Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, December 9, 2009

12:00 am

stidmama

flip!

12:00 am

stidmama

ick. 99 words. tiny

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

jesdraggon

it was -9 here this morning, stid

12:00 am

mixi6

yea, 99 words

12:00 am

Andree

flip

12:00 am

stidmama

hey andree!! ((hugs))

12:01 am

Andree

i just finished with about 1 second to spare

12:01 am

MLFAN17

99 words for this grid?

12:01 am

VolleymomDee

hi all!

12:01 am

stidmama

that's a tad cool, jes. we were down close to single digits, the low at the airport (inland a bit) was 8 last night

12:01 am

flosey

wow Andree, WTG

12:01 am

stidmama

YAY andree!!!!

12:01 am

MLFAN17

hello everybody?

12:02 am

jesdraggon

definitely chilly

12:02 am

jesdraggon

hi mlf

12:02 am

MLFAN17

hi jes

12:02 am

flosey

hi mlf

12:02 am

VolleymomDee

di 7

12:02 am

MLFAN17

DA 4/7

12:02 am

pugmama763

DI7 /44

12:02 am

MLFAN17

no Dee i called it first lol

12:02 am

dizgrannie

da 7

12:03 am

MLFAN17

oopsp no i called DA lol

12:03 am

VolleymomDee

:)

12:03 am

VolleymomDee

as 6

12:03 am

stidmama

wow. GO di people go!!!!

12:04 am

MLFAN17

AS 6

12:04 am

Andree

you guys are amazing, i never see anything above 4 letters for ages

12:04 am

MLFAN17

99 words this time is that right?

12:05 am

jillibus

It's been below freezing here

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

I usually don't either

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

ea 6

12:05 am

jillibus

flosey, I've added a bit about my icon, fyi.

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

big storm here tonight

12:05 am

jillibus

hi dee hi

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

high winds and icy rain tomorrow

12:05 am

MLFAN17

we are getting rain here

12:05 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

hugs jili

12:05 am

flosey

ty lickety

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

ty lickety

12:06 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:06 am

stidmama

YAY lickety!!!!

12:07 am

VolleymomDee

in 6

12:07 am

Andree

thx lickety

12:08 am

Andree

we are having fine sunny weather

12:08 am

VolleymomDee

na 6

12:08 am

stidmama

that's the one I need dee *looking*

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

na 6/21 pl of na 5/12

12:09 am

stidmama

oh no, that is a different i. oh well...

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

oops thot you meant the na 6 sorry

12:10 am

jillibus

Thanks Lickety!

12:10 am

Andree

enable never heard of a nashi pear

12:11 am

dcseain

hing is a word. Pungent herb, it is.

12:11 am

stidmama

well, down to 40 and now to sleep. I am really really tired today. was lying down watching TV with the boys and work up 2 hours later... still sleepy!

12:11 am

dcseain

g'ngiht stid

12:11 am

stidmama

oh -- Jill and all, stidkid#1 PASSED his math class with a B grade!!! *suprised and pleased mama look*

12:11 am

Andree

bye stid, sleep well

12:11 am

jillibus

night stid -- I'll be glad when you can take a break

12:11 am

stidmama

sweet dreams seain and all! (((Hugs)))

*poof*

12:11 am

Andree

good for him stid

12:12 am

jillibus

congrats to stidmatt!!!

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

help with top i in last column for nbt??

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

ti 6

12:14 am

vashongin

i'm missing the same i dee

12:14 am

VolleymomDee

can't even begin to figure out yet what it might be :(

12:15 am

VolleymomDee

de 5/14 and de 8/60

12:15 am

joshuavorbis

in7/32

12:15 am

VolleymomDee

my 1st 8 on my own yippppeee

12:15 am

joshuavorbis

weird word and new for me

12:15 am

VolleymomDee

ty for in 7... looking

12:15 am

jillibus

I guess this is like many wee ones -- lots of weird words?

12:16 am

vashongin

nice dee and thanks!

12:16 am

dcseain

ty, dee

12:16 am

cybernan

hi everyone :)

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

12:17 am

VolleymomDee

hi nan

12:17 am

vashongin

hmmm...i have an in 6...

12:17 am

jillibus

stid's in the grid

12:17 am

dcseain

in7 from Italian

12:18 am

dcseain

sh7

12:19 am

joshuavorbis

old friend ts5

12:19 am

dcseain

old friends, in fact

12:20 am

jillibus

ty josh (and dc)

12:20 am

anike

ts5 x 2

12:21 am

VolleymomDee

does in 7 come from top i last column?

12:21 am

anike

da 7 if not already called

12:21 am

joshuavorbis

yes, dee

12:21 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:21 am

joshuavorbis

ty dc - forgot about that one

12:22 am

Andree

i would never have found that in without morewords

12:22 am

vashongin

ty dc finally found it

12:23 am

dcseain

nihi - that word is Latin, yes?

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

in 6 x 2

12:24 am

jillibus

yes, dc

12:24 am

dcseain

hm. still precipitating. i wonder what it'll be like in the morning. Sheet of ice, i bet.

12:25 am

jillibus

got that in7 from morewords too

12:25 am

Andree

come visit aus dc, that will thaw you out in a hurry

12:25 am

Andree

god bless morewords

12:26 am

jillibus

edit edits

12:26 am

dcseain

i'm sure, andree. :) It is in our plans for the forseeable future.

12:26 am

dcseain

oopsie, jilli

12:26 am

jillibus

oops!

12:27 am

jillibus

flosey -- is there some of that Black & White in the PB?

12:27 am

Andree

well be sure to get in touch when in sydney dc

12:29 am

dcseain

will let travel plans be known, where ever we may go, andree, never fear :)

12:30 am

dcseain

we had a gunman in a campus of our community college today - he was after a teacher

12:30 am

dcseain

no one was hurt

12:30 am

Andree

good and we can get together with mrp and lickety too

12:31 am

dcseain

nice!

12:31 am

VolleymomDee

how awful dc

12:31 am

Andree

how was he stopped

12:32 am

dcseain

http://tinyurl.com/y9rdp3k is the story from our local news radio station.

12:32 am

dcseain

mostly lack of true will, i think

12:32 am

Andree

the d in rh corner please

12:33 am

flosey

hi jilli, sorry was stressing out over that in7, just read back, by all means, have stocked the pb with B&W

12:33 am

rururocks

oh... I finally found an 8

12:33 am

flosey

wtg ru

12:33 am

VolleymomDee

wtg ru and hi

12:33 am

dcseain

is your guy always in the middle, ru?

12:33 am

VolleymomDee

which 8 did you find?

12:33 am

flosey

and what a dear little pup

12:33 am

Andree

oops didn't even notice there was any 8's

12:33 am

rururocks

de8

12:34 am

Andree

thx ruru

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

di 5/14 is one of those d's

12:34 am

jillibus

hi ruru

12:34 am

rururocks

and the sh 7

12:34 am

rururocks

Hi ya jilli

12:34 am

rururocks

hi dee

12:34 am

Andree

thx volley

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

yw

12:37 am

rururocks

won't accept indian

12:37 am

cybernan

down to 25 -- list time

12:37 am

rururocks

18 here.. not ready for the list

12:38 am

jillibus

proper noun I guess, ruru

12:38 am

rururocks

indian - giver?

12:38 am

vashongin

ty for the sh 7 ruru

12:38 am

rururocks

yw vash

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

15 here, but coming to a screeching halt...

12:39 am

jillibus

you'd better ask Mr Enable, ru

12:39 am

rururocks

"Mr. Enable.. why do you always mess with my he4?"

12:39 am

vashongin

i have s's and t's left

12:40 am

flosey

aha, just got an 8

12:41 am

jillibus

wtg flosey!

12:41 am

Andree

30 left, taking a break then breaking out the list, later all

12:42 am

flosey

and monkeyed the other 8

12:42 am

rururocks

I have de 8 what is the other?

12:42 am

jillibus

wow, flosey!

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

what is the second 8 flosey?

12:42 am

jillibus

I have to keep taking coughing breaks

12:43 am

rururocks

(poor jilli)

12:43 am

flosey

de8/60 and

12:43 am

VolleymomDee

aww so sorry to hear that jlil

12:43 am

flosey

st8/50

12:43 am

rururocks

????

12:43 am

rururocks

oh

12:43 am

VolleymomDee

ty for the st 8

12:44 am

flosey

yw Dee

12:44 am

jillibus

I wish I could see these long words :(

12:45 am

vashongin

ty flosey!

12:45 am

flosey

I monkeyed them both jilli, both strange to me

12:45 am

dcseain

new one to me, ty flosey

12:45 am

jillibus

my monkeys are on strike

12:45 am

flosey

that does happen jilli

12:46 am

jillibus

well, I'm not going to worry about them, just do my usual thing of mostly finding 4-letter words.

12:48 am

jillibus

at least I foound da7 on my own

12:49 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:49 am

mrpresident

102, 101, 99... what is the grid pattern this week?

12:49 am

dcseain

go, go jilli

12:49 am

jillibus

hi mrp :)

12:49 am

jillibus

lol, dc!

12:49 am

flosey

de5 isn't even in the (?) dictionary

12:49 am

dcseain

XX bottles of beer seems to be the pattern

12:50 am

dcseain

hi, mrp

12:50 am

cybernan

too tired to finish -- see y ou tomorrow :)

12:50 am

jillibus

there are lots like that :(

12:50 am

jillibus

night nan!

12:51 am

dcseain

sweet dreams, nan

12:54 am

jillibus

over halfway but still 2 blanks

12:54 am

dcseain

kitty says bedtime, so i shall obey. 28 for the morrow.

12:54 am

jillibus

1 blank now

12:54 am

flosey

I have 2 blanks

12:55 am

dcseain

happy babbling yall! {poof}

12:55 am

rururocks

I need help on the in7?

12:55 am

jillibus

night dc -- sleep well

12:56 am

jillibus

in + correct a document + vowel

12:56 am

VolleymomDee

in + to proof and correct a manuscript + 1st vowel

12:56 am

VolleymomDee

oops lag here

12:56 am

rururocks

thank you

12:59 am

jillibus

yw ru

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

odd ga 5/18 and its plural ga 6/30

1:02 am

flosey

15 to go and they'll have to wait for morning, very tired, goodnight all

1:03 am

VolleymomDee

sleep well flosey

1:04 am

rururocks

st8 clue?

1:04 am

Gadget

This grid bites as much as the last one

1:07 am

jillibus

little grid usually have big teeth

1:09 am

rururocks

I am down to two the st 7 and the st 8

1:10 am

jillibus

wtg ruru!!!

1:10 am

jillibus

sorry I can't help

1:11 am

jillibus

NBT at last!

1:11 am

jillibus

4th column grey, lol!

1:12 am

rururocks

found the st 7

1:12 am

Jellen

Hello, all!

1:12 am

rururocks

one more

1:13 am

Jellen

Go, ruru!

1:13 am

rururocks

hiya jelllen

1:13 am

jillibus

gogogo ruru -- and hi jellen!

1:16 am

rururocks

firewurst

1:16 am

Jellen

Yay, ruru!!!

1:17 am

rururocks

I have seen that st 8 before.. forgot it until now

1:17 am

rururocks

thank you...lucked out on this one.

1:18 am

jillibus

YAY ruru!!!

1:19 am

jillibus

(sorry -- another coughing break)

1:19 am

rururocks

do you have cough medicine jilli?

1:19 am

rururocks

how ya been jellen?

1:20 am

jillibus

yes, ruru, took some

1:20 am

Christine

ga5 & ga6 -- even with the aid of Morewords, they escape me.

1:20 am

Jellen

I've been okay...

1:20 am

rururocks

good.. we have missed you around here.

1:21 am

rururocks

ga + past tense of do

1:21 am

Jellen

Getting ready for Christmas in New Orleans...we're meeting my sister there...

1:21 am

joey

ga i do, i *** i will do present past and future

1:21 am

rururocks

that sounds like fun..

1:21 am

rururocks

I have never been to New Orleans

1:22 am

buffgirl71

Thanks, Joey!

1:22 am

Jellen

It's been years since I've been...

1:22 am

joey

yvw, glad to help

1:22 am

buffgirl71

dait

1:22 am

jillibus

neither have I, but my mother and aunt and pals spent a lot of time there years ago

1:23 am

rururocks

I hope the rebuilding is getting it all back together..what a disaster

1:23 am

rururocks

Some very heroic stories out of that city

1:23 am

Jellen

Yes, indeed...

1:24 am

Christine

good grief - when did that second D get in the grid ?? Thanks for the clue.

1:24 am

rururocks

it just arrived christine.. not your fault at all

1:25 am

Christine

Is that your new baby ? Looks boootiful.

1:25 am

rururocks

yep that is him 6 days old

1:26 am

Christine

Oh, there;s three.

1:26 am

rururocks

he is going to be a really nice boy...

1:26 am

Christine

Call him Michael.

1:27 am

rururocks

have to he4 to bed.. night all.. jellen nice to see you... jilli feel better..

1:27 am

rumplestiltskin

clues for the 2 gi4/6's please

1:27 am

rururocks

Michael?

1:27 am

Jellen

G'night, ruru...

1:28 am

rururocks

bye for now...........

1:28 am

Christine

Just like the name... my brother's (died before I was born).

1:28 am

jillibus

night ruru -- sleep tight

1:29 am

Jellen

gi4 = I read to get the gi** of an article...

1:29 am

jillibus

gi4/6 -- gi + abbr for saint or street

1:29 am

jillibus

the other gi4/6 -- switch the last 2 letters

1:32 am

Jellen

Thanks, jilli...missed that somehow...

1:32 am

jillibus

where did rumpy go?

1:33 am

Jellen

I don't know why I try to start at night...my brain's fuzzed...

1:33 am

jillibus

the flip happens here at 10 pm

1:34 am

Jellen

It's 1:34 am here...

1:35 am

Jellen

Not that I taxed my brain too much today...

1:37 am

VolleymomDee

so sorry... lost my server for a bit!

1:37 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone. Hi Jellen! I put an article on my profile a few weeks ago I thought you and Tim should be interested in

1:38 am

Jellen

I'll check it out now, lynxxx!

1:40 am

Jellen

The doctor in St. Louis talked about this treatment...he said Tim would be a good candidate should the cancer come back...

1:42 am

VolleymomDee

finally fireworks

1:43 am

Jellen

Yay, Dee!!!

1:43 am

lynxxx

Grant McArther is my oncologist, if he is speaking 'in public' about this then it must be 'true', he is very serious about research. Veeerrry exciting to know it exists. How is Tim Jellen? what has happened

1:43 am

lynxxx

Congrats Volley!

1:43 am

VolleymomDee

ty... sure wouldn't have taken so long, if my internet provider didn't go down every time we get precipitation

1:43 am

VolleymomDee

ty all

1:45 am

Jellen

Let's see...he had surgery for a new growth in October...was referred to a research hospital in November...so far, so good on follow-up tests...

1:46 am

VolleymomDee

glad to hear good news jell

1:46 am

VolleymomDee

I must be off all; ty for help all; sleep well, and you sickies, get well soon!!!!

1:46 am

VolleymomDee

*poofing with hugs*

1:46 am

lynxxx

Sounds like he is in the right place, good stuff!

1:47 am

Jellen

There's also a pill that shows promise in patients where the melanoma has jumped into other systems...

1:47 am

lynxxx

bye Volley

1:47 am

Jellen

Bye, Dee

1:50 am

lynxxx

Where had it moved to Jellen? But more importantly- any news of a wedding!?

1:51 am

Jellen

It was on his forearm...

1:51 am

Jellen

No news of a wedding yet...

1:53 am

lynxxx

love the sh7

1:55 am

Jellen

Oooh, got it!

1:56 am

jillibus

firewurds

1:56 am

lynxxx

Hooray for Jilli!

1:56 am

Jellen

Yay for jillli!!!!

1:57 am

rumplestiltskin

clue for the yi please

1:57 am

Jellen

Okay, I'm over halfway and succumbing to the dozing...great to see you all!

1:58 am

lynxxx

Bye Jellen, my best to Tim

1:59 am

lynxxx

yi4 offensive name for those of the jewish faith

1:59 am

rumplestiltskin

and the 2 gi4's

1:59 am

jillibus

hi rumpy -- three of us posted clues for you a while ago -- did you see them? You seemed to have disappeared.

2:01 am

lynxxx

1st gi4.6 to get an understanding of something, the other is an anagram of that

2:01 am

lynxxx

ost gi4.6 to get an understanding of something, the othere is an anagram of that

2:01 am

jillibus

rumpy -- see 1:29

2:02 am

jillibus

disappeared again?

2:03 am

lynxxx

oh well, and I must too - bye Jilli and all

2:03 am

rumplestiltskin

TY all that finishes my 4's. Off to bed. It's my birthday, so I have to get up early to bake my cake.

2:03 am

jillibus

bye lynxxx :)

2:03 am

rbud

happy bday, rumple!

2:04 am

rumplestiltskin

TY rbud

2:04 am

jillibus

many happy returns, rumpy!

2:04 am

rbud

and hi, all, big delay in getting here...

2:04 am

jillibus

hi rbud :)

2:04 am

rumplestiltskin

TY jillibus

2:07 am

jillibus

why the delay, rbud? And cute icon :)

2:09 am

rbud

slight net problem, coming and going, lots of that the last few days.

2:10 am

jillibus

bad weather, rbud?

2:11 am

rbud

yes, and I think the cable box on the corner has some ice in it. the town guys hit it with mowers all summer long, then when the weather gets bad, it acts up.

2:11 am

jillibus

Well, I have to go to bed -- earlier start tmw than usual

2:11 am

rbud

night, then, jiili, sleep well.

2:12 am

jillibus

So good luck with this grid, rbud -- wish I could stay and clue but I gotta go

2:12 am

rbud

oh, I'm okay, halfway already, thanks! :)

2:12 am

jillibus

and *poof*

2:37 am

justafreep

did I miss the flip?

2:38 am

rbud

I know I did, freep.

2:45 am

grannyrose

hello everyone

2:46 am

Brookie

hi granny!

2:48 am

grannyrose

glad someone is still awake. how are you brook?

2:49 am

Brookie

doing well. baby woke me up at 3 a.m. and while he's returned to sleep, i'm fully awake! so babble it is :-) how are you?

2:51 am

grannyrose

doing ok i guess. i know how it is when babies wake you up,was sole parent to 3 boys for 13 years

2:53 am

Brookie

wow! i'm sure your sons appreciate all you did for them growing up.

2:55 am

grannyrose

let me reassure you. it does get better. takes a while, though. if you ever need someone to talk to, my email is in my profile.

2:56 am

Brookie

i appreciate that very much and might take you up on that offer sometime!

2:57 am

grannyrose

i'm sure you will. it's a tough row to hoe, being a sole parent

2:57 am

Brookie

on another note, a mild victory for me, as of this morning, is that I finally made it to Babble'

2:57 am

Brookie

Babble's village elders list

2:58 am

grannyrose

whoot, brook, wtg

2:59 am

Brookie

How are you finding this puzzle today?

2:59 am

justafreep

I am finding this puzzle annoying enough that I'm going to bed

3:00 am

justafreep

late flip, late bed, late goodnights to all!

3:00 am

Brookie

good night!

3:00 am

grannyrose

ohhh, freep, don't give up.i'm here, to help, if you like

3:01 am

grannyrose

brook, have finished already, late flip an hour ago

3:02 am

Brookie

wow, good for you! are there lots of weird words in this one? i'm asking because i still have 45 words left and am stuck

3:03 am

grannyrose

there are couple of weirdies, i haven't had before. like da5, add a vowel to da4/6

3:04 am

Brookie

thank you! i never would have gotten that one!

3:04 am

grannyrose

brook, do you have lickety's list up?

3:05 am

grannyrose

and ga5, ga+ to do ( past tense )

3:06 am

Brookie

i've used the list heavily in the past but am now trying to get through at least 80% of the puzzle without pulling it up. silly goal, huh?

3:07 am

Brookie

another excellent clue!

3:07 am

grannyrose

not so silly! but this grid has some strange words in it. so if you list, then you can tell me where i can help.

3:07 am

grannyrose

don't forget to plural

3:08 am

grannyrose

i have very clever monkeys on my side. lol

3:08 am

Brookie

lol

3:09 am

grannyrose

* grin *,i made you smile, that's made my night

3:09 am

Brookie

i'm glad!

3:09 am

grannyrose

ok, in6, in + what a publisher does + vowel

3:11 am

Brookie

thanks again!

3:11 am

grannyrose

add a vowel to old fashioned word for speak ( past tense ) for sa6

3:11 am

Brookie

any help with the "y" at the top?

3:11 am

Brookie

nm, got it

3:11 am

grannyrose

nasty word for jewish people

3:12 am

grannyrose

yay, brook, wtg

3:12 am

Brookie

ironically, my family is jewish, and i never heard of the word!

3:13 am

Brookie

jean

3:13 am

Brookie

oops!

3:14 am

Brookie

how about the "n" in the 2nd to the bottom row?

3:15 am

grannyrose

if you are divorced, you might have a decree ni**

3:17 am

Brookie

thanks! another one i never heard of (and I'm divorced). clearly i'm not learning any vocabulary from my life's experiences! lol

3:17 am

grannyrose

st8, st + how someone who lisps might say is + 2 vowels + fourth letter

3:18 am

grannyrose

it's a past tense word

3:19 am

grannyrose

th5, article word, not a or an but th* + not out

3:20 am

Brookie

you're awesome at 29 words left but am going to return to bed now, so i'll be refreshed for work later this morning. thanks again, and i hope to talk with you again soon!

3:20 am

grannyrose

si4, si + Not Here

3:22 am

grannyrose

ok, brook, hope your little ones allow you to sleep, see you at the flip

3:22 am

Brookie

see you! poof!

3:23 am

grannyrose

nitey nite to anyone who is lurking,will be back. * poof *

3:25 am

sprite

morning all, if anyone is here at all

3:27 am

Norma

Morning sprite

3:27 am

sprite

hi norma

3:28 am

sprite

having fun with today's grid? Or is it a baddie?

3:29 am

Norma

It isn't good lol

3:29 am

Norma

Some strange words

3:30 am

sprite

hehehe a challenge then. Not quite up to one, but will try.

3:42 am

sprite

time for me to crawl under my desk and turn on the heater. Winter is getting serious!

3:44 am

Norma

Keep warm sprite and hibernate until spring. What a dream that would be .... Fireworks...... have fun

3:45 am

Frances

te

3:46 am

sprite

gratz Norma and thanks. Keep dreaming, it is magical :)

3:46 am

sprite

hi Frances, te to you too hun.

3:46 am

Frances

Hello sprite. Caught out! I was having a quick lurk before heading out.

3:47 am

Frances

Are you well?

3:47 am

sprite

there is no law against lurking :) Just happy to see you, however briefly.

3:48 am

Frances

Thank you. Very happy to see you too.

3:48 am

sprite

yeah, partly well. A bit down because they cannot find the cause of my feet losing their feeling. But trying to keep confidence that either we will find it yet, or it will go away as it came... all by itself.

3:49 am

Frances

Oh sprite, that cannot be at all pleasant for you. I do hope it gets sorted very quickly.

3:50 am

sprite

so do I, I feel like it is another extra problem and I cannot handle it. But I know I will have to if it doesn't go away. And don't we always find a way to do what we have to, eventually? People are resilient, right?

3:52 am

Frances

Exactly sprite. You seem to be coping with all that life is throwing at you - somehow. Keep yer chins up girl.

3:52 am

sprite

lolllll I will! Just that remark made me laugh again, so you rock, girrrrrl. Thanks.

3:53 am

Frances

You are so welcome. If I can bring a smile to your face I am happy.

3:53 am

sprite

that makes two of us. As long as we can laugh, we can handle life, Frances. *hugs*

3:53 am

Frances

Beats crying every time I always say.

3:54 am

Frances

. . . . . and it takes fewer muscles to smile tha

3:54 am

Frances

than to grimace.

3:54 am

sprite

yeah, we need to cry once in a while, and then we need to kick our ass and get moving, and be willing to laugh again. Laughing gives better wrinkles too ;)

3:54 am

Frances

Oooo! Sorry about that!

3:55 am

sprite

about what??

3:55 am

Frances

Split post.

3:55 am

Aussieme

17 muscles to smile, 35 to frown..... Turn that frown upside down :) Hey Babblers !

3:55 am

sprite

aw, no problem.

3:55 am

sprite

hi Aussie, you got it :)

3:56 am

Frances

Exactly Aussie . . . and good morning to you.

3:56 am

Aussieme

Morning Sprite and Frances.... Lovely to see you.....

3:57 am

Aussieme

99 words..... does the grid have teeth today ??

3:57 am

sprite

I already found about 200 words ending in -ting and -ding. Can I scramble the grid a bit please?

3:57 am

sprite

yes it does, Aussie, it is smoothe until it suddenly becomes a challenge. Or at least it does for me.

3:58 am

Aussieme

lol.... If we move it, we'll get more words....

3:58 am

sprite

ouch, true. Ok, no scrambling. Can I get a free word for every hundred phantoms then? ;)

3:58 am

Aussieme

**gives Sprite a free pass**

3:59 am

Frances

I'm back. Postman bringing lots of goodies.

3:59 am

sprite

*jumps up and down with joy* A freebie, a freebie!

3:59 am

sprite

awww Frances how lovely!

3:59 am

Aussieme

My postie has not arrived yet.... Maybe half past 11 before we see him !

4:00 am

sprite

same here, postman always rings late

4:01 am

Aussieme

At least he isn't going to ring twice Sprite !

4:02 am

sprite

grin, no, which is indeed good.

4:02 am

Aussieme

yes, because the second time is bound to be bills !! lol :)

4:02 am

Frances

Our post is not good either. When you think that sixty years ago you could post something in the morning and it would be delivered the same day - without all the technology and transport that we have now. Now you are lucky if you get something in a week.

4:03 am

sprite

exactly and I don't need those!

4:03 am

sprite

same thing has amazed me, Frances, until I realised how incredibly much more post we are talking about now.

4:04 am

Aussieme

I know, a letter was sent maybe once a week, now, imagine just how much mail is generated every day, to go round the world !

4:05 am

Frances

But I am waiting for a parcel that was posted on Saturday - guaranteed next working day delivery (Monday) and it still hasn't arrived. It cost a lot more for 'premium' service too.

4:05 am

sprite

it is about time we learned to communicate telepathically.

4:05 am

Frances

Some people think we do sprite. Lol!

4:06 am

Aussieme

Sounds typical of our mail system Frances......

4:06 am

sprite

if they don't deliver within the premium promise, you can complain, I think?

4:06 am

sprite

sometimes we do, lol.

4:06 am

Frances

I will sprite.

4:06 am

Aussieme

I am sure you can Frances (Complain that is)...

