Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, December 30, 2009

12:00 am

flosey

flip, and too big, won't have time

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

stidmama

flip!!!!

12:00 am

JBsAnno

flip

12:00 am

JBsAnno

12:00 am

JBsAnno

12:00 am

JBsAnno

12:00 am

JBsAnno

12:00 am

JBsAnno

12:00 am

stidmama

ack. a biggie! 215

12:00 am

Trifioso

or not! flippedy do!

12:00 am

autumn moon

flip. 50 left

12:00 am

jillibus

have a go anyway, flosey -- and hi!

12:00 am

stidmama

hello flosey dear! how are you? how is mr flo? I actually have looked at some garden catalogs this vacation!

12:00 am

JBsAnno

On vacation, stiddy, bed sheets are dry now, time to make the bed

12:01 am

Pinikula

flip!

12:01 am

stidmama

sure. pop in and tease, and leave again! no MJCL for you!

12:01 am

Dr_God

The Babble toilet seems to be "dusty" ;)

12:01 am

stidmama

oh oh... I saw a wurd and typed it. all is now lost

12:01 am

stidmama

THANK YOU DR G!!!! (((hugs)))

12:02 am

Pinikula

* giggle * thx Dr!!!

12:02 am

stidmama

:-D we are safe from that troll now!

12:02 am

Trifioso

I don't know what that means, Dr. God....

12:02 am

flosey

great thanks stid, enjoying our newest grandson

12:02 am

stidmama

that means he flushed our troll, trifioso!

12:02 am

dcseain

thanks, Dr_god

12:02 am

kimmtoats

Ha! You got that right Dr.!!!

12:02 am

JBsAnno

LOL, stiddy, I CAN'T have any more caffeine today, I'll never sleep!

12:02 am

Trifioso

oh, okay! thanks dr. god!

12:03 am

JBsAnno

TY, Dr. God, for bringing in the maids!!

12:03 am

jillibus

Thanks, Dr_G

12:03 am

stidmama

well... maybe next time you'll some in earlier, and then we can have a nice chat over MJCLs!

12:04 am

JBsAnno

ooh, yes, that would be nice (blithely typing away with no regard for what typed words may actually be in that grid over on the left...)

12:04 am

stidmama

I miss our talks. and the chat this evening was great -- full of chatty gossipy stuff and some downright fun political rants as well (and not just by me)

12:04 am

mrpresident

late flip!

12:04 am

JBsAnno

Yup, confession, I was lurking and saw that upset mama look!

12:04 am

stidmama

how's your father, mrp?

12:05 am

JBsAnno

Hi, MrP! Prayers for you and your family continue!

12:05 am

stidmama

oh, you lurker you! *tosses choclits at JB*

12:05 am

mrpresident

he is sore stid, there is definitely metal in his leg

12:05 am

mrpresident

hi JB!

12:05 am

Bugsaw

Hello everyone. Glad I missed the troll

12:05 am

flosey

hi bugs

12:06 am

JBsAnno

mmmmmmm, *considering lurking as a hobby to get more choclit***mmmmm

12:06 am

stidmama

oh gee whiz. I wish we could get to him and get him what he needs!

12:06 am

cybernan

ta 7

12:06 am

mrpresident

I like the 'dusty' comment DrG... hehehe

12:06 am

dcseain

my he get treatment soon, mrp

12:06 am

pugmama763

IN7

12:06 am

stidmama

hey bugs! (((hugs)))

*notices bugs rhymes with hugs*

12:06 am

jillibus

bugs, he's been here for days but finally went over the line

12:06 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:06 am

Pinikula

thx lickety! :)

12:06 am

mrpresident

thanks lickety

12:06 am

stidmama

really nan? *looks at grid*

12:06 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:06 am

Trifioso

thanks lickety dear!

12:06 am

jillibus

Thanks a lot, Lickety

12:06 am

JBsAnno

*wondering just *how* toilets can get dusty...*

12:07 am

stidmama

thanks lickety! (((hugs))) hope you are doing okay. holding you in my heart.

12:07 am

dcseain

ty, lickety

12:07 am

autumn moon

TY Lickety

12:07 am

flosey

thanks lickety

12:07 am

stidmama

oooh! TE 7

12:07 am

jillibus

JB, when they've been flushed dry?

12:07 am

dcseain

you've never been in a long-empty building, obviously, JB

12:07 am

mrpresident

oh no!! the ouchy doctor is in the grid!!

12:07 am

Pinikula

thx stid!

12:07 am

cybernan

im 7

12:07 am

Pinikula

nice find, mrp!

12:07 am

stidmama

thanks for that one mrp! LOL

12:07 am

mrpresident

in 8

12:07 am

flosey

ty mrp

12:08 am

Bugsaw

I have seen him then jilli. How is your holiday season? Any busier than you usually are? :)

12:08 am

jillibus

the ski trail is here too

12:08 am

Pinikula

thx nan!

12:08 am

stidmama

it's not big, but I see a religious song... hy 4

12:08 am

JBsAnno

aaahh, yes, well, the toilets I'm acquainted with don't get dusty, lol, just cleaned often!

12:08 am

Trifioso

te6

12:08 am

mrpresident

there are 3 x in8!! (faint!)

12:08 am

jillibus

bugs, did you see about my trip home from Mission on Boxing Day?

12:08 am

stidmama

go trifioso go!!!

12:08 am

Bugsaw

No I am sorry. I have not played every day

12:09 am

jillibus

ty for the hy, stid :)

12:09 am

kimmtoats

thanks, stid!

12:09 am

JBsAnno

ty, mrp!

12:09 am

JBsAnno

I'

12:09 am

Bugsaw

I take it the trip was full of delays jilli

12:09 am

stidmama

you bet, kimm and jill

12:09 am

ursh

phantom feminist

12:10 am

JBsAnno

I'm on a friend's netbook, sorry, keyboard is touchy and sensitive

12:10 am

stidmama

hey ursh! happy new year!

12:10 am

mrpresident

the first in8 is a plural of the first in6

12:10 am

stidmama

oh oh, careful to ask only for CLUES, not hi4!

12:10 am

jillibus

bugs, coming home I thought I had got on the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay ferry, but found myself in Duke Point!

12:11 am

cybernan

de 7

12:11 am

stidmama

go nan go!

12:11 am

Trifioso

NBT!!!

12:11 am

JBsAnno

bball (be back a little later), gn for now! (slurping last of the choclit!)

12:11 am

cybernan

te 7 x2

12:11 am

jillibus

(bugs, I was a foot passenger)

12:11 am

stidmama

yippee trifioso!

12:11 am

Bugsaw

Oh my goodness jilli! That must have added hours to your travel time! I am not surprised you got confused tho.

12:11 am

jillibus

wow, trif!

12:11 am

mrpresident

ma 7

12:12 am

mrpresident

on ya trif!

12:12 am

Bugsaw

Even worse to be a foot passenger. How did you manage to get home to Saltspring then?

12:12 am

jillibus

bugs, I should have been home by 4 pm, but finally made it at about 10:15 pm

12:12 am

mrpresident

ma7 is also a plural of the conductor

12:13 am

jillibus

Back to Tsawassen, then to Swartz, then waited an hour and a half for the ferry to Fulrod (SSI)

12:13 am

Bugsaw

I wish you had my phone number. You could have phoned and I could have come to collect you in one hour. It would have been a fun, impromptue meeting

12:13 am

mrpresident

eewwww, I found half a lizard in my cooked spinach!!

12:13 am

jillibus

*fulford

12:13 am

stidmama

no mrp! *look of shock and ick*

12:14 am

jillibus

eek, mrp!!!

12:14 am

Trifioso

WHAT??? OMG mr p! how do you aussies do it?

12:14 am

jillibus

bugs, I had to get back to Fulford where a friend was meeting me with my car. At least I had my cell phone and could let her know what was happening

12:15 am

Pinikula

* thinking of favorite things, thinking of favorite things...(repeat) * to get spin-liz out of head!

12:15 am

mrpresident

well, this is false advertising... it says on the packet 'nothing added', but I see a lizard!!

12:15 am

Bugsaw

I am glad you had someone to phone but there is no ferry from Nanaimo to Fulford is there?

12:16 am

Trifioso

PLEASE tell me you are going to let the company know, mr p?

12:16 am

Pinikula

package it up and return, mrp!

12:16 am

mrpresident

oh trif, they are sooooo gonna know!

12:16 am

Trifioso

Pini, your icon is wicked cool!

12:17 am

jillibus

no, bugs, so I had to go back to Tsawwassen

12:17 am

Pinikula

thx trif :) (need to change it tho)

12:17 am

Bugsaw

Oh mrp, if it came in a packet, put the whole mess into a bag and send it back with a letter of complaint. If they are like the companies here, they will send you all kinds of stuff for free (if you still want to try to eat it again).

12:17 am

MissOmnibus

159 to go

12:17 am

mrpresident

I am posting the pics of the lizard dinner to the company tonight!

12:17 am

jillibus

wtg MissO!

12:18 am

Pinikula

you rock, mrp!

12:18 am

Bugsaw

Poor jilli. What an exhausting day. I am sure you were so glad to be home and don't plan to leave for a while again. Still, you have a good adventure to relate!

12:18 am

Trifioso

phantom: tempting

12:18 am

jillibus

Oh yes, bugs, plenty to dine out on :)

12:19 am

mrpresident

trif said a woooord

12:19 am

MissOmnibus

ty Jilli ^.^

12:19 am

flosey

too tired tonight, this will have to wait for tomorrow - if there's time, going in to Victoria to take a friend to lunch

12:19 am

jillibus

I will never again buy a ticket without checking where the ferry is going. Had no idea there were two leaving at about the same time.

12:19 am

berri

de7

12:19 am

stidmama

sweet dreams flosey ((hugs)) have a lovely time with your friend!

12:19 am

Bugsaw

Thanks trif. Please keep those clues coming!

12:20 am

Bugsaw

Good night flosey

12:20 am

jillibus

poor flosey -- getting tired out again! When will you learn?

12:20 am

Pinikula

night flosey

12:20 am

mrpresident

di6 & di7 is a compound/plural

12:20 am

Trifioso

oh, whoops, so I did! I didn't realize - thought it was only a phantom! all apologies...shuffling off to PB

12:20 am

flosey

haven't in all these years jilli, guess I never will

12:21 am

flosey

but am enjoying playing with grandson

12:21 am

stidmama

oh! grandson plays now flosey?

12:21 am

jillibus

glad you're enjoying whatever you're doing, flosey :)

12:21 am

flosey

well stid, he giggles, and is trying for all he's worth to stand!

12:21 am

flosey

goodnight now, enjoy the grid

12:22 am

stidmama

LOL good for him! we'll have him typing in fluent typose in no time then!

12:22 am

stidmama

sweet dreams flosey!

12:22 am

jillibus

sleep tight, flosey xx

12:23 am

Bugsaw

night flosey

12:23 am

stidmama

SO close to NBT *determined mama look*

12:23 am

Pinikula

need 3 more for NBT...will have to wait...getting up earl in the a.m.

12:24 am

Just1Mar

Hello everyone and Happy New Year and Happy Birtday to Meeee

12:24 am

stidmama

enjoy your day, pini. take pics! but mostly have fun! (((((hugs)))))

12:24 am

Bugsaw

there are 2 on the right I can't get for NBT

12:24 am

Pinikula

(will do!) ;)

12:24 am

jillibus

Happy b'day justy!!!

12:24 am

Pinikula

HB Just... * poof *

12:24 am

Bugsaw

Happy birthday JustMar

12:25 am

stidmama

happy bday just!

12:25 am

Trifioso

lucky earl, pini!!!

12:25 am

Just1Mar

Thank you Jilli and Bugs

12:25 am

Just1Mar

and Pini too! ciao

12:25 am

Trifioso

happy birthday, just 1!

12:25 am

jillibus

trif, you took earl right out of my moth

12:25 am

Just1Mar

Thx Stiddie HNY to you

12:26 am

stidmama

thanks just! looking forward to a good one!

12:26 am

jillibus

bugs -- great icon!

12:26 am

Just1Mar

Me too cause 2009 was a bust for me

12:26 am

rbud

happy bday, Just! :)

12:26 am

Trifioso

well, then, poor moth, jili!!! lol

12:26 am

Just1Mar

hi rbuddie! ty !

12:27 am

Bugsaw

I chose it because it had a sense of the art of the eastern native peoples, called Woodland art

12:27 am

jillibus

I KNEW you'd pick that up, trif, lol!

12:27 am

stidmama

oooh. NBT. *proud mama look*

12:28 am

Trifioso

way to go stid, and LOL jili!!!!

12:28 am

jillibus

wtg stid :)

12:28 am

kimmtoats

is my picture better?

12:28 am

Bugsaw

well done stid. still missing 2 here

12:29 am

stidmama

just, I am CERTAIN that 2010 holds promise for us all. My hope for us is that we will be able to roll with any punches and make lots of lemonade when necessary, while being served mostly happily just desserts.

12:29 am

kimmtoats

fame

12:29 am

Trifioso

bugsaw, I haven't seen you for a while, but wanted to let you know I have a new job, working as a reading clinician with students with receptive and expressive language issues, and I am LOVING it so much! I cannot agree more with your statement about helping people find their power....love that!

12:30 am

stidmama

go kimm go!!!

12:30 am

stidmama

nice new icon, btw

12:30 am

Just1Mar

I shall defer to your certainty stiddie!

12:30 am

dcseain

kimm's gonna live forever

12:31 am

rbud

kimm - your pic is great! :)

12:31 am

sunie

ps

12:31 am

kimmtoats

uh huh. If I could only stay out of the PB!

12:31 am

Bugsaw

Good for you trif! I am so happy for you. You have been through a lot in the short time I have been playing. I am also pleased that something I said made sense to someone. It is a good goal in life

12:31 am

stidmama

go sunie go!

12:31 am

jillibus

kimm, your picture is much better, and you have your flag -- perfecto!

12:32 am

rbud

oh, that happens a lot, don't let it bother you, kimm.

12:32 am

kimmtoats

Thanks, rbud! That's my beautiful daughter kissing me!

12:32 am

rbud

we've all done time in the PB, lol!

12:32 am

Trifioso

thanks bugsaw. It is still early days, of course, so I am sure there are bumps ahead, but for right now I am loving it. it feels so good to be earning again, that is for sure!

12:32 am

stidmama

tetris ought to be in the enable dictionary by now, oughtn't it?

12:32 am

cybernan

need a word from the left e for nbt

12:32 am

Trifioso

LOL stid, I tried that too!

12:33 am

Bugsaw

I wish there was a place here for people who need your skills. It is kind of hit and miss in the school system

12:33 am

Just1Mar

need both e's for nbt's

12:33 am

stidmama

oooh. I am past halfway...

12:33 am

jillibus

and I needa word from the right E for nbt, lol!

12:33 am

Trifioso

duck down, cyber

12:33 am

Trifioso

oh, sorry - I think we aren't supposed to clue for the first hour, right?

12:33 am

cybernan

ty trif

12:33 am

stidmama

there. down to 100. will leave the rest for tomorrow.

12:34 am

stidmama

the E on the right is naval flag, nan

12:34 am

jillibus

it's ok, trif -- no such rule

12:34 am

cybernan

en 6 on the right

12:34 am

stidmama

or the naval rank below lieutenant

12:34 am

Bugsaw

good job stid. I will be here tomorrow as well since I am so much slower

12:34 am

jillibus

ty stid -- nbt :)

12:35 am

stidmama

"spidy" also doesn't work.

12:35 am

stidmama

go jill go!

12:35 am

Bugsaw

Hurray stid. NBT for me too now. thanks

12:35 am

jillibus

good thing I know something about US naval ranks, thanks to wartime boyfriends in NY days :)

12:35 am

dcseain

huh. i'm halfway and have a cat with icy paws on me.

12:36 am

stidmama

sweet dreams or happy days all, mrp, please let me know how things do for your dad. And lickety's as well. and tell the kids hello from the stidkids!

12:36 am

Trifioso

oooh, dcseain....shivery!

12:36 am

Just1Mar

ty for e clues

12:36 am

jillibus

oh, shiver, dc! Why so chilly?

12:36 am

stidmama

sweet dreaams all! *leaves choclit and cookies and eggnog on sideboard*

12:36 am

stidmama

*poof*

12:36 am

dcseain

it's very chilly here, and i think she's been playing in the utility closet again

12:36 am

jillibus

bye stiddie dear!

12:36 am

dcseain

g'night stid

12:38 am

Just1Mar

oy dc...you don't know from chilly...right now -17c with wind chill at -26c :(

12:38 am

dcseain

it's currently -5 c here

12:39 am

Just1Mar

that's positively balmy, dc!

12:39 am

dcseain

for here, that's quite cold for this time in the Winter, but point taken :) I did used to live in Boston, so i do recall cold. It was easier when it got cold and stayed that way.

12:40 am

jillibus

dc, it's +4c here

12:40 am

dcseain

yes, you got the nice bit of ocean current up in that bit of the continent, jilli :P

12:41 am

Just1Mar

well at this point in my life I'll spend the extra $$$$ for warmth....carbon footprint be damned

12:41 am

Atalante

it's too bloody cold here whatever te4 it really is

12:41 am

cybernan

anyone want to go for -8c?

12:42 am

rumplestiltskin

Hello all, longer grid today.

12:42 am

broll

ok, I'm not good with centrigrade. It's 5F here, how does that translate?

12:42 am

Just1Mar

although we heat with electric hot water and we have tons of hydro electricty at cheap prices here

12:42 am

Trifioso

okay, witching hour for me...good night all, and see you anon, I hope!

12:42 am

jillibus

well, dc, I think the ocean current is cold, not like the Gulf Stream, but we get warm air from the south

12:42 am

rumplestiltskin

Here too, broil

12:42 am

jillibus

night trif!

12:42 am

dcseain

-15c broll

12:42 am

Atalante

*loves the Gulf Stream*

12:43 am

Bugsaw

Nite trif

12:43 am

broll

Cold any way you measure it!

12:43 am

Just1Mar

cold is cold plain and simple

12:43 am

dcseain

we did notice that the water of the pacific was chilly, though warmer than same latitude on this coast.

12:43 am

Just1Mar

snap broll

12:43 am

dcseain

g'night trif

12:43 am

cybernan

can't find that di 6-7 combo, so heading out -- 135 down

12:44 am

jillibus

4c is 40f -- one of the convenient memory things.

12:44 am

dcseain

g'night nan

12:44 am

Just1Mar

however I will be going to Mexico in about 3 weeks (hopefully will be a much better vaction this year than last)

12:44 am

jillibus

night nan -- well done!

12:44 am

dcseain

where in MX, just?

12:45 am

Just1Mar

Acapulco dc

12:45 am

jillibus

justy, enjoy the pre-flight hours at the airport (NOT)!

12:45 am

dcseain

oh, good. very far from the current trouble zones there.

12:45 am

mrpresident

well, back again...

12:46 am

Just1Mar

Yes for sure and we stay in an area that is guarded

12:46 am

jillibus

wb, mrp!

12:46 am

Just1Mar

Acapulco = guaranteed sunshine and warmth

12:46 am

mrpresident

just rang up the local hospital for my dad... they are calling him now to triage him over the phone. He is going to be so pissed off at me!!

12:46 am

dcseain

well, things are VERY bad in Baja California Norte and Ciudad Juarez - no rule of law, gov't collapsed, and armed drug cartels in charge

12:46 am

Just1Mar

Hi MrP! Happy New Year!

12:46 am

dcseain

well done, mrp!

12:47 am

Just1Mar

sigh I know dc....

12:47 am

jillibus

Well done for your dad, mrp!

12:47 am

Just1Mar

No he won't MrP....

12:47 am

mrpresident

hi just! good to see you and happy new year to you too!

12:48 am

Just1Mar

aww thx mrP :)

12:48 am

mrpresident

I called my brother for backup... he just laughed his ass off at me! He knows what dad is like, but he is supporting the whole thing

12:48 am

dcseain

lol mrp

12:49 am

jillibus

good that you have your brother's support, mrp

12:49 am

Bugsaw

brothers are like that no matter what age, mrp.

12:49 am

Just1Mar

does he live in Sydney too, MrP?

12:49 am

mrpresident

If I have to, I will call in the State Emergency Services and get him to a hospital!

12:49 am

jillibus

GOOD, mrp!

12:49 am

stidmama

BUGS! you left a comment on my blog! ((((hugs))) you are now my fourth offical reader! LOL

and thanks.

*repoof*

12:50 am

mrpresident

my brother lives only a few km from me... we both talked about going up there to get dad out as a last resort

12:50 am

Just1Mar

well glad you have sibling help MrP....

12:50 am

stidmama

*glad to see mrp is taking charge of recalcitrant old coot of a father*

12:51 am

jillibus

your dad may grump but I bet he'll be secretly grateful, mrp

12:51 am

mrpresident

thanks all... I hope this is the right decision too

12:51 am

stidmama

and now.... I am really really going to sleep. good night all! *repoof for good*

12:52 am

Bugsaw

I have been to your blog a few time stid but never felt brave enough to comment before.

12:52 am

Just1Mar

yeah for sure...no one want's to be in pain....and no one deserves to be

12:52 am

jillibus

of course it's the right decision, mrp!

12:52 am

dcseain

yes, you did right, mrp

12:53 am

Just1Mar

absolutely! the right thing

12:53 am

Bugsaw

I must poof now too
. Good night all. Happy babbling.

12:54 am

jillibus

night bugs -- à demain

12:57 am

Just1Mar

still missing an i (2nd column from left) for nbt?

12:59 am

pugmama763

serial killers live in IN6 forever

12:59 am

pugmama763

then plural

1:00 am

Just1Mar

wow thx so much pug!

1:00 am

pugmama763

yw

1:01 am

jillibus

ty pugs!

1:01 am

pugmama763

yw 2

1:02 am

Just1Mar

somehow that brought me to get get in 6/8 also :) ty

1:03 am

MissOmnibus

125 and stuck

1:03 am

MissOmnibus

ergh

1:06 am

Atalante

I like words beginning and ending in i

1:07 am

MissOmnibus

i dont, cause i aint getting them, Ata lol

1:07 am

jillibus

you're weird, ata, lol!

1:07 am

Just1Mar

hi Ata...HNY....and I don't lol

1:07 am

Atalante

they just look so odd!

1:13 am

gabi101195

tit

1:15 am

Atalante

I see the log's full of social commentary today ;)

1:16 am

jillibus

a fair amount, ata

1:19 am

Atalante

my phantom today is Finisterre, known only to people who like the Shipping Forecast

1:19 am

jillibus

just over halfway here

1:21 am

Atalante

ditto here, and distinctly lacking on big words and E words

1:23 am

gabi101195

pmPinikula

1:23 am

gabi101195

pmPinikula

1:23 am

flosey

hi again, back for a bit!

1:23 am

gabi101195

pmPinikula

1:23 am

jillibus

I always lack big words until I get the little ones

1:23 am

gabi101195

pmPinikula

1:23 am

jillibus

hi flosey -- couldn't sleep?

1:23 am

diem

Hi all

1:24 am

jillibus

hi diem

1:24 am

flosey

right jilli, mind going around and around!

1:25 am

jillibus

might as well have it go around and around the grid

1:25 am

flosey

right jilli, just picked up 9 words since coming in

1:26 am

Atalante

go flosey :)

1:26 am

jillibus

nothing like a fresh view

1:26 am

Atalante

hi diem in the grid today

1:26 am

rubyfoo

good morning

1:26 am

flosey

morning ruby

1:27 am

Atalante

bonjour ruby

1:28 am

diem

well im lost or at least not found !!

1:28 am

Atalante

pooor diem!

1:29 am

jillibus

hi rubyfoo :)

1:29 am

Atalante

unloved by enable

1:29 am

jillibus

(just watching the news and a few clips about a real Quidditch game)

1:30 am

grannyrose

finally. whew!!!!! turning off lurker mode. how is everyone doing with this b........ grid?

1:30 am

jillibus

bumbling along, granny

1:30 am

diem

I found an 8 all on my own

1:30 am

rubyfoo

bonjour ata, hello jilli

1:30 am

flosey

hi granny, left and came back, looks better now

1:30 am

rubyfoo

gins

1:31 am

grannyrose

well hi, ata, diem, ruby, jilli, flosey

1:31 am

Atalante

how are they managing the flying broomstick bit?

1:31 am

diem

Hi rose

1:31 am

grannyrose

which, you or the grid, flosey?

1:32 am

MissOmnibus

120 to go.. phew

1:32 am

jillibus

well, they're muggles, so they are grounded but ride the broomsticks

1:32 am

MissOmnibus

/dies in the melbourne heat

1:32 am

Atalante

still, thats very cool!

1:33 am

grannyrose

when is our cool change coming? i want it NOW!!!!

1:33 am

MissOmnibus

0_0

1:33 am

jillibus

This was the McGill University team, but apparently there are several US teams and a actual league!

1:33 am

MissOmnibus

bring on a nuke winter i say

1:34 am

Atalante

wow!

1:35 am

flosey

the grid granny, I'm still tired but somehow refreshed from about 1/2 rest

1:35 am

grannyrose

brb. need a loooong cold one!

1:36 am

grannyrose

flosey, how is the arthritis?

1:36 am

MissOmnibus

have two granny, one for me, i have a shift at 9 tonight, cant have booze until i get home, still on my p's :(

1:36 am

Arisha

winter blast about now would be very nice

1:37 am

flosey

bothersome at times granny but livable

1:37 am

kimmtoats

i am going to bed folks! can't keep my eyes open. see you tomorrow!

1:37 am

grannyrose

bummer, dudette. i don't hae to work again until next monday.;P

1:37 am

diem

night kim

1:37 am

flosey

need a cold drink, brb

1:38 am

grannyrose

nite kim

1:38 am

jillibus

night kimm

1:38 am

MissOmnibus

lol is all good granny, gives me somthing to do, am inproving peoples quality of life, and in this heat, you know...

1:38 am

Atalante

I will never understand why enable doesn't allow fest

1:38 am

rubyfoo

sorry, I just saw I put a word in the chat, still not adroit!! lol

1:39 am

rubyfoo

dine

1:39 am

rubyfoo

dint

1:39 am

jillibus

ditto, ata

1:39 am

rubyfoo

why is that happening???

1:39 am

jillibus

typing in the wrong box, ruby

1:40 am

rubyfoo

I hope I improve! don't mean to be annoying

1:40 am

kimmtoats

*poof*

1:41 am

jillibus

You're not annoying -- we've all done it and the PB is full of soothing goodies

1:41 am

grannyrose

ruby, click on add word, under the grid

1:41 am

Arisha

omni you don't play wow any more ?

1:42 am

MissOmnibus

no Arisha, got me through the time of life, i needed it in.lol im reformed player now

1:42 am

MissOmnibus

no Arisha, got me through the time of life, i needed it in.lol im reformed player now
lolo

1:43 am

grannyrose

although i looove to chat, i have learnt not to do it while i'm in the grid.otherwise, i would give away all sorts of things.

1:43 am

rubyfoo

granny, I have too little to give! lol, ruefully

1:43 am

Arisha

lol, im on this on 1 comp and wow on the other :p

1:43 am

aslindy

hello all

1:44 am

MissOmnibus

ahaha yeah i used to be pro at multi tasking, well still am, just dont have wow on as well.

1:44 am

rubyfoo

pb?

1:44 am

Arisha

i don't watch tv so i have wow. and here

1:45 am

jillibus

Penalty Box, or Sin Bin ;)

1:45 am

grannyrose

no, ruby, unless you want to get to the choccies and cookies....

1:45 am

rubyfoo

aha, sounds too good

1:45 am

MissOmnibus

115...ergh

1:45 am

aslindy

I could go for some chocolate

1:45 am

jillibus

hi aslindy

1:46 am

aslindy

hiya j
illibus

1:46 am

Atalante

I think the PB needs a constant supply of mulled wine until February

1:46 am

jillibus

mmmm, nice idea, ata

1:47 am

rubyfoo

mmmm

1:47 am

aslindy

now the cat is laying on my arm

1:47 am

jillibus

laying eggs?

