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FINAL SCORES

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ENTIRE CHAT LOG

12:00 am
jillibus

fliperoo
12:01 am
flosey

flip and going to make tea, bbs
12:01 am
cybernan

hello everyone :)
12:01 am
jillibus

hainan
12:02 am
licketySplitAUS

Clues are up
12:02 am
Erda

Thank you, Lickety!!!
12:03 am
cybernan

ty lickety
12:04 am
cybernan

to 7
12:04 am
jillibus

Thanks Lickety!
12:07 am
dizgrannie

hi all!!! NBT
12:08 am
cybernan

co 7
12:10 am
dizgrannie

ef 7/8 NBT/NBS
12:11 am
dizgrannie

fe 7/8
12:12 am
cybernan

strange words, diz/
12:14 am
cybernan

nbt, nbs
12:14 am
dizgrannie

te 7/8, same as the fe words
12:14 am
dizgrannie

WTG Nan
12:14 am
cybernan

*found the fe, but still looking for the ef
12:14 am
Altagolfnut5

hi all gl:)
12:15 am
jillibus

hi alta
12:15 am
dizgrannie

compound word, Nan
12:15 am
jillibus

wtg nan -- haven't been looking at chat
12:16 am
VolleymomDee

late flip; howdy all! hi jili, diz, nan, alta...
12:16 am
flosey

hi Dee
12:16 am
Altagolfnut5

hi dee gl
12:17 am
cybernan

ty - 8's done
12:17 am
VolleymomDee

hi flosey!
12:18 am
jillibus

hmf -- no jetsons
12:18 am
cybernan

can't believe there are 10 j's!
12:18 am
jillibus

re-hi flosey
12:20 am
flosey

hi again jilli, just back with my tea
12:20 am
jillibus

falling asleep already -- crazy-mad day
12:20 am
cybernan

has the wind died down any, jill?
12:21 am
flosey

think I'll be heading out early tonight
12:24 am
jillibus

it comes and goes, nan -- lost poer again during the night, but had a brief spell on sunshine this afternoon
12:25 am
jillibus

*power
12:25 am
MitchDick

fireworks
12:25 am
jillibus

tomorrow is supposed to be the same
12:25 am
cybernan

we have been starting out the day with an hour of sunshine, then rain for the rest of the day -- no wind, thank goodness
12:26 am
flosey

wow Mitch, wtg
12:26 am
jillibus

fantastic again, mitch -- can't imagine how you can do these grids so fast.
12:27 am
Altagolfnut5

amazing! well done
12:27 am
MitchDick

just have a knack for it, i guess - thx
12:28 am
VolleymomDee

very nice, mitch!!
12:28 am
VolleymomDee

nbt nbs
12:28 am
jillibus

wtg dee
12:29 am
VolleymomDee

tyvm
12:29 am
jillibus

can't stay awake -- early (for me) rising this morning
12:29 am
Altagolfnut5

fading here too
12:30 am
flosey

well done Dee
12:30 am
VolleymomDee

thx, flosey
12:30 am
jillibus

Then phone calls all day re credit card blocking on this island -- soimething fishy going on. Been in touch with police, local paper, bank!
12:31 am
flosey

shopped very carefully today jilli, tks for heads up
12:31 am
rururocks

wow.. my credit card # got stolen a week ago
12:32 am
cybernan

125 down and crashing -- see you tomorrow :)
12:32 am
VolleymomDee

where and how ru?
12:32 am
jillibus

I'd like to get at least nbt before quitting -- need the bottom corner T and the 4th column O
12:32 am
VolleymomDee

te 7 and te 8 like the fe's jili
12:32 am
rururocks

don't know dee. all the sudden I had dozens of charges in florida
12:32 am
flosey

do you have te6/18 jilli
12:32 am
rururocks

I"ve only been to florida once
12:32 am
Altagolfnut5

wow, scary
12:32 am
dizgrannie

oo 4
12:32 am
rururocks

in the 1990's
12:33 am
VolleymomDee

hubby had an issue with his American Express last month... very odd, isn't it?
12:33 am
jillibus

At least I now have 2 different credit cards. There's an awful lot of this going on, ruru.
12:33 am
flosey

it's a very nasty one Dee
12:33 am
rururocks

i think they scramble numbers until they hit
12:33 am
jillibus

no te6/18 flosey
12:34 am
jillibus

No, ru -- they steal your ID
12:34 am
flosey

simple 4 + 2 vowels
12:34 am
rururocks

that hasn't happened
12:34 am
VolleymomDee

something's up... we have never had any issues until this year - and we have had cards for 30+ years...
12:35 am
jillibus

ditto, dee -- the thieves are more sophisticated, and the cards have chips in them now
12:35 am
VolleymomDee

so 7 if not called
12:35 am
flosey

we had a nasty one years ago, charged twice for airline tickets - by the time we got home, that office had closed, bank absorbed the double billing
12:35 am
VolleymomDee

too true, jili
12:35 am
Altagolfnut5

I gotta go to bed... night all
12:35 am
jillibus

ru, I just mean your bank ID numbers, electroniacally
12:36 am
VolleymomDee

that's good, flosey... guess that is really the key... who is the carrier of the card and will they stand by the innocent consumers
12:36 am
jillibus

gnight alta
12:36 am
rururocks

no. .just my chase card
12:36 am
rururocks

they caught it on the first day
12:36 am
rururocks

their security is pretty good
12:37 am
jillibus

got the O, thks, diz
12:37 am
VolleymomDee

AExp caught hubby's, too, within 24 hours
12:37 am
jillibus

flosey -- simple 4???
12:37 am
rururocks

lots of coral gables charges
12:37 am
rururocks

:D
12:38 am
flosey

exam
12:39 am
VolleymomDee

wow, found the j's ... wasn't sure I could find that many
12:39 am
jillibus

Oh, they catch the bad charges and don't penalise us -- just block our cards.But catching the thieves is harder now
12:39 am
flosey

wtg Dee
12:40 am
VolleymomDee

ty
12:40 am
VolleymomDee

especially since they can be international crooks
12:40 am
jillibus

ty flosey -- finally the monkeys got that T so nbt
12:41 am
flosey

our little island has always seemed so safe
12:41 am
flosey

good jilli
12:41 am
jillibus

But there's been so much limited to our island lately it's felt there's somebody here doing it.
12:42 am
VolleymomDee

I know this is probably a fish, but does anyone have both i's? I only have io 4
12:42 am
jillibus

Even the guy I spoke to at the bank here said he had just lost his card!
12:42 am
dizgrannie

is 7
12:43 am
VolleymomDee

ty so much diz looking
12:43 am
flosey

ooh my
12:43 am
VolleymomDee

thx diz, don't remember that word
12:44 am
jillibus

And the guy at the credit card company had had his compromised 3 times!
12:45 am
flosey

it really is frightening
12:45 am
jillibus

just a damn nuisance -- our accounts are portected
12:45 am
VolleymomDee

I am such a cynic; I always wonder if some of the breaches are credit card or bank employees.
12:46 am
rururocks

i'm really careful with my cards too
12:46 am
rururocks

plus I change my identity weekly
12:47 am
jillibus

*protected
so am I -- I keep mine in a metal case, having heard that they can't be stolen electronically with metal protection.
12:47 am
jillibus

*so tired -- *protection
12:48 am
rururocks

clawing my way to 150
12:48 am
VolleymomDee

stuck at 133
12:49 am
rururocks

139
12:50 am
jillibus

I hear if you keep two diferent cards together, thenumbers get a bit scrambled so it's not so easy for the "skimmers" to get them with their hidden infernal machines. But see http://www.snopes.com/fraud/identity/p\nickpocket.asp
12:51 am
flosey

ah, that' good to know
12:51 am
jillibus

sorry -- I screwed up the chog. 'll go to bed now and good luck all...*poof
12:52 am
rururocks

good night jilli
12:52 am
rururocks

*tucks jilli in*
12:52 am
jillibus

here's that link abbreviated: http://tinyurl.com/23jjwu2
12:52 am
flosey

sweet sleep jilli
12:53 am
jillibus

oh damn, that didn't help. somebody chat a lot and get rid of the widened chog!
12:54 am
jillibus

blah blah blah
12:54 am
VolleymomDee

lol no worries, jili
12:54 am
Lizlin

Hi all - Jilli you can scroll across the chog
12:54 am
jillibus

keep it going!
12:54 am
jillibus

I know, but that a bother, liz
12:55 am
Lizlin

Sleep well Jilli
12:55 am
flosey

forget it jilli
12:55 am
jillibus

thanks, Liz
12:55 am
jillibus

ok, flosey, I'll try
12:55 am
rururocks

keep it to a few words jilli :D
12:56 am
jillibus

Should be better now
12:56 am
flosey

looking good
12:56 am
jillibus

yep, ruru
12:57 am
VolleymomDee

ta 7/32
12:58 am
jillibus

and so fare well, all...poof
12:58 am
VolleymomDee

my phant annotate
12:59 am
flosey

tried that too Dee
12:59 am
rururocks

mine is screw
12:59 am
VolleymomDee

sooo close lol
12:59 am
flosey

wouldn't it be ru
1:00 am
rururocks

does it count that I always see it?
1:00 am
VolleymomDee

can't even find all the e's... gonna have to list tonight
1:00 am
VolleymomDee

lol
1:02 am
VolleymomDee

es 6
1:06 am
VolleymomDee

do 7/32
1:07 am
rururocks

thank you dee
1:07 am
VolleymomDee

yqw
1:08 am
VolleymomDee

165 and may have to list :(
1:09 am
VolleymomDee

no 6/21
1:09 am
rururocks

crashing.. too tired
1:09 am
VolleymomDee

rest well ru
1:10 am
flosey

sweet sleep ru
1:10 am
rururocks

thank you .. good night
1:14 am
VolleymomDee

te 6/21
1:18 am
flosey

can't get that ta7
1:19 am
flosey

ah, my first 8, te7 and 8
1:19 am
VolleymomDee

start with the powder + shape of mouth in exclamation + abbreviation for southeast
1:20 am
flosey

thanks Dee
1:20 am
VolleymomDee

yqw
1:20 am
flosey

got it
1:20 am
VolleymomDee

wtg
1:20 am
flosey

still not even half way
1:21 am
VolleymomDee

this one is a struggle
1:22 am
flosey

it is, Dee
1:22 am
VolleymomDee

funny how different letter combinations are harder than others
1:23 am
flosey

yes
1:24 am
flosey

wow, looks like we're the only ones left, wonder if rose will be in soon
1:24 am
VolleymomDee

I was wondering the same thing. Everyone must be trying to catch up on sleep for Thanksgiving :)
1:25 am
flosey

ah, could be
1:26 am
VolleymomDee

our daughter and son-in-law come in tomorrow night... finished pies and monkey bread tonight... I even preset the table ... have to pace how much I do at one time :)
1:27 am
VolleymomDee

co 7 x 2
1:27 am
justafreep

I am so happy I came to the grid tonight and found the ef7/8!
1:27 am
VolleymomDee

wtg and hi freep!!
1:27 am
flosey

have one of them Dee, looking for other
1:28 am
flosey

good for you justa, haven't found those yet
1:28 am
justafreep

The only place I think I've ever seen it is in the Rime of the Ancient Mariner!
1:30 am
flosey

must read that one day
1:35 am
Lizlin

Hi again
1:35 am
Lizlin

ty for the ancient mariner clue!
1:36 am
VolleymomDee

hi liz
1:37 am
Lizlin

Excuse my ignorance but when is thanksgiving?
1:37 am
flosey

just read a bit of it in Sparknotes - didn't find the word
1:37 am
VolleymomDee

do you have the ef 4/7?
1:37 am
Lizlin

I had to read it - found it online-literature.com
1:38 am
VolleymomDee

ef 7 and its plural ef 4/7 + not late, but so 4
1:38 am
flosey

yes
1:38 am
Lizlin

I knew the poem but guess I'd glossed over that word!
1:38 am
Lizlin

Good clue Dee
1:39 am
flosey

thanks Dee, great clue
1:39 am
VolleymomDee

ty vm, so glad you found it!
1:41 am
VolleymomDee

fireworks, finally!
1:41 am
flosey

wtg Dee
1:41 am
Lizlin

Congrats Dee :)
1:42 am
VolleymomDee

was so thankful for lickety for my last 17
1:42 am
VolleymomDee

ty liz
1:43 am
VolleymomDee

Well, all, I need to get going. Enjoy the rest of the grid, and have a great day / eve!
1:43 am
Lizlin

Sleep well Dee
1:43 am
flosey

sweet sleep Dee
1:43 am
VolleymomDee

ty both *poofing with hugs*
4:03 am
dizgrannie

back for my last 48
4:34 am
sprite

hello all, looks like a fun one
4:38 am
sprite

back later, having alittle dip... think I am gonna nap :)
6:00 am
crosshair

good morning my friends:)
6:01 am
Lizlin

Morning crossy
6:01 am
wvteach

good morning all
6:01 am
Lizlin

Hi teach
6:01 am
crosshair

howdy teach and liz
6:02 am
smores

morning all :)
6:02 am
Lizlin

Hi smores
6:02 am
crosshair

howdy smores
6:05 am
smores

:) Liz, crossy, teach :)
6:06 am
smores

the planes are taking off in all directions..lol
6:06 am
wvteach

halfway, NBT and NBS - time to get on with a busy day - BBL this evening
6:07 am
smores

enjoy your day teach :)
6:07 am
smores

just starting - got 20..lol
6:09 am
Scrabbler

Good day, kids.
6:09 am
crosshair

howdy scwabby
6:09 am
crosshair

nods
6:09 am
smores

morning scrabbler :)
6:09 am
crosshair

oops
6:10 am
Scrabbler

Free clues are appreciated, TY.
6:11 am
crosshair

i am still working on my first tea and that is my excuse and i am sticking to it
6:11 am
Scrabbler

I finished my mug of coffee and am waking up slowly.
6:15 am
smores

BRB
6:25 am
rubyfoo

hello
6:25 am
MollyL

Hi Ruby. Is there a holiday capon waiting to be cooked?
: D
6:26 am
rubyfoo

couldn't get a capon, just a VERY big chicken. I'll make my mother's "traditional" stuffing and serve escargots (not like my mother) and pumpkin pie
6:27 am
rubyfoo

how do you remember so much stuff, molly??
6:27 am
MollyL

Blessed with a good memory. It comes in handy at times. : )
6:28 am
rubyfoo

it's terrific
6:29 am
MollyL

Sounds like you have a nice meal planned. I hope Mr. Grumpy is appreciative.
6:30 am
rubyfoo

he is really trying to be nice, but is truly failing. I just hope he holds it together long enough for me to go away for my little "escape" and come back
6:30 am
smores

hello again
6:30 am
MollyL

If he doesn't, I will personally come to France and kick his ass.
6:30 am
rubyfoo

I used to make very elaborate (and too expensive) feasts for our local friends, but after a while, I realized that they had no idea of the occasion
6:30 am
smores

Hi Ruby
6:31 am
rubyfoo

as you know, of course, molly, you would be more than welcome here!
6:31 am
smores

lol...Molly..me too
6:31 am
Lizlin

Hi again
6:31 am
rubyfoo

{{smores}}
6:31 am
Lizlin

Hi again
6:31 am
rubyfoo

hiyz lizlin
6:31 am
Lizlin

I think there
6:31 am
Lizlin

be lots of kicking!
6:32 am
smores

Sorry he is failing, but glad to hear is he is trying
6:32 am
rubyfoo

I worry about his continuing to drive, but taking away his car keys would be terrible
6:33 am
crosshair

