?

11:38 am

72 Temple Owl

must be! imagine your MOUTH poohing out

11:38 am

SaddySolar

ok got the ae5

11:38 am

rururocks

we lost a monkey over here.. but I did find the de 6 thanks haz

11:39 am

Haz1558

That's good, ruru.

11:39 am

MLFAN17

haz is tht de below the de 4/6?

11:39 am

bethn

past tense for the 6

11:39 am

Judi

* sets Christmas cookies aside * Thanks for that image.

11:39 am

SaddySolar

got the 6 too... FANKS peeps

11:39 am

MLFAN17

saddy what is the clue for the ae5?

11:39 am

72 Temple Owl

aw, judi!

11:39 am

SaddySolar

16 more words for me

11:40 am

Haz1558

de4/6 - not being alive, de6/24 being even less alive.

11:40 am

bethn

bye all see you tomorrow in the grid

11:40 am

Judi

LOL. The two cats just had a fight over who was going to be lord of the queen size bed. Knuckle heads.

11:40 am

SaddySolar

eagles nest MLFAN

11:40 am

Haz1558

ML - concentrate on one word at a time, you're getting me mixed up with what you want.

11:40 am

MLFAN17

haz i have those

11:40 am

caitlyn

Bye bethn

11:40 am

72 Temple Owl

*sigh* must get to de to purchase new laptop and tv

11:40 am

MLFAN17

but haz isnt their another de 6/24?

11:41 am

72 Temple Owl

i have my eye on a tv at boscov's

11:41 am

phaeton

the re7/36?

11:41 am

Haz1558

The second, and final de6/24 is the one I clued as involving backwards female deer and King Camelot. That's it. TWO de6/24.

11:41 am

MLFAN17

lol haz its okay i am always confused

11:41 am

debjed

hello, everyone. i'm sore and tired today. shoveled yesterday and went sledding with a 6 year old:)

11:41 am

sherb

*ponders* ...how is it possible to be even more de4?...

greetings Babblers :)

11:41 am

debjed

can anyone help me with the de6,24, please?

11:41 am

MLFAN17

haz yes that the oen i cant get yet

11:41 am

caitlyn

Hi deb

11:41 am

72 Temple Owl

hi deb

11:41 am

Haz1558

sherb! And not on a weekend!

11:42 am

MLFAN17

deb 11:41 am is one of them look at haz's clue

11:42 am

caitlyn

Hi sherb

11:42 am

Judi

Word on the TV. Hubby and I are eying a 50" plasma for the den. Coming soon with a home equity loan (along with.... tah dah... new windows!

11:42 am

72 Temple Owl

hi sherb!

11:42 am

MLFAN17

yeah sherb kinda weird huh?lol

11:42 am

sherb

hiya Haz!! ...I know... finished work last Friday, off for 2 whole weeks :)

hi TO :)

11:42 am

72 Temple Owl

i have not seen jacs lately, has anyone else? the grids have probably been too short to catch her

11:43 am

Haz1558

Right, This is the last time I am going to clue de6/24, the second and last. d, a female deer backwards, (three letters), first two letters of King **thur, or Mr **t Garfunkel.

11:43 am

SaddySolar

i need the last de4,5

11:43 am

72 Temple Owl

why plasma not lcd? i am thinking 42 in lcd

11:43 am

Uniquity

I haven't seen Jacula in weeks

11:43 am

sherb

and caitlyn :)

11:43 am

phaeton

only need three more, does anyone have re7/36?

11:43 am

Judi

Well, I'

11:43 am

Haz1558

Oh ,good for you sherb - you'll enjoy two babble filled weeks.

11:43 am

Haz1558

Jacula is okay, she seems to come on early in the morning.

11:43 am

caitlyn

If I had a tv that big all the terrace where I live could watch it at the same time Judi .I live in a tiny miners house

11:43 am

Judi

Spaz fingers. I'm off to clean up the garage a bit. Xmas decoration boxes everywhere. Maybe hubby will be able to get his car in there when he gets home.

11:43 am

Haz1558

re7/36 - made preparation

11:44 am

LoriP

***I sure wish I had a clue for the de 6/24*** :-)

11:44 am

Haz1558

Do you want pushed down some basement stairs, Lori?

11:44 am

phaeton

which one lorip?

11:44 am

72 Temple Owl

: P lorip

11:44 am

FMitch

Haz, Haz I need a clue for the de6/24!!
Ducks back under the table grinning.

11:44 am

Uniquity

Well, Lori....You could come peek off my lappy....

11:44 am

rururocks

done....89... juust needed those two clues thanks haz and caitlyn

11:44 am

phaeton

thank you Haz

11:44 am

Judi

Lori: my zombie is more deceased than yours.

11:44 am

72 Temple Owl

later, judi

11:44 am

Haz1558

Because I'll push and there'll be no egg nog nor morphine....

11:45 am

MLFAN17

yeah really lori wish someone would give us a good one lol

11:45 am

Haz1558

And FMitch can join you in the basement. Hello there!

11:45 am

FMitch

LOL Lori- great minds and all that.

Hello everyone :)

11:45 am

72 Temple Owl

haz please don't wish that upon anyone. you haven't lived until you have one blue breast

11:45 am

Uniquity

Haz, I can do it for real if you like....She's in here dying with laughter

11:45 am

sherb

hi FMitch!! :)

11:45 am

Haz1558

Pleeeeeease.

