Babble: Archived Puzzle for Monday, July 23, 2012

12:01 am

vanillaslice

flip

12:03 am

vanillaslice

mote

12:03 am

vanillaslice

oops was looking for company

12:03 am

cybernan

hi vanilla

12:04 am

vanillaslice

hi nan gl

12:04 am

flosey

hi, this grid doesn't look very friendly

12:05 am

vanillaslice

got a pe6 so far

12:06 am

vanillaslice

and 7

12:06 am

cosdem

nbs

12:06 am

flosey

wtg cos

12:06 am

vanillaslice

wd cos

12:06 am

cosdem

em 6

12:09 am

vanillaslice

ap5/6

12:10 am

vanillaslice

mo5/6 x 2

12:10 am

dizgrannie

As abolished

12:11 am

flosey

thanks van

12:12 am

vanillaslice

yvw

12:13 am

cybernan

anyone have the stats for the bottom o?

12:13 am

angelinaxox

ov 5,16

12:15 am

cybernan

ty angelina

12:15 am

cybernan

nbt, nbs

12:15 am

cosdem

what abt the first O in 4th col?

12:15 am

angelinaxox

or 5,12

12:15 am

cybernan

ol 4

12:15 am

cybernan

oh no that's not it

12:16 am

cybernan

or 5/12

12:16 am

cosdem

thanks i didnth ave the ol4 :)

12:17 am

cosdem

thanks O's done....

12:18 am

dizgrannie

NBT, NBS

12:19 am

cosdem

need J and 1st T in last col please

12:20 am

cosdem

never mnd the J

12:20 am

angelinaxox

ti 5,10

12:20 am

torgone

ti5

12:20 am

torgone

orlop

12:20 am

stidmama

go tor go!

12:20 am

torgone

oops ..

12:21 am

torgone

Sorry ..

12:21 am

cosdem

ugh fish me.. nbt/nbs ty

12:21 am

cybernan

a's done

12:22 am

stidmama

go cos! go nan!

12:22 am

stidmama

can I ask for a boost for the lowermost O tile? would like NBT so I can get to sleep...

12:22 am

stidmama

about to cut tom

12:22 am

stidmama

cut tom's hair. Maybe. If I can stay awake...

12:23 am

cybernan

j's done

12:24 am

cybernan

fo 7

12:25 am

flosey

nbt, nbs

12:26 am

stidmama

go flo go!

12:26 am

flosey

not as bad as it first seemed

12:26 am

stidmama

halfway and still can't see the lowermost O word... cluz for dum-me?

12:27 am

hurshy

i hain't got it. i got more phantoms than you can shake a stick at...

12:27 am

torgone

ov5/16

12:28 am

hurshy

thanx tor

12:28 am

cybernan

or 5: either's partner + cut off

12:28 am

stidmama

hm.... *thinking*

*cracks whip at monkeys*

12:29 am

stidmama

that's the higher up O, but a great clue, nan!

12:29 am

stidmama

GAH. finally got it. thanks tor

12:29 am

jillibus

hi all -- I can't see that ov5 either

12:29 am

cybernan

ov 5/16 -- points should give it to you

12:30 am

jillibus

is it a real word?

12:30 am

hurshy

no

12:30 am

stidmama

hey jill

12:30 am

torgone

It's a rounded molding ..

12:30 am

stidmama

OV + last three letters of a word meaning to be alone...

12:31 am

hurshy

for V i have an animal... anyone have others?

12:31 am

mrpresident

Clues are up

12:31 am

rastapopolous

eletricity unit

12:31 am

hurshy

ty rast

12:31 am

flosey

thanks mrp

12:31 am

hurshy

ty mrp

12:31 am

jillibus

thanks mrp!

12:33 am

cybernan

vo 4 x2 - anyone know what the other one is?

12:33 am

hurshy

add vowel to the electric one

12:33 am

stidmama

down to 44 and time to cut Toms hair. YAY mrp and see you-all tomorrow. *poof*

12:33 am

cybernan

ty stid

12:33 am

flosey

well done stid

12:34 am

flosey

wonder why my icon just became an X

12:34 am

jillibus

wtg stid!

12:35 am

jillibus

It didn't for me, flosey

12:35 am

flosey

oh, thanks jill, strange here

12:37 am

hootowl

I'm getting red boxes! Some welcome home!

12:38 am

jillibus

hi hoot!

12:38 am

mklein

your icons are all showing up fine here.

12:38 am

hootowl

hi jilli - what have I missed?

12:38 am

flosey

thanks mk

12:41 am

jillibus

hoot, I only got here a couple of minutes ago

12:41 am

hootowl

Me too. Meant during the 2 weeks I was away.

12:42 am

hootowl

No one missed me???

12:42 am

jillibus

of course we missed you, hoot!

12:43 am

hootowl

Good save!:D

12:44 am

jillibus

nbt, just need a 7

12:44 am

flosey

have 2 fo7s jilli fo7/44 following the fo4/7

12:44 am

flosey

the other is a pl

12:44 am

jillibus

can't think of what's happened during the last 2 weeks

12:45 am

cybernan

fo 7 -- something to do with sailing, maybe?

12:45 am

hootowl

Guess it was nice and quiet.

12:45 am

flosey

fo6 sounds like a very dressy dance - change second vowel and pl

12:46 am

flosey

or a state dinner

12:46 am

jillibus

don't have that fo4 yet but at least now have something to work on -- ty flosey

12:47 am

flosey

yw jilli

12:47 am

cybernan

also a pe 7

12:47 am

cybernan

looking for that 2nd fo 7 -- it's a plural?

12:47 am

jillibus

ty nan

12:48 am

jillibus

nbs now too :-)

12:48 am

flosey

wtg jilli

12:48 am

cybernan

ty flosey - 7's done

12:49 am

flosey

yes nan

12:49 am

flosey

yw

12:52 am

rururocks

I had a gas finding that pe7

12:53 am

flosey

lol

12:53 am

mrpresident

afternoon all :)

12:53 am

flosey

hi mrp, good to see you here

12:53 am

rururocks

I said.. well..well...well..looky what I found

12:54 am

mrpresident

hi flos, ruru, jilli, nan et al :) ((hugs))

12:54 am

rururocks

hi mr p

12:54 am

jillibus

hi mrp -- how goes it?

12:54 am

jillibus

hello ruru

12:54 am

cybernan

stuck at 110

12:54 am

rururocks

hi jilli

12:55 am

cybernan

hi mrp - good to see you

12:55 am

mrpresident

it goes jilli... up and down. am seeing the kids for dinner tonight and very much looking forward to that!!
They will be staying with me for a week next week so am excited

12:55 am

mrpresident

good to see you too!

12:56 am

rururocks

great mr p

12:56 am

myonline

mrp where do I find the clues? Thanks

12:56 am

IndiaJan

Jatto

12:56 am

mrpresident

there have been a spat of armed robberies and break-ins around here... such a nice quiet town and everyone is a little frightened now

12:57 am

rururocks

wow

12:57 am

jillibus

oh, I know how much you want them with you, mrp -- that's great!

12:57 am

mrpresident

hi myonline, just email lickety, he will send you the link. or look at lickety's babble clues under 'friends of babble' below the grid

12:58 am

mrpresident

jilli, i just want mediation out of the way and my kids with me... i cried so hard yesterday... waking up on a sunday morning without them was heartbreaking

12:58 am

jillibus

mrp, who is posting the clue? You or Lickety?

12:58 am

jillibus

*clues

12:58 am

mrpresident

not me. lickety has them automatically loading from his computer

12:58 am

rururocks

where have the kids been mr P

12:59 am

mrpresident

with their father ruru

12:59 am

rururocks

oh

12:59 am

jillibus

Ok, thanks. We were a bit confused.

12:59 am

myonline

Thanks mrp.

12:59 am

rururocks

you share them 50/50?

12:59 am

mrpresident

no problem :)

1:02 am

Bugsaw

hi all. late flip for me but good to see everyone here

1:03 am

rururocks

hi bugs

1:03 am

jillibus

hi bugs!

1:04 am

Bugsaw

good to see you smiling ruru. are you thinking about coming up in August?

1:04 am

rururocks

i am considering it

1:04 am

jillibus

oh wow, ruru! please do!

1:05 am

mrpresident

trying ruru, trying

1:05 am

Bugsaw

please do. I am sure you will be good company and can give a wine talk for those of us who are wine guppies

1:05 am

mrpresident

i keep losing connection, so please forgive me

1:05 am

jillibus

how frustrating, mrp!

1:05 am

mrpresident

oh yeah!

1:06 am

mrpresident

anyway, am going to leave soon to have dinner with kids. just wanted to say hello and bless you all :) you are good friends

1:07 am

Bugsaw

our dogs will help keep the deer from walking through munching on flowers

1:07 am

Bugsaw

your dogs I mean ruru, I only have cats

1:07 am

flosey

bye for now mrp, enjoy your week

1:07 am

rururocks

enjoy the kids mr p

1:08 am

Bugsaw

hugs the kids for us too mr p

1:08 am

rururocks

it woulds be nice to meet everyone

1:08 am

jillibus

Have a lovely time with them, mrp -- it's really my bedtime so I'll be gone soon too.

1:08 am

rururocks

deer?

1:08 am

rururocks

you mean venisons of the deep?

1:09 am

jillibus

ruru we have deer by the dozen roaming around these parts.

1:09 am

Bugsaw

yes. our yard is large and not fenced like Jilli's

1:09 am

jillibus

good one, ru

1:09 am

Bugsaw

no Lyme disease tho

1:09 am

jillibus

only part of my yard is fenced

1:10 am

rururocks

that's good

1:11 am

flosey

not bothered by deer so much now but the rabbits are something else

1:11 am

rururocks

i'm guess a bbq would keep them away

1:11 am

jillibus

PBS is showing a BBC show about the Nurenberg trials -- excellent. Fascinating for me, because an aunt of mine who was fluent in German went over there from NY to be a translator.

1:11 am

rururocks

I can't believe the horror of world war 2

1:12 am

jillibus

Amen, ruru.

1:15 am

cybernan

pi 6/21, please?

1:16 am

cybernan

nm - monkeyed it

1:16 am

flosey

wtg nan, clue please?

1:18 am

cybernan

pi + spanish cheer + consonant -- sort of like the person who flys the plane

1:18 am

anike

fireworks

1:18 am

flosey

thanks nan

1:19 am

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

1:19 am

Bugsaw

wow. well don anike

1:19 am

cybernan

^5 anike

1:19 am

Bugsaw

and cybernan

1:19 am

flosey

wtg nan

1:19 am

anike

Congrats nan

1:19 am

rururocks

hopefully not a delta person who flies the plane

1:19 am

anike

Off to work - happy babbling

1:20 am

flosey

oh oh, sounds like a mishap? our paper wasn't delivered today

1:20 am

cybernan

off to bed -- having trouble staying awake :)
Good night

1:21 am

Bugsaw

nuts. just got half way so I can use the list and it is not there.........

1:22 am

flosey

I have it Bugs

1:22 am

flosey

did you go out and come back in? I have to

1:23 am

scouser

morning all. I like that pi6/21 word - sounds like the necessary yodelling during its use

1:23 am

Bugsaw

I did but maybe it will come up tomorrow.

1:23 am

jillibus

I got the list -- no prob

1:23 am

scouser

List is up herw noq

1:23 am

scouser

now

1:24 am

jillibus

hi scouser -- I was just working on that pi word -- no luck yet.

1:25 am

Bugsaw

well something is weird here. I may have to ask for a list to be posted if it doesn't show up tomorrow. Babblers are always helpful

1:25 am

rururocks

that happened to me the other day bugs

1:25 am

flosey

sounds like the flower in the song - sweet vi

1:25 am

rururocks

everyone had the list but me

1:26 am

Bugsaw

good night all since I am word blind already. Remember all Babbler are welcome to email me at the address posted in my icon thing.

1:26 am

jillibus

thanks, flosey -- I was trying "pittle", lol

1:26 am

flosey

everyone can see my icon but here it appears with an X in the middle

1:26 am

flosey

yw jilli

1:26 am

rururocks

urine good company jilli

1:26 am

flosey

I tried that too

1:27 am

Bugsaw

did you take it personally ruru? perhaps I shud cry myself to sleep.......... ;)

1:27 am

rururocks

i did

1:27 am

rururocks

everyone was saying.. gee.. I"m not having a problem.. must be you ru

1:28 am

jillibus

gnight bugs

1:28 am

flosey

night bugs

1:32 am

rururocks

i'm really, really stuck

1:35 am

scouser

what on ru?