((ruby)) as long as he is not a hazard to others
6:34 am
rubyfoo

{{crossy}}
6:34 am
rubyfoo

he drives slowly; I am just afraid that he'll get lost
6:34 am
Lizlin

Too tired to find any more words. 71 left. Can't see me finishing this one! Enjoy your days. :)
6:35 am
smores

lol...ruby
6:35 am
rubyfoo

bye lizlin
6:35 am
smores

Nite Liz - sleep well
6:35 am
rubyfoo

but we used to go to Geneva at least once a month but no longer do it
6:35 am
rubyfoo

now, when people visit, they have to either take a bus (!!) or a taxi from Geneva Airport
6:37 am
BabbleRabble

rent a car
6:37 am
rubyfoo

or, yes, rent a car
6:37 am
rubyfoo

ty BR
6:37 am
rubyfoo

I forgot about that option
6:38 am
smores

why do you not drive to Geneva anymore? Too far, or too hectic?
6:39 am
smores

;) BR - good morning to you
6:39 am
rubyfoo

it's too hard for him and he won't let me drive
6:39 am
BabbleRabble

Hello, smores
6:39 am
rubyfoo

it's only 35 mins to the airport, about 50 mins to the city
6:40 am
BabbleRabble

Did you not just get your own new car, Ruby
6:40 am
rubyfoo

yes, but he drives it
6:40 am
rubyfoo

he has an Audi (small one), but I don't drive it
6:40 am
BabbleRabble

Do you have keys to it?
6:41 am
BabbleRabble

Get in and go
6:41 am
rubyfoo

actually, not. But we keep the Audi in the garage and the driveway is a steep uphill, not for me!
6:41 am
smores

definately
6:41 am
rubyfoo

the "Up" i in our little, street-level parking lot
6:42 am
rubyfoo

we used to go to the dentist in Geneva, but now I've found a local one and she's just as good, more convenient and about 1/4 of the price!
6:42 am
rubyfoo

is in*
6:45 am
rubyfoo

I'll be truly grateful if things don't get any worse for the no5
6:46 am
BabbleRabble

I expect you think I am a pedantic quidnunc but you might benefit from reading this, Ruby: http://tinyurl.com/aqsgt5b
6:47 am
rubyfoo

I would never think such a thing, BR, I know that you care and are being very helpful, always!
6:47 am
Trifioso

quidnunc might be my new favorite word, thanks BR!
6:48 am
rubyfoo

and, anyway, I have a fondness for quidnuncs!
6:48 am
rubyfoo

{{trif}}
6:48 am
Trifioso

and good morning dear friends
6:50 am
Trifioso

wow, today's grid is a tricky one for me to hit nbt on, as I often misjudge which word comes from which letter
6:50 am
BabbleRabble

Hello, Trif
6:50 am
Trifioso

hello my very dear Babble
6:50 am
Trifioso

Rabble
6:51 am
BabbleRabble

It really is not that bad, Trif. One you find all the words you are done
6:51 am
BabbleRabble

Once
6:52 am
Trifioso

thanks for clearing that up for me, BR! hahahah
6:52 am
BabbleRabble

Is not my logic impeccable?
6:52 am
rubyfoo

nice clue, br, but I need the middle o
6:53 am
Trifioso

added fun - there is something up with my laptop charger, and once I find a position the laptop will charge in, I can't move - at ALL
6:54 am
BabbleRabble

Rudy, group of eight(s)
6:54 am
smores

that's what I'm dealing with too Trif
6:54 am
crosshair

carefull with that trif.my sons laptop was like that and it was actually a precursor to a total power brick failure.i found the thing one day burning hot and you could smell wires burning inside the power brick
6:55 am
Trifioso

good to know crossy! I think the battery is about worn out, and will need to be replaced soon.
6:55 am
rubyfoo

ty, BR, slap me with a large fish
6:55 am
crosshair

yes,most of the 3 to 6 cell battery packs have a average lifespan of 3 years
6:56 am
BabbleRabble

os + a continent: a***
6:56 am
Trifioso

hmmm - so mine is about up then. I always buy the big unwieldy ones that stick out an extra inch, but I don't care - they last for an age
6:56 am
crosshair

that is a 6 or a 9 cell
6:57 am
rubyfoo

nice clues, ty
6:57 am
BabbleRabble

O + purloin
6:57 am
rubyfoo

and now it's nap time in front of the fire. very cold and humid here
6:57 am
Trifioso

honestly, my poor boo boo craptop is a *slight* step up from the flintstones typewriter with the bird and the rock in it, but I am attached to it, and there is not a penny to spare around here at the mo, so I am grateful to have even this one
6:57 am
BabbleRabble

Enjoy, Ruby.
6:58 am
rubyfoo

my computer is from 2000 and everybody keeps saying "get a new one" but I don't feel like spending the $$ OR transferring files
6:58 am
smores

Bye for now Ruby, enjoy your day {{hug}}
6:58 am
rubyfoo

{{smores}}
6:59 am
Trifioso

naptime! my favorite!
6:59 am
Trifioso

enjoy ruby
6:59 am
crosshair

wow ruby!! you have squeezed every bit out of that old girl
6:59 am
Trifioso

crossy, do you visit the sporcle site ever? I was thinking of you the other day when I was doing one of the quizzes there
6:59 am
BabbleRabble

When I am tired, I try to take a nap before I fall asleep
7:00 am
crosshair

no,i do not know the site
7:00 am
smores

I must go as well, get my kid to school and run some errands. Wish you all a fabulous day {{ group hug }} :)
7:00 am
Trifioso

definitely check it out! I think you will really like it!
7:00 am
Trifioso

I have a particular sense that you and the boyo will like the music ones
7:00 am
BabbleRabble

Be safe, smores
7:00 am
crosshair

i shall def check it out trif
7:01 am
Trifioso

if you don't like it, I will cheerfully refund your time
7:01 am
smores

Ty BR :) you as well
7:01 am
Trifioso

hugs right back, smores
7:01 am
BabbleRabble

Do you build your own computers, crossy?
7:02 am
crosshair

i am on one right now that i have built but have not done another in last 2 years br
7:04 am
BabbleRabble

Amazon.com saved me a lot of time by having most of what I needed in one place.
7:05 am
dan2bit

morning all
7:05 am
crosshair

i get my parts from tiger direct or newegg
7:05 am
BabbleRabble

Hello, dan
7:05 am
crosshair

howdy dan
7:05 am
Trifioso

good morning dan2! wow, I haven't seen you in AGES!
7:05 am
Trifioso

you have what, seven kids now? lol
7:05 am
dan2bit

hiya Trif!
7:06 am
dan2bit

haha! sometimes the toddler feels like seven :-)
7:06 am
BabbleRabble

I wouldn't have since I have never been to ages.
7:06 am
Trifioso

wow, having these past two days off and babble time in the morning is really pointing out to me how much I miss you all - I have
7:06 am
Trifioso

GOT to get a new job situation
7:06 am
crosshair

((trif))
7:07 am
dan2bit

you should come visit ages, BR. The health plan is comprehensive!
7:07 am
Trifioso

dan, dan, dan - WAIT until she turns 13....mine is such a horrible changeling of a troll lately I barely recognize that sweet cuddly girl atall
7:07 am
BabbleRabble

I have searched the world over .... can't find it
7:08 am
Trifioso

been searching for ages, have you?
7:08 am
dan2bit

haha! I have been warned. 2 can be a very hormonal age as well, but at 13 they have lots more ways to fight back :-)
7:08 am
BabbleRabble

You betcha
7:09 am
Trifioso

its just the unrelenting pissiness that wears me down. I cannot say or do or even breathe right without some cutting comment from the disney witch.
7:09 am
crosshair

it will ease when she is married off at 21 or so trif...
7:10 am
Trifioso

secondo made me laugh the other day - tertiare was on a particularly hideous rant and secondo whispered "21
7:10 am
Trifioso

"2012-
7:10 am
Trifioso

its REAL)
7:10 am
Trifioso

sorry, typed that all wrong - fingers are getting tired
7:10 am
Trifioso

anyway, it made me laug.
7:10 am
Trifioso

laugh
7:10 am
Trifioso

i should just give up typing
7:11 am
crosshair

lol trif..no more coffee for you
7:11 am
Trifioso

haven't had any - might be the problem
7:11 am
crosshair

oh well def have one:)
7:12 am
crosshair

i have tea ready.here have a cuppa
7:12 am
Trifioso

bless you crossy
7:12 am
crosshair

french canadian style camp tea.strong enough that you have to fist with it for possesion of the spoon:)
7:12 am
Trifioso

I have all sorts of prep to do today for tomorrow, but I need you guys more....
7:13 am
crosshair

fight
7:13 am
dan2bit

I read or heard something very interesting recently about the teenage brain - that it is an evolutionary advantage to have them be so crazy / excitable / susceptible at that age - more likely to be able to adapt to changing world they are 'inheriting'
7:13 am
Trifioso

fisting a spoon....ew
7:13 am
dan2bit

doubt that helps with the pissiness, though :-)
7:14 am
crosshair

my son is 18 and a big walking bundle or hormones and teenage angst
7:15 am
Trifioso

I am getting a lot tougher on her - I am very, very easy going, and forgive a lot, but this disrespectful tone and flat out rudeness I will NOT abide.
7:15 am
BabbleRabble

Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
http://tinyurl.com/a32ed8b
7:15 am
Trifioso

she has been diagnosed with it, BR, and with an underlying anxiety disorder and a severe learning disability as well.
7:16 am
crosshair

as has my son along with other fine medical acronyms
7:16 am
Trifioso

she also has the capacity to be extremely kind, is GREAT with little kids, very creative, and a good friend to many without a friend. Its mostly just me she hates
7:16 am
BabbleRabble

Did she have strep as a young child, trif
7:17 am
Trifioso

it's the booby prize of love - I am her 'safe" person, so she unloads all her frustrations of a world she can't quite understand on me. yay.
7:17 am
Trifioso

no, no pandas to worry about, thanks BR
7:17 am
Trifioso

I tutored a kid with PANDAS last year. That poor thing - it just wiped his slate clean, and he was wrecked. I have never seen such a bad case
7:19 am
BabbleRabble

Mental disorders are a curse and it takes more than a pill
7:19 am
Trifioso

please don't find this in bad taste, but it's become a bit of a dark joke amongst a lot of us - sort of a "please let it be pandas, please let it be pandas" thing, as pandas has a timeline and a cure. Adolescence? Not so much
7:19 am
crosshair

i figue my son will come out of it around age 30 or so:(
7:19 am
Trifioso

You are right, crossy!
7:20 am
crosshair

or when he move out and move back home with the pregnant gf,whichever comes first
7:20 am
BabbleRabble

I was not fun for my parents ... I got a suitcase when I graduated high school and I was expected to use it.
7:21 am
Trifioso

I hope she comes through relatively unscathed is all. her decision making powers are very poor, and she is very, very impulsive, so the teenage years provide particular challenges. yes, like the ones you mention, crossy. Except she would be the girl in the scenario
7:21 am
Trifioso

bill cosby did a GREAT graduation speech at my friend melinda's commencement - he said "your parents wanted me to tell you that today, many roads are open to you. NONE of them lead home
7:22 am
crosshair

when our son flies away from the nest we are instantly packing our bags and going 3000 miles away to the far west coast,maybe vancouver isle and getting a nice 700 sq foot open concept loft on the ocean so nobody can move back in
7:22 am
Trifioso

i miss tertiare. she was so nice, once upon a time.
7:22 am
Trifioso

sounds like a PLAN!
7:23 am
Trifioso

would you not move south a bit?
7:23 am
crosshair

we will fly out to see grandbabbies but that is it lol
7:23 am
crosshair

nope.the states holds no real interest for me.a snowbird i am not
7:24 am
Trifioso

I am not saying the states, exactly - bermuda? tenerife? somewhere you will never have to shovel snow again
7:24 am
crosshair

but if i go all the way west.i can avoid the snow
7:25 am
Trifioso

okay then
7:25 am
crosshair

now,bermuda sounds nice;)
7:25 am
crosshair

but not finacially practical
7:25 am
crosshair

my brother did 5 years in costa rica and he could not wait to get back to north america
7:26 am
Trifioso

you make it sound like prison!
7:26 am
crosshair

even paradice fails after enough time it seems
7:26 am
crosshair

you miss things after a while and you never truly fit in with locals
7:27 am
Trifioso

I do wonder if I could, really, ever leave new england. i have lived other places, but they never felt permanent. never "e
7:27 am
BabbleRabble

Whether cyclical or man-induced, the climate is changing
7:27 am
Trifioso

"home"
7:27 am
jmcnrick

i have made the switch from Texas to DC and it was a mighty bug switch
7:28 am
Trifioso

jmc! how lovely!!!!!
7:28 am
jmcnrick

it only took about 10 years for me to have the same feeling flying into DC that I used to have flying into Houston
7:28 am
jmcnrick

hi all
7:29 am
BabbleRabble

same feeling? Panic?
7:29 am
Trifioso

I think I need to live near family. Thats a big part of it
7:29 am
jmcnrick

haha no a feeling of pride in my city
7:29 am
jmcnrick

it did help that my sister lives here Trif
7:29 am
Trifioso

of course, who can predict where they will all end up?
7:30 am
crosshair

home is where the heart is.you miss the comfortable feeling of knowing the weather cycles,the smell of the lake in the morning or the ocean at sunset.of knowing the towns,the villiages,the traditions.it gets into you so even costa rica with all its beauty is not home
7:30 am
BabbleRabble

God?
7:30 am
dan2bit

jmc my dad was the same way - a transplanted cheesehead
7:30 am
Trifioso

perfectly worded crossy!
7:31 am
jmcnrick

hi dan . . .lots of transplants here
7:31 am
MimiCat

Morning, all. Where's our smores? Crossy, I've lived in several places in the US and now I'm thinking about moving somewhere it's cold most of the time because these days I look so much better with more clothes on!
7:31 am
jmcnrick

when they had a fund raiser for Ann Richard's school with the play about her there were lots of Texas expats to say hello to
7:31 am
Trifioso

I have to say, jmc, with all respect and love, that I found it hard to find anyone with a sense of permanence in DC - I was there for about 4 years, I think.....because so many people live there for terms, it seems most people think of it as a way station
7:32 am
dan2bit

<-- born and raised. There's more of us than it might appear :-)
7:32 am
jmcnrick

well i think you will find people who have been her more than 10 years think of it as home as i do
7:32 am
dan2bit

but admit, it can be a hard place to get accustomed to
7:33 am
Trifioso

I am glad to know that. I found a lot of virginians who felt quite "planted" but much less in the city
7:33 am
jmcnrick

i remember thinking i would never get used to being underground for the metro but now i only think of thinking that
7:33 am
Trifioso

I LOVE the metro in DC! Trust me, compared to the fetid T in Boston, it's luxury
7:33 am
MimiCat

DC is a beautiful city. I've been there several times and loved it. You could spend the rest of your life just touring the Smithsonian.
7:34 am
jmcnrick

well my sister and many of the texas expats who came up with LBJ and later with Clinton consider this home
7:34 am
dan2bit

my first wife said it was like living in a postcard :-) She eventually ended up back in Idaho
7:34 am
jmcnrick

we are happy to import the food and music from texas and leave the rest behind
7:34 am
jmcnrick

haha i have ridden the MTA many times in Boston and i love the Metro
7:35 am
MimiCat

My godson is finishing up PhD work there and living in Virginia and the main issue he has is that it's very expensive.
7:35 am
Trifioso

I think, of my three, it will be secondo who flies that farthest, and she will be the one I only see once or twice a year. She has wanderlust, BIG time
7:35 am
BabbleRabble

Barry Switzer: “Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”
7:35 am
jmcnrick

i so seldom get down to the mall i almost forget the postcard part except during cherry blossoms
7:35 am
MimiCat

Love that quote, BR.
7:36 am
jmcnrick

well it is cheaper than NYC
7:36 am
Trifioso

the MALLS in DC/Maryland/Virginia were the other thing it took some getting used to! Potomac Mills, Tysons Corner, etc. HUGE places!
7:37 am
MimiCat

