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FINAL SCORES

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ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
stidmama

flip!
12:00 am
jaianniah

flippaniah
12:00 am
flosey

flip
12:00 am
Jellen

flip
12:00 am
stidmama

oooh. 214. not bad!
12:00 am
VolleymomDee

flip
12:00 am
tygerbryght

whoever said 206 was closest!
12:00 am
DR1965

FLIP
12:00 am
DR1965

I was close
12:00 am
jillibus

flip -- another biggie :(
12:00 am
stidmama

LOL jai!
12:00 am
jaianniah

told you it would be big!
12:00 am
72 Temple Owl

rats
12:00 am
kje

too big for the amount of time i have
12:01 am
jaianniah

ty, stid! LOL!
12:01 am
stidmama

okay, have to go make this cheesecake for the potluck tomorrow. back sometime in the day... probably evening.
12:01 am
jaianniah

now all I am going to do is re-enter "seige"
12:01 am
stidmama

see you-all soon! *handing out mufflers, mittens and hats* stay warm!
12:01 am
Jellen

G'night, stid
12:01 am
jillibus

well, the weater forecast is for wet snow and rain tomorrow but I have to go out for a bit
12:01 am
jaianniah

See y'all later!
12:01 am
flosey

night Stid
12:01 am
Trifioso

good night stid
12:02 am
72 Temple Owl

ty all for the clues i should have begun earlier
12:02 am
jillibus

bye stid!
12:02 am
VolleymomDee

ar 6 ra 6
12:02 am
melonheadjujube

got an 8!
12:02 am
jillibus

please note my icon
12:02 am
tygerbryght

nite, stid
12:02 am
jillibus

and write-up
12:02 am
DR1965

en6
12:02 am
flosey

great icon jilli
12:03 am
tygerbryght

re6
12:03 am
VolleymomDee

cr 6
12:03 am
jillibus

thanks, flosey
12:03 am
Hugabugs

Hi everyone
12:04 am
tygerbryght

hey, hugs
12:04 am
VolleymomDee

hi hug! ti 6
12:05 am
VolleymomDee

ru 6
12:05 am
jillibus

hi hugs
12:05 am
Babs1

ar6
12:06 am
Trifioso

do you all only put on counts for words 6 and up?
12:06 am
VolleymomDee

ao 6
12:06 am
Pinikula

ti 6
12:06 am
VolleymomDee

sa 6
12:08 am
dizgrannie

tr 5 7 8
12:08 am
jillibus

I think they do, trif
12:09 am
jillibus

I just work on little words, and trying to get NBT
12:09 am
Hugabugs

tw7/8
12:09 am
Trifioso

thank you jill. So far I like this grid better than the last one - I have lots of words already, mostly little ones, but as least I feel I am getting somewhere, you know?
12:10 am
rururocks

wa7
12:12 am
tygerbryght

phantom: newel
12:12 am
jillibus

trif, the big wones will come -- some people seem to see them right away but I don't!
12:13 am
jillibus

sometimes I get smaller ones from the hints dropped here at this time
12:13 am
tygerbryght

did anybody mention ao6 X 2?
12:14 am
jillibus

just x 1 so far, I think
12:14 am
PAV3

Howdy! nice one today!
12:14 am
Trifioso

thanks jill - don't worry, I am well-on addicted!
12:15 am
PAV3

I guess it doesn't like "ulrich"..as in Von Lichtenstein...:)
12:15 am
tygerbryght

don't think I agree, PAV.
12:15 am
Trifioso

lol pav....I like him!
12:16 am
Uneaixoise

halfway . . .
12:16 am
Pinikula

I keep wanting to write: urchin!
12:16 am
tygerbryght

it's a phantom, pini :P
12:16 am
Hugabugs

er6
12:17 am
Hugabugs

tr6
12:18 am
cybernan

crashing here -- see you tomorrow *poof*
12:19 am
Trifioso

en 6
12:19 am
tygerbryght

tr7 was called, wasn't it??
12:19 am
Uneaixoise

yep
12:21 am
tygerbryght

I"m getting 5s by the bucket, but very few larger ones
12:22 am
tygerbryght

wa7 was called, too?
12:22 am
rururocks

I am getting 4's by the bucket..
12:22 am
Pinikula

me, too ruru
12:23 am
rururocks

yep tyger.. buyt go ahead.. call it again...lol
12:23 am
tygerbryght

those, too, of course, but lotsa 5s
12:23 am
jillibus

I'm distracted by ER
12:24 am
tygerbryght

and ru6 was called, I'm sure
12:24 am
Trifioso

is it the new eppy, jill?
12:24 am
Uneaixoise

yep
12:24 am
Pinikula

yes, tyger
12:24 am
jillibus

yep -- Xmas one
12:25 am
tygerbryght

that's not the one I found, jilli
12:25 am
Trifioso

it's okay, but not like christmas shows of the past. i am going to be bereft when ER ends - don't think I have missed a one!
12:26 am
tygerbryght

oops, I thought jilli was talking about the ru6 :D
12:26 am
flosey

beautiful dog Trif
12:26 am
tygerbryght

and the wi6?
12:26 am
Book Doctor Gwen

oi6, and hi all
12:26 am
Trifioso

thanks flo. He is the love of my life
12:27 am
tygerbryght

dog looks like the loving, patient type
12:27 am
Trifioso

he was born in St. croix, and every year, when it snows here in massachusetts, he looks all wha?
12:27 am
tygerbryght

hey, gwen
12:28 am
Book Doctor Gwen

i'm about ready to zzzzzz out. long day
12:28 am
VolleymomDee

are the only 8's so far tr & tw?
12:28 am
flosey

me too Gwen, falling asleep here
12:28 am
Book Doctor Gwen

LW4, woot!
12:28 am
jillibus

I've missed quite a few ERs lately, but want to keep up this last year.
12:28 am
72 Temple Owl

good night everyone! if i don't see yo tmorrow i've floated away...will need an ark soon! :/
12:29 am
VolleymomDee

wtg doc
12:29 am
Trifioso

I miss Goran Visnjic (Luka) - sigh. He is my secret boyfriend!
12:29 am
Book Doctor Gwen

oooh, found all the Gs
12:29 am
jillibus

agree with flosey -- sweet-faced dog
12:29 am
Uneaixoise

same here, TO--i think we've had 5 inches so far
12:30 am
tygerbryght

got the tr8, but not the tw8
12:30 am
Book Doctor Gwen

we've been having snow, then rain, then snow . . . silly weather
12:30 am
jillibus

When "Luka" left, so did I. Where did he go?
12:30 am
Trifioso

BOSTON!!!!! He and Abby are meant to have moved here....don't I WISH
12:30 am
tygerbryght

such fun, gwen :P
12:31 am
Hugabugs

NBT
12:31 am
jillibus

oh goody -- found the tw8! (already had the 5)
12:31 am
Trifioso

I must admit, that made me laugh...they were always crabbing about the Chicago winters, so they moved...here??? What, San Diego had no jobs? :)
12:32 am
jillibus

Where did he REALLY go, Trif?
12:32 am
Book Doctor Gwen

woo hoo, finished the Us. off to bed now, bub bye
12:32 am
Trifioso

up your way, to make a movie with Ashley Judd, then off to NYC to make a movie --> lots of feature films, basically
12:35 am
flosey

will have to give up, falling asleep
12:35 am
flosey

goodnight all, be back early tomorrow
12:35 am
Trifioso

g'nite flo....
12:35 am
jillibus

night flosey -- sleep well and long
12:35 am
tygerbryght

nite flo
12:35 am
flosey

long would be wonderful jilli
12:36 am
tygerbryght

giving up for now. got 76. nytol
12:36 am
jillibus

I knew that, flosey
12:36 am
Trifioso

night. Gads, I am gonna be useless tomorrow....
12:37 am
Uneaixoise

70 to go . . . nite, all
12:38 am
jillibus

night trif
12:38 am
rururocks

72 une.. one more..
12:38 am
jillibus

night une
12:39 am
Trifioso

Jill, I was saying night to tyger - I still can't sleep. Funny thing is, my husband suffered terribly from insomnia, but now he doesn't. I guess he left it behind when he left, and now I have it!
12:43 am
jillibus

oh, sorry trif! My mind is bifurcated just now
12:45 am
Uneaixoise

68
12:46 am
Jacula

tRYING TO FIND PEACEFUL SLEEP MAY BE THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES, ONE DAY.
12:47 am
Jacula

sORRY FOR CAPS - A BIT TIRED AND A BIT DISCOMBOBULATED ETC,
12:48 am
justafreep

howdy, all. I don't like the looks of this grid. I am going to pre-whine :-)
12:49 am
jillibus

I'm with you, freep
12:49 am
jillibus

hi jac
12:49 am
Uneaixoise

64, ruru . . . the end for now :-)
12:51 am
mixi6

69 so far.
12:51 am
Pinikula

ugh...96 down / 118 to go...off to bed...nytol!
12:52 am
Jacula

I've been looking into the prospect of being paid for compiling crosswords - cryptic ones.
12:53 am
PAV3

yay! > halfway!
12:54 am
Jacula

U hope I will be paid more than 5 guineas per grid now.
12:54 am
jillibus

oh, fun, jac -- I did a few some years ago for our Gt Dane club newsletter -- don't hink anyone bothered to do them though
12:54 am
Jacula

That's what the pay was back in the 70s.
12:55 am
jillibus

my pay was zero of course
12:55 am
Jacula

Ithink, given the 5hours or more to compile at least £50 per grid is the right pay.
12:56 am
jillibus

I've never been paid what my work was worth.
12:57 am
Jacula

But I still haven't got over the shock of being paid £3 a word once.
12:58 am
jillibus

Oh, wouldn't that be loverly
12:58 am
Jacula

Imeant £5 a word.
12:58 am
jillibus

that would be loverly too
12:59 am
jillibus

Great manhole cover photo, jac
12:59 am
Jacula

That was for the Aids Foundation. They found me and paid me. I wasn't wriytinh a gay poem at the time.
1:00 am
VolleymomDee

ir 6 / 21
1:02 am
VolleymomDee

anyone else finding this slow...
1:02 am
VolleymomDee

as in tough
1:02 am
justafreep

yes
1:02 am
bookwomen

yes i just started and am slow going. Did not like yesterdays either.
1:02 am
jillibus

Yes, dee and hi :)
1:03 am
VolleymomDee

hugs jili! ditto that book
1:03 am
justafreep

sari
1:03 am
justafreep

oops
1:03 am
jillibus

ty freep
1:03 am
justafreep

just trying to speedit up :-)
1:04 am
VolleymomDee

LOL
1:04 am
VolleymomDee

gracias
1:04 am
bookwomen

already had that one. I would like a 7 or 8 word please.
1:04 am
mixi6

tough, but not as bas as yesterday's.
1:04 am
VolleymomDee

li 6 18
1:05 am
jillibus

I didn't bother with yesterday's
1:05 am
mixi6

tr8, tw8. I don't have either.
1:05 am
justafreep

I have lots of those, bookwomen. but do they have to be IN the grid???? That is harder
1:06 am
PAV3

yay, 100 left!
1:06 am
bookwomen

as long babble accepts them no problem. I often type in words that I cannot find in the grid babble says they do. lol
1:06 am
justafreep

bo6 (and apologies if stuff was called before)
1:06 am
VolleymomDee

li 6 x 2; li 7/28
1:06 am
VolleymomDee

not called freep ty
1:07 am
jillibus

I have tw8. It grows from a tw5.
1:08 am
jillibus

I can't find any I words
1:09 am
VolleymomDee

ok.. missing one L... I have 3 le's; 20 li's and 1 lu... anyone know what I am missing
1:09 am
jillibus

just found one
1:09 am
VolleymomDee

and an lw4
1:09 am
VolleymomDee

wow found it... another li 6
1:10 am
VolleymomDee

so l's are 3 le; 21 li; 1 lu and l lw
1:13 am
VolleymomDee

do we have a list today?
1:14 am
Hugabugs

I don't know
1:15 am
bookwomen

i do not think there is one yet. not that it would much help.
1:15 am
lynxxx

Hello everyone, this is a nasty little grid
1:15 am
VolleymomDee

hi lynxx ... old list on lickety
1:16 am
VolleymomDee

if it will help: here are my e's - 2 eg's; 1 en; 6 er
1:16 am
Trifioso

someone said earlier today that lickety was in a car accident - don't know if it was serious or what
1:16 am
jillibus

not so little
1:17 am
VolleymomDee

for g's I have: 2 ga; 4 gi; 4 gr
1:17 am
jillibus

oh no! Lickety in an accident? Haven't they had enough trouble?
1:17 am
Trifioso

is he married to the president lady? She was the one who said it....
1:18 am
jillibus

Does anybody have any I words?
1:18 am
VolleymomDee

for i's I have - one il; 3 ir's
1:18 am
jillibus

yes, trif -- mrpresident is Lickety's wife
1:18 am
jillibus

ty dee
1:18 am
lynxxx

He got caught in rain in peak hour coming home Jilli, seems OK although was the end of a bad day for him
1:18 am
jillibus

I have one ir so far
1:19 am
VolleymomDee

yw jili... earlier I thot you were asking for L's... that list is earlier in the chat
1:19 am
PAV3

the flower Jilli
1:19 am
VolleymomDee

didn't mrp also say he had to fire some employees yesterday, too? I am sure that broke his heart.
1:20 am
Trifioso

it did sound like that, yes, volleymom
1:20 am
jillibus

I have the flower, and now the bone
1:20 am
lynxxx

I am sure too Volley, awful to do at anytime
1:20 am
jillibus

oh, poor Lickety -- glad he's ok though
1:21 am
PAV3

the angers? ir4
1:21 am
VolleymomDee

ir 4 also a flower
1:21 am
jillibus

ty pav -- entered it although I couldn't see it (pooped)
1:22 am
PAV3

I have 90 left with no 7's or 8's...and one BT
1:22 am
VolleymomDee

44 left here and at a real standstill
1:23 am
jillibus

one BT here now -- the left E half way down
1:23 am
lynxxx

phantom: earwig
1:23 am
VolleymomDee

anyone have any o's... I only have ob 4 and oi 6
1:23 am
bookwomen

er 5/10 plural
1:23 am
jillibus

dee, that's great going!
1:23 am
PAV3

pl of the er4
1:23 am
VolleymomDee

ty jili!!!
1:23 am
lynxxx

2 ob4.6
1:24 am
VolleymomDee

ty
1:24 am
justafreep

an ob5
1:24 am
jillibus

I have ob4 and oi6
1:24 am
VolleymomDee

ty freep
1:27 am
herinfernallady

hi
1:27 am
VolleymomDee

howdy herin!
1:27 am
lynxxx

hi back
1:28 am
herinfernallady

how are you?
1:28 am
Jacula

87 FOUND, 127 TO GO. See you all in about 8hours or so.
1:28 am
herinfernallady

HI Jac
1:28 am
justafreep

oooh. I just got to more GIs, Dee, so that makes 4 and finishes the Gs
1:28 am
PAV3

good eve mi'Lady!
1:28 am
VolleymomDee

cya later jac
1:28 am
lynxxx

goodnite Jac, hang on , good morning! and bye
1:28 am
VolleymomDee

pretty good herin how about you?
1:28 am
Hugabugs

or5
1:29 am
herinfernallady

good. Did a pretty good impression of a drowned rat earlier
1:29 am
Jacula

Jesus! This being a female Christmas cllever chicken is hard work, as always!xx
1:29 am
VolleymomDee

ty hug... has been driving me crazy
1:29 am
Trifioso

hey there herin - you just pop in?
1:30 am
herinfernallady

what is wrong Jac?
1:30 am
herinfernallady

I did just pop in.
1:30 am
jillibus

ah, at last, NBT
1:30 am
VolleymomDee

here are the o's then - 3 ob's; one oi; and one or
1:31 am
Jacula

Nothing is wrong Herin, apatt from an old friend dying (see Facebook)
1:31 am
herinfernallady

oh ok
1:31 am
VolleymomDee

oh, jac, so sorry to hear
1:32 am
lynxxx

BBL
1:32 am
Jellen

What are the stats for the u, please?
1:32 am
VolleymomDee

for c's I am missing 2, I have 3 ch and 2 cr...any others?
1:32 am
jillibus

oh jac, that's sad
1:32 am
herinfernallady

when my net behaves ill look
1:32 am
VolleymomDee

ur 4/6
1:33 am
Jellen

Thanks, Dee
1:33 am
VolleymomDee

yqw
1:33 am
Jellen

I'm so sorry, Jac...
1:33 am
Hugabugs

se6
1:34 am
VolleymomDee

ty hug
1:34 am
broll

I have a ci
1:34 am
Hugabugs

Dee - I have the same c's as you
1:34 am
VolleymomDee

ci what, please?
1:35 am
broll

ci 5
1:35 am
Jacula

See my photo for my friend and then see video of scarey Christian lady. The God Warrior.
1:35 am
justafreep

ci5
1:35 am
VolleymomDee

thx
1:35 am
jillibus

I've had it -- going to bed -- night all
1:35 am
Jellen

g'night, jilli
1:35 am
Trifioso

me too - nite all.
1:36 am
Jellen

Sleep well, Trif...
1:36 am
jillibus

*poof*
1:36 am
herinfernallady

Night Jill
1:36 am
PAV3

night Jilli and Trif!
1:37 am
VolleymomDee

nite sleepyheads
1:37 am
herinfernallady

Night Trif
1:37 am
broll

ch x 4
1:38 am
bookwomen

ch 4 x 2 ch 5 x2
1:38 am
VolleymomDee

so the c's are: 4 ch; one ci; 2 cr ty book
1:38 am
VolleymomDee

ty broil
1:39 am
Jacula

Also signing out.
1:39 am
VolleymomDee

h's are: 3 ha's
1:39 am
Jellen

Take care, Jac
1:39 am
VolleymomDee

nite jac; will pray you can have a peaceful rest
1:40 am
bookwomen

i have 2 ha 4, other?
1:40 am
VolleymomDee

ha 5/16
1:40 am
bookwomen

never mind found it
1:40 am
PAV3

3 ha
1:40 am
VolleymomDee

think Flying Nun
1:41 am
PAV3

80 left for me...must rest,,,
1:42 am
bookwomen

96 left her and quiting a well. this grid has given me a headache
1:42 am
VolleymomDee

missing one b... I have 3 ba; one bi; 6 bo... missing?
1:42 am
Jellen

G'night, PAV and bookwomen
1:43 am
VolleymomDee

nite those who are poofing
1:43 am
Hugabugs

can't help you with the B's Dee... you have more than I do
1:43 am
PAV3

another bi4
1:43 am
VolleymomDee

ty pav!
1:45 am
VolleymomDee

so b's are: 3 ba; 2 bi; 6 bo...
1:47 am
VolleymomDee

I am 4 short on a's... I have 2 ab; 4 ag; 3 ai; 3 ao; 6 ar... any others?
1:48 am
broll

I have 4 ai, 1 aw
1:49 am
nursegladys

I have 7 ar
1:49 am
VolleymomDee

ty nurse and broil
1:49 am
grannyrose

i have an at x 1
1:49 am
mrpresident

evening all :))
1:50 am
grannyrose

hey mrp
1:50 am
Jellen

Hi, mrp
1:50 am
VolleymomDee

hi mrp; how are you, lickety, and family?
1:51 am
mrpresident

hi hi hi :))
doing ok thanks! working too hard, raining too hard, finding the hire car too hard to figure out!! LOL
1:52 am
VolleymomDee

been there... done that... lol... you are so good at challenges... piece of cake
1:52 am
VolleymomDee

ty granny
1:52 am
herinfernallady

MR PREs and ROse
1:52 am
grannyrose

whoot, hi herin
1:53 am
herinfernallady

I am going to be on yahoo or facebook chat or msn if you want me
1:53 am
VolleymomDee

so we are still missing one a... we have 2 ab; 4 ag; 4 ai; 3 ao; 7 ar; one at; one aw
1:54 am
herinfernallady

I dont want to see the list verbatim here if i wanted to see it i would look at the list.
1:54 am
VolleymomDee

sorry herin... no list yet
1:56 am
mrpresident

no list yet, cause the darling lickety is out shopping for xmas!
1:56 am
mrpresident

the kids are getting a pool!!!!
1:57 am
mrpresident

and a full size keyboard on a stand (musical)
1:57 am
mrpresident

and books, books and more books!
1:57 am
VolleymomDee

well, he absolutely can't miss doing that! WTG kidlets!... Is he feeling well enough to shop?
1:57 am
mrpresident

however, the bugger is that we had to pay out our budget for xmas on the car accident
1:57 am
VolleymomDee

Our daughter loved her yamaha keyboard on a stand with a bench
1:57 am
mrpresident

$550 gone.... bye bye
1:58 am
mrpresident

yes dee! we are getting that!
1:58 am
VolleymomDee

sure doesn't take anymore
1:58 am
mrpresident

he is feeling ok... I can see how tired he is, but we are trying to work together.
Amazingly, the kids are really good so we don't have any stress from them
1:59 am
VolleymomDee

That's great.
2:01 am
VolleymomDee

we just heard today that one of our car dealerships (Nissan) , which was only built a year ago, is closing soon...
2:01 am
Kathihle

hello again ... how many words today?
2:01 am
Kathihle

hello again ... how many words today?
2:01 am
VolleymomDee

we just heard today that one of our car dealerships (Nissan) , which was only built a year ago, is closing soon...
2:02 am
nDanLia

ab 5;5 ag4;4;5;5 ai 4;5;4;4 ao 5;6;6 ar 5;4;4;4;5;6;4;6 at 5 aw4
2:02 am
Kathihle

oops, had a glitch here
2:02 am
mrpresident

214 words
2:02 am
VolleymomDee

ty ndan!!
2:03 am
Kathihle

thanks MrP .. ouch
2:03 am
mrpresident

that sucks for the workers dee
2:04 am
VolleymomDee

for the first time in my life, our area is seeing the economic slowdown personally; our town is the orthopaedic capital of the world, so we have been buffered in the past...
2:06 am
VolleymomDee

I missing 4 w's... I have 13 wa; 4 we; 4 wi... missing?
2:06 am
nDanLia

local city council was asking to add a 1/2 % sales tax for regional transport study - a'nn'azed by outpour against; next week realized huge shortfall & freeze on hiring; wonder what world they live in
2:06 am
VolleymomDee

so idiotic....
2:07 am
VolleymomDee

add 2 more wi (wi 6 and wi 7)
2:07 am
lynxxx

wr4.8
2:07 am
VolleymomDee

ty
2:08 am
mrpresident

ndan, lickety and 4 others are the only ones left out of 18 people from his office as of two days ago... unreal... it all comes down to the failure in the USA office
2:08 am
VolleymomDee

so all w's are: 13 wa; 4 we; 6 wi; 2 wr
2:08 am
VolleymomDee

what city mrp?
2:08 am
mrpresident

21 billion dollar rescue plan for the car industry was blocked by the senate in the US at midnight
2:09 am
mrpresident

the USA office is in Chicago
2:09 am
VolleymomDee

I just saw that
2:09 am
VolleymomDee

we live 2.5 hours s.e. of Chicago (in Indiana)
2:10 am
VolleymomDee

so all s's are: 10 sa; 5 se; 3 si
2:10 am
mrpresident

Indiana! you are brave!! it is one heck of a place in winter I hear LOL
2:10 am
VolleymomDee

not as bad as Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin.... actually, we have 4 seasons here that are all beautiful
2:11 am
nDanLia

cant say have 'nn'uch sypathy - other industries didn't get one; airlines have taken huge cuts over years; writing's been on wall for quite a while - wondered where all this "new 'nn'oney" was co'nn'ing fro'nn'; plenty have been living hand to 'nn'outh as it is & not happy about bailing others out
2:11 am
mrpresident

too right ndan... we are just waiting for the tumble here too
2:12 am
VolleymomDee

agreed nDan... my only concern is the impact if we don't help some of the failing industries, and the economists sure don't seem to know the answer
2:12 am
mrpresident

Mugabe must be on drugs... what a joke! (sorry, watching the news)
2:12 am
VolleymomDee

we seem to want everything without having to pay for it... healthcare, no taxes, lower taxes, etc... something surely had to give
2:13 am
VolleymomDee

we forgot what our parents and grandparents had to do... set a budget, make enough to pay bills, and stay within budget or don't spend... really kinda nuts
2:13 am
VolleymomDee

ok... I'll hush
2:13 am
nDanLia

textile factory in valley announced 500 jobs cut yesterday due to low de'nn'and; bad ti'nn'e of year
2:14 am
VolleymomDee

so what happens to all these people... do they become homeless... makes my stomach hurt thinking about them
2:14 am
VolleymomDee

where are you located nDan?
2:14 am
mrpresident

i don't know how it works in the US, but here, we get help from Government immediately
2:16 am
VolleymomDee

our problem has become... the govt doesn't have the money for handouts or help... and the govt amts here are less than living wages
2:16 am
nDanLia

central va
2:17 am
BabbleRabble

the federal reserve just prints more
2:17 am
VolleymomDee

why our dollar is so devalued perhaps :)
2:17 am
BabbleRabble

anytime a business goes under the workers are hurt
2:18 am
nDanLia

keep thinking the old ruskies are rolling in their graves - our freedo'nn's are di'nn'inishing & econo'nn'y in toilet
2:18 am
VolleymomDee

I am missing scads of r's ... I have 11 ra; 2 re; 7 ri; 1 ro; 4 ru... missing?
2:18 am
mrpresident

dee, one of the biggest criticisms i have of our government handouts is to the single mothers.... they get heaps of money, free accomodation and free health, travel etc.
I know too many 'ladies' who have 4-6 kids all from different fathers so they have an income.
For example... if you have 4 children, you getr $880 a week
2:19 am
nDanLia

have 2 ro - 4 & 7 [related]
2:19 am
VolleymomDee

wow... some states here are requiring them to work for state programs (so not getting freebies, instead getting wages for work completed)... I think I like that idea better
2:19 am
VolleymomDee

ty nDan
2:20 am
VolleymomDee

I sure don't know the answers... but really scary...
2:20 am
BabbleRabble

well, when the politicos actively support the super rich and the rest are supposed to wait for their crumbs to trickle down I wonder who our representatives actually think they represent
2:21 am
VolleymomDee

isn't that the truth~!
2:22 am
mrpresident

oh I have to tell you all about my phone calls today!!!
2:22 am
VolleymomDee

do tell
2:22 am
mamabook3

and yet... we keep electing those same "representatives" (sorry... had to butt in with that!)
2:23 am
nDanLia

ter'nn' li'nn'its see'nn' better & better; stop so'nn'e of the old boys pats on the back
2:23 am
mrpresident

I received calls from people who saw me in a 'new car'!
They were questioning how much money we had that we could get another car!!
I was insulted! People are bloody strange
2:23 am
BabbleRabble

if there is going to be change, everyone has to get aboard ... if the reps are the problem get rid of them
2:24 am
nDanLia

in last election, 'nn'ajority of encu'nn'bants were unopposed
2:24 am
VolleymomDee

did you tell them it is none of their damn business... you had a great, great aunt freda who gave you huge $..... I would have been p'o'd!!
2:24 am
BabbleRabble

I have emailed everyone I can find an email address for
2:25 am
VolleymomDee

congress couldn't even agree this time and there is a majority .... :)
2:25 am
BabbleRabble

if nothing else to remind them they work for us, not a political party
2:25 am
VolleymomDee

and as someone said earlier, they aren't voting like their voters would have wanted
2:26 am
VolleymomDee

I wish a 3rd strong independent would pop up
2:26 am
BabbleRabble

the politics of acquiring and keeping power has little to do with what is best for the country
2:26 am
saphyre

hi everyone
2:26 am
VolleymomDee

so true br... hi saphy
2:26 am
mrpresident

I told them my car was in the shop and that I had a hire car... then reminded them I am not a poser and don't discuss my finances.
Problem is, EVERYONE knows how much we pay in rent so they assume we are posers and buy new things all the time
2:26 am
BabbleRabble

the people are both the governors and the governed
2:27 am
saphyre

get rid of lobbyists and that would take care of quite a bit of the problem
2:27 am
mrpresident

hi saphyre :)
2:27 am
VolleymomDee

disgusting mrp... certainly not your friends..
2:27 am
VolleymomDee

we do seem to have become a party driven, socialistic country here... no a real democracy (or so it seems lately)
2:27 am
BabbleRabble

if our representatives are so unethical they are unable to get bought they must go
2:27 am
mrpresident

oh dee! When we were looking for a nice house, people were critical of me for 'spending' so much money.... like they think they know how much money I have??? I just think they are jealous
2:28 am
BabbleRabble

never was a real democracy
2:28 am
BabbleRabble

we have a democratic republic
2:28 am
VolleymomDee

I so agree mrp... what amazes me is how brazen people are .... I had a "friend" ask me point blank the other day if our house was paid for. That is what my hubby says, too, babble.
2:29 am
Hugabugs

