Babble: Archived Puzzle for Thursday, March 18, 2010

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

crpw48

flip

12:00 am

flosey

flip

12:00 am

jillibus

nice size, anyway

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

flip

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:00 am

gremlinn

ec8

12:00 am

flosey

yes, prob. be off island tomorrow

12:01 am

VolleymomDee

howdy dart

12:02 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:02 am

jillibus

hi dart, grem, crp

12:02 am

dart001

hi volley jilli flos grem

12:02 am

gremlinn

hi jilli

12:02 am

gremlinn

hi dart

12:03 am

flosey

hi dart, grem, nan

12:03 am

gremlinn

hi flosey

12:04 am

gremlinn

ot8

12:05 am

VolleymomDee

also ec 7

12:05 am

MLFAN17

OT 7

12:05 am

gremlinn

yeah, ec7/ot7 pluralized

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

am 6

12:06 am

MLFAN17

grem my OT 7 is not a plural

12:06 am

gremlinn

am6/7

12:06 am

MLFAN17

but my OT 8 is

12:06 am

gremlinn

and it's not pluralizable?

12:07 am

dart001

think that's what he said

12:07 am

gremlinn

phant ectomere

12:07 am

MLFAN17

i meant the OT 7 i found becomes a plural which would make it an 8

12:07 am

gremlinn

that's what I said first

12:08 am

gremlinn

ce7, have all 7s now

12:08 am

cybernan

got the ot, but can't find that co -- is it another medical term?

12:09 am

VolleymomDee

am 6 x 2

12:09 am

gremlinn

co7?

12:09 am

dart001

think drugs nan

12:09 am

MLFAN17

CO 6/7

12:09 am

MLFAN17

is drugs

12:10 am

cybernan

only one I know that starts with co is codeine

12:10 am

dart001

illegal with a diff sp

12:10 am

MLFAN17

illegal drug

12:10 am

gremlinn

change some middle letters there

12:11 am

MLFAN17

Ri 6

12:11 am

jillibus

morphine bill and co6 sue
were walking down the avenue...

12:11 am

gremlinn

phant cocinera

12:12 am

pugmama763

ya snort it nan

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

I am still one 7 short

12:12 am

gremlinn

have re7?

12:12 am

gremlinn

am7?

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

missing the re ty

12:13 am

cybernan

sorry -- not up on the drug scene!

12:13 am

dart001

watch the news?

12:13 am

Douglas

Hmm, this grid doesn't have 457 words...curious. Hello everyone

12:13 am

pugmama763

was an Eric Clapton song too nan

12:13 am

MLFAN17

cyber its white and powdery you sniff it

12:13 am

jillibus

hi doug

12:14 am

cybernan

ok -- found one that I think is snorted but it is only 6 letters, not 8

12:14 am

pugmama763

plural it

12:14 am

jillibus

nan, this one's been around for ages -- think Sherlock Holmes

12:14 am

VolleymomDee

nan we were not talking about a co 8... but a co 7

12:14 am

MLFAN17

cyber theone i have is 6/7

12:14 am

MLFAN17

not an 8

12:14 am

cybernan

when I plural it that gives me 7 not 8

12:14 am

gremlinn

take off last vowel

12:14 am

Barb's Horses

hello all

12:14 am

cybernan

oh ok

12:15 am

flosey

hello Barb

12:15 am

cybernan

ty then -- found the one you were talking about

12:15 am

jillibus

hi barb

12:15 am

VolleymomDee

yw

12:15 am

Barb's Horses

how is everyone?

12:16 am

cybernan

think I need to walk away from this for a bit -- not seeing any of these 7's nor the other 8 (ec I think)

12:16 am

flosey

great thanks Barb, you?

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

fine ty and you?

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

ca 6

12:17 am

jillibus

barb, is that you on the horse? Bareback, I see.

12:17 am

Barb's Horses

alright thanks...it was hard waiting for the new one to come up

12:17 am

Barb's Horses

yes Jill

12:17 am

Barb's Horses

Back before I had my fall...now I always have a saddle

12:17 am

jillibus

handsome pair, barb!

12:18 am

jillibus

welcome to prohood, barb!

12:18 am

MLFAN17

ddi someone say a RE 7 or 8?

12:18 am

Barb's Horses

thanks you would like my other one too I am sure..he is a black with two white spots on either side. When the saddle is on my husband says it looks like we rubbed off the paint

12:19 am

VolleymomDee

my phan reearns

12:19 am

Barb's Horses

Thank you jill

12:20 am

gremlinn

re7, mlf

12:20 am

MLFAN17

thanks grem

12:21 am

MLFAN17

is it a word i should know?

12:22 am

MLFAN17

grem?

12:22 am

Douglas

Hello jilli

12:22 am

gremlinn

yeah

12:22 am

cybernan

midice is a word! -- that is where the puck is dropped

12:22 am

VolleymomDee

to 6

12:22 am

MLFAN17

is that hyphened nan?

12:23 am

Barb's Horses

LOL good one Cybernan

12:23 am

gremlinn

midfield works

12:23 am

gremlinn

maybe mid-ice

12:23 am

MLFAN17

RE 6/7

12:24 am

Douglas

She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie....co6

12:24 am

cybernan

was joking guys -- not a hockey fan although you'd never know it after all the comments by reporters during the olympics saying that hockey is canada's religion

12:25 am

MLFAN17

can someone give me the stats for the E top left corner please?

12:25 am

gremlinn

ed 5/14

12:25 am

MLFAN17

thanks grem

12:26 am

MLFAN17

cyber i am ont a maple leaf fan as most think lol

12:26 am

Douglas

So the accord against cluing before 1:00 has collapsed?

12:27 am

gremlinn

there's never been such an accord since I started playing here

12:27 am

VolleymomDee

py 6 x 2

12:28 am

MLFAN17

gremi its a rule made by some babblers i guess that we dont clue until 2am

12:28 am

gremlinn

nice finds dee

12:28 am

jillibus

I hope it has collapsed

12:28 am

Douglas

I seem to be behind the times, then...never mind

12:29 am

dart001

till one hour into the puzzle....many diff time zones here

12:29 am

gremlinn

today it's the 5s and 6s that are harder to find

12:29 am

jillibus

mlf, there have been objections to that "rule"

12:29 am

Barb's Horses

i didn't know that mlfan17

12:29 am

MLFAN17

you are right cdar one hour into it apparently

12:29 am

flosey

and it does seem to depend on who is in!

12:29 am

MLFAN17

sorry doug

12:29 am

MLFAN17

you didnt know what barb's.. about the cluing or my screenname?ll

12:30 am

MLFAN17

lol

12:31 am

Barb's Horses

about the clueing

12:31 am

MLFAN17

barb's ohhh yeah i learned earlier on about it

12:31 am

Barb's Horses

well now I know hope I don't forget

12:31 am

gremlinn

phant coccoids

12:32 am

cybernan

we usually don't give clues for the first hour -- not a hard and fast rule, especially when the grid is small, but a courtesy for those that don't want clues during the first hour that has been practiced since I started playing 4-1/2 years ago

12:32 am

jillibus

oh please don't resurrect that "rule"

12:32 am

gremlinn

when I don't want clues, I usually just switch to one of the other two tabs

12:33 am

MLFAN17

jill the first hour rule?

12:33 am

Barb's Horses

It is just hard to know all the in's and out's when you are new like me.

12:33 am

flosey

of course grem, anyone can do that if they don't want clues

12:33 am

jillibus

exactly, grem -- you can switch off the chat if you don't want clues

12:33 am

flosey

MRP doesn't abide by that 'rule'

12:33 am

MLFAN17

agreed

12:33 am

jillibus

yes, mlf

12:34 am

jillibus

hear hear flosey

12:34 am

Barb's Horses

I just feel very priveledged to be a member and still wonder who arranged it for me

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

amen to that jili and grem

12:34 am

MLFAN17

jill from a distance your icon looks like a small jail cell but i i know its wine bottles

12:34 am

gremlinn

maybe you have a secret admirer

12:35 am

Barb's Horses

maybe you never know or someone just decide to be very nice indeed and I greatly appreciate it

12:35 am

jillibus

I wanted people to wonder what this icon was, so that they would click on it and read about it <wicked laugh>

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

at first glance I thot it was a candlelabra

12:35 am

flosey

it is an interesting story jilli

12:35 am

Barb's Horses

looks interesting

12:36 am

MLFAN17

jill i didnt read it i just know you have the icon everytime so i read that part lol

12:36 am

MLFAN17

yeah the icon look 3d

12:36 am

jillibus

well, mlf, read about ice wine!

12:37 am

dart001

we were near that winery this past summer jilli...didnt have time to stop though

12:37 am

jillibus

too bad, dart!

12:37 am

flosey

love your little kitty dart

12:38 am

cybernan

Interesting Jill, but you don't have to go as far as ON for ice wine -- the best in the world is made right here in the Okanagan Valley -- not that I stock any because it costs $80 to $120 for a split

12:38 am

dart001

one of the parking meters in niagara by the lake ate my credit card..spent an extra hour and a half trying to get it back

12:38 am

dart001

ty flosey

12:39 am

Barb's Horses

very cute kitty dart

12:39 am

jillibus

I know, nan, but I didn't find a bottle or a writeup

12:39 am

flosey

that's an awful waste of holiday time dart

12:39 am

Barb's Horses

brb

12:39 am

dart001

thx barb :)

12:39 am

jillibus

How annoying, dart!

12:40 am

cybernan

Most of the wineries here make it, but the most expensive is made by Summerhill

12:40 am

dart001

was pretty frustrating trying to track down someone late in the day who could get it out of the meter

12:40 am

VolleymomDee

help with i in the 2nd column for nbt please

12:40 am

jillibus

actually, nan, I hear that the best icewine in the world is still the German Riesling Eiswein

12:41 am

dart001

i someone who brings cold stuff to your door

12:41 am

VolleymomDee

ty nbt

12:41 am

jillibus

ty, dart -- the one who cometh, eh?

12:41 am

jillibus

wtg dee

12:41 am

dart001

yep lol

12:41 am

Barb's Horses

I hate to say it but gone for now. Too sleepy and sore wish I could get more than 4 hours sleep at one time...but it is great to have people to talk to when your up late. Night all

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:42 am

Christine

Jillibus, another great icon/write-up.

12:42 am

flosey

lol, I remember when that truck use to come around

12:42 am

Douglas

Didn't George Gervin have that nickname during his basketball career

12:42 am

dart001

nite barb

12:42 am

Barb's Horses

oh question...do you need to ask people before you add them as friends?

12:42 am

jillibus

no, you don't barb -- and hope you can sleep well

12:42 am

MLFAN17

Hello

12:43 am

Barb's Horses

Thank you Jill I will try very hard May I add you on my list?

12:43 am

dart001

yes douglas

12:43 am

MLFAN17

The bottle of wine i have in my profile pic is called Rock Rabbit i dont have a synopsis

12:43 am

cybernan

spent two weeks in Germany last fall and never did find a wine that didn't taste like battery acid

12:43 am

jillibus

Absolutely, barb, and I just added you :)

12:43 am

Barb's Horses

just have to figure how to do that

12:44 am

MLFAN17

but my pic isnt showing up lol

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

ra 6

12:44 am

jillibus

but did you try an icewine, nan?

12:44 am

Barb's Horses

Thank you Jill

12:45 am

jillibus

bard, add grem too so that you can get his list when he makes one -- and sprite so you can get the icon themes

12:45 am

cybernan

no -- didn't see any. I did try a late harvest, though -- had an oily bitter aftertaste

12:45 am

MLFAN17

hmm

12:45 am

jillibus

that's barb

12:45 am

Barb's Horses

how do I add?

12:45 am

jillibus

those were Rielsings, I assume, nan?

12:45 am

MLFAN17

go tit

12:45 am

MLFAN17

got it

12:45 am

MLFAN17

oops

12:46 am

MLFAN17

Okay i am out of here 106 left poof

12:46 am

jillibus

barb, go to who's online and just add the ones you want

12:46 am

cybernan

yes -- we were in the reisling producing area

12:46 am

Barb's Horses

okay thank you I will try that thanks..Cybernan could I add you too?

12:47 am

jillibus

I understand Riesling is *supposed* to have a whiff of diesel

12:47 am

cybernan

yes, of course barb

12:47 am

jillibus

barb, you don't have to ask permission

12:48 am

jillibus

unfortunately, sprite is not online just now

12:48 am

Barb's Horses

oh right. sorry

12:48 am

Barb's Horses

okay I will look for sprite tomorrow

12:48 am

cybernan

don't see gremlinn here -- has he finished already?

12:49 am

Douglas

Got the bottom row grayed...whoo-hoo! Didn't hurt that there's a 7 and 8 down there

12:49 am

jillibus

gremlinn is online -- buried in the grid maybe

12:49 am

gremlinn

not yet

12:50 am

jillibus

barb, sprite is in the Netherlands so she may be on tomorrow morning or early afternoon

12:50 am

cybernan

but almost, I'd bet

12:50 am

jillibus

hi grem ;)

12:50 am

cybernan

half way and still have a bunch of bt's

12:51 am

Barb's Horses

go nan

12:51 am

cybernan

and still don't see grem's ec 8

12:51 am

Barb's Horses

okay off to bed night again..I am really going this time

12:51 am

flosey

goodnight Barb, sweet dreams

12:51 am

jillibus

night barb again ;)

12:52 am

jillibus

I have 3 blank Es

12:53 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

12:53 am

cybernan

2 blank e's, 2 i's, a c and an o

12:53 am

flosey

hi josh

12:53 am

jillibus

hi and wtg josh

12:53 am

joshuavorbis

was a bit of luck seeing mention of ec8 - might have taken me awhile otherwise

12:53 am

cybernan

found the o

12:54 am

cybernan

or one of them

12:54 am

vashongin

id 5/14 and id 5/12 for the left column i

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

I have all the p's if anyone wants them

12:54 am

cybernan

keep trying the common ec prefix, but not working so far

12:54 am

jillibus

ec8, eh? Hmmmm

12:54 am

vashongin

please dee

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

hi vash

12:54 am

gremlinn

ic6 for the lone i

12:55 am

joshuavorbis

ec7/8 more accurately

12:55 am

vashongin

hi

12:55 am

vashongin

ty grem

12:55 am

VolleymomDee

pi 4, 5, 4 po 4, 4 py 6 x 2

12:55 am

joshuavorbis

and ot7/8 for that lower right o

12:55 am

jillibus

oh yes, I remember now -- the long-worders were talking about those ec words earlier

12:56 am

cybernan

have the ot 7-8

12:56 am

VolleymomDee

anyone have all the e's? I am short one e

12:57 am

vashongin

ty dee

12:57 am

gremlinn

I do

12:57 am

gremlinn

have ei?

12:58 am

VolleymomDee

lol nope that is my missing one... you have esp

12:58 am

vashongin

ei 4 yes

12:58 am

gremlinn

hehe

12:58 am

gremlinn

last one I found, so I started there

12:58 am

vashongin

i need two from that same colum

12:58 am

vashongin

column, that is

12:58 am

VolleymomDee

tooo funny

12:58 am

joshuavorbis

ha - ei4 was one of my first words. jut one of those that i seem to see when it's there

12:59 am

joshuavorbis

that and aalii

12:59 am

VolleymomDee

want to guess my 2 missing o's

12:59 am

gremlinn

oc 5/6?

12:59 am

vashongin

oc 5/6?

12:59 am

joshuavorbis

speaking of o's, phant oidia

12:59 am

vashongin

lol

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

ha ha that was it!!!! I am splitting a gut

1:00 am

gremlinn

I'll have the left half, please

1:00 am

gremlinn

vash, you take the right

1:00 am

cybernan

what are the stats for the lone c, please?

1:01 am

joshuavorbis

co5/14

1:01 am

jillibus

my last bt is is the upper left E -- any help around?

1:01 am

vashongin

ok then

1:01 am

VolleymomDee

missing one t

1:01 am

gremlinn

ed5, jilli

1:01 am

gremlinn

missing one T as well

1:01 am

vashongin

t o 4 5 6 4

1:01 am

gremlinn

I have to 4/5/6/4

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

my t's are: to 4/4; to 5/12; to 6/21; to 4/5

1:02 am

gremlinn

same

1:02 am

gremlinn

I'll morewords for it

1:02 am

cybernan

ty

1:02 am

vashongin

missing the same one darn

1:02 am

jillibus

nbt -- ty grem, it just jumped out at me!

1:03 am

justafreep

to6/27 is the other T

1:03 am

VolleymomDee

ty

1:04 am

joshuavorbis

lol what in the world is that word

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

odd word

1:04 am

vashongin

ty freep

1:04 am

joshuavorbis

i guess i can say fish me to that word

1:05 am

vashongin

i'm still missing 2 e's from the second column

1:05 am

cybernan

I think this grid is full of odd words -- 3 more and that will be it for tonight

1:05 am

VolleymomDee

ea 4, 5; ec 7, 8 ed 5 ei 4 em 4, 4 ep 4 er 5, 4

1:06 am

vashongin

it was the em's i was missing..ty dee

1:06 am

cybernan

good night everyone :)

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

1:07 am

flosey

good night nan

1:07 am

rururocks

hi kids

1:07 am

flosey

hi ru

1:08 am

vashongin

i'm missing one d

1:08 am

Douglas

Jake Sully in Avatar, prayed to Eywa that the human race committed ec7

1:08 am

jillibus

night nan -- hi ruru

1:08 am

vashongin

i have that

1:09 am

jillibus

hi freep and vash -- missed your entrance

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

missing 3 d's here

1:09 am

vashongin

hi jilli..i've been lurking as usual

1:09 am

justafreep

hi, jilli (and g'night nan)

1:10 am

vashongin

d's missing one di 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4, 4, 6

1:10 am

justafreep

I entered with a fish, jilli. it was dramatic :-)

1:10 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

1:10 am

VolleymomDee

ty lickety!

1:10 am

vashongin

ty lickety

1:10 am

justafreep

de6, vash

1:10 am

flosey

ty lickety

1:11 am

rururocks

de vash

1:11 am

vashongin

ty ruru and freep

1:14 am

jillibus

Oh, thanks Lickety, and thank goodness!

1:14 am

Douglas

And tell me what street, compares with mo4 Street, in July?

1:15 am

gremlinn

fireworks

1:15 am

VolleymomDee

wtg

1:15 am

flosey

WTG Grem

1:15 am

jillibus

YAY gremlinn!!! So it wasn't an easy one -- took you more than 10 minutes...

1:16 am

gremlinn

yep

1:17 am

dart001

fireworks

1:17 am

jillibus

taking a banana-and-milk break -- brb with fresh eyes

1:17 am

jillibus

YAY dart!!!

1:18 am

VolleymomDee

wtg

1:19 am

vashongin

wtg dart and grem

1:20 am

Douglas

We'll take Manhatten, the Bronx and Staten Island for two

1:20 am

flosey

wtg Dart

1:20 am

dart001

nite all work in 5 hrs....may not be on til monday...going to chicago for the weekend for a few concerts

1:21 am

VolleymomDee

nite dart

1:21 am

flosey

sounds good dart

1:21 am

VolleymomDee

have fun in chic

1:22 am

dart001

will do...crossing fingers for no snow...that word crept back into the forecast...and a 7 hr drive thru snow isn't any fun

1:22 am

Douglas

A lyric from that song has a word, but I'm just enjoying the song right now

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

no snow, no snow, no snow

1:23 am

dart001

thx volley...last year was kind of di5 coming back

1:24 am

flosey

thanks dart, didn't have that one

1:24 am

VolleymomDee

that can be a nasty drive

1:24 am

flosey

and safe trip, dart, hope you don't run into any bad weather

1:27 am

vashongin

i was just there this last weekend dart....no snow i hope for you too

1:28 am

jillibus

snow is hereby banned anywhere near Chicago

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

1:30 am

flosey

wtg Dee

1:30 am

jillibus

YAY dee!!!

1:30 am

Douglas

Yay Dee!

1:31 am

flosey

I've just passed half way!

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

ty

1:31 am

jillibus

wtg flosey!

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

I can be fast with Lickety, but really pokey on my lonesome

1:32 am

dart001

congrats volley

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

ty

1:32 am

jillibus

I can't be fast no matter what

1:32 am

jillibus

(too well-bred)

1:32 am

dart001

ty for the no-snow well wishes.....pooooof

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

you are the great encourager and you chat with all of us... would slow down any of us

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

LOL JILI

1:33 am

flosey

that's it jilli - and the point of the game is to enjoy, isn't it?

1:33 am

VolleymomDee

well I need to get going.. have some sympathy cards to make

1:33 am

VolleymomDee

hugs to all *poofing*

1:33 am

jillibus

1:33 am

jillibus

night dee

1:33 am

VolleymomDee

nite

1:34 am

flosey

g'night dee

1:43 am

Douglas

So Ares is in but Eris is out, eh? She doesn't rate? We've already had this discussion, haven't we?

1:44 am

jillibus

I don't remember it, doug

1:45 am

Douglas

A discussion about which gods get to be in the dictionary

1:45 am

jillibus

I see Eris is the goddess of contention...

1:46 am

jillibus

I think there's another meaning for ares

1:47 am

jillibus

flosey, are you there?

1:47 am

Douglas

It's my understanding that Eris was part of Ares's entourage (quite reasonable, actually)

1:49 am

flosey

yes, jilli, still plodding along

1:50 am

jillibus

do you watch CTV news, flosey? With Tamara doing the weather?

1:50 am

Douglas

Wanting there to be a word in the grid ending with "iome," but thinking there isn't one

1:50 am

jillibus

think you're right, doug

1:50 am

flosey

seldom do jilli - mainly because the tv is downstairs

1:51 am

jillibus

well, I think our weather girl is preggers again

1:51 am

flosey

I should get a small one for the office but it's pretty crowded now

1:51 am

flosey

ah, so she'll be off for a bit

1:52 am

jillibus

It's still St Pat's day here, so I had to try erin again, with the same negative result

1:52 am

flosey

hubby won't have one in the livingroom

1:52 am

flosey

lol

1:52 am

Douglas

What's wrong with a pregnant weather girl? Pregnancy is beautiful

1:53 am

flosey

yes it is, Douglas, as long as preg. lady is well and happy

1:53 am

jillibus

It's funny watching Tamara -- some time ago I thought she might be preggers but now I'm pretty sure, and she's being careful not to turn sideways when she shows the map etc

1:54 am

flosey

lol, that will get to be difficult

1:54 am

flosey

**that will become difficult

1:54 am

jillibus

nothing at all wrong with it, doug -- last time she stayed on until almost the last day

1:54 am

flosey

wow, good for her

1:54 am

jillibus

and she is a real beauty anyway

1:55 am

jillibus

it's just fun guessing

1:56 am

jillibus

oh, I'm well over halfway!

1:56 am

flosey

good for you jilli

1:56 am

flosey

still plodding here, 106

1:57 am

flosey

trying to remember all the things I should be doing, buying, while in Victoria tomorrow

1:57 am

Chopramen

Wow this is really hard

1:57 am

flosey

good evening Chopramen

1:58 am

Chopramen

Good Evening Flosey

1:58 am

jillibus

hi chopra -- it's easier with Lickety's list

1:58 am

Douglas

You're plodding faster than I am, flosey, I'm at a measly 79

1:58 am

jillibus

I have 101

1:58 am

flosey

but you've been making interesting comments along the way Douglas

1:59 am

jillibus

and am at the mi words in the list

1:59 am

crosshair

good morning everyone

1:59 am

flosey

I've been struggling with the in words

2:00 am

jillibus

in + Webster's ****ionary

2:01 am

flosey

still have 1 bt

2:01 am

Douglas

I'd like to think that counts somehow in the total package of Babble enjoyment

2:01 am

flosey

tyty jilli

2:02 am

flosey

yes, Douglas, I agree - and, obviously Jilli does too

2:03 am

jillibus

the other in is in + kick the bucket

2:03 am

jillibus

hi crossy!

2:04 am

crosshair

:)

2:04 am

flosey

thanks again jilli - thought I had tried that and didn't go - prob. hit a wrong key

2:04 am

flosey

hi crossy

2:05 am

flosey

trouble sleeping again crossy?

2:06 am

crosshair

howdy jilli,flosey..yes indeed have a touch of flu going and the chest is rattly,have to sit up for a bit and what better way than with my babble buddies;0

2:06 am

Douglas

61* is in the grid, Roger Maris, but he isn't a word

2:06 am

flosey

indeed, crossy, but sorry you're not feeling well

2:06 am

jillibus

good thinking, crossy

2:07 am

jillibus

nares are nostrils, so why isn't nare a word for one nostril?

2:08 am

flosey

I've always tried that one too jilli, seems logical to me

2:08 am

Chopramen

I am going to be up way too late doing this

2:08 am

crosshair

sokay,my fav sweater,vicks on the cheast,tylenol and chicken soup for the soul and im all set..lol and puffers to breathe

2:08 am

jillibus

I suppose it's Latin or something

2:08 am

flosey

where are you chopra?

2:09 am

Chopramen

Seattle

2:09 am

jillibus

that sounds pretty cosy, crossy

2:09 am

flosey

ah, just south of Jilli and me

2:10 am

jillibus

well, you're not as late as some of the easterners who are often here at this hour

2:10 am

crosshair

lol,poor crossy,just about everyone is south of me:)

2:10 am

jillibus

yes, just north of stidmama

2:11 am

jillibus

awww, crossy!

2:11 am

crosshair

all these exotic locals are but a dream to me now lol

2:12 am

omarr

Disappointed that pieman isn't in the dictionary...

2:12 am

Douglas

Neither eerie nor aerie are in the grid, but they look like they should be

2:12 am

jillibus

I've forgotten where you are, crossy -- courtenay?

2:12 am

crosshair

one day ill really go wild and see if i can do a run down to niagra falls;)

2:13 am

flosey

hello omarr, haven't met you before

2:13 am

crosshair

lol jilli im in collingwood on georgian bay

2:13 am

omarr

hi flosey!

2:13 am

jillibus

oh, duh to me, crossy

2:13 am

flosey

are you new to babble, omarr?

2:13 am

crosshair

sokay jilli,i have a memory of a goldfish

2:14 am

jillibus

hi omarr, and I agree. Simple Simon met a pieman...

2:14 am

omarr

I'd played years ago, but just stumbled back in recently

2:14 am

flosey

ah, well, welcome back

2:14 am

jillibus

welcome back, omarr

2:14 am

omarr

Thanks :)

2:16 am

omarr

I just looked for my registration email and it was almost four years ago! March 19, 2006

2:16 am

flosey

ah, I started in June, 2006

2:17 am

jillibus

I did on May 28, 2006

2:17 am

Douglas

With you regarding pieman, omarr

2:18 am

omarr

I wonder what it is about mid-March that makes me want to Babble...

2:18 am

Douglas

Should amocide be a word for killing off love?

2:18 am

omarr

Douglas, can we petition to add it? ;)

2:19 am

jillibus

rotsa ruck, omarr!

2:19 am

Chopramen

ouch, stuck at 202 pts

2:19 am

crosshair

my isp keep hiccuping:(

2:20 am

jillibus

are you using Lickety's list, chopra?

2:20 am

Chopramen

I don't know what that is

2:20 am

Chopramen

sorry i'm nooby

2:21 am

Douglas

One of my longstanding beefs with Babble is the inflexibility of the dictionary, omarr

2:21 am

jillibus

it's a big help -- gives you the first 2 letters of each word, how long it is, and its point score. Just scroll down to Friends of Babble and look for Lickety's Babble Clues. Right-click to open it in a new window.

2:22 am

jillibus

doug, did you see my opinion of Enable?

2:22 am

crosshair

indeed douglas,if it is not american spelling,it is finicky colour,arbour,theatre etc and many more

2:23 am

jillibus

(scroll down in my profile)

2:23 am

omarr

hilarious :)

2:24 am

jillibus

:-)

2:25 am

Christine

Crosshair, are you the one who likes everything-bacon? vosgeschocolate.com has 'the Mini Bacon Candy Bar Library' (blending smoky bacon and rich chocolate) - $25 for 9 bars.

2:25 am

Douglas

Dr_God, the creator, has consistently mentioned that Babble, for better or for worse, is hard wired to Enable. In other words, the dictionary you have now is the dictionary you are going to have for the foreseeable future

2:25 am

crosshair

well could of been worse,dr_god could of been hawaiaan and we could be dealing with their words;)

2:26 am

crosshair

mmm,sounds delish christine

2:26 am

jillibus

we do, from time to time -- aloha, haole, pois...

2:26 am

jwr

what makes you think there are no Hawaiian words in Enable

2:26 am

omarr

Hawaiian wouldn't be so bad. They only have 13 letters.

2:26 am

jillibus

hi christine

2:26 am

unithorn

nene is another one that shows up now and again.

2:26 am

gremlinn

wahine?

2:27 am

jwr

yes, but all vowels ...

2:27 am

crosshair

can you imagine those big long jaw breaker words though? lol

2:27 am

jillibus

hello jwr and unithorn

2:27 am

jwr

and there's a bird who flies by every so often...

2:27 am

flosey

well, I must get to bed, have to be up early

2:27 am

unithorn

Hiya!

2:27 am

unithorn

Hiya!

2:27 am

jwr

hi jilli and all

2:27 am

jillibus

unithorn, where's your flag etc?