I'm not crazy about Phoenix anymore but I do have a good-sized one-bedroom apt. with a full-size washer and dryer, two pools in the complex, a nice courtyard to look out onto and my rent is only $515/month.
7:37 am
jmcnrick

haha small compared to some things in the midwest and texas trif. . . NE is a very cramped place to me!
7:38 am
Trifioso

that is AMAZING to a Boston girl, mimi! I shudder to think what 515 a month would get you in boston
7:38 am
jmcnrick

it wouldn't get you much here either
7:39 am
mael

When I was still in college, studio apartments outside of Boston rented for upwards of $1300 a month
7:39 am
Trifioso

on the plus side, I can buy one bottle of sunscreen and it lasts me a whole summer
7:39 am
BabbleRabble

In college in the heart of winter walking back to my dorm from the gym with a full moon, calm and thirty below, the only sound was the crunching of your feet .. I loved it.
7:40 am
MimiCat

I hear that from many of my friends who live elsewhere. Funny, Trif, I almost married a guy who lived in Boston and would have moved there. I visited and found it utterly gorgeous. On the sunscreen issue, one bottle wouldn't even last a week here if you were diligent about use.
7:40 am
jmcnrick

yes the crunch of snow and ice is a good sound on a quiet night. . . one i have learned to appreciate
7:41 am
jmcnrick

Boston is one of my favorite cities. . .a good walking city with lots of great cheap italian restaurants and bodegos
7:41 am
Trifioso

i went to ohio state, and remember many a day when my eyelashes would freeze shut. don't miss that!
7:41 am
Trifioso

boston is great. I love seeing primo discover it for his own, now that he is studying there
7:43 am
MimiCat

I truly miss the changing seasons. I was raised just in the Cincinnati area. My old high school is next to Kings Island amusement park. I miss weather---we don't have weather here. We have dry, sunny, nice all the time October-May and then hot as hell from May through September. I miss thunderstorms.
7:43 am
Trifioso

the people of boston have a wicked sense of humor that resonates with me....I would miss that
7:43 am
Trifioso

the ohio thunderstorms are BIBLICAL
7:44 am
jmcnrick

speaking of the west i see in the grid the mountains that were right outside my mil's chidhood home in jackson hole
7:44 am
BabbleRabble

For me, weather is a mindset .... much like everything else ... you take what you are given and do what you might
7:44 am
Trifioso

yes, but enable has no love for them
7:44 am
jmcnrick

the changing seasons is one of the reasons i like living in dc
7:44 am
Trifioso

to a point, br, but such changeable weather as we have does make it hard to plan things
7:45 am
uusue2

morning all!
7:45 am
jmcnrick

good philosophy BR. . .
7:45 am
BabbleRabble

Enable is the ultimate contrarian
7:45 am
jmcnrick

hi uu
7:45 am
Trifioso

sue!!! gentle sustaining hugs to you, sister!
7:45 am
mael

I can't imagine living somewhere with no seasons
7:45 am
BabbleRabble

I live in ND
7:45 am
MimiCat

I lived in a rural area and actually saw a tornado that looked like it was nearly in my backyard. That was a little scary but mostly I just love storms. It's hard to adjust to 115 degrees for 3 months.
7:45 am
mael

or fewer seasons, even
7:45 am
jmcnrick

stats for the bottom row T please
7:45 am
Trifioso

BR, in new england we say "if you don't like the weather, wait a minute"
7:45 am
uusue2

thank you trif!!
7:45 am
MimiCat

Hi, Sue! Is today the big day Frank comes home?
7:46 am
jmcnrick

then don't move south mael. . .
7:46 am
uusue2

looks like, mimi! Exciting!
7:46 am
BabbleRabble

nothing that hasn
7:46 am
Trifioso

jmc, I have a te 6 and 7 from there, and have not been able to find one other
7:46 am
mael

nope! I think I'll stick with NE, and hope that we get some actual snow this year
7:46 am
BabbleRabble

has been said here
7:46 am
uusue2

and I second jmc's request for the lower t...
7:46 am
jmcnrick

good news indeed uu!
7:46 am
mael

I have a te5 and a te6
7:47 am
jmcnrick

nbt
7:47 am
mael

an exam + vowel, and latin plural
7:47 am
uusue2

thanks, all, monkeys invented a couple of words from that t, nbt
7:47 am
jmcnrick

ty
7:47 am
BabbleRabble

My sister lives in boston and agrees with me
7:48 am
crosshair

reading back..$515 a month mimi??!! what you described would be roughly double here + utilities
7:48 am
Trifioso

do you ever come visit her BR?
7:48 am
jmcnrick

about what BR? I missed that
7:48 am
uusue2

hi crossy!
7:48 am
crosshair

suze!!
7:48 am
BabbleRabble

I lived there twice.
7:48 am
jmcnrick

did you enjoy it BR?
7:49 am
BabbleRabble

no
7:49 am
Trifioso

wow...imagine if our paths had crossed, and we didn't know it!
7:49 am
MimiCat

I lived in Atlanta for 4 years in the early 70's and back then it was just starting to grow and was exciting. My best friend still lives there and now it's expensive and they have no good doctors left. The Georgia doctors moved to Florida due to the malpractice laws. You would not believe what she has to go through just to get someone who is competent at all. It's scary. I even called the state medical board and they agreed there is a crisis!
7:49 am
jmcnrick

well that is why it is nice we live in a country that has such variety. . .room for us all
7:49 am
Trifioso

amen jmc!
7:50 am
MimiCat

I know it's a good rent, crossy, and that's one reason I'm still here. But Seattle is calling to me.........
7:50 am
jmcnrick

that is what i loved about my job. . .traveling across the US and seeing all the different places . . . and so much the same even though they didn't know it
7:50 am
uusue2

the Pacific northwest would be nice...
7:51 am
jmcnrick

Olympia is cheaper than Seattle mimi
7:51 am
jmcnrick

what do the 8s start with
7:51 am
Trifioso

that would certainly cut down on your sunscreen use, mimi!
7:51 am
uusue2

since Frank's been elected to the county board we have to stay here for a few years, but in the long term I'm looking around for where to live
7:51 am
MimiCat

Have to agree, jmc. I've been in every state in the lower 48 except far New England (past Boston) and what a beautiful country with such diverse cultures.
7:51 am
MimiCat

Guess I'd get enough rain, right?
7:52 am
BzznBea

I have ef8
7:52 am
jmcnrick

i have only missed Kansas for some reason
7:52 am
jmcnrick

ty bzzn and hi
7:52 am
Trifioso

I had a friend who toured with a broadway show for a few years, and he said the best part was getting to see the country slowly. he made it to all 50 states before he was 50.
7:53 am
MimiCat

I'd love to go to Pike's Place Market regularly, take a ferry ride often and gaze out at the San Juan's. The other issue here in Phoenix is allergies....constant and unrelenting. The dust is so bad it's necessary to dust nearly every day. But there's no mold. Life is a tradeoff, right?
7:53 am
BzznBea

Hi and bye. I'm off to do the turkey day baking.
7:53 am
BabbleRabble

I know Fort Lewis and the appetite-enhancing pulp mills
7:54 am
zoozzoom

I have only got FE8, Jmc.
7:54 am
jmcnrick

salmon . . .and evergreen state college are what i think of
7:54 am
jmcnrick

ty zooz
7:54 am
BabbleRabble

ef 7/40 and 8/55
7:55 am
jmcnrick

got the fe7/8 ty zooz
7:55 am
BabbleRabble

te 7/28 and 8/40
7:55 am
jmcnrick

the ef has me baffled
7:56 am
zoozzoom

Yw..and thanks, BR..working on them.
7:56 am
jmcnrick

ty BR
7:56 am
BabbleRabble

The eights are very alike ... they all have 8 letters
7:56 am
jmcnrick

:-) so they do BR
7:56 am
zoozzoom

lol
7:56 am
MimiCat

My favorite places are western Colorado, northern California, the Black Hills of South Dakota, Wyoming around Yellowstone and Santa Fe. Guess I'm more a western gal now. I adore mountains.
7:56 am
mael

I've only been to colorado once, and loved it
7:56 am
uusue2

I really loved Los Alamos when I lived there, mimi
7:57 am
jmcnrick

okay I am off to run errands before my meeting with my new volunteer. bbl maybe
7:57 am
BabbleRabble

ef --- newt pronto
7:57 am
uusue2

bye jmc!
7:57 am
Trifioso

what the HELL is that????? thanks BR
7:57 am
MimiCat

I've said this before....I told my kids when I die to cremate and scatter half my ashes over Pike's Peak in CO and the other half along the 17-mile drive in Carmel. That way, it they want to visit Mom they get a nice vacation.
7:58 am
MimiCat

Bye, jmc.
7:58 am
Kaplan the Magne

yEAH- WHAT!
7:58 am
uusue2

very cute, mimi :-)
7:58 am
Trifioso

oh, mimi, I LOVE carmel!
7:58 am
uusue2

and I agree with trif about the ef words - nice clue, BR!
7:59 am
Trifioso

primo wants to be buried in hemp shoes, leather pants, a polyester shirt, and a bronze vest, with his ipod at his side. He figures it will keep an archaeologist busy for a lifetime
7:59 am
MimiCat

I've just made up my own word and will go to the PB for saying it.....the definition would be a small cost----costet.
8:00 am
Kaplan the Magne

No Jetset? You would think by now...
8:00 am
MimiCat

Funny, Trif. Now that's thinking "outside the box"...ahem.
8:00 am
Trifioso

dear elizabeth's brain - the word sconce is not in the grid today - stop trying it!
8:01 am
MimiCat

How about a small funny person----jestet? SOMEONE STOP ME!!!
8:02 am
Trifioso

costet - when you tell your person something cost $3,when it was really $3.99
8:03 am
MimiCat

Good one, Trif!!
8:03 am
Kaplan the Magne

neither are scones.
8:04 am
BabbleRabble

I am going to be cremated ... if I had been buried I would have had a can of spam and the book how to be an optimist for dummies
8:05 am
BabbleRabble

Whats a piecost? About ten dollars
8:05 am
hurshy

did you hear about the woman in russia who kept her husband's dead body around for 3 years and made her kids keep feeding it and the kids knew he was dead but kept it up to humor her and then they moved and the kids put the disintegrating pieces in bags and left them out in the bushes? ugh.
8:05 am
MimiCat

As far as I'm concerned the ONLY place to experience a funeral is New Orleans. They play a dirge going in and jazz coming away!!
8:05 am
Trifioso

GROSS hurshy!
8:06 am
hurshy

this is one of those truth stranger than fiction kind of things.
8:06 am
Trifioso

those poor kids!
8:06 am
MimiCat

Whoa---hurshy. Many would just be glad to get rid of him---and quickly.
8:06 am
hurshy

apparently they were evaluated when it was discovered and found to be mentally healthy! not the mom, of course, just the kids.
8:07 am
MimiCat

Have you heard the title of Willie Nelson's new book? It's called "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die." Funny and appropriate.
8:07 am
Trifioso

wait, didn't some famous person do something like that?
8:07 am
hurshy

so how many if any non- prefix words have we got to deal with?
8:08 am
BabbleRabble

'Ice lady' killer buried husband, lover in Vienna cellar
8:08 am
Trifioso

did keith richards snort his dads ashes, or shoot him up or something? I can't remember
8:09 am
hurshy

oh and congratulate me. after battling a migraine all night, i still managed to make it in to work. luckily they are gracing us with a half day today.
8:09 am
Trifioso

congrats, hurshy
8:09 am
crosshair

here we once had a woman who kept her dead husband in the big freezer in the basement for a year as she wanted to keep spending his pension cheques
8:09 am
BabbleRabble

http://tinyurl.com/cmkt7zh
8:09 am
MimiCat

For several years toward the end of my marriage I used to lie awake and think of ways I could kill him so the body wouldn't be found. Awful, I know, but helped get out my frustrations. I'm actually totally nonviolent.
8:10 am
hurshy

oh dear mimi. i'm sorry.
8:10 am
Trifioso

wouldn't she still get his pension as his surviving spouse?
8:10 am
MimiCat

Now that I can understand, crossy.
8:10 am
MimiCat

Hey, hurshy, it's been over now for 7 years. He and I are better at being divorced....we're kind of like brother and sister now.
8:10 am
Trifioso

its okay mimi, I totally get it
8:11 am
hurshy

and does your brother know you once dreamed of murdering him? :)
8:12 am
BabbleRabble

Husband
8:12 am
hurshy

(it was a little joke playing on them being like brother and sister now)
8:12 am
hurshy

(dark humor)
8:12 am
MimiCat

Before we were married (at age 30) I told him exactly what I'd do to him if he ever hit me or cheated on me. After a couple of years I asked him why he didn't cheat and he said "I'm scared of ya, Cath." Bear in mind he is 6'2" and I'm all of 5"5. I'm just meaner!
8:13 am
crosshair

have to be careful with divorces because a man can never,ever,EVER beat a woman when it comes to revenge
8:13 am
hurshy

SPEAKING of domestic violence i read yesterday that hope solo, the soccer player, married a man the day after filing domestic violence charges against him.
8:13 am
Trifioso

I am going to share a short, happy link that has cheered me NO END this week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4IAPHX\ngfVw
8:13 am
hurshy

so awful. women athletes ought to be VERY careful what kind of example they set.
8:14 am
car.eeyore

Good morning!
8:14 am
crosshair

car!!
8:14 am
Trifioso

car!!!! how are you my love? THANKS for your FB note...WORD
8:14 am
car.eeyore

Hi Crossy!
8:14 am
car.eeyore

Hi Trif!
8:14 am
car.eeyore

Trif...need anything at the store this morning? What should Mom bring tomorrow?
8:14 am
MimiCat

I've been excellent about staying in control on that front. His girlfriend has moved here and they are now living together. Bear in mind this is the woman he was seeing BEFORE we separated. I've successfully avoided meeting her all these years for fear of what I might say or do. She was, btw, also married at the time---to a cop!! Must have been a stupid cop because apparently he couldn't even BUY a CLUE.
8:15 am
MimiCat

Hi, car!!
8:15 am
car.eeyore

Hi Mimi!!!!!
8:15 am
Trifioso

mom can bring some whipped cream, as I forgot it last night. cool whip is fine, whatever.
8:16 am
crosshair

and now it is time for crossy,s tidbit of the day!!
8:16 am
car.eeyore

Wanna come to the gym today with us on a guest pass?
8:16 am
Trifioso

i feel like "leonoid" should be a word
8:16 am
Trifioso

half day
8:16 am
hurshy

the i words besides charged particles?
8:16 am
hurshy

i mean word, not words
8:16 am
crosshair

In the 1950s, Harper Lee moved to New York to become an author. Her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird won a Pulitzer Prize, but aside from a few nonfiction magazine articles she's published since, she’s refused to write anything else—including a foreword for her lone novel.

