Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, December 9, 2008

12:00 am

harpjane

flip

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

nDanLia

flip

12:00 am

tygerbryght

well, could be worse :P

12:00 am

iluvcofee

ch8

12:00 am

nDanLia

great icon harp

12:00 am

dcseain

flop

12:00 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:01 am

kje

yay - less than 200

12:01 am

nDanLia

ca 8 45

12:01 am

harpjane

thanks danlia

12:01 am

dcseain

ty, nDan

12:01 am

harpjane

wow i was first, i never know how that happens. (dialup_

12:02 am

nDanLia

dc - heard new job in offing; congrats

12:02 am

nDanLia

[i hope]

12:02 am

dcseain

ty, nDan. I'll know more later this week, i hope

12:02 am

MLFAN17

CA 6

12:02 am

nDanLia

an 7 28

12:03 am

tygerbryght

ch8

12:03 am

nDanLia

x2

12:03 am

tygerbryght

oops, see it was already called

12:03 am

nDanLia

ar 7 28 also

12:04 am

tygerbryght

ar6 been called?

12:04 am

MLFAN17

i got the CH 8

12:04 am

Hugabugs

late flip - Hi everyone

12:04 am

tygerbryght

I think dan said there were 2?

12:04 am

nDanLia

ea 4/4 7/28 5/10

12:04 am

tygerbryght

hey, hugs

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

late flip hi all!!! Howdy hug!

12:05 am

rururocks

phantom: charlatan

12:05 am

nDanLia

2 x ea 7/28 in that group

12:05 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:05 am

dcseain

my phantom too, ruru

12:06 am

dcseain

thanks, lickety

12:06 am

kje

that was the first word i entered ruru...

12:06 am

kje

TY lickety

12:06 am

kje

i hate it when my first word is a phantom

12:06 am

MLFAN17

EA 4,5,6 and 7

12:06 am

rururocks

feels so fake to do it though

12:06 am

tygerbryght

ty, lickety

12:06 am

Hugabugs

Hi Dee

12:08 am

harpjane

thank you lickety!

12:08 am

dcseain

oh, new kitten pix in my flickr, btw

12:09 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:09 am

dcseain

evening, mlf

12:09 am

kje

aaaawwww - dc, he is so cute... his ears are way too big for him!!!

12:10 am

dcseain

yes, the ears and the rabbit fur indicate daddy may've been a Maine Coon, that and the tiny little high-pitched mewl

12:10 am

MLFAN17

evening dc do you have snow on the ground right now or coming down at all. i know it was snowing there a few days ago i think??

12:11 am

dcseain

we got a light dusting on Saturday night

12:11 am

tygerbryght

cute kitty, DC

12:11 am

dcseain

and it was snowing a bit on Sunday AM, but it didn't last to Sunday Afternoon what little accumulated

12:11 am

dcseain

ty ,tyger

12:12 am

MLFAN17

dc ohh we are supposed to get snow here i a few days but where i actually live in NC i dont think we will get any.. and if we dont wont stick

12:12 am

harpjane

i have a maine coon cross, he is the best cat i ever had....

12:12 am

dcseain

chalant is a lost positve like gruntle, i gather?

12:12 am

MLFAN17

harp crossed with what/

12:12 am

harpjane

are you in the district, sean?

12:13 am

MLFAN17

?

12:13 am

dcseain

we're expecting more Friday i think, probably same system as in NC

12:13 am

dcseain

not any more, jane, i live in Reston, VA now.

12:13 am

harpjane

oh okay

12:13 am

dcseain

i lived in DC 1995-2001

12:14 am

dcseain

but if you have a question, i may be able to answer

12:14 am

MLFAN17

dci used to live in Reston as well

12:14 am

harpjane

i was just wondering about the weather

12:14 am

dcseain

neat, mlf. I'm at North Shore and Temporary

12:14 am

harpjane

thought maybe you were getting the winter that Montana is missing...

12:15 am

dcseain

it's been very cold here, much colder than usual (i live about 20 miles west of DC)

12:15 am

harpjane

any snow?

12:15 am

dcseain

we're expecting a harsh winter this year, one of our once-a-decade winters

12:15 am

MLFAN17

dc i know where that is

12:15 am

dcseain

figured you would, every one knows Temporary Rd LOL

12:15 am

harpjane

well montana's winter has no snow, it's because I bought new skis!

12:15 am

MLFAN17

no ones info is working on babble

12:16 am

harpjane

what would you like to know mlf?

12:16 am

dcseain

how weird, you usually have snow by now, don't you?

12:17 am

MLFAN17

i was going to email dc never mind not important

12:17 am

dcseain

i'll have to call my friend in Missoula and see how things there are

12:17 am

MLFAN17

harp did you buy a snow shovel too?lol

12:17 am

dcseain

always feel free to email if you'd like, mlf :)

12:17 am

harpjane

yeah usually by now. last year it started in October!

12:17 am

harpjane

lol

12:17 am

dcseain

my email is my handle here at gmail dot com

12:18 am

MLFAN17

oh ok

12:18 am

MLFAN17

harp dont buy anything else for snow then you just MIGHT encourage it lol

12:19 am

kje

autumn should be here...her favorite past time is in the grid

12:19 am

harpjane

well i made it stop last march when i bought new snow tires!

12:21 am

dcseain

snow tires - can't get them here easily

12:21 am

MLFAN17

Of course harp lol

12:21 am

dcseain

i own chains, but i bought them in Ohio, as again, net really avaiilable here

12:21 am

kje

interesting, dc... i got them in B-more easily

12:21 am

harpjane

flexeril is kicking in, goodnight....

12:21 am

kje

and would never bother with chains - egads

12:21 am

dcseain

b-more further north

12:21 am

kje

GN harp

12:22 am

dcseain

g'night jane, rest well

12:22 am

rururocks

did you look at any of those restaurants kje

12:22 am

nDanLia

friend used to 'nn'ail order his tires, delivered ups; good prices & tires in his book

12:22 am

tygerbryght

think I'll be going to Lickety pretty soon. I don't see how I can get 100 before that tonite. got 71 so far :(

12:22 am

MLFAN17

whaqt is flexeril?

12:22 am

tygerbryght

it's for arthritis, MLF :)

12:22 am

kje

not yet ru - I have them written on the inside of my folder with all my travel info

12:22 am

dcseain

flexeril is a drug used for a variety of pain and sleep disorders, mlf

12:22 am

nDanLia

nite

12:22 am

rururocks

chains?

12:23 am

kje

i have been pretending to pack

12:23 am

tygerbryght

I take a stronger one now - Xanaflex

12:23 am

rururocks

oh

12:23 am

kje

i say pretending... b/c i still am not done

12:23 am

dcseain

to put on your tires to get through bad snow/ice, ruru

12:23 am

rururocks

you have time

12:23 am

tygerbryght

LOL, kje I missed it earlier. where are you going?

12:23 am

MLFAN17

oh thanks dc hadnt heard of it

12:23 am

dcseain

xanaflex works for my tom, but flexeril does not.

12:23 am

rururocks

oh I thought someone was getting kinky

12:23 am

dcseain

not tonight, at least not yet, ruru

12:23 am

rururocks

ROFL dc

12:23 am

kje

well... that is what i am deluding myself with at the moment ruru - but i have to work tomorrow, so it is getting short

12:23 am

tygerbryght

the flexeril, ruru??

12:24 am

rururocks

** breaks out leather stuff**

12:24 am

kje

LOLOL

12:24 am

nDanLia

re'nn'inds 'nn'e i should dig ours out & put in trunk

12:24 am

tygerbryght

LOLOL, ruru

12:24 am

rururocks

what is flexeril?

12:24 am

tygerbryght

who gets to wear it? you or mrs. ru?

12:24 am

rururocks

How do I look in a dog collar?

12:25 am

tygerbryght

12:22, ruru

12:25 am

Hugabugs

en7 if not already called

12:25 am

tygerbryght

according to DC, it's used for more than that

12:25 am

nDanLia

tx hugs

12:26 am

dcseain

tom takes it for fibromyalgia

12:26 am

Pinikula

NBT and bedtime...happy hunting all!

12:26 am

rururocks

ouch for tom..

12:27 am

dcseain

well done and g'night pini

12:27 am

rururocks

nite pini..

12:27 am

tygerbryght

night, pini

12:27 am

rururocks

kje .. who is giog to give me a hard time while you are gone?

12:27 am

dcseain

he also has Crohn's disease, ruru

12:27 am

nDanLia

nite pini

12:27 am

dcseain

when will you return, kje

12:27 am

kje

oh ruru... just like weed, i suspect they will line up for the chance

12:28 am

rururocks

ouch tom.. poor tom

12:28 am

kje

you and weed can harass each other

12:28 am

kje

DC - i arrive back in D on dec 30th

12:28 am

rururocks

Crohns is difficult to manage

12:28 am

tygerbryght

Crohn's? ewwww ((tom))

12:28 am

rururocks

d for Dallas?

12:28 am

dcseain

happy holidays then, kje :)

12:29 am

tygerbryght

indeed it is. most people wind up losing part of their intestines :(

12:29 am

kje

yes... but it was a big D : )

12:29 am

dcseain

he was diagnosed at 14, tyger. he has a defibrilator/pacemaker, too

12:29 am

VolleymomDee

is it an 7 x 2 or ch 8 x 2... ?

12:29 am

kje

TY dc..

12:29 am

tygerbryght

poor guy

12:29 am

rururocks

everything is big in texas

12:29 am

tygerbryght

isn't it now considered an autoimmune disease? not very current on it

12:30 am

kje

well, almost everything

12:30 am

dcseain

yes, but he's well enough to be an ICU nurse, tyger

12:30 am

nDanLia

have an7 x 2

12:30 am

dcseain

chrohn's? yes, autoimmune

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

ty nDan...

12:30 am

rururocks

what does that mean?

12:30 am

tygerbryght

then he's doing very well in the circs

12:30 am

nDanLia

only got 1 ch8 here

12:30 am

dcseain

autoimmune? It means the immune system works against the body

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

thx

12:30 am

tygerbryght

autoimmune - well, lupus is an autoimmune disease - it's when your body starts making antibodies against itself

12:31 am

dcseain

MS, ALS, some Arthritis, a number of other diseases are examples of autoimmune disorders

12:31 am

tygerbryght

rheumatoid, DC - not osteo

12:31 am

VolleymomDee

sure not seeing the second an 7.... nose back in grid

12:31 am

kje

i do not like this grid

12:31 am

dcseain

that cl5 should be a kl5, noL

12:32 am

nDanLia

dee - its a weird anagra'nn' of the other

12:32 am

dcseain

fran's in the grid. i miss seeing here here

12:32 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:33 am

VolleymomDee

ty nDan... found it

12:33 am

kje

she is on FB a lot dc... message her there, she chats frequently

12:34 am

kje

and tell her to come back - LOL

12:34 am

dcseain

yes, i know, kje :) i do see here there

12:36 am

dcseain

2 ea7s i see

12:37 am

kje

ty dc

12:37 am

kje

earl

12:38 am

kje

oh crap

12:38 am

kje

sorry

12:38 am

dcseain

al4, no duke though

12:39 am

rururocks

earl crap?

12:39 am

rururocks

earl O crap.. oh..

12:39 am

nDanLia

ja'nn'es .... jones

12:39 am

dcseain

no ea4 o'crap, ruru

12:39 am

kje

LOL

12:40 am

rururocks

all of his subjects are tired all the time

12:40 am

kje

OK, that is it for me tonight... will try to finish while waiting to board... yea! for wifi airports

12:40 am

nDanLia

but no john wayne

12:41 am

nDanLia

safe travels kje

12:41 am

rururocks

Good luck KJE .. have a great time.. go to the Musee D'Orsee (Sp?)

12:41 am

kje

the coffee did not help as much as i thought

12:41 am

dcseain

g'nght and bon voyage, kje

12:42 am

rururocks

IN the St Germain district

12:42 am

nDanLia

que se4 se4

12:42 am

dcseain

whatever will be will be

12:42 am

kje

will depend on my travel mate, ruru... i have done the bog tourist things, so it is up to her which she chooses

12:42 am

kje

big not bog

12:43 am

kje

LOL nDan

12:43 am

tygerbryght

phantoms: reason, treason

12:43 am

dcseain

phantom naptha

12:44 am

rururocks

back to the BIg thing again?

12:44 am

rururocks

IF there was a P DC!

12:44 am

kje

?

12:44 am

dcseain

R, P, whataver

12:44 am

kje

wait, was that qustion earlier for me?

12:44 am

rururocks

go to bed...

12:45 am

VolleymomDee

any other 8's besides ca 8 and ch 8?

12:45 am

kje

ouch... now i am being kicked out

12:45 am

nDanLia

3xca; 1xch

12:45 am

dcseain

not that i've seen called, dee

12:46 am

rururocks

Don't ask me dee I don't have a single 8 yet..

12:46 am

rururocks

you probably wo't be able to sleep anyway kje

12:46 am

VolleymomDee

this IS a tough gird! ty ndan

12:46 am

kje

i have an 8

12:46 am

kje

I'm just saying - LOL

12:47 am

kje

true, ruru - i am tired and hyper at the same time

12:47 am

nDanLia

1st 2 of 3 are heelish; sound a bit like cat food

12:48 am

dcseain

heelish?

12:48 am

VolleymomDee

are they all ca 8 50's?

12:48 am

nDanLia

[under tarsal, as opposed to hellish]

12:48 am

dcseain

i have ca8.45

12:48 am

nDanLia

1st 2 are; 3rd is 45

12:49 am

VolleymomDee

ty dc!

12:49 am

dcseain

okay, i interpreted correctly then, ty ndan

12:49 am

dcseain

chartres is in the grid

12:50 am

kje

yes, but it won't take it

12:50 am

tygerbryght

saw that one, DC. but I don't think a city or cathedral will fly

12:51 am

nDanLia

[grid is jealous]

12:51 am

VolleymomDee

for 7's I have an x 2; ar, ea x 2; en... any others?

12:51 am

tygerbryght

you tried, kje? :)

12:51 am

kje

and thank you for the anatomy ones that i should have seen on my own and didn't, nDan

12:51 am

kje

yep tyger... kind of on my mind

12:51 am

tygerbryght

if the T was in a different place, we'd have charlatan

12:51 am

nDanLia

ca 7 36

12:52 am

tygerbryght

going to France? you never did say :)

12:52 am

nDanLia

ta 7 28

12:52 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:52 am

kje

yes tyger

12:52 am

rururocks

boy.. I am feeling pretty dumb here... I only have 1 7

12:53 am

kje

go take a pill ruru

12:53 am

rururocks

good idea

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

I hate twisty grids, and this one is certainly that

12:53 am

tygerbryght

I've got 97 .... finally. time to go to Lickety. nytol

12:53 am

dcseain

kje, you need rest. you have a teenager to wrestle out the door at o-dark-thirty

12:54 am

tygerbryght

you're SOOO right, volley. *poof*

12:54 am

rururocks

beddy bo for kje

12:54 am

dcseain

coffee not helping at all is it, kje ;)

12:54 am

nDanLia

so jay is going to have a 10p'nn' show, boy will sleep habits change

12:54 am

dcseain

g'night tyger

12:54 am

kje

no dc... she is already in france... i will meet her train in paris

12:55 am

dcseain

oh, okay

12:55 am

kje

and I really do not understand why everyone is kicking me out... what a horrible unwanted feeling - LOL

12:55 am

rururocks

sounds like a movie kje

12:55 am

kje

who is beddy bo??? anyone I know?

12:55 am

dcseain

plane, check. train, check. automobile?

12:56 am

kje

does bus count?

12:56 am

rururocks

we, of course, are first concerned about your health and welfare..

12:56 am

nDanLia

or lots of gossiping to do behind your back...

12:56 am

dcseain

beddy bo is betty boop's cousin, kje, didn't you know?

12:56 am

rururocks

beddy boo

12:56 am

kje

is he cute?

12:56 am

dcseain

a bus is an automobile, so yes!

12:56 am

kje

yay

12:57 am

kje

LOL ruru - sure you are

12:58 am

rururocks

not

12:58 am

rururocks

lol

12:58 am

dcseain

why am i hungry. sigh

12:58 am

kje

ruru... i have 3 8s and 3 7s... so there

12:59 am

dcseain

i have 1 8 and 2 7s, ruru, s you're not alone. just us men lagging is all LOL

12:59 am

rururocks

kneels before the great grid killer

12:59 am

flosey

good evening everyone

12:59 am

dcseain

evening, flosey

12:59 am

kje

hi flos

12:59 am

VolleymomDee

hi flosey

1:00 am

kje

speaking of the grid killer - where is dart

1:00 am

nDanLia

now that is a solid table flo

1:00 am

flosey

ty Dan

1:00 am

dcseain

flosey, manhole covers are the theme today?

1:01 am

flosey

right dc, and this table top is a manhole cover

1:01 am

cybernan

hi all -- watched the last Boston Legal episode -- ran 2 hours

1:01 am

dcseain

cool, brb

1:01 am

rururocks

thank god it is off the air

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

saw that, too nan, what did you think?

1:02 am

kje

and... 50 left... OK, now I will go to bed... later babblers

1:02 am

kje

poof

1:02 am

rururocks

50?.. good night.

1:03 am

cybernan

I have always enjoyed watching it, dee

1:03 am

dcseain

there, back in theme i am.

1:03 am

VolleymomDee

my hubby likes that one... specially the controversial topics they have covered

1:03 am

dcseain

and i learned that i can get this manhole cover as cufflinks. i think i need a pair :D

1:04 am

ursh

at last have got to halfway and nbt!!

1:04 am

dcseain

look, aren't they pretty: http://tinyurl.com/6dpqrm

1:04 am

dart001

firewords

1:04 am

flosey

lol dc, could weigh you down a bit

1:04 am

nDanLia

hopefully reprods;

1:04 am

dcseain

http://tinyurl.com/6dpqrm silly wraps

1:04 am

dcseain

congrats, dart!!!

1:05 am

nDanLia

speaking of speedy... congrats

1:05 am

dcseain

yes, reprods on a tiny scale :D

1:05 am

flosey

wtg dart

1:06 am

jillibus

hello gang :)

1:06 am

dcseain

well done, ursh. how are you this AM?

1:06 am

dcseain

evening, jill :)

1:06 am

dart001

hi jilli

1:06 am

flosey

hi jilli

1:06 am

nDanLia

hi jilli, how pretty

1:06 am

dcseain

and i decided to go with the Shanghailander alias; i will post tomorrow and send you the link, jill

1:07 am

jillibus

thanks, dc!

1:07 am

dcseain

what a neat way to work art into everyday life, jill

1:07 am

dcseain

your manhole cover, that is

1:07 am

cybernan

congrats, dart

1:07 am

dcseain

hi, nan

1:07 am

flosey

attractive mh cover jilli

1:08 am

jillibus

It seems there are lots of different ones -- even the unpainted are works of art

1:08 am

jillibus

flosey -- yours is so clever!

1:08 am

dcseain

http://tinyurl.com/6dpqrm mine is available as cufflinks, (in miniature)

1:08 am

jillibus

I must try to find the website again

1:08 am

flosey

tks jilli

1:09 am

stidmama

hello friends!!!

1:09 am

flosey

hi there stid

1:09 am

dcseain

hiya, stid!

1:09 am

dcseain

brb. i need ice cream

1:09 am

stidmama

*reading back in log* dart finished early!

1:10 am

nDanLia

several of us were speaking other day of how we had ice crea'nn' usu in winter growing up

1:11 am

jillibus

oh dc -- cool cufflinks -- I hope you have some!

1:12 am

jillibus

hi stid

1:12 am

dcseain

i'm goint to request them for my bday :)

1:13 am

dcseain

and if you liked Breyer's Viennattas, their Chocolat Crackle is viennetta as ice cream :)

1:14 am

jillibus

for more Japanese manhole covers, see http://tinyurl.com/24cyhy (I've posted it in my profile too)

1:15 am

Hugabugs

Nan... I was reading back in the log and saw you enjoyed Boston Legal. I watched tonight's last episode also. Just love that show

1:15 am

jillibus

dc, is your bday before Xmas?

1:16 am

jillibus

Hugs, that darn show is on Monday nights and I'm always out

1:16 am

dcseain

no, Feb 8, plenty of warning :)

1:17 am

Hugabugs

I just started watching it this season... and now it's off. I've been catching past episodes on Shaw's Diva channel

1:17 am

jillibus

well, I'd better have a look at this grid -- is it kind or rotten kind?

1:18 am

cybernan

it was good wasn't it

1:18 am

dcseain

rotten kind

1:18 am

Hugabugs

awful... I've been struggling since about 50 words

1:18 am

jillibus

oh dear :(

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

sorry all, got dc'd

1:19 am

jillibus

well, I won't knock myself out then -- just have a stab and move on.

1:20 am

dcseain

oh dear, what'd i do now, dee?

1:20 am

stidmama

LOL dee!

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

lol disconnected... sorry for the confusion teee heee

1:21 am

dcseain

oh LOL :D

1:21 am

cybernan

100 down -- will finish tomorrow --good night :)

1:22 am

dcseain

g'night, nan, sweet dreams

1:22 am

Hugabugs

g'nite nan

1:22 am

stidmama

sweet dreams nan!

1:23 am

stidmama

there. past halfway... all tiles have been touched. I think it's bedtime!

1:23 am

dcseain

pleasant dreams and good night, stid

1:23 am

flosey

good for you stid, sweet dreams

1:24 am

Hugabugs

sleep well stid

1:24 am

stidmama

*poof*

1:24 am

Hugabugs

45 to go and I think I'll hit the list with this one

1:24 am

VolleymomDee

47 here & thinking the same thing hug

1:25 am

dcseain

en7 or en6 is the EN , pls?

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

en 7/32... to hold spellbound

1:28 am

dcseain

hmmmm ... not entrance *thinking*

1:30 am

nDanLia

usually has double letter at end; only single here

1:31 am

dcseain

ty, ndan :)

1:31 am

dcseain

i'd not have gotten there on my own

1:32 am

Atalante

hi all :) phantom: charlatan

1:32 am

dcseain

hi, ata :)

1:33 am

dcseain

wow, how 1967, ata :D

1:33 am

cjmomma

Hi all

1:33 am

dcseain

evening, cjmom

1:33 am

Atalante

it was from the ugly wallpaper theme the other day, I just liked it enough to keep it :P

1:34 am

dcseain

very cool, ata

1:36 am

dcseain

how odd. no cats in this room. i wonder what they're up to

1:36 am

dcseain

though they're being quiet, so that's good

1:36 am

sprite

morning all

1:36 am

Atalante

Alabaster is turning into a beeeaaaauuutiful boy!

1:36 am

flosey

morning sprite

1:36 am

dcseain

good morning, sprite! *hug*

1:36 am

Atalante

hi sprite

1:37 am

dcseain

he'll be 4 months on the 24th

1:37 am

cjmomma

Hi sprite

1:37 am

sprite

seain! *hugs right back*

1:37 am

jillibus

hi sprite (just got back from getting myself a nightcap)

1:38 am

sprite

hi flosey, Ata, cjmomma, jilli :) How are you all?

1:38 am

cjmomma

good ty and yourself

1:38 am

sprite

Ata, I sent you a link yesterday eve, from the parents of our puptobe. Did you get it?

1:38 am

flosey

great thanks sprite, and you?

1:39 am

Atalante

yes!!!!!!!!!

1:39 am

sprite

beautiful manhole covers, flosey and jilli and seain en cjmomma!

1:39 am

flosey

tks sprite

1:40 am

dart001

hi sprite.....nite all

1:40 am

sprite

am ok today, looking forward to a quiet day.

1:40 am

cjmomma

tyvm :)

1:40 am

cjmomma

night dart

1:40 am

sprite

night dart

1:40 am

flosey

yours is very attractive sprite

1:40 am

dcseain

our gas manhole covers here are diamonds: http://tinyurl.com/6c4dpr

1:41 am

dcseain

that one's an old one. the new ones say Washington Gas or Washington Gas Light on them.

1:41 am

dcseain

g'night dart

1:42 am

sprite

cool seain! Funny, I have never given those things any attention. Good theme from wickdsmaht, I enjoyed learning about them and seeing beautiful ones!

1:42 am

jillibus

sprite, not only is your manhole cover lovely, but the write-up is most interesting!

1:42 am

sprite

thanks flosey

1:42 am

sprite

thanks jilli! I wanted to share what I had found out.

1:42 am

dcseain

and yes, your write-up is interesting, sprite

1:42 am

Atalante

perhaps the circles in my wallpaper are really manhole covers in disguise

1:43 am

sprite

lol Ata, I bet. They could be anything.

1:43 am

sprite

oh please, do send me your addy again? It is such a mess in my room, I cannot find it atm.

1:43 am

dcseain

ones like this surround the Capitol Reflecting Pool:

1:43 am

dcseain

http://tinyurl.com/5scs86

1:44 am

Atalante

I will

1:44 am

jillibus

accorning to sprite's writeup, those dc gas "diamond" shapes, which are really square, could fall in

1:44 am

jillibus

according

1:44 am

dcseain

the wallpaper is so trippy it harbours blue elphants carrying champaigne glasses in their trunks

1:44 am

sprite

oh seain, those are beautiful

1:44 am

dcseain

the gas ones only happen on sidewalks, and the covers are octogonal, you'll notice

1:45 am

sprite

lol seain, true. Ata won the prize for the trippiest.

1:45 am

Atalante

herin and jac (?) too. they had the same

1:45 am

dcseain

yes the reflecting pool ones are. but i went with the workaday utiltarian ones for my icon

1:46 am

sprite

tran t

1:46 am

sprite

I apologise for my random space :(

1:46 am

Atalante

hmmm I should find a pic of the Portland ones, though. they are fab

1:46 am

sprite

would love to see them, Ata

1:47 am

dcseain

i don't recall them. i'll have to notice next i'm there. maybe we can arrange to overlap there some time, ata.

1:47 am

cjmomma

ok just read all that sprite that is very informative...never knew that, ty for the info

1:47 am

sprite

yvw cjmomma, it was new to me too! Jilli got me going on discovering things I never knew with the icon themes. I am really enjoying it.

1:48 am

cjmomma

that is really great, I found alot of things when I started doing power point...the older I get the more I want to learn! :)

1:49 am

sprite

that is what is keeping us young, cjmomma :)

1:49 am

cjmomma

I agree

1:50 am

dcseain

finally found ch7

1:50 am

Atalante

there. they have those, and then some with knotwork on, but can't find a pic of those

1:50 am

sprite

I remember my grandfather, who started learning to work with a word processor when he was 80+, he was such a lovely man.

1:50 am

jillibus

sprite -- I have another icon idea -- hydrants

1:51 am

sprite

beautiful rose, Ata

1:51 am

sprite

oh jilli, cool! Will add it right away.

1:51 am

dcseain

oh the roses, i'd forgotten about the roses

1:51 am

Atalante

roses everywhere!

