12:00 am
Kazozz
flip, hi and gl all
12:00 am
Pinikula
narrowing it down quickly I see, FG
12:00 am
NonnieLight
flippity flop
12:00 am
kje
hmm, doable I guess
12:00 am
joshuavorbis
i typed 181 as my guess
12:00 am
NonnieLight
hello kaz
12:00 am
crpw48
flip, and hello to everyone
12:00 am
joshuavorbis
it was 172, so i feel good about my guess
12:00 am
Kathihle
how many?
12:00 am
loredana
Hi PAV and kids
12:00 am
NonnieLight
172 kath
12:01 am
angelinaxox
flip and hi all
12:01 am
loredana
hi there crpw
12:01 am
NonnieLight
hello crpw
12:01 am
Kathihle
thx Nonnie ... maybe I'll get some duties done after all
12:01 am
NonnieLight
hello angel and pav
12:01 am
NonnieLight
yay! me too! :o)
12:01 am
angelinaxox
hi nonnie
12:01 am
loredana
hi angel
12:02 am
kje
OK, off to bed for me... happy babbling all you post-flip peeps
12:02 am
angelinaxox
hi lore and good night kje
12:02 am
joshuavorbis
night kje
12:02 am
crpw48
night kje
12:02 am
joshuavorbis
sleep tight, stay warm and dry
12:02 am
PAV3
night kje...see you later perhaps...
12:02 am
crpw48
hi mlf and anyone i missed
12:02 am
harpjane
odd, i just had a flip but i think it was yesterday's grid
12:02 am
jillibus
nighty-night kje, sleep tight, don't let the bugs bite
12:03 am
MLFAN17
hi lored
12:03 am
loredana
justa hello
12:03 am
harpjane
and i added some words that must have been from yesteday, they were accepted
12:03 am
PAV3
hi angelina, kath and nonnie...we're a lively bunch this eve
12:03 am
justafreep
and hi, all
12:03 am
NonnieLight
bye bye kje
12:03 am
harpjane
and fyce
12:03 am
PAV3
Hi Lore! our theme is..?
12:03 am
NonnieLight
hello just
12:03 am
harpjane
mine is flamingos and urinals
12:03 am
MLFAN17
how many?
12:03 am
angelinaxox
hi just and pav
12:05 am
FunGuy
bye til morning folks
12:05 am
Kazozz
hi MLFFFFFF :
12:05 am
angelinaxox
good night fun, take care
12:05 am
Kazozz
oops the end of my smile was missing
12:05 am
angelinaxox
tx just for the di 7
12:05 am
jillibus
if anyone wants to know the theme, check my profile
12:06 am
jillibus
bye fungi :)
12:06 am
harpjane
it's not flamingos and urinals?
12:06 am
Pinikula
night fg
12:07 am
jillibus
LOL harp! And what do they have to do with anything at all?
12:08 am
harpjane
nothing i just found it and thought it was hillarious
12:08 am
harpjane
someone emailed ti to me
12:08 am
harpjane
so i'm having my own private icon theme!
12:09 am
justafreep
ooops
12:09 am
jillibus
they are hilarious, harp, and belong on your lawn
12:10 am
MLFAN17
how many Un 8's?
12:10 am
MLFAN17
i called one and so did ruru
12:10 am
cheeky
i called one at 12:06
12:11 am
MLFAN17
mine was 8/55 pts
12:11 am
pugmama763
there's only one 8 period
12:11 am
MLFAN17
lettes and pts
12:11 am
pugmama763
hi lore!
12:12 am
justafreep
there's only one 8. I called it third and that don't make three of 'em. Just one late freep!
12:12 am
MLFAN17
lol ty pug
12:12 am
jillibus
hi diem
12:12 am
harpjane
is it just me or is this grid on the difficult side?
12:12 am
cybernan
only one 8
12:12 am
loredana
hi diem welcome
12:12 am
cybernan
6 x 7's
12:12 am
loredana
hi cyber
12:12 am
angelinaxox
hi diem
12:13 am
cybernan
hi lore
12:13 am
loredana
its you harp sorry to say
12:13 am
MLFAN17
harp somewhat i am only at 33 yesterday's grid was horrible i i didnt work on it but once
12:13 am
jillibus
harp, I'm with you
12:13 am
jillibus
but lore is a speed demon
12:13 am
harpjane
well it's actually probably the budweiser
12:14 am
PAV3
hi Jilli...thanks for the theme and Lore..too! *goes hunting for suitable pic to show off...*
12:14 am
Uneaixoise
81 so far . . .
12:14 am
loredana
not a speedie and definately not a demon jilli first time you have ever been wrong
12:14 am
loredana
well done une
12:14 am
MLFAN17
is santa a proper name?
12:14 am
Uneaixoise
83 :-)
12:15 am
joshuavorbis
trying to get NBT but it's going to be a long time coming i think
12:15 am
jillibus
wow, une!
12:15 am
Uneaixoise
85 . . . and off to bed . . . nite, all!
12:15 am
jillibus
me too josh
12:15 am
jillibus
night une!
12:16 am
loredana
une goodnight see you next time i will make sure not to blink
12:16 am
Kazozz
finally got that un 8 *rolling eyes*
12:16 am
angelinaxox
good night une
12:16 am
loredana
well done Kaz
12:17 am
MLFAN17
i am up to 41 lol
12:17 am
Kazozz
85 sheesh i got 43 and struggling...mebbe my brain has left the building
12:18 am
cybernan
stalled at 64 here
12:18 am
MLFAN17
kazz i am stuck too
12:18 am
MLFAN17
173 words right?
12:18 am
joshuavorbis
NBT
12:18 am
joshuavorbis
es5/18
12:18 am
loredana
well done joshua
12:18 am
justafreep
pausing at 100
12:19 am
justafreep
for a feverish child
12:19 am
loredana
172 MLF
12:19 am
Kazozz
wtg justa
12:19 am
justafreep
who knows no babble boundaries!
12:19 am
loredana
well done justa
12:19 am
MLFAN17
hm thats odd, the list is up i think and it says 173??
12:19 am
crpw48
i just pulled up clues and it says 173, but 172 on babble total
12:20 am
MLFAN17
thats what i just said crp
12:20 am
jillibus
freep, you're amazing -- and hope the feverish child will be fine soon
12:20 am
pugmama763
not the 1st time there was a discrepancy
12:20 am
crpw48
then we are in stereo
12:21 am
jillibus
Lickety didn't tell us the list was up!
12:21 am
PAV3
well I found a lame photo...will do for now...
12:21 am
MLFAN17
no lickety didnt
12:22 am
cybernan
can't find that un 7
12:23 am
cybernan
have a 6 and an 8
12:23 am
MLFAN17
too early for clues or would help a little cyber as i have it
12:23 am
cybernan
ah -- found it
12:23 am
MLFAN17
gj cyber
12:24 am
loredana
like your icon PAV and your write up makes me think its Lake Tahoe below that air and lots of lovely salmon
12:24 am
jillibus
good one, pav!
12:24 am
MLFAN17
i am glad their arent any AE words
12:25 am
Kazozz
lore have you been to Tahoe?
12:25 am
loredana
nope PAV had a beautiful pic of it one time would love to go there PAVS been
12:26 am
PAV3
thanks Lore and Jilli...I love blue, but I'm hoping to find a truly breathtaking photo that will be worthy of presenting to my fellow Babblers...
12:26 am
pugmama763
after the ass reaming you got months ago I'd think you'd have learned its considered Licketys privilege to say when clues are up MLF
12:26 am
MLFAN17
pug Lickety came in here and said that ANYONE could say it
12:27 am
Kazozz
I've been living in Tahoe for the past 13 years Lore!
12:27 am
MLFAN17
the unnecessary reaimngis what you should say
12:27 am
loredana
Wow Kaz such a lovely place
12:27 am
pugmama763
I'm aware but many long time players find it offensive BUT apparently you dont care!
12:28 am
Kazozz
Yes its beautiful :)
12:28 am
harpjane
knock it off you tow
12:29 am
harpjane
i mena you two
12:29 am
harpjane
i mean you two
12:29 am
harpjane
(dang budweiser)
12:29 am
MLFAN17
pug i wasnt aware of it previously i thought i was being nice to everyone by letting them know in a situation like that where lickety may not tell us
12:29 am
loredana
Kaz i always assume your in the UK just read your profile how very wonderful for you
12:30 am
MLFAN17
lickety has never mentioned it ot me directly anyway so apprently LICKETY IS NOT OFFENDED by it
12:30 am
Kazozz
its a little confusing..didn't leave the UK until my early 30's Lore..we only intended to stay here for 2 years...but here we still are!
12:30 am
MLFAN17
lored i did to but she lives in the US lol
12:30 am
pugmama763
not the point at all forget it
12:30 am
cybernan
half way -- think I'm going to need the list to finish this one
12:30 am
MLFAN17
harp are you sharing?
12:31 am
harpjane
i have a word from yesterday in my list, acme
12:31 am
MLFAN17
cyber uh oh lol
12:31 am
Kazozz
I got 60 now...already gone to the list nan!
12:31 am
harpjane
refreshing won't make it go away, oh well
12:31 am
MLFAN17
pug yes it is
12:31 am
harpjane
sorry mlf all gone
12:31 am
MLFAN17
aww harp not even one????
12:31 am
joshuavorbis
100 down, NBT, that's all she wrote for me tonight
12:31 am
joshuavorbis
have fun, late-nighters
12:32 am
angelinaxox
any other sevens called besides un and me?
12:32 am
loredana
ok you did well joshua see you next time take care
12:32 am
angelinaxox
good night josh, take care
12:32 am
pugmama763
you presume to tell me what point I'm trying to make?you're as aroogant as you are insufferable!
12:32 am
jillibus
well done, josh! Nighty night
12:32 am
harpjane
well there's an old guinness somewhere in the back
12:32 am
cybernan
7's so far: de, di, me, un
12:32 am
MLFAN17
not arrogant at all
12:32 am
MLFAN17
harp the back of what?lol
12:33 am
angelinaxox
thanks nan
12:34 am
harpjane
it's left over from christmas, santa brought it
12:34 am
MLFAN17
oh wait, harp maybe i dont wnat to know
12:34 am
harpjane
too late
12:35 am
MLFAN17
harp hmm does it smell like xmas?lol
12:35 am
mrpresident
hi all :)
12:35 am
mrpresident
interestingly... there are 173 words in clues today! LOL
12:35 am
jillibus
hi mrp :)
12:35 am
angelinaxox
hi mrp
12:35 am
MLFAN17
we noticed lol
12:36 am
jillibus
mrp -- just read your profile and HOORAY FOR YOU!!!
12:36 am
mrpresident
oh thanks jilli!
12:37 am
diem
must feel good mrp
12:37 am
herinfernallady
Hi. Owe wonderful Mr Pres
12:37 am
angelinaxox
ooh just read it too, that's great mrp
12:37 am
jillibus
what wonderful news!
12:37 am
angelinaxox
hi herin
12:38 am
cybernan
oh that's wonderful news mrp -- so glad you're feeling back to normal :)
12:38 am
Erda
Standing O for MrP !!!!
12:38 am
herinfernallady
OH I mean sorry
12:38 am
mrpresident
thanks guys! makes me feel like I am worth something!
12:38 am
jillibus
hi herin :)
12:38 am
herinfernallady
Waves hello
12:38 am
justafreep
yay for you, mr. p!
12:39 am
jillibus
mrp, you're worth everything!
12:39 am
MLFAN17
i keep wanting to put in the word riddle
12:39 am
PAV3
hey Kazz and Lore...just flipped through my photos from Lake Tahoe, taken years ago to see if any are appropos..will try to scan them in and post somewhere that doesn't require a child's brain to operate..I don't have kids, per se, just Precious and Joey, and if they could do this, I'd quit my job and go on tour...!!
12:39 am
herinfernallady
Mr PRes you have always been worth something
12:39 am
loredana
Hi mrp Congratulations !!! so so pleased for you lovely lady big hugs
12:40 am
loredana
Hey Herin
12:40 am
cybernan
with all the japanese words we have -- why not raku?
12:40 am
Kazozz
lol Pav...i probably have a few somewhere...but i'm the most technical person either!
12:40 am
mrpresident
thanks girls ((hugs))
12:41 am
loredana
your very welcome mrp such great news
12:41 am
herinfernallady
Waves hello
12:41 am
PAV3
thought I saw ruru poke his head in...? good evening mrP...good news indeed! cheers!
12:41 am
Pinikula
nytol...
12:42 am
mrpresident
there is a phantom 6 letter word in lickety clues
12:42 am
herinfernallady
Night Pink
12:43 am
harpjane
hi mr p
12:43 am
jillibus
thanks for the tipoff, mrp
12:43 am
jillibus
harp, read mrp's profile!
12:45 am
jillibus
I'm just too tired -- can't even get NBT no Es or Is or Ns or Ys :(
12:46 am
jillibus
ah -- did find an N
12:46 am
flosey
off to bed, goodnight all, be back in the morning
12:46 am
jillibus
and an I
12:47 am
loredana
goodnight flosey see you tomorrow sleep well
12:47 am
herinfernallady
Hi Diem and Flosey and Jill and Harp And RPes and Lore and everyone I missed
12:47 am
jillibus
night flosey
12:47 am
diem
night flosey sleep well
12:48 am
PAV3
good eve m'Lady! and how are you?
12:48 am
mrpresident
found the phantom...
second de6/27 isn't a word in babble
12:48 am
PAV3
night flosey...
12:48 am
rururocks
lots of di sex toys...
12:48 am
mrpresident
so do not bother typing
DEMOED
12:49 am
vashongin
so can you clue the second de 6/27?
12:49 am
vashongin
or is it too early?
12:49 am
mari
goodmorning eveyone - are you all well?
12:49 am
loredana
hi mari
12:49 am
PAV3
thanks ruru! missed the pl
12:49 am
rururocks
too eary
12:49 am
Kazozz
oh ruru ty i got that lol
12:49 am
herinfernallady
Thanks Ru
12:49 am
mrpresident
vash, the second de6 isn't a word accepted by babble, but is clued in lickety's list
12:49 am
rururocks
also works on presidents and certain senators
12:50 am
vashongin
i'll check it out...thanks
12:50 am
cybernan
100 -- list time
12:50 am
mrpresident
oh oh oh
un6 & un8
12:51 am
jillibus
zzzzzzzzzz -- going to bed -- night all
12:51 am
mrpresident
nite jilli :)
12:51 am
cybernan
night jill -- see you tomorrow
12:52 am
PAV3
nite Jilli!
12:52 am
loredana
goodnight jilli zzzzzzzz sleep well see you tomorrow
12:52 am
wickdsmaht
Pops in to say I got that un8. Woo.
12:52 am
diem
night jilli
12:52 am
rururocks
why won't those di words past tense?
12:53 am
loredana
hi and well done wick
12:53 am
mrpresident
ruru, it is pretty much a forgetable experience for babble obviously!
12:54 am
wickdsmaht
And on that good note, I'm off to bed! Good night everyone.
12:54 am
herinfernallady
Night WIck
12:54 am
loredana
goodnight wick
12:54 am
wickdsmaht
Night all. :)
12:55 am
mari
missed the call Diem - will I ring back now?
12:55 am
Kazozz
100 found and I'm off too bed too! night all, cu soon
12:55 am
loredana
goodnight Kaz see you next time
12:56 am
rururocks
half wa.. night all congrats on your progress mr. p
12:56 am
loredana
diem may I ask? you still not you know
12:57 am
mrpresident
night kaz and ruru :)
12:57 am
diem
yes going into 11th week
12:57 am
loredana
yay well done Diem so proud of you !!! hugs
12:57 am
herinfernallady
Night Ru and Kaz
12:58 am
loredana
goodnight ruru see you tomorrow
12:58 am
PAV3
night ruru and Kazz
12:58 am
herinfernallady
How goes it?
12:58 am
Andree
hi everyone
12:59 am
loredana
hi andree lovely to see you here
12:59 am
mrpresident
hi andree :)
1:00 am
Andree
its been a while, had a couple of days in the hunter valley and the rest of the week has gone in trying to catch up at work
1:00 am
loredana
mrp so appropriate for you
1:00 am
Andree
hi mrp haven't seen you since your holiday, was it good
1:00 am
loredana
andree nice trip pity you had to go to work huh
1:00 am
herinfernallady
Hi ANdree
1:02 am
mrpresident
we are looking at a house down the road andree... is huge, and i would like to live there!
1:02 am
PAV3
finally got the 8!! must be the bifocals...
1:02 am
loredana
well done PAV
1:03 am
Andree
down the road from where you are now?
1:03 am
Andree
yay pav, i have 2 words!!!
1:03 am
mrpresident
when I say huge, I mean huge! 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, study, self contained unit...
yes, from where we are now
1:04 am
Andree
ooh hope you get it mrp
1:04 am
mrpresident
the price tag is the same as what you are paying. i am hoping we would be doing the right thing
1:04 am
cybernan
how many sq. feet mrp?
1:04 am
PAV3
hi andree!,,I've been here an hour and just 55 found...of course I've been looking for a new pic to show off...but must concentrate...or not!
1:05 am
herinfernallady
Mr Pres is that to buy or rent?
1:05 am
mrpresident
cybernan, it is 65
1:06 am
Andree
my price tag is okay as jules pays half
1:06 am
loredana
howdy chic
1:06 am
cybernan
6500? -- that is big
1:06 am
mrpresident
hi chic ((hugs))
1:07 am
mrpresident
it is nan, the kids were soooooooooooo excited when we showed them the place... i have my heart set on it, but the price is high
1:07 am
chic
Hi Andre and Lore and mrp {{hugs}}
1:07 am
herinfernallady
MR PREs is this to buy?
1:08 am
Andree
i think rental price is what mrp means
1:08 am
Andree
will they take a lower offer mrp
1:09 am
mrpresident
doubt it andree... the market is so tight
1:12 am
mrpresident
go google it andree.... 35 the outlook HH
1:12 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
1:12 am
Andree
it depends on area, when we looked at this place we were the only ones, its the lower price ranges that get casts of thousands to look
1:13 am
licketySplitAUS
again ;-) minus the extra word
1:13 am
dcseain
ty, lickety :) glad yall are back, i can babble at work again thx to you
1:13 am
Andree
thanks lickety
1:13 am
mrpresident
we don't even bother looking at places in the lower price... no chance in hell of getting them
1:13 am
licketySplitAUS
mrp - I would love to live there too!
1:13 am
pugmama763
ty vm lickety
1:13 am
loredana
hi dc s great to see you here
1:14 am
mrpresident
yes lickety, so would I
1:14 am
loredana
hi lickety thank you
1:14 am
Andree
you probably would not want to live in them anyway
1:14 am
dcseain
i really ought be asleep; been awake for nearly 22h, but it is great to see everyone indeed, lore :)
1:15 am
Andree
ah to be young again dc
1:15 am
mrpresident
andree... our place is tiny, but our rent is 'reasonable'... so to live large or live like sardines comes down to the price (and my sanity)
1:15 am
mrpresident
hi dcs :))
1:15 am
Andree
sanity works for me
1:15 am
dcseain
hello, mrp, pav3, andree
1:15 am
mrpresident
me too andree... now everyone needs to convince the other half of that one!
1:16 am
PAV3
hi dc..it's been awhile...hope you're doing well and the storms passed by ...
1:17 am
dcseain
i'm making progress on finding a place pav3, and the packing is coming along nicely. :)
1:17 am
BabbleRabble
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/maga
zine/19Autism-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine
&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
1:17 am
herinfernallady
Hey LLickety
1:17 am
dcseain
babrab! hi! been forever, dude
1:18 am
Andree
you moving dc
1:18 am
BabbleRabble
hello, folks
1:18 am
dcseain
yes, andree, my lease here is up, and it is time to move on. i plan to rent another year then buy.
1:18 am
dcseain
i was going to buy now, but with the bank issues here, that's not in the cards for now
1:19 am
Andree
and to the pb with dc
1:20 am
cybernan
through the list once, 7 left for tomorrow
1:21 am
dcseain
evening, nan
1:21 am
mrpresident
same here dcs... it is looking blah for buying and bleak for renting. all for nothing at the moment
1:21 am
dcseain
the rental market here is decent at the moment, praise Elvis
1:21 am
PAV3
well off to take Joey for his walk...bb
1:21 am
dcseain
here, as in DC area. likely much worse in other corners of the country
1:22 am
dcseain
njoy, pav3
1:22 am
herinfernallady
We ahve a 3 bedroom house for under $2 000 a month but next door is new and close to $3 000
1:22 am
dcseain
i can get 3BR for 1500-1900 around here right now.
1:23 am
herinfernallady
wow
1:24 am
Andree
Sydney prices are double that dc, daughter and i pay 740 per week, but it is very large and has a pool
1:25 am
dcseain
i'd pay 300-1500 more closer to the city. I live about 20km West of DC, and about 15km W of the inner burbs.
1:25 am
Andree
and it is less than we were paying before we pooled our resources
1:25 am
herinfernallady
That is obscene
1:26 am
dcseain
i want to buy in inner burbs, but buying there is much cheaper than renting there for some reason.
1:26 am
dcseain
pooling resources does wonders
1:27 am
VolleymomDee
late flip; hi all... herin, dc, nan, mrp, et al
1:27 am
Andree
we were both a bit nervous about living together as she has 2 small children but it has suited us both very well
1:27 am
dcseain
howdy, dee
1:28 am
herinfernallady
Hi Volley
1:28 am
dcseain
hawai'ian picnic :)
1:28 am
VolleymomDee
hope your trip was good dc; hugs herin; hi andree
1:28 am
Andree
daughters husband whom she left a year ago is getting married again!!! to the sl** he was having the affair with
1:29 am
dcseain
recent trip was wonderful, dee, just wonderful :) ty
1:29 am
VolleymomDee
so glad to hear!
1:30 am
VolleymomDee
this one looks like a rough grid
1:30 am
dcseain
sorry to hear about the ex, andree
1:30 am
dcseain
spending a night in NJ each way made the trip even better, broke up the driving, and more time with wonderful friends :)
1:31 am
VolleymomDee
I bet... makes the travel time part of the actual vacation
1:31 am
dcseain
exactly. stopped on the way up because i was one of the planners this year, and we had stuff to ready beforehand
1:32 am
MonkeyGames
Morning briefly! My real name is in the grid! Think hurricane.
1:33 am
mrpresident
Andree... you kidding! far out what a dick
1:33 am
loredana
hello MG
1:33 am
dcseain
okay, off to sleep with me - only 5h to sunrise now.
1:33 am
dcseain
hope everyone has a great day/night :)
1:34 am
Andree
you hit the nail on the head there mrp
1:34 am
dcseain
peace to you all!
1:34 am
mrpresident
nite dcs :)
1:34 am
VolleymomDee
nite dc
1:34 am
MonkeyGames
Night, dc!
1:34 am
loredana
okay see you next time dc s take care be well
1:34 am
herinfernallady
Monkey
1:34 am
mrpresident
andree, Mark is putting the application in... looks like he is accepting
1:35 am
MonkeyGames
Walter is sleeping in...
1:35 am
MonkeyGames
Walter is sleeping in...
1:35 am
Andree
cool mrp, you must come back on a fine day so the kids can swim
1:36 am
mrpresident
will do andree.... everyone cross fingers and toes for the house now
1:36 am
herinfernallady
Miss seeing u about MOnkey
1:36 am
Andree
wishing you luck
1:36 am
MonkeyGames
Doing so!
1:37 am
MonkeyGames
Busy times! Countdown to degree.
1:37 am
herinfernallady
Fingers toes and nose Crossed Mr Pres
1:39 am
PAV3
Hi Monkey and Dee! back in from our walk
1:39 am
Andree
hi again pav
1:40 am
herinfernallady
Hi Pav
1:40 am
nDanLia
hi all, what's count; great news on the "freedo'nn'" front 'nn'rp; gl on house
1:40 am
PAV3
and how are you doing Andree?
1:42 am
diem
hi all back again
1:42 am
Andree
i am well thx pav
1:43 am
Andree
wish i could come up with a word higher than 5 letters though
1:44 am
MonkeyGames
Well, better take the dog out before Walter wakes up.... have fun, everyone!
1:44 am
PAV3
the un8 is based off of an lo4, past tense
1:44 am
nDanLia
long ones see curly tonite
1:45 am
ursh
good day all - mean grid this - am having trouble getting halfway
1:46 am
PAV3
i hear you, URSH
1:46 am
loredana
hello ursh lovely to see you here
1:46 am
diem
loredana you still with us?
1:46 am
diem
Guess you are
1:46 am
PAV3
didn't mean to yell, my caps lock key sticks
1:47 am
loredana
sure am went off to do my usual swapover and back to finish
1:47 am
loredana
hello mayne
1:48 am
MayneGuy
hi lore late start for me
1:48 am
diem
Loredana read your bio what is your work with the aged ?
1:48 am
MayneGuy
hi andree
1:49 am
loredana
just started diem doing a cert3 hands on in local nursing home love it !!
1:56 am
diem
Father in law is 93 in home that is super ,class place ,the staff seem to really enjoy their work and care ,the place is really alive!! seems it would be a very fullfilling job
1:57 am
lynxxx
Good afternoon all
1:58 am
loredana
diem thats what i believe too my brother he works with the aged in Melbourne and he has them into many things I hope to achieve the same for myself and to make these beautiful people I help have a great day we talk and laugh a lot I have the utmost respect for these lovely people
1:59 am
loredana
hi Lynxxx and Stewart
1:59 am
Andree
when i was nursing back before the earths crust cooled i loved the oldies best
2:01 am
loredana
Andree yes I do too and from bean counting to caretaking of lovely souls big change but I am very happy there and know its what i want to do
2:04 am
diem
and you will be good at it
2:04 am
Andree
good on you lore, i went the opposite way but wish i had not changed direction
2:04 am
loredana
thankyou diem
2:05 am
loredana
was just thinking that andree but you will soon be rid of it
2:05 am
ursh
so many of us forget we walk the same road as the elderly and the choice is "die young or get old" my 88 yr old Mum lives with us and my 22 yr old son loves her to bits (mainly cos she loves to feed him)
2:05 am
loredana
oh sucks diem makes me blush
2:06 am
loredana
ooops shucks diem lol
2:06 am
loredana
that would be right ursh
2:06 am
Andree
had my fortune told this week lore, she told me i would be signing papers in 2 months, yay, i wish
2:07 am
lynxxx
that would be a nice Xmas present
2:08 am
loredana
as long as its a sale of agreement on the business Andre will keep fingers crossed for you
2:09 am
Andree
might get a part time job at local nursing home myself then
2:09 am
loredana
quite nice finding these words in this grid that are "nicely tucked away"
2:10 am
loredana
good idea cant go from everything to nothing you will be bored stiff unless you take up a hobby
2:10 am
Andree
have lots of those lore
2:15 am
LoriP
G'd morning Babblers!
2:15 am
loredana
hello LoriP Hugs
2:15 am
ursh
OK have found 100 will do Sat am things and bbl
2:16 am
loredana
well done ursh see you next time
2:16 am
LoriP
See ya' later ursh. Hey lore! Missed ya' yesterday somehow. :)
2:17 am
Atalante
hi y'all!