8:16 am
Trifioso

i gotta run up to boston to get my boy
8:16 am
car.eeyore

Hi hurshy!
8:16 am
car.eeyore

What time? We are going in a few minutes.
8:17 am
Trifioso

i get the girls at 11, the boy at 12.
8:17 am
car.eeyore

Oh, and BTW, she is still using my bathroom.
8:17 am
car.eeyore

OK...no more family talk.
8:17 am
Trifioso

is hers done?
8:17 am
car.eeyore

Yup...all but the shower.
8:17 am
car.eeyore

And towel racks and rails.
8:17 am
MimiCat

Crossy, when you start with the best, it's difficult to try anymore, right? I think I'd feel that way.
8:18 am
Trifioso

if so, make a sign, so big she can't hardly miss it that says "this bathroom is now finished"
8:18 am
Judi

Good morning, all!
8:18 am
Trifioso

morning judi
8:18 am
MimiCat

Hi, Judi!
8:18 am
car.eeyore

Hi Judi!
8:18 am
MimiCat

Does anyone know where smores is these days? I miss her so!!!
8:18 am
hurshy

sorry mind if i repost since chog is moving fast - may i have help with the i word besides charged particles?
8:19 am
Trifioso

she was here earlier, mimi, but had holiday things to do
8:19 am
car.eeyore

That is the only one I have so far hurshy.
8:19 am
crosshair

smores was on earlier mimi
8:19 am
hurshy

yeah i see smores a lot, you must just be not catching the right time
8:20 am
Trifioso

i only have the one i word, hurshy
8:20 am
crosshair

i also only have a single i word
8:20 am
MimiCat

Thanks, Trif. Just glad to know she's OK. Oh, oh....I'm getting very invested in this community. Starting to fret if I don't see someone for a couple of days!
8:21 am
Trifioso

i get it mimi, trust me! I used to be on here every day, and now I am lucky if I can babble once or twice a week at any length, and I miss my friends!
8:21 am
car.eeyore

That's the way it is, Mimi! I am missing ScienceGeek right now.
8:21 am
hurshy

was hoping brabble had the other i :)
8:22 am
MimiCat

Is there a way to share personal email addresses? Well, Trif, I'm getting very fond of you, too, so try to hand in there for us!
8:22 am
Judi

Babble crushes. Just another side affect of the addiction.
8:22 am
Trifioso

big hug mimi, my new friend!
8:22 am
MimiCat

I meant HANG in there---duh to me!
8:23 am
Trifioso

LOL judi! is there anyone who doesn't know about Torgone and I?
8:23 am
hurshy

well EVERYONE loves torgone.
8:23 am
car.eeyore

OK...mom is circling to go the gym. Must get going.
8:23 am
MimiCat

This is unlike any other community I've encountered. Absolutely wonderful people.
8:23 am
Trifioso

run forrest!
8:23 am
Judi

*jealous of Tor and Trif*
8:23 am
MimiCat

Bye, car and have a good one.
8:23 am
Trifioso

but he loves ME best, hurshy!
8:24 am
crosshair

babble is unique mimi
8:24 am
hurshy

oh yeah? let's you and me confront him on that one when we're all here at the same time :)
8:24 am
car.eeyore

to all: Have a GREAT Thanksgiving!!!! Safe travels and don't overeat! Ha ha! {{hugs}] all around!!!!
8:24 am
crosshair

tc car and hagd
8:24 am
car.eeyore

I am very THANKFUL to have this Babble Land to come to every day and "see" my friends.
8:24 am
Trifioso

uh...hurshy, aren't you married?
8:24 am
car.eeyore

I'll go wake him up for you ladies.
8:25 am
Trifioso

DIBS car!
8:25 am
hurshy

yes, but virtual crushes are unrelated. if you are interested in him for real, i cede the point.
8:25 am
car.eeyore

LOL! Battle to the death!
8:25 am
bichon

Hi and Happy pre-T'Day
8:25 am
MimiCat

Hey, I'm developing a bit of a crush on crossy!!!
8:26 am
car.eeyore

Ha! Got the other i!!!!!
8:26 am
MimiCat

Hi, bichon!
8:26 am
car.eeyore

Hello Bichon!
8:26 am
Judi

No death. You can have an octagon cage throw down, but don't break anything in the PB.
8:26 am
car.eeyore

is 7/32
8:26 am
car.eeyore

Just don't hurt the blender or the cabana boys!
8:27 am
car.eeyore

Bye!
8:27 am
Trifioso

i have an idea...why don't we chuck me, hurshy AND torgone in a room, and see what happens? heh heh
8:27 am
MimiCat

A threesome----kinky.
8:27 am
hurshy

ah thanks car
8:27 am
Judi

LOL, Trif! Naughty!
8:27 am
crosshair

lol crossy is shy mimi
8:27 am
Trifioso

well, i AM french....
8:28 am
hurshy

if i can find it that is
8:28 am
hurshy

got it! yay!
8:28 am
MimiCat

That explains it, Trif. I'm Irish so all I'd do is win a drinking contest.
8:29 am
crosshair

ty for is7 car
8:29 am
Trifioso

I was "irish by injection" for 20 years, does that count?
8:29 am
MimiCat

Sure. God created whiskey do the Irish wouldn't take over the world.
8:29 am
bichon

I am 100% Jewish, but wish I was part Irish
8:30 am
Judi

I just heard this hilarious song on the radio. It's called "Dumb Ways to Die". Apparently it's a PSA for train safety. I don't have a link to it, but google & listen. It's classic.
8:30 am
Trifioso

mr hate used to have a sign that said "An irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold on to a blade of grass and not fall off the earth" = made me laugh
8:31 am
MimiCat

Good one, Trif!!! Did I mention my first grandson was born on St. Patrick's Day last year? We're gonna have to watch that one!
8:31 am
bichon

My granddaughter was born on Halloween. Must watch her too
8:31 am
Judi

Name that proper noun: Cartoon about futuristic family.
8:32 am
crosshair

jestsons
8:32 am
Trifioso

jestons
8:32 am
Trifioso

jetston
8:32 am
Trifioso

jetsons
8:32 am
hurshy

jetsons!
8:32 am
Judi

Ding! Ding! Ding!
8:32 am
Trifioso

that's it. im done
8:32 am
crosshair

beat ya by a nose trif:))
8:32 am
MimiCat

My second grandson was just born two days before Halloween and I asked them why they couldn't have waited until Halloween (since she was induced).
8:32 am
hurshy

hey but i'm the only one who spelled it right on the first go :)
8:32 am
Judi

Spelling counts. I gotta give that one to Hurshy, Trif.
8:33 am
Trifioso

im scarlet!
8:33 am
crosshair

lol,we did mess it up triff lol
8:33 am
MimiCat

Folks, I don't think I'll live long enough to get all the words in one of these. I'll just enjoy the ones I do get.
8:33 am
hurshy

normally though i consider the dings to be distributed to all who get in the answer before the dings appear in chat.
8:33 am
Judi

Frankly, Scarlet... learn to spell.
8:33 am
crosshair

trif and i are a tad dyslexic
8:34 am
periwinkle

morning all, help with the ef8 pls
8:34 am
hurshy

and i'm not, so i have an unfair advantage.
8:34 am
crosshair

our mids get ahead of our fingers
8:34 am
hurshy

EF8??!?!
8:34 am
hurshy

yikes
8:34 am
crosshair

minds
8:34 am
bichon

ef8?
8:35 am
MimiCat

Hi, peri!! OK, I'm gone until later. Have had a VERY stressful couple of months and am planning to drink heavily this afternoon and evening. Check back tonight to see how weird I am when totally SMASHED.
8:35 am
periwinkle

according to early chat there is an ef7/8
8:35 am
hurshy

maybe something to do with baby newts?
8:35 am
hurshy

just guessing as i haven't found it
8:35 am
bichon

there is peri.
8:35 am
crosshair

ty for ef8,there is only one without a double f so it is easy
8:36 am
hurshy

easy IF you're ready to use morewords
8:36 am
crosshair

and i did and i admit it:)
8:36 am
Judi

That's effin' crazy.
8:36 am
bichon

must be the weirdest combination of starting letters ever
8:36 am
crosshair

lol
8:37 am
hurshy

i will do but not at that stage of my run through the grid yet
8:37 am
crosshair

and the word is so uncommon i am glad i did
8:38 am
crosshair

if you have never heard it in conversation or never seen it printed on a page,morewords is allowable;))
8:38 am
Vicuna

ef7 and 8 are Shakespearean, but Babble Rabble cleverly clued them earlier as "newt pronto!"
8:38 am
mael

haha, cross
8:38 am
mael

I tend to agree with you
8:38 am
hurshy

thank you vi!
8:38 am
Vicuna

{Passing through and must put you folks out of your misery. But I'm gone again now.]
8:38 am
crosshair

that is a cute clue
8:39 am
hurshy

and i think we would all agree about morewords, but clever clues are always appreciated.
8:39 am
Judi

That ef7/8 is a first for me. Wonky.
8:39 am
crosshair

indeed judy
8:39 am
Trifioso

okay, turkey duty calls. have a great day all, and a very happy thanksgiving to those of you who celebrate it
8:39 am
crosshair

babble is always full of surprises
8:40 am
Judi

Now use it in a sentence. BAH HA HA HA! NOT!
8:40 am
hurshy

hmm, now having a little T trouble
8:40 am
MimiCat

Later, all. Good T day to you.
8:40 am
crosshair

oh yes.happy turkey day to my southern friends:)) i am glad ours is long done though
8:40 am
bichon

That new had better leave the room ASAP
8:40 am
Vicuna

(Verily, good friends, I must begone ef8 and right speedily!)
8:40 am
hurshy

props, vi!
8:41 am
bichon

*newt
8:41 am
Judi

Thanks, Vic!
8:42 am
hurshy

ack! i tried fest again! why do i always do that
8:42 am
bichon

There's really 6 t's from the bottom t?
8:42 am
MimiCat

I tried fest, too, hurshy! It's a word in other games.
8:43 am
hurshy

i know, but i've also known for years that it doesn't count here and yet...
8:43 am
bichon

Fest should be a word, just like spam
8:44 am
MimiCat

One last made up word before I got and another "et" word. Small test.....now I retire to the PB and bid you all adieu.
8:45 am
hurshy

yes, there really are 6 t's from the bottom, i've found them
8:45 am
sprite

hello all
8:46 am
bichon

a hint for at least one hurshy
8:46 am
MimiCat

Hi and bye, sprite!
8:46 am
hurshy

add a vowel to exam
8:46 am
hurshy

then add another vowel for a 6
8:47 am
hurshy

exam + not off, and pl
8:47 am
bichon

tyvm hurshy
8:47 am
hurshy

those words, then double the vowel, gives you the last two
8:47 am
sprite

hi and bye, Mimi :)
8:48 am
hurshy

woot, 18 left.
8:49 am
hurshy

if that w were another L we could have constellate
8:52 am
Judi

Name that proper noun: One of the Santa's reindeer.
8:52 am
hurshy

that's a word, too, you can't use it for NTPN
8:52 am
bichon

Blitzen
8:52 am
hurshy

oh no, i'm wrong
8:52 am
hurshy

donner
8:53 am
Judi

Ding! Ding! Ding!
8:53 am
hurshy

although i think it's really donder.
8:53 am
hurshy

maybe both are acceptable spellings.
8:53 am
bichon

I wonder
8:54 am
Judi

Is it? I always thought it was "donner". Now I feel all confused.
8:54 am
bichon

It's Donner
8:55 am
hurshy

wiki says: Santa Claus' reindeer is a team of flying reindeer traditionally held to pull the sleigh of Santa Claus and help him deliver Christmas gifts. The commonly cited names of the reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder (or Donner), and Blitzen.
8:56 am
Judi

Wow. One of the reindeer has an alias. How supicious.
8:56 am
Jeff7

OK: name that proper noun actor who was Rocky's commanding offficer in Rambo...among many other roles
8:56 am
Judi

*suspicious* even.
8:56 am
sprite

both is correct. Donder and Donner are both words for Thunder in Dutch/German etc languages.
8:56 am
MollyL

Never seen him referred to as Donder.
8:56 am
hurshy

*wonders how jeff's NTPN will go over in a female dominated chatroom*
8:56 am
Judi

If Blitzen and Donder had a fawn, it would be "Blunder".
8:57 am
sprite

lol
8:58 am
hurshy

i haven't the foggiest idea who's in those movies besides stallone.
8:58 am
sprite

btw, add a consonant to the most usual spelling and you have a valid word today
8:58 am
sprite

sorry Jeff, not the foggiest
8:58 am
hurshy

ty sprite i was just in the process of looking for that word!
8:58 am
Jeff7

actually, Charlie Chaplin's grandaughter is here too
8:59 am
Jeff7

Crenna, Richard
8:59 am
mael

richard crenna :)
8:59 am
MollyL

I never knew Santa's reindeer were German. Maybe I should have been leaving out bratwurst instead of carrots all these years.
8:59 am
sprite

yw
8:59 am
Judi

I thought Oona was his wife.
8:59 am
mael

too slow!
8:59 am
hurshy

yay, mael saves the reputation of women everywhere!
8:59 am
Judi

(Charlie, not Santa).
9:00 am
hurshy

maybe granddaughter named after grandmother
9:00 am
sprite

mael is a winner
9:00 am
mael

only because my husband has watched these movies obsessively and is very fond of telling me "yeah, and that guy, with the bit part, was in that 80s movie that you haven't seen"
9:00 am
Jeff7

oona is both his wife and grandaughter who is an actress today
9:00 am
sprite

wow mael, so you both listened and remembered!
9:01 am
hurshy

still, props mael
9:01 am
Judi

Ah ha! Interesting factoid, Jeff.
9:01 am
sprite

cool, Jeff.
9:01 am
Jeff7

mael gets the prize
9:01 am
Jeff7

and judy :)
9:02 am
Judi

This has been fun, but I really must do some real work now. Later, peeps!
9:02 am
Jeff7

judi
9:02 am
sprite

bye Jeff
9:02 am
mael

bye judi!
9:03 am
sprite

sorry. Bye Judi, I mean
9:03 am
mael

work is overrated :)
9:04 am
sprite

lol
9:04 am
hurshy

so7?
9:05 am
crosshair

((sprite))
9:06 am
sprite

crossy :) *hugs*
9:07 am
hurshy

done!
9:07 am
sprite

grz hursh
9:08 am
mael

well done!
9:10 am
hurshy

any clue requests before i depart?
9:10 am
sprite

that so7 would be nice, if you please
9:12 am
lideola

it's usually a word that you see with a DIS prefix. To clash or make discordant
9:12 am
crosshair

your turn on wwf sprite:))
9:12 am
sprite

thanks lideola!
9:12 am
crosshair

even though you are kicking my arse;)
9:13 am
sprite

hey, you said you were new to it. It takes a little while to get the hang of it. You rock!
9:14 am
hurshy

whoops, didn't pay enough attention after i offered to clue
9:14 am
hurshy

ttfn then :)
9:16 am
mael

bye hurshy :)
9:16 am
sprite

bye hursh
9:19 am
MLFAN17

hello
9:19 am
crosshair

howdy mlffan
9:20 am
MLFAN17

howdy cross
9:20 am
sprite

hello
9:21 am
MLFAN17

third column O stats please?
9:23 am
sprite

aw mael, that is such a sweet icon
9:23 am
sprite

os5/10
9:24 am
MLFAN17

can you clue it please sprite?
9:24 am
crosshair

ty sprite
9:24 am
sprite

it is a music word, but it reminds me of bones (latin)
9:25 am
MLFAN17

i got os 5
9:26 am
sprite

good
9:26 am
MLFAN17

:)
9:26 am
MLFAN17

4th column S stats please?
9:26 am
crosshair

reminds me of those anciet jewish burial boxes
9:26 am
sprite

yes indeed :)
9:26 am
crosshair

ancient
9:27 am
uusue2

hi again all!
9:27 am
crosshair

well,not boxes,since they are made of stone
9:28 am
sprite

hi double U sue :) How are things today? And how are you yourself?
9:28 am
rubyfoo

back for a little while and maybe an 8 and a right-hand i (hint hint)
9:28 am
sprite

hi ruby
9:28 am
crosshair

back in a sec..crossy,s rules of life #227- never turn down a shower for 2...poink
9:28 am
uusue2

hi sprite, we may go home today! assuming I can get Frank to eat...
9:28 am
IndiaJan

