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FINAL SCORES

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ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
jillibus

flipDelftware is a kind of pottery that was created in the Netherlands, coming into production and circulation around 1884. Delftware is probably best known as white pottery that is decorated with blue artwork.
Previously, pottery making in the Netherlands was quite simple and usually just standard earthenware. To compete with Chinese trading, Delftware initially created many pieces that were decorated in blue with Chinese scenery. After a short while, Dutch images were added onto the pottery, as well as flowers and decorative patterns. These items ranged from simple to intricate, and came in a wide variety.
Delftware began to receive recognition not only in the Netherlands, but in surrounding countries in West Europe. With the rise in popularity of Delftware, there were 33 potteries within the city of Delft creating these works. Unfortunately, due to the popularity of Wedgwood and other British pottery companies, many of these potteries had to shut down in the late 1800s, and were unable to compete with the porcelain creations in England. Delftware is still considered a highly collectible brand of pottery, and each item is marked on its base by one of those 33 potteries.
12:00 am
dart001

flip
12:00 am
flosey

flip
12:00 am
jillibus

Oops! Didn
12:00 am
MLFAN17

hello
12:00 am
jmcnrick

rats i missed the flip
12:00 am
jillibus

Oops -- didn't mean to do that!
12:00 am
flosey

did you paste that into the wrong box jilli?
12:01 am
MLFAN17

TA6
12:01 am
Fauxmage

Haha!
12:01 am
negativeneil

Oh darn... flip!
12:01 am
jmcnrick

haha learned a lot about delfware!
12:01 am
hootowl

Howdy all - remind me NOT to stay more than an hour pleeessseee!
12:01 am
MLFAN17

but jill you did it so well lol
12:01 am
negativeneil

Haha, hootowl!
12:01 am
jmcnrick

i'll remind you right before i leave hoot
12:02 am
VolleymomDee

flip and hi all
12:02 am
hootowl

thank you
12:02 am
dart001

hi volley
12:02 am
hootowl

got to bed at 2:40 last night!
12:02 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:02 am
MLFAN17

AU 7/8
12:02 am
negativeneil

au7
12:02 am
jillibus

It's what I put in my profile. I hit the wrong keys when I did the flip instead of just hitting Enter.
12:02 am
jmcnrick

ty lickety
12:02 am
negativeneil

Yes, MLFAN.
12:02 am
MLFAN17

lol nelll
12:03 am
Erda

Thank you very much, Lickety!!!
12:03 am
negativeneil

au7/32
12:03 am
flosey

oh, thanks lickety
12:03 am
negativeneil

We were entering that at the same time I guess?
12:03 am
MLFAN17

PE6
12:03 am
jillibus

Thank you Lickety!
12:03 am
MLFAN17

nell probably:)
12:03 am
MLFAN17

i have a 6/7 though wonder if its the same?
12:04 am
MLFAN17

LO6
12:04 am
rururocks

au8
12:04 am
VolleymomDee

hi ru how are you feeling today?
12:04 am
MLFAN17

ruru is that by itself?
12:04 am
negativeneil

Hi ruru!
12:04 am
VolleymomDee

sh 7
12:04 am
rururocks

au 7/8
12:05 am
negativeneil

Pain any better?
12:05 am
rururocks

hey neil
12:05 am
jillibus

Hello ruru -- leg better?
12:05 am
rururocks

no.. it's not unfortunately
12:05 am
rururocks

I won't be here long
12:05 am
MLFAN17

SH 5 6 7
12:05 am
negativeneil

Oh, sorry. :(
12:05 am
jillibus

going to the ER then? Or your doc?
12:05 am
VolleymomDee

so sorry to hear... doc on the horizon then...
12:05 am
jmcnrick

oh too bad ru
12:06 am
MLFAN17

HA6
12:06 am
cosdem

mlf --- is it actually sh 5,6,7,6
12:06 am
rururocks

I have an appt for next week.. my friend got me in. I have to have an MRI done first
12:07 am
negativeneil

re7 and re8
12:07 am
negativeneil

Oh good, ruru!
12:07 am
VolleymomDee

great!! as it should be! now if you can just plug along until then
12:07 am
MLFAN17

cos only three i have but could be
12:07 am
cosdem

plural the 5 maybe mlf?
12:07 am
negativeneil

as7
12:07 am
MLFAN17

lol duhh thanks cos
12:08 am
jillibus

oh good, ruru -- that's with the SF doc?
12:08 am
negativeneil

pe6 & 7
12:08 am
cosdem

yw :)
12:08 am
cosdem

NBS...
12:08 am
jillibus

wtg cos
12:08 am
VolleymomDee

hi dart
12:08 am
cosdem

need an u for nbt
12:08 am
jmcnrick

me too cosd
12:09 am
MLFAN17

NO6
12:09 am
dizgrannie

cist
12:10 am
negativeneil

There are 7 "u" words. Found those.
12:10 am
dizgrannie

damn!!
12:10 am
MLFAN17

OU6
12:10 am
MLFAN17

ty diz didnt have that one
12:10 am
dart001

un 4/5
12:10 am
VolleymomDee

ou 6 ou 7
12:11 am
dizgrannie

NBT & NBS
12:11 am
MLFAN17

PA6
12:11 am
jmcnrick

nbt
12:11 am
cosdem

nbt/nbs thanks dart
12:11 am
flosey

nbt
12:11 am
jillibus

nbt thanks to the 2-toed sloth
12:11 am
VolleymomDee

re 7 x 2
12:12 am
jmcnrick

okay hoot here is your warning: DON'T STAY UP LATE!!!
12:12 am
jmcnrick

bye all
12:12 am
jillibus

wtg flosey, jmc, diz, any other nbt-ers
12:12 am
cosdem

off to eat dinner and watch a nightmare on elm street
12:12 am
cosdem

gl all
12:12 am
jillibus

bye jmc
12:12 am
MLFAN17

could i have the stats for the 2ND N on the first column please?
12:13 am
jillibus

ttfn cos
12:13 am
flosey

ni4/9
12:13 am
dizgrannie

ni 5
12:14 am
MLFAN17

thank you got it
12:14 am
VolleymomDee

hi flosey diz cos jm mlf ...anyone I missed
12:14 am
MLFAN17

hi dee
12:14 am
dizgrannie

Hi Dee
12:14 am
flosey

hi Dee
12:16 am
VolleymomDee

nbt nbs
12:16 am
MLFAN17

ES6
12:16 am
VolleymomDee

lots of u's... hmmm
12:16 am
jillibus

wtg dee
12:17 am
VolleymomDee

ty jili
12:17 am
jillibus

nbs
12:17 am
joshuavorbis

hi and nbt
12:17 am
MLFAN17

22nd column 2ND u stats please?
12:17 am
MLFAN17

hi josh
12:18 am
jillibus

hi and wtg josh
12:18 am
VolleymomDee

un 4/6
12:18 am
MLFAN17

2 oops lol
12:18 am
VolleymomDee

hi josh wtg
12:18 am
dizgrannie

8's done...au and re
12:18 am
MLFAN17

thanks dee
12:19 am
VolleymomDee

wtg diz
12:19 am
dizgrannie

ty
12:19 am
MLFAN17

5TH COLUMN E stats please for nbt?
12:20 am
flosey

er4/4
12:20 am
negativeneil

et5/12, et6/21
12:20 am
negativeneil

Oh was that wrong? Sorry!
12:20 am
MLFAN17

duhh got it thanks
12:21 am
MLFAN17

nbt
12:21 am
VolleymomDee

volcano...
12:21 am
flosey

could be neil, I don't have any ets
12:21 am
flosey

thanks Dee, now I do
12:21 am
jillibus

ty dee
12:21 am
VolleymomDee

wtg... can't believe I beat jili on finding that :)
12:22 am
negativeneil

I thought those had to come from the 5th column?
12:22 am
rururocks

I have fr 4 and 5 out of the corner does anyone have the stats on the other two?
12:22 am
jillibus

well, I got the 2-toes sloth instead, dee, lol!
12:22 am
flosey

I believe they did neil
12:22 am
joshuavorbis

fr5 and pl
12:22 am
rururocks

lu 4/5
12:22 am
negativeneil

Brother en francais, ruru.
12:22 am
dcseain

fr 5.6.4.5
12:22 am
negativeneil

And plural, of course.
12:23 am
negativeneil

Oh stats, sorry!
12:23 am
negativeneil

Ugh. I'm too tired.
12:23 am
jillibus

merci, neil
12:23 am
rururocks

jeez..
12:23 am
negativeneil

fr5/16, fr6,27
12:23 am
rururocks

je suis stupide
12:23 am
jillibus

je suis heureux!
12:24 am
negativeneil

Je ne suis pas en d'accord. If that's even right?
12:24 am
joshuavorbis

phant nauseous
12:24 am
negativeneil

[trying to remember my high school French now]
12:24 am
VolleymomDee

te 7 x 2
12:25 am
jillibus

I don't think you needed both the en and the d', neil
12:25 am
VolleymomDee

ooou cannot remember the 2 toed sloth hmmm
12:25 am
rururocks

on6
12:25 am
rururocks

are you playing possum dee?
12:26 am
jillibus

dee, it got me nbt because I needed the U
12:26 am
VolleymomDee

lol
12:26 am
negativeneil

Maybe not, jilli? Don't know, don't remember.
12:27 am
VolleymomDee

ty ty jili got the sing and the pl!!
12:27 am
rururocks

te7
12:27 am
mrpresident

afternoon all :)
12:28 am
dart001

hey mrp
12:28 am
rururocks

our favorite referee
12:28 am
jillibus

wd dee!
12:28 am
mrpresident

dart !! ((hugs))!!
12:28 am
jillibus

hi mrp -- how are you feeling today?
12:28 am
mrpresident

hey ruuster! **kisses**
12:28 am
VolleymomDee

ty jili hi mrp
12:28 am
mrpresident

hi dee, jilli, neil et al :)
12:29 am
Flask1

morning all....am late today!
12:29 am
Flask1

nous
12:29 am
rururocks

entre .. covering for flask
12:29 am
jillibus

hello flask -- what would you like in the PB?
12:30 am
mrpresident

hi flask :)
12:30 am
Flask1

some nice hot croissants please....
12:31 am
negativeneil

That's appropriate, for a French word.
12:31 am
jillibus

coming right up
12:31 am
rururocks

except croissant is in the grid
12:31 am
rururocks

just kidding
12:32 am
jillibus

ah, but it's english too, neil -- totally different meaning
12:32 am
rururocks

I don't mean to be a pan au chuckalot
12:33 am
VolleymomDee

odd lu 5/14 with no def...
12:33 am
mrpresident

har har ruustar!!
12:38 am
Flask1

nbt
12:39 am
rururocks

an6 .. no butts about it
12:39 am
VolleymomDee

lol just typed that in...
12:39 am
negativeneil

Yes jilli, but since Flask asked for croissants, I said that.
12:39 am
jillibus

grrr -- French for brother is ok, but French for father isn't.
12:40 am
negativeneil

Sorry... been doing the Sudoku puzzle.
12:40 am
rururocks

you were a little behind me on that one dee?
12:40 am
VolleymomDee

new word au 6/39...
12:41 am
Flask1

nbs
12:41 am
VolleymomDee

ax 6/33
12:41 am
jillibus

wtg flask
12:41 am
negativeneil

Hi mrp!
12:41 am
VolleymomDee

wtg flask
12:41 am
Flask1

thanks!
12:42 am
VolleymomDee

pr 7/32
12:42 am
Flask1

Jillibus.....thanks for the croissants....and coffee!
12:43 am
jillibus

yw, flask, haha
12:47 am
Jellen

Hi all...
12:47 am
VolleymomDee

hi jell!
12:47 am
jillibus

hi jellen
12:47 am
Jellen

Oh, I forgot to eat dinner...:-(
12:48 am
jillibus

neil, how long did it take you to finish this time?
12:48 am
negativeneil

Forgot to? Hi, Jellen. Get some food!
12:48 am
VolleymomDee

oops... time for cereal then jell
12:48 am
jillibus

Wow, jellen!
12:48 am
negativeneil

I didn't time it, jilli.
12:49 am
negativeneil

Paid on attention to the time... maybe Laura did though, ask her?
12:49 am
Jellen

I did snack a little while I was reading...
12:49 am
jillibus

I think you should, neil, and post it so we can keep track, lol!
12:49 am
negativeneil

Do you ask other people to do that too?
12:49 am
jillibus

How would Laura know?
12:49 am
negativeneil

I just killed the Sudoku puzzle too... but it was rated "easy" and this time the rating was accurate.
12:49 am
Fauxmage

10:20
12:50 am
Jellen

Ooh, I can set up a spreadsheet and create a graphical representation of Neil's times!
12:50 am
negativeneil

Because she's on here with me and I told her when I finished.
12:50 am
hootowl

I'm gone! Nighty night all
12:50 am
negativeneil

Oh, so 20 minutes I guess?
12:50 am
jillibus

No, neil, it's just that you're **Special**.
12:50 am
jillibus

On "here"?
12:50 am
negativeneil

Oh geez, Jellen. I'll Babble silently in future, haha!
12:50 am
Fauxmage

Yeah.
12:50 am
negativeneil

Yes, as in online?
12:50 am
Jellen

haha
12:51 am
negativeneil

I'm special? Why is that?
12:51 am
Fauxmage

Because you can smoke from your bellybutton Neazle. :P
12:51 am
jillibus

You're so fast at Babble -- way ahead of us Dull Normals :-)
12:51 am
negativeneil

Oh geez! haha!
12:51 am
Jellen

I'm exceedingly miffed at myself...
12:51 am
VolleymomDee

odd pe 7/36 def
a broad-brimmed hat worn by the ancient Greeks, such as one with wings on either side as traditionally worn by Mercury
12:51 am
negativeneil

Sure Laura... tell them all my secrets now.
12:52 am
rururocks

filtered or unfiltered laura?
12:52 am
negativeneil

I'm just a word nerd, jilli. You should see me play Letterblox on OMGPOP. People leave my matches. They run away!
12:52 am
jillibus

When you say "online" I guess you mean MSN or something?
12:52 am
rururocks

hmmm I wouldn't run neil
12:52 am
Fauxmage

Unfiltered. Neazle is a tough guy.
12:53 am
rururocks

a marlbelly guy huh?
12:53 am
rururocks

marlboro.. oops
12:53 am
jillibus

Well, that's the joy of Babble -- it's not a competition.
12:53 am
VolleymomDee

re 7 x 3
12:53 am
Fauxmage

:P
12:54 am
negativeneil

Laura is referring to this photo:
http://tinyurl.com/NL-BBsmoke
12:54 am
negativeneil

[me on the far right in the plaid bermudas]
12:55 am
rururocks

plaid bermudas? omg
12:55 am
negativeneil

Yeah, something wrong with that?
12:55 am
jillibus

Haha, I see!
12:55 am
rururocks

not if you live in florida
12:56 am
negativeneil

That was in Florida actually, haha! We were on Miami beach at the time.
12:56 am
Fauxmage

Or if you're a dork. ;)
12:56 am
rururocks

well .. then .. that explains that
12:57 am
mrpresident

yep, I go with dork on that one
12:57 am
rururocks

(wasn't going there faux)
12:57 am
negativeneil

And I'm a dork, don't forget, ruru.
12:57 am
Fauxmage

Haha!
12:57 am
negativeneil

Well I am a dork... and proud of it!
12:57 am
jillibus

Better than you speedo, ruru!
12:57 am
negativeneil

So thank you Laura and mrp!
12:57 am
mrpresident

i'll raise your dork and see you with a geek
12:58 am
rururocks

yes.. much better jilli
12:58 am
negativeneil

Speedo? Wow... I don't wear those.
12:58 am
dart001

dont let ruru raise his dork
12:58 am
jillibus

ruru does
12:58 am
rururocks

I don't either
12:58 am
jillibus

hehe
12:59 am
negativeneil

I won't ask, dart001. I just won't!
1:00 am
rururocks

sticks and stones... may break my bone....
1:00 am
rururocks

bones
1:01 am
rururocks

...lol
1:01 am
mrpresident

but nerds and dorks will haunt you!
1:01 am
rururocks

how appropriate that I have a peewee herman Icon
1:01 am
mrpresident

my favourite man is a dorky nerd geek!
1:01 am
negativeneil

Nah. I don't haunt anyone.
1:01 am
negativeneil

Dorkier than me?
1:02 am
mrpresident

oh yeah neil!!
1:02 am
negativeneil

Oh wow. That takes some doing!
1:02 am
rururocks

are you taking about the numi-bomber mr p?
1:02 am
negativeneil

I'm about as dorky as it gets.
1:02 am
negativeneil

Nobody can look dorkier than me here, surely?
http://tinyurl.com/NL-SC-Dishe
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1:03 am
mrpresident

you all can't come close to dorkism ... lickety created babble expert for me!! that is the mayor of dorkville right there!
1:03 am
negativeneil

See what I mean about my hair? Ugh.
1:03 am
negativeneil

No mrp... that's geekiness, not dorkiness.
1:03 am
mrpresident

and I luv him for his dorkiness...
1:04 am
mrpresident

no, when geekiness is mixed with loving thoughts, that is dork
1:05 am
rururocks

wow.. I can't teel my dorks from my geeks or nerds.. jeez
1:05 am
rururocks

tell
1:05 am
negativeneil

Ummm, ok?
1:05 am
negativeneil

Haha, ruru!
1:05 am
VolleymomDee

fireworks
1:06 am
negativeneil

Congrats, Volleymom!
1:06 am
mrpresident

at least you are not a dweeb... that is a dork + immature act
1:06 am
mrpresident

on ya dee :)
1:06 am
VolleymomDee

ty
1:06 am
dart001

nj volley
1:06 am
rururocks

wonder if dees husband is volleydaddork?
1:06 am
VolleymomDee

some odd words in this one...
1:06 am
negativeneil

No, a dweeb I am not.
1:06 am
negativeneil

A dork and nerd? Yes.
1:06 am
jillibus

whee for dee yet again!
1:06 am
negativeneil

A geek? No.
1:07 am
VolleymomDee

ty jili and ty lickety...
1:07 am
negativeneil

I'm a word nerd.
1:08 am
rururocks

I not actually.. I just like chasing dart
1:08 am
VolleymomDee

good moniker for you
1:08 am
negativeneil

Chasing him?
1:08 am
rururocks

whew... I'm tired..
1:08 am
dart001

was hoping for a typing finger injury for you ruru :)
1:08 am
rururocks

I am just a wee bit behind him in points
1:09 am
dart001

still 2444?
1:09 am
negativeneil

Oh, ok.
1:09 am
rururocks

I was hoping Irene would put you out of business for a few days dart..lol
1:09 am
negativeneil

I'll probably never catch up to either of you.
1:09 am
dart001

ruru...were sneaking up on jilli now
1:10 am
rururocks

I prefer it as catching up with jilli
1:10 am
negativeneil

I don't even know my ranking or rating or whatever. Gonna take a look.
1:10 am
dart001

almost got stuck in newfoundland for an extra 3 days
1:10 am
jillibus

Whaaaat???
1:10 am
rururocks

dang it ...
1:11 am
jillibus

I must be somewhere near the bottom of the ratings -- don't know, don't care.
1:11 am
jillibus

*rankings
1:12 am
negativeneil

No you're not, jilli. I don't know how this works?
1:12 am
negativeneil

But you're in the "Village Elders" list at 3,480,562.
1:13 am
jillibus

Elders? How appropriate, lol!
1:13 am
dart001

ruru..are you an elder too?
1:13 am
jillibus

That's the thing -- the rankings are a mystery.
1:13 am
negativeneil

I think that means players who have been around the longest on Babble? Don't know.
1:13 am
Minveryork

Hello all!Insomnia has brought me back here yet again
1:13 am
negativeneil

Played the most games?
1:13 am
negativeneil

Or done the most puzzles, I mean.
1:14 am
negativeneil

Hi Minveryork.
1:14 am
rururocks

Jeez dart I dunno
1:15 am
jillibus

Hi Min
1:15 am
Fauxmage

Goodnight Babblers.
1:15 am
jillibus

Gnight faux -- did you finish too?
1:17 am
negativeneil

Good night Laura.
1:17 am
Jellen

G'night, Faux
1:17 am
dizgrannie

**FIREWORDS** would you believe my last word was si 5/20
1:17 am
rururocks

me too.. night all.. i'm outta here too
1:17 am
jillibus

Hooray for diz!
1:17 am
flosey

well done diz
1:17 am
jillibus

Gnight ruru -- hope you get some sleep
1:18 am
rururocks

well high fives + one diz
1:18 am
dizgrannie

ty,ty,ty see you all tmorrow
1:18 am
negativeneil

Congrats, dizgrannie!
1:18 am
Jellen

G'night ruru
1:19 am
Jellen

Yay for diz!
1:19 am
rururocks

that's a cute icon flosey.. did you know I studied otters in college
1:19 am
flosey

no, didn
1:19 am
negativeneil

You did, ruru? They're so cute.
1:19 am
flosey

t ru, interesting
1:20 am
flosey

we see quite a few of them while crossing on the ferry
1:20 am
rururocks

they are shrinking again somewhat
1:21 am
flosey

in fact, one came up the creek and managed to get into our pond
1:21 am
negativeneil

Aww.
1:21 am
rururocks

a sea otter or river otter flosey?
1:21 am
flosey

I wouldn't know the difference ru, but it was long and thin
1:22 am
rururocks

river
1:22 am
flosey

have never seen one in the creek before
1:22 am
rururocks

he otter know better than to get in your pond though
1:22 am
jillibus

I think sea otters are pretty rare here
1:24 am
negativeneil

Groan. Trust you, ruru.
1:24 am
rururocks

*giggle*
1:25 am
jillibus

go to bed, ruru!
1:25 am
flosey

goodnight ru
1:25 am
rururocks

I'm getting giddy.. I should go...lol... nite
1:26 am
negativeneil

Speaking of sea creatures...
1:26 am
negativeneil

Did you hear about the guy who gave narcotics to seagulls?
1:26 am
negativeneil

He left no tern unstoned.
1:26 am
flosey

lol
1:26 am
Jellen

Groan!
1:27 am
rururocks

neil has a comorant sponsor
1:27 am
jillibus

sheesh!
1:27 am
negativeneil

:P
1:27 am
flosey

oh oh, now he'll never get to bed
1:28 am
rururocks

kelp me get out of here flosey
1:28 am
jillibus

sea, weed like to
1:29 am
negativeneil

A jellyfish walked into a hardware shop, and bought ten drills.
1:29 am
rururocks

a-balone jilli!
1:29 am
rururocks

now has to wait for neil's joke
1:29 am
flosey

yes, waiting neil
1:30 am
jillibus

oh gawd.
1:30 am
jillibus

That was it.
1:30 am
flosey

groan
1:30 am
rururocks

oh.. just got it..
1:30 am
rururocks

GROOOOAAAn
1:31 am
rururocks

jeez.. I thought I was Bad
1:31 am
negativeneil

Good. Got you back then, ruru.
1:31 am
negativeneil

Nope, I learned from a master [my dad].
1:32 am
jillibus

And neil is trying to get his dad to come here...mercy!
1:33 am
rururocks

a starfish walked into the same store as another sea creature and he didn't know if it was a friend or an anemone
1:33 am
negativeneil

