12:00 am
VolleymomDee
flip and hi all!
12:00 am
jillibus
flop -- big again
12:00 am
dart001
hey volley
12:00 am
cybernan
oh -- was hoping for something not too big!
12:00 am
torgone
Yikes ..
12:00 am
jillibus
hi dee i
12:01 am
jillibus
that's hi dee hi, ho dee ho...
12:01 am
Fauxmage
Yeah I'm flopping out of this one.
12:01 am
torgone
si8 - boob filler
12:02 am
MLFAN17
torg i think thats a 7 i just found it
12:02 am
jillibus
great clue, torg, lol!
12:02 am
negativeneil
Late flip.
12:02 am
cosdem
its also a si8 mlf
12:02 am
negativeneil
Aww Laura.
12:03 am
torgone
si7 is transistor material
12:03 am
MLFAN17
oopss sorry i apologize went the other direction and found it
12:05 am
jillibus
hi neil
12:05 am
dart001
23 k's lol
12:07 am
jillibus
ugh, dart -- poor sprite!
12:07 am
cosdem
na 5/12 for the lone N in 5th column
12:07 am
negativeneil
Hi jilli, dart.
12:08 am
cosdem
hi jill :)
12:09 am
cosdem
phantom erotic/erotica and carrot
12:12 am
Uneaixoise
co6 x 5
12:12 am
cosdem
cant find the top row E
12:12 am
Uneaixoise
co6 x 6
12:12 am
MLFAN17
cos i cant find either ee on that column
12:13 am
cosdem
the other one is er5/10 i have, mlf
12:13 am
cosdem
common word
12:14 am
MLFAN17
cos i found a 4 for the 2nd E
12:15 am
cosdem
got the et6
12:15 am
cosdem
NBT... now need teh 9
12:15 am
jillibus
wtg cos
12:16 am
MLFAN17
2ND COLUMN i stats please?
12:16 am
jillibus
wtg jellen and hi!
12:16 am
flosey
wtg Jellen
12:16 am
MLFAN17
2 ET 7s or just one?
12:17 am
MLFAN17
thanks cos got that i
12:18 am
Jellen
wd, jilli!
12:18 am
Uneaixoise
cr7 x 2
12:19 am
MLFAN17
4TH COLUMN i stats please?
12:19 am
MLFAN17
NEVER MIND
12:21 am
MLFAN17
Can someone help me with the N on the last column i know how many letters i am not seeing it
12:22 am
flosey
wtg jilli
12:23 am
Uneaixoise
mother of pearl, mlf
12:23 am
cosdem
ugh the 9 i cant see
12:23 am
cybernan
anyone know what the 8's or 9 are?
12:24 am
negativeneil
co9,60
12:24 am
VolleymomDee
I have one si 8
12:24 am
negativeneil
[nan]
12:24 am
MLFAN17
thanks got it
12:25 am
dcseain
i have an icon clue already :) it's a ke4.8
12:25 am
Flask1
morning all....nbt!
12:25 am
cosdem
seain PB box.
12:25 am
VolleymomDee
ty dc
12:26 am
dcseain
peh, i say, cos
12:26 am
MLFAN17
is the list up yet?
12:27 am
cybernan
did you get it in a casino sean?
12:27 am
dart001
go check mlf
12:27 am
dcseain
get what in a casino?
12:27 am
MLFAN17
i just did wasnt the new one
12:28 am
cybernan
the ke 4
12:28 am
cybernan
ty dart
12:28 am
cybernan
still looking for that co 9
12:28 am
cosdem
me too nan
12:28 am
MLFAN17
what does the 9 begin with?/
12:28 am
cosdem
but i did find a co7
12:29 am
dart001
12:24 am mlf
12:29 am
joshuavorbis
hi and nbt
12:29 am
MLFAN17
i just saw that right after i sent my qyestion
12:30 am
negativeneil
Hi josh.
12:30 am
negativeneil
I have seven co7s so far.
12:31 am
negativeneil
All kind of similar.
12:31 am
dcseain
a 110 co7s right behind!
12:32 am
dart001
phant contrail
12:32 am
VolleymomDee
help with top e in the middle column please
12:32 am
MLFAN17
PHANTOM Correct
12:32 am
cosdem
et 7 and et 6 dee
12:32 am
joshuavorbis
et6
12:33 am
VolleymomDee
ty very much
12:33 am
cosdem
and hi dee :)
12:33 am
negativeneil
Hi Dee!
12:33 am
cybernan
I wonder if that co 9 is "with" it
12:33 am
VolleymomDee
nbt nbs
12:34 am
cosdem
lucky u dee cant find that co9
12:35 am
VolleymomDee
mechanical erosion of soil and rock co 9/60
12:36 am
Jellen
Thanks, Dee!
12:36 am
VolleymomDee
yqw
12:36 am
cybernan
not helping me!
12:36 am
cosdem
me neither :(
12:37 am
VolleymomDee
looks like when metal rusts, but change the 2nd vowel
12:38 am
dart001
thx volley
12:38 am
cosdem
got it dee thanks!
12:38 am
cosdem
nbt/nbs :)
12:38 am
joey
tks, volleymomDee
12:39 am
VolleymomDee
yw way to go!
12:39 am
VolleymomDee
ke 6 and ke 7/44
12:39 am
cybernan
nbs now and almost half way
12:39 am
dcseain
co7 emissions (solar term)
12:39 am
cosdem
gonna have some hot apple pie soon. its chilly out... :) love september in colorado... hot days cold nights
12:40 am
cosdem
wore shoes instead of flip flops for the first time since May today too lol
12:40 am
jillibus
icon clue posted
12:40 am
VolleymomDee
wtg flask
12:40 am
dcseain
i wear sandals most of april into october, but i live in an overall warm climte
12:41 am
jillibus
cos, we're having a summery "heat wave" at last!
12:41 am
cosdem
aww good icon too bad i already got that jill :)
12:41 am
cosdem
enjoy it jill.. im over the heat.. it is freezing when i wake up now... i love it
12:41 am
westford
I didn't have it jilli and hello all
12:41 am
jillibus
great clue, flask -- thanks
12:41 am
westford
got it without even looking at the stats..he's my guy
12:42 am
jillibus
hi west, and I'm glad.
12:42 am
jillibus
He's MINE, west.
12:42 am
cosdem
nooner should be accepted :(
12:42 am
dcseain
i had it not also, jill
12:42 am
negativeneil
Hi westford!
12:42 am
negativeneil
Nice to see you. :)
12:42 am
westford
he belongs to all of us
12:43 am
dart001
hey west
12:43 am
jillibus
oh good, dc -- glad to help!
12:43 am
westford
hi neil, you too.
12:43 am
westford
are you back home?
12:43 am
jillibus
well, that's true, west
12:43 am
westford
hi dart !!
12:43 am
negativeneil
Who, me?
12:43 am
negativeneil
No, still in LA.
12:44 am
negativeneil
westford, I sent you a Flickr invitation.
12:44 am
westford
our daughter in Encinitas called from her land line at work..said they have no power or cell service
12:44 am
negativeneil
That will enable you to see everything there, not just the 30-something photos that are public... the rest are viewable by family and friends only.
12:45 am
dcseain
yes, 1.4 million in the dark in SoCal
12:45 am
negativeneil
Yes, a lot of people have been without power.
12:45 am
westford
I did get it neil..I need some time to get things together
12:45 am
cosdem
west -- i was just reading an article about that outage in california, arizona and mexico.. alot of my FB friends are pissed about it
12:45 am
negativeneil
Oh, ok.
12:45 am
westford
hi cos didn't realize it was so widespread
12:45 am
dcseain
floods here are gradually receding -- we got most of 7 inches of rain in 8 hours
12:46 am
westford
this rain has been ridiculous.
12:46 am
westford
hi seain
12:46 am
dcseain
schools are closed tomorrow, os we won't know til morning what things are like. still better here than in NY/PA at least
12:46 am
dcseain
hi, west
12:46 am
cosdem
5 million without power
12:46 am
dcseain
total in both countries, cos?
12:46 am
cosdem
article http://tinyurl.com/3t98f74
12:47 am
cosdem
from what i read yes seain
12:47 am
westford
( hit return )..cousin's son is getting married today
12:47 am
jillibus
what has caused that CA outage?
12:47 am
cybernan
good night everyone -- last half for tomorrow if I have time :)
12:47 am
dcseain
g'night nan
12:47 am
westford
hello and good-bye nan
12:47 am
Jellen
G'night, nan
12:47 am
cosdem
The outage was probably caused by an employee removing a piece of monitoring equipment that was causing problems at a power substation in southwest Arizona, officials said.
12:48 am
westford
so not at all weather related?
12:48 am
cosdem
i dont think so.
12:48 am
westford
hi jellen
12:48 am
Jellen
Hi, west...a little dozy here...
12:49 am
westford
nice and peaceful?
12:50 am
Jellen
Yes...think I'll head upstairs...might be back...
12:50 am
westford
see you then
12:52 am
westford
I see sprite's pup made it again
12:53 am
dart001
jilli..one of my two favourite words made the list again
12:54 am
westford
thank you dart
1:00 am
jillibus
looking, dart (I was elsewhere for a bit)
1:01 am
dart001
thought maybe I killed the chat
1:01 am
dcseain
indeed not, dart
1:02 am
westford
this is a friendly grid
1:02 am
dart001
down to 80 left and slowing down a lot
1:02 am
westford
words are there for the choosing...for now
1:03 am
westford
still need a top middle e if anyone would be willing to help
1:04 am
VolleymomDee
te 7 / 8 x 2
1:04 am
dcseain
forever, west
1:04 am
dart001
et 7 et 6
1:04 am
jillibus
I'm not finding this grid friendly
1:04 am
VolleymomDee
totally agree jili... thot it was just because I was tired
1:04 am
westford
hi dee maybe I'm not far enough into it
1:04 am
dart001
phant torrent
1:05 am
rururocks
that's because you have a naked man Icon jilli
1:05 am
dcseain
greyed the L :)
1:05 am
VolleymomDee
hi west wtg dc
1:05 am
jillibus
and no Lickety... :-(
1:05 am
dcseain
refersh, ruru, she replaced it
1:06 am
jillibus
not any more, ruru -- better refresh! I have a clue icon
1:06 am
jillibus
wtg west
1:07 am
westford
thanks jilli
1:07 am
dcseain
bullfighter
1:07 am
jillibus
dc -- good clue!
1:07 am
rururocks
wouldn't he be the cr 7/32 jilli?
1:07 am
negativeneil
You have email, westford.
1:07 am
dcseain
twisty grid this one
1:07 am
negativeneil
Hi ruru!
1:08 am
rururocks
hey neil
1:08 am
westford
thanks neil
1:08 am
VolleymomDee
not seeing the co 7 from jili's ic4 clue...
1:08 am
negativeneil
yw westford.
1:08 am
dcseain
how you doing, ruru?
1:08 am
negativeneil
I'm looking forward to this theme:
Sat 10 Sep - Crazy Hairdos
1:08 am
dcseain
cr7 from jill's ic4 clue
1:08 am
westford
the al is a bull fighter?
1:08 am
rururocks
not great DC
1:08 am
jillibus
ruru, that's what I put in my profile -- didn't you look?
1:08 am
dcseain
hm. should i do mine up for that i wonder...
1:09 am
rururocks
it says co 7/32 jilli
1:09 am
negativeneil
Because my hair goes crazy if I let it grow in past a very short buzz cut, and I have an old photo with basically what amounts to a mini-afro on my head.
1:09 am
dcseain
sorry to hear that, ru, i do hope it looks up in the forseeable future
1:09 am
negativeneil
Oh ruru. :(
1:09 am
negativeneil
What's being done about it?
1:10 am
rururocks
nothing right now..I'm working on it.
1:10 am
dcseain
old oa5 bucket
1:10 am
rururocks
I have decided on surgery.. where is now the question
1:10 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
1:10 am
jillibus
oh, sorry, I see that and have now corrected it.
1:10 am
rururocks
yeah.. thanks lickety.. I need them tonight
1:10 am
westford
thank you lickety
1:11 am
westford
and ty seain..singing now
1:11 am
negativeneil
I would too in your situation ruru. You can't go on in that agony.
1:11 am
jillibus
Ah, ty ty ty Lickety -- we'll really need you for this biggie
1:11 am
rururocks
lol jill.. you sent a lot of poor babblers on a wild goose chase
1:11 am
Erda
Thank you, Lickety!!!
1:11 am
rururocks
yeah neil.. I agree.. the pain has gotten worse
1:12 am
jillibus
oh no, ruru!
1:12 am
negativeneil
I'm sorry you have to suffer that ru. Surgery really is the only solution.
1:13 am
rururocks
I have an event tomorrow I have to stand up for hours at as well. not going to be pretty
1:13 am
negativeneil
I wouldn't, ruru. Health comes first.
1:13 am
negativeneil
It's only going to make matters worse and you're going to be in even more pain.
1:14 am
negativeneil
Is it something you absolutely must attend?
1:14 am
ursh
ruru - my mom had hip replacement at age 86 and was terrified - day after surgery physio came in to get her up - she stood up and her face lit up in delight - she said this is like magic - the pain is gone. She said the post operative pain was mere discomfort in relation to the pain she had been in - hope this helps -
1:14 am
rururocks
yes.. unfortunately
1:14 am
jillibus
Don't try to be a hero, ruru!
1:14 am
negativeneil
I've heard that about knee replacements too ursh.
1:14 am
rururocks
thanks ursh.. I hope that's how it goes for me.
1:14 am
jillibus
Can you not sit?
1:14 am
negativeneil
Amen to that, ruru.
1:14 am
dcseain
i have a friend who has had two hips and a knee replaced, and has been thrilled with each much as ursh's mom has
1:15 am
negativeneil
yes, what about sitting?
1:15 am
rururocks
Someone is going to have to do the grid for me so that I can keep up with dart..lol
1:15 am
negativeneil
Or heck, I'd even try getting a wheelchair if I was in that much agony. Seriously.
1:15 am
negativeneil
Aww.
1:16 am
dart001
I'll go on another cruise sometime ruru and you will catch up like you always do
1:16 am
rururocks
I am going to get someone to bring me a chair so that I can sit.. but there are going to be hundreds of people there
1:16 am
jillibus
Crutches, ruru?
1:16 am
dart001
don't make it worse...be harder to repair down the line
1:16 am
negativeneil
You should see about borrowing or renting a wheelchair for the day and get someone to help you with that.
1:17 am
negativeneil
Exactly, dart!
1:17 am
jillibus
Hear hear
1:17 am
joshuavorbis
i missed doing the grid last month a day or two because i was getting married, and i'll probably miss a day or two in the next week due to the film festival i'm attending
1:18 am
flosey
I'm off to bed, goodnight all
1:18 am
rururocks
night lurker
1:18 am
negativeneil
Good night, flosey.
1:19 am
jillibus
josh, is your bride interested in Babble at all?
1:19 am
negativeneil
Lurker, yes.
1:19 am
dcseain
g'night, flo
1:19 am
jillibus
Gnight flosey
1:19 am
rururocks
jilli!!!!!...lol
1:19 am
joshuavorbis
she plays prolific on facebook constantly, but mostly sees babble as one of the quirky things that i do every day
1:20 am
dcseain
that'll change in time, i'm sure, josh
1:20 am
negativeneil
Babble, quirky?
1:20 am
negativeneil
I must be a quirk then.
1:20 am
rururocks
if not... josh.. dump her...lol
1:21 am
joshuavorbis
she's been around long enough to know that its just what i do if i am near a computer at 1am, which is often
1:21 am
Fauxmage
I thought you were a dork Neazle.
1:21 am
negativeneil
That too, Laura.
1:21 am
rururocks
what's the difference between a dork and a quirk?
1:21 am
negativeneil
I'm a quirky dork and a dorky quirk.
1:22 am
Fauxmage
Dunno. I'm just a fool. :P
1:22 am
negativeneil
She is. An April Fool.
1:22 am
negativeneil
[that's her birthday]
1:22 am
rururocks
I think of you as a quick dork.. actually..lol
1:23 am
negativeneil
I'm not that quick tonight.
1:23 am
negativeneil
Still have 25 left... chatting doesn't help, among other distractions.
1:24 am
jillibus
dart, I finally remembered that word which is one of your faves
1:24 am
negativeneil
35 I meant to type there, haha!
1:24 am
dart001
took me a while before I saw that one jilli
1:24 am
negativeneil
Hit the wrong key. I had 35 but just saw several more... amazing what happens when you stop chatting and focus huh?
1:25 am
dart001
other one is teiid
1:25 am
jillibus
mine too, dart.
1:25 am
jillibus
the little buffalo is here too
1:28 am
negativeneil
Finally.
1:29 am
Fauxmage
Yay Neazle!
1:29 am
negativeneil
My cheerleader.
1:29 am
rururocks
wow neil really great job
1:29 am
negativeneil
Thanks ruru! :)
1:29 am
jillibus
Well done, neil!
1:30 am
negativeneil
Thanks jilli and dart!
1:30 am
negativeneil
Now I'd better go kill the new Sudoku puzzle... then sleep might be an idea.
1:31 am
rururocks
go get em neil
1:31 am
dcseain
yay, i get to go to the astros at nats on Sunday. Hope the 9.11 remembrance won't be too sacharine and jingoistic
1:31 am
dcseain
congrats, neil, have fun
1:31 am
rururocks
did anyone watch the green bay/ saints game?
1:32 am
dcseain
re5 failure
1:32 am
negativeneil
Thanks, Seain. Just starting it now.
1:33 am
jillibus
bye neil
1:34 am
rururocks
thank god for lickety tonight
1:35 am
jillibus
I second that ruru but even so, finding it too hard
1:36 am
westford
I'm baaack.
1:36 am
westford
ruru's ic** made me say that
1:37 am
westford
the kitchen is just a black hole
1:37 am
jillibus
yes, it's scary
1:37 am
westford
pulls me in and won't let me back out
1:37 am
rururocks
I like Jack NIcholson a lot
1:38 am
westford
he is a good one
1:38 am
westford
I share my b'day with the Shining's author
1:38 am
westford
oh my Eddie Vetter got so old
1:39 am
westford
Pearl Jam's on TV
1:39 am
jillibus
has anyone noticed that there are 65 C words? That's scary too.
1:40 am
westford
the k words are scaring me jilli
1:40 am
jillibus
those too
1:41 am
negativeneil
They're not bad though jilli.
1:41 am
jillibus
ah -- the Aussie call is here
1:42 am
negativeneil
If I had been born exactly one month later to the day, I would have shared my birthday with my own brother. How's that for weird? I'm 2 years and 11 months younger than him to the DAY.
1:42 am
westford
better that way..then you both have your own birthday
1:42 am
negativeneil
Haha, yes.
1:43 am
jillibus
I was going to say -- better than sharing the day
1:43 am
negativeneil
Both on the 29th. Him in Jan. and me in Dec.
1:43 am
westford
our oldest daughter's birthday is the day after my husband's he didn't get a cake until she left home
1:44 am
negativeneil
1982 (him) and 1984 (me).
1:44 am
jillibus
grandson was born on Dec 26 so when a little guy celebrated his unbirthday on his uncle's bday, June 24.
1:44 am
westford
hard to be an almost Christmas baby
1:44 am
negativeneil
Haha, they shared one? They should have each had their own... more cake for everyone. ;)
1:45 am
westford
well he did get his name on the bottom of her cake
1:45 am
negativeneil
Wouldn't have mattered to me as we don't do Christmas.
1:45 am
jillibus
My aunt was born on Feb 29, 1896 so didn't have a birthday until she was 8. There was no leap year in 1900.
1:46 am
westford
that's so sad jilli
1:46 am
westford
I didn't realize there wasn't a leap year in 1900
1:46 am
negativeneil
Wow. That would be weird. Don't leap year babies celebrate the birthday they should have anyway?
1:47 am
jillibus
I think so, but it wasn't her REAL b'day.
1:47 am
westford
I wouldn't mind having 3 years cut out every 4
1:47 am
ursh
if only westford !!
1:51 am
negativeneil
Done [Iron Sudoku].
1:51 am
jillibus
I don't do Sudoku
1:55 am
rururocks
i'm missing one damn a..
1:56 am
rururocks
crapola
1:56 am
negativeneil
Which one, ruru?
1:56 am
rururocks
no idea neil.. lol not a clue
1:56 am
negativeneil
Know the stats for it?
1:56 am
westford
I just got a strange al 7/28
1:56 am
rururocks
the a on the right column
1:57 am
westford
is it dart's fave?
1:57 am
negativeneil
A measure of property, ruru.
1:57 am
rururocks
ah.. I see what I'm missing
1:57 am
negativeneil
Think farm?
1:57 am
jillibus
dart's fave is from the left column
1:58 am
negativeneil
The African shrub, jilli.
1:58 am
negativeneil
And one of the best vowel-dump words in Scrabble.
1:58 am
rururocks
my fave you can't use in Boggle
1:58 am
negativeneil
You're welcome, ru.
1:58 am
westford
goes both ways jilli
1:58 am
westford
and the pl
1:58 am
negativeneil
Well you know how it goes in Scrabble... sometimes you're stuck with all vowels or nearly all vowels.
1:58 am
jillibus
I know, neil -- it's one of my faves too, has been for years
1:59 am
negativeneil
That word is great for getting rid of some!
1:59 am
westford
ruru did you read my profile..been leaving it there for you
1:59 am
negativeneil
We've had so much fun with that on G+ westford. Thanks for sharing that.
2:00 am
negativeneil
Did Laura tell you my blues name?
2:00 am
westford
happy to neil
2:00 am
westford
yes but I can only remember the fruit
2:02 am
westford
naturally lol
2:02 am
rururocks
that's really clever and cute westie
2:02 am
rururocks
that's really clever and cute westie
2:02 am
jillibus
west, dart's fave can't come from the right -- it starts with 2 As
2:03 am
rururocks
left jilli
2:03 am
westford
oh then I have the wrong one
2:03 am
jillibus
ru, I know -- I said it CAN'T come from the right. West said it worked both ways.
2:04 am
westford
and all this time...
2:05 am
jillibus
what did you think it started with, west?
2:05 am
westford
I only passed it along ru but glad you liked it
2:05 am
negativeneil
I'm taking a screenshot of our blues name thread to send you, westford. Want to see it too, jilli and ruru?
2:05 am
westford
ao jilli
2:06 am
jillibus
Yes please, neil
2:06 am
negativeneil
Laura posted it but she changed her name to her blues name, so that's the name it's posted by.
2:06 am
westford
I like hers
2:07 am
jillibus
west, I swiped your blues tale too -- will be sending it around -- love it!
2:08 am
westford
good jilli have you picked a name?
2:08 am
rururocks
oh god.. these co's.. holy moly
2:08 am
westford
bad as re's ?
2:09 am
rururocks
very confusing
2:09 am
jillibus
not yet, west -- brain not operating
2:11 am
dart001
fireworks
2:11 am
jillibus
hooray for dart
2:11 am
westford
ah there you are !! Yay dart !!
2:11 am
westford
thought you must have finished while I was trapped in the kitchen
2:15 am
negativeneil
Ok, got the screenshot ready to email.
2:16 am
westford
thanks neil looking forward to seeing them
2:17 am
negativeneil
Want a copy of it ruru?
2:18 am
negativeneil
Congrats, dart!
2:19 am
negativeneil
Just waiting to see if ruru wants a copy of this.
2:19 am
jillibus
I thought he said he did, neil
2:19 am
negativeneil
Oh he left?
2:19 am
negativeneil
He doesn't seem to be here?
2:20 am
westford
I meant he said he wanted to see it
2:20 am
jillibus
His knees may have made him leave and go to bed
2:20 am
westford
was working on his co's
2:20 am
boatierra
Neil - your Twitter commentary of the GOP debate, scathing and funny :)
2:21 am
negativeneil
Oh, you read my bio again, boat?
2:21 am
negativeneil
Glad you enjoyed it. ;)
2:21 am
westford
jilli just got the Aussie call..thought you meant someone was phoning you from there lol
2:21 am
jillibus
oh yes, west -- confused, he said (which is a co word but not here)
2:22 am
boatierra
I saw your pic was different so I looked and saw the Tweets, so yes :) The stuff about Santorum was hilarious!
2:22 am
negativeneil
I was posting it all simultaneously on Twitter, G+ and in my bio here, plus watching and listening to it. Talk about multitasking.
2:22 am
jillibus
LOL, west!
2:22 am
negativeneil
I felt worn out after that.
2:22 am
negativeneil
Haha, thanks!
2:22 am
negativeneil
Always nice when someone appreciates it. ;)
2:23 am
jillibus
I'm worn out meself and am off to bed -- will enjoy your email tomorrow, neil
2:23 am
boatierra
Jeez, that would've worn me out! Well done.
2:23 am
westford
I sent it to my husband too neil and he really got a kick out of it
2:23 am
negativeneil
I had some fun with this photo... contrasting it and cropping it to just 1/4 of my head. My stepmom says I'm "half a Neilroy" in this one.
2:23 am
SamanthaJoy
hi all
2:24 am
jillibus
goodnight all...*poof
2:24 am
negativeneil
Good night, jilli.
2:24 am
westford
hi saman
2:24 am
SamanthaJoy
yo westie
2:24 am
SamanthaJoy
I'm not staying long. my brain's half dead and i'm worn out
2:24 am
westford
and good night jilli (first time) lol
2:25 am
westford
sure is nice that we have 24 hours to finish, isn't it?
2:25 am
mrpresident
evening all :)
2:26 am
SamanthaJoy
I'm thinking of sleeping until the ringing phone wakes me tomorrow. I'm sure I'm getting calls from someone or another
2:26 am
negativeneil
Sent that email, westford.
2:26 am
westford
thanks neil will reply soon
2:26 am
negativeneil
View the attached image full size or it won't be readable. Well you'll see.
2:27 am
negativeneil
Hi mrp!
2:27 am
westford
I hope I can read it
2:27 am
negativeneil
And thanks again, boat.
2:27 am
negativeneil
I'm sure you can, westford -- if you view it full size.
2:28 am
westford
going to look now
2:31 am
boatierra
Sure :)
2:33 am
Deeha
What?? Sealion not in dictionary!!
2:33 am
westford
that is too funny neil
2:33 am
SamanthaJoy
Two words, I think
2:33 am
westford
I tried that too
2:33 am
negativeneil
Thought you might like that, westford!
2:34 am
SamanthaJoy
My need to sleep is overwhelming my neurotic need to get halfway before I quit.
2:34 am
boatierra
Two words, that's what I was thinkin'.
2:34 am
Deeha
I thought I was so clever too!