11:45 am

LoriP

Congrats ruru! LOLOL @ Haz

11:45 am

caitlyn

Haz have you clued the de6/24 yet? :)

11:45 am

72 Temple Owl

hi mitch!

11:45 am

MLFAN17

yes cait

11:46 am

debjed

thanks Haz for clueing it again! got it

11:46 am

caitlyn

Hi FMitch

11:46 am

SaddySolar

ok i need the de6,21 and the de4,8 right after that

11:46 am

MLFAN17

camelot king and backwards female deer

11:46 am

FMitch

Hi TO and sherb and caitlyn and all.

11:46 am

Haz1558

I'll be clueing that blessed de6/24 in my dreams.

11:46 am

rururocks

eggnog and morphine.. sounds like a Keith Richard holiday

11:46 am

rururocks

?

11:46 am

Uniquity

The worst thign is that I type it in AGAIN every time she clues it

11:46 am

phaeton

how about or5/12

11:46 am

caitlyn

Ho Ho Ho!

11:47 am

72 Temple Owl

*blushes* forgot you were here ruru

11:47 am

MLFAN17

de4/8 alternate spelling of going against someone or what they want you to do

11:47 am

SaddySolar

yay got de4,8...

11:47 am

grant

or5 ends with what one does to a book

11:47 am

SaddySolar

ow i need de6,21

11:47 am

phaeton

found it,...one to go!

11:47 am

SaddySolar

NOW***

11:47 am

MLFAN17

hi phae

11:47 am

Haz1558

or5/12 - an anagram of oa5/12 (propelled the boat) - o plus what you do with a book.

11:48 am

72 Temple Owl

de6/21 buils on de4/5 above it

11:48 am

MLFAN17

i know wha tthe 6/21 is but i cant think of a clue for it lol

11:48 am

sherb

de6/21 - extension of de4/5... friendly...

11:48 am

rururocks

its okay.. I have seen blue boobys before... in the galapagos

11:48 am

SaddySolar

yayyyyyyyyyy

11:48 am

72 Temple Owl

a term of affection

11:48 am

72 Temple Owl

ROFLMAO!

11:48 am

SaddySolar

thanks 72 owl, and sherb

11:49 am

FMitch

LOL ruru

11:49 am

Haz1558

See, TO, head to the Gally Pagos and you'd fit right in.

11:49 am

72 Temple Owl

the booby hatch, perhaps

11:49 am

rururocks

you'd have to fish a lot though to

11:49 am

72 Temple Owl

i loath fish

11:49 am

caitlyn

LOl ruru

11:49 am

rururocks

ooops

11:49 am

MLFAN17

ty for the or 5/12

11:50 am

phaeton

Done!! Yay...!!!

11:50 am

Haz1558

Congratulations phaeton!

11:50 am

MLFAN17

72 yeah was trying to word that correctly

11:50 am

72 Temple Owl

wtg phaeton!

11:50 am

SaddySolar

now help me with do5,16 please.... i only have 12 more to go and this would be the first time i finish a puzzle if i do

11:50 am

rururocks

yeah Phaeton

11:50 am

caitlyn

Congrats phaeton!!

11:50 am

LoriP

Congrats Phaeton!

11:50 am

Haz1558

do5/16 is French for sweet.

11:51 am

Uniquity

Yay Phae! **fire sticks**

11:51 am

phaeton

thank you!! The clues helped at the end. Good luck to all who are not finished.

11:51 am

rururocks

like a 2 in the deck of cards with an O

11:51 am

MLFAN17

never took french lol

11:51 am

Haz1558

do plus the ending of Mussolini's title (do5/16)

11:51 am

Uniquity

If you google it, i'm sure it'll come up

11:51 am

rururocks

cest catastrophe!!!!!

11:51 am

72 Temple Owl

saddy, have you used the clues pages yet? they provide links to word lookups...if you have enought patience, you can always finish

11:51 am

Haz1558

Or, structured the same as the even score in tennis (40 all), but substitute a different vowel.

11:52 am

FMitch

Steps away from Uniquity who does get carried away with those darn firessticks!

11:52 am

SaddySolar

um i use lickety's page

11:52 am

rururocks

vg haz

11:52 am

Uniquity

**extinguishes dangerous toys and goes back to grid**

11:52 am

72 Temple Owl

9 to go...do ihang or do i break?

11:53 am

FMitch

NOW she chooses to be sensible phfff

11:53 am

SaddySolar

cant see anylinks there temple

11:53 am

caitlyn

Hang TO hang

11:53 am

Haz1558

Stay and play TO. You know you want to. And besides, if you need a clue for de6/24.....

11:53 am

SaddySolar

haahahah Haz

11:53 am

caitlyn

Oh that wasnt an invite to babblers !

11:53 am

MLFAN17

but which one haz lol

11:54 am

72 Temple Owl

upper right, saddy... you can look by the number of lteers in the word.or you can look by the first two, but you must set that up yourself

11:54 am

Uniquity

Oh Haz...you're making my day!

11:54 am

SaddySolar

how about that do clue again.. i dont know any french

11:54 am

Haz1558

Saddy - do you know tennis?