One of our family members have, besides me. You may have seen him?
1:33 am
negativeneil

"passaggioso"
1:33 am
flosey

goodnight ru
1:34 am
rururocks

*poof*
1:34 am
flosey

have not noticed that name neil
1:34 am
negativeneil

Oh man, that's baaad ruru!
1:34 am
negativeneil

But he's probably gone already.
1:34 am
negativeneil

So I'll get him next time for that one.
1:36 am
jillibus

I remember passaggioso
1:37 am
flosey

that is an interesting icon jilli
1:37 am
flosey

I thought I had changed mine! ah well, wait until tomorrow now
1:37 am
jillibus

I thought so, flosey.
1:39 am
jillibus

well, I've had it for now -- 63 left
1:40 am
flosey

me too, will be up early
1:40 am
jillibus

farewell all...*poof
1:41 am
Jellen

Bye, jilli
1:41 am
Jellen

Bye flosey
1:41 am
flosey

g'night Jellen, and anyone else still here
1:43 am
flosey

my goodness, have just found 8 words since I said I was leaving!
1:47 am
gapeach1066@yaho

Sweet dreams, flosey
1:48 am
flosey

thanks gapeach, really going now, down to 33, be back tomorrow
1:50 am
negativeneil

Yes, good night all.
1:51 am
rbud

hideho, Babblerinos! :D
1:58 am
vanillaslice

what fun it is to ride. fireworks while being amused by the chat
2:02 am
vanillaslice

just sitting on your (imaginary of course) tail in the cream of the crop gapeach
2:02 am
vanillaslice

just sitting on your (imaginary of course) tail in the cream of the crop gapeach
2:13 am
Aaronitor

any clue sfor the re8,50 please
2:13 am
Haz1558

re8/50 - one who changes the appearance of something
2:15 am
graham000

re8 - could also be one who copies a letter of the Hebrew alphabet..
2:19 am
Aaronitor

any different clues
2:19 am
Haz1558

re8 - a sculptor is one in relation to a block of marble.
2:20 am
Aaronitor

eh, still dont know
2:20 am
Haz1558

Then move on, find some shorter words and you'll probably see it eventually.
2:22 am
Haz1558

Final clue, one who makes a square into a triangle or a sphere into a pyramid.
2:28 am
Aaronitor

does it stretch from reps
2:28 am
SamanthaJoy

No
2:28 am
Haz1558

No, it doesn't.
2:28 am
Aaronitor

resp
2:28 am
rbud

nope, but ty, Haz, I finally sussed it out from your clues. :)
2:28 am
SamanthaJoy

Nope
2:28 am
Haz1558

Move on and come back to it later is my advice.
2:28 am
Aaronitor

rer
2:29 am
Aaronitor

any clues for au8,45
2:30 am
Haz1558

au8 - comparative for au7/32 - forbidding, stern.
2:30 am
SamanthaJoy

Oh, I didn't have that one yet. Thanks, Haz
2:30 am
Aaronitor

dont know
2:30 am
Haz1558

You're welcome.
2:33 am
Aaronitor

any clues for the au6,39 please
2:36 am
Haz1558

If you have ap4/10, the highest point, slip in you and me near the beginning. (You and me = ** )
2:40 am
Aaronitor

ty, any clues for the as,7,32 please
2:42 am
SamanthaJoy

Are you new here, Aaron?
2:43 am
Aaronitor

sort of ,why
2:43 am
Haz1558

If it began with di instead of a, it would mean to break up a group, to separate, to spread over a wide area.
2:44 am
SamanthaJoy

Just so you know: You'll get a much larger pool of people to give you clues later in the day. The majority of people who play here are US based, and this is the middle of the night for them
2:46 am
Haz1558

I think the problem is more that Aaronitor is more interested in the points than the words - going for the longer words first might seem a good idea but it makes it more difficult for both sides when it comes to giving clues.
2:47 am
SamanthaJoy

I'm over halfway, but I'm gunning for NBT before I head off to bed.
2:49 am
SamanthaJoy

Well, the advantage of getting here early is that there are an awful lot of folks who show up here early who are REALLY, REALLY GOOD at this game
2:52 am
SamanthaJoy

Do you have any clues at all for the second U? Stats or anything? That's my only one left, and I'm almost as tired as I am sstubborn.
2:52 am
Haz1558

I'm never here at flip time but do read back for hints.
2:52 am
SamanthaJoy

Oh, that's wise. Get all the advantages without sleep deprivation!
2:53 am
Haz1558

Exactly.
2:54 am
SamanthaJoy

Do yo uhave *anything* for the second U?
2:56 am
Haz1558

un4/6 and its plural - un plus start of Antipodean country
2:56 am
SamanthaJoy

(And by the way, it really chaps my hide that "Texan" is not in the dictionary. I mean, I know proper noun and blah blah blah, but still!)
2:56 am
Haz1558

It would accept texas, does that help ease the pain?
2:57 am
Haz1558

Also un6/36 - not gender specific
2:57 am
SamanthaJoy

Really? So it's not a proper noun issue?
2:58 am
SamanthaJoy

I want UN9--bigoted against people who aren't gender specific. ;)
2:58 am
Haz1558

There'll be some reason why texas is accepted, it'll have some other meaning.
2:58 am
suefrad625

un4/6 cant pl for me
2:59 am
SamanthaJoy

Oh, right, a texas deck on a boat.
2:59 am
SamanthaJoy

The *other* un4/6 does.
2:59 am
Haz1558

There are two un4/6. The first is un plus first two letters of kangaroo continent and then plural that.
3:01 am
suefrad625

yes ty
3:02 am
Haz1558

You're welcome.
3:02 am
SamanthaJoy

OK, you got me through the blank tiles and now I'm off to bed. Thanks a bunch; I'll sleep better for it. :)
3:02 am
suefrad625

by sam
3:03 am
Haz1558

Sleep well!
3:05 am
suefrad625

nbs & nbt, off to grade some tests. See you all tomorrow
3:05 am
sprite

good morning all
3:05 am
Haz1558

Good morning, sprite.
3:05 am
sprite

hi Haz :)
3:09 am
sprite

is it a good one today?
3:09 am
Haz1558

At first glance I was convinced it would be a stinker, but actually, it's not bad at all.
3:10 am
sprite

ah ok, my first glance was rather similar.
3:10 am
Haz1558

Lots of faithful babble words to cheer the day.
3:10 am
sprite

ah good :) Thank you.
3:10 am
Haz1558

I think you'll enjoy it.
3:11 am
sprite

love having a good dose of babble with my coffee in the morning
3:13 am
Haz1558

Are your children back at school? Today is the start of the new term here.
3:14 am
sprite

children with a task for the holidays are to hand it in today. Tomorrow some classes will collect their rosters and books. And monday the other classes will, including my children's. From Tuesday on, the lessons will start.
3:15 am
Haz1558

And then it's back to routine again.
3:16 am
sprite

yes indeed. Will be good for all of us, actually.
3:17 am
Haz1558

Out of interest, are your trees starting to change colour? I thought I was seeing things a fortnight ago when I noticed chestnut trees starting to turn brown but apparently it's to do with the very dry spring we had.
3:18 am
sprite

no not yet. But it is coming. The radiant green is gone.
3:20 am
Haz1558

I go through this struggle every year, trying to hold on to the last flush of summer (not that it's been brilliant). It was dark by 9.00 last night. Eventually I'll just accept it, get the warmer clothes on and embrace autumn!
3:21 am
sprite

hehehe I sympathise with that struggle. For me, it comes at the end of autumn, when winter sets in. Especially when it is a wet winter.
3:22 am
Haz1558

I know. Dog walking becomes less attractive at that stage.
3:23 am
sprite

that too. But mostly I miss the light, and the colours. I can be easily consoled with good freezing winter weather though, if it is cold and sunny and everything looks so crisp and clear.
3:24 am
Haz1558

We're just hoping for a less severe winter than the past two. We're not equipped to cope with those minus temperatures.
3:24 am
Haz1558

The other thing is that fuel is so expensive.
3:26 am
sprite

my favorite winter would be pretty cold, but no snow. Well ok, a nice sprinkling around Xmas and New Year.
Yes, fuel is getting more expensive all the time. We need to be very careful here to keep the bill down as much as possible.
3:28 am
Haz1558

I'm inclined to put more clothes on and wrap up warmly but my daughters never seem to wear anything with any great heat in it. My husband is a fresh air fiend and hates too much heat so it's a bit of a problem when everyone's together. Somebody is bound to grumble!
3:29 am
rubyfoo

good morning everybody
3:29 am
Haz1558

Hello, ruby.
3:30 am
sprite

oh that is a bit of a problem. None of us likes it hot in the house, so that is easier. Warmer clothes and staying active is usually enough for during the day, and at night about 18 Celsius is ok.
3:30 am
sprite

hey rubyfoo, good morning
3:32 am
Haz1558

I'm going to excuse myself to go and get ready for a meeting. Enjoy the grid and have a nice day. Bye for now!
3:32 am
rubyfoo

that question of who is hot and who isn't is always a problem! Husband is always cold (too skinny) but doesn't dress properly and the house is generally cold
3:32 am
sprite

have a good meeting (if something like that ex5s) and have a lovely day.
3:33 am
Haz1558

*gone*
3:33 am
rubyfoo

bye haz
3:33 am
rubyfoo

{{sprite}}
3:33 am
sprite

how is life in your nook of France, rubyfoo?
3:34 am
rubyfoo

worried about husband, he is getting very fragile and strange....
3:34 am
sprite

aw poor man. Hard to watch, I bet :(
3:34 am
carleekat

morning all
3:34 am
rubyfoo

but the weather is beautiful here, rain at night, cool in the mornings and perfect in the afternoons. And still have roses and fruit!
3:35 am
rubyfoo

hello carlee
3:35 am
sprite

hi carlee :)
3:35 am
carleekat

hi ruby ..hi sprite... am sorry about hubby ruby
3:36 am
rubyfoo

as annoying as he is, I feel very sorry for him
3:37 am
carleekat

:( that is so... difficult
{{hugs}}
3:37 am
sprite

it is tough on both of you :(
3:38 am
rubyfoo

it is very sad as he was really something, even 15 years ago!
3:38 am
carleekat

aging...sucks.... ( sorry at 4:30 am ...its difficult to be wordy and inspiring...but sending u good thoughts )
3:39 am
sprite

(((carlee))) it stinks if you cannot sleep either
3:39 am
Aaronitor

any clues for the re8,50 please
3:39 am
sprite

true, rubyfoo... as Haz once said, aging is not for the timid.
3:39 am
carleekat

too much going on...i was having fitful dreams ( but for a change..Good things)
3:39 am
rubyfoo

{{carlee}} I am trying to keep my chin up and enjoy the pups etc
3:40 am
carleekat

can you leave hubby alone for a few hours a week?
3:40 am
sprite

ah, good dreams are things to treasure. let's see if we can bore you back to sleep ;)
3:40 am
rubyfoo

singing carlee a (toneless) lullaby
3:41 am
Aaronitor

anyone
3:41 am
rubyfoo

no, can't really do that
3:41 am
rubyfoo

hi aaron
3:41 am
sprite

not me
3:41 am
carleekat

no..i have good things happening...but i had fitful dreams because i am juggling far too many things ( again) at once
3:41 am
rubyfoo

when my son was little, I used to sing him Depression-era Pete Seeger songs; he was my only uncritical audience!
3:41 am
Aaronitor

any cles for the as7,32 please
3:41 am
carleekat

do you have someone who can come stay whilst you go out for a few hours?
3:42 am
carleekat

aaron...as7 is bleak
3:42 am
rubyfoo

the problem is that he doesn't admit to there being anything wrong
3:42 am
rubyfoo

ty carlee, that gave me a 7 and 8!
3:42 am
carleekat

whether he does or doesnt is not what i am getting at... can your neighbour just "be there for a few hours"
3:43 am
sprite

I can imagine him being unable to admit that. But it makes it harder.
3:43 am
rubyfoo

no, he doesn't want to see anyone
3:44 am
rubyfoo

we used to have meals with neighbors occasionally, but that is finished
3:44 am
rubyfoo

aren't there a lot of words in here that were in yesterday's grid, too?
3:45 am
sprite

yes, quite a few, rubyfoo
3:45 am
carleekat

( men rarely admit shortcomings....i remember on our flight back from st. croix dxh was sitting in the emergency exit seat..stewardess asked him to trade with our son b/c she was not convinced that he was capable...he was incensed...and even tho i explained it was her job to ensure the safety of the plane and not take the time to assess whether or not he was or was not capable )
3:45 am
Aaronitor

no, any different clues
3:45 am
carleekat

i didnt do much of yesterday's again...too much happening
3:46 am
rubyfoo

this would be coming to terms with his own mortality
3:47 am
carleekat

and having his son and wife take over for him instead of him and our daughter... was...inexcusable
3:47 am
sprite

it is (generally speaking) a male thing, finding it hard to admit not being all-strong and all-capable. But admitting to be mortal and nearing the end is hard on all of us, I think.
3:48 am
rubyfoo

yes, sprite, and sad!
3:48 am
sprite

very sad
3:49 am
carleekat

its... part of life.. and with the joyous moments come the equally depressing and trying moments such as what you are going through ruby ( and that..is as deep as i get at this horrid hour)
3:51 am
rubyfoo

don't worry about me, carlee, try to get some sleep. The last thing you need is concern about whiny me!
3:51 am
sprite

so very true, carlee.
It always has two sides for me. One being what you said, it is a part of life and beautiful in itself, if you can see it as part of the circle of life and death. But the other side is where you miss people you love, and see them grow ill or confused and unhappy, and that sucks.
3:52 am
carleekat

i will when am ready...
3:52 am
carleekat

dont worry ..{hugs}
3:52 am
carleekat

so....can i tell u all my good news???
3:53 am
rubyfoo

please, would love some good news!
3:53 am
carleekat

i was awarded a scholarship ( worth $1000.00 )
3:53 am
rubyfoo

that is wonderful, carlee!
3:54 am
carleekat

i know..i had no idea... but my package from school arrived today...
3:54 am
sprite

*gently knocks carlee over the head with a rubber hammer*
3:54 am
carleekat

and in there was the notice that they awarded me a scholarship...
3:55 am
carleekat

<-----wonders why sprite is knocking me over the head
3:56 am
rubyfoo

for good luck maybe?
3:56 am
rubyfoo

dutch custom?
3:56 am
rubyfoo

hahah
3:56 am
carleekat

i guess that makes sense..anyone who wears wooden shoes......
3:58 am
carleekat

sprite???? hello???
3:58 am
mrpresident

hello all :)
3:58 am
carleekat

( did the hammer hit sprite by accident???)
3:58 am
carleekat

MRP {{hugs}}
3:58 am
sprite

sorry, I had serious lag, then a disconnect.
rubber hammer helps to go to sleep, it is a joke though :P
And woweeeee for the good news, how awesome, carlee!
3:58 am
rubyfoo

{{hi and bye mrp}}
3:59 am
mrpresident

hi carlee **hugs**
3:59 am
sprite

hi mrP
3:59 am
rubyfoo

off to see if husband is speaking to me or not
3:59 am
mrpresident

hi sprite :)
3:59 am
carleekat

take care ruby {{hugs}}
3:59 am
sprite

bye rubyfoo, don't take it personal if he is not
3:59 am
rubyfoo

no, I'll just come back here....
4:00 am
mrpresident

oops, is he 'ok'??
4:00 am
sprite

ruby told us he is getting very fragile and strange, mrP
4:01 am
mrpresident

oh dear... how hard on her and him
4:01 am
sprite

yes, a tough process
4:02 am
carleekat

how was your day today mrp?
4:02 am
sprite

and how are things at your side, mrP?
4:05 am
rubyfoo

back, he's still being unpleasant....
4:05 am
mrpresident

ok thanks! sleep was uncomfortable, been on my back for nearly 3 days... can't lay on my side
4:05 am
carleekat

oh dear... :(
4:05 am
mrpresident

poor ruby :(
4:05 am
carleekat

even with a good supportive pillow between your legs?
4:05 am
rubyfoo

you are a tough cookie, mrp!
4:06 am
sprite

argh mrP, that is rotten :(
4:06 am
sprite

good for you to let him stew, rubyfoo. (note the poetry here)
4:06 am
mrpresident

tried everything to change position... not working
4:06 am
rubyfoo

singing along
4:07 am
sprite

I know about not being able to find any comfortable position, mrP. Makes sleeping almost impossible. I hope it will get better soon for you.
4:08 am
carleekat

sprite..was just looking at the icon themes my bday is dec 15
4:08 am
sprite

ah let me see to that right away
4:09 am
sprite

ok carlee :D I added you, lovely.
4:09 am
carleekat

:)
4:09 am
sprite

anything special you would like to see on that day?
4:10 am
carleekat

purple :p
4:10 am
sprite

ok!
4:10 am
carleekat

( always been my favourite colour since i was very small...never changes and makes me smile )
4:11 am
rubyfoo

I am wearing purple today in your honor, then, hahah
4:11 am
sprite

very good! Purple it is, in your honor.
4:11 am
sprite

hehehe kind of snap, rubyfoo :)
4:12 am
carleekat

heheheh funny :)
4:12 am
rubyfoo

carlee would love my garden -- all shades of purple, blue, red, calmon and pink -- and the asters are all over the place
4:12 am
rubyfoo

salmon! calmon sounds like a tranquilizer
4:13 am
carleekat

nice... ruby....take a look at mobile uploads on my fb..my mum's garden is in there...
4:13 am
carleekat

( I read salmon..no worries)
4:13 am
sprite

woot, mrP, just reading your blurp and I see the good news! Not that micro fractures are much fun, but much better than the alternative diagnosis.
4:13 am
mrpresident

thanks sprite! indeed it is!
4:14 am
sprite

salmon. Smoked salmon. God I'd kill for some smoked salmon right now.
4:14 am
rubyfoo

I prefer herring, must have been Dutch in a former life!
4:15 am
rubyfoo

and eels, love eels
4:15 am
sprite

herring is good too, raw.
4:15 am
carleekat

not a huge smoked salmon fan...
4:15 am
rubyfoo

mouth is watering
4:15 am
sprite

eels used to be lovely. But I don't fancy them much anymore, the taste is not what it used to be.
4:16 am
carleekat

cant say i have had eels
4:16 am
rubyfoo

I've had them in sushi (both kinds) and in Brussels
4:16 am
sprite

I am not much of a fish fan. But smoked or raw goes a long way with me, lol.
4:16 am
rubyfoo

from what I read, they are much less plentiful now in the Netherlands
4:17 am
rubyfoo

I don't like cooked fish either, except when my mother used to cook fresh-caught fish my father brought home
4:17 am
sprite

yes, I think that is true. They are insanely expensive and not half as tasty as, say, 20 years ago.
4:17 am
carleekat

my dad had a lovely way of frying salmon... hmmm..i need to make salmon...
4:18 am
sprite

there are a few things you can wake me up for in the middle of the night. Crackers with smoked salmon is one of them.
4:18 am
rubyfoo

crackers in bed?
4:19 am
sprite

if need be, I'll eat them in bed. As long as they have smoked salmon on top.
4:19 am
carleekat

hehehe...funny sprite
4:19 am
Kallia

Scottish smoked salmon....oh yay
4:19 am
Kallia

hello everyone
4:19 am
sprite

yummy Kallia
4:19 am
rubyfoo

hello kaia
4:20 am
carleekat

hi kall
4:20 am
Kallia

how are you all? not been around for a while
4:20 am
rubyfoo

kalia must get local salmon!
4:21 am
sprite

am ok, still hanging in there and not giving up. And how are you?
4:21 am
Kallia

my BIL sends it too us...don't live in Scotland Ruby :)
4:21 am
Kallia

sends lemon sole too...in iced boxes
4:21 am
carleekat

i am juggling far too many things...as per usual....but for once is a bunch of good things
4:22 am
rubyfoo

lovely -- we can't get decent seafood here
4:22 am
sprite

I believe we have a greek fish dish coming up on the menu this week.
4:22 am
Kallia

glad that the juggling is good things Carlee...makes it easier
4:22 am
Kallia

how is your husband Ruby?
4:23 am
rubyfoo

I was whining about him before, as perusual!
4:23 am
Kallia

we are having smoked salmon pasta this evening
4:23 am
rubyfoo

yum
4:23 am
sprite

can I come over for dinner tonight then, Kallia?
4:24 am
Kallia

really really easy.......cook pasta, drain, add a top of Creme Fraiche and lots of pepper and chopped up smoked salmon.....melt the creme fraiche and eat!
4:24 am
Kallia

sure you can Sprite :)
4:24 am
sprite

:D
4:24 am
Kallia

that should read tub.....not top
4:24 am
mrpresident

had smoked salmon stack last night... having chicken schnitzel tonight
4:25 am
mrpresident

will eat and be back later :)
4:25 am
rubyfoo

who is doing the cooking, mrp?
4:25 am
sprite

we have a similar dish we all love. Iceberg lettice, pasta, smoked salmon snippets and sweet peppers baked with a lot of black pepper.
4:25 am
sprite

enjoy, mrP
4:25 am
carleekat

i will be asleep again when u return mrp..so...enjoy
4:25 am
Kallia

I am not that keen on chicken...doesn't seem to have much taste so usually do it with a sauce of some sort
4:26 am
Kallia

enjoy Mr P
4:26 am
Kallia

that sounds interesting Sprite...do you cook the lettuce? doesn't it go limp?
4:26 am
sprite

I like chicken. Smoked chicken is good too. But most chicken you buy in shops tastes like nothing anymore.
4:27 am
sprite

no, don't cook the lettuce. Just chop it, put a layer on a plate, put the hot pasta over it, then add the sweet peppers and the salmon.
4:27 am
rubyfoo

we get "farmer chickens" and they are very tasty
4:27 am
Kallia

ah, that makes more sense...I shall try that sometime
4:28 am
rubyfoo

maybe they actually eat insects!
4:28 am
sprite

yes, sometimes we get some from a farmer and it makes all the difference
4:28 am
Kallia

even our 'organic' chickens aren't that brilliant, and they are expensive!
4:29 am
sprite

we like the combination of lettuce and pasta very much. And it is easy!
4:29 am
rubyfoo

sometimes I cook lettuce with confit de gesier (conserved chicken gizzards) and then do a reduction with balsamic vingar. Sounds disgusting, but is realy quite good
4:29 am
carleekat

lettuce here tastes like..nothing...
4:29 am
Kallia

it does sound pretty vile Ruby, think I will take your word for it tasting good!
4:30 am
Kallia

