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FINAL SCORES

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ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
flosey

flip
12:00 am
herinfernallady

Flip
12:00 am
jillibus

flip
12:00 am
Pinikula

* flip *
12:00 am
LuwandaHL

flip
12:00 am
MLFAN17

bleh
12:00 am
Magyk

flip flip
12:00 am
angelinaxox

flip
12:00 am
Pinikula

(brb - gotta take koda out before I dive in for 15 minutes)
12:01 am
herinfernallady

Pini. Law English is easy. Why say you are going to the store to buy milk when you can write a 10 000 word thesis on it
12:01 am
Pinikula

(ROFL, herin...so true, so true!!!!!)
12:01 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:01 am
flosey

hmmm, still showing yesterday's grid and stats completed!
12:02 am
herinfernallady

HI Lickety and thanks
12:02 am
Magyk

Thank you!!
12:02 am
Pinikula

thx lickety; refresh, flosey...brb
12:02 am
jillibus

Thanks Lickety!
12:02 am
flosey

ah, that's better, yes, just did jilli
12:02 am
jillibus

Interesting history, flosey!
12:03 am
flosey

thanks jilli, lengthy, but I found it interesting
12:03 am
flosey

yours also, jilli
12:03 am
jillibus

there's a lot more at the website
12:05 am
flosey

if there's time, I'll check it out
12:06 am
jillibus

nbt
12:06 am
stidmama

hello all!
12:06 am
flosey

hi stid
12:06 am
stidmama

I am still awake, thought I would see how the new grid looks.
12:06 am
flosey

wtg jilli
12:06 am
jillibus

hi stid :)
12:06 am
angelinaxox

hi stid
12:06 am
dizgrannie

NBT
12:07 am
herinfernallady

Hi Angel and Diz
12:07 am
jillibus

wtg diz
12:07 am
herinfernallady

and stid
12:07 am
herinfernallady

and flossey and JIll
12:07 am
angelinaxox

hi herin
12:08 am
flosey

nbt
12:08 am
stidmama

hey lady and angelina
12:08 am
herinfernallady

Too many N's Way to go Flossey
12:09 am
herinfernallady

Stid guess what.
12:09 am
jillibus

wtg flosey
12:10 am
stidmama

what lady? *waiting with anticipation*
12:11 am
herinfernallady

I am actually going to apply to a law school to do a Batchelor of Art /Law.
12:12 am
stidmama

good for you! that will be a difficult course of study, but you are up to the task.
12:12 am
herinfernallady

Well I have to sit a test first then apply and then wait
12:13 am
stidmama

sure. that's the usual procedure here too.
12:13 am
herinfernallady

it is called DULSAT (pardon spelling) here
12:14 am
jillibus

we'd better be careful about how we say goodbye here
12:14 am
stidmama

well the last letter stands for "test"... LOL
12:14 am
stidmama

just saw that too, jill. *sigh*
12:15 am
herinfernallady

Stid: http://tinyurl.com/22o2pte
12:16 am
Magyk

I guess I don't see what you do Stid and Jilli
12:16 am
stidmama

thanks lady!
12:17 am
jillibus

po4/8, mag
12:17 am
Magyk

wow...how did I not see that!?
12:17 am
stidmama

well, down to 27 and want to print something for tomorrow. Not sure I will be up to going to school, but will try. *sigh*
12:18 am
stidmama

*po 4/8*
12:19 am
jillibus

wtg stid! Are you still sick or again sick?
12:19 am
stidmama

ate something that disagreed, jill -- I think. but it could be viral. if I am still rotten in the morning it's viral and I will stay home... *re-po 4/8*
12:20 am
jillibus

oh boy, stid!
12:22 am
herinfernallady

Poor Stid :(
12:24 am
Pinikula

nbt ;)
12:24 am
jillibus

wtg pini
12:24 am
Pinikula

now off to find my icon
12:25 am
flosey

wtg Pini
12:25 am
Magyk

only 1 more for nbt...
12:26 am
Pinikula

git'r dun, magy!
12:28 am
gremlinn

what, no fireworks yet?
12:28 am
Magyk

nbt!
12:28 am
moolingwa

fireworks
12:28 am
gremlinn

phants: adnexa, hapax
12:28 am
jillibus

20 left here, grem -- have you finished?
12:29 am
Pinikula

almost spoke too soon, grem! :)
12:29 am
gremlinn

yeah, and I started way late
12:29 am
jillibus

YAY moolingwa!
12:29 am
moolingwa

no clues needed
12:29 am
moolingwa

tx jil :)
12:29 am
gremlinn

solo here too
12:29 am
angelinaxox

fireworks
12:29 am
gremlinn

18 minutes, I think
12:29 am
jillibus

thought you must have, grem, in about 5 minutes
12:30 am
angelinaxox

yep same here, no list
12:30 am
gremlinn

would have been 5 with Lickety, heh
12:30 am
moolingwa

did the sudoku as well :)
12:30 am
angelinaxox

congrats grem and mool too
12:30 am
gremlinn

well, I did the sudoku blindfolded!
12:30 am
Pinikula

* icon changed *
12:31 am
moolingwa

oh yeah...well I did it without even turning my computer on!
12:31 am
Pinikula

congrats to the speed demons!!!
12:31 am
jillibus

oy, the bragging!
12:31 am
gremlinn

computer? *sputter* I telegrammed my entries!
12:31 am
moolingwa

I did interpretive dance
12:31 am
jillibus

beautiful, pini!
12:31 am
gremlinn

smoke signals
12:32 am
jillibus

(but squished, I think?)
12:32 am
moolingwa

I mimed my answers to a frog
12:32 am
Pinikula

thx jilli...your's too!
12:32 am
gremlinn

smoke signals blindfolded, no less - don't try it at home
12:32 am
moolingwa

who then transcribed them via morse code
12:32 am
Pinikula

will check, jilli
12:32 am
herinfernallady

HI moo
12:33 am
hootowl

Is someone giving out potables? Seems like some are in their scuppers! Hihi
12:33 am
jillibus

ty pini
12:33 am
moolingwa

hey lady...long time
12:33 am
herinfernallady

HI Hoot
12:33 am
herinfernallady

Yes it has been Mool
12:33 am
moolingwa

well it's 1:33am here...time for beauty sleep
12:33 am
hootowl

oops - knew there was a reason I shouldn't pop in.......
12:33 am
herinfernallady

Stid you there?
12:34 am
gremlinn

I threw buckets of paint onto the heads of Mt. Rushmore to make domino representations, which my trained owl then memorized and told my telegram sender, blindfolded, by imitating a frog mime in interpretive smoke dance
12:34 am
jillibus

night moolingwa!
12:34 am
herinfernallady

Hi Grem
12:34 am
flosey

fireworks
12:34 am
moolingwa

night all
12:34 am
gremlinn

hi herin
12:34 am
jillibus

oh wow, flosey!
12:35 am
jillibus

17 left here now.
12:35 am
flosey

gave up and got the last one from morewords
12:35 am
gremlinn

the an6?
12:35 am
flosey

no, the he6
12:35 am
gremlinn

or the te6/7?
12:36 am
gremlinn

oh, that was easier though
12:36 am
Pinikula

I have 33 left and don't have a single 5, 6, or 7!
12:36 am
flosey

tried monkeying but wouldn't come!
12:36 am
gremlinn

I slowed down with my last 3 words being 4s!
12:37 am
gremlinn

nice, Pini
12:37 am
flosey

isn't it annoying when you cant get a 4
12:37 am
gremlinn

there are some easy enough 5s
12:37 am
Magyk

same here Pini!
12:37 am
Pinikula

* diving back in to find some "easy" ones *
12:37 am
gremlinn

if you know the starting letter, you can eventually type all combinations for a 4, at least
12:38 am
herinfernallady

Fish me please
12:38 am
gremlinn

in *reasonable* time
12:38 am
gremlinn

with that middle X being surrounded by As, Ns, and Es, I thought there would be a xenon or a xenia or a xanthan or something
12:38 am
Pinikula

* pondering peeking at list *
12:39 am
gremlinn

fe5, te5 are a couple to get you started
12:39 am
herinfernallady

I ahve 2 words with X in it
12:39 am
herinfernallady

no 3
12:39 am
Pinikula

xantax?
12:39 am
Pinikula

;)
12:39 am
gremlinn

I think Xanax is a drug, yes?
12:40 am
gremlinn

yep, anti-anxiety
12:40 am
Pinikula

oooooh wait...I have 13 5's...dont' have any 6, 7, or 8
12:40 am
flosey

there are 5 words using the x
12:40 am
Pinikula

it is, grem
12:40 am
gremlinn

ahhh
12:40 am
gremlinn

well, that's less impressive - avoiding all 23 of the 5s after the halfway point was amazing
12:40 am
gremlinn

I mean lead X, flosey
12:41 am
Pinikula

nice going, grem
12:41 am
flosey

right
12:42 am
gremlinn

"exeat" is in the grid - it works at Wordsplay or some other site
12:42 am
rururocks

what name do you play under at wordsplay grem?
12:42 am
gremlinn

"gremlinn"
12:43 am
gremlinn

sometimes I'm on a team though
12:43 am
rururocks

lol
12:43 am
herinfernallady

Hi RU
12:43 am
rururocks

oh.. that's why I haven't seen you there
12:43 am
gremlinn

in fact, I may go over there now
12:43 am
Pinikula

hiya ru
12:43 am
rururocks

hi herin
12:43 am
gremlinn

if you play 4x4 only, you won't see me
12:44 am
gremlinn

4x4 is for baby Bogglers
12:44 am
Pinikula

I can't play a 4x4 grid...too small
12:44 am
Pinikula

exactly, grem!
12:44 am
gremlinn

they're the chatty ones, though
12:44 am
Pinikula

we used to play boggle at home...
12:44 am
Pinikula

...but quit because only me and my dad would always win...
12:45 am
Pinikula

...now I just play online.
12:47 am
jillibus

firewords
12:47 am
Pinikula

( and I think I've killed the chog )
12:47 am
Pinikula

wtg jilli :)
12:48 am
flosey

off to check email, etc. and get an early night for a change, be back for tomorrow's flip
12:48 am
flosey

wtg Jilli
12:48 am
Pinikula

g'night flosey! :)
12:48 am
flosey

just read your write-up jilli
12:49 am
rururocks

10 left here
12:49 am
rururocks

should I list now?
12:49 am
Pinikula

git'r dun, ru!
12:49 am
jillibus

I'm half asleep -- had to get up "early" today and meet bro- and sis-in-law for lunch at the Market Place.
12:49 am
m9f9l

hi all
12:50 am
jillibus

Hi ruru
12:50 am
Pinikula

I'm at 29 to go and thinking about it!
12:50 am
jillibus

Hi m9
12:50 am
Pinikula

hi m9
12:50 am
rururocks

hi jillster
12:50 am
Magyk

15 left...I'm sleepy
12:50 am
rururocks

Phantom: Pennant
12:50 am
jillibus

m9, I don't think your icon is of a comaping trip, lol!
12:51 am
Pinikula

I think I'll save these last 29 for tmw....night all! :)
12:51 am
jillibus

ruuster doesn't quite sound right
12:51 am
jillibus

*camping
12:51 am
rururocks

that's what mr. p calls me jilli
12:52 am
jillibus

cluck cluck!
12:52 am
Magyk

13 left and I have to say g'night
12:52 am
jillibus

night mag!
12:52 am
rururocks

eggsactly jilli
12:52 am
m9f9l

night magyk
12:53 am
jillibus

I'm too tired to be punny
12:53 am
jillibus

m9, did you see what I said about your icon?
12:53 am
gremlinn

I'm playing 6+ letter words on Wordsplay
12:54 am
pugmama763

lurking fireworks for Metfan & Moi --yea! nite all & Le POOF!
12:54 am
jillibus

that sounds like something I'd be hopeless at, grem
12:54 am
jillibus

YAY and PB for pugmet!!!
12:54 am
anike

fireworks
12:55 am
jillibus

I guess m9 isn't seeing anything I say, lol!
12:55 am
jillibus

YAY anike!!!
12:55 am
sandyloo

hi everyone, hooray! on a busy day for me we have a little grid
12:56 am
sandyloo

jilli we have the same cross by the look of it
12:56 am
jillibus

Hi sandy -- I guess we have the same icon but I fixed mine
12:56 am
anike

Gotta go back to work
12:56 am
sandyloo

fixed? I am lucky to have one let alone fixing it!
12:57 am
jillibus

Never mind -- I'm going to bed soon.
12:58 am
sandyloo

different blurbs tho
12:58 am
m9f9l

huh?
12:58 am
jillibus

Yes!
12:58 am
sandyloo

icons m9
12:59 am
m9f9l

what did you say? that I haven't changed it? that it's quite the family camping trip??
12:59 am
jillibus

It was the camping trip, m9, lol!
1:00 am
jillibus

sandy, your blurb is charming :)
1:00 am
sandyloo

yours is very interesting jilli
1:00 am
sandyloo

this is so educational
1:00 am
rururocks

he 6/36?
1:01 am
sandyloo

this does not look an easy grid tho
1:01 am
m9f9l

there, it's changed. I'm thinking of mine more as a design than a cross....
1:01 am
jillibus

It's not bad, sandy
1:02 am
m9f9l

huh... it just looks black.
1:02 am
sandyloo

not bad for some jilli, I really liked yesterdays
1:02 am
jillibus

m9, I see a black square!
1:02 am
jillibus

funny, I didn't like yesterday's -- too many useless words
1:02 am
rururocks

nm
1:02 am
rururocks

I found it.
1:03 am
jillibus

now I see your design, m9!
1:03 am
m9f9l

ok... that one worked
1:04 am
jillibus

good, ruru -- I was trying to think of a clue but am too sleepy -- sorry.
1:04 am
jillibus

but you're still having the camping trip, m9!
1:05 am
m9f9l

your point jilli?!?!?!???!LOL
1:05 am
m9f9l

I don't really like crosses.
1:05 am
m9f9l

but I LOVE crossy!
1:06 am
jillibus

Well, I'm off to slumberland -- g'night all!
1:07 am
m9f9l

11 to go
1:07 am
sandyloo

nite jilli
1:08 am
m9f9l

night jilli
1:10 am
m9f9l

just a's lseft
1:14 am
m9f9l

6 left. all an's
1:20 am
m9f9l

fireworks
1:21 am
BabbleRabble

Congratulations, m9f9l
1:22 am
m9f9l

thanks BR
1:22 am
m9f9l

I wonder why my icons are automatically putting a black backgound on where it should be white?
1:25 am
m9f9l

there we go. I like this icon
1:27 am
KatieMcG

could I have a clue for the as words please
1:28 am
m9f9l

of course!
1:28 am
m9f9l

think of yellow fruits..
1:28 am
m9f9l

with a peel
1:28 am
KatieMcG

ty M9 we are obviously on the same wave length
1:29 am
m9f9l

:-)
1:30 am
m9f9l

anything else before I hand this over to my girl? She let me on just to see how big the grid was...and I ended up just doing the whole thing:-D
1:31 am
KatieMcG

oh the he6 please
1:31 am
m9f9l

it's a chemistry word.
1:31 am
m9f9l

and it has lots of points.....
1:32 am
KatieMcG

does it include both the 4 & 6?
1:32 am
m9f9l

no. just the 6
1:33 am
KatieMcG

OK thats where I am going wrong, thanks
1:33 am
m9f9l

yw.
1:33 am
m9f9l

got it?
1:33 am
KatieMcG

not yet lol
1:33 am
m9f9l

it curls round on self.
1:35 am
KatieMcG

ty got it now :-)
1:35 am
m9f9l

phew!
1:35 am
m9f9l

LOL
1:35 am
m9f9l

with only 76, I figure the clues shouldn't be TOO specific!LOL
1:36 am
m9f9l

ok. any more?
1:37 am
m9f9l

my daughter was petting me and telling me how soft my hair is. how sweet.
1:37 am
KatieMcG

no that's great thanks M9, have a good evening/night
1:37 am
m9f9l

ok. I'm to bed!
1:37 am
KatieMcG

sleep well
1:44 am
rubyfoo

hello everybody or anybody!
1:45 am
rubyfoo

katie, are you still there?
1:59 am
Christine

Rubyfoo - I think everyone finished early, and left.
1:59 am
rubyfoo

hello christine
1:59 am
rubyfoo

strange tiny grid and for once, I have a little time
1:59 am
rubyfoo

I loved yesterda's
2:00 am
Christine

Hello, Dear. I have only 52 words
2:01 am
rubyfoo

I reached half quickly, but only have 42 now
2:01 am
rubyfoo

I reached half quickly, but only have 42 now
2:01 am
rubyfoo

I reached half quickly, but only have 42 now

2:01 am
rubyfoo

I reached half quickly, but only have 42 now


2:01 am
rubyfoo

I reached half quickly, but only have 42 now



2:01 am
rubyfoo

I reached half quickly, but only have 42 now




2:01 am
rubyfoo

I reached half quickly, but only have 42 now



is it hot there?

2:02 am
rubyfoo

whoops, 9 o'clock glitch!!! sorry
2:02 am
rubyfoo

I only typed that once....
2:03 am
rubyfoo

are you up very late or very early?
2:04 am
westford

Good morning Ruby and Christine
2:04 am
Douglas

minimal nbt! (A minimal accomplishment on this grid)
2:04 am
westford

Hello Doug too
2:04 am
rubyfoo

good morning westford and douglas!
2:05 am
rubyfoo

funny little grid; I liked yesterday's better
2:05 am
westford

I have just started. Got caught up in Celtic cross information
2:05 am
westford

this looks like a mean little thing
2:10 am
westford

today my credit card was bleeding
2:11 am
westford

poor thing hasn't been used this much in a long time
2:11 am
Christine

Back again. Goodmorning, all. Rubyfoo, your gremlins have hiccups.
2:11 am
Christine

had hiccups.
2:11 am
rubyfoo

I hope you bought some wonderful shoes!
2:12 am
westford

wedding gift, baby shower gift, birthday gifts for daughter and her fiance
2:12 am
westford

I'm getting a washer and dryer ruby time for shoes later..I have too many as it is lol
2:13 am
westford

in another world I get shoes and a bag that cost more than our first house
2:13 am
westford

I'd*
2:13 am
westford

for my trip on the Orient Express
2:14 am
rubyfoo

my husband used to joke that our re-modeled kitchen here cost more than his first house! now he doesn't make jokes about it
2:15 am
westford

we remodeled our kitchen 2 summers ago best thing we ever did
2:15 am
rubyfoo

aaah, the Orient Express......
2:15 am
westford

we had the most wonderful contractor
2:16 am
westford

I wondered how much a ticket on the OE would be..husband said 'if you have to ask' lol
2:17 am
joshuavorbis

hi and nbt
2:17 am
westford

I have almost all the tiles except t in the first row
2:17 am
rubyfoo

everything we put in, and it was all "top of the line", has broken in less than 11 yrs: gagenau stove top (gas), ovens (electric), fridge (GE), dishwasher (Miele), disposal, etc. Horrible. I never heard of a stove breaking in the US!
2:17 am
westford

hi josh wtg !! where are you now?
2:17 am
westford

usually it's the vowels that get me
2:17 am
rubyfoo

hi joshua
2:18 am
joshuavorbis

i am in phoenix now
2:18 am
westford

by the time you get to phoenix...
2:18 am
rubyfoo

ta4/4,5,5, ta5/12 and te5/30
2:18 am
westford

hot josh?
2:19 am
westford

thanks ruby I couldn't see a single t
2:19 am
rubyfoo

hot everyplace, I think
2:19 am
joshuavorbis

unbelievably hot
2:19 am
Douglas

I'd like to state that I didn't expect te5 to be a word
2:19 am
westford

my shoes melted in Phoenix in August
2:20 am
rubyfoo

but the t's on the left are another story -- only have one
2:21 am
westford

nbt !! and I agree Doug they must have made it a rule in the lone star state
2:22 am
westford

ruby our brand new GE refrigerator broke down after 2 months
2:22 am
rubyfoo

ours keeps breaking and the door handles are all corroded and icky!
2:23 am
rubyfoo

I thought our "lemon" was a special export (expat) model!
2:23 am
westford

whatever happened to quality control?
2:23 am
rubyfoo

doesn't exist in Europe
2:23 am
rubyfoo

see you later!
2:24 am
westford

okay hope so
2:25 am
westford

just heard someone bought Trigger for $266K
2:25 am
westford

seems cheap
2:30 am
Buttonman

morning all
2:30 am
westford

hello button
2:31 am
Buttonman

hi west
2:31 am
Buttonman

west, i need a clue for the as 5 and 6 combo please
2:32 am
Buttonman

they are the only two words standing between me and fireworks
2:33 am
westford

think of a community in iowa or the name of a refrigerator but change the first consonant
2:34 am
westford

or as and Princess Di***
2:34 am
Buttonman

thanks west......fireworks
2:34 am
westford

I am not using the list yet so not sure if those are the ones you need
2:35 am
westford

YAY !! button
2:35 am
westford

may I have the first 2 letters of the 8?
2:35 am
Buttonman

west, need any clues before I head to bed?
2:36 am
westford

see below lol
2:38 am
westford

first 2 of the 8 please?
2:39 am
Buttonman

pe 8
2:39 am
westford

thanks
2:39 am
Buttonman

lower class in europe
2:40 am
westford

got it and now to bed
2:40 am
Buttonman

good night west
2:50 am
Atalante

hello hello!
2:50 am
Haz1558

Hello!
2:50 am
Atalante

La Haz! La Glitteratina!
2:51 am
Haz1558

Sucky-duck guru! Hobbitellinarina!
2:52 am
Atalante

Hobbitella is arranging the paws
2:53 am
Haz1558

As any self-respecting spaniel should.
2:53 am
Atalante

well, yes. She has some rogue burrs, I think
2:53 am
Haz1558

Spangle is getting trimmed tomorrow, so the paw arranging will be a less protracted affair. Daughter 1 will have to take her as I'll be in Edinburgh with daughter 2.
2:53 am
jean1953

Good morning everyone:) just sneaking in whilst at work lol
2:53 am
Atalante

hi Jean!
2:54 am
Haz1558

Hello, jean!
2:54 am
Atalante

Paw arranging will always be done though. It's important
2:55 am
Haz1558

It seems to be.
2:56 am
Atalante

as is the snorting and snuffling and gurgling while doing it
2:56 am
Haz1558

Husband got a new phone (through his contract) yesterday and came home with a free X-box. It's possibly the world's most inappropriate give-away since he has not a clue what it's about.
2:56 am
Atalante

LOL! that's an impressive give-away, but ..... hmm ....
2:57 am
Haz1558

We've pretended to daughter 1 that we're thrilled and see it as a welcome addition to the home.
2:57 am
Atalante

looooool
2:57 am
Atalante

husband does love his
2:58 am
Haz1558

We've discussed where it should go etc. But the reality is that we'll either sell it or give it to someone who will appreciate it.
2:59 am
Atalante

you could have it in your new super portacabin!
3:00 am
Haz1558

Gosh, there's a thought! But they might get so caught up in the games that they'll not want to go out to the horses.
3:00 am
Atalante

true, true ... but if it was raining .... and I bet you could get horsey games for it!
3:01 am
Haz1558

