Babble: Archived Puzzle for Tuesday, August 30, 2011

12:00 am

Jellen

flip

12:01 am

MLFAN17

Ya6

12:01 am

vanillaslice

flip and hi all

12:01 am

dizgrannie

pr 7

12:02 am

MLFAN17

pr 5/7

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

pugmama763

to7

12:02 am

MLFAN17

we 6

12:02 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:02 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!!

12:02 am

Jellen

Thanks, lickety!

12:03 am

MLFAN17

SI 6

12:03 am

MLFAN17

x2

12:03 am

MLFAN17

hi cyber

12:04 am

negativeneil

Oh, flip... a little late.

12:05 am

MLFAN17

OU6

12:05 am

MLFAN17

oops OU 7 sorry

12:07 am

MLFAN17

an 4/4 is a babblet

12:08 am

negativeneil

pr7,52

12:08 am

Jellen

nbt

12:08 am

pugmama763

EN 6-7-7

12:08 am

MLFAN17

called nell unless we have 2?

12:10 am

negativeneil

Oh well. Does it matter?

12:10 am

negativeneil

So it's called again.

12:10 am

MLFAN17

does anyone have the stats for the E on the 5th column?

12:10 am

negativeneil

to8,80

12:10 am

MLFAN17

nell nope :)

12:10 am

negativeneil

If that's called already, so sorry.

12:10 am

dizgrannie

NBT

12:10 am

Jellen

eg 4/6

12:11 am

negativeneil

an7,32

12:11 am

MLFAN17

you are good nell lol

12:11 am

negativeneil

en7,40

12:11 am

MLFAN17

YA 4 6 6

12:12 am

negativeneil

I'm a word nerd.

12:12 am

negativeneil

si7,48

12:12 am

MLFAN17

thanks jellen

12:12 am

MLFAN17

thagts why you are here nell :)

12:12 am

negativeneil

to7,44

12:13 am

negativeneil

ou7,36

12:13 am

Flask1

nbt

12:13 am

Flask1

morning all.....

12:13 am

negativeneil

Yep, could be one reason.

12:13 am

VolleymomDee

late flip hi all

12:13 am

MLFAN17

how many ou 7s do we have?

12:13 am

VolleymomDee

pr 7

12:14 am

negativeneil

I've only found one. If there's more I don't see them yet.

12:15 am

MLFAN17

nope just one nell i just check

12:15 am

MLFAN17

checked the list

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

to 7

12:17 am

dizgrannie

ne 8/9

12:17 am

dizgrannie

NBS

12:17 am

MLFAN17

diz are the ne 8/9words we should know?

12:18 am

VolleymomDee

nbt

12:18 am

negativeneil

Interesting... 2 variant spellings of a winter hat.

12:18 am

melonheadjujube

hiyee!

12:18 am

negativeneil

They're not commonly used words, MLFAN.

12:19 am

MLFAN17

thanks

12:19 am

negativeneil

ne8,45 and the plural, ne9,60..

12:19 am

negativeneil

Hi melonheadjujube! That's quite a name?

12:19 am

Flask1

nbs

12:20 am

MLFAN17

WE 6/7 if not calle

12:20 am

MLFAN17

called

12:20 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs

12:20 am

melonheadjujube

I can't remember how I picked that name. I think jujube (my nickname) was taken, as was melonhead, so I mashed them together. It's an unexamined phenomenon of the internet. We get to name ourselves.

12:21 am

negativeneil

Haha. Why "melonhead" though?

12:21 am

negativeneil

Yes, this is true.

12:22 am

dizgrannie

to 4,6,7,6,7,8,5

12:22 am

negativeneil

Chanukkah! Are you also Jewish?

12:22 am

negativeneil

There's several of us on here.

12:22 am

melonheadjujube

no reason at all.

12:23 am

melonheadjujube

I am jewish, but jujube is my sibs name for me since my name is julie.

12:23 am

negativeneil

I see. I'm Jewish too.

12:23 am

negativeneil

[in case you didn't catch that]

12:23 am

melonheadjujube

but are you negative? ;)

12:23 am

negativeneil

It's a joke... there's a story to it.

12:23 am

negativeneil

Read what I do... that will give you an idea.

12:24 am

negativeneil

So it's partially that, partially because I used to bitch about my old workplace in my blogs.

12:24 am

VolleymomDee

si 7/36

12:24 am

negativeneil

The work environment and the coworkers who drove me nuts... had to vent somewhere.

12:25 am

VolleymomDee

ou 7/36

12:25 am

melonheadjujube

Well, your a pundit, which takes a flair for the negative, and besides humor needs a soupçon of kvetching.

12:26 am

melonheadjujube

I understand. My motto is "I laugh to keep from hitting somebody!"

12:26 am

dcseain

pomegranate juice, blueberry vodka and citron vodka is a happy combination, in case you were wondering.

12:26 am

negativeneil

Oh I'm really not all that negative. ;)

12:26 am

negativeneil

Am I, Seain?

12:26 am

negativeneil

Is it now, Seain? Must try that sometime then.

12:26 am

negativeneil

What isn't a happy combination with vodka?

12:26 am

MLFAN17

dc we never wonder about you lol

12:26 am

dcseain

overall, no not really all that negative.

12:27 am

melonheadjujube

pardon my homophonic grammatical errors "your a pundit" should be "you're a pundit." Of course.

12:27 am

negativeneil

Haha, exactly melonhead.

12:27 am

negativeneil

[laugh to keep from hitting somebody]

12:27 am

melonheadjujube

now, I must face this grid for few minutes.

12:27 am

negativeneil

yes, of course. Wasn't going to correct you though.

12:27 am

MLFAN17

SE6

12:27 am

dcseain

hi, melon, mlf, neil, et al

12:28 am

negativeneil

I'm killing it. Knocked it down to 30 and not going to quickly now.

12:28 am

negativeneil

Too quickly, even.

12:28 am

negativeneil

[typo]

12:28 am

MLFAN17

dc did you get any rain today>?

12:29 am

dcseain

not that i noticed, mlf

12:29 am

MLFAN17

we got some but briefly

12:31 am

MLFAN17

i have nbt and found 68 words i am out poof

12:31 am

VolleymomDee

si 7 x 2

12:32 am

dcseain

evening, dee

12:32 am

VolleymomDee

hi dc!

12:33 am

VolleymomDee

did someone call an ne 8 and 9?? If so, are they compound words?

12:33 am

dizgrannie

yes called, not compound

12:33 am

cybernan

not compound

12:33 am

cybernan

think wetsuits

12:33 am

VolleymomDee

ty diz... a puzzle for me so far lol

12:34 am

cybernan

or laptop sleeves

12:34 am

Jellen

Thanks, nan

12:34 am

negativeneil

A while ago, Volleymom... but does it matter?

12:34 am

dcseain

ty, nan

12:35 am

negativeneil

ne8,45 & ne9,60

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

not at all neil ty and ty nan!!! great clue

12:35 am

melonheadjujube

nbt

12:35 am

negativeneil

Laptop sleeves, yes.

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

nbs and nbt wtg melon

12:35 am

cybernan

anyone know what the other 8 is?

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

to8

12:35 am

negativeneil

And... that's a wrap.

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

compound to 8/80

12:36 am

negativeneil

to8,80

12:36 am

Jellen

Well done, neil!

12:37 am

negativeneil

Yes, compound word.

12:37 am

negativeneil

Thanks, Jellen.

12:37 am

dcseain

congrats, neil

12:37 am

VolleymomDee

do 6/21

12:37 am

negativeneil

Thanks, Seain. All the grids have been small and fairly easy ones since I started doing this almost daily. Hope there are bigger, harder ones soon.

12:38 am

dcseain

smaller ones are often more difficult

12:38 am

negativeneil

I've heard they can be over 400 words sometimes?

12:38 am

negativeneil

Not so far, Seain.

12:38 am

dcseain

oh, even higher on occasion

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

I wish I had written down the largest grid I have se 4

12:38 am

negativeneil

What's the biggest one you remember?

12:39 am

negativeneil

Yes Volleymom, so do I.

12:39 am

negativeneil

I'm curious to know.

12:39 am

Jellen

The largest I remember was 536...

12:39 am

dizgrannie

I recall around a 540 grid

12:40 am

negativeneil

Oh, that would be nice.

12:40 am

negativeneil

And... time consuming.

12:40 am

dizgrannie

smallest I recall was about 29 words

12:40 am

negativeneil

Wow!

12:40 am

cybernan

not seeing that to 8, but 120 down so calling it a night :)

12:40 am

dcseain

15 is smallest i've seen.

12:40 am

dart001

last few years....30....599

12:40 am

negativeneil

That would be about 5 minute's worth of Babbling.

12:40 am

dcseain

that was in a grid with 1 vowel.

12:40 am

VolleymomDee

hi dart!

12:40 am

negativeneil

Really, Seain? Not even worth doing.

12:41 am

negativeneil

Hi dart.

12:41 am

dcseain

i remember the 599, quite a doozy that one.

12:41 am

cybernan

ah -- found it!

12:41 am

negativeneil

Good, cybernan!

12:41 am

dart001

hi volley neil.....haven't peeked at likety yet...but he has the stats for the last 1900 grids or so

12:42 am

negativeneil

I haven't either.

12:42 am

dart001

lickety

12:42 am

negativeneil

I rarely list.

12:42 am

negativeneil

Oh, where?

12:42 am

negativeneil

In the Lickety's Clues page?

12:42 am

dcseain

indeed, neil

12:43 am

dart001

yes

12:43 am

negativeneil

Oh yeah:
Largest Word Count
599 words 10300 02 Nov

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

se 6 x 4 so far

12:48 am

negativeneil

Did you do today's Sudoku puzzle, Seain?

12:48 am

dcseain

i'm horrible at sudoku.

12:49 am

negativeneil

Oh? I noticed you're a member there too.

12:49 am

VolleymomDee

ditto that dc... our daughter loves it, but it drives me crazy

12:49 am

dcseain

i gave up in frustration. i did start it.

12:49 am

negativeneil

I'm an addict.

12:49 am

dcseain

i even finished one earlier this week, which is unusual

12:51 am

negativeneil

The new puzzle is up there of course... rated "Expert". Just going to tackle it and see how it goes.

12:51 am

negativeneil

Oh yes?

12:51 am

dcseain

i am a member there, and lately i've at least started a number of them.

12:51 am

VolleymomDee

good luck with it neil

12:51 am

dcseain

buena suerte

12:51 am

negativeneil

Thanks, Volleymom. If you log in there Seain, we can add each other.

12:54 am

flosey

hi everyone, late flip

12:54 am

dcseain

evening, flosey

12:56 am

flosey

has jilli come in yet?

12:56 am

VolleymomDee

hi flosey; haven't seen her yet

12:57 am

flosey

maybe attending to kitchen duty first

12:57 am

rururocks

more like martini duty..lol

12:57 am

flosey

lol

12:57 am

rururocks

I'm gonna pay for that one later

12:58 am

VolleymomDee

hi ru lol

12:58 am

flosey

I'm sure you will, ru

12:58 am

dcseain

yay martinis!

12:58 am

dcseain

Sapphire Martini, twist is a fave of mine.

12:59 am

dcseain

evening, ru

12:59 am

flosey

sounds pretty dc! is it actually blue?

12:59 am

dcseain

the bottle is, the gin is not. Sapphire is the high-end gin from Bombay

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

ok... what is the difference between a martini and a cosmopolitan

1:00 am

flosey

oh, yes, am familiar with Bombay gin

1:01 am

dcseain

cosmo adds fruit juice, specifically cranberry and lime

1:01 am

VolleymomDee

I like cosmos, but I don't think I have ever had a martini

1:01 am

flosey

but I

1:01 am

jillibus

hello all a bit late

1:02 am

flosey

I've never been big on martinis or manhattans

1:02 am

jillibus

cosmos are too sweet for my liking.

1:02 am

flosey

hi jilli

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

I had a blue one once... no clue what was in it, but it was yummy

1:02 am

dcseain

evening, jilli

1:03 am

rururocks

blue curaco

1:03 am

dcseain

i like martinis and rob roys a lot

1:03 am

jillibus

I like just plain vodka on the rocks with a slice of lime.

1:03 am

jillibus

howdy dc.

1:03 am

VolleymomDee

I think that's it ru... sounds familiar

1:03 am

VolleymomDee

what is in a rob roy

1:03 am

jillibus

nice shirt and wroteup, flosey!

1:03 am

dcseain

that's nice too, maybe with a splash of tonic

1:04 am

flosey

my alcohol consumption these days is almost nil - just a bit in a glass to be sociable

1:04 am

rururocks

writeup

1:04 am

jillibus

*writeup, sigh

1:04 am

jillibus

hi woowoo

1:04 am

flosey

thanks jilli, nice shirt

1:05 am

jillibus

come to think of it...brb with a nightcap

1:05 am

VolleymomDee

agree flosey... doesn't work well with my meds, but occasionally my favs are coffee and bailey's, a perfect margarita, or a pina colada...

1:05 am

flosey

that's it, Dee

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

need to save my liver, so my meds can't mess with it LOL

1:06 am

flosey

I made pina colada ice cream (no alcohol) and grandson loved it

1:06 am

VolleymomDee

oooh that sounds yummy

1:06 am

flosey

with coconut milk

1:07 am

dcseain

sounds yummy, flosey

1:07 am

dcseain

a coconut milk thai iced tea ice cream is good, too.

1:07 am

VolleymomDee

used to love wine - we could get it without sulfites, but now most of them have them ... they make me itch and not breathe very well... but good wine is good, too.... I don't think I have ever tied coconut milk... I'll have to check that out

1:07 am

flosey

very simple, just can of coconut milk and can of frozen pina colada mix

1:08 am

flosey

that does sound interesting dc

1:08 am

VolleymomDee

both sound interesting

1:08 am

dcseain

w/out sulfites is still available, but you really need a Whole Foods or other natural store to find them easily.

1:08 am

dcseain

assuming groceries can sell wine where you live, that is.

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

our daughter tries to get them for me in Indy... nice treat

1:09 am

flosey

nowhere in Canada dc

1:09 am

rururocks

you can also take benedryl before you drink wine dee. that will help

1:09 am

jillibus

isn't Chilean wine sulfite-free?

1:09 am

rururocks

no

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

how much do I take ru?

1:10 am

jillibus

thanks, ru

1:10 am

rururocks

2 X 25mg ( two pills dee)

1:10 am

VolleymomDee

I'll write that down

1:11 am

rururocks

try them without wine first.. they might make you sleepy

1:11 am

VolleymomDee

sleepy might not be bad lol

1:12 am

rururocks

take two pills about 40 minutes before you drink a glass of wine and see if it helps

1:12 am

dcseain

people take Benadryl as a sleep aid. it leaves me wired, with is the usual atypical reaction.

1:12 am

VolleymomDee

thanks for the info

1:12 am

dcseain

usual for that drug, that is.

1:13 am

VolleymomDee

isn't much that makes me sleepy, so I understand dc

1:13 am

flosey

nbt

1:14 am

rururocks

I can sleep sitting up

1:14 am

VolleymomDee

wtg flosey

1:15 am

flosey

ty Dee

1:15 am

jillibus

wtg flosey

1:16 am

flosey

tks jilli

1:16 am

flosey

don't have any biggies though

1:16 am

flosey

nothing bigger than a 5

1:16 am

rururocks

well .. they aren't re's

1:17 am

negativeneil

hi ruru.

1:17 am

rururocks

hi neil..

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

ne 8; 9; to 8

1:17 am

negativeneil

:)

1:17 am

flosey

thanks ru, will look for those

1:17 am

jillibus

hello neil

1:18 am

VolleymomDee

re 6 x 2 and an re 7

1:18 am

negativeneil

to8,80 -- compound word.

1:18 am

negativeneil

hi jilli.

1:18 am

rururocks

what does the ne 8 relate to?

1:18 am

flosey

thanks neil, looking

1:19 am

negativeneil

Ummm... think laptop sleeves/covers?

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

nan gave great clue for the ne's... material for wetsuits... or what neil said

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

the 9 is a plural

1:20 am

rururocks

thank you neil and dee..and I used to be a diving instructor.. jeezus

1:20 am

negativeneil

Haha!

1:20 am

negativeneil

Fish, ruru?

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

wow another talent, ru

1:20 am

flosey

got it, thanks neil

1:20 am

rururocks

no Scuba instructor

1:20 am

negativeneil

I went scuba diving in Thailand this past spring. That was a wonderful experience.

1:20 am

jillibus

ta dee and neil

1:21 am

VolleymomDee

yw

1:21 am

rururocks

I don't kill things.. I never got into fishing

1:21 am

negativeneil

Found a shark. Punched it in the nose and exclaimed, YOUR REIGN OF TERROR. IS. OVER. (underwater of course).

1:21 am

dcseain

i grew up fishing.

1:21 am

rururocks

diving is wonderful.. a beautiful world

1:21 am

negativeneil

I don't fish either.

1:21 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks... last stupid word was wr 4 bird

1:21 am

dcseain

congrats, dee

1:21 am

rururocks

uh how big was it neil..?

1:22 am

dcseain

haven't fished in decades, though.

1:22 am

Jellen

Hooray for Dee!

1:22 am

flosey

wtg Dee

1:22 am

negativeneil

Oh, not huge but not a baby either.

1:22 am

flosey

and thanks for the bird

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

ty... come visit... you can fish in our back yard on the Tippecanoe River

1:22 am

dcseain

thoughts for mrp, she's in surgery now.

1:22 am

rururocks

sounds like you weren't hooked DC

1:22 am

negativeneil

I was ok... with instructors who knew what to do.

1:23 am

rururocks

oh..

1:23 am

VolleymomDee

ooo ty for reminder dc. I forgot that was today.

1:23 am

negativeneil

Oh yes, Seain. That's right.

1:23 am

VolleymomDee

yw flosey

1:23 am

rururocks

I hope she's okay.. she's been through so much lately

1:24 am

flosey

I don't know how she can take it all, and still be so cheerful in here

1:24 am

rururocks

we have dee and Seain in the grid tonight

1:24 am

dcseain

LOL ruru. it was a wonderful many years on Chautauqua Lake with my grandfather :)

1:24 am

rururocks

sorry.. I didn't mean to bait you

1:25 am

VolleymomDee

I so agree ru.

1:25 am

dcseain

:D

1:25 am

VolleymomDee

They fish in our river for a huge fish they call Walter... isn't that from On Golden Pond...

1:25 am

negativeneil

Groan, ruru.

1:25 am

negativeneil

Don't start. Or I will.

1:25 am

rururocks

the huge ones are smart...

1:26 am

rururocks

looool

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

yep... we have over 100 lakes in our county, so fishing is a big deal here - lots of tourneys, book writers...

1:26 am

dcseain

around here we have rock fish -- called striped bass elsewhere.

1:27 am

negativeneil

I think it was a young huge one.

1:27 am

negativeneil

Going to be huge, in other words.