I'm all for easy cooking! One pot, slow cooker, anything that takes 10 mins lol
4:30 am
rubyfoo

unfortunately, I like very bland food
4:30 am
sprite

same for me, Kallia
4:30 am
Kallia

day to day cooking is a bit of a bind to me....love cooking for company thouygh
4:31 am
Kallia

its having to think what to cook, and then having to stop whatever to do it!
4:31 am
sprite

am very similar in that regard, Kallia. If I can take the time and pick out nice recipes, I like to cook. But the daily cooking.... blech.
4:32 am
carleekat

that is what is nice here kallia...we all have the "old stand bys" but al of our standbys are something new and different for others
4:32 am
rubyfoo

at least husband will eat the same thing over and over, so I'll make him a big dish, e.g. "spicy chicken and pasta", and then he eats it for 3 or 4 days
4:32 am
Kallia

yep, just interferes with my life lol
4:32 am
rubyfoo

and we don't eat the same food
4:32 am
sprite

lol yes!
4:33 am
rubyfoo

I eat simple, bland food
4:33 am
carleekat

there u go sprite..a new icon theme.. post a pic of your most popular " go to recipe" and put the recipe in your profile
4:33 am
sprite

I can't imagine always cooking 2 meals, rubyfoo.
4:33 am
rubyfoo

the dogs eat the best
4:33 am
Kallia

I really couldn't bear to cook different foods ruby
4:33 am
rubyfoo

3, if you figure the time I spend cooking for the pups
4:33 am
Kallia

one meal to think about is enough!
4:33 am
carleekat

i did for almost 20 years
4:34 am
Kallia

why Carlee?
4:34 am
rubyfoo

don't have a choice, but after the initial big cooking, I just have to re-heat portions for him
4:34 am
sprite

great one, carlee, we will try that again. Groovy once offered to make us a babble recipe website. But nobody but me was sending here any recipe.
4:34 am
carleekat

dxh only liked meat and potatoes...
4:34 am
Kallia

I am adopting a dog next weekend....from Glant
4:34 am
rubyfoo

I used to do a lot of elaborate cooking for company, but not any more
4:34 am
Kallia

you should have made him cook his own !
4:35 am
Kallia

but I don't think I will be cooking for him!
4:35 am
sprite

rubyfoo and I are gonna cook a virtual indian meal
4:35 am
carleekat

i wanted to and offered to do so for mr. god..but he said the new babble willhave a recipe spot
4:35 am
rubyfoo

what kind of dog, kalia?
4:35 am
rubyfoo

yes!!!
4:35 am
carleekat

dr. god * even
4:35 am
sprite

oh that is great!
4:36 am
Kallia

he's a Cypriot Poodle
4:36 am
rubyfoo

how big?
4:36 am
sprite

that new babble doesn't seem to come along much, does it
4:36 am
sprite

am happy for you, Kallia.
4:36 am
rubyfoo

this babble suits me fine!
4:36 am
Kallia

was just thinking that sprite...a flurry of activity then it all went quiet
4:36 am
carleekat

same ruby
4:37 am
carleekat

now..i dont have time to do the recipe thing
4:37 am
rubyfoo

curly, like other poodles? much less mess than my long-haired chows
4:37 am
sprite

am happy with babble too
4:37 am
Kallia

actually doesn't look much like a poodle...let me find a pic
4:37 am
rubyfoo

have you chosen a name for the pup?
4:37 am
carleekat

ok..am yawning..i think i can go back to sleep and i am past 1/2 way
4:37 am
sprite

happy with THIS babble too
4:38 am
carleekat

back laters people
4:38 am
sprite

bye carlee, sleep well, dream nice and not too good ;)
4:39 am
rubyfoo

bye carlee
4:39 am
rubyfoo

I have to go make lunch for husband. I won't eat
4:40 am
rubyfoo

105 words so far. {{everybody}}
4:40 am
sprite

you must eat, rubyfoo, if you don't take care of you8rself, things will fall apart
4:40 am
rubyfoo

I eat a good breakfast but can't see sitting with Mr. Sullen-face!
4:40 am
Kallia

he is 6 years old, and his name is Muttley
4:41 am
rubyfoo

very cute name
4:41 am
sprite

if muttley comes from Glant, he must be a well-raised dog.
4:41 am
Kallia

cant seem to link...if you search Cyprus Poodle you will find lots of images
4:41 am
rubyfoo

I call Ruby "Poopy" (affectionately, of course, and the temp housekeeper thought that was here name (didn't know poopy as she is French).
4:41 am
Kallia

oh yes, he is lovely, I wanted to take him home ages ago lol
4:41 am
rubyfoo

I will look for your poodle after lunch, kalia
4:42 am
sprite

awwww I love them! Much nicer than a normal poodle, lovely.
4:42 am
rubyfoo

*poof*
4:42 am
rubyfoo

hopefully, as smart!
4:42 am
sprite

we have the same endearment in dutch, poepie.
4:43 am
Kallia

they are lovely indeed :)
4:44 am
Kallia

ok, got to go pack the caravan....off for a few days to Kent, and some National trust exploring.
4:45 am
sprite

think I will come for dinner and then join you for the trip :)
4:45 am
sprite

have a lovely time, Kallia!
4:47 am
Kallia

LOL...you'd be welcome Sprite :) ok really gone now:)
4:47 am
sprite

:)
4:54 am
sprite

fireflies! Very nice puzzle, and I enjoyed the company at least as much. *hugs* to you all and have a grand day / night
5:06 am
Pearl5

any clues for the re8,50 please
5:08 am
MollyL

If you make a triangle, you make a sh5/14. re8/50 is one who does that again.
5:09 am
Pearl5

thanx
5:28 am
rubyfoo

hello, back after lunch with mr. sullen-puss
5:29 am
MollyL

Oh that sounds pleasant...not. Hi Ruby.
5:29 am
rubyfoo

{{molly}} ty for the nice clue, 8's whacked
5:31 am
rubyfoo

phantom: asters, but my garden is full of them; they self-sow
5:32 am
rubyfoo

big lag when entering words. Anybody else?
5:33 am
MollyL

So far so good Ruby. Might just be your server waking up.
5:34 am
rubyfoo

I'll try refreshing
5:35 am
rubyfoo

that worked!
5:39 am
MollyL

Good
5:41 am
rubyfoo

offed the o's!
5:42 am
jean1953

Good morning everyone, checking up on the grid while on a break from work lol :) Hope everyone is ok:)
5:43 am
rubyfoo

hello jean
5:45 am
rubyfoo

nbt and 121 words! see you later
5:45 am
jean1953

Bye ruby have a good day:)
5:48 am
jean1953

Oh crikey I have to get back and do some work, never mind Happy Babbling will bbl:)
5:53 am
doseffing

... lesson for the day ... when the doctor says you must rest after a minor surgical procedure then you must rest after a minor surgical procedure ... ... stupid Dos ... will you never learn ... no biggie ... but I gotta go back to bed ... have a good day ... I'm sleeping in until dinner time ... it's 7 am now ...
5:54 am
MollyL

Take care of yourself Dos
6:03 am
uusue2

morning, all!
6:04 am
uusue2

I am in the grid...
6:05 am
Uneaixoise

morning, sue et al :-)
6:05 am
MollyL

Morning Sue and Une
6:06 am
uusue2

hi, une and molly!
6:14 am
uusue2

exercise time, bbl...
6:15 am
Uneaixoise

later, sue :-)
7:01 am
phaeton

morning...big storm last night..have no electricity
7:11 am
Uneaixoise

so sorry, phae, but could you please send a bit of a storm our way -- drought worsening . . .
7:12 am
Uneaixoise

so dry, ground heaving up spring bulbs -- chipmunks and squirrels doing happy dance . . .
7:13 am
Uneaixoise

BRB -- need coffee refill . . .
7:14 am
shdybr8

watching the depression in the gulf, according to the tracks, you might get it or it might hit Mars!
7:28 am
Anniebrook

good morning/afternoon everyone...must make some coffee
7:29 am
Mom

good morning everyone. 97 degrees to begin September here in Northern Kentucky *sigh
7:29 am
Anniebrook

morning, (((Mom))) that is hot! Indian summer
7:30 am
EvaNadine

mornin all!
7:30 am
Mom

(((Annie))), good morning. It has been warm all week but not this warm
7:30 am
Anniebrook

Hi EvaN...
7:30 am
Mom

Eva, good morning. Haven't seen you in ages. How have you been?
7:31 am
Anniebrook

Eva, were you badly affected by the hurricane
7:31 am
crosshair

good morning everyone:)
7:32 am
Mom

good morning ((Crossy))
7:32 am
crosshair

((MOM))
7:32 am
EvaNadine

gosh, been busy, Mom. dont get to hover on the chog as often as i used to, but i do usually pop in a few times a day. ;)
7:33 am
phaeton

would try Une, but it's gone already...looks like no E til this evening
7:33 am
EvaNadine

annie, no damage to us at all -- didnt even lose power. honestly, we have had non-hurricane rainstorms come through and do worse.
my parents do have a leak in their roof, but for living on the waterfront, they are lucky thats it!
7:33 am
Mom

I am so glad I happened to be here when you popped on. I have missed seeing yo
7:33 am
Anniebrook

hi crossy and phae
7:33 am
Mom

you*
7:34 am
Mom

good morning Phae, sorry you don't have electric
7:34 am
phaeton

ty...will do the best we can...going SHOPPING!
7:34 am
periwinkle

monring all.help with U above the x pls
7:34 am
Anniebrook

sorry about no E, phae....have fun shopping
7:35 am
Anniebrook

hi peri
7:35 am
Mom

good morning Peri
7:35 am
crosshair

lol,damn the hydro and pass the credit card,she,s going mall crawling!
7:35 am
crosshair

hehe
7:35 am
EvaNadine

aww, thanks Mom. :)
7:36 am
Riverdance

Good Morning Everyone
7:36 am
BzznBea

un4/6, peri
7:36 am
Riverdance

and the gangs all here....
7:36 am
Mom

(((River)))) good morning
7:36 am
crosshair

well,guess you could by a generator :)
7:36 am
periwinkle

ty Bzz
7:36 am
Mom

hello bzzz
7:36 am
crosshair

howdy riverdance:)
7:36 am
periwinkle

hi River, nice to be part of this gang
7:36 am
Anniebrook


Hi River and Bea
7:36 am
BzznBea

Morning, all.
7:36 am
Riverdance

It sure is peri
7:37 am
Mom

thanks Bzzz
7:37 am
Anniebrook


I cannot think of a nicer group of people than Babblers
7:37 am
Mom

neither can I, Annie.
7:38 am
crosshair

:) now where was i? oh yea! dirty limericks with the morning tea! lol jk
7:38 am
phaeton

:)
7:38 am
Riverdance

lol crossy
7:39 am
Anniebrook

River, is your daughter selttled in?
7:39 am
Riverdance

yes she is...and loving it....she has forgotten about Mom though *sniffles*
7:40 am
shdybr8

was afraid the smoke from N.O. would scare a way the hummingbirds, but looks like a beehive outside - time to move eveything out!
7:40 am
crosshair

oh yes,she is in college now eh? no crying jags,rattling round the empty house,into the cooking sherry at 11 am?
7:40 am
Mom

dirty limericks ..... haven't heard any of those in a long time
7:40 am
Mom

:-)
7:40 am
Anniebrook

(((River))) that is wonderful...she adjusted well
7:40 am
Riverdance

waiting patiently crossy for those limericks
7:41 am
crosshair

after ma tea river
7:41 am
Mom

(((River))) she will never forget her mom. You must move to the back burner.
7:41 am
Riverdance

I wasnt worried about that....she is not the homesick type of kid and is very sociable
7:41 am
Mom

*just not must
7:42 am
crosshair

no,i mean you into the cooking sherry,not her
7:42 am
Riverdance

I know Mom...hard to cut the umbilical
7:42 am
Mom

after tea? I will be gone by then
7:42 am
crosshair

yup,she is cordless now:)
7:43 am
Riverdance

and with Keith back to school and playing soccer, the house is way too quiet
7:43 am
Mom

they are never completely cordless
7:43 am
Riverdance

she call/text me when she needs money I am sure..lol
7:44 am
Mom

I bought a magnet when ours moved out. ..... Money doesn't buy happiness but it sure keeps the kids in touch
7:44 am
crosshair

well once a month you can look forward to a rental truck full of laundry
7:44 am
Riverdance

she has been doing her own laundry for about a year...I trained her well
7:44 am
Mom

we will always be their safe place to fall Heck mine didn't even bring laundry home
7:45 am
Riverdance

and laundry room is right down the hall from her dorm room...she has it made
7:45 am
crosshair

i am laundry training my17 year old boy now
7:46 am
Mom

all the best to her, River
7:46 am
Riverdance

thats good crossy - I need to start working on my 14 year old...he is the one that changes several times a day
7:46 am
Mom

how is your husband handling all of this?
7:46 am
shdybr8

my goofy hubby still takes laundry when we visit his mom, even if I do it the day before
7:47 am
Mom

lol Shdy.
7:48 am
Riverdance

he is fine with it all - hasnt said a word
7:48 am
Mom

wow, River. Men are so strange that way. Could just kick 'em
7:48 am
crosshair

well,the 14 year old is gonna learn fast that if he wears 3 shirts and 4 pants a day,he will have an extra load to do lol
7:49 am
Riverdance

I need to go...work is screaming at me....crazy week getting through all these storm claims
7:49 am
Mom

:-) although now my sweetie will say he needs a "shay" or "alex" fix
7:49 am
BzznBea

Shdy, I think it is because they want their moms to feel needed. Hubs takes shirts that need buttons even though I am perfectly capable of sewing them.
7:49 am
Mom

take care ((River))
7:49 am
Anniebrook

bye river, have a great day
7:49 am
crosshair

i have never bought my mil so much as a sock
7:49 am
shdybr8

true, crossy, kind of the same as dishes - if you have to wash them you can cook Thanksgiving dinner in one pan!
7:49 am
Riverdance

its school clothes, soccer stuff then bang around clothes....never ending
7:49 am
Riverdance

must go - poof
7:50 am
shdybr8

I think you're right, bzzz, although the mom has tons of grandkids and what not, I just have one big kid!
7:50 am
crosshair

indeed shdy,my kid love to get a fresh glass for every dring,so 6 water in a day= 6 glasses and a full sink
7:50 am
shdybr8

yep, crossy, i think your kid lives in my house!
7:52 am
shdybr8

hmmm almost 8, need to move the electronics outside then get to work. Have a great day, all!
7:53 am
Anniebrook

bye, shdy...
7:53 am
Mom

you as well Shdy.
7:56 am
stidmama

durn. missed shady and river. *big grin* hello everyone else!
7:56 am
stidmama

I couldn't sleep...
7:56 am
Anniebrook

hi Stid, then if you cant sleep, best place to be
7:56 am
mcurlschool

up early stid...
7:57 am
stidmama

mcurl, I was having nightmares anyway. will take a nap this afternoon and it will be fine.
7:58 am
mcurlschool

perhaps that was my problem....up at 3:30! never did get back to sleep. First day of school today so I'll head out here soon.
7:58 am
Trifioso

hello friends.
7:58 am
stidmama

I am taking the younger kid shopping this morning - outlet stores in Centralia first, then Oly and lunch, then home to do some "deep cleaning" -- he will clean, I will nap... and then work on the office area. I want to move the old computer desk out to make room for additional workbench and storage space.
7:58 am
stidmama

hey trifioso!
7:58 am
Anniebrook

hi trif :)
7:59 am
stidmama

wow. I hope you'll have a wonderful day!
7:59 am
Trifioso

hello. still enjoyig the wonder of water and power after four days without
8:01 am
stidmama

glad it's back trifioso -- have done that before. not fun.
8:01 am
mcurlschool

my day is a bit less---class starts at 8:25 (I get there at 6:30 to be productive) New schedule with my one on one which may not be in tune with his behavior; print shop; volunterr in 3rd/4th split room and home maybe 4:00!
8:01 am
stidmama

at least it wasn't in the middle of winter, I suppose. but not much time to get things set right before winter.
8:01 am
stidmama

same one on one as before?
8:02 am
mcurlschool

yes; but sped teacher is grades 2-5 and has 35 kids on IEPs!
8:02 am
stidmama

I am still half considering getting work as a para this year, but Tom thinks my original plan (subbing and applying for long-term subs midyear) is going to be a better way
8:03 am
mcurlschool

budget cuts got us bad---we are short a 3rd grade teacher and a 5th grade (class sizes are 30-32), down 1 sped teacher and
8:03 am
stidmama

oh dear, that is really a lot to work with. At least she has you (and presumably a couple other good paras) to help! I don't know what I would have done in student teaching without the one-on-one who stepped up and helped some of the other kids who needed it! She is worth her weight in gold.
8:03 am
mcurlschool

Believe me, if you were to put your information down here in our district you would be kept plenty busy
8:04 am
mcurlschool

para help will consist only of reading support 30 min per day
8:04 am
stidmama

I'll consider it. If I take the cut-off to Hwy 8 it shouldn't take too long to get there.
8:05 am
stidmama

budget cuts got a lot of districts... and that debacle in Tacoma with the contracts. At least the kids start on time, but that uncertainty is so bad for everyone.
8:05 am
mcurlschool

it's about 20-25 min I think. Drive it so often I never think about it any more. The majority of our staff commutes from Oly. I'm sure I could hook you up with a car pool. (my Miss Garrett lives on west side)
8:06 am
stidmama

I'll go take a look online right now. I have about 15 minutes of battery power left.
8:06 am
mcurlschool

awesome! Gotta go. have a great day babblers!!!
8:07 am
stidmama

see you soon! can't wait to hear how it went!
8:07 am
mcurlschool

will catch you up this evening ((((off)))
8:15 am
uusue2

hi again, all!
8:15 am
uusue2

good to see trif, even if she is gone again - glad the power is back!!
8:16 am
crosshair

howdy sue:) big storm coming through atm,so if crossy vanishes you will all know what happened:(
8:17 am
Trifioso

Im still here!
8:17 am
Trifioso

and crossy, I hope you have a okay storm ride
8:20 am
crosshair

cool! hail!..
8:20 am
Trifioso

does hail mean tornado where you are, dear one?
8:20 am
crosshair

power flickering,i best shut down tc alll..poink
8:21 am
uusue2

ok, take care, crossy!!
8:21 am
uusue2

hi, trif! good to see you again!
8:21 am
Trifioso

thank you uusue. I miss my laptop so much! my babble time has been seriously impacted
8:22 am
uusue2

I hate when that happens :-)
8:23 am
uusue2

right now, though, my babble time is being impacted by work - gotta go. See you later!
8:23 am
Trifioso

tc
9:23 am
Krysten

I can't believe that the Star Trek weapon of choice is not an accepted word!
9:29 am
crosshair

storm is passing and crossy is back:)
9:37 am
Boobear

Hi all
9:38 am
wvteach

good morning all
9:38 am
Boobear

Hi teach
9:44 am
crosshair

howdy boo and teach,thought i was all alone
9:46 am
Boobear

Hi Crossy. How are you
9:46 am
wvteach

we're here - eating breakfast while trying to find words - had our thunderstorm about 2 hours ago - just sdtarting to rain again
9:46 am
crosshair

not too bad boo,and how are you this rainy day?
9:46 am
crosshair

we had our storm 1 hr ago
9:47 am
Boobear

Did everyone weather the hurricane ok. We got some of the winds here and rain but it wasn't bad.
9:47 am
Boobear

No rain here but I am fine
9:47 am
crosshair

some babblers still have no power and there are some flooding issues for some
9:47 am
wvteach

nothing here from the hurricane
9:48 am
crosshair

i am too far north and east to even be bothered by it,but some of my east coast newfie friends got a soaking
9:49 am
wvteach

right now it has gotten really dark outside - don't know what we are about to get
9:50 am
crosshair

ohh just found a real nice au 7 word:)
9:50 am
crosshair

and an au 8 to go with it
9:51 am
crosshair

to be serius and more so
9:51 am
crosshair

serious
9:52 am
wvteach

thnx crossy - now have NBT and NBS
9:52 am
crosshair

np:)
9:55 am
Boobear

Having trouble finding an words
9:57 am
crosshair

a poker bet
9:57 am
Boobear

Ty
9:57 am
crosshair

and add a cons to that for an 5/10
9:58 am
crosshair

and pl it for the 6/18
10:00 am
crosshair

the 6/18 sounds like what you have before the main course
10:01 am
Boobear

Ty got it
10:01 am
crosshair

good stuff
10:04 am
Boobear

Clue for an 21please
10:06 am
rururocks

two butts boo
10:07 am
Boobear

Ty ruru
10:08 am
carleekat

morning again all
10:08 am
rururocks

:)
10:08 am
rururocks

hi car
10:08 am
carleekat

hi ruru
10:08 am
Boobear

Good morning Car
10:08 am
crosshair

can you post the proper stats for that please?
10:08 am
crosshair

howdy carlee
10:08 am
carleekat

hi boo
10:08 am
carleekat

hi ya crossy
10:09 am
wvteach

an 6/21
10:09 am
wvteach

plural of an 4/5
10:10 am
Nef

Good Morning Everybody. It's a beautiful day here (but will be very hot and humid this afternoon)
10:10 am
carleekat

morning nef and yes is supposed to feel like 40 C here by tomorrow ( woohoo!!!)
10:10 am
Boobear

Hi Nef
10:10 am
wvteach

juyst had the second thunderstorm of the morning pass through
10:11 am
crosshair

ty teach
10:11 am
Boobear

It is in the 70's here
10:11 am
wvteach

yw crossy
10:11 am
rururocks

warmer here
10:11 am
carleekat

oh man..sneezing fit..makin gmy piano ring
10:11 am
rururocks

this has been the nicest summer since I have lived here
10:12 am
carleekat

40 C is well over 100 F btw..not there yet mind but is what we are expecting
10:12 am
Nef

How is everybody doing today? I just sent DH off to the state fair (by himself!); and am now hoping I can finish a grid for a change! :-D
10:12 am
crosshair

a beautiful 18 c here(64 in american)
10:12 am
lbdawger

hi everyone
10:13 am
crosshair

howdy lbd
10:13 am
wvteach

supposed to have rain on and off for this long weekend - and be up in the 90s for Friday and Saturday
10:13 am
Boobear