4:07 am

Frances

More than capable Aussie.

4:07 am

sprite

of course that doesn't bring your mail any sooner :(

4:08 am

Aussieme

I didn't mean that you can complain, I meant I am sure it is in the agreement that you can complain if you don;'t get the service !! lol...

4:08 am

Frances

Unfortunately not and it was a Christmas present for my granddaughter. A camera.

4:08 am

sprite

may it arrive today! With an extra postman!

4:08 am

Aussieme

**fingers crossed for special delivery**

4:09 am

Frances

I doubt it sprite. Postman always (only) rings once round here.

4:09 am

sprite

I found an 8 I found an 8!

4:09 am

Aussieme

WOO !!

4:10 am

Frances

I found one eight Aussie. st8.

4:11 am

Frances

Sorry, meant sprite.

4:11 am

sprite

ah I have the other one. De8

4:11 am

Aussieme

stid is in the grid today !

4:11 am

sprite

our stiddie :D Yay for that.

4:12 am

Frances

Thanks sprite - looking.

4:12 am

sprite

same here, for that st.

4:13 am

Aussieme

have the de8

4:14 am

sprite

yay found it. Thanks Frances!

4:14 am

sprite

wtg Aussie :)

4:14 am

Frances

Found the de8. Thank you too sprite.

4:14 am

herinfernallady

poounce

4:15 am

Aussieme

HERINNNNNNNNNNNN !!!!!

4:15 am

Frances

Hi infernal.

4:15 am

sprite

hey lady *hugs* How are you and how is school?

4:15 am

herinfernallady

hugs all s good. how you?

4:16 am

Aussieme

good here... I have my Mom with me !

4:16 am

sprite

no good about my feet yet, but for the rest pretty ok.

4:16 am

zoozzoom

Hello, All :-)

4:17 am

Aussieme

Zooz !! Lovely to see you !

4:17 am

sprite

hi zooz!

4:17 am

Frances

Morning zooz

4:17 am

zoozzoom

Loving your icon Spritey¬

4:18 am

sprite

thanks zooz!

4:18 am

herinfernallady

sorry destracted

4:19 am

zoozzoom

Another small grid i see.

4:19 am

herinfernallady

Aussie I can't believe how big Smurfett is

4:19 am

zoozzoom

Hello, Herin

4:19 am

Aussieme

Yes Zooz, with teeth !

4:19 am

Aussieme

I know Herin....

4:19 am

zoozzoom

oh no..not another one..lol

4:19 am

sprite

not a bad one, zooz, some challenges here!

4:21 am

herinfernallady

Hey. I just saw new pics of my friend from school. she looks different

4:21 am

Aussieme

Cool Herin.... different good ??

4:22 am

herinfernallady

Yes. I think that one of the girls got her hair all cut short. I tried to get a decent trim yesterday and the silly girl cut my fringe uneven. i don't think she understood a Betty Page style cut

4:22 am

Aussieme

4:23 am

zoozzoom

oh no, hope your hair looks ok still Herin.

4:23 am

sprite

awful when your hair isn't as you like

4:25 am

herinfernallady

Its just the fringe but seriously how hard is it to cut it straight.

4:26 am

sprite

yeah, even I can do that, giggle

4:27 am

herinfernallady

I am going to the speciality hair dressers next time and paying the money

4:27 am

sprite

drop by at my place the next time you need your fringe cut :)

4:28 am

herinfernallady

um yes then I could have an awesome holiday

4:28 am

zoozzoom

Don`t blame you, hair takes a while to grow back, especially when you want it to grow quick..lol

4:28 am

sprite

wouldn't that be grande!

4:29 am

zoozzoom

actually, i have got some clippers here :-)

4:29 am

Aussieme

D's DONE !

4:29 am

sprite

wtg Aussie!

4:29 am

zoozzoom

go Aussie

4:30 am

herinfernallady

I don't mind now I can actually see without my hair dangling in my face

4:30 am

Aussieme

thats good Herin !

4:30 am

zoozzoom

my sister used to hair a bad habit of chewing her hair when it was long..lol

4:31 am

herinfernallady

then again I am thinking it could be saved by actually doing a proper Betty Page style. I use to chew my hair. Maybe I thought I was a cat

4:31 am

zoozzoom

i`m talking when she was young by the way...lol

4:32 am

sprite

lol

4:32 am

sprite

fireflies. Very nice grid. Can I help with anything at all before I go?

4:33 am

Aussieme

YAY Spritey !!

4:33 am

zoozzoom

Well done Spritey.

4:34 am

herinfernallady

yah sprite

4:35 am

sprite

no help needed? I am off th4. Bye all and thanks for the company and fun. *hugs*

4:35 am

zoozzoom

Thanks any way sprite, take care.

4:35 am

Aussieme

*hugs spritey back*

4:36 am

zoozzoom

i am down to 36 to find.

4:36 am

Aussieme

Any way up left for me

4:36 am

zoozzoom

??

4:36 am

Aussieme

69 left

4:37 am

zoozzoom

oh..hahaha..sorry

4:37 am

Aussieme

lol..

4:38 am

herinfernallady

I have not started

4:40 am

zoozzoom

phone, brb

4:45 am

Aussieme

find the continent in todays grid !

4:47 am

Frances

Asia

4:48 am

Frances

And with that I am off out having got my sparkly things. Bye all.#

4:48 am

Aussieme

YAY !! Frances, you get the prize !!

4:49 am

Frances

Thanks Aussie. Bye again.

4:49 am

Aussieme

YAY Frances !! See you soon ! xoxox

5:15 am

Nef

Morning all. I do NOT want to go outside this AM. The weather reports aren't nice at all. :-(

5:17 am

Brookie

agreed, nef!

5:18 am

Nef

Are you affected by this winter storm, Brooke?

5:19 am

Brookie

i think it's just supposed to be cold rain here. snowing where you are, i take it?

5:20 am

Nef

blizzard contions, It's snowed overnight and we have 20 mph winds (not just gusts)

5:20 am

Brookie

yikes

5:20 am

Brookie

sorry to hear that!

5:21 am

Nef

I think I have to leave in about 10 minues so I can get to work on time (and I live in the Twin Cities in MN)

5:21 am

Brookie

in your profession, you still need to report to work, correct?

5:21 am

Brookie

ah, you answered my question :-)

5:22 am

Brookie

drive safely! you probably get a lot of practice driving in snow where you are

5:22 am

Nef

yes; but I'm now a nurse manager in a pregnancy center. However, today is a clinic day and I'm expecting 25 clients today (wonder how many will make it?)

5:23 am

Brookie

clinic day means routine checkups?

5:24 am

Nef

I used to live up by the Canadian and North Dakota/ MN border. I moved south for the warmer climate! :-)

5:25 am

Brookie

that's funny! it's all relative...

5:25 am

Nef

yes. We have a CNM (Certified Nurse Midwife) who comes out and does all the routine prenatal exams (full physical, etc.) on Wed. and Fri.

5:26 am

Brookie

maybe those who are in earlier stages of their pregnancy will wish to reschedule their checkups

5:27 am

Nef

I provide a lunch too. Today I'm taking in homemade chicken soup

5:27 am

Brookie

that's so sweet of you! if i were pregnant and in minnesota, i'd come to you :-)

5:28 am

Nef

It would be nice if many of them did. However, we only have 1 on today's schedule in her first trimester; most are in that 30 + week part of the pregnancy when they should be seen when sheduled

5:29 am

Nef

thanks. This clinic has been doing this for 30 years; I've only been here for less than 1 1/2 years; so it isn't something *I* started; but it's a neat thing to do

5:30 am

Brookie

it must be fulfilling

5:31 am

Nef

it is. And I see it's time to go too. :-/ Have a good day!

5:31 am

Brookie

you too, and be safe!

5:32 am

Nef

Bye! <Poof>

5:39 am

gran

Can't find the in 7/32 or st 8/50 - any clues please

5:42 am

Brookie

in + what a writer does + vowel

5:42 am

Brookie

st + w***hold information + vowel + past tense

5:44 am

fuquayvarina

while you're cluing, do you have the other 8?

5:45 am

fuquayvarina

good morning, by the way!

5:45 am

Brookie

de + what matter turns into when it burns up + gerund suffix

5:45 am

Brookie

good morning to you too!

5:45 am

fuquayvarina

tyvm!!

5:46 am

Brookie

yvm!

5:47 am

BabbleRabble

phantom: pachycephalic

5:47 am

Michnick

I am not getting the in 7, what does a writer do besides write???

5:48 am

Brookie

the writer corrects his or her work

5:48 am

Michnick

AH, ok. Actually his ed4or does that

5:50 am

Brookie

you're correct, however a writer ed4s his or her work before submitting it for review (at least that's what I did when I wrote)

5:50 am

mom2han8

ok BR... yeah... that's my phantom, too... LOL!

5:50 am

Brookie

BR, I saw that phantom too!

5:51 am

Michnick

Gotcha, BTW, you guys have sophisticated phantoms - I just keep seeing giant

5:51 am

Brookie

gotta go now with 19 left... happy babbling everyone! poof!

5:51 am

Michnick

Oh, and dating. Is anyone here dating a giant?

5:52 am

mom2han8

Mich... that's basically what I was trying to say.

5:52 am

BabbleRabble

you people are on the ball

5:53 am

Michnick

Got it, OK, I am only half on the ball, since I am sneaking my game time at work. No one is here today so I am getting away with it, but I'd better leave the rest til later. Bye for now.

5:53 am

mom2han8

OMG.... I clearly need more coffee! Obviously BR was joking as there is not a word even close to the one he led us to believe was his phantom.. LOL! Good one BR!

5:54 am

mom2han8

The fact that I needed that pointed out to me does not bode well!

5:54 am

fuquayvarina

BR sees things in the grids that no one else can see...

5:54 am

BabbleRabble

my phantoms truly are phantoms

5:54 am

Michnick

I'll say!

5:54 am

mom2han8

OK... but if he saw that one I would have to believe he was hallucinating, LOL.

5:55 am

Michnick

or maybe clearly in 6/18?

5:56 am

BabbleRabble

well, in 6 can be a welcome respite from the rigors of reality

5:56 am

Merk

Good morning, folks

5:56 am

fuquayvarina

I prefer to believe he inhabits another plane of existence, where this grid is a mere shadow of one far more complex and multidimensional

5:56 am

Michnick

I often long for a quiet, padded room.

5:56 am

Michnick

I often long for a quiet, padded room.

5:56 am

Merk

Snowed in here and only a short grid to hold the cabin fever at bay!

5:57 am

BabbleRabble

good morning, Merk

5:57 am

Michnick

Uh oh was that me or my computer? (Doo do doo do - twilight zone theme)

5:57 am

Michnick

Off to work now for real...

5:58 am

BabbleRabble

be well, Michnick

5:58 am

fuquayvarina

bye mich

5:59 am

fuquayvarina

Dr. G should supply an emergency backup grid when we have such a small one, for snow days, sick days, and long airport layovers....

5:59 am

BabbleRabble

actually, I just haven't been the same since my favorite wall ran off with the ceiling

6:03 am

fuquayvarina

anyone have a clue for the top row N? can't seem to find a thing

6:03 am

Merk

I just read the grid and am clueless about that in. I never know when you guys are being serious, especially if I just crawled out of bed and haven't had my coffee. I'm still in my p.j.'s

6:04 am

Trifioso

good morning babble friends! varina, the top n is a na5/6 combo - it's a sort of water fairy, I think

6:04 am

Trifioso

lots of vowels....

6:05 am

fuquayvarina

oh thanks, trif!

6:05 am

Trifioso

and can I just say, I about FAINTED when I saw this grid! as if four i's yesterday weren't enough, somehow they multiplied overnight.....SIX! DREAD

6:05 am

Trifioso

will trade for a nudge for the bottom right D

6:06 am

fuquayvarina

di5 thou ask for a clue, fair trifioso?

6:06 am

Merk

Wasn't yesterday all those n's?

6:06 am

Trifioso

curtsying in thine direction, fair varina!

6:07 am

fuquayvarina

also, the baby needs a fresh di5

6:07 am

Merk

Loved that fuquay

6:07 am

Trifioso

LOLOL poor baby!

6:07 am

BabbleRabble

preceded by a do wah

6:08 am

Trifioso

okay, that just leaves me the upper (dreaded) i for nbt....saw some scuttle in the chog about it earlier, but could not get the monkeys to cough it up....something about writing and correcting?

6:08 am

fuquayvarina

<deep bow, sweeping off feathered hat> the pleasure is mine, fair friends.

6:09 am

fuquayvarina

in7 = in + what a writer does to a manuscript to polish it up + vowel (latin plural)

6:10 am

Trifioso

BIG KISS

6:10 am

Trifioso

that's Naughty Bits Tingling for me!

6:10 am

fuquayvarina

lolol

6:11 am

Merk

ty

6:12 am

Trifioso

whoop - just found Tor's favorite ti4!

6:14 am

Merk

I can guess what that one might be.

6:15 am

Trifioso

ugh - it's almost time for the second alarm to go off, meaning I have to wake tertiare. School picture day today -- double ugh. she is a fierce little warrior queen, so getting her to brush her hair and wear something less hideous than every day is going to be a right old battle. Sigh

6:16 am

Merk

My tummy is giving me no peace. I absolutely have to get some breakfast for it and coffee for my brain. bbl

6:16 am

Trifioso

choose wisely, beloved merk!

6:17 am

Merk

Ah, but the oatmeal doth beckon me from the tin

6:17 am

Merk

tata

6:17 am

Trifioso

I think oatmeal is a wise choice. yummy!

6:18 am

fuquayvarina

see you later, Merk

6:21 am

Trifioso

good lord! tertiare had one of the kittens under the sheets with her, down by her feet! cozy...

6:21 am

fuquayvarina

cats are such good bedwarmers

6:22 am

Trifioso

okay, time for the "you are NOT wearing that in the photo" battle - wish me luck! (putting on armor....)

6:22 am

fuquayvarina

good luck!

6:26 am

Kenny Chuck

Can't get ye/4. Any clue?

6:27 am

Enomis65

it is ye kenny

6:27 am

fuquayvarina

yi4, actually

6:27 am

Enomis65

rhymes with synonym for children

6:28 am

Kenny Chuck

Sorry. yi/4 it is.

6:29 am

fuquayvarina

ok, off to work. hagd everyone and happy babbling

6:29 am

Kenny Chuck

Got it.Tx Enomis

6:29 am

Enomis65

yw :)

6:30 am

Enomis65

ista

6:30 am

Enomis65

oops sorry

6:32 am

Scrabbler

Good morning all. Snow + igh winds started last night. Power went out. My furnace is npt working. 57 degrees in here. Brrrr

6:38 am

EspritdJean

got long johns? ;-p

6:39 am

Merk

But I'm glad you have electricity so you can be here with us Scrabbler.

6:40 am

Merk

My oatmeal is cooking, my fruit ready to add to it, and the coffee is brewing. God is good.

6:40 am

Eva

do you have a wood stove scrabbler? And how can you use your comoputer without power?

6:41 am

EspritdJean

I can see the headlines now: Local physician found frozen to hr keyboard

6:42 am

EspritdJean

we may already be too late

6:42 am

Eva

uh oh.....

6:46 am

Uneaixoise

scrabbs, ohmygosh -- was just reading about the wintry blast to your part of the world!

6:47 am

lynxxx

OK- who is closest to Scrabs and can run over with hot water bottles? Hi all

6:47 am

Uneaixoise

hey, lynxxx! and jean and eva!

6:47 am

Eva

hi unea.

6:48 am

Eva

dits

6:48 am

Trifioso

hello again -- oh dear, poor scrabs! is there a shower you can use at work, at least?

6:48 am

Eva

sorry!

6:49 am

Trifioso

I'm not, eva - didn't have it! :)

6:49 am

Team_Edward

i have gi4,6 clue for the other G plz

6:49 am

lynxxx

hi Trif -

6:49 am

lynxxx

its an anagram of the one you have Edward

6:49 am

Uneaixoise

hey, trif! reminds me of my daughter's announcement that my mother did NOT mind if she wore a torn Tee with jeans with holes in them to church!

6:49 am

Uneaixoise

hey, trif! reminds me of my daughter's announcement that my mother did NOT mind if she wore a torn Tee with jeans with holes in them to church!

6:49 am

Trifioso

same again, edward - gi4

6:49 am

Uneaixoise

(many yrs ago and I begged to differ!!!)

6:50 am

Trifioso

ah, yes, the "holy" denims argument - have had THAT one many times here!

6:50 am

Uneaixoise

i was determined we would NOT embarass poor Mimi! LOL

6:51 am

Trifioso

john the baptist is no help in such discussions, given what HE wore....

6:51 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

6:51 am

Trifioso

ugh, you guys, the weather is absolute PUKE here today.

6:51 am

Team_Edward

thx trif got it

6:51 am

Trifioso

rock on, edward!

6:53 am

Uneaixoise

not a big fan of country music but WOW: The Country Music Association is donating $1,066,632 this year — its largest music education donation to date — to Nashville public schools through its “Keep the Music Playing” campaign.

6:53 am

Trifioso

oh, edward, by the way - check out the first photo on this page: http://roflrazzi.com/

6:53 am

Team_Edward

ok going now thx

6:54 am

Eva

wonder if whatever was giving scrabbs competer access just circled the drain. I'm set to lose power today-battery powered lanters, bottled water - but no computer when the router isn't working.

6:54 am

lynxxx

Seems a very logical place for their donation

6:55 am

Trifioso

that is very cool, une! way to give back!!!

6:57 am

Uneaixoise

i thought so too, trif! :-)

6:57 am

Trifioso

how many th-words do we have today, please?

6:58 am

lynxxx

It's Summer over here. Would seem a good time for you in the States to take a long holiday

6:58 am

Uneaixoise

only have 2 so far, trif

6:58 am

Trifioso

if we could get a flight out, yes, lynxxx.

6:58 am

Trifioso

hmmmm. I have a th 4/5 - stats for the other please?

6:59 am

Uneaixoise

add a vowel before the end -- th5/12

6:59 am

Trifioso

big kiss!

7:00 am

Uneaixoise

with 30 to go, taking a break to grab some java -- back in a mo!

7:03 am

lshult

any clues for top n???plz

7:04 am

lynxxx

na5.12 & 6. a nymph

7:04 am

Eva

thanks lynxx!

7:04 am

Trifioso

I seriously need to get up and get some stuff done before I head out, but it is WARM in this big ol bed of mine, and WARM in the chog.....hate to leave!

7:05 am

lshult

thanks lynxxx

7:09 am

lynxxx

Ugh I shouldn't have started this again, just noticed the time. Nite all!

7:09 am

hego

hI eVERYONE

7:10 am

hego

Oops caps lock

7:11 am

Trifioso

MORNING HEGO

7:11 am

periwinkle

morning all, rainy and gray here today

7:11 am

periwinkle

morning all, rainy and gray here today

7:11 am

periwinkle

hellp with sh7 pls

7:12 am

hego

Hi Peri, guess it's rainy and gray.

7:12 am

kje

sh7 - a big gala

7:12 am

Trifioso

peri - I might be aging myself here, but it was a music performance show back in the 60s and 70s

7:13 am

kje

compound word

7:13 am

periwinkle

GOT IT, THANKS, KJE AND tRIF

7:13 am

Trifioso

dance away!

7:13 am

periwinkle

IT IS A FUNNY WORD

7:14 am

periwinkle

so sorry about the caps

7:14 am

periwinkle

so sorry about the caps

7:14 am

Eva

how about the st8?

7:14 am

hego

For a minute all I could think of was Shivaree. LOL

7:15 am

Eva

my first thought was shanana, but the I got it

7:16 am

hego

LOL

7:16 am

hego

Eva, did you get a wedding dress yet?

7:16 am

Trifioso

and then there was the always faboooo Solid Gold!

7:16 am

hego

Right Trif

7:17 am

Eva

a wedding dress?

7:17 am

Trifioso

car.eeyore and I would take turns being the lead dancer in our living room :)

7:17 am

Eva

was that a clue or a puzzling real question?

7:17 am

hego

Oops, I'm thinking of EvaNadine. Sorry

7:18 am

Eva

thought that might be the case. As my partner says, we have been happily unmarried for 20 years

7:18 am

hego

I just got up. Forgive me.

7:18 am

Trifioso

good lawd, now it is snowing sideways

7:18 am

Eva

too bad it wasn't a clue for the st8

7:18 am

Aloyisius

Hello, Babblers.. stid is in the grid today

7:19 am

Trifioso

"statie" is a word in Boston - means a state police officer. Sadly, not in enableland however

7:19 am

Team_Edward

wow that site just shut my computer down, i got the blue screen of death lol

7:19 am

Eva

we're only expecting 5-8 inches here today, but the latter part is likely to be sleet which will be the real problem

7:19 am

Eva

I know trip-I tried it too

7:19 am

Trifioso

NO WAY!!! I am so embarrassed! never caused a problem here - my deepest apologies, edward!

7:20 am

hego

It's just pouring cats and dogs here in Jersey.

7:20 am

Eva

anyone have the st8 yet?

7:20 am

Trifioso

count your blessings, hego - cats and dogs do not require shoveling

7:20 am

Trifioso

not i, eva

7:20 am

Team_Edward

its ok i just had to reboot is all,

7:21 am

Trifioso

did you at least get to see the picture first?

7:21 am

Team_Edward

that pic is wrong on so many levels lol

7:21 am

Uneaixoise

st7 -- st + 3/4 of ga4/6 + male pronoun

7:21 am

hego

Hey! Hi Aloy

7:22 am

Aloyisius

hi hego !

7:22 am

Team_Edward

but funny

7:22 am

kje

i just need that lower corner d for FW - any clues?

7:22 am

hego

Aloy are you going to serenade me today? LOL

7:22 am

Uneaixoise

di4 di + brit thanks

7:23 am

Merk

st 7 clue please

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

just clued it merk

7:23 am

Aloyisius

well, hego.. we shall see.. maybe when I finish this coffee, lol

7:23 am

kje

that is from upper

7:23 am

Eva

so Unea-the first part sounds like Calif, NY, Vt, etc?

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

di5 olde English pt :-)

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

yep

7:24 am

Eva

hmmm

7:24 am

Eva

oaky that gave me a 7

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

st + a fisherman needs b*** to attract the fish + male pronoun

7:24 am

Aloyisius

di + not to live

7:25 am

kje

ty aloy

7:25 am

Uneaixoise

oohhh, sorry, eva!!!!!!!!!!! you're right!

7:25 am

Eva

thank you as I didn

7:25 am

Aloyisius

also, biblical verb, thou di*** not obey

7:25 am

Eva

didn't have tha either

7:26 am

kje

ty both!!!

7:26 am

kje

done

7:26 am

kje

weird how i just couldn't see that word

7:26 am

Aloyisius

congrats, kje!!

7:26 am

kje

i was monkeying for ages

7:26 am

Uneaixoise

yay, kje!!

7:26 am

Eva

kje-how about a clue for the st8?

7:27 am

kje

s + 4/5 of paying 10% + PT

7:27 am

Uneaixoise

st8: s + 4/5 of the 10% that goes to the church + 3/4 of ti4/5

7:27 am

Uneaixoise

snap, kje! LOL

7:27 am

kje

use unes, i left out a letter

7:27 am

kje

great minds, une

7:28 am

Eva

merci beaucoup!

7:28 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

7:30 am

Uneaixoise

20 to go . . . BBL *poof*

7:30 am

Aloyisius

bye all.. quick grid today! see you next time.. (-:

7:31 am

kje

me too, should get dressed and go to work

7:32 am

hego

Bye Aloy

7:37 am

Merk

I finally monkeyed out the st 7, une, but there was no g in it. Was I reading your earlier clue incorrectly?

7:38 am

hego

I think she meant the last 3/4 of ga4.

7:43 am

Merk

You're right.

7:43 am

Merk

... and Fireworks!

7:44 am

hego

YAYYY!!!! Merk

7:44 am

Merk

Too quick of a grid today; 7:45 and I'm already finished. I guess I could always go out and freeze to death shoveling snow.

7:45 am

hego

Oh, please don't do that!

7:45 am

Merk

ty, enjoy the rest of your time here, Hego and others. See you in the morning for a hopefully longer grid. No, I'd have a heart attack before I'd freeze to death.

7:45 am

hego

We'd miss you.

7:45 am

Merk

I'd miss me.

7:46 am

Merk

I have to stay healthy for my return to China.

7:46 am

hego

Bye Merk. Be careful now

7:46 am

Merk

:-) See you in the morning. Tata

7:53 am

hurshy

merk AND torgone going to china? wowee

7:54 am

hego

Hi Hurshy

7:54 am

hurshy

hi

8:03 am

flosey

hello everyone, just in to change icon for tomorrow

8:04 am

hego

Hi Flosey

8:12 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone on this gray morning

8:12 am

hego

Hi Annie

8:12 am

Anniebrook

hi hego

8:12 am

hego

These are the stupidest words I've ever seen!

8:13 am

hego

The monkeys are exhausted. LOL

8:13 am

Anniebrook

I started about 5 minutes ago and I agree

8:13 am

hego

You'll see

8:14 am

beachboggle

Hi, Babblers!

8:14 am

Anniebrook

hi beach

8:15 am

hego

hi beach

8:17 am

beachboggle

It is a gray morning, here, too

8:17 am

beachboggle

wow! I am not feeling this grid

8:17 am

beachboggle

or is it just me

8:17 am

hurshy

well, i guess we might as well talk long ones... i have de8, anyone got the other?

8:17 am

rumplestiltskin

Bye all, I've got "fireworks" on my birthday. Now I have to go bake a chocolate cake with fudge frosting.

8:18 am

beachboggle

happy bday rumple

8:18 am

Anniebrook

Happy Birthday to you!!!!!

8:18 am

hego

Sounds yummy! Happy b'day and Congrats!

8:18 am

Anniebrook

st8

8:20 am

Anniebrook

st---st + percentage of monies given to the church (insert vowel near the end)

8:20 am

hurshy

weird or normal?

8:20 am

hurshy

ah

8:20 am

hurshy

thanks

8:20 am

Anniebrook

weird to me

8:20 am

hego

This is hard one to clue Annie

8:20 am

hurshy

she did a lovely job though :)

8:21 am

hurshy

and then for 7's i have da and di

8:21 am

hego

But you did it. Wow!

8:21 am

hurshy

i'm good with d's today...

8:21 am

rumplestiltskin

any clues before I go?

8:21 am

hurshy

yes, tell about the 7's other than da and di

8:22 am

Chris P

I have an in7

8:22 am

hurshy

that must be that top i then!!

8:23 am

Anniebrook

sh 7 is a big party

8:23 am

hurshy

yessss, i got it!

8:23 am

rumplestiltskin

sh7 kind of like a hoedown. starts with the lower part of your leg.