1:27 am

rururocks

we used to have fish in our pond.. but now we have a big fat blue heron

1:28 am

negativeneil

Haha, who ate all the fish?

1:28 am

rururocks

I swear I heard him burp once

1:28 am

VolleymomDee

she ate all the fish... we also have blue heron here...

1:28 am

VolleymomDee

LOL could have... their wingspan is amazing... especially when they take off at dusk... a bit eery even

1:29 am

flosey

they look so awkward when they take off

1:29 am

rururocks

this one is a blue heron sumo wrestler cross

1:29 am

dcseain

i saw a blue heron for the 1st time 7 years ago, which is weird, as they're fairly common here.

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

wonder why it was so long dc... one comes to our backyard almost every night...

1:30 am

flosey

we had a green one living in the creek behind our house back in Ontario

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

friends of ours put a blue heron statue on their pond to keep the real ones away to save their fish..

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

wow flosey - I don't think I have ever seen a green one... ours are bluish gray

1:31 am

rururocks

were the fish safe from heron out? now dee?

1:31 am

flosey

I hadn't either, wondered where it could have come from, we were almost centre of (small) town

1:31 am

VolleymomDee

I have a photo of a green one hanging in our family room ... from the Outer Banks, but I have never seen one in person.

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

What ru? Not sure what you are asking me??

1:32 am

dcseain

i think they stick closer to the big waterways than i've lived, dee. First one i saw was along the Patapsco River in Maryland when i was kayaking.

1:32 am

rururocks

lol a play on words dee. never mind.. I'm just being silly

1:32 am

dcseain

Saw one in Bull Run on the way to my mom's last year.

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

there is a natural rookery of them about a mile from him... we think we might be a flight path...

1:32 am

VolleymomDee

awww gotcha ru ... you silly boy

1:32 am

rururocks

I've never seen a green heron

1:33 am

VolleymomDee

They are incredible creatures...I would love to see a green one.

1:33 am

VolleymomDee

kinda gross when they eat a fish though

1:33 am

rururocks

do it dee.. sometime otherwise you'll be face with egrets

1:34 am

rururocks

regrets.. oops

1:34 am

jillibus

I've had mrp very much on my mind today -- I hope we get news of her.

1:34 am

rururocks

maybe lickety can let people know tomorrow

1:34 am

negativeneil

Haha, ruru. I have this mental image of a belching heron now. A FAT one.

1:35 am

VolleymomDee

me, too jili...

1:35 am

VolleymomDee

lol ru

1:35 am

negativeneil

Yes. I had a nice chat with her yesterday.

1:35 am

rururocks

he has the whole place to himself

1:35 am

VolleymomDee

I'll be listening for the belch now what a hoot

1:36 am

negativeneil

It's probably like that belching frog wink on MSN. Sounds just like that in my mind.

1:36 am

VolleymomDee

since you never see 2 together...always makes me wonder if it is the same one every night, or if they take turns... not sure if they come to the same place always

1:36 am

VolleymomDee

LOL neil

1:36 am

rururocks

you mean Glen Beck neiL?

1:36 am

negativeneil

You know the one I mean, Volleymom?

1:36 am

negativeneil

No no, ruru.

1:37 am

rururocks

oh..yeah.. he's a toad

1:39 am

VolleymomDee

wonder if he is related to Jeremiah

1:39 am

rururocks

good guess dee

1:39 am

flosey

lol Dee, now we'll be singing that song

1:40 am

VolleymomDee

lol

1:41 am

rururocks

what does that name mean.. three dog night?

1:41 am

VolleymomDee

Jeremiah was a bull frog...

1:42 am

rururocks

*throws water balloon at dee*

1:42 am

negativeneil

A very good friend of mine...

1:42 am

negativeneil

[or something like that?]

1:42 am

VolleymomDee

catches it perfectly and lobs it back...

1:42 am

rururocks

was a good friend of mine

1:42 am

flosey

Jeremiah was a bullfrog, he was good friend of mine.
I never understood a single word he said but I helped him drink
his whine. He always had some mighty fine wine. Sing it Joy to the
world...all the boys and girls now , joy to the fishies in the deep blue
sea and joy to you and me.
etc

1:42 am

negativeneil

yeah, that's it.

1:43 am

negativeneil

Hey, that song was long before my time.

1:43 am

jillibus

a three dog night is so cold you need three dogs on your bed to keep you warm

1:43 am

negativeneil

Wine, flosey.

1:43 am

flosey

lol, I'm sure it was neil

1:43 am

negativeneil

I don't think anyone can drink a whine?

1:43 am

rururocks

yeah.. and it shudda stayed there

1:43 am

negativeneil

Everything was before my time.

1:43 am

negativeneil

Haha, ruru!

1:43 am

rururocks

Joan RIvers can neil

1:44 am

negativeneil

Oy vey... would you like some cheese with that whine?

1:44 am

flosey

lol, I copied it from google

1:44 am

jillibus

neil, you're the same age as my granddaughter, lol!

1:44 am

negativeneil

Oh geez. Well I won't call you "Grandma" jilli.

1:45 am

VolleymomDee

lol now I will definitely have that song in my head...

1:45 am

rururocks

*ducks*

1:45 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Flosey, if you go on utube you can type in Three Dog Night and they have an antimated verson that will crack up up. Just love it. Thanks for sticking it in my mind though.

1:45 am

jillibus

Please don't, neil!

1:45 am

negativeneil

Who's gonna hit you, ruru?

1:45 am

negativeneil

I don't see anyone taking a swing for you?

1:45 am

flosey

I'll do that later, thanks gapeach

1:45 am

negativeneil

I said I won't, jilli.

1:45 am

crosshair

crossy hates acid reflux and sleep apnea:( but love to have babble to run to when the nights are long:)

1:45 am

jillibus

You did indeed, neil

1:45 am

negativeneil

Might call you "bubbe" though. ;)
[now should I be ducking?]

1:46 am

rururocks

*ducks again*

1:46 am

flosey

hi crossy, I do the same thing

1:46 am

negativeneil

Yuck. Those don't sound like any fun at all, crossy.

1:46 am

jillibus

<-- throws bubble bath at neil

1:46 am

negativeneil

Oh, I'm sooo scared. How painful is that?

1:47 am

crosshair

they are not neil,they are pennance for abusing the body over the years:(

1:47 am

rururocks

it's patchouli scented neil..

1:47 am

negativeneil

Oh well. That's not so bad then.

1:47 am

jillibus

LOL
ugh, patchouli

1:48 am

negativeneil

Yikes. I guess I should try to avoid that fate.

1:48 am

rururocks

LOL I hate Patchouli oil

1:48 am

m9f9l

hello all. late flip

1:48 am

flosey

hi m9

1:48 am

rururocks

hi mmmers

1:48 am

VolleymomDee

hi crossy sorry to hear... combination of prevacid and pepcid prescriptions... help...

1:48 am

negativeneil

yes, but everyone does... could keep people away, couldn't it? [yes I can be antisocial]

1:48 am

m9f9l

I was gonna jump in front of that bubble bath to save Neil... but now that I know it's patchouli I'm reconsidering.

1:48 am

negativeneil

Haha, Mary!

1:49 am

jillibus

Me too. When we were still in the Montreal area and d-i-l was in BC, she used the vile stuff and wrote us a letter which still stank of it when it reached us via snailmail.

1:49 am

rururocks

puts aroma therapy candles next to M9's bath

1:50 am

negativeneil

That's just mean, jilli.

1:50 am

flosey

wow, did she scent the paper before writing jilli?

1:50 am

jillibus

I don't know -- she didn't know I hated it.

1:50 am

negativeneil

Oh, ok.

1:51 am

VolleymomDee

brb need coffee...

1:51 am

m9f9l

as bad as cigarette smell

1:51 am

negativeneil

I figure it might work like Deet -- only to repel humans. That could be a very, very good thing.

1:51 am

jillibus

much worse, m9 -- and hi!

1:51 am

negativeneil

Bring me one, Volleymom.

1:51 am

flosey

if you could stand yourself neil!

1:52 am

m9f9l

let's have some sen sen while we're at it here.

1:52 am

rururocks

the only bad thing is neil it brings hippies

1:52 am

jillibus

Lots of young hippie types here waft into our library with it. Ugh.

1:52 am

negativeneil

Heck flosey, I was slathered up in Deet this entire past spring. Patchouli would be nothing.

1:53 am

flosey

ah, sounds like northern Ontario - mosquitos, black flies, etc

1:53 am

jillibus

We don't need deet -- hardly a mosquito here at all.

1:53 am

negativeneil

Oh, well hippies aren't as bad as batѕhіt...you know, manic crazies. Are they?

1:54 am

rururocks

can be..

1:54 am

negativeneil

No, flosey. This was in East Asia. Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, then Thailand again.

1:54 am

rururocks

plus they play that awful Grateful dead music

1:54 am

flosey

true jilli, the bats and dragonflies eat them all

1:55 am

negativeneil

Deet on top of taking the requisite meds was a lot better than contracting malara.

1:55 am

jillibus

And I live on a dry hill

1:55 am

negativeneil

Malaria even.

1:55 am

rururocks

good call neil

1:55 am

flosey

that was some trip, neil, were you on vacation?

1:55 am

negativeneil

No, working.

1:55 am

jillibus

Don't mention malaria here :-(

1:55 am

negativeneil

Well, fit in some "vacation" time too.

1:56 am

negativeneil

I am well aware jilli... knew him too. :(

1:57 am

jillibus

I can't find the eg4 word for nbt -- any help?

1:57 am

rururocks

okay.. I'm outta here.. I've not found a word in a long time

1:57 am

jillibus

nm -- just got it

1:57 am

Jellen

eg + to be verb form

1:57 am

rururocks

eg + to be in spanish

1:58 am

negativeneil

eg4,6

1:58 am

jillibus

nbt, lol!

1:58 am

Jellen

wd, jilli

1:58 am

flosey

well done jilli

1:58 am

rururocks

yeah jilli

1:58 am

flosey

I'm still working on the 9 letter word

1:58 am

jillibus

(it should begin with an ae, dammit!)

1:59 am

rururocks

what surfers wear flosey

1:59 am

flosey

thanks ru

1:59 am

jillibus

the 9 is the plural of the wetsuit fabric

2:00 am

rururocks

ok.. bye guys.

2:00 am

negativeneil

you're going, ruru?

2:00 am

Jellen

Bye, ruru

2:01 am

jillibus

gnight ruru

2:02 am

m9f9l

bye ru!

2:02 am

flosey

thanks jilli, that did it

2:02 am

negativeneil

Good night then. Take care.

2:02 am

flosey

thanks jilli, that did it

2:02 am

flosey

goodnight ru

2:03 am

jillibus

and I just got nbs

2:03 am

flosey

ah yes, me too

2:04 am

flosey

need another cup of tea, brb

2:04 am

jillibus

wtg flosey

2:05 am

jillibus

hello jellen!

2:05 am

negativeneil

I'm off too... good night all.

2:05 am

rubyfoo

good morning

2:05 am

Jellen

G'night, Neil

2:05 am

Jellen

Hi, ruby

2:05 am

rubyfoo

hello jellen, nice new icon

2:05 am

m9f9l

nite Neil. me too

2:05 am

Jellen

Thank you!

2:05 am

rubyfoo

hello, neil's back

2:06 am

rubyfoo

flosey, are you still here?

2:06 am

Jellen

G'night, m9

2:06 am

rubyfoo

hi m9

2:06 am

Jellen

brb

2:07 am

flosey

just back from making my tea ruby

2:07 am

rubyfoo

how are you, flosey?

2:07 am

flosey

great thanks ruby, and you?

2:08 am

rubyfoo

enjoying perfect weather but the rest.....

2:08 am

rubyfoo

roses are flowering continuously, which is lovely

2:08 am

flosey

ah, not feeling well?

2:09 am

rubyfoo

we are very lucky with weather here; it is truly temperate except for 3 hot days the whole summer and one nasty little storm

2:09 am

rubyfoo

worried about husband

2:10 am

flosey

seems he's had a run of bad luck - starting with the dog attack

2:10 am

rubyfoo

then his increasing frailty, then pneumonia and now he's becoming forgetful....it's very scary

2:11 am

flosey

oh my, all at once, that's too much

2:11 am

flosey

and yes, very hard on you

2:11 am

rubyfoo

I really don't know what to do

2:11 am

rubyfoo

sees

2:11 am

rubyfoo

awned

2:12 am

rubyfoo

sorry, I'm in a sit of a state....(no excuse)

2:12 am

flosey

ruby !! other box

2:13 am

flosey

no problem, glad you're here, I can well imagine

2:13 am

rubyfoo

sorted out....

2:13 am

rubyfoo

yesterday morning, while I was on here, the police called and he thought his car had been stolen in the village

2:13 am

jillibus

oh, just got back from a banana-milk break -- hello ruby -- sorry about your worries.

2:13 am

rubyfoo

while I was online in here!

2:14 am

rubyfoo

car had rolled down a long hill into the front of the post office, somehow, not hitting another car or doing any damage.

2:14 am

rubyfoo

he thinks someone released the emergency brake, but I'm not so sure

2:15 am

flosey

oh dear, but wow, when you realize what could have happened!

2:15 am

rubyfoo

I have to go and talk with the policeman, but can't do that when he's around

2:17 am

jillibus

maybe you should talk to his doctor too.

2:17 am

flosey

ok ruby, see you later

2:18 am

rubyfoo

I sent his MD an e-mail, but when I've voiced my worries before, he's pretty much ignored them, waved them away

2:18 am

jillibus

persist, ruby!

2:19 am

flosey

perhaps if the MD heard about the car episode??

2:19 am

rubyfoo

I'm waiting for him to get to his office now

2:24 am

crosshair

(((RUBY)))

2:24 am

rubyfoo

2:26 am

crosshair

to 5/16 and 5/18 = our iconic knitted winter hat with pom-pom

2:26 am

crosshair

ty 5/18*

2:26 am

crosshair

tu**

2:26 am

rubyfoo

back in a minute, repairman is here

2:27 am

crosshair

this 3 am stuff is for the birds:((

2:27 am

flosey

ah crossy, it is very frustrating

2:31 am

rubyfoo

singing crossy a lullaby (he'll run away screaming!)

2:33 am

jillibus

over halfway :-)

2:33 am

rubyfoo

stats and/or slues for 8 and 9, please?

2:33 am

flosey

me too jilli and getting very tired

2:33 am

rubyfoo

or even clues

2:34 am

flosey

the ne8, I was told is the material used in making wet suits

2:34 am

flosey

and plural

2:34 am

jillibus

ne 8/45 and pl -- wetsuit fabric

2:35 am

rubyfoo

thank you both, I would never have seen that!

2:35 am

jillibus

I'm pooping out too but want to get once through Lickety's list

2:35 am

jillibus

working on S words now...

2:36 am

rubyfoo

yay, half

2:36 am

rubyfoo

looking for crossy's Canadian hat

2:37 am

jillibus

tu 5/18, ruby

2:37 am

flosey

also to5

2:37 am

jillibus

almost like the chef's headpiece

2:38 am

rubyfoo

looking

2:38 am

jillibus

uses the high scoring tile

2:38 am

rubyfoo

got them, thank you

2:38 am

jillibus

yw

2:40 am

flosey

any idea for these ou5 and ou7?

2:40 am

suefrad625

hi

2:40 am

suefrad625

it is 3:39am and I am teaching at 8am, this is crazy

2:41 am

Haz1558

To surpass and be surpassed, flosey.

2:41 am

suefrad625

can I have a clue for the last column E for nbt & nbs

2:41 am

flosey

ah, thanks Haz

2:41 am

Haz1558

ey4/6 for that e.

2:41 am

Haz1558

You're welcome.

2:42 am

Haz1558

ey plus two thirds of not old.

2:42 am

suefrad625

ty hax

2:43 am

flosey

thanks Haz

2:43 am

Haz1558

eg4/6 is the other. You're welcome.

2:43 am

jillibus

hello suefrad and Haz

2:43 am

Haz1558

Hello, jillibus.

2:44 am

suefrad625

ty

2:44 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Is to8-80 a compound word please?

2:44 am

suefrad625

I have a, what do we call mr. p's butt head?

2:45 am

flosey

yes gapeach

2:45 am

suefrad625

YES and I found it

2:45 am

suefrad625

wow

2:45 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Thannks, flosey.

2:45 am

gapeach1066@yaho

er...thanks

2:45 am

flosey

yw peach

2:46 am

Haz1558

to8 - compound urban costume

2:46 am

suefrad625

well my neighbors down the block who I have helped many times with thier kid and tools, went after me Sat night when he was drunk, lately an frequent state of being

2:46 am

jillibus

don't like that to8 word

2:46 am

suefrad625

nice Haz

2:47 am

suefrad625

I am fighting between Gods forgiveness and pounding his ass

2:47 am

flosey

oh sue, how nasty

2:47 am

jillibus

Is Prick the word you're looking for, suefrad?

2:47 am

suefrad625

YES, ty jili

2:48 am

suefrad625

he called me every name in the book. and of course threw in Yankee bitch. Which I feel is a complement coming from him.

2:48 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks much, Haz.

2:49 am

Haz1558

You're welcome, gapeach.

2:51 am

gapeach1066@yaho

God is a forgiving God....I'm sure he would forgive you....Oh, I should not have said that....don't get into trouble...he just isn't worth it.

2:54 am

gapeach1066@yaho

I'm going to get ready for bed....it's almost 4:00AM here. Thanks for all the help...I have 23 left and I'll try to get them later. Have a good one y'all.

2:54 am

suefrad625

lol

2:54 am

Haz1558

Sleep well, gapeach.

2:54 am

jillibus

gnight peach

2:54 am

suefrad625

you too gape and to bed I go also

2:54 am

suefrad625

gn

2:54 am

flosey

I'm down to 45 but head is getting heavy, goodnight all, will be back in the morning

2:55 am

jillibus

I'm off to bed too -- 52 left -- goodnight all and...poof

2:57 am

Haz1558

Good night all.

3:45 am

sprite

good morning all

3:45 am

carleekat

hi sprite

3:45 am

carleekat

how did the bananan split pie turn out

3:45 am

sprite

hey carlee :)

3:45 am

carleekat

banana * even

3:46 am

sprite

carlee, it was wonderful! It was fun to make and even more fun to eat.

3:46 am

carleekat

there u go!!!

3:47 am

carleekat

i have alot of that type of dessert...

3:47 am

carleekat

there another one..is like trifle... but is all chocolate

3:47 am

sprite

the only thing is, we don't have fudge sauce here. But with only chocolate it was also lovely!

3:47 am

carleekat

oh...fudge sauce easy to make...

3:47 am

sprite

hmmm sounds good too

3:48 am

carleekat

http://www.marthastewart.com/339644/ho
t-fudge-sauce

3:50 am

sprite

oh wow, never thought of making it myself. Will try that!

