Babble: Archived Puzzle for Wednesday, January 18, 2012

12:00 am

stidmama

flip!

12:00 am

stidmama

and only got to the 11 yesterday. only 99 today, might actually make it!

12:00 am

m9f9l

flip!

12:00 am

cosdem

re 7

12:01 am

jillibus

flip

12:01 am

stidmama

go cos! go m! go jill!! (down to 85)

12:01 am

dart001

flip

12:02 am

jillibus

I hope this grid isn't as nasty as the last one.

12:02 am

flosey

flip

12:02 am

magazinemom

don't get your hopes up jilli! lol

12:02 am

cosdem

re 7 x 2

12:03 am

cosdem

in 7

12:03 am

jillibus

I see, mag :-(

12:04 am

m9f9l

ve7

12:05 am

cosdem

1 short for NBT

12:05 am

Uneaixoise

ca9

12:05 am

Uneaixoise

ta0

12:05 am

Uneaixoise

ta9

12:06 am

m9f9l

ca7

12:06 am

magazinemom

ty une!

12:06 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

12:06 am

cosdem

ty for ca9!

12:07 am

cosdem

NBT

12:07 am

cybernan

hello everyone

12:07 am

stidmama

go 9s go!!!!

12:07 am

cosdem

na6 for lone N

12:07 am

flosey

ah, thanks Une

12:08 am

cosdem

9's done. anyone have an 8word?

12:08 am

pugmama763

only 8 words in & found both 9's HOT DAMN !

12:09 am

magazinemom

go pug!

12:09 am

mrpresident

Clues are up

12:09 am

cosdem

ty mrp

12:10 am

stidmama

YAY mrp!

12:10 am

magazinemom

ty mrp!

12:10 am

jillibus

thanks so much, mrp!

12:10 am

flosey

hi mrp and thanks

12:10 am

m9f9l

nbt

12:11 am

m9f9l

ve8

12:11 am

cosdem

thanjs looking

12:11 am

m9f9l

nbs

12:11 am

cosdem

nbt/nbs

12:12 am

m9f9l

wtg cos!

12:12 am

cosdem

sanme to you m9 :)

12:13 am

Uneaixoise

halfway

12:13 am

cosdem

bingo nbottom row lol

12:13 am

m9f9l

1/2way

12:14 am

m9f9l

same here cos!

12:14 am

cosdem

*high five* lol

12:15 am

Uneaixoise

ca7 x 2

12:15 am

flosey

nbs but still have bts

12:15 am

stidmama

I am halfway, but still struggling on the NBT side *sigh*

12:15 am

cybernan

stats for corner n, please?

12:15 am

cosdem

na 6

12:15 am

cosdem

/18

12:16 am

dart001

70 down but still missing that bottom e

12:16 am

Uneaixoise

ea4

12:16 am

cosdem

en5

12:16 am

cosdem

goes with an re7 word

12:16 am

cybernan

ty cos - looking

12:17 am

stidmama

thanks cos, needed that one! NBT!!!

12:17 am

dart001

ty for the ea

12:17 am

m9f9l

ze6. for real?

12:17 am

cosdem

wtg!

12:17 am

m9f9l

yay stid!

12:18 am

Uneaixoise

ta6 x 2

12:18 am

MLFAN17

99 uggh

12:18 am

rbud

thanks, m9 - but it doesn't look real, lol!

12:18 am

cosdem

ze6.. sounds like a french person talking aboyt a grandmother lol

12:18 am

m9f9l

or a 2 yo asking for yellow fruit!

12:18 am

stidmama

thanks for that one m and cos

12:19 am

flosey

stats for V please?

12:19 am

Uneaixoise

tx cos!!!!!!!!!!

12:19 am

Uneaixoise

ve4/7

12:19 am

cosdem

yw une :)

12:19 am

MLFAN17

VE 6 and 7

12:19 am

stidmama

down to 38, will leave the rest for tomorrow (hope we'll have power)

*poof*

12:19 am

jillibus

nbt but no 8 or 9

12:19 am

flosey

nm got it

12:19 am

cosdem

ve4 ve6 ve7 ve 8

12:19 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:19 am

cosdem

wtg jill

12:19 am

flosey

thanks cos

12:19 am

dizgrannie

Hi all!! NBT & NBS

12:20 am

cybernan

wow! - remembered the french notebook for once!

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

go, nan!

12:20 am

cybernan

still not finding that na 6 though

12:20 am

m9f9l

french notebook?

12:21 am

jillibus

ty flosey and cos -- and I'm too tired again -- back to this tomorrow...*poof

12:21 am

cosdem

gn

12:21 am

magazinemom

nan- use your name to get it started

12:21 am

m9f9l

it's not a fish.. it's a goat.

12:21 am

dizgrannie

nan, nursemaid for na 6

12:21 am

cybernan

nm - found it -- just not the spelling I would have used

12:22 am

cybernan

ca 6, m9

12:22 am

flosey

need the E 4th column

12:22 am

cybernan

anyone called the 8? and it is?

12:22 am

cosdem

ty nan

12:22 am

cosdem

ve 8

12:22 am

cosdem

/55

12:23 am

flosey

I have se8/40

12:23 am

bichon

hint for the ve8

12:23 am

MLFAN17

pb bichon

12:23 am

flosey

ah, found the ve8

12:23 am

cosdem

ve8 is pl for the gratification of sexual desire.

12:23 am

bichon

sorry, so sorry

12:24 am

cosdem

ty bich :)

12:24 am

MLFAN17

lol its okay bichon

12:24 am

bichon

what???cos

12:24 am

m9f9l

ca6/21... no dictionary results?

12:24 am

cosdem

for that hi4

12:24 am

Uneaixoise

tx cos

12:24 am

MLFAN17

CA6

12:24 am

cybernan

nbs, nbt

12:25 am

magazinemom

I managed tomonkey that ve8. whew

12:25 am

cosdem

wtg nan

12:25 am

flosey

may I have stats for 4th column E please

12:25 am

cosdem

en 5/12

12:25 am

flosey

thanks cos

12:26 am

melonheadjujube

hi all, got nbs before nbt for a change.

12:27 am

bichon

ty for the ve8. Never heard of it before, but I won't forget it

12:27 am

flosey

me too melon, still working on 1 tile

12:28 am

flosey

found it, nbt

12:28 am

flosey

thanks cos

12:29 am

cybernan

crashing -- see you tomorrow :)

12:30 am

Uneaixoise

me too -- 30 to go -- *poof*

12:30 am

flosey

goodnight nan

12:32 am

m9f9l

35 left for me.. and I'm out. gotta work tomorrow.

12:35 am

melonheadjujube

middle column N (4th row) is all I need for nbt

12:35 am

dart001

ne 4

12:35 am

melonheadjujube

I know it's not the grape soda ;)

12:35 am

melonheadjujube

d'OH!

12:35 am

westford

hello, late flip and not staying long

12:36 am

melonheadjujube

nbt

12:36 am

dart001

hi west

12:37 am

melonheadjujube

to bed. teach in the am. nite all. [poof]

12:37 am

westford

hi dart

12:39 am

flosey

hi west

12:42 am

Jellen

Hello...

12:42 am

westford

hi flosey and jellen

12:43 am

dart001

hi jell

12:43 am

sammysmom

hey jellen

12:43 am

sammysmom

hi all

12:43 am

westford

hi sammys

12:43 am

Jellen

Hi, s'mom

12:44 am

Jellen

I taught my first class today!

12:44 am

westford

nice jellen

12:45 am

flosey

great Jellen

12:46 am

westford

did you enjoy it?

12:46 am

sammysmom

voicing a thought............... grand daughter had a baby a few days ago.... delivered after 11 hours labor, by c section......... oldest grand has t kids 1 three year old and a 5 month old... both by c section............. two of my friends have had grandchildren in the last year.. 2 out of 3 my c section>........ am i the only one who finds this odd and distressing????
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12:47 am

westford

it does seem to be the norm nowadays

12:47 am

flosey

s'mom, my daughter had emerg. C she so wanted to have him naturally but just wasn't to be - she was in labour too long to let it go

12:48 am

flosey

sometimes it is necessary

12:48 am

Jellen

Yes, I enjoyed my class...

12:49 am

westford

same with our last 2 granddaughters our dil was in labor too long

12:49 am

flosey

good Jellen, what level did you teach

12:49 am

Jellen

Freshman English at the local junior college.

12:50 am

flosey

good for you

12:50 am

westford

that's terrific jellen

12:51 am

dart001

fireworks sans list

12:51 am

flosey

wtg dart

12:51 am

westford

Yay dart !!

12:51 am

westford

I'm having trouble getting nbt

12:51 am

flosey

love your icon west, had to click on it to see it

12:51 am

flosey

what are you missing?

12:52 am

Jellen

Yay for dart!

12:52 am

westford

thanks flosey it is sweet isn't it?

12:52 am

westford

that corner n that I thought was the Mexican snack

12:52 am

westford

among others lol

12:53 am

dart001

na 6,18

12:53 am

flosey

I think it's na4/4 East Indian(?) bread

12:53 am

westford

oh yes ! thanks flosey

12:53 am

westford

it's not but I didn't have that one

12:54 am

flosey

oh, sorry, guess again, just a sec

12:54 am

dart001

na 6,18

12:54 am

westford

thanks dart..looking

12:54 am

flosey

ah, women who look after other peoples children?

12:55 am

westford

got it !

12:55 am

flosey

na6 - it

12:55 am

flosey

it's singular

12:55 am

Jellen

Fourth column E, please?

12:55 am

westford

the goat who takes care of 'kids' lol

12:55 am

dart001

en 5

12:55 am

flosey

lol

12:56 am

dart001

also a re 7....re + en 5

12:56 am

dofith

s'smom, it's always a contraversial issue here,too - people worry there are too many caesar's performed, and that they're just for convenience. All the ones I know of were for good reasons - scans showing baby not engaging properly etc. In all cases, baby and mum survived/thrived which is bottom line for me. I wish a couple of mine had been caesars, then I might not have so much pelvic flo0or trouble now!

12:57 am

Jellen

Thanks, dart!

12:57 am

flosey

thanks dart

12:57 am

rururocks

ve8

12:57 am

sammysmom

thanks for the input dofith

12:58 am

Jellen

Hi, ru

12:58 am

rururocks

hi jellen

12:59 am

flosey

hi ru, did you just come in? hadn't noticed you before

12:59 am

dofith

Probably "too much information" for some - lol!

12:59 am

Jellen

brb...getting a snack...

12:59 am

rururocks

just arrived flosey

12:59 am

westford

hello ruru

12:59 am

rururocks

hi westie

1:00 am

westford

there's that goat

1:00 am

flosey

with the big grin!

1:00 am

rururocks

what's so baaaad about that?

1:01 am

dart001

he;s just kidding around

1:01 am

flosey

it's a pasted on grin to humour ru with his puns

1:01 am

rururocks

<---feels sheepish

1:02 am

pigeonman

can someone help me with the in7?

1:02 am

flosey

thanks PM, don't have it but looking

1:02 am

dart001

in 6/7...the 7 is the pl of the 6

1:02 am

sammysmom

colder

1:03 am

dart001

in + not over there

1:03 am

sammysmom

in-- give em one and the take a mile

1:04 am

rururocks

oh boy *zips lip*

1:04 am

pigeonman

ty. i really hate all these small grids. they're ok as a change, but not a steady diet.

1:05 am

westford

me too pige

1:06 am

rururocks

I got to 60 pretty quickly

1:07 am

dart001

how old are you now ruru? :)

1:07 am

westford

the years just flew by?

1:07 am

dart001

lol westy

1:07 am

rururocks

not 60.. yet

1:07 am

rururocks

don't push me ...lol

1:07 am

westford

lol dart gmta

1:08 am

dart001

scary huh

1:08 am

westford

I was 5 yesterday but I changed back

1:09 am

westford

that's the youngest you can be on this grid

1:09 am

dart001

you can be unknown

1:09 am

westford

when I put my real age back I had to keep scrolling down and down lol

1:09 am

rururocks

what do you mean westie

1:10 am

westford

in my profile ru

1:10 am

flosey

I wouldn't mind scrolling back a few

1:10 am

westford

the last year is 2007

1:11 am

westford

I like where I am

1:11 am

westford

my mother is coming home today from the nursing home we are so excited

1:12 am

flosey

wonderful west

1:13 am

westford

they were really good to her but there's no place like your own home

1:13 am

dart001

that is true west

1:14 am

flosey

for sure west, does she live alone?

1:14 am

westford

my brother lives with her and he'll have help

1:15 am

flosey

great

1:15 am

westford

we're only a mile and a half away too

1:16 am

rururocks

wow.. nice

1:16 am

rururocks

I'm so impressed by people who get along with their parents

1:16 am

flosey

that would be a great comfort to you both

1:18 am

westford

she's 95 and her best quality is her sense of humor

1:19 am

flosey

good sense of humour can help you through so many challenges

1:19 am

rururocks

it's gotten me through a lot of grids

1:20 am

flosey

lol ru, and your puns have helped a lot of us too

1:20 am

westford

you bet lol what would we do without you

1:21 am

rururocks

yeah.. you'd have to listen on and on from dart about how early he has to get up to drive his wife to the airport all the time..lol

1:22 am

rururocks

*giggle*

1:22 am

rururocks

i'm stuck

1:22 am

westford

I'm stucker

1:23 am

dart001

think ruru might have to revisit some past new year's resolutions :)

1:23 am

flosey

was just talking to a HS girl - the schools on the island have gone to 4 day week, which means longer days, she's gone from 6:30 am and is home around 6:

1:23 am

rururocks

no.. those days are over dart.. I have a purpose now..:)

1:23 am

westford

that really sucks

1:24 am

dart001

you were on a farewell tour for about a month back then...then you unretired like some of those boxers lol

1:24 am

rururocks

I wish high schools were 24 hour encampments personally

1:24 am

westford

those kids are going to have health problems flosey

1:25 am

rururocks

when I hit 5 million.. I'll retire again

1:25 am

flosey

she seems very happy with it west, loves the 3 day weekends

1:25 am

westford

oh lol forgot about those

1:25 am

flosey

also fits in dance and music

1:26 am

westford

our daughter and her husband both have 4 day work weeks..and lucky to have jobs

1:26 am

westford

but she has Fri off and he has Mon

1:26 am

flosey

oh darn

1:26 am

flosey

that suchs

1:26 am

flosey

well, that sucks

1:27 am

rururocks

how do you find these dart? jeez. I'm really stuck

1:27 am

flosey

I'm stuck. looking at same word forever,

1:28 am

dart001

take some time off for your knee ruru.....i'm sure you'll catch up again the next time i take a cruise

1:28 am

westford

I wasn't going to stay very long but I do have nbt and if some kind (dart) soul would clue a 9 for me I'd have nbs and could go to bed

1:28 am

flosey

need a clue for ne6 please?

1:28 am

dart001

ne + re 4,4

1:28 am

flosey

if you get one 9 west, you'll get the other as well

1:28 am

flosey

thanks dart

1:29 am

dart001

fish packing places west...and hide proceesing centres

1:29 am

pugmama763

west the 9 are nearly the same - factories for tinning food & curing leather goods

1:29 am

flosey

guess I'll have to find the re words

1:29 am

dart001

processing that is

1:29 am

westford

ah

1:29 am

flosey

only have 1 and it doesn't fit

1:29 am

westford

I bet I know

1:29 am

westford

I do I do

1:30 am

dart001

employ again flosey

1:30 am

westford

thanks all

1:30 am

flosey

thanks dart

1:30 am

dart001

sorry i thought you were doing the big re words

1:31 am

westford

I want to go to the Sardine Factory now

1:31 am

dart001

the re 4,4...has a bunch of anagrams in this grid

1:32 am

dart001

3 others to be exact

1:33 am

flosey

thanks dart, finally got the ne6

1:33 am

flosey

whew

1:33 am

dart001

:)

1:33 am

flosey

brain was starting to hurt over that

1:34 am

rururocks

omg... there's a Kenny G cruise

1:34 am

westford

is that good?

1:34 am

dart001

lot of music cruises now ruru...last 2 that we've gone on have been music cruises

1:34 am

rururocks

sure if you want to jump overboard

1:35 am

dart001

don't have to jump now...water comes to you

1:35 am

westford

I have a nice Christmas album that he did

1:35 am

sammysmom

kenny g is good for about 10 minutes then i need a change

1:36 am

flosey

what does Kenny G sing?

1:36 am

flosey

not familiar with the name

1:36 am

westford

he plays an instrument..sax I think

1:37 am

westford

very mellow

1:37 am

Jellen

Soprano saxophone

1:37 am

pugmama763

elevator music

1:37 am

flosey

oh, love sax

1:37 am

rururocks

worse than elevator music

1:37 am

pugmama763

or background for a supper club

1:38 am

rururocks

(like denny's)

1:38 am

westford

I love those old movies where people would get all dressed up and go out for dinner and dancing

1:39 am

sammysmom

i do like songbird for about 5 minuters............... must be getting bitchier in my old age-

1:39 am

flosey

oh, brother once borrowed a sax from on the the HSs during the summer, first day he blew and blew and all of a sudden one awful blast came out - neighbours complained so he gave it up

1:39 am

westford

cat fight brb

1:40 am

rururocks

night all.. I can't find anything

1:40 am

flosey

night ru, restful sleep

1:40 am

pugmama763

I'm with ya ruru

1:40 am

pugmama763

11 left & don't care anymore

1:40 am

sammysmom

when walter and i were dating and first married , we did that.. at least once a month - out to dinner and ballroom dancing dressed to the 9's ... it was wonderful

1:40 am

pugmama763

g' night all

1:41 am

pugmama763

oh yea, sammysmom

1:41 am

sammysmom

and then we had kids>

1:42 am

pugmama763

when you spoke to me in pogo the other day, I did answer you but you were gone by the time I could enter it since the next round had started

1:42 am

pugmama763

I'm s low typist but wasn't dissing you

1:42 am

sammysmom

yes- i got knocked off ny aol

1:42 am

pugmama763

OH ok I feel better now

1:43 am

pugmama763

thought you were insulted

1:43 am

pugmama763

alright then good night & poof

1:44 am

sammysmom

they did videotape us dancing at grand daughter's wedding 5 years ago............. they thought it was cool that this old guy with a portable oxygen tank and old lady who ignores her cane could still do some steppin... lol

1:44 am

sammysmom

no pug.. it was the site that booted me.

1:44 am

flosey

bet you look darn good s'mom

1:45 am

sammysmom

it was wonderful .. and then we danced with the bride and groom .. have it all on tape

1:46 am

sammysmom

thanks flosey

1:47 am

sammysmom

yup, and then the pain pills wore off and i behaved myself for the rest of the everning..lol

1:47 am

flosey

lol, I know how that is s'mom

1:48 am

westford

back the boys are sorted

1:48 am

westford

just scrolled down..what a beautiful memory sammys

1:48 am

westford

liked the part where you said..and then we had kids lol

1:50 am

sammysmom

yes west, it was great.. great grandson, sam, saw the take last month ( he is three) and said " gee papa ang g'nana can realy rock and roll... ( thatt is his current favorite thing to do) i think flying will be next

1:51 am

westford

that's so cute

1:51 am

westford

love them at that age

1:52 am

westford

do you dance with him?

1:53 am

sammysmom

he says he feels real old now... his sister is 5 months old and he has a new cousin.. says julia and selena aren't much fun but they are ok to look at

1:53 am

westford

lol

1:54 am

sammysmom

we do the video thing .. did you know that there are at least 50 versions of "wheels on the bus"??

1:55 am

westford

no but I bet you're right lol

1:59 am

westford

I'm gone. Can't keep my eyes open. Good night all.

2:00 am

sammysmom

time for bed... went to the libraby today and stocked up.......... have 20 books to amuse me for the next 2 weeks

2:00 am

sammysmom

nite all

2:05 am

flosey

must get to bed also, good night all

3:49 am

vanillaslice

shhh the world's asleep

3:56 am

Dianne

I think you are right

3:57 am

vanillaslice

hi diane are you making a few words? I have 10 to go

3:58 am

Dianne

I need 5 more

3:58 am

vanillaslice

do you have the last v?

4:02 am

Dianne

working on how to clue it

4:02 am

vanillaslice

I thought it would follow on from the 7 but cant see it

4:03 am

vanillaslice

I have it thanks

4:04 am

Dianne

Good - all I could come up with was to tell you to think of VD duh

4:04 am

vanillaslice

lol

4:07 am

Dianne

Got thos last five. Need anything before I go?

4:08 am

vanillaslice

not at the moment thx

4:08 am

vanillaslice

have a good night, whats left of it

4:08 am

Dianne

Take care - bye

4:58 am

zoom

morning all - any clues for the first na4 please?

4:59 am

nammy

dog from Peter Pan?

5:00 am

zoom

hi nammy - i have that one but thanks:)

5:01 am

zoom

got it! indian bread!

5:38 am

sprite

good afternoon all

5:39 am

lynxxx

Hi Sprite

5:40 am

sprite

hello lyn :) xxx
How have you been lately? Haven't run into you here.