2:34 am
boatierra
Although, thanks for the li 4/4 :)
2:34 am
negativeneil
Should be. I see them playing on the beach right across the road from where I live. I was surprised that didn't work in here.
2:34 am
SamanthaJoy
Good night, all, and may you never wake up in the middle of the night smelling smoke.
2:34 am
negativeneil
I've seen it written both ways.
2:34 am
SamanthaJoy
(As blessings go, it's kind of specific but useful.)
2:35 am
negativeneil
Ummm yes, SamanthaJoy. Smoke detectors are a really good idea, too.
2:35 am
westford
good night and thanks saman..hope you never do either
2:36 am
SamanthaJoy
Too late! It's just on my mind. The whole state's on fire, everywhere smells like smoke.
2:36 am
negativeneil
Oh yes, you're in TX?
2:37 am
SamanthaJoy
Central Texas, yes.
2:37 am
westford
if only we could send you some rain
2:37 am
SamanthaJoy
I know, I know. The distribution system is just broken right now. God needs to call in a plumber.
2:38 am
westford
are you all set to get out in a hurry if you need to?
2:38 am
boatierra
Holy shnikes, TX? I hope y'all get steady rain that the ground can soak.
2:38 am
SamanthaJoy
Oh yeah. We've been packed since, um, I don't know, weeks ago now.
2:39 am
westford
just remember things can be replaced
2:40 am
SamanthaJoy
Oh yeah. It's us, it's our dogs, it's out insurance paperwork and lots of water. I think there are two ohysical non-essential items we both want, and that's because they're useful and only weigh a few ounces.
2:41 am
westford
I hope you don't have to go
2:41 am
westford
with all the hurricanes around one has to dump rain on you
2:42 am
SamanthaJoy
Odds are we won't, really. The FD is on high alert and the only fire that even a little bit big within 10 miles of me was arson.
2:42 am
negativeneil
Wow. Hope you stay safe there, Samantha!
2:42 am
westford
that's terrible
2:42 am
SamanthaJoy
We're too far inland for hurricane rain. We just get hurricane wind, which is less than helpful.
2:42 am
westford
hope they caught the creep
2:42 am
negativeneil
Oh good. Hopefully it won't reach you.
2:43 am
SamanthaJoy
The four creeps? Oddly, even with physical descriptions, no one's turned in the teenagers yet. *shrug*
2:44 am
westford
I wish I knew what makes people like that tick
2:44 am
SamanthaJoy
Being 15, I think. Aren't there 50/50 odds that they're still little sociopaths at that age?
2:45 am
westford
they should be helping to fight the fires not setting them
2:46 am
SamanthaJoy
wait, wasn't I supposed to be asleep by now?
2:46 am
westford
sleep is good but sometimes talking is good too
2:47 am
SamanthaJoy
there's no other subject of conversation possible around here. *sigh*
2:47 am
SamanthaJoy
somehow "so, seen any good movies lately?" has just died out as a conversational opener
2:48 am
rubyfoo
good morning everybody
2:48 am
westford
I can not fathom the sheer size of the fires
2:48 am
SamanthaJoy
Good morning, ruby!
2:48 am
westford
hi ruby samantha's in TX too
2:48 am
SamanthaJoy
And now I am seriously off to bed. 'Night all! *poof*
2:49 am
westford
good night saman dream of rain..lots and lots of it
2:50 am
rubyfoo
samantha? are you still here?
2:50 am
rubyfoo
my son is in Austin
2:50 am
rubyfoo
{{westford}}
2:50 am
westford
have you heard from him ruby?
2:50 am
westford
((ruby))
2:51 am
rubyfoo
not since Tuesday but I looked at the maps yesterday and the fires were still on the other side of town
2:51 am
rubyfoo
I looked at Samantha's profile, but don't know where that town is
2:52 am
rubyfoo
how are you, westofrd? I am trying not to obsess about it today
2:52 am
rubyfoo
or even ford*
2:52 am
westford
she said central TX
2:52 am
westford
I'm good just tired of all the cold and rain
2:53 am
rubyfoo
the weather is embarrassingly nice here
2:53 am
westford
cousin's son is getting married today..I'm sure when they picked the date they thought it would be perfect Sept weather
2:53 am
westford
and don't be embarassed..just enjoy it
2:54 am
rubyfoo
I hope it's an indoor wedding!
2:54 am
westford
I have a feeling it's outside..on the beach
2:54 am
westford
hope they have an alternate plan
2:57 am
rubyfoo
it's funny how many of yesterday's words are in here (not that I got very far then)
2:57 am
Deeha
Love your thing about the Blues Westford, I laughed from beginning to end!!
2:57 am
westford
I'm so glad I posted it
2:58 am
westford
lots of people are getting a much needed laugh
2:59 am
westford
I still haven't figured out a name for myself
2:59 am
Deeha
Hi Ruby how come you are having good weather and we are having gale force winds - I was always told ALL our bad weather came from France!!!
2:59 am
Deeha
As long as it isnt Big Willie!!
2:59 am
westford
sure deeha they keep the good weather and send the bad abroad
3:00 am
negativeneil
A blues name, westford?
3:01 am
negativeneil
Haha, we've already had one like that.
3:01 am
rubyfoo
just read your blues post, west, too funny since my son is a blues musician. Plays with the Blind Orange Jefferson blues band
3:01 am
rubyfoo
and John is whiter than white! hahzh
3:01 am
westford
lol ruby he must have seen it
3:01 am
negativeneil
There are a lot of white blues musicians.
3:02 am
westford
Johnny Hammond
3:02 am
rubyfoo
I don't know. and Orange Jefferson (old, black) is a home-grown Austin blues man, and there's no rain!
3:04 am
Deeha
23 K words - there arent 23 k words in the world!!
3:04 am
westford
ruby have they ever been on Austin City Limits?
3:04 am
westford
my thought exactly dee
3:05 am
rubyfoo
they play at Victory Grill but I don't know the other name.
3:05 am
rubyfoo
haven't been in Austin in 3 years and John was in another band then
3:06 am
boatierra
The 65 C words kind of blows my mind.
3:06 am
rubyfoo
just found two k babblets; there can't be 23!
3:06 am
rubyfoo
I didn't c that, boat
3:06 am
negativeneil
They're not bad though, boat. The C words.
3:06 am
negativeneil
A lot of them are similar, too.
3:07 am
rubyfoo
hello neil
3:07 am
boatierra
Well, I've found 15. So I'm on my way. I've found 4 K's.
3:08 am
negativeneil
Hi ruby.
3:08 am
westford
you're in the grid again neil
3:09 am
boatierra
In all the years I've been playing, I think that's the most words for one letter I've ever seen.
3:09 am
boatierra
Oh he is :)
3:09 am
westford
too bad it doesn't count
3:09 am
rubyfoo
(who does neil know? hmmm....)
3:10 am
westford
must be dr god lol
3:10 am
negativeneil
Huh, ruby?
3:10 am
rubyfoo
just kidding, neil
3:10 am
negativeneil
Oh, haha. I'm often in the grids.
3:10 am
negativeneil
My name doesn't work though, darn it.
3:11 am
boatierra
You should define yourself and get yourself in the dictionary.
3:11 am
westford
you're the first neil we've had so must be why we're seeing your name now
3:11 am
rubyfoo
peri has her name in very often
3:11 am
rubyfoo
and you, too, west
3:12 am
westford
she sure does
3:12 am
negativeneil
I'm already in the Urban Dictionary, boat. Seriously. Someone we know entered my first and last name and someone has actually made an entry for me... not a very flattering one either. Seems any idiot can add to that site.
3:12 am
rubyfoo
and sprite's dog!
3:12 am
westford
and sometimes our real names too ruby
3:12 am
rubyfoo
yes, my real name and one of my nicknames have been in
3:13 am
boatierra
Yaaaaaaaaaa, Urban Dictionary, not so good lol :)
3:13 am
negativeneil
Ummm, no. There's NOTHING good about being entered in that, boat. I try to forget it every day.
3:15 am
rubyfoo
I never heard of that; is it only online?
3:15 am
negativeneil
Yes.
3:15 am
boatierra
Good lord! *finished reading UD* Now that's some bitterness, yowzah!
3:16 am
negativeneil
Huh? How would you have known what name to put in there, boat?
3:16 am
boatierra
I just looked up Neil, that's all. I'm assuming that's what you are under.
3:17 am
negativeneil
No. That's not me, boat. I'm under my first and last name.
3:17 am
negativeneil
Neil is a very common name... that entry for just that first name has nothing to do with me.
3:18 am
boatierra
Oh, ok. Well don't look up Neil. The #2 definition for that one is pretty bad. Sheesh.
3:18 am
negativeneil
And someone on Twitter just told me I need a smack. *headshake*
3:19 am
westford
because of your debate post?
3:19 am
negativeneil
Yes, I've seen that actually. It was mildly amusing.
3:19 am
rubyfoo
just kidding, I hope!
3:19 am
negativeneil
No, westford.
3:19 am
westford
or tweet
3:19 am
westford
I'm still learning the proper terms
3:19 am
negativeneil
Oh no, I don't think she's kidding. Some of the people who tweet at me aren't exactly the brightest bulbs, shall we say?
3:20 am
negativeneil
She said she's telling my [older] brother that I need a smack. So I just replied: Good luck with that.
3:20 am
westford
some people just like to cause trouble
3:21 am
rubyfoo
what is the point of being unpleasant online?
3:21 am
westford
now I don't know all the ins and outs but can anyone reply or do you have to know them?
3:21 am
negativeneil
Who knows? People do it all the time. I'm just laughing at that one.
3:22 am
westford
so she wasn't being serious then?
3:22 am
rubyfoo
maybe they're so isolated they have no one else to vent on
3:22 am
negativeneil
westford, I don't want or need anyone else to reply to her, thanks. I'm not taking it seriously because she's clearly not too bright.
3:22 am
negativeneil
And I'm not exactly worried my brother's going to smack me anytime soon either.
3:23 am
negativeneil
Haha, it's yet another Twitter moron, that's all. They're plentiful.
3:23 am
westford
that's not what I meant neil I was wondering if people that tweet on twitter are part of an invited group..as I said I don't know much about it
3:23 am
negativeneil
I just shake my head and block them.
3:24 am
westford
good you can do that
3:24 am
boatierra
If you have a public account on Twitter then anyone can read and reply to anything posted.
3:24 am
westford
who is the bigger of the two of you?
3:24 am
negativeneil
No, westford. Twitter's pretty useless really. All you can do is post updates... that's it. I wouldn't bother with it if he wasn't on there, probably. But I post my political opinions and links to important political articles there for the public to read. I always post the very same updates simultaneously on G+ too, to our personal/private network.
3:25 am
negativeneil
Of course, boat. And it is public... that's why I don't do anything personal there. Just post what I just described. I don't use it for personal stuff. I keep all that to G+ which is totally private.
3:25 am
rubyfoo
I've gotten to the point where I don't put anything in FB because once you write something, it stays there!
3:26 am
negativeneil
Not only that, ruby... but there is literally no such thing as a private FB page, no matter how private you think you've made it.
3:26 am
westford
so it's like a text message?
3:26 am
negativeneil
There are countless web pages out there with scripts that allow any member of the public to view the full contents of any "private" FB page.
3:27 am
negativeneil
So it's something I can't use. I have to keep certain things I post from public view. Personal items I share with family and friends, etc.
3:27 am
rubyfoo
fortunately, my name is very common on FB, so I don't really care
3:27 am
negativeneil
It's just a text update, westford. Kind of like the posts in this chog.
3:27 am
negativeneil
I see, ruby. Mine isn't.
3:27 am
negativeneil
My first name, yes.
3:28 am
rubyfoo
my real name
3:28 am
negativeneil
I figured that's what you meant.
3:28 am
negativeneil
My first name is extremely common... last name isn't.
3:28 am
rubyfoo
ruby is not so common
3:28 am
negativeneil
No, but that isn't your real first name, is it?
3:28 am
rubyfoo
and I love when people call me ruby, but that's only in here!
3:29 am
westford
your dog and my cat lol
3:29 am
rubyfoo
hahah, west!
3:29 am
rubyfoo
and my other dog (in ic** picture) is Max. How common is that???
3:30 am
negativeneil
Very.
3:30 am
negativeneil
Right up there with Rex.
3:31 am
rubyfoo
his "real" name is Mi-Pao's Veyrier Black Maximus
3:31 am
rubyfoo
and I have a moth and a fish named Spot
3:31 am
westford
what did you name your new spider?
3:32 am
rubyfoo
same as the old one of the same species, "Caliope"
3:32 am
westford
that's pretty
3:32 am
rubyfoo
I think it rhymes with Argiope (not knowing latin....)
3:32 am
rubyfoo
the only other person I've heard of who feeds spiders is David Sedaris
3:33 am
westford
our ruby is a calico and her sister was caliope
3:33 am
westford
and our granddaughter
3:33 am
rubyfoo
I love it, is she a calico?
3:33 am
rubyfoo
grandaughter = Caliope?
3:34 am
westford
lol no the cat's sister
3:34 am
westford
Cassie will be getting her masters in entymology..real bug lover
3:34 am
rubyfoo
wow, 28 c's! hahah
3:35 am
rubyfoo
that's what I wish I had done but never lived in the country before
3:35 am
rubyfoo
so wasn't interested in insects
3:36 am
westford
she's a city girl but has always loved them
3:37 am
westford
I always stay out of her room
3:37 am
negativeneil
Haha!
3:38 am
westford
I need an 8 so I can go to bed..any help would be much appreciated
3:38 am
rubyfoo
I hope she doesn't have a tarantuls or a wolf spider! I draw the line at those
3:38 am
westford
assume the 9 is a plural
3:39 am
westford
she has had pet tarantulas
3:39 am
negativeneil
No, it isn't.
3:39 am
westford
then I need a 9 as well
3:39 am
boatierra
Oh please stop the horror (spider) talk!
3:39 am
rubyfoo
stats for both, please
3:39 am
rubyfoo
sorry, boat!
3:40 am
westford
I understand boat
3:40 am
negativeneil
co9,60
3:40 am
negativeneil
boat, are you on Flickr?
3:42 am
rubyfoo
do you have a clue for the 9, neil, or even the 3rd letter?
3:42 am
westford
would that be added to a 7?
3:42 am
boatierra
Rainbows, muffins, moonbeams, cream colored ponies, crisp apple strudel...
3:42 am
rubyfoo
flowers, boat?
3:43 am
westford
I like those much better
3:43 am
negativeneil
co + double hooked consonant + home inv***** is a terrible crime.
3:43 am
boatierra
Neil - Flickr, no.
3:43 am
negativeneil
See my question, boat?
3:43 am
negativeneil
Oh, ok.
3:43 am
negativeneil
Just thought I'd ask since you said you're not on G+.
3:44 am
negativeneil
yw ruby.
3:44 am
westford
thanks neil
3:44 am
negativeneil
You're welcome, west.
3:44 am
boatierra
Why do you ask?
3:45 am
negativeneil
Because you can connect with people on there and send messages.
3:48 am
rubyfoo
thunper is afoot, see you later and still no 8's
3:48 am
rubyfoo
{{westford}}
3:48 am
boatierra
Connecting with people, so much effort ;)
3:48 am
rubyfoo
hugs for neil and boat, too, sorry about the scary caht, boat.
3:49 am
westford
bye ((ruby)) some day you need to put your recipe in your profile
3:49 am
boatierra
No problem :)
3:49 am
negativeneil
Then don't, boat. :P
3:49 am
negativeneil
Bye for now, ruby.. take care.
3:50 am
rubyfoo
which recipe, west, my memory is failing.....?
3:50 am
rubyfoo
I am delighted to share recipes!
3:50 am
rubyfoo
only really good ones are for guacamole and gazpacho
3:50 am
westford
for his drink
3:51 am
westford
can't wait to try the bread
3:51 am
rubyfoo
you'll be a star! and never tell the secret
3:51 am
negativeneil
Laura has a recipe blog and when she posts to it, she also posts her recipes in our G+ stream... with photos of each dish.
3:52 am
westford
is she vegan too?
3:52 am
negativeneil
Too? Besides who?
3:53 am
westford
I know JC is
3:53 am
westford
and maybe seain
3:53 am
negativeneil
I don't think Seain is.
3:54 am
westford
our 2nd daughter and her husband are vegetarians
3:54 am
negativeneil
Laura is though, yes. And she posts delicious recipes. I have given her some of them... for a few of our Jewish food items. Like potato latkes and our sesame dessert, halvah.
3:54 am
westford
I make killer latkes
3:55 am
negativeneil
She alters them a little... she comes up with interesting variations.
3:55 am
westford
so no eggs
3:56 am
negativeneil
No, but our latke recipes don't contain them anyway... the ones we used in our family.
3:56 am
westford
do you use matzo to keep them together? and do you cook?
3:57 am
negativeneil
A little, yes. And of course I cook... I have to eat.
3:57 am
negativeneil
I live on my own so yes, I cook.
3:58 am
westford
there's cooking and there's heating up
3:58 am
negativeneil
Well no, I don't eat out of cans. I cook.
3:58 am
westford
glad to hear it
3:58 am
negativeneil
I can't stand canned vegetables. Yuck.
3:58 am
westford
double yuck
3:59 am
negativeneil
Fresh whenever possible... or sometimes frozen. But never canned, no way.
4:00 am
westford
when we lived in Coronado we had Vince the vegetable man he came around with his truck every Thursday I miss that
4:00 am
negativeneil
Oh and you'd get a box or crate of veg?
4:00 am
westford
the produce in the supermarket is so poor lately
4:00 am
negativeneil
Depends where you go.
4:00 am
westford
no we just picked what we wanted
4:01 am
negativeneil
We have very good produce though.
4:01 am
westford
we did the crate thing with our co-op
4:01 am
westford
I know I miss CA
4:01 am
negativeneil
Oh, ok. I wondered if that's what it was.
4:02 am
westford
I keep thinking about a garden but after all this rain it would have been flooded out
4:02 am
negativeneil
Yeah, you would've lost it all.
4:03 am
negativeneil
Oh man. No wonder I'm yawning my head off.
4:03 am
westford
add 3 hours to that
4:03 am
westford
be a sweetheart and give me stats for an 8 please
4:04 am
negativeneil
Yeah, what are you doing up at this time?
4:04 am
negativeneil
an8,45
4:04 am
westford
brain is dead
4:04 am
westford
I'm a night owl
4:05 am
negativeneil
si8,45
4:05 am
negativeneil
te7,38 & te8,40
4:05 am
Soodlebum
Hi West, Neil. West - your 'Blues' thingy is hilarious. I'm still laughing :-)
4:05 am
negativeneil
And another te8,40.
4:06 am
negativeneil
Then a tr8,40.
4:06 am
westford
hi soodle glad I didn't take it down then
4:06 am
negativeneil
Hi Soodlebum.
4:06 am
westford
thanks neil I should be able to get at least one
4:07 am
westford
any compound words?
4:07 am
negativeneil
Let me know if you need clues... when I get back. Making a cup of something. Probably herbal tea. BRB.
4:09 am
Soodlebum
Ah rats.... I gotta go as well. But thanks for the chuckle, West. Poof
4:09 am
westford
bye sood come back when you can sit awhile
4:13 am
westford
there nbt nbs thank you neil and good night
4:27 am
negativeneil
Back.
4:28 am
negativeneil
Oh, guess you're gone. Ok, then I'm gone too.
4:28 am
boatierra
My eyes can no longer find any words. I'm off. Thanks for all the converstion everyone. Laters!
4:29 am
boatierra
Grr, conversation.
5:52 am
dizgrannie
Hi all!! NBT & NBS, bit late but better then never.
5:56 am
Anniebrook
hi grannie...better late than never, indeed
5:57 am
crosshair
good morning everyone:)
5:58 am
Anniebrook
hi crossy :)
5:58 am
rubyfoo
hello, back!
5:58 am
rubyfoo
((crossy))
5:58 am
rubyfoo
{{annie}}
5:58 am
crosshair
((RUBY))
5:58 am
rubyfoo
diz gran!!!!
5:58 am
Anniebrook
((ruby)) did you hear from your son?
5:59 am
rubyfoo
not since Tuesday, but I've been watching the maps. Sorry for my melt-down yesterday
5:59 am
crosshair
acck! 65 c words!:(
5:59 am
Anniebrook
understandable, ruby
5:59 am
rubyfoo
I have 35 from this AM, crossy....hahah
6:00 am
rubyfoo
I shouldn't do that, however, I think it's taking advantage.....
6:00 am
Anniebrook
just started the cees
6:00 am
rubyfoo
everybody is so kind!
6:01 am
crosshair
why were you in melt down mode yesterday ruby?
6:01 am
rubyfoo
because I was worried about my son in Austin TX, crossy
6:02 am
crosshair
what is going on in texas(been to busy for the newspapers and do not watch television much)
6:02 am
rubyfoo
they had more than 80 days over 100F, no rain, and now there are fires
6:02 am
EspritdJean
wildfires
6:03 am
rubyfoo
he and his wife have evacuation plans, if necessary
6:03 am
rubyfoo
bonjour jean
6:03 am
crosshair
that is always bad in dry hot areas like that,i hope your son stays safe
6:03 am
EspritdJean
hey ruby :-)
6:03 am
Anniebrook
ruby, then, if need be, they will evacuate...you didnt ra5 a fool
6:04 am
rubyfoo
true, true, and his wife is even more sensible and composed
6:04 am
rubyfoo
and ty for the ra5, annie
6:05 am
rubyfoo
sometimes it's hard being so far away.....
6:05 am
rubyfoo
(not that I could do anything to help)
6:05 am
EspritdJean
I agree Ruby...I have one in China
6:05 am
EspritdJean
when I hear about earthquakes and such I go crazy
6:05 am
Anniebrook
ruby, yest it is the distance that is making you jumpier...I would be the same
6:06 am
rubyfoo
I can imagine, jean, that would be even harder.... where in China?
6:06 am
Anniebrook
Hi Jean...far enough
6:06 am
EspritdJean
Xuzhou
6:06 am
crosshair
80 days of over 100F?! i could not live in that environment
6:06 am
EspritdJean
I am going there on Sep 19
6:06 am
rubyfoo
he doesn't have a choice, crossy, but neither could I!
6:07 am
rubyfoo
what big city is it near, Jean?
6:07 am
EspritdJean
I guess Bejing would be the closest but several hours
6:08 am
EspritdJean
maybe Nanjing is closer
6:08 am
rubyfoo
is your son a techie or a missionary?
6:08 am
EspritdJean
not allowed to discuss the indictment . . .
6:08 am
EspritdJean
;-p j/k he teaches English
6:09 am
EspritdJean
and just b ecame engaged
6:09 am
Anniebrook
one of my neighbor's son is in China teaching English also
6:09 am
rubyfoo
how lovely!
6:09 am
Anniebrook
congrats, Jean
6:10 am
EspritdJean
ty she is adorable and they are very happy
6:10 am
rubyfoo
what a nice story!
6:10 am
EspritdJean
can tell you something cute about the engagement
6:11 am
rubyfoo
waiting.....
6:11 am
EspritdJean
they climbed Mt Taishan one weekend as that is where he wanted to propose and she did not know
6:12 am
EspritdJean
afterwards he posrted a picture on FB the two of them holding umbrellas, glasses of champaign wearing green army jackets . . .
6:12 am
rubyfoo
that is so nice!
6:13 am
EspritdJean
and the caption read: cimbed 6 hours in the dark and rain on Mt Tai Shan, we rented military jackets that smelled of old communism and amidst the clouds and mist, we toasted to our future"
6:13 am
EspritdJean
cracked me up
6:13 am
rubyfoo
it sounds like your son is a true romantic!
6:14 am
EspritdJean
he really wanted it to be special
6:14 am
EspritdJean
she was not expecting it
6:16 am
rubyfoo
for nbt, pls, lowest -middle o
6:18 am
JBV
hi ruby, oi - compound word -
6:18 am
JBV
also a plural number
6:18 am
Anniebrook
thanks, jbv and hi
6:19 am
JBV
sendng good thoughts out for your son in Texas, ruby
6:19 am
JBV
I just heard from a friend here in NJ - I thought Irene was gone and over, but she was hit hard - I never knew - major flooding in house, garage, 2 cars totaled, what a mess
6:21 am
JBV
oh and if anyone is making a prayer list, please add her son, suffering terribly from Crohn's disease for many years, undergoing surgery this week
6:21 am
rubyfoo
I think folks in NJ were very quiet about their suffering in the storm.....
6:21 am
rubyfoo
how old is her son?
6:21 am
Anniebrook
Nj was hit hard...your friends son added to my prayer list
6:21 am
JBV
the northern part of the state was hit hardest
6:22 am
JBV
late 20's, this has been 8 to 10 years of horror
6:22 am
JBV
thank you Annie
6:22 am
rubyfoo
my ex and his wife live in New Brunswick
6:22 am
EspritdJean
Kyle just turned 31
6:22 am
rubyfoo
that is a nasty disease!
6:22 am
JBV
New Brunswick was flooded - they had to close Route 18 the river just came right over
6:23 am
rubyfoo
that is a perfect age for getting married, jean
6:23 am
JBV
I drove by this week, you can see the mud trail way up high on the sides of the road
6:23 am
rubyfoo
funny, my son hasn't mentioned it....
6:24 am
JBV
You can google the pictures, ruby, it was limited to the area right near the river
6:24 am
rubyfoo
I guess he is more worried about fires than his dad's flooding.....
6:24 am
JBV
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/
08/flooding_closes_route_18_throu.html
6:24 am
JBV
here's just one link
6:24 am
rubyfoo
I have no idea where he lives, but he and wife teach (or taught) at Rutgers
6:24 am
JBV
yes, we have to prioritize our worries
6:24 am
rubyfoo
ty for the link
6:25 am
JBV
imagine my poor friend, though, spending days and nights with her son, while her home is in ruins
6:25 am
JBV
Did I tell you I 'm taking a course at Rutgers ruby?
6:26 am
rubyfoo
in what, jbv?
6:26 am
JBV
oh and did I mention they had a wedding in the midst of all of that - guests were supposed to stay at her house, but they had to go to a hotel, house was without power and underwater
6:26 am
JBV
if it wasn't so tragic you'd have to laugh
6:27 am
rubyfoo
maybe if all your troubles come at once, then you can have a period of clear sailing.....
6:27 am
JBV
Italian Cinema and Literature - it's great so far (2 classes) I even had homework, it's nice being on campus, and the kids are great
6:27 am
JBV
that's a good thought, ruby, let's hope so ....
6:28 am
rubyfoo
husband and wife are in history dept (although he must be retired). He edits the Journal of the History of Ideas from there
6:28 am
rubyfoo
his photos, posted on FB by our son, look monstrous!