11:54 am

72 Temple Owl

shirley macclain played irma la do5

11:55 am

SaddySolar

um yeah i watch it on ESPN when wimbeldons on

11:55 am

SaddySolar

lol thats even harder than french

11:55 am

MLFAN17

saddy me either

11:55 am

Haz1558

Okay, when the score is 40 all, there is a word (sounds like juice) Take that and make the vowel switch at the start of the word.

11:56 am

SaddySolar

yay

11:56 am

MLFAN17

72 i thought that was spelled with du not do ?

11:56 am

SaddySolar

yay yay yay

11:56 am

SaddySolar

yay

11:56 am

Haz1558

Well done, Saddy.

11:56 am

SaddySolar

yay yay

11:56 am

SaddySolar

yay yay yay yay

11:56 am

72 Temple Owl

ok peeps i have oc5/12, od4/5, oo5/10,or 4/5 and or 5/12 what am i missing please?

11:56 am

SaddySolar

heheheh

11:56 am

Haz1558

Saddy IS pleased.

11:56 am

SaddySolar

i hate french... and tennis

11:57 am

SaddySolar

but i LURVEEE google

11:57 am

caitlyn

oa5/12

11:57 am

Haz1558

You can't hate French. It's against the law to hate French.

11:57 am

SaddySolar

i googled "shirley macclain played irma la do"... and i GOT IT... yay yay

11:57 am

MLFAN17

haz is the tennis one a vowel before tehend of the word/

11:57 am

caitlyn

LOL Saddy

11:57 am

Haz1558

Well done. Shirley gets the glory along with google. Ah me.

11:58 am

SaddySolar

hehehe...now whos up to holding my hand through the last 11 words

11:58 am

Uniquity

I thought that was French for soft, not sweet....hrm

11:58 am

MLFAN17

saddy is that 4 or a 5do/

11:58 am

72 Temple Owl

ah, haz.....*sigh*

11:58 am

Haz1558

No, ML. It's the very first vowel used in the word.

11:58 am

SaddySolar

oh but i love u anyway haz

11:58 am

MLFAN17

ty haz

11:58 am

FMitch

*Waves flag for Haz from back of the room*

11:59 am

Haz1558

You could be right, Uniquity. I'm rendered gaga here.

11:59 am

Uniquity

J'apprecie Haz

11:59 am

SaddySolar

yayayayayayay HAZ hehhe

11:59 am

MLFAN17

i only have 53 words i am out of here gye

11:59 am

MLFAN17

bye

11:59 am

caitlyn

Haz de6/24?? :)

12:00 pm

Haz1558

Checked the French dictionary - feminine form of doux - it does mean sweet.

12:00 pm

caitlyn

Bye MLF

12:00 pm

SaddySolar

10 left ohmigod ohmigodohmigod

12:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok i think a break is in order. i shall try to get into the car and go return something....BEFORE the after holiday rush. see you later, all!

12:00 pm

Haz1558

And can also mean gentle, smooth.

12:00 pm

caitlyn

Bye TO hope you feel better soon

12:00 pm

FMitch

Bye TO

12:00 pm

Haz1558

Can someone come and fan me?

12:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

haz befoire i go the de6/14 pretty please?

12:01 pm

caitlyn

Go Saddy Go

12:01 pm

Haz1558

See you later, TO.

12:01 pm

Uniquity

Ah, there we go...I read it on soap or shampoo or something, heh. Thankee Haz...my translator said it meant sweetheart.

12:01 pm

Haz1558

GO TO GO!

12:01 pm

EvaNadine

ive hit a wall with 22 left to go...
but ive also just bought lunch, so maybe the brain just needs a little refueling. :)

12:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

whoops de6/14?

12:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

hmmm i have a feeling she is not encouraging me to finish...*poof*

12:01 pm

SaddySolar

9 left *faints with joy*

12:02 pm

caitlyn

You can do it Saddy

12:02 pm

kc8501

anyone have a hint for the co5?

12:02 pm

Haz1558

I need fanned and Saddy needs revived. Who's on First Aid duty?

12:02 pm

sherb

mmm... refuelling... good idea... later all :)

12:02 pm

kc8501

erm. I meant oc 5

12:03 pm

FMitch

Chucks bucket of water meant for Uni's fire sticks over Saddy

12:03 pm

caitlyn

Im a 1st aider...

12:03 pm

Haz1558

oc5 - oc plus the first letters of what's done to a book.

12:03 pm

FMitch

and uses flag to fan Haz whilst pushing comfy chair under her.

12:03 pm

SaddySolar

8 left... ive never finished a grid before and im hyperventillating

12:03 pm

Uniquity

FMitch...now what are you gonna do when the sure sticks go out of control later on? ((by accident, of course))

12:03 pm

Uniquity

Saddy, we;re all here for you...go go go!!

12:03 pm

Haz1558

Oh good. That feels so much better.

12:04 pm

caitlyn

Waving smeeling salts under Saddys nose..and slapping Haz for hysteria

12:04 pm

Uniquity

Oh dear. sure = fire.

12:04 pm

FMitch

No worries Uni, I have a large hose and Im not afraid to use it *grin*

12:04 pm

Haz1558

Hysterical? Me? Hysterical? Me?

12:04 pm

kc8501

thanks Haz

12:04 pm

Uniquity

**prepares Haz for injection of halidol and pulls out tinfoil hat, just in case**

12:05 pm

FMitch

smeeling salts, better than the usual kind?