5:41 am

lynxxx

Been playing each day but perhaps at slightly different times. Have been very well. What about you - any news?

5:43 am

sprite

yes must have missed eachother in chog.
My daughter is not feeling well, very tired. In the process of getting her examined. New blood tests etc. Am a bit worried.

5:47 am

lynxxx

Hope you get a quick answer...kids share their germs around very freely

5:48 am

MollyL

Blessings to your girl Sprite. Hope she feels better soon.

5:48 am

sprite

the doctor thinks she has suffered through a pneumonia in november. We didn't notice, no coughing and no constant high fever. Thought it was a flu and simply kept her in bed with lots of fluids. But she should be getting over it by now and she is still so very very tired... looks like a little raccoon.

5:48 am

sprite

thank you Molly, and hi

5:53 am

lynxxx

watching doco - Boy Interrupted - 7 yo, looked like an cherub - bipolar/ suicidal. Awful and so sad

5:54 am

sprite

oh that sounds so sad

5:59 am

sprite

those parents must feel so awful

6:01 am

lynxxx

Very brave of them to relive it all. Seem like a very normal and likeable couple

6:01 am

sprite

it may help other parent with bipolar and/or depressed children.

6:10 am

zoom

back again for a few minutes- any clues for se7?

6:10 am

sprite

hi zoom, will help look

6:11 am

zoom

ty sprite:)

6:11 am

sprite

lol... I found se8. Not a 7 though yet.

6:11 am

zoom

mmm.....me too

6:12 am

lynxxx

do you have ri5.12 Zoom- you would find that useful

6:12 am

sprite

yes there it is. Now to think of a clue...

6:13 am

zoom

no lynx...no such luck...rs and s s always stump me:)

6:13 am

sprite

you can watch a TV se**es + ***derella has lost her glass slipper.

6:14 am

zoom

great clue sprite, ty!!

6:14 am

sprite

yvw :)

6:15 am

zoom

it also gave me the ri5/12 so thnx to lynx and sprite:)

6:15 am

sprite

nice going zoom!

6:16 am

zoom

always easier with some help:0

6:17 am

sprite

still need 32!

6:18 am

zoom

good luck with those, i have to go now so will have another look later. have fun!

6:18 am

lynxxx

bye Zooz

6:18 am

zoom

bye lynx

6:18 am

sprite

bye zoom :)

6:19 am

zoom

bye for now sprite:)

6:22 am

sprite

am kind of stuck. And not seeing any 9s. Have the feeling this small grid is a tough one.'

6:23 am

Uneaixoise

ca9 and ta9 --- where you cure leather and where you put food in tins :-)

6:23 am

lynxxx

the 2 9s are really similar - one is where they process leather, the other fish

6:23 am

lynxxx

hi Une

6:24 am

Uneaixoise

hey, lynxxx :-)

6:24 am

sprite

ok thank you lyn, will work on those :)

6:24 am

sprite

hi Une *hug*, thank you too

6:24 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

6:24 am

sprite

yay found them, must have been blind. Thanks again.

6:24 am

lynxxx

TY for that se8 too Sprite

6:25 am

sprite

yvw :)

6:36 am

lynxxx

stuck at 21...might look better in the morning. Goodnight Sprite & Une

6:50 am

sprite

bye lyn, have a nice evening

6:52 am

MollyL

Geeze, working this grid is like playing Twister.

6:52 am

sprite

lol yes indeed

6:53 am

sprite

down to 17 and completely lost feeling in left leg and right arm ;)

6:55 am

MollyL

*Waves smelling salts so that Sprite does not pass out due to poor circulation*

6:55 am

sprite

*blink* ah good, that is better. Now for right elbow on blue...

7:08 am

uusue2

morning all!

7:09 am

sprite

hiya uusue :)

7:09 am

uusue2

hi sprite!

7:12 am

uusue2

gotta run, early class today...

7:12 am

sprite

have a good day, uusue

7:12 am

lbdawger

moring everyone

7:13 am

lbdawger

hagd, UU

7:13 am

sprite

hi dawg :)

7:13 am

lbdawger

Hi Sprite!

7:16 am

sprite

are you good or are you well?

7:17 am

lbdawger

hmmm, i am both...i behave and am healthy! and you?

7:18 am

sprite

same :D
And that is good to hear.

7:18 am

lbdawger

this is a twisty grid.

7:19 am

sprite

very. Fun but nasty, so to say.

7:20 am

lbdawger

down to 27 remaining, and stuck.

7:20 am

Poodletoez

Havent been able to get on for a couple of days. Had to change to a little used email and slightly change my name. anyone else have problems?

7:20 am

Uneaixoise

hey, dawg . . . went to list at 27 :-)

7:21 am

lbdawger

Hi Unea!!

7:21 am

lbdawger

no problems he4, poodle

7:21 am

MollyL

No problems for me Poodle

7:21 am

sprite

no not at all, Poodle

7:21 am

Uneaixoise

no prob for me either

7:22 am

Poodletoez

I emailed dr god twice but no answer

7:23 am

Uneaixoise

on this grid what I DID notice is that I had to reenter a bunch of words that just disappeared . . .

7:23 am

Focal

Hi all! How are the Babblers today?

7:24 am

Uneaixoise

hey, focal :-)

7:24 am

lbdawger

hi focal

7:25 am

lbdawger

need the lone N, bottom of first column for nbt...any clues?

7:25 am

sprite

hi Focal! Having fun with the grid he4, 5 left.

7:25 am

Uneaixoise

what we called my grandmother

7:25 am

Uneaixoise

or a kind of goat

7:26 am

MollyL

Maith maidin Focal

7:26 am

lbdawger

end of yellow fruit comes from another n

7:26 am

Focal

Dia Duit Molly!

7:26 am

lbdawger

go Sprite!

7:26 am

sprite

Like the plural of a servant that takes care of the children, but drop last letter

7:27 am

lbdawger

oh, got it. ty, Unea and Sprite

7:27 am

sprite

yvw

7:27 am

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

7:28 am

MollyL

Or, as the kids say, na6 na6 boo boo. : P

7:28 am

Trifioso

hello dear ones

7:28 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

7:29 am

lbdawger

just found a 9!

7:29 am

Uneaixoise

go, dawg! (they're both very similar)

7:29 am

MollyL

Focal, I am reminded of one of my favorite jokes. Q: How do you say "Good Morning" in Gaelic? A: Ready for a beer?

7:29 am

Uneaixoise

morning, trif :-)

7:30 am

lbdawger

morning, Trif

7:30 am

Focal

Ha ha Molly nice one!!

7:30 am

Trifioso

good one molly! when secondo was about 9 she delighted us with "an Irishman walks out of a bar. Hey, it could happen!"

7:31 am

Focal

Ha ha Trif! Love it!

7:32 am

Trifioso

yes, it was pretty darn funny....btw, focal, my nephew caused QUITE the stir on his summer vacation in ireland singing the "un focal du focal" song at full volume while skipping down the beach

7:32 am

Trifioso

apologies if my spelling is off....

7:33 am

Focal

Ahem, I was a bit tongue in cheek picking Focal as my Nom de Mot, it has its obvious meaning in English, it means WORD in Gaelic, and it is pronounced, ahem, fuckle.

7:33 am

Focal

And Trif, your spelling is ace!

7:34 am

Trifioso

yes, I know. hence my story...

7:34 am

Trifioso

ta!

7:34 am

Trifioso

I just KNEW knocking around ireland for 23 years would do me some good, eventually!

7:35 am

Focal

When and where, tell all!!

7:36 am

sprite

hey Triffles! *hugs*

7:36 am

carleekat

hi all

7:36 am

Trifioso

I was married to an irishman for just under 20 years, am an irish citizen, as are all my children. we spent most of our time in terenure, wexford, and cavan, but I managed to hit 24 of the republic counties, and 4 of the NI ones, so not bad...

7:36 am

lbdawger

hi carlee

7:36 am

sprite

hi carlee

7:37 am

Trifioso

where are you, focal>

7:37 am

NonoNanette

morning Babblers !

7:37 am

lbdawger

11 left and still no 8's!

7:37 am

sprite

hi Nanette

7:37 am

carleekat

hi dawg.sprite... waking up this am is hard...its so cold out and my bed is sozy

7:37 am

carleekat

hi nono

7:37 am

lbdawger

hi nono

7:38 am

sprite

argh yes, that kind of mornings

7:38 am

Trifioso

morning everyone!

7:38 am

MollyL

Focal to your mÃ¡thair :P

7:39 am

Trifioso

ha ha ha molly!

7:39 am

Trifioso

found me a nine! woot

7:39 am

NonoNanette

triff the other 9 is very similar

7:39 am

sprite

my morning was quite spritian. Didn't have to get up early, just had to call school that my girl was ill... so woke up, called, couldn't go back to sleep. Then went to bathroom and noticed in passing my son had managed to oversleep again :)

7:40 am

Trifioso

oh dear, sprite! that does not sound like much fun at all!

7:40 am

Trifioso

ah, so it is nono, thank you!

7:40 am

carleekat

morning molls..trifs

7:41 am

sprite

well he will have to learn some day, right? He overslept yesterday, had to be in school today at 8 am because of it... and overslept again.

7:41 am

carleekat

<---- getting out of bed and making eggs and toast then off to school

7:41 am

Trifioso

does he get demerits or detentions for that? secondo does, and it's a PAIN - one instance of being late, and it's detention

7:41 am

sprite

good gal carlee

7:41 am

carleekat

hagd all

7:41 am

carleekat

7:41 am

NonoNanette

byeeee carlee

7:42 am

Trifioso

bye carlee

7:42 am

lbdawger

hagd, carlee

7:42 am

sprite

lol no, they handle it very apt at school he4. Once late = next day in school at 8 am. Late again = 5 days in school at 8 am. Strike 3 = 5 days 'square roster' which means in school at 8 am, and stay until 17.oo

7:43 am

sprite

I do not wake him anymore. My reasoning is that he is better off learning it now, at school, than later at his job.

7:43 am

Trifioso

ugh. that must be a good deterrent! secondo is pretty excited that her school in oz doesn't start until 9, which is a full two HOURS later than school here!

7:44 am

Trifioso

how does he get to school, sprite?

7:44 am

lbdawger

i like the thinking of your school system, sprite

7:44 am

sprite

he suggested I'd call school that he wouldn't come today. *giggle* I had to tell him that I wanted him to face the consequences of his behaviour...

7:44 am

MollyL

Wow Sprite, it's so nice to hear a parent say they actually put the responsibility on the kid. Good for you.

7:44 am

sprite

by bike, Trif.

dawg: me too!

7:45 am

sprite

I try to where it is fitting, Molly. Thanks :)

7:45 am

Trifioso

oh, that is good. I have to drive my fry, so that requires me to be up when they are. ugh. oh well, it does provide babble time. I would much rather be working!!!

7:46 am

sprite

that is a very different situation indeed, Trif. Most dutch kids go to school by bike, we are such a small country.

7:47 am

Trifioso

this morning was your basic nightmare - I made the mistake of letting the puppy ride in the car with us, and he LEAPT out in the school driveway, ran all over the place, and poor tertiate had to leg it to rein him in and get him back in the car, and we all felt like idiots. won't do THAT again!

7:48 am

sprite

oh and I usually get up with them. Only now my girl is ill. And my son usually gets up and dressed, runs through the kitchen to grab breakfast and pack lunch, and runs out for his bike. He is not fond of getting up in time.

7:49 am

hurshy

my sister got some sort of car restraint harness for her dogs

7:49 am

sprite

argh Trif :( Bad start.

7:49 am

Trifioso

sprite, my kids' school is less than three miles away, but the streets here are narrow, no sidewalks or bike lanes, and with all the stepfords driving their chrysler LeBehemoths while chatting on their phones, it's deadly to even consider biking or walking. it's a real shame

7:49 am

MollyL

Trif, Trif...don't two kids add enough chaos to the car without adding the dog?

7:49 am

Trifioso

um...two dogs. but at least one acts like a true gentleman. that other one? LOONYH

7:50 am

Trifioso

loony, even

7:50 am

sprite

we are very lucky he4, good roads and bicycle paths all over the place.

7:50 am

lbdawger

tada!! finito!!

7:50 am

Trifioso

jealous sprite! I have often thought of driving to work, but I am sure I would die on the way there

7:50 am

sprite

wtg dawg! I have 2 left... 6s both, sigh.

7:51 am

sprite

holland is mostly a great place to live. I realise again that I don't count my blessings enough!

7:52 am

sprite

last one...

7:52 am

lbdawger

ze6 is ze + end of yellow fruit (ba****)

7:53 am

sprite

that was my missing one! Thanks dawg :D
Fireflies!

7:53 am

lbdawger

whooooo hooooooo sprite!!

7:53 am

NonoNanette

wtg Sprite

7:53 am

Trifioso

huzzah for sprite and lbd!

7:53 am

lbdawger

bbl, must send hubs off to work

7:53 am

sprite

how on earth did you guess, dawg

7:54 am

MollyL

Hursh, I think car restraints for dogs is a good idea. I don't know how people drive safely with dogs crawling all over the car.

7:56 am

hurshy

after one of her dogs fell out the window (was unharmed) she thought so, anyway!

7:56 am

MollyL

I saw a dog go out the window once. It scared me to death. Luckily it was not hurt.

7:56 am

Trifioso

mine sit still while the car is moving! they are quite good about that, and indy had never just JUMPED out the door before. scared us all!

7:57 am

hurshy

since i have cats, they just go in crates.

7:59 am

Focal

Hi Trif, I'm back, sorry I got called away... I am in Dublin, on the Northside in Artane. So your kids must feel very Irish if they grew up here? Are you back in the US long now?

7:59 am

hurshy

ca6/24 is a really random french word to count for english.

8:01 am

MollyL

And this surprises you because? Enable is so fickle that way.

8:01 am

Trifioso

yes, we are. got royally dumped a couple of years ago, and we mostly lived in the US the whole time, just doing summers and christmas holidays in irleand, so it's good

8:01 am

hurshy

i didn't say it surprised me, i just commented. :)

8:02 am

Focal

Well a royal dumping is never good, hope all is OK now.

8:02 am

Trifioso

with the fun plural as well, hurshy

8:02 am

hurshy

yep

8:03 am

Trifioso

its pretty much focaled, focal

8:03 am

Focal

Well you sound as if you are making the best of it, that is what we all have to do. We cannot always control what life throws at us, the only choice we have is how we deal with it. x x

8:05 am

Trifioso

the poor chog has had to listen to me moan for years, so i am trying to be good. here's the 25 second version - he moved out without telling me why, and refused to work on our marriage in any sort of real way. After our divorce was final, (and I got NOTHING, but the house) he took the kids out to dinner, told them he was gay, and then sent them home to tell me. so, there you go

8:06 am

Trifioso

apologies to all.....

8:07 am

Focal

OMG, what a nightmare, what an a@@hole, fair play to you for picking yourself up after that. <warm hug>

8:07 am

hurshy

no apologies necessary!

8:07 am

Trifioso

thanks focal. life goes on, though it absolutely did not feel like it would, there for a while

8:08 am

Trifioso

yes, ireland could do us all a big favor and take him back....

8:10 am

Focal

What can I say. . . ? I guess it's good that he's around for the kids?

8:10 am

hurshy

S's are hard.

8:10 am

Trifioso

um, nope. but whatever. let's move on. I can't find an 8, has anyone had any luck?

8:11 am

hurshy

yes one is ve8, a pl w/o a singular, somewhat along the lines of the 9's

8:11 am

Trifioso

ooh, thanks hurshy! well done you!

8:11 am

hurshy

well i had to try SOMETHING for the v

8:11 am

doseffing

se8/40 ... might be thought of as building from se4/4

8:11 am

Trifioso

that's the bottom row grey for me

8:12 am

hurshy

ooh help me with the other v's? i have a 4 and the 8 but not the other two

8:12 am

doseffing

... while it doesn't mean this ... think of a word mi

8:12 am

hurshy

ty dos got it!

8:12 am

doseffing

... think of a word meaning a calm song

8:12 am

Trifioso

huh? I have the other v's, but I dont'

8:13 am

Trifioso

get the connection?

8:13 am

Focal

I need to go to the school pick up, catch y'all later. Only 27 of 99, grid is trickier than at first glance. SlÃ¡n :)

8:13 am

hurshy

i would like help with the other v's. dos clued se8. there is no connection.

8:13 am

Trifioso

slan slan focal - btw, hearing them say that on teletubbies in gaelic was just about my fave thing EVER

8:13 am

doseffing

... ve 6/7 ... a thin layer of expensive wood laid on a thicker piece of less expensive wood to make it look richer

8:14 am

hurshy

ah, silly me, ty!

8:14 am

Trifioso

oh, my bad, sorry....the other v's describe fake white teeth, or the thin skin on wood furniture

8:14 am

crosshair

good morning everyone:)

8:14 am

hurshy

morning baconman

8:14 am

doseffing

... morning

8:15 am

hurshy

are there any s7?

8:15 am

Trifioso

morning crossy!

8:15 am

doseffing

... se + ri5

8:15 am

Trifioso

I put lots of extra effort into my breakfast today, in your honor!

8:15 am

hurshy

ty again dos

8:15 am

crosshair

what did you make?

8:16 am

Trifioso

oatmeal with flax seeds, applesauce, a touch of cinnamon and a banana chaser....i'm needing to lose some weight, and following a clean eating plan

8:17 am

crosshair

i would say so! all will go right through and not even touch the sides! lol

8:17 am

crosshair

the spoon your eating it with has more fat:)

8:18 am

hurshy

i need 3 S, 3 H, 3 I, 1 C, and 1 R.

8:18 am

Trifioso

lol....the flax seeds are supposed to be the protein, and I am trying to reduce artificial anything

8:18 am

Trifioso

if you saw how much weight I have gained over the fall, you would understand

8:19 am

crosshair

but good for you if you can manage it.so trif is gonna be a slim hottie eh? :)

8:19 am

hurshy

hey you can be slim without being hot - like me!

8:20 am

Trifioso

trif would mostly just like to fit into her work clothes....

8:20 am

hurshy

got the C!

8:20 am

hurshy

got the R!

8:21 am

Trifioso

I can't find the se word clued earlier....mostly because I don't have the right r 5, I think

8:21 am

hurshy

list time.

8:21 am

doseffing

... ri5/12

8:22 am

hurshy

ri5 is a poison.

8:23 am

crosshair

ty hursh

8:23 am

hurshy

and done!

8:23 am

crosshair

yaa for hurshy!

8:23 am

Judi

Good morning, all. I'm bummed. Craigslist has been hacked.

8:24 am

crosshair

howdy judi

8:24 am

hurshy

a little on the small side but nicer than yesterday - craigslist hacked?! what has happened as a result?

8:24 am

Trifioso

judi, are you sure they just aren't shut down in protest>

8:24 am

crosshair

craigslist..i have heard of that site i think in the news once...got busted for selling hookers or something as i recall

8:24 am

Trifioso

google and wikipedia have voluntarily shut down today, due to the SOPA legislation

8:25 am

Judi

Oh, it's some political nonsense. Well, that could be the case, Trif. They've jumped on the Wiki bandwagon

8:25 am

hurshy

what's the SOPA legislation, the one that censors the web?

8:25 am

crosshair

crossys views on the bill in question can be found in yesterdays chog history:(

8:26 am

Trifioso

yes, but not just that, hurshy

8:26 am

hurshy

google seems to be running.

8:26 am

Trifioso

I dont' pretend to understand all the intracacies

8:26 am

crosshair

big brother will be watching you

8:27 am

hurshy

aren't they already?

8:27 am

Trifioso

sorry, didn't mean to post that before I figured out how to spell that word....so sorry

8:27 am

Judi

Phffth. Big brother must be awfully bored if he's watching me. *flips bird to big brother*

8:27 am

Trifioso

....waiting for judi's update describing black cars pulling up outside house....

8:28 am

crosshair

not like this hurshy..the fbi or your version there will be able to stroll into you internet service provider and at a whim demand to see every site you have ever been on

8:28 am

Judi

*shades drawn, booby traps set, escape pod ready for launch*

8:28 am

crosshair

foil hat on....

8:29 am

hurshy

it would be FBI, i'm only a wannabe brit.

8:29 am

Trifioso

whoof. nbs at last!

8:29 am

Judi

"Spooks" is the international term, I believe.

8:29 am

doseffing

... careful ... MI5 might be listening

8:30 am

crosshair

but i vented enough about it yesterday and will be quiet today

8:30 am

Trifioso

I thought it had more to do with not being able to post links, claiming some sort of intellectual property infringement of some sort?

8:30 am

Trifioso

it's okay crossy - i was moaning about my ex later, so perhaps today is a day when we can re-air grievances?

8:30 am

hurshy

i'm pretty sure i think it's bad legislation too. :)

8:31 am

crosshair

i posted the bill number in question in yesterdays chog,you can look it up and give it a read

8:31 am

Trifioso

sorry, earlier. what is with me, and the inability to find words today? what was IN that oatmeal?