6:29 am
JBV
how long have you been divorced ruby?
6:29 am
rubyfoo
41 years separated and 37 years divorced. But who's counting?
6:30 am
rubyfoo
It was not a match made in heaven, that's for sure
6:30 am
JBV
that's interesting ruby, that's the same number of years I haven't been in touch with my family in Italy - 37 - and it was VERY strange exchanging photos with them after all these years
6:30 am
JBV
we knew each other when we were young and beautiful :)
6:30 am
JBV
my 92-year-old aunt has aged gracefully and is beautiful with white hair, great skin - some of her sons not so well.....
6:31 am
rubyfoo
there are people I would be embarrassed to see now, having changed so much in the last 20 years
6:31 am
JBV
one of them looks like an old man and he's younger than me
6:31 am
rubyfoo
I hit my peak in my late 40's and it's been a precipitous fall since then!
6:32 am
rubyfoo
wrinkles upon wrinkles.....
6:32 am
JBV
oh no, don't say that ruby, you've earned every single one of those wrinkles - :)
6:32 am
kje
I've see pics ruby... you look great
6:32 am
JBV
I know I can't turn back time - I'm at least 30 pounds heavier than the way they remembered me, but then I was a child :)
6:33 am
kje
no one is meat to look 20 when they are 60 - it is creepy
6:33 am
rubyfoo
ty KJE, you are a peach!
6:33 am
JBV
I agree, kje, all these puffed up lips and abraded faces - they look monstrous
6:34 am
rubyfoo
I think an abraded face would help me, JBV! hahah
6:34 am
kje
i just watched season 7 of scrubs on netflix (marginal show but i was bored) - one of the actresses gets a facelift part way through.... so freaki bizarre looking, almost does't look like her
6:34 am
rubyfoo
but not the lips and NO shots
6:35 am
rubyfoo
just a fantasy, not possible in this life!
6:35 am
JBV
I also found it interesting that most of my cousins (4 brothers) all married much younger women
6:35 am
JBV
they all look great of course
6:35 am
rubyfoo
however, if I'm granted a do-over, no more dark dark tans like I always had while I lived in Miami
6:36 am
kje
I am in my mid-40s... my goal is to age healthy, not to avoid aging at all
6:36 am
rubyfoo
my mother, who lived to be 85, had lovely skin and fewer wrinkles than I have now at 68!
6:36 am
kje
I COULD avoid aging... it is called dying
6:36 am
JBV
there's only one way to avoid aging, and we don't want to think about that, right?
6:36 am
rubyfoo
bad Ruby, too much sun
6:37 am
rubyfoo
I don't mind greying hair; it is softer around the wrinkles
6:37 am
kje
sorry, jbv... said it
6:37 am
rubyfoo
that is too true, jbv, and I've lost many friends and cousins
6:37 am
rubyfoo
oh, I thought you meant dyeing! hahah
6:38 am
rubyfoo
(you see what you want to see!)
6:38 am
JBV
dyeing is easier
6:38 am
kje
actually, i do dye... kinda... I get highlights which at this stage is enough to blend in the gray I have
6:38 am
JBV
yes, I also cover my grey and add highlights, my one indulgence
6:39 am
rubyfoo
my hair is pepper-and-salt and brown -- I never colored it and won't start now. However, I've been told that neutral henna makes the individual hairs thicker
6:39 am
kje
men have really screwed us up - lol
6:39 am
JBV
and I am in a constant battle to take off those pounds, I'm kind of stuck on a plateau right now, but am very faithful tot he Weight Watchers program
6:39 am
kje
having to do all this crap
6:39 am
JBV
and exercise every day
6:39 am
rubyfoo
my hair is thin, fine and curly
6:40 am
kje
just saw a post for a groupon (kind of coupon) for gold and silver eyelashes!!! I was like... wtf?
6:40 am
kje
my hair is also thin fine ad curly... excpet when I blow it out
6:40 am
rubyfoo
my husband went on a South Beach diet (his doctor was Arthur Agitston in Miami) and it takes two people to do it, but he lost a lot of weight and with my modifications, has been able to stick to it. Unfortunately, he is too skinny now
6:40 am
kje
I am doing WW jbv
6:41 am
JBV
why does it take two people to do it
6:41 am
kje
south beach is a decent one
6:41 am
rubyfoo
and the habits he learned while on his regine, have stuck, and I can't fatten him up
6:41 am
JBV
I've been doing it all my life, kje, I know it works -
6:41 am
kje
if patiets ask me to recommend a formal diet, I say WW or south beach
6:41 am
rubyfoo
One to prepare the food (moi!) and one to eat it and get on the scale
6:41 am
kje
as long as they truly do south beach and do ot just stay in the 2 week nno carb area
6:42 am
rubyfoo
I've made modifications to the SB diet and have come up with some lovely, low-fat and low-calorie dishes.
6:42 am
JBV
well, my habits have definitely changed int he last 6 years - before that I have to admit it was a series of ups and downs, but now I've maintained a 40 pound weight loss for 5 years
6:42 am
JBV
so I feel good about that, although I am not near my goal yet
6:42 am
rubyfoo
he eats pasta dsometimes but, overall, doesn't eat enough
6:42 am
car.eeyore
Hi all. Just popping in before the bus! Clue please for the Top Row E and the Right Hand N?
6:43 am
kje
he doesn't eed to diet anymore...
6:43 am
JBV
is it low carb or no carb?
6:43 am
rubyfoo
pearlescent interior of oysters, na5/12
6:43 am
kje
good for you jbv!!! keeping it off is harder than losing
6:43 am
JBV
I could never give up carbs completely
6:43 am
car.eeyore
TY Ruby!
6:43 am
rubyfoo
would you please tell him that, KJE
6:43 am
kje
it is complex carbs... steers you away from simple carbs ad juk food
6:43 am
Uneaixoise
right hand n: mother of pearl na5
6:44 am
car.eeyore
Well done JBV!
6:44 am
rubyfoo
he won't even have a whole piece of (dry) toast for breakfast
6:44 am
rubyfoo
bonjour, une, have you heard from your Austin relatives?
6:44 am
car.eeyore
Ty Une!
6:44 am
Uneaixoise
no but other cousins have responded
6:45 am
kje
prob one of the best diets is just to ot eat any processed food... fruits, veggies, lean meats, whole grains... nothing from the aisles
6:45 am
rubyfoo
he is stubborn, must be part chow chow
6:45 am
Uneaixoise
family in Shreveport, LA, is only 30 miles from fires . . .
6:45 am
Michelle
et 7/28; et 6/18 forever
6:45 am
car.eeyore
TY Michelle!
6:45 am
Uneaixoise
Austin family lives IN the city but their ranch is apparently close to where the fires are . . .
6:45 am
JBV
thanks Michelle
6:45 am
car.eeyore
NBT for me!
6:45 am
rubyfoo
ty michelle
6:46 am
rubyfoo
son lives in the city; you can see the skyline from his house. His wife's sister has a ranch outside of town
6:46 am
Uneaixoise
so it sounds like a similar situation :-(
6:46 am
JBV
my eating plan fits very well with the way I was raised - Mediterranean diet - lots of fresh vegetables, leafy greens, olive oil, limited meat, lots of fish
6:47 am
JBV
my father would be proud to see me eating broccoli rabe and swisschard which he used to make and which I never liked back then
6:47 am
car.eeyore
Bus time! BBL!
6:47 am
rubyfoo
where my son's house is, however, is on the greenbelt, whick is bone-dry
6:47 am
Uneaixoise
later, car!
6:48 am
rubyfoo
so that is the worry
6:48 am
kje
mmmmmm - love swiis chard and kale... use them a lot in soups and braises
6:48 am
JBV
yes, kale too
6:48 am
Uneaixoise
ruby, my cousin who lives in Shreveport said she literally ran outside and danced in the rain the last time they actually had some wet stuff . . . it's been a looong time
6:49 am
Uneaixoise
me too, kje -- add kale and chard to chili as well
6:49 am
JBV
oh and lentils and chickpeas and eggplant - all part of my normal routine
6:49 am
rubyfoo
austin, too, une
6:49 am
rubyfoo
how do you make your eggplant, jbv, mine is always disgusting, although I like it in restaurants
6:49 am
Uneaixoise
a friend gave me eggplant and peppers from her garden yesterday -- yay!!
6:49 am
kje
baba ghanouj!
6:50 am
JBV
well I just cut it up and cook it like a stew with whatever is around - then serve it over rice or pasta (whole wheat of course)
6:50 am
rubyfoo
that's the one thing I can make with it, kje, but plain cooked, I haven't a clue
6:50 am
Uneaixoise
ruby, i include diced eggplant in my veggie chili
6:50 am
JBV
you can also make a caponata to serve cold
6:50 am
rubyfoo
peeled or not?
6:50 am
kje
I love eggplant, but ot so much stewed
6:50 am
Uneaixoise
peeled
6:50 am
rubyfoo
aaah, I didn't think of caponate which I love
6:51 am
JBV
I peel it in strips to leave a little bit on - that's the way my mother always did it - otherwise it falls apart
6:51 am
kje
oh yes, caponata is delish
6:51 am
JBV
slice it and put it on the grill
6:51 am
rubyfoo
I used to love Progresso caponata in the little cans....can't get that here
6:52 am
JBV
those little cans cost $3.99 now ruby - I make my own
6:52 am
Uneaixoise
i also slice it and layer it in a baking dish with tomato sauce and cheese
6:52 am
JBV
a little oil doesn't hurt :)
6:52 am
rubyfoo
I've been away a long time!
6:52 am
kje
lightly oiled... or brushed with a miso paste andn grilled is good too... miso, garlic, giger, sesame oil
6:52 am
Trifioso
good morning friends!
6:52 am
Uneaixoise
hey, trif!
6:52 am
rubyfoo
I've tried broiling it in the oven with olive oil and garlic and it just ends up greasy and icky
6:53 am
BzznBea
baba ganoush!
6:53 am
kje
food talk, trif... are you surprised ? ; )
6:53 am
JBV
try less oil - and thicker slices
6:53 am
rubyfoo
I make baba ganoush without tahini and like it better than I used to
6:53 am
rubyfoo
aaah, thicker slices, that may be the key
6:54 am
Uneaixoise
gotta run -- good to see everyone! Later *poof*
6:54 am
Trifioso
LOL! Food is a surprising topic! usually when I am here it's bacon, septic tanks or dogs
6:54 am
rubyfoo
bye for now everybody, time for a lie-down
6:54 am
kje
and prep the eggplant... look at cooks illustrated website, ruby, and read about using eggplant... they have a good article
6:55 am
rubyfoo
I once baked one in the oven for baba ganoush without piercing it and OILA, a grand explosion of eggplant all over the oven
6:56 am
crosshair
and now i must head to the shop,but before i go i give you crossy,s tidbit of the day!
6:56 am
rubyfoo
yay, half!
6:56 am
crosshair
The visual “tail” of a comet has nothing to do with its direction of travel; rather, solar wind pushes it so that it always points away from the Sun.
6:56 am
Trifioso
crossy!!!!
6:56 am
rubyfoo
waiting for crossy's tidbit!
6:56 am
crosshair
tc all and happy babbling..poink!
6:57 am
BzznBea
Really? 65 C words!?
6:58 am
Trifioso
be happy none of them are THE c word, bzzn!
6:58 am
BzznBea
I HATE that word!
6:58 am
kje
23 k too... nasty grid
6:59 am
Trifioso
me too...but it shows up here!
6:59 am
Trifioso
tho, I have to say, I am sort of over that word too - part of that is due to going to ireland so many times, where it's used quite a lot, and then I saw the Vagina Monologues....
7:03 am
kje
well, that shut down the chog, trif - lol
7:20 am
periwinkle
morning all, help with top e pls
7:20 am
BzznBea
et7 - forever
7:21 am
periwinkle
sheesh, ty tried it without out lasta vowel first
7:21 am
periwinkle
ty got both words
7:24 am
periwinkle
you got to be kidding me, 23 k words and 65 c words!
7:25 am
kje
these are the things one should check before starting... but ever do
7:28 am
Mom
not to mention 32 L words and 37 T words
7:28 am
Mom
good morning everyone
7:28 am
Mom
(((KJE))) hello
7:29 am
Mom
Peri, good morning, how is the basement?
7:29 am
periwinkle
more water and mud. I cleand out the grates at the end of the driveway again yesterday, mostly by hand and put all the leaves in a bag. hard work
7:29 am
periwinkle
have not checked the grates today
7:30 am
kje
down to 112... time for a break
7:30 am
Anniebrook
((peri))
7:30 am
Anniebrook
Hi ((Mom))
7:30 am
Anniebrook
bye kje
7:30 am
periwinkle
I am down to 174 :) ned to feed cat and me bbl
7:31 am
Mom
bye bye Peri, take care
7:31 am
Mom
((Annie)) good morning
7:31 am
Mom
I'm down to 230 :-)
7:38 am
Riverdance
176 left here and good morning everyone
7:38 am
Riverdance
but still cant get NBT
7:38 am
Anniebrook
Hi River
7:39 am
Riverdance
I have 27 c's - dont know where the other 38 are hiding...lol
7:40 am
Riverdance
just got the medical examiner...
7:41 am
Anniebrook
There is 3/4 of George's name in the grid..Haz ???
7:41 am
Riverdance
and the part of the eye...whooohooo- only 35 to go
7:41 am
Anniebrook
thanks, river
7:41 am
cool.girl
hi everyone
7:42 am
Riverdance
hello cool
7:42 am
Anniebrook
Hi cool
7:42 am
Riverdance
any help with the lone n in the last column please
7:42 am
cool.girl
big one today dont think ile be finishing this one
7:42 am
Anniebrook
river, 12 pm
7:43 am
Riverdance
that came from another n
7:43 am
Anniebrook
river, mother of pearl
7:43 am
Anniebrook
12 pm came from another n
7:44 am
Scrabbler
Good morning Babble buddies!
7:44 am
Scrabbler
Riverdance, how is your daughter doing?
7:44 am
Anniebrook
Hi Scrabbs :)
7:44 am
Riverdance
yes, thank you annie
7:44 am
Riverdance
hello scrabbs and happy belated birthday to you
7:45 am
Scrabbler
TY. I am practicing saying, "I am 52 years old now."
7:45 am
Riverdance
my daughter is doing great....having some roommate issues but is trying to work them out...has talked with her RA about it so hopefully she will be able to do something....she is on her own now
7:45 am
JBV
Happy Birthday, Scrabbler!@
7:45 am
JBV
I was quiet for a while, finally finished the grid
7:45 am
Anniebrook
Scrabbs, didnt know it was your B-Day....happy happy birthday to you
7:45 am
Riverdance
I know - this week I turned 54 and its weird to say that
7:45 am
Scrabbler
Mille grazie JBV!
7:45 am
JBV
have to run now but good luck everyone and see you later
7:46 am
Scrabbler
Annie, it was yesterday.
7:46 am
Riverdance
hi and bye JBV
7:46 am
Scrabbler
Ciao JBV.
7:46 am
Riverdance
scrabbs - did you see Jillibus's icon in our honor this week?
7:47 am
Riverdance
congrats on finishing JBV
7:48 am
Anniebrook
congrats, jbv
7:49 am
Riverdance
she already changed it - shucks if you didnt see it
7:49 am
Scrabbler
I haven't been here in 3-4 days. It has been a busy week but now I am off til Monday. Which day was your birthday, River?
7:49 am
Riverdance
the 7th was mine - day before yours
7:50 am
Scrabbler
I love September--birthday, nice weather, school starts...
7:50 am
Riverdance
Jilli has a very handsome, very naked male holding a birthday cake you know where - just for us....
7:50 am
Scrabbler
Aha, very nice!
7:51 am
Scrabbler
For some years, River, we started school on our birthday.
7:51 am
Riverdance
I remember that - now school here starts a week before
7:52 am
Riverdance
my son started Aug 31 this year
7:52 am
Scrabbler
Local schools started on various days--some last Thursday, some on 9/6, most on 9/7.
7:52 am
Riverdance
but they call school off so quickly now than they did when we were kids....snow was never an issue then
7:53 am
Scrabbler
My youngest sister has ordered a Nook Color for my birthday. I'll receive it next week. I am so excited!
7:53 am
Riverdance
we just trudged right through
7:53 am
Scrabbler
Yep, less whining, tougher people, no worry about lawsuit filed vs school...
7:54 am
Angelsong
good morning, all. My huband's heart cath went just fine. There is no problem with his heart at all. All arteries and veins are wide open and working normally. And he is home now. so, all is again right in my world.
7:55 am
Riverdance
thats great news angel
7:55 am
Scrabbler
Yay! GREAT news, Angelsong. I went through that with my father in July.
7:55 am
BzznBea
So good to hear, Angel!
7:56 am
Scrabbler
I am going to the kitchen to grab some breakfast. Would anybody like something? Coffee, tea, cereal, toast, yogurt, eggs?
7:57 am
lbdawger
good morning! happy belated birthday River and Scrabs!
7:57 am
debjed
eggs sounds good :) Morning everyone
7:57 am
Riverdance
actually - heading out right now to get my own but thanks anyway scrabbs - be right back
7:57 am
Riverdance
thanks lbd - brb
7:57 am
lbdawger
great news, Angel!! that's a big worry off your shoulders!
7:57 am
Scrabbler
Scrambled? Boiled? Omelet? Place your orders.
7:57 am
Scrabbler
TY, lbd.
7:58 am
debjed
scrambled with a little cheese, please
7:58 am
Anniebrook
hi dawg, doorbell, bbs
7:58 am
lbdawger
anyone have a clue for the O in the fourth row?
7:58 am
lbdawger
Hi Annie!
7:59 am
Judi
*waves* Good morning, all!
7:59 am
lbdawger
morning, Judi
7:59 am
debjed
morning Judi
7:59 am
lbdawger
morning deb
7:59 am
uusue2
morning, all!
8:00 am
Judi
I have an Oi6.
8:00 am
lbdawger
morning, UU
8:01 am
uusue2
*sigh* first word I saw was a phantom, ankle
8:01 am
lbdawger
ty, Judi! nbt!
8:01 am
uusue2
and hi, lbd!
8:01 am
uusue2
and thanks for the oi6, judi!
8:01 am
Mom
sorry had to scoot off for a minute, Annie pup had to go out. Hello to everyone who came in while I was out
8:02 am
Scrabbler
Deb, here are you eggs. Would you like toast? I have multigrain bread.
8:02 am
lbdawger
morning, MOM!
8:02 am
uusue2
Hi, scrabs! did you have a good birthday?
8:02 am
Scrabbler
I typed "ankle" and "anklet"---> Fail!
8:02 am
debjed
yes, that would be nice :)
8:03 am
uusue2
lol, I quit after ankle :-)
8:03 am
Mom
good morning lbd
8:03 am
Mom
I tried ankle as well
8:03 am
debjed
but, i also need a clue for the N in the third row, last column
8:03 am
Scrabbler
I really did, Sue. I celebrated with my friends' kids on Tues, had dinner with friends on Wed, will receive a Nook Color from my sister soon, got many wishes on FB, and life is good.
8:04 am
Mom
oohh, a nook color, our youngest loves his
8:04 am
Mom
sorry deb, I don't have it but will help look
8:04 am
uusue2
sounds great, scrabs!
8:05 am
BzznBea
na5/12 - mother of pearl
8:05 am
Scrabbler
It did not come with a car charger, correct? I am trying to figure out what accessories to order. Car charger, screen protector, case, etc.
8:06 am
Mom
I don't recall him saying it came with a car charger. He did buy a case for it, I do know that for sure
8:06 am
Mom
thanks bzzz and good morning
8:06 am
uusue2
I got a case for my Sony reader that has a light in it, which is really nice to have
8:07 am
uusue2
and hi, bea!
8:07 am
BzznBea
Morning all. YW, mom.
8:09 am
Scrabbler
Sue, I have looked at bundled accessory packages on Amazon.
8:19 am
Judi
Meh. Need a break already. Must inject more coffee into bloodstream. BBL.
8:19 am
SeaSpray
Holy @%$#!!! Just saw the number of C words lol
8:20 am
Mom
I have 36 of them :-(
8:20 am
SeaSpray
You go Mom!
8:22 am
Mom
thanks, now to work on the 24 L , 23 K, 37 T and 40 A words
8:23 am
Mom
guten morgen Inge
8:27 am
Mr Bob
Good morning all
8:27 am
Haz1558
Good morning, Mr Bob, good morning/afternoon all.
8:28 am
Mom
good morning Mr. Bob
8:28 am
Mom
good afternoon, Haz
8:29 am
Haz1558
This grid is a bit of a grind, isn't it?
8:29 am
Mom
yes, very much so
8:29 am
Riverdance
hello again everyone - yes Haz - it sure is - finally got NBT
8:30 am
Mom
I have NBT but not NBS
8:31 am
Haz1558
There's no flow with it at all. I keep waiting for inspiration that doesn't come.
8:33 am
suefrad625
colic, i have tried it a few hundred times
8:33 am
suefrad625
hi all
8:34 am
stevedallas
good morning all; how many words today and thanks in advance
8:35 am
crazee
got 45 of the 65...so...painful...
8:35 am
Haz1558
286 words
8:35 am
crazee
65 c words, i mean
8:35 am
stevedallas
way too big; have a great day all
8:35 am
Mom
good morning Steve
8:35 am
Haz1558
There's a wise man in Dallas.
8:35 am
Mom
you as well Steve
8:35 am
SeaSpray
only 37 of them here
8:36 am
debjed
any clues for the top row E would be great :)
8:36 am
Mom
deb, et 7/28 forever
8:36 am
Haz1558
et6/18 - a seabird forever enclosed in vowels
8:36 am
debjed
thank you :)
8:37 am
crazee
thanks for both!
8:37 am
Mom
:-) you're welcome
8:37 am
Mom
you're welcome Crazee
8:37 am
Mom
brb, Annie has to go out
8:38 am
crazee
some juicy C words today
8:44 am
Haz1558
I'll have to come back to this later. Bye for now.
8:46 am
Riverdance
work phone has been busy.....back again for a bit - seems I just get here and get interrupted
8:46 am
Riverdance
juicy C words? guess I havent found the good ones yet...lol
8:47 am
Riverdance
the A's are killing me
8:47 am
crazee
lots of 6s and 7s, many derivatives of each other
8:48 am
crazee
yeah, i have no idea how so many As come from up there
8:48 am
Riverdance
I have 33 C's so far - taking a break on them right now
9:12 am
Mom
finally got an 8 ... tr 8/40 compound word
9:13 am
Mom
welcome back. kje, you're welcome
9:13 am
kje
won't be here long.. eed to shower and get to work but resting after my work out
9:14 am
Mom
rest is always good
9:15 am
kje
are these i words bizarre? i have one off each - the religious pic and the bone
9:15 am
Mom
that is all I have also
9:15 am
72 Temple Owl
hrllomom smd kje
9:16 am
Mom
hello ((TO)), how are you fairing with all this rain?
9:16 am
kje
readjust those fingers adn try again!
9:16 am
72 Temple Owl
hello kje hello mom...it is ok here
9:17 am
Mom
so glad to hear that, I have been concerned about you
9:17 am
72 Temple Owl
i hate it when the fingers get misaligned
9:18 am
72 Temple Owl
this is a wicked grid
9:19 am
72 Temple Owl
how are you kje? any rain yet?
9:20 am
Mom
another 8 .... te 8/40 plural of the te 7/28 which plays off the te 5/10
9:20 am
kje
nope... and the week forecast is clear as a bell
9:20 am
72 Temple Owl
geez i ould not even say i would send you hat we had
9:21 am
72 Temple Owl
w is intermittent
9:21 am
kje
yes, you guys def need to share! ; )
9:21 am
72 Temple Owl
oh no, kje, really, trust me. 20 in aug filoowed by over 6 this month
9:30 am
Mom
may I have a clue for the co 6/21 before the co 9/60, please
9:30 am
Mom
if anyone has it
9:31 am
kje
what is the 9, mom
9:31 am
72 Temple Owl
7/8you are way ahead of me, mom. no list and still seeking that te 8
9:31 am
Mom
I don't have it, kje
9:32 am
kje
oh... ok, thought you did from the way you asked - lol
9:32 am
kje
i have lots of co7 but no idea which you eed
9:32 am
Mom
:-) I am trying to figure it out and I thought it someone had the co 6, it might help
9:32 am
72 Temple Owl
yes co 7 are abundant and sun related
9:33 am
Mom
the co 6 is after the string of co 7/32 words
9:33 am
kje
let me look at a list
9:33 am
Mom
TO, would you like a clue for the te 5/10
9:33 am
72 Temple Owl
oh, the co6 pin?
9:33 am
phaeton
co6/212 where you keep horses
9:33 am
vanillaslice
co6/21 is pen for horses
9:34 am
Mom
oh geez, thank phaeton and vanillaslice. Hello to both of you
9:34 am
vanillaslice
co9 = rust but change the first vowel
9:34 am
vanillaslice
hi been away for a day and frantically trying to get this one done
9:36 am
Mom
thanksTO for the co word
9:36 am
72 Temple Owl
time to start the day, bye kje and bye mom
9:36 am
Mom
bye bye ((TO)) have a great day
9:36 am
Mom
thanks Vanillaslice for the co 9 word
9:37 am
Mom
I had better start my day as well. ((Hugs))to all of you
9:37 am
72 Temple Owl
you too. i only came out because you two were here. lurk most often now
9:37 am
vanillaslice
have a good one mom
9:38 am
Mom
I am so glad you stopped in to say hello, TO
9:38 am
72 Temple Owl
well yes, give me a real word
9:38 am
Mom
thanks KJE and Vanillaslice, you both enjoy your days as well
9:38 am
kje
try the other chem endigs of that prefix, to
9:39 am
72 Temple Owl
ty mom. the foil hat no longer works, the chog is so weird
9:39 am
Mom
yes some days it is
9:39 am
hurshy
23 is TOO MANY K words!
9:40 am
72 Temple Owl
nearly alays.i asked for clues and got not a one
9:40 am
72 Temple Owl
after 20 min wed night
9:40 am
kje
yes, I've had the same happen quite a bit... depends on who is on
9:41 am
kje
don't take it personally
9:41 am
kje
ah - that al I was huntig ends i a fishing apparatus
9:41 am
72 Temple Owl
i know but the chat is just strange. anyway, i will have no car insurance if i don't run and pay it. have fun! are you due to this coast anytime soon?