Raining is no problem with an indoor arena. They do use the outdoor one when possible but it's nice to be under cover for when it occasionally rains here.
3:02 am
Atalante

indoor arena! how nice!! you have *everything* in Ballymena!
3:03 am
Haz1558

I loved the comment Darren Clarke (golfer from NI) made about the weather at Loch Lomond's recent tournament. 'There was torrential rain, not heavy torrential rain. If you come from Ireland you'll know that there's a huge difference.'
3:03 am
Haz1558

I know, Ballymena is just the last word.
3:03 am
Atalante

loooooooool
3:03 am
Haz1558

I do like a man with a sense of humour.
3:04 am
Atalante

Ireland and Wales! I know the difference!
3:05 am
Haz1558

The funny thing was that while Loch Lomond was getting drenched, people who were sweltering in the south of England who were watching, must have thought they were seeing a recording or something, there was such a huge difference in the weather.
3:06 am
FMitch

Morning you two :)
3:06 am
Haz1558

Good morning, FM!
3:06 am
FMitch

Greetings!
3:06 am
Douglas

Snape is in the grid. I would have a hard time keeping track of who I had and hadn't betrayed if I were him.
3:06 am
lynxxx

Morning you three!
3:06 am
Haz1558

And jean's here as well, FM, she's sneaking a peek from work.
3:07 am
Douglas

mnbt3! Whoo-hoo!
3:07 am
Haz1558

Oh look, a cast of thousands is emerging!
3:07 am
Atalante

FM!!
3:07 am
Haz1558

Hello lynxxx and Douglas.
3:07 am
FMitch

Hi there lynxx and lurking Jean and Douglas.
3:07 am
lynxxx

hi Douglas
3:08 am
FMitch

When do you return from Scotland Haz?
3:08 am
Douglas

Hello lynxxx, Haz, FM, Ata
3:08 am
kje

hola
3:08 am
Haz1558

It's a flying visit - going over this afternoon and will be in Edinburgh by about 6pm, then coming back tomorrow afternoon, hopefully getting in around 6.40 pm.
3:09 am
lynxxx

hi kje
3:09 am
FMitch

Morning kje
3:09 am
Haz1558

Hola, kje!
3:09 am
Atalante

hi kje
3:10 am
FMitch

Hope there is not too much left to pack. Don't forget to take an umbrella, they are giving out weather warning for Scotland today :(
3:10 am
kje

nice to see the continent awake ; )
3:10 am
Haz1558

Boxes are due to be picked up tomorrow morning, we'll do a bit of a last minute clean before heading off with whatever needs to be put in cases.
3:11 am
Haz1558

I know, the weather doesn't look great, does it? Too warm for a coat, so a brolly will have to do.
3:11 am
kje

brolly? jacket?
3:12 am
FMitch

We had incredible gusty winds overnight and torrential rain and it is still doing both now.
3:12 am
lynxxx

umbrella
3:12 am
kje

ah
3:12 am
FMitch

lol kje, alien concept for you?
3:12 am
kje

wouldn't think.. coat vs umbrella... no
3:13 am
kje

but learned a new word!
3:13 am
Haz1558

Sometimes when it rains here, it's not cold enough to wear a raincoat, so you just use an umbrella instead.
3:14 am
FMitch

Babblers are full of spurious information.
3:15 am
Haz1558

Spurious? Are you not insulted, Ata? Here we are, bestowing valuable knowledge to the world at large and FM thinks it's spurious.
3:15 am
FMitch

I need to buy a proper raincoat, I only have one suitable for the odd shower.
3:15 am
Haz1558

Hurt. Deeply hurt.
3:15 am
Haz1558

Misunderstood and maligned.
3:15 am
FMitch

LOL
3:15 am
rubyfoo

hello again. Half before, trying again now
3:15 am
FMitch

Morning ruby.
3:16 am
lynxxx

hi Ruby
3:16 am
Haz1558

Hello, ruby.
3:16 am
Atalante

I just think that Fm is deluded :)
3:16 am
FMitch

probably.
3:17 am
Haz1558

Is it living in that village and listening to those bells that has sent her doolalley?
3:17 am
rubyfoo

if the wind is gusty, won't it pick you up and make you fly with your umbrella like Mary Poppppins
3:17 am
FMitch

yes! the bells, the bells!!
3:17 am
Atalante

the bells! the bells!
3:17 am
Haz1558

I mean, she used to be one of our more sensible babblers - blameworthy, but sensible.
3:18 am
FMitch

snap Ata
3:18 am
rubyfoo

snap
3:18 am
Haz1558

PB for all of you.
3:18 am
rubyfoo

whoops, I'll meet you in the PB FM for second breakfast
3:19 am
Atalante

apart from me *smug*
3:19 am
Haz1558

(A nice piece of entrapment there)
3:19 am
rubyfoo

or early lunch
3:19 am
FMitch

*le sigh*
3:19 am
FMitch

Lets go ruby.
3:19 am
Haz1558

Maybe we'll give you a fool's pardon.
3:20 am
rubyfoo

I'm ready! it is finally a little bit cooler; it has been awful for the past week or so, over 90 every day which is very hot for here
3:20 am
FMitch

There will be a lot of people in the PB today when they are wanting to leave babble as they can't po4 today.
3:20 am
Haz1558

They'll just have to exit gracefully.
3:20 am
Atalante

yay Astana is in the grid!
3:20 am
rubyfoo

backing out and waving goodbye
3:21 am
rubyfoo

maybe singing
3:21 am
rubyfoo

phantom: expat moi!
3:21 am
Haz1558

Not Vicuna, though.
3:22 am
rubyfoo

and a bad Tour team: astana
3:22 am
rubyfoo

boo hiss Contador
3:23 am
rubyfoo

yay for David Millar who has a lot of class!
3:23 am
FMitch

Back, Mum just called to cancel our day as the weather is so bad.
3:23 am
rubyfoo

now you can watch the Tour, lol
3:23 am
Haz1558

Oh, what a pity - what were your plans?
3:23 am
Atalante

poor COntador LOL, why does everyone hate him?
3:24 am
Haz1558

Poor Contador - misunderstood and maligned. I know how he feels.
3:24 am
Atalante

so does FM. always
3:24 am
FMitch

We were going to the local market and then an art exhibition,but the forecast is looking much better for tomorrow so we will see.
3:24 am
FMitch

so true Ata.
3:25 am
rubyfoo

because 1) he's arrogant, 2) he only speaks Spanish (doesn't even make an effort), 3) none of the other riders talk to him and 4) he beat my Lance last year!
3:25 am
Haz1558

Poor Contador, misunderstood because he's Spanish. Maybe he and Nadal should get together.
3:25 am
Atalante

not everyone's good at languages!!
3:25 am
Atalante

Rafa can just about manage ENglish now :P
3:26 am
rubyfoo

but most of the other riders, English, Australian, German, etc., make an effort to speak French, especially if they've been in the Tour and are contenders
3:26 am
Haz1558

I know, but Nadal is loved even if he's not fluent. I just meant he could give Contador lessons in how to be loved.
3:26 am
Atalante

ohhh, yes!
3:26 am
Atalante

everyone loves Rafa
3:27 am
rubyfoo

it would take more than that!
3:27 am
Haz1558

Une REALLY loves Rafa.
3:27 am
FMitch

everyone?
3:27 am
Atalante

yes, everyone in the whole wide world
3:27 am
Haz1558

Nearly everyone loves him and Une loves him enough to make up for the ones who merely tolerate him.
3:27 am
FMitch

She does, doesn't Haz :)
3:27 am
rubyfoo

hahah
3:28 am
Haz1558

So, basically, Contador just needs to get surgery done to make him look like Rafa, and all will be well.
3:29 am
kje

fast grid
3:29 am
Atalante

and get Rafa's attitude too
3:29 am
rubyfoo

actually, he's sort of handsome, but it doesn't make up for the rest. Most of the riders look sort of dopey (of course, they're not), from having their muths agape and eating flies all day
3:30 am
Haz1558

An attitude transplant.... pioneering concept.
3:30 am
rubyfoo

and ata will get the patent
3:30 am
rubyfoo

hi kje
3:30 am
Haz1558

(kje needs to be distracted, she's taking this too seriously and finding words)
3:30 am
FMitch

It is kje, and not bad for a small one.
3:31 am
Haz1558

So, kje, how are the plans coming along for attitude transplants
3:31 am
rubyfoo

words? in this grid? I only hv 50
3:31 am
kje

i know haz! but I amhalf asleep so would rather just enjoy y'alls banter than to try to think fast enough to enter in ; )
3:31 am
kje

it is 0330 here
3:32 am
FMitch

why up so early kje?
3:32 am
rubyfoo

or so late?
3:32 am
Atalante

brb. tea anyone?
3:32 am
Haz1558

Not for me, thanks, Ata.
3:32 am
rubyfoo

pls, with milk, no sugar
3:32 am
FMitch

mmm yes plesae Ata
3:33 am
kje

if i knew, fm, i wouldn't be here... no offense to the lovely people here of course
3:33 am
Haz1558

(Considers whether to be offended)
3:33 am
lynxxx

Yay, found the revolting ones
3:33 am
kje

i am drinking tea, ata... but iced
3:33 am
rubyfoo

hello lynxxxx!
3:33 am
rubyfoo

revolting ones?
3:33 am
Haz1558

Just think, kje, you now know about brollies. The time has not been wasted.
3:34 am
kje

very true... i must drop that one in a convo soon!
3:34 am
lynxxx

the pe8.45 are revolting
3:34 am
Haz1558

I'm surprised you didn't know it already, but I suppose we just take our expressions for granted.
3:34 am
FMitch

lol lynxxx.
3:35 am
Haz1558

lynxxx, I was starting to look for rotters, then realised what you meant.
3:35 am
rubyfoo

???
3:35 am
kje

well, given how frequently you guys need them compared to here, I suspect you have many more words for umbrella than we do
3:36 am
rubyfoo

oh, got it!
3:36 am
rubyfoo

lovely, thank you lynxx
3:36 am
Haz1558

Not as many words for umbrella as for varieties of rain, all the same.
3:37 am
rubyfoo

not here, the French have a dearth of nouns, just too many verbs!
3:37 am
Atalante

*tea for all except haz*
3:37 am
rubyfoo

ty ata, just in time
3:37 am
FMitch

Thank you Ata.
3:37 am
Haz1558

China cups, I hope?
3:38 am
Haz1558

Oh, but French verbs are lovely, all those nice tenses.
3:38 am
FMitch

Big mugs!
3:38 am
Atalante

mugs or cups, whatever people wish!
3:38 am
Haz1558

There goes FM, all insulting again.
3:38 am
rubyfoo

when I was young, I had to memorize 16 tenses. In daily life, I only use about 6!
3:38 am
redturtlehead

Hi all, kje are you Still up?
3:38 am
kje

OK, down to 3... would either need to list now, or come back when there is more light....
3:39 am
rubyfoo

hello red
3:39 am
redturtlehead

go to sleep!
3:39 am
kje

not still, red.... woke up around 2 for some horrid reason... so here i sit
3:39 am
FMitch

wtg kje, go for the list.

Hi red.
3:39 am
lynxxx

morning Red
3:39 am
redturtlehead

morning.
3:39 am
Haz1558

Good morning, red.
3:39 am
kje

why are you up, red? work?
3:40 am
redturtlehead

get list and then go to sleep kje, i am sorry you are insomniac-ing.
3:40 am
redturtlehead

Nah, I am eating before running, and will go back to be for an hour to digest.
3:41 am
kje

i think i shall go back too... 2 words for later (hopefully i will not forget to come back)
3:41 am
redturtlehead

I recommend almond butter, but not 100%
3:41 am
kje

bye all, thanks for the new words and giggles
3:42 am
redturtlehead

Bye kje and bye to everyone else.
3:42 am
FMitch

Sleep well kje, byee.
3:42 am
rubyfoo

hope you get some more sleep, kje!
3:42 am
Haz1558

Toodle-oo, kje.
3:42 am
rubyfoo

bye red
3:42 am
Haz1558

Bye, red.
3:42 am
rubyfoo

and *poof* for me with 23 left
3:42 am
lynxxx

bye kje
3:42 am
Haz1558

And ruby.
3:43 am
FMitch

Bye red and ruby.
3:43 am
rubyfoo

bye everybody *re-poof*
3:43 am
Atalante

does anyone know what the weather is meant to be like next week?
3:44 am
FMitch

and ruby has PB'd herself
3:44 am
Haz1558

Not next week, no.
3:44 am
FMitch

No Ata, the metoffice web site only does a 5 day forecasdt.
3:44 am
Atalante

I'm trying to plan a day up taking photos in London Zoo and then meeting friends afterwars, and trying to outguess the weather lol
3:45 am
Haz1558

I suppose anything looks better in sunshine.
3:45 am
FMitch

That sounds like fun, but is the leg up to it?
3:46 am
Atalante

in the brace it is :)
3:46 am
Atalante

macro photography is *much* easier in sunlight!
3:46 am
FMitch

ok
3:48 am
Atalante

I need some escapage anyway
3:48 am
FMitch

What in particular will you be shooting, or is it just what catches your eye?
3:49 am
Atalante

whatever really. I just like playing with my new lens lol
3:49 am
Haz1558

I have visions of camera-hogging animals lining up with their prettiest poses.
3:50 am
FMitch

I have a brilliant macro lens for my Pentax SLF but the camera is letting light in and needs fixong.
3:50 am
lynxxx

Goodnight all. Have a good day over there
3:50 am
FMitch

Nighty night lynxxx.
3:50 am
Haz1558

Goodnight, lynxxx, sleep well!
3:51 am
Atalante

I hope they will!
3:51 am
FMitch

SLR not SLF *sigh*
3:52 am
sandyloo

hi guys
3:52 am
Haz1558

Hello, sandyloo.
3:52 am
FMitch

Hello sandy.
3:53 am
Atalante

hi snady
3:53 am
sandyloo

hi hi hi
3:53 am
FMitch

snady? *giggle*
3:53 am
sandyloo

giggle also
3:54 am
Atalante

can't type tpday lol and have paint palette over half of keybpard!
3:54 am
FMitch

excuses, excuses :)
3:54 am
Haz1558

Yes, the o and the p are changing olaces tpday.
3:55 am
sandyloo

are you an artist Ata?
3:55 am
FMitch

LOL
3:55 am
sandyloo

I have wine instead of a apint palette
3:55 am
FMitch

OH is she ever sandy!!! Our Ata is a very talented lady.
3:55 am
Atalante

sometimes lol
3:56 am
sandyloo

I am going to a drawing class tomorrow (does that make me an artist) I doutb it
3:56 am
FMitch

wine over half the keyboard does not bode well :)
3:56 am
Haz1558

I know - artist, scientist, marine biologist, radical unspeller.
3:56 am
Atalante

yay for drawing clases! fun!
3:56 am
FMitch

and don't forget who's granddaughter she is too ;)
3:56 am
Atalante

is FM a radical untyper?
3:57 am
sandyloo

I aspire to be an artist
3:57 am
FMitch

no I am just a rubbish typer in babbleland.
3:57 am
sandyloo

whose granddaughter is she ?
3:57 am
Haz1558

Yes, FM has always set the standards for untyping.
3:57 am
Haz1558

Einstein's!
3:57 am
Haz1558

She tried to keep it secret but I found out and felt that the wider babble public needed to know.
3:58 am
sandyloo

get outa town!! is she mitch's grandaughter?
3:58 am
Atalante

*is staying well out of this!*
3:59 am
Haz1558

No! Grandpa Albert. He of the moustache and genius dripping from him.
3:59 am
Haz1558

No wonder she's so brilliant, you can't beat genes.
3:59 am
sandyloo

LOL mum used ot say "Is She the cat's mother"
3:59 am
FMitch

I set the typing bar so low that everyone else shines compared to my keyboard exploits.

Hey I am not that old!!!
4:00 am
sandyloo

Haz, methinks you speak with forked tongue! Not Einsteins relative surely
4:00 am
FMitch

BRB coffee time.
4:00 am
sandyloo

Mitch, u must be fairly old or you wouldn't have a toy boy
4:00 am
Haz1558

sandy, you don't mean that you're questioning this? Other babblers have accepted it gladly.
4:00 am
sandyloo

Speak up Ata!!
4:01 am
Haz1558

Ata is probably rolling on the floor with laughter.
4:01 am
Atalante

and really not hard to belive compared to other babblers claims ...
4:01 am
sandyloo

I know Ata is brilliant of course, but I guess i am just a cynic
4:02 am
sandyloo

LOL Ata ROLF
4:02 am
Haz1558

I reckon being Einstein's granddaughter is the most logical explanation for Ata's brilliance.
4:02 am
sandyloo

Nicky is doing the dishes and staring at me........
4:03 am
sandyloo

I don't know how old Ata is Haz - she may be his daughter......
4:03 am
Atalante

not thta old!!!
4:04 am
Haz1558

Okay, it may not be exactly true.... I may have used a bit of imagination. Ata is in her thirties.
4:04 am
sandyloo

I have to help her (Aussie women really know how to work hard) just ask lynxx
4:04 am
Atalante

it should be true anywya
4:04 am
sandyloo

hmmmm Haz is in a jovial mood today I will be back later
4:05 am
Haz1558

Nobody else has questioned the dates before.
4:06 am
Atalante

this is true ....
4:07 am
Haz1558

He didn't die until 1955 when he was 76. Could it not still be theoretically possible?
4:08 am
Atalante

I was born i 74
4:08 am
FMitch

Back again.
4:08 am
FMitch

I see you have been rumbled Haz.
4:08 am
Haz1558

Yes, but what were your parents' dates of birth?
4:09 am
Atalante

1945 for mum
4:09 am
Atalante

dont actually know for father
4:09 am
Haz1558

There you go! It's entirely possible...
4:09 am
Atalante

yay!
4:10 am
FMitch

and Atas mustache does bear an amazing similarity ...
4:10 am
Haz1558

I will speak of your grandparentage with renewed vigour.
4:10 am
Atalante

FM!!
4:10 am
FMitch

*grin*
4:10 am
Atalante

I think I''ll be the love child of Einstein and FM now
4:11 am
Haz1558

Yes, because FM is 'fairly old'.
4:11 am
Haz1558

If FM is 'fairly old' and I am older than FM, what does that make me?
4:11 am
Atalante

old enough
4:11 am
FMitch

I was ignoring that comment of sandys. Old indeed hmpf!
4:11 am
rolin

and me....!
4:12 am
rolin

hi all..*s*
4:12 am
Atalante

very old LOL
4:12 am
FMitch

Morning rolin.
4:12 am
rolin

right thats the last cherry ripe YOULL see...lol
4:12 am
Haz1558

You see? Over 50s need to get together.
4:12 am
Haz1558

Hello, rolin.
4:12 am
Atalante

that was for FM :P
4:12 am
Atalante

you of course, ro, are beautiful adn young
4:13 am
Haz1558

Crawler.
4:13 am
rolin

aaah...the power of the cherry ripe wins again...lol...
4:13 am
FMitch

I am not over 50 just yet (well not for a couple of months anyway).
4:13 am
rolin

i have actually found turning 55 the hardest yet..
4:13 am
Atalante

always LOL
4:14 am
FMitch

It's all in the mind.
4:15 am
Atalante

and the waistline
4:15 am
rolin

absolutely... and ive had no problem with the zero's so far...
4:15 am
Haz1558

I had a waistline in 1974.
4:16 am
rolin

oh ata...ive started going to the gym..and im losing weight too...and for some reason for the first time in 50 years i am developing a waistline...
4:16 am
Haz1558

(I'm trying to think back to the year of Ata's birth, I was doing O-levels)
4:16 am
rolin

after 50 what do i need one NOW for...where was it in the 70's when i wanted to wear high waisted trousers..lol
4:16 am
Atalante

ooo go you!!!
4:16 am
FMitch

you still have one now Haz, you looked lovely in those wedding pics.

wtg rolin!
4:17 am
rolin

74..??... i was getting married...before i turned 19
4:17 am
FMitch

I was 15 then.
4:18 am
Atalante

I was a month ago in 1974 about now. awww!
4:18 am
Atalante

actually, 25 days old!
4:19 am
Haz1558

And you had already mastered multiplication and long division.
4:19 am
Atalante

easily
4:19 am
rolin

*sigh*.... ok... i best take this menopausal mind of mine back to work..ill catch you all later...
4:19 am
FMitch

Bye rolin.
4:20 am
Haz1558

Bye rolin - and well done for getting your waistline back!
4:20 am
Atalante

nice to see you Ro!
4:22 am
Haz1558

I was trying to work out when Bohemian Rhapsody first appeared - 1975 rather than 1974. Is it true that Freddy Mercury consulted you, Ata?
4:23 am
FMitch

Hmmm think it is time to administer meds to Haz.
4:23 am
Atalante

either me or Mum, she's just as brilliant
4:24 am
Haz1558

Is she really? Does she ever think of doing babble?
4:24 am
Atalante

do we need to call the hme for the bewildered?
4:24 am
Haz1558

I'll be good. Honestly.
4:24 am
Atalante

I've been trying to persuade her onto babble for years
4:25 am
Haz1558

Not the big pointy needle!
4:25 am
FMitch

Might be an idea Ata.
4:25 am
Haz1558

But she might be shocked to discover that the secret of your grandparentage is out.
4:26 am
Atalante

before she can escape to scotland
4:26 am
Haz1558

I'll be good. Really good. No more Einstein talk.
4:27 am
FMitch

No, let her go to Scotland the gales may blow some sense into her :)
4:27 am
Haz1558

So, about the Tour. Poor Contador.
4:27 am
FMitch

*yawn*
4:28 am
Atalante

do we beleive that she even actually knows who Contador is?
4:28 am
Haz1558

Contador. Rides a bike. What else is to know?
4:28 am
FMitch

I have no idea seeing as I don't know/care who he is.
4:28 am
FMitch

and joy of joys there is 11 hours of golf on BBC2 today :(
4:28 am
Atalante

what's a TARDIS?
4:29 am
Haz1558

Time and Relative Dimension in Space or something.
4:29 am
Atalante

this is more amusing ...
4:29 am
Atalante

thats quite impressive!
4:29 am
Haz1558

Watch out for all the NI golfers...
4:29 am
FMitch

our girl is learning!
4:29 am
Haz1558

It's my only claim to Dr Who geekdom.
4:30 am
Atalante

lets try a level 2 question ..
4:30 am
Atalante

who is the Master?
4:30 am
Haz1558

(Google fingers poised)
4:30 am
Haz1558

Dr Who's enemy.
4:31 am
Haz1558

That will be the answer for Daleks, Cybermen and all other strange creatures.
4:31 am
Atalante

do we give her that?
4:31 am
Haz1558

It's correct! He's his enemy!
4:31 am
FMitch

No, I think it needs to be a bit more specific.
4:32 am
Atalante

and his First Best Friend. ish.
4:32 am
Haz1558

Dr Who's oldest and most implacable enemy.
4:32 am
FMitch

lol
4:33 am
sandyloo

Ok I'm back , kitchen is clean
4:33 am
Haz1558

Hello, sandyloo.
4:33 am
sandyloo

hi grandma
4:33 am
sandyloo

now could it be Haz that is Ata's grandma or mum
4:33 am
Atalante

he was a time lord who went a bit loopy, was Dr's BFF before and enemy after. ish.
4:34 am
Haz1558