Hi everyone - back ..... having some computer issues tonight
2:29 am
VolleymomDee

happened to me yesterday hug... Welcome back!!!
2:30 am
Hugabugs

I see I missed the w's and s's... and you're currently working on the r's?
2:30 am
VolleymomDee

new r list (still incomplete) 11 ra; 6 re; 7 ri; 2 ro; 4 ru... still short 4
2:31 am
VolleymomDee

complete lists in chat log if it will open for you hug
2:31 am
VolleymomDee

if not, let me know
2:31 am
Hugabugs

I caught the S's and W's... did you do T's or G's yet?
2:32 am
VolleymomDee

g's yes, t's no... 2 ga; 4 gi; 4 gr
2:33 am
Hugabugs

thanks Dee
2:33 am
VolleymomDee

yqw!
2:35 am
VolleymomDee

I am still missing one 8, too...
2:35 am
VolleymomDee

so it has to begin with an r or a t
2:35 am
nDanLia

tw 8 x3
2:36 am
VolleymomDee

ty ty nDan
2:36 am
dtcmolloy

hi
2:36 am
nDanLia

sorry, tr8 & tw 8 x2
2:37 am
VolleymomDee

I was missing the second tw 8
2:37 am
broll

12 ra
2:37 am
VolleymomDee

ty broil
2:38 am
broll

yw. Thank you for all the lists!
2:38 am
VolleymomDee

no prob... it's a true joint effort today!
2:39 am
VolleymomDee

still short 3 r's and 4 t's...
2:40 am
Hugabugs

I still need 5 r's and 10 t's
2:41 am
VolleymomDee

I need just one more r from the top right...
2:41 am
Hugabugs

me too
2:42 am
angora

I've got 13 ra
2:43 am
dtcmolloy

i just got 22 ponts. is that good
2:43 am
grannyrose

14 ra's
2:43 am
VolleymomDee

I have ra 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5
2:43 am
VolleymomDee

so missing 2
2:43 am
dtcmolloy

i dont know that that means
2:43 am
nDanLia

4th one is a 5
2:44 am
grannyrose

dee, another ra5
2:44 am
VolleymomDee

ty so much
2:44 am
saphyre

dtc - have you read the help links?
2:45 am
dtcmolloy

no. i am just playin this like I would boggle
2:45 am
grannyrose

have re x 6. are there any more?
2:45 am
saphyre

it's a bit different
2:46 am
nDanLia

7 - 555 5656
2:46 am
VolleymomDee

so far I have re 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6
2:47 am
grannyrose

ty dan
2:47 am
VolleymomDee

mmm not understanding...?
2:48 am
VolleymomDee

hug my missing r from the right was another re 5/10
2:48 am
grannyrose

whoot found it!
2:49 am
dtcmolloy

yeah my name is dan
2:49 am
dtcmolloy

um, this is exaclty like boggle
2:49 am
nDanLia

pts are different
2:49 am
dtcmolloy

thats it?
2:49 am
dtcmolloy

just points?
2:49 am
VolleymomDee

so still one short here... 13 ra; 7 re; 7 ri; 2 ro; 4 ru
2:50 am
Hugabugs

got that one... but I only have 1 re6
2:50 am
VolleymomDee

diff here is the grid changes every 24 hours... and everyone tries to find all of the possible words in a grid dtc
2:50 am
nDanLia

word valule = (# tiles - 3) x (su'nn' of tiles)
2:50 am
grannyrose

dee missing an ra
2:50 am
nDanLia

one is what an old tar wants to do
2:51 am
nDanLia

other is what a tree which regrew could beco'nn'e
2:51 am
VolleymomDee

ty... looking...
2:52 am
nDanLia

[those were re 6s hugs]
2:52 am
Hugabugs

got the re's now... thanks nDan but it was the other one I had missing
2:52 am
grannyrose

have ri4 x 4, ri5 x 2, missing?
2:53 am
VolleymomDee

ri 4 x 5
2:53 am
grannyrose

nm, found it
2:53 am
grannyrose

ty dee
2:54 am
VolleymomDee

so complete r's are: ra 14; re 7; ri 7; ro 2; ru 4
2:54 am
VolleymomDee

yw granny
2:54 am
grannyrose

how about, ru4 x 1, ru5 x 2, missing?
2:55 am
saphyre

nite everyone
2:55 am
grannyrose

nite saph
2:55 am
nDanLia

ru6
2:55 am
VolleymomDee

I am short 4 t's = I have 9 ta; 8 ti; 9 tr; 7 tw
2:55 am
grannyrose

?????? 6 ??????? omg
2:56 am
nDanLia

12 ta
2:56 am
nDanLia

a fish
2:56 am
grannyrose

someone help my poor brain!!! for goodness sake, i have ru6, so am i missing another ru5?
2:57 am
VolleymomDee

ru 6 ... one is what nuns use to whack hands (ha ha)... and other is maybe when a kid acts out and is more ru.... or ru 6/21
2:57 am
nDanLia

2 x ru6
2:57 am
grannyrose

* sob * i was hoping you weren't going to say that!
2:58 am
VolleymomDee

ru + li 4 4
2:58 am
broll

I have 10 ta
2:58 am
grannyrose

* sigh * ty dee and dan, found the little blighter
2:58 am
VolleymomDee

lol wtg
3:00 am
VolleymomDee

how many ta's again?
3:00 am
nDanLia

have 12
3:00 am
VolleymomDee

I have 12 ta's
3:00 am
VolleymomDee

8 ti's?
3:01 am
VolleymomDee

found it... 9 ti's... fireworks
3:02 am
nDanLia

yeah
3:02 am
lynxxx

Hooray for Volley!
3:02 am
grannyrose

WTG DEE!!!
3:02 am
Hugabugs

congrats Dee
3:03 am
broll

wtg dee
3:03 am
VolleymomDee

so complete t's are: 12 ta's; 9 ti's; 9 tr; 7 tw ty all!!!
3:03 am
lynxxx

hi Rose, wet enough?
3:03 am
VolleymomDee

so now, how may I help?
3:05 am
grannyrose

oh, yes, lynxxx, isn't just wonderful. Please pray it stops by sunday. BIG thing on sunday
3:05 am
VolleymomDee

any takers for help before I *poof*....
3:06 am
lynxxx

should I ask what? Riders distributing pressies?
3:06 am
Hugabugs

and fireworks for me too
3:06 am
lynxxx

Hooray for Hugs!!
3:06 am
grannyrose

thanx dee, will struggle on here * smiles painfully *
3:06 am
VolleymomDee

wtg hug!!!!
3:06 am
lynxxx

I'm OK Volley, long way to go and can go back in chat TY
3:06 am
Hugabugs

so many words I had entered but didn't show up in the list... stoopid computer acting up too much lately
3:07 am
VolleymomDee

be glad to assist granny... I think I posted all the letters we had left
3:07 am
VolleymomDee

here, too, hug... not sure what is going on
3:07 am
grannyrose

got it one, lynxxx. yes, it's the MRA toy run again. My lounge is full of t-shirts, caps and badges.
3:07 am
dizgrannie

how many words plz!
3:07 am
VolleymomDee

214
3:08 am
lynxxx

me too - I must have entered ne4,8 about 5 times
3:08 am
Hugabugs

I was using Firefox and then about 2 weeks ago, all of a sudden I can't use it for Babble. it's like it's not recognizing the javascript
3:08 am
dizgrannie

ty volley, have 110...
3:08 am
Hugabugs

so now I'm using Google Chrome
3:08 am
VolleymomDee

I had to go back to MIE... and often it just freezes up, espec if I have chat archive open. YW diz
3:08 am
Hugabugs

oh I hate IE
3:09 am
Hugabugs

it constantly just quits
3:09 am
VolleymomDee

ditto that hug LOL... used to use netscape and loved it, but it got goofy, too... so glad you said that, so I know it isn't just me
3:10 am
VolleymomDee

couple days ago, was ready to throw my puter out the window or get out my pink hammer
3:10 am
Hugabugs

Google Chrome is pretty good... when a tab quits working, you can close just the tab instead of the whole site
3:10 am
VolleymomDee

that's cool
3:10 am
Hugabugs

and you can move the tabs around, or pull it into a separate window
3:11 am
VolleymomDee

do you get more spam since you have started using it?
3:11 am
Hugabugs

plus you can import all your IE and Firefox bookmarks
3:11 am
Hugabugs

none at all
3:11 am
VolleymomDee

hmmm I'll have to check that out when I have some time
3:11 am
VolleymomDee

how's work going hug?
3:12 am
Hugabugs

it's slow getting new clients right now... that time of the year. But it'll pick up in the new year when everyone's getting ready for tax time.
3:12 am
VolleymomDee

then you'll be swamped
3:13 am
Hugabugs

that's good! I'll need the $'s to pay for Christmas
3:13 am
VolleymomDee

well, must get going... need to find a recipe with pasta, bacon, tomatoes, and sauce. LOL I hear you!
3:14 am
Hugabugs

I should get going now... sleep well
3:14 am
VolleymomDee

Ty all for all your help!!! I can't believe we finished this large grid.
3:14 am
VolleymomDee

you, too, *poof*
3:14 am
lynxxx

bye Volley & Hugs
3:14 am
grannyrose

nite hugs and dee. sweet dreams
3:14 am
VolleymomDee

hugs lynxxx and granny
3:18 am
dtcmolloy

hi
3:18 am
lynxxx

hi dtc
3:19 am
dtcmolloy

this game is gonna get addicting isn't it?
3:19 am
lynxxx

Yep
3:20 am
dtcmolloy

F
3:20 am
dtcmolloy

me
3:23 am
Atalante

hi all!
3:24 am
lynxxx

morning Ata
3:26 am
Atalante

hi lynx! how's stewart today?
3:27 am
lynxxx

edgy...its been raining heaps (lovely) so hasn't had a decent walk - just a quick dash up the canal. Have you walked already?
3:27 am
Atalante

yep! I went out early while it was still frosty - makes life much easier, no mud to wash off paws at the end!
3:29 am
Atalante

awwww poor frustrated stew!
3:29 am
Haz1558

Good morning/evening all.
3:29 am
lynxxx

good morning Haz
3:29 am
herinfernallady

Hi.
3:30 am
Haz1558

Hello there! I take it this is a nicer grid than yesterday's horror?
3:30 am
Atalante

hi haz! and how is the Arranger of the Paws?
3:30 am
lynxxx

This is worse, not saying yesterday's was bad
3:30 am
Haz1558

The Arranger of the Paws is trying to find ways and means of getting upstairs without me seeing her.
3:31 am
Atalante

still??!
3:31 am
mrpresident

what??? still no clues?
3:31 am
mrpresident

i might have to do some serious a$$ whooping!
3:31 am
lynxxx

hi MRP
3:31 am
lynxxx

whats upstairs? the beds?
3:31 am
Haz1558

Absolutely, Ata. The workmen have made the mistake of patting her. It's like a magnet for her.
3:32 am
Haz1558

Lynxxx, I'm having building work done in the bedroom.
3:33 am
Atalante

oh dear. sounds familiar. next door are having a new patio laid. the 2 men working love Hobbit. she's constantly wanting to go out and help. except now. she's asleep
3:33 am
lynxxx

Good stuff!
3:33 am
herinfernallady

Oh help??? Hinder more like
3:33 am
Haz1558

She's just incredibly nosy and laps up any attention.
3:34 am
Atalante

I'm not letting hobbit anywhere near quick drying concrete!
3:34 am
herinfernallady

Oh i bought a new cat carrier today. Her lard arse doesn't quiet fit
3:34 am
Haz1558

I think you're wise, Ata.
3:35 am
Atalante

I think so. I can just see me lugging her down to the vet going "um, do you have anything for concrete butts?"
3:36 am
Haz1558

Lugging being the operative word. She'd get terribly heavy with a coating of concrete.
3:36 am
Atalante

she certainly would. she's heavy enough anyway
3:37 am
Haz1558

Are you still without your car?
3:37 am
Atalante

we met the most gorgeous pup out in the fields - a near neighbour now has a malamute pup, year old, just the most beautiful dog
3:38 am
Atalante

yes *sigh* they haven't even looked at it yet!
3:38 am
Haz1558

I must look up and see what a Malamute looks like.
3:38 am
lynxxx

Anytime I have workmen here, I spend the whole time corralling Stew. Workmen don't know about closed doors or gates and Stew is a 'bolter'. Its a pain
3:38 am
Atalante

actually, maybe not a malamute. something very similar though, but less stocky
3:39 am
Atalante

omg tell me about it, lynx!
3:39 am
herinfernallady

My cat chases after people to his at them
3:39 am
lynxxx

a Siberian Huskie perhaps - often with blue eyes
3:40 am
Haz1558

It looks very handsome - it would laugh at a bit of frost.
3:40 am
Atalante

yes, blue blue blue eyes. amazing
3:40 am
herinfernallady

So Spangle wants to help Haz?
3:40 am
Atalante

I got a photo of him, I'll put it as my icon in a sec
3:41 am
Haz1558

She just wants attention and some pats. She's otherwise neglected, living in a kennel and all.
3:41 am
lynxxx

Malamute are lovely, wanderers, food obsessive, and very good hunters...byebye cats, possums etc
3:41 am
Haz1558

Food obsession doesn't sound so good - lots of bin raiding?
3:42 am
herinfernallady

oh poor baby. poor under loved douge. snickers silly puppy
3:42 am
Atalante

this one came straight up to me for cuddles. I couldn't get over how warm he was in the midst of frost. his coat is so thick and gorgeous
3:42 am
mrpresident

my friend just got a malamute... she is regretting it!
3:43 am
lynxxx

A friend had one...often went missing overnite...once found on the 13th floor of a building 3/4 miles away...must have been following food
3:43 am
Haz1558

Hello mrp - why the regrets?
3:43 am
herinfernallady

Malamutes are great dogs they need lots of attention and discipline.
3:44 am
mrpresident

dog eats everything it can reach.... including the tablecloth!
Barks constantly and runs away
3:44 am
Atalante

oh gosh, lynx!!
3:44 am
mrpresident

BUT... she will not take advice on how to train it.
3:45 am
herinfernallady

Well im sorry to be rude to your friend but the silly cow should return the dog before it eats a kid
3:45 am
mrpresident

too right infern, but 'she knows best'!
3:46 am
Atalante

there! take a look Lynx!
3:46 am
Atalante

not a brilliant pic, it was a quick snap
3:46 am
herinfernallady

I say kidnap the dog and take it to a malamute rescue person
3:47 am
mrpresident

I said pet, I said love, I said pet, I said love..... return the dog now!
3:47 am
lynxxx

yeah, thats a huskie, the malamutes are at least 50% again if not double
3:48 am
Atalante

ty! ok. my near neighbour has a new HUSKY! he's gorgeous!
3:48 am
lynxxx

lol MRP I loved those characters
3:48 am
mrpresident

am watching it now lynxx!! laughing myself silly!!
3:48 am
herinfernallady

If she has kids and that dog is untrained they can turn nasty specially untrained and un snipped
3:49 am
mrpresident

That Magda is a hard act to follow!
3:49 am
mrpresident

what surprised me, is that she got the dog at 6 weeks old... I thought that was odd for a 'breeder'.
3:50 am
lynxxx

She sure is! lives down this way, Jane Turner a local too
3:50 am
Haz1558

6 weeks is pretty early.
3:50 am
herinfernallady

6 weeks WT frog
3:50 am
Atalante

yes, pretty early. but not unheard of
3:52 am
herinfernallady

I got to see a mini Pandora kitty today
3:53 am
mrpresident

oh my!! I have to find some of these fast-forward send-ups on youtube and post them!! too funny
3:53 am
Atalante

oh yay! *watching the news* lots of england cricket supporters got out to India to watch the test match. that's so good, so many people were worried no-one would go with the recent Mumbai attacks
3:54 am
Haz1558

I'm always amazed that people get so much time off work to follow a team. Or am I being naive? Is the government paying for their time?
3:54 am
Atalante

the hard core England supporters somehow manage to spend half the year travelling round. Nice life!
3:55 am
Haz1558

You'd think they'd tire of it, but apparently not.
3:55 am
Atalante

do Aussie fans do the same?
3:55 am
lynxxx

we have no 'barmy army'
3:55 am
mrpresident

they do ata... big following
3:56 am
rolin

aussie aussie aussie...oi.oi..oi
3:56 am
lynxxx

now look what you have started!
3:56 am
mrpresident

but generally they go to india and south africa
3:56 am
rolin

morning all..
3:56 am
lynxxx

hi Rolin! what have you been up to?
3:56 am
herinfernallady

hi?
3:57 am
rolin

oooh just living lynxxx... but t the moment..im esconsed on the couch with a bad back..
3:58 am
Haz1558

Poor rolin, it's not fun.
3:58 am
mrpresident

oh you have to watch this!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=UqJIPLHuNxE&feature=related
3:58 am
lynxxx

poor Rolin! you know walking is the best thing for it don't you
3:58 am
rolin

nah its not... 'specially when i have 25 13-18yo turning up at my centre for their xmas part...
3:59 am
rolin

yeah lynxx i do... it took me 90 mins to get out of bed and get down the stairs..but ive done better since making myself walk rouns the house
4:00 am
Haz1558

Getting socks on is fun, isn't it?
4:01 am
Atalante

oh gosh. socks. after breaking my pelvis years ago, getting on socks is the one thing I still find difficult!
4:01 am
rolin

lol..oooh yes... ive only tried my slippers so far... but if nec. i can ask my partner to help
4:01 am
lynxxx

lol MRP That would make anyone give up smoking.
4:01 am
Haz1558

I know. You look at the socks and you look at your feet and you just know the two aren't going to meet.
4:01 am
mrpresident

it is so so so funny!
4:02 am
mrpresident

i am going to ask lickety to put that on video fireworks
4:02 am
Atalante

I can usually manage one, then just sit on the floor and giggle about a complete inability to manage the other
4:02 am
mrpresident

hi rolin :) hope you feel better hun
4:03 am
Haz1558

Would yoga help, Ata, or would that just cripple you?
4:03 am
rolin

ty mrp..... ive lived with this since i was 13.... my stock answer is....im not sick..just in pain...
4:03 am
lynxxx

You know you can buy sock puteronerers don't you?
4:03 am
Atalante

I really don't know, I used to do pilates when I was living in London, but has pilates got to deepest Kent? oh no!
4:04 am
rolin

puteronerers...... thats a 12 enable will never accept..lol
4:05 am
Atalante

been meaning to ask, Haz, how has the recent pork / beef angst affected Mr Haz's vet stuff?
4:05 am
Haz1558

How do the sock puteroners work?
4:06 am
Haz1558

Ah well, they've realised that Northern Ireland pigs and cattle ate none of the tainted stuff so we're okay.
4:06 am
Haz1558

Nothing like a good food scare story to induce hysteria from the press.
4:06 am
Atalante

oh really? great! well, great for NI!
4:07 am
Haz1558

It's all political as well. It's emerging that while France was rejecting British beef on BSE grounds, their herds were far more affected, they just didn't tell anybody.
4:08 am
Atalante

well that';s the french for you!
4:08 am
Haz1558

Exactement!
4:09 am
rolin

gris
4:09 am
rolin

oopps...but its not a word..so thats ok
4:10 am
Atalante

brb I need more tea. I am *so* cold
4:15 am
Atalante

ahhhh that's better!
4:16 am
Haz1558

I still think the hot water bottle strapping should be considered. Fashion be hanged.
4:16 am
Atalante

oh yes. stuff fashion when cold!!
4:17 am
Haz1558

I remember being amazed at all the fur being worn in Vienna, but it was sooo cold that it was understandable.
4:17 am
herinfernallady

You can buy heated bras
4:17 am
Atalante

now I just need to coax Hobbit over here to sit on my feet
4:18 am
Atalante

wow!
4:19 am
herinfernallady

yep Triumph have made them with microwaveable pieces. My friend has microwaveable slippers.
4:20 am
Atalante

funny, I never tend to specifically get cold boobs. cold feet, yes, ears, nose, fingers ...
4:21 am
herinfernallady

My friend has really bad circulation problems in her feet and bought the slippers
4:21 am
herinfernallady

OH then there is the doona suit
4:23 am
herinfernallady

http://www.lazypatch.com/ THis is on my list of winter clothes
4:24 am
Atalante

the warmest things in the world are Danish Army arctic expedition sleeping bags
4:24 am
herinfernallady

this is the best thing ever that i want
4:26 am
licketySplitAUS

Heated bras - I'll happily heat them up
4:26 am
Atalante

lol
4:27 am
Haz1558

Hello lickety.
4:30 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
4:30 am
herinfernallady

You would licktey
4:30 am
Haz1558

Thanks lickety.
4:31 am
herinfernallady

thanks lickety
4:31 am
Atalante

can I be smug for a moment?
4:31 am
Yvo

thank you kindly lickety
4:31 am
Haz1558

Can we stop you?
4:31 am
Atalante

probably not lol
4:32 am
Haz1558

Go ahead, Ata. (Good morning Yvo)
4:32 am
Atalante

I finished yesterday's grid without the list!
4:32 am
Haz1558

Well done!
4:32 am
Yvo

good morning Haz
4:32 am
Atalante

for once, I was *truly* smug about that!
4:32 am
Haz1558

But you didn't beat my time of 7 minutes and 54 seconds, now did you?
4:32 am
herinfernallady

hi yv
4:33 am
Atalante

I tried. But no.
4:33 am
Haz1558

No, I thought not. We need to work on your speed techniques.
4:33 am
Yvo

i really struggled with that grid yesterday so congratulation Atalante
4:34 am
Yvo

hi Herin
4:34 am
Haz1558

I think everybody struggled with or without a list. It wasn't a nice grid.
4:35 am
Atalante

it was a *foul* grid
4:35 am
Yvo

For me it was the hardest ever,
4:35 am
herinfernallady

well i ordered my christmas gifts for myself today
4:36 am
Atalante

what did you order? do you wrap christmas presents for oneself?
4:39 am
herinfernallady

My mum and dad sent us $150 for a new vacuum. I ordered that, a waffle/sandwich/toasty maker and 3 note books
4:39 am
herinfernallady

and I bought the cat a new cat box but its a bit small
4:39 am
Atalante

mmmmmm toasted sandwich makers are the BEST
4:40 am
herinfernallady

I broke my last 3 in one
4:41 am
Atalante

thats impressive! those things are indestructible!
4:43 am
herinfernallady

It dropped off the bench
4:44 am
Atalante

oops
4:44 am
herinfernallady

yep
4:44 am
herinfernallady

OH and the new cat carrier is so funny it barely fits her fat butt
4:45 am
Atalante

get a bigger one!
4:46 am
herinfernallady

Ok. We have a bigger one for the car but this is the right size for public transport since himself is working at the moment alot
4:46 am
LynnNate08

hi kris
4:47 am
KristineNas

Hi Lynn. Good Morning Babble
4:47 am
Haz1558

Good morning Kris and Lynn.
4:47 am
LynnNate08

good mornin' all
4:47 am
LynnNate08

be ritght back need to start the car
4:48 am
KristineNas

ok be careful
4:48 am
KristineNas

sene
4:48 am
KristineNas

oops
4:48 am
herinfernallady

Hi Krist and Lynn
4:48 am
KristineNas

hello Haz and lady
4:49 am
reparteena

Good Day fellow Babblers!
4:49 am
Haz1558

Good morning rep.
4:49 am
reparteena

Hey Haz!
4:50 am
Haz1558

You can relax, this grid is much nicer than yesterday's.
4:50 am
herinfernallady

HI rep
4:51 am
reparteena

Hi herin!
4:51 am
Haz1558

Anyway, I'd better go and get some things done - back later. Bye for now!
4:51 am
reparteena

bye bye...
4:52 am
Atalante

byeee!
4:52 am
herinfernallady

later Haz
4:53 am
spanner

Is is just me, or is this grid yuck?? Yesterdays was pretty horrible too I thought
4:53 am
reparteena

me too...terrible yesterday.
4:54 am
spanner

Makes me glad ive only got 20 spare minutes today...!
4:55 am
reparteena

ha...lol
4:56 am
herinfernallady

I am not really trying
4:57 am
herinfernallady

im just poking the grid
4:57 am
spanner

Nice expression herin
4:58 am
herinfernallady

yep
4:58 am
herinfernallady

yep
4:58 am
Atalante

brrr I need to go and get warm. This involves radiators, duvets and spaniels. bbl!
4:58 am
herinfernallady

yep

4:58 am
spanner

Later ata
4:59 am
herinfernallady

later attar
5:00 am
herinfernallady

my net is having a menta
5:02 am
LynnNate08

ok what a mess! hows the grid?
5:02 am
herinfernallady

is anyone here?
5:02 am
herinfernallady

What is wrong Lyn? Hi spanner
5:02 am
LynnNate08

hi her!
5:02 am
reparteena

i'm here was locked in grid..sorry
5:02 am
spanner

I am. Still struggling with the beast...
5:03 am
LynnNate08

lot of ice an snow!
5:03 am
KristineNas

It';s awful out there
5:03 am
herinfernallady

be careful
5:03 am
KristineNas

It';s awful out there
and my babble is acting up again so im staying out of chat
5:03 am
herinfernallady

Spanner cute puppy
5:03 am
LynnNate08

aweeeeeeeeee
5:04 am
spanner

Yep. His name is Blue. He is by the aga sulking at the moment, cause he caught a rat in the hay this morning and it bit his nose..
5:04 am
spanner

He didnt mind the rat but hated the jab at the vets
5:04 am
herinfernallady

silly puppy. Is he a Wienerrama (sp)
5:05 am
spanner

Yep. I have a really cute black lab too
5:06 am
herinfernallady

cool
5:06 am
spanner

Have to go. Sorry BBL.
5:06 am
herinfernallady

k
5:06 am
reparteena

bye spanner...
5:19 am
LynnNate08

sa 4/4 the fourth one please?
5:22 am
KristineNas

There's only 3
5:22 am
LynnNate08

third one i mean
5:22 am
LynnNate08

sorry
5:23 am
KristineNas

s + one n***on under God
5:23 am
LynnNate08

ty do u have the sa 5/10?
5:24 am
KristineNas

Yes I do
5:24 am
KristineNas

Oh did you need a clue ?
5:24 am
LynnNate08

lol clue it woman
5:24 am
LynnNate08

haha
5:24 am
KristineNas

sa + rod and ***l
5:25 am
LynnNate08

duh thats always here
5:25 am
KristineNas

YES IT IS
5:25 am
LynnNate08

sa 5/14 an esses are done
5:26 am
KristineNas

Captain , lieutenant , Sa*** < a m ilitary rank abbreviated
5:26 am
LynnNate08

noe it lets me put it i grrrrrrrrrrr
5:26 am
LynnNate08

ty lover lol
5:27 am
KristineNas

yw peaches
5:27 am
reparteena

time for work..bbl..good luck Babblers!
5:27 am
KristineNas

hagd rep
5:28 am
reparteena

ty
5:29 am
LynnNate08

ag 5/14 sec one?
5:29 am
KristineNas

im not up to the A's yet
5:30 am
LynnNate08

ok
5:32 am
BabbleRabble

ag 5 --- add diva tune: a***
5:35 am
LynnNate08

wi 16/30?
5:35 am
LynnNate08

wi 6
5:36 am
BabbleRabble

wi 6 --- more cunning
5:37 am
LynnNate08

hmmmmmmmmmm
5:39 am
LynnNate08

im not getting it
5:40 am
jacq

the coyote? but more so
5:40 am
jacq

hello ladies
5:40 am
Merk

ag 5, like the one above, but change both vowels
5:41 am
Merk

Good morning, Jacq and everyone else, too.
5:42 am
jacq

hello Merk
5:52 am
LynnNate08

bo 6/30?
5:52 am
KristineNas

!~!~!~FIREWORKS~!~!~!
5:52 am
LynnNate08

nm
5:53 am
LynnNate08

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
5:53 am
LynnNate08

but yayyyy! lol
5:53 am
KristineNas

grrrrr to you too lol
5:53 am
KristineNas

but ty
5:54 am
Eva

morning all
5:54 am
pugmama763

bo6--bo + extreme anger
5:54 am
KristineNas

I need to get going ,need to straighten up for the sitter and get myself ready
5:54 am
LynnNate08

bi4/6 fist one?
5:54 am
Eva

kristine-looks like rutland got a lot of snow
5:54 am
KristineNas

bi + ** you were
5:55 am
KristineNas

yes we have a mes Eva
5:55 am
KristineNas

mess* snow sleet rain UGH
5:55 am
KristineNas

kids are home YUCK
5:55 am
LynnNate08

kris?
5:56 am
KristineNas

Lynn ?
5:56 am
Eva

rutland really seems to be a magnet for intense weather. Supposedly we have 8 inches of assorted stuff but since the sun isn't up yet I can't really tell
5:56 am
KristineNas