Hey Sue!
9:28 am
sprite

lol... have fun, crossy and Elegant
9:28 am
uusue2

hi Jan!
9:28 am
mael

good luck, sue!
9:28 am
IndiaJan

Whats the good news for today?
9:28 am
uusue2

and hi ruby!
9:28 am
sprite

oh wow sue! That would be so great! *keeps fingers crossed*
9:28 am
uusue2

maybe home, jan!
9:29 am
IndiaJan

Right on
9:29 am
MLFAN17

5th column T stats please?
9:29 am
uusue2

so send good hungry thoughts Frank's way :-)
9:29 am
uusue2

I have ef7/40 and 8/55, mlfan, weird words
9:30 am
sprite

ruby: te8 and fe8 similar plurals, for the te start with an exam and then use the end of midday hour.
9:30 am
IndiaJan

Wll do
9:30 am
rubyfoo

<-- sending hungry thoughts to Frank; I know how hard that is!
9:30 am
MLFAN17

ty uusue looking....
9:30 am
sprite

*sends very hungry thoughts and vibes to Frank*
9:30 am
uusue2

and you can totally ignore what I said as it has nothing to do with the 5th column t (although it is in the center of the word)
9:31 am
rubyfoo

was it the fifth column that was a danger in the McCarthy era (or are you all to young to know?)
9:31 am
sprite

ok those are REALLY weird words.
9:31 am
MLFAN17

nbs
9:32 am
uusue2

you can take the words clued for that t, though, and make the double vowel a single vowel and get two more words
9:32 am
MLFAN17

i got the ef 7/8 through morewords
9:32 am
MLFAN17

is it a ts word?
9:33 am
sprite

ef7/8: means 'shortly thereafter'
9:33 am
sprite

no it starts with exam
9:33 am
uusue2

therapy here, bbl
9:33 am
MLFAN17

i guessed and got it thanks:)
9:33 am
rubyfoo

no idea bout the ef (long) words
9:33 am
sprite

bye sue, good luck
9:33 am
MLFAN17

testons
9:33 am
MLFAN17

ooppps
9:34 am
MLFAN17

okay i have nbt and nbs i am out of here poof
9:34 am
rubyfoo

ty MLF!
9:34 am
rubyfoo

kept trying te%/6 mountains
9:35 am
sprite

don't forget to double the vowel there
9:41 am
rubyfoo

{{sprite}} don't think I've given you a hug lately!!!
9:42 am
sprite

:) Thanks ruby *hugs right back*
9:42 am
rubyfoo

still haven't reached half and am running out of time
9:43 am
sprite

it is not the easiest of grids
9:43 am
rubyfoo

co4let is a Fr word and a Fr phantom
9:43 am
MimiCat

Just checking back in to say Happy T'Day to all. This year I am grateful for having found all of you.
9:43 am
sprite

sure is, ruby. We know it too in Dutch
9:43 am
rubyfoo

{{and a Thanksgiving hug to MimiCat}} I think we are all thankful for this group
9:43 am
sprite

*hugs Mimi* What a wonderful thing to say.
9:44 am
sprite

and a very happy Thanksgiving Day to you too, Mimi
9:45 am
sprite

ec5/6 combo is french too, but this one is valid
9:45 am
rubyfoo

I still do Thanksgiving, but stopped doing it for our Fr friends because 1) it was too expensive'an American turkey cost $125 in Switz, 2) it was too much work and 3) they never "got" it
9:45 am
MimiCat

BTW, if toons is accepted, why isn't fest?!! Ok---back to the PB for me. Bye, all.
9:45 am
rubyfoo

turkeys they give away in the US if you spend $100
9:45 am
sprite

lol Mimi. Yeah, Enable logic, or the lack thereof. Bye!
9:46 am
rubyfoo

bye mimi
9:46 am
MollyL

How can you not "get" a day to share a meal with friends and loved ones and be grateful for your blessings?
9:46 am
sprite

I have an idea, ruby! I'll come visit next year, we celebrate the idea and we cook a moderate meal.
9:47 am
rubyfoo

they seem to have never heard of the holiday and I'd get all weepy saying the blessing. Too much for me, but it was certainly a lovely feast when I did it
9:48 am
rubyfoo

I'm a bit weepy when it comes to prayers and blessings. Sentimental moi!
9:48 am
sprite

I think it is one of the most beautiful celebrations. We don't do it here in the Netherlands. We are stuck with the Christian days but those are not celebrated like this.
9:48 am
BabbleRabble

Hello, sprite.
9:49 am
sprite

nothing wrong with being able to be touched by gratefulness and emotions.
9:49 am
sprite

hello BabbleRabble, am happy to see you!
9:49 am
mael

I have to say that I don't really "get" it either
9:50 am
mael

I think you have to grow up with it, for the most part
9:50 am
BabbleRabble

I do not get it cause I do not cook so well
9:50 am
harpjane

for nbt, could I get a clue for the corner t?
9:50 am
rubyfoo

I still make my mother's dishes and she's been gone about 20 years
9:50 am
sprite

harpjane: exam plus vowel.
9:50 am
mael

exam + vowel, latin plural
9:51 am
rubyfoo

I think I miss her the most at Thanksgiving
9:51 am
harpjane

thanks nbt
9:51 am
mael

I'm sorry, ruby
9:51 am
sprite

lol BabbleRabble... one has to be really hungry to be grateful for an ill-cooked meal, I guess
9:51 am
mael

I miss my mom most when I think about her cooking, actually, there's a visceral love that you feel through food
9:52 am
rubyfoo

too true, mael
9:52 am
rubyfoo

but I still miss my mother very often....a little bit crazy, I fear
9:52 am
sprite

but both of you have had a mother you really miss... and that is a blessing, I think
9:52 am
harpjane

visceral. hm. not a word I would use while stuffing a turkey!
9:52 am
sprite

yvw harp
9:53 am
uusue2

ok, we are back
9:53 am
sprite

lol!
9:53 am
sprite

wb sue
9:53 am
mael

it is, in a way. My mom was the best mom ever, and I lost her way too soon. I was only 23.
9:53 am
rubyfoo

and I use all the viscera!
9:53 am
uusue2

ah, I was 22 when my mom died, mael, it is hard
9:53 am
mael

not that there's ever enough time with a loved one :)
9:53 am
rubyfoo

I was lucky. She lived to be about 85 and I was past 50
9:53 am
sprite

*rethinks celebrating Thanksgiving with ruby*
9:54 am
rubyfoo

wb sue
9:54 am
mael

yeah, sue, I think the biggest sadness I carry is that she never met the man I married. She would have loved to see me happy.
9:54 am
rubyfoo

gardener is cutting the grass; it's surprising how it has grown so long in this nasty cold weather and the geraniums are at their absolute peak!
9:54 am
BabbleRabble

I think that is offal
9:55 am
sprite

I agree :)
9:55 am
rubyfoo

husband actually ate offal at lunch in a resto; he just didn't know what he was eating
9:55 am
mael

lol, ruby
9:56 am
crosshair

there we go:)) crossy is back and much cleaner;)
9:56 am
sprite

argh yuck
9:56 am
MollyL

Oh wow, it's weepy time at Thanksgiving and we haven't even cracked open the wine yet. : )
9:56 am
uusue2

my mom always wanted grandchildren - my younger sister had kids first but my mom never met any of them
9:56 am
mael

don't tell anyone, but my favorite food in the whole world is rabbit kidneys
9:56 am
uusue2

<--- is all in favor of a clean crossy
9:56 am
sprite

I won't ask if you had a good time, crossy! :)
Wb, and wow you smell good.
9:56 am
rubyfoo

it was a perfect lunch for a cold and nasty day -- onion soup with "gesiers" (untranslatable) on toast and hot wine
9:56 am
MollyL

*Crosses mael off the "to invite for dinner" list*
9:57 am
mael

I don't have any children yet, and I am not religious, but the way I make myself feel better is that they're spending time with my mother before they get to spend time with me :)
9:57 am
crosshair

mmm..rabbits...
9:57 am
sprite

*keeps Scrabbler's ears closed*
9:57 am
crosshair

i am brave and only say things like that when scrabby is not here
9:57 am
rubyfoo

<-- loves offal but only small kidneys and not tripe!
9:57 am
sprite

aw I like that thought, mael
9:58 am
rubyfoo

and doesn't eat rabbit (would eat the kidneys though)
9:58 am
sprite

tripe... never could understand how anyone could eat tripe, unless one is a dog
9:58 am
rubyfoo

my dogs would sniff and walk away (maybe lol)
9:58 am
MollyL

There is a reason offal sounds like awful.
9:58 am
sprite

I don't eat organ meat, just muscle meat. Sorry.
9:58 am
mael

yeah, the texture of tripe is no good, very bad
9:59 am
rubyfoo

the only good tripe I've ever had was deep-fried in northern Italy and in Philadelphia hot pot
9:59 am
rubyfoo

<-- loves liver
9:59 am
sprite

I think there is a obvious connection between offal and 'afval', which is dutch for garbage. That which you throw away.
9:59 am
rubyfoo

raofl, sprite
9:59 am
mael

I think it's very regional, growing up in northern italy we ate organ meat all the time (and weird meat, like beef tongue)
9:59 am
rubyfoo

<-- loves Dutch
10:00 am
rubyfoo

it's hard to find tongue here, but I love it.
10:00 am
rubyfoo

and it's hard to cook
10:00 am
crosshair

crossy does not eat innards
10:00 am
sprite

beef tongue is being eaten here as well. Also not my favorite thing... I always wonder who is tasting who.
10:01 am
rubyfoo

do you like eels, sprite?
10:01 am
BabbleRabble

I get tongue-tied at the thought
10:01 am
sprite

only smoked, ruby :)
10:01 am
rubyfoo

can't get them here, but used to love them when travelling or in sushi restos
10:01 am
mael

my poor husband, we're going home to Italy for christmas this year. He's going to be faced with a lot of delicious food that grosses him out
10:01 am
sprite

lol BabbleRabble. How about soup from the tail of an oxen?
10:02 am
crosshair

i do not know about eels,but rattler is very tasty when cut into chunk,battered and deep fried
10:02 am
sprite

poor hubby!
10:02 am
rubyfoo

too bad for him, mael, Italian food is wonderful, offal or not! Where in Italy?
10:02 am
sprite

I could eat rattler. I have heard it tastes a bit like chicken.
10:02 am
mael

I tend to only tell him what it is if he asks. He knows it's better for his peace of mind if he doesn't. :)
10:02 am
rubyfoo

crossy, you could cut up my shoe and, if deep-fried, it would be delish
10:02 am
BabbleRabble

that tail would be tale for me best untold
10:03 am
mael

I'm from the northern part of Lake Garda, close-ish to Austria.
10:03 am
crosshair

lol ruby
10:03 am
rubyfoo

Ruffino comes from there
10:03 am
sprite

for me too, BabbleRabble. Here we say: "On4 you looked beneath the tail of an oxen, you don't want the soup anymore".
10:04 am
sprite

one of the few good sayings of my father, ruby: "Treated like that, you can even make poo taste good."
10:04 am
sprite

oh wow mael, beautiful there, I think!
10:04 am
rubyfoo

half! what a good saying, but I'm sure it sounds better in Dutch
10:05 am
sprite

"Zo kun je stront lekker maken" is it in Dutch. More concise, grin.
10:05 am
rubyfoo

sounds appetizing to me
10:05 am
sprite

lol
10:06 am
BabbleRabble

maken lekker stront is sure to please the drinkers
10:06 am
rubyfoo

hahah, BR
10:06 am
sprite

hahahaha!
10:09 am
rubyfoo

I think it's time for a maken lekker....
10:09 am
rubyfoo

see you later, kids
10:10 am
sprite

lekker eten maken! = making tasty food. Have a good one, ruby.
10:10 am
sprite

and tell your husband hi from me, please
10:10 am
rubyfoo

*poof*
10:10 am
rubyfoo

{{sprite}}
10:10 am
mael

it is very beautiful!
10:10 am
mael

bye sprite :)
10:10 am
sprite

*hugs back*
10:11 am
rubyfoo

<-- loves Italy, especially the food, but only knows the country a little -- small trips
10:11 am
rubyfoo

and small tripes hahah
10:11 am
sprite

lol
10:12 am
sprite

bye mael, have a good one!
10:15 am
sprite

fireflies for me. Bye all, have a good day and a peaceful evening. Thanks for the great company. *hugs*
10:17 am
uusue2

bye sprite!
10:22 am
lbdawger

good day, everyone. clue for the so7?
10:23 am
uusue2

hi lbd! I have no idea but will look.
10:24 am
lbdawger

hi UU~
10:25 am
lbdawger

so + female name shortened. Mrs Reagan comes to mind.
10:26 am
uusue2

ah, thanks. Usually I see that word with an re on the front.
10:26 am
lbdawger

tadone! finito!!
10:27 am
uusue2

yay lbd!
10:39 am
mixi6

not getting female name. for so7
10:42 am
scribekd

mixi6-to gamble is to take a ch****--change the ch so it sounds like female name
10:43 am
mixi6

ty scribekd
10:43 am
scribekd

sure-I had trouble too-monkeys finnaly got it
10:43 am
mixi6

like mother-in-law's name too.
10:45 am
mixi6

all I could think of was Pat.
10:45 am
scribekd

right party-wrong wife!
10:46 am
mixi6

yeah
10:53 am
MollyL

Hmm, famous ones by that name. I would say Reagan is the most famous. Followed by Drew, Sinatra and Kerrigan.
10:58 am
mixi6

is7?
11:09 am
MollyL

is7...is + vowel + measurement of a prescription
11:09 am
mixi6

ty molly.
11:09 am
mixi6

fireworks.
11:10 am
MollyL

Well done Mixi. You may now go bake another pumpkin pie. : )
11:29 am
rubyfoo

hello again
11:33 am
rubyfoo

114 and good nightr
11:33 am
MollyL

Hard to say hi to someone when they only stick around for a minute. : P
11:34 am
rubyfoo

I thought I was alone!
11:34 am
uusue2

hi ruby, I just popped back in myself
11:34 am
rubyfoo

are you cooking or are you going to relatives, molly?
11:34 am
uusue2

and hi to molly too!
11:35 am
MollyL

I'm cooking. There was a fleeting chance that we were to go out to this nice country inn, but we didn't get reservations in time.
11:35 am
rubyfoo

aaah, that would have been lovely.
11:35 am
rubyfoo

aaah, that would have been lovely.
11:35 am
rubyfoo

how many people?
11:36 am
MollyL

Just five, but I make enough for the kids to take leftovers home.
11:36 am
rubyfoo

Thanksgiving has the best leftovers
11:37 am
BzznBea

One of the best things about Thanksgiving is the leftovers.
11:37 am
rubyfoo

snap, bzzn
11:37 am
MollyL

I'm looking forward to Friday, which is "do absolutely nothing" day. You could not pay me to go out shopping that day.
11:38 am
rubyfoo

can you imagine lining up at Walmart at 4AM??? I read about that
11:38 am
BzznBea

We used to go out every Thanksgiving. The only thing disappointing about it was not having leftovers the next day.
11:39 am
MollyL

The few times I have gone to someone's house for Thanksgiving, I have fixed a turkey breast and stuffing so there would be at least something for sandwiches the next day.
11:40 am
uusue2

ruby, some of the stores here are opening Thursday evening at 8 or 9
11:40 am
rubyfoo

in between marriages, I was often invited to people's houses for Thanksgiving but since I've been with Burt, I've cooked for more than 20 yrs
11:41 am
rubyfoo

you mean people are going shopping AFTER dinner?
11:41 am
rubyfoo

that's crazy
11:41 am
BzznBea

I have never shopped on Black Friday nor will I. Absolutely ridiculous!
11:41 am
uusue2

that seems to be what the big stores want, ruby!
11:41 am
MollyL

Great way to ruin a family holiday.
11:42 am
uusue2

I will probably have to do grocery shopping as we have not been home in almost 2 weeks, am not looking forward to it
11:42 am
BzznBea