1:52 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

1:52 am

jillibus

YAY dee!!!

1:52 am

cjmomma

wgt dee

1:52 am

dcseain

congrats, dee!!!

1:52 am

sprite

gratz Dee

1:52 am

VolleymomDee

ty so much... thot this was a toughie

1:53 am

cjmomma

been chatting and reading so much my grid is not getting done lol

1:53 am

jillibus

ata, I just had a snack -- some of your bloater paste on melba rounds, yum!

1:53 am

sprite

jilli, April 23 it is :) Isn't it great we have themes going up that far?

1:53 am

VolleymomDee

well, off to check email... have a great day / eve !!! hugs to all

1:53 am

Atalante

mmmmm!

1:53 am

VolleymomDee

*poof*

1:53 am

sprite

lol cjmomma, I know!

1:54 am

jillibus

sprite, please change it -- April 23 is Shakespeare's bday (another idea?)

1:54 am

dcseain

yes, there's a huge mural of them along the 400 block of Morrison St SW

1:54 am

sprite

lol ok jilli...

1:55 am

cjmomma

havn't learned all the lingo...when you all talk about being a fish...?

1:55 am

Atalante

april 23th is st georges day!

1:55 am

dcseain

a fish is a word that should've been obvious

1:55 am

cjmomma

meaning the word is not right?

1:55 am

dcseain

like today's ch7

1:55 am

cjmomma

oh

1:56 am

cjmomma

k I have that all the time then !

1:56 am

sprite

it means a word that you should have seen, because it is very common... worthy of a fish slap :)

1:56 am

sprite

happens to me all the time

1:57 am

sprite

ok, jilli and Ata, done.

1:57 am

Hugabugs

and fireworks at last

1:57 am

jillibus

same thing, isn't it, ata?

1:57 am

Atalante

yay

1:57 am

cjmomma

wtg hugs

1:57 am

dcseain

congrats, hugs!!!

1:57 am

sprite

Shakespeare and George don't mind sharing

1:57 am

jillibus

YAY hugs!!!

1:57 am

sprite

wtg Hugs!

1:58 am

Hugabugs

thank you - not a nice grid... I prefer the flowing ones

1:59 am

Hugabugs

well, off I go... g'nite everyone

1:59 am

dcseain

there, added cufflinks to my wishlist

1:59 am

dcseain

g'night hugs!

1:59 am

cjmomma

night hugs

1:59 am

sprite

sleep well, Hugs

2:01 am

dcseain

forgot about the 2AM bump, i did

2:02 am

sprite

Oh I like them, seain

2:02 am

dcseain

i thought they were rather nifty

2:02 am

sprite

that is because you haven't played at this time for so long, dear seain. Great to have you here today.

2:02 am

dcseain

i currently own one pair, in gold and lapis, so a silver set would be nice

2:03 am

dcseain

yes, i love being here at this hour

2:03 am

cjmomma

I do also but the lack of sleep isn't helping me get anything done! lol

2:04 am

dcseain

it takes atlantic richfield company ,but not plural

2:04 am

sprite

poor cjmomma!

2:04 am

dcseain

yes, lack of sleep muddles the mind, it does

2:04 am

dcseain

and causes weight gain

2:05 am

sprite

it sure does

2:05 am

Atalante

one is obviously enough!

2:05 am

cjmomma

that is does but I've been fortunate so far...crossing fingers not to jinx myself

2:05 am

sprite

lol

2:05 am

dcseain

but one is the loneliest number that there ever was

2:06 am

sprite

awwwwww how sad.

2:06 am

Atalante

well that's why atlantic richfield merged with BP!

2:07 am

dcseain

LOL ata

2:07 am

sprite

lol!

2:07 am

dcseain

it's weird going to BP and seeing both Amoco and Atalntic Richfield logos there

2:08 am

dcseain

they kept Amoco Silver and Amoco Gold for mid-grade and premium brands

2:08 am

nDanLia

watching conan repeat; japan has developed large busted dancing robot for lonely guys, gone the days of the blow ups

2:08 am

Atalante

yes, always a bit odd

2:08 am

sprite

lol nDan. How weird.

2:09 am

dcseain

how japanese

2:09 am

nDanLia

hi sprite; still waiting for the pup?

2:09 am

dcseain

pup? you're getting a puppy, sprite?

2:10 am

sprite

oh yes! Should be born in the early days of February. Let me find the link of the parents.

2:10 am

sprite

http://www.sweetdevotioncavalier.nl/pu
ppies.htm

2:10 am

dcseain

there's one gas station on US 1 in Woodbridge, VA that i've see go from Standard to American to Standard to Amoco to BP, yet it never changed company affiliation.

2:11 am

sprite

the lady dog should have been ready to mate 3 months ago and she decided to take her own sweet time :D
Now the timing is better for us too.

2:12 am

Atalante

it all ends up depending on what the local customers think of as the "standard / premium" brands. whatever that is, they keep that logo

2:12 am

mamabook3

hi all

2:12 am

Atalante

usually

2:12 am

sprite

hi mamabook

2:12 am

dcseain

pretty! and i've actually heard of kooh-i-noor.

2:12 am

nDanLia

adorable; do you get choice of boy/girl?

2:12 am

dcseain

hi, mamabook

2:13 am

sprite

yes we do, nDan, but I don't care about the gender. I just want the sweetest and smartest dog in the litter :)

2:13 am

dcseain

huh. i'll have to see if premium is stil Boron in Ohio at BP

2:13 am

sprite

you have, seain? Wow.

2:13 am

Atalante

and you'll end up with the cutest whether it's sweet or smart or what :P

2:14 am

dcseain

my aunt is a breeder who used to show - she breeds Welsh Springer spaniels, which is why i've heard of him

2:14 am

Atalante

and it also depends whether a brand is particularly known for 1 thing - like Castrol was kept as a brand for all their lubricants

2:14 am

sprite

lol Ata, you think so? I think I am a sucker for smart. They are all going to be cute, no doubt.

2:15 am

dcseain

the shop i go to recently changed from Castrol synthetic to Mobil1.

2:15 am

sprite

that is great, seain. He is a very gentle dog too, just like Dana. She wasn't ready for him the first day that they put them together, and he just licked her eyes and was so sweet.

2:15 am

Atalante

really? wow. see, all brands come to an end :(

2:16 am

dcseain

my friend ben's dog is smart outdoors, but not so much indoors.

2:16 am

dcseain

not a bp shop, so you know

2:16 am

sprite

you are a phantom today, seain, lol

2:17 am

dcseain

oh, so i be. fran is in there for real

2:17 am

sprite

god I miss Fran

2:18 am

dcseain

i'm sure their offspring wil be as sweet as they are

2:18 am

dcseain

and we all miss her, sprite :)

2:19 am

Atalante

me too

2:19 am

cjmomma

offers (((hugs)))

2:20 am

dcseain

group hug!

2:20 am

cjmomma

yay!

2:20 am

sprite

hugs are nice, cjmomma!

2:20 am

cjmomma

they always help me!

2:20 am

Atalante

ok, dog pesting. bbl! I like this grid

2:20 am

sprite

me too, Ata. Enjoy doggy!

2:21 am

cjmomma

I've got to get to bed sometime.. so I will see you all soon! g'night :)

2:21 am

dcseain

g'night, cjmom! rest wel

2:21 am

sprite

night cjmomma, sweet dreams to you

2:21 am

cjmomma

ty and enjoy the grid

2:22 am

dcseain

how are the kids, sprite?

2:23 am

sprite

quite good, seain! Tim is enjoying his new school. His voice is 2 octaves lower now, most of the time, he is taller than I and trying to be more mature than Methusalem.

2:23 am

dcseain

LOL fitting to his age :D

2:23 am

nDanLia

do they get their chocolate initials?

2:23 am

sprite

Caya is very cuddly, starting a growing spurt as well now. She has an inflamed eye atm, but the doc prescribed eyedrops and we trust it will be over soon.

2:24 am

jillibus

sprite -- what happened about Caya's eyelid?

2:24 am

sprite

they have, on Sinterklaas eve, nDan

2:24 am

jillibus

oh, you just answered :)

2:24 am

dcseain

oh, so she's doing better, and continuing to heal! good news :D

2:24 am

mamabook3

Caya... that's a beautiful name

2:24 am

sprite

doc wanted to know if she had trouble seeing and if it was restricted to one eye. After that, she prescribed an eyedrop medicine. It seems to work already, jilli.

2:25 am

jillibus

sprite, I just went to your breeder's website -- I see they do all the appropriate tests and the dogs look beautiful

2:25 am

dcseain

oh, wunderbar about the meds

2:25 am

sprite

caya is a walking he5. Both kids are.

2:26 am

jillibus

any idea what's in the meds, sprite?

2:26 am

nDanLia

poor dear has had a tough fall

2:27 am

sprite

oh yes jilli, that was one reason to pick this breeder. They are not in it for the money and they take the breed very seriously. They want to make sure only disease-free dogs are used for breeding, so the breed will become healthy again.

2:28 am

sprite

yes she has, nDan. That virus took out a big chunk of her and left her vulnerable to other viruses, I think. She loves to sit and cuddle with me a lot. But she is also enjoying her clubs and sports again, so I think she is on her way to getting better.

2:28 am

jillibus

who are you talking about, nDan?

2:28 am

sprite

it is an antibioticum, jilli, that much I know

2:28 am

dcseain

ndan was commenting on caya, jill

2:28 am

jillibus

oh, I see -- I thought you meant someone has had a tumble, lol!

2:29 am

sprite

we are to use the eyedrops until the inflammation is gone, then for 48 more hours after that.

2:29 am

jillibus

no um on the end in English, sprite ;)

2:30 am

sprite

oh dear, you are so right. Antibiotic. Or -tics. Will I ever le5?

2:30 am

jillibus

phantom -- lantern

2:30 am

nDanLia

i try to avoid the absent letter as often as possible jilli

2:32 am

dcseain

well, it's half past 3 here, i ought sleep

2:32 am

sprite

oh I love finding the ch biggie!

2:32 am

sprite

you ought to, seain. Are you gonna do it too?

2:33 am

jillibus

yes, dc

2:33 am

dcseain

i am, i'm waning. i usually awake about 5 LOL

2:33 am

dcseain

lovely to see yall, and special treat seeing you sprite

2:33 am

dcseain

be well, everyone

2:34 am

sprite

oops. Go and get those 2 hours then, dear one. Sleep well!

2:34 am

dcseain

good night.

2:34 am

sprite

same vice versa, seain

2:34 am

jillibus

sprite, you inspired me to find the ch biggie and I actually did!

2:34 am

sprite

woooot jilli! Good job!

2:34 am

dcseain

{evaporates toward the back of the house}

2:35 am

jillibus

night dc -- have a good 2 hours -- or maybe you don't have to get up at 5 this time?

2:38 am

sprite

and fireworks. Good grid, with some bad ones but also some very rewarding finds :D

2:38 am

nDanLia

nite

2:38 am

sprite

night nDan

2:39 am

jillibus

wow, sprite!!!

2:40 am

jillibus

I'm speechless -- or if I were maybe I'd get more of the grid done

2:40 am

sprite

*giggles* Chatting is half of the fun oftentimes, jilli. Do you need any clue before I leave?

2:41 am

jillibus

only about 153, sprite, so never mind!

2:42 am

sprite

ok :)
Then I bid you all adieu. Sleep well, enjoy your day and this grid, and be well. *hugs*

2:42 am

jillibus

Bye sprite -- have a wonderful day :)

2:46 am

jillibus

Ambition reached -- NBT

2:47 am

jillibus

and so to bed -- goodnight, if there's anyone here!

2:56 am

mrpresident

evening all :)

3:08 am

herinfernallady

Hi

3:35 am

anike

The first la 5/10 is giving me trouble - can anyone help?

3:37 am

LoriP

la + Mr Onassis(sp?)

3:38 am

anike

TY LoriP - that is the only combination I didn't try!!

3:41 am

herinfernallady

HI

3:53 am

redturtlehead

Phantom, Charlatan.

3:53 am

anike

Fireworks

3:53 am

redturtlehead

congratulations Anike!

3:56 am

anike

TY - nite all

4:02 am

Sally-catlover

Morning, afternoon, evening (wherever you are) Babblers. So far this grid looks a lot nicer than yesterday's.

4:04 am

redturtlehead

Hi Sally, I am finding it harder, but have only been here a few and am getting ready to go to work.

4:05 am

Sally-catlover

Still don't understand why I can't have dlrnfj as a word - I'm sure it's perfectly acceptable :-)

4:06 am

redturtlehead

LOL and I am of to work.

4:15 am

herinfernallady

HI

4:15 am

Sally-catlover

Hi herin

4:16 am

herinfernallady

How are you?

4:16 am

Sally-catlover

Ok, but have tendonitis in my right shoulder which makes it difficult to get dressed, undressed, - but also to do housework! So not all bad.

4:17 am

Sally-catlover

Cold here. Hard frosts in the mornings, and sometimes all day.

4:18 am

herinfernallady

yeoch. I found out why my internet is stuffed due to my darling b.f downloading too much stuff. Could strangle him but he brought me home Chanel No5 from a supplier so he lives

4:18 am

Sally-catlover

Just seen your cupcake in a mug recipe - sounds great. Must have a word with my girls since they aren't laying in this cold weather.

4:18 am

Sally-catlover

Sorry about your internet.

4:19 am

herinfernallady

That is ok Sally. These things happen. I have told him time and time again don't download.

4:20 am

herinfernallady

Poor chickens. Time for a big old heat lamp

4:21 am

Sally-catlover

A heat lamp? When they are wearing their own duvets?

4:21 am

herinfernallady

yep. A heat lamp like with baby chicks

4:29 am

carleekat

good moring all

4:30 am

herinfernallady

hI

4:30 am

carleekat

hows things herin?

4:31 am

herinfernallady

Good. What about you. Please change your password at facebook I think i got hacked

4:32 am

carleekat

I already did....and I was hacked my my husband

4:33 am

herinfernallady

rat bastard why did he do that?

4:34 am

carleekat

to see what I was "really" thinking

4:34 am

carleekat

whatever....

4:35 am

herinfernallady

that you would write OH i miss him and all the personal stuff. Serriously

4:36 am

herinfernallady

OH my b.f bought home Chanel No 5 today from a suplier so he isn't on my bad books

4:37 am

carleekat

brb..coffee etc

4:44 am

carleekat

coffee..and oatmeal

4:44 am

carleekat

do we like today's grid?

4:45 am

kje

no

4:45 am

carleekat

so there is hope I may like it then kje?

4:45 am

kje

usually that is what that means - LOL

4:46 am

carleekat

I'll let u know :)

4:46 am

kje

go carlee go

4:46 am

herinfernallady

HI

4:47 am

kje

hi herin

4:47 am

kje

i am awake

4:47 am

kje

have been awake all night

4:47 am

herinfernallady

I am good

4:47 am

kje

still haven't zipped the suitcase, which is a failing

4:47 am

carleekat

oh oh.....

4:48 am

kje

those rae cool manhole covers, herin - very neat!

4:48 am

carleekat

what is the theme today?

4:48 am

herinfernallady

They are from Japan. I found out what was wrong with my net

4:48 am

kje

theme = manhole covers

4:49 am

kje

what is that herin

4:49 am

carleekat

okay... I think I will stick to my smarties

4:50 am

herinfernallady

SOMEONE in this house scowles at himself used 6mg of my 5mg linmit

4:51 am

kje

fyi - i will be popping in and out as i remember things that need to go in the bag... so do not be offended if i seem to be ignoring you... i'm not, i likely just stepped away for a sec

4:51 am

kje

you have a limit on the net

4:51 am

herinfernallady

Were you going KJE?

4:51 am

herinfernallady

Yep

4:51 am

carleekat

no problem kje....I am only half conscious...only 5:50 am

4:51 am

herinfernallady

5gig

4:51 am

herinfernallady

not 5meg

4:51 am

kje

450 here carlee

4:52 am

kje

i didn't know you could have a limit, herin... i pay a flat monthly fee but then can use it as much as i like

4:52 am

carleekat

depends upon ur plan kje

4:54 am

herinfernallady

THat is because here we SUCK. We have only one carier no choice our landlord pulled out the original awesome wiring and put in cable with one company that wont and isn't crash hot

4:56 am

herinfernallady

Oh but i love him He brought me home Chanel 5 from a business contact

4:57 am

carleekat

:)

4:59 am

herinfernallady

I thought it was totally awesome that a supplier actually asked him if he had a wife or g.f at home then gave him Chanel for me

5:03 am

carleekat

that is cool

5:03 am

carleekat

( sorry was upstairs...making lunches)

5:05 am

herinfernallady

it is about $235 Aus with perfume bath stuff and body lotion. I feel spoiled

5:05 am

carleekat

:)...lucky girl...

5:05 am

carleekat

this grid not flowing at all

5:06 am

herinfernallady

Yep. I think that the Chanel girl would have got a huge sales from the people

5:08 am

herinfernallady

And I agree with the grid not flowing well

5:08 am

carleekat

last night i had a phone call from one of the men in my husbands hospital room....he is walking now too

5:08 am

herinfernallady

Oh wonderful

5:09 am

carleekat

he had some toxic blood thing happen..wa sina coma for 6 weeks.w.oke up virtually paralysed

5:09 am

carleekat

in hospital over a year and a half

5:10 am

carleekat

he still cannot make a fist...but his speech is amazing now

5:11 am

herinfernallady

wow that is not cool but at least he is making it along

5:11 am

carleekat

what sucks is the company he worked for when all this happened..went bankrupt...has lost all benefits :(

5:12 am

herinfernallady

crap that is total crap. no insurance?

5:12 am

carleekat

oh yes..insurance...but stuff like eye glasses and dental for his kids..etc

5:13 am

herinfernallady

oh

5:20 am

kje

how's the grid carlee?

5:20 am

herinfernallady

Where is you going KJE?

5:21 am

kje

europe

5:21 am

carleekat

hmmm..undecided....am up to 71 words in about 30mins of conscio
usness

5:21 am

herinfernallady

Can i come?

5:21 am

kje

sure... meet me there

5:22 am

Sally-catlover

Where in Europe kje?

5:22 am

herinfernallady

If my tellar potter was working

5:22 am

herinfernallady

ok you get the pic

5:23 am

kje

france, belgium, netherlands, denmark

5:23 am

herinfernallady

OH wonderful

5:23 am

Sally-catlover

For Christmas?

5:23 am

herinfernallady

Going to visit any of lovely babblers?

5:23 am

carleekat

i am waiting to hear if we are chosen to host a south korean exchange student come january for 7 weeks

5:23 am

kje

yes sally

5:23 am

kje

maybe herin

5:24 am

kje

that sounds fun carlee

5:24 am

herinfernallady

I wish i could do that

5:24 am

Sally-catlover

Lovely. Like all those countries. Denmark v. expensive though.

5:24 am

carleekat

it sounds challenging....but yes..fun

5:25 am

kje

i am staying with people in denmark, so that will help a lot

5:26 am

carleekat

ack..look at all the ca words

5:27 am

herinfernallady

I am not even looking

5:30 am

carleekat

woot..passed 1/2 way

5:31 am

kje

woohoo carlee

5:31 am

kje

i have 45 to go... but am thinking maybe i will list soon

5:31 am

herinfernallady

Kje when you flying out?

5:32 am

kje

lots of anatomy words in this one

5:33 am

kje

i leave at 530 my time

5:33 am

kje

or 1730 to you

5:33 am

Aloyisius

Bon Voyage, kje ! Sounds like a wonderful adventure.. (-: Hi Babblers

5:34 am

herinfernallady

HI ALLO

5:34 am

kje

ahoy aloy!

5:35 am

carleekat

hi there aloy :)

5:35 am

LoriP

G'd morning Babblers. Hit the DENSA wall @ 137. Ack

5:36 am

Atalante

hi all :)

5:36 am

Aloyisius

carlee, you could shake your pom poms as kje flies off and herin, you can wave from your direction.. hi Lori and Ata

5:36 am

LoriP

G'd morning Ata Hari

5:36 am

carleekat

moring lori....feeling abit densa myself

5:37 am

Atalante

brrrrrrrrrr freezing cold

5:37 am

herinfernallady

I will do. Hi Ata.

5:37 am

kje

hi ata

5:37 am

Sally-catlover

Hi Ata, freezing here too. Thinking about hot chocolate right now.

5:37 am

carleekat

5:30 ur time..is 6:30 my time..i willjust be getting my pathfinders together...at the mall to christmas shop for a family our group adopted for christmas

5:38 am

LoriP

-9 here, but mercifully the wind stopped, so it's tolerable.

5:38 am

herinfernallady

Heating is on 30 here

5:38 am

Atalante

omg. now I feel warm compared to that!

5:38 am

Atalante

It's never really less than -1 or -2 here, but down on the beach the windchill just kills

5:40 am

LoriP

Yup, windchill was -22 here yesterday. Glad the wind died out, for now at least.

5:40 am

herinfernallady

Well our thermostat is bodgy

5:41 am

LoriP

Frtunately I don't have to walk the spawnlings.... :D

5:42 am

Atalante

BRRRRRRR!

5:42 am

Atalante

they can walk themselves. Give the biggest one a lead for the others :)

5:42 am

carleekat

t's done:)

5:43 am

Scrabbler

Good day to all.

5:44 am

carleekat

morning scrabs

5:44 am

LoriP

G'd morning Scrabbler!

5:44 am

Aloyisius

howdy Scrabbler

5:44 am

Atalante

hi scrabs

5:44 am

Scrabbler

Has anyone heard from Esprit d'Jean about her beloved Rocky?

5:44 am

gran

Clue please for la 5/10

5:45 am

Atalante

nooooo I was wondering

5:45 am

Scrabbler

I am looking, gran.

5:45 am

LoriP

la + Mr Onasis(sp?)

5:45 am

Sally-catlover

There are two gran. Which one?

5:45 am

Scrabbler

TY, Lori--ne wword for me.

5:46 am

LoriP

The c's are poopy as usual

5:46 am

Scrabbler

And pl of la4/4

5:46 am

Atalante

snarf is a word

5:46 am

gran

First one

5:46 am

kje

i tried it too ata

5:46 am

Aloyisius

ty Lori !

5:46 am

LoriP

clued it gran

5:46 am

kje

scrab - lots of anatomy words

5:46 am

Scrabbler

I will snarf up breakfast soon.

5:46 am

Scrabbler

Yippee, kje!

5:46 am

Atalante

exactly! snarfing is important

5:46 am

herinfernallady

Hi anyone i missed

5:48 am

kje

i just snarfed 3 cookies... had to... they would be stale by the time i got home... so really, it was a mission of mercy - no cookie should die without fulfilling its purpose

5:48 am

LoriP

The kids snarfle when I lock them outside to play. :D

5:48 am

Scrabbler

I was on call and had no calls overnight! Yippee for not being interrupted during a great dream.

5:48 am

gran

Thanks got it and finished!

5:48 am

Atalante

oh i love it when you try a word that you think won't work, and then it does!

5:48 am

LoriP

Excellent Scrabbler!

5:48 am

kje

yay scrab

5:49 am

LoriP

Congratulations gran!

5:49 am

kje

woohoo gran!!!

5:49 am

carleekat

woot for gran

5:49 am

Scrabbler

Cookies MUST be eaten before their expiration time. I often ask at bakeries if their triple chocolate cake is about to expire, because I could save them from throwing it out.

5:49 am

Aloyisius

congrats, gran !!!

5:49 am

Scrabbler

Yahoo for gran!!

5:49 am

Atalante

it's only polite. food wastage is a bad thing

5:49 am

kje

LOL scrab

5:50 am

LoriP

I've made not one, not 2, not 3, but 5 batches of iced sugar cookies since Friday. They're not spawnlings, they're vultures....

5:50 am

Scrabbler

And I wouldn't want rats to proliferate behind the store, eating tossed food.

5:50 am

Atalante

i've seen some of these cookies ... you were having fun, weren't you, lori?

5:50 am

kje

one good thing about this grid... you can enter lots of garbage and it takes it

5:50 am

herinfernallady

Scrabler our bakery always runs out of stuff

5:51 am

Scrabbler

We were like that as kids when our mom made cookies, brownies, cupcakes--the 4 of us would wipe out her hard work within minutes.

5:51 am

carleekat

so does ours :(

5:51 am

LoriP

lolol, Uni's "Gingerbread men and women...." I laughed so hard when she sent that

5:51 am

carleekat

s's done :)

5:51 am

Atalante

it was quite qute brilliant!

5:51 am

kje

I'm beginning to see the light!

5:52 am

LoriP

I thought she was crazy, but now I know it. :D

5:52 am

kje

yay - just found my last 8... all by my lonesome

5:52 am

LoriP

I told her there may be a niche market for them. Extra College money.....

5:52 am

LoriP

Nicely done kje

5:53 am

Trifioso

good morning. Does anyone know how EspritedJean made out yesterday? I have been thinking about her all night

5:53 am

Aloyisius

wtg, kje.. am hunting my last 8 now

5:53 am

Scrabbler

I just asked too, Trif--we are waiting to hear from Jean.

5:53 am

LoriP

Go Aloy!

5:53 am

carleekat

woot woot for kje...

5:53 am

Atalante

absolutely! she's a genius

5:53 am

Aloyisius

found it.. time for a barbeque now that we have the fuel.. (-:

5:54 am

Scrabbler

I have no 8's, but there is time for me to find them....or someone could clue me.

5:54 am

Scrabbler

Bye Aloy--in Florida now?

5:54 am

kje

2 of the ca8s are related to the heel bone scrab

5:54 am

Aloyisius

lol, that was a clue, Scrabs... yes, thankfully in Fla now

5:55 am

Trifioso

nice one, aloy - I got to start this puzzle with an 8!

5:55 am

Aloyisius

(-: glad you got it, Trifioso

5:55 am

BabbleRabble

ca 8 --- miner's safety friends

5:55 am

Scrabbler

Aha, I have ch8 now and working on the heel bone now.

5:56 am

kje

all 4 8 start with c

5:56 am

Scrabbler

TY, BR!!

5:56 am

Aloyisius

Tweet, BabbleRabble.. tweet Tues to you

5:56 am

Trifioso

is this grid hand generated, or does a computer do it? seems funny there should be such a big block of unusable letters....

5:56 am

LoriP

Ahh, heel bones. Thanks kje, gots 'em. 8's done

5:56 am

kje

the other ca8 is what the cat ate that people look like when they are smug... kinda like ata

5:56 am

BabbleRabble

Pax vobiscum

5:56 am

Atalante

computer

5:57 am

kje

hey BR

5:57 am

Atalante

I look like a ca8? O.O!