I think that's about what we got. Would have been more had it not been for the mixed precip..
5:57 am
Eva

I heard sleet for a while, but we're a lot further north so hopefully mainly snow
5:57 am
LynnNate08

ab 5/14?
5:57 am
KristineNas

It would have been nice to stay snow , but it still looks pretty
5:57 am
KristineNas

ab 5,14 to terminate a pregnancy
5:58 am
LynnNate08

ahhhhhhhh ty
5:58 am
Eva

stuff the kids in their snow gear and send em out to make snow people
5:58 am
KristineNas

ab 5,14 i have water ab*** on the stove
5:58 am
KristineNas

It's gonna be a heavy snow lol
5:59 am
LynnNate08

ba 6/24?
5:59 am
Eva

some instructions about the capacity for ice balls to cause concussions might be in order
5:59 am
KristineNas

ok I really need to get goung now
5:59 am
KristineNas

going **
6:00 am
KristineNas

yes Eva I agree lol
6:00 am
Eva

bye
6:00 am
KristineNas

ba 6,24 ba** me out of jail + 2 vowels
6:00 am
LynnNate08

ty
6:01 am
KristineNas

yvw poopie head May I leave now ?
6:01 am
LynnNate08

yes
6:01 am
Eva

yes
6:01 am
KristineNas

ok lol I'll call you when I get back from the Plumber lol
6:02 am
LynnNate08

lol ok
6:02 am
KristineNas

Have a Great Day Everyone !
6:05 am
LynnNate08

ci 5?
6:06 am
NonnieLight

morning all!
6:07 am
Eva

little hairs on amoeba
6:07 am
Eva

well not really on amoeba-but on many one celled animals
6:08 am
Eva

my recall of HS biology is pretty dim
6:08 am
Scrabbler

Good morning.
6:08 am
NonnieLight

it was good enough for me, eva ty :o)
6:08 am
Eva

or il4/4 with the c in front
6:08 am
Eva

morning nonnie and scrabbler
6:09 am
NonnieLight

morning scrabbs!
6:09 am
Scrabbler

Has everyone recovered from yesterday's grid?
6:09 am
NonnieLight

hey! regas is too a word, I have to regas my car all the time.
6:09 am
Scrabbler

Haha, Nonnie.
6:10 am
NonnieLight

I had to give up on yesterdays.
6:10 am
mrpresident

evening girlies :))
6:10 am
mrpresident

you all have the pleasure of a video for fireworks today!
6:10 am
Scrabbler

I had time to do it so I persevered.
6:10 am
Eva

hi mrp
6:10 am
NonnieLight

hiya mrp--hows things?
6:10 am
Scrabbler

Hi mrp---doing better today?
6:10 am
mrpresident

i gave up on yesterday too... brain was hurting
6:11 am
mrpresident

doing much better today thanks! still working, since 9 this morning... is now after 11pm. ah, joy
6:12 am
NonnieLight

yahoo, mrp...I may get to see that video since it is Friday and I won't have a care in the world when I get home from work.
6:13 am
mrpresident

oh nonnie! the video is a true aussie send-up! so so wrong!
6:13 am
Scrabbler

Me too, Nonnie.
6:15 am
Scrabbler

**quiet chat as Babblers furiously search for words**
6:18 am
Eva

any hints for the tw8's?
6:18 am
Eva

seeems like they should be obvious, but not to me
6:19 am
Scrabbler

I didn't even notice the tw yet.
6:20 am
NonnieLight

sorry eva, I only have the tw4 so far
6:20 am
ladycece920

one of them is more of the tw5 - spinning on your toes
6:21 am
carleekat

morning all...
6:21 am
Scrabbler

I have only 4s and 5s so far--eyes/brain not seeing possibility o flonger words yet.
6:21 am
BabbleRabble

baton motion
6:21 am
carleekat

hi mrp ...how are we today?..this evening?
6:21 am
Eva

thanks lady!
6:21 am
Scrabbler

Hi Cece and Carlee and BR
6:21 am
ladycece920

morning all
6:22 am
carleekat

do we like this grid much more then yesterday's?
6:22 am
NonnieLight

morning carlee and lady
6:22 am
Eva

yes, but that's not saying much
6:22 am
NonnieLight

ty BR
6:22 am
Scrabbler

So far I have found it easier, but it is not easy.
6:23 am
Dorens

morning...lurking in he background and I agree... anything is better than yesterday, but this doesn't seem all that much easier
6:23 am
NonnieLight

morning dorens
6:23 am
crosshair

good morning everyone;0
6:24 am
redturtlehead

Good Morning. Grid is OK. I am finding it difficult to escape the Kaylee Anthony news.
6:24 am
Scrabbler

Hi Doren. It has been nice to see you sneak in here in the mornings.
6:24 am
Scrabbler

Hi crossy
6:24 am
carleekat

MRP still here?
6:24 am
Scrabbler

Hi red
6:24 am
NonnieLight

hello crossy and red
6:24 am
NonnieLight

what is the latest on that, red?
6:24 am
carleekat

i can't get past the automaker "bailout" failed...
6:25 am
Dorens

( i am just trying to grab a few words before school... after school i have a long ride to cambridge and then will visit with family, won't get to the grid till maybe 10 or 11 pm. almost sorry i started it
6:25 am
redturtlehead

A Utility orker found what appears to be her body in the woods. but....
6:25 am
Scrabbler

Yes, I am listening to the radio news now---pros and cons of to bail out/loan or to not
6:25 am
redturtlehead

It's just living so close to Orlando and the National news...it never stops.
6:25 am
Scrabbler

You get to see Miss Phoebe!
6:26 am
Dorens

I'm not sure if the bailout is a good thing or not.... i see both sides
6:26 am
Scrabbler

Well, red, at least some of the mystery may be solved.
6:26 am
Dorens

yes I do, scrabbs. main reason for the visit. every month there are such changes
6:26 am
NonnieLight

I'm with you, dorens.
6:26 am
redturtlehead

Apparently the sticking point was the pay for union orkers.
6:26 am
carleekat

u know....senate ans congress are so hypocritical...to their croanies on wall street...here is 600 billion...have a little shopping spree....to "joe plumber/ bob mechanic/ betty lugnutter... screw u....."
6:26 am
Scrabbler

I enjoy language development most of all!
6:27 am
redturtlehead

We will see Scrabbs, I heard there was duct tape on the skull, which makes no sense....
6:27 am
NonnieLight

so very sad, red.
6:27 am
carleekat

i agree UAW should have agrred to the concessions.....with job parity..that was just STUPID..they pulled a yasser arafat on that...thought they could bluff through on that one...but..bloody freaking hell..now what?
6:28 am
Dorens

yup , me too.. and between two and three it's so much there.....and of course her vocab is just ridiculous
6:28 am
redturtlehead

And even wierder, a patient I had a month ago is also on the news today...
6:28 am
Dorens

ok. have to run now.... see you tomorrow
6:28 am
Scrabbler

Bye Doren
6:28 am
carleekat

bye dorens
6:28 am
Scrabbler

Uh, oh, red--bad news?
6:28 am
NonnieLight

bye bye dorens and safe travels to you
6:29 am
redturtlehead

Oh no. Pt is fine, but there is some sort of investigation about how he ended up needing the hospital...but I can tell them its the patients own fault.
6:30 am
redturtlehead

But it doesnt appear that I will need to tell them anything.
6:31 am
NonnieLight

I really think there should be a lot more "ier" words in this grid...nothing seems to work! :/
6:31 am
Scrabbler

I got a subpoena a week ago but was able to avoid a court appearance by providing records. Phew.
6:32 am
redturtlehead

Court is difficult, I have only been once as a witness to say, yes I saw this man shoot this other man in the parking lot.
6:34 am
redturtlehead

In this case, since I have just heard about it in the news...I am not concerned in that way.
6:34 am
NonnieLight

The closest I've gotten to court is jury duty selection and not chosen or my latest was my traffic ticket <oh my>. That was pure-d humiliation...this little old lady will control her lead foot from now on. Cruise control is my best friend.
6:35 am
mrpresident

hi carlee! doing ok thanks darling... and you??
6:35 am
redturtlehead

oooh Nonnie, I had to go once when I let my care registration epire for about 1 year.
6:35 am
carleekat

i'm good....am headache...I was just worried about u hun
6:35 am
Scrabbler

Yep, traffic court is quite humiliating!
6:36 am
NonnieLight

No fun is it, red.
6:37 am
redturtlehead

In my case Nonnie, I was lucky, the lady before me was hysterical, so I think the judge was just pleased that I was calm and such, so in comparison it is alright.
6:37 am
NonnieLight

Sheesh, the judge gave a $175 fine, 3 months probation--I'm on probation! and I have to pay $25 each time I see my probation officer. Plus I have to attend defensive driving school if I don't want the blasted thing to appear on my pristine record.
6:37 am
redturtlehead

but it as definitely a different world!
6:38 am
redturtlehead

Oh Gosh Nonnie, you must have really been driving along!
6:39 am
NonnieLight

indeed, red! I saw and heard things that I made my eyes bug out.
6:39 am
redturtlehead

Is anyone on from the Northeast area where the ice storm was??
6:40 am
NonnieLight

20 over--my mind was not on my business! To top it off, the ticketing officer was the son of one of the women I work with! I was guilty as sin and just had to eat humble pie and take the punishment.
6:41 am
redturtlehead

Oh Nonnie. 20 over is sort of a lot.
6:42 am
NonnieLight

It was :(
6:43 am
Scrabbler

That punishment is very excessive, Nonnie! I got off with a "parking violation."
6:43 am
redturtlehead

but no you are reformed?
6:43 am
redturtlehead

now
6:43 am
NonoNanette

good morning Babblers
6:43 am
Scrabbler

Hi Nanette
6:43 am
crosshair

morning nono:)
6:44 am
NonnieLight

Indeed, I am! :)
6:44 am
redturtlehead

Ni Nanette
6:44 am
NonnieLight

good morning nono!
6:44 am
NonoNanette

some areas around me got ice red but its mostly snow here
6:45 am
NonnieLight

Heading to work. I hope everyone has a really good day.
6:45 am
carleekat

bye nonnie
6:45 am
crosshair

guess this grid is a bit better,got to 50 before i hit the wall instead of 25:/
6:46 am
Scrabbler

Bye Nonnie
6:46 am
NonoNanette

bye nonnie
6:46 am
Scrabbler

I have 72 but am struggling.
6:48 am
lshult

afternoon all
6:48 am
NonoNanette

hi Ishult
6:49 am
crosshair

51...weeee:(
6:49 am
NonoNanette

i have 31 and struggling Scrabs so your ahead of me
6:49 am
lshult

100 still to find, already heading for the lists, I hate this grid!!!!
6:49 am
crosshair

howdy ishult
6:50 am
crosshair

yesterdays was the worst
6:50 am
BabbleRabble

tr 5 --- add a sharp-pointed tool
tr 7 ---- fishing boat; pl
6:50 am
NonoNanette

ty BR
6:51 am
BabbleRabble

oscar meyer(s)
6:51 am
crosshair

ty br those 2 clues were good for 6 words:)
6:52 am
BabbleRabble

abbr for an nco
6:52 am
BabbleRabble

li 6 -- add a sea eagle; pl
6:53 am
NonoNanette

I think I can spend the morning just saying thanks to you BR!
6:53 am
redturtlehead

Hi Mr Hair.
6:53 am
crosshair

howdy red
6:53 am
Scrabbler

TY for li6 but I don't see how to create the fishing boat
6:54 am
redturtlehead

Whats so bad about yesterday is that I made a special effort to finish and my rankings points didnt move at all!!!!
6:54 am
redturtlehead

Scrabbler, just tyoe it in. it works!
6:54 am
Scrabbler

NM, I figured it out.
6:54 am
crosshair

i saw the boat but did not see the sharp tool
6:54 am
Scrabbler

That's what I did, red--I was looking at the wrong L--I made tr5 earlier with the other L.
6:55 am
BabbleRabble

ir 6 -- i + and art cr****
6:55 am
featherbee

morning!!!!
6:55 am
featherbee

snowday!!!!
6:55 am
crosshair

lol br,ill just save time and thank you right now for the next 100 clues or so:))
6:56 am
Scrabbler

Wowee, feather! Yippee!!!!!!!!!
6:56 am
Scrabbler

I need help with art cr____.
6:57 am
featherbee

off to do crafts with daniel! thought i could peek in here for a second, but he wants to paint his little dogs and cats that we got for christmas presents
6:57 am
BabbleRabble

remember the "i" first
6:58 am
BabbleRabble

someone who pans or applauds a musical, eg
6:58 am
Scrabbler

OK, I figured out what cr___ is.
7:00 am
BabbleRabble

sa 6 -- a literary genre that employs folly or derision; back it up for a 4
7:01 am
carleekat

( i was looking for that 4 BR..thanks)
7:02 am
Scrabbler

TY, BR
7:02 am
NonoNanette

Thanks again BR
7:03 am
Scrabbler

Ugh, the economic news on the radio is awful, esp with regard to Xmas shopping and unemployment.
7:03 am
BabbleRabble

shin bone
7:03 am
Scrabbler

How about the U?
7:03 am
Scrabbler

NM, fish me!
7:04 am
redturtlehead

It is indeed pretty awful Scrabb. I've been trying to do a lot of charity shopping, but...I dont feel its helping.
7:04 am
carleekat

( i was going to say..scrabs... u SHOULD see that one)
7:04 am
BabbleRabble

ta 5 -- add a disagreeable discussion: ***u*ment
7:05 am
carleekat

we doing stockings... 1 pressie for each kid...and the trip south for a change..that it
7:06 am
carleekat

and in our house..stocking is chocolate followed by chocolate..follwed by more chocolate..that it
7:07 am
BabbleRabble

wa 7 -- comparative ending for the protuberance mythically caused be a reptile
7:08 am
BabbleRabble

any act of kindness is a blessing; no one may save the world alone but those who care truly are to be commended
7:09 am
carleekat

my biggest thing is where do you draw the line tho BR....any one of us can only do so much
7:09 am
BabbleRabble

you draw the line
7:10 am
carleekat

and then the heartstrings are pulled more...:o(
7:10 am
Scrabbler

Every little bit of charity helps.
7:11 am
jacq

good afternoon everyone
7:11 am
NonoNanette

hi jac
7:11 am
jacq

hey Nanette
7:11 am
carleekat

hi jac
7:12 am
jacq

hey carlee
7:12 am
BabbleRabble

I get remonstrated for being hard-hearted at times; nonetheless, I see no purpose in becoming part of the problem by over-extending what I am able to do
7:13 am
jacq

if giving to charity or if being kind and generous starts to impact on your families quality of life then you draw the line
7:13 am
jacq

i wqas reading the chog, sorry
7:13 am
NonoNanette

for sure BR you have to take care of your own first then what is left can help others
7:13 am
carleekat

in my head I know that... but then my heart...
7:13 am
jacq

that's why they put those heart wrenching ad's on tv
7:14 am
Scrabbler

Hi jacq
7:14 am
jacq

hey Scrabbler
7:14 am
Scrabbler

Our newspaper has the "Neediest Fund" and features families going through very harsh times.
7:15 am
redturtlehead

i have beensurprised though at how inexpensive some fun toys are. Play Doh for example.
7:16 am
BabbleRabble

volunteering in lieu of a gift is most welcome and very rewarding
7:16 am
Scrabbler

Well, friends, I must get ready for my tennis match.
7:16 am
carleekat

( even cheaper if u make ur own coloured with koolaid)
7:16 am
jacq

have fun Scrabbler
7:16 am
redturtlehead

I ould LOVE it if someone volunteered to clean my home, or do the dishes.
7:16 am
NonoNanette

have a great day Scrabs
7:16 am
carleekat

byebye scrabs
7:16 am
BabbleRabble

be well, Scrabbler
7:16 am
Scrabbler

Haham Red--I agree.
7:16 am
redturtlehead

carlee, the time involved would kill me there.
7:17 am
carleekat

it takes about 5 mins....I used to make it for my son's kindergarten class
7:18 am
redturtlehead

Nothing takes 5 min, but as something to donate, I am not sure they would accept anything that asnt sealed up.
7:18 am
carleekat

( that going back about... 5 mins)
7:18 am
carleekat

no..if donating it like that...no of course not
7:18 am
pors

aw
7:19 am
carleekat

that going back sorry about 12 years...
7:19 am
redturtlehead

Morning Pors!
7:19 am
carleekat

hi pors
7:20 am
carleekat

ok..gone to shower and get ready for my 2 hour day...yippee..i hate fridays
7:20 am
jacq

bye carlee
7:21 am
redturtlehead

I am hating friday because I have to ork the weekend with the wierdo charge RN.
7:22 am
pugmama763

morning babblers
7:22 am
jacq

lol red, when i was having my oldest daughter i was in hospital fr 16 days bed rest because of pre-eclampsia, she was 6 weeks early anyway and when i went into labour again they said c-section, but before that they let me go through the early stages, and i had a nurse who spoke to herself, told herself jokes and laughed at them, it was as scary as hell
7:22 am
jacq

she was wierd in the extreme
7:23 am
redturtlehead

jac, oddly it doesnt surprise me. I do sometimes talk to myself but not in front of others.
7:23 am
jacq

i had her for 4 hours, just me and her in a room and she shouted at me when i asked for ice
7:23 am
jacq

the talking didn't bother me, but the jokes and insane laughter did
7:23 am
redturtlehead

Ahhh the shortage allows that, I suppose.
7:24 am
jacq

this was 22 years ago lol
7:24 am
crosshair

i heard the word insanity..someone called me? lol
7:25 am
jacq

lol, hey crossy
7:25 am
redturtlehead

Not so sure there was such a shortage then. There was one in the early 80's then a small glut in the early ninties and now...
7:25 am
crosshair

all the nurses here are hard as nails...kind of like biting on tin foil
7:25 am
jacq

lol
7:25 am
redturtlehead

Well, Mr Hair, e can not help ourselves.
7:26 am
pugmama763

any clues for the RE5/10-6/18 pair please?
7:26 am
redturtlehead

We have to keep reminding ourselves that hat is typical for us is usually someone elses worst day.
7:26 am
jacq

when i had my other one it was the exact same scenario and i had an amazing nurse who stayed after her shift change so i had a familiar face, she got to watch the section and even gave us a small gift for the baby
7:26 am
crosshair

oh i understand red,but what is bad is beign treated like a breathing piece of meat instead of a person
7:27 am
redturtlehead

lol cross!!!!
7:28 am
jacq

i thought all you men were breathing pieces of meat
7:28 am
crosshair

then you get a good one and your blown away:)
7:28 am
crosshair

lol jacq
7:29 am
redturtlehead

Yesterday I had a lady complain that no one took her to the bathroom hile I as at lunch. She kept saying, I'd like that nurse to have to wait to go to the bathroom....and all I could think of was how often I have gone a whole 12 hours without the bathroom!
7:29 am
jacq

lol
7:29 am
crosshair

my bladder is the size of a walnut:(
7:30 am
redturtlehead

Sorry cross. But if you come in feeling eak I ill let you have a urinal.
7:30 am
crosshair

passs a few stones through it and things are never the same
7:31 am
jacq

ouch
7:32 am
crosshair

let me have a urinal..if they dont hand me one ill whizz in the hallway;)
7:35 am
crosshair

once i was in traction with broken legs and they brought me cherios but no milk,i kept asking for some milk,i waited and waited.finally i asked the person next to me if they had an elastic and i proceeded to fire dried cheerios at the nurses desk using the elastic;)
7:35 am
crosshair

got my milk:)
7:37 am
crosshair

as i recall my bed pan was late that day....:(
7:38 am
redturtlehead

cross thats funny.
7:39 am
crosshair

true stuff,nurses station became a war zone,bet they thought they were storming the beaches of normandy with all that cerial flying over thier heads;)
7:40 am
crosshair

one has to amuse ones self..takes the mind away from the itching:)
7:40 am
redturtlehead

I remember having a few casts itching is pretty horrific.
7:41 am
crosshair

my left leg had a long cast right up to my mid thigh..had to use a yard stick..:(
7:41 am
crosshair

coat hangers...
7:42 am
redturtlehead

cross, you know you arent supposed to do that. It tears open the skin! I know because I did use a coat hanger...and then had the cast cut off and there ere streaks don my leg...I got caught.
7:42 am
redturtlehead

give cross a stern nursy look.
7:42 am
crosshair

i got caught as well,but there is nothing and i repeat nothing finer than getting that itch
7:43 am
redturtlehead

true true.
7:43 am
crosshair

nevermind that red,just send the candy striper in its time for my sponge bath;)
7:43 am
wvteach

good morning all - snowy morning here
7:43 am
crosshair

howdy wvteach:)
7:44 am
redturtlehead

nice clue icon v.
7:45 am
Trifioso

morning all. DIdn't get much sleep (again - ick) so I am going to try to finish the grid with half a brain....
7:46 am
crosshair

howdy trif;)
7:47 am
Trifioso

hi cross.read your nurse chat - too funny about the cheerios!
7:47 am
crosshair

was true..darn things are no good without milk anyways,may as well be ammunition
7:48 am
crosshair

used up half my cheerios by the time i got my milk though..:(
7:49 am
jacq

lol
7:49 am
jacq

cam back in ime for that
7:49 am
crosshair

so i asked for some tea to go with my milk....got it in under a minute hehe
7:49 am
jacq

came too
7:49 am
Trifioso

it wasn't THAT funny jac!
7:50 am
jacq

lol
7:50 am
Trifioso

(naughty grin!)
7:50 am
crosshair

then i discovered the nurses food station...:)))
7:50 am
crosshair

can make fast get aways in wheelchairs....
7:51 am
jacq

lol
7:51 am
crosshair

omg..just remembered,that was when we could still smoke in hospitals! good grief!
7:51 am
redturtlehead

I wish we had a food station!
7:52 am
redturtlehead

Now you cant even smoke outside hospitals.
7:52 am
Trifioso

lol cross - my DH has very fond memories of his kindergarten teacher in Dublin. She could play the piano, conduct the class, drink her cup of tea and smoke her cigarette all at the same time! VERY talented
7:53 am
Trifioso

the very idea now!
7:53 am
crosshair

i agree with ti red..the saddest thing ive ever seen is the smkong area in the back yard of the princess margret lodge we used to stay at while we were getting our chemo treatments:(((
7:54 am
crosshair

lol trif
7:54 am
redturtlehead

yes that is ewww.
7:54 am
crosshair

darn typos
7:54 am
Trifioso

the saddest thing to me is those people who smoke through the hole in their throats where their larynxes used to be....
7:54 am
crosshair

indeed
7:55 am
Read-Knit-Bake

GM Trifioso, here you are too. ...I saw you on the chat last night and couldn't believe you were up at that hour also..must have been the crazy wild weather keeping us awake.
7:55 am
crosshair

65 words and ive hit the wall:(( again
7:56 am
redturtlehead

How are you guys doing with the weather, I am wondering if my sister is alright.
7:56 am
Trifioso

no, I have WICKED bad insomnia, and last night was really bad. How to get through the day with 3 hours sleep? It's not like in college, when I could do it without blinking....
7:57 am
Atalante

I'm just glad smoking is banned in most places now
7:57 am
crosshair

ive not seen the news or the paper in 3 days..where was this ice storm?
7:57 am
redturtlehead

Ata, you have once again surpassed us all in Scramble.
7:58 am
Read-Knit-Bake

My son's friend from Orlando has an 8:30 flight cancelled last night. The plane finally took off at 12:30. My son just called from north of Boston and he said it is a sheet of ice and trees down evrywhere..a reall mess.
7:58 am
Trifioso

cross, we definitely got hammered in the western part of Mass - trees are snapping, bent in half with the weight of the ice
7:58 am
NonoNanette

hello agian folks, got sidetracked by hubby's health aide
7:58 am
crosshair

:((((
7:58 am
NonoNanette

i guess eastern part of upstate ny got it pretty good too
7:58 am
Atalante

have I? what about Gwen? She always beats me hands down
7:58 am
Trifioso

is the health aide a handsome swedish man with Magic Hands, by any chance?
7:59 am
NonoNanette

we only got snow but more than enough of it to suit em
7:59 am
redturtlehead

I guess I am not friends wiwth Gwen, btu it says you are number one.
7:59 am
NonoNanette

lol Trif i wish!
7:59 am
crosshair

we got 4 more inches of snow last night but that was all
7:59 am
Trifioso

damn the luck....maybe you could send in a request?
7:59 am
Atalante

oh ... Gwen will be number 1 on my list, I'm sure!
7:59 am
redturtlehead

Here is it chilly and windy and rainy...
7:59 am
Atalante

(Gwen = BookDoctorGwen)
8:00 am
NonoNanette

we had close to 8 inches here but at least thats not on top of anything other than bare ground
8:00 am
Judi

Nice of you folks to collect all that snow. We just got buckets of rain here.
8:00 am
crosshair

lol our fire hydrants are long buried,all you can see are the marking sticks so the fire dept can find them
8:00 am
Trifioso

yes, judi, we only have rain too. It is the strangest weather system. Here we are at 61F and rain, yet just 30 miles away it's all ice.
8:01 am
NonoNanette

Judi I would much rather have rain as long as its not freezing
8:01 am
redturtlehead

Oooh ANderson Cooper is hosting Regis and Kelly, much better than Regis.
8:02 am
Judi

Weird indeed. I had to drive to southern Delaware on Wednesday. Overcast, but 73 deg. at the beaches. Wacky.
8:02 am
Trifioso

you don't have to shovel rain - best advantage ever
8:02 am
crosshair

anyways,the grid wins for now.im off for a bit to reset my eyes bbl
8:02 am
crosshair

poof
8:02 am
NonoNanette

later Crossy
8:03 am
Trifioso

bye cross
8:04 am
NonoNanette

no way are there 214 words in this grid. I've been stuck at 92 since i came back
8:05 am
redturtlehead

I have 92 left...
8:05 am
Trifioso

how funny! so do I!
8:05 am
NonoNanette

do you suppose those are the 92 that i have red?
8:05 am
Atalante

I have 94!
8:05 am
redturtlehead

We coudl trade nono.
8:06 am
redturtlehead

BR gave some nice clues earlier.
8:06 am
NonoNanette

i cought some of them maybe i need to go back to the log
8:07 am
NonoNanette

I have greyed out 3 ti4s but still have 4 blank ones
8:08 am
Trifioso

people, a miracle has occurred - I FINALLY figured out how to use the points to aid in letter selection. (cue hallelujah chorus)
8:08 am
Trifioso

math and I are not friends
8:09 am
redturtlehead

good on you trif.
8:10 am
Atalante

wooohoooooo!
8:10 am
Trifioso

bowing....
8:10 am
NonoNanette

hallelujah Trif!
8:10 am
aslindy

hello everyone
8:11 am
Trifioso

in other news - a state of emergency has just been declared for mass and new hamp
8:11 am
Judi

She sees the light. Amen. Amen.
8:11 am
redturtlehead

RI is fine?
8:11 am
periwinkle

hello all, thank goodness I am here, had a very difficult time getting connected to the internet
8:11 am
Judi