9:42 am
kje
not that i know of now
9:42 am
72 Temple Owl
i think i will be going to corpus
9:43 am
kje
corpus is FAR from here
9:43 am
72 Temple Owl
and to sd in march
9:43 am
kje
12 + hour drive kinda far
9:43 am
72 Temple Owl
i know! but close than to here
9:43 am
kje
san diego? south dakota?
9:43 am
72 Temple Owl
corpus came here in aug so we must go there. yes san diego
9:43 am
sprite
good afternoon all
9:44 am
sprite
what???? 23?????? Omg.
9:44 am
kje
hi sprite - it is an "interesting" grid
9:44 am
72 Temple Owl
*runs to sprite with smelling salts, wet towel and flask* here, dink this
9:45 am
vanillaslice
hi sprite
9:45 am
sprite
hi kje :) I don't mind an interesting grid... but darn to hell this interesting K
9:45 am
sprite
thanks friends :)
9:45 am
kje
then don't look at the c
9:46 am
72 Temple Owl
he he he evil kje
9:46 am
72 Temple Owl
srptie have you begun?
9:46 am
sprite
I am pretty certain I know 65 C words. I am equally certain I don't know 23 K words.
9:46 am
sprite
yeah... 11 Ks found
9:47 am
72 Temple Owl
well there you go!
9:48 am
kje
a's grayed!!!!
9:48 am
kje
clue - look for the nips... didn't see them til the list
9:49 am
72 Temple Owl
yay kje, i hate a words
9:49 am
sprite
nips. nips. thanks... looking!
9:49 am
72 Temple Owl
mor ethan 2, kje?
9:50 am
kje
lol the lati plural not the
9:50 am
sprite
lol are they A nips or K nips?
9:51 am
72 Temple Owl
lolollolol ru
9:51 am
72 Temple Owl
i don't know, something about that combined with ur ic4?
9:52 am
kje
he's like a freakin homing pigeon when certain topics arise in the chog
9:52 am
72 Temple Owl
yes but with that madman look
9:52 am
72 Temple Owl
just funny
9:53 am
rururocks
Hey.. I just woke up..
9:53 am
sprite
kje, are those A nips or K nips?
9:53 am
kje
0800??? wow... late sleeper
9:54 am
72 Temple Owl
OMG---OMG do i see SUN?????
9:54 am
kje
not sure what k's are
9:54 am
kje
now must think
9:54 am
sprite
ok! *pfui*
9:54 am
kje
crap, what are k's?
9:55 am
72 Temple Owl
i think i will need a nip to continue and I am fresh out
9:55 am
sprite
knips? No idea. Just afraid.
9:56 am
kje
there are cl6 nips of that type in the grid, to
9:56 am
kje
afraid fo the k
9:56 am
72 Temple Owl
yes!
9:57 am
sprite
freakin' feared of the flippin' K
9:57 am
72 Temple Owl
geez i did not even think to put k and n together yet
9:57 am
rururocks
it's the KR's that are troublesome
9:57 am
72 Temple Owl
well i got the currency
9:57 am
sprite
I would be trying Ks words now if the silly S would have been closer...
9:58 am
kje
i must agree with sprite... i have 54 of 65 c's pretty easily... oly 15 of 23 k's
9:58 am
sprite
thanks for the currency, try playing with it
9:59 am
72 Temple Owl
yes. 17 k and 39 c so far
9:59 am
sprite
oh my... dutch for bead is valid. I bet that is an African word for small village or something.
10:00 am
sprite
not going for any other tile until I have al 23 FFFFFin' Ks.
10:00 am
72 Temple Owl
ok time to go nice seeing you happy babbling
10:01 am
kje
sprite... the language!
10:01 am
sprite
cute little bear...
10:02 am
kje
finally got the 9
10:03 am
sprite
Flippin' Freakin' Fingerbreakin' Fungul Fishysmellin' Ks!
10:03 am
sprite
don't tell me the 9 is a K word?? Please?
10:03 am
lbdawger
rofl at sprite!
10:03 am
kje
yep... sure... THAT"S what all those f's meant
10:04 am
wvteach
help with the 9 please
10:04 am
hurshy
the co is a prefix? if so could we have the next letter?
10:04 am
kje
no, ot a prefix
10:05 am
hurshy
is it a compound word?
10:05 am
kje
co9 - like rust, but ends in orientals
10:05 am
sprite
don't try to distract me from the last 2 K words!
10:05 am
hurshy
ah, ok, thanks :)
10:06 am
kje
I grayed the c's!!!
10:07 am
Haz1558
That gives us hope, kje. Hello again.
10:07 am
kje
kathryn with a K
10:07 am
sprite
hah! Got those bastards. K dead.
10:07 am
kje
yayay sprite!
10:08 am
Haz1558
Good morning/afternoon all.
10:08 am
flosey
good morning everyone
10:08 am
sprite
hi flosey
10:08 am
rururocks
good morning haz
10:09 am
rururocks
could anyone help with the first re 7 please
10:10 am
kje
lift again, ru
10:10 am
flosey
thanks kj
10:10 am
lbdawger
morning haz and flosey
10:10 am
flosey
morning lbd
10:11 am
rururocks
thanks kje
10:11 am
Haz1558
Hello, ruru. What's with ghastly Jack?
10:11 am
rururocks
gm flosey
10:11 am
sprite
<---- loves Jack
10:12 am
rururocks
I thought I'd poke my head in the room haz
10:12 am
kje
<-----thinks jack is creepy
10:12 am
Haz1558
Which goes to prove you can please some of the people some of the time.
10:13 am
rururocks
I hear that
10:13 am
BabbleRabble
Stanley Kubrick
10:13 am
sprite
hey BabbleRabble. Glad to see you.
10:14 am
flosey
good morning BR
10:14 am
lbdawger
morning, BR!
10:14 am
Haz1558
Hello, BabbleRabble.
10:14 am
kje
ok, grayed the k... good time to stop and get to work - hagd all!
10:15 am
flosey
whew! really not liking this grid
10:15 am
BabbleRabble
Hello
10:15 am
hurshy
hear, hear, flosey
10:15 am
Haz1558
Bye, kje.
10:15 am
sprite
bye kje, wtg on the k
10:15 am
hurshy
lovely to see you haz, brabble, sprite, and everyone!
10:16 am
lbdawger
bye, kje...hagd
10:16 am
flosey
have a good day kj
10:16 am
sprite
and vv hursh
10:16 am
lbdawger
hi hursh
10:16 am
Haz1558
Hello, hurshy. We can keep each other company as we trudge through the grid. Walking through treacle springs to mind.
10:18 am
Erda
No idea why I am putting myself through these grids. No reward at all!!
10:18 am
BabbleRabble
Fortunately, the treacle is not toxic
10:19 am
Haz1558
What won't kill you makes you stronger?
10:19 am
sprite
what won't kill you will keep your jaws locked firmer
10:19 am
BabbleRabble
A number of words that are new to me ... or perhaps it is a dementia thing.
10:19 am
Erda
Funny, Haz!
10:20 am
flosey
not thinking I'll be strong by the time, and if, I finish this grid!
10:20 am
sprite
if they are K words, it is normal
10:20 am
Erda
No dementia. Think torture.
10:20 am
flosey
strong is not the word that comes to mind
10:20 am
Haz1558
I think I'm just frustrated because you can't get any pattern going.
10:21 am
flosey
have already had 2 cups of good strong coffee, not helping
10:21 am
BabbleRabble
Perhaps Fibber McGee might help?
10:22 am
Haz1558
I saw a lovely name for a pub today. Filthy McNasty's. It would work well for this grid.
10:22 am
flosey
faint memory of FMcG & Molly?
10:22 am
flosey
how true haz
10:22 am
sprite
oooo nice
10:24 am
flosey
just monkeyed tr7 and tr8 odd
10:24 am
Haz1558
That coffee is beginning to work.
10:24 am
BabbleRabble
I think you all really like the grid since it tests character and builds resiliency.
10:24 am
flosey
indeed Haz
10:24 am
sprite
that too, BabbleRabble, that too
10:25 am
Haz1558
You're right, BabbleRabble and we're just moaning to reinforce bonding.
10:25 am
BabbleRabble
Of course, I have been know to emit a bunch of hooey on occasion.
10:26 am
Haz1558
You shock me!
10:26 am
Haz1558
We take every word you say at face value.
10:26 am
sprite
never noticed that
10:27 am
BabbleRabble
Hey, hurshy, I hope your days are going well.
10:27 am
flosey
I like that word, hooey
10:30 am
Krysten
does anyone else think that "nooner" should be a word?
10:30 am
sprite
of course
10:31 am
flosey
yes, and a good one too
10:33 am
hurshy
treacle, indeed
10:35 am
sprite
am starting to believe you... almost halfway and already a treacly feeling
10:35 am
hurshy
my days are going pretty well, thanks brabble
10:35 am
flosey
I'd like to move a t over to the left side please
10:35 am
hurshy
i need about 10 more words for 80%
10:36 am
lbdawger
k's killed!!
10:36 am
sprite
yeah, and switch that A and i bottom left
10:36 am
Haz1558
Let me get my calculator out..
10:36 am
hurshy
phantoms: ankle, rankle, anorak
10:37 am
sprite
wtg dawg!
10:38 am
wvteach
clue for the single N in right column please
10:38 am
Haz1558
na5/12 - mother of pearl
10:39 am
wvteach
thnx all
10:39 am
wvteach
hi sprite
10:41 am
hurshy
tada - i am getting the list!
10:42 am
sprite
go for it, hursh
10:42 am
vanillaslice
would you believe it I have 34 co's and I need 36
10:42 am
Haz1558
And no berating yourself.
10:43 am
sprite
woot, good job vanilla
10:43 am
vanillaslice
yes but which ones lol
10:44 am
sprite
no idea, lol. Got 40/65 so far
10:47 am
lbdawger
finito!! finally!!
10:47 am
sprite
wooooot wtg dawg!
10:47 am
Haz1558
Congratulations, lb.
10:48 am
flosey
no kidding, really lbd, contratulations
10:48 am
dpml
first time playing
10:48 am
vanillaslice
yah I have 65 c's!!! 15 wds to go
10:48 am
vanillaslice
welcome dpml
10:48 am
flosey
**congratulations
10:48 am
wvteach
congrtats ibdawger
10:48 am
sprite
hi dpml, welcome to the game.
10:48 am
flosey
fingers getting a bit numb
10:48 am
sprite
go vanilla!
10:49 am
lbdawger
ty, ty, brain is numb, monkeys are hypertensive!
10:49 am
sprite
*throws a bunch of bananas to monkeys and a mean lemonade to dawg*
10:49 am
lbdawger
go, vanilla!!
10:49 am
flosey
well dpml, you picked a dandy to start! good luck and don't let this biggie keep you from coming back
10:50 am
dpml
thanks for the welcome. Got a ways to go till I get as good as you guys
10:50 am
sprite
no kidding... glad this wasn't the first grid I did... I'd never have believed I could play
10:51 am
Haz1558
This grid doesn't make many of us feel particularly competent.
10:51 am
wvteach
hi there dpml - welcome to the grid and the chat
10:51 am
dpml
tell me about it. Not feeling real smart right now
10:52 am
flosey
yes, the chat keeps us going dpml
10:52 am
vanillaslice
in thre years time you will have a brain full of words of which you'll have no idea what they men dpml
10:52 am
wvteach
none of us are
10:52 am
vanillaslice
I'vwe done thise for 3 months now
10:52 am
sprite
nah, you can look them up and know what they mean. You just won't have any occasion to ever use them :)
10:55 am
sprite
only 3 months, vanilla? Seems longer!
10:55 am
lbdawger
lots of useless verbage in my mental lexicon
10:55 am
vanillaslice
to me too, but thats about it
10:55 am
sprite
my favorites are pfui and ywis.
10:55 am
sprite
ohhhh and sonsie.
10:56 am
vanillaslice
maybe 4...and a half
10:57 am
vanillaslice
when I see a word that means cheese in dutch I think where the heck did that come from
10:57 am
sprite
same her5e
11:00 am
wvteach
halfway, NBS and NBT
11:00 am
sprite
good job teach
11:00 am
vanillaslice
wd wv
11:02 am
lbdawger
gotta go take care of things...bbl, and good luck with this beast.
11:02 am
sprite
bye dawg, have a good time
11:02 am
flosey
thanks lbd, have a good day
11:02 am
dpml
is there a way to save and come back later
11:03 am
sammysmom
mornign babblers and welcome dpml
11:03 am
flosey
if you close, the words will stay here when you open again
11:03 am
sprite
yeah it will remember the words you entered
11:03 am
vanillaslice
nothing to save you just come back and they'll be there waiting for you
11:04 am
vanillaslice
till the flip in 12 hours time
11:04 am
sammysmom
hey sprite
11:04 am
Haz1558
Well, I'm going to leave you wading through treacle - sorry, achieving unheard of levels of resilience and stickability through dedicated word searching. I'll not say 'enjoy' but 'keep going'. Bye for now!
11:04 am
vanillaslice
hagd Haz
11:04 am
flosey
kthanks Haz, enjoy your day
11:05 am
sprite
almost scared to confess I am enjoying myself
11:07 am
uusue2
hi all, here briefly between classes
11:07 am
sprite
hi uusue :)
11:08 am
flosey
morning sue
11:08 am
uusue2
hi, sprite!
11:09 am
uusue2
hi, flosey!
11:12 am
Erda
help on the first re7 please?
11:13 am
vanillaslice
lift it again erda
11:14 am
Erda
third letter??
11:15 am
Dispatch
ra% your hand if you have a question
11:15 am
Dispatch
oops...ra5
11:15 am
Erda
But of course -- and thank you all!!
11:19 am
wvteach
greyed out the C's
11:20 am
sprite
wtg teach
11:20 am
Dispatch
wow...I salute you!
11:22 am
dpml
hi, the rookie is back. Checking out rankings. When does points show up in rankings.
11:23 am
flosey
just back, well done teach, 12 to go here
11:24 am
sprite
don't really know, dpml, never go there
11:24 am
sprite
go flosey!
11:24 am
JBV
hi sprite, hi dpml, even if you finish the grid early, the rankings will not change until the "flip" which is when the new Babble grid appears tongiht
11:24 am
JBV
oops - tonight
11:25 am
wvteach
i think when you are above the bottom number given - each of the three columns are different - go to the bottom of each column
11:25 am
JBV
sprite how's things?
11:25 am
sprite
hi JBV :)
Mwah, holding on, but not great. Cannot sleep for the life of me. Back acting up too. But mentally okayish.
How are you?
11:26 am
JBV
oh that's not good about the back - I know how that is, things here are good - I escaped Hurricane Irene's wrath with no problems, thank God
11:26 am
JBV
sprite I watched a fascinating video about one of your countryment - do you know about the Strandbeests? So amazing
11:27 am
sprite
oh that is great, am so happy you and yours are ok
11:27 am
dpml
I have more points than the bottom number on column and still not on rankings. You should check it out sprite, cause your in the 3 columns. Arent you curious where you rank
11:27 am
JBV
well, little problems anyway (some siding ripped off the house, etc.) but things to laugh about, not like some of the disasters people are suffering through
11:27 am
sprite
let me check :)
11:28 am
sprite
oh Theo Jansen?
11:28 am
JBV
dpml did you see my post at 11:24?
11:28 am
JBV
oh yes, he must be quite an interesting guy
11:29 am
vanillaslice
sprite your mr wilders is coming to Australia, can't you keep him there?
11:30 am
sprite
not really, dpml, I have had top rankings and I have been low, and either time I enjoyed the game just the same... doesn't mean much to me. And if you just started, you won't show up at all. It may take a while.
11:30 am
JBV
if you finished the grid today you will have 4114 points tomorrow
11:30 am
JBV
oops, is that right sprite? I thought it would be by tomorrow -
11:30 am
sprite
vanilla, why don't you guys lose him somewhere in that huge continent? Without any water, if possible?
11:31 am
sprite
oh, could very well be, JBV, I don't remember exactly what the difference between the columns was. One was for last 30 grids, that I know for sure.
11:31 am
vanillaslice
we've got some nice crocs here
11:31 am
wht
I see that Mr Boyd, a former pitcher for the Boston Red Sox is in the grid today.
11:31 am
wht
He has one of the best all-time baseball nicknames.
11:32 am
vanillaslice
I can't understand that one of our liberal party members is bringing him over
11:32 am
uusue2
I don't really look at the rankings either; I think to get high up on them you have to play the game daily, and finish most or all of the time, and I just can't do that.
11:32 am
sprite
since crocs have been around a lot longer than we, I am sure they wouldn't get indigestion... good idea! And never call him MY mr Wilders. I really really feel he is scary.
11:32 am
uusue2
but I have fun anyway :-)
11:32 am
sprite
hey wht :)
11:32 am
vanillaslice
yeah he's bad news
11:33 am
wht
Hi Sprite and all
11:33 am
sprite
dmpl, this game isn't played in a very competitive way... we would help eachother rather than compete. I guess that is why most people aren't much interested in the rankings.
11:33 am
wht
Just Babbling during lunch
11:33 am
JBV
well, I don't mind admitting I check the rankings :)
11:34 am
JBV
I was at 1030 for a very long time until Hurricane Irene interrupted our power and I missed one day
11:34 am
sprite
lol no shame in that, JBV
11:34 am
JBV
but sprite is right, the main fun is competing with yourself
11:34 am
sprite
yeah that 1030 shows you have finished every grid for the last 30 days.
11:35 am
JBV
and it will take another 30 days to get back to the top, but I play just because it's fun and maybe I'm addicted, but we never use that word here
11:35 am
sprite
addicted? Tsk. I can stop whenever I want.
11:36 am
sprite
yes, I love the strandbeesten. They walk.
11:36 am
JBV
it must be so cool to be ont he beach and see that
11:37 am
sprite
it is! And he has so much fun with them himself. That is almost the best part.
11:38 am
hurshy
i have a bit of pineapple stuck between my teeth and it is very irksome
11:38 am
sprite
*hands hurshy a toothpick*
11:39 am
JBV
the best video (there are several not very good ones) is this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCtA5kX
-Ktg&feature=related
11:39 am
JBV
the first part shows him having a bit of trouble but if you wait til the 1:00 minute mark - it's really DRAMATIC
11:40 am
JBV
and the music is fantastic
11:40 am
sprite
ok sorry, have to go, dinner is served. See you all later!
11:40 am
sprite
ok sorry, have to go, dinner is served. See you all later!
11:41 am
JBV
bye sprite - take care
11:42 am
vanillaslice
have a goo day sprite
11:42 am
vanillaslice
good
11:43 am
hurshy
*hurshy stands in awed silence before the spectacle of five co7/32s in a row*
11:43 am
vanillaslice
well I have three 8's left 2 of the te and one tr I think I'll leave them to later bye all be good
11:45 am
uusue2
ok, I have about 5 minutes to finish my lunch...
11:45 am
vanillaslice
aha I have the te's so I'll just plug on for the last to8
11:45 am
vanillaslice
tr8
11:46 am
uusue2
ooh, just got a 7/8 combination! (te)
11:46 am
vanillaslice
yeah so is the other te7/8 very similar
11:47 am
uusue2
and a co6 that is part of the sun's outer layers, that I was just lecturing about yesterday
11:47 am
vanillaslice
different 5th letter
11:48 am
uusue2
ha, the third different 5th letter I tried turned out to be the right one :-)
11:48 am
vanillaslice
fireworks!!! silly compound tr8
11:48 am
uusue2
yay, vanilla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
11:49 am
flosey
well done Vanilla
11:49 am
vanillaslice
ty I'll sleep better now lol
11:49 am
flosey
a much deserved rest
11:50 am
flosey
well deserved!
11:51 am
vanillaslice
I had a seven hour drive home as well today, so I'll hit the sack have a good day all
11:51 am
uusue2
bye, vanilla!
11:51 am
flosey
sweet sleep
12:03 pm
flosey
think I need a break - bbl
12:07 pm
periwinkle
hi all, help with the te/8's pls
12:08 pm
periwinkle
I have one of them already
12:17 pm
phaeton
do u have first or last one per?
12:17 pm
phaeton
they are similar...change second vowel from the first one
12:17 pm
periwinkle
don't know, not using list. the one that sounds like earth
12:18 pm
amelu0218
change the 2nd vowel
12:18 pm
amelu0218
and one is a compound...
12:20 pm
periwinkle
I am confused. I only have one option of chaning the 2nd vowel and it does not work
12:20 pm
periwinkle
and cannot figure out the compound. how many te7/8's are there?
12:21 pm
phaeton
is the one you have with the second vowel the first vowel of the alphabet?
12:21 pm
flosey
I have 2 te8 words but don't see a compound te8, are there 3?]
12:21 pm
phaeton
then change that vowel for the second vowel of the alphabet
12:21 pm
phaeton
no...just two
12:22 pm
flosey
thanks phaeton
12:22 pm
periwinkle
ty, was not going in that direction. no longer confused :)
12:22 pm
phaeton
your welcome...not easy to clue
12:23 pm
periwinkle
I have found 16 of the k words but only 33 of the c words
12:24 pm
phaeton
i only need 1 c word to grey that tile
12:24 pm
periwinkle
good for you phae
12:24 pm
flosey
wtg phaeton
12:25 pm
phaeton
of course i have listed...and now going to morewords
12:28 pm
periwinkle
up to 40 C words, no list yet
12:28 pm
periwinkle
help with the 9 pls
12:29 pm
kje
co9 - like rust but ends in an oriental
12:30 pm
kje
rust, but change the second vowel
12:31 pm
BzznBea
Thanks, kje.
12:31 pm
periwinkle
not getting it
12:31 pm
kje
ends in name for ethnic group from japan, china, etc
12:33 pm
phaeton
is there double cons in the co9?
12:33 pm
negativeneil
Yes.
12:33 pm
ivesy3
first te 6/18 plz
12:33 pm
negativeneil
co, double consonant, then home inv****** is a terrible crime.
12:34 pm
kje
te + what a hammer hits
12:34 pm
rubyfoo
hello everybody
12:34 pm
rubyfoo
half this AM
12:34 pm
phaeton
te...file your finger ****
12:34 pm
periwinkle
tyty for the co9
12:35 pm
negativeneil
te + something on the end of your fingers, or something you hammer into wood. Some people hit either one with a hammer, haha!
12:35 pm
ivesy3
ty kje and phaeton
12:35 pm
ivesy3
ty kje and phaeton
12:36 pm
ivesy3
and ty neil
12:39 pm
kje
I'm beginning to see the light!
12:39 pm
negativeneil
yw ivesy3.
12:40 pm
BzznBea
And it keeps getting dark here. My eyelids keep falling...Maybe a wee nap...
12:41 pm
sprite
back for the last 41, hello all
12:42 pm
kje
eek! 2 oo's!
12:42 pm
sprite
hey kje :)
12:43 pm
kje
not getting them... any clues?
12:44 pm
sprite
oo + consonant + boxer mohamet ***
12:44 pm
sprite
and plural
12:44 pm
phaeton
oo and anagram of what a train runs on
12:45 pm
sprite
gratz phaeton
12:45 pm
kje
yayayay phae!!!
12:45 pm
kje
I have 3 left
12:45 pm
sprite
go kje gooo
12:45 pm
flosey
thanks sprite
12:46 pm
sprite
*drumroll for kje...*
12:46 pm
Boobear
How is the grid
12:47 pm
kje
it is a bear, boo
12:47 pm
flosey
tough but interesting
12:47 pm
sprite
challenging but fun... and it contains a bear too
12:49 pm
kje
monkeys panting in the corner
12:49 pm
kje
eyeing the cute bears for lunch
12:49 pm
flosey
well done kj
12:49 pm
sprite
*throws a bunch of fruit to the monkeys*
12:49 pm
Boobear
What kind of bears are they
12:50 pm
phaeton
down under bears Boo
12:50 pm
sprite
very sweet, small, utterly cute
12:50 pm
sprite
considered a pest in some areas, I believe
12:51 pm
kje
yeah... once you have to live with wildlife, it is much less cute
12:51 pm
kje
just ask me about my raccoons
12:51 pm
kje
not.cute.at.all
12:52 pm
flosey
oh, raccoons can be very nasty
12:52 pm
kje
i have at least 1, i think 2, living in my attic
12:53 pm
kje
they seem to be smarter than me
12:53 pm
sprite
I believe you. For us here in holland it is very different. Animals like that are so exotic to us. We only have birds, hedgehogs, mice and rats, and bats around houses
12:53 pm
flosey
oh kj, noisy?
12:53 pm
flosey
our neighbour had to replace a rather large part of their roof because of them
12:53 pm
Boobear
I agree .they make a mess with the garbage
12:53 pm
kje
not so much... when awake at night they go out, when they come inside in the morning they sleep
12:54 pm
kje
so just the going and coming... or occasional fight
12:55 pm
kje
next house will be made of steel
12:55 pm
sprite
ah that will give great acoustics :D
12:56 pm
flosey
I'm stuck on to6, first one, any clues please?
12:57 pm
sprite
hard end of your foot points?
12:57 pm
sprite
oh hell no that is a 7
12:58 pm
flosey
sorry, have that one, there's another, after the singer
12:58 pm
sprite
add to the to5/10
12:58 pm
kje
to6 - rip + most of dale evans hubby
12:58 pm
flosey
oops, getting mixed up with the tes
12:59 pm
sprite
lol... ok, what do you need?
12:59 pm
flosey
the to6, working on kj's clue
12:59 pm
sprite
I have a to6 that ends in 10
12:59 pm
flosey
thanks kj and sprite
1:00 pm
kje
there is another sprite
1:00 pm
flosey
have all tos now, thanks
1:00 pm
sprite
ok, still missing that one then
1:00 pm
flosey
missing te5 following the singer
1:01 pm
sammysmom
at the end of your foot
1:01 pm
kje
ripped + start of the children's show neighborhod
1:01 pm
kje
te + most of what a caboose runs on
1:02 pm
kje
or an elevated train
1:02 pm
flosey
thanks kj, got it
1:02 pm
flosey
and Ts finished
1:02 pm
kje
good, cuz i was running out of trains planes and automobiles
1:03 pm
sprite
I am having a blind moment
1:05 pm
sprite
no the other to6
1:05 pm
flosey
continuation of the cake
1:05 pm
sprite
that is the one I have
1:06 pm
kje
to6 - start with the te4 before that means ripped then add 2/3 mr rogers of cowboy fame
1:06 pm
kje
oops - start with the to4 before it!!!
1:07 pm
kje
must run! see ya later
1:08 pm
sprite
bye kje! and thanks!
1:08 pm
Wolvie
65 c words. saints preserve us. whoa
1:09 pm
Anniebrook
Hi, I am having a bear with the C's, can I get a clue for the third co 5/12 ?