1:47 am

diem

nbt,s

1:47 am

aslindy

and steppin on the ckyboard

1:48 am

jillibus

wtg, diem

1:49 am

flosey

good for you diem, I still have lots of bts

1:49 am

aslindy

ok, lying on me... whatever... he is kinda in the way

1:49 am

jillibus

yay, got all the Ys

1:49 am

grannyrose

yay, jilli

1:50 am

jillibus

cats love to do that :)

1:50 am

flosey

good for you jilli, I have 1!

1:50 am

flosey

yips

1:50 am

flosey

oops!!

1:50 am

Atalante

woof!

1:51 am

jillibus

two of the others are sort of like that, flosey

1:51 am

flosey

gotta get back to the add word box

1:51 am

flosey

thanks jilli

1:51 am

jillibus

notusing Expert, flosey?

1:52 am

ChrissieDee

ty flosey, that was my missing Y :)

1:52 am

flosey

yes I am jilli, just sometimes I forget and come over to the chat to add a comment

1:52 am

jillibus

don't you use Lickety Add?

1:53 am

flosey

yes, I know, it's dumb to move back and forth but just forget sometimes

1:53 am

flosey

tired, and not very bright tonight

1:54 am

aslindy

what time is it there, flosey?

1:54 am

flosey

11:54 pm aslindy

1:54 am

jillibus

11:54 pm aslindy

1:54 am

aslindy

it is 2:54 am here

1:55 am

jillibus

we're in the same place

1:55 am

flosey

sure hope I'm sleep by that time aslindy

1:55 am

aslindy

I was asleep... until about 1:30. =(

1:55 am

flosey

good for you, smart lady

1:57 am

jillibus

Well, 70 left and I feel the need of a banana and glass of milk and then bed

1:58 am

jillibus

So goodnight all, and *poof*

1:58 am

aslindy

good night

1:58 am

flosey

smart girl jilli, I have 129 to go! don't expct to finish this grid

1:58 am

diem

night Jilli sleep well

2:01 am

MissOmnibus

105
lordy, this is a bigun

2:01 am

MissOmnibus

105

2:01 am

MissOmnibus

105
lordy, this is a bigun

2:01 am

MissOmnibus

105
lordy, this is a bigun

2:03 am

flosey

is the qu tile used at all?

2:03 am

aslindy

no, it is not

2:03 am

flosey

ty aslindy

2:03 am

aslindy

I'm sorry, I mean - it does not start any words

2:04 am

aslindy

I don't know if it is in the
middle of a word

2:04 am

flosey

ok, but still might be used in a word?

2:05 am

aslindy

I have not found it in any yet, but only have 77 so far.

2:05 am

diem

is there really 8 e,s 130 left havent used it the q

2:09 am

flosey

I see 8 possible e words diem

2:10 am

diem

i got 3!! leave for later

2:12 am

flosey

I have en6 and ep4, that's all

2:12 am

MissOmnibus

you can see E's, Flosey? .. you are the awesome see'er

2:12 am

flosey

oh, and ei4

2:13 am

aslindy

I have 3 et

2:14 am

diem

i got ei 4/5 em 4/8 en 6/24

2:14 am

flosey

got the 3ets

2:15 am

VolleymomDee

hi all! I have et 6/21; et 7/32 x 2

2:16 am

VolleymomDee

so still one e short :(

2:17 am

VolleymomDee

oooh and em 5/18

2:17 am

aslindy

I am not getting the ems

2:17 am

flosey

us the sometimes vowel aslindy

2:17 am

flosey

e words finished

2:18 am

aslindy

ah, thank you

2:18 am

aslindy

still missing 2, hmmm

2:18 am

VolleymomDee

wtg flosey

2:18 am

VolleymomDee

nbt

2:19 am

gortmold

hi babblers

2:19 am

gortmold

are the ets obvious?

2:19 am

VolleymomDee

em + sometimes vowel + first letter of my name for em 5 (add a vowel at the end for the 6)

2:20 am

gortmold

not to worry, just stumbled across them

2:20 am

MissOmnibus

ty Dee<3 ;)

2:21 am

VolleymomDee

wtg

2:21 am

MissOmnibus

101... phew

2:21 am

aslindy

ok, I just need the E on the right

2:21 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

2:21 am

VolleymomDee

en 6/24... military title

2:22 am

aslindy

oh, thank you!

2:22 am

VolleymomDee

yw

2:22 am

aslindy

113 to go!

2:23 am

MissOmnibus

100!

2:24 am

diem

e,s done

2:24 am

VolleymomDee

wtg

2:26 am

VolleymomDee

can anyone lead me to the in 7?

2:26 am

broll

prisoners

2:26 am

VolleymomDee

aww ty

2:26 am

VolleymomDee

duh me

2:26 am

MissOmnibus

i dont get it :(

2:26 am

broll

yw

2:27 am

VolleymomDee

opp of out + aussie name for a buddy / friend

2:28 am

MissOmnibus

oooer ty Dee

2:28 am

VolleymomDee

yw

2:29 am

MissOmnibus

98 to go... sheesh

2:30 am

grannyrose

it's hard yakka, i told you so!

2:30 am

grannyrose

like pulling teeth

2:31 am

aslindy

ok, got to stop for a while... you all have fun

2:31 am

grannyrose

hey broll

2:31 am

VolleymomDee

grrr also cannot find the in 8

2:31 am

Arisha

inmate

2:31 am

Arisha

oops

2:31 am

grannyrose

dee, plral in6

2:31 am

grannyrose

* plural *

2:32 am

VolleymomDee

must have the wrong in 6.. can only get a 7 out of that one... looking... nose to grid...

2:32 am

grannyrose

more of not good reputation

2:32 am

MissOmnibus

im tapping out for a bit kids, need to get my bod temp down in front of the aircon

2:33 am

grannyrose

go for it, omni. me? i' sitting here with a fan on full blast

2:34 am

VolleymomDee

sitting here bundled... sending cold air and snow your way

2:34 am

grannyrose

ahhhh, thanx dee. want some of our heat?

2:35 am

VolleymomDee

a small bit ... just not too hot :)

2:35 am

grannyrose

lol, dee, you sure?

2:36 am

gortmold

hey granny, i'll swap you some stormy queensland coolness for an in8/50 clue

2:36 am

grannyrose

hi gort. in8, plural in6/36

2:36 am

VolleymomDee

I hate extreme te5 both ways... like it in the middle with just a little humidity lol

2:37 am

gortmold

i think i mean the other one pls granny

2:37 am

grannyrose

and, gort? i know about queesland rain in the summer, you can keep it!

2:38 am

gortmold

you don't like summer rain?

2:38 am

grannyrose

okay, in8, past tense of in6/27

2:38 am

VolleymomDee

our summer rains lately have been floods

2:38 am

grannyrose

gort, gets too humid.

2:39 am

gortmold

ok i've got the dodgy reputations and the cockroaches and the prisoners, just need the 8 after the trouser leg

2:40 am

VolleymomDee

te 7 x 3 so far

2:40 am

gortmold

we clever tmba-ites escape humidity by climbing the great dividing range where we had a white xmas from fog!

2:41 am

grannyrose

ghort. in8, symbols of office, in + stop ****, road information + 2 vowels

2:41 am

gortmold

ahhh, thanks a heap, granny

2:41 am

grannyrose

aaaccckkk, how did that h get in there? * gort *

2:42 am

gortmold

ghort is how the europeans pronounce it (probably)

2:43 am

grannyrose

gort, my cousin lives in towoomba. is how i know about summer rain. have visited him and my aunt and uncle in gympie many times.

2:44 am

gortmold

did you remember to bring your thermal underdaks?

2:44 am

kje

underdaks?

2:44 am

flosey

ok, down to 100, will leave them for tomorrow, hope I get a chance then, goodnight all

2:44 am

grannyrose

lol, gort. yeah, right!

2:44 am

gortmold

longjohns, kje

2:45 am

kje

hello, and gn flos

2:45 am

grannyrose

kje, longjohns

2:45 am

grannyrose

snap, grt

2:45 am

diem

night flosey

2:46 am

grannyrose

now the o disappeared. really must do something about my nails!

2:46 am

grannyrose

nite, flosey

2:46 am

gortmold

it's all right granny, i've been called much worse

2:46 am

grannyrose

rofl, gort, so have i

2:47 am

gortmold

yeah? whadda they call you?

2:47 am

grannyrose

anything but late for dinner, hate that!!!!

2:47 am

gortmold

LOL granny, u rock

2:48 am

VolleymomDee

my phant is intestine and I have entered it about 10 times :(

2:49 am

gortmold

i sympathise, vol, mine's impediment

2:49 am

grannyrose

but really, at the mo', everyone thinks they are so clever, they calll me hop-a-long, 'cos of my walking stick, and limp. little do they realise that i'm limping cos i'm in pain!!

2:49 am

VolleymomDee

aww good one gort

2:50 am

gortmold

can you smite them with your stick?

2:50 am

grannyrose

very te5ing, gort, very te5ing

2:50 am

gortmold

it's probably not what Jesus would do, but they would call you "sir granny" after a whack or two

2:51 am

grannyrose

ROFL, gort. i like your style

2:51 am

gortmold

i come from feisty stock...

2:51 am

VolleymomDee

granny what happened to mrp's dad... noticed a bit in chat, but couldn't get the gi4

2:52 am

gortmold

at 94, my granny was bedridden with osteoarthritis, but managed to fight-off a would be assailant with her cane and the contents of her bed pan!

2:52 am

grannyrose

not sure, dee. was gong to ring her later

2:52 am

grannyrose

* going *

2:53 am

VolleymomDee

give her a hug for me... even though I am not sure what happened

2:53 am

grannyrose

no probs, dee

2:54 am

grannyrose

right, dinner here. slack night, having pizza. bbl

2:54 am

VolleymomDee

sounds yummy

2:55 am

VolleymomDee

finally found 2 of the 3 in 8's...

2:56 am

VolleymomDee

yippppeee found the last one

2:56 am

VolleymomDee

doing the happy dance

2:57 am

gortmold

well done vol, you are a monument to triumphant perseverance

2:58 am

VolleymomDee

lol ty ty

2:58 am

gortmold

what are you going to do now?

2:59 am

VolleymomDee

look for my other 41 lol

3:00 am

gortmold

ooooh, i thought you'd finished the grid

3:00 am

jillibus

popping in, I have a bit of info about mrp's dad -- he was in a farm accident and got some metal in his leg. It's all flooded there and he can't get out. Mrp has contacted the authorities and the hospital and they are doing a triage by phone or something.

3:00 am

gortmold

cute parent moment: my 4 yo is gazing at me in awe, cos i know the full lyrics to "bananas in pyjamas"

3:00 am

VolleymomDee

not yet... 37 more to go... and considering going to lickety

3:01 am

VolleymomDee

hugs jili; oh my my jili... how scary

3:01 am

VolleymomDee

cool gort

3:01 am

jillibus

I may have that somewhat muddled

3:01 am

VolleymomDee

farm accidents are always so very scary

3:02 am

gortmold

yeah, i've just got to stay awesome for another 17 years, how hard can that bee?!

3:02 am

VolleymomDee

and farmers have a tendency here in the states to understate how serious injuries are

3:02 am

jillibus

her brother is in support of mrp -- apparently dad is a bit testy

3:02 am

VolleymomDee

lol gor...pretty tough... made my 26 year old daughter irritated today

3:02 am

gortmold

if anyone can handle a wounded, testy farming father, it's mrp

3:03 am

gortmold

what did you do, vol?

3:03 am

VolleymomDee

I totally agree with mrp's approach that is for sure

3:03 am

VolleymomDee

she asked me a question and I answered honestly instead of what I thot she wanted to hear

3:04 am

VolleymomDee

she didn't appreciate my candor

3:04 am

jillibus

I hope they're able to get him out and into a hospital for treatment -- maybe helicopter?

3:04 am

gortmold

they never do, and yet it's only one letter away from candy, you'd think they would be begging for it all the time

3:05 am

jillibus

good for you, dee.

3:05 am

VolleymomDee

possible jili

3:06 am

VolleymomDee

I ended the conversation with... "next time don't ask me if you don't want an honest reply" or "next time tell me in advance how I should answer, so I can pretend to be a robot"... neither of those helped the situation lol

3:06 am

gortmold

is it one of those things she'll only appreciate when she has her own kiddies?

3:06 am

VolleymomDee

absolutely gort

3:06 am

jillibus

now I must go to bed! *repoof*

3:06 am

VolleymomDee

hugs jili

3:06 am

gortmold

toodle pip jilli

3:07 am

gortmold

is she still holding out against you vol?

3:08 am

VolleymomDee

yeah at least for tonight... wouldn't answer my text

3:08 am

gortmold

oh, sorry

3:09 am

gortmold

all the best healing the rift with your daughter; i have to go read bedtime stories to mine... nitey nite

3:10 am

VolleymomDee

it is okay.. I knew better when I replied... should have just hushed; hugs to you; enjoy!

3:18 am

grannyrose

back, can i help anyone?

3:18 am

VolleymomDee

not yet ty ... down to my last 29

3:20 am

grannyrose

okay. i'll just sit here,slurping my ice-cream, then.

3:20 am

VolleymomDee

yum

3:21 am

grannyrose

triple choc wedge, very yummy

3:21 am

VolleymomDee

sounds delicious... with coffee

3:22 am

diem

98 left for tomorrow night all

3:22 am

grannyrose

darn. just lost a chunk of the choc coating.and, no,too hot for coffee.

3:23 am

grannyrose

nite diem

3:23 am

VolleymomDee

aww true

3:25 am

grannyrose

'sides, what do i do with the bourbon on ice, if i have coffee?

3:25 am

VolleymomDee

LOL... definitely skip the coffee

3:26 am

grannyrose

yup, gonna do just that!

3:27 am

grannyrose

oops, just noticed the time. going to call mrp, right now!

3:27 am

VolleymomDee

did you see jili's note a minute ago?

3:28 am

grannyrose

no, dee

3:28 am

VolleymomDee

you might glance at chat right before jili "repoofed"... may give you a bit of issue

3:38 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

3:38 am

VolleymomDee

sure was glad for lickety for my missing ones

3:39 am

VolleymomDee

well all... have to get going here... busy day tomorrow

3:58 am

grannyrose

back, anyone here?

3:58 am

Haz1558

Putting hand up.

3:59 am

grannyrose

hey, haz. how are you?

3:59 am

Haz1558

I'm fine, thanks. How are you doing?

4:00 am

grannyrose

not so bad. we are having another heat wave here. te4 was 39deg today.

4:00 am

Haz1558

Melting into puddle of sweat time?

4:01 am

grannyrose

but a dry heat, so not so hard to put up with. am sitting in front of a fan gong full blast.

4:02 am

Haz1558

Is sleeping at night a problem?

4:02 am

kje

it apprently is for me

4:02 am

kje

apparently

4:03 am

Haz1558

Hello, kje, heat or just insomnia?

4:03 am

kje

LOL - not heat

4:03 am

grannyrose

what's new in your neck of the woods? we have a portable air-con in our bedroom, works well, too

4:03 am

diem

hi folks

4:03 am

kje

snowed here last night, but I hear dripping, so likely melting off

4:04 am

Haz1558

Hello, diem.

4:04 am

grannyrose

kje, sleepless,hun?

4:04 am

kje

yep, for the last 2 hours

4:05 am

grannyrose

darn, not good. something on your mi4?

4:05 am

kje

always

4:05 am

grannyrose

hey, diem, back, or just out of lurking?

4:05 am

diem

hi haz you up to your bum in snow?

4:05 am

grannyrose

wanna share, hun?

4:06 am

kje

oh, no, nothing specific...

4:06 am

Haz1558

Thank goodness, it has mostly, finally, melted. We only had five inches but it's caused problems on country roads and town pavements.

4:06 am

kje

deep in the grid now

4:06 am

diem

back cant sleep

4:06 am

grannyrose

okay, kje

4:07 am

grannyrose

you, too, diem?

4:07 am

kje

I don't think we even got an inch - LOL

4:08 am

herinfernallady

Hello

4:08 am

Haz1558

Hello, herin.

4:09 am

diem

hi herin

4:09 am

kje

hi herin

4:10 am

grannyrose

((((herin))))) you home, hun?

4:12 am

diem

Well got a HUGE turkey/stuffing sandwich this will make me tired (i hope)

4:16 am

herinfernallady

Nope. Still in the bush and deciding our new years eve plans

4:17 am

grannyrose

oh, okay. call when you get home, okay? hope you have a great one, kiddo.

4:17 am

forwardbyfaith

anyone have the di6,24?

4:18 am

Dippnall

sounds like I've gone fishing faith

4:19 am

grannyrose

faith, compound word, lucky **p + mesh for catching fish

4:19 am

herinfernallady

Yep. I don't get back until the 3rd

4:19 am

forwardbyfaith

thanks so much!

4:20 am

grannyrose

then plural, of course

4:21 am

herinfernallady

Rose how was your Christmas?

4:22 am

grannyrose

busy, herin, was spoiled rotten by himself. and yours?

4:23 am

grannyrose

your mobile picking up where you are?

4:25 am

herinfernallady

Sort of

4:25 am

grannyrose

brb, going to flip to see who gets the last piece of plum pudding.

4:25 am

herinfernallady

It is roaming and costly

4:26 am

grannyrose

will try tomorrow about 1200 hours, or would you rather i didn't?

4:28 am

herinfernallady

Rather not hun sorry. We are going to be driving up north

4:29 am

grannyrose

that's okay, hun. catch you when you get home.

4:29 am

herinfernallady

That would be great

4:29 am

grannyrose

lostthe toss. :( he gets the last bit

4:31 am

herinfernallady

?

4:32 am

herinfernallady

why is it when you are trying to talk there is someone in the peanut gallery that has to ''help'' by being a pain in the a

4:34 am

grannyrose

the last bit of plum pudding, herin. himself won the toss of the coin.

4:36 am

grannyrose

i have to say good-night, folks. my feet are starting to swell, have to put them up. see you all at the flip.

4:37 am

kje

gn granny - be well

4:37 am

herinfernallady

night Rose

4:37 am

grannyrose

* poof *

4:39 am

oodleberry

good morning all... wow how did granny do that... she just disappeared

4:39 am

oodleberry

hi your ladyship hi doc

4:40 am

kje

hi oodle

4:40 am

Brookie

hi everyone!

4:41 am

oodleberry

hi brooke

4:41 am

Brookie

hi oodle

4:41 am

kje

hi brook

4:42 am

Brookie

hi kje

4:43 am

herinfernallady

HI Brookie and Oddle and KJE. Sorry trying to organise my NYE plans

4:43 am

Brookie

Hi herin... how is it going with your plan organization?

4:43 am

Brookie

both my children are up and it's only 5:45 am

4:45 am

oodleberry

how old are they... do they have school today? did you see if they were feeling ok??

4:46 am

herinfernallady

Good done. Had to remap everything as it was all screwy on the planing site

4:47 am

Brookie

my 2 year old gets up around 5 a.m., and he's happy. my 7-year-old normally gets up later, but he got himself up early so he can play with all his xmas toys.

4:47 am

Brookie

the toys were all a donation... we've had a tough year financially

4:47 am

oodleberry

ah HA there is method to his madness eh??

4:48 am

oodleberry

sorry brookie

4:48 am

Brookie

ok, herin, now the stupid question.. what's NYE?

4:48 am

herinfernallady

O Brookie I m sorry to here that. It has been a sucky one financially but we are blessed not to have added stress of kids

4:48 am

herinfernallady

New Years Eve

4:49 am

Brookie

it's ok, oodle, things are getting better now. i'm still overextended financially, but i'm making a turnaround.

4:49 am

Brookie

aah, New Year's Eve, herin, I can't believe I couldn't figure that out!

4:49 am

oodleberry

good

4:50 am

oodleberry

hee hee like me brookie I thought it was something about New York hee hee hee

4:50 am

Brookie

although there's nothing like NYE in NYC :-)

4:51 am

herinfernallady

Darn glad we are not at home its stinky hot there

4:52 am

oodleberry

no but I was there once and wouldn't go back... my mother grew up there as for me I was just born there when my parents lived in bayone nj

4:52 am

herinfernallady

That is mean I wish I had the $$$ to fly over seas

4:53 am

Brookie

Herin, I wish I had the $$$ to go to Australia... it's one of the countries I want to visit in my lifetime.

4:53 am

kje

wouldn't go back to nyc? why? I love ny!

4:53 am

Brookie

I live about 2 hours from NYC... it's a nice place to visit in the springtime,

4:54 am

herinfernallady

Brookie we will get there one day

4:55 am

Brookie

I do believe that, herin!

4:56 am

herinfernallady

It is so warm at home its nice here. I can't believe the maping guide was so utterly wrong

4:56 am

Brookie

So, in case I missed it from earlier in the chog, herin, what are you doing for NYE?

4:58 am

herinfernallady

The b.f and I are going up bush so we don't have to deal with anyone

4:58 am

Brookie

sounds like a nice way to start the new year... peacefully!

4:59 am

kje

sounds romantic

5:00 am

forwardbyfaith

anyone have the hi6,27?

5:00 am

herinfernallady

Yer well it wasn't meant to be like that. We are both over doing what everyone else wants

5:00 am

Brookie

hi faith, no i don't have it yet.

5:06 am

herinfernallady

Sorry nether do i

5:08 am

forwardbyfaith

that's okay - I'm skipping it for now, can't find it

5:10 am

oodleberry

bbl

5:11 am

herinfernallady

later gators

5:12 am

Joanne123

hi vowel guru ending

5:12 am

Gail

Forwardbyfaith - I love that name.

5:12 am

Joanne123

gerund

5:13 am

forwardbyfaith

thanks gail

5:18 am

forwardbyfaith

thanks for the clue joanne - finally got it

5:18 am

Joanne123

yvw

5:20 am

hockeystar

in this game there is the word mind and fist to let you know :)

5:25 am

bojazz

good morning Babblers...

5:30 am

Scrabbler

Good morning to all.

5:30 am

bojazz

hi Scrabs

5:31 am

Aussieme

Hey Hey Hey !!

5:31 am

Scrabbler

Hi Aussie

5:31 am

Aussieme

Ooooh, brb, need to change my tree icon.

5:32 am

bojazz

hi Aussie

5:34 am

Aussieme

Ok, back.... refresh for my new icon.

5:35 am

Scrabbler

Did little smurf enjoy Xmas, Aussie?

5:36 am

Aussieme

Oh Boy ! Did she ever..... She was hyper all day !

5:38 am

Scrabbler

Yes, it is quite overstimulating for all of us, but especially for the kids--toys, games, toys, games, food...

5:38 am

Aussieme

lol....

5:46 am

Scrabbler

*still shivering even with extra layer on and first cup of coffee*

5:47 am

Aussieme

I put an extra layer on this morning Scrabs.... We had snow last night, and brrrrr !

5:47 am

bojazz

so much for attempts at hospitality...

5:48 am

Scrabbler

We got 10 inches on Monday and a bit more yesterday. And very cold.

5:48 am

Aussieme

Hey Bojazz !

5:48 am

Scrabbler

We all said hello, Bo.

5:48 am

Aussieme

Ooooh Scrabs ! That's alot of snow !

5:49 am

Scrabbler

Hello Bo!! How are you? Staying warm in SC? Snow for sale, real cheap!

5:49 am

Aussieme

**wants some of Scrabs' Snow** Will it travel well ?

5:50 am

bojazz

unseasonably cold for several days, but nothing close to what you are enduring up north

5:51 am

Scrabbler

I could probably spend extra money to have it sent on ice, Aussie!

5:51 am

Aussieme

ROFL !

5:52 am

bojazz

got some grands that would love to have several inches, can you deliver by tomorrow?

5:52 am

Aussieme

There's a Babbler in the grid today !

5:54 am

Scrabbler

I will work on it, Bo---my driveway was plowed out twice on Monday and then again yesterday morning. That's how much we got.

5:55 am

Gail

8 below zero here in Vermont, with some snow and more on the way.

5:55 am

Aussieme

Brrr Gail ! Like the snow, but not the temperatures that come with it !

5:55 am

bojazz

at 8 below i do not miss vermont right now

5:55 am

Scrabbler

Brr, gail. We had a deep freeze Monday + yesterday. Now it's up to 22 F.

5:56 am

Gail

My poor dog froze his feet this morning. Too cold for him, too.

5:56 am

bojazz

it's 35 here

5:56 am

Aussieme

**ploughing out Scrabs Drive for free**

5:56 am

Aussieme

5:57 am

Gail

Hee, yes. He looked at me like "Why are you doing this?"

5:58 am

Aussieme

**sending special dog wellies**

5:59 am

Gail

I might get him some booties, they would help him.

6:01 am

Eva

meta

6:02 am

KatieMcG

morning everyone

6:02 am

Aussieme

Morning Eva !

6:02 am

bojazz

morning Katie

6:02 am

Eva

HI everyone. My latest habit seems to be to announce my presence with a slip. I think I have brain freeze.

6:02 am

Aussieme

Hey Katie !

6:02 am

bojazz

hi Eva

6:03 am

Aussieme

Ooooh, **cringes** the tooth puller is in the grid !

6:04 am

bojazz

thx Aussie

6:04 am

Scrabbler

Hi Eva + Kitt

6:04 am

Aussieme

:) yw ?

6:04 am

Scrabbler

TY for that clue, Aussie

6:04 am

KatieMcG

hi scrabble :-)

6:04 am

Aussieme

lol, yw Scrabs....

6:04 am

Eva

the eees and iiiis are really stumpers

6:05 am

Scrabbler

And TY, Eva, for that slip

6:05 am

Aussieme

1 more shift at work today, and I have 5 off !!

6:05 am

Scrabbler

*now recalling that words CAN + DO begin with vowels*

6:05 am

Aussieme

ROFL Scrabs !

6:05 am

Eva

yw

6:06 am

Scrabbler

I do this everyday, Aussie--forget to start words with a vowel!

6:08 am

Aussieme

All the 8 letter words are in8's !

6:10 am

Scrabbler

It is too early for 8's

6:10 am

bojazz

it's too early - period!

6:11 am

Scrabbler

Yes, I want to crawl back into bed but I have to work all day

6:11 am

Eva

the 8's are some of the easier words in thie grid

6:12 am

KatieMcG

its 12pm here and still too early!

6:12 am

bojazz

speaking of work, it's time to go - have a great day everyone

6:12 am

Eva

the e in the second column is making me bonkers

6:12 am

KatieMcG

i'm pretending it's not there eva

6:12 am

Scrabbler

Bye Bo

6:13 am

Eva

good tactic katie

6:13 am

Scrabbler

I have ep4/6

6:13 am

KatieMcG

same with the i abvboe it

6:13 am

lynxxx

a couple are em4.8 & 5.18 Eva. Hi all

6:13 am

KatieMcG

*above it

6:13 am

Scrabbler

*looking for purple marker to erase letters*

6:13 am

Eva

the i above it, for some reason, was relatively easy.

6:13 am

Eva

hi lynxxx

6:14 am

KatieMcG

hi lynxxx

6:14 am

Scrabbler

Hi Lynxxx

6:14 am

Aussieme

Hey Lynx !

6:14 am

lynxxx

oohh - and et6.21 & 7

6:15 am

Eva

utter e bindness

6:16 am

lynxxx

and a related et7.32

6:16 am

EspritdJean

en6/24 is a navy rank

6:16 am

Eva

that's the only one I found

6:16 am

lynxxx

et6/7 change the e for vi

6:16 am

Eva

swats lynxx with a pillow for her ability to see invisble e's!

6:17 am

Scrabbler

Feeling visually impaired here

6:17 am

lynxxx

go anticlockwise - for the em too

6:17 am

Norma

Can anyone clue the di6 and di7 please

6:17 am

Scrabbler

Hi Norma

6:18 am

Norma

Hi Scrabb

6:18 am

Norma

Hi all Babblers

6:18 am

Aussieme

Hey Norma !

6:18 am

KatieMcG

hi norma

6:18 am

lynxxx

hi Norma

6:19 am

lynxxx

et & vit****s & minerals

6:19 am

Scrabbler

TY, Lynxxx! I have seen that here before

6:19 am

Scrabbler

Twisty word here

6:19 am

Eva

thank you for taking pity lynxx!

6:19 am

Aussieme

Norma, you are not far from me, I live in Coalville, Leics

6:20 am

Scrabbler

Norma, you are really far from me!