2:28 am

jillibus

night flosey -- see you tomorrow some time

2:28 am

flosey

goodnight all, be back, hopefully to finish

2:28 am

unithorn

...huh. Curious.

2:28 am

Douglas

Yes, jilli, I did. What you said!

2:29 am

unithorn

Better?

2:29 am

jwr

my personal favorites that are missed in Enable are "common" Japanese words -- tatsoi, ronin, etc.

2:29 am

jillibus

Much better, uni :-D

2:30 am

gremlinn

yeah, I always want "ronin" - don't know what "tatsoi" is though

2:30 am

jillibus

glad we don't have that tiny Hawaiian fish franmag told us about -- umu-umu-nuku-nuku-apua'a

2:31 am

crosshair

i have more than enough canadian/british spellings to drive me around the bend on a regular basis lol

2:31 am

jwr

oh that's a marvelous fish

2:31 am

jillibus

but we're not allowed ramen

2:31 am

jwr

yeah. ramen's on my list, so is soba. yum.

2:31 am

crosshair

with a name like that i bet the fist is a half inch in length hehe

2:32 am

jillibus

you're right, crossy

2:32 am

crosshair

lol

2:32 am

Chopramen

ramen, huh? You rang?

2:33 am

jwr

oh no, Chop are you Instant?

2:33 am

jillibus

oh, yes, I see, chop-ramen, lol!

2:33 am

flosey

Jilli, I just came back to tell you - I sent you an email - please open tonight

2:33 am

Chopramen

=]

2:33 am

jillibus

ok flosey, will now

2:33 am

crosshair

lol,only ramen i know are the noodles i lived on for the first year on my own,that and the finest whiskey money can buy lol

2:34 am

flosey

lol, first things first, eh, crossy

2:34 am

Chopramen

Yep, that's the live of a starving college student - Rye and Ramen

2:34 am

jwr

ramen and whiskey? now there's a couple of basic food groups for ya.

2:34 am

crosshair

my food bill was $1.35 a day lol

2:35 am

crosshair

my booze bill was 135 lol

2:36 am

crosshair

glenfiddich and tap water lol

2:36 am

crosshair

just a splash mind you..cannot be bruising the alcohol

2:36 am

jillibus

*back from email* -- great one, flosey!

2:36 am

flosey

lol, thought you'd like it

2:36 am

flosey

g'night again

2:37 am

jwr

Crossy -- I just noticed your flag -- how is it you are having a problem with "Canadian and British spellings" -- too much south-of-the-border television, eh?

2:37 am

jillibus

re-g'night, flo

2:37 am

jwr

hi-by flo

2:39 am

jillibus

phantom -- simian

2:39 am

crosshair

no,jwr,my problem is the grid will not take half of them..use them all the time myself lol

2:40 am

herinfernallady

HEllo

2:40 am

crosshair

howdy herin

2:40 am

jillibus

hi OSGD

2:40 am

jwr

examples, Crossy? I love new spellings.

2:41 am

jwr

phantom: octomom

2:42 am

jillibus

I find the grid takes lots of brit spellings

2:42 am

jillibus

would that she were, jwr!

2:42 am

herinfernallady

Hi OSGMA> How are yuo all?

2:42 am

crosshair

well that standards..now im not sure how many it will take at this time..arbour,theatre,colour,i do not think it will take poultine..im too fuzzy to think of more now,touque,ballaclava

2:43 am

jillibus

it takes poutine and tuque and balaclava if you spell them them wight, lol!

2:43 am

jillibus

*right

2:44 am

crosshair

go soft on me jilli,cwossy sick

2:44 am

crosshair

lol

2:44 am

jillibus

doesn't take hoser, though

2:44 am

Chopramen

Having difficulty with ic**** ... GRRR

2:44 am

jillibus

pauvre petit crossy

2:44 am

jwr

too much glenfiddich, not enough water

2:44 am

gremlinn

ic6 - compound word

2:44 am

crosshair

you watch too much bob and dough Mckenzie jilli

2:45 am

Chopramen

Welp I think I'll come back to this when I'm less hungry and my mind is clear

2:45 am

jillibus

chop, not the pieman, but the guy who delivers frozen water

2:45 am

crosshair

so take off eh?

2:45 am

Chopramen

Take care all!

2:45 am

crosshair

tc chop

2:45 am

Chopramen

Are you serious? ICEMAN?!

2:45 am

jillibus

chop, don't go! I just gave you a clue!

2:46 am

jwr

ta bye chop -- and to all. Gotta get back to work.

2:46 am

Chopramen

Thanks a bunch guys

2:46 am

jillibus

no posting valid words in chat, please!

2:46 am

crosshair

visit the pb on your way out chop lol

2:47 am

jwr

pb pb pb

2:47 am

crosshair

too early for me,no bacon in there yet

2:47 am

jillibus

chop doesn't know about the pb

2:47 am

jillibus

lol, crossy!

2:48 am

omarr

any clues for the ec words?

2:49 am

jwr

bacon? I thought all the punishments in pb were out of boxes and cans. if I'd known there was bacon I might have ...

2:49 am

crosshair

well,im going to try for a tad more sleep.tc everyone and happy babbling..poof

2:49 am

herinfernallady

Night Crossie

2:49 am

jillibus

killer(s) of environment?

2:49 am

jwr

that's it for me too. Nice chatttting.

2:49 am

jillibus

that was an ec clue, omarr

2:50 am

jillibus

night crossy and jwr

2:50 am

omarr

thanks jilli

2:50 am

jillibus

oh? It made sense?

2:51 am

omarr

working on it!

2:51 am

gremlinn

heh, I found that one pretty quickly

2:51 am

jillibus

well, grem, you're Special

2:52 am

Douglas

I was thinking it was more like killing(s) of environment, but yes.

2:53 am

jillibus

you're right, doug

2:53 am

jillibus

and I now have 120 words with 58 left for the morrow, so goodnight all, and *poof*

2:54 am

omarr

ah, got them, thanks :)

2:54 am

omarr

night jilli!

2:55 am

omarr

I suppose I should head to bed too. g'night everyone

2:56 am

herinfernallady

Night OSGMA

3:02 am

Douglas

Would someone please give me a clue for one of the words for the western i?

3:04 am

gremlinn

an ***** is a popular saying

3:04 am

gremlinn

change the last letter to get: an ***** is a stupid person

3:05 am

Douglas

Thanks grem

3:05 am

Douglas

or the title of a Doestoevski novel

3:11 am

FMitch

Morning/evening all.
How goes the grid today?

3:11 am

Douglas

It's been quite a while since I got a word on my own...thanks for getting me to nbt, grem, good night all

3:14 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone

3:15 am

FMitch

Hello lynxxx

3:15 am

lynxxx

hi FM, playing this morning?

3:16 am

FMitch

just debating that very point :)

3:17 am

lynxxx

seems to get sticky about half way through

3:17 am

FMitch

HAve finished sudoku and caught up on emails so was pondering the layout of the tiles and thinking hmmmm

3:18 am

lynxxx

You haven't lost any clients with the move?

3:19 am

KatieMcG

morning lynxxx & FM

3:20 am

lynxxx

hi Katie

3:20 am

FMitch

No, thanks to virtual working I was able to keep all my clients (love technology)!
Morning Katie.

3:21 am

FMitch

Has the car been fixed Katie?

3:21 am

KatieMcG

I love virtual working, it means I can babble in the moring :-)

3:22 am

FMitch

Can't wait for the time I can babble whist sitting in the garden on a summers morning *bliss*

3:23 am

FMitch

need to buy some patio furniture first tho :)

3:35 am

FMitch

only 5 x re's LoriP will be pleased.

3:37 am

KatieMcG

it's not exactly flowing for me today

3:38 am

FMitch

me neither, think I wil lgo do something else for a while and come back with fresh eyes. Have a good day.

3:38 am

lynxxx

bye for now FM

3:39 am

KatieMcG

bye FM

4:01 am

mari

are you working from home Katie?

4:03 am

lynxxx

BBL

4:13 am

KatieMcG

Hi mari, for this morning, I have a meeting in Hinkley this afternoon.

4:19 am

KatieMcG

right off to do some work, see you all later

4:47 am

rubyfoo

gd morning everybody

4:48 am

joshuavorbis

morning here as well - back for last 50

4:48 am

diann

how many words today please??

4:48 am

joshuavorbis

178

4:49 am

joshuavorbis

82 4's, 65 5's, 23 6's, 6 7's, 2 8's

5:03 am

rubyfoo

hello joshua

5:04 am

rubyfoo

first 50 are easy and then....lol

5:04 am

joshuavorbis

no kidding - some sticky tiles in the grid today

5:05 am

rubyfoo

I've bn playing since Dec, but hv only reached fireworks twice, both times with help from the chog but no lists!

5:06 am

rubyfoo

however, it's fun and helps keep me sane!

5:06 am

joshuavorbis

i didn't get fireworks for a long time when i first started

5:07 am

joshuavorbis

but now i try to get them every time i start the puzzle. it takes time as much as anything else

5:07 am

joshuavorbis

when i have enough time i try to do it without any lists

5:07 am

joshuavorbis

but on busy days i use the list for the last 20% or so

5:27 am

rubyfoo

half! now I can make lunch

5:27 am

rubyfoo

ains

5:28 am

rubyfoo

pb, all alone :(

6:58 am

rubyfoo

hello, is anybody here?

7:08 am

Mom

I may be talking to myself ... Good morning everyone

7:13 am

herinfernallady

HI MOM

7:13 am

Mom

{{Herin}} hello, so good to see you. How is school?

7:15 am

herinfernallady

Good about to go to bed. I thought I would drop in and say HI

7:15 am

Mom

glad school is going well. Pleasant dreams to you.

7:16 am

herinfernallady

How you been going?

7:17 am

Mom

just fine, thanks. The sun is shining today with a high of 65 F

7:18 am

herinfernallady

That does sound delightful

7:18 am

Mom

it is welcomed. We will have to take it while we can, suppose to go back to the 40's F next week

7:19 am

herinfernallady

brr

7:19 am

herinfernallady

I suprised the heck out of the 3 girls that don't like me today

7:19 am

Mom

true, but spring is around the corner.

7:19 am

Mom

someone doesn't like you? You are such a sweetie. How did you do that?

7:20 am

herinfernallady

They are very very err dense and we had a run in last year. One of them housen't been there most of the week. T needed last years lectures and I had them so I gave them to her

7:21 am

Mom

what a kind gesture, Herin

7:22 am

herinfernallady

Well I didn't need it any more. I was smart to get them off the internet straight away last year. And one of my other assignments I have done 2 questions

7:22 am

Mom

you are such a good student. How much longer until you graduate?

7:24 am

herinfernallady

End of the year

7:24 am

Mom

excellent. What will your degree be in?

7:25 am

herinfernallady

Advance Diploma in Business - legal practice and Diploma in Business

7:26 am

Mom

wow, that is excellent. You should have no trouble getting a job.

7:26 am

herinfernallady

I do want to get into law

7:26 am

Mom

how much more schooling to be a lawyer?

7:29 am

herinfernallady

3 years

7:29 am

Mom

will you continue on?

7:30 am

herinfernallady

mostly

7:30 am

Mom

I wish you all the best with your studies. I think you will make a fine lawyer

7:30 am

herinfernallady

Thank you Mom

7:31 am

Mom

you are so welcome.

7:31 am

herinfernallady

I think i must go to bed now

7:32 am

Mom

pleasant dreams. I have enjoyed our chat and catching up on things with you. {{hugs}}

7:34 am

herinfernallady

hugs

7:35 am

Mom

:-)

7:36 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

7:36 am

Mom

{{Annie}} good morning! How are things with you?

7:36 am

Anniebrook

((Mom)) I love your new icon

7:37 am

Mom

thanks Annie.

7:37 am

Mom

how things have changed in 70 years

7:38 am

Anniebrook

I am fine..it is going to be a lovely day today..sunny and near 70. Can you imagine lard and cigarettes?

7:39 am

Mom

high near 65 and sun here. No, I can't. There is one that I don't think I will post but since it is just you and me here (hopefully), it is using liquid Lysol for a feminine hygiene cleaning product

7:40 am

Anniebrook

Yes, I remember my m-i-l doing that...lol.

7:40 am

Mom

oh no. lol

7:41 am

Anniebrook

I had no idea what she was talking about to her friends but I know she didnt like it. So much for Lysol.

7:41 am

Judi

Good morning, all. Liquid lysol ... ouch.

7:41 am

Anniebrook

I was very young at the time.

7:42 am

Anniebrook

HI Judi..lol

7:42 am

Mom

wow. Gee, just think it is in a spray now. :)

7:42 am

Mom

Hi Judi

7:43 am

lideola

no, you can still buy a bottle of it. Or getting in cleaning clothes (which might be easier to use in this context).

7:43 am

Judi

I would think Listerine would have been more advisable.

7:43 am

Mom

Hi Lideola, that is true.

7:43 am

Anniebrook

Lysol is still around but not in that use.

7:44 am

Mom

Oh Judi, yes Listerine. I never could figure out why they wrapped it in paper.

7:44 am

Mom

I swear by Lysol for spraying around the house.

7:45 am

Judi

Really, mom. Talk about over packaging.

7:45 am

Mom

I remember my grandparents used Listerine and I tried it once, ugh it was terrible

7:46 am

marf

hi

7:46 am

lideola

some liquids deteriorate in light. Not sure if that is true with Listerine, but I think its true for peroxide.

7:46 am

marf

first timer

7:46 am

Judi

Listerine is the worst. I'd rather shove soap in my mouth.

7:46 am

Judi

earn

7:46 am

lideola

hi marf

7:46 am

marf

coin

7:46 am

marf

coins

7:46 am

marf

oops

7:47 am

Judi

Hiya, Marf. Word entries go in the add word box to the left of chat.

7:47 am

marf

um ya

7:47 am

Judi

Not like I just did. UHG!

7:47 am

Mom

Hi Marf, welcome to Babble. We are a fine lot here, this game is easy to get addicted to. I thank you for those words, I didn't have them

7:47 am

marf

game isnt timed?

7:47 am

Mom

lol Judi, I already had that one.

7:47 am

marf

lol

7:47 am

Mom

no, Marf, a grid is 24 hours

7:48 am

Eva

good morning everyone

7:48 am

Mom

where are you located, Marf?

7:48 am

marf

mace

7:48 am

Mom

good morning Eva

7:48 am

marf

dammit!

7:48 am

Anniebrook

hi Eva. welcome marf

7:48 am

Judi

Hiya, Eva.

7:48 am

lideola

and you don't compete against other players, you just try to complete the grid for the day

7:48 am

Anniebrook

marf heard aboaut our well stocked pb!

7:48 am

Mom

Marf, I sure am glad you came to babble this morning. You are being a great help to me. :)

7:49 am

Eva

we all do it marf...just takes a whie to remember to move the cursor. Not only do we not compete, but a lot of the fun is giving each other clues.

7:49 am

Eva

the p's are defeating me.

7:49 am

marf

should be an option to revert after a chat entry

7:49 am

Mom

I didn't chat for the first year just for that reason.

7:50 am

marf

As Stephen King says in Dreamcatcher, its a fuckarow!

7:50 am

Eva

yes, it would be nice if it automatically reverted

7:50 am

marf

cocoa

7:50 am

marf

hehe

7:51 am

Mom

hehe ... not in the grid :-)

7:51 am

Anniebrook

marf, there is an area under the grid Add Word..that's where the words goes unless I dont have it then put it in the chat

7:51 am

Anniebrook

only kidding

7:51 am

Mom

:) Annie

7:52 am

marf

yes it is, cocoa, not hehe

7:52 am

Judi

And the most important rule is: Don't listen to Anniebrook.

7:52 am

Mom

I was meaning hehe

7:52 am

marf

this is BOGGLE!

7:52 am

marf

without the 3 letter words

7:52 am

Mom

no always listen to Annie

7:52 am

Anniebrook

LOL, Judi

7:52 am

Anniebrook

and Mom

7:52 am

Mom

it is a cross between Boggle and Scrabble

7:52 am

car.eeyore

May I please have a clue for the single i in the second column?

7:53 am

marf

solitaire Scrabble? I played that in Iceland, lonely year there!

7:53 am

Mom

morning Car., sorry I don't have it

7:53 am

Anniebrook

dont have it either

7:53 am

Mom

why were you in Iceland for a year?

7:54 am

marf

USN active duty

7:54 am

Mom

Lickety says it is IC 6/24

7:54 am

Mom

wow, Marf

7:55 am

car.eeyore

Got it! Think of a frozen Neanderthal!

7:55 am

car.eeyore

...or the ic6 cometh!

7:55 am

Anniebrook

thanks car.

7:55 am

marf

iceman?

7:55 am

Anniebrook

both good clues

7:56 am

Anniebrook

marf...not in the chat...in the Add Word

7:56 am

marf

DICEMAN! LOL

7:56 am

hego

G'day Dears

7:56 am

Mom

Thanks Car. and Marf. I hate to run off but it is Thursday, so I have errands and grocery shopping to do. See you all later this afternoon. {{Hugs}} to all of you.

7:56 am

Mom

Hi Hego and bye

7:56 am

Anniebrook

If the word is correct it will show in the word list at the right of the grid

7:57 am

Anniebrook

Bye (((Mom))) and hi hego

7:57 am

hego

Gosh mom, what'd I say?

7:57 am

Mom

Marf will be here all day wondering why there are no words showing up in the word list.

7:57 am

Mom

{{Annie}} bye bye. Enjoy your day

7:57 am

marf

um Im an engineer lol

7:57 am

hego

Hi Annie

7:57 am

Mom

nothing Hego, I have to go grocery shopping

7:57 am

marf

was answering the neanderthal thing

7:57 am

hego

Hi Marf

7:58 am

hego

I knw. lol

7:58 am

marf

hey!

7:58 am

car.eeyore

HOw about a clue for the second e in the right hand column for NBT?

7:58 am

marf

Can I leave this game open all day? I am at work and might actually have to get up!

7:59 am

Anniebrook

Yes, you can

7:59 am

Anniebrook

and it will save the words that you have already found

7:59 am

Judi

It's a magical land.

8:00 am

car.eeyore

Judi...is that a clue for the E or are you referring to Babble land?

8:00 am

marf

kick ass!

8:00 am

marf

im home!

8:00 am

hego

Hi Judi

8:01 am

Judi

I am referring to the magical land of Babble, of course.

8:01 am

Judi

Hiya, Hego!

8:01 am

hego

I thank marf for my first 2 words. :-)

8:01 am

marf

word list is TWL?

8:04 am

Good Enough

morning peeps

8:05 am

hego

Hi GE

8:05 am

Anniebrook

hi Good

8:05 am

marf

anyone join Pro here?

8:05 am

hego

All of us

8:06 am

City 17 dweller

Not really a 'tournament' as such, marf. Word list will either be today's list of words or Lickety's clue list (another site, for those of us who can't finish a grid without a few pointers, lol)

8:06 am

lideola

I think most people are pro here. It's only a one time fee.

8:06 am

Judi

Yes - most of us are Pros, marf.

8:06 am

mkg

need am 6 27 plz.

8:06 am

marf

anyone in MD, USA?

8:07 am

hawknoah

I'm in Maryland

8:07 am

Anniebrook

mkg, to be in the middle of and 2/4 of frozen water

8:07 am

hego

If you click on our pictures you can read our profiles

8:08 am

marf

I see Jersey nurse!

8:08 am

hego

ty Annie

8:08 am

Good Enough

thanks annie

8:08 am

marf

juss invited siss, in Blackwood

8:08 am

hego

Me, me!

8:08 am

hego

YAY! NJ

8:09 am

marf

Where Hawk, me in Forest Hill

8:09 am

Anniebrook

glad you got it hego, as I see I typed 2/4 instead of 3/4...usual for me lol

8:09 am

marf

I have 34 words, so this would suck right?

8:10 am

hego

I never noticed Annie. Do you feel better today?

8:10 am

Anniebrook

marf, it is a great start as this grid is not flowing

8:10 am

hego

No marf, it's a start.

8:10 am

Anniebrook

hego, I am fine. Thanks.

8:10 am

hego

Good Annie.

8:10 am

hawknoah

I'n in Frederick - don't know Forest Hill- is that Bmore area?

8:10 am

marf

near Belair

8:11 am

marf

I live in Westminster, would love to work in Frederick

8:11 am

marf

Gods country they say

8:11 am

Good Enough

hmmm i have relatives in fredrick

8:11 am

marf

Bel Air that is]

8:11 am

marf

Bel Air that is]

8:11 am

SeaSpray

marf I am in Westminster

8:11 am

hego

YAY! Md

8:12 am

SeaSpray

Hi hego

8:12 am

marf

MD, cancer center of the world!

8:12 am

hawknoah

you live in Westminster and work in Bel Air? Holy Moley!

8:12 am

marf

yes, 41 miles one way

8:12 am

hego

Hi Sea

8:12 am

marf

back roads

8:12 am

marf

55 interstate

8:12 am

Judi

That's a brutal commute, marf.

8:12 am

hawknoah

but not an easy 41 miles - do you have to do 70 east to beltway then around?

8:13 am

hawknoah

actually Westminster is way north of 70, that wouldn't work

8:13 am

hawknoah

might be 41 miles with a helicopter :)

8:13 am

marf

not 70 ever, 140 to 795

8:14 am

hawknoah

I'm hoping you mean MD is cancer center as in cancer research, not cancer patients..

8:14 am

marf

but i go 27 to Hampstead, them 88 to 137 to 45 to 138 to 23

8:15 am

marf

both, peeps come here to get treatment, so they live here

8:15 am

hego

Anyone ever get top left e?

8:15 am

Good Enough

nope but trying

8:15 am

mkg

annie cant get that mi clue...

8:15 am

marf

top left e?

8:15 am

marf

use it at all?

8:15 am

marf

<--lost

8:15 am

hego

okay

8:16 am

Judi

ed5: rule, law, etc.

8:16 am

hego

1 word marf

8:16 am

hawknoah

gotcha.. I know there's that caulk factory in Dundalk, among other environmental concerns there, but I wouldn't think that extends to Maryland on the whole :)

8:16 am

ItalianGreyhound

Ed5 meaning command or law

8:16 am

hego

Yay Judi!

8:16 am

lideola

top left e= a proclamation or decree

8:16 am

hego

And IG

8:16 am

Judi

*bowing* I have done my good deed for the day.

8:16 am

hego

ty All

8:16 am

SeaSpray

good clue greyhound

8:17 am

Anniebrook

mkg, it was an am6 clue...not mi

8:17 am

SeaSpray

and lideola

8:17 am

ItalianGreyhound

thx

8:17 am

lideola

that A is kicking my butt

8:18 am

hego

lot of a's. Hate a's.

8:18 am

Anniebrook

am 6----to be in the middle and 3/4 of frozen water

8:18 am

marf

are there other rooms?

8:19 am

marf

one room with 148 people?

8:19 am

lideola

I am stuck at 18 of the 26 and just can't seem to monkey any more. Annie- I somehow monkeyed that one, but thank you for a good clue!

8:19 am

marf

I see 148

8:19 am

Judi

Yes, Marf. Fortunately, we don't all chat at once. Some never chat.

8:20 am

marf

how long has the site been online?

8:21 am

marf

I wonder if it will fold up

8:21 am

lideola

years

8:21 am

hego

I'm not leaving.

8:21 am

marf

sweet, Ima join!

8:22 am

marf

will be Jaybo33 when I sign up

8:22 am

hego

Yay! Marf

8:22 am

Good Enough

yay another addiction victim!!

8:22 am

Judi

Ha ha. Welcome to the dark side, marf/jaybo33.

8:22 am

hego

Then you can have an icon and not be all grey and pale. lol

8:23 am

marf

Ima bring siss and bro and wifey and siss-inlaw too!

8:23 am

marf

wesa party!

8:23 am

marf

mesa Jar Jar Bins!

8:23 am

hego

the whole fam damnly

8:23 am

marf

:-)

8:23 am

marf

no smilies? Bogus!

8:24 am

SeaSpray

marf do you live in the city of Westminster?

8:24 am

marf

Pro gets smilies???

8:24 am

hego

:-D

8:24 am

marf

hurumpff! :-[

8:24 am

lideola

nope

8:25 am

Good Enough

oh hego!! we must be related! we are a whole fam damnly too!

8:25 am

hego

When we get into the grid, we drift off.

8:25 am

hego

YUP GE

8:25 am

Good Enough

one of my moms favorite phrases

8:26 am

hego

good for Mom!

8:26 am

marf

Seaspay, yes

8:26 am

marf

Westminstyer

8:26 am

marf

off Cranberry road

8:27 am

marf

u?

8:27 am

SeaSpray

oic, not far from the mall then

8:28 am

marf

1 mile

8:28 am

SeaSpray

Near the airport

8:28 am

jmcnrick

hi all

8:28 am

Good Enough

my phantoms: octopi and edema

8:28 am

marf

Magna Way?

8:28 am

jmcnrick

welcome marf

8:28 am

SeaSpray

Hi jmc

8:29 am

Uneaixoise

morning, jmc et al

8:29 am

hego

Hi jmc

8:29 am

Anniebrook

hi jmc!

8:29 am

Anniebrook

and hi to Une!

8:29 am

hego

and Une

8:29 am

SeaSpray

No, I am past there off of 97

8:29 am

Uneaixoise

hey, annie, seaspray,and hego!

8:29 am

jmcnrick

marf if you are in MD you may want to come to our Baltimore meet up in May

8:29 am

Haz1558

Good morning/afternoon all.

8:29 am

Uneaixoise

howdy, haz!

8:29 am

hego

YAY! Haz!

8:29 am

Anniebrook

Hi Hazel!

8:29 am

jmcnrick

I forget the date but DCsiean has it

8:29 am

SeaSpray

Hi Haz

8:29 am

jmcnrick

hi haz

8:30 am

Haz1558

Hello! We're starting to get the tail end of the storms you had in the States.

8:30 am

jmcnrick

yikes! batten down the hatches!

8:30 am

hego

We like to share, Haz.

8:30 am

Good Enough

good evening to stay in and babble i guess

8:31 am

Haz1558

We never have it in quite such dramatic fashion, but for once, I'm not blaming FM.

8:31 am

lideola

Haz- I hope you get the beautiful weather it left in its wake. Absolutely gorgeous these past 2 days.

8:31 am

hego

right Liddy

8:31 am

Anniebrook

Haz, It was a doozy. My daughter has no power or water or phone for 4 days. There is still 2 cars out in the street in our neighborhoods with trees on them.

8:31 am

jmcnrick

i road around with the top down on my son's car

8:31 am

Haz1558

That sounds great, lideola, we're ready for spring to arrive soon.

8:31 am

Judi

BBL. Duty beckons.

8:32 am

jmcnrick

wow annie

8:32 am

Uneaixoise

hi and bye, judi

8:32 am

hego

bye Judi

8:32 am

SeaSpray

Did someone here say they read "The Help"?

8:32 am

Anniebrook

*neighborhood

8:32 am

Haz1558

Goodness, Annie, it must have been frightening. Hopefully all the strength will have subsided now that it's crossed the Atlantic.

8:32 am

Anniebrook

Sea I did/

8:32 am

hego

Me Seaspray

8:33 am

Uneaixoise

THe Help was INCREDIBLE

8:33 am

jmcnrick

"the help"?

8:33 am

SeaSpray

ahhh, I am 1/2 way through

8:33 am

hego

Did you like it Sea?

8:33 am

Anniebrook

Haz, They felt as if they were camping out.

8:33 am

Uneaixoise

and it's basically become a top seller via word of mouth

8:33 am

hego

very moving book.

8:33 am

SeaSpray

I do hego

8:33 am

Uneaixoise

yes, jmc, The Help

8:34 am

hego

Couldn't put it down from page one, Sea

8:34 am

jmcnrick

that is a book?

8:34 am

Uneaixoise

it's being made into a movie

8:34 am

Uneaixoise

hope they don't screw it up

8:34 am

Uneaixoise

yes, jmc

8:34 am

hego

Yes, jmc

8:34 am

Anniebrook

The Help was a good book. If you want to read about domestic help by the actual maids read "Living In , Living Out". Very moving stories.

8:34 am

marf

OMG only 15 hours left!!!

8:34 am

Uneaixoise

same here, hego -- my friends were riveted as well

8:34 am

hego

Me too Une.

8:34 am

hego

Lol Marf.

8:35 am

jmcnrick

take a breath marf you can do it

8:35 am

Uneaixoise

tx for the recommendation, annie

8:35 am

jmcnrick

;-)

8:35 am

SeaSpray

who is that by Annie?

8:35 am

hego

I knew it would be a movie.

8:35 am

jmcnrick

*notes book on to check list*

8:36 am

Anniebrook

Sea, give me a sec...have the book going to find it and see who the author is

8:36 am

hego

It's no 1 on the list here jmc

8:36 am

Uneaixoise

it's the only book she's written

8:36 am

SeaSpray

ok Annie, ty

8:36 am

jmcnrick

pb annie (8:34)

8:36 am

Uneaixoise

and she had a TERRIBLE time getting it published

8:37 am

hego

Really?

8:37 am

Uneaixoise

yup

8:38 am

hego

It's so good, I can't believe that.

8:38 am

Haz1558

I suppose all the publishers who turned her down are kicking themselves.