Geesh, Trif. Hope you don't have to travel anywhere.
8:11 am
redturtlehead

Hi Peri!
8:12 am
aslindy

I am asking for Babble Pro for Christmas this year
8:12 am
NonoNanette

hi Peri
8:12 am
Trifioso

just this afternoon, to various kiddo activities - they are predicting the temperature will drop by 40 degrees by evening, so a lot of things might get cancelled....we have loads of candles, but not so much firewood, and what we do have is SOAKED
8:13 am
NonoNanette

thats the way it was here yesterday Trif
8:14 am
car.eeyore

Good Morning, Dahling!
8:14 am
car.eeyore

tare
8:14 am
car.eeyore

sera
8:14 am
car.eeyore

ares
8:14 am
car.eeyore

Into the penalty box I go!
8:15 am
Trifioso

it's okay car - I left some choco and tea in there from my last visit....
8:16 am
jacq

car, can you do that with the u word?
8:16 am
jacq

please?
8:17 am
car.eeyore

Sure! If I can figure any of them out! I haven't had a single cup of coffee yet, so let me get warmed up!
8:17 am
jacq

lol, ty
8:17 am
BabbleRabble

ur 4 --- u + most of jagger's first
8:18 am
car.eeyore

Sorry - but Jagger's first what?
8:18 am
jacq

ty BR
8:18 am
aslindy

so close to urchin being in there...
8:18 am
NonoNanette

first name
8:18 am
Atalante

name
8:19 am
jacq

hey lindy
8:19 am
jacq

hey Ata
8:19 am
car.eeyore

Ah yes, my medical transcription background is OH SO helpful!
8:20 am
aslindy

hi jac
8:21 am
periwinkle

help please with the 8's
8:21 am
redturtlehead

Ok at the ridk of being hit ith ice balls, I am trying to decide if I can bear to go swimming outside today.
8:21 am
redturtlehead

its sort of cold and windy.
8:21 am
jacq

no red
8:21 am
jacq

daft question
8:21 am
Trifioso

anyone who goes outside swimming here today WILL have ice balls!
8:21 am
periwinkle

I wouldn't but then again, I can' swim :-)
8:21 am
BabbleRabble

eight inches plus expected here
8:22 am
Atalante

with a wet suit, yes
8:22 am
jacq

LOL
8:22 am
Judi

LOL, Trif!
8:22 am
redturtlehead

Thing is I twisted my ankle. I thought it was fine, but I see it is a bit swollen, so running is sort of a dumb idea...
8:22 am
redturtlehead

but swimming would be good...except for the foggy coldness.
8:23 am
BabbleRabble

is clear coldness more inspiring?
8:23 am
Atalante

as would staying in the warm
8:23 am
Judi

Pretend you're the Loch Ness Monster, Red.
8:24 am
BabbleRabble

wa 7 -- more of the myth associated with handling a reptile
8:24 am
redturtlehead

last time I swam in cold pool I had goose bumps for the whole time.
8:25 am
Judi

Popping off for a bit to finish addressing the office Xmas cards. Slog, slog, slog.
8:25 am
redturtlehead

maybe br, at least it wont rain...
8:25 am
NonoNanette

tw8 those who spin a baton
8:25 am
Atalante

amphibian, actually. but we won't quibble!
8:26 am
BabbleRabble

thank you, Atalante
8:26 am
periwinkle

thanks, NoNo
8:27 am
NonoNanette

yw Peri thats the only 8 i have
8:27 am
Atalante

(but brilliant clue!)
8:27 am
NonoNanette

oops found another
8:27 am
NonoNanette

boats that you fish from
8:27 am
jacq

the baton spinning one but more of it
8:27 am
Trifioso

arrrrgh i am so bad at babble! I get the little words just fine, but I just can't get the hang of extending. I had the wa4, the tw5, etc. but none of the bigger ones.
8:27 am
jacq

tw8 again
8:28 am
NonoNanette

tw 8/60
8:28 am
Atalante

you'll get there, trif! we've all learned!
8:28 am
periwinkle

may I have a def. please
8:28 am
periwinkle

I sound like I am in a spelling bee, may I have the country of origin as well?
8:28 am
Trifioso

that sound so spelling bee, peri! tee hee....
8:29 am
redturtlehead

there is a tr 8 plural fishing boats
8:29 am
Trifioso

snap!
8:29 am
BabbleRabble

li 6 -- add a ch**** lounge
8:29 am
jacq

those baton's are tw8/60 than the other ones
8:29 am
periwinkle

ty, got the other tw8
8:29 am
periwinkle

I love to watch the National Spelling Bee on TV
8:30 am
car.eeyore

TY!
8:30 am
NonoNanette

ty br
8:31 am
Angelsong

hi, all. I have a dilemma. I had to put my desktop in the shop a couple of weeks ago. the people who worked on it said it had trojans and viruses on it, and it needed a new motherboard. they replaced the motherboard and removed my original video card, which they kept. They charged me a fee for the repair...but the machine was still rebooting constantly, so I had to take it to a different technician, who said it had two conflicting audio drivers on it and other problems that were causing the continuous rebooting. it is now fixed...but I don't feel right about paying the entire fee to the first folks who said they fixed it when they did not. what do you think?
8:31 am
Trifioso

i am coveting the dress amanda peet is wearing on "ellen"
8:31 am
redturtlehead

I would not pay for it Angel.
8:31 am
Atalante

depends whether the first repair caused the problems or not
8:31 am
jacq

get a written report from the second tech, go back with it and demand an aanswer
8:32 am
jacq

you need proof
8:32 am
BabbleRabble

tr 6 == medical prioritizing
8:32 am
redturtlehead

plus they should give you the parts back that are yours.
8:32 am
Angelsong

I have a written report from the second techician, who did say, in writing, that the first repair caused the problems.
8:32 am
jacq

nods, they should have returned the video card and the damaged motherboard
8:33 am
Trifioso

yes, I agree - why did they keep the video card?
8:33 am
Atalante

well then don't pay! and get back your vid card
8:33 am
jacq

that's all you need, then you tell the first lot they broke their contract with you
8:33 am
car.eeyore

Ahhhh...nothing like that first sip of coffee!! :-)
8:33 am
redturtlehead

and better business Bureau.
8:33 am
Atalante

(there's our favrouite lw4 for anyone who hasn't got it yet)
8:34 am
Trifioso

please upload some this way, car my dear....
8:34 am
Angelsong

I don't know why they kept the video card, but I am going to demand they return it to me.
8:34 am
car.eeyore

Pouring.......
8:34 am
periwinkle

does anyone have the last 8
8:35 am
Trifioso

OH! I forgot - you helped Tertiare with her homework last night. It's the *dreaded* memorize the state capitals, and we used your name for NC - as in, who lives in CAROLINA? Carole RALEIGH. Hey, it worked.
8:35 am
BabbleRabble

a court will likely base the result on the theory of quantum meruit --- value of the parts and services that you benefited from less the cost of fixing the problems caused by the first tech's negligence
8:35 am
car.eeyore

I am SO awesome!
8:35 am
jacq

more than one fishing boat?
8:36 am
redturtlehead

yes jacs there is that tr 8
8:36 am
BabbleRabble

my suggestion is to go to first tech with the statement from the second and say how can we handle this
8:36 am
jacq

sorry was for peri
8:37 am
periwinkle

thanks jacq, found it already
8:37 am
redturtlehead

Sorry Jacula...
8:37 am
Trifioso

the poor thing, I just am at a loss as to how to get information to stick...the last time she took the capitols quiz she got TWO right.
8:37 am
NonoNanette

peri do you have the tr8?
8:37 am
car.eeyore

What about the song?
8:37 am
periwinkle

yes, nonon
8:38 am
periwinkle

*nono
8:38 am
Trifioso

it worked some, but she can't remember the words. I tried the multi-sensory approach - sounding them out, writing them down, singing the song, etc. We will see how today goes....
8:38 am
periwinkle

I have tr8 and tw8
8:38 am
Haz1558

Learning by rote is a wonderful thing. Slightly boring but you don't forget. Good morning/afternoon all.
8:38 am
NonoNanette

and the two tw 8's that all there is
8:38 am
BabbleRabble

have you tried mnemonic flashcards, Tri
8:38 am
redturtlehead

Hi Haz.
8:38 am
anike

2 x tw8
8:38 am
car.eeyore

What is she doing tonight?
8:38 am
periwinkle

oh, there are two tw8's?
8:38 am
jacq

2 tw8, the baton person and more of what the baton does
8:38 am
Haz1558

Hello red
8:39 am
NonoNanette

hi Haz! :)
8:39 am
Trifioso

Trust me, with tertiare we have tried it all. sigh.
8:39 am
periwinkle

clue please for the 2nd tw8 please
8:39 am
car.eeyore

I'm babysitting at Debbie's house for Mary & Jack. Would Sophie like to come?
8:39 am
jacq

try the rote method, just go over the song rote style
8:39 am
Haz1558

Hello Nono!
8:39 am
periwinkle

got the last 8, thanks
8:39 am
Trifioso

when are you sitting?
8:39 am
jacq

do it strange tiomes, over breakfast, dinner tuff like that
8:40 am
periwinkle

need to get moving soon, have to get an outfit for my godson
8:40 am
periwinkle

godson's wedding on 1/4 09
8:40 am
car.eeyore

I'm heading over around 4:00 and then until Debbie gets home - about 9:30.
8:40 am
Trifioso

of course, you are all assuming *I* know all the words to that song! I like the animaniacs one, actually
8:40 am
Haz1558

Have you something in mind, peri, or are you just going to have a look at what's available?
8:40 am
anike

All finished so I'm off to bed. Nite all
8:40 am
car.eeyore

Download it and look up the lyrics! Yeah internet!
8:41 am
BabbleRabble

congrats, anike
8:41 am
jacq

wtg anike, and nite
8:41 am
redturtlehead

congrays anike
8:41 am
periwinkle

I have a pair of flared pants that I would like to buy a satin tunic to go with (poor grammar, I know)
8:41 am
Trifioso

she has gymnastics at 4:30, but it might be cancelled....
8:41 am
NonoNanette

wtg anike
8:41 am
periwinkle

if I cannot find that I will have to buy a dress or something and money is tight
8:41 am
jesdraggon

morning all
8:42 am
jacq

hey jes
8:42 am
redturtlehead

hi jes
8:42 am
car.eeyore

Try a consignment shop Peri. Great way to get good stuff cheap!
8:42 am
periwinkle

the wedding is semi-formal
8:42 am
Trifioso

hiya jes!
8:42 am
Haz1558

Enjoy the hunt, peri, or is that not appropriate? I'm not a very happy shopper unless I get things quickly.
8:42 am
periwinkle

I have tried thrift shops and consignment shops thanks
8:43 am
Trifioso

how about ebay? They have some great bargains on there!
8:43 am
Atalante

another good trick - associate the capitals with things she likes. eg if she likes Harry Potter, Arizona should be easy. Fawkes is a Phoenix. Phoenix, AZ
8:43 am
periwinkle

e-bay makes me nervous
8:44 am
Trifioso

we are doing that, yes, ata
8:44 am
periwinkle

I am sure I would find something I like on ebay but not willing to try
8:44 am
Trifioso

Oh, I luuuuuve ebay. Half of christmas is coming in the mail
8:44 am
redturtlehead

i'm not sure I know all the capitols. good thing I am not doing Homework anymore. I dont even know the capital of Florida.
8:44 am
BabbleRabble

have her associate an image with a start ... a little rock for arkansas
8:44 am
Haz1558

Ata, BBC aren't showing Crufts next year.
8:44 am
redturtlehead

Ahhh Google, its talahassee.
8:44 am
periwinkle

Trif, do you bid on items or just pay a flat price
8:44 am
BabbleRabble

a pastry for Bismarck ND
8:44 am
Trifioso

tallahassee! we had to learn that one last night. They could at LEAST make them easy for kids to spell (ack)
8:45 am
NonoNanette

red that would be tallahassee
8:45 am
Trifioso

I bid.
8:45 am
Atalante

nooooooooo!
8:45 am
redturtlehead

well then we would have to get rid of Connecticut.
8:45 am
car.eeyore

I think since you have an idea of what you are looking for, a satin tunic, ebay may be a good way to go. There will either be one or not!
8:45 am
jesdraggon

i used to know all the capitals. i'm sure i've forgotten half of tem
8:45 am
BabbleRabble

a french dude for pierre sd
8:45 am
Haz1558

Yes. It's fallout from the Panorama programme.
8:45 am
Trifioso

actually, she has a kid in her class who's last name is Hartford, so that one worked
8:46 am
car.eeyore

Or, just order one online from a regular shopping site (Chadwicks or something like that) and then you can always return it.
8:46 am
redturtlehead

no its hard to spell the name of the state trif.
8:46 am
periwinkle

I did find something in a catalog, that I may order as a last resort, thanks
8:46 am
Trifioso

yes, it is a difficult word, to be sure
8:46 am
car.eeyore

My eye is starting to twitch as I am stuck in a rut on the grid!
8:46 am
Atalante

where they would hold the Olympics in Washington
8:47 am
Atalante

sadness sadness sadness
8:47 am
BabbleRabble

dover rhymes clover and the delaware blue hens that scratch around there
8:47 am
Trifioso

I hope they still air Crufts here - it's must see TV at the Elliott home
8:47 am
Haz1558

I know. No fly ball.
8:47 am
periwinkle

need to get going, my sister is driving, see you later
8:47 am
Haz1558

See you later, peri.
8:47 am
Trifioso

BR - are you available for tutoring, by any chance?
8:47 am
Atalante

I looooooove watching fly ball
8:47 am
NonoNanette

bye bye Peri
8:48 am
Atalante

mind you at least we won't be exposed to Ben Fogle's inanities
8:48 am
Haz1558

I know. And the awards for the dog that's meant the most to the owner - cue floods of tears.
8:48 am
BabbleRabble

make it a game
8:48 am
jesdraggon

bye, peri
8:48 am
BabbleRabble

salem and a witch for oregon
8:48 am
Trifioso

they def need a category for "best mutt" or something, so I can enter Diggity. He would win, hands down!
8:48 am
Haz1558

But Ata - Peter Purves. What will he do now that Val Singleton has spurned him and the BBC won't show Crufts?
8:48 am
Atalante

hobbit should win that every year
8:48 am
Trifioso

paws down
8:49 am
Atalante

they do, Trif. something like that
8:49 am
Trifioso

ooh, it's a smack down! Diggity vs Hobbit!
8:49 am
Haz1558

<--------- ahem (gentle cough)
8:49 am
Atalante

Poor Peter!
8:49 am
Atalante

vs Spangle!
8:49 am
Trifioso

<------- but look at that dignified face!
8:50 am
jesdraggon

wow. either i'm brain-dead-er than i thought, or this grid is icky
8:50 am
Haz1558

<---------- personal veterinary attention.
8:50 am
Trifioso

well, we could give it by country
8:50 am
redturtlehead

its a little icky jes, I have 84 left and am tihinking of napping/...
8:50 am
jesdraggon

why are we fighting the dogs? what prize if my old hound dog trumps them all?
8:50 am
Atalante

<-------- has a HUSKY as a friend!
8:50 am
Haz1558

That would solve things, Trif.
8:50 am
NonoNanette

grid is definitley icky jes
8:51 am
Atalante

Spangle has an owner that threatens to kill her. Muset be worth sympathy points
8:51 am
jesdraggon

enable doesn't like chibi! *pout*
8:51 am
redturtlehead

feeds here rarely
8:51 am
Atalante

to find the best mutt, jes :P
8:51 am
Trifioso

omg, there is a little squirrel holding on for dear life to the tree right outside my window! Poor wee thing, he is trying so hard not to blow off! hold on little one!
8:51 am
Haz1558

<---------- her predecessor has given blood for doggy transfusions.
8:51 am
BabbleRabble

bo 6 == add intense anger
8:51 am
Atalante

predecessors don't count!
8:51 am
Atalante

<------ does the best butt wiggle
8:51 am
Haz1558

Who's making up the rules?
8:52 am
Atalante

me
8:52 am
jesdraggon

who decides best though? that's a pretty subjective ranking. i think the best mutt ever is one of mine that died about 2 years ago...
8:52 am
Haz1558

Is that fair?
8:52 am
redturtlehead

teulu has a great smile and a noble prescence even if he is neither cheerful or royalty.
8:52 am
Atalante

very fair
8:52 am
redturtlehead

My Best Dog Delilah...died about 10 years ago. Sad.
8:52 am
Trifioso

you know what? We better knock this off in case Espritdjean comes in.....
8:52 am
Atalante

ok. a final question. whose dog is nearest to them right now?
8:52 am
jesdraggon

but that's my bias, because she was the first dog that was really >mine< in that "ignore the rest of the world, MY MA said this" kind of devoted way.
8:53 am
Haz1558

Okay, predecessors don't count. But Spangle would donate blood if needed.
8:53 am
jesdraggon

mine's touching me
8:53 am
NonoNanette

if i were to judge these "mutts" I would declair a tie!
8:53 am
redturtlehead

Ata's dog wins for the smuggest.
8:53 am
Atalante

so is mine
8:53 am
Haz1558

jes to the PB for her partiality word....
8:53 am
Trifioso

diggity is asleep under me
8:53 am
Atalante

hobbit has her paw in my hand
8:53 am
jesdraggon

i did? *scrambles to find a word*
8:53 am
redturtlehead

teulu is chewing on an ace bandage.
8:53 am
Haz1558

You're lying on top of of a dog?
8:53 am
Haz1558

Spangle is bringing me a cup of coffee.
8:53 am
Atalante

ok, so they all win :D
8:54 am
Haz1558

While performing tricks and balancing on a ball.
8:54 am
Haz1558

Beat that!
8:54 am
jesdraggon

heh. i like ata's verdict!
8:54 am
ursh

Mine is outside sulking - not allowed in - carpets been cleaned - raining outside - very muddy paws!!
8:54 am
Atalante

unlikely. bet she's sitting on the stairs watching the closed door
8:54 am
NonoNanette

thats the way i see it Ata
8:54 am
jesdraggon

aww, ursh. that's what towels are for!
8:55 am
Haz1558

She's thankfully not ventured upstairs this afternoon.
8:55 am
carleekat

hi all again
8:55 am
redturtlehead

ok nap time.
8:55 am
ursh

jes - these are seriously muddy spaniel hairy hairy feet
8:55 am
Atalante

good girl spangle!
8:55 am
Haz1558

Hello carlee.
8:55 am
BabbleRabble

yes, ursh ... throw some towels outside
8:55 am
Atalante

brb the angel dog wants to go out for a moment
8:55 am
Trifioso

oh for crying out loud - Diggity is in the corner working on the cure for cancer whilst using a blackberry to schedule his photo shoot for Vogue, which he has to reschedule due to him visiting a children's hospital where his dog saliva will cause their sutures to magically heal without scarring. then later, he will be appearing at the Plaza, where his deft presentation of osso bucco has won him fans in culinary circles
8:55 am
NonoNanette

hi Carlee welcome back
8:55 am
carleekat

hi there hazel..how are y ou doing?..surviving the rains over there?
8:56 am
ursh

looool trifioso
8:56 am
Haz1558

(Poor Trf. And they thought I had problems with reality issues)
8:56 am
car.eeyore

Rock on Diggity dog!
8:56 am
jesdraggon

*snerk* wow. and here I was just glad that none of my crazy pack was causing havoc...
8:56 am
Haz1558

Don't talk to me about rain, carlee. It won't stop today.
8:56 am
car.eeyore

So, back to the grid. I need a clue please for the single "E" word in the middle.
8:57 am
jesdraggon

hullo car
8:57 am
carleekat

any consolation.....I have not seen sunshine for at least amonth I think...am suffering from a lack of vit d
8:57 am
jesdraggon

how do, carlee?
8:57 am
BabbleRabble

en 5 === pl
8:57 am
ursh

if you leave fresh spinach for long enough sure it will "enwilt"
8:57 am
carleekat

i be doing jes ( waiting for a client to arrive to bottle beer)
8:57 am
Trifioso

it's the one that shows up in cword puzzles all the time...think of lynn from my class, and switch the last vowle
8:58 am
Haz1558

At least we're heading for the shortest day and then things get better (by 2 minutes a day) from then on.
8:58 am
car.eeyore

Lynn from your class?!?!
8:58 am
car.eeyore

That's the clue I get?
8:58 am
carleekat

this is true haz.....my phantom today is bitch
8:58 am
Trifioso

yeah - she had a little sister in your class to, but I dont' remember her name
8:58 am
ursh

carlee - i live in "sunny" south africa" on the very warm east coast - have not seen the sun for weeks
8:58 am
BabbleRabble

sea eagles
8:59 am
carleekat

i wonder if someone kidnapped the sun?
8:59 am
Trifioso

is that what that means, br? thanks!
8:59 am
car.eeyore

TY BR! A clue I could understand!
8:59 am
ursh

sure seems like it here carlee
8:59 am
car.eeyore

Personally, I wish it was all snow!
9:00 am
Trifioso

wait, you knew that?
9:00 am
ursh

i now have 2 words
9:00 am
Trifioso

that's because you have a short driveway, c
9:00 am
carleekat

ugh..snow..bleck
9:00 am
BabbleRabble

no need to overdo it, ursh
9:00 am
car.eeyore

and 2 little boys who love to be in the snow and help shovel!
9:00 am
Trifioso

time for ER! Grid productivity plummets....
9:00 am
Haz1558

Trif, it pays to know every variety of eagle to play babble.
9:00 am
Trifioso

lol hax
9:00 am
Trifioso

haz
9:01 am
ursh

still have 2 words BR so def not overdoing things
9:01 am
Haz1558

And their nests as well. I'm serious!
9:02 am
Trifioso

ugh. not a luka-centric episode....bummer
9:02 am
Atalante

and every antelope
9:02 am
BabbleRabble

the te sea bird is more gull than eagle
9:02 am
jesdraggon

is a truth she speaks, trif
9:02 am
jesdraggon

hmm. well, guess i should go get firewood in and feed the mass of beasties that are surrounding me.
9:03 am
car.eeyore

I'll have a cheeseburger, please!
9:03 am
Atalante

they would like that
9:03 am
Trifioso

jes, is your firewood wet, and, if it is, how long does it usually take to dry out before you can burn it?
9:03 am
BabbleRabble

lu 5 -- the Addams Family butler
9:03 am
Atalante

Hobbit has been given a pig ear (ew)
9:03 am
Trifioso

br - that was my first word today!
9:03 am
carleekat

how is hobbit???? ;o)
9:04 am
Haz1558

I hope the pig ear isn't flooded with toxins....
9:04 am
BabbleRabble

lw 4
9:04 am
Atalante

still imping, the little brat! but fine. she's got a new friend - the husky in my pic!
9:04 am
jesdraggon

mostly it's frozen, trif. so it goes from ice to wet to dry. dunno. a day? we have enough carried in that it has time to dry before we get to the new stuff.
9:04 am
Trifioso

that husky is beautiful
9:04 am
Atalante

oh no, they come from Ethiopia or Outer Mongolia or somewhere - cheaper you know!
9:04 am
Atalante

*limping
9:04 am
Trifioso

okay, thanks. I have to learn all this stuff, you see....no one here to do it now
9:04 am
car.eeyore

OUCH! Major deja vu right now.
9:05 am
Haz1558

You'll be amazed at what you learn, Trif.
9:05 am
Trifioso

you okay?
9:05 am
Trifioso

I am more delighted at pondering how much stuff *inside* the house I could burn before trouble ensued...hell hath no fury, you know....
9:05 am
BabbleRabble

ra 5 -- perhaps the beneficiary of the ra 4
9:06 am
jesdraggon

ah. well, we bring in enough to fill the rack. and rotate it, so we use the dry stuff first. but we never did that as a kid; we only bother now because we don't have a wood shed to keep it dry
9:06 am
jesdraggon

so dare I ask why there's no one there to help you suddenly?
9:07 am
car.eeyore

Oh boy...
9:07 am
Haz1558

Back shortly.
9:07 am
Trifioso

hubby did a runner
9:07 am
BabbleRabble

may I suggest you view your circumstance from the perspective of five years from now
9:07 am
jesdraggon

bye, haz
9:07 am
Trifioso

it would help if i knew where everyone would BE in five years....
9:07 am
jesdraggon

damn. i'm sorry, trif. that's harsh.
9:08 am
car.eeyore

I will still be here right by your side
9:08 am
Trifioso

you know what? I am finding this way in a new landscape. I will manage.
9:10 am
car.eeyore

I hate it when I get stuck on thinking I see a word and can't get over it!
9:10 am
Trifioso

you're a babbler now, babe!
9:10 am
BabbleRabble

then go around or under
9:11 am
BabbleRabble

ro 7 -- comparative for intensive water action
9:12 am
NonoNanette

ty BR
9:12 am
car.eeyore

I am trying to find the "i" words and all I can see is the word irate.
9:12 am
jesdraggon

thanks, br
9:12 am
k21eyes

hi all
9:12 am
NonoNanette

hi k21
9:12 am
BabbleRabble

hello, k21
9:13 am
BabbleRabble

ir 4 -- angers
9:13 am
BabbleRabble

ir 4 -- flower or eye part
9:14 am
BabbleRabble

il 4 -- bone
9:14 am
NonoNanette

cant believe i didn't have the angers one!
9:14 am
Trifioso

hey car - guess who just rang to make sure all is well with the house, and we didn't have any wind or water damage. what a prince.
9:14 am
Trifioso

I gotta remember to screen.....
9:15 am
car.eeyore

He doesn't want anything bad to happen...to his property! TOOOOOOOOOL!
9:15 am
Trifioso

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
9:15 am
Trifioso

okay, that's done
9:15 am
jacq

lol
9:16 am
Atalante

you ought to have told him the roof accidentally blew off
9:16 am
BabbleRabble

ir 6 -- i + one who pans or applauds a broadway play: c*****
9:16 am
car.eeyore

OMG - We were typing "tool" at the same time? Even the internet cannot separate our brain waves!
9:16 am
Haz1558

I dreamt I had a meal with Prince Charles -he served soup from a hollowed out cabbage. Do you think I need therapy?
9:16 am
Trifioso

Ata., you are my new best friend
9:16 am
car.eeyore

Tell him a tree fell on his other car.
9:16 am
Trifioso

LOL haz....paging Dr. Freud, paging Dr. Freud
9:16 am
Haz1558

She'll be even smugger now.
9:17 am
Atalante

LOL!!!
9:17 am
Trifioso

that's primo's car now!
9:17 am
car.eeyore

Oh! Tell him the shed with all his precious tools was washed away!
9:17 am
NonoNanette

um, Haz, I do believe therepy is in order
9:17 am
car.eeyore

We are in therapy right now...it's called "Babble"!
9:17 am
Haz1558

I think you're right. Only a fevered brain could dream up strawberry soup served from a hollowed out cabbage.
9:18 am
BabbleRabble

is the problem the prince or the cabbage. Haz?
9:18 am
jacq

strawberry soup?
9:18 am
Atalante

oh. now we add details. strawberry soup! definite therapy
9:18 am
Trifioso

lol babble!
9:18 am
NonoNanette

oh my you didnt say it was strawberry soup this is an emergency
9:18 am
car.eeyore

Are the economic problems happening over in England?
9:18 am
Trifioso

how did you FEEL about the soup? the cabbage? the prince? was this a happy dream? did you wake up screaming?
9:19 am
jacq

oh yes car
9:19 am
NonoNanette

strawberry soup is delightful but never to be served from a carved out cabbage
9:19 am
Trifioso

ummm, jac dear, is that YOU in your icon?
9:19 am
car.eeyore

Ok, then the prince eating out of the cabbage is signifying your stress over the present economic situation. That will be $50 please.
9:20 am
jacq

yes tri, it is
9:20 am
Trifioso

damn girl!
9:20 am
jacq

damn???
9:20 am
Trifioso

you look really great! Nice ink
9:20 am
jacq

ty
9:20 am
JBV

good morning, everyone, and thanks for making me laugh - this therapy is definitely worth every penny
9:20 am
Haz1558

Is the chat log eating up anyone else's responses, or am I being censored for my own good by the Bewildered people?
9:21 am
car.eeyore

