Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, January 9, 2010

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

MetFan

Flip-a-dee-doo-dah, Flip-a-dee-ay......

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

PAV3

I left 7 on the board...not bad! for me anyways...

12:00 am

MLFAN17

PU6

12:01 am

cybernan

gu 7

12:01 am

dizgrannie

gu 7

12:01 am

Twentynine Palms

hi all

12:01 am

Twentynine Palms

ne7

12:01 am

MLFAN17

LOL

12:02 am

MLFAN17

gj diz and cyber

12:02 am

dizgrannie

hi all!!

12:02 am

MLFAN17

Twenty would that be a 6/7 ?

12:03 am

Twentynine Palms

not the one i found, mlf

12:03 am

Twentynine Palms

but i just found that ne6/7 lol thanks!

12:04 am

MLFAN17

welcome twenty it was the one i found thought you were talking about it oh well :)

12:04 am

MLFAN17

GU 5/7

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

flip; hey all

12:05 am

Bugsaw

Hello everyone

12:05 am

gremlinn

GE 7/40

12:05 am

dart001

hi volley

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

howdy dart

12:06 am

PAV3

NBT! 21 for 21 6 mins

12:06 am

jillibus

flip a bit late

12:07 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:07 am

MLFAN17

PA 8 DOESNT WORK darn

12:07 am

jillibus

Thanks Lickety!

12:07 am

gremlinn

pa8 as in having underwear showing?

12:07 am

flosey

thankyou lickety

12:07 am

MLFAN17

yes

12:08 am

Twentynine Palms

yeah, i know i tried that MLF, as well as a pa9 that didn't work either

12:08 am

gremlinn

how about the pa7 that shares the first 6 letters with that pa8?

12:08 am

MLFAN17

LO 6

12:08 am

Bugsaw

Hi jilli. Glad to see you were not an admirer either!

12:08 am

jillibus

Bugs -- I didn't know Judi Dench was a Quaker!

12:08 am

gremlinn

must be two words only

12:08 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:09 am

dart001

100 down

12:09 am

MLFAN17

grem what a disappointment huh i tried those as well

12:09 am

Bugsaw

I didn't either until I started searching for someone more worthy to represent such a gentle, peace-loving faith

12:09 am

gremlinn

yeah

12:09 am

jillibus

my Lickety didn't change -- must re-enter, I gu5

12:10 am

MLFAN17

GU 6 x2

12:10 am

jillibus

that's better

12:10 am

flosey

wtg bugsy, great icon, I love Judi Dench

12:10 am

MLFAN17

love her too

12:11 am

jillibus

so do I

12:11 am

gremlinn

AP 7/36

12:11 am

Bugsaw

way to go gremlinn!

12:12 am

dizgrannie

pe 6/7

12:12 am

cybernan

po 7 if not called

12:13 am

dalmatian5

ph 6/24

12:13 am

dalmatian5

posh

12:13 am

Trifioso

NBT!!!

12:13 am

gremlinn

phantom antelope

12:14 am

jillibus

wtg trif!

12:14 am

Twentynine Palms

su8

12:14 am

Twentynine Palms

su7/8 sombo actually

12:14 am

Twentynine Palms

*combo

12:15 am

MLFAN17

thanks twenty

12:15 am

Twentynine Palms

yw

12:15 am

cybernan

are you from 29 palms?

12:16 am

Twentynine Palms

used to be stationed there

12:16 am

diem

nbt

12:16 am

Twentynine Palms

dang, the place an ant crawls down is not a word. : (

12:16 am

jillibus

wtg diem

12:17 am

dalmatian5

gu 7/44

12:17 am

MLFAN17

twenty i have found some big words in this grid they i thought would work and they dont

12:18 am

flosey

NBT

12:18 am

dizgrannie

finally NBT

12:18 am

Bugsaw

po 7 been called?

12:18 am

dalmatian5

what does NBT stand for?

12:18 am

gremlinn

dunno, but I have po7

12:19 am

MLFAN17

thanks Bugs i just found it

12:19 am

jillibus

No Blank Tiles -- a word from each of the tiles under the grid

12:19 am

MLFAN17

dalma its not part of the puzzle its just something the all do

12:20 am

dalmatian5

thank you

12:20 am

MLFAN17

its they find a word using each tile

12:20 am

gremlinn

phantom pahoehoes!

12:20 am

Twentynine Palms

oooh. monkey typed an an8/9 combo!!

12:20 am

MLFAN17

what kind of a word is that grem????

12:20 am

dalmatian5

gess

12:21 am

gremlinn

pahoehoe: a type of basalt lava

12:21 am

MLFAN17

grem ohh

12:21 am

cybernan

missing the corner e for nbt

12:21 am

MLFAN17

twenty is it a word we would know?

12:22 am

jillibus

nice to see the volcano -- been a while

12:22 am

Twentynine Palms

no, MLF, although it was very close to the word I mentioned earlier that i thought would be accepted but wasn't.

12:22 am

jillibus

NBT

12:22 am

dalmatian5

je 6/33

12:22 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

nbt wtg jili

12:23 am

jillibus

wtg dee and hi

12:23 am

MLFAN17

twenty it was a 7 wasnt it?

12:23 am

diem

yea Jilli

12:23 am

cybernan

well done jill and dee

12:24 am

cybernan

nbt

12:24 am

jillibus

wtg nan

12:24 am

rururocks

seems like pantless should be a word..

12:25 am

Twentynine Palms

yes, MLF, the word I thought an ant can crawl down.

12:25 am

MetFan

Tried all forms of that, ruru - I think so too

12:25 am

jillibus

brb

12:25 am

PAV3

I'm at 100 words already...

12:25 am

MetFan

suggests

12:26 am

pugmama763

hi Met darling

12:26 am

Twentynine Palms

lol met!

12:26 am

rururocks

I have been pantless many times in my life

12:26 am

MetFan

Hi pug dear

12:26 am

MLFAN17

PAV WOW i am at 74

12:26 am

pugmama763

PB for Thee!

12:26 am

MLFAN17

ruru too much information lol

12:26 am

PAV3

thanks for those two words Met...here's some applesauce for the PB

12:27 am

MetFan

Sorry - cursor in the wrong box again - hope the cabana boys are oiled up!!!

12:27 am

Twentynine Palms

et7/8 combo

12:27 am

MetFan

YW, Pav

12:27 am

pugmama763

Bla HAHA!

12:27 am

gremlinn

why no up + sl5?

12:27 am

gremlinn

pretty sure that is a word

12:28 am

flosey

finished the hs

12:28 am

MetFan

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12:30 am

pugmama763

1/2 way

12:30 am

MetFan

Well, lah, de-dah

12:30 am

MLFAN17

PO 4 lol

12:30 am

MetFan

gest

12:30 am

pugmama763

would of been sooner but I'm eating

12:31 am

ursh

bottom row greyed - lol

12:31 am

MLFAN17

you cant be Po4 less?

12:31 am

MetFan

gotta stop searching with my cursor in the chog!!!!

12:31 am

MLFAN17

PH 6

12:32 am

pugmama763

youll wear out the poor cabana boys

12:32 am

MetFan

Or they'll wear me out!!! (much more likely!!)

12:32 am

rururocks

is that what he calls it?

12:32 am

rururocks

lol

12:33 am

cybernan

75 to go, but stalled at the moment

12:33 am

MetFan

You have a filthy mind, ruru - I love it!!!

12:34 am

ursh

me to nan with 72 left

12:34 am

MLFAN17

how many this time?

12:34 am

cybernan

think I need a shot of gewurtstraminer! -- sp?, ruru

12:34 am

pugmama763

yes a dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste

12:35 am

rururocks

gewurztraminer nan

12:35 am

MLFAN17

wine cyber?

12:35 am

rururocks

I do have a dirty mind.. I can't help myself

12:37 am

dizgrannie

an 7 8 9 8

12:37 am

cybernan

aha -- just found the non hawaiians -- 70 to go

12:37 am

MetFan

Ruru, you and Ms Pug will love this - I have been buying some books off of Amazon for awhile. I like this certain author because his novels and books of short stories really set me off. Tonight I'm making dinner, and the phone rings. Guess who? THE AUTHOR!!!!! He wanted to tell me how much he appreciates my support, and gave me his cell number to get together next weekend for coffee!!!

12:38 am

MLFAN17

okay92 found i am out poof

12:38 am

pugmama763

WOW thats the one you told me about COOL!

12:38 am

jillibus

ty nan

12:38 am

gremlinn

ty diz, got it

12:38 am

rururocks

wow.. how cool is that met.

12:39 am

MetFan

I know - I was bowled over. And so honored that he would take the time from his busy schedule to actually call me and ask me to meet him!!!

12:39 am

jillibus

how great, met!

12:40 am

rururocks

but how did he get your number?

12:40 am

pugmama763

God Met,what if he's hot to boot?!

12:40 am

anike

60 words to go but going for a swim - catch you later

12:41 am

gremlinn

ooh, the et8 and an8 are anagrams

12:41 am

rururocks

what if he shows up all oiled down?

12:41 am

MetFan

Well, apparently, when I buy the books from Amazon, they get sent from his brother (a third party vendor). He had my address, so he just looked up my phone number, I'm listed.

12:41 am

rururocks

ohhh that is really cool he reached out to you

12:41 am

MetFan

If he shows up all oiled down, then we can have LOTS of fun!!!!

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

is there really a pa 8?

12:42 am

rururocks

(buys twister game for met and his author buddy)

12:42 am

MetFan

Well, he looks OK in his jacket photo, but the photos aren't the best. We shall see.

12:43 am

gremlinn

there is no pa8

12:43 am

rururocks

where are you going to met him at?

12:43 am

gremlinn

looks like there is a pe8 though

12:43 am

VolleymomDee

ty still missing one 8 and one 9

12:43 am

VolleymomDee

ty grem

12:44 am

jillibus

there is a pe8 and 9 (I don't have them, of course)

12:44 am

MetFan

We'll talk during the week - I think he wants to pick my brain for another book he's working on.

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

ty jili and hugs to you

12:44 am

gremlinn

on the lickety's clues page it helps to see what order they show up in

12:45 am

pugmama763

OH LORD ! the bounty of filth & depravity waiting to be tapped in your twisted little mind will keep him writing for the next decade at least!!!!

12:45 am

rururocks

(nods head)

12:46 am

MetFan

tee-hee-hee!!!

12:46 am

pugmama763

but true...

12:46 am

MetFan

I feel special....and not in the way YOU say it, Ms Pug

12:47 am

cybernan

found the pe 8-9 combo -- what is the other one?

12:47 am

pugmama763

that kind is my room mate

12:48 am

VolleymomDee

an 7/ 8 / 9 /8

12:48 am

cybernan

ty dee

12:48 am

MetFan

Yes, Ms. Hellhorn

12:48 am

gremlinn

an8 and et8 are anagrams

12:48 am

VolleymomDee

so 7/28

12:49 am

pugmama763

she got another in the endless trickle of bank notices ...still bouncing checks all over town

12:50 am

MetFan

Sounds like you'll have to disconnect her phone and internet, cause she won't be able to pay them this month!!

12:50 am

PAV3

ok 80 left for me to find tomrorrow

12:50 am

pugmama763

just reminded her adams is due this week

12:50 am

gremlinn

fireworks!

12:51 am

pugmama763

I dont think she dares to jerk me around after that couple of times I lost it at her pre- move in

12:51 am

PAV3

gj grem

12:51 am

rururocks

holy cow grem.. excellent

12:51 am

flosey

wtg gremlin

12:51 am

pugmama763

yahoooee Grem !!

12:51 am

gremlinn

ty

12:51 am

MetFan

I hope that info comes thru cause you won't be able to afford carrying her!!

12:52 am

cybernan

got the et 7-8 combo, but sure can't see the an

12:52 am

pugmama763

she knows I won't

12:52 am

VolleymomDee

similar ending nan

12:52 am

cybernan

aha -- found it

12:52 am

MetFan

And if she doesn't have the money, to give you because she has to pay all these bank fees, how are you going to get it???

12:53 am

pugmama763

blood

12:53 am

MetFan

She better be into selling a pint or two....

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

wtg nan

12:53 am

rururocks

oh. got the an 9

12:53 am

cybernan

8's and 9's done

12:54 am

pugmama763

believe me I want no excuses ,she could afford to go see a band tonight with J_A_S_O_N

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

wtg ru; congrats nan

12:55 am

rururocks

have to head to bed.. good luck with that bad checkwriter pugs and have fun with your author met. that is really cool nite all I have to head to bed and see mr dylan tomorrow.

12:55 am

pugmama763

nighty night ruru dear!

12:55 am

MetFan

Screw all the extras - if it means sitting home for a month or two to catch up, then that's what a MATURE person would do - she is NOT a mature girl

12:55 am

flosey

g'night ru

12:55 am

VolleymomDee

sleep well ru; congrats on getting dylan tomorrow!!!

12:55 am

cybernan

good night ruru

12:56 am

MetFan

Night ruru - enjoy!

12:56 am

rururocks

*poof*

12:56 am

cybernan

5 more to list time

12:57 am

pugmama763

for real met I haven't gone out since your visit

12:58 am

jillibus

night ruru and take more pix of Dylan :)

12:58 am

MetFan

GAWD - I'd go stir crazy!!

12:58 am

pugmama763

and my Soc Sec will be short till April when they pick up my part B again

1:00 am

MetFan

Well, I think it's time for SOMEONE to sit her down and tell her the fact of life, as they apply to living on your own!!!

1:01 am

pugmama763

not my problem as long as she doesn't pull any shit on me I dont care what she does

1:01 am

pugmama763

besides you know we've all tried for years it's a waste of breath

1:02 am

pugmama763

her mantra will forever be WIPE ME MOMMY!!!

1:04 am

MetFan

Like I said dear, Wrong choice for a roommate. Regardless of how she is with the animals and that she's honest - if you can't get her money, how honest is she being??

1:05 am

cybernan

down to 50 -- list time

1:05 am

pugmama763

so far we're square ..we shall see with the Adams bill this week

1:05 am

MetFan

BRB - must go out for a puff

1:05 am

pugmama763

enjoy

1:06 am

MetFan

Actually, since I have to be up at 10 for the barber's, I should say good night.

1:06 am

pugmama763

I'm about fried too love sweet dreams !

1:06 am

MetFan

Same to you, dear, hasty banana!!

1:07 am

pugmama763

PS Barrys surgery went well

1:07 am

MetFan

Good night Babblers, have fun, y'all.

1:07 am

MetFan

Oh that's good news....how is he?

1:07 am

pugmama763

drugged up

1:07 am

MetFan

Like I wanna be.....

1:08 am

MetFan

Not really....

1:08 am

pugmama763

can't do much for the neck fracture just keep it in a collar

1:08 am

MetFan

Glad to hear he's on the mend.

1:08 am

pugmama763

we shall see...

1:09 am

MetFan

OK love, nighty....

1:09 am

pugmama763

even the Doc told steph this will likely just hasten his decline from herre

1:09 am

pugmama763

ooops here

1:09 am

pugmama763

night sweets

1:09 am

MetFan

Talk on ya tomorrow

1:10 am

MetFan

POOF

1:10 am

pugmama763

O TAY !

1:10 am

dart001

fireworks

1:11 am

pugmama763

yeah dart!

1:11 am

VolleymomDee

wtg dart!

1:11 am

diem

WTG Dart

1:11 am

jillibus

YAY dart!!!

1:11 am

flosey

wtg Dart

1:11 am

VolleymomDee

28 to go here

1:12 am

dart001

go volley go

1:13 am

jillibus

gogogo dee!

1:13 am

VolleymomDee

lol severely slowed with 44 left... deciding to list with 28 left...

1:19 am

jillibus

over halfway

1:25 am

VolleymomDee

wtg jili

1:25 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

1:25 am

cybernan

congrats dee

1:25 am

VolleymomDee

ty

1:26 am

flosey

wtg Dee

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

thks

1:26 am

diem

WTG DEE

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

may I help anyone?

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

ty diem

1:26 am

flosey

po6/21 please

1:27 am

jillibus

YAY dee!!!

1:27 am

VolleymomDee

looks like the verb "to have" minus the last consonant

1:27 am

VolleymomDee

ty jili

1:28 am

VolleymomDee

actually 2 po 6/21

1:29 am

flosey

needed the first but got it, thanks

1:29 am

VolleymomDee

the other looks like what you do when you extend your index finger at someone.. minus the vowel in the middle... + vowel and pl consonant at end

1:29 am

jillibus

clue for the fisrt pos6/21 please?

1:30 am

jillibus

ty dee

1:30 am

dart001

wtg volley

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

interesting def of that one jili...Also called pons Varolii. a band of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the lobes of the midbrain, medulla, and cerebrum.
any tissue connecting two parts of a body organ or structure

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

ty dart

1:30 am

flosey

p + abrev. of province + vowel plural

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

oooh, much much better clue ty flosey

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

we got 6 inches of snow yesterday, but none today

1:31 am

cybernan

ap 7, please?

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

ap + plural masuline pronoun + 2nd vowel minus the last consonant

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

here is the def of the ap 7: The loss of an initial, usually unstressed vowel, as in cute from acute.

1:33 am

VolleymomDee

never knew there even was a word for that lol

1:34 am

jillibus

sorry for sudden absence -- coughing fit

1:34 am

cybernan

ty dee

1:34 am

VolleymomDee

awww big hugs and a hot toddy for jili yw nan

1:34 am

flosey

pu5 please?

1:35 am

diem

78 left for to-morrow night all

1:35 am

VolleymomDee

pu 5... plural of the gunk that comes out of a sore

1:35 am

flosey

ty Dee

1:36 am

cybernan

sh 5/14 following plural pronoun?

1:36 am

VolleymomDee

yw not sure why we need a plural for that word lol

1:37 am

jillibus

I could be the pl for a kittycat

1:37 am

VolleymomDee

sh 5/14 and its plural...slang for someone or something that is tedious, slow, or awkward

1:37 am

VolleymomDee

isn't that 2 consonants doubled?

1:37 am

jillibus

oh -- didn't realise there wasn't a dbl cons in the middle

1:38 am

VolleymomDee

also a yiddish slang for a stupid person nan

1:38 am

cybernan

ty dee

1:38 am

cybernan

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

1:38 am

VolleymomDee

yw... that is a word that sounds like what it means

1:38 am

VolleymomDee

wtg nan yw

1:39 am

cybernan

me neither, jill

1:39 am

jillibus

YAY nan!!!

1:39 am

VolleymomDee

any others before I sh 5 away....

1:40 am

cybernan

have to hit the sack before I keel over -- didn't get a very good sleep last night. See you tomorrow :)

1:40 am

jillibus

oh lots -- too many, dee!

1:40 am

jillibus

I have 80 left so far

1:40 am

VolleymomDee

definitely happy for lickety on this one

1:40 am

cybernan

yes -- although as usual, I missed quite a few I should have found on my own

1:40 am

VolleymomDee

would it help if I list 8's and 9's jili?

1:41 am

jillibus

I'm finding it more fun than the last one

1:41 am

VolleymomDee

I do agree with you on that

1:41 am

jillibus

no, dee, I'm using Lickety

1:41 am

VolleymomDee

okey dokey; hugs til the flip; take care of your cough jili!!!

1:42 am

jillibus

I never see the long words until I get short ones.

1:42 am

flosey

se5 please?

1:42 am

VolleymomDee

that is my normal, too... have to work up to the big ones - even before I search in morewords

1:42 am

jillibus

The cough is left over from the mild flu which started in late November.

1:43 am

VolleymomDee

se 5 and its plural...to make a transition from one thing to another (used in music, too)

1:43 am

VolleymomDee

similar to our household, but ours started around the 14th of December

1:44 am

flosey

thanks Dee

1:44 am

VolleymomDee

yw

1:45 am

jillibus

thx from me too, dee, for those clues

1:45 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

1:45 am

VolleymomDee

any others flosey?

1:45 am

flosey

fireworks

1:45 am

flosey

thanks for all your help Dee

1:45 am

VolleymomDee

wtg flosey

1:45 am

jillibus

YAY flosey!!!

1:45 am

VolleymomDee

k, now I am off! *poofing with hugs*

1:46 am

flosey

IM coming in from daughter, bfn

1:47 am

jillibus

bye flosey

1:47 am

jillibus

night dee

1:47 am

flosey

wow, she's just leaving work - at 11:45 pm!!

1:47 am

flosey

need any clues jilli?

1:47 am

jillibus

what kind of work?

1:48 am

flosey

quite a mixture jilli - does graphic art, ads for magazines, etc

1:48 am

jillibus

well, she must have been interested in some facet or other

1:49 am

jillibus

flosey, I still have 75 words to go

1:49 am

jillibus

but clues for those long an words would be welcome if you have time

1:50 am

flosey

an7 sounds like somethingthat would be used to put you to sleep??

1:51 am

flosey

then add vowel, plural of that, and plural before added vowel

1:52 am

flosey

does that make any sense?

1:52 am

jillibus

"sounds like" isn't working for me, sorry. I think I have the first 5 letters, but...

1:53 am

dizgrannie

yes it does flosey, cos I already have them...lol

1:53 am

corn dog

anagram for the bio fuel et8

1:53 am

corn dog

et7 & et8 that is

1:54 am

jillibus

got that, thx corn dog

1:54 am

flosey

well done corn dog

1:54 am

jillibus

now I have the ans too -- thx!

1:55 am

jillibus

well, 2 of the ans...

1:55 am

flosey

alternate plural

1:56 am

jillibus

and now I have all four, ty flosey

1:56 am

flosey

wtg jilli

1:56 am

flosey

do you have et7 and 8 jilli?

1:57 am

jillibus

yes, thanks to corn dog

1:57 am

flosey

good

1:58 am

flosey

I was getting stumped on a lot of 5 letter words

1:58 am

jillibus

now it's the pe8 and 9 I don't have as far as the biggies go

1:58 am

corn dog

not a prob jillibus

1:58 am

jillibus

I haven't worked my way through Lickety's list yet.

1:59 am

flosey

pe8 - perhaps where ants live?

1:59 am

flosey

compound word

1:59 am

jillibus

It took longer than I expected to find and crop the Nixon pic I found, with the shifty expression.

2:01 am

flosey

that expression we saw so often

2:01 am

flosey

that expression we saw so often
hmmm, that time of night

2:01 am

jillibus

I saw a hint about that before. I thought they lived in hills, so it didn't help!

2:01 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone. What an odd theme today, I didn't realise he was admired

2:01 am

flosey

right

2:01 am

flosey

or not lyn!!

2:01 am

jillibus

not admired my me, lynxxx!

2:02 am

lynxxx

lol, I had noticed

2:02 am

flosey

I just dug up some facts

2:02 am

jillibus

but I had a cousin whose hubby worked for him, gaa!

2:03 am

flosey

hope it wasn't around Watergate time jilli

2:03 am

Andree

hi everyone

2:03 am

lynxxx

He would have had some interesting times

2:03 am

flosey

hi Andree

2:03 am

lynxxx

hi Andree

2:03 am

jillibus

They became totally brainwashed and ended up thinking Limbaugh was wonderful, if you know who he is, lyn.

2:03 am

Andree

why am i looking at nixon's picture

2:04 am

flosey

he's the icon theme Andree

2:04 am

jillibus

andree, it's the icon theme, if you click on the pic.

2:04 am

Andree

!!!!

2:04 am

lynxxx

no, but I'll look him up Jilli

2:04 am

Andree

what a strange choice

2:05 am

flosey

will happily change it now for Sunday's usual good news or blessing - perhaps that Nixon is gone???

2:05 am

jillibus

It was the choice of jmcnrick

2:06 am

Andree

guess she must be fam, heard he had 2

2:06 am

jillibus

flosey, tomorrow is Saturday -- but I guess since you've finished this grid you won't be on, right?

2:06 am

Andree

a fan too

2:06 am

jillibus

2 families?

2:06 am

flosey

prob. not jilli, tomorrow afternoon bridge

2:07 am

jillibus

or 2 fans, lol!

2:07 am

Andree

no jilli, my typo, 2 fans

2:07 am

flosey

lol jilli, perhaps

2:08 am

flosey

I don't think he was a fan of many here tonight

2:08 am

jillibus

our Sat aft bridge is postponed to Sunday -- Patricia M is going to the Met Live performance at ArtSpring which is over 4 hours long!

2:08 am

jillibus

Starts at 10 am Sat

2:09 am

flosey

should be a good one jilli

2:09 am

jillibus

Rosencavalier, I believe -- she specially wanted to see that one.

2:09 am

flosey

think we had a 1 cancellation because of that

2:09 am

flosey

love the music

2:10 am

flosey

a 1 ?? getting tired!

2:10 am

jillibus

I'm operatically illiterate

2:10 am

lynxxx

Limbaugh - seems a lot worse than Nixon

2:10 am

jillibus

Limbaugh is a horror

2:11 am

flosey

me too but had the music way back, on LP record

2:11 am

jillibus

it's scary that so many adore him

2:12 am

flosey

but look at the Bush admirers!!! a few American friends of mine thought he was great

2:12 am

jillibus

no accounting for taste

2:12 am

lynxxx

let's just hope it is a small % of the US population

2:12 am

flosey

enough to elect him though lyn

2:13 am

jillibus

I wish, lyn, but his ratings are huge.

2:13 am

jillibus

I'm referring to Limbaugh -- god forbid he should ever get elected to even dogcatcher

2:14 am

flosey

I'm off to bed, think I said that before, poof

2:15 am

jillibus

lol, flosey -- g'night, and have fun at bridge

2:15 am

lynxxx

goodnight Flosey, sleep well

2:27 am

Christine

How do you decide on the icon-of-the-day?

2:27 am

lynxxx

Babblers suggest themes and send to Sprite. She is always looking for suggestions Chris

2:29 am

Christine

Thank you. Now that Jillibus taught me to put up an icon, I'm ready to try other things.

2:29 am

jillibus

We don't. Sprite posts a list in her profile at http://tinyurl.com/6z7unz and anyone can send her a suggestion for a theme. She would welcome lots of them!

2:30 am

lynxxx

oops sorry, just found I said a word

2:31 am

jillibus

Right now Sprite is still showing the Christmas theme but if you scroll down you'll find the list of upcoming themes and beyond that there are themes used in the past.

2:31 am

jillibus

never mind, lyn, it's just between us ;)

2:36 am

jillibus

Well, time for bed with 28 left for tomorrow. Goodnight all!

2:37 am

Christine

I have a question that has bothing to do with Babble: I know how to save a photo to my 'favorites' file, and how to place it as background, but how do I put the background picture into my photo file?

2:37 am

lynxxx

Goodnight Jilli

2:37 am

Christine

Goodnight, Jillibus

2:38 am

lynxxx

on Flickr - don't know Chris...you could click on it and see

2:38 am

Andree

ooh thx for that word lynxxx

2:38 am

jillibus

I have no idea, Christine. I just save photos to My Pictures.

2:39 am

Christine

I'll try that.

2:39 am

jillibus

Now really goodnight and *poof*

2:39 am

Andree

didn't you get it from your photo file in the first place chris?

2:40 am

Christine

The photo was in an email from my daughter, but she lost her photos, so I want to forward it ... but I didn't put it into My Pictures before using it as my background.

2:41 am

Andree

bye jilli

2:41 am

Andree

if you still have the email you should be able to save it from that

2:42 am

jillibus

I just realised I seem to have erased a whole lot of my profile, including the link to resize pictures! *repoof*

2:44 am

lynxxx

this seems a very agreeable grid

2:45 am

Andree

still 70 here but it flows along quite nicely

2:45 am

Christine

No email is long0gone.

2:49 am

Andree

i am not very good at this sort of thing but just right clicked on my background and it gave options to save to various files

2:49 am

anike

fireworks

2:49 am

lynxxx

congrats Anike

2:50 am

Andree

yay anike

2:50 am

anike

TY - now off for a swim

2:50 am

Christine

Really? I'm gonna try that while the kettle boils thanks Andree

2:52 am

Andree

enjoy your swim anike, i have been in and out of the pool all day, best way to enjoy this hot weather on a weekend

2:56 am

lynxxx

phantom: antelope

2:58 am

Andree

mine is hopeless

3:10 am

Brookie

Hi everyone!

3:10 am

Andree

hi brookie

3:11 am

Brookie

Whew... thanks for responding... I thought everyone had left!

3:11 am

Brookie

It's 4 a.m. and the baby is crying, but if I get him up now, he'll wake up at 3:30 tomorrow. So I'm trying my best to hold out till 5 a.m.

3:12 am

lynxxx

hi Brookie

3:12 am

Brookie

hi lynxxx

3:12 am

Andree

thats the girl, this pick baby up every time it makes a sound is not something i understand

3:13 am

Brookie

and i should have said hi andree, sorry about that

3:13 am

Andree

and as for demand feeds, don't get me started

3:13 am

Brookie

the only problem is, one time that happened, my nosy neighbor downstairs called the police on me... she claimed i must have left the baby alone in the apartment

3:14 am

Haz1558

So, what do you think about demand feeding, Andree?

3:14 am

Brookie

i totally agree, andree

3:14 am

Andree

what a bi***

3:15 am

Brookie

thank got my 7 year old was with me when the police came... he told the officer that we were home the whole time

3:15 am

Brookie

hi haz!

3:15 am

Andree

i had to hand on to my diplomacy when my 7 grandkids got fed so guess i will do the same here

3:15 am

Andree

hi haz

3:15 am

lynxxx

Hi Haz

3:16 am

Andree

hang on too

3:16 am

Brookie

how old are your grandchildren?

3:16 am

Haz1558

Good morning/evening all. Demand feeding might be okay at the beginning, but surely it's okay to start working a baby towards more of a schedule?

3:17 am

Brookie

For both of my children, I did demand feeding for the first few months, and then I "weaned" them off that demanding schedule

3:17 am

Haz1558

My friend is a midwife, she trained quite a while ago, but feels that a lot of the theories going around today may be so called baby friendly, but not very mother friendly.

3:17 am

Andree

its how things are now haz, and i learnt the hard way to keep my own counsel

3:18 am

Andree

very mother unfriendly

3:18 am

lynxxx

extremely

3:18 am

Brookie

not to interrupt this train of thought, but this grid is awesome today!!!

3:18 am

Andree

and if mother is tired and cranky its not good for baby

3:18 am

Haz1558

I know, Andree, and it can be hard for new mothers because they're hearing the theories from the professionals and kind of feel that they're pleasing them if they stick to the rules. The fact that mothers have been passing on their wisdom for generations seems to be ignored.

3:18 am

lynxxx

its very pleasant

3:19 am

Brookie

and ditto to everything you're saying about mother unfriendliness

3:19 am

Haz1558

It ends up that the mother is a slave to the baby's demands, instead of the mother gently bringing the baby towards a more normal schedule.

3:20 am

Haz1558

I remember the light bulb moment when I realised that yes, I could waken the baby to feed her if I needed to.

3:20 am

Brookie

Also what drives me crazy is how overprotective we've become of our children (at least in the U.S.)

3:21 am

Andree

they read all these books, the dads read them too and believe every word, i have wanted to scream sometimes especially when my youngest son would sprout all this garbage about quiet and darkened rooms etc

3:21 am

Haz1558

You mean the whole disinfect everyone and everything syndrome?

3:21 am

Haz1558

Andree, it's been my experience that babies can sleep through just about anything, including vacuum cleaners and electric drills!

3:22 am

lynxxx

You seem to live in dread of being reported to Child Protective Services in the US

3:22 am

Brookie

That's a good part of it, haz. I think the whole disinfecting thing in the long run makes our immune systems unprepared to handle the normal stuff of life

3:22 am

Andree

my kids could sleep even through the vaccumn and my husband only knew we had some very short people living with us

3:22 am

Brookie

I have been reported to CPS and was thrown in prison for a day.

3:23 am

Brookie

And this is from the person who had never gotten a detention in high school, never grounded, has two children who love her, etc.

3:23 am

lynxxx

Oh Brookie! that stinks!

3:23 am

rubyfoo

good morning

3:23 am

Brookie

hi ruby!

3:23 am

Haz1558

I think the whole view of things has changed. Suddenly, children are viewed as supreme beings with more rights than the adults who bow to their every demand. Not in this house!

3:23 am

mummy

I used to put the vacuum cleaner on so i couldn't hear my firstborn cry, I was at my wits end, he usedto drop off to sleep then!

3:24 am

Haz1558

Good morning, ruby.

3:24 am

Brookie

actually, the whole cps thing stemmed from my ex... part of a bitter custody battle.

3:24 am

Andree

brookie thats awful

3:24 am

Brookie

$65,000 in legal fees, divorce and false charges

3:24 am

Dachef

Why isn't 'pantless' a word? I am currently pantless.

3:24 am

lynxxx

hi Ruby & Mummy

3:24 am

Andree

so now we have an excon on babble,lol

3:25 am

lynxxx

don't want to know Dachef! hi

3:25 am

Haz1558

We should make a note of that, mummy, and construct an old fashioned book for mothers, 'Bringing up baby the way it used to be'

3:25 am

Brookie

glad to fill that role

3:25 am

Haz1558

We don't know, Dachef, but is being pantless wise in this weather?

3:25 am

Brookie

hi dachef!

3:25 am

lynxxx

lol

3:25 am

Haz1558

Bye the sound of it, Brookie should be guest editor of said book.

3:25 am

Andree

hi dachef

3:26 am

Dachef

No. Not wise. More comfortable tho.

3:26 am

Haz1558

Bye the sound? By the looks of it, the snow has addled my brain.

3:26 am

Brookie

I used to have trust in America's legal system until this happened to me. Haz, I would have written the foreword to the book.

3:26 am

Haz1558

How about a kilt, Dachef? It would keep you warm.

3:27 am

lynxxx

Wow Dachef moving to the States! (or is that an old note)

3:27 am

Andree

i find now the kids are older and the books don't help that i have become suddenly knowlegable

3:27 am

Dachef

too draughty. I once had a mini-kilt, but things kept dropping below the hem-line. was a good ice-breaker at parties though.

3:27 am

mummy

that son is now a dad and bringing up baby 'by the book, have to bite my tongue sometimes but baby is doing well, and his mum and dad are fantastic with him

3:27 am

Haz1558

Okay, so Brookie writes the foreword, Andree does the chapter on demand feeding, mummy is in charge of soothing noises for slumber. Any contributors willing to offer?

3:28 am

Andree

how do you spell that k word haz

3:28 am

Haz1558

knowledgable?

3:28 am

mummy

oh, the mental image that comes to mind!!!

3:29 am

Brookie

My only suggestion is that a chapter on going pantless might be somewhat inappropriate for this book.

3:29 am

Dachef

lynxx - yup, tho not entirely sure of the date yet.

3:29 am

Haz1558

The pantless chapter could come in the potty training chapter.

3:29 am

Dachef

I'm going native.

3:30 am

Brookie

Ah, good point haz

3:30 am

Andree

babies going pantless and having a kick in the sun will be reccomended in said book

3:30 am

Haz1558

I'd be happy to contribute to the weaning chapter. I believe in weaning early not all this nonsense of no solid food until they're 3.

3:30 am

lynxxx

Little boy put outside pantless in Summer near the lemon tree - that's a memory

3:31 am

Andree

and as for 3 year olds sucking dummies aaagh!

3:31 am

elder

Good morning everyone.

3:31 am

lynxxx

hi Elder

3:31 am

Andree

hi elder

3:31 am

Brookie

hi elder!

3:32 am

Dachef

a really good psychologist would read this conversation and slowly nod to him/herself knowingly. And possibly say: ahhh a lot too.

3:32 am

Haz1558

Dummies would be banned, Andree, bottles taken away before the first birthday, children made to sit still with fingers over their mouths. They'll love us for it.

3:32 am

rubyfoo

my son is 46 now, but when he was born, I lived in a tiny town and had no experience or anyone to help me. Dr. Spock got me through with his sensible, practical advice

3:32 am

Brookie

my younger son never got into "binkies", but my older son loved them. On his 1st birthday, I accidentally-on-purpose lost all his binkies

3:33 am

Christine

Dachef -- where in Los Angeles

3:33 am

Christine

?

3:33 am

Haz1558

This is the Babble Baby Rearing Revolution. Will we get all that painted on the banner, do you think?

3:33 am

Brookie

hi christine!

3:33 am

Brookie

christine, looks like you'll have a new neighbor!

3:33 am

Andree

my mother in law got me through with her advice , so you can imagine the old fashioned way my 3 were brought up

3:33 am

rubyfoo

and a little Guiness in mother's milk is not such a bad idea, either!

3:34 am

Dachef

Christine - not sure yet. I'm there in 2 weeks for about a month to see how it goes, and then start looking for something permanent.

3:34 am

Christine

Hi, all --- been here since 11pm, about halfway

3:34 am

Haz1558

Ruby, I think you've hit the nail on the head, professional advice is fine as long as it's practical.

3:34 am

mummy

funny how we're all experts now we are grandparents!

3:35 am

rubyfoo

unfortunately, no grandkids! daughter-in-law's choice

3:35 am

lynxxx

Why LA Dachef?

3:35 am

rubyfoo

and a European friend told me about the Guiness, a pint a day makes great milk and the baby sleeps through the night!

3:35 am

Christine

Well Dachef, it's the place to be.Right now, it's the warmest place in USA.In fact, it's past 1:30am, andI just closed the front door.

3:36 am

Andree

dach, looked up the web addy, is that the book cover

3:36 am

mummy

sorry ruby, I never ever thought i'd have any then both kids produced within 6 months

3:36 am

Andree

if it is its fabulous

3:36 am

Dachef

Its where the publishers want me to be! And I really really really really really really hate the snow!

3:36 am

Brookie

Christine, what part of L.A. are you in? I used to live in Woodland Hills

3:36 am

Haz1558

A pint a day of Guinness being for the mother rather than the baby? I can just see all the experts swooning at the thought.

3:36 am

rubyfoo

lol, she's past 40!

3:37 am

Dachef

Andree - the site has just gone up, so thats just the start of it. Thats one of the characters.

3:37 am

mummy

oh well, at least you won't have the expense!!

3:37 am

Haz1558

Do we get to boast that we knew Dachef before he was famous?

3:38 am

Dachef

You could, but then the name on the book cover is unlikely to be 'dachef', so no-one would believe you.

3:38 am

Brookie

Since Dachef will be famous soon, maybe he should write the foreword to the book that we Babblers are developing... would sell more copies

3:38 am

rubyfoo

no, no, haz, it helps mothers make good milk plus eating a lot. I was plumper nursing than 9 months' preg!

3:38 am

Haz1558

I see your heroine is pantless as well.

3:39 am

lynxxx

lol

3:39 am

Dachef

its very fashionable.

3:39 am

elder

Have to go. Be back later.

3:40 am

Brookie

bye elder!

3:40 am

Haz1558

Bye, elder, see you later.

3:40 am

lynxxx

BBS salad to do

3:40 am

Brookie

bye lynxxx!

3:41 am

Haz1558

See you later, lynxxx. The rest of us will be eating salad for the rest of our lives if we're ever going to emulate Dachef's heroine.

3:41 am

Andree

lol haz

3:42 am

Haz1558

I remember going to see a ballet in the Town Hall here and feeling incredibly fat as these skinny things pranced about.

3:44 am

Brookie

i used to be that thin and felt miserable... and hungry

3:44 am

Brookie

thin as a ballerina, that is

3:45 am

Dachef

When women are too thin they look horrible. There is a common misconception that women must be thin to look attractive to men. Its bollocks. Most men find skinny women a turn-off.