3:50 am

carleekat

ok..so..you just make a chocolate cake from a box... and you need chococlate pudding ( can use instant..or cooked from a box )... cool whip, hot fudge sauce, khalua and broken crispy crunch bars.... just layer with cake, khalua, pudding, cream broken bars....and repeat

3:51 am

carleekat

u just cut the cake into cubes...

3:51 am

carleekat

the crowds think they just died and went to chocolate heaven

3:52 am

sprite

wow :D
You are gonna make me love preparing food :)

3:52 am

carleekat

hummm..another one..if you can get cans of pureed mango?

3:53 am

sprite

what's in a crispy crunch bar?

3:53 am

carleekat

hmmm...is a bar coated with chocolate with a crumbly toffee core

3:54 am

carleekat

like layered toffee that if you chew does not go into a glom..it breaks down very quickly...i think has peanut butter in it....can use skor bar but i prefer crispy crunch

3:54 am

sprite

not sure about the mango puree. Would real mangos do?

3:54 am

carleekat

butterfinger...is like a butterfinger

3:55 am

carleekat

doesnt work as nicely....

3:55 am

sprite

sounds like they might be called Lion bars here.

3:55 am

joshuavorbis

hi and nbt

3:55 am

sprite

hi and wtg

3:56 am

carleekat

i have made it tho so if you can find mango puree....mix it with mixer and 1/2 package cream cheese, and 1 container cool whip , some thickly sliced coconut and some crushed pineapple ( drained thoroughly to remove as MUCh liquid as u can )....let set up in fridge

3:57 am

carleekat

need to use REALLY ripe mango and puree super smooth

3:57 am

carleekat

( i got that one from teh pakistani ladies at the mosque here )

3:59 am

sprite

it sounds awesome

3:59 am

carleekat

it is :)

4:00 am

carleekat

for the eid potluck am making a cake....( well 2 cakes )... yellow cake mix and as you mixing you mix in 1 can mandarin oranges....and bake... then frosting is cool whip with an instant vanilla pudding whipped in and a container of crushed pineapple...decorate with crushed pinapple or mandarin slices

4:01 am

sprite

*drooling over keyboard now*

4:02 am

carleekat

anyway..i have nbt in 28... will come back later for nbs ...going back to bed now

4:03 am

carleekat

toodles

4:03 am

sprite

thanks carlee, have copied it all into recipes on my pc! Sleep well

4:55 am

sprite

fireflies. Bye all.

6:31 am

uusue2

morning, all!

6:37 am

uusue2

nbt in 25 (ha, carlee!). Exercise time.

7:13 am

cwestexan

morning everyone.... could i get a clue for the e in the last column please??

7:14 am

Uneaixoise

ey4/6

7:14 am

Uneaixoise

morning, tex :-)

7:15 am

cwestexan

morning Une!

7:15 am

BzznBea

The other is eg 4/6

7:17 am

cwestexan

thanks BzznBea!

7:18 am

BzznBea

yw

7:24 am

Matches

clue for ne 8 and 9 please

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

morning, bea and matches :-)

7:24 am

BzznBea

Morning, sue.

7:25 am

Uneaixoise

no 8s or 9s yet -- sorry -- am off to pick up donated food -- BBL *poof*

7:31 am

BzznBea

Got them! ne8 - synthetic rubber plural for 9

7:33 am

wvteach

thnx bzzn

7:33 am

wvteach

good morning all

7:35 am

Matches

ty bzzn got it

7:38 am

BzznBea

YW. I am off to get ready for Stitch and Bitch then for a week long visit from grandson. Something tells me Hurricane Irene had nothing on this kid. <sigh> *poof*

7:40 am

wvteach

NBT abd NBS

7:46 am

uusue2

morning, all! maybe somebody else is here this time...

7:47 am

wvteach

morning sue

7:47 am

uusue2

hi, teach!

7:49 am

wvteach

back on your school year schedule

7:49 am

uusue2

indeed - second week of classes already!

7:49 am

wvteach

granddaughter started kindergarten last week - another milestone

7:50 am

uusue2

how is she doing with it?

7:50 am

Aaronitor

any ckues for the ne8,45 please

7:50 am

MollyL

Strangely quiet in Babbleland this morning. Once the all nighters went to bed, there was a big lull in chat.

7:50 am

wvteach

loving it - she is very social and had a good preschool experience

7:50 am

uusue2

artificial rubber, aaron

7:50 am

uusue2

and hi, molly!

7:51 am

MollyL

Aw Teach. Glad to hear the grand-girlie is having fun in Kindergarten.

7:51 am

wvteach

ne 8 - look back to clue at 7:31

7:51 am

uusue2

good to hear, teach - my mother was a kindergarten teacher, and a lot of kids had trouble making the adjustment

7:52 am

wvteach

it is a large school - same school where i used to teach

7:52 am

uusue2

ok, just got a very weird 7, which gives me nbs

7:53 am

MollyL

Weird is what Babble is all about. : )

7:53 am

wvteach

which of the 7s is it - stats please

7:53 am

uusue2

pr7/52

7:54 am

wvteach

have that one - thnx anyways

7:56 am

angelinaxox

hi, could anyone give a more broken down clue for the ne8 and not the definition?

7:57 am

uusue2

prefix meaning new + consonant + hurricane I**** is over now

7:58 am

angelinaxox

thanks uusue. that clue worked for me! i appreciate it.

7:58 am

uusue2

yw :-)

7:59 am

uusue2

Where in New Jersey are you from? I was born in New Brunswick and lived in Plainfield and Bernardsville; my dad still lives in Millington

8:00 am

angelinaxox

i am from the southern part of the state, a town called turnersville, which is closer to philadelphia

8:00 am

wvteach

Sue - more connections in our lives - i lived in Plainfield after college and my husband has his masters from Rutgers

8:00 am

uusue2

ah, ok. there are several babblers from NJ

8:01 am

uusue2

interesting, wv! We lived in Plainfield until I was 10 so my memories of it are dim (and getting dimmer...)

8:01 am

angelinaxox

yes, most are from the northern part of the state.

8:02 am

uusue2

my grandparents and aunt lived in New Brunswick and Highland Park until the late 1970s

8:02 am

MollyL

Ah, good use of the hurricane in cluing Sue. : ) That definition isn't going to work for a lot of people I suspect.

8:02 am

uusue2

Hego is from south Jersey also, angelina

8:02 am

Anniebrook

good morning babblers

8:03 am

MollyL

Hey Annie

8:03 am

uusue2

well, the hurricane did make headlines worldwide - I read French and British news sources and they both mentioned it - but it is a time-sensitive clue

8:03 am

uusue2

hi, annie!

8:03 am

angelinaxox

ah, i didn't know that.

8:03 am

angelinaxox

hi annie

8:04 am

Anniebrook

hi sue, molly, angelina (havent seen you in a while)

8:04 am

wvteach

lived in Plainfield in the mid 60s - moved to Fords after the riots there (Plainfield)

8:05 am

angelinaxox

yes, it has been awhile, i still play, but mainly lurk when i play in here.

8:05 am

uusue2

we moved out in 1961, teach, so we almost overlapped :-)

8:06 am

Scrabbler

Hello kids.

8:07 am

uusue2

hi, scrabs! No flooding near you, I hope?

8:07 am

angelinaxox

hi scrabs

8:07 am

wvteach

hello scrabs - time to be off for the morning and still need breakfast

8:07 am

Anniebrook

hi scrabbs... I heard there was a 2.9 earthquake near Albany

8:08 am

angelinaxox

bye wvteach, hagd

8:08 am

Scrabbler

No, fortunately I live too far west in NY state to have gotten anything more than mild, brief rain. But my sister in NJ, with the Pascack Brook in her backyard, got a flooded basement when the brook turned into a raging, wide river.

8:09 am

Anniebrook

oh my, not good

8:09 am

uusue2

oh dear - I hope the cleanup isn't too difficult for her

8:09 am

Scrabbler

Really, Annie?

8:09 am

Anniebrook

sue, how is your father, hope he was not affected by Irene

8:10 am

angelinaxox

aw that is a shame

8:10 am

Anniebrook

Scrabbs, yes, it happened Saturday

8:10 am

carleekat

hi all

8:10 am

Anniebrook

or Sunday, now I am not sure but there was an earthquake

8:10 am

Anniebrook

hi carlee

8:11 am

Mom

Good morning everyone

8:11 am

angelinaxox

hi carlee

8:11 am

Mom

Carlee, congrats on getting into school

8:11 am

angelinaxox

hi mom

8:11 am

Anniebrook

Hi (((Mom)))

8:11 am

Scrabbler

They are tired and sore from cleaning up and will spend $3500 on new carpeting. Their basement is all finished with carpeting, including a bedroom and bathroom. They are able to put it in perspective though--many people have it much worse. And one of her friend's has a 21 yr old daughter starting chemo today for Hodgkin lymphoma.

8:11 am

uusue2

he's fine, annie, a couple of power glitches but that was it - hasn't eaten his hard-boiled eggs yet :-)

8:11 am

Anniebrook

Oh, good for you, carlee....good luck

8:11 am

uusue2

hi, mom and carlee!

8:11 am

Scrabbler

Saturday, Annie. I just read about it.

8:11 am

carleekat

and for those who asked about brescia... here is a short video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSdPyPd
1xN8

8:11 am

Mom

(((Annie))) good morning

8:11 am

Mom

Hi uusue

8:12 am

carleekat

thanks mum... and annie

8:12 am

carleekat

hi scrabs..sue

8:12 am

uusue2

oh gosh, scrabs, that really puts things into perspective, doesn't it? One of my colleagues has a son almost the same age as mine who has been fighting leukemia for several years now

8:12 am

Scrabbler

The chat log is busy.

8:12 am

uusue2

hi, carlee!

8:12 am

Anniebrook

carlee, where are you going to school?

8:13 am

Scrabbler

Poor kid, Sue. Leukemia in teens is not as curable as in kids under 8-10 yrs old.

8:13 am

Anniebrook

heartbreaking

8:14 am

carleekat

i just posted a video of the college i will be attending...its canada's only women only university college

8:14 am

uusue2

yes, he is really struggling - on an experimental protocol now but keeps having complications

8:14 am

uusue2

nice, carlee - I am a graduate of a women's college myself

8:14 am

Scrabbler

Any chance of a bone marrow transplant?

8:14 am

Scrabbler

It is sad when people succumb to the complications of cancer treatment and not the cancer itself.

8:14 am

carleekat

the architecture is very cool and the rotunda is inspired by the rotunda at boston college

8:15 am

uusue2

I think he's had that already, scrabs, maybe more than once

8:15 am

Scrabbler

Oh, my, Sue. Scary.

8:18 am

uusue2

the son has a blog: http://kballantine.wordpress.com/

8:19 am

uusue2

he includes some political stuff but also talks about his disease - nothing since January, though - I think he may be too sick to keep up with it

8:19 am

Scrabbler

I noticed that.

8:19 am

uusue2

his transplant was about a year ago

8:21 am

Scrabbler

I will read through the posts later. Serious illness is especially difficult for adolescents because there circumstances challenge the usual adolescent thinking of immortality, invincibility, etc.

8:22 am

uusue2

he's been quite thoughtful about the whole thing - he and his dad did a mutual presentation about two years ago based on The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

8:22 am

Scrabbler

At 42/125 I must get ready to go paddling at Allegany State Park. Then I work the evening session from 5:30---> ?

8:23 am

uusue2

I am exactly where you are, scrabs, and time to go to work! see you later!

8:23 am

Scrabbler

I followed Randy's story--book, videos, his website.

8:23 am

Scrabbler

Bye kids! Enjoy the day!

8:25 am

Anniebrook

bye scrabbs..you too

8:28 am

carleekat

bye scrabs...

8:43 am

Judi

Ah, our beloved goose is back. Good morning, all!

8:44 am

Anniebrook

Hi Judi :)

8:54 am

Judi

Crud. Must write checks. BBL. Poof.

9:11 am

Kaplan the Magne

stats on the 9? GM all.

9:12 am

Anniebrook

hi kap....ne9/60...its a plural

9:13 am

Kaplan the Magne

ty.

9:15 am

kje

ty annie - my last 2 n's

9:15 am

Anniebrook

hi kje

9:15 am

kje

gm annie

9:15 am

kje

are you doing OK? electricity and all?

9:16 am

Anniebrook

kje, never lost power..parking lot never flooded..we were lucky...Liz (dau) in CT has no water and no power

9:17 am

Anniebrook

Texas is in the middle of a nasty drought, I hear

9:17 am

kje

yep... my yard is straw

9:18 am

Anniebrook

Too bad we cant tilt the country and drain Vermont and upstate NY into Texas

9:19 am

kje

that would be awesome!

9:19 am

Anniebrook

Yes, it would!

9:20 am

kje

i am stuck at 32 left

9:20 am

Anniebrook

same here at 40 left

9:23 am

vanillaslice

fireworks with much help from Lickety!!

9:24 am

kje

yay vanilla!

9:24 am

Anniebrook

congrats, vanilla

9:24 am

vanillaslice

ty it looked simple but there were some curly ones

9:25 am

crosshair

good morning everyone:)

9:25 am

Anniebrook

Hi crossy :)

9:25 am

vanillaslice

hi crossy and gl

9:25 am

kje

gm

9:26 am

crosshair

uh oh vanillia lol with a greeting like that im scared to start this grid:)

9:26 am

vanillaslice

you'll be ok

9:27 am

stevedallas

Morning all; how many words today and thanks

9:27 am

Anniebrook

167

9:27 am

crosshair

oh and by popular demand ,here is crossy,s tidbit of the day!!

9:27 am

crosshair

A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript.

So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy, it would never be picked up. In fact, that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.

The head monk says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son." So, he goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the original manuscripts are held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years.

Hours go by and nobody sees the old abbot. So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing, "We missed the "R", we missed the "R". His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably.

The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong, father?" With a choking voice, the old abbot replies, "The word was CELEBRATE!"

9:28 am

vanillaslice

lol

9:30 am

vanillaslice

the old man didnt believe in God so he had sign on the wall of his study saying: God is nowhere. His little grandaughter had just learned to read so see said: that's nice grandpa, God is now here!

9:30 am

Anniebrook

cute

9:30 am

crosshair

hehe

9:31 am

vanillaslice

They used that example to show how easy the monks could have made mistrakes

9:31 am

vanillaslice

Yours is better tho crossy I like it

9:32 am

crosshair

:)

9:32 am

mrpresident

morning everyone :)

9:33 am

vanillaslice

anyway I'd better go and get my dose of jigidis

9:33 am

crosshair

(((MRP)))

9:33 am

vanillaslice

hi mrp

9:33 am

Anniebrook

hi mrp :)

9:34 am

mrpresident

back from hospital, with brilliant news! check my bio for the info... but looks like I got the God Pass! Surgery took 3 hours and was then able to come home a few hours ago... drugged up of course!

9:34 am

mrpresident

hi crossy, vanilla, annie et al :)) (hugs)

9:34 am

vanillaslice

great news

9:34 am

Anniebrook

great news!

9:35 am

crosshair

yaaa for mrp!! great news!

9:36 am

crosshair

see? i told you,the hard tile kitchen floor is not the place for that,try the couch or a soft bed and avoid those knee micro-fracture!

9:36 am

crosshair

hehe

9:37 am

mrpresident

hahaha!! thanks crossy! will put on knee pads next time! LOL

9:37 am

vanillaslice

my old bible said: physical exercise is of some benefit.

9:37 am

crosshair

there you go! knee pads,now yer thinking:)

9:37 am

vanillaslice

Just goes to show we can overdo it

9:38 am

vanillaslice

must be great relief mrp to you and yours

9:39 am

crosshair

and btw mrp,you are cute as all heck in yer ref uniform:).ask lickety if i can have some 8x10 glossies:)

9:40 am

mrpresident

we are very very relieved! Couldn't have understood the truama otherwise... so please they think it is a mass of microfractures... that is very good indeed!
and, I have to stay off my leg, so will heal well now

9:40 am

mrpresident

oh thanks crossy!!! he is printing them out now!

9:40 am

crosshair

ouch! and lets all say good morning to my mrs who is glad you got a miss on the big C mrp

9:41 am

mrpresident

hahahaha!! hi mrs vicki crossy!! thanks sweetness!

9:42 am

crosshair

she had to deal with cancer in me 3 times.she is a stronger woman than i deserve;))..now i am laying on eh my dearest victoria? lol

9:43 am

mrpresident

feel for you vicki... i put my hubby through so much over the last 11 years!

9:45 am

vanillaslice

amazing how C patients come out so strong and beautiful

9:45 am

rubyfoo

hello everybody

9:45 am

vanillaslice

hi ruby

9:46 am

vanillaslice

just had to absorb mrp's news, now I'm off, hagd all

9:46 am

crosshair

((RUBY))

9:48 am

rubyfoo

yay for mrp!!!!

9:48 am

rubyfoo

hello venilla

9:48 am

rubyfoo

9:49 am

rubyfoo

whoops, vanilla

9:50 am

mrpresident

see ya vanilla :)

9:50 am

mrpresident

hi ruby ((hugs))

9:50 am

rubyfoo

we've had enough C in here, not your turn!!!

9:51 am

mrpresident

indeed ruby! but what a freak i am! have been running on fractures and cause micro ones... bone looked scary... glad my surgeon got me to go straight in

9:59 am

rubyfoo

how many words do you have, crossy?

10:04 am

Judi

Hi, again. Good news, MrP! So happy for your medical news.

10:08 am

mrpresident

thank you!! just hobbled into the kitchen begging for home made napoli pizza

10:08 am

mrpresident

bye vanilla :)

10:13 am

JBV

hi ruby - how are your relatives in NY? everybody OK?

10:18 am

carleekat

ACk i just picked all of fmy classes

10:18 am

carleekat

MRP !!!!! how are you hun?

10:21 am

mrpresident

hi carlee :)) recovering slowly... just waiting for my 1.30am dinner cause I couldnt eat all day and night.

10:22 am

carleekat

EXCELLENT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!

10:22 am

carleekat

10:22 am

mrpresident

only problem is... my eyes are shutting! Lickety may have to put the piza through my line! LOL!!

10:23 am

mrpresident

it is carlee... it is a big picture that helps move on

10:24 am

mrpresident

bbs, need to go to the sandbox again... thems is the drawbacks of general anesthetic for me anyway

10:25 am

carleekat

one more "dot" hun!!!

10:26 am

crosshair

testing...

10:27 am

crosshair

crossy flies the aussie flag for the day in honor of mrps good news!

10:27 am

carleekat

woohoo for u crossy

10:28 am

crosshair

i am all for anyone who can avoid the big c bullet

10:30 am

mrpresident

thank you crossy! very cool to have you on our continent!

10:30 am

crosshair

anytime darlin:)

10:32 am

crosshair

too bad i am not actually over there,we could grab lickety and my mrs and have a big honking bbq and lots of beverages of an adult nature for celebration

10:32 am

carleekat

ok..am copying crossie

10:32 am

carleekat

i am flying the flag too

10:32 am

crosshair

yaa for carlee!

