Babble: Archived Puzzle for Sunday, April 15, 2012

12:00 am

godthaab

flip

12:00 am

babblelady2012

flip

12:00 am

vanillaslice

flip better anyway

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

dart001

flip

12:01 am

jesdraggon

11 left on the last grid.

12:01 am

MLFAN17

mo 6

12:02 am

jillibus

that ig4 is back

12:02 am

jesdraggon

cl 6/21 x 2

12:03 am

vanillaslice

ja6/7

12:03 am

sammysmom

hi'

12:03 am

cybernan

mo 7-8

12:04 am

VolleymomDee

flip hi all ... glad you made it through the bad storms, dart

12:05 am

dart001

volley was pretty scary....that storm literally tracked from OK straight towards our house...damage is as close as a mile or two away....reformed and is still on the ground 40 miles NE of here now

12:06 am

jillibus

wow, dart -- scary!

12:06 am

babblelady2012

hi volley

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

wow... cannot believe how long it was there, and that it is still in your area... isn't that unusual to stay put that long?

12:06 am

vanillaslice

sc8

12:07 am

dart001

we're not done yet...another line just west of here.....north of here salina has had tornado warnings for 3 different tornadoes from 3 diff. storms in the last 5 hours

12:07 am

babblelady2012

dart what kind of storm i haven't heard news is it real bad

12:08 am

VolleymomDee

I think I would be on vacation in another state for many weeks... stay safe!

12:08 am

MLFAN17

CL6

12:09 am

dizgrannie

eu 7

12:09 am

jillibus

dart -- do you have a safe hidy-hole?

12:09 am

dart001

it is unusual..but the situation is so ripe for tornadoes...they forecasted it 2 days ago as being real bad....the tornadoes have been moving 50 mph

12:10 am

jillibus

stats for the I under the J?

12:10 am

dart001

jilli...we had to decide between 2 spots...then had to try and round up the cat..she wasn't too happy about being there for that half hour

12:10 am

dart001

in 5

12:11 am

jesdraggon

in6/18

12:11 am

jillibus

glad you have a choice of places, dart!

12:11 am

viajes

good morning all

12:11 am

flosey

late flip, hi everyone

12:11 am

jesdraggon

welcome back, viajes

12:11 am

dart001

don't know if they would have worked or not...glad to not have had to find out.. if that makes sense

12:12 am

babblelady2012

got 6/21

12:12 am

jillibus

ty -- got the in6 for nbt

12:12 am

jesdraggon

hi flosey

12:12 am

justafreep

glad you were missed by them, dart

12:12 am

Aloyisius

eu8 x2

12:12 am

jillibus

hi flosey and viajes and jes and freep and everyone

12:13 am

jillibus

and aloy

12:13 am

dart001

thx just....kind of unnerving when you see the weather channel guys in your town all day long...and then they had to take cover too

12:14 am

justafreep

yikes

12:14 am

jillibus

wise words I just heard from Ellen Degeneres -- "Procrastinate NOW -- don't put it off."

12:14 am

Aloyisius

glad you are ok, dart

12:14 am

cybernan

stats for the 2nd column i, please?

12:15 am

dart001

they were with the weather service people...they all had to abandon the office and take cover for ten minutes

12:15 am

cybernan

glad it missed you, dart

12:15 am

babblelady2012

this board is hard not many vowels to work with

12:15 am

dart001

thx nan aloy

12:15 am

jillibus

il4/4

12:16 am

cybernan

ty jill -- nbt, nbs

12:17 am

dizgrannie

NBT & NBS

12:17 am

dart001

halfway

12:17 am

justafreep

halfway to halfway.

12:18 am

dart001

lol just

12:18 am

babblelady2012

what is nbt an nbs i forgot?

12:18 am

dart001

alga

12:18 am

dart001

oops

12:19 am

ARB

at least do one I DON'T have...

12:19 am

Aloyisius

mo8

12:19 am

dart001

phant mohair

12:21 am

jillibus

no blank tiles, no blank stats

12:22 am

jillibus

(I only have nbt so far)

12:23 am

cybernan

jill -- think of the rocky slopes on either side of the Columbia Icefields

12:24 am

flosey

have nbs but missing some tiles

12:25 am

jillibus

nan -- what do those icefields start with?