1:09 pm
sprite
hiya Wolvie. They aren't hard. The 23 Ks are though :)
1:09 pm
Wolvie
i blocked those out, lol
1:09 pm
sprite
hi Annie, an Australian call
1:11 pm
Anniebrook
sprite, thank you!!
1:11 pm
sprite
jeezzz finally got that to6. I was using the wrong form of 'ripped'.
1:13 pm
flosey
thanks Sprite, got it
1:17 pm
sprite
why isn't the bottom part of a big woody plant valid? Is that 2 words?
1:19 pm
sprite
and that makes fireflies! Woot, very good grid. Feels like an accomplishment to finish it, lol.
1:19 pm
flosey
wtg Sprite, afraid I'll be back later tonight, playing bridge this afternoon
1:19 pm
Anniebrook
YAY for sprite !!!!
1:19 pm
sprite
sounds good too :) Have a lot of fun.
Thanks all, and good luck!
1:20 pm
flosey
will do, thanks - a fun group
1:23 pm
flosey
finished the Ss, now back to the dreaded re
1:24 pm
jesdraggon
hi all. how's everyone?
1:25 pm
flosey
hello jes and pms
1:25 pm
flosey
and thanks pms
1:29 pm
flosey
does anyone have a clue for the re6 and 7 please?
1:29 pm
Anniebrook
hi jes and pms
1:29 pm
jesdraggon
how're you, annie?
1:30 pm
Anniebrook
just fine jes, how you?
1:30 pm
jesdraggon
i have an re6 which is to hammer together again, but that's the only one i have, flosey. sorry.
1:30 pm
jesdraggon
doing TONS of paperwork today, annie. printing a 28 page irs form right now. thrilling, i say.
1:31 pm
flosey
thanks jes, have that one, these 6 & 7 are together
1:31 pm
Anniebrook
I have an re7---to put your arms in the air again
1:31 pm
flosey
thanks Annie, have that one
1:31 pm
Anniebrook
IRS, bah
1:31 pm
flosey
IRS - headache?
1:31 pm
jesdraggon
thanks, annie
1:32 pm
jesdraggon
yes, irs = headache! :)
1:32 pm
Anniebrook
youre welcome
1:33 pm
jesdraggon
plus, i just got back my license renewal and for the first time ever they want proof of my continuing education hours... but i can't find my registrations and completion certificates, so i'm trying to remember what conferences I attended, and contact the organizers to get that stuff.
1:33 pm
flosey
oh, huge headache! sorry jes
1:34 pm
Anniebrook
sorry jes, as flosey said "huge headache:
1:34 pm
jesdraggon
yesterday i got to "attend" a phone conference/webinar with about 100 other vets and 3 bueaurocrats about new DEA reporting requirements. that was joyous
1:34 pm
jesdraggon
starting next month, i have to file weekly reports with the state on all controlled substances dispensed.
1:35 pm
jesdraggon
cuz i NEED more paperwork in my life.
1:35 pm
jesdraggon
and i'm now firmly convinced that only idiots attend webinars. it was unbelievable--these people are doctors, for craps sake. but they couldn't figure out to mute their speakers while talking to other people in the office!
1:35 pm
Anniebrook
When do you find the time to care for your dogs, cats, etc, etc
1:36 pm
Anniebrook
Of not for
1:36 pm
jesdraggon
so we had external conversations, dogs barking, phones ringing, and what sounded like a car door alarm?!? drowning out the speaker.
1:36 pm
jesdraggon
some days, annie, i don't. *sigh*
1:36 pm
Anniebrook
good lord! I hope you didnt have to pay for that.
1:37 pm
jesdraggon
no, it was free. only cost was an hour and 20 minutes of my time
1:37 pm
Anniebrook
sounds like a waste of time
1:37 pm
flosey
seems Governments tend to waste a lot of our time
1:38 pm
jesdraggon
well, it did answer the questions i had about the new requirements; but i'd have been just as happy if they'd said "email us your questions, we'll post a faq"
1:50 pm
Aloyisius
hi all! jes, I was on a conference call last week and some guy had his granddaughter visiting.. she was making all kinds of noises.. became such an interference, he was asked to leave because he couldn't figure out how to press *6 and mute himself.. ugh
1:51 pm
Anniebrook
Hi Aloy :)
1:51 pm
Aloyisius
hi there Annie!
1:53 pm
jesdraggon
hi aloy... you'd think that *6 wouldn't be too complicated for a bunch of doctors, yeah? especially when the moderator gave repeated specific instructions and requests at the start, AND it was in text on the web portion. *headdes*
1:53 pm
Aloyisius
lol.. so true
1:55 pm
Aloyisius
.. what bothers me is that a "short" conf. will go over an hour.. ugh.. someone somewhere drags it out.. and I don't want to hang up, but I know those that do..
1:55 pm
jesdraggon
my mom does conference calls on a regular basis, and she says she wants to change the sign ins to split the groups into 2 sections, one that promises to mute and demonstrates that they know the key-in, and one that doesn't.
1:56 pm
jesdraggon
and then you get 4 people asking the same question, verbatim, despite the fact that it was addressed in the lecture AND has already been asked?
1:56 pm
Aloyisius
hey.. that might wake some people up! I've heard coughing, radios in the background.. etc
1:56 pm
Anniebrook
they graduated from med school and do not know how to mute or they dont care...*sigh*
1:56 pm
negativeneil
Hi Jes.
1:57 pm
negativeneil
I'm under attack again... such fun. :P
1:57 pm
flosey
oh dear, what now neil
1:57 pm
negativeneil
But here's something that might give you all a really good laugh for the day:
http://www.happyplace.com/3482/ok
cupid-dating-profile-i-wont-murder-you
1:58 pm
negativeneil
Oh nothing important flosey... yet another Twitter moron, that's all.
1:58 pm
negativeneil
Click on the image of that profile to enlarge it so you can read it... it's hilarious.
1:59 pm
flosey
that is crazy funny neil
2:00 pm
negativeneil
Read it all... it's ingeniously funny.
2:00 pm
flosey
will later neil, have to shower/dress to play bridge this afternoon - just trying to find a few more words here, down to 44
2:01 pm
Judi
LOL. That is good, neil!
2:01 pm
flosey
stuck on ai5
2:01 pm
Aloyisius
just finished reading it.. lol, do you think he will get a date?
2:01 pm
negativeneil
I see.
2:01 pm
negativeneil
Ummm, my guess? No.
2:01 pm
jesdraggon
and a $400 check to the IRS to go with the 28 page application. whee.
2:02 pm
Aloyisius
ai + a mixed up *** of Olay
2:02 pm
jesdraggon
*mimes spinning a party favor*
2:02 pm
Judi
He might not get a date, but he'll sure get a few psych evaluations.
2:02 pm
flosey
thanks Aloy
2:03 pm
negativeneil
And I'm wondering if this is actually real, or she was putting on an act just to be silly... if it's real, this girl needs serious help, geez:
http://www.happyplace.com/4166/w
oman-expresses-her-terrifying-love-of-
cats-in-online-dating-bio
2:03 pm
negativeneil
Haha, let's hope so, Judi.
2:04 pm
flosey
gotta run now, bbl
2:05 pm
negativeneil
http://static.happyplace.com/assets/im
ages/2011/09/4e6a2c1f4a75b.png
[He didn't change his number? *facepalm*]
2:07 pm
Aloyisius
well, I agree with you about the cat lady, neil.. think she needs a shrink or two or three
2:08 pm
Aloyisius
bye, flosey
2:09 pm
Aloyisius
hi Boo!
2:12 pm
Boobear
Clue for ak 6 please
2:12 pm
Aloyisius
pl of the ak5 before it
2:19 pm
negativeneil
At least, Aloyisius!
2:19 pm
Aloyisius
def. would steer away from that choice if I were a guy looking for a fun date, lol
2:21 pm
jesdraggon
finally dragged myself past 1/2 way on this grid. still 2 tiles short of nbt though.
2:22 pm
Aloyisius
happy to help if i can, jes
2:27 pm
Boobear
Clue for the second al5
2:28 pm
Aloyisius
from outer space, Boo
2:29 pm
Aloyisius
the three following that are related to it
2:35 pm
jesdraggon
so the person who called yesterday with the unvaccinated dog is coming in today; they got one of the local rescues to foot the bill.
2:36 pm
Aloyisius
good news.. about how much will the bill run?
2:37 pm
jesdraggon
dunno. guess it depends on how bad the dog is. if we treat, probably $350-700. If we decide too sick to have good chance, and euthanize, $50 +/- cremation
2:38 pm
jesdraggon
but it's been sick for about a week already, which doesn't bode well.
2:39 pm
Aloyisius
distemper, do you think?
2:40 pm
jesdraggon
and generally preventable.
2:41 pm
jesdraggon
vaccination is cheap. treatment is not. dead puppies are no fun. So I do not understand why people won't just frelling vaccinate.
2:41 pm
Aloyisius
doesn't make sense
2:43 pm
jesdraggon
woman from rescue says she told the guy off, pointed out that she's going to be putting several hundred dollars into his dog now because he was too lazy and/or stupid to get the puppy to a vet or even go buy the vaccines at the feed store and do it himself.
2:43 pm
Aloyisius
she has a heart and a conscious.. do you think her talk had an effect? h'mm
2:44 pm
jesdraggon
probably not. but he'll get the same from me later too.
2:44 pm
Aloyisius
conscience, that is
2:44 pm
jesdraggon
as well as specific instructions not to get another puppy for at least a year.
2:44 pm
Aloyisius
how will you see him again? you mean he will get the dog back if it recovers?
2:45 pm
jesdraggon
yeah. it's his dog.
2:45 pm
jesdraggon
not like i can just confiscate it.
2:45 pm
Aloyisius
to7... need to clip mine, lol
2:47 pm
jesdraggon
if that was going to happen, it would have had to be the rescue. they could have told him they'd take the dog, and treat it, but that they would not underwrite him.
2:47 pm
jesdraggon
i've done that several times--told people i'd match what they could come up with for the bill today, but if they have nothing, then i'll pay the whole bill and consider it buying the dog from them.
2:47 pm
Aloyisius
okie dokie, fw.. so off I go to do my overdue chores! ci4 for now, all.. Happy Babbling!
2:47 pm
flosey
may I have a clue for re6 with an re7 following it please?
2:48 pm
Aloyisius
re + the number of indians in a nursery rhyme + common vowel
2:48 pm
flosey
thanks Aloy
2:48 pm
jesdraggon
yay aloy!
2:48 pm
jesdraggon
and thanks for the clues :)
2:48 pm
flosey
Rs wiped out
2:49 pm
Aloyisius
yw, fun grid.. lots of 4 letter words, but some stumpers too! real poof.. (-:
2:50 pm
flosey
it is Aloy, am enjoying this grid
2:53 pm
jesdraggon
and my 1:00 appointment is here. away i get.
2:56 pm
flosey
must go too, 35 to finish - be back tonight before flip
3:20 pm
boatierra
Could I get some help for the two 'et' words? I'm stumped.
3:21 pm
periwinkle
forever boat
3:21 pm
Jellen
et7 = forever
3:21 pm
boatierra
Oh Okay got that one, Thanks!
3:22 pm
periwinkle
hi there Jellen
3:22 pm
periwinkle
hello all
3:22 pm
Jellen
et 6 = poetic forever
3:23 pm
boatierra
Thanks Jellen :)
3:23 pm
Jellen
And hi, boatierra...don't know that we've met before...
3:23 pm
boatierra
Probably not. I rarely say Hi. I just jump in.
3:25 pm
negativeneil
Hi Jellen and boat.
3:25 pm
negativeneil
Just as I'm leaving.
3:25 pm
negativeneil
Oh, well Jellen... this is boatierra. And boatierra, meet Jellen. ;)
3:26 pm
Jellen
Thanks, neil, lol...
3:26 pm
negativeneil
Anytime, haha.
3:26 pm
boatierra
Hello All :)
3:26 pm
negativeneil
Just having yet another good headshake.
3:26 pm
boatierra
Thanks for the intro :)
3:27 pm
negativeneil
See my Twitter page and the "fun" I've been having since yesterday, Jellen. Still continuing it looks like... will have to make use of the block feature.
3:28 pm
Jellen
Okay, will give it a look...
3:28 pm
Jellen
Love the Nicoll quote in your profile, boa...
3:29 pm
boatierra
That's one of my all time FAVORITE quotes :) I don't remember who sent that to me...
3:30 pm
boatierra
And I think it's a "bastarized" version of the quote. Anyhow I like it.
3:31 pm
BabbleRabble
Why do elephants have so many wrinkles?
Have you ever tried to iron one?
3:31 pm
jesdraggon
phantom erotica
3:31 pm
Jellen
haha, BabbleRabble...
3:31 pm
negativeneil
Yes, that quote is funny.
3:32 pm
boatierra
That would be 'bastardized', if I could spell..
3:33 pm
boatierra
Why does phantom erotica keep coming up? I see it in the chat back log as well. Odd clue?
3:33 pm
negativeneil
Have you ever read:
"Californian Pachyderms", by L.A. Phant?
3:33 pm
Jellen
No, we just want the word to be there, and it's not...
3:33 pm
negativeneil
Oh really, boat? Looking.
3:33 pm
Jellen
Groan, neil!
3:34 pm
jesdraggon
because it's a word you can't quite make from the letters of the grid, but it looks like it belongs, boatierra
3:34 pm
negativeneil
[I'm in L.A. right now too.]
3:34 pm
negativeneil
Must be off the page now, whatever you're talking about? Not seeing it.
3:35 pm
negativeneil
Oh, you meant that actual word. :P
3:35 pm
negativeneil
Yes, I'm tired.
3:35 pm
BabbleRabble
Q: What did Tarzan say when the elephants charged?
A: “Look out, here come the elephants!”
3:35 pm
Jellen
I saw that you were up quite late last night, neil...
3:36 pm
BabbleRabble
Q: What did Tarzan say when he saw a herd of elephants with sunglasses?
A: Nothing. He didn’t recognize them.
3:36 pm
negativeneil
Pachydermatologist - An elephant's skin doctor.
3:36 pm
boatierra
Now that's a word!
3:37 pm
LuvWordGames
I see I'm just in time to enjoy some of BR's jokes; something I always look forward to on Babble chat!
3:37 pm
LuvWordGames
Hi Jellen
3:37 pm
negativeneil
Yes I was, Jellen. And I was about to take a little bike ride around the neighborhood [N. Hollywood] here and get some air [uh, or what passes for air in L.A.] but I'm caught up replying to that insanity again. Ugh.
3:37 pm
BabbleRabble
Q: Why do elephants wear sandals?
A: So that they don’t sink in the sand.
Q: Why do ostriches stick their head in the ground?
A: They’re looking for the elephants that forgot to wear their sandals.
3:38 pm
periwinkle
haha, BR
3:39 pm
Jellen
I'm a novice tweeter...is there a way to see the whole thread? I just see your responses...
3:39 pm
negativeneil
I saw an elephant in the baggage claim area of an airport. He was waiting for his trunk.
3:40 pm
negativeneil
Yes, Jellen. Just click on one of my tweets and in the right column, you will see what I'm responding to.
3:40 pm
negativeneil
And responses.
3:40 pm
boatierra
*giggles*
3:40 pm
periwinkle
I have te8 x2 and tr8. what do the other 8's start with pls?
3:40 pm
periwinkle
94 left. no list, good for me in a grid this big
3:41 pm
periwinkle
just found si8
3:42 pm
negativeneil
What's just made me laugh: being called an "undeducated soulless moron" by someone who apparently has no post-secondary education to speak of and is totally un/mis/informed about what she's attempting to argue with me about. Amusing.
3:43 pm
Glantarell
Noswaith dda - evening all
3:43 pm
boatierra
Ouch. What exactly is und-educated? I'm assuming that
3:44 pm
Glantarell
Ah, Neil - insults are always the last resort of the person who has lost the argument
3:44 pm
Jellen
Good for you, peri...I'm having trouble seeing anything in this grid!
3:44 pm
boatierra
Damn it! Stupid enter.
3:44 pm
Jellen
Ooh, I like that, Glant!
3:45 pm
Glantarell
Hi Jellen, Peri, Neil, Boat
3:45 pm
negativeneil
Haha, Glantarell... of course!
3:45 pm
boatierra
Start again. - What exactly is und-educated? I'm assuming that is her spelling?
3:45 pm
boatierra
Hello all :)
3:45 pm
negativeneil
That was a typo, boatierra. Obviously. :P
3:46 pm
negativeneil
No, I typed that... or should I say, mis-typed it?
3:46 pm
Glantarell
guessing it's meant to be uneducated
3:46 pm
boatierra
Bummer, made her look worse ;)
3:46 pm
negativeneil
Yes, of course.
3:46 pm
negativeneil
Boat, it was my mistyping. I do make the odd typo now and then... like anyone.
3:47 pm
boatierra
I do it allllll the time.
3:47 pm
negativeneil
I didn't copy and paste since it was only three words. I just typed it... and not too accurately.
3:47 pm
negativeneil
We need virtual correction fluid. :P
3:47 pm
negativeneil
Or that correction tape.
3:47 pm
Glantarell
I just found the OK4 - and I always though that was a word like shhep, where it was singular and plural but it seems it has a plural form
3:48 pm
boatierra
Spell check is BFF :)
3:48 pm
Glantarell
Hi nelleon
3:48 pm
Glantarell
sad that word didn;t work - I thought I'd missed it :-)
3:48 pm
boatierra
- is my BFF :)
3:48 pm
negativeneil
Yes, boatierra... without that to catch any typos I might have made, I'd probably be out of a job!
3:48 pm
Jellen
Hi, nelleon
3:49 pm
Glantarell
BFF???
3:49 pm
boatierra
BFF - Best Friends Forever
3:49 pm
negativeneil
"Best friend forever."
3:49 pm
Glantarell
aaah - thanlks
3:55 pm
boatierra
Generally when I post anything online I put it through Spell check. My more lengthy entries on chat here I do as well. The shorter entries I don't, but of course those are the ones that come back to bite me in the ass spelling-wise. I hate misspelling and I’m the worst speller.
3:56 pm
negativeneil
Oh I don't ever bother using it unless I'm writing an article I need to submit [professionally].
3:56 pm
negativeneil
I usually catch typos as I make them... it just feels wrong when I'm typing. But not always.
3:56 pm
Glantarell
;-) I'm a great speller but a lousy typist so I get random letters in all sorts of places... and my keyboard misses letters sometimes to add to the fun
3:56 pm
boatierra
OMGosh, thunder!!!
3:57 pm
negativeneil
I'm an excellent speller and typist, usually... but no one's perfect, especially not in the typing department.
3:57 pm
boatierra
Sorry, distraction. You are a lot less spelling tolerant than I. I'm just tough on myself.
3:58 pm
negativeneil
Strange how your photo doesn't change in here after you upload a different one unless you refresh this page... no matter how much of this chog goes off the page afterwards.
3:58 pm
negativeneil
On the contrary, I'm very spelling intolerant... I have to be in my profession. Strange assumption to make?
3:58 pm
Glantarell
Have you changed your photo?
3:58 pm
negativeneil
Oh sorry, I read that wrong.
3:59 pm
negativeneil
I had next to no sleep last night.
3:59 pm
negativeneil
And have been busy all day since too early this morning.
3:59 pm
negativeneil
I did, yes. To one of me being given a stern "talking to". That accounts for my expression.
3:59 pm
negativeneil
I just kind of glaze over, haha.
4:00 pm
Glantarell
I am starting to see more and more mis-spellings on websites (as opposed to blogs etc) and assume that's because it's getting easier for individuals to create their own websites and therefore not pay professionals ot do all sorts of things, includin g prrof reading of their text
4:00 pm
boatierra
Ooo, more wicked sounding thunder :):):)
4:00 pm
negativeneil
Yes, Glantarell. Most people do create their own.
4:01 pm
negativeneil
I have a blogspot with several older blogs reposted [from a couple of years ago, that were in my old website until a hacker took it down].
4:02 pm
Glantarell
It feels very strange being called Glantarell. I is the name of my house (translation - on the banks of the Tarell river)
4:02 pm
negativeneil
Well is there something you'd prefer to be called?
4:02 pm
boatierra
I'm just intolerant of mispelling in myself that's all. Didn't mean to make a assumption of you. Have you ever seen those collections of political/protest signs that are horribly misspelled? Talk about hilarious!
4:02 pm
Glantarell
My given name is actually Adrienne - which is a very rare name in the UK
4:02 pm
negativeneil
I see. It's nice that some houses there have names.
4:02 pm
negativeneil
That's a pretty name.
4:03 pm
negativeneil
French.
4:03 pm
Glantarell
In Wales all the older houses have names and all the names express the location in one way or another
4:03 pm
Jellen
Adrienne is a pretty name...
4:03 pm
Glantarell
I believe it's not so rare in the US
4:04 pm
Jellen
You're my first Adrienne...I have a friend named Adriana from Brazil...
4:04 pm
Glantarell
My parents were going to call me Natalie but as the family name is Wood and I was born arounf=d the time Natalie Wood was becoming famous, they decided they didn;t want people to think they had named their baby after a film star
4:04 pm
negativeneil
As long as you don't live in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwl
lllanty Siliogogogoch, you should be ok. ;) You might need a super loooooooooooooooooooooooong plaque for your house-name then.
4:05 pm
Glantarell
I used to live about 6 miles form LlanfairPG (which is what the locals call it)
4:05 pm
negativeneil
Or Llanfair PG. ;)
4:05 pm
negativeneil
Isn't that what they shorten it to?
4:05 pm
negativeneil
I could be mistaken.
4:06 pm
negativeneil
Oh yes, you did post that, haha!
4:06 pm
Glantarell
There was a time when the Rocky films came out where peope used ot shout my name and I didn;t understand why..
4:06 pm
negativeneil
Didn't see you had said that until after I posted.
4:06 pm
Glantarell
Yes the locals shorten it to LlanfairPG
4:06 pm
negativeneil
Don't blame them! I'll be some of them can't even say the full name?
4:07 pm
boatierra
I was trying to think of where I'd seen the name Adrienne, and Rebecca Romijn played a character named Adrienne on the show 'Just Shoot Me'
4:07 pm
Glantarell
The long name actually describes the location peffectly
4:07 pm
negativeneil
It would probably take me a lifetime to master saying it. :P
4:07 pm
negativeneil
Yes, I know. I've seen the definition of it.
4:07 pm
Glantarell
They can say iot and understand it - but it's a heck of a mouthful!
4:07 pm
negativeneil
We have a couple of Welsh friends in a personal network online.
4:08 pm
negativeneil
I think it's several mouthfuls! Unless one has a very BIG mouth perhaps? ;)
4:08 pm
Glantarell
I have been taking to a school called Llanstymudwy and have been having problems getting my tongue around that all week - soem combinations are harder than others
4:09 pm
negativeneil
I know how to pronounce the "Ll" part but I'm not too sure about the rest. I can say "Llanelli" correctly.
4:09 pm
Glantarell
I guess it may be because I am not certain of the entire menaing of the name
4:09 pm
negativeneil
[yes, I've travelled around the UK]
4:09 pm
negativeneil
Oh, ok.
4:10 pm
Glantarell
Ll - to pronounce - place the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth near the fornt (as close to oyur front teeth as is comfy) and kind of blow your breath ariound the dges of your tongue
4:10 pm
Glantarell
It's like hiss but different!
4:11 pm
Glantarell
where in UK have you been Neil?
4:11 pm
Jellen
That's difficult to do!
4:11 pm
negativeneil
Oh man, it's a long list. All over.
4:11 pm
Good Enough
i'm picturing all the lurking babblers sitting at their computers hissing
4:12 pm
negativeneil
Hissing why, Good Enough?
4:12 pm
Jellen
Haha, GoodEnough...exactly what I was doing!
4:12 pm
negativeneil
Oh yes, nm.
4:12 pm
negativeneil
Haha, just saw Glant's post further down. I was elsewhere for a few minutes.
4:12 pm
Glantarell
Llanstymudwy - LL an stim udd wee
4:15 pm
Glantarell
Welsh is an older language than English - but there are some word which English borrowed from the Welsh - e.g wool and woolen (Welsh is Wlan, mkaes w=sense when you know W is pronounced woo)
4:15 pm
negativeneil
Yes, of course it is .
4:16 pm
negativeneil
I've noticed a lot of words that English borrowed from Welsh, when I've seen Steve and Luke's postings in Welsh [two Welsh friends in our network].
4:16 pm
Jellen
Oh, just noticed my last name is in the grid two ways...
4:16 pm
negativeneil
And so is my first name.
4:16 pm
Glantarell
Are your Welsh friends resident in Wales or US Neil?
4:17 pm
negativeneil
In London, UK.
4:17 pm
Glantarell
There's no J in the grid Jellen - so tell me more...
4:17 pm
negativeneil
But they go back to Wales to visit family. One of them has a home there too.
4:18 pm
Jellen
My last name is a homonym of neil's first...ne 4/4, if it counted...
4:18 pm
Glantarell
Funny - I neede a Welsh speaker to delvier an education programme for me and despoute several adverts, I endded up using somebody who lives in Lindon and works in the Science Museum...
4:18 pm
negativeneil
Oh yes?
4:18 pm
Glantarell
gosh my typing is really bad tonight...
4:19 pm
Glantarell
So we have 3 million people living in Wales, of whom about 10% speak Welsh, and I can't find one...
4:20 pm
Glantarell
...who lives in Wales LOL
4:26 pm
JBV
hi glant, just saw your post, that's kind of sad - have you contacted specialist organizations that promote Welsh language teaching - I'm sure you know all the resources
4:26 pm
Jellen
Sad, Adrienne...
4:27 pm
JBV
hi Jellen - how's it going?
4:27 pm
Glantarell
I do JBV but finding a skilled educator or acto who is willing to work In welsh is very tiricky as I have found many times over the last 4 years
4:27 pm
JBV
you look beautiful in your photo, by the way, lovely to see you smiling
4:28 pm
JBV
I understand, Glant
4:28 pm
Jellen
Thanks, JBV...it's going well!
4:29 pm
JBV
time passes and we gather strength to go on, right Jellen? sending you all my best wishes
4:30 pm
Jellen
Yes, it does and we do, JBV!
4:31 pm
Glantarell
I just looked at your profile Jellen - I am sorry to see that Tim died - he looks lovely -
4:32 pm
Jellen
Thank you Adrienne, he was a special man...
4:33 pm
Glantarell
I know nothing but he looks very young to have left. I belive that we get the faces we deserve as we grow older - and he has a lovely warm friendly face
4:35 pm
ivesy3
first si 6/21 plz
4:37 pm
Glantarell
sorry ivesy - don't have it yet
4:38 pm
BzznBea
si6/21 is quartz particles
4:38 pm
BzznBea
Sorry, that is not the first one.