8:23 am

hurshy

ooh, nice word to have in the grid, thanks annie and rumple

8:23 am

Aussieme

Hello Sweet Babblers !

8:23 am

Anniebrook

I need in 7 /32

8:23 am

Chris P

just found an st7

8:24 am

Anniebrook

Hi Sweet Aussie!!

8:24 am

hurshy

in + correct a manuscript + vowel

8:24 am

hego

Hi Aussie

8:24 am

beachboggle

Hi Aussie

8:24 am

hurshy

whatsit, chris p ?

8:24 am

Anniebrook

thanks hurshy

8:24 am

Aussieme

Everyone well ??

8:25 am

rumplestiltskin

st is hard to clue - st + 3rd vowel + I went to *** store

8:25 am

Anniebrook

yes aussie, and you and yours?

8:25 am

Judi

Good morning, Babblers.

8:25 am

Anniebrook

hi judi

8:25 am

hego

Hi Judi

8:25 am

Aussieme

Me and mine are just great. I have my Mom here with us, and it's wonderful !!

8:26 am

hurshy

st + 2 vowels + what rumple clued for the last bit :)

8:26 am

Anniebrook

aussie, what a great visit!

8:26 am

rumplestiltskin

in7 is in + a movie starring Madonna with a different second letter

8:26 am

hurshy

bottom d, i have di5/14 - anyone know what the other one is?

8:26 am

Chris P

s+agricultural income, but with another vowel near the start - sorry not a good clue

8:27 am

kc8501

there's 2 5/14's from that one

8:27 am

Aussieme

both di5/14 Hursh

8:27 am

Anniebrook

hurshy, sounds like a diaper

8:27 am

hurshy

ok, mine's the biblical sounding one - clue for the other?

8:27 am

Aussieme

di + when you pass away, you ***

8:28 am

rumplestiltskin

di7 - She was di***** out the food

8:28 am

Anniebrook

di***---sounds like baby talk for a diaper

8:28 am

hurshy

ty aussie

8:28 am

Aussieme

:)

8:28 am

Anniebrook

aussie gave a better clue

8:28 am

hurshy

are there 2 he or 3?

8:28 am

Aussieme

2 x he

8:28 am

rumplestiltskin

2

8:29 am

Anniebrook

noggin

8:29 am

hurshy

ok, then besides whacks and the he's, what else comes from the right H ?

8:29 am

rumplestiltskin

second is plural

8:29 am

Aussieme

the clue for the di, it was the only one I could think of.

8:29 am

Anniebrook

hurry

8:30 am

hurshy

ahhh, fish me! thanks annie

8:31 am

hurshy

one T6 word or two?

8:31 am

hurshy

two!

8:31 am

rumplestiltskin

hi4/6 is your rear end, sometimes referred to as your hi** end and the plural

8:31 am

Anniebrook

2 ---hebrew letters

8:31 am

hurshy

ok, that leaves S5 and 6. could i have the point total, please?

8:31 am

Aussieme

lol....

8:31 am

rumplestiltskin

1187

8:32 am

Aussieme

sa6/21

8:32 am

hurshy

yes, i need that one aussie

8:32 am

Anniebrook

st 5/14

8:32 am

Aussieme

I dont have it yet Hursh, just trying to give you the point total for it..... may it help...

8:32 am

hurshy

got it!

8:33 am

hurshy

st5/14 is the other, yes, you guys are such good guessers

8:33 am

rumplestiltskin

sa + 3rd vowel + She went to *** store

8:33 am

hurshy

done!

8:33 am

Aussieme

thanks Rumple.

8:33 am

Aussieme

YAY Hursh !!

8:33 am

Anniebrook

YAY for hurshy!!!

8:33 am

hurshy

i <3 good guessers

8:34 am

rumplestiltskin

YW, I'm off to bake the cake. WTG Hurshy. I will use some Hershey choc. in my cake.

8:34 am

Anniebrook

na 5/12?

8:35 am

HarryHood

there's a de8

8:35 am

rumplestiltskin

na + 3rd vowel + what you place in the paper to sell something

8:35 am

Anniebrook

I found the na's

8:35 am

Aussieme

there is HH !

8:35 am

Anniebrook

Fireworks

8:35 am

rumplestiltskin

and the plural

8:35 am

Aussieme

YAY Annie !!

8:35 am

HarryHood

just got it. no dictionary def'n though

8:36 am

rumplestiltskin

Yay for Annibrook.

8:36 am

HarryHood

add product of combustion

8:39 am

Anniebrook

would anyone like a clue before I head out?

8:40 am

Aussieme

thanks Annie, in7 please ?

8:41 am

bichon

It figures that it's a crummy day outside and the grid is small.

8:41 am

Anniebrook

in + to make sure the grammar is correct + vowel

8:42 am

beachboggle

anyone have the single "n", at the bottom left?

8:42 am

Anniebrook

hello bichon...a bigger grid would have been nice today

8:42 am

Aussieme

thanks Annie !

8:43 am

Anniebrook

beach, ni4---japanese?

8:43 am

hego

Annie in6,21 pls

8:43 am

Jayk

single n = i think i'm turning japanese---

8:43 am

Aussieme

divorce decree ni** before decree absolute.

8:43 am

Anniebrook

hego, in6----not outdoors

8:44 am

Jayk

ti6/18 anyone?

8:44 am

hego

Yikes, I did it again. I should be healthy with all this fish. tx Annie

8:44 am

beachboggle

ty guys, for the n

8:44 am

Anniebrook

jay ti 6-----famous painter or ti**** red

8:44 am

Uneaixoise

ti6 famous painter and/or shade of red

8:45 am

Uneaixoise

snap, annie! LOL

8:45 am

Anniebrook

hi une!

8:45 am

Jayk

I'm an IDIOT!! thx

8:45 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:45 am

Aussieme

Uneeeeeeee !!

8:45 am

Uneaixoise

ausssiemmmmeeeee!!!!

8:45 am

Anniebrook

Jay---I beg to differ

8:46 am

Jayk

thx annie, but really!

8:47 am

Judi

St8?

8:48 am

Anniebrook

st + percentage of monies given (insert a vowel toward the end)

8:49 am

Anniebrook

I looked up the st8 --it means to forge

8:49 am

harpjane

well, it warmed up to zero F today

8:49 am

hego

Hiya harp

8:49 am

Anniebrook

hi jane --brrr---gray and dreary here but not too cold

8:50 am

hego

54 on the Jersey Shore

8:50 am

Uneaixoise

just got word -- the Tennessee state Xmas tree wasn't blown down, it was broken IN TWO by the high winds . . . bummer

8:50 am

Anniebrook

oh my!

8:51 am

bichon

We got about 3" here in CT followed by freezing rain. Glad I shoveled before it gets really icy

8:51 am

Uneaixoise

wild and woolly weather all 'round, eh?

8:51 am

Judi

Wow, Une. That's was a grinchy storm.

8:51 am

Uneaixoise

ice on top of snow -- yikes, bichon!

8:51 am

Judi

Not getting the st8 clue. Sigh.

8:51 am

Uneaixoise

indeed, judi!

8:51 am

Jayk

YAY!! done

8:51 am

Uneaixoise

yay, jayk!

8:52 am

bichon

s + percent of money given to a church + pt

8:52 am

Uneaixoise

st8 -- s + most of the 10% that goes to the church + last 3 letters of hi4/6

8:52 am

Anniebrook

when you sew, judi, make small st**ches and old fashioned way of saying hurried

8:53 am

EvaNadine

mornin babblers!

8:53 am

Judi

Got it. Ty, Annie & Une.

8:54 am

HarryHood

DONE

8:54 am

HarryHood

time to deal with the slush

8:54 am

Anniebrook

YAY for Harry!!

8:55 am

Anniebrook

and so I am off, bye dear babblers

8:55 am

Uneaixoise

congrats, Harry and byeeee, annie!

8:55 am

Uneaixoise

yay, judi!

8:56 am

Judi

In7?

8:56 am

Uneaixoise

yikes! branches coming down in backyard -- gone to investigate *poof*

8:57 am

Judi

Uh oh. Maybe Une should hide in the root cellar?

8:59 am

hego

She should not go out there.

8:59 am

hego

I have to go now. BBL

9:08 am

Judi

YAWWWWWN. Fireworks.

9:13 am

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo Judi!! (me too)

9:16 am

EvaNadine

hints for the 8s?

9:21 am

smaller

de8-removing soot

9:22 am

EvaNadine

TY

9:25 am

phaeton

st8..clued at 8:52

9:41 am

bichon

in 7?

9:42 am

bubba218

in + proof read a book + vowel

9:42 am

bichon

ty bubba

9:43 am

bubba218

yw

9:49 am

car.eeyore

May I please have some help with the D?

9:50 am

car.eeyore

Sorry...make that the lower corner D

9:50 am

phaeton

which D?

9:50 am

phaeton

di4x2

9:51 am

bichon

di lower right, idiomatic for a baby's Pampers

9:51 am

phaeton

sorry...di5x2

9:51 am

phaeton

biblical way of saying you accomplished something

9:52 am

phaeton

done...any clues needed?

9:52 am

car.eeyore

Congrats Phae! And TY!

9:52 am

phaeton

yw and ty!

9:53 am

speakeasy

i'm new to the site... can someone explain the shorthand you are using to refer to words?

9:53 am

phaeton

the best way to figure out is to read the help...speakeasy

9:53 am

phaeton

we are giving clues to the words by using the first two letters and how many letters are in the word

9:54 am

phaeton

it is taboo to type the word in the chatbox

9:54 am

speakeasy

ah. thank you

9:55 am

phaeton

yw

9:55 am

bichon

st 7?

9:56 am

phaeton

st and what you give at church, change last vowel and pt

9:56 am

bichon

phae, that's the 8 right?

9:58 am

yuriko

what is it?

9:58 am

car.eeyore

May I please have a clue for the single N toward the left? I need it for NBT!

9:58 am

bichon

ni + spanish for yes

9:59 am

car.eeyore

TY!

9:59 am

phaeton

sorry...st..**r is what we breathe...sip **rough a straw

9:59 am

phaeton

bichon...end with a vowel on the st7

9:59 am

phaeton

lousy clues...sorry

10:00 am

car.eeyore

Worked for me! TY!

10:00 am

bichon

got it, ty phae

10:00 am

phaeton

yw bichon

10:00 am

bichon

yw car

10:03 am

bichon

fireworks, any clues needed

10:06 am

yuriko

shutup

10:13 am

suefrad625

upper corner I pls

10:15 am

EvaNadine

in7/32

10:18 am

suefrad625

any clue eva?

10:19 am

rururocks

in7

10:20 am

JBV

in + review a manuscript + vowel

10:20 am

JBV

hi folks -

10:21 am

suefrad625

I am working on the manuscript part

10:21 am

suefrad625

inasin

10:21 am

JBV

i treated myself to a half-day absence from work - was not sick, just need this time to do a million chores - have to get ready for work now

10:21 am

JBV

what the chief newspaper guy does, sue

10:21 am

suefrad625

have a good day jbv

10:22 am

suefrad625

ed4

10:22 am

suefrad625

got it, ty

10:22 am

suefrad625

just need a clue for the upper n for NBT and then off to the christmas store at my sons school

10:25 am

JBV

still here- upper n is na 5 - water sprite

10:27 am

suefrad625

not working for me

10:27 am

JBV

3 vowels in the middle

10:27 am

JBV

na + Il*** and Odyssey

10:28 am

suefrad625

got it, ty

10:28 am

suefrad625

off to school

10:28 am

JBV

ok, bye for real

10:37 am

jmcnrick

hi anyone here?

10:38 am

SeaSpray

Hi jmc and everyone

10:38 am

jmcnrick

hi sea!

10:39 am

jmcnrick

Thought I was alone in the chog

10:39 am

SeaSpray

haven't been here for awhile, puters in the shop and i am using the one at work lol

10:39 am

hydra

I'm here too but I've been working away. One word left to find...

10:39 am

SeaSpray

sooo, can't be long

10:41 am

hydra

Fireworks! It was that artist beginning with T. It always stumps me!

10:41 am

hydra

Off now. Good luck everyone. *poof*

10:42 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo hydra

10:43 am

jmcnrick

I often use the one at work sea

10:43 am

jmcnrick

there were a couple of new people but I worry on these very tiny days when the chog is empty most of the day they get lost from the joy of babbleland

10:45 am

wht

Hi jmc

10:45 am

jmcnrick

hi wht

10:46 am

jmcnrick

are you buried in snow?

10:46 am

wht

Just a couple of inches and now it's turned to rain.

10:47 am

cybernan

good morning everyone :)

10:47 am

jmcnrick

hi cyber!

10:47 am

SeaSpray

we got 7 inches sat. and another inch or so last night and lots and lots of rain

10:47 am

jmcnrick

They kept saying it was going to ice and storm here but it just was cold rain

10:48 am

jmcnrick

a minor advantage to living in the city microclimate

10:48 am

inge

I am totally stumped by Ti 6/18. Can any one clue it please?

10:49 am

jan

Red haired

10:49 am

jmcnrick

it is a painter who was known for the red heads

10:49 am

jmcnrick

he painted

10:50 am

jmbdobie2

greetings all!

10:50 am

jmcnrick

hi inge and jan

10:50 am

inge

thans jmc

10:50 am

jan

Hi all...

10:50 am

jmcnrick

hi jmb!

10:50 am

jmcnrick

yw inge

10:51 am

jmcnrick

brb in search of coffee

10:52 am

jmcnrick

back

10:53 am

cybernan

any clues for the st 7?

10:53 am

jan

Is it just me or is this a nasty nasty grid??

10:54 am

jmcnrick

it seems to be related to the st8 but I haven't got it yet

10:54 am

jmcnrick

this is a nasty nasty grid

10:54 am

jmcnrick

normally I would ask for help for nbt and I can't even get close enough not to be embarrassed for the number of tiles I need!

10:54 am

cybernan

I've got the list jmc and I don't see how it could be related to the 8 -- similar maybe, but not related

10:55 am

jan

I monkeyed it inadvertently looking for the st/8. It's not a past tense, and there is a vowel inserted into the past tense st/8 word.

10:55 am

jmcnrick

the clue I saw for the 7 was end with a vowel

10:55 am

jmbdobie2

if you spill the wine you will st**n *** carpet

10:55 am

jmcnrick

ty jan *looking*

10:55 am

cybernan

ty jmb -- was sure I had tried that!

10:55 am

jmcnrick

ty jmb

10:56 am

cybernan

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

10:56 am

jmcnrick

well that explains why I couldn't get it from the 8!

10:56 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo cyber!

10:56 am

jan

I've been grinding this one out and still have 14 to go! (And still have 2 blank tiles!!)

10:57 am

jmcnrick

go jan go!

10:57 am

jmbdobie2

i am about to release my pet flying monky - stil have 42 left

10:57 am

cybernan

what are your blanks, jan?

10:58 am

jan

the n in the fourth row and the lower corner d...

10:58 am

jmcnrick

67 left inspite lurking

10:58 am

wht

di5,14x2

10:58 am

cybernan

di 5-- british nickname for a diaper

10:59 am

jmcnrick

now if I was only british :-(

10:59 am

cybernan

di 5 -- old english past tense of to do

10:59 am

wht

di5 to have done in the archaic past

10:59 am

jan

Thanks, nan!! And pass the fish...

10:59 am

inge

firewdorks. Thank you.

10:59 am

cybernan

di + expire (for jmc)

10:59 am

jmcnrick

I thought british for diaper was nappy

11:00 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo inge!

11:00 am

wht

wtg inge

11:00 am

jan

COngrats inge...

11:00 am

jmcnrick

ty for the remedial clue lol!

11:00 am

cybernan

ni 4: ni + spanish yes

11:01 am

cybernan

lol jmc

11:01 am

sciencegeek

I want jedi as a word!

11:01 am

cybernan

&5 inge

11:01 am

jan

Thanks again, nan--I should know that babblet by now! It's an archaic legal term, I think.

11:01 am

cybernan

* ^5

11:02 am

jmcnrick

it is a legal term and not as archaic as you might think

11:02 am

cybernan

yes I think it is a legal term

11:02 am

jmcnrick

hi science

11:02 am

cybernan

join the rest of the group geek

11:02 am

jmcnrick

I would appreciate a J clue

11:02 am

jmcnrick

rather THE J clue

11:02 am

jan

Singular for denim pants

11:02 am

jmcnrick

a clue for the The J

11:03 am

jmcnrick

ty jan

11:03 am

cybernan

Just one pant leg of your denims?

11:03 am

sciencegeek

what i wish i could wear to work all the time

11:03 am

jmcnrick

then I all I need is the lower A for nbt

11:03 am

cybernan

or Ms. Stapleton

11:03 am

jan

Really? Wouldn't your other leg get cold?

11:03 am

jmcnrick

I DO wear them to work all the time science :-P

11:04 am

jmcnrick

lol jan

11:04 am

sciencegeek

boo hiss they dont let us

11:04 am

jmcnrick

they are violating your rights science!

11:04 am

cybernan

as 5: when you drop a project you put it as5/12

11:04 am

sciencegeek

i have no rights

11:04 am

jmcnrick

although I must admit I have a dress code for my office too

11:05 am

jmcnrick

My dress code is that I should not be able to see your belly button or underwear or even worry that I might see your underwear or the parts that underwear is suppose to cover!

11:05 am

cybernan

as 6: taking out the fireplace residue, perhaps?

11:05 am

sciencegeek

lol i like that

11:06 am

cybernan

ad 4: mine entrance then plural for the 5

11:06 am

sciencegeek

clue for the n pls!!:::?????

11:06 am

jmcnrick

ty cyber nbt and an additional word!

11:06 am

cybernan

ai 4/4: babblet with indefinite article in it

11:07 am

jmcnrick

amazingly enough I have actually had to talk to staff about violating my dress code

11:07 am

jmcnrick

ni4 a latin legal term

11:07 am

cybernan

which n? -- I clued the 4th row one

11:07 am

sciencegeek

the top n

11:07 am

stidmama

hello all, taking a few minutes before I leave for school -- I think I am actually almost all caught up!

11:08 am

sciencegeek

hey stid!

11:08 am

stidmama

is the upper right i fishy? it's my last blank tile.

11:08 am

jan

Aquatic nymph and plural

11:08 am

SeaSpray

gotta run all, have a great day

11:08 am

stidmama

how goes it, science? it's COLD here!

11:08 am

jmcnrick

hi stiddie

11:08 am

jan

Fishy in the sense that it is realted to water, not fishy in the babble sense

11:09 am

cybernan

na 5 babblet and plural: na + vowel + classifieds

11:09 am

jmcnrick

not fishy to me stiddie

bye sea

11:09 am

jmcnrick

not fishy to me stiddie

11:09 am

jmcnrick

not fishy to me stiddie

11:09 am

jmcnrick

not fishy to me stiddie

bye sea

11:09 am

sciencegeek

ty

11:09 am

jmcnrick

arg!

11:09 am

stidmama

hm... *thinking*

11:09 am

cybernan

hi stid

11:09 am

stidmama

what is the second letter of the i in the corner then please?

11:10 am

sciencegeek

ty i googled it i always forget that one!

11:10 am

jmcnrick

that is related to water?

11:10 am

jan

One left...and its a d/5

11:10 am

sciencegeek

no clue stid

11:10 am

jmcnrick

IN

11:10 am

cybernan

see 11:09 stid

11:10 am

stidmama

go jan go!

11:10 am

jmcnrick

in7

11:10 am

cybernan

did you put a vowel at the end of the 100 yard race, jan?

11:11 am

jan

Got it--its the Japanese broth

11:11 am

jmcnrick

go jan go

11:11 am

jan

Yup, that's the one, nan...

11:11 am

stidmama

thanks jmc. the 11:09s didn't make sense to me. *thinking more*

11:11 am

wht

in+fix a book+ a vowel

11:11 am

jan

So another grid done and no excuse not to get to work...

11:11 am

sciencegeek

fix a book?

11:12 am

stidmama

thanks wht -- fix a book? read? burn? tape?

11:12 am

stidmama

YAY jan!!!!!

11:12 am

cybernan

na 5/12: na+vowel+classifieds

11:12 am

sciencegeek

ty got it!

11:12 am

sciencegeek

fix a book - to read a paper and make changes

11:12 am

stidmama

oh! got it!!

11:12 am

stidmama

LOL I am totally NOT "in the zone" today!

11:13 am

stidmama

that's NBT for me and down to 35

11:13 am

stidmama

listing...

11:13 am

cybernan

go stid!

11:13 am

cybernan

have to get laundry out of the dryer -- brb

11:14 am

jmbdobie2

28 left... need more monkeys

11:14 am

stidmama

hm. jmc, meet jmb... *looks around for jma*

11:15 am

stidmama

nice critter in your icon, jmb

11:15 am

stidmama

my shepherd has a purple collar (and leash also)

11:15 am

jmbdobie2

ty - one of my dobies (now passed)

11:17 am

stidmama

sorry you lost that one -- had a sweet face

11:18 am

jmbdobie2

thanks

11:18 am

jmcnrick

so the water one is really Japanese broth?

11:18 am

jmcnrick

o look at that ==> NBT

11:19 am

stidmama

da 5 is a lovely broth, we have some made with shiitake mushrooms sometimes that is a nice addition to things.

11:19 am

stidmama

go jmc go!

11:19 am

gramma

1 left ST8? please.

11:20 am

stidmama

and speaking of going... I must away. Might not find parking today (again). Evergreen has really grown up, jmc! you might not recognize it now.

11:20 am

jmcnrick

s+10% to God PT with extra vowel

11:20 am

stidmama

(((((Hugs everyone))))) see you-all soon!

*poof*

11:20 am

jmcnrick

I saw it two years go but maybe not

11:20 am

jmcnrick

bye stiddie

11:20 am

stidmama

good clue, jmc, put me at 19 *real poof*

11:21 am

jmcnrick

o I was thinking it was a terrible clue! lol

11:22 am

jmcnrick

sigh back to the salt mines cu all later *poof*

11:22 am

gramma

ty Going off line for now. BBL

11:25 am

jmbdobie2

me too - ttfn

11:26 am

cybernan

there are a few snowflakes drifting down -- hope it stays at just a few!

11:27 am

cybernan

looks like I got back just as everyone is leaving -- on my way out :)

12:03 pm

jmbdobie2

back again - 7 left

12:03 pm

jmbdobie2

gadid

12:03 pm

jmbdobie2

sorry ;[

12:21 pm

torgone

Slow chat ..

12:33 pm

wht

is there anyone here, and if so, do they have a hi4 for the st7?

12:37 pm

westford

just got here wht..don't have the st7 but thanks for the hi4

12:37 pm

jessmom

st 7 don't go minus y + church donation minus t

12:39 pm

westford

thanks jess..thinking

12:41 pm

westford

staithe

12:41 pm

westford

oops

12:41 pm

westford

thanks and off I go

12:41 pm

westford

great clue

12:41 pm

jessmom

I once clued it as "A houthwife st7 at home with the kidth.

12:41 pm

westford

that's great lol

12:42 pm

wht

ty jess and west

12:42 pm

wht

fireworks

12:43 pm

jessmom

yw, congrats wht!

12:43 pm

westford

Yay wht !!

12:44 pm

westford

how are you both? any snow up your way wht?

12:44 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo wht

12:44 pm

westford

hello jmc !!

12:45 pm

jmcnrick

hi west

12:45 pm

westford

haven't been on with you in quite awhile

12:46 pm

CiociaJudy

slushy mess here in PA today. Yuk!

12:46 pm

westford

same in RI ciocia

12:47 pm

westford

was a winter wonderland earlier

12:47 pm

CiociaJudy

heavy stuff too! was afraid to leave it on the sidewalk for fear it would freeze before I get home

12:47 pm

jessmom

It switched to all rain here in Lancaster/Chester County.

12:48 pm

CiociaJudy

eventually switched to rain up my way too Jess but left the slushy mess behind

12:48 pm

wht

we had snow this morning but it is raining pretty hard now.

12:48 pm

jessmom

my daughter was really hoping for a school delay today. No such luck.

12:48 pm

westford

and dollars to doughnuts it will all freeze..yuck

12:49 pm

CiociaJudy

Jess, where are you? We had a 2 hour delay on our schools at home.

12:49 pm

hego

Hi All!

12:49 pm

CiociaJudy

hiya hego

12:49 pm

jessmom

I live in Christiana, in Lancaster County.

12:50 pm

hego

Hi JMC

12:50 pm

westford

hello hego

12:50 pm

wht

My wife was hoping for a delay as well. At least that was her excuse for snagging the garage. Then I had to brush of my car so she could get out.

12:50 pm

hego

and Judy

12:50 pm

CiociaJudy

I'm working today in Reading. Live in Schuylkill County.

12:51 pm

wht

If there is any snow left tonight, I will have to shovel the slush before it freezes and turns to granite.

12:51 pm

jessmom

I went to Alvernia College (now univ) in Reading. :)

12:51 pm

westford

our garage is so full we can't even get the car in there

12:51 pm

Dorens

right. i just sat down to play and i realize that i ought to go out and shovel before it freezes, yuch

12:51 pm

CiociaJudy

rather have the snow than the ice/slush crap

12:51 pm

westford

just wait until Spring wht..it will be gone by then

12:52 pm

CiociaJudy

Hi Dorens.

12:52 pm

CiociaJudy

if I could only do that, west! LOL

12:53 pm

wht

Ahh, the religious approach to snow removal, "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away."

12:53 pm

westford

there will be more

12:53 pm

Dorens

hi judy. they cancelled school today. bums me out, i'd have preferred the delayed openiing

12:53 pm

CiociaJudy

wow--snow day already, Dorens? we had a 2 hr delay

12:55 pm

jmcnrick

bummer dorens

12:55 pm

Dorens

they have too many snow days where i work.. complicated, but we're in a regional district for high school, and all buses come from that district. the other town is really hilly and roads are more dangerous. so although only about 8 kids are bussed to our school, if the buses can't go out to ringwood, they won't come to us and we can't have school if those 8 kids don't get bussed.

12:58 pm

Dorens

sorry, that was long and unnecessary

12:59 pm

westford

not at all dorens just buried in the grid

1:00 pm

Dorens

i'm almost at halfway, and then i have to go tackle my driveway. afraid of this slush turning iinto ice and it will never melt

1:00 pm

westford

we had the same situation in Westford if the buses couldn't run all school was canceled

1:01 pm

westford

I'd love a clue for the upper left g..have gi4/6

1:01 pm

Dorens

last year we used up all our snow days, and came perilously close to adding on... and we go till late june as it is

1:01 pm

torgone

Another gi4/6 ..