10:32 am

mrpresident

thank you carlee!! yay!!!

10:32 am

carleekat

just a quick jump from egypt really

10:33 am

mrpresident

hehehehe!! just 30 hours! LOL

10:33 am

carleekat

i've been picking courses..and working out financing

10:33 am

crosshair

i can be there in 11 or so:)

10:34 am

carleekat

i am not sure it would be 30 hours

10:34 am

carleekat

what tiem is it there now MRP?

10:34 am

mrpresident

crossy, i can make it to LA in 13 hours

10:34 am

carleekat

is 5:30 pm in cairo right now...

10:34 am

crosshair

they say quantas is the best anyways.well other than that fancy emerites rig that o.ooo1% of the population can afford

10:34 am

mrpresident

it is 1.35am

10:34 am

Riverdance

make that 3....yay for mrp

10:35 am

carleekat

a friend of mine has been flying that emerites rig for business from dubai to jeddah HOLY cow..sweet ride

10:35 am

mrpresident

the emerites have got to be having themselves on... it nothing but a private jet for the princes of sand

10:35 am

crosshair

indeed

10:35 am

crosshair

whne the oil runs out,they will be living in dung yurts again

10:36 am

mrpresident

indeed crossy, and that isn't too far off

10:37 am

mrpresident

that would be one big party plane carlee

10:37 am

carleekat

its lovely..it seems alot of the flights there are overnight..and you have a bed to sleep on

10:38 am

mrpresident

how many hours it takes to fly from egypt to jaddah??

10:39 am

carleekat

4 hours...there are 2 time zone differences between

10:39 am

mixi6

get well mrp!

10:39 am

mrpresident

4 hours... hmmm... not far enough for bedding here

10:39 am

mrpresident

hi mixi! thank you :)

10:40 am

carleekat

but u leave at 1 am...so get a nap in before you start the business day

10:41 am

mrpresident

oh heck this pizza is good!... and the local anesthetic and morphine injected into the knee is starting to wear off!

10:41 am

mrpresident

personally carlee, I would want to enjoy ALL the fabulousness of the emerites, rather than sleep :))

10:42 am

mrpresident

I can sleep in coach, but prefer to party in first/business!

10:44 am

mrpresident

oh man! loo again!! sorry peeps, but my night is coming to an end... am up and down like a yoyo here!

10:44 am

Nef

Good Morning All.

10:44 am

mrpresident

saying night/have a great day all and chat tomorrow
**hugs** xox

10:45 am

Nef

(((mrp)))

10:45 am

mrpresident

hi nef!! just heading out!

10:45 am

mrpresident

((hugs)) to all :)

10:47 am

Judi

Fireworks!

10:47 am

mixi6

congrats judi!

10:48 am

mixi6

nite mrp

10:48 am

Nef

(Just spilt Grandson's dry cheerios all over, sorry if I missed you while cleaning that up

10:48 am

Judi

Just in time for lunch! *POOF*

10:48 am

Nef

YAY, Judi! WTG!!!

10:48 am

mixi6

bye judi.

10:48 am

carleekat

*~*~*POMPOM TOSS~*~*~* for Judi

10:49 am

mixi6

i have 4 words to go.

10:50 am

Nef

I"m just starting; and am slow due to interruptions (DH and Grandson)

10:50 am

stidmama

hey all, good morning! I have ten more minutes to get a start and then I shall begin my day...

10:50 am

Nef

hi stid!

10:51 am

stidmama

can't DH and grandson amuse each other so you can attend to the important work of babble??? LOL

10:51 am

mixi6

hi stid.

10:52 am

Nef

in a perfect world; DH would be able to do Suduko with Grandson!

10:53 am

Nef

DH calls for help with thedifficult puzzles in the paper

10:54 am

stidmama

ah, of course! I don't care for sudoku myself -- you know there are some versions of that game that use images instead of numbers?

10:54 am

stidmama

up to 32, only the O in the lower right corner is still blank *puzzled mama look*

10:55 am

mixi6

begin counting stid.

10:55 am

Nef

Pl the first number

10:55 am

stidmama

gah. thanks, ladies! LOL

10:55 am

stidmama

eating my "first" fish of the day...

10:58 am

mixi6

en5,14?

10:58 am

stidmama

looking for that mixi

10:59 am

stidmama

got it. en + you rent is *** (have to pay)

11:00 am

mixi6

oh well. TYVM. fish slap.

11:00 am

stidmama

and my time is up. down to 108! :-D see you-all soon! *poof*

11:00 am

Nef

2nd row, far right E clues Please? (for NBT

11:02 am

mixi6

eg4 Nef.

11:02 am

MollyL

Hi Nef, how are you doing? How is your hip healing up?

11:02 am

Nef

thanks, mixi.

11:03 am

mixi6

fireworks.

11:04 am

mixi6

ne8, stuff wet suits are made of.

11:04 am

Nef

Hi Molly. Good News! I saw the doctor yesterday and he said I can drive and whatever else I want! (still have to use the cane for the 1st few steps when I've sat too long)

11:04 am

Nef

YAY, mixi!!! WTG!!!

11:06 am

MollyL

So glad to hear that Nef. I know you spend so much time taking care of others. I was hoping you were taking good care of yourself too.

11:08 am

Nef

I TRY; but it isn't easy to do some days. Lately it seems as though when one problem starts to get better; something else goes wrong.

11:09 am

EvaNadine

mental note: buy tons of butternut squash and make vats of soup. it is UBER-yummy.

11:09 am

EvaNadine

totally unrelated: everyone i know will be getting butternut squash soup for christmas.

11:10 am

Nef

Hi EvaN

11:10 am

Nef

that sounds good today!

11:10 am

EvaNadine

afternoon. :)

11:10 am

EvaNadine

it IS good. i have had some everyday since i made it on saturday afternoon.

11:11 am

EvaNadine

why didnt someone tell me sooner how pathetically simple it is to make??!

11:12 am

MollyL

Well Nef, you keep making some room for taking care of you in your day, okay? You deserve it.

11:12 am

Nef

what's your recipe?

11:14 am

Nef

DRAT!!! time crunch again! BBL (I'll read back and get the recipe from chat if you post it, EvaN).

11:14 am

EvaNadine

i chopped a whole butternut squash, one apple (all i had, but i would probably add more next time), one onion, and 2 carrots, all into 1-2 inch chunks.
boil them in some vegetable broth (or whatever youve got) -- just enough to cover the veggies, but no more. i boiled them for about 10 minutes, but you want to boil until veggies are soft, but not mushy.
then i took my immersion blender to it all until it was the texture i like.

11:17 am

EvaNadine

easy-peasy, healthy, and super-tasty!

11:20 am

jmcnrick

yay it is time for a babbicious lunch

11:21 am

EvaNadine

whats on your plate today, jmc?

11:25 am

jmcnrick

sorry was catching up with the chog

11:25 am

jmcnrick

a chicken and tomato and sharp cheddar sandwich

11:26 am

jmcnrick

tomatoes from my garden so juicy and messy and wonderful

11:28 am

MollyL

So you did get some tomatoes after all. Good.

11:31 am

jmcnrick

yes--not as many as i hoped but enough for sandwiches and an occasional gazpacho

11:31 am

jmcnrick

nbt in 19 words!

11:33 am

jmcnrick

i don't seem to be getting this graduate school life--i have no idea where anyone is

11:36 am

MollyL

No idea where anyone is?

11:37 am

crosshair

thats one hell of a kitchen remodel when you have to peel open the entire back end of the house!

11:38 am

crosshair

though i have seen walls opened up to take those wonderful aga ranges

11:38 am

rururocks

an7 anyone?

11:39 am

crosshair

and floors shored up lol

11:40 am

Kallia

brown sweeties ruru....an******* balls

11:40 am

Kallia

hello all

11:40 am

crosshair

howdy kallia

11:41 am

Kallia

hi crossy

11:41 am

rururocks

I have no idea what that is kalia

11:41 am

Kallia

ok.....a flavouring?

11:41 am

Kallia

ends with a pod

11:41 am

crosshair

still elusive...

11:42 am

MollyL

It flavors licorice liquor.

11:42 am

Kallia

extend the 5

11:42 am

Kallia

ahh...couldn't remember what the flavour was....hate it!

11:43 am

rururocks

thanks molly

11:43 am

crosshair

ty molly

11:43 am

Kallia

brown coloured balls that taste of it,,,,sweeties

11:44 am

MollyL

Me too Kalia. My idea of Hell is a place where the only drinks at the bar are flavored with that stuff.

11:44 am

crosshair

ugh

11:45 am

Kallia

well maybe have to get used to it then lol

11:45 am

rururocks

I like fennel flavor..it's good

11:45 am

crosshair

well,if it is 50% by volume or better,i may be tempted

11:46 am

Kallia

I'm not a big alcohol drinker anyway

11:46 am

Kallia

purely socially

11:47 am

crosshair

i am not a fan of the swwet syrupy drinks.i want my booze to be able to disinfect cuts,kill fleas and ticks and run small engines

11:48 am

Kallia

so you don't drink it then crossy? LOL

11:48 am

crosshair

lol

11:48 am

crosshair

that list is for when i am not drinking it:)

11:49 am

Kallia

I have come to a full stop with 39 left

11:50 am

crosshair

it must clean floors and sterilize toilets also;)" that way i can have lots of it around and the mrs will not complain:)

11:53 am

rururocks

se 5/14?

11:53 am

jmcnrick

i don't like licorice but i find ouzo pretty tasty in small quantities

11:53 am

wvteach

se 5 - what armies did to the castles - lay se 5

11:54 am

wvteach

sorry that is the si

11:54 am

rururocks

that is si

11:54 am

jmcnrick

crossy i am doing more than rehabing the kitchen. i am extending my bedroom and adding two decks

11:57 am

rururocks

got it

11:58 am

Kallia

French river

11:58 am

Kallia

lots of lag here! darn it

11:59 am

MollyL

I thought the French river was 5/10, I'm so confused.

11:59 am

wvteach

french river i have is a se 5/10 - another river for the se 5/14?

12:00 pm

Kallia

oops sorry...brain lagging too....that is 5?10 didnt see 5/14...I shall go back into lurk mode lol

12:00 pm

wvteach

stay - don't need to lurk

12:01 pm

rururocks

wow.. I'm missing a ton of w's

12:02 pm

Kateq

it begins with 3/4 of what you do to a letter and ends with the alcohol **n and tonic

12:03 pm

wvteach

thnx kateq

12:03 pm

MollyL

Of course. It figures. Another obscure monetary unit.

12:03 pm

Kateq

yw

12:09 pm

wildcat17

stealing a babble moment while baby eats. hi everyone

12:09 pm

jmcnrick

it is good to know money

12:09 pm

crosshair

howdy wildcat

12:09 pm

jmcnrick

hi wild

12:09 pm

wvteach

hello wildcat

12:10 pm

wildcat17

hi hi

12:11 pm

Dorens

hi all... at a friend's been without electricity since sunday morning.. and will probably continue till next sunday

12:11 pm

jmcnrick

wow are you stranded or just a good friend?

12:11 pm

crosshair

having no juice is a pain indeed dorens

12:12 pm

wildcat17

sorry doren. everything else ok though?

12:13 pm

Dorens

everything else is ok.. been going to friend's everyday just to babble..

12:14 pm

jmcnrick

oh i see i thought you were saying you were staying at a friend's who had lost electricity! haha

12:15 pm

Dorens

that would make me a very good friend indeed

12:15 pm

jmcnrick

that was what i was wondering! haha

12:17 pm

MollyL

Dorens, I keep hoping you will get your power back sooner than that.

12:17 pm

jmcnrick

any forecast on repaired power?

12:17 pm

Dorens

thank molly, me too, but it's doubtful... they do the more populated areas first and still have 250,000 houses without

12:17 pm

Dorens

maybe sunday, they say

12:17 pm

Dorens

we 6/30 please

12:18 pm

jmcnrick

i will cross my fingers

12:18 pm

jmcnrick

small hotdogs?

12:18 pm

jmcnrick

what men fear most?

12:18 pm

Dorens

no, need the second one

12:19 pm

jmcnrick

sorry don't have it yet

12:19 pm

wvteach

we 6 30 second one - also hot dog related

12:20 pm

jmcnrick

a singular hotdog

12:20 pm

Dorens

ty.. got it

12:21 pm

jmcnrick

okay it is almost time for class bbl

12:23 pm

EvaNadine

mental note: stabbing yourself in the bottom of your thumb creates a painful situation all day.

12:27 pm

crosshair

and puppies that are off mums milk and ready to adopt

12:27 pm

rubyfoo

hello everybody

12:27 pm

crosshair

((RUBY))

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

if you have mushrooms growing in your windowboxes, does it mean you are overwatering? hahah

12:28 pm

Dorens

hello ruby

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

12:28 pm

crosshair

not if you are growing mushrooms:)

12:28 pm

rubyfoo

hello dorens

12:28 pm

Dorens

sorry i haven't been getting to lexulous... no power at myhouse for a while now

12:30 pm

crosshair

up here we keep a small gennie handy.runs a small space heater,one outlet and the fridge

12:30 pm

Jellen

Hello...

12:31 pm

crosshair

howdy jellen

12:31 pm

Dorens

hi jellen

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

hi jellen

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

hello jmc

12:31 pm

wildcat17

hi jellen

12:31 pm

carleekat

one day i will have a generator...but fortunately we rarely lose power

12:31 pm

Jellen

((Hugs everyone))

12:32 pm

rubyfoo

for next year, does anybody know what windowbox flowers are good in shade?

12:32 pm

carleekat

( got my courses picked crossy :) )

12:32 pm

carleekat

hi jells

12:32 pm

rubyfoo

110 F, wildcat?

12:32 pm

wildcat17

hi ruby

12:32 pm

Dorens

actually the friend's house i'm at right now has offered me his generator.. he has electricity, just five inches of water in his basement

12:32 pm

crosshair

yaaa for carlee!

12:32 pm

wildcat17

yup

12:32 pm

Jellen

What are you taking, carlee?

12:32 pm

wildcat17

and a baby :)

12:33 pm

rubyfoo

he could probably grow mushrooms, too -- or alligators

12:33 pm

carleekat

i have to take a senior level physics course, a senior history and a senior english....with 1 more credit of my own choice

12:33 pm

Dorens

the baby???

12:33 pm

wildcat17

baby. pics on fb

12:33 pm

carleekat

( cross discipline so i can apply to teachers college for next fall )

12:33 pm

Dorens

ohhh! how fabulous! congratulations to you and your daughter lisa!

12:34 pm

rubyfoo

saw the pix, wildcat. So cute and small!!!

12:34 pm

crosshair

lol,i see we are combining too many topics..a baby growing muchrooms while taking physics courses...

12:34 pm

carleekat

( to teach intermediate..i will be qualified to teach english and science from grades 4-10 )

12:34 pm

rubyfoo

some baby!

12:34 pm

wildcat17

thank you very much! he arrived at 7:18 pm last night

12:34 pm

Dorens

and his name?

12:34 pm

wildcat17

he is tiny 6 1/2 lbs

12:34 pm

rubyfoo

name?

12:34 pm

Jellen

Oooh, will have to check it out, wildcat!

12:34 pm

carleekat

(and feeding crossy bacon likely too )

12:34 pm

carleekat

congrats wild :)

12:34 pm

wildcat17

Austin Michael

12:35 pm

rubyfoo

lovely name

12:35 pm

wildcat17

thank you

12:35 pm

wildcat17

I changed my profile pic for him

12:35 pm

Jellen

Oh, so sweet!

12:35 pm

Dorens

lovely pic and lovely name

12:35 pm

Dorens

does austin live in austin?

12:36 pm

wildcat17

just south ... but close enough for me to get there often

12:36 pm

Dorens

very happy for you... i just spent four days alone with my two and it was great fun (but exhausting)

12:37 pm

wildcat17

thank you! I'll bet it was

12:37 pm

wildcat17

were they affected by the hurricane?

12:37 pm

Dorens

no, they're all fine.. i'm the only one who was affected, fortunately

12:38 pm

JBV

hi doren - good to see you here - power back on?

12:38 pm

rubyfoo

12:38 pm

MollyL

Wild!!!! Congratulations!!!

12:38 pm

Dorens

no i'm at a friend's house... and the flooding around north jersey made it impossible to get her! traffic is a holy mess

12:39 pm

rubyfoo

molly!!!!

12:39 pm

JBV

hi ruby - I think I missed you earlier - wanted to know how your family is in NY - any problems?

12:39 pm

wildcat17

thank you molly

12:39 pm

MollyL

What a beautiful name. I bet he is precious!

12:39 pm

JBV

oh, sorry to hear that doren, I know I've been looking at photos of the flooding - horrendous!

12:39 pm

wildcat17

he is absolutely adorable

12:39 pm

JBV

here in new brunswick route 18 was completely underwater, fortunately I don't have to go anywhere :)

12:39 pm

rubyfoo

I haven't spoken to my sister yet but I'm sure she's fine

12:40 pm

JBV

good, ruby

12:40 pm

Dorens

it is. my town is mostly disturbed by downed trees.... took me 25 minutes to get to the library ths morning and it's usually less than 5 minutes... so many roads closed and no way to figure out which ones aren't until you get to the end of one

12:40 pm

JBV

I had NO flooding! so happy - but we did lose power from 4:00 on SUnday to 11: a.m. Monday - it was weird, I had just finished telling everyone that we were fine, no problems, etc. , then the power went out

12:41 pm

MollyL

Wild, enjoy every sweet, snuggly minute with him. They grow up so fast.

12:41 pm

Dorens

but that was nothing compared to route 287 (shoulder washed out by reservoir overflow) and route 80 (passaic river overflowed) and it is closed

12:41 pm

JBV

Yes, I saw those photos.

12:41 pm

Dorens

i couldn't see any of this on tv of course

12:41 pm

wildcat17

if your not a facebook friend let me know and I'll add you so you can see pics

12:41 pm

MollyL

JBV, that is funny. Right after I posted to you that it wasn't too bad around here, my power went out. : )

12:41 pm

JBV

doren, I think I got lost in your neighborhood the other day - was going to Drew University to see a play, got totally lost and drove around every highway around there

12:41 pm

rubyfoo

it is amazing that a storm like that could do so much damage!

12:42 pm

Dorens

oh, you should have called me, i could have gotten you there (and my cell phone is the only one that works now)

12:42 pm

JBV

you too Molly? so devastating - we were prepared for a long haul, they were saying 4-5 days, but they got us back very quick

12:43 pm

JBV

what about your refrigerator doren? how are you dealing with that?

12:43 pm

Dorens

crying at all the lost food, what else can I do?

12:43 pm

rubyfoo

my husband has maintained, much to my annoyance, that the storm was no big deal. I am going to smack him!

12:43 pm

JBV

but what about the mess? have you been home?