Hi lbd
10:13 am
Nef

40C =104F; time for blood cultures and Tylenol! (In nursing experience, anyway!)
10:13 am
Nef

hi lbd
10:14 am
carleekat

its 76F atm..expecting high of 87 plus humidity
10:15 am
carleekat

did u get a storm over night crossy?
10:16 am
herinfernallady

Hi
10:16 am
crosshair

our storm came though about hour and half ago
10:16 am
Nef

hi herin
10:16 am
herinfernallady

How you all going?
10:16 am
crosshair

howdy herin
10:17 am
herinfernallady

anus
10:17 am
herinfernallady

POO and bum sorry guys
10:17 am
carleekat

we had one about 3 am ish apparently
10:17 am
Nef

I'm feeling more relaxed today than I have in the past month; only Aunty and myself here and she's sleeping! :-)
10:17 am
carleekat

hi herin
10:18 am
carleekat

i slept through it
10:18 am
carleekat

plural it for a 6 herin <snort>
10:18 am
herinfernallady

Wow. Seems I last not even a minute and I wind up in the penalty box
10:18 am
herinfernallady

How the hell can you have 2 of them?
10:18 am
carleekat

its a poopy place to be herin
10:19 am
Nef

you can have more than 2 of them in one room when your with a bunch of jerks, herin
10:19 am
carleekat

perhaps when one has a number of cadavers and they remove them all and line them up in a row??? ( sorry for the grossness...but its the only way i can envisage more than one)
10:19 am
herinfernallady

Well our toilet crapped out tonight so I gues that word is apropriate
10:19 am
crosshair

and spell it a tad differenty and pl it as well
10:21 am
carleekat

crappy when the crapper craps
10:21 am
herinfernallady

Our land lord decided to fix the toilet himself. He did put the right nails in the back of the toilet so being ceramic it is weighing on the water pipe. He also secured that pipe with a plug that was too small. SO tonight the back bit just sploded
10:22 am
Nef

what a bad thing to happen, herin. Did you get it fixed yet?
10:22 am
carleekat

ugh...
10:22 am
Nef

YUK!!!
10:22 am
herinfernallady

Nope as it was 10:20pm. We fixed it with duct tape and a towel
10:22 am
carleekat

ok..i gotta run...i have to finish fluffing my duff so I can take mum back her car ( this no vehicle thing SUCKS!)
10:23 am
crosshair

it should not weigh on the pipe,the stink pipe should be flush with the floor and the bottom of the toilet should mate with it in such a way that when fastened down the load of the toilet is held by the floor
10:23 am
herinfernallady

Duct tape solves every thing
10:23 am
herinfernallady

Loves Carlee.
10:23 am
crosshair

the water flex hose should be long enough that it does not pull as well
10:23 am
Nef

bye carlee! HAGD!
10:24 am
crosshair

crossy can change a toilet in his sleep:9
10:24 am
herinfernallady

It isn't the flex hose it is the actual pipe that runs from the cistern to the toliet
10:24 am
crosshair

lol there are places that still use cisterns...
10:24 am
herinfernallady

The trady that rang me was a rude asshole and I had to pass the phone to the other half before I told him were to stick the phone
10:25 am
carleekat

( Unless its ike mine crossy...my stink pipe was not..and i had to power drill a special phlange on it before the toilet would set properly ( old lead pipe)
10:25 am
carleekat

Huggles herin
10:25 am
crosshair

we forget that here,with water everywhere we take it for granted sometimes
10:26 am
crosshair

that can happen carlee
10:26 am
herinfernallady

That is the word. You have the cistern then the pipe then a phlange holding it together that goes into the loo
10:26 am
carleekat

- this was why my toilet was not "sealed properly to begin with as no one BOTHERED to put the special phlange on i the stink pipe
10:27 am
carleekat

which was why....i had sewage leaking between the floor and the toilet itself ( yay..NOT)
10:27 am
crosshair

are you talking about the toilet tank itself herin?
10:27 am
herinfernallady

Nope
10:27 am
crosshair

ok then an actual cistern
10:27 am
herinfernallady

The cistern is on the wall. Then there is a pipe from there to the loo
10:27 am
carleekat

anyway... toodles....duff fluffin time *poof*
10:27 am
crosshair

been decades since i have seen one
10:28 am
crosshair

saw one in a english movie 20 years ago lol
10:29 am
herinfernallady

Ok
10:29 am
herinfernallady

Sorry
10:29 am
herinfernallady

But seriously it wasn't even stuck into the studs in the wall and I wonder if the plumber is actually going to do that
10:30 am
herinfernallady

And the tradie as soon as he got hold of me he did the whole : Well ahve you turned off the water.
10:33 am
crosshair

sigh..he made it more difficult than it has to be
10:33 am
crosshair

a nice modern toilet with a low flow 2 gallon flush bowl and tank and yer good to go
10:34 am
crosshair

80 dollars here,4 dollars for wax seal,2 dollars for bolts to fasten to stink pipe and yer done
10:34 am
crosshair

5 dollars for cold water flex hose
10:35 am
crosshair

time=15 min to get old one out and new one in
10:35 am
crosshair

wish i was there for ya herin
10:35 am
herinfernallady

The bolts have to be studded properly as the cistern is heavy. Which he hasn't done. So his tight ass job is going to cost him more than he would have spent if he had done it right to begin with. I was right again. I swear most men just think women have a brain cell and a half when it comes to plumbing and cars
10:36 am
crosshair

that old toilet is going to coist him more
10:36 am
Boobear

Clue for ap 4/10 please
10:36 am
crosshair

what is the fixation for keeping the antique crapper? get it out of there and save water
10:37 am
herinfernallady

It isn't antique. It is new
10:37 am
Anniebrook

boo, ap 4/10 uses the high tile
10:37 am
Anniebrook

I am just passing thru...see you all later
10:37 am
crosshair

cause a wall haning cistern is from the 20,s here
10:37 am
crosshair

howdy annie
10:37 am
Nef

it took me 1 1/3 hours because DH tightened the screw on the base of the water tanl too tight and cracked it. I had to buy a new water tank for it.
10:37 am
Anniebrook

Hi crossy :)
10:38 am
crosshair

right on time annie we were just talking toilets;))
10:38 am
Anniebrook

Hi Nef..enjoying some time to yourself, I was glad to read that
10:38 am
herinfernallady

Crossie: http://tinyurl.com/3pwua2d
10:38 am
Boobear

Ty Annie
10:38 am
Nef

I think that herin is calling the water tank of a modern toilet a cistern?
10:39 am
herinfernallady

The cistern is like this one on the wall with the L shaped bend pipe. The pipe connected to the loo is broken
10:39 am
herinfernallady

HI Annie
10:39 am
crosshair

yup as i thought from the 20,we no longer use that style at all herin
10:39 am
herinfernallady

Yes
10:40 am
crosshair

here the tank mounts flush with the actual bowl and rubber grommets are used at the fasten points
10:40 am
crosshair

aand a rubber flange seals the bowl to the tank
10:40 am
Anniebrook

hi herin and I am off to do errands
10:41 am
Nef

and the rubber grommets have a screw that you tighten to make it sit right and THAT is what DH over-tightened!
10:41 am
crosshair

that is so true nef!!
10:41 am
Nef

Hi Annie! And thanks!
10:41 am
crosshair

finger tight + 1/4 turn!!
10:41 am
herinfernallady

It is modern twin flush. He refused to replace the guts of the old cistern. Which would have been easier. As he has done it now I personally would rip the whole lot out and replace with a full system - toilet
10:42 am
crosshair

indeed,those were phased out here for a reason lol
10:42 am
herinfernallady

Do you have twin flush
10:42 am
crosshair

let me show you our moden versions
10:43 am
crosshair

www.ca.kohler.com
10:44 am
crosshair

the white one and there is a low profile version
10:44 am
crosshair

all one pieces,clean,slim line
10:44 am
herinfernallady

Our land lord is a tight wad
10:45 am
herinfernallady

Our old one was like that
10:46 am
herinfernallady

It was the same as what we have now but plastic and 2 piece
10:46 am
crosshair

we went from a old 8 gallon flush to a 2 gallon flush and save 100 dollars on water bill each hear,so your landlord is only hurting himself
10:46 am
herinfernallady

I told him that my sister works for a plumbing place and it would be cheaper to get a plumber in than fix it yourself. I did ask her this as I hate hassel
10:47 am
crosshair

well then your sis know the right toilet for you
10:48 am
crosshair

they even have some very interesting euro toilets with sinks built into the tank top for tight places
10:49 am
crosshair

it saves all your water from hand washing for the next flush
10:49 am
herinfernallady

She is pretty good.
10:49 am
herinfernallady

Interesting
10:50 am
crosshair

they are
10:50 am
herinfernallady

Personally that bathroom would be gutted retiled and rejigged with roof top ducts
10:52 am
herinfernallady

Just seen the unit you mean Crossie. By Caroma good brand
10:53 am
rubyfoo

hello everybody, 121 words earlier
10:53 am
herinfernallady

Hi RUby
10:53 am
rubyfoo

{{herin}}
10:53 am
rubyfoo

{{crossy}}
10:54 am
crosshair

((RUBY))
10:54 am
crosshair

i have but 70 so far ruby:(
10:54 am
wvteach

hello ruby
10:55 am
Nef

160 left here (just got NBT; but Aunty awake and needs some help with a project now). will be in and out off an on for a while...
10:56 am
crosshair

and must leave for a dr appt in 1 hours so you win today.what is my ladies favor for the day,a pretty hand fan or a flower for your hair? perhaps a killer martini? lol
10:56 am
rubyfoo

hello wvteach!
10:56 am
rubyfoo

and nef, if you're still here
10:56 am
rubyfoo

haha
10:58 am
Nef

I'm here ruby :-P She's finishing eating breakfast right now
10:58 am
wvteach

rainy day here all morning - glad i don't have to go out until this evening
10:58 am
herinfernallady

HI Wv
10:59 am
rubyfoo

we've been lucky, most of our storms happen at night and then it's gorgeous in the daytime
11:00 am
wvteach

hi herin
11:01 am
rubyfoo

59 left but I think they're impossible
11:01 am
wvteach

69 left here
11:03 am
rubyfoo

all I see now are phantoms or words I already have
11:03 am
uusue2

omg - I have just finished teaching in what has to be the hottest classroom on campus. I don't know how hot it was but my office is 80F and it was a lot hotter than that. I am now sitting with my fan blowing on me at full speed.
11:04 am
uusue2

and hi! :-)
11:04 am
crosshair

poor sue:( crossy makes sue his famouse long island iced tea
11:04 am
rubyfoo

that is horrible, sue! how did you stay awake?
11:04 am
uusue2

I was standing up and talking, so I was ok - some of the students were getting a little drowsy,though
11:05 am
uusue2

and thanks for the iced tea, crossy, it is much appreciated!
11:05 am
rubyfoo

when I went to Queens, they used to keep the heat on into June if they hadn't used up their fuel allotment, for fear it would be cut the next year
11:06 am
crosshair

lol,we had the opposite.in winter the classes were 10 degrees above what the outside was at the time,and you would not be at al suprised to see a scrim of ice forming in your water bottle!
11:07 am
herinfernallady

stupid volcano
11:08 am
crosshair

lol,no one had constipation.just a quick contact on those ice cold seat and you were done in 45 seconds lol..back to toilets again..mmm
11:09 am
herinfernallady

Yep must be a poo no
11:09 am
herinfernallady

night
11:09 am
uusue2

night, herin!
11:09 am
herinfernallady

Not going
11:09 am
herinfernallady

Hi Unie
11:09 am
uusue2

and this is just a really old building, so impossible to keep comfortable
11:09 am
uusue2

oh, good! Glad you are still here!
11:09 am
crosshair

our cats nicknane is "poopers" cause she goes about 6 times a day
11:10 am
rubyfoo

I call Ruby poopy girl
11:10 am
herinfernallady

It is a tad late but I seem to be flying through
11:10 am
rubyfoo

(and Max, poopy boy) -- very imaginative
11:12 am
herinfernallady

Any way I don't think I have a bed tonight> Cat has probably taken over it
11:14 am
rubyfoo

good night
11:15 am
uusue2

ok, I won't say good night until I am sure you are actually leaving, ruby, although I wish you a good night even if you stay here with us :-)
11:18 am
crosshair

ok,must be off to appt,tc all and happy babbling..poink
11:18 am
herinfernallady

Later Cross
11:18 am
uusue2

bye, crossy!
11:19 am
herinfernallady

wow I am finding half awake thinking is working
11:20 am
uusue2

It means you think more uninhibitedly, I think, herin
11:20 am
herinfernallady

Yep
11:20 am
herinfernallady

Not thinking helps with non words
11:22 am
uusue2

OK, like it wasn't hot enough already, this message just came through my work email: At the request of ComEd NIU has been requested to power-down certain services today (Thursday Sept. 1) between the hours of 2:00 and 3:00 pm. The Physical Plant will be taking A/C and fans offline for that time period.
11:22 am
uusue2

Aargh!!! I am going to go stick my head in a fountain.
11:22 am
herinfernallady

O well at least you have power
11:23 am
uusue2

True, and they can't turn of my own personal fan
11:23 am
uusue2

*off
11:23 am
herinfernallady

Vermont farmers are needing help as they have no power to milk cows
11:24 am
uusue2

oh, gosh, they need a lot more help than that, too, I have been reading about how a lot of the crops are either underwater or have been flattened by the floods
11:25 am
herinfernallady

The cows are really important as they have to be milked other wise they get really sick
11:25 am
uusue2

modern corn-harvesting machines don't work on horizontal corn so they don't know how they are going to get the crop in, even if the plants have survived
11:25 am
uusue2

<--- would go help milk cows if they weren't 1000 miles away
11:26 am
uusue2

I hadn't heard about the cows, though, herin, that is really tough.
11:26 am
herinfernallady

Well it is back to picking then isn't it if they can find the people to get in
11:26 am
herinfernallady

No power or generators mean milkers get mastis
11:27 am
MollyL

Ouch. That statement will make any woman who has been overdue for breast feeding her infant remember the ache.
11:27 am
uusue2

ah, yes, I remember getting that myself back in the day, not fun, and a whole lot worse for the cows. I hope they get power back soon, or else get a whole lot of workers!
11:28 am
herinfernallady

Problem is people are willing to help but the only way in is either walk or chopper
11:28 am
herinfernallady

or back roads or maybe horses
11:28 am
uusue2

just saw that car.eeyore has her power back! Yay!
11:28 am
herinfernallady

Hi Molly
11:28 am
uusue2

oh, right, hi, molly!!
11:29 am
MollyL

I'm reading a lot of good will stories about people pitching in to help during all the difficulties this storm has caused. It's renewing my faith in the good nature of folks.
11:29 am
MollyL

Hey Herin
11:29 am
MollyL

Hi Sue
11:29 am
herinfernallady

People are wanting to help but the issue is getting there to do it.
11:29 am
uusue2

yeah, they're going to need a lot of good will if the govt decides that they can't help without cutting the money out of the budget someplace else
11:30 am
MollyL

Imagine riding a horse to help pick corn and milk cows. What a ride back in time. I think it would be fun.
11:30 am
herinfernallady

In times like this you have to think outside the box really
11:31 am
uusue2

I wonder if they could get local school kids to help out? I don't think schools are in session...
11:31 am
hootowl

I wonder if anybody remembers how to hand milk and who has the time anyway?
11:31 am
herinfernallady

Once again though the roads are shod and people are trying to get their own crap in order
11:31 am
hootowl

howdy
11:32 am
herinfernallady

HI Hoot.
11:32 am
uusue2

hi, hoot!
11:32 am
hootowl

probably don't have any school
11:32 am
herinfernallady

Hoot cow milking is a skill learned. Even if they have to dump the milk unto the ground.
11:32 am
MollyL

Hi Hoot. And if there is no help, and these crops and the milking cows go to hell, we will pay for that at the grocery store.
11:32 am
hootowl

hi herin - long time sue i see every day
11:33 am
herinfernallady

Yes I should be in bed
11:33 am
hootowl

I know - I learned it back in the late 50's!
11:34 am
hootowl

hi moolly - definitely
11:34 am
hootowl

sorry @!!! Molly
11:35 am
hootowl

Funny thing I can feel my fingers doing it but I don't know that I still have the strength!
11:35 am
herinfernallady

My friends were discussing slaughtering a cow for food over dinner the other night. I had to ask them to stop talking. I would be in the kitchen making the pie and they would be doing the gross stuff
11:36 am
hootowl

It's not pleasant but it is necessary
11:36 am
hootowl

But where did they expect to get the cow?
11:36 am
herinfernallady

They live on a farm and my b.f can butcher. I at least admit it is gross
11:36 am
carleekat

hi again...
11:36 am
herinfernallady

Hi Carlee.
11:37 am
herinfernallady

Hoot they live on a farm and there is yearlings about and lots of wild dogs. One could just disappear
11:37 am
hootowl

Well it is gross but necessary if you want to eat.
11:37 am
carleekat

hi herin
11:37 am
hootowl

hi carlee
11:37 am
herinfernallady

I admit that I can't do it.
11:37 am
carleekat

honestly ..i want to try hunting...
11:37 am
carleekat

for food not sport
11:38 am
carleekat

and i want to learn to butcher
11:38 am
carleekat

( not in a sarah palin go get 'em sportsman way..just..so i know i COULD do it if i had to )
11:38 am
hootowl

Well it was another thing I learned back then but I now confine it to taking apart ther louy meat we get from the stores!
11:39 am
hootowl

Well I could give lesson if you were a leetle bit closer!
11:39 am
herinfernallady

I cried when I used to catch and eat fish
11:39 am
hootowl

the lusy
11:39 am
carleekat

i had to put down mice and i cried....
11:39 am
hootowl

I can't type today to save my life!
11:40 am
herinfernallady

I cried when the cat killed a wild mouse the other week
11:40 am
hootowl

mice don't bother me
11:40 am
carleekat

but when it comes to the circle of llife thing... i can deal...
11:40 am
uusue2

hi, carlee!
11:41 am
herinfernallady

Heck as a kid I bawled over killing a mother spider and her babbies
11:41 am
uusue2

and I think if I had to butcher my own food, I would mostly eat vegetables (and maybe fish)
11:41 am
hootowl

But there are some squirrels I am ready to personally kick into tomorrow!
11:41 am
carleekat

i dont think i could wring a chickens neck..to actually feel life leave a body... but...to hunt with rifle..i think i could do it
11:41 am
hootowl

You are too soft herin. Not a crime
11:41 am
carleekat

hi sue!!!
11:42 am
herinfernallady

Yep. I am and at least I admit it.
11:42 am
carleekat

:) hearin
11:42 am
carleekat

herin* even..sheesh...
11:42 am
hootowl

We had chicken and never wrung their necks! Used a hetchet!
11:42 am
carleekat

( and carlee loves venison and she loves moose meat )
11:43 am
herinfernallady

I heard that holding them upside down and putting them in a pipe is really quick
11:43 am
hootowl

that's a hatchet
11:43 am
carleekat

i couldnt do that either hoot... mind i could tell u all a very crude but very funny story about my dxh when he worked at the turkey farm here
11:43 am
carleekat

( I read hatchet hoot)
11:43 am
car.eeyore

Hi everyone! Power is FINALLY back on!
11:43 am
hootowl

the pipe is just to keep them from moving while you cut their throats
11:43 am
herinfernallady

SO did I Hoot
11:44 am
carleekat

WOOHOO for car.ee!!!!!!
11:44 am
hootowl

hi car - great!
11:44 am
hootowl

ok
11:44 am
herinfernallady

But the device that these farmers had was really friendly and harm free to the chicken and damn quick way to go. Especially with too many roosters
11:44 am
carleekat

( did u lose much food hun? )
11:44 am
hootowl

it's more of a cone. We had them at school
11:44 am
car.eeyore

soooooooooo relieved!
11:44 am
herinfernallady

HI Carlee. You back?
11:45 am
car.eeyore

Not too much food. Didn't have that much stored up in the fridge or freezer.
11:45 am
car.eeyore

Hi Herin!
11:45 am
uusue2

yay, car!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good to see you again!!
11:45 am
herinfernallady

Hoot it was a fascinating show about this man that went back to proper farming. Catching and cooking his own food
11:46 am
hootowl

I believe that - we didn't have pwer for 2 weeks when the spring storms came thru!
11:46 am
car.eeyore

Hi Sue!
11:46 am
car.eeyore

with the kids and mom...I really was at my wits end.
11:46 am
hootowl

show on where
11:47 am
Dorens

i'm still without power... walked into my office today for the first time (back to school for staff) and turned on the light and kind of forgot how it works!
11:47 am
herinfernallady

Wow I went barking mad after 2 days of no power
11:47 am
car.eeyore

Oh Dorens!!!! I am so sorry.
11:48 am
hootowl

Oh Dorens - Jersey did get hit hard and morethan once too!
11:48 am
Dorens

it's certainly inconvenient... but it could have been so much worse. no flooding at least
11:49 am
car.eeyore

I keep saying that Dorens. Yes, pain in the buttinski, but it could have been so much worse. Poor Vermont for instance.
11:49 am
herinfernallady

Well according to our news only NY mattered which really issed me off
11:50 am
hootowl

Well upstate did get clobbered but not as bad as Vermont
11:50 am
herinfernallady

I have been keeping up to date on Vermont on WCAX on FB
11:51 am
Dorens

maybe your news says NY meaning the NY metropolitan area? NJ and CT got it much worse actually.... but some places lump us in with NY, which is sort of understandable
11:51 am
hootowl

I have never seen Manhatten hit by a hurricane! They usually, and were expected to, veer right and go thru Long Island
11:51 am
uusue2

hi, dorens, sorry you are still without power! (my dad was fine, btw)
11:52 am
Dorens

glad for that sue
11:52 am
hootowl

If you read the comments on yahoonews you'd think the east coast was a separate planet.
11:52 am
herinfernallady

I swear you would think I was an inbred hick without FB and Twitter and YAhoo news and google news and la times
11:53 am
hootowl

Please - they kept saing New york City when they were talking about Manhatten, Stupidity all around!
11:53 am
hootowl

don't be silly herin
11:54 am
herinfernallady

I try to keep up on international news because our paper is a tad crap
11:54 am
hootowl

You haven't seen mine.
11:55 am
car.eeyore

My internet connection is very weak, so I am going to scoot. Must clean the fridge & freezer anyway to be restocked. Nice to see you all! BBL!
11:55 am
Dorens

no herin, i am not suggesting that you are a hick. you are a very savvy lady, I know that... just thought that maybe the news talks about ny
11:55 am
hootowl