2:17 am
Andree
100 left, not finding this easy
2:17 am
loredana
Hello Ata and Hobbit
2:17 am
lynxxx
morning Ata
2:17 am
LoriP
G'd morning Ata Hari!
2:17 am
Atalante
Hobbit is being a little psycho
2:18 am
LoriP
At first glance, these letters look annoyitating.....
2:18 am
LoriP
Only a little Ata? That's progress.
2:18 am
diem
Andree i was born and brought up in Scotland is your shortbread that good ,is it easy enough for a guy to make?
2:18 am
Atalante
well, she's only a small cocker :P
2:19 am
LoriP
Pray tell what evil is Hobbit unleashing now?
2:19 am
Andree
diem, my dad was a scotsman, yes its that good and easy
2:19 am
mrpresident
diem, you wanna be making her shortbread.
2:20 am
Andree
yes mrp can vouch for it diem
2:20 am
LoriP
G'd morning mrP
2:21 am
Atalante
she Wants A Walk
2:21 am
lynxxx
Hi MRP! just read your profile update - what wonderful news - I am so happy for you!
2:22 am
lynxxx
poor Hobbit, been patient for sooo long
2:22 am
mrpresident
hi lori :)
hi lynxx :))
thanks sweetie! just telling lickety that I wanna shoot myself in the head! LOL, that is how much fun I am having coming off the narcotics!
2:23 am
LoriP
Hobbit's prob'ally wondering why your training didn't stick. :p
2:24 am
Atalante
I shut her in the bedroom with husband *grin* his turn to walk her today
2:24 am
lynxxx
oh that right she is 'his' dog isn't she
2:24 am
LoriP
Nicely played ata!
2:24 am
loredana
oh Ata then he will say Hobbit is his dog again just like last time
2:25 am
loredana
snap lynxxx'
2:25 am
LoriP
As long as Hobbit doesn't have access to a phone, to call in a complaint to the SPCA 'yer all set.
2:25 am
Atalante
he can try LOL. All I can hear from upstairs now is Hobbit doing circuits round the room. *thump* *crash!*
2:25 am
Andree
just say yes dear
2:26 am
loredana
All over red rover Fireworks
2:27 am
LoriP
Nice lore. Congratulations!
2:27 am
lynxxx
Congrats Lore!!
2:27 am
Atalante
yay lore!
2:27 am
MayneGuy
yay lore
2:27 am
loredana
go Hobbit give your dad a hard time its about time he took you for a walk you tell him so
2:28 am
loredana
thanks everyone i enjoyed this grid lots of chubby checkering
2:29 am
VolleymomDee
chubby checkering??
2:30 am
VolleymomDee
aww ty; never heard that before
2:30 am
loredana
yes diem volley you dont know cubby checker
2:30 am
loredana
thats a loredana original lol
2:30 am
KatieMcG
Morning everyone, Hi Diem
2:31 am
loredana
good morning Katie
2:31 am
LoriP
G'd morning Mrs Katie
2:31 am
loredana
hi there Tanja
2:32 am
LoriP
Yuk! i typed in a whole bunch of a words, and none of them come from that bottom a. Ack!
2:33 am
diem
Hi Katie how are you and Br?
2:33 am
KatieMcG
We are good thanks, how are you & yours?
2:33 am
LoriP
***wonders if Ata was sucked in to the 'honey, will you walk MY dog vortex"***
2:34 am
Atalante
nooooo. just playing with the cat :P
2:34 am
loredana
off to check andrees shortbread recipe
2:34 am
LoriP
Any broken furniture yet?
2:34 am
Atalante
and staring at the evil grid
2:34 am
KatieMcG
I think I turned thick overnight, I only have 19 words
2:34 am
loredana
the cat you have in your icon Ata?
2:35 am
Atalante
all has gone quiet ...
2:35 am
lynxxx
I don't think its you katie
2:35 am
LoriP
That's suspicious...
2:35 am
loredana
andree do you store your shortbread for a months before eating
2:35 am
diem
Good now had a cold getting better D is sleeping sound (leaves more wine for me) so dont type loud
2:35 am
LoriP
Katie, I'm struggling with this.
2:35 am
KatieMcG
that would be a relief lynxx :-)
2:36 am
Tanja
phew halfway
2:36 am
Atalante
very suspicious
2:36 am
KatieMcG
*whispering* Is she better now, Mum said that she had been really poorly
2:39 am
diem
Doing much better ,the sleep really helps ,by the way i have been on for AGES and have 50
2:40 am
KatieMcG
I am now up to 38 but it was a false dawn stuck again :-) How is work going, is it safe enough at the moment?
2:40 am
Atalante
I have 61 and refuse to believe there are any more
2:41 am
loredana
Ata did youcheck out the silence
2:41 am
KatieMcG
30 of mine are 4 letter words :-)
2:42 am
lynxxx
well I've got 2 U's !
2:42 am
MayneGuy
in 7 has me stumped. any clues?
2:42 am
loredana
going to get cup of tea bbs
2:42 am
KatieMcG
LOL Mayne
2:42 am
LoriP
The k's were dumb. As always.
2:42 am
loredana
Mayne it is pig english for what you do when you lie down
2:43 am
mrpresident
mayne,in + La4/4 with a vowel stuck in the middle
2:44 am
LoriP
lore, is there more than 2 tr's?
2:44 am
loredana
tr5/18 tr6/30 tr6/18
2:45 am
LoriP
Thanks! Missing the 6/18. Muchos grassy ass
2:46 am
LoriP
That was my missing t. Thanks again lore.
2:56 am
Atalante
this grid is hell
2:56 am
VolleymomDee
ditto that ata
2:56 am
LoriP
I'll thritto that
2:57 am
LoriP
Missing 2 a's, to get this bottom row greyed and over with. Ack
2:59 am
VolleymomDee
is there a ku 4?
2:59 am
VolleymomDee
won't take kuna... hmmm
2:59 am
Aussieme
Hey Babble Family !
3:00 am
Aussieme
Hey Lynx !
3:00 am
LoriP
G'd morning Aussie.
3:01 am
Aussieme
**squishy hugs for all my Babble Family**
3:02 am
Atalante
ha ha I can hear elephant feet pounding from upstairs
3:03 am
Aussieme
aha, got the ku4 !
3:03 am
LoriP
heh heh heh is there a dog attached?
3:03 am
Atalante
I think so!
3:03 am
PAV3
halfway there.. will rest for the night and be back mananana.night all!
3:04 am
LoriP
Sleep tight Pav.
3:04 am
Aussieme
ninight !
3:08 am
LoriP
Arggg! Now I have all the a's but 2 from the bottom a. ***more coffee, STAT!***
3:10 am
lynxxx
Halfway for me. BBL - seems to be walk time
3:11 am
LoriP
See ya' in a bit Lynx
3:14 am
Atalante
is there a white flag around anywhere?
3:15 am
Atalante
ooo sex toys!
3:15 am
LoriP
No kiddin'.
3:16 am
LoriP
lol, there's an attention getter.
3:18 am
Atalante
yay now I have a 7:)
3:19 am
LoriP
Yup, gives ya a 5, 6, 7.
3:19 am
LoriP
My only 7, but details, details, details
3:20 am
hurshy
de + out***** (no longer in style)
3:21 am
Atalante
more elephant pounding. bwhahaha
3:21 am
hurshy
un + la5 (is a pt)
3:22 am
hurshy
what is elephant pounding?
3:22 am
LoriP
***nothing more serene than a man and his dog***
3:22 am
Atalante
you know how a small cat or dog can sound like an elephant at full pelt?
3:23 am
hurshy
i'm awake bc mine broke a lightbulb...
3:23 am
Atalante
gah!! which one?
3:23 am
hurshy
the one in the cat lamp, ironically
3:24 am
Atalante
oh well, at least they kept a theme
3:24 am
diem
back to say good night happy babblng all enjoy dont endure
3:24 am
LoriP
***looks smugly at Ata, having just scored the 8***
3:24 am
hurshy
hmm, there goes my whole philosophy of life.
3:24 am
Atalante
night diem!
3:24 am
LoriP
Sleep tight Diem!
3:25 am
Atalante
yay lori!!!
3:25 am
NonoNanette
good morning babblers :)
3:25 am
Atalante
hi nononononono :)
3:25 am
LoriP
G'd morning Nono. 'Yer up early.
3:26 am
hurshy
sorry if those 7 clues were not wanted; i may have misunderstood.
3:26 am
Atalante
no no ty!!
3:27 am
NonoNanette
yes I am Lori, had a bad dream and decided to babble it away
3:27 am
hurshy
didn't want to ruin any competition you guys had going :)
3:27 am
NonoNanette
looking back for those 7's clues......
3:27 am
LoriP
Excellent strategy Nono. This grid will empty 'yer brain in no time....
3:28 am
LoriP
Mine emptied within minutes!
3:28 am
Atalante
compete against lori? when she's so smug? not a hope!
3:28 am
Atalante
why doesn't un + li6 work??
3:28 am
hurshy
but you are good at smug too
3:29 am
hurshy
because there's only one 8?
3:29 am
LoriP
***Ata is THE smug Queen***
3:29 am
Atalante
but I want *that* to be the 8!
3:29 am
KatieMcG
Lovely chat with Diem, better try and get some more words :-)
3:30 am
Atalante
Silverclaw is looking remarkably smug
3:30 am
Atalante
and I suppose now I'm a published artist ...
3:30 am
hurshy
oh. well, i un8 the carton that was (your) un8...
3:31 am
Atalante
well i guess that was fairly easy!
3:31 am
hurshy
unlike k words...
3:33 am
sprite
that was my cue
3:33 am
sprite
morning all :)
3:34 am
hurshy
hi spritey
3:34 am
LoriP
G'd morning sprite. The k's were all stoopid, as usual.
3:34 am
Atalante
hi sprite!
3:34 am
NonoNanette
morning Sprite!
3:34 am
sprite
did I ever mention I don't like K words?
3:35 am
KatieMcG
morning sprite
3:35 am
hurshy
maybe once or twice
3:35 am
sprite
ok, I am glad. Would hate to know I let you in the dark about it.
*hugs her babble friends*
3:35 am
Atalante
phantom: duodenum
3:36 am
hurshy
and maudlin and mollusk
3:36 am
Atalante
that's because mollusc is spelled with a c :P
3:36 am
KatieMcG
I don't know enough K words to dislike them :-)
3:36 am
sprite
hm, dutch for cheese is valid, who knew
3:37 am
sprite
lol Katie! You are one of the exceptions to the rule.
3:37 am
KatieMcG
I mean 7, I only know about 2
3:38 am
sprite
and I mean I love you, even though you could have been called Catie
3:39 am
KatieMcG
Thanks sprite :-) How you doing
3:39 am
sprite
one more K to go
3:39 am
sprite
and there it is. Ks killed, now for some real babbling :)
3:40 am
hurshy
how did you do them so fast???
3:40 am
sprite
training. And it only works if they are short. As soon as there are bigger K words, I am still completely lost.
3:40 am
KatieMcG
cheating,,,,,,,can be the onlly answer
3:40 am
sprite
*sprite never cheats*
3:41 am
hurshy
well, good to know they are short... i have 2 more to find
3:41 am
KatieMcG
I've been working on them for ages and have only got 4
3:41 am
sprite
only one is a 5, hursh
3:41 am
hurshy
and i have it so that's good
3:41 am
hurshy
are they all ka?
3:42 am
sprite
you'll remember how I never could find them, and then started to get them out of the way first before allowing myself to babble on? That is a good way to learn.
3:42 am
sprite
no hursh, 2 are not
3:42 am
KatieMcG
Only one to go and I've got the 5 :-)
3:42 am
hurshy
i need those 2 then
3:42 am
sprite
yay Katie, only shorties to go then
3:43 am
sprite
one ku to go, hursh
3:43 am
KatieMcG
they are grey.......tempted to do a lap of celebration round the livingroom
3:43 am
Atalante
*joins katie*
3:43 am
sprite
wtg both of you!
3:44 am
sprite
*joins Katie and Ata and jumps around*
3:44 am
sprite
all three of you
3:45 am
hurshy
why is it that if you wake up in the wee hours you are hungrier than if you wake up at the normal time, even though at the normal time, it's been longer since you ate?
3:45 am
sprite
no idea, but it is true
3:48 am
sprite
yay for me, spotted the on the ocean word!
3:48 am
hurshy
i feel like the U's should be easier than this...
3:49 am
sprite
hm, am still babbling at random and don't have a single u. That bodes ill ;)
3:49 am
Atalante
Us are never easy
3:49 am
KatieMcG
I have one but only one
3:50 am
hurshy
i have 7...
3:50 am
hurshy
but i have 26 L's
3:50 am
sprite
so why can't I disconnect a chain?
3:50 am
hurshy
you would have to use the N twice
3:50 am
Atalante
so you can derat but not unrat? typical!
3:50 am
sprite
oh! Smart hurshy! Thanks hun, too true.
3:51 am
KatieMcG
I could get lots of u words if we could have the n twice
3:51 am
sprite
oh, but I found a fun toy :)
3:51 am
sprite
not with an U though
3:52 am
Atalante
yay sprite's found the sex toys!
3:52 am
KatieMcG
so many lines so little time :-)
3:53 am
hurshy
2nd row grey!
3:53 am
sprite
I have 4 grey tiles. One of my own doing.
3:54 am
sprite
but using the toy past tense is not valid
3:54 am
hurshy
cause people are sleeping by then
3:54 am
Atalante
no, just the plural
3:55 am
sprite
that must be it. Though good sex always gives me energy. Hubby goes to sleep and I am awake for hours.
3:57 am
hurshy
oh jeepers, i'd overlooked the bone and related
3:57 am
hurshy
that leaves only 2 U's, phew
3:57 am
sprite
thanks hursh
3:57 am
LoriP
Ack!!!! My last vowel ***tiny smug*** was in 7. A whopping total of 2 7's now.
3:58 am
KatieMcG
I'm on 97, going to take a break as I still only have one u word :-)
3:58 am
sprite
go Lori go!
3:58 am
LoriP
***u' don't count as vowel in my current world, because there is no u....***
3:58 am
LoriP
Nice job Katie, see ya' later
3:59 am
sprite
hurry back Katie
3:59 am
hydra
Hi Lori, sprite, Katie, hurshy. Any clue for the second de6/27?
4:00 am
hydra
How are you, sprite?
4:00 am
hurshy
i've only got 1 so far and don't know which it is
4:00 am
LoriP
G'd morning hydra. I haven't hardly touched the d yet.
4:00 am
hydra
Do you have the one connected with fashion, hursh?
4:00 am
NonoNanette
good morning hydra
4:00 am
sprite
quite sick, alas. Caught another virus over the last one. I look like something between a frog and a hippopotamus... no jawline left.
4:01 am
hurshy
oh, the other one is my last D word, let me look...
4:01 am
hydra
Oh no! Poor sprite. It sounds ghastly.
4:01 am
sprite
how are you doing, hydra? Any publishing yet?
4:01 am
hydra
No. Given it up for the time being in favour of astrology.
4:01 am
sprite
nothing serious, hydra, just very irkitating (hey Lori, do you see my new word?)
4:02 am
sprite
woot for astrology. Very interesting study and practice.
4:02 am
hydra
That's a great word. Irkitating - I like it!
4:02 am
hydra
hurshy? Any news of the de word?
4:02 am
LoriP
irkitating. heh
4:03 am
hurshy
no. it ought to be pt of de4 but it ain't
4:03 am
hydra
Yes, I tried that and it wouldn't have it. Grrrr!
4:04 am
hurshy
and it's not getting rid of fungus
4:04 am
hurshy
so then it has to be deo or deu, i guess
4:04 am
lynxxx
back. Hi Hydra, Sprite & Hursh
4:05 am
MonkeyGames
Hi briefly... which de are paople missing?
4:05 am
hydra
Hiya lynxxx
4:05 am
sprite
hi MonkeyG *hugs*
4:05 am
hydra
The 2nd de6/27 Monkey
4:05 am
MonkeyGames
I have one that looks like to remove fashion...
4:05 am
NonoNanette
hi Monkey :)
4:05 am
MonkeyGames
I saw how you are, Sprite; Hang in there!!!! How is Caya?
4:06 am
sprite
oh nice, thanks, and that leads to a 7 as well
4:06 am
MonkeyGames
Not using the list yet... mine is a 6/27
4:06 am
hydra
Got that one, Monkey. There's another after the de7/44
4:06 am
MonkeyGames
Will let you know if I see it...
4:06 am
sprite
Caya is still on the mend MonkeyG! The shadows under her eyes are lessening all the time, she has more energy every day and has started wanting to do things again. Going well :)
4:07 am
MonkeyGames
Oh good! Walter was still having the occasional raccoon-eyes day right up to a ocuple of weeks ago. Poor Caya!
4:08 am
sprite
as long as she is going in the right direction, it is ok, MonkeyG :) Glad you MonkeyMan is back to his normal shiny self. I keep things simple: as soon as I see her raccoon-look coming back, I put her in bed early after a prolongued hug-cum-reiki.
4:09 am
sprite
*youR MonkeyMan
4:09 am
MonkeyGames
Yes, that's the right approach. Gove her a kiss fo rme.
4:09 am
sprite
I will! She really wants to see you again. Especially Walter of course :)
4:10 am
MonkeyGames
Of course. Yes, I'd like us all to get together again! I'll cook something over here this time.
4:10 am
sprite
lovely! Give me some more time to get better and we will make it a date.
4:11 am
hurshy
jeepers, all these vowels are like a flashlight in the eyes
4:11 am
MonkeyGames
You bet! I need some time too; school is intense right now.
4:11 am
sprite
that easy to find, hursh, or that blinding?
4:12 am
sprite
I bet, MonkeyG! Go for it, you are so close to finishing!
4:12 am
sprite
darn. I'd have preferred easy to find.
4:12 am
hurshy
i should go back to sleep anyway. i have 28 to go, and that's 2 dreaded 14's. ttfn
4:13 am
MonkeyGames
I will claw my way to this degree...
4:13 am
sprite
night hursh, I hope you will sleep easily now. *hugs*
4:13 am
MonkeyGames
Night Hursh!
4:13 am
LoriP
3 u's left, after all this time. Ack! ul x 6, un x 3, us x 1. Anyone got somethin' I don't got?
4:13 am
sprite
you will get it, MonkeyG.
4:13 am
sprite
I have the 3 UL words, nothing else yet, sorry
4:14 am
sprite
morning kje!
4:14 am
NonoNanette
un x 5
4:14 am
MonkeyGames
Hi Kje!
4:14 am
lynxxx
4 * un so far
4:15 am
LoriP
ooh, at least 2 more un's then. thanks!
4:15 am
sprite
yay, found a whole whoopin' one of them :)
4:15 am
LoriP
G'd morning kje, I owe you thanks. My last 2 words yesterday were r's that I looked forever for, and I slid chat over, and you had said them. Thanks!
4:15 am
NonoNanette
stupid uk word!
4:16 am
lynxxx
uk! thanks Nono
4:16 am
LoriP
A uk? Excellent! Now I know where to look. Thanks Nono
4:16 am
sprite
thanks Nanette!
4:16 am
kje
well, there you go! glad to have been of service
4:17 am
sprite
brb, need something to support my back
4:17 am
LoriP
Got the uk. Now, 2 more un's, and that torture is over.
4:18 am
LoriP
Oooh, found a un 6. 1 more un to go.
4:19 am
Atalante
did anyone find that 2nd de6/27?
4:19 am
MonkeyGames
Not me yet...
4:19 am
hydra
Glad you asked that, Ata. I was just about to give up for now, but I'll hang around a bit in the hope...
4:20 am
NonoNanette
working on the d's now
4:20 am
hydra
Good luck, Nono
4:20 am
Atalante
its obviously an odd word
4:20 am
lilliann
there is only one de6, after the de7 there is a 4, that is the last de
4:20 am
Atalante
and its after the unfashioned words?
4:20 am
LoriP
Nono, is the un5 a fish word?
4:21 am
hydra
On Lickety there's a second de 6/27
4:21 am
NonoNanette
no un 5 lori there is a un4
4:21 am
hydra
Yes it is, Ata
4:21 am
lynxxx
That might be an error on Lickety, his Enable is later than DrGs
4:21 am
lilliann
i have all the d's and i only have 1 de6 hydra and on my list there is only one de6
4:22 am
LoriP
Oh. oops! I have un 4,6,6,8 and thought I read there was a un 5. dang!
4:22 am
sprite
just checked and there is only on de6 on Lickety now.
4:22 am
lynxxx
Hydra - how many words on Licketys
4:22 am
hydra
That makes me feel better. I'll ignore it then. Thanks!
4:22 am
NonoNanette
your missing a un7 lori
4:22 am
hydra
Don't know, lynxx, I've switched it off.
4:23 am
hydra
Welll, I'm off to rest my eyes. 72 to find. Bye all!
4:23 am
sprite
bye for now, hydra
4:23 am
hydra
PS Have a great day, night, wherever you are.
4:23 am
Atalante
well thats that sorted!
4:23 am
LoriP
later hydra! Thanks nono
4:23 am
lilliann
bye hydra
4:24 am
MonkeyGames
Can anyone clue the Y?
4:24 am
kkiln
good morning
4:25 am
sprite
hehehe, busted, kkiln
4:25 am
sprite
good morning to you too
4:25 am
LoriP
yu + first 2 letters of picnic pest
4:25 am
LoriP
G'd morning kkiln :D
4:26 am
MonkeyGames
Thanks!
4:26 am
LoriP
Ack! I didn't extend the un 6. ***u's done happy dance*** No more vowel words, woot!
4:27 am
Atalante
woohoooo
4:27 am
NonoNanette
good morning kkiln
4:27 am
Fiber Art
Hi, kkiln!!!
4:27 am
LoriP
Now, a mere 90 words left to go....
4:27 am
LoriP
G'd morning fiber
4:28 am
sprite
I am not kkiln, but I say hello Fiber Art anyway
4:28 am
NonoNanette
hello Fiber
4:28 am
Atalante
finally! husband has taken Hobbit off to the woods with her favourite ni4/5 in :)
4:28 am
Fiber Art
Hi, Lori--and sprite--and nono--
4:28 am
kkiln
Hi all...Fiber Art..isn't this early for you?
4:28 am
MonkeyGames
OK, off to the supermarket with us. Back later. Have fun everyone!
4:29 am
sprite
bye for now, MonkeyG, and cuddle the little monkey from us :)
4:29 am
Fiber Art
Can't sleep, how better to waste my time???
4:29 am
sprite
yay Ata :)
4:29 am
NonoNanette
bye bye Monkey
4:29 am
kkiln
Babble is great for those sleepless hours...
4:29 am
sprite
Babble is a great place to be when the land of dreams stays closed to you
4:29 am
Atalante
she likes pheasants :)
4:30 am
sprite
she could bring you one home, Ata :)
4:30 am
LoriP
lol Ata, a couple hours alter, and he finally gave in?
4:30 am
sprite
so shall I come to dinner tomorrow then?
4:31 am
Atalante
make it a few weeks, pheasant tastes better when hung for a while
4:32 am
sprite
ah, there I go with my shining lack of knowledge, lol. Ok, a couple of weeks and not one day :) Will remember.
4:33 am
Atalante
the only problem is that she's only ever caught *1* pheasant in her 6 years of life ...
4:33 am
sprite
then she is due for another
4:34 am
Atalante
that 1 was about 2 months ago LOL
4:34 am
LoriP
Maybe the hub will give Hobbit somepointers this morn....
4:35 am
Atalante
yeah ... his idea of giving the dog a good walk is to sit on a nearby tree trunk and watch hobbit run around
4:42 am
sandr
help with the as 5/10 please
4:43 am
sandr
got it thanks
4:43 am
LoriP
as + 3 letters of a fruit my monkeys love
4:44 am
LoriP
G'd mornign sandr
4:49 am
niksforjaff
can someone please explain..i put in the de6/27 in lickety and checked with morewords and the grid tells me its not in the dictionary..hi sprite
4:49 am
sprite
lickety uses a newer version of enable than babble, might be what has caused the difference.
4:49 am
sprite
and hi nikki :)
4:50 am
niksforjaff
so its a completely word then?
4:50 am
sprite
afk for a short while
4:50 am
niksforjaff
different word?
4:51 am
rolin
niks...do you have the abbrev. de4/6?
4:51 am
Haz1558
Forget that word (demoed) as far as babble today is concerned. It won't take it and won't give you any points. Babble thinks it doesn't exist.
4:52 am
niksforjaff
i have the de4/6..is it a plural of?
4:53 am
niksforjaff
ok..thanks
4:53 am
LoriP
G'd morning niks, rolin, Haz
4:53 am
Atalante
you'll be proud to know I didn't feed Hobbit this morning, Haz and Lori ;)
4:53 am
Haz1558
Good morning/evening all by the way.
4:53 am
niksforjaff
hi lori
4:53 am
NonoNanette
good morning Haz!
4:53 am
LoriP
excellent. Feeding pets is highly overrated.
4:54 am
Haz1558
Great news, Atalante - pleased to hear it. Spangle hasn't been fed this morning either.
4:54 am
NonoNanette
and why are we not feeding the animals?
4:54 am
Haz1558
In case we spoil them.
4:55 am
Atalante
they are all going on a diet of gruel once a morning
4:55 am
NonoNanette
me thinks its already too late for that Haz :)
4:55 am
Atalante
*once a day!
4:55 am
LoriP
Since when is food a right?
4:55 am
Haz1558
It's a case of staging an intervention with Ata. She had thought she was supposed to feed them regularly.
4:56 am
Atalante
i suppose i should get her a kennel too
4:57 am
Haz1558
Absolutely. One without any comforts of any kind.
4:57 am
LoriP
Outside will teach them survival skills they lack, when being fed by humans.
4:58 am
Atalante
you mean she might learn to catch more pheasants?
4:58 am
LoriP
Musn't coddle them.
4:58 am
Haz1558
I'd say pheasants are currently quaking in their boots at the thought of a new improved hunting Hobbit.
4:59 am
Atalante
i'd say they are probably laughing
4:59 am
LoriP
word got out about Hobbit's recent capture, so they are hiding en masse. bad for the bird population.
4:59 am
Haz1558
And the peasants who look after the pheasants are probably talking about 'The Black streak'
5:00 am
LoriP
***Wow, I am HATING this 'm'***
5:00 am
Atalante
she did chase her Arch Enemy up a tree yesterday. that was a success for her!
5:00 am
Haz1558
It's not pleasant to be a peasant pheasant owner when the Black Streak is around.
5:00 am
LoriP
See? Be firm Ata.
5:01 am
Atalante
looooooool
5:03 am
Haz1558
Hello sprite.
5:03 am
sprite
thanks hun :)
5:03 am
LoriP
there can't possibly be 37 words left in this grid.
5:03 am
sprite
some might be found on the right, Lori
5:05 am
LoriP
Oh honestly. I loath that stoopid spelling of a cat sound. honest ta' Pete.
5:07 am
NonoNanette
thanks Lori......
5:07 am
Atalante
and the past tense
5:07 am
sprite
and past tense, Lori
5:07 am
Atalante
got there first :P
5:08 am
NonoNanette
m's done!
5:08 am
sprite
*giggle* Yeah, am not at all fast atm.
5:08 am
LoriP
Yea Nono! I'm missing 5, and they suck.