Not to mention you are so trim!
9:21 am
NonoNanette

morning JBV
9:21 am
Atalante

the Bewildered
9:21 am
jacq

ty too car
9:21 am
Haz1558

Good morning JBV.
9:21 am
jacq

i'm actually bigger now than i've been for a long long time
9:21 am
NonoNanette

I hadn't noticed any problem Haz but then I sometimes miss things anyway
9:21 am
jacq

i like it
9:22 am
car.eeyore

Please! Why do you think my icon is "shadow man"?
9:22 am
Haz1558

Oh well. I typed a reply to something but it seems to have disappeared in the ether. No matter.
9:23 am
Atalante

censoring for your own good, definitely
9:24 am
Atalante

was FM telling the truth when she mentioned lots of tw's?
9:24 am
Haz1558

I think so. They're saving me from myself.
9:24 am
BabbleRabble

7
9:24 am
Haz1558

I haven't gone to the list yet, but it might explain why I still need more words.
9:24 am
Atalante

hmmm. that's kinda lots. ty
9:25 am
NonoNanette

there are a few of themAta
9:25 am
BabbleRabble

night before
9:25 am
NonoNanette

I have 7 at this point
9:25 am
car.eeyore

7?!?!? I only have 1 tw word!
9:25 am
Trifioso

twitQ@
9:25 am
BabbleRabble

elmer fudd tw for attempt pl
9:26 am
BabbleRabble

then the baton ones
9:26 am
car.eeyore

Just got those!
9:26 am
BabbleRabble

oh and the hang down your head tom dooley group
9:27 am
carleekat

reading back in chog... we have been lucky to not see much in bad economic times where I am..but we in a petrochem industrial area..
9:29 am
NonoNanette

because we have a plant here that makes catalytic converters for cars, we have seen a fallout in that area
9:29 am
Atalante

petchems always manage to survive
9:30 am
jacq

it's bad here, the high fuel prices meant a lot of firms and retailers etc were struggling before the poop hit the fan anyway, but now it's hard, small businesses are really struggling and the larger ones are being forced to cut prices so much they can't possibly make any profit
9:30 am
jacq

and today's news about the failure in the states has hit shares even harder, with drops in the tens of percent
9:31 am
Haz1558

And the housing market and building trades have been badly hit as well.
9:31 am
carleekat

I don't think people are "spending" as much on xmas here..BUT...people are spending at the little shops...instead of the big super walmart etc...as for housing...it hasn't been bothered here either...
9:31 am
Merk

fireworks
9:31 am
jacq

nods, very badly, but you get the domino effect where it cascades
9:31 am
jacq

wtg Merk
9:31 am
Haz1558

Congratulations Merk.
9:31 am
NonoNanette

housing market has definitely slowed down almost everywhere
9:31 am
car.eeyore

Cheers!
9:31 am
NonoNanette

wtg Merk!! well done
9:32 am
wvteach

good going merk
9:32 am
Merk

ty
9:32 am
jacq

my son-in-law is a carpenter to trade, he will be unemployed from the 3rd january
9:33 am
carleekat

woot for merk....
9:33 am
Haz1558

The slow down in the housing market has implications for so many people. Over here house prices had risen to ridiculous levels - this may cause things to settle to realistic prices.
9:33 am
jacq

hopefully Haz
9:33 am
carleekat

building still happening here like crazy..housing starts have slowed..but still starting ( and running out of lots to develop where its been approved)
9:34 am
carleekat

and this grid STINKS
9:34 am
NonoNanette

same here Haz, I don't know how people can pay the ridiculously high morgage payments
9:34 am
jacq

i agree carleeta
9:34 am
Haz1558

Developers have built lots of apartments and now can't give them away.
9:34 am
car.eeyore

Time for more coffee! Have a great day all!
9:34 am
jacq

they can't nanette, that's why all this mess started
9:35 am
jacq

bye car
9:35 am
carleekat

oh..haz... I don't think you heard my news...my family and I heading down to scarlet's neck of woods...spending xmas with her and her family
9:35 am
Haz1558

Nono, I think that was a big problem - the banks were lending to people who really couldn't afford a mortgage along with actual living costs.
9:35 am
jacq

going here too, got to start dinner
9:35 am
jacq

have fun
9:35 am
Haz1558

That should be lovely for all of you, carlee - pass on my best wishes to her - she's missed!
9:36 am
Haz1558

See you later, jacq.
9:36 am
NonoNanette

bye bye jac
9:36 am
carleekat

I will :) she's already planning the menus... we had a good gab fest on the phone last night..her youngest daughter plans to be in town then too
9:36 am
Trifioso

bye little bit. have a great day!
9:37 am
carleekat

with "penguin"
9:37 am
carleekat

later jac
9:37 am
Aloyisius

I miss Scarlet too.. give her my best.. and have a great time, Carlee..
9:37 am
flosey

good morning everyone
9:37 am
Atalante

yay penguin!
9:37 am
Haz1558

Yes, I heard that she had to have Phaedra put to sleep. That wil have been very hard for her.
9:37 am
k21eyes

wilrehi flosey
9:37 am
flosey

I haven't seen Scarlet in a long time, have I missed something?
9:37 am
k21eyes

oops
9:38 am
Haz1558

Good morning flosey and Aloy.
9:38 am
NonoNanette

morning Flosey
9:38 am
k21eyes

think my fingers threw up there
9:38 am
flosey

lol, wondered k21
9:38 am
k21eyes

lol
9:39 am
Aloyisius

hi Haz and everyone.. am just breezing through.. supposed to be shopping .. ah well, this is saving money, lol
9:39 am
carleekat

it was.....that was an odd evening..I just happened to call her the moment she was about to call me...was quite uncanny
9:39 am
Haz1558

That's the right way to look at it, Aloy.
9:40 am
carleekat

scarlet had her 18 year old cat phaedra put down about 4 weeks ago...
9:40 am
NonoNanette

awe thats sad Carlee
9:40 am
Aloyisius

so sorry to hear that.. i know how much she loved that cat
9:40 am
carleekat

she was heartbroken....but the penguin has been to visit so that helps heal the wounds
9:40 am
NonoNanette

hi Aloy
9:41 am
flosey

oh dear carlee, we know how heartbreaking that is, we had to do same with our very dear dog who had been with us since we came to BC
9:41 am
Haz1558

I was sorry when I heard because I knew how she adored her.
9:41 am
NonoNanette

putting a beloved pet down is never easy
9:41 am
Aloyisius

hi Nono.. condolences, flosey.. so hard to lose a pet
9:41 am
flosey

Please give her my love and understanding
9:41 am
carleekat

anyway..the night I called tot ell her of our intentions..was the day it happened..so....timing was good in that respect
9:42 am
carleekat

I will :)
9:42 am
flosey

thanks carlee
9:42 am
carleekat

a diversion of the mind at the very least
9:42 am
NonoNanette

it must have been a good distraction for her Carlee, to have you to talk to
9:43 am
carleekat

oh we talk all the time nono..every couple weeks or so...
9:43 am
NonoNanette

but that time in particular
9:44 am
crosshair

someone speaks a divered mind and i am here;))
9:44 am
carleekat

it was good yes...
9:44 am
crosshair

diverted even
9:44 am
NonoNanette

wb Crossy
9:44 am
crosshair

ty nono
9:44 am
flosey

good morning crossy
9:44 am
crosshair

howdy flo;)
9:45 am
bichon

crossy, you went poof yesterday. I didn't get to tell you I thought [mistakenly] that you lived in BC
9:47 am
crosshair

nope bichon,i live about 3 hours north of toronto on the lovely shores of georgian bay:)
9:47 am
bichon

I bet it's lovely, but it must be really cold
9:48 am
crosshair

only -3 now..almost balmy:)
9:49 am
bichon

It's all relative. At -3 we put on snowsuits, you put on a sweater
9:49 am
carleekat

yea..is about -5 here....
9:49 am
crosshair

lol here bichon,here is a live pic from my work....
9:50 am
carleekat

and grey....
9:50 am
crosshair

http://tinyurl.com/5qv6my
9:52 am
carleekat

its about the same shade of grey here crossy
9:52 am
BabbleRabble

Where are the meadows? (tar and cement)
Where are the lilacs? (tar and cement)
And where is the tall grass? (tar and cement)
The laughter of children? (tar and cement)
9:52 am
NonoNanette

is it snowing agian crossy or is that fog?
9:52 am
crosshair

grass?...grass...please explain...grass
9:53 am
crosshair

snow nono
9:54 am
NonoNanette

i'm so glad i don't live that far north. I hate snow with a passion
9:54 am
BabbleRabble

lyrics from a 1966 song by a one hit wonder
9:54 am
crosshair

the only up side is the snow bunnies;)
9:55 am
NonoNanette

for you maybe :)
9:55 am
BabbleRabble

are snow bunnies as fierce as dust bunnies?
9:55 am
crosshair

i love one hit wonders;)) br do you know "chevey van" by sammy johns?
9:56 am
crosshair

they can be br
9:56 am
BabbleRabble

no, I know not sammy
9:57 am
crosshair

they have long claws,drive beemers, and if you corner them and take away thier amex platinum card they get really nasty
9:58 am
crosshair

said beemers owned by 60 year old men with 401 k,s and on thier way to thier second stroke;)
9:59 am
BabbleRabble

is the lodge buried in that view, cross?
10:00 am
crosshair

i love watching them walking around the resort,as the atmosphere parts before them:)
10:00 am
crosshair

nope br it is behind that shot
10:01 am
BabbleRabble

thought guests could ski jump from the roof
10:01 am
Atalante

that would be fun!
10:01 am
crosshair

almost
10:01 am
crosshair

but skiing uphill is a tad hard;))
10:02 am
BabbleRabble

no doubt the beemers are up to the challenge
10:02 am
crosshair

wish i had a better shot than that..it does not do the course justice at all
10:02 am
BabbleRabble

cross country up and ski down
10:03 am
crosshair

nope,the beemer boys are in the lodge making deals and the bunnies are skiing as fast as they can to get away from the course groomers,medics and general resort workers;)
10:04 am
Trifioso

i gotta poof for a while....see you later everyone!
10:05 am
crosshair

tc triff;)
10:05 am
NonoNanette

bye trif
10:05 am
BabbleRabble

used to do some snow shoeing
10:05 am
BabbleRabble

be well, Trifioso
10:05 am
Atalante

I hate snow. Acctually, no I do't. I hate MOVING on snow
10:05 am
crosshair

speaking of which,the better half is up and im off for a bit.tc all and will see you later
10:06 am
72 Temple Owl

hi all
10:06 am
crosshair

i hate living on sonw,wearing snow,driving in snow,sleeping in snow ,walking in snow,delivering can openers in snow,et al....poof!
10:07 am
Atalante

loooool
10:07 am
NonoNanette

Hi TO and bye crossy
10:08 am
Atalante

husband keep taking me on skiing holidays "oh, you'll like it this time!" etc. until one day I just sat down on the snow and refused to move and ordered a nice ski resort man to take me back to the lodge on his snowmobile
10:08 am
NonoNanette

wtg Ata
10:09 am
Atalante

I'm quite happy sitting in warm ski lodges drinking mulled wine and watching people ski!
10:10 am
NonoNanette

that would be the only place you would find me at a ski resort
10:10 am
Atalante

absolutely! very sensible
10:11 am
rururocks

ab 5 .. not the give up one?
10:11 am
Haz1558

There's always room for people to participate and for others to watch and applaud from the sidelines.
10:11 am
Atalante

I used to like skiing, but I got "forced" to go too much, and all the fun just went out of it, and now I'm absolutely not interested
10:11 am
NonoNanette

a nice roaring fire and a warm drink!
10:11 am
Haz1558

ab5 - what the kettle is.
10:11 am
BabbleRabble

I only ski where trees are polite enough to move out of the way
10:12 am
72 Temple Owl

hi haz
10:12 am
NonoNanette

Then i guess you don't ski BR unless there are no trees at all. I have yet to meet a tree that would move
10:12 am
Atalante

I would love to have a go on a snowmobile thingy though. I think I could enjoy that!
10:12 am
Haz1558

Hello TO!
10:13 am
Haz1558

I was otherwise engaged and didn't see you come in, TO. How are you today?
10:13 am
Atalante

they do if you hit them hard enough!
10:13 am
Atalante

hi TO! I didn't officially see you either!!
10:13 am
72 Temple Owl

i am fine, and you? i am grateful we didn't float away last night!
10:14 am
Haz1558

I'm well. We've had oodles of rain as well. Not that it's anything new for us.
10:15 am
Judi

*giggling* Just heard the "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" song.
10:15 am
Atalante

ewwwww no! they are slimy!
10:15 am
72 Temple Owl

hi ata! and nono and br and ruru and i know i will get introuble by missing someone.. and judi!
10:16 am
Haz1558

Goodness, is that a new song or a perennial favourite?
10:16 am
72 Temple Owl

judi that is an oldie!
10:16 am
Judi

That's a very old song, Haz.
10:17 am
Haz1558

I don't remember ever hearing it. We've obviously been deprived on this side of the Atlantic.
10:17 am
Atalante

rewag is a word. Hobbit does that all the time
10:17 am
Atalante

i've never heard of it either
10:17 am
Judi

Google it, or look for it on You Tube, Haz.
10:17 am
72 Temple Owl

speaking of christmas songs, i hate to go shopping when they play what passes as chrsitmas music by new artists...anyone else feel the same? it's like hearing suditions for american idol...
10:18 am
flosey

agree TO
10:18 am
Haz1558

I will do. I'm fascinated to know why anybody would want a hippo at any time of the year, never mind Christmas.
10:18 am
72 Temple Owl

withall of the vibrato and the trilling up and down the scales...
10:18 am
Judi

As a general rule, I HATE Christmas music.
10:18 am
rururocks

thank you haz finally got it..
10:18 am
flosey

I love Christmas music, brings back such wonderful memories
10:18 am
Atalante

can't think of many things I'd like less!
10:18 am
Haz1558

I melt every time I hear Bing Crosby singing 'White Christmas' - it reminds me of my dad.
10:18 am
Haz1558

You're welcome, ruru.
10:18 am
Atalante

maybe an extra-slimy hippo
10:19 am
rururocks

DId your Dad love Jello Haz?
10:19 am
Haz1558

TO - we're of a mind with the trilling. Sing the note that's written, not 15 others as well!
10:19 am
72 Temple Owl

well i am tryng hard to get over the fact that my ex husband loved it and all things chrismas. while my mother's family was of the ilk that it's the most depressing time of the year.
10:20 am
Haz1558

He wasn't overly keen on Jello that I recall. He was very fond of Bing Crosby - we ridiculed him at the time, of course.
10:20 am
Judi

I don't dislike Christmas, just Christmas music. Talk about done to death. It just annoys the bejabbers out of me.
10:20 am
rururocks

Oh God I thought you said Bill Cosby
10:21 am
BabbleRabble

ba 6 -- variant spelling of the former Central Criminal Court in England: Old ba****
10:21 am
72 Temple Owl

judi don't go to the malll then, penney's was the worst last week. i waas trapped in a dressing room with a speaker overhead,
10:21 am
Haz1558

I've got the CDs of Handel's Messiah playing in the car. That's miles better than some of the stuff in the shops!
10:21 am
Judi

*slaps RuRu* Pay attention!
10:21 am
rururocks

***reeling ***
10:21 am
Haz1558

No, ruru. I think we got our wires crossed. (I was desperately trying to think of the Bing Crosby Jello connection and failing)
10:21 am
Atalante

evil husband laughed at me the other day for having a Dean Martin CD on in the car
10:22 am
BabbleRabble

I think all christmas music should be seen and not heard
10:22 am
Judi

Amen, BR.
10:22 am
72 Temple Owl

bing crosby never hawked jello, it was bill cosby
10:22 am
Haz1558

Evil husband has more modern tastes?
10:22 am
rururocks

often ... I find myself (the only one) laughing at my one jokes...
10:22 am
Atalante

he just has bad tastes
10:23 am
Haz1558

Now Ata. He picked you.
10:23 am
Atalante

true. occasionally he has good taste
10:23 am
flosey

lol ru - hubby always says, there are no new jokes - just new audiences - unfortunately, I'm too often one of the audience
10:23 am
72 Temple Owl

well i have a few i like - swinging christmas, smoky mountain christmas instrumental with dulcimer, wyndham hill winter solstice and my fav is bruce cockburn's cd.
10:24 am
rururocks

or good sense ata
10:24 am
Atalante

love Bruce Cockburn
10:24 am
Haz1558

Listening to 'I want a hippo' as we speak. It's not exactly inspired is it?
10:24 am
rururocks

me too
10:25 am
BabbleRabble

not that I would say so, but some would submit new jokes are born everyday
10:25 am
72 Temple Owl

have seen him several times he can be a moody depressing son of a gun, but if you do i higly recommend the cd.
10:25 am
rururocks

As long as we are on the subject.. I want an Audi R5
10:25 am
Judi

Just an amusing little novelty song, Haz. No doubt you'll be singing it the rest of the day. Bwa ha ha!
10:25 am
72 Temple Owl

judi - i know i will! and i did as a kid!
10:25 am
Haz1558

Thanks Judi! A true friend!
10:27 am
flosey

breakfast break
10:27 am
72 Temple Owl

nned to get the words they are so fuzzy in the recesses of my brain...something about mommy and daddy not going along with it
10:27 am
BabbleRabble

some choirs can do a great job with christmas music
10:27 am
72 Temple Owl

cr5/6 please?
10:28 am
rururocks

waaaaaaaaaah to
10:28 am
Judi

Just google the lyrics, TO.
10:28 am
BabbleRabble

town cr 5
10:28 am
mixi6

the old town cr5
10:28 am
72 Temple Owl

geesh. no wondr i fell 7 short of finishing last night.
10:29 am
mixi6

ci5?
10:29 am
72 Temple Owl

ty
10:33 am
BabbleRabble

ci 5 --- add **nd* Evans who battled joan collins on dynasty
10:34 am
Gadget

A dynasty reference - wow...
10:34 am
mkg

dont get that clue babble.
10:34 am
Haz1558

The battle of the shoulder pads?
10:34 am
mkg

never saw dynasty.
10:34 am
Haz1558

Ms Evans is another example of why not to resort to plastic surgery.
10:34 am
Judi

You didn't miss much, Mkg. That show sucked out loud.
10:35 am
mkg

aire
10:35 am
Atalante

as is Barry Manilow
10:35 am
mkg

well still need clue.......plz?
10:35 am
Haz1558

Same name as Mrs Paul McCartney no 1
10:37 am
BabbleRabble

Yanni, 43 and Evans 55, announced that after almost nine years together they were parting company.
10:38 am
Atalante

well have you got it?
10:38 am
mixi6

ty
10:38 am
72 Temple Owl

ir5 please?
10:39 am
mixi6

there is no ir5, I don't have ir6.
10:39 am
BabbleRabble

town in callifornia, Yorba *****
10:40 am
BabbleRabble

ir 6 --- i + one who writes about art plays etc: c*****
10:41 am
72 Temple Owl

ty br
10:41 am
mixi6

ty br
10:41 am
BabbleRabble

li 6 --- add a ch**** lounge
10:43 am
BabbleRabble

li 5 --- one to whom a feudal vassal owes allegiance
10:45 am
Haz1558

Back shortly...
10:45 am
72 Temple Owl

later, hazel
10:46 am
Judi

See ya, Haz.
10:49 am
Judi

Mailed off an xmas present to my step-mum this a.m. Have to do cards this weekend. Blah humbug.
10:49 am
Atalante

we should abandon christmas cards. everyone loathes writing them!
10:49 am
BabbleRabble

or 5 --add what a criminal suspect uses to prove he was somewhere else when the crime was committed: al***
10:50 am
Judi

I agree, Ata. It's so passe. You sound as though you are a humbug like me.
10:50 am
mixi6

ty rb
10:51 am
Atalante

kind of. I love Christmas, but I'd rather spend time and energy on the 3 or 4 people I'd *really* like to write letters to and spend Christmas with rather than spend days writing cards to relatives who I never see and don't care about
10:52 am
72 Temple Owl

ro7 clue, please?tyvm
10:53 am
Judi

lol. Actually, I'd rather be in a warm, sunny climate, sipping a fruity cocktail (without any relatives, of course).
10:53 am
Atalante

more ro4 before it
10:53 am
72 Temple Owl

ty ata
10:54 am
Atalante

well that sounds good too!
10:54 am
mixi6

ty ata
10:54 am
JBV

coming out of lurk mode to add 2 cents: my family and friends know me as the January letter writer - I take my time answering cards with a personal note and don't get pressured by the Christmas deadline - this year everyone knows I have an excuse (hubby's hospitazation threw off every routine we had) but I do it without excuses other years, too
10:55 am
Judi

That's a nice tradition, JBV.
10:55 am
BabbleRabble

re 5 -- use a toothed tool to cut again; re 6 --- past tense of the procedure
10:56 am
JBV

we also celebrate Jan. 6 in our family, so it gives us extra time (and post-christmas sales) to get presents
10:57 am
72 Temple Owl

wi6/7 please?
10:57 am
Judi

Ah. Merry Procrastination.
10:57 am
JBV

that's my slogan Judi :)
10:57 am
BabbleRabble

oscar meyers
10:58 am
stidmama

hello friends!!!! I got up to 8 words last night...
10:58 am
72 Temple Owl

ty i prefer dietz & watson :P
10:58 am
Judi

Stid!!
10:58 am
BabbleRabble

I generally tell people if god wanted us to ho ho ho she would not freeze the ground or other such nonsense
10:59 am
Judi

Who you callin a ho??
10:59 am
BabbleRabble

hello, stid
10:59 am
Atalante

lol I've already told my parents they aren't getting their christmas presents until february. I've only just got the pigments I need to make the paints, and gilding takes for ever!
10:59 am
rururocks

still trying to find the ir 6 the only California Yorba town I know is Yorba Linda..
11:00 am
72 Temple Owl

en6please?
11:00 am
rururocks

angry TO .. a fish word
11:00 am
JBV

en 6 - to anger
11:00 am
mixi6

babble clue was better
11:00 am
mixi6

ir 6 --- i + one who writes about art plays etc: c*****
11:02 am
72 Temple Owl

ty but please put it on my tab - i hurt today already :/
11:02 am
rururocks

got it... thank you
11:03 am
Judi

Down to 52. Time to stamp the Christmas cards.
11:04 am
72 Temple Owl

oooh, you have a stamp?
11:04 am
72 Temple Owl

ty dear babbler, i am finished with your help, couldn't have done it without you.
11:05 am
Atalante

very sensible!
11:05 am
spellit

--
11:08 am
mkg

need u clues.
11:09 am
72 Temple Owl

u = acid
11:09 am
72 Temple Owl

must go - later, all!
11:09 am
Atalante

try saying please
11:11 am
OrangeCat

evening all :-)
11:11 am
Atalante

hi OC
11:18 am
Sally-catlover

Evening Babblers. Just got in from long Christmassy lunch, so full of turkey and wine. Feel more like sleeping than finishing this grid!
11:19 am
Atalante

hi sally!
11:19 am
Sally-catlover

How are you Ata?
11:19 am
Atalante

cooooold and fed up with the grid!!
11:20 am
Sally-catlover

Milder here tonight than it has been. Grid no bood?
11:20 am
Sally-catlover

s/b good
11:22 am
HollyF

ru6/21, not the king
11:23 am
mixi6

tr6,24, help please?
11:24 am
Jacula

Hospital departmrnt, mixi.
11:24 am
mixi6

ru6 more of the same
11:24 am
Sally-catlover

tr6/24, what you get first thing in hospital A&E
11:24 am
mixi6

ty jacula
11:25 am
sajarn

tr6 assess the gravity on an injury, say
11:25 am
HollyF

TY Mixi
11:25 am
sajarn

I mean OF an injury
11:26 am
Jacula

Off to start making dinner with 55 left to find. (Jerk chicken wraps with mango salsa and green salad.) BBL.
11:27 am
BabbleRabble

tr 6 --- three and stone iron bronze ice or *** of innocence
11:29 am
HollyF

ra6
11:29 am
mixi6

at5 help please?
11:30 am
HollyF

NM, got it
11:32 am
Behemoth3

how many words are there in today's stumper, friends?
11:33 am
Sally-catlover

214 today
11:33 am
mixi6

214
11:33 am
Behemoth3

thank you, sally!!! :)
11:34 am
Karys

gi
11:34 am
mixi6

fireworks!!!!!!!!
11:35 am
Sally-catlover

Well done mix!
11:36 am
sajarn

ar6--has more flair
11:37 am
HollyF

do you have the other ar6?
11:38 am
HollyF

Congratulations Mixi, I hate this grid
11:38 am
Sally-catlover

The other ar6 is what you might say to someone when knighted.
11:39 am
HollyF

Thank you Sally, going to hit myself with the sword
11:39 am
Sally-catlover

:-)
11:39 am
sajarn

ar6 siren
11:39 am
Sally-catlover

I always forget to look up as well as down.
11:40 am
Sally-catlover

pb for sajarn
11:40 am
sajarn

ima newbie-what is pb??
11:41 am
Sally-catlover

penalty box - where you go when you say a word
11:42 am
sajarn

my bad...lost my cursor, ended up in the chatterbox instead of add word, mea culpa
11:43 am
Sally-catlover

I think we all do it. No problem. I've had some useful words in the past when people do that.
11:46 am
Atalante

absolutely!
11:48 am
sajarn

so just 2 minutes in the pb, not 5 for fighting'?
11:48 am
Sally-catlover

Just seen how many tw words there are. There can't be that many in the dictionary!
11:48 am
Sally-catlover

You get let off the pb if you bring chocolate cake.
11:49 am
sajarn

done!!
11:49 am
movieman

clues for the 8s plz
11:51 am
Atalante

2 are based on a chocolate bar like a flake but with 2 fingers. tw5
11:51 am
Atalante

and 1 - tr - is plural fishing boats
11:52 am
Sally-catlover

Ya, had just found those!
11:52 am
grant

tr is a plural of fishing boat. Tw's have to do w/batons at games
11:53 am
Atalante

tw5s happen to be my fav choc bar
11:53 am
movieman

ty ata
11:53 am
Atalante

horribly UK bi**ed clues there. utterly unapologetic!
11:54 am
Sally-catlover

I did wonder!. Not sure if they are called the same elsewhere.
11:54 am
Atalante

don't even think anywhere else has flakes, apart from NZ and maybe Aus
11:55 am
Atalante

but for MM, we can clue nice UK things :P
11:55 am
HollyF

ta5/14?
11:55 am
lilliann

thanks for the 8's ata, and evening all
11:55 am
bichon

not here
11:55 am
lilliann

i hope your week has got better ata
11:56 am
lilliann

is this a nice grid, just starting?
11:56 am
caitlyn

Good evening all.........
11:56 am
Atalante

yes lilli! ty!
11:56 am
Atalante

about the same as yesterday's
11:56 am
Atalante

hi cait!
11:56 am
bichon

is there a clue for the tr boat I tried trisail and no luck
11:56 am
Atalante

fishing boat, bichon
11:56 am
HollyF

NM got it
11:57 am
grant

word contains a pointed tool
11:57 am
bichon

ty Ata
11:57 am
caitlyn

I have just decorated my tr4/4 it looks so pretty
11:57 am
Atalante

awwwwwww
11:57 am
lilliann

oh lovely!!...i didn't enjoy yesterdays... it was like pulling teeth out
11:58 am
lilliann

hi caitlyn
11:58 am
caitlyn

Hi lilli I havent seen you for a while, how are you?
12:00 pm
lilliann

fine thanks cait, been busy with daughter's school fayre so wasn't on for a couple of weeks, now getting ready for christmas and holiday next week. how have you been? have you heard anything from deal or no deal yet?
12:00 pm
Sally-catlover

Just found the first tw 5/18. Anyone know what it means? Not shown in dictionary.com
12:00 pm
Atalante

no, but it's common in babble!
12:01 pm
Sally-catlover

Goes and gets big OED dictionary...
12:01 pm
caitlyn

Yes, I didnt get on........Never mind , my family think it may have been a bit stressful anyway.I will have to think of another way of getting rich LOL
12:02 pm
Atalante

stressful can be dealt with for money!
12:02 pm
lilliann

oh, sorry to hear that cait...their loss!!...you never know, you may win the lottery one day!!
12:03 pm
caitlyn

I know Ata, Im just making myself feel better
12:03 pm
Atalante

but they are right, it would have been chaotic
12:03 pm
pugmama763

hello my lovlies
12:03 pm
caitlyn

Thank you lilli..never mind, at least I got through to the very last round
12:04 pm
caitlyn