And i do not twitter or fb or any of that stuff. I waste enough time here:D
11:55 am
herinfernallady

I think around the time of the Japan Tsunami one of our papers had frount page news about a sports person getting up to mischieve
11:55 am
MollyL

I just hope to God that Hurricane Katia does it's thing over the ocean and stays away from the US East Coast.
11:55 am
hootowl

bye car
11:56 am
herinfernallady

No I meant taht personally - from my own personal point of view. I would come across as very ignorant if I didn't have the internet
11:56 am
hootowl

oh lordy no - just more ammo for the idiots on the comments!
11:56 am
herinfernallady

Doren our news only said NY got wet that was about it
11:57 am
hootowl

Please - no matter what happens in the world - our frontpage will be about the football, baseball or basketball game!
11:58 am
hootowl

well somewhat true about Manhatten - they did get a little flooding but not as much as they prepared for. Upstate got clobbered though
11:58 am
Dorens

got to run.. meeting starting... ws hoping to get this grid done... sorry i started now, cause i don't know if i'll have time to finish.. see you tomorrow
11:58 am
herinfernallady

Sounds like ours Hoot. Japan had that small earthquake thing that made people get wet, Hurrican Irene made NY wet and O what was that OMG shock horror AFL footballers are being paid not enough. Makes me sick
11:59 am
hootowl

bye Dorens - good luck
11:59 am
herinfernallady

Blessings Dorren
11:59 am
hootowl

yep!
12:01 pm
hootowl

small earthquake think???
12:01 pm
hootowl

Is that what they called it or did they just ignore it?
12:02 pm
herinfernallady

No it was about 3 days after. On the first day I found out more news via Twitter and FB
12:03 pm
hootowl

Ok - I also like to do Google news. It's mostly from BBC and therefore less spin!
12:03 pm
carleekat

twitter is where i go for news now
12:04 pm
herinfernallady

FB for me and Twitter for quick looks and links
12:05 pm
hootowl

Well I don't do them so I do what I can. I have links to a number of diff newspapers too
12:05 pm
herinfernallady

Me too. I use NY and LA times and a Boston paper
12:06 pm
hootowl

Prefer reading over a talking head. They usually have their own agenda and add spin
12:06 pm
uusue2

I subscribe to a lot of blogs and get a lot of news there, also read news online and FB - Yahoo, BBC, Chicago and Boston newspapers (get email alerts from them)
12:07 pm
hootowl

I have read a few blogs but they too usually have an agenda, But they can be starting points
12:08 pm
carleekat

ok..am off to do my fluff reading before i have to hit the books in a week... ( want to re-read all the twilight series its suitably "fluffy" literature)
12:08 pm
hootowl

This is sooooooooo slow - lunchtime and they are in full cry!
12:08 pm
herinfernallady

I also read a GLBT paper for unbias news
12:08 pm
hootowl

have fun, Not my cup of tea
12:08 pm
hootowl

what's that herin
12:09 pm
herinfernallady

Have fun Carlee.
12:09 pm
herinfernallady

Gay Lesbian Bi Transgender Newspaper they do a fairly good job reporting issues
12:09 pm
carleekat

i just want brain dead reading hoot....cus i will be told what to read for the next 8 months...
12:10 pm
hootowl

Didn't even know there was such a thing. Is it available here?
12:10 pm
wvteach

visited the Twilight setting this past summer - had never heard of the books untill then
12:10 pm
hootowl

ok carlee - enjoy
12:10 pm
hootowl

what setting?
12:11 pm
wvteach

setting of the Twilight books
12:11 pm
herinfernallady

Yes - It is called Out and About Hoot
12:11 pm
hootowl

where is it?
12:11 pm
Uneaixoise

a good thriller I read recently: Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott
12:11 pm
hootowl

.com or .org
12:12 pm
hootowl

hi Une
12:12 pm
Uneaixoise

hey, hoot et al :-)
12:13 pm
hootowl

I've been so busy I have about 6 started books on my nighttable and about 100 to go!
12:13 pm
Uneaixoise

just zipping by -- taking a friend to lunch for her bday
12:13 pm
MollyL

Thanks for the recommendation Une. I like thrillers.
12:13 pm
Uneaixoise

later, all!! *poof*
12:13 pm
hootowl

well have fun
12:13 pm
Uneaixoise

me too, Molly!!
12:13 pm
herinfernallady

Une would you stop having so many cute puppies. I am dying from cute overload
12:14 pm
herinfernallady

http://www.outandaboutnewspaper.com/
12:14 pm
MollyL

Hoot I'm the same way. I don't have much time to read, so it takes me a lot longer to finish a book than it used to.
12:14 pm
herinfernallady

I can't say if the adverts wont be M rated.
12:14 pm
kje

any pt words in this one?
12:15 pm
Uneaixoise

herin, I transport rescue dogs every week . . . and they're ALL sooooo cute!!
12:15 pm
herinfernallady

Good onyou uni. Those pups are supper cute
12:15 pm
Uneaixoise

Sunday I'm transporting a very pregnant beagle named Tinker -- am taking a big basket and a stack of towels "just in case" LOL!
12:15 pm
MollyL

I don't think so KJE.
12:15 pm
kje

ty
12:16 pm
herinfernallady

Dawwwww puppy
12:16 pm
MollyL

*Imagines Une delivering puppies by the side of the road*
12:16 pm
Uneaixoise

kje, are you near the fires in TX that I keep seeing on the news??
12:16 pm
hootowl

got iy herin I'll give it a shot. Can't be aby more abrasive than some of the comments I read!
12:17 pm
Uneaixoise

Molly, please please don't let that happen LOL!
12:17 pm
uusue2

some of the blogs I subscribe to are from Scientific American and the US Geologic Survey - they are particularly good on science topics
12:17 pm
herinfernallady

I read it because I am interested in human rights.
12:18 pm
kje

those are out west, une... there are burn bans everywhere though due to teh drought
12:18 pm
Uneaixoise

oh, ok . . . glad you're ok . . . looks horrible . . . and no rain in sight, right?
12:18 pm
hootowl

I am signed up with Space.com
12:18 pm
Uneaixoise

bad drought here too but no fires . . .yet
12:19 pm
Uneaixoise

hope the tourists in the Smokey Mtns are careful with anything that could start a fire . . .
12:20 pm
kje

no real rain... we have had a few short showers in the last 2 weeks, but nothing of value
12:20 pm
uusue2

they are good, hoot, there is also a blog called Starts With A Bang that has really good astronomy information
12:20 pm
hootowl

Well I'm signed up with a lot of things but I can't get to them often. Actually gave up on some awile ago and deleted them.
12:20 pm
kje

the fires in austin were started when a homeless man lit a campfire
12:20 pm
Uneaixoise

ok, gotta run -- byeee *poof*
12:20 pm
uusue2

glad to hear you are ok, une and kje
12:20 pm
uusue2

I pretend they are work-related which is my excuse for reading them during the day, hoot :-)
12:20 pm
kje

and how f'ed up are we? they pla to prosecute him for arson... even though they know he didn't set in on purpose
12:21 pm
kje

on the other hand, he is no longer homeless
12:21 pm
hootowl

Well here in Memphis we have clear air about 3 days a year. It's never when there is a meteor shower though.
12:21 pm
uusue2

here either, hoot
12:21 pm
MollyL

My answer is pretty f'd up KJE.
12:22 pm
kje

yep... it is an f'd up world
12:23 pm
uusue2

in fact we have a problem with the university observatory - it is open two nights a week but sometimes we get to the end of the semester and almost none of those nights have been clear
12:23 pm
hootowl

What are they going to do to him kje? Throw him into prison? Then he wont be homeless
12:23 pm
MollyL

The legal system in particular.
12:23 pm
herinfernallady

How was the homeless man to know of the fire bans?
12:23 pm
kje

i have 28 left... will take a break and see if i ca get further with fresh eyes before i list
12:23 pm
uusue2

and how dare he want cooked food? :-P
12:24 pm
kje

herin - no comment... just a crazy world
12:24 pm
hootowl

Well you aren't really that far from me are you? So you probably get the same weather.
12:24 pm
herinfernallady

I have no knowledge of this fire. But if it was in a Nat park isn't it the rangers job to go ear bash campers?
12:24 pm
kje

my stomach is growling... i must hunt and gather
12:25 pm
kje

it was in an empty house in a neighborhood... caused quite a fire and loss of property
12:25 pm
hootowl

I'm doing more talking then searching. BF just got home 2 hrs early. So I'm gonna say byebye for now. It has definitely been an interesting morning!
12:25 pm
herinfernallady

Can someone please clue me a TR 6 please
12:26 pm
herinfernallady

SO are they going to go prosecute someone else if their house causes the same amount of damage/
12:26 pm
hootowl

tr+vowel_ what you cook in - bye
12:26 pm
herinfernallady

never mind I found the word
12:27 pm
herinfernallady

Done and done. Night all
12:27 pm
uusue2

yay, herin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!
12:27 pm
uusue2

and good night!
12:28 pm
herinfernallady

nighters or good day to you all
12:35 pm
wvteach

congrats herin
12:40 pm
rubyfoo

hello again everybody
12:41 pm
rubyfoo

kje are you still there
12:41 pm
rubyfoo

fires in Austin????
12:43 pm
rubyfoo

calling son.....
12:52 pm
JBV

hi ruby is your son in texas/
12:53 pm
uusue2

hope he is ok, ruby!
12:54 pm
wvteach

looked on Yahoo News - wildfires in Fort worth area and central Oklahoma - didn't mention Austin
12:54 pm
JBV

hi wv and hi sue
12:56 pm
wvteach

hi JBV and sue
12:56 pm
uusue2

hi, jbv and wv! Jbv, are you recovering OK from the storm?
12:57 pm
mrpresident

morning all :)
12:57 pm
wvteach

morning mrp
12:58 pm
uusue2

hi, mrp!!! Good to see you!!!
12:58 pm
uusue2

although now I have to run off - we are interviewing for a new lab manager. See you all later!
12:58 pm
mrpresident

hi sue! ((hugs))
12:58 pm
mrpresident

hi teach :))
12:59 pm
Nef

Hi again. I just took off 40-50 dry cleaner bags from Aunt Jeans clothes; each bag had at least 4 or more items in it hanging up. (These are from the fire restoration company after the fire). The sad thing is she's lost so much weight none of these will fit her anymore!
12:59 pm
mrpresident

have fun sue... interviews ah!
12:59 pm
JBV

bye sue - we'll talk tomorrow or later
12:59 pm
Nef

bye sue! Hi mrp wv, and everyone
12:59 pm
mrpresident

hi nef :))
1:00 pm
mrpresident

oh nef... so sad :((
1:00 pm
Nef

how are you feeling today, mrp?
1:01 pm
mrpresident

well, it is 4am... not quite feeling yet. sleep is sparodic and am exhausted because of it.
1:01 pm
Nef

yeah. Most of her clothes are sizes 10-12; she nowwears a 2 and some of those are too loose.
1:01 pm
mrpresident

but, took off the bandages and had a look... not too bad!!
1:01 pm
mrpresident

size 2... tiny thing
1:02 pm
Nef

shall I sing you a lullabye? No, wait; that might wake you up! <tapes mouth shut>
1:02 pm
mrpresident

LOL !!
had 5 hours of sleep, just can't do the full 8 like I would prefer
1:02 pm
Nef

she's just skin, bones and wrinkles now; 93 lbs today
1:03 pm
Nef

(She weighed 130 in March)
1:03 pm
mrpresident

holy moly! that is way thin
1:04 pm
Nef

yeah. Well, her TV program is over now; so back to work I go! BBL!
1:05 pm
mrpresident

see ya nef! luvly seeing you again :)
1:18 pm
EvaNadine

*ahhh*
just back from my weekly WW@W meeting.
1:18 pm
EvaNadine

:)
1:19 pm
MollyL

*Drum roll for Eva*
1:20 pm
EvaNadine

lost the 0.8 pounds i had gained last week -- and another 2 pounds on top of it!
surpassed my 15-pounds mark, and i am now down a total of 16 pounds since i started WW.
and for the first time in a WHILE, i am officially under 200 pounds!
1:21 pm
MollyL

CRASH! Of the cymbals!!! Way to go Eva!
1:21 pm
wvteach

congrats - and a big drum roll for Eva
1:21 pm
EvaNadine

::happy dance::
1:22 pm
wvteach

fireworks here
1:22 pm
rolin

eva...are you using propoinTs?
1:22 pm
mrpresident

very good job eva!! :))
1:22 pm
mrpresident

on ya teach :)
1:22 pm
mrpresident

hi rolin ((hugs))
1:23 pm
rolin

hey mrp...congrats on the medical report
1:23 pm
EvaNadine

rolin: Points Plus
1:23 pm
EvaNadine

thanky, MrP!
how are you feeling??
1:24 pm
rolin

ooops//gotta go..off to the driving range..
1:24 pm
mrpresident

thank you!! very very relieved!
1:25 pm
mrpresident

eva, feeling ok darling... sleep is a little bit of an issue as I have to pee every hour after the general anesthetic (my side effect)... is 4.30am so thought I would hang with the cool people :)
1:25 pm
EvaNadine

oh! just skimmed your latest profile update!
thank god!
1:25 pm
mrpresident

have fun rolin!
1:25 pm
mrpresident

indeed!!
how you going eva ?
1:26 pm
EvaNadine

doing well. :)
1:28 pm
mrpresident

nice :)
1:46 pm
inge

t3
1:46 pm
inge

t4
1:46 pm
inge

t3
1:46 pm
inge

t4
1:46 pm
inge

r
1:46 pm
inge

5
1:46 pm
inge

r
1:46 pm
inge

t3
1:46 pm
inge

e
1:46 pm
inge

5
1:46 pm
inge

tr
1:46 pm
inge

e
1:47 pm
inge

t3
1:47 pm
uusue2

hi, inge :-)
1:48 pm
hego

tee hee
1:48 pm
uusue2

and hi again all, back from the interview, AC is scheduled to go off in 12 minutes and it is 88F outside. Sigh.
1:49 pm
hego

poor Sue :-((
1:49 pm
hego

oooo. This grid looks hard.
1:50 pm
uusue2

the whole university is getting its AC turned off, hego, the utilities must be really stressed by the heat
1:50 pm
hego

It's September here Sue.
1:50 pm
hego

Finally!
1:51 pm
hego

Are there words in here?!!
1:51 pm
uusue2

yeah, here too, hego, but they are predicting a high of 95 today, and 92 tomorrow, with high humidity.
1:51 pm
uusue2

After that it is supposed to cool off.
1:52 pm
hego

No I meant REALLY Sept. 80 and dry.
1:52 pm
uusue2

I have 65 words, hego, only some of which are strange :-)
1:52 pm
hego

tx Sue, I'm just starting.
1:53 pm
uusue2

oh, you mean like your weather realizes it's September? Must be nice :-)
1:53 pm
hego

I have vowel-a-phobia
1:53 pm
hego

Yup
1:55 pm
hego

Ah! I see a word that brings to mind my recent colonoscopy. lol
1:57 pm
uusue2

it's the e words that are giving me fits.
1:58 pm
uusue2

btw, don't forget the plural of your word :-)
1:58 pm
hego

Oh, yes! A's and e's are my nemesis
1:58 pm
hego

oh! ty
2:19 pm
Dorens


funny hego... i had one yesterday and the word recti was there
2:19 pm
hego

lol Hi Dorens
2:20 pm
hego

Isn't it great when it's over?
2:33 pm
Dorens

particularly since the power went out in Morristown in the middle of it, but the emergency generator let them continue.... then all subsequent procedures were cancelled.... can you imagine?
2:34 pm
hego

Oh, poor people!
2:36 pm
MollyL

Hmm...two Babblers have colonoscopys on back to back days, and on those same days "recti" and the an words are in the grid. Kind of makes you wonder.
: )
2:36 pm
inge

z
2:36 pm
hego

To be cancelled after all that!
2:36 pm
hego

LOLOL Molly
2:36 pm
Dorens

i still have no electricity, so i had a battery operated lantern set up in my bathroom.... very romantic
2:37 pm
hego

Shhhh. Inge sleeping.
2:37 pm
Dorens

i think she has no idea..... using lickety's babble expert can do that if you go quickly.
2:38 pm
hego

I know, Dorens
2:38 pm
Dorens

(have done it once or twice myself)
2:38 pm
snags

hego, was your colonoscopy a good one?
2:39 pm
MollyL

Dorens, of all the power outage stories, those poor people whose colonoscopys were cancelled, well their stories rate right up at the top. How horrible for them.
2:39 pm
hego

The results were good
2:39 pm
hego

ty Snags
2:39 pm
hego

I agree Molly
2:39 pm
snags

that was the word I was looking for, result...... thats great to hear.
2:39 pm
hego

I was worried about that. You bet.
2:39 pm
Dorens

they told me i am the lucky one, and i didn't know what they meant... totally unaware of the power outage.
2:40 pm
hego

I'd s**. lol
2:42 pm
Dorens

they were certainly some very unhappy folks
2:43 pm
hego

I Am monkeying my brains out today.
2:57 pm
hego

anybody have pe 7/36? pls
2:57 pm
jxnjj5

hbl
2:58 pm
hego

NM
2:58 pm
Frances

t
3:08 pm
bogster

just pe7/32
3:09 pm
jxnjj5

hbbimu xxx
3:20 pm
BabbleRabble

pe 7/36 --- dog, cat, bird or fish + simile word: ** or like + rare: un**ual
3:20 pm
hego

Hi BR
3:21 pm
BabbleRabble

Hello, hego
3:21 pm
hego

I got it, but had no idea of the meaning. ty
3:21 pm
stidmama

thank you BR!! (((many hugs))) hey all.
3:21 pm
hego

good clue
3:21 pm
hego

Hi Stiddy
3:21 pm
BabbleRabble

Hello, stid
3:22 pm
stidmama

we are setting up my ipad (for a cheaper device to take along when subbing) and then I am heading to Mother's for a bit.
3:23 pm
hego

say hi
3:23 pm
stidmama

BR -- did you notice that all the disasters this past week were NOT in your neck fo the woods? for a change...
3:23 pm
hego

BR do you have the te 6 7 combo
3:23 pm
BabbleRabble

yes, I did
3:24 pm
hego

Br has a good luck charm.
3:24 pm
stidmama

maybe your luck is turning! *gets ready to celebrate nice weather in the midsection*
3:24 pm
stidmama

now if we can just push the bad news a little further off the East coast...
3:26 pm
stidmama

sorry hego, I don't have that one. yet. BUT I am down to 69, which is a lot further than I expected to be!
3:26 pm
Soodlebum

Hello everybody. :-)
3:26 pm
hego

Hiya Soodle!
3:26 pm
hego

ty Stid
3:26 pm
stidmama

SOODLES!!!! Saints be praised begorrah (and all the amero-irish blarney)
3:27 pm
stidmama

soodles, where have you been? I missed you! :-D
3:27 pm
Soodlebum

((((Stid Hego)))) Group hugs :-)
3:27 pm
hego

She's been dancing a jig at the end of a rainbow. lol
3:27 pm
Soodlebum

Oh, you know me, Stid. Been here and there, doing this and that.....
3:28 pm
hego

(((hugs back)))
3:28 pm
stidmama

***more hugs***
3:28 pm
Soodlebum

<---- hoping I'm sounding like an international woman of mystery...
3:29 pm
stidmama

definitely mysterious, my dear.
3:29 pm
hego

very mysterious
3:30 pm
Soodlebum

LOL :-). Lovely to see all my friends, and delighte
3:30 pm
Soodlebum

hic.. delighted that Hurricane Irene wasn't to harmful.
3:31 pm
hego

ty Soodle
3:31 pm
hego

are you at the pub?
3:31 pm
stidmama

not nearly as bad as it could have been, but somehow things like this always manage to muck things up for huge numbers of people. fortunately mostly just inconvenience.
3:32 pm
Soodlebum

Oh, I wish, Hego. ...
3:33 pm
hego

Me too Soodle
3:33 pm
Soodlebum

I saw earlier that Trif was without power for 4 days. Yikes!!
3:33 pm
HarryHood

me for 3 days
3:34 pm
hego

Poor Harry!
3:34 pm
stidmama

hey harry -- what fun that must have been. how did the kids do with it?
3:34 pm
HarryHood

they missed their tv...I didn't :)
3:35 pm
Soodlebum

Oh my, Harry. Whats that old saying .....You never miss the water till the well runs dry'?.. I guess its the same with electricity!
3:35 pm
HarryHood

it was fine, except for the occasional neighbor with a loud generator
3:35 pm
stidmama

:-D always takes a day or two for us, then the kids are happy and inventive and bored to tears a lot less than WITH the boobtube.
3:35 pm
HarryHood

yes stid, but the first thing they did when they found out the power was on was "can we watch our shows?"
3:36 pm
stidmama

ugh. typical!
3:36 pm
hego

I go crazy if I can't get online.
3:36 pm
stidmama

okay, we are almost done here. I think I am going to go eat choclit at Mother's and pretend I don't care someone else got the job I wanted... which is okay, if it's who I think it is, she's better suited for it I think.
3:37 pm
HarryHood

missing the lower U for nbt
3:37 pm
hego

G'nite Stiddy
3:37 pm
Soodlebum

((((Stid)))). Your nobility becomes you!
3:37 pm
hego

un words Harry
3:38 pm
stidmama

soodles, I am so glad I could see you today! Hope I get to see you again soon! ((((((extra hugs for BR in case I keep missing him))))))
3:38 pm
hego

strange ones too
3:38 pm
stidmama

and hego, every time I see that lovely bloom in your icon, I just smile! *poof*
3:39 pm
Soodlebum

And you, Stid (((()))), and hugs to BR as well - very long time no 'see'.
3:39 pm
crazee

harry, two of them are a sloth-type creature
3:40 pm
HarryHood

ok, got a 4 and 5
3:40 pm
HarryHood

ty
3:40 pm
HarryHood

nbt and 88 to go
3:40 pm
hego

there is a six
3:40 pm
hego

Go Harry!
3:40 pm
Soodlebum

Yay Harry!!
3:42 pm
crazee

woohoo! got the 6...the only "common" word among them and it was my last! (of the U's)
3:42 pm
crazee