1:01 pm

Dorens

g + freud believed in egos and i**

1:02 pm

westford

I know what you mean..our granddaughter almost went until July

1:02 pm

westford

thanks for the g dorens..now 20 left and I'm off to wrap

1:03 pm

CiociaJudy

just found out today our headstart program utilizes are regular buses so if there is more than an hour delay they have to cancel (which they did this morning)

1:03 pm

Dorens

i hiave 46 left and i'm off to shovel.. would gladly switch places with you

1:03 pm

CiociaJudy

bye west. come and wrap my stuff when you're done

1:03 pm

CiociaJudy

see you later Dorens

1:03 pm

westford

no thank you lol

1:03 pm

westford

sure thing ciocia lol

1:03 pm

CiociaJudy

Guess there's no snow in S.D., Tor

1:03 pm

Dorens

hope it will take no longer than an hour and then i can reward myself with more babbling

1:04 pm

westford

nice to see you all..back later

1:05 pm

torgone

No snow but we had a big storm Monday and getting another tomorrow .. Lots of wind and rain ..

1:05 pm

CiociaJudy

nice not to have to shovel rain . . .

1:05 pm

CiociaJudy

we're due for severe winds the next two days

1:10 pm

Aussieme

Heyas Kids !

1:10 pm

CiociaJudy

heya Aussie!

1:10 pm

hego

Hi again Aussie

1:11 pm

Aussieme

Hey Judy, Hego, et al !

1:11 pm

Aussieme

25 of these stinking words left to find....

1:11 pm

CiociaJudy

last word . . . in7/32

1:12 pm

Aussieme

I dont have that Judy... sorry...

1:12 pm

hego

in + to correct a manuscript + vowel

1:13 pm

CiociaJudy

TY Hego! FIREWORKS!! was monkeying with the middle part of that word but never thought to add a vowel!

1:13 pm

Aussieme

thanks for the in7 !

1:13 pm

hego

yw aussie

1:13 pm

Aussieme

YAY Ciocia !!

1:14 pm

hego

yw and congrats Judy

1:16 pm

Aussieme

sa5/16 please ?

1:17 pm

wht

Talk to the primitive unconscious

1:17 pm

wht

Or the name of a sheik

1:19 pm

wht

Or sa + ***ish, the language of Eastern European Jews.

1:19 pm

Aussieme

Thanks for the 3rd clue wht !! I got it from that !

1:20 pm

wht

The first were rather more obscure.

1:20 pm

hego

I need the in 6,18 pls

1:21 pm

Aussieme

mental hego !

1:21 pm

wht

My clues will drive you in****

1:21 pm

jessmom

in6 are you crazy?

1:21 pm

hego

I knew it would be something simple.

1:21 pm

hego

And yes Jess, I am. lol

1:22 pm

hego

ty guys

1:22 pm

Aussieme

rofl hego !

1:22 pm

jessmom

that helps :)

1:22 pm

CiociaJudy

guess I must do some work . . . Happy Babbling all. Thx again Hego.

1:22 pm

Aussieme

16 left...

1:22 pm

wht

yw. I need to get back to work as well.

1:22 pm

hego

My pleasure Judy

1:23 pm

hego

Bye folks

1:23 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hello. I have 9 left. Na clues anyone?

1:24 pm

hego

those are the water nymphs Kap

1:24 pm

Aussieme

na + 3rd vowel, 1st vowel + 4th letter of alphabet, and plural

1:25 pm

Aussieme

in5 please ?

1:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Thank you much.

1:26 pm

hego

Aussie, it's the West In---

1:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

as512?

1:26 pm

hego

yw Kaplan

1:27 pm

hego

Kap, not a front or a back, but as---

1:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Thank you again

1:28 pm

hego

yw

1:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Da5?

1:29 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Although it is kind of lame to have to ask for help on all the remaining words

1:29 pm

Aussieme

in a rush with 3rd vowel at the end

1:29 pm

hego

No we all do it Kap. Those are the ones you can't get, after all.

1:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Moving right along here

1:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi yalls

1:30 pm

hego

Hi Gwen

1:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

ti6,18 then (not the one to do with church giving)

1:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh, I got it

1:32 pm

Aussieme

9 left.....

1:32 pm

Aussieme

staig

1:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

There seems to an hi4 I can't get- the third from the bottom. I hate it when I can't get 4's

1:32 pm

Aussieme

oops

1:33 pm

Aussieme

**hauls self to PB**

1:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty aussie, i needed that one 8-)

1:33 pm

Aussieme

hi* * hers

1:33 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Thanbks for the slip, Aussie

1:34 pm

Aussieme

yw **from in6 the PB**

1:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

at least your slips are useful

1:34 pm

hego

staig

1:34 pm

Aussieme

need the st8

1:34 pm

Aussieme

thats the one hego !

1:34 pm

hego

Oh!! Too funny!

1:35 pm

hego

I'll go join Aussie now. slinks away

1:35 pm

Kaplan the Magne

All I need is the last 2 st's.

1:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

okay, anyone who needs the st5/14, raise your hand LOL

1:35 pm

Aussieme

**si4ing** come and join us, come and join us !!

1:36 pm

Aussieme

Have asked for the st8 clue....

1:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

St5,12 and st8 please?

1:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

sorry, no got

1:37 pm

Aussieme

me neither.... help wanted, apply within :)

1:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It's all I need. Go Monkey!

1:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, st5/12, i left because no one else st*** behind

1:37 pm

hego

sa 5,12 pls

1:38 pm

Vicuna

st5/12 - put the pig in its enclosure (pasr tense)

1:38 pm

Aussieme

thanks Vi !! Nice to see you !

1:38 pm

hego

tx vicuna

1:38 pm

Kaplan the Magne

OK, now I need the st8. That's gonna kill.

1:39 pm

Vicuna

st8 - forged; s + boob + archaic went hence

1:39 pm

hego

Actually I needed the sa 5,12

1:40 pm

Kaplan the Magne

"Thou shalt not steal" sa*** the Lord.

1:40 pm

Aussieme

Woo !! Thats a word and a half Vi, thanks for that !

1:40 pm

Vicuna

sa5/12 - archaic utters, or past tense not crazy

1:40 pm

hego

ty both

1:40 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Huh, Vicuna?

1:41 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

vicuna, Ty, great clue

1:41 pm

hego

Kaplan st8 is really hard to clue, but vicuna did a good job. try again.

1:42 pm

Vicuna

Oops, time to go already. Good luck, all!

1:42 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I didn't get the forged or the went hence yet

1:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

st8 = take the most ocmmon last name in english, add an i and a past tense ending. now change 2nd letter to diff consonant

1:43 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ocmmon = common (OY)

1:43 pm

hego

the went forth part is I'll take that out of your ****

1:44 pm

Aussieme

st8.... s + church offering with extra 3rd vowel before the famous mr ** (horse)

1:44 pm

hego

and change the vowels around

1:44 pm

wht

st8 s + breast + hi4,6

1:44 pm

Trifioso

good afternoon all

1:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Yeah! Fireworks! And before anyone comes home so they won't know I haven't been working!!

1:44 pm

wht

The word means forged.

1:44 pm

Trifioso

huzzah for kaplan!

1:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg kaplan !!! ~~~ !!!

1:44 pm

wht

wtg Kap

1:45 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Well, ya learn something new every day..

1:45 pm

Aussieme

YAY Kaplan the Magne !!

1:45 pm

Trifioso

I have a million and two things to do, and what I am doing? sitting here babbling..... but just for a bit. Need to decompress....

1:45 pm

Aussieme

Hey Trifs !

1:45 pm

hego

Yay!!!! for Kaplan

1:45 pm

wht

Kap, now you will have time to shovel the slush off your walk. :^)

1:45 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Thank you. Now I can start getting something done somewhere else

1:45 pm

Trifioso

hey there aussie girl!

1:45 pm

Kaplan the Magne

This weather sucks

1:46 pm

Trifioso

it does indeed, kaplan. makes me want to curl up in a blankey and forget the world exists

1:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Tomorrow will be sunny in the 40's. I'll come out of my hole then.

1:46 pm

hego

I guess we're lucky to have just rain here.

1:46 pm

hego

It's 60 degrees now.

1:47 pm

Trifioso

I forgot to tell primo to bring in the rope hammock. It is looking MIGHTY miserable out there....poor thing!

1:47 pm

Aussieme

F*I*R*E*W*O*R*K*S !!!!!!!! Am off now, I have my Mom here.... She is staying with us for a few days before Christmas..... Have fun Babblers !! **poof**

1:47 pm

Trifioso

huzzah for aussie!

1:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg aussie !!! ~~~ !!!

1:48 pm

hego

Hurray Aussie!!!!

1:48 pm

Aussieme

Love you all.... Have fun Babbling.... **real poof**

1:49 pm

Dorens

yay aussie. and yay me (i just shoveled my whole entire driveway)

1:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

then you need a break, dorens 8-)

1:49 pm

Trifioso

YAY for Dorens! Well done!!!!

1:50 pm

Dorens

now a nice cup of tea and finish the grid, but first i really ought to take off my wet socks!

1:50 pm

hego

Good girl Dorens and you didn't freeze or collapse or anything!

1:50 pm

Trifioso

oh yes, def do - NOTHING is worse than cold wet socks. gross!

1:54 pm

Dorens

nope, no collapsing, certainly no freezing... everything is melting and dripping all around me, I kind of thought it might be a waste of time, but have no idea when it will turn cold again and then all that slush turning into ice would be catastrophic

1:54 pm

Trifioso

man, this is a complete waste of time - I am not finding a single word....

1:54 pm

Dorens

i'm down to 40 trif.. you will find them when you try hard enough, i am sure

1:54 pm

Trifioso

I am down to 22, but totally, utterly grid locked

1:55 pm

hego

It's a lousy grid trif. Alot of pseudo words.

1:55 pm

hego

Lots of monkeys

1:55 pm

Trifioso

I hate the letter i. I am just saying....

1:56 pm

Good Enough

Are you going in****?

1:56 pm

Dorens

hah! that's right.. see, you complained about four i's the other day, so now you have five!

1:56 pm

Trifioso

yes. but that was a short trip

1:56 pm

wht

Trif, it will drive you in****

1:56 pm

Dorens

eek.. actually six??

1:56 pm

wht

On a day like today you should stay in****

1:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

lot of silly weird word in there, yup

1:57 pm

Trifioso

I know, right, dorens! Due for 8 tomorrow then, I guess

1:57 pm

Trifioso

I know, right, dorens! Due for 8 tomorrow then, I guess

1:57 pm

Dorens

does that make 16?

1:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i took a shovel and made a hole, down by my leg, then had a compound word party sh7

1:58 pm

wht

in7 - in + revise manuscript + vowel

1:58 pm

Trifioso

lol....are there any gn- words today, please?

1:59 pm

wht

The good gnews is that there are no gnus

1:59 pm

hego

ok, why can't I get ta4,4?

1:59 pm

Trifioso

thank gyou!

1:59 pm

Dorens

makes laace, hego

1:59 pm

Trifioso

I don't know, hego, but my dear Torgone will be delighted - his fave ti4 is here!

2:00 pm

wht

The grid's revenge ti4 for ta4

2:00 pm

Dorens

good one wht

2:00 pm

Trifioso

excellent, wht!

2:01 pm

Trifioso

I always remember dennis miller, saying "where is ta4, where do I get it, and where do I exchange for the other one?"

2:01 pm

Dorens

down to 20. now it will get hard

2:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

5 to go here. starving, must eat. BBL

2:01 pm

inge

ta 4 is an embroidery art which few people can still do

2:02 pm

Trifioso

yes, inge, and making lace, right?

2:03 pm

inge

my mol sold her tatted hankies at Kent State U. bookshop

2:03 pm

hego

Tx a lot people. Just another bad case of going in the wring direction

2:03 pm

hego

Hi Inge

2:04 pm

Dorens

15

2:04 pm

inge

hi, babblers. I asked my hubby to go to Costco for me, so I am procrastinating. I dont want to drive in this weather

2:05 pm

Dorens

i don't blame you inge.. good weather for staying inside and babbing

2:06 pm

inge

The worst of our storm is still in the offing, tonight and Thursday am

2:06 pm

Dorens

10

2:06 pm

Dorens

then i suppose it will come here a day or so later?

2:07 pm

inge

well, New England already had a storm

2:08 pm

Dorens

oh we did too.. last night (that's why i'm home today.. five inches)

2:08 pm

Dorens

but if you have another tonight and thursday, then i expect it will travel east, they usually do

2:09 pm

inge

this is our firt snow/slush

2:09 pm

Dorens

our second, but considerably more than we had last saturday (at least here there is)

2:10 pm

inge

New Jersey weather often comes from the southwest, Great Lake storms go to New England

2:10 pm

hego

Finally! Done with this!

2:10 pm

inge

Bravo Hego

2:10 pm

Dorens

i guess so... just seem to have gotten a lot of chicago weather a few days later

2:10 pm

Dorens

yay hego!

2:11 pm

Dorens

five and breaking for lunch. see you later

2:11 pm

hego

Does anyone need anything before I go?

2:12 pm

inge

Southern Michigan was spared the wort of this Chicago storm, it went north of Detroit

2:13 pm

hego

Do you get lake effect snow, Inge?

2:14 pm

inge

rarely. Lake Michigan winds blowsnow to Grand Rapids, rarely as far as Detroit.

2:15 pm

hego

Guess I'll go then. Good day all!

2:15 pm

inge

bye hego, be well

2:19 pm

wht

Inge, New England is lucky, all the storms end up here. If they come across the midwest, we get them. If they come across the south, they hit the coast and turn northeast and we get them.

2:21 pm

mom2han8

we just got some rain in northern NJ

2:22 pm

anawaltgal

win t

2:22 pm

Uneaixoise

we got lots of rain and lots of wind -- broke our downtown Nashville Xmas tree in half -- had to be hauled away this morning :-(

2:23 pm

mom2han8

OMG... my husband once got "snowed in" in Nashville because they got 1" of snow and some ice, LOL. He was like, what????

2:23 pm

Uneaixoise

yep, we're pretty pitiful when it comes to snow :-)

2:24 pm

Uneaixoise

but it's much worse south of here!

2:24 pm

mom2han8

It was kind of funny... he tells the story all the time, LOL.

2:24 pm

ggarrett

as6 anybody? I'm brain dead

2:25 pm

mom2han8

I think it was that terrible winter of '96... I was pregnant with my daughter and we got something like 60" of snow that winter (at least one storm was just shy of 2 feet)... so to be "snowed in" in an inch was hysterical to him!

2:25 pm

Uneaixoise

take what's left after a fire and make it a gerund

2:26 pm

Uneaixoise

what's really scary here is when we have an ice storm -- people drive like IDIOTS and the ditches are FULL of cars!

2:26 pm

ggarrett

ty so much, Uneaixoise

2:26 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

2:27 pm

mom2han8

He said the Grand Old Opry closed... that's his favorite part of the story... he stayed at a hotel across the street and figured, what the heck, I'm here... might as well take a walk over there, LOL!

2:27 pm

Uneaixoise

i miss snow -- when i was a kid we often had lots of snow at Xmas . . . but with global warming . . .

2:27 pm

mom2han8

It's still cold here.

2:28 pm

mom2han8

I would have welcomed a little global warming yesterday, to be honest.

2:28 pm

Uneaixoise

no kidding! LOL

2:28 pm

BettyAnne

I need the sa5/16 and st5/14 please?

2:28 pm

mom2han8

They keep saying it is 50 here today, but I don't believe it... it is a very cold kind of bone chilling rain.

2:29 pm

mom2han8

sorry Betty... don't have either.

2:29 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks anyway

2:29 pm

Uneaixoise

sa + sometimes vowel + abbrev for IDentification

2:30 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks Une

2:30 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

2:30 pm

mo

global warming ... its just evolution!!!

2:30 pm

Uneaixoise

ok, gotta take pups out to pee -- later! *poof*

2:32 pm

mo

see you soon Uni.

2:42 pm

Jellen

Got the st 5/14 if still needed...

2:42 pm

Jellen

Hi, all!

2:45 pm

Jellen

For the record then...st 4/6 with a vowel inserted before the last letter...

2:46 pm

E11

east

2:46 pm

Jellen

Thanks, E11

2:50 pm

sciencegeek

clue for sh 7 pls

2:50 pm

LuvWordGames

sh 7/44 is a compound word for a party

2:50 pm

sciencegeek

ty luv got it

2:51 pm

Jellen

What Luv said...

2:51 pm

LuvWordGames

does anyone have the st 7/32 please?

2:51 pm

Jellen

Was about to ask for it, Luv, sorry...

2:53 pm

Jellen

Got it!

2:53 pm

Jellen

st + we breathe **r + definite article

2:54 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks Jellen

2:54 pm

Jellen

yw...do you have st8?

2:55 pm

LuvWordGames

st 8/50 s+ 10% to church with another vowel added before the pt (if that makes sense)

2:56 pm

Jellen

Perfect sense! Thanks!

2:56 pm

LuvWordGames

yw

2:57 pm

Jellen

Gotta run now...happy babbling!

2:57 pm

BettyAnne

Thanks everyone for your help. All done. Bye now.

2:57 pm

LuvWordGames

congrats BettyAnne

2:57 pm

Jellen

Yay BettyAnne!!!

2:58 pm

LuvWordGames

done, any clues needed?

3:06 pm

jmcnrick

the second G word from the top -- I have gi4/6

3:06 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo betty

3:07 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo Luv

3:07 pm

LuvWordGames

gi 4/7 rhymes with what you put on pots

3:09 pm

jmcnrick

ty luv

3:09 pm

LuvWordGames

yw jmc

3:09 pm

jmcnrick

what are the stats on the second 8? everyone clues the st8

3:10 pm

ChloeKat

anyone have DE 8/60?

3:10 pm

jmcnrick

lol ty cloe!

3:10 pm

LuvWordGames

de 8/60 removing the remains from a fire

3:10 pm

ChloeKat

you must need that too Jmcnrick? :)

3:10 pm

ChloeKat

Thanks LUV

3:11 pm

LuvWordGames

yw Chloe

3:11 pm

jmcnrick

ty luv

3:11 pm

jmcnrick

yes I did chloe

3:13 pm

ChloeKat

I am out of time . . . good luck all!

3:13 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

3:13 pm

jmcnrick

bye chloe

3:13 pm

jmcnrick

hi torg

3:13 pm

torgone

..or byeas ..

3:15 pm

torgone

Down to the dreaded 14 ..

3:15 pm

jmcnrick

1/2 way!

3:15 pm

jmcnrick

go torg go!

3:16 pm

jmcnrick

to list or not to list

3:16 pm

torgone

I haven't yet ..

3:17 pm

jmcnrick

what a man!

3:17 pm

torgone

But I'm sure I will if I want to finish ..

3:17 pm

jmcnrick

I think I will hold off for a while longer

3:18 pm

jmcnrick

but I doubt I will get down to 14 before I give in

3:19 pm

torgone

I've used lots of clues from the chat ..

3:21 pm

jmcnrick

me too I doubt I would be this far without the chat clues

3:26 pm

Christa

chat clues are very helpful... ty everyone

3:31 pm

torgone

Jogging my Babble memory too .. Just got ts5/12 ..

3:33 pm

stidmama

*sneaks in and hugs tor stealthily then returns to lurk mode*

3:34 pm

torgone

Both of them ..

3:35 pm

stidmama

thanks for the ts word!

3:36 pm

Flask1

hi all.....clue for st8 please?