And I feel sorry for those retail workers that have to work on Thanksgiving.
11:42 am
rubyfoo

it's funny explaining the holiday here. Big dinners here are with family and close friends
11:42 am
rubyfoo

but they don't have a comparable holiday
11:43 am
uusue2

impossible to get turkey that long before christmas, too, ruby, at least it was when I lived there
11:43 am
rubyfoo

maybe the workers get dibs on the bargains
11:44 am
MollyL

I don't understand people who cook turkey for Thanksgiving and then turkey for Christmas. Once a year is enough turkey for me.
11:44 am
rubyfoo

I tried to do that the first couple of years, sue, but they cost $75 , were scrawny and barely weighed 8 lbs. Then we started buying them in Geneva, but they were American turkeys, flown in, and cost more than $100!
11:44 am
rubyfoo

my mother used to make ham for Christmas
11:44 am
uusue2

right, totallly not worth it, ruby
11:45 am
rubyfoo

capon works well, but I didn't think of it in time, so we'll do with a big fat chicken
11:45 am
MollyL

I do roast beef for Christmas. It's the one time of year I splurge on beef tenderloin.
11:45 am
rubyfoo

husband is happy about it
11:46 am
uusue2

well, that's good, ruby. And so much turkey gets wasted here around Thanksgiving, a smaller bird makes sense
11:46 am
rubyfoo

when I was a young bride, 100 yrs ago or so, I used to make Beef Wellington with tenderloin. That's the sort of thing young faculty wives do, I think
11:47 am
uusue2

my grandmother did that once, ruby. Then there was another Christmas where we did a roast goose with chestnut stuffing. That was fun.
11:47 am
MollyL

Turkey does not go to waste in my house. I freeze anything leftover in "meal size" containers and it gets used later on.
11:47 am
uusue2

yes, I always did that too, molly, I even used the carcass to make stock.
11:47 am
MollyL

I also make stock with the carcass.
11:47 am
MollyL

Snap Sue.
11:47 am
rubyfoo

I've only eaten goose a couple of times, but have never cooked it
11:48 am
MollyL

I don't care for goose. Very fatty.
11:48 am
rubyfoo

tell me about your stuffings, ladies
11:48 am
uusue2

But nationally almost 300 million pounds of turkey gets thrown away after Thanksgiving (maybe mostly from restaurants or something?)
11:48 am
rubyfoo

that is a shocking stat
11:49 am
MollyL

Very basic New England stuffing here. Seasoned bread crumbs, onion, celery, chicken stock and some of the giblet juice.
11:49 am
rubyfoo

I've been learning various ways of cooking duck, also very fatty, and it is delish
11:49 am
MollyL

I've had cornbread stuffing with sausage which is good, but not a favorite with my clan.
11:49 am
rubyfoo

I do something similar but add chestnuts, pecans AND the giblets
11:50 am
uusue2

I haven't cooked a turkey in decades, so can't weigh in with any authority on stuffing
11:50 am
MollyL

My ex made giblet gravy with hard boiled eggs in it.
11:51 am
BzznBea

Molloy, do you stuff the bird with your stuffing?
11:51 am
MollyL

Yes, I stuff the turkey and cook some stuffing on the side in a pan.
11:51 am
rubyfoo

(I always did and nobody ever got sick)
11:52 am
MollyL

You only get sick from stuffing that is not removed from the turkey right after it comes out of the oven.
11:52 am
rubyfoo

my first husband's wife, a true New Englander, makes stuffing with sausage and(I think) oysters.....
11:53 am
rubyfoo

I've left it in the bird and eaten it for a couple of days -- never got sick
11:56 am
MollyL

I just took a pumpkin cheesecake pie out of the oven. The smell is so "Thanksgiving".
11:56 am
rubyfoo

yum
11:57 am
uusue2

that sounds awesome, molly! *loves cheesecake*
11:57 am
BzznBea

I've got a chocolate chip cheese cake in the oven now. Pumpkin Pie already out. Later will do the coconut creme pie.
11:57 am
MollyL

It is a layer of cheesecake on the bottom and a layer of pumpkin on top. I make it every year.
11:57 am
uusue2

*heads to Bea's, then to Molly's*
11:58 am
rubyfoo

how many people, bzzn?
11:58 am
cybernan

hello everyone :)
11:58 am
rubyfoo

I make a French tart crust and pumkin pie (without the spices) as filling
11:58 am
rubyfoo

and when people visit from the US, they bring me Libby's pumpkin
11:59 am
uusue2

hi nan!
11:59 am
BzznBea

We are going to the daughter's, Ruby. I always do desserts, rolls and deviled eggs. She does the rest.
11:59 am
rubyfoo

sounds great, bzzn
11:59 am
rubyfoo

hi nan
11:59 am
BzznBea

There will be 7-10 dining at her house.
11:59 am
rubyfoo

I've never succeeded in using fresh pumpkin
11:59 am
rubyfoo

always too wet
12:02 pm
rubyfoo

good night everybody
12:03 pm
BzznBea

Night, Ruby.
12:23 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

peekaboo lurkers!
12:23 pm
cybernan

any clues for the is 7, please?
12:26 pm
MLFAN17

hello again
12:26 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

no, but i'll hunt for it, cybernan
12:27 pm
MLFAN17

bzz doesnt even know?hmm
12:27 pm
MollyL

is + vowel + measurement for a presription
12:28 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

oh, ya beat me to it! lol
12:28 pm
cybernan

ty molly
12:28 pm
MollyL

prescription
12:31 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

nbt and halfway, weee
12:31 pm
MLFAN17

got it
12:31 pm
MLFAN17

ty book
12:32 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

(passing thanks on to molly) 8-)
12:32 pm
MLFAN17

i have EF8 what do the other two begin with?
12:32 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

i have fe8
12:33 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

and it rhymes with the ef8, which i just found, thanks
12:34 pm
MLFAN17

thank you gwen i got both
12:35 pm
cybernan

so 7, please?
12:36 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

you make me hunt again!
12:37 pm
scrambler

Happy Thanksgiving all!
12:38 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

happy turkey day too!
12:39 pm
MLFAN17

any luck cyber
?
12:39 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

sondon style! (nope, that's not it)
12:39 pm
cybernan

not yet mlf
12:39 pm
MLFAN17

i tried Morewords and couldnt find it
12:39 pm
MollyL

so + nickname for Mrs. Reagan
12:40 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

been lookin' since you asked, and i got nothin'
12:40 pm
MLFAN17

got it
12:40 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

there it is! ty molly
12:41 pm
cybernan

ty molly
12:41 pm
MLFAN17

does anyone have all 3 of the 8s?
12:41 pm
cybernan

3rd co 6/24, pleaseÉ
12:42 pm
MLFAN17

i only have a CO 6 that is plural
12:43 pm
MollyL

ef8, fe8, te8
12:43 pm
MLFAN17

i guessed and got them thanks molly
12:44 pm
zoozzoom

There is a CO 6 that is like a boys name.
12:44 pm
cybernan

got it - robotic ending
12:44 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

spoiler aloert! (all the 8s rhyme with each other)
12:44 pm
cybernan

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help :)
12:44 pm
MLFAN17

i knew that
12:45 pm
cybernan

any clues wanted before I leave?
12:46 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

only a lot! lol
12:47 pm
cybernan

I'm getting fed up with all these weird and manufactured words, so I usually list earlier than I used to
12:48 pm
MollyL

It's tiresome Nan. And I don't care what anyone says, it does not build your vocabulary to learn words that you will never use.
12:49 pm
MLFAN17

i am now halfway
12:49 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

go go mlfan!
12:50 pm
Book Doctor Gwen

boggle does help prevent brain rot, though (like alzheimers and stuff)
12:51 pm
cybernan

I need to go and construct a Christmas webpage - that will keep my brain going for a while!
12:53 pm
MollyL

ef7...knowing a word that originated before the year 950 is not going to help my brain one bit. Nope. Not.
12:53 pm
sammysmom

i do boggle and take folic acid
12:53 pm
cybernan

back at the flip - hagd everyone :)
1:17 pm
mkg

clue for ef 8?
1:18 pm
mkg

nm got it.
1:20 pm
cool.girl

eft plus s...er than later add s
1:21 pm
scrambler

meet george jetson
1:23 pm
scrambler

u too cybernate!
1:23 pm
scrambler

stoopid self correction thing!
1:39 pm
mael

just got back from getting a flu shot
1:39 pm
mael

ouch
2:31 pm
Kaplan the Magne

don't we have a peanut butter box anymore?
2:38 pm
MollyL

Yes, but by and large, people just ignore it and spout words in the chat log with wild abandon.
3:30 pm
smores

Hello
3:33 pm
smores

hello
3:35 pm
mo

hi smores .... seems quiet in here tonight!
3:35 pm
smores

hello, is there anybody in there?
3:36 pm
smores

lol..mo...you popped up right as I hit enter
3:36 pm
smores

Hi :)
3:36 pm
mo

I am!!!
3:36 pm
mo

lol.
3:37 pm
smores

was just having a little Pink Floyd moment :)
3:37 pm
mo

have you finished or do you want any clues?
3:38 pm
smores

just getting started...lol
3:39 pm
smores

got 50 this morning and had to go...just got back on
3:39 pm
smores

are you done?
3:40 pm
mo

OH! It is an interesting grid, and yes I just finished when I LOOKED AND SAW HOW QUIET IT WAS.
3:40 pm
uusue2

hi again all!
3:40 pm
periwinkle

hi sue, hi all
3:41 pm
mo

OOOH sorry for shouting.
3:41 pm
smores

I got the 8's out of the way
3:41 pm
smores

Hi uu
3:41 pm
mo

hi sue and peri.
3:41 pm
smores

lol...mo...thought you were just trying to make up for it being so quiet
3:41 pm
smores

hi peri
3:42 pm
mo

tee heee!!!
3:42 pm
smores

"I have become comfortably numb" lol
3:43 pm
uusue2

*could use some numbness*
3:43 pm
mo

sue ... hope Frank is still improving and you are ok too.
3:43 pm
smores

:)
3:43 pm
uusue2

we are slogging along, mo. Looks like we may be spending one more night in the hospital.
3:44 pm
uusue2

At this point it is mostly precautionary, but I have no problem taking precautions.
3:44 pm
mo

oh dear ... thought Frank was coming home.
3:45 pm
uusue2

well, he's still having a little trouble eating, and the doctor just removed his drain and poked around in his incisions, so he needs to rest a little.
3:45 pm
smores

That's good then Sue, sometimes I think they let people out to early. Better to be safe.
3:45 pm
mo

I agree with smores.
3:47 pm
mo

sue ... are you getting much sleep?
3:47 pm
uusue2

Sorry, computer crashed. We will stay at least until after dinner and will then re-evaluate.
3:48 pm
uusue2

I am sleeping ok, there is a chair in the room that unfolds into a single bed and is actually quite comfortable.
3:49 pm
mo

hope everything goes well for you both ... lots of hugs and love to you both.
3:50 pm
Jillyjill

Just caught up with things uusue...keeping fingers crossed. I do hope they have discussed drink supplements like Ensure for Frank?
3:50 pm
mo

oh good at least you dont have to sit in a chair to sleep.
3:50 pm
Jillyjill

And hello all!
3:50 pm
mo

hello jilly.
3:51 pm
smores

Hiya Jilly
3:51 pm
uusue2

Yes, he is already using Ensure Enliven.
3:51 pm
smores

Glad to hear you are getting some rest Sue
3:51 pm
smores

No problems with it?
3:52 pm
uusue2

Enlive, that is. Give me a minute, the computer is cranky.
3:52 pm
Jillyjill

Good, one point is to have that inbetween meals; if done around mealtime it can decrease appetite.
3:54 pm
uusue2

There, that's better.
3:54 pm
Jillyjill

;-)
3:55 pm
uusue2

Jill, right now I am just trying to get him to eat ANYTHING. So far today it's been about 3 oz of yogurt, maybe 3 oz of that Ensure drink, and 2-3 bites of omelet.
3:55 pm
uusue2

And the problem isn't really appetite; it's more emotional.
3:56 pm
smores

Does is bother him to eat or just no appetite?
3:56 pm
Jillyjill

You are a very good nurse uusue! Hang in there. Any negative outcomes to indrasing his diet?
3:57 pm
uusue2

He has LOTS of gas pain that gets worse when he eats.
3:57 pm
smores

:(
3:58 pm
uusue2

Which has me a little concerned; I want to be sure that all the snipped and re-attached parts are functioning as they should.
3:58 pm
Jillyjill

Not sure if it would help, but they do have simethecone drops that decrease gas without decreasing the motility of the intestines.
4:00 pm
uusue2

They are giving him Protonix (which is primarily an acid reducer); I can ask about a gas reducer as well. A couple of days ago they really didn't want to go there, but that was then and this is now.
4:01 pm
Jillyjill

It's a choice of potentially masking problems..
4:01 pm
uusue2

right, and since he already has had one serious complication...
4:02 pm
Jillyjill

Will make for a very balance..
4:02 pm
Jillyjill

<----nbt,nbs
4:02 pm
uusue2

anyway in a little while I will see if they've called in the meds they are going to discharge him with, as the pharmacy is closed tomorrow
4:03 pm
uusue2

yay jilly!
4:03 pm
Jillyjill

Have they talked about what to do with the central line?
4:04 pm
uusue2

They will remove it before we go home (probably right before, to be sure he doesn't need it)
4:05 pm
uusue2

they just used it an hour or two ago to give him more antibiotics
4:05 pm
Jillyjill

If any concerns about near future, there can be an option of teaching you to flush it daily and sending him home with it.
4:05 pm
uusue2

I think if they are that concerned they won't send him home.
4:08 pm
mo

must be off now ... love to you and Frank and everyone out there and good luck.
4:08 pm
Jillyjill

Have a great day mo..
4:09 pm
mo

ty jilly and you too.
4:09 pm
smores

Bye mo :) have a great evening
4:11 pm
uusue2

bye mo!
4:11 pm
uusue2

and thanks!
4:11 pm
Jillyjill

Has he gained any strength/endurance?
4:13 pm
evanonut

good evening kiddos!
4:13 pm
Jillyjill

Hello evanonut!
4:14 pm
smores

Hi evan :)
4:14 pm
evanonut

how's things this fiiiiine evening?
4:14 pm
Jillyjill

Looking forward to a 4 day weekend!
4:15 pm
evanonut

ah, i am afraid i must work friday, so i can't join you on that
4:16 pm
Jillyjill

LOL, well, if there is an emergency I might get called for Friday...we'll see
4:16 pm
evanonut

do like me and ignore the phone when you're not working, does wonders for your life
4:17 pm
uusue2

he is getting a little stronger, Jill
4:17 pm
uusue2

but is still quite weak. needs to eat.
4:17 pm
evanonut

who is sick?
4:18 pm
Jillyjill

That is a great sign uusue. I am sure this is extremely stressful for both of you. And Frank is very lucky to have such a great person standing by his side!
4:18 pm
uusue2

my fiance, evan, LOOOOOONG story in my profile
4:18 pm
uusue2

((((jill))) thank you :-)
4:19 pm
Jillyjill

Well, the wedding vows will be easy...you've already had "in sickness" and "bad times".
4:20 pm
evanonut

a loooooong story i am personal familiar with uusue, best of luck to you. that's a draining experience
4:20 pm
uusue2

unfortunately when the doctor came to remove the drain and poke around in the incision, Frank had fallen a bit behind on his pain meds, so was close to unmedicated while he was doing that
4:20 pm
uusue2

and you are right, jilly!
4:20 pm
smores

lol...noid should sooo be a word
4:20 pm
evanonut

as in i came into the chog and 'noid everyone
4:21 pm
Jillyjill

Well, that was not a great thing....and Docs tend to go ahead with the poking and prodding irregardless :-(
4:21 pm
uusue2

so should annoid, like I am really annoid that it is so hard for me to find words in this grid
4:22 pm
Jillyjill