1:39 am

jillibus

40 to go and I must go to bed. Goodnight all -- I may have time tomorrow.

1:40 am

flosey

goodnight jilli, sweet sleep

1:40 am

grannyrose

night, flosey. sleep well, hun. and hellooooo everyone who is left

1:44 am

flosey

nite rose, 7 to go and maybe theyll pop right out at me tomorrow

1:45 am

scouser

hi grannyrose. how's the cycling?

1:45 am

grannyrose

now i know i'm potty. now it's night, flosey. poor jilli. please let her know grannyrose lost the plot, flosey

1:46 am

grannyrose

hey scouser, getting better all the time. Don says i have reached the optimum cadence, i.e. one cycle per second.

1:47 am

scouser

well done keep at it.

1:49 am

grannyrose

physio at hydro added a new exercise this AM.....i think i'm gonna not like him anymore...:( it hurt

1:54 am

lynxxx

see - he wants you to be thinking about how cross he makes you rather than any pain - it's a cunning plan

1:54 am

lynxxx

Hello everyone

1:54 am

scouser

you'll be able to step on his toes with rage

1:55 am

scouser

hi lynxxx

1:55 am

lynxxx

hi Scouser

1:58 am

grannyrose

hey lyn

1:59 am

lynxxx

hi Rose, sound like you are doing very well- are you getting elephant stamps or gold stars?

2:01 am

grannyrose

stars, of course. and after himself received his wedding anniversary present, i think i might be getting something gold and diamonds

2:06 am

grannyrose

fw's here. not too bad a grid.

2:07 am

grannyrose

nearly fainted when i monkeyed the fo7

2:07 am

lynxxx

Congrats Rose...well done - on everything!

2:07 am

lynxxx

BBL better walk Stew b4 it gets too dark

2:08 am

grannyrose

maybe later, lyn, have a good one, anyhow

2:40 am

tijani

*************FIREWORKS**************

2:42 am

grannyrose

WTG TIJANI!!!!!

3:01 am

grannyrose

no response was the reply. night to all, and enjoy the grid

3:43 am

Marc Freeman

good morning, could I get a clue for or5/12, please

3:45 am

westford

hi marc I just started but it might be or and Jennifer **pez

3:45 am

westford

oops make that ***ez

3:45 am

westford

my first word

3:46 am

Marc Freeman

thanks got it

3:46 am

westford

good

3:47 am

macadam

or5/12 lowest deck on a ship.

3:47 am

westford

that's good to know mac

3:48 am

macadam

I hope it helps

3:48 am

westford

I'll remember it now

4:08 am

Marc Freeman

pi6, please?

4:10 am

westford

do you have the rest of the stats marc?

4:12 am

westford

pi 6/? not listing

4:13 am

ivesy3

rhymes with vi**** , the color of elizabeth taylors eyes

4:13 am

westford

thank you ivesy..she did have beautiful eyes

4:14 am

ivesy3

yw.. yes she did.. :)

4:14 am

westford

I tried mother who bakes..didn't work lol

4:14 am

ivesy3

lol.. sometimes the monkeys work. half the time its just luck

4:15 am

ivesy3

bbs need coffee!

4:16 am

Marc Freeman

thanks ivey got it

4:16 am

Marc Freeman

perp

4:16 am

Marc Freeman

sorry

4:36 am

Marc Freeman

vo5, please?

4:37 am

Kallia

vo 4 + a vowel

4:37 am

Marc Freeman

thanks got it

4:37 am

Kallia

yw

5:18 am

sprite

good afternoon all

5:34 am

cool.girl

hi everyone clue for the ti5 please

5:35 am

sprite

hi cool

5:35 am

sprite

like the name of a book?

5:38 am

cool.girl

thanks sprite fireworks off to work now have a great day everyone see you all tomorrow

5:38 am

sprite

wtg cool and bye

5:43 am

crosshair

good morning my babble friends:)

5:44 am

sprite

crossy :) *hug*

5:45 am

crosshair

((sprite))

5:45 am

crosshair

so how is the grid today?

5:45 am

sprite

easy

5:46 am

crosshair

good to hear,chore await,but they can await a while longer yet

5:46 am

sprite

ah good. Never seen chores go away, alas

5:51 am

crosshair

sprite,have you ever read the infamous "tropic of cancer" by Henery miller?

5:52 am

sprite

let me see what that is in dutch

5:54 am

sprite

yep. A lonnnnnng time ago!

5:55 am

sprite

fireflies!

5:56 am

sprite

easy grid, no slowing down, last words the longer fo combo and ov5.

5:56 am

crosshair

well,it is what is called a gateway book.was banned in the u.s and canada for many,many years till it went to trial in the 60,s and plays a large part in the freedoms of expressions that writers enjoy today.i have it in e-pub if you would like a copy

5:57 am

sprite

yes I would love to reread it, and now in english. Thank you!

5:58 am

crosshair

addy again please and ill send it along now

5:59 am

sprite

lol you keep losing me!

5:59 am

sprite

email sent

5:59 am

crosshair

ok,back in a moment

6:02 am

crosshair

back and it is on its way to you as we speak;))) be warned though,i have not proof read it

6:03 am

crosshair

can you clue me the ov,s please

6:05 am

sprite

no problem, I can ignore a couple of scan blunders.

6:05 am

sprite

the ov5 is weird. It is 3 rhyming syllables.

6:07 am

crosshair

and i lose you,not because i do not care,but envision me more as a slightly confused but happy fellow in a cluttered house filled with books and three cats,and various knick knacks and shiny baubles from around the globe.now in all this happy bookish clutter are scraps of paper with addys of my friends on it,because i got distracted on the way to putting them in my computer address book.one book leads to a bauble,leads to a daydream leads to another book and i still i wander around on the paths that my tales take me down,lost but happy:))..whew..waxing poetic again..need a tea brb

6:09 am

sprite

I think this time I was in between the knicks and the knacks :D

6:09 am

sprite

and I was pulling your leg, don't worry! You can lose my addy anyday. *hug*

6:10 am

sprite

thanks for the book, it reached me safely.

6:10 am

sprite

do you know the books by Faye Kellerman? Spouse of Jonathan?

6:10 am

crosshair

np and ty for the ov5:)

6:11 am

crosshair

no,i do not

6:12 am

sprite

she writes detective novels with a very good insight in Jewish communities. I am enjoying them very much. Wanna?

6:13 am

crosshair

sure,why not?? ill add the to the 15 or so tomes waiting for me:))

6:13 am

crosshair

good thing is the e-reader has slowed the clutter immensly

6:13 am

sprite

*giggles* I know, right? :D On their way...

6:14 am

crosshair

so no more moving a stack of books out of the bath tub so people can have a shower:)

6:15 am

crosshair

and you know you have problems when you go into the fridge to get some milk for your tea and find a book neatly placed between the carton of milk and tonights dinner:))

6:18 am

sprite

roflol! Oh... I once didn't have my glasses for more than a week. Left them in the fridge when the phone rang. Didn't see them because every time I looked into the fridge, my eyes were not aiming for glasses but for food. Embarrassing ;)

6:19 am

crosshair

good thing is,with book readers,we are not losing our minds,our cheese is not sliding off the cracker..we are just excentric:))

6:20 am

sprite

oh I know! I am so happy with my reader. People always say here: You have books EVERYwhere! Even on the toilet. Well... isn't that a very LOGICAL place for books? I have lived through times when that was the only place I had peace enough for reading.

6:20 am

sprite

I can live with being excentric. Yeah. :)

6:21 am

crosshair

ok,ill confess,i have a older e-reader that now resides on the the top of the toilet permmanantly with the charger nearbye

6:23 am

crosshair

the books shelves in the living room are full..all five of them with 5 shelves and 6 feet high,two stacks of books on either side of that which support speakers for the stereo,books on both coffee tables...

6:23 am

crosshair

one of the cats is sleeping on a stack of books by my desk as we speak

6:24 am

crosshair

"kind of appropriate anyways because the top one seems to be a book about cats

6:25 am

sprite

see, cats are smarter than we give them credit for

6:26 am

sprite

I have to go, crossy! I hope the books reach you safely. *hugs* to you and Mrs. Crossy, and the cats too.

6:27 am

crosshair

and anytime a paper book falls apart my mrs seems instantly ready with a epub version of it for me to download,so she is gaining back the house ,one book at a time,she is no longer like a sherpa on everest climbing the third stage over mounds of books to move around the house lol

6:27 am

crosshair

tc sprite

6:28 am

crosshair

and hugs to you:))

6:29 am

crosshair

and now i must drift off to find that tea i was steeping...

6:40 am

rubyfoo

hello. we'll see how "easy" this grid is! hahah

6:40 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, I need a clue for the first fo7/44, please?

6:40 am

bichon

hi ruby, crossy, sprite

6:41 am

rubyfoo

{bichon}}

6:41 am

rubyfoo

hello mysterious marc!

6:41 am

rubyfoo

I've just started the grid, very late for me

6:41 am

bichon

ruby, how's Ruby

6:42 am

rubyfoo

hanging on, but no longer wil take her walks in the street.....

6:43 am

bichon

I remember how that was with Biscuit. Had to carry him out to the street.

6:43 am

rubyfoo

fortunately, she can do her biz in the garden

6:43 am

rubyfoo

but Biscuit didn't weight 75 lbs!

6:44 am

Marc Freeman

the first fo7/44, please, anyone?

6:44 am

bichon

the advantage of small dogs, caring for them during end of life is a bit easier

6:44 am

bichon

sorry Marc, not there yet

6:44 am

rubyfoo

and the little ones live so much longer....

6:44 am

Marc Freeman

ok

6:45 am

bichon

took care of daughters 13 y.o. Bichon for a couple of days. Thought he'd never make it up the steps

6:45 am

MollyL

fo744...compound word...the gypsy ****told the future + not bottom

6:46 am

bichon

Like Billy Bud, ty Molly

6:46 am

rubyfoo

ty molly and hello

6:46 am

Marc Freeman

thanks molly

6:46 am

MollyL

Hi everyone

7:00 am

rubyfoo

this grid is OK' I wouldn't call it "easy"

7:01 am

bichon

true ruby, having trouble with upper e and bottom o

7:01 am

MollyL

Nope

7:02 am

rubyfoo

77 words and no nbt!

7:02 am

rubyfoo

easy for some, not easy fot moi!

7:03 am

crosshair

((ruby)) howdy bichon..found my tea and i am back for a few more

7:03 am

rubyfoo

top e's are speechify and one who does

7:03 am

rubyfoo

7:04 am

crosshair

ty ruby

7:04 am

FishFishGarden

:o( 80 and 3 BT....the three O's

7:04 am

rubyfoo

hi fish fish

7:04 am

bichon

ty ruby. I didn't know that speechify meant that. I thought it meant orate

7:05 am

rubyfoo

not sure, bichon, but that was my first thought :(

7:06 am

bichon

the bottom o is a lulu

7:07 am

rubyfoo

bottom o? no idea or for the one above it!

7:07 am

MollyL

None of these grids are "easy". If they were, I don't think many people would bother with them.

7:07 am

bichon

speechify is to give a pompous oration

7:07 am

rubyfoo

ah, got the one for the ship's deck

7:08 am

bichon

I would put this grid in the middle. Some good placement of letters

7:08 am

bichon

must add fuel to the brain cell, bbs

7:12 am

MollyL

ov + Bich's dogs are Marco and P***

7:12 am

rubyfoo

v nice, thanks milly

7:13 am

wvteach

good morning all

7:13 am

rubyfoo

hello teach

7:14 am

wvteach

how's your day?

7:14 am

rubyfoo

cool sunshine here

7:15 am

wvteach

cloudy so far this morning

7:16 am

rubyfoo

is the heat wave in the US over?

7:17 am

wvteach

extreme heat seems to be gone - but still hotter and much drier than our summers usually are

7:18 am

rubyfoo

we are very lucky!