5:57 am

Scrabbler

E pluribus unum, BR. Quid pro quo. Sine qua non. (I LOVE speaking Latin. )

5:58 am

Aloyisius

et cum spiritu tuo

5:58 am

Trifioso

non sum feline, sum est piscis

5:58 am

Trifioso

non noblis solum nate

5:58 am

Scrabbler

Caveat emptor

5:58 am

kje

mea culpa

5:58 am

Sally-catlover

caveat emptor

5:58 am

Scrabbler

Hey, Aloy and Trif, you know real Latin stuff.

5:59 am

Trifioso

non illegitimate corobundum

5:59 am

LoriP

Mia Farrow!

5:59 am

Scrabbler

E tu, Brutus.

5:59 am

herinfernallady

TRIFS

5:59 am

jacq

hello folks

5:59 am

Trifioso

LOVE that one - "don't let the bastards get you down"

5:59 am

Aloyisius

took Latin in school.. shows you how ancient i am

5:59 am

Scrabbler

ROFLOL, Lori---nice try!! Hahahahaha

5:59 am

jacq

hey Tri, that is my favourite latin saying

5:59 am

Atalante

Locus amoris et lucis olivarum alma terra, in caelo tou pervolat Columbarum candidus grex, Levis candidus grexa

5:59 am

LoriP

Guess my Latin is rusty Scrabbler? :) G'd morning jacq

6:00 am

Trifioso

or, my favorite shopping cry" vini, vidi, VISA

6:00 am

jacq

Ata, not only did you take latin, it looks like you ingested the text books

6:00 am

Scrabbler

Ah, yes, I agree, Ata. (translate please?)

6:00 am

jacq

hey Lori

6:00 am

Sally-catlover

Did you know you can get the news in Latin online?

6:00 am

Scrabbler

Good one, Trif.

6:00 am

Scrabbler

Hi jacq

6:00 am

carleekat

hi jacq

6:00 am

Atalante

LOL I did Latin for *years*. 8 years? ish

6:01 am

jacq

waves before diving into the grid

6:01 am

Aloyisius

in all Gaul, there were three provinces..

6:01 am

herinfernallady

hey anyone i missed

6:01 am

Scrabbler

I am still working on the second heel word. Adjective form?

6:01 am

jacq

if i knew what an adjective was i could answer that

6:01 am

Atalante

It's a hymn about Jerusalem

6:01 am

Trifioso

morning herin!

6:01 am

jacq

different vowel ending

6:01 am

Aloyisius

end with a diff vowel, Scrabbs

6:02 am

Sally-catlover

Change the last vowel.

6:02 am

Scrabbler

Wow, Ata---a great way to understand so many other languages.

6:02 am

kje

two forms of plural scrab

6:02 am

herinfernallady

Trifs I have been spoilt

6:02 am

Scrabbler

Oh, that was easy. TY. I was about to look in my Scrabble dictionary.

6:02 am

Scrabbler

TY for helping me with the 8s.

6:03 am

Trifioso

what has mr. wonderful done now? :)

6:03 am

kje

once again... i am reminded what nerds we all are

6:03 am

Aloyisius

lol, kje.. am proud to be one too

6:04 am

Atalante

I used to be able to translate latin pretty well, I'm not so good now. Ancient Greek I did for 5 years, which was fun

6:04 am

herinfernallady

One of the suppliers (he works in a multi million dollar co) that supplies stock brought in Christmas presents for just him. Remy Martin Cognac in a really pretty box and Chanel for me

6:04 am

Trifioso

I was so happy last night - got my sister to wander in here and give it a go. Hope she comes back

6:05 am

Trifioso

Chanel!!!! wow....how cool is that?

6:05 am

herinfernallady

Very.

6:06 am

Trifioso

so let's see, he drinks the cognac, you get all chanel'ed...cue barry white!

6:06 am

Aloyisius

lol, Trifioso.. the stage is set

6:06 am

herinfernallady

Having resmelt it outside of a store it doesn't smell like cat wizz. There is way too many women that drown themselves in the stuff

6:07 am

jacq

lol, if you can smell your own perfume you're wearing way too much

6:07 am

Trifioso

Narnia fans know Charn is a word.....

6:07 am

herinfernallady

HAHA. I want to try the Cognac my self.

6:07 am

herinfernallady

Seriously way to many drown themselves in ti

6:07 am

jacq

i think i've tried charlatan 4 times

6:08 am

Trifioso

yes. and canter

6:08 am

Sally-catlover

and reach

6:08 am

herinfernallady

I cant find those 8s mmmmfph must look harder

6:09 am

jacq

one is either a small yellow bird or a group of islands

6:09 am

Aloyisius

kje, will you be Babbling from Europe?

6:09 am

Trifioso

and reason. Phantom grid....

6:10 am

Scrabbler

Another consonant-constipated grid.

6:10 am

herinfernallady

You know when you can see a word but not ?

6:10 am

jacq

drftrs should be a word

6:11 am

Trifioso

it's a good vanity plate

6:11 am

Scrabbler

Where is Lady Natts? Her name is in the grid.

6:12 am

jacq

at least there are no re words, i hate those

6:12 am

Trifioso

oh, here's something fun - tertiare, age 9, leveled the first "I hate you and I want to go live with DAD" at me last night. loooooovely. I am sure it is the first of many, but oh, i was gutted

6:12 am

Atalante

awwwwwwww *hugs trif*

6:13 am

jacq

oh Tri, those hurt like hell

6:13 am

jacq

huggggggggggggs

6:13 am

herinfernallady

Trifs i told my mum she wasn't my real mum. it hurts Kids are mean

6:13 am

Trifioso

i know, right???

6:13 am

Scrabbler

Expect it, Trif, whenever a kid doesn't get what they want. Just tell her you love her and that she may decide.

6:13 am

jacq

i did worse, i wrote my mum a letter and stuck it under her bedroom door, she kept it for years

6:13 am

LoriP

All part of the package. If it yields results for them, expect much repetition.

6:13 am

jacq

even now i cry when i thinkuch that had to have hurt

6:14 am

Scrabbler

Be calm, compassionate and loving.

6:14 am

Trifioso

thanks al.

6:14 am

jacq

just tell her you love her, even after she's been mean

6:14 am

jacq

not only will it confuse her for a bit, but it will make her think

6:14 am

Scrabbler

Yippee, I checked the balance on my mortgage---$1140 and the house is mine!!

6:15 am

Trifioso

yes, they are so mercurial. ten minutes later I am her best friend....

6:15 am

jacq

wtg Scrab!!!!!

6:15 am

carleekat

very cool scrabs....nice xmas present to yourself

6:15 am

Aloyisius

whoopee, Scrabbs.. party time!

6:15 am

herinfernallady

help with the CA 8s please WOOOOOOT Scrabbler

6:15 am

LoriP

Awesome Scrabbler, when's the mortgage burning party?

6:15 am

Trifioso

wow, scrabbler - excellent! are you going to pay it off, or let it run over? i know some people do that to keep getting the tax break

6:16 am

Scrabbler

$415.30 every 2 wks--so almost there!!

6:16 am

jacq

ca8, group of islands, holiday destination for many going to spain

6:16 am

jacq

i don't know how to clue the other two i have i just kinda stumbled on to them

6:16 am

Scrabbler

I will pay it off, then invest +/or pay off other debt. My goal is to be debt free someday.

6:17 am

Sally-catlover

The first two ca8s start with something that sounds chalk-like.

6:18 am

Haz1558

ca8 - three letters of Los Angeles'State, three letters of American's tin, finish off with two vowels at the beginning of a direction on a compass.

6:18 am

herinfernallady

ta

6:18 am

Atalante

haz and glitterata!

6:18 am

Haz1558

The second ca8/50 is exactly the same, save for the last vowel, change it to another.

6:18 am

Aloyisius

Hi there, Haz !

6:18 am

herinfernallady

Thank you

6:19 am

Haz1558

Hello there! Just passing through on my way to the ironing board.

6:19 am

Aloyisius

what is an ironing board? (-:

6:19 am

Scrabbler

Hi Hazel

6:19 am

LoriP

Ironing Board? What Company do they run?

6:19 am

jacq

it's that think you stick in the cupboard and ignore

6:19 am

Haz1558

Another 8 is ch8/55 - a means of heating or artistic medium.

6:19 am

carleekat

hi there hazel

6:20 am

Scrabbler

Iironing board, iron? I think I have those somewhere in the house.

6:20 am

Trifioso

and....that's the 8s for me! thank you so much haz

6:20 am

Haz1558

An ironing board. Friend of self-scheduling domestic engineers who don't like wrinkles.

6:20 am

Atalante

Me too, but no idea where

6:20 am

lshult

got 2xca8/50 & ch8/55, what's the last 8?

6:21 am

LoriP

I use Oil of Olay for my wrinkles.

6:21 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

6:21 am

jacq

my mum even iron's dish cloths

6:21 am

Trifioso

ugh. I need a new ironing board, actually, and the thought of going to shop for one is just too depressing, isn't it?

6:21 am

Atalante

I use sandpaper

6:21 am

Sally-catlover

There's a ca 8/45

6:21 am

carleekat

i know where mine is...i can't get to it...when we moved in 10 years ago..husband thought..i'll put it beside frezer..I cannot get it out without unloading my 25cu foot freezer and moving the freezer...not enough room to get it out from behind

6:21 am

jacq

ca8/45

6:21 am

lshult

oh, hello everyone by the wan (I'm sooooo rude!!!)

6:21 am

Aloyisius

put my wrinkles in the clothes dryer for a few minutes

6:21 am

Haz1558

ca8/45 - birds or a group of islands off the coast of Africa.

6:21 am

Atalante

my mum irons underwear

6:21 am

jacq

hey ishult

6:22 am

LoriP

:) @ Aloy

6:22 am

Aloyisius

hi Ishult

6:22 am

LoriP

G'd morning Ishult

6:22 am

jacq

i found that a damp sponge in the drier with a dry shirt makes it come out nice and crease free

6:22 am

Haz1558

jacq - I iron teatowels. I draw the line at socks and towels.

6:22 am

lshult

ty...all the 8's done at least

6:22 am

carleekat

hi there ishult

6:22 am

jacq

doesn't quite work with jeans but who cares

6:22 am

Atalante

what about underwear?

6:22 am

jacq

wow Haz, really? (calls for the men in white coats)

6:22 am

carleekat

i love the smell of freshly ironed clean clothes....

6:23 am

lshult

that good afternoon here LoriP

6:23 am

herinfernallady

ok so there is 3 Ca 8 and a ch 8?

6:23 am

LoriP

I draw the line at ironing.

6:23 am

jacq

can i show off my oldest grand-daughter please, my icon pic is her after she got her hands on the bum cream

6:23 am

Haz1558

No, I don't do underwear. Tea towels are easy - and it sterilises them so that they're ready for use in an emergency. Anybody could crash outside my house and I'd be there with my sterilised tea towels.

6:23 am

herinfernallady

never mind

6:23 am

Scrabbler

Hi Ishult

6:24 am

Trifioso

Jac, she is lovely!

6:24 am

herinfernallady

Thank you

6:24 am

lshult

hey scrabbler

6:24 am

jacq

she is a star

6:24 am

jacq

thanks

6:24 am

herinfernallady

Why do kids do that

6:24 am

LoriP

lol jacq, what a mess. My sisters now grown youngest, got in to a FULL jar of Vaseline at that age. Took her all day to degrease the child, and the crib, and the......

6:25 am

herinfernallady

THank you Has

6:25 am

jacq

lol

6:25 am

Atalante

too be truly sterilised, you'd have to vacuum seal each one after ironing *prim*

6:25 am

herinfernallady

At least that beats the paint with poo kids do

6:25 am

LoriP

Haz, 'yer so practical. Emergency preparedness through ironing. You should offer a course.

6:25 am

Scrabbler

Very cute pic, Jacq! A classic!

6:25 am

jacq

yes she's done that too, not quite photo album material

6:26 am

jacq

ty

6:26 am

Scrabbler

Hazael, your preparedness is amazing!

6:26 am

Trifioso

secondo did it with oil based paint. had to wipe her down with terps!

6:26 am

herinfernallady

eww

6:26 am

jacq

*proud gran*

6:26 am

Aloyisius

time for me to scoot.. fun chatting with you all.. see you next grid. Have a T-riffic Tuesday! bye..

6:26 am

Haz1558

OKay, off I go to finish the task in hand. Cling film standing by for the sealing. (You do know I'm joking?)

6:26 am

LoriP

Have a great day Aloy!

6:26 am

LoriP

Laters Haz.

6:26 am

herinfernallady

I have heard of a kid that was blue as the paint wouldn't come off. Thank you haz for your clues

6:27 am

Haz1558

About the sealing..... Bye for now!

6:27 am

Trifioso

yes, but we also know you are going to look at the cling film and think, well,,,,maybe.....

6:27 am

Atalante

byeeeeee!

6:27 am

Scrabbler

Second nephew fell asleep while playing with "Silly Putty" when aged 3---he awoke with it melted on to his head/hair---> brush cut the next day. My sister told me to never give the boys Silly Putty again.

6:27 am

Haz1558

You're welcome for the clues. Bye!

6:27 am

Scrabbler

Bye Aloy

6:27 am

LoriP

She'll use Ziploc bags, you just watch and see.

6:28 am

Atalante

just thinking that, lori

6:28 am

herinfernallady

Bye ALoy

6:28 am

Scrabbler

Hazel may actually order sterilized towels from a surgical supply company.

6:28 am

herinfernallady

Clue for the CH 8 please (sorry about being densa today)

6:29 am

Scrabbler

Black chunks placed on stocking s on Xmas for naughty girls and boys

6:30 am

BabbleRabble

briquette

6:30 am

Sally-catlover

Never heard the one about the Christmas stockings Scrabbler. An American custom?

6:30 am

Trifioso

oooh, adele on radio....LOVE her

6:31 am

herinfernallady

oh for the love of FISH ME

6:31 am

Scrabbler

Yep, a threat from parents if the kids are naught: "Santa will put ch8 in your stocking if you misbehave."

6:31 am

Trifioso

my gran's sister got c4 in her stocking in scotland when she was a kid - she was running around saying there was no santa. Coal

6:31 am

Scrabbler

Adele? who is she?

6:31 am

herinfernallady

thanks.

6:31 am

Sally-catlover

Ok, thanks. A new one on me.

6:31 am

Atalante

ok, I need to go and get warm. bbl for my last far-too-many!

6:31 am

Trifioso

sorry - pb for me - was supposed to say santa CLAUS

6:32 am

Scrabbler

Bye Atalante. hugs to Hobbit and Sily

6:32 am

Deeha

I was quite amazed the other day. I was working in a charity shop and a family came in. With a girl about 10-11. While her mum was shopping she sat in the changing room and in there was a set of steps. She called her mum over and with a straight face she said ' thats my stepladder, I once had a real one but it left home when I was three'!!!I think I met a p[otential comedian!!

6:32 am

Scrabbler

Hi Deeha

6:33 am

Sally-catlover

LOL Deeha.

6:33 am

Deeha

hi all

6:33 am

carleekat

hi there deeha

6:33 am

Scrabbler

Kids are funny and they don't even know it.

6:33 am

carleekat

2 stinking words left

6:34 am

herinfernallady

HI Deha

6:34 am

Scrabbler

I am stuck with 125 to go--not seeing anything.

6:34 am

Scrabbler

And, I must get going to work. Enjoy the day everyone!

6:34 am

Deeha

I amn determined to get below 100 before I treat myself to lunch!!

6:35 am

Trifioso

oh, scrabs, by the way - we ran out of bunny litter the other day, and primo thought we could try making our own by running the old newspaper through the paper shredder, and filling the pan with that. bun bun is having a FINE time strewing the shreddies everywhere. so much for that money saving idea!

6:35 am

carleekat

byebye scrabs

6:35 am

herinfernallady

Trifs bunnies love the paper. Its great for burrowing

6:38 am

carleekat

does anyone have the en7?.....with a tuna?

6:39 am

carleekat

nevermind...I gotit

6:39 am

carleekat

1 word

6:39 am

carleekat

an7..the first one

6:40 am

carleekat

woot...found it...

6:40 am

carleekat

there..i can tackle the day

6:40 am

herinfernallady

I am going to bed now night now

6:40 am

BabbleRabble

an 7 --- a + bird home and asian food staple: **ce

6:40 am

carleekat

nite nite herin...happy channel dreams :)

6:41 am

carleekat

thanks BR...

6:41 am

herinfernallady

yep

6:41 am

Trifioso

good night herin. dream of coco chanel....

6:41 am

Deeha

Nice clue BR thanks

6:48 am

periwinkle

good morning all

6:48 am

periwinkle

found the ch8, help with other 8's please

6:48 am

carleekat

morning peri

6:48 am

carleekat

old time gass detectors in the mines for 1

6:49 am

periwinkle

thanks carlee

6:49 am

carleekat

c+ Mr Roker+ walking aid+ a vowel....2 versions for the other 2

6:49 am

carleekat

( use 2 diff vowels )

6:50 am

periwinkle

found one of them, thanks, will look for the other

6:52 am

periwinkle

having trouble with the last ca8

6:52 am

carleekat

just use a diff vowel ending

6:52 am

periwinkle

I am trying :-)

6:53 am

carleekat

there only 5 vowels peri :D:D:D

6:54 am

carleekat

hehehehe

6:55 am

periwinkle

go ahead, laugh at my expense :D, I found it!!

6:56 am

periwinkle

ty

7:05 am

periwinkle

bl

7:07 am

carleekat

welcome

7:09 am

carleekat

wow...is a quiet chog today....

7:10 am

Sally-catlover

A difficult grid

7:10 am

carleekat

it was a bit sticky..yeap..but...as kje would tell u..i tend to like those :S

7:11 am

Sally-catlover

I found the first part easy, but am much slower on the last 50 words :-(

7:12 am

ursh

hello all - who is Mr Roker?

7:12 am

carleekat

he is a pop weatherman in USA...hmmmm...

7:12 am

carleekat

short of mr alda first name

7:13 am

inge

Roker has same first name as Mr. Gore :)

7:14 am

ursh

ok got the name ty just need to find the words

7:14 am

carleekat

there u go..mr gore...brain fart on my part

7:14 am

carleekat

hows u inge....

7:19 am

NonoNanette

morning Babblers :)

7:20 am

movieman

hiya everyone.....it's rare that all the 8's start with the same letter

7:20 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers! :)

7:20 am

NonoNanette

hi mm

7:21 am

carleekat

hi nono, mm and eva

7:21 am

NonoNanette

that must mean the all start with c? I have the two that carlee clued a bit ago ending in vowels

7:22 am

carleekat

then the mine gas sensors of years gone by

7:22 am

carleekat

and BBQ fuel

7:22 am

NonoNanette

saw that clue guess i better go google it

7:24 am

EvaNadine

are 3 of the 8s similar? i have a CH8 and 2 CA8s that are almost the same...

7:25 am

movieman

the other ca8 is a yellow bird

7:25 am

carleekat

nope....think of what tweetybird is ac artoon of

7:25 am

EvaNadine

ahh, an easy one, of course -- thanks!

7:27 am

NonoNanette

got them now thanks!

7:29 am

EvaNadine

gotta love having all of the 8s and yet none of the 7s...heh...

7:29 am

NonoNanette

i have one 7 eva :)

7:30 am

carleekat

i guess I better go to work....time to get dressed..blahblah...hagd all...* actual poof*

7:30 am

NonoNanette

bye bye Carlee have a great day

7:34 am

movieman

there's a movie award in the grid!!!!!!!!

7:34 am

NonoNanette

too bad its not accepted mm

7:40 am

movieman

and there's a French philosopher in the grid as well

7:43 am

Trifioso

back from the bus stop shuffle. any word from jean yet???

7:44 am

NonoNanette

havent seen her yet this morning trif

7:45 am

Trifioso

okay, thanks. I am so concerned for her....

7:45 am

NonoNanette

I know, have been thinking of her since yesterday morning

7:46 am

NonoNanette

its really a sad situation

7:46 am

hurshy

what has happened?

7:47 am

NonoNanette

she fears she has to put her beloved pet down

7:47 am

hurshy

oh dear :( :( :(

7:47 am

Sally-catlover

Oh, that's so sad.

7:48 am

Trifioso

she made the decision to do it, called the vet, took the dog to the car, and the battery was dead. that had never happened to her before. talk about a sign from the universe!

7:49 am

NonoNanette

dang I was not aware of that fact Trif

7:49 am

hurshy

urgh

7:53 am

movieman

phantom: charlatans

7:53 am

hurshy

there is a fire truck here

7:53 am

hurshy

i hope they are for across the street, i don't want to have a fire

7:53 am

NonoNanette

a fire truck?

7:53 am

hurshy

yes, the men are going in across the street

7:53 am

NonoNanette

hopefully a false alarm

7:54 am

hurshy

most likely

7:54 am

Sally-catlover

I thought you meant in the grid :-)

7:55 am

hurshy

new haven sent six police cars, a fire truck and an ambulance when this woman got slightly tapped by a car going about 5 mph and she fell down cause she was oldish. she was pretty ok and going to go to the health center.

7:55 am

hurshy

so you see, i don't think too much of it when i see emergency vehicles around here

7:56 am

NonoNanette

that was a bit of overkill with six police cars

7:56 am

hurshy

yeah. just a smidge.

7:57 am

NonoNanette

firetruck and ambo are pretty routine for any auto accident but 6 police cars ... they must have not had anything else to do

7:58 am

Trifioso

tax dollars on display!

7:59 am

NonoNanette

yep !

8:01 am

wvteach

good morning all

8:01 am

hurshy

i am amazed that there are 183 words in a grid with only one vowel in the upper right 4x4 subset

8:04 am

hurshy

and i am pleased that i have found two nice lovely normal 8 letter words

8:07 am

AsGreen

hello my friends - this grid looks a bit daunting - no?

8:08 am

Uneaixoise

hey, green :-)

8:08 am

hurshy

actually it's not so bad

8:08 am

hurshy

there are only so many places you can go, narrows it down a bit.

8:08 am

Uneaixoise

and hello, Ringo!

8:08 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! french cathedral city

8:09 am

Uneaixoise

chartres?

8:09 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!

8:09 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:10 am

Uneaixoise

phantom: canasta

8:10 am

hurshy

i have greyed the corners!

8:11 am

Uneaixoise

and Mr. Sagan and Jean-Paul!

8:11 am

Uneaixoise

go, hursh!

8:11 am

hurshy

mr sagan counts though, so can't use him in NTPN

8:11 am

Uneaixoise

true . . .

8:12 am

Uneaixoise

and, of course, the man of the season!

8:12 am

hurshy

sinder klaas

8:12 am

Uneaixoise

Pere Noe

8:13 am

Uneaixoise

*Noel

8:13 am

hurshy

lol

8:13 am

hurshy

Dr. No and Father Noe

8:13 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:15 am

hurshy

anyone have both F's? i just have the college boy society

8:15 am

Trifioso

gotta poof for a while - breakfast with the brits

8:16 am

Uneaixoise

same here, hursh

8:16 am

Uneaixoise

later, trif

8:16 am

iluvcofee

change the last letter to a vowel hurshy

8:16 am

Uneaixoise

babblet, hursh--just got it

8:16 am

hurshy

bugger, i didn't look right

8:16 am

Uneaixoise

latin plural of monk title

8:17 am

hurshy

i'm like the opposite of zoolander, apparently

8:17 am

hurshy

ok, what about the upper T, have 2 tr5/10.

8:17 am

Uneaixoise

yep

8:20 am

Uneaixoise

oohhh, in the proper noun arena: italian opera house!

8:20 am

hurshy

la scala?

8:20 am

Uneaixoise

ding ding ding

8:20 am

Uneaixoise

:-

8:20 am

Uneaixoise

i know . . . too obvious

8:21 am

hurshy

no, it's good

8:21 am

hurshy

so often when people pick up on the game, i want to encourage this initiative to participate, but i don't know the answer

8:22 am

Uneaixoise

really? hard to believe, hursh!

8:23 am

hurshy

well it is true nevertheless

8:24 am

Uneaixoise

gotta run -- BBL!

8:25 am

hurshy

i'm thtuck

8:26 am

LynnNate08

al4/4 sec one please?

8:26 am

NonoNanette

mr. alda

8:26 am

Judi

Good day, fellow homo sapiens!

8:26 am

NonoNanette

hi Judi

8:26 am

hurshy

oh sure, just assume everyone playing is human. how speciesist.

8:27 am

LynnNate08

mr.alda?

8:27 am

hurshy

you know, hawkeye on MASH

8:27 am

LynnNate08

grrrr i dont watch mash lol

8:28 am

Judi

Pardon my faux pas. I should include the monkeys as well.

8:28 am

hurshy

well, he was also in "What Women Want"

8:28 am

hurshy

and he guest starred on ER for an episode or two

8:28 am

hurshy

and... what else...

8:29 am

hurshy

i'm sure he's done lots of things

8:29 am

pabtrek

the west wing, hurshy

8:29 am

LynnNate08

lol i still dont have it ....do u have an easier way to clue it?

8:29 am

hurshy

ah, there ya go (i didn't watch that one)

8:29 am

Judi

He narrated some science thing a few years ago. Can't remember if it was a NOVA series, or NG...

8:30 am

NonoNanette

its a very common first name

8:31 am

hurshy

indeed, i have an uncle by that name.

8:32 am

Judi

Uncle Alda?

8:36 am

NonoNanette

could I have some help with the en7 please

8:38 am

hurshy

en7: keep spellbound

8:38 am

NonoNanette

thank you!

8:39 am

jan

I've always wondered at the spelling of that word--why doesn't it have a double consonant at the end, given its derivation?

8:40 am

Danielita1

cl 5,16

8:40 am

NonoNanette

a coffee cl***

8:41 am

jan

There sure are a lot of ar/21 words in this grid!

8:43 am

NonoNanette

Lynn did you find your al4?

8:44 am

Danielita1

thanks for the hint..i got it

8:45 am

hurshy

it does have a double consonant, jan, this is just an alternate spelling.

8:46 am

hurshy

and i don't see why some things can't be more ar6 than other things

8:46 am

jan

Me neither. Many of these words are far ar/21-er than others.

8:47 am

hurshy

so, i've got ca8 and ch8, what do other people have?

8:47 am

wvteach

there are 3 different ca 8 words

8:48 am

jan

The other 2 are ca's--both ar/21 and both similar with different endings. (I slunk off to a2z to find them...)

8:49 am

wvteach

they are NOT normal wormals words like the other two 8's

8:49 am

jan

And, in penance, I looked up the first--latin for heel bone.

8:50 am

Judi

Normal has no place in Babble.

8:54 am

hurshy

can you clue them, jan or wv?

8:56 am

NonoNanette

c + mr gore + metal container with a vowel ending

8:56 am

wvteach

they both come before the other "normal" ca 8 and hboth have latin endings

8:56 am

NonoNanette

two vowels at the end of each

8:58 am

hurshy

thank you very much both of you, have got them!

8:59 am

Danielita1

can i get a clue on tr 6,18?