5:10 am
FMitch
Morning all
A tad taxing today m'thinks.
5:10 am
sprite
hi FM, not too bad so far, still 10 left though
5:11 am
sprite
I love your icon, FM :) Would love to do that some day.
5:11 am
LoriP
G'd morning FM
5:11 am
NonoNanette
morning FM
5:11 am
Haz1558
Good morning FM.
5:11 am
crosshair
morning ladies:)
5:11 am
FMitch
thanks sprite, Hello Lori and Haz and I know Ata is out there somewhere too
5:11 am
sprite
crossy :) *hug*
5:12 am
LoriP
G'd morning cross
5:13 am
Haz1558
I'm going to have to excuse myself and head to the shops. Botheration!
5:13 am
Haz1558
Back later - bye all!
5:13 am
crosshair
tc haz;)
5:13 am
FMitch
I've have just returned from there Haz - fight the good fight
5:13 am
LoriP
heh heh heh happy shopping!
5:13 am
NonoNanette
bye Haz
5:14 am
Haz1558
I will take no prisoners. Bye!
5:16 am
NonoNanette
yikes only 10 left and not one single n do i have!
5:17 am
sprite
one of them makes you sick, Nanette
5:17 am
FMitch
Oops almost embarrassed myself by typing a particularly silly non word in the log.
5:17 am
NonoNanette
just spotted that one sprite thanks
5:17 am
LoriP
I have a grand total of 1 n. I'm gettin' aggritated.
5:17 am
sprite
which one was it, FM? *looks innocent*
5:17 am
Atalante
I got 3!!
5:17 am
LoriP
Okay, now 2...... :)
5:18 am
sprite
and fireworks
5:18 am
FMitch
You are not alone Lori
5:18 am
FMitch
Congrats sprite, well done.
5:18 am
crosshair
yaaa for sprite! 21 gun salute for you!!:)
5:18 am
NonoNanette
woohooo congrats Sprite!
5:18 am
sprite
one is not the summit
5:18 am
LoriP
Congratulations sprite
5:18 am
sprite
thanks crossy :)
5:18 am
sprite
and thanks FM :)
5:19 am
sprite
and Lori, hahaha... thanks all :)
5:19 am
LoriP
***I smell an Ata smug moment coming***
5:19 am
sprite
and Nanette... easy to miss one in the fast chat, but all appreciated :)
5:19 am
sprite
Smugalante rules
5:20 am
FMitch
I can see I will be heading to the list super early today
5:20 am
sprite
any clues needed before I go?
5:20 am
LoriP
I'm good thanks, relatively speaking. Go nono go!
5:21 am
FMitch
Are there any really strange 1st 2 letter words today?
5:21 am
crosshair
yes...everything but the d,s:)))
5:21 am
sprite
you mean like pt or ct? No, not today.
5:21 am
FMitch
LOL crossy
5:21 am
sprite
except maybe the uk5
5:21 am
LoriP
Hah n is done.
5:21 am
NonoNanette
wtg lori
5:22 am
FMitch
Ah that is a strange one thanks for that
5:22 am
LoriP
This is like pullin' hens teeth. yeesh
5:23 am
NonoNanette
and FIREWORKS!!
5:23 am
sprite
ok, I am off then :) You all have fun with this grid. Don't be shy of vowel combinations. *hugs* and thanks for the help and company.
5:23 am
sprite
wtg Nanette!!!
5:23 am
crosshair
yaa for nono! 21 gun salute for you!
5:23 am
NonoNanette
bye bye sprite
5:23 am
FMitch
Bye sprite and congrats Nono
5:24 am
crosshair
tc sprite have a good day
5:24 am
NonoNanette
ok now that I am fully awake, it's time for a shower and some breakfast..... Happy babbling everyone
5:26 am
LoriP
Congratulations Nono!!!! Later sprite, Nono, have a great day
5:26 am
FMitch
Taking sprites advice about adding vowels together has just found me 4 m words.
5:27 am
Atalante
oh yes. those.
5:28 am
FMitch
Oh Lori just looked up the def of one of them and it is so you!
5:28 am
FMitch
*runs and hides before she can get me*
5:29 am
LoriP
***glares, wondering which one***
5:30 am
lynxxx
spot on FM
5:31 am
FMitch
*stifles a giggle* the last mo4/6
Hi lynxxx :)
5:32 am
LoriP
***dons pouting grimace***
5:33 am
FMitch
LOL ((Lori))
5:34 am
crosshair
mmmm tea and toast with some apple jelly;)
5:36 am
LoriP
***hands Ata and cross a bottle of my homemade apple jelly***
5:36 am
Atalante
mmmmmmmm
5:36 am
rolin
can i have a clue for the as5/10 ols
5:37 am
crosshair
mmmmm...we just made some from our own honeycrisp variety,,darn things are almost as big as a small childs head:0
5:38 am
FMitch
Can't help rolin, am missing that one.
5:38 am
LoriP
as + 3 letters from monkey fruit
5:38 am
rolin
hey demi...congrats again
5:38 am
rolin
lori..im saw sprite post that clue..and am no wiser..lol
5:39 am
FMitch
that I would not have found, thanks Lori
5:39 am
rolin
hey lunxx..sorry i had to run out yesterday..but work called
5:39 am
LoriP
vowel consonant vowel rolin (yellow fruit)
5:39 am
FMitch
rolin - think about the frust monkeys like to eat
5:39 am
rolin
ooohh.. ok...i saw that in KL..lol
5:39 am
demi
thank you rolin..
5:41 am
rolin
im just not likin' this grid i have to say
5:41 am
demi
i don't think anybody is
5:42 am
crosshair
this grid is nasty with evil pretentions
5:42 am
Atalante
its evil
5:42 am
FMitch
Agree there, I wanted a 300+ with lot and lots of different ending options but nooo Dr_G saw fit to make us work our grey matter on a weekend :(
5:42 am
LoriP
***dons a Greek tunic and clues the as through interpretive dance***
5:42 am
rolin
i saw that post mitch and agreed with you..
5:43 am
rolin
*warries exactly what lori has been smoking*
5:43 am
FMitch
Lori get yer own tunic, mine is way to big for you!
5:43 am
crosshair
crossy shudders at the thought of a 300+ one of those and you cant eat,pee,go to work or talk with other humans:/
5:43 am
LoriP
***knew that'd get FM's attention*** :D
5:44 am
LoriP
I want a 500 word grid!
5:44 am
FMitch
you saying we aren't human crossy? huh huh?
5:44 am
Atalante
not going to work is good
5:44 am
crosshair
crossy hits lori with a fish
5:46 am
crosshair
lol fm,i foget you have been up for hours..its 0:645 am here and im still thinking bout breathing so go easy on me:0
5:46 am
LoriP
Hey! I'll call the PETA folks, hitting me with a live fish!
5:46 am
crosshair
who said it was live lori:)
5:47 am
Atalante
live dogfish are fun to hit ppl with
5:47 am
FMitch
OK crossy this time I will be lenient with you ;) I forget that you are not firing on all cylinders at such an early hour.
5:48 am
crosshair
firing?cylinders??..right now all i have is the starter motor grinding over
5:50 am
crosshair
ugh..6 celcius out this morn
5:50 am
carleekat
first word i saw was the steam bath :)
5:51 am
lynxxx
whereas we dragged out the fan this evening, really hot day
5:51 am
carleekat
no idea here crossy.... too much to do this am..gotta be out the door in 1 hour
5:52 am
crosshair
morning carlee im out in 35 min myself:/
5:52 am
carleekat
hey there lynxxy
5:52 am
carleekat
hi fm :)
5:52 am
carleekat
i'm being decadent and inhaling a left over piece of pumpkin pie
5:52 am
carleekat
for breakfast
5:53 am
crosshair
its heathy right? grows in a garden..eat it up!:))
5:53 am
carleekat
i figure yes....has eggs and milk in it too...
5:54 am
rolin
ok..i have greyed out the first 2 columns..im gonna do something else more active for a while...bye all
5:54 am
crosshair
see? breakfast in a slice:))
5:54 am
carleekat
bye bye rolin :)
5:54 am
crosshair
tc rolin
5:54 am
carleekat
( I think it was over the top when I put on left over whipped cream tho crossy ...shhhh..its a secret )
5:56 am
crosshair
crossy envisions carlee hunched over the open fridge with the pie plate and whipped cream on her nose....
5:56 am
carleekat
well..fridge is not beside me here in family room... but...........
5:57 am
carleekat
ok..i have to get child 1 up ... and I have to dry hair...and get ready for the church tea room...
5:57 am
Atalante
you're probably not too far off, crossy :)
5:57 am
carleekat
ttfn...* poof*
5:57 am
crosshair
cant wake kid up with whipped cream on nose....
5:57 am
FMitch
Finally i have greyed the u's, time for a break I think. TTFN
5:58 am
crosshair
tc fm have a good day;)
5:58 am
carleekat
( Ok..just checked weathere here....is is 0C here right now crossy ...)
5:58 am
crosshair
lil frost for carlee:/
5:59 am
carleekat
crap camping next week is going tobe SO freakin cold ...
5:59 am
crosshair
remember..cherry whisky in wine skins....:))
5:59 am
lynxxx
Giving up for the nite with 54 left. Bye everyone
5:59 am
carleekat
( the park where we camp has a "hallowe'en thing...and the park is turned haunted....kids want to go..mum will be full of chill by time mum gets home...)
6:00 am
carleekat
*actual poof*
6:00 am
Scrabbler
Hello all.
6:00 am
Atalante
hi scrabs
6:00 am
crosshair
we have you regular poof,your virtual poof and your actual poof...mmmm
6:00 am
crosshair
howdy scrabbs;)
6:01 am
SharonRA
good morning everybody
6:01 am
crosshair
morning sharon;)
6:01 am
Scrabbler
Hi crossbow, which is what I call you in my mind
6:01 am
Scrabbler
Hi Sharon
6:01 am
Atalante
hi sharon
6:01 am
crosshair
crossbow?? well whatever works;))
6:02 am
Scrabbler
OK, Mr Hair.
6:02 am
crosshair
as long as the ladies are not trying to kill me,im happy
6:02 am
Scrabbler
I would never hurt you. You are a sweetheart.
6:03 am
crosshair
not well this morn..will they ever get something better than this poison to kill off the cancer scrabbler?
6:04 am
Scrabbler
Isn't it awful?! It IS a poison, a toxin. Cancer is SO evil that we must poison those rogue, nasty cells. Some cancers now are being treated with vaccines created by harvesting the patient's cancer cells then making a vaccine designed specifically for that person.
6:05 am
crosshair
i think the small anti nausea bag they give you first is just for the mind....
6:06 am
Scrabbler
Placebo, huh?
6:06 am
crosshair
has a nice red label on it that you can look at while the room spins....
6:07 am
Scrabbler
Aha, visual imagery.
6:07 am
Atalante
might as well find Johnny Walker red label
6:08 am
crosshair
and why must the damn needle they put in for this be #1 made of plastic and #2 be 1/4 in diameter? good grief!
6:08 am
crosshair
k enuff bitching time to get sum words;))
6:08 am
Scrabbler
No way, the needle isn't plastic?
6:08 am
Atalante
i think you're allowed to bitch!
6:08 am
elder
Good afternoon everyone .
6:09 am
crosshair
wish i could ata..there is a running joke for this..the cancer diet consists of all the chips you can eat;/
6:09 am
Scrabbler
Hi Elder. It is still pitch black here at 7 AM. I have to leave for work in 45 minutes.
6:10 am
Scrabbler
You mean ICE chips?
6:10 am
Atalante
*thinks* are Canadian chips like UK chips or US chips?
6:10 am
Atalante
hi elder!
6:10 am
crosshair
its like a doubble needle scrabbs..they stick you with the whole think then pull the outer sleeve off,leaving the iv needle in
6:10 am
elder
Scrabbs, did all go as well as could be expected for everyone yesterday during such a sad time.
6:10 am
Angelsong
morning, all. I have a link to baby pictures in my profile.
6:10 am
crosshair
either one ata
6:11 am
elder
Hello Angel.
6:11 am
Scrabbler
Oh, yes, Cross, the plastic catheter stays in.
6:11 am
Scrabbler
Hi Angel--I will go look.
6:11 am
Atalante
that's kinda interesting, cos the only thing I can eat while being horribly travel sick is chips. And I get *horribly* travel sick
6:11 am
crosshair
anyways must go for now..tc all and have a great day
6:11 am
elder
bye Cross. this grid looks tricky today.
6:12 am
elder
Ata, is that with all travelling modes.
6:13 am
Atalante
pretty much, yeah
6:13 am
Scrabbler
It is tough and I think I need to begin some words with vowels if I am to make progress.
6:13 am
elder
oh, poor you, how awful.
6:13 am
SharonRA
hard puzzle
6:13 am
elder
hello Sharon.
6:14 am
SharonRA
hi elder
6:14 am
Atalante
but! I have a solution now! We discovered that an anti-sickness drug hospitals use after operations just about manages to stop it. So now I just get drugged up for long journeys!
6:15 am
Scrabbler
Which one? Ondansetron?
6:15 am
elder
Ata, what a good solution.
6:16 am
Atalante
it's *mind goes blank* *goes to look*
6:21 am
Scrabbler
The sun is coming up--the sky is pink in the east.
6:22 am
elder
Always a good sign.Scrabbs.
6:22 am
Atalante
prochlorperazine
6:23 am
EspritdJean
well that stomach sickness you are all talking about is in the grid
6:23 am
Scrabbler
Ah, yes. That works--and is sedating too.
6:23 am
elder
Can see why you needed to have a look Ata.
6:23 am
Atalante
its wonderful stuff
6:23 am
EspritdJean
in fact it's been blurted
6:23 am
Scrabbler
OK, I need to eat something before work. I shall return later in our afternoon. Enjoy the day everyone.
6:23 am
Atalante
you too!
6:23 am
Atalante
lol yes elder
6:23 am
Scrabbler
Wow, TY, Jean!!
6:24 am
Atalante
was it me?
6:24 am
elder
Bye Scrabbs. and hello Jean.
6:24 am
EspritdJean
nope crossy
6:25 am
Atalante
phew, I did try to be careful!
6:25 am
EspritdJean
hi elder
6:26 am
EspritdJean
and everyone
6:27 am
redturtlehead
good morning
6:27 am
gran
Clue please for as 5/10
6:28 am
elder
Gran, sorry, not been here long.
6:28 am
EspritdJean
hi turtlehead
6:34 am
redturtlehead
Hi elder and jean and gran. I am pleased that I can change my icon!
6:34 am
ddb4nana
gran...the as 5/10 is a yoga posture...does that help?
6:34 am
elder
red, an impressive icon.
6:35 am
redturtlehead
it helps me ddbnana!
6:35 am
ddb4nana
hello elder!
6:35 am
ddb4nana
great...if I can't sleep, at least I can be of some use!
6:35 am
elder
ddb I don't think we have met before so welcome.
6:35 am
redturtlehead
LOL elder, I am glad to get rid of pizza it was a clue for gooey yesterday.
6:36 am
ddb4nana
thanks...mostly an incurable lurker so don't enter much in the chatterbox
6:36 am
redturtlehead
the chatterbox is very fun though nana. I used to lurk too.
6:38 am
ddb4nana
well...this is my usual sleep time...5:30 a.m. but can't sleep today...good to be noticed though!
6:38 am
elder
II have tried to lurk but can not resist for too long.
6:38 am
ddb4nana
what time is it there, elder?
6:38 am
redturtlehead
I am still a pretty good lurker actually....once in a while, its very fun to watch the chat....
6:39 am
ddb4nana
it is great fun to watch the chat! I get some wonderful smiles from some of the regulars...very funny and friendly bunch!
6:40 am
elder
ddb its 12.40 here just after mid day. Not so early as you.
6:40 am
redturtlehead
I am about to pour coffee here, anyone want some, nana? since you cant sleep?
6:40 am
ddb4nana
well...I'm off to try for a few hours of sleep...maybe I'll see you in my dreams!
6:41 am
ddb4nana
better pass on the caffeine!
6:41 am
elder
yes sometimes it's so funny, I sit here laughing out loud to myself.
6:41 am
ddb4nana
but thanks anyway!
6:41 am
elder
Bye for now ddb and hope sleep arrives.
6:42 am
elder
red, coffee for me.
6:42 am
redturtlehead
its Kona blend, sugar or cream?
6:43 am
redturtlehead
I just realized your flag is Portugal! My Parents have been there twice, they even lived there for 3 months, which was quite an experience for them...
6:43 am
elder
No sugar and little cream, I like it strong.
6:44 am
redturtlehead
Coming right up. I have put it in a fiarly scary lookig Holly Hobby mug, but I think you'll like it.
6:44 am
elder
red, that was my icon from days ago. I must change it at some point.
6:44 am
redturtlehead
it is better than Pizza.
6:45 am
elder
that will do fine , thank you.
6:45 am
elder
I am not a great pizza fan.
6:50 am
redturtlehead
this is not a very friendly grid I thnk.
6:51 am
elder
no, I think you are right, messy.
6:52 am
EspritdJean
13 stinkin' U words!
6:52 am
redturtlehead
like the vowels are all in the wrong places!
6:52 am
redturtlehead
LOL jean, I have er, ONE!
6:52 am
EspritdJean
I have 2
6:52 am
EspritdJean
the 8 is one of them
6:53 am
redturtlehead
Jean, and elder, I am laughing hearing the weather forecast, they are saying the temp is going to bottom out at like 58 degrees, what kind of world do I live in!
6:53 am
elder
the U's are not to bad.
6:54 am
elder
Red, where are you Florida?.
6:54 am
EspritdJean
the un6/24 is what I am most of the time
6:54 am
redturtlehead
right outside of Orlando, thus being inundated by Politics now.
6:54 am
EspritdJean
excusing the spelling of course
6:55 am
elder
red, are yes.
6:57 am
elder
With my sister, have been talking over the Phone about the elections and our opinions, as she lives in America and what happens in USA impacts on us here.
6:58 am
redturtlehead
Where does your sister live elder, I think you told me but I forgot...
6:58 am
EspritdJean
Joe the Plumber is going to become a millionaire
6:59 am
redturtlehead
Oooh a hotly contested state!
6:59 am
elder
Esp. LOL. that creases me when I hear it.
6:59 am
redturtlehead
Jean, I just read that Joe the Plumber actually owes a bunch of back taxes....so if he isnt going to pay what does he care about rising taxes?
7:00 am
EspritdJean
it's pathetic, really
7:00 am
EspritdJean
the whole country's focus switched from the issues to Joe over night
7:00 am
EspritdJean
ge of every paper
7:00 am
EspritdJean
yes Red, I heard that too
7:00 am
elder
Umm.. yes Colorado is the most wonderful state, but its politics are sometimes .... ..
7:00 am
EspritdJean
but his appearances on the talk shows will cover it :-)
7:01 am
redturtlehead
I think the problem is that suddenly the issues are very scary, easier to focus on a plumber.
7:01 am
elder
Obama is in the lead in the polls.
7:01 am
redturtlehead
COlorado has some interesting Religious sects....
7:01 am
redturtlehead
Obama is ahead but just barely, and I hope it isnt a wierd effect.
7:02 am
redturtlehead
funny Jean!
7:03 am
elder
I do wonder if MCcain is regretting his choice of running mate.
7:03 am
EspritdJean
American politics have got to be the laughingstock of the planet
7:04 am
EspritdJean
McCain has dead-looking reptilian eyes in my opinion
7:04 am
elder
Esp, probably not, we do pretty well ourselves at times.
7:04 am
EspritdJean
I think he's a cyborg
7:04 am
redturtlehead
it is entertaining that Palin looks so much like the comedienne Tina Fey!
7:04 am
EspritdJean
Red, every time Palin opens her mouth a cartoon writes itself
7:05 am
elder
I do get concerned when I hear some of the reasons why the American people are voting for one or the other candidates.
7:05 am
redturtlehead
but you forget Jean....according to the lady on talk radio, Obama is not an American citizen...the dems apparently are hiding that.
7:05 am
elder
I don't know Tina fay.
7:05 am
EspritdJean
she is a riot Elder
7:05 am
redturtlehead
It's horrible elder, I've heard people say they don't think Baraks name is presedential enough...
7:06 am
EspritdJean
she has impersonating Palin down to a "T"
7:06 am
redturtlehead
She is Palins Lost twin.
7:06 am
Anniebrook
I saw Tina Fey impersonating Palin on Saturday Night Live and she was dead on....it was amazing
7:06 am
EspritdJean
Elder you can find it on the internet
7:06 am
redturtlehead
Good Morning Annie, Coffee?
7:07 am
EspritdJean
look under Saturday Night Live
7:07 am
elder
Stunning when you hear he ( Obama) has done this, that and the various allegations made about him and his family.
7:07 am
elder
Hello Annie.
7:07 am
Anniebrook
Good Morning Red, Yes, thank you! *hugs out cup*
7:07 am
Anniebrook
Hi elder
7:07 am
redturtlehead
Yes, I agree...my cousin sent my Mom an email alleging that Obama eats children!
7:08 am
EspritdJean
I thought he was vegetarian!
7:08 am
redturtlehead
My Cousin is a bit wierd.
7:08 am
redturtlehead
LOL Jean!!!
7:08 am
elder
One woman said he was a child/ baby killer and that he was not a Christian.
7:09 am
Anniebrook
there are many people who will not vote for Obama because he is african-american...damn shame
7:09 am
EspritdJean
exactly right annie
7:09 am
redturtlehead
I met Obama in NH last summer. He really impressed me.
7:09 am
EspritdJean
and he will probably need the largest secret service detail in the history of the country
7:09 am
elder
Yes, sadly I think you are correct.
7:10 am
Anniebrook
yes Jean
7:10 am
redturtlehead
Jean, several African Americans I work with are predicting his win and assassination.
7:10 am
elder
there is no doubt he can hold a crowds attention.
7:10 am
EspritdJean
Red, I think that is enough information that we can staart a rumor that you and Obama trysted in NH last summer
7:11 am
redturtlehead
LOL jean! lets not start that.
7:11 am
Anniebrook
Jean, and people will believe it and pass it on
7:11 am
EspritdJean
Never let me have any fun :-9
7:11 am
elder
That's a worry. wasn't there, a few months back a man/men arrested whilst trying to get to him to kill him.
7:12 am
Anniebrook
they are trying to destroy the minority vote by besmirching and suing Acorn
7:12 am
EspritdJean
I don't recall that elder
7:12 am
elder
and what has Acorn done, except to hang on trees.
7:13 am
EspritdJean
Acorn has done some shady things regarding voter registration elder
7:13 am
redturtlehead
I just feel McCain is such a schmuck. He graduated close to last in his class....
7:13 am
Anniebrook
LOL, elder and registering people to vote
7:13 am
elder
Esp, it was on our news..
7:13 am
redturtlehead
And Acorn has had apparently some bad behavior, but...
7:13 am
elder
Red, tell it how it is. lol
7:13 am
Anniebrook
AND Palin went to SIX colleges before she finally graduated
7:13 am
EspritdJean
I don't want to see McCain's plastic barbie doll wife as 1st lady either
7:13 am
redturtlehead
I want a smart pres....strange as that seems.
7:13 am
redturtlehead
You got the same email Annie?
7:14 am
redturtlehead
Cindy McCain appears hideous to me. Michelle Obama is so much more appealing and competent appearing.
7:14 am
Dippnall
help please! 2nd de 6/27
7:14 am
EspritdJean
but Annie, she can take down and skin a moose single handedly!
7:14 am
Anniebrook
red, I must have gotten the same email
7:14 am
elder
Esp, what State are you from.
7:15 am
EspritdJean
Illinois
7:15 am
redturtlehead
My Mom sent it and I found it interesting.
7:15 am
redturtlehead
Jean, how do you all feel about Obama as Senator???
7:15 am
elder
Dipp, sorry have not got that. and Hello.
7:15 am
Anniebrook
Jean, my favorite picture is of Palin and her 6 year old by the bloodied caribou she just killed....goood experience for Vice Pres
7:16 am
redturtlehead
Hi Dipp!
7:16 am
EspritdJean
Red, I can't claim to be informed on his record as a senator
7:16 am
Dippnall
hi all - lurking as usual
7:16 am
Anniebrook
hi dipp
7:16 am
redturtlehead
He was an Illinois Senator?
7:17 am
EspritdJean
he IS an IL Senator
7:17 am
redturtlehead
Sorry.
7:17 am
redturtlehead
I am accustomed to thinking of him as the next President.
7:18 am
redturtlehead
I need to stop bringing up Politics, but I have to admit I am lately just fascinated so much by it.
7:18 am
elder
Taking a break. be back later.
7:18 am
redturtlehead
Soooo, off topic. Has anyone been following the mediVac chopper crashes???
7:18 am
EspritdJean
I saw that Red, what a sad, sad thing
7:19 am
oodleberry
but but but isn't it agaisnt terms of agreement to do anything but play games on bable????
7:19 am
redturtlehead
There has been a huge increse in crashes due to private copter companies, we need more regulations.
7:19 am
EspritdJean
the one in Illinois with the little girl and all crew
7:19 am
redturtlehead
THe private companies are flying in bad weather...to get the flight etc.
7:20 am
redturtlehead
It worries me because I have a lot of flight nurse friends.
7:22 am
redturtlehead
ok I must be off...
7:23 am
redturtlehead
poof
7:23 am
periwinkle
good morning all, help with the 7's please
7:23 am
Anniebrook
bye, red
7:23 am
Anniebrook
hi peri
7:23 am
periwinkle
what in the heck is the Y word
7:24 am
Anniebrook
sorry peri, dont have it
7:25 am
Dippnall
currency peri - hi!
7:25 am
periwinkle
I am stuck with 83 left
7:25 am
periwinkle
what is the 2nd letter please of the Y word
7:25 am
72 Temple Owl
hi all!
7:25 am
Anniebrook
Hi Owl!
7:25 am
Tanja
yu +little word beginning with vowel
7:26 am
oodleberry
de7 de +fashion +consonant
7:26 am
periwinkle
Hi Owl
7:27 am
periwinkle
sheesh, thanks for the yu, I have seen that word before
7:27 am
Tanja
its a horrible grid
7:28 am
periwinkle
have a de6/27
7:29 am
periwinkle
de7 is the de6 past tense
7:29 am
Anniebrook
make it past tense, peri
7:29 am
periwinkle
figured that out myself, thanks Annie
7:30 am
Anniebrook
didnt see your clue, peri.....
7:33 am
periwinkle
any more clues out there for the 7's
7:34 am
Dippnall
di 7 in 7 me 7 un 7 - I still need one more!
7:35 am
periwinkle
thanks Dipp, will look
7:35 am
EspritdJean
de7/44
7:36 am
Tanja
clue for the first as 5 would be helpful
7:36 am
EspritdJean
yoga pose tanja
7:37 am
periwinkle
only have the de7, not seeing any of the others, bbl
7:40 am
Atalante
is the ra7 obvious??
7:41 am
Dippnall
pl of ra 6 - a cyst
7:44 am
Atalante
new words for me
7:49 am
Dippnall
still stuck - 2nd de 6/ 27
7:49 am
Atalante
there's only one, dippnall. 1 de6/27
7:50 am
Dippnall
are you sure? Lickety lists 2
7:50 am
Atalante
yep. sure. we've been through this a few times today already!