43 to go
3:42 pm
hego

that was a fun one
3:43 pm
Soodlebum

Feel free to clue, Crazee.... :-)
3:43 pm
crazee

will be heading to list soon...
3:44 pm
HarryHood

new update on http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
3:44 pm
HarryHood

katia is heading west
3:45 pm
HarryHood

and a new tropical depression forming in the gulf
3:46 pm
hego

NO MORE STORMS!!!!! please....
3:47 pm
Soodlebum

Good heavens!
3:48 pm
HarryHood

I think I've hit a wall....gonna go away and come back later with fresh eyes....79 left
3:49 pm
hego

bye Harry
3:50 pm
periwinkle

hi all, is the u6 a un or us word?
3:51 pm
MollyL

Still no solid predictions when or where Katia will hit land, or if it will at all.
3:53 pm
periwinkle

I am stuck with 61 left
3:53 pm
hego

un Peri
3:53 pm
Soodlebum

Hello Molly :-)
3:53 pm
Soodlebum

And Peri :-)
3:53 pm
MollyL

Hey Soodle
3:53 pm
periwinkle

is it a word I would know?
3:54 pm
hego

Yes Peri
3:54 pm
BzznBea

Yes, peri
3:54 pm
periwinkle

ok, not seeing it tho
3:54 pm
hego

refers to things either men or women can use
3:55 pm
periwinkle

aha, got it. was almost there, but had a differnt last letter. thanks
3:55 pm
Soodlebum

Ah! Nice clue, Hego. Thanks :-)
3:55 pm
hego

yw
3:55 pm
periwinkle

still missing a word from that same u. have the sloths
3:55 pm
hego

I think we all expected an un word
3:56 pm
BzznBea

un4/6 is the one you are missing, peri.
3:57 pm
hego

easy to monkey
3:57 pm
periwinkle

ok,looking
3:58 pm
periwinkle

bbs, cat squealing for dinner
4:01 pm
periwinkle

are there 2 un4/6?
4:01 pm
BzznBea

Yes.
4:02 pm
periwinkle

ok, not seeing the second, will go on to another letter
4:03 pm
BzznBea

It wraps around the bottom corner.
4:03 pm
periwinkle

sheesh, just found it, a babblet!! ty again
4:05 pm
periwinkle

trying to gray out the colum with the u words in it but missing a L word
4:06 pm
hego

YAY!! finished the s's
4:06 pm
periwinkle

have the bugs, and the Hawaiian feasts and something you want back
4:06 pm
periwinkle

go Hego
4:07 pm
hego

lol
4:07 pm
BzznBea

Lu4/6
4:08 pm
periwinkle

I also have an lu4/6, is ther more than one?
4:08 pm
Soodlebum

The female who is fond of the drink?.....
4:08 pm
periwinkle

why does it have to be a female?
4:09 pm
periwinkle

have an lu4/5 too
4:09 pm
hego

she just stumped me.
4:10 pm
BzznBea

Can also describe land that is green and fetile.
4:10 pm
BzznBea

fertile
4:10 pm
periwinkle

I have that one, ty
4:10 pm
Soodlebum

Actually, I'm not sure why I always associate lu** with female alcoholics. Sorry if I gave you a bum steer Peri.
4:10 pm
wildcat17

hawaiian festival
4:10 pm
hego

ahh
4:11 pm
periwinkle

np, I had it already
4:11 pm
periwinkle

ty wild, have that too
4:11 pm
BzznBea

lu5/14
4:12 pm
periwinkle

and not the plural of hawaian feast, Bzz?
4:12 pm
BzznBea

Correct.
4:13 pm
hego

how did I miss that plural? duh
4:13 pm
MollyL

Oh, lu4 is definitely un6 the way I see it. Equal opportunity offender. : P
4:14 pm
periwinkle

pretty icon,Mollly
4:14 pm
periwinkle

and not seeing the 2nd lu5
4:14 pm
MollyL

Thanks Peri
4:15 pm
periwinkle

missing lots of A words too, 52 left. really miss babble expert
4:15 pm
hego

did you lose it?
4:16 pm
periwinkle

it just stopped working the other day, :(
4:16 pm
periwinkle

I asked mrp to have lickety e-mail it to me again
4:16 pm
periwinkle

but I found the au8 all by myself
4:16 pm
hego

what a pain
4:17 pm
periwinkle

I will persevere and finish but it takes much longer
4:17 pm
hego

Go Peri!!
4:18 pm
periwinkle

:)
4:18 pm
lbdawger

Peri, click on Jillibus' profile, she has the link there for expert. hi everyone!
4:19 pm
hego

hi dawg
4:19 pm
lbdawger

hi hego!
4:19 pm
periwinkle

ty but that link never works for me
4:19 pm
Soodlebum

Hello Dawg :-)
4:19 pm
periwinkle

will try it again just to check
4:20 pm
lbdawger

take the period off at the end. Hi soodle!
4:26 pm
periwinkle

can't find jillibus in rankings
4:29 pm
hego

tr6/18 anyone?
4:30 pm
hego

6/21 that is
4:31 pm
lbdawger

check "who's online" Peri.
4:31 pm
periwinkle

tr+vowel and something you cook it, hego
4:31 pm
periwinkle

will do lbd
4:31 pm
lbdawger

tr + vowel + not pot
4:31 pm
hego

ty Peri
4:31 pm
hego

and dawg
4:32 pm
hego

taking a break foe dinner prep. g'nite all
4:33 pm
lbdawger

night, Hego. enjoy dinner
4:34 pm
Soodlebum

Nite Hego. See you soon :-)
4:36 pm
MollyL

This is the link in Jillibus's profile. I didn't see a period at the end:
http://r46.me/BabbleExpert2011041
0.zip
4:36 pm
periwinkle

do I included the .zip Molly? It does not work for me
4:37 pm
periwinkle

neither does the link for just the list
4:38 pm
periwinkle

48 and tired of this grid. will come back a little later
4:39 pm
negativeneil

I have the program now, Peri... want it transferred to you over an IM perhaps?
4:39 pm
MollyL

Yoo hoo! Soodle! The most sacred Celtic number is 3. Also sacred are multiples of three. Guess what the bonus numbers are on my most recent lottery tickets? 36...both o'dem. : D
4:40 pm
periwinkle

could you please send it to my e-mail, Neil?
4:40 pm
uusue2

hi again, all! back from the Univ. president's State of the University address. They always have wonderful snacks afterwards :-)
4:41 pm
negativeneil

I can try but Google [I use Gmail] probably won't allow it.
4:41 pm
negativeneil

If you have MSN or Yahoo messenger, I can transfer it to you over that?
4:41 pm
negativeneil

Hi Sue!
4:41 pm
periwinkle

ok, I will look for it, ty.
4:41 pm
uusue2

hi, neil!
4:41 pm
negativeneil

Or even AIM should work.
4:41 pm
snoops

hi neil
4:41 pm
periwinkle

I don't use any IM
4:42 pm
lbdawger

hi molly, hi neil, hi UU. i used to love the after speech parties at the university.
4:42 pm
negativeneil

Oh. I'll try via email. Hope it works.
4:42 pm
uusue2

we are now up to "90F, feels like 105F". Bleah.
4:42 pm
negativeneil

Hi snoops and lbdawger.
4:42 pm
snoops

strep
4:42 pm
uusue2

they had mousse - strawberry and chocolate - and cheesecake.
4:43 pm
KnightTime

to share a file, any size, use http://www.ge.tt/#!/
4:43 pm
uusue2

thx, snoops! :-)
4:43 pm
periwinkle

sounds delish sue
4:43 pm
periwinkle

bbl
4:43 pm
uusue2

It was. I ate too much.
4:46 pm
lbdawger

peri, check your email.
4:46 pm
MollyL

Ooo, sounds like good eats Sue.
4:46 pm
flosey

hi everyone, back for remaining 6 I gave up on earlier
4:46 pm
uusue2

There is also a wine and cheese reception going on now at the library but I am too full, and it is too hot to walk over there.
4:46 pm
uusue2

hi, flosey!
4:46 pm
negativeneil

Wow, it sent! Check your email, Peri.
4:46 pm
lbdawger

Presidential treats were always better than the deans or other department heads.
4:47 pm
negativeneil

I didn't think Gmail would allow it... they don't allow an .exe attachment but I packed it into a .rar file.
4:48 pm
uusue2

Indeed. Although at Christmas the winner is the Health and Human Sciences dean - they run the hospitality administration program.
4:48 pm
lbdawger

hi flosey!!
4:48 pm
flosey

does anyone have a clue for pe7/36 please?
4:49 pm
uusue2

sorry, flosey, I've just passed half way.
4:49 pm
lbdawger

pe + brit slang for bye + flying horse pega***
4:49 pm
flosey

thanks lbd
4:49 pm
lbdawger

yw
4:50 pm
uusue2

thx, lbd!
4:50 pm
flosey

strange word?
4:51 pm
lbdawger

pe7.36 is a sun hat of Thessalian origin worn by the ancient Greeks, often in combination with the chlamys cape.
4:51 pm
flosey

hmmm, it's a broad brimmed hat worn by ancient greek travellers
4:51 pm
negativeneil

Oh man, Sue. I just read that post of yours at 4:49 pm totally wrong, haha! I thought you said "sorry, flosey, I've just passed half away." Which wouldn't be good at all!
4:51 pm
lbdawger

you mean you don't have one in your wardrobe? lol
4:51 pm
uusue2

it is a weird word. especially since the first four letters are the metric prefix for 10^15.
4:51 pm
flosey

hmm lbd, perhaps the cape is another word to remember
4:52 pm
uusue2

well, after walking in the heat I do feel half dead, neil :-)
4:52 pm
negativeneil

I see, Sue. No A/C there?
4:52 pm
lbuxx

Hi all.. I've been lurking.. down to 41.. but moving slow now..
4:52 pm
negativeneil

Hi lbuxx.
4:52 pm
lbdawger

yea, flosey. i saw that and will expect to see it in the grid someday.
4:52 pm
uusue2

not outside, neil
4:53 pm
negativeneil

No, I didn't mean outside... now, indoors?
4:53 pm
negativeneil

So you can cool off?
4:53 pm
lbdawger

hi lbuxx
4:53 pm
uusue2

and they did have it turned off all over campus for an hour, at the request of the electric utility, to avoid brownouts
4:53 pm
lbdawger

it's 61°F here, UU
4:54 pm
uusue2

my office (in an old building) does not have good HVAC control, right now it is 81F in here, so I have a fan blowing on me. Makes it ok.
4:54 pm
negativeneil

We just had an earthquake here about an hour ago. A little one... my brother's hanging lights were swaying a little for a couple of minutes. [I'm in LA right now].
4:54 pm
lbdawger

i was just going to check to see if you were in California, Neil. that's just a common day non-event there.
4:54 pm
uusue2

well, we are supposed to have temps in the low 40s by Monday night, lbd. We go pretty fast from too hot to too cold.
4:55 pm
SeaSpray

Hi all...we had an earthquake last week which is very unusual
4:55 pm
negativeneil

Of course it is, lbdawger.
4:56 pm
negativeneil

Yes, I live in Santa Cruz but I'm visiting in LA at the moment... awaiting a call about a job here.
4:56 pm
periwinkle

hi thre I got the e-mails from lbd and Neil. thanks
4:56 pm
lbdawger

hope one of them work for you, Peri.
4:56 pm
periwinkle

good luck re the job. neil
4:57 pm
SeaSpray

My son and my parents have been without power since last Saturday (hurricane), power company is telling them they may get it back tomorrow night
4:57 pm
periwinkle

it is working at the moment. I did click save,lbd. hope it stays put :)
4:57 pm
uusue2

wow, I hope they are ok, Sea!
4:57 pm
SeaSpray

They are being troopers Sue
4:58 pm
lbdawger

good luck, Neil. Hi Sea! hope the folks are high and dry!
4:58 pm
negativeneil

You're welcome Peri. Hope it's helpful... haven't even used it myself and don't know if I will.
4:58 pm
negativeneil

And thanks, Peri... and dawger.
4:58 pm
SeaSpray

There was no flooding here, just downed trees on power lines everywhere
5:00 pm
lbdawger

that's scary enough, sea. being without power usually means also being without water.
5:01 pm
SeaSpray

Daughter in law came and got water yesterday, they have been going to in laws for showers, they also have generators at their homes to keep food from spoiling, etc.
5:02 pm
pigeonman

clue for the au6? Pretty please?
5:02 pm
lbdawger

thank goodness for the generators. i've noticed an advert for generators on the weather channel. thought it kinda funny they'd be showing that.
5:03 pm
lbdawger

au + **ring forward fall back + **it stage right
5:03 pm
crosshair

we are lucky here,just down the road is a public atesian(sp) that is open for all to use and teased by the health dept every 6 months
5:03 pm
crosshair

tested
5:04 pm
lbdawger

i was just going to ask why the health dept teased the artesians, lol
5:04 pm
crosshair

lol
5:04 pm
pigeonman

thanks dawg. I never would have found that one
5:04 pm
lbuxx

can anyone clue a few TE's? I have the 2nd TE5 & 7 and the last TE4.. other than that stumped..
5:04 pm
SeaSpray

my father has a farm about 2 miles from his house, he can get water there from a spring
5:04 pm
crosshair

the boy scout packs take turns keeping the area tidy
5:05 pm
SeaSpray

how nice crossy
5:05 pm
wildcat17

te6 and 7 - change the first letter and you have a weasel-like critter
5:06 pm
pigeonman

My last word. Can anyone clue the si7?
5:06 pm
crosshair

we think so seaspray
5:06 pm
lbdawger

si7, snake-ish
5:07 pm
pigeonman

awe nerts. thank you
5:08 pm
lbdawger

whoooo hooooo Pigeonman!!
5:08 pm
lbdawger

te + not ma and plural, Ibuxx
5:09 pm
lbdawger

gotta go find something to serve for dinner. bbl
5:09 pm
lbuxx

thanks lbd... wild I'm not gettin the clue.. lol
5:10 pm
uusue2

te4/5 and plural, lbuxx - ends in lisping sound
5:11 pm
uusue2

and the te6 is like towers on castles except with an e instead of a u as the second letter
5:12 pm
snoops

thanks sue
5:12 pm
lbuxx

wild and sue.. I THOUGHT thats what I was putting in and obv had fat fingers.. the TE6 & 7.. lol
5:12 pm
lbuxx

got it.. thanks!
5:12 pm
crosshair

ty sue
5:12 pm
Flask1

hi all......clue please for as/5/6/7?
5:12 pm
flosey

finally! and those were my last 2 words sue! te4 and 5
5:13 pm
flosey

as5 if last letter was n it would be a tree
5:13 pm
uusue2

yw, all :-)
5:13 pm
Boobear

Clue for au 8 please
5:13 pm
uusue2

and yay, flosey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5:13 pm
flosey

ty Sue
5:14 pm
snoops

bbl later, allbest for job neil, just reread chat, have a good stay wioth family.
5:14 pm
flosey

Boo, if you have au7, make it more so
5:14 pm
lbuxx

Boo- if you have AU7 you just add another letter
5:14 pm
Boobear

Ok
5:14 pm
Flask1

thanx flosey!
5:15 pm
Flask1

aspen
5:15 pm
uusue2

thx, that gave me both the 7 and the 8!
5:15 pm
flosey

that's the tree Flask, change last letter
5:15 pm
flosey

yw, now must go, be back at flip
5:16 pm
lbuxx

OK.. gotta run.. try to come back later and finish..
5:16 pm
lbuxx

down t 32
5:19 pm
uusue2

bye, lbuxx and flosey!
5:50 pm
Boobear

Clue for the second es6
5:52 pm
HarryHood

add ****i lopez
5:53 pm
HarryHood

or e + a *****g of polo ponies
5:58 pm
MollyL

(Harry gracefully covers his Mr. Lopez clue, as the young'uns would be scratching their MTV heads)
5:59 pm
HarryHood

well the second clue was from the honeymooners, so it's not much better...
5:59 pm
wrathofcon

sorry but I am still scratching my head and I am in my late 40's
5:59 pm
HarryHood

remember ed norton: "I do not have a mansion, a yacht, or a *****g of poloponies"
6:00 pm
HarryHood

*****g theory, from modern physics?
6:00 pm
MollyL

e + *****g of pearls
6:00 pm
HarryHood

*****g an SO along, when you don't have the heart to dump them?
6:01 pm
wrathofcon

finally the light comes on
6:01 pm
MollyL

Ding!
6:03 pm
wildcat17

my bulb is burned out
6:04 pm
snags

lol.......
6:04 pm
MollyL

Does that mean you didn't get the clue Wild?
6:04 pm
wildcat17

I got it. I'm just sharing
6:05 pm
Boobear

Clue for ex5
6:05 pm
MollyL

Okay, I hear you. I'm in the dim corner with you. : )
6:05 pm
wildcat17

to be boo
6:05 pm
wildcat17

<< gropes in the dark for molly
6:06 pm
snags

Boobear, take the cage cover off........ I am feeling a song coming on and it's dark inhere!!!!
6:07 pm
bichon

oust
6:08 pm
bichon

did I do tha?
6:08 pm
bichon

rest
6:08 pm
snags

oh oh...........
6:08 pm
Boobear

Yes to the pb
6:08 pm
bichon

what's wrong with me?
6:08 pm
MollyL

Go Bich Go! : P
6:09 pm
bichon

oy
6:10 pm
bichon

I'm trying to eat ice cream and Babble
6:10 pm
MollyL

Multi-tasking is a beautiful thing.
6:11 pm
wildcat17

waiting for pizza
6:11 pm
negativeneil

Don't spill any in the chog.
6:12 pm
rururocks

as 7 anyone?
6:12 pm
Glantarell

add an e to the as6
6:13 pm
negativeneil

as7,32 -- like the as6,21 but with a vowel on the end.
6:13 pm
Glantarell

hi and bye - fioreworks and late
6:13 pm
negativeneil

Oh, Glantarell beat me to it.
6:13 pm
negativeneil

And that was an easier way to say it.
6:13 pm
negativeneil

Hi and bye, Glant.
6:13 pm
rururocks

thank you everyone
6:13 pm
negativeneil

and hi, ruru.
6:13 pm
rururocks

hi neill.
6:14 pm
rururocks

one more crappy a to go
6:14 pm
Boobear

Hi ruru
6:14 pm
negativeneil

Stuck?
6:14 pm
rururocks

hi boo
6:14 pm
negativeneil

Need a clue?
6:14 pm
uusue2

hi ruru, boo, glant! and everybody!
6:14 pm
rururocks

nope.. not stuck.. I just was having trouble with the a's.
6:14 pm
negativeneil

Hi Sue!
6:14 pm
negativeneil

Ok ruru.
6:15 pm
Boobear

Hi Sue
6:15 pm
rururocks

I may need some help in a bit though..lol
6:18 pm
rururocks

pe 7/36?
6:19 pm
negativeneil

Like an animal rights' group name pluralized, with another word meaning 'we' on the end.
6:19 pm
negativeneil

That is a damn hard one to clue, sorry.
6:20 pm
rururocks

got it..
6:20 pm
rururocks

thanks neil
6:20 pm
negativeneil

You're welcome ruru. Glad that helped.
6:20 pm
wrathofcon

great clue
6:21 pm
negativeneil

Oh, thanks.
6:21 pm
negativeneil

I tried!
6:22 pm
negativeneil

I really hate clues that spell the word out... but with some words, there's really no other way to clue.
6:23 pm
rururocks

I missed a ton of easy ones .. *smacking head*
6:25 pm
negativeneil

I think sometimes they're harder to see than the bigger words, ruru.
6:25 pm
negativeneil

I often don't see all the small, easy words right away.
6:28 pm
uusue2

well, it is down to "88 feels like 102", I suppose I might as well walk home, sigh
6:28 pm
rururocks

I always find the 4's right away..
6:28 pm
rururocks

the big ones always escape me
6:30 pm
rururocks

anyone have the re 7/28?
6:30 pm
rururocks

I'm blind to it
6:31 pm
negativeneil

Another tricky one to clue, so bear with me.
6:32 pm
Boobear

Phantom word..serpant
6:32 pm
negativeneil

re7,28 -- re + name of female singer [Ike's ex] with the plural letter after the first letter.
6:32 pm
negativeneil

I'm sorry if that's a crappy clue... that word is a tough one to clue.
6:33 pm
rururocks

oh the greek drink
6:33 pm
rururocks

got it
6:33 pm
rururocks

thank you neil
6:33 pm
rururocks

cinco to go
6:34 pm
jesdraggon

hey alls
6:34 pm
crosshair

now that the hurrican is past for our east coast friends,i give you as crossy,s tidbit of the day some pictures showing handy-dandy hurricane preparedness tips!
6:35 pm
crosshair

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2JU9b8/f
ormyhour.com/idiotic-ways-people-prepa
red-for-irene
6:35 pm
rururocks

thanks a lot neil.. you are handy to have around.
6:35 pm
negativeneil

Oh good, ruru. Glad I'm good for something!
6:36 pm
negativeneil

Haha, thanks Crossy!
6:36 pm
crosshair

howdy jes
6:36 pm
jesdraggon

how's everyone?
6:36 pm
negativeneil

We had an earthquake here a few hours ago. The hanging lights were moving for a couple of minutes. Scary. [I'm in LA right now].
6:37 pm
negativeneil

Hi jes!
6:37 pm
crosshair

and remember always buy your booze in shatterproff platic bottles
6:37 pm
negativeneil

And yes, that was a sarcastic 'scary'. It was a very mild one. Nothing to worry about.
6:38 pm
crosshair

they were wrong showing that black label bottle:)
6:40 pm
negativeneil

Tying the car up to a stake? Oh yes, that would stop it blowing away. Totally.
6:40 pm
negativeneil

With thin rope yet? Highly effective.
6:41 pm
crosshair

but seriously,i am a camper,and a hiker am i love to explore the wilderness,and here is a product that i used all the time and should be in any kits you make for possible future trouble...
6:41 pm
crosshair

http://firesteel.com/
6:41 pm
negativeneil

Ok, what's with the third photo? Put all the deck furniture into the pool before it blows in there anyway?
6:42 pm
crosshair

i recomend this particular model(check out the vid clip)...
6:42 pm
crosshair

http://firesteel.com/products/GobSpark
-Armageddon-FireSteel-with-Scraper-and
-Lanyard.html
6:42 pm
negativeneil