6:20 am

Norma

I worked for 26 years in Measham Aussie so I know Coalville quite well

6:20 am

Aussieme

Wow ! Small world huh !

6:21 am

KatieMcG

really close to me lol {{{{hugs to emergency cat sitter}}}}

6:21 am

Norma

Scrabb I would need a car, plane ,car , train to come and visit you lol

6:21 am

Scrabbler

NBT! Despite visual impairment!

6:21 am

Lilecama

di 6 is what you do with a mesh to catch fish (sort of) plus plural

6:21 am

Aussieme

I only have 3bt...

6:21 am

Scrabbler

Hi Lile

6:21 am

Lilecama

hi scrabbler!

6:21 am

lynxxx

TY Lile - should have remembered that one

6:22 am

Lilecama

yw lynxxx :)

6:22 am

Norma

Thanks Lile very good clue

6:22 am

Lilecama

yw & thnx norma!

6:23 am

Scrabbler

I finally got that clue--TY

6:23 am

Lilecama

;)

6:23 am

Scrabbler

And I passed halfway so off I go to the shower and to work! Enjoy the day everyone!

6:23 am

Aussieme

2bt left....

6:24 am

Lilecama

bye scrabs!

6:24 am

lynxxx

bye Scrabs

6:24 am

Norma

Bye Scrabbs

6:24 am

Aussieme

Later Scrabs !

6:24 am

KatieMcG

bye scabbs

6:24 am

Aussieme

clue for the bottom N word please ?

6:24 am

suefrad625

good morning babble family

6:24 am

Aussieme

NM,

6:25 am

KatieMcG

a number

6:25 am

Aussieme

Hey Sue !

6:25 am

Lilecama

number

6:25 am

bookwomen

ni 4 number before ten

6:25 am

suefrad625

I am going to IKEA today with some friends and kids. free breakfast and kids eat fee all day.

6:25 am

suefrad625

this is great

6:25 am

suefrad625

coffee and babysitting, what a store

6:25 am

Aussieme

woohoo Sue !

6:25 am

KatieMcG

goodness you wouldn't go to Ikea here when the sales are on

6:26 am

Norma

Good luck sue our IKEA is a place to avoid on any holiday period or when the sales are on ,,,, serious mistake here lol

6:26 am

Lilecama

bye everyone! I;m off

6:26 am

Aussieme

No, you sure wouldn't Katie.... Mania ensues here !

6:26 am

suefrad625

I picked up 2 three draw dressers for 35 each

6:26 am

KatieMcG

bye lile

6:26 am

Aussieme

Bye Lile !

6:26 am

lynxxx

bye Lile

6:26 am

suefrad625

and they fit under my sons little loft like they where made for it

6:26 am

Norma

bye lile hgd

6:27 am

Aussieme

Always nice to hear of a good bargain Sue !

6:27 am

KatieMcG

and to get to our local one (Aussies, Norma's and Mine) you have to go past a large shopping centre with electrical stores etc which makes it even worse

6:27 am

suefrad625

I found 2 in8 , my dogs are in8 with fleas and navy rank in8, what am i missing

6:27 am

Aussieme

It does....

6:28 am

lynxxx

in8.60 related to the in6.36 - to be well known but not for good stuff!

6:30 am

suefrad625

thinking and drawing a blank, need coffee, brb

6:34 am

suefrad625

coffee, ahhhh

6:34 am

lynxxx

Sue - in6.36 in and what mum.dad and kids are - less il

6:36 am

suefrad625

got that

6:37 am

NonoNanette

good morning babblers :)

6:37 am

NonoNanette

Sue plural that in6/36

6:37 am

lynxxx

hi Nono

6:37 am

suefrad625

got, ty

6:37 am

suefrad625

8's done

6:38 am

suefrad625

NST, still working on NBT

6:38 am

suefrad625

NBT and NST

6:39 am

Aussieme

I have 1bt..... the y !

6:39 am

suefrad625

and the new coffee is brewing, this is good

6:39 am

suefrad625

me too aussie

6:39 am

Aussieme

NBT !!

6:39 am

NonoNanette

Aussie a dog yi4

6:39 am

suefrad625

yahoooo

6:39 am

lynxxx

y - the noise little dogs make

6:40 am

Aussieme

greyed the Y tile !

6:41 am

NonoNanette

wtg Aussi i still need one of the y's

6:41 am

Aussieme

104 left....

6:41 am

KatieMcG

i'd better get dressed and ready to go home

6:41 am

Aussieme

the first one..... will be yi + hump and snake

6:41 am

NonoNanette

have yi4 x 2 and yi5 what am i missing

6:42 am

lynxxx

yi4.6 also a plural

6:42 am

Norma

Go home ???? where are you Katie ???

6:42 am

NonoNanette

ok thanks

6:42 am

NonoNanette

got it

6:42 am

Aussieme

:)

6:43 am

KatieMcG

we are at Al & Liz's in PJs and playing on the computers with a bacon panini hmmmmmm

6:43 am

Aussieme

Mmmmmm, bacon Panini.... Where's Crossy ??

6:43 am

Norma

Sounds Good .... see you on Friday xxx

6:44 am

NonoNanette

mmmm bacon panini sounds good

6:44 am

KatieMcG

looking forward to it x

6:44 am

Norma

Give our best wishes to Al n Liz and new baby xx

6:46 am

lynxxx

Goodnight all...zzzzzzzzzzzz

6:46 am

Norma

Nite lynxx sleep well

6:46 am

suefrad625

bye lynxxxx

6:46 am

KatieMcG

new baby is shattered as we were up really late, he ran over the bed several times last night, which was interesting as fatso the cat was cuddled in with us at the time

6:47 am

NonoNanette

nite linxxx

6:47 am

Aussieme

ninite Lynx !

6:47 am

Aussieme

Sweet Dreams

6:47 am

KatieMcG

night lynxxx

6:47 am

Norma

Mmmm very dangerous for all concerned lol

6:48 am

Aussieme

Well, must be off to get ready for work..... Lovely to see you all.... later **poof**

6:48 am

KatieMcG

bye aussie

6:48 am

Norma

bye aussie

6:48 am

NonoNanette

bye Aussie

6:50 am

mari

hi katie internet up and running

6:55 am

KatieMcG

what real internet?

6:55 am

mari

yeah

6:56 am

KatieMcG

fantastc

6:56 am

KatieMcG

*fantastic

7:02 am

Bremen

im

7:02 am

Bremen

sorry, fingers slipped...

7:09 am

rubyfoo

has anybody used the w or am I just dumb?

7:10 am

Norma

No words from the W ruby

7:10 am

rubyfoo

why do they put those in?

7:10 am

Norma

To confuse lol

7:10 am

rubyfoo

hahah

7:11 am

Norma

There are none from the bottom right hand e or the q either

7:11 am

rubyfoo

thank you, I was feeling really stupid

7:12 am

Norma

None from the i on the top row either

7:12 am

Norma

None from the i on the top row either

7:14 am

Patxxx

gies

7:17 am

periwinkle

hi tivel

7:17 am

periwinkle

hello all

7:20 am

oodleberry

hi everyone!!! HAPPY BABBLING!!!

7:28 am

Merk

... and fireworks!

7:28 am

oodleberry

wtg merks

7:29 am

Merk

ty ... and have a great day everyone. I'm off to some meetings. See you Saturday perhaps, perhaps not. I'm leaving for China after midnight and really to plan to be here much at all until February 8.

7:30 am

oodleberry

wow ok see you in february have a great time

7:32 am

amelu0218

safe travel, Merk!

7:48 am

jmitch

morning amelu

7:49 am

jmitch

rise

7:49 am

jmitch

oops

7:54 am

gran

Down to last four and struggling : di 6/24, di7/36, in8/60, te 7/44 - any clues gratefully received

7:56 am

mom2han8

sorry gran... just came on... don't have any for you.

7:56 am

periwinkle

di6/27 pls

7:57 am

gran

Got the te 7/44

7:58 am

Judi

Di6/27: ilife coming to an end

7:59 am

Sandieangel

di6/7 - something you might catch fish in a pond with.

7:59 am

periwinkle

thanks Judi

8:02 am

april98

thats alot of words

8:04 am

Norma

gran .... in8 is is your dog in****** with fleas ???

8:04 am

Norma

**** fireworks****

8:04 am

gran

Got that one

8:05 am

inge

Guten MOrgen. Clue for di 6 please

8:05 am

Judi

Good morning, inge. See clues at 7:58 and &:59.

8:05 am

Norma

Gran .... in + your nearest and dearest minus the L

8:05 am

Judi

7:59 rather.

8:07 am

gran

I am confused, what is the total for today

8:08 am

flosey

good morning everyone

8:08 am

flosey

gran, total words 215

8:09 am

Judi

Good morning, Flosey!

8:09 am

gran

I've got 212

8:10 am

flosey

wtg gran, just 3 to go!

8:12 am

gran

Down to two now - di 6/24 and di 7/36

8:15 am

jmitch

gran did you get the item used to get fish out of tanks and it's plural?

8:16 am

gran

No just can't see it

8:17 am

jmitch

two words. first 1/2 is what you put on potato chips

8:19 am

jmitch

second 1/2 of each is what you capture a fish in

8:20 am

Matches

clue for ep46

8:21 am

bichon

ep 4/6 a long poem, book or movie

8:22 am

Matches

ty bchon

8:23 am

hego

Hi Babblers

8:23 am

bichon

yvw

8:25 am

flosey

hi hego

8:25 am

hego

Hi Flosey

8:26 am

Judi

Clue for the first in8?

8:26 am

jmcnrick

hi all

8:26 am

hego

jmc, how ya doing?

8:26 am

hego

Long time no see

8:26 am

flosey

Judi, it builds from the first in6

8:27 am

jmcnrick

i am fine hego

8:27 am

Judi

I have the bug problem and the crest/seal. Need the first one.

8:28 am

Nef

Morning everyone. How are you this AM; and how's the grid?

8:28 am

flosey

that's the one I clued Judi, builds from the next word down

8:28 am

hego

Hi Nef

8:28 am

Judi

Don't have the in6/36 yet.

8:29 am

hego

Nef, someone told me that you are also an ICU nurse.

8:29 am

anike

singular of previous word Judi

8:29 am

Judi

Nm. Got it now.

8:29 am

flosey

Judi, notorious

8:30 am

Nef

I was; for 34 years. An on the job injury ruined *that* career; so now I'm a Nurse Manager for a prenatal clinic for low income women (another job I'm loving)

8:32 am

jmcnrick

hi nef

8:32 am

hego

I also am retired and now volunteer at a free clinic for the uninsured.

8:32 am

Judi

Down to 55. Time for a break.

8:32 am

KatieMcG

NBT

8:32 am

jmcnrick

bye judi

8:32 am

jmcnrick

wtg katie

8:32 am

Nef

I just had some ICU experience as a patient a week ago today! I had a thyroidectomy, was intubated overnight with a weird tube (that I kept writing noted to the nurses about: why I had it and how it worked, etc.) and was discharged home Christmas Eve! :-)

8:33 am

Nef

What type of clinic, hego?

8:33 am

hego

Being a patient is the pits. Hope you're feeling better.

8:34 am

jmcnrick

glad you are okay nef -- i saw last night a remark that you were not doing well but didn't see why

8:35 am

Nef

I've got a sore throat and a husky voice. Incisional swelling if I overdo (which seems to be every day so far). I can breathe LOTS better though; so I feel MUCH better.

8:35 am

hego

We're a primary care facility. we have a gyn clinic (no OB). We Have a pedi clinic,do a lot of diabetic and metabolic syndrome.

8:35 am

Nef

hi jmc. I'm really doing well, considering.

8:36 am

bichon

what is the crest/seal word?

8:36 am

hego

Just try to meet our pts needs. We're completly free and privately funded.

8:37 am

Nef

We deal with the majority of our pts. being the working poor who don't have insurance (because they can't afford it).

8:37 am

hego

Feel better Nef.

8:37 am

jmcnrick

very cool hego

8:38 am

hego

We have essentially the same patient population as you do.

8:38 am

hego

Tx jmc. We do great work, I think.

8:39 am

jmcnrick

very cool nef

8:40 am

Nef

that's neat, hego. Funding is the pits. We have 2 half-time RN's (one of which is me), 2 RNs who do ultrasounds for 8 hours per week, and we pay 1 RN 1 hour per month to do lab hours. Otherwise I have 22 volunteer RNs who I set up schedules for to run the clinics

8:41 am

hego

All of our docs and most of the nurses are volunteers.

8:42 am

hego

The clinic is run almost completely by nurses, which, I think makes the level of care excellent.

8:42 am

rumplestiltskin

clue for the 5/14 after "what we eat". I've tried plural.

8:43 am

bichon

do you deliveries too hego?

8:43 am

Nef

thanks, jmc. Our pt. population includes 21 ethnicities, and over 60% of our women are between the ages of 20-29; 25% are married, and we only have a 13% c-section rate (we have Midwives (CNMs) who see our clients and the deliver them in a hospital)

8:43 am

rumplestiltskin

dints

8:43 am

rumplestiltskin

dints
diode

8:43 am

rumplestiltskin

os

8:43 am

hego

No we have no obstetrics. We're more like a doctors office.

8:44 am

rumplestiltskin

sorry, sorry, sorry

8:44 am

Nef

thanks, rumple! :-D

8:44 am

hego

no o's Rumple

8:44 am

jmcnrick

hi rumple *quickly scrolling through the chog for words*

8:45 am

jmcnrick

rats i already had the one that was good :-(

8:45 am

hurshy

kids. sheesh.

8:45 am

hego

Aaah, poor jmc.

8:46 am

rumplestiltskin

I am really sorry. Just monkeying to get the 5/14 after "what we eat"

8:46 am

jmcnrick

hi hursh

8:46 am

hurshy

ten cent piece and pl, rump

8:47 am

hego

tx Hursh

8:47 am

jmcnrick

ty hursh

8:48 am

hurshy

i'm at in-laws - leaving today - and i was peacefully dozing in and out in the process of waking up - stretching around luxuriously and generally being snoozy. then i open my eyes and six year old niece is standing 3 feet away. scared the crap out of me.

8:48 am

jmcnrick

help with the E singleton pls

8:48 am

hego

LOL Hursh :-D

8:48 am

KatieMcG

lol hurshy hope you managed to keep the language clean

8:48 am

hurshy

en6 pavel chekov

8:49 am

jmcnrick

lol hursh i remember that feeling both with my niece when i was younger and my son later

8:49 am

Nef

don't you hate it when you monkey and monkey for a word and then it's sitting there staring you in the face? I've been working on NBT and just couldn't find that bottom row N til now!

8:49 am

jmcnrick

great clue hursh lol!

8:49 am

hurshy

my language is always clean so that wasn't really an issue

8:50 am

KatieMcG

that's good, not sure a 'bad' word wouldn't have slipped from my lips in similar circumstances

8:50 am

anike

fireworks

8:50 am

hurshy

i just said, oh! hi, krista.

8:50 am

hego

Nef, my favorite is when I make up a word and it's correct!

8:50 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo anike

8:50 am

jmcnrick

so I need one clue from the lower i for nbt before I go catch my plane

8:50 am

Nef

as long as "scaring the crap" out of you was just LITERAL.... ;-)

8:50 am

anike

ty - now I must start getting food ready for tomorrow nite

8:50 am

KatieMcG

congrats anike

8:51 am

hego

Where you going, jmc?

8:51 am

hurshy

torgone is an im3 ...

8:51 am

jmcnrick

home -- i have been in Austin for 2 days

8:51 am

jmcnrick

immortal?

8:51 am

Nef

YAY, anike! WTG!!!

8:51 am

hurshy

it was NOT literal, that would be a mess!

8:51 am

Flask1

Hi all...............clue please for ri6/24 please?

8:51 am

hego

Stay there, it's freezing here.

8:52 am

jmcnrick

nm I really gotta go! lol bbl

8:52 am

jmcnrick

*poof*

8:52 am

anike

lower I has words about someone in prison

8:52 am

hurshy

i see a bad moon ri6

8:52 am

harpjane

good morning

8:52 am

Nef

I did say that wrong, didn't I? sorry Hursh

8:52 am

anike

Gotta go - happy babbling

8:53 am

flosey

good morning hurshy, jane, flask, and all others who came in while I was deep in grid

8:53 am

hego

hi Jane

8:53 am

Nef

hi harp and flosey

8:53 am

bichon

It's a warm day here in Souther New England, it's supposed to go up to 30F

8:53 am

flosey

hi Nef

8:54 am

hego

LOL Bichon

8:54 am

bichon

Yesterday the wind was so bad garage cans were flying around

8:55 am

hego

Here in NJ also bichon

8:55 am

bichon

*garbage

8:55 am

Flask1

thanx Hurshy!

8:55 am

Nef

it's 12 degrees (F) here, supposed to get to 24 today, but that may bring more snow (Minneapolis, MN)

8:56 am

hurshy

i hate it when my garage cans start flying around. esp if the lids aren't on the paint ones tightly.

8:57 am

hego

A balmy day in the Twin Cities, huh Nef?

8:57 am

AshleyNpeyton

low 30s here in florida

8:57 am

bichon

Cold ashley

8:58 am

AshleyNpeyton

freezing my bum off lol

8:58 am

hurshy

no laughs, eh? ah well.

8:58 am

bichon

I bet the Floridians put on their snow parkas when it's 30 LOL

8:58 am

Nef

not bad, but at this time of year we have low te*** when the sun is shining and "balmy weather (in the 20's) when it's cloudy

8:59 am

AshleyNpeyton

i know i did lol

8:59 am

harpjane

could someone get me started on the E's? thanks

8:59 am

mixi6

Ashley, does that work as a weight loss plan?

9:00 am

AshleyNpeyton

OMG i soo wish it did

9:00 am

mixi6

lol

9:00 am

Nef

ep 4 is a great story, en 6 is a Navy rank

9:00 am

bichon

I have a picture of myself in the Everglades in Feb wearing a winter jacket

9:00 am

car.eeyore

ei 4 is most of the goose down

9:00 am

harpjane

thanks

9:01 am

AshleyNpeyton

i had about an inch of ice on my car window this morning

9:01 am

hurshy

actually, being slightly chilled DOES burn more calories as your body tries to keep you warm. so if you keep your house a few degrees cooler, it can be a part of a weight loss plan.

9:02 am

AshleyNpeyton

thanks for the info hurshy ill keep that in mind

9:02 am

bichon

We're going to have a blue moon on New Years Eve. But the moon doesn't have a blue color, it's just a rare se ond full moon in a month

9:02 am

harpjane

so does drinking a cold beer burn more calories than drinking a warm one?

9:03 am

Nef

I'm sure chipping that ice off would burn some calories too

9:03 am

hurshy

um... well... you're adding calories with the beer, so i'd recommend just not having one.

9:03 am

hego

That's no fun Hursh

9:04 am

hurshy

but everybody knows beer is a major source of empty calories, it's not my fault

9:04 am

Krysten

beer may be full of empty calories but it's full of LOVE!!

9:05 am

hego

We're talking fun, Hurshy, not nutrition.

9:05 am

bichon

anyone have a clue for the et 6?

9:05 am

hurshy

but we WERE talking weight loss, and then someone brought the beer in...

9:06 am

hurshy

et6 rhymes with vi*****

9:06 am

hurshy

(vi******* and minerals)

9:06 am

Krysten

et-estimated time of arrival + it's not yours it's m***

9:06 am

flosey

et words all start with first 6 letters, et + take your vi*****

9:06 am

hego

I think that was a joke Hursh, but of course you're right.

9:06 am

Krysten

mine

9:07 am

Krysten

oops! so sorry!

9:07 am

bichon

ty flosey

9:07 am

hurshy

but yes, i would imagine if you are GOING to drink beer, it would be better to have it cold. which is what people seem to prefer anyway, so.

9:07 am

Nef

add a vowel to the et6 and you get the et7

9:07 am

flosey

yw bichon

9:07 am

Nef

and a cons. does the same

9:07 am

flosey

fireworks here, and must run, be back tonight for flip

9:08 am

Nef

bye flosey

9:08 am

hego

Bye Flosey

9:10 am

hego

ty Nef

9:12 am

hego

Need bottom n for nbt

9:13 am

Nef

hego, try a number

9:13 am

bichon

a number

9:14 am

hego

ty, ty Nef

9:14 am

Nef

(that's what slapped me with a fish while trying for NBT)

9:14 am

hego

And Bichin

9:14 am

harpjane

what are the stats for the i?

9:14 am

hego

yes, everyone I entered was the other n.

9:15 am

BabbleRabble

in 8/50

9:15 am

BabbleRabble

in 8/60

9:15 am

Nef

I don't know yet, harp. I only have in 6/21 and in5/10

9:16 am

bichon

to be full of bugs

9:16 am

hego

NBT and NBS and I'm off for a while. Good day all.

9:16 am

sprite

good afternoon all

9:16 am

Uneaixoise

tx bichon!!

9:16 am

BabbleRabble

in 8/60 (2d)

9:17 am

Nef

thanks, BR and bichon

9:17 am

BabbleRabble

high, sprite

9:17 am

bichon

yvw

9:17 am

Uneaixoise

hey, sprite, BR, nef, bichon, hego, et al! :-)

9:18 am

sprite

good advice. Thanks BabbleRabble. Ready to wave the old year goodbye?

9:18 am

sprite

hi Une :)

9:18 am

BabbleRabble

Hello

9:18 am

bichon

Get ready for a Blue Moon tomorrow night

9:18 am

BabbleRabble

the reaper is pacing in anticipation

9:19 am

Nef

hi Unea, sprite, and BR

9:19 am

sprite

ah good. If you like, I can sharpen his blade

9:19 am

sprite

hi nef

9:19 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

9:21 am

sprite

am happy with the very low K ratio of late

9:22 am

Nef

"low K ratio" sprite? what does that mean?

9:22 am

harpjane

thanks nbt now

9:22 am

AshleyNpeyton

fe 6,27 pretty please

9:23 am

sprite

very few Ks in grids lately

9:23 am

Uneaixoise

plural of fe5/16

9:23 am

Nef

Ahh! NOW I understand!

9:23 am

Nef

BRB

9:23 am

AshleyNpeyton

thx

9:24 am

sprite

my brain goes dead when it sees a K. Can't think up enough words to gray out K tiles.

9:24 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

9:24 am

Uneaixoise

same here, sprite!

9:25 am

Uneaixoise

not too crazy about all the i's in this one either . . .

9:25 am

sprite

:D
So glad it isn't just me

9:26 am

sprite

no, i words are a challenge in itself. Most vowel tiles actually. And Y and Z can freeze up my creativity as well, sometimes.

9:27 am

Uneaixoise

am i missing lots of gerunds? only have 5-6 so far . . .

9:28 am

sprite

just started the grid and found only 3 so far. Does't tell anything though of what to expect yet

9:28 am

Uneaixoise

just wondering . . .

9:28 am

sprite

am wondering with you. Many gerunds are phantoms today, that is for sure

9:30 am

harpjane

it seems to be going quickly for me, lots of four letter quickies

9:30 am

harpjane

(omg, what have i just said....)

9:30 am

Uneaixoise

harp LOL!

9:30 am

bichon

LOL harp

9:32 am

crosshair

good morning everyone;)

9:32 am

Uneaixoise

hey, crossy

9:32 am

sprite

hey crossy

9:32 am

harpjane

all hail to the Bacon King!

9:32 am

crosshair

rise,rise..dont applaud,just throw money;)

9:33 am

sprite

PB crossy, right away :)
Don't pass start, and don't receive any money!

9:33 am

crosshair

darn...his majesty trudges off to the pb...

9:34 am

sprite

best place to be anyway
*goes to join crossy*

9:34 am

crosshair

ill make blts:)

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

don't worry crossy - i just made the appetizers featured on the today show - dates stuffed with almond wrapped in borwn sugar coated bacon

9:34 am

sprite

yummy!

9:34 am

crosshair

ooohhhhh

9:34 am

72 Temple Owl

simple too

9:35 am

crosshair

fancy;))

9:35 am

72 Temple Owl

one of the best tapas we had at spring babble meetwere fried dates with bacon

9:36 am

sprite

so how do you make brown sugar coated bacon?

9:36 am

72 Temple Owl

you wrap the stuffed dats then roll in borwn suagr then bake

9:36 am

72 Temple Owl

pardon my typos

9:36 am

sprite

thanks, we will certainly try those

9:36 am

crosshair

ever notice that bacon is the food you add to other food to make it all taste better?:)) and bacon bits,they are like fairy dust,just a little sprinkle and yer all set;)

9:37 am

72 Temple Owl

can stuff dates with nut of your choice

9:37 am

sprite

but they won't make you fly though, crossy

9:38 am

crosshair

lol a bacon fairy cannot achieve take off velocity,too much wight;)

9:38 am

crosshair

weight

9:38 am

sprite

small price to pay ;)

9:38 am

72 Temple Owl

catch you later

9:39 am

sprite

bye TOwl

9:39 am

crosshair

tc to

9:40 am

inge

ta

9:48 am

harpjane

i certainly appreciate lickety after he's been gone a while!

9:49 am

AshleyNpeyton

en 6 plz

9:50 am

harpjane

he might work on a ship, ashley

9:50 am

FMitch

a flag or banner or a low raning person in the navy perhaps?

9:51 am

sprite

heyyyy FM *hug*

9:51 am

FMitch

Hi Hey sprite and harp and all.
Changed my icon spritey :)

9:51 am

sprite

ohhhhh! Love your geese :D

9:52 am

AshleyNpeyton

got it thanks

9:52 am

FMitch

They made me laugh so thought it would be good for an icon.

9:52 am

sprite

am still laughing, good geese!

9:53 am

FMitch

Thought of crossy today as I made a big pot of vegetable soup and then choppe dup the remains of a roast bacon joint and added it to the pot. My freezer is groaning under all the cooking I have been doing :)

9:54 am

sprite

for my icon you need to read some of my write-up... my geese grow on a tree.

9:54 am

sprite

sounds delicious

9:55 am

FMitch

It is - had a bowl as a very late lunch - can't beat home cooking for taste and economy.
Love yr icon and write up too sprite, we did chat about it yesterday .

9:56 am

sprite

oh that is true, you were with us. Must soon get used to having you around again more often :)

9:56 am

AshleyNpeyton

86 left and all the words are running together now lol

9:56 am

FMitch

I would calculate the whole soup costs about £4 and I will get about 10 meals out of it.

9:56 am

FMitch

Keep digging Ashley and you will find them.

9:57 am

sprite

so true, FM. Homecooking in the Netherlands is the norm, eating out is very expensive and I think about 90% of the people cook their own meals.

9:57 am

Flask1

Hi all....clue please for the lonely wee E on the right hand side please?

9:57 am

harpjane

en6/24 on a ship

9:57 am

harpjane

hi flask

9:57 am

sprite

hi Flask, someone on a ship or space ship. en6

9:58 am

FMitch

Hi Flask I thikn that is the one we just clued, harp beat me to it :)

9:58 am

Flask1

thanx harp...and hi to you too!

9:58 am

Flask1

Hi Mitch!

9:58 am

FMitch

Happy inbetween Flask - hope you are well.

9:59 am

Flask1

Ooops....and Sprite.....and didyou all have a good christmas??

9:59 am

Atalante

*flop*

9:59 am

FMitch

YEs thanks, as the snow thawed and was able to get over to parents on the day!

9:59 am

sprite

am more and more invisible, it seems, in babble. Yeah, very good Xmas, and you?

9:59 am

FMitch

Ata!!!!!

10:00 am

sprite

hi Ata, long walk and low on energy, or just low on energy?

10:00 am

Atalante

just low on energy

10:00 am

Flask1

It was nice and quiet Sprite....with my son, his fiance and of course my beautiful grandson!!!

10:00 am

sprite

wish I knew something to get you back in form. Stupid flus have taken too much out of you. Kill them!

10:01 am

FMitch

*passes bowl of recently made soup with a hunck of crusty bread*

10:01 am

Atalante

and fed up of daleks!

10:01 am

sprite

oh I needs must see that icon, am checking now, Flask

10:01 am

FMitch

Flask - grandson is such a cutie.

10:01 am

Atalante

I'm getting there slowly :)

10:01 am

sprite

oh such a fine face! He is lovely, Flask.

10:01 am

FMitch

Leave the pic alone then Ata, start something else and come back to it if it feels right.