Hi pug!!
12:04 pm
mom2han8

Hi all... OMG is it me or is this a tough grid???
12:04 pm
lilliann

hi pug
12:04 pm
lilliann

hi mom
12:04 pm
movieman

clues for the right hand a and o words plz
12:04 pm
caitlyn

Hi mom, its not a nice grid again today
12:04 pm
movieman

can't see anything from those ones
12:05 pm
PureTest

clues for any of the 7s pls?
12:05 pm
lilliann

have you had snow in wales cait?
12:05 pm
caitlyn

Think of the heart for the a words mm
12:06 pm
lilliann

i only have tr7,44, fishing vessel
12:06 pm
caitlyn

We are okay here at the moment lilli, thankfully what about you ?
12:06 pm
Atalante

phantom: graticule
12:06 pm
mom2han8

OMG... graticule??? I was thinking siege...LOL!
12:07 pm
Atalante

siege too :P
12:07 pm
caitlyn

tw7 the person that turns things, that leads to 2 of the 8 letter words
12:07 pm
movieman

that gave me 3 from the a caitkyn, clues for the other 2?
12:07 pm
mom2han8

LOL
12:07 pm
pugmama763

my phantom was barrage
12:07 pm
lilliann

we had it quite bad last week but gone now thank goodness, had sleet and rain yesterday but fine today...just very cold....i've not been able to warm up at all today
12:08 pm
PureTest

tw7 3rd letter? :D
12:08 pm
Atalante

both ab5, MM
12:08 pm
pugmama763

think of a baton motion Pure
12:08 pm
caitlyn

Heavy frosts are making the roads really bad, what is it about this country that it all stops when bad weather comes LOL
12:08 pm
mom2han8

Pure.. i
12:08 pm
PureTest

:S
12:08 pm
wvteach

tw7 - what you do with a baton
12:09 pm
PureTest

:( im lost
12:09 pm
movieman

ty ata
12:09 pm
Trifioso

hiyas. Got an hour before the kids come back...let's see, if I find one word a minute (hah!) I should be able to finish it up....
12:09 pm
caitlyn

Hi Tri
12:09 pm
lilliann

i know, they shut the school opposite us but kept my daughters open.....all the bairns managed to get in, but some of the staff didn't manage it
12:10 pm
Atalante

and tarsier. that's a good phantom
12:10 pm
Trifioso

Hi caitlyn - another beautiful icon for you today!
12:10 pm
pugmama763

in a parade they have baton TW8's that march with the bands
12:10 pm
Jellen

Hi, all!
12:10 pm
wvteach

time to go out and clean off the car and go run some errands before the roads freeze up again this evening - BBL
12:10 pm
pugmama763

hi jellen
12:10 pm
Atalante

hi jellen
12:10 pm
caitlyn

LOL Tri Im too lazy to change it bit thank you
12:10 pm
Trifioso

jellen! back again, just like me....
12:11 pm
Atalante

nice pic, pug!
12:11 pm
caitlyn

Hi jellen
Bye wv, take care
12:11 pm
pugmama763

isn't it though?
12:11 pm
lilliann

hi tri and jellen
12:11 pm
lilliann

ttfn teach
12:12 pm
pugmama763

any help for the RE5/10-6/18 pair please?
12:12 pm
movieman

clues for the right hand o now plz
12:12 pm
Trifioso

hello lili. Can't help pug, not there yet :(
12:13 pm
lilliann

sorry pug, haven't got those yet
12:13 pm
Trifioso

movie man, have you seen Australia yet? What did you think???
12:13 pm
lilliann

not at o's yet mm, sorry
12:13 pm
pugmama763

ob+ * *m Pug , then plural Movie
12:13 pm
caitlyn

re5/10 to lubricate again, re6/18 what a retired seaman would like to do
12:13 pm
movieman

not yet trif, it's not out here until Boxing Day
12:14 pm
Trifioso

do you like baz movies generally?
12:14 pm
pugmama763

ty vm Cait!!!
12:14 pm
caitlyn

yvw pug
12:15 pm
movieman

Not really, didn't think much of Moulin Rouge or Strictly Ballroom
12:15 pm
Atalante

dear me, this team in Eggaheads are stupid
12:15 pm
Trifioso

hmmm. prob not going to be your cuppa then. I loved it, but then, I am a chick....
12:15 pm
lilliann

ty pug
12:15 pm
movieman

His movies are generally too girly for me
12:15 pm
caitlyn

Ata did you watch Little Dorrit?
12:16 pm
Atalante

no, I haven't been. I have a Dickens phobia
12:16 pm
lilliann

i often shout the answers at the tv ata, but they don't hear me...lol
12:16 pm
Trifioso

again, that would explain why I just love 'em!
12:16 pm
lilliann

ty cait
12:16 pm
featherbee

hey there! how is this one? better than yesterday? although, from what i heard, that wouldn't take much
12:16 pm
caitlyn

Oh its just I couldnt work out who was who in the end
12:16 pm
Trifioso

ATA! you should see a psych about that!
12:17 pm
Trifioso

feather! haven't seen you in ages!
12:17 pm
caitlyn

Hi feather, not much better today
12:17 pm
movieman

I prefer Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino, and Guillermo del Toro films
12:17 pm
pugmama763

ugh! last 2 driving me nuts!
12:17 pm
caitlyn

yw lilli
12:17 pm
featherbee

hi tri! i've been here off and on. how are ya?
12:17 pm
pugmama763

is the or5 a fish?
12:17 pm
featherbee

oh no, not good news cait
12:18 pm
Trifioso

I am doing as well as I can. As my dear old dad would say, I am upright and able to take nourishment :)
12:18 pm
featherbee

still, i'm going to dive in. snowday, kids are in bed napping, my goals for the day are done, so weeee!
12:18 pm
lilliann

hi feather
12:18 pm
caitlyn

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news feather
12:18 pm
Trifioso

snow day! man, we never get those....
12:18 pm
featherbee

hi lilli
12:18 pm
Trifioso

caitlyn, not to pry, but what's up love?
12:19 pm
featherbee

it was nasty out there this morning.
12:20 pm
caitlyn

LOL Tri, Im fine I just told feather that the grid isnt very nice, thank you for caring
Have you been ill?
12:20 pm
featherbee

i think caitlyn was referring to telling me the bad news that the grid wasn't much better
12:20 pm
featherbee

hee hee, see?
12:20 pm
Trifioso

oh, duh me! I am physically fine, I got dumped.
12:21 pm
featherbee

well that just stinks tri
12:21 pm
Atalante

boohiss to him!
12:21 pm
Angelsong

ta
12:21 pm
caitlyn

Oh Im so sorry to hear that, its his loss though
12:21 pm
featherbee

"snert" should be a word.
12:21 pm
lilliann

sorry tri
12:22 pm
Atalante

aren't we nice here!
12:22 pm
inge

Help please with ru 6, after the potentates.
12:22 pm
caitlyn

Sometimes Ata LOL
12:22 pm
pugmama763

Ing use the "more so" ending
12:22 pm
Trifioso

actually, I have a little secret - I am finding my own voice again, and I realize how long it's been silent. I hung up drapes last week -> he hated them, so they were verboten. We haven't eaten red meat since he left...I can watch what *I* want on tv now....I read in bed, bec. the light doesnt' bother him, two towns away. Yes, it mostly sucks, but there are some good points.
12:23 pm
Atalante

good for you, trif!
12:23 pm
inge

Thanks Pug
12:23 pm
inge

Fireworks here
12:23 pm
featherbee

yay inge!
12:23 pm
Trifioso

go inge!
12:23 pm
Jellen

Go, trif! It's amazing how much I gave up for my ex...
12:23 pm
lilliann

wtg inge!
12:23 pm
pugmama763

any clues for 2nd LI5/14 please?
12:23 pm
Trifioso

christmas is still a bit of a worry....
12:23 pm
caitlyn

Try to enjoy your freedom Tri
12:24 pm
caitlyn

Congrats inge!!
12:24 pm
pugmama763

yahooee Inge!!!
12:24 pm
Jellen

Yay, inge!!!
12:25 pm
lilliann

trying to type and eat chinese at the same is not easy...i keep going to type with my chopsticks...lol
12:25 pm
lilliann

not there yet pug
12:25 pm
lilliann

*time
12:25 pm
caitlyn

phone......back in a mo
12:25 pm
Trifioso


oh, I have that one, pug - it's a sound alike for a kind of nut, I think. spelled out: li + good karma
12:26 pm
Angelsong

tw
12:26 pm
Angelsong

twiler
12:27 pm
featherbee

nope, twiler doesn't work. (of course i had to test it)
12:27 pm
pugmama763

need the one right afteer that Trif
12:27 pm
Trifioso

whoops, sorry - don' t have that one :(
12:27 pm
pugmama763

but thanks for trying
12:27 pm
lilliann

lol feather
12:27 pm
featherbee

that's ok, i needed the one you clued tri.
12:27 pm
Atalante

li5/14 - one's li*** lord
12:28 pm
Trifioso

(((featherbee))))) throwing me a self-esteem bone!
12:28 pm
caitlyn

pug do you like potato ???ps
12:28 pm
pugmama763

yes why cait?
12:29 pm
featherbee

well, it's true! i'm only on the second row down...so still need 167, lol
12:29 pm
pugmama763

not clicking for me Ata
12:29 pm
caitlyn

that was a clue
12:29 pm
Elsh

*waves hello*
12:29 pm
caitlyn

Hi Elsh
12:30 pm
Elsh

hi :)
12:30 pm
lilliann

hi elsh
12:30 pm
Trifioso

hi there elsh - you surviving okay in your corner of NE?
12:30 pm
caitlyn

pug li and the clue I just gave
12:30 pm
featherbee

hi elsh, nice to "meet" you
12:30 pm
Trifioso

i think that's the other one, cait
12:30 pm
lilliann

ty cait
12:30 pm
Atalante

li + Janet R***r - underwear designer
12:30 pm
Elsh

hello everyone else too :) yep. not too bad right now, just lots of rain yesterday.
12:31 pm
Trifioso

omg - the image of Janet Reno designed underwear!
12:31 pm
Elsh

i've seen you before featherbee, i'm just not on a lot and am usually pretty shy when i am.
12:31 pm
caitlyn

I think Im confused LOL, perhaps a glass of wine might help
12:31 pm
Atalante

loooooool
12:32 pm
featherbee

:) well, nice to speak with you finally then!
12:32 pm
Elsh

hehe :)
12:32 pm
pugmama763

dont know the reference will keep monkeying but thanks
12:32 pm
Jellen

Hi, Elsh
12:32 pm
Elsh

hey jellen
12:33 pm
Atalante

li + abbreviation for "for example" + vowel
12:33 pm
featherbee

does anyone else have a cat that needs moral support to jump up to the food bowl that is high up? *sigh*
12:33 pm
Trifioso

oh, DUH - got it! Thanks Ata!
12:34 pm
Sally-catlover

Used to have such a cat. We built a ramp :-)
12:34 pm
Elsh

one of my cats doesn't jump, but there aren't any high up bowls. but he'll climb things if he can. he hasn't jumped since he hurt his hip when he was younger.
12:34 pm
featherbee

she'll pace back and forth, meowing, until you go stand near her so she can jump. *rolling eyes*
12:34 pm
caitlyn

Thats better the wine is helping
Not me feather ........thankfully
12:35 pm
Elsh

haha, oh, she actually jumps but needs encouragement? that's silly.
12:35 pm
featherbee

don't forget annoying elsh!
12:35 pm
Atalante

yes, Sily does the same
12:35 pm
Elsh

hehe
12:35 pm
lilliann

no, mine is terrible...you can't leave any meat out on the tops as he will jump aup and pinch it...none of my other cats who are dead now ever did that
12:35 pm
Elsh

my cats can be rather annoying too, in other ways.
12:36 pm
Jellen

I have a fat cat who needs a cheer squad to jump up on my lap...
12:36 pm
featherbee

lol jellen
12:36 pm
lilliann

mine won't shut up til you open doors for him, he is soooo lazy!!
12:36 pm
featherbee

ok, diving back in to the Rs
12:36 pm
caitlyn

lol jellen
12:36 pm
lilliann

and he only meows at me to feed him!
12:36 pm
Elsh

hehehe
12:37 pm
Elsh

my kitten, who isn't very small anymore, always has to lie on my chest, not just when i'm lying down, but even if i'm sitting at the computer. so once she hops up, i'm done doing whatever i've been doing so she can lay there and be held so she doesn't fall.
12:38 pm
featherbee

my samantha used to be like that. i miss that actually. she'd at least settle so she wouldn't fall though.
12:38 pm
Elsh

hehe
12:39 pm
featherbee

SO close to having "welch"
12:42 pm
Trifioso

phantom = orbit
12:42 pm
featherbee

i'm seeing many many phantoms in this grid
12:44 pm
featherbee

help with the right hand single i word?
12:44 pm
Elsh

gotta go! see you all later.
12:44 pm
caitlyn

Mmmmmmm this wine is so good tonight
12:44 pm
EvaNadine

part of the eye
12:44 pm
Atalante

feather - part of the eye
12:44 pm
caitlyn

Bye Elsh take care
12:44 pm
featherbee

bye elsh
12:44 pm
pugmama763

god thick as a brick today, finally got that damned li5
12:44 pm
featherbee

oops, thanks
12:45 pm
Trifioso

did you feed the monkeys today?
12:45 pm
lilliann

bye elsh
12:45 pm
pugmama763

think they went on strike
12:45 pm
Jellen

Bye Elsh
12:46 pm
Trifioso

they do that pug, cheeky little monkeys! usually when I am trying to find a 4 letter word....
12:46 pm
featherbee

mine are all sitting on the O, so that i can't find any words from it.
12:46 pm
pugmama763

just that evil or5 left.....
12:47 pm
Trifioso

did you find the or 5 by any chance?
12:47 pm
caitlyn

Throwing a hand of bananas to pugs monkeys.see if that works
12:47 pm
Trifioso

well, that answers THAT!
12:47 pm
featherbee

me? nope.
12:48 pm
featherbee

what are the points on that or5?
12:48 pm
Trifioso

ooh! I got it pug - want a hint?
12:48 pm
caitlyn

I must hit the kitchen........see you tomorrow take care all, bye
12:48 pm
Uneaixoise

o + one of many horizontal bones in your chest * vowel
12:48 pm
Atalante

it's an antelope!
12:48 pm
featherbee

ty une
12:49 pm
Uneaixoise

yw :-)
12:50 pm
lilliann

bye cait, take care
12:50 pm
caitlyn

Im not going until someone says goodbye!!LOL
12:50 pm
lilliann

hi une
12:50 pm
pugmama763

ty vm Une & fireworks at last
12:50 pm
Jellen

Bye, cait
12:50 pm
Uneaixoise

yay, pug!!
12:50 pm
Trifioso

bye bye caitlyn [ take care}
12:50 pm
featherbee

bye cait! sorry, didn't notice that
12:50 pm
Atalante

BYE CAIT!!!!!!!!
12:50 pm
pugmama763

bye CAIT!
12:50 pm
Jellen

Yay, pugmama!!!
12:50 pm
Trifioso

yay pug!
12:50 pm
lilliann

wtg pug!
12:50 pm
featherbee

yay pug!
12:50 pm
lilliann

ty une
12:50 pm
Uneaixoise

hi, lilliann and bye, cait
12:51 pm
caitlyn

Okay Im going now.poof
12:54 pm
pugmama763

think I need more nap time...ty my beloved babble clan ! See you all later! POOF!
12:54 pm
featherbee

help with the U please?
12:54 pm
featherbee

bye pug
12:54 pm
EvaNadine

w00t!
bush just declared december 26th a federal holiday -- yippee!
12:54 pm
pugmama763

ur+ Er** Clapton ( guitar god)
12:55 pm
lilliann

bye pug
12:55 pm
featherbee

thank you! i was soooo close to that.
12:55 pm
pugmama763

real poof!
12:55 pm
Jellen

oi6 clue please?
12:55 pm
featherbee

more greasy
12:56 pm
Jellen

DOH! Thanks, feather
12:56 pm
EvaNadine

hints for the E beneath the N? (in the left column)
12:56 pm
featherbee

i believe it is a plural of one of the upper Es
12:57 pm
EvaNadine

got it -- thanks!
12:57 pm
featherbee

88 left, taking a break, bbl
1:17 pm
featherbee

did i break babble???
1:18 pm
featherbee

phew. had to test it!
1:18 pm
Atalante

not quite!
1:18 pm
nDanLia

hi bee, any1 is just engrossed
1:19 pm
featherbee

lol, well i came back from my break to see who was in the chog, and had to keep refreshing, but nothing changed!
1:19 pm
Sally-catlover

3 to go - concentrating.
1:20 pm
lynxxx

Goodmorning. Sorry I left so abruptly last night, a transformer {?} exploded nearby last nite and we lost all power for several hours
1:20 pm
Atalante

oh nooo
1:27 pm
Sally-catlover

Fireworks at last!
1:27 pm
Atalante

yay sally!
1:27 pm
lynxxx

Hooray for Sally !!
1:27 pm
Atalante

ty for your husky identification skills earlier, lynx :)
1:28 pm
lynxxx

yw...they are quite a popular dog out here
1:29 pm
Atalante

isn't Aus a bit hot for such furry dogs?
1:29 pm
Scrabbler

Back from tennis and lunch---a migraine developed during tennis---> blurry vision then headache. blaaahhh
1:30 pm
lynxxx

Hi Scrabs, should you be playing this?
1:30 pm
Scrabbler

I find this relaxing and mediatative.
1:31 pm
nDanLia

yeah
1:33 pm
lynxxx

Ata, hadn.t thought about that. Maybe down south is OK. We do have lots of Spotz type dogs around
1:33 pm
lynxxx

Spotz! Spitz
1:34 pm
Atalante

lucky you! how gorgeous!
1:34 pm
Scrabbler

What are Spitz dogs?
1:34 pm
BabbleRabble

spitz dogs have a craving for sunflower seeds?
1:35 pm
Trifioso

why isn't "resat" a word? I didn't like my grade on the exam, so I resat it.....
1:35 pm
Scrabbler

Haha, BR
1:35 pm
Scrabbler

Hi BR & Trif
1:35 pm
Trifioso

hi scrabbler!
1:35 pm
lynxxx

Malamutes, Samoyd, Siberian Husky, Japanese Spitz, Chow Chow etc...long thick coated dogs - usually from colder climates
1:36 pm
Atalante

common annoyance, trif. resit doesn't work either
1:36 pm
lynxxx

hi BabRab
1:37 pm
BabbleRabble

the question is not whether a word has been rejected all that matters is whether what passes for a word is accepted
1:37 pm
BabbleRabble

hello, folks
1:38 pm
Scrabbler

Right side A?
1:38 pm
Trifioso

do you have the old fashioned word for bubbling water?
1:38 pm
nDanLia

to stop a 'nn'ission
1:38 pm
lynxxx

at least 3 are medical
1:39 pm
Scrabbler

I just found 2 ao's
1:39 pm
nDanLia

water in the pot will co'nn'e to .....
1:39 pm
Trifioso

waoy to gao!
1:39 pm
lynxxx

and anther one
1:39 pm
nDanLia

3rd related
1:40 pm
BabbleRabble

terminate a pregnacy
1:40 pm
lynxxx

TY nDan, not heard that one before
1:40 pm
BabbleRabble

ab 5--- bring to 212 F
1:40 pm
Scrabbler

ab5 x 2, ao x 2--the 5th?
1:41 pm
BabbleRabble

ao times 3
1:41 pm
lynxxx

ao6.21
1:41 pm
Sally-catlover

OK, I'm off. Anyone need any clues?
1:41 pm
Jellen

Hello again! Back from taking nourishment...
1:41 pm
nDanLia

ao 5 6 6
1:41 pm
lilliann

a46 please sally!!
1:41 pm
lynxxx

not for me thanks Sally. Bye
1:41 pm
lilliann

*146...
1:41 pm
lynxxx

hi Jellen
1:42 pm
Sally-catlover

You want 146 clues? LOL
1:42 pm
BabbleRabble

ag 4== a + a horse command
1:42 pm
lilliann

yes please...or you could just finish my grid for me....lol
1:43 pm
Sally-catlover

<g>
1:43 pm
BabbleRabble

ag 4 -- what time does
1:43 pm
BabbleRabble

or is, more accurately
1:43 pm
lynxxx

or a tough grid
1:45 pm
BabbleRabble

Scrabbler, has anyone ever told you, "Physician, heal thyself"?
1:45 pm
Scrabbler

Hi Jellen, Sally, Lilliann
1:45 pm
Scrabbler

Yep, I've heard of it, BR, LOL.
1:45 pm
Sally-catlover

Hi Scrabbler.
1:46 pm
lilliann

hi scrabs, long time no see. how have you been?
1:46 pm
BabbleRabble

I have been told a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client
1:47 pm
Scrabbler

Good, Lil, how about you?
1:47 pm
torgone

Have you ever seen a mechanic's car?
1:48 pm
Scrabbler

I finally found the final ao6.
1:48 pm
Scrabbler

Hi torgone
1:48 pm
torgone

Howdy ..
1:48 pm
lilliann

fine ty, busy doing things at my daughter's school
1:49 pm
Scrabbler

How old is she now, Lil?
1:49 pm
BabbleRabble

tr 6 == medical prioritizing
1:49 pm
lilliann

9
1:50 pm
Scrabbler

TY, BR
1:50 pm
nDanLia

i see ru'nn'pole's place is there
1:51 pm
BabbleRabble

tw 5 6 === elmer fudd saying words that could mean an attempt(s)
1:51 pm
Scrabbler

When will you get your "M" key repaired, DanLia?
1:51 pm
Atalante

spelled differently
1:51 pm
nrkii

hi all
1:51 pm
lynxxx

thanks nDan
1:51 pm
Jellen

Hi, nrkii
1:51 pm
nDanLia

person back end next week, then they need to find warranty
1:52 pm
Scrabbler

Hi N! When is surgery?
1:52 pm
lilliann

hi nrkii
1:53 pm
BabbleRabble

ra 5 -- perhaps the recipient of a tirade
1:53 pm
nrkii

surgery was last week... I'm 1/6 of the way through recovery!!!
1:53 pm
BabbleRabble

ne 4 -- eft
1:53 pm
Scrabbler

How are you, N?
1:53 pm
BabbleRabble

lu 5 -- the butler on the Addams Family
1:54 pm
BabbleRabble

lw 4
1:54 pm
nrkii

some pain, but manageable with tylenol... terrible time sleeping, but now using ambien CR which is helping
1:54 pm
nrkii

there's some twinginess that no pain med is getting to, but I'm putting up with it
1:54 pm
Scrabbler

Yippee for N! It's over, now you just heal and regain strength.
1:55 pm
nrkii

the surgeon said that a big part of the top muscle, the ligaments were shredded/gone
1:55 pm
nrkii

so he wasn't able to repair 100%
1:55 pm
nrkii

I'm really surprised, because the damage just didn't feel that extreme
1:55 pm
Scrabbler

The supraspinatus muscle?
1:56 pm
nrkii

and the fall didn't seem that bad... he said I probably had damage to that muscle prior (yep, the supraspinatus)
1:56 pm
Jellen

Fireworks!!
1:56 pm
nrkii

yay Jellen!!!
1:56 pm
Scrabbler

Yahoo Jellen! great work!
1:56 pm
BabbleRabble

congrats. Jellen
1:56 pm
lynxxx

Congrats Jellen!
1:56 pm
Scrabbler

I just noticed that I passed halfway---112/102.
1:57 pm
bichon

nrkii you had a torn rotator cuff? So did I. The recovery was bearable with pain meds, but it was a bear to get range of motion back.
1:57 pm
lilliann

wtg jellen!!
1:57 pm
Jellen

Had to bring in Tim at the end...his monkeys are better than mine...
1:57 pm
Atalante

go go scrabs!
1:57 pm
nrkii

so he says I won't get full range back, but I'll be surprised at how well I'll be able to do even without everything there
1:57 pm
Jellen

Go, Scrabbler!
1:57 pm
nrkii

bichon, yes, apparently a severe tear of two muscles
1:58 pm
Scrabbler

I will need the list soon.
1:58 pm
bichon

Did you injure your rotator cuff or did it just happen. I fell while ice skating
1:58 pm
nrkii

I fell while walking
1:58 pm
bichon

Doc also found arthritis there
1:59 pm
nrkii

on pavement, going downhill, while I was turned looking over my left shoulder... I basically skidded down the hill on my right shoulder
1:59 pm
Atalante

owie!
2:00 pm
nrkii

my cartilage is good, so that's one good thing... my dad has severe RA and AS since he was a teen, and I get joint pain frequently, so I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop, arthritis-wise
2:00 pm
lynxxx

owww! nasty ...hope you heal fast nrkii
2:00 pm
PMS

io
2:00 pm
bichon

I fell while skating backwards [very fast] and when I hit the ice i FELT A POP
2:00 pm
nrkii

thanks... just sorry I didn't have someone videotaping.... I'd love to see it again so I could understand how I did so much damage
2:00 pm
lynxxx

ouch
2:00 pm
nrkii

ouch bichon!
2:01 pm
Jellen

Goodness!
2:01 pm
bichon

That's what you get when you are a 50 something and want to star in Ice Capades
2:01 pm
nrkii

I've had some spectacular falls in my life, and I'd really love to have them on video for my own private hysteria session
2:02 pm
lynxxx

lol Bichon - but good on you 'living your dream"
2:02 pm
Scrabbler

I am a wipe-out person too, N.
2:02 pm
bichon

Yeah, right. Now I do water aerobics and elliptical trainer
2:02 pm
nrkii

I wish I had been doing something as ambitious... I was just out for a walk, and I'm easily distracted
2:03 pm
BabbleRabble

gi 4 5 are Scottish for a wide smile and anagrams of the english word
2:03 pm
bichon

by other rotator cuff gives me twinges occasionally, but I'm just taking an NSAId
2:04 pm
Scrabbler

The O? I have the death notice abbrev.
2:04 pm
nrkii

I'm worried about my other arm now, because the surgeon thinks I might have had natural deterioration in the right one before I injured it... if that's so, wouldn't I probably have the same in the left one?
2:04 pm
BabbleRabble

as I said earlier, if trees and other obstacles had more manners, they would give me the right of way when U am flailing towards them
2:04 pm
nrkii

change last letter to a vowel Scrabs
2:04 pm
Jellen

ob + two vowels
2:04 pm
lynxxx

the other gi4.6 features in our national anthem "Our land is gi** by sea" (surrounded)
2:04 pm
Scrabbler

With aging all of our joints deteriorate, but progress depends upon activities and injuries.
2:04 pm
Jellen

then plural
2:05 pm
nrkii

ooh, missed that plural, thanks
2:06 pm
nrkii

BabbleRabble, indeed... the world should give you right of way
2:06 pm
BabbleRabble

ponce de leone should have looked harder
2:06 pm
nrkii

I figure if I'm going to keep falling, I better walk in softer places
2:06 pm
nrkii

29 to go... list time!
2:06 pm
Jellen

I'm thinking of football pads
2:06 pm
Scrabbler

The snow is neat to watch now--huge flakes falling so slowly, like slowmotion.
2:07 pm
nrkii

Jellen, if only they were a teensy bit more stylish though...
2:07 pm
Jellen

Love huge flaky snow...
2:08 pm
nrkii

I love snow like that scrabs
2:08 pm
Scrabbler

It is beautiful.
2:09 pm
Trifioso

down to just one word left! Gotta find it quick, bus comes in 20 mins!
2:10 pm
Scrabbler

Go Trif go!!
2:10 pm
Jellen

Go, Trif!
2:10 pm
Trifioso

got it! Merely a forgotten plural, and FIREWORKS! Woot Woot!!!!!
2:10 pm
BabbleRabble

snow flakes can be beatific
2:10 pm
Scrabbler

Yahoo Trif!!
2:10 pm
Jellen

Yay, Trif!!!!
2:10 pm
BabbleRabble

congrats, Tri
2:11 pm
Atalante

woohoo
2:11 pm
Trifioso

thank you alll.Any one need a hint?
2:11 pm
Scrabbler

Who would like chamomile tea? I am going to make a potful.
2:11 pm
lilliann

wtg tri!!
2:11 pm
bichon

Yes Trif 114 of them
2:11 pm
forwardbyfaith

need a hint for the second e in the first column
2:12 pm
Trifioso

can't drink that - Ragweed makes me sneeze, so no camomile - same family....
2:12 pm
BabbleRabble

do you intend to absquatulae now, Tri?
2:12 pm
lilliann

no thanks scrabs, i'm enjoying a glass of rose
2:12 pm
BabbleRabble

er 5 --- pl sea eagle
2:12 pm
Jellen

er5= sea birds
2:12 pm
nDanLia

pl of 4 letter sp of birds
2:12 pm
nrkii

good job Trif!
2:12 pm
Trifioso

no, but I might absquatulate
2:13 pm
nDanLia

yeah trif
2:13 pm
Trifioso

Ummm - I don't know how to separate them by column, so sorry....
2:13 pm
BabbleRabble

touche
2:14 pm
BabbleRabble

er 5 -- expunge and then the actor
2:15 pm
forwardbyfaith

ty!
2:15 pm
Trifioso

i think I wll actually run out and put a heater in the fish pond, now that it isn't frozen solid....kisses to all! *poof*
2:15 pm
Atalante

the H - is it 3 4s?
2:15 pm
Scrabbler

Bye Trif
2:16 pm
Scrabbler

One ha5
2:16 pm
Atalante

ty!
2:16 pm
Jellen

2 4's 1 ha5
2:16 pm
Atalante

so obvious when you know!
2:16 pm
torgone

hailier
2:17 pm
torgone

How did that happen? . .Ought to be a word . .
2:17 pm
BabbleRabble

what goes in a horse's mouth
2:17 pm
Scrabbler

I have seen weather like that, torgone
2:17 pm
bichon

oats?
2:17 pm
Atalante

liltier should be too
2:18 pm
Mary

am missing an li4//4 know there are bunches but it's the 16th or 17th word down have the Italian money
2:18 pm
torgone