3:36 pm

jmcnrick

now I have to lookfor the ts5/12

3:36 pm

torgone

~~~stealth hug~~~

3:37 pm

jmcnrick

S+10% for church with an extra vowel before PT

3:37 pm

Flask1

Sorry, JMC I don't understand that clue at all.....

3:38 pm

jmcnrick

I try another one

3:38 pm

Flask1

thanks!

3:38 pm

stidmama

*sneaks in and hugs flask and runs off again*

3:39 pm

jmcnrick

s+boob+old fashion term for hurry

3:39 pm

stidmama

jmc, I wanted to say that the college entrance has been "remodeled" in addition to so many students now that the parking lots almost fill up at times... a few years back they were never more than half full.

3:39 pm

jmcnrick

*weeps little in to office coffee cup because stiddie didn't hug her*

3:39 pm

jmcnrick

That is good stiddie

3:40 pm

stidmama

*tackles jmc and tickles*

3:40 pm

jmcnrick

*sniff*

3:40 pm

Flask1

Hi Stid...nice to see you......you remembered I love Hugs!!!

3:40 pm

stidmama

lunchtime, at mother's house and need to join them for the meal. back when I can.

3:40 pm

jmcnrick

ack and why would you think a tickle would replace a hug!?!?!?!

3:40 pm

jmcnrick

bye stiddie

3:41 pm

Flask1

*hugs JMC*...

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

ty flask how sweet

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

did you get my clue?

3:44 pm

Flask1

I did...and thanx!

4:01 pm

mo

hello .... is anyone there?

4:02 pm

mo

seems very quiet!!!

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

sorry I drift off and work from time to time mo

4:07 pm

mo

hi jmc ... I understand.

4:08 pm

mo

do you need a little assistance?

4:11 pm

mo

I will creep away and hope everyone finishes the grid .... good luck!!

4:15 pm

phandmd

Hi all! I was here for a few moments to try and finish up (30 left) and I can't figure out the DI 5 (both of them) may I pretty pls have a clue?

4:17 pm

phandmd

nm, I gotta run at this point. Be back later I hope

4:18 pm

buffgirl71

phand - if you're still here: di 5/14 today I do, yesterday I *** + t** your shoelace; di 5/14 same 3 letter beginning + if you win, you come in fir**

4:20 pm

mo

sorry ... called away .... good clues buffgirl.

4:20 pm

MPittore

69 left trying not to list

4:21 pm

buffgirl71

Hi mo, MPitt

4:21 pm

mo

hi MPittore.

4:21 pm

MPittore

hey buff...brrrr it's cold here

4:21 pm

MPittore

hi mo

4:21 pm

mo

and buff too.

4:23 pm

mo

I assume you have both finished!

4:23 pm

MPittore

mo I live your icon sooo cute

4:24 pm

MPittore

I meant to type love

4:24 pm

mo

MP ... it is isnt it ... looks so much like my cat of 10 years ago ..... still miss her.

4:25 pm

MPittore

no mo just putzing around for a few minutes got 30 and 69 left...but I have to fix some dinner for us pretty soon...

4:26 pm

mo

I will help if I can before you have to dash off!

4:26 pm

MPittore

mo...when animals come into our hearts they never leave...I had a wonderful Sheltie "Annie" and I know

4:26 pm

buffgirl71

Cold here, too. Minus something last night...all the way up to 14 degrees now. AND I have no hot water... Ah, the joys of winter. It DOES look beautiful outside - but glad I'm in looking out.

4:26 pm

mo

I agree MP.

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

I had a winter like that in DC buff

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

woke up each morning to the sound of people chipping the ice off their fronts steps with a hammer

4:27 pm

MPittore

wow buff I should not complain...it's all the way down to 66 in my house...

4:27 pm

mo

why no hot water buff?

4:29 pm

Rosiemac

hi all

4:29 pm

mo

hi Rosie.

4:29 pm

buffgirl71

Well, just to complicate matters, I'm rebuilding my garage - which is where the hot water heater is - and right now it's basically just demolished with a bit of framing. We insulated the HWH, but apparently not well enough! Glad I'm not going anywhere tonight - I do need a shower! :o)

4:29 pm

mo

hope you are keeping warm.

4:30 pm

buffgirl71

Furnace working great!!

4:31 pm

mo

enjoy your shower!!

4:33 pm

mo

I feel so guiltybeing warm and snug.

4:35 pm

mo

anyone need any clues before I leave?

4:37 pm

Brookie

hi everyone!

4:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I actually had fireworks earlier today, but thought I'd stop in and see if anyone needs any clues or anything

4:37 pm

mo

hi Brookie.

4:37 pm

jmcnrick

hi rosie

4:37 pm

jmcnrick

hi brookie

4:37 pm

mo

and Kaplan.

4:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hi all- so need any clues?

4:37 pm

Brookie

belated congrats and hello to kaplan, hi to jmc and mo

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

hi kap

4:38 pm

Team_Edward

i word in top right corner?

4:38 pm

Brookie

in + correct written work + vowel

4:38 pm

jmcnrick

in+review article for errors+vowel

4:38 pm

Kaplan the Magne

what point value?

4:38 pm

Brookie

clue for the 2 "n" words on the top row?

4:39 pm

Brookie

7 letters, 32 points

4:39 pm

jmcnrick

in7/32

4:39 pm

jmcnrick

na5/12=water nymph

4:39 pm

mo

na5 and 6 ...water nymph(s)

4:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

2 n words- a lot of vowels alternate spelling of water nymph

4:40 pm

Kaplan the Magne

JM is faster than I am on the clues

4:40 pm

Brookie

i'll work on it, thanks!

4:40 pm

buffgirl71

na + pronoun + what you put in the newspaper when you want to sell something

4:40 pm

JBV

hi again! here to share the secret of a happy life - work half a day! I did that today - it was great! stayed home til 12:00, worked til 4:00, feel like a human being -

4:41 pm

Brookie

thanks for all the clues - got it!

4:41 pm

jmcnrick

hi jbv -- that sounds like good adice if you can afford it! lol

4:41 pm

Brookie

hi jbv

4:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I can't afford it but I do the same

4:41 pm

mo

hi JBV.

4:41 pm

JBV

well I called in sick for a half-day - i really was sick (of getting up at 6:00 a.m.) :)

4:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Today was a gross cold rainy new england day Ugh.

4:43 pm

mo

I really must go now .... good luck everyone.

4:43 pm

Brookie

bye mo!

4:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I look at some of the words I filled in on my lickety and I have no idea what most of them are

4:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Is this helping my braincells stay in shape, or killing them off?

4:45 pm

Brookie

Killing them slowly

4:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My cat makes horrible smells when he passes gas- ewwww.

4:46 pm

Brookie

Don't we all

4:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I know, thank me for sharing

4:46 pm

Brookie

:-)

4:46 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Cats are worse.

4:47 pm

Brookie

I'll make a point to smell it sometime.

4:47 pm

MPittore

ewww TMI, TMI, TMI....

4:47 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Take my word for it. This poor guy is over 16 years old.

4:48 pm

Kaplan the Magne

anyway-- need any clues?

4:49 pm

MPittore

*whistling while I work and making cookies forthe PB gonna need them soon I believe*

4:49 pm

Brookie

definitely need clues...give me a moment as I check the list, if you don't mind.

4:49 pm

MPittore

*fluffing up foil hats*

4:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Really should get ready for dinner. I am incredibly lazy after dark. I just hibernate.

4:50 pm

Brookie

the 2 ts5 words?

4:50 pm

MPittore

hey Stid, if you are out there you are in here LOL

4:50 pm

Brookie

(if it's not too late to ask)

4:51 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Ah, Hebrew for righteous man. But that's obscure. Let me see how to clue this...

4:51 pm

Brookie

i just got the one that ends in the drink lemon***. but i don't have the other one yet.

4:51 pm

Kaplan the Magne

One is like the Marquis de Ts***

4:52 pm

buffgirl71

ts + summer drink lemon***

4:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Just change the last letter

4:52 pm

Brookie

thanks for the clues! got it!

4:52 pm

Brookie

don't mean to keep you from dinner, kaplan. thanks so much.

4:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

:) glad to help

4:52 pm

buffgirl71

Words you use every day, right Brookie?

4:53 pm

Brookie

oh, totally, buffgirl. in fact, my two-year-old uses such words regularly.

4:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

In a sentence- "He is a righteous man, a real ts***. Now you can use it.

4:54 pm

Brookie

you're right, kaplan!

4:54 pm

Kaplan the Magne

"dinner will be takeout. I am extremely lazy. I was supposed to go out tonight but you couldn't drag me out there.

4:55 pm

stidmama

*wanders in and looks around...* taking a study break before I go home to study more. 15 words left!

4:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The reason I start all my chats with a " is that's what you have to do to chat on wordsplay Old habits die hard.

4:56 pm

Brookie

hi stid!

4:56 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I'm here to clue.

4:56 pm

ylleria

can someone clue me the st7 and st 8, please?

4:56 pm

Brookie

what takeout cuisine will you do, kaplan?

4:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

We are doing burritos. tonight. usually it's Thai. These are the nights when I cook

4:57 pm

buffgirl71

st 8/50 sew a ****c* + not she, but **

4:57 pm

Brookie

st + can't live w***out chocolate + vowel + past tense... that's the 8/50

4:57 pm

stidmama

st 8 is s + "boob" + "got gone" (shakespearean for went away)

4:57 pm

stidmama

or what buffgirl wrote...

4:57 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The st's were nasty and hard to clue.

4:57 pm

Flask1

clue for in7 please??

4:58 pm

buffgirl71

st 7/32: st + the hen l**d an egg + article

4:58 pm

Brookie

thanks for the st7, i didn't have that one!

4:58 pm

zoozzoom

in7 in+ed4+letter

4:58 pm

Kaplan the Magne

St and sound alike for what you have done when you have had your dinner- and male pronoun

4:58 pm

Brookie

in + correct written work + vowel

4:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Cluing is an art, isn't it?

4:59 pm

ylleria

thanks, all, don't think I'd have got those without help :)

5:00 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Those were the toughest words in the grid

5:00 pm

ylleria

in 6/21?

5:00 pm

godthaab

How many words today?

5:00 pm

godthaab

inde

5:00 pm

godthaab

Sorry

5:00 pm

Team_Edward

99

5:00 pm

godthaab

Thanks.

5:00 pm

stidmama

hello godthaab!

5:00 pm

buffgirl71

in 6/21: not outdoors, but in****

5:01 pm

Team_Edward

yvw

5:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

in621 is a common word- where we all want to be on a rainy day like this

5:01 pm

godthaab

Hello!

5:01 pm

Kaplan the Magne

We can have a whole other game on who can get the clues out the fastest!

5:02 pm

ylleria

tx kaplan/buffgirl

5:02 pm

Flask1

is there another clue for in7 please??

5:02 pm

zoozzoom

I would lose evrytime..lol, my typing is rather slow.

5:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

glad to help. I remember how lost I was when I started playing this a few weeks ago

5:03 pm

Michnick

I only have 22 left but I don't have any of the n's. It is almost bedtime - can anyone clue them.

5:03 pm

stidmama

firewords!!!!

5:03 pm

Brookie

yeah, stid!

5:03 pm

zoozzoom

WTG Stid

5:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Brookie at 4:58 on the in7.

5:03 pm

stidmama

na 5/6 : water nymph and plural

5:03 pm

Brookie

ni + spanish for "yes"

5:03 pm

Michnick

in7 - in+ed 4/5 + vowel

5:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Congrats stid

5:03 pm

Flask1

well done Stid!

5:04 pm

stidmama

na + first *** (anagram) that is

5:04 pm

stidmama

thanks all!

5:04 pm

Brookie

7 left and 6 of them are "s" words... gotta check which ones i'm missing...

5:05 pm

Flask1

thanx....got it!

5:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I can't believe I am hanging out here even when I am done playing- I have no life, it seems

5:05 pm

Michnick

THanks got the 2 nymphs. - - - and the 3rd. TY Stid & Brook

5:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The s's are tough- what do you need

5:05 pm

Michnick

Aww, Kaplan, it's ok - - - this is your life!!!

5:06 pm

Brookie

sh7 clue?

5:06 pm

Kaplan the Magne

:) Tell that to the family

5:06 pm

Brookie

nm got it!

5:06 pm

Michnick

I need that one too, Brook.

5:06 pm

Brookie

you can't understand unless you're a babbler, kaplan

5:06 pm

zoozzoom

Kaplan, i finished 9 hours ago, yet i still pop in from time to time..lol

5:06 pm

Kaplan the Magne

sh7 is a big party. Or a part of your leg and something you do with a shovel

5:06 pm

stidmama

okay, I am going to head out and let Mother have her peace and quiet... I need to get home and fix supper and do more homework. *sigh* I am ready for the last day of classes on friday!

5:07 pm

Brookie

sh -- a part of your leg plus what you do with a shovel

5:07 pm

Michnick

I got it too, just found it - I am laughing!!

5:07 pm

buffgirl71

It was an old musical show on TV - but you're probably not old enough to remember! The front of your lower leg + create a hole

5:07 pm

stidmama

(((hugs all))) see you-all soon! *poof*

5:07 pm

Brookie

or, exactly what kaplan said

5:07 pm

Brookie

bye, stid

5:07 pm

Michnick

Makes me think of gidget.

5:07 pm

jmcnrick

and exactly what is the problem with babbleland being your life?

5:07 pm

Michnick

Oh, am I showing my age. Does anyone remember Gidget??

5:07 pm

jmcnrick

It is at least as good (if not better) than Second Life

5:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Michnick are you Israeli or what?

5:08 pm

jmcnrick

I remember Gidget

5:08 pm

buffgirl71

For sure!

5:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Second life and Farmleand I won't go near for fear of being sucked in

5:08 pm

Michnick

I think I am what. I grew up in the States, but I have been living in Israel since 1985

5:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I choose my addictions

5:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Where in Israel?

5:09 pm

Michnick

Jerusalem, where do you live

5:09 pm

jmcnrick

right kap we allll choose our additions! lol

5:09 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Massachusetts. My in-laws live in your neck of the woods.

5:10 pm

Michnick

Where in Jerusalem do they live?

5:10 pm

JBV

oh my dear lord - what kind of world are we living in? here's what I just overheard on the evening news: 2 female teachers caught naked in a hs classroom during the school day while students were at an assembly

5:11 pm

Michnick

How stupid can you get???

5:11 pm

JBV

there are 2 year olds who have more self-control

5:11 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Actually, they live closer to Tel Aviv- but stop the presses- JBV has some really important news!

5:11 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Were they dancing?

5:11 pm

harpjane

what? nekkid people in Jerusalem?

5:11 pm

JBV

heard in on channel 4 - a new york city hs

5:12 pm

Michnick

No, there are no nekkid people in Jerusalem, we never take off our clothes.

5:12 pm

JBV

sorry to confuse these two threads - I just had to react

5:12 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Must have been the High School of Performing Arts

5:12 pm

Michnick

Or Striptease High

5:13 pm

Kaplan the Magne

It was too cold today to be naked in a classroom.

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

maybe they were just swapping dresses

5:13 pm

JBV

not for these two, kap

5:13 pm

JBV

ok, jmc, you're officially hired as their attorney

5:13 pm

MPittore

I think it was an anatomy class

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

is it hot in here or is it just me?

5:14 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Life drawing? No big deal!

5:14 pm

MPittore

muey caliente jmc

5:14 pm

jmcnrick

lol jbv I always try to think of an alternate explanation to alternate behavior

5:14 pm

JBV

I think I forgot to mention they were caught in the act - the tv did not specifically mention the act

5:15 pm

Michnick

They must have been swimming teachers changing into their bathing suits when a big monster came and stole their clothing....happens all the time.

5:15 pm

MPittore

oh then it was acting class, hmmmm

5:15 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Maybe they were both having one of those dreams where they woke up in a public place with no clothes on---and it actually happened

5:15 pm

jmcnrick

*Little Foxes Act 1*

5:15 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Folie a deux

5:15 pm

MPittore

ROFL jmc

5:15 pm

Michnick

OH Kaplan, you win - I am hysterical

5:15 pm

Kaplan the Magne

:)

5:16 pm

jmcnrick

very clever kap!

5:16 pm

JBV

you certainly have a lot of good excuses at hand, kap, :)

5:16 pm

Kaplan the Magne

We sure got a lot of mileage out of that one

5:16 pm

MPittore

*getting serious, adjusting foil hat*

5:17 pm

jmcnrick

want a feather for your foil hat MP?

5:17 pm

MPittore

Yes Kap it was over the river and through the woods I believe LOL

5:17 pm

JBV

kap is really a teenager - they are the best at coming up with explanations

5:17 pm

Kaplan the Magne

You can use any of those excuses next time you are naked in a classroom

5:18 pm

MPittore

oh yes, jhm, how kind, I think I could pick up LA if I had a feather in my foil cap!

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

red or blue feather?

5:18 pm

JBV

thanks, i'll file them away

5:18 pm

welki

howdy, folks!

5:18 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Teenager- how kind!

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

hi welki

5:18 pm

MPittore

oh better take red...closer to pink

5:19 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm maybe I can find a pink one -- let me look in my trunk

5:19 pm

Team_Edward

st 7,32 plz

5:19 pm

Kaplan the Magne

what is this foil hat biz?

5:19 pm

MPittore

welki...how goes the fishing today?

5:20 pm

Kaplan the Magne

How do I get a flag on my icon anyway?

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

do you want one too kap? it helps you obtain words and wards off evil thoughts of other babblers

5:20 pm

MPittore

welki look at the strange fish in my sea (icon)

5:20 pm

Brookie

st + vowel + can't live w***out chocolate + vowel

5:20 pm

buffgirl71

st 7/32: st + hen l**d an egg + article

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

go to your account and enter the country you live in then hit upload Kap

5:20 pm

Michnick

I just googled the story. You didn't say it happened in Brooklyn - that explains everything!

5:20 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh is that how you do it?

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

yep and if you put your sex in you get a pink, blue or grey person

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

someone clue something new -- that word has been clued a million times

5:21 pm

welki

mpittore .. fishing would be great if i was somewhere fishing. there's enough ice on some of the lakes now

5:21 pm

Michnick

Which sex does the gray person represent?

5:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

my country tis of thee..did it work?

5:22 pm

wildcat17

something starting with a G ...

5:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

No it didn't.

5:22 pm

Michnick

Nope

5:22 pm

jmcnrick

did you click the update button at the bottom? I often miss that

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

hi wild

5:23 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I did-

5:23 pm

welki

i can see a grey person and a US flag near kaplan's icon .. hit refresh

5:24 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I really don't talk about sex with people I don't know well

5:24 pm

jmcnrick

yea kap it worked

5:24 pm

welki

mp .. cowfish. very rare, but tasty.

5:24 pm

Jellen

Hello, all...

5:24 pm

jmcnrick

it is entirely your choice kap

5:24 pm

welki

oh you will, kaplan ... it's just another babblething

5:24 pm

Kaplan the Magne

But it's not easy being gray.

5:24 pm

JBV

yes, mich - a big brooklyn hs - very sad for the people who work there, families who send their kids their. etc.

5:24 pm

welki

which brooklyn hs?

5:25 pm

JBV

james madison

5:25 pm

welki

my mother went to erasmus

5:25 pm

jmcnrick

well I am guessing you are tough enough to be grey or green or pink or blue kap

5:25 pm

JBV

it's really too bad the school name will suffer - but then, it does make you wonder about security at the school

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

okay I am going home since my drink date has stood me up

5:26 pm

MPittore

welki, LOL and they come with four glasses of milk too!

5:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

If I were tough do you think Id be playing wordgames on the computer

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

(why would the security be checking up on two teachers?)

5:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Gotta go..

5:26 pm

jmcnrick

I am told I am tough and I play word games on teh computer

5:27 pm

jmcnrick

bye all! *poof*

5:27 pm

Jellen

bye, jmc

5:27 pm

JBV

actually, someone saw them, so I don't know if they were in a locked room, but classrooms are supposed to have windows on the doors so you can see in

5:27 pm

Michnick

I don't think they were checking up, the report I heard said it was evening (after school hours) and the janitor just walked in on them. The school does have a good reputation.

5:28 pm

welki

feh. it's not right, but it happens all over.

5:28 pm

Jellen

Bye, Kap

5:29 pm

Jellen

di 5/14 (either), please?

5:29 pm

Michnick

Can someone clue the in 5/12?

5:30 pm

buffgirl71

di 5/14 today I do, yesterday I *** + t** your shoelace; di 5/14 same 3 beginning letters + I live in the **ate of Colo

5:30 pm

buffgirl71

in 5/12: in + an eating plan is a ***t

5:30 pm

Jellen

Thanks, buffgirl!

5:30 pm

Jellen

in + to expire

5:30 pm

buffgirl71

YW, Jellen

5:31 pm

Michnick

TY FOund it

5:31 pm

Brookie

sa5, the last one?

5:31 pm

Jellen

fireworks!

5:32 pm

Brookie

yeah jellen!

5:32 pm

wildcat17

woohoo jellen!

5:32 pm

Jellen

sa + sometimes vowed + **entification card

5:32 pm

buffgirl71

sa + Jews speak ***dish

5:32 pm

Jellen

er, vowel...

5:32 pm

Brookie

thanks jellen and buffgirl, got it!

5:33 pm

wildcat17

help for bottom G please

5:34 pm

Jellen

ga4= rhymes with garden door

5:34 pm

Michnick

I need the sa 5-6, I assume it is a word & its pl

5:34 pm

JBV

ga + past tense of do

5:34 pm

JBV

and plural

5:34 pm

JBV

sa 5/12 - biblical verb

5:34 pm

JBV

not plural, the 6 ends in a vowel

5:35 pm

Jellen

sa + h***er and yon + vowel

5:35 pm

Michnick

thanks JBV, got it. 10 left!

5:35 pm

Brookie

thanks so much everyone for your clues! fireworks!

5:35 pm

Jellen

Yay, Brookie!!!

5:36 pm

JBV

mich, I have 6 to go - we can do this!

5:36 pm

Jellen

Go, JBV! Go, Mich!

5:37 pm

Michnick

Yeah - ok, What is the st 7?

5:37 pm

Brookie

you can do it, mich and jbv!

5:37 pm

Brookie

st + vowel + can't live w***out chocolate + vowel

5:37 pm

wildcat17

tyvm

5:37 pm

jmitch

the second di 5/14 ?

5:37 pm

JBV

i need an A from the 2nd row - I have ad 4, 5, ai 4, 4, 4, as 6

5:38 pm

Jellen

st + first **d + definite article

5:38 pm

JBV

archaic past tense verb,jmitch

5:38 pm

Brookie

jbv, remember to plural the ad4

5:38 pm

kanet77

hey, folks! first time here. how do you know the length of unfound words?

5:38 pm

Jellen

di5= Biblical verb

5:38 pm

Michnick

Thanks Jell!

5:38 pm

MPittore

wi5/20

5:38 pm

buffgirl71

an + w**h your clothes

5:38 pm

wildcat17

so now need 2 T's from middle T

5:39 pm

JBV

thanks, the an is from the top A

5:39 pm

Jellen

Gotta run...happy babbling, all!

5:39 pm

Brookie

gotta go now and put baby to bed. happy babbling everyone!

5:39 pm

JBV

are there more than two ad's?

5:39 pm

wildcat17

no

5:39 pm

JBV

ok, thanks wildcat

5:39 pm

wildcat17

yw

5:40 pm

origami

jbv - are you looking for the as5?

5:40 pm

buffgirl71

sorry, JBV. a + not front or back, but ****

5:40 pm

JBV

kanet the people who are asking for clues by letters and numbers are looking at the clue list (click on lickety's clues below the grid)

5:40 pm

JBV

ah, that's it - thanks origami and buffgirl

5:41 pm

kanet77

thanks jbv!

5:41 pm

JBV

i haven't looked at Lickety's list today - just picking up a lot of clues from the chat

5:42 pm

Michnick

s's finished - 5 t's left

5:43 pm

kanet77

yeah, i've gotten a few from the clues in the chat.

5:44 pm

Michnick

Can anyone clue the 2 th's?

5:44 pm

Michnick

No, Ihave one, I need the th 5

5:44 pm

buffgirl71

th 5/12: common article + opposite of out; th 4/5 skip one of the vowels

5:44 pm

origami

t+female chicken

5:45 pm

Michnick

thanks buff

5:45 pm

buffgirl71

YW

5:46 pm

Michnick

one left./.

5:46 pm

welki

*drum roll for mich*

5:47 pm

Michnick

Whoo Hoo I got it!! Thank you all for clueing me on!

5:47 pm

JBV

congrats, mich! -

5:47 pm

welki

well done, mich!!

5:47 pm

Michnick

I'll stick around for a few to clue, and then off to bed (finally)

5:48 pm

welki

i have one left now :)

5:48 pm

jmitch

t/y JBV and Jellen.....was distracted by work!

5:49 pm

welki

got it

5:49 pm

Michnick

Way to go welki!

5:50 pm

welki

thanks :)

5:52 pm

JBV

oh! just found the ts's! - 3 more....

5:53 pm

Michnick

OK< Good night all!

5:53 pm

welki

laila tov, mich

5:53 pm

JBV

bye mich

5:53 pm

welki

gonna scoot, too ... bye everyone

5:53 pm

buffgirl71

Good night, Mich. what time is it in Israel?

5:57 pm

MPittore

bye welki...I was out in my own little world playing with my monkey LOL

5:57 pm

Michnick

Yikes, it's 2:00 AM, I turned into a pumpkin a long time ago.

5:58 pm

Michnick

Laila tov, or really Boker Tov

5:58 pm

MPittore

often happens on babble mich!

6:27 pm

Team_Edward

da5?

6:28 pm

MPittore

da5 = one of the reindeer d*** + third vowel

6:28 pm

Pinikula

Hello...

6:29 pm

Pinikula

Anyone here a plumber???

6:29 pm

MPittore

I should have said d***er + third vowel

6:29 pm

MPittore

Hi pini.... my merman is an electrician...

6:30 pm

Pinikula

I went to the DR today and then to work for a few hours; good thing I came home early - to a friggin' broken pipe!!! UGH!

6:30 pm

MPittore

oh I am sorry have had that happen not good

6:31 pm

Pinikula

thankfully it's outside and I've turned off the main line from the street (until my "plumber" friend can come take a look :(

6:33 pm

MPittore

TE did you get my crazy clue?

6:33 pm

Team_Edward

finally got that da5 thx

6:33 pm

Pinikula

(I got it!)

6:34 pm

MPittore

I have a touch of ADD so sometimes my clues are interesting LOL

6:34 pm

Pinikula

no worries...they still work, MPitt!

6:35 pm

MPittore

thats what I always say...if you get to the same conclusion who cares how you got there...it helps to think like that!