3:45 am

Haz1558

Goodness, that IS thin. Better to eat and be happier, within limits of course.

3:46 am

Brookie

that's what i hear, dachef. i get more compliments now that i have a little weight on me

3:46 am

Haz1558

I would agree, Dachef. Have you seen Hannah Waterman lately? She's lost a huge amount of weight and looks, to my eyes anyway, gaunt and unhealthy.

3:47 am

Andree

as one gets older and metabolism slows there is little to be done, i was skinny all my life until about 6 years ago, now i am carrying 5 extra kilo's i don't want

3:47 am

Dachef

who's Hannah Waterman?

3:47 am

Haz1558

Po4/6 spice would disagree, of course, but since she hasn't smiled since 1986, you can't really judge anything by her.

3:48 am

rubyfoo

I think when you get older, there's a choice of being a "chicken" old lady with wrinkles on wrinkles, or a pretty, chubbier one. But we can't always make the choice

3:48 am

Haz1558

Hannah Waterman, daughter of Dennis, acted in Eastenders though haven't got a clue what she played.

3:48 am

Andree

and if you ask her how she is i expect she would say"hungry"

3:48 am

Dachef

po4 spice is a prime example - skinny, unhappy and about as attractive as a dose of the clap.

3:48 am

Dachef

Ah, that Hannah Waterman. Sorry, popular culture and me dont get on.

3:49 am

Haz1558

Yes, someone said that once you reach a certain age you have to choose between your face and your body. Choose your face and you'll not have wrinkles, choose your body and you'll have a slim figure with a gaunt, wrinkly face.

3:49 am

Brookie

dachef, then l.a. will be an interesting place for you to be!

3:49 am

rubyfoo

I didn't have a choice, just got skinnier and smaller with age -- horrible

3:50 am

Brookie

that's wise, haz... i never thought about it

3:50 am

Haz1558

She's been on TV a bit recently because of the weight loss - was on Andrew Neil's political programme to make some comment about image in politics.

3:50 am

Dachef

bugger all that - eat, drink and be merry. Be happy and sod everyone else. If you want to go pantless in the snow, do it.

3:50 am

Andree

i ddidn't get a choice, i have wrinkles and a spare tyre

3:51 am

Haz1558

(Starting to wonder whether Dachef is the right choice to feature in the Baby Rearing book)

3:51 am

rubyfoo

aaaw, andree

3:51 am

Frances

Good morning all. Haz, I saw her on that programme and considering she is 34 I thought she looked over 40.

3:51 am

Haz1558

Hello, Frances. I agree, I thought she looked much older than her years.

3:52 am

Brookie

hi frances!

3:52 am

Andree

dachef, your book will be a hit, you will be famous and get to meet all the skinny people, maybe posh too

3:52 am

Haz1558

She's just all pinched looking, but claims to be very happy and healthy.

3:52 am

Frances

Interesting that she has also split with her husband.

3:53 am

Dachef

andree- I'd love to meet po4 spice. I would give her a burger and say 'quick, while no-ones looking'.

3:53 am

Andree

ha ha dach

3:53 am

Haz1558

Yes, I'm not sure of the background to that, don't even know who her husband is, but it's sad if she's sh4/6 the husband along with the weight.

3:54 am

Frances

Haz, I also saw Jessie Wallace on TV this week. She has also lost a mountain of weight. There is nothing of her.

3:54 am

Frances

She is married to Ricky Groves who was also in Eastenders.

3:54 am

Haz1558

The problem doesn't seem to be losing the weight, it's keeping it off. I mean, was Jessie Wallace vastly overweight before?

3:55 am

Dachef

jessie wallace I do know. Her cousin used to work for me. She was mental.

3:55 am

Haz1558

Was the cousin mental or Jessie Wallace?

3:55 am

Dachef

Jessie. Complete bampot.

3:55 am

Frances

The weight was probably about the same for both of them.

3:57 am

Haz1558

So, they looked fine as long as they kept their clothes on and didn't parade about in bikinis for the press to take photos and mock them?

3:57 am

Haz1558

I blame the media, although I'm sure FM bears some responsibility as well.

3:58 am

Brookie

nice chatting with you and reading the chog... i've waited till 5 a.m. now and will get the baby... will be back in a few but will be lurking with baby in my arms... so i'll tell you now, enjoy the rest of the day!

3:58 am

Frances

Before or after the weight loss? I know that I am overweight but there is absolutely no way that I would wish to be that skinny.

3:59 am

Haz1558

Bye Brookie.

3:59 am

Frances

Is FM still taking the blame for everything?

3:59 am

Frances

Bye Brookie.

3:59 am

Andree

yay brookie you made it and showed who is boss

3:59 am

Haz1558

Absolutely. Everything is ultimately her fault.

4:00 am

Dachef

who's FM?

4:00 am

Frances

FMitch

4:00 am

Haz1558

I think the media delights in taking photos of people who they consider to be overweight, that makes the actress/tv personality feel under pressure to lose weight, they do, they show off their new body to an admiring press, they feel good, they start eating to celebrate, and it all starts again.

4:00 am

Dachef

ahhh.

4:01 am

Andree

when you tell 3 year old grandaughter to to something, if she doesn't want to hands go on hips and say"you are not the boss of me"

4:01 am

Dachef

Haz - if they are that shallow and self-centred they probably deserve it.

4:01 am

Andree

poor FM, feel sorry for her even though it is her fault

4:02 am

Haz1558

Well, I know, Dachef, but if you're supposedly in an industry where image matters, I'm sure people feel under pressure to conform.

4:02 am

Haz1558

What do you tell 3 year old grandaughter with hands on hips, Andree. Something along the lines of 'That's where you're wrong, madam!'?

4:03 am

Andree

absolutley

4:03 am

Dachef

I sort of understand the image matters thing, but you have to ask what kind of people are attracted to that industry in the first place. Its like politics - no-one in their right mind would want to be a politician, hence they are all complete twats.

4:03 am

Andree

i try not to laugh though

4:03 am

Haz1558

It's all this bargaining with children that I don't get and asking for their permission to buy certain foods.

4:04 am

Dachef

'you're not the boss of me now'. 'fair enough. Go get your own food.'

4:04 am

Andree

its what would you like for dinner instead of this is whats for dinner

4:05 am

Frances

My seven year old granddaughter was doing something on the computer and suddenly yelled out 'oh crap'. I said it would be better to use an anagram of that. So now when she does something wrong she yells out 'oh carp'.

4:05 am

Andree

i only asked my kids what they wanted for dinner on their birthdays, i hear my daughter ask the kids what they want to eat and i feel like screaming

4:05 am

Haz1558

I know! In the summer time when we would be outside, you'd hear neighbours asking 'What would you like, will I make x y or z?' Since when did children get the right to make all decisions?

4:07 am

Haz1558

I honestly think that's why children have screaming fits in supermarkets. They're not ready to make those sorts of decisions, leave them alone to walk beside you and fetch a few things.

4:07 am

Andree

a chapter on meals will need to feature in the book

4:08 am

Haz1558

Yes, meals will need to be tackled. Parent decides what to make, child eats and thanks parent heartily.

4:08 am

Andree

it also makes them very picky with food choices and limited

4:09 am

Andree

after hearty thanks then desert can be offered

4:10 am

Haz1558

Absolutely. AND they have to sit at a table and eat.

4:10 am

Dachef

le4 words that should and aren't: hoeless: next doors been round again. holess: father christmas with laryngitis. poohless: post-enema feeling of emptiness. antless: a very hungry anteater.

4:10 am

Andree

mine had to say "thank you for a good meal, may i leave the table please"

4:11 am

Dachef

poless: one tellytubby is missing.

4:12 am

Haz1558

Oohless, when you're just not that surprised.

4:12 am

Dachef

pusless: the antiobiotics worked.

4:13 am

Haz1558

USless, when the Americans didn't turn up for an Olympics (was it Moscow?)

4:13 am

Brookie

oopsless -- from someone who never errs

4:13 am

Haz1558

Or Usless, when we douldn't come.

4:13 am

Andree

pesoless--broke

4:13 am

Haz1558

Posseless, when the sheriff rides alone

4:14 am

Haz1558

Susless, when the detective loses his skills.

4:15 am

Dachef

hessless: the day Kevin Costner didnt turn up for filming.

4:15 am

Dachef

hossless: When John Wayne had his ride stolen.

4:15 am

Haz1558

Upless, the day the actress didn't wear her cleavage enhancing bra.

4:15 am

Haz1558

Or hossless, the day Bonanza had to cancel filming.

4:16 am

Frances

Pugless the day Battersea were missing a breed.

4:16 am

Haz1558

Sueless, the concert that went ahead without Susan Boyle.

4:16 am

Dachef

I still say pantless shoud be a word.

4:17 am

Dachef

supless: drank the bar dry.

4:17 am

Haz1558

Hoholess, the day Santa Claus was grumpy.

4:18 am

Dachef

holess: an extremely inept pimp.

4:18 am

Frances

jetless - all the planes got diverted.

4:18 am

Haz1558

And if anybody asks for a clue to le4/4.......

4:18 am

Dachef

hantless: Hampshire has disappeared.

4:19 am

Frances

netless - all the fish got away.

4:19 am

Andree

pooless-- constipated

4:19 am

Dachef

oops, frances!!!

4:20 am

Frances

Oh silly me. Slap my wrist.

4:22 am

Dachef

well, thats cheered me up no end. ;D

4:22 am

Haz1558

Is that all possibilities tried? I think we did pretty well.

4:23 am

Frances

jestless - a sad day for us all.

4:23 am

Dachef

setless: roger Federer on a really bad day.

4:24 am

Haz1558

Just when you thought we had run out of ideas... both good ones!

4:24 am

Dachef

stenoless: to always be without a pen.

4:25 am

Jayk

guestless--when no one comes to the party

4:25 am

Brookie

one of my most often (and favorite) yiddish words is in the grid (sadly without le4)

4:25 am

lynxxx

hessless - better of without him

4:26 am

Haz1558

Essless - descriptive of a lisper. Or a lithper?

4:27 am

pabtrek

wouldn't that be ethless :)

4:27 am

hydra

hoseless - when your last pair of socks is worn out.

4:27 am

hydra

Oops! PB

4:27 am

Jayk

what a great way to wake up! Morning all

4:28 am

Andree

hi jay

4:28 am

hydra

morning Jayk

4:28 am

lynxxx

hi Jayk, Hydra & Pabtrek

4:28 am

Haz1558

Good morning, Jayk and hydra and newcomers.

4:28 am

Haz1558

This all began because Dachef thought pantless should be a word.

4:28 am

hydra

Hi Andree,lynxxx, Hazpab, brookie...

4:28 am

KatieMcG

if you can't have hohs what does santa say?

4:28 am

Haz1558

PHone

4:29 am

hydra

Yes, it should be!

4:29 am

Jayk

I saw! And it should!!

4:29 am

Brookie

hi hydra

4:29 am

Brookie

and jayk and pabtrek

4:29 am

hydra

Hi Katie.

4:29 am

Andree

if ps** is a word so should hoho

4:29 am

pabtrek

hi lynxxx, hydra, Haz, Brooke, Jayk, and everyone else

4:29 am

lynxxx

hi Katie

4:29 am

Andree

pb for haz

4:29 am

Jayk

longer today but friendlier than yesterday? looks like

4:30 am

Dachef

forget the baby book, we should publish a book containing all the best bits from the chat log over the years. I've lost count of the times I've cried with laughter just reading it!!

4:30 am

hydra

Great idea, Dachef!

4:30 am

KatieMcG

hello everyone, only here for a bit we are clearing the loft today

4:30 am

Brookie

hi katie!

4:30 am

hydra

A loft, my kingdom for a loft. It would save me all the cash I'm paying for a storage unit!

4:31 am

Andree

i must be off, have been sitting here so long have just realised i haven't had dinner yet

4:31 am

lynxxx

bye Andree, enjoy

4:32 am

Brookie

you've been eatless, andree

4:32 am

hydra

Nice to see you, Andree. Bon appetit!

4:32 am

Brookie

see you later, andree

4:32 am

Andree

bye all and happy babbling

4:32 am

Dachef

entless: the Lord Of The Rings set after the set director had gone home.

4:33 am

westford

pussless my cat is missing

4:33 am

westford

and hello all

4:34 am

lynxxx

pushless: woman afraid of childbirth

4:34 am

lynxxx

hi West

4:35 am

westford

hi lyn

4:35 am

Soodlebum

Supsless - an AA meeting

4:36 am

lynxxx

morning Soodle

4:36 am

Dachef

shentless - to be unable to find a babblet.

4:36 am

Soodlebum

Hi Lynn and all! Another huge snowfall here this morning.

4:37 am

westford

the world is turned upside down sood

4:37 am

Soodlebum

And inside out, Westie!!

4:38 am

westford

no kidding

4:38 am

FMitch

Hello babble world

4:38 am

Soodlebum

Hi FM

4:38 am

lynxxx

hi FM

4:38 am

westford

hello FM

4:38 am

westford

snowing there too?

4:39 am

FMitch

yes but I refuse to mention the sn** word - am sooo fed up with it.

4:39 am

Frances

Bright sunshine and snowing here.

4:39 am

westford

can't blame you

4:39 am

FMitch

and more forecast for overnight

4:40 am

westford

oh wait..I can lol

4:41 am

FMitch

am gearing myself up to walk into the village either that or go back to bed, haven't decided which yet.
oh ha ha west!

4:41 am

Soodlebum

Bed, FM, definitely bed!

4:41 am

KatieMcG

I vote bed as well

4:41 am

FMitch

LOL

4:42 am

FMitch

well as all football matches have been cancelled for the leagues I look after I don't have to work this evening which is a good thing.

4:43 am

FMitch

HAve some spectacular icicles growing from the guttering, up to almost 2 feet now!

4:44 am

westford

be careful

4:44 am

westford

they are pretty though

4:44 am

lynxxx

Stay in doors FM, its just not worth it

4:45 am

Norma

Morning all ... can anyone clue the ha5 .. ha6 the last of the ha's ;o)

4:45 am

lynxxx

hi Norma ha & spanish cheer

4:45 am

KatieMcG

morning norma

4:46 am

FMitch

I did want to get some batteries for the camera so I can take some pics.

4:46 am

Norma

Thanks lynxxx .... Hi Katie hows things ??

4:46 am

FMitch

brb phone

4:46 am

KatieMcG

good thanks hubby has just driven back from Mari's in the snow and now we aren't leaving the house for the weekend lol

4:47 am

KatieMcG

FM is in the PB with Haz!

4:47 am

FMitch

oh darn, sorry!

4:47 am

Norma

I don't blame you ... I haven't left the house since last weekend and don't intend to yet.. even ordered groceries from Sainsbury on line ... hows that for being idle lol

4:48 am

Norma

How is the hill at Mari's ??? Are the roads clear ???

4:49 am

FMitch

I've just been on the tTescos website to seee what delivery slots they had available and they are all take for the next week!

4:49 am

Soodlebum

Norma, theres being idle, and then theres being safe. You are being safe!!

4:49 am

KatieMcG

Mari's hill OK, Pennymoore is gritted in only one direction, I'm not going in next Monday if it gets any worse

4:49 am

Norma

Thanks Soo I needed someone to agree with me lol

4:50 am

Norma

Hi FM I tried Asda before Sainsbury and they are all booked up as well, I think everyone is doing the same

4:50 am

Soodlebum

What part of the UK are you in, Katie, Norma and FM?

4:51 am

Norma

I don't blame you katie ... better safe than sorry xx

4:51 am

Norma

Katie and me are in the Midlands ....

4:51 am

FMitch

Im in West Sussex Soodle, moved house about 6 weeks ago from Berkshire

4:51 am

KatieMcG

we went to Asda on Thursday the shop was quiet and the carpark was lethal

4:52 am

KatieMcG

we now have food for a couple of weeks thank goodness

4:52 am

Norma

I am scared of my automatic car in the snow until I get used to the manual gears, how are you getting on with yours Katie

4:52 am

FMitch

I live right in the heart of the village so the local supermarket is only about a 4 min walk on a normal day but I live at the top of a hill so now am fairly stranded.

4:53 am

KatieMcG

it has two other gears rather than just drive it has S which makes it slower and L which is like driving in 2nd gear, if I hadn't found them I would have been in at all last week

4:53 am

lynxxx

best get your sled out FM

4:53 am

FMitch

Car! mine is still half burried and there is no way I will be using it for a while yet.

4:53 am

Norma

FM you are in the right place when the snow thaws as are we, but it is a pest in this weather being as hills are quite dangerous

4:55 am

Haz1558

Hello - was just on the phone to sister-in-law. Her water pipes have been frozen since Tuesday, she's coming here to get showered and get her washing done!

4:55 am

Norma

We have only 1 and 2 and then the usual automatic ones ... I haven't tried them yet ... I will just stay in.. have got to go into Tamworth as my Tickets for my holiday have arrived ..

4:56 am

FMitch

I feel a lot better now having been able to winge - sometimes it is good to winge ;)

Hi Haz!! poor sister!

4:57 am

Norma

I agree FM wingeing is good sometimes, it doesn't help but it makes you feel better ...

4:57 am

Haz1558

I know! She lives in the country and the water pipes coming into the barn are frozen.

4:58 am

Haz1558

Anyway, thankfully her heating is still working and she's been able to do her ablutions in school during the week, but still. She's even been recycling her hot water bottle water.

4:58 am

Norma

We aren't able to cope are we Haz our infrastructure isn't designed to cope with these temperatures

4:59 am

lynxxx

this is all getting a bit grim

4:59 am

Soodlebum

Lynn - cheer us up! Whats the weather doing where you are?

4:59 am

Norma

Yes it needs Lightening doesn't it lynxxx ;o)

4:59 am

Haz1558

I know, it's gone beyond being pretty to being pretty awful.

5:00 am

FMitch

oh without heating where would we be! Although we have had a few powercuts this week I suddenly twigged that at least with the laptop and the mobile I can still communicate with the outside world so long as I remember to keep them charged.

5:01 am

Haz1558

Oh, keep them charged, FM, keep them charged.

5:01 am

Soodlebum

The fill of oil I got in November, (which was supposed to do me till about March) is getting perilously low....

5:01 am

FMitch

Yes lynxxx tell us how warm it is with you!

5:01 am

Norma

Can you get more Soo ??

5:02 am

Haz1558

Now, I must be off to get ready for the supermarket run. I hate it at the best of times, going when it's snowing is even worse. Still, keep calm and carry one!

5:02 am

FMitch

Take care Haz hugs.

5:02 am

Norma

Take care Haz see you later

5:02 am

Haz1558

Bye for now! *gone*

5:02 am

KatieMcG

good luck Haz, you will feel better when it's done

5:03 am

FMitch

Think I will head off too - need to get some fresh air. Am not used to beeing cooped up for this long. See you all soon.

5:03 am

Soodlebum

It can be got, Norma, but January is a bad month for unanticipated expenses!

5:03 am

Norma

Take care FM

5:04 am

Soodlebum

Bye FM

5:04 am

KatieMcG

Bye FM

5:04 am

Norma

Are the oil companies cashing in Soo ... or are the prices staying the same??

5:05 am

Soodlebum

I haven't checked, Norma, I'm afraid to :(

5:05 am

elder

Hello Everyone.

5:05 am

Norma

Hi elder

5:05 am

Soodlebum

Hi Elder

5:05 am

KatieMcG

Hi elder, how you doing?

5:06 am

elder

A bit chilly and seeing it's snowing yet again.

5:07 am

elder

Your part of England ? are you managing ok ish with this current weather.

5:09 am

lynxxx

Back, was changing icon for something for GB in these dire times

5:10 am

Soodlebum

Lynn - we were asking you to cheer us up, and tell us what the weather is like in your part of the world....

5:11 am

elder

hello Lynxxx, I expect your the opposite in the weather front ..... more than warm:)

5:12 am

BabbleRabble

-18 °F (-28 °C)
Wind Chill: -40 °F (-40 °C)

5:12 am

lynxxx

Quite a nice day today 35, about 98 I think, but cool charge earlier in afternoon. A lovely crisp night, had BBQ dinner outside. Make you feel better?

5:12 am

Soodlebum

Aaarrrggghhhh. I remember BBQ's!!

5:13 am

elder

Lynxxx ' giggles' that will do it :)

5:13 am

Soodlebum

Hi BabbleRabble

5:13 am

lynxxx

Got to keep out of that wind BabRab

5:14 am

BabbleRabble

Hello

5:14 am

elder

Babbleam struggling with the temps here, lower as you have, I seriously think I would expire.

5:14 am

BabbleRabble

it gets my attention

5:14 am

elder

Chill factor here is awful.

5:15 am

BabbleRabble

But spring is right around the corner

5:15 am

elder

True..

5:28 am

Soodlebum

Never thought I would see the day. The Chat Log is frozen solid!

5:30 am

elder

he.. he.. fingers too cold to type maybe ?

5:31 am

Mudd

Hello ... how many words are there today please?

5:31 am

elder

218 words

5:31 am

Soodlebum

218 mudd

5:31 am

elder

hello Mudd.

5:31 am

Jayk

SO curious! Could someone tell me why people ask how many words? when they're right here?

5:32 am

Norma

The stats are only there when you go 'pro' Jayk

5:32 am

elder

Jayk may be everyone cannot see what we see.if they are not pro.

5:33 am

Jayk

But when I first started--before i went "pro," i could see the number of words

5:33 am

Soodlebum

You only get that for a limited time.

5:33 am

Jayk

Oh! maybe just for the 2 weeks...

5:34 am

elder

Jayk only for a limited time.

5:34 am

elder

Soodle do you hear echo's:)

5:34 am

Soodlebum

ECHOES....echoes....

5:35 am

elder

....:)

5:37 am

inge

the volcano is back

5:37 am

Sally-catlover

Hallo Babble world. Yuk, 218 words, and I have so much else to do ...

5:37 am

elder

Hello Inge.:)

5:37 am

elder

Hello Sally.

5:37 am

elder

Sally easy grid though.

5:38 am

Sally-catlover

Have not started yet :-)

5:38 am

Sally-catlover

Lots of plurals by the look of it.

5:38 am

Mudd

ty for the word count

5:39 am

elder

Many...

5:40 am

elder

Sally and keep an eye out for those .......est words

5:41 am

Sally-catlover

ty for the tip elder. At the moment I am employing the scatter-gun approach.

5:41 am

elder

Good tactic, bound to hit something.:)

5:43 am

Soodlebum

yay. Fireworks!!

5:44 am

elder

Well done ! Soodle..

5:44 am

Soodlebum

Can I help anybody before I go foraging for food (at the supermarket)

5:46 am

elder

Thanks for the offer, but ok here. You take out there and wrap up ..

5:48 am

oodleberry

gm everyone

5:48 am

Eva

Good morning everyone. I just saw an amazing aerial photo of the UK. Wow. you guys have really gotten sklonked! And here in Vermont, the land of snow and ice, things are quite moderate.

5:50 am

elder

Hello Eva, yes a bit bleak. I heard from my sister we have been on CNN England, that is.. not her or me .

5:50 am

elder

The weather I meant.

5:51 am

Eva

And at least here we are all prepared-battery operated lamps, generators, wood stoves, 4-wheel drive. It must be quite scary to be trapped without the service structure in place.

5:52 am

Eva

does anyone have a clue for the pe8/9 combo?

5:53 am

Eva

without roaches doesn't seem to be acceptable.

5:54 am

elder

Although, we tend not to have it as bad as this ...we never seem to be prepared ..... I have blanket, shovel etc in car .. you never know when you may need those items for self or others.

5:55 am

Eva

absolutely. And extra clothing. And strap on cleats in case one gets stuck and has to walk on the ice. And extra drinking water.

5:55 am

elder

Eva, the picnic irritant and you dig this in the garden to plant veg & plural.

5:55 am

Eva

So having made that list.....why do we live in northern climes?

5:55 am

Eva

Costa Rica is looking awfully good right now.

5:56 am

Eva

thanks elder but that's the an. I need the pe ones

5:56 am

elder

Eva born here and although I have been to visit several countries I always want to come home .. natural I guess.

5:57 am

Eva

sorry elder-DUH! Thank you

5:57 am

elder

Eva that is the PE ones.

5:57 am

Katydid0615

pe is the roach, plus you dig in the garden ...

5:57 am

elder

and of course a close second the an words..

5:58 am

Eva

I feel the same way about New England, but as we get older, the idea of being somewhere warm and sunny for at least part of the winter is more and more appealing. Much of Vermont disappears in the winter.

5:59 am

Eva

are there any regular babblers who live in berkeley, california? They won't be playing yet, but I'm looking for some travel advice.

5:59 am

elder

Eva oh yes, at times it would be more comfortable and easier on bones , but it's good to have seasons, keeps us surprised )

6:00 am

Sally-catlover

Friend just arrived with our milk and papers, having walked to nearest village to get them for everyone! She looks like a snowman, so have to go and feed her coffee. Back later.

6:00 am

Mudd

How many 8 are there. Thanks to Eva's request, I have the pe 8,9.

6:00 am

elder

Bless the Friend..

6:01 am

elder

There are 8 x8 and 2x9 Mudd.

6:01 am

Mudd

ewwww

6:02 am

Mudd

just got the et 7,8

6:02 am

Eva

there are only 5 8's.

6:03 am

bojazz

good morning (or afternoon or evening) wherever ye may be - we think it's cold here (23F) but after reading the chog, it ain't so cold afterall

6:03 am

elder

Oh yes sorry, 5x8 words got carried away .

6:04 am

elder

Good afternoon here ( Just) Bojazz.

6:04 am

Eva

it's 9 degres here. Cold, but not terrible. Usually some time in January theres a couple of weeks of -20's.

6:04 am

Eva

carried away by all the an-- and pe---?

6:05 am

Eva

phantom: antelope

6:05 am

bojazz

:) Eva - good 2

6:06 am

oodleberry

what temp is it now eva? we have nine... just above you in quebec city

6:06 am

Eva

exactly the same here oodle

6:06 am

oodleberry

it is 9 I mean

6:06 am

elder

Hello oodle.

6:06 am

oodleberry

ok

6:06 am

oodleberry

hi elder

6:06 am

Eva

I think most of our weather lately has been coming from the canadien maritimes

6:07 am

Eva

and it's the first sun in weeks! I'd rather have the cold than the constant grey!

6:07 am

bojazz

our cold, according to the experts, is coming from Siberia

6:08 am

elder

Our cold spell coming in from Russia I blame. Putin.

6:08 am

Eva

that's a long way to come bojazz

6:09 am

bojazz

think it warmed some on the journey

6:11 am

oodleberry

the eastern e's are not being very cooperative

6:14 am

oodleberry

any clues would be appreciated

6:15 am

westford

I have an ep4/5 sounds like god of love

6:15 am

elder

Et x7 & 8 is a male name -5 and Spanish word minus end vowel.

6:15 am

FMitch

Afternoon all, made it back from my foray into the village unscathed but couldn't get any batteries for the camera :(

6:15 am

Brookie

here's a clue, oodle... all the words in the grid are between 4 and 9 letters long, and there are 218 of them

6:16 am

FMitch

Hi elder, hope you are well and warm.

6:16 am

westford

glad you're back safe and sound FM

6:16 am

FMitch

lol Brookie

6:16 am

FMitch

Once I made it down the hill it wasn't too bad westie.

6:16 am

Brookie

thanks for the et clue, elder, and hi everyone

6:17 am

westford

and not impaled by an icicle FM !!

6:17 am

westford

hi brook

6:17 am

oodleberry

ty elder

6:17 am

FMitch

no but they are soo pretty, am just miffed I can't take a pic of them.

6:17 am

Brookie

hi west, fm, elder, and anyone else i missed!

6:17 am

elder

Hello FMitch hard to keep warm but am ok. Shame you could not buy batteries as the scenes are wonderful including the ice formations. Pleased you came to no harm as conditions on pathways are lethal

6:17 am

westford

hi everyone been in and out

6:18 am

Brookie

clue for the an9?

6:18 am

elder

Hello westford.

6:19 am

westford

hello elder

6:19 am

FMitch

Thought I had better give it a try as what they are forecasting for overnight may preculde going out at all tomorrow apart from gingerly putting food out for the birds.

6:20 am

elder

Today, had more snow and predicated for tomorrow. Daily am and pm and brushing snow away to feed the birds with various bits they are struggling.. and the feeders are frozen.

6:21 am

BabbleRabble

a + what a fisherperson uses to land a fish + a degradation in the road: pot****; pl

6:21 am

Sandieangel

an9 leads off the an7 and 8. a + what you catch fish in + fall down a H***

6:21 am

Brookie

thanks so much, BR! I never would have gotten that!

6:21 am

Brookie

and thanks for the cloue too, sandie

6:21 am

westford

hello bab and sandie

6:23 am

FMitch

and in htese conditions they are at risk as they can't get to their usual food sources. Glad I was able to get more suppies in for them, mixed seeds and sunflower seeds which they love and fat balls and of course bread and water.

6:23 am

Uneaixoise

morning, all! Thanks for the an8/9

6:23 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, westford. How you be?

6:23 am

Uneaixoise

still in the teens here but we're warming up next week :-)

6:23 am

BabbleRabble

Howdy, Une. Did you hear nadal retired?

6:23 am

FMitch

although I have to say the robin and the blackbird and pushy bu**ers, as soon as I come out in the morning they are there demanding food.

6:23 am

westford

I'm really good bab how about you?

6:23 am

FMitch

Hi Une and BR

6:24 am

Uneaixoise

BR, you never give up! LOL

6:24 am

westford

good morning une

6:24 am

BabbleRabble

Hanging in there, thanks

6:24 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, FM

6:24 am

Uneaixoise

FMitch, kudos on taking good care of your bird buddies -- I've been making sure to keep lots of seed and suet out as well -- have had TONS of cardinals around

6:24 am

oodleberry

gm br une

6:25 am

BabbleRabble

hello, oodle

6:25 am

Uneaixoise

hey, oodle and west et al :-)

6:25 am

oodleberry

hi west

6:25 am

westford

hi oodle

6:25 am

elder

Fmitch, even the fat balls have frozen here , so have been buying breaking up an scattering. Poor little things, albeit they still fight in their territories .. I say to them stop fighting and squabbling and eat !!!.. they take no notice.

6:25 am

oodleberry

comment ca va Une

6:26 am

Uneaixoise

pas mal, oodle, et toi?

6:27 am

FMitch

talking of food time for lunch. TTFN and keep warm and well.

6:27 am

oodleberry

le même merci

6:28 am

elder

Taking a break. bye for now.

6:28 am

Uneaixoise

you too, fmitch! I'm taking a breakfast break myself -- BBL *poof*

6:28 am

oodleberry

bon ap une

6:28 am

westford

bye FM and elder stay safe and warm

6:29 am

westford

you too une

6:30 am

Deeha

Seeing your comment abouit the birds Elder - have you noticed that you put out a load of bread, a blackbird comes and takes a bit - do the others do the same?? No, they all chase the bird with the bit of bread!!

6:33 am

westford

dee I think elder left

6:33 am

westford

but what you said is so true

6:34 am

Deeha

I was a bit slow - been checking my lunch in the oven!!

6:34 am

hydra

Yes, Deeha. So true! The magpie flies off with the bit he takes, and eats it in the tree.

6:35 am

NonoNanette

good morning Babblers :)

6:35 am

oodleberry

hi nono

6:35 am

westford

hi nono

6:36 am

NonoNanette

in regards to the blackbirds..... here they seem to take as many bits of bread as they can possibly hold and fly off. It's no wonder other birds fly after them, sometimes there is nothing left

6:38 am

KatieMcG

norma - you stil here?

6:38 am

NonoNanette

i throw bits of bread in the back yard for the blackbirds and bluejays to squabble over and keep seed in the feeder out front for the smaller birds

6:41 am

Deeha

I put out seed and peanuts in feeders - I hadnt done it for a while so the birds dont go there but I can see from my window now the blue tits have discovered it so that is nice. There was an appeal yesterday from the RSPB to remember the birds as this winter could wipe a lot out

6:42 am

oodleberry

anyone have the two eastern e's?

6:42 am

Deeha

which is east ?!!

6:42 am

westford

I clued one oodle don't have the 2nd

6:42 am

westford

ep 4/5 sounds like god of love

6:43 am

oodleberry

sorry west didn't see it

6:43 am

NonoNanette

the second is pl of the first

6:43 am

westford

oh thanks nono

6:43 am

oodleberry

east is left side

6:43 am

westford

yay now it's gray

6:43 am

oodleberry

duh RIGHT

6:44 am

oodleberry

that's why I don't say right and left

6:44 am

Deeha

Got it - and got them thanks to Westford

6:44 am

westford

thanks to nono too

6:44 am

westford

usually get the plurals and forget the singulars

6:45 am

KatieMcG

ty hadn't got the plural

6:45 am

NonoNanette

your welcome i sometimes miss the pls also specially if a word goes in two directions!

6:45 am

oodleberry

ok I am stoopid... but I will find them eventually

6:46 am

westford

hi katie are you all snowed in too?

6:46 am

westford

the cockney man sits for a picture?

6:46 am

NonoNanette

oodle the pl sounds like e + what people do for pictures

6:46 am

Deeha

Lunch is ready - looking good too! bbl

6:47 am

westford

lol nono gmta

6:47 am

westford

enjoy dee

6:49 am

oodleberry

oke ty anyone have a dunce cap with which I can stand in the corner and cry

6:50 am

westford

no oodle but here's a mackeral

6:50 am

westford

and shouldn't sploosh be a word?

6:50 am

oodleberry

no it wasn't a word I already new... I didn't know that at all

6:51 am

suefrad625

and st**aPH*** should be a word

6:51 am

westford

me either

6:51 am

oodleberry

but I hate the smell of fish and that would smell but thank you west.. you are so kind

6:51 am

suefrad625

morning

6:52 am

westford

fresh fish doesn't smell that's what I'd give you

6:52 am

westford

hi sue

6:52 am

oodleberry

ok anyone have a hint=1st 2 letters of the 2nd e in the last column please

6:53 am

westford

et I believe

6:53 am

oodleberry

nbt ty west

6:53 am

Sally-catlover

Hi, back again. Have yoiu all finished while I've been gone?

6:54 am

westford

yw oodle

6:54 am

westford

and wtg!

6:54 am

NonoNanette

hi Sally

6:54 am

westford

hi sally still have 23 left

6:55 am

westford

running out of ideas might have to list

6:55 am

NonoNanette

oodle es5 is a plural of the curvey letter

6:56 am

oodleberry

got it but that is the top e in the 2n column ty though

6:56 am

NonoNanette

ok try et7 & 8 a type of gas and pl

6:57 am

westford

it's getting very cold in here have to check the boiler bbs

6:58 am

oodleberry

I's a lookin I's a lookin

7:00 am

oodleberry

nono does it work of the et**(burner)

7:03 am

NonoNanette

if it does i dont have that et**

7:03 am

dauma

How does pool not exist

7:03 am

NonoNanette

it soes dauma

7:04 am

dauma

I meant pools

7:04 am

oodleberry

try it again dauma you probably started with a space

7:04 am

NonoNanette

that does as well

7:04 am

dauma

Ill try

7:05 am

dauma

It worked

7:09 am

oodleberry

ty nono my pea brain found it finally

7:11 am

NonoNanette

can't be a pea brain if you found it :)

7:12 am

oodleberry

ok ok a large pea then

7:14 am

suefrad625

what are the stats for the 9's

7:14 am

NonoNanette

if you insist but I still dont believe it

7:14 am

oodleberry

ok a walknut then

7:14 am

NonoNanette

i only have the an9/60 sue

7:14 am

oodleberry

walnut

7:15 am

oodleberry

there are 2 9's sue

7:15 am

oodleberry

oh

7:15 am

suefrad625

clue Nono pls

7:15 am

oodleberry

duh sorry

7:16 am

oodleberry

the walnut is cracking under the pressure

7:17 am

NonoNanette

a + what a fisherman uses to catch fish + put the key in the key**** tfor an 8 and pl for the 9

7:17 am

oodleberry

the other is pe sue... I peeked in lickety

7:18 am

suefrad625

great clue NONO

7:18 am

NonoNanette

ahhh thanks oodle just found the pe8 and 9

7:18 am

suefrad625

tx oodle

7:19 am

oodleberry

that fast?????

7:19 am

suefrad625

I didnt

7:19 am

Uneaixoise

it ends like the an8

7:19 am

suefrad625

I was just thanking you for peeking

7:19 am

NonoNanette

an4 are a picnic pe4 + the same ending as the other 8 and 9

7:19 am

oodleberry

holy brains batman

7:19 am

Uneaixoise

irritating bug + void

7:20 am

suefrad625

whowwwww

7:20 am

suefrad625

you are great nono

7:20 am

suefrad625

I will put great cookies in the PB in your honor holy word person

7:21 am

oodleberry

what the hell kind of word is that

7:21 am

NonoNanette

nooooooooo sue just give the cookies to me :)

7:21 am

suefrad625

lol

7:21 am

suefrad625

chocolate, macadamea, almond cookies

7:22 am

NonoNanette

omg pass them over here now!

7:22 am

oodleberry

what I said holy not any word in the grid

7:22 am

suefrad625

I just grayed the J, wow

7:23 am

suefrad625

now I have to get coffee

7:28 am

suefrad625

ok, NBT, NBS and more then 1/2 way

7:28 am

suefrad625

I think it is time for lickety

7:31 am

suefrad625

are we moving slowly or did everyone leave

7:31 am

oodleberry

still here

7:32 am

EspritdJean

present and accounted for

7:34 am

suefrad625

are there words that end with the le4?

7:34 am

suefrad625

found one, fisherman is ne7

7:34 am

EspritdJean

I don't have any

7:39 am

NonoNanette

the ne is the only one

7:39 am

NonoNanette

FIREWORKS **

7:39 am

oodleberry

*does the fireword boogie for nono*

7:40 am

NonoNanette

you sure know how to get down oodle! :)

7:40 am

SeaSpray

good morning everyone

7:40 am

oodleberry

:D

7:40 am

NonoNanette

i need to take a shower and get moving

7:41 am

NonoNanette

happy babbling everyone

7:41 am

oodleberry

bbye nono

7:41 am

gramma

Th** was a very fun grid!

7:41 am

gramma

that

7:42 am

oodleberry

you're finished too gram?

7:42 am

gramma

Yes. I don't know how it happened. My last 2 words were those infested pe's.

7:43 am

oodleberry

wtg!!

7:44 am

gramma

I was Babbling along, my nose to the grid and when I looked up, I had 8 left. That is very unusual for me.

7:44 am

oodleberry

well that has never happened to me but I bet it is a nice feeling.

7:45 am

gramma

Off for a bite of egg.

7:45 am

oodleberry

ok enjoy gram

7:46 am

gramma

It's my 2nd time in all these wasted years.

7:46 am

tceicher

es

7:46 am

gramma

BBL to help if I can.

7:48 am

oodleberry

ok break time bbl

7:54 am

Boobear

hi all

7:57 am

rbud

hi, Boo, just got here with my coffee

7:58 am

Boobear

me too

8:01 am

Boobear

clue for an 7 pls

8:02 am

rbud

would if I could, don't have it yet

8:03 am

Boobear

that's ok ty

8:05 am

phaeton

an7 is an anise camphor...hard to clue...try lisping

8:06 am

phaeton

it ends with the ho4

8:07 am

montreal13

tx phaeton, plural works as well...