9:00 am

hurshy

aha, i must need that word

9:01 am

phaeton

I'm not mean...I just don't like you

9:01 am

phaeton

good morning

9:02 am

hurshy

i'm assuming that's a clue :)

9:02 am

phaeton

:)

9:03 am

hurshy

insult? irony? *thinks*

9:03 am

phaeton

why take it personal hurshy?

9:04 am

dcseain

OMG just spoke with HR at probable new employer. I interviwe Friday at 11 GMT-5, and i really think the interview is mostly perfunctory! I am so excited!

9:04 am

dcseain

good morning :D

9:04 am

phaeton

wtg dc!!

9:04 am

hurshy

what's the job, dc? will you have better hours?

9:04 am

Judi

That's great, dc!! Fingers and toes crossed!

9:04 am

phaeton

Actually, that is the saying on my night shirt

9:04 am

Judi

And major points for using the word "perfunctory" in a sentence.

9:05 am

flosey

good morning

9:05 am

dcseain

with the Global Onlne Enrollment System/NEXUS/SENTRY Helpdesk, working M-F 7:30-4:30 with holidays off and great benefits

9:05 am

hurshy

i used the word effusive when talking to my mom recently and she didn't know what it was :(

9:05 am

phaeton

yea, he spelled it right, but misspelled interview!

9:05 am

Judi

Hi, Flosey, Phae, et al.

9:05 am

dcseain

why, ty, judy :)

9:05 am

dcseain

judi, sorry

9:06 am

phaeton

Hope this new job doesn't expect perfect spelling...;)

9:06 am

flosey

wtg dc, positive vibes going your way

9:06 am

hurshy

my brother-in-law had an interview this morning as well, i have not yet heard how it went.

9:06 am

dcseain

hello, phae and flosey and judi et al :)

9:06 am

dcseain

no phae, it does not. like current job, it does expect functionality in Spanish and in English.

9:06 am

hurshy

i will call my sister.

9:07 am

dcseain

best to him with that, hurshy

9:07 am

phaeton

Well, I am going to assume you have those qualities :)

9:08 am

flosey

need coffee, brb

9:08 am

dcseain

yes, i'm the Spanish speaker on my current team :)

9:13 am

hurshy

no habla espanol

9:14 am

dcseain

most don't, which is why they pay me to do it :)

9:15 am

hurshy

i want to habla espanol

9:15 am

hurshy

i bought some books for learning it

9:15 am

hurshy

but it's hard to discipline oneself to actually study when one doesn't have much opportunity to use it

9:15 am

dcseain

Siempre hay de aprender. There is always to learn. RosettaStone, though expensive, works well

9:15 am

dcseain

very true, hurshy

9:16 am

dcseain

my mother is annoyed that she does not, as it would help where she lives.

9:16 am

hurshy

i think this grid is starting to annoy me.

9:17 am

dcseain

with you. i'm entereing stuff into lickety now

9:17 am

NonoNanette

it's been annoying me for the last hour hurshy

9:18 am

Judi

I've hit the annoyance wall at 50 here.

9:18 am

hurshy

thing is, it's annoying, yet, if i get the list, then i'll be bored after i'm done.

9:19 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! nissan model

9:19 am

Judi

Gee, my tough luck. I'm being forced to go to a Police Chief's luncheon today. I'll be forced to sit among good looking men in uniform and eat high quality food. Sucks to be me.

9:19 am

hurshy

:P

9:19 am

dcseain

do enjoy, judi :)

9:20 am

NonoNanette

i'll trade with ya Judi, you can sit here and have a sandwich with my hubby

9:20 am

Judi

I certainly will. Ordinarily, I wouldn't get to go to such things. As I am a lowly civilian secretary. However, the Sergeant begged off because he has to interview a child porn perv.

9:20 am

hurshy

ick

9:21 am

NonoNanette

should just lock the perv. up and forget about him

9:22 am

Judi

Ick, indeed. Dumb ar4/4 took his laptop into Staples to have it serviced. There was kiddie porn shortcuts all over the desktop.

9:22 am

hurshy

does anyone have any scr words? or should i not bother looking for any?

9:22 am

NonoNanette

not as of yet hurshy but i only have 3 sc words so far

9:22 am

hurshy

as a fictional detective once said, "it's lucky for us criminals are stupid"

9:23 am

Judi

Don't know Hurshy. I have 11 S words left.

9:23 am

dcseain

i've not found any yet, but also only have 3 SCs so far

9:23 am

Judi

It's true. Criminals are stupid. It makes for great job security.

9:23 am

pabtrek

I have 4 sc's

9:24 am

hurshy

although nothing beats the guys who once broke into a house, found a polaroid, didn't know about them (i think this was early 90's), took a pic of themselves, thought it didn't work cause it was all grey, took off, leaving the pic in the house they robbed.

9:24 am

NonoNanette

oh thats funny hurshy!

9:24 am

Judi

There are 11 sc's. I have found 6 so far.

9:24 am

dcseain

how funny, hurshy

9:24 am

dcseain

they musta been young

9:25 am

hurshy

i don't know, if they were young, they probably would have known how polaroids worked! they'd been out for years.

9:25 am

dcseain

but they ae not as common as they were decades ago

9:26 am

hurshy

right but, this was like 15 years ago, when they were still relatively common

9:26 am

dcseain

true

9:26 am

Judi

I know they don't even make Polaroids any more. I doubt film is available either.

9:26 am

Judi

I remember BEGGING for one for my birthday. I did get one. Took the suckiest pictures ever.

9:27 am

crosshair

howdy everyone:)

9:27 am

NonoNanette

I had a few of them over the years. The pictures did not hold up well at all

9:27 am

dcseain

hiya, cross

9:27 am

NonoNanette

hi Crossy!

9:28 am

crosshair

talking bout cameras? 3 years ago i had to rush to get all my undeveloped 110 film done cause they were phasing it out;/

9:28 am

Judi

And the film was very expensive. Huge cartridge that you had to load like an 8-track. Amazing how clunky and crude it seems compared to the technology we have now.

9:28 am

dcseain

polaroids specifically :) oh, what bother cross

9:28 am

NonoNanette

is it still snowing there Crossy? the webcams look a little blurry

9:29 am

dcseain

so true, judi

9:29 am

crosshair

4 more inches last night:/

9:29 am

hurshy

my mom worked on computers back when they took up a whole room and you had to feed in your programs on cards and when you had bugs in the system it was bc you LITERALLY had bugs in the system.

9:29 am

crosshair

4 more this evening:((

9:29 am

Judi

Hiya, Crossy! Better you than us!

9:30 am

NonoNanette

I remember those hurshy! The place i worked had one

9:30 am

crosshair

hurshy those would probably the old havc systems;)

9:30 am

crosshair

hvac*

9:30 am

dcseain

i saw one of those at CSC long ago on a field trip

9:31 am

Judi

LOL, Hurshy. I remember my father talking about "Univac". The dinosaur of all computers.

9:31 am

dcseain

what do you get if you cross a tse tse fly with a mountain climber?

9:31 am

hurshy

*thinks*

9:32 am

Judi

*sigh. I feel old talking about Univac. I remember having to use manual typewriters in typing class in HS.

9:32 am

hurshy

a guy who falls off mt. kilamanjaro while trying to swat the tse tse fly?

9:32 am

dcseain

Unknown - one's a vector and the other's a sc6.21

9:32 am

dcseain

we used both typewriters and WordStar when i wis in HS

9:32 am

bichon

We had to use manual typewriters in middle school

9:32 am

dcseain

er, was, not wis

9:33 am

hurshy

we had typewriters too! not so very long ago

9:33 am

NonoNanette

oh gosh Judy I'm from that era also

9:33 am

dcseain

no, no SCR words

9:33 am

Judi

Yep, dc. 1/2 of the semester was on the manuals, the other 1/2 on electric. Man, did we bash the hell out of those electrics.

9:33 am

hurshy

thanks dc

9:34 am

dcseain

we had only electricts, but i still have a 1956 Tippa portable manual

9:34 am

NonoNanette

I remember when the IBM Selectrics came out and you could change the font on the typewriter

9:34 am

Judi

Lol. "Portable". Bet it weighs a ton.

9:34 am

hurshy

5 sn, or more?

9:34 am

dcseain

oh yes, changing the ball out :)

9:34 am

dcseain

5 SN is correct

9:35 am

NonoNanette

only five hurshy

9:35 am

hurshy

1 so?

9:35 am

dcseain

yes, hursh

9:35 am

Judi

And dropping the ball, and having it roll across the floor - under your classmates desk.

9:36 am

NonoNanette

oh that must have been funny judi

9:36 am

hurshy

8 sc? :S

9:36 am

Judi

A trail of inky letters on the linoleum...

9:36 am

dcseain

I remember the joy of the advent of backspace with white-out

9:36 am

NonoNanette

I was working when they first came out, had the first one in our company

9:36 am

dcseain

neat, nanette

9:36 am

hurshy

did you have those little white-out sheets that you stuck between the key and the paper?

9:36 am

Uneaixoise

yes!!

9:37 am

NonoNanette

yep sure did!

9:37 am

dcseain

yep, and the rolling erasers - a sculpture of which exists in the NGA Sculpture garden here in DC, it's brush 'blowing' in the wind LOL

9:37 am

Judi

Yes, I remember the white-out sheets. The worked horribly. If you made a mistake, you were better off starting over.

9:37 am

dcseain

i liked the tape-style dispensers for whiting out

9:38 am

Judi

*they*

9:38 am

grant

Clue for 1st la5/10, anyone?

9:38 am

Judi

BBL. I'm being summoned.

9:38 am

dcseain

add a vowel to the la4, grant

9:38 am

NonoNanette

a variation of a guys name

9:39 am

hurshy

i must be missing something here

9:40 am

grant

me too

9:40 am

Uneaixoise

me three

9:40 am

dcseain

last la5 is a spinning tool for wood or what

9:40 am

hurshy

i only have one la5/10, and it's bowling la5

9:40 am

flosey

dc, I believe your clue is for la5/12 ?

9:40 am

dcseain

oh, 1st , duh :D

9:40 am

Uneaixoise

same here

9:40 am

dcseain

i should go get my glasses

9:41 am

NonoNanette

its sort of a variation in spelling of a boys name

9:41 am

flosey

I need the first la5/10

9:42 am

NonoNanette

lots of vowels

9:42 am

amelu0218

la 5/10, double vowel, cons vowel

9:42 am

grant

we all do?

9:42 am

hurshy

aha

9:42 am

hurshy

8 sc or more?

9:43 am

flosey

ah, double cons.

9:43 am

NonoNanette

more than 9

9:43 am

NonoNanette

11 i think

9:43 am

flosey

sorry, double vowel

9:43 am

amelu0218

I have 11 sc

9:43 am

hurshy

botheration!

9:44 am

skooj

hi...could i get a clue for the first an7, please?

9:44 am

hurshy

though why i should care whether they are sc or sa, i don't know

9:44 am

NonoNanette

a + where a bird lives + asian food **ce

9:45 am

grant

an7 add 3 prefix to an4 preceding

9:45 am

flosey

thanks nono

9:45 am

hurshy

does this mean there are more an7's?

9:45 am

skooj

ahhh...thx nono and grant!

9:45 am

flosey

there are 2

9:45 am

NonoNanette

yw

9:47 am

grant

still not getting the la5 (first la)

9:48 am

amelu0218

there are 3 vowels in the la5/10

9:48 am

amelu0218

la + vowel + cons + vowel

9:49 am

NonoNanette

grant it was practically spelled out with clue at 9:42

9:49 am

carleekat

hi all

9:49 am

NonoNanette

hello again Carlee :)

9:49 am

carleekat

am bored at work..filtering..forgot to bring a book

9:50 am

Read-Knit-Bake

amelu...tytytyty..I was stuck on that la 5, 10 and was going nuts.

9:50 am

Read-Knit-Bake

amelu...tytytyty..I was stuck on that la 5, 10 and was going nuts.

9:50 am

flosey

hi carlee

9:50 am

carleekat

ok rkb....easy there girlfriend

9:50 am

Read-Knit-Bake

oops...ditto on the nuts part..have a nice day everyone.

9:50 am

amelu0218

yw, I know that feeling well!

9:50 am

carleekat

hi flosey

9:51 am

NonoNanette

sounds like a boring task carlee

9:51 am

dcseain

got glasses, making food, bbs

9:51 am

carleekat

u sit and watch carboys empty..and fill

9:52 am

carleekat

a bit like watching paint dry

9:52 am

roncook

nuts also on the la 5/10 a spanish word or was it japanese ?

9:52 am

grant

Thank goodness for monkey typing. Got the bas*****.

9:52 am

crosshair

howdy carlee;)

9:54 am

Minveryork

Hi to my fellow babblers!How is everyone doing today

9:54 am

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

9:54 am

flosey

going to take a bridge break, bbl

9:54 am

crosshair

howdy min;)

9:55 am

72 Temple Owl

did someone clue tat ar7? hiall

9:55 am

Uniquity

The other day when my internet wouldn't work,i knocked out 80 words in ten minutes...today, nothing!

9:55 am

carleekat

hi uni...crossy...

9:55 am

72 Temple Owl

hi uni

9:55 am

carleekat

Hi there TO...sorry was away switching carboys

9:56 am

amelu0218

ar7, where munitions are kept

9:56 am

Chris P

what are carboys???

9:56 am

NonoNanette

hi TO

9:56 am

Atalante

back :) uniiiii! creator of anatomically correct cookies!!

9:56 am

72 Temple Owl

ty

9:56 am

carleekat

23L glass jugs for holding wine

9:56 am

Uniquity

:D Oh Ata, you did enjoy it!

9:56 am

72 Temple Owl

got that ar4, too! :)

9:56 am

NonoNanette

storage for military equipment TO

9:57 am

Chris P

oh - you learn something new everyday!

9:57 am

72 Temple Owl

hi ata...good grief! what are yo uguys up to now?

9:57 am

carleekat

(o:

9:57 am

Atalante

I did! I was just about to email you - I will anyway - and saw you were online :)

9:58 am

Atalante

moi? nothing!

9:58 am

hurshy

is the theme today manhole covers?

9:58 am

Uniquity

Ata is, as always, a perfect angel. Best of the bunch.

9:59 am

Atalante

what she said :)

9:59 am

Atalante

yes hurshy

10:00 am

hurshy

i was wondering why you would have that otherwise :)

10:01 am

Atalante

I might just like manhole covers! LOL

10:01 am

hurshy

you MIGHT, but it didn't fit really with what else i know of you.

10:02 am

Atalante

looooool. no.

10:02 am

NonoNanette

am missing a 6 letter H word

10:02 am

72 Temple Owl

must sway- bbat lunchtime

10:03 am

Minveryork

Today's theme is manhole covers. Japan does it best.

10:03 am

NonoNanette

ahhhh good little monkey, found it

10:03 am

Minveryork

Goodbye 72 Temple Owl! I will see you later on maybe

10:03 am

carleekat

woot for nono

10:03 am

Uniquity

I could use a manhole cover...something to squash Emma with.

10:04 am

carleekat

hi there minver...long time no see hun\

10:04 am

Minveryork

Hi carleekat! How are you doing? I'm home sick today

10:04 am

Atalante

poor KoG! is she being a hellbrat?

10:05 am

72 Temple Owl

no kitten squashing. it's yuletide.

10:05 am

Uniquity

Her teeth are growing in and her claws are sharpening, she seems to feel the urge to remind me of this many times a day by sharpening on my arms.

10:06 am

Atalante

kitten squashing is character forming

10:06 am

Atalante

ohhhh *that* stage. enjoy!

10:06 am

Minveryork

But not too sick to babble. I did not go to sleep until 5:30 this morning. Could not see myself getting up in an hour for a 12 hour day. I was just thinking about a nap. Feel guilty babbling here when I should be sick

10:06 am

72 Temple Owl

uni - don't tolerate that.

10:06 am

Uniquity

I made Christmas punch, eggnog and gingerbread men! I am full of yuletide.

10:07 am

72 Temple Owl

forgive me - watched "it's me or the dog" last night. that british girl who trains owners.

10:07 am

carleekat

hope u are feelign better minver...( am at work..so may be slow to respond)

10:07 am

carleekat

what is in your christmas punch uni?

10:07 am

72 Temple Owl

sorry to hear, min. feel better soon!

10:08 am

Minveryork

Thanks carleekat. I am going to do what sick people do now and go take a nap.I'll be back later on maybe.

10:08 am

Uniquity

TO - I am too much of a softy with the wee brat and I know it. She does too,unfortunately.

10:08 am

Uniquity

Min - Get better! Naps are good

10:08 am

carleekat

sleep well and have yummy creams :)

10:08 am

72 Temple Owl

is the brisith woman well known in uk?

10:08 am

carleekat

dreams*

10:08 am

Atalante

you need your mother's iron will!

10:08 am

Atalante

*hugs min* get well soon!

10:11 am

hurshy

can you spell the cute aussie "bear" with a C, or does that mean something else?

10:11 am

Atalante

there, new pic of Hobbit

10:11 am

Atalante

no, you can't

10:12 am

hurshy

dictionary.com is claiming it is an alt sp...

10:13 am

hurshy

doesn't seem to have any other def...

10:13 am

Atalante

maybe you can then!

10:13 am

72 Temple Owl

ata what type of dog is hobbit?

10:13 am

Atalante

working cocker spaniel

10:13 am

Uniquity

Is Hobbits tongue in her nose?

10:14 am

dcseain

ty for co5

10:14 am

dcseain

i'm back, and eating breaky

10:14 am

Atalante

pretty much. it gets everywhere

10:14 am

rururocks

IS there such a thing as an unemployed cocker?

10:14 am

stidmama

seain? day off, I hope... hey all!

10:14 am

carleekat

uni...how do u make ur christmas punch?

10:14 am

carleekat

hi stiddy

10:14 am

dcseain

yes, stid

10:14 am

Uniquity

Oh my, I guess I should be thankful Emma has a little tongue

10:14 am

Atalante

yeah, it's called a not very good show dog

10:14 am

carleekat

hi dc

10:15 am

72 Temple Owl

ah have not ever heard of them. hi stid,

10:15 am

stidmama

oh good! was concerned you were sick again.

10:15 am

rururocks

Oh I have on of those

10:15 am

Uniquity

Carlee - tea and sugar and water and a few types of unsweetened juices, then a bit of that and some gingerale. Family recipe

10:15 am

stidmama

hello Uniquity! long time no see! have to go soon, lazing around home this morning.

10:15 am

hurshy

martin is a showcat

10:15 am

dcseain

asalaam, carlee

10:15 am

stidmama

just couldn't wake up!

10:15 am

hurshy

i show him to people and say, "look, it's a martin cat"

10:15 am

Uniquity

Ah, but every show cocker I have seen was dumb as a post because of breeding. Also usually quite ill.

10:15 am

Atalante

working cockers are cockers really, but they are somewhat different in shape and size, and they are bred to be working dogs

10:15 am

carleekat

sounds yummy....

10:16 am

Atalante

looooooool

10:16 am

Uniquity

Allo Stiddy!! How've you and the little Stids been?

10:16 am

dcseain

i have what seems to be a perfunctory interview for the new job on Friday at 11 gmt-5

10:16 am

Atalante

this is the advantage of working cockers. They don't have a lot of the stupidness / anger issues / inbreeding of show cockers

10:16 am

hurshy

there he goes again

10:16 am

carleekat

I just got a bottle of wine..that is a holiday blend of white wine, cranberry concentrate, orange extract and clove..dying to try making it

10:16 am

carleekat

hi hurshy

10:16 am

Atalante

however, you have a more bouncy dog, usually!

10:17 am

hurshy

hi carlee

10:17 am

Uniquity

Or you could get a barn cat. THey come with a lot of cute a tonne of cuddle and a bit of scratch.

10:17 am

Atalante

shed cats are the best, apparently

10:18 am

hurshy

my mitty kitty was a barn cat

10:18 am

dcseain

oh, food was a good idea

10:18 am

Atalante

awwww *loves mitty*

10:18 am

dcseain

sounds yummy, carlee, the new wine

10:18 am

hurshy

anyone have the last sa6?

10:18 am

Uniquity

She has found a plate with egg remnant..she seems to believe if she licks it slow enough I can't see her

10:19 am

Atalante

loooool sneakiness

10:19 am

hurshy

i had to apologize to marty the other day

10:19 am

dcseain

i don't yet, hursh

10:19 am

hurshy

i thought he splashed a bunch of water but really it just wicked down the cotton.

10:20 am

Atalante

poor marty

10:21 am

hurshy

well, i mean, all that happened was i said, "MAR-ty!" and then later when i realized it wasn't him, i said, "i'm sorry i blamed you"

10:21 am

stidmama

yes, poor marty -- what were you thinking hurshy?!?

10:21 am

stidmama

LOL

10:22 am

Uniquity

I'm sure he accepted the apology gracefully

10:22 am

stidmama

sorry Uniquity, was off making tea. I am doing pretty well. The hard work for the quarter is done, just attending a few more student presentations and collecting my "grade"...

10:22 am

stidmama

the kids of course, are just amazing. We have one winter concert tonight, and then three next week.

10:23 am

Uniquity

Yay for the end of work! I wrote my last paper yesterday, last exam on sat. Am just working at the store now...which I need to go do! Take care all, be back later perhaps

10:23 am

carleekat

and how are the grades stiddy???

10:23 am

hurshy

it is weird, i can't help it. i've also apologized to the cats when i've walked in on them in the litterbox...

10:23 am

stidmama

later Uniquity!

10:23 am

carleekat

later uni....

10:23 am

stidmama

well, cats ARE private creatures!

10:24 am

hurshy

yes, and i knew that, so that's why!

10:24 am

72 Temple Owl

ah me...i am stuck at 100

10:24 am

carleekat

urg...red wines take SO long to filter....

10:24 am

hurshy

s + sounds like setting a fire on purpose

10:25 am

carleekat

i am filtering my amerone today :)...am fast aging 1/3 of it so I have over holiday season

10:25 am

dcseain

have fun, uni

10:25 am

stidmama

oh, great clue hurshy!

10:25 am

dcseain

nice, carlee

10:25 am

hurshy

now carlee, make sure you do not put that new wine in any old wineskins. do they still use wineskins?

10:25 am

carleekat

no idea....

10:26 am

carleekat

i know u can still buy them....

10:26 am

dcseain

ty, great clue, hurshy

10:26 am

stidmama

well, over 100 words now, better hit the road. see you-all from the lecture hall! *poof*

10:27 am

72 Temple Owl

bye stid

10:27 am

72 Temple Owl

i think "carcoat" should be accepted

10:28 am

Atalante

I think catrace should be accepted

10:28 am

72 Temple Owl

is that when they run or when they go missing?

10:29 am

Atalante

when they run round the house madly chasing each other

10:29 am

carleekat

<sigh>.....red wines take SO long to filter

10:29 am

carleekat

painfully slo

10:30 am

carleekat

w

10:30 am

72 Temple Owl

or chasing an unseen entity

10:30 am

3b

clues to ca 8,50 please

10:30 am

Atalante

or both!

10:31 am

carleekat

c+ mr gore+walking aid+ a vowel...for each...just change last vowel

10:31 am

Pinikula

Morning all...just here for a brief moment...

10:31 am

Pinikula

(has anyone seen kje yet today?)

10:31 am

carleekat

hi pini

10:31 am

Atalante

earlier

10:32 am

carleekat

yes...she was on earlier....leaves at 5:30 pm babble time

10:32 am

rururocks

she is off for France I think pini

10:32 am

Pinikula

OK...I was hoping I could ask her a question (the MD type)...

10:32 am

dcseain

kje is off to france today

10:33 am

Pinikula

...perhaps I'll come across her later today (who knows?)...thanks all!

10:33 am

Pinikula

I'll be back later to hunt for my remaining 113!

10:33 am

Atalante

scrabs should be around later

10:33 am

Pinikula

Oh, yeah...I could touch base with her, too!

10:34 am

72 Temple Owl

how many ca7 are there?

10:34 am

Pinikula

If someone could ask either one to email me, that would be awesome!!!

10:34 am

72 Temple Owl

how many ca7 are there?

10:34 am

rururocks

boy...these a's are frustrating

10:35 am

dcseain

ca8 *3

10:35 am

dcseain

yes, they are ruru

10:35 am

dcseain

1 ca7

10:36 am

3b

got both, thanks

10:36 am

Atalante

but fun

10:37 am

72 Temple Owl

do they all come from your clue?

10:37 am

72 Temple Owl

do they all come from your clue?
i ofund two

10:37 am

hurshy

no the third is tweety birds

10:37 am

dcseain

one ca8 not like the others ca7 not related to 8s

10:38 am

hurshy

tweet tweet tweet

10:39 am

dcseain

Blagojevich has been arrested by the FBI on corruption charges

10:39 am

hurshy

that's not news. they should put in the news if they can find a politician who can be completely proven to be 100% corruption free.

10:39 am

dcseain

at 06:15 central

10:39 am

dcseain

accorind to chicage tribune

10:39 am

72 Temple Owl

is he a rep or a dem?

10:40 am

Yvo

DEm

10:40 am

dcseain

he's a dem

10:42 am

hurshy

oh here's a great story!

10:43 am

hurshy

A young Chinese woman was left partially deaf following a passionate kiss from her boyfriend.
The 20-something from Zhuhai in Guangdong province arrived at hospital having completely lost the hearing in her left ear, said local reports.
The incident prompted a series of articles in the local media warning of the dangers of excessive kissing. "While kissing is normally very safe, doctors advise people to proceed with caution," wrote the China Daily.

10:43 am

dcseain

LOL hurshy

10:47 am

Atalante

popped ear drum?

10:47 am

dcseain

probably, ata, i would think

10:47 am

72 Temple Owl

must go, - bbl happy babbling all

10:47 am

Atalante

*amusement*

10:48 am

dcseain

hasta, TO

10:49 am

hurshy

yes, popped ear drum

10:49 am

Atalante

moral: don't suck

10:51 am

carleekat

i had heard that story hurshy :)

10:53 am

dcseain

wow. Southern CA had a turn in a gun, get a gift ard. This year, they almost all wanted gift cards for Ralph's supermarket instea of target or best buy.

10:56 am

Atalante

what value gift card?

10:56 am

dcseain

100 dollars for regular gun, twice that for an assault weapon

10:57 am

dcseain

join program of the County of LA, the City of Compton, and the three stores

10:57 am

BabbleRabble

dad takes 8 year old to a gun show and he kills himself with an uzi

10:58 am

dcseain

article: http://tinyurl.com/59k6pe about it

10:58 am

dcseain

ah yes, i remember reading about that, babrab

10:59 am

BabbleRabble

are you getting a promotion, dc?

11:00 am

dcseain

changing positions, i don't think a promotion comes with it at this time

11:00 am

Atalante

wow. hand in a gun, get vegetables. get alcohol and drink drive instead!