12:05 pm

Haz1558

I want the custard basket!!

12:05 pm

EvaNadine

saddy -- thats a lovely picture...is that the hubby?

12:05 pm

FMitch

*sighs, and trudges to the garage to get the basket and custard powerder mix*

12:05 pm

Uniquity

Nope...the custard basket is only for Scarlet. If only our lady in red would come out to play!

12:06 pm

caitlyn

Will someone hold her down please
Of course smeeling salts are better FMitch they are hard to get

12:06 pm

EvaNadine

scarlet was around earlier...

12:06 pm

Uniquity

Where's the head nurse gone? *prepares strategic escape, without the help of Chief

12:06 pm

Haz1558

I don't know why Scarlet deserves the custard basket and I don't. I give sage advice and everything.

12:06 pm

FMitch

Looks like Scarlet kept the basket. Best I can do Haz is a chocolate torte ... any good?

12:07 pm

Uniquity

You gave that advice to my mum though. I prefer her without good advice :)

12:07 pm

Haz1558

Well.... it'll have to do, I suppose. But I'll remember this.

12:07 pm

FMitch

Oh ddd MLF go? Quel dommage!

12:07 pm

Haz1558

She went. I don't know whether she ever did get that blessed de6/24.

12:07 pm

EvaNadine

*YIPES!*
spicy hot pepper stuck on the back of the throat!!

12:07 pm

caitlyn

LOL Fmitch but what about the de6/24

12:08 pm

Uniquity

FMitch, you are my hero.

12:08 pm

Haz1558

First aid, caitlyn!

12:08 pm

FMitch

must remove tounge from cheek, hard to talk otherwise.

12:08 pm

caitlyn

Bucket of cold water coming over..duck everyone

12:08 pm

Haz1558

It'll probably require the Heimlich manoeuvre.

12:08 pm

LoriP

***sure wish there was a freakin' clue or 17 for that darned de 4***

12:09 pm

Haz1558

If the cold water doesn't work, that is.

12:09 pm

EvaNadine

man, oh man!
i sure do love me my patented Mexi-Wrap, but it can be hazardous!!

12:09 pm

caitlyn

No it doesnt Haz she needs a cool beer

12:09 pm

LoriP

***or even de 6***

12:09 pm

FMitch

Lori - hopeyou are getting all of this down for the record, you have got your clipboard with you haven't you?

12:09 pm

Uniquity

This spicy pepper situation sounds suspicious...where did our first aid attendant go?

12:09 pm

Haz1558

AND she wanted a 'good' one. I'll give her a good something or other....

12:09 pm

Haz1558

Uniquity, I have my susu

12:10 pm

EvaNadine

heh, dontcha people know that cold beverages make spicy food worse?!
you gotta hand me a glas of milk, which neutralizes the spicy stuff. :)

12:10 pm

Haz1558

I havemy suspicions about caitlyn. Buckets of cold water? keep an eye on her.

12:10 pm

SaddySolar

i need the 2nd fa4,8 and the fa6,33 PLEASE

12:10 pm

LoriP

I always have my clipboard FM. :-)

12:10 pm

Uniquity

In honesty Haz...your clues were as spelled out as they could be without typing the word (which i've seen done with equally poor results)

12:10 pm

FMitch

Lobs cow to EvaN, sorry it's the DIY version.

12:10 pm

kc8501

ok, re 7, we 7 and..... ? 7

12:10 pm

SaddySolar

got the fa4

12:10 pm

caitlyn

Moi?

12:10 pm

SaddySolar

need the fa6,33 please please

12:11 pm

Haz1558

Thank you Uniquity, I absolutely refuse to spell out words. There has to be some work involved.

12:11 pm

EvaNadine

FA6 = past tense of the FA4

12:11 pm

EvaNadine

*ducks FMitch's cow*
man, you guys are trying to set my mouth on fire, then crush me with farm animals!

12:12 pm

FMitch

Oh c'mon Haz - I want it handed to me on a plate in neat bite sized letters thanks ;)

12:12 pm

SaddySolar

lol got that tooo.... thanks eva.... something smells... is that a fa4,8 LOL

12:12 pm

Uniquity

*builds protective shield for Eva*

12:12 pm

SaddySolar

re's left... whos volunteering to help me...lol

12:12 pm

EvaNadine

a cross? whats that?
a hook? i dont get it....
a hoop?? someone, explain to to me, pleeeeeeeeeeeeease!!

12:12 pm

Haz1558

Sorry, FMitch, I keep forgetting that this is not meant to be taxing.

12:13 pm

Uniquity

Or educational ;)

12:13 pm

EvaNadine

its ok, Uni -- whatever happens to me is FMitch's fault...

12:13 pm

caitlyn

Im standing here with my nurses uniform on but no one needs me now you are chucking cows around

12:13 pm

FMitch

but EvaN said she needed milk fast, *sniff* I was only trying to help.

12:13 pm

Haz1558

Keep the uniform on, caitlyn, you may be needed yet.

12:13 pm

Uniquity

Saddy, we're all here!

12:13 pm

caitlyn

Cold milk FMitch not warm

12:14 pm

FMitch

caitlyn, we don't need to know about your personal life! Do you have a miads uniform too?