8:07 am

phaeton

yw montreal

8:07 am

Anniebrook

an + vowel + Juno and Jupiter are part of my****ogy

8:08 am

Anniebrook

Luc! How nice to see you.

8:09 am

montreal13

hi [Annie] et al - how are you ?

8:10 am

Anniebrook

I am fine and how are you? Hope you have been well.

8:10 am

Anniebrook

pu

8:12 am

montreal13

i've been quite busy thru the holidays - am ok except that we found out yesterday morning that beloved's kid brother passed away suddenly thursday night... he was 59 - we had to go inform the parents that their son had died... not a task I wish on anybody...

8:13 am

Anniebrook

What terrible news.

8:13 am

Uneaixoise

good morning, annie and luc -- luc, so sorry about the sad news

8:13 am

Anniebrook

good morning, Une

8:14 am

Uneaixoise

just dropping by -- will be back later -- must go warm up car and get to soup kitchen board meeting :-)

8:14 am

Mom

just checking the total for today ....
Montreal, I am so sorry

8:14 am

Uneaixoise

*poof(

8:14 am

montreal13

we had seen him a couple of times since mid December - he was fine and in good shape - he was looking forward to his youngest daughter giving birth to a grand-son - he'll never see him now - so sad

8:14 am

Uneaixoise

*poof*

8:15 am

Boobear

hi une

8:15 am

Boobear

hi une

8:15 am

Uneaixoise

(morning, mom -- know you, like me, are looking forward to warmer temps next week!)

8:15 am

montreal13

bye Une and mom - tx

8:15 am

Mom

must get out of here for quilting class. {{{Hugs}}} to all

8:15 am

Anniebrook

hi Mom

8:15 am

Uneaixoise

(hey, boobear) now really poofing -- bye

8:15 am

Mom

amen, Une.

8:16 am

Anniebrook

bye you two, stay warm

8:16 am

Mom

hi and bye {{Annie}} see you later today

8:16 am

Mom

we will do our best ... currently 18 and a high of 23

8:17 am

Anniebrook

same here

8:17 am

montreal13

bye boobear and Annie - at 138/80, must go - BBL maybe - minus 20C here = minus 5 or 6 F - "POOF"

8:17 am

Boobear

bye montreal

8:18 am

Anniebrook

bye Luc, my condolences to your wife and family

8:18 am

rbud

my little weather widget says -6°F, Clear *brrrrrr*

8:18 am

montreal13

tx Annie - "REAL POOF" - bye rosebud

8:19 am

Anniebrook

hi rbud, that is qite cold...think warm thoughts

8:19 am

rbud

just hope my car will start! bye, montreal!

8:20 am

rbud

oops, pb for the ho4... :p

8:22 am

grant

Clue for 3rd sh5/14, anyone?

8:24 am

Anniebrook

no list yet, dont think I have the 3rd sh...I have the little wood construction

8:24 am

herinfernallady

hello

8:24 am

Anniebrook

hi herin

8:25 am

Boobear

totally stuck on an 7 can anyone help pls

8:25 am

hego

Hello

8:26 am

Anniebrook

an + vowel + Jupiter and Juno are part of my****ogy

8:26 am

Anniebrook

h hego...brrrrr

8:26 am

hego

double brrrr Annie

8:26 am

rbud

I have sh5/6, yiddish - "to move slowly, awkwardly, or tediously" and pl

8:26 am

Anniebrook

:)

8:26 am

Anniebrook

going to make coffee

8:27 am

hego

love your butterfly rbud

8:28 am

rbud

ty :)

8:28 am

hego

and ty for the clue

8:28 am

grant

Ohhh thanks rbud

8:28 am

herinfernallady

How are you all?

8:29 am

rbud

yvw, hi, herin, trying to keep warm

8:30 am

herinfernallady

Trying to cool off here

8:31 am

rbud

trade? ;p

8:31 am

hego

Oh, my

8:31 am

Gail

This is a great grid. Just walked the dog in 10 above zero temps.

8:31 am

Boobear

ty Annie. I finally got it

8:32 am

rbud

just put my little dog out on her cable with her little coat on, she was back soooo fast, yipping about her cold feet, poor baby.

8:32 am

Anniebrook

youre welcome, boo. anyone want coffee?

8:32 am

hego

yes, please

8:32 am

rbud

I'll take a refill, Annie, ty!

8:33 am

Boobear

I have extra here. I will send breakfast with it

8:33 am

Anniebrook

*pours coffee for hego and puts out cream and sugar*

8:33 am

Aloyisius

ty, Annie.. I could use a cup. Hi Babblers!

8:33 am

Gail

I have donuts and apple fritters to go with the coffee. Me, me, I want coffee!

8:33 am

hego

(((Aloy)))

8:33 am

Anniebrook

*pours coffee for Aloy and rbud too*---enjoy!

8:34 am

inge

pe

8:34 am

rbud

hiya, Aloy! hi, Gail! (mmmm, donuts!)

8:34 am

Gail

Quid tries to walk without his feet touching the snow.

8:34 am

hego

Welcome back to the ice age

8:34 am

Anniebrook

*pours coffee for Gail and takes a donut and a fritter* yun!

8:34 am

Anniebrook

and Yum!

8:34 am

hego

:-)

8:35 am

Gail

Cinnamon rolls, too. I went shopping last night when I was hungry and I have house guests., too.

8:35 am

Aloyisius

a Babble Breakfast, hurray

8:35 am

Boobear

wow you have a full house

8:35 am

PinnyPoppins

wowsers - i must be getting good at babble - i just got all the an words in one go!

8:36 am

Aloyisius

wtg, Pinny

8:36 am

herinfernallady

I think the puppy needs water proof snow boots

8:36 am

Anniebrook

good for you, pinny

8:37 am

Gail

You get an extra donut for that.

8:37 am

PinnyPoppins

am unnecessarily proud of self

8:38 am

hego

not unnecessary, Pinny

8:38 am

Anniebrook

as you should be

8:38 am

Gail

Yeah, his paws haven't toughened up yet, poor guy. He slept on the couch with me last night, we were very, very cozy.

8:38 am

Aloyisius

aww, what kind of puppy?

8:39 am

herinfernallady

I am seriously thinking of pulling an all nighter

8:40 am

Gail

I have a border collie, rbud has the puppy.

8:40 am

herinfernallady

Gail: http://tinyurl.com/ydqzf27 doggy poities

8:40 am

herinfernallady

booties (sorry its 140am here)

8:41 am

hego

Go to sleep herin

8:41 am

Aloyisius

phantom: upset

8:41 am

Gail

Those are great and I think he would wear them. He is very obliging. He's fine until it gets close to zero, otherwise he loves the snow. He dives into the snowbanks and eats them.

8:42 am

hego

anybody have the bottom s?

8:43 am

hego

oles

8:43 am

hego

OOps!!!

8:43 am

ladycece920

they are both se4

8:44 am

Aloyisius

hego, what the mailman did with the letter and what you do to the table before you sit down to eat

8:44 am

Gail

I'll leave a donut in the PB for you.

8:44 am

Christine

se4/4x2

8:44 am

hego

ty lady

8:44 am

Christine

0oops, too late

8:44 am

ladycece920

yw

8:45 am

hego

ty too Chris

8:45 am

hego

So easy, I must not be awake yet. Slugs more coffee

8:46 am

Aloyisius

.. and someone drank mine .. brb, time for a refill

8:46 am

hego

Aloy, are you adjusting to the change of climate?

8:47 am

hego

oops missed her, dang!

8:47 am

herinfernallady

Hego we have music videos here on tonight and its 80's night

8:47 am

hego

Sounds like fun, herin

8:48 am

herinfernallady

It is

8:48 am

herinfernallady

I had a nap all day today as it was too hot

8:48 am

hego

okay, whoever did this grid definitely spoke Yiddish.

8:49 am

hego

Fun to stay up in the summer

8:49 am

herinfernallady

Hego http://tinyurl.com/ye4lps9 this is what I am watching. Countdown was HUGE in the 80's it was a music show. Pre MTV

8:51 am

Aloyisius

Hi hego.. back.. really don't like this COLD ! AZ beat out Fla. for holiday climate, that's for sure! Record cold predicted for the next two days here in SW Fla.. brrr

8:51 am

hego

kewl

8:52 am

rbud

have some friends who just flew to Fla. for a long-planned vacation, poor folks!

8:52 am

hurshy

and how cold is this record cold going to be?

8:52 am

hego

Still better than up here Aloy

8:52 am

herinfernallady

Yep. I love it. I slept most of the day as it was too hot.

8:52 am

Aloyisius

hi hurshy... former record for Ft. Myers was 32, below that predicted

8:53 am

hego

WOW!

8:53 am

hurshy

i have et8 and su8 - can anyone point me to other 8's and the 9's?

8:53 am

Aloyisius

rbud, I feel bad for your friends.. but if they are staying into next week, it will be better (hopefully)

8:53 am

rbud

oh, and just checked out the dog boots, nice! Wonder if they have them slightly larger than my thumb, like my dog's feet?

8:54 am

Aloyisius

you're way ahead of me, hurshy

8:54 am

Anniebrook

there is an 7 and an 8 and an9

8:54 am

herinfernallady

Hi Hurshy too and anyone else I missed

8:54 am

Aloyisius

tyvm, Annie!

8:54 am

Anniebrook

an 8 x2

8:54 am

hurshy

i tried anthole but then remembered it is anthill.

8:55 am

Aloyisius

hi herin (-:

8:55 am

hurshy

so are they an4 prefix ?

8:55 am

Anniebrook

With Enable you never know

8:55 am

herinfernallady

RBud that was just a random site I found google Waterproof Snow boots for dogs

8:55 am

Aloyisius

just add a common vowel in the middle, hurshy

8:55 am

Anniebrook

no

8:55 am

Aloyisius

well, before the t ..

8:56 am

Anniebrook

yes

8:56 am

Gail

Quid has big feet, all the better for smacking me with.

8:56 am

jmcnrick

hi all

8:56 am

hurshy

ah thanks. so are the 7 and the other 8 related to those, or different?

8:56 am

hego

Hi jmc

8:56 am

Aloyisius

hi jmc!

8:56 am

rbud

hiya, jmc!

8:56 am

jmcnrick

does my Richard M Nixon icon show?

8:56 am

Gail

There's donuts and coffee!

8:57 am

jmcnrick

just coffee thanks!

8:57 am

Aloyisius

very much related, hurshy... put the common vowel on the end this time

8:57 am

periwinkle

morning all, not seeing any of the big words even with hints :(

8:57 am

Anniebrook

hello peri and jmc

8:57 am

Aloyisius

morning, peri

8:57 am

hego

I don't see it jmc

8:57 am

herinfernallady

I really should go to bed

8:57 am

Aloyisius

have another cuppa, peri

8:58 am

rbud

yep, jmc, I see Tricky Dick.

8:58 am

hurshy

but that's where i had it, lol

8:58 am

Aloyisius

true, hurshy, lol!

8:58 am

herinfernallady

or have a donut (I don't even really like them)

8:59 am

hurshy

ohhh i would LOVE a donut right now

8:59 am

hego

refreshed jmc, now I see him

8:59 am

periwinkle

found the et8, thanks

8:59 am

jmcnrick

it's his birthday today so i suggested the icon theme

8:59 am

periwinkle

help with su8 pls

9:00 am

jmcnrick

i figured if i suggested it i should have it for an icon

9:00 am

hurshy

jmc is givin' it away, peri

9:00 am

Aloyisius

yup, check jmc's post

9:00 am

hurshy

so, alo, could you clarify about that an7/8?

9:00 am

periwinkle

so she is, wass not paying attention, ty, hursh

9:01 am

jmcnrick

ooops pb for me right out of the box

9:01 am

Aloyisius

ok.. start with your original word, include the common vowel before the t.. voila, then pl

9:01 am

crosshair

someone said donuts..........

9:01 am

jmcnrick

hey crossy

9:01 am

hego

Crossy!

9:01 am

Aloyisius

howdy crosshair

9:02 am

crosshair

at your service ladies;))

9:02 am

Anniebrook

hi crossy

9:02 am

hurshy

oh, leave the vowel OFF, is what you meant

9:02 am

Gail

Crullers, apple fritters and cinnamon buns Help yourself before the family wakes up.

9:02 am

hego

Crossy ty again for the free book site

9:02 am

hurshy

ahhhh everyone has yummy virtual food and i need real food

9:02 am

Aloyisius

no, for the an8 and 9, keep the vowel IN

9:02 am

crosshair

no hego

9:02 am

hego

Yum Gail

9:03 am

crosshair

there are others,but i cannot think of them right now

9:03 am

crosshair

np that is

9:03 am

72 Temple Owl

hello all

9:03 am

hego

no what?

9:03 am

hego

Oh

9:03 am

Gail

What free book site?

9:03 am

jmcnrick

but virtual food has so few calories

9:03 am

hego

Hi TO

9:03 am

hurshy

yes but i got the an8 and 9 first and then i was going back, and you said to put the vowel on the end. for the 7 and the other 8 i had to take the vowel OFF the end.

9:03 am

Anniebrook

Hi Owl!

9:03 am

hego

free electornic books

9:04 am

Anniebrook

For one an8 put the common vowel on the end----for the other an8 leave the vowel off and plural the word

9:04 am

Aloyisius

hi there, TO

9:05 am

crosshair

hego,does your reader do audio books?

9:05 am

72 Temple Owl

hello. i see antelope

9:05 am

hurshy

anyhoo... does anyone have the other 9?

9:05 am

hego

yes, it does cross

9:05 am

Aloyisius

oh, didn't realize you had the 8/9 first

9:05 am

Gail

I download free books on my iPod frmo Librivox and from my local library to listen to.

9:05 am

jmcnrick

out your window TO?

9:05 am

crosshair

here you go then hego... http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/brows
e/Fiction/Historical

9:06 am

72 Temple Owl

no. it is as close to an an 8 as i see

9:06 am

Gail

I have tried antelope about ten times. And hopeless

9:06 am

Anniebrook

pe8---ordinary picnic pest and a **** in one (golf)

9:06 am

beachboggle

hi everybody!

9:06 am

hurshy

the an's aren't normal words TO

9:07 am

Anniebrook

hi beach

9:07 am

periwinkle

ty Annie

9:07 am

Aloyisius

oops, pb for
Annie

9:07 am

hurshy

but an7 is anagram of et7 which is a common chemical

9:07 am

Aloyisius

yes, commonly found in liquor

9:08 am

Anniebrook

Aloy, I'm on my way

9:08 am

hurshy

lol @ annie, and thanks

9:08 am

crosshair

ahh corn fuel

9:08 am

72 Temple Owl

i am totally lost - annie's clugin pe 8 with pe + picnic pe4?

9:08 am

hurshy

it's just pe4 + ho4

9:09 am

Aloyisius

.. but tyvm for your clue, Annie

9:09 am

hurshy

no an4 involved in the pe8 :)

9:09 am

hego

thanks again Mr Crossy

9:09 am

herinfernallady

i am confused

9:09 am

crosshair

np;))

9:10 am

Anniebrook

youre all welcome as I sit in the PB eating all the donuts.

9:10 am

72 Temple Owl

ok i am going. thank you for the greetings but i have been on two days and given the cvold shoulder by and by. i am preferringlurk mode at present

9:10 am

herinfernallady

i am eating pop corn

9:10 am

Gail

Oh, that looks like a good site. I have always like Librivox, they keep adding books, too.

9:10 am

72 Temple Owl

but did want to come out and greet folks

9:10 am

Aloyisius

group hug for TO !

9:10 am

herinfernallady

TO I do care. I was getting pain killers and popcorn

9:10 am

Anniebrook

OWL! I would never give you the cold shoulder. I say Hi.

9:10 am

Boobear

clue for ge 7 pls

9:11 am

Anniebrook

*said

9:11 am

jmcnrick

TO!

9:11 am

crosshair

though hego,i wish you would of got the barnes and noble nook or a sony ready instead then i chould of hooked you up with tons of books in pfd format:(

9:12 am

Anniebrook

ge7 is past tense of ge 5/16

9:12 am

jmcnrick

i will remember that crossy since that is on my list -- to buy a sony reader

9:12 am

Aloyisius

g + pt of an old gas company

9:13 am

crosshair

or the b+n nook jmc

9:13 am

hego

my stepson did a lot of online research to find the right one for me, Crossy. I need to be able to travel with it.

9:13 am

Anniebrook

wrong clue, sorry

9:13 am

crosshair

both support pfd as well as the libraries e-pub formatt

9:13 am

Anniebrook

Thanks Aloy

9:14 am

crosshair

as you are in the states im sure it will be fine for you hego

9:14 am

jmcnrick

you were touting the sony before -- have you switched your loyalties crossy

9:14 am

Aloyisius

brb, ding dong phone..

9:14 am

crosshair

no,i have not jmc,the nook is a new player but it does have the file formatt support

9:14 am

hego

No, I travel internationally. to Europe mostly.

9:15 am

hego

I have to go, thanks Crossy and all.

9:15 am

Boobear

ty

9:15 am

herinfernallady

TO you get back here I need to give you a hug

9:15 am

jmcnrick

bye hego

9:15 am

crosshair

ill dig around and hook you up with good sites anyways hego,the kindle does have its good points as well

9:15 am

crosshair

tc hego

9:16 am

jmcnrick

i thought if i got a sony i could download a bunch of books and then travel with them anywhere (including Africa where I expect to travel this summer)

9:17 am

jmcnrick

did i misunderstand something?

9:17 am

welki

hi folks .. just poppin

9:17 am

crosshair

indeed jmc..i have about 100 books on the wifes reader atm

9:17 am

jmcnrick

hi welki

9:17 am

jmcnrick

okay that is enough books for me at any given time lol!

9:18 am

crosshair

the internal card can hold 350

9:18 am

welki

sheesh .. poppin' in to ask, if you see harryhood, ask him to check the email associated with his babble account .. heard he's been gifted with a pro account and he's not been around to upgrade

9:18 am

72 Temple Owl

hello welk

9:18 am

jmcnrick

will do welki

9:19 am

welki

thanks .. (hi owl, everyone)

9:19 am

herinfernallady

TO see HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSS. I am actually here paying attention

9:19 am

jmcnrick

are you back TO?

9:19 am

crosshair

ill be getting one for myself this month as well jmc;))

9:19 am

72 Temple Owl

until my washer stops

9:20 am

jmcnrick

goody can we email books back and forth?

9:20 am

crosshair

we can,i sent my brother in costa rica a pile of books through msn messanger

9:21 am

jmcnrick

i can hardly wait (but wait i must until some money rolls in)

9:21 am

herinfernallady

What is this thing you talk off money

9:21 am

jmcnrick

help with the top e words please

9:21 am

crosshair

get the 6 inch touch screen modle,that way your not having to fart around with tiny buttons

9:22 am

jmcnrick

herin I just learned about it -- it is a mode of storing an an ability to get food and stuff

9:22 am

rumplestiltskin

help on the an9/60 and an8/65 following please

9:22 am

jmcnrick

very cool

9:22 am

harpjane

hello

9:22 am

72 Temple Owl

intersting stuff. thank you for sharing, crosshair,

9:22 am

jmcnrick

hi rumple and harp

9:22 am

crosshair

np T.O

9:23 am

rumplestiltskin

Hello harpjane, been playing lately?

9:23 am

72 Temple Owl

hello harp. hello rump.

9:23 am

jmcnrick

i will check with you before i buy crossy

9:23 am

crosshair

i researched theese things for a year T.O so i know what makes the top 3 players tic

9:23 am

harpjane

not too much since Christmas rump

9:23 am

herinfernallady

HEllo Harp and Rump. I am stuffing popcorn into my trap

9:23 am

Anniebrook

Owl, I hope the cartoon in your profile.

9:23 am

jmcnrick

rumple i have seen clues but i didn't understand them well enough to even repeat them

9:24 am

jmcnrick

pb annie

9:24 am

Dorens

hi all

9:24 am

jmcnrick

hi dorens

9:24 am

Anniebrook

Owl, LOL ..I meant love

9:24 am

Aloyisius

hi Dorens!

9:24 am

Anniebrook

jmc, I know...off I go. Hi Dorens

9:25 am

jmcnrick

i am happy to put another persons' research to work

9:25 am

72 Temple Owl

hi doren

9:26 am

72 Temple Owl

an8 begins with the whole pe4?

9:26 am

Dorens

i just came in from the gym.. it is so nice to be back at exercise classes.. pilates and such. i shouldn't be here though. i'm having ten people for a luncheon tomorrow so i should be making lists, shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc etc

9:26 am

crosshair

lol i had to the wifes model ended up costing me $459.00 after taxes!!

9:26 am

jmcnrick

no one had the E words from the top two Es?

9:26 am

72 Temple Owl

got it!

9:26 am

Dorens

plural of a letter es 5/10

9:26 am

herinfernallady

yah TO

9:27 am

Dorens

e + negative or ***itive

9:27 am

jmcnrick

ty dorens i tried the letter but not the pl

9:27 am

72 Temple Owl

yay doren! i cannot wait to get back to gym. but looks like i will have to wait at least another week.

9:27 am

Dorens

aand pllural of that

9:27 am

Aloyisius

e + it is ***sible to clue one of the right e's

9:27 am

Dorens

why owl?

9:28 am

jmcnrick

ty dorens and aloy I now have nbt

9:28 am

72 Temple Owl

beacuse i am testing againnexdt week.

9:28 am

72 Temple Owl

supposed to be there now

9:28 am

Aloyisius

yw, jmc

9:28 am

jmcnrick

TO you are always working!

9:28 am

Dorens

okay either i'm out of the loop or forgetful. testing what?

9:29 am

72 Temple Owl

pretty much.

9:29 am

72 Temple Owl

i am living out of a suitcase again

9:30 am

herinfernallady

TO you working?

9:30 am

72 Temple Owl

not at the moment

9:32 am

herinfernallady

Ok. I thought that you were when you said suitcase meaning in my mind hotel = work

9:33 am

jmcnrick

pb dorens

9:33 am

72 Temple Owl

testing new it system .

9:33 am

herinfernallady

o ok

9:33 am

herinfernallady

Poos is a word. Ask Nutty

9:34 am

jmcnrick

i thought the pl of poo was poo

9:34 am

Anniebrook

Where is Nutty?

9:34 am

Dorens

yikes-- didn't see it

9:35 am

herinfernallady

Knowing Nutty busy with work

9:35 am

jmcnrick

i just found it myself dorens

9:35 am

welki

i heard two phrases yesterday .. poo reminded me. One: "You can't shine a turd."

9:35 am

jmcnrick

lol a deep thought there welki

9:35 am

welki

Two: "So strapped for cash that I can't afford to pay attention"

9:36 am

72 Temple Owl

gee that phrase was used at my test table yesterday. "polish" not shine

9:36 am

Aloyisius

lol... but you could laminate it, tho who would want to?

9:36 am

jmcnrick

*imagining a Marine spit and polishing a turd*

9:36 am

Aloyisius

laminated cow dung..

9:36 am

Erda

help on the an7,32 please?

9:36 am

rumplestiltskin

Changed my icon, Harpjane. Still need an9/60 followed by an845

9:37 am

72 Temple Owl

well aloy - there was a factory i texas that did so and made goofy birds out of them. i have seen them. used cow stuff

9:37 am

Aloyisius

interesting, TO.. (-:

9:37 am

jmcnrick

cow chips

9:37 am

Gail

I know a lady who lived in Africa and the floors of the huts were made of polished cow dung.

9:37 am

72 Temple Owl

not chips. chips are flat

9:37 am

jmcnrick

its the ladylike term

9:38 am

Aloyisius

well, see... a use for everything!

9:38 am

jmcnrick

some one should tell ch1212 for her next book!

9:38 am

Anniebrook

an8 and an9 ----an + vowel + Jupiter and Juno are part of my****ogy and same vowel and plural

9:38 am

72 Temple Owl

my boss was enamored of them for some bizarre reason.

9:38 am

Gail

She said the floors were immaculate and shiny.

9:39 am

welki

chips, plops, cowpatties, prairie muffin ...

9:39 am

Aloyisius

amazing.. trying to picture those floors

9:39 am

jmcnrick

i just figured out the pe 8/9!

9:39 am

Anniebrook

Well there is a use for everything

9:40 am

72 Temple Owl

a + mesh +gaps or opening

9:40 am

Anniebrook

Owl, better clue than mine

9:40 am

Gail

They plastered the house together with the dung, she said.

9:40 am

72 Temple Owl

wash needs tending

9:40 am

jmcnrick

ty annie your an8/9 clue for dummies worked for me!

9:40 am

rumplestiltskin

72 temple owl, I have that one. need the 9 and 8 after that

9:41 am

jmcnrick

pl it for the 9 rumple

9:41 am

herinfernallady

I ahve heard that cow poo is rather good

9:41 am

Anniebrook

youre welcome

9:41 am

Erda

Thanks to all who helped!!!

9:41 am

jmcnrick

rather good for what? *worried look*

9:41 am

Boobear

clue for the first ge 4/6

9:42 am

Anniebrook

YAY for Erda..

9:42 am

harpjane

it's not good in soup, infernal!

9:42 am

herinfernallady

Heating building houses telling your spouse you love them in it

9:42 am

rumplestiltskin

anethole

9:42 am

jmcnrick

whoo hooo erda

9:42 am

herinfernallady

ewww Harp

9:42 am

rumplestiltskin

sorry, forgot to change boxes

9:42 am

Boobear

pb for you

9:42 am

jmcnrick

lol now add an s rumple

9:42 am

Anniebrook

rumple >>>>>>>>>off you go!

9:43 am

jmcnrick

did you try it harp? *more worried look*

9:43 am

herinfernallady

Thanks Rumple couldn't be bothered thinking

9:44 am

rumplestiltskin

still need the an8/45 after the 9/60

9:44 am

harpjane

lol jmc, i guess I don't really know for sure!

9:44 am

meliae

hahaha Herin I was thinking the same thing

9:44 am

Anniebrook

an + vowel, + pit in the grounds, leave off last vowel and plural

9:44 am

jmcnrick

whew! *relieved look*

9:44 am

Anniebrook

*ground

9:45 am

herinfernallady

Mel its too late for thinking

9:46 am

jmcnrick

rats I have to go get ready for a meeting :-(

9:46 am

meliae

too early to think here just sat down with my tea and trying to pry my eyes open, this strep throat is really draining me

9:46 am

jmcnrick

bbl i ho4!

9:46 am

Aloyisius

Ne7 makes the very best chocolate

9:46 am

jmcnrick

*leaves Vitamin C tablets for mel*

9:46 am

Aloyisius

.. or so the jingle goes

9:46 am

jmcnrick

*poof*

9:47 am

meliae

cyas Jmc

9:47 am

Aloyisius

bye, jmc!

9:47 am

Anniebrook

bye j mc

9:47 am

meliae

today is day 3 of the antibiotics so hopefully should start feeling better soon

9:47 am

herinfernallady

MEl eat lost of yoghurt too.

9:48 am

meliae

I just had a cup full! it soothes my throat and good to eat when you take antibiotics if you know what I mean ~giggle~

9:49 am

Boobear

I hope you feel better soon, meliae

9:49 am

Alleyn58

30 left but hint pl for et7,32 and the 8

9:49 am

meliae

thank you boo I dont think I have had strep for like 30 years not since my kids were babies lol

9:49 am

Dorens

jus had phone call from son and Phoebe. She had cheddar cheese on english muffin and thought it was very good, and she remembered it was what I like so she wanted to tell me about it

9:50 am

Boobear

I had it once and I know how you feel

9:50 am

Aloyisius

it is the main ingredient in liquor, et7

9:50 am

meliae

oh thats sweet Doren =)

9:50 am

Dorens

oh, feel better mel

9:51 am

meliae

that funny about that clue I must think I need a drink it was one of the first words I spotted in the grid

9:51 am

Aloyisius

nice, Dorens!

9:51 am

rururocks

or gasoline

9:51 am

meliae

hiyas Ruru you lurker!

9:51 am

Aloyisius

hi ruru!

9:51 am

Alleyn58

Aloy - thank you so much

9:51 am

Dorens

hey ruru.

9:52 am

Aloyisius

yvw, Alleyn

9:52 am

Aloyisius

need to find three more to "earn" the list..

9:53 am

Dorens

hey ruru... looking to rent a big place in napa or sonoma the last week in august. most places seem to go for a month only. you know of anything?

9:53 am

Kaplan the Magne

I have 21 left with Lickety's help but I have to come back later so i GET SOMETHING DONE TODAY

9:53 am

rururocks

I could find out if there are other options for you.
I know a lot of real estate people.

9:54 am

rururocks

It will be really hot here then as a fyi

9:54 am

rururocks

I will be happy to ask my real estate friends for ideas

9:54 am

Dorens

thanks. it needs to have a pool! (and still be kid friendly)

9:55 am

rururocks

okay..

9:55 am

herinfernallady

Ru that pup is damn cute

9:55 am

Dorens

oh my goodness look at y our puppy!!!

9:56 am

rururocks

he is a lot bigger now though

9:56 am

Dorens

so ruru are you on facebook so we can discuss later on without involving the whole chog?

9:56 am

rururocks

no I am not.. but I can get you my email address

9:57 am

Dorens

that would be great thanks

9:57 am

Aloyisius

phantom: apostle

9:58 am

meliae

no clues yet but is the gu 5/16 6/27 a combo?

9:58 am

herinfernallady

I love there smmmmmmmmmmmoshed faces

9:58 am

herinfernallady

their not there

9:58 am

rururocks

lol..he has a really smooshy one too

10:00 am

herinfernallady

I am going to step away from amazon before i spend all my invisible money.

10:01 am

lizmac

Hi, has anyone got the AP7 yet? May I have a clue, please?

10:01 am

Aloyisius

sorry, don't have them yet, meliae

10:02 am

Aloyisius

need some brain food, brb

10:02 am

meliae

I just found them and they are =)

10:02 am

Aloyisius

ok, ty meliae

10:02 am

Anniebrook

ap + consonant and plural of a letter in the grid

10:02 am

meliae

company is gu***** get out the good towels!

10:03 am

rururocks

seems to me if a cat climbs all over you you have been "pussed"...darn enable

10:03 am

Aloyisius

oh for heaven's sakes! great clue, ty meliae

10:03 am

meliae

it was one of doh! moments after I looked for it for 5 minutes lol

10:03 am

meliae

ahahaha Ruru I agree

10:03 am

Aloyisius

was looking in the wrong direction, per usual

10:03 am

lizmac

TYVM

10:04 am

meliae

I was too just knew it went up

10:04 am

Anniebrook

youre welcome, liz

10:04 am

bojazz

thx meliae

10:05 am

Boobear

clue for the second ha 5

10:05 am

rururocks

bbl..

10:05 am

meliae

okies Ruru

10:05 am

BabbleRabble

ha + spanish cheer

10:05 am

Dorens

all the birds just flew away from the birdfeeder and I didn't know why. A few seconds later a gorgeous red tailed hawk showed up!!!

10:06 am

meliae

oooo how pretty but scary for the song birds they came to the smorgasbord and so did he!

10:06 am

Anniebrook

going to save the last 20 for later, bye dear babblers

10:07 am

bojazz

thx BR

10:07 am

Aloyisius

bye,
a

10:07 am

BabbleRabble

be well, Annie

10:07 am

Dorens

hi babrab. happy new year if i haven't already said so. later dear annie!

10:07 am

meliae

have a good day Annie

10:07 am

Atalante

*flop*

10:07 am

Aloyisius

annie.. and hi there, BR

10:08 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, Dorens

10:08 am

herinfernallady

by Annie.

10:08 am

herinfernallady

ATA

10:08 am

Aloyisius

the volcano has been hiding from me!

10:08 am

BabbleRabble

Pax, Aloyisius

10:08 am

Atalante

BORED of snow

10:09 am

Aloyisius

was thinking of you, BR, as the national weather was on.. how cold is it in your neighborhood?

10:09 am

meliae

O words are killing me here

10:09 am

Dorens

hi ata... how have you been faring with it?

10:10 am

Atalante

getting cabin fever :)

10:10 am

72 Temple Owl

hi ata. heard 10 in in some places

10:10 am

BabbleRabble

-15 °F (-26 °C)
Wind Chill: -35 °F (-37 °C)

10:10 am

Atalante

it's snowwed continuously for about 3 days now

10:11 am

herinfernallady

brrrrrrrrrrr Ata

10:11 am

Aloyisius

wowzer, BR!

10:11 am

Dorens

hard to take hobbit for long walks now?

10:11 am

72 Temple Owl

you do not have the equipment to deal with this

10:11 am

bojazz

how about some HOT cocoa for BR

10:11 am

Dorens

babrab, are you staying warm?

10:11 am

Atalante

very hard! she canjust about get into the garden adn that;s it

10:11 am

Aloyisius

yes, hot cocoa and a "snuggly" wrap

10:12 am

BabbleRabble

yep, but had to put on a jacket

10:12 am

bojazz

lectric one

10:12 am

Aloyisius

lol, BR! at what temp do you put on mittens and a hat?

10:13 am

meliae

afk a few time to choke down more antibiotics, why in the hell when you have a sore throat do they give you pills the size of footballs? lol

10:14 am

Aloyisius

groan, the caucasians were hiding from me too, ha5/6 combo

10:14 am

herinfernallady

MEl it could be worse.

10:15 am

herinfernallady

I think that BabRab may have had his hammock frozen

10:15 am

rumplestiltskin

Fireworks for me, thanks to all the help, not to mention my boo-boos.

10:15 am

Aloyisius

yay for rumple, congrats!!!

10:16 am

BabbleRabble

congrats, rumplestiltskin

10:16 am

bojazz

congrats rumple!!

10:16 am

Aloyisius

nope, I'll bet BabRab has a heated hammock

10:17 am

Gail

meliae - I looked at your pictures! I love dollhouses and miniatures!

10:18 am

Aloyisius

hoho is not a word!

10:19 am

bojazz

maybe siamese ho's?

10:19 am

herinfernallady

Yah Rumple.

10:19 am

herinfernallady

Ata were it is so warm here I ahve turned into a vampire again

10:19 am

Aloyisius

santa laughter, hoho

10:19 am

72 Temple Owl

mix it up, aloy

10:20 am

Aloyisius

ohoh no good either

10:20 am

72 Temple Owl

well not literally

10:21 am

BabbleRabble

phantom: a la belle étoile

10:21 am

Aloyisius

lol.. as she tries hooh

10:21 am

Aloyisius

lovely phantom, BR..

10:21 am

72 Temple Owl

:D

10:22 am

meliae

thank you gail do you make miniatures?

10:22 am

meliae

ok there is no way there are 32 P words off that top p in my grid!

10:22 am

Gail

I used to. I have my duaghter's dollhouse we made for her. My father in law built it and we decorated it.

10:23 am

meliae

you should get back into it, it is so much fun and relaxing

10:23 am

Gail

My father in law built a tudur manor, perfectly to scale, complete with suits of armor and tapestries.

10:24 am

meliae

oh how wonderful! I am working on 3 houses right now, a victorian mansion, an 1800's farmhouse and a beach cottage

10:24 am

zoe_girl

morning babble friends, help with an7,32 please

10:24 am

Gail

It is fun, we laid hardwood floors, slate floors in the entry hall, real light fixtures, a fireplace and real linoleum in the kitchent and bath.

10:25 am

meliae

a+what you capture butterflies with + a pit in the ground

10:25 am

72 Temple Owl

the last column e is perplexing

10:26 am

rubyfoo

hello everybody

10:26 am

meliae

you can see some of the stuff I am working on here if you would like to look:

10:26 am

Aloyisius

hi rubyfoo, brb..

10:26 am

meliae

oops http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/for
um/index.php?autocom=gallery&req=si&im
g=37344

10:26 am

rubyfoo

yay, atalante got my real ruby up there as my icon!~

10:26 am

meliae

I have 4/6 there TO still looking

10:27 am

72 Temple Owl

hello rub

10:27 am

BabbleRabble

Nice icon, ruby

10:27 am

rubyfoo

hello owl

10:27 am

rubyfoo

nice do,g too!

10:27 am

zoe_girl

does the 8 go with the 7 and 9?

10:27 am

Gail

Oooh, great website. We got many of our things from the Enchanted Dollhouse, here in Vermont. Now they are gone.

10:28 am

Atalante

hi ruby! we got there eventually!

10:28 am

72 Temple Owl

i also have 4/6 mel

10:28 am

meliae

got the last 2 from that E TO did you get all yours?

10:29 am

rubyfoo

too funny but many many thanks for your patience! Now my girl will be famous

10:29 am

meliae

4 et and 2 en from there TO

10:30 am

72 Temple Owl

seems i am missing et

10:30 am

Atalante

no worries! and no idea why, but that picture worked and the first one you sent didn't. so I just stuck with the one that worked, and it's a gorgeous pic!

10:30 am

herinfernallady

Ata I love your puppies ears and Ruby terribly cute pup

10:30 am

rubyfoo

but doesn't she look just like bella?

10:30 am

meliae

et 7, 8, 4, 4

10:31 am

Atalante

she does!

10:31 am

72 Temple Owl

ty missing 7/8

10:31 am

meliae

you want the values?

10:31 am

Atalante

I have to admit to never liking chows - until I met Bella, adn instantly fell in love

10:31 am

meliae

gasoline perhaps?

10:31 am

72 Temple Owl

ata is that your dog in icon?

10:32 am

herinfernallady

My friend had a part chow. He was a Buddha dog. I swear he would never move.

10:32 am

rubyfoo

they are def my favorites, like very large cats, independent but affectionate. We've had 5 over the years. Our black boy, Max, sleeps most of the time.

10:32 am

Atalante

I've *just* changed it to Hobbit - before it was Ruby's dog

10:32 am

meliae

I guess gasoline substitute would be a better clue

10:33 am

Atalante

funny, friend said Bella was just like a large cat yesterday!

10:33 am

72 Temple Owl

ty mel

10:33 am

rubyfoo

how much does she weigh? Ruby is about 75 lbs.

10:33 am

meliae

you're welcome

10:34 am

Atalante

I don't know, I'd say maybe a bit lighter, but not much. She's certainly a good bit heavier than Hobbit and Hobbit is 40lb

10:34 am

herinfernallady

I am not a dog person. But i love how cute they are

10:35 am

72 Temple Owl

ata does hobbit like the snow?

10:35 am

Atalante

I never used to be, till I had Hobbit

10:35 am

meliae

oh what the crud kind of word is this, I will clue it, HA 6/7 combo rhymes with the shelf over your fireplace

10:35 am

rubyfoo

I never was until I got my first chow chow, Rosie

10:36 am

Atalante

she likes it this year. last year she refused to go out in it at all! talking of the brat ... I should go and brush a bit of the garden so she can poo - one thing she simply refuses to do is get her bum cold!

10:36 am

herinfernallady

I am a cat person. Also Ata play the snowball tossing game with the dog

10:37 am

rubyfoo

too funny, mel, but thanks for the weird word

10:37 am

Atalante

brb!