8:31 am

crosshair

i THINK it is bill 3261..but not sure right now

8:32 am

hurshy

flax seed

8:32 am

Trifioso

lol hurshy. apparently it has wiped out my ability to type

8:33 am

crosshair

not to worry i am very good at readying as well as typing typneese

8:33 am

crosshair

good lord,i even spelt typoneese wrong...

8:33 am

crosshair

acck!

8:34 am

Trifioso

reich is not enable accepted? that program never fails to astound

8:34 am

crosshair

think i will just do one dot for yes and two for no the rest of the day lol

8:35 am

Trifioso

.

8:35 am

Judi

And the ancho chile is still not recognized. I demand equality for all peppers!

8:36 am

crosshair

.!

8:36 am

Trifioso

.!

8:36 am

hego

hear! hear!!

8:36 am

Trifioso

snap crossy!

8:36 am

crosshair

;)

8:36 am

Trifioso

I can't grow peppers in my garden...such a pity, as well all love them

8:36 am

hego

Was yesterday the worst grid ever or what?

8:37 am

crosshair

.!!

8:37 am

Trifioso

today's is giving me grief as well, hego!

8:38 am

hego

yes, I'm beginning to see that.

8:39 am

Trifioso

sigh....love thinking about my garden in the winter...planning out when to start, what to try next year, what to rearrange...such a nice way to spend time sitting by the fire

8:40 am

hego

why can't you grow peppers?

8:40 am

Trifioso

not sure yet. wrong ph in the soil is my guess. will try them in containers next season, me thinks, and see if they do better in that soil

8:41 am

hego

interesting

8:42 am

Trifioso

MAJOR dumpster dive score recently, did I tell you? we share our office building with a commercial property management company, and at the end of teh fall they threw out two HUGE, perfectly good planters, with the azaleas still in them! scooped those right up!

8:42 am

Trifioso

I love a good dumpster dive....not too proud to admit it!

8:42 am

hego

congrats!

8:43 am

hego

that's no way to treat an azalea!

8:43 am

Trifioso

I know, right? shameful!

8:43 am

Judi

Trif - you can get a soil sample analyzed by your local cooperative extension. Probably located at one of the local colleges. Most of them do it for free. They'll tell you what you need to add or feed or remove.

8:43 am

hego

should be criminal offence.

8:44 am

Trifioso

thanks judi! will try to remember that. there aren't any colleges near here, but I think we have mail in available to us

8:44 am

Trifioso

their folly was my happy gain, hego!

8:44 am

hego

don't they have soil testing kits at the garden center?

8:44 am

Judi

Yes. You could probably go online and request a sample kit.

8:45 am

Judi

BRB.

8:45 am

Trifioso

probably, i have to really ramp up my gardening efforts next year. It got ahead of me last year, and I have a lot of reclaiming and reorganizing to do come spring

8:45 am

hootowl

morning ladies & gents Had to ask

8:46 am

hego

hi hoot

8:46 am

hootowl

Trif , can you grow tomatoes?

8:46 am

Trifioso

yes, but I have to be careful to pinch back suckers

8:46 am

Trifioso

zucchini and cukes are my most successful veggies

8:47 am

hootowl

Well the tomatoes grow the peppers should so it's prob not the soil

8:47 am

hootowl

pinching suckers is ok - try planting them if you have room

8:48 am

Trifioso

see, that's what I wondered as well, hoot, so thank you! I am not sure what it is....maybe I had them in the wrong spot or something...will move things around next year and see how it goes

8:48 am

hootowl

Can't grow anything her except weeds

8:48 am

Trifioso

this is when I really miss my chickens. that poop was GOLD in the garden, except for in the potato area. no love for the chicken manure there!

8:49 am

Trifioso

many weeds are quite lovely, hootowl

8:49 am

hootowl

I'm envious. You obviosly have room and decent soil

8:49 am

Trifioso

wahoo! my current favorite song just came on!

8:49 am

hego

ah, an optimist.

8:50 am

MollyL

That is the eternal optimist. Someone who considers chicken shit gold.

8:50 am

hootowl

Not when your trying to grow veggies. And you'd really have to see this mess to believe it!

8:50 am

hego

lol Molly

8:50 am

Trifioso

I highly recommend containers, hoot

8:51 am

Judi

Kitchen compost works wonders as well. Turn your trash into wormy gold.

8:51 am

Trifioso

it is molly. it seriously is! best manure you can find

8:51 am

hootowl

It is molls - very high nitrogen content. Has to sit a while to get rid of the ammonia thou

8:52 am

hootowl

Tried that too. nope

8:52 am

Trifioso

do that too, judi. actually, the kids and I were just speaking of this - we have the most people living in one house on our street, and we put out the least trash. :)

8:52 am

hootowl

hate it here and the soil knows

8:52 am

Judi

We are inundated with mushroom soil around here. Unless you know someone who has livestock, it's about the only soil supplement available.

8:53 am

hootowl

not great except for fill. Mushrooms deplete soil

8:53 am

Trifioso

judi, I understood that delaware had an abundance of chickens, so there must be some good poultry poo around? it definitely needs to season, that is true!

8:54 am

Judi

That's true, hoot. That's why we use our own compost. We don't bother with a veggie garden. There are too many deer and rabbits living around us. We would only be feeding them. F*ucking fauna, anyway!

8:55 am

Trifioso

lol judi....there are ways around deer!

8:55 am

hootowl

Never had that problem but I can understand the feelings

8:55 am

Trifioso

I like our deer, but I could have done with out them eating all my tulips, that is true. well, that and the lyme disease. that sucks

8:56 am

Judi

Sadly, we really don't have the time to devote to gardening. We plant flowers and pluck weeds.

8:57 am

Trifioso

yes, that is true. I live in the woods, so I spend an even amount of time getting the things I want to grow growing, and holding the rest of it back, so it won't take over!

8:57 am

hootowl

Maybe you can way lay them with a bale of hay>

8:57 am

Judi

We have to start at scratch with the compost pile in the spring. The neighbor obliterated in the fall. Long story. Anyway, I will be planting lots of forsythia on our property line in the spring.

8:57 am

hego

almost anchor

8:58 am

hootowl

mix in a few hollies if it's that way

8:59 am

Judi

Just might, hoot. Although, forsythia is cheaper and grows like weeds. Lots of coverage for not much $$.

8:59 am

Trifioso

here is video I made ages ago of me and tertiare running around in our yard after a flood - you can get a sense of where I live anyway, if you are remotely interested....

8:59 am

Trifioso

http://tinyurl.com/7wobprm

9:00 am

Judi

Plus, it's a little more neighborly than posting "no trespassing signs".

9:00 am

hego

I have rose of Sharons. they bloom all summer. great!

9:00 am

hootowl

forsythia roots easily. Can you get cuttings from other neighbors. Will start in water

9:01 am

Judi

I like those too, hego. But it's really shady where I'll be planting. I think those like full sun.

9:01 am

hego

right Judi

9:01 am

Nef

Good Morning Everybody. Judi; we use kitchen compost and shredded paper and put it in our nearly empty compost bin all winter. Come spring, we add a bottle of beer (not lite) and some sugar and a little ammonia and it takes off like crazy.

9:01 am

Judi

I could use cuttings from my existing forsythia, but I want to make an obvious and immediate border.

9:01 am

hego

Hi Nef

9:02 am

hego

some recipe Nef. lol

9:02 am

Judi

Ammonia bad! Keep those chemicals out of the compost.

9:03 am

hootowl

composting produses ammonia

9:03 am

hego

ammonia is antural and contains nitrogen

9:03 am

hego

natural rather

9:04 am

Trifioso

now that I watch that video again, it really is mostly my side yard, and where the flower gardens are, not the vegetable ones. oh well

9:04 am

Judi

Doesn't the sugar and beer make it stinky? Also, attract flies and maggots?

9:04 am

hootowl

well I found out in aggie school that me and ammonia don't get along

9:05 am

Nef

It works. DH has been doing this for years (I'm not sure of the ratio, but can find out). Since we're in MN and the winters normally can be very cold; sometimes compost can be pretty dormant (or dead) during the winter

9:06 am

Judi

Ah. An accelerator mix. We don't need that here. Mild winters & very warm summers.

9:07 am

Trifioso

-----> jealous of judi, though I suppose I can hardly complain about my winter thus far

9:07 am

hootowl

One of my neighbors has started a chain saw! bbl

9:08 am

hego

does the 9 build from the 6?

9:09 am

crosshair

wind and lake effect snow are howling off the water today and it is minus 16:(

9:09 am

Nef

the ammonia is the nitrogen; it takes less than a cup of it for the compost (I think only a few tsps. actually); and you stirr the beer and sugar and ammonia all together and pour it into the compost and stir in fresh grass clippings, any winter yard trash (old leaves, etc.) and the kitchen and paper and mix it all up very well. We don't have a problem with flies or maggots or critters in the compost

9:10 am

hego

sounds delicious.

9:10 am

Mr Bob

Good mornimg

9:10 am

crosshair

howdy bob

9:10 am

hego

Hi Bob and Crossy

9:10 am

Judi

It's like compost beer! Mmmm. Green beer.

9:10 am

crosshair

howdy hego

9:10 am

hego

Crossy, if I ever visit you it will be in July.

9:10 am

Nef

hi Bob and crossy

9:14 am

Nef

Just realized I need to wake DH and take him to PT; BBL!

9:15 am

hego

bye Nef

9:18 am

hego

must go. bbl

9:25 am

Judi

Fireworks! Been a while since I've said that.

9:26 am

hootowl

ok - the nitwit stopped. It would be a big help if they had built these homes with insulation and storm windows! Hate rentals! NO maintenance

9:26 am

hootowl

congrats Judi

9:29 am

vanillaslice

hi aand congrats Judi

9:41 am

wvteach

NBS and NBT - time for breakfast

9:41 am

vanillaslice

wd wv

9:47 am

vanillaslice

fireworks!

9:49 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo judi!

9:49 am

jmcnrick

whoo hoo vanillla

9:50 am

periwinkle

te6pls

9:50 am

jmcnrick

sorry just started peri

9:50 am

jmcnrick

hi all

9:51 am

periwinkle

hi jmc hi all

9:51 am

vanillaslice

te6 are you renting?

9:51 am

PastorJ

renter, periwinkle

9:51 am

periwinkle

ty ty

9:52 am

vanillaslice

yw

9:53 am

vanillaslice

this grid had a sting in its tail for me

9:53 am

jmcnrick

yes? should I wear gloves?

9:53 am

MollyL

No need for gloves, but limber up. This grid is like playing Twister.

9:54 am

vanillaslice

hasnt taken me this long to find the last 5 for ages

9:54 am

jmcnrick

*stretches*

9:57 am

vanillaslice

time for me to vanish have a great day all

9:57 am

jmcnrick

bye vanillla

9:58 am

jmcnrick

stats for the 4th column E please

9:59 am

jmcnrick

i am only finding german words for that one

10:01 am

phaeton

en5/12

10:02 am

jmcnrick

ty phae

10:03 am

phaeton

yw

10:03 am

jmcnrick

nbt

10:03 am

phaeton

wtg

10:04 am

jmcnrick

:-D

10:13 am

jmcnrick

okay I am off to school and to figure out how to write a 4 page paper about something i think is stupid

10:13 am

jmcnrick

bbl

10:14 am

jmcnrick

*goes to thesaurus to look up word "stupid"*

10:14 am

stevedallas

talking baby commercials

10:30 am

MollyL

Word puzzles that allow obscure foreign currency words.

10:31 am

Sugrraleona

nein

10:31 am

Sugrraleona

lol

10:40 am

Sugrraleona

clue for the ca6 24?

10:42 am

mixi6

sounds something like the check-out person, but missing a letter.

10:42 am

mixi6

ne6,18?

10:42 am

Sugrraleona

ty mixi

10:43 am

Sugrraleona

dont have that one yet mixi

10:44 am

rururocks

the ne worm mix

10:44 am

rururocks

ragworm

10:45 am

mixi6

ty ruru. (must remember names of worms).

10:45 am

Sugrraleona

omg, they are disgusiting

10:45 am

crosshair

crossy does not know fancy worm names

10:46 am

mixi6

ne + anagram of getting up. **** and shine.

10:47 am

crosshair

ty mixi

10:47 am

Sugrraleona

ve8? i'm stuck on the v's

10:48 am

rururocks

i'm almost there sugrr.

10:48 am

MollyL

ne6 makes me think of another topic for JMC's "stupid" paper

10:48 am

mixi6

ve6 is a very this layer of applied wood

10:49 am

mixi6

dont have the ve8

10:49 am

jan

In/5 and in/6 would be good adjectives for the 'stupid' paper

10:49 am

cybernan

ve + french negative + anagram of get up

10:49 am

cybernan

*first half of the french negative

10:50 am

cybernan

good morning, everyone :)

10:50 am

jan

Most of the long ones have the same endings, so they can be monkeyed.

10:51 am

jan

Ooh...just clicked on the definition for the ve. It means gratifications of sexual desires. How has this word gone into disuse??

10:51 am

cybernan

lol, jan

10:51 am

crosshair

cause it cannot be found! lol

10:52 am

cybernan

see 10:49 clue crossy

10:52 am

rururocks

it's in my dictionary

10:53 am

Sugrraleona

just got the z6 by accident LOL

10:53 am

jan

Maybe it has a negative connotation. That would explain its decline in usage in the modern world. ;-)

10:54 am

MollyL

It sounds more like an STD, Jan

10:55 am

jan

Same root no doubt, Molly.

10:55 am

rururocks

*zips lip*

10:55 am

Focal

Hi I'm back, and for the first time ever in my brief Babble career, I have more words than I haven't!!! Yippee!! 51 got, 48 to go!!

10:55 am

cybernan

have the ze 4 and 6 -- what am I missing?

10:55 am

rururocks

uh.. anyone have the se 8 please?

10:55 am

crosshair

ty molly that got it for me:))

10:56 am

Sugrraleona

ze4 = another one, there's 2

10:56 am

jan

Sounds a bit like the music played to honor someone, with a dfferent ending.

10:56 am

cybernan

ty crossy

10:57 am

mixi6

looking for ze6...

10:57 am

rururocks

thank you Jan.

10:58 am

jan

It's a snow day for me today, so I'm trying to do this one without a list, but I'm down to random typing. (13 to go...)

10:58 am

jan

It's a snow day for me today, so I'm trying to do this one without a list, but I'm down to random typing. (13 to go...)

10:58 am

cybernan

looking for the se 8

10:58 am

jan

YW ruru...

10:59 am

MollyL

Nice work Focal

11:00 am

cybernan

oooh - found the se 8 - 8's done

11:03 am

jan

I have the ca/7 x2, in7, re/7x2, and ve/7. What am I missing?

11:03 am

mixi6

ze6?

11:03 am

MollyL

ze + word for grandma

11:03 am

mixi6

se7 jan

11:03 am

Sugrraleona

need the ca7, but not the one who stores veggies lol, need the other one

11:03 am

mixi6

ty molly

11:04 am

Kateq

the other ca 7 is french notebooks

11:04 am

jan

French for notebook, suggr.

11:04 am

cybernan

isn't that a ca 6?

11:04 am

jan

Thanks mixi, looking...

11:05 am

Kateq

the plural nan

11:05 am

cybernan

ca 7: more knowledgeable

11:05 am

Sugrraleona

omg, I have the 6 you would think since there's an S on the board I would plural it LOL

11:05 am

Sugrraleona

15 words left

11:05 am

jan

Oui, c'est vrai. My mistake.

11:06 am

cybernan

ty kate - missed that one

11:06 am

MollyL

And for those of you not fluent in french ca + one who inherits

11:06 am

jan

Anagram of the one who inherits, I think

11:06 am

Sugrraleona

lmao molly

11:07 am

MollyL

Ugh...one who inherits mixed up

11:08 am

mixi6

fireworks

11:08 am

cybernan

missing one of the re 7's -- have plays out again

11:09 am

MollyL

Yay Mixi!

11:09 am

mixi6

to employ agin and again.

11:10 am

cybernan

ty mixi

11:10 am

cybernan

just missing one 7 -- think it's time to list

11:14 am

wvteach

need the se 7 please

11:14 am

Focal

NBT, NBS

11:14 am

wvteach

congrats focal

11:15 am

Focal

Thanks WV, I am ridiculously pleased with myself. Personal best and all that!!

11:15 am

wvteach

always need to celebrate reaching our goals

11:16 am

MollyL

Focal is on the victory path

11:16 am

uusue2

morning all! catching my breath between classes...

11:16 am

wvteach

hello sue

11:16 am

Focal

Woo hoo!! And who cares if there's no dinner cooked!! (Well, actually, there WILL be complaints!)

11:17 am

uusue2

hi, wv, focal, molly!

11:17 am

jan

Morning Sue. No classes for me today--called off due to snow!

11:17 am

MollyL

Focal, Focal, the answer to "What's for dinner?" is..."whatever you're cooking"

11:17 am

uusue2

ha,, we almost never cancel classes due to weather

11:18 am

wvteach

the university rarely calls off classes, but the public schools do cancel or have 2 hour delays

11:18 am

Focal

Ha Moll, I'll try that on my 11-year-olds!

11:18 am

jan

That used to be true for our uni, too, but a few years ago we had a storm in which a couple of faculty were badly hurt in a rollover of an SUV.

11:19 am

MollyL

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a perfectly nutritious meal Focal.

11:19 am

wvteach

never too early to teach them to cook - i had a one pot meal that both the boys learned to cook and the one still loves to make it (he's now 38)

11:19 am

jan

Seems that the decision to cancel or not was made by the provost who lived within walking distance. So he didn't understand the road situation that most faculty staff and students faced.

11:19 am

Focal

So true, but that's what they got for lunch! This victory has no been easily won!

11:19 am

MollyL

Jan, I am so glad to hear that your university takes bad weather seriously. If more places would close due to bad weather, there would be less accidents from it.

11:20 am

uusue2

I remember walking to school when it was -20 out and my car didn't start, classes were on so I went

11:20 am

jan

True enough. I think having a couple of seriously hurt law profs got their attention though...

11:20 am

uusue2

we have a lot of commuter students (and faculty) so all weather pronouncements are prefaced by a lot of legalese saying you should make your own decisions

11:20 am

uusue2

ah, law profs, that would do it!

11:21 am

cybernan

se 7, please?

11:21 am

jan

When the state patrol says "only essential travel should be attempted" it's interesting how many universities think, "Classes, yes, that's essential."

11:22 am

MollyL

Alas, people have no sense and will go out in bad weather when common sense says the safe thing to do is stay home.

11:22 am

hego

Hi All

11:22 am

jan

Sorry nan, still haven't got it. Sneaked out and had a spot of coffee instead of monkey-typing.

11:22 am

cybernan

nm - found it

11:22 am

wvteach

don't have it either but trying

11:23 am

jan

Can you suggest a clue for it?

11:23 am

cybernan

se + chinese grain - last letter + not out

11:23 am

MollyL

se + poison gas

11:23 am

jan

Thanks Molly!

11:23 am

hego

ty molls

11:24 am

jan

And nan too!

11:24 am

wvteach

thnx molly and nan

11:24 am

hego

would never have gotten that.

11:24 am

hego

aand nan

11:24 am

cybernan

can't believe I missed the te 4!

11:25 am

jan

And I can't believe I missed the engineering he/5!

11:26 am

wvteach

have ve 8 - what are the stats of the other 8

11:26 am

hego

missing is easy

11:26 am

cybernan

are you suddenly ri 4, jan ;)

11:26 am

jan

se/8/40

11:26 am

hego

it's finding them that's hard. lol

11:27 am

jan

Not me, nan! Though tis to be devoutly wished.

11:28 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help :)

11:28 am

wvteach

congrats nan

11:28 am

crosshair

yaa for cybernan!

11:28 am

jan

Congrats nan! And thanks as ever for your helpfulness.

11:28 am

hego

yay! Nan!

11:28 am

Focal

Good on ya Nan!

11:29 am

cybernan

ty everyone -- anyone want clues before I leave

11:29 am

hego

yay! c's crushed!

11:30 am

jan

Not me, nan. I sill have 7 to go but I'm not sure what I still need.

11:30 am

hego

no ty Nan

11:31 am

cybernan

wd, jan - I gave up and listed at 28 to go

11:31 am

wvteach

listing now at 23

11:31 am

cybernan

bye everyone - have a great day :)

11:31 am

Focal

66/33 gulp

11:31 am

Focal

Bye nan, thanks for the clues

11:32 am

hego

Great Focal!

11:33 am

MollyL

*Cheers Focal on*

11:33 am

jan

Gogogo focal!

11:35 am

jan

5 left, three fives and two sixes...I really don't want to list if I can help it.

11:35 am

wvteach

go for it focal

11:35 am

wvteach

you can do it Jan

11:36 am

Focal

Go go go Jan!

11:36 am

hego

ic5 anyone?

11:36 am

jan

More frigid

11:37 am

hego

nm got it. duh

11:37 am

Focal

I thought a penguin would have got that before ANYONE!

11:37 am

hego

ty jan

11:38 am

hego

lolol Focal : )

11:43 am

hego

I do not belive the second in 6,21.