10:01 am

Flask1

Oh I just love him....

10:02 am

sprite

and you being so patient and all, right Ata ;)

10:02 am

Atalante

it feels fine, it's just a looooooooong process

10:02 am

Flask1

thanks Sprite....

10:02 am

Atalante

and I'm impatient

10:02 am

sprite

oh dear, do you have a daleks assignation?

10:02 am

Atalante

a self-inflicted one lol

10:03 am

sprite

he looks very lovable, Flask. So he is going to have a doting grandma? Very good for him, and you :)

10:03 am

FMitch

Is he gaining weight well now Flask?

10:03 am

sprite

ah even better, Ata.

10:04 am

FMitch

Went and ordered my new bed today - can't wait, am fed up of sleeping on a matress on the floor.

10:04 am

Atalante

wooohooo!

10:04 am

sprite

wtg FM!

10:04 am

72 Temple Owl

hey fm! hey ata!

10:04 am

Flask1

No Mitch...not yet.......mum is too keen to put him down too quick......

10:04 am

FMitch

TO!! :)

10:05 am

Atalante

TO!

10:05 am

Flask1

Yes Sprite...Am making it my mission to spoil him....lol

10:05 am

sprite

why is that, Flask?

10:06 am

sprite

good mission :D That is what grandparents are for, I always think

10:06 am

Flask1

she thinks if he is on the breast for 10 mins or so, then he's had enough....even sooner if he stops for a rest!

10:06 am

Flask1

to be honest, am worried sick about it!

10:07 am

sprite

oh dear, I hope she will learn soon then. Small babies especially can take several breaks, just to rest before drinking more. But you know that and you told her, I bet.

10:07 am

Atalante

10 mins sounds bad enough!

10:08 am

FMitch

lol Ata this is one conversation neither of us can join in with any useful stuff!

10:08 am

sprite

lol Ata... if they are strong and suckle hard, they can have enough in a minute. But normally, 15 - 20 minutes of suckling and cuddling... at least!

10:08 am

Flask1

Well am hoping her own mother will tell her.....it would be easier coming from her.....

10:08 am

Atalante

nope! phew :)

10:08 am

Flask1

she may take it as a slight on her, coming from me!

10:09 am

Flask1

Yes thats what I think too!

10:09 am

sprite

yes, that is true, unless you have a strong bond with her. Does she go to some consultation with him?

10:09 am

FMitch

but in all seriousness I do hope that the new Mum will get used to what the little ones needs are.

10:10 am

sprite

well, if he gets stronger and needs more, he will tell her. Loudly. And mothers are biologically programmed to get it on their nerves of that sound ;)

10:10 am

Flask1

Well there has been a mid-wife out to see her......and she doesn't seemed concerned..

10:10 am

crosshair

(((FM)))

10:10 am

FMitch

Oh for heavens sake, just changed channels and MAry Poppins is on! I remember seeing that when it first came out (shows age) :)

10:11 am

sprite

awww Mary poppins, delightful.

10:11 am

FMitch

(((crossy))) - I was mentioning you just a little while ago!

10:11 am

Flask1

Well I hope he starts telling her soon!!!

10:11 am

crosshair

my ears were burning;0

10:11 am

inge

what in the world is the last letter of fourth Pi 5, My monkeys are exhausted

10:11 am

sprite

his bacon ears were sputtering

10:12 am

FMitch

of course the subject was bacon

10:12 am

FMitch

lol sprite

10:12 am

FMitch

Ata, how long is the journey between you and I now? Save me looking it up on multimap.

10:12 am

elder

Good afternoon everyone. If you feel a great heat coming from this chat it is me... I am fuming .

10:13 am

Haz1558

inge, add a vowel to the end of the liquid measure.

10:13 am

Atalante

how long does it take you to get to the big horsham - worthing road?

10:13 am

sprite

hey elder, great to see you. What got your hackles up?

10:13 am

FMitch

Good afternoon Haz!

10:13 am

Atalante

elder! haz! glitterata!

10:13 am

sprite

hi haz

10:13 am

FMitch

um about 8 mins Ata
Hi elder!

10:14 am

Atalante

in that case *thinks* probably about an hour - hour ten

10:14 am

Haz1558

Hello all!

10:14 am

elder

Hello all the Babble girls and Crossy.

10:14 am

sprite

that makes you neighbours

10:14 am

Flask1

Hi Haz and Elder...

10:14 am

FMitch

oooh yay - we must set a date and I will come visit you for a change :

10:14 am

inge

thanks Haz, got it and fireworks

10:15 am

Atalante

whenever you want!

10:15 am

Haz1558

Congratulations, inge!

10:15 am

elder

Have read that petrol is going up yet again and then renewed my TV license on line and it has also risen in price.

10:15 am

FMitch

elder - what has you fuming?

Congrats inge!

10:15 am

Atalante

but wait for nicer weather, beach walks aren't so nice in the rain :P

10:16 am

sprite

everything goes up, except the wages, elder. Frustrating, isn't it.

10:16 am

Atalante

will be cheaper to pump oil out of the ground ourselves soon

10:16 am

Kateq

di 6/24 anyone? I've been searching and searching...

10:16 am

FMitch

true but how about I just come visit and see the house and meet sily and have a coffee befure we launch into long beach walks?

*whispers aside - I an't fit enough for long beach walks*

10:17 am

Haz1558

di6/24 - compound word, something you'd use to take fish out of a tank

10:17 am

sprite

thanks haz

10:17 am

Atalante

no-one said long :D

10:17 am

Kateq

thanksm Haz---I was getting so frustrated

10:17 am

elder

You lets us know when you hit some Ata and we will all come and do our bit. I have seen that old film with John Wayne so have a rough idea of how to get the oil :)

10:18 am

Haz1558

You're welcome - and it plurals, as well.

10:18 am

sprite

compounds can hide in full view

10:18 am

Atalante

but I suspect you won't leave Silverclaw's side :)

10:18 am

Kateq

yes--that finishes my D's

10:18 am

FMitch

Quick straw poll of the UK babblers - what are you paying per litre for unleaded?

I am paying between £1.8 and £1.12

10:18 am

elder

FMitch. just catching up..have you moved yet from the B&B to new home ?

10:18 am

Atalante

£1.06 - 1.09

10:19 am

Chris P

£1.08

10:19 am

Haz1558

I haven't got the baldiest notion. Is that a terrible admission?

10:19 am

FMitch

YEs moved form hotel to home on the 26th Nov - love it but still getting sorted.

10:19 am

FMitch

Haz that is shocking!

10:20 am

elder

between £1.08... £1.12 and with the increase we must not forget more VAT to be added.

10:20 am

Haz1558

I know. I filled up a week ago and it was $42 something for a Renault Clio. Does that sound right?

10:20 am

FMitch

Intersting so we are all paying around the same price. True elder keep forgetting that VAT is going up come the new year.

10:20 am

crosshair

good thing about U.K though even with the high petrol prices is the short distances...try over here,takes 2 weeks to drive out west lol

10:21 am

Atalante

mine's the cheapest *smug*

10:21 am

elder

Haz, I hope your not running on tractor farm petrol....

10:21 am

FMitch

lol crossy - but you guys pay about nothing for a gallon

10:21 am

Haz1558

Maybe the VAT increase is the reason people are flocking to the town. Queues of people, hordes of them. Have they no houses to sit in?

10:22 am

crosshair

we pay 1.05 a litre or about $4.20 a galon (U.S)

10:22 am

elder

Crossy may be shorter distances but with our snarl/ grid locks it takes longer and users more petrol by changing gear etc.

10:22 am

Atalante

perhaps liam neeson's at home

10:22 am

Atalante

I still get through a tank of petrol getting to sister's and back

10:23 am

FMitch

wow those prices have change crossy - the US used to be so cheap on petrol.

10:23 am

crosshair

give or take,our galloon had 4 oz more than the american,but that was so long ago,imperial measure does not matter..maybe the states will join the rest of the planet soon:0

10:23 am

Atalante

he's in canada ;)

10:23 am

FMitch

sorry I know you are Canada

10:23 am

FMitch

I just saw the $ sign and went into wrong mode :(

10:24 am

elder

Crossy, That's a lot I thought you were roughly the same price as the USA

10:24 am

crosshair

lol

10:24 am

Atalante

I know! wish these canadians would use C$ like everyone else :P

10:24 am

crosshair

no elder,there is a big disparity tween us and canadian prices

10:25 am

crosshair

lol ata we use the $ sign as well

10:25 am

Haz1558

Are there no Americans here? Does that mean we can talk about them?

10:26 am

Atalante

excellent!

10:26 am

elder

Crossy are you near to the USA border ... fill up over there., but I guess your not otherwise you would have.

10:26 am

elder

Haz, Lurking I suspect :)

10:26 am

Haz1558

Start playing the Star Spangled Banner and see if they stand up. That'll flush them out.

10:26 am

crosshair

i am 3 hours north of states border

10:27 am

sprite

quite a ride for a lower price

10:27 am

JBV

[fly on the wall in New Jersey - listening intently]

10:27 am

Atalante

waiting to see who we insult next

10:27 am

elder

Haz. 'giggles'

10:27 am

FMitch

Hey JBV!

10:27 am

Haz1558

I knew that would make them identify themselves.

10:27 am

Haz1558

Hello, JBV!

10:27 am

crosshair

lol,and i dont want to get stripped searched every time i need a tank of gas lol

10:27 am

sprite

hi JBV, hehehe

10:27 am

JBV

just tuning in - I guess that's a good thing, i will NOT scroll back, proise

10:27 am

JBV

*promise

10:27 am

Atalante

Star Spangled Banner. THere must be a Spangle joke in there somewhere

10:28 am

elder

Crossy, a bit too far unless, you know someone who has a HGV container to make it worth while :)

10:28 am

snags

insult away. I think you just hurt my feelings.

10:28 am

FMitch

Oh you should have wrapped one round Hobbits cone of shame :)

10:28 am

sprite

hi snags

10:28 am

Haz1558

We were very restrained, JBV, we said nothing. Not even crossy.

10:28 am

crosshair

sokay jbv,the only jab i did was the U.S hanging on to the old measurement system;0

10:28 am

Atalante

no Cone of Shame any more :)

10:28 am

snags

hi sprite

10:29 am

elder

Hello Snags and JBV.

10:29 am

JBV

i nominate you to the Babble Diplomatic Corps, haz

10:29 am

FMitch

Back in a mo or two - need tea.

10:29 am

snags

second that motiong jbv

10:29 am

Haz1558

Thank you, JBV. I've been really good lately, haven't I? I took a distance learning course from the Henry Kissinger School of Not Putting Your Foot In It.

10:30 am

crosshair

but it is crazy,i actually had a woman in my station with U.S plates who was angry at me cause my pumps did not dispense fuel in gallons lol

10:30 am

JBV

crossy, as a former teacher of students learning English (and the old English measurements) I totally agree with you

10:30 am

JBV

LOL, haz

10:30 am

sprite

I hope you told her to get back behind the US lines.

10:31 am

Haz1558

You can't trust fuel in litres. It might be foreign.

10:31 am

Rhondabe

can anyi give me a cllue for fe/5- 20

10:31 am

crosshair

she wanted to know where the nearest station was with gallon pumps and i pointed south and said "3 hours or so that way" lol

10:31 am

sprite

lolllll

10:31 am

snags

my grandkids are not being taught metric measurement even today.

10:31 am

Haz1558

fe5/20 - to pretend, to give an impression

10:31 am

Rhondabe

feisted

10:31 am

Atalante

did FM just go and make tea without offering us any?

10:31 am

Vicuna

Hmm... Do I need to defend the honor of the USA?

10:31 am

Haz1558

She did.

10:32 am

elder

I prefer the old measures I don't like the new and refuse to use them, so there >>

10:32 am

Atalante

that's outrageous

10:32 am

crosshair

that is wild snags..

10:32 am

sprite

hi Vic, first think against whom before you try

10:32 am

beachboggle

Hi fellow babblers!

10:32 am

Atalante

I use soem strange mix of both, but mainly decimal

10:32 am

beachboggle

how is our grid today?

10:32 am

Haz1558

Hello, VIcuna! Yes, you must step up to the plate. (Horrible expression, if you ask me)

10:32 am

crosshair

you should maybe teach it to them at home,i mean if they ever travel it might come in handy

10:32 am

sprite

hi beachb

10:32 am

Atalante

where did that expression come from?

10:32 am

Vicuna

Against everyone, I would think, Sprite! That's usually the case!

10:33 am

elder

is American football.

10:33 am

crosshair

but even so fish will always be in pounds and beer shall forever be in pints hehe

10:33 am

snags

Cross, I know. We talked about this just last week. Geez

10:33 am

Haz1558

Hello, beach. It is of reasonable length and passably civilised.

10:33 am

robbie09

why can't you just enjoy the game, and not go around insulting people all of the time

10:33 am

sprite

lol Vic, then don't. It won't be long before everybody disagrees with everybody anyway.

10:33 am

sprite

see?

10:33 am

crosshair

there is no insult intended,just chatting robbie

10:34 am

Haz1558

Who's insulting anybody?

10:34 am

Vicuna

Speaking for myself, we certainly learned metric, but we never *used* it, so it doesn't come naturally.

10:34 am

Atalante

yes, beer is forever in pi5 :)

10:34 am

crosshair

mm off to the pb i go

10:34 am

Vicuna

Hello, robbie, it's all just teasing, not meant to be taken seriously.

10:34 am

elder

Oh dear .. what's happening have I lost some chat ?.

10:34 am

sprite

which is good, because pi5 are bigger than most glasses.

10:34 am

sprite

you were already there, crossy

10:34 am

sixty7stang13

I agree Vicuna

10:34 am

Atalante

good boy, crossy

10:34 am

Pinikula

good morning....

10:34 am

crosshair

lol sprite

10:34 am

Haz1558

Things over here are labelled in metric but I always ask for meat by the pound. Younger people cope better as they are taught in school. I can't think in centimetres.

10:35 am

sprite

hi Pinik

10:35 am

crosshair

howdy pini

10:35 am

Rhondabe

OOPS im sorry I meant fe/6 -33

10:35 am

snags

wish I believed that Crosshair but I don't. Problem is, we the backbone of the USA take the brunt of dislike for our citizens because of the people we continue to elect to Washington.

10:36 am

robbie09

now you are bringing up politics.. oh boy..

10:36 am

sprite

just fooling around, snags. I know what you mean, but that is not the case now.

10:36 am

snags

no, politica

10:36 am

Haz1558

snags, honestly, I don't think anything we say here reflects any dislike of Americans. It's just good-natured teasing.

10:36 am

Atalante

not our fault you have so much to tease :P

10:36 am

crosshair

lol

10:37 am

JBV

ok, now I did scroll back, step up to the plate is from baseball, not football

10:37 am

Vicuna

Looks like your correspondence course really worked, Haz! (Ata's not so much! lol)

10:37 am

Haz1558

Please don't take things seriously, it's just like teasing members of your family.

10:37 am

FMitch

Vi!!!!!!!!!!!

10:37 am

sprite

thanks JBV, didn't know that

10:37 am

Atalante

ooooh ty JBV

10:37 am

Vicuna

FMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

10:37 am

elder

Snags ... no one has said anything nasty today or any another as far as I can see.

10:37 am

JBV

home plate

10:37 am

Haz1558

I know, we need to get Ata signed up quickly.

10:37 am

crosshair

if anyone is taking offense at at my mild teasing please tell me

10:37 am

snags

probably. but my skin is thin. No more comments from me.

10:37 am

movieman

Hiiiiiiiiyyyyyyyyyyyy everyone!!!!!!!!!

10:38 am

beachboggle

No offense taken here!

10:38 am

sprite

ok, I am outta here, before the fun teasing will be made into something it never was. Bye all, have fun.

10:38 am

beachboggle

Heya movieman

10:38 am

Haz1558

Hello, movieman!

10:38 am

elder

JBV close, nearly there. :)

10:38 am

robbie09

i do not believe in teasing family members.

10:38 am

crosshair

ok,on that note ill stop

10:38 am

FMitch

Hey mm!!! How are you?

10:38 am

Haz1558

Bye, sprite, see you again.

10:38 am

Vicuna

*pats snags comfortingly*

10:38 am

crosshair

sorry to offend

10:38 am

JBV

it's ok, elder, just don't quiz me on rugby or cricket

10:38 am

movieman

I'm cool!!!!!

10:38 am

Haz1558

Okay, robbie, I'll say nothing more.

10:38 am

Vicuna

Wow, movieman is cheerful today.

10:38 am

elder

Bye Sprite, :)

10:38 am

Vicuna

Bye, sprite!

10:38 am

Atalante

that's what family members are for

10:39 am

movieman

Getting excited 'bout seeing 'avatar' next week

10:39 am

FMitch

you always are mm :)

10:39 am

Flask1

bye Sprite!

10:39 am

elder

JBV nor me on those games.

10:39 am

Vicuna

I saw "Avatar" a couple days ago.

10:39 am

FMitch

Oh I saw the prog on how it was made it look really good!

10:39 am

beachboggle

Oooh yes! I want to see Avatar, too

10:39 am

Haz1558

He's used up a lot of !!, that's what I note.

10:39 am

Atalante

what did you think, Vi?

10:39 am

robbie09

was the movie good?

10:39 am

FMitch

lol Haz

10:39 am

Atalante

did it tease americans?

10:39 am

elder

Hello Movie and anyone else I may have missed.

10:40 am

Haz1558

Will it be loud? They turn up the volume to an incredible degree.

10:40 am

FMitch

shhh Ata ;)

10:40 am

crosshair

crossy makes note not to tease bout the imperial measurement system and pours himself a pint of ale;)

10:40 am

Vicuna

Well, I didn't actually care for the 3-D. I would have preferred a nice sharp 2-D. But that aside, it was beautifully done. Nothing original in the story, but that's okay because it was a good story well-told. I liked it.

10:40 am

FMitch

*passes crossy a sneaky bacon buttie*

10:40 am

Vicuna

I always wear earplugs at all movies, Haz. They're all too loud for me.

10:41 am

elder

Crossy.:)

10:41 am

Haz1558

Thank goodness I'm not the only one, Vi.

10:41 am

Atalante

people either seem to love it or hate it

10:41 am

crosshair

mmm bacon..you always were my favorite fm;)

10:41 am

FMitch

*thinks, no idea where nearest cinema is now* - must make note and google it.

10:42 am

JBV

bushels of gratitude to you, crossy

10:42 am

FMitch

you are so easily swayed crossy, you strumpet :) HOw is dear MRs crossy?

10:42 am

crosshair

she is fine fm:)i think she will be in the chog shortly

10:43 am

FMitch

*ponders can a man be a strumpet and if not what is the male equivalent*?

10:43 am

Atalante

yes, they certainly can

10:43 am

Vicuna

Just noticed that you have a bacon flag, crosshair. Most excellent.

10:43 am

crosshair

lol jbv,bushels,pecs,drachmas, stones and all;0

10:43 am

Vicuna

Traditionally, FM, all the equivalent words for males are actually terms of admiration, and all the equivalents for women are insults. So I think go with strumpet.

10:44 am

crosshair

im cheap,but not easy;)

10:45 am

kje

gm

10:45 am

crosshair

or was it easy but not cheap...mmm

10:45 am

Vicuna

Hello, kje.

10:45 am

FMitch

yeah right crossy - someone waves bacon under your nose and you are there :)

Hi kje!!!!!

10:45 am

Haz1558

Hello, kje.

10:45 am

elder

hello Kje.

10:46 am

kje

hello brits!

10:46 am

rumplestiltskin

Hi all, just darting in and out while fixing lunch and napping. Cold here and very snowy. Can't get out of our driveway to go anywhere.

10:46 am

FMitch

Hi rumple!

10:46 am

Vicuna

Hello, rumplestiltskin.

10:46 am

elder

Hello Rumple.

10:47 am

crosshair

lol rumple,took us 2 hours to dig out yesterday

10:47 am

Haz1558

Either your driveways are too long, or you've got too much snow, or you need to get bigger buckets and spades, crossy.

10:48 am

kje

tr6?

10:48 am

crosshair

lol haz

10:48 am

Elegant

Someone say BACON? Hello everyone.

10:48 am

Haz1558

tr6 - is sad in French

10:48 am

crosshair

there is my better half;)

10:48 am

elder

Hello Elegant

10:49 am

Vicuna

Hello, Elegant.

10:49 am

Haz1558

Hello, Elegant, bacon is never far from the conversation.

10:49 am

FMitch

I saw a post from Scrabbler earlier saying that she had her dive dug out twice on Monday and once yesterday - can't imagine what it is like to live with that much snow.

10:49 am

Atalante

we're going to have bacon-wrapped sausages tonight

10:49 am

kje

weirdly enough, there is a plastic container full of cooked bacon in the fridge today at work... no idea who they belong to but was tempted to steal one

10:49 am

FMitch

Greetings Elegant.

10:49 am

crosshair

it can be an adventure haz

10:49 am

Vicuna

Poor Scrabbler living in a dive?

10:50 am

kje

yes, i know.... going

10:50 am

FMitch

*sigh* you know what I mean.

10:50 am

Atalante

next she'll be living in a kennel

10:50 am

Vicuna

*snickers at FM* =P

10:50 am

Haz1558

It certainly gives you something to focus on during the winter months - getting rid of snow!

10:51 am

torgone

:|

10:51 am

Vicuna

But we all know that creatures who live in kennels are spoilt.

10:51 am

Elegant

Thanks for the warm welcome. I know if my hubby is around the topic of bacon always comes up. (:

10:51 am

FMitch

*in the absence of Lori - lobs a waterbomb at Vi*

10:51 am

Haz1558

Scrabbler's dive? Dear me, has she been neglecting her study of LoriP's excellent treatise on Good Housekeeping?

10:51 am

Haz1558

Hello, torgone, nearly didn't see you there.

10:52 am

Vicuna

*waterbomb freezes into solid ice by the time it reaches Vi's desk. Vi is knocked out on the floor*

10:52 am

kje

why the face, tor?

10:52 am

elder

Hello torgone.

10:52 am

Vicuna

Hello, tor.

10:52 am

torgone

Just keeping quiet about snow and cold ..

10:52 am

Haz1558

Where's caitlyn? Babbler down, babbler down.

10:52 am

FMitch

Oh heck I didn't mean that to happen! Lobs pot of cooling soup at Vi to un freeze her.

10:52 am

Haz1558

Oh, join in and have a good moan, torgone.

10:53 am

FMitch

Hi torg

10:53 am

FMitch

Darn should have not thrown the pot as well as its contents - medics!!!

10:53 am

Atalante

as Vi runs to the nearest burns unit

10:53 am

72 Temple Owl

hello all

10:53 am

kje

no tr6 clue?

10:53 am

Haz1558

Unless, torgone. you're sunning yourself on a beach somewhere, in which case, don't tell us about it.

10:54 am

Haz1558

kje, already given, it's sad in French (tr6)

10:54 am

Haz1558

Hello, TO!

10:54 am

FMitch

a clandestine meeting kje

10:54 am

kje

oh, sorry, missed it in the flow

10:54 am

72 Temple Owl

kje is having a clandestine meeting with tor?

10:54 am

kje

ty, thought I had treid that like a million times

10:55 am

bojazz

any clues for gi5/14?

10:55 am

Haz1558

And the rest of us are sad about it.

10:55 am

FMitch

lol TO

10:55 am

Vicuna

*comes to groggily* Wha...? Where am I? What kind of soup was that, anyway?

10:55 am

72 Temple Owl

well it's out now, no secrets in babblonia :d

10:55 am

Haz1558

gi5/14 - plural the gi4/6 at the begining of the sequence.

10:55 am

bichon

gi 5/14 is pl of the third 4/6

10:55 am

FMitch

vegetable and bacon (homemade)

10:55 am

kje

actually, I have had a mtg with tor... not clandestine though ; )

10:56 am

72 Temple Owl

aaaah i love a chog full of sex and vioence early in the morning

10:56 am

Haz1558

She says 'homemade' as if that's going to lessen the sting.

10:56 am

FMitch

What is he like kje? you have to tell now.

10:56 am

Atalante

bacon, veg and rocks

10:56 am

Haz1558

As if being clocked over the head with Campbells condensed would be worse.

10:56 am

crosshair

yaa for sex and violence!(with bacon)

10:56 am

72 Temple Owl

well what would you rather be hit with - some preservative laden sodium full brew

10:56 am

kje

quiet, very nice and gentlemanly, likes sweets

10:57 am

Vicuna

And frozen soup is hard to take in any case.

10:57 am

Kaplan the Magne

This chat is way too esoteric for me today.

10:57 am

72 Temple Owl

lol @fm

10:57 am

FMitch

It would have been better HAz as my stock pot hold a whole lot more than a can of soup!

10:57 am

Haz1558

I know, I can't get my head around chilled soups, so frozen soup would be even worse.

10:57 am

Vicuna

Good point, FM. One nice petit can would have been better.

10:58 am

crosshair

sorry kaplin,the chog can often go off on many tangents when im around

10:58 am

Haz1558

Looking up esoteric...

10:58 am

FMitch

I can see that crossys fantasy would be to be whipped with bacon strips

10:58 am

bojazz

thx Haz

10:58 am

Vicuna

Everything around here is frozen, water, soup, me...

10:58 am

kje

bad image, bad image... why did you do that FM?

10:58 am

72 Temple Owl

*chokes on cocoa* FM!

10:58 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, bojazz.

10:58 am

FMitch

*passes Vi an ice pack and a bunch of flowers to make up*

10:58 am

Kaplan the Magne

Don't apologize to me- I am not a bacon fan.

10:59 am

Haz1558

Steady on, FM. What DID you put in that soup?

10:59 am

Vicuna

Oh good, an ice pack. That's just mean, FM! lol

10:59 am

72 Temple Owl

ladies, ladies...let'snot forget that we are ladies

10:59 am

Vicuna

But the frozen flowers are quite pretty.

10:59 am

FMitch

*apologies - blame crossy, he brings out the bacon in me* :)

11:00 am

Haz1558

No, ladies of dignity and decoroum and with certificates from Diplomacy School.

11:00 am

FMitch

Don't forget I haven't really been able to babble properly for almost 2 months - I have to let off a bit of babble steam!

11:00 am

Haz1558

Except for Ata who was expelled for not trying.

11:00 am

crosshair

now remember,bacon is not all that i am,i have many interesting facets like...mm..well...i like...my other interests are..mmm oh well..books and bacon!

11:01 am

Vicuna

As you are whipping crossy with bacon, FM, don't forget to hold out your pinky and enquire politely as to how he likes his rashers done.

11:01 am

Haz1558

(I'd advise everybody to sit a few feet back from their monitors)

11:01 am

crosshair

lol let it fly fm;)))

11:01 am

Haz1558

It sounds as though FM is about to blow!

11:01 am

FMitch

ROFL

11:02 am

Kaplan the Magne

I do like baco's though.

11:02 am

Atalante

I don't need to try. We had etiquette lessons at school

11:02 am

Vicuna

*huddles behind protective wall of ice fort*

11:02 am

kje

pi6?

11:02 am

FMitch

LOL - it is safe to come out now, honest.

11:02 am

Haz1558

Of course, I forgot about the etiquette lessons. And of course, FM specialised in dancing at her school. Happy days.

11:02 am

bojazz

this chat is like a soap opera - if you missed the beginning, you don't know diddly

11:03 am

Vicuna

Ata's etiquette'll take your skin off.

11:03 am

Haz1558

pi6 - get to a gerund by means of a pastry dish.

11:03 am

Atalante

Haz was just busy sewing

11:03 am

kje

y!

11:03 am

kje

ty!

11:03 am

Haz1558

Yes, sewing and getting it ripped out. Not that I've been damaged or anything.

11:03 am

kje

would not have thought to gerund a pastry

11:03 am

Atalante

no, that's been whipped with too-crispy bacon strips

11:03 am

Vicuna

That pi6 is what we haven't had enough of in the chat recently. *prepares some pi4 for throwing*

11:03 am

bojazz

thx again Haz

11:04 am

Haz1558

Blast. The twitch has started up again.

11:04 am

Elegant

Ok I walk away for a few and my hubby is being whipped? What did you do My Dear?