10:37 am

zoe_girl

pu 5 plz

10:37 am

herinfernallady

Ruby Chow dogs remind me of teddy bears

10:38 am

rubyfoo

like a cross between real bears and lionesses

10:38 am

herinfernallady

Gizmo was a teddy. He was a great dog

10:39 am

zoe_girl

nm got it

10:39 am

rubyfoo

hint zoe?

10:40 am

ChrissieDee

Ata - I've just come in from brushing a bit of the garden for the same reason - made me feel better to know I'm not the only daft one in the room, lol

10:40 am

zoe_girl

pu+last 3 of pu 6,24

10:41 am

meliae

hahahaha just got the pe 8/9 combo it is a compound word

10:42 am

rubyfoo

I have two pu/6, neither one worth 24! duh for me

10:42 am

tijani

an7/32 please

10:43 am

rubyfoo

dinner, back after

10:43 am

meliae

a + what you catch butterflies with +pit in the ground

10:43 am

meliae

remove the last vowel for the 7 I clued the 8

10:44 am

tijani

thx

10:45 am

meliae

you're welcome

10:45 am

rururocks

#2 ge 5/14?

10:46 am

Kaplan the Magne

I have 14 left. I am missing most of the ha's- I only have the two that invclude picnic pests

10:46 am

Aloyisius

g + old timey gas company

10:46 am

Aloyisius

then pt it

10:47 am

meliae

used by painters ruru as a medium

10:47 am

Aloyisius

ha + bullfighter cheer

10:47 am

Aloyisius

and pl that one too

10:47 am

Kaplan the Magne

Thank you!

10:47 am

aslindy

hello all

10:47 am

meliae

and then past tense for the 7 ruru

10:47 am

Aloyisius

hi aslindy

10:48 am

Kaplan the Magne

one more ha6 and an ha7?

10:49 am

Aloyisius

h + the buck had big *****rs on his head

10:49 am

Atalante

COLD

10:50 am

meliae

ha 6/7 rhyme with the shelf over your fireplace

10:50 am

aslindy

It is 12 degrees F here... how about where you are?

10:50 am

Kaplan the Magne

ap7?

10:50 am

BabbleRabble

today's grid was enigmatic in a curious way

10:51 am

Aloyisius

indubitably, BR

10:51 am

Atalante

probably about -5C, but with windchill from hell

10:52 am

meliae

did you finish BR?

10:52 am

BabbleRabble

ap + plural masters writings: t*****

10:52 am

Kaplan the Magne

Windchill- wan't he a famous gossip columnist? Walt?

10:52 am

Atalante

I'm about 2 miles from the North Sea, and the wind is coming straight from SIberia, literally

10:53 am

aslindy

ok, my widget says 12 F = -11 C.

10:53 am

aslindy

I don't know what the wind chill is... just cold

10:53 am

Aloyisius

37 degrees here with rain

10:53 am

Atalante

yes, I'm just going for bloody cold

10:55 am

herinfernallady

I must go to bed goodnight all

10:55 am

Kaplan the Magne

Got it thanks

10:55 am

meliae

se 5/16 please?

10:55 am

Kaplan the Magne

Walter Windchill. Anybody?

10:55 am

tijani

el5/12 please

10:55 am

BabbleRabble

Only 69 more days until spring in the northern hemisphere

10:56 am

oodleberry

it is a transition meliae

10:56 am

rururocks

to go away and get married tij

10:56 am

redshoes

snowing in the south! has been flurrying for three days

10:56 am

Aloyisius

se + take a ***ss as to the answer, your ***ss is as good as mine

10:56 am

aslindy

I'll keep that in mind, BR

10:56 am

Kaplan the Magne

se5/16, when one topic leads into another...to se***from this topic to the next...french style endiong

10:56 am

ChrissieDee

ty BR, we needed that

10:56 am

meliae

ahhh ty very much

10:56 am

Aloyisius

hi red.. this weather should be illegal in the Sunshine State

10:56 am

oodleberry

run away and marry tijani

10:56 am

tijani

thx ruru

10:57 am

aslindy

Kaplan, I thought it was Winchel... also invented winchel wipers.... =D

10:57 am

aslindy

it works better said out loud

10:57 am

redshoes

aslindy, I bet you'd be great at the game MadGab.

10:57 am

Kaplan the Magne

At least you were paying attention

10:57 am

BabbleRabble

Are there penalties for the weather breaking the law? If so, how are they enforced?

10:57 am

oodleberry

hi eveyrone

10:58 am

redshoes

hellooooo

10:58 am

Kaplan the Magne

Most puns work better out loud. Should be out lawed too

10:58 am

Aloyisius

hi oodle!

10:58 am

aslindy

lol Kap

10:58 am

redshoes

puns are the highest sort of humor. they can only work if there are multiple levels. =D

10:58 am

Aloyisius

we are definitely getting "grid-happy" syndrome

10:58 am

meliae

if you went to school you would know that they forgot the 'c' in the sh 5/6 combo =)

10:59 am

Kaplan the Magne

I have 9 left- a lot of trouble in the pe section- any weird words in that one?

10:59 am

tijani

es5/10 please

10:59 am

aslindy

yes, I agree meliae

10:59 am

meliae

do you have the 8/9 combo Kap?

10:59 am

oodleberry

plural of s

10:59 am

meliae

and the grinders?

10:59 am

Kaplan the Magne

es5/10 lots of curly letters

10:59 am

Aloyisius

tijani, just plural the letter

11:00 am

Kaplan the Magne

missing 8/9 pe combo

11:00 am

meliae

I am still missing 4 pe words myself

11:00 am

tijani

ths

11:01 am

meliae

it is a compound word, Pain in the butt + pit in the ground

11:01 am

rururocks

pe 6/24 anyone?

11:01 am

meliae

the last 6 pe words share the same root if that helps

11:02 am

Kaplan the Magne

What pain in the butt?

11:02 am

rururocks

this is the first pe 6 I need?

11:02 am

meliae

someone who bugs you? pe 4/5 before it Kap

11:02 am

BabbleRabble

a play on words often is a daily happuning

11:02 am

rururocks

NM

11:02 am

Aloyisius

ruru, add a female chicken to a vegetable for pe6

11:02 am

rururocks

I got it

11:02 am

meliae

yes Ruru and I dont have it either sorry

11:02 am

aslindy

ok, got to go for now... you all have fun!

11:02 am

Aloyisius

ttfn aslindy

11:03 am

meliae

clue please ruru?

11:03 am

meliae

bye Lindy have a great day

11:03 am

Kaplan the Magne

OH, I got it

11:03 am

meliae

ty Aloys

11:04 am

Aloyisius

yw, meliae

11:04 am

meliae

pe 6/21 please the one just before mexican penny

11:04 am

BabbleRabble

mendel's genetic veggie and an egg layer

11:04 am

Kaplan the Magne

still missing the first pe6 and the next pe5---monkey time

11:04 am

meliae

Kap Aloy just clued it and so did BR

11:05 am

Aloyisius

and I be done.. time to do some "stuff".. stay warm and safe, everyone.. see you next grid. Pax, BR..

11:05 am

meliae

bye Aly and congrats, have a wonderful day

11:05 am

BabbleRabble

Congrats, Aloyisius be well

11:06 am

Kaplan the Magne

Oh yeah- I thought that must be in there somewhere

11:07 am

Kaplan the Magne

OK -how bout the last ne7? is it the same root as the others?

11:07 am

BabbleRabble

.++

11:07 am

BabbleRabble

sorry, cleaning my keyboard

11:08 am

meliae

clue for the pe 6/21 the first one please?

11:08 am

Kaplan the Magne

I have 6 left. Maybe later...if I can stay away...

11:08 am

lizmac

Monkey exhausted..2 words to go. Any clues for 2nd HA5/12 and HA6/21, please?

11:08 am

redshoes

kap, do you have the plural to getting cozy?

11:08 am

BabbleRabble

.

11:08 am

meliae

ha+ spanish cheer and plural Liz

11:08 am

Kaplan the Magne

ha5/12

11:09 am

Kaplan the Magne

ha512= ha and dig a h***

11:09 am

Kaplan the Magne

I have the plural to getting cozy

11:09 am

lizmac

TYVM wouldn't have got that. Fireworks for me

11:09 am

meliae

yay Liz grats

11:10 am

Kaplan the Magne

YO Liz!!

11:10 am

Kaplan the Magne

Need the other ne7/

11:10 am

redshoes

then I got nothin' sorry. going to head out for a while. later babblers

11:10 am

meliae

I dont have it yet Kap

11:10 am

Kaplan the Magne

OK

11:11 am

Kaplan the Magne

Back later with monkey

11:12 am

72 Temple Owl

bye kap

11:12 am

BabbleRabble

ne 7 --- without a seine

11:12 am

meliae

ty BR

11:13 am

meliae

su 7/8 combo please?

11:13 am

BabbleRabble

ne 6 -- bird's tree home + a **ap of faith; pl

11:13 am

sukee

to su....t something and plural

11:14 am

72 Temple Owl

ne6 = brand of chocolate bar. red wrapper.

11:14 am

BabbleRabble

companies often have su7ion boxes

11:15 am

sukee

much better clue :)

11:15 am

meliae

ty very much

11:18 am

rururocks

sh 5/14 above footwear anyone?

11:18 am

wildcat17

places to keep lawn equipment pl

11:19 am

BabbleRabble

sh + a **a* of faith

11:20 am

rururocks

oh geez thanks BR

11:26 am

meliae

I am not getting that clue BR =(

11:29 am

Atalante

an article, a tenet, a a a ... um ...

11:29 am

meliae

le 5/14 please

11:31 am

ChrissieDee

a jump

11:31 am

meliae

hmmm thinking Ata

11:31 am

ChrissieDee

a jump (of faith) that is

11:31 am

meliae

ooo got it thank you

11:31 am

ChrissieDee

and ty BR

11:34 am

meliae

pe 5/12 please the first one

11:35 am

ChrissieDee

don't know if it's the first, but I have a pe5/12 that rhymes with a big round juicy fruit

11:36 am

meliae

that was the one thank you

11:40 am

meliae

yay ~Firewords~ ~Happy Dance~

11:40 am

ChrissieDee

congratulations meliae ;)

11:41 am

Atalante

yay meliae!

11:41 am

meliae

thank you fun little grid

11:43 am

72 Temple Owl

ata have you seen haz today?

11:44 am

meliae

I have been here about 2 hours and have not seen haz

11:46 am

meliae

going to go lay down for awhile, thank you for the clues BBL

11:46 am

72 Temple Owl

did you finish mel?

11:48 am

72 Temple Owl

yay mel, i see that you did!

11:55 am

Boobear

clue for le 5 pls

12:01 pm

rubyfoo

hello everybody, dinner is over and it's still snowing!

12:02 pm

bubba218

le5, not to make more but to make not as much

12:06 pm

car.eeyore

I think I need to go back to bed...I don't get the Le 5 clue and I didn't get the rhyming fruit clue either!!!

12:06 pm

dcseain

le5late - sort of

12:06 pm

bubba218

le5 opp of more + Hel** of Troy

12:07 pm

bubba218

sorry that was the 6

12:07 pm

car.eeyore

So it wasn't me!

12:09 pm

bubba218

le5 lower extremity + I hope this cleans up the m**s

12:10 pm

Boobear

hi car and dc and bubba ,ruby

12:10 pm

rubyfoo

hello boobear

12:10 pm

bubba218

Hi Boo

12:10 pm

dcseain

hello :)

12:12 pm

Atalante

what a lovely pup, ruby ;)

12:13 pm

Atalante

gorgeous pic, dc!

12:13 pm

rubyfoo

and she loves the snow, never gets cold

12:13 pm

Atalante

does the snow slide off her?

12:14 pm

rubyfoo

no, she just sparkles with it until it melts and then leaves puddles

12:14 pm

Atalante

awwwww! Diamond Ruby!

12:14 pm

Atalante

it just seems to slide off Bells somehow

12:14 pm

rubyfoo

dc, your cat is beautiful

12:15 pm

dcseain

thank you, ruby :)

12:15 pm

Atalante

dc's cats are all lovely!

12:15 pm

rubyfoo

names?

12:15 pm

dcseain

She's Feldspar

12:16 pm

dcseain

Alabaster went to live with my sister. He's grown up to be incredibly beautiful. I'm trying to get pictures from my sister.

12:16 pm

Atalante

he did? awwww :( he is a beautiful boy

12:16 pm

rubyfoo

you must be a geologist

12:17 pm

dcseain

I'm not, but i have cousins who are, and grandad was a lapidarist.

12:17 pm

Atalante

there was Jasper too :)

12:17 pm

rubyfoo

aaah, I collect amonites and other fossils

12:17 pm

dcseain

I was given Jasper, named for his eyes. So i named Felsdpar for her flecking, and Alabaster for his white. :) Decided to stick with the theme

12:18 pm

Atalante

yay for fossils :)

12:18 pm

stidmama

hello all!!!!

12:18 pm

dcseain

good morning, stid

12:18 pm

rubyfoo

we did it with dog names: red chow chows were Rosie, Ruufus and Ruby. First black on was Cleopatra, black queen of the nile but then we named Max

12:18 pm

Atalante

his tiddy

12:19 pm

origami

'morning folks

12:19 pm

stidmama

hey origami

12:19 pm

dcseain

morning, origami.

12:19 pm

stidmama

LOL "tiddy" *grin*

12:19 pm

dcseain

nifty, ruby :)

12:19 pm

Atalante

so do you have just Ruby and Max now?

12:19 pm

Atalante

sorry stiddy dear!!

12:19 pm

stidmama

hello ruby, don't think we've met yet! *offers choclits*

12:19 pm

stidmama

s'okay Atalante. How deep is the snow today?

12:20 pm

Atalante

about a foot

12:20 pm

stidmama

Ruby and Max are the names of the protagonists of a children's book I used to read the boys.

12:20 pm

rubyfoo

thank you mama, I'll have one please

12:20 pm

Atalante

totally snowed in

12:20 pm

stidmama

that's pretty deep! hope you don't have to go out in it for a while?

12:20 pm

stidmama

*shares choclits liberaly*

12:20 pm

rubyfoo

Max is in Where the Wild Things Are but Ruby? I don't know

12:20 pm

stidmama

how's the grid today, anyway?

12:21 pm

Atalante

can't whether I want to or not! Can't get out of the drive LOL

12:21 pm

stidmama

hold on, I'll find the name of the book....

12:21 pm

dcseain

i'm more than halfway in about 20 minutes

12:21 pm

rubyfoo

I'm more than half way but totally out of words.....

12:22 pm

rubyfoo

Yes, just the two, and Max is autistic and on Prozac, which helps a lot

12:22 pm

Atalante

poor max!

12:23 pm

rubyfoo

He's a sweet boy but has to be hand-fed and is very timid.

12:23 pm

Atalante

awwwwwwww was he always like that even as a tiny pup?

12:24 pm

stidmama

The author is Rosemary Wells (rosemarywells.com), and the books were just right for preschool through about 3rd grade as I recall, sweet stories about brother and sister bunnies.

12:24 pm

Judi

Afternoon, all. I didn't know dogs could be autistic.

12:24 pm

stidmama

not a bad start seain...

12:24 pm

rubyfoo

We knew there was something wrong when he came to us from Canada, but the breeder said he was normal. I diagnosed the autism using Temple Grandin as a guide and the drug helps. Neither did my vet!

12:24 pm

stidmama

hey Judi

12:24 pm

stidmama

poor puppy

12:25 pm

Judi

Hiya, Stiddy!

12:25 pm

rubyfoo

I think he's lucky to have come to us; if the breeder had realized, she probably wd hv put him down. Here he has a loving sister and us!

12:25 pm

stidmama

okay, will finish reading two more sections in the current textbook (blah blah blah) and then start. back in about ten...

12:25 pm

Atalante

we used to have a brain-damaged cocker. you can imagine the chaos LOL

12:25 pm

dcseain

njoy stid

12:26 pm

rubyfoo

I thought they all were!

12:26 pm

Atalante

Hobbit is very smart *sniffs* LOL :P

12:26 pm

Judi

Smug!

12:26 pm

rubyfoo

and beautiful, I'll bet! Just teasing.....

12:27 pm

Atalante

*smug* :D

12:27 pm

Atalante

but actually she really is. especially compared to msot idiot cockers!

12:27 pm

rubyfoo

Chows are not noted for their brains, just their looks and loyalty. Ruby is the smartest one we've had

12:27 pm

Atalante

but Hobbit is a working dog by breeding, so that explains that

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

ahah

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

if you ask a chow to do something, he says "You want me to what???"

12:28 pm

rolin

did anyone see the horizon..on the relationship bw dogs and humans?

12:29 pm

Atalante

Haz described it to me :)

12:29 pm

rubyfoo

what is the horizon?

12:29 pm

Atalante

and then says "maybe ... if I feel like it"

12:30 pm

rubyfoo

exactly

12:30 pm

rolin

its a documentary program ruby

12:30 pm

rubyfoo

in the UK?

12:30 pm

rolin

yup

12:31 pm

Atalante

whereas Hobbit eyes me and thinks "do you really mean it?" If she knows I'm being half-hearted, she'll ignore me. If she knows I really mean it, she'll do it instantly

12:31 pm

Judi

Sounds like a cat, Ata.

12:31 pm

rolin

guest

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

chows are a lot like cats

12:31 pm

rolin

oops..sorry

12:31 pm

Boobear

hi rolin.. go to the pb

12:31 pm

rolin

ill only go if theres brownies..*humpph*

12:32 pm

Boobear

well alright.. brownies are sent

12:32 pm

rolin

ok then...*trudging a little to happily*

12:32 pm

Judi

*bum rushes rolin to PB and shoves brownie in mouth* Don't forget to drink your milk.

12:33 pm

Atalante

nah, she's not American, she doesn't have to have milk!

12:33 pm

rolin

dfbbgfybyw gewg b kwbwq y judi

12:33 pm

dcseain

i don't like milk, and never cared for it with sweets at all.

12:33 pm

Judi

*blinks* Did you just curse me in welsh?

12:33 pm

Boobear

yes lots of calcium is good for you and i will add chocolate if you like

12:34 pm

Atalante

nor me. I do try every time I go to Oregon. But I really don't

12:34 pm

rolin

i like chocolate and milk....without the milk

12:34 pm

dcseain

one can get plenty o calcium from leafy greens, quinoa, and other sources.

12:34 pm

Boobear

then add candy bars

12:35 pm

Judi

Love quinoa. Haven't tried it with chocolate tho.

12:35 pm

Atalante

quinoa is gorgeous

12:35 pm

rubyfoo

adults don't drink milk in france and they think I'm crazy. It's especially good with a little scotch in it

12:36 pm

rolin

eeeww...milk and alcohol...something i could never do...my uncle used to drink rum and milk

12:36 pm

Judi

Scotch & milk. Erk. Although, not too far removed from Bailey's.

12:36 pm

stidmama

hello again. I lied . This textbook is tedious. ((hello boo))

12:37 pm

dcseain

what's the text about, stid?

12:37 pm

rubyfoo

it's what people with ulcers drink but I like it

12:37 pm

Judi

Off to do laundry. BBL.

12:37 pm

dcseain

hasta, jubi

12:37 pm

dcseain

judi

12:37 pm

dcseain

a freshly ge7 canvas, ready for painting

12:38 pm

stidmama

It's titled "Rethinking Globalization" a series of essays about how to think about and teach the issues of the history behind globalization (colonialism) and the current problems (child labor, monoculture, human rights abuses)... *sigh* I know it's important to understand it, but reading it in large chunks is depressing.

12:38 pm

stidmama

thanks for the ge 7

12:39 pm

rubyfoo

I used to use it but can't spell it!

12:39 pm

dcseain

i think the worry about monoculture is overstated.

12:39 pm

dcseain

ge5 is the root of the ge7, ruby

12:40 pm

Atalante

what is monoculture?

12:40 pm

stidmama

the problem is that the people are no longer producing their own foods, seain, and must purchase food staples from other places at higher cost than it would have been to grow it themselves. Since they no longer live on small family farms for the most part, they don't have the option to just put in a vegetable plot

12:41 pm

rolin

stid....sounds like my daughters studies

12:41 pm

dcseain

In this case, single, homogeneous world culture, i believe

12:41 pm

dcseain

ah in the ag sense

12:41 pm

dcseain

yes, agriculturally, it's a HUGE problem

12:41 pm

dcseain

Corn and Bananas especially at present

12:41 pm

stidmama

monoculture is the practice of growing only one crop, there are valid reasons to not do it for more than the humanitarian issues as well

12:41 pm

rubyfoo

I know about monoculture, but not about ge5 or 7! duh

12:42 pm

Atalante

in that case, monoculture sucks. I love seeing and living in 100 different cultures around the world

12:42 pm

stidmama

ruby: g + spell out the snake letter and end with a vowel...

12:42 pm

dcseain

monoculture o cotton killed the soil for a generation or so in huge swaths of the US South

12:43 pm

rubyfoo

gesso

12:43 pm

stidmama

that would be it ruby... LOL

12:43 pm

rubyfoo

sorry, pb for me, I got too excited

12:43 pm

stidmama

*puts extra choclits in teh PB*

12:43 pm

dcseain

that's it, ruby :)

12:43 pm

BabbleRabble

I thought that monoculture speaks to an outbreak of mononucleosis

12:43 pm

stidmama

LOL BR! that too! (((hugs)))

12:43 pm

dcseain

LOL BabRab

12:44 pm

Atalante

mmmmm peri's spinach balls are YUM

12:44 pm

oodleberry

hi stid hi dc

12:45 pm

oodleberry

salut ruby

12:45 pm

stidmama

you made spinach balls? in THIS weather? *rolls eyes* sugar cookies are WAY betterer this time of year...

12:45 pm

dcseain

hallo, oodle

12:45 pm

stidmama

OODLES!!!!! (how do you say "hugs and choclit" en francais?)

12:45 pm

dcseain

good to know, ata

12:45 pm

Atalante

oh know, these are comfort food spinach balls!

12:46 pm

rubyfoo

hello oodle or ALLO

12:46 pm

oodleberry

embrassments et chocolat... i think

12:46 pm

stidmama

oh, comfort food is okay in that case!

12:46 pm

Atalante

stove top, cheese, eggs and spinach, pretty much. and a tonne of butter

12:46 pm

oodleberry

is that right ruby?

12:46 pm

stidmama

*embarrassing oodles with lots of embrassments et chocolat...*

12:46 pm

rubyfoo

what kind of cheese

12:46 pm

oodleberry

hold on going to get my dictionary

12:47 pm

stidmama

I am up to 65 and still need that E in the upper right corner to have NBT (then I will read another section, I promise)

12:47 pm

rubyfoo

peut etre embrasses but I just looked it up: serrer dans les bras!!! lol

12:47 pm

rubyfoo

the french have too many verbs and not enough nouns

12:47 pm

oodleberry

étreinte

12:48 pm

rubyfoo

aaaah

12:48 pm

stidmama

hm. not sure oodles needs bras... *wicked mama grin* but maybe? LOL

12:48 pm

oodleberry

ah bon... savais pas

12:48 pm

rubyfoo

i've never been etreinted

12:48 pm

dcseain

i think oodle is right, as in spanish it's embrazos y chocolate

12:48 pm

oodleberry

hold on

12:49 pm

Atalante

embrassments should work

12:49 pm

stidmama

of course oodles is speaking the quebequois I think?

12:49 pm

oodleberry

could be enserre ruby

12:49 pm

rubyfoo

that's neat

12:49 pm

Atalante

I just used cheddar cos it's all I had, but it's meant to be parmesan

12:49 pm

oodleberry

almost exactly the same stid except for the accent

12:49 pm

oodleberry

the french in france has more english words in it thatn the quebec french does

12:50 pm

oodleberry

enserrer je voulais dire

12:50 pm

stidmama

oh - I didn't know oodles, I know the words for "80" are different, yes? quatre-vingt as opposed to octante (or something like that?)

12:50 pm

oodleberry

octante is swiss

12:50 pm

oodleberry

and nonante

12:51 pm

dcseain

makes sense. France's identity is not tied up in 'we're not anglophone'

12:51 pm

dcseain

Belgian French uses those too, oodle

12:51 pm

rubyfoo

and belgian

12:51 pm

Atalante

Swiss French maybe

12:51 pm

stidmama

ah! okay, I DID remember something from nearly 40 years ago! LOL

12:51 pm

oodleberry

and also septante

12:51 pm

rubyfoo

right

12:53 pm

stidmama

very cool. you-all know so much! it's why I love hanging out with you.

12:53 pm

stidmama

finally. NBT.

12:53 pm

rubyfoo

this is the best chat, I've only been here 3 wks, but have learned so much, especially recipes from atalante!!!

12:53 pm

oodleberry

quatre-vignt is like the old english four and twenty

12:53 pm

Atalante

recipes from peri really!

12:54 pm

Dorens

mmmmm spinach balls!!

12:54 pm

Atalante

I can't move now. Those spinach things were blissful

12:54 pm

stidmama

when I first learned french (6th grade, mid-70's) I remember drilling and drilling on the numbers. gah. no wonder I thought it was tedious.

12:55 pm

dcseain

quatre-vingt is like English fourscore

12:55 pm

oodleberry

but if you are new to a language repetition is very important

12:55 pm

Dorens

or balles des espinards

12:55 pm

stidmama

hey doren!

12:55 pm

rubyfoo

when we moved here, 11 yrs ago, I couldn't understand television, but now I can

12:56 pm

stidmama

I know that seain, having studied many... but at 11 or 12, when everyone else has already studied that language since 1st grade it was a bit much! thankfully my aunt's first language was french and they lived nearby at the time.

12:56 pm

Atalante

hi doren!

12:56 pm

Dorens

i should be running out to market now... it's the warmest time of the day..20 degrees

12:56 pm

dcseain

hi, doren

12:56 pm

rubyfoo

I'm going to have to cook up some spinach now but is frozen chopped OK?

12:56 pm

oodleberry

that is after dc but you are correct

12:57 pm

dcseain

indeed, make use of the relative warmth!

12:57 pm

Dorens

absolutely. that is what is called for in the recipe ruby

12:57 pm

Atalante

yep yep! let me post teh proper recipe here, it's pretty short

12:57 pm

Atalante

and it makes millions

12:57 pm

Atalante

Spinach Balls
6 large eggs
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks butter, melted
1 box (6 oz) chicken-flavored stuffing mix
2 packages (10 oz eac) frozen chopt spinach, thawed and drained well
1 cup (4 oz) shredded Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1. Place eggs in large mixing bowl and beat with a whisk til they are lemon colored. Add the melted butter, stuffing mix, drained spinach, Parmesan and black pepper, and stir to combine. Using your hands, roll the spinach mixture into balls about 1 inch across. You will get about 46-48 balls. The mixture will be loose but not to worry, it will firm up in the oven.
when ready to bake preheat oven to 350 degree F.
Place the spinach balls on baking sheets and bake them til they are browned around the edges, 11 to 13 minutes for unfrozen balls. Transfer the spinach balls to a serving platter and serve warm. Enjoy.

12:58 pm

Dorens

oh my ... look at all that butter! of course they're good... and that must be why i haven't made them in the last twenty years

12:58 pm

stidmama

now, I just proved it is STILL boring to 8th graders (stidkid #2 was in here delivering my tea...) LOL

12:58 pm

Atalante

I *know*! I thought they were quite healthy until that :) though I didn't use that much, and used soya spread instead

12:58 pm

Dorens

i've been dealing with lots of 8th graders lately. boring is their favorite word

12:59 pm

stidmama

LOL amazing recipe atalante... let's see.... yep. I can eat the actual SPINACH part! rofl... man these allergies keep me ho6!

12:59 pm

Dorens

i'm making jambalaya tomorrow so i need to go out and get lots of stuff

12:59 pm

oodleberry

bbiab going to the store...

12:59 pm

stidmama

doren... may I vent briefly about adolescents?

12:59 pm

stidmama

abbiento, oodles. see you soon.

12:59 pm

Dorens

when i used to make those spinach balls i also served them with a mustard sauce. oh, of course stid! c'est necessaire

12:59 pm

stidmama

it won't take long....

1:00 pm

Dorens

bye oodles

1:00 pm

smellymelly

ahh. I need help with an 5,10 and an 6,18

1:00 pm

stidmama

merci! YESTERDAY, the stidkid #1 started a debate tournament. they always run Friday-Saturday around here.

1:00 pm

stidmama

He didn't remind me about the start time, and I completely misread the email from the coach.

1:00 pm

stidmama

He was supposed to be AT SCHOOL at 6:50 in the morning (normally they leave the school in the afternoon)!

1:01 pm

Dorens

aha! but it's YOUR fault, of course

1:01 pm

stidmama

And he wasn't even AWAKE until I rousted him out of bed at 6:20 so he could catch the schoolbus...

1:01 pm

rubyfoo

what a great recipe except we have no stuffing mix, I'll have to improvise that part, maybe whole wheat toast and chicken bouillon???

1:01 pm

Dorens

you can crumble dried bread and add seasonings ruby

1:01 pm

stidmama

GAH> then the coach waited to call to ask us where he was until the bus had JUST PICKED HIM UP -- it's an hour's ride to the school....

1:01 pm

rubyfoo

will do that

1:02 pm

Dorens

stid you can tell him his friend doren says it's 8th grade now... time to be responsible for himself.... really.

1:02 pm

stidmama

*heavy sigh* so Tom ended up picking him up at the school and driving him up to the tournament. It is important to us that he participate because it really is helping his people skills.

1:02 pm

stidmama

But it was also very inconvenient all-around.

1:02 pm

stidmama

this is the high school junior, doren!

1:03 pm

stidmama

he doesn't drive, and if he did we still needed both our cars yesterday so that wouldn't have been an option.

1:03 pm

Dorens

oh no! then he MUST start to be responsible... knowing times of his own activities is de rigeur!

1:03 pm

stidmama

I am going to make him buy an alarm clock with a LOUD ring that he has to get out of bed to turn off.

1:03 pm

stidmama

with his own money, too. not mine.

1:03 pm

Atalante

good!

1:04 pm

stidmama

yes, indeed. thanks for validating my thoughts, doren. I was feeling like the totally worst mother in the world.

1:04 pm

Dorens

my daughter got one for her brother that actually moves... away. so it starts off near enough to wake you up but travels away so YOU have to move

1:04 pm

Mudd

Thanks for the recipe, Atalante. I love spinach and am always searching for new ways to make it. My family's favorite is boiled with mashed potatoes, smushed with some vinegar, and metwurst on top. It's an old Dutch recipe and easy to make.

1:04 pm

stidmama

but it is true that in another year or two I won't likely be around to pick up the pieces when this sort of things happens

1:04 pm

Atalante

or one that gets louder and louder

1:04 pm

Dorens

fake creamed spinach.

1:04 pm

stidmama

oh! that is a FINE idea, doren! I will see if I can find something like that

1:05 pm

Atalante

oooo sounds yummy, mudd

1:05 pm

Atalante

me too. I *love* spinach

1:05 pm

stidmama

hey Mudd! that sounds like something our son "invented" (but he uses kale)

1:05 pm

Dorens

melt butter, saute chopped onion lightly, then add softened cream cheese, frozen spinach, and lots of seasonings... put in casserole and top with crumbled bacon and stick it in the oven for a while

1:05 pm

rubyfoo

metwurst is what kind of sausage?

1:06 pm

stidmama

and with that.... I am down to 140 words and need to read for a while again. (((hugs/embrassment for everyone))) see you-all again later. *poof*

1:06 pm

Dorens

i shouldn't have said add.. it is to mix the onion into the other things and stir a lot. seasonings originally call for G. Washington golden broth packet, but that might be hard to find

1:06 pm

Dorens

bye stid

1:07 pm

rubyfoo

uh oh, someone is stomping around upstairs and it's not ruby or max..... this was my best game ever, 125 words! thank you everybody

1:07 pm

Atalante

bye stiddy, bye ruby!

1:08 pm

rubyfoo

bye

1:08 pm

Dorens

hey ata you have been to sark yes?

1:08 pm

Atalante

yep

1:08 pm

Dorens

i am reading this guernsey literary society book for a book club... not truly great literature but it has been such fun to read and had me googling the channel islands... so interesting, and i want to go now

1:09 pm

Atalante

I don't like Guernsey so much, but I looove Sark

1:09 pm

Mudd

Yes, if I can find kale, I use that, too. Metwurst can be bought where I grew up in MI and is the best, but I use low-fat Kielbasa, too.

1:10 pm

Dorens

why don't you like guernsey.. the book makes it sound enchanting

1:11 pm

Atalante

it's very "normal". it's just like being anywhere else in the UK, butmore expensive

1:11 pm

Dorens

oh. that makes sense... and sark? geographically beautiful?

1:12 pm

Dorens

did you read that book, btw?

1:12 pm

Atalante

sark isn't beautiful. Liz will kill me for that :P Sark is wonderful. It's rugged and isolated and just gorgeous

1:12 pm

Atalante

yep, I did

1:13 pm

Dorens

ok. gorgeous trumps beautiful i guess. and rugged and isolated are terrific. so, what did you think of the book? (i'll quote you tomorrow nite)

1:14 pm

BabbleRabble

I thought the book had a good beat and was easy to dance to ... oh wrong topic

1:14 pm

Alex7777

this babble is useless

1:15 pm

Dorens

giggling at babrab

1:15 pm

Atalante

I liked it. Good book. I dont' tend to like books that talk about war though, but that's any book notjust that one

1:15 pm

Dorens

don't know how you define useless... i'm finding the grid a bit tougher than the last couple, but useless? never!

1:16 pm

Dorens

i have been enjoying it (just got to the description of the camp though, and it certainly changed the tenor of the book) will finish it up tonight, my treat for getting the house in order, shopping done, etc

1:18 pm

Atalante

you certainly see a lot of remains of the war in guernsey. every beach and hillock has turrets / towers / stuff, both english adn german

1:18 pm

Atalante

urf, soooo full now! but those spinach things were just lovely

1:18 pm

Dorens

i suppose that would be fascinating in a morbid kind of way... historical and all, but sad too

1:19 pm

Atalante

I've given up on my diet at the moment - nearly every other day I'm still having so many flu after-effects that I got so shivery and fevery that I just need to eat more than normal

1:19 pm

Dorens

ok. i'm off now... bbl. happy babbles

1:19 pm

Dorens

oh. that is sad.. eat then, diet later... be healthy. much more important than svelte

1:19 pm

sprite

good evening all

1:19 pm

BabbleRabble

be well, Dorens

1:20 pm

Dorens

hi and bye sprite *poof*

1:20 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone, clue for the po6 before Winnie the po4?

1:20 pm

Dorens

ty bab. you too.. now a REAL poof

1:20 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello, sprite

1:20 pm

sprite

hey BabbleRabble, glad to see you. Bye Dorens.

1:20 pm

Atalante

hi sprite! bye doren!

1:21 pm

BabbleRabble

ducks on the po*d + last will and ***tament

1:21 pm

sprite

hey Ata :) Am rereading some Kenyons. So very enjoyable. Sorry to hear you are still wresting with the flu aftermath.

1:22 pm

dcseain

hi, back. sorry. computer went all wonky and had to restart.

1:22 pm

sprite

wb seain

1:22 pm

lbdawger

ty, i think i've got a case of grid burps

1:22 pm

dcseain

hey, sprite . hasta, doren. greetings, dawg

1:22 pm

Atalante

yay sherri :D

1:22 pm

BabbleRabble

How are the roses handling the chill, lbd?

1:22 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I have 4 left---and a tired monkey. The last pe5?

1:23 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I mean the FIRST pe5

1:24 pm

BabbleRabble

pe + Tonto and the ***e Ranger

1:24 pm

Kaplan the Magne

TY

1:24 pm

Mudd

I just rhymed it with cantaloupe.

1:24 pm

Mudd

I'm finished!

1:24 pm

BabbleRabble

Congrats, Mudd

1:24 pm

dcseain

congrats, mudd

1:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The first po6?

1:25 pm

Kaplan the Magne

that's po6/21

1:25 pm

BabbleRabble

ducks on the po*d + last will and ***tament

1:26 pm

periwinkle

hello, help with ap7 pls

1:26 pm

Atalante

PERI!

1:26 pm

Atalante

we've been discussing your spinach balls all day :)

1:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

the second ne7?28

1:26 pm

periwinkle

did you like them, Ata?

1:26 pm

dcseain

hi, peri. Ata has sung the glories of your Spinach Balls :)

1:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Let me find a clue for the ap7

1:26 pm

periwinkle

I am soooo glad!!!

1:27 pm

BabbleRabble

ap + papers required for a Masters: t*****

1:27 pm

Atalante

loved them! never used so much butter though!

1:27 pm

origami

ne 7/28 - a bird without a home

1:27 pm

periwinkle

:_)

1:27 pm

periwinkle

meant :-)

1:27 pm

periwinkle

meant :-)

1:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

\I tried that ori- wouldn't take it

1:28 pm

Mudd

ty, see you tomorrow sometime perhaps

1:28 pm

dcseain

ty, BR

1:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

no, the ne7 that ISN't sniggled up in a corner

1:28 pm

dcseain

be well, Mudd

1:28 pm

origami

oops ... drop a vowel

1:28 pm

sprite

dropt 3rd letter, Kaplan

1:29 pm

BabbleRabble

Kaplan, lose the first s

1:29 pm

Kaplan the Magne

No, the other ne7

1:29 pm

sprite

3rd pers singl of what birds do in their homes

1:29 pm

Kaplan the Magne

still trying to clue that ap7 for you

1:30 pm

dcseain

lacking a means to catch fish

1:30 pm

Kaplan the Magne

THAT's the one!

1:30 pm

sprite

:)

1:31 pm

Anniebrook

hi everyone, I'm back, ho4fully to finish

1:31 pm

sprite

hi Annie

1:31 pm

Anniebrook

hi spritey, how are you tonight?

1:32 pm

Merk

... and Fireworks!

1:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

The last po7/42 and I'm done...go monkey!

1:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

or clue me

1:32 pm

Anniebrook

YAY for Merk and Kaplan!!

1:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I still have one more!

1:33 pm

sprite

hi Annie, a little better! Fit enough to do my babble before bed, and sleeping pills sitting on my desk already for after. Am going to make it a long and healthy night and tomorrow should be a good day :)

How are you doing today, Annie?

1:33 pm

Anniebrook

Okay, in advance then

1:33 pm

Merk

Sprite, awhile ago Mudd gave a Dutch recipe that called for spinach and mashed potatoes mixed. Does it sound familiar to you or do you have any good Dutch spinach or kale recipes?

1:33 pm

Kaplan the Magne

po7/42??? the last one?

1:34 pm

Merk

Easy word, Kap. To own or have something.

1:34 pm

dcseain

to have something

1:34 pm

sprite

sounds very familiar, the dutch kitchen has many recipes with mashed potatoes mixed.
I have a recipe for spinach pie, and I think one for spinach macaroni sauce too.

1:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

oh, YEAH! Fireworks!

1:34 pm

Atalante

spinach pie is sooooooo good

1:34 pm

dcseain

congrats, kaplan!

1:35 pm

sprite

Ata: with feta.

1:35 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Sometimes I forget the simple ones...

1:35 pm

Atalante

MMM!

1:35 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Any clues needed?

1:35 pm

dcseain

i do a spinanch, garlic, and olive oil sauce for pasta sometimes :)

1:35 pm

Anniebrook

sprite, Im doing okay. Spinach and mashed potatoes are absolutely delicious.