7:51 am
Dippnall
sorry - haven't been reading the log
7:51 am
Atalante
hydra and I spent ages trying to find it, only to be told it didn't exist
7:51 am
Atalante
oh - sorry - I didn't you should have been. just showing you why I'm sure
7:52 am
72 Temple Owl
this is a nasty grid...
7:52 am
Atalante
it is indeed
7:52 am
Tanja
lickety only lists one de on mine - just checked
7:53 am
Tanja
and yes it is a nasty grid - down to 18 and I will be relieved to finish
7:53 am
flosey
good morning everyone
7:54 am
flosey
when lickety's list was first shown, it contained 173 words, it has since been corrected
7:54 am
Anniebrook
hi flosey!
7:55 am
72 Temple Owl
hye, flo!
7:55 am
flosey
this is a nasty grid !
8:01 am
kim m
a clue pls for in 7...it's my last word
8:01 am
Atalante
I wish I knew, kim!
8:01 am
MonkeyGames
Hi again briefly. Phantom: kundalini. Seriously though, can anyone clue the k's except misspelled thing behind a horse and pile of rocks?
8:01 am
flosey
sorry kim, don't have it
8:01 am
MonkeyGames
Do not have that yet, kim, sorry.
8:02 am
MonkeyGames
Oops, NM, must go again!
8:03 am
FMitch
def of the in7 is: an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose
8:03 am
Atalante
well why didn't anyone say that before!
8:03 am
Atalante
I *get* clues like that!
8:04 am
kim m
thanks FMitch....fireworks!
8:04 am
FMitch
I know ;)
congrats kim
8:04 am
Atalante
is it a gorgeous day over with you?
8:04 am
Atalante
yay kim!
8:04 am
72 Temple Owl
hi, fm!
8:05 am
FMitch
Hi TO!
yes it is georgous but a tad fresh.
8:05 am
Atalante
its really *warm* here
8:06 am
FMitch
tsk, missed making the cat sound pt, as if this grid isn't hard enough!
8:06 am
Atalante
thats such a stupid word
8:07 am
FMitch
and missed the opp of zenith. I should be put out to pasture.
8:08 am
Atalante
carrying on the mo5ic tendencies from yesterday?
8:08 am
Rlee
having trouble with my last word as5,10 any help welcome please
8:08 am
Atalante
yoga position, rlee
8:08 am
72 Temple Owl
moron isn't in today's grid ata
8:09 am
Atalante
I know. its just funny from yesterdat ;)
8:09 am
Atalante
yesterday! gah!
8:09 am
Atalante
FM was running round declaring her mo5 tendencies :D
8:09 am
72 Temple Owl
it was funny, and i kept hooping someone would ask for a clue but i never saw that!
8:10 am
Atalante
the sodom / sodomy bit was funny though
8:10 am
Rlee
thank you so much Atalante now i can finally sleep
8:10 am
72 Temple Owl
i couldn't be around - i yoga instead of babble at lunch on fridays if i am at work
8:11 am
Atalante
sleep well!
8:11 am
FMitch
Ha ha Ata seems so
8:11 am
72 Temple Owl
i kept wanting to say bugger the so5/6!
8:11 am
LadyNatts
good morning everyone... can someone clue me that lonely Y?
8:11 am
Atalante
I kept wanting to use ass-licker in a clue
8:12 am
FMitch
Ata!!!!!!!
8:12 am
72 Temple Owl
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
8:12 am
Anniebrook
lady, go diagonally across the board...yu4
8:12 am
Atalante
*innocent* as in creeping up to someone, obviously!
8:12 am
72 Temple Owl
so much for birtish decorum o.0
8:12 am
FMitch
Hi LadyN it is a yu4 - just go diagonal
8:12 am
LadyNatts
thanks annie and FM :)
8:12 am
FMitch
That is not nice Ata - say sorry.
8:13 am
Atalante
and if ppl wished to misinterpret that's their problem *looks around*
8:13 am
Anniebrook
Hi FM!
8:13 am
Tanja
clue for the first un please
8:13 am
FMitch
Hello Annie
8:13 am
Atalante
whaaat! is a phrase! like sucking up to someone!
8:13 am
Anniebrook
*getting the soap*
8:14 am
FMitch
As maybe but we have certain conduct codes here,
Wash away Annie :)
8:14 am
kim m
un + mothers sis beginning
8:14 am
LadyNatts
you mean like "brown-nosing" ata?
8:15 am
Atalante
yes, ladyn!
8:15 am
Tanja
got it thanks
8:16 am
72 Temple Owl
or "asskissing"
8:16 am
72 Temple Owl
or "bootlicking"
8:16 am
Tanja
and that is fireworks for me
8:16 am
Anniebrook
I am going to run out of soap......LOL
8:16 am
FMitch
congrats Tanja!
8:17 am
Anniebrook
congrats, tanja
8:17 am
kim m
congrats tanja
8:17 am
Atalante
see? *smug*
8:17 am
Tanja
ty - had to finish tonight - out all day tomorrow
8:17 am
72 Temple Owl
or brownnosing
8:17 am
Tanja
but it was an awful grid
8:17 am
Atalante
*loves TO*
8:18 am
FMitch
Just wait until Haz gets here, thats all I can say!
8:18 am
FMitch
... and one other thing I can say ....
8:18 am
FMitch
Fireworks!
8:18 am
72 Temple Owl
we have so many in our office i could go on forever. but i won't.
8:18 am
Anniebrook
*making a list of all the offenders and saving list for Haz!*
8:18 am
Atalante
what? the evil dog owner who doesn't feed her dog and keeps her in a kennel?
8:19 am
72 Temple Owl
? i'm leaving what will i miss?????
8:19 am
Atalante
yayyyy! :D
8:19 am
FMitch
That was hard work!
8:19 am
72 Temple Owl
i am cheating and gong out to get pumpkin loaf so i don't have to bake a dessert to bring
8:20 am
Anniebrook
yay for FM!!!!!!!
8:20 am
Atalante
good idea!
8:20 am
72 Temple Owl
i should have thought of BUYING years ago LOL
8:20 am
FMitch
Sounds like a good plan TO
8:20 am
Anniebrook
Owl, that's not cheating...that's smart
8:20 am
72 Temple Owl
oh yay, fm!!!!
8:21 am
72 Temple Owl
well i did used to bake so people expect that of me.
8:21 am
Anniebrook
I cant bake....*sob*
8:21 am
72 Temple Owl
the only cake that interests me is the new recipe for sour cream choco chip beer cake. but kids are present.
8:22 am
FMitch
Sure you can Annie, you just haven't found the right recipes.
8:22 am
72 Temple Owl
*hands annie a tissue* there there...i will bake you cookies for christmas.
8:22 am
Anniebrook
cake recipes frighten me...but I can follow the instructions on a box...that's how shallow I am
8:22 am
72 Temple Owl
what fun to have a babble cookie swap!
8:23 am
Anniebrook
I am sending Owl my address....coookies!!!!1
8:23 am
72 Temple Owl
if you can follow directoins you can bake anything, with a few groundrules.
8:23 am
72 Temple Owl
*hands up* i claim jacs as my partner!!!!!!
8:24 am
Atalante
I want Carlee! And HAz!
8:25 am
Anniebrook
Bakers impress me with their talent
8:25 am
72 Temple Owl
ok peeps i am tooooooooo chatty today. must go. see you later! you mean queen haz bakes, too? what a marvel!
8:25 am
Anniebrook
Owl, have a great time and where are you going?
8:25 am
72 Temple Owl
*cookies are worth ass kissing for* rofl
8:26 am
72 Temple Owl
i lOVE cookies!
8:26 am
72 Temple Owl
keep your candy, and ice cream and even cake.
8:27 am
Haz1558
You were talking about me?
8:28 am
Anniebrook
There she is..hi Haz!
8:28 am
Haz1558
It looks as though I've arrived just in time!
8:28 am
72 Temple Owl
HAZ!!!!!! how i have missed you, dear haz!
8:28 am
Haz1558
Hello TO! Are you well?
8:29 am
Haz1558
Have they not been good to you in my absence?
8:29 am
72 Temple Owl
*sob* no! they have been horrid!!!
8:29 am
72 Temple Owl
but i think some cookies or party would make me feel better!
8:29 am
Haz1558
The wretches!
8:30 am
ylleria
hi everyone
8:30 am
Haz1558
What did they do? What did they say? Do I blame FM?
8:30 am
Haz1558
Hello ylleria.
8:30 am
Anniebrook
*hands Haz the list of the babblers who were using *bad* language
8:31 am
Anniebrook
and FM warned them...good FM!
8:31 am
Haz1558
Oh, they didn't! Is the chat log not fit for my eyes?
8:31 am
Angelsong
fireworks!
8:32 am
Anniebrook
Hazel, I am laughing hysterically
8:32 am
Haz1558
Well done FM. She's obviously trying to redeem herself from some blame.
8:32 am
Atalante
we were discussing clues
8:32 am
Haz1558
Oh. Clues. That's never been discussed before.
8:32 am
Haz1558
Do you think McCain or Obama has a stance on clues?
8:32 am
72 Temple Owl
*points finger at ata* she started it! really, i was led astray!
8:32 am
FMitch
Hello, sorry had to go and attend to cooking things in the kitchen
8:33 am
Atalante
yes, blame FM :D
8:33 am
FMitch
So glad to see you Haz I am traumatised!
8:33 am
Haz1558
Hello FM - a funny thing has happened. You're to blame for something.
8:33 am
Haz1558
I'll have to read back to see what happened. I'm steeling myself.
8:33 am
Atalante
blame DrG! he made the grid!
8:33 am
FMitch
Goodness now theres a novelty!
8:34 am
72 Temple Owl
the cakes will be all gone by the time i get to the market *sob*
8:34 am
Anniebrook
Well, we can always blame FM although she was an innocent bystander
8:34 am
Haz1558
Or even worse, TO, they might be 'picked over' - my husband's favourite term of abuse when not able to get a full choice of something.
8:35 am
72 Temple Owl
btw ata it's been so long i had not seen the olde clueriousity shop before!
8:36 am
72 Temple Owl
well haz - it's an open air market. they keep them in the cooler. only the samples are out. but i can realte to the phrase.
8:36 am
Atalante
the olde clueriousity shop is fab!
8:36 am
Haz1558
When did the clueriosity shop make its first appearance, FM?
8:36 am
72 Temple Owl
i miss bj - i wonder if he still babbles?
8:36 am
Haz1558
They have coolers at the open air market? That's very high-tech. We don't get temperatures high enough to warrant that.
8:37 am
FMitch
Crumbs it must have been around a year ago
8:37 am
Haz1558
I remember its first appearance and being intrigued by the phantom jets!
8:38 am
Haz1558
I've reached the bad language part. My notebook is open....
8:38 am
72 Temple Owl
well they have something i hope. actually, one baker said they b of h won't let them take perishable baked goods.
8:38 am
72 Temple Owl
well they have something i hope. actually, one baker said they b of h won't let them take perishable baked goods.
8:38 am
Haz1558
These blessed safety people have a lot to answer for.
8:38 am
Atalante
poor Hobbit. I was out in the fields in the Cotswolds last week and we got buzzed by 2 of the Tornadoes from the local RAF station. Happens all the time. But Hobbit had never come across such a thing before. She just looked in absolute astonishment as if to say "go away! stop disturbing my walk!"
8:39 am
FMitch
To go and get your purchases done or I will have to carry the blame for eternity!
8:39 am
72 Temple Owl
LOL thanks for the gentle shove, fm! later everyone! *poof*
8:39 am
72 Temple Owl
LOL thanks for the gentle shove, fm! later everyone! *poof*
8:40 am
Haz1558
TO knows when to make a strategic retreat.... I have it down in black and white!
8:41 am
FMitch
*sits quetly munhcing on hot roast chicken waiting for Haz to finish reading the log*
8:42 am
Haz1558
I've finished reading the shocking and appalling part. FM, you were very good. You can NOT be blamed.
8:42 am
Atalante
she's always to blame!
8:43 am
Haz1558
You're beginning to sound like Madonna, saying that Guy Ritchie was nasty to her.
8:43 am
FMitch
Thank you for your considered judgement Madamme Haz
8:43 am
Atalante
poor traumatsed Madonna
8:44 am
Haz1558
Never let it be said that I am swayed by fear or favour. I'll get your cheque on Monday, FM?
8:44 am
Haz1558
I know! Who would have imagined that she was suffering so?
8:44 am
Atalante
mind you, poor Guy was suffering too. Dont' forget him
8:44 am
Haz1558
She has hidden her torment well. Like her wrinkles.
8:44 am
FMitch
Shhh, already made electronic transfer to your Swiss bank a/c
8:45 am
Atalante
can you get Botox for torment?
8:45 am
Haz1558
Oh good. I knew you could be discreet.
8:45 am
gramma
I always knew this was a source of evil! Now you've documented it.
8:45 am
Haz1558
I don't know. How has she coped all these years?
8:45 am
FMitch
none of this paypal rubbish with me ;)
8:46 am
Atalante
all these 7 years
8:46 am
Haz1558
Rubbish? Rubbish? Paypal stands second only to morewords in my estimation of electronic resources.
8:47 am
Haz1558
7 years - a long time to live in fear and trepidation.
8:47 am
FMitch
Hello gramma
8:47 am
Atalante
because she couldn't escape to one of their 10 houses
8:47 am
Haz1558
Hello gramma.
8:47 am
Haz1558
Well, that just shows you. A man who can't provide more than 10 houses is just cruel.
8:48 am
Atalante
do you reckon he feeds his dogs?
8:48 am
FMitch
Imagine the housework involved in 10 houses!!! Lori would faint!
8:48 am
Haz1558
Only a maccrobiotic diet.
8:49 am
Haz1558
The dogs probably refuse the stuff. What dog wants lentils for tea?
8:49 am
Atalante
not many!
8:49 am
niksforjaff
hello everyone- sounds like a lot of mayhem in the chat tonight
8:49 am
Haz1558
We once had clients who decided that their cats should be strict vegans like themselves. After a few dead cats they changed their mind.
8:50 am
Atalante
click my icon for my usually decroative and stylish cat looking well ....
8:50 am
Atalante
cats are not vegans. how hard is that to accept??!
8:50 am
Haz1558
They were the worst adverts for veganism and yoga you've ever seen. Pale and not at all interesting.
8:50 am
niksforjaff
oh hello and this isn't nikki, its Sandy and im finishing for her
8:50 am
Haz1558
It was very hard for them to accept that cats are carnivores and NEED meat.
8:51 am
Haz1558
Hello sandy - who gets the points?
8:51 am
niksforjaff
she does
8:51 am
niksforjaff
I'm such a giving mother
8:52 am
Haz1558
You're very generous, then. No competition going on?
8:52 am
niksforjaff
We are having a party tomorrow so I have been busy cooking and dont have time to do the whole thing
8:52 am
Haz1558
Is the party for anything in particular?
8:52 am
Atalante
I have to tell you about the man I saw in Tesco's today
8:53 am
Haz1558
Was it George Clooney?
8:53 am
niksforjaff
cant find for the life of me la5/12 la6/27 any clues please
8:53 am
Atalante
there's a lady I see around Faversham on occasion who has these beautiful star tattoos under her eyes. Normally I hate face tattoos, but hers are actually ok. Today, however, I saw her husband
8:53 am
Atalante
unfortunately not
8:53 am
niksforjaff
the party is for my brother in law 's 60th
8:53 am
Atalante
oh. um. haz? do you know who Dath Maul is? *cringe*
8:53 am
Atalante
*Darth Maul
8:54 am
niksforjaff
Dath Maul??
8:54 am
Haz1558
Darth Maul - anything to do with Darth Vader?
8:54 am
niksforjaff
I want those clues - please please
8:54 am
niksforjaff
its his sone
8:54 am
Atalante
nearly ...
8:55 am
Atalante
how to describe Darth Maul... ok, I'll find a pic
8:55 am
Haz1558
I've googled. Don't tell me...
8:55 am
Haz1558
The man in Tescos didn't look like that? And they let him through the door?
8:55 am
Atalante
http://tinyurl.com/5z73rp
8:56 am
Atalante
he really did! apart from the horns and yellow eyes
8:56 am
FMitch
Hi kje I see you have moved on to Italy
8:56 am
niksforjaff
come on you lot la5/12 la6/27 she has 33 left
8:56 am
gramma
Hi,FMitch. Sorry it took awhile to respond, I was reeling from the shock of the dialogue
8:56 am
Atalante
he had red and black tattoos all over his face - he was bald - so all over his whole head. with a big spider web tattoo on the top of his head
8:56 am
Haz1558
That would put you off shopping for life.
8:56 am
niksforjaff
charming
8:57 am
Haz1558
niks - haven't got those words yet, sorry.
8:57 am
phaeton
la12...one of the ones I have is past tense of using the red light for surgery
8:57 am
niksforjaff
haz it'
8:57 am
Atalante
and he and she had their kid with them
8:57 am
kje
indeed, fm.... spending a little time at lake como then debating between making my way back up through the alps or heading down into africa... can't decide
8:57 am
niksforjaff
Haz its Sandy , I'm finishing for her maybe
8:57 am
Atalante
who must have been 11 or 12, wearing all pink, with sparkly pink bunny ears
8:57 am
FMitch
1st la5/12 is pl of the 4
8:58 am
niksforjaff
Our party is called a pink paddock party
8:58 am
Haz1558
Sorry, sandy, I forgot it was you rather than niks.
8:58 am
kje
not sure I'm for the swim though, so may have to head north
8:58 am
FMitch
la6/27 - make the related 4 pt (sounds like a member of the nobility
8:58 am
niksforjaff
Thanks mitch but that last la4 already has one s
8:59 am
Haz1558
A little girl with the sparkly bunny ears? Unless they're REALLY into traumatising everyone.
8:59 am
niksforjaff
thanks mitch got it
9:00 am
niksforjaff
but not the la 5/12
9:00 am
FMitch
I would say go for the Alps kje, you don't have enough time to do the Arican continet justice.
9:00 am
niksforjaff
its still outstanding
9:00 am
kje
should be able to add a Y to that FM - la4y!!! that is a big piece of pie!
9:00 am
niksforjaff
maybe I should go to bed
9:01 am
Atalante
I'm still traumatised by the Darth Maul man
9:01 am
Haz1558
Did you jump backwards and yell?
9:02 am
niksforjaff
Darth Maul looks like someone you wouldn't want to take home to mother
9:02 am
Haz1558
He's probably got a grant from the Arts Council, you know.
9:02 am
FMitch
Sandi when was that date in Oct that the aliens were due to appear?
9:02 am
niksforjaff
unless you hated your mother
9:02 am
Atalante
he's probably up for the Turner Prize
9:03 am
Haz1558
From what I can see, Darth Maul has a face that not even his mother could love.
9:03 am
niksforjaff
14th Mitch - I guess my sis in law must have been disappointed- I havent rung yet - don't want to seem to cocky
9:03 am
Haz1558
Probably.
9:04 am
niksforjaff
what's the Turner Prize
9:04 am
FMitch
A prestigous Arts Award here in the UK
9:04 am
niksforjaff
I did not see a fleet of extra terrestrials - i didn't even see one
9:04 am
Atalante
for pretentious modern "artists"
9:05 am
AQUALADY
hi! please tell me how many words? tks
9:05 am
Haz1558
It's a prize for Art. It usually goes to something which makes the majority of people scratch their head and wonder where the artistry is.
9:05 am
niksforjaff
I like contemporary art - but that is a bit much
9:05 am
AQUALADY
tks mitch
9:05 am
niksforjaff
He will frighten the folks at the old people's home in years to come
9:06 am
Atalante
its usually won by transvestite potters making films about repression or installations of empty rooms or something
9:06 am
niksforjaff
When all his art work starts to sag
9:07 am
niksforjaff
I wonder whats on his personal parts
9:07 am
Haz1558
This year - 'Art on the move' Maybe his name is Art and he is his own inspiration.
9:07 am
Haz1558
A large pair of underpants, hopefully.
9:07 am
FMitch
Oh yes I can see it now - nothing inspires me more that ME!
9:08 am
Haz1558
I can see we're going to have problems with sandy...
9:08 am
niksforjaff
The guys who were painting my house told me they had a friend who had a blowfly tatooed on the end of his "thing"
9:08 am
Atalante
hopefully
9:08 am
Haz1558
I'm telling you. He'll have a blog, there'll be T-shirts and fridge magnets.
9:08 am
niksforjaff
They threatened to give him my address
9:09 am
FMitch
What Haz, the guy with the blowfly??
9:09 am
niksforjaff
LOL they were such a hoot!
9:09 am
Haz1558
I'm refusing to think about the man with the blowfly.
9:09 am
Sandieangel
can anyone clue the da4/9 plz? completely stuck
9:09 am
niksforjaff
I laughed for the two weeks they were there
9:10 am
Haz1558
da4/9 - a word meaning damp and nasty, usually attached to estate agents' descriptions of dungeons.
9:10 am
Haz1558
It rhymes with what the Titanic did.
9:10 am
Atalante
often containing blowflies
9:10 am
niksforjaff
da 4/9 nikki has it it is a description of the feeling you might get in Darth .... s underpants
9:10 am
Sandieangel
thanks - I was looking at the wrong d!
9:11 am
Haz1558
You're welcome.
9:11 am
FMitch
useful hint - always consider the tile values as the really help
9:12 am
niksforjaff
A tatoo like that would be a great present for your husbands for Xmas
9:12 am
Haz1558
Have you been drinking, sandy?
9:12 am
niksforjaff
No I have been too busy, but I think I will have a wine now.
9:13 am
FMitch
I think she has been at your cooking sherry Haz
9:13 am
Haz1558
I think a wee lie down in a darkened room might be more advisable, sandy.
9:13 am
Atalante
there's some left?
9:14 am
Haz1558
I've been shopping today, Ata. Draw your own conclusions.
9:14 am
niksforjaff
Every time I think of those painters I get out of control
9:14 am
Angelsong
testing my new icon...
9:14 am
Angelsong
this is our new baby, Jordan
9:15 am
Atalante
did you meet any people of note while shopping?
9:15 am
ylleria
could somebody clue some of teh e's for me? 104 words in and I haven't got a single e :(
9:15 am
FMitch
Lovely pic Angel
9:15 am
niksforjaff
gorgeous
9:15 am
kje
he's beautiful angel! what does the shirt say?
9:15 am
Haz1558
No, sadly the town was pretty quiet today.
9:16 am
Haz1558
ed4/8 - shortened version of a toy bear?
9:16 am
Atalante
I'm still giggling about the light-up tiara for confession
9:16 am
niksforjaff
Haven't you eaten that cake yet kje - by the way I copied the recipe and put it in my recipe file
9:16 am
FMitch
em4/6 flightless bird with an extra vowel
9:17 am
Haz1558
But, Ata, it occurred to me that you could have a musical refinement - music! Ave Maria or something.
9:17 am
Haz1558
And it could be adapted for brides. They could come up the aisle to one tune and down to another.
9:17 am
kje
nik - were you the person who asked me to hold it? I can't remember who asked me to leave it there so they could copy it, if it was you, then I can change!
9:17 am
Atalante
oh yes. or a picture of Mary to light up
9:17 am
FMitch
Take Hazs toy bear clue and change the last lastter for a vowel for the 4/6 and add 2 letters to pl it
9:18 am
niksforjaff
actually kje its Sandyloo Im just finishing for her
9:18 am
Atalante
who needs an orchestra when you can have a tiara?
9:18 am
Haz1558
It could be a marketing triumph.
9:18 am
Atalante
it would make millions
9:18 am
Atalante
and you could have them for dogs and cats too
9:18 am
niksforjaff
What kje's cake?
9:18 am
ylleria
thanks, again, FM, much appreciated
9:19 am
kje
OK, now confused nik... so sandy, was it you? LOL
9:19 am
Haz1558
It's a wonder nobody has thought of it before. I feel a Dragons Den appearance approaching.
9:19 am
Atalante
Duncan Ballantyne or however you spell it would go apoplectic
9:20 am
niksforjaff
it was kje, I have only ever cooked one cake so it better work
9:20 am
Haz1558
But it would make great television. And some people would think it was great.
9:20 am
Haz1558
Duncan Bannatyne, it is.
9:20 am
niksforjaff
What me cooking kje's cake
9:20 am
Haz1558
No! We're talking about a light up tiara.
9:20 am
Atalante
lol ballantyne is whisky, isn't it?
9:21 am
kje
well, the recipe works...every time... can not speak to your baking skills though... if you really have only baked one cake before, can post a really easy cocoa cake tomorrow if you like, that is to die for
9:21 am
niksforjaff
or a light up blowfly - I think that would be a good marketing ploy!
9:21 am
Atalante
oh yes, you could call it Chav Design
9:21 am
Haz1558
I think so. As if I would know anything about strong liquor.
9:21 am
niksforjaff
I'm trying to give Nikki a bad reputation
9:21 am
Haz1558
They're not called Chavs over here. They're Spides.
9:22 am
kje
gotta run... bye
9:22 am
niksforjaff
ok kje,- have you ever had pavlova?
9:22 am
Atalante
really? wow
9:22 am
niksforjaff
bye for now
9:23 am
Atalante
even better then. SpiDesign
9:23 am
FMitch
oooh kje, can you post that recipe tomorrow, have a real craving for choc cake
9:23 am
Haz1558
I have no idea where the name comes from but it's used to describe the same 'tribe'.
9:23 am
Haz1558
SpiDesign sounds great!
9:23 am
phaeton
I need a clue for the second de6/27, please
9:24 am
FMitch
Was looking at recipes for those coh cakes in a mug but the calory content is horrendous
9:24 am
Haz1558
phaeton - that might be the word that appears on Lickety's list but is not accepted by enable/babble.
9:24 am
FMitch
There is only one de6/27 phae
9:24 am
niksforjaff
that de 6/27 was on lickety and accepted but not accepted by the babble grid (so nikki said)
9:25 am
phaeton
so we skip it?
9:25 am
FMitch
Aparently lickety redid his list
9:25 am
niksforjaff
I guess so - we'll find out at the end
9:25 am
phaeton
thank you
9:26 am
FMitch
It is so Sandy as I finished a while ago and only have one .
9:26 am
niksforjaff
i'm not doing this anymore - I'm going to bed- keep having fun and behave everyone - bye for now!
9:27 am
Haz1558
Bye sandy!
9:27 am
Angelsong
sorry...chat froze, or my computer did. the baby's shirt has the hospital's name on it.
9:27 am
Atalante
bye sandy!
9:27 am
FMitch
Im going to put the kettle on and pootle about for a bit, will be lurking.
9:28 am
Haz1558
See you later, FM.
9:28 am
Atalante
bye dear
9:30 am
Atalante
I want to draw something random and can't think what
9:30 am
Haz1558
A light up tiara? It could be the first drawing for our Dragons Den appearance.
9:31 am
Atalante
lol! you know, I might just do that!
9:31 am
Haz1558
As long as you take no suggestions from sandy..
9:31 am
Atalante
I've been *working* all week, and I need to dust off the "work" art grind, and enjoy something for today
9:32 am
nbjasmine
i take no prisoners. does that count?
9:33 am
nbjasmine
never mind.
9:36 am
nbjasmine
oops. carry on. didn't mean to kill the chat!