11:04 am

72 Temple Owl

in honor of soupy rip one of the year's casualties

11:04 am

Atalante

*being

11:04 am

Haz1558

No problem, you're welcome. There are some weird gerunds here today.

11:04 am

FMitch

yup she was using her etui given to her by her husband for Christmas :)

11:05 am

Atalante

I don't think Mr Haz would get any dinner if he gave her an etui

11:05 am

Haz1558

If he ever gave me an etui, I'd lose my diplomatic accreditation.

11:05 am

72 Temple Owl

oooh the mummers parade

11:05 am

Vicuna

Oh dear, it's time to feed the in7 here. Try not to damage each other too badly while I'm gone!

11:05 am

kje

thanks for the heads up

11:05 am

FMitch

See you soon Vi!

11:05 am

72 Temple Owl

is going on it was in some doubt for $

11:05 am

Kaplan the Magne

Moment of silence for Soupy.

11:05 am

Haz1558

We'll be good, VI.

11:06 am

72 Temple Owl

in7?

11:06 am

Atalante

except for FM, obviously

11:06 am

Haz1558

in7 -those who dwell in prison cells.

11:06 am

FMitch

People in prisons perhaps TO

11:06 am

Vicuna

(in7 - those who dwell in a prison, madhouse, or my family)

11:06 am

72 Temple Owl

or in asylums ;)

11:07 am

Vicuna

*waves farewell*

11:07 am

72 Temple Owl

or is that asyla?

11:07 am

FMitch

or some in babble land *cackles maddly*

11:07 am

Haz1558

True. We just call them Homes for the Bewildered.

11:07 am

bichon

ty Vicuna, just what I was pondering about

11:07 am

72 Temple Owl

with a neighborhood for the memory impaired?

11:08 am

Haz1558

(I'm really worried about FM. She's cackling, she's whipping people, it's all very strange)

11:08 am

FMitch

Haz can I have a couple of your blue and pink pills please? Either that or a shot of the cooking sherry?

11:08 am

rururocks

That is always what they call President Bush's Ranch by the way

11:08 am

kje

LOL

11:08 am

Haz1558

The memory impaired just have to make an effort to remember. I do it every time I go upstairs. 'What am I up here for?'

11:08 am

Atalante

don't give her any sherry

11:08 am

FMitch

Hi ruru

11:09 am

kje

do you think that is his new secret service code name? bewildered?

11:09 am

rururocks

hi everyone

11:09 am

Haz1558

There's to be no mixing of pills with drink. You know what happened the last time, FM, and I'm not going to bail you out again.

11:09 am

72 Temple Owl

yes they are probably not trying. like ata

11:09 am

Haz1558

Hello, ruru.

11:09 am

72 Temple Owl

hi ru

11:09 am

Atalante

*gasp*

11:09 am

FMitch

Um HAz, sorry to break it to you but it was I that sprung you last time!

11:09 am

mixi6

Hi ruru

11:10 am

Atalante

I'm very trying. My Mother always said so

11:10 am

72 Temple Owl

:D

11:11 am

72 Temple Owl

ohof all things. i missed the liquor in the grid till just now.

11:11 am

Haz1558

But trying in the most positive sense of the word.

11:11 am

Atalante

not usually no LOL

11:12 am

mixi6

ma7?

11:13 am

JBV

back again, no use trying to catch up, I'll just jump in with a Christmas sleigh-full of post-it notes for the memory impaired - can't live without 'em

11:13 am

72 Temple Owl

gee it is quite a festive gird today. has the makings of a cocltail party and entertainment too

11:13 am

bichon

anyone have either the pe 6 or pe 6?

11:14 am

FMitch

good move jbv - post it notes are brill.

11:14 am

kje

pe6 - PT of the pe4

11:14 am

mixi6

past tense bichon

11:14 am

Haz1558

pe6 - past tense

11:14 am

FMitch

pe6/24 - pt of the pe4/5 before it

11:15 am

Haz1558

ma7 - what you'd call an Italian conductor but with a different last vowel

11:15 am

bichon

ty Haz & FMithch

11:15 am

FMitch

Hi bichon

11:15 am

Haz1558

Or, to the plural Miss West (ma4) add three letters that indicate three.

11:15 am

72 Temple Owl

my guess is that is a plural?

11:16 am

Haz1558

I imagine so, but my Italian is of the shaky variety.

11:16 am

mixi6

ty haz

11:16 am

FMitch

Time for me to go and get the soup into containers ready for the freezer - lovely chatting and see you tomorrow.

11:16 am

72 Temple Owl

mine is of the profanity variety.

11:16 am

torgone

You have a shaky Italian?

11:16 am

JFB

Hi all - a joke I heard. Vicar visiting an elderly parishioner 'Mabel have you given any thought to the hereafter?' 'Vicar everytime I go into a room I think what am I in here after'!!

11:17 am

72 Temple Owl

fm hope to see you tomorrow, i am supposed to see back door slam at noon

11:17 am

elder

Bye FMitch and good to hear your settling in your new home.

11:17 am

robbie09

lol..good joke JFB

11:18 am

elder

JFB good one:)

11:18 am

72 Temple Owl

:)

11:18 am

bojazz

good one JFB

11:18 am

mixi6

in8,50? lol at joke

11:18 am

JFB

I sometimes think its too near the truth these days!

11:18 am

Haz1558

Bye, FM.

11:18 am

72 Temple Owl

picturing haz with an italian version of manuel"

11:19 am

Haz1558

in8/50 - as sewn on uniforms to proclaim status/ officer level.

11:20 am

JFB

tvm haz

11:20 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

11:20 am

bojazz

thx Haz

11:20 am

mixi6

ty haz

11:21 am

Haz1558

No problem. Picturing a non-shaky Italian myself....

11:22 am

elder

um.. nice image :)

11:22 am

Haz1558

Yes. We'll just take five minutes. Do carry on, elder and I have some thinking ahead.

11:22 am

bojazz

love your "book" list Haz

11:23 am

elder

sigh....:)

11:23 am

Haz1558

Thanks, bojazz. I haven't added to it in a while. There are bound to have been new publications in time for Christmas.

11:23 am

mixi6

first in8,60?

11:23 am

Dorens

heigh ho

11:24 am

kje

in8 - plural of the following 6

11:24 am

Dorens

and thanks for the in

11:24 am

Haz1558

in8/60 - plural of the in6/36 after it. Plural word for acts of treachery or treason that make people well known for the wrong reasons, perhaps?

11:24 am

mixi6

ty kje

11:24 am

elder

Hello Dorens.

11:24 am

Haz1558

Hello, Dorens.

11:25 am

72 Temple Owl

hey missy - what in the world are you doing babbling on vacation?!

11:25 am

Dorens

how could it be vacation if i weren't doing what i love?

11:25 am

Dorens

but also reading a great book, ad about to go off kayaking- and i hear there will be snow on friday when we return, boo!

11:26 am

72 Temple Owl

kayaking? you kayak?

11:26 am

mixi6

fireworks!

11:26 am

Haz1558

That's what I call multi-tasking.

11:26 am

Haz1558

Well done, mixi!

11:26 am

robbie09

wtg mixi

11:26 am

72 Temple Owl

i have heard five weather foreasts for tomorrow and i STILL have no idea what the weather will be

11:26 am

Dorens

yay mixi,
and sure why not kayak? but not while babbling

11:27 am

72 Temple Owl

ocean kayaking?

11:27 am

mixi6

have to run. Hubby finally got out of bed.

11:27 am

Dorens

well, at the wildlife sanctuary among the mangroves, it isn't technically wild ocean

11:27 am

72 Temple Owl

because kayaks scare me.

11:27 am

Haz1558

Bye mixi.

11:28 am

Haz1558

Mangrove swamps are the strangest thing, aren't they?

11:28 am

Atalante

very very odd

11:28 am

Dorens

oh no, not scary at all.. at least not here. yes they are, and so peaceful and lovely to be among... and the there are marvelous birds here too... roseate spoonbills

11:29 am

Rhondabe

can anyi help with fe/6 -30 please

11:29 am

72 Temple Owl

ok doren whatis the temperature there?

11:29 am

Atalante

manatees?

11:29 am

bichon

Dorens, where do you live that you have roseate spoonbills? so jealous

11:29 am

Dorens

feels like 66... and yes

11:29 am

Haz1558

There isn't an fe6/30 - is it fa6/30, scarcity of food?

11:30 am

bichon

fe 6/33 is to fake

11:30 am

Dorens

visiting sanibel bichon... none in nj (and the yes was to the manatees)--and i am so fortunate, no question about it

11:30 am

bichon

I envy you '/dorens, never had the luck to be there

11:30 am

kje

and finally done

11:30 am

Dorens

it's a beautiful place and this is my fifth trip... beginning to feel like a native

11:31 am

Dorens

yay kj!

11:31 am

Haz1558

Congratulations, kje.

11:31 am

bojazz

thx bichon

11:31 am

Rhondabe

sorry , it is fe/6 -33

11:32 am

kje

thanks for the help - that gerund weird stuff clue helped a lot

11:32 am

bojazz

wow - good comment kje

11:32 am

Haz1558

Time for me to go!

11:32 am

Atalante

bye dear!

11:33 am

Dorens

i will try to put up an icon of the mangroves later in the day- maybe i'll be lucky and spot a manatee for ata. bye haz

11:33 am

elder

off to pay more bills and curse the government .... I so enjoyed the chat provided so much laughter, so thank you, to all contributors. Bye for now.

11:33 am

kje

me too... work awaits - adios

11:33 am

bojazz

bye Haz - thax for help

11:33 am

elder

Bye Haz.

11:33 am

Haz1558

Byeee!

11:34 am

72 Temple Owl

bye haz!

11:34 am

Dorens

bye elder, bye kj

11:35 am

72 Temple Owl

and yay kje!

11:35 am

72 Temple Owl

and elder!

11:36 am

cybernan

good morning/afternoon/evening, everyone :)

11:37 am

Dorens

hi nan

11:39 am

72 Temple Owl

hi nan

11:45 am

crosshair

crossy sheepishly pokes his head back in the chog...

11:47 am

cybernan

last in 8, please?

11:49 am

Dorens

the stuff on a uniform nan... how about the first 8/60?

11:50 am

72 Temple Owl

plural of in6/36

11:50 am

cybernan

ty dorens

11:50 am

Dorens

ah, and you're assuming i have that

11:50 am

cybernan

what TO said, dorens

11:51 am

72 Temple Owl

notoriety

11:51 am

Dorens

thanks.. got it now

11:52 am

cybernan

ma 7?

11:52 am

72 Temple Owl

plural of ochestra conductors

11:52 am

cybernan

ty TO

11:52 am

Dorens

out to kayak now--- catch you later....happy babbles

11:53 am

72 Temple Owl

have fun doren!

11:53 am

cybernan

never was very good at spotting those latin plurals -- english ones too, lol

11:55 am

72 Temple Owl

i did not see it until clued

12:02 pm

kc8501

ok. I give up, can anyone help on the DI 6/24 & di7/36?? they're killing me

12:06 pm

NANCY

what you put potato chips in and what you catch a fish with...compound word

12:07 pm

NANCY

then plural for the di 7

12:10 pm

NANCY

kc, did you get it?

12:11 pm

crosshair

ty nancy

12:12 pm

NANCY

yw cross

12:13 pm

jmcnrick

hi all sneaking in between planes

12:14 pm

kc8501

sorry! not yet, wandered off!

12:15 pm

cybernan

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

12:15 pm

kc8501

erm. now I have them!!! thank you!

12:15 pm

cybernan

ooh -- have you had long delays, jmc?

12:17 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo cyber

12:17 pm

jmcnrick

no just a big layover

12:18 pm

crosshair

here at pearson im told it is taking an extra 3 hours cause of that bombing attempt

12:18 pm

jmcnrick

i was worried earlier this week it might be dicey but the weather cooperating

12:18 pm

jmcnrick

in europe it is. i have breezed through both times on this trip

12:18 pm

cybernan

Vancouver had up to 5 hour delays -- on top of all the increased security, the computers went down and everything had to be processed manually.

12:19 pm

rururocks

di 6/24? anyone
???

12:19 pm

jmcnrick

the guy in front of me was carrying bundled christmas tree lights and they frisked him -- rightfully i thought

12:19 pm

Flask1

hi all....clue please for in8/50 please?

12:19 pm

jmcnrick

take a di* in the hot tub and i wil use a n** to clear the leafs

12:19 pm

cybernan

di 6: what fishermen use

12:20 pm

cybernan

in 8/50: military logos

12:20 pm

jmcnrick

the hottub seems to no longer be in* with bugs

12:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

jmc my creidtor showed up at my doorstep this morning with the amended bill i have been requesting for over a month and requested payment. good riddance to bad rubbish i say.

12:20 pm

godthaab

How many words today?

12:20 pm

crosshair

tree lights?? good grief,just buy new ones for 10 dollars when you get where you are going lol

12:21 pm

cybernan

215

12:21 pm

jmcnrick

or put them in your checked luggage

12:21 pm

godthaab

Thanks.

12:21 pm

jmcnrick

215 godt

12:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

while anyone can make a mistake the proof of a company;s measure is how they amend it

12:22 pm

crosshair

lol,when i travel i can go anywhere on the planet as long as i have a duffle,a book,a pint of whiskey,a bible and my passport lol

12:22 pm

jmcnrick

i agree TO -- I have made mistakes but always say i am sorry and try to fix them promptly

12:22 pm

jmcnrick

glad that is all done with TO

12:22 pm

Flask1

in8/50 anyone?...please?

12:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

while i should have taken himn to court i chose not to do so

12:22 pm

cybernan

in 8: military logos

12:22 pm

DR1965

JMC CLued it at 12:20

12:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

crossy: what, no bacon?

12:23 pm

jmcnrick

i am similar crossy -- my big luggage is always the papers and literature i am selling

12:23 pm

DR1965

Hi everyone happy new years eve eve

12:23 pm

crosshair

i buy bacon fresh when i get there lol

12:23 pm

Flask1

thanks cybernan

12:23 pm

jmcnrick

hi DR

12:23 pm

jmcnrick

lol cross

12:23 pm

DR1965

Hi JMC_ Wishing you safe travels

12:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

so while i am sure he felt he was putting my back to the wall, he was allowing me to end dispute. i was actually getting ready to call my lawyer when he knocked.

12:24 pm

jmcnrick

its so silly how people react to making a mistake

12:24 pm

jmcnrick

ty DR

12:24 pm

crosshair

its better to give a bit just to get it off yer plate i say

12:24 pm

cybernan

anyone want a clue before I leave?

12:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

i suppose i can still sue him. i am sure his coming to house in front of neighbors would be construed as duress

12:25 pm

DR1965

no thanks Nan- just getting started

12:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

however i havebetter things to do

12:25 pm

jmcnrick

oh but why bother at this point TO

12:25 pm

DR1965

have a great day

12:25 pm

cybernan

keeping the lawyers in business, TO?

12:25 pm

jmcnrick

no thanks cyber

12:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

no nan, the ignorant tree surgeon is

12:26 pm

crosshair

i hate legal wars so much that ill give a little ground just to end things

12:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

you owuld have to see the arrogance of this guy first hand to understand

12:26 pm

jmcnrick

usually that is a good plan crossy but not always

12:26 pm

crosshair

yes there are times when that will not work

12:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

i doubt the $100 he allowed me will pay to have someone take the damaged tree down.

12:27 pm

jmcnrick

there are people who make trouble just to get people to settle

12:27 pm

jmcnrick

well that is true TO

12:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

that was my lawyer's fear and mine - that he would not give me a bill that relfected the discount and would go on to sue me

12:28 pm

jmcnrick

huh I got nbt

12:28 pm

cybernan

I have never understood why people's first reaction is to sue -- no wonder the cost of things is so high -- it is the vendor/manufacturer's insurance costs that are putting retail prices up.

12:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

i mean he sent 5 or six bills since i asked for one

12:28 pm

crosshair

lol cyber,wife and i have a good laugh over those lawyer commercial from the states

12:28 pm

jmcnrick

i agree cyber and unfortunately there are lawyers who will help them

12:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

nan: this guy damaged a healthy tree that was not on the contract and refused to make good. what would you suggest a woman of limited means to do?

12:29 pm

cybernan

None of our GP's will deliver babies anymore because of the prohibitive insurance costs.

12:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

i now am forced to live with an eyesore i paid someone to create

12:29 pm

kc8501

sueing is like easy money now

12:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

in effect

12:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

not aournd here kc. juries are very very very tough

12:30 pm

jmcnrick

to an extent DRs brought that on themselves -- at least the doctors from the earlier generation who never admitted that a patient could have input or a right

12:30 pm

cybernan

Is the tree still growing? Will it not repair itself? -- as I don't know what happened, I can't say, other than I don't think he should have presented a bill at all.

12:30 pm

crosshair

the one i love the most is a procedure that saved a guys life but gave him diabetes,and he wants to be your lawyer so he can sue the doctor..personally ill take life in exchange for diabetes any day

12:30 pm

kc8501

my Mr is being sued from an accident where someone was chasing him down on his motorcycle. He tried to turn into a gas station and hit the front of another car...

12:30 pm

jmcnrick

oh too bad kc

12:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

to thepoint where folks who have a legitimate claim are denied because the insurance company can convince the jury the litigant is faking. i know this first hand. sw them satnd up and lie boldfacedly

12:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

kc insurance should take care of that

12:31 pm

jmcnrick

a guy tried to hold my son accountable (because he thought my son was 17) but we gave his insurance company a video that my son happened to be making

12:31 pm

cybernan

oops -- looks like I've opened a can of worms here -- sorry!

12:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

the litigation i mean

12:31 pm

kc8501

almost to teh day the statute of limitations is up and shes trying to sue HIM for 1/2 a mil!

12:32 pm

Jayk

Afternoon, all. Sorry to interrupt the legal flow, but i am desperate for the ma7/32

12:32 pm

crosshair

np cyber,i just find it amazing what people will sue over,its why we dont have house partys anymore,cuase i cannot be sending someone out my dorr drunk

12:32 pm

kc8501

they are now, and she won't get much out of it, but still... it's ridiculous! She's even trying to claim she lost hearing because of it. Just ridiculous

12:33 pm

crosshair

insane

12:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

the guy who hit me was high on heroin robbed gas stations to feed it and left scene and was not convicted. i doctored for three years

12:33 pm

jmcnrick

oops i lied I still need the C word

12:33 pm

cybernan

ma 7/32: plural orchestra conductors

12:33 pm

Jayk

nasty thing with pus

12:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

insurance company told jury this is why your rated go up

12:34 pm

kc8501

4 letter one, Ci ... like what jayk said.

12:34 pm

jmcnrick

ty jay and how are you

12:34 pm

cybernan

ci 4: lump usually filled with fluid

12:34 pm

jmcnrick

insurance co. still make amazinf profits

12:34 pm

jmcnrick

ty cyber

12:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

you know it, je. they appear so aggrieved and folks buy it

12:35 pm

jmcnrick

NOW nbt!

12:35 pm

Jayk

yw, jmc. the orchestra conducteors isn't quite working...

12:35 pm

Jayk

maestri

12:35 pm

jmcnrick

it is an italian word so think latin jay

12:35 pm

Jayk

OOPS!

12:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

google the singular

12:35 pm

kc8501

lol. well. there you go!

12:36 pm

jmcnrick

that's the one jay! ;-)

12:36 pm

crosshair

great clue jayk!!!:)))

12:36 pm

Jayk

so sorry!! slinking off...

12:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

wow. so clear.

12:36 pm

cybernan

I just can't see sueing over inconsequential things. I slipped in a puddle of melted snow inside Safeway just before Christmas and bruised my knee. I could still walk, it was sore for a couple of weeks and I had to visit the chiropractor to get the joint unjammed, but that was it. My neighbour thought I should sue --- I thought, why? -- save it for something important!

12:36 pm

Jayk

i just hope there's some bacon in there

12:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

what if you did ot have insurance or funds to cover?

12:37 pm

crosshair

jayk,you can clue for me any day;))

12:37 pm

jmcnrick

i am sure it is well supplied with bacon

12:37 pm

kc8501

nan... because it's... EASY MONEY!

12:37 pm

crosshair

crossy makes jayk a blt

12:37 pm

jmcnrick

mmmmm a little bacon for me too crossy!

12:38 pm

cybernan

If that question was directed to me, TO, it would have cost me a $45 bill at the chiro -- as it is, our insurance covers 80%

12:38 pm

Jayk

thanks for bacon, crossy. perhaps i'll just type the 209 that i have into this lovely, expandable chat box

12:38 pm

crosshair

crossy makes a bacon weave sammie for jmc

12:39 pm

jmcnrick

ooo lucky jmc!

12:39 pm

cybernan

Besides, it was a snowy day and you can't expect the employees to be everywhere at once with mop and bucket. If I hadn't been in such a rush, maybe I would have seen the puddle!

12:39 pm

Jayk

heavy on the mayo too, please, Crossy

12:39 pm

crosshair

but of course jayk

12:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am goign since it appears no one is listening. i am a normal honest person hit by a drug addcit and inured to the point where i gave up three years of quality life and the perpetrator was not convicted because the insurance co said the rates would go up, it was a scam, etc. BTW he rear ended me and admitted fault. not to mention i got the lawyer int he first place to fight my own insuranc eocmpany who denied me additonal physical therapy because i sholuld have healed after the first course per theri peer reviewers

12:40 pm

Deeha

My sister in SA is married to a Muslim - she comes over every two years and eats bacon every day for the first two weeks!!!!

12:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

so i say to all of you, when it happenbs to you you will change your minds

12:40 pm

kc8501

thing is, personal responsibility is just gone. To easy to blame someone else and get an easy payday, seems like a lot of people believe they're entitled to more

12:40 pm

cybernan

You should have received compensation for that, TO -- that is what I call a legitimate claim.

12:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

and you will not believe your eyes an your ears

12:41 pm

jmcnrick

sounds like you should report the insurance com to the state regulators TO

12:41 pm

crosshair

i have been there as well to,i got ran over like a dog in 79 and had my legs turned into shards,i can now set off airport detectors cause i have so much metal in my legs,and he got off scott free due to paperwork snafu...we have all been there to

12:42 pm

Deeha

My husband was rearended - the first accidenct he had ever had. The guy CRIED. Next time the policy was due my husband had lost his cno claims bonus - his crime? He repaired the car himself for about 1/8 of the cost.

12:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty for sharing crossy but we have not all been there

12:42 pm

rumplestiltskin

And get a good attorney

12:42 pm

kc8501

oh I believe it. it's not even a matter of right and wrong anymore, but who has the best lawyer etc. It's sad.

12:42 pm

crosshair

and on that note im off..this is getting bad..poof

12:42 pm

jmcnrick

actually kc the best lawyer doesn't always win

12:43 pm

cybernan

I was in a head on caused by a speeder skidding in the slush. Torn cartilage and 2 floating ribs, one week of agony and 2 years of therapy later, the insurance company paid out the "book" amount for such injuries. I didn't feel I'd been dealt with unfairly.

12:43 pm

kc8501

eh. the best lawyer, the best connected lawyer etc. Town I'm in, it's all about knowing the right people.

12:43 pm

jmcnrick

i am off too before the lawyer bashing starts -- I am not up to it today *picks up briefcase and head to the door*

12:43 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

12:44 pm

kc8501

LOL no lawyer bashing! law period bashing!

12:45 pm

cybernan

clues anyone? -- otherwise I'm off til the flip...

12:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

well it is good to hear all sides. there is a dearth of that in chog at times

12:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

nan are you near olympic venues?

12:45 pm

Deeha

I only know one lawyuer, he is my nephew in law and he is FAB!!

12:46 pm

cybernan

no -- I live in Kelowna -- a 4 hour drive from Vancouver (in good weather) and about 6 hours from Whistler

12:46 pm

Deeha

tain

12:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

will you attend any events? i love the winter games

12:46 pm

Deeha

oops sorry

12:47 pm

cybernan

no -- they are very expensive, tickets were obtainable by ballot, and hotel costs are high. The one sport I would be interested in is the curling and that is best seen on TV!

12:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

i can imagine the cost!

12:50 pm

cybernan

Also, H1N1 is supposed to rear its ugly head in a third wave in February -- think I would rather avoid crowds.

12:51 pm

torgone

Whoa .. We just had an earthquake ..

12:51 pm

cybernan

where are you tor?

12:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

wow tor!

12:51 pm

redturtlehead

hi all. how is everyone?

12:51 pm

cybernan

hi red

12:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi red.

12:52 pm

redturtlehead

Nan, i'd love to go to some of the games events, i think if you get on as a volunteer they give out passes...

12:52 pm

buffgirl71

I went to the winter olympics in SLC and found that tickets were very reasonable IF you picked some of the non-glamour events. Curling was extremely inexpensive; also x-ctry skiing, ski jumping were inexpensive and great fun. We also did luge - that was funny - you saw a sled for what seemed like a millisecond - it was all so silly we had a blast! I'd encourage any one to partake if they could - it was a once in a lifetime experience, and we did do it very inexpensively.

12:52 pm

lizmac

Hi, any clues for the IN8/50, please?

12:53 pm

cybernan

Not sure about that, red -- it's all set by now though

12:53 pm

72 Temple Owl

tor i take it it was not strong?

12:53 pm

cybernan

in 8: military logos

12:53 pm

lizmac

TYVM.

12:54 pm

redturtlehead

it probably is all set for volunteers by now. a friend of mine volunteered for the Atlanta and he got passes to a bunch pf events, but he sogned up a long time before the event.

12:55 pm

lizmac

How about the last SE6/21, for sparklies?!

12:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

i did not realize vancouver wash was relatively close to bc

12:55 pm

cybernan

yes. Event prices were set by Vanoc and they have done a good job of preventing scalping

12:55 pm

cybernan

se 6: group of 7

12:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

skating and hockey have high prices

12:56 pm

lizmac

Thanks a lot. Fireworks!

12:57 pm

cybernan

everything in WA is fairly close to BC!

12:57 pm

redturtlehead

then there some events we never even know about, the biathalon, xcountry skiing and shooting....

12:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay liz!

12:57 pm

cybernan

congrats liz

12:57 pm

72 Temple Owl

i would love to x country ski. except that i feel the cold terribly. so probably unlikely.

12:58 pm

cybernan

I'm with you TO -- only if it can be done at 68F or more!

12:59 pm

buffgirl71

Speed skating in the arena was reasonably priced - and you stay warm!

12:59 pm

cybernan

off to finish the laundry -- back at the flip. *poof*

12:59 pm

rumplestiltskin

clues for the di6/27 and 7/36 please

12:59 pm

redturtlehead

i have only done skiing once...

1:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

did you like it red?

1:01 pm

redturtlehead

i liked it i suppose, its not something i have an opportunity to do often.

1:02 pm

redturtlehead

i am a big speed skatig fan, buff girl, thats really neat!

1:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

apolo ohno

1:04 pm

lynxxx

Morning all

1:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello lyn!

1:05 pm

lynxxx

di6.24 & 7 . Di* a *** into the water and maybe catch a fish

1:05 pm

buffgirl71

Another hint for reasonable priced Olympics tickets - go to preliminary events instead of the finals. You can "get into it" at the prelims - and then enjoy the finals in front of the TV, without the exorbitant cost.

1:05 pm

helensgirlkid

VANOC only just recently put out calls for volunteers - I can't imagine what they were thinking. In Calgary we took over two years training the volunteers.

1:06 pm

helensgirlkid

Sorry to be out of that chat so long - I was THAT close to fireworks - only came up for air when I got there!

1:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

perhaps they are using a lot of paid help?

1:06 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Helen!

1:07 pm

redturtlehead

Wow, helens

1:07 pm

helensgirlkid

They must be - they've got recruiters out all over Canada looking for security staff - many of them to do things volunteers did in Calgary. But their police situation is tougher, with competition between the city police and the RCMP, which maybe shifted the security emphasis.

1:08 pm

helensgirlkid

Thanks. It was a surprisingly easy grid (especially those words that I was blind to for ages!).

1:10 pm

helensgirlkid

I kept forgetting to try gerunds, and lost all sense of is ther another -- (whatever letters) in the grid until I was growling at myself. But then I'd get one, and a whole batch would pop up. Won't happen often, must treasure it!