11:43 am

hego

or the 7

11:44 am

jan

Hmmm...the second in 6 doesn't pluralize, and the third is a pretty normal word.

11:46 am

hego

second 6, 21

11:47 am

jan

I agree, it's only usually seen in its latin-nominalized form/

11:47 am

hego

what he said.

11:48 am

hego

I mean she

11:50 am

MollyL

Latin nominalized form? This grid is truly not for the common folks.

11:50 am

hego

Not a language major I.

11:51 am

jan

So true--between chemicals, obscure medieval dress, foreign currency, etc. Babble is a work-out for the vocabulary.

11:51 am

hego

now that stuff I know.

11:52 am

hego

and needle cases and needle nosed dolphins too. lol

11:53 am

jan

You can always identify a Babbler. They're the ones saying, "Excuse me, how many hwan in a dollar?" or " I seem to have misplaced by etui."

11:53 am

hego

: D

11:54 am

hego

Jan is it snowing there?

11:54 am

jan

Yes, much not very hard at the moment. It's supposed to taper completely to flurries within an hour or so.

11:55 am

hego

I have peeps in Seattle

11:55 am

jan

That didn't come out right. I'm listening to the radio and somehow the 'but" incorporated the radio guy's "much"!

11:55 am

hego

Kitsap peninsula.

11:56 am

jan

I think Kitsap has gotten it worse than the city and the north sound.

11:56 am

hego

I thought you meant not much

11:56 am

hego

uh oh

11:57 am

hego

they will be at home for awhile.

12:02 pm

crosshair

crossy left his etui on the cwms

12:02 pm

jan

Things should get better quickly though. It's supposed to be cold through tomorrow, with a possibility of a bit more snow. Then Friday it warms into the forties with rain to wash away the ice and snow.

12:02 pm

hego

hi Crossy dear

12:02 pm

hego

that's good Jan

12:02 pm

jan

Kitsap has varied conditions due to the straits and the rain shadow.

12:03 pm

crosshair

howdy hego

12:03 pm

crosshair

we got 6 inches of snow night before last,got 6 inches last nigh,and am quite sure we will get 6 inches tonight:(

12:04 pm

hego

as long as you know where your etui is, that's all that counts, Love.

12:04 pm

crosshair

i shall have to dig for it now:)

12:04 pm

hego

I thought it was buried by now. lol

12:04 pm

jan

Hi crossy! You Canadians handle wintry weather so much better than we do. Seattle has four snowplows for the whole city!

12:04 pm

hego

snap again

12:05 pm

jan

Personally, I'm not much better prepared. I had to shovel off my front steps with a plastic dustpan. I really should get a snow shovel...

12:06 pm

crosshair

we must have the equipment to be sure!

12:06 pm

hego

that's a funny picture.

12:07 pm

hego

do they even sell snow shovels there, Jan?

12:08 pm

jan

Sure! They get tons of snow in the mountains. One winter the ranger station at Paradise on Mount Rainier measured 23 feet of snow on the ground!

12:08 pm

hego

No, I meant in the city.

12:09 pm

crosshair

when we lived up north a bit further we used to have those catapillar road graders you see spreading dirt on side roads? well they were equipped with auger/blowers on the front and chould fire snow a distance of 20 feet through the air.the banks on the side of the road used to be within 4 feet of the top of the telephone poles.my gomonther used to give us heck as kids cause we used to hack steps into the snow banks and perch on top of the poles and jump off with a bit of card board to slide down with

12:10 pm

jan

Seattle gets snowfalls every now and again. One year we got two feet of wet snow. The corrugated metal roofing over a marina collapsed, sending hundreds of boats to the bottom of the sound. You could hear the anguished cries of the yaching set for miles around!

12:10 pm

crosshair

godmother*

12:10 pm

hego

whoo hoo!! I want one of those, Crossy.

12:11 pm

Eva

hi crossy-just sitting here trying to figure out whether I can get down the driveway, which is essentially a very long luge run.

12:11 pm

hego

gget a luge Eva

12:12 pm

Eva

or become a penguin

12:12 pm

crosshair

mm.pop it in neutral and let it coastthen as you hit the bottom slam it into first and snap it a nice 45 degrees

12:12 pm

Eva

in reality waiting for the sander to come

12:12 pm

hego

that's why I did it.

12:12 pm

jan

Doesn't everyone in Vermont have a state-issued toboggan?

12:13 pm

hego

We had 31 inches last December. Waiting for the plows became our statewide passtime.

12:14 pm

Eva

the problem is we don't have the usual big snowbanks on either side of the driveway. usually I can play pinball with the car-put it in neutral, as you sugegsted, and bounce of either side. Stopping at the bottom is a bit of a trick. Getting back up, however, even getting off the road, looks like a non-starter.

12:14 pm

Eva

no-but we have state issued crampons for or boots

12:14 pm

crosshair

i hope we get it like last year,snow right up to the side windows of the car.i have 600 dollars worth of new winter tyres on my car and they had better get some use!

12:14 pm

jan

Waiting a bit beats meeting your local tow truck operator.

12:15 pm

hego

crampons?

12:15 pm

Eva

yak trax? basically studded snow tires for your shoes

12:15 pm

crosshair

tire chains? lol

12:15 pm

jan

I bought a set of those crampon-like thingees for boots at Costco. Have yet to crack them out though.

12:16 pm

Eva

I don't go anywhere without them. Have taken too many bad falls.

12:16 pm

crosshair

those slip on crampons are very handy

12:16 pm

jan

Here we use them in the early summer for mountain hiking. Along with an iceax to break your fall into crevasses.

12:16 pm

Soodle

Oh my! I am feeling cold just reading the chog. I feel so so sorry for you snowed-up folks. I hate hate hate snow!

12:16 pm

Eva

in seattle? creavasses?

12:17 pm

hego

(((( Soodle))))

12:17 pm

crosshair

i do not run into too many crevasses tween here and work:)

12:17 pm

Soodle

Hi ((((Hego))). Your icon is very appropriate!

12:17 pm

Eva

I actually love snow. But not ice!

12:17 pm

bichon

We haven't had snow in CT all season, except for the freak Halloween storm which left the state without power for a week

12:17 pm

jan

Not in town, but in the mountains. If you don't mountain hike in Seattle, people look at you funny.

12:17 pm

crosshair

howdy soodles:)

12:17 pm

hego

us too Bichon

12:18 pm

hego

ty Soodle

12:18 pm

Soodle

Hey Crossy, Bichon, Eva, Jan et al :-)

12:18 pm

jan

I'm with you Eva. Ice has no redeeming qualities. My least favorite winter weather is freezing rain. Followed closely by 'wintry mix"

12:18 pm

Eva

had a bit of a scare last week heading into town. The road surface was just changing from snow to ice and I couldn't stop at the stop sign...luckily was no one coming on the crossroad-did a 270 skid, but avoided the ditches and then just headed home.

12:19 pm

bichon

Of course, now I'm in CA, where it is unseasonably cold, low 30's at night

12:19 pm

hego

harrowing

12:19 pm

jan

Twenty six days till pitichers and catchers report to spring training. That cheers me up.

12:19 pm

Eva

lol jan..."wintry mix" another word for frozen hell

12:19 pm

bichon

do you have ABS Eva?

12:19 pm

Eva

no

12:20 pm

jan

Even with ABS, there's no defense against ice on the road. Or skating rink, as it becomes

12:20 pm

MollyL

<---Loves her Yak Traxx

12:20 pm

Eva

but have been driving in the north for my whole life so my foot is conditioned not to slam on the brakes.

12:20 pm

MollyL

<---Loves Jan for mentioning Spring Training

12:21 pm

hego

I have to check out those crampons for hubby

12:21 pm

hego

Ah, spring anything.

12:21 pm

jan

Spring training is the happiest time of the year. It's a reminder of the promise of warmth, and whatever your team is, it's still tied for first place!

12:21 pm

Eva

hi soodle!

12:22 pm

Soodle

Daffodils are blooming profusely here, after one of the mildest winters on record. All the critters are coming out of hibernation.... Its a funny old world!

12:23 pm

Eva

if I start thinking of spring now I'll have a breakdown in March when I realize it is still way far away. I just try to hibernate

12:23 pm

jan

Hope the flowers and critters aren't being suckered into coming out too early.

12:23 pm

bichon

I feel so much more secure with ABS, but I've never been driving really fast and have to stop quickly. Usually with ice, I crawl along

12:23 pm

Soodle

Thats the big worry, Jan. :-(

12:23 pm

MollyL

Still way far away? Spring starts March 21st.

12:23 pm

jan

But sugaring will start for Vermont in the next few weeks. And when sugaring starts, snow melt cannot be all that far away.

12:24 pm

hego

Ah.... Ireland

12:24 pm

jan

I remember as a child drinking the ice cold sap out of buckets on the way to school. So naughty...

12:25 pm

jan

Nowadays I guess you can't do that. The sap is collected by tube, away from the naughty reach of children.

12:25 pm

Eva

sugaring in a few weeks? Where? but on the other hand, these days anything is possible, because the temp is fluctuating so wildly. Was minus 17 the other morning, now is in the 20's.

12:26 pm

hego

need a break bbl.

12:27 pm

jan

I think sugaring starts in mid February, or at least that's my recollection from childhood. Once it gets above freezing during the day but below freezing at night is ideal. Once it gets into the forties, the sap has flavors in it that aren't ideal for syrup, so sigaring has to stop.

12:28 pm

Eva

Since I don't sugar I can't swear to it and you may be right, but I think my neighbors don't usually start until March, but I saw a headline the other days about some people beginning early this year. Did you grow up around here jan?

12:29 pm

jan

I lived in a lot of places in New England, including rural Western Massachusetts (Shelburne Falls, Colrain, and Williamstown) and Brattleboro in Vermont.

12:29 pm

stidmama

hey all! jan, we've really gotten hit in the south sound -- more than a foot since last night!

12:30 pm

jan

A friend outside Olympia emailed me to say they have 15 inches. Has it stopped yet stidmama?

12:31 pm

stidmama

no, still coming down in little icy flakes! but I just checked and they are predicting icy rain soon.

12:31 pm

Eva

I lived in Western MAss for 15 year-in W. Cummington, which is one of the hill towns between Northampton and Pittsfield. I worked in Greenfield, so drove through Shelburne Falls almost every morning. Was cCuskers market there when you were?

12:32 pm

jan

I had an uncle that used to tap his maples. His rule of thumb was 35-25 (thirty five in the day, 25 at night) for the best sugar conditions.

12:33 pm

jan

Don't remember Cuskers Market--I lived there in the late fifties and early sixties. I remember walking across the Bridge of Flowers and thinking it was the most beautiful place in the world, though.

12:33 pm

jan

My brother still lives in Greenfield, near the junction of 5 and 10. That

12:33 pm

jan

That's a joke nobody gets anymore

12:34 pm

Eva

the Bridge of Flowers was gorgeous. No, McCuskers opened in the 70's. You probably wouldn't recognize Shelburne now.

12:34 pm

jan

Oh, Stidmama! I hope they are wrong--icy rain on top of snow is the worst!

12:34 pm

jan

You're right, I'm sure it isn't the sleepy rural hamlet of my youth

12:35 pm

Eva

Well, if you have the snow underneath, it will crunch and you can still get some traction

12:35 pm

Eva

I think it's still pretty sleepy-for good and for bad, that part of the state has had a hard time economically. greenfield has so often been on the verge of a "rennaissance" and somehow it never quite happens.

12:37 pm

jan

The last time I was there, there were a few pretty good semi-trendy restaurants in downtown Greenfield. But I was there to bury my mother, so I wasn't paying that much attention.

12:38 pm

Eva

sorry to her that jan. The outer world seems pretty unreal and irrelevant at those times

12:39 pm

Eva

How did you end up in Ireland?

12:39 pm

jan

The saddest part for me was that for many years she and my dad lived away from New England and my mother often wished that they would move back. By the time she did, she was pretty far gone with ALzheimers and didn't know she'd gone 'home.

12:41 pm

Eva

my mother was also demented for some time before she died.

12:41 pm

jan

Hard to lose a loved one twice, once to the disease and once eventually in death.

12:42 pm

jan

I think it is Soodle who is Irish.

12:48 pm

jan

I think I killed the chog. So sorry.

12:48 pm

jan

I think I killed the chog. So sorry.

12:48 pm

jan

Back to regularly scheduled Babble chat..

12:50 pm

jan

I'm down to three (two 5's and a 6) an h, an r and an s. Should I break down and list? Keep plugging away? Plead for random clues?

12:51 pm

jan

I finish without a list maybe three or four times a year. It's a strange thing to worry about, isn't it? And even if I do finish listlessly, I always benefit from clues dropped in the chat.

12:52 pm

m9f9l

I have 27 to go.

12:52 pm

m9f9l

do you have se6/18?

12:53 pm

jan

Go m9f9l!

12:53 pm

m9f9l

I also have an si6/18

12:53 pm

m9f9l

I don't have any h6

12:53 pm

jan

I have a se/6/18 and an si/6/18. So does that mean my extra s is likely a 5?

12:54 pm

m9f9l

I don't have all the s so I don't know!LOL

12:54 pm

jan

Nor I on the h's.

12:54 pm

m9f9l

I figured if I had a 6 you didn't, it would at least narrow things down!

12:54 pm

m9f9l

I only have one r6

12:55 pm

m9f9l

since it has a 7, I figure you have it

12:55 pm

jan

Me too on the r's. So I think we've positively established that the 6 could be any one of them

12:55 pm

m9f9l

yep!

12:55 pm

m9f9l

a lot of help I was

12:56 pm

m9f9l

LOL

12:56 pm

jan

This is the situation that makes me think that I should list. It's true that somebody with fireworks could tell me which one to look for. But how is that really different than listing? And why should I care one way or the other. Sometimes I think Babble has made me silly.

12:57 pm

m9f9l

I agree.

12:57 pm

m9f9l

I mean I agree that getting it from someone is same as listing. not that you're silly.

12:58 pm

m9f9l

hmm I was sure I had both 8 last night.

12:58 pm

m9f9l

hmm I was sure I had both 8 last night.

12:59 pm

jan

I think I agree that Babble has probably made me silly. But not in a bad way. ;-)

12:59 pm

m9f9l

yes. exactly!

12:59 pm

m9f9l

Could you tell me what the 8 are?

12:59 pm

jan

Well I got another r/5, so the lone six is either an s or an h.

12:59 pm

jan

There's an se and a ve

12:59 pm

m9f9l

wtg!

1:00 pm

m9f9l

ah yes. thanks

1:00 pm

jan

And it's confirmed--it's an se. One that I thought I'd already entered. So now down to 1, an h/5

1:01 pm

m9f9l

oh I hate it when that happens

1:01 pm

m9f9l

I have 4 of those

1:02 pm

jan

I think I sometimes mistype and think I've entered a word but due to the typo it doesn't enter. And if you see my chog entries you'll know my typing is highly erratic.

1:02 pm

jan

I've got 6 h/5's but obviously I'm missing one.

1:03 pm

m9f9l

It's off the lower h, right?

1:03 pm

jan

Yes, the middle one.

1:03 pm

HarryHood

hi! wow - got halfway and nbt really fast today....but I assume the wall looms ahead

1:03 pm

jan

It won't take hanch no matter how often my monkeys insist on it.

1:04 pm

jan

Nor hanta, the mouse-borne virus.

1:05 pm

jan

Hanch I can forgive, since it isn't a word. But hanta's absence is annoying.

1:05 pm

jan

The word's absence, that is, not the virus. Its absence is gratifying.

1:06 pm

HarryHood

I find it gratifying not to have hantavirus, and I'm not all that annoyed at the absence of the word.

1:07 pm

HarryHood

now the absence of the bewitched grandmother is more annoying to me

1:07 pm

jan

You might be if you were down to a single word, a five letter h one.

1:07 pm

HarryHood

ouch

1:07 pm

stidmama

hey all, had phone call.

1:08 pm

jan

Welcome back stid1

1:08 pm

HarryHood

may I offer one? or are you not accepting help?

1:08 pm

jan

I accept all offers of help, Harry.

1:09 pm

HarryHood

do you have the unit of frequency (also car rental co.)?

1:09 pm

m9f9l

oohh. i didn't have the egg crackihg one

1:09 pm

m9f9l

hi stid!

1:09 pm

HarryHood

oh!

1:09 pm

m9f9l

I didn't have that one, thanks Harry

1:10 pm

HarryHood

yw :)

1:10 pm

m9f9l

oh! what?

1:10 pm

jan

Have those. I have the egg cracking sound, the legatees, the plural present place, the frequency unit, the employer, the present tense of what that person does.

1:10 pm

HarryHood

I thought for a sec that you were jan, and that you found your word :)

1:11 pm

m9f9l

oh!

1:11 pm

jan

And now...the hair dye! And fireworks

1:11 pm

HarryHood

woohoo!

1:11 pm

m9f9l

yay!!

1:11 pm

m9f9l

guess I have all the h5 then.LOL

1:12 pm

HarryHood

i was missing the dye :) ty

1:12 pm

HarryHood

wish we could latin pl the dye

1:12 pm

jan

So...anyone need any clues before I go out to shovel off the steps again with my trusty plastic dustpan?

1:12 pm

m9f9l

I'm missing a t off the far right. And 23 other words.

1:12 pm

m9f9l

wow jan.. that sounds like fun.....

1:13 pm

HarryHood

ooh did the snow shut down the city?

1:13 pm

m9f9l

I'm home from work today 'cause of snow in the Portland area..

1:14 pm

m9f9l

Oregon that is

1:14 pm

HarryHood

wow! we've had close to nothing here in ct

1:14 pm

jan

The t's off the right t are ta/4 ta6 ta9 ta6. Let me know if you want additional clues

1:14 pm

HarryHood

my kids got so many snow days last winter, they're quite upset this year.

1:14 pm

jan

Snow in any amounts other than trace shuts down Seattle.

1:14 pm

m9f9l

there's no a next to the right t!LOL

1:15 pm

m9f9l

Are you in Seattle?

1:15 pm

jan

I'm on a snow day myself. My university shut down at 6 last night and won't open till tomorrow am at the earliest.

1:15 pm

m9f9l

ah.. you're a professor?

1:16 pm

m9f9l

oh doh. it says Seattle in your profile

1:16 pm

m9f9l

I grew up in Seattle, and snow was SO rare.

1:16 pm

jan

Sorry... that's the other t. The right t is te/4 te6 tr4 tr5 tr5 tr6 tr5 tr6 tr5

1:17 pm

jan

Yes, I teach at Seattle U.

1:17 pm

m9f9l

I grew up on Capitol Hill

1:17 pm

Jindigo

Afternoon all...I am stuck on the NA in the lower left corner. Can I get clue please?

1:18 pm

HarryHood

I have mary poppins plural

1:18 pm

m9f9l

got the t, thanks!

1:18 pm

HarryHood

but leave off the s

1:18 pm

HarryHood

(that's the s for savings!)

1:18 pm

m9f9l

make it singular

1:19 pm

Jindigo

ugh! Thank you.

1:19 pm

jan

Indian bread?

1:19 pm

m9f9l

well.. only PRACTICALLY perfect in every way after all.

1:19 pm

jan

Slang for 'of course'?

1:19 pm

stidmama

thanks for the indian bread, hadn't seen that yet!

1:19 pm

HarryHood

38 to go, and the flow has slowed to a trickle

1:20 pm

m9f9l

21 he4

1:20 pm

periwinkle

in5 pls

1:20 pm

m9f9l

hi peri

1:20 pm

periwinkle

hi

1:20 pm

stidmama

hey peri

1:20 pm

jan

More frigid, and stupid.

1:20 pm

periwinkle

ty

1:20 pm

m9f9l

I have 2. silly and middle

1:20 pm

jan

Those are clues, not commentary

1:20 pm

stidmama

down to 35 here. I am glad (once again) that lickety's clues are up

1:21 pm

m9f9l

and now I have 3.LOL

1:21 pm

HarryHood

ty for the frigid :)

1:21 pm

HarryHood

bbl for a second look.

1:21 pm

periwinkle

ty m9

1:21 pm

periwinkle

hi stiddy

1:21 pm

m9f9l

yw

1:21 pm

jan

Could easily be commentary, what with all the weather talk in the chat

1:22 pm

m9f9l

oh.. no flakes coming down at the moment21

1:22 pm

stidmama

oh! I found the ca 9!

1:22 pm

m9f9l

I think of that pic from a few years ago of the Seattle bus hanging over the freeway!

1:22 pm

periwinkle

good for you stid

1:22 pm

m9f9l

wtg stid!

1:22 pm

stidmama

it's icy rain now, little misty icy rain... *sigh* I was hoping to get to afternoon before it started.

1:23 pm

periwinkle

firstre7 pls

1:23 pm

m9f9l

oh ugh...ice.

1:23 pm

rbud

ta just like the ca 9

1:23 pm

periwinkle

first re7 that is pls

1:23 pm

stidmama

thanks rbud! got it!

1:23 pm

m9f9l

I only have one. and that's the job one

1:23 pm

m9f9l

but I just got another

1:24 pm

stidmama

go m go!