8:38 am

Uneaixoise

author's website: www.kathrynstockett.com/

8:38 am

harpjane

good morning

8:38 am

hego

But I guess she explains why in the book.

8:38 am

jmcnrick

always hard for an unknown to get published

8:38 am

Uneaixoise

hey, harp

8:38 am

hego

Right Haz.

8:38 am

Haz1558

Good morning, harpjane.

8:38 am

jmcnrick

hi harp

8:38 am

hego

Yes, jmc

8:38 am

Haz1558

That's why I'm having such difficulty, jmc...

8:39 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:39 am

jmcnrick

no doubt haz

8:39 am

hego

I'll check out the site, Une. ty

8:39 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

8:39 am

jmcnrick

i have a childrens book that i may end up self publishing

8:39 am

Uneaixoise

cool, jmc!

8:40 am

Anniebrook

Seaspray, I cant find the book, think I loaned it out..sorry I cant remember the author.

8:40 am

jmcnrick

my phantom: comet

8:40 am

hego

Darn these tricky little vowels

8:40 am

Vicuna

(Arriving just in time for self-publishing talk...)

8:40 am

Uneaixoise

annie, i posted her website

8:40 am

SeaSpray

it's ok Annie, I will find it

8:40 am

Vicuna

Hello, all.

8:40 am

Uneaixoise

www.kathrynstockett.com

8:40 am

hego

Hi Vic

8:40 am

Haz1558

Hello, VIcuna!

8:40 am

jmcnrick

hi vic

8:41 am

hego

Annie means another book, Une

8:41 am

Anniebrook

Hi vicuna

8:41 am

Uneaixoise

oooops, sorry!

8:41 am

Vicuna

jmc, I gave up on the traditional publishing industry a while back and am now struggling with the alternate issues of self-publishing instead.

8:41 am

Haz1558

(No shower of !!!!ii etc in Ata's absence)

8:41 am

Anniebrook

I am trying to find the author of Living In Living Out, Une

8:41 am

marf

got 59

8:41 am

Vicuna

Yeah, I feel so unwelcomed now, Haz! ;)

8:41 am

jmcnrick

my org has published dozens of books over the years

8:42 am

jmcnrick

ata is theoretically in the chat room haz

8:42 am

Haz1558

Never feel that, VI.

8:42 am

Vicuna

Elizabeth Clark-Lewis

8:42 am

Uneaixoise

i was trying to find it on amazon, too, annie . . .

8:42 am

jmcnrick

go marf go!

8:42 am

hego

Go Marf!

8:42 am

Vicuna

(sez a quick Google search)

8:42 am

Anniebrook

Yes, Vicuna!!!!! (dont look Haz)

8:43 am

hego

good old Google.

8:43 am

Uneaixoise

aaahhh, here it be: Living In, Living Out: African American Domestics and the Great Migration

8:43 am

jmcnrick

sigh i am going to need some help if i am going to get nbt so i can go save the world today!

8:43 am

Vicuna

So what's your children's book about, jmc?

8:43 am

jmcnrick

about T.H.E. Bear

8:44 am

jmcnrick

just a smart ass toy bear

8:44 am

hego

world saving is difficult work. sigh...

8:44 am

Anniebrook

Une, very good book

8:44 am

Vicuna

Picture book? Chapter book?

8:44 am

Haz1558

I wonder if FM's cleaning lady will end up writing a book about her experiences.

8:44 am

jmcnrick

that is why it is so important for me to reach nbt hego!

8:44 am

Uneaixoise

just added it to my Amazon cart, annie! :-)

8:44 am

jmcnrick

picture book

8:44 am

SeaSpray

Annie is it Elizabeth Clark-Lewis?

8:44 am

jmcnrick

sorta

8:44 am

Anniebrook

Haz, I just fell off the chair laughing

8:45 am

jmcnrick

wordy picture book

8:45 am

Vicuna

Do you have the pictures for it?

8:45 am

Haz1558

Oh dear! I've done it again.... No injuries I hope?

8:45 am

Anniebrook

Sea, Yes two babblers found the author. It is Clark-Lewis. Good book.

8:45 am

harpjane

this grid is kind of tough

8:45 am

Vicuna

lol, Haz. Good thing I've never had any "help."

8:45 am

Uneaixoise

sea, here it is on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/y8rawfe

8:45 am

Vicuna

I agree, harpjane.

8:46 am

jmcnrick

help with some of the vowel words please

8:46 am

Anniebrook

Haz, I put padding down near the chair in case of ROFL.

8:46 am

SeaSpray

ty, I am always looking for a good read

8:46 am

Haz1558

Good planning, Annie!

8:46 am

jmcnrick

I have the corner Es and the A and the upper i

8:46 am

SeaSpray

ty Unea

8:46 am

Haz1558

Back shortly.

8:46 am

Uneaixoise

Idi Am**

8:46 am

Uneaixoise

yw sea :-)

8:46 am

harpjane

how many letters in the lone e please?

8:46 am

marf

i got "erect" lol

8:46 am

Uneaixoise

more than one Idi Am**

8:47 am

Uneaixoise

id5 someone who's stupid

8:47 am

jmcnrick

er marf we don't write the words in the chog

8:47 am

Uneaixoise

im6 im + march 15

8:47 am

Anniebrook

marf, Use ADD WORD....not the chat

8:47 am

Good Enough

ed5

8:47 am

Vicuna

an - Japanese cartoon style, and vary last vowel

8:48 am

jmcnrick

ty i got three off that one une!

8:48 am

Uneaixoise

am6 am4/6 + 2/3 of frozen ice

8:48 am

Uneaixoise

go, jmc!

8:48 am

Uneaixoise

ot4/4 man's name

8:48 am

hego

marf, giving away words in the chat is a bad.

8:48 am

jmcnrick

O words?

8:49 am

Uneaixoise

oc5 body of water

8:49 am

jmcnrick

ack what an id*** i am not to get ot**!

8:49 am

Anniebrook

jmc, ma4 na4

8:49 am

Uneaixoise

and oc6 plural

8:50 am

jmcnrick

the lower O?

8:50 am

periwinkle

morning all

8:50 am

Uneaixoise

don't have lower o's, sorry

8:50 am

Uneaixoise

hey, peri!

8:50 am

hego

Hi Peri

8:50 am

jmcnrick

*hides behind une so peri doesn't see her*

8:50 am

harpjane

could i get help with the ec?

8:50 am

periwinkle

got a new pair of eye glasses yesterday. they are the new oblong shape. they did not have any in periwinkle so I got raspberry :)

8:51 am

Uneaixoise

oohhhh, ot7 put your feet up on the ot7/32

8:51 am

periwinkle

I see you jmc, why are you hiding?

8:51 am

Uneaixoise

cool, peri!

8:51 am

periwinkle

alos got a new pair of sunglasses

8:51 am

crosshair

cwossy has been lurking.ty all cluers for the last 10 min or so;)

8:51 am

jmcnrick

peri I am such a jerk i never got the software reinstalled to change pics into black and white

8:51 am

Anniebrook

ot 7 and 8 ---put your feet up on the ot*****

8:51 am

periwinkle

I am getting used to the shape

8:51 am

Uneaixoise

hey, crossy!

8:51 am

Vicuna

Ooh, nice one, Une.

8:51 am

periwinkle

not to worry, jmc

8:51 am

Uneaixoise

snap, annie! LOL

8:51 am

jmcnrick

great clue annie

8:52 am

periwinkle

ty for the ot7/8

8:52 am

Uneaixoise

harumph

8:52 am

jmcnrick

hi crossy

8:52 am

jmcnrick

i just hate promising something and not following through

8:52 am

Anniebrook

hi crossy

8:52 am

Uneaixoise

and Enable doesn't accept the nursery rhyme "pieman" . . .

8:52 am

jmcnrick

I can send lots of plant life in color

8:52 am

Vicuna

Hello, crossy and peri.

8:52 am

periwinkle

plese, jmc, do not fret, it is ok.

8:53 am

periwinkle

I cana find plenty of color photos, thanks

8:53 am

Vicuna

Peri, you still need flower pics in b&w? I can send you some if you want.

8:53 am

SeaSpray

ok, just added book to wish list at amazon.com

8:53 am

jmcnrick

how is your class going?

8:53 am

periwinkle

would love some, Vicuna, to practice shading

8:53 am

Uneaixoise

cool, sea :-)

8:53 am

hego

Hi lurking Crossy

8:53 am

periwinkle

not too sure about the class, I am really not very good and it is harder than I thought it would be.

8:53 am

Vicuna

Okay. I'll send some.

8:54 am

Vicuna

I think it's awesome you're taking it, peri!

8:54 am

SeaSpray

will order later today, ty all

8:54 am

jmcnrick

okay i guess i will have to save the world without nbt this morning

8:54 am

jmcnrick

really gotta go

8:54 am

jmcnrick

bbl

8:54 am

Anniebrook

peri, what class are you taking?

8:54 am

periwinkle

the first 5 weeks are drawing and the last 5 weeks are working in watercolor. a medium I have never used. not to sure about continuing since I will have to buy paints and brushes, etc

8:54 am

hego

Still need second e on right, pls

8:54 am

hego

Bye jmc

8:54 am

periwinkle

flower drawing and painting, Annie

8:54 am

jmcnrick

(we will be waiting for scanned copies of your best work peri)

8:54 am

Uneaixoise

later, jmc!

8:54 am

Vicuna

Bye, jmc. the world appreciates your efforts!!

8:55 am

hego

sounds great Peri

8:55 am

periwinkle

YOu may have to wait a long time, jmc

8:55 am

Anniebrook

peri, Oh that's wonderful.

8:55 am

jmcnrick

i wish vic! lol

8:55 am

jmcnrick

*poof*

8:55 am

periwinkle

hi there hego.

8:56 am

Haz1558

hego, by my reckoning the e on the right (2 words coming from it) are ec7 and its plural ec8.

8:56 am

Vicuna

(Off to get some flower pics. Back in a bit.)

8:56 am

periwinkle

pretty icon, hego, love the colors

8:56 am

Uneaixoise

later, vi

8:56 am

hego

Hi again Peri. I'm impressed by your efforts.

8:56 am

hego

ty Haz. Hmmm...

8:57 am

hego

Peri it's Georgia O

8:57 am

Haz1558

Think of it as murder of the environment or something.

8:57 am

periwinkle

ty hego, I like to try new things

8:57 am

Uneaixoise

ec7 looks like "environmentalist kills self"

8:57 am

periwinkle

GO, one of my favaorite artists

8:57 am

Uneaixoise

snap, haz :-)

8:57 am

hego

got it Haz, ty again

8:58 am

Haz1558

You're welcome - great minds, Une, great minds...

8:58 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

8:58 am

hego

Me too Peri. I love flower pics.

8:58 am

marf

tile stats are how many uses for each tile in the 178 words right?

8:58 am

periwinkle

ty for the ec7/8

8:58 am

Haz1558

Although people always forget the rest of that saying, but since it involves talk of fools we'll not go there.

8:59 am

Haz1558

marf, the tile stats mirror the grid. If you look at the top left e, it means that there is one word beginning with e coming from that tile. The next letter along is s, you need to find 7 words beginning with s coming from that tile.

8:59 am

periwinkle

need to eat something, bbl

8:59 am

Haz1558

As you find words,the tile stats change to mirror your progress.

9:00 am

marf

but what if a word can be formed 2 ways?

9:00 am

hego

Have to go now. bbl. hagd All.

9:01 am

hego

mace

9:01 am

Haz1558

Then it always comes from the first tile it possibly can, working left to right, top to bottom.

9:01 am

harpjane

help with the ec words?

9:01 am

hego

Oops

9:01 am

hego

Poof!

9:01 am

Uneaixoise

bye peri and hego -- i'm off for awhile as well -- BBL *poof*

9:01 am

Haz1558

Just clued, harpjane, at 8.57.

9:02 am

harpjane

oh thanks, i'll go look

9:02 am

Haz1558

Bye Une, peri and hego.

9:02 am

Good Enough

ce7 pottery

9:04 am

harpjane

py words?

9:05 am

Haz1558

py6/30 and py6/33 - same save for last letter. The second one is py plus a reworking of plural rodents.

9:06 am

harpjane

lol i call my cats! thanks

9:06 am

Good Enough

the 7s are done!

9:06 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, harp.

9:07 am

Anniebrook

ah, thanks Hazel

9:07 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, Annie.

9:11 am

Boobear

hi all

9:12 am

Anniebrook

I am leaving 15 for later, bye dear babblers

9:12 am

Haz1558

Bye, Annie, nice to see you.

9:12 am

Haz1558

Hello, Boo.

9:12 am

Good Enough

bye annie

9:12 am

Good Enough

finally finished those A's

9:15 am

hurshy

gaaaaaaaaaaaaah

9:15 am

Haz1558

Which being interpreted means?

9:16 am

hurshy

means that my boss told me an event was happening on a certain date and didn't tell me when the date changed, so now all the arrangements have to be changed

9:16 am

Haz1558

Then you're entitled to at least three !!.

9:17 am

Nef

Good Morning All. How are you all today? (We have some lovely sun for my day off today! :-)

9:17 am

Haz1558

That's frustrating, hurshy, replanning is never as simple as planning.

9:18 am

Haz1558

Good morning, Nef, enjoy the sunshine.

9:18 am

Nef

hurshy, that's horrible! Did the date move up or farther out?

9:19 am

marf

py6/30 and py6/33 - what does this mean?

9:19 am

Nef

I plan to, Haz. Except for the job of cleaning dog pooh from the back yard! :-P

9:19 am

hurshy

farther out by a few weeks. it's not too bad except that it means we have to move the location.

9:19 am

marf

the 30, i got pyemic

9:20 am

marf

points?

9:20 am

Haz1558

marf - remember not to put the words in the chat!

9:20 am

hurshy

ack! don't type words in the chat!

9:20 am

marf

well rodents are mice guh!

9:21 am

Haz1558

Look at the word list - alongside your py word that you've got, you'll see the points value. The other py word is the same but ends in a vowel.

9:21 am

crosshair

bad marf..bad..to the pb

9:21 am

marf

pb?

9:21 am

Haz1558

And you've done it again! Please - it's kind of forgiven for new people but if you keep doing it, it gets annoying...

9:21 am

crosshair

just an imaginary penalty box we have for people who put grid words into the chat

9:21 am

Nef

hi marf. Has anyone told you about the help box up above this chat box yet? One of my favorite sites for newbies is under the tile stats grid you will find ""friends of Babble. On the bottom right of the list is AngleSnong's Babble Page. You should check it out

9:22 am

Haz1558

The words have points total based on the value of the letters. A four letter word is just the value of the letters. A five letter word is the value of the points multipled by 2 - six by three.

9:23 am

Haz1558

Just keep an eye on the words as they build up and you'll see how the scoring works.

9:23 am

marf

oh so YOU told the pt value, it isnt called out anywhere til you get the word

9:23 am

Nef

And the PB is imaginary and not a bad place at all. It has all sorts of nice things there; but we do remind people that we goof when they put words in the chat

9:24 am

marf

got it, like lame couch in Acrophobia! @______@

9:24 am

Haz1558

Many babblers use Lickety's list (see link at the bottom of the page). It gives points values and first two letters of the words.

9:24 am

crosshair

like our rodent friend is mi 4/6=4 letters,6 points

9:24 am

Nef

marf, you can also use Lickety's BabbleClues under the Friends of Babble list. Licketys list give the point value for the words

9:24 am

crosshair

we love lickety:)

9:25 am

marf

I got 71 words on my own so far

9:25 am

marf

any use Ace wordfinder?

9:26 am

Nef

many Babblers don't use Licketys list until they can't find anymore words

9:26 am

marf

cotto

9:26 am

guernseygirl

Hi all. Hope you're all having a nice day.

9:26 am

Haz1558

That's good - it's probably good if you get used to the game first and enjoy finding the words you know. Many new babblers get too obsessed with finishing before they have got properly used to the game.

9:26 am

crosshair

some make a game and try to get at least 50% of the words before they go to licketys list marf..some showoff do the whole thing while drinking their first coffee lol..i am not one of those

9:26 am

Haz1558

Hello, guernsey.

9:27 am

crosshair

howdy gurnsey

9:27 am

crosshair

mm typo day for me i see

9:27 am

guernseygirl

See my icon!

9:27 am

Nef

hi guernsey

9:28 am

crosshair

love you pic guernsey..i want to be there

9:29 am

crosshair

can see myself keeping the lighthouse...:)

9:29 am

guernseygirl

So do I. I've gone prof. as you can see, but couldn't get my own photo to upload, so picked one off the net

9:29 am

crosshair

yaa for guernsey going pro!!!

9:29 am

guernseygirl

Unfortunately, cross, lighthouses are no longer manned this side of the Atlantic.

9:30 am

guernseygirl

Sorry, personned

9:31 am

Haz1558

Oh, never mind the political correctness - to man is a verb!

9:31 am

crosshair

same here guernsey,we have a whole string of lighthouses all built in 1850-1855 and they were manned till the 50,s then the coast guard had them automated till around 1985 or so,now they sit empty:(

9:31 am

crosshair

technology made them obsolete;(((

9:32 am

guernseygirl

It's sad really, isn't it. i think lighthousekeeping appealed to very interesting people

9:32 am

Nef

interesting people who weren't afraid to be by themselves.

9:32 am

guernseygirl

who could spend long days playing babble

9:33 am

crosshair

i am a throwback,i can see myself watching the lighthouse,tube radio playing, sideband tranceiver ready and a stack of books a mile high and my telescope on the topp rail of the light

9:33 am

Haz1558

And bacon sizzling on the stove...

9:33 am

crosshair

of course

9:33 am

Judi

Back to tackle the last 48. Guernsey - that picture is just breathtaking!

9:34 am

Haz1558

Hello, Judi.

9:34 am

Nef

maybe that was why they automated them, loners weren't as easy to find at the middle and end of the 20th century?

9:34 am

guernseygirl

Glad you like it. i love that bit of the island

9:34 am

Nef

hi Judi

9:35 am

crosshair

naw nef,technology killed then after the 80,s.why have a light when gps can tell you within a block where you are

9:35 am

Haz1558

I think they automated them just because they can. It probably saves money.

9:35 am

Judi

Oh, Crossy - you romantic mush.

9:35 am

crosshair

thats me judi,an ole romantic

9:36 am

Nef

Yeah, that's true too. But I do think that there are fewer and fewer people these days who are comfortable being alone with themselves too.

9:36 am

Judi

There are a few "original lighthouses left". Seek and ye shall find the rare Fresnel lens.

9:36 am

crosshair

i think we have ten of our original lights left on georgian bay judi

9:37 am

Haz1558

Well, I must leave you and get some work done. Enjoy the day and the grid. Bye!

9:37 am

crosshair

all built by the same company in 1850-55

9:37 am

Judi

Fresnel lenses really are works of art.

9:37 am

crosshair

tc haz

9:37 am

guernseygirl

Bye Haz

9:37 am

Haz1558

Bye!

9:38 am

Nef

bye Haz

9:38 am

crosshair

the lenses themselves?? they are magnificent!! ground in such a way a single kerosine lamp can pierce the darkness to that extent

9:38 am

crosshair

and the refletors

9:38 am

guernseygirl

It's so amazing on this site. Just mention something and someone knows all about it. I didn't even have to ask.

9:39 am

crosshair

reflectors,,lol for every 1 thing i know,there are 10,000 i do not

9:39 am

Judi

Yes! Jimmy Buffet wrote about a quest to find one in one of his books.

9:40 am

crosshair

jimmy buffet;) the parrothead club

9:40 am

Judi

One of my goals in life is to see Jimmy Buffet in concert. Heh. Good luck getting tickets.

9:40 am

crosshair

every time i listen to him,i want to hunt for salt and lime

9:41 am

guernseygirl

While i'm thinking about lighthouses and jimmy buffet, can anyone clue co5/14? it's driving me mad

9:42 am

Judi

co5/14: swiss miss, nestles... served hot.

9:43 am

mixi6

co4/15 latin plural

9:43 am

mixi6

co5,14 co + playing on stage

9:44 am

Shawnee

co5/14: co4/6 plus vowel

9:44 am

guernseygirl

Sorry, i meant the first one, not the drink. Thanks for that mixi, i got it from you.

9:47 am

Judi

I give up. Clue for Ce7, please?

9:47 am

Shawnee

pottery

9:47 am

mixi6

think pottery Judi

9:49 am

Judi

* blank stare *

9:49 am

Good Enough

or countertops?

9:49 am

Nef

ce***** pottery isn't as fine as porcelin

9:49 am

guernseygirl

or hobs

9:49 am

Judi

Ty. Got it.

9:49 am

mixi6

The heat shield on the shuttle is made of ce7

9:50 am

Nef

NM that I can't spell

9:50 am

Aloyisius

Ce7 tile comes in many different shades

9:50 am

Aloyisius

hi Babblers

9:50 am

sciencegeek

camo should be a word!

9:50 am

Nef

hi Aloy

9:50 am

mixi6

hi aloyisius

9:51 am

guernseygirl

HI, Aloyisius

9:51 am

Nef

Any clues for that upper left E please?

9:51 am

guernseygirl

I've got to go and do some work. Back later. Bye

9:52 am

Aloyisius

just popping in - am off to do the same, guernseygirl.. (-: Judi, do you need another clue for the ce7?

9:52 am

Shawnee

to decree, Nef

9:52 am

Judi

I have the Ce7, Aloy. Thanks.

9:53 am

Aloyisius

ce + male sheep + **e cream cones are refreshing in the summer.. lol, ok

9:53 am

mixi6

ec7?

9:53 am

Nef

Thanks Shawnee

9:54 am

Aloyisius

sounds like the environment killed itself, mixi

9:54 am

Judi

Ec7: slaughter of the environment?

9:54 am

Shawnee

your welcome

9:57 am

Aloyisius

hi ho hi ho its to the grocery store I go.. bye all, see you next grid!

9:58 am

Nef

bye Aloy hagd!

10:00 am

mixi6

ty Judy and Aloyisius

10:03 am

aebmusica

hi all...clue for am6/27, please

10:06 am

mixi6

related to previos am4

10:09 am

Judi

Boo-Yah. Fireworks!

10:09 am

mixi6

congrats Judi

10:10 am

mixi6

Fireworks

10:11 am

Nef

YAY, Judi and mixi!!!! WTG you 2!!!!

10:18 am

aebmusica

ty mixi... i've been playing around with tat...finally got it.

10:45 am

jmbdobie2

Hi all! Lunch time finally so I can babble a bit!

10:48 am

crosshair

howdy jmb:)

10:53 am

pippingeek

hi babblers!

10:58 am

pippingeek

guess it's just not a time for chatness...

10:58 am

rururocks

anyone have the last ca 5/14 please

10:59 am

pippingeek

sorry ruru don't have it yet, just started

11:01 am

crosshair

howdy pippi,ill chat you up any time;))

11:01 am

rururocks

hate these c's..ugh

11:03 am

crosshair

im looking for the name used to describe those burial mounds you see in the U.K and east coast canada

11:03 am

Erda

ca + bio**c woman + 4th letter of the alphabet

11:04 am

rururocks

thank you ERDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:04 am

crosshair

ty erda

11:05 am

Erda

YW -- it took me a while to figure out how to clue it...

11:07 am

crosshair

sometimes ole crossy need to be led by the nose to the word erda;0

11:08 am

Erda

never mind crossy; that was a particularly obscure word...

11:10 am

crosshair

anyone think of the common name for those burial mounds for me,it is driving me nuts..

11:11 am

crosshair

i think i see it in the grid ,but the spelling eludes me

11:12 am

Erda

c + what we breathe + consonant

11:12 am

Vicuna

ca5/12? - includes what we breathe in the middle

11:13 am

Vicuna

But leave out one of the vowels and you get another word, too.

11:13 am

Sidra

and then plural!

11:13 am

Vicuna

leave out one of the consonants and you get another word...

11:13 am

Vicuna

...and plurals for them all!

11:14 am

elder

Crossy, are you thinking of the word barrow or cairn.

11:14 am

Vicuna

Elder! PB!

11:14 am

Vicuna

There's a reason we weren't telling him! lol

11:15 am

pippingeek

i think i am lazy today and will list right away

11:16 am

pippingeek

i already had a major soup disaster to clean up so am all about streamlining my efforts for my day off

11:17 am

Vicuna

Yikes! Condolences on the soup disaster.

11:17 am

pippingeek

i should know better than to microwave in a plastic cup

11:18 am

elder

I know sorry. have not be too good and have been popping periodically and being still and quiet and when trying to help a fellow babbler I make a blunder. So will remain mute and pop in and out as the meds will get in the way of sensible speak. :)

11:18 am

pippingeek

but i'd been looking forward to the soup since last night so i don't know if i was more upset about the mess or losing the soup

11:18 am

Vicuna

Oh, no worries, elder! I didn't mean to discourage you!

11:19 am

pippingeek

no worries elder, we all do it far too often

11:19 am

elder

its ok - shuld have known better.

11:20 am

Vicuna

But at least nobody lost any soup over it, elder! ;)

11:20 am

pippingeek

it was a wonderful pureed carrot soup

11:20 am

pippingeek

i salvaged half of it

11:21 am

Vicuna

Thanks goodness for that, anyway. SOunds delicious.

11:22 am

pippingeek

how can it accept the ic6 but not the fellow that simple simon met?

11:22 am

Takuma Sato

Good afternoon everyone. How's the grid today?

11:22 am

Vicuna

I guess Enable never went to the fair.

11:22 am

Vicuna

Hello, Takuma. I do not find that it flows.

11:25 am

rubyfoo

elder, hello, and try to be of good cheer! I know how hard it can be....

11:25 am

car.eeyore

May I please have some help with the EC 7?

11:26 am

Vicuna

Hello, ruby.

11:26 am

rubyfoo

hello vicuna

11:26 am

rubyfoo

ty pippin

11:26 am

Vicuna

Wish I could, car.eeyore. I'm still looking.

11:26 am

Atalante

*not here, am working*, Vi, go and google "surfing alpaca"!!

11:27 am

rubyfoo

i have 99 words, no 7's, no 8's lol

11:27 am

Vicuna

lol. *Not saying hello* (Off to google)

11:27 am

car.eeyore

I found a 7 & 8 all on my own and I felt so proud! How sad is that?!??!

11:27 am

rubyfoo

and they start with????

11:28 am

car.eeyore

Think foot stool.....

11:28 am

car.eeyore

Or the OT7 Empire

11:28 am

rubyfoo

lovely, eeyore!!!!! ty

11:28 am

car.eeyore

I guess that will be my major accomplishment for the day! LOL!

11:28 am

hego

Hi All. ec7 is like killing the ec* system

11:29 am

pippingeek

i would feel proud!

11:29 am

rubyfoo

it's more than I did!

11:29 am

rubyfoo

ecocide

11:29 am

pippingeek

okay, i love that the surfing alpaca is named pisco

11:29 am

pippingeek

i do love a good pisco sour

11:29 am

rubyfoo

whoops, bad nel

11:29 am

hego

I would feel proud also. Hey, it's an accomplishment

11:29 am

rubyfoo

into the pb for me....

11:29 am

Vicuna

Thanks, hego. I've been trying to use that ending on everything else.

11:30 am

car.eeyore

TY Hego! Got it!@

11:30 am

Boobear

hi hego and ruby and car.eeyore and whoever else I missed

11:30 am

pippingeek

ty ruby! great clue!

11:30 am

car.eeyore

And now I have NBT too!

11:30 am

hego

That's it, Rube. lol

11:30 am

Vicuna

That Pisco looks more wet and bedraggled than sour!

11:30 am

rubyfoo

I make great ones, pippin!!!

11:30 am

pippingeek

i know, he looked pretty sad

11:30 am

car.eeyore

Time for lunch! BBL!

11:30 am

hego

Hi Boo

11:30 am

rubyfoo

I just get too excited when I finally "get it"

11:30 am

rubyfoo

sorry

11:30 am

Vicuna

I'm not sure if he was downright sad, but he certainly looked more resigned than enthusiastic!

11:31 am

rubyfoo

hard to get pisco here, but it's my favorite drink!

11:31 am

Atalante

I know! poor thing!!

11:31 am

hego

:-D

11:31 am

pippingeek

that's about how my cat looks when that wet

11:31 am

jmbdobie2

back later tonight... 88 left

11:31 am

rubyfoo

hi and bye jmb

11:31 am

Vicuna

Yep. I am a leading fan of camelids, but there are limits even to their considerable talents. lol

11:32 am

Vicuna

Bye, jmbdobie.

11:32 am

hego

What, no cami? what will I wear under my sheer tops?

11:32 am

pippingeek

certainly nothing camo

11:33 am

rubyfoo

how are you, hego? your promised spring has arrived and I've been gardening as much as I am able

11:33 am

Vicuna

I guess it ain't legal if it ain't got sole. ;)

11:33 am

hego

LOL

11:33 am

rubyfoo

sheer tops? what a horrible idea!

11:33 am

Atalante

I loved the alpaca lifejacket, but the poor thing looked so unimpressed every time it fell off! had to show you ..

11:33 am

hego

right, Vic

11:34 am

hego

It's okay if you have the cami, Ruby

11:34 am

rubyfoo

I have alpaca sweaters and hope that they just shear them to make them (like wool from sheep.....)