1:10 pm

helensgirlkid

Going to get something to eat, see you later. Good luck all, and Happy New Year.

1:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh my where is crossy? watching cooking show making bacon wrapped artichoke hears

1:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye helens

1:11 pm

stidmama

(((choclit and hugs))) hello all!

1:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi stid.

1:11 pm

stidmama

down to 100 last night, trying for down to 75 before running errands

1:11 pm

lynxxx

Hi Stid

1:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

i must

1:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

go run errands.

1:12 pm

stidmama

must what dear TO? bye hele

1:12 pm

stidmama

oh, errands, too? at least Mother will go with us today. We have fun when she is along

1:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

not dear today lol

1:13 pm

stidmama

sorry, my figners are typing and my eyes are elsewhere...

1:13 pm

stidmama

wow. the stidkid figured out to SWEEP the section of the floor he just cleared out gefore he puts something there!

1:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

groundbreaking stuff, stid ;)

1:14 pm

stidmama

true that, TO!

1:17 pm

maccafixx

help with the di 6/24 please

1:17 pm

mcurlschool

isn't it amazing when they come up with that stuff....love kids and the way they think!

1:17 pm

stidmama

I need that too macc

1:18 pm

stidmama

hey mcurl! did you have a lovely visit with your children? is your son still there?

1:18 pm

mcurlschool

hi stid, yes great visit and son is here until his flight out sat morn. Manning the "hospitality" room for a HS wrestling tournament today....love it

1:19 pm

mcurlschool

di6 di* a chip and use a fish *** to get that dead one out of the tank

1:19 pm

stidmama

wonderful! hope the tournament is fun. I have truly enjoyed judging the debate meets this year.

1:19 pm

stidmama

thanks for that di!

1:19 pm

maccafixx

hey stdmama check the clue at 1:05

1:20 pm

stidmama

thanks macc

1:20 pm

mcurlschool

I just have to make sure the coaches have plenty of food out and all is in order as well as keep "kids" out so coaches can have "quiet" time! I like that!!!

1:22 pm

stidmama

I always appreciate the quiet space, mcurl. Last meet, the volunteers had managed to finagle starbucks coffee from somewhere!

1:23 pm

stidmama

the last meet was actually REALLY nice, as I didn't have homework I had to do and could sit and visit with other judges and coaches.

1:23 pm

stidmama

my brother used to do wrestling in high school... he was pretty good until he switched to weightlifting (he was good at that too)

1:24 pm

Jayk

back from the PB to ask for help with the last st 4/4 and the INCREDIBLY elusive last se 5/12 and se 4/5

1:24 pm

stidmama

hey Jay!

1:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

wrestling is the sport of choice in my family. nephew won his class at this weekend's openournament

1:24 pm

Jayk

just saw the st

1:25 pm

Jayk

TO--babbling IS wrestling!

1:25 pm

stidmama

ah, in cleaning up the stidkids have found a "15" puzzle (actually 7x7) with one of escher's tesselations instead of numbers. one of my favorite time-waster pursuits!

1:26 pm

stidmama

well done TO!

1:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

have no se5/12

1:27 pm

mcurlschool

sorry stib brb...work is calling---print shop is closed over christmas due to budget cuts but they're calling because they want me to come in and work (on hold) sup has a flyer to print and mail bulk mai...figures

1:27 pm

stidmama

later mcurl!

1:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

by emc curl, ltns

1:27 pm

stidmama

(((hugs))) enjoy your time with your sob

1:27 pm

stidmama

or son.

1:28 pm

mcurlschool

thanks stid

1:29 pm

Jayk

FW!!!

1:30 pm

stidmama

YAY Jayk!

1:30 pm

Jayk

thanks all--see you tomorrow!

1:30 pm

AshleyNpeyton

WTG jayk!!!!

1:32 pm

stidmama

and I am down to 70. gotta get my day started (it's only 11:30... not sure what the rush is!) LOL

1:33 pm

stidmama

see you-all later! *poof*

1:40 pm

rururocks

in8 anyone?

1:40 pm

rururocks

these In's are impossible for me

1:41 pm

Joanne123

overrun with bugs

1:41 pm

rururocks

thank you

1:42 pm

Joanne123

in stop .... and vowels

1:42 pm

buffgirl71

I finally finished the i's, ruru - they were horrid. in 8/60 = full of bugs, insects, roaches

1:43 pm

Joanne123

in8 i think like initials on cuffs

1:43 pm

buffgirl71

in8 - also military medals

1:44 pm

rururocks

thanks a lot

1:44 pm

Joanne123

yvw if i could help

1:44 pm

rururocks

need the first in 8 though

1:45 pm

Joanne123

in fa4 and plural and vowel in there

1:46 pm

buffgirl71

1st in 8/60: in + at Christmas we visit with our relatives or ***il***

1:47 pm

rururocks

thank you.. wow..

1:47 pm

rururocks

thank you buff..

1:47 pm

rururocks

done for the day.. I have to run..thanks

1:48 pm

Joanne123

byeee

1:49 pm

Joanne123

done...

1:57 pm

rumplestiltskin

clue for the di6/24 and di7/36 please

1:58 pm

buffgirl71

di 6/24: chips and di* + take the fish out of the bowl with a *** (and plural)

1:59 pm

rumplestiltskin

TY TY buffgirl - Got'em

2:00 pm

buffgirl71

WTG rumple!

2:08 pm

eieios

can i get a clue for the first fe 5/6 combo pls? it is eluding me.

2:09 pm

LuvWordGames

fe + a stop s*** is red

2:09 pm

buffgirl71

fe + neon s*** (and plural)

2:10 pm

eieios

thank you! that was driving me nutso!

2:20 pm

LuvWordGames

just finished, any clues needed?

2:23 pm

Uneaixoise

have in8/60 and in8/50 -- last 8 letter word please?

2:23 pm

LuvWordGames

another in 8/60

2:23 pm

JBV

hi une, there are two in 8/60

2:23 pm

Uneaixoise

nm, got it! :-)

2:24 pm

buffgirl71

in 8/50 - military embroidery

2:24 pm

Uneaixoise

tx luv and jbv :-)

2:24 pm

JBV

hi folks, just stopped in to see what's happening

2:24 pm

LuvWordGames

hi JBV

2:24 pm

JBV

my last word was a very sad french word - but it made me happy!

2:24 pm

Ouwachita

any clue for the di6/24 ?

2:25 pm

dcseain

ty, jbv.

2:25 pm

JBV

di 6/24 - compound - verb + something to catch fish

2:25 pm

dcseain

hello :)

2:25 pm

buffgirl71

Big ***per + scoop a fish with a ***

2:25 pm

JBV

hi seain

2:26 pm

Ouwachita

thanks buffgirl

2:26 pm

dcseain

hi, jbv, luv, une, ouwachita, buffgirl, et al

2:26 pm

buffgirl71

YVW!

2:27 pm

LuvWordGames

hi dc

2:27 pm

dcseain

i had double excitement today. VEC is finally starting my unemployment benefits, and jasmine rice was only $1/lb at El Grande Mercado. :)

2:28 pm

JBV

very nice, seain - good news!

2:28 pm

JBV

i didn't know you were awaiting benefits - are you seeking work - taking a break? what's up

2:30 pm

eieios

clue for the ma 7, please?

2:31 pm

JBV

ma 7 - orchestra conductors (Italian plural)

2:31 pm

eieios

gracias, jbv

2:32 pm

dcseain

DHS/CBP denied my clearance at end of August. I started looking for end of Nov.

2:33 pm

JBV

hmm, a little cryptic, seain, but I hope all goes well for you

2:34 pm

JBV

oh! just googled it - should have known that I guess

2:37 pm

dcseain

oh, sorry. being from here, i forget that the standard alphabet soup of acronyms is not intimately familiar to everyone :">

2:38 pm

JBV

each field has its own excess of acronyms - i'm used to it in education -

2:39 pm

JBV

and did you know I actually worked for the federal government so say no more

2:42 pm

dcseain

fair enough

2:44 pm

dcseain

hungry. bbs

2:44 pm

JBV

have a few things to get done here, so signing off for now - good luck with the grid

2:47 pm

hego

Hi All

2:48 pm

hego

Hey DC, I like your ducks.

2:51 pm

eieios

clue for the pi 6/27, please?

2:52 pm

Minveryork

A pi6/27 word is not a cake plus gerund ending eieios

2:53 pm

hego

Hi MIN

2:53 pm

Minveryork

Hello hego

2:55 pm

eieios

Thanks, Minveryork. I thought I tried that....

2:55 pm

Minveryork

yw

2:57 pm

dcseain

rice cookers are so you friend :)

3:00 pm

dcseain

thannks, hego

3:01 pm

hego

Actually, they're geese, are they not? As in 6 geese a laying.

3:02 pm

dcseain

they are geese, yes :) White geese confuse me, as he have the brown ones here. Good ole canadiensis

3:02 pm

dcseain

er, we have...

3:03 pm

hego

;-)

3:03 pm

dcseain

son be a de7, you have a talent for causing great pain :D

3:04 pm

hego

LOL. very good, that.

3:04 pm

dcseain

our high here today was below freezing. 15 F lower than usual. brrrrr

3:05 pm

hego

Really! It got up to a balmy 38 here in NJ.

3:05 pm

dcseain

we hit all of 30 at both airports

3:06 pm

hego

Brrrrrr

3:13 pm

dcseain

shoot. short an i for insipid

3:15 pm

hego

DC, do you have the fe7 pls?

3:17 pm

dcseain

not yet, but i'lll look

3:17 pm

hego

np. tx

3:17 pm

ChrissieDee

past tense of the fe5/16

3:18 pm

hego

tx Chris

3:18 pm

ChrissieDee

yw, evening all

3:21 pm

dcseain

is there more than one fe5.16?

3:21 pm

dcseain

ah, there is. thanks, chrissie

3:21 pm

hego

yes

3:21 pm

hego

3

3:21 pm

ChrissieDee

it's the one that sounds like to pass out

3:22 pm

hego

Good clue Chris

3:23 pm

dcseain

rice cooker done. bbs. gonna figure out what to do with the rice

3:26 pm

ChrissieDee

stuck on the me5's here - can't find any of them

3:27 pm

ChrissieDee

monkeys found the middle one now

3:27 pm

oodleberry

hi eveyrone

3:27 pm

hego

One is a plural of the after dinner candy

3:27 pm

oodleberry

YAY FOR THE MONEYS WOOOHOOOO

3:27 pm

eieios

clue for the te 5/12? my monkeys aren't working for me....

3:28 pm

ChrissieDee

is that an mi hego?

3:28 pm

hego

yes Chris

3:28 pm

hego

Don't have the te yet

3:29 pm

ChrissieDee

oh, looking for the me's but thanks anyway

3:29 pm

aslindy

hello all

3:29 pm

hego

Sorry

3:29 pm

ChrissieDee

also missing the te 5/12

3:29 pm

hego

Hi lindy

3:31 pm

ChrissieDee

te5 - te + it's cold out so come ***oors

3:32 pm

hego

tx Chris

3:32 pm

ChrissieDee

or te + hi asl***y

3:32 pm

demouse

can anyone help please ? i need the st5/10 and cannot seem to find it.

3:33 pm

ChrissieDee

s + canvas shelter

3:34 pm

demouse

ty very much chrissie i have been looking for that for the last ten mins and has just kept eluding me

3:34 pm

eieios

Thanks, chrissiedee. That is fireworks for me! first time in forever.

3:34 pm

dcseain

rice with black beans, chopped basil tomatos, adobo, and pickled garlic. yum!

3:34 pm

aslindy

well done, eieios

3:34 pm

ChrissieDee

woo woo woo, congratulations eieios

3:35 pm

oodleberry

i wished my monkeys weren't on strike

3:35 pm

dcseain

congrats, eieios

3:35 pm

Bugsaw

well done eieios

3:35 pm

hego

YAAAYYY!!! eieios!!!!!!

3:35 pm

ChrissieDee

you shouldn't have been mean to them oodle

3:35 pm

oodleberry

wtg eieios

3:38 pm

DR1965

do any words use the qu?

3:38 pm

dcseain

not that i've fround yet, DR

3:38 pm

DR1965

ok thanks DC

3:39 pm

Bugsaw

Hi DR! how are you all doing now that the holidays are stretching out?

3:39 pm

ChrissieDee

I love the pi6, a new word for me and I'm sure that how half the words in enable were created

3:39 pm

Flask1

hi all.............clue please for di6/24 please?

3:39 pm

DR1965

Hi Bugs! I am well. enjoying the cloudy weather...We had an earthquake today

3:40 pm

DR1965

actually Mexico had an earthquake and we felt it

3:40 pm

Bugsaw

not a big one I hope.

3:40 pm

dcseain

flask - compound verb + fishing implement

3:40 pm

DR1965

it was a 5.8 I think

3:41 pm

Flask1

thanks DC!

3:41 pm

dcseain

here, that quake tied with the shooting in the Warrenton Courthose as top news this afternoon.

3:41 pm

DR1965

How are things with you?

3:41 pm

DR1965

Really DC?? Wow!

3:42 pm

Bugsaw

I got lots of house work done this morning and have mindless comedies on TV now so heard no bad news. I am enjoying having a day just for me!

3:43 pm

Enomis65

good day good day, how is everyone?

3:43 pm

DR1965

I have been doing housework too... Jake is playing his Wii and hubby is running errands.. we are all off this week.

3:43 pm

Enomis65

where was the earthquake dc? sorry I jus came in

3:44 pm

dcseain

i brought our Wii with us when i watched nephews last week. They've been begging for one ever since.

3:44 pm

DR1965

It was in MExicali

3:44 pm

Enomis65

lots of damages?

3:44 pm

DR1965

we got the new TOy Story Mania game DC.. It is fun

3:44 pm

dcseain

so across the border from Calexico

3:44 pm

Bugsaw

I put all the Christmas things away and cleaned the house. Got all the washing and ironing done. I feel like I am can sit here and Babble guilt free!

3:44 pm

dcseain

i'll check it out, DR

3:45 pm

bojazz

help - any clue for ni5/6

3:45 pm

Enomis65

good for you bugsaw!

3:45 pm

DR1965

I do not know Enomis- none reported here in San Diego but we did feel it.. they said some builings were being checked in Mexico

3:45 pm

DR1965

brb- jacob wants something to eat

3:45 pm

Enomis65

some of my relatives are in mexico...

3:46 pm

Enomis65

i'll go check...

3:46 pm

Enomis65

brb

3:46 pm

ChrissieDee

ni5/10 = ni + the river ***ne is in Paris

3:47 pm

bojazz

sorry - n4/5 from the top

3:48 pm

ChrissieDee

rhymes with game - h*** and seek

3:49 pm

ChrissieDee

is that the right one bojazz?

3:50 pm

ChrissieDee

and finished here !!!!!

3:50 pm

Enomis65

bravo chrissie

3:51 pm

ChrissieDee

ty, any clues before I go?

3:51 pm

bojazz

N not H, sorry

3:51 pm

Enomis65

what do the 8 words strat with?

3:51 pm

bojazz

all start with IN

3:52 pm

bojazz

an 8 word clue - uniform patch

3:53 pm

dcseain

ty for that, bojazz

3:53 pm

bojazz

yw

3:53 pm

dcseain

congrats, chrissie

3:54 pm

ChrissieDee

ty dc

3:54 pm

AshleyNpeyton

1st in 6,21 plz

3:54 pm

dcseain

length of pantleg, ashley

3:55 pm

ChrissieDee

resident in prison

3:55 pm

dcseain

ty, chrissie

3:55 pm

gortmold

chrissie, do you have any clues for the me5s pls?

3:55 pm

AshleyNpeyton

that was it thx chrissie

3:56 pm

ChrissieDee

me5/15 + me + not out + sometimes vowel

3:56 pm

gortmold

oooh, thx chris, as in eeny and mo, eh?

3:56 pm

AshleyNpeyton

thanks again didnt have that one either

3:56 pm

ChrissieDee

me5/14 = me + not well, feeling ***k

3:57 pm

ChrissieDee

also a good clue gort, lol

3:57 pm

aslindy

can anyone help with the first in please, in 8,60

3:57 pm

gortmold

thanks again chris, could not have monkeyed them for all the bananas in china

3:58 pm

ChrissieDee

me5/12 = me + cold symptom - ***eze

3:58 pm

gortmold

you're an angel, thanks chris

3:58 pm

ChrissieDee

in8/60 is plural of the in6/30 following

3:59 pm

aslindy

ah, got it now, thank you!

3:59 pm

AshleyNpeyton

u have ma 7,32 chrissie?

3:59 pm

ChrissieDee

in6/36 = notoriety

3:59 pm

ChrissieDee

ma + vowel + tie a parcel up with ****ng

4:00 pm

gortmold

sending chrissie 2L bottle of gatorade and king size mars bar for marathon cluing run

4:00 pm

ChrissieDee

don't know what gatorade is but am very grateful gort :)

4:00 pm

hego

and after her very first fireworks, even

4:00 pm

Bugsaw

i can't even keep up with you Chrissy!

4:01 pm

gortmold

actually, i don't know what gatorade is either, but i know it's a big deal to american footballers!

4:01 pm

ChrissieDee

hardly hego, babble adict here

4:01 pm

ChrissieDee

*addict

4:01 pm

origami

hello folks

4:02 pm

dcseain

hi, origami

4:02 pm

dcseain

gatorade is electrolyte-enhanced sugar water, gort

4:03 pm

beachboggle

Hi guys

4:03 pm

dcseain

howdy, beach

4:03 pm

gortmold

oh good, dc, that's exactly what i wanted to send chrissie

4:04 pm

Bugsaw

LOL Gatordade exchange!

4:04 pm

gortmold

she was carrying the cluing weight of the babbling world on her slim young shoulders and coping well

4:05 pm

Bugsaw

what a run chrissy! you are a champ and saved me lots of looking in vain for odd words.

4:06 pm

Bugsaw

I will send her rum balls that are quite rummish to help with fatigue

4:06 pm

gortmold

everything i know about electrolyte-enhanced sugar water, i learned from Adam Sandler

4:06 pm

ChrissieDee

glowing in the praise

4:06 pm

ChrissieDee

gort, love your icon picture

4:06 pm

dcseain

Vietnamese pickled garlic is yummy

4:06 pm

ChrissieDee

dc, are you pregnant by any chance, lol

4:07 pm

gortmold

Lol chrissie

4:07 pm

aslindy

ok, I am just not finiding the last in 8... any clues?

4:07 pm

Bugsaw

I am with you Chrissie. Can't tolerate spicey foods

4:08 pm

ChrissieDee

ok, going now, happy babbing all

4:08 pm

gortmold

toodle pip chrissie

4:08 pm

dcseain

g'ngiht chrissie

4:08 pm

Bugsaw

Bye Chrissie!

4:08 pm

hego

Nite Chris ty

4:09 pm

gortmold

don'tforget to keep your fluids up

4:09 pm

aslindy

never mind, I got it now

4:12 pm

hego

seain your name is in the grid!

4:14 pm

dcseain

oh, so it is! that doesn't happen often

4:14 pm

hego

such an honor!

4:14 pm

aslindy

my name is in the grid too - amy... just noticed.

4:15 pm

dcseain

coolio!

4:15 pm

oodleberry

ok ... why isn't it accepting your name dc???

4:15 pm

dcseain

and your name just gave me my last 2 As

4:15 pm

dcseain

LOL oodle

4:15 pm

dcseain

my name's not English

4:16 pm

oodleberry

what is it

4:16 pm

oodleberry

welsh?

4:17 pm

dcseain

irish

4:17 pm

oodleberry

well I protest it should be

4:17 pm

oodleberry

ah gaelic

4:19 pm

dcseain

welsh is a gaelic language also

4:19 pm

dcseain

the initial sound in my name (sh) dose not exist in Welsh, though.

4:20 pm

oodleberry

well that's what I thought

4:20 pm

oodleberry

oh ok

4:20 pm

gortmold

you're probably sick of answering this one, but is it shane or shorn?

4:20 pm

oodleberry

ithink it is shawn

4:21 pm

gortmold

LOL oodle, i meant the pronunciation

4:21 pm

oodleberry

that's what I amsaying

4:22 pm

dcseain

ah, séain is said as shane :)

4:22 pm

Bugsaw

how do you get the accent over the e on the computer seain?

4:22 pm

oodleberry

kewel

4:23 pm

gortmold

okey dokey then shane who rhymes with wayne

4:23 pm

gortmold

which reminds me, i went to college with a guy who's name was Wayne King. He changed his name to Max

4:23 pm

oodleberry

you have to change your keyboard to gaelic or french bugs

4:24 pm

oodleberry

I have a french computer so it is easy to me to do the é

4:24 pm

dcseain

who could blame him, gort

4:24 pm

gortmold

yes that was his smartest move

4:24 pm

dcseain

é on a PC is left ALT and 130 on the numeric keypad. on a mac, it's option e, then the e again

4:26 pm

Bugsaw

thanks seain

4:26 pm

aslindy

if you have a PC, you should have a program called "Character Map" which will give you the key combinations for all kinds of special characters, in all kinds of fonts.

4:26 pm

Bugsaw

didn't work....

4:27 pm

dcseain

J'oublie toujours que vous vivez au Québec, oodle.

4:27 pm

oodleberry

oui

4:27 pm

dcseain

have to hold down the left alt key while typing 130 on the numeric keypad, then release alt

4:27 pm

oodleberry

mais je pannifie à déménager

4:27 pm

Enomis65

Oodle, dans quelle ville du Québec habites_tu? Je suis à Gatineau

4:27 pm

Bugsaw

séain got it!

4:27 pm

dcseain

i've gotten used to it due to typing in Spanish a lot.

4:28 pm

oodleberry

yay bugs!!!

4:28 pm

oodleberry

Qébec

4:28 pm

Bugsaw

had all kinds of variations on a theme first tho. thanks!

4:28 pm

oodleberry

Québec

4:28 pm

aslindy

4:28 pm

Enomis65

J'ai aussi habité à Québec, j,ai bien aimé

4:28 pm

gortmold

ole! (dam, wrong language, should have paid attention in high school french when they were giving us all that "pen of my uncle being greater than the garden of my aunt" stuff)

4:29 pm

Enomis65

LOL gort

4:29 pm

oodleberry

à mais vous n'aveiz pas eu de problème à trouver des amis

4:30 pm

Enomis65

non, pas du tout. Dans quelle ville voulez-vous déménager?

4:30 pm

dcseain

don't forget that les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont sèches et archi-sèches LOL

4:30 pm

Enomis65

good one dcseain!

4:30 pm

oodleberry

à l'ouest Canada

4:30 pm

torgone

Ī câñ'ţ ťŷpë åċčęņŧş

4:30 pm

Enomis65

beau coin de pays aussi

4:30 pm

Enomis65

poor torgone!

4:31 pm

dcseain

that is used here to help people differentiate between s and sh sounds

4:31 pm

gortmold

it's coming back to me now... (determined to contribute)... la plume de mon oncle...

4:31 pm

lynxxx

I just ate a chocolate croissant, will that let me be part of this?

4:31 pm

aslindy

I don't know any French =(

4:31 pm

Bugsaw

That is what I am afraid will happen if I change my keyboard language torgone!

4:31 pm

Enomis65

of course lynxx!

4:31 pm

dcseain

pain au chocolat are lovely, but the cinnamon croissant from a bakery in Arlington, VA are heavenly.

4:31 pm

oodleberry

yes lynxx bienvenue

4:32 pm

Bugsaw

"J'entre dans la salle du classe" was my father's favourite first line

4:32 pm

dcseain

LOL torg

4:32 pm

hego

I know it's been clued but I need the in8 60 pls

4:32 pm

dcseain

how funny, bugs

4:32 pm

oodleberry

torg?

4:32 pm

hego

In English if possible

4:32 pm

dcseain

plural of it wil live in in6

4:32 pm

Enomis65

you guys were hiding that french from me all that time!! (impressed Enomis takes a bow)

4:32 pm

gortmold

funny how french loses it's romantic tones when belted out in a broad aussie accent

4:33 pm

hego

tx DC

4:33 pm

Enomis65

oh no gort, it is still very impressive trust me!

4:33 pm

rumplestiltskin

Kan du tala Svenska?

4:33 pm

dcseain

i know a guy with fluent spanish, complete with an Alabama drawl

4:33 pm

gortmold

thanks eno, but i know that we aussies make all languages sound like we're swearing

4:33 pm

Enomis65

lost me here ruple!

4:33 pm

Bugsaw

I heard on the radio that women vote the Irish accent sexiest. It was my first choice too

4:33 pm

Enomis65

*rumple

4:34 pm

Enomis65

me too me too

4:34 pm

dcseain

i can read it, rumple, but i don't write, speak, nor orally comprehend it.

4:34 pm

gortmold

i speak fluent ikea!

4:34 pm

rumplestiltskin

Tack

4:34 pm

Enomis65

lol

4:35 pm

Bugsaw

séain (practising now to remember it) how much of a polyglot are you? I am very impressed.

4:35 pm

oodleberry

enomis depuis que je suis à québec j'avais de la difficulté à intégrer dans la société à Québec... je crois ça serait plus facile à Montréal ou bien Gatineau.

4:36 pm

gortmold

this is an awesome conversation, but i have to go and do banal and mundane things now. cheerio and aufviedersein and what not

4:36 pm

Bugsaw

happy whatnot gortmold

4:36 pm

oodleberry

ok gort hagd

4:36 pm

lynxxx

bye Gort, have a good NYE

4:37 pm

gortmold

haagen daas to you all

4:37 pm

Enomis65

Gatineau et Montréal sont très bilingues - Québec est un peu plus fermé aux autres langues

4:37 pm

lynxxx

lol

4:37 pm

dcseain

i have full fluency in 3 languages other than English, good functionality in French, and vary degrees of mostly reading in several others.

4:37 pm

oodleberry

exacte

4:37 pm

Enomis65

Mes enfants sont complètement biligues et mon beau-père qui n'est qu'anglophone aime beaucoup Gatineau

4:38 pm

dcseain

my great-grandpa moved to Montreal to learn English, as he had German and French already, and was Jewish.

4:38 pm

DR1965

hi again- I am back

4:38 pm

dcseain

wb, DR

4:38 pm

lynxxx

hi DR

4:38 pm

DR1965

ty DC

4:38 pm

Enomis65

oodle, je crois que Gatineau serait un bon choix parce que nous sommes tout près de Ottawa

4:38 pm

DR1965

Hi Lynxxx

4:39 pm

Enomis65

my God dc what a great mix!

4:39 pm

oodleberry

vous êtes tout près de la Captale du Canada

4:39 pm

oodleberry

OUI

4:39 pm

lynxxx

what is Gatineau? - I know it isn't cake

4:39 pm

crosshair

je sais seulement assez de français pour obtenir mon visage giflé dans une barre ;)

4:39 pm

Kaplan the Magne

What's up, linguists?

4:39 pm

dcseain

Gatineau is the town in Quebec across the river from Ottawa, lyn

4:39 pm

lynxxx

hi Kap

4:39 pm

Bugsaw

so séain why don't you work at the UN or an airport helping lost new arrivals? You have a huge talent there!

4:39 pm

dcseain

hello, kaplan

4:40 pm

Enomis65

LOL crosshair

4:40 pm

DR1965

Hi Kaplan

4:40 pm

oodleberry

j'ai oublié le nom de la Capitale... c'est pas bon pour un futur citoyen canadien eh

4:40 pm

dcseain

LOL crossy

4:40 pm

Bugsaw

c'est bon, oodle

4:41 pm

crosshair

ottawa oodles lol

4:41 pm

dcseain

UN is in New York City. I don't want to live there. I periodically try to get in with the Inter-American Development Bank, though.

4:41 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I don't have any of the et words- is there a root i should be thinking of?

4:41 pm

rumplestiltskin

OOdleberry, Pourquoi serait-il plus difficile de s'intégrer à Québec?

4:41 pm

oodleberry

oui oui je l'ai maintenant

4:42 pm

oodleberry

i have very little em words

4:42 pm

dcseain

good question, kaplan :)

4:42 pm

DR1965

I have NO French

4:42 pm

Kaplan the Magne

je ne parle pas francais

4:43 pm

lynxxx

et & vwl & underground **** where they find gold - play with the end

4:43 pm

oodleberry

parce que les circle d'amis sont très fermés aux gens qui viennent hors du Québec même d'autres Québecois!