9:36 am
Atalante
I'm trying to kick some words out of the grid
9:37 am
Haz1558
Have some semtex.
9:37 am
nbjasmine
oh good. no one died.
9:37 am
nbjasmine
semtex/
9:37 am
Haz1558
We only 'die' for long periods when we want to ... make it appear that we are not here.
9:38 am
Atalante
ooo semtex!
9:38 am
Haz1558
Semtex - highly explosive material. Ata might do better with it with this grid than kicking.
9:38 am
nbjasmine
ah. i will get a clue and go away now.
9:39 am
Atalante
oh haz - random question - what do you think of the new film about thingamabob who starved himself to death. I can *not* think of words today! Is there much angst in NI?
9:39 am
Haz1558
It's okay - semtex was used rather a lot around here a few years ago, I tend to forget that others might not have had the same experience.
9:39 am
Haz1558
Bobby Sands?
9:40 am
Haz1558
I didn't even know that a new film had been released, so maybe that answers your question!
9:41 am
Haz1558
Quite a cruel wall slogan appeared in loyalist areas after Bobby Sands died 'We'll never forget you, Jimmy Sands'
9:41 am
Atalante
lol! yes, I think so! it had it's premiere last night I think
9:42 am
Haz1558
I know. We have quite a black sense of humour (on both sides) but it probably has helped to get us through.
9:43 am
Atalante
absolutely. humour is necessary when things get worse and worse
9:43 am
Atalante
it' meant to be a pretty good film, actually
9:43 am
Haz1558
So, is it based on Bobby Sands?
9:44 am
Haz1558
Most films feature people with dreadful Northern Ireland accents.
9:44 am
Atalante
yep: http://tinyurl.com/5nj6t3
9:44 am
Haz1558
If they'd just use Liam Neeson, they'd be half-way to success.
9:44 am
Atalante
the accents provide the humour
9:46 am
elder
Good afternoon everyone.
9:46 am
Haz1558
Hello elder!
9:47 am
Atalante
hi elder!
9:47 am
Haz1558
Just read the piece, Atalante. Both sides are unhappy, so it probably means that the film is okay.
9:47 am
onyx
morning babblers!
9:47 am
Haz1558
Good morning onyx.
9:48 am
Atalante
I don't know if that's a good review, it was just the first I found, but yes, I think everyone's equally grumbly, so it sounds quite interesting
9:48 am
elder
Bobby Sands, crikey I hope they get it right. Who is making the film.
9:48 am
Atalante
it's interesting for me, cos I'm just a bit too young to actually remember these events. The concept of starving yourself to death just seems so horrific, I can't easily see what could lead to that
9:48 am
elder
forget what I just wrote.
9:48 am
Haz1558
The problem is that it will be told from one perspective. Those with a different viewpoint won't accept that there was an alternative view and will just want THEIR side put across.
9:49 am
Atalante
apparently this film doesn't deal with the politics. um, how?
9:49 am
elder
I remember it well and all the horrid things that were actioned.
9:50 am
elder
Pointless then.
9:50 am
Haz1558
It'll probably be told from the psychological point of view, but since he was in Long Kesh for political reasons, it'll have to be touched on.
9:51 am
Atalante
I think I'd quite like to see it at some point
9:51 am
Haz1558
I lived through the whole thing, though obviously not at the centre of the action. I was only 11 when the whole thing started and I remember feeling guilty because, as a child, I used to think 'Nothing exciting ever happens here.'
9:51 am
elder
Bringing memories and not all bad.
9:51 am
dan2bit
yay! found the 8 on my own
9:51 am
elder
Intriguing..
9:51 am
Atalante
lol be careful what you wish for cos it might just come true ...
9:52 am
elder
Oh, Haz * hugs *
9:52 am
Atalante
My husband lived on Murder Mile while he was at uni. Insane man
9:52 am
Haz1558
It has been a long haul to get to where we are today. I still find some aspects of the peace process hard to swallow.
9:53 am
Haz1558
Maybe that explains a lot, Ata. He could sue.
9:53 am
Atalante
is there anyone in NI that hasn't had to compromise over the peace processes?
9:54 am
Atalante
lol I was in junior school when he went to uni
9:54 am
Haz1558
Everybody has had to. Republicans haven't got their ultimate goal.
9:54 am
Haz1558
Loyalists have had to accept an Irish dimension.
9:54 am
elder
the many women also, for their marches of peace.
9:54 am
Haz1558
Neither side is completely happy. The law-abiding majority just have to deal with being pawns in a bigger political game.
9:56 am
Atalante
I can see it more now, but when I was growing up I could never understand how people like Gerry Adams could be lauded for being peaceful and in charge when they used to kill people. Wonderful childhood simplicity
9:56 am
elder
Sadly Haz, I that is true for most of the population there and here.
9:57 am
Haz1558
I know, elder.
9:57 am
Haz1558
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
9:57 am
elder
Many years ago I worked in Northern Ireland, with youngsters from both sides.
9:57 am
mom2han8
OMG... this grid is a nightmare, LOL!
9:57 am
mom2han8
Haz... that is true!
9:57 am
Atalante
yeah ... it's such a - an impossible concept
9:58 am
Haz1558
The trick is in getting people to think that the past has to be forgotten, or at least viewed through different eyes.
9:58 am
Haz1558
And mom2 - what you said about the grid is true!
9:58 am
Haz1558
To think this all started with semtex...
9:58 am
Atalante
when most of them don't want to see differently
9:58 am
Haz1558
elder, when were you in NI?
9:59 am
elder
yes, I remember thinking that when Margaret Thatcher was heralding the leader of the Polish union Party at a time when she was destroying ours.
9:59 am
Atalante
lol yes sorry for dragging everyone off into deep and meaningfulness!
9:59 am
mom2han8
Forgeetting history is probably not the best advice.... LOL!
9:59 am
Haz1558
Oh, absolutely, Ata. It takes an act of will to see things from another's point of view. Seeing another's point of view doesn't mean that you have to agree.
10:00 am
elder
I was in NI the late 80's not at the worst time but scary a times with all the no go areas that we had to go into.
10:00 am
Haz1558
I love history - but you have to be careful about knowing what is history and what is progaganda.
10:01 am
Haz1558
How interesting! I think the 70s were definitely the worst times.
10:01 am
elder
Oh yes they were..
10:01 am
Haz1558
Having said that, it's amazing how you take things for granted. Our freedom to move around was restricted but you just adapt.
10:02 am
mom2han8
The problem is that everyone has an agenda, which skewers their point of view, i.e., someone might want to vote for, say, Obama, but then it is put forth that if you are a small business owner you will suffer under Obama... historically small businesses have done better under democrats, but, if you believe the other side, then your personal agenda as a small business person outweighs the fact that he might actually be the best candidate for the COUNTRY...
10:02 am
onyx
I have been "listening to your conversation, it is like living history for those of us that only read about it in the papers. Keep talking, keep educating the rest of us. Although i have n't been able to do the puzzle
10:03 am
Atalante
lol onyx, I havent' even looked at the grid for ages!
10:03 am
mom2han8
The conversation is more interesting and less frustrating than the puzzle.. LOL
10:03 am
elder
On a lighter note, also had the most amazing times and laughter, there and the scenes were beautiful.
10:03 am
Atalante
I think the only time the troubles actually affected me was one day I was in London when some of the big nail bombs exploded there. That was quite surreal being rushed home and seeing my mother scared for the first time ever
10:04 am
Haz1558
That's what used to be so frustrating. The country is beautiful and yet it was depicted as burning buildings and people shooting at each other.
10:04 am
onyx
Didn't some one say that war brings out the best and the worst of humanity?
10:04 am
Atalante
it's the same in South Africa. All you'd see on the news for years was Soweto
10:04 am
Haz1558
That was true for a minority of people. The rest of the time, life was pretty normal - or as normal as it could be.
10:05 am
Haz1558
That's true, Ata. It's why I always watch news reports with the feeling that we're only seeing a small element of the truth.
10:06 am
Atalante
absolutely
10:06 am
elder
Haz, there those of us who knew better.I still hold dear the country and its people. Even before the peace agreements, I used to suggest to people to go on holiday there.
10:06 am
Haz1558
For instance, in the late seventies large parts of Belfast were cleared so that a new road could be put through. Those cleared houses were often used as examples of how people were suffering because of the troubles!
10:07 am
Haz1558
Good for you, elder - keep telling them because we love visitors - everybody remarks on our welcomes!
10:08 am
Atalante
and my aunt's maid (yeah, well, it happened) in Cape town lived in this shanty town which was always on the news seeing how awful life was etc etc. Yes, it certainly wasn't nice in any way, but you went into her house, and she had a microwave, tv, video recorder, you name it, they had it!
10:08 am
onyx
this grid is HORRIBLE
10:08 am
Haz1558
Did they have light up tiaras, though?
10:09 am
onyx
ooh i got the 8 all by myself too
10:09 am
elder
I do and will continue to so, it is great for all ages so much to do and see.
10:09 am
Haz1558
It is, onyx. That's why we're chatting, to try and blot it out!
10:09 am
Atalante
probably!!
10:11 am
onyx
the di 5 14 gave me a giggle
10:11 am
Atalante
you can plural it too
10:11 am
Haz1558
sprite was in fits.
10:11 am
redturtlehead
back for lunch. i need to stop watching tv news....
10:11 am
onyx
and the plural is there as well
10:12 am
onyx
there is a song in spanish " mi amigo en el bano"
10:12 am
onyx
hey red it is not news
10:13 am
redturtlehead
no....it isnt, they just showed a looong clip of mccain in NC.
10:14 am
elder
red, don't watch it, you know it will upset you :)
10:14 am
onyx
funny how they never lead with obama, and never show more than short little sippets
10:14 am
redturtlehead
i can not seem to stop...
10:15 am
dan2bit
red - switch from Fox News :-)
10:15 am
redturtlehead
THey showed a lot of McCain and Palin, but none of it was very complimentary. lol Dan, watching CNN.
10:16 am
Norma
Hi Everyone ... any clues for the as5 please ;o)
10:16 am
redturtlehead
yoga norma yoga.
10:17 am
Norma
More please red
10:17 am
Uneaixoise
as + ms. Karenina
10:18 am
Uneaixoise
(alt. spelling)
10:18 am
Norma
Thanks I was being very THICK lol
10:19 am
elder
Hello, Onyx, Uni and Norma
10:19 am
redturtlehead
Its OK Norma. I am thinking theres is a thickening agent in the grid.
10:19 am
Uneaixoise
hey, elder, good to see you :-)
10:19 am
Atalante
guar isn't quite there
10:19 am
Norma
I think you could be right red lol
10:20 am
redturtlehead
funny ATA. I think I must go back to studying.
10:20 am
onyx
i give up bye all
10:20 am
Uneaixoise
back to Nadal in Madrid . . . BBL!
10:20 am
redturtlehead
my phantom is duodenum.
10:21 am
Atalante
mine too, red
10:21 am
redturtlehead
well if two people have the same phantom, the grid should adjust yes?
10:22 am
Atalante
absolutely
10:22 am
Haz1558
Okay. The evil dog owner is going to take the raw-hide bone from the dog (bought for her dental health, nothing to do with her enjoyment) and take her for a walk. Again, she'll hate it, but I need a break!
10:22 am
Atalante
looooool. have a lovely walk!
10:22 am
redturtlehead
haz, my dog wants to come live with you. He is sitting on the screened in porch looking longingly.
10:23 am
elder
Bye for now Haz.I expect she will be dragging her heels, looking down in the mouth:)
10:23 am
redturtlehead
He's already been once, and will go 2 more times...
10:23 am
Haz1558
But will he adjust to no feeding and sleeping outside?
10:23 am
redturtlehead
Bye Haz.
10:23 am
Haz1558
Off we go!
10:24 am
Atalante
Hobbit is fast asleep snoring :)
10:25 am
elder
Dreaming of poodling about aah :)
10:26 am
Atalante
she had a looooooong walk this morning :)
10:26 am
redturtlehead
Oh Haz...he would not adjust. He would simply bust down the door and eat. He loves to sleep outside oddly.
10:26 am
dan2bit
yesterday we had mecca, today we have me6
10:27 am
JBV
hi, everyone - dropped in just in time for that nice clue by dan2bit, thanks!
10:31 am
BabbleRabble
I am missing a d5 and have: 2 da; 8 de; 11 di; 3 do; 6 du; could someone tell me in which group the missing 5 is in?
10:32 am
elder
Babble sorry, I have not found all the D's yet.
10:32 am
elder
hello JBV.
10:32 am
JBV
I have 9 de's
10:33 am
BabbleRabble
thank you
10:33 am
elder
Yw I have 16 but some way to go.
10:39 am
JBV
anyone have a clue for the e in the upper right? all I have is the large bird
10:43 am
Atalante
ed + **e a deer. and past tense
10:43 am
BabbleRabble
ed 4 6 em 4
10:43 am
JBV
thanks, ata, but it's not taking the past tense
10:44 am
elder
Jbv i Have one the ed 4/6 Ed of a newsaper + the first note of the scales.
10:44 am
Atalante
oops sorry! I mean plural
10:44 am
elder
Jbv think female deer.
10:44 am
BabbleRabble
ed 6 is the past tense em is a flightless bird
10:46 am
JBV
how about the other top row e - I have ed 4/8, need one more
10:48 am
elder
reached 100 .. in and reading the chat for too long. taking break. Bye for now.
10:48 am
storyteller
Hi, everyone. I am a just signed up newbie! I will try not to be a pest.
10:48 am
JBV
hi, storyteller, welcome!
10:49 am
reparteena
hi story--glad to have you!
10:49 am
cwestexan
welcome story
10:49 am
storyteller
Thank you, it looks like I have to try and go back in and get my flag
10:50 am
cwestexan
Watch out story, there are babble addicts every where in this room.
10:50 am
storyteller
I will fit right in!
10:51 am
Pinikula
good morning all...I see another has been assimilated! Welcome Story
10:51 am
storyteller
lol, ty.
10:53 am
cybernan
good morning, everyone :)
10:53 am
cwestexan
Hey nan
10:53 am
lil*monkey
i'm back from my Race for the Cure! Littlebit and I walked the 3 1/2 miles in wind and rain
10:53 am
cybernan
hi storey -- welcome to babbleland
10:53 am
Pinikula
wtg...congrats, lil*
10:53 am
lil*monkey
welcome storyteller
10:53 am
lil*monkey
thank you pini
10:54 am
reparteena
congratulatons monkey!
10:54 am
lil*monkey
TY reparteena
10:54 am
JBV
hi cybernan, lil*monkey, cwestexan and Pini - Pini, half of your name is in the grid today
10:54 am
JBV
and hi teena
10:54 am
Pinikula
* giggle *
10:54 am
storyteller
I bet you feel wonderful monkey! Tired, but wonderful!
10:55 am
reparteena
hey JBV!
10:55 am
JBV
too bad it's not a word! :0
10:55 am
lil*monkey
yes! hamstrings are a little sore
10:55 am
lil*monkey
i'm having a big mug of cafe au lait
10:55 am
Pinikula
that's what I was thinking, jbv
10:55 am
cwestexan
hey JBV, thaks for the clue :)
10:56 am
cybernan
does the em 6 build on the 4?
10:58 am
JBV
I have ed 6, plural of ed 4
10:58 am
Pinikula
I don't have enuf words to know, nan...
10:59 am
cybernan
in 7 anyone?
10:59 am
littlebit
are you dry now monkey?
10:59 am
lil*monkey
yes little bit!
10:59 am
lil*monkey
having cafe au lait
10:59 am
littlebit
i'm thinking of having some hot tea
11:00 am
JBV
cybernan, got the em 6 from More Words - e + 60's style + not out
11:00 am
lil*monkey
tea and cinnamon toast yummmmmmmm
11:01 am
lil*monkey
oh that em word sounds like the diarrhea medicine
11:01 am
JBV
I thought the same thing, lil*!
11:01 am
JBV
in - add last vowel and la 4/4
11:02 am
lil*monkey
that word is WACK
11:02 am
cybernan
ty jbv -- some of these words!!!!
11:03 am
JBV
yes, there is quite a collection of weird ones today
11:03 am
lil*monkey
uh oh... speaking of diarrhea.... be on the lookout for an4 meaning butthole
11:03 am
Atalante
most of these words!
11:05 am
cybernan
2nd la 5/12?
11:05 am
Atalante
and back we go to buttholes ...
11:05 am
lil*monkey
oh were they discussed earlier?
11:05 am
lil*monkey
how nice
11:06 am
JBV
la 5 - first three letters of Mrs. Bush - + article
11:06 am
Haz1558
Perish the thought, lil*. You wouldn't expect Ata to discuss such things!
11:06 am
Atalante
*giggles alot*
11:07 am
lil*monkey
the Hawaiian feast is in the grid
11:07 am
Haz1558
This grid is not easy. Understatement is my new middle name.
11:07 am
JBV
yw - anyone have the me 4/6 (prepared for a big fish)
11:07 am
skooj
good morning all
11:08 am
Atalante
kitty cat noise
11:08 am
stidmama
hello friends, perhaps i shall not start today, then. I have a HUGE amount of reading to do...
11:08 am
Haz1558
Don't start, stid, if you value your sanity.
11:08 am
JBV
thanks, Ata, didn't try that, was looking for the w
11:08 am
periwinkle
hello all, tough grid today
11:08 am
periwinkle
help with di7 please
11:09 am
stidmama
sanity? qu'est que c'est?
11:09 am
stidmama
hoping I spelled that french phrase at least close to right...
11:09 am
stidmama
hey peri
11:09 am
JBV
qu'est-ce que c'est - close stid
11:09 am
Haz1558
qu'est-ce que c'est? (Insert Gallic shrug)
11:10 am
JBV
di 7 - personal satisfaction device
11:10 am
lil*monkey
Psycho Killer... qu'est-ce que c'est ??? (song by Talking Heads)
11:10 am
skooj
okay. this is one funny grid.
11:10 am
JBV
yes, forgot that essential shrug, Haz! :)
11:10 am
lil*monkey
oh my Lord & Taylor!?? That's in the grid????
11:10 am
cybernan
*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help :)
11:11 am
Haz1558
Shrug and spreading of hands.
11:11 am
JBV
LOL (blushing)
11:11 am
periwinkle
JBV, thanks, great clue
11:11 am
periwinkle
help with me7 and un7 please
11:12 am
JBV
me 7 surplus of vowels in cat's cry - past tense
11:12 am
cybernan
un 7 -- another form of un 8
11:12 am
periwinkle
found a me6/27, not sure how to make it me7
11:12 am
periwinkle
thanks nan
11:13 am
Atalante
cat noise is me6
11:13 am
JBV
me 7/36 is plural of 6/24 and..
11:13 am
Atalante
the me7 is a combo with another word
11:13 am
JBV
me 6/27 is past tense of me 4/6
11:13 am
cybernan
there is a me 6-7 combo -- sounds something like a CA county
11:14 am
periwinkle
don't have the right me6 then
11:14 am
JBV
dan2 bit clued it earlier - yesterday we had mecca, today it's me 6/24
11:14 am
cybernan
me + D. Martin's nickname -- change last vowel
11:15 am
periwinkle
thanks for me7, never would have found it
11:15 am
periwinkle
ra7 too please
11:16 am
cybernan
ra 6-7 combo: rhymes with spring flower - didn't walk + not me + singing syllable
11:16 am
periwinkle
thanks nan, new words for me
11:16 am
periwinkle
have all the 7's now
11:16 am
periwinkle
61 left, bbl
11:16 am
cybernan
me too -- monkeyed them
11:17 am
cybernan
bye peri
11:17 am
cybernan
anyone else want clues before I leave?
11:17 am
Atalante
this is *painful*
11:18 am
cybernan
it was indeed, atalante
11:19 am
datrob1234
I need a break at the saun*
11:20 am
cybernan
doesn't look like anyone is ready for clues, so I will be on my way -- have a good day everyone :)
11:20 am
Haz1558
That's probably one of the few words that people DON'T need clues for, datrob.
11:22 am
72 Temple Owl
this grid needs another n and another s at the top
11:22 am
Haz1558
You're back! Did you get your cake?
11:22 am
72 Temple Owl
uh...er....
11:23 am
72 Temple Owl
i am going the martyr route.
11:23 am
Haz1558
You're wearing sackcloth and ashes to the market?
11:23 am
Haz1558
You're making the cake yourself?
11:24 am
72 Temple Owl
yep. but i did do towo loads of wash and wash and dry my hair. gong to pay bills next
11:24 am
72 Temple Owl
and take a keyborading class :/
11:24 am
Haz1558
Are you trying to make the rest of us feel guilty?
11:25 am
72 Temple Owl
no, not at all! if you swa this palce you'd see it's a matter of survival
11:26 am
Haz1558
What do you mean, if I saw? You haven't spotted the hidden cctv?
11:26 am
72 Temple Owl
WHAT!
11:27 am
Haz1558
Oh good. Those men meant it when they said they were good at covert operations.
11:27 am
72 Temple Owl
well goood thing i did just take the half inch of dust from the baseboard heat in this room :D
11:28 am
Haz1558
Yes - dust isn't known as the root of all evil for nothing.
11:28 am
72 Temple Owl
i truly believe it is. think of all those horrible looking mites.
11:29 am
datrob1234
nide*
11:29 am
Haz1558
I know! Millions of them.
11:29 am
72 Temple Owl
all those teeny tiny compound eyes...
11:30 am
Haz1558
Sto* doin* tha*, datro*. It's not necessary.
11:30 am
Haz1558
And you thought cctv was all-seeing....
11:30 am
datrob1234
fine its nided
11:30 am
72 Temple Owl
rofl
11:31 am
Haz1558
Maybe you don't realise that we don't want words posted in the grid. We want to find them by ourselves, thanks.
11:31 am
datrob1234
Fine . Shuting up
11:31 am
datrob1234
Fine . Shuting up
11:35 am
72 Temple Owl
*sigh* i think it's list time. this grid has all the proper latters, they are just in suboptimum positions
11:36 am
Haz1558
If it's any comfort, I hit the list much earlier than usual. The highest proportion of unusual words I think I've ever seen.
11:37 am
Atalante
is 28 to go good going sans list?
11:37 am
Haz1558
It's worthy of HUGE quantities of smug.
11:37 am
72 Temple Owl
well gee thanks, ata. now i must wait until i get to 28. not that im competitive or anything.
11:38 am
Atalante
loool sorry TO!
11:38 am
Atalante
ok *smug*!
11:38 am
Haz1558
Never listen to her TO. Think of your sanity.
11:38 am
72 Temple Owl
ata" i'll see your smug and raise you a crow
11:38 am
72 Temple Owl
or a strut
11:39 am
72 Temple Owl
although it's hard to strut and type at the same time. lord knows i have enought trouble typing as it is.
11:40 am
Haz1558
Haven't you got handles round your laptop? A bit like what cinema usherettes used to have for selling ice-cream.
11:40 am
72 Temple Owl
hmmmm..8considers the possibilities*
11:41 am
Pinikula
if it's any consolation, I think I listed at 28...
11:41 am
Pinikula
...ok...actually at 50...but this grid is tough!
11:41 am
Haz1558
You could exercise and babble, walk and babble, and when you're feeling triumphant, strut and babble.
11:41 am
72 Temple Owl
which means i need 7 more
11:42 am
72 Temple Owl
i kep seeing duodenal
11:42 am
Atalante
gah! now I most beat pini :P
11:42 am
Atalante
oh. ok. *still smug*
11:42 am
Pinikula
I have 64 now...not through the list, but through hints in the chog
11:42 am
Haz1558
Ata - she meant she used the list when she had found 28 words.
11:42 am
Pinikula
I think there are just tooooo many vowels!!!
11:43 am
Haz1558
I must switch on the universal translator, Ata's mind is going.
11:43 am
Pinikula
No, I really listed at 50 (that was my goal)...I only said 28 becuase someone got that far before going to list?
11:43 am
72 Temple Owl
you haven't been smugged till you;ve been smugged by ata
11:44 am
Pinikula
er...I mean...someone had 28 LEFT to find before going to list...
11:44 am
Pinikula
....or maybe I need glasses to read better.
11:44 am
Haz1558
Some people may not have used the list at all.
11:44 am
Pinikula
* sigh *
11:44 am
Atalante
*gasp*!
11:44 am
Haz1558
They have huge dictionary shaped heads.
11:45 am
Pinikula
that didn't help Haz
11:45 am
72 Temple Owl
haz i do NOT LOL
11:45 am
Haz1558
It didn't?
11:45 am
Haz1558
I thought it would spur you on to some day be like them.
11:45 am
72 Temple Owl
but i think i did read it when i was young. of course it had a lot fewer words then.
11:46 am
Atalante
did sprite use the list?
11:46 am
Haz1558
I don't know.
11:46 am
72 Temple Owl
plesae tell me - how did they do it on the days there was no list?
11:47 am
72 Temple Owl
i mean, there were people who did in the ancient days.
11:47 am
Haz1558
There was a much lower expectation of finishing in the old days pre-list.
11:48 am
Atalante
but we all tended to work together
11:48 am
72 Temple Owl
absolutely. *zips it before the word clues comes out*
11:48 am
Haz1558
And they were all geniuses then.
11:48 am
72 Temple Owl
the revered elders lol
11:49 am
Pinikula
I'm too young for the "old days"
11:49 am
Haz1558
Clues? I predict a record turn out of the Cue Clue Clan with this one. Thank heavens I won't be around.
11:49 am
72 Temple Owl
good point - i think it's list time after all ;)
11:50 am
Haz1558
Speeding up so as to avoid them? You know it makes sense.
11:51 am
Pinikula
Good thinking!
11:51 am
72 Temple Owl
yes. i will be spenidng my sat night baking
11:52 am
Haz1558
Tea time here, so I'd better get some food underway. Happy babbling (snickering)
11:52 am
72 Temple Owl
i will let you know how it goes. i don't know if i have the fortitude to bake something i've never tried from an on line chat, but i'm leaning that way. live on the edge, that's my motto!
11:53 am
72 Temple Owl
bye hazel
11:53 am
Pinikula
...and she "snickers" on the way out...
11:53 am
Pinikula
* evil woman * lol
11:54 am
inge
I need a clue for as 5/10, my monkeys are exhausted and went for lunch break
11:54 am
72 Temple Owl
ata: did you get taken to task for your potty mouth?
11:55 am
Pinikula
I'm not even close to that one, inge...sorry
11:55 am
72 Temple Owl
inge: yoga pose.
11:56 am
Pinikula
TO...I don't know/do yoga
11:56 am
inge
neither do I
11:56 am
LuvWordGames
a + steam room minus a vowel
11:57 am
inge
thanks that did it
11:57 am
Pinikula
me, too! thx!
11:57 am
72 Temple Owl
you should, pini - it'squite exhilarating ;)
11:58 am
72 Temple Owl
and do you realize the steam room is in the grid also?
11:58 am
Pinikula
but but but that means I need to be flexible agin!
12:04 pm
72 Temple Owl
anyone have as6/30 please?
12:04 pm
LuvWordGames
inquire of a picnic pest
12:05 pm
redturtlehead
Eeergh, I have returned from a fun walk with the dog...which I used to memorize blood gas values....
12:05 pm
Pinikula
excellent clue!
12:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
ty, luv! :D
12:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi red
12:05 pm
redturtlehead
I have at least turned off CNN for the moment.
12:06 pm
72 Temple Owl
why- what's going on?
12:06 pm
redturtlehead
Nothing that I know of, I am just seething with political news. nothing new.
12:07 pm
72 Temple Owl
cnn has less and less news and more and more tidbits of useless information
12:10 pm
redturtlehead
yes...
12:10 pm
redturtlehead
gaul
12:10 pm
redturtlehead
oops
12:10 pm
phandmd
that should have been a word!
12:11 pm
redturtlehead
you think.
12:11 pm
redturtlehead
but not with enable.
12:11 pm
Jayde287
clue for the as 5/10?
12:11 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi phan
12:11 pm
phandmd
hello, TO
12:12 pm
phandmd
how are you doing?
12:12 pm
Jayde287
nm- i got it
12:12 pm
phandmd
pls clue it
12:12 pm
Jayde287
FIREWORKS
12:12 pm
phandmd
woo Hoo!
12:12 pm
Jayde287
see you all tomorrow
12:13 pm
72 Temple Owl
i'm fine and you?
12:13 pm
Pinikula
wtg jayde...
12:13 pm
phandmd
doing ok despite having to get around with crutches or just sit put
12:13 pm
Jayde287
A + a steam room minus a letter
12:13 pm
Jayde287
thanks all!
12:14 pm
72 Temple Owl
phan what did you do?
12:14 pm
phandmd
I have a stress fracture in my hip
12:14 pm
phandmd
I was just running nothing tramatic
12:14 pm
phandmd
I was hoping to run in a 5K with my 17 year (nearly 18) old daughter
12:15 pm
phandmd
I kept telling her I was gonna beat her!
12:15 pm
phandmd
that's not gonna happen now
12:15 pm
72 Temple Owl
ooh sounds painful. the hip is so vital,
12:15 pm
phandmd
yes, it hurts when I walk, but otherwise I am fine
12:16 pm
72 Temple Owl
not when you sit?
12:17 pm
phandmd
no, it doesn't hurt at all when I sit. Sometimes when I adjust my position though
12:17 pm
stidmama
owie owie phand! *hands pack of ice and bottle of aspirin*
12:17 pm
stidmama
*returns to lurk mode*
12:17 pm
phandmd
I am mostly not taking any pain meds as I need to remember that I am supposed to do nothing
12:18 pm
72 Temple Owl
happy lurking, stiddy
12:18 pm
phandmd
can I have some I clues pls
12:19 pm
lynxxx
Hello everyone. Ouch Phand - how long before that heals?
12:19 pm
72 Temple Owl
what do you need phan? i'll try.
12:19 pm
phandmd
I don't have any I words
12:19 pm
phandmd
It will be at least 4 weeks on crutches, that's when I go back to the doc
12:20 pm
Pinikula
Phan...the stuff that comes out of pens
12:20 pm
phandmd
thnx, Pini
12:20 pm
72 Temple Owl
and the contest hosted by ryan seacrest
12:20 pm
Atalante
*sympathises* I spent 6 months on crutches after ripping my pelvis open. I can imagine how painful it is!
12:20 pm
Pinikula
I don't have the other one...YET
12:21 pm
phandmd
oh, my Atlante
12:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
ata i thought you were gone! how in the world did you do that?
12:21 pm
phandmd
did you have a complete recovery from that?
12:21 pm
lynxxx
good grief Ata
12:21 pm
Atalante
fell down the stairs. concrete stairs LOL
12:21 pm
Atalante
recovered 99%. It hurts on occasion. But nothing dramatic
12:22 pm
LuvWordGames
id 4/6 i + 1st 3 letters of not republican
12:22 pm
phandmd
wow. that sounds awful. Much worse than my injury
12:22 pm
phandmd
well that is good , I am glad. I sure could be worse.
12:22 pm
Atalante
wasn't trying to belittle yours, just saying I really can sympathise!
12:22 pm
phandmd
Oh, No, I didn't take it like that.
12:23 pm
phandmd
I was just glad that mine wasn't that extreme.
12:23 pm
phandmd
It is always good to remember, it can always be worse.
12:23 pm
phandmd
I am just bummed that I am not able to run right now. It was a new sport for me and I was really enjoying it.
12:24 pm
Atalante
and you'll get perfectly better, hopefully soon!
12:24 pm
Atalante
and after a while,they will encourage you to get out and about, you'll run again soon enough :D
12:24 pm
phandmd
indeed. I am more than 1/2 way now, and I am attempting to make apple sauce while sitting down and need to get back to it...
12:25 pm
72 Temple Owl
anyone have na6? i'dlove a clue please
12:25 pm
phandmd
I am a little concerned though, because 2 years ago I tried to take up running and just when I was starting to like it, I got a stress fracture in my ankle!
12:25 pm
Atalante
oh nooo!
12:26 pm
phandmd
So, I had a bone scan to check my bones in general. I am not a spring chicken anymore, so, I need to take care of myself
12:26 pm
Atalante
absolutely
12:26 pm
lynxxx
na6 I feel sick
12:26 pm
72 Temple Owl
phan, it would seem running is not your sport.
12:26 pm
phandmd
sorry TO Dont have it. but gotta get back to that apple sauce now
12:27 pm
phandmd
perhaps not. But I like it so much!
12:27 pm
phandmd
talk to you later
12:27 pm
grannyg
na6 - not feeling well.
12:27 pm
Atalante
any clues for the middle column E?
12:28 pm
72 Temple Owl
ty granny. and to think i had been feeling that way for two days! doh!
12:28 pm
LuvB
es+consonant+**e we there yet?
12:29 pm
aknitter
one of those is ed4 -- one of the munsters
12:29 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi knit! hi lynxxx!
12:31 pm
MonkeyGames
Hi briefly again. Boy in bed after only one time through the Barnyard Song, dinner out of the way, husband out for a smoke so have a couple of minutes before checking out 10,000 BC. Who can clue the k's, except pile of rocks and misspelled thing behind a horse?
12:32 pm
lynxxx
ka4 & 5 k & the end of yellow fruit - that end also with as
12:33 pm
MonkeyGames
Thank you!
12:34 pm
MonkeyGames
Have NOT been finding this an easy grid.
12:34 pm
MonkeyGames
Hey Pink, are you where you can copy/paste?
12:35 pm
MonkeyGames
OK, so, get a package of spring roll wrappers. Then get some ground chicken or pork, maybe about 6 cups.
12:35 pm
Pinikula
oh oh...let me open word... ;)
12:35 pm
MonkeyGames
Let that sit in some soy sauce while you do the following:
12:35 pm
lynxxx
kn4.8 rhymes with wha you drive ku4.9 rhymes with what is asked for here
12:36 pm
MonkeyGames
Stir fry about a cup or so grated carrots.
12:36 pm
MonkeyGames
Thanks Lynxxx!
12:37 pm
Pinikula
thx lynxxx
12:37 pm
stidmama
MONKEY GAMES!!!!!!!
12:37 pm
stidmama
*runs and sits in soy sauce per directions*
12:37 pm
MonkeyGames
Put a can or two water chestnuts through a chopper and set aside. Set the carrots aside. Hi Stid! Have owed Pink this recipe for Years!
12:37 pm
Pinikula
You're too funny, stid!!!
12:37 pm
stidmama
May I post the recipe on BabAnon when you are done?
12:38 pm
MonkeyGames
Get some water boiling and put into it about a large handful mung bean glass noodles. Wait three minutes and drain. Chop about a cup of cilantro.
12:38 pm
Pinikula
*** I'm a cuttin' and pastin' as she posts! *** can't wait to try them!
12:38 pm
lynxxx
k4.8 is dble vowel and a plural word
12:39 pm
aknitter
does this mean we can not steal the recipe?
12:39 pm
MonkeyGames
Of course! It is my own recipe based on years of trial and error. Where am I? OK, if desired soak and thinly slice a dozen or so dried shitake's, and stir fry until brownish on at least one side.
12:39 pm
Pinikula
ths agin lynxxx
12:39 pm
MonkeyGames
Use at will! Use at will! If your restaurant gets famous with it I want kickbacks.
12:39 pm
lil*monkey
what is this recipe for?
12:39 pm
Pinikula
Lumpia!
12:40 pm
MonkeyGames
Set all this aside...
12:40 pm
lil*monkey
ooooh i luv lumpia
12:40 pm
Atalante
what's lumpia?
12:40 pm
MonkeyGames
Get about 2 cups bean sprouts and set aside (do not cook).
12:40 pm
Pinikula
Me too...haven't had it in years!!!
12:40 pm
lil*monkey
lumpia are philippine eggrolls
12:40 pm
aknitter
monkey type faster
12:41 pm
Pinikula
It's a Philoppino "egg roll"
12:41 pm
Pinikula
(sorry for the misspelling)
12:41 pm
MonkeyGames
OK... that should be all the basics. Now you have all these bowls of stuff sitting around. Stir fry the chicken (ground, remember) or pork until well cooked. Splash with rice wine. Then add back to it all the other things, a couple of tablespoons of oyster sauce, around a tablespoon of sesame oil. These are the Vietnamese style ones.
12:42 pm
MonkeyGames
Once everything is well mixed put it in a collander or similar over a big bowl and chill and drain simultaneously. If it isn't cold when you wrap the wrappers will deform.
12:42 pm
aknitter
gag oyster sauce -- leaving that out
12:43 pm
lil*monkey
oh i agree , knitty... oyster sauce is like snot
12:43 pm
aknitter
not ever having tried snot i will take your word for that one monkey
12:43 pm
lil*monkey
i mean it LOOKS like snot
12:44 pm
MonkeyGames
You do not notice the opyster sauce in the finished product. But as I said this is MY recipe, so YOURS can be as you like. Try a tablespoon Superior Dark Soy instead if you like. You can add chilis or whatever at will. Chopped cashews are a good substitute for the water chesnuts if necessary.
12:44 pm
aknitter
mental note to omit snot
12:45 pm
stidmama
Monkey, you are making me so hungry!
12:45 pm
Atalante
*I* like oyster sauce. Mine doesn't look like snot!
12:45 pm
Scrabbler
Hello all. I am awaiting the arrival of a friend. We will walk to the park on this glorious, sunny autumn day.
12:45 pm
MonkeyGames
OK, so now it's chilled and your wrappers are thawed. Place a wrapper on a plate. Have a small bowl of water handy. Put a line of filling across the wrapper corner to corner, leaving some space at the ends. Fols the ends over the filling, the points I mean. Lots of filling should still be visible.
12:45 pm
MonkeyGames
Hi Scrabbs.
12:45 pm
lynxxx
hi Scrabs
12:45 pm
aknitter
stid all this talk of snot is making you hungry? how odd
12:46 pm
redturtlehead
has anyone noted the increase in chatt today as we cant find anything in the grid??
12:46 pm
stidmama
hello dear cousin! It is about as lovely as it gets here in western WA too.... it's NOT raining!
12:46 pm
Scrabbler
Brilliant observation, red. I see nothing.
12:46 pm
stidmama
knitter, I have spent my week in microbiology lab looking at E. coli and fungus roots. SNOT is an improvement!
12:46 pm
MonkeyGames
Now take one edge of the wrap and fold it verteh filling. This should leave a reasonable amount of the other side of the wrapper outlining the side you just folded up.
12:46 pm
Atalante
there is nothing in the grid!
12:46 pm
Scrabbler
It was SNOWING at 8 AM!
12:46 pm
redturtlehead
monkey verteh?
12:47 pm
MonkeyGames
Dip fingers in water, thoroughly coat sticking out sides. Roll up tightly.
12:47 pm
MonkeyGames
Over the. Sorry.
12:47 pm
redturtlehead
Scrabbler, I am glad not to be there. indeed.
12:47 pm
stidmama
SNOW??? like, white stuff falling from the sky and not your head???
12:47 pm
Scrabbler
Yuck, Stid. Germs!
12:47 pm
MonkeyGames
When they are all wrapped, deep fry or fry with lots of turning over until golden.
12:47 pm
Scrabbler
Yep, it was 32 F and snowing! It didn't last long.
12:47 pm
MonkeyGames
Dipping sauce:
12:47 pm
stidmama
well, it wasn't the E. coli O:157H7 that causes all the problems, you know...
12:48 pm
autumn moon
variation: http://tinyurl.com/28n2mw
12:48 pm
redturtlehead
Have the leaves turned scrabbs??
12:48 pm
Scrabbler
That is the strain that causes hemolytic-uremic syndrome.
12:48 pm
MonkeyGames
One part soy sauce. One half part Chinkiang vinegar ideally, otherwise regular Chinese rice vinegar. Six or eight parts Thai or other sweet chili sauce.
12:48 pm
stidmama
okay, I need to get up from the sofa where I slept last night and get my day going now that I am not going to be sick again.
12:48 pm
MonkeyGames
And that's them.
12:49 pm
Scrabbler
Oh, yes, red. Last weekend was "peak". Many leaves have fallen since then but there are still some incredible colors.
12:49 pm
Pinikula
Got it...THANKS MG!!!
12:49 pm
stidmama
yep. I know. It's the one that Betty's phage lyses, I think. I know they have been doing some interesting work with it in recent years
12:49 pm
redturtlehead
Wow, I am in the persistent belief that it is still June.
12:49 pm
MonkeyGames
So sorry to hear you've been ill, Stid!
12:49 pm
stidmama
I am moving to the Netherlands so I can eat at Monkey's house all the time!
12:49 pm
redturtlehead
stid, I didnt know you were ill... prepares chicken soups.
12:49 pm
MonkeyGames
Got to go watch teh movie in a sec... anything unclear about the recipe?
12:49 pm
aknitter
ty monkey games sounds yummy
12:49 pm
Scrabbler
Red, turn a few pages on your calendar.
12:49 pm
stidmama
me too, Monkey -- most inconvenient, I tell you!
12:49 pm
MonkeyGames
Awww, shucks.
12:50 pm
redturtlehead
weather tells me its June.
12:50 pm
stidmama
I will parse the recipe later and send you an email of what I got for corrections, Monkey
12:50 pm
stidmama
mmmm. I LOVE soup!
12:50 pm
MonkeyGames
Great!
12:50 pm
Pinikula
I'm still getting over my cold...but actually got dressed this morning to obtain some sense of normalcy...hope you fell better, stid!
12:50 pm
Scrabbler
I have been considering other countries that I want to move to.
12:50 pm
stidmama
quick question, Monkey, how is Sam these days?
12:50 pm
redturtlehead
also include crispy rolls.
12:50 pm
redturtlehead
and tea.
12:50 pm
stidmama
scrabbler, move here!!!! *clears space on sofa*
12:50 pm
MonkeyGames
Soup? OK, next time I will walk you through Thai coconut chicken soul and Szechuan hot and sour soup.
12:50 pm
Scrabbler
I have a butternut squash and might use it for soup later.
12:51 pm
redturtlehead
Scrabbler, go to Finaland, or possibly lets see, I like Nigeria.
12:51 pm
stidmama
*wipes drool off keyboard*
12:51 pm
MonkeyGames
Sam is improving again since his illness. Still pretty weak and tired, but definitely stronger and awake a lot more.
12:51 pm
stidmama
I think Monkey may be teasing...
12:51 pm
Pinikula
I have a spaghetti squash if anyone has any ideas on how to cook it?
12:51 pm
Scrabbler
Finland and Sweden and Norway have very high qualities of living.
12:51 pm
redturtlehead
Pini, I think you just split it and cook it.
12:51 pm
stidmama
Glad Sam is improving some. It just takes longer to recover at that age. I will keep him on my "list" Monkey. :-)
12:51 pm
MonkeyGames
OK, off to watch film. Have fun everyone!
12:51 pm
Scrabbler
Bake or roast it, Pini.
12:52 pm
redturtlehead
they also have a resurgence or a surgence of good Mystery/crime writers lately.
12:52 pm
stidmama
bye Monkey!
12:52 pm
MonkeyGames
Thank you, thank you. Not sure what I might be teasing about... but I ain't! OK, poof!
12:53 pm
Pinikula
someone suggested cutting it in half and putting it ona cookie sheet, cut side down, in a 1/4" of water...yes?
12:53 pm
stidmama
I'm off too, now that I have seen scrabbler. (wanted to be sure you were okay) see you-all later! *poof*
12:53 pm
redturtlehead
that sounds right pini.
12:53 pm
Scrabbler
Bye Stid.
12:53 pm
redturtlehead
its spaghetti squash, so some savory spices and butter too.
12:53 pm
Pinikula
OK...will try that
12:54 pm
autumn moon
here you go, Pini http://tinyurl.com/69wgyl
12:54 pm
redturtlehead
I am almost half way through the grid.
12:55 pm
skooj
hello, all
12:56 pm
MonkeyGames
AKKKKK!!!!! Paused opening of movie--- GARLIC! Like ten cloves! Chopped really fine! And three or five tablespoons grated ginger. Crucial! Sorry.
12:57 pm
redturtlehead
Ok now I am half way, wierd I feel very accomplished.
12:57 pm
MonkeyGames
Re-poof.
12:57 pm
Scrabbler
Garlic = acid reflux for me.
12:57 pm
Scrabbler
I am up to 71--I get so excited to find a word. where are they hiding?
12:57 pm
redturtlehead
leaving to study again... not good at studying at my age. I am afraid.
12:57 pm
skooj
hi, lynxxx. nasty grid.
12:57 pm
Scrabbler
Good luck, red.
12:58 pm
lynxxx
Skoo - not so much nasty as hard to extract
12:59 pm
skooj
true, lynxxx...
12:59 pm
Scrabbler
My friend just called--she does not have time to come out here to walk, so I guess I will go by myself.
1:00 pm
Atalante
is that a cloud in your pic, skooj?
1:00 pm
skooj
yes, ata. a lenticular cloud
1:00 pm
autumn moon
just over half and off to meet my brother for his birthday lunch. See y'all later
1:00 pm
Pinikula
I'd go with, scrabs...but I'm toooo far away...
1:01 pm
Scrabbler
Bye Autumn Moon
1:01 pm
Pinikula
have fun AM
1:01 pm
Scrabbler
Where are you, Pini?
1:01 pm
Atalante
it's fab!
1:01 pm
Scrabbler
It must be beautiful there.
1:01 pm
lynxxx
Fab and weird Skoo - when/where do those clouds happen?
1:01 pm
skooj
yeah, it is fab. only seen one myself.
1:02 pm
Pinikula
It can be when not raining or cold! ;)
1:02 pm
Scrabbler
Help with the Y?
1:03 pm
skooj
usually around mountains. but the one i saw no mtns around.
1:03 pm
skooj
chinese money, scrab
1:04 pm
Scrabbler
Aha, TY!
1:05 pm
Pinikula
I think I just monkeyed that monkey! (especially since I don't what a chinese monkey is) ;)
1:05 pm
Pinikula
but now I do!
1:05 pm
skooj
help with the su6/24 please? my monkey is broken
1:05 pm
Scrabbler
Money, not monkey, silly girl!
1:06 pm
Pinikula
ooops...guess I should find my glasses
1:06 pm
Scrabbler
13 U words! I have just 2.
1:07 pm
Pinikula
I have 3
1:07 pm
Pinikula
one is part of your forearm!
1:07 pm
Pinikula
wait...I have 4!
1:07 pm
Pinikula
another is u*** car salesman
1:07 pm
Scrabbler
Now I am up to 6! Do the Latin plural. And ul4 = anagram of the arm bobe.
1:08 pm
lynxxx
su6.24 a Su*t** is an eastern royalty type...change the t for another cons
1:08 pm
Scrabbler
I already have my glasses on. I just cannot type.
1:09 pm
Scrabbler
TY, Lynxxx
1:09 pm
Pinikula
thx lynxxx
1:09 pm
Pinikula
thx scrabb for the u's , too
1:09 pm
lynxxx
there is 4 ul words to do with the arm
1:09 pm
Scrabbler
I need to go for a walk or else I will go to the couch and fall asleep. Bye all. BBL
1:10 pm
skooj
ahhhhh, lynxxxxxx!!!!!thx
1:10 pm
Pinikula
anjoy scrabs!
1:10 pm
lynxxx
bye Scrabs - enjoy the leaves, sounds glorious
1:16 pm
lil*monkey
clue for the Y word please?
1:17 pm
Halljly
y + last vowel +article
1:17 pm
Pinikula
chinese money or sounds like John in Spanish
1:18 pm
Halljly
Can anyone help me with tr 6/18 or sa 6/18
1:18 pm
lil*monkey
TY Hall
1:18 pm
lil*monkey
and pini
1:20 pm
Pinikula
I don't have either one, hali
1:20 pm
lil*monkey
i don't either... i still need 83 words
1:21 pm
lynxxx
tr6.18 prefix for 3 & cons & Mr Gore
1:21 pm
KatieMcG
i still need 77
1:21 pm
Halljly
I'm down to 12, but they don't see to want to be found.
1:21 pm
Pinikula
i still need 93
1:22 pm
lil*monkey
TY lynxxxx
1:23 pm
lil*monkey
btw, if you drop the TR from that word and substitute a hump letter, there's another word
1:25 pm
Pinikula
brb - puppy going out
1:29 pm
lynxxx
sa6.18 usually with e on the end, means it is sa**y like the sea
1:30 pm
lynxxx
(substitute another vowel for the e on the end)
1:31 pm
Halljly
Yay-thnks lynx
1:33 pm
Halljly
bmb, did you need a ka clue?
1:37 pm
Kathihle
What's a hump letter?
1:37 pm
Kathihle
excuse me ... hello everyone :)
1:39 pm
Kathihle
How are you, lynxxx?
1:39 pm
Atalante
how can you substitute an N when you're already using the N?
1:39 pm
storyteller
I think it's a M Kath, but not sure, I am a brand new newbie
1:39 pm
lil*monkey
think of what a hump looks like, Kath
1:39 pm
lynxxx
really good thanks Kath, and doing so much better with the List!
1:39 pm
lil*monkey
we try not to reveal letters or words in the chat
1:40 pm
Kathihle
That's what I was trying to work out ... hump looks like an N, but as Atalante said, you've already used the N
1:40 pm
PAV3
hi all! just finished..and just in time...the keyboard is acting up again...perhaps it's a battery issue...hmmmm
1:40 pm
dcseain
congrats, pav3!!!
1:40 pm
Atalante
yeah, I'm intrigued too :)
1:40 pm
lynxxx
hi Pav - Congrats !!
1:40 pm
Kathihle
storyteller .. I'm still pretty new myself
1:40 pm
lil*monkey
which word are you trying to get?
1:41 pm
Atalante
btw, if you drop the TR from that word and substitute a hump letter, there's another word
1:41 pm
Kathihle
lil monkey .. we're trying to follow your clue, lol
1:41 pm
Atalante
that word!
1:41 pm
lil*monkey
oh crap!! i screwed that up, didn't i
1:41 pm
dcseain
hi, ata and lynxxx!
1:41 pm
Kathihle
hehe ... kinda
1:41 pm
PAV3
have to hunt down some AAA's
1:42 pm
Kathihle
hello dc
1:42 pm
Kathihle
I won't ask why, PAV
1:42 pm
dcseain
hello, kathihle
1:43 pm
lil*monkey
different clue for that word: ni + Chip and ***e (cartoon chipmunks)
1:44 pm
Kathihle
oh, is THAT what you were getting at, lol
1:44 pm
Atalante
ohhhh :)
1:44 pm
lynxxx
lol lilM - almost no connection
1:44 pm
lil*monkey
sorry! trying to Babble and watch Clemson against GA Tech at the same time
1:44 pm
Kathihle
I'm only chatting because I've finished ... and I like to see how clues are given
1:44 pm
Atalante
20 left. Now considering the list
1:44 pm
PAV3
my keyboard is wireless, and the cap key sticks so sometimes I yell unintentionally, and sometimes like today..the letters do not appear asI'm typing....and I'm < 3ft from the receiver....
1:44 pm
lil*monkey
the only connection, lynxx, was that i got both words at the same time... they're in the same area of the grid
1:45 pm
Kazozz
wow ata! I have 60 left and been on the list for a while!
1:45 pm
Kathihle
*chuckles at monkey*
1:45 pm
Atalante
I'm being smug today :)
1:45 pm
dcseain
amazing, ata!
1:45 pm
lil*monkey
i have 74 left... no list yet for me
1:45 pm
lil*monkey
I'm being smoog today
1:46 pm
Kathihle
I'm outahere then, you people make me feel shy and useless, lol
1:46 pm
pugmama763
hi fellow babble-onians!Glad I'm not the only one finding this grid a nasty bugger!
1:46 pm
Halljly
I'm a proud list user with 3 left...what does smoog look like.
1:46 pm
PAV3
not that I would normally do this, but al ot of words rhyme with Midol, as if guys would know this....
1:46 pm
lynxxx
I gave up at about 40
1:46 pm
Atalante
stay kath!!!
1:47 pm
lynxxx
yeah stay Kath
1:47 pm
lil*monkey
stay and be smoog with me
1:47 pm
lynxxx
whats Midol?
1:47 pm
Atalante
yes. list it is.
1:47 pm
Kathihle
Atalante> Very kind of you, lol ... I've finished the grid, but I like to see how clues are given, because I'm not very good at that
1:47 pm
pugmama763
PMS relief pill Lynxxx
1:47 pm
phandmd
Midol is a PMS medicine
1:48 pm
phandmd
over the counter
1:48 pm
Atalante
oh well you are certainly smug then!
1:48 pm
Pinikula
Midol = OTC PMS relief
1:48 pm
dcseain
kath, we all have different styles, i like to use puns and plays on words myself for clue giving
1:48 pm
lil*monkey
Kathihle, don't observe me giving clues ! LOL
1:48 pm
Pinikula
hi pug and dc
1:48 pm
Kathihle
dc> Then I'd probably enjoy your clues :)
1:49 pm
Kathihle
hey Pini
1:49 pm
pugmama763
translation DC likes to drive us all crazy! :)
1:49 pm
Kathihle
monkey> Maybe I'd better not, lmao
1:49 pm
PAV3
whilst still in college for my undergrad, I worked as the cashier for an OB/GYN office so I learnt a few more things from the nurses
1:49 pm
Pinikula
I'm open to receiving random clues...I'm bound to need it with 82 left to find! ;)
1:49 pm
MonkeyGames
Hi again. Probably briefly. DVD player finally gave up the ghost mid film. Been lurking +/- a minute. As to clueing, well, I used "Do ******** Dream of Electric Sheep" the other day so I guess I'm in the "obscure reference" group?
1:50 pm
lil*monkey
hi MonkeyG !
1:50 pm
MonkeyGames
OK, now I AM going again... we have some recorded documentaries. Away with me.
1:50 pm
lil*monkey
did you make me some lumpia?
1:50 pm
PAV3
pini..do you have your un8?
1:50 pm
Kathihle
good grief, MonkeyGames .. that would have me flummoxed!
1:50 pm
Atalante
nah, thats not obscure!
1:51 pm
Pinikula
Yep! * proud grin *
1:51 pm
Kathihle
It isn't? Oh dear, I'm from another planet
1:51 pm
phandmd
I don't have the UN 8...
1:51 pm
Atalante
well maybe it is :)
1:51 pm
PAV3
and the other 4 words that are associated?