No, I'm far too stupid. I know practically nothing about anything.
4:34 am
Worquey

Hi all
4:34 am
sandyloo

where does Mitch fit in?
4:34 am
FMitch

Hi sandy.
4:34 am
Haz1558

Hello, Worquey.
4:34 am
sandyloo

hi worqu
4:35 am
sandyloo

I think Haz is mum
4:35 am
FMitch

It could be you sandy seeing as you are um a tad older than all of us.
4:36 am
Atalante

does that mean Mr Haz is my secret dad? Yay!
4:36 am
sandyloo

Ha! but I am only 20 in my mind
4:36 am
sandyloo

Obviously lol
4:36 am
Haz1558

I hadn't even met Mr Haz in 1974!
4:37 am
sandyloo

was Ata a love child?
4:37 am
FMitch

When did you first meet him?
4:37 am
Haz1558

1976 - in Edinburgh.
4:38 am
FMitch

Everything happens in Edinburgh, I must go visit it again.
4:38 am
sandyloo

hmmm So the romantic Edinburgh is responsible
4:38 am
Haz1558

Oh, and FM, you missed the news that he changed his phone yesterday and got an X box as a freeby. We haven't the slightest clue what to do with it!
4:39 am
Haz1558

No, he's responsible, Edinburgh can only take so much of the glory.
4:39 am
FMitch

an x-box that seems a bit off the wall. Put it on ebay.
4:39 am
Atalante

you can just play normal dvds on them
4:39 am
sandyloo

aaaw Haz , that sounds lovely
4:40 am
Atalante

give it to daughter as an engagement presnt lol
4:40 am
Haz1558

We'll ask around and I'm sure we'll find a good home for it.
4:40 am
FMitch

lol Ata
4:41 am
Haz1558

We've been winding her up that we're thrilled to bits and can't wait to play games on it. She thinks we've taken leave of our senses.
4:41 am
FMitch

or hang onto it until you have a charity raffle or such.
4:41 am
FMitch

WEll we know you have taken leave of them :)
4:41 am
Haz1558

That's a good idea, FM.
4:41 am
Atalante

tell her you're going to buy Alan Wake an dplay that - that's the latest must-have game
4:41 am
sandyloo

I taught my son to read before he went to school by getting him to read instructions on those games
4:42 am
Haz1558

My daugher's first reading book consisted of one word. 'Look!'
4:43 am
Haz1558

It was repeated throughout with different pictures. 'Look!'
4:43 am
Atalante

my first word was "apple" followed by "dumper truck". LOL.
4:45 am
Haz1558

We managed to be out the first time daughter 1 constructed a sentence. She had been saying individual words, but apparently, the night we were out, the babysitters thought they could hear a noise. L piped up 'I can't hear anything'.
4:46 am
FMitch

not bad for a 12 year old ;)
4:47 am
Haz1558

She was 13. A late developer.
4:47 am
Haz1558

But we were still very proud.
4:48 am
Atalante

of course
4:48 am
FMitch

As much as it pains me I have to think about leaving babbleland soon.
4:49 am
Atalante

awwwww
4:49 am
Haz1558

I will too. I share your pain.
4:50 am
FMitch

I'll wait till Haz goes and then we can po4 together.
4:50 am
sandyloo

what do you mean Mitch, have you been banned from the computer
4:51 am
sandyloo

or do you have some cleaning to do?
4:51 am
FMitch

I have work to do sandy believe it or not.
4:51 am
Haz1558

Okay, synchronised po4ing. On a count from 10 to 1. (I'll maybe not get time to babble tomorrow).
4:51 am
Haz1558

10
4:51 am
Haz1558

(FM you say 9)
4:51 am
FMitch

9
4:51 am
sandyloo

Mitch, That is so sad
4:51 am
Haz1558

8
4:51 am
FMitch

well it pays the bills sandy, what can I say?

7
4:51 am
Haz1558

6
4:52 am
Atalante

bye dears!!
4:52 am
FMitch

5
4:52 am
Haz1558

4
4:52 am
Haz1558

(waving hanky)
4:52 am
FMitch

3
4:52 am
Haz1558

2
4:52 am
FMitch

1
4:53 am
Haz1558

GONE
4:53 am
FMitch

and po4!
4:53 am
Atalante

wow. that was impressive!
4:54 am
sandyloo

I for one, was certainly impressed
4:58 am
movieman

clues for the 7s and the 8 plz
4:59 am
Atalante

8 - pe8 - the pe8 are revoltig!
5:00 am
movieman

ty ata
5:00 am
sandyloo

thanks Ata
5:00 am
Atalante

and thats a pe7 too
5:01 am
Atalante

not sure on the other 7
5:43 am
nurse1000

any clues please for as 5 and 6?
5:44 am
bichon

as + definite article + vowel
5:45 am
bichon

*indefinite article
5:47 am
nurse1000

ty bichon, monkeys had just given up.
5:47 am
bichon

yvw nurse
5:48 am
bichon

a state name is an acceptable word in this grid
5:51 am
hillary

a
6:01 am
Sally-catlover

Hi everyone.
6:03 am
Atalante

firebirds!
6:04 am
Sally-catlover

Well done Ata!
6:04 am
Atalante

and hi :)
6:05 am
Sally-catlover

How's the leg today
6:06 am
Atalante

ok .... pup is cross though as she only had a short walk this morning!
6:07 am
Sally-catlover

Sulking is she? :-)
6:07 am
Atalante

yep! I told her I'd take her into the garden in a sec so she can have another run round
6:11 am
Atalante

which I should go and do, back soon!
6:11 am
Sally-catlover

bye for now
6:18 am
mrpresident

hello everyone! :)
6:19 am
Sally-catlover

Hi there Mrp!
6:19 am
mrpresident

hey sally!! good to see you!
6:19 am
Sally-catlover

Think we haven't been on at the same time recently. How are you keeping?
6:20 am
mrpresident

keeping well thanks! how are you?
I haven't been on for a while, but happy to be back :)
6:21 am
Sally-catlover

Started to suffer from vertigo which is not good :-( but gives me a good reason to sit still for a bit and play babble :-)
6:22 am
mrpresident

vertigo! Oh my!!
6:22 am
mrpresident

how is that being treated??
6:24 am
Sally-catlover

Still having checks, but meanwhile a friend who has it for a neck-related problem (which I suspect mine is) has given me some exercises for neck. Started in the middle of the night with the room going round and round - very scary - and I hadn't even had a drink!
6:24 am
mrpresident

oh sweetie! I so hope you get it sorted!
6:25 am
mrpresident

is it a neurological issue too?
6:25 am
Sally-catlover

It's surprisingly unpleasant. Can't walk down a road without holding on.
6:25 am
Sally-catlover

(Not holding onto the road!)
6:25 am
mrpresident

oh man! I am so sorry sally!
6:26 am
Sally-catlover

Just don't know the cause yet mrp. We'll see.
6:26 am
Sally-catlover

Worse things at sea mrp.
6:26 am
LynnNate08

clue for the 8 please?
6:26 am
mrpresident

I hope it all comes good for you darling... is awful that you are going thru this
6:26 am
Sally-catlover

8 is the plural of the pe 7/32
6:27 am
Sally-catlover

You're very sweet mrp - you have/have had enough of your own troubles.
6:27 am
LynnNate08

dont have pe 7?
6:28 am
mrpresident

lynn, there are lords, and pe7's
6:28 am
Sally-catlover

The aristocracy are in their castles, the pe8/45 are toiling in the fields "-)
6:30 am
mrpresident

vertigo would be just nasty! I hope you get the right help... I am wishing you well
6:30 am
LynnNate08

ty
6:31 am
LynnNate08

the other 7? please?
6:32 am
Sally-catlover

Haven't got the other one yet lynn
6:32 am
LynnNate08

okie ty
6:32 am
Sally-catlover

But I only have Ts left, so it must be a T.
6:32 am
LynnNate08

ok ty
6:33 am
Atalante

te7 - infamous babblet
6:34 am
Sally-catlover

ty ata
6:37 am
Sally-catlover

Dragonflies :-)
6:38 am
Sally-catlover

Reasonably OK for a small grid like this. Sometimes they are small and evil!
6:39 am
Atalante

yay sally!
6:41 am
Sally-catlover

Will be off now, see you all tomorrow with luck. Hugs to Hobbit.
6:43 am
Atalante

bye dear!
6:45 am
stefaneechi

an 6/33?
6:47 am
Kallia

an 5 20 with an extra vowel
6:48 am
stefaneechi

ty
7:03 am
m9f9l

good morning, stopped in for just a sec and then back to bed!
7:10 am
mrpresident

hi m9... bed is just the right place tonight
7:10 am
mrpresident

watching the Catherine Tate Show... too funny!
7:12 am
mrpresident

she shows devotion to comedy... :)
I love Brit comedy
7:36 am
EvaNadine

mornin babblers!
7:39 am
periwinkle

morning all, missing an F, have the meals, and the actions
7:39 am
periwinkle

NM
8:06 am
wht

Hi all. Got the bottom 2 rows grayed already.
8:18 am
SeaSpray

well done wht
8:19 am
smaandmea

te6and 7 are defeating me!
8:19 am
msideb01

Wow, tiny grid today!
8:20 am
scribekd

te + vowel + pots & ****
8:20 am
shdybr8

open opens
8:20 am
shdybr8

hmmm, enter key wouldn't hurt either
8:21 am
shdybr8

so that's my very clever clue for the o's
8:22 am
smaandmea

Thank you so much!
8:22 am
scribekd

I think I got that-thanks!
8:22 am
Nancy Boy

lol, Shdy! and hello, all
8:22 am
SeaSpray

great clues
8:22 am
shdybr8

any time **face a fiery red
8:22 am
SeaSpray

Hi NB!
8:23 am
Nancy Boy

Hello, Sea! How are you? :)
8:23 am
shdybr8

hi everyone, so much for lurking, huh?
8:23 am
SeaSpray

peet
8:23 am
SeaSpray

oops
8:23 am
shdybr8

dear lord, am i contagious?
8:23 am
SeaSpray

am going to PB with shdy
8:23 am
SeaSpray

mine was a dud though lol
8:24 am
Nancy Boy

haha! I see I'm in the grid today...po4/8 ;)
8:25 am
shdybr8

now i'm scared to try! maybe i'll have to get some work done after all
8:26 am
EvaNadine

*hustles into chog to nuggle with NB*
8:27 am
Nancy Boy

*pondering over 'nuggle'* ;) mornin', Eva!
8:28 am
EvaNadine

lol.... typing skills apparently still asleep.
that was intended to be "snuggle"
8:28 am
shdybr8

take what you can get, nb, ask questions later! lol
8:30 am
Nancy Boy

I met a lovely spanish man this morning. wouldn't mind nuggling with him ;) depending on what it means, of course...
8:30 am
Nancy Boy

LOL, Shdy!
8:31 am
Nancy Boy

how go the wedding plans, Eva? :)
8:31 am
sprite

good afternoon all!
Confess please, who shrunk my babble?
8:33 am
shdybr8

hiya sprite, i didn't do it!
8:33 am
sprite

hey shdy :)
8:33 am
Nancy Boy

hi, Sprite :)
8:33 am
EvaNadine

worked on registry #2 last night.
hopefully heading out to do #3. dear fiance wants to throw a #4 in there, but i think 3 is plenty.
8:33 am
Cherrypop

not I said the cat!
8:34 am
sprite

*checks off 2 possible suspects from list*
8:34 am
shdybr8

**rewinding last night's top chef for the third time, looking for ADD pills....
8:35 am
sprite

hey Nancy Boy! How was your birthday and did you see my icon and writeup and tell my about your lovely Spaniard!
8:36 am
wht

Maybe if you wash the grid in cold water and hang it on the line to dry it will stretch out.
8:36 am
Nancy Boy

oh, it was great thanks, Sprite! I popped in to see all the icons...very good ;) I sprained my ankle at the end though. Fell off a table!
8:36 am
Nancy Boy

LOL Wht!
8:36 am
sprite

lol wht, good idea!
8:37 am
Atalante

Eva is the main suspect for shrinking things ...
8:37 am
shdybr8

it will smell all fresh and clean, too!
8:38 am
sprite

glad you had a good time, Nancy Boy :) *huggggs*
How's the ankle now? (remember not to dance on tables when drunk, giggle)
8:38 am
sprite

hey Ata, how was physio? What was the verdict on the painful knee?
8:38 am
EvaNadine

*dons "Ata did it" shirt*
8:38 am
Atalante

a shrunk one or not??
8:38 am
wht

Hey, shdy, are you making a comment about the pe8?
8:39 am
Atalante

ok ... back wearing the brace for a bit, it's just so much less effort when knee is hurting a bit
8:39 am
shdybr8

not sure yet, wht, looking.. lol
8:40 am
sprite

very good idea, Ata. It will help you remember to not overstretch etc too. Glad all is ok.
8:40 am
EvaNadine

shrunken. bu then i wet it and hung is to stretch out whilst it dried.
i did it with my dress, the shirt, AND the grid.
*muah hah hah hah!!!*
8:40 am
Atalante

all is ok ... I just keep forgetting that exercise is not my normal idea of exercise!
8:40 am
Atalante

see? SEE! Eva admits it!!
8:41 am
Nancy Boy

good advice, Sprite ;) and as for the Spanish man...guapo ;)
8:41 am
EvaNadine

*points at "Ata did it" shirt*
8:41 am
sprite

lollllll no dear. Exercise with a blessure/injury is doing a percentage of what a healthy person would be able to do.... the NORMAL things.
8:41 am
shdybr8

the bad thing about small grids - way more phantoms
8:42 am
Atalante

doesn't say what Ata di though *smug* . You just admitted to shrinking the grid! :P
8:42 am
sprite

you go and enjoy life and the Spanish wet dream, Nancy Boy, but take care of yourself :)
8:42 am
Atalante

blessure is French, dear :P
8:42 am
EvaNadine

it. you did IT.
it, and everything that it encompasses.
all of IT.
8:42 am
sprite

this is a special tiny grid. It is only 3 x 5 tiles big.
8:43 am
Atalante

but more than 3x5 are used :)
8:43 am
Atalante

no! that's FM's fault!
8:43 am
sprite

thanks Ata :) Will I ever learn???
8:43 am
EvaNadine

its FMs fault that you did it.
8:44 am
Atalante

ok, we'll just blame FM. Even though you admitted it
8:44 am
EvaNadine

its FMs fault that i admitted it.
8:44 am
Atalante

that's true
8:45 am
sprite

no way that this grid has 7s and an 8
8:45 am
Nancy Boy

shall do, Sprite ;) actually, I'd better get ready to go see him now. Everything takes longer on crutches! Later all
8:45 am
EvaNadine

EVERYTHING, nb?
;)
8:46 am
sprite

enjoy, Nancy Boy! And remember, some things are even better when they take longer.
8:47 am
Nancy Boy

well admittedly there's some things I haven't tried with them, yet. Like driving or swimming. Of course, that's exactly what you meant.
8:47 am
Nancy Boy

Suddenly I'm blushing.
8:47 am
EvaNadine

yes. of course...hehe
8:47 am
sprite

yep, drive slowly and handle the clutch with care... I mean the crotch... I mean the crutch!
8:48 am
Nancy Boy

I always handle the crotch with care ;) ...alright, I'm DEFINITELY going now :P
8:48 am
sprite

bye dearheart!
8:50 am
EvaNadine

(((huggles NB)))
8:51 am
shdybr8

bye nb!
8:54 am
shdybr8

i am positive that poot is a word, enabler be d**%ed!
8:54 am
sprite

it means animal leg in dutch, shdy
8:55 am
shdybr8

see, i knew it!
8:55 am
sprite

you were right!
8:55 am
shdybr8

but if the rest of the grid is in dutch i think i'm in trouble!
8:56 am
sprite

hehehe no worries, it is in the usual enable mix...
8:56 am
shdybr8

**not much of a conversationalist when all must center on animal legs
8:57 am
shdybr8

and no, i won't argue that conversationalist is a word (is it?)
8:57 am
sprite

it works for me
8:58 am
shdybr8

i thought it conveyed the message, anyway
8:59 am
sprite

it conveyed 'conversationalist' quite convincingly.
8:59 am
shdybr8

thank goodness there aren't any c's in the grid!
9:02 am
shdybr8

i'm loopy today, the brother-in-law is here visiting, and it's like having 2 of the man to put up with! chaos.....
9:03 am
Mr Bob

Good morning all
9:03 am
sprite

lol 2 for the price of 1, and you are complaining??
9:03 am
sprite

hi MrBob
9:03 am
shdybr8

hi mrb
9:03 am
shdybr8

not complaining, just loopy and grinning
9:03 am
sprite

hehehe :)
9:05 am
sprite

ok, one 7 and the 8 found... normal words...
9:06 am
shdybr8

i know the 8 is a pe (thx wht) but all i see are phantoms
9:06 am
Atalante

the other 7 is a babblet
9:07 am
sprite

do you want a clue?
9:07 am
shdybr8

peanuts, pennants,.....
9:07 am
sprite

thanks Ata, got it
9:07 am
Atalante

love that word!
9:07 am
sprite

farmers...
9:07 am
redturtlehead

Hi Sprite, Ata, Shdybr8 etc.
9:07 am
sprite

yes me too!
9:07 am
redturtlehead

Sprite, we need to have a cartoon character icon day!
9:08 am
shdybr8

ohhhhhhh, duh
9:08 am
sprite

hiya red, great idea, will put it in right away.
9:08 am
shdybr8

hi red
9:08 am
sprite

Aug 17, red
9:08 am
shdybr8

ty sprite! *still grinning
9:09 am
redturtlehead

Ahhh now to decide if I go classic or with Phineas and Ferb?
9:09 am
sprite

more icon suggestions very very much welcome, btw! Shoot and i will type
9:09 am
sprite

*winks at shdy*
9:09 am
westford

hello everyone
9:09 am
sprite

we can have two cartoon days, red?
9:10 am
redturtlehead

every once in a while I come up with a good one. The one I liked wa sthe wedding day one, and I missed it completely!
9:10 am
sprite

hey west! Lovely cross!
9:10 am
sprite

lol red, yeah that happens to me too sometimes. Real life can be drag.
9:10 am
westford

thanks sprite
9:10 am
redturtlehead

Indeed, but....it isn't too bad, the real life thing.
9:11 am
redturtlehead

Hi West, How are you?
9:11 am
sprite

red, 17 aug classis, 18 modern
9:11 am
westford

hi red I'm good hiding out in the bedroom plumber is tearing things up
9:11 am
sprite

fireflies. A quickie!
9:11 am
westford

getting a new washer and dryer
9:11 am
redturtlehead

wow Sprite, I wonder if enough babblers like cartoons!!!!
9:11 am
redturtlehead

congrats Sprite!!!
9:12 am
westford

wow sprite YaY !!
9:12 am
sprite

of course they do, or they can pick one they hate, or they can google and be surprised by the possibities and even read up on some of them?
9:12 am
westford

I always learn so much when I go looking for icons
9:12 am
sprite

that is great, west.
9:13 am
redturtlehead

i think I over think things sometimes...
9:13 am
redturtlehead

good luck, I hope your enjoy your W/D for a long time!!!
9:13 am
westford

me too never had one up here in the summer cabin
9:13 am
sprite

same here, west. So much fun info on many themes.
9:13 am
westford

we need one too with all the company and extra laundry
9:14 am
westford

this is the first summer we haven't rented it out
9:14 am
redturtlehead

much more convienient.
9:15 am
westford

laundromats in summer are not my favorite thing
9:15 am
westford

or in winter either for that matter lol
9:16 am
sprite

Bye all, I am off for today, *hugs* to you all. And have fun :)
9:16 am
westford

I have a pe7 what does the other start with please?
9:16 am
westford

bye sprite nice seeing you for a little while
9:16 am
sprite

te, west
9:17 am
westford

thanks
9:17 am
westford

got it
9:18 am
westford

28 left I just had a great idea..I think I'll go sit outside
9:18 am
westford

why didn't I think of that before lol
9:19 am
westford

back in a bit
9:33 am
Norma

Can anyone clue the as5 please
9:35 am
garyandjulie

been plodding along with this grid on and off all day 7 to go and i'm really stuck now
9:35 am
garyandjulie

hi how is everyone
9:35 am
LuvWordGames

as 5/10 has to do with Yoga
9:36 am
Norma

Can you give me more Luv please
9:36 am
msideb01

as5 has three of the same vowel in it, each with a cons in between
9:36 am
PastorJ

as + **** and the king of siam, minus one consonant
9:36 am
Norma

Great clues thanks everyone
9:36 am
garyandjulie

thanks they were 2 i needed
9:37 am
Norma

Good to be of help lol
9:42 am
garyandjulie

can anyone clue me the first na 4,4 please I've monkied until im blue in face and am sure it's simple the hard ones always are lol
9:43 am
FMitch

Indian bread julie.
9:44 am
garyandjulie

of course! knew it was simple lol thanks fmitch
9:44 am
JFB

Hi everyone - can I have a clue for he6.36 please?
9:44 am
FMitch

yw, and don't forget to pl it
9:45 am
FMitch

must dash. BFN.
9:45 am
garyandjulie

cheers down to 3 now
9:45 am
garyandjulie

thanks again
9:47 am
garyandjulie

he 6 is a spell then girls name missing out a cons
9:50 am
garyandjulie

fireworks, last few always simple ones i miss lol
9:50 am
JFB

Tvm - I'd been allround on that one!
9:51 am
garyandjulie

took me all day almost that one just monkied in the end :o)
9:52 am
Norma

**** Congratulations *****
9:52 am
garyandjulie

thanks norma
9:52 am
JFB

wtg gandj!
9:53 am
garyandjulie

thanks JFB thought it would take longer, even bribed 7 year old with new wii game for the peace to get it done today
9:54 am
JFB

Just changed my icon - as a Celtic mongrel (Cornish/Scots) I had to do it!!
9:56 am
garyandjulie

how do i find icon daily list? been ages since i was in the habit of playing this
9:57 am
JFB

Check out lickety's babble cles under grid
9:57 am
JFB

That should have been clues!!
9:58 am
Norma

I think it is in the Babb anon list at the bottom.. I have such a bother changing my icon I don;t bother
9:58 am
shdybr8

ugh, living in Louisiana not so good these days
9:58 am
garyandjulie

thanks, am remembering this slowly
9:58 am
garyandjulie

hi shdybr8
9:59 am
shdybr8

hi garyj
9:59 am
Norma

Why what is wrong with Louisiana lol
9:59 am
shdybr8

oil, budget, oil, budget, i guess that's about it
9:59 am
JFB

I don't do it often but noticed todays and as I live in Celtic Cornwall thought I ought to - the problems going to be finding my original!
10:00 am
Norma

come to England .. petrol , budget , cost of living , petrol, budget, cost of living yuuch
10:01 am
Norma