7:18 am

wvteach

yes you are

7:19 am

rubyfoo

and now, a nap! yay

7:19 am

rubyfoo

see you later, kids

7:19 am

wvteach

enjoy your nap

7:31 am

Scrabbler

Hello kids. Anybody here?

7:32 am

crosshair

howdy scrabby:)

7:32 am

wvteach

hello scrabbler

7:32 am

crosshair

heat wave is over here,but we desperatly need rain

7:32 am

Scrabbler

I came back from the Adirondack Mtns last evening. No Babble for 5 days.

7:32 am

Scrabbler

We need rain too.

7:32 am

crosshair

poor scrabby

7:33 am

crosshair

sounds like it was a great time thoguh

7:33 am

Scrabbler

We did 2 long hikes (7.2 miles and 6 miles--both to remote mountain ponds), and paddled a lot. It was an ideal vacation.

7:33 am

crosshair

i got tired just reading about your trip:))

7:34 am

Scrabbler

Haha. We like to be active. No sitting in the sun for us.

7:42 am

wvteach

stats for any of the 7s please

7:47 am

Dorens

good morning

7:47 am

wvteach

hello dorens

7:48 am

Dorens

scrabbler, i love my boat!! going paddling with a friend in half an hour.... third day in a row..

7:50 am

Dorens

just found one wv... fo7/44

7:51 am

kje

gm

7:52 am

wvteach

good morning kje

7:52 am

Dorens

gm kj. did you stay up last nite on youtube? or did that famous self-restraint kick in?

7:53 am

kje

I stayed up til past 1, but it was doing check list stuff.... made a significant dent so feeling a little better

7:53 am

Dorens

that's good,,,what is your timeline now?

7:53 am

kje

right now I am at the car dealership gettig my car serviced before i hit the road in a week.... let's see what they come up with ; )

7:54 am

car.eeyore

Good morning!

7:54 am

kje

packers come friday, movers come saturday, i leave dallas the following tuesday at noon or so via highway 35 north!

7:54 am

Dorens

you have a week? plenty of time :-)

7:54 am

kje

gm car

7:55 am

car.eeyore

kje...I'm sorry, you are moving?

7:55 am

kje

first stop, Tucumari

7:55 am

Dorens

hi car. packers ? what a luxury..... jeremy and liz are being packed too... do hospitals always do this?

7:55 am

kje

ha! dorens... I am still working

7:55 am

car.eeyore

Hi Dorens!

7:55 am

kje

if I had the week off, that would be true, but I am suppose to be working

7:55 am

Dorens

yuck... working still? sorry

7:56 am

Scrabbler

Back. I had to go see a patient.

7:56 am

car.eeyore

Hi Scrabs!

7:56 am

wvteach

no wonder you have lists - and strtess

7:56 am

Scrabbler

Doren--isn't that canoe the BEST?!!

7:56 am

car.eeyore

Hi wv!

7:56 am

kje

it is the university that pays, not the hospitals in our cases, but in general they want to make it painless for you to move, they understand the schedules at play here

7:56 am

Dorens

so sweet.... i owe you big thanks

7:56 am

car.eeyore

I didn't know you were moving...where to?

7:56 am

kje

at the VA, they gave me a lump sum that I can use however I like, I like packers ; )

7:56 am

Dorens

yes, i meant university. i am impresssed

7:57 am

Scrabbler

Doren, Leslie would like for you two to become paddling buddies.

7:57 am

Dorens

i would love that scrab... would you please give her my email?

7:57 am

Scrabbler

kje--I am so excited for you--big changes ahead.

7:57 am

kje

honestly, once you calculate in the cost of all the boxes, packing materials, time spent packing, etc... packers are not very expensive

7:58 am

Scrabbler

Leslie has no paddling buddies near her, except you now!

7:58 am

Dorens

but i don't know if i can keep up with her... i'm a lazy little paddle around the lake for 45 minutes type.

7:58 am

kje

oooo , got that fo7, ty

7:59 am

Dorens

my boxes always came from the hospital... hubby would scrounge around for weeks... they had good ones

7:59 am

Scrabbler

She is a slower paddler than me. I like to paddle hard to get a good work-out.

8:00 am

Dorens

my local lake is a lot smaller than thirteenth lake, but a nice paddle. today i'm going to a different one near my friend -- she kayaks and can't wait to try out my hornbeck... I'm hoping to get her hooked

8:01 am

kje

(wishes she could go paddling with scrab and dorens)

8:01 am

Dorens

you are an exercise fiend, scrabs... I am definitely not. But Leslie and I could have a great time paddling and then playing scrabble

8:01 am

Dorens

(hop a plane to newark and let's convince scrabbler to come down and visit her sister -- it could happen)

8:02 am

kje

not happening right now though

8:02 am

Dorens

no, but next summer?? or spring?/

8:02 am

kje

exactly half way

8:03 am

kje

but.... you are coming to see me next spring!

8:03 am

Dorens

summer? if i do spring, it would have to be during my april vacation, but that might be a good idea

8:04 am

kje

either

8:05 am

kje

we can do some wine tours

8:05 am

kje

though.... we need a designated driver

8:05 am

kje

scrab?

8:06 am

Dorens

y''know, i never considered april. But that is when i used to go to europe, i forgot that i like to do something that week. hmmm. I will definitely look into it... have friends in oakland and napa ( there's always ruru)

8:06 am

kje

ah yes, bald ruru

8:06 am

Dorens

I'll find out which week i have off, and will let you know. Scrabbler... have you ever been to ssan francisco? would be a great trip (but would be hard to bring our hornbecks)

8:07 am

crosshair

ladies,this winter(with lots of help) i am going to be turning a old flat sterned canoe of mine into a outrigger sailing/paddling canoe!!,the flat stern will have a small rudder instead of a electric motor,the centre seat will be converted to hold a small mast and single sail that can be stowed in the canoe at need.the two struts for the outrigger will have fasteners to hold canvas or other material(will most likely got with hammock mesh for light weight and stowage)so you can lay out on it on calm days,will be custom making the outrigger itself out of surf board foam..then we shall see.will be grat fun,but not for portages but more for fast easy sailing for novices and pros alike

8:08 am

Dorens

sounds very ambitious

8:08 am

crosshair

the hard part will be secure fasteing of outrigger poles to canoe,to allow flex but no damage

8:08 am

car.eeyore

Good morning Crossy!

8:09 am

crosshair

howdy car;))

8:10 am

crosshair

and it is now time for crossys tidbit of the day!!!(those of you in ohio,take note)...

8:11 am

Scrabbler

Doren, Leslie is a great Scrabble player--watch out.

8:11 am

crosshair

Enacted in 1953, an Ohio law states that no person shall be arrested on the Fourth of July nor on a Sunday while going to or from a designated place of worship.

8:11 am

Dorens

it's okay, she can beat me!! i have gotten over my need to win. just enjoy a good game

8:11 am

kje

I must remember to take advantage of that

8:12 am

car.eeyore

Oh boy...that's a loop hole!

8:12 am

crosshair

yes,steal a car on sunday morning on the way to church:))))

8:12 am

Scrabbler

On phone.

8:13 am

crosshair

and return it before midnight

8:13 am

kje

my fave italian apertivo drink is in here

8:13 am

car.eeyore

Help please with or 5 and ov 5?

8:13 am

kje

or at least the liquor portion

8:13 am

kje

not accepted of course

8:14 am

kje

ov 5 has 3 o's if that helps

8:14 am

crosshair

ov+ ruby has 2 dogs one is marco and the other is p***

8:14 am

car.eeyore

Got the or 5!

8:14 am

car.eeyore

Ugh! I swear I tried that! TY!

8:16 am

Scrabbler

One of my cousins moved from the Albany, NY area to Gilroy, CA last fall.

8:17 am

Scrabbler

I am a non-drinker so can be a designated driver.

8:17 am

kje

just listening to the penalties the NCAA made on Penn State... interesting

8:18 am

Scrabbler

Crossy, very ambitious of you. That boat will be sweet!

8:20 am

kje

ha! I just heard brad and angelina told the olympic committee they would be attendig and need extra security

8:20 am

kje

the committee said no....yay! wtf, why does anyone else have to pay you for that?

8:20 am

crosshair

it will be indeed,though you will be able to stow the sail and mast in transit to paddle if you wish,once the outrigger is on,you will not be able to stow it mid transit i am afraid . the first test pontoon is actually going to be a old surfboard cut lengthwise,but we will see how that goes

8:22 am

hego

mornong friends

8:22 am

kje

gm hego

8:22 am

crosshair

howdy hego

8:22 am

hego

um morning

8:22 am

bichon

crossy, not ruby, but me!

8:23 am

hego

I thought so!

8:23 am

Dorens

hi hego. and yes, kj. that is just ridiculous. if you need security for something you choose to attend, then obviously you pay for it. egos!

8:23 am

crosshair

lol,sorry bichon,got confuzzled there for a sec

8:23 am

hego

I did not want to correct Crossy and be one of those "stickler" people.

8:23 am

bichon

Gilroy CA used to be the garlic capital of the world. You drove through there and you could smell it. Now garlic is grown in China

8:23 am

crosshair

well said dorens

8:24 am

hego

Hi dorens

8:24 am

Dorens

hi hego.
yes, i remember gilroy.. sorry to hear it is no longer

8:24 am

hego

I do not buy Chinese garlic. It's never dried enough and rots.

8:25 am

crosshair

that would be like them asking wal-mart to pay for security if one day they chose to shop there...insane!

8:25 am

hego

It's still there and still smelly.

8:25 am

Dorens

hah! pitt is in the grid

8:27 am

hego

...sigh...

8:28 am

mixi6

or the grid is in the pitts doens.

8:28 am

mixi6

lol

8:29 am

hego

lol Mixi

8:29 am

hego

that was yesterday

8:29 am

mixi6

didn't do the grod yesterday. was away.

8:29 am

Dorens

yes... was yesterday the grid with no e's??

8:30 am

hego

yes

8:30 am

hego

awful

8:31 am

Dorens

time for me to paddle.... see you later

8:31 am

hego

bye

8:32 am

crosshair

morel

8:32 am

crosshair

oops

8:32 am

mixi6

bye dorens

8:32 am

crosshair

:(

8:32 am

hego

ty Crossy

8:32 am

crosshair

and pl it

8:32 am

hego

like those mushrooms

8:40 am

car.eeyore

Hi again!

8:41 am

hego

hi car

8:41 am

car.eeyore

Hi hego!

8:41 am

hego

: )

8:46 am

car.eeyore

I am just staring at this grid. My brain is not functioning very strongly right nw.

8:47 am

hego

it's a little obscure

8:47 am

hego

<----staring too

8:47 am

car.eeyore

I am staring off into space....

8:50 am

car.eeyore

How are you this morning hego?

8:50 am

hego

still staring

8:50 am

car.eeyore

I had to use the list to get NBT this morning....

8:50 am

hego

lol. okay Car

8:51 am

hego

me too

8:51 am

car.eeyore

Coffee kicking in...just got a few more....

8:51 am

hego

just started really

8:53 am

hego

six tries to get je4

8:53 am

car.eeyore

In some quirky shift of the universe, I have ALL the vowels! If you need any clues, let me know!

8:54 am

hego

ty i will

8:58 am

crosshair

lol,hego.you are one up on me as i did not even know there WAS a je4 till your told me:/

8:58 am

car.eeyore

Yup...it's Monday in Babble Land!

8:59 am

hego

: D

9:00 am

car.eeyore

I tried the word "lemon"...now I want something lemony....

9:00 am

crosshair

sl** gin fizz

9:00 am

hego

ooooo lemon curd

9:01 am

car.eeyore

I love lemon flavored things....

9:01 am

hego

me too

9:02 am

crosshair

sn*** which i do not do at night no matter what the mrs says

9:02 am

hego

one of the kids gave me some lemon flavored olive oil.

9:03 am

hego

and what you also do when you sn5, another sn5.

9:03 am

car.eeyore

Suuurrreee Crossy...no one ever sno5s!

9:03 am

crosshair

fo 4/7=a common babblet

9:03 am

hego

it is so great on fish.

9:04 am

crosshair

i do a lemon pepper tempura thing on my game fish..mmmmmm

9:04 am

car.eeyore

Stop...please....

9:05 am

hego

you started it. lol

9:05 am

crosshair

fired golden brown i a dab of creamery butter,the meat just flakes apart with a fork...