12:14 pm

EvaNadine

i did need help, but caitlyn tried to set my mouth on fire by giving me icy water after eating spicy food!

12:14 pm

FMitch

*maids

12:14 pm

Uniquity

FMitch, I think there was one thing today that no-one will blame on you....the de6 issues :)

12:14 pm

Haz1558

Which de6 though?

12:14 pm

SaddySolar

ok i need the last three re words

12:14 pm

caitlyn

LOL no FMitch (a policewomans though)

12:14 pm

Uniquity

Amongst other related issues involving some other spazzy letters...

12:15 pm

Haz1558

Then the last re words you shall have, Saddy. (caitlyn, stand by for hosing down)

12:15 pm

FMitch

I don't believe it, I have a large bee in my office, where on earth has that come from!! BRB

12:15 pm

SaddySolar

Re

12:15 pm

SaddySolar

re

12:15 pm

SaddySolar

re

12:16 pm

caitlyn

Perhaps its a spelling bee FMitch

12:16 pm

EvaNadine

*guessing that FMitch's bee PROBABLY came from outside!*

12:16 pm

Haz1558

re5/14 - to happen again

12:16 pm

SaddySolar

hahah caitlyn

12:16 pm

Uniquity

LOL @ cait...perhaps we should send it somewhere else

12:16 pm

Haz1558

re4/5 - a reworking of a marsh plant (sounds like what you do with a book)

12:16 pm

Haz1558

re5/14 - past tense of re4/5

12:17 pm

SaddySolar

1 more to go

12:17 pm

EvaNadine

whats the non-musical-disk-related word from the other R?

12:18 pm

SaddySolar

where are my smelling salts

12:18 pm

Uniquity

4 more, 4 more...

12:18 pm

EvaNadine

NM, i noodled it.

12:18 pm

caitlyn

Holding breath for Saddy

12:18 pm

EvaNadine

i always get those, just as i ask for clues...heh

12:18 pm

caitlyn

Quick Saddy Im going blue.........

12:19 pm

SaddySolar

re to happen again is evading me... where are my spelling salts

12:19 pm

Haz1558

No point in the first aider holding breath. Breathe, woman, breathe.

12:19 pm

EvaNadine

re + 1st 3 letters of another grid-word meaning to heal

12:19 pm

Uniquity

re + a with might put a ***se on you

12:19 pm

Uniquity

**witch! GAH!

12:19 pm

SaddySolar

hunh uniquity

12:20 pm

Haz1558

A witch, she meant, the cursing witch.

12:20 pm

Haz1558

Back shortly!

12:20 pm

caitlyn

Has the first aider post been taken? If not can I apply please

12:20 pm

SaddySolar

yay... so thats what the FIREWORKS look like heheheheheh

12:20 pm

LoriP

Congrats #1!!!

12:20 pm

SaddySolar

yay

12:20 pm

Uniquity

Finished! Saddy, join me on the winning side! **prepares fire sticks**

12:20 pm

SaddySolar

yay yay

12:21 pm

SaddySolar

yay yay yay yay

12:21 pm

caitlyn

Congrats Saddy!!!!!!!!!Well done

12:21 pm

Uniquity

WAHOO! **quadruples the fireworks performance in honour of first time finisher Saddy!**

12:21 pm

SaddySolar

yay yippee yay yay

12:21 pm

SaddySolar

**does victory dance around the room

12:21 pm

caitlyn

Uni you know you will burn yourself..now put them down

12:21 pm

EvaNadine

congrats, saddy!
your first fireworks are always the most exciting. :)

12:22 pm

SaddySolar

la lala lalalalal

12:22 pm

Uniquity

I've never seen fireworks...never finished in the first two weeks, as I stopped playing for a couple months :(

12:22 pm

SaddySolar

yay yayay yayayayayay

12:22 pm

SaddySolar

hey heyhey heyheyheyhey

12:22 pm

LoriP

***Uni's always been a problem child*** :-)

12:23 pm

nnjagurl

saddy, your happiness is making me smile....

12:23 pm

SaddySolar

thanks gurl

12:24 pm

caitlyn

((((((((Uni))))))) poor thing ..not seeing fireworks

12:24 pm

Uniquity

Congrats Mummy...I believe you've made it

12:24 pm

LoriP

LOL, Yes dear, je suis finito Benito!

12:25 pm

Uniquity

Thank you Caitlyn **sniffles** I'm holding up as well as I can....*tear

12:25 pm

FMitch

Congrats all round then :)

12:25 pm

caitlyn

Congrats Lori

12:25 pm

SaddySolar

thank you babblers.... youre the best ever.... is haz still here i want the de6 clue again lol

12:25 pm

SaddySolar

and im off

12:25 pm

SaddySolar

ta ta

12:25 pm

SaddySolar

good night

12:25 pm

LoriP

She'll just light some fire batons or soemthing else problematic. Juggling chainsaws, that sort of thing.

12:25 pm

Uniquity

I think if we ask for the de6 again, we will BE de6

12:25 pm

SaddySolar

im off to bed

12:25 pm

SaddySolar

sayonara

12:25 pm

caitlyn

LOL Saddy,see you soon

12:26 pm

SaddySolar

au revoir a beintot

12:26 pm

LoriP

Sleep tight Saddy

12:26 pm

SaddySolar

adios

12:26 pm

caitlyn

Nos da Saddy

12:26 pm

Uniquity

Enjoy your pleasant post-babble dreams!