I know
2:18 pm
torgone


2:18 pm
torgone



2:18 pm
torgone




2:18 pm
torgone





2:18 pm
torgone






2:18 pm
torgone


2:18 pm
torgone


2:18 pm
Atalante

tor!!
2:18 pm
torgone

OOpsie ...
2:18 pm
Mary

nm monkeyed it
2:19 pm
BabbleRabble

the first le 5.10 is an anagram of the second le 5.10
2:19 pm
Scrabbler

Are you OK, torgone?
2:19 pm
BabbleRabble

li 6 -- add a ch**** lounge
2:19 pm
torgone

I spazzed ..
2:20 pm
Scrabbler

In public too, Torgone
2:20 pm
spanner

I spazzed yesterday on that foulest of grids. Now my brain is on holiday
2:20 pm
BabbleRabble

li 5 --- the one to whom a feudal vassal owes fielty
2:20 pm
Jellen

I'd best tend to my laundry...back soon...
2:21 pm
herinfernallady

hi
2:21 pm
nrkii

Thanks BabbleRabble that was exactly what I was stuck on at the moment
2:21 pm
KatieMcG

evening everyone
2:21 pm
nrkii

hi!
2:21 pm
Scrabbler

Hi Kitt
2:22 pm
BabbleRabble

hello, Katie
2:22 pm
Scrabbler

Time for the list. I am having a staring contest with the grid.
2:23 pm
BabbleRabble

ro 7 -- comparatively turbulent or agitated
2:23 pm
Atalante

me too
2:23 pm
Atalante

hi Kittikins!
2:23 pm
herinfernallady

hi
2:23 pm
Uneaixoise

back from bonding with the tree trimming guys :-)
2:23 pm
Scrabbler

Hi herin
2:23 pm
Scrabbler

Hi Une
2:24 pm
Uneaixoise

scrabbs, did you have damage from the storm that zapped Albany??
2:24 pm
nrkii

11 to go
2:24 pm
BabbleRabble

se 6 add what some are run out of town on
2:24 pm
herinfernallady

I may just disappear im updating my pc
2:24 pm
ursh

hello all back from meeting and still have to find 96 words - oy vay
2:24 pm
Uneaixoise

tx BR :-)
2:24 pm
nrkii

I'm babbling and bonding with my exterminator... he says I probably have bats in my belfry... he knows me well
2:25 pm
Uneaixoise

hey, ursh
2:25 pm
Atalante

some run out of town on? *thinks*
2:25 pm
lilliann

hi spanner, herin, katie,une, br and ursh
2:25 pm
Uneaixoise

a kind of transport, ata
2:25 pm
Scrabbler

Nope, Une. The middle and eastern parts of NY got creamed earlier. We are getting snow now.
2:25 pm
Uneaixoise

hey, lilliann!
2:25 pm
herinfernallady

nothing wrong with bats in the belfry
2:25 pm
Atalante

ahhh got it ty
2:25 pm
spanner

Hi lilliann
2:25 pm
Uneaixoise

good for you!!
2:25 pm
bichon

run out of town on = wading bird
2:25 pm
BabbleRabble

what choo choo navigates on
2:25 pm
Scrabbler

Hi rush and spanner
2:26 pm
nrkii

except for the multitude of bat droppings they leave as presents all over my stuff
2:26 pm
herinfernallady

We are getting rain rain and more rain. The weather people thing we may get 50mm today alone. That is more than 3 months worth
2:26 pm
bichon

sorry, not wading bird but one like a coot
2:26 pm
herinfernallady

eww
2:26 pm
torgone

Yes?
2:26 pm
nrkii

I love bats... outdoors
2:27 pm
bichon

they eat mosquitos
2:27 pm
Scrabbler

N, I had a bat flying around here a few summers ago and when the exterminator came down from the attic he told me that I had an entire colony up there.
2:27 pm
BabbleRabble

guano is a good fertilizer
2:27 pm
herinfernallady

ok back shortly. Shakes fist at pc
2:27 pm
nrkii

but would rather not fertilize all my christmas decorations!
2:28 pm
bichon

at least you had a mosquito-free attic
2:28 pm
Scrabbler

or get rabies
2:28 pm
nrkii

apparently the bats are protected here, so officially my exterminator can't go after them... but he's going to put a sticky trap or two up there for "mice" and says the bats might just end up collateral damage
2:28 pm
BabbleRabble

sa 5 === friday's rank on the mark vii police show
2:28 pm
ursh

We have family of fruit bats living in tree outside bedroom - very noisy - they seem to argue most of the night - then papa bat sits high in the tree and declares territory in an awfully monotonous (sp) high pitched squeak
2:29 pm
BabbleRabble

ta 5 -- looks quite like the sa 5
2:29 pm
Scrabbler

It cost me $2000 for the entire process of getting the bats out, sealing the house from the inside and outside, and placing bat houses up in the tr*8s.
2:30 pm
nrkii

oooohhhh, that's why people sell bat houses... I never understood that
2:30 pm
KatieMcG

that's a lot of money Scrabbler. If we harm bats they fine you £5000 per bat over here, they are a protected species
2:30 pm
Atalante

but the bat people will come and try and coax them away, sometimes
2:30 pm
Scrabbler

N, after the bat houses were put up they placed a one-way tunnel from my attic to outside and left it there for several days. Bats leave at night for insect feeding. Yes, Kitt--bats are protected here too.
2:30 pm
BabbleRabble

ta 5 -- ankle bones
2:31 pm
Atalante

there's a big difference between bats here and there though. we don't have rabies
2:32 pm
bichon

That's right, no rabies in Great Britian. How did you manage that?
2:32 pm
KatieMcG

they have massive fruit bats in the maldives they are like flying cats and really cute. Some parts of them are very large compared to the rest of them!!
2:32 pm
Scrabbler

I had a bat in here a few months ago but it entered through an incompletely closed screen door. I heard some noise out front and figured it was a raccoon.
2:32 pm
Atalante

being an island :P
2:32 pm
KatieMcG

Being an island helps bichon
2:32 pm
nrkii

he doesn't think I have bats living up there, because no noises... plus all the guano is just by the window... wish I knew how the critters get in
2:32 pm
lynxxx

nor here - very strict quarantine laws
2:33 pm
Scrabbler

They need just 1/4 inch of space, N.
2:33 pm
KatieMcG

it was a big issue with the channel tunnel to France, whether they could get through it
2:34 pm
bichon

They never let in dogs from other countries for shows. NOw they do, but they have to be 100
2:34 pm
bichon

% certified rabies free
2:34 pm
KatieMcG

That's old for a dog bichon
2:34 pm
BabbleRabble

Until 2002 the United Kingdom had the luxury
of being free of rabies. Worldwide as many as
70 000 deaths occur per year, half of which are
in children.1 In 2002 the first death from indigenously
acquired rabies occurred in over 100 years.
2:35 pm
Atalante

hmmm never heard that
2:36 pm
nrkii

okay, fireworks!!!
2:36 pm
nrkii

gotta take a break so exterminator can treat the room I'm in
2:36 pm
nrkii

bbs
2:36 pm
KatieMcG

I think ti was someone who came in with it ata
2:36 pm
KatieMcG

congrats nrkii
2:36 pm
Atalante

ah, that makes sense
2:37 pm
lilliann

wtg nrkii!!
2:37 pm
KatieMcG

I'm watching a choir competition, how bad is Friday television!
2:37 pm
bichon

Katie I hope you realized that i PRESSED THE ENTER KEY BY MISTAKE AND THE POST WAS IN 2 PARTS
2:38 pm
Atalante

katie - very strange question - is there any way for the public to get hold of plans of a water company's pipelines and works in some particular urban area?
2:38 pm
KatieMcG

I was being funny honest bichon, I knew what you meant ;-)
2:38 pm
bichon

now I pressed the caps key. I hate this lap top, but my real computer is a Mac and I can't do expert
2:38 pm
bichon

Okay Katie,good to know
2:39 pm
KatieMcG

you can do a search, as the solicitors would when you were buying something, but I'm not sure how you will do it as I always use the solicitors. A word of warning though they have been known to 'find' things not on the plans and I think you have to pay for them. I could ask one of my Solicitors on Monday if you like
2:40 pm
KatieMcG

sometimes I am funnier to myself than other bichon :-)
2:40 pm
Atalante

no, don't worry, I just wondered if there was cunning website that had such things on. sometimes there is!
2:41 pm
lynxxx

I was just reading up on fruit bats. I knew our Botanic gardens 'relocated' 28,000 bats (in Melbourne) not to where they wanted but to surounding areas. I didn't realise Sydney Botanic Gardens spent $3m dollars on their same problem!
2:43 pm
Scrabbler

i am back--I had to reboot after upgrading iTunes
2:45 pm
BabbleRabble

In the my state, utilities must file plans and get a permit to lay pipelines I expect if pipelines are regulated the plans are somewhere at the agency and perhaps online
2:47 pm
Atalante

yeah, that's what I was wondering. I looked in the water co's annual reports and stuff but nothing, so I guess they don't have to show anyone
2:48 pm
BabbleRabble

is there a regulatory agency? Often I simple called and agency and told them what I wanted and asked if they could help
2:48 pm
periwinkle

hi all
2:48 pm
periwinkle

hi all
2:48 pm
periwinkle

hi all

2:49 pm
Jellen

Hi, peri
2:49 pm
BabbleRabble

hello, peri
2:49 pm
Atalante

there is, but the haven't got their website up and running properly yet *facepalm*
2:49 pm
Scrabbler

Hi Periwinkle
2:49 pm
Scrabbler

jellen, how is tim doing with treatment?
2:49 pm
nrkii

hi peri
2:49 pm
lynxxx

hi Peri
2:50 pm
Jellen

Still very tired, but okay.
2:50 pm
nrkii

hmmm.... I just noticed I'm NOTdone
2:50 pm
Jellen

I think he's very lucky that's the only real side effect...
2:51 pm
BabbleRabble

my philosophy was to call if I was told no I wasted five minutes if I got help I saved hours
2:51 pm
nrkii

and I closed lickety
2:51 pm
lynxxx

Jell - how often is he getting the shots?
2:51 pm
Jellen

3 times a week.
2:52 pm
bichon

anybody have the or 5/14?
2:52 pm
periwinkle

hello all
2:52 pm
periwinkle

hi, nrkii, how is your recuperation coming along?
2:53 pm
lilliann

hi peri
2:53 pm
nrkii

o+adam's ***+vowel
2:53 pm
nrkii

not bad peri. thx
2:53 pm
Jellen

or + personal pronoun + I ride a **cycle
2:54 pm
periwinkle

I think it is your turn on Scramble, nrkii
2:54 pm
bichon

ty Jellen & nrkii
2:54 pm
Scrabbler

TY for or5
2:54 pm
nrkii

ah, I keep forgetting!
2:54 pm
nrkii

Okay, now I'm really done.
2:54 pm
nrkii

Going to go check scramble now... happy hunting all!
2:55 pm
Scrabbler

Yahoo N!!!
2:55 pm
periwinkle

yay for nrkii
2:55 pm
Jellen

Yay, nrkii!!!
2:55 pm
lynxxx

Jell - everything was slow for me with that (especially mentally), although didn't realise the effect it was having until I went off it. I was a new woman!
2:56 pm
lynxxx

Congrats Nrkii!
2:56 pm
lilliann

wtg nrkii!
2:56 pm
periwinkle

tough grid for me
2:57 pm
lynxxx

me too Peri, great with the list though
2:57 pm
cybernan

hi all -- just broke through to below 100 -- really need the list on this one -- tough
2:58 pm
lynxxx

hi C'nan
2:58 pm
periwinkle

will go there soon, want to check to see what Oprah has to say first, bbs
2:58 pm
Jellen

Hi, nan
2:58 pm
lilliann

hi nan
2:59 pm
JBV

good afternoon, everyone - i'm working with the list, too, opened it with about 40 to go - this is a tough one
2:59 pm
Jellen

Hi, JBV
2:59 pm
lynxxx

hi JBV
3:00 pm
lilliann

hi jbv
3:00 pm
dtcmolloy

JBV you only got forty more words to go?
3:00 pm
forwardbyfaith

I'm a newbie here...what is this list you all are referring to?
3:00 pm
JBV

I can only grab a few minutes at a time - for those who saw my earlier posts - here's the brief update: hubby is home from the hospital (YAY!) -21 days, way too long, but of course now I'm on full nurse duty
3:00 pm
JBV

32 words now, dtc
3:00 pm
dtcmolloy

holy crap. i must really suck at this game!
3:00 pm
dtcmolloy

LOL
3:01 pm
JBV

there is a list of clues - click on Lickety's Babble Clues below the grid, forward
3:01 pm
Jellen

Glad to hear he's home, JBV!
3:01 pm
JBV

not so, dtc, you will get better with practice -
3:01 pm
JBV

thank you so much, jellen -
3:01 pm
Scrabbler

Hi nan and JBV and faith
3:01 pm
forwardbyfaith

thanks JBV.
3:01 pm
lynxxx

Good news JBV!
3:02 pm
Scrabbler

Yahoo for JBV's husband! Take one day at a time.
3:02 pm
BabbleRabble

welcome, forwardbyfaith
3:02 pm
cybernan

ab 5, please?
3:02 pm
Jellen

a + bring water to a b***
3:03 pm
BabbleRabble

terminate a pregnancy of add 212 F
3:03 pm
cybernan

ty -- tried everythig else
3:03 pm
dtcmolloy

guess I don't understand the lingo
3:04 pm
BabbleRabble

have you looked at AngelSong's Babble Page below, dtc?
3:04 pm
bichon

dtcmolloy, you'll pick it up
3:04 pm
dtcmolloy

ive not
3:04 pm
lilliann

hi faith
3:05 pm
BabbleRabble

will give you a good background
3:06 pm
Scrabbler

malloy, you will learn the lingo quickly, we all did
3:07 pm
JBV

this is what I love about this game - just learned a new word - li 6/18 - I thought I knew a lot about gothic architecture, studied french for many years, but this is a totally new one for me!
3:07 pm
Atalante

oooh oooh clue pls!
3:07 pm
ursh

Favourite thing - imagining the look of delight when a newbie gets pointed in the direction of lickety and welcome dtc and forward
3:08 pm
Jellen

Hi, ursh
3:08 pm
JBV

li 6 - an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib. = li + sea bird
3:08 pm
forwardbyfaith

thanks - you all are so helpful!
3:09 pm
BabbleRabble

add a sea eagle and pl, Ata
3:09 pm
bichon

re 5/18?
3:09 pm
lynxxx

and, to paraphrase Haz, don't forget Morewords as another tool
3:10 pm
Jellen

re + see*** (teeter totter)
3:10 pm
BabbleRabble

add not old, bichon
3:10 pm
Atalante

oooo ty tyty! new ones for me too
3:10 pm
bichon

ty BR
3:10 pm
Jellen

OR what BR said!
3:11 pm
JBV

good luck, everybody - taking a break now, will try to finish later
3:11 pm
BabbleRabble

be well, JBV
3:12 pm
lynxxx

bye JBV
3:12 pm
periwinkle

help with i under the W please
3:12 pm
lynxxx

il4.4 peri
3:13 pm
periwinkle

thanks lyn
3:16 pm
lynxxx

You are all going to love the video MRP has put up for you - old but still very funny
3:17 pm
BabbleRabble

congrats, lynx
3:18 pm
Atalante

hahaha man on TV called Randy Bumgardener
3:18 pm
lilliann

can i have help with my lastr word please....ru6,21 the last one please
3:19 pm
Jacula

What on earth are you watching, Ata??
3:19 pm
Atalante

have I got news for you!
3:19 pm
Jacula

Hi Lil. Haven't seen you in ages.
3:19 pm
lynxxx

the 'most' Lillian
3:19 pm
lilliann

hi jac
3:19 pm
Jacula

Oh, that explains it Ata.:D
3:19 pm
periwinkle

wi7 please
3:19 pm
lilliann

no been busy with things
3:20 pm
BabbleRabble

ru 6 --- comparative
3:20 pm
Uniquity

Got half the Ws as soon as I sat down...good sign?
3:20 pm
lynxxx

wi7 are little sausages
3:20 pm
Atalante

good start ......
3:20 pm
lilliann

and i've deciced i'm not playing bowling with you anymore...you're too good for me!!..lol
3:20 pm
BabbleRabble

comparative of the preceding wa 4
3:20 pm
Scrabbler

Hi jacula. How is Margaret?
3:20 pm
periwinkle

thanks lyn
3:20 pm
lynxxx

hi Uniquity!!
3:20 pm
Atalante

randy bumgardener is the chief of some US government guest house
3:21 pm
Jacula

What an unfortunate name!
3:21 pm
Uniquity

Helo Lynx!! How've you been?
3:21 pm
lilliann

hi uni
3:21 pm
Jacula

Hi Scrabbs. She's okay. Still in the spare room.
3:21 pm
Uniquity

And Lillian! How I've missed that bum :)
3:22 pm
lynxxx

Good! and you Uniquity?
3:22 pm
redturtlehead

Wowee, How is everyone? I just got back. and have 71 left.
3:22 pm
lynxxx

hi Red
3:22 pm
cybernan

ir 6?
3:22 pm
lilliann

ty uni...lol
3:22 pm
lilliann

hi red
3:22 pm
Scrabbler

Hi red.
3:22 pm
Scrabbler

adj for ir4
3:23 pm
Flask1

hi all....clue please for ru6/21??
3:23 pm
lynxxx

ir6 if the i was a c it would be the person who reviews shows or art or who is very picky
3:23 pm
redturtlehead

Lilli ho are you and the fam?
3:24 pm
cybernan

If you put a un in front of the ru 6 it means more out of control
3:24 pm
periwinkle

89 left, need a break, bbs
3:24 pm
lilliann

sorry lyn and br, i'm not getting it...too tired now!
3:24 pm
Jacula

Hi Flask. It means more neat & tidy.
3:24 pm
lilliann

got it tyvm
3:25 pm
lynxxx

what did you want again Lill?
3:25 pm
redturtlehead

Oh golly cyber nan, i went looking for the Un word....
3:25 pm
lilliann

got it thyvm
3:25 pm
Jacula

Or more orderly.
3:25 pm
Uniquity

Lil, don't be cr****al of their cluing skills! (change c to i)
3:25 pm
BabbleRabble

ru 6 ---more of the 4
3:25 pm
lilliann

fireworks!!
3:26 pm
cybernan

not finding that ir 6
3:26 pm
BabbleRabble

congrats
3:26 pm
Uniquity

Hoorah for Lilli!
3:26 pm
lynxxx

Enjoy Lyn Postlewaithe everyone, off to enjoy a drizzly day - been raining for near 24 hours now - Hooray
3:26 pm
lynxxx

congrats Lill
3:26 pm
lilliann

we are fine ty red, looking forward to our holiday next week
3:26 pm
cybernan

congrats liliann
3:26 pm
lilliann

how are you red?
3:26 pm
Uniquity

We're at 3 days here, Lynxxx :(
3:26 pm
Jacula

Well done, Lil.
3:26 pm
BabbleRabble

be well, lynxxx
3:26 pm
Uniquity

We're at 3 days here, Lynxxx :(
3:27 pm
redturtlehead

I am good. Wishing for a holiday.
3:27 pm
BabbleRabble

ir 6 -- i + someone near death is in c****al condition
3:28 pm
PMS

ir6 Someone who reviews a show with a different first letter
3:28 pm
lilliann

thank you all...am off to bed and having an early nite for a change. take care all...bye
3:28 pm
Scrabbler

yahoo Lil!!
3:28 pm
redturtlehead

Nice to see you again Lill!
3:29 pm
Scrabbler

Hi Flask and Uniquity
3:29 pm
Scrabbler

Sleep well, Lil.
3:29 pm
lilliann

and you red. ill catch up soon when i can keep my eyes open
3:29 pm
Jacula

'Bye Lil. Sleep well.
3:29 pm
cybernan

ty BR
3:29 pm
lilliann

thanx scrabs and jac
3:29 pm
lilliann

{poof}
3:30 pm
joanne0334

nite lilllll
3:30 pm
lilliann

jooooooooooooooooo, hi hin
3:30 pm
joanne0334

hi hun
3:30 pm
joanne0334

miss
3:30 pm
joanne0334

you
3:30 pm
redturtlehead

Hello Joanne, also long time not seeing you!
3:30 pm
lilliann

i was going to email you as i was getting worried
3:30 pm
joanne0334

hi red
3:31 pm
lilliann

not spoken for a while
3:31 pm
joanne0334

i been in the dark lurking lol
3:31 pm
joanne0334

lill had to change my yahoo add
3:31 pm
lilliann

well don't...saying that i've been busy aswell
3:31 pm
joanne0334

i know lill
3:31 pm
Jacula

FIREWORKS!:-)
3:31 pm
joanne0334

i told ang to tell you to invite me
3:31 pm
lilliann

oh ok, you'll have to let me know your new one
3:32 pm
lilliann

wtg jac!!
3:32 pm
joanne0334

wtg jac
3:32 pm
redturtlehead

Congratulatios! Jacula Well Done!
3:32 pm
joanne0334

talk to ang
3:32 pm
lilliann

oh right, i haven't seen her
3:32 pm
Jacula

I'd better get back to my letter writing now. Happy Babbling all.
3:32 pm
joanne0334

lol
3:33 pm
lilliann

i'll catch up with you soon pet, must go to bed now, take care and big hugs
3:33 pm
Scrabbler

Yahoo Jacula! Hello Joanne.
3:33 pm
lilliann

bye jac
3:33 pm
joanne0334

ok lill
3:33 pm
joanne0334

bigger hugs
3:33 pm
lilliann

poof for real now
3:33 pm
joanne0334

hi scrabbs
3:35 pm
cybernan

off to do some baking -- bbl for the rest
3:38 pm
Scrabbler

I need to shop on line for some more Xmas gifts. BBL
3:39 pm
joanne0334

byeee scrabs
3:39 pm
joanne0334

byeee scrabs
3:40 pm
lbdawger

t ire
3:41 pm
redturtlehead

Oh Scrabbler. Dont remind me. I went and shipped my Huge Pirate ship to my nephew today, had to pay extra because the box as too big.
3:41 pm
redturtlehead

Hi LBD. and into the PB you go.
3:49 pm
JBV

hi, red, quiet here today - I'm back for 20 more
3:50 pm
redturtlehead

I noticed it was quiet. Hi JBV, how is it going?
3:51 pm
JBV

ok, hubby is sleeping a lot, came downstairs this a.m., but couldn't sit long - the man has been through hell but we think the worst is over and hopefully he will be better - still not sure that all systems are working
3:53 pm
JBV

do you have a few words of encouragement for a slightly overwhelmed "nurse" ?
3:54 pm
redturtlehead

Hang in there JBV...make sure you eat properly!
3:54 pm
redturtlehead

And of course you can do it. Remember you are probably doing a better job than any actual Nurse would, because you love him!
3:54 pm
JBV

i'm taking care of the following: Lovinox injection, suprapubic drain, abdominal wound (open at bottom), sacral wound (from previous surgery), penrose drain, supervising a low residue diet - that may be the most difficult part!
3:55 pm
redturtlehead

JBV all that wound care. Its hard hard work.
3:55 pm
Atalante

what's a penrose drain?
3:56 pm
JBV

it's in the rectum, Ata, just a piece of cloth, really, covered by a gauze bandage
3:56 pm
Atalante

ah ok, TY
3:56 pm
redturtlehead

I am sure someone named penrose invented it.
3:57 pm
JBV

red, love is what carries me through, you're right - I wish I could take away his pain
3:57 pm
JBV

I thought of that, how would you like to be Dr. Penrose -
3:57 pm
redturtlehead

They are sort of made of plastic or latexish stuff. and come in a variety of diameters.
3:57 pm
redturtlehead

And I am sure JBV he is glad to be home.
3:57 pm
JBV

absolutely! the hospital does not have HDTV!
3:57 pm
redturtlehead

Ha!!!!
3:58 pm
redturtlehead

Now, be sure YOU get enough rest. and dont get ill. Do you have any plans for Holidays? Do you celebrate this big mess anyway?
3:58 pm
JBV

and he swore that every single bit of hospital food tasted exactly the same - blander than bland
3:59 pm
Atalante

all hospital food tastes like bland poached haddock
3:59 pm
JBV

not doing much for Christmas - we have a scattered family, so it's not a real big deal most years anyway - we do long distance shopping and sending
4:00 pm
redturtlehead

Well JBV, tell him he can come to a seventh Day adventist Hosp. No Pork products. Very little caffiene, etc. And the sad thing is that although Many Seventh day adventists are veg, their veg selection stinks.
4:00 pm
JBV

that's funny, Ata - I have haddock for dinner tonight but I will season it with Mrs. Dash and Adobo so it tastes tood
4:00 pm
JBV

sounds awful, red
4:00 pm
redturtlehead

Plus there is this wierd painting of "tastefully nude adam and Eve and Jesus in the garden. Looks like it should be on black velvet.
4:00 pm
Atalante

loool jbv :)
4:00 pm
JBV

*tastes good
4:00 pm
redturtlehead

They make Soy bacon...
4:01 pm
skooj

hello everyone.
4:01 pm
redturtlehead

I suspect they water down the coffee...
4:01 pm
redturtlehead

Hi Skooj.
4:01 pm
JBV

fortunately, I will have a long vacation around Christmastime - school break - I really need it
4:01 pm
redturtlehead

JBV...Do you work at University?
4:01 pm
JBV

no, red, in a public school district - I'm the director of the BIlingual/ESL Program
4:02 pm
redturtlehead

Ahhh Yes, I as thinking you might want to hire a local Senior Nursing student to come in. They will be mroe responsive and often more interesting to talk to , if you Hub will allow it.
4:03 pm
redturtlehead

And they *should* know to do the things you are doing correctly.
4:03 pm
JBV

never heard of that - we will have VNA coming tomorrow, not sure what schedule they will set up - do you mean contact a nursing school ?
4:04 pm
redturtlehead

Well yes, but if VNA is going to come in and do some services that will also be good.
4:04 pm
JBV

We were also looking into a home health aide for at least the next 2 weeks, so that I can go to work and know he will be eating properly and managing at home
4:05 pm
sprite

evening all, icon themes updated and ready for tomorrow. We will have pixar chars :)
4:05 pm
JBV

we are very fortunate because we are both well insured - and could pay for a home health aide if we have to
4:05 pm
redturtlehead

Thats a good idea, if he will accept that some of the aides are not the most intelligent people. (I used to be one...and I remember being asked to help one of the other ones improve her reading so she could pass the dertification exam.)
4:06 pm
redturtlehead

JBV, Do it! They can do laundry and stuff too!!! I used to cook dinner for one couple...
4:06 pm
redturtlehead

errr certification...
4:07 pm
JBV

we had it once before - she was a nice lady but my husband felt very awkward, kind of like he had to entertain her or engage in conversation - it's a little awkward
4:07 pm
sprite

and bye all
4:08 pm
JBV

bye sprite!
4:08 pm
redturtlehead

It is akward, and it can be hard to strike a correct balance of being there but enough in the background...
4:09 pm
Jellen

Hi and bye, sprite!
4:09 pm
dtcmolloy

so can someone explain the tile stats to me?
4:09 pm
dtcmolloy

pls
4:09 pm
redturtlehead

HI Jellen Hi Sprite.
4:09 pm
herinfernallady

Hi. Well that was err fun
4:09 pm
Jellen

Hi, red!
4:09 pm
JBV

hi dtc - have you checked out the "HELP" link above the chat log??
4:09 pm
redturtlehead

hi dtc, did you look at the help box. it explains better than I could.
4:10 pm
redturtlehead