1:24 pm

m9f9l

and that's the civil war player one

1:24 pm

periwinkle

not sure but think that is the 2nd

1:24 pm

m9f9l

yup.. cause my new one comes before

1:24 pm

periwinkle

civil war player?

1:24 pm

rbud

re + en5

1:24 pm

m9f9l

yeah.. you know.. they do re7ments of the battles!

1:25 pm

periwinkle

ah, yes, ty

1:25 pm

rbud

how many re7's are there?

1:25 pm

m9f9l

yw

1:25 pm

periwinkle

2

1:26 pm

m9f9l

19 left!

1:26 pm

rbud

oh, good, then

1:26 pm

rbud

thanks

1:27 pm

m9f9l

Elina just made herself some coconut snow icecream

1:27 pm

ivesy3

ca 6/24 plz

1:28 pm

m9f9l

ca + rearrangement of child who gets the money

1:28 pm

m9f9l

and thanks for that one!

1:28 pm

stidmama

help with the re 7 "jobs" clue?

1:29 pm

stidmama

and a plural on that ca

1:29 pm

m9f9l

to give the job stid

1:29 pm

m9f9l

opposite of what Trump says!

1:29 pm

stidmama

oh! got it :-D

1:30 pm

stidmama

down to 23 now.

1:30 pm

ivesy3

sorry dont get that.. brain freeze today

1:31 pm

m9f9l

oh wow.. this is PERFECT snow icecream snow!

1:31 pm

m9f9l

ca + he4 but switch the vowels

1:31 pm

ivesy3

oops just got it ty!

1:33 pm

m9f9l

yw

1:33 pm

m9f9l

14 to go

1:34 pm

stidmama

go m go!

1:36 pm

m9f9l

totally stuck

1:36 pm

m9f9l

ok.. not totally. 13

1:36 pm

stidmama

I am stuck at 22.

1:37 pm

stidmama

And going to go do some "work" before I freeze in place. back later (((hugs))) *poof*

1:41 pm

m9f9l

12

2:04 pm

Alex7777

@ stidmamahaha

2:04 pm

Alex7777

43 woooooo

2:06 pm

ivesy3

first re 7/32 plz

2:09 pm

ivesy3

nm just got it !

2:31 pm

HarryHood

30

2:31 pm

m9f9l

10

2:32 pm

HarryHood

28 :)

2:33 pm

m9f9l

go go Harry!

2:34 pm

HarryHood

26 now...i don't know if I can squeeze any more out of this grid w/o a list

2:35 pm

lynxxx

of course you can - if you have the time - I'm down to 9

2:36 pm

m9f9l

it's not easy!

2:36 pm

m9f9l

I'll admit that instead of monkeying I'm strategically using morewords now

2:36 pm

HarryHood

yeah, if I have the time I can try to monkey every permutation of letters :) but i have to help with homework in 20 minutes

2:36 pm

m9f9l

what kind of homework?

2:37 pm

HarryHood

ooh just got another!

2:37 pm

m9f9l

whoo hoo!

2:37 pm

lynxxx

do you have the rent-a-car company and its buddy ne5

2:37 pm

HarryHood

m9 - got kids coming home from 5th 2nd and K. the K has some silly worksheet sometimes, the 2nd gets a bit of hw, and the 5th gets mountains of stupidity

2:38 pm

HarryHood

didn't have the ne, lynx , ty

2:38 pm

m9f9l

don't even get me STARTED on lameness of hw for younger children!LOL (probably one of main reasons I homeschool?)

2:38 pm

m9f9l

No wonder so many Americans don't like to read!

2:39 pm

HarryHood

I always thought I'd homeschool....until I actually had kids.

2:39 pm

HarryHood

my kids love to read.

2:39 pm

m9f9l

were they "early" readers?

2:40 pm

HarryHood

got another! 23!

2:40 pm

HarryHood

not especially, m9. 4 - 5 yo

2:40 pm

lynxxx

7 - just got the very easy ve6/7

2:40 pm

m9f9l

My second daughter would have been considered a 'late' reader. And that would have been hard for her at school.

2:40 pm

m9f9l

That's early Harry

2:41 pm

HarryHood

and two more!

2:41 pm

m9f9l

Go go go!

2:41 pm

HarryHood

gogo lynx! I had those already :)

2:41 pm

m9f9l

But since she was able to come at it at her own pace when she was ready, it was no big deal. She read at 8

2:41 pm

HarryHood

good onya m9 for homeschooling

2:42 pm

HarryHood

my kids won't sit still and listen to me for that long.

2:42 pm

m9f9l

oh.. it's not about them listening to me. It's about me listening to them!LOL

2:43 pm

m9f9l

and how long do you think it takes?LOL

2:43 pm

HarryHood

do you do set curricula or just let them learn at their own pace?

2:45 pm

Jindigo

Coudl I have a clue for the IN 6/21 (after the measurement) please?

2:46 pm

HarryHood

ty for the clue jindigo! got it!

2:46 pm

HarryHood

nobody in6 but us rabbits!

2:46 pm

lynxxx

in & **** is my clue for that

2:47 pm

Jindigo

yw Harry

2:47 pm

Jindigo

I miss the easiest ones sometimes - thank you lynxxx

2:48 pm

m9f9l

sorry, was switching puters.

2:48 pm

HarryHood

well, I'll bbl....20 left, but 4 of them are 8s and 9s.

2:48 pm

m9f9l

no curricula

2:48 pm

m9f9l

7 left

2:49 pm

lynxxx

bye for now Harry

2:49 pm

lynxxx

6

2:49 pm

Jindigo

NA 5/14 (after the bread)

2:50 pm

m9f9l

more food jin. chips and cheese

2:50 pm

lynxxx

corn chips

2:50 pm

Jindigo

thanks again

2:52 pm

m9f9l

6

2:53 pm

m9f9l

5

2:54 pm

lynxxx

4 - just got that elusive sea worm ne6

2:55 pm

lynxxx

3

2:55 pm

Jindigo

lynxxx - can you clue that sea worm for me please?

2:57 pm

lynxxx

ne & **** and shine but move the e around

2:57 pm

Jindigo

thank you!

2:59 pm

lynxxx

2...don't know why I always miss the hair (or skin) dye

3:00 pm

lynxxx

1

3:00 pm

SeaSpray

so do I lynxxx...so do I

3:00 pm

lynxxx

hi Sea

3:01 pm

SeaSpray

Hi lynxxx how are you?

3:02 pm

lynxxx

really well...all is good with you and yours?

3:03 pm

m9f9l

5

3:03 pm

m9f9l

still

3:03 pm

SeaSpray

All is well this year so far...New baby due Feb. 21st...looking forward to that

3:04 pm

lynxxx

wow! how fantastic..

3:04 pm

SeaSpray

my daughter that is...not me! lol

3:05 pm

m9f9l

congrats Sea! My daughter is due any time now

3:05 pm

stevedallas

last one need a clue for se6/18 the first one and thanks

3:05 pm

lynxxx

I'd realised that - but a gran dchild is even better

3:06 pm

SeaSpray

Oh yes it is....I have a 3 year old granddaughter and she is so much fun

3:06 pm

Jindigo

the SE 4/4 before it plus not out but **

3:06 pm

lynxxx

se6.18 calm , not hassled

3:07 pm

stevedallas

thanks just got it fireworks

3:08 pm

SeaSpray

Wow, am watching Dr. Phil...so weird...a grown man acts like a baby, sleeps in a crib, wears diapers, etc. girlfriend takes care of him. ???

3:08 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Steve!

3:08 pm

m9f9l

stg

3:08 pm

m9f9l

oops. wtg!

3:08 pm

lynxxx

weird girlfriend

3:08 pm

m9f9l

that's weird.

3:09 pm

SeaSpray

the huge onesies are weird too lol

3:10 pm

m9f9l

does she nurse him?? :-O

3:11 pm

m9f9l

4

3:12 pm

SeaSpray

don't know but she changes his diapers...how weird is that? she feeds him too, they have pictures of him in a crib, a high chair, these are adult sized....this is crazy

3:12 pm

m9f9l

3

3:12 pm

snags

I have seen that. Woman nursed her 2 yr old and her husband when he came home from work.........

3:12 pm

lynxxx

eewww

3:13 pm

m9f9l

2.

3:13 pm

snags

some one has a warp in their hockey puck.

3:13 pm

m9f9l

sure you're not thinking of the movie "O Lucky Man"? LOL

3:14 pm

SeaSpray

omg...he takes a pacifier to work with him and he wears a diaper 24/7

3:14 pm

m9f9l

what's his job?

3:14 pm

snags

have they said what is the point of all that?

3:15 pm

SeaSpray

not sure....he has a $4000 wardrobe of baby clothes...not yet snags

3:15 pm

snags

please listen..........would like to know..... why?? not sure why I want to know.

3:16 pm

m9f9l

1

3:17 pm

m9f9l

fw

3:17 pm

lynxxx

Congrats!!

3:17 pm

snags

wtg 9

3:17 pm

lynxxx

me too!

3:17 pm

snags

nice job lynn

3:17 pm

SeaSpray

He says he wants to become a full time baby...Dr. Phil calls it infantilism ...girlfriend is coming on next

3:18 pm

SeaSpray

Congrats to finishers

3:18 pm

m9f9l

I listed for the last 5. Glad I did.. would never have monkeyed that se7/32

3:18 pm

snags

I only have 49 left to go

3:19 pm

snags

there is something not quite right with those 2, imo.

3:19 pm

m9f9l

LOL.. ya think?

3:19 pm

m9f9l

well I better get the day going....

3:19 pm

SeaSpray

uhhh, yeah!

3:19 pm

snags

:) well, I would have put it much much stronger, but there might be some that would be offended

3:19 pm

lynxxx

I must get going too - byeee

3:20 pm

snags

bye

3:20 pm

SeaSpray

bye lynxxx

3:20 pm

bekki

I have 63, but I'm to busy reading the chat. Never watch Dr Phil but guess I will today

3:20 pm

SeaSpray

lol bekki

3:20 pm

snags

go for it bekki

3:21 pm

hego

Hi All. clue for the ta 6, 21 pls

3:21 pm

snags

hello hego.l...........

3:22 pm

hego

hi Snags

3:22 pm

snags

don't have that one hego

3:23 pm

hego

ty

3:23 pm

westford

Good Afternoon All

3:23 pm

hego

hi Westie

3:24 pm

westford

hi hego

3:24 pm

Kazozz

ta plus double consonant and most of the **e cube that makes your drinks cold

3:25 pm

hego

ty ty

3:25 pm

westford

thanks from me too Kaz

3:25 pm

hego

dang! i new it would be some thing easy. ty again

3:26 pm

westford

back to find my last 36

3:26 pm

Kazozz

yw :)

3:28 pm

Kazozz

thats exactly how many i have left too west!

3:29 pm

westford

just got my last z word..French for monkey food? lol

3:31 pm

hego

lol

3:33 pm

Anniebrook

hi everyone

3:35 pm

westford

hello annie

3:37 pm

cosdem

does anyone have an6?

3:38 pm

Kazozz

no an 6 cos

3:38 pm

westford

hello cos sorry no

3:38 pm

westford

but I'll help you look

3:38 pm

cosdem

i meant ac6 sorry

3:39 pm

cosdem

and hello!

3:39 pm

MollyL

Hurts more Cos

3:39 pm

Anniebrook

ac6---hurts more and hi

3:39 pm

Kazozz

when you have the flu your body is ac**** than when you dont have it

3:39 pm

cosdem

thanks!

3:39 pm

Anniebrook

snap, molly

3:40 pm

MollyL

Clues flutter about Cos's head like manna from Heaven

3:40 pm

westford

that was yesterday

3:41 pm

westford

hi Molly

3:42 pm

Anniebrook

can I get a clue for te6 please

3:43 pm

cosdem

a person who rents an apartment

3:43 pm

MollyL

If you have a renter, he is your te6

3:43 pm

Anniebrook

thanks molly, whack me with a flounder

3:44 pm

westford

ty cos and Molly

3:44 pm

MollyL

The zig zaggy ones are hard to see

3:44 pm

Anniebrook

thanks cosdem too

3:44 pm

MollyL

Especially when they go right to left, and we read left to right.

3:45 pm

westford

helps to be Israeli

3:46 pm

Anniebrook

Or attend Hebrew school when young so used to reading from right to lef

3:46 pm

Anniebrook

*left

3:46 pm

cosdem

ci5/16 please? :)

3:47 pm

Anniebrook

ci is something that is quite easy

3:47 pm

cosdem

thanks!

3:48 pm

MollyL

<--Hopelessly Anglo

3:48 pm

westford

I have ve8/55. May I have the stats for the other 8 please?

3:49 pm

Anniebrook

Molly, you can never be hopeless

3:49 pm

Anniebrook

ve 8/55

3:49 pm

westford

two of them?

3:49 pm

cosdem

se 8

3:50 pm

Anniebrook

no the other 8 is se 8/40

3:50 pm

westford

thanks cos

3:51 pm

MollyL

Just joking Annie, I'm like the ant with the rubber tree plant. : )

3:53 pm

westford

I got the se8..it was a song we sang in chorus

3:53 pm

Anniebrook

I have to start thinking about dinner...bye dear babblers

3:54 pm

MollyL

Spanish chorus?

3:54 pm

westford

bye annie take care

3:54 pm

MollyL

Oh Italian.

3:55 pm

westford

no molly our director always came up with strange songs haven't heard it before or since

3:55 pm

westford

something about 'come to my window'

3:56 pm

cosdem

ri5/12?

3:56 pm

MollyL

(In a Charlie Brown "I got a rock" voice) My chorus director was a nun.

3:56 pm

westford

today my mother was supposed to be released from the nursing home after 19 months..not happening because the state RN still has to give approval

3:56 pm

MollyL

ri5/12 is a poison gas

3:57 pm

westford

in the meantime my brother quit his job so he can be home to take care of her

3:57 pm

MollyL

Wow West, you sure have had troubles getting Mom sprung.

3:57 pm

cosdem

thanks

3:57 pm

westford

sure do..luckily she's patient

3:58 pm

westford

may be a blessing in disguise it's bitterly cold and windy today

3:58 pm

MollyL

Well I hope you don't have to wait too much longer.

3:58 pm

westford

thanks Molly..and I hope she doesn't want to go right back

3:59 pm

westford

going to look up poison gas

4:00 pm

cosdem

white/brown grain minus last vowel + not out

4:00 pm

westford

oh that thanks

4:03 pm

cosdem

the first tr6 please?

4:04 pm

cosdem

fireworks

4:04 pm

westford

Yay cos !!

4:25 pm

Nef

YAY, cos!!! WTG!!! (if you're still around). I'm having trouble with either my server or just the internet. I had a bunch of words here earlier (about 20-25), now they are all gone after several crashes on browsers today. Is this related to my server; or the whole SOPA/PIPA thing? (Maybe I should ask if anyone else is having problems too?)

4:26 pm

westford

hi nef not having problems here just trying to find words that don't exist

4:27 pm

Nef

LOL! Well, I have that problem too! :-) I've been trying to play Words wtih Friends also and that hasn't been the least bit stable today either for me

4:30 pm

westford

do you play that on your phone?

4:31 pm

Nef

nope; I'm too old-fashioned for one of those fancy ones; I think my phone is 5 years old and "it ain't broke; so why fix it?" (as they used to say)

4:32 pm

westford

I agree. My husband likes to upgrade every 5 minutes so I get his hand-me-downs.

4:33 pm

westford

I must admit I do like the iPhone even though I didn't want it

4:33 pm

Nef

my daughter gets her friends hand-me-down phones; and they are always dropping calls.

4:34 pm

westford

that's probably the server..lots of people have trouble with AT&T

4:34 pm

MollyL

<--Sits in the old phone section with Nef

4:35 pm

Nef

I did order a little android iPad thing the other day. I can't remember what it is (haven't received it yet); but am looking forward to playing with that

4:35 pm

Nef

we have T Mobile

4:36 pm

westford

if I had my way we'd still have one phone with a dial

4:36 pm

Nef

my computer server is Comcast (or is it X-finity now?) and they have been less than helpful today

4:36 pm

westford

but I do like this new fangled thing called the internet

4:37 pm

westford

Nef how is your daughter making out in her own place?

4:37 pm

Nef

yeah, me too; just not today when it isn't working well for me

4:38 pm

Nef

she's doing well from what I know. I'm giving her space; so if she doesn't call, I figure that's a good thing

4:40 pm

westford

that's probably best what are you doing with the room she fixed up with all the wiring for the TV?

4:40 pm

westford

had fixed I should say

4:41 pm

westford

I'm going to make popcorn for my hard working husband..bbs

4:42 pm

Nef

I haven't dealt with it yet. Too many other things to worry about first right now.

4:48 pm

MollyL

<--Still owns a phone with a dial, that rings!

4:49 pm

Nef

we don't have a dial phone, but I have 3 of the older push button corded phones that we do use.

4:51 pm

MollyL

I use my rotary when the power goes out. The cordless phone we use with the land line depends on electricity. The rotary plugs right into the phone line.

4:52 pm

Nef

DH wanders off with the cordless and then we both look at each other and wonder where the phone is. The wall phone and the phones in the bedrooms come in handy then

4:52 pm

MollyL

Often when our power goes out it's because of a bad storm and the cell towers are not working.

4:52 pm

Nef

(we have a total of 3 cordless phones; so why they can all disappear, I don't know

4:54 pm

Nef

3 corded and 3 cordless phones; I never thought about that before. :-) And I have my cell phone; but DH can't remember how to use one so he doesn't have one. I tried to get him to use just the speed dial and he just can't get it

4:56 pm

Nef

BBS, I need to go switch the loads of laundry around

5:12 pm

lilliann

hi all

5:16 pm

MollyL

(((Lilliann))

5:16 pm

lilliann

((molly)) i was about to leave as i didn't think anyone like me :(

5:17 pm

YadNivek

howdy y'all

5:17 pm

lilliann

how are you hin?

5:17 pm

MollyL

Who wouldn't like you Lilliann? Hi Kevin.

5:18 pm

lilliann

hi yad

5:18 pm

lilliann

mmm, on here could be a few

5:18 pm

MollyL

Doing well Lilliann. Counting down the days until Spring. How are you?

5:19 pm

MollyL

61 days!!!!

5:20 pm

lilliann

good thanks. i finished the grid this morning and got bored so i came on here to chat with friends and see if anyone needed help not that i'm a good cluer!! lol i can't wait for spring either

5:20 pm

lilliann

my god really?

5:21 pm

MollyL

Yes, milder days are close at hand. Hooray!

5:21 pm

lilliann

i can't believe how fast christmas and new year has just flown by!!

5:21 pm

lilliann

well, we are getting colder apparently

5:22 pm

MollyL

The holidays went by pretty fast for me this year too. I think that is because I just decided to drop the stress and keep things simple.

5:25 pm

lilliann

good for you,there's no point in getting stressed and worrying about things unless you really need to

5:26 pm

MollyL

One of my favorite quotes lately is "Worry is a misuse of your imagination"

5:27 pm

lilliann

i've learnt that you can't control destiny. whatever is going to happen will, so why get hung up and stressed about it. live one day at a time and enjoy each day...not always easy...but do what you can

5:28 pm

lilliann

i love that quote molly, i'll have to write it down so i don't forget it

5:28 pm

MollyL

I agree Lilliann. It's the whole "simplicity" thing.

5:31 pm

lilliann

exactly...some people worry about every little thing...i was married to a man that worried about everything and couldn't believe that i wasn't the same!! well, i'm not bothered if it is going to rain, because there was nothing i could do about it!1

5:32 pm

lilliann

life is what you make it! enjoy it why you can and have fun

5:32 pm

Soodle

Hey Lilliann & Molls :-)

5:33 pm

MollyL

One thing I have decided over the past few years is that I'm done with people who are all about drama. What a drain they are on your spirit.

5:33 pm

lilliann

hi soodle, how are you? long time no see :)

5:33 pm

Soodle

I was just thinking the very same thing, Lillann. I am good! And you?

5:34 pm

MollyL

Hi Soodle.

5:34 pm

lilliann

good thanks hin, glad to be back amongst friends and test my brain, especially today!!! lol

5:34 pm

Soodle

And negative people, Molly. I avoid negative people like the plague. I reckon negativity is contagious!!

5:35 pm

Soodle

Its lovely to see both of you!

5:36 pm

lilliann

i agree molly, i had nearly 9 years of it. i just don't understand the point in worrying...if it's going to happen it will!! the more you worry the more you're going to get stressed and ill

5:37 pm

lilliann

and you soodle

5:38 pm

MollyL

And...there is a theory...that I believe in...that says you attract what you think about. So if you fill your mind with what you are "afraid will happen" those things will find you, because they think you are trying to "attract" them.

5:39 pm

renfield

and molly....i am so afraid of money

5:39 pm

Soodle

So, Ms Molly, could your theory explain how I still havent won the lottery??? I constantly think about what I am going to do when I win it, all in vain to date....

5:39 pm

lilliann

that's like dreams!

5:40 pm

Soodle

<----- said Mizz Anti-Negativity!!!