12:26 pm

LoriP

grid would have been alot easier, if I'd have had a clue for that de 6/24

12:26 pm

SaddySolar

hey hey thats all the french i know

12:26 pm

SaddySolar

once more

12:27 pm

SaddySolar

yay

12:27 pm

SaddySolar

yay yay

12:27 pm

caitlyn

LOL Lori

12:27 pm

SaddySolar

yayayayayayayayayayay

12:27 pm

SaddySolar

ehheheh bye peeps

12:27 pm

Uniquity

Now who was the Camelot person again? was that toad from Mario or Princess Peach?

12:27 pm

SaddySolar

*saddy logs out*

12:32 pm

Haz1558

Am I in time to say congratulations? And has anybody got the second de6/24?

12:32 pm

Haz1558

Back after tea, perhaps!

12:32 pm

Uniquity

Haz, it could be clued as a backwards doe, etc....

12:32 pm

Uniquity

:)

12:32 pm

caitlyn

Not me Haz can you clue it please

12:33 pm

Haz1558

Yeah, but could you not spell it out for me?

12:33 pm

Haz1558

Bye!

12:33 pm

caitlyn

Time I cooked supper spelt SUPPER see you tomorrow bye

12:34 pm

Uniquity

Bye Haz and Cait...I'm off too. Well, not really. Just away from babble. :)

12:37 pm

FMitch

I must join the hoards and go too. TTFN

12:44 pm

johnnyrocket

hello... getting a late start today!

12:54 pm

Angela

back from lunch for my last 28

12:54 pm

Angela

hi johnny

12:58 pm

Angela

any help on the do 5?

12:59 pm

chic

angelina! Hi! Long time!

12:59 pm

Angela

chicston!!! hiya!!!

1:00 pm

chic

are you socked in with snow?

1:00 pm

Angela

pretty much. we have about 2 feet on the ground right now.

1:00 pm

Angela

what is it -like 95 there today??? :)

1:00 pm

chic

so forced to be home, playing babble, huh...lol....

1:01 pm

chic

no it's going to 66 today and sunny of course....

1:01 pm

Angela

I'm actually temping for a lawyer today...so I'm in front of the computer for 8 hours.

1:01 pm

Angela

close enough!! 66....*smiles fondly at long ago memories of warmth*

1:02 pm

lynxxx

good morning all!

1:02 pm

Angela

hi lynxxx

1:02 pm

chic

hey Lynxxx!

1:03 pm

lynxxx

that 2nd de6.24 is de + **ds & evens + The **c De Triumphe

1:03 pm

Angela

This is New HAmpshire though Chic - there could be 2 feet of snow on the streets and we'd still go about our business.

1:04 pm

chic

well i was just off to do some actual house work (dirty word)... oh remember I use to drive school bus in that white stuff...lol

1:04 pm

Angela

Yucky eh? Good to see you then and hopefully will catch up again!!

1:05 pm

Angela

lynxxx do you have the do 5/16 also?

1:05 pm

chic

if not before then have a great and peaceful Holidays.

1:06 pm

Angela

you as well my friend!

1:06 pm

lynxxx

no Angela but am looking for it after I saw your question

1:06 pm

bfsog

evening all

1:06 pm

Angela

hehe...I'll let you know if I find it then.

1:07 pm

Angela

hey bf

1:08 pm

lynxxx

do5 - end is like the pest that eats cheese - but change the s for another cons

1:08 pm

Angela

got it lynxxx - do + 5th vowel + a penny is worth one **nt

1:18 pm

Angela

fe 4/7?

1:18 pm

Angela

4/8 rather

1:19 pm

lynxxx

had just found that - fe + **ds & evens

1:20 pm

Angela

many thanks lynxxx the monkeys were getting tired

1:21 pm

lynxxx

yw Angela

1:22 pm

johnnyrocket

hello all

1:22 pm

lynxxx

morning johnny

1:23 pm

debjed

how about a clue for the fa6,27, please? hi johnny

1:23 pm

Angela

hey johnny

1:23 pm

Angela

tinkerbell is one

1:23 pm

johnnyrocket

how is it going. I am just starting.

1:23 pm

johnnyrocket

only 17 words

1:23 pm

Angela

good - 10 left

1:24 pm

lynxxx

The words are well hidden - 4 left here

1:25 pm

johnnyrocket

any help on any of the e words?

1:26 pm

lynxxx

er5.12 & 6.24 worn away

1:26 pm

Angela

the ec 4/6 is a color

1:26 pm

Angela

ea 5/12 is the past tense of a body part

1:26 pm

lynxxx

ea5.12 as in dog ea*** pages in a book

1:27 pm

Angela

ah...much better clue than mine lynxxx - I couldn't think of anything for that one!

1:28 pm

johnnyrocket

good one.. all i could think about was eats.. ha ha

1:29 pm

Angela

:)

1:29 pm

lynxxx

words starting with vowels are tthe worst!

1:29 pm

johnnyrocket

they are... they are so hard. Usually, that is what I am stuck on lst

1:30 pm

lynxxx

just got the dog - fi4.8! 2 left

1:31 pm

Angela

especially the ae variety - hate those!