I can't seem to size my icon .... it always seems to be huge lol
10:01 am
JFB

Different countries - same probs!! lol
10:01 am
shdybr8

found out Tuesday i'm likely to be unemployed soon (work for the state), then spent the last few hours on the phone with the state agencies i work for, hearing that my work has been cut from their budget
10:02 am
garyandjulie

that is terrible shdy, sorry to hear that, hope you find a new jon soon
10:02 am
garyandjulie

job even
10:02 am
shdybr8

apparently everyone had budget meetings this week!
10:02 am
Norma

Oh dear, that is terrible... is there not a lot of other work, hope you find work soon
10:02 am
shdybr8

well, a new jon might not hurt, lol!
10:02 am
JFB

Not good shdybr8 - much the same here. All public workers are worried
10:03 am
Norma

FIREWORKS.... must be off .... see you all soon
10:04 am
dcseain

congrats, norma
10:04 am
shdybr8

saw a job listing last week in Maryland, starts at 135, i'm perfectly qualified, bought a house here last year, hmmmmm...
10:04 am
dcseain

bummer, shdybr8, that sucks :[
10:04 am
shdybr8

hey seain, good to see you!
10:04 am
Norma

Thanks dc
10:04 am
JFB

Must get on with what I'm supposed to doing - preparing a service for Sunday
10:04 am
dcseain

you could do much worse than MD as a place to live
10:05 am
dcseain

have a great evening, JFB
10:05 am
shdybr8

if only i could sell the house here, and didn't have a spouse with a job here
10:05 am
dcseain

what does she do?
10:06 am
shdybr8

he is a barge mechanic, kind of attached to the river
10:06 am
shdybr8

that's him in the icon, lol
10:06 am
dcseain

Baltimore has barges, though they're mostly on the Bay
10:07 am
dcseain

oh, right -- i was looking at picture, not thinking correctly :">
10:07 am
shdybr8

it'll all work out, just thinking out loud as it all hits me at once. Job should be safe until September, maybe May
10:08 am
dcseain

i hope it works out well for you
10:08 am
shdybr8

Last time i talked to you everything was looking up in your world, still the same?
10:09 am
dcseain

eh. things could be worse. Nothing from last round of interiews. Been talking with several contracting comanies.
10:09 am
periwinkle

hey all
10:10 am
shdybr8

still with the same guy? Didn't you guys move in together?
10:10 am
periwinkle

help with H pls. have he4, he6,ho4x2
10:10 am
periwinkle

ho4x3
10:10 am
shdybr8

hi peri
10:10 am
redshoes

hey all! clue for the he 6 pls.
10:10 am
garyandjulie

he 6 is a spell and a girls name missing one of the cons
10:10 am
periwinkle

a curse on someone and a girls name minus a consonant for the he6
10:11 am
periwinkle

nm
10:11 am
redshoes

thanks peri
10:11 am
redshoes

and gary
10:11 am
garyandjulie

yvw
10:11 am
shdybr8

oh, jeez, brings me back to college, it's a six-sided drawing of carbon , blah blah blah
10:12 am
garyandjulie

have 4 ho 4 which ones are you stuck on
10:12 am
redshoes

ho 4: horse paw, basketball circle, owl call
10:12 am
periwinkle

help with t in left column pls
10:13 am
periwinkle

have te6/7 and te5 and te5
10:13 am
periwinkle

meant and a te4 and a te5
10:13 am
redshoes

lone star state peri
10:14 am
redshoes

clue for the te 6/7 combo?
10:14 am
periwinkle

as, ty red
10:14 am
periwinkle

babblet red for te6/7
10:14 am
shdybr8

how is that not a proper noun?
10:14 am
periwinkle

ends in cooking utensil
10:15 am
garyandjulie

stumped me because of that shdy
10:15 am
shdybr8

gee, peri, thx for the new phantom (teaspoon)
10:15 am
redshoes

thanks peri
10:15 am
periwinkle

yvew
10:16 am
periwinkle

missing two of the t's in left column
10:16 am
shdybr8

peanuts, pennants, teaspoons.....
10:16 am
periwinkle

need one of the t's now
10:16 am
garyandjulie

am glad i've finished you would of addled my brain lol
10:16 am
msideb01

I love the fact that there's no valid definition for the te6 an te7 when you click the "?"
10:16 am
msideb01

which t, peri?
10:17 am
shdybr8

isn't that crazy, ms?
10:17 am
periwinkle

dont know
10:17 am
garyandjulie

have you got the te 4,5?
10:17 am
periwinkle

have te4, te5, te6, te7 te5 and te5
10:18 am
shdybr8

ok, back to work, while i still have it
10:18 am
garyandjulie

te and another word for dad?
10:18 am
dcseain

te4.5/5.12
10:18 am
garyandjulie

take care shdy good luck with job search
10:18 am
periwinkle

missing the te5/13 then
10:18 am
dcseain

be well, shdy
10:18 am
periwinkle

meant te5/12
10:18 am
dcseain

it's a plural
10:18 am
garyandjulie

plural of 5,5
10:19 am
redshoes

ok back to work. later kids.
10:19 am
garyandjulie

4,5
10:19 am
garyandjulie

can't type today left side being a pain as weathers all over the show
10:19 am
periwinkle

got it ty
10:20 am
periwinkle

9 left p and a words
10:20 am
msideb01

**Fireworks!**
10:20 am
msideb01

And it's not even lunch time... guess I'll have to actually do some work today.
10:20 am
dcseain

congrats, msideb
10:20 am
garyandjulie

congrats mside :o) well done
10:20 am
periwinkle

bbs
10:21 am
garyandjulie

bye peri
10:21 am
msideb01

clues from me if anyone needs them
10:21 am
garyandjulie

im waiting on iphone update to complete taken all day so far and it's 4.21 pm
10:21 am
dcseain

i'm short an S. i have sn*2 and sa*2, what am i missing?
10:22 am
dcseain

wow, very slow, julie
10:22 am
msideb01

dc: you're missing an st5... guy's name + a letter
10:22 am
garyandjulie

st 5 its like a stubborn mark you spill on yourself but spelt differently
10:22 am
crosshair

it must ne updating the new os patch
10:22 am
garyandjulie

sons did his in 10 minutes mines taken forever
10:23 am
garyandjulie

thats the one crosspatch
10:23 am
garyandjulie

crosshair even sorry
10:23 am
dcseain

st5, ty!
10:23 am
crosshair

lol
10:23 am
crosshair

peet
10:24 am
crosshair

oops
10:24 am
crosshair

caught me fishing
10:25 am
msideb01

haha, go fish!
10:27 am
dcseain

is there more than one ap word and at word?
10:28 am
garyandjulie

no jst one each
10:28 am
dcseain

rest are AN?
10:29 am
msideb01

there are two as and the rest are an
10:29 am
dcseain

ty
10:29 am
garyandjulie

2 as
10:29 am
garyandjulie

to slow
10:30 am
dcseain

found 'em, ty
10:31 am
JBV

hi folks, this hasn't happened in a long time - i need just ONE more for fireworks - haven't opened the list, can I do it with your help? I just need one more an - seain is there one stranger than the others?
10:32 am
LeslieAnn

how many letters, jbv?
10:32 am
dcseain

i'm missing one AN too :)
10:32 am
dcseain

i have name, plural name, before, plural before from the Right a
10:32 am
JBV

oh, got it !
10:32 am
JBV

add a vowel to the building addition
10:33 am
dcseain

ty
10:33 am
LeslieAnn

nice work jbv!
10:33 am
dcseain

congrats, jbv
10:33 am
JBV

seain do you have the girl's name with one consonant?
10:34 am
garyandjulie

congrats jbv well done
10:34 am
JBV

thanks, everyone, sometimes all it takes is a question to see the answer staring you in the face
10:35 am
garyandjulie

was a silly one stumped me in he end, last ones for me are always the simple ones, i look to hard i think
10:38 am
Mom

hello eveyone
10:38 am
dcseain

hi, mom
10:38 am
garyandjulie

right i'm off to start on dinner, hello mom and bye mom good luck
10:39 am
Mom

Hi and bye garyandjulie
10:39 am
Mom

Hi Seain
10:41 am
LeslieAnn

what does the 7/8 start with? don't need a clue yet just wondering where it starts
10:41 am
Mom

still plugging along Seain
10:41 am
Mom

pe Leslie and hello
10:41 am
LeslieAnn

hello
10:42 am
Mom

7/32 and 8/45
10:42 am
dcseain

pa, pe, or po, mom?
10:42 am
Mom

pe Seain
10:42 am
dcseain

ty
10:42 am
LeslieAnn

ahh there it is. kept wanting to try and make pennant work
10:43 am
Mom

good going Leslie
10:44 am
Mom

you're welcome Seain.
10:45 am
Mom

if TE***, the state can be a word why can't the people who live there be a word? sigh
10:46 am
LeslieAnn

don't ask silly questions mom :)
10:46 am
Mom

oh I know Leslie, it is like beating a dead horse
10:47 am
LeslieAnn

hmm, as a noun can be part of a ship:
n. A structure on a river steamboat containing the pilothouse and the officers' quarters.
10:47 am
Mom

hmmm
10:48 am
Mom

had no idea that it meant that
10:49 am
Mom

clue for the te 6/21 please
10:50 am
LeslieAnn

te + vowel + something you cook in
10:51 am
Mom

thanks Leslie, wouldn't have gotten that one
10:51 am
Mom

7 left
10:51 am
LeslieAnn

me neither, happened to pop in as it was being clued
10:51 am
LeslieAnn

3 here
10:53 am
Mom

can I help you at all?
10:53 am
Mom

5
10:53 am
LeslieAnn

i have 2 fours and a five. monkeying like crazy :)
10:53 am
LeslieAnn

you have Hs? i have 4 ho and 1 he
10:53 am
Mom

I have all the h's
10:54 am
Mom

I am missing 2 p's, 3 a's
10:54 am
Mom

what are you missing?
10:54 am
LeslieAnn

1 h, 1 p, 1 n
10:54 am
Mom

2 he words
10:54 am
dcseain

and a window pa4 for firewords!
10:55 am
dcseain

ty, cluers :)
10:55 am
LeslieAnn

yay seain!
10:55 am
Mom

I have all the n words as well ... 6 na ..... 4 ne
10:55 am
dcseain

and now, to do things around the the house.
10:55 am
Mom

congrats Seain
10:55 am
dcseain

thanks, yall!
10:55 am
periwinkle

need help with p words have 16 of them
10:55 am
Mom

he 4/8 is what you need Leslie
10:55 am
dcseain

{wanders off to do dishes}
10:55 am
periwinkle

have 17 p words\
10:56 am
LeslieAnn

do you have the 7/8 peri?
10:56 am
LeslieAnn

got it, thanks mom
10:56 am
msideb01

he4 involves lifting something or an object's weight
he6 is a gas, rhymes with the gas in an outdoor grill
10:56 am
Mom

you're welcome Leslie
10:56 am
Mom

Seain, wander to KY .... while you are at it
10:56 am
periwinkle

need 3 of the p words
10:57 am
Mom

7 pa .... 11 pe ... 3 po
10:58 am
periwinkle

need 2 pa and one po ty MOm
10:58 am
periwinkle

need 2 pa
10:58 am
LeslieAnn

peri, pa 5/6? pa + a long time, change second letter
10:58 am
LeslieAnn

po words are all 4s, peri
10:59 am
Mom

Winnie the po** was a po** and then he went up in smoke po** :)
10:59 am
periwinkle

have the po need 2 pa
10:59 am
Mom

po** one who makes rhymes
10:59 am
msideb01

well said, mom
10:59 am
periwinkle

have that Mom, ty
11:00 am
LeslieAnn

indeed, mom! looks like i just need an ne4, monekying away
11:00 am
Mom

thansk Mside. My stories are near as delightful as Minvers
11:00 am
Mom

ne** rhymes with what soldiers drive around in
11:00 am
LeslieAnn

got it! fireworks!
11:00 am
Mom

or what the road runner says
11:00 am
periwinkle

ned more help with pa5/6 pls
11:01 am
Mom

and for the other ne 4 change the 2nd vowel
11:01 am
Mom

I don't have those peri
11:01 am
LeslieAnn

pa + two vowels + single hump letter
11:01 am
Mom

Peril leslie clued them below
11:01 am
periwinkle

ty Leslie, found them
11:01 am
periwinkle

need 4 a words to finish
11:01 am
Mom

and again :)
11:01 am
Mom

thanks leslie
11:01 am
Mom

3 left
11:02 am
Mom

did you get the ne Leslie?
11:02 am
Mom

yes you did. Congrats
11:02 am
LeslieAnn

thanks. what letters you need mom?
11:02 am
Mom

3 an words
11:03 am
periwinkle

ned one a r=from right colum and 3 from the other a;s
11:03 am
Mom

the three before the picnic pest
11:03 am
crosshair

ty lesilie'
11:03 am
LeslieAnn

take the 4 before and make it latin plural
11:03 am
LeslieAnn

then picnic pest + vowel and plural
11:04 am
Mom

woo hoo, thanks Leslie
11:04 am
Mom

and fireworks for me
11:04 am
periwinkle

yay Mom
11:05 am
LeslieAnn

yay mom!
11:05 am
periwinkle

still need 3 a words
11:05 am
Mom

are you using the list Peri?
11:05 am
LeslieAnn

10 an, 1 ap, 2 as, 1 at peri
11:05 am
Mom

thank you all very much
11:06 am
periwinkle

ty and no list today
11:06 am
periwinkle

ty for the ap
11:06 am
periwinkle

atap
11:06 am
Mom

will hang around for Peri to get fireworks
11:06 am
periwinkle

oops
11:07 am
Mom

that is one Peri :)
11:07 am
periwinkle

need an an6 pls for fireworks
11:07 am
shdybr8

my babble expert is possessed. when i hit enter, the words stay in the lickety add box, have to backspace
11:07 am
Mom

Hi Shdybr8
11:07 am
shdybr8

hi mom!
11:07 am
periwinkle

MOm weaitng to here from the vet. bladder xpray, geriatric blood work and urinalysis with culture and senstivities done on Tues
11:08 am
LeslieAnn

add a vowel to the addition word, peri
11:08 am
periwinkle

cripes can't type today
11:08 am
Mom

last time I saw you, you were having some trouble with the man in your icon. I hope it turned out okay
11:08 am
Mom

Oh Peri, I hope it is good news
11:08 am
periwinkle

me too Mom, ty
11:08 am
periwinkle

what addition word
11:08 am
shdybr8

much better now, thank you mom
11:08 am
LeslieAnn

the an 5/20
11:08 am
Mom

i am so glad to hear that Shdy, I was so worried about you
11:09 am
shdybr8

thanks, although i'm tougher than he looks, lol
11:09 am
Rhondabe

can anyone please help me with te6
11:09 am
periwinkle

ty so muchLeslie, fireworks
11:10 am
Mom

te + vowel + pots and *** and plural
11:10 am
periwinkle

te6/7 are babblets, end in cooking utensil(s)
11:10 am
LeslieAnn

huzzah peri!
11:10 am
Mom

congrats Peri
11:10 am
periwinkle

tyty
11:10 am
periwinkle

bye for now
11:10 am
Mom

lol Shdy
11:10 am
Mom

bye bye Pero
11:10 am
shdybr8

that is so not a word!
11:10 am
Mom

Peri*
11:11 am
Mom

and off I go as well. {{Hugs}} to all of you.
11:11 am
shdybr8

bye peri and mom
11:11 am
LeslieAnn

yeah me too. bye all *mwah*
11:11 am
Mom

agreed Shdy
11:11 am
shdybr8

seain? you still here?
11:13 am
crosshair

http://tinyurl.com/36nwze2
11:13 am
shdybr8

hi crossy
11:14 am
Rhondabe

Thank you
11:14 am
crosshair

howdy shdybr
11:24 am
sciencegeek

Clue for te 6 and 7 please?
11:25 am
sciencegeek

nm found them.
11:31 am
wildcat17

I want the clue
11:32 am
ChrissieDee

scroll down to 11.10 wildcat
11:33 am
wildcat17

ty
11:50 am
EvaNadine

*jumps up and down for joy*
we got a visit from the cupcake truck today -- YAY!!
12:00 pm
crosshair

cupcake truck??? crossy envisions those small 3 wheeled british lorrys with jingling bells and carnival music going up and down the street selling cupcakes lol
12:01 pm
crosshair

CUPCAKES!! get yer fresh ot cupcakes here....
12:01 pm
crosshair

now crossy is hungry....
12:13 pm
shdybr8

yay, potato salad done, ribs precooking, soon-t-be ex bosses spoken to, boys still at work,hmm I think i can sit down for a sec!
12:16 pm
shdybr8

darn, got all the chores done, and now everyone's gone to lunch!
12:23 pm
crosshair

someone said ribs...
12:25 pm
crosshair

ex-boss? you giving you boss the ole heave-ho?
12:32 pm
crosshair

i still have to check my ticket from last night first...you never know,i may have to phone in rich!!lol
12:33 pm
FMitch

Fingers crossed crossy((()))!
12:33 pm
crosshair

((FM))
12:33 pm
FMitch

What would you do if you won?
12:34 pm
crosshair

there is a small(64 acre) island for sale on the west coast(off of vancouver isle) and they want 800,000 for it,so ill start there
12:34 pm
crosshair

and our princess margetette cancer hosp would get a chunk
12:35 pm
FMitch

perfect in both thoughts.
12:36 pm
crosshair

the island has a 2 storey 12 room house,a generator,full communication facilty,wind turbine,2 boats,a dock,boat house and a small 2 person hovercraft
12:37 pm
crosshair

a helli landing pad(the helicopter does not come with the package) :(
12:37 pm
FMitch

Do you win a lump sum over there or is it spread over a period of time. Every country has different rules.
so you can still babble? HAVe to get the basics sorted first :)
12:38 pm
crosshair

lump sum..in this case 11 million
12:38 pm
FMitch

IT sounds georgous crossy.
12:38 pm
crosshair

i will always babble
12:38 pm
FMitch

well yes I know that but what about the game *grin*
12:38 pm
EvaNadine

crossy - the cupcake truck is an old ice cream truck, painted carnation pink. you follow them on facebook or via their website to find out what flavors they have each day and where they will be.
one of their regular stops is outside my office building. :D
12:39 pm
crosshair

lol eva
12:39 pm
FMitch

Hiya EvaN!
12:39 pm
EvaNadine

my coworker gave me half of his carrot cake.
i still have a coconut and an orange creamsicle. :)
12:40 pm
crosshair

lol,sounds like he does well with just your building
12:40 pm
EvaNadine

hold FM!
just so's ya know, Ata was TOTALLY blaming you for todays grid being so tiny.
it was Ata -- i had *nothing* to do with it!
12:40 pm
EvaNadine

hrm. that was *supposed* to say "hola"
12:40 pm
Whisper

Does anyone know how many words are today?
12:41 pm
Whisper

anta
12:41 pm
crosshair

crossy envisions all the suits and skirts stampeding out of some office building running after the cupcake truck...lol
12:41 pm
FMitch

Oh sure EvaN :) I did actually see that bit in the log.
12:41 pm
crosshair

that is one of them whisper and off to the pb with ye
12:41 pm
EvaNadine

crossy, there is a line at every stop they go to.
they spend about an hour at each stop + go to 4-5 stops per day.
12:41 pm
pythonx

76 words today
12:41 pm
FMitch

only 76 Whisper
12:41 pm
Whisper

thanks!
12:42 pm
EvaNadine

crossy, your vision would be fairly accurate!
its amusing to see is all degenerate into children. :)
12:42 pm
crosshair

antae
12:42 pm
Whisper

hoppet
12:42 pm
crosshair

oops
12:42 pm
crosshair

crap
12:42 pm
EvaNadine

FM, then you SAW it was all her doing!
12:42 pm
FMitch

lol off you go crossy
12:43 pm
crosshair

mine was not a word
12:43 pm
crosshair

you just caught me fishing
12:43 pm
EvaNadine

close, but no cigar, crossy...
12:43 pm
FMitch

oh you are right, sorry crossy.
12:43 pm
crosshair

:)
12:43 pm
crosshair

crossy slips away....
12:44 pm
FMitch

I say it is 6.45, must be dinner time. Back in a while and Happy Babbling.
12:45 pm
EvaNadine

1:45 here. CUPCAKE TIME!!
12:46 pm
crosshair

strangly enough..i just took 2 doz carrot muffins out of the oven to cool:)
12:47 pm
stefaneechi

help with the pa 5/12 not food one?
12:47 pm
crosshair

tc fm
12:48 pm
crosshair

"lol..easy eva..lol"
12:49 pm
EvaNadine

who ya quoting, crossy?
12:50 pm
crosshair

im not,i just put it in the wrong window and grabbed the quotes by mistake when i copied and pasted
12:51 pm
pythonx

pa5.12 = pa + 2 vowels + n
12:51 pm
crosshair

i am running this game,3 open im windows in messanger,a macro prgram for moderation in gamespy and looking up muffin recipies lol
12:52 pm
crosshair

it is a wonder im not typing latin into the chog lol
12:53 pm
crosshair

Semper Paratus thats me;)
12:55 pm
EvaNadine

ab aeterno
12:55 pm
crosshair

carpe momentum
12:56 pm
crosshair

carpe diem:) is my fav
12:58 pm
EvaNadine

igpay atinlay :)
1:03 pm
pythonx

last 2 words, clue for as5 , as6, pls?
1:07 pm
pythonx

fireworks .
1:10 pm
crosshair

yaa for python:)
1:11 pm
rubyfoo

I can't believe that I just read python! I just this minute got a dead snake out of my studio!!!!!
1:14 pm
rubyfoo

it was very small and I'm afraid it was a viper! but dead.
1:17 pm
crosshair

well if it was dead and small,there may be a nest around so take a good look around
1:17 pm
crosshair

not to frighten you but it is possible
1:18 pm
crosshair

in canada,our only venemous snake is rare and protected so we have no worries
1:18 pm
crosshair

in ontario that is
1:39 pm
crosshair

omg pe 7/32 does work!! i tried it in desperation cause it seemed to only be a phantom(i still cannot see the way it runs) lol
1:40 pm
crosshair

and the 8;))
1:41 pm
crosshair

and on that nice find i must bid you all adeau and go hose down this mass of muscle and head for work.take care everyone and happy babbling....poink!
1:43 pm
stidmama