12:25 am

justafreep

boy, those are two odd hi6s I just found

12:25 am

cybernan

the columbia ice fields -- on the highway from Banff to Jaspar

12:26 am

cybernan

There is also Mo 7 Lake up there

12:27 am

jillibus

nan, I'm confused -- was that icefields remark supposed to be a clue? If so, for what?

12:27 am

cybernan

mo 7-8: rocky slopes on either side of a glacier

12:28 am

jillibus

ah -- got them for nbs -- thks, nan

12:28 am

babblelady2012

hi jill

12:28 am

jillibus

hi bab -- did you see what I said about nbt and nbs?

12:29 am

babblelady2012

i am getting not sofar on this one to many cons not enouhg vowels

12:29 am

babblelady2012

yes

12:29 am

jillibus

good

12:30 am

rururocks

rogaine is in the grid.. anyone follically challenged?

12:30 am

tedybeth

nan - for the Mo 7 & 8, there is an area on Wisconsin with the same name- distinct land topography left from the sliding of glaciers. I almost forgot about it until I was thinking about your clue!

12:30 am

babblelady2012

i see it ru

12:30 am

dart001

ruru..you almost got your wish

12:31 am

rururocks

what's that dart?

12:31 am

jillibus

I heard about mo7 in Geology class at McGill

12:31 am

mrpresident

Clues are up

12:31 am

jillibus

hi woowoo

12:31 am

dart001

tornado...damage within a mile or so of here...just happened about 45 mins ago

12:31 am

babblelady2012

thx mr

12:31 am

jillibus

Thanks you thank you, mrp!

12:31 am

cybernan

ty mrp

12:31 am

rururocks

wow.. are you okay?

12:31 am

Aloyisius

tyvm mrp!

12:32 am

Erda

Thank you, mrp

12:32 am

flosey

thanks mrp

12:32 am

tedybeth

thx mrp :-)

12:32 am

dart001

were fine...spent some time in the basement not knowing if the house would be there in five mins

12:32 am

babblelady2012

not on my end yet

12:32 am

babblelady2012

clues

12:32 am

dart001

make that we're

12:32 am

rururocks

wow.. I'll take an earthquake any day over that

12:33 am

justafreep

lol, dart. that was a bad missing apostrophe!

12:33 am

jillibus

bab, you may have to close Babble and reopen it.

12:33 am

dart001

see what the damage is when morning comes...roads closed just south of here

12:33 am

Erda

Bite your tongue, ruru

12:33 am

babblelady2012

oh no dart when did this happen to u?

12:34 am

cybernan

not too sure about that -- having 2nd thoughts about going down to sit on the SanAndreas fault next winter

12:34 am

rururocks

what's that about nan?

12:34 am

dart001

right before the flip

12:35 am

rururocks

too bad it didn't happen for yesterday's big grid dart. (evil laugh)

12:35 am

cybernan

you saying you would rather be in an earthquake

12:35 am

dart001

you're cruel ruru lol

12:35 am

babblelady2012

i don't want either one

12:35 am

babblelady2012

i'm in mountains

12:36 am

rururocks

earthquakes don't bother me

12:36 am

babblelady2012

we lived in tornado alley when i was 6 yrs old

12:37 am

babblelady2012

scary i tell ya

12:37 am

babblelady2012

had to hit basement us an neighbors our basement thye didn't have one

12:37 am

Erda

You probabl;y didn't live through a big one, ruru

12:37 am

rururocks

tornadoes would scare the crap out of me

12:38 am

rururocks

I sure did erda.. I was closer to it than Kennsington

12:38 am

babblelady2012

hide in basement darn typos

12:38 am

rururocks

I was surfing in my living room on wood floors

12:38 am

Erda

earthquakes are more devious than tornadoes; with tornadoes, at least you know when they're coming

12:38 am

dart001

<----- reminds self to not be underneath ruru during a tornado

12:39 am

rururocks

that depends dart

12:39 am

babblelady2012

oh dart

12:39 am

babblelady2012

12:39 am

babblelady2012

12:39 am

Erda

I was in the San Francisco Opera House during the Loma Prieta earthquake -- not funny at all

12:39 am

cybernan

down to 85 -- enough for me tonight -- see you tomorrow :) Hope all stays well with you Dart