1:31 pm

Angela

go lynxxx!!

1:31 pm

valde

Hi to all from Denmark.

1:32 pm

Angela

any chance you have the re 7/36?

1:32 pm

Angela

hi valde

1:32 pm

lynxxx

hello Valde! have you just joined us?

1:33 pm

lynxxx

re7.36 is not a re word as such...Ist re4.5 is its base but not same meaning...means get prepared for something

1:33 pm

valde

is it midday with you here the time is 20:30. the words are diffecult today.

1:33 pm

Angela

thanks for the clue

1:34 pm

lynxxx

It is 6.30 in the morning here...yes the words are hard to find

1:34 pm

Angela

got it!

1:34 pm

valde

Yes i am new on Babble, my english is terrible so the game is hard.

1:35 pm

Angela

yeesh! 6:30 am?? 2:30pm here and almost dark out

1:35 pm

Angela

good for you for trying though valde!!

1:36 pm

lynxxx

You obviously like a challenge Valde! good luck and please ask for help if you need it, there is always people around who can clue for you...good luck

1:37 pm

valde

It has been dark here since 15:00. thanks you are very kind.: )

1:38 pm

valde

How many words do we have to make?

1:38 pm

lynxxx

89 Valde

1:38 pm

valde

Thanks.

1:39 pm

johnnyrocket

any clues for the a,1 4.5?

1:41 pm

johnnyrocket

ai 4.5 sorry

1:41 pm

lynxxx

Johnny - if you mean ai4.5 that is the person that assists - vowel on end

1:42 pm

johnnyrocket

duh.. thanks... I have been staring at that for a while. It was right there!

1:42 pm

Angela

argh - the re 5/14s are making me crazy - any clues lynxxx?

1:43 pm

phandmd

re 5/14 - to happen again

1:43 pm

lynxxx

re5.14 re + a mongrel dog..means happens again - usually oc***

1:44 pm

phandmd

another ve itone is past tense of the 4/5 abo

1:44 pm

lynxxx

Hi Phand

1:45 pm

phandmd

damm computer; cursor keeps jumping.
that was re 5/14 is past tense of th e4/5 above it

1:45 pm

phandmd

Hi Lynxxx

1:45 pm

phandmd

I think that is all the re 5/14's

1:45 pm

lynxxx

yes. there is just 2

1:46 pm

phandmd

to ai & abett in a crime

1:46 pm

phandmd

So, I was out shopping for a party tonight and Christmas. I was at Walmart and realized I needed to get home quick as I was going to be sick

1:46 pm

Angela

isn't the mongrel dog one just 4 letters?

1:47 pm

phandmd

thankfully I did get home. but now I am not a happy camper

1:47 pm

lynxxx

!! whats wrong? a virus?

1:47 pm

Angela

Oh no! Are you kno phan?? Something you ate or the flu?

1:48 pm

phandmd

yes, 2 of my kids had it Saturday and Sunday now me

1:48 pm

Angela

yeesh! Happy holidays to YOU then! That's awful timing

1:48 pm

phandmd

well better now than X-mas day

1:49 pm

Angela

true...true

1:50 pm

phandmd

the good news is this seems to be a very fast acting bug

1:50 pm

phandmd

less than 24 hrs

1:51 pm

Angela

excellent - if your walmart is anything like ours here they owuldn't have even noticed!

1:51 pm

phandmd

That's gross

1:51 pm

phandmd

I dont' think ours is that bad

1:51 pm

Angela

exactly

1:52 pm

johnnyrocket

any ideas for the oo word?

1:53 pm

phandmd

add a hook ltr and 2 vowels

1:53 pm

mirrine

i don't have an e 4/5--which re word is related to it?

1:54 pm

phandmd

there isn't an e 4/5

1:54 pm

phandmd

a 4/6 it is a color

1:54 pm

mirrine

good! =)

1:54 pm

lynxxx

you may mean re4.5 which is to re** a book

1:54 pm

mirrine

OH. thanks.

1:55 pm

lynxxx

yw

1:55 pm

phandmd

Well, I think I better go now. maybe bbl

1:55 pm

lynxxx

can I help with any clues b4 I go?

1:56 pm

lynxxx

bye Phand - hope it all 'passes' quickly

1:56 pm

Angela

the last re 5/14?

1:56 pm

Angela

*snickers at lynxxx*

1:56 pm

Angela

bye phand

1:56 pm

lynxxx

re5.14 the past tense of the re4.5 b4 it

1:58 pm

Angela

don't have that one either

1:58 pm

Angela

down to my last 3!!

1:58 pm

lynxxx

re4.5 is an anagram of swampy grass

1:59 pm

Angela

got it = tx

1:59 pm

Angela

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1:59 pm

smaller

woohoo fireworks! anyone know what the meaning of oo5/10 is? there was nothing by clicking the link

2:00 pm

Angela

congrats smaller!!!!!

2:00 pm

Angela

not a clue what that means...

2:00 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Smaller! all I know is that it is the oo version of the ee word!

2:00 pm

smaller

thanks angela!

2:00 pm

Angela

FIREWORKS!!!

2:00 pm

lynxxx

Hooray for Angela !!!!