5:40 pm

lilliann

so you're afraid of winning the lottery ren??

5:41 pm

renfield

we have a saying in the make-up department - "this is make-up" leave the drama outside"

5:41 pm

Soodle

I'm also a bit worried about that lone N in the bottom left hand corner. Could anybody ease my worries in that regard?

5:41 pm

Soodle

(I'm looking for a clue....)

5:41 pm

renfield

tee hee lil...i have never played the lottery

5:42 pm

MollyL

What you call a goat or a child caretaker

5:42 pm

lilliann

i gathered that soodle..i'm looking now :)

5:42 pm

lilliann

molly beat me to it

5:43 pm

lilliann

i wish i'd never started ren. very rarely win a tenner

5:43 pm

MollyL

Soodle, I know what you mean. I have every "thought of intention" about what I wish for. So far I have not manifested those things. But I will keep on trying.

5:43 pm

Soodle

And that Positively deserves a fish-slap. Thanks ladies :-)

5:44 pm

lilliann

wet fish slap on it's way soodle :)

5:44 pm

MollyL

*Thinks about visiting Soodle Abbey when Soodle becomes the richest woman in Ireland*

5:45 pm

MollyL

Soodle Manor...Soodle Estate...Soodle Acres...

5:46 pm

lilliann

molly, i actually understand andagree with what you said earlier

5:46 pm

Soodle

There will be a welcome on the (gold-plated) mat for my friend Molly!

5:46 pm

lilliann

i love your saying ren

5:46 pm

MollyL

It's called The Law Of Attraction, Lilliann and I am still trying to master it completely.

5:47 pm

MollyL

Hiya Ren, how are you doing today?

5:48 pm

renfield

thanks lil - haven't seen you in a long time - my fault i'm sure - i haven't been around the chog

5:48 pm

lilliann

well, then we should all think about good things and hopefully they will all happen!!

5:48 pm

renfield

doing good molly

5:49 pm

lilliann

no ren, i've not been here for months, only started again a few days ago

5:49 pm

Soodle

And I am Molly's apprentice, Lilliane. Hello Renfield, I don't think I ever came across you before.

5:49 pm

renfield

well - we be on the same page then lil

5:49 pm

Nef

Hi again. I'm always thinking about good stuff happening; it does; but sometimes it doesn't look or feel like it's the good stuff at times

5:50 pm

Soodle

Hiya Nef, and you are absolutely right. (Humming Unanswered Prayers....)

5:50 pm

renfield

hey soodle - hey nef

5:51 pm

Nef

as far as winning the lottery; I guess I'd have to buy a ticket first! ;-)

5:51 pm

renfield

good grief - 2 9's!!!!

5:51 pm

jillibus

arrrr -- good to see ye, ren

5:51 pm

lilliann

no place for me on the gold plated mat then soodle? :(

5:51 pm

jillibus

hi all

5:52 pm

lilliann

hi nef

5:52 pm

lilliann

hi jilli

5:52 pm

Nef

it's good to see you rennie. And it's great to see you jilli! How are you doing?

5:52 pm

renfield

hey jilli -

5:52 pm

Soodle

Lilliann...... its going to be an uber-mat. Room for all!! :-)

5:52 pm

jillibus

yay -- got the ca9!

5:52 pm

Soodle

Hello Jilli :-)

5:53 pm

uusue2

ooh, me too, jilli, thanks for letting me know it was there!

5:53 pm

jillibus

Doing ok, nef -- snowed in today but coping just fine with no Home Support

5:53 pm

Nef

And not to skip anyone; Hi to lil, soodle, and Molly again too! :-)

5:53 pm

uusue2

and hi all!

5:53 pm

renfield

hey u2

5:54 pm

Nef

Hi sue! I just friended you on FB yesterday (in case you were wondering who I was

5:54 pm

jillibus

hi sue

5:54 pm

uusue2

oh, ok, nef :-)

5:54 pm

lilliann

that's good then soodle :)

5:54 pm

lilliann

hi sue

5:54 pm

Nef

no home support?

5:54 pm

uusue2

you should look at all my pictures from Israel, then!

5:54 pm

MollyL

*Blesses the room and sends sparkly, LET GOOD THINGS HAPPEN thoughts in everyone's direction*

5:54 pm

lilliann

yay jilli!

5:55 pm

Nef

Are you up and about on your own; or do you get some house work help?

5:55 pm

Nef

I will, sue.

5:55 pm

jillibus

nef, I'm still in the wheelchair

5:55 pm

lilliann

i'm going googly eyed now with the chat as it'sgoing too fast!! *)

5:56 pm

Soodle

My local pub has a savings/gambling club. Everybody (about 120 people) puts in â‚¬20 per week. â‚¬15 is saved, and the remaining fiver is gambled on horses or lottery. Approx â‚¬2,500 was spent on the lottery in 2011, and we won â‚¬72.00.

5:56 pm

Nef

that's what I expected, jilli. And that's why I was surprised you don't have home support. Do you have a pretty accessible home?

5:56 pm

uusue2

sounds about right, soodle. not great odds on the lottery.

5:57 pm

jillibus

soodle -- I didn't realise Ireland was using euros -- I guess that's just the South?

5:57 pm

Nef

(phone call, BRB)

5:58 pm

Soodle

Yes Jilli, we use euros. 40 miles across the border they use sterling. Its daft!

5:58 pm

jillibus

Nef, I usually have Home Support but today we're snowed in so they couldn't get here safely. And yes, my house is all on one floor.

5:58 pm

Soodle

Are you in much pain, Jilli?

5:58 pm

lilliann

mmm, not so good then soodle:( but i can't win nowt either! :(

5:59 pm

Soodle

We fared a whole lot better on the horses ;-). Loads of stud farms round here, and we get tips straight from the proverbial horses mouths!!

5:59 pm

lilliann

jilli, i've missed so much not being here, so why are you in a wheelchair at the moment?

6:00 pm

lilliann

you'll have to give me some then soodle and i'll pass them on to my fil :)

6:00 pm

jillibus

No pain really, soodle -- just not allowed to put any weight on that foot for 6 weeks -- which is almost up. Then I don't know what I'll be allowed to do. I see the surgeon on Feb 2 for x-rays. Meanwhile I am doing regular physio exercises to get mobility back in the foot and leg.

6:01 pm

Soodle

Was it your talus you broke?

6:01 pm

jillibus

lil, I broke my ankle rather badly on Dec 9 -- needed surgery and a hospital stay.

6:02 pm

jillibus

Broke tibia and fibula, dislocated the foot and did some ligament damage. Skin is like tissue paper so there's still some healing of it to do.

6:04 pm

lilliann

aww, i'm sorry to hear that jilli and wish you a really speedy recovery.x in the meantime we can have wheelchair races until you walk again which will happen

6:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Ouch. that's awful.

6:04 pm

jillibus

Two screws and a pin are holding it all together now. Bones are osteoporotic so the surgeon said it was like putting screws into an egg.

6:04 pm

Soodle

Wow, Jilli, that was serious damage. Sending healing thoughts and prayers.

6:04 pm

stidgmere

Hi jilli and soodle. Just starting. Snowy wonderland here. 14 inches of the white fluff. Took my crosscountry skies out and found on the powder it was like submarine skies.

6:05 pm

jillibus

Thanks, guys. I'm getting better at wheeling but my house has rather thick carpeting which slows me down, lil -- so you win the race, I'm sure.

6:05 pm

lilliann

sorry jilli, you've been through the mill, but i know you will get through it and sending big hugs

6:05 pm

Soodle

Hello ((((Gmere)))). You are painting a lovely picture. :-)

6:05 pm

jillibus

Wow, gmere! I was wondering about your snow -- we didn't get nearly so much.

6:05 pm

Kaplan the Magne

screws into an egg? Thanks, doc.

6:07 pm

Soodle

<---Imagining Jilli & Lil like the car-racing scene in 'Grease'. Can I be the starting lady, please?

6:07 pm

renfield

gosh jilli, i knew you were injured - i did not know tho how badly - praying you mend

6:07 pm

jillibus

Soodle -- I love your icon!

6:07 pm

lilliann

hi gmere

6:07 pm

Soodle

Yup Jilli... the treasure at the end of the rainbow!

6:08 pm

lilliann

and kap

6:08 pm

jillibus

I have a lot of respect for those who are permanently wheelchair bound.

6:09 pm

MollyL

We will have to let them fight it out to decide who is "Greased Lightning".

6:09 pm

jillibus

Soodle, Patrick Taylor would agree with you, but only in Ireland. He says the Guinness over here isn't anything like the same.

6:09 pm

lilliann

yes you can start the race soodle's but you're nowt like her...she was rough!!

6:09 pm

Soodle

I broke my ankle in 1978 (obviously before I was born,cos I'm not THAT old), and it was a long slow process...

6:09 pm

jillibus

You know he named O'Reilly's dog Arthur Guinness, don't you?

6:10 pm

lilliann

i'll let jilli be grease lightning as everyhting she has had to go through lately she deserves to do well when she comes out the other end.x

6:10 pm

jillibus

My ankle is not the boss of me. I will make it behave.

6:10 pm

MollyL

Actually Soodle and Rizzo share some traits. : P

6:10 pm

Soodle

I heard that, Jilli. And when Mr Obama was here in May, he had a pint, and accused us of keeping the best stuff for ourselves.

6:11 pm

jillibus

Aww, lil -- you deserve the prize for niceness.

6:11 pm

Soodle

Point of order, Molly.... Rizzo didn't start the race. It was Kinickie's (sp?) floozie!

6:11 pm

jillibus

You mean Mr. O'Bama, don't you, soodle?

6:12 pm

Soodle

Oops, sorry. I forgot the apostrophe. Mae culpa.

6:12 pm

MollyL

I'm jealous of the Obama's. They got Colm Di RÃ¬s pottery when they were in Ireland.

6:13 pm

lilliann

i meant it jilli :)

6:13 pm

jillibus

Thanks, lil, but I'm usre you've been through more as have many oothers.

6:13 pm

MollyL

Begging your Soodle's pardon. I am not a Grease aficionado.

6:14 pm

jillibus

Oops -- phone.

6:15 pm

Soodle

Ah Grease! Ah, the summer of 1977.... (again, long before I was born), but the regression therapy helps.... LOL

6:16 pm

MollyL

I ordained Michelle O'bama (now known as Michelle Mary Margaret O'bama) an honorary Irish woman when she arranged for the White House fountain to be dyed green for St. Patrick's Day. That was too cool.

6:16 pm

lilliann

after being in a wheelchair for years, i know how you feel jilli.one day you can walk and the next you can't, and the not knowing is the worst because you want to get back to how you were before, but as i have learnt i can still enjoy my life doing different things(wheelies in wheelchair):) and still spending time with my family

6:17 pm

lilliann

I LOVT GREASE

6:17 pm

lilliann

I LOVT GREASE

6:17 pm

renfield

i call her moochell

6:18 pm

lilliann

oops...lol i meant to say i love grease and rizzoli was my favourite!

6:20 pm

jillibus

what happened to you, lil?

6:20 pm

Soodle

Yay Lilli, for loving Grease, loving Rizzo and your post at 6.16!!

6:22 pm

lilliann

had treatment for menieres disease which killed off my balance onone side on purpose because my consultant didn't realize/know that i had menieres in both ears and balance went on that too(menieres is fluid build up in inner ear...dizzy spells, tinnitus)

6:23 pm

jillibus

Oh dear, lil -- how frustrating!

6:23 pm

lilliann

thanks soodle :) rizzo was the best in the film tho and i loved the music...sad i know, plus i still have the album:)

6:23 pm

Nef

sorry, guys. I'm having problems with the internet today. Comcast has been little to no help. I'm trying the laptop now; we shall see ow long this works.

6:24 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

6:24 pm

lilliann

hi jmc

6:24 pm

lilliann

hope we don't lose you nef

6:24 pm

Soodle

This is my grumble about Babble. You log in to innocently find a couple of words in a grid, then you get sucked into conversations with intelligent, lovely, real human beings. Then before you know it, its 3 hours past your bed-time. Sheesh.

6:25 pm

jmcnrick

too true soodle

6:26 pm

Nef

Aw, soodle; you just need to log in earlier (or go to bed later)

6:26 pm

renfield

mi madre had meniers syndrome - the doc controlled it w/ valium - valium is also used in the space pills to keep the astronauts from "sea sick" syndrom while in space

6:27 pm

jmcnrick

interesting -- my hubby had meniers syndrome but they had nothing to offer him

6:27 pm

jillibus

sorry -- phone again

6:27 pm

lilliann

it's one of those things jilli, i had the treatment because my daughter was a year old and i was beginning to fall over and was frightened of hurting her. when i lost my balance a few days later i was told i must have had an allergic reaction to the treatment i'd had to kill of my balance in one ear. it's lfe, me, hubby and bairn have learnt to live with it!hard for my daughter sometimes as she is now my main carer when hubby is away

6:28 pm

Soodle

Lol Nef. I will bid you all a very good night.Love and hugs to all, and thanks for the wonderful company. to all who are suffering - from whatever - special hugs and good wishes. Nite all. XX

6:29 pm

lilliann

did he not have tablets to start with jmc?

6:29 pm

jmcnrick

bye soodle!

6:29 pm

lilliann

i was on serc

6:29 pm

Nef

niters, soodle! (Just back from being bumped again)

6:29 pm

jmcnrick

no nothing--they said there was no cure all he could do is suffer

6:29 pm

lilliann

nite soodle, lovely to catch up with you, sleep well, tc

6:29 pm

renfield

whoa jmc - this was in the 70's - mi madre had excellent docs

6:30 pm

jmcnrick

but this was nearly 20 years ago

6:30 pm

jillibus

Oh lil, what a disaster! Thinking you're going to get a cure and getting a disability instead.

6:30 pm

jmcnrick

apparently ren

6:30 pm

jillibus

Gnight, soodle -- so glad to see you and have a chat.

6:31 pm

renfield

niters soodle

6:31 pm

lilliann

this is going back 11 years ago jmc, but i moved counties and i think if i'd stayed in the one i was before i wouldn't have had the same treatment from my other consultant

6:32 pm

jmcnrick

well hubby died in 1993 so looks like they are getting worse since 1970

6:36 pm

jillibus

Rennie -- you're in the grid ;-)

6:36 pm

LeslieAnn

woot got both 9s on my own

6:37 pm

lilliann

it was difficult to come to terms at the time jilli as i worked in the care field and loved my job with people with special needs and then not being able to do things that i always wanted to do when i had a child was hard and i felt really guilty to agreeing to the treatment, especially now that my daughter is older and i've missed out on so much, physically with her...but we get on with it and all love eachother

6:37 pm

jillibus

wd LA!

6:38 pm

lilliann

yay leslie

6:38 pm

renfield

so sorry jmc - some docs are dedicated - mi madre's oncologist kept her alive from 1991 to 2006 - she also had poly cythemia vera - which is the over production of red blood cells -

6:39 pm

jillibus

lil, you certainly shouldn't feel guilty -- you did nothing wrong!

6:40 pm

jmcnrick

lil you made the best decision you could make with the information you had

6:40 pm

lilliann

i'm so sorry about your husband jmc and what he went through and how he got treated

6:40 pm

jmcnrick

wtg leslie

6:40 pm

jmcnrick

well it is water long under the bridge. . . .but ty

6:41 pm

jillibus

ah, just got the ta9 -- similar to the other 9

6:42 pm

renfield

how about the 2 8 letter words?

6:43 pm

jillibus

I haven't got either of the 8 letter words

6:43 pm

lilliann

hang on, just looking :)

6:44 pm

MollyL

se8 starts like what you would do to a lover, with music, but the last two letters are different

6:45 pm

lilliann

the ve8 sounds like the disease i have...if you scroll down you will see it

6:45 pm

jillibus

ty molly

6:45 pm

lilliann

minus the m

6:45 pm

lilliann

actually, don't listen to that...sorry

6:46 pm

MollyL

ve8 ends like the 9's and starts with ***ding machine, that dispenses snacks

6:46 pm

lilliann

it sounds a bit like a sexually transmitted disease

6:47 pm

lilliann

that's alot better molly :)

6:47 pm

lilliann

i think i'll give up cluing :(

6:47 pm

jillibus

ah, got it -- thanks molly and lil

6:47 pm

jillibus

nbs at last!

6:47 pm

lilliann

i was no help but thanks jilli :)

6:48 pm

jillibus

lil, you gave us the first 3 letters anyway, lol!

6:49 pm

lilliann

aye...better than nowt!! lol

6:49 pm

jillibus

(although I thought the disease was Meuniere's)

6:50 pm

lilliann

no, mine is menieres with an accent on the second e as it is french

6:51 pm

jillibus

I'll have to google it

6:51 pm

lilliann

, minus the 3rde

6:51 pm

lilliann

actually, no it has 3 e's

6:51 pm

MollyL

Oh right, the woman who pops wheelies in her chair is going to give up. No chance. : )

6:53 pm

jillibus

6:55 pm

jillibus

weird to have Wikipedia blacked out!

6:55 pm

dan2bit

evening all

6:55 pm

jillibus

hi dan!

6:56 pm

MollyL

I think the site blackout in opposition to the piracy law is dumb and ineffective.

6:56 pm

lilliann

aye, you're right jilli, i should know really as i've seent he word enough!!

6:56 pm

lilliann

hi dan

6:56 pm

Nef

I'm being bumped every time I turn around here; I give up. Happy Babbling, Everyone!

6:57 pm

lilliann

and my mam and dad live in france! i should have learnt some french..lol

6:57 pm

jillibus

Oh, too bad, nef -- I always enjoy seeing you here

6:58 pm

lilliann

you're right molly, i'm too bloody minded to give up :)

6:58 pm

MollyL

And that's why we love you Lilliann. : )

6:58 pm

lilliann

ah nef, don't give up!

7:00 pm

lilliann

aww, thanks hin. your a sweetie :) i enjoyed my cupcake last nite too :)

7:00 pm

jillibus

almost Happy Hour -- off to get some vodka and turn on the news -- back in a bit...

7:01 pm

lilliann

ok jilli, enjoy your vodka .see you in a bit

7:02 pm

lilliann

any clues needed?

7:09 pm

kje

the happiest hour of the day...

7:09 pm

lilliann

hi kje

7:10 pm

kje

hi! how are you?

7:10 pm

lilliann

love your icon

7:11 pm

lilliann

fine thanks..you?

7:11 pm

kje

thanks

7:11 pm

kje

doing well

7:11 pm

kje

in my jammies under down with a diet coke...

7:12 pm

lilliann

sounds good

7:12 pm

kje

resting is good!

7:12 pm

lilliann

i should really be in my jammies in bed and asleep but i'm wide awake

7:13 pm

kje

what time is it there?

7:13 pm

lilliann

i didn'r sleepwell last night either

7:13 pm

lilliann

gone 1am

7:13 pm

kje

wow

7:13 pm

kje

something bugging you?

7:14 pm

renfield

later lil

7:15 pm

lilliann

i think i'm getting over jet lag from jamaica last week plus it takes alot of of me when we travel and i usually get bad after hols and end up sleeping alot

7:15 pm

lilliann

byr ren, tc hin, really nice seeing you again.x

7:15 pm

kje

oh yes.... you are on jamaica time.... almost the same as my time

7:17 pm

lilliann

aye but that was a week tuesday, should i not be over that yet? saying that, hubby has been the same...i think because we are getting old!! lol

7:17 pm

lilliann

the bairn's been fine

7:18 pm

kje

yep, things get tougher as we age.... I use to be able to fly to europe and not lag at all! now it takes me about 5 days

7:18 pm

kje

coming this way... going to europe isn't as hard for some reason

7:19 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:20 pm

Minveryork

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

7:20 pm

kje

hello min

7:20 pm

Minveryork

S's Stomped! 2 left

7:21 pm

kje

bottom n?

7:21 pm

lilliann

aye we were fine flying apart ftom the fact i always get dizzy and pressure in ears and head but i don't mind as i'm going on holiday, and even though we went 5 hours back we were ok, but it killed us coming back and going 5 hours forward...how does that work?? you'd think you'd be worse going, because you going back in time??

7:21 pm

dan2bit

go Min go

7:21 pm

kje

I just started min! 52 to go

7:21 pm

lilliann

hi min :)

7:21 pm

kje

maybe it is 2 switches in such a short period

7:21 pm

kje

that is my theory!

7:22 pm

lilliann

hi dan

7:22 pm

lilliann

it could be

7:23 pm

kje

hi dan2

7:23 pm

rururocks

wanna race today?

7:24 pm

o-o

bottom n rhymes with what chicks do when the gestation period is over

7:24 pm

Minveryork

V's Vanished! 1 left

7:24 pm

kje

you tease

7:24 pm

lilliann

go min!!

7:24 pm

kje

hi br... I have that and it isn't the bottom

7:25 pm

Minveryork

I am saving my last word.I will do a story of clues now

7:25 pm

Minveryork

That na 5/14 word is na*** cheese Doritos kje.