And the 7th photo? Uhhh, there's a body in that bag.
6:43 pm
negativeneil

Yes Crossy, I can see FireSteel being a good idea.
6:45 pm
crosshair

i have one that is 2 years old now and works like new
6:45 pm
periwinkle

si7 pls, last word
6:46 pm
crosshair

you put a small zip-lok baggie of 000 steel wool in your kit and along with the firesteel i swear yoy can start a fire anywhere
6:47 pm
periwinkle

nm fireworks
6:47 pm
mkg

any clues for the 8 letter words?
6:47 pm
crosshair

yaa for peri!!
6:47 pm
jesdraggon

yay peri!
6:47 pm
negativeneil

Haha... can't you all relate to these?
http://miscpix.com/3edzx
6:47 pm
periwinkle

ty
6:47 pm
periwinkle

au8 is pl of au7 meaning severe or seriouis in appearqance
6:48 pm
periwinkle

can't spell
6:48 pm
crosshair

indeed neil
6:48 pm
jesdraggon

thanks, peri
6:48 pm
periwinkle

re8 builds on the re7 to mold again
6:48 pm
mkg

ty got the au.
6:48 pm
periwinkle

bye for now
6:49 pm
jesdraggon

bye, peri
6:49 pm
mkg

ty got re.
6:49 pm
jesdraggon

thanks again, peri
6:50 pm
negativeneil

si7,36 -- like a path that has many curves, bends or turns. si + no4,5 with another word for 'we' jumbled into it. This is hellishly hard to clue!
6:52 pm
jesdraggon

have got 101 words. off to pretend to work.
6:52 pm
negativeneil

Like a cavity in the bones of the face, with two more vowels added in before the last letter. The last [fifth] vowel is a repeat of the third one.
6:54 pm
crosshair

huh?..duuu...me need tea after that clue...
6:55 pm
negativeneil

I need something stronger than tea!
6:55 pm
negativeneil

How else would you clue that word? Ugh.
6:55 pm
dcseain

si7 -- twisty, as a snake
6:55 pm
negativeneil

Some words are pretty hard to clue.
6:56 pm
dcseain

evening :)
6:56 pm
MollyL

si 7/36...it's a *** to tell a lie + vowel + we would all like to be rich and fam***
6:56 pm
negativeneil

That was my first clue, Seain.
6:56 pm
negativeneil

Well yes, of course MollyL found a better way.
6:56 pm
Dorens

take the si5/12 that comes after... include an i** note for something owed after the fourth letter
6:56 pm
MollyL

No, I just dimmed it down a bit.
6:57 pm
negativeneil

It was a much better clue. I should probably give up trying to clue!
6:58 pm
Dorens

speaking of dimming down, I would really like my electricity to be restored! please all of you speak to whatever authorities you're in touch with (higher power, etc)
6:58 pm
MollyL

Off to speak to The Goddess Dorens.
6:59 pm
Dorens

thanks molly...hope she listens better to you than she does to my neighbors and me
7:00 pm
MollyL

I'm finding it almost archaic that power companies do not have people up and running by now. And God forbid this thing had been as bad as they predicted.
7:01 pm
Dorens

lot of trees down up here, but it seems to me that by now they should have been able to deal with them. I wonder if they would like to reimburse me for the contents of my refrigerator and freezer>
7:02 pm
MollyL

Not to mention you will see no 4 day adjustment on your next power bill.
7:02 pm
Dorens

i heard they are giving away free ice to those without power, but I never did see it on tv, lol! And we have to go pretty far to get it, so I don't know if it's worth it
7:02 pm
dcseain

there are still trees down in my neighborhood, and we were not hit a fraction as hard as NJ
7:02 pm
Dorens

oh i think i will see at least a 5 day adjustment on my bill.... the meter couldn't be ticking since saturday night
7:03 pm
Dorens

trees down is one thing, but power lines not restored is another!!!!
7:03 pm
72 Temple Owl

are you still without power, doren?
7:03 pm
dcseain

if your lines are above ground, they two are linked.
7:04 pm
MollyL

Power companies are "supposed" to address lines downed by trees and fix the lines. The trees are the responsibility of the municipality.
7:04 pm
Dorens

they are if the tree took a power line down... sometimes they don't (like the 40 ft oak that landed in my back yard during floyd... took out much of my plantings, but fortunately stopped three feet from my house
7:04 pm
crosshair

ty for si 7 clue dc
7:04 pm
crosshair

ty for si 7 clue dc
7:05 pm
crosshair

mm a stutter
7:05 pm
Dorens

yes owl still... and i don't see anyone nearby doing anything about it. there are some live wires with do not touch signs!
7:05 pm
72 Temple Owl

oh my that is unacceptable, the live wires at least. sorry.
7:06 pm
MollyL

Oh wow Dorens, you were being watched over when that tree missed your house.
7:06 pm
crosshair

many modern poles have a breaker switch at the base with a long rod leading to top,if it becomes a real hazard,look for this breaker..but only as last resort
7:08 pm
Dorens

funny... i actually saw it happen... power had gone off (of course) and i was opening a can of tuna at the sink, watching the big oaks at the very crest of the hill waving in the loud winds. It was awesome. Then I heard a loud crack and watched this thing fall toward my house.... it was about 20 feet to the left of me... poised to hit my bedroom, and I was powerless as I watched it fall. You should see the pics of my yard full of oak branches and leaves.
7:09 pm
MollyL

Wow, what an OH MY GOD moment that must have been.
7:10 pm
Dorens

the second biggest of my life... First ws when my husband was flying us home from Niagara Falls in a little piper cherokee and he lost power .. had to make an emergency landing... and our first born was with us... not even two years old. I was raised by atheists, but you should have heard the prayers I figured out really fast
7:11 pm
crosshair

there are no athiests in foxholes and powerless planes that are crash landing
7:12 pm
Dorens

amen!
7:12 pm
Dorens

(altho i think the deals i was making had to do with my son)
7:14 pm
72 Temple Owl

so when are they telling you the power will be restored?
7:14 pm
crosshair

and i was in the f3 tornado that hit orangeville/barrie in 1980 and it destroyed my car and left me alone..it is funny how dusty unused prayers spring to mind with hail the size of golf balls and 180 mph winds lol
7:15 pm
Dorens

they're not really. i haven't personally asked them. but i think i've heard "probably by sunday"
7:15 pm
crosshair

a beautiful 1977 pontiac grand prix,all dented and all the glass blown out of it:((
7:15 pm
Dorens

who knows why we sometimes seem to live in a state of grace, and othertimes certainly not
7:16 pm
72 Temple Owl

when it's your time it's your time.
7:16 pm
crosshair

tbh dorens,after 2 tornados and 3 bouts of cancer,nothing phases me anymore
7:16 pm
Dorens

clue for un6 please, so i can finish up and go home
7:17 pm
MollyL

That is quotable Dorens.
7:17 pm
wildcat17

for both male and female doren
7:17 pm
MollyL

The un 6 means pertinent to both genders.
7:17 pm
crosshair

like the man said"worrying about the future is like trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon"
7:17 pm
72 Temple Owl

where are you. library?
7:20 pm
rururocks

un+ vowell + the wild thing
7:20 pm
JBV

hi babblers - dorens I hope you get your power back VERY soon
7:21 pm
72 Temple Owl

hi jbv
7:21 pm
MollyL

Hi JBV. Ru, how are you feeling?
7:21 pm
rururocks

not so great ..coping
7:22 pm
JBV

here's something weird to ponder - I'm sitting here researching what to do to get rid of a hornet's nest (2 actually) and reading all this horrible stuff about hornets and all of a sudden I feel this sting on my arm - a GIANT bite- I guess there's a mosquito in here, at least I hope that's what it was - it hurts like the dickens
7:22 pm
MollyL

*Sends healing vibes in Ruru's direction*
7:22 pm
JBV

hey ru what's up
7:23 pm
rururocks

i thrashed my knee jb
7:23 pm
JBV

oh, sorry to hear that ruru
7:23 pm
MollyL

JBV, baking soda on that bite might help.
7:24 pm
JBV

so forget what I said about a mosquito bite :)
7:24 pm
rururocks

yes.. just dumb on my part
7:24 pm
JBV

I just thought it was a strange coincidence as I was reading about hornets
7:24 pm
JBV

I applied a cortisone cream - helped a little
7:25 pm
MollyL

Ru have you had the MRI yet?
7:27 pm
72 Temple Owl

sorry to hear this ru
7:30 pm
MollyL

JBV, did you get some good ideas on how to get rid of your hornet's nests?
7:31 pm
dan2bit

evening all!
7:31 pm
MollyL

Hey 2Bit
7:32 pm
JBV

yes I think I have to call an exterminator :)
7:32 pm
JBV

either that or go out and buy a hazmat suit, and expensive spray equipment....
7:32 pm
JBV

they are quite dangerous
7:32 pm
72 Temple Owl

any clues for te6/7 comboplease?
7:33 pm
MollyL

They are dangerous JBV. I've knocked down nests being built (small ones) after spraying them in the evening, but I don't know if I would attempt doing that with a large nest.
7:33 pm
72 Temple Owl

jbv, can you use those bombs that throw the spray out so you do not have to approach them? worked for me, you do it in the early evening when they are home and drowsy
7:33 pm
JBV

I would normally leave them alone, but the problem is the nests are hanging from low branches of two trees in my garden, and my lawn guy has already been stung!
7:34 pm
JBV

I never noticed it until it was really large
7:34 pm
lbdawger

te6/7 sounds like the round things on a castle
7:34 pm
JBV

oh, I'll look into that , TO, i'll go to the garden store tomorrow and see what they have
7:35 pm
72 Temple Owl

ty,i failed to see the second r. jbv depends on here it is and how large
7:35 pm
JBV

most of the videos and tips say you have to wear goggles, cover your head and body with heavy clothing etc. too scary
7:36 pm
JBV

and I have been stung once by a wasp - a long time ago but I never forgot how it felt - my whole hand swelled up and I could barely move my fingers
7:36 pm
72 Temple Owl

that is probably right and i was probably wrong. though the spray in evening is correct
7:36 pm
lbdawger

I've got a huge hornets nest in one of the alders in my backyard. I'm waiting for the first freeze before doing anything about them. nothing back there but squirrels, deer, racoons and other critters of nature.
7:37 pm
MollyL

My first bee sting ever was from a hornet, when my Dad was trying to get rid of a nest. Very painful stings.
7:37 pm
72 Temple Owl

re7/8pls?
7:37 pm
negativeneil

I've had a wasp sting too, JBV. Very painful.
7:37 pm
lbdawger

be careful jbv. they are nasty at the best of times, really mean when their nests are disturbed.
7:38 pm
JBV

I would like to do the same, lbd - just leave it - but they have to go around the tree to mow the lawn and it's right there!
7:38 pm
MollyL

re7...a triangle is a sh5. If you make one again you re7.
7:38 pm
JBV

hi neil
7:38 pm
negativeneil

The one meaning to sh6,14 something again?
7:38 pm
MollyL

The 8 is the person who does that.
7:38 pm
negativeneil

Hi JBV.
7:38 pm
lbdawger

It may be worth the cost of an exterminator, jbv.
7:38 pm
72 Temple Owl

ty
7:38 pm
negativeneil

And yes... someone who does that.
7:40 pm
MollyL

I vote for the exterminator JBV. No sense putting yourself in harms way.
7:44 pm
jillibus

Hi gang
7:44 pm
MollyL

Hi Jilli
7:45 pm
jillibus

I vote for the exterminator too -- got a wasp bite a couple of weeks ago and wouldn't want another.
7:45 pm
jillibus

Nice icon, Molly
7:46 pm
MollyL

I like yours too Jilli. I think Delft is very pretty.
7:48 pm
72 Temple Owl

all: can bron rice go rancid? I do not liek the way this tastes.
7:49 pm
jmcnrick

i would have done it myself a few years ago, but now am allergic to bee stings which is what it sounds like you are too jbv so this pioneer woman says get an exterminator or at least someone who is not allergic
7:49 pm
jillibus

Maybe you know about a neat wasp-nest preventative, but I learned one from a local restaurant with an outdoor deck which was wasp-free. Just get a brown paper bag, stuff it with scrunched-up pieces of newspapers until it's roundish, tie a string around the top and hang it up it places where nests occur. Wasps (hornets) are territorial and they think it's somebody else's so they go away. It does seem to work!
7:50 pm
dan2bit

as7 ?
7:51 pm
MollyL

TO, pitch the rice. Better safe than sorry.
7:52 pm
MollyL

as + to endure is to *****vere
7:52 pm
jillibus

add a vowel to the as6, dan2bit
7:52 pm
72 Temple Owl

er, already ate it. thought it was fault of old paprika
7:52 pm
lbdawger

TO, yes brown rice, any grain can go bad. toss it!
7:52 pm
dan2bit

aha - I got my e's mixt
7:52 pm
72 Temple Owl

si7 pls?
7:52 pm
dan2bit

tx Jill & Moll
7:53 pm
lbdawger

si7, snake-ish,
7:53 pm
MollyL

*Prepares some nice ginger tea for TO*
7:53 pm
jillibus

si7 -- snake-like
7:53 pm
72 Temple Owl

tu
7:53 pm
72 Temple Owl

ty
7:54 pm
jillibus

I have 21 left -- diving into the grid for now...*splash*
7:54 pm
72 Temple Owl

bye all, ty for the clues
7:55 pm
rururocks

si7 more sinew
7:55 pm
lbdawger

night, TO. hope the rice wasn't bad.
7:56 pm
jillibus

(BTW, it was COLD here today -- 61F, 16C!)
7:57 pm
jmcnrick

how's it going ru? *gives him ice bag for knee*
7:58 pm
lbdawger

same here, Jilli. even made chicken cassarole for dinner...something warm and hearty.
7:58 pm
jmcnrick

<==ate cheese in the car on road home
7:58 pm
lbdawger

or casserole...bad monkeys
7:59 pm
lbdawger

*sending casserole to JMC*
7:59 pm
jmcnrick

mmmmm ty lbd
7:59 pm
lbdawger

brb, need some tea
8:00 pm
jmcnrick

so i am suppose to take a "ropes" course as part of my program but i have a huge fear of heights
8:01 pm
jmcnrick

a friend recently convinced me to ride a ski lift over trees and i turned green while on it
8:01 pm
MollyL

<----Afraid of heights too, sympathizes with JMC
8:02 pm
jmcnrick

i actually started breathing hard reading the description
8:09 pm
lbdawger

you might want to get an exemption from the ropes course, JMC.
8:10 pm
jmcnrick

there is a low level one that i am willing to try but i admit i am nervous about the whole thing--it is off when this will hit me since i was standing on the edge of my second floor with no problem but the thought of doing a zip line makes me grow faint
8:10 pm
jmcnrick

it is *odd not off
8:11 pm
lbdawger

what is the purpose of the ropes course? leadership? trust? there are other ways of showing these traits.
8:11 pm
jmcnrick

i have no clue. working as a team probably
8:11 pm
MollyL

I totally and completely agree with LBD
8:12 pm
jmcnrick

since i am the oldest student byt 10 years i don't want people to think age is holding me back
8:12 pm
lbdawger

there are other ways of doing that too. I've gotten exempted from doing rope courses on the mere fact that the course had nothing to do with what they said it was designed for. not to mention my klutzability and age.
8:13 pm
jmcnrick

well i think i could do the low ropes part and beg off on the high stuff
8:15 pm
lbdawger

unless you're planning on leading a group to climb El Capitan or K2, i think the lower ropes should be enough.
8:15 pm
jmcnrick

well i would make a terrible leader for either of those events lbd! lol
8:16 pm
lbdawger

i really think rope courses were designed by macho woman ha6.
8:16 pm
jmcnrick

haha
8:17 pm
jmcnrick

they do tend to need upper body strength which men are more likely to excel at
8:17 pm
lbdawger

yup
8:17 pm
jmcnrick

well then i will refuse as a dedicated feminist!! haha
8:18 pm
lbdawger

i think using a zip line would be fun, but i'd rather experience it vicariously.
8:18 pm
jillibus

FW
8:18 pm
jmcnrick

my boy did it in costa rica and of course loved it and bungee jumping
8:18 pm
jmcnrick

whooo hooo jill!
8:18 pm
lbdawger

whoooo hoooooo JILLI!!!
8:19 pm
lbdawger

yeah, well your son is young and immortal! lol
8:19 pm
jillibus

Tell them you have acrophobia, then prove your strength some other way, jmc
8:19 pm
jmcnrick

haha yes indeed lbd
8:19 pm
jmcnrick

i could to push ups!
8:20 pm
jillibus

Yes indeed!
8:20 pm
jmcnrick

is this grid hard or is it just me?
8:20 pm
lbdawger

oooh, i know. draw up a legal document that details that any injury to your person or psyche will be on the heads of the college.
8:20 pm
jillibus

You could demonstrate your tarp-hammering skills...
8:21 pm
lbdawger

it's hard, jmc. lots of odd words!
8:21 pm
jmcnrick

haha you have to sign a waiver to do it lbd
8:21 pm
MollyL

Heights make me dizzy, thus sapping my upper body strength and my leg strength. Not a good combination for rope climbing.
8:21 pm
jmcnrick

heights make me close my eyes!
8:22 pm
lbdawger

i hold my breathe, but then that makes me dizzy, then i hyperventalate, and...
8:22 pm
MollyL

I can't even watch movies where people are fighting on top of a tall building.
8:22 pm
jmcnrick

when i had a broken gutter i went up on the roof with my then 8 year-old son and found i couldn't approach the edge of the roof without freezing so i held him over the edge by his ankles which oddly didn't bother me at all!
8:22 pm
jillibus

I have acrophobia too, never did until I got stuck on a rock-climb. Now can't even abide an enclosed ski-lift.
8:23 pm
MollyL

Oh, so Michael Jackson learned that trick from you JMC. Who knew?
8:23 pm
lbdawger

i can climb ladders, but it's not my favorite activity.
8:23 pm
jmcnrick

i got stuck in a passage caving--6 times to get through--and didn't think it effected me until i went scuba diving and the instructor wanted me to go in a cave and i panicked
8:24 pm
jmcnrick

hey he was cleaning the gutter and had nothing obstructing his vision
8:24 pm
jmcnrick

i am okay with ladders
8:24 pm
lbdawger

i bet your son thought it was fun.
8:25 pm
jmcnrick

he did lbd
8:25 pm
jmcnrick

sorry *affected me
8:25 pm
jillibus

I think of those Mohawks from the Montreal area who balanced on sky-high beams and built the Empire State building. And there's that guy in the news recently who walked a rope without a balance beam to the top of Germany's highest mountain...can barely look at the photo!
8:25 pm
jmcnrick

*effected. affected. confused once again*
8:26 pm
lbdawger

going up ladders isn't hard, it's coming down that is the problem. i've been known to fall from bottom rungs not judging the distance to the ground.
8:26 pm
jmcnrick

be careful lbd i broke my foot that way once
8:26 pm
MollyL

Dangled by ankles from a ladder at age 8 = no fear of zip lines and bungee jumping.
8:27 pm
jillibus

affected in that case, jmc
8:27 pm
lbdawger

i fell off one of the ladders at work, didn't realize i still had two steps to go before getting to the floor. OWIE!!
8:27 pm
jmcnrick

he wasn't dangled from a ladder--he was dangled off the edge of my two story house
8:27 pm
jillibus

heights have a bad effect on you
8:27 pm
jmcnrick

ty jill i have always had trouble with that one no matter how many times i have had it explained
8:27 pm
MollyL

I stand corrected.
8:28 pm
jmcnrick

haha the fact that i was not arrested for child abuse always amazes me
8:29 pm
jmcnrick

as long as i couldn't see over the edge i was okay
8:29 pm
jillibus

them were the days when child "abuse" like that hadn't been invented
8:29 pm
lbdawger

back in the day, jmc!
8:31 pm
jmcnrick

okay i am not even close to 1/2 way but am listing this grid is hopeless!
8:31 pm
jillibus

bfn -- Coronation Street starting on CBC
8:31 pm
jmcnrick

bye jilli
8:31 pm
lbdawger

night, Jilli
8:34 pm
gremlinn

fireworks unaided
8:34 pm
jmcnrick

whoo hoo grem! wtg!
8:35 pm
gremlinn

was stuck with 2 left for a very long time
8:35 pm
gremlinn

50 minutes for first 180, 2-3 hours for last 2
8:36 pm
jmcnrick

haha they can hide can't they!
8:36 pm
gremlinn

finally just randomly guessed one I'd never seen
8:36 pm
gremlinn

yep
8:36 pm
gremlinn

phantoms of the day: aruspex and haruspex
8:37 pm
jmcnrick

what do those words mean grem?
8:38 pm
gremlinn

no idea, but if you can play the first in Scrabble, you probably won't have to worry about your opponent realizing the second works too
8:38 pm
jmcnrick

haha good to know
8:38 pm
gremlinn

means: "A priest in ancient Rome who practiced divination by the inspection of the entrails of animals."
8:39 pm
gremlinn

I think I actually must have looked that up before, seems familiar
8:39 pm
jmcnrick

A priest in ancient Rome who practiced divination by the inspection of the entrails of animals.
8:39 pm
jmcnrick

snap
8:39 pm
gremlinn

aha, and there's a similar word in the grid that actually means something similar, not just coincidental
8:40 pm
jmcnrick

apparently the one is a variant spelling of the other
8:40 pm
gremlinn

yeah
8:41 pm
jmcnrick

well we will see if i can remember that more than one day--i finally got zarf nailed down so it is time to move on to another word
8:43 pm
gapeach1066@yaho

Evening all.
8:43 pm
jmcnrick

hi peach
8:43 pm
lbdawger

whoooo hoooo gremlinn!
8:43 pm
lbdawger

hi peach
8:44 pm
harpjane

hi
8:44 pm
jmcnrick

hi harp long time no see!
8:44 pm
lbdawger

hi, harp@
8:45 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

i come to babble! (hi all)
8:45 pm
jmcnrick

hi book!
8:48 pm
MollyL

*Puts out a platter of nachos as the crowds move in*
8:48 pm
jmcnrick

*puts cold beer and sodas in ice chest so people can help themselves*
8:49 pm
MollyL

*Turns up the dance music*
8:49 pm
jmcnrick

*gets the disco ball spinning*
8:49 pm
harpjane

nachos? yum
8:49 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

(rockin' to the beat)
8:51 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

ooh i found an 8 (she shouted over the music)
8:52 pm
jmcnrick

cool
8:52 pm
dan2bit

firewords! pe7 rhymes with winged horse was my last. thanks all cluers
8:52 pm
lbdawger

hi book, hi dan
8:52 pm
jmcnrick

whoo hooo dan!!
8:52 pm
MollyL

Night 2Bit.
8:52 pm
lbdawger

whoooo hooooo DAN!!
8:53 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

way to go dan ~~~~~ !!!!!!!!
8:53 pm
jmcnrick

no new little 2bit pics? :-(
8:53 pm
lbdawger

night, dan
8:54 pm
MollyL

Baby 2Bit pictures seem to be seasonal. I am predicting the next will be romping in the fallen Autumn leaves. Can't wait.
8:55 pm
jmcnrick

oooh her head peeking out of a pile of leaves!
8:55 pm
dan2bit

we have been shooting video of baby2bit recently. mrs2bit took her to a "petting farm" today
8:55 pm
dan2bit

apparently she's a big fan of goats
8:56 pm
jmcnrick

goats are nicer than geese for sure
8:57 pm
jmcnrick

i finally got nbs
8:57 pm
MollyL

Aw, little baby 2Bit, the female goatherd.
8:57 pm
dan2bit

congrats jmc
8:58 pm
jmcnrick

haha there is a guy in my class whose parents named him after the book giles the goat herder
9:00 pm
MollyL