6:35 pm

Pinikula

works for me, MPitt!

6:35 pm

MPittore

only 13 left....fun grid today

6:36 pm

Pinikula

I'm just going through my first blush...couldn't stay for flip last night...

6:36 pm

Pinikula

30/69 so far...and still going (I think)

6:38 pm

JBV

hi again - i'm back for my very last word - i'm trying to do it without the list today

6:38 pm

Pinikula

hi jbv

6:44 pm

mkg

hi all. back to finish. 48 words.

6:44 pm

mkg

oopps must go to grocery store first. so will do some and then more later.

6:45 pm

Team_Edward

th5,12?

6:46 pm

Pinikula

nothing here, Team E

6:47 pm

Team_Edward

ti6,24

6:47 pm

brandyjack

th+Einst***

6:47 pm

Pinikula

nope...no 6's here

6:47 pm

Pinikula

thx BJ!

6:47 pm

brandyjack

churches 10% past tense

6:49 pm

mkg

as 6 clue please?

6:50 pm

brandyjack

appl
ying residue of burning?

6:51 pm

brandyjack

never seen that as a verb before....

6:51 pm

brandyjack

like the da7 without the 'd'......

6:51 pm

mkg

is that a clue brandy?

6:52 pm

brandyjack

not a very good one i agree......

6:52 pm

mkg

got it ty.

6:52 pm

mkg

ty it was perfect.

6:53 pm

brandyjack

oh, and i just got the de8 and it seems to reverse the process.....

6:54 pm

mkg

di 5 14 first one plZ

6:55 pm

mkg

YUP.

6:55 pm

Team_Edward

di5 14 babys underwear

6:56 pm

mkg

huh? diapers? not in grid.........confused.

6:57 pm

Team_Edward

di+ to lose weight go on a ***t

6:59 pm

mkg

ty. is that diapers? hummmm

6:59 pm

Team_Edward

short for, i guess

6:59 pm

mkg

oh my it is a diaper. wow.

7:00 pm

MPittore

mkg...it was a funny pronouncation but try this di + to pass away

7:00 pm

mkg

got it now. ty mpitt

7:00 pm

mkg

need in 5 12 first one please.

7:01 pm

MPittore

try in + to pass away

7:01 pm

Team_Edward

me too

7:02 pm

disneyjessi

how many words today plz?

7:02 pm

Pinikula

99

7:02 pm

MPittore

99

7:02 pm

disneyjessi

ty both!

7:02 pm

mkg

got it. ty

7:02 pm

MPittore

yw

7:03 pm

Pinikula

;)

7:03 pm

mkg

in 7 please?

7:04 pm

Pinikula

the only 7 I have is DA

7:04 pm

MPittore

in + to search a written paper for corrections + first vowel

7:04 pm

Pinikula

excellent clue, MPitt

7:05 pm

MPittore

*<;o)

7:05 pm

Team_Edward

ti6,24?

7:05 pm

mkg

proof read mpittore? or look for the corrections that were made in past?

7:06 pm

mkg

past of the ti 5 before it. what you give to charity

7:06 pm

MPittore

ti6/24 = what they call a 10% pledge to a church (use present and past tense for two clues)

7:06 pm

brandyjack

churches 10%

7:06 pm

disneyjessi

ti 5/12 past tense

7:07 pm

Pinikula

hmmmm...

7:07 pm

Pinikula

oh, *lightbulb*

7:07 pm

mkg

gee in judiasm it is for charity, not church. sorry. bad clue.

7:07 pm

Pinikula

thx ;)

7:07 pm

MPittore

*must have a foil hat on*

7:08 pm

mkg

still didnt get the in 7. any other clues?

7:08 pm

brandyjack

charity is an amount you choose, not what is dictated by some joker in a white felt hat.....

7:09 pm

rururocks

amen to that brandy jack

7:09 pm

MPittore

in + if you reread someones writing to find errors and to correct it + the first vowel

7:09 pm

Marc Freeman

while we are on the in's could I get a clue for in6/21, please

7:09 pm

brandyjack

only word I can think of is proof and none of it's letters are in the grid at all....

7:10 pm

MPittore

Hipp Hip hooray it's ruru

7:10 pm

Pinikula

Marc...opp of outdoors

7:10 pm

rururocks

not outside marc

7:10 pm

disneyjessi

lol ruru!

7:10 pm

MPittore

in6/21 = if it is cold and nasty out**** you had better stay in****

7:10 pm

Pinikula

the proofreader is known to **** (**ward Kennedy + you can do **)

7:10 pm

mkg

10 left. any clues for in 7?????pretty please?

7:11 pm

Marc Freeman

got it, thanks but I am struggling with the first in5/12

7:11 pm

Marc Freeman

ideas

7:11 pm

Minveryork

An in 7/32 word is in plus ed 4/5 word plus vowel mkg

7:11 pm

rururocks

like a independant film co marc

7:11 pm

Marc Freeman

oops, sorry

7:12 pm

rururocks

or record label

7:12 pm

mkg

got it. ty.

7:12 pm

Minveryork

in 5/12 is the kind of movie IFC shows Marc Freeman

7:12 pm

Pinikula

ruru...Little D is soooo cute!!!

7:12 pm

Marc Freeman

duh got it, thanks

7:12 pm

rururocks

thanks.. he is isn't he?

7:12 pm

Marc Freeman

nash

7:12 pm

Team_Edward

still stuck on curch 10% one

7:12 pm

Pinikula

nash

7:13 pm

Pinikula

oh, great...I'll follow Marc to the PB

7:13 pm

MPittore

nothing better than soft puppy ears

7:13 pm

Pinikula

church pittence = ti + *** end

7:13 pm

rururocks

except nash isn't a word

7:13 pm

rururocks

gnash is

7:13 pm

Marc Freeman

sorry starts with breast, ZTeam

7:13 pm

mkg

na 5 please?

7:13 pm

Pinikula

(sigh of relief)

7:13 pm

buffgirl71

ti 5/12, Team is ti + common article (not a or an but ***)

7:14 pm

rururocks

breast?

7:14 pm

buffgirl71

na 5/12: na + pronoun + to sell something, you put an ** in the newspaper

7:14 pm

rururocks

*perk*

7:14 pm

MPittore

need ti6/18 and ti4/4

7:14 pm

Minveryork

na5/12 is a a female swimmer, esp. an expert one or a freshwater mussel mkg.

7:14 pm

mkg

ty. got it.

7:14 pm

MPittore

ru not tata

7:14 pm

mkg

5 left.

7:15 pm

mkg

sh 7?

7:15 pm

Minveryork

Go mkg go!

7:15 pm

buffgirl71

ti 6/18 is ti + spanish for aunt + *ancy Drew

7:15 pm

rururocks

a big party mkg

7:15 pm

MPittore

go mkg 6 left here

7:15 pm

Marc Freeman

na7/21

7:15 pm

Minveryork

sh7/44 is sh4/5 plus *** in the sand with a shovel mkg

7:15 pm

Marc Freeman

sorry I meant na6/21

7:15 pm

rururocks

no na 7 marc

7:15 pm

mkg

there is no na 7.

7:15 pm

buffgirl71

ti 4/4: slang for boob

7:16 pm

rururocks

it is a plural of the 5 before it

7:16 pm

mkg

plural of the na 5 just clued.

7:16 pm

buffgirl71

na 6/21 is plural of na 5/12

7:16 pm

mkg

ti 6 18?

7:16 pm

MPittore

oops the last ti 4/4

7:16 pm

rururocks

I thought slang for boob was president bush?

7:16 pm

buffgirl71

plural of another slang for boobs

7:17 pm

MPittore

LOL ru

7:17 pm

rururocks

president bushes?

7:17 pm

Team_Edward

ti 6 18

7:17 pm

Minveryork

ti 6/18: Clash of the Ti***s, add a vowel after second cross letter mkg.

7:17 pm

nrkii

ti 6 18 is name of artist, or red hair color

7:17 pm

buffgirl71

there's another boob in the White House - it must go with the office...

7:17 pm

nrkii

reddish-blond hair color

7:17 pm

Minveryork

ti 6/18 is also a brownish orange color Team_Edward

7:18 pm

nrkii

Nancy Drew had ti**** hair

7:18 pm

mkg

dont see titan in grid. confused again.

7:18 pm

rururocks

could be the whole damn city buffgirl

7:18 pm

nrkii

first two letters for the 8's please?

7:18 pm

mkg

which 8 nrkii

7:19 pm

nrkii

mkg, you're missing a letter

7:19 pm

disneyjessi

de 8

7:19 pm

rururocks

st abd de

7:19 pm

rururocks

st and de nrkii

7:19 pm

nrkii

thanks ruru

7:19 pm

mkg

de and st.

7:19 pm

Pinikula

oooh, got the de! :)

7:19 pm

mkg

sh 7???????

7:19 pm

Pinikula

looking for the other

7:19 pm

buffgirl71

I totally agree, ruru! :o)

7:19 pm

mkg

ty. like the painter. got it now.

7:20 pm

Minveryork

sh7/44 is sh4/5 plus *** in the sand with a shovel mkg

7:20 pm

rururocks

sh7 is a big party mkg

7:20 pm

mkg

ty.

7:20 pm

mkg

got it.

7:20 pm

mkg

and last one........

7:20 pm

Minveryork

yw

7:20 pm

nrkii

yes mkg, sorry, I said artist not painter

7:20 pm

mkg

got all now. ty cluers! off to grocery store.

7:21 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations mkg on your fireworks! Good for you

7:21 pm

mkg

min why all black in square tonight??????

7:21 pm

Pinikula

wtg mkg - happy shopping

7:21 pm

mkg

good luck piini and everyone else. not too bad a grid.

7:22 pm

Minveryork

Today's icon theme is black and white.If you click on the icon you will see what it is supposed to be. Don't know why it is all black in chog. I'm very disappointed

7:22 pm

Marc Freeman

sa6/21, please?

7:22 pm

nrkii

sa5/12 + vowel, Marc

7:23 pm

buffgirl71

sa 6/21: sa + pronoun + common article (not a or an but ***)

7:23 pm

rururocks

you must not have sold enough seats for the game minver

7:23 pm

MPittore

last si4/5, last st5/12

7:24 pm

rururocks

s + all in knots

7:24 pm

rururocks

is the st 5

7:24 pm

Marc Freeman

sa5/16, please?

7:24 pm

Minveryork

Maybe icon wanted to match the blackout that I had earlier. Was so scared I woudn't get the power back.

7:24 pm

rururocks

si 4 is to err in church + a consonant

7:24 pm

nrkii

sa5 16 = Oh sa* can you see + not ego or superego

7:25 pm

Marc Freeman

stig

7:25 pm

rururocks

lol

7:25 pm

rururocks

keep that up Marc and we are sending you back to the minors...

7:26 pm

rururocks

lol

7:26 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks got it

7:27 pm

Marc Freeman

stid

7:27 pm

rururocks

LOLOL

7:27 pm

MPittore

last two first in 4/4 and in 6/18

7:27 pm

nrkii

in 6 18 = crazy

7:28 pm

rururocks

I used to do that all the time..

7:28 pm

nrkii

first in4/4 = hotels

7:28 pm

MPittore

I think stidmamma is sending us a message in the grid....she can do that you know. LOL

7:28 pm

Minveryork

in 4/4 word is not hotels or motels, but in** Mpittore.

7:29 pm

Minveryork

That in 6/18 word means crazy MPittore.

7:29 pm

MPittore

oops in 4/4 those fish get ya every time

7:29 pm

crosshair

howdy babble buddies,late getting here today and just finished a 5 1/2 hr drive from up north

7:29 pm

rururocks

hey crossie..

7:29 pm

nrkii

hiya crossy

7:29 pm

MPittore

fireworks...yipeee!

7:29 pm

nrkii

wtg mpittore!

7:29 pm

MPittore

hey crossy!

7:29 pm

Minveryork

Hi crosshair! How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

7:30 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations MPittore on fireworks! Good for you

7:31 pm

MPittore

Hey nrkii...got a question is Captain Katz's still off 295??? Best oyster stew!!!

7:31 pm

nrkii

sorry MPittore... haven't heard of it

7:31 pm

nrkii

but I don't live that close to 295, and my travels don't take me that way very often

7:33 pm

MPittore

We are going up to Killington, VT in Jan and wanted to catch his "owwystir" stew (the way some Marylanders pronounce it)!

7:35 pm

MPittore

does anyone have the new theme?

7:36 pm

nrkii

looks like there is a Cap'n Cats in West Deptford, NJ

7:37 pm

jillibus

MPitt -- today's theme was Black and White. The next one is Stars. To see Sprite's list of themes, go to Http://tinyurl.com/6z7unz

7:37 pm

nrkii

oops, gotta run

7:37 pm

nrkii

night all!

7:37 pm

jillibus

Hi all, and bye nrkii!

7:40 pm

MPittore

thanks Jilli...hope this finds you well...thanks nrkii I think that must be it! going to find an icon...brb

7:43 pm

Marc Freeman

st7/32, please?

7:47 pm

MPittore

ok got a black and white icon...very interesting one...or is it two?

7:47 pm

Jacula

Marc - if you have sa6.21, add a letter to make it st7/32.

7:47 pm

MPittore

hi jacula!

7:47 pm

Jacula

Hi jilli. I'm not 'icon modern' at the moment. LOL.

7:47 pm

Jacula

Hi MP.

7:48 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks got it

7:48 pm

Jacula

y/w Marc.

7:48 pm

MPittore

love these small grids gives me time to get some sleep

7:49 pm

Marc Freeman

wen

7:49 pm

Marc Freeman

sorry

7:49 pm

Marc Freeman

the last st5/12, please

7:50 pm

MPittore

well...I'm off to do a little housework...dusting off the tv remote LOL

7:50 pm

Jacula

Jilli - I used to love opart. The first time I ever remember seeing the word and learning about it was in the 60s when my Sindy doll had an Opart outfit and then I got shiny patent leather boots and a bag in that style.

7:51 pm

Scrabbler

Hello kids. I have been checking the weather forecast--we are supposed to have 2-3 FEET of snow by Saturday! Storm will hit at 2 AM tonight.

7:51 pm

Jacula

Marc - what the farmer did with the pigs when he put them into their home?

7:51 pm

Jacula

'Bye MP. Can you do mine when you've finished yours? LOL

7:51 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks

7:51 pm

Jacula

Hello Scrabbs. That probably means we in UK will get snow in about a fortnight (2 weeks).

7:52 pm

Jacula

y/w Marc.

7:52 pm

Minveryork

Last st 5/12 word is s plus ti 4/5 word Marc Freeman

7:53 pm

Scrabbler

3 nearby school districts already decided to be closed tomorrow

7:53 pm

Marc Freeman

does that relate to the st8?

7:53 pm

Marc Freeman

does that relate to the st8?

7:53 pm

MPittore

jacula here something for you...I collect dolls from the past...http://sindy-dolls.com/...enjoy
...leaving to dust off jacula's remote...so many remote's so little time...*poof*

7:53 pm

Jacula

Hey, maybe we'll have a 'white Christmas'. Cue Bing Crosby song. LOL

7:54 pm

Jacula

MP - Thanks for that site. Mr. Richard Lines has my first Sindy doll in his left hand in the first photo.

7:55 pm

Marc Freeman

mini a st5 and an ti4 makes a st9

7:56 pm

Jacula

st8 is an old word for 'forged' as on an anvil in a smithy.

7:57 pm

MPittore

jacula...tiny ps here....have you ever seen the op art done on sidewalks...it is very amazing...now you have given me another doll to search for they remind me of the madame alexander "cissy" doll or maybe the Jill dolls have several of those...need to look for a sindy! night

7:57 pm

Marc Freeman

sorry mini did not read your message correctly

7:57 pm

Marc Freeman

don't know the word Jac

7:58 pm

Jacula

MP - my original Sindy doll's head eventually fell off - probably as a result of me trying to make her 'snog Paul' her boyfriend. My Dad fixed it with a piece of wooden dowel and she was a bit heavier after that!

7:59 pm

Jacula

Marc - try this for st8: s + t** (bosom) + h4.6 word for 'greeted'.

8:00 pm

Jacula

MP - not seen the pavement/sidewalk Opart, no.

8:01 pm

Scrabbler

Alright, off to bed now. Must get up early to get a head start on the snowy situation.

8:01 pm

Jacula

Sleep well, Scrabbs.x

8:01 pm

Bugsaw

HI everyone. I am not feeling well and it is a lttle grid but is it a stinker? If it is, I would rather not start so please be honest with me!

8:02 pm

buffgirl71

Bugsaw, I'd give it an 8 on a scale of 10

8:02 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Scrabbler! I will see you tomorrow in the log

8:02 pm

Jacula

Hi Bug - hope you haven't got the 'flu bug I'm in day 10 or 11 of! I found the grid easy, but see what others think.

8:02 pm

rururocks

piece o cake

8:03 pm

MPittore

I have saved that site to explore later...will check ebay...love most things from the 60's...here's the pavement site most fascinating..http://users.skynet.be/J.
Beever/pave.htm...going to search for Sindy & Paul on ebay...tossing foil hat in air til tomorrow! *poof*

8:03 pm

Bugsaw

thanks guys. I will give it a go then. No flu, just a long depressing day

8:04 pm

Minveryork

Hello Bugsaw. It was not too hard for me to find first 55 words,then I had to go to the list which helped me

8:04 pm

Jacula

MP - don't forget Sindy's sister Patch and her little pipecleaner dog Ringo.

8:06 pm

jillibus

MPitt -- that pavement art is amazing indeed, but it's not Op Art, which was a school which began around the sixties. My icon is an example, if you click on it and see who made it.

8:07 pm

jillibus

Hi again, people -- I had gone for a bit to find an icon for the next theme -- Stars.

8:07 pm

Jacula

The first thing me and my friend Linda did when we got our Paul dolls for Christmas was to pull their jeans down to see if they had any 'boy bits'. They didn't. Poor Sindys! LOL

8:07 pm

Minveryork

I am VERY disappointed with my icon.It is all black in the chog, but if you click on it, it is black and white.

8:07 pm

Minveryork

Hello jillibus! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

8:07 pm

jillibus

Oh, and MPitt, I LOVE your Black and White!

8:08 pm

crosshair

howdy min and welcome to the grid..your icon is a tad..err..emo

8:08 pm

jillibus

and Min, I LOVE yours too, but agree that it's a pity it's just black here.

8:08 pm

Jacula

Hi Crossy. Sorry I haven't done the bacon muffin recipe for you yet - I've been ill.

8:09 pm

aslindy

hello all

8:09 pm

jillibus

Ill, jac? Flu?

8:09 pm

Jacula

Jilli - yes.

8:09 pm

jillibus

Poor you!

8:09 pm

Jacula

Jo aslindy.

8:09 pm

Jacula

Or even 'hi'.

8:10 pm

Minveryork

Hello aslindy!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

8:10 pm

Team_Edward

i have a question plz

8:10 pm

Jacula

jilli - you've had it, too, I believe. Poor us!

8:10 pm

jillibus

I've had something strange, still coughing but hooray, today it seems better.

8:10 pm

Jacula

Yes, Team?

8:10 pm

jillibus

Ask away, Team

8:11 pm

Team_Edward

i found deni in the lickety's clues but its telling me it wasnt found in the dictionary

8:11 pm

Jacula

de4/5 is a church man but not 'deni'.

8:12 pm

aslindy

a church man?

8:12 pm

Team_Edward

brb

8:12 pm

Jacula

de4/5 is also the head of a college.

8:12 pm

jillibus

deni? In this grid? Did Lickety's list accept it?

8:12 pm

MPittore

jacula you are plucking the strings to my other addiction...thanks jilli...I loved the icon myself so much out there and fun to find...I was just thinking anything that was an optical illusion like his sidewalk art is (guess his is more like 3D) was op art...I will check it out...I had several pictures that resemble the technique yours has so I will learn the difference...clicking heels three times...Hugs and *poof*

8:15 pm

Jacula

To explain Opart and the principle behind it, view the pic at this link: http://tinyurl.com/6fwzvd

8:16 pm

jillibus

It's frustrating when people ask a question or ask for clues and promptly disappear

8:16 pm

Jacula

MP - your 'other addiction'? Curiousity about sex? LOL

8:16 pm

Jacula

jilli - it is.

8:17 pm

Jacula

Jilli - I posted your Christmas card today. I'd be interested to know how long it takes to reach you.

8:17 pm

Bugsaw

I have an up dated icon now. I will begin. . .

8:19 pm

Jacula

BTW, I DIDN'T lick the envelope to seal it but usd a wet sponge and I also asked the man in the Post Office to lend me his sponge pad for putting the stamp on. It was my first time out of the house in 11 days walking. I was exhausted when I got back.

8:21 pm

Jacula

The theme, however is 'black and white' not particularly OpArt. I could post many of my own drawings in which case, but most don't work well when squashed on here.

8:22 pm

jillibus

Thanks, Jac! *hanging head because I'm late*

8:23 pm

jillibus

Bugs -- wonderful icon!

8:23 pm

Bugsaw

thanks jilli. I always loved that picture

8:25 pm

Jacula

Press refresh or F5 to see MY black and white of the day.

8:27 pm

Bugsaw

jac that is amazing! I had no idea you were such a famous person.

8:27 pm

Jacula

LOL Bug.

8:28 pm

Bugsaw

how many covers have you done? It must have been a huge honour

8:28 pm

Jacula

How many covers? Erm, not sure - 30 or so, perhaps.

8:29 pm

Jacula

Plus illuustrating my own stuff and other people's. Years ago now, though.

8:29 pm

Bugsaw

well done. Are you a commercial artist by profession?

8:29 pm

Jacula

No, Bug. A gifted amateur who struck lucky.

8:30 pm

Bugsaw

I did not inherit the talent to create, only to appreciate a good piece

8:30 pm

Bugsaw

you are so lucky to have "struck lucky" so many times.

8:32 pm

Jacula

My Dad taught me all I know, guess it's genetic, Bug. I'm also a published writer and poet. Again, no formal qualifications other than A level English Lang & Lit., just good teacher who encouraged me and good luck to get published from the age of 5.

8:32 pm

JenMO16

hey you all, keeping warm? It is freezing here!

8:33 pm

Jacula

Bug - without people who appreciate stuff, there'd be no point in us creative types creating stuff.

8:34 pm

jillibus

I have to go and get some supper -- glad I want some! I lost 10 lbs in the last couple of weeks.

8:34 pm

SeaSpray

Hi everyone, could someone clue the yi4 and the first in4?

8:34 pm

Bugsaw

I would love to have a look at some of your stuff. Is it online anywhere? (I don't mean to be nosey, but the truth is, I am)

8:34 pm

crosshair

jen,i woke up to -10c and 7 inches of snow this morn:/

8:34 pm

Bugsaw

Hi Jen

8:34 pm

Jacula

Hi Jen. It's fairly mild here in UK at present (I think), but I may still have a high temp due to 'flue, so don't take my word for it.

8:35 pm

Bugsaw

Be careful jilli. I hope you feel better very soon

8:35 pm

SeaSpray

got the yi

8:35 pm

JenMO16

we got about half inch here in Missouri where i am but up northern MO they got 12 inches or so

8:35 pm

buffgirl71

yi 4/7: y + present your **s to prove your age

8:35 pm

Jacula

Jilli - I never thought to weigh myself! I hid the scales some years ago after my daughter got sick. I'd get them out again now, if I remembered.

8:35 pm

JenMO16

but the temp. is below zero!

8:36 pm

Jacula

*'flu not flue.

8:36 pm

buffgirl71

in4/4 country hotels

8:36 pm

SeaSpray

ty buff

8:36 pm

buffgirl71

YW, SS!

8:36 pm

SeaSpray

some of the obvious are the hardest to find, thanks again!

8:36 pm

Jacula

Bug - my stuff, some of it, is only one line in my private blog.

8:37 pm

buffgirl71

Isn't that the truth, SS! :o)

8:37 pm

Jacula

Or even on line. I wish I could type properly tonight!

8:39 pm

Jacula

You'll alll laugh at me for this - I'm persisting in using a knackered keyboard because I'm saving the couple of decent ones I have for when I want to do some serious typing, i.e. start writing properly again.

8:40 pm

Bugsaw

ok.I thot maybe some of it would be published in magazines or something

8:41 pm

Jacula

Bug - well, it was, but I don't have all the references to hand to give you right now.

8:41 pm

Bugsaw

Silly girl jac! You would probably start writing again if you had a good keyboard! :)

8:44 pm

Minveryork

S's Stomped! 5 left

8:44 pm

Jacula

Bug - this keyboard has 'flu germs on it, often gets full of cigarette ash, crumbs and wine spills, has been taken apart and put back together, and wiped with de-bug wipes so often it sticks now. Until both me and my Other Half decide to give up smoking, the decent keyboards will be kept well away from the 'office/den of iniquity'. And no, it's not him that's the stumbling block, it's me.

8:44 pm

crosshair

jacula,ill have to introduce you to a neat little piece of software called dragon natuarlly speaking v 10.0,it is a program you train with your voice and you can just speak what you want and it types it all out for you

8:45 pm

crosshair

ive done babble with it;))

8:46 pm

Jacula

Crossy - does it understand regional accents? I'm quite 'posh' when sober, but if I've had one or two, which is the natural state for any writer, lyricist or poet (I am all of those) then I sound like Ozzy Osbourne.

8:46 pm

crosshair

its can handle mild to moderate accents

8:47 pm

Jacula

Crossy - and would you say Ozzy's accent was mild to moderate?

8:47 pm

Bugsaw

crossy! I use that with kids who have major learning disabilities! I am imagining you leaning back in your chair with your feet crossed on the desktop dictating and watching the magic. What decadence.... :)

8:47 pm

crosshair

you dont want to be soused and dong chaper 3 regardless;)

8:47 pm

Minveryork

E's Eliminated! 2 left

8:47 pm

crosshair

doing even

8:48 pm

crosshair

hehe bugsaw

8:48 pm

crosshair

my son uses it in school as well bugsaw

8:48 pm

Jacula

'soused and don chaper 3'. LOL. Makes me sound pickled and on a man bang expedition.

8:48 pm

Minveryork

A's pushed As 5/12! 1 left

8:49 pm

Jacula

Go Min!

8:49 pm

crosshair

lol,you will have to interpet my typos,i should be using the program now as it does a better job than i do lol

8:50 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks! di5/14 was my last word

8:50 pm

Minveryork

I will be here for clues for 10 more minutes if needed.

8:50 pm

Bugsaw

The hardest part is getting the kids passed the training part where it recognizes your voice and accent. It types what it thinks you said and you are supposed to correct it. When I hear hilarious laughter coming out of the quiet room, I know they are just enjoying the errors instead of getting down to business and I have to go in there to have a quick laugh too and then tell them to get back to corrections.

8:51 pm

Jacula

Crossy - never use the spell checker. It once suggested 'Shovel' to me in place of 'Tivoli'. That wouldn't have made quuite the Italian holiday I was trying to paint a picture of.

8:51 pm

Jacula

Well done, Min!

8:51 pm

crosshair

took me the better part of 3 months to properly train my edition bugsaw

8:51 pm

Minveryork

Thanks Jacula!

8:51 pm

crosshair

i read it about 6 books

8:52 pm

Bugsaw

oh wow. way too long for kids with short attention spans anyway.

8:52 pm

Jacula

Min - I guess your last was the first di5.14?

8:52 pm

crosshair

i had my son read it alice in wonderland

8:53 pm

Bugsaw

it is invaluable tho for kids to struggle to write their thots. They sit back, dictate and are shocked when they feel they have just started the story and they have already filled a page. It does wonders for self-esteem

8:53 pm

Jacula

My last word at 6.20am grid time was a daft wi4/9 - the thing you do upon a star or after you blow cake candles out.

8:53 pm

crosshair

best program i know

8:53 pm

Bugsaw

it costs a lot tho doesn't it?

8:54 pm

crosshair

version 8 is 100 dollars,my version 10.0 was 350.00

8:54 pm

crosshair

but there is nothing wrong with v8

8:55 pm

crosshair

i must go for now good night all and happy babblibng..poof

8:55 pm

jmcnrick

mmmm v8

8:55 pm

Bugsaw

too much for me then

8:56 pm

Jacula

Seriously, I prefer to have a pen in hand to write any first draft. I can write straight to keyboard but prefer not to. I start getting all formal, probably due to my business grounding, when a keyboard is involved.

8:56 pm

Minveryork

No, actually the last word was second di 5/14 Jacula.

8:56 pm

Team_Edward

jacula, to answer your question form earler no lickety's didnt except it, and i dont know why

8:57 pm

Team_Edward

night crossy

8:57 pm

Jacula

But, once thngs are written and then typed, the bet thing to do is to read them aloud to some kind of recording media. A dictaphone in my case, mostly. That way you can see or rather hear what does and doesn't work.

8:58 pm

Jacula

Min - I thought's you'd have got the Shakespearian past tense before the other word.

8:59 pm

Jacula

Team - dunno what to say about the lickety thing. I use his straight list at times, but I don't use 'PRO'.

8:59 pm

Minveryork

It is the babblets that I do not usually see right away

9:00 pm

Pinikula

back (and the plumber is on his way)

9:00 pm

jmcnrick

calu caliegh o fabjeous day

9:01 pm

jmcnrick

that doesn't sound good pini

9:01 pm

Pinikula

yeah...pipe broke

9:01 pm

Jacula

Pink - why is the plumber on his way? What's happened?

9:01 pm

Pinikula

One broke at work, too :(

9:02 pm

Pinikula

came home early and there was a small fountian running in the backyard :(

9:02 pm

jmcnrick

yikes that's not good

9:02 pm

Jacula

And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,

9:02 pm

Bugsaw

We just winteriz

9:03 pm

Jacula

and mame rathes outgrabe.

9:03 pm

Pinikula