*stealth hugs cross and runs back to class*
2:04 pm
123bob

he 6 please
2:04 pm
HarryHood

with all those lower left letters, I can't even get pennant? what a ripoff :)
2:05 pm
HarryHood

ty crossy for the pe7 though :)
2:05 pm
HarryHood

ants
2:05 pm
HarryHood

oops sorry :(
2:14 pm
Gamer714

ty harry
2:16 pm
KatieMcG

evening all, could I please have a clue for the te6/21 please
2:17 pm
KatieMcG

nm got it and fireworks
2:21 pm
HarryHood

katie could you clue the te6/7? my last 2
2:23 pm
PastorJ

te6 = te + not closed but change last vowel; te7 is pl
2:24 pm
HarryHood

ty J
2:24 pm
HarryHood

bye!
2:24 pm
PastorJ

yw
2:25 pm
jacq

hello everybody, is it just me or is this a nasty looking grid?
2:26 pm
jacq

the samller ones are usually nasty
2:26 pm
Gamer714

real nasty....
2:26 pm
jacq

hello gamer
2:26 pm
Gamer714

hi jac
2:27 pm
jacq

one good thing about this grid though, i already have a lot of greyed tiles
2:27 pm
Gamer714

lol
2:27 pm
jacq

13 tiles greyed, i don't think i've ever seen so many
2:28 pm
Gamer714

nor me, but I haven't been playing very long
2:28 pm
Gamer714

snap
2:29 pm
Gamer714

oops
2:29 pm
jacq

ohhhh ty ty ty
2:30 pm
jacq

it's usually me that does that one, i always forget to move my cursor
2:49 pm
FishFishGarden

anyone need clues before I scoot?
2:52 pm
jacq

hello fishx, am almost done, but thanks for the offer
2:58 pm
jacq

fireworks!!!!!!!!
3:00 pm
jacq

night everyone, have fun and fireworks
3:20 pm
Kazzer99

that was a nice quick grid tonight - we have wild and wolly weather at the mo - very heavy rain and a little bit of a thunderstorm
3:21 pm
Kazzer99

oh and i got fireworks as well
3:23 pm
Nancy Boy

well done, Kazzer :) whereabouts are you? it has settled here..
3:43 pm
TeaNCrackers

woot - Texas!
3:44 pm
TeaNCrackers

hi all, that's the first thing I saw when I signed on.
3:44 pm
TeaNCrackers

crap, to the pb with me!
3:44 pm
TeaNCrackers

I really didn't think that would work.
3:45 pm
TeaNCrackers

so, no one is here, so it really didn't matter - whew!
3:46 pm
littlebit

i
3:46 pm
littlebit

i'm lurking...thanks for the word!
3:46 pm
JFB

thanks Tea - I hadn't bothered trying that one!!
3:46 pm
TeaNCrackers

sorry about that!
3:47 pm
TeaNCrackers

I really didn't think it would work, oh well
3:47 pm
JFB

Don't be!! lol
3:47 pm
littlebit

why be sorry? we're not!
4:02 pm
Jellen

Hello, all!
4:25 pm
Jellen

I'm so lonely, I could...leave and come back later...
4:47 pm
Gadget

Clue for the 8?
4:48 pm
Jellen

There's an 8 in here? lol
4:48 pm
Joanne123

pe but don't have it sorry
4:49 pm
Joanne123

wild birds
4:50 pm
Joanne123

lol just looked for it and there it was
4:50 pm
Jellen

pe8= serfs
4:50 pm
Joanne123

like a wild bird lol
4:51 pm
Jellen

phe is the wild bird...
4:52 pm
Joanne123

was just going to say that jell and hi lonesome dove
4:52 pm
Jellen

Hi, Joanne :-)
4:53 pm
Joanne123

an 5/20 please
4:54 pm
Jellen

An** o Green Gables + high point tile
4:54 pm
Jellen

o = of
4:54 pm
Joanne123

ohh sorry wrong one
4:55 pm
Joanne123

but just got the 6 and ty
4:58 pm
Joanne123

he6??
4:59 pm
Gadget

annex
4:59 pm
Gadget

OOPS! Sorry
4:59 pm
Joanne123

yes gadget
5:01 pm
Joanne123

found the he6
5:03 pm
Jellen

clue, please?
5:03 pm
Magyk

evening all
5:03 pm
Jellen

Hi, Magy
5:03 pm
Joanne123

he voodoo and a.n. of green gables
5:03 pm
Joanne123

hi mag
5:04 pm
Magyk

just came to finish my last 13
5:04 pm
Joanne123

he high point tile and ..n. of green gables
5:04 pm
tceicher

eo
5:04 pm
Jellen

Thanks, Joanne
5:04 pm
herekittykitty

Clue for as5 and 6 please?
5:05 pm
tceicher

help please with te6,21 and te7,32
5:05 pm
Jellen

as is a yoga term
5:05 pm
Jellen

as + Santa ***
5:06 pm
herekittykitty

TY!!
5:07 pm
Magyk

sorry tc...I don't have it yet
5:07 pm
Joanne123

yvw jell
5:07 pm
Jellen

Working on it, tc
5:07 pm
tceicher

it's driving me nuts
5:07 pm
tceicher

it's driving me nuts
5:08 pm
Jellen

te + vowel + not pot, but similar
5:09 pm
Magyk

thank you Jellen!
5:09 pm
Joanne123

ty jell seen that before
5:09 pm
tceicher

thank you so much Jellen....I will not have to be sent off to the lunatic bin
5:09 pm
Joanne123

pa5 the first please
5:10 pm
Jellen

pa + vowel + indefinite article
5:11 pm
Joanne123

ty jell...fire
5:11 pm
Jellen

Jolly good, Joanne!!!
5:12 pm
Joanne123

ty
5:12 pm
tceicher

glad you guys got it....i did not
5:13 pm
Joanne123

like pe 4/5 add a after p
5:14 pm
Magyk

an6 pls?
5:14 pm
Joanne123

add vowel to an5 high point word
5:14 pm
Jellen

an 5/20 + vowel
5:15 pm
Magyk

thank you
5:16 pm
Joanne123

vw from me and jell
5:16 pm
Magyk

sparklers
5:16 pm
Joanne123

wtg
5:16 pm
Jellen

Yay, Magyk!!!!
5:17 pm
Jellen

6 left here...
5:18 pm
Joanne123

gooo jell
5:18 pm
Magyk

you'll be done in no time Jel
5:18 pm
Jellen

2 left...
5:18 pm
Joanne123

goooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
5:20 pm
Joanne123

wellllll?????
5:21 pm
Jellen

sn 5/12?
5:21 pm
Joanne123

s and ne 4/5
5:21 pm
Jellen

1 left...
5:21 pm
Joanne123

ne4 is a tide i think
5:22 pm
Jellen

Yup, low tide
5:22 pm
Joanne123

ty ok back to the drama????
5:23 pm
Jellen

!!!Fireworks!!!
5:23 pm
Joanne123

duh duh ...du duh...
5:23 pm
Joanne123

woo hoo jell congrats
5:23 pm
Magyk

wtg!
5:23 pm
Jellen

Thank you, thank you!
5:23 pm
Joanne123

i like small grids during the week
5:24 pm
Joanne123

how's hubby jell??
5:25 pm
Jellen

He's feeling better...had his first chemo session yesterday...
5:25 pm
72 Temple Owl

hi all down to 5
5:25 pm
Jellen

Hi, TO!
5:25 pm
Magyk

Heya TO
5:27 pm
Joanne123

ohh that's good, prayers always
5:27 pm
72 Temple Owl

OMG another heat wave!
5:27 pm
Joanne123

goooo owl
5:28 pm
Jellen

*turns fans in TO's direction*
5:29 pm
Jellen

My electric bill is going to be ugly this month...
5:29 pm
72 Temple Owl

this summer has been unbelievable
5:29 pm
Joanne123

mine is ugly already
5:30 pm
Joanne123

it's not nice to work in, for sure
5:30 pm
72 Temple Owl

gas * electric just came - $97
5:30 pm
Riverdance

Hello Babblers
5:30 pm
Joanne123

for a month??
5:31 pm
Jellen

Hi, River!
5:31 pm
Joanne123

hi river
5:31 pm
72 Temple Owl

yes
5:31 pm
Riverdance

wow wish I had your bill - my electric bill last month was just over $200 without the air
5:31 pm
Joanne123

wow, that's good
5:31 pm
Joanne123

i'm running at like 300 and change
5:31 pm
Jellen

Mine was $300 last month...
5:31 pm
72 Temple Owl

central air is so much more efficient if used correctly
5:32 pm
Riverdance

I am sure mine will be over that this month as we have been running the air quite a bit with 90 degree days all month
5:32 pm
72 Temple Owl

the old window units cost more to run and were only cooling two bedrooms
5:32 pm
Joanne123

just air conditioners here
5:33 pm
Riverdance

we have one window unit to cool the entire downstairs. Do not have any air in bedrooms upstairs - we use fans at night
5:33 pm
72 Temple Owl

two a4 and one a5 left
5:33 pm
Riverdance

and have a whole house fan but its too hot for that to work well even at night
5:33 pm
Joanne123

an and s.. that again??
5:34 pm
72 Temple Owl

jellen, are you at the hospital?
5:34 pm
Joanne123

an and ..y that again
5:35 pm
Jellen

No, we're home...came home last night...
5:35 pm
72 Temple Owl

treatment starting?
5:35 pm
Joanne123

jell, father-in-law just had chemo session too
5:36 pm
Jellen

Treatment started yesterday...
5:36 pm
Riverdance

is this his first round of chemo jellen?
5:36 pm
stidgmere

Hi all. We're going to get screens for the double doors and a new screen door for the back entrance. We'll use what breeze there is for cooling--both hot days a year.
5:37 pm
Joanne123

hi stid
5:37 pm
Jellen

Yes, he had interferon a little over a year ago...
5:37 pm
Riverdance

whooohoo for new screens
5:37 pm
72 Temple Owl

one little a4 to go
5:38 pm
72 Temple Owl

any aa words?
5:38 pm
stidgmere

Hi Joanne. Hi Jellen, my thoughts go out to you. Chemo can do wonders but it is a tough thing to go through.
5:38 pm
Jellen

Gooo TO...
5:38 pm
Joanne123

little picnic pests??
5:38 pm
Jellen

No TO...
5:38 pm
72 Temple Owl

nope
5:38 pm
Riverdance

good luck jellen - my best friend went through radiation and chemo (2 times) it was tough but it did the job - hang in there and have hope
5:38 pm
Magyk

no TO no aa words
5:38 pm
stidgmere

Thank you River Dance, yes we are trying to make little improvements on our house. It does build over time so eventually one is nearly finished.
5:38 pm
Joanne123

the rear end
5:38 pm
72 Temple Owl

does someone have the point total?
5:39 pm
Jellen

753 pts
5:39 pm
Magyk

753
5:39 pm
72 Temple Owl

missing a4/5 ty
5:39 pm
Joanne123

s.... claus
5:39 pm
Joanne123

no 4/5
5:40 pm
Magyk

a + *** you on the shoulder to get your attention
5:40 pm
Jellen

a + Beer on t**
5:40 pm
Joanne123

a and water comes out of this
5:40 pm
Magyk

oh never mind..sorry
5:40 pm
72 Temple Owl

ty that was it
5:40 pm
stidgmere

Time to find a book to read. I finished the puzzle. Second in two days--I am feeling very happy. Sunny days do help my disposition.
5:40 pm
Joanne123

woo hoo owl!!!!
5:40 pm
72 Temple Owl

now back to my book, night all
5:41 pm
Joanne123

enjoy your reading stid
5:41 pm
Jellen

Wahoo, stidgmere and TO!!!
5:41 pm
Joanne123

bye owl
5:41 pm
Joanne123

i'm gone too
5:41 pm
Joanne123

nite all
5:41 pm
stidgmere

ty Joanne and Rah, Rah for TO!!
5:42 pm
Magyk

back to my knitting....bye all
5:42 pm
Jellen

Bye, Magyk
5:51 pm
Jeff7

2nd fe 4/7 please
5:54 pm
Riverdance

fe + Im full we just **e
5:54 pm
Riverdance

fe that is the apendages on the bottom of your legs
5:55 pm
kipas

female chicken, change the first letter
5:55 pm
abetterjulie

Sorry if this has been addressed, but my puzzle is the same as yesterday's?
5:55 pm
Riverdance

fe + follow your *o*e
5:55 pm
Riverdance

refresh abe
5:56 pm
abetterjulie

Tried that, River. No luck. I guess I'll come back later. I lost my pro edition when my hard drive crashed. Playing from the website, now.
5:56 pm
Jeff7

ty-don'
5:57 pm
Riverdance

I never had pro edition - maybe reboot and try again
5:57 pm
Jeff7

ty-how did I miss what my toes connect to?
5:57 pm
Riverdance

because it goes in the wrong directioin jeff
5:58 pm
Riverdance

**FIREWORKS**
5:58 pm
Riverdance

thank goodness for a small grid today
6:00 pm
Riverdance

anyone need help before I run
6:01 pm
kipas

any clues for he6?
6:02 pm
Riverdance

he + cross letter + sometimes I dont feel quite s***
6:03 pm
kipas

ty
6:03 pm
Jeff7

Fireworks on Long Island!
6:04 pm
Jeff7

:0
6:05 pm
Riverdance

congrats Jeff
6:06 pm
Riverdance

supper is ready so leaving you - have fun all
6:11 pm
Jellen

Hello again...
6:30 pm
Cheshire Badger

this is an easy one isn't it? Only been in a few minutes and got 18 eft
6:30 pm
Cheshire Badger

left*
6:32 pm
Cheshire Badger

4 left
6:32 pm
Jellen

Yes, it's a quick one!
6:33 pm
Cheshire Badger

Done!
6:34 pm
Jellen

Yahoo. Badger!!!
6:59 pm
stidmama

YAY Badger!
6:59 pm
stidmama

hey all
6:59 pm
stidmama

down to 24 last night... should I list or ?
6:59 pm
Jellen

Stid!!
6:59 pm
Jellen

You may not need to...
7:00 pm
stidmama

I really ought to check the times people post, eh? LOL
7:00 pm
Jellen

I did, of course ;-)
7:00 pm
stidmama

hey Jellen! (((hugs))) how are you this evening?
7:00 pm
Jellen

Good! Tim is feeling okay today, and his bro is fixing dinner...
7:01 pm
stidmama

wonderful! must be nice to be close enough to his family that they can do things like that for you two.
7:01 pm
stidmama

glad tim is feeling okay today, seems he is having a really hard time of things right now.
7:02 pm
MPittore

Hi stid and {{jellen}}!
7:03 pm
stidmama

hey MPitt
7:03 pm
stidmama

my computer might dump on me, it's installing a new version of something. I'll be back soon if it does!
7:03 pm
MPittore

nice one today...only 5 left...this will help me gets my stats back up!
7:04 pm
stidmama

go MPitt go!
7:04 pm
MPittore

it could be a new firefox, mine did that today!
7:04 pm
stidmama

probably will do that today too then. I don't have firefox open yet.
7:05 pm
stidmama

*sigh* I know WHY there are updates, and a really appreciate not having to remember to grab them, but some days I long for floppy disks and manual installs!
7:06 pm
Jellen

Hi, MPitt!
7:06 pm
stidmama

stidkid #1 is practicing the trumpet part for Sound of Music (he has a job in the "pit" for the first time), and stidkid #2 is practicing for PoohBah in Mikado next to me. It's a very cacophanous musical evening!
7:07 pm
stidmama

down to 20. I think I will list. I only have one 6, and not seeing many possibilities!
7:08 pm
stidmama

AN 6/33 please?
7:08 pm
MPittore

Jellen so glad Tim is felling better today...praise the good ones!
7:09 pm
Jellen

Add a vowel to the 5
7:09 pm
MPittore

add the second vowel to the one above
7:09 pm
stidmama

tahnks MPitt and Jellen!
7:10 pm
stidmama

now I have a whining dog and play-fighting boys. *sigh*
7:11 pm
MPittore

FIREWORKS....oh those happy feet are dancing!
7:12 pm
stidmama

oh dear. the pe 7/8 was very obvious once I got there!
7:12 pm
MPittore

any clues needed?
7:12 pm
torgone

Yay MP! Heyas kids ..
7:12 pm
Jellen

Yay, MPitt!!!
7:12 pm
MPittore

hi tor!
7:12 pm
stidmama

YAY MPitt
7:12 pm
MPittore

ty all!
7:13 pm
stidmama

hey tor!
7:14 pm
MPittore

yes the pe 7 & 8 were so common...LOL
7:14 pm
Jellen

Hi, tor!
7:15 pm
stidmama

stidkid#2 has now confused himself... LOL octave, fifth, dominant, tonic... he is trying to apply the terms he knows and confusing himself with the music he knows better.
7:15 pm
Jellen

lol, MPitt...
7:16 pm
lexleeanne

hi Y'all
7:16 pm
Jellen

Hi, lex
7:17 pm
stidmama

firewords.
7:17 pm
lexleeanne

Jellen
7:17 pm
stidmama

now he is unconfused again.
7:17 pm
stidmama

hey lex!
7:17 pm
lexleeanne

Super Happiness for Stidmama
7:17 pm
MPittore

yeah stidmama!
7:17 pm
Jellen

Wahoo, stid!!!
7:17 pm
lexleeanne

hey Stid
7:17 pm
MPittore

how many left jellen?
7:17 pm
stidmama

how are you this evening lex?
7:18 pm
Jellen

I'm finished, MPitt...
7:20 pm
lexleeanne

I'm good - you? feeling dumb after the pe7 and 8 are easy comment
7:20 pm
MPittore

Good I didn't realize that! Hey I know a dear family friend from Duncan OK...but he now lives in Hemet, CA...we are going to drive out to see him in the fall/winter.
7:22 pm
torgone

Oops ..Sorry back again ..
7:23 pm
torgone

Hemet?
7:24 pm
Jellen

pe7 = green veggies + picnic pest
7:25 pm
lexleeanne

double vowel?
7:25 pm
lexleeanne

oh I got it
7:25 pm
lexleeanne

thanks jell
7:26 pm
MPittore

yes...my mom and grandparents and uncles used to live there...my bro lived in San Diego (actually in Jamul and the woman he lived with lost everything in the Harris fire...visited it in March and nothing left except the little corral my bro built for the horses and flowers were blooming...life goes on I suppose that says)
7:27 pm
MPittore

She owned a business on 1st street called The Healing Point
7:28 pm
big red

te 6/21 pls
7:29 pm
Jellen

te + vowel + not pot, but similar
7:29 pm
wildcat17

I need a P 5 and 6 please
7:29 pm
torgone

Jamul got hit pretty badly .. I could see flames from my house, the Harris fire was like a giant arrow pointing right at my neighborhood.
7:29 pm
big red

thanks Jellen
7:31 pm
Jellen

pa5 = expression of joy or praise
7:31 pm
Jellen

OR pe 4/5 with an a inserted in second position
7:32 pm
MPittore

A classmate who lived in Rancho Bernardo also lost his home but I think that was the Otay fire...they have rebuilt and doing well
7:32 pm
wildcat17

ty firewords
7:32 pm
Jellen

Yay, wildcat!!!
7:34 pm
torgone

Yay wildcat!
7:35 pm
featherbee

hi all, diving in
7:35 pm
MPittore

so many worry about the earthquakes but it's the fires and mudslides that happen more often in the hills...my whole family is from LA...when I was back there in March I was driving when that earthquake hit in Mexico and the car/road went side to side but it was nothing compared to the fires.
7:38 pm
MPittore

Still all in all...Southern California is like paradise right here on earth! Hard to argue with weather like that!
7:39 pm
lexleeanne

I grew up on the west coast Seattle and LA - I am totally in love and will never leave NC!! This is paradise! Been here 15 years!
7:40 pm
MPittore

NC is beautiful...but oh the humidity...! What part are you in?
7:40 pm
lexleeanne

North of Charlotte - right on Lake Norman
7:41 pm
Natasha

as 5?
7:41 pm
featherbee

yoga pose
7:42 pm
MPittore

Is the humidity bad? That's what makes me actually sick...I can't take it...gives me stomach cramps and a headache...too much living to do for that!
7:42 pm
Natasha

thanks feather!
7:42 pm
featherbee

np
7:43 pm
lexleeanne

Not too bad - I don't think - Vegas is so super dry hot that a little humidity is preferable for skin
7:43 pm
Jellen

Hi, Natasha and feather!
7:43 pm
featherbee

hi jellen!
7:43 pm
featherbee

monkeying here, 28 left
7:43 pm
lexleeanne

what was it 115 in Death Valley today - it was 96 here - the lake was 85 - but I love to float on the lake
7:44 pm
MPittore

I agree on vegas weather...it's a nice place to visit but couldn't live there at all...
7:44 pm
Jellen

brb...
7:44 pm
lexleeanne

I also love the thunder storms
7:44 pm
lexleeanne

and the CLEAN air
7:44 pm
MPittore

no creepy things in the lake?
7:45 pm
lexleeanne

not today - the other day a sunfish adopted us and followed us around
7:45 pm
MPittore

love clean air...used to live in north dakota now that's some clean air up there...
7:45 pm
MPittore

no alligators in NC?
7:46 pm
lexleeanne

not enough summer for me there - no no alligators this far north
7:46 pm
lexleeanne

6 years in Seattle killed me for cold and wet
7:47 pm
MPittore

yes seattle has never appealed to me as a place to live...don't like cold and wet...seems like they have more than 250 days of that per year...
7:48 pm
lexleeanne

actually about 200 - but anything more is just slush ha ha
7:49 pm
lexleeanne

bbl
7:49 pm
MPittore

we have a place in VA on Lake Anna and go there every week...love to float among the fishies...and a few turtles and other wiggly things
7:50 pm
dofith

Good morning, everyone. It's a beautiful, cold but sunny winter's day here - best time of the year (in my opinion) here in Western Australia, but nobody agrees - family likes the heat! Anyway, I have some questions : What are the advantages of being"pro" and are there any previous babbles that I can play?
7:51 pm
MPittore

it is only open to us April-Oct...so we cruise and go across country the rest of the time
7:51 pm
featherbee

pro means you always have the tile stats, word stats and word total
7:51 pm
featherbee

and you get an icon
7:51 pm
featherbee

non-pro loses all that information after the 2 week trail period
7:51 pm
MPittore

you get a new babble puzzle every day and cool babble friends like us!
7:52 pm
dofith

Ah, I see - I became pro straight away, so didn't notice the difference.
7:52 pm
featherbee

you can look at the old grids, in the archives, and do them on paper
7:53 pm
dofith

Too lazy, feather!
7:53 pm
dofith

lex, what flag is that? A state flag, perhaps?
7:54 pm
dofith

Or province?
7:55 pm
Shirlockc

he6?
7:56 pm
MPittore

I think she said it was Bermuda's flag
7:57 pm
robwhy

wow, took the name of my state
7:57 pm
Natasha

fireworks!
7:57 pm
dofith

Yes, it is - just looked at her profile.
7:58 pm
featherbee

hit a wall at 25 left, ugh.
7:58 pm
dofith

Thanks for the info, folks - gotta go. Enjoy your day?night.
7:58 pm
featherbee

bye dofith
7:58 pm
MPittore

well I've got to run...be back later...poofy!
7:58 pm
Natasha

keep going feather!
7:59 pm
MPittore

bye dofith, et al!
8:02 pm
Riverdance

Helloooo - just checking in before heading to bed - anyone need any clues?
8:03 pm
Shirlockc

he6
8:04 pm
featherbee

he6, a chemical word
8:04 pm
Shirlockc

got it!
8:04 pm
Riverdance

and I was just working up a really cool clue - ugh - lol
8:05 pm
featherbee

hi river! sorry to steal your thunder!
8:05 pm
Riverdance

hiya feather - how are ya
8:06 pm
skheiny

please clue it anyways River...I'm still stuck ;-) thx
8:06 pm
featherbee

doing well. killing some time tonight? thanks for the updates in the profile!
8:07 pm
Riverdance