1:35 pm

sprite

yummy seain, sounds delicious!

1:35 pm

sprite

I agree, Annie, and glad you are ok!

1:35 pm

dcseain

i'll throw in some walnuts or pinenuts too, if i have them, and i'm not in the mood to make a full pesto.

1:35 pm

Atalante

spinach and anything is quite yummy!

1:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Spinach! Who knew?

1:36 pm

dcseain

hi, annie, glad to see you

1:36 pm

sprite

spinach is great. Healthy, interesting and it combines with so many other good stuff too.

1:37 pm

Anniebrook

spinach, mashed potatoes, locatelli cheese, butter, salt, pepper...delish

1:37 pm

Anniebrook

hi dc...your spinach sauce sounds divine

1:38 pm

dcseain

i brown the garlic in olive oil - sometimes i'll throw in some onion - add the spinach, i use frozen usually, and some more oil, then toss with a pasta like rotini or gemelli or such.

1:38 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Anyone need any clues? Japanese spinach is good too.

1:38 pm

Atalante

it does!

1:38 pm

Atalante

or a fiorentina pizza. mmmmm!

1:38 pm

dcseain

i'm a fan of catalan spinach

1:39 pm

sprite

no clues for me, Kaplan, but I'd love a recipe for Japanese spinach.

1:39 pm

Merk

spinanch, garlic, and olive oil sauce ... yummy ... what's the recipe.

1:39 pm

Merk

I'd also like that recipe for Spinach Pie. I am a spinach fanatic and it's so good for me.

1:39 pm

sprite

just make sure you don't burn the garlic!

1:39 pm

dcseain

see 1:38 by me, merk. Salt, pepper, and Parmesan in it too

1:39 pm

Merk

Never heard of catalan spinach.

1:40 pm

dcseain

correct, sprit, BROWNED garlic, not BURNT :D

1:40 pm

Kaplan the Magne

A recipe? I'm not sure I have one but I know it has sesame oil and tamari

1:40 pm

sprite

I will translate the recipe then, Merk, and will put it in my profile. But not today. Maybe tomorrow, if i feel ok. Good?

1:41 pm

dcseain

soak about a 1/4C of rasins in hot water for 15 min, meanwhile chop some garlic. Put rasins, garlic and spinach in a hot pan, and stir until browned, then add spinach, letting it wilt and mixing well. Uses as is, hot or cold, as a base for fish, or eggs, or as you like.

1:41 pm

sprite

burning garlic is easy to do, in oil. I know, lol. Been there, done that.

1:41 pm

dcseain

(drain the raisins - left that out)

1:42 pm

Atalante

raisins? ooo

1:42 pm

Kaplan the Magne

If no one needs any clues, I'll see you tomorrow

1:42 pm

dcseain

http://tinyurl.com/yf3ryad is the Catalan Spinach recipe i use. I prefer golden raisins (sultanas) in it.

1:42 pm

dcseain

be well, kaplan :)

1:43 pm

Atalante

utterly intrigued by raisin and spinach

1:44 pm

sprite

so am I, am going to try that!

1:44 pm

Atalante

me too!

1:45 pm

sciencegeek

dc sounds yummy!

1:45 pm

Atalante

except I've just used all my spinach LOL

1:45 pm

Merk

That's fine, Sprite. Thanks so much.

1:45 pm

dcseain

Tapas restaurants serve it as "Espinacas catalanes" or "Espinacas a la catalana"

1:46 pm

Atalante

oooooo it's kind of like a bastilla mix I make with chicken in

1:46 pm

sprite

*shamelessly copying everything into recipe folder*

1:46 pm

Atalante

me too!

1:46 pm

sprite

:)

1:47 pm

Atalante

just saw this on DC's page: Oatmeal-Banana-Raisin Waffles Recipe

1:48 pm

stidmama

*rushes in and HUGS sprite* (can't stay got distracted and still need to read more)

1:49 pm

dcseain

chow.com and recipezaar.com both are great resources

1:49 pm

stidmama

wait. you-all are STILL talking about spinach???? *shakes head sadly* man oh man, do we need to "get a life" or many lives, I suppose.

1:49 pm

sprite

((((((((((((((((((stiddie)))))))))))
A
m thinking of you a lot and sending you heaps of energy to pull off everything you ask of yourself. Go, my hero :)

1:49 pm

stidmama

thanks sprite ((more hugs)) back later. *returns to lurk mode*

1:50 pm

lynxxx

good morning everyone

1:50 pm

periwinkle

allrecipes.com and hungrymonster.com are good too

1:50 pm

Atalante

yep, still spinach :P

1:50 pm

sprite

hello lyn :)

1:50 pm

Anniebrook

hi lynxxxxie

1:51 pm

dcseain

hi, lyn

1:53 pm

sprite

nice icon, lyn. Very royal.

1:54 pm

lynxxx

Its for all the poor (snow) suffering souls in GB

1:54 pm

sprite

it is as bad in the Netherlands. I will take it to heart as well ;)

1:54 pm

Anniebrook

Please dont forget the poor shivering souls in the US

1:55 pm

sciencegeek

I am so ready for some warm weather!

1:56 pm

lynxxx

perhaps - for all the poor suffering souls in the Northern Hemisphere would be better

1:56 pm

Anniebrook

I am done.

1:57 pm

sprite

I do like the cold and the snow. I like it even better when it is freezing, sunny and there is not much snow. But after a day, all snow is filthy and nothing looks pretty anymore. And as long as there is so much snow and ice on the streets, I must stay inside. Blerchhhh.

1:57 pm

lynxxx

Yay Annie!!

1:57 pm

sprite

gratz Annie

1:57 pm

sprite

you have a big heart, lyn!

1:58 pm

Atalante

she's just being smug really :)

1:58 pm

lynxxx

Are you getting more snow than usual Sprite?

1:59 pm

sprite

much more, lyn. It is a winter like we haven't had in a lonnnng time.

2:00 pm

sprite

but the good thing is, people are skating a lot, and having fun together. Lots of snowmen in the streets and gardens. Trees are incredibly beautiful with their white coats. Children are sleighing and throwing snowballs. Good stuff to look at.

2:00 pm

lynxxx

not at all Ata, I could start whinging about the heat, I really don't like it. I'm hibernating too tomorrow - 41/108 blech - and today is just bearable

2:01 pm

sprite

*hits lyn in the neck with a cleverly tossed snowball*

2:01 pm

Anniebrook

That should cool lynx off

2:01 pm

lynxxx

You paint an idyllic picture Sprite

2:01 pm

Atalante

ick, yes, that's too hot!

2:02 pm

sprite

that was the general idea, Annie, grin

2:02 pm

sprite

not sure if any of you know the dutch artist Anton Pieck. He was very famous for his winter landscapes. Things look a lot like them at the moment.

2:04 pm

Anniebrook

I have to leave for a while..see you later,dear babblers

2:04 pm

sprite

bye Annie, all the best to you

2:05 pm

Anniebrook

you too, sprite

2:05 pm

lynxxx

BBS need to go and water my dehydrated garden in one of the 2 times during the week we are allowed to do so, and adjust all the sheets and shadecloths I have over the more delicate plants/trees so they dont burn. Oh and put some more water into the fish pond. Ah summer!

2:05 pm

Atalante

*looks him up*

2:05 pm

sprite

wow lyn, that is a lot of work. Wish I could send you some of our snow.

2:06 pm

sprite

I think you will like him, Ata.

2:06 pm

dcseain

Ah water shortages, i remember them well.

2:06 pm

dcseain

be well, annie.

2:06 pm

dcseain

had to reboot again. :/ i didn't restore sessions this time.

2:07 pm

sprite

frustrating, seain :(

2:07 pm

Atalante

where is your pic, dc?

2:07 pm

FMitch

Evening all, just trying to juggle working with data on the laptop and PC - so not happening.

2:08 pm

Atalante

FM!!!!! *hugs madly*

2:08 pm

sprite

hi FM :)

2:08 pm

dcseain

let my find it again, ata. Hi, FM

2:08 pm

FMitch

I have got to decide which one is the main workhorse and stick with it.

2:08 pm

FMitch

((((Ata)))))

2:08 pm

sprite

absolutely adore your icon, FM

2:08 pm

FMitch

Hi spritey sprite

2:09 pm

Atalante

sprite, may we have a Chihuly icon day?

2:09 pm

dcseain

St. Edwards in Stow-on-the-Wold, England. i corrected the link in my profile for the original image

2:09 pm

sprite

of course, Ata, when would you like one?

2:10 pm

Boobear

clue for po 5/12(one in the middle)

2:10 pm

Atalante

that's st edwards? wow, it looks prettier in the dark than it does normally!

2:10 pm

dcseain

can we do it in late/feb early/mar when we need a dash of colour?

2:10 pm

Atalante

whenever!

2:10 pm

FMitch

ack brb email is stuck in outobx on the laptop *huge sigh*

2:10 pm

sprite

's ok, seain, let me check.

2:10 pm

Atalante

loool poor fm!

2:11 pm

Atalante

I know stow and st edwards very well. I totally didn't reocgnise it though!

2:12 pm

sprite

how about Feb 28?

2:12 pm

dcseain

sounds lovely :)

2:12 pm

FMitch

back and thatgoodness email sent - work stuff and all that.

2:12 pm

dcseain

po5- plural, if i understand which you want

2:12 pm

dcseain

indeed, FM, wb

2:12 pm

sprite

btw, I could really use some more input on icons. Anyone wanting to brainstorm here and give me some?

2:13 pm

Atalante

sounds good!

2:13 pm

sprite

well done, FM

2:13 pm

FMitch

Hello dc, good to see you*puts on a happy face and some lipstick*

2:13 pm

Boobear

sorry it is after the double vowel one

2:13 pm

Atalante

mad fashion mistakes LOL

2:13 pm

Atalante

lacroix! talking about colourful things :D

2:13 pm

sprite

I put it in, Ata, on feb 28. Oh good one!

2:13 pm

FMitch

Madagascan animals :)

2:14 pm

Atalante

vivienne westwood

2:14 pm

dcseain

still plural, boo

2:14 pm

FMitch

tenrec, tenrec!!!!

2:14 pm

Atalante

yay tenrecs!

2:14 pm

Atalante

geometric things

2:14 pm

FMitch

Favourite museum?

2:14 pm

periwinkle

help with le6 pls

2:15 pm

dcseain

yep, all po5.12 are plural, but for the last one.

2:15 pm

Atalante

circles in nature, squares in nature, triangles in nature, um. fractals in nature!

2:15 pm

FMitch

Hey peri!!!

2:15 pm

oodleberry

bk

2:15 pm

dcseain

le6 the pain with some analgesic

2:15 pm

dcseain

wb, oodle

2:15 pm

FMitch

Oh fractals that reminds me of Ang!

2:15 pm

sprite

I love them all! Copying like mad here.

2:16 pm

Anj

Don't you mean Anj?? : )

2:16 pm

FMitch

wonder is he and Lola are still together?

2:16 pm

FMitch

OMG!!!!!!

2:16 pm

Atalante

ANJ!!

2:16 pm

Atalante

*whispers* no they aren't

2:16 pm

sprite

Anj!!!! Lonnnnng time no see, how nice!

2:16 pm

FMitch

Talk o fht edevil - how are you hun (and sorry for spelling your name wrong but it has been a while)!!!!

2:17 pm

Anj

Lol! Hi folks. Lonf time no read : )

2:17 pm

Atalante

lovely to see you!

2:17 pm

dcseain

hi, anj

2:17 pm

FMitch

and of course my typing goes straight out the window in the excitement of it all!

2:17 pm

Atalante

what do you mean "goes" out of the window?

2:18 pm

Anj

*long* Sigh, beware, my typing is baaaad : /
Hi DC : )

2:18 pm

sprite

I mean, long time no see and so nice to see you now, of course, lol

2:18 pm

FMitch

OK it was never in the window to start with - give me a break!

2:18 pm

periwinkle

le6 pls

2:18 pm

dcseain

the floor just shook disturbingly, but not in an earthquake kind of way. I wonder what was dropped, apparently next door.

2:18 pm

periwinkle

hey there Anj!!! how are you?

2:18 pm

Atalante

*gri*

2:18 pm

Atalante

*grin*!!

2:18 pm

FMitch

Good to see you Anj whatever the spelling :)

2:19 pm

Anj

Hi Ata, FMith. Sprite. Hey Peri : ) I'm sick of the snow so i've huddled up with a grid for the night.

2:19 pm

Anj

LOL! See? sorry - FMitch!

2:19 pm

periwinkle

thanks, dc

2:19 pm

FMitch

gah don't mention the sn** owrd am so fed up with it I could scream.

2:20 pm

Anj

Good Peri - How about you?

2:20 pm

sprite

*tosses a snowball at FM and dugs*

2:20 pm

sprite

Ata, how about an Anton Pieck day?

2:21 pm

dcseain

apparently that is the back door at St Edwards

2:21 pm

Atalante

sounds good!

2:21 pm

FMitch

sorry spritey sprite but I'll just pull the duvet even further over my head

2:21 pm

sprite

I put in mondriaan as well

2:21 pm

Atalante

ohhhh - that would make sense. Didn't think the front door was that nice! I'll go and look when I can get up there

2:21 pm

sprite

*gives FM a warm hug*

2:21 pm

Atalante

I adore Mondrian

2:22 pm

FMitch

Oh can we have a Klipmt icon day

2:22 pm

FMitch

*perks up a bit*

2:22 pm

sprite

of course we can. Is that spelled correctly, FM dear?

2:22 pm

dcseain

Klimpt :D

2:22 pm

periwinkle

I am doijg well, Anj

2:22 pm

periwinkle

*doing* even

2:22 pm

FMitch

and what about a pic of something you have made/created.

2:22 pm

Atalante

Klimt!

2:22 pm

sprite

that's 3 spellings for 3

2:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

Anj?

2:23 pm

FMitch

and my spelling is bound not to be the right one but at least the message got throught :)

2:23 pm

FMitch

TO!

2:23 pm

Atalante

mine is right *smug* LOL. I think so anyway :P

2:23 pm

Anj

T-Owl!! : D

2:24 pm

sciencegeek

a clue for the upper corner e?

2:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

FM!

2:24 pm

Atalante

Star Wars day for Haz :)

2:24 pm

FMitch

Anj - Ata has become very smug over the years :(

2:24 pm

FMitch

(((TO)))

2:24 pm

sprite

indeed Ata, Gustav Klimt

2:25 pm

Anj

Ah, nothing like a prod with a pitchfork to sort that out : D

2:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

welll i declare...first dachef now anj...

2:25 pm

FMitch

or we could really confuse her with Torchwood and Dr Who day heh heh

2:25 pm

sprite

Ata, we will have that on May 4th. May the Fourth be with you.

2:25 pm

sprite

hi TOwl :)

2:25 pm

sprite

oh nice!

2:25 pm

Atalante

looool good one sprite

2:25 pm

FMitch

Brilliant sprite!

2:26 pm

Atalante

yes, we'll have to have dr who day for matt smith's first day

2:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi spritey!

2:26 pm

Anj

Dachef?? Where? It's the weather bringing us out of the woodwork. Or snowdrift, more likely...

2:26 pm

sprite

dan2bit is the one who thought that up for May 4th.

2:26 pm

dcseain

hi, TO

2:26 pm

FMitch

Perhaps we should have a vets day but then again no.

2:27 pm

sprite

when is Matt Smith's first day and who is he?

2:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

dachef was on last night and his writing is published. wait let me find the website

2:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

www.oracleoftheseven.com

2:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi seain!

2:27 pm

FMitch

Dachef is moving to the US if I remember correctly.

2:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes. he's gone hollywood ;)

2:28 pm

FMitch

I was reading the log this morning and I think he is heading out to LA

2:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

fm btw have you heard of the band the big pink?

2:29 pm

Atalante

FM, when is Matty's first day?

2:29 pm

Anj

Thanks T-Owl : ) That leads to an enticing pic, lol

2:29 pm

FMitch

no havnen't TO - what sort of music?

2:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

rock, fm. they are hitting big time here. also the XX

2:29 pm

FMitch

I don't know Ata - haven't got tuned into the new Dr.

2:30 pm

sprite

will just put up a dr who day then, and we can all make of it what we like, ok?

2:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

ah anj - some things never change! ;)

2:30 pm

FMitch

ooo will have to surf and see if I can pick up some of their music TO.

2:30 pm

72 Temple Owl

dominos is getting big airplay

2:30 pm

Atalante

sounds good!

2:31 pm

FMitch

Must put the kettle on back in a mo with tea and coffe for those that want it.

2:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

so anj what is going on with you?

2:31 pm

Anj

...dash of honey for me please F : )

2:32 pm

Atalante

oh. Dominos. That song.

2:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

ata you don't approve. I turn it around.

2:33 pm

Anj

Work, music, the call of the wild. The custard tub still gets a look-in tho' : )

2:34 pm

Atalante

I love it! Well, I loved it for the first 500 times I heard it :P

2:34 pm

Atalante

it's used on a car ad here every blooming time you turn on the tv :)

2:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

like phoenix is here. There certainlyis a new pop resurgence. somehow anj, i dont' see you on board with this :P

2:35 pm

Anj

Ata, which ad? It's not the ****** Ford Fiesta thing is it?? The one with the crawling tv screesn...

2:35 pm

Atalante

I absolutely adored Domino and played it to death. I'll like it again in a few weeks

2:35 pm

FMitch

the custard jacuzzi has been kept up to speck but very few parties in the last couple of years.

2:35 pm

NonnieLight

hi all

2:35 pm

Patxxx

es

2:36 pm

Patxxx

push

2:36 pm

Anj

T-Owl, my tastes are pretty eclectic. I've just been listening to Wallis Bird : )

2:36 pm

Patxxx

puss

2:36 pm

Atalante

ok, I'm lying, it's an XBOX ad, just featuring a car :)

2:36 pm

sprite

hi Nonnie, hi Pat

2:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

i don't know him. i am in the midst of reviewing submissions for the festival as we speak. mostly a dismal lot this year

2:37 pm

FMitch

Hello Nonnie and Pat

2:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

we get these big hypes about how wonderful these bands are in it is hysterical how you guys have not even heard of them! Friends traveling there asked specifically about some we like very much in this city and they had not heard of.

2:37 pm

sprite

ok, any more nice ideas for icon themes? You guys were on a roll!

2:37 pm

Patxxx

I apologise but I never went near the chat. My computer has taken over. Could it be Homer Simpson?

2:37 pm

NonnieLight

hiya sprit and mitch

2:37 pm

Atalante

I'm an utter Paul & Storm addict at the moment. And Jonathan Coulton

2:37 pm

FMitch

really ? thats a shame TO - so much talent out there but finding them I guess is the issue.

2:38 pm

Atalante

vampires. werewolves. angels. demons. faeries. leprechauns.

2:38 pm

FMitch

Ummm let s think sprite - Oh yes we could have fractals for Anj ;)

2:38 pm

Anj

ducks!

2:38 pm

sprite

Homer Simpson as icon theme or as the one taking over your computer?

2:38 pm

Atalante

nenes

2:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

maybe the snailmail stuff is better. I am reviewing on line and some are too lazy to even put in info, they direct you to websites. if i don't like your three samples, why would i bother?

2:39 pm

Anj

...geese? : s

2:39 pm

sprite

We will have the fractals in nature from Ata, FM, is that ok? Or do you want another fractal day?

2:40 pm

FMitch

no thats fine dear

2:40 pm

sprite

Ata, nenes? As theme? I wish it were a plural anyway, lol

2:40 pm

FMitch

oh can we have bad spelling day LOL or a not blame FM day ?

2:40 pm

Atalante

or just geese!

2:41 pm

sprite

owwww we can have both, lovely

2:41 pm

Atalante

no such thing as a do't blame FM day

2:41 pm

Anj

How about Pixar characters?? I bag M.O

2:41 pm

Atalante

let's have a bacon day for Crossy

2:41 pm

sprite

I wrote geese down, from anj and you

2:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

anj i have come to love miyazaki, but theme worthy

2:41 pm

FMitch

Oh yes!!! Bacon day for Crossy!! Great idea!

2:41 pm

Atalante

eggs

2:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

it is not

2:42 pm

Atalante

I looove Miyazaki

2:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

ohhhhhhh a kndred spirit!

2:42 pm

Atalante

Miyzaki is very theme worthy

2:42 pm

sprite

miyazaki? Ok!

2:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

favs are spirited away and nausicaa

2:43 pm

Atalante

love nausicaa. love howl. love kiki

2:43 pm

Atalante

beer labels / beer bottles

2:43 pm

Atalante

there are soooo much funny and interesting names

2:43 pm

Anj

...ah, the Studio Ghibli guy.

2:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes there are. and same with hot sauces

2:44 pm

FMitch

now you are getting silly Ata - at least make it silly vodka bottles *wink wink*

2:44 pm

sprite

wonderful themes, thanks all!

2:44 pm

Atalante

wine bottles too

2:44 pm

Atalante

like Chat-en-Ouef

2:44 pm

dcseain

how about a day of orange things. The chog looks pretty when we do colour theme.

2:44 pm

Atalante

*Oeuf

2:44 pm

Anj

Murano beads!

2:44 pm

sprite

true, seain

2:44 pm

Atalante

oooo great one Anj!

2:45 pm

NonnieLight

motorcycles maybe?

2:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

lovely! al murano actually! and love color theme

2:45 pm

FMitch

now that is an intreguining idea dc colour in the log does do well.

2:45 pm

Atalante

narrow boats / canal art

2:45 pm

Patxxx

Maybe it is me. I stepped off a step badly and ended up on crutches at Xmas then my cat got hit by a car. He was in vet hosp for 5 days but he SURVIVED. I lost 1 stone all in all but I don't back it as a good diet. The doc, I didn't go to see him until this week, said I might have a broken leg or knee probs but I would be better off with a broken bone. Guess what, it's my knee. I live in a house with a garden full of four leafed clovers, a fairy ring twice a year so I think crikey without that protection what would really go wrong!!!

2:45 pm

Anj

Let the colours run : )

2:45 pm

sprite

is it Al Murano, or is it Murano beads, or is it all Murano stuff?

2:46 pm

Anj

*waves flag for beads*

2:46 pm

Atalante

Murano beads / Murano glass

2:46 pm

NonnieLight

fairy ring twice a year? You are lucky! :o)

2:47 pm

FMitch

You deserve a break (in the good sense) Patx!!!

2:47 pm

sprite

aw Patxxx, not fun! So sorry to hear that. *sends immediate reactivation fuel to protection rings*

2:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

ouch, pat!

2:47 pm

Atalante

favrouite shade of green / favourite shade of blue etc etc

2:47 pm

sprite

Ata: narrow boats and canal art as one theme, or as two?

2:48 pm

dcseain

*hugs patxxx* Hope you're doing better

2:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

not sure how to phrase this but motor vehicles? like unusal ones?

2:48 pm

Atalante

one theme, I can't think of the correct term - FM? Pat? Is it canal art? all those wonderful narrow boat patterns / canal people art?

2:49 pm

NonnieLight

antique autos TO?

2:49 pm

Patxxx

Thank you all. Really the worst part was that I was so uncomfortable I couldn't sit or concentrate long enough to BABBLE. That hurt. Not deserved,

2:49 pm

FMitch

narrow boat art I think - so identifiable.

2:49 pm

FMitch

or barge art possibly.

2:50 pm

Atalante

narrow boat art it is then! amazing homely art form

2:50 pm

Anj

T-Owl, you could make it a George Barris day.

2:50 pm

NonnieLight

Pat, are they going to have to do surgery on the knee?

2:50 pm

Atalante

narrow boat art googles fine :)

2:50 pm

FMitch

lol good

2:50 pm

sprite

I have Nonnie's motor cycles, what exactly would you like, TOwl?

2:51 pm

72 Temple Owl

thinking. i have a picture of a gm futureliner i love.

2:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

let me go change

2:52 pm

Atalante

amazing vehicles?

2:52 pm

sprite

futuristic vehicles?

2:54 pm

NonnieLight

phantom: people

2:54 pm

FMitch

the car you have always dreamed of?

2:54 pm

NonnieLight

good one, fm!

2:54 pm

72 Temple Owl

can you see it? i have saved it but no theme fits

2:54 pm

sprite

people who need people...

2:54 pm

Anj

FMitch, that would be a snowplough just now : )

2:55 pm

NonnieLight

lol anj

2:55 pm

FMitch

lol so true Anj :((

2:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

lol i wish i could upload the one with me in front of the 5 foot snowpile i shoveled

2:55 pm

sprite

TOwl, how about amazing vehicles / futuristic vehicles as one theme?

2:55 pm

NonnieLight

what about unusual vehicles?

2:55 pm

FMitch

My MR2 is burried deep in sn** and not sure when i am goingn to see her again *sob*

2:56 pm

Atalante

I put a question on my facebook asking for people's phobias. So far we've had eveyrthing from apricots, walnuts, metals, heights, butterflies, eyes, dead animals, rubbish bins, pigeons. Aren't people wonderful

2:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

only if someone else shows interest. i always love unusal creatures and also my latest musical interest

2:56 pm

Patxxx

I have had surgery once already on the knee and guess it is inevitable but who knows what the latest solution is. Wait and se. When the snows go I will see the consultant.

2:56 pm

Anj

F, I dug mine out today after a week. I swear it glared at me : (

2:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh my ata, i did not see that was it recent?

2:57 pm

Atalante

sorry, that was just a random interesting ststament!

2:57 pm

FMitch

wow Ata

2:57 pm

sprite

Unusual creatures is nice too

2:57 pm

Atalante

yep, just now TO :)

2:57 pm

Atalante

tenrecs!

2:57 pm

Atalante

well, a few hours ago

2:57 pm

NonnieLight

unusual insects :o)

2:58 pm

sprite

lol Ata, I have the madagascar animal day, and the unusual creature day... I think that will do?

2:58 pm

sprite

nice one too, nonnie

2:58 pm

FMitch

Anj - before Chirstmas was unable to take the car out for 7 days but she started firt time, now I am hoping that it will be the same as and when the weather allows.

2:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am not checking as much since "romance" cooled down

2:58 pm

Atalante

hedgehogs would be a nice one

2:58 pm

sprite

oh yes!

2:59 pm

FMitch

tenrec tenrec!!!

2:59 pm

FMitch

*grin*

2:59 pm

lynxxx

wombat, wombat!!

2:59 pm

sprite

lolllllll ok ok ok

2:59 pm

sprite

oh nice!

2:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello lyn

2:59 pm

Joanne123

why is pantless not a word??

2:59 pm

FMitch

lol lynxx and hello :)

3:00 pm

NonnieLight

joanne--good question!

3:00 pm

lynxxx

hi TOwl and FM

3:00 pm

sprite

possum day?

3:00 pm

Becca Lorum

Evening all.

3:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

fm you look like dawg! i thought she had a copyright on maxine! :)

3:00 pm

sprite

hi Becca, and wb lyn

3:00 pm

AtomSmasher420

Hello Everyone

3:00 pm

Joanne123

hi all

3:00 pm

NonnieLight

hello becca

3:00 pm

lynxxx

hi Becca & Atom

3:00 pm

NonnieLight

hello atom!

3:00 pm

sprite

hi AtomS

3:00 pm

NonnieLight

hiya joanne

3:01 pm

AtomSmasher420

hello nonnie how are you

3:01 pm

NonnieLight

lynxxx...I didn't see you slip in

3:01 pm

NonnieLight

Great and you, atom?

3:01 pm

Becca Lorum

Clue for the top right e for nbt please?

3:01 pm

FMitch

I copied the icon from another babbler TO - just loved this one.

3:01 pm

AtomSmasher420

im doing better

3:01 pm

lynxxx

hi Nonnie

3:01 pm

NonnieLight

Have you been sick, atom?

3:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

hello becca

3:02 pm

AtomSmasher420

just been a really crappy couple of months

3:02 pm

sprite

Becca: a great work of writing

3:02 pm

sprite

and plural

3:02 pm

lynxxx

ep4.5 & related ep6.21

3:02 pm

NonnieLight

Sorry to hear...hope the future holds less crap for you!

3:03 pm

AtomSmasher420

thank you so do i

3:03 pm

Becca Lorum

Thank you sprite and lynxxx.

3:03 pm

Atalante

ohhhh - FM, Lyn - I've persuaded Uni into being a Torchwood addict :D

3:03 pm

sprite

good job Ata

3:03 pm

sprite

may things get better soon, AtomS

3:04 pm

lynxxx

pity there is nothing new to watch! they are currently replaying CofE again here

3:04 pm

FMitch

it has been much fun guys and gals a esp catching up with old compadres (((anj))) but time for me to head off. glad we could add to the icon theme sprite dear. Happy Babblaing to all.

3:04 pm

Atalante

season 4 will come soon :)

3:04 pm

Atalante

*hugs hugs fm*

3:04 pm

sprite

thanks FM, and *hugs* to you

3:05 pm

NonnieLight

bye bye FM...take care and see you later.

3:05 pm

lynxxx

bye FM - beware the icicles

3:05 pm

AtomSmasher420

thanks sprite

3:05 pm

Becca Lorum

Bye FM.

3:06 pm

sprite

fireworks. I am gonna insert the new themes now.

3:06 pm

Anj

(((FM))) have fun : )

3:06 pm

NonnieLight

congrats sprite!

3:06 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Sprite

3:08 pm

NonnieLight

Well, I guess I better get a move on...going to make a pot of chicken noodle soup with homemade noodes. Take care all :o)

3:08 pm

Becca Lorum

Yay, halfway!

3:08 pm

Becca Lorum

Yay, halfway!

3:08 pm

Becca Lorum

Yay, halfway!

3:08 pm

Anj

...hat trick : )

3:08 pm

Becca Lorum

Clearly overexcited about that one.

3:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

bye fm! bye nonnie

3:10 pm

Becca Lorum

Bye Nonnie.

3:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

ata - i can't really think of anycreature i am afraid of.

3:11 pm

Becca Lorum

Urgh - flying ants for me. Horrible things.

3:11 pm

Atalante

doesn't have to be creatures. just any weird phobias / squicks

3:12 pm

Becca Lorum

Although I'm not really afraid of them, just can't stand them.

3:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

clearly not dust, judging from my house, cooking, perhaps?

3:13 pm

Atalante

or lucky you if you don't have any phobias!

3:13 pm

Anj

...anatideaphobia : )

3:13 pm

zoe_girl

hello eveyone staying warm?

3:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

anj: try this on for size: http://www.myspace.com/velveteenplaybo
ys brian ferry on steroids

3:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

oops tha ishttp://www.myspace.com/velveteenplay
boys

3:17 pm

jmcnrick

back

3:18 pm

Atalante

hi jmc, hi zoe

3:20 pm

Anj

That's an interesting mix of influences they cite T-Owl : ) His vocal style reminds me of Paul Young

3:20 pm

Joanne123

jmc ty for the su clue this morning

3:20 pm

jmcnrick

*giggle*

3:20 pm

Joanne123

uh hu tehe

3:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

somehow it all works for me. ithought eddie vedder meets brian ferry but they croon then they rock then they come up with nice jazz chord progressions

3:21 pm

Joanne123

jmc did u just get out of pb?? what kinda food in there...??

3:21 pm

jmcnrick

is sprite still here?

3:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

here is another i really liked but got outvoted on

3:22 pm

jmcnrick

no I had to go to a lunch meeting where I ate Kenyan food

3:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

http://www.profuna-ocean.com/

3:22 pm

Atalante

kenyan food!

3:22 pm

Joanne123

how was that??

3:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

this is one i would really like an opnion on

3:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

did you eat curried goat wat?

3:23 pm

jmcnrick

i am going to Kenya for a meeting in July and this was a premeeting meeting

3:23 pm

zoe_girl

first an 5,10 please

3:23 pm

Joanne123

a and christmas carol mixed

3:24 pm

Joanne123

lol ahole not there...i call drivers that all the time

3:24 pm

jmcnrick

no but did eat ugali with is grits mushed into a giant ball

3:25 pm

Anj

So am I reviewing curried goat or Profuna Ocean?? : ?

3:25 pm

jmcnrick

that is an abbreviation joanne!

3:25 pm

lynxxx

an & spanish cheer

3:25 pm

Joanne123

yuk goat

3:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

LOL i love goats but alive!

3:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

profuna ocean

3:25 pm

Joanne123

here here to

3:25 pm

jmcnrick

i love cabrito

3:26 pm

Atalante

ugali?

3:26 pm

jmcnrick

goats are tasty

3:26 pm

jmcnrick

according to my kenyan friends it isn't a meal without ugali

3:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

goats are stinky - at least the billies are

3:26 pm

lynxxx

goats milk cheese is heaven

3:27 pm

Joanne123

ty to

3:27 pm

jmcnrick

i like goat milk cheese and yogurt

3:27 pm

jmcnrick

didn't like the ugali

3:27 pm

Joanne123

never tried that so no comment

3:27 pm

72 Temple Owl

is ugali the spongey bread you eat everything with?

3:28 pm

jmcnrick

you are thinking of enjera which is ethiopean

3:28 pm

Anj

T-Owl, sound s like a cross between Marillion and Genesis to me

3:28 pm

jmcnrick

ugali is a ball of mush grits mushed together

3:29 pm

72 Temple Owl

a good sound? or too derivative?

3:29 pm

Joanne123

how bout cabbage rolls..yummm

3:30 pm

Atalante

eww!

3:30 pm

jmcnrick

there was chicken and collards and an odd banana dish

3:30 pm

Joanne123

ohh stop atal

3:30 pm

Joanne123

i will force feed u goat!!

3:30 pm

jmcnrick

apparently i will get to eat it for two weeks at all three meals

3:31 pm

sprite

mush grids??

3:31 pm

Joanne123

good luck jmc

3:31 pm

jmcnrick

hi sprite no grits not grids

3:32 pm

lynxxx

something to look forward to jmc

3:32 pm

jmcnrick

needs punctuation

3:32 pm

jmcnrick

hi, sprite. no, grits not grids

3:32 pm

sprite

(grinning) I know, just couldn't resist a bad pun. Ok, all new themes are in the list now! Thanks all for helping, and I am SO looking forward to seeing them work out.

3:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok folks time to go. happy babbling to all and to all a good night!

3:33 pm

jmcnrick

bye TO

3:33 pm

lynxxx

BBL walkies!

3:33 pm

Joanne123

byeee to

3:33 pm

sprite

night TOwl :)

3:33 pm

jmcnrick

did anyone post nixon besides me?

3:33 pm

Anj

A good sound but nothing that stands out for me on first listen (to Changing Legacy) It leans a little towards young Gods as well so there's a goof enough mix to keep it from being derivative.

3:34 pm

sprite

jmc: I have been rather ill for a couple of days and didn't update or post icon themes, I am very sorry. Just updated to tomorrow, am about to go to sleep.

3:34 pm

Joanne123

154 no list yet but ....need it now

3:35 pm

jmcnrick

no biggie -- there is always next year :-)

3:35 pm

Anj

'nighht T-Owl : )

3:35 pm

jmcnrick

sorry you have been ill -- feel better

3:35 pm

sprite

oh true! I will put it down for next year right away.

3:35 pm

Anj

...gah! I ned som speling lessuns : (

3:35 pm

Merk

Good night, Sprite. I see I forgot to log out.

3:36 pm

sprite

night Merk

3:36 pm

jmcnrick

bye merk

3:37 pm

sprite

jmc: done! Will do better next year, promise. Night all, and/or enjoy your waking time. Thanks for the help and the fun.

3:37 pm

Joanne123

nite merk

3:37 pm

jmcnrick

really no problem, bye sprite and sleep well

3:39 pm

Joanne123

second an8 please

3:39 pm

LuvWordGames

2nd an 8/45 take the last letter off the first one and plural it

3:40 pm

jmcnrick

ty luv

3:40 pm

Joanne123

put baby to sleep today..daughter asked how

3:40 pm

LuvWordGames

yw jmc

3:41 pm

Joanne123

so i told her i just cradled him and hummed and he went to sleep... cried for second ..put my hand on his back and he was out like a light

3:41 pm

jmcnrick

baby barbituates?

3:42 pm

Joanne123

lol jmc

3:42 pm

LuvWordGames

just finished, any clues needed?

3:42 pm

Joanne123

wtg luv

3:43 pm

Joanne123

congrats

3:43 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo luv!

3:43 pm

LuvWordGames

ty

3:43 pm

Joanne123

i don't think i will lol

3:44 pm

jmcnrick

i could use the last 8

3:44 pm

Joanne123

what 8??

3:44 pm

jmcnrick

i have an8x2,pe8, and su8

3:45 pm

Joanne123

eth8

3:45 pm

LuvWordGames

et 8/45 a gasoline substitute, plural

3:45 pm

Joanne123

chemical i think

3:45 pm

jmcnrick

ty joanne and luv

3:45 pm

Joanne123

yvw

3:45 pm

LuvWordGames

yw

3:46 pm

Joanne123

and i got that one on my own...proud moment

3:46 pm

Joanne123

how are you luv??

3:46 pm

LuvWordGames

cold but good thanks and you, Joanne?

3:47 pm

Joanne123

shitty beginning to the new year here

3:47 pm

jmcnrick

sorry to hear that joanne

3:47 pm

LuvWordGames

sorry to hear that, what's going on?

3:47 pm

Joanne123

jmc you didn't know??

3:48 pm

jmcnrick

no, what?

3:48 pm

Joanne123

crap mom in law..lump father in law 2 spots one one lung one on voice box

3:49 pm

LuvWordGames

oh, so sorry to hear that

3:49 pm

Joanne123

but i am an optismist

3:49 pm

jmcnrick

they are visiting?

3:49 pm

Joanne123

ty

3:49 pm

Joanne123

jmc 1 hour away

3:49 pm

LuvWordGames

as you shold be, cancers are so much more treatable now a days

3:50 pm

jmcnrick

o wait sorry i thought crap was a description of in-laws

3:50 pm

Joanne123

mom is more scared for her hubby

3:50 pm

Joanne123

lol jmc

3:50 pm

jmcnrick

*blush*

3:50 pm

Joanne123

i like my in laws hehe

3:50 pm

jmcnrick

his seems more problematic

3:51 pm

Joanne123

they mind their own business

3:51 pm

jmcnrick

ideal in-laws

3:52 pm

Flask1

hi all....clue please for le5/14 please??

3:52 pm

jmcnrick

hi flask

3:52 pm

Joanne123

ohh they may talk to the other kids about us but as long as i don't hear about it...i could care less..they have been awesome with my kids

3:53 pm

Joanne123

hi flask

3:53 pm

LuvWordGames

le 5/14 what your foot is attached to + the opposite of no minus the 1st letter

3:54 pm

Joanne123

ty luv

3:54 pm

jmcnrick

???

3:54 pm

LuvWordGames

yw Joanne

3:54 pm

Flask1

thanx LWG......and hi Jo and JMC

3:54 pm

LuvWordGames

yw flask

3:54 pm

Joanne123

but it sucks to see all the he4 they did for others and now this

3:55 pm

jmcnrick

well it may turn out okay joanne

3:55 pm

jmcnrick

it probably will for MIL

3:55 pm

Joanne123

i no it will

3:55 pm

oodleberry

boo

3:56 pm

Joanne123

i have to be strong for the hubby

3:56 pm

jmcnrick

the waiting is always hard

3:56 pm

Joanne123

hi oodle

3:56 pm

jmcnrick

*jumps*

3:56 pm

jmcnrick

hi oodle

3:56 pm

LuvWordGames

if no one else needs a clue I'll get going, have to make dinner

3:56 pm

Mary

Hi all, need clue for the last ha5/12 & 6/21 pls?