12:39 am

babblelady2012

bb in a few gotta logout a sec

12:39 am

rururocks

I was on the Cypress structure twice. on that day.. not even just once

12:39 am

dart001

now that wasn't bad ruru...some of the other ones so-so

12:40 am

dart001

thx nan

12:40 am

jillibus

wd nan

12:40 am

VolleymomDee

eu 7; eu 8 x 2

12:42 am

rururocks

thanks volley

12:42 am

NonnieLight

I experienced the Big Bear and Landers quakes. Two in one day and that was what finally convinced me to leave California. So we moved to Tornado Alley :o)

12:42 am

jillibus

Yikes, nonnie!

12:43 am

VolleymomDee

yw

12:43 am

rururocks

not sure I'd like to be swept up like debris for my ending in life

12:44 am

NonnieLight

It doesn'

12:45 am

dart001

great...next line coming north from OK has tornadoes now too...might be doing the drill again in another hour

12:45 am

VolleymomDee

how many so far?

12:45 am

VolleymomDee

help with the top i in column 2

12:45 am

justafreep

you really better hurry and finish the grid, dart. priorities man!

12:45 am

rururocks

puts on some Meryl Haggard records for dart

12:45 am

jillibus

what a nightmare, dart!

12:45 am

dart001

80 words left lol

12:46 am

dart001

ig 4

12:46 am

NonnieLight

oops...it doesn't matter where you live. There is always the possibility of some type of natural disaster. Some more than others I suppose. You stay safe, dart!

12:46 am

VolleymomDee

ty looking

12:46 am

jillibus

I haven't even FOUND 80 words.

12:46 am

VolleymomDee

nbt nbs

12:46 am

rururocks

think eskimo dee

12:46 am

NonnieLight

congrats dee

12:46 am

Trifioso

hello friends. SHE IS HOME!!!!

12:47 am

rururocks

but not sarah palin

12:47 am

jillibus

I mentioned that ig4 just after the flip but nobody noticed

12:47 am

VolleymomDee

sorry jili went for juice

12:47 am

dart001

i did jilli

12:47 am

dart001

and the il 4

12:47 am

jillibus

haha dart!

12:47 am

Erda

I did, jilli

12:47 am

dart001

and i had neither at the time

12:48 am

torgone

Yay Trifs!

12:48 am

rururocks

I have all the i's now.. thanks

12:49 am

Trifioso

thanks tor.

12:49 am

jillibus

:-)

12:49 am

rururocks

who's home?

12:50 am

jillibus

sc8 called yet?

12:50 am

rururocks

wow jilli

12:51 am

VolleymomDee

ce 6

12:51 am

Trifioso

my daughter is home from australia, ruru

12:51 am

rururocks

oh .. that's nice trif

12:52 am

VolleymomDee

tr 6 x 2

12:52 am

jillibus

how long was she there, trif?

12:53 am

Trifioso

3 months. it's the longest I have ever been separated from one of my children

12:53 am

jillibus

what a great experience for her

12:54 am

justafreep

thanks, dee

12:54 am

rururocks

<---been separated from his parents a LOT longer than that

12:54 am

dart001

are they anti-pun?

12:55 am

rururocks

sorta..lol

12:55 am

Trifioso

she had an absolutely amazing time, made lots of new friends, and got fantastic grades in school to boot. I am SO proud of her!

12:55 am

jillibus

how old is she?

12:55 am

rururocks

did she change her name to sheila ?

12:56 am

Trifioso

she is fifteen, and no, she is sticking with her original name

12:57 am

jillibus

your icon looks as if she is surrounded by roos

12:57 am

Trifioso

she was

12:57 am

Trifioso

she says they are her new favorite animal!

12:58 am

jillibus

pet ones? I thought they were pretty wild

12:58 am

rururocks

wallaby she should be trif

12:59 am

Trifioso

i gather these ones live in a park where they hop free but you can walk amongst them

12:59 am

VolleymomDee

or 7

12:59 am

dart001

thx volley

1:00 am

VolleymomDee

yw

1:00 am

magazinemom

dart- you safely out of storms?