I've been up since 4 am - now 9 pm - although early, I am beat - another early up - just needed a little company before bed
8:08 pm
featherbee

i bet. where are you staying? in the hospital?
8:09 pm
Bugsaw

Hi skheiny and everyone else here.
8:09 pm
Riverdance

I will be staying with him after - they only allow one person bedside after surgery. DH will come home and then back on Saturday - hopefully all will go well so we are home by Saturday evening
8:10 pm
Riverdance

he + railroad *ing + I am going ins***
8:10 pm
featherbee

*fingers crossed* i'll be thinking of you tomorrow
8:10 pm
Jellen

((River))
8:10 pm
skheiny

hey bugsaw, welcome
8:10 pm
stidmama

((((River))))
8:11 pm
Jellen

Just got computer back...Tim comandeered it...
8:11 pm
featherbee

and you're back in the hospital again now too, aren't you jellen?
8:11 pm
skheiny

thx so much River, that's fireworks for me
8:11 pm
Riverdance

thanks all - I have got to say the Docs in Boston are much more optimistic than the Docs at Dartmouth - I hope this is a good thing
8:11 pm
Riverdance

whoohooo skheiny
8:11 pm
featherbee

excellent river
8:12 pm
Jellen

No, we're home...
8:12 pm
Bugsaw

thank you Riverdance and hugs to you and your boy!
8:12 pm
featherbee

oh, good!
8:12 pm
Jellen

Yay, skh!!!
8:12 pm
Riverdance

((Jellen))
8:12 pm
stidmama

So glad you have managed to get in to Boston, River. *hopeful look*
8:12 pm
stidmama

YAY sk!
8:13 pm
Bugsaw

Hi stid and YAY skheiny
8:13 pm
featherbee

to list or not to list.
8:13 pm
Riverdance

the Docs there jumped on it when they read the records - that is scary in itself - they wouldnt rearrange schedules unless they thought it was needed asap - I am thankful they did
8:14 pm
rururocks

is that a question weed?
8:14 pm
featherbee

that is the question.
8:14 pm
Riverdance

they also think he will be back to playing his sports within 2 months - so fingers and toes crossed
8:14 pm
featherbee

awesome!
8:14 pm
tedybeth

Just read yesterday Boston has a couple of the very top hospitals in the US ... good place to be, it seems, if you need it!!
8:14 pm
featherbee

awesome!
8:15 pm
Jellen

Hi, ruru
8:15 pm
stidmama

*crossing crosses with crosses* River, that is very hopeful, indeed!
8:15 pm
stidmama

hey ruru
8:15 pm
Bugsaw

Jellen I am glad Tim is feeling well enough to commandeer the computer for a while
8:15 pm
periwinkle

hey all
8:16 pm
stidmama

hey peri
8:16 pm
periwinkle

River will be thinking of you and your boy tomorrowhope all goes well
8:16 pm
Riverdance

Hey Ruru, I am so missing your "NB birthday surprise" icons - can we pretend it is my birthday - huh???
8:16 pm
periwinkle

hey stiddy, I amde Past con Tunno last night wihich ijust past with tuna. turned out very well
8:17 pm
periwinkle

Pasta even
8:17 pm
stidmama

good for you peri! sometimes simple is best.
8:17 pm
Riverdance

oh, save it for when I can enjoy it - need to get to bed actually - early morning wakeup coming up - good night all - thanks for all your kind thoughts and prayers
8:18 pm
featherbee

night river. best wishes tomorrow.
8:18 pm
stidmama

(((River))) sweet dreams. you are all in my heart.
8:18 pm
Riverdance

group ((((HUG))))
8:18 pm
Jellen

Hi, peri
8:19 pm
Jellen

Gotta go (hugs) all round...
8:21 pm
periwinkle

hi and by Jellen
8:23 pm
Minski

We had grilled tequila lime shrimp and corn on the cob for dinner tonight.
8:23 pm
Minski

Interesting grid. Don't know if I like it or not yet though.
8:24 pm
featherbee

i like it. i'm just torturing myself with the last few by not listing. yet.
8:24 pm
Cathyar

hi everyone
8:24 pm
featherbee

hi cathy!
8:25 pm
Cathyar

question for all parents: when do you have to stop telling a 12-year-old to constantly pick up after themselves?
8:26 pm
Cathyar

or...when do you GET to not have to tell them anymore, is more accurate. LOL
8:26 pm
featherbee

never
8:26 pm
featherbee

i did it to my mom forever. still do.
8:26 pm
featherbee

sorry!
8:26 pm
Cathyar

its constant and rather frustrating...lol
8:26 pm
Bugsaw

sorry Cathy, they don't get it till they move out
8:27 pm
rururocks

bad weedy
8:27 pm
ChampFit

Never is right! We resorted to bribery, and it worked. Some call it an allowance. It actually worked at that age.
8:27 pm
featherbee

different priorities!
8:27 pm
rururocks

my mom would throw out anything left on the floor.
8:27 pm
rururocks

That's how I learn about dumpster diving at an early age
8:27 pm
featherbee

i'm a bad housekeeper. i don't bug my boys enough about putting away their toys.
8:27 pm
Cathyar

lol....tried the allowance thing...its "expected". took away the allowance so it could be re-earned...didn't work.
8:28 pm
ChampFit

It worked because of iTunes and other assorted priorities. Never worked when I was 12 though!
8:28 pm
featherbee

try this. tell him you'll be glad to pick up after him, but you expect to be paid. out of his allowance.
8:28 pm
Cathyar

i guess its more about picking up towels after a shower, or putting his dishes in the dishwasher...not really stuff i can throw away
8:28 pm
rururocks

good one feather
8:29 pm
Cathyar

LOL...feather...I REALLY like that one!!! :) I will try it! haha!
8:29 pm
Cathyar

heehee and bwah hah hah!!!
8:29 pm
ChampFit

Awesome!!!!
8:29 pm
Cathyar

love being evil mom!
8:29 pm
rururocks

(how Dr. Laura)
8:29 pm
featherbee

"i charge a quarter for every towel i pick up. 50 cents for dishes." it'll add up, and it gives him a choice.
8:30 pm
Bugsaw

good idea feather!
8:30 pm
ChampFit

It's what I live for...the Evil Mom title.
8:30 pm
Cathyar

it's a wonderful idea! :)
8:30 pm
featherbee

i've done it to daniel, with the change he's ammassed. it worked! plus, if he didn't do it, i wasn't as stressed, i just took the quarter.
8:30 pm
featherbee

not mine...i read it somewhere! forget where.
8:31 pm
Cathyar

each thing i find he didn't do that he knows better will have a price! will give him back his allowance...and deduct from it for each thing he needs reminders for.
8:31 pm
Bugsaw

I used to have to pay my kids to clean each others' rooms for their allowance. In their own room they just got distracted and started playing again.
8:31 pm
featherbee

i no longer nagged/yelled. just stated what would happen.
8:31 pm
Cathyar

but...what happens when it goes into the negative dollars?
8:31 pm
rururocks

consequences.. is the way to go..
8:31 pm
featherbee

oooo, i like that bugsaw! for when they're older.
8:31 pm
ChampFit

I'd imagine they sit in their room with nothing to do...bored...crazy...
8:31 pm
featherbee

then he'll owe you work. yard work, etc.
8:32 pm
rururocks

(glad I am grown up)
8:32 pm
rururocks

now I pay people to do that.
8:32 pm
Bugsaw

Yes feather. I never paid my kids just for still alive for another week. They had chores to do and if they didn't do them, I didn't pay.
8:33 pm
featherbee

or if not yard work, 10 minutes of no computer, etc.
8:33 pm
Bugsaw

still being alive rather..
8:33 pm
rururocks

whew
8:33 pm
featherbee

yeah, i've started daniel on an allowance. his job is to help me with laundry, sorting, etc.
8:33 pm
Cathyar

i like it! you all have great suggestions...and bugsaw...i like the "still alive"!!! HAHA!
8:34 pm
Bugsaw

Ruru, in so many ways, dogs are much easier to raise and train. They want to please you
8:34 pm
rururocks

yup.. that's why we never had children
8:34 pm
tedybeth

My kids managed to grow up in spite of what I did! LOL
8:34 pm
rururocks

It just wouldn't look good to go around with a little tyke with a choke collar on
8:35 pm
ChampFit

OK, now that the kids are settled, let me just say how much I HATE THIS GAME! Makes me cross-eyed and crazy.
8:35 pm
Cathyar

LMAO tedybeth! lucky for them? ;)
8:35 pm
Minski

te6&7?
8:35 pm
featherbee

lol, hi champ. try the clue list!
8:35 pm
Cathyar

that's why the chat is here champ...a grid getaway! :)
8:35 pm
Cathyar

and clue space :)
8:35 pm
rururocks

uncle + cookware is te 7
8:35 pm
ChampFit

UUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!
8:35 pm
Cathyar

and advice and friendships
8:36 pm
featherbee

how many do you have left champ?
8:36 pm
rururocks

and general nuttiness
8:36 pm
ChampFit

That part is awesome. You're all very helpful.
8:36 pm
Minski

got them. thx ruru
8:36 pm
Bugsaw

Champfit it gets easier the more you play. It is a matter of changing the way your brain looks for words
8:36 pm
tedybeth

OK - I admit I'm loosing it .... can't find the 'as' words......
8:36 pm
ChampFit

Have 6 left, they're all a's and one p word.
8:36 pm
featherbee

dangit, i KNEW that word ruru, just hadn't seen it yet
8:36 pm
rururocks

yw
8:37 pm
rururocks

you have an 6/33?
8:37 pm
featherbee

oooh, i don't!
8:37 pm
rururocks

an 6/33 an addition with a vowell on the tail
8:37 pm
featherbee

thanks!
8:37 pm
featherbee

14 left
8:38 pm
ChampFit

Yes. I have 4's and 5's left.
8:38 pm
rururocks

a lot of the a's are babblets
8:38 pm
featherbee

time to monkey type champ!
8:38 pm
ChampFit

OK, whats a babblet?
8:38 pm
rururocks

woman's name is one
8:38 pm
Bugsaw

tedybeth the as word has a lot of the same vowel repeated and the other is the plural
8:38 pm
ChampFit

Tried that!
8:38 pm
rururocks

an + you don't **Y?
8:39 pm
rururocks

an 5 add a vowell
8:39 pm
featherbee

little words that always show up. etna, naoi, toea, etc.
8:39 pm
rururocks

picnic pests in italian is another an5
8:39 pm
ChampFit

Have that. OK, will just type like a nutcase and see if anything sticks! :)
8:39 pm
featherbee

italian pest...working on it
8:40 pm
rururocks

as + womans name
8:40 pm
rururocks

and plural
8:40 pm
rururocks

ap 4 the top
8:40 pm
tedybeth

thks Bugsaw .... I'm still 'noodling' all of them!
8:40 pm
rururocks

at 4 a + dancing with metal shoes tips
8:41 pm
Bugsaw

the last part is like the girl's name but does not have the double letter in the middle if that helps
8:41 pm
ChampFit

ruru...have the a4 at the top. And the woman's name.
8:42 pm
rururocks

a + double cons + vowell
8:42 pm
rururocks

+ plural
8:43 pm
rururocks

are you missing a p 4 too?
8:43 pm
ChampFit

I'm hitting the wall. Have all those, and am missing something REALLY FREAKING OBVIOUS! But don't mind me...
8:43 pm
ChampFit

Yes!
8:43 pm
tedybeth

Fireworks! Couldn't have done it without Bugs & ruru ..... great clues for stupid words!!
8:43 pm
featherbee

oh, i'm so sorry, but i'm totally cracking up over here at your expression of frustration! only because i know it so well!
8:43 pm
rururocks

you have winnie th po 4
8:44 pm
ChampFit

Yes.
8:44 pm
Bugsaw

YAY tedybeth!
8:44 pm
rururocks

you have po 4 the bard?
8:44 pm
ChampFit

WooHOO! And yes, the bard...
8:45 pm
rururocks

the other is what people say her to leave
8:45 pm
rururocks

well done tedybeth
8:45 pm
featherbee

ok, the picnic pests in italian is formica. not helpful.
8:45 pm
ChampFit

Whaaaa? And thanks feather...you meanie! ;(
8:45 pm
ChampFit

Whaaaa? And thanks feather...you meanie! ;(
8:45 pm
rururocks

that was a little joke clue feather
8:45 pm
ChampFit

Kidding, BTW...
8:45 pm
featherbee

lol, sorry! i'd help if i could, just in the same boat.
8:46 pm
featherbee

i know
8:46 pm
rururocks

in italian it is an aunta and uncla
8:46 pm
featherbee

oh. err.
8:46 pm
rururocks

*giggle*
8:46 pm
Bugsaw

I got it from ruru's clue feather. Perhaps you should say in Italian accent...
8:46 pm
featherbee

*facepalm* got it.
8:46 pm
ChampFit

It's ok. It is what it is. Y'all aren't putting me in the looney bin, try as you might!
8:47 pm
rururocks

try picnic pest with a vowell champ
8:47 pm
featherbee

so, now I'M missing one a word! lol
8:47 pm
Bugsaw

Hang in there Champ.
8:48 pm
rururocks

check your latin endings feather
8:48 pm
ChampFit

Feather, I have STOLEN your word, and you will never find it....bwahahahahha!
8:48 pm
featherbee

LOL
8:49 pm
stidmama

readysetgofeather--i win! *wicked mama grin*
8:50 pm
featherbee

:P stid!
8:50 pm
stidmama

rofl
8:50 pm
featherbee

i seem to have all the latin endings.
8:50 pm
stidmama

plural everything
8:50 pm
stidmama

do you have the yogic breathing word?
8:50 pm
stidmama

oh wait. what length do you need?
8:51 pm
rururocks

there's a yogic breathing word?
8:51 pm
ChampFit

4 or 5
8:51 pm
featherbee

9 an, 1ap, 2as, 1at
8:51 pm
stidmama

ten AN words
8:51 pm
rururocks

10 an
8:51 pm
stidmama

you want a 4/4 I bet...
8:51 pm
featherbee

aha. ok. lemme play a little.
8:52 pm
stidmama

*prepares fish*
8:52 pm
rururocks

an + ** you like it
8:52 pm
stidmama

yep. *passes fish to ruru for service*
8:52 pm
featherbee

shhh ruru, hang on a sec
8:52 pm
stidmama

or the anagram of the one ruru clued.
8:52 pm
rururocks

puts a little lemon creme sauce on the plate for weed
8:52 pm
stidmama

or the AN 6 maybe... that was a strange one to my eyes.
8:53 pm
rururocks

parsley sprig
8:53 pm
rururocks

truffled potatos
8:53 pm
stidmama

how are you ruru? never seem to see you long enough to really inquire after your health!
8:53 pm
stidmama

some dill sprinkles for garnish
8:53 pm
rururocks

I am healthy stid.. I just got my annual physical yesterday
8:54 pm
rururocks

Life is good.. long working hours..
8:54 pm
stidmama

which white wine do you think for this evening, ruru? a nice dry white perhaps... *searches cellar*
8:54 pm
rururocks

what is for dinner stid?
8:54 pm
stidmama

that is good! (health) that is better than the complete opposite (work)
8:54 pm
stidmama

the fish and potatoes, ruru!
8:54 pm
rururocks

a nice sauvignon Blanc stid
8:54 pm
stidmama

I will make a lovely cherry clafoutie for dessert...
8:55 pm
rururocks

I got a really nice compliment the other day
8:55 pm
rururocks

ooh.love that dessert
8:55 pm
stidmama

ah. good choice. *grabs two bottles*
8:55 pm
stidmama

you did ruru? good for you! I got a compliment once, was so surprised I didn't know how to respond!
8:56 pm
featherbee

ok, gotta narrow a little more. 4 an4s, 4 an5s, 1 an6
8:56 pm
bethn

fean s
8:56 pm
stidmama

we have some nice cherries from the other side of the mountains.
8:56 pm
stidmama

five AN 4
8:56 pm
rururocks

5 an 4's
8:56 pm
ChampFit

HA! Welcome to Champland, Feather!
8:56 pm
stidmama

hey beth!
8:56 pm
lexophile

Hey Champ!
8:57 pm
ChampFit

Hey Lex! What do you have left?
8:57 pm
bethn

hi stid!
8:57 pm
rururocks

I ran into a guy I used to manage about 20 years ago and walked up to him and said hi.. he looked at me blankly and said OMG.. you haven't aged at all
8:57 pm
lexophile

19
8:57 pm
featherbee

see, that's why i sympathized so much!
8:57 pm
stidmama

in reverse order, picnic pest, jolly old elf SAN**, the singular of an 5/10, lady's name, and plural alternate form of name
8:57 pm
ChampFit

Not so easy, is it? Stupid game...waaahhhh!
8:57 pm
bethn

sorry for the non word, just got back from a visit to my mom, 7 hrs in the car today : ( plus work my eyes are crossing
8:58 pm
stidmama

wow ruru! that is a very BIG compliment!
8:58 pm
rururocks

he meant it too..
8:58 pm
stidmama

glad you're here beth. That's a lot of driving.
8:58 pm
lexophile

saw the small grid this morning and thought, ok, I can do this.... NOT!
8:58 pm
rururocks

mrs ru said he is full of ****
8:58 pm
stidmama

LOL lex! many of us make that mistake many times!
8:58 pm
featherbee

oh just smack me now. please. i missed the picnic pest.
8:58 pm
ChampFit

No kidding...am about to throw in the towel...or go bonkers...can't decide!
8:58 pm
stidmama

bah. what would mrs. ru know? *hides from mrs ru*
8:59 pm
Bugsaw

mrs ru probably look just as good. You don't have kids. Ha ha ha
8:59 pm
stidmama

rofl... *waits for ruru to do the honors*
8:59 pm
lexophile

don't know enough of the obscure (at least to me) words yet...
8:59 pm
rururocks

sometimes it is the little grids that give you the most trouble
8:59 pm
bethn

yup, she lives in upstate ny, i'm in nj. there was an accident on the thruway that added an hour plus to the trip
8:59 pm
rururocks

*smack*
8:59 pm
ChampFit

It's the monkeytype words that get me.
8:59 pm
rururocks

how was that weed
9:00 pm
featherbee

thank you sir.
9:00 pm
stidmama

well I am just glad it was not YOU in the accident. and now you can relax a bit.
9:00 pm
Bugsaw

I am duly smacked
9:00 pm
stidmama

wow. Vanna white
9:00 pm
stidmama

vanna's dress today is really pretty. Not what I would wear, but suits her fine.
9:01 pm
rururocks

don't drink that
9:01 pm
featherbee

lol!
9:01 pm
rururocks

there is a wine called vanna white by the way
9:01 pm
bethn

down to 9 left, I think the stats must be wrong annnnxf is not a word, and that is the only combination i have not tried
9:01 pm
lexophile

It's time for me to give it up for the day... spent some time boggling earlier... hope you finish, champ!
9:01 pm
featherbee

vanna blanc?
9:01 pm
stidmama

actually, I am not shaped right for most of the dresses she wears, but I can dream...
9:01 pm
ChampFit

Oooh...worked a charity event with her years ago. She's lovely and sweet and just like you'd expect.
9:02 pm
rururocks

with enough surgery stid anyone can look like that
9:02 pm
stidmama

really? well I guess if you are famous enough they'll name anything after you. Like that english king with all the toilets named after him...
9:02 pm
ChampFit

Lex...not going to finish. Too much wine with dinner. Don't drink and Babble I always say!
9:02 pm
featherbee

ok, i might need to list for these last ten.
9:02 pm
rururocks

naw weed
9:03 pm
ChampFit

Let me count the ways....
9:03 pm
stidmama

you still have ten more feather???
9:03 pm
featherbee

yep
9:03 pm
rururocks

a glass of wine does still sound good
9:03 pm
rururocks

what sauvignon blancs do you have stid?
9:03 pm
featherbee

AHA! got the pe7/8 combo!
9:04 pm
stidmama

I should probably go read a bit. And then start the lesson plan for the pretend lesson for next Tuesday. *sigh* I am teaching a lesson on the poetics of rap with a (very) young classmate who wants to be a teacher someday. So he supplies the understanding of the genre and I supply the how to include standards and keep it real...
9:04 pm
stidmama

go feather go!
9:05 pm
stidmama

generic types, ruru. Hogue, I think. We buy a lot from that Vinyard because it's sort of local, and not too expensive.
9:05 pm
rururocks

oh.. well it's kinda hard to screw up Sauvignon Blanc
9:05 pm
rururocks

Hogue is pretty good.
9:06 pm
rururocks

I used to sell Hogue 20 years ago
9:06 pm
featherbee

missing a TA word. have 2 fours and one five.
9:06 pm
stidmama

*smile* I am glad a connoisseur thinks so... makes me feel a little better about my unschooled tastes!
9:06 pm
stidmama

three ta 4
9:06 pm
rururocks

three ta 4
9:07 pm
stidmama

snap, ruru! LOL
9:07 pm
featherbee

ok. stop! monkeytime.
9:07 pm
stidmama

*hopes feather has enough sunscreen*
9:07 pm
torgone

PB stid ..
9:07 pm
ChampFit

Feather...sun on skin, small bites, sticky stuff, ages after 13...
9:07 pm
rururocks

*holds umbrella*
9:07 pm
stidmama

TOR!!!! *trudges to PB* where did YOU come from, anyway?
9:08 pm
featherbee

for the love of pete. that's the third word i've missed now that has been a plural three letter word.
9:08 pm
torgone

Lurkistan ..
9:08 pm
rururocks

lol torg
9:08 pm
featherbee

lurkistan, excellent!
9:08 pm
ChampFit

Ummm...there are s's in the grid! ;)
9:08 pm
stidmama

well, at least you have a pattern to try now feather! what next?
9:08 pm
featherbee

any TO words?
9:09 pm
rururocks

no
9:09 pm
featherbee

k
9:09 pm
rururocks

lots of te's
9:09 pm
ChampFit

PTL!
9:09 pm
featherbee

4
9:09 pm
stidmama

btw feather, I have decided to not try to write ANY lesson plans for the student teaching in the fall -- I haven't met the students, don't really know the expectations at that school, and... without more data I won't know what sorts of lessons they need!
9:09 pm
rururocks

te + not ma?
9:09 pm
rururocks

the state kje lives in?
9:09 pm
stidmama

this will free up my "free time" in August once I am done with summer classes.
9:10 pm
Cathyar