1:51 pm
pugmama763
I try to keep my clues very straight forward as i had bad experiences early on with folks who always needed dumbed down clues & got very tired of recluing over & over
1:51 pm
Pinikula
Phan: My dau un******** the dishwasher this morning!
1:51 pm
dcseain
he un8 the truck
1:52 pm
phandmd
thanks so much
1:52 pm
Pinikula
FOUR WORDS ASSOCIATED??? I have 1 other... * diving to find the other 2 *
1:52 pm
PAV3
as I gave at 1 1/2 hrs into..un+lo4 and past tenses
1:52 pm
lil*monkey
TY pini and dc
1:52 pm
Kathihle
Pini> They're not all UNs
1:52 pm
phandmd
I think the other 2 words are not un words
1:53 pm
lil*monkey
PAV, jsut curious, do you expect people to read the entire chat before asking for clues?
1:53 pm
Kathihle
pug> I haven't had clues from you, I don't think ... and I'm only observing now, so don't know if I'm a dummy or not
1:54 pm
lil*monkey
where are you, Kathihle?
1:54 pm
Kathihle
monkey> I'm in South Africa
1:54 pm
PAV3
lil' I gave up on that stategy long ago...although I sometimes do, both for clues and the conversation, so I keep up with the discussions...as if I don't a life here...:(
1:54 pm
dcseain
i search back in the chat log sometimes because i don't at all care for the spelled-out clues. I generaly prefer a clue/hint, not a spelling out, myself.
1:55 pm
lil*monkey
i search the chat that's here on the screen, but i don't go back and search the entire chat archive
1:55 pm
Kathihle
I usually watch the chat to see what clues are being given, or have been given ... hate to ask when others have asked already
1:55 pm
lil*monkey
wow! to Kath being in S. Africa
1:55 pm
PAV3
Kath..I haven't met too many dummies, perhaps the Resusi-Annie and Resusi-ANdy used for CPr TRAINING...Oops yelling again...
1:55 pm
redturtlehead
good afternoon. I am supposed to be using the internet for looking something up, but suddenyl magically got sucked into babble.
1:55 pm
Kathihle
monkey> You think I'm strange? lol
1:56 pm
Halljly
I give up and need a clue for my last word....as 6
1:56 pm
pugmama763
me too Kath ,trty to ask for as few clues as possible
1:56 pm
Kathihle
red> It's a vortex, I swear!!
1:56 pm
lil*monkey
not at all, Kath... I don't think we have any other Babblers from South Africa (do we ??)
1:56 pm
Kathihle
monkey> I've met two others
1:56 pm
Pinikula
"question a picnic pest"
1:57 pm
Kathihle
I like that clue, Pinikula
1:57 pm
jillibus
there are at least two other babbler from South Africa -- Ursh is one of them and I can't remember the other -- a newcomer. Hi all!
1:58 pm
dcseain
good afternoon, jill :)
1:58 pm
Kathihle
hi again jilli
1:58 pm
Pinikula
I saw it earlier this morning (helped me out)
1:58 pm
jillibus
welcome back, dc :)
1:58 pm
Kathihle
Yes, I've met Ursh .. also can't remember the other one, but I know she's in Johannesburg like me
1:58 pm
lynxxx
Lorrie is the other one. There was a couple of others but I don't think they play anymore
1:58 pm
Atalante
2 left and phone. gah!
1:59 pm
Kathihle
That's right - Lorrie is in Jo'burg and Ursh is in Durban
1:59 pm
lil*monkey
we have a pretty good representation of all continents ...
2:00 pm
dcseain
that we do, lil*
2:00 pm
lil*monkey
altho i can't think of anyone from South America
2:00 pm
Kathihle
I've not met anyone from Asia either
2:00 pm
PAV3
well, I must leave for the day...have a busy afternoon, and am still not ready...good luck all...Kath..you're not a dummy, it's like I tell my friends, everyone can sing, just some of us hear better than others...ciao, mon amis!
2:00 pm
jillibus
kath, you'll have to have a SA get-together, or at least a jo'burg one
2:00 pm
lil*monkey
don't we have someone from Korea?
2:00 pm
Kathihle
lol @ jilli ... I'm not very social
2:01 pm
dcseain
saddysolar is in pakistan, and one in korea, and one in japan, a coulpe in Hong Kong
2:01 pm
lynxxx
Quite a few from Asia, but I have never seen anyone from Sth America either
2:01 pm
Kathihle
dc> gosh I've never seen any of them
2:01 pm
Kathihle
Don't think I've seen anyone from elsewhere in Africa, either
2:01 pm
jillibus
ardilla was in Korea but she's from the USA
2:02 pm
Halljly
thanks for the clues-bye all
2:02 pm
shoolessdwarf
what up babblers
2:02 pm
Kathihle
bye Hall
2:02 pm
jillibus
bye pav and hall
2:02 pm
Kathihle
hey shool
2:02 pm
pugmama763
there is another player From S.Africa but cant think of her name.Dont see her in chat very often
2:03 pm
Kathihle
brb .. need to top up my wine glass!
2:03 pm
Pinikula
bye hall, hi shoo
2:03 pm
jillibus
I have to go for lunch, then bridge here
2:03 pm
jimmel
Lived in S. Africa for four years....
2:03 pm
redturtlehead
I lived in Africa but did nto babble there, internet access was at a premium, used it all for email.
2:03 pm
Atalante
firebirds!
2:04 pm
Pinikula
bye jilli
2:04 pm
jillibus
YAY ata!!!
2:04 pm
lynxxx
Hooray for Ata!!!
2:04 pm
redturtlehead
Yaaay Atal
2:04 pm
Pinikula
wtg ata!
2:04 pm
redturtlehead
Hi and Bye Jillibus
2:04 pm
Kathihle
red> What part of Africa?
2:04 pm
lil*monkey
wooo hoooooooooo ata!
2:04 pm
Pinikula
hi hoooo
2:04 pm
Kathihle
mrae> You did? Where in SA?
2:04 pm
jillibus
so bfn, gang -- may be back much later but have other things to do too
2:05 pm
redturtlehead
I lived in Sudan and Liberia, and have worked in Kenya, Eritrea and Nigeria. Never got close to SA unfortunately.
2:05 pm
dcseain
ciao, jilli
2:05 pm
Kathihle
ciao jilli
2:05 pm
dcseain
cangrats, ata!!!
2:05 pm
Kathihle
mrae> I was born there ... but moved to Jo'burg
2:05 pm
redturtlehead
I am making up so many words today...
2:06 pm
Atalante
My family mainly live around Cape Town area and PE
2:06 pm
Kathihle
red> I'd love to see Kenya
2:06 pm
jimmel
I opened and was principal of the American Int'l School of Cape Town...in Constantia
2:06 pm
Kathihle
Ata> You have South African family?
2:06 pm
redturtlehead
I liked kenya more than I thougth I would. but I would like to see some of the SA parks Kath.
2:06 pm
KatieMcG
and so many made up words are in the grid!!!!!!!
2:06 pm
Kathihle
red> You mean the game parks?
2:07 pm
Atalante
yep, my father's family are all over there
2:07 pm
Kathihle
Katie> Yes, I swear they're thumb-sucks! lol
2:07 pm
jimmel
Only trips to Joburg were thru the airport en route to Europe or U.S., Kath
2:07 pm
redturtlehead
yes. I was at Amboselli for a few days but thats all...
2:07 pm
Kathihle
Ata> Gosh, you're almost South African!
2:07 pm
redturtlehead
hi katie!
2:08 pm
Atalante
I've spent a lot of time over there :D
2:08 pm
Kathihle
Joburg airport is not a good example ... not that Joburg is a pretty place anyway
2:08 pm
jimmel
I've only been back to the U.S. a short while and REALLY miss Cape town!!
2:08 pm
Kathihle
lol .. I left Cape Town over 20 years ago .. don't miss it at all
2:08 pm
Atalante
one set of aunts and uncles etc lives in Durbanville, the other main set live in Tokai
2:08 pm
KatieMcG
hi red :-)
2:08 pm
lil*monkey
ata said a woooooooooooooord
2:09 pm
Kathihle
lmao ... PB?
2:09 pm
lil*monkey
PENALTY BOX
2:09 pm
jimmel
I lived on the upper slopes of Table Mt for a couple of those years....things changed for the better in the early 2000s....according to what I was told and I never experienced anything but the geographic splendor and lovely people
2:09 pm
redturtlehead
scans rapidly for atas word...
2:09 pm
lynxxx
Bye everyone, time for me to get going
2:09 pm
KatieMcG
the pl isn't in the grid so it doesn't count
2:09 pm
Atalante
actually, I said the pl :P
2:09 pm
redturtlehead
thanks ATA profusely.
2:09 pm
Kathihle
ciao lynxxx
2:09 pm
lil*monkey
wife of uncle, red
2:10 pm
lil*monkey
red did you get the me6 that comes from a silly rap song (from the 90s) called Funky Cold Me6 ???
2:12 pm
lil*monkey
*unable to get stupid rap song out of head now*
2:12 pm
Atalante
hate that song!
2:12 pm
lil*monkey
agree!
2:13 pm
Pinikula
<--- hmmmmm (for distraction)...Mary Had A Little Lamb, Little Lamb, Little la.....
2:13 pm
Atalante
and made him into stew
2:13 pm
redturtlehead
no monkey, I dont know that rap stuff.
2:13 pm
lil*monkey
The hills are aliveeeeeeeeeeee with the sound of muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu sic
2:14 pm
lil*monkey
oh poor lamby!
2:14 pm
Pinikula
I visited "the hills"!!!!
2:14 pm
redturtlehead
I enjoy a nicely done lamb chop, marys or otherwise.
2:14 pm
jesdraggon
afternoon, how's tricks?
2:14 pm
Pinikula
Didn't stay and sing too long cuz the guards where there!
2:15 pm
lil*monkey
trick or treat!
2:15 pm
Kazozz
hi all, help with the in 7/32 please!
2:15 pm
Pinikula
(have to save the treats for the kids that come to the door)
2:15 pm
jesdraggon
treat!
2:15 pm
Atalante
hi jes! you have a new admirer. My best friend started reading your LJ and she thinks it's wonderful
2:15 pm
lil*monkey
* gives jesdragon a Resse's Cup*
2:16 pm
KatieMcG
right this is to solve a row in our house, when is halloween in Canada & America?
2:16 pm
lil*monkey
Halloween in US is October 31
2:16 pm
redturtlehead
the 31st katie.
2:16 pm
Pinikula
October 31 (Friday this year)
2:17 pm
redturtlehead
I dont know about canada...its cold up there.
2:17 pm
KatieMcG
so why the trick or treating now?
2:17 pm
Pinikula
warming up for the big night! ;)
2:18 pm
lil*monkey
jesdraggon said "how's trick's?" so I said "trick or treat"
2:19 pm
Kathihle
Kaz> in +last vowel + beam without R
2:19 pm
KatieMcG
people have been talking about it for days so i thought you celebrated it early..........not from this conversation but others earlier
2:19 pm
lil*monkey
nice, Kath!
2:19 pm
Kathihle
monkey> Does that work?
2:19 pm
lil*monkey
Katie, we can't help it... the stores start selling bags of miniature candy bars at the beginning of October
2:19 pm
jesdraggon
Yup, ata, I friended her so she can read all the good stuff.
2:19 pm
Atalante
they aren't *that* weird
2:20 pm
Kathihle
We don't do halloween, thank goodness
2:20 pm
lil*monkey
yes Kath!
2:20 pm
jesdraggon
and why not trick or treat? It's october.
2:20 pm
Atalante
ty! she thinks you're fab :)
2:20 pm
Kathihle
monkey> oh goodie, means I'm catching on! lol
2:20 pm
jesdraggon
I try :)
2:21 pm
Atalante
did you find someone for the little one eyed Pom?
2:21 pm
Pinikula
* sniffle * I don't get the "beam" part...
2:21 pm
KatieMcG
damn will need to admit i was wrong!
2:21 pm
lil*monkey
Kath, sometimes people will say " 2/3 of light beam" to let you know a letter or 2 are missing
2:21 pm
jesdraggon
yup, I did. and the 3 legged border collie. now i'm just trying to pay off their outrageous bills.
2:21 pm
Atalante
oh - a really really bright light made by big machines
2:21 pm
lil*monkey
pini, the light beam that rhymes with what you shave with
2:21 pm
Atalante
yay! but urf!
2:21 pm
jesdraggon
oh, and got a new one this week. (his picture's up now)
2:21 pm
Pinikula
ahhhh...
2:22 pm
Pinikula
that did it! ;)
2:22 pm
Pinikula
brb - puppy's callin' me!
2:22 pm
Kathihle
monkey> ok .. but I'm no good at maths, hehe
2:22 pm
rururocks
an 6.24 clue?
2:22 pm
lil*monkey
hi ruru, and i need that word also
2:23 pm
Kathihle
an + first man spelt wrong
2:23 pm
lil*monkey
very clever clue!
2:23 pm
Atalante
bloomin' heck. do all vets acquire as many temporary / permanent animals as you? Or are you a special case?
2:23 pm
Kathihle
*struts around proudly*
2:24 pm
jesdraggon
i'm special. short-bus special, even!
2:24 pm
Atalante
good one, kath!
2:25 pm
KatieMcG
God we have been hit by a cloud of smugness in this house!!!
2:25 pm
jesdraggon
point in case, neither of the other 2 docs in this clinic do this.
2:25 pm
lil*monkey
smug, but in a good way LOL
2:25 pm
pugmama763
NO JES!!!!! just an especially BIG HEART!
2:25 pm
Atalante
loool. oh you'll appreciate this after your issues with BoA ... husband works for Merrill Lynch. The BoA and Merrill Lynch boards are trying to decide what to call the merged bank. All employees think Lynch America.
2:25 pm
Kathihle
lmao @ Katie ... aww, gimme a break, it's not often I even finish the grid!
2:25 pm
storyteller
Hi Jes, have you tried to find a Vet around you who does wildlife rehab? I did what you do but with birds and wildlife for about 15 years, but thankfully I had a vet that rarely charged me.
2:26 pm
Atalante
she is that vet :P
2:26 pm
lil*monkey
LOL @ Lynch America
2:26 pm
jesdraggon
hahahahahaahhhah! lynch america is an excellent idea
2:26 pm
jesdraggon
i am the vet around here that does wildlife, actually, story.
2:26 pm
Atalante
we all think so. it would just be fab
2:26 pm
lil*monkey
it's funnier than Bank of Merrill
2:26 pm
KatieMcG
good summation of their business :-)
2:27 pm
lil*monkey
i still need 61 wrods *sigh* taking a break to play on Facebook... BBL
2:28 pm
rururocks
an 5/20?
2:29 pm
pugmama763
an5--part above feet is AN*les + not them
2:29 pm
Kathihle
an + my initial + you & me
2:29 pm
rururocks
wow.. thought I tried that thanks
2:31 pm
Pinikula
thx! (back)
2:31 pm
Atalante
what a fab photo, ruru
2:31 pm
rururocks
thank you ata..
2:31 pm
jesdraggon
welcome back, pini
2:31 pm
Pinikula
gee...only 73 more to go!
2:32 pm
rururocks
thanks for the an5/20
2:32 pm
rururocks
boy these a's are killers
2:32 pm
Atalante
go go pini!
2:32 pm
jesdraggon
ye'r ahead of me, pini, i've got 130 left
2:33 pm
Pinikula
go jes go!
2:33 pm
jesdraggon
heheh. at this point, it's easy. i'll be stuck in a bit though
2:33 pm
KatieMcG
75 here I've got no chance of fireworks today!!!!!
2:34 pm
Kathihle
I had to finish early .. usually get up at 5am to finish, but tomorrow it's horse-riding and I have to be a supportive step-granny
2:35 pm
Atalante
you can do it, katie!
2:35 pm
Pinikula
I hit 100!!!!!
2:36 pm
Kathihle
wtg, Pini
2:36 pm
KatieMcG
watching x factor at the same time doesn't help!!
2:36 pm
jesdraggon
yay, pini!
2:36 pm
Atalante
awww your new one is lovely, jes. Interesting mix of breeds!
2:36 pm
Pinikula
I just got the al** plant!!!
2:36 pm
Pinikula
(in case someone doesn't have that one yet)
2:37 pm
jesdraggon
totally a guess on the breeds, ata.
2:37 pm
jesdraggon
he's got a really funky shaped head
2:37 pm
Atalante
looks about right!
2:37 pm
Kathihle
lol @ Pini .. that's one of my standards .. I have some in my garden
2:38 pm
Pinikula
* smile *
2:38 pm
Atalante
if I move over to the US, which I will within a few years, we can be an extra foster home for you if we end up near enough!
2:38 pm
jesdraggon
where you thinking of moving to, ata?
2:39 pm
Kathihle
It's a good thing our landlord has restricted number of animals on the property .. between my daughter and myself we'd be running a zoo if given free reign
2:39 pm
Atalante
southern washington / northern oregon. ish.
2:40 pm
jesdraggon
excellent! though i'm on the north edge of washington
2:40 pm
jesdraggon
rein, i think, kath
2:40 pm
Atalante
I don't really know whereabout's I'll end up. It'll be WA / OR, depending on price of houses and where our dogs can run riot!
2:41 pm
Pinikula
I'm in Oregon!!!
2:41 pm
Pinikula
Lot's of friends over here, ata!
2:41 pm
jesdraggon
are you coming over for a job? or just cuz you want to be here?
2:41 pm
Atalante
oh yes :D and in WA
2:42 pm
Atalante
um ... it's kinda complicated ... LOL.
2:42 pm
redturtlehead
well ata you may explain, only if you drop 5-10 words from the grid.
2:43 pm
Atalante
LOL. well. I'm getting divorced, I want to live with someone who currently lives in OR. But we'd have to move somewhere cheaper than Astoria
2:43 pm
jesdraggon
that's not that complicated ;)
2:43 pm
Atalante
did that include any words? Maybe I should moan :)
2:44 pm
Pinikula
nice enticement, Red!!! ;)
2:44 pm
redturtlehead
now where are the grid words???
2:44 pm
Kathihle
pml at Ata
2:44 pm
Pinikula
ooooh, ata, said a word!!!
2:44 pm
redturtlehead
I dont see currently...bah!
2:44 pm
Atalante
see :) there's one anyway :P
2:44 pm
Kathihle
red> Ask and you shall receive
2:44 pm
Kathihle
... clues
2:44 pm
Pinikula
too bad I already had it! ;)
2:44 pm
redturtlehead
I am ina bind, I did not unfreeze anything for dinner and now, its 4 pm and I am starving. What should I do.
2:45 pm
Atalante
U'm glad you're not looking as**** at me ;)
2:45 pm
Pinikula
Red: have a bowl of cereal?
2:45 pm
redturtlehead
I have eggs, but I sort of wanted something else.
2:45 pm
Atalante
got a microwave?
2:45 pm
Kathihle
red> you have plenty of time before dinner
2:45 pm
stidmama
hello all. make an omelet, red!
2:45 pm
redturtlehead
I do like cereal. I have cinni minis.
2:45 pm
redturtlehead
Hungry now.
2:45 pm
Pinikula
well, there ya go!
2:45 pm
Kazozz
hi stid :)
2:45 pm
Kathihle
hello stid
2:45 pm
Pinikula
and not time at all to fix!
2:46 pm
Pinikula
hiya stid!
2:46 pm
redturtlehead
perhaps I can do the snack I am supposed to have...and also dinner.
2:46 pm
stidmama
ick. too much sugar on the minis. good nutrition is important when you are healing
2:46 pm
redturtlehead
BRB.
2:46 pm
jesdraggon
hi stid :)
2:46 pm
redturtlehead
stid!
2:46 pm
stidmama
that sounds like a plan, red - snack then supper.
2:46 pm
redturtlehead
People just like to see me eat, even junk.
2:46 pm
jesdraggon
hmm. any ideas how to get yesterday's words not to show up in today's lickety list?
2:46 pm
stidmama
refresh the clues, jes?
2:47 pm
Pinikula
sorry, red...didn't know you were sick...my bad
2:47 pm
Kathihle
jes> if all else fails, log out, shut browser down and restart
2:47 pm
jesdraggon
i tried
2:47 pm
stidmama
is Flash a greyhound, jes?
2:47 pm
rururocks
de 5/14?
2:47 pm
redturtlehead
I'm not sick, just activity restricted until tuesday. It is making me a bit wierd.
2:47 pm
jesdraggon
i cleared the cache and cookies too, which logged me out, but didn't get rid of yesterdays words.
2:47 pm
Pinikula
sometimes closing and reopening all browser windows helps clear mine! ;)
2:47 pm
Kathihle
jes> CTRL refresh?
2:47 pm
pugmama763
think I need a brain transplant
2:47 pm
stidmama
hm. close down babble browser and reload?
2:48 pm
jesdraggon
no, he's smaller than that, stid. i think rat terrier/heeler mix? totally a guess
2:48 pm
stidmama
hmph. very strange, jes.
2:48 pm
Pinikula
I know that feeling, red...was at home for 6 wks recovering from surgery (Feb) and it drove me nuts!
2:48 pm
Kathihle
pug> Me too, and my trade-in has very low mileage!
2:48 pm
jesdraggon
don't use the babble browser, it won't run on my (ancient, useless) OS
2:48 pm
stidmama
I need a hip transplant... got back from picking up the kid from taking the PSAT, and asked Tom to fix my hip -- and it POPPED in a direction it never has before!
2:48 pm
redturtlehead
I have been dreaming of a smaller dog (dont tell teulu...)
2:48 pm
stidmama
oh. okay, let me think then jes... *sound of gears grinding*
2:48 pm
redturtlehead
Oh No Stiddy.
2:48 pm
Atalante
de + emmer***e (UK soap opera)
2:49 pm
redturtlehead
Sit it on a bag of spinach.
2:49 pm
redturtlehead
the hip that is.
2:49 pm
jesdraggon
well, he's about 35 pounds, turtle. don't know if that's smaller than teulu
2:49 pm
redturtlehead
I want tuna to be in this grid.
2:49 pm
LuvB
help please n em6 and im7
2:49 pm
Atalante
ewww I don;t!
2:50 pm
stidmama
spinach doesn't help red, I have dysplasia that seems to be pretty constant now (since summer)
2:50 pm
redturtlehead
teulu is about 75 pounds now...but he is mine for the next however many years.
2:50 pm
Atalante
em + chief Norse god
2:50 pm
Kathihle
spinach and tuna?
2:50 pm
DR1965
Ouch Stid1 Are you ok?
2:50 pm
stidmama
ewwww kathihle! LOL
2:50 pm
sprite
just testing new icon. Tomorrow is GreyWoulf's birthday.
2:50 pm
DR1965
Just signed on- reading back
2:50 pm
stidmama
I am okay DR, just p****d as hockey sticks about being lame so much these days.
2:50 pm
redturtlehead
stid, the spinach should make it feel better. I have a loose itb and my hip dilocates often....
2:50 pm
Atalante
spritey!
2:51 pm
stidmama
SPRITE!!!!!!! sprite sprite!
2:51 pm
Atalante
prite dearest, did you use the list / any other help?
2:51 pm
Kathihle
hello DR
2:51 pm
sprite
*hugs stid and red and Ata*
2:51 pm
jesdraggon
hi sprite :)
2:51 pm
redturtlehead
Hi sprite.
2:51 pm
LuvB
dot know the god any other clues
2:51 pm
redturtlehead
Or maybe some painkiller.
2:51 pm
redturtlehead
google it luv.
2:51 pm
sprite
Ata, of course I used help... the clues in the chat.
2:51 pm
DR1965
Hi Red and Sprite and Ata and Luv and lurkers
2:52 pm
Kathihle
LuvB> vowel + noise
2:52 pm
Kazozz
help with the na 6/21 please
2:52 pm
Kathihle
*inclines head* .. ty DR
2:52 pm
sprite
great icon, DR
2:52 pm
Kazozz
lurker would be me lol hi DR
2:52 pm
Kathihle
Kaz> feeling you have when pregnant
2:52 pm
sprite
na6 makes you sick
2:52 pm
DR1965
ty Sprite- I got sent there and it stuck LOL
2:53 pm
Kathihle
(other than PANIC)
2:53 pm
Atalante
but not the list? Gah! You're too clever
2:53 pm
Kazozz
ty Kath and sprite :)
2:53 pm
jesdraggon
hullow, kaz
2:53 pm
sprite
you know better than that, Ata.
2:54 pm
jesdraggon
cute icon :)
2:54 pm
sprite
great icon too, Ata :)
2:54 pm
Atalante
ty! very silly sily pic!
2:54 pm
sprite
yes, brilliantly silly.
2:54 pm
Kazozz
hullow jes lol
2:55 pm
sprite
I didn't think today's grid was that bad, actually. Even the Ks were doable.
2:55 pm
Kazozz
i'm not liking it one bit sprite lol
2:55 pm
Kazozz
had to go to the list at 60 words found
2:55 pm
DR1965
its an ok grid...
2:56 pm
Kathihle
sprite> ja, no problem if you're used to making up words as you go along
2:56 pm
DR1965
too many d's
2:56 pm
sprite
well, I have done grids that everybody said were easy and that made me headbang the walls and climb the curtains, so I guess it is a personal thing. I am used to vowel combinations, which helps in this grid. Dutch is full of vowel combinations.
2:57 pm
DR1965
true Sprite- it probably personal preference
2:57 pm
sprite
making up words is mandatory when playing babble Kathihle. Often words you make up are even valid.
2:57 pm
Kazozz
this is definitely a headbanger for me..but it could be coz the meds have addled my brain this weekend lol
2:57 pm
Pinikula
I still think there are not enough vowels! LOL
2:57 pm
pugmama763
es5 clue please?
2:58 pm
sprite
lolol silly Pini
2:58 pm
Kathihle
sprite> I've found that out, lol ... when I get stuck I just do computations of surrounding letters
2:58 pm
redturtlehead
sprite this grid has been a tooth puller for me.
2:58 pm
Kathihle
Pini> There are plenty of vowels, but they're misplaced
2:58 pm
sprite
Pugmama: you could say look at that es*** go and mean a snail you can eat.
2:59 pm
sprite
and the es5 contains my most beloved letter
2:59 pm
Kazozz
es and word that ryhmes with something you might drive
2:59 pm
DR1965
lol Sprite!
2:59 pm
Kathihle
pug> es + vehicle with alternate initial
2:59 pm
phandmd
may I pls have a UN 6 clue pls
2:59 pm
pugmama763
ty guys
3:00 pm
sprite
un + son/boy + vowel
or un + heavy weight
3:00 pm
Kathihle
phan> take the goods off the truck
3:00 pm
sprite
and both of those 6s can be past tensed.
3:01 pm
sprite
ok, for just testing I have already stayed on too long again, grin. It is the great company that keeps me here. But have to go, must put this sick body into bed, even though silly mind wants to stay on and have fun with you all.
3:01 pm
Atalante
*hugs hugs spritey*
3:01 pm
DR1965
feel better Sprite
3:02 pm
redturtlehead
feel better Sprite, sending soup.
3:02 pm
jesdraggon
sleep sweet, sprite. feel better soon
3:02 pm
KatieMcG
night sprite see you tomorrow
3:02 pm
phandmd
thnx, Sprite and that is fireworks for me!