12:43 pm

wildcat17

that and the cleaning it up are the worst doren. sorry

12:44 pm

Dorens

no ice available anywhere to fill the coolers anyway.i emptied the freezer before, so it isn't such a mess. i am home every night, just come out during the day to babble!!! (how sick am I?)

12:44 pm

JBV

ruby, get online and show him the photos - it's really bad in some places

12:44 pm

wildcat17

it's a big deal to those who were affected. the rest of us can only empathize

12:44 pm

rubyfoo

I've told him; he just makes dismissive gestures. I need crossy to come and smack him

12:44 pm

JBV

it's ok - my son practically lived in his car during those hours we were disconnected. He had his iphone charging his laptop

12:44 pm

Dorens

ruby you always want to smack him, why should tonight be different from any other night? :')

12:44 pm

rubyfoo

he doesn't know empathy!!!

12:45 pm

rubyfoo

hahah, dorens

12:45 pm

Dorens

and you're not going to teach it to him at this point in his life

12:45 pm

JBV

ruby, my cousins in Italy have called me twice to check on me !!!

12:45 pm

Dorens

that is so sweet, j

12:45 pm

JBV

I know - really makes my day :)

12:45 pm

rubyfoo

OK, now I feel guilty; I'll call my sister....

12:46 pm

JBV

no, I didn't mean it that way, just that your husband might take a lesson from his neighbors in Italy :)

12:46 pm

MollyL

Oh Ruby, if he were sitting for days without power, or mopping up huge amounts of water, he would know it was a very big deal.

12:46 pm

Dorens

where does she live ruby?

12:46 pm

JBV

and picking up branches and leaves in the backyard - I've filled up 2 pails already, stopped to rest

12:47 pm

Dorens

oh yes, we had a lot of branches and leaves.... couldn'at even see where the patio began or ended

12:47 pm

rubyfoo

she is in Forest Hills and I just called her house and she is at an appt and had no problems

12:47 pm

Dorens

no forest hills didn't have any trouble

12:47 pm

JBV

Molly, I've done that mopping up (at least 2 times already) so I know how lucky I am to have been spared

12:48 pm

rubyfoo

when Andrew came to Miami, my husband and I took the dog and stayed in the office on Miami Beach because Fisher Island was evacuated and we couldn't get a hotel that took dogs

12:48 pm

JBV

it seems the construction project my husband had done 2 years ago has done the trick in the basement - it hasn't really been tested, but now I think I can relax

12:48 pm

rubyfoo

I think she was more scared by the earthquake

12:49 pm

rubyfoo

good husband, JBV!

12:49 pm

Dorens

that is a relief jbv, cause if it held today, i'm sure it will hold for anything. funny, I remember when you were doing that

12:49 pm

JBV

we had a french drain put in and a sump pump, then refinished the whole basement -

12:50 pm

rubyfoo

what is a French drain?

12:50 pm

MollyL

After reading all the callous, sarcastic remarks from people on the west coast about the east coast earthquake, I have come to realize there are a lot of unfeeling people in the world. It's not all about how YOU perceive things. What seems like no big deal to YOU might be a very big deal to other people.

12:50 pm

rubyfoo

that's what I tell him.....

12:50 pm

JBV

it's like a trench around the walls, so water can collect there and flow into a basin where the sump pump is

12:51 pm

Dorens

french drains work great... i had one in my last house... only problem was it was kind of shallow cause we rarely needed a lot, and then one day there was a thunderstorm that lasted all night long... and it wasn't quite deep enough.

12:51 pm

rubyfoo

that is very interesting; I don't know if they have them here

12:51 pm

JBV

you know how people are afraid of spiders and snakes? mine is basement water LOL

12:52 pm

MollyL

No French drains in France. That's funny!

12:52 pm

JBV

they probably call them U.S. drains!

12:52 pm

rubyfoo

fortunately, we're on a hillside, so it's only bad occasionally when water comes in from the driveway

12:52 pm

rubyfoo

France is definitely funny

12:52 pm

rubyfoo

it's the alligators, JBV

12:55 pm

jesdraggon

hi all

12:56 pm

Dorens

hi jes

12:56 pm

rubyfoo

hi jes

12:57 pm

MollyL

I guess it make people feel superior to belittle the circumstances of others by saying their earthquake, snow storm, hurricane, tornado, etc. was bigger and badder than yours. I don't know, I'm not into understanding that kind of arrogance.

12:57 pm

Dorens

there is no understanding that kind of thinking

12:57 pm

rubyfoo

imagine living with it, molly!!!

1:00 pm

jesdraggon

nbt

1:02 pm

rubyfoo

good night everybody

1:02 pm

Dorens

night ruby

1:04 pm

wvteach

good night ruby

1:04 pm

wvteach

congrats jes

1:05 pm

Dorens

fireworks... time to go check out email, etc. see you tomorrow (hopefully)

1:09 pm

jesdraggon

yay dorens!

1:20 pm

wvteach

fireworks here

1:21 pm

jesdraggon

yay teach!

1:26 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Hey, y'all. Has anyone heard from mrp? Someone said that she had surgery yesterday. I'm have a yard worker here, so can't stay online now...just wanted to check on her. Thanks

1:29 pm

jesdraggon

hi peach. i haven't, but have only been here a short while

1:30 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks, hon. I'll check back later.

1:36 pm

Anniebrook

hi, Im back. mrp was on earlier, she is back from the hospital, had the surgery, not as bad as they thought and she is full of drugs that they gave her

1:36 pm

periwinkle

ty for the update Annie

1:36 pm

periwinkle

hello all

1:37 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, annie

1:37 pm

Anniebrook

hi peri

1:38 pm

jillibus

just tuned in -- so glad to hear about mrp!

1:38 pm

Anniebrook

hi jilli

1:38 pm

pigeonman

anyone care to clue the de6/33?

1:39 pm

Anniebrook

de6....Sandra D** and pale

1:39 pm

MollyL

de6/33...how you "spell" the letter D + a three letter word that means pale

1:39 pm

MollyL

And what Annie said.

1:40 pm

pigeonman

aha thanks much

1:55 pm

Anniebrook

I wonder if Lori was affected by the hurricane

1:57 pm

Anniebrook

fireworks at last. I am going to do some ironing which I put off till the last moment. Bye dear babblers

1:59 pm

jesdraggon

yay annie!

2:00 pm

crosshair

Hello all, this is Mrs Crosshair . Crossy forgot to log out on my tablet

2:00 pm

wildcat17

hi elegant

2:01 pm

snags

hi mrs crossy

2:01 pm

jesdraggon

hello mrs crossy, how're you?

2:02 pm

crosshair

I'm fine tanks, at Mc Donalds just getting ready to leave.

2:02 pm

snags

how do you like your tablet?

2:04 pm

crosshair

It's great of multi media but a ittle slosed w on the net.Just takes some getting used to

2:05 pm

snags

sure is light and portable though??

2:05 pm

crosshair

and it tends to skip back while you're typing.

2:06 pm

snags

is it an ipad?

2:58 pm

Elegant

Hello again :) Poor Crossy isn't feeling well so had to leave quickly. Poor guy.

3:03 pm

snags

hello elegant. you must be mrs. crossy. glad to have met you.

3:05 pm

Elegant

Yes, nice to meet you as well. And no, my tablet is a Asus Eepad.

3:06 pm

snags

ok. I have thought about one but, hubby bought me a laptop plus the desktop we have. Desktop is old and slow but still works.

3:10 pm

Elegant

lol this desktop is starting to show it's age but it still does what I want, Sims 2, Oblivion, Morrowind.

3:12 pm

snags

mine is an 04 dell and not very speedy, but that's a lot of years on a computer.

3:13 pm

Elegant

That is an old computer. This one was one we built ourselves.

3:14 pm

snags

really? I am impressed.

3:16 pm

Elegant

Crossy has built a few. One were in the middle of trying to revamp so we can run her again. He is really good with computers.

3:18 pm

snags

He must be. My step-grandson was going to take the dell tower and redo the whole thing, but it was more expense then replacing it with the laptop.

3:21 pm

Elegant

Yeah computers are becoming so affordable and the technology now is amazing.

3:22 pm

snags

just look at how small your tablet is....... stuff it in your purse and off you go!!!!!!!!!!!

3:23 pm

Elegant

Yep it's about the size of a hard cover book. It's a touch screen and is an amazing video camera for it's little size.

3:24 pm

snags

totally amazing.

3:25 pm

snags

it has been great chatting Elegant, but I am off for a break. Take care and hope to chat again......... :)

3:25 pm

Elegant

I'm reading White fang on it, it's a great reader as well.

3:25 pm

snags

for sure. what is white fang about??

3:26 pm

snags

I do have a reader but I also downloaded it to the laptop. I love it.

3:26 pm

Elegant

Take care, nice chatting. Have a good day. A wild wolf in the Klondike.

3:27 pm

snags

;0

3:27 pm

Elegant

It's from the wolf's point of view, it's a wonderful story.

4:01 pm

hego

Elegant!

4:01 pm

hego

This is a treat!

4:02 pm

hego

Phooey missed her by half an hour. :-(

4:42 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

4:56 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, jmc

4:56 pm

jmcnrick

hi une

4:56 pm

jmcnrick

i am testing social norms playing this game on a public computer in the school library

4:57 pm

Uneaixoise

yeah?

4:57 pm

jmcnrick

i am feeling guilty! haha

4:58 pm

Uneaixoise

aaahhh, legitimizing Babble time, eh?

4:58 pm

Bugsaw

Hi jmc and Une. jmc the jacket arrived safely today and it fits beautifully. thanks very much. It looks great

4:59 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, bugs :-)

4:59 pm

jmcnrick

oh i am so glad bugs! i am glad that worked out

4:59 pm

Bugsaw

Une are you where the storm hit?

5:00 pm

Uneaixoise

noooo, I'm in drought-stricken Tennessee . . .

5:00 pm

Uneaixoise

but we have a lot of Babblers in that general area

5:00 pm

Bugsaw

Oh my. The whole world is going nuts

5:00 pm

Uneaixoise

indeed!!

5:00 pm

jmcnrick

<===hurricane hit

5:01 pm

Bugsaw

some places got a hurricane but worst hit places seem to be in the north when it was a storm

5:01 pm

jmcnrick

haha the guy on the computer next to me is playing a game on his phone

5:01 pm

Uneaixoise

Babblers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts are definitely feeling it . . .

5:01 pm

Uneaixoise

most damage is from flooding . . .

5:02 pm

uusue2

hi all, taking a short break from grading

5:02 pm

Uneaixoise

not from wind . . .

5:02 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, sue!

5:02 pm

Bugsaw

My old high school is in NH and I have been monotoring the chat on the link for old grads. Some have seen terrible devastion

5:02 pm

uusue2

hi, une!

5:02 pm

Uneaixoise

sorry to hear that, bugs

5:02 pm

uusue2

and hi to jmc and bugs!

5:02 pm

jmcnrick

hi uu

5:03 pm

jmcnrick

so i am suppose to read about 12 pages by thursday and there is nary a copy of the book on campus

5:03 pm

Uneaixoise

maybe find text online?

5:04 pm

uusue2

what book, jmc?

5:04 pm

jmcnrick

hmm i looked on the course webpage but maybe i could just google it

5:04 pm

Bugsaw

hi sue

5:04 pm

jmcnrick

Working with Conflict by Fisher, etc

5:04 pm

welki

hi babblers

5:04 pm

Bugsaw

if you are in a course, try the reference desk

5:05 pm

jmcnrick

i sent an email to the prof asking if he couldn't post the section we are to read on the course page

5:05 pm

Bugsaw

hi welki too

5:05 pm

jmcnrick

already tried the reference desk :-(

5:05 pm

jmcnrick

hi welki

5:05 pm

Bugsaw

thot you might have

5:05 pm

jmcnrick

i ordered it on-line but the earliest i am likely to get it is Friday.

5:06 pm

Uneaixoise

jmc, there are some sample pages on Amazon :-)

5:06 pm

MollyL

http://www.pdfebook4u.com/working-with
-conflict-simon-fisher.html

5:06 pm

jmcnrick

apparently the bookstore on campus only ordered 3 or 4 copies!

5:06 pm

Uneaixoise

go, molly!!

5:06 pm

uusue2

we have it here, jmc, I could see if I can copy a few pages and fax them to you. Or what molly found.

5:07 pm

jmcnrick

well daaaammnn molly aren't you a peach!!

5:07 pm

jmcnrick

*throws kisses to molly*

5:07 pm

uusue2

our bookstore will do rush orders if they run out of books, jmc

5:08 pm

jmcnrick

They have posted a si** saying they should have it by next Weds. uu

5:08 pm

jillibus

hello all -- did everyone hear the good news from mrp?

5:08 pm

Uneaixoise

no, what???

5:09 pm

uusue2

hmmm, when I look at what molly found it seems to be in Elvish or something (maybe Khmer?)

5:09 pm

jillibus

the problem was not dire -- some splintered bones which should heal if she keeps off that leg for a while.

5:10 pm

Bugsaw

hi jilli. how did it go?

5:10 pm

Bugsaw

I thot it was dire!?!

5:10 pm

uusue2

oh, thank goodness, jilli! She has had enough troubles for at least two lifetimes!!

5:10 pm

jillibus

she was on Babble after the surgery -- drugged to the eyeballs and heading for bed!

5:10 pm

Uneaixoise

tx, jilli -- man, her bones must be incredibly fragile, eh?

5:11 pm

Bugsaw

we should wrap that girl in bubble wrap and cotton balls every day

5:11 pm

jmcnrick

good news indeed.

5:11 pm

jmcnrick

maybe you have to download it to read it?

5:11 pm

jillibus

I think she's had some trauma while refereeing soccer/football

5:11 pm

Uneaixoise

thick human bumper pads

5:12 pm

uusue2

I tried that, jmc, still looks the same

5:12 pm

jmcnrick

*sigh* looks like urdu

5:12 pm

Uneaixoise

rats . . .

5:13 pm

uusue2

jmc, can you receive a fax?

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

i am to read pages 91-123--could you scan it and email it to me uu?

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

thanks for the effort molly

5:13 pm

jillibus

see mrp's post at 9:34 am in today's chog

5:13 pm

Uneaixoise

or you could contact my daughter, the reference librarian . . .

5:13 pm

jmcnrick

i can receive a fax--let me look it up brb

5:17 pm

Uneaixoise

ok . . . back in a mo . . . *poof*

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

202-568-6193

5:18 pm

jmcnrick

bye une

5:19 pm

MollyL

Oh sorry, did that link not work?

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

no it looks like urdu there is undoubtedly some decoder ring somewhere

5:20 pm

jmcnrick

but it was a grand gesture!

5:21 pm

uusue2

ok, jmc, I will have to go to the library and take it out - then I can take it home and either scan it and email it to you or copy it and fax it to you. Either way it will be later this evening.

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

no rush whatsoever uu (well some rush so I can read it before thurs.) thank you SO much

5:21 pm

jmcnrick

babble solidarity forever!

5:22 pm

uusue2

I assume your yahoo address is the best email?

5:22 pm

jmcnrick

you can't get a graduate student to bring it to you?

5:22 pm

jmcnrick

yes that is the best email

5:22 pm

uusue2

the library is across the street, and I need my card to check it out anyway

5:23 pm

jmcnrick

so not too long of a trek? i am glad

5:23 pm

uusue2

it is always possible that, even though the online lookup tells me it is there, that the actual book is not on the actual shelf - I will let you know

5:24 pm

uusue2

no, it's maybe 300 feet :-)

5:24 pm

Bugsaw

jilli I just rea the post from mr p. Now I understand! great news

5:24 pm

jmcnrick

well it is still very nice of you to go to the trouble uu

5:24 pm

jmcnrick

i hate to start out failing to do the homework

5:27 pm

uusue2

ok, I am off, I will be in touch, jmc!

5:27 pm

Jellen

Hi all...

5:27 pm

jmcnrick

bye uu

5:27 pm

jmcnrick

hi jell

5:27 pm

Bugsaw

hi jellen. love your icon!

5:28 pm

Jellen

Bye, uusue...Thanks, Bugsaw!

5:36 pm

jmcnrick

i am not getting any of the AN words

5:37 pm

Jellen

I just have one an 4/4

5:37 pm

jmcnrick

well that is not true i have the licorice ones at the end

5:37 pm

Jellen

Oh, and an 4/8

5:38 pm

Bugsaw

the first an could be seen as a compound word

5:38 pm

jmcnrick

ty i have the an4/8 now

5:38 pm

Bugsaw

so could the 4.8

5:38 pm

ivesy3

an 5/10 an +ne4/4

5:38 pm

Bugsaw

do you want more than that jmc?

5:39 pm

jmcnrick

ty busg and ivy maybe that is enough to unlock the door for me

5:40 pm

ivesy3

yw

5:41 pm

jmcnrick

A axed

5:42 pm

Bugsaw

good job

5:43 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

5:50 pm

jmcnrick

de 5/16?

5:54 pm

lynxxx

I don't think I would 'condescend' to clue that (de5.16)

5:54 pm

lynxxx

Morning all

5:55 pm

jmcnrick

ty lynxxx for lowering yourself to me ;-)

5:55 pm

jmcnrick

shoot i already had it but not in lickety!

5:56 pm

lynxxx

hang on, I'll just pull myself up from that curtsy

5:56 pm

jmcnrick

*offers a hand up*

5:57 pm

jmcnrick

that reminds me of a story my hubby's grandmother wrote about when she was presented to the Kaiser Wilhelm

5:57 pm

lynxxx

(waiting)

5:58 pm

jmcnrick

the german girls were all a twitter because one gilr the year before had curtsied too low and couldn't get up and she was thereby ruined socially

5:59 pm

lynxxx

the disgrace!

5:59 pm

jmcnrick

gmil was almost forbidden to be presented to the Kaiser because her train was 3 centimeters too long, but the american ambassador got her to a modeste in the nick of time to have it shortened

6:00 pm

jmcnrick

a different life for sure! haha

6:03 pm

lynxxx

but Germans are still reknowned equally strict adherence to 'rules' - a virtue even

6:04 pm

lynxxx

How is your kitchen renovation going? and has your son started any?

6:04 pm

jmcnrick

gmil was an unruly american--turns out there are rules for each country where your train begins

6:05 pm

jmcnrick

i was more concerned about keeping the hurricane out of my house what with my back wall being a plastic tarp

6:05 pm

jmcnrick

but i finally got the permit so hopefully things will start moving right along!

6:06 pm

lynxxx

Oh! passed over OK?

6:06 pm

jmcnrick

my son is still on the road but did go check out the double-wide trailer we still own in NC

6:06 pm

jmcnrick

i bravely stood on the back of my house with an umbrella to ward off the rain

6:07 pm

jmcnrick

then i took a hammer and some nails and tacked the tarp down as best i could and went to bed

6:07 pm

jmcnrick

*shows pic of hair and dress blowing in the rain while hammering aw** *

6:08 pm

jmcnrick

is it getting spring like there?