1:01 am

dart001

mag....missed a tornado by about a mile....but you are sending some more my way...some about 50 miles sw of us now

1:01 am

rururocks

yes. mag.. we're just hoping his power goes out for a few days

1:02 am

magazinemom

I'm up watching the line moving east towards us now. Should be here by 3am. Yawn

1:02 am

dart001

got to get these last 70 quick lol

1:02 am

magazinemom

glad you're safe!

1:02 am

mkg

hard grid tonight eh?

1:02 am

dart001

thx...hope this next batch cools it a bit

1:02 am

justafreep

I think so, mkg

1:03 am

VolleymomDee

ag 7

1:04 am

mkg

7s? wow. only have 2 so far. mo 7 and mo 8, and ja 7 which is a plural of ja 6

1:05 am

babblelady2012

where are clues up at i don't have them?

1:05 am

rururocks

69 for tomorrow..be safe mag and dart

1:05 am

babblelady2012

not even lickety

1:05 am

magazinemom

ty ruru night

1:05 am

mkg

isnt limor an animal? monkey like? says not in dict.

1:05 am

dart001

thx ru

1:05 am

mkg

night ruru

1:05 am

Aloyisius

48 left here, also checking out.. tc all, g'nite

1:06 am

viajes

lickety is up for me

1:06 am

babblelady2012

tc ru

1:06 am

magazinemom

lemur is

1:06 am

rururocks

lickety is up babblelady

1:06 am

viajes

and I have the number of trombones that led the big parade... time for sleep

1:06 am

rururocks

talk about tuba-ligaton

1:10 am

rururocks

do you have to be horny to be in a parade?

1:12 am

rururocks

...just sayin..

1:12 am

jillibus

sleepytime for me -- goodnight all...*poof

1:13 am

dart001

bye jilli

1:18 am

VolleymomDee

gi 7 gi 8

1:19 am

dart001

volley..weather channel said over 100 reports of touchdowns so far

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

that seems extraordinarily large

1:20 am

dart001

that is why they were talking about it two days ago...they knew it was going to be big

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

sounds almost like some of the movies I have seen ... s

1:20 am

babblelady2012

lickety for this board not up on my end

1:20 am

babblelady2012

clues

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

have there been any casualties

1:20 am

dart001

try refresh bab

1:21 am

babblelady2012

it still last board

1:21 am

flosey

go out and come back in again babblelady

1:21 am

babblelady2012

ok

1:21 am

dart001

thet knew it wasn't a matter of if...it was how many and where

1:21 am

flosey

refresh doesn't work for me either

1:22 am

dart001

i'm using it now...don't know how long i'll be on...working for me

1:26 am

dart001

don't know of any casualties yet volley...dark and they are having problems getting around with downed power lines and such

1:27 am

VolleymomDee

perhaps because of the 2 day heads up they kept everyone safe

1:28 am

flosey

how far is this from where you are dart?

1:28 am

dart001

think pretty much everyone knew things were going to happen because of that

1:28 am

VolleymomDee

that is good

1:29 am

dart001

flosey...missed us by about a mile...we were in the basement 20 mins before the flip and thought we were going to get hit....it veered just se of us at the last second

1:30 am

flosey

wow, that's too close, very frightening

1:30 am

VolleymomDee

makes my stomach hurt thinking about it

1:30 am

dart001

another batch just set of the radio....big hail and 75 mpph winds about 30 mins from now

1:31 am

flosey

for sure Dee

1:31 am

dart001

set off

1:33 am

VolleymomDee

or 7 x 2

1:34 am

justafreep

those aren't words, I tell ya, dee!

1:34 am

lynxxx

Scary Dart - keep safe. Hello everyone

1:34 am

VolleymomDee

agreed... I don't care for this grid

1:35 am

dart001

hi lynxxx

1:35 am

flosey

hello lyn

1:35 am

justafreep

Yeah. It's making things up. And not allowing login as a word, either. Feh.

1:36 am

lynxxx

hi Flosey - lovely flowers. I think Min is going to offer to do themes

1:36 am

flosey

oh, good for Min

1:37 am

flosey

and thanks, lyn

1:37 am

VolleymomDee

se 7

1:37 am

flosey

today I was given a pot of red tulips with yellow edges, I just love them

1:38 am

lynxxx

parrot tulips?

1:38 am

flosey

don't have any idea lyn

1:39 am

flosey

3 bulbs in the pot, 1 flowering now

1:39 am

justafreep

thanks, dee.