3 left here
9:10 pm
featherbee

good point! esp. with the expectations of the school.
9:10 pm
featherbee

got them all ruru, working on a diff. letter
9:10 pm
stidmama

hey cathy!
9:10 pm
ChampFit

Also, the state I live in!!!
9:10 pm
featherbee

sheesh. 3 left. missed what's at the end of my legs.
9:10 pm
Cathyar

hi stid! been stuck in the grid hoping to finish before midnight
9:10 pm
Jellen

Hello, again...
9:11 pm
stidmama

yep. Mother affirmed my plan, as well as my comment that once I have been teaching the same grade a few years I will be able to do more planning during the summer breaks.
9:11 pm
stidmama

better hurry cathy...
9:11 pm
Cathyar

hi jellen! :)
9:11 pm
featherbee

exactly stid
9:11 pm
Jellen

Profile update, btw...
9:11 pm
Jellen

*updated
9:11 pm
stidmama

ah, stidkid#1 is coming up the driveway from his walk, I can hear the garbage can clunking along the gravel
9:12 pm
stidmama

thanks for the update jellen ((((hugs)))) *extra gentle hugs for tim*
9:13 pm
stidmama

so feather... do you ever stop worrying about getting things "right"? I mean, not worrying that you will scar some child permanently?
9:13 pm
stidmama

I keep having these nightmares about saying just the wrong thing *sigh*
9:13 pm
featherbee

1
9:13 pm
Jellen

He's really down tonight...think I'll ask about antidepressants for him...
9:13 pm
stidmama

go feather go!
9:13 pm
Cathyar

i'm glad he is home again jellen! :) hope he does well.
9:13 pm
Jellen

Go feather!
9:13 pm
featherbee

lol, well stid, i've relaxed a bit about being hard on myself if i DO screw up, if that's what you mean
9:13 pm
stidmama

mmm. chemo can be really hard on a person.
9:14 pm
ChampFit

Feather, I'm not loving you at this moment!
9:14 pm
stidmama

good idea to ask about the antidepressants - or at least what can be done to help him get through this.
9:14 pm
featherbee

and the screw ups i do aren't the kind that would scar a kid, at least i hope!
9:14 pm
featherbee

LOLOL champ! wanna race? ;)
9:14 pm
Cathyar

poor guy...i would probably feel quite depressed too :(
9:15 pm
ChampFit

I will race you to the bowels of HELL! Of course, you'll win!
9:15 pm
stidmama

I suspect you are not going to scar anyone... :-D
9:15 pm
featherbee

*giggling*
9:15 pm
featherbee

and the same to you stid! relax.
9:15 pm
stidmama

ewwwww. bowels. and po 4/6 is in the grid.
9:15 pm
Cathyar

valerian is a natural "feelgood" herbal med, i've heard...but he shouldn't have anything without consulting the doc of course. :(
9:15 pm
stidmama

((feather)) thanks.
9:15 pm
Cathyar

noo stiddy...that's winnie! LOL
9:16 pm
Cathyar

so is what u always do when you say goodbye po4/8
9:16 pm
featherbee

ok, need to narrow again. i have 2sa, 1sn, 1st.
9:16 pm
stidmama

yes, don't try anything herbal without checking with the docs.
9:16 pm
stidmama

TWO SN
9:16 pm
ChampFit

Jellen, my Dad was prescribed antidepressants when he was on chemo, but wouldn't take them. Mom snuck them in his food.
9:16 pm
Jellen

3 sn
9:16 pm
featherbee

k. will look. ty.
9:17 pm
featherbee

fireworks!
9:17 pm
Jellen

Ooops... meant 2
9:17 pm
stidmama

YAY feather!!!!
9:17 pm
Jellen

Yay, feather!!!
9:17 pm
Cathyar

yay featherbee!!! :)
9:17 pm
ChampFit

One is like the Harry Potter character, but with an "e" as the 4rd letter. Feather, you punkin' head!
9:17 pm
ChampFit

Crap, 3rd. letter.
9:17 pm
featherbee

LOL!
9:18 pm
stidmama

LOL Champ!
9:18 pm
featherbee

ok, so what do you have left champ?
9:18 pm
Cathyar

the last ne4 ?
9:18 pm
ChampFit

That's fine...I'll wallow in my 6 left and be done with it!
9:18 pm
crosshair

howdy all;))
9:18 pm
ChampFit

Stupid a's. One p. So tired of looking at it!!!!
9:18 pm
stidmama

like the first NE, different 3rd vowel
9:19 pm
Jellen

Howdy crossy!
9:19 pm
stidmama

hey cross! (((hugs)))
9:19 pm
crosshair

:))
9:19 pm
featherbee

ok, lemme see...
9:19 pm
Cathyar

thank you stid...thought i'd tried it!
9:19 pm
Cathyar

2 left
9:19 pm
featherbee

an4 sounds like a plural girl's name
an4, IS a girl's name
an5, previous, plural
9:19 pm
crosshair

tim is on the iv chemo now jellen?
9:20 pm
featherbee

an5 and an6, an add on wing to a building. the second one, add a vowel.
9:20 pm
Jellen

Yes, crossy...started yesterday...
9:20 pm
Jellen

Had a really good day until just a while ago...wind just went out of his sails...
9:20 pm
ChampFit

Think I have all those. Single n's, double n's, different vowel endings...
9:20 pm
featherbee

an4, an** da question!
an5, latin plural the above
9:21 pm
Pinikula

evening all...
9:21 pm
Jellen

Hi, Pini!
9:21 pm
featherbee

an4, same as previous, change third letter. plural for an5.
9:21 pm
crosshair

ok,be warned,i was fine till day 3 ..then hit the wall..not trying to upset you but i was a mess from day 4 onwards..so be strong and remember crossy is here for you for any question or thought no matter how small
9:21 pm
stidmama

sorry all, I am completely drifting off.
9:21 pm
stidmama

hey pin
9:21 pm
Pinikula

{{jellen/tim}}
9:21 pm
featherbee

then of course the stupid picnic pests that i missed.
9:22 pm
Pinikula

hey stid
9:22 pm
featherbee

ap4, mountain top
as5, yoga posture (reuses a vowel a lot)
an6, plural that
at4, a + not bottled water but *** water
9:22 pm
Pinikula

to list or not to list....that is the Q
9:22 pm
Jellen

Thanks, crossy...this protocol has him coming in once a week...
9:22 pm
featherbee

pini! i said that earlier!
9:22 pm
stidmama

list. it's easier and took me about 5 minutes to get my last 20 words when I listed
9:23 pm
featherbee

i didn't list, btw. mostly easy, just stupid misses.
9:23 pm
Pinikula

really? GMTA!!! ^5 weed!
9:23 pm
ChampFit

Feather!!! I got one! Thanks so much!
9:23 pm
stidmama

she didn't list, but she kept asking for narrowing down... *wicked mama look*
9:23 pm
Pinikula

great...contradicting answers...so, do I hold out or not!?
9:23 pm
stidmama

go Champ go!
9:23 pm
featherbee

i just clued all the A words, quick, copy them into a notebook or word document!
9:24 pm
crosshair

ty for the a that is the yoga position feathers:)
9:24 pm
featherbee

hee hee, yeah, i did! i wanted help, but i didn't want it handed to me.
9:24 pm
Cathyar

lol....buster is burying his treat under my pillow!
9:24 pm
stidmama

go buster go!!! :-D
9:25 pm
Cathyar

i have the first two pa's left the 5 and 6
9:25 pm
tceicher

pe
9:25 pm
stidmama

hey tc!
9:25 pm
Jellen

pa5 expression of praise
9:25 pm
stidmama

and plural of course
9:26 pm
Jellen

OR pe 4/5 with a in the second position
9:26 pm
ChampFit

triumphal or grateful song
9:26 pm
Pinikula

I'm still missing 6 A's
9:26 pm
featherbee

ok, off to bed with me! good luck champ!
9:26 pm
Pinikula

will scroll back to check your clues, weed
9:26 pm
Jellen

G'night, feather
9:26 pm
stidmama

sweet dreams feather! ((hugs)) race you next time!
9:26 pm
ChampFit

Thanks Feather! Night!
9:27 pm
Cathyar

Thanks so much!!! Fireworks! :D
9:27 pm
stidmama

go pini go!
9:27 pm
Pinikula

wtg chaty
9:27 pm
stidmama

there are ten AN
9:27 pm
Pinikula

* cathy
9:28 pm
Jellen

Yay, Cath!!!
9:28 pm
Pinikula

need 3 more an's then
9:28 pm
stidmama

*grin* "chatty" cathy?
9:28 pm
Cathyar

nite nite feather...using your kid-tactics starting in the morning! :)
9:28 pm
stidmama

YAY cathy!!!
9:28 pm
Cathyar

LOL Stidmama...I've been called worse!!! ;)
9:29 pm
Pinikula

not getting - an4, an** da question!
an5, latin plural the above
9:29 pm
Jellen

an + **y it isn't so!
9:29 pm
stidmama

an + **nta claus?
9:29 pm
stidmama

and then add a vowel for latin plural
9:29 pm
Cathyar

and latin plural pini
9:30 pm
Pinikula

had the singular...thx for the plural!
9:30 pm
ChampFit

I LOVE YOU, MAN!!!
9:30 pm
stidmama

rofl Champ!
9:30 pm
Pinikula

* looks down * Nope...still a girl here! LOL
9:31 pm
stidmama

okay, Jeopardy is on, and I have a book to read in before I sleep... and a paper due next Thursday that I have not begun to research and... *sigh*
9:31 pm
Cathyar

same here pini!!! LMAO
9:31 pm
ChampFit

OK, switching teams then! :)
9:31 pm
Pinikula

take care, stid (you can doooo it)
9:31 pm
rururocks

*takes a peek.. yep..*
9:31 pm
Jellen

(((stid)))
9:31 pm
stidmama

*leaves choclits in PB just in case and more choclits on the sideboard*


*po4/8*
9:31 pm
Pinikula

* giggle *
9:32 pm
Pinikula

ASAP is too a word (even tho it started out as an anagram)
9:32 pm
Pinikula

or whatever you call those things
9:32 pm
ChampFit

No joke...I'm with you Pini!
9:32 pm
Cathyar

g'nite stidmama...*grabs choclits and PB and runs*
9:33 pm
Jellen

Acronym?
9:33 pm
Pinikula

that's the word, jellen!!!!
9:33 pm
Pinikula

I knew I could count on someone here!
9:34 pm
Pinikula

down to 23 and not moving too fast...better seriously consider listing...
9:34 pm
Pinikula

(was sooooo hoping to avoid)
9:34 pm
Minski

he6?
9:35 pm
Pinikula

* looking * minski
9:35 pm
Jellen

he* (curse) + meth*** gas
9:36 pm
Pinikula

danke ;)
9:36 pm
Minski

thx Jellen. odd word.
9:36 pm
Jellen

Bitte
9:36 pm
Pinikula

Jellen = good cluer!!!
9:36 pm
Minski

5
9:36 pm
Pinikula

19
9:37 pm
Minski

4
9:39 pm
Pinikula

yikes! you're rollin'!
9:39 pm
Cathyar

can i help too, before i head to bed?
9:40 pm
abetterjulie

what letters start the 7 and 8 words, please?
9:40 pm
Cathyar

pe7/31 and pe8/45
9:40 pm
abetterjulie

thank you
9:40 pm
abetterjulie

thank you
9:40 pm
Cathyar

ooops...pe7/32 that is
9:40 pm
ChampFit

the peeps that work in the field, and plural.
9:41 pm
Cathyar

also, it sounds like a bird...less the h
9:41 pm
abetterjulie

Thank you!
9:42 pm
Pinikula

thx!!!
9:42 pm
Minski

!!!!!FIREWORKS!!!!!
9:42 pm
Pinikula

wtg minski!!!
9:42 pm
Pinikula

still 15 more to go here
9:42 pm
Cathyar

YAY Minski! :) congrats!
9:43 pm
Cathyar

still here to help Pini!
9:43 pm
Jellen

Marvelous, Minski!!
9:43 pm
Pinikula

T's: have ta 4 4 te 4 5 5 5...what's missing?
9:43 pm
Pinikula

plz/thx (of course)
9:44 pm
Cathyar

the 2nd ta4 has a plural for the ta5
9:44 pm
Jellen

ta 4, 4, 5, 4
9:44 pm
Pinikula

got 2!
9:45 pm
Pinikula

(got the ta's anyway)
9:45 pm
Cathyar

there is a te6 and te7 that i found a bit difficult (without clues)
9:45 pm
Jellen

te 4, 5, 6, 7, 4, 5, 5
9:46 pm
Cathyar

te6 - te + *pen the door + cookware
9:46 pm
Cathyar

and then plura
9:46 pm
Cathyar

plural
9:46 pm
Pinikula

wow...thx, wouldn't have gotten those on my own - not that smart!
9:46 pm
Minski

good night all. pumpkin time for me. go Pini!!!!
9:46 pm
Pinikula

any to's?
9:46 pm
Cathyar

i couldn't either pini!
9:47 pm
abetterjulie

no definition for that one. Is it just a monkeyed word? the te 6 and 7?
9:47 pm
Jellen

Nope!
9:47 pm
Jellen

G'night, Minski
9:47 pm
Cathyar

no to's....the last te5 is 5/20 - a united state
9:47 pm
Cathyar

dunno how a proper word made it in there
9:47 pm
ChampFit

State O' Champ! :)
9:47 pm
Pinikula

got the state ;)
9:48 pm
Cathyar

te4/5 = te + short word for dad
9:48 pm
Cathyar

and plural
9:48 pm
Cathyar

te4/4 - my son will be one on his next birthday (he is 12 now)
9:48 pm
Cathyar

and plural
9:48 pm
Pinikula

T's trampled!
9:48 pm
Pinikula

10 to go!
9:49 pm
Pinikula

ya'll rock!
9:49 pm
Cathyar

:)
9:50 pm
Pinikula

how about P's:
pa 4 4 4 5 4
pe 4 5 4 7 8 4 5 4 5 5 4
po 4 4 4
9:50 pm
abetterjulie

have the S's been clued? I have sa4,4 sa4,4 and st5.10.
9:51 pm
Pinikula

that all I have, too, abetter
9:51 pm
abetterjulie

okay. Thanks for the P's.
9:51 pm
Cathyar

the pa5 and pa 6 were my last two words. pa + the oc*** is salt water
9:51 pm
Pinikula

(hey, nice name there...the end sounds rather familiar to me!)
9:51 pm
Pinikula

thx cathy!
9:51 pm
Cathyar

then plura
9:51 pm
Jellen

2 sn's
9:52 pm
Cathyar

pluraL....why do i always skip that last L? lol
9:52 pm
abetterjulie

ah, see the other sn
9:52 pm
Pinikula

thx for the sn** crackle pop (didn't have that one)
9:53 pm
Pinikula

(the name comment was for abetter)
9:53 pm
Pinikula

S's stomped!
9:53 pm
Cathyar

i think u have all the pe's pini
9:54 pm
Pinikula

yep...all P's punished!
9:54 pm
Cathyar

LOL...pini the p-punisher!
9:54 pm
Pinikula

Need 2 N's, have:
na 4 5 4 5 4
ne 4 5 4
9:55 pm
Jellen

You need one na 4
9:55 pm
Pinikula

got 1
9:55 pm
Cathyar

there is a short form for grandma...(not the one that ends in a vowel)....there is the na4/5 of your neck
9:56 pm
Jellen

and one ne4
9:56 pm
Pinikula

it was the neck that was missing thx!
9:56 pm
Pinikula

Just 3 A's now! :)
9:56 pm
Cathyar

ne's are ne4/5, 4/4 and5/10 and 4/5
9:56 pm
Pinikula

2
9:57 pm
abetterjulie

argh. 7.
9:57 pm
Cathyar

do you have the an5 and 6 pini?
9:57 pm
Pinikula

git'r dun, abetter!
9:57 pm
Pinikula

yes, cathy...
9:57 pm
Pinikula

I'm missing a 4 and a 5
9:57 pm
Cathyar

a lot of women's names in the an's
9:58 pm
Pinikula

I have at least 2
9:58 pm
Cathyar

think of french pineapple without the "i" for the first an
9:58 pm
Cathyar

an4 that is
9:59 pm
Pinikula

a french pineapple???
9:59 pm
Cathyar

10 an's total
9:59 pm
Cathyar

one ap
9:59 pm
Cathyar

two as
9:59 pm
Cathyar

and one at4
9:59 pm
abetterjulie

I need the ap, then. Thanks!
9:59 pm
abetterjulie

oh, wait. No I don't. haha
9:59 pm
Pinikula

they're both an's
9:59 pm
Cathyar

i may have the spelling a bit messed up on the pineapple clues....scratch that one lol
10:00 pm
Pinikula

ap + **husband
10:00 pm
Pinikula

* scratching *
10:00 pm
Cathyar

ap + your old boy/girlfriend is an **
10:00 pm
Cathyar

an + **nta clause
10:00 pm
Pinikula

gotta get these last 2 quick...koda is signaling he needs to go out
10:00 pm
Cathyar

shoot....an + **nta claus
10:01 pm
Cathyar

and plural
10:01 pm
Pinikula

have an 4 4 5 5 6 4 5 4
10:01 pm
Cathyar

plura your last 4/4
10:01 pm
Cathyar

and then there are the insects
10:02 pm
DR1965

Hi Pini
10:02 pm
Jellen

Hi, DR!
10:02 pm
Pinikula

hey DR!
10:02 pm
Cathyar

there is also an4/4 = an + what you say to a small child to give u something
10:02 pm
Cathyar

and its plural is the 5
10:02 pm
DR1965

Hi Jellen and Pini and Cathy
10:02 pm
Cathyar

Hi DR!
10:03 pm
Pinikula

what you say to a child to give you something?????
10:03 pm
Cathyar

did that help Pini?
10:03 pm
abetterjulie

lol,Pini...that was MY reaction, too!
10:04 pm
Cathyar

yes....oh...ok.
10:04 pm
Cathyar

an _ po**to (the tuber)
10:04 pm
DR1965

how is everyone
10:04 pm
Pinikula

* sparklers *
10:04 pm
abetterjulie

congrats!
10:04 pm
Pinikula

thx!!!!! you're awesome!!!
10:04 pm
DR1965

WOOHOO Pini
10:05 pm
Cathyar

or a brit way to say goodbye...which i must now say....its pa4/5 my bedtime
10:05 pm
Jellen

Yay, Pini!!!
10:05 pm
Pinikula

and didn't open lickety's list; thx to the help of babble buddies!!!
10:05 pm
Jellen

brb...
10:05 pm
Pinikula

now to run koda out and then back for conversation!!!! (sorry to say hi and run, DR...but will be back!)
10:05 pm
shdybr8

hi babblers!
10:05 pm
Cathyar

YAY PINI!!! :)
10:05 pm
DR1965

Gnight Cathy
10:06 pm
Cathyar

btw....french pineapple i believe is annais :S
10:06 pm
Cathyar

and ta-ta for now! ;)
10:06 pm
DR1965

I will be here Pini
10:06 pm
DR1965

Hi Shdy
10:06 pm
shdybr8

hey doc, how goes it?
10:07 pm
DR1965

I am good Shdy. And you?
10:08 pm
shdybr8

can't complain, been laughing my little butt off at stoopid stuff online
10:08 pm
DR1965

: ) That is always fun
10:09 pm
Jellen

Hi shdy
10:09 pm
shdybr8

bro-in-law is visiting, so we introduced him to the funny voice mail and the harley from india
10:09 pm
shdybr8

hi jellen, how has the week been for you?
10:09 pm
DR1965

AH! That is funny!
10:09 pm
Jellen

It's had its moments, good and bad...
10:09 pm
shdybr8

you know doc, the more you listen, the funnier it gets!
10:10 pm
shdybr8

holding on, jellen?
10:10 pm
Jellen

Yes I am!
10:10 pm
abetterjulie

could someone clue the sn5, please. Thanks in advance.
10:10 pm
DR1965

I read your facebook update Jellen. I continue to hold you guys in my thoughts
10:11 pm
shdybr8

fantastic, jellen, i am holding you too
10:12 pm
DR1965

Julie- add a vowel in the middle of the sn4
10:12 pm
Jellen

sn + my cat is heading for a h*** of trouble if he doesn't get his nose out of my pudding!
10:12 pm
abetterjulie

Thx, Jellen!
10:12 pm
shdybr8

hey, jellen, if you need a quick laugh, i recommend the funny voice mail (and the harley from india)
10:13 pm
shdybr8

stoopid, but a good distraction
10:14 pm
Jellen

Going to look them up...brb
10:14 pm
shdybr8

turn up the volume, jellen!
10:14 pm
Pinikula

and back!
10:15 pm
DR1965

WB Pini
10:15 pm
shdybr8

wb, pini
10:15 pm
Pinikula

thx dr...how've you been?
10:15 pm
Pinikula

hi shdy
10:15 pm
abetterjulie

fireworks!
10:15 pm
Jellen

Do you have links, shdy?
10:15 pm
DR1965

wtg Julie!
10:15 pm
abetterjulie

thanks for all the help tonight.
10:15 pm
Jellen

Yay for julie!!!
10:16 pm
abetterjulie

see you tomorrow!
10:16 pm
DR1965

gnight Julie
10:16 pm
Pinikula

night abetter
10:16 pm
shdybr8

um, i have them on my desktop, do you have a junk email you don't mind giving? or just google funny voice mail jack in the box and harley sound india
10:17 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

hi all, and who crippled the board? LOL
10:17 pm
DR1965

whats new Pini?
10:17 pm
Pinikula

hi gwen
10:17 pm
shdybr8

hi gwen
10:17 pm
DR1965

Hi Gwen
10:17 pm
Jellen

Hi, Gwen
10:17 pm
Pinikula

nothing much...on staycation next week ;)
10:17 pm
shdybr8

hold on, jellen, getting links
10:18 pm
DR1965

thats cool
10:19 pm
Pinikula

spending time with my gd :)
10:19 pm
shdybr8

link http://digg.com/tech_news/Funny_Jack_i
n_the_box_Voicemail
10:19 pm
DR1965

priceless
10:19 pm
Jellen

Found the the voicemail...
10:19 pm
shdybr8

link http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Harley_David
son_Sounds_America_vs_India
10:20 pm
shdybr8

the more you listen, the funnier it gets
10:20 pm
shdybr8

**wipes tears
10:21 pm
shdybr8

i am laughing just thinking about someone else listening to it!
10:21 pm
Pinikula

bringing it up to listen....
10:21 pm
Jellen

Violence spreads to little old ladies...
10:22 pm
shdybr8

with bibles and mother goose!
10:22 pm
Pinikula

pepper spray!
10:22 pm
Pinikula

umbrellas!
10:22 pm
shdybr8

hehehe hehehe
10:23 pm
Pinikula

cattle prod!
10:23 pm
Pinikula

Mother Goose!
10:23 pm
Pinikula

too funny!
10:23 pm
DR1965

: )
10:23 pm
Pinikula

bible thumping
10:24 pm
shdybr8

i work for the state of LA, and it's no wonder we're in a budget crunch, we lost an entire day a few years ago crying over the voicemail
10:24 pm
Pinikula

he can barely talk! LOL
10:25 pm
shdybr8

mother goose is what really gets me, pini
10:25 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

are there any states that aren't in a budget crunch? (just asking . . .)
10:25 pm
shdybr8