11:01 am

dcseain

here in VA we can buy wine and beer at the grocery store, drug store, g as station, min mart or what

11:03 am

Atalante

so I should think :)

11:05 am

dcseain

in maryland and dc, it's not like that. must go to liquor store. in MD, one grocery store per chain per county may sell wine and beer.

11:05 am

dcseain

in DC, they give store licenses on a case-by-case basis

11:07 am

BabbleRabble

so, you need a new license each time your sell a case of beer?

11:07 am

dcseain

a hint for TR6, pls?

11:07 am

dcseain

LOL babrab

11:08 am

dcseain

liquor regs in DC are fiendishly complicated

11:08 am

BabbleRabble

tr 6 --- three and rest area: m*** room

11:08 am

dcseain

ty, babrab

11:15 am

Flask1

Hi all...........a clue please for ca8/45 please?

11:15 am

dcseain

ca8 in the co4 mine

11:15 am

Atalante

little yellow birds

11:17 am

Flask1

thanks Atal....

11:17 am

Flask1

...and dc

11:19 am

phaeton

done

11:19 am

dcseain

congrats, phae

11:19 am

dcseain

i'll be back in a bit...

11:20 am

BabbleRabble

ca 7 --- tin and Winchester Ca**edr**

11:21 am

BabbleRabble

congrats, phaeton

11:23 am

phaeton

ty

11:24 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Good clue BabbleRabble

11:28 am

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for la5-10 the 1st? Thanks

11:29 am

SharonRA

what is the an 7?

11:29 am

BabbleRabble

la 5 --- add Onassis' first, abbr

11:30 am

SharonRA

please and thank you. sorry

11:30 am

hydra

It's the an4 before it plus a duo plus one (minus last letter)

11:30 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks y'all

11:31 am

SharonRA

thanks hydra!

11:32 am

hydra

Hi all. Just popped back. 84 to do.

11:32 am

BabbleRabble

hello, hydra

11:32 am

hydra

Hi BabRab. How are you today?

11:33 am

BabbleRabble

doing okay

11:33 am

BabbleRabble

got some snow and more on the way

11:34 am

hydra

Just cold and grey here.

11:36 am

Atalante

here too

11:37 am

hydra

Hi Ata

11:38 am

Atalante

hi hydra :)

11:38 am

Atalante

grrrr dog is being a pain

11:38 am

hydra

what's he doing?

11:39 am

Atalante

pesting at me. pest pest pest mom momomomom mememememememememe

11:40 am

hydra

he's a bad, bad boy.

11:40 am

Atalante

she :P but yes. she is

11:41 am

hydra

Bad girl then! My cat was like that this morning; In the end I left my breakfast, got down on my knees and rolled a ball to him on the kitchen floor. He whacked it and stalked off. Pets!!!

11:45 am

BabbleRabble

that's the sound of the men working on the chain gang ...

11:45 am

db007264

Give me a word pleas!!

11:45 am

BabbleRabble

okay, here is a word

11:46 am

caitlyn

Good evening all.......I see we are not alone LOL

11:46 am

hydra

Hi caitlyn

11:46 am

BabbleRabble

hello, caitlyn

11:46 am

Atalante

brats!!! I just let Hobbit out for a wee, gave her food, topped up her water bowl, and she's sitting downstairs sulking at me!

11:46 am

Atalante

hi cait!

11:47 am

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for an5-10 the 4th?

11:47 am

gapeach1066@yaho

thanks

11:47 am

caitlyn

Ata I was really upset when I read about JB

11:47 am

gapeach1066@yaho

I think my computer burped

11:47 am

3b

last sa6,18 please, my last word

11:48 am

Atalante

stupid man

11:48 am

BabbleRabble

different vowel at the end than the previous, gape

11:48 am

Atalante

but men are geneally stupid, I've decided, present company excepted

11:48 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Don't have the previous Babrab.

11:49 am

hydra

to whom do you refer, ATa? who's stupid?

11:49 am

db007264

Give me a seven letter please!

11:49 am

hootowl

hello everyone- Thunder & lightening threatening and one word to go. en t please

11:49 am

hootowl

en7

11:50 am

Boredom

this is fun lol

11:50 am

Atalante

John Barrowman and men in general :P

11:50 am

caitlyn

3b sa 6/18 is a large mass of sandstone........but I know it as a brand of viniger !

11:50 am

caitlyn

Hi hoot

11:51 am

hydra

When you get really absorbed in something wonderful, you are en------- in it. Leave off past tense ehnding

11:51 am

hootowl

hi cait - no help?

11:51 am

BabbleRabble

sa 6 -- on the monday after easter christ had already ascended: *i***

11:52 am

hydra

I just gave a clue, hoot

11:52 am

caitlyn

Hoot en7 to hold someones attention

11:52 am

hootowl

wrote mind before yours came up. isn't working antway.

11:52 am

BabbleRabble

an 5 --- add a wood plant: ***e

11:52 am

db007264

I just signed up pleas give me a 5 letter word!

11:53 am

Atalante

hello

11:53 am

periwinkle

hello all

11:53 am

hydra

which one, db? Beginning with which letter?

11:53 am

BabbleRabble

an 5 --- add, *** la la

11:53 am

caitlyn

Hi peri!

11:53 am

periwinkle

gray and overcast here

11:54 am

hootowl

OK! Done! Thanks. dismissed it cause only one rnd letter

11:54 am

caitlyn

db do you know that you have to look for words yourself

11:54 am

stidmama

hello friends! grey here, YAY hoot!

11:54 am

BabbleRabble

db007264. read help above

11:54 am

hydra

db, first re 5/10 means to do with the kidneys

11:54 am

caitlyn

Congrats hoot

11:54 am

stidmama

(((caitlyn))) staying warm enough?

11:54 am

hootowl

end

11:54 am

Boredom

doesnt every1?

11:54 am

hootowl

tytyty

11:54 am

caitlyn

Hi stid !!

11:54 am

BabbleRabble

congrats, hoot

11:54 am

periwinkle

hi stid

11:54 am

db007264

I need one 8 letter word that is all.

11:55 am

caitlyn

No stid its pigging freezing here today

11:55 am

periwinkle

never heard that phrase before caitlyn: pigging freezing :D

11:55 am

stidmama

oh dear... *hands over cup of hot cocoa* sorry to hear that. we are supposed to get chilly at the end of this week

11:55 am

jmcnrick

Hi everyone. Just suck in for a moment from work pretending I am working.

11:55 am

hootowl

hi stid & bye. Lighting threatening and I'm pulling the plug. Thanks for last word. Have fun. bye

11:55 am

Snoop Dog

give me a hint for an eight letter word

11:56 am

stidmama

the student presentations are really excellent this week. I think they have learned from our mistakes!

11:56 am

stidmama

later hoot! ((hugs))

11:56 am

jmcnrick

snuck snuck I meant snuck!

11:56 am

Atalante

cait - just thought - I have a really odd question for you. About electricity in south Wales. Is there 1 major power station that feeds Cardiff / Swansea?

11:56 am

stidmama

LOL jmc!

11:56 am

caitlyn

Thanks stid ((hugs))
Take care hoot

11:57 am

3b

eightletterwords: ca x3 and ch x1

11:57 am

Boredom

db u still there

11:57 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks BabRab.

11:57 am

BabbleRabble

ca 8 --- western state, abbr; tin container; direction: **st

11:57 am

stidmama

aha! I got the bottom left tile grey...

11:57 am

Boredom

hey snoop dog!

11:57 am

caitlyn

You have got me there Ata.I really dont know I will ask hubby when he comes back

11:57 am

stidmama

aha! thanks for my first eight!

11:57 am

Snoop Dog

wtas good

11:58 am

Boredom

lol sup

11:58 am

Atalante

don't worry, I'm sure I can work it out, I was just trying to be lazy!

11:58 am

3b

still can't find the last sa-word, don't understand the clue, any others?

11:58 am

jmcnrick

hi stid

11:58 am

stidmama

Atalante, I am not sure you need more practice at that!

11:58 am

caitlyn

ca8 /45 pretty little birds that people like to keep in cages

11:59 am

stidmama

okay, next student is up. back later (((hugs)))

11:59 am

Atalante

true!!

11:59 am

caitlyn

Take care stid .......see you soon

11:59 am

Boredom

babble thx for a 8 letter

12:00 pm

Boredom

aghh gotta go bye

12:00 pm

jmcnrick

bye stid and now I have to take a call. So I will leave and behave myself and work. sigh. thought maybe I could multi task ;-)

12:00 pm

3b

last sa6,18 please, my last word

12:01 pm

caitlyn

Bye jmc and Boredom

12:01 pm

BabbleRabble

sa 7 -- town in Fla: sa*asota and soldier that says: "who goes there?"

12:02 pm

BabbleRabble

***try

12:04 pm

3b

guess I'm stupid, don't understand a word of it

12:04 pm

stidmama

atalante, you would like this talk, it's about using biocontrols for harmful algal blooms

12:05 pm

fuquayvarina

hello, folks.

12:05 pm

Atalante

oh hfab!

12:05 pm

caitlyn

Hi fuquay

12:06 pm

stidmama

BR, that is an SA 6

12:07 pm

periwinkle

bbl

12:07 pm

caitlyn

See you later peri

12:07 pm

stidmama

later peri

12:08 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:08 pm

stidmama

hey nan!

12:08 pm

caitlyn

Hi nan

12:08 pm

fuquayvarina

Having trouble with the bottom A -- can someone give me a nudge in the right direction? Have the pain and the ar6 that describes many babble words, but now I'm stuck.

12:12 pm

caitlyn

Have you got the mans name al 4/4 plus the extensions to it fuquay?

12:13 pm

fuquayvarina

just found the name, and plural -- more extensions?

12:13 pm

chrisk

and then there is the banned pesticide that was used on apples fuquay

12:14 pm

caitlyn

Different last letters

12:14 pm

fuquayvarina

tyvm, cait, that was just the nudge i needed!

12:15 pm

caitlyn

yvw

12:15 pm

cybernan

ddt?

12:16 pm

chrisk

no - an al 4/4 - al + **e you ready?

12:18 pm

cybernan

that's a pestiside chrisk?

12:18 pm

stidmama

good clue, chris, I had forgotten that one!

12:18 pm

Deeha

Help please last word the first la5.10

12:19 pm

chrisk

yes - there was a big controversy here in the states about it's use - it has been banned

12:19 pm

BabbleRabble

la 5 -- add Onassis' first abbr

12:20 pm

cybernan

ty br

12:20 pm

Deeha

laari

12:20 pm

caitlyn

Deeha it uses a double 2nd letter

12:20 pm

Deeha

sorry sorry

12:20 pm

chrisk

it's got another definition from anatomy - about having wings

12:20 pm

caitlyn

Yes thats it LOL......PB for you

12:20 pm

Deeha

Lucky that was my last word I am out of here before I get smacked!!!

12:21 pm

cybernan

that's what I thought, sigh -- had it and still missing 2 a's from the bottom -- have all the ones that have been clued

12:21 pm

cybernan

bye deeha

12:21 pm

caitlyn

Congrats and bye for now Deeha

12:21 pm

stidmama

later deeha and YAY!

12:22 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for ta6-18? Thanks

12:22 pm

BabbleRabble

ta 6 -- skin color and *** la la; pl

12:22 pm

chrisk

Cybernan - so you would say that al** and alack - you are still missing some words

12:23 pm

cybernan

yep -- have that one too

12:23 pm

stidmama

great clues, keep them coming!

12:23 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks again BabRab.

12:24 pm

caitlyn

nan have you used the beverage as a last letter to the mans name?

12:24 pm

chrisk

how about the gas station - ar & **mpany

12:24 pm

cybernan

yes

12:24 pm

cybernan

yes

12:25 pm

BabbleRabble

anyone ever call you "gape" before, Ga Peach?

12:25 pm

cybernan

and the plural humps

12:25 pm

cybernan

oh it's not from that a

12:25 pm

Anniebrook

hello everyone!

12:25 pm

stidmama

hey annie!

12:26 pm

BabbleRabble

hello, Annie

12:26 pm

caitlyn

Hi Annie

12:26 pm

Anniebrook

nan, when you refer to a letter as a "hump", pray tell what is it?

12:26 pm

Anniebrook

Hi BR and stid!!

12:26 pm

Anniebrook

hi cait....havent seen you in a while

12:26 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Yes. BabbleRabble. I don't mind.

12:26 pm

cybernan

ar 4/5: def= plural humps

12:27 pm

Anniebrook

thanks

12:27 pm

stidmama

oh -- nan means the word means a hump! rofl... I thought she mean two Ns or an M....

12:27 pm

KatieMcG

evening everyone

12:28 pm

caitlyn

Hi Katie

12:28 pm

stidmama

hey katie!

12:28 pm

Atalante

hi katiekins!

12:28 pm

stidmama

is that mr katie? *peers at icon*

12:28 pm

stidmama

oh! it must be! he's with you (I think)

12:28 pm

Anniebrook

thanks, stid....I was searching for a double R or whatever looked like a hump...thanks for clearing that one up....LOL

12:29 pm

KatieMcG

yep it's the two of us at the evening do, I changed it when the theme was something you are grateful for, and I am grateful for him :-)

12:29 pm

Atalante

that's soo cute

12:29 pm

stidmama

you are such a lovely couple!

12:29 pm

caitlyn

He has got a cheeky face Katie

12:30 pm

KatieMcG

mind you he does have 'man flu' at the moment so not sure the gratitude will last too much longer!!!!

12:30 pm

Atalante

oh noooo not man flu!

12:31 pm

KatieMcG

with full on mopping and 'poor little me' as side effects

12:31 pm

caitlyn

Man flu is SO bad LOL

12:31 pm

KatieMcG

thing that should have been mopeing

12:32 pm

KatieMcG

it's been said before but thank God women are the ones who have the babies

12:32 pm

caitlyn

Well said Katie

12:33 pm

KatieMcG

my friend who was having the baby naturally had to end up with a C section but she did say contraction pains were like nothing she could have imagined. I think she would have ended up on drugs if not for the operation!

12:35 pm

cybernan

keep wanting my phantom charlatan

12:35 pm

cybernan

anyone have a clue for the ch 8?

12:36 pm

stidmama

back again...

12:36 pm

cybernan

nm -- found it

12:36 pm

BabbleRabble

I have never had the opportunity to learn so much ... but then I have been asked what my credit card limit is

12:36 pm

caitlyn

Burnt wood w that you can draw with

12:36 pm

caitlyn

LOL BR

12:36 pm

Anniebrook

thanks, cait...lovely clue

12:36 pm

stidmama

katie, the important thing is that your friend and the baby are safe. my elder child should have been a section, but they misjudged his size and didn't believe me about him being postdates

12:36 pm

stidmama

so I just had to suffer through and he has permanent damage.

12:37 pm

caitlyn

yw

12:37 pm

caitlyn

Oh stid ..thats sad

12:37 pm

Anniebrook

oh, stid...i am so sorry to hear that.

12:38 pm

KatieMcG

Oh no that is terrible Stid, i'm really sorry. Alli really wanted a natural birth but as soon as the baby was in any danger the operated straight away and both are fine. I think it gave Alli & Andy both a fright though.

12:38 pm

stidmama

oh well annie, he does well for someone who doesn't have any problems, actually.

12:38 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Must go scrounge for food now. Happy Babbling all.

12:38 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Back later.

12:39 pm

Anniebrook

Stid, that is good news!

12:39 pm

BabbleRabble

be well. Ga

12:39 pm

stidmama

later peach

12:39 pm

Anniebrook

later, gap

12:39 pm

caitlyn

Bye gap

12:40 pm

cybernan

5 short of 133, but will have to go for the list, I think

12:40 pm

KatieMcG

I've got 53 and was thinking of going to the list!!

12:41 pm

Atalante

39 and same here :P

12:41 pm

KatieMcG

Lol ata

12:42 pm

stidmama

I am down to 64 and seriously considering the list

12:43 pm

caitlyn

Ata hubby has just come in and he thinks the electric generation station for South Wales is at Aberthaw

12:44 pm

Atalante

tyty Cait's husband!

12:44 pm

cybernan

first an 7, please?

12:44 pm

Atalante

(it's for a silly story I'm writing set in Cardiff :)

12:45 pm

bubba218

more of the an4,4 before it

12:45 pm

caitlyn

I want to read it when its done !!

12:45 pm

skooj

hello everyone.

12:45 pm

aebmusica

ca7,plz

12:45 pm

Atalante

ok!

12:45 pm

caitlyn

Hi skoo

12:45 pm

KatieMcG

hi skoo

12:45 pm

Anniebrook

hi skoo

12:45 pm

cybernan

if you are talking about the little bugs bubba, that is the last one

12:46 pm

skooj

howdy.

12:46 pm

KatieMcG

has Haz been in recently?

12:46 pm

bubba218

having the most of the little bugs, like he is an7 than I have ever seen him

12:46 pm

caitlyn

Ata FM has my email address

12:46 pm

Atalante

she was in yesterday :):)

12:46 pm

Anniebrook

Katie, Haz was here yesterday

12:47 pm

cybernan

yes that is the last an 7/28 -- looking for the first one

12:47 pm

KatieMcG

typical, I finished early yesterday and spend the evening listening to my football team losing AGAIN!!

12:47 pm

bubba218

a + where birs live + opp of left is **ght

12:47 pm

cybernan

ty bubba

12:47 pm

Atalante

awwwwww

12:47 pm

caitlyn

An7 extend the an4 before it with the first 3 letters of a threesome

12:48 pm

cybernan

so many *new* words or non-words

12:48 pm

aebmusica

ca7,plz

12:48 pm

kje

ruru?

12:48 pm

cybernan

looking aeb -- don't have one

12:48 pm

caitlyn

Oh that sounded a bit rude then...sorry

12:49 pm

aebmusica

ty cyber

12:49 pm

KatieMcG

Lol cait, it was the first thing I thought of when I read your clue ;-)

12:50 pm

caitlyn

aeb extend the ca4/5 with the 1st 3 letters of a great room

12:50 pm

skooj

sa6/18 after the clothing?

12:50 pm

kje

sorry, thought he might be lurking

12:51 pm

kje

bbl

12:52 pm

caitlyn

Time for me to go.......see you tomorrow, happy babbling ,take care all......bye

12:52 pm

cybernan

only words I can think of for a great room are not there!

12:52 pm

skooj

nm, got it.

12:52 pm

aslindy

hello everyone

12:52 pm

KatieMcG

bye cait

12:53 pm

kje

skooj - sa** (scary pandemic flu illness) + The **d (finito)

12:53 pm

KatieMcG

hi aslindy

12:53 pm

caitlyn

Entance in your home nan

12:53 pm

kje

sorry, took me a minutes to think of something

12:53 pm

caitlyn

Bye again

12:53 pm

skooj

got it, kje...thx.

12:53 pm

cybernan

oh duh -- ty -- a high temp wire used in pottery

12:53 pm

aslindy

how is everyone today?

12:54 pm

bubba218

ca7 container made of tin + one, two, **ree+ mr gore

12:54 pm

KatieMcG

ty kje

12:54 pm

KatieMcG

canthal

12:55 pm

KatieMcG

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

12:55 pm

bubba218

that's it katie

12:55 pm

Atalante

KATIE!

12:55 pm

KatieMcG

sorry

12:55 pm

KatieMcG

it's been a long long day!

12:55 pm

kje

TY - i needed that ca!

12:56 pm

aebmusica

ty cait &bubba

12:57 pm

aslindy

I wanted charlatan to be there, but no.

12:57 pm

bubba218

Katie's clue was alot better than mine

12:57 pm

Atalante

one I haven't got next time pls, katie!

12:58 pm

aebmusica

but I got it from yours

12:58 pm

KatieMcG

as I did bubba, ty, obviously a good clue

12:59 pm

KatieMcG

Better go and do my application form (dull, dull, dull) bbl later for my last 104 :-)

1:00 pm

Atalante

byeeeee

1:00 pm

stidmama

by katie

1:00 pm

stidmama

I am enjoying this student's presentation on biodiesel from algae...

1:01 pm

Atalante

algae are the coolest things

1:01 pm

Atalante

what type of algae is he using? blue-green?

1:03 pm

Vicuna

Hello, at least for a bit.

1:03 pm

stidmama

he used a special kind of fresh-water algae... I will try to ask when he pauses. Some students just know SO MUCH!

1:03 pm

bichon

Ata, you name was in yesterday's New York Times crossword puzzle. It was spelled with an "a" at the end though

1:03 pm

stidmama

he just said almost any algae can work, though. but his experiment used just the one.

1:03 pm

Atalante

VII!IIIIIIII!!!III!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I
!I!I!!!

1:03 pm

Atalante

ooooh :D go me :D

1:03 pm

kwakerbkul

Hi Vi!

1:04 pm

stidmama

hay vi!

1:04 pm

stidmama

oops. HEY vi! or hi vi!

1:04 pm

Vicuna

kwaker? Do I know you?

1:04 pm

stidmama

love that the left-over algal biomass can be used for animal feed!

1:04 pm

Vicuna

By any chance?

1:04 pm

Atalante

algae can be used for *anything* lol

1:04 pm

kwakerbkul

Yes, you do - pay attention to the name...

1:05 pm

stidmama

oh. chlamydomonas, chlorella, haematococus, dunale.... he switched slides too fast

1:05 pm

Vicuna

I figured as much! lol Welcome to Babble!

1:05 pm

stidmama

now he is describing his research...

1:05 pm

Atalante

Chlamydomonas! Yay!!

1:05 pm

kwakerbkul

You are awesome - I'm loving this!

1:05 pm

stidmama

he used the Chlorella protohecoides for his experiment

1:05 pm

Atalante

ok, explain, Vi!

1:05 pm

Vicuna

Hey, everyone, kwaker is a friend of mine that I have brought into the Babble of no return!

1:06 pm

Atalante

makes sense, I guess

1:06 pm

Atalante

hi kwaker!

1:06 pm

stidmama

oh dear.... the experiment failed.

1:06 pm

Vicuna

Wah ha ha ha! (evil laugh)

1:06 pm

stidmama

he had problems with his media, didn't have enough trace minerals or any B12.

1:06 pm

kwakerbkul

I am well within the vortex since Sunday.

1:06 pm

kwakerbkul

Hi everyone!

1:07 pm

Atalante

that's what expts are there for

1:07 pm

cybernan

middle ne 5/10, please?

1:07 pm

stidmama

hello kwaker, and welcome to babble!

1:07 pm

Vicuna

Although I cannot approve of your spelling, Mr BKul!

1:07 pm

cybernan

nm -- another bablet

1:07 pm

Atalante

well it sounds the same!

1:07 pm

stidmama

well yes, but we also learned (several times this quarter) that sometimes the failures are opportunities for even greater learning.

1:08 pm

Atalante

usually the case, stiddy. things can work too well and be an anticlimax

1:08 pm

BabbleRabble

success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm

1:08 pm

Vicuna

What grade is this student, stidmama? Sounds pretty sophisitcated.

1:08 pm

stidmama

He is a remarkably articulate, self-possessed, capable young man. only a couple years older than my elder son, he really will go far in life.

1:08 pm

EspritdJean

I'd like clues for the 8's please, from katie :-p

1:08 pm

bubba218

ne + your hand is attached to the wr***

1:09 pm

Atalante

unfortunately, all those mean little in academia, most of the time

1:09 pm

bubba218

ca8, 50 x2 is the latin name for the heel bone, opne is singular the other is plural

1:09 pm

Atalante

jean? how are you?

1:09 pm

stidmama

I have really enjoyed this program, and will miss it next quarter. BUT ... I am also really looking forward to the linguistics program I will be in starting in January. That's more my field

1:09 pm

kwakerbkul

Hey Vi, can I help it if I am down with my bad self?

1:09 pm

Vicuna

Oooh, go linguistics!

1:09 pm

EspritdJean

I'm still feeling drained. I didn't do it yesterday

1:09 pm

stidmama

yes, but at our school (see profile and icon) students have great encouragement and are often first author on papers.

1:10 pm

Atalante

*hugshugshugs*

1:10 pm

Vicuna

Yeah, that's you, kwaker. You're so bad! =P

1:10 pm

kwakerbkul

Thanks to all for your good wishes. Wouldn't you know, I have to go... but I'll be back! (I hope that's a promise and not a threat.)

1:10 pm

stidmama

YES! will be studying lushootseed some (the local native language)

1:10 pm

EspritdJean

tyty. I don't know if you were around when I came back and said my car would not start, dead battery

1:10 pm

stidmama

oh Esprit! *sad and worried mama look*

1:10 pm

EspritdJean

I took that as a call from the governor

1:10 pm

stidmama

see you soon kwaker

1:10 pm

Atalante

as they should be! but 1 paper does not a career make. Academia doesn't depend on cleverness or papers

1:11 pm

Vicuna

See you later, kwaker! No matter how you try to get away, Babble will draw you back!

1:11 pm

stidmama

:-D true, but the encouragement is wonderful. Evergreen sends a HUGE number (by percent -- we're a small school) to medical schools and grad schools like Harvard and such...

1:12 pm

Atalante

oh - we're still talking undergrad level? I thought you were talking grad students

1:12 pm

stidmama

oh no -- undergrad, I am doing post-bac work right now

1:12 pm

Atalante

encouragement is very nice. Government grants don't give a stuff how much encouragement someone had :P Academia is a place of disillusionment, maybe

1:13 pm

stidmama

will apply to the master's in teaching program for next year

1:13 pm

Atalante

oh ok, they've still got a few years doing their PhDs to get disillusioned then looooool

1:13 pm

stidmama

academia can truly SUCK. but if you love your subject, I think it's not bad. Me? I want to teach. That makes all this bearable

1:14 pm

Vicuna

What/who do you want to teach, stidma?

1:14 pm

stidmama

apparently there is someone who proposes that some biofuels can actually be carbon Negative...

1:14 pm

cybernan

10 :)

1:14 pm

Atalante

it's not that bad? lol. the problem with academia is that you can love your subject and still not be able to work in that field because of money / placements / tenure issues at universities / people not liking your PhD supervisor etc

1:14 pm

stidmama

I want to teach middle school humanities (english and history), but also will be qualified to teach elementary school

1:14 pm

cybernan

8

1:14 pm

Vicuna

Go, cybernan, go!

1:15 pm

Snoop Dog

wats good people

1:15 pm

Vicuna

Oh, I LOVE middle school! That would be awesome.

1:15 pm

Atalante

and when i say academia, I mean university level research / lab research etc. teaching at other levels, working for the government etc are different matters

1:15 pm

Snoop Dog

middle school sucks

1:16 pm

stidmama

oh -- I wouldn't get a PhD for the world... my friend with her chem fud stays home with the kids. The only jobs available were in industry, and FAR from where she and her husband live.

1:16 pm

Boredom

stfu snoop

1:16 pm

Snoop Dog

`thats sad

1:16 pm

cybernan

4

1:16 pm

Boredom

ihu too

1:16 pm

Snoop Dog

8

1:16 pm

stidmama

go nan go!!!