3:02 pm
Kathihle
ciao sprite
3:02 pm
Pinikula
wtg Phan
3:02 pm
phandmd
I can clue for a few minutes before needing to get ready to watch my son play football
3:02 pm
KatieMcG
congrats phan
3:03 pm
Pinikula
people are fireworking like flies...and I still have 67 more to find!
3:03 pm
KatieMcG
65 here pink
3:03 pm
jesdraggon
can you clue the 90 i have left, phand? heheh
3:03 pm
DR1965
I need 76 Pini
3:03 pm
phandmd
I'd be happy to help for the next 10 mns or so...
3:03 pm
Kathihle
*makes note to announce fireworks in future*
3:03 pm
DR1965
no fires here
3:03 pm
Atalante
oh yes, kath! show off!
3:03 pm
jesdraggon
oh, and good job :)
3:03 pm
Pinikula
then I play in good company, Dr!
3:03 pm
Kathihle
I'm a redhead, so I guess fires are natural *preens*
3:04 pm
Kathihle
lmao @ Ata .. it's not the norm!
3:04 pm
DR1965
It looks like there are quite a few of us
3:04 pm
Pinikula
^5 to those still trudging along!!!
3:04 pm
KatieMcG
we could be here to the wee small hours
3:05 pm
Pinikula
or at least another 8+ hours!
3:06 pm
KatieMcG
it's 9 pm here so that is the wee small hours ;-)
3:06 pm
Pinikula
Oh, sorry...it's only 1:06pm here
3:06 pm
phandmd
4:06 here
3:07 pm
phandmd
so are my services not needed?
3:07 pm
jesdraggon
you're needed, phan, just too much to ask for right now!
3:07 pm
Pinikula
of course they are, Phan...
3:07 pm
Pinikula
can you clue the 65 words I need?
3:08 pm
KatieMcG
too far away from fireworks to need clues :-)
3:08 pm
phandmd
oh, dear. I can only be here for another 5 mins at most
3:08 pm
phandmd
Ask and I will clue
3:08 pm
jesdraggon
su6,24?
3:08 pm
Pinikula
Oh, I wish I knew what I was missing!
3:08 pm
phandmd
su + stick + guys name
3:09 pm
jesdraggon
thankee :)
3:10 pm
pugmama763
de5/14 clue please?
3:10 pm
phandmd
anagram of not alive + stick
3:11 pm
Kazozz
clue for the tr 6/18 please
3:11 pm
Pinikula
thx phan
3:11 pm
Kathihle
Kaz> sounds like short for sedatives
3:11 pm
phandmd
3 + little hump ltr + guys name
3:11 pm
pugmama763
ty phan
3:12 pm
phandmd
glad that clue was discernable Pugmama
3:12 pm
Kathihle
oh sorry, that was tr 6/30
3:12 pm
phandmd
that one is plural
3:12 pm
Kazozz
kath isnt that the 6/30?
3:12 pm
Kathihle
Kaz> *blush*
3:13 pm
phandmd
gonna have to go now, gotta get ready to go to son's football game
3:13 pm
KatieMcG
bye phan
3:14 pm
Pinikula
have fun!
3:15 pm
Kazozz
fireworks finally! that was a real toughie for me!
3:16 pm
Kathihle
shot Kaz!
3:16 pm
jesdraggon
huzzah, kaz!
3:16 pm
Pinikula
wtg kaz!
3:16 pm
jesdraggon
ok, i'm off to do chores. may come back for the last 74 later.
3:17 pm
Pinikula
cya l8r jes
3:17 pm
Kazozz
tc all c u soon
3:17 pm
Kathihle
ciao Kaz
3:27 pm
hurshy
interesting. there seems to be a mistake in the de's on lickety's list
3:28 pm
72 Temple Owl
hursh: yes if you got it earlier. i dundertand it's been corrected. hi all
3:28 pm
hurshy
oh, i have the printable, that's probably why
3:28 pm
hurshy
so does that mean just one de 6/27
3:29 pm
72 Temple Owl
and i don't really have a speech impediment. just fat fingers.
3:29 pm
FMitch
Evening all
3:30 pm
72 Temple Owl
ata what are you doing up so late?!
3:30 pm
72 Temple Owl
and fm!
3:30 pm
Atalante
it's only 9:30!
3:30 pm
FMitch
It's only 9.30pm TO :)
3:31 pm
FMitch
but I am shutting things down soon but couldn't resist popping in for a couple of mins.
3:31 pm
stidmama
golly gee, I keep trying to play and chat and then getting sucked back into the schoolwork. durn.
3:31 pm
stidmama
((((hugs to FM))))
3:31 pm
72 Temple Owl
i thought htere was 6 hours' difference, pardon me! i am not implying you are all old ladies or something! ;)
3:31 pm
FMitch
((stiddy)) lovely to see you too
3:32 pm
stidmama
*grinning at TO* I know how you feel! now add three more hours to your calculations for me, will ya?
3:32 pm
stidmama
atalante, are you here?
3:32 pm
72 Temple Owl
happy babbling and good night to everyone! seems i have been relieved of my baking duties. one time hte famly grapevine came in handy LOL
3:32 pm
Pinikula
night TO
3:32 pm
FMitch
Bye TO see you tomorrow
3:33 pm
72 Temple Owl
they heard i was sick!!!!!
3:33 pm
Pinikula
gads, this grid is da***ing
3:33 pm
Pinikula
Glad you have support TO
3:33 pm
Pinikula
a good thing! ;)
3:33 pm
FMitch
em + vowel + a noise
3:34 pm
Atalante
em + chief norse god
3:34 pm
Atalante
my clue is more erudite than yours :P
3:34 pm
Pinikula
gads, if I don't learn new words in the grid, I learn them in the chog! (what is erudite?)
3:35 pm
hurshy
but FM was faster, and both were helpful and good and succinct, so it's a tie.
3:35 pm
FMitch
eruwhat? ;)
3:35 pm
Pinikula
That's what I said, FM!
3:36 pm
Pinikula
pt of the de6 before it
3:36 pm
FMitch
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.
3:36 pm
Pinikula
de + **** of operation + pt
3:36 pm
Atalante
like me *smug*
3:37 pm
Pinikula
* rolls eyes at ata * There she goes again! LOL
3:37 pm
stidmama
agh. it happened again... hi atalante. was just wondering when you might come thisaway again?
3:37 pm
Atalante
next year *SIGH*
3:37 pm
Pinikula
Didn't mean to sound rude, Harp...did it or the following clue help at all?
3:37 pm
stidmama
FM is describing herself again... *rolling eyes*
3:37 pm
Atalante
maybe April
3:37 pm
stidmama
well, next year is only three months away now...
3:37 pm
stidmama
oh. April's a bit further out.
3:37 pm
Atalante
I know, thank goodness
3:38 pm
stidmama
okay, was just wondering if I should reserve some time for you this next time around, but that far out, who knows what will happen! LOL
3:38 pm
Atalante
I'll tell you in decent time, next time!
3:39 pm
stidmama
maybe I will even understand these dam log thingies I need to use to graph using the dam computer. dam dam dam. beavers everywhere!
3:39 pm
Atalante
friend in oregon really wants to meet jes anyway, so maybe we can set up a babble meet!
3:39 pm
stidmama
okay, gotta go. Kid has an interview thingy to go to.
3:39 pm
Pinikula
* perk *
3:39 pm
FMitch
Bye stiddy
3:40 pm
Pinikula
good luck to stidkid, stid!
3:40 pm
stidmama
oooh. I would like to meet jes too! yes, please please -- and we want to meet your friend in oregon, too!
3:40 pm
Atalante
in Portland or Olympia, or somewhere!
3:40 pm
stidmama
thanks Pini. see you-all soon!!! and we need to get Pini in the loop too... though I may wander down to meet her before you get back, make sure she doesn't drip green goo or anything...
3:40 pm
stidmama
*wanders off muttering*
3:41 pm
Atalante
like the arabic ruler, one consonant changed
3:43 pm
hurshy
and... done
3:43 pm
FMitch
yay Congrats hurshy
3:43 pm
Pinikula
wtg hursh
3:44 pm
hurshy
it has been such a draining saturday! i messed up some formatting in about one second yesterday and it took me hours and hours to put it all right.
3:44 pm
movieman
good evening all
3:44 pm
Atalante
movie!!!
3:45 pm
hurshy
kitten! it looks like my marty.
3:45 pm
Pinikula
ooh, sorry to hear that hursh...I did that the other day on an access database...just about shot myself!
3:45 pm
Pinikula
hi movie
3:45 pm
movieman
it's my cat Arnie 7 years ago
3:46 pm
periwinkle
hello all
3:46 pm
periwinkle
middle column gray!
3:46 pm
Atalante
gorgeous kitten!
3:47 pm
Pinikula
go peri po
3:47 pm
FMitch
Right time for me to shut things down, Early start in the morning and all that. Happy Babbling.
Hi/bye peri
3:48 pm
movieman
later mitch
3:49 pm
Pinikula
night FM
3:50 pm
harpjane
an 5/20?
3:53 pm
Pinikula
an + mispell of cousin abbrev.
3:53 pm
harpjane
don't everybody jump in at once here...
3:53 pm
Pinikula
I'm tryin! ;)
3:53 pm
harpjane
monkeyed it, so nm
3:54 pm
harpjane
where is everyone, watching games?
3:54 pm
Pinikula
not sure...
3:54 pm
Pinikula
I'm still trying to monkey words myself...
3:54 pm
movieman
I'm still here, harpjane
3:55 pm
harpjane
it's kind of a tough one
3:55 pm
harpjane
this grid
3:56 pm
movieman
clue for the 8 plz
3:56 pm
Pinikula
un8 = my dau un****** the dishwasher this morning.
3:56 pm
harpjane
don't have it yet mm, sorry
3:57 pm
fuquayvarina
asea
3:57 pm
movieman
ty pinikula
3:57 pm
harpjane
thanks, that's the manly job in our house!
3:57 pm
Pinikula
hi fuquay
3:57 pm
harpjane
fuquay you bad girl!
3:57 pm
Pinikula
my dog is the only male in my house nowadays
3:58 pm
fuquayvarina
oops, not sure how that happened. *hangs head*
3:58 pm
Scrabbler
Hello again. I made a bonfire in the back and sat there for the last 2 hrs.
3:59 pm
Scrabbler
Give me a tough word, fuqua, such as the 7s and the 8.
3:59 pm
dcseain
hi, harp, movie, fuquay, scrabbs, pini!
3:59 pm
Pinikula
ooooh, how nice, scrabs!!!
3:59 pm
Pinikula
how was your walk?
3:59 pm
Scrabbler
Hi Seain
4:00 pm
fuquayvarina
look back, scrabb, the 8 was just clued
4:00 pm
Scrabbler
I didn't walk...yet...and may skip it.
4:00 pm
dcseain
applied for apartment today, we did, please to cross fingers for us :)
4:00 pm
Pinikula
* crossing fingers *
4:00 pm
Scrabbler
Scrabbler, you doofus! You had un6!!
4:00 pm
Scrabbler
Where, Seain?
4:02 pm
Pinikula
un8 = my dau un****** the dishwasher this morning.
4:02 pm
crosshair
i see bunnies!:))
4:02 pm
dcseain
yay! bunnies!
4:03 pm
Pinikula
bunnies?
4:03 pm
dcseain
here in Reston again, for 1 more year, scrabbs. Place called The Sycamores
4:03 pm
movieman
and kittens
4:04 pm
Scrabbler
I have 4 bunnies, Pini, 3 upstairs, each in their own room, and Miss B has the entire downstairs. She just came out from under the couch where she sleeps all day.
4:04 pm
Pinikula
oh, wow!
4:05 pm
Scrabbler
They are my babies, Pini.
4:05 pm
dcseain
i have one bunny, and currently 2, soon 3, cats.
4:05 pm
Atalante
is Miss B officially yours yet??
4:05 pm
movieman
Arnie is my baby substitute!!!!!!
4:06 pm
Scrabbler
I believe so, Ata. The family cannot have pets in their apartment.
4:06 pm
Scrabbler
What is Arnie? Dog? Cat?
4:06 pm
movieman
He's my cat, as pictured in my icon.
4:07 pm
movieman
Well, the picture was taken seven years ago
4:07 pm
Scrabbler
Oh, SO cute!
4:07 pm
Atalante
oh wonderful!!1
4:08 pm
Scrabbler
Miss B is very happy being a house rabbit and would go nuts if placed back into a cage.
4:09 pm
Atalante
she's so lucky tohave you
4:09 pm
movieman
Arnie is just as happy snoozing on my bed as he is on my chair
4:09 pm
Scrabbler
She is a lucky bunny, for sure.
4:09 pm
crosshair
mmm bunnies....
4:09 pm
EspritdJean
Scrabbler don't all those rabbits leave landmines all over the place?
4:10 pm
Scrabbler
No, silly, they are all litter box trained!
4:10 pm
crosshair
lol@landmines
4:10 pm
EspritdJean
didn't know rabbits could be trained, thought they just let it fly
4:10 pm
Scrabbler
And their poops are little, dry balls of fiber anyway.
4:11 pm
Atalante
crossy! be nice :P no mentions of ....
4:11 pm
Scrabbler
Rabbits are very smart. They are doing great in preschool.
4:11 pm
Pinikula
hi crossy
4:11 pm
Atalante
I'd love to know a house rabbit
4:12 pm
crosshair
howdy pini
4:12 pm
Scrabbler
Scrabbler's Rabbit Preschool, where rabbits learn to take treats out of Mama's hand, use the litter box, jump on the bed or couch, go up and down the stairs...
4:12 pm
dcseain
the rabbit and the cats are about equally intelligent. it's fun to watch them play
4:12 pm
Pinikula
how fun, scrabs!
4:12 pm
EspritdJean
could they do your tax return?
4:13 pm
Scrabbler
Miss B follows me upstairs when it is time to feed the boys. When the gate is taken down she charges up ahead of me. When it is time to go down she leads the way.
4:13 pm
crosshair
crossy dives into the grid as the thought of all those plump scampering bunnies is making him sweat...sploosh
4:13 pm
Scrabbler
How cute, Seain!!
4:13 pm
Scrabbler
Jean, we are reviewing the tax code daily.
4:13 pm
EspritdJean
Miss B probably goes upstairs and opens the gate herself to hang out with the boys while you are at work ;-p
4:14 pm
Atalante
what size are they, scrabs? I mean compared to a cat, and how is gandalf?
4:14 pm
dcseain
took Jasper - who grew up with a giant lop - most of a year to get that bunbun - a dutch dwarf - is smaller than him LOL
4:14 pm
Scrabbler
I hope not! And I have 2 gates at Tucker's doorway because he escaped in the summer, came down here and there was a fur tornado. It took 2 months for Miss B's wound to heal.
4:15 pm
harpjane
fur tornado i like that phrase
4:15 pm
EspritdJean
oh, a little ruffian
4:15 pm
harpjane
we have those occasionally
4:16 pm
EspritdJean
clue for the me7?
4:16 pm
Scrabbler
I have a Netherland dwarf, Sebastian = less than 3 lbs. I sleep with him. Gandalf is a 5 lb mini-Rex. Tucker is a 10 lb American Tan. Miss B is a 4 lb Holland Lop.
4:16 pm
harpjane
plural, jean if that helps
4:16 pm
Scrabbler
Seain, was it hard to get the rabbit and the cats to be friends?
4:17 pm
Scrabbler
With cats, Jane?
4:17 pm
dcseain
not at all scrabbs, jasper grew up with one, and mostly ignores him. Feldspar was 1 when bunbun arrived, and they share the water dish and chase each other sometimes
4:17 pm
Scrabbler
Yes, Tucker is solid muscle.
4:17 pm
crosshair
big bunnies...mmm.sploosh.....
4:17 pm
harpjane
right we woke up to a cat fight once when a stray had found it's way into the house. Fur Tornado was a good description
4:18 pm
EspritdJean
is it a normal word harpj?
4:18 pm
dcseain
i need a clue for SU6, pls.
4:18 pm
Scrabbler
I love stories of interspecies friendships.
4:19 pm
harpjane
sounds a little like an arabian king sean
4:19 pm
harpjane
the su**** of swat change one letter
4:19 pm
Scrabbler
Like a mid-East ruler, but change the T for another consonant.
4:19 pm
dcseain
i used to worry that felds was terrorizing him, till i saw him doing it to her LOL so i stopped worring, and set the room up so there are spaces for the rabbit where the cat cannot fit
4:20 pm
harpjane
scrab i don't remember if i told you about my friend's horse who protected a newborn fawn while the doe was in the bushes having another one!
4:20 pm
dcseain
ty, harp!
4:20 pm
harpjane
jean, I know it as a surname
4:20 pm
Scrabbler
Wow, Jane! That is so neat!
4:21 pm
harpjane
doctors practice ****ci*e plus vowell
4:21 pm
dcseain
that's cool, harp!
4:22 pm
Scrabbler
Seedless red grapes, anyone?
4:22 pm
EspritdJean
ty jane
4:22 pm
harpjane
the mare licked it clean, nudged it to stand. The fawn tried to nurse on the mare, and the mare guided it toward the doe....
4:23 pm
harpjane
my word list still has acme and tace, two words from yesterday
4:23 pm
Pinikula
harp...you may want to try clearing your cookies...has worked for others
4:24 pm
Scrabbler
I love that story, Jane.
4:24 pm
harpjane
well i only have 3 words left so i'll deal with it tomorrow
4:24 pm
maccafixx
help with the SA 6/18 PLEASE
4:24 pm
harpjane
i hate clearing my cookies cuz then i have to remember all my passwords....
4:25 pm
harpjane
sounds sorts of salty mac
4:25 pm
harpjane
like a soda cracker crossed with a town in Calif
4:25 pm
maccafixx
Ty harpjane!
4:26 pm
transitionguy
hi, everyone
4:27 pm
Pinikula
hi smiles
4:27 pm
transitionguy
hi, pini
4:27 pm
Scrabbler
Hi ma and TG
4:27 pm
Scrabbler
I mean "mac"
4:28 pm
transitionguy
I've been lurking, but now I need a clue. IN7?
4:28 pm
harpjane
hello lurk boy, in7 is an enzyme
4:28 pm
harpjane
converts insulin
4:29 pm
Scrabbler
an6 please? I give up.
4:30 pm
Scrabbler
hah, I monkeyed it---how the heck did I do that??
4:30 pm
harpjane
so now i got fireworks, but i still have 3 words to go
4:30 pm
EspritdJean
care to share doc?
4:30 pm
Scrabbler
Hm, congrats Jane??
4:31 pm
harpjane
i don't know scrabbler but could you give me a clue?
4:31 pm
Scrabbler
an + vowel + not Rep(ublican)
4:31 pm
harpjane
thanks, now the grid says i have -2 left.....
4:32 pm
Scrabbler
How weird!
4:32 pm
EspritdJean
hey tks for the stoopid word
4:32 pm
BzznBea
Refresh? harp
4:32 pm
Pinikula
are any of the check boxes empty?
4:33 pm
harpjane
well i have all the words, and then some, i think i'll try a different browser
4:33 pm
BzznBea
hey pini.
4:33 pm
BzznBea
i'm not really here...
4:33 pm
joshuavorbis
hey all - a few minutes to try to knock a few off my list - why did i try to do the grid on a day where i work all day long
4:33 pm
harpjane
refreshing doesn't do it. The word stats say that I have 100 out of 97 four letter words....
4:34 pm
Pinikula
because we encouraged you to, josh?
4:34 pm
joshuavorbis
you are enablers, the lot of you
4:34 pm
harpjane
um because you're an addict, josh? or are you like em, you can quit any time?
4:34 pm
Pinikula
* giggle *
4:35 pm
dcseain
yes we are, joshua, you should learn to take advantage of it LOL
4:35 pm
Pinikula
harp...consider closing all browser windows and reopen...
4:35 pm
dcseain
hiya, bea, who is not really here
4:35 pm
joshuavorbis
i didn't babble all weekend while i was in niagara falls, and i didn't even miss it
4:35 pm
Pinikula
ack! you didn't even miss us???
4:36 pm
BzznBea
Trying to keep up with grandson...
4:36 pm
joshuavorbis
not even close! though i was with a girl and we were touring local wineries, so...
4:36 pm
dcseain
neat animation, joshua
4:36 pm
Pinikula
well, in that case...it's ok
4:36 pm
chickieo8
hi all,I hprained my right shoulder so
4:36 pm
chickieo8
hi all,I hprained my right shoulder so
4:36 pm
chickieo8
hi all,I hprained my right shoulder so
4:36 pm
chickieo8
hi all,I hprained my right shoulder so
4:37 pm
Scrabbler
I was in Niagara-on-the-Lake 2 Sundays ago, Josh!! Did you see us kayaking in the Lake and on the river?
4:37 pm
DR1965
in7 clue please
4:37 pm
Scrabbler
Chickie, that sucks.
4:37 pm
dcseain
sorry to hear chickie, welcome
4:37 pm
DR1965
Sorry Chickie!
4:37 pm
joshuavorbis
wasn't the weather gorgeous? i stayed in niagara-on-the-lake, what a postcard of a town that is
4:37 pm
chickieo8
am trying to type with my left hand bare with me!!
4:37 pm
chickieo8
am trying to type with my left hand bare with me!!
4:37 pm
maccafixx
su 6/24 please
4:38 pm
Scrabbler
It was a beautiful, sunny day--were you there that same day, Josh?
4:38 pm
redturtlehead
I hve returned from awuiring wonderful Headache medicine. perhaps I can find 69 more words or semblances of words.
4:38 pm
dcseain
the su6 of swing, changing a letter
4:38 pm
joshuavorbis
i was there the 10th and 11th and 12th, or whatever days the friday and saturday and sunday were
4:38 pm
harpjane
i have closed them reopened them, re-booted, and still have 175 words!
4:38 pm
elder
Good evening everyone.
4:38 pm
dcseain
oh, good, red, hope the medicine works
4:38 pm
dcseain
evening, elder
4:38 pm
Scrabbler
Hi Elder
4:38 pm
DR1965
good to see you elder
4:39 pm
elder
Red, its all those news reels.
4:39 pm
Scrabbler
What did you take, red?
4:39 pm
redturtlehead
its helping. i blame the grid for the headache
4:39 pm
maccafixx
ty dcseai!
4:39 pm
elder
Hello DR and yourself ?. .
4:39 pm
redturtlehead
LOL scrabbler, Alka Seltzer cold plus. Asa, and some decongestant.
4:39 pm
Scrabbler
The 2 middle an5's? I have been looking for 15 min.
4:39 pm
dcseain
yvw, maccafixx
4:40 pm
DR1965
I am well thanks Elder
4:40 pm
Scrabbler
Just take 440 mg of naproxen instead of that.
4:40 pm
Pinikula
an*le brace + you and me
4:40 pm
redturtlehead
I needed the decongestant.
4:40 pm
elder
srabbs, an + another name for a girl, minus the last letter.
4:40 pm
Scrabbler
TY, Pini.
4:41 pm
DR1965
in7 please
4:41 pm
Scrabbler
TY for those an5's...I would NOT have found them.
4:42 pm
Scrabbler
in + textspeak for "not me but *" + la4
4:42 pm
DR1965
ty SCrabs! I would never have found that!
4:45 pm
Scrabbler
Soemone mentioned an enzyme and I figured it out.
4:45 pm
EspritdJean
how about di7?
4:47 pm
Scrabbler
I don't have it either, Jean.
4:47 pm
dcseain
ty for enzyme clue :)
4:47 pm
transitionguy
yes, finally got it also, so ty
4:47 pm
dcseain
di7 is plural of sex device
4:48 pm
EspritdJean
oh how the heck did I miss THAT!!
4:48 pm
elder
Di 7/ 36 is an extension of the 5/14 and 6/24. sexual device.
4:48 pm
EspritdJean
ty seain
4:48 pm
Minveryork
Hello to fellow babblers!How is everyone doing today?
4:48 pm
transitionguy
I must have a dirty mind, cuz I got that one pretty much right away, lol
4:48 pm
Minveryork
By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!
4:48 pm
dcseain
hi, minver!
4:49 pm
Scrabbler
Jean, Jean, Jean. Even I, Sister Mary Pediatrica, found di5.
4:49 pm
Dorens
heigh ho. fireworks, and freely admit to lurking
4:49 pm
EspritdJean
no, I proudly found the singular, but never looked for the plural
4:49 pm
Scrabbler
as5 and as6? I give up--there are too many A's in all directions.
4:49 pm
elder
hello Minv.
4:49 pm
Scrabbler
Yahoo Doren!
4:49 pm
EspritdJean
but scrabbler, I was very proud of myself that all day I refrained from mentioning i t
4:49 pm
Dorens
how are things going scrabs? enjoying an off day and recouping your strength?
4:49 pm
Minveryork
Congratulations Dorens on fireworks! Hooray for you
4:49 pm
EspritdJean
*==============D
4:50 pm
EspritdJean
8==========D correction
4:50 pm
Pinikula
as6/30 = question picnic pest
4:50 pm
elder
as6 You have requested + small picnic pest.
4:50 pm
Dorens
as 5 i do in yoga practice
4:50 pm
elder
Dorens well done !!
4:50 pm
Scrabbler
I worked at another practice this AM, near me out here in the country, which was good to keep me busy, otherwise I would have slept excessively. Then I made a bonfire and sat there for 2 hrs.
4:51 pm
Dorens
bonfire... excellent idea
4:51 pm
dcseain
bonfires are a happy :)
4:51 pm
Dorens
for all the george clooney fans out there, i saw burn after reading last night. still in love with him for sure
4:51 pm
Scrabbler
TY--I should have had as5--I have seen it here before.
4:51 pm
EspritdJean
a bonfire would take care of my desk
4:51 pm
elder
and my house clutter.
4:52 pm
Scrabbler
And Jean is drawing X-rated graffiti--off to the penalty box.
4:52 pm
EspritdJean
show me the rule that says there is a penalty for that!
4:52 pm
Scrabbler
George is quite handsome.
4:52 pm
dcseain
i support your right to free expression, jean!
4:52 pm
Scrabbler
Talk to Hazel-Chief of Babble Police.
4:53 pm
EspritdJean
yeah, she would prob not be amused
4:53 pm
transitionguy
hey, all dale taking over!
4:53 pm
Scrabbler
Actually, Jean, it made me laugh as it was new to me.
4:53 pm
Dorens
x rated graffiti involving george?
4:53 pm
transitionguy
tr6/18, clues?
4:53 pm
Dorens
haz would be interested in that!
4:53 pm
Scrabbler
In my mind, Doren.
4:54 pm
EspritdJean
slang word for a sedative transit
4:54 pm
Scrabbler
de6 and 7?
4:54 pm
harpjane
the 6/18 sounds like three of the weatherman Roker
4:54 pm
Dorens
de + what **** of transportation do you prefer scrab?
4:54 pm
Dorens
de + what **** of transportation do you prefer scrab?
4:54 pm
Minveryork
de 6/27 is de plus mo 4/6 word and de7 is past tense.
4:54 pm
EspritdJean
de+pie a la **** and past tense
4:55 pm
Pinikula
off to hunt for food...
4:55 pm
Scrabbler
TY, TY for de6 and 7.
4:56 pm
Scrabbler
**imagining Pini putting bullets in her rifle, then going to the woods to find a critter for dinner**
4:56 pm