4 foot nothin'
10:25 pm
Pinikula

yeah, apparently one of her friends was using a purse bigger than her "4 foot nuttin" stature! LOL
10:25 pm
Pinikula

not that I'm aware of, gwen
10:26 pm
shdybr8

not sure, gwen, definitely not this one, plus we have oil
10:26 pm
Jellen

check this scary out! http://tinyurl.com/286dpa2
10:26 pm
shdybr8

rather laugh at the voice mail than think about reality
10:27 pm
Pinikula

egads!!!!!
10:27 pm
shdybr8

i liked the kitty at the top?
10:28 pm
Pinikula

jellen, to think he was a relatively decent lookin' guy when he started!!!
10:28 pm
Jellen

I'm speechless...
10:30 pm
shdybr8

i can't quit, just listened to harley again, sent it to my dad in africa, should make him laugh too
10:30 pm
DR1965

my last word is he6- any clues?
10:30 pm
shdybr8

ring-ding-dingety ding
10:31 pm
shdybr8

chemical, doc, six sided
10:31 pm
Jellen

he* (curse) + meth*** gas
10:31 pm
Pinikula

it didn't work for me, shdy :(
10:31 pm
DR1965

thanks both of you!
10:31 pm
torgone

he6 = "any of five isomeric hydrocarbons having the formula C 6 H 14 , of the alkane series, some of which are obtained from petroleum: used as solvents and chemical intermediates and in fuels. "
10:31 pm
DR1965

got it! and have fireworks!
10:31 pm
shdybr8

you didn't laugh, pini?
10:32 pm
DR1965

Hi Torg!
10:32 pm
Jellen

YeeHaw, DR!!!
10:32 pm
torgone

Heyas kids ..
10:32 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

wtg DR !!! ~~~ !!!
10:32 pm
Pinikula

hiya tor
10:32 pm
torgone

Yay DR!
10:32 pm
shdybr8

ok, tor took chem more recently than i did!
10:32 pm
Pinikula

no, the link didn't work ;(
10:32 pm
Jellen

*trying to vary my celebratory salutes*
10:32 pm
shdybr8

oh, **finding another
10:32 pm
DR1965

Thanks everyone! Have not finished a grid in forever!
10:33 pm
Pinikula

wtg DR!!!
10:33 pm
DR1965

brb- need to go set dvr for Burn Notice
10:33 pm
torgone

I just copy + paste fast ..
10:34 pm
shdybr8

pini, google "harley sound india" and click the first link
10:34 pm
Pinikula

dinner's buzzing...brb
10:34 pm
Pinikula

will do when I get back!
10:34 pm
shdybr8

should open a powerpoint
10:36 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

DOS
10:37 pm
shdybr8

not politically correct, but i'm happy to laugh at me too
10:37 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

Ψ !! W ψ I ψ R ψ E ψ F ψ O ψ R ψ K ψ S !! Ψ
10:38 pm
Jellen

Woot! WTG, Gwen!!!
10:38 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

um, i mean fireworks!!
10:38 pm
shdybr8

nice, gwen!
10:38 pm
Jellen

Don't have powerpoint :-(
10:38 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

8-D
10:39 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

well the grid wasn't exactly a sn4 but it went pretty fast
10:40 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

needs a few move As and Es tho
10:42 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

hardly be any good scoring word if not for that X
10:42 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

uh oh
10:42 pm
shdybr8

pini - new link, first sound is harley in US, 2nd is not http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLxTHay
Ef9c
10:43 pm
shdybr8

oh, not pini, jellen, sorry can't seem to multitask tonite
10:44 pm
shdybr8

still thinking about mother goose with an umbrella
10:45 pm
shdybr8

and my phantoms for this grid - peanuts, pennants.....
10:47 pm
Pinikula

cute, shdy...got the pp to work! :)
10:48 pm
shdybr8

makes me laugh, gotta be up at 4, guess it's time to try to beat the insomnia, huh?
10:49 pm
Jellen

lol, thanks for the link!
10:49 pm
shdybr8

got it, jellen, then?
10:49 pm
Jellen

Yes, on youtube...
10:50 pm
shdybr8

there's nothing like a good laugh
10:52 pm
shdybr8

how is te5 a word (proper noun) but the version of it that has to do with people isn't?
10:53 pm
Pinikula

I'll look into it for ya
10:53 pm
shdybr8

ty, pini
10:54 pm
Pinikula

a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
10:54 pm
Pinikula

Origin:
1855–60; after Texas, from the fact that the officers' accommodation was the most spacious on the Mississippi steamboats, on which cabins were named after states
10:55 pm
Pinikula

imagine that!
10:55 pm
rururocks

I thought a deck house was a house of cards?
10:55 pm
Pinikula

must mean my master bedroom is the texas of the house
10:55 pm
shdybr8

so is there also a mississippi, an arkansas, a florida, so on, all not proper nouns?
10:55 pm
shdybr8

Hi ruru
10:55 pm
Pinikula

hi ru!
10:56 pm
Pinikula

the kids' rooms must be delaware and rhode island! LOL
10:56 pm
shdybr8

well, if the kids are good their rooms are Hawaii
10:56 pm
Pinikula

* snicker *
10:58 pm
shdybr8

sheesh, no matter how late i stay up, i still have to get up at 4. Any secrets for sleeping that don't involve pills?
10:58 pm
Pinikula

warm milk?
10:59 pm
shdybr8

ick, don't like it cold either
10:59 pm
Pinikula

turning out the lights, closing the blinds, removing sound?
10:59 pm
Pinikula

hot shower?
10:59 pm
shdybr8

dark out, blinds closed, sound off, all i can hear is the air cleaner and the man lightly snoring
10:59 pm
Jellen

Fan sounds put me to sleep...
11:00 pm
shdybr8

oh, and i can hear the big freezer running
11:00 pm
Pinikula

turn computer off?
11:00 pm
shdybr8

WHAAATTTT!!!! seriously?
11:01 pm
Pinikula

sorry...just a suggestion!
11:01 pm
shdybr8

i'm not sure i'd make it, lmao
11:02 pm
shdybr8

hate to use those text words, but it seemed appropriate
11:02 pm
Pinikula

Good, I'm not in a boat by myself then...I find it tough to turn off, too ;)
11:03 pm
shdybr8

i'm honestly trying, i have to teach tomorrow, and can't do so until i write the lecture
11:03 pm
Pinikula

best get writing then!!!
11:03 pm
Pinikula

what do you teach?
11:04 pm
shdybr8

can't i just show them the funny stuff and move on?
11:04 pm
shdybr8

stats, stuff they don't like
11:04 pm
Pinikula

business school?
11:05 pm
shdybr8

no, regular school (whatever that means)
11:05 pm
Pinikula

elementary, middle, high, college, uni?
11:06 pm
shdybr8

uni, undergrads this summer
11:06 pm
Pinikula

gotcha...
11:07 pm
shdybr8

the man is asleep, the visiting bro-in-law is asleep, darn it!
11:07 pm
Pinikula

why is it that UG don't seem to want to go to summer sessions, but yet when classes are not offered, they complain?
11:07 pm
shdybr8

that is their nature, pini!
11:08 pm
Pinikula

I know...we just cancelled one of courses do to under-enrollment...
11:08 pm
Pinikula

* due
11:08 pm
shdybr8

imagine their horror when they graduate, and a job wants them to work, oh wait, ALL YEAR????
11:09 pm
Pinikula

not even all year...it's, "What? go to work from 8 - 5??? Are you serious?"
11:10 pm
Pinikula

Oh, wait...I have profs that say the same thing! (i.e., "What? Come to campus?)
11:10 pm
shdybr8

to finally reach adulthood, only to find that it means you don't get summer off and you have bills to pay, darn, darn, darn
11:11 pm
Pinikula

no kidding!
11:11 pm
shdybr8

well, i kinda feel the same way about going to campus, it's cold there, hehehe
11:11 pm
Pinikula

M&D can't take care of ya, forever!
11:11 pm
Pinikula

(even tho the kids think they should)
11:11 pm
Pinikula

My space is warm!!!! I'm always there!
11:12 pm
Pinikula

except when I'm at home, of course!
11:12 pm
shdybr8

if i work from home, i control the temp. at lsu it's about 50 always
11:13 pm
Pinikula

wish it was always 50F here...
11:13 pm
shdybr8

donde es?
11:14 pm
Pinikula

right now it's been so warm that the unit on the 3rd floor feels like they're in a suana and I'm comfortable on the first; but come winter, it's just the opposite...my office is above the boiler!
11:14 pm
Pinikula

Oregon here
11:14 pm
Pinikula

* sauna
11:15 pm
shdybr8

way north, my little brother is in seattle for the summer, he's been loving it. He's at the coast guard academy, so out in ct most of the year
11:16 pm
Pinikula

my uncle used to be coast guard, was up in Sea once upon a time...
11:16 pm
shdybr8

little guy is at the place where they escort the subs out, seems to really be enjoying it
11:17 pm
Pinikula

Bremerton?
11:17 pm
Pinikula

I love the PNW...can't beat it anywhere (unless you go to Europe)
11:18 pm
shdybr8

not quite sure, just know they posted him in seattle and they take subs out, he's not allowed to take any pics on base?
11:18 pm
Pinikula

(out of all the places I've lived, it's my favorite)
11:18 pm
Pinikula

Sounds like Bremerton or Everett, shdy...(I'm a former service brat)
11:19 pm
shdybr8

i'm down in louisiana, because i'm a big baby about being cold
11:19 pm
Pinikula

hey, we hit 90F today!!!
11:19 pm
shdybr8

cold to me is below 80
11:20 pm
Pinikula

80+ is too much for moi!
11:20 pm
shdybr8

today we were 98, i think, but heat index much higher from the humidity. Everyone complains, but i love it!
11:21 pm
Pinikula

I can't stand humidity! We've been having quite a bit of here :(
11:22 pm
shdybr8

i know when i lived in colorado, if humidity was in double digits (i.e. 11) everyone could "feel" the air! All i could do was put on a whole bottle of lotion!
11:23 pm
Pinikula

ewwwwwwww, I'm with them!!!!
11:23 pm
shdybr8

i know, i' weird, but at least i live in the right place for it
11:23 pm
Pinikula

t'was the same in Utah...but you didn't really feel it if you stood in the shade; still can't figure that out
11:24 pm
shdybr8

the best thing about utah to me is the part of lake powell that's in it, beautiful place
11:25 pm
Pinikula

(hey, lurkers, here to help clue, if needed)
11:25 pm
Pinikula

I lived in the dessert so would know
11:25 pm
shdybr8

hehehe, i tried to lurk this morning, failed miserably (it was a faulty enter key)
11:25 pm
Pinikula

darn keyboards!!!
11:26 pm
shdybr8

i typed op4 and op5 real quick, and, darnit, they posted
11:27 pm
Pinikula

happens to the best of us!!! LOL
11:27 pm
shdybr8

told everyone that was my clever clue
11:27 pm
Pinikula

ROFL
11:28 pm
shdybr8

what a dumba%$, huh?
11:28 pm
Pinikula

nah...you just wanted to "help" early!
11:28 pm
shdybr8

yeah, just wanted to make my presence known (while trying to lurk)
11:29 pm
Pinikula

LOL
11:29 pm
shdybr8

oh well, i got to see a few friends in the process
11:30 pm
Pinikula

hey, whatever works, shdy...yeah, that's it... LOL
11:30 pm
shdybr8

we do, what? what we have to do? what we can?
11:31 pm
Pinikula

of course!
11:31 pm
shdybr8

yep .
11:32 pm
Jellen

Watching Burn Notice...
11:33 pm
Pinikula

(watching So You Think You Can Dance)
11:33 pm
shdybr8

new one?
11:33 pm
Pinikula

wondering if I should take my glasses with me to my eye doc appt in the a.m.
11:33 pm
Jellen

Yes, if you're asking about Burn Notice...
11:33 pm
shdybr8

hey pini? i guarantee you i can't!
11:33 pm
jillibus

Yes, you should, pini :)
11:33 pm
Pinikula

can't what?
11:34 pm
Pinikula

dance?
11:34 pm
jillibus

Hi all.
11:34 pm
shdybr8

yes, because they can read the scrip
11:34 pm
Pinikula

thx, jilli...
11:34 pm
shdybr8

dance, yes, or no
11:34 pm
shdybr8

hi jilli
11:34 pm
Jellen

Hi, jilli!
11:34 pm
Pinikula

I'm not going to let them make the new lenses (if any), cuz they charge too much
11:34 pm
Pinikula

<-- love to dance!
11:35 pm
shdybr8

but they still get information from them
11:35 pm
jillibus

<-- hear dance music, can't stay still
11:35 pm
Pinikula

I know, shdy...I was just kidding (kinda)
11:36 pm
Pinikula

jilli...when we meet, I'll lead! LOL
11:36 pm
jillibus

pini, I'd connect on Yahoo but have forgotten how, duh.
11:36 pm
shdybr8

thanks, you guys, now having a disturbing mental image of pini and jilli in some dance club
11:36 pm
Pinikula

<-- used to teach dance, too
11:36 pm
Pinikula

ROFL!!!
11:36 pm
shdybr8

full on disco
11:36 pm
jillibus

Ye gods!
11:36 pm
Pinikula

jilli...I don't go there much (yet)
11:37 pm
Pinikula

no disco, shdy!!!!
11:37 pm
shdybr8

i agree, jilli
11:37 pm
jillibus

But it would pleae our friend there.
11:37 pm
Pinikula

I used to teach West Coast Swing and 2-step
11:38 pm
TeaNCrackers

hi all
11:38 pm
shdybr8

i am way too introverted to dance
11:38 pm
Jellen

Hello, jilli...
11:38 pm
jillibus

Oh, typos already! I've been half asleep all day, even after going for a seim to wake me up.
11:38 pm
Jellen

Hi, TNC
11:38 pm
Pinikula

I can do that pointy thing that John Travolta did...but that's about all the 'disco' I know!
11:38 pm
Pinikula

hi TNC
11:38 pm
shdybr8

hi tea
11:38 pm
jillibus

Hi jellen :)
11:38 pm
jillibus

Hi TnC
11:38 pm
shdybr8

a seim? does that work?
11:38 pm
Pinikula

thankfully we're all fluent in typonese, jilli...didn't even notice!! LOL
11:39 pm
Pinikula

hey, are we supposed to bring a suit with us to 'the gathering'?
11:39 pm
shdybr8

i'll trade you, jilli, you can't wake up, i can't un-wake up
11:39 pm
jillibus

Lindy, two-step, waltz, Savoy, rhumba, cha cha, samba, etc etc -- loved them all.
11:40 pm
Pinikula

oh, jilli...we'll definitely have to check out some dancing!! :)
11:40 pm
Pinikula

you're still that awake, shdy? I've not bored you to sleep yet???? :)
11:40 pm
jillibus

suit? What on earth for? Oh -- you mean swimsuit? No idea!
11:41 pm
shdybr8

sorry, pini, didn't even notice that you tried
11:41 pm
Pinikula

well, it wouldn't have been intentional, shdy...
11:41 pm
jillibus

Pini, all that was years ago
11:41 pm
shdybr8

that was a compliment, by the way, lol
11:42 pm
Pinikula

jilli, I haven't done it in years either!!! we'll have to dust off cobwebs! LOL
11:42 pm
Pinikula

thx shdy :)
11:43 pm
shdybr8

ok, more disturbing images, now involving disco and spiders,you guys are mean!
11:43 pm
Pinikula

ROFL
11:43 pm
jillibus

spiders?
11:43 pm
Pinikula

(cobwebs)
11:44 pm
shdybr8

yep, spiders
11:44 pm
jillibus

oh, -- cobwebs, duh. I'm slooow on the uptake tonight.
11:44 pm
Pinikula

* giggle *
11:44 pm
Pinikula

(took me a moment to catch on, too)
11:44 pm
shdybr8

i'll still trade ya jilli, your tiredness for my anti
11:45 pm
jillibus

So I imagine the next grid will be 500+
11:45 pm
jillibus

What's keeping you up, shdy?
11:45 pm
shdybr8

oh, i hope not, have lots to do tomorrow
11:45 pm
Pinikula

jilli, that's too many for moi!
11:45 pm
shdybr8

just me, jilli, stink at falling asleep
11:45 pm
jillibus

For me too
11:46 pm
Pinikula

(have stuff to do tmw and i'm sure they'll dialate my eyeballs so I won't be able to see straight!)
11:46 pm
jillibus

can't count sheep, shdy?
11:46 pm
Pinikula

(and the eye-doc is before meeting my dau for lunch)
11:46 pm
Pinikula

oy...why do I set appts in the wrong order?
11:46 pm
shdybr8

sounds like a good reason to skip work all day!
11:46 pm
jillibus

how nice, to be meeting your dau for lunch.
11:47 pm
Pinikula

she works in a doc's office...I wonder if they'll think I'm on drugs or something!?!?!
11:47 pm
shdybr8

i would jilli, but my dogs scare them all away
11:47 pm
jillibus

(Can't stop Yawning!)
11:47 pm
Pinikula

if you skip, shdy, then you don't have to worry about your lecture!
11:47 pm
jillibus

How many dogs, and what kind, shdy?
11:48 pm
shdybr8

can't, it's summer school, very few classes
11:48 pm
Pinikula

we're going shopping on saturday, too (with my gs in tow)
11:48 pm
jillibus

I wish I had a dau.
11:48 pm
Jellen

Thinking about going shopping tomorrow...
11:48 pm
Pinikula

good point, shdy...guess we'll hope for a bit smaller
11:48 pm
shdybr8

3 mutts, jilli, a little (50 lb) black one, a big furry brown one and a big stoopid one
11:49 pm
Pinikula

groceries tmw night; haircut and other errands on saturday
11:49 pm
Pinikula

little = 50lbs???
11:49 pm
jillibus

Whaen you say "shopping", do you mean fun shopping? My shopping is usually just boring grocery shopping and the like.
11:49 pm
shdybr8

oh, i need a haircut so bad!
11:49 pm
jillibus

aww, big stoopid sounds so sweet.
11:49 pm
shdybr8

it's relative, pini, the others are 90ish
11:50 pm
Pinikula

me, too!!! my ears will be lowered on the 21st
11:50 pm
shdybr8

what, huh?
11:50 pm
Pinikula

jilli...a little of both...but the company makes even the tedious parts worth it ;)
11:50 pm
Pinikula

haircut on the 21st, shdy...catch up now!
11:50 pm
Jellen

I am going to to buy a recliner for Tim
11:51 pm
Jellen

I think.
11:51 pm
shdybr8

lowers your ears? i don't get it
11:51 pm
Pinikula

will allow him to be comfortable up or down as desired, right, jellen?
11:51 pm
Jellen

Yes...
11:52 pm
m9f9l

hello all
11:52 pm
Pinikula

shdy...when someone gets a haircut, usually it means the length is shortened, thus "lowering" your ears (so to speak)
11:52 pm
jillibus

shdy, haircut lowers ears
11:52 pm
Pinikula

hi m9
11:52 pm
Pinikula

how's he doing this evening, jellen?
11:52 pm
Pinikula

hair goes up; ears come down :)
11:52 pm
jillibus

hi m9 -- another nice uncross :)
11:52 pm
Jellen

Hi, m9
11:52 pm
m9f9l

;-)
11:52 pm
shdybr8

i'm good at math, not life, apparently, no matter how hard i think about it, i don't get it
11:52 pm
m9f9l

thanks jilli!
11:53 pm
jillibus

jellen, that's such a nice idea for Tim
11:53 pm
Jellen

What is the theme for tomorrow, btw? I'm having trouble accessing profiles...
11:53 pm
m9f9l

shdy... just what do you do with numbers?
11:53 pm
m9f9l

it's clue icon
11:53 pm
Pinikula

shdy...dream about it, that ought to knock you out!!!! :)
11:54 pm
flosey

Jellen, theme is a word from the grid - so we have to wait until we find one
11:54 pm
shdybr8

i'm a statistician, so apparently i do whatever i want to with numbers!
11:54 pm
Pinikula

isn't friday theme always "clue from the grid"?
11:54 pm
flosey

hi everyone
11:54 pm
Jellen

Oh, duh! Forgot the day!
11:54 pm
Pinikula

ROFL, shdy, good answer!
11:54 pm
Jellen

Thanks, flosey and Pini
11:54 pm
Pinikula

you've been a little distracted, jellen
11:54 pm
shdybr8

for a second there, pini, i thought you said you were gonna knock me out! lol
11:54 pm
m9f9l

LOL.. very funny shdy
11:55 pm
Pinikula

If my arms could reach...I could think about it!!!
11:55 pm
m9f9l

in an academic setting? for insurance co? just for fun?
11:55 pm
m9f9l

lobbyists????
11:55 pm
shdybr8

i do what i can
11:55 pm
Pinikula

(if it would help you sleep, that is)
11:55 pm
cybernan

Ni hao!!! -- got home today after a wonderful trip.
11:55 pm
Pinikula

hi nan
11:55 pm
Jellen

Hi, nan
11:55 pm
m9f9l

I'm exhausted..just wanna see grid before I go to bed...
11:55 pm
gremlinn

hey nan
11:55 pm
shdybr8

in an academic setting, and a govt setting, and i am a big dork, so it is for fun
11:56 pm
m9f9l

hey nan!
11:56 pm
m9f9l

sweet!
11:56 pm
gremlinn

what percent of statistics are made up on the spot?
11:56 pm
shdybr8

hi nan, long time!
11:56 pm
gremlinn

I heard it's 73.45%
11:56 pm
shdybr8

99 with a confidence interval of....
11:57 pm
m9f9l

<<<loves to make up stats on the spot!LOL
grem, you're such a card.
11:57 pm
m9f9l

I'd love to just play with numbers and get paid for it.
11:57 pm
Pinikula

me, too!
11:57 pm
gremlinn

I am indeed a card. If my jokes go sour, feel free to deck me.
11:57 pm
shdybr8

i do, m9, i do
11:58 pm
m9f9l

cubic splines anyone?
11:58 pm
shdybr8

in what context, m9?
11:58 pm
Pinikula

I'd ask you to translate that, but I'm afraid I wouldn't understand that either!
11:59 pm
gremlinn

133 today.
11:59 pm
Pinikula

165
11:59 pm
Pinikula

maybe
11:59 pm
torgone

211
11:59 pm
jillibus

<-- had to take time out for a coughing fit
11:59 pm
jillibus

165
11:59 pm
Gadget

236
11:59 pm
Pinikula

wb jilli...feel better!
11:59 pm
MLFAN17

hello
11:59 pm
Pinikula

hi tor
12:00 am
shdybr8

well, a spline is essentially a smoothing mechanism for a mathematical expression, and a cubic spline has 3 variables
12:00 am
torgone

Heyas kids ..