1:16 pm

Snoop Dog

8

1:16 pm

Snoop Dog

im b0red\

1:16 pm

Atalante

PhDs are just the start .... then academia becomes 70% impossible. unfortunately

1:16 pm

Boredom

same lol

1:16 pm

Snoop Dog

very bored

1:16 pm

Boredom

nope i didnt

1:17 pm

Snoop Dog

help me help me pls

1:17 pm

Boredom

lmao dak doesnt understand

1:17 pm

Atalante

oh dear

1:17 pm

Snoop Dog

who0

1:17 pm

db007264

snoop dog is 13 years old

1:17 pm

Boredom

haha

1:17 pm

stidmama

so I have heard, Atalante, therefore, I shall be happily ensconced in non-academia...

1:17 pm

cjmomma

Hi everyone

1:17 pm

Boredom

nah hes 2 hes lieing

1:17 pm

stidmama

back in a few, new presentation starting

1:17 pm

Snoop Dog

lions and tigers and bears o my lions and tigers and bears oh y

1:18 pm

Vicuna

Oh well. It's about time to fetch the sprats anyway. Seems like the timing is just about right. =P

1:18 pm

EspritdJean

who left the troll door open?

1:18 pm

Snoop Dog

hi cjmomma

1:18 pm

ursh

I have swatter anyone got spray?

1:18 pm

Atalante

who's going to email DrG?

1:19 pm

Snoop Dog

idc

1:19 pm

Boredom

man quiet snoop

1:19 pm

db007264

snoop dogs name is tommy

1:19 pm

Snoop Dog

idc

1:19 pm

Boredom

idk and idc lol

1:19 pm

ursh

no real harm yet Ata

1:19 pm

Snoop Dog

no its no im johnny

1:20 pm

Atalante

flooding the chat log is bad enough

1:20 pm

db007264

no hes not

1:20 pm

Boredom

db007264 is Dakota

1:20 pm

Snoop Dog

shut up jerk

1:20 pm

skooj

clue for th5/14, please? a fish?

1:20 pm

db007264

NO!

1:20 pm

Snoop Dog

pls

1:20 pm

Boredom

i no u r buyt what am i

1:20 pm

Boredom

hahaha

1:20 pm

cjmomma

don't have it yet skoo

1:21 pm

cybernan

th 5: definite article + SW state

1:21 pm

Snoop Dog

hehehehehehheheheh

1:21 pm

Atalante

well there's only really a few words it could be, snoop. look at the point count

1:21 pm

Snoop Dog

im so blue

1:21 pm

Boredom

rofl man this is fun

1:21 pm

cybernan

tr 6, please?

1:21 pm

Snoop Dog

im so blue

1:21 pm

Boredom

school babble muahahahaha

1:21 pm

Snoop Dog

i need to change my name

1:21 pm

skooj

cyber...thx!!!

1:22 pm

Trifioso

hey all - just back for a minute - well, don't we all say that? Anyway - anything from EspritdJean yet?

1:22 pm

Snoop Dog

skooj5 wats up

1:22 pm

Boredom

Thomas Winnard get off the computer

1:22 pm

db007264

Mrs. rosile pleas come to our class db

1:22 pm

cybernan

need to get out the spray can, I think

1:22 pm

Snoop Dog

bye

1:22 pm

Boredom

THOMAS WINNARD

1:22 pm

Boredom

GET OFF THE COMPUTER!

1:22 pm

skooj

yup, cyber. get it out.

1:22 pm

Atalante

happy now? can we email drg?

1:23 pm

Snoop Dog

he dont no wat he talkin bout

1:23 pm

Boredom

yea im andrew and ur dumbo nice to meet u

1:23 pm

db007264

snoop dog is TOMMY WINNARD AND HE IS 13

1:23 pm

kje

please do ata!

1:23 pm

cjmomma

please someone do something!

1:23 pm

Trifioso

ata - anything from Jean yet?

1:24 pm

cybernan

tr 6, please? -- last word

1:24 pm

Snoop Dog

WHO IS SPAMMING TEH CAHT BOARD

1:24 pm

Atalante

she still has rocky

1:24 pm

Boredom

me

1:24 pm

Boredom

lol

1:24 pm

Boredom

sfys

1:24 pm

Boredom

sfys
rgsr

1:24 pm

Boredom

sr

1:24 pm

Boredom

s

1:24 pm

stidmama

message sent, DrG notified

1:24 pm

cjmomma

ty

1:24 pm

cybernan

Dr. G -- help!!! -- troll spray isn't working!

1:24 pm

Trifioso

okay, thanks. I don't whether to be relieved or not. How is she doing? and what's with the little Tools chogging?

1:24 pm

stidmama

back to lecture....

1:24 pm

skooj

cyber: if you have the last tr5/10, just insert a hump.

1:25 pm

Snoop Dog

do u mean dr j

1:25 pm

Atalante

done. DrG i mean

1:25 pm

Trifioso

cyber, can't help = i don't have it

1:25 pm

Snoop Dog

ok thats cool

1:25 pm

Snoop Dog

thats cool

1:25 pm

skooj

got it cyber?

1:25 pm

db007264

SNOOP DOG IS SILLY

1:25 pm

Boredom

guys i'm so bored this is messed up

1:25 pm

db007264

J

1:25 pm

db007264

J

1:25 pm

db007264

J

1:25 pm

Snoop Dog

kwel

1:25 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* -- thanks for the help :)

1:25 pm

Atalante

I really don't know, trif. She's around though, maybe she'll come back when the brats have gone

1:26 pm

cjmomma

wtg nan

1:26 pm

Snoop Dog

otay

1:26 pm

skooj

hooray, cyber!

1:26 pm

Trifioso

okay. i have been worried about her all day

1:26 pm

Trifioso

yay cyber!

1:26 pm

Snoop Dog

who da brats

1:26 pm

cybernan

can't stand the trolls -- back at the flip

1:26 pm

Snoop Dog

who the brats

1:26 pm

Trifioso

snoop dog, dont' you have some porn to download or something?

1:26 pm

cybernan

don't feed them trif!

1:27 pm

BabbleRabble

no names but the initials of one is "S D"

1:27 pm

Trifioso

apologies...

1:27 pm

Danielita1

i need some help w/the 3 al 5,10 words

1:27 pm

db007264

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON BOARDOM

1:27 pm

db007264

I AM ON YOUR SIDE SNOOP DOG

1:28 pm

Trifioso

they all start with a man's name, daniel

1:28 pm

Danielita1

thank you

1:29 pm

Danielita1

I got them...thanks so much

1:29 pm

Atalante

gosh, every word is hard work now

1:29 pm

Trifioso

you are very welcome. Stupid grid today, lots of pretend words. This is the hardest grid I have seen yet. Granted, I am still a newbie

1:30 pm

Atalante

but finishing such grids is a real acheivement

1:30 pm

Trifioso

what can dr. g actually do to quiet trolls, and do they happen often?

1:30 pm

Danielita1

I was gonna say...GREAT! since this is only the 2nd grid i've worked on

1:30 pm

stidmama

he can block their account trifioso

1:30 pm

Atalante

he kills them :D

1:30 pm

stidmama

they happen in spurts. a lot during school holidays.

1:31 pm

Trifioso

oh.....better mind my p's and q's then!

1:31 pm

stidmama

how about this presentation title: Microbial Fuel Cells

1:31 pm

cjmomma

I've seen them twice and only been doing this a month now

1:31 pm

Atalante

that#s an interesting thing

1:31 pm

Trifioso

gosh. can you sexy that up a bit?

1:32 pm

stidmama

that is why we are often reluctant to interact with new people ... trolls are almost invariably new names; though a few of us more established folk can be trollish at times

1:32 pm

stidmama

LOL trifioso! it is a good idea, using natural processes without toxic byproducts to slowly charge batteries

1:32 pm

Trifioso

I think I might be a repeat offender, always in here moaning my jilted status....i had better shut it, I think

1:32 pm

cjmomma

they tick me off cuase I can't use the clues fast enough! lol

1:33 pm

Trifioso

okay, stid, let me think.....there has got to be a sexy title in there somewhere.....

1:33 pm

Atalante

I think you can see the difference between you and troll brats, trif!

1:34 pm

dcseain

hi. naps good

1:34 pm

Trifioso

These Fuelish Games?

1:34 pm

cjmomma

hi dc

1:34 pm

shaggy2424

snoop dog is a baby troll

1:34 pm

Danielita1

ok...i need help w/ al 6,18

1:34 pm

Trifioso

Un-dirty Rotting soundrels?

1:35 pm

shaggy2424

huh me

1:35 pm

Trifioso

A-salt and battery?

1:35 pm

flosey

back again

1:35 pm

cjmomma

plural to al 5/10

1:35 pm

flosey

Dan, it's a plural

1:35 pm

PMS

Al6,18 pl of one before

1:35 pm

dcseain

hi, flo, still with the lovely table

1:35 pm

stidmama

hello flosey!

1:35 pm

shaggy2424

asl

1:35 pm

cjmomma

taking a break..bbs

1:36 pm

flosey

lol yes dc, and hi there stid

1:36 pm

Trifioso

anyone else think shaggy is a wolf in sheep's clothing?

1:36 pm

shaggy2424

nan stay

1:36 pm

Danielita1

i got the word

1:36 pm

db007264

1:36 pm

flosey

having trouble with first an5

1:36 pm

shaggy2424

wat word

1:36 pm

Flask1

hi again......a clue please for the FIRST la5/10 please?

1:36 pm

shaggy2424

what word

1:36 pm

Trifioso

flo - a + not far away

1:37 pm

flosey

Flask, double vowel

1:37 pm

flosey

sounds like boys name

1:37 pm

shaggy2424

huh

1:37 pm

db007264

1:37 pm

db007264

'

1:37 pm

db007264

'

1:37 pm

db007264

'

1:37 pm

db007264

;

1:37 pm

db007264

H

1:37 pm

db007264

G

1:37 pm

db007264

DF

1:37 pm

flosey

thanks tri

1:37 pm

stidmama

that is a fun table, flosey! LOL

1:37 pm

flosey

thanks stid

1:37 pm

Trifioso

did you make that table flosey? it's brilliant!

1:37 pm

dcseain

ty, flo

1:38 pm

shaggy2424

db thats not funny log off ur anyoing me

1:38 pm

flosey

no tri, found it on google

1:38 pm

Trifioso

wow - how much do you reckon it weighs?

1:38 pm

flosey

I think pretty heavy

1:39 pm

shaggy2424

huh wat weights

1:39 pm

flosey

I would not be able to lift it

1:39 pm

Trifioso

i know, right? still, how cool!

1:39 pm

flosey

could I have a clue for ar7 please?

1:40 pm

dcseain

yes, good iron work is always a joy to behold. :) even if it can't really be held

1:40 pm

Trifioso

oooh, I just found an ar4 that really describes the trolls

1:40 pm

Trifioso

don't have it yet flosey. This grid is like walking through waist high snow

1:40 pm

dcseain

ty, triflo

1:41 pm

Atalante

ar7 - football club called the gunners

1:41 pm

flosey

indeed Trif, and how well I remember doing that

1:41 pm

BabbleRabble

ar 7 -- a + avian type of soup and grain staple of asia" **ce

1:41 pm

BabbleRabble

an 7

1:41 pm

flosey

extension of an4/4 BR

1:42 pm

BabbleRabble

I am done just can't type

1:42 pm

stidmama

well -- the lectures appear to be over for the day!

1:42 pm

stidmama

EARLY even --

1:42 pm

stidmama

most days they have been running TWO HOURS over time!

1:42 pm

dcseain

what a treat, stid

1:42 pm

flosey

thanks for ar clue BR

1:43 pm

Trifioso

sorry, stid, but I am a little out of your loop - do you give lectures, listen to them, or wait for others to return from them?

1:43 pm

flosey

oh my, that's pretty heavy stid

1:43 pm

Flask1

flosey can't get that la word with your clue...sorry!

1:43 pm

dcseain

she's in school, triflo :)

1:43 pm

stidmama

I am finishing taking a course in microbial ecology

1:44 pm

stidmama

BR, can you try again on the AR 7?

1:44 pm

dcseain

flask, like a man's name for 1st LA5

1:44 pm

Atalante

ar7 - football club called the gunners. *gun*ners. place where guns are stored

1:44 pm

harpjane

hello

1:45 pm

stidmama

AHA! thanks BR and atalante!

1:45 pm

stidmama

hey harp!

1:45 pm

dcseain

hello harp, and ty ata

1:45 pm

BabbleRabble

I clued the an 7 and typed ar 7

1:45 pm

Trifioso

hello jane - lovely icon today!

1:45 pm

Atalante

hi harp!

1:45 pm

flosey

wondered BR, didn't match but got the ar word anyway

1:46 pm

harpjane

thanks tri, it's me in the sixties?

1:47 pm

Trifioso

lol. mine would be wilma flintstone, to whom I bear a striking resembllance

1:47 pm

flosey

I seem to be having trouble with the 7s - need a clue for ca7 please

1:47 pm

stidmama

okay, we are dismissed, will babble from home later...

1:48 pm

stidmama

*poof*

1:48 pm

Trifioso

bye stid - safe home! and flo, I am stuck on the same word, so I am no help

1:48 pm

flosey

maybe dear soul with rescue us trif

1:49 pm

Trifioso

well, we have the first four letters, right? hoping the monkeys will provide

1:49 pm

flosey

yes

1:49 pm

dcseain

it ends with German 'valey' and builds from the sining

1:49 pm

flosey

have been monkeying all round

1:50 pm

dcseain

just found it.

1:50 pm

Trifioso

dc - are you talking to us?

1:50 pm

dcseain

yes, triflo :)

1:50 pm

BabbleRabble

ends with " deck tje ***ls

1:51 pm

Trifioso

oh, just SHOOT ME! I wasnt' even looking that way. God bless you

1:51 pm

Atalante

ca7 - epica***** fold of Asian people

1:51 pm

dcseain

VERY twisty grid today. the consonant-heavy ones usually are

1:51 pm

flosey

thanks BR, will have to look up meaninig of that one

1:51 pm

dcseain

oh, good clue, ata :)

1:52 pm

Trifioso

hmmm. I am dark and twisty, so you think this would be easier....

1:52 pm

Atalante

ty! I've been trying to use that all day!

1:52 pm

Trifioso

sorry - use what?

1:53 pm

Atalante

this as a clue; ca7 - epica***** fold of Asian people

1:53 pm

flosey

BR - thought for a minute you were using one of TJ's fishy Christmas carols

1:54 pm

Trifioso

hey ata, wanna hear my good news of the day? I went to the bank to open a checking account in my own name, and I got a free cooler with a radio in it, to take to the beach in summer. yay me!

1:55 pm

flosey

wow trif, that's great

1:55 pm

Trifioso

i have to take my joy where i can find it....

1:55 pm

Atalante

shouldn't they give you something wintery??!!

1:56 pm

Trifioso

oh, hey - has anyone seen "australia?" I was thinking of going tonight whilst the kids are at dinner with their dad, but I am not sure if it is a tear-jerker movie or not. Not really in the mood for more crying

1:56 pm

dcseain

no one here likes to think about the winter. most of us see it as something to be endured.

1:56 pm

Atalante

it's meant to be teary, someone was saying yesterday

1:56 pm

flosey

sorry trif, haven't seen it

1:57 pm

Trifioso

hmmm. well, staring at hugh jackman might be good

1:57 pm

Atalante

thats always good

1:59 pm

Trifioso

anything has got to be better than just sitting here alone while they go out

1:59 pm

harpjane

I'm so excited, I got my digital tv box !

2:00 pm

harpjane

now maybe i can watch House!

2:00 pm

Trifioso

yay harp! is that one of those converter things?

2:00 pm

dcseain

oh, cool, jane!

2:01 pm

Atalante

oh dear. someone I knew nearly 15 years ago came adn talked to me on facebook a few days ago, and now he's dropped his girlfriend because I'm talking to him again (apparently he never stopped loooooving me, even though we were only friends!)

2:01 pm

harpjane

yup, we get our tv through the airwaves so this will mean we can still watch tv next year....

2:01 pm

Trifioso

ata! how do you feel about that????

2:01 pm

dcseain

good gracious, ata

2:01 pm

harpjane

sounds a bit forward to me ata

2:01 pm

dcseain

that's a silly move on his part for a short chat after so long a gap

2:01 pm

Trifioso

wait a second - he isn't an irish guy from boston, is he?

2:01 pm

Haz1558

Smug. She's bound to feel smug.

2:02 pm

dcseain

why do you suppose that, haz?

2:02 pm

harpjane

is the ta7 a plural?

2:02 pm

Haz1558

Because she's Atalante. She is smug.

2:02 pm

dcseain

yes, jane

2:03 pm

dcseain

oh, that she. :">

2:03 pm

harpjane

thanks

2:03 pm

Atalante

I shouldn't laugh about it, but I am!

2:03 pm

dcseain

as is fitting, ata :D

2:03 pm

Atalante

and smug of course :P

2:04 pm

Haz1558

I'd check out if he'd been spending time at the Home for the Bewildered. Not that it isn't understandable that he should retain feelings but 15 years and a short chat?

2:04 pm

Trifioso

omg, this grid BLOWS. I finally get my sister to play yesterday, and then today we get THSI

2:05 pm

Trifioso

she is NEVER gonna come back now

2:05 pm

dcseain

and if he's spent 15 yrs pining after you, goodness he needs mental help. Time to move on, dude.

2:05 pm

Haz1558

You'd be surprised. Some people get addicted really quickly.

2:06 pm

dcseain

yes, i imagine i would be surprised. sigh

2:06 pm

Atalante

I'm obviously just soooo wonderful!!!

2:06 pm

dcseain

well, yes, but stil, sheesh.

2:07 pm

Atalante

I like men spending 15 years pining over me! it's ego-boosting!

2:07 pm

Trifioso

sounds like gum on your shoe, to me, ata

2:07 pm

Haz1558

He sounds like a bit of a dead loss to me. Hardly Action Man!

2:08 pm

Atalante

lol I don't intend on talking to him anymore, after that little outburst. not fair on him

2:08 pm

dcseain

sound plan, ata, and i agree, haz

2:08 pm

Haz1558

Poor man. Another 15 years of pining ahead.

2:09 pm

garyandjulie

as

2:09 pm

Atalante

he *does* look good in a kilt thouh. He's very Scottish

2:09 pm

FMitch

Sounds rather creepy, if you ask me.

2:09 pm

Haz1558

Scotsmen are quite intense.

2:09 pm

dcseain

here's hoping the woman he dumped is understanding. otoh, i bet he dies alone. and i agree there, FM, i was worried about stalking

2:09 pm

Trifioso

hmmm - does he go native under that kilt????

2:09 pm

Atalante

*sigh* I'm used to it

2:10 pm

Haz1558

Well! Fmitch is here! Good evening!

2:10 pm

Atalante

hi FM!

2:10 pm

FMitch

Evening one and all
just waiting for the kettle to boil :)

2:10 pm

Haz1558

Don't watch the kettle if you want it to boil.

2:10 pm

Atalante

mmmm tea, yes please!

2:11 pm

Trifioso

could you upload me a cuppa, please?

2:11 pm

dcseain

ooh, tea, yes pls

2:11 pm

FMitch

LOL
Pomegranate and plum, PG ?

2:12 pm

Atalante

haven;t you got any earl grey?

2:12 pm

Dorens

ahah! home early from school... doctor loaded me up with antibiotics and i want some tea too. nice to find you all here

2:12 pm

FMitch

*gets lots of mugs out of the cupboard, rootles about for cookies*

2:12 pm

dcseain

stid got out of school early too, welcome, dorens

2:12 pm

erica1126

hi all.

2:12 pm

FMitch

Back in a tick

2:12 pm

Haz1558

Hello Dorens

2:13 pm

dcseain

*add some butter cookies to the spread*

2:13 pm

Dorens

i was sent home by my principal... she made me go to the doctor. i normally don't go for "just a cold" hi haz

2:13 pm

dcseain

i see, dorens. i do hope you feel better soon

2:13 pm

Haz1558

FMitch mentioned a tick? We don't need ticks around.

2:13 pm

Atalante

not lyme disease! where??!!

2:13 pm

Dorens

i'm bound to dc, thanks

2:14 pm

dcseain

is there lyme in britain, too?

2:14 pm

Haz1558

I don't know, but I'm spraying antiseptic just in case.

2:14 pm

Dorens

haz, someone mentioned recently that you hadn't been around much. glad to see you here... is this your regular time of day now?

2:14 pm

Atalante

very little, dc

2:15 pm

Atalante

she's been in the house for the bewildered

2:15 pm

dcseain

huh. i tought it was an East NA thing. here, lyme is quite common.

2:15 pm

Haz1558

No, Dorens, I'm usually on earlier in the day. I was taking a little break in order to keep a low profile, so to speak. I was actually taking a masterclass in sewing but I knew no-one would believe me.

2:15 pm

Atalante

hahahaha *not laughing*

2:15 pm

FMitch

and by the powers of babble magic *serves tea to all*

2:16 pm

dcseain

oh, what fun, haz!

2:16 pm

Dorens

no why would they believe that? not dramatic enough

2:16 pm

Haz1558

Many regulars know that I have needle and thread issues. We don't get on.

2:16 pm

dcseain

ty, FM *butter cookie anyone?*

2:16 pm

FMitch

'cos Haz hates anything to do with needles and threads!

2:17 pm

FMitch

yum dc :)

2:17 pm

Haz1558

The Home for the Bewildered is MUCH more likely. Or helping George Clooney learn his lines.

2:17 pm

dcseain

machine sewing has little relation to needles, and only modederate relation to thread, really.

2:17 pm

Atalante

they get on MG and old trikes

2:17 pm

Dorens

did you bake them dc?

2:17 pm

Atalante

*like MG and old trikes

2:17 pm

dcseain

al4, no, dorens, store bought they are

2:18 pm

Dorens

then i can resist, thank you

2:18 pm

Atalante

Yoda dc is

2:18 pm

FMitch

oh machine sweing can be incredible when you freestyle it w/out the foot as part of an embroidery

2:19 pm

FMitch

*sits back down quietly*

2:19 pm

dcseain

oh, sorry. i do that sometimes thanks to great-grandma and grandma. their native language is OVS

2:19 pm

Atalante

*everyone stares at FM*

2:19 pm

dcseain

indeed it can, FM

2:19 pm

Haz1558

(I'm picturing FM with a wild look in her eye and organ music blaring as she free-sews)

2:19 pm

Atalante

the phaaaaaantom of the sewing machine is here ....

2:19 pm

FMitch

*pulls blankie over head and hides*

2:19 pm

dcseain

ROFL haz :D

2:19 pm

FMitch

LOL!

2:20 pm

EspritdJean

OVS?

2:20 pm

dcseain

oh, new kitten pix in my flickr, by the by

2:20 pm

Dorens

haz that made me laugh out loud, literally, and then coughing fit ensued

2:20 pm

Haz1558

Would Andrew Lloyd Webber be able to make something of it? He needs inspiration for Eurovision.

2:20 pm

Atalante

I'm just looking at Hobbit nad Spangle in their pics. How come Haz gets a quiet, clean, tidy spaniel?

2:20 pm

dcseain

object verb subject, mirror image of SVO of English

2:20 pm

Haz1558

Oh Dorens. I'm a danger to babblers sometimes.

2:21 pm

MetFan

Greetings everyone. Been on lurk mode for awhile. Here on a mental health day from work.

2:21 pm

dcseain

howdy, met, how've you been?

2:21 pm

MetFan

I'm great, DC, and you?

2:21 pm

Dorens

hi met

2:21 pm

Haz1558

Hello Met - and Esprit as well.

2:22 pm

dcseain

well, ty

2:22 pm

FMitch

dc what a sweet kitten, how long have you had him?
Hi MF

2:22 pm

MetFan

Hi, Haz

2:22 pm

FMitch

Hello Esprit

2:22 pm

dcseain

um... about a month, FM

2:22 pm

MetFan

Dorens, long time no see

2:22 pm

dcseain

hi, esprit

2:22 pm

EspritdJean

hi FM

2:22 pm

EspritdJean

hi dc

2:23 pm

Pinikula

hi all (lunchtime)

2:23 pm

Haz1558

How are you, Esprit?

2:23 pm

dcseain

did my answer make sense, jean?

2:23 pm

dcseain

hi, pini

2:23 pm

Dorens

true met, we probably are on at different times

2:23 pm

flosey

Hi again everyone, back with fresh baked rum-soaked currant, orange zest, shortbread cookies to go with tea

2:23 pm

Dorens

hi pini, jean

2:23 pm

EspritdJean

yes but I was not familiar with that

2:23 pm

Dorens

oh flosey that sounds terrific. can NOT resist that

2:23 pm

dcseain

Goodness! someone slammed the sliding door downstairs. Oh, their teenager must be home.

2:23 pm

Haz1558

Hello flosey.

2:24 pm

FMitch

Oh flosey they sound devine!

2:24 pm

MetFan

I spent Thanksgiving week with Pugmama, and she has a new kitty, very sweet, but can be a mischievous brat, too.

2:24 pm

dcseain

oh, yummy, flosey, ty!

2:24 pm

flosey

hi Haz, good to see you

2:24 pm

herinfernallady

Hi

2:24 pm

Haz1558

You too, flosey.

2:24 pm

dcseain

yes, kittens and two-yr-olds are much alike in that, mut

2:24 pm

dcseain

hi, lady! :D

2:24 pm

Dorens

but new kittens are always so much fun

2:24 pm

flosey

hi herin

2:25 pm

Dorens

herin had a new kitten last year, yes?

2:25 pm

flosey

could I have a clue for ta6 please?

2:25 pm

herinfernallady

How are you?

2:25 pm

MetFan

Hi, herin, Flosey

2:25 pm

herinfernallady

Yes Dorens

2:25 pm

flosey

hi Met

2:26 pm

dcseain

i'm well, lady. you should see me LJ over last severa days, and my flickr

2:26 pm

herinfernallady

Waves back to every one.

2:26 pm

dcseain

mi kitten's cute/annoying trick is to crawl into my arms while i'm typing

2:27 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Alby

2:28 pm

MetFan

Can't leave a bathroom door open around Pug's - the kitty (we've taken to calling her "Beast!!") shreds rolls of toilet paper faster than you can blink an eye!!

2:28 pm

dcseain

he grooms you back, lady

2:28 pm

flosey

my cat has suddenly refused to come into the house - he's around, comes for food but waits for me to put it outside the door - don't understand, he still likes to be patted, etc. but outside only

2:28 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for ta5-10 the 1st? Thanks

2:28 pm

dcseain

yes, they are won to do dothat

2:28 pm

dcseain

plural of the food, peach

2:28 pm

Trifioso

can

2:28 pm

Trifioso

can

2:29 pm

Trifioso

can

2:29 pm

Dorens

yes trif.. french dance

2:29 pm

dcseain

well, he knows he's welckme, flosey

2:29 pm

Trifioso

lol

2:29 pm

dcseain

i didn' t know you danced, triflo

2:29 pm

Haz1558

ta5/10 - add a consonant to the preceding ta4/4. Last two letters begin the Camelot King.