7:25 pm

o-o

hire to take care of someone else's lod

7:26 pm

kje

nope

7:26 pm

o-o

chid

7:26 pm

kje

not that one either

7:26 pm

o-o

child

7:26 pm

kje

ty

7:26 pm

kje

that was a fish

7:26 pm

Minveryork

An na6/18 word is alternate spelling of babysitter kje

7:26 pm

kje

i was thinking that was with a y

7:30 pm

HarryHood

hi all....20 left and I'm almost ready to list

7:30 pm

kje

30 eft here

7:30 pm

Minveryork

Hello HarryHood! How are you doing? Welcome to grid

7:31 pm

o-o

careful you don't fapp

7:31 pm

o-o

fall

7:31 pm

kje

haven't seen you in awhile, BR - how is the vision?

7:31 pm

o-o

doing okay

7:31 pm

kje

were you able to get treated?

7:32 pm

o-o

Yes, eyedrops

7:32 pm

kje

good

7:33 pm

o-o

saw a video of a new hospital in Dallas .... supposed to be the best in the world

7:33 pm

kje

which was that?

7:33 pm

kje

cuz I guarantee it's not ; )

7:34 pm

o-o

is yours 50 years old

7:34 pm

lilliann

hi harry

7:34 pm

kje

my hospital?

7:34 pm

o-o

the new one is several years off .. just had groundbreaking

7:34 pm

HarryHood

I give up....going to expert.

7:34 pm

HarryHood

hi lill

7:35 pm

o-o

sw

7:35 pm

lilliann

my mouse got sruck so i had to reboot

7:35 pm

kje

Univeristy Hospital? Parkland? they are both building brand new ones.... about 2 blocks apart

7:36 pm

kje

yep, that is univeristy hospital.... they may end up having a cool building, but they don't understand that will not make them the best hospital

7:36 pm

kje

I've worked at the best, I know the difference

7:36 pm

o-o

you were at the best

7:37 pm

o-o

Johns hopkins

7:37 pm

kje

it is the committment to excellence in every area.... down to the freakin transporter and janitor

7:38 pm

o-o

when I first saw your name and that you were in baltimore I wondered if you were weeb's daughter

7:38 pm

kje

UH drives me nuts

7:38 pm

kje

I had never heard of weeb until I moved there and patients would ask me if I was related... at first I thought they were saying dweeb

7:39 pm

kje

wasn't sure what to make of that til I figured out who he was

7:39 pm

rururocks

dweeb.. I'd believe

7:39 pm

kje

old men should not throw stones

7:40 pm

rururocks

*innocent look*

7:40 pm

o-o

young should not either

7:40 pm

lilliann

we had a new hospital built where i live a few years ago..it was built originally for all the soldiers coming back from the 2nd world war and then a few years ago it was knocked down and made into a new hospital and that is called a university hospital...not as many beds as the last one apparently

7:40 pm

kje

true....

7:41 pm

kje

do they need as many?

7:41 pm

jillibus

I was in the brand new tower of Victoria's Royal Jubilee Hospital -- fabulous.

7:42 pm

Jindigo

need a clue for SE 7/32 please

7:43 pm

kje

don't get me wrong... the new place will be pretty, have lots of bells and whistles, look cool.... but that doesn't matter. In the long run it is about the people

7:43 pm

jillibus

Million-dollar beds from which the patient can raise and lower window blinds, turn lights on or off. Mostly individual rooms to prevent infections, get better rest, many other features.

7:43 pm

jillibus

Nurses with communication devices...

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

7:44 pm

kje

sounds a lot like this one, jilli

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

hi BR! *waves*

7:44 pm

kje

ji jmc

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

hi jindigo

7:44 pm

jillibus

hi aqgain all

7:44 pm

LeslieAnn

in 6/7?

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

ji yourself kje

7:44 pm

HarryHood

leslie: nobody in**** but me! and pl

7:45 pm

kje

lol - hi

7:45 pm

Mark Jones

Hello!

7:45 pm

jillibus

and all is covered here by universal health care, no worrying decisions to make.

7:45 pm

jmcnrick

:-D

7:45 pm

lilliann

well, in this area kje. yes. but i feel sorry for the soldiers as the last hospital was built on a really steep slope the the poor orderlies having to push them to the top wards must have suffered as much as the sooldiers

7:45 pm

kje

well, that is where we differ here, jilli.... here, you have money or die

7:45 pm

LeslieAnn

thanks harry

7:46 pm

HarryHood

yw

7:46 pm

o-o

se + most of the east asian grain staple and ** the misty moonlight by the flickering ...

7:46 pm

kje

ooooh - just saw the 9s

7:46 pm

Minveryork

Hello Mark Jones!How are you doing? Welcome to grid

7:46 pm

jillibus

So sad, kje. So wrong.

7:46 pm

Mark Jones

I am doing great! Thanks. Is that your automatic greeting?

7:46 pm

Minveryork

The in 6/21 is in plus he 4/5 word and plural LeslieAnn

7:47 pm

jmcnrick

hmmm the kidney doctors i worked with when my hubby lost his noted that dialysis was rationed in england and canada. . . just saying good and bad in both systems

7:47 pm

LeslieAnn

min is the babble greeter

7:47 pm

jmcnrick

hi mark

7:47 pm

kje

don't get me started, jilli - I'm considering moving to canada where my patients can get their freakin meds when they need them

7:47 pm

Minveryork

That se 7/32 word is se plus the ri 5/12 word Jindigo.

7:47 pm

jillibus

I don't believe dialysis is rationed in Canada.

7:47 pm

kje

define rationed... we ration it here as well

7:47 pm

Mark Jones

Hi jmc, kje, Leslie, and everyone else

7:47 pm

Minveryork

No Mark Jones, that is my signature Babble greeting.

7:48 pm

jmcnrick

this was some years ago

7:48 pm

Mark Jones

OK then

7:48 pm

jillibus

Hello Mark

7:48 pm

kje

it isn't jilli, not as people here mean it... I have studied dialysis specificlly as a house officer

7:48 pm

Mark Jones

Oh hey Jilli. How are you doing today?

7:49 pm

kje

but there is a difference in rationing and not offering treatments that shouldn't be offered

7:49 pm

jillibus

I'm having a happy Happy Hour, thanks, Mark :-)

7:49 pm

jmcnrick

all i know is that one doctor left canada and the other left england because of it. . . but this was in the 1980s

7:49 pm

jmcnrick

maybe it is changed

7:49 pm

o-o

Jindigo, did you see the clue for the se 7/32?

7:50 pm

jmcnrick

hmmmm happy hour

7:50 pm

kje

i got it, br - ty

7:50 pm

jillibus

Nice to see you, babrab, and thanks for that se7 clue

7:50 pm

kje

my hour is happy.... cuz I am in jammies under down

7:50 pm

HarryHood

is the ve8 related to the ve7?

7:51 pm

jillibus

yes, jmc, but not Jack as you know

7:51 pm

kje

I would love a clue for the ve7/8!

7:51 pm

kje

ooo - just saw the 7

7:51 pm

HarryHood

ve7 is pl of ve6

7:52 pm

Jindigo

Thank you Min - always a help!

7:52 pm

HarryHood

i'm needing ve8 and ze6

7:52 pm

o-o

the ve 8 ends like the nines

7:52 pm

kje

i promise you, asking for a clue is the best way ever to see the word

7:52 pm

LeslieAnn

ve8 has a plural ending harry

7:52 pm

LeslieAnn

don't have 7 so i don't know if they're related

7:52 pm

HarryHood

got it ty!

7:52 pm

kje

ty LA

7:52 pm

o-o

they arent

7:52 pm

jillibus

ve8 is the 1st 5 letters of sexy disease + that is + pl

7:52 pm

HarryHood

ze6 any1?

7:52 pm

kje

and BR

7:53 pm

LeslieAnn

sexy disease lol

7:53 pm

Mark Jones

Ve+ ne** and far, except spelled slightly diff.

7:53 pm

lilliann

ze6 is ze and word for grandma

7:53 pm

HarryHood

ty lill

7:53 pm

LeslieAnn

so many clues flying fast!

7:53 pm

HarryHood

donE

7:53 pm

kje

ok, that sounds fake, lillian

7:53 pm

lilliann

well in the uk anyway

7:53 pm

HarryHood

with this silly little grid

7:53 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations HarryHood on fireworks! Good for U!

7:53 pm

kje

yay HH!

7:54 pm

LeslieAnn

congrats harry!

7:54 pm

lilliann

yw harry! wtg hin!!

7:54 pm

Mark Jones

WTG harry!

7:54 pm

kje

I still have 14 left

7:54 pm

jillibus

Hooray for HH!

7:54 pm

HarryHood

we're in need of a nice bulky grid

7:54 pm

kje

hoping more people ask for things I need...

7:54 pm

HarryHood

night all! gotta get some food

7:55 pm

o-o

Why did the invisible man look in the mirror?
To make sure he still wasn't there.

7:55 pm

Minveryork

Puzzle was a ci5/16 to complete. Ea4/6 of the words were easy to find. Now he 4/5 is a story filled with hi 4/5s. When I was little, my parents hi4/5d a na 6/18 I did not like. She would always tell me I ca4/5 do this or I ca4/5 do that. She en5/12 rules that my parents never had.For example, when we ate lunch she would tell me to sit straight with my ch 4/6 up. My parents never cared how I sat at the table.If I didn't behave, she would stare at me with an ic 5/12 glare than the wicked witch.She also made in5/10 threats that I did not listen to.Her screams bothered me to my in 5/10 core.She would also sn5/14 toys out of my hand while I was playing with them.She also demanded that I not make a mess because the house had to stay ne 4/4. I begged for my Mom & Dad to get rid of her, but they would not budge an in4/6.They liked her and thought she was nice. They told me I had to listen to her and I ca4/5 disrespect her. Little did they know that she was a very cruel person with a ve 6/27 of kindliness. I tried to ha 5/16 a plan to get her fired,but nothing ever worked. Hubby has a desi4/4 to use computer. I am going to be a ri 5/10 and ri 4/4 out of this chair and go watch the film An4/4 and the King. I hope you have se 4/4 some more words. I will be back later on.

7:55 pm

Mark Jones

Bye harry

7:55 pm

jillibus

I have 31 left and can barely be bothered.

7:55 pm

lilliann

why did it sound fake kje?

7:55 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye HarryHood! I'll see you tomorrow in the log.

7:55 pm

lilliann

nite harry, tc

7:55 pm

LeslieAnn

does that work for you kje? ha

7:55 pm

kje

not the clue.... the word.... sounds like dr seuss

7:56 pm

lilliann

grandma?

7:58 pm

LeslieAnn

te6?

7:58 pm

kje

ty min

7:58 pm

Minveryork

te 6/18 is a person who rents an apartment LeslieAnn

7:58 pm

Minveryork

yw kje

7:58 pm

lilliann

someone whorents a room from you min

7:58 pm

kje

za6.... like my sharona....funny word

7:59 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks! he5/12 was my last word

7:59 pm

lilliann

or leslieann, even and i was too late anyway :(

7:59 pm

kje

wooooohooooo min!!!

7:59 pm

jillibus

Yay Min and ty for the great story!

7:59 pm

Minveryork

Thank you lilliann, I stand corrected!

7:59 pm

lilliann

wtg min!!

7:59 pm

Minveryork

Thanks jillibus and you are welcome.

8:00 pm

LeslieAnn

thanks all just one left, ri5

8:00 pm

Minveryork

I'll be in&out of chog to help out with clues if neeeded

8:00 pm

LeslieAnn

ri 5/12 that is

8:00 pm

Mark Jones

Ok min, I may need them

8:00 pm

kje

ri + most of movie house

8:01 pm

LeslieAnn

oh i got it. fireworks!

8:01 pm

Jacula

Hi all. ri5.12 is a poison, LeslieAnn.

8:01 pm

Mark Jones

Poison

8:01 pm

kje

woooohooo LA

8:01 pm

Jacula

Oh! Too late!

8:01 pm

jillibus

YAY LA!

8:01 pm

Jacula

Well done, LA! *~*~*~*~*~*

8:01 pm

lilliann

wtg leslieann!!

8:01 pm

Jacula

Jilli - how are you healing? Well, I hope?

8:01 pm

Mark Jones

Yay La! Can someone give me the single e for NBT?

8:02 pm

Jacula

I can give you a clue for ea4/6 and every word, Mark.

8:02 pm

LeslieAnn

two single e's. i will give you a clue for ea**.

8:02 pm

LeslieAnn

en + be in a play

8:03 pm

Mark Jones

No, I have that Jac

8:03 pm

lilliann

en5/12

8:03 pm

Mark Jones

Thanks Leslie

8:03 pm

Jacula

Ah! Sorry Mark.

8:03 pm

Mark Jones

NBT

8:03 pm

jillibus

Hi jac -- I hope I'm healing well too! I'm just doing as I was told and staying off that foot for the prescribed 6 weeks, which will be up soon. Learning the ins and outs and roundabouts of a wheelchair and so on.

8:03 pm

Jacula

Hi lil!

8:04 pm

Minveryork

The en 5/12 word is en plus to perform on stage lillian

8:04 pm

lilliann

hi jac!

8:04 pm

jillibus

wtg mark

8:04 pm

Jacula

jilli - glad to hear you're doing as you've been told (for once). xx

8:04 pm

Mark Jones

I wish I could keep up on what happens with all of you. However, my schoolwork limits me and I cannot be here five hours a day

8:04 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations LeslieAnn on fireworks! Hooray for U

8:04 pm

Jacula

Hello Min.

8:05 pm

jillibus

Quite understandable, Mark

8:05 pm

Minveryork

Hi Jacula

8:05 pm

Mark Jones

It is quite depressing

8:05 pm

lilliann

i know, min,i finished 9am british time this morning :)i was saying it to mark :)

8:05 pm

jillibus

Awww, jac, love your icon!

8:06 pm

Mark Jones

OK then, thanks

8:06 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations lillian on finishing the grid early. YAY

8:06 pm

Jacula

jilli - I thought you'd like it!

8:06 pm

Jacula

Min - I sincerely hope your clue story isn't true!

8:06 pm

kje

se8?

8:07 pm

kje

nm

8:07 pm

Mark Jones

May I have the 9s? I cannot find them

8:07 pm

lilliann

thanks min.x

8:07 pm

kje

ca9 - places to put tings in tins

8:07 pm

jillibus

kje -- se8 -- almost sing a song to your lover + brit thanks

8:08 pm

kje

ta9 - same just start with a t

8:08 pm

Jacula

kje - another word for what your lover might sing to you.

8:08 pm

kje

things, not tings

8:08 pm

kje

ty

8:08 pm

lilliann

ta9 is to do with cows hides

8:08 pm

jillibus

I do tings all the time, kje, instead of things. Kinda musical.

8:09 pm

kje

lol - put the vodka down jilli ; )

8:09 pm

jillibus

ok, kje -- finished it anyway

8:09 pm

Jacula

ca9 are places where food is put into tins. ta9 are places where animal hide is made into leather.

8:10 pm

Jacula

LOL@kje to jilli.

8:10 pm

kje

I may go get some limoncello

8:10 pm

lilliann

ta9 is where cows hides are made into lether

8:10 pm

Mark Jones

Awesome. Thanks jac

8:10 pm

lilliann

*leather

8:10 pm

Jacula

Mark - y/w

8:11 pm

jillibus

I think I'd better go and warm up the Meal on Wheel for today -- 28 left here so maybe I'll be back later. Toodles, all!

8:11 pm

Mark Jones

OK, must go and finish homework. I will see y'all (hopefully) tomorrow.

8:11 pm

kje

first ca?

8:11 pm

kje

bon appetit jilli!

8:12 pm

jillibus

merci kje (it looks fishy this time)

8:12 pm

kje

nm, found it

8:12 pm

jillibus

first ca -- French notebook

8:12 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone!

8:13 pm

kje

fish is my fave... hope it is good

8:13 pm

lilliann

sounds like a teller at the bank kje

8:13 pm

kje

ty

8:13 pm

jillibus

hi and bye lbd

8:13 pm

kje

FW for me

8:13 pm

lilliann

don't forget the pl

8:13 pm

jillibus

YAY kje!

8:13 pm

lbdawger

whooo hooooo kje!!

8:13 pm

lbdawger

bon apetit, Jilli

8:13 pm

Jacula

Hello lbd.

8:13 pm

lilliann

wtg kje

8:13 pm

lbdawger

hi jac

8:13 pm

lilliann

hi lbd

8:14 pm

lilliann

nite jilli,tc hin

8:14 pm

renfield

i see the mistress!!!

8:14 pm

Jacula

Jilli said she's going to warm up the 'Meal on Wheel'. I now have a vision of a person on a unicycle delivering her dinner!

8:14 pm

lilliann

wb ren

8:14 pm

Jacula

Hello Servant Ren!

8:15 pm

lbdawger

Hi Lilliann!

8:15 pm

lbdawger

Rennie!!

8:16 pm

Jacula

Ren - I hear you've been a bit of a lily-livered landlubber lately. Maybe if you crawl enough and pay me the homage due to me, I will chuck you a slice of shoofly pie. Maybe...

8:16 pm

lilliann

am off to bed nite all and tc(poof)

8:16 pm

renfield

thanks lil - hey dawg - grovel grovel at mistress's feet

8:17 pm

Jacula

'Night Lil. Sleep well.

8:17 pm

Jacula

Not enough grovels...

8:19 pm

MollyL

Not sure if I want to watch this. I hate groveling.

8:19 pm

lbdawger

sweet dreams, Lilliann

8:20 pm

Jacula

Molly - it's all in fun, I promise you. A long-term thing beween Renfield and her mistress Jacula (think Bram Stoker).

8:20 pm

renfield

grovel grovel grovel grovel grovel grovel grovel grovel - i have been a lily-livered landlubber and i am grovel grovel grovel groveling

8:21 pm

Jacula

and who is the most fantabulicious mistress of the fly eaters and the pirates?

8:22 pm

renfield

the mistress jacula is the most fantabulicious mistress of the fly eaters and the pirates

8:23 pm

Jacula

*throws a piece of shoofly pie Ren's way, and sends a dollop of squirty cream to put on top of it.*

8:24 pm

renfield

'chomp chomp slurp' thank ye mistress

8:24 pm

Jacula

*Puts foot on Ren's neck as she bends to eat the pie.* 'Now make sure we have no more of this illness nonsense. I need you fit and well and ready for duty swabbing the decks.'

8:25 pm

Jacula

y/w Ren.xx

8:25 pm

renfield

aye mistress

8:26 pm

Jacula

I think you mean 'aye, 'aye Capt'n!

8:26 pm

renfield

aye mistress, 'aye, 'aye Capt'n!'

8:27 pm

Jacula

That's better! Now, how is the ship's cat, Jett doing?

8:28 pm

renfield

taking over the house, still a kitten larger than the cocker spaniel - gonzo jett

8:29 pm

renfield

and all he eats is kitten dry food

8:29 pm

Jacula

That's one hell of a big kitten! Be a good ratter for the ship eventually.

8:30 pm

renfield

aye - that he will be mistress

8:31 pm

Jacula

Seriously - don't just keep him on dry food. That's the quickest way to kidney failure. Cats aren't good at drinking tap water, they prefer brackish water from outside.

8:31 pm

Jacula

Hopefully, he'll get interested in fresh food soon!

8:32 pm

renfield

thanks you for the info- now i know why he and the other cat like to drink blondies's water with all the doggie slobber and food on the bottom

8:33 pm

Jacula

The crew might only get grog and dried ship biscuit but the cat needs fresh fish and meat!

8:34 pm

Jacula

Yes, cats hate tap water and bottled water. My cats always drank the greenish water from the pond by choice. The cat I still have, still does.

8:35 pm

Jacula

I've never had a cat that liked milk either. And, actually, cow's milk is bad for cats.

8:37 pm

renfield

there is a non-milk liquid my other kitty likes - in small slurps

8:37 pm

renfield

it's in the kitty department at the pet stores

8:39 pm

renfield

brb - need to get the mezzer a soda and meds

8:40 pm

Jacula

Yes, I tried that cat milk thing on my two (when I had two) and neither of them liked it. Kira (RIP) the black female loved cheese. She would materialise whenever it was out in the open. Yes, I do mean materialise. Even if we hadn't seen her for hours and still couldn't see her as we approached the fridge to get some cheese out, the moment the packet was opened she would be there.

8:40 pm

Jacula

Okay Ren. See you in a bit. x

8:42 pm

Jacula

The male cat, the one who is the Hunter Cat, loves killing things and also materialises whenever raw meat is around. Having said that, he also adores cooked, crispy chicken skin.

8:43 pm

Jacula

He used to beg for cheese when Kira was around but hasn't bothered since she died.

8:46 pm

Jacula

Anyone lurking who needs clues, btw?

8:51 pm

Shirlockc

re7 the first?

8:52 pm

Jacula

Hello Shirlock - re7 (1st) is to do the part in the stage play again.

8:53 pm

Shirlockc

thx jac, good clue

8:53 pm

Jacula

y/w

8:53 pm

Minveryork

re 7/32 is re plus en 5/12 word Shirlockc and hi there

8:53 pm

Jacula

Hello again, Min.