3:56 pm

Joanne123

byeee luv tyvm for clues

3:57 pm

oodleberry

ha! I did not scare you

3:57 pm

LuvWordGames

ha 5/12 ha + dig a h*** in the ground and plural

3:57 pm

LuvWordGames

bye Joanne yw and take care, hope all goes well with your in-laws

3:57 pm

oodleberry

be strong about what joanne

3:58 pm

Mary

ty Luv don't know why I didn't see it

3:58 pm

jmcnrick

ty luv

3:58 pm

Joanne123

ty luv

3:58 pm

Joanne123

hugs

3:59 pm

Joanne123

read back oodle

4:00 pm

oodleberry

i did I see ss

4:00 pm

Joanne123

ha

4:01 pm

oodleberry

nough said

4:01 pm

Joanne123

lol

4:02 pm

Joanne123

160 grrr

4:03 pm

jmcnrick

134 left

4:04 pm

oodleberry

wtg joanne or do you have 2160 left

4:04 pm

Atalante

wow. new contenders for my fb friends weirdest phobias. Apricots. and praying mantises

4:04 pm

oodleberry

160 i mean

4:05 pm

jmcnrick

i am phobic about bats

4:05 pm

Joanne123

million it seems

4:05 pm

Joanne123

160 down

4:05 pm

oodleberry

then jmc you can't play base ball?

4:06 pm

Atalante

really? any reason? I'm being fascinated about random phobias today

4:06 pm

jmcnrick

other kind of bats oodle

4:06 pm

oodleberry

I know

4:07 pm

bojazz

anybody got a clue for ap7/36?

4:07 pm

jmcnrick

i heard a bat in my house one night around 3 am and i went running outside in my very very light weight nitie and sat on the stoop til my first neighbor woke up at 5 am

4:07 pm

Atalante

awww!

4:08 pm

DR1965

why is sploosh not a word?

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

when i was a little girl in Houston there was a rabid bat epidemic

4:08 pm

Atalante

have a look on my FB, je. It's quite fascinating what people are scared of

4:08 pm

Atalante

well that explains a lot!

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

the sad thing is that this has happened to me twice in this house

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

hi DR

4:08 pm

DR1965

Hi Jmc

4:12 pm

Atalante

poor jmc!

4:12 pm

jmcnrick

i also was talking to a client in my living room when a bat flew in.

4:13 pm

jmcnrick

i don't know any of my neighbors who have had bats in their houses!

4:13 pm

Atalante

they *know*. like cats always go to ppl who hate them!

4:13 pm

jmcnrick

they must!

4:14 pm

DR1965

I think all animals are like that

4:14 pm

DR1965

like they are laughing on th einside know full well that you do not want them around

4:15 pm

jmcnrick

they probably leave a mark on my roof like the hobos did

4:15 pm

Atalante

"come here and scare the cr** out of the resident!"

4:15 pm

jmcnrick

exactly!

4:16 pm

Atalante

we used to have bats too, but we all loved them. and they don't carry rabies here

4:17 pm

jmcnrick

it is rare for them to be rabid here

4:17 pm

DR1965

we have bats but they do not bother us because there is a river nearby

4:17 pm

DR1965

and they go to eat there

4:18 pm

Atalante

it's lovely not having rabies here

4:19 pm

Atalante

jmc, I don't know if you'd know at all, it's nothing to do with your area of expertise but ...

4:19 pm

oodleberry

what is it about the river DR

4:19 pm

jmcnrick

what?

4:19 pm

Atalante

who is it best to get advice from about all the million different ways of moving to the US? do you know?

4:19 pm

Atalante

river = good insect life

4:20 pm

jmcnrick

I would probably talk to an immigration attorney first

4:20 pm

jmcnrick

are you planning to move here?

4:20 pm

Atalante

we are "meant" to talk to the US embassy first, but I just have this strange feeling that talking to them will get records started and my intentions fully monitored etc

4:21 pm

Atalante

I really hope to, yes

4:21 pm

jmcnrick

I can give you the email of my late

4:21 pm

jmcnrick

my late friends immigration law firm

4:21 pm

Atalante

oh ty!

4:22 pm

Atalante

trying to work through the consulate web site is so impossible

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

but i doubt the embassy has time to fully monitor inquiring brits

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

i will send it to you through fb later

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

where in the U.S.?

4:22 pm

Atalante

I guess not. But with security levels at the moment, I dont know ...

4:23 pm

Atalante

Oregon. I just don't want to screw anything up by putting something in writing to the consulate that I shouldn't. etc etc

4:23 pm

KatieMcG

evening everyone

4:23 pm

Atalante

hi katie!

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

hi katie

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

pini will be delighted!

4:24 pm

Atalante

she will :) stiddy too!

4:24 pm

Sally-catlover

Evening all. Hi Katie, Ata, everyone else.

4:24 pm

Atalante

hi sally!

4:25 pm

Sally-catlover

Reading back in chog a bit. Is this just a you-and-hobbit move, Ata?

4:25 pm

Atalante

yep! well, me hobbit and the monster cat :P

4:25 pm

KatieMcG

watched greys anatomy all day but hubby has now put his foot down and we are watching the news followed by match of the day (with only two matches on!!)

4:25 pm

KatieMcG

*silverclaw faints*

4:25 pm

Sally-catlover

Uh-huh.

4:25 pm

Atalante

silverclaw is far too fast asleep to faint :P

4:26 pm

Sally-catlover

You'll have to teach silverclaw the language.

4:27 pm

Atalante

she understands American, she's meet my american best friend a few times. anyway, she knows that any imperious meow or movement she makes is internatinally understood anyway

4:27 pm

DR1965

dont move in the winter

4:27 pm

DR1965

they are having horredous weather right now

4:28 pm

Sally-catlover

Naturally a British meow will sound superior to an American cat.

4:28 pm

DR1965

oops- spelled wrong

4:28 pm

Atalante

absolutely, Sally!

4:29 pm

Sally-catlover

Why isn't hoss a word? They have them in all cowboy films.

4:30 pm

Atalante

agreed

4:30 pm

Atalante

and hosses

4:30 pm

Erinmillerx

atalante - i moved here in 99 by getting married to a US citizen. I don't know if that helps with your situation, but one key thing is to keep copies of all your paperwork (which there will be a lot of) and be prepared to pay pretty high fees for application!

4:31 pm

Sally-catlover

lol. Don't think your reason for moving will apply in Ata's case, somehow, Erin.

4:31 pm

Erinmillerx

We talked to a couple of fairly reasonably priced immigration lawyers who were v helpful.

4:31 pm

Erinmillerx

Shrug. Just thought it might help

4:31 pm

Atalante

if I was getting married, it would be much easier! However, I'm getting divorced over here and wanting to move over there to get some good distance!

4:32 pm

Sally-catlover

Wasn't getting at you, Erin!

4:32 pm

Atalante

lol but my best friend has already said she'd divorce her husband so I could marry him as a final resort :P

4:32 pm

Erinmillerx

As far as I know they don't let you in unless you have a relative to sponsor you, a spouse or an employment situation.

4:32 pm

DR1965

that is very noble of her

4:33 pm

KatieMcG

I wouldn't do it lol

4:33 pm

Erinmillerx

So that marriage might be your only option, atlaante!

4:33 pm

Atalante

that's the issue - how long can I come over for on a holiday / volunteer work basis, and then can I swap to a work visa? That's the ideal option

4:33 pm

Sally-catlover

Does husband know your decision yet Ata?

4:34 pm

Erinmillerx

The standard tourist visa is 3 months. You can apply for a 6 month visa, but they might not give it to you.

4:34 pm

Atalante

he knows, but chooses not to acknowledge

4:35 pm

Sally-catlover

Tough on you Ata.

4:35 pm

Atalante

yeah ... do you know if I can extend the tourist visa over tehre? or do I have to come back here to reapply?

4:35 pm

DR1965

laundry calls.. bbl- good luck Ata!

4:36 pm

Erinmillerx

If you can find an employer who can prove to the USCIS that they couldn't give the same job to an American, that would work.

4:36 pm

Atalante

and I'm not sure if a tourist visa covers voluntary work, or whether I can get in on an academic visa to do voluntary work in my area

4:36 pm

Erinmillerx

I don't think you can extend a tourist visa - I wasn't able to.

4:36 pm

Erinmillerx

Things may have changed since year 2000 tho.

4:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi buddies, it's good to be back

4:37 pm

Atalante

and I can always do that - as another last resort, my best friend - who is a writer - will employ me as her PA. And no-one else could do that job because I know everything about her work and stories and have editing experience and she couldn't train up someone else as well as I could immediately do the job

4:38 pm

Atalante

so we're kind of counting on that, unless I can get fish and wildlife / ports authority to give me a job straight away, but that's unlikely cos of the job situation out inAstoria

4:38 pm

Sally-catlover

That sounds like a good way to go, Ata.

4:38 pm

KatieMcG

hi Gwen :-)

4:38 pm

Erinmillerx

That might work! They might want to interview both of you.

4:38 pm

Atalante

but I'd love to volunteer for a year with Fish & Wildlife to build up connections in the area. I just don't know how that works visa wise. I know F&W will do it!

4:41 pm

jmcnrick

okay i sent the attorney's name and email to you ata

4:41 pm

Atalante

and I don't know whether I need to ask F&W, the US embassy here or what - did you go through the embassy, erin?

4:41 pm

Atalante

TY TY jmc!

4:41 pm

Erinmillerx

I went through what used to be the INS.

4:42 pm

Erinmillerx

They were not exactly welcoming, but I guess immigration's not interested in being welcoming!

4:42 pm

Atalante

it's soooo complicated. anyone would think the US hates us :P

4:42 pm

Sally-catlover

Did you find it difficult to settle to American way of life, Erin?

4:42 pm

Erinmillerx

I think i went to a local immigration lawyer, and he advised us what to do and what forms to fill out.

4:43 pm

Erinmillerx

God yes!

4:43 pm

jmcnrick

it is now the bureau of citizenship and immigration

4:43 pm

Atalante

local as in when you were in the US, or local over here?

4:43 pm

Erinmillerx

The US immigration policy is to hate all foreigners, I think! THey can make you feel pretty small!

4:43 pm

Erinmillerx

Yeah, USCIS

4:44 pm

Erinmillerx

Local as in Boise Idaho.

4:44 pm

Sally-catlover

I was once very involved with an American guy, but I don't think I could have given up my country.

4:44 pm

Atalante

so - sorry, I'm being pernickety here - but did you go over on a tourist visa, and then talk to the immigration lawyers?

4:45 pm

Erinmillerx

Yes, atalante.

4:45 pm

jmcnrick

it is better to talk to the attorney's before you come

4:45 pm

Atalante

ty! sooooo complicated

4:45 pm

Erinmillerx

If you let them know your intentions before you go there, they get funny about letting you in! It seemed to be better to get there first then deal with it.

4:46 pm

Atalante

yeah ... but that's exactly what I'm worried about, erin

4:46 pm

KatieMcG

could I have a clue for the long an words please

4:46 pm

Erinmillerx

I hope you don't think me unpatriotic for leaviing Sally! I love England. I miss it loads

4:47 pm

jmcnrick

a+what you catch fish with+dig a **** in the ground to plant a tree

4:47 pm

Atalante

if I had them, you could :)

4:47 pm

Erinmillerx

Talk to an immigration lawyer before you leave, maybe

4:47 pm

jmcnrick

pl

4:47 pm

jmcnrick

drop the final letter of the 8 and pl

4:47 pm

jmcnrick

that is 8/9/8

4:47 pm

Sally-catlover

No, of course not!! In the end it was a choice I just couldn't make, that's all. Also I had a young son and I didn't really think I wanted him growing up there. I hasten to add I have nothing against the US or Americans! But I had to think of my son's grandparents and so on.

4:48 pm

KatieMcG

ty I would never have got them by myself

4:48 pm

jmcnrick

i didn't either katie

4:48 pm

Erinmillerx

I can imagine having kids already would make it hard! I was 22 at the time and didn't really know what I was getting into. You think you can do anything at that age.

4:48 pm

jmcnrick

should I leave so you can talk about the U.S. freely ;-)

4:49 pm

Sally-catlover

Do you come back very often?

4:49 pm

Erinmillerx

It's funny for me having 2 little boys with American accents. OK, jmc, I'll shut up now.

4:49 pm

Sally-catlover

lol jmc. No, just don't look!

4:49 pm

jmcnrick

lol

4:49 pm

car.eeyore

May I please have a clue for the lower right E? I need it for NBT and I can't seem to do anything with it!

4:49 pm

Erinmillerx

I've visited the UK four times in past 10 years. So I guess not. (Pricy)

4:50 pm

car.eeyore

NM! Just got it!

4:50 pm

jbp

volcano mount for the e

4:50 pm

jmcnrick

eh7/8=gasoline from corn

4:50 pm

Atalante

it's such fun talking to about the US :P

4:50 pm

KatieMcG

i think that is quite a lot Erin, given the distance and cost

4:51 pm

Erinmillerx

I love Oregon, Atalante. It reminds me of England a lot.

4:51 pm

Sally-catlover

Just make sure you have broadband and Babble access Ata.

4:51 pm

Sally-catlover

Get your priorities right.

4:51 pm

Atalante

oh yes, Sally :)

4:51 pm

Erinmillerx

Lol

4:51 pm

Atalante

Oregon really is like the UK. Just as much rain.

4:52 pm

KatieMcG

if I could go anywhere it would be Vancouver but I get homesick 70 miles from Tamworth so I know where I am settled lol

4:52 pm

Erinmillerx

yeah, I feel less homesick when I visit western oregon.

4:52 pm

Sally-catlover

lol Katie. I think you're probably the nearest Babbler to me.

4:52 pm

Atalante

I feel more at home in Oregon now than in the UK. I so desperately want to be out there, and I just feel sick at the thought that the US might not let me be there!

4:53 pm

KatieMcG

one fo my closest friends is in Kinver which is quite close to you

4:53 pm

KatieMcG

are you knee deep in snow sally?

4:53 pm

Sally-catlover

We'll have to have a Babble meet in the area!

4:55 pm

Erinmillerx

I'm sure it'll work out, atalante - just takes a lot of time and patience and persistance!

4:55 pm

Sally-catlover

Yes Katie. No post since Monday, no milk or papers most of week. A friend walked up to nearest village and collected them today, and another friend with 4WD went and got husband's prescription.

4:55 pm

Sally-catlover

We're all doomed!

4:55 pm

zoe_girl

su 7 plz

4:55 pm

Atalante

I hope so :) and yes, I'm totally prepared for that!

4:55 pm

Sally-catlover

You must have quite a bit of snow there too Katie.

4:56 pm

KatieMcG

we aren't too bad at the moment but they are gritting the roads less and it keeps snowing. I fully plan to work from home on monday as all the driving is causing me too much stress

4:56 pm

inge

su 7: to propose something

4:56 pm

Atalante

I really want to at least get to our local farm shop tomorrow - that's our nearest shop - to stock up on milk and beer!

4:56 pm

jmcnrick

i don't have a clue to su7 to you

4:57 pm

Sally-catlover

Luckily I'm retired, but our lane is only passable by 4WD or tractor, so I'm getting cabin fever a bit.

4:57 pm

zoe_girl

found it thanks

4:57 pm

jmcnrick

hi inge!

4:58 pm

KatieMcG

we went shopping on Thursday. Hubby (who is usually a rubbish driver) is actually really good in bad weather and they were gritting our hill then so it was OK.

4:58 pm

inge

hi, jmc and Sally and Zoe, and Katie and all babblers

4:58 pm

zoe_girl

hi inge

4:58 pm

jmcnrick

i am freezing -- need to turn up the heat brb

4:59 pm

Sally-catlover

lol Katie. Take it he doesn't read this! Sadly husband not allowed to drive at present (medical reasons) and I won't attempt to drive on an ice rink. Our lane has not been gritted :-(

4:59 pm

Sally-catlover

Hi Inge

5:00 pm

KatieMcG

It took me 1 1/2 to get to work on Friday not much longer than usual but that was because the traffic was so light. I had to battle up the hill, dodge the sheet ice falling off lorries on the M6 and then drive through snow on the A14, I told my boss not to expect me in until the thaw!!

5:00 pm

KatieMcG

lol sally he has just tried to look at the screen and I had to distract him so he didn't see it

5:01 pm

Sally-catlover

You need to have the news or something serious in anaother window so you can flip to it with lightning speed :-)

5:03 pm

KatieMcG

I've got lickety in another window (the old way) but didn't think of it!

5:11 pm

jillibus

Hello everyone :)

5:11 pm

wildcat17

lurking are we?

5:11 pm

Sally-catlover

Hi Jilli

5:11 pm

jillibus

Just got here --28 left from last night's effort

5:11 pm

KatieMcG

Iknow it's a fish but could I please have a clue for the second he4/5

5:12 pm

KatieMcG

nm I've just got it

5:12 pm

Sally-catlover

This grid is waaay too long

5:13 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers!How is everyone?

5:13 pm

Minveryork

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

5:13 pm

jillibus

hi min

5:15 pm

Good Enough

Evening everyone

5:16 pm

Minveryork

Hello Good Enough!How are you? Welcome to the grid

5:17 pm

Sally-catlover

Hi Minver and Good Enough. Sorry, was deep in the grid.

5:17 pm

jillibus

hi goodenough

5:17 pm

Good Enough

Hey MIn!

5:18 pm

Good Enough

Hi Jiili and Sally

5:19 pm

Good Enough

I've been indulging in mai tais all afternoon so I'm not sure how effective I will be tonite

5:19 pm

Atalante

ooo! how lovely for you!

5:20 pm

Good Enough

at the moment quite lovely...later??

5:20 pm

origami

hi folks ... back for a bit ... don't know how effective i"ll be either, having had 2 glasses of wine and it's only 3:15 :-)

5:21 pm

Minveryork

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

5:21 pm

Good Enough

Cheers origami!!

5:21 pm

origami

yep, i'm turning into a lush :-)

5:23 pm

KatieMcG

hi everyone that has just come in. I'm on wine and it seems to be helping lalthough it is gone 11pm here lol

5:23 pm

Sally-catlover

Feeling left out. Will go and pour a drink.

5:24 pm

kje

hi katie - just starting now but will keep that suggestion in mind ; )

5:24 pm

Atalante

sally, I think I'll do the same!

5:24 pm

origami

maybe there's a 12 step program for babble too :-)

5:24 pm

Good Enough

We spent the afternoon having lunch with our college friends and we are 20+ years out of college. 38 of us at a great crab restaurant - yum!!

5:25 pm

Sally-catlover

That wouldn't work, origami, because the first step is that you have to want to give up!

5:25 pm

TXZinnia

Evening, all

5:26 pm

jillibus

I feel soooo pure -- just had a cup of tea about an hour ago

5:26 pm

origami

aaaah yes, well i guess i don't want to take that first step quite yet

5:26 pm

Good Enough

Hey Zinnia

5:26 pm

jillibus

hi zinnia

5:26 pm

Sally-catlover

Hi Zinnia.

5:26 pm

jillibus

hi origami

5:26 pm

TXZinnia

Anyone else using Babble to put off doing something else? Like finishing putting away the holiday decorations?

5:27 pm

kje

pa4less is not a word? hmmm... already starting to not like this one

5:27 pm

TXZinnia

Maybe the wine suggestion would help

5:27 pm

kje

prob

5:27 pm

jillibus

I feel pure again -- did all the chores first, like filling the bird feeders, sewing on a button, etc etc

5:28 pm

jillibus

kje, I've found this grid friendlier than most!

5:28 pm

Good Enough

Will you come take care of my family Jilli?

5:28 pm

TXZinnia

I wish I could say the same Jilli

5:28 pm

Sally-catlover

sewing on a button? Faints.

5:29 pm

kje

I'm just starting jilli

5:29 pm

jillibus

No way, good, I've done my chores for the day (except getting supper later -- it's 3:29 pm here.

5:29 pm

kje

we shall see

5:29 pm

Good Enough

but I have mai tais.....

5:30 pm

KatieMcG

I didn't know buttons could be sown back on lol

5:30 pm

jillibus

I know, sally -- it's such a strain. But it's been waiting since just after Christmas.

5:30 pm

TXZinnia

Can you send one to Texas?

5:30 pm

KatieMcG

that would be why I have hundreds of untouched packs of buttons in a draw upstairs

5:30 pm

TXZinnia

(Mai tai, not button)

5:30 pm

Good Enough

*sending mai tais to all my babble friends*

5:30 pm

Sally-catlover

This Christmas? It needs another year to mature yet.

5:31 pm

KatieMcG

I love the clarification TXZ

5:31 pm

TXZinnia

Ahhhh, that hit the spot!

5:31 pm

jillibus

lol, sally!

5:31 pm

Sally-catlover

If you leave buttons for long enough you can no longer fit into the clothes they belong to, and your problem is solved.

5:32 pm

Good Enough

I like the way you think Sally!!

5:32 pm

origami

lol sally -- that's my approach to just about everything

5:32 pm

jillibus

oh, youo're full of good advice, sally!

5:33 pm

Sally-catlover

Glad to be of service. Perhaps I should write a book of Helpful Household Hints.

5:33 pm

origami

my two hounds are self-feeders but do eat a lot. i got tired of filling up the food bowl so purchased a really big plastic bowl. filled it up this morning and neither of them have touched the food all day. freaks!

5:34 pm

jillibus

Excellent idea, sally.

5:34 pm

Atalante

sounds like hobbit. except now she suddenly wants scooby snacks

5:34 pm

Boobear

clue for the second an 8/45

5:35 pm

jillibus

what kind of hounds, origami?

5:35 pm

jillibus

pl of the first an7, boobear

5:36 pm

Boobear

ok ty

5:36 pm

jillibus

yw

5:36 pm

origami

i have a black and tan coonhound (a really big very sweet girl) and an american foxhound (sweet, but a bossy handfull)

5:36 pm

Atalante

love foxhounds!

5:36 pm

jillibus

well, they should be chow hounds too, then!

5:37 pm

Atalante

we've had the chows today already :D

5:37 pm

EspritdJean

clue for the 9's?

5:38 pm

Minveryork

The an 9/60 is plural of the an 8/45 word EspritdJean

5:38 pm

origami

yes, the foxhounds are wonderful. so smart! but they are extremely energetic and this one is bit domineering. just about 2 years, both of them

5:38 pm

EspritdJean

definition?

5:38 pm

Atalante

have you met rubyfoo, jilli?

5:38 pm

jillibus

an8/45 -- a + what a fisherman might use + cavity

5:38 pm

jillibus

yes, ata -- why?

5:39 pm

Atalante

she has chows :)

5:39 pm

kje

ty jilli

5:39 pm

kje

i had a chow... smartest dog ever

5:39 pm

Good Enough

thx jilli

5:39 pm

jillibus

oh yes, I remember!

5:39 pm

Sally-catlover

I saw she had finally sorted out her icon problem.

5:39 pm

jillibus

yw kje

5:39 pm

Atalante

yep :)

5:40 pm

EspritdJean

never saw that an word b4 ty Jilli

5:40 pm

Atalante

we now have a pic of one of them - she's gorgeous!

5:40 pm

TXZinnia

Finally got 100

5:40 pm

origami

the only dog i ever was bitten by was a chow ... i'm working at getting over it

5:40 pm

Sally-catlover

What was the problem, do youi know?

5:40 pm

wildcat17

2nd an7 please

5:40 pm

jillibus

I didn't see that, sally and ata :(

5:41 pm

Atalante

you will

5:41 pm

jillibus

only one an7

5:41 pm

Minveryork

an 7/32 is an + friendly alien plus dig a ***e wildcat17.

5:41 pm

jillibus

ruby's chows come from an outstanding kennel in Ontario.

5:42 pm

Atalante

one has autism!

5:43 pm

jillibus

what has autism -- the chow or the missing an7?

5:43 pm

Atalante

the chow :P

5:43 pm

wildcat17

jill mentioned a first one so I assumed there must be a second

5:43 pm

jillibus

oh, sorry, wildcat

5:43 pm

wildcat17

no prob I know what not to look for

5:44 pm

jillibus

that's interesting, ata!

5:44 pm

wildcat17

how do they know that ata?

5:44 pm

Atalante

isn't it!

5:44 pm

EspritdJean

clue for the 2d nine? first two letters and definition?

5:44 pm

Atalante

I'm not entirely sure ... she did explain but I hadn't heard of the person whose method she followed, and I can't remember the name

5:46 pm

jillibus

pe9/66 is a pl. Alice went down one, if you consider rabbits to be pe***

5:47 pm

EspritdJean

ty again jilli, another new word

5:47 pm

Atalante

Temple someone? *thinking about what Ruby said*

5:47 pm

adubin77

Hi Wildcat!

5:48 pm

jillibus

yw esprit

5:48 pm

KatieMcG

ty jilli I was just working on that

5:48 pm

jillibus

yw katie

5:49 pm

TXZinnia

Good clue, jilli -tyvm

5:49 pm

wildcat17

well hi there

5:49 pm

kje

it is cold here

5:49 pm

wildcat17

which one of you is on?

5:49 pm

jillibus

yw zinnia

5:49 pm

adubin77

It's me

5:49 pm

wildcat17

I knew you were going to say that ...

5:50 pm

wildcat17

mario

5:50 pm

jillibus

I could use a clue for le5/14 *ducking the fishslap*

5:50 pm

adubin77

:) your bro

5:50 pm

origami

kje ... where in texas are you at again?

5:50 pm

kje

dallas

5:50 pm

Sally-catlover

OK Babble friends. Must dash. Nice grid but way too long today. See you all tomorrow with any luck.

5:50 pm

wildcat17

having a good saturday?

5:50 pm

kje

has nothing to do with anything, just can't get warm today.... it has been colder, but for some reason the house feels colder now

5:51 pm

wildcat17

did you finish the grid yesterday?

5:51 pm

Atalante

bye sally dear!

5:51 pm

wildcat17

me too kj ... it's been cold for waaaay too long

5:51 pm

adubin77

Yep - went to lunch with Dad at BJ's brewery. It's a lot like cheesecake factory but cheaper and better atmosphere

5:51 pm

Boobear

clue for the last se 4/4

5:51 pm

origami

i've spent much time in dallas. my mother's family settled in that area and my grandfather used to say there was nothing between texas and the north pole but flat

5:51 pm

jillibus

bye sally!

5:51 pm

Good Enough

bye Sally!

5:51 pm

TXZinnia

jilli - like window sills, but missing a letter

5:51 pm

wildcat17

good how's he doing?

5:52 pm

jillibus

tyvm zinnia

5:52 pm

adubin77

He is doing ok. His knee is still hurting, but the cortozone shot should kick in pretty soon

5:52 pm

TXZinnia

turnabout's fair play

5:52 pm

Sally-catlover

Poof!

5:53 pm

kje

noh is not a word here?

5:53 pm

adubin77

How is your saturday going?

5:54 pm

zoe_girl

sp 5,12 please

5:54 pm

wildcat17

it's going ... went shopping with kids to spend xmas $. Some success- R couldn't find a game she wanted, so she got a pillow instead

5:54 pm

wildcat17

just cold, cold, cold

5:55 pm

zoe_girl

54 left and im fust not able to see anymore

5:55 pm

wildcat17

that happens in my grid too zoe

5:55 pm

EspritdJean

sp5 12 is a type of grain

5:55 pm

zoe_girl

+just*

5:56 pm

EspritdJean

rhymes with what happens to ice in warm weather

5:56 pm

adubin77

Ah. That's nice. We have an after-Christmas party today as well. Gparents will watch the kids

5:56 pm

wildcat17

good

5:56 pm

wildcat17

I should be putting away the xmas stuff, but I don't want to

5:56 pm

origami

having made no progress with chores looming, i'll bbl, see ya

5:56 pm

zoe_girl

thanks found them both

5:56 pm

adubin77

Not that I've seen the kids today- all with noses in DS's

5:56 pm

Good Enough

Well i'm done with my mai tais and im headed off to my 9 year old indoor soccer game. Good luck with this crazy grid babblers!

5:57 pm

TXZinnia

Me, too wildcat

5:57 pm

TXZinnia

Bye GE

5:57 pm

adubin77

Yeah, we finally took down xmas lights and put all bins away today

5:58 pm

adubin77

Bye GE

5:58 pm

wildcat17

come do mine

5:58 pm

adubin77

LOL

5:58 pm

TXZinnia

I'm blind to the last three gu word

5:58 pm

kje

ah, the raccoon just woke up.... must be on his way out

5:58 pm

adubin77

gu4,8 Sound of silence

5:59 pm

wildcat17

your houseguest is still around?

5:59 pm

adubin77

And the other 2 derive from gu4,8

5:59 pm

kje

yes, I think he was gone for a bit, but has made it back in again

5:59 pm

wildcat17

well it's cold outside

5:59 pm

kje

and since my bedroom has become the warmest room, he has taken to sleeping right overhead

5:59 pm

adubin77

Wildcat, were R &/or E coming to Tux sometime?

5:59 pm

wildcat17

smart guy

5:59 pm

jillibus

3 to go...

5:59 pm

kje

so every morning between 5-6 I hear him making his way back in - he is getting too noisy

6:00 pm

Atalante

bad raccoon!

6:00 pm

sammysmom

THE FIRST PE 5/12?

6:00 pm

kje

but it is so cold out that I feel bad kicking him out at the moment

6:00 pm

TXZinnia

I guess it's fish tonight for dinner LOL

6:00 pm

TXZinnia

Thanks

6:00 pm

wildcat17

I don't know ... no one has told me anything

6:00 pm

wildcat17

lol kj

6:00 pm

adubin77

Ah

6:00 pm

TXZinnia

Go jilli

6:01 pm

wildcat17

R went to Abilene this wkend .. bf's grandfather is very ill

6:01 pm

adubin77

Sorry to hear that...

6:01 pm

wildcat17

and E's puppy has a broken leg, so he can't leave her just anywhere

6:02 pm

kje

that is sad, how did she break it?

6:02 pm

jillibus

***FIREWORDS***

6:02 pm

wildcat17

woohoo jill!!!

6:02 pm

Atalante

yay jillikins!

6:02 pm

adubin77

good job, jill!

6:02 pm

Atalante

poor puppy!

6:02 pm

wildcat17

not sure kj, but we think another roommate's large dogs fell on her or something

6:02 pm

kje

poor thing

6:02 pm

TXZinnia

HOORAY for Jilli -- and with that, I'll off to spend a FEW minutes with my chores. See y'all soon

6:03 pm

wildcat17

she's only 4 mos. old and not very big

6:03 pm

wildcat17

gl zinnia

6:03 pm

wildcat17

not coordinated enough to climb on anything and jump off

6:03 pm

jillibus

ty all -- now I can clue happily (after I've turned on the lights -- getting dark at 4:03 pm on an overcast day)

6:03 pm

jillibus

awww, poor little pup!

6:05 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jillibus on your fireworks! Good for U

6:05 pm

kje

yay jilli!

6:05 pm

wildcat17

yeah I hope there's no permanent damage

6:06 pm

Minveryork

Debating if I should give up w/54 words left or finish.

6:06 pm

wildcat17

finish

6:06 pm

kje

at 66, will start to list at 50 I think...

6:06 pm

kje

finish minver!!!

6:06 pm

jillibus

finish, min -- I can clue and lots of words grow out of other ones

6:06 pm

wildcat17

help for top right corner E

6:07 pm

kje

e + po4

6:07 pm

Minveryork

Started using Lickety's list after I got 115 words kje.

6:07 pm

kje

then remove the last vowel for the other

6:07 pm

kje

may join you soon min

6:08 pm

jillibus

ep4/5 & 6/21 -- go across and dip down for the 4

6:08 pm

Kallia

that damn volcano!!!

6:08 pm

Kallia

that damn volcano!!!

6:08 pm

wildcat17

got it ty

6:08 pm

Kallia

hello all

6:08 pm

jillibus

I use Lickety after I get nbt

6:08 pm

jillibus

hello kallia

6:09 pm

Minveryork

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

6:09 pm

jillibus

aw, we haven't seen the dear volcano for ages!

6:09 pm

Kallia

ty min, back for my last few

6:09 pm

kje

that was my last e - ty

6:10 pm

Minveryork

My rule is no list 'til I've found at least half the words.

6:10 pm

Jellen

Thanks, jilli and hello all!

6:10 pm

Kallia

lol I didn't see it for ages either jilli

6:10 pm

Minveryork

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

6:10 pm

jillibus

min, I'd never get to halfway if I did that :(

6:10 pm

jillibus

Hi jellen!!!

6:11 pm

jillibus

although I might have with this nice grid

6:11 pm

SeaSpray

Hi eveyone...a clue for the second ha5,12 please?

6:11 pm

KatieMcG

can I have a clue for the last th5/12 please

6:12 pm

KatieMcG

I have the same rule Minver

6:12 pm

jillibus

t+ cavity

6:13 pm

KatieMcG

oh I just got it nm x

6:13 pm

jillibus

and pl

6:13 pm

KatieMcG

thanks anyway jilli

6:13 pm

Shirlockc

ap?

6:14 pm

oodleberry

an8 45 please

6:15 pm

oodleberry

2nd one

6:15 pm

jillibus

ap + pl male + give me an **timate on the cost

6:15 pm

Shirlockc

same as the first an7/8 pair but add vowel to the end

6:15 pm

jillibus

an8/45 is pl of an7

6:16 pm

jillibus

my clue is for the 2nd an8/45

6:16 pm

Shirlockc

thx jili

6:16 pm

oodleberry

ty ty

6:17 pm

jillibus

hi oodle

6:17 pm

Jellen

Um, I wouldn't mind a clue for any of the an7's

6:17 pm

oodleberry

hijill

6:17 pm

Jellen

or an8's :-)

6:17 pm

KatieMcG

couldn't work the ap clue could I have another please

6:18 pm

jillibus

there's only one an7 -- a + what a fisherman might use + cavity minus last letter

6:18 pm

Shirlockc

an + abbrev for alien + rabbit ****

6:18 pm

Jellen

ap + male pronoun + plural letter pluralled...

6:18 pm

jillibus

apis hard to clue -- that's a good one, jellen

6:18 pm

KatieMcG

ty jellen

6:19 pm

oodleberry

an 5 10 please

6:19 pm

KatieMcG

Oh I haven't seen you since Christmas. Mr Mari made your cranberry sauce and it was fantstic thanks

6:19 pm

Babs1

plural an 4/4

6:19 pm

jillibus

an5/10 -- take the alien out of the an8 (1st one)

6:19 pm

words

ancavity and drop the h oodle

6:20 pm

KatieMcG

could I have a clue for the eg words please

6:20 pm

jillibus

sorry, bad clue

6:20 pm

oodleberry

ty ty

6:20 pm

Jellen

Thanks, jilli and Shirlock!

6:22 pm

oodleberry

THANKYOU MONKEY!!!

6:23 pm

Jellen

eg + get an ***imate for car repair

6:23 pm

jillibus

eg5/14 and 6/24 -- e + invite a *u*** for dinner?

6:23 pm

jillibus

and pl

6:24 pm

jillibus

again, your clue is better, jellen!

6:24 pm

jillibus

brb

6:27 pm

Jellen

brb... laundry...

6:28 pm

KatieMcG

ty for the ge clues :-)

6:29 pm

SeaSpray

clue for the second ha5,12 and ha6,21 please

6:29 pm

Jellen

back now

6:29 pm

kje

ha + spanish cheer

6:29 pm

wildcat17

O clues?

6:29 pm

Jellen

Working on those right now, SeaSpray!

6:29 pm

Jellen

Thanks, kje!

6:29 pm

SeaSpray

thank you wildcat

6:30 pm

EspritdJean

oo4/5 and ah**

6:30 pm

kje

yw

6:30 pm

SeaSpray

fireworks for me thanks to you

6:30 pm

wildcat17

yvw and congrats

6:30 pm

EspritdJean

os4/5 rhymes with how you water your grass

6:30 pm

Boobear

hi Jellen

6:30 pm

Jellen

Yay, SeaSpray!!!

6:30 pm

wildcat17

**wonders what I did?

6:30 pm

EspritdJean

ol4 4 spanish cheer

6:34 pm

Jellen

oh + phys. **.

6:34 pm

Jellen

on** - singles

6:35 pm

oodleberry

2nd ge5 14 please

6:35 pm

oodleberry

hi wild

6:35 pm

wildcat17

hi berry

6:35 pm

Jellen

g + e*** = old gas station name

6:35 pm

oodleberry

r you staying warm

6:35 pm

Jellen

ge5 is an art medium

6:36 pm

wildcat17

trying to ... please take back your canadian air

6:36 pm

Jillyjill

Okay...after months of playing I finally upgraded to pro...hello everybody!! :)

6:36 pm

oodleberry

it is from the arctic... not from us

6:36 pm

wildcat17

hi jilly and congrats

6:36 pm

oodleberry

ty jellen

6:36 pm

kje

welcome to pro jilly

6:36 pm

Jillyjill

cheap little bugger aren't I??

6:37 pm

Jellen

Hi, Jilly! Congrats!

6:37 pm

oodleberry

hi jilly congrats

6:38 pm

wildcat17

ad you still here?

6:38 pm

kje

ok, will see if the list actually helps or not

6:38 pm

adubin77

sorta

6:38 pm

adubin77

we are leaving in a few, so I"ll have to exit shortly

6:38 pm

wildcat17

:(

6:38 pm

Jellen

Still need any O's?

6:39 pm

wildcat17

yes please

6:39 pm

wildcat17

I don't usually play on sundays so I'll see you again sometime next week

6:39 pm

adubin77

Ok - did you finish?

6:39 pm

wildcat17

11 more

6:39 pm

adubin77

Ah - we have 20 left

6:40 pm

wildcat17

not listing so this could take awhile

6:40 pm

oodleberry

ge7 and 3rd ge5 14

6:41 pm

Jellen

op + The doc says, say **, then plural

6:41 pm

kje

damn tricky ps

6:41 pm

wildcat17

that was the one ty

6:42 pm

wildcat17

ge7 = pt of the ge5 you were clued earlier

6:42 pm

kje

1st po6?

6:42 pm

Boobear

clue for the first sh 5

6:43 pm

kje

nm, got it

6:43 pm

oodleberry

ty

6:44 pm

KatieMcG

po7/36 please

6:44 pm

jillibus

sh5 -- wearing footwear

6:45 pm

jillibus

po7/36 -- most po4/6

6:46 pm

KatieMcG

ty jilli

6:46 pm

jillibus

yw

6:46 pm

adubin77

Ok, gotta go. See you all later! Till next week, Wildcat!

6:46 pm

wildcat17

bbye have fun

6:46 pm

rururocks

poohest

6:46 pm

jillibus

bye adubin

6:47 pm

wildcat17

hugs for e1

6:47 pm

jillibus

silly ruru -- how's Dylan?

6:47 pm

Jellen

Bye adubin

6:47 pm

adubin77

hugs to u 2

6:47 pm

Jellen

Hi, ruru!