Oh Snap JBV, we are on the same track.
4:11 pm
JBV

exactly!
4:12 pm
JBV

dtc, I remember so well when I first started Babbling - I could never imagine I would figure out what everyone was talking about - just stick with us, you'll get it
4:12 pm
mkg

would someone clue me the i word from the fourth column from left, third row? i cant imagine.
4:13 pm
herinfernallady

How are yuo all?
4:13 pm
Atalante

mkg - part of the eye
4:13 pm
mkg

ty got it.
4:13 pm
mkg

how silly of me.
4:13 pm
mkg

how bout some o words? dont have any yet.
4:14 pm
JBV

ob 4/6 - japanese sash + vowel
4:14 pm
flosey

hi again, back for last 21
4:14 pm
JBV

ob 4/6 - death notice
4:14 pm
Jellen

ob + two vowels
4:14 pm
Jellen

then plural
4:14 pm
JBV

oi 6/18 - more greasy
4:14 pm
mkg

ty got both.
4:14 pm
JBV

thanks, jellen, did not have that plural! :)
4:15 pm
mkg

ty got the greasy one.
4:15 pm
Jellen

or + personal pronoun + ride a **cycle
4:15 pm
herinfernallady

is this thing on?
4:15 pm
mkg

whew! got all of t hem now. ty ty ty
4:16 pm
flosey

ob5 please?
4:16 pm
Jellen

Hi, herin
4:16 pm
flosey

hi herin,
4:16 pm
mkg

clue for the u word plz? super clues by the way.
4:16 pm
Jellen

ob 4/6, pluralled
4:16 pm
herinfernallady

yah i am here. My net hasn't been behaving
4:16 pm
mkg

ty ty jellen, got all of the o words and grey o on grid.
4:17 pm
mkg

herin, you are comin thru..........
4:17 pm
Atalante

go go mkg!
4:17 pm
Jellen

ur + 2/3 frozen water
4:17 pm
mkg

if anyone wants to clue me the 9 letter words i am here waiting and very appreciative.
4:17 pm
mkg

ty got the u word. grey u on grid.
4:18 pm
mkg

oh sorry, i meant the 8 letter words. hit wrong key on board.
4:19 pm
Atalante

2 are to do with baton tw***ing
4:19 pm
Atalante

the other is a tr8, plural fishing boats
4:19 pm
herinfernallady

thanks that got me more than one word
4:20 pm
flosey

not getting the the ob6 clue, can't see how to plural that word
4:20 pm
redturtlehead

I am trying to decide if I have time to bear with making lasagne tonight...
4:20 pm
redturtlehead

I want to eat it, but do I want to make it.
4:20 pm
Atalante

and lasagne is significant effort
4:20 pm
Atalante

but worth it
4:21 pm
Jellen

o + bi 4/6
4:21 pm
herinfernallady

I sometimes use the jar of cheese sauce
4:21 pm
redturtlehead

ell, I do the no bake noodles so its not too bad. I just have to brown the sausage.
4:21 pm
Atalante

are there any G6 or 7?
4:21 pm
periwinkle

I use the no cook noodles too
4:22 pm
periwinkle

no Ata
4:22 pm
Jellen

No, Ata
4:22 pm
flosey

sorry, was trying to make a 6 letter word out of it, silly me
4:22 pm
Jellen

2 5's
4:22 pm
periwinkle

still 73 left
4:22 pm
Atalante

ty
4:22 pm
periwinkle

and it is dark outside and cold!
4:22 pm
flosey

thanks Jellen, for patience
4:23 pm
Atalante

15 left!
4:23 pm
Jellen

My pleasure, flosey!
4:24 pm
Jellen

Go, Ata!
4:24 pm
redturtlehead

it is cold. but I still went swimming. Getting out is the hard part when the wind is blowing, the pool and the track are in a "Natural Bowl" and the wind whips up in there.
4:24 pm
periwinkle

you did go swimming, brave you, red!
4:24 pm
redturtlehead

Go Ata!!!
4:24 pm
redturtlehead

It got really sunny Peri!
4:24 pm
periwinkle

go Ata!
4:25 pm
periwinkle

I don't know how to swim :(
4:25 pm
mkg

ty ty got all the 8 letter words. super clues! super cluer!\
4:25 pm
redturtlehead

Now watching the endless Caylee Anthony coverage on the local nes.
4:25 pm
periwinkle

was the body Caylee"s?
4:25 pm
redturtlehead

Peri....I admit I am unable to ride a bike.
4:25 pm
mkg

clue for first ab word please? jhave second one.
4:25 pm
bichon

re 5/10. 2nd one after to re*** your library books
4:25 pm
Jellen

My parents insisted I learn, but I'm terrified of water...
4:25 pm
periwinkle

I can ride a bike, at least I could years ago
4:25 pm
bichon

ab 5/14 is a + bring water to a ****
4:26 pm
Jellen

a + bring water to a b***
4:26 pm
periwinkle

I am only comfortable in water if my feet can touch the bottom
4:26 pm
redturtlehead

I think at least Floridians shoudl know to doggie paddle, as most of us live close to water.
4:26 pm
periwinkle

I can doggie paddle
4:26 pm
mkg

water to a bat??????? beach???????bbbbbb, hmmmm
4:26 pm
Jellen

re5= re + lubricate
4:26 pm
redturtlehead

You do know how to swim then Peri!!! If I threw you in.
4:27 pm
Atalante

love swimming. love diving
4:27 pm
bichon

ty Jellen
4:27 pm
bichon

Life is a beach
4:27 pm
periwinkle

I would panic, nearly drowned in college when the instructor made all of us dive in. She had to come in and get me, so embarrassing
4:27 pm
redturtlehead

Oh Bummer, its frosty night for the holidays and I am nto a fan of Frosty...
4:28 pm
mkg

i also love swimming and was a life guard. two of my kids were also life guards.
4:28 pm
periwinkle

red, did they find Cayley's body?
4:28 pm
redturtlehead

Peri...I ould never on purpose throw anyone in water, even for someone who is not afraid of water that is shocking...
4:28 pm
mkg

but dont know where to bring water.................sorry. not getting it.
4:28 pm
Jellen

mkg, water at 212 degrees in b***ing
4:28 pm
bichon

I grew up at the beach and have never gotten the sand out of my shoes.
4:28 pm
Atalante

think water used for cooking
4:29 pm
redturtlehead

Yesterday an appropriate sized skull and skeleton were discovered with appropriate colored hair. Orlando Police does not have any other kids that age missing...
4:29 pm
JBV

mkh - a + 212 degree water
4:29 pm
mkg

oh ty. got it. and the b word. missed that one.
4:29 pm
Atalante

I never like being away from the sea
4:29 pm
tygerbryght

hey, peeps
4:29 pm
redturtlehead

but they are waiting on forensics.
4:29 pm
Jellen

Hey, tyger
4:30 pm
redturtlehead

Sadly this all occurred about half a mile from the family house...
4:30 pm
tygerbryght

hey, jellen
4:30 pm
periwinkle

I love being at the beach, near the sea
4:30 pm
bichon

what was it they found at the g'parents house that was of interest?
4:30 pm
JBV

it's interesting how some people take to swimming and others do not -
4:30 pm
tygerbryght

I'll probably deserve fish, but I absolutely cannot see at5
4:30 pm
Atalante

you'll need a biiiiig salmon!
4:30 pm
JBV

I remember wanting to learn how to swim (about age 10) and taking lessons from my friends - by the end of the summer I was racing
4:30 pm
tygerbryght

hey, JBV! how's hubby?
4:30 pm
redturtlehead

A skeleton that is probably the child Bichon.
4:31 pm
tygerbryght

salmon, ata? oh, good. I love salmon :D
4:31 pm
JBV

hi, tyger, home at last! thanks for asking
4:31 pm
redturtlehead

I liek salmon!
4:31 pm
Atalante

think latin for hallway :)
4:32 pm
Atalante

salmon is gooood!
4:32 pm
tygerbryght

I can't see where the other A comes from :(
4:32 pm
Jellen

at5= Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky
4:32 pm
Danielita1

help with the 2 ab 5,14 words
4:32 pm
tygerbryght

OH! now I do! tyvm
4:32 pm
bichon

I thought they found the skeleton nearby, but something of interest in the house?
4:32 pm
flosey

li6 please, first one
4:32 pm
tygerbryght

back to work. BBL
4:33 pm
Jellen

ab5= a + bring water to a b***
4:33 pm
Atalante

:)
4:33 pm
Jellen

ab5= cancel or terminate
4:33 pm
redturtlehead

So far nesw is saying nothing about the home, took out vaccuums, pesticides and such...
4:34 pm
redturtlehead

Ok going to make lasagne I cant stand the thought of anything else...
4:34 pm
redturtlehead

Oh they also found clothing.
4:34 pm
Danielita1

i got the 2nd ab clue but not the 1st
4:34 pm
JBV

enjoy your lasagne, red
4:34 pm
redturtlehead

Oh lord, Leonard Padilla came back! hE needs to go away, what a publicity seeker.
4:34 pm
JBV

fireworks here - thank you everybody for great clues
4:35 pm
JBV

who's Padilla?
4:35 pm
Jellen

a + b*** water at 212 degrees
4:35 pm
Jellen

Yay, JBV!!!
4:35 pm
Jellen

OR ab + petroleum
4:36 pm
aebmusica

ba5, please
4:36 pm
flosey

li----
4:37 pm
flosey

first one please?
4:37 pm
Jellen

ba6= add two vowels to ba4/6
4:37 pm
periwinkle

ar5/12 please
4:38 pm
periwinkle

still 60 to find
4:39 pm
Jellen

li + r**n, r**n, go away + **e? I told you so
4:39 pm
periwinkle

NM
4:39 pm
flosey

thank you Jellen
4:40 pm
aebmusica

ty Jellen
4:43 pm
joanne0334

214 and done!!! nite all
4:43 pm
joanne0334

congrats too all
4:46 pm
Jellen

Yay, jo!!!
4:47 pm
periwinkle

46 left, bbs
4:47 pm
Jellen

Sorry, wandered away...just got my first mp3 player, trying to download songs before our trip...
4:49 pm
KatieMcG

i'm back again, been on the phone for over an hour!!!
4:49 pm
Jellen

Hi, Katie
4:50 pm
Reader951

Hi all . coming out of lurk mode to ask for help on the upper right "e" for NBT
4:50 pm
Atalante

hi katie!
4:50 pm
Reader951

Thank you
4:50 pm
flosey

hi Katie,
4:50 pm
Jellen

Hi, Reader
4:50 pm
Reader951

Hi Jellen
4:51 pm
Jellen

eg + comparative ending, I think
4:51 pm
flosey

both eg4 words Reader
4:51 pm
herinfernallady

I thought that had an A in it
4:51 pm
Jellen

eg + He **, you are
4:52 pm
KatieMcG

ty jellen & flosey
4:52 pm
Reader951

Thank you, found two
4:52 pm
Jellen

Different meaning, herin
4:53 pm
herinfernallady

I know but that is what i first thought
4:53 pm
herinfernallady

I really should climb back into bed
4:54 pm
Jellen

er5= to rub out writing
4:54 pm
Atalante

annoyance. I really didn't want to go to the list, but I think I'll have to
4:54 pm
Jellen

er6= thing that does the rubbing
4:55 pm
Jellen

I'd be happy to play, what am I missing with you, Ata
4:55 pm
KatieMcG

I've drunk too much I have no chance of finishing with or without the list!!
4:56 pm
Reader951

Now I know I need a fish - TY that completes my e's too
4:56 pm
Atalante

ty Jellen, but I've got 15 left and the way my brain has vanished, I think that would take rather a long time!!
4:56 pm
Jellen

Okay...
4:56 pm
Atalante

ty for offering though!
4:57 pm
Jellen

I'll keep listening to Ani DiFranco, then...
4:57 pm
herinfernallady

Katie
4:58 pm
KatieMcG

yep I'm here
4:59 pm
herinfernallady

what u been drinking?
4:59 pm
Atalante

just. if slightly tiddly :P
5:06 pm
Atalante

firebirds!
5:07 pm
FMitch

Congrats Ata!
5:08 pm
herinfernallady

wow yah ata
5:08 pm
Atalante

fm!!
5:08 pm
FMitch

Evening, just shutting things down, finished writing xmas cards.
5:09 pm
herinfernallady

hi FM. Gosh you still writing dratted cards? Or are they letters in cards?
5:10 pm
FMitch

Bit of both herin but all done now.
5:10 pm
herinfernallady

I beat my mum this year. Which was an achievement
5:10 pm
redturtlehead

Ok lasagne is in the oven.
5:10 pm
FMitch

Anyway nighty night all and mit be on tomorrow
5:11 pm
Jellen

Hi, FM!
5:11 pm
redturtlehead

I have mailed one entire xmas card today, as well as the enormous box to my nephews.
5:11 pm
Atalante

good going, red!
5:11 pm
Jellen

Yay, Ata!!!!
5:11 pm
Atalante

night dear!
5:11 pm
redturtlehead

I think I need to mail a few more cards.
5:11 pm
herinfernallady

I bought all my cards from a Charity store. Night FM. Red well done
5:12 pm
redturtlehead

Ok its getting late, I am going for list.
5:14 pm
redturtlehead

59 left.
5:15 pm
mkg

could i get clues for ao words please?
5:16 pm
herinfernallady

Its a heart artory
5:17 pm
hurshy

this is a far better grid than yesterday
5:17 pm
mkg

ty got two of them. is t hird also from this?
5:17 pm
herinfernallady

HI hursh monster
5:17 pm
herinfernallady

no idea
5:17 pm
redturtlehead

Hello hurshy
5:18 pm
mkg

got third ty.
5:18 pm
Atalante

3 hearty ao words
5:18 pm
hurshy

yes the third is an adj
5:19 pm
hurshy

how many tw's? i have 7...
5:20 pm
Atalante

7
5:20 pm
redturtlehead

that bo 6 gets me every time.
5:20 pm
cybernan

*!*~*!* ta da *!*~*!* :)
5:20 pm
Jellen

Yay, nan!!!!
5:21 pm
hurshy

yay
5:21 pm
Jellen

Hi, hurshy
5:21 pm
redturtlehead

Yaaay Cyber Nan!
5:21 pm
herinfernallady

yah nan
5:21 pm
cybernan

a lot of unusual words (?) today
5:21 pm
Jellen

7 tw's
5:22 pm
cybernan

or if not unusual, difficult to see
5:22 pm
hurshy

i've managed to get to 25 left without too much trouble
5:23 pm
cybernan

have some squares just about ready to come out of the oven and be glazed -- back at the flip if not before.
5:23 pm
herinfernallady

I have 68 no drama but i think i may go back to bed for a nap
5:23 pm
Jellen

Bye, nan
5:24 pm
herinfernallady

night nan
5:25 pm
mkg

meed clue for last ag word plz.
5:25 pm
mkg

i meant need.
5:25 pm
Atalante

ag + *** grande, with one vowel changed
5:28 pm
mkg

ty got it.
5:28 pm
mkg

last a is the ar 5 12 which is first one please.
5:28 pm
hurshy

are there any BH words?
5:29 pm
Jellen

No, hurshy
5:29 pm
hurshy

yay
5:29 pm
mkg

no bh words.
5:30 pm
mkg

clue for ar 5 12 please?
5:30 pm
torgone

Bha humbug ..
5:30 pm
herinfernallady

Bha humbug yourself torg
5:30 pm
hurshy

why it's ebenezer scrooge!
5:30 pm
Atalante

ar + hurshy! how do we clue the ar5/12?
5:31 pm
hurshy

i believe it is traditionally clued as ar + mixed up frozen water
5:31 pm
torgone

Hey be kind to an old re5/12 ..
5:31 pm
Atalante

ty!
5:31 pm
Atalante

I knew there was a "normal" way to clue it and just couldn't think!
5:32 pm
herinfernallady

NO I agree. Im avoiding the stores
5:32 pm
hurshy

herin to the PB!
5:33 pm
torgone

//:=( PB nazi ..
5:33 pm
herinfernallady

ok i didn't have that
5:33 pm
mkg

ty got it.
5:33 pm
hurshy

i just say it cause people say it
5:33 pm
hurshy

but i do prefer the original voluntary self-banishing system
5:34 pm
torgone

I just wanted to do my Hitler emoticon ..
5:34 pm
hurshy

o
5:34 pm
Atalante

LOL
5:35 pm
herinfernallady

nice there torg
5:36 pm
redturtlehead

I do lik eit though when people drop rods I am missing....
5:36 pm
redturtlehead

words. that is not rods.
5:37 pm
Atalante

LOL
5:38 pm
redturtlehead

I hope kje is enjoying Paris.
5:39 pm
hurshy

just see those kittings cuteling woot boot tuteling too...
5:39 pm
herinfernallady

ATA
5:39 pm
Atalante

whaaaat?!
5:39 pm
herinfernallady

Ata This is AWESOME: http://tinyurl.com/5zs7g5
5:39 pm
herinfernallady


http://tinyurl.com/5zs7g5
5:40 pm
herinfernallady

try again without the break
5:40 pm
Atalante

FAB!
5:41 pm
hurshy

what's the other top i besides gets angry
5:41 pm
Atalante

ir6
5:42 pm
hurshy

aha, ty
5:42 pm
torgone

eye inflammation ..
5:43 pm
herinfernallady

I loves it
5:43 pm
herinfernallady

I just posted that to Childfree
5:44 pm
Atalante

fab!
5:44 pm
hurshy

geriatr.......
5:45 pm
hurshy

why i am caring when i am done with g's i do not know
5:46 pm
herinfernallady

Ata its not right to keep them at home did you know that
5:46 pm
redturtlehead

2o min until lasagne is baked....
5:47 pm
Jellen

15 minutes until pizza arrives!
5:47 pm
torgone

I'll be right over ..
5:47 pm
redturtlehead

oooh Pizza.
5:47 pm
hurshy

my pizza already arrived and got et.
5:47 pm
hurshy

with mozz sticks too
5:48 pm
redturtlehead

oh how I wish I could do the Mozz sticks and pizza.
5:48 pm
Jellen

Yummm...I can hardly wait!
5:48 pm
hurshy

i even have 2 pieces left for lunch tomorrow
5:48 pm
torgone

Sweet ..
5:48 pm
Jellen

Such discipline, hurshy!
5:48 pm
redturtlehead

clue for the Oi 6? I am cheating ith the list!
5:49 pm
Jellen

Greasier
5:49 pm
herinfernallady

That is it im making lasanga tonight
5:49 pm
hurshy

it was not discipline, it was that the mozz sticks filled me up
5:49 pm
redturtlehead

oh gosh, thros out the Lasagne for a fish.
5:50 pm
herinfernallady

ATA have you seen icanhazcheezeburger todyay?
5:50 pm
rururocks

li 6 & 7 COMBO clue please?
5:50 pm
speedfreak

please help with last two re's one is 5/18 and 6/30 thanks
5:50 pm
Jellen

li + sea eagle + plural
5:51 pm
Jellen

re + cut wood
5:51 pm
rururocks

thanks a lot jellen
5:51 pm
Atalante

yep! there's some fab ones today!
5:51 pm
Jellen

re5 + consonant
5:52 pm
herinfernallady

I love the cat house
5:52 pm
speedfreak

thanks jellen
5:52 pm
Atalante

me too. I want it
5:53 pm
torgone

Who has the u?
5:53 pm
rururocks

pee is u
5:53 pm
rururocks

like the acid
5:53 pm
redturtlehead

Its a lot like Pee.
5:53 pm
torgone

Fish pee ..
5:54 pm
herinfernallady

I love that idea except her lard arse would a)fall of the run or b) get stuck in the mouse hole (which i think is a hidy box)
5:54 pm
torgone

Thanks ..
5:55 pm
hurshy

i have 3 ob's and oi6, what O do i miss?
5:55 pm
Jellen

Gotta run...Tim is making strange noises downstairs, like he might be rearranging my stuff!
5:56 pm
Jellen

or5/14
5:56 pm
Atalante

or5
5:56 pm
rururocks

or hursh
5:56 pm
rururocks

or 5.. but I don't have it either
5:57 pm
redturtlehead

I have it not.
5:57 pm
herinfernallady

NO clue here either sorry
5:57 pm
Jellen

or + I have an al*** for the time in question, officer!
5:58 pm
hurshy

thanks jell!
5:58 pm
hurshy

name that proper noun! chachi portrayer
5:58 pm
Jellen

Baio, Scott
5:59 pm
hurshy

ding ding ding!
5:59 pm
hurshy

just 2 wr?
6:00 pm
Jellen

Si, hurshy
6:00 pm
redturtlehead

Oh crud I need to sign up for Canyonlands Half Marathon and I just dont wanna spend any more cash.
6:00 pm
hurshy

i have 3 si
6:00 pm
hurshy

;)
6:00 pm
herinfernallady

Ok im going to try and drag my butt off the couch
6:02 pm
rururocks

I don't get that clue jellen on the or 5
6:02 pm
Atalante

and I'm off to bed. see y'all tomorrow!
6:02 pm
redturtlehead

Was there a clue?
6:02 pm
Jellen

or + personal pronoun + Ride a **cycle
6:03 pm
redturtlehead

TY Jellen!
6:03 pm
redturtlehead

48 now.
6:03 pm
redturtlehead

slogging
6:05 pm
Scrabbler

Back again. 68 to go.
6:06 pm
redturtlehead

Go Scrabbler Go go!
6:10 pm
periwinkle

hello all, back to find my last 46 words
6:10 pm
Scrabbler

Go Peri go!
6:10 pm
Scrabbler

gr5 please?
6:11 pm
Scrabbler

NM, I found it
6:11 pm
periwinkle

Holy Gr***
6:11 pm
periwinkle

Holy Gr***
6:12 pm
Scrabbler

On to the le's, and argh, look at the list of li's!!
6:12 pm
icepyro

lilier
6:12 pm
icepyro

ereree
6:12 pm
icepyro

ops
6:12 pm
hurshy

if i have one more, i will have 200 and be at the dreaded 14, but i cannot find me a word
6:14 pm
Scrabbler

go hurshy
6:14 pm
periwinkle

Scrabs,did you get the gr5
6:15 pm
Scrabbler

yes, peri, before you clued it
6:15 pm
periwinkle

ok
6:15 pm
Scrabbler

le5 clues please
6:15 pm
hurshy

if you pull a peri on peri... is that like matter and antimatter colliding?
6:15 pm
hurshy

le5: like pl male organs
6:16 pm
hurshy

le5: like uptight
6:16 pm
Scrabbler

Well, I did a Periwinkle move ON Peri!
6:16 pm
periwinkle

:D
6:16 pm
stidmama

hello all! (((scrabbler)))
6:16 pm
periwinkle

hi there stidmama!
6:16 pm
Scrabbler

And what happened? Peri, did you get it?
6:16 pm
Scrabbler

Hi Stid--how is your hip?
6:16 pm
redturtlehead

hi stid!
6:17 pm
periwinkle

get what, Scrabs?
6:17 pm
Scrabbler

TY, HUrshy
6:17 pm
stidmama

sorry... DOG was on lap.
6:17 pm
periwinkle

yes, stid, how is your hip?
6:17 pm
Scrabbler

I pulled a Peri move on you. i asked for a clue then said NM
6:18 pm
periwinkle

I didn't see that you had found the word on your own, Scrabs
6:18 pm
stidmama

hip is better, still twinges, am staying on crutches for another week to be sure I don't overuse it. But since my shoulders are starting to resent it, I am bearing more weight more often.
6:18 pm
stidmama

and that is okay, because it can usually take it.
6:19 pm
stidmama

the orthopedist gets back from vacation in about another week, and I will email him then with a progress report.
6:19 pm
hurshy

(peri, scrabbler was joking that perhaps since she pulled a peri on you, it made you find the word - which of course you already had)
6:20 pm
hurshy

it's like when you have mirrors at opposite ends of a room...
6:20 pm
stidmama

how about you scrabs? doing okay? and peri? and hurshy? and ... (((hugs everyone again))) I am SO GLAD to be completely done with the quarter this afternoon!
6:20 pm
hurshy

but what about the nickel and the dime?
6:20 pm
LadyNatts

hi babbleland!
6:20 pm
stidmama

hey LadyN!
6:20 pm
Scrabbler

Hi Natts
6:21 pm
Scrabbler

I am OK
6:21 pm
LadyNatts

hey stid, hi scrabbs
6:21 pm
DR1965

hi everyone
6:21 pm
periwinkle

doing ok, here, stid
6:21 pm
stidmama

how are the nephews? *almost afraid to ask*
6:21 pm
Scrabbler

Hi DR
6:21 pm
LadyNatts

hi DR
6:22 pm
stidmama

oh, I am having typoid figners again. *sigh*
6:22 pm
Scrabbler

2 are finishing fall semster of college and youngest managed to do OK in first qtr of sophomore yr of HS
6:22 pm
DR1965

Hi Scrabs, Lady, Peri...
6:22 pm
periwinkle

I HATE it when I keep looking for a word that I already have
6:22 pm
hurshy

a WORD! i found a WORD!
6:22 pm
stidmama

well then! *proud cousin look* good for them all! (and their mother)
6:22 pm
stidmama

go hurshy go!!!!
6:22 pm
periwinkle

My nephews are doing fine, stid :-) both getting married, one in Jan 09 and the other June 09
6:22 pm
DR1965

was it a good word Hurshy?
6:23 pm
Scrabbler

It's worse when the tile is already grey or has zero words
6:23 pm
hurshy

my nephew can say "baa" and "moo" and "plss"...
6:23 pm
LadyNatts

lol peri
6:23 pm
hurshy

yes, it was my 200th word
6:23 pm
hurshy

it wins a shopping spree
6:23 pm
stidmama

oh peri, that is lovely news! that will be excellent!
6:23 pm
DR1965

YEA FOR HURSHY then
6:23 pm
stidmama

LOL hurshy! he obviously takes after your verbal ab ility!
6:23 pm
Scrabbler

Haha, hurshy. How old is Wesley now?
6:24 pm
hurshy

he turned 1 last month
6:24 pm
stidmama

oh hurshy, you are so close to finishing...
6:24 pm
hurshy

<-- this was taken at one of his 2 birthday parties
6:24 pm
hurshy

he's had more parties than birthdays...
6:25 pm
Scrabbler

And doesn't even understand all of the fuss
6:25 pm
stidmama

oh, so he's a party animal, is he???
6:25 pm
hurshy

no, the parties were more for us than for him... although he did enjoy his first morsel of cake
6:25 pm
stidmama

he is, naturally, a gorgeous young boy! What a sweet face he has
6:26 pm
stidmama

I doubt peri and scrab's nephews look so sweet these days...
6:26 pm
Scrabbler

One more li--such a long list!
6:26 pm
redturtlehead

who could not enjoy cake.?
6:26 pm
hurshy

he is extremely good-natured and it shows in his face :)
6:26 pm
Scrabbler

I did it, I mean my monkey finished the li list.
6:26 pm
stidmama

go scrabbler go!
6:27 pm
cjmomma

Hello all...
6:27 pm
Scrabbler

45 to go
6:27 pm
cjmomma

how is everyone doing?
6:27 pm
Scrabbler

Hi cjmomma
6:27 pm
Kazzer99

evening all - this grid os horrible today
6:27 pm
stidmama

hey cjmomma! I am home and resting up from a long day... Fridays and Mondays are pretty packed.
6:27 pm
LadyNatts

I ag5, kazzer
6:28 pm
cjmomma

I bet...I'm super excited, son is coming home after 4 long years away
6:28 pm
Scrabbler

Hi Kazzer
6:28 pm
redturtlehead

Kazzer earlier consensus was that it was better than yesterday.
6:28 pm
stidmama

it's not an easy one, for sure. Finally within 25 of getting 100...
6:28 pm
redturtlehead

Nice cjmom....Exciting time!
6:28 pm
Scrabbler

Wow, how wonderful, cjmomma. Where has he been?
6:28 pm
stidmama

I didn't mind yesterday's but it was smaller so maybe that helped
6:28 pm
cjmomma

yes, but wiped out due to getting ready part!
6:29 pm
Scrabbler

Uh, oh, bunny Miss Beatrix Potter is in trouble...BRB
6:29 pm
Kazzer99

hmm - not so sure about that - i still have 107 to find and have been at it for hours
6:29 pm
stidmama

oh cjmomma, happy!!!!
6:29 pm
cjmomma

He's finally done with the Army! Yay
6:30 pm
LadyNatts