2:29 pm

flosey

thanks Haz

2:30 pm

herinfernallady

Flosey have you changed anything in the house?

2:30 pm

Trifioso

what the hell goes on with this chog sometime?

2:30 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome.

2:30 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

dcseain, I have the food one as ta5-12 Is that the one you clued?

2:30 pm

MetFan

Can anyone please clue me for the 1st or 2nd ar6/21?? Thanx

2:30 pm

Trifioso

I was trying to say "I can't wait til Christmas,and my son gets his new kitty."

2:31 pm

dcseain

sorry for teh 10 add a cons to the 4 before it

2:31 pm

Haz1558

ar6/21 the second is a word meaning ordinary, the first is structured the same but ends in a different vowel.

2:31 pm

flosey

no herin, but our neighbour/helper is here a lot, but cat seems very friendly with him

2:31 pm

dcseain

ar6 - places where sports events are held

2:31 pm

herinfernallady

Trifs it gets possessed. DC I haven't been able to open more than one tab as someone in the house used all my 5 gig to download a lot of crap

2:31 pm

dcseain

ar6 - past of the verb, as in he has ar6

2:32 pm

herinfernallady

Hi met. I don't see you around much

2:32 pm

dcseain

it's weird to me that you have download limits, an i forget that

2:32 pm

MetFan

TY DC and Haz

2:32 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, Met.

2:32 pm

Atalante

possessed? are we back with the Bewildered?

2:32 pm

MetFan

Hi herin. I mostly lurk, that is when I do get to play

2:33 pm

Haz1558

The Bewildered aren't possessed, they're just adjusting to different standards of reality.

2:33 pm

Trifioso

huh? don't get the past tense...past tense of the sports event place?

2:33 pm

herinfernallady

I don't. It drives me nuts. Luckily he redeemed himself by bringing home a gift from a work supplier. :D (which he didn't have to do)

2:33 pm

dcseain

no, two diferent ar6s, triflo

2:33 pm

bichon

Hi Met fan from another Met fan

2:33 pm

Trifioso

lady chanel!

2:33 pm

herinfernallady

No need to lurk Met

2:33 pm

dcseain

a bull ar5 plurals to ar6

2:33 pm

erica1126

i have officially been assimilated :)

2:33 pm

Atalante

a gift? how lovely!

2:34 pm

dcseain

hi, erica, glad t have you

2:34 pm

Haz1558

Congratulations erica!

2:34 pm

MetFan

Hi bichon. I believe we've talked before, some time ago.

2:34 pm

erica1126

thx.

2:34 pm

Trifioso

erica! looking PRO today!

2:34 pm

dcseain

or, met do you mean 1st 2 ar6s - they are different by final vowel - weird/old/mysterious

2:34 pm

erica1126

eh- yeah. looks can be deceiving.

2:35 pm

herinfernallady

Yes. Ata. He got a supplier a multi million dollar deal. They brought him Chanel for the lady (snort) of the house and Remy Martin for him

2:35 pm

bichon

Yes, Met fan. Did you have a Bichon at one time?

2:35 pm

dcseain

bichon, welcome back

2:35 pm

MetFan

Sometimes. herin, if I don't lurk, it takes forever to do a grid.

2:35 pm

MetFan

Yes, a Bichon-poodle mix

2:35 pm

dcseain

nice of them to think of ou at all, lady

2:35 pm

herinfernallady

HI ERICA welcome

2:35 pm

Atalante

goodness me!

2:35 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Bichon

2:35 pm

erica1126

thanks herin!

2:35 pm

bichon

I've been in and out. Trip to Costco and two dog walks

2:36 pm

MetFan

LOVE COSTCO!!!!!

2:36 pm

Trifioso

my friend sally, a realtor, was kvetzing today about a lawyer she did a HUGE deal for, and he sent her a paltry $10 fruit assortment for a thank you. lovely

2:37 pm

herinfernallady

Trifs some companies don't know how to do business.

2:37 pm

bichon

Kvetzing as in complaining?

2:37 pm

Trifioso

yup

2:37 pm

Atalante

costco is HELL! but wonderful

2:37 pm

erica1126

trif- i work for attorneys. they are either generous or draining. no middle ground.

2:37 pm

Trifioso

wow, I am betting there was some excitement at costco today!

2:37 pm

herinfernallady

It does help that the supplier walked in at the right time when his company had bought out the entire state of supplies

2:38 pm

Dorens

costco is the best - just don't like the lines at the end

2:38 pm

bichon

Costco's not so bad if you go on a weekday, early. If you time it right, you can eat their samples for lunch

2:38 pm

Trifioso

erica - do they handle domestic law, and are they in massachusetts, by any chance?

2:38 pm

EspritdJean

kvetching

2:38 pm

MetFan

So many people at Costco near me have no manners when manipulating the aisles, they park DEAD CENTER so you can't get around them, but I love shopping there for the bargains!!!!

2:38 pm

bichon

Trif, why wa their excitement at Costco today? iT LOOKED PRETTY CALM TO ME

2:38 pm

Trifioso

Bichon, that makes me laugh, I must admit. You buy food that is hermetically sealed in six ways, just in case it has been tampered with, and then eat food a stranger hands you in the store.

2:39 pm

Dorens

and their food is divine

2:39 pm

erica1126

trif- sorry, pal. i am in ((TEXAS)). domestic- do you mean American or family?

2:39 pm

bichon

sorry for the caps, damned laptop

2:39 pm

MetFan

They never sample-ize anything I'd put in my mouth!!

2:39 pm

Trifioso

family law. I need a shark of a divorce attorney, me thinks

2:39 pm

bichon

I had a sample of instant mashed potatoes that tasted like the real McCoy

2:40 pm

erica1126

ew. i wouldn't work in that area if i was held at gunpoint.

2:40 pm

herinfernallady

Is Costco like Aldi?

2:40 pm

Dorens

i think i draw the line at instant mashed potatoes

2:40 pm

periwinkle

Trif, did you mean kvetching as in complaining?

2:40 pm

MetFan

So do I

2:40 pm

erica1126

i can definitely check with some sources, trif.

2:40 pm

Trifioso

oh, I must admit, I was an instant spud holdout, and then the DH bought some and they were really good! Have used them in a few emergencies

2:40 pm

dcseain

has it an other meaning, peri?

2:40 pm

Trifioso

yes, peri, why did I spell it wrong? that's normal, for me

2:41 pm

periwinkle

yes, you spelled it incorrectly but I knew what you meant

2:41 pm

Trifioso

with my luck it probably means "mother's vagina" or something....

2:41 pm

bichon

What is Aldi? herin, they are opening one in my town

2:41 pm

periwinkle

no other meaning that I am aware of

2:41 pm

dcseain

no, lady. Costco is a warehouse store offering large sizes.

2:42 pm

dcseain

Aldi is a deep-discount chain that is bare-bones, limited selection, and very cheap. They are affiliated with Trader Joes here in teh States.

2:42 pm

periwinkle

Costco is like BJ's

2:42 pm

Trifioso

herin - if you should need a 5-gallon container of mayo, Costco is your place

2:42 pm

periwinkle

don't like Aldi

2:42 pm

EspritdJean

and Sam's Club

2:42 pm

bichon

Oh cool! Someplace in Middletown that's interesting

2:42 pm

MetFan

LOVE BJ'S TOO!!!

2:42 pm

periwinkle

Aldi's near me has mostly canned goods and some produce

2:42 pm

EspritdJean

and Big Lots

2:42 pm

Dorens

i love trader joe's

2:42 pm

dcseain

Aldi is not like Trader Joes, though you'll find some TJs proucts there

2:43 pm

EspritdJean

Aldi's in the USA is a lower end chain store

2:43 pm

periwinkle

did not realized that Aldis was associated with Trader Joe's. Love Trader Joe's

2:43 pm

EspritdJean

Trader Joe's is wonderful

2:43 pm

MetFan

Don't have a Sam's on Lawn Guyland except far out east

2:43 pm

Trifioso

Esprit! THERE you are! Darling, how are you? I have been carrying you in my heart all day....

2:43 pm

bichon

It used to be that only Jewish people used Yiddish words. Now everyone knows them and it's confusing

2:43 pm

EspritdJean

Aldi is not associates with Trader Joe

2:43 pm

helenkeller

hey all, just wanted to say that TJ's has zero affiliation with Aldi, they just happen to be owned by two German brothers, the Albrechts

2:43 pm

dcseain

costoc and bjs are better than sams, i think

2:44 pm

Dorens

hey hk, nice to see you

2:44 pm

EspritdJean

Hi Tri - I did not do it yesterday. My car wouldn't start and I interpreted it as a reprieve

2:44 pm

MetFan

Every New Yawker speaks Yiddish as a second language....

2:44 pm

periwinkle

hi helenkeller

2:44 pm

Norma

clue please la5 the first one ;o)

2:44 pm

herinfernallady

BIChon www.aldi.com

2:44 pm

helenkeller

one brother owns TJ's, the other owns Aldi - I'm guessing they are not much hurting for money :)

2:44 pm

erica1126

<<shrirking like a complete babble idiot>> how do i add the flag?

2:44 pm

helenkeller

heya peri!

2:44 pm

Dorens

non jews don't have the right accent, for the most part

2:44 pm

helenkeller

heya doren!

2:45 pm

dcseain

hi, HK

2:45 pm

bichon

Or spelling

2:45 pm

MetFan

Lots of Yiddish you need to sound like you're choking on phlegm....

2:45 pm

herinfernallady

IF you get a warehouse still Aldi its fairly OK but if its small its a little difficult. I shop there for most stuff as its cheaper than Coles or Woolies.

2:45 pm

dcseain

1st la5 double vovel, like a man's name

2:45 pm

periwinkle

55 left here and tired of this grid

2:45 pm

helenkeller

hey dc!

2:46 pm

herinfernallady

size not still

2:46 pm

Dorens

i watched a special on Luciano Pavarotti the other day and they interviewed Renata Scotto

2:47 pm

bichon

Wish I had seen it Dorens

2:47 pm

periwinkle

does anyone know if nrkii had her surgery yet?

2:47 pm

helenkeller

i have always been so sad to be tone-deaf

2:47 pm

herinfernallady

Yes she did Peri

2:47 pm

helenkeller

: )))

2:47 pm

Norma

thanks dc

2:47 pm

dcseain

i'm not a fan of aldi, but my sister likes it

2:47 pm

periwinkle

when?

2:47 pm

periwinkle

I sent her a message on Facebook asking when and she did not respond to me

2:47 pm

Haz1558

peri, I think she mentioned that she is recovering, so that means that she is through it.

2:47 pm

bichon

th 5/6 combo?

2:47 pm

dcseain

the ANs are a PIA today

2:47 pm

Dorens

it was on pbs bichon.. maybe it will be repeated this week??

2:48 pm

helenkeller

can't stand to shop at Aldi, feels like I am in a third world country

2:48 pm

periwinkle

just finished them, dc, what do you need.

2:48 pm

dcseain

exactly, HK

2:48 pm

Dorens

never been there, but love tj's

2:48 pm

periwinkle

I am in the ar words at the moment

2:48 pm

Atalante

yes, she has. it din't go brilliantly, but it went ok

2:48 pm

dcseain

i'm dwn to 4, i'll keep looking for the moment, ty peri,but i'll let you know

2:48 pm

herinfernallady

Bichon: http://www.simplesavings.com.au/ This website not only rocks it has a handy what is good at aldi (well aus food so i don't know if its the same)

2:48 pm

Atalante

nrkii's surgery

2:48 pm

Haz1558

th5 - definite article, follow with first letters of LA's state.

2:48 pm

periwinkle

thanks for the update, folks

2:48 pm

Dorens

say hk. you live in illinois, right? what do you think about your governor?

2:48 pm

helenkeller

i am working at TJ's now, that's partly why I haven't been chatting much, very physical, but very fun

2:49 pm

Haz1558

th6 - continues along the same theme.

2:49 pm

herinfernallady

HK I understand what you are saying but what do you mean?

2:49 pm

EspritdJean

I bet his day was ruined this morning

2:49 pm

MetFan

PBS will be running a special on Roy Orbison soon - probably for a fund campaign.\

2:49 pm

helenkeller

doren - i was thinking this is like our 5th governor now to get arrested/jailed, seriously something wrong with the politics here :(

2:49 pm

Dorens

i've always wondered abou tthem... the folks who work there seem like they're at a party, at least at my local tj's they do...how do they manage to keep y'all so happy?

2:49 pm

lynxxx

Goodmorning everyone. Nice to see you Hellen K!

2:50 pm

dcseain

they seem likea good place to work, HK

2:50 pm

dcseain

hi, lynxxx

2:50 pm

MetFan

Hi lynxxx - long time!!

2:50 pm

Dorens

that is what they say about new jersey politics

2:50 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Lynxx

2:50 pm

periwinkle

the folks are the TJ"s near me are always pretty happy too

2:50 pm

HarryHood

55 left! bbl!

2:50 pm

Dorens

hi lynxxxx

2:50 pm

dcseain

hasta, harry

2:50 pm

bichon

ty Haz for the th

2:50 pm

herinfernallady

DC can i speak to you on yahoo please?

2:50 pm

helenkeller

herin - aldis is so bare bones, no selection, doesn't seem to be much value place on quality products, that's what i meant by third world

2:50 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, bichon.

2:51 pm

herinfernallady

OH OK. Ours is full of stuff. Tis great

2:51 pm

helenkeller

yep - at the tj's training, they stress the happy, they want people to feel like this is their old-time corner grocery store - i think they weed out the sad-saps

2:52 pm

helenkeller

also, they give great benefits for part-time work, bc/bs ppo, dental, vision, retirement plan + 10% discount on shopping

2:52 pm

EspritdJean

I have to give them credit for their training then, because my expriences at TJ's are always nice

2:52 pm

bichon

ty herin for the link to

2:52 pm

periwinkle

wow those are great benefits for pt

2:52 pm

KatieMcG

Haz it's good to see you :-)

2:52 pm

bichon

Aldis

2:52 pm

Dorens

it certainly works.. it does make us want to come back often, aside from the nice food

2:52 pm

helenkeller

heya lynxxxxy!

2:52 pm

KatieMcG

evening again

2:53 pm

Haz1558

Hello Katie!

2:53 pm

lynxxx

hi Katie

2:53 pm

Karys

hello there Haz...have you been away ?

2:53 pm

Dorens

hi katie

2:53 pm

helenkeller

peri - & that's why I'm working there! :)

2:53 pm

herinfernallady

BIchon. I love simplesavings. Its free and gives out good advice

2:53 pm

Atalante

she's been Bewildered

2:53 pm

KatieMcG

I missed you :-) how has your weather been?

2:53 pm

Karys

and 'Hello' to everyone else !

2:53 pm

EspritdJean

anyone like to part with some clues for the 8s?

2:53 pm

herinfernallady

Helen that does sound like a nice place to work.

2:54 pm

Karys

Has she ?....was it good ?

2:54 pm

periwinkle

I like Cheapskate.com

2:54 pm

periwinkle

it is free too

2:54 pm

Haz1558

Hello Karys. Choose which you think most likely. (a) helping George Clooney learn his lines (B) giving a masterclass in free sewing (c) undergoing therapy for 'non reality' issues.

2:54 pm

helenkeller

and now i must run to shower & be off to TJ's - have a great day everyone! So nice to see you all again!

2:54 pm

dcseain

be well, HK, nice to see you

2:54 pm

Dorens

enjoy helen

2:54 pm

KatieMcG

I live in bewildered and it's not all is cracked up to be

2:54 pm

lynxxx

Bye Helen

2:55 pm

KatieMcG

bye Helen

2:55 pm

Karys

errm... none of those seems to fit my perception of the Haz I know and love !

2:55 pm

Haz1558

Esprit - ch8 is a fuel or an artistic medium and ca8/45 are yellow birds or Spanish islands.

2:56 pm

Karys

and those two c/8 's I have !!!

2:56 pm

Haz1558

No, the thought of me needing therapy for not being able to recognise reality is especially ridiculous, isn't it?

2:56 pm

EspritdJean

ty haz

2:56 pm

Karys

well, in this concept.....perhaps not !!!

2:56 pm

Haz1558

ca8/50 - first three letters of LA's state, American tin, two vowels at the beginning of a compass direction.

2:56 pm

bichon

tr 6/18?

2:56 pm

KatieMcG

Lol Haz pity the poor therapist

2:56 pm

Haz1558

The second ca8/50 is the same, save for the last vowel which is changed.

2:57 pm

EspritdJean

ty again haz

2:57 pm

dcseain

firewords

2:57 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, Esprit.

2:57 pm

periwinkle

yay for dc

2:57 pm

Haz1558

Congratulations dc!

2:57 pm

FMitch

congrats dc!

2:57 pm

Dorens

yay dc

2:57 pm

EspritdJean

got them easily with the definitions

2:57 pm

lynxxx

Congrats DC!

2:57 pm

Haz1558

I know, Katie. I knew things were going badly when she asked to lie down.

2:57 pm

Karys

ty..for that one Haz

2:58 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, Karys.

2:58 pm

KatieMcG

congrats dc

2:58 pm

bichon

tr 6?

2:58 pm

dcseain

ty, tough one today

2:58 pm

KatieMcG

I've been to therapy, hated the woman and was like a toddler throwing tantrums before I had to go but she was actually an angel and really helped :-)

2:58 pm

Karys

and the other one now (silly word )

2:59 pm

lynxxx

TY Haz - no wonder I coiuldn't monkey those ca8

2:59 pm

Haz1558

It would be a very inventive monkey to come up with them, lynxxx, you're right.

3:00 pm

periwinkle

two columns gray and 44 left, bbs

3:00 pm

Karys

snarl

3:00 pm

KatieMcG

play nicely now Karys

3:00 pm

bichon

doesn't anyone have the tr6?

3:00 pm

Karys

oh dear....sorry...knew I had done it...too late !!!

3:00 pm

Haz1558

tr6 - tr, then an anagram of a mathematics word, sounds like sign.

3:01 pm

herinfernallady

Hi anyone i missed

3:01 pm

Haz1558

Or, three letters for three, then three initials for compass directions (exclude west)

3:01 pm

KatieMcG

I did it earlier Karys, there is just no stopping it once you have hit that return

3:01 pm

Karys

going to watch 'Survivors' now....(til I get bored, see you in about 15 mins !)

3:02 pm

Haz1558

See you later, Karys.

3:02 pm

Trifioso

drat, gotta poof - secondo needs help with the fish tank....

3:02 pm

KatieMcG

thanks for the tr clue Haz

3:03 pm

Haz1558

You're welcome, Katie.

3:03 pm

dcseain

i must away and dress and what

3:03 pm

dcseain

lovely to see everyone

3:03 pm

bichon

Finally got it, ty Haz

3:03 pm

dcseain

{sneaks away}

3:03 pm

Haz1558

Glad you got there, bichon.

3:04 pm

lynxxx

bye DC

3:04 pm

Haz1558

See you later, dc.

3:04 pm

KatieMcG

bye dc

3:05 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Katie

3:05 pm

KatieMcG

Hi herin

3:06 pm

herinfernallady

How are you?

3:06 pm

KatieMcG

what a stupid an7 word!!!

3:07 pm

KatieMcG

I'm OK, going for a temporary promotion at work so a bit stressed about it, application done so all I can do how is pray!

3:10 pm

Norma

When are the folks home Katie?? Is it next Monday??

3:11 pm

KatieMcG

Yep next monday norma, I have heard from them and they are having a good time but it sounds like the weather has been a bit cloudy

3:11 pm

Norma

I bet it is a bit warmer than here though lol

3:11 pm

herinfernallady

Best wishes with that Katie. (I just booted my self)

3:12 pm

Norma

Good Luck at work ... let me know how you get on

3:13 pm

herinfernallady

I am waiting for the cat to fall off her pillow

3:13 pm

KatieMcG

Thanks herin & norma, interviews next Monday so will let you know, at least I only have three days left at work after that before I go away and I'm only in the office for one day if I don't get it and have to put on a brave face :-)

3:14 pm

KatieMcG

Lol herin, Casty has just fell off the ironing pile, serves her right I didn't do it so she could sleep on it!!

3:15 pm

KatieMcG

(I did it because Mari is in Cuba)

3:16 pm

Haz1558

I'll say goodnight, I've letters to write to accompany Christmas cards. See you tomorrow - bye!

3:16 pm

KatieMcG

night Haz, see you tomorrow

3:17 pm

Haz1558

Bye!

3:17 pm

Vicuna

Aargh! Missed Haz! Goodnight!

3:17 pm

Vicuna

And hello, everyone else.

3:17 pm

lynxxx

bye Haz

3:17 pm

lynxxx

hi Vi!

3:18 pm

KatieMcG

Hi Vi

3:19 pm

Vicuna

Good luck on promotion, Katie.

3:20 pm

KatieMcG

thanks vic, I'm just hoping if I don't get it I can be adult about it :-)

3:20 pm

Vicuna

Well, if you can't be adult about it, at least you can be a well-mannered child.

3:21 pm

KatieMcG

We get told on Monday and I don't have to go back into the office until Thursday so hopefully I will have got my acting skill in place by then

3:21 pm

KatieMcG

After that I can go to the Maldives to recover!!

3:22 pm

Vicuna

I'm sure you can handle anything, Katie! And with any luck no acting will be necessary - unless to hide the excess glee.

3:23 pm

Atalante

blooming heck. evil net keeps dying

3:23 pm

Vicuna

Hello, again, Ata!

3:23 pm

Vicuna

Did I see that you have a not-secret-enough admirer?

3:23 pm

lynxxx

hi Ata

3:23 pm

KatieMcG

Hi Ata :-)

3:24 pm

Atalante

hi again Vi dear!

3:24 pm

herinfernallady

HI vic

3:24 pm

KatieMcG

I had to go vic, who was it?

3:24 pm

Vicuna

Hello, herinfernal.

3:24 pm

Atalante

yes ..... I'm still giggling about that

3:25 pm

Vicuna

As long as there is distance between you, worth getting a kick out of!

3:26 pm

KatieMcG

I just saw them asking you to figure out the name

3:26 pm

Kazzer99

Evening all - hows it going - grid is interesting tonight

3:26 pm

Vicuna

I wasn't there, either, Katie, just saw the log.

3:26 pm

herinfernallady

KAtie my cat is a garfield

3:27 pm

Atalante

it's good for smugness :P

3:27 pm

KatieMcG

Ok well it's not what I saw, what time was it?

3:28 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Kazz. Im ignoring the grid in the hope it does it itself

3:28 pm

KatieMcG

why garfield herin?

3:28 pm

Vicuna

Ata, for goodness sake, don't tease poor Katie! Spill the beans again!

3:28 pm

Atalante

oh! LOL

3:28 pm

herinfernallady

Because shes a fatty

3:28 pm

Atalante

someone I used to know about 15 years ago has dumped his girlfriend after talking to me on facebook because he never got over me *sigh*

3:29 pm

KatieMcG

Crumble can join her herin

3:29 pm

herinfernallady

Have a look at my flicr

3:29 pm

lynxxx

what a femme fatale!

3:29 pm

KatieMcG

OMG i'm feeling slightly sick!!! Smugness in overdrive!!! Did he tell you when his midlife crisis started ;-)

3:30 pm

KatieMcG

I got mixed up I though vi was the one with a secret admirer when someone you knew was asking you to work out their name earlier

3:30 pm

Atalante

lol no. he just loooooooves me LOL

3:30 pm

herinfernallady

Ata stop breaking mens hearts

3:30 pm

Vicuna

Heh. All my myriad secret admirers must stil be just that -- secret.

3:30 pm

Kazzer99

herin - i wish the grid would do itself as well - 45 left and running out of steam

3:31 pm

KatieMcG

before you know it he will be sending you electronic love he**** :-)

3:31 pm

Kazzer99

i had a secret admirer once but i think my mum scared him off

3:32 pm

KatieMcG

One of my facebook friends has something going with someone in Holland and he keeps sending really sickly stuff to her, I wonder if he knows we can all see them

3:32 pm

KatieMcG

Lol Kazz

3:32 pm

herinfernallady

Kazz I dont think this will make you feel better I ahve found 1 word in 2 hours

3:32 pm

Kazzer99

i just got another one

3:32 pm

Atalante

nooooo! how funny!

3:32 pm

Kazzer99

word that is not secret admirer

3:32 pm

KatieMcG

I have never had a secret admirer, knowing my luck I would skip that and go straight to stalker

3:33 pm

Kazzer99

there is a thin line between the two

3:33 pm

Vicuna

Katie, you silly, maybe you have... but it was a secret! =P

3:33 pm

herinfernallady

My ex dumped me and went to stalker until i took him to court.

3:33 pm

KatieMcG

Ata, what did you say when he told you?

3:33 pm

Atalante

I've had the stalker thing, hopefully this one will just swoon from afar!

3:34 pm

KatieMcG

.....and electronically Ata, at least you can block him on facebook if he annoys you

3:34 pm

Vicuna

Why'd he dump you if he couldn't stay away?

3:35 pm

Atalante

exactly, katie :)

3:35 pm

KatieMcG

they never know what they have got until they throw it away!

3:35 pm

Kazzer99

anyone got the first la 5 please

3:36 pm

KatieMcG

sorry Kazz only la I am missing!

3:36 pm

jacq

hey everybody

3:36 pm

herinfernallady

HI Jac

3:36 pm

KatieMcG

Hi jacq

3:36 pm

jessmom

la5 la + the little mermaid's name is ***el

3:37 pm

lynxxx

la uses double vowel and sounds like one of the 3 Stooges

3:37 pm

herinfernallady

Vic because he is an idiot and thought he could get away with it but i has the smarts

3:37 pm

stidmama

hello again...

3:37 pm

Atalante

34, going to the list cos I've had a glass of wine and I can't think anymore!

3:38 pm

stidmama

*plies atalante with hogshead of wine*

3:38 pm

lynxxx

hi Stid! how did Friday go?

3:38 pm

Atalante

*falls over*

3:38 pm

Kazzer99

ty fir that lynxxx

3:39 pm

stidmama

it went really well lynxxx! thanks for asking! Tom set up the technology for me, and the presentation was well received.

3:39 pm

lynxxx

excellent!

3:39 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Stid

3:39 pm

stidmama

well, I think I don't need wine to need the list. 62 when I left a couple hours ago and still at 62...

3:40 pm

stidmama

:-D yes. and in a couple hours I go back to the college to have my evaluation conference. The college doesn't give letter grades, the teachers actually evaluate the students (rather like a job performance eval).

3:40 pm

lynxxx

I didn't even see the sc until I got the list out

3:40 pm

KatieMcG

thanks for the la clues

3:40 pm

stidmama

I think it will go okay, but you know... always a few butterflies!