8:53 pm

dan2bit

I always forget the indian bread

8:54 pm

Minveryork

Hello Jacula! I was just playing Pinball for 45 minutes.

8:54 pm

Jacula

So do I Dan, when making a curry or a balti, but I usually remember it in the grid. LOL

8:55 pm

Jacula

Min - did you win?

8:55 pm

dan2bit

hehe Jac

8:57 pm

Jacula

dan - I assume you have the Mexican snack?

8:57 pm

dan2bit

I do Jac

8:58 pm

dan2bit

still need the ne6

8:58 pm

Minveryork

I don't play others. I just try to get to a certain level

8:58 pm

Minveryork

ne 6/18 word is ne + anagram of ri 4/4 word dan2bit.

8:58 pm

Shirlockc

ne + anagram of get up in the morning

8:59 pm

dan2bit

got it tx min & shir

8:59 pm

Jacula

ne6 = clamworm or ragworm. Google it, if the site isn't still protesting.

8:59 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:00 pm

Jacula

Shirlock - good clue. Almost wordlwide word re language that might be translated as 'don't want to get up yet!' whilst bashing the alarm clock.

9:00 pm

bichon

re 7, second one, please

9:01 pm

Jacula

Hi bichon. 2nd re7 is to employ again.

9:01 pm

Shirlockc

pl of the 6 before it

9:01 pm

bichon

ty Jac, and hi everyone

9:01 pm

Jacula

Or rather employs again.

9:02 pm

Jacula

y/w bichon.

9:07 pm

dan2bit

firewords! tx all cluers - se7 se + ri5 was my last

9:07 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations dan2bit on your fireworks!Way to go

9:08 pm

Shirlockc

now if i has the ri5 ...

9:09 pm

Jacula

Well done, dan.

9:10 pm

Jacula

ri5/12 - soya bean poison or ri5.10 upright part of stair or step, Shirlock?

9:10 pm

Shirlockc

i got it thx!

9:10 pm

Jacula

Actually castor oil bean, not soya bean.

9:12 pm

Shirlockc

se8?

9:12 pm

Jacula

*Is now actually wondering if her doctor from childhood was trying to kill her - thinking about castor oil for constipation, kaolin & morphine for the opposite*. Blimey!

9:12 pm

Minveryork

se 8/40 is se 4/4 plus consonant plus babbler ***lante.

9:13 pm

Jacula

se8 - a romantic song.

9:13 pm

Shirlockc

thx guys!

9:14 pm

Jacula

y/w Shirlock

9:14 pm

snags

no, your doctor Jacula, helped your brain........ fish oil.

9:16 pm

Jacula

and the mophine? He had me 'tripping'. LOL

9:16 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow

9:16 pm

Jacula

moRphine, I meant.

9:17 pm

Jacula

'Night Min. Sleep peacefully.

9:19 pm

Jacula

I'm off now, too. No morphine or castor oil. See you all next grid.

9:29 pm

crosshair

morphine?? where?!! crossy holds an arm out and a leg up:)

9:32 pm

jesdraggon

evening all

9:36 pm

lbdawger

hi jes, hi crossy

9:36 pm

jesdraggon

how goes, dawg?

9:36 pm

crosshair

howdy lbd

9:37 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

9:37 pm

crosshair

howdy torgone

9:37 pm

jesdraggon

hi torg :)

9:37 pm

jesdraggon

hey crossy--it finally decided to be winter here; how much snow did it dump on you up there?

9:38 pm

crosshair

12 inches in last 3 days with one day of rain in the middle

9:39 pm

jesdraggon

oh, layering snow on ice...what fun

9:39 pm

crosshair

it is special

9:41 pm

crosshair

rained all day yesterday and flash froze to minus 14 overnight and blew a lake effect blizzard of georgian bay all morning,the sun all this afternoon..i do not know if i should wear shorts of 15 layers

9:42 pm

jesdraggon

hehheh. 15 layered tank tops :)

9:42 pm

crosshair

i keep 3 seasons of clothing in the car at all times,spring,fall and winter

9:43 pm

crosshair

you have seen those pictures of canadians in a big parka and shorts? well that is why

9:47 pm

jesdraggon

I've been known to trudge out in heavy insulated boots, jeans, a tank top and mittens :).... it's my hands and feet that get cold.

9:49 pm

JenMO16

hey everyone

9:50 pm

jesdraggon

hi jen :)

9:53 pm

JenMO16

this puzzle looks boring

9:54 pm

jesdraggon

I dunno, it's not large enough to get really tedious

9:54 pm

JenMO16

i found 18

9:57 pm

jesdraggon

Half way :)

10:04 pm

Aloyisius

checking to see if logo changes, hi Babblers

10:04 pm

Aloyisius

nope

10:04 pm

Aloyisius

meant icon, not logo

10:05 pm

jesdraggon

hi aloy

10:05 pm

jesdraggon

Looks like a sunset in chatlog

10:06 pm

Aloyisius

hi jes (-: supposed to be the sun instead of the sunrise.. have had FM's icon in her honor for 52 days, thanks for the input

10:07 pm

jesdraggon

I reloaded, now it's the cartoon sun.

10:07 pm

Aloyisius

oh, good.. I will try that too

10:08 pm

Aloyisius

testing, one, two, three..

10:08 pm

Aloyisius

didn't work

10:09 pm

Aloyisius

oh well, that's ok.. eventually "the sun will come out tomorrow"

10:09 pm

jesdraggon

heh

10:10 pm

jmcnrick

hey snuffy

10:10 pm

Aloyisius

hi there jmc!

10:11 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

10:11 pm

jmcnrick

i was just reading about new vs. old wars

10:11 pm

jesdraggon

howdy, jam

10:11 pm

jmcnrick

fun fun fun

10:11 pm

jmcnrick

hey jes

10:12 pm

jmcnrick

that was after spending 2 hours reading about rain barrels

10:12 pm

Aloyisius

h'mm.. new or old, war is not healthy for people and other living things

10:12 pm

jmcnrick

i tell you i know how live a full life

10:12 pm

Aloyisius

am a rain barrel fan

10:13 pm

jmcnrick

thoughts on what i should look for besides a low spigot

10:13 pm

jmcnrick

i was looking at a rain barrel wall

10:13 pm

Aloyisius

a bigger container

10:13 pm

jmcnrick

haha!

10:13 pm

Aloyisius

barrels aren't big enough

10:13 pm

jmcnrick

the wall holds 67 gallons

10:14 pm

Aloyisius

seriously.. you need a lot of capacity

10:14 pm

jmcnrick

i did a calculation and it appears that my roof would provide 150 gallons for 1 inch of rain

10:14 pm

jmcnrick

i don't have that much space

10:15 pm

jmcnrick

i should have built my addition out of rain barrel walls

10:15 pm

Aloyisius

wonderful.. that is what I mean..oh.. ok, see what you mean.. any space to put a "rain garden"?

10:15 pm

Aloyisius

that is a place to which you can divert the rain water

10:16 pm

stidmama

((((((ALOYISIUS!))))))) hey all!

10:16 pm

jmcnrick

not really--i just thought to spread the rain out over the summer some without breading mosquitoes

10:16 pm

jesdraggon

hi stiddy

10:16 pm

jmcnrick

hows the snowy west coast stiddie

10:16 pm

Aloyisius

stid! great to see you! how's every little thing?

10:17 pm

stidmama

I just posted my master's paper *yuck face* and resume to my website... my own "folksy" low-key style. It's blocked at the moment to protest the SOPA nonsense, but it will be available again soon.

10:17 pm

Aloyisius

breading or breeding mosquitoes.. (-: have never tried breaded mosquitoes

10:17 pm

jmcnrick

haha! never could spell

10:17 pm

stidmama

I am well, Aloyisius, trying to get a full-time job in what I have considered my most likely setting. But no nibbles yet.

10:17 pm

jesdraggon

are breaded mosquitos anything like fried grasshoppers?

10:17 pm

Aloyisius

wtg, stid.. am sure you are relieved to have accomplished this.. yay

10:18 pm

stidmama

breaded mosquitoes might be okay with enough tabasco sauce

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

i had fried cockroaches once breaded mosquitoes couldn't be worse

10:18 pm

Aloyisius

omg.. fried la cucarachas

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

had chocolate covered ants but no grasshoppers yet

10:18 pm

Aloyisius

crunchy no doubt

10:18 pm

jmcnrick

all crunch snuffy nothing else

10:19 pm

Aloyisius

lol

10:19 pm

jmcnrick

ants had kind of a bite to them

10:19 pm

stidmama

how are you aloyisius? staying warm? we have SNOW!

10:19 pm

Aloyisius

fiber for one's digestion, chitin

10:19 pm

stidmama

jmc, is your home done being renovated yet?

10:19 pm

jmcnrick

a sting i guess

10:19 pm

jmcnrick

well my friend was hungry and they were abundant

10:20 pm

jmcnrick

*sigh* no stiddie--i should go home to a done bedroom at least *knock on wood*

10:20 pm

Aloyisius

hey stid.. having a bit of a cool spell but nothing to complain about, temps rising tomorrow.. so far, much better than last winter, only two days of 25 degrees to contend with, knock wood

10:20 pm

Aloyisius

jmc and I are knocking wood together..

10:20 pm

jmcnrick

haha snap snuffy

10:21 pm

Aloyisius

(-:

10:21 pm

jmcnrick

anyway i told my construction guy i wanted a rain barrel i guess to go with my solar panels

10:21 pm

stidmama

that's nice, Aloyisius, that it hasn't been too cold. We have had a mild winter so far, and even the last few days haven't been all that bad. And jmc, I will give those builders a "stern mama look" if your bedroom is not done posthaste! You tell them that. It might help...

10:21 pm

Aloyisius

oh, I am so jealous.. solar panel envy here

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

the solar panel guys are mad that i only let them have half teh roof and even madder that i dare build a deck on the other half which might shadow the panels

10:22 pm

Aloyisius

oh no, don't shadow the panels!!!!]

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

the poor guy had his last chemo today so i will protect him from your stern mama look

10:23 pm

Aloyisius

ooch.. last chemo for what?

10:23 pm

jmcnrick

well as it is they calculate that they will produce more than half of all the electricity i normally use all year

10:23 pm

jmcnrick

never asked as he did not volunteer but he did say he is officially cancer free

10:23 pm

Aloyisius

yep, I'm green with solar panel envy

10:23 pm

Aloyisius

well, that is indeed good news

10:23 pm

stidmama

oh dear... yes, I suppose I can be more patient in that case. *offers poor guy fluffy pillows and soft blankies*

10:24 pm

jmcnrick

i would rather have a deck than more solar panels

10:24 pm

stidmama

I am glad he is cancer free. That is a good thing.

10:24 pm

jmcnrick

it is one of the many reasons i don't complain more about how long this all took

10:24 pm

Aloyisius

put your ding dong deck elsewhere

10:24 pm

Aloyisius

don't shadow the sun

10:24 pm

jmcnrick

from the deck you can see virginia and maryland as well as dc

10:24 pm

Aloyisius

Aloy has spoken, LOL

10:25 pm

stidmama

I want to get solar tiles for our roof if/when we have the money to put a family room on the back. or an entry porch. or ... *sigh*

10:25 pm

jmcnrick

i only gots so much roof snuffy

10:25 pm

Aloyisius

ok, so build a platform.. a tree house..

10:25 pm

jmcnrick

i couldn't shadow the sun if i tried! haha

10:25 pm

jesdraggon

in 6/21 the second, please?

10:25 pm

jmcnrick

no tree

10:26 pm

jmcnrick

platform not legal

10:26 pm

Aloyisius

In + not there

10:26 pm

jmcnrick

in + don't come in **** i am not dressed

10:26 pm

jesdraggon

thanks :)

10:26 pm

Aloyisius

ugh, so windmills must also be against ordinances

10:26 pm

Aloyisius

too high

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

no you can get windmills that are long and low now so they can be on the crest of your roof

10:27 pm

Aloyisius

very cool, didn't know

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

it is a city snuffy--and people thought it odd that there were oil derricks in back yards in houston

10:28 pm

jmcnrick

it would be like putting to sticks at either end and then inbetween them you put a flat corkscrew that the wind turns

10:29 pm

jmcnrick

does that make sense?

10:29 pm

Aloyisius

ok.. are there others in your neighborhood using solar power?

10:29 pm

jesdraggon

first re7/32 please?

10:29 pm

stidmama

that makes a lot of sense jmc, so why aren't they installing them on all the buildings!

10:29 pm

Aloyisius

I'm picturing it, jmc, give me time (-:

10:29 pm

stidmama

jes: to pretend to be a person from the past in an historical context

10:30 pm

stidmama

think civil war re7s, people who dress up in character

10:30 pm

jmcnrick

this is cutting edge stiddie--couldn't even find a pic on line

10:30 pm

jmcnrick

of course wiki is down

10:30 pm

Aloyisius

the wind blows hard, the roof peels back, lol

10:31 pm

jmcnrick

my oldest sister sent this today http://www.tomrush.com./video_remember
.html

10:31 pm

Aloyisius

lifts off and flies to Oz

10:32 pm

jmcnrick

here it is:http://gigaom.com/cleantech/ridgebl
aster-rooftop-wind-turbine-idea/

10:32 pm

Aloyisius

ok.. gonna check it out..

10:33 pm

stidmama

the video has been removed by the user *sigh*

10:34 pm

jmcnrick

what?

10:35 pm

jmcnrick

it is still there on my computer

10:35 pm

stidmama

it's in your cache, jmc, which is nice.

10:35 pm

jesdraggon

belated thanks, stid--i got distracted watching the crow sledding.

10:35 pm

jmcnrick

that sucks

10:36 pm

jmcnrick

try googling tom rush remembering

10:36 pm

stidmama

try this, jmc http://challenge.ecomagination.com/hom
e/SmartWind-RidgeBlaster-18-kW-wind-tu
rbin

10:36 pm

jesdraggon

is se8 related to se6?

10:36 pm

Aloyisius

wow.. the concept is very intriguing.. did research back in the late 70's that confirmed wind power as THE alternative energy for areas like northern Ohio.. we get a lot down here in SW Fla too.. and I like the position of the tube.. bookmarked the page, tyvm jmc..

10:37 pm

Aloyisius

no, jes

10:37 pm

stidmama

what a great idea!

10:38 pm

jmcnrick

i think it makes sense but i waited a while for the solar panels so that most of the kinks were worked out before i invested

10:39 pm

jmcnrick

so i would wait a while for the ridge blaster

10:39 pm

jmcnrick

oic you were talking about the ridge blaster video and not the remembering video

10:40 pm

Aloyisius

se 8: start out with four letter word for "dry", then add symbol for sodium and end with ** dah!

10:40 pm

stidmama

I would like a boost for the se 8 please?

10:40 pm

jesdraggon

thanks!

10:40 pm

jmcnrick

ty snuffy

10:41 pm

jesdraggon

aloy is cluing premptively for you, stid :)

10:41 pm

jmcnrick

the ve 8 is similar i was told

10:41 pm

Aloyisius

no, tis not

10:41 pm

jmcnrick

how about a 9 so i can have nbs and go to bed

10:41 pm

stidmama

I have the ve 8 and can't figure out how they could be similar

10:42 pm

jmcnrick

oh well it was probably the 9 then

10:42 pm

jesdraggon

ca9-where they put the peaches in the tins

10:42 pm

jmcnrick

what do i know!

10:42 pm

stidmama

the 9s are the same but for the first letter. think steinbeck's book about the fish factories in california, plural word

10:42 pm

Aloyisius

well, if you visited places where they treated leather, you would have ta9

10:42 pm

jmcnrick

ty jes and stid

10:42 pm

jmcnrick

ty snuffy

10:42 pm

jmcnrick

nbs

10:43 pm

jmcnrick

i think i am getting a bourbon and curling up with a book on contemporary peacemaking!

10:43 pm

jesdraggon

gah. i feel like my brain is shuttering the windows

10:44 pm

stidmama

well done jmc! sounds like a great read for an evening.

10:44 pm

stidmama

I am down to 13, considering the list

10:44 pm

stidmama

neis

10:44 pm

stidmama

oops

10:44 pm

jesdraggon

se7/32?

10:44 pm

jesdraggon

down to 7, and definitely using the list :P

10:44 pm

jmcnrick

bye all

10:45 pm

Aloyisius

ve8: ve + Bruce Jen***, Olympic star + the doll cr**** MaMa and wets too.. ugh

10:45 pm

jmcnrick

*poof*

10:45 pm

stidmama

no idea, jmc

10:45 pm

jesdraggon

g'night, jam

10:45 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams jmc

10:45 pm

Aloyisius

bye jmc.. see ya next time

10:45 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, aloy

10:45 pm

Aloyisius

scooting here too.. might be back at the flip.. ciao

10:46 pm

jesdraggon

g'night, aloy

10:46 pm

Aloyisius

gn, jes (-:

10:46 pm

stidmama

oh oh, log increase!

10:46 pm

stidmama

I mean, lAg increase -- very slow

10:47 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams Aloyisius!

10:50 pm

jesdraggon

phantom zenith

10:50 pm

stidmama

down to 5...

10:50 pm

jesdraggon

3 here

10:50 pm

jesdraggon

do you have the ze6?

10:51 pm

stidmama

yes, ze, end like monkey fruit

10:51 pm

jesdraggon

that's a word?!

10:52 pm

jesdraggon

gah. indian? french and scottish weren't enough confusion?

10:52 pm

stidmama

LOL jes!

10:52 pm

stidmama

down to 4 and stuck.

10:52 pm

stidmama

need the ve 6/7 pair along with the toughy se words

10:52 pm

jesdraggon

whatcha missing?

10:53 pm

jesdraggon

ve6 and 7 are thin layers laid over the surface of something

10:53 pm

stidmama

got the ve words

10:53 pm

jesdraggon

head up and too the right in the grid

10:53 pm

stidmama

thanks jes

10:54 pm

jesdraggon

te6?

10:54 pm

stidmama

person who rents is the te 6 (think dr who different spelling)

10:55 pm

stidmama

need that se 8 and the se 7 that comes after

10:55 pm

jesdraggon

oi, thankee

10:55 pm

jesdraggon

se8 is like the se6 immediately after, but change the last vowel, then add british "so long"

10:56 pm

jesdraggon

the se7 is my last word

10:56 pm

stidmama

thanks jes! we'll be looking for that one together then...

11:01 pm

stidmama

combine the "calm" word with the end of the ri 5 poison jes...

11:01 pm

stidmama

or, se + poison word

11:01 pm

stidmama

*waits*

11:01 pm

jesdraggon

thanks!

11:02 pm

stidmama

thank goodness for lickety's list today, I could not finish without it!

11:02 pm

dcseain

evening. Hi, stid, jes, et al. Ty, stid for the education about education in WA. :)

11:02 pm

jesdraggon

I think I've finished exactly 1 grid listless

11:02 pm

jesdraggon

evening, dc

11:03 pm

dcseain

i hardly ever finish anymore. I just stopped caring. I play to have fun. :)

11:03 pm

stidmama

sure thing, seain, what little I know I am happy to share! LOL there are so many differences state to state. I know a little about VA schools from a friend who teaches there.

11:03 pm

stidmama

YAY jes!!!

11:03 pm

stidmama

I usually play to have fun, too -- but have wanted to take my mind off the job search the last couple days. It's disheartening to keep hoping and waiting and the phone doesn't ring.

11:04 pm

dcseain

ah, so you know that we have 'teachers associations' instead of unions, as teachers are classified as commonwealth, not locality employees and therefore may not unionize.

11:04 pm

jesdraggon

and yay for stid's fireworks too!

11:04 pm

dcseain

yes, job searching is hard, even in an in-demand profession such as your own.

11:04 pm

stidmama

thanks jes!

11:05 pm

dcseain

congrats, stid :)

11:05 pm

jesdraggon

I'm gonna head off and cuddle with bruce now that we've defeated this grid... thanks for cluing! :)

11:05 pm

stidmama

have fun, jes! see you tomorrow.

11:05 pm

stidmama

thanks also seain.

11:08 pm

stidmama

wow. I started to get on my soapbox... LOL delete! delete!

11:08 pm

stidmama

Will head out unless you need some clues, seain?

11:09 pm

dcseain

eh, i'll list maybe first. congrats also, jes, and g'night to both yall

11:11 pm

stidmama

okay seain... I hope you are well and having a good start to the new year. I'll check back in a little while before I head to sleep.

11:26 pm

dcseain

bit of a rough start, but an end in sight, and a better year than i've had in several in store. :D

11:32 pm

stidmama

glad to hear that, seain! just checking in one last time, in case you are stuck on something?

11:32 pm

dcseain

only just listed, and so far so good, thanks :)

11:33 pm

stidmama

okay, I will toddle off to sleep -- and hope the power is on in the morning. It's chilly out there!

11:34 pm

dcseain

g'night, and may the power be back soon. Wet snow is hard on overhead lines, and your infrastructure there is not well-built for snow and ice at your altitude, i'm sure

11:58 pm

vanillaslice

hello all its that time again

11:58 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

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