6:10 pm

lynxxx

very Spring like - up into the low 20's for the next week. Lovely blue skies during the day. Blossom/magnlias blooming etc. Has been very cold at night though.

6:10 pm

MollyL

Coming soon to a theater near you...the new sequel to "Joe vs The Volcano"..."JMC vs The Hurricane". Rated PG-13 due to suggestive dress blowing in the wind scenes.

6:11 pm

lynxxx

Got to go, Stews eye needs attention. Bye jmc

6:11 pm

jmcnrick

yes the rain of course makes the dress wrap very tightly around my comely legs

6:12 pm

jmcnrick

bye lynxxx

6:12 pm

MollyL

Not to mention the come hither look in your eyes as you bravely stare down the storm.

6:13 pm

jmcnrick

especially with my long tress blowing wildly in the wind

6:13 pm

jmcnrick

got to get rid of the umbrella though it ruins the image

6:15 pm

jmcnrick

help with the first re word please

6:16 pm

jmcnrick

i trust it is nothing serious with stew's eye

6:17 pm

MollyL

First re word...to go back on one's promis

6:17 pm

MollyL

or promise

6:17 pm

jmcnrick

ty molly don't know why i didn't see that

6:17 pm

jmcnrick

perhaps because *I* would never do it! *straightens halo*

6:21 pm

jmcnrick

oh well it 25 and a long drive home to no internet :-{

6:24 pm

mrpresident

morning all :)

6:24 pm

mrpresident

une!! Nadal is up!

6:24 pm

jmcnrick

hi mr p i hope you are feeling more the thing

6:24 pm

jmcnrick

nadal is still going strong?

6:25 pm

jmcnrick

19 left

6:26 pm

mrpresident

i am feeling good thanks jmc!

6:26 pm

mrpresident

yes, he is in the first round of the US tennis

6:27 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

6:27 pm

mrpresident

looks like there was a delay because of Irene

6:27 pm

mrpresident

hi nan :)

6:27 pm

jmcnrick

hi cyber

6:28 pm

cybernan

The bad news is that my hard drive died, so I have just signed my life away for a new desktop. The good news is that it has all the bells and whistles I've been wanting for a while.

6:28 pm

mrpresident

excellent in a sad way then nan :)

6:28 pm

jmcnrick

oh no! and they are cheaper than they used to be too cyber

6:29 pm

cybernan

cheaper? -- this one is costing me twice as much as the last one!

6:29 pm

jmcnrick

but did the last one have all the bells and whistles?

6:30 pm

crosshair

lol jmc,thats quite the renovation for a kitchen refresh.you chould of just reported it as hurricane damage and had the insurance company pay for the kitchen reno! :))

6:31 pm

jmcnrick

haha my cat sitter sent me an email saying that the back of my house was lost in the earthquake!

6:31 pm

cybernan

no -- this one is an i3 1T hard drive, 1G dedicated video card, 8G DDRAM, blue ray burner and HD monitor -- (just think of the movies I'll be able to make!!!)

6:31 pm

jmcnrick

wait til you see the after pics

6:32 pm

crosshair

very nice rig cybernana:))

6:32 pm

jmcnrick

WOW! sounds like you have the Porsche version for sure cyber

6:32 pm

cybernan

I think so -- just hope it isn't overkil.

6:32 pm

mrpresident

there is never too much in a computer! good on you nan!

6:32 pm

mrpresident

hi crossy ((hugs))!

6:33 pm

jmcnrick

help with the en7/36 please

6:33 pm

jmcnrick

naw it is never overkill cyber! haha

6:33 pm

mrpresident

past tense of motor

6:33 pm

cybernan

I do so much video editing and hubby just bought his dream HD, 3-D smart hub TV so I feel justified :)

6:33 pm

mrpresident

I mean plural of motor

6:34 pm

crosshair

(((MRP)))

6:34 pm

jmcnrick

*duh*

6:34 pm

jmcnrick

ty mr p and slap me with a fish!

6:35 pm

mrpresident

frozen halibut or raw octopus?

6:35 pm

jmcnrick

octopus if it is fresh

6:35 pm

jmcnrick

*heats up oil and gets batter ready*

6:36 pm

mrpresident

**slaps jmc with the tenticle end of the octopus**... like a 8 tail whip! LOL

6:36 pm

crosshair

you are right about there never being too much.i jusr saw a nice 6 core intel with 4 gig gpu and a triplet of terra drives for storage..crossy is in love

6:36 pm

mrpresident

oh man! the ink sack exploded! sorry jmc! LOL

6:36 pm

jmcnrick

haha *grabs the octopus and chops it up into neat little rings*

6:36 pm

jillibus

hi mrp! Over the moon to hear your good news! Now just do as you're told!

6:37 pm

jmcnrick

ick! what a mess mr p!

6:37 pm

mrpresident

too right crossy! I would kill for that!

6:37 pm

jmcnrick

first ge6 please

6:37 pm

mrpresident

hi jilli!! thanks darling... and I aint moving!

6:37 pm

crosshair

and the ram they are tossing in now is insane!

6:38 pm

cybernan

and how many thousands was that one crossy?

6:38 pm

crosshair

1800+++

6:38 pm

jillibus

You mean you're staying in your house and not moving elsewhere, or you're stying still and not running around?

6:38 pm

mrpresident

I have micro fractures that need to heal!! and the medial meniscus was fixed and whatever she injected into my foot, is working a treat... since she found 2 more broken metatarsal bones in the darn thing!

6:38 pm

jmcnrick

i would tie you to the bed mr p but people would talk

6:38 pm

cybernan

mmore ++++, I suspect

6:39 pm

mrpresident

no, I am laying down and not running or walking, unless to the loo

6:39 pm

jillibus

lol jmc!

6:39 pm

mrpresident

jmc, let them talk!!

6:39 pm

jillibus

lying down (sorry, can't help myself)

6:39 pm

crosshair

tied to the bed eh..darn crossy is fresh out of fur lined love cuffs:(

6:40 pm

mrpresident

diamond lined would do ;)

6:40 pm

stidmama

*very very very gentle hugs for mrp*

*fluffs pillows*

*brings lemonade and cookies*

6:40 pm

jmcnrick

no they would scratch too much mr p

6:40 pm

crosshair

no mrp..we must prevent chafing

6:40 pm

jillibus

hi stid

6:41 pm

mrpresident

thanks stid!! (((hugs)))

6:41 pm

stidmama

*adds calcium and vitamin D-laden orange juice after reading mrp's profile*

6:41 pm

mrpresident

where is the fun when there is no chafing!??

6:41 pm

stidmama

hey jill! cute shirt!

6:42 pm

jillibus

I thought so, stid!

6:42 pm

jmcnrick

depends on where the chafing is my dear

6:42 pm

stidmama

CROSS!!! I found some vegan "bacon" bits for our salad tonight!!! *bounce bounce*

6:42 pm

jmcnrick

hi stiddie

6:42 pm

mrpresident

well, I must be doing it right hey jmc!

6:42 pm

stidmama

jmc, how did your house fare?

6:43 pm

jmcnrick

minor damage to my second floor floor and more moderate damage to the first floor ceiling

6:43 pm

mrpresident

i just want bacon spray... I want to patent it and sell it!!!

6:43 pm

stidmama

well, that is a lot better than it might have been, but still more than I had hoped for.

6:43 pm

stidmama

bacon spray. hm.

6:43 pm

mrpresident

oh jmc, sorry to hear that! did Irene do that??

6:44 pm

jmcnrick

oh well it isn't like i wasn't having work already

6:44 pm

cybernan

aw 5/18, please?

6:44 pm

mrpresident

stid... I want to do it!! I really do!

6:44 pm

mrpresident

I have to find a company that would take it on and invest with me.

6:44 pm

uusue2

hey, jmc, I have the book!

6:45 pm

jmcnrick

yay uu!

6:45 pm

mrpresident

I know a chemist who could help with the flavour, and it would be in an olive oil base

6:45 pm

stidmama

woo-hoo sue!!!

6:45 pm

mrpresident

hi sue!! ((hugs))

6:45 pm

jmcnrick

are you at home or work uu?

6:45 pm

uusue2

so now I have to figure out if my printer-scanner-copier-fax will in fact scan (I know it copies and faxes); if it does I will email it to you

6:45 pm

uusue2

I am at home.

6:45 pm

MollyL

aw 5/18...to be "onto" something, to know of it, I am aw5/18 that tomorrow is a holiday

6:45 pm

uusue2

remind me again which pages you need?

6:45 pm

mrpresident

i have aw5/20

6:45 pm

jmcnrick

first re6 please?

6:46 pm

mrpresident

covered with a patio style covering

6:46 pm

jmcnrick

my fancy printer does all of that now too uu

6:46 pm

cybernan

duh -- ty molly

6:46 pm

jmcnrick

91-123

6:46 pm

MollyL

Um...JMC...we did the first re6 already

6:46 pm

uusue2

ok, so that's chapter 6, makes sense

6:46 pm

stidmama

hey molly and nan!

6:46 pm

jmcnrick

really? damn! [blush]

6:46 pm

MollyL

Remember, you shined your halo?

6:47 pm

MollyL

Hi Stid

6:47 pm

MollyL

Because you don't re6 on your promises

6:47 pm

jmcnrick

oops i used an i and got the second re5 and 6

6:48 pm

jmcnrick

*bangs head on desk in library very quietly*

6:48 pm

cybernan

that nice single malt is back, I see

6:48 pm

mcurlschool

Hi stid...coming at ya from ye old print shop!

6:48 pm

stidmama

hey mcurl! how many handbooks left? how are you?

6:49 pm

jmcnrick

9 left--if this works out i could get my chapter printed out and finish the grid and go home to my computerless cabin in the woods

6:49 pm

stidmama

single malt... *looks for whiskey in the grid*

6:49 pm

jmcnrick

hi mcurl

6:49 pm

mcurlschool

50 running and 100 after that HALLELUJA (?spell)

6:49 pm

uusue2

hi, mcurl!

6:49 pm

mcurlschool

Hi jmc

6:49 pm

mcurlschool

hi uusue

6:50 pm

stidmama

go mcurl go!!!!

6:50 pm

MollyL

Yes Nan, we have no interest in the "vessel" definition.
: )

6:50 pm

uusue2

and hi to nan, stid, molly, mrp (YAY!!!!!!!!!!!)

6:50 pm

cybernan

hi sue

6:50 pm

mcurlschool

not sure when I'll be able to hold a pencil without my thumbs hurting! I should calculate how many sheets of paper I put out this week!!!

6:51 pm

jmcnrick

better not mcurl you would be horrified about the number of trees

6:51 pm

cybernan

only the vessel that holds the whiskey, molly

6:51 pm

jmcnrick

at least my cabin has jack

6:53 pm

mrpresident

coffee arrived... bbs!!
((hugs)) !

6:53 pm

mcurlschool

you can say that again jmc.....but oh my.....with front and back covers and the insides I've put 45,750 sheets of paper thru my copier for JUST handbooks!

6:53 pm

stidmama

that's a huge amount, mcurl -- I know you are already looking forward to the weekend!

6:54 pm

stidmama

I get to help my former 6th grade teacher friend on Friday -- it's her position that has opened up that I have applied for... still no word on that though.

6:54 pm

stidmama

later mrp

6:54 pm

crosshair

someone said whiskey...

6:55 pm

jmcnrick

first ge6 please

6:55 pm

jmcnrick

bye mr p

6:55 pm

stidmama

oh! I passed halfway!! :-D

6:55 pm

jmcnrick

wtg stiddie

6:55 pm

MollyL

First ge6...like store brand products, but put a vowel where the almost frozen water would be

6:56 pm

mcurlschool

just got call from HS principal....bb in a few, have to run a print job for him!

6:56 pm

jmcnrick

ty molly

6:56 pm

stidmama

later mcurl

6:57 pm

jmcnrick

bye mc

6:58 pm

mcurlschool

I'm back...it only takes a click of the mouse!

7:00 pm

jmcnrick

haha spend printer!

7:00 pm

stidmama

I am outta here. Have to get stidkid #2 to band practice. stidkid #1 of course has no hurry... *poof*

7:00 pm

mcurlschool

see ya

7:00 pm

jmcnrick

bye stiddie

7:01 pm

jmcnrick

4 left

7:05 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:05 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

7:05 pm

jmcnrick

hi min

7:07 pm

crosshair

howdy min and welcome to the grid:))

7:07 pm

cybernan

de 6/33, please?

7:08 pm

jmcnrick

brb

7:09 pm

crosshair

and now by popular demand,it is time once again for crossy,s tidbit of the day!!!

7:09 pm

crosshair

As a tribute to sight-impaired musician Stevie Wonder, original pressings of the Paul McCartney & Wings album Red Rose Speedway included the words “We love you, baby” embossed in Braille.

7:09 pm

Minveryork

de6/33 word is actress Sandra De* plus pale cybernan

7:09 pm

cybernan

ty min

7:10 pm

cybernan

have only seen it with one e before

7:10 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

7:10 pm

Minveryork

yw

7:10 pm

cybernan

off to make supper -- back at the flip :)

7:10 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations cybernan on fireworks! Good for you

7:11 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye cybernan! I will see you tomorrow in the log.

7:12 pm

uusue2

ok, book is scanned (chapter 6, anyway) - now to see if it worked

7:12 pm

wht

Howdy all

7:12 pm

TeaNCrackers

e

7:13 pm

TeaNCrackers

hi all

7:13 pm

Minveryork

Hello uusue2! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

7:13 pm

Minveryork

Hello wht! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle.

7:13 pm

periwinkle

hi all, have the ne8, help with other 8s pls

7:13 pm

Minveryork

Hello TeanCrackers!How are you?Welcome to the grid

7:13 pm

uusue2

hi, wht, tea, min, crossy!

7:14 pm

Minveryork

Hello periwinkle! How are you doing? Welcome to grid.

7:14 pm

Minveryork

D's Dumped! 4 left

7:14 pm

periwinkle

for some reason I cannot open babble expert tonight

7:14 pm

Minveryork

A to 8/80 is to 4/8 word plus we 4/8 word periwinkle.

7:15 pm

periwinkle

ty Min

7:15 pm

Minveryork

yw

7:16 pm

wht

ty min

7:17 pm

Minveryork

yw

7:17 pm

wht

Can I get a clue for the de5,16?

7:19 pm

Minveryork

de5/16:I ran a des*** club where we did jewelery and other arts and crafts wht.

7:21 pm

wht

ty Min. It took a bit to figure that out, but I got it.

7:22 pm

periwinkle

not getting your clue Min

7:23 pm

wht

de + stop s***, peri

7:24 pm

Minveryork

The de5/16 word is de plus France is a for**** country

7:26 pm

periwinkle

rats, I alrady had that word, thanks

7:27 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Has anyone heard from mrp? Thanks

7:27 pm

wht

I am down to 2 words. Can I get a clue for the ne8? Thanks.

7:28 pm

wht

GA, her surgery went well. She has written about it in her profile.

7:28 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Oh, thanks wht.

7:29 pm

jesdraggon

hi all

7:29 pm

MollyL

What wet suits are made of Wht

7:29 pm

wht

ty Molly. Fireworks.

7:29 pm

Minveryork

ne 8/45: a synthetic rubber that wet suits are made out of wht.

7:30 pm

jesdraggon

yay wht!

7:30 pm

Minveryork

Hi gapeach1066! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

7:30 pm

wht

That was a twisty little bugger.

7:30 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! Good for you

7:30 pm

Minveryork

Hello jesdraggon!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

7:31 pm

jillibus

peach, mrp has been babbling! What everyone was afraid of is just many microfractures of the bones.

7:31 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks so much, jillibus.

7:31 pm

crosshair

wb jes

7:31 pm

jillibus

And sparklers for moi

7:32 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Hi there, Min.

7:32 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, crossy :) (or is it still mrs crossy?)

7:32 pm

lbdawger

whoooo hoooo JILLI!!

7:32 pm

crosshair

yaaa for jilli!

7:32 pm

crosshair

nope it is crossy

7:32 pm

jesdraggon

yay jilli!

7:32 pm

Minveryork

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

7:32 pm

crosshair

the mrs was using her own account not long ago

7:32 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jillibus on your fireworks! Good for U

7:33 pm

jillibus

ty lbd and crossy!

7:33 pm

wht

wtg jilli

7:33 pm

jillibus

anf min :-)

7:33 pm

Minveryork

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

7:33 pm

crosshair

che chog just goes too fast for her vision sometimes

7:33 pm

jillibus

and wht and all

7:33 pm

Minveryork

I see that you and I are the only ones feeling tropical here jillibus. I like your Hawaiian shirt. I miss Hawaii!

7:34 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Congrats, jillibus!!!!!!

7:34 pm

jmcnrick

back

7:34 pm

jmcnrick

hi peach and wht

7:34 pm

jesdraggon

welcome back, am

7:34 pm

lbdawger

front

7:35 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo jilli

7:35 pm

TeaNCrackers

left

7:35 pm

wht

Hi jmc.

7:35 pm

uusue2

hi, jmc! the chapter is scanned - now I am trying to figure out how to get it to you

7:36 pm

uusue2

it is too big to email (112 MB) so I am uploading it to my google docs, then I will send you a link

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

haha i was thinking of you when mcurl was saying it only took hitting button!

7:36 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Hi there, jmc.

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

hi tean and lbd and jes

7:36 pm

uusue2

yeah, it took a little more than that :-)

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

i have gmail too

7:37 pm

jmcnrick

and i used to know where to park large files.

7:37 pm

uusue2

but the printer crossy suggested that I buy is really nice - I had to flip the book over every other page, and the software flipped it all back

7:37 pm

uusue2

same address at gmail?

7:37 pm

jmcnrick

yes uu

7:37 pm

jmcnrick

but a link is good

7:38 pm

uusue2

I was also able to save it as plain text just in case it turns out that I can't upload it at all, but it looks like it's uploading fine (will take a little while, is all)

7:38 pm

uusue2

also, since I am faculty I get to check it out for 4 months :-)

7:39 pm

jmcnrick

hopefully i will get the book sooner rather than later!

7:40 pm

uusue2

well, let me know if you need any more (assuming this works...)

7:40 pm

jesdraggon

what book are you guys sharing?