4:38 pm
Glantarell
I thought the si6 was minerals
4:38 pm
JBV
si + country road
4:38 pm
Glantarell
second
4:38 pm
ivesy3
just got it si 4/4 + shortened word for what u do to an ice cream cone
4:39 pm
JBV
nope, that's not the first one either, sorry
4:39 pm
ivesy3
tks for the clues for the rest !
4:39 pm
JBV
first one is si + sir **** guiness with a different vowel
4:40 pm
Glantarell
TY JB V
4:43 pm
Jellen
Thanks, jbv!
4:43 pm
Jellen
And ivesy!
4:43 pm
Glantarell
phantom oasis
4:44 pm
JBV
time to do a few things here - have fun everybody see you tomorrow
4:45 pm
Glantarell
Bye JBV
4:51 pm
Glantarell
Well, I can't finish before midnight so I am off until tomorrow's grip - hap;py babbling one and all - poof!
4:52 pm
Glantarell
*grid - doh!!!
4:52 pm
Jellen
Bye, Adrienne...
4:54 pm
ivesy3
re 7/28 first one plz
4:55 pm
BzznBea
re+put higher
5:06 pm
Soodlebum
Hello everybody :-)
5:06 pm
Jellen
Hi, Soodle!
5:07 pm
Soodlebum
Ah Jellen :-)! (((()))) how lovely to see you! How you doing?
5:07 pm
Soodlebum
Sorry if I sound like Joey from Friends :-P
5:07 pm
Jellen
I'm well, thanks! Went on a lovely date last night...
5:08 pm
Soodlebum
Yay!!! Thats great to hear!
5:08 pm
Jellen
It was a first date. I hope there will be a second!
5:09 pm
ivesy3
hi soodle, and thats great jellen!
5:09 pm
Soodlebum
Excellent! (I had a 'bit of date' myself last night....)
5:09 pm
Jellen
Ooh, do tell!
5:09 pm
Soodlebum
Hi Ivesy. Lovely to see you :-)
5:10 pm
ivesy3
ty soodle, u too
5:11 pm
Soodlebum
Well, (and this is not a euphanism), I had a plumbing problem, and the plumber who came to sort it out asked me out! He is rather nice!
5:12 pm
Soodlebum
So.... whats your story, Jellen?
5:12 pm
Kaplan the Magne
OOh- a plumber. Sexy.
5:12 pm
Jellen
Hi, Kaplan!
5:13 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Hi! I was going to ask about the plumber but all my questions sounded too dirty.
5:13 pm
Jellen
I went to dinner with a man I've been chatting with for a week or two (met him online).
5:13 pm
Soodlebum
And I didn't have to pay to get my heating fixed!
5:13 pm
Kaplan the Magne
My mind must be in the gutter today.
5:13 pm
Soodlebum
First dates can be hideous, but when they are good, they can be very good!
5:14 pm
Jellen
He's from 2 hours away, but often works in Joplin, which is 30 mins away...
5:14 pm
Soodlebum
Kaplan.... you are incorrigible! (Sp?)
5:15 pm
Kaplan the Magne
I didn't say anything.
5:15 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Jellen, is that you in the picture?
5:15 pm
Soodlebum
Exactly!
5:15 pm
negativeneil
I'm back I think. Probably won't last long.
5:15 pm
negativeneil
Yes, that's Jellen.
5:15 pm
Jellen
Yes, Kaplan...
5:16 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Pretty! The plumber must be psyched!
5:16 pm
Kaplan the Magne
You go!
5:16 pm
Jellen
Oh, my guy
5:17 pm
Jellen
is not the plumber...
5:17 pm
Kaplan the Magne
?
5:17 pm
negativeneil
He's the electrician?
5:17 pm
Soodlebum
Kap! Pay attention! Soodle & Plumber. Jellen & online guy!
5:17 pm
Jellen
He's in road construction...
5:17 pm
Soodlebum
Hi Neil :-)
5:17 pm
negativeneil
Well construction worker was gonna be my next guess. Honest. :P
5:17 pm
Kaplan the Magne
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
5:17 pm
negativeneil
Hi Soodlebum.
5:17 pm
Jellen
haha, neil
5:17 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Construction is good too!
5:18 pm
Soodlebum
Mmmmm. Muscles.....
5:18 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Tools and muscles and I'll stop right here.
5:18 pm
Soodlebum
Tools, muscles and waterworks......
5:19 pm
Kaplan the Magne
all righteeeeeee.
5:19 pm
Soodlebum
Yup. I'll stop now too.
5:19 pm
Soodlebum
Do you think you will see him again, Jell?
5:19 pm
Kaplan the Magne
No need to pursue this salacious conversation.
5:20 pm
Jellen
I think so...
5:20 pm
Kaplan the Magne
So, did he fix your faucet?
5:20 pm
Soodlebum
Darn, Kap, I was just getting going......
5:20 pm
Soodlebum
Yay, Jell. Best of luck :-)
5:21 pm
uusue2
HHi all, sitting in Starbucks after dropping my son off at the Megabus in Chicago
5:21 pm
Kaplan the Magne
There is nothing I can say that comes out clean.
5:21 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Fourbucks!
5:21 pm
uusue2
He is on his way to Minneapolis for the weekend
5:21 pm
Soodlebum
You are a sad woman, Kap. A sad woman.
5:21 pm
Soodlebum
LOL LOL LOL
5:22 pm
uusue2
Yeah, it was more like seven for the two if us
5:22 pm
negativeneil
That's ok Kaplan. Clean is overrated.
5:22 pm
uusue2
And Frank just had tea
5:22 pm
negativeneil
Hi Sue!
5:22 pm
Kaplan the Magne
NEW TOPIC.
5:23 pm
Jellen
Hi, uusue!
5:23 pm
Soodlebum
Hello Sue.
5:23 pm
uusue2
Hi, jellen and soodle!
5:24 pm
MollyL
*Takes tape off my fingers now that the dating conversation is over*
5:24 pm
Jellen
Aww...Molly...Hi!
5:25 pm
uusue2
Hi, Molly!
5:25 pm
Kaplan the Magne
oops- I'm late for dinner!
5:26 pm
Jellen
See ya later, Kap
5:26 pm
Soodlebum
Hey Molls :-)
5:26 pm
Soodlebum
Laters Kap.
5:26 pm
MollyL
See, I didn't even comment and Kap checks out as soon as I checked in. Back to lurking mode.
5:26 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Yeah, have fun...
5:26 pm
Kaplan the Magne
Molly, you could have rescued me.
5:27 pm
Kaplan the Magne
BBL
5:27 pm
Soodlebum
Molls - I love your pic & your words of wisdom.
5:28 pm
Jellen
brb...need to grab something to eat...
5:28 pm
Angelsong
hi, all. I called work this morning to take the day off to rest and recover from theweek, which was very hard for both my husband and me. This afternoon, I got a call from my supervisor, asking if we are okay and if there was anything he could do to help us. Amazing.
5:29 pm
Soodlebum
Somebody (for the life of me I can't remember who) has an absolutely hilarious piece about Blues Music in their profile. I laughed for about 10 minutes after reading it.
5:29 pm
negativeneil
westford
5:29 pm
uusue2
Oh, angel, that is really nice!
5:29 pm
Soodlebum
Ding ding ding Neil!
5:30 pm
Soodlebum
Angel, why was your week so difficult? Sorry - been out of the loop recently.
5:31 pm
Angelsong
my husbassnf esd hodpiyslixrf got three days, Soodle. he had a heart cath yesterday that was completely normal. his veins and arteries are wide open and functioning, according to the cardiologist.
5:31 pm
Angelsong
hospitalized, I mean
5:32 pm
uusue2
Angel, you definitely need a break!
5:33 pm
Soodlebum
Yikes. That sure does qualify as a difficult week, Angel. I am very happy that the news is good. Best wishes to both of you.
5:34 pm
Angelsong
I can't5 drive, so I did not get to go visit until yesterday, and I spent the day at the hsopital and we came hom last night, thanks to my dad, who helped us get our car home from another town where he was originally hospitalized prior to being transferred for the heart cath/my brother also helped
5:35 pm
Soodlebum
Thank goodness you have good family support. And, yes! you deserve a rest. (((Hugs)))
5:35 pm
uusue2
Oh, that is tough, angel. Why can't you drive? Not that I am nosy or anything.
5:35 pm
Jellen
(((Angel)))
5:36 pm
Angelsong
we were both wrecks. He was worried about me, and I was worried about him. He threatened to leave AMA on wedneday night, walk to the next town to get the car and come home. I told him if he did that, Hisroshima would look like a match compared to what he would have to deal with from me.
5:36 pm
Angelsong
I am legally blind, so I cannot drive.
5:37 pm
Soodlebum
LOL. Well - that told him in no uncertain terms!!!! Tough love was needed and given. Well done, Angel!
5:38 pm
Angelsong
so, last night, I cried very hard. the reaction to all of it, landing in my lap all at one time.
5:38 pm
uusue2
Oh gosh, I hadn't realized that, angel! You are so strong!
5:38 pm
72 Temple Owl
hello, best wishes for you and husband angel
5:40 pm
uusue2
Anyway time to hit the interstate, should be home in an hour or two. See you all later!
5:40 pm
Angelsong
I am so blessed. we'ere going to sit down, though and make an ICE list this weekend. all the things he knows how to do that I need tro know if he isn't here. thnx, TO
5:40 pm
Angelsong
hey, Jellen
5:40 pm
Angelsong
hey, Jellen
5:41 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi jell.
5:41 pm
Jellen
Later, sue
5:46 pm
Soodlebum
Very good idea, Angel. No harm in being prepared.
5:49 pm
Soodlebum
Oh my. Even here in Ireland, memorial services and tributes to the victims of 9/11 are in full swing. It must be pretty intense in the US.
5:54 pm
72 Temple Owl
i am trying to ignore them. however, there is news of possible retaliatory strikes this weekend.
5:54 pm
ivesy3
an 5/12 plz
5:55 pm
negativeneil
an + opposite of "pro".
5:55 pm
Uneaixoise
an5/12 an + not pro
5:55 pm
Uneaixoise
snap! LOL
5:55 pm
ivesy3
ty une and neil
5:55 pm
Uneaixoise
yw :-)
5:56 pm
negativeneil
GMTA ;)
5:56 pm
Soodlebum
Thanks guys :-)
5:57 pm
72 Temple Owl
this is the saddest: pcitures of the 9/11 babies and their fathers and mothers
6:05 pm
Soodlebum
Midnight has just chimed hereabouts, so I better wander off to the pit. Good night everybody, and see you all soon. Poof.
6:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
night
7:06 pm
ChampFit
Hey! I'm halfway! Amazing...didn't think I'd get there with this grid. ;)
7:08 pm
Jellen
Congrats, Champ...I'm not there yet...
7:09 pm
ChampFit
Jellen! We aren't on at the same time often. How are you?
7:09 pm
uusue2
hi again, all, I am home - traffic wasn't too bad - and I have a whole 74 words! la di dah
7:09 pm
mrpresident
morning everyone :)
7:10 pm
ChampFit
Hi uusue and mrp!
7:10 pm
negativeneil
Hi again Sue... and evening, mrp! :)
7:10 pm
uusue2
hi, mrp! how are you doing?
7:10 pm
uusue2
hi, champ and neil!
7:10 pm
mrpresident
evening neil :)
7:10 pm
mrpresident
hi sue! doing good, just woke up!! what could possibly go wrong today!? LOL!!
7:10 pm
mrpresident
hi champ :)
7:13 pm
mrpresident
brb, going to do some photo chopping...
7:13 pm
ChampFit
will still be here staring a letters...
7:14 pm
uusue2
I have 5 "k" words and do not believe there are any more.
7:14 pm
ChampFit
same here!
7:14 pm
Dorens
i have 8 and feel the same way
7:16 pm
periwinkle
hi all
7:16 pm
uusue2
I just got another one, but I don't believe it's a word.
7:16 pm
periwinkle
I have all the K words. found most by myself and the rest at morewords
7:16 pm
ChampFit
Not ready to go there yet peri, but glad to know it's doable!
7:16 pm
Dorens
i have a feeling before the end of the evening i will be making multiple visits to morewords
7:17 pm
ChampFit
won't make it that far. not feeling the love1
7:18 pm
uusue2
I would like to get 100 words.
7:18 pm
ChampFit
100 done or left?
7:18 pm
Dorens
any particular 100?
7:18 pm
uusue2
done, and I don't care which 100.
7:18 pm
uusue2
Right now I have 83 and a headache.
7:19 pm
Dorens
i have 149 and want to read a newspaper.. it's been a long week and i have done little else but babble, cook, eat, exercise, and some email and facebook
7:20 pm
ChampFit
You can do it uusue. dorens, I'm with you. I'm at 147 and can't imagine there are 139 left. One more beer, and then a reevaluation is in order!
7:20 pm
uusue2
that's one of the 6 I have, tessa :-)
7:21 pm
ChampFit
65 C words is just stupid!
7:21 pm
periwinkle
I like this grid. got down to 83 left before I went to the list. If I had persevered I culd have ;found at least 10 more on my own
7:21 pm
periwinkle
LOL Champ, I agree. I hae 52 of the C words
7:22 pm
ChampFit
52? You genius! I'm at 45. Trying not to look at the list. Brb...cold brewski time...gotta go to outside fridge to get it...
7:23 pm
Dorens
i only have 29... will happily sweep up your crumbs
7:24 pm
ChampFit
will gladly give 'em if I have one you need!
7:25 pm
periwinkle
not a genius, just lucky today
7:25 pm
periwinkle
will help If I can
7:25 pm
Dorens
haven't even looked at c's in lickety yet but will later and ask if you're around
7:25 pm
periwinkle
down to 50 left and determined to finish
7:26 pm
Dorens
no doubt you will peri
7:26 pm
ChampFit
it's within reach peri!
7:26 pm
periwinkle
I meant :)
7:27 pm
negativeneil
Or (: even?
7:27 pm
periwinkle
I had a Rita's gelati tonight after dinner. Vanilla ice cream with black cherry ice. mmm
7:27 pm
uusue2
got 100 words. Now I need an e from the top for nbt and the 9 for nbs. Will beg for clues :-)
7:27 pm
ChampFit
I still need that e too!
7:27 pm
periwinkle
the e from the top is forever and poetic for forever
7:28 pm
BzznBea
The 9 is co9
7:28 pm
uusue2
thx, got the e
7:28 pm
ChampFit
fish! thanks peri and bzznbea
7:28 pm
negativeneil
Here's the co9,60 - rust, but with a different 5th letter [vowel].
7:29 pm
BzznBea
The co9 is like rust but witha different vowel
7:29 pm
negativeneil
Hi Bea.
7:29 pm
BzznBea
Hello Neil.
7:29 pm
uusue2
got it, thx, neil and bea!
7:29 pm
negativeneil
yw Sue!
7:30 pm
negativeneil
E from the top -- everlasting, forever.
7:31 pm
negativeneil
et7,28
7:31 pm
uusue2
thx, neil, got that one!
7:31 pm
negativeneil
Or if you have that one already, maybe the et6,18 0 similar, just one letter less and ends in a vowel.
7:31 pm
negativeneil
yw Sue.
7:32 pm
uusue2
ah, tried that one without the final vowel, thanks!
7:32 pm
ChampFit
got the 9, ty neil and bea!
7:33 pm
negativeneil
yw ChampFit!
7:34 pm
speedfreak
can someone please help with the second set of te7 and te8 words they are the last two te words please and thanks
7:35 pm
BzznBea
Speed, change the second vowel in the previous te7 and 8
7:36 pm
negativeneil
te7,28 -- te + double hooked consonant + Ir*** is a woman's name. Then plural for the te8,40.
7:37 pm
speedfreak
thank you so much
7:39 pm
negativeneil
You're welcome, speedfreak and ChampFit!
7:41 pm
periwinkle
neil, you are in the grid
7:41 pm
negativeneil
Yes I know, peri. I often am... but the grids never accept me. I feel so dejected.
7:42 pm
negativeneil
I know, isn't that just awful? :/ Geez!
7:43 pm
uusue2
I am in the grid sometimes but am either too short or else a not-very-pleasant verb :-)
7:44 pm
periwinkle
when I chose the name periwinkle, I had no idea peri would be in the grid so often
7:45 pm
negativeneil
Oh yeah, guess it would be.
7:45 pm
negativeneil
Haha, Sue. Or there's more than one of you? ;)
7:45 pm
periwinkle
28 left
7:45 pm
negativeneil
I just responded to you on G+ btw, Sue.
7:45 pm
negativeneil
Go, peri!
7:46 pm
ChampFit
funny, I have 128 left!
7:46 pm
negativeneil
My first name is in many of the grids actually.
7:46 pm
negativeneil
I doubt my last name will ever be, since it's 7 letters in length. But I guess anything's possible.
7:47 pm
ChampFit
My last name is a word, and it's in sometimes. Cline.
7:47 pm
negativeneil
Oh yes!
7:47 pm
negativeneil
Mine isn't a word.
7:47 pm
negativeneil
The first part of it is a word, but not the entire name.
7:48 pm
ChampFit
it's odd to see your name there. but I'll take the points!
7:48 pm
negativeneil
Haha yes, no kidding!
7:49 pm
uusue2
my last name isn't a word either, but if you add an extra vowel it is :-)
7:51 pm
negativeneil
Replied to you again, Sue.
7:53 pm
uusue2
likewise :-)
7:53 pm
negativeneil
The first half of my surname is a word, and the last half is another name, but they have to borrow the same letter (last of the first 4, first of the last 4) to do that. That's probably confusing.
7:54 pm
BzznBea
Fireworks! Fun grid. Night all.
7:54 pm
ChampFit
Yes, very much so! :)
7:54 pm
negativeneil
Congrats, Bea!
7:54 pm
negativeneil
And have a good night.
7:54 pm
uusue2
night, bea!
7:54 pm
ChampFit
Way to go Bea!!!
7:54 pm
negativeneil
Ok. It's like this: _ _ _ b _ _ _. The first 4 make a word, the last 4 make a name.
7:56 pm
ChampFit
Ooooh...hangman! Gimme an E!
7:56 pm
negativeneil
Haha!
7:57 pm
negativeneil
There is an "e" in there.
7:57 pm
ChampFit
See? I'd kill it. gimme the e and SPIN THAT WHEEL!
7:58 pm
negativeneil
Ok. It spun.
7:59 pm
negativeneil
Actually the first 3 make a word too.
7:59 pm
uusue2
as do the first two :-)
7:59 pm
tempo
and letters 2 through 6?
8:00 pm
ChampFit
What did I land on? And where's the E go? Don't cheat me Neil!
8:00 pm
uusue2
true also, tempo!
8:00 pm
negativeneil
Yes, I guess you could call that a word, Sue?
8:00 pm
negativeneil
I'm not telling you that, ChampFit.
8:01 pm
negativeneil
Well I would, sure... just not in here, you know?
8:01 pm
ChampFit
What? Why? How? I want to make it to the lightning round!
8:02 pm
negativeneil
Haha.
8:02 pm
negativeneil
Email me your guesses then.
8:02 pm
ChampFit
Calling Pat Sajak's hair now...reporting cheating...*ring* *ring*!
8:05 pm
periwinkle
FW, now off to read for a while
8:06 pm
ChampFit
Great Peri! Have a great evening!
8:06 pm
negativeneil
Congrats, peri!
8:06 pm
periwinkle
ty Happy Babbling
8:07 pm
uusue2
yay, peri!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:12 pm
MollyL
Neil, technically your whole last name is a word. Defined in the dictionary.
8:13 pm
ChampFit
Not enable, surely?
8:13 pm
uusue2
indeed it is - I thought it sounded familiar!
8:14 pm
uusue2
and yes, it is in Enable.
8:14 pm
ChampFit
Very awesome! See you all tomorrow...am winding down big time. Good night!
8:15 pm
uusue2
night, champ!
8:16 pm
negativeneil
It is, Molly? I don't remember telling you what it is?
8:16 pm
negativeneil
In fact I'm sure I hadn't.
8:16 pm
negativeneil
Or haven't.
8:16 pm
negativeneil
I didn't realize it's a word. Weird.
8:17 pm
MollyL
You've posted pictures of you and your brother Neil.
8:18 pm
negativeneil
Not in here that anyone would know that from, Molly.
8:19 pm
negativeneil
I'm a unit of brightness. Well that's nice... tell that to the apparently uninformed people arguing with me earlier on my Twitter page who called me a "soulless, uneducated moron". That made me laugh.
8:20 pm
MollyL
It's the only way I would know that. Maybe you have altered you Flicker pages since I first looked at them.
8:21 pm
negativeneil
I have made most of them private, yes.
8:22 pm
MollyL
Well there you go. And your first name, according to the Gaels means "champion" or "cloud". Nice combination.
8:24 pm
negativeneil
Yes, not bad. Could mean worse things!
8:25 pm
uusue2
I don't have your last name in the physics babblets, neil, so it hasn't been in the grid since I've been doing them (early this year)
8:25 pm
uusue2
(unless it was in one of the grids I've missed, of course!)
8:26 pm
negativeneil
You've been saving all the physics babblets?
8:26 pm
negativeneil
I'm pretty sure my dad doesn't even know it's a word. Gonna tell him later.
8:27 pm
uusue2
yes, they are in my profile, neil
8:27 pm
uusue2
it's my little contribution to educational outreach :-)
8:28 pm
negativeneil
Oh so they are! I never noticed before... I guess I didn't do the Jewish thing and scroll... enough. ;)
8:28 pm
negativeneil
Are you adding that to the list?
8:28 pm
MollyL
Okay, what is the difference between a babblet and a word? I thought babblets were words like cwms that don't exist in regular conversation.
8:29 pm
MollyL
Or rather, a word you only see in Babble.
8:29 pm
negativeneil
They just mean strange words you typically "only" find in here... of course this is never the "only" place you'll see those words.
8:29 pm
uusue2
well, the ones I put in the physics babblets list are ones that are physics terms (so I know them, or most of them) but are not used in everyday speech by people who are not physicists.
8:30 pm
negativeneil
Well cwm or cwms is a Welsh word, meaning a valley, dale, gully, etc.
8:30 pm
negativeneil
Yes, I guess that really wouldn't apply.
8:31 pm
uusue2
I was inspired to do this when I first returned to babble and the word "teraohm" was in the grid - people were calling it "stoopid" and a non-word, and I was looking at it and thinking, well, I know exactly what that is, and have probably used it in a sentence!
8:31 pm
uusue2
So the physics babblets list was born :-)
8:31 pm
negativeneil
We have a couple of Welsh friends in our personal network on G+. It fascinates me to see the Welsh they sometimes post.
8:31 pm
negativeneil
One of them has a post in Welsh there now, Sue... did you notice?
8:32 pm
MollyL
I guess that is why I was confused. Most of Sue's physics words are babblets. But some are not, like amps, radon and vector. Never mind me, I'm thinking too much, as usual.
8:32 pm
uusue2
I didn't, neil, but I have been either busy or feeling crappy for most of the past few days and haven't been keeping up very well
8:32 pm
uusue2
and I have a lot more posts on Facebook than I do on G+
8:33 pm
uusue2
well, molly, there is a gray area between words that are really babblets and ones that are in common parlance; I have decided to err on the side of being inclusive, as the physics babblets has turned into kind of an instructional project for me.
8:33 pm
negativeneil
I find the term "babblet" odd. I mean none of the "babblet" words are ever ONLY found in Babble... they're legitimate words aside from this. I run into them in other puzzles and word games. It's nice how this really helps one with other word games and those help one with Babble.
8:34 pm
negativeneil
I'll be playing Letterblox and see many words I've learned elsewhere... some of them picked up in here.
8:35 pm
uusue2
again, it's not exactly a precise term, neil, but there are certain unusual words that tend to appear rather often in the grids (such as "inia" and "odea") so referring to them as babblets is actually a clue
8:35 pm
MollyL
I agree Neil.
8:35 pm
negativeneil
Oh sure, but I see and find all of those words in Letterblox and Word Racer, for instance... and use them in online Scrabble games too.
8:36 pm
negativeneil
Oh yes, I see. There would be many "babblets" though in that case.
8:36 pm
MollyL
If I had a memorized list of babblets in my brain, cluing a word as a babblet would be helpful. Normally, it is not.
8:36 pm
negativeneil
My dad would totally love this. He's a word game and puzzle nut too.
8:37 pm
negativeneil
I showed it to him last weekend when everyone was here... he said "Oh no, that would soon become yet another addiction!" Ha.
8:38 pm
negativeneil
Yeah, Molly. There would just be way too many "babblets" for that to be a very good clue.
8:38 pm
uusue2
I have tried to get my family interested in babble, but so far no luck. oh well. That means they can't read what I say about them here :-)
8:39 pm
negativeneil
Haha! Good point, Sue. Maybe I'll rethink that.
8:39 pm
negativeneil
Then if I ever want to complain about him....
8:40 pm
uusue2
I do have some details about my dad's situation in my profile, but he almost never goes online, and I posted a bunch of stuff about my son when he was having all his trouble, but never mentioned his last name (which is not the same as mine) so I figure that's probably ok.
8:41 pm
uusue2
and I sometimes post about my partner Frank but again, different last name.
8:42 pm
negativeneil
Oh Sue! Read the bottom part about your neck. :(
8:43 pm
negativeneil
I went ziplining in the Thai jungle last April. Check the clip I have of that in my G+ page.
8:45 pm
MollyL
I sometimes wonder about all the personal details people post about their lives on Facebook.
8:45 pm
uusue2
yeah, it's been a bummer, neil, during the last surgery (summer 2010) my vocal chords were injured and I couldn't sing for 6 months (and had to speak with a microphone, even in small groups)
8:45 pm
negativeneil
Oh, I didn't know you sing?
8:46 pm
Minveryork
Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?
8:46 pm
Minveryork
By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!
8:46 pm
negativeneil
Yes, Molly... considering that no matter how 'tight' you THINK your privacy settings are on FB, there is no privacy there. At all.
8:47 pm
uusue2
in choirs, neil, pretty much all my life - music is my #2 thing after physics
8:47 pm
uusue2
and hi, min!
8:47 pm
negativeneil
Unlike Google+... that's why our network is all on there. That's very private if you set it that way. There are countless web pages online with scripts enabling any member of the public to view the entire contents of any "private" FB page. No thanks! I emptied mine out as soon as I learned that and will delete that account soon, once I've got everyone who will move over onto G+. Have no use for FB.
8:48 pm
negativeneil
Hi mrp and Min!