Naw evan, it's fine, not 'noid at all..you're concern would be appreciated by uusue..
4:22 pm
smores

lol...what was that commercial a long time ago with the little noid character?
4:22 pm
uusue2

Indeed.
4:22 pm
Jillyjill

LOL, I was thinking this one was pretty doable...just remember the pl
4:22 pm
evanonut

i keep seeing 'food' in the puzzle...maybe cause i dearly wish to eat but can't bring myself to do it
4:22 pm
uusue2

yeah, I'm just kind of brain dead at the moment.
4:22 pm
uusue2

why not, evan?
4:23 pm
MollyL

Dominos pizza avoid the noid
4:23 pm
Jillyjill

very good molly, I couldn't recall it at all!!
4:24 pm
evanonut

recent root canal, jaw feels all bruised. uusue, may i kindly and without any intent to insult knowing that i've known you all of three minutes, strongly suggest that you get your you time?
4:24 pm
smores

YAY Molly, thank you - I could picture the little character " Don't be a noid"
4:24 pm
uusue2

you certainly may, evan :-)
4:25 pm
smores

:( so sorry evan - will you be able to eat tomorrow?
4:25 pm
evanonut

ah good! something i frequently look back on and realize i should have done
4:25 pm
MollyL

I'm behind Evan all the way on that. Sue, you have been more than devoted, but don't take it to the extreme. You will get sick yourself.
4:25 pm
Jillyjill

That is a very good point evan
4:25 pm
uusue2

I actually have a lot of friends who have been coming in so I can get out a bit, but with the holiday they've kind of dried up
4:25 pm
evanonut

i'm thinking if i get the softer bits of turkey i'll be good, be back, time to make up the next batch of fruit pies
4:26 pm
uusue2

you can always just eat pumpkin pie, evan :-)
4:26 pm
smores

poor evan - baking pies and can't eat
4:27 pm
smores

Gotta go for a bit - just past the 1/2 - will be back later to try and finish
4:28 pm
smores

{{Sue and Frank}}
4:28 pm
Jillyjill

*puts self in PB for using do4/6 earlier*
4:28 pm
smores

bye for now everyone :)
4:29 pm
Jillyjill

see you l8r smores!
4:30 pm
uusue2

bye smores!
4:33 pm
Jillyjill

a-d vanquished and more than 1/2 way...bbl
4:34 pm
Jillyjill

Uusue...thinking of you and Frank! Praying extra and ((hugs))
4:34 pm
Jillyjill

*poof*
4:34 pm
uusue2

bye jilly! Thanks!
4:38 pm
72 Temple Owl

oh good,smores is here
4:38 pm
uusue2

hi TO!
4:39 pm
72 Temple Owl

hi sue, are you both home?
4:41 pm
72 Temple Owl

oh heck, smore is gone...i wanted to ask how to make the pie without a blender.
4:41 pm
uusue2

not yet, TO, maybe later tonight but more likely tomorrow
4:47 pm
evanonut

owly!!!
4:52 pm
MollyL

TO, I'm sure if you mix it very well, and your margarine is nice and soft, you can whisk it.
5:13 pm
Jillyjill

All quiet on the babble front...sheesh..I leave and things go dead! ;-D
5:14 pm
MollyL

I'm here. Taking a break from the cooking/cleaning frenzy.
5:16 pm
Jillyjill

We have potlucked with my best friend now for about 20 years...Thanksgiving day at her house, then leftover night at mine on Friday...so no cleaning frenzy till Friday! Now cooking willl commence after a few more moments of babbling
5:18 pm
Jillyjill

Doing green bean casserole, appetizer and pie tonight. Tomorrow the turkey and yam dish.
5:20 pm
MollyL

Sounds like fun. Thanksgiving with friends is probably a lot less stressful than with family.
5:23 pm
Jillyjill

As working moms who used to not have Friday off, we got tired of busting our butts one day cooking. So we split things up. Now with her daughters here even more cooks. Plus we open it to people we find whom have no where to go for Thanksgiving.
5:23 pm
Jillyjill

But sadly, we have lost 3 of our friends this year...
5:28 pm
Lizlin

Hi to anyone out there!
5:28 pm
wvteach

good evening all
5:28 pm
Jillyjill

Hello lizlin!
5:28 pm
Jillyjill

Hello wvteach!
5:28 pm
Lizlin

Glad to know some people are still around!
5:29 pm
welki

hi, folks
5:29 pm
Jillyjill

((welki)) long time!
5:30 pm
welki

hey, jilly - thanks for the weather! brrrrr! and snow :)
5:30 pm
Lizlin

sympathy from a warm aus!
5:30 pm
Jillyjill

Well, here too.. ;)
5:31 pm
welki

heck, we're even having avalanche warnings - could be an interesting winter
5:32 pm
welki

summer in oz - jealous, liz
5:32 pm
Jillyjill

Rained like heck last night, snow level just above the valley floor though and none on the ground.
5:32 pm
Lizlin

That doesn't sound too nice! Summer here's lovely - not often too hot or too humid where we are but winter's usually better. Months of blue skies!
5:32 pm
Jillyjill

Tonight will be different
5:33 pm
welki

hope everyone stays safe and warm, jilly
5:34 pm
welki

summers here in alberta are usually nice, too, liz. landlocked,so low humidity generally and only a couple of weeks of hot weather (+25c is pretty hot for this area)
5:34 pm
welki

anyone need a clue or two before i head off to "pretend to make something creative for dinner"time?
5:34 pm
Jillyjill

Well, us natives know how to do that! Now others...there's the worry.
5:35 pm
Lizlin

Fine for clues at the moment thanks. Just started listing at 70 to go!
5:35 pm
welki

if only folks would prepare for the weather and drive to the conditions
5:35 pm
Jillyjill

Thanks welki, but doing pretty well on this grid..only 31 left. I need to start cooking for tomorrow here soon though...*silently wishing she had a double oven"
5:35 pm
Lizlin

I know it gets cold in Ab - my cousin lives in Edmonton
5:36 pm
welki

edmonton is a 3 hour drive (north) from calgary (where i am)
5:36 pm
MollyL

Your Thanksgiving gathering sounds very nice Jilly. It's always good to have several people making things.
5:36 pm
Lizlin

If I don't see you - Happy Thanksgiving!
5:36 pm
welki

use the barbecue :)
5:36 pm
Jillyjill

How about your plans molly..who's coming?
5:36 pm
Lizlin

We're doing a Rockies trip (and Alaska) next year
5:37 pm
welki

well, before your trip, if you think you'll be in this neck of the woods, let me know, liz, and we can arrange a meet up!
5:37 pm
Lizlin

:)
5:37 pm
MollyL

My kids will be here. My three sons and my girlie-in-law. I cook enough for the kids to take leftovers home.
5:38 pm
welki

i have a couple of online friends from geelong nsw who made the trip over and we got to spend a lot of time together - was a blast!
5:38 pm
welki

hi molly
5:39 pm
Jillyjill

Well, I do wish my boys could be home for Thanksgiving...it's been 3 years since any were home then. And only one for Christmas. But last year did have both..
5:39 pm
Jillyjill

How fun welki!
5:39 pm
welki

<-- misses american thanksgiving
5:39 pm
Lizlin

Have fun
5:39 pm
MollyL

Too long of a trip for them?
5:40 pm
welki

jilly, i invited the whole chat room over - we had friends from australia, germany and all over the u.s.
5:40 pm
Jillyjill

Lizlin...traveling where in the rockies? *secretly hopes thru Montana*
5:40 pm
Jillyjill

Yes Molly, one in Virginia and one in Massachusetts
5:41 pm
welki

liz, pick jilly up on the way to edmonton :)
5:41 pm
Jillyjill

WOW!! welki, what a treat!
5:41 pm
Lizlin

Not sure yet - will probably do an organised tour as it's such a long way from home and we want to make the best out of it. Probably mainly BC and AB as it will start in Vancouver
5:42 pm
Jillyjill

LOL..don't I wish!! *mental note to get passport completed*
5:42 pm
welki

both you and dawg have been saying that for years - do it already!
5:42 pm
Lizlin

Need to get an Aussie passport sorted first. Waiting for citizenship ceremony!
5:42 pm
Jillyjill

Maybe we'll have to do another babble meet-up in Vancouver this time!??
5:42 pm
welki

where'd you move from, liz?
5:42 pm
Lizlin

London
5:43 pm
Lizlin

Took early retirement from teaching primary
5:44 pm
welki

or maybe i should drive down to great falls and the two of you (and harpjane!) can meet for an overnight!
5:44 pm
Jillyjill

Wow, so very jealous on early retirement. We had had plans for that, but hubby's forced medical retirement ended that
5:45 pm
Lizlin

Hubby forced me!!!!!!!!! Not too hard though!
5:45 pm
Jillyjill

That would work welki...maybe get lbdawg to meet in Missoula (that's where harp and I met uusue)
5:45 pm
Lizlin

I also really know how lucky I am!
5:45 pm
Jillyjill

*imagines lizlin kicking and screaming*
5:45 pm
Lizlin

Stop twisting my arm!!!! Ow! Ow! lol!!!!
5:46 pm
welki

ewww - that's an 8 hour drive for me (to missoula) - 5 to great falls
5:47 pm
Jillyjill

Actually, Griffles (nickname for Gr Falls) might work for dawg as well. Wouldn't that be fun!!
5:48 pm
welki

sure would! anyway, off to the kitchen to plan supper - later, all. nice chat :)
5:48 pm
Lizlin

Have a good evening welki
5:49 pm
Jillyjill

bye welki!! Stay warm!!
5:50 pm
maryanne

Bye welki HAve a good day!!!
5:51 pm
Jillyjill

WEll, totterling off to figure out dinner then start madly cooking...
5:51 pm
Jillyjill

*poof*
5:52 pm
Lizlin

Enjoy your evening Jilly
5:55 pm
maryanne

By jill I might as well eat some left overs too, later
6:04 pm
pbr

evening. been gone for quite some time. stuck on te5/12
6:08 pm
dcseain

the te5.10s i have are plurals
6:08 pm
pbr

i need the te5/12 and te6/21 I assume the te6 is plural
6:09 pm
dcseain

oh, 5.12 duh.
6:10 pm
dcseain

ah, te5.12 ends with a british thanks
6:12 pm
pbr

got it...thanks
6:13 pm
Jillyjill

Okay, dinner on...time to finish during the news..hello pbr and dc!
6:16 pm
pbr

4 more to go..... is7/32? pls
6:16 pm
Jillyjill

<-----!!FW!! do 7/32 was my last...
6:18 pm
Jillyjill

is7/32= is+vowel+prescription medication unit
6:18 pm
Jillyjill

or is+vowel+do4/5 (second one)
6:20 pm
pbr

great clue -- thanks
6:20 pm
pbr

3 more to go
6:21 pm
Jillyjill

yvw pbr
6:21 pm
maryanne

Happy thanks giving!!!!:)
6:22 pm
maryanne

early whatever
6:23 pm
stidgmere

Hello and to you, also a Happy Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie is baking now.
6:25 pm
maryanne

Wow that sounds real good We are going to my parents and get homemaid stuffing
6:26 pm
stidgmere

We are going to cook tomorrow and probably won't need to do much cooking for several days afterwards, I think.
6:27 pm
maryanne

That sounds about right ecspecially are family
6:30 pm
ChampFit

Happy Thanksgiving all, from your lurker friend!
6:30 pm
Jillyjill

Hello champfit!
6:30 pm
ChampFit

Hi!
6:30 pm
Jillyjill

Well, dinner beckons...bbl...anyone need clues before I leave?
6:32 pm
ChampFit

I'm going to muddle through, but thank you, and hope you have a lovely holiday!
6:32 pm
Jillyjill

Thank you champ..you too!!
6:32 pm
Jillyjill

and *poof*
6:33 pm
stidgmere

ty champ. I'm just going very slowly on this grid. Nothing seems to pop out.
6:33 pm
ChampFit

I'm with ya Stidgmere. Slow goings.
6:35 pm
stidgmere

Oh well. some days are slower than others.
6:36 pm
MollyL

Muddle, that is the other thing Babble players do. Wander, toddle and muddle.
6:36 pm
ChampFit

True! I feel like I muddle often.
6:37 pm
stidgmere

Hi Molly. did you mention dither?
6:38 pm
ChampFit

Dithering!!!!
6:38 pm
stidgmere

See. It does fit at times.
6:39 pm
stidgmere

I'm making fresh ice cubes. We so rarely use them but at the holidays I liketo have good fresh cubes.
6:40 pm
ChampFit

There ya go! I'm almost finished with precooking. One more casserole to make, and some dusting.
6:42 pm
stidgmere

I need to dust but we also need to defur the floor. Murphy, bless his heart, sheds.
6:44 pm
ChampFit

My dogs do too, but for the moment, it's very light. Will run the vacuum, and dust. Although my mom tells me not to bother, because it'll all be a mess after everyone is here.
6:46 pm
ChampFit

It hit 80 today... wonder if that'll kick the shedding in again?
6:49 pm
MollyL

I've got roll dough working right now. Like Jilly, I wish I had a double oven. It would be far more useful than an oven and a microwave that I barely use.
6:51 pm
stidgmere

My mother had a single oven and of course no microwave for years and yet she put the most delicious food on the table everyday. I have a double oven and really like the convenience. I'm afraid I'm spoiled rotten.
6:53 pm
ChampFit

Can I admit to that I BOUGHT the mashed potatoes from Costco, and the gravy, and made everything else? They're real mashed potatoes, and to me, saving the time peeling was worth it. As I get older, I think smarter. Mostly.
6:55 pm
stidgmere

I have a friend who always buys her pumpkin pies from Costco, she says her pies are not as good. So that works for her. I look at the variety of foods in the frozen food section and my goodness, such a selection of tasty meals.
6:55 pm
MollyL

*Absolves Champ*
6:56 pm
stidgmere

Thank you Molly, there is enough forgiveness to go around, isn't there.
6:56 pm
ChampFit

Thanks Molly. Stidgmere...not frozen...fresh, real, refrigerated potatoes. It's a cheat, but hey! I insist on having a life.
6:57 pm
MollyL

The year I had the most people for Thanksgiving, a friend said she would bring the mashed potatoes. I almost keeled over when I took a bite of mine at dinner and realized they were instant.
6:57 pm
uusue2

hi again all!
6:58 pm
ChampFit

Instant? No way!!!
6:58 pm
MollyL

Really. When all you have to fix for Thanksgiving is mashed potatoes, pick up a peeler and do it the old fashioned way.
6:59 pm
ChampFit

I don't get doing instant. It's not that big of a deal to make them for real. I use a ricer, which is awesome! Boil them, cram 'em through, and it catches the skins.
7:00 pm
uusue2

ah, that's a good trick, champ! I just bought a big bag of potatoes so I can make mashed for Frank when we get home, but he can't have the skins
7:00 pm
ChampFit

I'm not even sure it's cheaper.
7:00 pm
ChampFit

Ricer. Works like a charm!
7:00 pm
uusue2

*puts ricer on the shopping list*
7:02 pm
ChampFit

How's he doing today uusue?
7:02 pm
stidgmere

I would give you my ricer but the shipping would outcost the implement.
7:03 pm
uusue2

I rather expect I can find one here, but thanks, gmere!
7:03 pm
uusue2

he's almost ready to go home but we are giving it one more night
7:03 pm
MollyL

I love my potato ricer.
7:05 pm
ChampFit

I'm with ya. Why rush it? One of the best thanksgivings we ever had was in the hospital with my Dad. Everyone was there, our family brought sides and wine, and the hospital did the bird and the set up. it was great, and he was in good form that day. Amazing.
7:06 pm
uusue2

well, I want to make sure he can eat and have things progress as they are supposed to
7:06 pm
uusue2

between the celiac, the Crohn's, the cancers, and the surgeries he's a bit of a mess
7:07 pm
ChampFit