7:40 pm

jmcnrick

ah yousendit.com

7:41 pm

uusue2

ok, it's on google docs and i sent you an email on gmail with the link

7:41 pm

jmcnrick

a book i need for my class that the university bookstore didn't get and the library here doesn't have

7:41 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty uu you are a saint

7:42 pm

uusue2

our library had it so I checked it out and am scanning the chapter she needs so she can turn in her homework on Thursday

7:42 pm

crosshair

do not forget to compress the files if they are a tad too big to send

7:42 pm

uusue2

I'm not, jmc, but I am a teacher and always want to help students :-)

7:42 pm

jmcnrick

got it ty uu

7:42 pm

uusue2

yw :-)

7:42 pm

crosshair

crossy love the old winrar program:)

7:43 pm

uusue2

google docs will let you upload up to a gigabyte, crossy, which is a pretty big book (even scanned as a pdf)

7:43 pm

crosshair

very nice:)

7:43 pm

jmcnrick

still 4 left in grid :-(

7:43 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for tu5-18? Thanks

7:44 pm

uusue2

hahaha 95 left for me

7:44 pm

jesdraggon

the tu is like the to

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

use the high point tile peach

7:44 pm

crosshair

i have my mrs enthralled with the old stories by jack london atm.. the call of the wild,white fang,the sea wolf and cruise of the dazzler

7:45 pm

jmcnrick

3

7:45 pm

uusue2

yes, she was on earlier and said she was reading call of the wild

7:45 pm

jmcnrick

all of those are good books

7:45 pm

crosshair

very fine books indeed

7:45 pm

Minveryork

tu 5/18 word uses the double letter tile gapeach1066

7:45 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks much, jes and jmc

7:45 pm

wht

Go jmc

7:46 pm

jillibus

the tu5 is the Canadian knitted hat with a pompom on top -- almost like the towering white hat for chefs, which is the to5

7:46 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks much, Min.

7:46 pm

Minveryork

yw

7:46 pm

jillibus

ach, I give up clueing -- too slow.

7:47 pm

jmcnrick

1

7:47 pm

JenMO16

hi everyone

7:47 pm

jesdraggon

hi jen

7:47 pm

crosshair

howdy jen

7:47 pm

jmcnrick

fw with my last word a fishy se** past tense of mail

7:47 pm

jmcnrick

hi jen

7:47 pm

jillibus

bfn all -- time to think about getting dinner.

7:48 pm

jesdraggon

yay jmc!

7:48 pm

wht

wtg jmc.

7:48 pm

uusue2

hi, jen!

7:48 pm

jmcnrick

bye jilli

7:48 pm

uusue2

and bye, jilli!

7:48 pm

JenMO16

how's everyone?

7:48 pm

jillibus

Hooray for jmc!

7:48 pm

Minveryork

Hi JenMO16! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

7:48 pm

uusue2

and yay, jmc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7:49 pm

jesdraggon

10 left

7:49 pm

JenMO16

i do have some sad news if anyone cares

7:50 pm

BzznBea

What's going on, jen?

7:50 pm

uusue2

oh, no, jen, what?

7:50 pm

JenMO16

remember my parents celebrated their 50th 3 weeks ago

7:50 pm

uusue2

yes.....

7:50 pm

Minveryork

Go jesdraggon go!

7:51 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations jmcnrick on fireworks! Good for you

7:51 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Congrats, jmc!!!!!

7:51 pm

JenMO16

there are 5 couples that are friends of theirs and 4 of them have celebrated their 50th

7:52 pm

JenMO16

ine of the male spouses passed away Monday of a heart attack, the ones that were married the longest

7:52 pm

JenMO16

they were all at the party

7:52 pm

uusue2

oh, dear, that is very sad :-(

7:53 pm

jesdraggon

sorry to hear that, jen

7:53 pm

BzznBea

I'm sure your parents are devastated, Jen.

7:53 pm

wht

That is so sad

7:53 pm

JenMO16

my mother is...they were college friends of hers

7:53 pm

jmcnrick

i am sorry for your parents that is hard

7:54 pm

Nef

Good Evening All.

7:54 pm

uusue2

wow, they had known each other a long time!

7:55 pm

JenMO16

in fact Cec (the spouse) came and got me when i was a year old so my mom could have my new brother in the hospital

7:55 pm

uusue2

hi, nef!

7:55 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Oh, jenMo, I am so sorry to hear this. Bless all of them.

7:55 pm

JenMO16

yes, they have been friends 55 years, uusue2

7:55 pm

uusue2

oh, jen, that is sweet!

7:55 pm

periwinkle

is there an exra word in lickety's list

7:55 pm

Nef

sorry to hear of your family friend's death, Jen.

7:55 pm

periwinkle

se5/14?

7:55 pm

BzznBea

No, peri

7:57 pm

wht

se + African antelope, but change the last letter

7:57 pm

Minveryork

An se 5/14 is s plus anagram of gi 4/6 word periwinkle

7:58 pm

Minveryork

Hi BzznBea! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid.

7:58 pm

Minveryork

Hello Nef! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle.

7:58 pm

periwinkle

babble is not accepting the last se5/14

7:58 pm

uusue2

hi, bea!

7:59 pm

uusue2

gee, I tried every combination of vowels except that one, I think (and it's a word I should know!). Thx, wht and min!

7:59 pm

BzznBea

Hi all.

7:59 pm

Minveryork

yw

7:59 pm

Nef

Hi Min. I'm hanging in there. Got ermission yesterday to drive again!

8:00 pm

uusue2

that is great, nef!

8:00 pm

Minveryork

Good for you Nef! How long were you unable to drive?

8:00 pm

MollyL

Sue, se5/14 is a word you should know????

8:00 pm

uusue2

musical term, molly

8:00 pm

MollyL

Oh, I thought you meant the last one.

8:00 pm

uusue2

it's Italian for si4/6

8:00 pm

Nef

39 days, Min (since surgery)

8:01 pm

dcseain

glad you're doing well, Nef

8:01 pm

dcseain

hello, Nef, sue, Molly, minver, et al

8:01 pm

uusue2

oh, sorry, I still am missing 66 words, different se5/14 obviously!

8:01 pm

uusue2

hi, dc!

8:03 pm

jmcnrick

hi nef and dc

8:03 pm

uusue2

ok, I am starting to find silly non-words again - such as ewoque, little French-speaking guys from Star Wars

8:04 pm

jmcnrick

but bye now i am going to go read this silly chapter

8:04 pm

uusue2

bye, jmc!

8:04 pm

jmcnrick

hahaha uu

8:04 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

8:05 pm

jesdraggon

bye, jam

8:05 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for re6-24 the 1st? Thanks

8:06 pm

wht

I am off as well. Happy Babbling

8:06 pm

MollyL

To go back on a promise Peach.

8:06 pm

uusue2

I have an re6/24 that means to go back on a promise, peach, but I don't know if it's the 1st

8:06 pm

BzznBea

Our four year old grandson is visiting. At dinner tonight he told us that he got a new shirt and shorts at "the store that has all the people that don't move."

8:06 pm

uusue2

OK, I guess it is :-)

8:06 pm

uusue2

cute, bea!

8:06 pm

jesdraggon

it is, uusue

8:06 pm

wht

Re6,24, to have to withdraw a misplayed card in bridge.

8:06 pm

MollyL

The mannequins Bea?

8:06 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks, Molly....I have that one...it's the 1st re6.

8:07 pm

wht

Both or the re6,24 are variants of the same word.

8:07 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks sue.

8:07 pm

BzznBea

Yes, Molly. Can you guess what store they were in?

8:07 pm

MollyL

It is the first re6/24 Peach. Different spelling.

8:08 pm

wht

And now I am really going. Night all.

8:08 pm

MollyL

Um...Macy's?

8:08 pm

uusue2

night, wht!

8:08 pm

BzznBea

Old Navy.

8:08 pm

Nef

niters, wht

8:09 pm

jesdraggon

g'night, wht

8:09 pm

MollyL

Ah, it's been a while since I've been in an Old Navy.

8:09 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks, wht and Molly....I'm still looking.

8:09 pm

jesdraggon

i'm afraid this will be terribly fishy, but to8 please?

8:10 pm

dcseain

hi,jmc, jes, peach. hasta, wht

8:10 pm

BzznBea

ok...off to do some jigsaw puzzles...

8:10 pm

dcseain

njoy, bea

8:10 pm

Nef

Every time I've gotten on here today I've been interrupted. Now that my D-I-L and grandson are gone; I thought I'd have time to play Babble. However, DH seems to be bugging me every 2-3 minutes!

8:10 pm

jesdraggon

bye, bzz

8:10 pm

uusue2

bye, bea!

8:11 pm

dcseain

i'm in and out, as i'm cooking

8:11 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

jes, to4-8 + what clothes you ****(we4-8 the 2nd).

8:11 pm

Nef

bye bzz

8:12 pm

jesdraggon

ok, not as fishy as i thought. thanks :)

8:12 pm

uusue2

strange word, thx, peach!

8:12 pm

dcseain

oh, wow. what a weird word. Ty, peach!

8:12 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Yw

8:13 pm

jesdraggon

fireworks. last word was we6/30

8:13 pm

dcseain

congrats, es

8:14 pm

dcseain

er, jes

8:14 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Congrats, jes!!!!!

8:15 pm

Nef

Yay, jes! WTG!!!

8:15 pm

jesdraggon

it's alright, dc, you can call me "es" if you want to :) I don't mind.

8:17 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

I still can't get the darned re6-24 the 1st. I can't seem to do the anagram of the other re6-24. Please

8:17 pm

jesdraggon

every other letter of the re6/24 is the same vowel, peach

8:17 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi has anyone seen river?

8:18 pm

dcseain

not in a while, i've not, TO, and good evening to you

8:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi, as i remember she lives in vermont, can't think of ay other babblers who do, off the top of my head

8:19 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Ah, thanks much, jes.

8:19 pm

jesdraggon

welcome :)

8:20 pm

dcseain

ty, jes

8:21 pm

dcseain

did you lose power in the storm, TO?

8:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

no sean, lost a few heavy branches on sunday but all in all ok. and you?

8:22 pm

dcseain

power flickered, but never went out. It was very gentle here, not much rain, and moderate winds. 2 towns E of me got much more rain and wind.

8:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

only about 5-6 in, hard to say since the totals varied so much even in a small area

8:23 pm

Nef

I'm glad you guys did all right. I hope all other Babblers are okay too.

8:24 pm

dcseain

only 1.56 inch in my zip code officially.

8:25 pm

dcseain

Vermont's in really, really bad shape. I watched videos of bridges being carried by water under other bridges, and a horse and rider crossing a flooded road to bring medicine into one of the 11 towns that are completely cut off due to flooding.

8:25 pm

MollyL

Poor Nef. You need a break.

8:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

who are our vermont babblers? i am so sorry my memory fails me. blue heron?

8:26 pm

Nef

Molly, it's been tough lately. I don't want to talk about it right now; I DO need a break

8:27 pm

MollyL

I've seen those videos too Seain. It looks like a LOT of damage.

8:27 pm

dcseain

Riverdance is the one i recall, but i'm sure there must be others. I'm betting there's a lot of power outages there, too.

8:27 pm

Nef

I can't think of any Babblers from Vermont off the top of my head.

8:27 pm

MollyL

((((Nef)))))

8:27 pm

Nef

thanks

8:28 pm

72 Temple Owl

tough day nef?

8:29 pm

Nef

tough summer, TO. But I'm here to get my mind off of it tonight. *THIS* is my break! ;-)

8:30 pm

dcseain

it's been much cooler since the hurricane went by. Weirdly early for this pleasant, though i'm not complaining. Here's hoping it's not a harbinger of Winter, though.

8:30 pm

crosshair

crossy offers nef some of his famouse long island iced tea...

8:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

hat is the verdict on this grid?

8:31 pm

Nef

I wish I could drink, crossy. That sounds good

8:31 pm

crosshair

i am finding it a tough go T.O

8:31 pm

dcseain

tough, but not impossible is my assessment, TO

8:31 pm

dcseain

evening, crossy

8:32 pm

dcseain

beans are smelling good, can't wait for the rice to be done. :)

8:32 pm

crosshair

howdy dc

8:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

any words beginning with opp of in?

8:33 pm

dcseain

ou7 only one, TO

8:33 pm

jesdraggon

yes, 2, TO

8:33 pm

welki

hi, folks

8:34 pm

dcseain

2? Hm....

8:34 pm

jesdraggon

ou5/14 and ou7/36

8:34 pm

dcseain

oh, duh

8:34 pm

dcseain

i always miss roots

8:34 pm

dcseain

hi, welki

8:34 pm

jesdraggon

dc, you're missing the present tense

8:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:37 pm

crosshair

ty all for the ou words

8:38 pm

MollyL

I miss roots too. Unless they are on a blond who needs a dye job. Bah-dum-ching.

8:39 pm

Nef

good one Molly

8:41 pm

dcseain

LOL molly

8:42 pm

dcseain

i've never colored my hair, but some hairs grow in striped white and brown or white and red.

8:42 pm

dcseain

until that hair decides to go all white, that is :)

8:43 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

an5-10 the 2ns please.....thanks

8:44 pm

specificity

good evening...

8:44 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

2nd, that is.

8:44 pm

jesdraggon

an + made a paym***

8:44 pm

MollyL

Hair pigmentation can do goofy things with age.

8:44 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Good evening specificity.

8:44 pm

Nef

2nd an 5/10 that I have is licorice flavored

8:45 pm

Nef

NM, I just found another

8:45 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks much, jes and Nef. Just 2 more left.

8:46 pm

dcseain

yay, beans and rice soup turned out tasty. :)

8:46 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Sounds good, dc.

8:46 pm

Nef

sounds good, dc

8:46 pm

BzznBea

First re6?

8:46 pm

dcseain

so i've learned about hair pigmentation, molly

8:47 pm

big red

de 6/33 pls

8:47 pm

dcseain

to go back, like in cards, Bea. Same vowel after each letter

8:48 pm

jesdraggon

re6/24 is to back out of an agreement.

8:48 pm

dcseain

de6.33 ends like 1st syllable of chinese dumpling

8:48 pm

jesdraggon

de6/33 is de+ mr McGregor

8:49 pm

72 Temple Owl

ne8/9 clue pls?

8:49 pm

BzznBea

Thanks.

8:49 pm

dcseain

a rubber like in wet suits or computer cases, TO

8:49 pm

BzznBea

ne8 - synthetic rubber

8:50 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

8:50 pm

dcseain

area

8:51 pm

dcseain

oops

8:51 pm

origami

Howdy pardners ....

8:51 pm

dcseain

hi, origami

8:51 pm

jesdraggon

hi ori

8:52 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi

8:52 pm

Nef

"clue" a word I don't have next time, dc! ;-)

8:52 pm

Nef

hi origami

8:54 pm

dcseain

i'll try, nef :)

8:54 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

en5-14 please....thannks

8:55 pm

jesdraggon

en + what you pay to belong to a club

8:55 pm

dcseain

en5 a foundation

8:55 pm

Nef

en + your rent is ***

8:55 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks so much, Nef.

8:55 pm

dcseain

listen to nef :)

8:56 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks anyway, dc.

8:56 pm

Nef

yw :-)

8:57 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Oh, thanks to you too, jes.

8:58 pm

jesdraggon

welcome

8:58 pm

Nef

WHY do I keep trying to start words from already blackened tiles?

8:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

to 8 plls?

8:59 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Fireworks, finally. Thanks for all the help. See y'all at the flip.

8:59 pm

dcseain

congrats, peach

8:59 pm

Nef

YAY, GA!!! WTG!!!

9:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

yay peachie!

9:01 pm

Jellen

Hello...

9:01 pm

Nef

hi Jellen! Great picture!

9:01 pm

dcseain

evening, jellen

9:02 pm

Jellen

Thanks, Nef

9:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

clue for to8 pls?

9:03 pm

dcseain

clothing to wear in the city, TO

9:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

sign

9:04 pm

MollyL

Yes!

9:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

9:04 pm

72 Temple Owl

13 left, do i stay or go?

9:04 pm

dcseain

:)

9:05 pm

dcseain

oh, stay, you'll find them soon enough.

9:05 pm

Nef

thanks TO.

9:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

uh oh

9:06 pm

Nef

I got 3 words from that clue! :-)

9:06 pm

dcseain

uh oh?

9:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

:)

9:06 pm

dcseain

ah, all good :)

9:06 pm

Jellen

*singing in falsetto* Why don't you stayyy just a little bit longer?

9:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

i think i will tidy up and then deicde, just got home 40 min ago aand pretty tired

9:07 pm

dcseain

sounds like a plan, TO :) be well

9:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

hehehe jell

9:10 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

evenin' all, or mornin' to you if it's that

9:11 pm

Nef

I keep trying words ending in ing (forgot the name of that -- I'm in a sad state of mind tonight) :-/

9:11 pm

Nef

hi Gwen

9:12 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

'sup nef?

9:12 pm

Jellen

Hi, Gwen...

9:13 pm

Nef

I think I'm brain dead tonight

9:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

'sup jell?

9:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ouch, sounds painful nef! lol

9:13 pm

dcseain

evening, gwen

9:13 pm

Jellen

infinitive?

9:14 pm

dcseain

gerunds are big phantom this grid indeed

9:14 pm

MollyL

*Switches the N and the E so Nef will have her ing ending*

9:14 pm

Jellen

Gerund...sigh! I'm brain dead too...

9:14 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hiya dc

9:14 pm

MollyL

Split gerunds!

9:15 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

give up on the -ing and add -ie to some words intead . . .

9:15 pm

Nef

GERUNDS! Thanks, dc <hugs dc for helping my brain out

9:15 pm

Nef

Thanks Molly! Now convince the grid that that's Okay!

9:16 pm

MollyL

Remember those little plastic puzzles we had as kids, where you could slide the letters around? That is what we need. : )

9:16 pm

Nef

Gwen, I'll try that and am hoping it helps!

9:16 pm

dcseain

i was playing with one of those the other week, molly

9:16 pm

Nef

agreed, Molly

9:19 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yeah but not as much fun as lego lol

9:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

re6/7 pls? (back)

9:23 pm

Nef

(not having much luck with the ie endings yet; 78 left to go!

9:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

i found a great old word game called lexicon, it is like solitaire with letters. i love it

9:26 pm

Nef

I've heard the name but have never se4/4 it before, TO

9:26 pm

dcseain

try TO words, nef

9:28 pm

dcseain

then a different pair of vowels at the end of that same TO word

9:29 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

so far i have ge5, ge6, de6, to6, to7, we6, we7, all using that ending (some are plurals, though)

9:29 pm

Nef

thanks, TO

9:29 pm

dcseain

indeed, Gwen

9:29 pm

dcseain

i'll have to check it out, TO. is it board or online?

9:30 pm

Nef

Wow, Gwen; I better look a lot harder now!

9:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(okay, one's not exactly a plural, it's a conjugated verb)

9:31 pm

72 Temple Owl

card

9:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(or something like that, not good with the terminologicals)

9:31 pm

dcseain

cool, i'll look for it :)

9:32 pm

72 Temple Owl

ok pls did someone clue those re? cause now they are all i ne4/5

9:32 pm

dcseain

some good quality EVOO and rice vinegar can so pull a dish together.

9:33 pm

dcseain

re6/7 -- to re6 on a contract

9:33 pm

dcseain

re5 -- make as was when fresh

9:33 pm

dcseain

re5/6 -- alt spelling of re 6/7

9:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

TY dc!