8:48 pm
MollyL
No, there isn't Neil. And people seem oblivious to that. The other thing I wonder about is couples who share an email address. I'm sorry, that is just too much "sharing" for me.
8:48 pm
negativeneil
I see, Sue. Must be awful not to be able to do that now, then. I'm sorry.
8:49 pm
uusue2
it's healed now, neil, but those 6 months were tough - I wasn't sure that it was ever going to come back
8:49 pm
negativeneil
For me too, Molly. When I was partnered we had our own separate email accounts. I still use the same ones I've had since I was a young teen.
8:49 pm
negativeneil
Like that was sooo long ago. Ages!
8:49 pm
negativeneil
Oh good, Sue! I'm glad it did.
8:49 pm
negativeneil
Yeah, look at Julie Andrews? Sad.
8:50 pm
Minveryork
What happened to her?Haven't heard anything about her.
8:51 pm
uusue2
thanks for the clues, min!
8:51 pm
negativeneil
She's had problems with her throat for years and her voice isn't anything like it used to be.
8:51 pm
negativeneil
I remember reading or hearing something about her having surgeries on her vocal chords... not sure what for though.
8:52 pm
negativeneil
Ummm, cords even. Now neither looks right, haha!
8:52 pm
negativeneil
I'm too overtired. And getting dragged out on the town tonight. Ugh. Just want to SLEEP.
8:53 pm
uusue2
she had nodules on her vocal chords and the surgery damaged them irrepably
8:53 pm
negativeneil
Oh, yes... thought it was something like that.
8:54 pm
MollyL
Julie Andrews is an amazing woman. Even that, she took in stride. I love this comment from her...""I have a about six good low, low notes, and I can sing the hell out of 'Old Man River.'"
8:55 pm
negativeneil
Yes, she sure is.
8:56 pm
negativeneil
And she was an amazing vocalist in her time. Probably still is with what she's got.
8:56 pm
MollyL
As a singer with a range of an octave and a half, I appreciated that comment. And I can sing the hell out of "Old Man River" too. : )
8:56 pm
negativeneil
Didn't know you're a singer either?
8:57 pm
uusue2
one of the songs on my player is Paul Robeson singing Old Man River - now HE can sing the hell out of it!
8:57 pm
negativeneil
The things people don't tell you in their bios.
8:57 pm
MollyL
Nothing professional Neil. Community theater and chorus type things years ago. Lately, just around the house.
8:58 pm
negativeneil
Doesn't matter... you still sing and it's interesting to know. You must be pretty good to have done that.
8:59 pm
negativeneil
Better than me. Ok, so that doesn't take much.
8:59 pm
negativeneil
[That's why I stick to playing piano... only for my own amusement.]
9:01 pm
uusue2
same here, neil!
9:01 pm
Jellen
Hello again...
9:01 pm
uusue2
hi, jellen!
9:02 pm
negativeneil
I have clips of me playing in my G+ page, Sue. Go there and click the "Videos" link/tab. They're just audio with a still photo, so there's something to stare at while you listen.
9:02 pm
uusue2
will do, neil, but not now, too headachy
9:02 pm
MollyL
My best venue is my car. Forgot I had the windows open one Spring day when I was belting out Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On". The people at the red light were amused. : )
9:03 pm
negativeneil
Two classical pieces and then there's a clip of me just improvising something... while I was a little high.
9:04 pm
negativeneil
Well whenever you want, it's there, Sue.
9:04 pm
negativeneil
Hi again, Jellen!
9:04 pm
uusue2
thx :-) will look forward to i
9:04 pm
negativeneil
Haha, Molly... hope they didn't all think you wanted to "get it on" with them?!
9:04 pm
meliae
300 words... 3 hours wonder if I can do it lol
9:05 pm
negativeneil
Ummm, sure. I finished in under two hours last night at flip.
9:05 pm
uusue2
this is a tough one, mel, good luck!
9:05 pm
Jellen
I'm not even half-way, mel...but I've been doing other things...
9:05 pm
negativeneil
Go, Jellen, go!
9:05 pm
uusue2
although I notice that two more words will get me half way; how can I resist??
9:05 pm
negativeneil
Just don't expect a miniskirt and pompoms.
9:06 pm
uusue2
they would look better on you than on me, neil! :-)
9:07 pm
MollyL
I am not a "got to finish it" person. I'm like Jellen, I pick at these things in between doing other things. If I finish, it's a bonus. But I rarely have time to finish one this big.
9:07 pm
negativeneil
lol, I don't think so!
9:07 pm
Jellen
I'd much rather attend to the chat :-)
9:08 pm
negativeneil
I don't do "drag" very well... as one Halloween photo you'll find of me on Flickr will show you. Of course it might have been an idea to actually shave the razor stubble off my face FIRST, don't y'think?!
9:08 pm
MollyL
And there just aren't 65 C words that I care to find.
9:09 pm
negativeneil
They're easier than you think, because a lot of them are similar to each other.
9:09 pm
MollyL
I got 38 of them before I decided over half way was enough.
9:10 pm
uusue2
I still don't believe there are 23 K words.
9:10 pm
uusue2
although I just made up another one and am now half way.
9:10 pm
negativeneil
There are. They're not all that bad either.
9:11 pm
negativeneil
Go, Sue, go!
9:11 pm
MollyL
It makes me dizzy when I see the stats on Lickety's page that says there was a 599 word grid.
9:12 pm
uusue2
I think I remember that one, or at least one that was over 500.
9:12 pm
MollyL
I'm not that good at this. Babble would have to be my whole life to finish a grid that big.
9:14 pm
negativeneil
God I love this song so much... and especially this performance of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOj
Hior0RfU
9:14 pm
uusue2
indeed, molly!
9:16 pm
Jellen
Listening now, neil.
9:16 pm
meliae
co 7/32 the one between the 2 words for eye parts please
9:17 pm
negativeneil
Here comes the helicopter -- second time today
Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away
How many kids they've murdered only God can say
If I had a rocket launcher...I'd make somebody pay.
I don't believe in guarded borders and I don't believe in hate
I don't believe in generals or their stinking torture states
And when I talk with the survivors of things too sickening to relate
If I had a rocket launcher...I would retaliate
On the Rio Lacantun one hundred thousand wait
To fall down from starvation -- or some less humane fate.
Cry for Guatemala, with a corpse in every gate
If I had a rocket launcher...I would not hesitate
I want to raise every voice -- at least I've got to try.
Every time I think about it water rises to my eyes.
Situation desperate echoes of the victims cry
If I had a rocket launcher...some sonofabitch would die
9:17 pm
uusue2
adjectival form, mel
9:17 pm
Jellen
Having to do with the eye part, mel...
9:17 pm
meliae
thank you got it
9:17 pm
uusue2
and thanks for all three words, mel!
9:17 pm
negativeneil
Ummm, hoping no part of Bruce Cockburn's lyric there sends me to the PB.
9:19 pm
MollyL
And just for the record, all you "non Bruce Cockburn" fans...it's pronounced "Coe-burn". My husband and I had a running joke about that.
9:21 pm
negativeneil
I'm very aware of that... have been since I was a young kid.
9:22 pm
negativeneil
Haha! I shared that clip with Laura earlier...
9:22 pm
godthaab
What's the joke?
9:22 pm
negativeneil
...and she said "What a name!"
9:22 pm
negativeneil
Until I told her that, she thought it was pronounced the way it looks. That would be pretty painful.
9:22 pm
negativeneil
[doesn't even wanna think about it]
9:23 pm
Minveryork
Hi godthaab! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid
9:23 pm
negativeneil
Note to self: never cook in the nude and stand too close to the flame.
9:24 pm
MollyL
The joke was kind of a "you say to-mah-to" and I say "to-may-to" kind of thing. My husband and I did that a lot because he was French Canadian. He said tres bein, I said tray bean. : P
9:24 pm
negativeneil
Haha!
9:25 pm
negativeneil
"Tray bean" is right up there with "murky buckets".
9:25 pm
negativeneil
If you're gonna murder French, do it well.
9:26 pm
mrpresident
afternoon :)
9:26 pm
negativeneil
Hi again, mrp. :)
9:26 pm
Minveryork
Hello mrpresident!How are you doing?Welcome to grid
9:27 pm
MollyL
It all started with the fact that the French refuse to differentiate Daniel and Danielle. Or Gabriel and Gabrielle.
9:27 pm
Jellen
Hi, mrp and all I've missed...
9:27 pm
negativeneil
We have a very good friend named Danielle... she grew up with us, living next door.
9:27 pm
Minveryork
Hello Jellen!How are you?How was your date last night
9:28 pm
mrpresident
how do I get rid of a teenage friend of my daughter?? *ripping pillow with teeth*
9:28 pm
negativeneil
Uh, not much Jellen. Just don't scroll down too far.
9:28 pm
MollyL
I just find it odd that boys named Daniel are called Danielle in a French accent.
9:28 pm
negativeneil
Play Roger Whittaker songs... LOUDLY.
9:28 pm
uusue2
girl friend, or guy friend, mrp?
9:29 pm
negativeneil
If you mean how to get them out of your house?
9:29 pm
mrpresident
girlfriend... and not a good influence or friend at that
9:29 pm
negativeneil
Or tell them you need everyone present to assist with the housework. They'll be gone in no time flat.
9:30 pm
uusue2
oh, that's a good idea! Ask for help with the dishes.
9:30 pm
uusue2
you deserve it anyway!
9:30 pm
negativeneil
Dishes? Why stop there? Laundry, ironing, vacuuming, dusting, mopping... go nuts.
9:30 pm
uusue2
or do you have a bandage that needs changing? that should get rid of her quickly
9:31 pm
mrpresident
more so, out of her life!
9:31 pm
negativeneil
Even I do my dishes... here's the proof:
http://tinyurl.com/NL-SC-Dishes
9:32 pm
uusue2
that is tougher, mrp - if you push it your daughter is likely to rebel
9:32 pm
negativeneil
Move?
9:32 pm
negativeneil
FAR away?
9:32 pm
negativeneil
Of course I'm kidding... know that isn't practical.
9:33 pm
mrpresident
oh she is over this girlfriend... realised today that she isn't being a friend... but this one won't go away lightly
9:33 pm
negativeneil
Oh, so your daughter doesn't want anything more to do with this girl?
9:33 pm
uusue2
ah, well, that is good, mrp! my son wasn't so lucky, and you know how THAT turned out :-(
9:33 pm
negativeneil
What do you mean, Sue?
9:34 pm
mrpresident
i know sue... and this could head that way with this girl.
9:34 pm
mrpresident
she is so promiscuous, it is frightening my daughter and her friends!
9:34 pm
uusue2
long story, neil, I can write you privately
9:35 pm
negativeneil
Oh Sue... just seen the part of your bio about your brother and sister. :( So sorry you had to go through that!
9:35 pm
negativeneil
Sure Sue, if you want.
9:35 pm
negativeneil
Yikes, mrp.
9:36 pm
negativeneil
You and your dad, Sue... what an awful loss. :(
9:36 pm
lbdawger
mrp, your house, your rules. she doesn't like it she can find the door
9:36 pm
mrpresident
thanks dawg... will apply that one immediately
9:37 pm
negativeneil
Well yeah, that goes without saying.
9:37 pm
lbdawger
well, for some people it does have to be said, and repeatedly and loudly.
9:37 pm
Minveryork
Hi lbdawger! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid
9:37 pm
uusue2
ah, thanks, neil, all that was a long time ago (my mom in 1973, my brother in 1982, my sister in 2001) although it never really goes away
9:37 pm
lbdawger
hi min, i'm sleepy. how are you?
9:38 pm
negativeneil
And btw, Molly... I don't pronounce "Daniel" like "Danielle". There's a noticeable difference.
9:38 pm
negativeneil
No Sue, of course not.
9:39 pm
negativeneil
Oh I meant that it's her house and her rules, lbdawger. Hey, if your daughter doesn't want anything to do with that girl anymore, she should just tell her that... sometimes you have to be blunt and direct. Some people can't take hints.
9:40 pm
jesdraggon
evening
9:40 pm
negativeneil
Evening, Jes.
9:40 pm
negativeneil
You should see the "fun" I've had, Jes.
9:40 pm
jesdraggon
how goes the battle?
9:41 pm
jesdraggon
well that sounds ominous, neil
9:41 pm
negativeneil
All because I believe vaccines that prevent diseases like HPV are a good idea and some people think it's better to let their kids contract that, than "risk" having a preventative vaccine. *facepalm*
9:41 pm
lbdawger
girls can be quite devious and malevalent when scorned by a peer, espcially young teenagers.
9:41 pm
jesdraggon
yah? did i tell you about people declining to vaccinate puppies because of autism?
9:42 pm
lbdawger
they didn't want their puppies to get autism? ???
9:42 pm
negativeneil
Sure, lbdawger. But you just can't go through life allowing your fear of what someone you dislike and don't want in your life might do if you cut them out. Sometimes you need to do just that, for the sake of your own sanity.
9:42 pm
negativeneil
OMG. Jes? I
9:42 pm
negativeneil
Woops. Hit "Enter" accidentally.
9:43 pm
lbdawger
i agree, Neil. but as a teenager, you don't think like that. ergo, mom to the rescue...kick the b***h out.
9:43 pm
negativeneil
I've had some woman on Twitter trying to tell me a vaccine caused her son's autism. She fully believes this, even though it was most likely the timing of the two was just a coincidence.
9:43 pm
negativeneil
Oh sure, lbdawger. That gets the non-friend out of the house at least, anyway.
9:44 pm
jesdraggon
right. despite the fact that 1: vaccines don't cause autism, 2: dogs don't get autism anyway, 3: even if MMR vaccines DID cause autism, we don't give that vaccine to dogs, 4: autism isn't fatal, 5: parvo and distemper ARE often fatal, 6: parvo and distemper vaccines are quite effective.
9:44 pm
lbdawger
much easier to "blame" parental control over common sense.
9:44 pm
negativeneil
Exactly. Jes, you should read all the tweets between us... her, me and some other equally ignorant and grossly misinformed parents who were attacking me for my opinions.
9:44 pm
meliae
tr 8/40 please
9:45 pm
lbdawger
that's just plain scary, Jes
9:45 pm
Minveryork
Hello jesdraggon! How are you? Welcome to the grid.
9:45 pm
meliae
165 to go!
9:45 pm
Minveryork
I'm sleepy too lbdawger. Sorry for the delayed answer
9:45 pm
lbdawger
can't see the forest from the tr**s + hit the **** with a hammer
9:45 pm
negativeneil
And get this... one of them, who clearly has no education and common sense to speak of, called ME "an uneducated, soulless moron". Uh, what was my double major in Political Science and Journalism at UCSC all about then? Wasn't that an EDUCATION?
9:45 pm
jesdraggon
why do you bother to respond with anything except a link to research papers? or maybe to the news articles about the trouble the guy who faked that study got into, and the demonstrations of how he faked it?
9:46 pm
Minveryork
Meliae,I have a story of clues in my profile if you need
9:46 pm
meliae
what a strange word, thank you
9:46 pm
jesdraggon
you cannot argue logic at people like that. if they don't believe the papers, they're not gonna believe you.
9:46 pm
lbdawger
take one of the double letters out and you have the tr7
9:46 pm
negativeneil
No kidding.
9:47 pm
jesdraggon
there is a huge, fundamental failure of people in the general population to understand how vaccination works.
9:47 pm
lbdawger
well, it was on the internet...it must be true! (gag)
9:47 pm
negativeneil
My Twitter page is in the same name I use here. You'll really shake your head to see what they were all saying to me. I worry for their kids. A lot.
9:47 pm
meliae
thank you Lbd =)
9:47 pm
jesdraggon
examples like that, where 1 specific additive in 1 specific vaccine was linked in a small study to a potential issue, and then rapidly disproved with several very large studies.
9:47 pm
uusue2
I sent you an email, neil
9:48 pm
lbdawger
(((MEL)))
9:48 pm
jesdraggon
and then suddenly all vaccines of any type are demonized.
9:48 pm
negativeneil
Well not me, because get this: I can READ.
[novel concept to some of these people I'm sure]
9:48 pm
negativeneil
Ok Sue.
9:48 pm
uusue2
and people who refuse to vaccinate their kids drive me nuts. I am old enough to remember (barely) what a nightmare it was before the polio vaccine was available - my mother was terrified every summer that I might get it
9:49 pm
jesdraggon
then i get people who think like the one below, or the people who called yesterday wanting to give their sick puppy a parvo shot--as if the vaccine is a magic cure instead of a preventative.
9:49 pm
lbdawger
welp, i'm heading for the pillows. interesting topic of conversation, wish i could stay for more.
9:49 pm
jesdraggon
i've had people who honest to god requested that I vaccinate their small dog with cat vaccines because "he's more closely related to a cat than a dog"
9:49 pm
jesdraggon
sleep well, dawg!
9:49 pm
MollyL
Kids, have any opinion you want on the autism/vaccine thing. But unless you are a parent of a child vaccinated at that time, whose child ended up in the autism spectrum, you won't know why these people wonder.
9:49 pm
Minveryork
Goodbye lbdawger! I will see you tomorrow in the log.
9:49 pm
uusue2
unclear on the concept, jes???
9:49 pm
uusue2
night, lbd!
9:50 pm
jesdraggon
people totally misunderstand how "herd/population immunity" works, and why it MATTERS that their kid is not vaccinated but is part of the population.
9:50 pm
negativeneil
Oh Sue! Just read it... what a horror. :(
9:50 pm
negativeneil
Jes? I've posted a link there to an article explaining just that... for all those ignoramuses.
9:51 pm
negativeneil
You should see how they were speaking to me!
9:51 pm
jesdraggon
No, molly, i know why they wonder. i wondered for a while after the study came out. i no longer wonder, because one small study with major flaws does not outweigh dozens of studies in multiple countries involving hundreds of thousands of kids.
9:51 pm
mrpresident
who here is a parent of an autistic child??
9:52 pm
uusue2
molly, one of my son's best friends has a sister who is severely autistic, and one of my nephews has Asperger's. I want as much as anyone to find the cause of, and then a cure for, autism. But there is no link between vaccines and autism; this has been shown over and over, and repeated studies are a waste of money and distract from finding the true cause.
9:52 pm
jesdraggon
i understand the whole "it happened at the same time, are they related?" question...but i also firmly understand that correlation is not causation.
9:52 pm
negativeneil
And yes, exactly. Very few of them were on the same page as me... I think only two or three out of MANY who were tweeting me. most of them were giving me unbelievable SHIT because of my opinion that all young kids should receive that vaccine!
9:52 pm
negativeneil
HPV is a rampant, widespread problem. And it's much better and easier to prevent than cure.
9:52 pm
negativeneil
Yes, Jes.
9:53 pm
jesdraggon
just because things happen in similar time periods doesn't mean that one caused the other, or that they are even related in anyway but coincidence.
9:53 pm
uusue2
exactly, jes
9:53 pm
meliae
an 8/45 please
9:53 pm
negativeneil
No, of course not.
9:53 pm
jesdraggon
YES it is worth looking at correlations to determine if there is causation, but in this case, that's been thoroughly explored, and no relationship other than timing has been found.
9:53 pm
mrpresident
If I have to listen to one more speech from some ignoranus telling me my son got autism from a vaccination, I will jump them!
9:54 pm
mrpresident
and when my friend told me that her son got autism after his vaccination and then she 'cured' him by taking him to therapy, I nearly hit the roof!!!
9:54 pm
negativeneil
I'll help you, mrp.
9:55 pm
negativeneil
Yeah, I'll bet. Take a look at the battle I've been waging with these morons over the last couple of days. It will astound you.
9:55 pm
jesdraggon
oh, don't you know, mrp, that eating lots of cantaloupe cures autism?
9:55 pm
uusue2
some of the so-called "cures" that are being promoted for autism are truly horrific
9:55 pm
negativeneil
Oh brother.
9:55 pm
mrpresident
autism is more easily identifiable after a certain age... and if it happens to coincide with milestones being reached and vaccination times, so be it, but IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!
9:56 pm
mrpresident
I will F*** up the next person that comes to me with a cure!! and tells me that I am a 'bad' mother for not trying it
9:57 pm
uusue2
here's an article I wrote about pseudoscience that mentions autism, among other things: http://www.niutoday.info/2011/01/18/sc
ience-or-bunk-how-to-tell-the-differen
ce/
9:57 pm
mrpresident
just my two cents, ten cents, whatever, it's free.... especially the asswhooping they will get from me!
9:57 pm
jesdraggon
got a lady just last week telling me that, after I specifically told her that we do not require but do recommend vaccination (in exactly those words, repeatedly) when she brings her cat to be spayed, went over the roof at me about how much business i was going to lose because thre's a lot of scientific evidence proving that vaccination (broad sense of all vaccines for all diseases in all species from her phrasing) is bad, and that because we require it, people like her that really care about their pets are going to refuse to come to our clinic.
9:58 pm
uusue2
or as a tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/3jbbb8c
9:58 pm
mrpresident
pseudoscience... pftt!
9:59 pm
uusue2
I met a woman once who lost her job at a vet clinic (very unlike yours, jes!) because she refused to do acupuncture on the animals :-(
9:59 pm
uusue2
I was not in favor of it, mrp :-)
9:59 pm
mrpresident
FFS sue! that is pathetic!
9:59 pm
jesdraggon
never mind that she doesn't have to worry about smallpox now, because of vaccines. or that life is now much better for every farmer in africa because rinderpest has been eliminated through vaccination--just this year, even!
10:00 pm
mrpresident
they can take their 'science' and put it where the sun don't shine...
10:00 pm
jesdraggon
if it wouldn't involve a lot of dead kittens, i'd hope for a nasty course of panleuk to run through her place.
10:01 pm
negativeneil
I can't believe so many mothers would rather trust what they read in other mothers' blogs than proven medical science and doctors... who are the experts. Mind boggling.
10:01 pm
mrpresident
indeed jes, vaccines have eliminated a lot of heartache and loss
10:02 pm
mrpresident
neil, I won't say the doctors have got the science completely right, but they are 99% more of a positive affect than a bunch of moronic mother's groups online
10:02 pm
negativeneil
You should see them all bashing me for being an "ignorant moron/idiot", etc. while they're doing just that and not trusting doctors' knowledge.
10:02 pm
negativeneil
No, mrp. I don't say that either... but since I'm no expert I do defer to their education and knowledge.
10:03 pm
uusue2
you should refer them to my most excellent article :-)
10:03 pm
negativeneil
They certainly know a hell of a lot more than I do or any of those women. And one of those women claims to be a nurse, too. You'd think she'd know better?
10:03 pm
mrpresident
yeah, some mother's think they were born doctors as soon as their spawn falls out from between their less than intelligent twat... cause that is what they start thinking with
10:03 pm
jesdraggon
when she tried to tell me that I just <i>didn't know</i> about all the scientific evidence, I told her "i'm sorry, but no. You are wrong. It is actually part of my job to keep updated on this exact thing, and I have strict legal requirements about continuing education. There is NO good scientific evidence to support your opinion."
10:03 pm
jesdraggon
which actually kind of shut her up for a few minutes.
10:04 pm
negativeneil
OMG. mrp? I said exactly that in slightly different words to them yesterday! And got told I needed a smack for saying it, haha!
10:05 pm
jesdraggon
like calling me ignorant in the field of my actually freaking career was somehow less insulting than telling me i was wrong or something?
10:05 pm
mrpresident
I can't stand looking at that Jenny McCarthy... or whoever the hell she is... with her appearances on Oprah and the like rattling of crap.
10:05 pm
mrpresident
tell them mrpresident says so
10:05 pm
jesdraggon
well yeah, neil. you have the wrong genital structure to be allowed to use the word twat!
10:05 pm
uusue2
I lost what respect I still had for Oprah when she had McCarthy on :-(
10:05 pm
negativeneil
God! One of them said she's telling my brother I need a smack. Uh, he's going to think she's completely batshit if she does... her call. I wished her luck.
10:05 pm
mrpresident
thank you sue! ditto
10:06 pm
jesdraggon
was that before or after the whole "the secret" thing?
10:06 pm
mrpresident
more rubbish
10:07 pm
mrpresident
Oprah has single handedly brought down my opinion of the human race with only about 4 hours of shite I listened to
10:07 pm
jesdraggon
i've never actually watched an episode of oprah...
10:07 pm
uusue2
beats me, jes, I don't watch her anyway
10:07 pm
negativeneil
Not to use it that way, jes: "yeah, some mother's think they were born doctors as soon as their spawn falls out from between their less than intelligent twat" -- what I said was this: "Things I learned on twitter: moms are health experts by virtue of having shat a baby out of their womb. They know better than the doctors!"
10:07 pm
mrpresident
it's all about the money, money, money with her
10:07 pm
negativeneil
Ok, so maybe "shat" wasn't a good choice of word. But you know... they just made me sooo angry.
10:08 pm
jesdraggon
Oh, well, in that case, I totally fail to see how anybody could be offended, neil. ;)
10:08 pm
mrpresident
hahaha neil!! oh boy!!
10:08 pm
mrpresident
It certainly didn't feel like no 'shat' to me!!
10:09 pm
negativeneil
Haha! Hey, their stupidity for following me on there in that case. My bio on my page there only warns everyone: "Ι’m асtіvеlу trуіng tо оffеnd уоu."
10:09 pm
mrpresident
and most of these women would probably have had their babies torn from their wombs to save their genitalia from 'getting all messed up for my husband'.... go FO and get a life!
10:09 pm
negativeneil
Well no, I'm sure it didn't.
10:10 pm
negativeneil
Really, mrp? Geez. I think episiotomies [spelling?] do heal, don't they?
10:10 pm
mrpresident
I literally slapped a friend for telling me that. Her husband insisted on cesarians... total dickhead
10:11 pm
Dorens
hey.. interesting convo here. Mr P I think even more highly of you now than ever. I'm amazed at the folks who believe the autism/vaccine stuff.... almost as ignorant as the folks who don't believe in the "theory of evolution." I've done a lot of studies in my career and personal life, and while not an expert on autism, I sure know enough to go bonkers when I hear the crap that's spewed on tje subject.
10:12 pm
mrpresident
thank you Dorens! And good on you... tell them all to shut the hell up and move on, raise the intelligence of themselves by keeping their mouths closed
10:12 pm
negativeneil
That's awful mrp. Any surgery is a risk. And putting his wife through that just because... oh man.
10:12 pm
Dorens
i kinda have to be a bit more diplomatic than that at school though
10:12 pm
negativeneil
Can't believe she goes along with it?
10:13 pm
uusue2
ok, I have finally gotten through all the email I didn't read over the past couple of days, and am feeling crappy (and it is 10 pm). so with 150 words found I am going to bed. see you all tomorrow!!