11:34 am

rubyfoo

NOT!

11:34 am

Vicuna

Thanks, Ata! It's important to have a hobby, and who's to say that teaching alpacas to surf is any less useful than Babbling...

11:34 am

pippingeek

frankly i don't understand the sheer tops thing - either wear a shirt that can stand on its own or don't wear it!

11:35 am

hego

I think they do Ruby.

11:35 am

Vicuna

Yes, they shear alpacas.

11:35 am

pippingeek

but my fashion sense is lacking according to those who "know"

11:35 am

rubyfoo

you should see the French fashion mags; they are horrible

11:35 am

rubyfoo

my fashion sense left when I hit 50!

11:35 am

hego

Pippin, I don't mean really sheer, I just like to make sure it's all well covered.

11:36 am

pippingeek

i'm only 35 but i never liked the sheer top thing

11:36 am

rubyfoo

a burqua for me wouldn't be such a bad thing

11:36 am

pippingeek

especially in the 90s when it was over the exposed bra - but that had more to do with my lack of endowment...

11:36 am

Vicuna

Therefore all your

11:36 am

rubyfoo

save everybody's eyes!

11:37 am

Vicuna

And since they shear alpacas, all your alpaca garments are shear. Ha ha.

11:37 am

rubyfoo

hahah

11:37 am

pippingeek

i was thinking that, vi

11:37 am

hego

ROFL Vic. YAY!

11:37 am

rubyfoo

my alpaca sweaters are fluffy and lively!

11:37 am

Vicuna

Fluffy and lively and SHEAR, you crazy woman of fashion, you!

11:37 am

rubyfoo

lovely! not lively - scary idea

11:38 am

rubyfoo

that's me, for sure

11:38 am

Vicuna

All right lovely. Whatever. lol

11:38 am

hego

I was intrigued Ruby.

11:38 am

rubyfoo

imagine a lively sweater --

11:38 am

hego

Imagining lively sweaters.

11:38 am

pippingeek

i have no alpaca sweaters, but then i live in florida

11:38 am

Vicuna

I've seen some pretty lively outfits.

11:38 am

rubyfoo

all in the past :((

11:39 am

pippingeek

i've worn some pretty lively outfits!

11:39 am

rubyfoo

I bought the first one while living in Miami, but it was for a trip!

11:39 am

Vicuna

My daughter has been known to wear a plaid jumper (US meaning) over flowered turtleneck, with tie-dyed tights. That one was lively all right.

11:39 am

pippingeek

in the not so recent past!

11:40 am

rubyfoo

could we fix her up with my son; his "companion" isn't very lively.

11:40 am

pippingeek

for the oscar party i went to this month i wore red black and white striped thigh-high socks and a short black dress

11:40 am

Vicuna

She's only 7, ruby. Not ready to be fixed up with anyone yet! lol

11:40 am

rubyfoo

very cute, pippin!

11:40 am

Vicuna

I like lively tights.

11:40 am

marf

jojocubd!

11:41 am

rubyfoo

I wish I still had all my clothes from the 60's and 70's; they've all come back and would still fit

11:41 am

hego

Marf, you're back!

11:41 am

pippingeek

i got them from sock dreams, highly recommended for anyone with a sock/tights obsession

11:41 am

hego

And Babbling.

11:41 am

Vicuna

Let this be a lesson to all never to throw anything away.

11:41 am

jojoc

marf

11:42 am

pippingeek

also have good stuff for wide guage calves

11:42 am

pippingeek

gauge? sheesh

11:42 am

Vicuna

I'll have to check it out, pippingeek!

11:42 am

hego

Did you go pro?

11:42 am

rubyfoo

full of regrets in that regard, vicuna; when I got married I threw away all my old stuffg -- what a mistake!

11:42 am

crosshair

crossy does not wear the tights,but he does enjoy them;)))

11:42 am

pippingeek

i'm throwing almost everything away, but that's cause i'm moving to new york

11:43 am

hego

jojoc/marf. Did you go pro?

11:43 am

Vicuna

Hello, marf.

11:43 am

rubyfoo

don't throw it away, put it in storage

11:43 am

hego

Hi Crossy!

11:43 am

crosshair

howdy hego

11:43 am

rubyfoo

dinner now, see you later everybody

11:43 am

pippingeek

enjoy ruby!

11:43 am

hego

Bye Rube

11:44 am

rubyfoo

see you ((hugs))

11:47 am

pippingeek

must go check on laundry

11:48 am

Vicuna

Was checking out the tights. I love the multi-color stripes -- but I'm not quite up to $42 for a pair!

11:48 am

Vicuna

Bye, ruby!

11:49 am

pippingeek

yeah, i stick with the socks. pricey, but great quality

11:52 am

marf

i'M TESTING lOW nOISE aMPLIFIERS, PLAYING IN BETWEEN!

11:52 am

marf

oops Caps lock!

11:52 am

Vicuna

If you want low noise, just turn the amp off. =P

11:53 am

marf

no siis, I plan on going pro tomorrow

11:53 am

hego

lol

11:53 am

marf

still amateur today ;-)

11:53 am

hego

Oh, okay

11:53 am

marf

off equals odB noise, but 0 dB gain too!

11:54 am

marf

2 pi attenuator changes and a replaced inductor and tada!

11:55 am

Boobear

clue for the third ca 5/14 pls

11:55 am

hego

Yeah, what he said.

11:56 am

Vicuna

I only have one. It's the dog family. But I'll start looking for more now!

11:56 am

hego

that's the one he wants

11:58 am

Vicuna

There. Now it's my third. =)

12:00 pm

crosshair

my deamon offsprings idea of amplifiers is to turn it to 11 and pull the knobs off;/

12:00 pm

marf

78 jo u?

12:01 pm

hego

now that's demonic!

12:01 pm

hego

English, Marf, English!

12:01 pm

crosshair

no, demonic is the music he listens to

12:01 pm

hego

lol

12:02 pm

rururocks

ma 6/24?

12:03 pm

Vicuna

ma6/24 - an edible starchy root, sounds a lot like crazy person

12:04 pm

Vicuna

*wandering off* Bye, all.

12:04 pm

rururocks

thanks vi

12:04 pm

hego

good clue. Bye Vic

12:04 pm

rururocks

wander back later I need help ...lol

12:04 pm

hego

Hey Ruru, hi

12:05 pm

hego

And Bye

12:05 pm

hego

Oops thought you were leaving, sorry.

12:08 pm

rururocks

hi

12:14 pm

FMitch

Evening/morning all.

12:15 pm

rururocks

good morning ..fm.. ooops evening.

12:15 pm

hego

Hi FM

12:15 pm

FMitch

lol Hiya ruru and hego

12:16 pm

FMitch

sort of lurking but can clue for a bit if needed.

12:17 pm

rururocks

in 6 would help.

12:17 pm

hego

I'm good for now,FM ty. Not desperate yet.

12:17 pm

rururocks

I need help on a lot of them today. I am struggling with this grid

12:18 pm

hego

Awwww. Poor Ruru.

12:18 pm

rururocks

my synapses aren't working

12:18 pm

hego

Some days are like that, Sweety.

12:19 pm

FMitch

in6 - to bring to trial, to chargesomeone.

12:19 pm

sciencegeek

in 6 - what a prosecutor does to an alleged crminal in order to bring him to court

12:19 pm

hego

I can never get in or re words. Mental block.

12:19 pm

Atalante

Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii :)

12:19 pm

FMitch

I found it a toughy today too but lickey helped

12:19 pm

FMitch

Ata!!!!!! *grin*

12:20 pm

FMitch

much better clue science :)

12:20 pm

hego

ty FM and SG

12:20 pm

sciencegeek

ok I want a better clue n the ma 6 starchy root thing

12:20 pm

sciencegeek

Ata - what?? Fiiiiiii?

12:21 pm

sciencegeek

Foooooo!

12:21 pm

hego

fum

12:21 pm

Atalante

FiiiiiiiM :D Fi fee fo fim!

12:21 pm

rururocks

indict

12:21 pm

sciencegeek

fam

12:21 pm

rururocks

thanks

12:21 pm

hego

Ruru!

12:21 pm

rururocks

heads off to PB...

12:22 pm

sciencegeek

got the root thing

12:22 pm

FMitch

ma6/24 sounds like a madman but with a vowel change.

12:22 pm

sciencegeek

got it

12:22 pm

hego

Ruru having a bad day.

12:22 pm

sciencegeek

wonder what it tastes like.....

12:22 pm

sciencegeek

i am having a dumb day cannot see these words....hiding and lurking to torment me

12:23 pm

FMitch

ruru is definiately having a bad day.

12:23 pm

FMitch

and a lot of them are not the easiest to clue either.

12:23 pm

Atalante

I should be writing about estuaries, but I'm fiddling with photos I took this morning

12:24 pm

sciencegeek

estuaries are awesome

12:24 pm

FMitch

Sounds like more fun Ata. Re tomorrow did you get my email with directions?

12:24 pm

hego

the dumb am's and im's are enough to make anyone dizzy. No to mention the co's.

12:24 pm

Atalante

yep yep. I'm really not sure of time. Shall I text you from Bognor when I'm leaving?

12:25 pm

Atalante

estuaries are utterly awesome

12:25 pm

jmcnrick

I like COs

12:25 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

12:25 pm

hego

I live near a great estuary.

12:25 pm

sciencegeek

you would!

12:25 pm

hego

Hi jmc

12:25 pm

FMitch

Um OK, will have to remember to switch the mobole on then :)

Hi jmc

12:26 pm

FMitch

*or mobile even!

12:26 pm

Atalante

yes please! it's just easier when tearing around!

12:26 pm

FMitch

okey kokey

12:27 pm

Atalante

I would *suspect* I'll leave there around 3.

12:27 pm

FMitch

no probs will have the kettle ready to boil :)

12:28 pm

Atalante

yay!

12:28 pm

FMitch

ruru has gone very quiet, do you think he has fallen into the morass of co words?

12:29 pm

marf

89

12:29 pm

rururocks

yup

12:29 pm

jmcnrick

go marf go

12:30 pm

FMitch

awe ruru ((()))

12:30 pm

marf

half!

12:30 pm

hego

Good Marf!

12:30 pm

rururocks

to 6/27 please

12:31 pm

FMitch

2 words = 3 letter mans name and 3 letter white fish

12:32 pm

rururocks

thank you

12:32 pm

rururocks

5 to go

12:32 pm

rururocks

ec 7?

12:32 pm

rururocks

finally wrapped up the c's they were awful

12:34 pm

FMitch

ec7 & 8 = the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.

12:34 pm

Ormal

ec7: to totally kill the entire environment

12:34 pm

FMitch

phone brb

12:36 pm

rururocks

don't see it

12:36 pm

rururocks

got it

12:36 pm

rururocks

thank you

12:37 pm

rururocks

ic 6 ?

12:37 pm

FMitch

yay!

12:37 pm

FMitch

Chap that delivers frozen water :)

12:37 pm

rururocks

come on...

12:37 pm

rururocks

nooooooooooooooooo

12:38 pm

rururocks

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

12:38 pm

Ormal

lol, love that clue FMitch

12:38 pm

hego

lol

12:38 pm

FMitch

LOL!!!

12:38 pm

rururocks

*whimpers*

12:38 pm

hego

there (((there)))

12:38 pm

FMitch

poor ruru it has been a tough day hasn't it.

12:39 pm

hego

I need a break. BBL. ty for the fun.

12:40 pm

rururocks

thank you FM..

12:40 pm

hurshy

could i get help with the two E's in the second row? i THINK they may be sciencey words starting ecto-, but as i am not ata, my ability ends there.

12:40 pm

FMitch

Bye hego

12:40 pm

hurshy

oh wait

12:40 pm

rururocks

just clued hursh

12:40 pm

hurshy

i have just scrolled down and seen them

12:40 pm

hurshy

sorry and thanks

12:40 pm

FMitch

Hi hurshy

12:41 pm

jmcnrick

you got to like the word ec7

12:41 pm

Atalante

ok, I've got to do and go things LOL. FM, I'll see you tomorrow!!

12:41 pm

FMitch

BRB

12:41 pm

FMitch

OK Ata :))

12:41 pm

hurshy

hiya, and thank you also for having clued a to6 which i didn't have and wouldn't have guessed, fm!

12:41 pm

jmcnrick

*imagines masked man carrying a knife to stab the air*

12:41 pm

jmcnrick

bye ata

12:41 pm

hurshy

what about the lone C at the bottom?

12:42 pm

jmcnrick

i like hot co5 when it is cold

12:42 pm

hurshy

*groan*

12:42 pm

hurshy

thanks

12:45 pm

marf

my P says 3/7, yet the E next to it says 1/4. Both tiles above and below these are grayed (done). How is this possible?

12:45 pm

marf

my P says 3/7, yet the E next to it says 1/4. Both tiles above and below these are grayed (done). How is this possible?

12:46 pm

marf

I cant use the P 4 times and the E only 3!!

12:46 pm

marf

WTF

12:46 pm

Sally-catlover

marf, they are the letters that start the word, not that are in the word.

12:47 pm

marf

OOOOOhhhhHHH!

12:47 pm

Sally-catlover

:-)

12:47 pm

marf

gotcha thanks, ima retard

12:47 pm

Sally-catlover

And good evening/

12:48 pm

crosshair

lol took me long enough to get those pair of ec,s:(

12:49 pm

Sally-catlover

Just think how much harder the grid would be if we could only use each letter using marf's rules!

12:49 pm

crosshair

hehe

12:50 pm

FMitch

(((crossy))) and good evening Sally and Hi marf

12:51 pm

Sally-catlover

Hi FM!

12:51 pm

Boobear

clue for di 5/18

12:52 pm

FMitch

silly by the by - topped up the bird bath about half an hour ago and just watched a backbird having a good 'wash and brush up' in it - simple pleasures but it made me smile.

12:52 pm

crosshair

((FM))

12:53 pm

FMitch

add the sometimes vowel to the di4/6

12:53 pm

Sally-catlover

Not silly at all FM. The wild birds here are one of our greatest pleasures.

12:53 pm

crosshair

simple pleasures are the best ones'

12:54 pm

FMitch

only just realising how much I have missed having a garden.

12:54 pm

marf

101!

12:55 pm

FMitch

wtg marf as thisis not the easiest grid to do.

12:56 pm

marf

what do I win when I get em all?

12:56 pm

FMitch

you get fireworks

12:56 pm

marf

ALRIGHT!

12:57 pm

marf

volume?

12:57 pm

Sally-catlover

You also get huge satisfaction and total smugness :-)

12:58 pm

FMitch

But only if you manage to finish a grid in the 1st 2 weeks of joining. After that you will lose all the stats shown under the grid :( But by then you will be hooked and will have to go pro *grin*

12:58 pm

rubyfoo

hello sally and fm

12:58 pm

FMitch

Good evening ruby!

12:58 pm

Sally-catlover

Hi ruby!

12:59 pm

crosshair

fm,my mrs has what is known as a herb garden jar.i dont know if you have them ,but they are great!!,it is a single large decrorative potting jar about 4 feet tall and all the way around the exterior of the jar and at different heights little cuts in the jar have been made to form terraces and she has planted all her favorite herbs in each.it is quite pretty and usefull when you are in a place where you cannot have a normal garden

1:00 pm

FMitch

Hows Max doing ruby, did the vets treatment work out well?

Oh I know what you mean crossy and was looking at one very similar at the garden centre on Sunday.

1:01 pm

Cherrypop

Sounds like a strawberry jar.

1:01 pm

FMitch

but now I have moved I have a tiny garden and am boring everyone to death with each growing thing that is popping up :)

1:01 pm

rubyfoo

tks for asking, FM, Max is doing better, the horrible bloody places are growing bqack but he still does a lot of compulsive biting;

1:01 pm

crosshair

lol

1:02 pm

rubyfoo

no little growing thing could 4ever be boring.

1:02 pm

crosshair

mange ruby?

1:02 pm

rubyfoo

yes, crossy, he had sarcoptic mange (diagnosed by ata) and treated with ata's suggested mesd

1:02 pm

FMitch

hopefully the condition will settle down ruby.

1:02 pm

Sally-catlover

Sorry, I have to love you and leave you all. I need to shower before I go out, and have been mucking out the hen hoiuse and gardening all day so at the moment I am not nice to know!

1:02 pm

rubyfoo

meds*

1:02 pm

Boobear

clue for the first co 5/14 pls

1:03 pm

rubyfoo

he's much better and is still the sweetest dog

1:03 pm

rubyfoo

we would love you anyway, sally!

1:03 pm

Sally-catlover

Hope to be able to chat longer tomorrow. **Gone**

1:03 pm

FMitch

lol see you tomorrow perhaps Sally

1:04 pm

FMitch

co + to perform in a play

1:04 pm

rubyfoo

mr. nasty is acting up again. Does anybody have a tranquilizer dart?

1:05 pm

jmcnrick

*slips ruby a tranquilizer dart*

1:05 pm

crosshair

ahh his lordship from above?

1:05 pm

rubyfoo

merci, jmc

1:05 pm

rubyfoo

I looked for you in lexulous. In which room do your play

1:06 pm

rubyfoo

I mostly play in sowpods blitz but could go anywhere.

1:06 pm

rubyfoo

nelliekelley is my lex name

1:08 pm

FMitch

ruru, you still here?

1:08 pm

jmcnrick

room?

1:08 pm

jmcnrick

i play in facebook is there somewhere else?

1:08 pm

rubyfoo

lexulous has many rooms

1:08 pm

rubyfoo

yes, www.lexulous.com it's free and wonderful

1:09 pm

crosshair

crossy flashes a hex sign at fb

1:09 pm

rubyfoo

via facebook is fine but I don't think we're "friended"

1:09 pm

jmcnrick

oh i will check it out. and my name will be jmcnrick since no one else ever uses it

1:09 pm

FMitch

FM hides behind crossy as hates FB too

1:09 pm

crosshair

i do like lexulous,but i get my butt handed to me regularly;/

1:09 pm

jmcnrick

now crossy you don't have to join but leave us alone

1:09 pm

rubyfoo

in facebook, I'm nelliekelley50@yahoo.com

1:09 pm

rubyfoo

I like being able to share photos!

1:10 pm

rubyfoo

I could hand you your butt, crossy lol

1:10 pm

crosshair

lol ruby

1:11 pm

rubyfoo

comice is a wonderful French pear, but not per enable!

1:11 pm

marf

143!

1:11 pm

FMitch

lol marf, what time is it with you now?

1:12 pm

crosshair

not seen in many wal-mart shelves i suppose ruby

1:12 pm

rubyfoo

FM, I got fireworks with the last small grid (yesterday or the day before? memory is going.....)

1:12 pm

marf

2:11pm

1:12 pm

rubyfoo

lol crossy

1:12 pm

FMitch

Oh brilliant, I wondered if you would. Congrats!!

1:13 pm

rubyfoo

ty FM

1:13 pm

rubyfoo

is marf in eastern europe?

1:13 pm

marf

negatron

1:13 pm

rubyfoo

oh, wait, plus 7 lol

1:13 pm

marf

eastern usa

1:13 pm

FMitch

keep going then marf, you might just see fireworks :)

I think marf is in the US

1:14 pm

rubyfoo

sorry, got my times backwards

1:14 pm

rubyfoo

no, minus 7....

1:15 pm

FMitch

ruby really! seeing as you are living on the European continet!

1:15 pm

rubyfoo

duh!

1:15 pm

rubyfoo

hard day with Mr. Nasty

1:15 pm

crosshair

a 1/4 past a freckle and follow the star straight on till morning;)

1:16 pm

FMitch

sorry to hear that ruby.

1:17 pm

jmcnrick

go marf go!!

1:17 pm

rubyfoo

I think I need a break but it's very hard to leave the pups

1:17 pm

marf

you've already entered "#$%^&"

1:17 pm

jmcnrick

the lower E would finally give me nbt --*looks hopefully*

1:17 pm

marf

ou burnout

1:17 pm

FMitch

you need to do something.

1:18 pm

marf

ima losin it

1:18 pm

marf

yo are likely to be eaten by a GRUE

1:18 pm

rubyfoo

I'm stuck, don't think there's anything I can do

1:18 pm

FMitch

*looking* jmc

1:18 pm

rubyfoo

marf, you are very funny, need a laugh!

1:18 pm

crosshair

not to worry marf,when you really do lose it..you will not know it and it will not hurt:)))

1:19 pm

Ormal

okay, I've reached my end. Help please: re5/12 the last one.

1:19 pm

FMitch

The ei4/5s of March

1:19 pm

rubyfoo

ormal: other side of verso

1:19 pm

wht

jmc you need to chill and watch Lawrence of Arabia, an ep4 about an em5

1:20 pm

wht

or an em4

1:22 pm

jmcnrick

never liked lawrence of arabia

1:22 pm

Ormal

oh gee, never heard of that before and had to look verso up. LOL got it though thank you!

1:22 pm

rubyfoo

I can't stand Omar Shariff

1:22 pm

jmcnrick

ty FM and wht

1:22 pm

jmcnrick

nbt

1:22 pm

rubyfoo

yay, ormal!

1:23 pm

FMitch

yw :)

1:23 pm

Ormal

Since I'm being dense today, how about some help with the ma6/24 - I saw 2 clues for it earlier, but neither sunk in.

1:23 pm

rubyfoo

ormal, don't have any.....

1:24 pm

Ormal

how are you doing today ruby? I haven't seen you for about a week.

1:24 pm

rubyfoo

except for a lovely spring, it's poopy around here!

1:24 pm

marf

165!

1:25 pm

jmcnrick

go mark go

1:25 pm

marf

ok rico!

1:25 pm

Ormal

I'm sorry to hear that.

1:25 pm

rubyfoo

ty

1:26 pm

FMitch

Time for dinner back later.

1:27 pm

rubyfoo

bye FM, see you tomorrow

1:27 pm

jmcnrick

ormal do you remember the movie flashdance?

1:27 pm

rubyfoo

love that movie!

1:27 pm

pippingeek

i was thinking the same thing jmc

1:27 pm

pippingeek

she's a ma**** on he floor

1:27 pm

pippingeek

but change the last vowel

1:27 pm

rubyfoo

was that Jennifer Connelly

1:27 pm

marf

1983 Jennifer Beals, yup

1:27 pm

pippingeek

no, jennifer beals

1:27 pm

jmcnrick

the big hit song from that movie was "she's a ma***" but change the last vowell

1:28 pm

rubyfoo

oh, and can't remember the song, either lol

1:28 pm

jmcnrick

okie doke i will be peaking trying to catch marf's FW but i gotta work

1:28 pm

marf

shes a manioc on the floor!

1:28 pm

pippingeek

at that time connelly was about 12, her first big movie was a few years later when she did labyrinth with david bowie (!)

1:28 pm

jmcnrick

MARF! pb for you now!

1:29 pm

marf

hee hee

1:29 pm

rubyfoo

ty pippin

1:29 pm

Ormal

I left the room, came back and saw the clues you guys gave me. Thanks! Fireworks.

1:29 pm

rubyfoo

I'm a def movie person, but don't always get the names straight and those too confuse me -- but never again!

1:29 pm

rubyfoo

yay ormal

1:30 pm

crosshair

omg i remember labyrinth with bowie..lol the thin gs we used to watch;)

1:30 pm

rubyfoo

those two

1:30 pm

crosshair

yaa for ormal!!

1:30 pm

pippingeek

i loved the book. and kinda still love the film

1:31 pm

marf

176!

1:31 pm

rubyfoo

watched 3 movies on Tuesday including Snowflake with Sigourney Weaver. Temple Grandin is my hero

1:31 pm

pippingeek

anyone got that bottom row c that is proving elusive?

1:31 pm

Ormal

okay cross - do you remember Flash Gordon the movie? That was really bad filmmaking. lol

1:32 pm

pippingeek

i saw flash gordon in the front row. still love that one too

1:32 pm

pippingeek

for the queen soundtrack alone, what's not to love?

1:32 pm

rubyfoo

co4/6

1:32 pm

rubyfoo

co4/6

1:33 pm

rubyfoo

co4/6 get along

1:33 pm

rubyfoo

whoops

1:33 pm

crosshair

lol,actually i was thingking of that one called "the hitcher" with that sweedish actor,he sets up a young couple for the murder of an entire group of police in a out of the way substation..anyone remember that one?

1:33 pm

pippingeek

like that one too - but then they remade it with i think keifer sutherland and it was lame

1:33 pm

pippingeek

wait, now i am confusing it with another one, forget i said anything

1:34 pm

Boobear

clue for ic 6 pls

1:34 pm

rubyfoo

gd night everybody, quitting with 109! see you tomorrow

1:34 pm

pippingeek

he cometh, boobear

1:34 pm

pippingeek

compound

1:34 pm

rubyfoo

cold guy!

1:34 pm

Boobear

ty

1:35 pm

Ormal

gn ruby!

1:35 pm

rubyfoo

bye ormal

1:35 pm

pippingeek

night ruby

1:35 pm

marf

177

1:35 pm

rubyfoo

bye pippin

1:35 pm

marf

drumroll please!!!!!!!!!!!

1:36 pm

jmcnrick

pippin ==> cold nights require hot co***

1:36 pm

pippingeek

yes, got it, ty

1:37 pm

Nef

Hi again; returning for more words. Congrats marf! WTG!!!

1:38 pm

Nef

marf, did any of my advice help earlier?

1:42 pm

Nef

sorry, didn't mean to kill chat....

1:42 pm

pippingeek

just got lost in the grid

1:43 pm

Boobear

clue for the last im 5/14

1:43 pm

Boobear

got it

1:43 pm

pippingeek

sorry boo, no lo tengo

1:44 pm

Nef

(I only had 1 im 5/14, Boo. Sorry)

1:44 pm

Boobear

I found it ty nef and pipping

1:45 pm

Nef

I now have 2. How many im 5/14s are there?

1:45 pm

Boobear

2

1:46 pm

marf

Last word added: "imids" at 1:35 pm

1:46 pm

marf

tada

1:46 pm

Nef

oh! I have it now; I can clue you!!! ;-)

1:47 pm

Nef

marf, please don't enter WORDS in chat!

1:48 pm

FMitch

Congrats marf but please dont post words in the chog! Did you see the fireworks?

1:48 pm

marf

nope

1:48 pm

marf

had to refresh

1:48 pm

marf

fuckarow

1:49 pm

marf

imids never registered

1:49 pm

FMitch

well it is a valid word

1:49 pm

sciencegeek

someone going to email DG?????

1:49 pm

FMitch

no science - no need

1:50 pm

FMitch

marf is just learning how to babble

1:50 pm

sciencegeek

ok

1:50 pm

FMitch

he/she has been well behaved so far

1:50 pm

marf

ima wise ass sorry

1:51 pm

marf

it

1:51 pm

FMitch

np marf but watch the language.

1:51 pm

marf

I can take DG anyway ;-P

1:53 pm

FMitch

Dr_God can pull your plug so don't push it. Enjoy the game and the chat, this is a friendly and happy chog.

Anyway time for me to go.

1:54 pm

jaybo33

Test

1:55 pm

Good Enough

you went pro!!

1:55 pm

cybernan

hello everyone -- do we have a tr 5?

1:55 pm

pippingeek

who went pro?

1:55 pm

jaybo33

Never sold my body once!

1:55 pm

Good Enough

did you jay or just change your name?

1:56 pm

pippingeek

no, just a newbie, but i'm keeping my eyes open

1:57 pm

sciencegeek

so stuck with the c's!! ack

1:57 pm

cybernan

ok

1:57 pm

cybernan

this really is an ugly grid -- thought so last night and still think so!

1:58 pm

Good Enough

me too science

1:58 pm

jaybo33

IMA PRO!

1:58 pm

pippingeek

yes. i was hoping my day off grid would be much more satisfying, but this is a pain!

1:59 pm

cybernan

congrats jaybo

1:59 pm

Boobear

hi cyber

1:59 pm

jaybo33

<bows>

1:59 pm

sciencegeek

it this going to be one of those afternoons in the chog?

1:59 pm

cybernan

now if you just set up your profile we can get to know you!

1:59 pm

jaybo33

can I use bad words now?

1:59 pm

sciencegeek

no

1:59 pm

pippingeek

please don't

1:59 pm

jaybo33

Drats! Tarnation!

2:01 pm

cybernan

when we were building our house in Montreal we had a french canadian carpenter who though recome was a word -- he was always going to recome back to fix something ;)

2:02 pm

sciencegeek

Well, I wish that were true today. I cannot see these co's. Have all the other c's

2:02 pm

Barb's Horses

hello all

2:02 pm

pippingeek

me either

2:02 pm

cybernan

I guess there is no fr. can. blood in the creator of enable to go along with the yiddish, greek, latin, scots and japanese

2:02 pm

pippingeek

but just remembered the rug fiber similar to jute!

2:03 pm

sciencegeek

clue that pip

2:03 pm

cybernan

hemp?

2:03 pm

pippingeek

like metal money, but with pirate sounding cons on end instead

2:04 pm

cybernan

oh -- sort of like the singing group

2:04 pm

sciencegeek

huh

2:04 pm

sciencegeek

pirate ending?

2:04 pm

pippingeek

that would have been an easier clue, yes nan

2:04 pm

cybernan

never knew the def for that one -- just filed it away in my babblet dictionary

2:04 pm

sciencegeek

still dumb.....