9:05 am

crosshair

fried

9:05 am

car.eeyore

Crap...that's right....

9:06 am

hego

hahaha

9:07 am

crosshair

and for crossy,sperfect oven baked chips,i blance the russet taters exatly 5 min in boiling water and take 2 tbs of seasoned peanut oil and coat them and bake in da over,turning once till golden bron on outside and light and fluffy inbside and season with a dash of pepper and fresh ground sea salt

9:07 am

crosshair

read through the typos please

9:07 am

car.eeyore

9:07 am

hego

now you got the food porn king going!

9:08 am

crosshair

and you have guilt free fries;))

9:08 am

crosshair

plan on 2-3 med but taters per person

9:08 am

crosshair

cut

9:09 am

car.eeyore

2-3 taters per person?!?!?!? Yikes! That's still guilty!

9:09 am

hego

yikes!

9:09 am

crosshair

not that bad with just fish and salad to go with it

9:10 am

crosshair

oil and butter are what do potatos in..this recipie you are using 2 tbs on a 6 person serving

9:11 am

car.eeyore

I am just thinking the quantity of potato!

9:11 am

hego

2-3 russets are over a pound

9:11 am

car.eeyore

Don't get me wrong though...I would still devour them!

9:11 am

hego

or 500 grams

9:11 am

hego

me too car

9:11 am

crosshair

and MUST be russets,no other taters compare

9:11 am

car.eeyore

Cook 'em up Crossy!

9:12 am

hego

for frying, must be russet

9:12 am

hego

getting nowhere. bbl

9:14 am

car.eeyore

Bye hego! {{hugs}}

9:18 am

car.eeyore

28 to go...I'm pulling up the list....

9:19 am

crosshair

and when you cut those fries,do not cut them long and thin like mcdonalds fries,they cook too unevenly,rather cut them in "planks" about the same size and shape as those pink pencil erasers

9:20 am

crosshair

they work better in poultine also

9:20 am

crosshair

now,poultine IS big guilt food!

9:22 am

Spanky

Hi everyone...been away awhile, but ready to try today's puzzle!

9:22 am

car.eeyore

Hi Spanky!

9:22 am

crosshair

but think of it like this..my doctor once told me that each slice of bacon i eat takes 6 minutes off of my life,problem with his theory is that if that is the case,i should of died in 1743:)))))

9:22 am

crosshair

howdy spanky

9:22 am

Spanky

Hi

9:24 am

crosshair

spanky,says you like gargoyles..did you see that after many,many decades,our govt has replaced the original 4 gargoyles on top of our parlament building?

9:24 am

car.eeyore

:)

9:24 am

car.eeyore

fo 6/27 anyone?

9:25 am

Spanky

Crosshair: no I didn't know that. Been down due to surgery, so I will read about that today. Thanks for sharing :)

9:26 am

car.eeyore

Oh! Spanky! Are you recovering well?

9:28 am

Spanky

Yes. I had a complete tear of a tendon in my right foot a

9:28 am

car.eeyore

OUCH!

9:31 am

Spanky

Yeah, I can't use my leg at all for another few weeks. Started some foot rehab this week and did that really hurt!

9:31 am

Spanky

Vole

9:31 am

crosshair

ahh yes physio..aka..the mistresses of pain,i remember it well

9:33 am

dianedecoder

car... fo6/27 enemy + mountain crag

9:33 am

car.eeyore

Bless you Diane! And good morning!

9:33 am

crosshair

"mr melbourne,did you do your exercises like we talked about wast wekk?" "well..err..it is like this,it hurt so i stopped.." "you stopped??!!,come here little man,we mus work harder on this" (insert screaming here)

9:34 am

crosshair

last week*

9:34 am

dianedecoder

good morning crossy, car, Spanky :-)

9:34 am

crosshair

howdy diane

9:36 am

robwhy

help with j words?

9:37 am

car.eeyore

Hi rob!

9:37 am

car.eeyore

ja 4/10

9:37 am

car.eeyore

je 4/9

9:37 am

car.eeyore

There is also je 5/22, the one who does the ja 4!

9:38 am

crosshair

ja 5/22

9:38 am

crosshair

snap

9:38 am

robwhy

thx

9:41 am

robwhy

stuck on the je, monkeyed every combination I can see

9:42 am

car.eeyore

je + no off

9:42 am

aebmusica

add the word for not off to the end of the je

9:42 am

robwhy

duh, thanks

9:42 am

car.eeyore

hi aebmusica!

9:42 am

aebmusica

yvw...hi all!

9:43 am

aebmusica

role

9:44 am

aebmusica

sorry a typo

9:49 am

car.eeyore

FIREWORKS!

9:50 am

Spanky

Congrats car.eeyore!!

9:51 am

car.eeyore

Just in time too! I have to go pick Mom up at the gym!

9:51 am

car.eeyore

I wish you all a wonderful day! {[hugs}] all around!

10:50 am

uusue2

morning all! getting a late start today...

11:27 am

uusue2

OK, I gave up and went to morewords. Finally nbt! (nbs a while ago)

11:28 am

uusue2

obviously I am neither a shipbuilder nor a carpenter.

11:29 am

periwinkle

hi all, have the pe7,help with other 2 pls

11:34 am

MollyL

fo7...enemy + ***gone, a Babbler

11:34 am

MollyL

Oops, that is the 6

11:35 am

MollyL

fo7...sounds like plural of dressy gowns, change second vowel

11:35 am

periwinkle

dressing gowns?

11:36 am

MollyL

fo7...a cold may give you a s*** throat + not bottom

11:36 am

MollyL

No, dressy gowns. Like you wear to the pr4

11:36 am

ivesy3

ap 5/12 plz

11:37 am

periwinkle

haha Molls, need to get new eyeballs :)

11:37 am

periwinkle

thanks Molls, got the fo7

11:37 am

MollyL

You wear one in the kitchen, Ivesy

11:37 am

MollyL

2 fo7s.

11:37 am

ivesy3

oh geez.... ty molly... dont cook so wouldnt no that

11:38 am

periwinkle

would you pls clue the other if you have it,Molls

11:38 am

uusue2

thanks for the fo words, molly!

11:38 am

MollyL

I did at 11:36.

11:38 am

uusue2

and hi, molly, peri, and ivesy! It was getting lonely in here!

11:38 am

jmcnrick

hi all

11:38 am

periwinkle

that is the only one I have,Molls

11:39 am

periwinkle

hi jmc

11:39 am

uusue2

molly clued them both, peri

11:39 am

MollyL

fo7....a tux is worn to a fo**** occasion. Change the second vowel and plural it.

11:40 am

periwinkle

ty Molls

11:40 am

periwinkle

did not realize that you clued them both

11:40 am

periwinkle

I really need to clean out and wash the cat litter boxes :(

11:41 am

periwinkle

and tidy up around here *sigh*

11:41 am

MollyL

That is the #2 reason I don't have a cat. #1 being cats who don't use them.

11:42 am

dcseain

I scoop the litter box daily, scrub it every other week, clean the cat's water fountain weekly, fill it every couple of days. She's sleeping next to me now. :)

11:42 am

dcseain

hi, peri, molly, je, sue, et al

11:43 am

uusue2

hi, dc!

11:44 am

dcseain

i'm very fond of that picture, sue :)

11:45 am

dcseain

oh, the old one, i'm not seeing the new one in the chog. :)

11:46 am

dcseain

the lightning is lovely though :)

11:47 am

rbud

hi all! our two cats drive me nuts, they have two food dishes, and one is always the preferred one, but since the dog eats it too, it's always empty. They won't eat out of the other one unless both are full. Then they each take one. Otherwise it's a cat staredown over the one full bowl.

11:48 am

dcseain

how cat-like. Why not feed them on a table or counter to keep the dog out?

11:49 am

ivesy3

my sons cat wont eat if anyone is watching her. kind of looks over her shoulder as if ..what r u looking at

11:49 am

Deeha

My sister had a dog she had to shut him in the barn to eat because the chickens chased him off and ate his dinner!!

11:49 am

rbud

oh, we don't let them on the table or counters. The dog gets to eat it, too, since she's little and ancient and blind, and can barely chew any more... she gets some slack. happy to see her eat anything, really.

11:49 am

dcseain

LOL deeha

11:50 am

dcseain

that makes sense, rbud :)

11:50 am

rubyfoo

hello

11:50 am

MollyL

I can sympathize with that Ivesy. It reminds me of the annoying people at work who feel compelled to come chat and comment on my food while I'm eating lunch.

11:51 am

rbud

I've always heard you shouldn't let dogs eat cat food, makes them fat - but not so for this one. don't think she eats that much.

11:51 am

Deeha

Another sister said her cats never got on the kitchen counters either until she got up one night and one was asleep- on the bread board!

11:51 am

Deeha

Hi Ruby how are you today. Is it as hot in France as it is here?

11:53 am

rbud

ewww, don't like the thought of cats sitting where I fix food, and don't have much counter space. they're quite well-behaved about it, really - they can sit in windowsills all they want, and on the chairs, and they have boxes to hide in... they're happy cats.

11:53 am

MollyL

Rbud, I wish my kids were like you with their cat. That cat is always on the counters and table and I think it's gross.

11:54 am

rbud

my hubby would have a cow if he saw a cat on the counter, it would likely sail across the room shortly, lol!

11:55 am

rubyfoo

the idea of a cat on the counter i funny to me; I'm picturing my cat-like (but huge) dogs on the counter! They don't even try to get on chairs

11:55 am

dcseain

I fed my cats on one of my dressers in one place we lived with dogs.

11:55 am

ivesy3

kitty loves to finish sons coffee..no wnder why she is hyper..

11:55 am

rubyfoo

I hand-feed Ruby because she expects it since Max died, but never at the table

11:56 am

rbud

though he had a favorite one once, and thought it was great when it walked around on his workbenches out in the shop, as it never stepped on or knocked off anything.

11:56 am

rubyfoo

a FRIEND'S CAT ONCE STOLE A WHOLE CHICKEN OFF THE COUNTER

11:56 am

rubyfoo

whoops, sorry for shouting

11:57 am

rbud

a bold cat there, ruby, lol!!

11:57 am

Deeha

OI expect your friend shouted!!

11:57 am

rubyfoo

my first chow, Rosie, once took a whole cheese off the table when my back was turned but the others are all too polite for that

11:58 am

rbud

(my hubby also has been known to hurl hairbrushes and ashtrays off the kitchen table - pet peeves of his.)

11:58 am

rubyfoo

<-- embarrassed, but our weather is perfect

11:58 am

Deeha

My brothers dog took a huge fruit cake then obviously panicked and hid it under the blanket in her basket

11:59 am

rubyfoo

I feel the same way, rbud, and hats....but I'm not a flinger

11:59 am

rbud

lol! hiding a fruitcake, how funny!

11:59 am

rubyfoo

that's a good way to get rid of last year's fruit cake

12:01 pm

rbud

meh, we eat at the table so rarely any mo4, can barely find the thing, lol. Soon - when the kitchen moves to the next room and there's room for all to sit comfortably. Kitchen's very small, no dining room.

12:02 pm

rbud

Which reminds me, need to get back to work on the new bedroom, so the moving around can commence in earnest. :)

12:02 pm

rbud

...but only 27 left, wanna finish first! :D

12:07 pm

stidmama

go rbud go!

12:07 pm

stidmama

hey all

12:08 pm

rubyfoo

hello stidmama

12:08 pm

stidmama

how's lovely france today ruby?

12:09 pm

rubyfoo

absolutely lovely!

12:09 pm

stidmama

:-D

12:09 pm

stidmama

it was lovely here (briefly) but as I finished the dishes that were soaking overnight the clouds rolled in again. Will wake the kid up in 20 minutes and we'll go work outside for a while.

12:09 pm

stidmama

*sigh* but I wish it were sunny...

12:10 pm

stidmama

I have several boxes and piles of things that need to go outside temporarily so I can re-arrange some of the shelves and cupboards to make room for the piles and boxes...

12:10 pm

rubyfoo

this great summer is making up for the miserable spring

12:10 pm

rubyfoo

not much fruit this year, though

12:11 pm

stidmama

I am glad you are having a decent summer. My plum is not ripening the way it should. Should have already harvested everything two weeks ago. So far only a handful of ripe fruit.