we hit a low of 8F last night (lowest we've had in a long time)...and still no snow :(

9:03 pm

jmcnrick

better jac I was going from memory not google

9:03 pm

Pinikula

it's 19F now

9:03 pm

Bugsaw

l(sorry cat on my lap again) .... winterized our pipes just in time for this cold snap Pini

9:03 pm

Jacula

Sorry - mome raths outgrabe.

9:04 pm

Pinikula

I may be winterizing (just a bit late)

9:04 pm

Bugsaw

too cold for snow at these temps

9:04 pm

jmcnrick

I am happy to say it is 48F here

9:04 pm

Jacula

I went from memory to Google and then from memory on the last line and got it wrong, jmc. I think I prefer my version.

9:04 pm

Pinikula

we don't have any moisture either...

9:05 pm

Pinikula

oh, and I went to the DR this morning...to check on this annoying cough

9:05 pm

Minveryork

Since nobody is asking for clues, I am off to bed now.

9:05 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers!I'll see you tomorrow

9:05 pm

Jacula

Sleep well, Min.

9:05 pm

jmcnrick

bye Min

9:05 pm

Bugsaw

G' nite MIn. Thanks for all the greetings and encouragement

9:05 pm

rururocks

i am joining the icon revolution jilli

9:06 pm

Pinikula

seems it was a cold last week that decided it had had enough, but wasn't quite finished with me yet as it decided it would be bronchytis instead

9:06 pm

Pinikula

night min ;)

9:06 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo ru (I supprt nonviolent revolutions)

9:07 pm

rururocks

night minver..

9:07 pm

Jacula

Pini - you are lucky you are allowed to visit your doctor at present. Our surgery has a notice on the door, which lists 6 symptoms (of which I have 5) that if you have you must not enter the surgery. In other words, as my daughter reported to me, 'Got Swine 'Flu? Well, Bugger Off!'

9:07 pm

rururocks

oh crap I forgot to go to the store.

9:07 pm

rururocks

It is freezing out here...

9:08 pm

Team_Edward

ga 6,30 plz

9:08 pm

Pinikula

oh my, jac! sorry to hear!!

9:08 pm

rururocks

I have never been told to bugger off in my life.. I feel Like I am missing something

9:08 pm

jmcnrick

let's hear it for national medicine!

9:09 pm

jmcnrick

ga+ I *** it!

9:09 pm

rururocks

what does bugger mean actually?

9:09 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

9:10 pm

Team_Edward

tx jmc

9:10 pm

jmcnrick

it means something under the category of expletive deleted

9:10 pm

jmcnrick

hi lbd and team

9:10 pm

Team_Edward

hi

9:10 pm

Bugsaw

just visit a Middle School ruru. Some student will oblige you in no time I am sure.

9:10 pm

lbdawger

hi jmc. are you done?

9:10 pm

jmcnrick

dealing with rear ends ru

9:10 pm

Jacula

Wiki for bugger, ruru: word used in the vernacular British English, Irish English, Australian English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, South African English, Indian English, and occasionally also in Malaysian English, Scots and (rarely) American English. It is derived from buggery, a term originally used to describe either anal intercourse by a man with a man or woman,[1] or sexual intercourse by either a man or a woman with an animal.[2] Today, the term is a general-purpose expletive, used to imply dissatisfaction, or used to describe someone or something whose behaviour is in some way displeasing.

9:11 pm

Pinikula

gads, learn almost too much everyday around here! LOL

9:11 pm

Jacula

Incidentally, the term bugger has been used here in UK and in Aus since the 20s at leat in the way it is still used now.

9:11 pm

jmcnrick

no lbd I have 34 left

9:12 pm

lbdawger

git 'r dun, jmc!

9:12 pm

Pinikula

46 left here...

9:12 pm

lbdawger

git 'r dun, pini!

9:12 pm

rururocks

welll... I better bugger off to the store..

9:13 pm

Pinikula

...not sure I'll finish...will be helping fix pipes when the plumber arrives... :(

9:13 pm

Jacula

Bugger off/sod off/ eff off (or 'go forth and multiply') - all mean 'Go away, you annoying person!'

9:13 pm

lbdawger

oh no! i hate plumbing problems!

9:14 pm

jmcnrick

I h ope you get a big discount for the plumbing if you have to help

9:14 pm

Jacula

Ruru - LOL!

9:14 pm

Pinikula

between me and the house's plumbing, something's gotta give soon!!!

9:14 pm

lbdawger

are you feeling any better, pini?

9:14 pm

Pinikula

thankfully it's a family friend, jmc...so, I simply help and pay for the supplies.

9:15 pm

Pinikula

just the annoying cough, lbd, and some serious body aches from not having moved much in the past week (diagnosis per doc today: bronchytis)

9:15 pm

Jacula

Pini - the Gas Board, who put our new boiler in about 9 weeks ago, and flooded our house in the process have sent us a letter from a loss adjuster today querying the quote from our workmen.

9:16 pm

lbdawger

bronchitis, well, i guess that's better than pneumonia. take care of yourself.

9:16 pm

Pinikula

egads, jac...are they going to fix at THEIR cost???

9:16 pm

Pinikula

will do, lbd! :) telecommuting from home tomorrow since a pipe broke at work and there'll be no water in the building tmw

9:17 pm

Jacula

Let me see - the bill, very reasonable, since I don't want too much disruption, came to £1,750. Their bill for the boiler and thermostat work is just over £4.000. They won't get a penny until they pay for the damage the idiot they sent caused.

9:17 pm

lbdawger

i'd send the board your bill for having to clean up the flooding, jac. then see what they say about the workmens bill

9:18 pm

Pinikula

no kidding, jac!!! stand your ground! :)

9:18 pm

jmcnrick

as5?

9:19 pm

lbdawger

a+ part of a square?

9:19 pm

Jacula

Pini and lbd - I have every intention of doing both.

9:19 pm

jmcnrick

ty lbd

9:20 pm

lbdawger

yw

9:20 pm

Jacula

Actually, lbd - if each of us in the house who cleaned up sent our bill in for payment per hour of cleaning up, they'd ow US money! Nice one! I'll get onto the paperwork for that later.

9:23 pm

Pinikula

and they should owe you money, jac! their responsibility for all expenses incurred as a result of their screw-up

9:24 pm

Trifioso

hello babble friends. back to bury this sucker, hopefully!

9:24 pm

lbdawger

hi trif!

9:24 pm

Pinikula

hey trif

9:24 pm

Trifioso

heyas dolls!

9:25 pm

jmcnrick

hi trif

9:25 pm

Trifioso

howdy

9:26 pm

Trifioso

jmc, you will appreciate THIS - mr. hate cancelled the joint accounts, as I told you, and he gets paid once a month, today. So here comes my big share - $1,000. For the four of us. For a month. Ummmmm NO

9:27 pm

lbdawger

mr hate is such a d**khead!

9:28 pm

Trifioso

I already called my lawyer....

9:28 pm

Pinikula

does he realize it's not YOU he's paying to "keep", but his CHILDREN!??? sheesh ...what a scumbag

9:28 pm

Jacula

Well, let me see, who cleaned up British Gas mess? One Managing Dirctor and owner of a multinational company, his PA (me), one Heavy UK and International Transport and Health & Safety Manager (Beloved), one IT consultant to a multinational company responsible for fire safety (my son), one university student who is also art consultant for brochures for aforementioned company) and one schoolgirl who got disrupted and didn't get her homework in on time.

9:29 pm

jmcnrick

as long as you already called your lawyer I will keep my mouth shut *zips mouth shut*\

9:29 pm

Pinikula

sounds like you've got it down, jac!!! (make sure you use your standard professional hourly rates!) - definitely NOT minimum wage!!!

9:30 pm

Trifioso

oh, please, jmc--- let it rip, even if it means you have to yell at me. I think I adore you well enough by now, that I could take it

9:30 pm

Trifioso

oh, please, jmc--- let it rip, even if it means you have to yell at me. I think I adore you well enough by now, that I could take it

9:30 pm

jmcnrick

MMPH MMMPH MMPH

9:30 pm

Jacula

Pini - none of us would even dream of going for minimum wage.

9:31 pm

Pinikula

Trif...just remember we're not yelling AT you...we're yelling WITH you *hugs*

9:31 pm

Jacula

BTW - in case you think it's a family thing, it isn't - we don't all work for one company.

9:31 pm

jmcnrick

no no I think your attorney can help --- but you may want to go apply for food stamps etc so that when you go to court you can mention that little point

9:32 pm

jmcnrick

what f***ing a**hole

9:32 pm

lbdawger

would this be an appropriate time to tell him to bugger off? ;-)

9:32 pm

Pinikula

I didn't think that at all, jac!!! I figured all your rates might be different ;)

9:32 pm

Trifioso

anyway...enough of that. we have focused negative attention on him for long enough. on with the fun.

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

yes precisely lbd

9:33 pm

jmcnrick

and literally

9:34 pm

lbdawger

quite, jmc

9:34 pm

dan2bit

evening all!

9:34 pm

lbdawger

hi dan

9:34 pm

Jacula

Trif - I've no idea what your ex-marriage situation is, so forgive me. I was very pleased when Belovee stopped any payments to his ex after he discovered her live-in b/f had been abusing their daughter and she, after me peasing with her not to, had decided she loved the pervert more than her own child and so was giving her child to us to sort out.

9:35 pm

jmcnrick

kinda different jac

9:35 pm

Trifioso

oh, jacula, that is AWFUL! I am so glad that that daughter has you to help!!!

9:35 pm

dan2bit

can anybody clue the st8?

9:35 pm

Jacula

However, she still gets on cellphone to her daughter, or rather her daughter rings her, and her mother still does her best to disrupt the parenting regime we're trying to put in place.

9:36 pm

Nef

Hello everybody. Jac, I just got here; how is your step dtr doing?

9:36 pm

lbdawger

s + 10% given to the church with an extra vowel in there before making it past tense, dan

9:36 pm

lbdawger

hi Nef!

9:37 pm

jmcnrick

Jac I have sa4 before you are a wonderful person taking care of your step-dau

9:37 pm

Trifioso

have 15 left, and totally gridlocked. think I need to grab the list. damn

9:37 pm

jmcnrick

especially in relation to the mother

9:37 pm

jmcnrick

hi nef

9:37 pm

dan2bit

tx lbd that's firewords!

9:37 pm

Nef

hi lbd and kmc!

9:38 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hoooooo DAN!!!

9:38 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo dan2

9:38 pm

Jacula

Nef - it's not been so good lately - we have discovered she's been stealing from us and lying and cheating, and behaving inappropriately on webcam on the internet.

9:38 pm

Nef

YAY, dan2 WTG!

9:38 pm

jmcnrick

wow that is ruff jac

9:38 pm

Nef

(((Jac)))

9:39 pm

Pinikula

oh no, jac!!!!

9:39 pm

Nef

is this all just acting out for attention; or is she just too used to chaos that she can't stand Normal?

9:40 pm

Trifioso

I suppose she is testing the limits, jac, isnt' she? "will they still love me if I do this? this?" Her mother cut her loose - she is testing to see if you will too

9:40 pm

Team_Edward

Fireworks woooooo whooooo

9:40 pm

Nef

hi Trifi. That's what I was wondering too

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

tuff balance between I love you no matter what and consequences for actions

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo Tea,

9:41 pm

Nef

WTG, T_E!!!

9:41 pm

lbdawger

the inapppropriate behavior on the webcam concerns me most

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

*team

9:41 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hooooo TEAM!!!

9:41 pm

Jacula

I wanted to make her hand over the next 6 weeks of £10 pocket money to me with an apology for stealing from me, I also wanted to remove her webcam and make her internet access for the next 6 weeks SUPERVISED. Beloved has not done any of that and I've had no apology from step for any of that. And I am still very, very angry! I know she's had a bad time, and I've said she needs counselling ( but that's not been set up yet), but, despite all that, she still needs to realise that her actions have consequences and if they are bad actions and make other people feel bad, punishment, atonement or apologies are needed. I've not seen any of that yet,

9:41 pm

jmcnrick

that wwebcam behaviour is the most dangerous

9:41 pm

Trifioso

a's abolished

9:42 pm

Nef

How old is she? Can you take the webcam away for a while?

9:42 pm

Pinikula

agreed, jac ;)

9:42 pm

jmcnrick

jac it sounds like you are taking the best steps but need BF to back you

9:42 pm

jmcnrick

go trif go

9:43 pm

lbdawger

your beloved, needs to step up and be a father. make her own up to her actions.

9:43 pm

Nef

I agree with jmc there. He needs to understand that she can't do things that are harmful or hurtful to others

9:43 pm

Jacula

j,mc - exactly! But as another friend of mine said, 'Maybe he feels guilty' for leaving her?

9:44 pm

Jacula

Nef she is 14 - 15 next week.

9:44 pm

lbdawger

doing nothing pretty much tells her she can do as she wants, without reprocussion. hmmm, echos of her mother's behaviour

9:44 pm

jmcnrick

sooo that is when you say to BF lets get counseling

9:44 pm

Pinikula

he'll feel more guilty when his lack of action now that he has her gives rise to even more negative actions!

9:45 pm

Jacula

I can take her webcam r internet connection away any time I choose. But I need her fther to step up and be a parent and do it.

9:45 pm

Trifioso

edward, are you still here, dear one?

9:45 pm

Jacula

Now I see where the 'wicked stepmother' from the fairy tales originated. LOL

9:45 pm

phandmd

good evening; I wonder if I could get a clue for the di 5/14 s

9:46 pm

Pinikula

I think you have every right to remove things from her and expect positive things out of by virtue of her living in a home YOU occup and that her activities are not welcome there

9:46 pm

Pinikula

(did that make sense?)

9:46 pm

jmcnrick

well it would be better if he was a man, but it is more important that she not have the possibility to engage in such potentially deadly behavioiur

9:46 pm

lbdawger

di + not live and old english for done

9:46 pm

Jacula

di + 'leave life forever'.

9:46 pm

Nef

Jac; when my dtr was 13-14 and giving me heartaches; I made her pack a bag for an overnight; NO electronics or headphones were allowed; and I took her on what we now call a "Girls' Runaway"

9:46 pm

jmcnrick

which is pretty much what pini sa4

9:47 pm

Jacula

di5 (2nd) - Shakespearian word for an action.

9:47 pm

jmcnrick

go on nef

9:47 pm

Nef

We got in the car and DROVE and TALKED for a whole weekend. That first time I didn't know where we'd go or what we'd do; but we've had great times whenever we did them

9:48 pm

Jacula

Nef - I have to admit that if I even vaguely liked the girl,m rather than just feeling sorry for her, I might have done the same by now.

9:48 pm

phandmd

Thank you for those; got em

9:49 pm

Jacula

I feel very guilty that since the day I met her when she was 8 I have always found her extremely irritating. It's not that she's not my child, because I have loved other kids that were not my own.

9:50 pm

jmcnrick

some people are irritating -- it is not your falut

9:50 pm

Nef

Jac, at the time *I* didn't like my own daughter! Something about daughters (or step-daughters!) at that age is NOT a good thing for Moms

9:50 pm

lbdawger

you may have been picking up echos of her mother in her. that would scream loudly to me.

9:50 pm

Jacula

She's much too much like her mother, unfortunately. Hopefully, years will go on and I can help make her not become her mad mother.

9:50 pm

jmcnrick

you have hung in there in spite of that so you should feel anything except guilty

9:51 pm

Nef

If she reminds you of her Mom; do you think she knows that?

9:52 pm

Trifioso

d's done

9:52 pm

jmcnrick

it probably worries her that she is like her mom

9:52 pm

jmcnrick

at the same time she wants to be like her mom

9:52 pm

jmcnrick

so it is hard for her

9:52 pm

lbdawger

does she have any qualities of her father you can work on?

9:52 pm

Nef

keep reminding her that she ISN'T her Mom!

9:53 pm

Jacula

Nef - even when my daughter was blaming me for her illness, due to what her so-called counsellors told her, I never stopped loving her.

9:54 pm

Bugsaw

I see her biggest problem lies in the early sexual activity with mother's partner. When that happens there is always coercion involved so these kids equate sex with love. Their boundaries are warped; hence the webcam stuff. Take the webcam away whether her father can or not. Deep down, she wants to know someone will fight for her because her mother didn't.

9:55 pm

lbdawger

well sa4 bugs!

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

bugs you make a really good point

9:55 pm

Jacula

Nef - there's a problem with me saying that, maybe. When her Dad had problems with me, I kept telling him ,'I'M NOT C!' (his ex). Not sure if that will move on a notch if I say that to their daughter.

9:55 pm

Pinikula

IMHO, her father's inaction to step up and/or support the positive aspect you bring to his daughter's life simply perpetuates her mother's actions so, when all is said and done, she doesn't see the difference between the two

9:55 pm

Jacula

I really don't need all this crap aty my age!

9:56 pm

jmcnrick

that sexual exploitation really throws a spanner in the issue

9:57 pm

Trifioso

11 left, and I just can't finish

9:57 pm

lbdawger

yes you can, Trif!

9:57 pm

Nef

I have to agree with Bugsaw and jmc. That girl is pushing you for a reason

9:57 pm

jmcnrick

go trif go

9:57 pm

Jacula

Bugs - thanks. I might just do that. It sounds like good advice.

9:57 pm

Trifioso

nope. giving up. good night all!

9:57 pm

Trifioso

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

9:57 pm

Jacula

Your advice, too, pini.

9:57 pm

lbdawger

night night, Trif

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

when I was young my daddy would beat the shit out of us when he came home druck

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

*drunk

9:58 pm

Bugsaw

you absolutely don't need this kind of crap Jacula, but she absolutely needs someone in her life who will help her learn how to respect herself. When she feels worthless, nothing really matters. You don't have to love someone to be a valuable force in their life. Please let go of the guilt.

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

I honestly found his actions more forgivable than the fact that my mother never did a damn thing to stop him

9:59 pm

Jacula

Thank you all. You have mademe see that I am NOT the wicked stepmother. Now, how do I deal with my ex-hub's concern about me being used?

9:59 pm

phandmd

IN 7/32 pls

9:59 pm

jmcnrick

from this I conclude that she is seeking your protection

9:59 pm

lbdawger

in + what you do to correct your grammar on paper + vowel

9:59 pm

jmcnrick

we are all being used

10:00 pm

phandmd

Thank you

10:00 pm

Jacula

LOL, jmc. That's what I told him when he said it.

10:00 pm

Pinikula

why do you need to deal with his concern? Your life is your's to do with as you will...if loving your partner is important to you, then love him; if helping your partner raise his daughter in a more positive atmospher (once all the players are on board), then help your partner; etc., etc., etc....

10:00 pm

Nef

I CHOSE to live with my strict Aunt and Uncle rather than my lax to non-caring father when I was 15. I really think all young people look for boundaries

10:01 pm

Bugsaw

Ex-hub may just be stirring you up. You have chosen this kid's father over him and he probably isn't happy about that so if he can get you two arguing....

10:01 pm

lbdawger

yes they do, Nef. it's part of the pack, a pecking order and just knowing where you are in that order.

10:02 pm

lbdawger

i'm heading for the pillows. see you all tomorrow.

10:02 pm

jmcnrick

remember jac your ex husband is your ex for a reason

10:02 pm

Pinikula

night lbd

10:02 pm

jmcnrick

bye lbd

10:02 pm

jmcnrick

24 left

10:03 pm

Nef

nite lbd!

10:03 pm

Bugsaw

My nephew chose to live with his strict father for the same reason Nef. He thot his mother's acceptance of everything, no matter how inappropriate, showed that she really didn't care about him. He is now in the RCMP.

10:03 pm

Pinikula

If I have any thought of finishing this grid, I'd better concentrate (46 to go)

10:03 pm

Jacula

Nef - thank you, you have now confirmed my belief, 'cos it's not that long since I was n my early teens; I'm only 52. Yes, boundaries are needed and so are consequences if your actions have overtsepped the boundaries. I just hope that I don't end up with the Dad leaving too,if I decide to bring up the daughhter in the manner I see as proper.

10:03 pm

Nef

OH! That's good enough to repeat, jmc! "remember jac your ex husband is your ex for a reason"

10:05 pm

jillibus

pini, if you need clues, I'm here and have nothing to contribute to the other conversation

10:06 pm

jmcnrick

hi jill

10:06 pm

Jacula

Can anyone tell me how to overcome the urg to stangle her now, since she's no idea od remorse since sshe stole from me in my own hone?

10:06 pm

Pinikula

thx jilli ;)

10:06 pm

Nef

hi jilli

10:06 pm

jillibus

hi jmc and all

10:06 pm

Bugsaw

Perhaps you need to get your partner to counselling to help him see how he can help. My educated guess is that guilt is holding him back.

10:06 pm

Jacula

Her Dad should have taught her that.

10:07 pm

jmcnrick

just remember tha she has no remorse because she it not doing it under the same rules that would result in remorse

10:07 pm

Pinikula

ad5?

10:07 pm

jmcnrick

what bugs says

10:07 pm

jmcnrick

pl of ad 4

10:07 pm

jillibus

ad5 is pl of ad4

10:07 pm

Jacula

Should I know, weeks after the event, after waiting to see what he would do and then being ill with 'flu, TELL HER?

10:07 pm

Bugsaw

She may have remorse but she is not going to let anyone see it. She is just angry at the world right now.

10:07 pm

Pinikula

oh, duh, jilli...slap me now!

10:08 pm

jillibus

just a tickle, pini ;)

10:08 pm

Pinikula

as5?

10:08 pm

jmcnrick

pini has been very cruel to me today

10:08 pm

jmcnrick

only stiddie has been meaner

10:08 pm

Pinikula

* blink * I have???

10:08 pm

jmcnrick

*sniff*

10:08 pm

jmcnrick

*hand across forhe4*

10:08 pm

Pinikula

what'd I do????

10:08 pm

jillibus

as5 -- a + lateral view

10:09 pm

jmcnrick

no no just ignore my clues

10:09 pm

jmcnrick

other can clue

10:09 pm

Pinikula

SORRY JMC!!!!

10:09 pm

jmcnrick

*melodramatic pose*

10:09 pm

Pinikula

* hands jmc some smelling salts *

10:10 pm

jillibus

<--- backs into the shadows

10:10 pm

jmcnrick

*swooning so smelling salts are helpful*

10:10 pm

Bugsaw

Not now Jac, but have a talk with her and tell her how disappointed you are and how violated it made you feel. My son stole money from me almost all his childhood but one Christmas he gave me all kinds of special coins and bills that he had collected over the years because he wanted to make amends. He was in his late 20s then. Keep the faith.

10:10 pm

Pinikula

jilli! don't go!

10:10 pm

Jacula

A friend of mine, who was abused as a child, gave me some insight into the warped logic my stepdaughter might have now, and also into the way her Dad might feel guilt at his inability to protect her. It's him I need to talk to first, I think. I'll try again -= I've tried before.

10:10 pm

jmcnrick

*shines bright lights so there are no shadoes*

10:11 pm

Nef

Jac, my DIL is bipolar (new diagnosis) she admits that she does soe things because calm and normal reality is "boring" and she doesn't see why she should apologize to us; but BOY! If we do something to HER; *We* owe her an apology! I got through to her one night when she was saying that by telling her that SHE owed ME one for the way she acted!

10:11 pm

jillibus

:)

10:11 pm

jmcnrick

*shadows

10:11 pm

jmcnrick

love the icon jill

10:11 pm

Bugsaw

ONe thing that helped me not strangle them was a tip from another abused "not my REAL mother"

10:12 pm

jmcnrick

21 left

10:12 pm

Pinikula

2nd di5/14?

10:12 pm

jillibus

thanks, jmc :)

10:13 pm

Bugsaw

Every time you want to strangle the kid and can't wait to see the backside of them, you go shopping. Instead of buying something for yourself, you buy something that they will need to have when they leave home.... It works so well!

10:13 pm

jillibus

flosey had a great Black and White one -- the whisky :)

10:13 pm

jmcnrick

what a sweet id4 bugs

10:13 pm

jmcnrick

brb jill

10:14 pm

jillibus

bugs is one wise woman!

10:14 pm

Bugsaw

When the kid steals something from you, go out and buy a set of mugs or a kettle and put it in a special place. IT helped so much and when he was ready to leave home I didn't go broke trying to set him up so he wouldn't come back too soon. :)

10:14 pm

jmcnrick

darn flosey has alraedy changed to under the stars

10:14 pm

Pinikula

interesting concept, bugs!!!

10:15 pm

Pinikula

down to 30! :)

10:15 pm

jillibus

2nd di 5/14 -- same first 3 letters as previous word + abr for saint or street

10:15 pm

jmcnrick

20 left

10:15 pm

Bugsaw

I didn't think of it but it saw me through the teen years of some pretty disturbed kids. Now they are adults we are all good.

10:15 pm

Nef

I love that plan, Bugs

10:15 pm

torgone

1 left as5 .. fishy?

10:16 pm

Shirlockc

first di5?

10:16 pm

Bugsaw

glad to help. I needed every tip I could get when I had kids at home.

10:16 pm

jillibus

yep, torg -- as + lateral view

10:16 pm

Pinikula

;)

10:16 pm

Jacula

Bug - I'm not her real mother, so that doesn't help me much. Her real mother dcided she preferred the man who was not only a pedo, and she had been warned about him before by an ex-partner of his. anyway, she'd rather be with him than her daughter. What worries me now is that he's still free to molest other young girls. But, to put him away, it'd need |Step's testimony in court, the stuff she told her Mum but her Mum didn't tell the police. He's not willing to put her through that. I think it should be done and that would also help her on her way to counselling nd eventual recovery.

10:16 pm

jmcnrick

help with the ts words

10:16 pm

Pinikula

FISH, tor!

10:16 pm

jmcnrick

torg!

10:17 pm

jillibus

1st di 5 -- I always wanted a Di5 doll when I was little -- it wet its diaper.

10:17 pm

Pinikula

(it might help her father, too, jac!)

10:17 pm

Bugsaw

really should finish tho. I should have been done a long time ago. Sending love to all of you, especially Jac, and disappearing into the grid. Only 15 left.

10:17 pm

jmcnrick

the first thing is to help her

10:17 pm

jmcnrick

the second thing is to help others

10:17 pm

torgone

Oh geez .. and I was so proud when I got in6/21 .. Thanks!

10:18 pm

Shirlockc

thx jili

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

go bugs go

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

hi shirl

10:18 pm

Jacula

Anyway, enough of my Joan Baez type anguish. I wish the truth didn't matter so much to me. I'm off to bed. Happy Babbling all!x

10:18 pm

jillibus

ts + lemon***

10:19 pm

jmcnrick

ts? ts? ts?

10:19 pm

Bugsaw

I wasn't my half of my sons REAL mother either but you wouldn't know it now.

10:19 pm

jillibus

and same with diff vowel at the end.

10:19 pm

jmcnrick

ty jill

10:19 pm

jillibus

G'night, jac -- chins up ;)

10:19 pm

Pinikula

thx jilli ;)