2:05 pm

pippingeek

a singing group in church, minus the h

2:05 pm

cybernan

take a letter out of the singing group geek

2:05 pm

sciencegeek

ok already have it a monkeyed one for me

2:05 pm

pippingeek

it'sa fiber from coconut trees

2:05 pm

jaybo33

Pro Test

2:05 pm

cybernan

still have 67 to go, but think I will list -- this is getting too frustrating

2:05 pm

pippingeek

we used to sell rugs made of it at pier1

2:06 pm

pippingeek

i listed almost immediate;y, there was nthing friendly about this one

2:06 pm

cybernan

lunatic that I am, I missed the id 5

2:07 pm

pippingeek

i felt like an id5 when i saw that word!

2:07 pm

Good Enough

can anyone help with ma6/24?

2:07 pm

jaybo33

Pic Test

2:07 pm

jaybo33

:-)

2:07 pm

pippingeek

flahdance - "she's a ma**** on the floor" bit change last vowel

2:08 pm

sprite

good evening all

2:08 pm

Good Enough

oh thank you pippin. i've been searching for ages!!

2:08 pm

Barb's Horses

hi sprite

2:08 pm

cybernan

ma on the floor???

2:09 pm

pippingeek

"and she's dancing like she's never danced before"

2:09 pm

sprite

cool clue, pippin, now I am singing the song...

2:09 pm

cybernan

hi sprite -- haven't seen you for a while. :) Tried to send a suggestion for icon theme, but I guess you didn't get it. "my home town"

2:09 pm

cybernan

don't know that song

2:10 pm

sprite

hi nan, no that never reached me, am so sorry. Will put it in now!

2:10 pm

sciencegeek

nice pic jay

2:10 pm

sprite

I like the icon, jay

2:10 pm

cybernan

ty

2:11 pm

sprite

April 6, nan

2:11 pm

Good Enough

12 Cs left. Morewords!!

2:11 pm

sprite

More C words to be precise

2:12 pm

sciencegeek

last mi please

2:14 pm

pippingeek

i just ate some very spicy salsa and think my mouth is on fire.i will be paying for this later, but it was good

2:14 pm

sprite

a bit of sugar will soothe your mouth. No help for the other end though :)

2:14 pm

sciencegeek

does anyone have the last two mi's ?? please

2:14 pm

sprite

sorry not yet geek

2:15 pm

pippingeek

sorry sci, short on mi's here

2:15 pm

periwinkle

hello all

2:15 pm

periwinkle

help with C on bottom row, pls

2:15 pm

pippingeek

hot choccy drink

2:15 pm

sprite

hot chocolate drink?

2:15 pm

sprite

and hi periwinkle

2:16 pm

pippingeek

great minds, sprite!

2:16 pm

Barb's Horses

hi Peri

2:16 pm

sprite

:D pippin

2:16 pm

cybernan

they are both 4/5's, geek -- one of them is mud, the other usually has a pre in front meaning theory

2:17 pm

sprite

I keep trying atomic. It is driving me bananas.

2:17 pm

sciencegeek

dont understand the last clue. i have the muddy one

2:17 pm

cybernan

premi*** = theory

2:17 pm

sciencegeek

thanks cyber got it

2:17 pm

sprite

mi4ry loves company

2:17 pm

cybernan

ce 7, please?

2:17 pm

jmcnrick

in winter i like to drink hot co*** *poof*

2:17 pm

sciencegeek

thought i had tried that already

2:17 pm

sprite

and thanks nan

2:18 pm

sciencegeek

ce 7 - what plates are made of - not porcelain - the other material from clay

2:18 pm

sprite

hi n bye jmc

2:18 pm

cybernan

ah -- and me, a retired potter! -- ty

2:19 pm

cybernan

actually the ce 7 refers to anything made from any type of clay

2:19 pm

sciencegeek

true

2:19 pm

pippingeek

so all porc elain is ce7 but not all ce7 is porcelain

2:20 pm

sciencegeek

yes

2:20 pm

sprite

woot pippin, that is deep :)

2:20 pm

cybernan

correct pip

2:20 pm

sciencegeek

33 remain

2:21 pm

sprite

only 103 left

2:21 pm

cybernan

porcelain is a clay mix that is predominantly kaolin and needs to be fired at a much higher temp. than earthenware to become vitreous -- too much info, I know ;)

2:22 pm

sprite

and virtreous is? Glassy?

2:22 pm

sciencegeek

someone have the na 5?

2:23 pm

kc8501

Like the city with the eiffel tower only with an N

2:23 pm

pippingeek

not it

2:23 pm

cybernan

hardened to the point where it will survive under stress such as heat or water pressure (why it is used for bathroom fixtures)

2:23 pm

sciencegeek

ty

2:23 pm

sprite

ah ok, thanks nan

2:25 pm

cybernan

ooh -- back to those ec's I just cannot find

2:26 pm

sciencegeek

ec are related to the environment plus the ending of what you call it when someone takes their own life

2:27 pm

sprite

killing the environment

2:27 pm

sprite

sorry geek, yours is much better

2:28 pm

cybernan

mmm -- thought I had the first 4 letters correct -- I guess not

2:28 pm

sprite

drop the T, nan

2:29 pm

cybernan

ty sprite

2:29 pm

sprite

yvw

2:30 pm

Good Enough

whew. fireworks.

2:30 pm

sprite

wtg Good Enough

2:32 pm

cybernan

id 5/14?

2:32 pm

cybernan

congrats, good enough

2:32 pm

sciencegeek

to be stupid

2:32 pm

sprite

language that is special for an in-crowd

2:33 pm

sciencegeek

oh sorry sprite is right!

2:33 pm

sprite

it happens... not often though ;)

2:34 pm

cybernan

ty sprite

2:34 pm

sprite

my pleasure

2:35 pm

jaybo33

um, next puzzle?

2:35 pm

Nancy Boy

Good evening...I assume everyone here has recovered from the St Patrick's Day celebrations yesterday!

2:35 pm

sprite

tomorrow

2:35 pm

Barb's Horses

Hello Nancy boy

2:35 pm

pippingeek

what celebrations?

2:35 pm

sprite

hey Nancy Boy

2:36 pm

sciencegeek

oc's please

2:36 pm

Barb's Horses

I haven't got one word that is 6 long...brain freeze

2:36 pm

Nancy Boy

Hi all :) Pippin, just general celebrations...I dunno if it's a big thing in America...round here people seemed to be getting drunk off the fumes in the air

2:37 pm

sprite

lol Barb, silly feeling, isn't it. How about past tense get the soap out of the laundry?

2:37 pm

pippingeek

no it's huge here, i just worked all day and am not irish like most americans

2:37 pm

sciencegeek

nm a FISH

2:37 pm

sprite

I am not Irish but I sure would like to learn to be

2:38 pm

Nancy Boy

Well I'm Korean. Never stops me ;)

2:38 pm

sprite

any occasion to celebrate should be celebrated, right?

2:38 pm

pippingeek

i'm not a very good drinker and after i wasted my only day off last week with the vomiting, i figured i was best off going home so i could enjoy my day off

2:39 pm

Nancy Boy

Quite right, Sprite :)

2:39 pm

Nancy Boy

Probably wise then, Pippin. Everyone celebrates in their own way!

2:39 pm

sprite

awww pippin. next time, drink at least one glass of water for every alcoholic drink... no hangovers then.

2:39 pm

cybernan

ma 6/24?

2:40 pm

pippingeek

or i could just not go out drinking, no hangovers then either, plus cheaper and better for the figure

2:40 pm

sprite

nan: a deranged killer is a ma**a*, change the a into another vowel.

2:40 pm

sprite

also a good idea, pippin.

2:41 pm

cybernan

to prevent a hangover add 4 heaping tsp. of sugar to a glass of milk and take with 2 apirin -- voila -- it either comes right back up, or no hangover the next am.

2:41 pm

sprite

lol nan!

2:41 pm

kc8501

woo! another one done. Back to the yard work!! I ♥ spring!

2:41 pm

cybernan

ty sprite

2:42 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Cyber. I just avoid them by only drinking spirits + mixers. I think the mixers must promote hydration so there's no problem. But clear spirits work best!

2:42 pm

sprite

wtg kc and enjoy the garden

2:42 pm

periwinkle

still need help with c on the bottom pls

2:42 pm

sprite

still the hot chocolate drink, periwinkle

2:42 pm

pippingeek

no hot chocolate drink peri?

2:42 pm

Barb's Horses

wtg kc

2:42 pm

periwinkle

ty, missed an earlier clue

2:42 pm

Nancy Boy

nice one, Kc!

2:43 pm

periwinkle

help with E in upper left pls

2:43 pm

periwinkle

always have trouble with words staring with vowels

2:43 pm

pippingeek

a law or pronouncement

2:43 pm

periwinkle

hi there NB, how are you doing?

2:43 pm

crosshair

to cure a hangover ,pur a half a glass of beer,add tomato or clamato juice,a single raw egg and 3 drops of tobasco

2:43 pm

cybernan

the reason it and the hot choc works is because the high sugar content replaces sugar absorbed by the alcohol, the milk puts a lining on the stomach and I guess the aspirin takes away the pain ;)

2:44 pm

Nancy Boy

Doing great thanks, Peri :) although I must admit to feeling very rough this morning...

2:44 pm

pippingeek

crossy that sounds utterly foul

2:44 pm

sprite

hi crossy, where is the bacon in that recipe?

2:44 pm

Nancy Boy

Crossy, got to say, that sounds soooo foul I can't even fathom it!

2:44 pm

periwinkle

thank you pippin

2:44 pm

crosshair

it is a very old remedy nb

2:45 pm

Nancy Boy

I'll stick to throwing pints of water down myself ;) never had a taste for beer, at all

2:45 pm

sciencegeek

someone please first co 5

2:45 pm

crosshair

but remember the time to worry is when you do not get hangovers any more;/

2:45 pm

sprite

co + play in a movie

2:46 pm

pippingeek

okay, shower then climbing for me, be back to try and finish later

2:46 pm

sciencegeek

ty

2:46 pm

crosshair

tc pippi

2:46 pm

sprite

enjoy pippin. Remember, it is not the falling that is bad. It is just the landing.

2:46 pm

crosshair

you have to catch yourself on the bounce

2:46 pm

pippingeek

landing's not so bad either what with the padded floors

2:47 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Sprite. Truer words never spoken

2:47 pm

Barb's Horses

back in a while have a good day/evening everyone

2:47 pm

jaybo33

Bye for today!

2:47 pm

cybernan

bye jay

2:47 pm

sprite

bye for now Barb

2:47 pm

Nancy Boy

Byeee Jaybo

2:47 pm

pippingeek

maybe the exercise will kill my cranky

2:48 pm

sciencegeek

done finally hard grid

2:49 pm

sciencegeek

see you all tomorrow!

2:49 pm

crosshair

we have a nice cliff here called metcalf rock pippi,it is rated moderate at 45 minutes,you should see it!! makes crossy dizzy

2:49 pm

Nancy Boy

See you later, Science!

2:50 pm

cybernan

congrats, geek

2:50 pm

sprite

wtg geek

2:50 pm

sprite

brb

2:51 pm

cybernan

py clue please?

2:53 pm

Mary

py6/30 py + an**** when you dont have enough blood and for the other chg last vowel to const

2:53 pm

Nancy Boy

Don't have it Cyber, I'm afraid

2:54 pm

herekittykitty

Fireworks!

2:54 pm

periwinkle

ty Mary

2:54 pm

herekittykitty

Finally

2:54 pm

Nancy Boy

well done, Kitty!

2:54 pm

Mary

yw weird words today

2:55 pm

cybernan

ty mary

2:55 pm

Nancy Boy

OMG. Leo just came in from the shower. There is a HUGE green shamrock drawn on his chest still. Guess that guy was lying and it -was- permanent marker...I have to go deal with this

2:55 pm

Nancy Boy

bbl if I ever stop laughing

2:55 pm

periwinkle

bbl too

2:56 pm

cybernan

are any of you the people who beat me constantly at scramble?

2:57 pm

Boobear

clue for to 6.27

2:58 pm

cybernan

don't have it boo

2:58 pm

lynxxx

to6.27 boy cat & a fish

2:58 pm

Nancy Boy

Actually. Babble is amazing for inane trivia. Anyone, by any chance, know how to remove permanent marker pen from skin?

2:58 pm

lynxxx

Goodmorning all

2:59 pm

Boobear

ty lynnx and fireworks

3:00 pm

cybernan

I think it just has to wash off, nancy -- try detergent a few times

3:00 pm

cybernan

or wear a shirt ;)

3:00 pm

cybernan

... a dark green one!

3:00 pm

crosshair

lemon juice will lighten it somewhat but rest will take time

3:01 pm

Nancy Boy

thanks Cyber...we'll try the former...it's in my best interests that I steer him away from doing the latter ;)

3:01 pm

cybernan

5/12 (last one)?

3:01 pm

Nancy Boy

lemon juice huh...sounds like this could be a fun evening.

3:01 pm

crosshair

lol,if all else fails add calamari rings

3:02 pm

lynxxx

Some products that can be used to remove ink from the skin are rubbing alcohol, denatured alcohol, hand sanitizer, sunscreen lotion, nail polish remover, shaving cream, and facial cleaning pads, and also toothpaste.

3:02 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL!

3:02 pm

lynxxx

Than ks Wiki

3:02 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Boo

3:03 pm

crosshair

when he is asleep,keep refreshening it with a new marker lol

3:03 pm

cybernan

boo finished? -- congrats!

3:04 pm

cybernan

nm -- found it

3:04 pm

Nancy Boy

Thanks Lynx. Might just plaster him in the contents of the medicine cabinet and see what happens...he won't let me put a picture of it online! How mean

3:05 pm

Nancy Boy

wait a minute. I have indistinct memories of the same person drawing on my back...

3:06 pm

crosshair

uh oh

3:06 pm

crosshair

better get a small mirror and run to the bathroom lol

3:07 pm

Nancy Boy

...yep. Right. Definitely off now, thanks for the advice all, this might take all evening :D

3:08 pm

mkg

hi all. am 6 24? need clue.

3:08 pm

lynxxx

mischievous lephrecauns running amuck in Soho

3:08 pm

crosshair

lol,when i was young and crazy,well younger and more crazy than now,i passed out at a party and woke up with half my beard shaved off

3:09 pm

lynxxx

am6.24 am & the **** of March

3:09 pm

cybernan

am + a date in march

3:10 pm

cybernan

can't come up with that 3 letter fish for the to 6/27

3:10 pm

mkg

apologies, need second 6 24............

3:10 pm

cybernan

oh -- got it

3:11 pm

crosshair

im trying to envision all theese lil green guys with green markers and broad yorkshire accents lol

3:11 pm

lynxxx

change the end mkg to a 3 letter word for a loud noise/racket

3:12 pm

lynxxx

why yorkshire Cross?

3:12 pm

crosshair

just picked at randon lynxx

3:12 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help -- would never have finished otherwise :)

3:12 pm

crosshair

random

3:12 pm

crosshair

yaa for cyber

3:12 pm

lynxxx

fair 'nuf

3:13 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Nan!

3:13 pm

crosshair

devonshire,darbyshire,matters not from this end of the pond

3:13 pm

mkg

loud noise? hmmmmmmmmmmm

3:13 pm

jmitch

nancyboy: per google, veggie oil (sounds like fun), suntan lotion or shaving cream will remove perm marker ink - - good luck

3:13 pm

Nancy Boy

popped back. now COVERED in shaving foam and lemon juice and smelling like a manicurists.

3:13 pm

mkg

ty got it.

3:14 pm

Nancy Boy

half your beard, Crossy?! I've woken up minus eyebrows a few times, but beard takes the cake :D

3:14 pm

crosshair

lol!!

3:14 pm

mkg

ar 5 please?

3:14 pm

crosshair

i wore it that way deliberatly for 2 weeks..kept it nice and neat too

3:14 pm

mkg

oooops got it.

3:14 pm

Nancy Boy

thanks, Jmitch :) vegetable oil eh? looks like we're raiding the bathroom and beyond for this one.

3:15 pm

cybernan

off for a late lunch -- bbl to clue if anyone needs help then :)

3:15 pm

lynxxx

bye Nan

3:15 pm

Nancy Boy

Gotta say, watching my other half stumble around covered in grooming products is a befitting send of for St Patrick's day...at least for another year

3:16 pm

jmitch

heh....wish I had known the veggie oil thing a few years back...."OKAY honey put the shower curtain over the bedspread. Somebody got magic markered!"

3:17 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL Jmitch! At least we aren't alone then ;)

3:18 pm

Nancy Boy

and for the record Crossy, he wasn't a Yorkshireman :D he was a tall Irish lad wearing a big green tophat, which I found this morning in the corner of our bedroom. Looks like we're irresponsible drunken thieves.

3:20 pm

ADHDWordLover

howdy babble buds... what's this talk of oil and marker? baby wipes remove just about anything

3:20 pm

ADHDWordLover

amazing that we use them on baby bottoms and they're remove the tuffest grease!

3:21 pm

Nancy Boy

Hi, ADHD :) well, Leo and I awoke from our St Patrick's day celebrations to find ourselves, er, decorated with big green shamrocks, in what appears to be permanent marker. Baby wipes has been added to the list!

3:21 pm

ADHDWordLover

this looks like a tuff grid

3:21 pm

ADHDWordLover

rofl

3:22 pm

ADHDWordLover

who's Leo?

3:23 pm

ADHDWordLover

i just read your profile NB... I'll adopt you!

3:23 pm

Nancy Boy

he's my partner, ADHD

3:23 pm

ADHDWordLover

you're a sweetie

3:23 pm

crosshair

lol nb,did you get decorated also?

3:24 pm

ADHDWordLover

crossie... where did you get your icon pic?

3:24 pm

Nancy Boy

thanks, ADHD! I'll add you to my babble family ;)

3:24 pm

Nancy Boy

well Crossy, I didn't cover my back in shaving foam just for the fun of it ;) although I kind of wish I had, it feels really weird. The cat looks a bit startled though.

3:25 pm

crosshair

lol of that im sure

3:25 pm

ADHDWordLover

*sending hugs*

3:25 pm

ADHDWordLover

keep the laffs coming... ruff day for me today and I'm actually laughing! (and smiling)

3:26 pm

ADHDWordLover

what are the 8s?

3:26 pm

Nancy Boy

Thanks, ADHD :) sorry to hear it's a rough day...that's an adorable car though!

3:26 pm

lynxxx

ec7/8 murder of a greenie

3:26 pm

ADHDWordLover

wish i still had it. we were in a headon collision and it got totalled (1985)

3:27 pm

ADHDWordLover

lepocide?

3:27 pm

lynxxx

ot7/8 lounge chair without arms - or an empire

3:27 pm

ADHDWordLover

awsome clue lyn

3:27 pm

Nancy Boy

oh no! sounds like you were lucky to get out alive

3:27 pm

crosshair

i loved my old bug:))

3:28 pm

Nancy Boy

was this the one without the heating, Crossy?!

3:28 pm

ADHDWordLover

i've owned several

3:28 pm

crosshair

did any have heating?? lol

3:29 pm

crosshair

mine was a purple 1974 with the hydrostatic transmission

3:29 pm

ADHDWordLover

and the hatchback (squareback), the ghia, the fastback.... we've had this chat before.. once a bug nut, always a bug nut

3:29 pm

crosshair

yuppers

3:29 pm

ADHDWordLover

remember the heat? just from the engine

3:29 pm

ADHDWordLover

wow fancy schmancy

3:29 pm

crosshair

mine had the big LOL!!!! 1600cc engine

3:29 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL.

3:30 pm

crosshair

loli spent 2 years with a ice scraper in one hand and the driver window open\

3:30 pm

ADHDWordLover

anyone have the 8s?

3:31 pm

ADHDWordLover

lol you're taking me down memory lane now. i remember a slush storm with my hand out the window freezing

3:31 pm

ADHDWordLover

singing to the tunes on the AM radio to take my mind off my arm

3:31 pm

Nancy Boy

I believe it's little things like that, Crossy, that cause aliens to swoop down low to our planet but then leave again

3:32 pm

Nancy Boy

hah. Leo has gone to buy lemons. I hope your fading theory is right, Crossy ;)

3:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh. u r a pistol NB, anyone ever tell you that?

3:33 pm

Nancy Boy

a pistol, ADHD?! I hope that's good...never heard that expression before in my life :)

3:33 pm

crosshair

trust crossy

3:33 pm

crosshair

if not you can use them for tequillia shooters;)

3:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

yes yes yes.... it's all good, and funny and quick

3:34 pm

Nancy Boy

can't help but feel that the tequila shooters helped get us into this mess Crossy ;)

3:35 pm

crosshair

lol

3:35 pm

Nancy Boy

and kind of sexy in a James Bond kind of way ;)
no no, I jest. Thank you though :D try my best!

3:35 pm

ADHDWordLover

is there a list today?

3:36 pm

vlcl

any clues for those py words?

3:36 pm

lynxxx

Lickety is there

3:36 pm

crosshair

lol,ill never get to 50% to ever have a look at it;(

3:36 pm

ADHDWordLover

NB, please call me Do or DoDo (pronounced doodoo) ALL of my friends and family call me that. and now that you're family....

3:37 pm

ADHDWordLover

that goes for all my babble buds... ADHD is tuff to type fast

3:37 pm

crosshair

py+ im low on iron so i am A***** and pl

3:37 pm

Nancy Boy

No problem, DoDo :) and of course, call me whatever you like; I answer to most things. Koren names, English names ;)

3:37 pm

ADHDWordLover

that didn't work crossy

3:37 pm

ADHDWordLover

nm pl

3:38 pm

ADHDWordLover

pynemia?

3:38 pm

ADHDWordLover

pynemias?

3:38 pm

crosshair

ahh lose the a and then..sorry

3:38 pm

crosshair

n

3:38 pm

ADHDWordLover

pynemia still doesn't work

3:38 pm

crosshair

darn im in typo hell

3:38 pm

ADHDWordLover

go it. i should know that word (nursie ratchet here)

3:38 pm

crosshair

not the decriptive but the act of being

3:39 pm

crosshair

ahh hell,im laying it out badly;/

3:39 pm

ADHDWordLover

if any nurses want a clue to that: septic

3:39 pm

Nancy Boy

oooh One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is my favourite book EVER!

3:40 pm

ADHDWordLover

i got it crossy..

3:40 pm

crosshair

good book nb,try pappilon also

3:40 pm

ADHDWordLover

never read the book, but have seen the movie more times that i care to admit

3:40 pm

Nancy Boy

however Crossy, your tips regarding the uses of lemon juice are not bad at all ;)

3:41 pm

Nancy Boy

Jack Nicholson was -born- for that role. Loved him more in The Shining though. Amaaazing film

3:41 pm

ADHDWordLover

he's an amazing actor

3:41 pm

crosshair

pappilin is by henrie clarrie(sp) been a long time but you should be able to google it ok

3:42 pm

sprite

back

3:42 pm

crosshair

darn typos..im off to the store..perhaps to find new fingers..semi poof

3:42 pm

ADHDWordLover

read the shining... i'm surprised they chose Olive Oyl to play the wife... opposite of the book

3:42 pm

lynxxx

hi Sprite!

3:42 pm

Nancy Boy

cool Crossy, will look up it up in the library!

3:42 pm

Nancy Boy

LOL. Don't freeze!

3:42 pm

ADHDWordLover

hey crossy wait... please get me some. *sending money for new fingers*

3:42 pm

sprite

papillon

3:43 pm

sprite

lol ADHD

3:43 pm

Nancy Boy

oh I know, right?! I get the feeling she was a blond in the book, amongst other things

3:43 pm

ADHDWordLover

yep an attractive blonde

3:44 pm

tceicher

ce

3:44 pm

Nancy Boy

still was an incredible film though. that weird, eerie music gets me every time...that kind of noise that wind makes around a building, and then those mechanical wincing sounds...just terrifying

3:45 pm

ADHDWordLover

*shivers up my spine*

3:45 pm

Nancy Boy

same, just thinking about it! ooh I hope Leo gets back soon. I'm scared now!

3:46 pm

ADHDWordLover

that was the first movie made with the new techie camera (the strap on)

3:46 pm

sprite

oh Nancy Boy, how did it end with the shamrock?

3:46 pm

ADHDWordLover

camera! where is YOUR mind if not on babble/

3:47 pm

Nancy Boy

hasn't ended yet Sprite, more of an ongoing saga, Leo has gone out for more lemons aaaand...we have scraped a large amount of greeny-tinged shaving foam off our respective skins.

3:47 pm

Nancy Boy

DoDo...*grins*

3:47 pm

sprite

lol Nancy Boy... I hope it is fun and not just painful.

3:47 pm

ADHDWordLover

oooo othat sounds painful... scraping? baby wipes baby wipes

3:48 pm

Nancy Boy

oh it is fun though :D up next, lemon juice and vegetable oil. If it doesn't work, we'll add some rosemary and think about throwing some meat on there.

3:49 pm

sprite

sweat. Work up a sweat, that might help :)
(innocent look on face)

3:50 pm

ADHDWordLover

thank you guys soooooooo much for all this comic relief! much needed comic relief.

3:50 pm

sprite

*escorts ADHD to the Penalty Box*

3:50 pm

Nancy Boy

now how on earth would we do that sprite.

3:50 pm

ADHDWordLover

what did i do????

3:50 pm

sprite

*thinks*
Jogging in place?

3:51 pm

ADHDWordLover

NM i just figured it out. i should stop chattting and start babbbling

3:51 pm

sprite

you mean you don't like being in the penalty box? With all the goodies and tasties and drinks?

3:52 pm

ADHDWordLover

really? BRB

3:52 pm

Nancy Boy

I hear it's settled firmly in the lap of luxury you know ;)

3:52 pm

sprite

a good place to be :)

3:52 pm

ADHDWordLover

ahhhhh I've settled in nicely here in the PB

3:53 pm

sprite

*tries to slip in unnoticed with ADHD*

3:53 pm

Nancy Boy

right! the lemons are here and we have an entire evening at our disposal. Wish us luck, everyone!!

3:54 pm

sprite

have fun, Nancy Boy, and I hope the shamrock comes off.

3:54 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh you were right.... mmmmm brownies, hershey's hugs & kisses, cinnamon buns. *squeezes fat hips back to babble*

3:54 pm

stidgmere

After yesterday's grid I figured I was a genius and would have this done in fifteen minutes flat. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

3:55 pm

sprite

:D wtg ADHD.
Well I have fireflies here, off to bed with me. Thanks for the laughs!

3:55 pm

Nancy Boy

thanks, Sprite :D
Hi and bye, Stid!
and nice talking to you this evening, DoDo, great chatting!
Night all!

3:55 pm

ADHDWordLover

well, you could be a 30 minute genius, or a one hour genius stid

3:55 pm

ADHDWordLover

nite guys

3:55 pm

sprite

stidgmere, only half wrong! Yes you are a genius. And no, this is not a 15 minutes' grid.

3:56 pm

ADHDWordLover

what kinda stupid word is a + rodent?

3:56 pm

stidgmere

Hi Nancy Boy. Green, was it? Probably not even a one hour genius. Hi Sprite, you were in the pb? You know for a long time I thought that was peanut butter. It didn't make any sense.

3:57 pm

ADHDWordLover

it was ME in the box

3:57 pm

sprite

french phrase for friend, ADHD!
Ok, really *poof* now or I will never leave.

3:57 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx. bye sprite.

4:04 pm

JBV

hi folks, - Do Do - the a + rodent is a priest's vestment

4:04 pm

JBV

and thanks for that clue - I didn't have it til I saw your post :)

4:04 pm

Dorens

hi all. should i be in here or outside enjoying the weather?

4:04 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh. someone said it was a french word for friend?

4:05 pm

JBV

no that's am 4/5

4:05 pm

ADHDWordLover

which made sense kinda like "amore"

4:05 pm

JBV

hi doren -

4:05 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh there's another rodent???

4:06 pm

Dorens

hey joanne... heard today that I won't know for a while but my job looks very very shaky

4:06 pm

ADHDWordLover

i don't see another A word with a rodent... what am i missing?

4:07 pm

JBV

oh, what terrible news, - so sorry to hear it - we are still in limbo, fearing the worst, hoping for the best,

4:07 pm

JBV

I'm seriously considering my retirement option

4:07 pm

ADHDWordLover

the weather is gorgeous dorens.. i just got home a little bit ago. even this morning it was sun ny and warm

4:07 pm

JBV

do you have more than one certification?

4:07 pm

Dorens

i have very few options... looking into retirement right now, but i'm only 20 years

4:08 pm

Dorens

i have k - 8 teaching in addition to the counseling, that's worthless right now. everywhere is letting go... what kind of chance do i have against someone who's been teaching more recently... been a counselor for last twelve years

4:08 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh no dorens, just read about your job. my hubby's job has been on shaky ground for a year... he never knows from day to day if he'll have a job and it's getting tuffer as more and more are sent packin'

4:08 pm

JBV

i hope it works out for you - retiring with only 20 years means no health benefits right?

4:08 pm

Dorens

that's right

4:09 pm

Dorens

do you have 25?

4:09 pm

JBV

but can you bump within your own district?

4:09 pm

ADHDWordLover

problem for him is that he's not hireable at his age in his field. too close to retirement

4:09 pm

ADHDWordLover

and i'm disabled and can't work... we need his ins.