12:12 pm

stidmama

And it's worse because I didn't manage to thin the fruit so already three branches have cracked under the strain. So... *bad orchardist mama look* I will do better next year.

12:12 pm

rubyfoo

nobody seems to have plums in this valley this year; usually everybody has to many that they give them away

12:12 pm

rubyfoo

so many*

12:12 pm

rubyfoo

one of my plum trees, the mirabelle, is dying

12:13 pm

stidmama

that's too bad -- I want to make my famous plum jam. Didn't have enough last year to do even one batch. And it's about the only jam I actually like to eat later in the year.

12:13 pm

stidmama

oh no! is it just old? can you replace it?

12:13 pm

stidmama

Mirabelles are lovely.

12:13 pm

rubyfoo

I feel that way about my currants. their jelly is a delight in the winter

12:13 pm

rubyfoo

I think it doesn't get enough sun

12:14 pm

rubyfoo

all my trees were planted 15 years ago

12:14 pm

stidmama

I harvested just about enough white currants to do a batch (maybe later if it rains); have still not grabbed the gooseberries. Should harvest those today, too.

12:14 pm

rubyfoo

white currants! I didn't know there was such a thing

12:15 pm

rubyfoo

are they as sour as the red ones?

12:15 pm

stidmama

I have an asian pear that I will move this winter -- it doesn't get enough sun where it is, though finally the deer have allowed it to grow a little. The first four years it was in they nibbled it almost all the way down every year. It's still a whip though it's ten years old.

12:15 pm

stidmama

Yes, they are lovely, ruby -- clear and tasty. Mother has a white currant and a red currant. They make a lovely jelly separately or combined.

12:15 pm

rubyfoo

I put a pear in when we did the garden but immediately got "rust" and we never had a single pear from it

12:16 pm

stidmama

and yes. SOUR when cooked (but sweeter and very "sparkly" when fresh)

12:16 pm

stidmama

our pears do okay -- the peaches on the other hand.... Have lost four trees. One left that seems to outrun the peach curl most years

12:16 pm

rubyfoo

the raspberry plants are growing like weeds but with no fruit

12:17 pm

stidmama

some canes are biennial fruiting? We lost ours to tree falling a couple years ago and need to replant.

12:17 pm

rubyfoo

we had a sanguine peach tree that never got very big, gave about 200 peaches the 3rd year and then gave up the ghost!

12:18 pm

stidmama

The blueberries are doing pretty well this summer -- though again as with all my plants they are late to bear and ripen because of the lack of actual sunlight.

12:18 pm

stidmama

Still, they are alive, and I would not be able to irrigate them all if we had drought like so much of North America this year.

12:18 pm

stidmama

sanguine peach? bright red?

12:18 pm

rubyfoo

I wish I could see your garden! You are much more experienced than I as this is my first one

12:18 pm

rubyfoo

yes, red flesh and oval

12:19 pm

stidmama

My trees didn't get pruned properly I am afraid so most of them are healthy but strangely shaped... LOL But I love my plants and we are slowly pruning things back now. It's a little like when Mary Lennox found her secret garden -- little hidden gems around every corner, but so much work to do!

12:19 pm

rubyfoo

At least the fig which suffered through a late frost has made a comeback and I think there'll be fruit in September (usually June, too|)

12:20 pm

stidmama

I bet that peach was tasty!

12:21 pm

stidmama

good for your fig -- I was anticipating a nice big summer crop for Mother, but for some reason most of the fruit that made it through the winter has disappeared. So we're waiting for the late crop. If we have a long summer (sometimes it's warm into October) that one will be a good size.

12:21 pm

rubyfoo

I love garden surprises, too. I planted globe thistles the first year, probably 5 or 6 and now they have multiplied in an invisible corner of the garden, so provide a lovely little shock

12:22 pm

stidmama

:-) those are pretty flowers.

12:22 pm

rubyfoo

and loosestrife, which is considered a pest and invasive, is lovely and has naturalized into the fishpond

12:24 pm

stidmama

I had a not so lovely shock when an invasive plant I got from my grandparents (and thought had died years ago) showed up by one of the paths this summer at a distance from where it had disappeared. Still need to go dig it out, but... it's one of those that can propagate from even a little piece in the ground.

12:24 pm

stidmama

oh yes -- I think loosestrife is categorized as "noxious" (must remove) around here.

12:24 pm

sammysmom

son has decided to find and organise all of the family pictures in albums

12:24 pm

rubyfoo

what plant?

12:24 pm

rubyfoo

when he finishes with yours, send him over here!

12:25 pm

rubyfoo

it is so beautiful, magenta and tall (loosestrife) and fills in all the spaces between the rosebushes and evergreens

12:25 pm

stidmama

it is lovely

12:25 pm

stidmama

oh sammysmom! what a great kid!

12:25 pm

rubyfoo

it grows wild in the mountains

12:26 pm

sammysmom

he will never finish...... lol.... walter and i have been married for 55 years........... there are probably thousands of them and only about 20 albums................. the rest are in boxes.......... and boxes............... and oxes

12:26 pm

stidmama

it's Japanese knotweed. I love how it looks, and where my grandparents lived it was too dry to invade away from the regular garden. But here, we don't have the automatic spread control.

12:26 pm

rubyfoo

I know about the boxes!

12:27 pm

stidmama

oh my -- I have pics in boxes, too. My grandmother taught me to at least write who and when on the backs of pics as they were developed, but even so... and now there are thousands of digital pics, too!

12:27 pm

rubyfoo

there was a decorative Japanese quince in a hidden corner and it has spread, suddenly into the potager and in a few other places. I'm delighted as it's the color (almost) of the house

12:27 pm

sammysmom

we4ll, lessee..... he is 42 now and at th4e rate of an album a week.. ( that is whtn the mood hits after the first one)........ it could take how many years???????

12:29 pm

rubyfoo

I am looking up knotweed. Does it flower?

12:29 pm

stidmama

oh, that is a marvelous plant! I love the flowers. Mother says the fruit can be used like regular quince, too.

12:29 pm

stidmama

I don't think so, ruby -- it's an interesting foliage plant.

12:29 pm

rubyfoo

but the fruit is very small on mine

12:29 pm

sammysmom

used to make quince jelly.... it was very nice

12:30 pm

stidmama

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plan
ts/weeds/aqua015.html for knotweed

12:30 pm

stevedallas

either of the te6s?

12:30 pm

rubyfoo

<-- loves quince jelly, but it's too hard to make. I just pick some of my quince each year to scent the kitchen

12:31 pm

periwinkle

help with o on the bottom pls

12:31 pm

rubyfoo

my quince almost died 3 years ago, but they put "bouilli bordelaise" [sp??] on it and it's healthy again

12:31 pm

stevedallas

sounds like the thingie in the back of your mouth peri

12:32 pm

periwinkle

ty steve

12:32 pm

periwinkle

new word for me

12:32 pm

stidmama

hey peri and stevedallas

12:32 pm

periwinkle

don't have either te6

12:32 pm

periwinkle

hey stiddy

12:32 pm

stevedallas

got the first te6 now need the second and hi stid

12:32 pm

stidmama

I don't know the miracle quince medicine ruby -- but glad it worked!

12:33 pm

periwinkle

help with the one you found pls steve

12:33 pm

stevedallas

got em both thanks

12:33 pm

stevedallas

sorta like part of a chromosome

12:33 pm

stidmama

I found one te 6..

12:34 pm

periwinkle

not seeing either one

12:34 pm

stevedallas

the other one is like ozzie and harriet

12:34 pm

stidmama

I have regular quince trees, they are the variety "aromatnaya" russian and they are marvelous.

12:34 pm

stevedallas

and fireworks ta da!

12:35 pm

stidmama

YAY stevedallas!

12:35 pm

periwinkle

yay for steve

12:35 pm

stidmama

hm. ozzie and harriet -- married? musicians? dead?

12:35 pm

periwinkle

I had the same thoughts, stid

12:36 pm

Nef

Good Afternoon Everybody! How are you all on this hot and sticky day?

12:36 pm

periwinkle

yay found a te6

12:36 pm

stidmama

am I thinking of the right people?

12:36 pm

stidmama

go peri go!

12:36 pm

periwinkle

same as me stid

12:36 pm

stidmama

cloudy and windy here, nef -- inside moping!

12:36 pm

periwinkle

46 left, not a nice grid, bbl

12:37 pm

stidmama

later peri == 32 here

12:37 pm

periwinkle

hot, humid here. inside cool

12:38 pm

stevedallas

and ricky and david what do they all have in common

12:38 pm

stidmama

okay, thinking... *concentrating mama look*

12:38 pm

Deeha

can any one help with my last word the first f6.27 please

12:38 pm

stidmama

got it! LOL

12:39 pm

stidmama

the only F 6 I have is plural conmen, deeha

12:39 pm

stevedallas

criminals

12:39 pm

amelu0218

"nelson" does not exist in the puzzle...

12:39 pm

Deeha

ok got it

12:39 pm

stidmama

YAY deeha!

12:39 pm

rubyfoo

on phone

12:39 pm

stidmama

amelu, it ends in the last three letters of their last name...

12:39 pm

Deeha

Te everso!!

12:39 pm

stevedallas

but sounds like Nelson does

12:40 pm

stidmama

right! LOL last FOUR letters

12:40 pm

stevedallas

last five letters

12:40 pm

amelu0218

LOL! I didn't have either one so I was 5/6 correct...

12:40 pm

stidmama

down to thirty, a good stopping point. sun is out for the moment. back in a few.

12:41 pm

amelu0218

tyvm!

12:48 pm

MollyL

Poor Steve. It was like pulling teeth to get that clue over.

12:51 pm

rubyfoo

off the phone and off to bed! good night everybody

1:14 pm

KnightTime

mo

1:24 pm

crosshair

howdy all:) we have just set a temp record for this town on this day it is now 94f and 36% humidity= 104f snuggly feeling out there today

1:24 pm

hego

hi Crossy, Do you have pi 6?

1:25 pm

hego

nm, got it ty

1:29 pm

crosshair

sorry just stepped outside to see if it really feels like 104f out there..yep it does and it can stay out there

1:29 pm

hego

104! amazing!

1:34 pm

crosshair

for here it is a record

1:35 pm

hego

might be here also

1:35 pm

crosshair

crossy bends over and kisses the new air conditioner

1:36 pm

LeslieAnn

just don't put your tongue on it

1:36 pm

crosshair

it is one of those self contained movable ones as i did not want one jutting out the window and it seems to be keeping it 74f in here with ease

1:36 pm

hego

lol Les

1:37 pm

crosshair

highly recommend them

1:37 pm

crosshair

lol leslie

1:53 pm

harpjane

what are the stats for the lone t?

1:54 pm

hego

ti 5,10

1:56 pm

hego

i am done, but I must say I prefer grids with actual words.

1:56 pm

hego

ones you can use every day, that is.

1:57 pm

hego

If no one needs a clue i will go.

1:58 pm

hego

Bye then.

1:59 pm

jmbdobie2

by hego

2:06 pm

harpjane

title

2:06 pm

harpjane

2:06 pm

harpjane

2:06 pm

harpjane

oops, was that it?

2:22 pm

jmcnrick

(hi harp why are we whispering?)

2:26 pm

Uneaixoise

my hail-damaged roof is being replaced and I'm jumping out of my skin! the noise . . . the mess . . . aacckk

2:27 pm

jmcnrick

oh dear that can be nerve racking!

2:27 pm

jmcnrick

may a trip to the library?

2:27 pm

jmcnrick

then you could babble in peace

2:27 pm

Uneaixoise

I took the dogs for a 2-hour drive earlier -- they REALLY didn't want to come back home LOL

2:28 pm

jmcnrick

poor dogs! fewer places to excape to

2:28 pm

Uneaixoise

we cranked up the AC, listened to NPR, and just toodled around :-)

2:28 pm

jmcnrick

sounds nice

2:29 pm

jmcnrick

stats for either/both lower Os please

2:30 pm

Uneaixoise

all the workers are hispanic . . . i freaked the foreman out, I think, when I said I heard him say something about "manana" and that would NOT do -- also told him I knew about "mierda" ''cause it's like french LOL

2:31 pm

jmcnrick

haha

2:31 pm

Uneaixoise

or5/12: or + ***-eared bunnies

2:32 pm

jmcnrick

ty it took me a minute to run down my knowledge of bunnies

2:33 pm

jmcnrick

all i need it the bottom row O for nbt

2:33 pm

uusue2

ov5/16, has 3 of the same vowel in it although not together

2:33 pm

uusue2

and hi again all!