High on a hill was a girlie goatherd, yodle-ay-dee-odle-ay-dee-oh-hoo-hoo!
9:01 pm
dan2bit

fresh picture in my profile now, per Molly's request. No goats though
9:01 pm
harpjane

good book, Giles Goat Boy
9:01 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

(rockin' to the beat of the Lonely Goatherd, woot)
9:02 pm
harpjane

how many letters in the C please?
9:02 pm
dan2bit

4
9:02 pm
MollyL

Caption for Baby 2Bit picture: Here Dad, you left this plastic cup of vodka on the bench.
9:03 pm
dan2bit

hey what goes in the sippy cup stays in the sippy cup
9:04 pm
MollyL

*Cough* Sputter* Surely I meant cup of water.
9:11 pm
jesdraggon

evening
9:12 pm
jmcnrick

thats what i said to him harp
9:12 pm
jmcnrick

hi jes
9:12 pm
jmcnrick

so little 2bit doesn't comprehend the sippy cup system yet (if it stays in the sippy cup)
9:16 pm
jesdraggon

phantom excise
9:17 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

hey, who turned off the music?
9:17 pm
jmcnrick

sorry just need to turn over the album!
9:18 pm
jesdraggon

dunno, gwen. Jonathon Coulton's playing here :)
9:18 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

(stumbles over to the record player)
9:19 pm
jmcnrick

*refills the ice chest with beer and soda*
9:19 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

(puts on some E.L.O.) aaaaah
9:20 pm
lbdawger

ci4, harp
9:21 pm
jesdraggon

stats only on the second u down that column please?
9:22 pm
jmcnrick

un4/6
9:22 pm
lbdawger

un4.6/5.14, un4.6 and un6.36, jes
9:22 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

us4, us5, us4
9:22 pm
jesdraggon

thanks
9:23 pm
jesdraggon

nbt
9:23 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

Doh, wrong U, never mind . . .
9:23 pm
jmcnrick

wtg jes!
9:23 pm
lbdawger

go jexs
9:24 pm
lbdawger

or jes...monkeys are slacking off
9:24 pm
jesdraggon

ooh, with an x and everything :) i must be special today!
9:24 pm
lbdawger

you're special everyday, Jes
9:24 pm
jmcnrick

*puts a gold star on jexs forehead*
9:25 pm
jesdraggon

hee
9:25 pm
jesdraggon

we use star stickers as chart codes at work. gold stars mean the animal pees when restrained. :D
9:25 pm
jmcnrick

so the boy came home today to find the hotwater heater sprang a leak and there is only one cut-off valve in his whole house
9:26 pm
lbdawger

and do you pee when restrained, jes?
9:26 pm
jmcnrick

hahahahahaha
9:26 pm
jesdraggon

not usually
9:26 pm
Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?
9:26 pm
jmcnrick

*quickly removes the gold star*
9:26 pm
jesdraggon

i might bite though. So i should probably have a red star.
9:26 pm
Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!
9:27 pm
jesdraggon

hi min :)
9:27 pm
jmcnrick

. . .and i am sure your partner is grateful jes
9:27 pm
jmcnrick

hahahahaha
9:27 pm
jmcnrick

hi min
9:27 pm
jmcnrick

how about silver?
9:27 pm
jesdraggon

oh, he IS, jam :)
9:27 pm
jesdraggon

I tell him so on a regular basis, too. ;)
9:28 pm
jmcnrick

someday when we're older deep in thought not a lot to say
9:28 pm
jesdraggon

silver is other-dog aggressive
9:28 pm
jesdraggon

blue means the owner is aggressive
9:28 pm
jmcnrick

hmmm i would think gold and silver would be good things
9:28 pm
jesdraggon

and green means the owner has no money
9:29 pm
jesdraggon

so do most owners, which is why we use them on charts instead of writing nasty notes.
9:29 pm
jmcnrick

*puts a green star on jes*
9:29 pm
jesdraggon

that way when/if the owners ask for copies of records, they think we really like them and their dog, because they have FIVE stars! :)
9:30 pm
jmcnrick

*throws multi-colored glitter at jes*
9:30 pm
jesdraggon

heehee
9:30 pm
lbdawger

tricksy, Jes. but good thinking to keep clients baffled.
9:31 pm
jmcnrick

i think i may head to bed--i never sleep well in the country
9:31 pm
jesdraggon

Also, if you ever get a copy of a file from somewhere and they have a bunch of stickers on it, be aware that it probably means something they don't wanna tell you.
9:31 pm
jmcnrick

damn frogs
9:31 pm
jesdraggon

been at several different clinics with similar codes.
9:31 pm
jesdraggon

aww, i hope you sleep sweet tonight, jam
9:31 pm
jmcnrick

not to mention the wild turkeys and groundhogs
9:32 pm
jmcnrick

yep nothing but the sweet sound of cars going by
9:32 pm
jmcnrick

so with 48 left i bid you good night
9:32 pm
jesdraggon

if you say so, jam. the lights always bother me
9:32 pm
jesdraggon

i like frogs
9:33 pm
jmcnrick

too noisy
9:33 pm
jmcnrick

and the street lights are away from my window
9:33 pm
jesdraggon

city people are odd. I like you anyway, though. ;)
9:33 pm
jmcnrick

and i like you even if you are a country mouse!
9:33 pm
jmcnrick

*poof*
9:34 pm
jesdraggon

*squeek!*
9:37 pm
Minveryork

Goodbye jmcnrick! I will see you tomorrow in the log.
9:42 pm
stidmama

(((hugs everyone))) hello...
9:42 pm
jesdraggon

hi stid :)
9:42 pm
stidmama

*scuffles feet* I am in a poopy mood this evening. *grumpy face*
9:43 pm
jesdraggon

sorry
9:43 pm
jesdraggon

what'd i do? what can i do to make it better? *grovels*
9:44 pm
stidmama

me too. I just feel like crawling in bed and hiding. And there is NO REASON for that! Except a HUGE impending feeling of DOOM (or destiny?) looming in the near future. Will I get a job? Will I discover that I have conveniently forgotten a major criminal past like I forgot the only paid employment I held in the last ten years... *sigh*
9:45 pm
stidmama

no no jes, you are perfectly lovely. it's the air. or the water. or the sun. or the overcast. or...
9:46 pm
Minveryork

Hi stidmama! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid
9:46 pm
jesdraggon

perhaps you need to throw a lu4/6?
9:47 pm
stidmama

how is the amazing bruce today?
9:47 pm
stidmama

hm.... that's a thought! :-D
9:47 pm
jesdraggon

tired and sore and a little sunburned. he's building me a fence :)
9:47 pm
stidmama

hello Min! are you back in school already?
9:48 pm
jesdraggon

fences, in case you wonder, are spendy. I'm about $2500 into this one.
9:48 pm
stidmama

ooooh. the amazing bruce! he slices! he dices! he bakes bread! he doubles as a nightlight with radiant heat! *wicked mama grin*
9:48 pm
jesdraggon

indeed :)
9:48 pm
stidmama

yes -- that is why we don't have a fenced yard yet. *sigh* I am a bad pet companion.
9:49 pm
jesdraggon

invisible fence is much easier, stid
9:49 pm
stidmama

okay, I am getting silly and have to leave soon to get the kid from band practice.
9:49 pm
lbdawger

ahh, missed saying night night, to jmc. hi stiddy
9:49 pm
stidmama

is it? is a german shepherd galoot likely to be deterred from running by one of those?
9:49 pm
stidmama

hey lbd
9:50 pm
jesdraggon

if you train him.
9:50 pm
jesdraggon

gotta introduce him to the fence in a controlled manner--so he goes up to it slowly, hears the beeps, and learns to come back in.
9:50 pm
lbdawger

i think Lucky would be smart enough to stop at the invisible fence.
9:50 pm
stidmama

roflmao... no no no! you don't understand! shepherds don't GET trained, they train YOU! *shakes mama head sadly* and you call yourself a vet...
9:50 pm
jesdraggon

if the first time he knows there's a fence there is when he hits it at a dead run and he's across before it shocks him... not so much.
9:51 pm
jesdraggon

heh. if you say so, stid. but it works for my veryvery smart escape-artist hound.
9:51 pm
stidmama

oh! That makes sense though. I can see that actually working. And we could do just the part of the yard that we actually want him in and make it just the right shape.
9:51 pm
jesdraggon

yup
9:52 pm
jesdraggon

so you wanna put the fence out, then lead him towards it until it beeps, pull him back in and give him a cookie.
9:52 pm
jesdraggon

repeat on all lines of the fence
9:52 pm
stidmama

hm. I am SO GLAD I saw you tonight!

and with the cookies, he will be glad I saw you too! I'll go do some research.
9:52 pm
jesdraggon

then let him get shocked once and jerk him back in.
9:52 pm
jesdraggon

and repeat the beep, pull back, cookie routine.
9:53 pm
jesdraggon

and you'll be set :)
9:53 pm
lbdawger

it really works, unless you have a digger, then it doesn't work so well.
9:53 pm
stidmama

As I begin teaching, I need something that allows me to put him outside without him running off to punish me for being gone so often.
9:53 pm
stidmama

No, he doesn't dig. So we're good there.
9:53 pm
jesdraggon

should still shock them as they head out, dawg
9:54 pm
lbdawger

you'd need to see the hole, Jes. Makes the guys on hogan's heros look like amateurs
9:54 pm
jesdraggon

heheh
9:54 pm
Minveryork

Today was my first day back,hence my icon for today
9:54 pm
stidmama

okay, supper's ready. (((JES))) you're a real treasure, you know that? *proud friend look*

And LBD, perhaps someday we'll be on at the same time... (((LBD)))


and Min -- have a lovely day tomorrow with your kiddos! (((Min)))

*Poof*
9:55 pm
lbdawger

night night, stiddy
9:55 pm
jesdraggon

my hound used to do that. i took to refilling all her holes with the dog poo from the yard. she didn't like that much.
9:55 pm
jesdraggon

have a lovely evening, stid!
9:55 pm
lbdawger

we filled the holes with cinder blocks! and built a tighter fence.
9:55 pm
jesdraggon

that works too :)
9:56 pm
lbdawger

my whole backyard looked like the grand canyon! the terrier was hunting geckos and the doberman was helping!
9:56 pm
jesdraggon

eventually, i had a very level yard made of a thin layer of dirt over a thick layer of dog poo... and she lost interest in digging, since everywhere that she dug ended up being her own poo.
9:57 pm
wildcat17

as7 please
9:57 pm
lbdawger

i'll remember that for the next dog...if there is a next dog. *sigh*
9:57 pm
lbdawger

add a vowel to the end of the as6 wild
9:57 pm
jesdraggon

as+sounds like womans hand bag
9:57 pm
wildcat17

ty
9:58 pm
jesdraggon

why wouldn't there be?
9:58 pm
lbdawger

and i'm off to my pillows. see you all tomorrow!
9:58 pm
jesdraggon

sleep sweet, dawg
9:58 pm
lbdawger

hubz is not open to another dog. the last two really hit home when we had to put them to sleep.
9:59 pm
wildcat17

re7?28 please
9:59 pm
lbdawger

poof
9:59 pm
jesdraggon

don't have it, wc, sorry.
10:00 pm
Minveryork

Goodbye stidmama. I'll see you tomorrow in the chog.
10:00 pm
Minveryork

Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log.
10:02 pm
jesdraggon

top row grey
10:02 pm
jesdraggon

anybody have any idea what the last lu5/14 means?
10:12 pm
Uneaixoise

well, here's ONE definition: the supposed son or companion of Bacchus
10:13 pm
Uneaixoise

OR "a deviation from the norm, a freak"
10:13 pm
Uneaixoise

yikes! LOL
10:13 pm
jesdraggon

huh. thanks, unea
10:13 pm
Uneaixoise

yw :-)
10:13 pm
jesdraggon

cute pup
10:14 pm
Uneaixoise

i think he has an interested adopter -- just waiting for home visit :-)
10:15 pm
Uneaixoise

Sunday I'm transporting a very pregnant Beagle -- hope she can suck it in till she gets to her foster! LOL
10:17 pm
jesdraggon

heh. ye're gonna have pups in the car ;)
10:17 pm
Uneaixoise

have a stack of towels in the trunk . . . :-)
10:18 pm
jesdraggon

good thinking
10:18 pm
Uneaixoise

I've watched pups come into the world but have never been a puppy midwife!
10:23 pm
jesdraggon

bottom row grey
10:25 pm
jesdraggon

right column grey
10:28 pm
jesdraggon

au6/39?
10:28 pm
Uneaixoise

go, jes!!
10:29 pm
Uneaixoise

jeez, awful to clue . . . let' see . . .
10:30 pm
Uneaixoise

same first 3 letters as au7 and 8
10:30 pm
Uneaixoise

second half sounds like chest muscles
10:31 pm
jesdraggon

excellent. thanks :) left row grey
10:31 pm
Uneaixoise

whew . . .
10:35 pm
jesdraggon

second left column
10:40 pm
jesdraggon

pe7,36?
10:41 pm
Uneaixoise

don't have it yet . . . sorry
10:42 pm
jesdraggon

ok
10:46 pm
Uneaixoise

did you find it, jes? it's almost the mythological winged horse . . .
10:46 pm
jesdraggon

yup, just got it. ws trying to figure out how to clue it for you :)
10:46 pm
Uneaixoise

:-D
10:53 pm
jesdraggon

re7,28?
10:54 pm
Uneaixoise

greek lliqueur i think
10:55 pm
Uneaixoise

*liqueur
10:56 pm
jesdraggon

hmm. i may have to take up alcoholism
10:56 pm
Uneaixoise

:-D
10:58 pm
Uneaixoise

and that's firewords for moi . . . need any more clues before I take pups out to pee?
10:59 pm
jesdraggon

still looking for the re7
10:59 pm
jesdraggon

grats, and good job :)
10:59 pm
Uneaixoise

same 4 letters as word just above
10:59 pm
Uneaixoise

plus D***h Shore
11:00 pm
jesdraggon

thanks! fireworks for me too :)
11:00 pm
Uneaixoise

yay for jes!!!
11:00 pm
cybernan

hi all -- just starting, so probably won't finish
11:00 pm
Uneaixoise

my dad went to high school with her LOL
11:01 pm
Uneaixoise

hey, nan :-)
11:01 pm
jesdraggon

hi nan :)
11:01 pm
jesdraggon

which just goes to prove, you should save autographs from all your classmates :)
11:02 pm
Uneaixoise

no kidding LOL -- that's when she was Frances Rose Shore :-)
11:02 pm
cybernan

do all the au's begin with the same 3 letters?
11:03 pm
Uneaixoise

3 out of 4
11:03 pm
jesdraggon

no, the au5 is different
11:03 pm
Uneaixoise

ok, signing off -- gnite, all *poof*
11:04 pm
cybernan

have the 7-8, but don't see the au6
11:05 pm
jesdraggon

sleep sweet, une!
11:05 pm
jesdraggon

au6 is same first 3, then sounds like chest muscles
11:06 pm
cybernan

it's the chest muscle part that I don't know
11:09 pm
jesdraggon

ok. uhm... urine is called *ee, then go to **treme measures
11:09 pm
jesdraggon

perhaps to avoid the urine. what a clunky clue.
11:09 pm
cybernan

thought that abbreviation ended in c!
11:10 pm
cybernan

ty jes
11:10 pm
jesdraggon

usually does
11:31 pm
cybernan

si 7, please?
11:34 pm
negativeneil

s + opposite of out + excess is superfl****.
11:35 pm
Jellen

Great clue, neil!
11:35 pm
negativeneil

That's a hard one to clue any other way. I hate those clues that spell the words out, myself... but with some words, what else do you do? Means curving, twisty, like a path.
11:35 pm
Jellen

Hi all, by the way...
11:35 pm
negativeneil

Ugh. I hate those spell-the-word out clues, Jellen.
11:35 pm
negativeneil

and hi!
11:37 pm
Jellen

I'd completely forgotten I started this grid...
11:37 pm
cybernan

ty neil
11:37 pm
negativeneil

yw nan.
11:40 pm
cybernan

un 6, please?
11:41 pm
negativeneil

For either gender, nan.
11:41 pm
negativeneil

Like un**** clothing or hairstyles.
11:41 pm
cybernan

ty neil
11:41 pm
negativeneil

yw nan.
11:41 pm
cybernan

6 to go
11:42 pm
negativeneil

Go, go, go!
11:42 pm
Jellen

Augh! Now I have a children's song stuck in my head...
11:42 pm
negativeneil

Which one, Jellen?
11:42 pm
Jellen

Fr*** Jacques
11:42 pm
negativeneil

Oh yes.
11:43 pm
hootowl

thanks Jellen - noe I do too! What timing
11:43 pm
cybernan

se 6/18, please?
11:43 pm
Jellen

Haha, hoot...Glad to have company!
11:44 pm
hootowl

howdy all - neil you are on as much as Me - out of work or school?
11:44 pm
negativeneil

I'm not on all that much, hootowl. Just happen to catch each other when we are, I guess. It's later in the evneing here now.
11:44 pm
hootowl

Think its group of 7?
11:45 pm
cybernan

that's the 6/21
11:45 pm
negativeneil

I just finished a job I was doing all month, hootowl. Now starting another assignment. Visiting in LA at the moment with family.
11:45 pm
hootowl

that's true - not complaining mind you - I like meeting new people
11:46 pm
hootowl

akk right! enjoy yourself
11:46 pm
negativeneil

I'm on when I'm not busy... in between other things. Some of the work I do, I do on my laptop [writing]. So sometimes I pop in and out of here to give clues, while I'm doing that.
11:46 pm
negativeneil

Yeah, I am, thanks. It's kind of business as well as pleasure though.
11:46 pm
hootowl

Just checked - group of 7
11:47 pm
negativeneil

What's group of 7? The Canadian artists/painters, you mean?
11:47 pm
cybernan

group of 7 is se 6/21 I think -- looking for the se 6/18
11:47 pm
negativeneil

Oh, haha!
11:47 pm
negativeneil

Yes, that's a group of 7 too.
11:48 pm
hootowl

RIGHT! change the sec cons to another
11:48 pm
cybernan

ah -- group of 6
11:48 pm
negativeneil

se6,21 and the plural, se7,32.
11:49 pm
hootowl

sorry - just got here and have to get my rhythm
11:49 pm
cybernan

pe 7/36?
11:49 pm
hootowl

MY LAST WORD _ I had to look it up
11:50 pm
negativeneil

pe7,36 -- the name of an animal rights' group pluralized, plus another word meaning 'we'.
11:50 pm
hootowl

your cat ot dog vowel uu sname w/dif last leter
11:50 pm
hootowl

oh good grief thats awful!!
11:50 pm
negativeneil

pe7,36 -- the name of an animal rights' group pluralized, plus another word meaning 'we'.
11:51 pm
hootowl

WTG neil - way better than mine!
11:51 pm
hootowl

I didn't even get my puncuation right!
11:52 pm
cybernan

don't know the animal rights group
11:52 pm
negativeneil

cybernan... it's one of the biggest. Everyone knows the name. They have huge billboards... some of them have been pretty offensive actually.
11:52 pm
hootowl

american jasks no eating animals and on and on - you must have heard of it. Notorious
11:53 pm
hootowl

they are always offensive!
11:53 pm
negativeneil

Pretty much.
11:53 pm
cybernan

sorry -- no billboards around here
11:54 pm
hootowl

ok I'll try again
11:54 pm
negativeneil

No, but they've been in the news for them so many times. Some of their campaigns have been awful.
11:54 pm
cybernan

2 left the pe 7/36 and the last lu 5
11:54 pm
Jellen

try this 4 letter anagram of biomatter they used to use as fuel in the UK
11:54 pm
negativeneil

Anagram of p*** moss.
11:55 pm
hootowl

Your dog is a pe* +vowel+ pl letter + you * me
11:55 pm
negativeneil

[the 4 letter word]
11:55 pm
negativeneil

Right, hootowl.
11:55 pm
cybernan

found the lu
11:55 pm
negativeneil

Then plural that and add another 2-letter word meaning 'we'.
11:55 pm
hootowl

just have to concentrate haha
11:56 pm
rururocks

I feel really guilty now
11:56 pm
cybernan

ty --- *!* ta da *!* - thanks for all the help :)
11:56 pm
negativeneil

Why, ruru?
11:56 pm
Jellen

Uh oh, what has ruru done?
11:56 pm
flosey

WTG Nan, that was fast
11:56 pm
Jellen

Hooray for nan!
11:56 pm
rururocks

I ate an animal tonight
11:56 pm
hootowl

ru - you never feel guilty - must be really bad
11:56 pm
flosey

guilty? ru
11:56 pm
negativeneil

You're welcome, cybernan!
11:56 pm
rururocks

or actually part of one..
11:56 pm
hootowl

congrats nan!
11:57 pm
hootowl

I was about to ask.
11:57 pm
rururocks

well. I certainly know now how hoot feels about me..lol
11:57 pm
hootowl

Which parts? I had country ribs to night
11:57 pm
rururocks

I had tenderloins
11:57 pm
hootowl

hehe
11:58 pm
rururocks

*burp*
11:58 pm
hootowl

were they actually tender?
11:58 pm
cybernan

golf day today, so didn't get more imaginative than burgers
11:58 pm
rururocks

yes,..I marinated them
11:58 pm
gremlinn

191
11:59 pm
rururocks

537
11:59 pm
hootowl

aah - I didn't. but we get such lousy meat I just cook it slower.
11:59 pm
negativeneil

I hope it's bigger than that, gremlinn.
I live in hope!
11:59 pm
gremlinn

optimist!
11:59 pm
negativeneil

Yes, more like ruru's guess.
11:59 pm
hootowl

nonono - BF will be home tomorrow!
11:59 pm
negativeneil

I know huh?
11:59 pm
hootowl

150
11:59 pm
gremlinn

I've never been right...ever...
11:59 pm
gremlinn

But close several times
11:59 pm
negativeneil

And I'm supposed to be 'negative'.
11:59 pm
rururocks

suck it up hoot..lol
11:59 pm
MLFAN17

hello
12:00 am
negativeneil

Haha!