10:19 pm

Pinikula

night jac...take care!

10:20 pm

jmcnrick

bye jac and babbleland is the place for Joan Baez

10:21 pm

torgone

Hebrew letter

10:21 pm

Pinikula

15 now ;)

10:21 pm

jillibus

gogogo pini!

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

16 left -- get going pini

10:22 pm

Pinikula

st5/14?

10:22 pm

Pinikula

I caught you, jmc!!! *blink*

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

maybe -- maybe not

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

:-P

10:23 pm

Pinikula

meanie!

10:23 pm

Pinikula

(* giggle *)

10:23 pm

jillibus

st5/14 -- same as previous word with diff final cons

10:23 pm

jmcnrick

sigh jill

10:24 pm

Pinikula

would never have guessed THAT cons, jilli...will have to look that one up later

10:24 pm

jillibus

what, jmc?

10:24 pm

Pinikula

st8?

10:24 pm

Pinikula

fish?

10:24 pm

Pinikula

what's wrong, jmc???

10:24 pm

jmcnrick

I would have to have the previous word

10:24 pm

jillibus

did I beat you to a clue, jmc?

10:24 pm

Pinikula

st + help

10:24 pm

jmcnrick

pini is passing me

10:25 pm

jmcnrick

grrr

10:25 pm

jillibus

previous st5 -- st + help

10:25 pm

Pinikula

sorry!!!

10:25 pm

jmcnrick

everyone beats me to a clue! lol

10:25 pm

jillibus

snap, pini

10:25 pm

Pinikula

uh oh...plumber's here...gotta go ... finish for me jmc!!!

10:25 pm

jmcnrick

ty jill

10:25 pm

Jacula

chinS up, jilli? I'll have you know I only have one if I hold my head up very straight!

10:25 pm

Jacula

Goodnight all.xxx

10:25 pm

jillibus

ttfn, pini!

10:26 pm

jillibus

jac, my dad used to say that to my mum, same as you ;)

10:26 pm

jmcnrick

lol jac sweet dreams'

10:26 pm

jmcnrick

14 left

10:27 pm

jillibus

gogogo jmc :)

10:28 pm

jmcnrick

on the other hand zzzzzz

10:28 pm

jmcnrick

zzzzzzzzzzzz

10:28 pm

jillibus

oh come on, jmc!

10:29 pm

jmcnrick

wha? wha?

10:29 pm

Shirlockc

st8?

10:29 pm

jillibus

wake up and finish!

10:29 pm

jmcnrick

third hi 4/6?

10:30 pm

torgone

Hart's mate

10:30 pm

jillibus

I was hoping nobody would ask for a clue to st8 *putting on thinking cap*

10:30 pm

Shirlockc

another word for deer

10:31 pm

jillibus

st8 -- s + boob + got a move on

10:31 pm

jmcnrick

who is th edeer clue for???

10:31 pm

jmcnrick

*baffled*

10:31 pm

Shirlockc

thx jili, the deer clue is for the 3rd hi

10:32 pm

torgone

Rear end = hi4/6 hi**quarters

10:32 pm

Jellen

Hi, gang!

10:32 pm

jmcnrick

*smack*

10:32 pm

jmcnrick

ty torg

10:32 pm

jillibus

3rd hi 4/6 -- not a front leg of a dog, but the hi** one

10:32 pm

jmcnrick

hi jell

10:33 pm

jillibus

shirlock, did you get the st8?

10:33 pm

jmcnrick

11 left

10:33 pm

Jellen

Go, jmc!

10:33 pm

Shirlockc

yep, got the st8, thx jili

10:33 pm

jillibus

oh goody, it worked!

10:34 pm

jmcnrick

in 5/12?

10:34 pm

jillibus

in5/12 -- in + expire

10:34 pm

Shirlockc

short for professor jones from raiders

10:36 pm

jmcnrick

raiders?

10:36 pm

jillibus

brb -- must make phone call

10:36 pm

jmcnrick

nm I got it

10:36 pm

Jellen

Since there are plenty of cluers, I'll toddle on...

10:36 pm

Shirlockc

sh7?

10:37 pm

torgone

sh7 = big party

10:37 pm

Shirlockc

got it, thx torgone

10:37 pm

jmcnrick

bye jell?

10:39 pm

jmcnrick

in 4/4 (either one)

10:39 pm

Bugsaw

finally finished thanks to that last sh 7 clue. I am glad you all are well. I am off. Nite and happly babbling

10:40 pm

jmcnrick

has BR been around lately?

10:40 pm

Bugsaw

not tonight jmc

10:40 pm

jesdraggon

evening all

10:40 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hooo bugs

10:40 pm

jmcnrick

hi jes

10:43 pm

jmcnrick

in 4/4?

10:43 pm

torgone

in4 = roadside lodgings

10:43 pm

jillibus

back again

10:44 pm

jillibus

YAY bugs!!!

10:44 pm

torgone

in4 ..Am I in **me for the sh7?

10:44 pm

jmcnrick

wb jill

10:44 pm

kanet77

hi all.. 1st time here! any help w/ ti5 & ti6?

10:45 pm

jmcnrick

hi kanet!

10:45 pm

kanet77

hi jmc

10:45 pm

jmcnrick

10% for God

10:45 pm

torgone

ti5 10% given to the church .. ti6 = pt

10:45 pm

jillibus

ti5 -- 10% to the church, and past tense -- wwelcome to Babble kanet!

10:45 pm

kanet77

only 12 words left!

10:45 pm

jmcnrick

10% for God past tense

10:45 pm

jmcnrick

go kanet go

10:46 pm

torgone

Seems like a lot to me ..

10:46 pm

kanet77

oy.. should've had that one

10:46 pm

jmcnrick

we all miss some of the most obvious kanet

10:46 pm

jmcnrick

'asdfjw[gtuY[GG0[-rg

10:47 pm

jmcnrick

8 left

10:47 pm

jillibus

really, jmc? How interesting.

10:47 pm

torgone

As an as5/12, as5/12 was my last word ..

10:47 pm

kanet77

the other ti6?

10:47 pm

jmcnrick

little frustrated tonight

10:47 pm

torgone

ti6 = a painter

10:47 pm

jmcnrick

I sent a resume and cover letter for a job and of course

10:48 pm

jillibus

ti6 -- artist and red hair

10:48 pm

jmcnrick

when I looked at it later I saw typos

10:48 pm

torgone

I thought that was your head hitting the keyboard ..

10:48 pm

jmcnrick

might as well be torg

10:48 pm

jmcnrick

no brains no brains

10:48 pm

torgone

Oh noes .. not typos ..

10:49 pm

jmcnrick

I re-read it three times, sent it to friends

10:49 pm

jmcnrick

and still after I sent it . . . .

10:49 pm

jmcnrick

typos

10:50 pm

kanet77

jmc, i did the same thing a few months ago

10:50 pm

jmcnrick

sigh

10:50 pm

jmcnrick

sorry to hear it kanet

10:51 pm

kanet77

<shrug> it's ok. i got fed up w/ my situation and an opportunity came along

10:51 pm

jmcnrick

at least I have a job now

10:51 pm

kanet77

i quit my job and traveled the world for 4 months

10:51 pm

torgone

Whenever I'm proofreading something important, I go through it a few times, then go and read a bunch of different things including chats, facebook posts and such to cleanse my palate, then go back to it ..

10:52 pm

jmcnrick

i did all that torg :-(

10:52 pm

jmcnrick

I took several days

10:52 pm

kanet77

how bad was the typo?

10:52 pm

torgone

Ah well ..typos are a sign of being human ..

10:53 pm

jmcnrick

one was bag and the other was REALLY bad

10:53 pm

jmcnrick

I wouldn't hire me

10:54 pm

jesdraggon

aw, that sucks, jam.

10:54 pm

jmcnrick

well c'est la guerre

10:54 pm

jesdraggon

but can it possibly be as bad as the resume we got recently which listed "mixing and administering prescription medications and food" as a hobby?

10:55 pm

jmcnrick

good thing I don't nee d the job

10:55 pm

jmcnrick

bizarre jes

10:55 pm

kanet77

jmc, don't give up

10:55 pm

jesdraggon

it was a very special resume all the way through

10:56 pm

jesdraggon

also, proofreading resumes is wonderful fun, so feel free to add me to the list of proof readers :)

10:56 pm

jmcnrick

its all good kanet

10:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, 5 left, can i make it??? lol

10:56 pm

jmcnrick

I will post it next time jes lol!

10:56 pm

kanet77

go book dr.!

10:56 pm

jillibus

sure you can, gwen!

10:57 pm

kanet77

9 left here.. mostly short words : p

10:57 pm

jmcnrick

hi book

10:57 pm

kanet77

st5/14?

10:57 pm

jmcnrick

go kanet go!

10:57 pm

jillibus

gogogo kanet (you don't sound like a newbie at all)

10:57 pm

jmcnrick

7 left

10:57 pm

jesdraggon

do you need a lovely, cute, black cat to comfort you about the typos, jam?

10:58 pm

jillibus

st5/14 -- change last cons of previous word

10:58 pm

kanet77

well, i heard about this game from wordsplay.net

10:58 pm

kanet77

i dig boggle & scrabble

10:59 pm

torgone

st5/14 .. All the world's a st*** (misspelled)

10:59 pm

jmcnrick

ty jes I used to have a black cat named Elizabeth Cady Stanton who died in her late 20s

10:59 pm

jillibus

so stick around, kanet

10:59 pm

jmcnrick

now I have a grey and white cat

10:59 pm

jmcnrick

one cat at a time

10:59 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i've had no luck trying to play wordsplay lately, the game just hangs up all the time

11:00 pm

jesdraggon

I now have 2 young, short haired, very sweet, female, black cats

11:00 pm

jesdraggon

from different places, within 24 hours of each other.

11:00 pm

jillibus

if wordsplay is a speed game, I'm out

11:00 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

excellent name you gave your cat, jm!

11:00 pm

kanet77

def learning some new words here

11:01 pm

jillibus

unwords abound here

11:01 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

jilli, yup, it mirrors real boggle: 3 minute rounds, about 30-40 seconds in between, playing against other live humans

11:01 pm

kanet77

wordsplay is a speed game. 4x4 or 5x5. 3 min

11:02 pm

jillibus

no thanks to wordsplay. The leisurely pace here is what appeals to me.

11:02 pm

kanet77

ga6/30?

11:02 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

used to be a lot of players with rude names (you can change yoyur screen name as often as you want) but now there's a chatroom and fewer rude players

11:02 pm

jmcnrick

she was named by prior owner

11:02 pm

jmcnrick

my current cat is fugitive

11:02 pm

jillibus

ga6/30 -- pl of previous word

11:02 pm

kanet77

i duh.. thanks jill

11:03 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ga6, plural of ga5, which is ga + who *** swallow jonah

11:03 pm

jillibus

fishslap, kanet ;)

11:03 pm

jmcnrick

gawas

11:03 pm

kanet77

lol

11:03 pm

jmcnrick

oops

11:03 pm

jmcnrick

ack!!!

11:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

when wordsplay started hanging up, i played over at facebook more (it's called scramble), but now it's hanging up a lot! grrrr

11:04 pm

jmcnrick

Jack Jack Jack

11:04 pm

jmcnrick

%$^*&()_

11:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

is that a smiley with a beehive hairdo???

11:05 pm

Pinikula

work is underway ;)

11:05 pm

jmcnrick

no doubt book

11:06 pm

jmcnrick

hi pini

11:06 pm

kanet77

ok.. got the in6/18 on my own.. 6 left

11:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and wearing opera glasses? lol

11:06 pm

jmcnrick

7 7 7 7

11:06 pm

Pinikula

and it's too cold for me to stand out there and "help"

11:06 pm

jmcnrick

go kanet go

11:06 pm

Pinikula

13 here :(

11:06 pm

jillibus

wtg kanet!

11:06 pm

jmcnrick

oo i am ahe4 of pini

11:06 pm

kanet77

go pini!

11:06 pm

Pinikula

11

11:06 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ea6 help!

11:06 pm

Pinikula

10

11:07 pm

Pinikula

gerund ending gwen of the ea4 before it

11:07 pm

torgone

Gonna hit the hay ..Long day tomorrow. .. 8 hrs work .. couple hrs to finish packing .. 20+ hrs on a plane to China .. then some more hrs of work ..

11:07 pm

Pinikula

9

11:07 pm

Pinikula

night tor!!!

11:07 pm

jmcnrick

making it better Book

11:07 pm

kanet77

safe rip, torg

11:07 pm

Pinikula

safe travels!

11:07 pm

kanet77

uh.. trip

11:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty pini, and ya know that word gerund just sounds so dirty lol

11:08 pm

jmcnrick

be safe in China torg

11:08 pm

Pinikula

8

11:08 pm

jmcnrick

I will hold you in the Light

11:08 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

11:08 pm

torgone

Thanks .. I'll try to check if I can get through the great firewall of China ..

11:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

UNO

11:08 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun gwen!

11:09 pm

Pinikula

7

11:09 pm

Pinikula

did I catch you, jmc?

11:09 pm

jillibus

where in China, torg?

11:09 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

now i need the second di5 and my monkeys have all passed out from exhaustion

11:09 pm

jmcnrick

go book go

11:09 pm

Pinikula

6

11:09 pm

Pinikula

same first 3, gwen, with avenue ending

11:09 pm

jmcnrick

*passing ammonia under th noses of books monkeys*

11:09 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oooh, got it

11:09 pm

Pinikula

5

11:10 pm

jillibus

2nd di5 -- same 3 first letters as the 1st = abbr for saint or street

11:10 pm

jmcnrick

ack pini is passing me

11:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ah, ty pini, and F E U E R W O R K E N !!

11:10 pm

Pinikula

let's go, jmc!!!

11:10 pm

jillibus

ach, too slow with the clue :(

11:10 pm

jmcnrick

third hi 4/6?

11:10 pm

torgone

Qingdao ..

11:10 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hooo book!

11:10 pm

jillibus

YAY Gwen!!!

11:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi4, rear leg

11:11 pm

Pinikula

4

11:11 pm

jmcnrick

go torg go!

11:11 pm

jesdraggon

yay, gwen!

11:11 pm

jillibus

Torg -- went there for summer holidays when it was called Tsingtao

11:11 pm

Pinikula

wtg gwen!!!

11:11 pm

jmcnrick

shoot I already have that

11:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

my monkeys say woot!

11:11 pm

kanet77

wow pini.. i'm stuck at 6

11:11 pm

Pinikula

3

11:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

perhaps you need hi4, archaic word for ran that away (think shakespeare)

11:12 pm

Pinikula

have you listed, kanet?

11:12 pm

torgone

Supposed to be a half way decent place ..

11:12 pm

jmcnrick

th????

11:12 pm

jillibus

It was lovely in about 1935, lol!

11:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

th5 = defininte article + not out

11:12 pm

torgone

They have a beer festival there so it can't be all bad ..

11:12 pm

Pinikula

not now, but th**

11:12 pm

jmcnrick

since I was a Chinese history major I will quietly envy you torg

11:12 pm

Pinikula

then add an extra vowel for the th5

11:12 pm

kanet77

wi4/9 wi4/8

11:13 pm

Pinikula

st7?

11:13 pm

kanet77

ti4/4 si4/5

11:13 pm

Pinikula

kanet, think 'breeze'

11:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

when you wi** upon a star

11:13 pm

kanet77

sa5/12 in4/4

11:13 pm

Pinikula

ti + (repeat)

11:13 pm

jillibus

wi4/9 -- when you wi** upon a star

11:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

thus sa*** the lord

11:14 pm

jillibus

snap, gwen ;)

11:14 pm

torgone

I've been to Shantou, Dalian, and Beijing ..

11:14 pm

jmcnrick

ack!!!

11:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

in4, a bunch of hotels

11:14 pm

jillibus

wi4/8 -- wi + that abbr for saint

11:14 pm

kanet77

i got the "hotels"

11:14 pm

jmcnrick

how about the sa 5/12 after not crazy?

11:14 pm

jillibus

torg, have you read my bio?

11:14 pm

Pinikula

sa5/16?

11:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

snap snap! 8-)

11:15 pm

kanet77

torg.. i spent 3 weeks in aug traveling through china

11:15 pm

kanet77

fascinating!

11:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

okay, in4, in + the **p of the iceberg

11:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

sa5/12, see 11:13

11:15 pm

kanet77

sa5/16 = sa + ***dish (spoken by jews)

11:16 pm

jillibus

kanet, I was born there of Brit parents -- in Peking (Beijing now) and lived in Shanghai until age 12

11:16 pm

Pinikula

thx kanet ;)

11:16 pm

Pinikula

2

11:16 pm

Pinikula

just the 7 and 8 now (st)

11:16 pm

jmcnrick

???????????????????

11:16 pm

kanet77

oh wow.. so you've been to the hutongs?

11:16 pm

jmcnrick

go pini go

11:16 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

st7 = st + two diff vowels + definite article

11:16 pm

kanet77

go pini! i'm at 2 also

11:17 pm

Pinikula

thx gwen!

11:17 pm

jillibus

well, kanet, I don't remember -- left Peking at age 1

11:17 pm

Pinikula

1

11:17 pm

jmcnrick

go pini go

11:17 pm

Pinikula

jmc?

11:17 pm

jmcnrick

go kanet go

11:17 pm

jillibus

and that was in 1928

11:17 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

st8 = st + pay 10% of your income is to ****e + past tense

11:17 pm

jmcnrick

yes pini?

11:18 pm

jmcnrick

6 left

11:18 pm

kanet77

ah.. haven't been back? i didn't get to shanghai. traveled from dunhuang across the north to haerbin

11:18 pm

Pinikula

JMC!!!!!!

11:18 pm

jillibus

Haven't been back. Left in 1939.

11:18 pm

jmcnrick

yes pini?

11:18 pm

kanet77

wow.. things must be quite different now

11:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well i'm off to bed, bub bye POINK

11:19 pm

Pinikula

FIREWORDS!

11:19 pm

jillibus

YAY pini!!!

11:19 pm

Pinikula

poink?

11:19 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hooo pini

11:19 pm

jillibus

night, Gwen :)

11:19 pm

jmcnrick

bye book

11:19 pm

Pinikula

night gwen (thx for the clues)

11:19 pm

kanet77

nice pini!

11:19 pm

kanet77

'night gwen

11:20 pm

Pinikula

question: can I take ibuprofen with azythromiacin?

11:20 pm

Pinikula

(anyone know?)

11:20 pm

Pinikula

thx kanet ;)

11:20 pm

Pinikula

what do you need to finish?

11:20 pm

kanet77

ti4/4 and si4/5

11:20 pm

jmcnrick

first st 4/6

11:20 pm

jillibus

don't know, pini

11:21 pm

Pinikula

jmc, go without a date

11:21 pm

jillibus

st4/6 -- male deer

11:21 pm

jmcnrick

I do that all the time pini

11:21 pm

Pinikula

which ti4/4???

11:21 pm

jmcnrick

night and day under the sun

11:21 pm

Pinikula

si4/6 = melody

11:21 pm

jesdraggon

shouldn't be a problem, pini. one's an anti-inflammatory, the other's an antibiotic.

11:21 pm

Pinikula

me, too, jmc!

11:21 pm

jesdraggon

they should be fine together.

11:21 pm

Pinikula

thx jes :)

11:22 pm

Pinikula

(everytime I cough, my head pounds)

11:22 pm

jmcnrick

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

11:22 pm

kanet77

the 1st ti4/4

11:22 pm

Pinikula

ti + (repeat)

11:22 pm

jillibus

si4/5 (the 2nd) -- naughty deed + cons

11:22 pm

kanet77

and i got he si4/6 it's the 4/5 i'm looking for

11:23 pm

Pinikula

see jilli's clue ;)

11:23 pm

jmcnrick

5

11:24 pm

kanet77

1!

11:24 pm

Pinikula

which one, kanet?

11:24 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, jmc!!!!

11:24 pm

kanet77

w00t!

11:24 pm

kanet77

thanks guys!

11:24 pm

jillibus

gogogo kanet!!!

11:24 pm

jesdraggon

yay, kanet!

11:24 pm

jillibus

fireworks, kanet?

11:24 pm

Pinikula

Koda's guarding me!!! (Flip is outside working on the pipe.)

11:25 pm

kanet77

fireworks indeed! : D

11:25 pm

Pinikula

wtg kanet!!!

11:25 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hooo kanet

11:25 pm

jillibus

YAY kanet!!!

11:25 pm

Pinikula

he won't sit anywhere but on my lap with his head facing the door!

11:25 pm

kanet77

well this site is alright

11:25 pm

jmcnrick

did I ask or did some one clue ti 4/5 the first?

11:26 pm

jillibus

we think so, kanet -- come on in!

11:26 pm

jmcnrick

this site is heaven on earth kanet

11:26 pm

Pinikula

ti4/5 = wave break

11:26 pm

jmcnrick

even with peopple who get pissed off

11:26 pm

Pinikula

"alright"...that's it? that's all we are is "alright"? wow!!!

11:26 pm

Pinikula

* giggle *

11:26 pm

jmcnrick

hmm no clue pini

11:27 pm

Pinikula

Kanet...you will be assimilated; resistance is futile!!! LOL

11:27 pm

jmcnrick

tidal?

11:27 pm

Pinikula

high ti** v low ti** (ocean)

11:27 pm

jmcnrick

nm

11:27 pm

jillibus

ti4/5 -- motion of the sea

11:27 pm

Pinikula

or what jilli said ;)

11:28 pm

jmcnrick

tooo long of a day and too much jack

11:28 pm

Pinikula

send me some, jmc!!!

11:28 pm

jmcnrick

I typed wiht my eyes closed

11:28 pm

kanet77

pini.. this site is alllllll riiiiiight ::nods head w/ big grin::

11:28 pm

Pinikula

much better, kanet!!!

11:28 pm

jmcnrick

send yo some what pini???

11:28 pm

jmcnrick

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

11:29 pm

kanet77

it's a different feel from the speed games

11:29 pm

Pinikula

JACK!!!

11:29 pm

kanet77

there's actually time to chat.. haha

11:29 pm

jillibus

yep -- we have time to be friends and help

11:29 pm

kanet77

very welcoming environment

11:29 pm

Pinikula

the best of both worlds!!! gaming AND chatting!!!

11:29 pm

jmcnrick

always time to chat -- the qiestion is -- is ther time to enter the words?

11:30 pm

jillibus

and sometimes there are very interesting conversations

11:30 pm

jmcnrick

what? is brandy jack here? *looks around*

11:30 pm

kanet77

i'm basically trying to cram my head full of word games in preparation for the annual xmas scrabble tournament. : )

11:30 pm

jmcnrick

damn only 30 minutes left I need to focus

11:31 pm

Pinikula

this'd be the place to do it, kanet!!!

11:31 pm

kanet77

how many left jmc?

11:31 pm

Pinikula

I large glass of jack and coke?

11:31 pm

jmcnrick

this is better than a scrabble tourni

11:31 pm

jmcnrick

no jack neat

11:31 pm

jmcnrick

4 left

11:31 pm

jillibus

this is not competitive but cooperative

11:31 pm

Pinikula

I can't do it straight :(

11:32 pm

jmcnrick

sa 5 st 4 st 5 and th 4

11:32 pm

jmcnrick

that is the only way I can do it pini

11:32 pm

kanet77

some of these words are very esoteric. i can't even find definitions once i know the words

11:32 pm

jesdraggon

in7?

11:32 pm

jillibus

I guess Jack is Mr Daniels?

11:32 pm

Pinikula

in7 = not outdoors

11:32 pm

jmcnrick

si4 sin4 a song si4 out loud si4 it long

11:33 pm

Pinikula

last sa5 = speak + **entification

11:33 pm

jmcnrick

so true pini but i dont need that

11:33 pm

jillibus

yes, kanet -- do you know about the ? beside the word in the list? Click on it for a def, if there is one

11:33 pm

kanet77

th4: now and th**

11:33 pm

Pinikula

first sa5?

11:33 pm

jesdraggon

isn't that a 6, pini?

11:33 pm

Pinikula

no, jes

11:33 pm

Pinikula

oh, shoot...yes, jes

11:33 pm

kanet77

thanks jill. yeah, i discovered that.

11:34 pm

jmcnrick

last sa 5/12

11:34 pm

Pinikula

in7 = in + proofread + 1st vowel

11:34 pm

Pinikula

sa5/12 = pt of sa4

11:34 pm

jillibus

sa5 -- biblical form of previous word

11:34 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, pini

11:34 pm

jmcnrick

first st 4/6

11:35 pm

jillibus

actually present tense

11:35 pm

jmcnrick

biblical fomr of not crazy??

11:35 pm

Pinikula

oh

11:35 pm

jillibus

st4/6 -- male deer, or go to a party alone if you're a guy

11:36 pm

jmcnrick

ty jill

11:36 pm

jillibus

no, jmc -- past tense of not crazy -- I was clueing a diff sa5/12

11:36 pm

jmcnrick

3

11:36 pm

rururocks

stnerd you mean jilli?

11:36 pm

jmcnrick

2

11:36 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, jmc! :)

11:36 pm

Pinikula

hi ru :)

11:36 pm

Pinikula

how's Little D today?

11:36 pm

jillibus

hi ruru

11:37 pm

rururocks

no word on him today.. no one called

11:37 pm

Pinikula

call him!!!

11:37 pm

rururocks

hiya jilli .. i have joined the icon party

11:37 pm

rururocks

I figured out how to do it finally

11:37 pm

jillibus

ruru, can't figure out your icon(s) -- not the same here and in your profile

11:38 pm

Pinikula

I see an odd "face"?

11:38 pm

Pinikula

(different from what I see on prof)

11:38 pm

rururocks

refresh then I think...

11:38 pm

jmcnrick

second th?

11:38 pm

jillibus

here looks like a weird face, but in your profile I see an interesting sort of black and white pattern

11:38 pm

Pinikula

th4 = now and th**

11:39 pm

rururocks

now and th4 jm

11:39 pm

gardnerpaints

can i please get a hint for the top right corner "I"

11:39 pm

rururocks

isn't that the icon thing today black and white..?

11:39 pm

jmcnrick

ty pini and ru

11:39 pm

jillibus

refreshing...

11:39 pm

rururocks

in 7 gardener

11:40 pm

Pinikula

gardner; in7 = in + proofread + 1st vowel

11:40 pm

jmcnrick

life is not black and white

11:40 pm

jmcnrick

%^&*()zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

11:40 pm

rururocks

sometimes mine is

11:40 pm

jillibus

yes, ruru, today's is black and white -- in 20 minutes it changes to Stars

11:40 pm

jmcnrick

1

11:40 pm

Pinikula

something wrong, jmc?

11:40 pm

Pinikula

git'r dun, girl!!!! :)

11:40 pm

rururocks

stars?

11:41 pm

jmcnrick

sleeping while babblling

11:41 pm

rururocks

Isn't that a movie?

11:41 pm

jmcnrick

last st 5/12

11:41 pm

Pinikula

uh oh! git'r dun first!!!!! :)

11:42 pm

Pinikula

pt of pig's home

11:42 pm

Pinikula

or s + fit to be t***

11:42 pm

rururocks

you mean like Alec Baldwin's home?

11:43 pm

jmcnrick

whooo hooo me!

11:43 pm

jmcnrick

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

11:43 pm

Pinikula

wtg jmc!!!!!

11:43 pm

jillibus

ru, you might get bopped on the head and then you'd see some

11:43 pm

jillibus

YAY jmc!!!

11:44 pm

jmcnrick

good night all (pb jill)

11:44 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

11:44 pm

jillibus

that IS and interesting icon, ruru -- what is it?

11:44 pm

rururocks

a piece of art I found

11:44 pm

Marc Freeman

Good morning could I get a clue for di5 please

11:44 pm

Pinikula

I'm off to look for stars...back shortly

11:44 pm

jillibus

too late for the PB, lol

11:44 pm

rururocks

very textural I really like it

11:44 pm

jesdraggon

bye, jam

11:45 pm

Pinikula

di + end life

11:45 pm

rururocks

hi jess...

11:45 pm

Marc Freeman

thank Pini how about the 2nd one?

11:45 pm

jillibus

or 2nd di5, same 1st 3 letters + abbr for saint

11:45 pm

Pinikula

di5 = I di* it!!! + abbrev for saint

11:46 pm

Pinikula

* snap * jilli...

11:46 pm

Pinikula

off to hunt...brb

11:46 pm

kanet77

nice jmc!

11:46 pm

Marc Freeman

got them thanks

11:46 pm

kanet77

i'm off. nice to meet you folks. thanks for the clues

11:47 pm

jillibus

come back again, kanet :)

11:47 pm

kanet77

see you, jill

11:48 pm

jillibus

going to get my next icon -- brb

11:49 pm

Marc Freeman

st8/50, please?

11:49 pm

Pinikula

s + 10% to church + pt

11:50 pm

Marc Freeman

That comes to only 7 letters?

11:51 pm

ursh

marc there is an i towards the end

11:51 pm

Pinikula

add an "eye" before the last vowel

11:51 pm

jesdraggon

how3fishy are the ts words?

11:51 pm

Marc Freeman

Got it thanks

11:52 pm

Pinikula

they're not...ts + lemon***

11:52 pm

Pinikula

change last vowel for 2nd

11:53 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, pini

11:53 pm

Marc Freeman

last clue I need is as5/12, please?

11:53 pm

Pinikula

a + not front or back

11:53 pm

jesdraggon

as6,27?

11:53 pm

jesdraggon

as5 is next to

11:54 pm

dcseain

oops. forgot i started. guess i won't be finishing this one :)

11:54 pm

jesdraggon

hi dc

11:54 pm

dcseain

ti6, either/both pls?

11:54 pm

jillibus

back with Star icon (nest theme)

11:55 pm

Pinikula

ti6 = pt of ti5

11:55 pm

jillibus

1st ti 6 -- past tense of 10% for the church

11:55 pm

diem

nbts and Fireworks last 2 were n up top

11:55 pm

Marc Freeman

thanks got it Jes as = what you get after charcoal burns plus an action ending

11:55 pm

dcseain

i lack the 5

11:55 pm

Pinikula

10%

11:55 pm

dcseain

got them

11:56 pm

jesdraggon

thanks :)

11:56 pm

jillibus

the 5 is 10% for the church

11:56 pm

jillibus

the other ti6 -- artist and red hair

11:56 pm

dcseain

ty, jilli

11:56 pm

jillibus

yw :)

11:57 pm

dcseain

ste 5/7?

11:57 pm

dcseain

ah, st7 not related to 5, so ST7, pls?

11:57 pm

Pinikula

st5/14 = st4 with an "eye" near the end

11:58 pm

Pinikula

st7 = same first four + *** end

11:58 pm

dcseain

ty

11:59 pm

dcseain

eh, lost cause. not gonna get 19

11:59 pm

jillibus

hmmm, maybe not in 1 minute

11:59 pm

admadmadmadm

d'oh a 99-worder with less than a minute? rats

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