4:09 pm

JBV

yes 25 but I'm not yet 62, so my plan was to work at least one more year - now reconsidering

4:09 pm

ADHDWordLover

he's 20 yrs w/his company also

4:09 pm

Dorens

no, because i never taught in this district... started as a counselor.

4:09 pm

stidgmere

These times are difficult for everyone. Just sorry to hear of the mindless cutbacks.

4:10 pm

ADHDWordLover

are you financially able to retire now JB?

4:10 pm

JBV

happened to my brother-in-law -after 31 years at IBM, they "let him go" (sounds like releasing a fish back into the water) - he's only 55

4:10 pm

Dorens

j, everything i hear says retire now if you have the 25! they are looking to mess with the benefits of anyone who hasn't retiried previously

4:10 pm

JBV

yes, I guess so DoDo, my husband has been retired for 3 years, we still have two years left on our mortgage but it's manageable

4:10 pm

JBV

yes, I heard that too, doren -

4:11 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh dorens that sounds toooo familiar. one guy was so close after 22 yrs w/NASDAQ and they cut him loose just before retirement. he's not hireable and his wife has cancer and they cannot afford the cobra

4:11 pm

JBV

the worst is what it is going to do to our schools and classrooms - the cuts will be devastating

4:11 pm

Dorens

don't know if i should go outside and see if the nice weather can cheer me up... that is fairly doubtful though

4:11 pm

smooth_pappa

hi people! 46 left... let's see how quickly I can knock these off.

4:11 pm

Dorens

lots of districts are having to cut all nonessentials.... guidance, obviously, is necessary but not essential

4:12 pm

ADHDWordLover

just go out and take a nice breath of fresh air... slowly in through your nose and slowly out the mouth (very slowly is the key to relaxation)

4:12 pm

Dorens

hi smooth..

4:12 pm

ADHDWordLover

hiya pappa

4:12 pm

JBV

it is beautiful out there, unfortunately we have the background music of chain saws (people cleaning up debris after the storm)

4:13 pm

ADHDWordLover

what's your fav camera pappa?

4:13 pm

Dorens

no, i am fairly fortunate... this is not nice for me, but i will get by if need be. going out... no chain saws right now... see you later

4:13 pm

smooth_pappa

canon!

4:13 pm

smooth_pappa

all the way. I swear by them

4:13 pm

ADHDWordLover

we

4:13 pm

ADHDWordLover

we've been Nikon people for 30 years

4:14 pm

ADHDWordLover

i got a 3k outfit for christmas two years ago and still don't know how to use half the functions.

4:14 pm

ADHDWordLover

we're hobby photogs w/pro cameras

4:14 pm

smooth_pappa

Heh... as much as I love canon, I realy have to grit my teeth and admit that nikon makes quality products too ;)

4:16 pm

ADHDWordLover

i just wanted a digital slr nikon, basic; what a surprise on christmas morning when i opened the boxes! it does take some great photos. used to be a photo was only as good as the photographer, nowadays with technology, it's practically, as my photog prof used to say a PHD camera

4:16 pm

crosshair

back..wife saw the allens brand solid chocolate bunnies and that was it;/

4:16 pm

ADHDWordLover

Push Here Dummy

4:18 pm

ADHDWordLover

lol

4:18 pm

smooth_pappa

the advances they are making with camera technology is amazing... but there's never true substitute for a good eye, good technique, and an understanding of light

4:18 pm

crosshair

reading back on the job woes..they have started a nasty process here.what the big companies do is hire you on,self employed,one year contracts only..no senority,no benefits..nothing

4:19 pm

crosshair

they renew it yearly and your new again

4:20 pm

cybernan

back again -- anyone need clues?

4:20 pm

ADHDWordLover

true pappa. my oldest son is truly amazing. at 14, my hubs gave him HIS first SLR, a yashika with no light meter... the stuff my kid turned out from that camera was amazing

4:20 pm

ADHDWordLover

a great understanding of light and composition

4:20 pm

crosshair

no more 33 years and the gold watch and the pension

4:21 pm

ADHDWordLover

sure nan. CA5/14 and 6/24 (combo?)

4:22 pm

crosshair

what interests me is that high speed black and white film.can do some wild shots with it

4:22 pm

cybernan

one set is a combo and the other isn't -- do you have the piece of jewelry carved from ivory?

4:22 pm

ADHDWordLover

does anyone use film anymore?

4:22 pm

crosshair

good for outdoor diffused lighting conditions

4:23 pm

crosshair

some do adhd

4:23 pm

ADHDWordLover

a few yrs ago my Nikon FE2 body was selling on ebay for what i'd paid for it in 1986; i bought tons of stuff for that getup and someone just said yesterday at a photo dept that i'm stuck with it..said to donate it

4:23 pm

crosshair

im sure befor long it will go the way of the dodo bird

4:24 pm

cybernan

ca 5 - 6 combo: my country + opp. ego

4:24 pm

ADHDWordLover

uh... glad i'm not related to the dodo (i'm doo doo, but my aunt spelled it do do, go figure, she was only 13)

4:24 pm

smooth_pappa

sure! a lot of pro nature photographers (like those who shoot for National geographic, and similar styles) will use film. The market is really dwindling. especially gven that every year digital makes advances on the benefits that film still holds, but it will be some time before film really dies out

4:24 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx nan. great clue

4:24 pm

crosshair

i remember the time i had to run to beat the deadline to get all my rolls of 110 film done.they were discontinuing the processing of it at stores

4:25 pm

ADHDWordLover

good, cuz i want to sell my old stuff, not donate it.

4:25 pm

cybernan

do you have the other ca 6/24?

4:25 pm

smooth_pappa

but most of those guys don't use 35mm film. They use medium and large format setups

4:25 pm

ADHDWordLover

lol

4:25 pm

crosshair

id not waste much time at it adhd

4:25 pm

ADHDWordLover

yes nan tx

4:26 pm

crosshair

my dad is in the same boat he has a nice pentax system with all the goodies

4:26 pm

ADHDWordLover

aha. then the 35mm IS done for. i could donate stuff to the university

4:26 pm

JBV

does anyone have any of the i's on the third row?

4:27 pm

crosshair

lenses,filters,tripods.light meters

4:27 pm

cybernan

digital is such a bonus for the amateur though -- nothing like coming back from a 6 week trip with 2000+ photos to pick and choose from

4:27 pm

ADHDWordLover

my bro=in=law bought a working very old camera with 10x10 plates

4:27 pm

crosshair

now that is a grand idea adhd,leat the kids learn on it

4:27 pm

smooth_pappa

35mm still does get used, but mostly by hobbiests who don't want to give up their old systems. I've even got a couple of old 35mm cameras gathering dust around here somewhere. lol

4:27 pm

ADHDWordLover

true nan

4:27 pm

cybernan

im + opp. ego and plural

4:27 pm

smooth_pappa

oh?! that soounds like a great old camera! I'm a sucker for antique cameras. :)

4:27 pm

ADHDWordLover

i inquired about it yesterday; we've got 4 cameras here completely outfitted

4:28 pm

ADHDWordLover

so is my brother-in-law

4:28 pm

cybernan

and the clue below + vowel

4:28 pm

JBV

thanks, nan - I have that but those are from the i in the second row

4:28 pm

crosshair

we have a old kodak eastman round here someplace;0

4:28 pm

ADHDWordLover

it was hysterical watching him using it with his head under the cloth hood

4:29 pm

ADHDWordLover

i've got several of those... a very early box camera, and 2 more box cameras later on... fun to see the "technology" changes way back then

4:29 pm

cybernan

well then, id 5 x2? -- the lunatic and the lunatic with a diff. final consonant

4:29 pm

crosshair

what i love is going though those pictures on glass plates at the antique shpooe

4:30 pm

cybernan

like most people my age my first camera was a brownie

4:30 pm

JBV

thanks! that greyed out the box on the left

4:30 pm

ADHDWordLover

i know; i love that and old books. i love the smells

4:30 pm

crosshair

ahh..the old book smell;))))

4:30 pm

ADHDWordLover

when was that nan?

4:31 pm

crosshair

i have several tomes with that scent atm

4:31 pm

cybernan

ic 6 -- compound word -- very popular guy at the curling rink

4:31 pm

cybernan

you really like to rub it in, don't you, c

4:31 pm

cybernan

lol -- probably around 1950

4:31 pm

ADHDWordLover

there is an old warehouse that a book guy owns and the first floor is just books and books and books. he runs an old heater and plays ambient classical music. a wonderful place to spend a nasty day

4:31 pm

JBV

got the ic 6 - thanks nan, my grandfather's occupation

4:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

i got my first in 1955 nan

4:32 pm

crosshair

sound like a good place to me:)

4:32 pm

crosshair

we have a guy near here who has the entire second floor of a old barn just crammed with books;)

4:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

it is. it's the sounds and oooo the smells

4:33 pm

cybernan

going to be on my way -- back at the flip :)
Have a great day everyone

4:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

I can see it crossy

4:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

who was here the nite we were discussing eidetic imagery?

4:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

bye nan

4:34 pm

crosshair

on the main floor you hang your coats on this endless row of hooks and wipe your feet on mats

4:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh, i'm loving this

4:35 pm

crosshair

no hydro he opens the big old hay loading door when the weather is nice and uses naptha lamps when it is not,but it runs mostly daytime hours oly

4:36 pm

ADHDWordLover

sounds wonderful

4:36 pm

crosshair

then we wait till spring for him to open once again;)

4:36 pm

crosshair

ive spent 4 hours in there once lol

4:36 pm

ADHDWordLover

with the clear picture from your descriptives, it feels as tho i'm there. *sniffing books*

4:37 pm

ADHDWordLover

that's all? only a few times I've spent more than that, on a pre-winter dank cold day.

4:37 pm

crosshair

lol,always end up bringing old chaff bits into the car on my shoes afterwards

4:37 pm

ADHDWordLover

lol

4:39 pm

crosshair

crossy is waiting till may first with relish;)

4:39 pm

ADHDWordLover

lol

4:39 pm

crosshair

i even have a shelf cleared off for trade

4:39 pm

ADHDWordLover

you crack me up... do you always speak of yourself in the 3rd person?

4:40 pm

crosshair

only in here cause crossy knows it makes the ladies smile;0

4:40 pm

ADHDWordLover

reminds me of old Ted Danson show, Becker...

4:40 pm

crosshair

everyone loves the fool;)

4:41 pm

ADHDWordLover

really?

4:41 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh i'm sorry... were you implying you are a fool? in that case, yes lol

4:41 pm

crosshair

first trick is to make the ladies smile.i would make a total idiot of myself just to see my lady smile;)

4:42 pm

ADHDWordLover

aw, lucky lady

4:42 pm

crosshair

17 years later and i still love to hear her laugh

4:42 pm

pugmama763

acting a fool is not the same as being one

4:42 pm

ADHDWordLover

i was just happy to find a brain when I met my husband

4:42 pm

crosshair

indeed pug

4:43 pm

ADHDWordLover

he was really upset when i'd verbalized that to him, because he was thinking along different lines lol

4:43 pm

smooth_pappa

FIREWORKS!

4:43 pm

crosshair

i am incognito

4:43 pm

crosshair

yaa for smooth!!

4:43 pm

ADHDWordLover

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO FOR PAPPA! YOU DID IT!! YAY FOR YOU! SPEECH SPEECH *band starts playing the victory song*

4:44 pm

crosshair

lol there is our adhd:)

4:44 pm

smooth_pappa

lol not feeling overly dramatic today, are we? ;)

4:44 pm

ADHDWordLover

guess it's time to start thinking of supper... it's so light out I didn't realize it's almost 6pm! and I haven't even begun to think about supper!

4:44 pm

smooth_pappa

and now I gotta scram! take care all!

4:45 pm

pugmama763

***passing the valium to ADHD******

4:45 pm

crosshair

someone finished yesterday and was verry sad you were not there to cheer them at the finish

4:45 pm

ADHDWordLover

actually I had a tuff day and felt rather crummy, until I came here and the chat was making me laugh, so I guess I've got my groove back.

4:45 pm

ADHDWordLover

aww

4:45 pm

crosshair

we aim to please

4:46 pm

ADHDWordLover

valium..yuch. never could understand downers; why anyone would like them

4:46 pm

crosshair

come on up and see us in may and ill take you to the book barn

4:46 pm

ADHDWordLover

i'm the capital H in adHyperD

4:46 pm

ADHDWordLover

don't tempt me crossy

4:47 pm

ADHDWordLover

we have friends in England who keep telling me to visit

4:47 pm

ADHDWordLover

we have friends in Canada who keep telling me to visit

4:47 pm

ADHDWordLover

we go to northern Maine a few times a year, 3 miles from the border; looked at property in Canada

4:48 pm

ADHDWordLover

have friends in Scotland who keep telling me to visit

4:48 pm

ADHDWordLover

which end of Canada are you guys on crossy?

4:49 pm

crosshair

we are northern ontario adhd,you hit toronto and drive 4 hours north to georgian bay and i live in a town called collingwood

4:49 pm

crosshair

east coast canada have the best people on earth;))

4:49 pm

sukee

I agree :)

4:49 pm

ADHDWordLover

i just read the story in your profile... loved it

4:50 pm

crosshair

lol sukee you a down easter?

4:50 pm

ADHDWordLover

wonder how far it would be from Houlton Maine?

4:50 pm

crosshair

ty adhd;)

4:51 pm

ADHDWordLover

be back soon (i hope) really must think about supper!

4:51 pm

crosshair

kk tc adhd

4:53 pm

sukee

I'm in Ontario but half my family are Newfies

4:54 pm

crosshair

i am doing boneless,skinless chunks of chicken breast in a fried oriental rice with mushrooms and broccoli;0

4:54 pm

sukee

had chicken soup and crackers, feeling under the weather

4:55 pm

bojazz

i've been thinking about supper since i finished lunch :)

4:55 pm

crosshair

as am i sukee. crossy shares his home made soup

4:56 pm

sukee

Mr. Knorr made my soup

4:56 pm

crosshair

lol

4:57 pm

crosshair

i recomend a irish coffee infused with mr jim beams elixir just before bed

4:58 pm

stidgmere

Way too much Babble for me today. Concert tonight with young Stidgrandson playing. All for me now. Enjoy your suppers.

4:59 pm

crosshair

tc stiddles

5:01 pm

crosshair

footstool for the ot 7 and 8

5:03 pm

Nef

Hi

5:03 pm

crosshair

howdy nef

5:04 pm

bojazz

cana body get a clue for either of the PY's?? please?

5:04 pm

bojazz

*can a

5:04 pm

crosshair

medical jargon for septic

5:04 pm

crosshair

and pl

5:04 pm

Nef

I was here a few minutes ago and entering words like crazy and had posted in chat and NOTHING was added! Babble said I wasn't logged in! So I had to LOG OUT and then log back in!

5:05 pm

crosshair

:(( poor nef

5:06 pm

bojazz

and if you aren't versed in medical jargon?? :(

5:06 pm

crosshair

py+ an**** means im low in iron

5:06 pm

Nef

I was posting how I'd be adding words and my DH would call me away to do some tasks again; like now he wants me to run to the pharmacy for him again!

5:08 pm

Mom

is he ill Nef? Hi everyone

5:09 pm

Nef

Mo, he has MS and can't drive anymore. So, I'm off to the pharmacy agin I guess. :-/

5:10 pm

Nef

sorry for the typos. BBS

5:10 pm

Mom

oh Nef, I am so sorry.

5:10 pm

Mom

hurry back, you'll be missed

5:10 pm

bojazz

thx crossy - got it - have a big bite of bacon pie, on me!

5:11 pm

crosshair

:))))

5:21 pm

Mom

does anyone have the ec 7/40? If so, please may I have a clue?

5:22 pm

bojazz

ec + vowel + **** - rhymes with h*** & seek

5:23 pm

Mom

thanks Bo, off to look

5:23 pm

bojazz

then plural

5:24 pm

Mom

thank you, got both of them

5:24 pm

bojazz

Mom, your icon -LOL

5:25 pm

Mom

thank you Bo. My dad sent me a bunch of ads from the 1930's and each week I am using one as my icon

5:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

WHen you say you have a wonderful husband of 27 years, does it mean you have been

5:26 pm

bojazz

really goes well with our personal eating habits today, no?

5:26 pm

Kaplan the Magne

married that long or that he is 27 years old?

5:26 pm

Mom

very much so Bo

5:26 pm

bojazz

LOL

5:27 pm

Mom

lol Kaplan, we have been married 27 years.

5:27 pm

bojazz

and Kap - who is the lovely in your icon?

5:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Shoot, I was hoping you had your own little Ashton Kutcher.

5:27 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Tallulah Bankhead.

5:28 pm

Mom

oh no Kaplan, he is 55

5:28 pm

bojazz

shoulda known that - a real beauty

5:28 pm

Kaplan the Magne

If I ever get another chance, I am going to find a young one.

5:29 pm

Kaplan the Magne

And how sick does that sound if it were coming from a man?

5:29 pm

bojazz

age is a state of mind - no problem with younger, either way

5:29 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I'm kidding- I don't think I would bother dating anyone.

5:30 pm

Mom

I don't know Kaplan, how sick is it? I don't pay any mind to age with people

5:31 pm

Mom

although I don't think i would like one only 2 years older than my oldest child

5:31 pm

Kaplan the Magne

When men say they are looking for a much younger woman it has an ick factor but if a woman says she wants a hot young guy we say "You go girl!"

5:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I don't actually think all these things I'm saying. I'm just tired and not into the grid. DOn't mind me.

5:33 pm

Mom

rough day today, Kaplan?

5:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

No, just I woke up too early bcause of my damn cat

5:34 pm

Mom

around 6 a.m.?

5:34 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I could kick her out of the bedroom altogether, but she's cute at night

5:35 pm

Mom

she would just paw at the door then

5:35 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My husband usually gets up early, but when he sleeps in till 7 she gets pissed

5:35 pm

Kaplan the Magne

WOrese- she would cry.

5:35 pm

Mom

ah sounds like Ziggy our cat. He has the most pitiful mew

5:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

My cat sits in front of the house at about people-coming-home-from-work time, and meows at them

5:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Whore-cat.

5:36 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Works the street.

5:37 pm

Mom

lol Kaplan

5:37 pm

bojazz

LOL

5:38 pm

Dorens

heigh ho

5:38 pm

Mom

{{Dorens}} hello. glad your electric is back on

5:39 pm

Dorens

yes, thanks mom me too. now if i could just get the governor to reverse his new budget, and I have a job next year, i'd be all set. amazing how we take things for granted

5:40 pm

Mom

oh no, you are going to lose your job? I am so sorrly

5:40 pm

Mom

sorry*

5:40 pm

Dorens

my district is losing 800,000 dollars.. lots of programs probably being cut, including guidance

5:41 pm

bojazz

not to worry! the government is here to take care of everybody! :)

5:41 pm

Mom

Guidance counselors are needed more than ever now a days

5:42 pm

Dorens

hah! i'm five years from retirement, being forced into it too early.. won't get the benefits i would have if i were there five more years.

5:42 pm

Dorens

and yes, mom, i agree with you on that... maybe halftiime, not full time, but certainly needed

5:42 pm

Mom

Oh Dorens, I hate to hear that

5:43 pm

bojazz

amen! to the need Dorens

5:43 pm

Dorens

well, there's a chance... it isn't written in stone yet. but it is very likely... if they can't get the money, they do need to make cuts. this is just shameful.... all over the state of New Jersey

5:45 pm

Mom

I hope they can find the money. I think it is the same just about everywhere

5:45 pm

jmcnrick

ah dorens not laid off yet?

5:45 pm

Dorens

funny.. i thought i was safe... watching people lose jobs all over.. didn't think it would be me.

5:45 pm

Dorens

no, not yet jmc, but we got the specific numbers in our district and it doesn't look good ..

5:46 pm

jmcnrick

too bad -- hope it turns out okay

5:47 pm

angelinaxox

Just reading what you wrote Dorens. Couldn't agree with you more about Jersey. About ready to leave for a board meeting tonight in the town where I teach. Nervous to hear what they are going to tell us, but it doesn't look good.

5:47 pm

Dorens

will certainly keep you informed. principal (she's a friend) said it will be a roller coaster between now and june... there is a little hope, but not much

5:47 pm

Dorens

what do you teach angelina?

5:48 pm

Mom

sending good thoughts your way Dorens and you too Angelina

5:48 pm

Mom

sweetie is home. gonna scoot be back in a bit

5:48 pm

Dorens

our board budget meeting is tomorrow.... they heard this morning that they can present a budget to the town asking to waive the cap and go up to ten percent... which is what I heard they may do. i doubt strongly that the town would pass such a budge

5:48 pm

Dorens

bye mom

5:48 pm

angelinaxox

I teach full day kindergarten, but there's a lot of talk about cutting the full day program and going half day or possibly even cutting kindergarten

5:49 pm

angelinaxox

Thanks Mom!

5:49 pm

Dorens

they're talking about full day going to half.. it is the last cut on the chopping block. my job goes before that. (which i do understand). good luck to you

5:49 pm

Dorens

what district?

5:49 pm

angelinaxox

Thanks. I teach in Runnemede, down in South Jersey.

5:50 pm

stidmama

HELLO FRIENDS!!!!! *very happy mama look*

5:50 pm

Dorens

you have tenure?

5:50 pm

Dorens

hi stid. glad you're happy. angelina and I are happy for you. but we might be losing our jobs

5:50 pm

stidmama

*scanning chog* oh doren, that is rotten news.

5:51 pm

angelinaxox

Yes, I do, fortunately, but I will have to bump someone else, which isn't so good.

5:51 pm

angelinaxox

Hi Stid.

5:51 pm

Dorens

no. none of it is good

5:51 pm

stidmama

our school lost its counselor this year, she was already halftime last year, and this year... it's so hard on the kids when this happens.

5:51 pm

angelinaxox

Good luck to you Dorens. Will keep you in my thoughts. I'm off to my board meeting.

5:51 pm

Minveryork

I just saw your post angelinaxox and that is going to happen in my district too.Not only kindergarten,but pre-k too. Pre-k and kindergarten teachers have to post into another grade.Some may have to teach 6th

5:52 pm

Dorens

good luck angelina

5:52 pm

stidmama

(((angelina))) good luck.

5:52 pm

angelinaxox

Yikes, Min. I really hope not. and thanks all for the good wishes.

5:52 pm

Dorens

i didn't think i'd want to go back to the classroom, but when i think of no job at all... it is just so scary

5:53 pm

jmcnrick

*looks in her world saving bag of tricks for a solution*

5:53 pm

Minveryork

Anyway,good luck with your job angelinaxox! *POOF*

5:53 pm

jmcnrick

:-[

5:54 pm

stidmama

I agree doren -- and the thing of it is, from my perspective, is that qualified, experienced people like you, once out of the schools, are not likely to return. Leaving only people like me, new to the profession, to fill in the gaps when they start hiring again.

5:54 pm

stidmama

hey jmxc

5:54 pm

jmcnrick

*co**s up empty handed*

5:54 pm

stidmama

oops. jmC. *sigh* just got home, and it was a long day.

5:54 pm

stidmama

and as a beginner, I will NEED people like you to hold my hand and help me navigate things the first couple of years!

5:54 pm

jmcnrick

i kinds like jmxc seems kinda jolly

5:55 pm

Dorens

that is a big assumption stid, that they will start hiring again?

5:55 pm

jmcnrick

eventually dorens

5:55 pm

Dorens

well stid, you have my hand to hold, no problem. and i imagine people like me will volunteer if retired, to try to help out

5:55 pm

jmcnrick

recessions/depressions don't last forever

5:55 pm

stidmama

Within 2-5 years, they will doren, because with fewer staff/teachers, the class sizes and support groups will be too big to do the kinds of "quality" work they are mandating.

5:56 pm

Dorens

the governor of new jersey has a personal vendetta against public schools though

5:56 pm

stidmama

The public will begin to see the problems with "business" solutions for education.

5:57 pm

stidmama

that's too bad, doren. *bright look* you could move here! we have a year-round temperate (if wet) climate, and pretty scenery. And me, of course. *grin*

5:57 pm

Dorens

but if i retire (which i think i will be forced to do) then how do i reapply in 2-5 years when they decide they do need a guidance counselor? and how likely are they to hire a 60 + person when there are younger (=cheaper) folks around

5:57 pm

stidmama

but we don't have a princess phoebe...

5:57 pm

jmcnrick

oh stiddie

5:57 pm

Dorens

yes, but you fired your guidance counselor before nj did

5:57 pm

jmcnrick

i have to shift my trip to the nw to an earlier weekend

5:58 pm

Dorens

princess phoebe is in Puerto Rico now (spring break forced vacation cause her daycare closed for the week)

5:58 pm

stidmama

me gusta Puerto Rico!!!!

i <3 P.R.

5:59 pm

stidmama

you do jmc? which one? that actually makes it easier for me.

5:59 pm

Dorens

yup. me too. she is actually on the island of vieques

5:59 pm

jmcnrick

aug 14?

5:59 pm

jmcnrick

let me double check brb

5:59 pm

stidmama

very cool, doren. I hope she loves it as much as I did. I STILL miss P.R. and it has been 37 years.

5:59 pm

stidmama

works for me, jmc. You need me to clear out a corner of the living room for you?

5:59 pm

Dorens

we definitely should have all babblers do a PR vacation the same week!

6:00 pm

stidmama

I completely agree with you doren. That would be amazingly wonderful.

6:00 pm

jmcnrick

21st

6:00 pm

stidmama

it is so beautiful here at the moment... I am at the picnic table, running Lucky ragged.

6:01 pm

Dorens

sun, palm trees, coco frios, snorkeling, and babbling? heaven

6:01 pm

Dorens

you are going to a concert tonight stid?

6:01 pm

stidmama

21st works too. I think I have a "must attend" thing at school that Friday, but the evening and all weekend is free (unless stidkid has a performance, in which case you are invited!!)

6:01 pm

jmcnrick

sounds good

6:01 pm

hego

hi All. Back to finish with wine in hand. What are the odds?

6:01 pm

stidmama

cucarachas, ROUSes, monsoons...

6:02 pm

jmcnrick

so need to check with pini too though

6:02 pm

stidmama

hey hego

6:02 pm

Dorens

i have wine in hand too. very good odds

6:02 pm

jmcnrick

what kind of wine *holds out glass*

6:02 pm

stidmama

the odds of you having a glass of wine, or the odds of you finishing the grid, or the odds of you being able to finish after the glass of wine? *innocent statistician mama look*

6:02 pm

hego

yeah Dorens!

6:02 pm

jmcnrick

oops I am working over time here I should head on home

6:02 pm

hego

Sauvignon blanc jmc.

6:03 pm

hego

Have some,

6:03 pm

stidmama

(((jmc))) will pencil you in for the 21st, and see you again soon.

6:03 pm

Dorens

i'm ddrinking 2006 alexander valley cabernet sauvignon from Coppola

6:03 pm

hego

mine is from NZ. yours is better.

6:03 pm

stidmama

I am drinking water...

6:03 pm

Dorens

wish i could be there folks. y'all should come down to sonoma and meet Phoebe and me

6:04 pm

stidmama

from the tap, water. pure 100% well water (filtered for the sulphur)

6:04 pm

stidmama

that would be so much fun, doren.

6:04 pm

jmcnrick

bye *runs to put top down on miata and drive home*

6:04 pm

Dorens

i'm drinking water too stid. i love water

6:05 pm

hego

Miata! Where's the Saab?

6:05 pm

stidmama

maybe the saab is still under the snowbank, hego?

6:05 pm

jmcnrick

boy's got the saab for a road trip and i got the miata

6:05 pm

hego

I like water too, but not right now. ;-)

6:05 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

6:05 pm

hego

All right jmc! Go girl!

6:05 pm

Dorens

fair trade. enjoy

6:06 pm

hego

YUP!

6:07 pm

stidmama

I should have inquired about the difficulty of the grid before diving in. *stuck up to the armpits in mucky grid*

6:07 pm

Dorens

i'm down to 24 and it is now a brick wall followed by a stone wall

6:07 pm

hego

Awwww, poor stiddy

6:07 pm

stidmama

I am UP to 27! LOL

6:08 pm

hego

23

6:08 pm

stidmama

go hego
!

6:08 pm

stidmama

go jmc!!!

6:08 pm

stidmama

go Doren!

6:08 pm

stidmama

go everyone!!!

6:08 pm

hego

Anybody got the 1st co 5/14

6:09 pm

hego

YAY! GO

6:09 pm

stidmama

the sun is GOing behind a cloud. I think I will relocate, take a quick nap to recharge and get ready for the kid-concert this evening!

6:09 pm

Dorens

behave together hego

6:09 pm

Dorens

how about the second one?

6:09 pm

hego

Good evening Stid

6:09 pm

hego

ty Dorens

6:10 pm

Dorens

enjoy the nap, enjoy the concert stid

6:10 pm

stidmama

(((hugs all))) see you tomorrow.

*poof*

6:13 pm

vlcl

any clues for the py words?

6:13 pm

Dorens

down to 20, probably should do some dinner. bbl

6:13 pm

hego

blood infection

6:14 pm

hego

think of the blood suffix

6:14 pm

vlcl

hemo?