9:33 pm

dcseain

re5.18 ends rather like a chinese dumpling

9:33 pm

72 Temple Owl

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1938-P
arker-Bros-Crossword-Lexicon-Card-Game
-/250871132658

9:33 pm

negativeneil

re5,18 -- pale again?

9:34 pm

Nef

thanks Gwen, I got those ie words you clued now! :-)

9:34 pm

dcseain

re5.20 is a past tense verb

9:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

8-D

9:34 pm

negativeneil

re5,20 -- marry again

9:34 pm

dcseain

oh, good one, neil

9:34 pm

72 Temple Owl

re6/7 combp

9:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

ty

9:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

and seain, did you really say "evoo"?!

9:35 pm

Jellen

Hi, Neil

9:35 pm

negativeneil

Similar to the re5/6 combo... different vowel, then same vowel again on the end.

9:36 pm

negativeneil

Hi, Jellen.

9:36 pm

dcseain

easier than typing out Extra Virgin Olive Oil, so yes, yes i did

9:36 pm

negativeneil

Sorry I couldn't respond earlier Jellen. Had a crash.

9:36 pm

72 Temple Owl

time t o go, night friends

9:36 pm

Jellen

Oh no! Hope no one was injured!

9:37 pm

Jellen

G'night, TO

9:37 pm

negativeneil

Computer crash, Jellen.

9:37 pm

dcseain

g'night TO :)

9:37 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(thinking, so that's what evoo is, and relieved i didn't have to ask)

9:37 pm

dcseain

LOL indeed it is, Gwen :)

9:37 pm

Jellen

Ooooh, I would have never guessed, lol...

9:37 pm

negativeneil

Obviously I wasn't out in my car, since you messaged me and I suddenly went offline. Had to reboot!

9:39 pm

Jellen

<---not a real dumb blonde

9:39 pm

dcseain

de5.16, pls?

9:39 pm

Nef

I guess I'm not the only Rachel Raye fan, dc!

9:39 pm

Jellen

Not really blonde, for that matter...

9:40 pm

dcseain

no, and it's a common acronym in a FB community i'm in called Too Many Chefs

9:40 pm

dcseain

we share recipes :)

9:40 pm

negativeneil

I won't de**** to answer that, Seain. That rhymes!

9:41 pm

negativeneil

[fhymes with your name]

9:41 pm

dcseain

oy. ty

9:41 pm

negativeneil

Oy uvracha? Haha. yw!

9:42 pm

Jellen

se 5/14, the first, please?

9:42 pm

dcseain

italian si4, jellen, musical term da se5 al capo

9:43 pm

dcseain

er, del se5 al capo rather

9:44 pm

Jellen

Grazie (sp?)!

9:44 pm

dcseain

do nada

9:44 pm

negativeneil

se + gerund ending anagrammed?

9:45 pm

dcseain

neil, i know not the meaning of uv'racha

9:45 pm

negativeneil

Oh, you got it?

9:45 pm

dcseain

but it's not, neil

9:45 pm

Jellen

Si, Neil

9:45 pm

dcseain

ah, last one is, my bad

9:45 pm

dcseain

that's the plural

9:46 pm

negativeneil

Oh, Seain? When someone says "shalom" to you, do you not say "shalom uvracha"? [like saying "shalom back at'chya"]

9:46 pm

negativeneil

Or "peace to you too", basically.

9:46 pm

dcseain

never heard the term before

9:46 pm

negativeneil

Really? That's surprising.

9:46 pm

Jellen

uvracha is back at'cha?

9:47 pm

negativeneil

No, Jellen. Not exactly!

9:47 pm

negativeneil

Or literally. :P

9:47 pm

Jellen

lol

9:47 pm

dcseain

so uvracha in hebrew like walaykum in arabic?

9:47 pm

negativeneil

I don't speak Arabic, so couldn't tell you.

9:48 pm

dcseain

hm. or more like akbar perhaps, will need to investigate :)

9:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hey, you're on the interwebs, you can look it up LOL

9:49 pm

negativeneil

Yeah, if I wasn't busy in a couple of different chat windows besides this, maybe I could.

9:49 pm

Jellen

re 6/24, the first (please forgive if already clued)...

9:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

multichatting! lol

9:50 pm

dcseain

1st re6 -- to not make good on a bid/bet.

9:51 pm

dcseain

firewords

9:51 pm

dcseain

9:51 pm

gremlinn

fireworks unaided

9:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hey hey hey dc !!!!! ~~~~~ !!!!!

9:51 pm

Nef

YAY, dc! WTG!!!

9:52 pm

dcseain

congrats, grem

9:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and gremlinn !!!!! ~~~~~ !!!!!

9:52 pm

Nef

Yay Gremlinn!! WTG!!!

9:52 pm

gremlinn

took a while!

9:52 pm

gremlinn

ty

9:52 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

still have 51 to go and still have one tile with a 0 in it!

9:53 pm

Nef

Which tile, Gwen? Can we give hints?

9:53 pm

Jellen

Hooray for dc and gremlinn!

9:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

just got it, NBT woot

9:54 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

propriety be damned, i'm opening the list lol

9:54 pm

dcseain

go, go Gwen :)

9:54 pm

Nef

WTG, Gwen! Keep going!

9:55 pm

gremlinn

how come if anti+we4 is a word, pro+we4 isn't? Not enough people on the pro side, I guess.

9:56 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

lordy i'm feeling de5 cuz i just found de5

9:57 pm

gremlinn

The first de5 was one of my last words found - too many silent letters

9:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

no, not the difficult de5, the "easy" de5. meaning thick. UGH!

10:05 pm

negativeneil

At least you found it, Gwen.

10:06 pm

Jellen

Belated thanks, dc...

10:06 pm

negativeneil

So you're not that de5,12 after all. ;)

10:07 pm

negativeneil

Hmm... maybe not, gremlinn?

10:07 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

jes slightly

10:07 pm

negativeneil

[to your comment at 9:55 pm]

10:08 pm

dcseain

wow. i finished the sudoku today. it said expert, but was rather easy

10:08 pm

gremlinn

I was talking about de5/16

10:08 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yup! lol

10:09 pm

gremlinn

oh...wrong comment

10:09 pm

gremlinn

I forgot about that comment

10:09 pm

negativeneil

I found it easy, Seain.

10:09 pm

negativeneil

I did it last night after it flipped... after doing this grid.

10:10 pm

dcseain

yes, you're much quicker with them than i am.

10:10 pm

negativeneil

I don't know how they rate the difficulty of them, but I often find the puzzles don't match the rating.

10:10 pm

dcseain

that was my 3rd go-back to finish it.

10:10 pm

dcseain

i get frustrated after a bit and go away

10:10 pm

negativeneil

Aww.

10:11 pm

dcseain

turns out i needed the break, it just all fell into place this time. I've also been doing reading about technique at http://sudoku.pauls-pc-repair.com/

10:12 pm

JenMO16

firewords for me!

10:12 pm

mrpresident

hi dcs! how is job hunting going darling :)

10:12 pm

mrpresident

hi neil (hugs)

10:12 pm

dcseain

congrats, jen

10:12 pm

mrpresident

on ya jen :))

10:12 pm

dcseain

slowly, mrp, though i have a couple recruiters working with me now.

10:12 pm

negativeneil

That can often happen, Seain... with different types of puzzles, too. Oh yes? There are a lot of web pages with Sudoku technique and tips!

10:12 pm

dcseain

how you doing, mrp?

10:13 pm

negativeneil

Hi mrp and hugs back! How the heck are you?

10:13 pm

negativeneil

How did the surgery go?

10:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

woo hoo, i filled in 8,80 on my chart of word scores!

10:13 pm

dcseain

drwho's makes more sense to me than others i've read

10:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hi there mrP!

10:13 pm

negativeneil

I added you on Flickr and sent you a message there btw.

10:13 pm

Uneaixoise

mrp, Rafa won his first match at the US Open tonite in 3 sets!! :-)

10:13 pm

dcseain

nice, une :)

10:14 pm

negativeneil

Hi Une! Who is Rafa?

10:14 pm

mrpresident

i actually saw it too!

10:14 pm

Uneaixoise

great!!

10:14 pm

negativeneil

Haha, can't you tell I don't follow tennis at all?

10:14 pm

mrpresident

surgery went well! check my bio!

10:14 pm

Jellen

Hi, mrp and une!

10:14 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, neil . . . men's tennis champion from Spain

10:14 pm

negativeneil

Great... checking it!

10:14 pm

mrpresident

hi jellen!

10:14 pm

Uneaixoise

mrp, soooo glad surgery went well!!

10:15 pm

Uneaixoise

hey, jellen :-)

10:15 pm

mrpresident

such relief!!

10:15 pm

mrpresident

i couldnt care less about my pain at the moment, just happy

10:15 pm

mrpresident

oh cool neil! will have a look at pics later :)

10:16 pm

negativeneil

So glad to hear that, mrp!

10:16 pm

negativeneil

Your news in your bio, that is.

10:16 pm

negativeneil

Do you have something to take for the pain?

10:17 pm

dcseain

found the contact request, but no message as yet :)

10:17 pm

mrpresident

i have good pain meds yes! :)

10:17 pm

negativeneil

Who's that to, Seain? I was talking to mrp there.

10:17 pm

negativeneil

We're already connected on there!

10:18 pm

negativeneil

Glad to hear it, mrp... hope they're very effective.

10:18 pm

dcseain

ah, okay :)

10:18 pm

dcseain

and that is great news, mrp!

10:19 pm

negativeneil

Sure is. I'm toasting you with my mug of tea!

10:19 pm

mrpresident

oh yes! smiling all day today

10:19 pm

mrpresident

thanks :)

10:19 pm

negativeneil

:)

10:20 pm

negativeneil

I can imagine... what a relief!

10:20 pm

mrpresident

meds are so effective, I occassional fall asleep on the keyboard! sorry if I disappear at times :)

10:21 pm

negativeneil

Aww. No problem mrp... just don't do a face-plant on the keyboard. The key impressions aren't very attractive in one's forehead.

10:22 pm

mrpresident

hahaha !! promise i won't!!

10:23 pm

dcseain

i used to fall asleep in my typewriter back when. usually the right side of my face was waffled when i awoke.

10:26 pm

negativeneil

Ouch. Seain.

10:30 pm

Ping

Hi gang!

10:31 pm

Ping

NN I just tried to add you on + did you disappear?

10:31 pm

herinfernallady

HIiiiiiiiiiiiiii

10:31 pm

Ping

greetings, fern lady!

10:32 pm

Jellen

Hi, Ping and herin!

10:33 pm

herinfernallady

Mr Pres You betters?

10:33 pm

Ping

Hi J!

10:33 pm

herinfernallady

Or you can chat to me on FB

10:33 pm

herinfernallady

Hi PIng and Jellen and Seian and Neil

10:33 pm

mrpresident

hi ping and infern! doing ok thanks hun :)

10:33 pm

mrpresident

i just got some company come around to see me... i have to disappear for a bit... bbs

10:33 pm

Ping

sending good vibes your way daily, mrp!

10:33 pm

Nef

hi mrp, Ping, and herin. I was off taking care of Aunty for a while there

10:34 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Nef

10:34 pm

Ping

hey nef

10:35 pm

dcseain

hi, ping and herin

10:36 pm

Ping

hi dc

10:36 pm

Nef

mrp, great news for you! Congrats!

10:36 pm

Nef

and herin, I still love your icon pic. It's just so calming to look at

10:37 pm

herinfernallady

I took that

10:37 pm

herinfernallady

ANd Yah Mr Pres I am glad you are not as sick as it was first though

10:38 pm

Ping

me too, mrp

10:38 pm

Nef

I love that picture, herin! It's beautiful

10:38 pm

herinfernallady

Sorry if I don't make sense

10:41 pm

negativeneil

Sorry Ping! I'm here now.

10:41 pm

negativeneil

Hi people.

10:42 pm

negativeneil

I don't see any notice about that, Ping? What happened, didn't it work?

10:42 pm

Ping

Hi NN - I tried to add you but you were no longer on my list

10:43 pm

negativeneil

I don't know how that could be, if you added me?

10:43 pm

herinfernallady

I for one didn't break it for a change

10:43 pm

negativeneil

Oh, I didn't add you initially, because of that privacy issue I explained in the message?

10:44 pm

Ping

maybe that's it

10:44 pm

negativeneil

I just sent a message to you, but didn't add you yet.

10:44 pm

negativeneil

I think?

10:44 pm

negativeneil

Yes, I'm pretty sure.

10:44 pm

Ping

i will reread your message and try again

10:44 pm

negativeneil

I'll add you now though, if you wouildn't mind changing those things?

10:44 pm

negativeneil

Thanks! :)

10:45 pm

Ping

i'll try

10:45 pm

herinfernallady

I would like to know why the goose is single but you can't have geese even though it is a word

10:48 pm

negativeneil

Just added you on there, Ping.

10:48 pm

negativeneil

Good question... about the goose/geese.

10:49 pm

mrpresident

ok, getting me some lunch

10:49 pm

mrpresident

i like company that goes out for me and does nice stuff like that

10:49 pm

negativeneil

Enjoy it, mrp. :)

10:49 pm

negativeneil

Yes!

10:50 pm

negativeneil

You should be spoiled right now.

10:50 pm

herinfernallady

Enaable is silly

10:50 pm

herinfernallady

Lovely MR Pres

10:50 pm

negativeneil

I think it's mis-named. It should be called 'disable' sometimes.

10:50 pm

mrpresident

i don't think that is the issue... geese doesn't join up with the letter

10:51 pm

negativeneil

The Hawaiian geese do, mrp.

10:52 pm

mrpresident

ah, just saw that!

10:53 pm

Jellen

Hmm...Neil, have you checked my google+ page to determine that I set it up correctly?

10:53 pm

herinfernallady

I have so much to do an a big fat zero motivation

10:54 pm

negativeneil

Uhhh, don't think so Jellen?

10:54 pm

negativeneil

I'll have to do that a little later.

10:54 pm

negativeneil

In the middle of something here.

10:56 pm

Ping

taking off now - good to see everyone!

10:56 pm

Jellen

No problem...I'm reasonably sure I did it correctly...just had a pang of uncertainty come out of nowhere...

10:56 pm

Jellen

Bye, Ping...

10:58 pm

negativeneil

Aww don't worry, Jellen. I'm sure it's fine... I'll check later. Not the biggest concern.

11:00 pm

herinfernallady

Right I have to go drag my behind of the couch to do house hold chores. Later gators

11:02 pm

Jellen

Bye, herin...

11:02 pm

herinfernallady

Laters

11:03 pm

negativeneil

Just checked it Jellen... looks perfect to me.

11:04 pm

negativeneil

Are you connected with my stepmom on there, Jellen? You share something in common... locations.

11:04 pm

negativeneil

And a love of books... she's an author.

11:05 pm

vorbis

oh wow i knew i could figure out login details of my original babble account if i tried hard enough

11:05 pm

Jellen

No, neil, I'm not...

11:05 pm

vorbis

last time i did the grid on this account was the 2nd week of babble's existence

11:05 pm

negativeneil

Oh, ok. You'll find her in my circles of course.

11:05 pm

negativeneil

Her name is Amy.

11:05 pm

Jellen

wb, vorbis!

11:06 pm

vorbis

you might know me under my other account, with joshua in front of the vorbis

11:06 pm

negativeneil

Wow, vorbis. That's a long break!

11:06 pm

Jellen

Will add her directly...

11:06 pm

negativeneil

Welcome back, at looong last.

11:06 pm

negativeneil

I sure do.

11:06 pm

negativeneil

So I'll just call you Josh.

11:07 pm

negativeneil

I have more than one accountn too, haha! I was cheap and made new ones, so I could see the tile stats... before I figured out if I'd enjoy this enough to upgrade.

11:07 pm

negativeneil

Account, even.

11:07 pm

negativeneil

This was the first one I made though.

11:08 pm

vorbis

i wish i could have just kept this account all along, but i forgot what email address i had signed up with ages ago

11:08 pm

vorbis

i participated in the very first grid way back in the day, and a few more, and then forgot all about it until a year or two ago

11:16 pm

Jellen

Fireworks!

11:16 pm

Nef

YAY, Jellen! WTG!!!

11:19 pm

Jellen

Only 23 hours later than some people, but still...

11:22 pm

negativeneil

So what, Jellen? You finished, that's the main thing. Congrats! :)

11:22 pm

negativeneil

Oh really, Josh?

11:22 pm

negativeneil

Oh, so you finally remembered which email address you registered that first account with?

11:23 pm

negativeneil

Are you going to upgrade that account, or just keep using your other one?

11:28 pm

negativeneil

Oh, he left. Oh well.

11:43 pm

Flask1

clue for en5/14 please?

11:44 pm

Nef

en + the rent is ***

11:44 pm

Minveryork

en5/14 is en + return library book when it is ***Flask1

11:44 pm

Minveryork

S's Stomped! 1 left

11:45 pm

Flask1

thanx

11:45 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks! an7/32 was my last word

11:45 pm

Nef

I have 40 left; I'm hoping tomorrow's grid (or my life) allows me to finish it

11:45 pm

Nef

YAY, Min!!!! WTG!!!

11:48 pm

negativeneil

Congrats, Min... and hi.

11:48 pm

Minveryork

Hi neil, thank you! I forgot I had 4 words left to enter

11:49 pm

Minveryork

Glad I remembered before the flip.Now looking for an endangered species icon for the next icon theme.

11:49 pm

negativeneil

Oh, I see!

11:49 pm

negativeneil

Icon theme?

11:49 pm

negativeneil

I never do those.

11:49 pm

negativeneil

I would if there was one easy enough, maybe.

11:50 pm

negativeneil

That didn't involve any searching.

11:50 pm

negativeneil

Like... posting a childhood photo.

11:50 pm

Minveryork

Everyday there is a diiferent icon theme.I do them if I like that theme. If not, then I just do my own thing.

11:50 pm

Nef

hi neil. I've had chat covered so I could try to finish; but too many interruptions didme in

11:53 pm

Nef

I never do the themes. I love them; but I can't find how to do them and can't get here each day. I really enjoy seeing all of the other people's icons though....

11:58 pm

Minveryork

It's really easy to do icon themes. You get the theme from Sprite's profile page. Then go to Google Images to find the picture you want.Copy the address in the address bar. Goto My Account on Babble page & click edit under your picture. Then paste the address into the first box. Sounds like a lot of steps, but it is easy.

11:59 pm

Minveryork

Any guesses for the next grid size? I guess 541 words

11:59 pm

gremlinn

173

11:59 pm

flosey

Neil, if you're interested, here are the next few icon themes:Thu 01 Sep - Delftware (sprite)
Fri 02 Sep - Take A Word From The Grid - then our icons will also be clues (harpjane)
Sat 03 Sep - Lakes (sprite)
Sun 04 Sep - Waterfalls (sprite)

11:59 pm

vanillaslice

226

12:00 am

flosey

I'll say half of that vanilla, 113

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