4:43 pm

Kaplan the Magne

TY

4:44 pm

Bugsaw

Try the airports. Every Canadian I know is totally ashamed of our RCMP for thinking a disoriented, tired man from Poland was mentally ill because no-one could understand him. They tasered him to death

4:44 pm

dcseain

ty, lyn.

4:44 pm

aslindy

15 left

4:44 pm

lynxxx

yw...anything for Maynard

4:44 pm

oodleberry

now I find people who write french ... sheesh

4:44 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Which reminds me of a famous i Love lucy- you know, the one with the medicine. but I digress.

4:44 pm

oodleberry

omg bugs

4:44 pm

dcseain

how appalling, bugs! RCMP should be better trained than that.

4:44 pm

DR1965

how awful Bugs!

4:44 pm

dcseain

LOL Kaplan

4:45 pm

dcseain

brb, washer's done

4:45 pm

lynxxx

I don't know what to say Bugs

4:46 pm

Bugsaw

Think airport translater so something like that won't happen ever again!

4:46 pm

crosshair

only time i ever really use french these dyas is if im driving to the east coast and make a mistake on fuel use while trying to drive through quebec as fast as i can lol

4:46 pm

aslindy

8 left

4:46 pm

DR1965

the poor guy...

4:46 pm

Bugsaw

You BET they should be better trained than that!!! It was just those guys who responded not the whole force we are angry with.

4:46 pm

Enomis65

I am back - Rumple ton français est très bon!

4:47 pm

Enomis65

come on cross we're not that bad!!!

4:47 pm

crosshair

im teasing you

4:47 pm

Trifioso

hello babble friends! (bonjour mes amis babble!)

4:47 pm

Enomis65

bonjour Trifloso!

4:47 pm

lynxxx

hi Trif

4:48 pm

DR1965

Welcome Trifs

4:48 pm

Trifioso

sitt

4:48 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Bugsaw, back in the 30s people used to get committed to asylums for the rest of their lives for the same reason. Look up "The Suitcase Exhibit" online- it will depress you and break your heart. Sorry to go there.

4:48 pm

Trifioso

merde

4:48 pm

crosshair

vieux Quebec City est magnifique et toutes les personnes un trésor

4:48 pm

DR1965

its ok Trif- not a word

4:48 pm

Enomis65

I am procrastinating, speaking French instead of babbling because I am so frustrated with this grid :)

4:49 pm

rumplestiltskin

Tyvärr var jag tvungen att lämna listan för ett par minuter. Hoppas jag inte missar något.

4:49 pm

Enomis65

oui c'est vrai Cross!

4:49 pm

oodleberry

Si tu n'habite pas ici cross

4:49 pm

Enomis65

lost me again rumple

4:49 pm

Enomis65

ils sont très gentils avec les touristes oodle :)

4:49 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The te's are tough- I hope it is a te**orary problem.

4:50 pm

rumplestiltskin

I just said I had to leave for a minute. Hope I didn't miss anything important.

4:50 pm

DR1965

I have all but 3 of them Kaplan- what do you need>

4:50 pm

oodleberry

oui mais ceux qui habitent ici... c'est une autre histoire ma chère

4:50 pm

oodleberry

em's are too

4:50 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I dunno- the me's are killing me too.

4:51 pm

aslindy

3 left

4:51 pm

DR1965

go ASL!

4:51 pm

dcseain

bak

4:51 pm

DR1965

wb DC

4:51 pm

Trifioso

On a related theme - my mom volunteered in an orphanage in romania in the 1980s. One of the other volunteer doctors was the first to discover that a lovely 13 year old girl who had been labeled as "hopelessly retarded" was in fact, merely deaf. That poor girl!

4:51 pm

oodleberry

wb dc

4:52 pm

lynxxx

me5.12 me & to turn up your lip or ***er

4:52 pm

Kaplan the Magne

TY. that was one of them.

4:52 pm

rumplestiltskin

How ironic you would mention that Trifioso. I adopted an orphanage in Romania as my charity this year. It is in Zarnesti.

4:53 pm

lynxxx

me5.14 wish I could play mu***

4:53 pm

Bugsaw

How sad trif. I hope she was able to leave the home and have a fulfulling life but in Romania at that time, I can't be sure. Does your Mum know?

4:53 pm

Trifioso

I am glad to hear that, rumple

4:53 pm

aslindy

fire works

4:53 pm

rumplestiltskin

I had a terrible time shipping packages. Their regulations are unbelievable.

4:53 pm

lynxxx

Congrats aslindy!

4:53 pm

dcseain

congrats, aslindy

4:53 pm

DR1965

woohoo ASLINDY!!!

4:53 pm

Kaplan the Magne

thanks again- the uncommon me's had me.

4:54 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Congrats asl

4:54 pm

aslindy

anyone need a clue before i go?

4:54 pm

Trifioso

yes - she was left in the orphanage until she was 18, at which time she was tranferred to a mental hospital, where she will live out the rest of her life. Sorry, not a happy ending.

4:54 pm

DR1965

te6/7 after te4 the sheep

4:54 pm

dcseain

poor woman.

4:55 pm

rumplestiltskin

There are so many orphans there and they just turn them out on the streets when they are 18.

4:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Really, look up the suitcase Exhibit- sadly, in some places it is not history

4:55 pm

aslindy

DR - a type of bowling

4:55 pm

Bugsaw

I was worried about that. Without any kind of language exposure as a child, she probably would remain very handicapped.

4:55 pm

aslindy

and the plural

4:55 pm

DR1965

lol- thanks!

4:55 pm

aslindy

compound words

4:55 pm

Shirlockc

hi6/27?

4:56 pm

DR1965

Jake is going bowling tonight :)

4:56 pm

aslindy

you are welcome - glad I could help for once! =)

4:56 pm

Trifioso

I agree bugsaw - after 13 years of no stimulation, she probably would require a lot of help to gain any ground, and she is unlikely to have gotten that.

4:56 pm

rumplestiltskin

te7 what you knock down at the bowling alley.

4:56 pm

dcseain

shirlock, gerund of a Scots verb

4:56 pm

Bugsaw

You go Jake. Get a turkey!!

4:56 pm

aslindy

shirlock... I believe it means to move along quickly

4:57 pm

DR1965

one can hope Bugs- It is a JR New years eve-eve party

4:57 pm

dcseain

i want to start bowling again. i miss it.

4:57 pm

rumplestiltskin

You go hi**** in the woods. Change the k to a vowel.

4:57 pm

DR1965

glow in the dark bowling pi4. and laser lights

4:57 pm

Shirlockc

thx for the hi

4:57 pm

aslindy

ok, I better get going. you all have fun, and see you next time!

4:57 pm

dcseain

ah, Cosmic Bowling

4:57 pm

Bugsaw

just send him good wishes for one. I used to work with people who loved to bowl

4:58 pm

DR1965

by Aslindy !

4:58 pm

lynxxx

bye Bugs

4:58 pm

oodleberry

bbye as hage

4:58 pm

DR1965

thanks Bugs! : ) I will tell him

4:58 pm

dcseain

be well, aslindy

4:58 pm

Bugsaw

bye lynxx and other finishers. I will be here for a while more

4:58 pm

DR1965

yes DC- Cosmic Bowling for kids 8-13 for 2 hours... no parents

4:58 pm

dcseain

rumple, our icons are complementary

4:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I need to do something else- if i can remember what it is.

4:59 pm

lynxxx

sorry Bugs, wasn't trying to get rid of you!

5:00 pm

dcseain

what a nice break for the parents, and fun for the kids, DR

5:00 pm

DR1965

indeed !

5:02 pm

rumplestiltskin

Done for today. Testing my icon for 8th day.

5:03 pm

Shirlockc

in8 clues?

5:03 pm

dcseain

1st in8 - plural of it lives in in6

5:06 pm

Shirlockc

thx dcs

5:07 pm

dcseain

the naval en6 wears in8 to show his rank

5:07 pm

dcseain

wear in8.50 that is

5:08 pm

Shirlockc

thx for the other one!

5:09 pm

lynxxx

in8.60 with ants or mice or rats or cockroaches or spiders

5:09 pm

dcseain

huh. just noticed that the bottles of cheerwine we have are not labeled for individual sale.

5:09 pm

dcseain

i don't have the 3rd one yet.

5:10 pm

Bugsaw

I don't understand the clue for the first one yet please

5:11 pm

lynxxx

in6.36 and related 8 - being very well known but not for good deeds

5:11 pm

jacq

in6 is when a erson is well known or fa**** for the wrong reasons the in 8 is a plural of that

5:12 pm

jacq

the in6 ends with the sometimes vowel

5:12 pm

Shirlockc

churchill quote, this day will live in in****, the 8 is the plural

5:12 pm

lynxxx

hi Jacq

5:12 pm

jacq

heya lynxxx

5:12 pm

dcseain

hi, jacq

5:12 pm

Bugsaw

got the churchil one!

5:13 pm

jacq

i am fonding the 7's harder to get than the 8's today

5:13 pm

jacq

heya dcseain

5:13 pm

jacq

finding lol

5:13 pm

Dorens

you know you've been babbling too long when you look at the et clues and get those three words right away

5:13 pm

lynxxx

whew!

5:13 pm

jacq

mind you given how bad my typing is today no wonder i have had to leave and come back so often

5:14 pm

dcseain

sing it, dorens!

5:16 pm

dcseain

someone mentioned I Love Lucy relative to the et words, and now i have the episode running through my brain

5:16 pm

Dorens

i'm stymied seain... it's the only verse i can come up with. + i'm supposed to hit the shower and transform myself into a thing of loveliness to go out to dinner, and i'm still sitting here in my sandy stuff

5:16 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

5:16 pm

Minveryork

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

5:16 pm

Dorens

i love lucy? can ony think of her tromping on the grapes. hi minvery, doing just fine, and you?

5:16 pm

dcseain

hi, minver

5:17 pm

dcseain

vi**me4aveg****

5:17 pm

Minveryork

I am well dcseain, thanks. Did you enjoy the holidays?

5:18 pm

dcseain

so far so good, thanks, minver, and for you?

5:18 pm

lynxxx

hi Min

5:18 pm

jacq

hello minver

5:18 pm

Minveryork

I had a great Christmas up in Vermont with my family

5:20 pm

Dorens

fireworks.... off to the showers with me... happy babbles to everyone

5:20 pm

lynxxx

bye Dorens

5:20 pm

redturtlehead

COngratulations Dorens, and Hi everyone.... I still have 90 left...

5:20 pm

dcseain

njoy, dorens

5:20 pm

dcseain

glad to hear, minver.

5:20 pm

Minveryork

Congratuations Dorens on your fireworks!Good for U

5:20 pm

dcseain

i'm off to review some resumes, bbl

5:20 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Dorens! I will see you tomorrow in the chog!

5:21 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye dcseain! I will see you tomorrow in the chog

5:21 pm

Minveryork

Hi redturtlehead! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

5:29 pm

Good Enough

did my chat stop working or did everybody leave?

5:30 pm

lynxxx

its too hot to talk here

5:30 pm

Minveryork

Hello Good Enough! How are you?Welcome to the grid

5:31 pm

redturtlehead

hi lynxx, i just took a moment, hot...

5:31 pm

Good Enough

Hi Min!

5:31 pm

lynxxx

hi Red

5:32 pm

redturtlehead

hi, i am not typing clearly, we had an almost perfect day, cold start...

5:35 pm

hego

Fireworks and now I can say hi again

5:35 pm

Bugsaw

Is the fe 5,20 a fish, please?

5:35 pm

redturtlehead

congratulatins hego!!!

5:35 pm

redturtlehead

bugs, think of fencing.

5:36 pm

redturtlehead

oh thats a 5, 16 sorry...

5:36 pm

Bugsaw

HI hego. I had to be quiet to get anywhere too. Smiles to all of you who are so friendly!

5:36 pm

hego

a little fishy, but tricky

5:36 pm

Bugsaw

isn't that the fe 5,16?

5:36 pm

hego

:-) back at you Bugs

5:36 pm

redturtlehead

yup. see below...

5:37 pm

Bugsaw

GOt it. Thanks

5:37 pm

hego

YAY Bugs

5:40 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations hego on your fireworks! Good for U!

5:40 pm

hego

Tx Minver!

5:43 pm

redturtlehead

now if you can be insipid, why no sipid?

5:43 pm

hego

Yeah!

5:45 pm

Bugsaw

Firewords finally. This grid was not nearly as much as the chog!

5:45 pm

hego

YAYYYY!!! Bugs!

5:45 pm

Bugsaw

Hint - the last si word is not a real word but sounds like a kind of glove.

5:45 pm

redturtlehead

congratulations bugs!!!!!!!!!

5:46 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Bugsaw on fireworks!Hooray for you

5:48 pm

hego

Well good nite folks. See you tomorrow!

5:48 pm

redturtlehead

good night hego...

5:49 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye hego!I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

5:50 pm

gortmold

hey min, red and bug

5:50 pm

berri

morning everyone

5:51 pm

Minveryork

Hello gortmold! How are you? I haven't seen in awhile.

5:51 pm

Minveryork

Hello berri! How are you doing? Welcome to the chog!

5:52 pm

gortmold

thanks min, i've been here there and everywhere where there are dodgy internet connections

5:52 pm

gortmold

how have you been? how was yr xmas? what r yr ny plans?

5:52 pm

berri

hi min, going well

5:53 pm

oodleberry

di 6,17 please

5:53 pm

Minveryork

I had a great Christmas with my family in Vermont. I have no plans for New Year's Eve. An old fart already

5:54 pm

gortmold

i sympathise re old fartitude! is vermont where they have vast quantities of snow?

5:54 pm

Minveryork

The di 6/27 is not live plus gerund ending oodleberry.

5:54 pm

redturtlehead

hi all, i was just surfing the net briefly.

5:55 pm

oodleberry

what is gerund

5:55 pm

Minveryork

There was snow when I was there, but not a lot, but that state does tend to get vast quantities of snow.

5:55 pm

torgone

"surfing" is a gerund ..

5:55 pm

redturtlehead

hi torgone!!!!!!

5:56 pm

torgone

Heyas briefly kids ..

5:56 pm

Aloyisius

hi Babblers! am having a great holiday break in AZ .. early Happy New Year wishes to you all

5:56 pm

gortmold

anything with ING on the end is a gerund, and in babble, if you stick it on the end of pretty much anyTHING, you're onto a winner

5:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello tor how are you?

5:56 pm

Minveryork

A present progressive ends with agerund oodleberry.

5:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

has someone clued the em words lately?

5:57 pm

oodleberry

ok break time

5:57 pm

berri

not sure but they are both the same just one extra letter on the end

5:57 pm

Minveryork

em 4/8 is em plys sometimes vowel+the fourth letter.

5:57 pm

redturtlehead

they have I think to do with turtles, babblets.

5:57 pm

Aloyisius

em + abb. for three feet

5:57 pm

Minveryork

em 5/18 is an em4/8 word plus a vowel 72 Temple Owl

5:58 pm

berri

looking for the di 6 & 7 any clues?

5:58 pm

Minveryork

Hi 72 Temple Owl! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

5:58 pm

redturtlehead

Hi agai temple and Hi aloy...

5:58 pm

Minveryork

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

5:58 pm

Aloyisius

what you use to catch fish in an aquarium, berri.. then pl

5:59 pm

Aloyisius

ty Minver.. all is well, a nice kind of soreness from hiking today (-:

6:00 pm

Aloyisius

hi redturtle.. saw your weather post for fla earlier..

6:00 pm

AshleyNpeyton

fe 5,20 plzz

6:00 pm

redturtlehead

realy cold nights, but warms up nicely.

6:01 pm

gortmold

fe is to fake it - silent g in the middle

6:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty for the clues

6:01 pm

Aloyisius

when you are not really asleep, but playing possum, you fe5 sleep

6:02 pm

redturtlehead

Thanks Gort and Aloy, now down to 60 left. far cry from the 90 I was facing.

6:02 pm

berri

thanks aloyisius

6:02 pm

gortmold

ma5/20 pls and pi5/12?

6:02 pm

Aloyisius

yvw, glad you got it

6:03 pm

Minveryork

fe 5/20: fe+China is a for**** country AshleyNpeyton.

6:03 pm

berri

got the fe, but not the di7

6:03 pm

Minveryork

That pi 5/12 word is the pi 4/5 plus a vowel gortmold

6:04 pm

gortmold

sorry min, meant the very last pi5/12

6:06 pm

lynxxx

ma5.20 the Italian Ma***a - Consonant on end

6:06 pm

Minveryork

A pi5/12 word is a track or trail,as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal gortmold.

6:07 pm

berri

thanks lyn

6:07 pm

Aloyisius

tyvm, lynxxx... that ma5 was my last one.. (-:

6:07 pm

Minveryork

pi 5/12 word is a ski trail densely packed with snow.

6:08 pm

Minveryork

Put the definition in reverse dictionary and it's first word on the list gortmold.

6:08 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Aloy!

6:08 pm

Aloyisius

must scoot now.. happy Babbling all, see you next grid!

6:09 pm

berri

bye

6:09 pm

Minveryork

Here is a link to reverse dictionary word list for the pi 5/12 word: http://www.onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2
&clue=A+ski+trail+densely+packed+with+
snow

6:09 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Aloyisius on fireworks! Good for you!

6:09 pm

redturtlehead

yaay aloy!

6:09 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Aloyisius!I will see you tomorrow in the chat

6:09 pm

gortmold

thanlls heaps for that min, i'll go reverse a dictionary, brb...

6:11 pm

berri

thanks min, that helped

6:11 pm

Minveryork

yw

6:15 pm

berri

does anyone have the et words

6:16 pm

Joanne123

et am4

6:16 pm

gortmold

rhymes with vit***** and minerals, berri

6:17 pm

berri

thanks joanne and gort

6:17 pm

gortmold

no worries berri

6:17 pm

berri

less than 50 words to go now

6:17 pm

Minveryork

Hello joanne123!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

6:18 pm

Joanne123

hi min

6:18 pm

welki

hi, babblers!

6:18 pm

gortmold

hey welk

6:18 pm

Joanne123

good ty but done,i just like to come back and see if i can help

6:18 pm

Joanne123

hi all i missed

6:18 pm

Joanne123

yvw berri

6:19 pm

Joanne123

tricky compounds in there tho

6:20 pm

redturtlehead

Hi Joanne.

6:20 pm

redturtlehead

Congrats on your earlier finish.

6:20 pm

Joanne123

like the bowling one te6

6:20 pm

Joanne123

ty red and hi

6:20 pm

Minveryork

Hello welki!How are you doing?Welcome to the puzzle

6:20 pm

welki

:)

6:20 pm

redturtlehead

Oddly, I got stuck a lot earlier and am now making progress again. 41 left now...

6:20 pm

Joanne123

was quiet today,wasn't really feeling well last couple days so lurked mostly

6:21 pm

gortmold

babble is full of nice people, but min, you shine like the evening star - how do you radiate joy in a chog like you do?

6:21 pm

Joanne123

gooo red

6:22 pm

Joanne123

going for bath soon,good nite sleep and then an over nite guest tomorrow, fisrt 2 month old grandchild

6:23 pm

redturtlehead

Oh wow, Joanne, that will be quite the guest.

6:23 pm

welki

ahhhh, the baby all to yourself :)

6:23 pm

welki

no sleep for grandma, but who cares!

6:23 pm

Joanne123

i know, been a long time with someone so small in the house....well 21 yrs long

6:24 pm

Joanne123

ohh hubby will be here to help, that baby is the twinkle in his eye

6:24 pm

gortmold

sending joanne large vat of gatorade to get her thru

6:24 pm

Joanne123

lol ty gort

6:24 pm

Joanne123

he's a once to twice niter

6:25 pm

welki

i'm thinking more like someone should be at the finish line with a huge margarita

6:25 pm

gortmold

some americans educated me earlier and now i know what gatorade is, sounds like nectar of the gods

6:25 pm

welki

<--- will gladly send gatorade in exchange for timtams

6:25 pm

Joanne123

daughter says, when are ya coming to get him lol

6:25 pm

sprite

night all, icon theme updated and ready for tomorrow.

6:25 pm

gortmold

come back minver (did i freak you out by gushing?)

6:26 pm

Joanne123

i sai let me talk to your father first

6:26 pm

redturtlehead

Oh gosh, Gatorade, is good stuff, but not the nectar of the gods. Invented here in FLorida where I reside, and invent nothing...

6:26 pm

gortmold

*gortmold grunts lifting cargo container of timtams for welki*

6:26 pm

Joanne123

said too

6:26 pm

welki

hi/bye sprite

6:26 pm

Joanne123

byee sprite

6:27 pm

redturtlehead

gort, they don't have Gator ade in Aus? How odd...

6:28 pm

berri

we have gatorade here

6:28 pm

gortmold

well, they don't call us the driest continent on earth for nothing :)

6:28 pm

Joanne123

yes for such hot country!! and sports

6:28 pm

gortmold

just now finished licking my annual leaf to get the dew..that should keep me going for a while

6:29 pm

Joanne123

any help needed??? otherwise bath time

6:29 pm

redturtlehead

I really find this hard to believe Gort!

6:29 pm

gortmold

yes pls joanne: se5/12 and se5/14

6:29 pm

welki

i read that oz is having some awful fires in the west ... and that the drought country-wide is the worst it's ever been :(

6:30 pm

Joanne123

se is like a poopie tank

6:30 pm

gortmold

as usual, we are doing things in extremes - half the country is ablaze, other half is flooded

6:30 pm

welki

farmers have no crops to sell, they're losing everything

6:30 pm

Joanne123

minus the t

6:30 pm

Joanne123

same thing vowel ending

6:30 pm

berri

today is 41 so nice and hot, but yes some people are really struggling

6:31 pm

welki

i have good friends in geelong, hope i can visit there someday

6:31 pm

gortmold

ahhh, thanks joanne

6:31 pm

Joanne123

vw

6:31 pm

welki

41 would kill me. here, the high for tomorrow will be -21

6:31 pm

berri

thanks joanne

6:31 pm

Joanne123

yvw

6:31 pm

gortmold

maybe visit now while it's still above sea level and not on fire

6:32 pm

Jayk

Hi guys--I finished earlier but just dropping by to see if anyone needs help before i sleep.

6:32 pm

Joanne123

i couldn't imagine that te..

6:32 pm

berri

we're used to the heat. got to 46 earlier in the year

6:32 pm

welki

optimist, are you?

6:32 pm

Joanne123

hi jayk

6:32 pm

gortmold

lol welki

6:32 pm

welki

ugh, can't even think of 46 ... above 20 and i wilt like the delicate flower that i am (not)

6:33 pm

Joanne123

any more peeps??

6:33 pm

gortmold

se6/21 pls?

6:33 pm

Jayk

Hi Joanne. Truly I spend every day hoping I can wean myself from this obsession--not working, so far

6:33 pm

Joanne123

lol welki

6:33 pm

welki

my icon pic was taken when it was about -20 ... winter camping

6:33 pm

Joanne123

it won't so get past it lol

6:33 pm

Jayk

gortmold--past tense of the net

6:33 pm

redturtlehead

Welki, you are amazing.

6:34 pm

gortmold

sorry, meant the last se6/21

6:34 pm

welki

amazing? nah, i just have lots of "natural" insulation, if you get my drift *lololol*

6:35 pm

Joanne123

seven of them

6:35 pm

Jayk

gort--Ah! well, not an octet, but a ****

6:35 pm

Joanne123

yes

6:35 pm

gortmold

ahhhh, thanks jay and jo

6:36 pm

redturtlehead

I do better in temps that are high...but today was perfect, except for the cold Am. currentl 63F.

6:36 pm

Jayk

yw, gort

6:36 pm

Joanne123

yvw,ok good night all congrats to all and have a great nite

6:36 pm

berri

might take a break. see you all later

6:36 pm

Joanne123

see yah tomorrow

6:36 pm

gortmold

nighty night, and may God grant you and the kid sleeep

6:36 pm

berri

bye joanne thanks

6:36 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye berri!I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

6:37 pm

Joanne123

that's tomorrow gort but ty

6:37 pm

Joanne123

yvw berri

6:37 pm

Joanne123

nite min

6:37 pm

Joanne123

nite johnjohn

6:37 pm

Joanne123

nite maryellen

6:37 pm

Joanne123

ciao

6:37 pm

Jayk

anyone else need something? otherwise, I'm poof

6:38 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Joanne123!I'll see you tomorrow in the chog

6:38 pm

gortmold

last te5/14 pls jay

6:38 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Jayk! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

6:39 pm

Jayk

gort--think of bathwater--not hot, not cold, but...

6:39 pm

gortmold

thank you, 2 more now...

6:39 pm

gortmold

but off you go, i've fed my monkeys some gatorade, so i'll be right

6:40 pm

Jayk

which 2? i've ben there? bet they are the pesky nis

6:40 pm

Minveryork

Go gortmold go!

6:40 pm

redturtlehead

better bursh the monkeys teeth gort.

6:41 pm

gortmold

it's an ma5/20 and, for crying out loud, a pi4/6!

6:41 pm

welki

gort's so short on water, she might have to clean the monkey's teeth with a pointy eucalyptus twig

6:41 pm

gortmold

the monkeys are a bit f**sty, so i daren't approach them with dental hygiene implements til the gatorade flushes thru

6:41 pm

AshleyNpeyton

im 6,30 pretty please

6:41 pm

gortmold

Extra lol, welk

6:42 pm

Jayk

Ah! The ma 5/20. That stopped me for a long time. Your kother shortened + fic

6:42 pm

Jayk

mother

6:42 pm

redturtlehead

Gosh, you all are very funny, I am going to have to stay up later each night for this!!!

6:43 pm

Minveryork

A pi 4/6 is a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.Again, put definition in that reverse dictionary and it's first word on the list

6:43 pm

redturtlehead

add the gerund ashly to a three letter mischevious elf like creature.

6:43 pm

welki

sedation de*****ry for our monkeys

6:43 pm

Jayk

im 6/30: little devils + gerund

6:44 pm

redturtlehead

Welki, thanks!!!

6:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello all

6:44 pm

Minveryork

Here is the link to reverse dictionary definition of pi 4/6 word gortmold: http://www.onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2
&clue=a+member+of+an+Indian+people+of+
southern+Arizona+and+northern+Mexico

6:44 pm

Minveryork

Hi 72 Temple Owl! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

6:44 pm

welki

hi, owl!

6:45 pm

gortmold

woohoo, i got fireworks which i dedicate to my mother, her fic, min and jay and all cluers

6:45 pm

gortmold

gotta go, phone and have to keep fluids up, cheerio

6:45 pm

Jayk

Go gort!!!

6:45 pm

redturtlehead

congrats gort.

6:45 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations gortmold on your fireworks! Hooray!

6:46 pm

welki

wtg gort!

6:46 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye gortmold! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

6:47 pm

redturtlehead

de 6 please?

6:48 pm

welki

i didn't do it

6:48 pm

Jayk

poofing, guys. See you tomorrow--or not, if i get a grip

6:48 pm

welki

bye, jayk

6:48 pm

redturtlehead

Ahhhh Thanks Welki

6:49 pm

Minveryork

de 6/21 is not owning up to a mistake redturtlehead.

6:49 pm

Jayk

says no, redturtle

6:49 pm

redturtlehead

thanks min and Jay, got it!

6:50 pm

Minveryork

yw

6:55 pm

redturtlehead

can I have a clue for the in 8?

6:56 pm

Minveryork

in 8/60 is in + ***il*** spend Christmas together. The other in 8/60 word is past tense of the in 6/27 word.

6:57 pm

redturtlehead

lickety seems to be listing 3 in 8's.... I have the two you so nicely clued.

6:58 pm

Minveryork

Oh, well then I do not have the third in8 word. Sorry!

6:59 pm

redturtlehead

its ok, I appreciate all the help, and I am sure someone is gaining from those great clues.

7:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

i know i am

7:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh there is a charlie brown new years on, is this new?

7:01 pm

redturtlehead

I am hoping that the in 8 is a misprint, but I doubt it... :(

7:01 pm

redturtlehead

I dunno, watching the Magic game....

7:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi6/27 please?