I'm sure! Poor guy. You'll be such a light in his day!
7:07 pm
MollyL

Champ, that sounds like an episode of "Brothers & Sisters".
7:09 pm
ChampFit

I was being nice!!! It happens once in a blue moon.
7:09 pm
ChampFit

Was I Sally Field? she's so adorable!
7:14 pm
snags

uusue, after reading your profile, I have a greater respect for what your husband has been through and the strength you have given him throughout this ordeal. May you continue doing the things you do to give him the boost he needs. Our hearts and prayers go out to both of you.
7:14 pm
maryanne

Hello snags
7:14 pm
snags

hello maryanne
7:15 pm
maryanne

Hard puzzle isn`t it?? only thirty words AHHHHH!!!!!!
7:16 pm
snags

I have a whopping 75 wheeeeeeeeeeeee
7:16 pm
uusue2

((((snags)))) thank you!!
7:17 pm
snags

((((( hugs )))))........... I can't imagine what your feelings are right now uusue.
7:18 pm
MollyL

Champ, of course you were Sally Field.
7:18 pm
uusue2

I'm not sure what they are either - it's been quite a roller coaster
7:18 pm
maryanne

Lucky snags Feels like i have been pooped on by the babble gods
7:18 pm
snags

Blessings....
7:19 pm
rururocks

*leaves out babble gods poopy bags *
7:19 pm
snags

lol maryanne
7:19 pm
maryanne

later alligator time for King of the hill
7:19 pm
uusue2

hi, ruru :-)
7:19 pm
snags

awwwww ruru
7:20 pm
uusue2

bye, maryanne!
7:20 pm
snags

later ...........
7:30 pm
stidgmere

Enough for now. Time to fix a little clam chowder. Good night to all.
7:30 pm
uusue2

night, gmere!
7:39 pm
MollyL

Thank God for bread machines. After everything I have baked and stirred and prepped, the thoughts of kneading dough right now are not pleasant.
7:41 pm
Jillyjill

LOL, a little more tired than I thought...came back to finish grid...ahhhh, but I already had...*sigh*-gotta love old age!
7:41 pm
MollyL

<---Thinks Jilly has been nipping the cooking wine.
7:42 pm
Jillyjill

Not yet molly...that's for tomorrow!!
7:43 pm
Jillyjill

Hi again uusue! Can Frank tolerate all milk products?
7:44 pm
MollyL

I actually had some wine today while I was making my gravy base. And it's a good thing I did too. Because I needed something to toast with. My roux was a thing of beauty. All my Cajun friends would have been so proud.
7:44 pm
ChampFit

Go Molly!
7:45 pm
Jillyjill

*lifts toast in honor of Molly's roux*
7:46 pm
uusue2

yes, he has no problem with dairy, jill
7:48 pm
Jillyjill

Milkshakes? You can throw in either protein powder or some powdered milk to boost protein amounts
7:50 pm
Jillyjill

Or even better, Brewers Yeast...B vitamins and protein
7:51 pm
uusue2

I already got some powdered milk and plan to put it in a lot of things
7:51 pm
MollyL

Oh sounds delicious. A yeast milkshake. : P
7:51 pm
uusue2

the nutritionist was very big on smoothies; we'll see
7:51 pm
ChampFit

Yeast. We tried that once in babbly. Yeasty, actually. GROSS.
7:51 pm
Jillyjill

Might be hard with his intolerances...
7:51 pm
MollyL

Why we'll see? Smoothies are a great way to get liquid nutrition.
7:51 pm
ChampFit

Babble. DOH!
7:52 pm
uusue2

he should be able to eat solid food as long as he doesn't gulp it down; he just polished off a hamburger.
7:52 pm
Jillyjill

YAY!!! *crosses fingers*
7:52 pm
uusue2

We'll see because he doesn't like smoothies so I will have to sell him on the idea (and create things that are tasty)
7:53 pm
MollyL

Oh well if he can eat a hamburger then he is well on his way back to regular food. Good.
7:53 pm
ChampFit

Next up...bacon! ;) Nod to crossy.
7:53 pm
uusue2

right - if this goes well I will be happy, and will believe he is really ready to go home.
7:53 pm
Jillyjill

Well, I think focusing on things he likes might be best for now...you can boost a lot of things with the powdered milk. May be more helpful than trying to change his tastes right now
7:54 pm
uusue2

he would love bacon (as long as it is gluten and nitrate free)
7:54 pm
uusue2

I agree, jilly!
7:55 pm
Jillyjill

Just thought of crossy perusing the latest Wireless catalog. Bacon throw and pillow, bacon scarf and tshirts....crossy heaven!
7:55 pm
ChampFit

Ha! Missed his tidbit today. Always enjoy those!
7:55 pm
Jillyjill

If you get a gluten-free thickener, any cream soups are also good...but again, IF he likes them!
7:57 pm
Jillyjill

WEll, back to cooking...bbl
7:57 pm
Jillyjill

*poof*
7:57 pm
uusue2

bye, jilly1
7:58 pm
uusue2

*jilly!
7:58 pm
Jillyjill

{{{uusue}}}}
8:00 pm
uusue2

ok, time for a postprandial walk. bbl.
8:01 pm
ChampFit

bye!
8:03 pm
MollyL

<---Thinks Sue has been playing Babble too long.
8:03 pm
rururocks

*ties fingers*
8:04 pm
ChampFit

Oh, but it's such a great word!
8:04 pm
rururocks

as opposed to my postbrandial walk...
8:05 pm
ChampFit

well, my postbeerial walk just sounds tacky
8:06 pm
MollyL

So walk while you're drinking the beer already.
8:06 pm
ChampFit

Oh...so much sense!
8:13 pm
rururocks

sounds like she has experience at it
8:18 pm
MollyL

Well, you know how us low minded, small idea people are.
8:18 pm
rururocks

ha
8:19 pm
rururocks

think I need to go for a postdoggial walk
8:22 pm
MollyL

I can think of a word that starts with post and ends with al and has nothing to do with dogs or prandis.
8:23 pm
rururocks

:D
8:37 pm
torgone

I'm going to have a postworkial beer ..
8:38 pm
MollyL

Cheers, Tor.
8:39 pm
uusue2

ok, nice walk, we are back :-)
8:40 pm
BabbleRabble

Hello, Sue and Frank
8:41 pm
uusue2

had a lovely talk with the evening charge nurse, whom we hadn't even met directly - she told us that all the nurses really love Frank (and me too, apparently) and are really pulling for him to get well. She asked us to stop back in after we get home (which shouldn't be hard as the cancer center is next to the hospital, sigh). But it was very sweet of her to say, and gave Frank some much needed support.
8:41 pm
uusue2

hi, BR!
8:43 pm
MollyL

That was nice of her, Sue. I'm sure it meant a lot to you both.
9:07 pm
uusue2

It did indeed, Molly.
9:23 pm
dan2bit

can anybody clue the d7 or the s7?
9:23 pm
lideola

one of the reindeer + vowel
9:25 pm
lideola

s7 when used with prefix DIS means clashing or discordant
9:29 pm
dan2bit

cant figure out how to add a vowel to the end of the reindeer. i think i need a dumber clue
9:29 pm
lideola

sorry! Consonant
9:30 pm
dan2bit

aha tx
9:41 pm
stidmama

hey all, read the good news about Frank, so happy he is making solid progress, sue!
9:50 pm
bdkh_1678

hi
9:50 pm
stidmama

hey bdkh
10:09 pm
herinfernallady

Hi
10:23 pm
wht

Good evening Babbleonia
10:25 pm
Bugsaw

hi wht. not many of us around right now
10:25 pm
wht

It is a bit late. I understand
10:26 pm
Lizlin

Hi all
10:26 pm
Lizlin

Hi all
10:26 pm
Lizlin

Hi all

10:27 pm
Lizlin

Hm! Problems entering that - then all 3 appeared!!!!
10:28 pm
Bugsaw

yes I had a dreaded red bar for a moment there too
10:28 pm
wht

I saw a series of red bars.
10:28 pm
Lizlin

Nothing red for me - just no reaction! So I went out of the site and came back in!
10:29 pm
Bugsaw

I have 20 left. hope I can finish
10:30 pm
Lizlin

50 here! Don't expect to finish as have some other stuff to do!
10:34 pm
wht

clue for the secont te7,28 please
10:35 pm
Bugsaw

sorry wht. don't have either of them yet
10:35 pm
wht

The first is pl of the te6,18 exam + not off
10:36 pm
Uneaixoise

te6/18 with double vowel
10:36 pm
herinfernallady

I am trying to do 3 things at one
10:37 pm
wht

ty une. I never expect that ending.
10:37 pm
Lizlin

ty - just checking but you got there before me! I had the second but not the first so ty again!
10:37 pm
Uneaixoise

:-D
10:37 pm
Lizlin

down to 45!
10:37 pm
wht

Fireworks
10:37 pm
wht

This was a fun grid today.
10:37 pm
Bugsaw

thanks wht and une
10:38 pm
Uneaixoise

congrats, wht!!
10:38 pm
Uneaixoise

yw :-)
10:38 pm
Lizlin

Yay wht!
10:38 pm
Bugsaw

well done wht. Can you give a clue for the last st 5,12 please
10:39 pm
Lizlin

st 5 /12 - pt of stand
10:39 pm
Bugsaw

of course it is. thanks Lizlin
10:39 pm
Lizlin

and the first so 5 / 12 pls?
10:40 pm
Uneaixoise

so + most of cl4/9
10:41 pm
Lizlin

Weird word! ty
10:41 pm
Uneaixoise

yw :-)
10:44 pm
Uneaixoise

off to take a quick shower, then back to finish last 10 :-)
10:53 pm
jimmel

clue for last word, please....first ta5
10:54 pm
wht

It uses the high point tile jimmel
10:55 pm
wht

ta + the begining of the name of the Babbler who is a veterinarian.
10:56 pm
wht

Or ta + 3/4 of a joke
10:59 pm
wht

Good night all. And Happy Thanksgiving to all the folks in the USA.
11:00 pm
jimmel

Thanks,wht..kept trying to go the wrong way. Fireworks
11:00 pm
wht

wtg jimmel
11:18 pm
jesdraggon

evening all
11:21 pm
Jillyjill

Hello, popped into help anyone pursueing finishing grid before flip
11:22 pm
jesdraggon

evening, jilly :) i just started... probably not gonna get it finished.
11:23 pm
Jillyjill

LOL...did you see you were used as a clue at 10:55?
11:23 pm
jesdraggon

i didn't...
11:24 pm
smores

Hello all
11:24 pm
jesdraggon

hah! i didn't have that word yet :)
11:24 pm
jesdraggon

thanks, jilly
11:24 pm
jesdraggon

and wht, if you're still about :)
11:24 pm
jesdraggon

hi smores
11:24 pm
Jillyjill

Yay...I had to chuckle on that one..but wht gave a great clue!
11:25 pm
Jillyjill

Hi smores!
11:26 pm
Jillyjill

Well, french silk pie, appetizers, and green bean casserole done. Tomorrow the turkey..
11:26 pm
Jillyjill

Phone...brb
11:30 pm
Lizlin

Hi again all - last 30 to do.
11:31 pm
Jillyjill

I'm back..
11:34 pm
Lizlin

doesn't like nano!!!!!
11:35 pm
Jillyjill

I know...frustrating at times..
11:37 pm
jesdraggon

hi liz
11:38 pm
smores

clue for the 2nd co5/6 plz
11:39 pm
Lizlin

Hi jes
11:39 pm
Lizlin

clue for na 5 /12 pls
11:39 pm
jesdraggon

sorry guys, i am of no use to you.
11:39 pm
KnightTime

sounds like a woman's name
11:40 pm
Lizlin

co 5 /6 like the coffee place or a place to live? Not sure which is the 2nd
11:40 pm
Jillyjill

na5/12 is a woman's name, change sometimes vowel at end
11:42 pm
smores

thanks liz I have that one - need the next one
11:43 pm
jesdraggon

there's a 5/6/6 co that has to do with rib bones...
11:43 pm
Lizlin

the 6 that sounds like a boy's name with a different final vowel?
11:43 pm
jesdraggon

no idea where that is in the list though.
11:43 pm
Jillyjill

that is the last 5/6 combo smores, the reast are 6/7
11:43 pm
Lizlin

that's where I was with the coffee place!
11:43 pm
Jillyjill

I stand corrected
11:43 pm
Lizlin

Not getting the girl's name
11:44 pm
jesdraggon

a girlish boy might be called an na5-boy
11:44 pm
Jillyjill

Think of the book series with female girl detective ****y Drew
11:44 pm
Lizlin

great clue jess - I was looking in the other direction!~
11:45 pm
Lizlin

ty jilly
11:45 pm
Lizlin

How are you doing smores with the co?
11:45 pm
smores

ok I have the 1st 3 co words then missing a 5 and a 6
11:46 pm
Lizlin

blocks of flats - often gated estate
11:46 pm
Lizlin

sorry - apartments
11:47 pm
Jillyjill

The last 5/6 combos build off the 4/5 "we always complain about the **** of things $$$
11:47 pm
smores

duh - thank you :)
11:47 pm
Lizlin

yw
11:47 pm
smores

na 5/12
11:48 pm
smores

last one
11:48 pm
Lizlin

is there an no 5 /6 combo?
11:48 pm
smores

lol...na5/12
11:48 pm
Jillyjill

yes, no5/10 and 6/18...how people are executed with a rope
11:48 pm
Lizlin

don't have it either - missing lots of n's
11:49 pm
Lizlin

ty - should've seen those!
11:50 pm
Jillyjill

I needed the list today to keep things together...
11:50 pm
Lizlin

I've used the list a lot but still not finding it easy today
11:50 pm
jesdraggon

stats on t in lower right corner for nbt?
11:51 pm
Lizlin

te 4 /4
11:52 pm
smores

still can't find na 5/12 :(
11:52 pm
smores

last word
11:52 pm
Jillyjill

ta4/4=ta+an **levator
11:52 pm
Lizlin

Time to go - leaving it today with 24 left! Back so 4 but not so 4 enough to complete this
11:52 pm
grannyrose

te5/10, te6/18, te 6/18, te7/28, te7/28, te8/40
11:52 pm
Lizlin

Don't have it, sorry!
11:53 pm
smores

np Liz, bye for now :)
11:53 pm
Jillyjill

Ronald Reagan's wife? lizlin
11:53 pm
grannyrose

smores, short word for grandmother + Church of England
11:53 pm
jesdraggon

excellent, thanks :)
11:53 pm
Jillyjill

Whoops, meant that for smores I guess
11:54 pm
Jillyjill

granny, did you need clues for the te's?
11:54 pm
Lizlin

My mistake too - hadn't entered it, though had seen it!!!!
11:54 pm
smores

Thanks Jilly - FW
11:54 pm
jesdraggon

yay smores!
11:54 pm
Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT smores!!
11:54 pm
grannyrose

no thanx jilly, was listing bottom right t's for jes
11:55 pm
grannyrose

WTG SMORES!!!
11:55 pm
smores

way too many weird little ones
11:55 pm
Jillyjill

ah...lol..too many chats
11:56 pm
grannyrose

hey...that's how we have so much fun. ;P
11:56 pm
Jillyjill

And survive our ADHD...
11:57 pm
grannyrose

LOL, jilly, .....well i have OCD.....or for the true OCD sufferer...CDO
11:57 pm
smores

lol Liz that what I did with the co5/6 - thought I had it a long time ago.
11:58 pm
smores

my fingers are dyslexic - thats how I got the 1st co5/6
11:59 pm
bethn

my folks have a co*** in florida
11:59 pm
smores

nice beth
12:00 am
smores

must get some sleep - nite all :)
12:00 am
smores

have a wonderful Thanksgiving !!