10:13 pm
Dorens
stepford wife?
10:13 pm
mrpresident
yeah neil, there are sadists out there... and she did whatever he said, or else
10:13 pm
mrpresident
indeed dorens
10:13 pm
mrpresident
see ya sue! enjoy your sleep :)
10:14 pm
jesdraggon
that's not sexual sadism, that's abuse. consent is the magical ingredient that makes sadism fun and not assault.
10:15 pm
negativeneil
You know, all those women attacking me for my opinion about the vaccine were telling me they're allowed to have their own opinions and control over whether or not their kids should be "put at risk" by having them. Well I just got so fed up a few minutes ago, seeing more of those tweets that I retweeted this on my page [something a contact tweeted earlier which I just had to share on there]:
"everyone's allowed to have their own opinions about whether or not to wear seatbelts. do the research and decide for yourself."
10:15 pm
Minveryork
Goodbye uusue2! I will see you tomorrow in the chog.
10:16 pm
uusue2
*quietly vanishes*
10:16 pm
negativeneil
Take care, Sue!
10:16 pm
jesdraggon
g'night, uusue :)
10:16 pm
Dorens
difference is that those kids who aren't vaccinated become a risk to others
10:16 pm
negativeneil
I totally agree, jes... it sure is abuse.
10:17 pm
mrpresident
well, personally, i think he is a sociopathic sadistic moron, but more about that another time. Let's just say, he is on the run
10:17 pm
negativeneil
That's EXACTLY the point I've been making over and over for the last couple of days to those ignorant mothers, Dorens. Man!
10:17 pm
Dorens
who are they, where are they, and why are you involved with them?
10:17 pm
jesdraggon
exactly dorens. which is why washington state, with an atrocious level of unvaccinated kids in school, has had multiple whooping cough outbreaks in the past couple years.
10:18 pm
negativeneil
I even told one of them very bluntly, "you are a terrible mother." She was one of those who preferred to get her "info" from fear-mongering websites than a medical doctor. I have no patience or tolerance for "parents" like that.
10:18 pm
Dorens
what is ysour involvement with these ignorant mothers, neg?
10:18 pm
negativeneil
Oh, it's all because I posted my opinion that all young kids should be vaccinated for HPV.
10:18 pm
negativeneil
"Neil".
10:19 pm
negativeneil
They just follow me on Twitter and saw me post my opinions about the vaccine... and jumped on me for it.
10:19 pm
Dorens
another reason i don't understand or want to deal with twitter.
10:20 pm
negativeneil
Unlike them, I've been doing my research and posting links to sound medical articles about the vaccine, complete with actual statistics. Think they want to actually READ any of it? Hell no.
10:20 pm
Dorens
neg are your first three letters. you seem to want to be known as negative or you wouldn't have chosen it as your name. much i don't understand
10:20 pm
Dorens
one of the problems with social media. why try to deal with ignorant masses?
10:20 pm
negativeneil
They tell me I don't know what I'm talking about because I'm not a parent. But becoming a mother automatically makes them experts about vaccines? Give me a break.
10:20 pm
mrpresident
his blood type is negative dorens
10:21 pm
negativeneil
No, you don't understand what's behind my online monikker. Any more than I understand what's behind yours.
10:21 pm
negativeneil
It's more than that, mrp.
10:21 pm
mrpresident
I am A-... A by nature, - by all the crap endured
10:21 pm
negativeneil
I'm a photographer. Also, it's because of some blogging I used to do... and was a joke, to do with that.
10:22 pm
negativeneil
I bet, mrp. We're the same type btw.
10:22 pm
Dorens
well, unfortunately, the majority does seem to be ignorant, and not interested in facts, research or anything else. why get bothered about what you can't change?
10:22 pm
mrpresident
I am mrpresident for reasons that are not cause I am male, but I am the president of mr... a place
10:23 pm
Dorens
well i tend to use fist three letters or so, makes it much easier. why be offended by first three letters if it's a name you chose yourself? and i do understand negatives in photography... don't see that as a bad thing
10:23 pm
mrpresident
i know neil... negatives of pics etc... clever. it also denotes to those that don't know that you may want to pick an argument
10:24 pm
mrpresident
I get called mr.p all the time... doesn't worry me.
10:24 pm
jesdraggon
actually, when i first read it, i took it as a statement of depression.
10:24 pm
meliae
an 8/45 please
10:25 pm
Dorens
mrp is iconic, as is the cat in the apple pic. at this point it's just who you are
10:25 pm
negativeneil
Well I've only been under siege for the last couple of days... all these mothers tweeting at me that I'm an "ignorant, uneducated soulless moron", etc. Yes, one of them who apparently has no education to speak of called me that earlier today, ha. I responded only enough to speak my peace and share the actual facts... hoping at least one of them may actually read it and LEARN something.
10:25 pm
mrpresident
Mr.P, Mr. P, Mr Pres, mr. prez.... whatever... my moniker means something to someone so that is ok
10:25 pm
negativeneil
Oh no, jes. Doesn't mean that [depression] at all.
10:25 pm
mrpresident
thank you Dorens! I am just that!
10:25 pm
jesdraggon
so i've realized since, but that was my first impression.
10:26 pm
Dorens
well n, if you take a stand like that in a public forum, you do expect to draw the crazies.. why let it bother you?
10:26 pm
negativeneil
And did I say I was "offended" Dorens?
10:26 pm
mkg
any clues for the 8s and the 9?
10:26 pm
jesdraggon
'course my first impression was also that mrpresident was a mr.
10:26 pm
jesdraggon
first impressions are sometimes fleeting ;)
10:26 pm
negativeneil
Yes, jes. I thought that at first too.
10:26 pm
mrpresident
mel... an8 comes off the an6 before it.... add a vowel and const
10:27 pm
Minveryork
Hello mkg! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle
10:27 pm
meliae
ty got it
10:27 pm
negativeneil
Very true, jes.
10:27 pm
Dorens
ok, upset, irritated, not offended. I've had a hellish day and a glass of wine. sorry, but I can't quibble about semantics.. this is babbleonia, don't expect that... you do seem to be disturbed by it... have posted many comments about it, yes?
10:28 pm
negativeneil
Oh that isn't what bothers me about it... it's the willful ignorance of these mothers who them put their kids at risk instead of helping to protect them that bothers me.
10:28 pm
mkg
ty mr pres but dont have an six.
10:28 pm
jesdraggon
you didn't say you were offended, neil, but your response was... terse. especially online, it's difficult to know whether to translate that as "i prefer neil, please" or "stop screwing with my name, dammit"
10:28 pm
negativeneil
Ok, that's weird. I'm sorry you're apparently having such a bad day, Dorens.
10:28 pm
negativeneil
Actually no, it wasn't at all. I can't help how someone else may interpret what I type though.
10:29 pm
jesdraggon
no body language or expressions to rely on, yeah?
10:29 pm
negativeneil
That's the unfortunate part of only having typed text to go by. No one can see you or hear tone of voice, to know how it's being said.
10:29 pm
negativeneil
Exactly, jes.
10:29 pm
meliae
an+ a pine co** is a seed
10:30 pm
negativeneil
And it seems to be a common tendency for many to assume the worst automatically.
10:30 pm
Minveryork
Sorry I have not been sociable tonight, but I've been doing other things on internet. Now I must goto sleep
10:30 pm
Dorens
i'm the anti-bullying specialist trying to deal with the new "anti-bullying" law that is the toughest in the nation.. NY Times put it on the front page (top half) of Tuesday's paper. Today I was dealing with the bureaucratic mess and absurd "investigation" that turns me more into a policeman than a counselor, and there are now three investigations already... Have worked 9 or ten hour days all week and am treading water
10:30 pm
Minveryork
Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow
10:30 pm
negativeneil
And we're heading out for a while. I may or may not be back in time for flip, depending on whether I can make my excuses, ha. ;) We shall see.
10:31 pm
negativeneil
Yes, I'd say that's a tough, stressful day, Dorens.
10:31 pm
jesdraggon
heh. read an opinion in the local paper about that, dorens. the author was trying to make the case that it crossed the line into making the people trying to protect kids from bullying into bullies themselves.
10:31 pm
jesdraggon
do you feel like a bully?
10:31 pm
jesdraggon
bye, neil
10:31 pm
jesdraggon
g'night, min
10:31 pm
jesdraggon
(i wasn't buying the line he was selling)
10:32 pm
Dorens
nite n. and yes, jes, it does definitely cross the line.
10:32 pm
mkg
got that an word but it is a 7 in plural not an 8. confused.
10:32 pm
jesdraggon
yeah? i don't know enough about it i guess
10:32 pm
Dorens
i got an email from one of the boys who accused others today, and it seems that the obvious repercussions are hitting him hard.
10:32 pm
jesdraggon
care to elucidate?
10:32 pm
mkg
ok got the an 8. ty ty
10:32 pm
negativeneil
See you later, jes. And whoever else may be here... if I make it back in time. I'm overtired now, so I probably won't stay out too long. Taking my own car so I can leave when I want.
10:32 pm
negativeneil
Have fun!
10:32 pm
mkg
so how about the 9? any clues
10:33 pm
jesdraggon
don't have it, mkg
10:33 pm
mrpresident
indeed, I had people asking why i didn't put mrspresident as my moniker
10:33 pm
mkg
anyone have a cloe for the n word for n in the right hand column?
10:34 pm
mkg
ty anyway jes.
10:34 pm
mrpresident
co9,60... almost sounds like 'eaten away by the weather'
10:35 pm
mkg
as in corroded? not in grid.
10:35 pm
mrpresident
na5,12 is the middle n
10:35 pm
Dorens
if you mean me jes about elucidating? sorry, i could do more tomorow, but right now i'm bone-tired and just want to get these last damn 49 words.
10:35 pm
mrpresident
na + it is a ***ative word indeed
10:36 pm
jesdraggon
yes, dorens. i don't know enough about the new policies--since you're in the middle of them, you'd probably do a better job explaining than the blokes in the local opinion page
10:36 pm
mrpresident
it is a babblet to me so don't ask the meaning! LOL
10:36 pm
mkg
sorry mr pres dont get that .
10:36 pm
jesdraggon
no worries, i'm patient :)
10:36 pm
mrpresident
if you are artisitic, you are ***ative.
10:37 pm
Shirlockc
the na5 is the coating on pearls
10:37 pm
mrpresident
thanks shirl and hi
10:38 pm
jesdraggon
na5/12? it means iridescence, like abalone shells
10:38 pm
mrpresident
i am trying to be creative with my clueage... not working :((
10:38 pm
Shirlockc
hi all, not going to finish tonight
10:38 pm
mkg
ty got the na now.
10:38 pm
Shirlockc
too tired
10:38 pm
mkg
would love clue for the 9.
10:38 pm
Dorens
we've always taken bullying very seriously... my principal is terrific and make it real clear... if we find out about it we squash it. but this new law requires us to do certain reports at certain times that really screw up the whole process, as we're finding out.. this first week of its existence. and she is a "letter of the law" kind of person so we are doing it by the book completely. problem is that the folks who wrote the book didn't really know what they were doing
10:38 pm
jesdraggon
heh. i've still got 76 left. seems unlikely i'll finish
10:39 pm
mrpresident
the C's and the K's are not my friend
10:39 pm
Jellen
Hello all...I met my half-way goal!
10:39 pm
mrpresident
hi jellen :)
10:39 pm
jesdraggon
hi jellen
10:39 pm
mkg
jellen i also have a half way goal now. no time for all of the grid.
10:39 pm
Dorens
not anyone's, mrp and hi jell
10:39 pm
Jellen
Just got off the phone with my date from last night :-)
10:40 pm
jesdraggon
too much paperwork never helps. but how does that turn you into a bully yourself?
10:40 pm
mkg
any clues for the e top line of the grid? 2 words it says.
10:40 pm
Dorens
guess it was a good date!
10:40 pm
Jellen
Yes, it was very pleasant, Dorens...
10:41 pm
Jellen
et 7 = forever
10:41 pm
Dorens
nice jell. happy to hear that
10:42 pm
mkg
ty jell got it.
10:42 pm
mkg
jellen is that photo you? great photo of a very lovely lady
10:42 pm
Jellen
Thanks, mkg! Yes, it's me...
10:42 pm
Babs1
good to hear you're dating Jellen!
10:43 pm
mkg
i need four more words for half way. need the nine and have only one eight, the an. any other clues welcome. weird words welcome.
10:43 pm
Babs1
just getting used to divorced status here :-( :-) mixed feelings, but very disorienting after 25 years with the same person
10:44 pm
Jellen
((Babs)) It was two years after my divorce before I felt like dating...
10:44 pm
flosey
glad to hear your date went well Jellen
10:44 pm
Jellen
And the shoes were a success, flosey!
10:45 pm
Babs1
thanks Jellen...i'm a few decades beyond you, so don't know about dating again. . .and I'm happy for ((you))
10:47 pm
mrpresident
wow babs, that is a long time ... **hugs**
10:47 pm
Babs1
thanks, mrp!
10:48 pm
flosey
te8 - pl word, tr8 - wooden plant + end of your fingers
10:49 pm
Jellen
I was married 19 years, Babs...
10:50 pm
Babs1
ah.. so lots to recover from to get your balance back
10:50 pm
jesdraggon
thanks flosey
10:50 pm
flosey
si6, 7, 8 mkg, you still here
10:51 pm
mrpresident
if something happened to lickety, I think I would go it alone
10:52 pm
jesdraggon
i'd probably fall back on booty calls and no serious relationships if something happened to bruce.
10:53 pm
Babs1
I had wanted to go our own ways for years, but was too concerned about finances etc. to make the break...so now have to deal with it anyway and now so much older...time to reinvent how i do life
10:53 pm
Dorens
mrp and jes one thing i've learned it's to try not to imagine what you'd do in a situation you've never been in, cause youve never been there and there are lots of surprises in life
10:54 pm
Jellen
I agree, Dorens...
10:54 pm
mrpresident
yeah dorens, i am already surprised by life! LOL
10:54 pm
jesdraggon
yeah, but i've been through many break-ups, dorens. just not one with bruce. ;)
10:54 pm
Babs1
lots of inertia to get over...feeling not very productive so far
10:55 pm
jesdraggon
actually, the whole "we're still interested in each other and get along well" situation is the new one.
10:55 pm
mrpresident
slowly does it babs
10:55 pm
jesdraggon
and i'm just gonna go with it as long as i can :D
10:55 pm
mrpresident
FWB jes
10:57 pm
mrpresident
friends with benefits
10:57 pm
jesdraggon
ah. yeah, those have worked well for me in the past
10:58 pm
Dorens
i am staying out of this
10:59 pm
jesdraggon
should we switch topics, dorens?
10:59 pm
Dorens
oh no, not at all.. keep going. i'm dead tired and hav 32 words left and can barely type
11:01 pm
Jellen
If I try to type terror one more time, I'm going to scream! Or at least shake my fist at the screen...
11:02 pm
jesdraggon
ehheheheheh
11:02 pm
stidmama
great jellen, i just got here and already you jinxed me. *sigh*
11:03 pm
Jellen
Hi, stid!
11:03 pm
jesdraggon
hi stid :)
11:03 pm
stidmama
hey all! *waves*
11:03 pm
mrpresident
hi stid :)
11:04 pm
mrpresident
i need to pee so bad, and no one around to help
11:04 pm
stidmama
jes, I have a dumb galoot of a mutt-dog and his owner is a doofus. *points at self* MUST get one of them new-fangled electric hidden fences for the critter ASAP.
11:04 pm
mrpresident
give me 10 minutes, whilst I figure this all out
11:05 pm
jesdraggon
oh no, mrp! can you page lickety or someone?
11:05 pm
jesdraggon
what'd the galoot get into now?
11:06 pm
stidmama
*wonders if bedpans are out of fashion*
11:07 pm
stidmama
not sure, jes -- disappeared this morning for more than an hour. I was RIGHT THERE. Looked away no more than 1 second (literally) and he ws GONE. His stomach made loud rumblies and gurgles for hours. I am watching him, but no distension, no obvious discomfort, his is drinking and eating (small amounts of food, but it's been really warm)... *sigh* so I will wonder all night long if he is okay. Skipped the football game this evening to be with him.
11:08 pm
stidmama
I suspect he is fine, but as Tom says, I "like to worry."
11:08 pm
jesdraggon
heh. i'd be watching for diarrhea later tonight or tomorrow
11:09 pm
stidmama
oh, great. *yuck face* you always know just the RIGHT thing to say...
maybe I will skip making brownies for tonight.
11:10 pm
jesdraggon
heh. sorry. but if you're watching, you can hustle him out before the mess is in your livingroom
11:10 pm
stidmama
true that! so far, he's not acting like he'll need it, but at least the carpeting in the house (this time of year) can be tossed in the washing machine if necessary.
11:11 pm
stidmama
hope you are all well on the other side of the mountains? it's unseasonably warm here. not that I am complaining, but it's unusual.
11:11 pm
jesdraggon
that's nice :) i have ripped the carpet out and put in laminate in the last 3 houses i've had
11:11 pm
jesdraggon
was over 100 today
11:11 pm
jesdraggon
sun went down, and now it's down to 60
11:12 pm
jesdraggon
was 90s during the day and 30s at night all week.
11:12 pm
jesdraggon
nothing like a little temperature swing when the sun goes down!
11:12 pm
stidmama
We have laminate in our house, my allergies don't like wall-to-wall. My dream princess bedroom has wall to wall (pink) shag, of course! LOL
11:12 pm
stidmama
oh man, that's an insane swing. we got into the 40s a couple nights ago, but staying a little warmer the last two days.
11:14 pm
stidmama
okay, for NBT the N on the far right please?
11:14 pm
Jellen
Mother of pearl
11:15 pm
stidmama
oh. and the termites are starting to swarm. Which is a tad earlier than normal
11:15 pm
stidmama
thanks jellen
11:15 pm
stidmama
aha! two at once. perfect!
11:16 pm
jesdraggon
termites, what fun. we have earwigs :)
11:17 pm
stidmama
*shudder* I bleached the b-jeezes out of the wood shelves in the shed (the parts that were accessible) because of mousey doodoos... and the mold.
11:17 pm
stidmama
I don't recommend bleach unless it's really nasty.
It was.
REALLY nasty.
tomorrow I will take a mop and have Tom move the fridge out from the wall so I can wash everything one last time. My once-a-decade deep clean down there.
11:18 pm
jesdraggon
when i pulled the carpet out of the trailer, i joked i was going to come down with hanta, and emphysema, and be bitten by hobo spiders all in one go
11:18 pm
stidmama
I don't like mousey doodoos... and clearly I am not as good a natural history buff or I would have cataloged the (at least) dozen different types of spiders I could identify down there.
11:18 pm
jesdraggon
there was carpet, then a layer of cobweb, then carpet padding, then a layer of mouse poo
11:19 pm
stidmama
sounds really familiar, jes! LOL
11:19 pm
jesdraggon
it was ooooold carpet
11:19 pm
stidmama
yuck. icky icky *shudder*
11:20 pm
stidmama
and the salamander. or newt. not a lizard, it's clearly a swamp-type critter, not a dry-type critter. Very pretty deep mahogany red.
11:20 pm
Jellen
I'm getting the creepy-crawlies...
11:20 pm
72 Temple Owl
hi may i have some clues pls?
11:20 pm
jesdraggon
oooh, salamanders are so neat!
11:21 pm
jesdraggon
sure, to, if i have the words
11:21 pm
stidmama
shall I mention the bats that are out in abundance this year jellen? *innocent mama look* I am really glad to see them, actually.
11:21 pm
stidmama
hey TO -- if I can, but not even close to halfway yet
11:21 pm
Jellen
I like bats...
11:21 pm
72 Temple Owl
en 7 and en6/18
11:21 pm
jesdraggon
yay bats! i need to make bruce build me a bathouse :)
11:22 pm
stidmama
yes! we have one, but the kids chose where to mount it so it's in the wrong place. Needs a sunny location, not deep facing north in the woods.
11:22 pm
jesdraggon
different endings on the en4; one is the enzyme that breaks down en4, the other means like en4
11:23 pm
stidmama
oooh. GREAT clues, jes!
11:23 pm
stidmama
jellen, saw that you had a date. *happy friend look*
11:23 pm
jesdraggon
heh. it's just definitions, stid :P
11:23 pm
Jellen
Yes, stid!
11:24 pm
jesdraggon
bio break, back to clue more in a couple minutes :)
11:24 pm
stidmama
LOL later es
11:24 pm
stidmama
or later jes.
11:24 pm
72 Temple Owl
is that en6/18 or en6/21? i need en6/18
11:24 pm
stidmama
I have reached 100 words! A mere 186 to go. *optimistic mama look*
11:25 pm
Jellen
en + underground part of plant
11:25 pm
stidmama
that was the en 6/21
11:25 pm
stidmama
and jellen to the rescue!
11:25 pm
Jellen
I'm not getting the en 7...
11:25 pm
stidmama
hm. strange sound from the aquarium. back in a moment.
11:26 pm
Jellen
Oh, got it!
11:27 pm
72 Temple Owl
ty did not have that r04
11:28 pm
jesdraggon
i clued the 7/28 and 6/21; i thought you wanted the set that went together
11:29 pm
Jellen
I didn't have any of them, so thanks, jes!
11:30 pm
jesdraggon
welcome :)
11:34 pm
jesdraggon
anybody have the te6 between adolescent and vocal range?
11:35 pm
Jellen
te 6= number + to feel ill
11:35 pm
jesdraggon
thankee
11:36 pm
Jellen
128 left!
11:36 pm
jesdraggon
27 here :)
11:38 pm
Jellen
Let's concentrate on getting you to the finish line, jes...
11:38 pm
jesdraggon
how fishy are the oo words?
11:39 pm
jesdraggon
eh, i'm not too worried about finishing, jellen, happy to clue the words i have :)
11:39 pm
Jellen
No idea :-(
11:39 pm
jesdraggon
(if i was that worried about finishing, i'd have sat out the conversation about vaccines earlier...)
11:40 pm
Jellen
What are the stats for the oo's?
11:40 pm
stidmama
okay, turtle is okay, I think there was an air bubble in the filter.
11:40 pm
stidmama
go jes go! go jellen go!
11:40 pm
stidmama
go TO go!
11:41 pm
boatierra
oo 6/18, oo7/28
11:41 pm
jesdraggon
heh. i cheated and used morewords. they are not fishy at all; no dictionary definition either.
11:41 pm
boatierra
The oo's 7 is a plural of 6.
11:41 pm
jesdraggon
oo+ is****s are from israel
11:42 pm
Jellen
Thanks, boa and jes
11:44 pm
72 Temple Owl
to7 clue pls?
11:44 pm
72 Temple Owl
nm ty
11:44 pm
Jellen
Mine are painted, TO
11:44 pm
jesdraggon
wow i'm good. only had to type the first letter :)
11:46 pm
stidmama
LOL jes!
11:46 pm
boatierra
oo + to cheer for someone minus an 'l' and change the y to another vowel.
11:46 pm
jesdraggon
the last ke6/30?
11:47 pm
72 Temple Owl
al7/28 any or all pls?
11:47 pm
jesdraggon
add endings to the al5 meaning from another planet
11:48 pm
jesdraggon
one is a double letter ending, the other means more, or one who does.
11:48 pm
Jellen
Thanks, jes
11:49 pm
stidmama
thanks for the AL words
11:49 pm
jesdraggon
welcome :)
11:50 pm
72 Temple Owl
ty got all but the last one
11:51 pm
jesdraggon
wanna clue the 2 you have that i didn't clue? i'm missing a chunk of a's
11:51 pm
jesdraggon
oh, i guess the others are 7,44, not 7,28
11:51 pm
72 Temple Owl
er, not understanding, you just clued them fo rme
11:52 pm
jesdraggon
i thought there were 2 more al7,28, but the 7s i am missing are 7,44
11:53 pm
Jellen
I have two ke 6/30s...
11:53 pm
jesdraggon
and i just found those :
11:53 pm
jesdraggon
al+citizen ****, then plural
11:54 pm
Jellen
One is a plural; the other is ke + mixed up adolescent
11:54 pm
jesdraggon
then same but change the central vowel out for a different vowel.
11:54 pm
mrpresident
fireworks! just in time!
11:54 pm
stidmama
HALFWAY!!!! *faint*
11:55 pm
stidmama
YAY mrp! *refaint*
11:55 pm
mrpresident
all that and a good rant and rave in between! fabulous stuff!~
11:55 pm
jesdraggon
whoo hoo! yay mrp and stid!
11:55 pm
mrpresident
stid! good on ya, you only just started! and it is tough ass grid!
11:55 pm
Jellen
Hooray for mrp!
11:55 pm
jesdraggon
got the 3rd al7/28 clue, mrp?
11:55 pm
mrpresident
I am rating this one difficult
11:55 pm
jesdraggon
and maybe the last 2 ke words?
11:56 pm
mrpresident
same as al7 before with an o instead of e at near end
11:56 pm
stidmama
yes, it's a toughie, for sure. wouldn't be here were it not for help... EEK! I missed a tile! top center EEE please?
11:56 pm
jesdraggon
poetic forever, stid
11:56 pm
mrpresident
ke + number 10 plus 2nd vowel
11:56 pm
mrpresident
and plural it
11:56 pm
Jellen
et 7 forever
11:56 pm
jesdraggon
thanks, mrp
11:57 pm
stidmama
thank you thank you!
11:57 pm
72 Temple Owl
good night all
11:57 pm
jesdraggon
sleep sweet, TO
11:57 pm
mrpresident
nite owl :)
11:57 pm
jesdraggon
12 left
11:57 pm
mrpresident
i'll spell em out!
11:57 pm
jesdraggon
missing a bunch of long an words
11:57 pm
mrpresident
come on!!
11:58 pm
jesdraggon
everything between an5/12 and an4/4
11:58 pm
mrpresident
an plus icecream co**
11:58 pm
mrpresident
extend off that with A
11:58 pm
mrpresident
and extend off that with s
11:58 pm
stidmama
sweet dreams TO
11:58 pm
jesdraggon
there aren't any double ns though
11:58 pm
mrpresident
stick an L on the end of the 7 and 8
11:59 pm
jesdraggon
oh, i see
11:59 pm
mrpresident
an + co4 .... plural it, add AL to it, take the e out and add AL to it, take the e off all together for a 5
11:59 pm
Riverdance
hello friends
11:59 pm
mrpresident
hi river!
12:00 am
stidmama
(((Hugs river)))
12:00 am
mrpresident
jes has 1 minute and 5 words
12:00 am
jesdraggon
got a bunch of 'em, thanks :)