1:39 am

lynxxx

if they have crinkly edges as well they probably are

1:40 am

VolleymomDee

yw

1:40 am

flosey

no crinkles, smooth edges

1:40 am

lynxxx

You'll have to look out for parrot tulips too then, pretty amazing

1:41 am

flosey

thanks lyn, I will

1:41 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

1:41 am

lynxxx

Congrats Volley - very speedy!

1:41 am

flosey

we have to be very careful here, deer love tulips and have eaten every one I planted

1:42 am

justafreep

wow, dee. well done

1:42 am

flosey

WTG Dee

1:42 am

dart001

nj volley 12 left here :)

1:42 am

VolleymomDee

ty list is certainly helpful... well off til the morrow; hugs to all stay safe!!!

1:42 am

dart001

bye

1:42 am

flosey

just learned today of a deer deterrent,

1:42 am

flosey

bye dart, keep safe

1:43 am

VolleymomDee

nite be careful dart

1:43 am

dart001

thx...watching as i play...have about 8 windows open....police scanner and local tv lol

1:44 am

dart001

i'm here for a few more flos....just saying bye to volley

1:44 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Congrats Dee!!!!!

1:45 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Dart, did you finish the grid?

1:45 am

flosey

oh, ok, so please keep us informed

1:45 am

dart001

not yet ga

1:46 am

lynxxx

I'm waiting to hear what the deer deterrent is Flo.

1:46 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Oh, I thought I had forgotten to congratulate you.

1:47 am

flosey

I'll let you know Lyn, when I ask tomorrow

1:50 am

flosey

does anyone have a clue for mi6 please?

1:50 am

justafreep

alright... time to squeeze in work before bed and skip out on this annoying grid (for now!)

1:51 am

lynxxx

some interesting deer deterrents I just Googled - I do like the suggestion of wind chimes

1:51 am

flosey

maybe see you tomorrow justa

1:52 am

dart001

flos...think it means your surroundings.....all in the upper left corner of grid

1:52 am

flosey

we have beautiful wind chimes on the deck outside our bedroom but that is second floor, perhaps should put some down in the maple tree

1:52 am

flosey

thanks dart

1:53 am

flosey

M's done

1:55 am

justafreep

night all. and stay safe dart and others in that area!

1:55 am

lynxxx

bye Just

1:55 am

flosey

night justa

1:56 am

dart001

thx just....magazinemom is under fire too

1:56 am

grannyrose

hello all, ver distressing news from dart. Lord, keep him and his community safe. amen

1:57 am

lynxxx

afternoon Rose

1:57 am

babblelady2012

heys i'm back

1:57 am

dart001

fireworks

1:57 am

flosey

wtg dart

1:57 am

grannyrose

hey lyn. and WTG DART!!!!!

1:57 am

lynxxx

Congrats Dart!

1:57 am

babblelady2012

wtg dart congrats!!!

1:57 am

flosey

80 to go here

1:57 am

stidmama

(((dart))) YAY!

1:58 am

grannyrose

flosey, mi6, mi + in stead of

1:58 am

flosey

thanks granny

1:58 am

dart001

hi stid

1:59 am

grannyrose

hey stiddy, flosey, lady, peach, dart

2:00 am

stidmama

could I get a shove for the i on the top row please? working for NBT

2:00 am

lynxxx

ice house

2:00 am

dart001

ig 4

2:00 am

grannyrose

don't know if any of you fellow americans can help me, but having a tad of a problem with an american company, re expired goods, which they sent me.

2:00 am

stidmama

thanks lynxxx

2:00 am

stidmama

it had to be a babblet fish

2:01 am

stidmama

have to run

2:03 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Congrats, dart!!!!! Keep safe.

2:03 am

gapeach1066@yaho

Congrats, dart!!!!! Keep safe.

2:03 am

flosey

ig4/7 stid

2:03 am

dart001

hi granny

2:03 am

grannyrose

they have sent me a product which expired last november, and are refusing to exchange it. i have continued to take my last lot of medication (expired last november ) and have noticed a decided fall off in efficiency of the med.

2:03 am

lynxxx

what are they saying Rose? can you take a photo of the goods and send it to prove it

2:03 am

swmbo