2:00 pm

smaller

yay angela! thanks lynxxx

2:01 pm

lynxxx

Bye everyone - have a good day or night

2:02 pm

Angela

thanks so much lynxxx - have a great night

2:03 pm

Angela

anyone need clues before I go?

2:04 pm

Angela

alrighty then - I'm off.

2:04 pm

Angela

poof!

2:06 pm

EvaNadine

hints for the legendary DE6?
(i have the nickname your grandma might call you)

2:09 pm

lilliann

de6/24 its the 1st part of what you spray under your armpits

2:09 pm

EvaNadine

thanks lilliann

2:10 pm

lilliann

yw eva

2:24 pm

Robo-bonobo

i'm sure i'm missing something obvious, but does anyone have a clue for the 3rd co4/6?

2:25 pm

Habes

Robo think college

2:26 pm

Robo-bonobo

oh. duh. thanks

2:26 pm

lilliann

hi robo and habes

2:26 pm

evanonut

woo hoo, got the on my second word

2:26 pm

Robo-bonobo

hello

2:26 pm

Habes

YVW! My first clue. Glad it worked.

2:27 pm

nanachichi

anyone cr5, 14

2:27 pm

Habes

Hi Lillian and all

2:27 pm

nanachichi

hi habes

2:28 pm

EvaNadine

*pokes evanonut*

2:28 pm

Habes

Hi. cr 5.14 is one of 3 I don't have yet. Sorry.

2:29 pm

nanachichi

ty anyway,,,i will keep trying

2:29 pm

evanonut

EvaN!!!!!!

2:29 pm

EvaNadine

how goes it?!

2:29 pm

evanonut

and next time you poke me, make it the eye that has a patch

2:29 pm

EvaNadine

hah...eye issues?

2:29 pm

evanonut

lets see...christmas is almost here, hubber had the flu...gifts not bought...running par for the course...you?

2:30 pm

lilliann

cr*ella daville and iron **e nana

2:30 pm

lilliann

hi nut

2:31 pm

EvaNadine

done shopping, done wrapping -- wrapping stuff even put away!

2:31 pm

Robo-bonobo

finit!

2:31 pm

nanachichi

thanks lil

2:31 pm

lilliann

wtg robo!

2:31 pm

evanonut

*glares at EvaN with good eye*

2:31 pm

EvaNadine

even staying late at work to rack up some OT hours so i can take xmas eve off

2:32 pm

lilliann

yw nana

2:32 pm

EvaNadine

heh, well, the BF and i painted pottery for almost everyone, so we had to get started early.
and we had a party to go to this past saturday, so we were already wrapping some gifts...so we just kept the momentum going and finished!

2:32 pm

evanonut

*even worse glare because I can't do that...but I will leave at 230*

2:33 pm

Robo-bonobo

clues before i go?

2:33 pm

lilliann

i'm fine ty robo

2:33 pm

EvaNadine

well, you can take that glare back -- im a lowly contractor, and even though the government building where i work is gonna be closed, we still have to work that day or else take leave or make up the time.
*buggers!*

2:34 pm

evanonut

don't give me that pity trip, i'm a lowly gov't contractor too

2:35 pm

EvaNadine

its kinda sad. im not really allowed to do most of my work, since the agency will be closed. so thats why im trying to work the OT in advance, cause i dont have any leave accrued right now, and i wont be able to do my work that day...

2:35 pm

evanonut

i don't have any leave either...

2:36 pm

EvaNadine

i had a ton of leave, but when i had to switch companies, i lost it all...and i had a vacation already planned when the new company took over, so i was actually in the hole!

2:37 pm

evanonut

i never have planned time off, i have to use it all for fmla

2:37 pm

lilliann

fireworks for me....off to catch up with eva and finish wrapping presents.have fun all

2:38 pm

EvaNadine

whats fmla?

2:38 pm

evanonut

family medical leave act, further i haven't taken a vacation or time off (even one day) for pleasure in close to six years.

2:39 pm

EvaNadine

im sorry to hear that!

2:39 pm

evanonut

me too...oh wait...i said that

2:40 pm

Joesdinner

hi all. can i get clue for last do4 please?

2:41 pm

Joesdinner

never mind. just found it.

2:44 pm

EvaNadine

getting antsy -- im usually gone by now!

2:44 pm

evanonut

from where? work?

2:44 pm

EvaNadine

yeah. i usually leave at 3:30 -- im one of those early-arrivers...

2:45 pm

Minski

Greetings All!!!!

2:45 pm

EvaNadine

afternoon, minski

2:46 pm

Minski

Great news!!! After more than a year and considerable monetary, mental and physical expense, I am finally PREGNANT!!!!!

2:47 pm

Joesdinner

congrats minsk

2:47 pm

evanonut

*Jumps into the air* yes!

2:48 pm

Minski

gotta go. Paige is hollering. bbl8r

2:49 pm

EvaNadine

CONGRATS MINSKI!!
:D

2:51 pm

nanachichi

congratulations minski,,,a year is not so bad,,,my daughter was almost 14 yrs trying,,,finally happened 3 yrs ago,,,we call her a miracle,,,,

2:51 pm

nanachichi

hi joe

2:52 pm

Anniebrook

Fireworks!

2:53 pm

nanachichi

congrats

2:53 pm

Anniebrook

congratulations, Minski! very happy for your good news

2:53 pm

nanachichi

love to hear good news

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