7:01 pm

jacq

officers wear in****** on their uniforms to show their rank

7:02 pm

suefrad625

navy rating

7:02 pm

suefrad625

I cant think of the word

7:02 pm

redturtlehead

Thanks jacq!

7:02 pm

suefrad625

I need more for the de6 please

7:02 pm

redturtlehead

TO: going somewheres fast in old english with a gerund.

7:02 pm

jacq

en and the four letter word from the last clue

7:02 pm

suefrad625

in+si4+ia

7:02 pm

Minveryork

hi 6/27 is short hello + vowel + gerund 72 Temple Owl.

7:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty red, and min

7:03 pm

Minveryork

Hello suefrad625! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

7:03 pm

Minveryork

yw 72 Temple Owl

7:03 pm

suefrad625

doing great

7:03 pm

jacq

a man who pleads innocent de**** his guilt

7:04 pm

suefrad625

and I hope this time finds all my babble friends well

7:04 pm

suefrad625

oh duhhh

7:04 pm

suefrad625

fish me now

7:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

brb

7:04 pm

suefrad625

my ex did that enough times

7:05 pm

suefrad625

bbl going to paint again

7:05 pm

redturtlehead

me 5, 16 after the Deli products.

7:05 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye suefrad625! I will see you tomorrow maybe.

7:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

after eeny meeny

7:10 pm

redturtlehead

Oooh gosh, TO staring me right in the face, thansk!

7:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

i need the word after that one

7:11 pm

Aussieme

Hey All !

7:11 pm

Aussieme

de5/14 please ?

7:11 pm

Minveryork

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

7:11 pm

redturtlehead

Hi Aussie.

7:11 pm

Minveryork

de 5/14 is material some pants are made of Aussieme

7:12 pm

Aussieme

I do fine Min, thank you for asking ! I now have 5 lovely days off work, so I am happy ! :)

7:12 pm

jacq

what jeans are made from

7:12 pm

Aussieme

Thanks for the de5/14 clue Min !

7:12 pm

Aussieme

and Jacq !

7:12 pm

Minveryork

Good for you Aussieme! Nothing better than babbling

7:12 pm

Minveryork

yw

7:13 pm

Aussieme

Babbling, and spending some quality time with my Husband and Daughter !

7:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

hiya aussie!

7:13 pm

Aussieme

Well, Min, I worked 90 hours straight before Christmas, went back to work Boxing Day, anf have worked 50 hours straight, I think I deserve my 5 off :)

7:13 pm

Aussieme

Hiya Temple !

7:14 pm

Minveryork

Wow! That is a lot of work! What do you do for work?

7:14 pm

Aussieme

I work in the cold stores for a supermarket chain called Waitrose.

7:14 pm

Aussieme

I get all the things ready to go out to the stores.

7:15 pm

Aussieme

I have been working in +2 degrees for a while....

7:15 pm

redturtlehead

AUssie, you have a difficult, and very chilly job...

7:16 pm

Aussieme

I have a job, thats a good thing in todays society !

7:16 pm

redturtlehead

I agree.

7:16 pm

Minveryork

Me too!

7:17 pm

Aussieme

Me three !

7:17 pm

redturtlehead

But, I am glad to not be working in any cold area...

7:18 pm

Aussieme

Well, I don't mi4 really... I get paid a little extra for it (50 pence an hour extra)

7:18 pm

Minveryork

So what does 50 pence equal in U.S. dollars Aussieme?

7:19 pm

Aussieme

erm, I dunno.....

7:19 pm

Aussieme

wait there, going to google and look.

7:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

aussie is the economy bad there too?

7:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

in6/21 after the prisoners pls?

7:20 pm

Minveryork

Okay,I just googled answer to my question.50 pence is equal to one U.S. dollar Aussieme. Not much money.

7:21 pm

redturtlehead

one usd adds up though... definitely worth it...

7:21 pm

Aussieme

I just found it to be 0.80 U.S Dollars !

7:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

nm

7:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

one left

7:22 pm

Aussieme

Go Temple !

7:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

me5/14

7:22 pm

Aussieme

I have 92 left to find

7:22 pm

redturtlehead

i have 2. both t's

7:22 pm

Minveryork

Go 72 Temple Owl go!

7:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

fireworls!

7:23 pm

Aussieme

YAY Temple !

7:23 pm

redturtlehead

yay to!

7:24 pm

Minveryork

Congratuations 72 Temple Owl on fireworks! Hooray!

7:25 pm

Minveryork

It is time for dinner! I may or may not be here for flip

7:25 pm

Aussieme

Well, I am over halfway, with NBT, so I am happy for now!

7:26 pm

oodleberry

di6 24 please

7:26 pm

Aussieme

Oodles !

7:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty all and good night

7:26 pm

oodleberry

I finally got di6 27... took me a while and then I got another one of the same

7:26 pm

oodleberry

NIGHT PEEPS LADY

7:26 pm

Aussieme

Ninite Temple

7:26 pm

oodleberry

hi ay aussie

7:27 pm

Minveryork

A di6/24 is potato chip condiment plus a tool used to catch fish oodleberry.

7:27 pm

Aussieme

Will take a clue for that di6/27 if you care to share Oodle ?

7:27 pm

Minveryork

Bye 72 Temple Owl! I will see you tomorrow in the log!

7:27 pm

Minveryork

That di 6/27word is not live plus the gerund Aussieme

7:27 pm

redturtlehead

fw for me and good night all.... must go to work tomorro, have had 3 days off so I am sure it will be a shock.

7:28 pm

Aussieme

and plural that di6 for the di7 !

7:28 pm

Aussieme

YAY Red, and good night, sweet dreams !

7:28 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye redturtlehead! I'll see you tomorrow maybe.

7:29 pm

Aussieme

thanks Min ! good clue !

7:29 pm

oodleberry

di= to leave this world + gerund

7:29 pm

Aussieme

thanks Oodles !

7:29 pm

oodleberry

you got it that fast??

7:29 pm

oodleberry

DAMN I FEEL SO STOOPID

7:30 pm

Aussieme

you are NOT STOOPID Oodles !

7:31 pm

oodleberry

now still figuring out di6 24

7:32 pm

Aussieme

di* + fish*** stockings

7:32 pm

Minveryork

di6/24:chips 'n' ***+tool used to catch fish oodleberry

7:32 pm

sixty7stang13

clue ma 7,32 pls

7:32 pm

Aussieme

then plural for the di7

7:32 pm

oodleberry

oh

7:33 pm

Aussieme

I don't have it yet sixty7

7:33 pm

Minveryork

Hi sixty7stang13! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

7:33 pm

sixty7stang13

okay Aussieme will keep looking.

7:33 pm

Minveryork

ma 7/32 word is ma 4/5 plus a prefix meaning "three"

7:34 pm

sixty7stang13

hi Min. I am good.

7:35 pm

sixty7stang13

TY Min.

7:35 pm

Minveryork

yw

7:36 pm

Aussieme

Thanks Min, nice clue

7:36 pm

Minveryork

yw

7:39 pm

Good Enough

Oh thanks Min!

7:39 pm

Aussieme

Hey GE !

7:40 pm

berri

back again any clues for de6?

7:40 pm

Good Enough

HI Aussie!

7:40 pm

mkg

need clues for the 8 letter words plz.

7:40 pm

Aussieme

all IN words mkg.

7:41 pm

Aussieme

1st in8 is plural of being well known for bad things.

7:41 pm

Aussieme

2nd is being in****** with fleas

7:42 pm

Aussieme

3rd is a naval flag is the ships in******

7:42 pm

berri

thanks aussie, got 2 out of 3

7:43 pm

Aussieme

which did you not get ? the 3rd ?

7:43 pm

berri

didnt get the 1st

7:43 pm

berri

its prob really obvious but theyre the ones i always miss

7:44 pm

Aussieme

Hmmm, how else to clue it..... in + 7th letter of alphabet, 1st vowel + 13th alphabet letter + 3rd vowel + 2nd vowel + snake letter

7:45 pm

Good Enough

Earlier they were saying think of Churchill quote, this day will go down in........

7:45 pm

Aussieme

and then, the in6/36 is the singular version of the word, using the sometimes vowel

7:45 pm

mkg

ty got all but naval ship one.not sure about htat one.

7:46 pm

Aussieme

in + **** your name on the dotted line + 3rd and 1st vowel

7:47 pm

Aussieme

berri, did you get it yet ?

7:47 pm

mkg

ty got all 8s now.

7:48 pm

Aussieme

glad to have helped mkg.

7:48 pm

berri

yeah thanks aussie

7:48 pm

JenMO16

oh boy!

7:48 pm

Aussieme

thank goodness..... now, I have to be going, my Hubby will be up for work in 10 minutes.... so I'd better go start his coffee.....

7:49 pm

Aussieme

Evening JenM !

7:49 pm

Aussieme

**now poofing**

7:49 pm

JenMO16

evening

7:50 pm

Good Enough

Empties is my phantom!

7:52 pm

mkg

have only one 7 word. help!!!!!! clues welcome.

7:54 pm

Good Enough

te7,40 is past tense of te5,14

7:55 pm

berri

ta 7 is built on ta 4

7:55 pm

berri

like an outdoor holiday but starts with t

7:56 pm

Good Enough

te7,32 is plural of te6, 21 having to do with bowling

7:57 pm

Good Enough

Thx berri, needed that one

7:57 pm

berri

yw

7:57 pm

berri

thanks for the te 6 & 7

7:58 pm

sixty7stang13

me 5,14 pls

7:58 pm

berri

do you have the te 7 44?

8:00 pm

sixty7stang13

sorry berri not there yet.

8:00 pm

Good Enough

Just got it. Much like the ta7

8:00 pm

berri

thanks

8:01 pm

Good Enough

follow same logic for te7,36

8:02 pm

oodleberry

ta7 - put a sta** on the envelope + gerund

8:02 pm

berri

thanks i got that one already

8:02 pm

berri

looking for te5 12

8:03 pm

Minveryork

A te 5/12 word is te plus not out plus 4th letter berri

8:03 pm

berri

thanks min

8:04 pm

Minveryork

yw

8:05 pm

Minveryork

me5/14:please use instruments to play mu***,change the u to different vowel sixty7stang13.

8:06 pm

berri

thanks again min. you rock!

8:06 pm

sixty7stang13

TY Min.

8:06 pm

Minveryork

yw

8:07 pm

berri

are the other me5's similar?

8:08 pm

berri

in need the me5 16

8:08 pm

Minveryork

The me5/12 means intermediate or intervening berri

8:10 pm

bojazz

thx Minver

8:10 pm

welki

re-hi, folks

8:10 pm

Minveryork

yw

8:11 pm

Minveryork

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

8:11 pm

berri

yay i finished all my 4 letter words

8:11 pm

Minveryork

Hello welki! How are you doing? Welcome back to grid

8:11 pm

bojazz

doin' OK thx - how're you

8:11 pm

welki

back for my last 5 :)

8:12 pm

Minveryork

That me 5/16 word is eeny me*** miney mo berri.

8:12 pm

Minveryork

Go welki go!

8:12 pm

mkg

hi all. trying to get 4 more words to be half way.

8:12 pm

berri

thanks mkg

8:12 pm

Good Enough

Slap me with the fish! I just monkeyed hy4 - but should have seen it an hour ago!

8:12 pm

Minveryork

I am doing well bojazz. I gave up on grid at 5:20, but I am cluing words that I did not enter babble website

8:13 pm

Minveryork

Hello mkg! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

8:13 pm

bojazz

only need 94 to finish - lol

8:13 pm

mkg

hi min and all of you. i just reached half way and am off to be with hubby.

8:14 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye mkg! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

8:14 pm

Good Enough

Great willpower mkg!

8:14 pm

bojazz

testig

8:15 pm

Minveryork

I am going to go watch "One Life to Live" & "General Hospital". I may or may not be back later for the flip.

8:15 pm

bojazz

enjoy Min

8:15 pm

Good Enough

Thanks for the help Min!

8:15 pm

Gadget

People still watch that?

8:15 pm

dcseain

g'night minver. enjoy, mkg

8:18 pm

welki

wootwoot! fireworks!

8:18 pm

MissOmnibus

93 left and in this melbourne heat, i really cant 'reach' to finish lol

8:18 pm

MissOmnibus

ergh /melts

8:18 pm

bojazz

congrats welki

8:18 pm

dcseain

congrats, welki

8:18 pm

dcseain

time to install AC is it, Omnibus?

8:18 pm

Good Enough

Congrats welki!

8:19 pm

bojazz

where in Austrailia Miss?

8:19 pm

welki

thanks!

8:20 pm

bojazz

Melbourne - duh!

8:20 pm

welki

seain, i found that song on iTunes ... they must have added it recently. but i am not to be trusted, i must have purchased another 10 songs (and want more, more more)

8:20 pm

dcseain

LOL welki I'm glad you found it :)

8:21 pm

berri

can anyone clue the de6 please?

8:21 pm

dcseain

he de6 the allegations

8:21 pm

welki

i'd only heard it once before .. and although the track is great, i have to admit that i think it sounded better in the car, doing 120k on the way to banff *lol*

8:22 pm

berri

thanks dc i really should have been able to see that

8:22 pm

bojazz

work on your teeth?

8:22 pm

dcseain

most things to sound better that way, welki

8:22 pm

dcseain

all good, berri :) glad to help

8:22 pm

dcseain

son be a de7, you've got a talent for causing great pain

8:23 pm

dcseain

(that's one of my favourite songs in that movie)

8:23 pm

welki

i romanticized the song to an almost unrecognizable rendition of what it actually is

8:23 pm

welki

movie? ut oh ... what movie?

8:23 pm

dcseain

as we are wont to do, welki :)

8:24 pm

dcseain

Little Shop of Horrors!

8:24 pm

berri

i love it when words just pop out at you

8:24 pm

dcseain

you will come to love your monkeys, too, berri

8:25 pm

berri

only 17 words left

8:25 pm

welki

you finished the grid, dc?

8:25 pm

dcseain

nope, 34 to go :)

8:26 pm

stidmama

hello all. how's everyone this fine evening?

8:26 pm

stidmama

go seain go! I am down to 70

8:26 pm

welki

hi stid!

8:26 pm

dcseain

i'm chilly, stid. and you?

8:26 pm

berri

hi 6 27 anyone?

8:26 pm

welki

oh you weenies, it's like -25c here!

8:27 pm

stidmama

a trifle on the chilly side here as well seain. Will be eating leftovers for supper as I don't want to crawl out from under my blankie! LOL

8:27 pm

stidmama

welki, you are welcome to move south if you like!

8:28 pm

dcseain

welki, it's been 10c colder than usual here, at night it's -11c, which is very cold for here. OTOH, i used to live in Boston, MA, so i take your point.

8:28 pm

berri

oh man i couldn't sleep last night it was too hot

8:29 pm

stidmama

it's actually seasonally cool and rainy today, unlike a couple years ago when the skies were clear and we were well below zero many nights

8:29 pm

berri

about 26C over night

8:29 pm

dcseain

you down under, berri?

8:29 pm

stidmama

too hot? are you down under, berri?

8:29 pm

stidmama

snap seain!

8:29 pm

berri

yep in adelaide

8:30 pm

stidmama

ah, you're at mid summer then. I can hardly wait the 5 or 6 months to be in summer again... mostly because then the next two quarters will be over! LOL

8:30 pm

oodleberry

wb dc hi stid

8:31 pm

dcseain

hiya, oodle

8:31 pm

stidmama

hey oodles!

8:31 pm

berri

air con is on full today

8:33 pm

oodleberry

those I's are a killer

8:33 pm

dcseain

between the heat and the dryer, it's still chilly in the living room.

8:34 pm

berri

can anyone clue the 1st in 8

8:34 pm

dcseain

in8 is plural of this day will live in in6

8:34 pm

bojazz

patch worn on a uniform - all 8's start with IN

8:35 pm

stidmama

thanks for the uniform patch!

8:36 pm

stidmama

and the long "popular for the wrong reason" too seain

8:36 pm

berri

yay i finally worked it out. thanks everyone

8:37 pm

stidmama

go berri go!

8:37 pm

bojazz

thx for the tip on "popular"

8:37 pm

oodleberry

stid are you telling berri to leave hmmmmmmm?

8:38 pm

stidmama

seain, have we heard an update about mrp's father?

8:38 pm

stidmama

LOL oodles! never!

8:38 pm

berri

well i am getting hungry, but only 15 words, i might stay

8:38 pm

Nef

Hello Fellow Babblers. I'm finally back again; 88 down and 127 left to find!

8:38 pm

dcseain

hello, nef

8:38 pm

oodleberry

wow wtg berri

8:38 pm

stidmama

hello Nef! how are you today?

8:38 pm

oodleberry

I hoped you would get my humour stid

8:39 pm

berri

thanks oodle, will need lots of help, but am happy to help everyone else too

8:39 pm

dcseain

food is overrated

8:39 pm

stidmama

(((ooooooodles))) take that, you silly fellow!

8:39 pm

oodleberry

i think silly is my middle name

8:40 pm

Nef

hi Seain, stid, and others

8:40 pm

bojazz

hi Nef

8:40 pm

stidmama

well, I think I shall list with 59 to go. just not making much progress.

8:41 pm

Nef

oodle, I may have to agree that silly might be your middle name. You often are having lots of fun here (silly fun) whenever I see you in the chog

8:41 pm

Nef

hi bojazz. How are you today?

8:41 pm

oodleberry

:)

8:42 pm

bojazz

doin' ok - hanging in :)

8:42 pm

Nef

did you finish last night, bojazz? (I got tired and went to bed)

8:43 pm

berri

hi 6/27 anyone?

8:43 pm

oodleberry

hi berri!!!!

8:43 pm

bojazz

finished last night - first time! congrats on the grandson, what a joy! i have 8 grands

8:44 pm

berri

hi oodle

8:44 pm

oodleberry

like di7

8:44 pm

stidmama

well done bojazz

8:44 pm

mymuseisme

Hello Babblers! hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season :)

8:44 pm

stidmama

MUSE!!!! *faint*

*recover* CHOCLIT!!!!

8:44 pm

oodleberry

oops

8:44 pm

oodleberry

my bad it's not SORRY

8:45 pm

Nef

congrats on finishing last night, bojazz. My grandson is now 8 months old

8:45 pm

stidmama

you want to put the EM in the chat, oodles? then you can say sorry AND be useful1

8:45 pm

mymuseisme

LOL STID!!!! Grabs choclit and DEVOURS !

8:45 pm

oodleberry

???

8:46 pm

bojazz

91 left & i surrender - wine and a book waiting for me - nite all

8:46 pm

dcseain

hi, muse!

8:46 pm

oodleberry

i'M CONFUZZLED

8:46 pm

Nef

hi muse. Long time no see

8:46 pm

stidmama

so good to see you muse! how are you? we are having such a nice vacation... the boys and tom and I have been having such a lovely couple of weeks

8:47 pm

mymuseisme

hey dc! happy holidays :)

8:47 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams bojazz

8:47 pm

dcseain

ciociajudy's Jasper died today.

8:47 pm

dcseain

happy holidays to you too, muse

8:47 pm

stidmama

oooh. found the EMs by myself! vLOL

8:48 pm

stidmama

oh no seain! poor Judy. back in a few,.

8:48 pm

Angelsong

hi, all

8:49 pm

Angelsong

I've had to work late two nights this week and I'm beat...but I still Babble

8:49 pm

Nef

hi Angelsong Haven't seen you for a while either! :-)

8:49 pm

oodleberry

hi angel... aww I'm sorry angel I won't do it again

8:50 pm

mymuseisme

drats touch wrong button and lose everything

8:51 pm

berri

does anyone have si6

8:52 pm

berri

yay i found it

8:52 pm

mymuseisme

Stid -- still helping Mom recuperate from surgery - haven't discussed chemo with her yet. Hubby still out of sorts with loss of Dad. Where are you vacationing? (dreaming wistfully...sounds divine)

8:52 pm

berri

10 to go, lunch break

8:52 pm

mymuseisme

hi Angel!

8:52 pm

oodleberry

1st yi4.7 and yi5.16 please

8:53 pm

mymuseisme

drats ... she's too fast lol!

8:53 pm

stidmama

thanks for pointing that out seain. note sent to Judy

8:54 pm

stidmama

hey angelsong!

8:54 pm

stidmama

didn't know about your family woes, muse ((((hugs))))

we are "staycationing" -- the boys and I have been doing fun little things close to home, includoing going with Mother down to Portland to see pinikula!

8:55 pm

Angelsong

hey, stid! still decompressing from my day

8:55 pm

stidmama

hope your mother recovers well, though.

8:55 pm

Nef

oodle, yi 4/7 and 5/16 is an expression of surprise and pl

8:55 pm

dcseain

{{{muse}}

8:56 pm

Nef

[[[muse]]]

8:56 pm

sciencegeek

last pi 5 pls?

8:56 pm

oodleberry

ty nef

8:56 pm

mymuseisme

Thanks. I think that's great the boys enjoy meeting the babblers. Miss everyone here ... able to keep things posted in FB/Lexulous, don't always make it here.

8:56 pm

stidmama

thanks for those Nef. couldn't see them for anything!

8:57 pm

berri

pi + not a road and end with a vowel

8:57 pm

berri

still looking for hi 6

8:57 pm

sciencegeek

not a road??? sorry dont get it

8:57 pm

mymuseisme

Recovery is slow but she's coming along. Both happened same time week before my birthday. She gave us a good scare, my brother rescued her from Florida.

8:58 pm

Nef

I'm stuck on the *other* y word. if you change the ending vowel to a cons. you have another yi 4/7

8:58 pm

stidmama

I have been the other way round muse -- post to twitter (automatic feed to facebook) from my cellphone, but little time at night for more than a half hour's babbling.

8:58 pm

berri

a shortening of road is rd but it's something similar

8:58 pm

stidmama

Nef: opposite of yangs?

8:58 pm

oodleberry

oh yes it rhymes with di6 berri

8:59 pm

oodleberry

same word different first letter berri

8:59 pm

mymuseisme

I'll have to brush up on twitter now that I have an iphone.

9:00 pm

dcseain

i set up a twitter account to follow a webzine. I doubt i'll use it for anything else.

9:00 pm

mymuseisme

has the grad load gotten any easier to handle?

9:00 pm

oodleberry

do you have di6 berri?

9:00 pm

Nef

thanks, stid

9:00 pm

berri

thanks oodle i kept trying the wrong di6

9:00 pm

mymuseisme

but I do know how to post to FB through it :)

9:00 pm

oodleberry

oops

9:00 pm

oodleberry

sorry

9:01 pm

stidmama

so I miss a lot of what's going on with people... well over vacation it has been manageable! LOL I think next quarter (6 days away) will be easier just because I know what's going on!

9:01 pm

stidmama

again oodles?

9:01 pm

oodleberry

again what

9:01 pm

oodleberry

what did I do this time

9:01 pm

berri

no prob. now onto the in words, they don't look fun

9:02 pm

stidmama

you said oops... sorry again oodles!

9:02 pm

mymuseisme

thanks Nef and dc ;)

9:02 pm

oodleberry

yes I did stid so there

9:03 pm

stidmama

go Nef go!

9:04 pm

Angelsong

I have stopped being so obsessive about finishing grids. I decided life is more important

9:04 pm

Nef

oh, stid; I still have a million to go!

9:04 pm

dcseain

hi, angel

9:04 pm

oodleberry

life??? what's that???

9:05 pm

Angelsong

hi, DC

9:05 pm

stidmama

I have finished only a few grids since the end of September, most days I go for halfway, or half an hour, whichever comes first.

9:05 pm

rumplestiltskin

Hi Stid, Nef and Angel

9:05 pm

stidmama

hey rumple! is mr. rumple better now?

9:05 pm

rumplestiltskin

Need any clues?

9:05 pm

dcseain

i'm unemployed, so this helps fill my days right now

9:05 pm

origami

Good evening folks ... back for a second stab

9:05 pm

Nef

hi rumple. How are you tonight?

9:05 pm

rumplestiltskin

Not much, still can

9:05 pm

stidmama

at least you have some grands to spend time with, angelsong! how are they doing these days?

9:06 pm

mymuseisme

hello origami, nice to meet you

9:06 pm

stidmama

hey origami

9:06 pm

berri

any clues for se 5 & 6?

9:06 pm

mymuseisme

oh dc sorry to hear, hope the offers start rolling in soon for you

9:06 pm

rumplestiltskin

Not much, still can't get him to go to the Dr.

9:06 pm

Angelsong

I'm waiting for Monday, when my normal work schedule resumes.

9:06 pm

oodleberry

well I am not going to finish

9:06 pm

stidmama

babble was my motivator that one year I spent time at home between the years that I homeschooled and before I started volunteering so much in the schools.

9:06 pm

Nef

seain, any offers lately?

9:06 pm

stidmama

seems like a million years ago that I was in the "finishes every grid" club! LOL

9:07 pm

oodleberry

trying to get these words is worse than being contipated

9:07 pm

stidmama

gee whiz, rumple! I don't suppose "stern mama looks" work on him?

9:07 pm

Enomis65

re good evening!

9:07 pm

dcseain

two interviews today, sadly the one most likely is in Gaithersburg, Maryland, which is a nightmare commute from here.

9:07 pm

oodleberry

constipated I mean

9:07 pm

Nef

I don't think I was in that exclusive club, stid. ;-) But I've had fun playing through the years anyway.

9:08 pm

Angelsong

they are wonderful, stid! they are all thriving. I was talking to Dylan, age 5, not long ago about school. I asked if he was ready for colllege. He sighed, and said, "no, Grammy. Kindergarten!"

9:08 pm

mymuseisme

hi enomis, oodles

9:08 pm

Enomis65

oodle... you went from French to constipation!!!

9:08 pm

stidmama

hey enomis!

9:08 pm

Enomis65

stidmama and mymuse!!!

9:09 pm

stidmama

a natural progression, enomis...

*wicked mama grin*

French --> constipation

9:09 pm

rumplestiltskin

No Stid, "mean mama looks" don't work either.

9:09 pm

oodleberry

salut enomis.... hi muse oui c vrai

9:09 pm

dcseain

hi enomis

9:09 pm

stidmama

what a great answer Dylan gave you! a bright lad, takes after his grandmother!

9:09 pm

Nef

seain, would there be a way to get there by using the light rail? (forgot what they call it in DC)

9:09 pm

Enomis65

LOL stidmama

9:09 pm

oodleberry

j'arrête là

9:09 pm

oodleberry

well I am stopping here

9:09 pm

Enomis65

oui c'est mieux oodle!

9:09 pm

mymuseisme

lol specially when I only know vous le vous etc etc

9:10 pm

Enomis65

are you stopping the grid?

9:10 pm

oodleberry

qu'est ce qui est mieux

9:10 pm

stidmama

pourquois cher oodles? est-ce que la grid est tres dificile?

9:10 pm

dcseain

HAH! no, Nef, the MARC is not set up for reverse commute, and the trains would take twice as long as the traffic, as it requires going into the city and back out again.

9:10 pm

oodleberry

oui

9:10 pm

Enomis65

I have another 105 left and I am too lazy to go the lickety.

9:10 pm

Angelsong

I think so, too, Stid.

9:10 pm

oodleberry

trop difficile ma chère

9:10 pm

dcseain

and the Metro does not go out that far

9:11 pm

Enomis65

stid - vous aussi vous parlez français!!!

9:11 pm

stidmama

*giggle* oooh! I am having a conversation in French! *falls over laughing*

9:11 pm

Nef

sorry, seain. :-(

9:11 pm

Enomis65

oodle we should pool our words tigether maybe we would get fireworks!

9:11 pm

stidmama

je parle en peu, je "read" a little more... with a dictionary!

9:11 pm

Enomis65

*together

9:11 pm

dcseain

thanks, nef

9:12 pm

oodleberry

c pas aussi drôle que ça stid voyons donc

9:12 pm

Enomis65

très bien très bien!

9:12 pm

stidmama

ma mere (stidgmere) parlez beaucoup!

9:12 pm

oodleberry

je ne read pas bien

9:13 pm

Nef

sending positive thoughts your way, seain. The correct job is coming soon!

9:13 pm

dcseain

thanks, nef

9:13 pm

oodleberry

c mon défaut

9:13 pm

stidmama

I read better than I write, as you can see. sometimes I kno

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