3:40 pm

Atalante

you'll be brillant!

3:41 pm

Vicuna

Go, stidmama, go! BReak a leg, and all that!

3:41 pm

herinfernallady

Best wishes Stid YOU ROCK

3:41 pm

KatieMcG

I'm sure you will be fine stid :-)

3:41 pm

stidmama

thanks lady! and vi! and ata! and lynxxx! :-D

3:41 pm

jacq

god luck mama

3:41 pm

jacq

good luck too

3:41 pm

lynxxx

You will sail through Stid I am sure, you impress us all here - but good luck anyway!

3:41 pm

jacq

sorry had a couple of vodka's

3:42 pm

stidmama

you know, you babble buds helped me SO MUCH this quarter... you will never know. *considers how much a lifetime supply of choclit for each babbler would cost*

3:42 pm

Atalante

lol join the inebriated club jacq

3:42 pm

stidmama

*finishes calculation, faints and goes to get coffee*

3:42 pm

jacq

at least you can spell inebriateed

3:42 pm

stidmama

thanks also jac! :-D

3:42 pm

jacq

lol

3:42 pm

Vicuna

It would take a LOT of chocolate to be a lifetime supply for this crew, stidmama.

3:43 pm

Atalante

yeah, that was quite good, wasn't it!

3:43 pm

Vicuna

I'm not sure there's that much chocolate in the universe.

3:43 pm

jacq

they don't produce enough we would need installments

3:43 pm

KatieMcG

I can spell gin!!!! and tonic, with ice and lemon :-)

3:43 pm

stidmama

LOL vi!

3:43 pm

KatieMcG

and your company is all we require

3:44 pm

stidmama

oh gee, katie! *blush*

*shuffle feet*

shucks...

3:44 pm

KatieMcG

Can't believe I just turned down chocolate *shaking head sadly*

3:45 pm

Vicuna

I can spell floccinaucinihilipilification. Which always impresses the people who have been spelling too much gin.

3:45 pm

Atalante

I can copy adn paste it!

3:45 pm

jacq

spelling too much gin LOL

3:45 pm

Vicuna

If you are attempting to imply anything, Ms Atalante, I'll have you know I spelled that fair and square.

3:46 pm

stidmama

LOL vi! does it actually mean something, though? I know floccination... or is it flocculation? perhaps flagellation... *sigh*

3:46 pm

jacq

Katie!!!! now we all have t say that and i'm too poor to buy my own chocolate

3:46 pm

herinfernallady

MMM gin and elderflower and soda

3:46 pm

jacq

flagelating a dead equine

3:46 pm

stidmama

need the first AN 7 please?

3:46 pm

Atalante

mmhmmm I believe you

3:46 pm

KatieMcG

vic you have got to be careful about those ifications they can really hurt

3:47 pm

Vicuna

It means treating something as of no importance. As in, "I resent your floccinaucinihilipilification of my spelling ability."

3:47 pm

Vicuna

Of course "belittling" works just about as well, but where's the fun in that?

3:47 pm

jacq

stick most of the word fro a group of one more than two on to the an4 before it

3:47 pm

KatieMcG

a stupid stupid word stid, more of the 4 above, honestly!!

3:47 pm

lynxxx

an7 put a prefix for 3 on the end of an4.4

3:47 pm

jacq

lol Vic

3:47 pm

stidmama

thanks jacq

3:47 pm

Atalante

why use a simple word when a more complicated one will do

3:48 pm

jacq

it was longwinded and flowery but whatthe hey

3:48 pm

stidmama

aha! got it!

3:48 pm

Vicuna

Exactamundo, Ata.

3:48 pm

stidmama

one more A word and 46 others...

3:48 pm

jacq

Ata , do you write instruction manuals by any chance?

3:48 pm

joey

how about the first la5. i am lost. thanks

3:48 pm

Atalante

I could do!

3:48 pm

KatieMcG

you could have a role in government with long words like that Vi we like people not to understand us ;-)

3:49 pm

jacq

lol

3:49 pm

jacq

lol Katie

3:49 pm

jacq

it was clued a wee while ago Joey

3:49 pm

stidmama

when I grow up, I will be able to USE big words... (maybe)

3:49 pm

Vicuna

*going into Sir Mix-a-lot mode* I like big words and I cannot lie...

3:49 pm

joey

i am sorry, i just got one

3:49 pm

joey

on

3:49 pm

Vicuna

You other Babblers can't deny...

3:50 pm

Atalante

awww sily claws is here

3:50 pm

stidmama

oh dear, FIRST AR 6 please?

3:50 pm

stidmama

hello joey!

3:50 pm

KatieMcG

my favourite new one is worklessness, it's not been around that long and always makes me laugh

3:50 pm

lynxxx

la5 l & double vowel & engagement **ng

3:50 pm

joey

hi

3:50 pm

KatieMcG

obviously we don't use unemployed anymore

3:50 pm

stidmama

I could do with some worklessness....

3:51 pm

jacq

i suffer from worklessness

3:51 pm

stidmama

but first I need the education so I can be workless in a field I enjoy...

3:51 pm

Vicuna

Worklessness seems to me that it would in reality be quite different from unemployment.

3:51 pm

stidmama

is the second CA 8 similar to the first?

3:51 pm

jacq

nods, worklessness is more hopeless

3:51 pm

jacq

yes mama, change last vowel

3:51 pm

Vicuna

My first ar6 is past tense of ar5, but I make no guarantees.

3:51 pm

lynxxx

change the last vowel Stid

3:52 pm

KatieMcG

seriously we had a 'leaders for change' event on 'worklessness' - comments flew about the attendees on that one

3:52 pm

stidmama

oh piffle. italian/latin plural. poo.

3:52 pm

stidmama

thanks lynxxx and jac

3:52 pm

Vicuna

Well, when you're unemployed you may still have no shortage of work -- family, looking for job, dealing with house repairs, etc...

3:52 pm

jacq

unemployment is the inability to find any or suitable employment, worklessness is what we're approaching where employers are tightening belts and not employing, no jobs

3:53 pm

KatieMcG

worklessness is the description given to those who have had generations without a job as they have never been employed to be unemployed. in some communities there is no expectation that you will ever work

3:53 pm

Atalante

firebirdlessness!

3:53 pm

herinfernallady

Yah Ata

3:53 pm

jacq

lol

3:53 pm

stidmama

oh! there was a BBC article a day or two ago on that...

3:53 pm

KatieMcG

congrats ata

3:53 pm

Vicuna

I'm unemployed, because no one pays me to do a job, but I'm far from workless.

3:53 pm

stidmama

LOL atalante... you and me BOTH!

3:53 pm

stidmama

how about the third CA 8? I have the 6 that precedes

3:53 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Ata!

3:54 pm

lynxxx

Yellow birds Stid

3:54 pm

Atalante

there's a series going on, stid. on my LJ is a link to an interesting one - jobless because of mental illness

3:54 pm

jacq

the third is a group of islands popular with those holidaying in spain

3:54 pm

Vicuna

Ahh, I get it Katie. Well, that makes more sense. I thought it was being used merely as a pointless synonym.

3:54 pm

stidmama

my grandfather always says that he is not UNemployed. He is always employed (doing something) -- just doesn't get paid for it...

3:54 pm

KatieMcG

I think it was at first and then they found something to attach it to :-)

3:55 pm

stidmama

yello birds... singing birds?

3:55 pm

stidmama

YES! my budgie thinks he's one of those...

3:55 pm

grant

used in mines

3:55 pm

KatieMcG

ones who went down the mines to check for gas

3:55 pm

stidmama

actually my son's budgie... but he's BLEU, not yellow *grin*

3:55 pm

Vicuna

Yeah, I always think it's funny when people ask me if I work. I always reply, "Yes, but no one pays me for it."

3:55 pm

stidmama

thanks grant!

3:55 pm

Vicuna

Admittedly I try to work as little as possible...

3:55 pm

herinfernallady

nor why do cats have to curl their feet over their face and do very cute

3:55 pm

grant

glad to help

3:56 pm

stidmama

ahhh. *imaginging cute cats*

3:56 pm

KatieMcG

My worklessness has reduced since they banned babble at work!

3:56 pm

herinfernallady

I think house wives and mums are the most underpaid workers

3:56 pm

Vicuna

... Except that work that can be mistaken for play...

3:56 pm

KatieMcG

they get paid in love herin

3:56 pm

jacq

lol Katie

3:56 pm

herinfernallady

*stickyurl*

3:56 pm

stidmama

CH 6 please?

3:57 pm

Vicuna

... And I do get generous room and board! =D

3:57 pm

jacq

love?? it's not enough!!!

3:57 pm

KatieMcG

with some chocolate thrown in?

3:57 pm

aebmusica

tr6,plz

3:57 pm

Vicuna

Yep! Occasional chocolate when I'm good! ;)

3:57 pm

stidmama

I wouldn't mind at least getting credit toward retirement katie... you know by the time I finish my master's and get back to work it will have been 18 years since my "work" counted for retirement?

3:58 pm

stidmama

the tr 6/18 I have is latin "three" + first three letters of nutrition drink ***ure

3:58 pm

KatieMcG

I know, they keep talking about recognising it but truth be told I don't think they can afford it

3:58 pm

jacq

mama, doesn't being a stay at home mum give you credits?

3:59 pm

Vicuna

tr6/18 - prefix for 3 + Several Big parliamentary clocks minus B

3:59 pm

jacq

it does here, if you recieve benefits for children, like tax credits, you are awarded national insurance credits at the highest rate, to protect your pension

3:59 pm

stidmama

no jacq, it doesn't. I used to have sufficient credits with social security to get benefits if I got injured or reached retirement age, I now need to work for ten years to regain those

3:59 pm

KatieMcG

are you jacq, I didn't know!

3:59 pm

Vicuna

Intriguing, jacq!

3:59 pm

stidmama

I don't live in Canada though, just anticipating my visit with Jillibus later this month

3:59 pm

herinfernallady

thank yuo i was needing that

4:00 pm

aebmusica

that was a great clue Vic....but I don't understand it.

4:00 pm

stidmama

the United States is not truly family friendly, despite the rhetoric from the right-wingers

4:00 pm

Atalante

but staying at home trying to earn a living as an artist gives you no NI credit at all!

4:00 pm

jacq

yes katie, and if you are a carer, getting carers allownace you get the same benefit

4:00 pm

jacq

true Ata, but after you snuff it your work will be priceless

4:00 pm

stidmama

*noting once again that "rhetoric" and b***s*** have the same number of letters*

4:01 pm

Atalante

yeah, great for when I starve to death as a pensioner!

4:01 pm

KatieMcG

Right I'm off to bed, i'm getting up at 6am to leave the house by 7am and get to work at 8am, it means I can leave earlier but no more midnight stints on babble for me :-) See you all tomorrow :-)

4:01 pm

Atalante

night katie dear!

4:01 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams katie! (((hugs))) nice to talk with you for a change!

4:01 pm

stidmama

CH 6 pretty please?

4:01 pm

herinfernallady

I have to share: http://www.bloomsberry.com/

4:01 pm

Vicuna

lol, aebmusica! Okay, tr + end of French city Am----

4:01 pm

Vicuna

Goodnight, KatieMcG!

4:01 pm

jacq

i only have the ch8, sorry

4:01 pm

aebmusica

I don't know what a parlimentary clock is...I live in the Usa, Vic.

4:02 pm

KatieMcG

good luck with your assessment stid *poof*

4:02 pm

Vicuna

Or maybe t + anagram of getting the soap out of the laundry

4:02 pm

jacq

it's big and has part of the name for an icecream in it

4:02 pm

Atalante

everyone knows the parlimentary clock!

4:02 pm

jacq

*** and jerry's

4:02 pm

Vicuna

The famous clock on Britains Parliament is called Big B---

4:02 pm

KatieMcG

bong!

4:02 pm

lynxxx

ch6 continue the burn "** you like it"

4:02 pm

aebmusica

Merci...Vic, I know my French.

4:03 pm

Vicuna

But try replacing the cloc bit with several Mr Franklins, less the initial B

4:03 pm

stidmama

oh! I didn't know it was on the parliament building! *hangs head in shame* I thought maybe it was on city hall...

4:03 pm

jacq

ty lynxxx

4:03 pm

stidmama

thanks lynxxxx *thinking*

4:03 pm

inge

Is carleekat in the room? OUr news just predicted 10 inches of snow for your part of Ontario.

4:03 pm

inge

Hi stidmama

4:03 pm

stidmama

yes! it worked!

4:03 pm

herinfernallady

Yucky INge

4:04 pm

Atalante

I need to sleep too. bloody tired. good luck with the grid! byeee!

4:04 pm

Vicuna

Oh, glad you got it, aeb! lol. I was so busy thinking up alternates that I didn't notice at first!

4:04 pm

herinfernallady

I can send her a message

4:04 pm

stidmama

guten tag, inge! wie geht's? hier ist das Wetter ... "WET"! rofl at silly joke

4:04 pm

Vicuna

Goodnight, Ata! Sleep well!

4:04 pm

inge

No, she probably knows it already from her news

4:04 pm

jacq

LOL

4:04 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams atalante

4:04 pm

lynxxx

bye Ata

4:04 pm

jacq

bye Ata

4:04 pm

Vicuna

Guten Tag, inge.

4:05 pm

inge

Es regnet den ganzen Tag lang hier.

4:05 pm

herinfernallady

http://www.bloomsberry.com/ this has the most awesome chocolate lables

4:05 pm

stidmama

is the CH 8 then built on the 6?

4:05 pm

Vicuna

Regen, Regen, gehen Sie weg!

4:05 pm

inge

no! Two normal grid words amke it up

4:05 pm

Vicuna

No, stidmama. Unrelated compound.

4:05 pm

Dorens

no not really stid. want to barbecue?

4:06 pm

Kazzer99

hooray - fireworks - good - now i can play on little big planet for a bit before bed

4:06 pm

Dorens

yay kazzer

4:06 pm

Vicuna

Yay for Kazzer!

4:06 pm

grant

not exactly. it's a common word around the outdoor grill

4:06 pm

jacq

yes and no, take the four letter word from that then add another 4 letter word , black lump used in fires

4:06 pm

stidmama

LOL vi! *opening umbrella inside* bei hier, regnet in die :"lowlants" nennt schnee in die mountains... *realizing I have to review my vocabulary*

4:06 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Kazz!!

4:06 pm

stidmama

YAY kazzer!!!!

4:06 pm

inge

German kids dont have a rhyme to wish away rain. They do sing : Es regnet, es regnet, die Erde wird nass

4:06 pm

stidmama

thanks grant *thinking*

4:07 pm

Vicuna

Well, that's not imparting any new knowledge, inge! lol

4:07 pm

stidmama

charbroil isn't it... chartreuse isn't it...

4:07 pm

Kazzer99

you can use it to draw with

4:08 pm

stidmama

oh! the art clue helped! thanks kazzer

4:08 pm

Vicuna

and you'll get the second half in your stocking if you're naughty...

4:08 pm

lynxxx

didn't St Nic give lumps of ch8 to the naughty children?

4:08 pm

inge

just the fact, Vicuna, just the fact

4:08 pm

stidmama

LOL I will definitely get some this year vi! *wicked grin*

4:08 pm

stidmama

how about the CA 7/36? my last C word

4:08 pm

herinfernallady

OH Stid: Chartreus is the best stuff in my Strawberry Jam

4:09 pm

Vicuna

It's so important to teach a grasp of basic cause and effect at a young age, inge. ;)

4:09 pm

stidmama

I have the first four letters (of course)

4:09 pm

inge

that was supposed to be "facts"\

4:09 pm

lynxxx

ca7 ca4.5 & ***e & hearty

4:09 pm

Dorens

tuna comes in a *** + neander**** man was around along time ago

4:09 pm

Kazzer99

well i just found out what the ca8s were - good word which i didnt know

4:10 pm

stidmama

thanks dorens, and lynxxx!

4:10 pm

lynxxx

Seems its time for a walk - Stew can't wait for my last few. BBL

4:10 pm

stidmama

how's princess phoebe doing dorens?

4:10 pm

stidmama

later lynxxx

4:10 pm

stidmama

EN 7 please?

4:11 pm

stidmama

down to 33 now

4:11 pm

Kazzer99

bye lynxxx - i'm off too see you tomorrow

4:11 pm

Dorens

just great stid. going up there this weekend... didn't see her thanksgiving cause they moved into a new house the day before and then her dad had to fly to europe that monday for a conference. looking forward to seeing them in the house

4:11 pm

inge

en7: en=cons + same ending as the ch word

4:11 pm

grant

en 7 captivate

4:11 pm

stidmama

oh, I hope the house is comfortable! I am sure it will be lovely.

4:12 pm

Dorens

and how is school stid?

4:12 pm

stidmama

thanks grant and inge

4:12 pm

stidmama

school is almost over for the quarter dorens... wanna learn what I learned MOST?

4:12 pm

jacq

ty ty ty

4:12 pm

inge

I meant same ending as the ca word that ended in ***e and Hearty

4:12 pm

grant

yw

4:12 pm

Dorens

yes....

4:12 pm

stidmama

GOT IT!

4:13 pm

torgone

To hate school?

4:13 pm

phandmd

may I get a clue for the AN 7/28 pl

4:13 pm

herinfernallady

i got my first 7 woor

4:13 pm

stidmama

okay, if the school's normal "full load" is 16 credits, and you haven't EVER taken that subject before (microbiology)... don't get cocky and also take three credits at the community college!

4:13 pm

Dorens

more hyper ph

4:14 pm

jacq

lol mama

4:14 pm

stidmama

no tor, i love school, actually... but I WAY overdid, especially given the debility of the hip problems (unforeseen)

4:14 pm

stidmama

go lady go!

4:14 pm

grant

fisrt 5 letters of surgical sleep + smallest stae

4:14 pm

inge

a + bird home + **ch and famous

4:14 pm

Dorens

wow stid, I coulda told you that? why didn't you ask the old guidance counselors?

4:14 pm

stidmama

um... guidance counselors? *blank look* like you, and um... LBD and... LOL

4:15 pm

herinfernallady

Thank you Grant great clue

4:15 pm

Dorens

ummmmm. yah!

4:15 pm

phandmd

Thank you, Inge

4:15 pm

stidmama

it was the only quarter the community college offered the class I needed, actually. My best chance to get it out of the way.

4:15 pm

stidmama

Next quarter, I cut back to halftime.

4:15 pm

Dorens

tough courses are good to take at the community college over the summer BETWEEN semesters

4:15 pm

inge

yw

4:15 pm

grant

happy to help

4:15 pm

Dorens

oh, well i see... but still....

4:16 pm

stidmama

I survived though, and am proud of myself.

4:16 pm

movieman

I need help......I can access Babble ok using Firefox, but I can't seem to log in to Babble Expert.....any idea what I'm doing wrong?

4:16 pm

stidmama

how about the middle NE 5?

4:16 pm

stidmama

hello movieman

4:16 pm

Dorens

well you should be proud!

4:16 pm

stidmama

no idea movieman... is the cache being mean?

4:16 pm

Dorens

it's a babblet stid (ne5)

4:16 pm

Dorens

you really want a clue?

4:16 pm

herinfernallady

UM Movie you could check your cookies

4:16 pm

stidmama

I figure only the first year of actual teaching will probably be this hard...

4:17 pm

Dorens

movie man are you on a mac?

4:17 pm

stidmama

nope. knowing it's a babblet was enough, thanks!

4:17 pm

stidmama

down to 27

4:17 pm

stidmama

cookies??? *perks up* where???

4:17 pm

jacq

go mama

4:17 pm

movieman

Nope, a PC Dorens, but I will take herins advice

4:17 pm

mixi6

ta6,18?

4:17 pm

herinfernallady

NOt that kind of cookies

4:18 pm

Dorens

firewords. a tricky grid today

4:18 pm

stidmama

bummer, lady. Now I have the nibbles.

4:18 pm

jacq

wtg Dorens!!

4:18 pm

stidmama

hello mixi -- it's a yoga-type word

4:18 pm

Vicuna

Yay for Doren!

4:18 pm

grant

ta6 sex system

4:18 pm

stidmama

YAY dorens!

4:18 pm

Dorens

flosy had made some nifty shortbread an hour or two ago, stid. maybe there's some in the pb?

4:18 pm

jacq

lol grant, was wondering how to clue that

4:18 pm

sprite

evening all, hi and bye, icon theme updated into a lovely babblet!

4:18 pm

bichon

Inge, or anyone. Could you reclue the en7?

4:19 pm

Dorens

hi vi

4:19 pm

inge

en _+ bird home + **ch and famous

4:19 pm

stidmama

SPRITEEEEE! (((hugs)))

4:19 pm

herinfernallady

SPRITEEEEEEEEEEEE

4:19 pm

movieman

Thanks for the tip herin.....and Babble Expert is working again

4:19 pm

Dorens

to charm

4:19 pm

stidmama

shortbread! alas! *heads to PB*

4:19 pm

sprite

stiddie! *hugs*

4:19 pm

Dorens

hi sprite

4:19 pm

mixi6

Hi, y'all. I guess tantrum doesn't fit.

4:19 pm

Vicuna

Hello, Doren. How's it going?

4:20 pm

stidmama

well, lady had more EEE but I added hugs. *grin*

4:20 pm

Storm RIDA

wats a hint for a 7 letta wud

4:20 pm

sprite

mixi, change last few letters...

4:20 pm

stidmama

mixi!!! you are SO CLOSE

4:20 pm

bichon

Inge, still don't get it.

4:20 pm

stidmama

RA 6 after throws a fit?

4:20 pm

Dorens

aside from nasty cold, bronchitis, inflamed ear, glassy eyes and fever which sent me home early from school and to the doctor (which I hate to do), it goes well. and you?

4:21 pm

jacq

ra6, cheeky or impish child

4:21 pm

sprite

hi lady @ all. Must be off to bed, even though this is great company :( But cannot keep those darn eyes open any longer. *hugs*

4:21 pm

Dorens

STID, why you little ra**** you!

4:21 pm

inge

e + bird home + this is **diculous

4:21 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams, dear sprite. see you again soon

4:21 pm

Dorens

night sprite. sweet dreams

4:21 pm

stidmama

thanks dorens!!! :-D

4:21 pm

stidmama

down to 20!

4:21 pm

jacq

enestri

4:21 pm

jacq

ooops

4:21 pm

bichon

is the bird's home like the Chinese Bird's **** soup?

4:21 pm

bichon

is the bird's home like the Chinese Bird's **** soup?

4:21 pm

stidmama

how about the first SA 5?

4:21 pm

stidmama

close jac....

4:22 pm

jacq

shoots self in foot and hobbles to pb

4:22 pm

inge

never mind, wrong clue

4:22 pm

Dorens

plural of bottom of spine stid

4:22 pm

mixi6

Thanks you all. That was my last couple of words.

4:22 pm

kje

hi all

4:22 pm

stidmama

hey kje!

4:22 pm

jacq

hey kje

4:22 pm

kje

have 21 left and about 35 minutes until they call me...

4:22 pm

Dorens

hey kay

4:22 pm

herinfernallady

HI KJE

4:22 pm

stidmama

bottom of spine... the BUTT???

4:22 pm

kje

can i get help with the tr6/18

4:23 pm

kje

hi herin, jac, stidder, dorens

4:23 pm

stidmama

LOL got it...

4:23 pm

stidmama

go kje go!!!!

4:23 pm

Dorens

t + french nothing, pluralised

4:23 pm

inge

you want en + better **an + *e*lity ( for what is actual like)

4:23 pm

bichon

tr 6 numerical prefix + that makes good s***e

4:23 pm

stidmama

great tr clue dorens

4:24 pm

Dorens

:)

4:24 pm

stidmama

SE 5? *waiting for fish*

4:24 pm

Dorens

particularly since kayjay is going to france soon!

4:24 pm

kje

TY - great clue!

4:24 pm

phandmd

AR 7/28?

4:24 pm

Dorens

fish indeed. babblet

4:24 pm

herinfernallady

Kje i do sleep

4:24 pm

kje

yes... but please do not test my french!!!

4:24 pm

Dorens

kinda like do you have any common se**** but change the last vowel

4:25 pm

herinfernallady

Stid did you get the SA that you wanted?

4:25 pm

kje

herin - i didn't last night - LOL

4:25 pm

Dorens

did you get the word tho kj?

4:25 pm

stidmama

oh! that babblet. *sigh*

*making sushi*

4:25 pm

inge

se+ does not make se**e + first vowel

4:25 pm

bichon

finally got it, ty Inge

4:25 pm

stidmama

thanks lady, just got it now

4:25 pm

herinfernallady

Oh hun hugs

4:25 pm

stidmama

down to 9. brb need to check what's on the printer.

4:25 pm

kje

ca5 before tins?

4:26 pm

movieman

Expert still isn't working 100%.....I can log in, but my word list hasn't appeared, neither has the chat log

4:26 pm

kje

yes dorens... TY!!

4:26 pm

Dorens

kj. ca5 before tins is a plural

4:26 pm

inge

candy ca***

4:26 pm

phandmd

AR 7/28 pls

4:26 pm

herinfernallady

MOVIE:F5

4:27 pm

kje

canst

4:27 pm

Dorens

KJ!!

4:27 pm

inge

ar 7: where the weapons are keopt

4:27 pm

Vicuna

Oh, lovely, Doren! *sarcasm font* And sorry for delayed response. I had to go deal with a minor emergency.

4:27 pm

stidmama

go kje go!!!

4:27 pm

jacq

what's expert and will it help my game any?

4:27 pm

kje

ugh - ty - so ashamed

4:27 pm

stidmama

oh, that's not good movieman.

4:27 pm

phandmd

Thanx again, Inge

4:27 pm

stidmama

expert is the babble browser that lickety made. it's very nice

4:27 pm

Dorens

ah, when it comes right down to it, vi, it is just a glorified cold and it will pass

4:28 pm

Storm RIDA

what leta wuds start with f

4:28 pm

Dorens

i have still never seen it...(babble expert) have to try sometime

4:28 pm

Vicuna

That doesn't make it pleasant, though, Doren, so i hope it passes soon.

4:28 pm

inge

a troll among us?

4:29 pm

EspritdJean

fr4/7 where men live on college campus

4:29 pm

Dorens

thanks vi, me too. particularly since i'm heading up to cambridge again on friday

4:29 pm

jacq

2 x four letter words

4:29 pm

Dorens

seems like it inge, doesn't it?

4:29 pm

jacq

and " into the fr**"

4:29 pm

herinfernallady

this grid never ends

4:30 pm

inge

gotta cook, bye

4:32 pm

kje

almost missed the ca6 knowledge... sheesh

4:32 pm

EspritdJean

I miss that too kje, not easy being single lol

4:32 pm

phandmd

CA 8/50 either one of them

4:33 pm

jacq

i'm not single and i missed it lol

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