2:33 pm

uusue2

(I had to go to morewords for both lone o's, sadly)

2:33 pm

jmcnrick

ty uu and nbt

2:34 pm

jmcnrick

i would have but i had friends clue me

2:34 pm

jmcnrick

that is a mildly useful word

2:50 pm

torgone

"that" is indeed a useful word ..

2:50 pm

jmcnrick

i meant the ov5/16

2:51 pm

jmcnrick

"that" on the other hand is extremely useful

2:52 pm

torgone

That is correct

2:57 pm

jmcnrick

:-)

3:04 pm

jmcnrick

1/2 way

3:04 pm

jmcnrick

bbl

3:09 pm

torgone

bbq

3:40 pm

rbud

yay, fireworks! - later all! :)

3:45 pm

razor

rm

3:55 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Didn't everyone have an orlon sweater?

3:58 pm

uusue2

HI again, all!

3:58 pm

periwinkle

I think I did Kap

3:58 pm

uusue2

Kap, I think Orlon is a trade mark (and apparently Enable knows it)

3:58 pm

periwinkle

help with pi6 pls

3:58 pm

periwinkle

nasty grid

3:59 pm

Kaplan the Magne

and to4 is Spanish. Who's picky?

3:59 pm

uusue2

don't have the pi6, peri, but am looking

4:01 pm

uusue2

ah. poses are ped, pi****s are plue. Go figure.

4:01 pm

periwinkle

great clue, thanks sue

4:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Good clue.

4:02 pm

periwinkle

I made a poem :)

4:02 pm

uusue2

:-)

4:02 pm

Kaplan the Magne

In the Penalty Box?

4:03 pm

periwinkle

uh oh, but I am exempt from the PB

4:03 pm

Kaplan the Magne

And why is that?

4:03 pm

periwinkle

cause I said so and because my name is often in the grid

4:04 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Oh, I see. Anarchy.

4:04 pm

uusue2

Apparently it is an ice axe used in mountaineering although I used to have and ice axe and didn't call it that...

4:05 pm

MollyL

And since we all use ice axes on our frequent mountaineering trips, that word should jump right into our brains.

4:06 pm

Kaplan the Magne

I'm still missing the bottom O

4:07 pm

periwinkle

it is either or5/12 or ov5/16

4:07 pm

jmcnrick

ov5/16 with all three Os

4:07 pm

periwinkle

11 left

4:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

TY

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

yw

4:08 pm

jmcnrick

go peri go

4:08 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Ah, I'm out with 27 left. SYT

4:09 pm

periwinkle

I am trying, slow going even with the list

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

bye Kap

4:09 pm

jmcnrick

i have 64 left to go :-{

4:10 pm

periwinkle

I will help if I can

4:10 pm

MollyL

Oh, I said something unkind about Enable. Shame on me.

4:10 pm

jmcnrick

i would appreciate a hint for the top E. . . i thought i had nbt but i didn't. . . its been that kind of day for me

4:10 pm

jmcnrick

for shame molls ;-)

4:11 pm

periwinkle

em5 and em6 think feelings

4:11 pm

MollyL

One who gushes feelings

4:11 pm

periwinkle

really, Molls,I did not see anything

4:11 pm

jmcnrick

ty both NOW nbt

4:12 pm

MollyL

Drama queens...blech.

4:13 pm

periwinkle

bbs

4:13 pm

jmcnrick

hb peri

4:13 pm

jmcnrick

me? a drama queen? *breaks into sobs*

4:16 pm

MollyL

No, I was talking about the em6s.

4:16 pm

babblelady2012

hi all long time no see

4:16 pm

jmcnrick

oh okay

4:16 pm

jmcnrick

i wasn't really feeling it anyway

4:16 pm

jmcnrick

hi babble

4:18 pm

babblelady2012

i been sick an in lot of pain with my legs. cause of diabetes hate it. also i lst my poor prcious spitz buddy had to put him to sleep. got me a chichuahaua

4:18 pm

jmcnrick

sorry you have been having a hard time

4:18 pm

babblelady2012

hi jmc

4:19 pm

babblelady2012

yeah its been rough hubby just went to work today for first time in almost a year was no work

4:20 pm

jmcnrick

bummer glad that is looking up at least

4:20 pm

babblelady2012

i still also have my dog angel the spiz but she stays nder bed a lot

4:21 pm

babblelady2012

zorro the new dog is right with me he's 7 months old

4:21 pm

babblelady2012

how has babble been doing

4:21 pm

babblelady2012

the game an ev1

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

the chichuahua. . .

4:22 pm

babblelady2012

yeah

4:22 pm

jmcnrick

oh it comes and goes. . . sometimes the grid drives everyone away and sometimes everyone drives each other away and sometimes it is heaven

4:22 pm

babblelady2012

his name is zorro lol

4:23 pm

babblelady2012

sounds like ev1 in game got probs

4:23 pm

jmcnrick

cute name

4:23 pm

babblelady2012

i've missed u guys

4:24 pm

jmcnrick

well that is life of course. . . best if we cheer each other on but sometimes we forget

4:24 pm

babblelady2012

he was given to us only had him fr few days

4:24 pm

jmcnrick

glad you are back babble

4:24 pm

jmcnrick

how old is he?

4:24 pm

babblelady2012

7 months

4:25 pm

babblelady2012

black an brown

4:25 pm

jmcnrick

you said that sorry. . . .so he came housebroken?

4:25 pm

jmcnrick

is there much variety in the colors of a chichuahua?

4:25 pm

babblelady2012

sorta he's got used to going on leash an out now though we working with him

4:26 pm

babblelady2012

he's getting better

4:26 pm

jmcnrick

these things take time

4:27 pm

babblelady2012

barks at nothing an is spooked for some reason no telling how his past life was so we trying to help him ajust

4:27 pm

jmcnrick

he's a rescue?

4:27 pm

babblelady2012

he took up with me though bless its little heart

4:28 pm

babblelady2012

not sure

4:28 pm

babblelady2012

he has had 2 owners that i know of

4:28 pm

jmcnrick

you got him from a shelter?

4:28 pm

jmcnrick

oh ic

4:29 pm

babblelady2012

no room mate of ours found someone right here where we live that worked with him an had zorro

4:29 pm

babblelady2012

he;s black an brown

4:30 pm

Jeff7

our doggie is a resuce too :)

4:31 pm

jmcnrick

hi jeff

4:31 pm

babblelady2012

cool i tried to find another spitz but we couldn't afford it an most were out of state

4:31 pm

Jeff7

aft/eve a;;

4:31 pm

babblelady2012

hi jeff

4:32 pm

jmcnrick

all my cats adopted me over my protest

4:32 pm

babblelady2012

i looked on net for one too high price wise

4:33 pm

jmcnrick

i am off for a while bbl

4:33 pm

jmcnrick

bye all

4:33 pm

Jeff7

we've gone through petfinder.org to adopt

4:33 pm

babblelady2012

yeah i looked there

4:34 pm

babblelady2012

to high price an outta state

4:35 pm

Jeff7

lot of rescue groups on facebook

4:35 pm

babblelady2012

yeah

4:36 pm

babblelady2012

we couldn't aford to get another spitz hubby just went back to work today first time in almost a year

4:36 pm

babblelady2012

me an roommate been keeping up bills

4:36 pm

stidmama

hey all ((babblelady))

4:37 pm

babblelady2012

hi stidmama

4:37 pm

babblelady2012

hubby home bb in a few

4:37 pm

stidmama

later babblelady

4:46 pm

lbdawger

hi everyone. clue for the lone T and the lone O's?

4:47 pm

MollyL

Lone t...the name of a book is it's ti5

4:48 pm

lbdawger

ty, Molly

4:48 pm

MollyL

ov5...Bich's dogs are Marco and Po**

4:48 pm

MollyL

or5...or + *** off your hair and cut it real short

4:50 pm

babblelady2012

back for a bit

4:51 pm

babblelady2012

hi to all i didn't say hi too

4:52 pm

lbdawger

hi babblelady

4:54 pm

bichon

hi Molly, got them straight this time <gg>

4:55 pm

stidmama

hey all

4:56 pm

stidmama

Sally Ride died today...

4:57 pm

babblelady2012

who was that?

4:58 pm

babblelady2012

on phone brb

4:58 pm

stidmama

The first American woman to go into space. She was on the Challenger.

4:58 pm

MollyL

Got them straight this time?

4:58 pm

lbdawger

whew, finally got the or and ov5's. thanks molly.

4:59 pm

stidmama

go LBD go!

4:59 pm

lbdawger

hi stiddy. how sad about Sally Ride.

4:59 pm

stidmama

I really looked up to her.

5:00 pm

rururocks

isn't that what you do with astronauts ....look up to them?

5:00 pm

lbdawger

she was an inspiration to many including myself.

5:01 pm

stidmama

argh. time to head out. Back later. *poof*

5:02 pm

lbdawger

later, stid.

5:02 pm

lbdawger

clue for the E top row for nbt?

5:04 pm

crosshair

howdy again everyone:) i iz back for a few more and also bring you crossys quote of the day(previously posted in facebook today)but i offer it for those smart ones who avoid fb like the pl;ague:)).... "cleaning house when you have dogs or cats is kind of like trying to brush your teeth while eating oreos"

5:04 pm

babblelady2012

hi cross

5:04 pm

crosshair

howdy babblelady

5:05 pm

lbdawger

i keep nodding off. have 28 left, think i'll come back later and try again. ..hi bye crossy.

5:06 pm

crosshair

howdy lbd

5:06 pm

crosshair

bye lbd

5:06 pm

crosshair

a tough,tough little grid

5:07 pm

babblelady2012

yep i agree

5:07 pm

rururocks

it wasn't so tough.. until I got here at the end

5:07 pm

babblelady2012

i got little time to get it just started about 30min to hour ago

5:08 pm

crosshair

wow! just got ten in a row by ramming random 4 letter combos together:)

5:10 pm

babblelady2012

wow cross

5:16 pm

crosshair

not the way i care to play,but when lacking real words it is all i can do:)

5:22 pm

cosdem

the last fe5 please?

5:23 pm

MollyL

fe + Babble player ***gone

5:24 pm

uusue2

like the fo6 except without the o

5:25 pm

cosdem

thanks

5:26 pm

crosshair

ty for that 6 suze

5:27 pm

uusue2

yw :-)

5:27 pm

cosdem

and ty for the fo6

5:29 pm

cosdem

fo6Z?30 please

5:29 pm

uusue2

like fancy dress wear, cos, with a differnt second vowel

5:30 pm

babblelady2012

need ap6'21 and another ap5/12

5:30 pm

crosshair

ty again suze:)

5:31 pm

crosshair

and that was my last 7 as well:))

5:31 pm

uusue2

ap6/21 is plural of ap5/12, what you wear when cooking

5:32 pm

babblelady2012

no n to use on that

5:32 pm

crosshair

ty again suze..crossy is just gonna hang with sue for the rest of the evening;))

5:32 pm

babblelady2012

got it sorry

5:32 pm

Anniebrook

hello, can I get a clue for ti 5/10 please...I know its a fishy one

5:32 pm

babblelady2012

uu

5:32 pm

babblelady2012

found it

5:32 pm

uusue2

name of a book, annie

5:33 pm

Anniebrook

whack me with a flounder, thanks!! sue

5:33 pm

uusue2

*keeping a supply of fish on hand*

5:34 pm

Anniebrook

this grid was sort of a stinker..fireworks

5:34 pm

uusue2

yay annie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:35 pm

babblelady2012

wtg annie

5:37 pm

Anniebrook

I have to start thinking about dinner, bye dear babblers

5:37 pm

uusue2

bye, annie!

5:41 pm

cosdem

thaks for hte fo6/7 7's done :)

6:12 pm

uusue2

listing...

6:18 pm

uusue2

fishy stupid mo's.