6:47 pm

wildcat17

:)

6:47 pm

wildcat17

he's adorable ru

6:47 pm

Boobear

hi ruru

6:47 pm

kje

10

6:48 pm

periwinkle

hello, back to find my last 20 words

6:48 pm

kje

then an early bed for me i think

6:48 pm

wildcat17

is he home with you yet?

6:48 pm

rururocks

hi everyone

6:48 pm

KatieMcG

pu 5/14 please

6:48 pm

jillibus

hi peri!

6:48 pm

rururocks

(yes ... at your age now kje you need your rest)

6:48 pm

rururocks

no not yet wild.. soon

6:48 pm

wildcat17

heh heh

6:48 pm

kje

if i knew where you lived ru, I would come and steal that puppy! he is so adorable!

6:48 pm

wildcat17

how old is he now?

6:49 pm

rururocks

don't forget your metamusil too kje

6:49 pm

kje

and re: your smartass comment.... people in brick houses...

6:49 pm

jillibus

pu5/14 -- pl of the gunk that comes out of an infected sore (ugh)

6:49 pm

wildcat17

he's going to be so much fun ruru

6:49 pm

periwinkle

ruru, your puppy is adorable

6:49 pm

rururocks

he is 5 weeks old wild

6:49 pm

Jellen

Hi, peri!

6:49 pm

rururocks

thanks a lot peri

6:50 pm

rururocks

hi jellen

6:50 pm

jillibus

so you'll get him at 7 weeks, ruru?

6:50 pm

rururocks

yes.. (counting the days now)

6:50 pm

periwinkle

hye thre Jellen, long time no see. how are you,? How is Tim?

6:50 pm

rururocks

Isn't past your bedtime already kje?

6:50 pm

jillibus

perfect timing

6:50 pm

periwinkle

can't spell tonight

6:51 pm

StephieC

what kind of puppy is it?

6:51 pm

KatieMcG

`ty jilli, only 5 left I promise

6:51 pm

rururocks

golden retriever stephie

6:51 pm

jillibus

ruru, did you get to play with him today? Take pix?

6:51 pm

Jellen

We're both fine, Peri...How are you?

6:51 pm

jillibus

gogogo katie!

6:51 pm

StephieC

he's precious! I've been looking at golden doodles. Anyone know anything about them?

6:51 pm

rururocks

I am going tomorrow instead jilli..early in the a.m. (praying for a tiny grid tonight)

6:52 pm

rururocks

I have new pics though

6:52 pm

MPittore

yabba dabba doo!!!!! hi everyone

6:52 pm

periwinkle

firt po6/21 pls

6:52 pm

jillibus

oh -- thought you'd gone today

6:52 pm

jillibus

hi MPitt!

6:52 pm

periwinkle

good to hear, Jellen, I am fine too

6:52 pm

kje

uno

6:52 pm

rururocks

couldn't go.. too much to do here today..

6:52 pm

kje

and it is an 8

6:52 pm

Jillyjill

well, gotta run, going out with hubby! C U all l8er?

6:52 pm

MPittore

hi jilli....i should be packing for my cruise but i can't get enough babble!

6:53 pm

jillibus

gogogo kje!

6:53 pm

KatieMcG

se 5/16 please

6:53 pm

jillibus

hi and bye jillyjill!

6:53 pm

rururocks

an 8 kje? is that the one?

6:53 pm

Jillyjill

I know, it is hard to leave...lol

6:53 pm

kje

done done done done.... done!

6:53 pm

MPittore

Yikes...7 days without babble....will have to have lots of kicka-poo joy juice!

6:53 pm

jillibus

YAY kje!!!

6:53 pm

kje

it WAS the one, yes

6:53 pm

rururocks

YAYAYYAYAYAYYAYAY kje

6:53 pm

periwinkle

NM

6:53 pm

kje

but it was a silly miised plural

6:54 pm

MPittore

congrats kjy

6:54 pm

rururocks

(puts out a sominex on nightstand)

6:54 pm

jillibus

se5/16 -- moving smoothly from one subject to another -- also musical term

6:54 pm

MPittore

i meant kje....

6:54 pm

kje

thanks all

6:55 pm

MPittore

79 left here

6:55 pm

periwinkle

jilli, do yoio ever play Scramble?

6:55 pm

bojazz

thx jill

6:55 pm

rururocks

I just love it when the senior citizens get their fireworks...

6:55 pm

jillibus

funny icon, MPitt!

6:55 pm

rururocks

like kje

6:55 pm

jillibus

no, peri -- don't like speed games

6:56 pm

kje

ru - you will always be older... until you die anyhow

6:56 pm

oodleberry

ok Iknow I saw it but I thought I had it op's please

6:56 pm

Jellen

Oh, Fireworks! Didn't realize I was close, lol!

6:56 pm

periwinkle

ok

6:56 pm

kje

yayayay jellen!

6:56 pm

jillibus

YAY jellen!!!

6:56 pm

periwinkle

yay for Jellen

6:56 pm

KatieMcG

congrats jellen

6:56 pm

MPittore

jilli you inspire me to change my icons....it's fun finding one that moves me!

6:56 pm

rururocks

(YAYAY jellen)... lol

6:56 pm

Jellen

op + the doc says, say **, then pl.

6:56 pm

periwinkle

MPIttore, your icon cracks me up

6:56 pm

oodleberry

ty jellen

6:57 pm

kje

jellen, how is tim?

6:57 pm

jillibus

op words are like the great TV personality minus the r

6:57 pm

rururocks

ok back to football ...hoping the Eagles crush those Cowboys..

6:57 pm

kje

me too ru

6:57 pm

bojazz

gelop

6:57 pm

bojazz

go Cowboys!

6:57 pm

rururocks

?? really... I can't stand the Cowboy Team..

6:58 pm

Jellen

Clear report as of November, kje...Still trying to decide what to do for a living...

6:58 pm

MPittore

have to do a few errands...be back l8tr

6:58 pm

kje

I don't care about pro ball period... but since they built that new stadium and raised the taxes ridiculously to do it, I say screw them all

6:59 pm

jillibus

kje, that would be exhausting

6:59 pm

kje

I hate supplementing a franchise that makes millions yearly - something really effed up about that

6:59 pm

Jellen

lol, jilli!

6:59 pm

kje

yea! jellen, that is wonderful news!

6:59 pm

kje

LOLOL jilli

7:00 pm

kje

that was aweful naughty of you

7:00 pm

jillibus

yes, great news, jellen :)

7:00 pm

KatieMcG

hmm having problems with the se5/16 could I please hve another clue

7:00 pm

jillibus

hehe ;-D

7:00 pm

oodleberry

break time

7:00 pm

Jellen

se + I ***ss you want another clue

7:00 pm

kje

se + start of visitor

7:01 pm

jillibus

se + you'll have to ***ss the rest

7:01 pm

kje

OK, I am off.. have a wonderful night babblebuds

7:01 pm

Jellen

Bye, kje!

7:01 pm

jillibus

bye kje -- be good ;)

7:01 pm

KatieMcG

ty so much all :-)

7:02 pm

jillibus

brb

7:02 pm

Jellen

I'm going to take a break, too...I'll be back, though...

7:02 pm

Jellen

I'll wait 'til jilli gets back...

7:03 pm

KatieMcG

3rd sh 5/14 please after the woman and before the footwear

7:03 pm

Kallia

yeh done!

7:03 pm

Jellen

Yay, Kallia!!!!

7:03 pm

Jellen

sh + ***ers have a skin disease

7:04 pm

Kallia

sh + plus start of small Irish imp like creature

7:04 pm

zoe_girl

i have oh,ol,on,oo,op4&5,os clue for the last one please

7:04 pm

Jellen

Much more pleasant clue, Kallia!

7:04 pm

KatieMcG

ty both :-)

7:05 pm

Kallia

well whatever works Jellen :)

7:05 pm

Kallia

yw Katie

7:05 pm

nrkii

hi all

7:05 pm

Jellen

os + plural

7:05 pm

nrkii

zoe... there are two oo words

7:06 pm

KatieMcG

Fireworks xx

7:06 pm

nrkii

oo4/5 and oo5/14

7:06 pm

periwinkle

hi there, nrkii

7:06 pm

Jellen

Hi, nrkii!

7:06 pm

nrkii

wtg katie

7:06 pm

Kallia

hi nrkii

7:06 pm

Kallia

wd Katie

7:06 pm

KatieMcG

a sound you might make at fireworks nrkii

7:06 pm

jillibus

I'm baaaack

7:06 pm

Kallia

I think I need to go sleep

7:06 pm

KatieMcG

one is pl and the other is past tense

7:07 pm

Kallia

night all

7:07 pm

jillibus

YAY katie!!!

7:07 pm

nrkii

Katie, I have them ... I was clueing for zoe

7:07 pm

nrkii

but thanks!!!

7:07 pm

jillibus

night kallia and hi nrkii!

7:07 pm

KatieMcG

my goodness it's gone 1am! need to go to bed soon

7:07 pm

nrkii

I need help with A's more than anything... down to 29 left, but those A's are distressing me

7:07 pm

KatieMcG

sorry nrkii I obviously need my bed lol

7:08 pm

nrkii

welcome back jilli :)

7:08 pm

Jellen

Right, I'm off for a bit!

7:08 pm

zoe_girl

thanks

7:08 pm

jillibus

clues for As available

7:09 pm

nrkii

jilli, I don't have the list yet, so not ready to ask for clues... but thank you for offering... maybe you could just tell me if there are any AP words at all

7:09 pm

jillibus

start with the 1st an8/45, ok?

7:10 pm

jillibus

yes, nrkii, one ap -- do you want the stats?

7:10 pm

periwinkle

nrkii are you interested inplaying Scramble?

7:10 pm

periwinkle

fireworks

7:10 pm

nrkii

nah, I'll worry it out for a while jilli

7:10 pm

nrkii

yay peri!!!

7:10 pm

jillibus

YAY peri!!!

7:10 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations periwinkle on fireworks! Good for U!

7:10 pm

jillibus

ok nrk -- good luck!

7:11 pm

nrkii

Peri, I'm terrible at remembering to play scramble... not really my game... I'm more of a Scrabble, Lexulous girl

7:11 pm

periwinkle

thanks all

7:11 pm

periwinkle

np, nrkii, I am not good at

7:11 pm

wildcat17

firewords nite all

7:11 pm

periwinkle

Scrabble or Lexulous

7:11 pm

jillibus

YAY wildcat!!!

7:11 pm

nrkii

yay wild, and gnight!

7:11 pm

nrkii

I play both Lexulous and Scrabble

7:11 pm

nrkii

depends on which one the other person prefers

7:12 pm

nrkii

I have no preference...

7:12 pm

nrkii

actually, I sort of prefer Lexulous, but not enough that it matters

7:12 pm

jillibus

I like Lexulous but don't play quickly

7:13 pm

nrkii

my goodness, my monkey just accidentally stumbled across the ap without much effort at all

7:13 pm

Boobear

fireworks

7:13 pm

nrkii

Jilli, I have 20 lexulous games going, so I don't notice how slow anyone is

7:13 pm

jillibus

congrats, nrkii -- it's hard to clue!

7:13 pm

nrkii

yay boobear!

7:13 pm

jillibus

YAY boobear!!!

7:13 pm

nrkii

I walked into an onslaught of fireworks

7:14 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations boobear on fireworks! Good for you!

7:14 pm

jillibus

yes, quite blinding!

7:14 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

7:14 pm

nrkii

hiya tor

7:15 pm

Boobear

ty all have a good nite

7:15 pm

nrkii

night boo

7:15 pm

jillibus

Oh lol, TV news just saying we were warmer here today than Florida

7:15 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Boobear!I will see you tomorrow in the chat

7:15 pm

Minveryork

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

7:15 pm

nrkii

how's life in sunny san diego Tor?

7:16 pm

jillibus

Hi torg!

7:16 pm

torgone

Another day in paradise ..

7:16 pm

nrkii

all part of global warming, jilli... the ice caps are taking up new residence in the deep south

7:16 pm

torgone

It's pretty warm today ..

7:17 pm

jillibus

it's been crazy -- all of Gt Britain covered in snow

7:17 pm

torgone

Had a nice walk .. Lunch by the bay .. good day ..

7:17 pm

nrkii

I like snow ... I missed it when I was on the other side of the country

7:18 pm

nrkii

but, I am already looking forward to Spring... go figure

7:18 pm

jillibus

satellite shot yesterday showed all white where the maps used to be pink

7:18 pm

nrkii

sounds perfect Torgone

7:18 pm

jillibus

SD does sound great

7:19 pm

nrkii

teleph5 brb

7:22 pm

Jacula

Hi all. We've not long got home from the cinema. Went to see 'Avatar' in 2D. Didn't fancy 3D version, as the only seats available were front row ones.

7:22 pm

nrkii

back

7:22 pm

nrkii

hi jacula!

7:22 pm

jillibus

were you impressed, jac?

7:22 pm

Jacula

I'm back to find my final 22 words.

7:22 pm

jillibus

wb nrk

7:24 pm

Jacula

jilli - Yes, I enjoyed the film but thought that it needed a 'comfort' interval, since it's 2 hours 35mins long. I also think fantasy artist Roger Dean's work has been ripped off to make it.

7:24 pm

torgone

Hows come pa5/12less doesn't work?? Without britches seems like a valid concept ..

7:24 pm

Jacula

torg - I tried that word, too. LOL

7:25 pm

nrkii

tor, I completely agree!!!

7:26 pm

nrkii

25 to go...

7:27 pm

Jacula

I haven't listed yet, but I think I might have to so4.

7:27 pm

nrkii

I just had to, and boy did that make it a lot easier to find those AN7/8/9/8 words

7:28 pm

Jacula

*Makes note. an7,8,9,8. Hmm...*

7:29 pm

nrkii

annoyed at many of words I missed

7:30 pm

pic

Would love help with the en words!

7:30 pm

nrkii

e + grassy k***l

7:31 pm

pic

enol

7:31 pm

jillibus

en + spanish cheer minus last letter, and pl

7:31 pm

Minveryork

en 4/4: I take tyl**** when I have a headache & plural

7:31 pm

Minveryork

Hello pic! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle!

7:31 pm

jillibus

yes, you got it, pic

7:32 pm

jillibus

going to change icon...

7:32 pm

pic

thanks and oops for typing in the wrong spot - obviously I am a "newbie"

7:32 pm

Jacula

nrkii - Thanks! I got all of those words without needing to list.

7:33 pm

nrkii

fireworks!

7:33 pm

Jacula

Well done, nrkii! *~*~*~*

7:33 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations nrkii on your fireworks! Good for U!

7:34 pm

torgone

Yay nerky!

7:36 pm

nrkii

thanks :)

7:36 pm

nrkii

Jacula, a word of advice on the list... at least half of my last 25 were just plurals I hadn't seen the first time around, which was really annoying

7:37 pm

hurshy

speaking of lexulous, nrkii, it's your turn in our game :)

7:38 pm

nrkii

hurshy, hi! it's my turn in about 15 games... I got too tired last night to play

7:38 pm

Jacula

nrkii - thanks. I'll try adding 's' or 'ae' to everything first.

7:38 pm

Minveryork

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

7:38 pm

torgone

Oh yeah .. I started a game with you too, nerky ..

7:38 pm

nrkii

but I'll go do that now... bye everyone... happy babbling!

7:38 pm

dan2bit

evening all - if anybody wants to start a lexulous game with me, feel free!

7:39 pm

nrkii

will find it Tor

7:39 pm

nrkii

will start one dan!

7:39 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye nrkii! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

7:39 pm

nrkii

bye!

7:39 pm

Minveryork

Hello dan2bit!How are you doing?Welcmoe to the grid

7:39 pm

Jacula

'Bye nrkii. Thanks for the help and advice.

7:39 pm

hurshy

i <3 world's strongest man.

7:39 pm

Jacula

Hi Dan, hurshy, Min.

7:41 pm

Babs1

how to do that dan2bit?

7:41 pm

hurshy

any other strongman fans...?

7:41 pm

Jacula

I think it might be adjectival forms I've missed; just found a po7.

7:41 pm

Minveryork

Hello Babs1! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

7:42 pm

Jacula

Hursh - my ex MIL used to swoon over Geoff Capes in the programme many years ago.

7:42 pm

Babs1

my minvers! haven't been on the chog for awhile...just come by and play for a brief bit and watch all you choggers!

7:43 pm

hurshy

oh, i don't find them attractive. i watch because it's the total opposite of me, no brawn at all. it just amazes me.

7:43 pm

Babs1

ha! minvers...mistook Nixon for Bush..hee, hee!

7:44 pm

hurshy

i just discovered that the first year of the competition was the year i was born, which makes me feel pleased.

7:44 pm

Jacula

Hursh - it used to make me laugh how she swooned over this massive hairy man who was the complete opposite of the man she was married to.

7:45 pm

Minveryork

Babs1, easy to mix one up Bush and Nixon, they both were bad Presidents!Theme today is Nixon's birthday

7:46 pm

Minveryork

G's Gone! 10 left

7:46 pm

Jacula

Hursh - 1977 - tht's the time I was talking about. It was also the year I got married.

7:46 pm

Babs1

oh..is there some attraction to celebrating Nixon's birthday?

7:46 pm

Jacula

Now I feel 'old'.:(((

7:46 pm

hurshy

well marius pudzianowski of poland is 5 time champ and is now also doing MMA - can't imagine how scary it would be for his opponents!

7:47 pm

hurshy

but they aren't sure if he can get from 320 down to the max MMA weight of 275... he's ALL muscle.

7:48 pm

Minveryork

Not sure,why it was the icon theme. I see no reason to celebrate Nixon in any way, but it was the theme.

7:49 pm

hurshy

MMA= mixed martial arts - eg ultimate fighting championship... in case anyone wants to know.

7:49 pm

Jacula

Just found the ap7. I really should have got that before now.

7:50 pm

Minveryork

I just got that word too, only because of clue in chog

7:50 pm

Minveryork

A's Abolished! 9 left

7:51 pm

Jacula

ep6 found now - 14 to to. Still resistin' listin'. LOL

7:52 pm

hurshy

the dreaded 14!!

7:52 pm

hurshy

let me know if you want help...

7:52 pm

Jacula

Yes, Hursh. That's when it gets tough. I will. Thanks.

7:53 pm

PAV3

I'm at 62 remaining and I haven't a brain cell left, so I'll check the lists to see if it triggers a dormant gene....

7:53 pm

bojazz

ha6/21 is whipping my b*** - anybody got a clue for me so I can sit down?

7:53 pm

Minveryork

Hello PAV3! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

7:53 pm

Minveryork

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

7:53 pm

Jacula

Hi PAV and bojazz.

7:53 pm

hurshy

h + moose horn - r

7:54 pm

bojazz

been here - slilently struggling with letters and the proper order

7:54 pm

hurshy

fyi butt is ok to say in chog :)

7:55 pm

Minveryork

S's Stomped! 6 left

7:55 pm

bojazz

:)

7:55 pm

bojazz

how about the past tense of butt?

7:56 pm

Jacula

*Sigh* Finally got the easy et7 & 8.

7:56 pm

bojazz

hurshy - was your last clue for the ha6/21?

7:56 pm

Good Enough

want to share Jac?

7:56 pm

hurshy

yes

7:57 pm

hurshy

butted also ok unless in grid

7:57 pm

Jacula

Good enough - et words are alcohol.

7:57 pm

Jacula

Good grief! Why didn't I see the Sicilian volcano before now??

7:57 pm

Minveryork

et 7/32 is another word for gasoline and et8 is plural

7:58 pm

Good Enough

ty

7:58 pm

bojazz

must be totally brain dead hurshy - don't see it

7:58 pm

Minveryork

Oops,bad clue. Jacula's clue is better since it is right

7:59 pm

hurshy

h + picnic pest + french masc 'the'

7:59 pm

Jacula

LOL, Min.

7:59 pm

Good Enough

ha6 rhymes

7:59 pm

Minveryork

ha6/21 is ha 4/5 plus ** Miserable&then plural bojazz

7:59 pm

Good Enough

with thing over fireplace

7:59 pm

Jacula

9 to go...

8:00 pm

Jacula

A couple of 'j' words to find next...

8:00 pm

hurshy

some j names

8:00 pm

bojazz

thx!! finally have it--- -:)

8:01 pm

Jacula

Got the hawking words, hursh, but just found outlaw Mr. James.

8:01 pm

Minveryork

Go Jacula go!

8:02 pm

bojazz

biblical - the stem of J****

8:02 pm

hurshy

what could be more luxurious than a mildly plump cat on a sweater, in an arm, under blanket, asleep?

8:02 pm

bojazz

aaah - too slow

8:02 pm

Minveryork

N's Nuked! 5 left

8:02 pm

oodleberry

back

8:02 pm

Jacula

Just found the final one - fast planes. I'm sure I put that in earlier!

8:03 pm

Jacula

Hello Oodle. *Claps handcuffs on Oodle, reads rights and arrests for arson.*

8:03 pm

Jacula

FMitch is rebuilding the PB as we speak.

8:04 pm

Minveryork

Hello oodleberry!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

8:04 pm

hurshy

!!!

8:04 pm

oodleberry

*gives jacula an evil look*

8:05 pm

oodleberry

I am the one who gave her the wood to build it MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (EVIL LAUGH)

8:06 pm

hurshy

*decides she'd better supply FM with bricks*

8:06 pm

Jacula

Oodle - as you've been told, the PB is a bit of fun. If you'd been here in the early days of Babble, when nj and Lola were roaming free, you'd have seen the bubble bath champagne parties, mud fights etc.

8:07 pm

Jacula

Hursh - good idea!

8:07 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks!pe6/21 was my last word

8:07 pm

Jacula

Well done, Min.

8:07 pm

hurshy

no pb then, just hot tub

8:08 pm

torgone

Yay Min!

8:08 pm

Good Enough

Congrats MIn!

8:08 pm

Minveryork

And I was going to give up earlier with 54 words left.

8:08 pm

Jacula

hursh - we did get the pb around that time, but it's only Haz and myself who recommend hard seats, stale bread and rationed water in there.

8:09 pm

Minveryork

I will be here for the rest of the night to help w/clues

8:09 pm

Jacula

6 to go...

8:09 pm

Minveryork

Go Jacula go!

8:10 pm

Jacula

Just found another adjectival form I'd missed, lo7.28.

8:10 pm

hurshy

good enough... you don't happen to need an apt, do you? my MIL has a very nice in-law apt to let in south elgin...

8:10 pm

Jacula

Hursh - Nope. I have a comfy home, thanks.

8:11 pm

Good Enough

well, if things go poorly with my family tonite I may be looking for a place...

8:11 pm

hurshy

not you jac!

8:11 pm

hurshy

what's going on, GE?

8:11 pm

Jacula

Oh, sorry Hursh. I wasn't quite sure who you were addressing.

8:12 pm

LeslieAnn

did not know you had relatives in GE and my neck of the woods, hursh!

8:12 pm

hurshy

GE's name is too generic, lol

8:13 pm

bojazz

:)

8:13 pm

hurshy

yep - was just there for christmas

8:13 pm

LeslieAnn

what! that is like less than an hour from me

8:13 pm

bojazz

maybe - generally generic?

8:13 pm

Jacula

Just found ne7/28 (2nd), without anything to catch fish in.

8:14 pm

Minveryork

Hello LeslieAnn! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle!

8:14 pm

LeslieAnn

hey min

8:14 pm

LeslieAnn

you're looking very non-crookish today

8:14 pm

Jacula

Hi LeslieAnn.

8:15 pm

hurshy

my sisters both went to wheaton, too.

8:15 pm

LeslieAnn

this is just silly i have not known this before.

8:15 pm

bojazz

a tasty ne7/28, eh?

8:15 pm

hurshy

but, i can't visit babblers while out there. my husband disliked it enough when i took time out from his family to spend with my sis one year - he is very big on visual evidence that i like his family.

8:16 pm

LeslieAnn

ah i see

8:16 pm

hurshy

we don't see them nearly as often as we see my family so it kinda makes sense

8:17 pm

beachboggle

Hi guys!

8:17 pm

Jacula

Just got the pe6.24 (female bird who doesn't have the showy tail the cock has).

8:17 pm

hurshy

*still wondering what's wrong with GE's family*

8:17 pm

Minveryork

Hello beachboggle! How are you? Welcome to the grid

8:18 pm

PAV3

thanks jac...had 25 left after first run through list

8:18 pm

Good Enough

just kidding! were all home tonite and getting on each others nerves!

8:19 pm

hurshy

ah, whew :)

8:19 pm

crosshair

back for a few more words:)

8:19 pm

Good Enough

son just spilled a pitcher of water all over the counter and all the crap sitting there

8:19 pm

Minveryork

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

8:19 pm

Good Enough

an apartment in elgin sounds wonderful right now LOL

8:20 pm

hurshy

well if you chicago suburbanites know or hear of anyone who could use a nice place in south elgin, let me know. nice kitchen, XL shower, pets most welcome...

8:20 pm

oodleberry

pe6 24

8:21 pm

LeslieAnn

will do hursh

8:21 pm

PAV3

yay middle and bottom rows greyed!

8:23 pm

hurshy

jac is down to 3 or less now... *waiting for update*

8:23 pm

jillibus

hi again -- new icon posted (refresh).

8:23 pm

PAV3

first column greyed!

8:23 pm

hurshy

cute jilli!

8:24 pm

crosshair

munus 17 celcius here and dropping;((

8:24 pm

LeslieAnn

jilli they should tell people that they lost 300 pounds or whatever and those us4/6 to be their jeans

8:24 pm

jillibus

:) hursh

8:24 pm

jillibus

lol, leslieann!

8:25 pm

beachboggle

Hi Min.. thank you for the warm welcome!

8:25 pm

PAV3

cross - I'd turn the thermometer rightside up!

8:25 pm

beachboggle

(((oodle)))

8:25 pm

crosshair

lol pav

8:25 pm

oodleberry

(((beach)))

8:26 pm

crosshair

darn dog wont go out for a pee now,too cold for him..ill just have to hold the thing out the window and squeeze;))))

8:26 pm

jillibus

+ 10C here, crossy, and staying put!

8:26 pm

hurshy

LOL

8:27 pm

Good Enough

what a visual crossy!

8:27 pm

crosshair

thought you would like that

8:28 pm

jillibus

just where are you, crossy?

8:29 pm

crosshair

im about 3 hours drive north of toronto right at the base of blue mtn

8:29 pm

jillibus

Brrrrr!

8:30 pm

lbdawger

Hi everyone!

8:30 pm

crosshair

i was going to ask you the same jilli...where are you to deserve plus 10

8:30 pm

crosshair

howdy ibd

8:30 pm

jillibus

see my profile, crossy :)

8:31 pm

lbdawger

hi crossy! brrrr, your poor pupster. he's going to be afraid of you and the cold!

8:31 pm

Good Enough

and afraid of windows

8:31 pm

crosshair

you must be right out on the coast then jilli

8:32 pm

lbdawger

most definitely, GE! lol

8:32 pm

jillibus

just beyond the coast, crossy, between Vancouver and Vancouver Island.

8:33 pm

Jacula

Just found po4.5. The shafts before without the final vowel.

8:33 pm

crosshair

lol,we had one of our cats lay up on the windowsill yesterday and she is a big longhair type and she must of leaned against the window for a while cause her body heat melted all the frost on the window and then it refroze,freezing her fur to the window lol! i had to use the hair dryer to get her unstuck!!

8:33 pm

PAV3

2nd column greyed, down to 11 left

8:34 pm

hurshy

oh dear!!!

8:34 pm

Jacula

Cross - LOL. Poor cat.

8:34 pm

lbdawger

Go Pav!

8:34 pm

jillibus

omg, crossy, poor kitty!

8:34 pm

Good Enough

so the cat as well as the dog is afraid of windows

8:34 pm

crosshair

so the sills are verbotten for the duration of the winter for the kitties

8:34 pm

LeslieAnn

oh no. and he's probably not a fan of the hair dryer either

8:34 pm

LeslieAnn

*she

8:34 pm

jillibus

(I almost wrote poor pu4/6)

8:34 pm

lbdawger

poor animals are going to need therapy!

8:35 pm

crosshair

she was going nuts;(

8:35 pm

Jacula

1 to go now. Just found po7/32 - to have or to own.

8:35 pm

crosshair

the animals?? im the one that will need therapy!

8:35 pm

PAV3

column 3 greyed!

8:35 pm

jillibus

no dbl windows, crossy?

8:35 pm

crosshair

they are old and need to be replaced soon

8:36 pm

hurshy

the windows, not the pets

8:36 pm

Jacula

cross - the windows or the cats?

8:36 pm

lbdawger

i ho4 you mean the windows and not the animals!

8:36 pm

LeslieAnn

yes hurshy i briefly made the same mistake

8:36 pm

crosshair

lol yes the windows,not the pets..well our oldest cat is about 16

8:37 pm

PAV3

4th row greyed, down to 6 with one p and of course those dreadful an's

8:38 pm

Jacula

I've found that pets tend to replace themselves. My old dog sent me a cat to comfort me. Odd, since he hated most cats. But she was quiet, kind and gentle just like he was and her right ear was split just like his.

8:39 pm

Jacula

1 to go - an s4.

8:39 pm

hurshy

3015 pts

8:39 pm

oodleberry

1st pe 5 12 please

8:40 pm

hurshy

rhymes with what you are since you committed arson...

8:40 pm

Good Enough

the mai tais are starting to make me tired - not making much progress

8:40 pm

lbdawger

pe + *** chaney,

8:41 pm

Jacula

FIREWORKS! (Last word was the short form of my step-niece's name.)

8:41 pm

PAV3

ack ! it's a po6, the first, that I'm missing...

8:41 pm

PAV3

yay Jac!

8:42 pm

hurshy

yay!

8:42 pm

lbdawger

whooo hooo Jac

8:42 pm

crosshair

2 of our 3 cats are rescued kittys from the animal shelter was funny,when we went shopping for cat 33,we walked in the door and this shelter is a free range sort of set up,about 100 cats here and there and everywhere.i was not in the door 30 seconds when this 5 pound ball of black fur proceeds to climb up the leg of my jeans,up my shirt,pauses just in the middle of my chest,looks up at me and says hello lol

8:42 pm

lbdawger

po*d scum + ***temonial

8:42 pm

Jacula

PAV - plural 'bridges' - think of Sophia Loren's husband Carlo's surname.

8:42 pm

crosshair

cat #3 that should read

8:42 pm

hurshy

battery... gg... ttfn all

8:43 pm

lbdawger

bye hursh

8:43 pm

crosshair

tc hurshy

8:43 pm

Good Enough

later hurshy

8:43 pm

Jacula

We weighed our bruiser -Once A Tom - earlier. He's 14lbs. Not fat either.

8:43 pm

LeslieAnn

too sweet, cross

8:44 pm

PAV3

it would help if pl's only were in if the singl was too...! thanks Jac,and now for those AN's

8:44 pm

crosshair

lol our cat number 2 is the ginger cat that got stuck to the window,she weighs in about 15 as well

8:44 pm

Jacula

'Bye Hursh.

8:45 pm

Jacula

Cross - I'm glad that was cat 3 and not 33. I thought yu'd had a lot of bad luck with pets, or you were A Mad Cat Man.:)

8:46 pm

Jacula

Have you made those mufffins yet, btw?

8:47 pm

Eva

hi everyone. I know I came in late but a cat got stuck to a window crossy?!

8:47 pm

Jacula

I did home-made beer-battered cod and chips last night and I still can't get the smell of fried fish out of the house. At least the steak & kidney pudding I made the day before (which we finished off tonight) didn't stink the place out!

8:47 pm

Jacula

Hi Eva.

8:48 pm

Eva

hi Jac

8:48 pm

lbdawger

hi eva

8:48 pm

Jacula

Do you still have Merp?

8:48 pm

Eva

yes indeed-or he still has me

8:49 pm

Eva

greeting lbd

8:49 pm

Jacula

Eva - glad to hear he's still around, and yes, I stand corrected.

8:49 pm

Jacula

Glad to hear you're still around too, btw. LOL

8:49 pm

PAV3

them's firewords! my first in a LONG time...bbl to help clue if needed...the poopies have been patiently waiting ALL day for our walk...

8:49 pm

Eva

he's about 16 now, but still going strong

8:50 pm

LeslieAnn

yay pav!

8:50 pm

Eva

so what's this about a at getting stuck to a window?

8:50 pm

Jacula

Well done PAV. *~*~*~*

8:50 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hoooooo PAV!!!

8:50 pm

PAV3

I shall make some sugar cookies as a treat...

8:50 pm

Minveryork

Congratulationsn PAV3 on your fireworks! Good for U

8:51 pm

Jacula

Well, the cat sat there for so long her body warmth thawed the ice on the window and then the window froze again, trapping her fur.

8:51 pm

Good Enough

eerrg

8:52 pm

Good Enough

i hate when you forget to enter a word on lickety and spend time looking for a word you already have

8:52 pm

Eva

now that's one for the record books! How did she get unstuck?

8:52 pm

LeslieAnn

hair dryer

8:52 pm

Eva

amazing!

8:52 pm

Jacula

Crossy had to gently unstick her, Eva.

8:54 pm

Eva

Merp usually spends a lot of time hunting in the basement at night, but when its this cold his safaris get shorter and shorter. He's lying in bed snoring now.

8:54 pm

LeslieAnn

:)

8:54 pm

Jacula

I can't imagine our cat ever making that mistake.

8:54 pm

Jacula

Eva - Tiggsey's just the same!

8:54 pm

Eva

we don't have ice on the inside of our windows for one

8:54 pm

jillibus

Good Enough, that wouldn't happen if you were using Babble Expert

8:55 pm

Good Enough

how do I do that Jilli?

8:56 pm

Jacula

I forgot to feed our cat before we went out to the cinema for about 4 hours this evening. He did a 'Simon's Cat' the moment we walked back in.

8:56 pm

Eva

what's that Jac?

8:57 pm

jillibus

if you have a PC and not a Mac, you just email Lickety and he will send it to you free.

8:57 pm

Jacula

http://tinyurl.com/ybc9hlv

8:58 pm

Jacula

Eva - click on link below for FEED ME pic.

8:58 pm

jillibus

Simon's Cat is SO funny and right on.

8:58 pm

Good Enough

excellent - i will do that!

8:58 pm

jillibus

you can see the videos on YouTube

8:59 pm

jillibus

oh good, Good! You'll love it!

8:59 pm

Eva

great Jac!

9:00 pm

Jacula

Eva - Surely you have seen all of the excellent Simon's Cat videos? Here's a link to the first. Be sure to turn your sound on. http://tinyurl.com/yaethm9

9:00 pm

Jacula

I bought myself the cartoon book as a Christmas present.

9:00 pm

Eva

yes, now I remember ...priceless!

9:02 pm

jillibus

Dinner's almost ready -- just have to zap the brussels sprouts -- cul8r

9:03 pm

Jacula

Eva - I gave yu a fuzzy link there. Here's the offical one: http://tinyurl.com/yj5dxaq

9:03 pm

Uneaixoise

love love love Simon's Cat videos!!

9:03 pm

Jacula

Eva - Go on the Simon's Cat site - there are more videos now. They're so funny.

9:04 pm

Jacula

http://tinyurl.com/5jsa63 This one cracks me up every time I watch it.

9:05 pm

Uneaixoise

gorgeous icon pic, jac!

9:08 pm

Jacula

Une - That's the track through Little Goosehill Wood nearby.

9:09 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for le5-14? Thanks

9:09 pm

Uneaixoise

lovely

9:11 pm

Minveryork

le 5/14 is the plural of lex as in lexus automobile gape

9:11 pm

Minveryork

Hi gapeach1066!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

9:12 pm

Enomis65

goood evening!

9:12 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks, Min. I'm OK so far....good to be back in Georgia though.

9:12 pm

Jacula

le5/14 - your lower extremeties with an extra vowel before the last letter.

9:13 pm

Minveryork

Hi Enomis65! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:13 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, peach, long time no see!

9:13 pm

Jacula

I'm going to wander off now. Happy Babbling all. See you next grid.x

9:13 pm

Uneaixoise

bye, jac!

9:14 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye Jacula! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log!

9:14 pm

lbdawger

bye jac

9:14 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Hey, there Uneaixoise. Hope you are well.

9:14 pm

lbdawger

hi peach, hi enom

9:14 pm

Uneaixoise

hey dawg!

9:14 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Hi there, lbdawger.

9:14 pm

Enomis65

how is the grid tonught?

9:15 pm

Enomis65

*tonight

9:15 pm

lbdawger

hey unea!

9:15 pm

Minveryork

I ho 4/5 you enjoy your stay in that PB gapeach1066

9:15 pm

lbdawger

the a's sux, but otherwise the grid's not too bad

9:16 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

OOPS. Sorry.

9:16 pm

Enomis65

ok, diving in!

9:29 pm

Trifioso

hello babble friends! so happy to see so many familiar faces tonight! min, gapeach, enomis, lbd....

9:29 pm

lbdawger

hi trif

9:29 pm

Enomis65

helllo tri!

9:29 pm

torgone

Heya Trifs ..

9:29 pm

LeslieAnn

it's true. anyone who is cool is here.

9:29 pm

Minveryork

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

9:30 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Hi there, Trifioso.

9:30 pm

Trifioso

just back from game night at my church - we had a great time! hello tor and leslie....

9:30 pm

Enomis65

LOL LeslieAnn

9:30 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, trif

9:30 pm

lbdawger

Hi Tor!

9:30 pm

Trifioso

and une too! man, the party is here!!!

9:33 pm

car.eeyore

NOW the party is here!

9:34 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, car!

9:34 pm

lbdawger

hi car!

9:34 pm

Trifioso

wahoooooooooooooo - sista's in the HOWSE!

9:34 pm

car.eeyore

I will only be here shortly...very tired and I have conjunctivitis so my eyes are very sore....

9:34 pm

car.eeyore

Good evening one and all!

9:34 pm

Trifioso

but you are here now, so that's good.....

9:34 pm

lbdawger

where's Kadresa? haven't seen her in a long time

9:35 pm

car.eeyore

Everything is very blurry....

9:35 pm

Trifioso

she ran off with johnny depp and they live in france now, where she runs a small but tasteful bakery and he keeps her very, very happy

9:35 pm

Minveryork

Did you know that Scrabble was invented in 1938 by an architect named Afred Mosher Butts?I just saw it on the Kidz Only Music Choice station.Trivial Pursuit was invented in 1979, also according to Music Choice

9:36 pm

Minveryork

Hello car.eeyore! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

9:36 pm

car.eeyore

Hello Darling Min!

9:36 pm

Trifioso

car, I am so proud of tertiare tonight, i can't hardly tell you!

9:37 pm

lbdawger

i'm glad to hear she and jonny are happy in france.

9:37 pm

car.eeyore

DO tell me!

9:38 pm

Trifioso

we were all at games night at church, and she and nikki asked darren holbert to come play wii bowling with them, and they played with him the whole night, helping him hold the clicker right, cheering when he did well, etc. In all the years I have been part of CHUMC I have never seen him so animated and talkative. I about cried.

9:38 pm

car.eeyore

Oh Trif! That is so wonderful! Tell her she is awesome!

9:39 pm

Trifioso

I texted her that.....I miss her so much tonight.

9:39 pm

torgone

You have some awesome kids ..

9:40 pm

Trifioso

she was way outside her comfort zone, but she stuck it out, she and nikki together. I could tell a lot of people were seeing them together, and it was so cool

9:40 pm

car.eeyore

I have goosebumps!