6:15 pm

hego

almost

6:15 pm

hego

think An****

6:15 pm

vlcl

pyemoa

6:15 pm

vlcl

oops

6:15 pm

hego

close

6:15 pm

hego

change vowel

6:16 pm

hego

after m

6:16 pm

vlcl

got one of them tx

6:16 pm

hego

vici?

6:17 pm

vlcl

yes/

6:17 pm

hego

got it?

6:17 pm

car.eeyore

Ty for the clue! I got 2 py words...how many are there?

6:18 pm

hego

just 2 Car

6:18 pm

hego

anyone have the 1st ca 6/24?

6:19 pm

car.eeyore

The first 1 I have is tin ca* + freud talked of *** and egos.

6:19 pm

vlcl

dogs

6:19 pm

hego

that's the 1st one?

6:20 pm

car.eeyore

don't know...it is the first one that I have.

6:20 pm

vlcl

i only have one so far

6:20 pm

hego

there's one before that.

6:21 pm

hego

After the lady's face brooch

6:21 pm

hego

definately 2

6:21 pm

hego

Uh, definitely

6:22 pm

vlcl

lady's face brooch??????

6:22 pm

car.eeyore

TY! I didn't have that one!

6:22 pm

car.eeyore

The other ca 6 I have is ca 6/21

6:22 pm

hego

LOL, I shouldn't drink and play. :-P

6:23 pm

hego

No, that's a burial mound, right?

6:23 pm

car.eeyore

Yes.

6:23 pm

vlcl

a rock pile or kind of terrier

6:23 pm

hego

One more Car. 6/24

6:24 pm

hego

we have that vici

6:25 pm

hego

I'll keep looking and let you know.

6:25 pm

fuquayvarina

the other ca6 is a kind of shirt -- ca+ always keep your pro****

6:25 pm

car.eeyore

TY Fuquay!

6:25 pm

fuquayvarina

yw!

6:25 pm

hego

Bless you Fuq!

6:26 pm

fuquayvarina

could someone help me with bottom row O?

6:26 pm

car.eeyore

Foot stools Fuquay!

6:27 pm

car.eeyore

I need help with the middle O!

6:27 pm

fuquayvarina

oh, thanks!

6:27 pm

hego

poofy footstools

6:27 pm

hego

middle id the sea

6:27 pm

hego

is

6:28 pm

car.eeyore

Oh! HOw embarrassing! Sorry!

6:28 pm

fuquayvarina

ty, hego. never saw that

6:28 pm

car.eeyore

TY!

6:28 pm

fuquayvarina

how about second row E?

6:28 pm

hego

yw

6:29 pm

car.eeyore

EC 7 and 8...think of killing the ec*system

6:30 pm

hego

suffix that means kill

6:30 pm

fuquayvarina

I figured it was that beginning, but give a hint of ending?

6:30 pm

fuquayvarina

oh, thanks!

6:30 pm

hego

YAY!

6:30 pm

fuquayvarina

didn't know that was a word

6:31 pm

fuquayvarina

finally NBT, thanks to your clues!

6:31 pm

hego

nobody did. lol

6:31 pm

hego

yw Fuq

6:31 pm

car.eeyore

Hooray!

6:32 pm

fuquayvarina

I've been challenging myself to get NBT with as few words as possible, but today I just couldn't do it

6:32 pm

dixmak

are the AM6/24 & 7/36 a combo?

6:32 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I keep tryin gyour ec clues but it doesn't work...

6:33 pm

dan2bit

am6/24 is a plural

6:33 pm

hego

yes dix

6:33 pm

hego

Hi Kap

6:33 pm

car.eeyore

ec + round vowel + theme song from MASH is sui**** is painless.

6:33 pm

hego

dan the 2nd one

6:33 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh- I was missing the second c

6:35 pm

car.eeyore

I'm sorry...are there 2 am 6's?

6:36 pm

car.eeyore

* am 6/24's?

6:36 pm

hego

yes

6:36 pm

hego

3 actually

6:36 pm

hego

in a row

6:36 pm

car.eeyore

Got 'em!

6:36 pm

hego

all same first 4 letters

6:37 pm

hego

YAY! Car!

6:37 pm

fuquayvarina

thanks!

6:37 pm

hego

yw

6:38 pm

Jellen

Hullo, all...

6:38 pm

car.eeyore

BBL!

6:38 pm

fuquayvarina

hi jellen, bye car!

6:38 pm

hego

Hi Jellen Bye, Car dear.

6:39 pm

hego

10 to go!

6:40 pm

Jellen

Go, hego!

6:40 pm

hego

ty

6:40 pm

fuquayvarina

go, go, hego, go!

6:40 pm

hego

:o)

6:41 pm

magdagger

anyone get the ic6/24? I think I have a brain freeze

6:41 pm

crosshair

crossy is making home made bits and bites;))

6:41 pm

hego

Ooooo!

6:43 pm

Jellen

Bacon bits and bites?

6:43 pm

crosshair

mini pretzels,cheese sticks,cherios,shreddies coated in celery salt,dash of pepper,worchester sauce and soya sauce..the salt content is insane but it is baked;)

6:43 pm

Jellen

Sorry, don't have the ic 6, mag...

6:43 pm

hego

I am a mite peckish. ty Crossy, love.

6:44 pm

Jellen

Ooh, yummy!

6:44 pm

crosshair

np hego:))

6:44 pm

vlcl

ic6 24 frozen water + male person

6:44 pm

hego

Ic6 Guy who delivers the wter cubes

6:44 pm

hego

water.

6:45 pm

Jellen

Thanks, hego

6:45 pm

hego

yw

6:45 pm

Jellen

and vicl!

6:46 pm

magdagger

that's so funny...I thought I tried that one already...oops, must of had a typo. TY vlvl

6:46 pm

magdagger

nare

6:47 pm

hego

Or not had cursor in the right spot.

6:47 pm

magdagger

oops! I think you are right

6:47 pm

hego

Happens

6:48 pm

hego

:-D

6:48 pm

sixty7stang13

ce 7/40 pls

6:49 pm

hego

ce 7 is pottery

6:49 pm

hego

Fiereworks. Wine and all!

6:50 pm

vlcl

ty hego

6:50 pm

sixty7stang13

tyvm hego

6:50 pm

hego

Uh Fireworks! too funny!

6:50 pm

hego

yw 67

6:50 pm

hego

YAY! Done de Done done!

6:51 pm

Sudokuaddict

can i get a clue for the ma6 please

6:51 pm

sixty7stang13

congrats hego!

6:51 pm

Jellen

Yay, hego!!!

6:52 pm

hego

It's the root from which tapioca is made. yucca

6:52 pm

hego

ty Friends

6:52 pm

vlcl

ty hego again!

6:52 pm

hego

yw vici

6:53 pm

magdagger

hooray!! way to go, hego

6:53 pm

hego

I'm on a roll. I should drink and Babble more often.

6:53 pm

hego

ty mag

6:53 pm

Dorens

here here!

6:53 pm

Dorens

hear hear?

6:54 pm

hego

Hi Dorens!

6:54 pm

hego

whatever!

6:54 pm

Dorens

wine assist babbling?

6:54 pm

hego

Yup. lol

6:55 pm

magdagger

I think I am gonna go get me a drink, hego..maybe it will help

6:55 pm

hego

Go mag!

6:55 pm

Dorens

finished my cabernet here, sorry can't pour you any. or even pour ME any

6:56 pm

hego

Any other clues before I pass out ;-P

6:56 pm

Dorens

sure, how about the second co5/14?

6:57 pm

hego

You can have some of mine Dorens.

6:57 pm

hego

2nd is hot co---

6:57 pm

Dorens

think i'll hold hego, but thnaks

6:57 pm

Dorens

oh man, anchovies in the hot co***

6:57 pm

magdagger

if you would like to share the ec8,55

6:58 pm

hego

it's plural of the 7

6:58 pm

Dorens

and the seven is????

6:58 pm

hego

Which is to kill the ec* system.

6:58 pm

crosshair

crossy pours dorens a shot of bacon vodka

6:58 pm

magdagger

duh, i have it

6:58 pm

Dorens

thanks

6:58 pm

hego

Suffix means to kill.

6:59 pm

hego

yw

6:59 pm

hego

Crossy, how about me!

6:59 pm

Dorens

crossy, i tried the bacon marmalade the other day, did I tell you?

6:59 pm

Dorens

hego, you said you were about to pass out, yes?

6:59 pm

crosshair

bacon vodka for all! i have a fresh batch now!

6:59 pm

hego

Yum :-9

6:59 pm

hego

Not really Dorens.

7:00 pm

dixmak

clue for the MA6/24?

7:00 pm

Dorens

(he's serious, right?)

7:00 pm

crosshair

no you did not dorens,how was it?

7:00 pm

hego

YAY!!! Crossy!

7:00 pm

Dorens

i made lemon grass sake

7:00 pm

crosshair

mm sake...

7:00 pm

hego

dix, ma6 is the root used to make tapioca. yuca

7:00 pm

Dorens

oh it was lovely... had it on toast with peanut butter.. i'm sure there are better uses, will ask my daughter (she gave it to me.. a friend in brooklyn makes it and markets it)

7:01 pm

periwinkle

rats, stil 84 to find. did errands earlier and have been doing laundry for most of the afternoon and early evening :(

7:01 pm

hego

Starts with a guy.

7:01 pm

hego

Ah, Brooklyn! God's country.

7:02 pm

hego

All the world's great foods in one place!

7:02 pm

periwinkle

hello all

7:02 pm

Dorens

she lives in greenpoint.. near queens where there are lots of great ethnic food places.. going there this weekend, not sure what we're eating

7:02 pm

Dorens

hi peri

7:03 pm

hego

It's lovely to eat there Dorens.

7:03 pm

Dorens

your recommendation ? ( i used to love atlantic avenue)

7:04 pm

hego

If there's no more clues needed I'm going to watch tv.

7:04 pm

hego

Atlantic Ave is great!

7:04 pm

Dorens

what a ri**!! I feel like an id*** (those are the last two words i found... down to 8 now)

7:05 pm

hego

It's always the simple ones Dorens

7:06 pm

hego

I'm going to watch my tivoed Jeopardy. G'nite All

7:06 pm

Dorens

to 6/27 (is that simple?)

7:06 pm

hego

No. it's dumb.

7:07 pm

hego

t** cat and a fish. (really)

7:08 pm

Dorens

a fish? i had already figured out the t**, but not finding fish

7:08 pm

Dorens

oh! duh, found it, thanks

7:08 pm

hego

yw

7:09 pm

hego

Bye really.

7:09 pm

hego

POOF!

7:09 pm

Dorens

bye. see you tomorrow

7:10 pm

magdagger

take care, hego

7:12 pm

periwinkle

help with ce7 pls

7:12 pm

Dorens

pottery peri. do you have ce6?

7:12 pm

Uneaixoise

pottery

7:12 pm

Dorens

hey une

7:12 pm

LuvWordGames

ce 7/40 pottery

7:12 pm

Uneaixoise

snap, dorens! LOL

7:13 pm

Dorens

une, it is finally spring here. robins, croci, the whole shebang. thought i'd never see it

7:13 pm

periwinkle

sheesh and I used to make that pottery too, ty

7:13 pm

LuvWordGames

ce 6/21 ce + get up

7:13 pm

Uneaixoise

wonderful, dorens!

7:14 pm

Dorens

just waiting for the ground to dry up a bit... sitting under a heap of snow recently, and then those torrential rains this past weekend.. everything's still a little soggy

7:14 pm

Dorens

thanks luv.. that's a pink fish for me

7:14 pm

LuvWordGames

lol yw Dorens

7:15 pm

Uneaixoise

50 to go . . . taking a break . . . back in a mo *poof*

7:15 pm

Dorens

re6/7 anyone?

7:15 pm

periwinkle

63 here, bbs

7:16 pm

LuvWordGames

re + the change in your pocket

7:16 pm

Dorens

cool thanks.

7:17 pm

Dorens

one left.. will be back later

7:17 pm

LuvWordGames

to 5/12 & to 6/21 please?

7:18 pm

LuvWordGames

never mind, found them

7:20 pm

dixmak

clues for TO's Luv?

7:20 pm

LuvWordGames

to 5/12 to + male and plural

7:21 pm

dixmak

TY Luv

7:21 pm

LuvWordGames

id 5/14 please?

7:21 pm

LuvWordGames

yw dix

7:24 pm

dixmak

a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people.

7:24 pm

LuvWordGames

thanks dix

7:26 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, 18 minutes of free time, woot

7:29 pm

Nef

hello again. This time I'm not budging til I'm done; no matter WHAT dh wants me to do!

7:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and my phantom is pemican

7:30 pm

wildcat17

starting hints for the 8s please

7:31 pm

Nef

ec and ot wild

7:31 pm

wildcat17

ty

7:31 pm

Nef

Ot 8/45 and ec8/55

7:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wow, got the ot 8, TY buddies

7:33 pm

Nef

did you get the ot 7 that goes with it Gwen? (both 8s are pl)

7:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yupper

7:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

echidna! (is not in the grid)

7:36 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

finally, got the ec8, TY again

7:37 pm

Nef

yw :-)

7:37 pm

Nef

dicto

7:38 pm

Nef

sorry. (It isn't a word

7:40 pm

Jacula

It is if you change the letters around a bit Nef.:-)

7:40 pm

Jacula

Hello all.

7:41 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for de6-21? Thanks.

7:41 pm

Jacula

You may have anything you de6/21, gap.

7:41 pm

Nef

thanks, Jac; I did get that one (it was what I was trying to type anyway, but was in the wrong box!

7:42 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks much, Jacula.

7:42 pm

Jacula

y/w, both.

7:42 pm

Nef

I love the colors of your bottles, Jac

7:43 pm

Nef

is that J used in any words today Jac?

7:43 pm

Jacula

Nef - yes, they are nice. Blue bottles look particularly nice sparkling in the light.

7:43 pm

Jacula

Not as I recall, Nef. No.

7:44 pm

Nef

thanks, I keep trying, so thought I'd ask!

7:45 pm

Jacula

I'm here to clue, so ask away.

7:45 pm

Nef

I haven't listed yet; so I don't know what I need yet

7:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

NBT and i am outta here, bye bye all POINK

7:46 pm

Nef

Bye Gwen!

7:46 pm

Jacula

BBS. Just going to try calling the cat again; try to dissuade him from having a night on the tiles. (No, not Babbling, LOL.)

7:46 pm

Jacula

'Bye Gwen.

7:48 pm

Jacula

Cat's either out of earshot or ignoring me.:-(

7:49 pm

Nef

probably both. Does the cat stay out at night often?

7:50 pm

Jacula

He does in summer, but not in winter. He's neutered, but you'd never know it by the way he roams and fights.

7:50 pm

Nef

well, at least he's neutered so he's not propgating litters all over

7:50 pm

Jacula

He's more likely hanging around to see if he can get a go at the lamb bone he knows I'll be putting out for the foxes.

7:51 pm

Nef

you feed the foxes?

7:52 pm

Dorens

ken does too. there's a beautiful fox who visits each morning... loves turkey carcass, etc

7:52 pm

Jacula

Speaking of male cats, the last word I got in today's grid was to6/27, a word I monkeyed. It refers to a small version of a large food fish. Male cat + fish.

7:52 pm

bojazz

hung-up on ra6/21 - 2nd one - anybody can clue that for me?

7:52 pm

Jacula

Nef - most of us around here do. It helps stop them raiding hutches and hen houses.

7:52 pm

Dorens

yes, i needed a clue for that.. couldn't monkey it

7:53 pm

Dorens

bojazz. what you want is a plural of the one before

7:53 pm

Jacula

ra6.21 is the plural of the ra5.12 before it, bojazz.

7:53 pm

sixty7stang13

in 6/24 pls

7:53 pm

Dorens

i'll swallow my pride and ask for the first ca 6/24 please

7:53 pm

Jacula

Or, if it's the first ra6.21 it's 'lifted up' or 'reared'.

7:54 pm

Dorens

what a jury does, in 6

7:54 pm

Jacula

in6.24 - to accuse or bring a judgement against.

7:55 pm

lbdawger

ca + little rodents, change a consonant towards the end

7:55 pm

sixty7stang13

ty Dorens & Jacula

7:55 pm

bojazz

there are 2 6/21's - need the last one

7:55 pm

Jacula

Dorens - sounds like a cross between a photographer's tool and a flimsy top that starts with che.

7:56 pm

Dorens

thanks dawg and jac. between the two of you i got it! (for fireworks)

7:56 pm

Jacula

bojazz - the first clue I gave you was for the 2nd ca6.21. The plural of the ca5 before it.

7:56 pm

welki

'evening, folks

7:56 pm

Jacula

Well done Dorens and y/w. *~*~*~*~

7:57 pm

Jacula

Good evening, welki.

7:57 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo Dorens!!

7:57 pm

lbdawger

hi welki

7:57 pm

bojazz

ca? or you meant ra? Jac

7:57 pm

Nef

YAY, Dorens! WTG!!!

7:58 pm

Jacula

ca, bojazz.

7:58 pm

Nef

hi welki, lbd, and bojazz (and Dorens too)

7:58 pm

bojazz

working on ra - ra6/21, 2nd one

7:58 pm

periwinkle

YAY for Dorens!!

7:58 pm

Jacula

No, ra! Sorry!

7:58 pm

periwinkle

51 left here, laundery all done

7:59 pm

Nef

hi Peri

7:59 pm

Dorens

ra6/21 rhymes with last ca6/24

7:59 pm

Jacula

Incidentally, the reason I don't let the cat gnaw the lamb bones is because he broke one of his incisors doing so in the past.

7:59 pm

Nef

76 left here, haven't listed yet

7:59 pm

Jacula

Hi peri.

7:59 pm

lbdawger

2nd ra6.21 is like the 2nd ca6,21. both are plurals

7:59 pm

bojazz

thx dawg - got it! :)

8:00 pm

Jacula

Nef - you're doing well. Keep at it.

8:02 pm

Jacula

Peri - I'm feeling really virtuous 'cos my laundry's all done too. Washed and ironed, and put away.

8:02 pm

jmbdobie2

greetings to all! 46 left -

8:03 pm

Jacula

Mind you, laundry is a never-ending cycle. If only the family would take up naturism... they don't seem keen.

8:03 pm

Jacula

Hello jmb.

8:04 pm

jmbdobie2

hi jacula - naturism would sure help with laundry!

8:04 pm

Jacula

...And if only dust would stop feeling the need to settle and just go off travelling. How much easier life would be. *sighs*

8:07 pm

Jacula

jmb - yes, but I suppose we'd get through mountains of tissues due to all the colds and chills we'd catch being naturists in the UK. LOL

8:09 pm

stidmama

hello all! *hiding eyes from naturists in chog*

8:09 pm

lbdawger

hi stiddy

8:10 pm

stidmama

hey LBD! so... yesterday the creative writing lesson (8th grade) fell flat. Today (no surprise, 5 different classes) reviewing how to write a bibliography was not a huge hit. HOWEVER...

8:10 pm

Jacula

Hi stid. There are no naturists - it's too cold here in UK.

8:11 pm

stidmama

I did get some feedback that it was better and more useful information than the first time it was presented (by a different teacher, not Language Arts) earlier in the year.

8:11 pm

stidmama

so I survived, and learned a lot, and it was good. I am very very happy I am trying out this challenging age group this year.

8:11 pm

lbdawger

i'm not sure there's an "exciting" way to present bibliography!

8:11 pm

Jacula

Stid - I guess writing a bibliography is not the most exciting kind of writing, but your students do need to know how to do it.

8:12 pm

stidmama

too cold, Jac? but it's sunny and warm (ish)! LOL

8:12 pm

lbdawger

we've had sun, wind, rain, snow and just grey skies today.

8:13 pm

stidmama

yes, it was a necessary lesson. I think one thing that helped was explaining that I don't like writing bibliographies either, and then showing me the 27-item one I did for the paper last quarter! LOL (theirs only has to have three entries)

8:14 pm

stidmama

sorry about the typoese, I can barely read the computer screen today. eyes are so tired.,

8:14 pm

stidmama

and figners are just out of order, too.

8:14 pm

lbdawger

you need to rest those tired eyeballs and let the monkeys fend for themselves! lol

8:14 pm

Jacula

You should see the bbg my daughter's got to do for her dissertation. Your student's would quail, stid.

8:14 pm

stidmama

true, but I am not even to halfway... *sigh*

8:15 pm

redturtlehead

evenin babblers.

8:15 pm

lbdawger

hi red

8:15 pm

Jacula

stid - a night on the Babble tiles or a migraine? You choose.

8:15 pm

stidmama

hey red!

8:15 pm

Jacula

*stern Mama look*

8:15 pm

Jacula

Hi red.

8:15 pm

stidmama

yep. that's what I was showing the kiddos -- (and I already have the migraine, Jac)

8:16 pm

Jacula

EEK! I did an extraneous apostrophe.

8:16 pm

stidmama

LOL Jac!

8:16 pm

Jacula

Stid - you get far too many migraines! What does your doctor say?

8:17 pm

redturtlehead

Jacula! Its Ok, no need for eeek!

8:17 pm

mkg

back to finish. ce 7 clue please?

8:17 pm

pugmama763

clue please for the first of the CA6/24's--just after the jewelry 5?

8:17 pm

stidmama

they're all like aftershocks from the major migraine I had in February, which was the first I had had in MONTHs.

8:17 pm

stidmama

hey pugmama ((hugs))

8:17 pm

Jacula

mkg - Hello. A type of china.

8:17 pm

stidmama

hey mkg

8:17 pm

pugmama763

hi stiddy

8:18 pm

Jacula

or pottery etc.

8:18 pm

Jacula

Hi pugmama.

8:18 pm

stidmama

well, I have to drop stidkid#2 at his school to warm up for the concert, go grab stidkid#1 from the college (he finished his finals early) and race back for the concert. Poor Tom is under the weather. I think he caught Cross's cold...

8:18 pm

mkg

ty. got the ce.

8:18 pm

pugmama763

hi jac

8:18 pm

lbdawger

hi mkg, pug

8:18 pm

mkg

how about ce 5 12?

8:18 pm

pugmama763

hi dawg

8:18 pm

Jacula

red - it's an EEK to me.

8:18 pm

stidmama

(((hugs all))) thanks for being here and putting up with my confuzzled typing. back online tomorrow. *poof*

8:18 pm

redturtlehead

ok, eek away!

8:19 pm

lbdawger

ce+ small spanish river

8:19 pm

Jacula

stid - do all of that and then take time out for yourself. I mean it!

8:19 pm

lbdawger

night night, stid

8:19 pm

mkg

got it. ty.

8:19 pm

Jacula

red - if I keep 'eeking' will you set cheese in a trap?

8:19 pm

pugmama763

nobody? last word here..

8:20 pm

lbdawger

ca6.24 is a long sleeved loose fitting smock. ca + do re ** fa...+ **e you in the morning

8:20 pm

pugmama763

tyvm dawg & fireworks

8:20 pm

Jacula

pug - ca6.24 is like a mixture of a photographer's tool & a flimsy top that starts with che.

8:21 pm

lbdawger

whooooo hoooooo Pug!

8:21 pm

Jacula

well done pugmama.

8:21 pm

pugmama763

my monkeys did well today

8:21 pm

redturtlehead

Oh gosh, so so tired! 90 left.

8:22 pm

Jacula

pug - don't forget to throw them some bananas before you leave.

8:22 pm

pugmama763

indeed they earned it

8:22 pm

Jacula

red - it's not compulsory to finish.

8:23 pm

redturtlehead

yes, but I am still trying to eat dinner, so its ok....soon enough I shall start an actual weekend off.

8:24 pm

pugmama763

Lord knows I don't finish unless I really feel like it!some days don't give a damn

8:25 pm

gramma

Help me, please. I cannot find my last word. TO 6/27

8:25 pm

Riverdance

Good Evening everyone

8:25 pm

Jacula

Hello Momn.

8:26 pm

Jacula

gramma - that was my last word found, too. to6.27 = male cat + food fish.

8:26 pm

pugmama763

to6--male cat + ** Liver Oil

8:26 pm

Jacula

pug - that's a better clue.

8:26 pm

pugmama763

ooops ***

8:26 pm

gramma

TY and good night.

8:27 pm

redturtlehead

what kind of word is that!!!!

8:27 pm

Riverdance

a funny one

8:27 pm

pugmama763

a very odd one

8:27 pm

Jacula

red - apparently it refers to the smaller types of that fish, which can get huge. To* Thumb fish.

8:28 pm

redturtlehead

woweee....I love fish!

8:28 pm

Jacula

I didn't realise how large that fish could be until I saw the heads drying on racks up in the volcanic mountains in Icelands. (Boy, do they STINK!)

8:29 pm

Jacula

The dried heads are apparently sent to Africa and to Portugal.

8:29 pm

Riverdance

So...I just joined as a "pro" how do I get the little body and flag

8:29 pm

pugmama763

eeewwwww

8:29 pm

Jacula

*Iceland, not lands.

8:29 pm

redturtlehead

how impressive! heads to africa.

8:29 pm

mkg

ty for all the good clues.

8:30 pm

mkg

need co 5 first one please.

8:30 pm

Jacula

Momn - you fill in the bit about what sex you are and where you come from.

8:30 pm

redturtlehead

Mom congrats on becoming pro!!! if you go to my account, I think it lets you fill out the profile!

8:30 pm

Jacula

mkg - what thespians do together.

8:31 pm

sixty7stang13

re 5/12 last 1 pls

8:32 pm

pugmama763

happy babbling all !till flip...Poof!

8:32 pm

Jacula

Momn - I was here the night Dr_God introduced those little bodies. Half of us thought they were bodies and the other half, including myself, thought they were handbags (purses).

8:33 pm

Jacula

Other side of the paper, sixty.

8:34 pm

Jacula

re5 is the front, verso is the back.

8:34 pm

Riverdance

that is a scream Jacula

8:34 pm

sixty7stang13

ty Jacula

8:35 pm

Riverdance

Maybe I need to refresh a few more times so it will take - oh hell I need to work this puzzle - just getting on

8:35 pm

Jacula

Momn - I still 'see' them as handbags.

8:35 pm

Jacula

sixty, y/w.

8:36 pm

Riverdance

with little wooden handles

8:36 pm

torgone

I remember that ..

8:36 pm

Jacula

Momn - I'd say sign out, wait a few minutes and then sign in again. But, just do the grid and whenyou sign in tomorrow, your profile should all be there.

8:37 pm

Jacula

Hi Torg. How long ago was that? I remember the night but not the date.

8:37 pm

Riverdance

Ok - got 67 left - wont make it tonight

8:38 pm

Jacula

Momn - just do as much as you want.

8:38 pm

72 Temple Owl

i wish i never started this one. especially when i look for the i words

8:38 pm

torgone

I think it was shortly after I started ..

8:38 pm

Jacula

Hi TO.

8:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi jacs

8:39 pm

Jacula

5 years ago then, Torg.

8:39 pm

Riverdance

how long has this game been in existence

8:39 pm

Jacula

TO - do you need clues for the i words?

8:40 pm

72 Temple Owl

sure, why not?

8:40 pm

Jacula

Momn, since September 2003.

8:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

at least the first thwo coliumn i s

8:41 pm

Jacula

TO - okay. ic6.24 = the ic6.24 cometh.

8:41 pm

Jacula

id4.5 - 'beware the id4.5 of March!' (Shakespeare)

8:41 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty. the one to the left of that is welcome

8:42 pm

Riverdance

wow thats impressive

8:42 pm

Jacula

id5.14 - a dialect or style of speaking.

8:42 pm

Jacula

id5.12 - a silly twit, a fool.

8:42 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey i just ofund there is a channel that plays all viedos of songs featured in movies!

8:43 pm

Jacula

im4.6 = i + 'I was cut off m** flow'

8:43 pm

Jacula

im5.14 - same as the word before but add a vowel at the end.

8:43 pm

Jacula

im6.24 - make it plural.

8:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

keep em comin ty!

8:44 pm

Jacula

in6.24 - the accuse or to make judgement as a jury does.

8:44 pm

Jacula

in5.12 - 'new' type of music.

8:44 pm

Jacula

Or, try in + 'expire'.

8:45 pm

Jacula

That's the i words all clued, TO.

8:45 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty, still pondering the jury word

8:45 pm

redturtlehead

TO, not a devotee of Law and order!

8:45 pm

Jacula

TO - in + the first 4 letters of a lexicon.

8:45 pm

Minveryork

in6:what jury does when one is guilty 72 Templle Owl.

8:45 pm

Riverdance

sad to say I am stuck on the first AM5/14 - help

8:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty!

8:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

sitll seeking one i from first column

8:47 pm

Jacula

id + anagram of the French word for 'me/myself', TO.

8:47 pm

Minveryork

An am5/14 is am 4/6 word plus a vowel Momneedshelp

8:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty. i don't tink finishing is an option tonight

8:48 pm

Riverdance

I need the one before that

8:48 pm

wildcat17

am5/14 = a + small rodents

8:48 pm

Jacula

Momn - a + 'not rats' but... other small squeaky things.

8:49 pm

Jacula

Hi Min, Welcome to the grid.x

8:49 pm

Riverdance

YES that is it - thanks

8:50 pm

Minveryork

Hello Jacula.How are you?I am not really here as I am whipping monkeys w/a stick. Don't think they like it.

8:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

i have 59 to go and 4 blank tiles

8:50 pm

Jacula

Hello Min - TMI! ROFLOL.

8:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

i keep seeing rococo and simian

8:55 pm

Jellen

Hi, all...eyes are a bit bleary as I've been pricing vintage jewelry...is it signed or just slightly scratched?

8:57 pm

Jacula

Hello Jellen.

8:57 pm

Jellen

Hi, Jac...I think I need to invest in a microscope, lol...

8:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

clue pls for top left e?ty

8:59 pm

lbdawger

you need to get yourself a jewelers loop, jelle

8:59 pm

Jacula

Just had to go and let cat in. I don't call myself an 'animal whisperer' since I've always understood what they were saying. My cat yelled, 'Let me IN! Can't deal with THIS!' and so I did, since it isn't something he often says.

8:59 pm

Jellen

ed 5 = policy dictated by a ruler

8:59 pm

sixty7stang13

to 6/27 pls

8:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty, i am just not feeling it tonight.

8:59 pm

Jellen

I have a cheap one, but need to invest in a real one...

8:59 pm

Minveryork

ed 5/12:I pr***** I won't finish the grid 72 Temple Owl

8:59 pm

Jacula

TO - you ea4 money. ea5 is verb form.

9:00 pm

Minveryork

That to 6/27 word is a cat plus a fish sixty7stang13.

9:00 pm

Jacula

Oops! Got my left and right mixed up there. Sorry. Still got the cat talking in my ear.

9:01 pm

sixty7stang13

tyvm Min. thats Fireworks.

9:01 pm

Jacula

Well done sixty.

9:02 pm

Riverdance

awesome sixty

9:02 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations sixty7stang13 on fireworks! Hooray

9:03 pm

sixty7stang13

monkeys tired going to let them sleep. See you all tomorrow before I head to celebrate b-day.

9:03 pm

Jellen

Yay, sixty!!!

9:03 pm

Riverdance

Have a happy one

9:03 pm

Jacula

Many happy returns, sixty.

9:04 pm

periwinkle

hello all, help with re7 pls

9:04 pm

Jellen

Happy early birthday!

9:04 pm

Jacula

peri - re7 = gets the small change again.

9:04 pm

sixty7stang13

Ty all. good night * poof *

9:04 pm

Riverdance

sorry dont have it

9:05 pm

periwinkle

ty Jac

9:05 pm

Jellen

Hi, peri!

9:05 pm

periwinkle

Hi there Jellen! Nice icon.

9:05 pm

Riverdance

good clue - thanks Jacula

9:05 pm

Jacula

y/w peri. Hope it makes up for me beating you at Scramble again. LOL.

9:05 pm

Jellen

NBT

9:06 pm

Riverdance

Got to get to bed - early day coming up - night all

9:06 pm

periwinkle

you and Owl are killing me in Scramble, Jac

9:06 pm

Jellen

G'night Momneedshelp

9:06 pm

lbdawger

mom! you went pro! congrats

9:06 pm

Jacula

NBT doesn't bother me, seeing '0 left' at the far right is better.

9:07 pm

lbdawger

night night, momneedshelp

9:07 pm

Jacula

Night momn.

9:07 pm

Jellen

I celebrate the small victories, Jac!

9:07 pm

Jacula

HI lbd.

9:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

re6/7 after the unit of paper pls?

9:07 pm

Jacula

No harm in that, Jellen.

9:08 pm

Jacula

TO - re6 = to get the small change again. re7 is the verb form.

9:08 pm

Riverdance

Yes I went pro and am in big trouble when credit card bill comes in - Oh so what!!! Night all

9:08 pm

Jellen

Yay for prodom!

9:09 pm

vlcl

Uh oh Mom!

9:09 pm

torgone

It's only like $15 ..

9:10 pm

jillibus

Hello all briefly!

9:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

break time

9:10 pm

periwinkle

hi Jilli

9:10 pm

periwinkle

hi tor

9:10 pm

Jellen

Hi, jilli!

9:11 pm

wildcat17

I give .. help for the I with 0/1 stat please

9:12 pm

periwinkle

fireworks, now off to play Scramble

9:12 pm

jillibus

congrats momneedshelp on going pro -- now you need your flag etc! Just go to your My Account and check the little box, upper right, which says Show Profile -- if you want to, that is.

9:12 pm

72 Temple Owl

are we done , peri?

9:12 pm

pippingeek

wildcat, it's ic6/24

9:12 pm

Jellen

id 5= turn of phrase

9:12 pm

wildcat17

tyty

9:13 pm

pippingeek

compound word, he cometh

9:13 pm

jillibus

I have 58 left and need to get supper

9:13 pm

wildcat17

just couldn't see it for the life of me

9:13 pm

Jellen

Oops, pippin's right...

9:14 pm

pippingeek

so, do i watch project runway and shower after even though i work in 8 hours, or do i tape pr and shower now?

9:14 pm

pippingeek

mind you i still have to get my last 58 words as well

9:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

clues for ec words pls?

9:16 pm

pippingeek

like the death of nature

9:16 pm

pippingeek

or more properly, the murder of nature

9:16 pm

Jellen

ec*system + homo**** (murder)

9:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

9:17 pm

Jellen

Ah, it's snack time...bbl

9:17 pm

jillibus

that's homi**** ;)

9:17 pm

pippingeek

anyone have a clue for the ca6/24 after the brooch and before the dog?

9:19 pm

jillibus

gotta go get supper

9:19 pm

ADHDWordLover

ca + scrooge is a ****r

9:19 pm

pippingeek

ty do!

9:19 pm

ADHDWordLover

sry not a vg clue

9:20 pm

torgone

Perfect clue ..

9:20 pm

pippingeek

good enough for me!

9:20 pm

jillibus

perfect, AD!

9:22 pm

wildcat17

any py words?

9:22 pm

torgone

Nice beetle ..

9:22 pm

pippingeek

haven't found them yet

9:24 pm

kje

is this friendly and doable if i start now?

9:24 pm

wildcat17

probably not

9:24 pm

kje

thanks for that

9:24 pm

pippingeek

it's a rough one, kje

9:25 pm

wildcat17

sorry truth hurts

9:25 pm

kje

hate starting too late then stressing

9:25 pm

wildcat17

it's not that friendly after the first 130+ words

9:25 pm

kje

no, meant it, thanks!

9:25 pm

wildcat17

me 2 ... I'm regretting this

9:25 pm

kje

cute shoes pippin

9:25 pm

wildcat17

k yw then

9:25 pm

kje

OK, I will go play scrabble with weed then

9:25 pm

torgone

2 x py6 evidently ..

9:26 pm

kje

hang in there!

9:26 pm

wildcat17

yeah 16 to go ..

9:26 pm

pippingeek

ty kje! they are all wet from a good night of climbing

9:26 pm

wildcat17

ewwww tor

9:26 pm

pippingeek

38 left here

9:27 pm

wildcat17

got one

9:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

good. brb armed w/more clues lol. gotta get the nitely vitamins. oops... thought i'd sent this; please don't think i was rude and just disappeared.

9:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

GO PIP GO! RAH RAH RAH *shakes pom poms* YOU GO GIRL!

9:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

clues anyone?

9:32 pm

wildcat17

figured you were buried in the grid like the rest of us

9:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

no, i finished a while ago. but I luv luv luv to clue

9:33 pm

weiik

py 6/30 py + vowel + momma *** (play)

9:33 pm

wildcat17

that's the one I have.. clue the other one

9:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

medical sepsis

9:34 pm

weiik

I was just asking for the other one

9:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

change the last vowel to a consonant

9:34 pm

weiik

thks adhd

9:35 pm

wildcat17

tyty

9:36 pm

magdagger

co5/14 but not the powder mix?

9:37 pm

wildcat17

there are at least 2 others

9:37 pm

Minveryork

co 5/14 word is co plus what thepians do magdagger.

9:38 pm

wildcat17

and latin plural of co4/6

9:38 pm

Minveryork

Other co5/14 word is co 4/6 plus a vowel magdagger

9:38 pm

magdagger

cool...thank you minver

9:38 pm

ADHDWordLover

brb babblers

9:40 pm

magdagger

coans

9:41 pm

magdagger

oops...typo

9:43 pm

72 Temple Owl

back to finish and lcues are welcome!

9:43 pm

wildcat17

typo something I can use please

9:44 pm

72 Temple Owl

really

9:46 pm

72 Temple Owl

di 6 pls?

9:47 pm

pippingeek

actors always want to di****

9:47 pm

weiik

you clue fast pip

9:47 pm

pippingeek

i'm crafty that way

9:48 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty.

9:48 pm

gremlinn

I'm not an actor, but I want to digest as well.

9:49 pm

pippingeek

hush, grem!

9:49 pm

gremlinn

oops, PB

9:51 pm

pippingeek

wait, what's pb about that?

9:51 pm

wildcat17

the beginning of the a word

9:52 pm

wildcat17

clue for lower left E please

9:52 pm

pippingeek

gonna go hunt for some words, bbl

9:52 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for am6-27? Thanks.

9:53 pm

Jellen

am 4/6 + 2/3 frozen water

9:54 pm

weiik

thxk jell

9:54 pm

magdagger

ec7/40 = to kill the environment

9:54 pm

Minveryork

am 6/27 is am 4/6 + **on theme today is wine bottles

9:57 pm

weiik

thxk magd

9:58 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks, Min, I believe I have that one as am6-24. Will you please check to see, I may have it wrong. Just need am6-27. Thanks

9:59 pm

magdagger

anyone have na4/4?

10:01 pm

wildcat17

na + 2 vowels

10:01 pm

Minveryork

na4/4 word is n plus three more vowels gapeach1066

10:01 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

S'ok. I hae it now. Thanks.

10:02 pm

Minveryork

na 4/4 is na plus TWO more vowels magdagger, sorry

10:03 pm

Minveryork

C's Completed! 7 left

10:03 pm

crosshair

goodnight babble buddies and sleep well..poof

10:03 pm

magdagger

ty everyone

10:04 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye crosshair! I will see you tomorrow in the log

10:04 pm

pippingeek

3 left, will finish after shower!

10:07 pm

ADHDWordLover

I'm baaaaaaaaaaack. I've posted some clues on my profile

10:07 pm

wildcat17

need one more C from far right

10:08 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for an5-12 the 2nd? Thanks

10:08 pm

ADHDWordLover

change the last vowel to another vowel gap

10:08 pm

ADHDWordLover

sry i was looking at the am

10:09 pm

ADHDWordLover

nn i was right the first time

10:09 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks much, ADH.

10:09 pm

ADHDWordLover

yw

10:10 pm

ADHDWordLover

there 30 or so clues posted on my profile

10:10 pm

wildcat17

no S clues ad?

10:11 pm

ADHDWordLover

didn't think that were too difficult, but I can if you want

10:11 pm

wildcat17

jk

10:12 pm

ADHDWordLover

si4/5 and 5/12 si + to flaw, then add consonant

10:12 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh ok

10:14 pm

ADHDWordLover

good clue for the ec dagger... i used "green" murder

10:14 pm

ADHDWordLover

anyone need clues before I hit the sack?

10:15 pm

Minveryork

D's Done! 5 left

10:16 pm

Minveryork

ADHDWordLover, can I ask for clues for last 5 words?

10:16 pm

ADHDWordLover

GO MINVER GO! RAH RAH RAH *shakes pom poms* GO GO GO!

10:16 pm

magdagger

na5/10?

10:16 pm

ADHDWordLover

sure

10:17 pm

Minveryork

na 5/10 word rhymes with city in France magdagger.

10:17 pm

ADHDWordLover

to4/4 to + 2 more vowels

10:17 pm

Minveryork

Can I have clues for am 6/24 and am 7/36 please DO?

10:17 pm

magdagger

aahhh...ty

10:17 pm

ADHDWordLover

to5/12 and 6/21 to + male person, then plural

10:18 pm

ADHDWordLover

to6/27 male cat + a kind of fish

10:18 pm

ADHDWordLover

to4/5 to + myself

10:18 pm

Minveryork

E's Eliminated! 4 left

10:19 pm

ADHDWordLover

they're all related min

10:19 pm

ADHDWordLover

am6/24 change last letter to another consonant

10:19 pm

ADHDWordLover

plural for the 7/36

10:19 pm

wildcat17

i need a @#$% c4

10:19 pm

ADHDWordLover

ooooooooo kay wild

10:20 pm

wildcat17

and no, I can't tell you which one

10:20 pm

ADHDWordLover

those AMs are clued in my profile

10:20 pm

Minveryork

A's Abolished! 2 left

10:20 pm

ADHDWordLover

YOU GO GIRL!!

10:21 pm

ADHDWordLover

I can clue it anyway wildcat

10:21 pm

wildcat17

got it! fireflies

10:21 pm

Minveryork

I am done!I have fireworks!mo5/12 was my last word

10:21 pm

ADHDWordLover

@# + le + &* + mn, then plural

10:21 pm

Minveryork

Thank ADHDWordLover for sticking around for clues.

10:21 pm

wildcat17

woohooo min!!

10:22 pm

Minveryork

Unfortunately,I can't do the same.I have to goto bed

10:22 pm

ADHDWordLover

WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO MINVER! YOU DID IT!! WAY TO GO!! STAND AND TAKE A BOW!! *band starts the victory song*

10:22 pm

Minveryork

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

10:22 pm

ADHDWordLover

np. i'm already in bed, on my little netbook

10:22 pm

ADHDWordLover

wildcat, did you get my clue for you?

10:23 pm

wildcat17

I saw it ... finished right b4 that

10:23 pm

ADHDWordLover

sleep tight min.

10:23 pm

ADHDWordLover

I meant this clue: @# + le + &* + mn, then plural

10:24 pm

ADHDWordLover

did u say u finished? fireworks?

10:24 pm

wildcat17

yeeeeessss

10:24 pm

ADHDWordLover

wellllllllllll

10:24 pm

wildcat17

that's a lot of letters for a 4-letter word

10:24 pm

ADHDWordLover

WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO FOR WILDCAT!! YAY FOR YOU!! YOU DID IT!! CONGRATULATIONS! SPEECH SPEECH

10:25 pm

wildcat17

love the beetle btw

10:25 pm

wildcat17

lol ty

10:25 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh jeepers, I just saw the c4.... i didn't see it before, only the symbols

10:26 pm

wildcat17

that's why it made me mad

10:26 pm

ADHDWordLover

tx. we crashed in our snot green beetle years ago. totalled it

10:26 pm

wildcat17

owch

10:26 pm

ADHDWordLover

an out of work attorney hit us

10:26 pm

wildcat17

figures

10:27 pm

ADHDWordLover

fortunately he had insurance, but no amount of money is worth the pain and suffering.

10:28 pm

wildcat17

no it's not

10:28 pm

ADHDWordLover

i'm still having surgeries.. from our accident, which was in 1985!

10:28 pm

wildcat17

sorry

10:29 pm

ADHDWordLover

i understand what people mean when their response to "How are you?" is "What's the use of complaining"

10:29 pm

wildcat17

well if it still hurts it hurts, regardless of how long it's been

10:29 pm

ADHDWordLover

i luv your kitty

10:30 pm

wildcat17

ty. I lost her a year ago. I miss her a lot

10:30 pm

ADHDWordLover

looks just like one I had Oreo, white middle

10:30 pm

wildcat17

her name was socks, four white paws on all black legs

10:31 pm

ADHDWordLover

oh, I can empathize. My Gidget died almost 2 yrs ago (she was 18), and Mutt went off into the woods last year at her end (she was 17)

10:31 pm

wildcat17

awww. I lost 3 pets last year - very tough year pet-wise

10:31 pm

ADHDWordLover

i named one of my Black w/white paws kitties Sneakers

10:32 pm

ADHDWordLover

aw, i'm sorry.

10:32 pm

wildcat17

ty. you too

10:33 pm

wildcat17

gotta run. hagn

10:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

well, it nobody needs any clues, I'm gonna try to get some much needed sleep

10:33 pm

ADHDWordLover

ditto

10:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

for anyone who is still here, i posted a bunch of clues in my profile. nite all babblers.

10:34 pm

pippingeek

i'm just gonna use a2z for my last 3, too tired to do otherwise

10:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

and a big WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO for all finishers

10:34 pm

pippingeek

y'all have a good night, i'm not far behind

10:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

i'll clue for you pippin

10:34 pm

ADHDWordLover

what do you need?

10:35 pm

ADHDWordLover

ya there pip? what do ya need?

10:36 pm

pippingeek

there, fireworks, bedtime for me

10:36 pm

pippingeek

faster than cluing

10:36 pm

ADHDWordLover

WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO FOR PIPPIN! YA DID IT! WAY TO GO!!! CONGRATULATIONS!

10:37 pm

ADHDWordLover

nitey nite!

10:37 pm

pippingeek

ty do!

10:37 pm

pippingeek

night babblers

10:37 pm

ADHDWordLover

tomorrow is another day

10:37 pm

ADHDWordLover

sleep tight. don't let the bed bugs bite!

10:37 pm

ADHDWordLover

sweet dreams too!

10:38 pm

ADHDWordLover

*poof*

10:40 pm

tfgrrl

Could I get a clue please for co 7/36?

10:41 pm

magdagger

white lines you snort

10:42 pm

tfgrrl

I I thought that was the 6?

10:42 pm

magdagger

clue for ca6/21, please

10:42 pm

magdagger

it is but if you make it plural

10:43 pm

tfgrrl

A pile of rocks to mark a trail or sometimes a burial

10:43 pm

tfgrrl

TY

10:43 pm

tfgrrl

I think I'm getting tired. I stared at that for 20 mins. Stupid plurals. lol

10:44 pm

tfgrrl

c + stuff you breathe + n and plural

10:44 pm

magdagger

me too

10:46 pm

magdagger

gotcha...thank you

10:47 pm

tfgrrl

YW hmm we might be the only ones left, I'm flipping back and forth between here and lickety's so let me know if you need a clue, and I will try. :-)

10:48 pm

magdagger

lol...me too

10:49 pm

magdagger

i have 19 left. how about you?

10:50 pm

tfgrrl

ha ha ha 88

10:51 pm

tfgrrl

I'm very very slow. I've been at it an hour and a half, and this is great progress for me. *gigantic eyeroll* But it's still fun

10:52 pm

tfgrrl

And I learn lots of words that I will never ever have an opportunity to use in real life. LOL!

10:53 pm

magdagger

i feel embarrassed...i have been on and off for 5 hours. i would say you made awesome progress.

10:55 pm

tfgrrl

But YOU have 18 left :-) nothing to be embarrassed about. I'm good at 4 letter words. Do you have the di 6? I could use a clue.

10:56 pm

Uneaixoise

most actors would eventually like to di**** a movie

10:56 pm

magdagger

george lucas or tim burton does this for a living

10:57 pm

tfgrrl

OMG - I monkey the hard ones and miss the ones right out in front of me. Geesh

10:58 pm

tfgrrl

*blushing* TY

10:58 pm

Uneaixoise

:-D

10:58 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for ca5-14 the 3rd? Thanks.

10:59 pm

Uneaixoise

last 2 words -- clue please for re6 and 7?

10:59 pm

Jellen

ca5= tin ca* + **entification card

10:59 pm

Uneaixoise

ca5 animal in the dog family

10:59 pm

gremlinn

ca5/14 the 3rd: container + a driver's license is a form of **

10:59 pm

Jellen

re + small money

10:59 pm

tfgrrl

Ha! I knew there were lurkers on here!

11:00 pm

magdagger

awesome clue jellen

11:00 pm

tfgrrl

Hi jellen!

11:00 pm

Uneaixoise

thanks, jellen!!

11:00 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks, Jellen, Une gremlinn

11:01 pm

stidmama

hello all!!

11:01 pm

Uneaixoise

and that's firewords for me -- nite, all -- VERY long day -- happy babbling! *poof*

11:02 pm

Uneaixoise

(hi and bye, stiddy!)

11:02 pm

Jellen

Yay, Une!!!

11:02 pm

Jellen

Hi, stid!

11:02 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Congrats, Une!!!!!!!

11:02 pm

stidmama

Youppi Une! bonsoir! dors bien!!! (this concludes tonight's french review)

11:04 pm

stidmama

oops. scared everyone off!!! LOL

11:05 pm

tfgrrl

Nope, still here, working my way through the "i"s

11:05 pm

Jellen

Tim's being fussy...

11:06 pm

stidmama

*sends soothing thoughts to tim* does he need imodium, jellen?

11:06 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

mo5-12 the 2nd please......thanks.

11:06 pm

stidmama

that's usually what was wrong when my boys were little and they were fussy,...

11:06 pm

stidmama

hey tf.

11:07 pm

Jellen

No, he needs something else...

11:07 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

NM....found it.

11:07 pm

stidmama

FINALLY have a 6. this grid is NOT friendly.

11:07 pm

MPittore

hello babblers

11:07 pm

stidmama

poor tim. well, I hope he unfusses soon.

11:07 pm

stidmama

hey MPItt

11:08 pm

Jellen

Hi, MP

11:08 pm

MPittore

37 left for me...

11:08 pm

tfgrrl

Hey stid! I think I might need some Pepto if you've got extra, my dinner isn't sitting well. I think it's this grid.

11:08 pm

stidmama

*hands over pepto and a glass of water* I hate the taste of this stuff.

11:08 pm

tfgrrl

Maybe Tim feels the same way? OR is ready for a nap? I could go for one of those.

11:09 pm

tfgrrl

Pretty sure my diaper doesn't need changed though.

11:09 pm

stidmama

need help with three tiles please. the E on the second row down please, and both i tiles in the middle row...

11:09 pm

stidmama

*wonders if tim is offended or amused...*

11:10 pm

stidmama

I know I am ready for a nap, but need to stay up until the boys are in bed

11:10 pm

tfgrrl

When I was a kid, my mom would say, well it's gonna help either way. Either it'll soothe your stomach and help you feel better, or it tastes so bad, you'll puke and you'll feel better.

11:11 pm

stidmama

sounds about right, tf. we were a kaopectate family -- I never minded the taste much, but my brother hated it.

11:11 pm

stidmama

I guess if you REALLY need it, it's not so bad.

11:11 pm

tfgrrl

Oh gosh, is Tim not a little kid? Please tell me it's not Jellen's husband or boyfriend or something.

11:11 pm

Jellen

He's my fiance...

11:11 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

re5-12 the 2nd please.......thanks

11:11 pm

stidmama

um, fiance, tf! *grin* it's okay, we often talk about spouses this way, too.

11:11 pm

tfgrrl

OMG seriously?

11:12 pm

stidmama

I don't have the list, so no good with clues tonight, sorry folks.

11:12 pm

tfgrrl

Stid said when her boys were little, so I thought this was your son we were talking about. I am soooo embarrassed.

11:13 pm

stidmama

*blush* I got the "dummy" id word from the far left i

11:13 pm

Jellen

re* room + from me ** you

11:13 pm

tfgrrl

*Furiously digging hole in PB to hide in*

11:13 pm

stidmama

thanks for the book clue jelen

11:14 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks much, Jellen. That was it for this grid. See y'all at the flip.

11:14 pm

stidmama

*quickly filling hole in PB with choclits*

11:14 pm

stidmama

YAY peach! see you next time

11:14 pm

stidmama

now I have a 7 too!

11:15 pm

tfgrrl

Stid you wanted the 2nd e? It's an anagram of March 15th

11:15 pm

stidmama

thanks tf *thinking*

11:16 pm

tfgrrl

without the plural

11:16 pm

stidmama

oooh. nice clue! got it. I think.

11:17 pm

tfgrrl

It's what you call your driver's license +e?

11:18 pm

stidmama

down to 88 words, that's halfway.

11:18 pm

tfgrrl

or e + not ego or superego +e

11:18 pm

stidmama

don't have NBT though. *thinking*

11:18 pm

tfgrrl

I am profoundly bad at giving clues, sorry. :'-)

11:19 pm

tfgrrl

THer's also e+ thing you sing into

11:19 pm

stidmama

nice clues, tf, I am exceedingly tired and not reading very fast tonight. I know I need to see the optometrist again, but down on docs at the moment so avoiding it.

11:20 pm

stidmama

all of these are helping! :-)

11:20 pm

tfgrrl

amen to the docs thing, health, health insurance, arrrgh I could go a year and a half without ever hearing or thing about any of that.

11:21 pm

stidmama

is there an EC word from the E in the second row down?

11:21 pm

gremlinn

the ec7/8 are

11:21 pm

tfgrrl

um, e + photo

11:21 pm

Jellen

ec*nomy + homo**** (murder)

11:21 pm

tfgrrl

no it they both go from the upper right

11:22 pm

stidmama

thanks Jellen

11:22 pm

stidmama

and gremlinn!

11:23 pm

stidmama

and the i under the D please? for NBT?

11:23 pm

stidmama

guessing it's an IM?

11:24 pm

MPittore

I need the last mi4/5...just can't see it :o(

11:25 pm

stidmama

is that plural of the "center" word MPitt?

11:25 pm

tfgrrl

i + abbrev for spot in the center

11:25 pm

stidmama

oh! no, it's probably Ebenzer Scrooge w/out the last letter

11:25 pm

stidmama

that's from the upper i, but thanks tf -- npw down to 82

11:25 pm

Jellen

id 5/14

11:26 pm

Jellen

id 5 is a turn of phrase

11:26 pm

MPittore

no stid that is the mi4/6...I need last mi4/5

11:26 pm

tfgrrl

such as it's raining cats and dogs

11:26 pm

stidmama

I have the turn of phrase already jellen... any other ideas?

11:27 pm

tfgrrl

Oh, well that IS MArch 15th!

11:27 pm

Jellen

Oh! Frozen water guy!

11:27 pm

tfgrrl

he he he

11:27 pm

stidmama

YEP! that was it Jellen! NBT!!!! ((((hugs jellen hard))))

11:27 pm

stidmama

I didn't think I was going to get NBT today! my goals are met, my day is complete.

11:27 pm

MPittore

think movie the ic**** commeth

11:27 pm

stidmama

IS tim mad at me?

11:28 pm

stidmama

if I am in the doghouse, please tell him I am groveling most abjectly and humbly beg his forgiveness!

11:28 pm

stidmama

thanks MPitt!

11:28 pm

Jellen

No, he's upset with me...

11:28 pm

tfgrrl

I'm really sorry Jellen, I just didn't understand.

11:28 pm

Jellen

He's just very tired...

11:29 pm

stidmama

*sad mama look* I am sorry Jellen. *groveling more*

11:29 pm

tfgrrl

I have a small foot and a big mouth, and I'm sorry anyway.

11:29 pm

MPittore

any clues for the very last mi4/5

11:29 pm

stidmama

I think it's the scrooge clue MPitt, hold on, I'll grab the list to check.

11:30 pm

stidmama

yep. a descriptive word for a person who doesn't like to part with money, only drop the "r" at the end, MPitt

11:30 pm

tfgrrl

Oh my MP that is a very funny pic. Is that your dog?

11:30 pm

MPittore

ty stid...I was just blind to that fish...

11:31 pm

stidmama

I know how that feels!

11:31 pm

MPittore

no...but isn't it just a gas????

11:31 pm

Jellen

Oh, I feel like an id 5/12...just not got it!

11:32 pm

MPittore

ok putting nose to grid for last 36

11:32 pm

stidmama

THERE. now I have both 8s and the kids are headed to sleepy-bye land. I think I will go put a few things away in the kitchen and get an early shut-eye also. Back tomorrow at some point.

11:32 pm

stidmama

((((hugs everyone)))) I hope tomorrow is better, Jellen. *choclits and hugs*

*Poof*

11:33 pm

Jellen

G'night, stid...

11:33 pm

MPittore

nite stid sweet dreams

11:33 pm

tfgrrl

Without a doubt the best dog costume I have ever seen. In general I am not in favor of dressing animals in clothes, but that it pretty darn funny and the dog looks kinds happy about it too.

11:34 pm

tfgrrl

*is

11:35 pm

magdagger

fireworks...anyone need help?

11:35 pm

Jellen

Yay mag!!!

11:35 pm

Jellen

in 6/24, please?

11:35 pm

tfgrrl

WTG Mag! All that hard work paid off!

11:36 pm

magdagger

to charge for a crime

11:36 pm

Jellen

Thanks, mag!

11:36 pm

magdagger

your welcome

11:37 pm

Jellen

ca 6/24?

11:39 pm

magdagger

its a light shirt

11:39 pm

Jellen

Thanks, got it!

11:40 pm

Jellen

ce 5/12?

11:41 pm

Jellen

nm, got it

11:43 pm

harpjane

hm 111 left, not much point in trying, i guess!

11:44 pm

Jellen

It would be a stretch, harp...

11:45 pm

Jellen

11 left here...

11:45 pm

harpjane

darn, i was going to try to get my score back up to 1030 (I think it's currently 701)

11:45 pm

magdagger

go jellen!

11:49 pm

Jellen

to 5/12?

11:50 pm

SpellCheck

dicto

11:50 pm

SpellCheck

oops... excuse me

11:51 pm

magdagger

to + male person

11:52 pm

Jellen

Thanks, mag!

11:52 pm

Jellen

And that's fireworks...

11:52 pm

magdagger

hooray! cool beans, jellen!

11:59 pm

Ormal

Yay. I made it just in time for the flip.

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