6:20 pm

babblelady2012

fe6/27 and fe5/16

6:20 pm

uusue2

criminal(s), babblelady

6:21 pm

babblelady2012

thanks

6:21 pm

babblelady2012

eo4/4

6:22 pm

cosdem

pe5 the first pleae?

6:22 pm

uusue2

very long times, babblelady

6:23 pm

cosdem

never mind got it

6:23 pm

uusue2

and the pe5 is like the first fe5, cos

6:23 pm

babblelady2012

thanks uusue

6:23 pm

cosdem

tya nyway

6:26 pm

uusue2

gah, just found an actual fish that I'd missed (so4/4)

6:26 pm

cosdem

pr5 the first please?

6:27 pm

uusue2

not prose, with an r stuck in

6:29 pm

cosdem

thanks!

6:29 pm

uusue2

fireworks!

6:30 pm

cosdem

wtg sue

6:30 pm

babblelady2012

congrates uu

6:30 pm

redturtlehead

hello all Congrats uusue!!!!!

6:31 pm

cosdem

25 left.

6:31 pm

uusue2

hi, red!

6:32 pm

redturtlehead

45 left, hi cos. Babblady,and anyone else a lurking

6:35 pm

cosdem

te6/21 please?

6:35 pm

cosdem

hi red

6:35 pm

uusue2

beginning of phone + ET phone h***

6:36 pm

cosdem

thanks sue!

6:37 pm

crosshair

ty again suze:)

6:37 pm

babblelady2012

hi red

6:37 pm

uusue2

hi, crossy!

6:37 pm

cosdem

and the te6/18 for my last 6?

6:37 pm

crosshair

exactly half way nbs but still working on nbt

6:38 pm

babblelady2012

was busy with words this one is hard

6:38 pm

redturtlehead

how is everyone? Had a good day?

6:38 pm

crosshair

howdy red

6:38 pm

babblelady2012

day has been ok now that i'm with fellow babblers

6:38 pm

redturtlehead

i thought it was easy this morning!

6:39 pm

redturtlehead

but now...

6:40 pm

cosdem

nvm found it

6:40 pm

babblelady2012

cross what is nbt an nbs i forgot been so long?

6:41 pm

uusue2

nbt = no blank tiles, nbs = no blank stats

6:41 pm

uusue2

so you have at least one word from each tile and one word of each length

6:42 pm

cosdem

fireworks

6:42 pm

redturtlehead

congratulation cosdem!!!

6:43 pm

uusue2

yay cos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:43 pm

uusue2

ok, I am off, see you all later!

6:50 pm

cosdem

<--- so proud of Jim Henson Productions

6:51 pm

redturtlehead

why?

6:51 pm

cosdem

they severed ties with chik a fila and used the money they got from chik a fila and donated it to a gay rights org.

6:51 pm

redturtlehead

cos can I have a clue for the O's in the left hand corner.

6:51 pm

redturtlehead

that is very veyr cool!

6:52 pm

cosdem

ov + not young minus d + vowel (or5/12)

6:53 pm

cosdem

ov5/16 i meant

6:53 pm

cosdem

and or + you may **ok but not touch + letter before Q for or5/12

6:58 pm

babblelady2012

gotta go bbl have fun all

6:59 pm

MollyL

Jim Henson was a good guy. I imagine the people who still work in his production company are equally as good.

7:03 pm

Shirlockc

fo6?

7:04 pm

Shirlockc

fo6 the first?

7:04 pm

cosdem

His daughter is CEO now. So yeah -- good people :)

7:04 pm

cosdem

enemy + babbler ***gone, shirl

7:05 pm

Shirlockc

aha! thx cos

7:05 pm

cosdem

yw :)

7:06 pm

torgone

You rang?

7:06 pm

MollyL

Oh good, someone knows who ***gone is. : D

7:06 pm

MollyL

Speak of the devil

7:07 pm

redturtlehead

thanks cos for the clues, I was out surfing...

7:08 pm

redturtlehead

that ov is odd....

7:08 pm

redturtlehead

Hi torgie

7:13 pm

cosdem

NP :)

7:14 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

7:15 pm

crosshair

as kermit would say yaaaaaaaaa! for jim henson company!!..it,s time to get things started,why don,t they get things started...:)

7:15 pm

crosshair

and a little green frog shall lead the way...hehe

7:20 pm

Minveryork

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

7:20 pm

Minveryork

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

7:21 pm

MollyL

Hi Min

7:24 pm

Bugsaw

having a better day Minveryork? I sure hope so. Every day is a new day

7:24 pm

MollyL

Love your icon Min. I know someone who has an antique Underwood. It's gorgeous.

7:24 pm

stidmama

{{{Min}}} hey all

7:24 pm

stidmama

I have about five minutes before I need to leave again...

7:25 pm

Bugsaw

me too stid. I am supposed to be outside cleaning the garage but this is more fun

7:25 pm

Minveryork

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

7:26 pm

Minveryork

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

7:26 pm

stidmama

I weeded around the gooseberry today... and picked an entire QUART of fruit! And didn't need a bandaid for a change. :-)

7:26 pm

Minveryork

I am very tired today. My dog was sick last night and I got 4 hours of sleep. Other than that I'm ok, thanks

7:27 pm

stidmama

oh, so sorry to hear that Min. It's hard to teach when tired.

7:27 pm

Bugsaw

I hope your dog gets well soon. He is a beauty

7:28 pm

stidmama

"Have you had enough, or would you like some moreos?" asked the host. *grin* I think we really need this word...

7:28 pm

Minveryork

I think he had a stomach bug. Hubby took him to the vet and now he is on three different medications. My dog eats anything&everything outside so who knows!

7:30 pm

Bugsaw

vets are so expensive but definately needed. I feel so helpless when my pets get sick

7:30 pm

stidmama

yippee!! Grant's girlfriend's mother can give him a ride home, so I shall stay here with my feet up for a while.

7:30 pm

Bugsaw

how nice stid. offering choclits and tea

7:31 pm

stidmama

Lucky is under the weather, not sure if he is feeling poorly from running too much, or from eating something he doesn't like... he's asleep next to me instead of whining at me with his toy in his mouth. Will watch him and see if he improves by morning.

7:31 pm

stidmama

ah, thanks Bugs! you're a great host!

7:32 pm

Bugsaw

email me with any special requests before the meeting please stid. I would like to have things on hand

7:32 pm

lbdawger

tadone! finitol

7:32 pm

stidmama

YAY LBD!

7:33 pm

Bugsaw

also let me know what kind of preparations you made for us. So far no-one has asked for anything except celiac friendly food

7:33 pm

stidmama

I will, bugs -- but mostly I will just bring my own food.

7:33 pm

Bugsaw

YAY lbd!

7:33 pm

stidmama

I was the only bizarro diet when you visited us. So it was easy to get ready for you!

7:33 pm

crosshair

gooseberries?? i would sell my sould for a quart jar of home made gooseberry jam...

7:33 pm

crosshair

soul

7:34 pm

stidmama

I picked a quart of gooseberries today cross!

7:34 pm

crosshair

i remember it as a child,but you never see it anymore

7:35 pm

lbdawger

ty, ty. sleepy head here. bone tired, so i think i'm heading for a more restful position. see you all tomorrow, i hope.

7:35 pm

Bugsaw

sweet dreams lbd.

7:35 pm

stidmama

I have never had (or made) gooseberry anything, but this is the year!

7:35 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams LBD

7:35 pm

crosshair

on a hot summer day a gooseberry jam sammich and a cold glass of mile was like a dip in the swimming pond...:))

7:35 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations lbdawger on your fireworks! Hooray!

7:35 pm

crosshair

stidmama! do up some jam,you will love it!!

7:35 pm

Minveryork

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

7:36 pm

crosshair

milk

7:36 pm

stidmama

slow down your typing cross, you're making me dizzy!

7:36 pm

crosshair

lol..sorry got excited

7:37 pm

crosshair

if you keep your gooseberry pactch to youself and quietly do up some gooseberry lam,you would get ruined in the rush if you secided to sell some

7:38 pm

crosshair

patch

7:38 pm

crosshair

decided

7:38 pm

crosshair

hell.ill let you translate my typing

7:38 pm

stidmama

:-) It's only one small shrub right now, but there are two offshoots that I found today that I will transplant this fall.

7:39 pm

Bugsaw

what grid are you doing crossy? these words are nuts

7:39 pm

crosshair

nurse them well stidmama

7:39 pm

crosshair

i am at a standstill bugsaw at 67 words in

7:39 pm

stidmama

I am down to 22 and starting to think I should list

7:39 pm

crosshair

it is a tough,tough grid

7:39 pm

Bugsaw

pref

7:40 pm

Bugsaw

oofs it must be catching crossy!

7:40 pm

crosshair

lol

7:40 pm

Bugsaw

I have 8 left and shoud go back to the garage and cobwebs again. see you all later

7:41 pm

crosshair

if you are down to 22 stidmama,then you are one of the chosen;)

7:42 pm

redturtlehead

36 left here and stalled as well.

7:42 pm

stidmama

later bugs!

7:43 pm

crosshair

too hot here for dusty garages,it if 94american out there

7:43 pm

crosshair

is

7:44 pm

stidmama

that's pretty warm, cross -- 30 or so by our measure?

7:44 pm

crosshair

sorry,i stand corrected,it has cooled to 86f in last hour

7:44 pm

crosshair

30c even now stidmama

7:45 pm

crosshair

or 86]

7:45 pm

stidmama

ah! I get confused when it's above 24. We rarely reach 30. 22 outside is considered a little too warm to work strenuously...

7:46 pm

crosshair

i agree stidmama,i start melting when it gets over 75 f

7:46 pm

crosshair

about 26c

7:47 pm

crosshair

problem is we have had exactly 5 minutes of rain in the last 3 and a half weeks;(

7:48 pm

stidmama

yep. I actually like it at 26, but I am considered peculiar. I wish you-all were getting our rain... you need it a lot more than we do!

7:49 pm

crosshair

all our lawns are now dead.we are in for a big reseeding/resodding next spring

7:49 pm

o-o

A dangerous combination of heat and humidity will continue to affect portions of the Central Plains and Central Mississippi River Valley through midweek. Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings have been issued for this area through Wednesday where afternoon temperatures will continue to soar to over 100 degrees.

7:49 pm

crosshair

wow

7:49 pm

stidmama

You might consider reseeding with native prairie type plants that are adapted to low/no water in the summer...

7:49 pm

stidmama

oh gee, BR. That's awful.

7:49 pm

crosshair

we got to 106f today

7:50 pm

crosshair

we are still new to these temps stidmama

7:50 pm

stidmama

I planted a lot of things that are low-water once they are established because these rainy summers used to be the exception around here. Now, I think I need to put in a few things that like their feet wet.

7:51 pm

stidmama

Do you have external shades on your windows? I have some roller shades that I mounted outside the biggest windows a few years ago. Roll them down in the summer, and close the inside curtains and it really helps the house stay cooler.

7:51 pm

crosshair

for the first time today i saw a local home that did away with grass entirely and did a low rain type lawn with decorative stone wood chips and the like

7:51 pm

stidmama

TWENTY. I think I will list...

7:52 pm

crosshair

if you are t twenty,you deserve to list

7:54 pm

crosshair

no grass at all..it was unique on the block

7:54 pm

crosshair

but s the climate changes,we are getting warmer and must adapt

7:55 pm

stidmama

that sounds really nice, cross! Our yard (acre) is too big for that, and the septic design requires grass. Otherwise, I really prefer wildflowers, clovers and annual, non-running or perennial clumping grasses in addition to native plants.

7:56 pm

stidmama

Tom, however, likes to mow things. So lawn. And it was good to have lawn when the kids were little, too.

7:58 pm

crosshair

i also fondly remember the childhood passage of rite in being allowed to use a gas powered machine to mow the lawn

8:00 pm

stidmama

true -- so many things are tied to those memories. If our yard were more flat, I think we'd relevel it now and use a push/rotary mower, but there are too many levels and angles for that. One of these days, though, I will have the orchard mostly in wildflowers... *grin*

8:01 pm

crosshair

sad part was we had toad that resided in the high grass if it was not mowed often enough....

8:01 pm

crosshair

toads

8:01 pm

stidmama

poor little guys!

8:01 pm

stidmama

pi 6 is giving me fits...