9:40 pm

car.eeyore

Why out of her comfort zone though? She is very good with other children.

9:40 pm

lbdawger

she has a good role model, trif!

9:41 pm

Trifioso

I need to write it down, for all the days when she is so difficult. I am so glad that deep down inside she is wonderful.

9:42 pm

car.eeyore

Ahhh yes! Bank it!

9:42 pm

Trifioso

I am so sorry that you are feeling so punky, my lil buckaroo!

9:43 pm

car.eeyore

And I got my period. Someone, just shoot me now, please!

9:43 pm

car.eeyore

We did have a GREAT time at the hockey game last night though!

9:44 pm

Trifioso

you know that stays in the chat archive forever, right car?

9:44 pm

Trifioso

oh, I am so glad!!!

9:44 pm

car.eeyore

Oh, I'm sorry. Am I the only one who cycles here?

9:44 pm

car.eeyore

Everything else is mentioned in the chog...why not that?

9:46 pm

Trifioso

yes, I suppose you are right....

9:46 pm

Trifioso

how many folks ended up going?

9:46 pm

car.eeyore

Oh my goodness...my cramps have killed the chog! Apologies to all!

9:46 pm

car.eeyore

14

9:46 pm

Trifioso

wow!

9:47 pm

car.eeyore

Seats were right at center ice. Kids got hats! The game is totally geared to kids/families...it was great!

9:47 pm

car.eeyore

LO 5/12 please?

9:48 pm

Minveryork

lo5/12 is l plus double vowels plus a past tense ending

9:48 pm

Jen34

l + double vowel + past tense

9:48 pm

Jen34

or, what miveryork said, lol

9:48 pm

car.eeyore

TY very much!

9:49 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:49 pm

Minveryork

Hello Jen34! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid!

9:50 pm

Jen34

howdy -- just peachy, thank you!

9:50 pm

car.eeyore

I want to know why pa4 + le4 is not a word! If you don't have pa5 on, then you are pa4le4!

9:50 pm

Jen34

i'm with you on that one

9:51 pm

Trifioso

omg, PS I love you is a serious tear jerking movie!

9:52 pm

jillibus

everyone has been asking about that, car!

9:52 pm

Trifioso

I thought it was supposed to be a comedy...it's NOT

9:52 pm

car.eeyore

OMG no!

9:52 pm

lbdawger

good point, car. btw, i tried it too. lol

9:53 pm

car.eeyore

OK...what is going on with "throwback" soda made with real sugar!?!?! Saw the Mountain Dew at the store and gasped out loud!

9:53 pm

jillibus

hi all, I'm back from supper

9:54 pm

jillibus

speaking of pa5, see my icon ;)

9:54 pm

Trifioso

primo brought home a can of something they sell at the school - something ridiculous like 34 grams of sugar in less than an eight ounce can. I don't know how they fit in anything besides the sugar!

9:55 pm

car.eeyore

Nice Jilli! Glad to see my pa5 are making someone happy!

9:55 pm

torgone

That's a lot of sugar ..

9:55 pm

car.eeyore

Better save those pants for Primo!

9:56 pm

LeslieAnn

PB box for car

9:56 pm

Trifioso

its bad enough that stuff exists - the fact that they sell it at the school is almost beyond reasoning

9:56 pm

car.eeyore

rats!

9:56 pm

jillibus

LOL car!

9:56 pm

herinfernallady

TRIIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFIEEEEEEEES

9:56 pm

lbdawger

i thought schools were disposing the sodas and sugared snacks.

9:57 pm

car.eeyore

I think they are dispensing rather than disposing!

9:57 pm

Trifioso

HHHHEEERRRIIINNNNN!!!

9:58 pm

car.eeyore

Hi herin!

9:58 pm

Trifioso

(((thinks maybe herin has been at the school soda!))))

9:58 pm

car.eeyore

pu 5/14 please?

9:58 pm

herinfernallady

Hey I live on sugar

9:58 pm

lbdawger

okay gang, i'm going for the pillows. see you all tomorrow.

9:58 pm

Jellen

Hi, gang! Just popping in for a quick visit...

9:58 pm

Jellen

Hi and bye, lbd!

9:59 pm

car.eeyore

Nite Dawg!

9:59 pm

car.eeyore

Hi jellen!

9:59 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, jellen!!

9:59 pm

Jellen

pu + plural letter pluralled

9:59 pm

herinfernallady

I lived on coffee in high school

10:00 pm

car.eeyore

TY Jellen!

10:00 pm

car.eeyore

Yummmmmmm....cofffffeeeee......

10:01 pm

Jellen

Gotta go again...

10:01 pm

stidmama

MMMMM. (food) hey all!

10:01 pm

jillibus

coffee was rationed when I was in high school (wartime)

10:01 pm

herinfernallady

I am thinking of going to a bridal exhibition next weekend as it seems Goth gowns are in

10:01 pm

jillibus

hi stiddy!

10:01 pm

stidmama

hey jilleroo! how's the great white north, eh? *wicked mama look*

10:02 pm

Trifioso

hang on - dost thou need a goth bride's dress, herin??????

10:02 pm

kimmtoats

hi everyone!

10:02 pm

jillibus

no white here, stid, as you know, lol!

10:02 pm

stidmama

hey kimm!

10:02 pm

jillibus

hi kimm!

10:02 pm

stidmama

hey trifioso?

10:02 pm

stidmama

bride's dress? lady? did I miss something?

10:03 pm

car.eeyore

STID!!!

10:03 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello, kimmtoats

10:03 pm

stidmama

hey car! (((hugs and hugs))) happy new year. May it be better and better as each day passes.

10:03 pm

car.eeyore

BR too! Whee!

10:03 pm

jillibus

hi babrab!

10:03 pm

car.eeyore

I wish I could see!

10:03 pm

herinfernallady

You did not miss anything Stid.

10:03 pm

Uneaixoise

welcome, kimm!

10:03 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello, folks

10:04 pm

stidmama

oh. okay, just wanted to know if I needed to throw rice or something!

10:04 pm

stidmama

how did that baby turn out anyway, lady? I haven't seen you in a couple days.

10:04 pm

herinfernallady

It seems that due to twatlight cough sorry Twilight Goth wedding gowns are in and I need a few dress ideas for custumes

10:04 pm

car.eeyore

LOL!

10:04 pm

Trifioso

ah, I see herin - sorry - just got a bit excited on your behalf there for a sec....

10:05 pm

kimmtoats

hi BR

10:05 pm

Monica726

HELP

10:05 pm

Trifioso

god in heaven, diggity just burped, hippo like....

10:05 pm

herinfernallady

No. I also have to be a good brides made and organise dresses. Plus I am a huge fan of seeing how good quality is before purcash

10:05 pm

car.eeyore

se 5 & 6...is it a combo?

10:05 pm

herinfernallady

Stid Baby Malinka was born friday 9am she is perfect

10:06 pm

stidmama

LOL tri!

10:06 pm

car.eeyore

Rock on little doggie!

10:06 pm

BabbleRabble

Is this game getting to be old hat for you, kimmtoats? You have been here a month now.

10:06 pm

car.eeyore

{{{hugs to Stid & Stid Baby}}}

10:06 pm

Uneaixoise

se5/6 is a transition

10:07 pm

stidmama

no no no! no stid baby! LOL a baby to lady's friends!

10:07 pm

Trifioso

merci une!

10:07 pm

Bugsaw

pt

10:07 pm

Uneaixoise

de rien, trif!

10:07 pm

car.eeyore

Slap! TY!

10:07 pm

stidmama

so pleased she is well, lady -- assume the mother and father are also?

10:07 pm

stidmama

bonsoir, chere Une!

10:07 pm

DR1965

I was doing a double take there Stid!

10:07 pm

car.eeyore

Well...hugs anyway!

10:07 pm

Uneaixoise

bonsoir, stiddy :-)

10:08 pm

DR1965

Hi everyone

10:08 pm

jillibus

hi une :)

10:08 pm

stidmama

thanks, car, hugs are ALWAYS welcome! (I am about 15 years past making babies at this point...)

10:08 pm

stidmama

hey DR!

10:08 pm

herinfernallady

Everyone is good Stid.

10:08 pm

Uneaixoise

howdy, jilli :-)

10:08 pm

jillibus

hello DR!

10:08 pm

herinfernallady

Hi OSGMA and BR and DR and Everyone so many to name

10:08 pm

car.eeyore

Hi DR!

10:09 pm

DR1965

Hi Stid, Jilli, Car, Herin, Une...

10:09 pm

stidmama

the best thing about friends having babies, of course, is that YOU don't personally have to wake up in the middle of the night!

10:09 pm

DR1965

turned off the football game

10:09 pm

car.eeyore

S's done!

10:09 pm

BabbleRabble

So, herin is humming here comes the bride? Congrats!

10:09 pm

car.eeyore

Still have it on here DR!

10:09 pm

jillibus

hi osgd ;)

10:09 pm

Trifioso

okay, hating on the lower right e - have only got one - any other nudges out there?

10:09 pm

car.eeyore

And stid just had a baby!

10:09 pm

DR1965

LOL- we watched hubby's grand niece on Thursday- the 4 month old cried for an hor

10:09 pm

DR1965

* hour

10:09 pm

stidmama

I don't get the se "transition" clue...

10:10 pm

car.eeyore

Gasses Trif

10:10 pm

stidmama

I think stid's baby just married lady's niece? *confused mama look*

10:10 pm

jillibus

stid, se + I ***ss you need another clue

10:10 pm

car.eeyore

To transition from one thing to another stid

10:11 pm

stidmama

aha! thanks!

10:11 pm

Uneaixoise

tx jilli -- couldn't think of another clue :-)

10:11 pm

car.eeyore

3 to go!!!!

10:11 pm

DR1965

ty Jilli and Car

10:11 pm

jillibus

yw all!

10:11 pm

stidmama

go car go!!!

10:11 pm

Minveryork

Go car.eeyore go!

10:12 pm

jillibus

gogogo car!

10:12 pm

herinfernallady

Hold your horses ther BR i am NOT getting married. Nor having kids

10:12 pm

car.eeyore

1 more.....

10:12 pm

DR1965

go Car

10:12 pm

Trifioso

go car go! wow -- I am sitting here with my two good eyes, and just limping along....

10:12 pm

BabbleRabble

Okay, herin. Play acting can be fun.

10:13 pm

car.eeyore

Did a lot earlier today

10:13 pm

stidmama

*holding breath for car*

10:13 pm

herinfernallady

Yep. I love the fancy clothes. I love to see the looks and lines and quality on clothes

10:13 pm

DR1965

Hi trif

10:13 pm

car.eeyore

Breathe Stid, Breathe!

10:13 pm

Trifioso

hey there dr!

10:14 pm

stidmama

*things getting a little wobbly around the edges*

10:14 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for et7-32? Thanks

10:14 pm

car.eeyore

Type of gas peach

10:15 pm

jillibus

et7 -- veg substitute for gasoline

10:15 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks much car.

10:15 pm

Minveryork

et 7/32: alcohol and sounds like a kind of gas & plural

10:15 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

And Jilli too.

10:15 pm

BabbleRabble

kimmtoat, I was kidding a bit ... sorry if I offended you.

10:15 pm

car.eeyore

Crud...I think I need a clue....ap 7?

10:15 pm

stidmama

AHA~ I understood that one, Min!

10:15 pm

jillibus

yw peach

10:16 pm

stidmama

oh! past halfway (and then some) to the LIST!!!!

10:16 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello, gapeach. Good to see you and hope you are well.

10:16 pm

stidmama

*turning slightly purple at the edges*

10:16 pm

DR1965

breathe Stid!

10:17 pm

stidmama

*shakes head and mimes* (waiting for car -- she'll do it)

10:17 pm

BabbleRabble

ap + plural of the papers Masters candidates must write: t*****

10:17 pm

jillibus

ap7 -- ap + masculine pronoun pl + give an **timate on the cost

10:17 pm

car.eeyore

TY! Fireworks!

10:17 pm

stidmama

thanks for that one BR

10:18 pm

Minveryork

ap7:the loss of an initial,usually unstressed vowel, as in cute from acute car.eeyore.

10:18 pm

jillibus

YAY car!!!

10:18 pm

stidmama

*breathing again* well done car! YAY!!!!

10:18 pm

DR1965

phew ! Breathe Stid! COngrats Car

10:18 pm

stidmama

thanks also Jill

10:18 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations car.eeyore on fireworks! Good for U

10:18 pm

BabbleRabble

congrats, car

10:18 pm

car.eeyore

I don't think I would have gotten that without assistance, so thank you/1

10:18 pm

jillibus

yw stid -- I seem to be slow

10:18 pm

car.eeyore

{dialing 911 for Stid...{

10:18 pm

stidmama

are the AN biggies fishy? I have the 4/4 that comes before the 7....

10:19 pm

stidmama

LOL car. you're silly!

10:19 pm

Uneaixoise

yay, car!!!

10:19 pm

car.eeyore

OK...my eyes are literally burning right out of their sockets!

10:19 pm

stidmama

tom is right here, giving me mouth-to-mouth.....

10:19 pm

Trifioso

I am falling asleep, so I will say good night for now....see you tomorrow, my dear friends...much love to all

10:19 pm

car.eeyore

another type of gas(I think!)

10:19 pm

BabbleRabble

the whole grid is one big school of fish

10:19 pm

jillibus

the ans are NOT fishy. Never saw them before.

10:19 pm

DR1965

gnight Trifs ! Sleep well

10:19 pm

car.eeyore

Good nite Trif! Good nite Babble friends!

10:19 pm

jillibus

night trif

10:20 pm

stidmama

LOL BR. to you, maybe they're fish... *putting bait on line*

10:20 pm

kimmtoats

good job, car!!

10:20 pm

BabbleRabble

be well, Trif and car

10:20 pm

jillibus

want clues, stid?

10:20 pm

car.eeyore

Nite all! *poof*

10:20 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams car!

10:20 pm

Uneaixoise

nite, trif :-)

10:20 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Oh, thanks, BR. I am so much better now. Thanks for asking.

10:20 pm

jillibus

night car

10:21 pm

stidmama

hm.... oh! peach! *waves* happy new year!

10:21 pm

BabbleRabble

Good to hear, gapeach!

10:21 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Same to you, stidmama..

10:22 pm

DR1965

JIlli- I could use a clue for the an's if you are offering please

10:22 pm

jillibus

DR, start with the first an8 -- a + what a fisherman might use + cavity

10:22 pm

stidmama

yep, was just about to ask also, DR

10:23 pm

stidmama

*waits patiently for magic clues to appear*

10:23 pm

jillibus

for the 7, drop the last letter

10:23 pm

stidmama

AHA! thanks Jill! perfect cleus!

10:23 pm

DR1965

got those 2 thanks!

10:23 pm

jillibus

for the 9, pl the 8

10:24 pm

jillibus

for the second 8, pl the 7

10:24 pm

DR1965

got them all- Thanks so much Jilli

10:24 pm

jillibus

yvw!

10:25 pm

stidmama

are the EGs something I need a clue for?

10:25 pm

BabbleRabble

the an 8 and 9 end with two more words

10:25 pm

jillibus

maybe, stid

10:26 pm

stidmama

thanks for those BR!

10:26 pm

stidmama

help on the EG then? and thanks!

10:27 pm

BabbleRabble

eg + how the w*** was one; pl

10:27 pm

BabbleRabble

won, even

10:27 pm

jillibus

e + you put overnight visitors in a *u*** room & pl

10:27 pm

stidmama

aha. gratzie, BR and jill!!

10:28 pm

jillibus

yw, stid (babrab's clue was better)

10:28 pm

stidmama

down to 70 now!

10:28 pm

BabbleRabble

you clue very well, jilli

10:28 pm

DR1965

go Stid !

10:29 pm

jillibus

ty babrab -- I enjoy it

10:33 pm

stidmama

60!

10:33 pm

jillibus

gogogo stid!

10:33 pm

Sudokuaddict

can i get a clue for the et7/8

10:33 pm

jillibus

a word a minute -- you can do it easily

10:34 pm

jillibus

just clued a little while ago -- veg gasoline substitute

10:34 pm

stidmama

hey sudoku!

10:34 pm

stidmama

it's still an hour and a half, jill...

10:34 pm

stidmama

it goes so much faster with the list today.

10:34 pm

jillibus

(that's the et7, 8 is the pl)

10:34 pm

DR1965

last ha5 clue please?

10:35 pm

Minveryork

et7/32 is alcohol and sounds like gasoline and plural it

10:35 pm

Sudokuaddict

hello stid

10:35 pm

jillibus

ha5 is the non-Hawaiian (& pl)

10:35 pm

Minveryork

That ha 5/12 wprd is ha plus a spanish cheer DR1965.

10:35 pm

stidmama

LAST ha 5 is the hawaiian word for white folks, DR

10:35 pm

DR1965

ty Min !

10:36 pm

DR1965

and Stid !

10:36 pm

jillibus

but not me?

10:36 pm

DR1965

down to 41 now

10:36 pm

stidmama

40 now

10:36 pm

stidmama

go DR go!

10:36 pm

DR1965

you too Stid - Go

10:36 pm

Minveryork

yw Dr1965

10:37 pm

DR1965

brb- Jake is talking to me

10:37 pm

Bugsaw

just stopped in to say Hello to everyone. I am working on the grid slowly but mostly involved watching a stupid movie that was made in a house I know. Wonderfully beautiful house - stupid movie!

10:37 pm

stidmama

BUGS! hey there!

10:37 pm

jillibus

hi bugs!

10:38 pm

jillibus

where is the house, bugs?

10:38 pm

Bugsaw

hi you guys. I didn't want to appear rude but the movie is getting more of my attention right now

10:38 pm

Minveryork

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

10:38 pm

DR1965

ok I am back

10:38 pm

DR1965

Hi bugs

10:38 pm

DR1965

or Bugs even

10:38 pm

stidmama

that's okay Bugs, lurk away, and stop by during the commercials!

10:39 pm

Bugsaw

The house is here in the Comox Valley but it was moved here from Victoria where the movie must have been filmed. The people who live in it are a wonderful family, full of love but the movie is a horror one. They told me a movie had been filmed in it but their kids are so little they would never let them see it.

10:40 pm

jillibus

ach -- too many horror movies these days

10:40 pm

DR1965

I do not watch horror movies

10:40 pm

stidmama

wow. what a strange story, bugs! is it an older house then?

10:40 pm

Bugsaw

It is fun to see the house before their renovations. I find the renos very tasteful!

10:42 pm

Bugsaw

It was a beautiful house made probably in the 20's for a wealthy family. It has maid's quarters off the kitchen so it is dated. The windows are all leaded glasses triangles or wooden panes about 8" square

10:42 pm

Minveryork

I do not watch horror movies also DR1965. Don't like them. I end up closing my eyes through most of them

10:43 pm

DR1965

it sounds pretty

10:43 pm

jillibus

Maid's quarters (sigh!)

10:43 pm

stidmama

20 left. feeling "nibblish" but not hungry...

10:43 pm

stidmama

wow Bugs, that sounds pretty (the leaded windows)

10:43 pm

DR1965

lol- 21 left here

10:43 pm

BabbleRabble

phantom: baragouin

10:43 pm

Bugsaw

It is very pretty DR

10:44 pm

stidmama

go DR go!

10:44 pm

jillibus

stid, did you see my new icon?

10:45 pm

Bugsaw

Curved staircase, a little room like mini sitting rooms outside the downstairs bedroom, bp

10:45 pm

stidmama

not yet jill -- (not now, too... racing DR!)

10:45 pm

jillibus

sounds lovely, bugs

10:46 pm

DR1965

racing ???

10:46 pm

Bugsaw

sorry,,,, private baths off each bedroom etc

10:46 pm

DR1965

I was not racing..

10:46 pm

DR1965

I was using you as a guide

10:47 pm

stidmama

oh! sorry DR, misunderstood! LOL *relaxes again*

10:47 pm

Minveryork

Gu 5/16 what guys? Here is another story of clues. I went to Ct to he 4/6 my sister w/her two kids. With 2 little kids,they do not get to let lo 5/10 as much as they us 4/6 to. My niece can be a pe 4/5 sometimes. She gets se 4/4 to her room a lot. Sh 4/5 very bossy and tries to pu 4/6 around her brother, but he does not take it & he pu 6/27 right back. Nobody pu 6/30 eachother around when I am there.I make sure that they sh5/14 up!They sh4/6 their bad behavior when I'm there. I su7/48 they be good or el4/4! Whenever I babysit they just pl 4/6 down on the couch&watch tv the whole night. Th4/5 they go to bed.Last night, I was able to return some ph 4/6 calls I owed people. I got them ne 6/18d in their beds at 9:00. I read the book Winnie the Po4/5 to him when he went to bed.I ho4/6 that this story was better th 4/5 the last one I also ho4/6 this story he5/14 some of you find some more words & le 6/18s the burden on your monkeys. To be ho 6/21 with you, I was not even going to do a story of clues, but no 4/5, I couldn't resist it! Also, I have a long time to wait 'til the flip. I'm off to sh 4/6 on ebay.I'll do another story of clues sometime so4/4

10:47 pm

stidmama

great story
Min!

10:49 pm

DR1965

Great Min- Thanks !

10:49 pm

jillibus

fun, minver!

10:49 pm

Minveryork

yw

10:49 pm

stidmama

four now...

10:49 pm

jillibus

wow, stid!

10:49 pm

DR1965

go Stid !

10:50 pm

stidmama

three.

10:50 pm

Minveryork

Go stidmama go!

10:50 pm

stidmama

one. it's fishy...

10:50 pm

stidmama

firewords.

10:51 pm

jillibus

gogogo stid!

10:51 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations stidmama on fireworks!Good for you

10:51 pm

DR1965

WOOHOO Stid !

10:51 pm

jillibus

YAY stid!!!

10:51 pm

stidmama

how many now DR?

10:51 pm

DR1965

8 ...

10:51 pm

Minveryork

Go DR1965 go!

10:52 pm

DR1965

5 p's and 3 s's

10:52 pm

jillibus

gogogo DR!

10:52 pm

stidmama

go DR!!!

10:52 pm

herinfernallady

right I seem to have lost all concentration for the last hour. Sorry if you asked questions. I wasn't being rude. Take care and bye

10:53 pm

DR1965

Bye Herin

10:53 pm

jillibus

that's ok, herin -- bye!

10:53 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye herinfernallady! I'll see you tomorrow maybe

10:53 pm

stidmama

later lady, see you again soon

10:54 pm

jillibus

stid -- do you have time for a giggle? See my icon now?

10:56 pm

mkg

hi all. clues for the 9s??????????

10:57 pm

Minveryork

an 9/60:plural of an 8/45. an 9/66 is plural of pe8/50

10:57 pm

DR1965

Fireworks !

10:57 pm

jillibus

YAY DR!!!

10:57 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations DR1965 on fireworks!Hooray for you

10:57 pm

DR1965

ty all for he4/5. I am going to rest my eyes

10:58 pm

DR1965

gnight all (HUGS )

10:58 pm

stidmama

YAY DR! sorry I wandered off...

10:58 pm

jillibus

night DR

10:59 pm

mkg

dont have the 8s either min. ty anyway.

10:59 pm

jillibus

I wondered, stid, because I asked if you had time now to have a giggle about my icon

10:59 pm

DR1965

gnight - Jilli- I love the icon!

10:59 pm

jillibus

thanks, DR

10:59 pm

DR1965

night Stids * POOF*

10:59 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye DR1965! I will see you tomorrow in the chog

11:00 pm

stidmama

and yes jill, I will look now.

11:00 pm

mkg

are the 8s or 9s two words? if so, do they use le**, opp. of more?

11:00 pm

stidmama

that is a wonderful icon pic, jill! too cute!

11:01 pm

jillibus

I thought it was fun

11:01 pm

stidmama

the pe 8/9 is compound, is that what you mean mkg?

11:01 pm

stidmama

the AN 7/8/9/8 are variants on a single word

11:02 pm

mkg

ty stid.

11:03 pm

jillibus

mkg, start with the 1st an8 -- a+ what a fisherman might use + cavity.

11:04 pm

Minveryork

The an7/32 is an plus friendly alien plus dig a ***e mkg

11:04 pm

stidmama

I need to rest a bit. back later. *poof*

11:04 pm

mkg

ty jilli. got that one.

11:04 pm

jillibus

if you get my an8 clue, drop the last letter for the an7.

11:04 pm

mkg

ty min. got it.

11:05 pm

Minveryork

an 8/45 is an7/32 word plus vowel and an9/60 is the plural of an 8/45 mkg. Sorry about bad clues before.

11:05 pm

mkg

need more for pe 8/9 combo as well plz

11:05 pm

jillibus

For the 9, pl the 8.

11:05 pm

mkg

dont have an 7.

11:05 pm

jillibus

for the 2nd an8, pl the 7.

11:05 pm

Minveryork

pe 8/50 is pe 4/5 word plus ho 4/5 word and plural it.

11:05 pm

mkg

i have the an 8 45 and 9 60 but not others.

11:05 pm

mkg

dont have an 7.

11:05 pm

jillibus

I gave you the clue for an7, mkg. Just look below.

11:06 pm

Minveryork

I gave you a clue for the an 7/32 word at 11:04 mkg.

11:06 pm

jillibus

mkg, you ask for too many clues at the same time.

11:06 pm

mkg

ty got an 7 now. missed it before.

11:07 pm

mkg

got the an 8 from the 7 too. ty.

11:07 pm

jillibus

Pay attention.

11:07 pm

mkg

night all. must get to bed.

11:09 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye mkg! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

11:09 pm

kimmtoats

nite, mkg!

11:09 pm

Minveryork

Hello kimmtoats!How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

11:09 pm

Bugsaw

May I have aclue for the ap please, then firewords I can head for bed again

11:10 pm

kimmtoats

hi Min! Thank you.

11:11 pm

kimmtoats

I am doing okay, you?

11:11 pm

kimmtoats

things seem to be a little tense here, huh?

11:13 pm

Minveryork

Not usually so tense, but it can get tense sometimes.

11:13 pm

kimmtoats

ya'all may just call me Kim.

11:14 pm

Minveryork

ap7:is the loss of an initial, usually unstressed vowel, as in cute from acute Bugsaw.

11:15 pm

jillibus

hi kim :)

11:15 pm

kimmtoats

hi, Jili!

11:16 pm

jillibus

ap + masculine pronoun pl + give an **timate on the cost

11:17 pm

Just1Mar

t

11:17 pm

Just1Mar

ty jilli and hello...and happy new year

11:17 pm

jillibus

hi justy!

11:18 pm

Just1Mar

happy new year to all too :)

11:18 pm

jillibus

same to you, just -- when do you head south?

11:18 pm

Just1Mar

on the 21st....

11:19 pm

Just1Mar

haven't been well though so haven't been around too much

11:19 pm

jillibus

getting excited?

11:19 pm

jillibus

oh dear! Flu?

11:19 pm

Just1Mar

mixed feelings....

11:20 pm

Just1Mar

no had my h1n1 vaccine....pain in neck shoulder arm for couple of months now :(

11:20 pm

Bugsaw

Fireword finelly Thank you all and goodnight

11:20 pm

jillibus

YAY bugs!!! Not staying for the flip?

11:20 pm

kimmtoats

g'night bugs! Good job!

11:20 pm

Just1Mar

thought it would go away so didn't bother calling doc....now he's been away for 3 weeks won't be back til monday

11:21 pm

Just1Mar

been living on aleve (now available in canada)

11:21 pm

jillibus

well, I guess you'll be calling the doc's office in 2 days!

11:22 pm

Bugsaw

Don't think I will stay even tho you are all so wonderful. I have had a long, bad week and need sleep more than I need distraction. Happy Babbling

11:22 pm

Just1Mar

well his receptionist knows that I'll be there to get the req for xrays ...

11:22 pm

jillibus

Oh, so sorry you've had a bad week, bugs!

11:23 pm

Just1Mar

no chance of finishing this ...just started less than 1/2 hour ago

11:24 pm

jillibus

too bad, justy, it's a nice grid

11:24 pm

Just1Mar

more than 1/2 way but .....not good enough

11:25 pm

Just1Mar

was busy all day ...my son's 28th birthday (9th)

11:26 pm

jillibus

Oh, just looked at your icon, justy -- belated happy birthday!

11:26 pm

jillibus

to YOU, that is!

11:26 pm

Just1Mar

so our best friend who live in Van are going to join us there jilli hope it'll be a good time

11:26 pm

Just1Mar

thank you

11:26 pm

Just1Mar

I feel every minute of it these days

11:27 pm

Just1Mar

friends*

11:27 pm

flosey

hi all, and happpy birthday to your son Justi

11:27 pm

jillibus

hi flosey!

11:27 pm

Just1Mar

thank you flosey....in 1982 he was my birthday present!

11:27 pm

flosey

justi, we can help you - if you made 1/2 way in 1/2 hr, perhaps you can finish?

11:27 pm

flosey

hi jilli

11:28 pm

jillibus

Another cutie in your icon, flosey!

11:28 pm

Just1Mar

thx flosey but you know how it is....first half is a lot easier and faster than the 2nd half lol

11:28 pm

jillibus

clues available, justy :)

11:28 pm

flosey

oh, what a lovely gift - my son, here in my icon was his Dad's b'day gift 45 years ago, Jan 20th

11:29 pm

Just1Mar

ooo nice flosey...and my father's birthday was Jan21st!

11:30 pm

flosey

he arrived early just for the occasion

11:30 pm

jillibus

my mother's was Jan 25 (Robert Burns's too)

11:31 pm

Just1Mar

mine did too...his due date was the 23rd! he was too impatient (and still is somewhat) but marriage has tamed him a bit :)

11:31 pm

flosey

aha, wasn't your Mother Scottish jilli? or was it your Dad

11:31 pm

jillibus

Dad was the Scot -- mother half Scot

11:32 pm

Just1Mar

it doesn't bother me if I don't finish the grid....that should be my biggest worry (blush)

11:32 pm

jillibus

My mother used to say the only reason Dad remembered her birthday was because it was Burns's.

11:32 pm

flosey

well, it's more fun chatting

11:32 pm

Just1Mar

yeah for sure flosey

11:33 pm

flosey

it does help when it falls on another occasion, Jilli

11:33 pm

rbud

fireworks!

11:33 pm

flosey

wtg rbud

11:33 pm

jillibus

YAY lurky rbud!!!

11:33 pm

Just1Mar

congrats rbuddy

11:34 pm

flosey

and what a beautiful icon you have

11:34 pm

jillibus

fab icon, rbud!

11:34 pm

Just1Mar

I'm only missing 1BT the top right e...

11:34 pm

rbud

wasn't exactly lurking, just hurrying! :)

11:34 pm

jillibus

just, it's ep4 go left 3 and diagonal down 1

11:35 pm

jillibus

and then pl it

11:35 pm

flosey

understand rbud

11:35 pm

Just1Mar

thx jilli got it

11:35 pm

jillibus

wtg justy!

11:36 pm

Just1Mar

ooo merci

11:36 pm

rbud

that ep 4/6 was one of the last few words I got, that and the eg5/6

11:36 pm

rbud

well, grammatically wrong, but you get the idea.

11:36 pm

jillibus

funny, I got those quite early on -- found this grid very pleasant

11:37 pm

flosey

I did too jilli

11:37 pm

Just1Mar

well got the Jewish "carry" lol

11:37 pm

rbud

ah, but I listed before I got them, and I work from the bottom up.

11:38 pm

jillibus

I list when I get nbt (if the list is there)

11:38 pm

rbud

had all the A's before listing, yay

11:38 pm

flosey

here, depends on how much time I have

11:39 pm

Just1Mar

I do too jilli but try to have nbt's and at least 1/2 way which I now am, but maybe won't even bother listing

11:39 pm

jillibus

those long As were hard but there were clues given

11:39 pm

rbud

I'm like that, too, flosey, list if I think I'm running out of time.

11:39 pm

flosey

tomorrow is an easy day, couple coming over for a visit in the afternoon, but no stress

11:39 pm

leighprefect

I'm sorry, but being without slacks should be a word...I see it with my fiance often enough!

11:39 pm

Just1Mar

no stress is a good thing

11:40 pm

flosey

yes, I agree leigh

11:40 pm

rbud

lol, leigh!

11:40 pm

jillibus

well, I have bridge tomorrow afternoon, so the grid will be 378 with no S or IER or ED etc, lol!

11:40 pm

leighprefect

Just stopping in for a quick hello. Hope everyone is well!

11:41 pm

Minveryork

Hello leighprefect! How are you? Welcome to the grid

11:41 pm

flosey

we'll stick with it tonight then jilli

11:41 pm

jillibus

hi leigh -- you're not the only one who wanted that word

11:41 pm

leighprefect

Very well, Min...you?

11:41 pm

rbud

all good here, huddling by my space heater...

11:41 pm

flosey

I had a sleep after this afternoon's bridge, while sweetie cooked supper

11:41 pm

jillibus

lucky you, flosey!

11:42 pm

leighprefect

Mmm...sounds like a wonderful day, Flosey.

11:42 pm

flosey

for sure jilli, he's been doing a lot of it lately

11:42 pm

Just1Mar

Son and wife went out for dinner tonight for his birthday so been busy making stuff for Mom's birthday dinner and cake for tomorrow..

11:42 pm

jillibus

Hubby did all the cooking in latter years -- he really liked it.

11:43 pm

flosey

that's how you became spoiled for kitchen duty then jilli?

11:43 pm

jillibus

I guess so

11:43 pm

Minveryork

rbud,I SO look forward to seeing your icons. Theyr'e always great! Your butterfly is the best yet, love it!

11:43 pm

Just1Mar

My hubs is a great chef too, but his partner is on vacation now and so he's working non stop 2 weeks 70hr weeks :(

11:43 pm

flosey

my son does all the cooking, his wife does the cleaning - first son, not Nathan's Dad

11:44 pm

flosey

ouch, 70 hour weeks are too much

11:44 pm

Minveryork

I am off to change my icon. I will be back for the flip.

11:44 pm

flosey

see you then Min

11:44 pm

Just1Mar

but then we will go and when we come back he'll be rested and partner will be there!

11:45 pm

jillibus

Hubby did lots of cleaning too. I never was a comfortable cook -- no experience, no teaching by my mother.

11:45 pm

Just1Mar

that's what it is when you own your own business flosey...

11:45 pm

flosey

although, Nathan's Dad is also a great cook, just doesn't have time - he does the BBQ in summer

11:45 pm

flosey

my mom was that way Jilli

11:45 pm

flosey

but she had to learn fast, Dad being away long hours

11:46 pm

jillibus

My hubby was retired when he took over the cooking.

11:46 pm

Just1Mar

the worst part about cooking for me is thinking up what to make...otherwise no problemo

11:46 pm

jillibus

just, one of my siters-in-loaw used to say she wished they would invent a new animal.

11:46 pm

flosey

I use to really love it when we were 6, but cooking for 2, I find not as easy

11:47 pm

Just1Mar

lol lol

11:47 pm

jillibus

cooking for 6 puts me in a tailspin!

11:48 pm

flosey

not when they are added one at a time jilli

11:48 pm

Just1Mar

we bbq all year round...hubby built a "shelter" for the bbq on the deck right off the kitchen patio doors...that helps a lot

11:48 pm

Just1Mar

but not when the temp goes below -10c or so

11:48 pm

flosey

sounds great Justi - we had the bbq on the deck off the diningroom - then it was closed in and became office

11:49 pm

jillibus

I have a bbq on the deck outside the dinette, under a roof -- very handy

11:49 pm

Just1Mar

but tomorrow's birthday dinner for son will not be bbq..

11:49 pm

jillibus

temp here today was +10C

11:50 pm

jillibus

what's on the menu, justy?

11:50 pm

flosey

yes, quite nice today jilli

11:50 pm

Just1Mar

oh wow jilli positively balmy...right not it's -16c with wind chill of -23c :(

11:50 pm

Just1Mar

now*

11:51 pm

jillibus

brrr

11:51 pm

flosey

jilli and I will both remember those temps justi

11:51 pm

Just1Mar

furnace is chugging away....

11:51 pm

grannyrose

well the temp here is 30deg C. hello all

11:51 pm

jillibus

oh yes

11:51 pm

flosey

hi granny

11:51 pm

Just1Mar

I'm sure you do flosey....better that it's a memory than a reality!

11:51 pm

Minveryork

Hello grannyrose! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

11:51 pm

jillibus

hi hot granny ;)

11:52 pm

Just1Mar

granny hugs hi

11:52 pm

grannyrose

hey min, jilli, flosey, just

11:52 pm

Just1Mar

hope you and your leg are well

11:52 pm

grannyrose

slowly, slowly, my friend.

11:52 pm

Just1Mar

I'll soon be in 30+c with humidity temps :)

11:53 pm

flosey

where are you going justi

11:53 pm

jillibus

but you'll be cooled by the ocean breezes, justy, I know

11:53 pm

Just1Mar

Acapulco flosey for 2 glorious weeks

11:53 pm

flosey

lovely - enjoy, and keep well

11:54 pm

Just1Mar

and soooooo thankful it's not a US destination with all the craziness going to the states

11:54 pm

Just1Mar

thx flosey...sure hope I won't break a leg lol

11:55 pm

Just1Mar

Have you heard about the Halle Berry nutsness that happened here at Trudeau Airport by any chance?

11:56 pm

jillibus

when we went there in the 60s we flew to Detroit, where there was a huge snowfall and long delay, then to Mexico City, then by a little Aeronaves Mexico plane to Acapulco. Can you fly direct now?

11:56 pm

jillibus

oh yes, heard about Halle Berry -- I get the Gazette headlines online.

11:56 pm

Just1Mar

Theres only 1 direct non stop flight from Mtl to Aca which is on Thurs...

11:57 pm

VolleymomDee

hi all, and what happened with Halle Berry?

11:57 pm

grannyrose

darn, screen froze...must have been your cold weather report...

11:57 pm

jillibus

That's great, justy. I take it you'll be on that?

11:57 pm

Just1Mar

this year I will be taking that but in previous years I couldn't because the resort was only booking fridays...

11:57 pm

grannyrose

actually the temp. got to 33.6C today.

11:57 pm

jillibus

Oh, what a pain!

11:57 pm

flosey

great justi, such a nuisance having to transfer

11:58 pm

Minveryork

Hi VolleymomDee! How are you? Welcome to the grid!

11:58 pm

Just1Mar

but because they are "accomodating" me for my "accident" they allowed us to got thurs...

11:58 pm

grannyrose

hey dee

11:58 pm

Just1Mar

yes jilli I will (thankfully(

11:58 pm

flosey

hope the extra day is free justi

11:58 pm

VolleymomDee

hey granny; hi minve; hugs jili; flosey, just

11:58 pm

jillibus

Hi dee hi -- Halle Berry and her bf were escorted past all the waiting passengers to get a flight -- queue jumping, shrieked the protesters.

11:58 pm

flosey

hi Dee

11:59 pm

Just1Mar

((((Deee)))

11:59 pm

VolleymomDee

did she queue jump?

11:59 pm

jillibus

oh, their baby was with them too -- this was in Montreal

11:59 pm

Just1Mar

Halle Berry has a quebecois significant other...they have a home north of here in the mountains which the went to for the holidays....

11:59 pm

Just1Mar

yes she did

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