8:01 pm

crosshair

it was a bloody carnage

8:03 pm

rururocks

ewwww

8:03 pm

MollyL

Sue's clue ---> poses are ped, pi5s are blue

8:04 pm

stidmama

hey ruru, great time for an entrance!

8:04 pm

Minveryork

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

8:04 pm

rururocks

hi stid, molly, crossy, and Minver

8:05 pm

stidmama

thanks molly

8:05 pm

Minveryork

A pi 6/21 word rhymes with a purplish color stidmama

8:05 pm

rururocks

I can't find the fo 6/30

8:05 pm

stidmama

it's just like the fe 5 that precedes it ruru

8:06 pm

MollyL

It's fancy dress, with a different second vowel

8:06 pm

rururocks

thanks you guys

8:06 pm

rururocks

weird word

8:06 pm

stidmama

fw

8:06 pm

rururocks

I'm second guessing if enable really knows how to spell

8:07 pm

MollyL

It's a chemistry word, supposedly.

8:08 pm

rururocks

yay stid

8:10 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations stidmama on fireworks! Good for you

8:11 pm

kje

yay stid!

8:13 pm

harpjane

hi

8:13 pm

kje

hi harp

8:13 pm

Minveryork

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

8:14 pm

rururocks

anyone have the pr 5/14 ..t he first one?

8:15 pm

MollyL

It's an ode with an R stuck in it

8:16 pm

rururocks

thank you molly

8:16 pm

rururocks

i'm making progress now

8:16 pm

kje

wanna race?

8:17 pm

wvteach

how many to go - go, go!

8:17 pm

rururocks

how many do you have to go?

8:17 pm

kje

I am not done... unlike you who always cheats

8:17 pm

stidmama

hey, harp-teach-kje

8:18 pm

Minveryork

M's Mowed! 3 left

8:18 pm

wvteach

10 left here - all Ts

8:19 pm

rururocks

I have 10 to go

8:19 pm

stidmama

go Min go!

8:19 pm

rururocks

me cheat?

8:19 pm

MollyL

Ooo, she called you a cheater. Ooo.

8:19 pm

rururocks

8:19 pm

kje

well, at least sneak

8:20 pm

Minveryork

P's Packed! 1 left

8:20 pm

MollyL

Ooo, a sneaky cheater. : D

8:21 pm

rururocks

well.. sneaky I can go with

8:21 pm

kje

go min go!

8:21 pm

MollyL

Would that make you cheaky?

8:21 pm

rururocks

sneachy

8:22 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks! te6/18 was my last word

8:22 pm

rururocks

yeahhhhhh minver

8:22 pm

rururocks

well done.

8:22 pm

MollyL

Well done Min

8:22 pm

Minveryork

I will stay here off&on to help clue for a bit if needed.

8:22 pm

rururocks

Let's all finish before kje

8:22 pm

torgone

Yay Min!

8:22 pm

kje

woooohooo min!!!!

8:22 pm

torgone

and Heyas kids ..

8:23 pm

kje

hi bgh

8:23 pm

Minveryork

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

8:23 pm

kje

so ungentlemanly

8:24 pm

rururocks

yeah.. I thought about that for a second.. and then decided ahhhh screw it

8:24 pm

wvteach

** finito ** - last word was te 4/5

8:24 pm

kje

lol

8:24 pm

rururocks

yeah wv..

8:25 pm

kje

wooooohoooo wv!!!

8:25 pm

rururocks

everyone finish quickly

8:25 pm

wht

Hello all.

8:25 pm

rururocks

before YOU KNOW WHO

8:25 pm

wht

I have 26 left so kje has a chance.

8:26 pm

kje

glad to see someone here has a bit of decency, wht

8:26 pm

MollyL

<--Is done. Sits back to watch the show.

8:26 pm

rururocks

he's not decent.. he's just slower than you today

8:27 pm

kje

or5?

8:27 pm

wht

Hey, I resemble that comment ruru

8:27 pm

MollyL

Ooo, sneaky, ungentlemanly cheater.

8:27 pm

rururocks

or + a type of rabbit ear

8:28 pm

rururocks

*wonders when molly will run out of adjectives

8:28 pm

kje

ty ruru

8:28 pm

wht

speaking of rabbit ears, I don't think I have seen Scrabs around for a while.

8:29 pm

rururocks

she's camping no?

8:29 pm

wht

Molly will run out of adjectives about the same time Enable runs out of words we have never seen before.

8:29 pm

kje

fo6/30?

8:29 pm

kje

she has been on fb

8:29 pm

rururocks

speaking of bunnies I have not seen weed around lately

8:30 pm

wvteach

Scrabs was here this morning - had been on vacation in the Adirondacks - hiking and paddling

8:30 pm

Minveryork

That fo 6/27 word is enemy plus babbler ***gone kje.

8:30 pm

wht

Like a pr4,6 but with the last vowel changed.

8:31 pm

wht

That sounds like she has been having fun, teach.

8:31 pm

kje

not that one min

8:31 pm

MollyL

I'm just waiting for the real guns to come out. *Whistles*

8:31 pm

kje

weed... just got back from Disney

8:32 pm

wvteach

good night all - need to get ready for tomorrow

8:32 pm

wht

Seeing the fo7,44, it seems to me that in addition to currency and other things, enable seems to have a fondness for sailing terms.

8:32 pm

kje

gn wv - sweet dreams

8:33 pm

Minveryork

fo 6/30: I have a clue *** you I borrowed from ***lyL.

8:33 pm

Minveryork

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

8:33 pm

kje

ty min

8:33 pm

kje

FW!!!

8:33 pm

Minveryork

yw

8:34 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations kje on your fireworks! Hooray for U!

8:34 pm

rururocks

*politely claps for kje*

8:34 pm

wht

wtg kje.

8:34 pm

wht

I still have 15 left.

8:35 pm

MollyL

Maybe the head case gridmasters like to sail to foreign countries to exchange their money and study the bizarre, not often heard of, wildlilfe.

8:35 pm

torgone

Yay K!

8:35 pm

kje

must get things done - hagn all - happy babbling

8:35 pm

wht

good night kje.

8:35 pm

rururocks

oh sure.. just get your FW and leave

8:36 pm

MollyL

See what polite clapping gets you.

8:36 pm

rururocks

LOLOL

8:37 pm

wht

Hey, it beats getting the clap.

8:38 pm

MollyL

No one claps, when they get the clap.

8:38 pm

wht

And it is not polite, either.

8:39 pm

rururocks

especially when it is sneaky and it syphillus on us

8:41 pm

wht

Fireworks

8:41 pm

rururocks

just when I was gonna see my friend rhea

8:41 pm

torgone

Yay wht!

8:42 pm

rururocks

yeaaaah wht-ster

8:42 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations wht on your fireworks! Hooray for U

8:42 pm

wht

ruru, that is what you get for dawdling. You should have seen rhea stat.

8:46 pm

MollyL

Penicillin shots for all!!

8:46 pm

crosshair

and crossy admits defeat to this grid full of un-word and i bid you all a good night

8:46 pm

crosshair

poink

8:46 pm

rururocks

*hands towel for Crossy to throw in*

8:48 pm

MollyL

*Wonders if you get un-scores for un-words*

8:52 pm

wht

Well good night all. Happy Babbling. Maybe it will be a friendlier grid tomorrow.

8:52 pm

Minveryork

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

8:53 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye wht! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log.

9:00 pm

torgone

Un-words are pointless ..

9:07 pm

Minveryork

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

9:09 pm

torgone

Niters Min ..

9:33 pm

jesdraggon

evening all

9:37 pm

torgone

Heya jes

9:38 pm

jesdraggon

how goes, torg?

9:41 pm

torgone

It goes ..

9:41 pm

jesdraggon

how can there possibly be 10 more words from that f? gads.

9:42 pm

torgone

There are some funky ones ..

9:42 pm

viajes

hello, people of the grid!

9:44 pm

jesdraggon

ola viajes :)

9:45 pm

gapeach

Hey there, viajes.

9:55 pm

swmbo

n olo

9:58 pm

jesdraggon

is this grid rough or is my brain broken?

10:03 pm

gapeach

Your brain is fine, jes.

10:04 pm

jesdraggon

that's good to hear, thanks, peach :)

10:07 pm

jesdraggon

fo6/30 please?

10:10 pm

gapeach

form + spanish cheer ....leave off last letter

10:11 pm

jesdraggon

thanks, peach

10:11 pm

gapeach

yvw

10:19 pm

viajes

pi6?

10:19 pm

viajes

pretty please?

10:20 pm

gapeach

Sorry, via, don't have it yet.

10:20 pm

jesdraggon

like an african vi6

10:20 pm

jmcnrick

its not raining rain you know its raining pi6s

10:20 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

10:21 pm

viajes

ty jes!

10:21 pm

Dorens

great clue, thanks jes and hi all

10:21 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, jes.

10:22 pm

jesdraggon

i hope not, jmc, that would hurt

10:22 pm

gapeach

Hey there, Dorens.

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

what is a pi6?

10:22 pm

Dorens

i'm in the home stretch

10:22 pm

jmcnrick

45 left i have a ways to go

10:22 pm

Dorens

who knows, but it rhymes with an african vi 6 and that's all we need,j

10:23 pm

jmcnrick

now i have to go look it up :-(

10:23 pm

jesdraggon

it's an axe

10:23 pm

Dorens

goodness, i never bother with that. i don't remember them by tomorrow anyway

10:23 pm

jmcnrick

ouch! it is an ax used in mountaineering!

10:24 pm

jmcnrick

i sometimes do like the goose and the needlepoint case and now zarf! my favorite which means either. . .

10:25 pm

jmcnrick

annoying man or the metal holder for a coffee glass

10:25 pm

Dorens

i knew the needle case from crossword puzzles (and my mother playing scrabble).. i did learn the goose here and another one or two, i must admit

10:25 pm

Dorens

many men are annoying

10:26 pm

jmcnrick

but what a great word and two completely different definitions!

10:26 pm

Dorens

zarf? really?

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

really i looked it up one time when it was in the grid

10:27 pm

Dorens

very cool. well, i'm done.. any clues needed or do i hit the pillow?

10:27 pm

jmcnrick

hit the pillow as i don't care if i finish

10:27 pm

jesdraggon

3 left

10:28 pm

jmcnrick

go jes go!

10:28 pm

jesdraggon

2

10:28 pm

Dorens

go jes! i agree

10:28 pm

jesdraggon

1

10:29 pm

jmcnrick

go jes go!

10:29 pm

viajes

... the suspense...

10:29 pm

jesdraggon

fireworks!

10:30 pm

jesdraggon

last word was or5/12, or + floppy eared rabbit

10:30 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hoo jes!

10:30 pm

jmcnrick

i will ask for one clue

10:30 pm

Dorens

yay jes.. and good night

10:30 pm

jmcnrick

le5 please

10:31 pm

torgone

le4 + a vowel

10:31 pm

jesdraggon

sleep sweet, dorens

10:31 pm

jmcnrick

ty torgie that has been bothering me

10:31 pm

jmcnrick

bye dorens

10:36 pm

jmcnrick

30 left

10:40 pm

viajes

2...

10:41 pm

jmcnrick

go viajes go!

10:43 pm

jmcnrick

20 left

10:43 pm

viajes

1...

10:44 pm

viajes

0!

10:45 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo viajes!

10:46 pm

jmcnrick

15

10:47 pm

viajes

go jmc!

10:47 pm

torgone

Yay viajes!

10:48 pm

jmcnrick

10

10:51 pm

jmcnrick

6

10:53 pm

viajes

*starts doing cheers*

10:53 pm

viajes

*(but from the couch, without getting up)*

10:53 pm

jmcnrick

5 left and all are T words

10:53 pm

jmcnrick

no no please don't get up!

10:56 pm

jmcnrick

4

10:57 pm

jmcnrick

2

10:58 pm

jmcnrick

1

10:58 pm

jmcnrick

FW!

10:59 pm

jmcnrick

*claps for self*

10:59 pm

jmcnrick

bye all

11:02 pm

torgone

Yay jmc!

11:03 pm

viajes

hooray! (sorry for delay, I was in another screen)

11:03 pm

viajes

and now, Zzzzzs for me

11:56 pm

kje

582

11:57 pm

cosdem

i hope :)

11:57 pm

stidmama

472

11:59 pm

torgone

215

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