Babble: Archived Puzzle for Saturday, December 8, 2012

12:00 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:00 am

Jillyjill

flip

12:00 am

harpjane

flip

12:00 am

Nef

flip

12:00 am

VolleymomDee

flip; hi all hi jily, nef, harp, mlf!

12:00 am

grannyrose

yucky poo!!! a little 'un again!

12:00 am

grannyrose

hey dee

12:01 am

Pinikula

* flip *

12:01 am

periwinkle

rats, not a biggie

12:01 am

MLFAN17

Ru6

12:01 am

harpjane

fr 4/10 lol

12:01 am

Jillyjill

Well, it wasn't for lack of wanting a big um

12:01 am

Nef

hi Dee. Unfortunately; I need to go to bed soon; I'm losing it now

12:02 am

VolleymomDee

hi rose, pini, peri

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

Pinikula

thx lickety ;)

12:02 am

grannyrose

thanx lickety

12:02 am

Pinikula

hi Dee :)

12:02 am

Pinikula

sleep well, Nef :)

12:02 am

Erda

Thank you, Lickety!

12:02 am

periwinkle

ty lickety

12:02 am

Jillyjill

ty Lickety!!

12:02 am

Jillyjill

Niters nef!!

12:03 am

VolleymomDee

sy 6

12:03 am

grannyrose

ohhhh, hey peri, nice to see you

12:03 am

VolleymomDee

oops I meant su 6

12:03 am

grannyrose

and erda...gosh everyone is here

12:03 am

VolleymomDee

gu 6

12:03 am

VolleymomDee

su 6 x 2

12:03 am

harpjane

bbl

12:03 am

flosey

hi everyone

12:03 am

periwinkle

ru6

12:04 am

periwinkle

su7

12:04 am

Pinikula

hi again, flosey

12:04 am

melonheadjujube

hi!

12:04 am

flosey

good to see you Pini

12:04 am

Jillyjill

the su6 is quite the word for today....it's snowing here!!

12:05 am

Pinikula

st7

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

st 7 x 2

12:06 am

Pinikula

no kidding, JJ :)

12:07 am

Lizlin

Hi all :)

12:08 am

Altagolfnut5

evening everyone:)

12:09 am

Pinikula

evening

12:09 am

flosey

hi Alta

12:11 am

VolleymomDee

nbt has anyone found an 8?

12:11 am

Pinikula

not me

12:11 am

flosey

not here

12:11 am

rururocks

I have all the r's

12:12 am

Pinikula

wtg ru

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

nice ru

12:12 am

flosey

well done ru

12:12 am

Jillyjill

st8/60

12:12 am

cybernan

who says those little blue creatures aren't real?

12:13 am

VolleymomDee

ty jilly, looking

12:13 am

flosey

guess not nan

12:14 am

rururocks

found the st8

12:14 am

rururocks

thanks jilli

12:14 am

periwinkle

stats for the lone m pls

12:14 am

periwinkle

and looking for the st8

12:14 am

rururocks

how ya been pini?

12:15 am

periwinkle

is it too early to ask?

12:15 am

melonheadjujube

nbt

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

st 7 x 4

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

nbt nbs

12:16 am

melonheadjujube

lone m stats: me 39.3701 (;

12:16 am

melonheadjujube

nbs!

12:16 am

periwinkle

huh?

12:17 am

flosey

wtg melon

12:17 am

melonheadjujube

phantom: mutts

12:17 am

periwinkle

going back to bed

12:17 am

melonheadjujube

it's a silly clue peri

12:17 am

cybernan

not imperial, peri

12:18 am

melonheadjujube

nor imperious!

12:18 am

cybernan

nbt, but still need the 8

12:18 am

melonheadjujube

good add-on clue cybernan. So glad someone "gets" me!

12:18 am

melonheadjujube

the 8 I have came from a 7

12:19 am

Jillyjill

the st8 is the part of a plant plus 'her sequined gown was shim****

12:19 am

Jillyjill

nbt and nbs...

12:19 am

flosey

wow, that's an odd one, thanks jilly

12:20 am

Lizlin

Weird. ty Jilly :)

12:20 am

cybernan

ty jilly -- what a stupid word

12:20 am

melonheadjujube

off to bed am I. 'nite, all!

12:20 am

Jillyjill

YVW, and with that I am heading to bed...niters all!

12:20 am

Lizlin

Sleep well

12:24 am

VolleymomDee

fo 6/30 x 2

12:25 am

VolleymomDee

new word for me fo 6/36

12:26 am

jillibus

Hi -- just dropping in now that the Happy Hour(s) guests have left at about 10:15 pm. Mountains of stuff to clean up so I'll be back later. This one looks odd, with no A, B or C!

12:27 am

Lizlin

Hi Jilli - see you later :)

12:27 am

Pinikula

Jilly! :)

12:27 am

cybernan

somehow I just knew that sw 4 would be accepted by enable!

12:28 am

VolleymomDee

see you soon jili

12:28 am

Pinikula

night melon and JJ :)

12:28 am

jillibus

Glancing back at the clues, this one does look tough! I may not be back!

12:29 am

jillibus

Poor old Lloyd was not found in the dictionary. Ignoramus!

12:29 am

cybernan

looking for all those st 7's - only have one of them

12:30 am

cybernan

make that 2

12:30 am

Pinikula

same here, nan

12:32 am

VolleymomDee

st 7 one who removes an st 4/5 off a flower

12:32 am

VolleymomDee

st 7/28 more serious or more st 5/10

12:32 am

Pinikula

thx dee :)

12:32 am

VolleymomDee

st 7 adjective of the st 5/10

12:32 am

Pinikula

3 now ;)

12:33 am

VolleymomDee

st 7/36 chest bone

12:33 am

flosey

thanks Dee

12:33 am

VolleymomDee

yqw

12:34 am

cybernan

ty - s's squashed

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

yw

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

anyone have both d's?

12:35 am

Pinikula

not me

12:35 am

flosey

just one here

12:35 am

scribekd

one d is to refuse someone something

12:35 am

grannyrose

de4, dy4, dee

12:35 am

kalea

de4, dy4

12:36 am

VolleymomDee

ty rose!! was missing the dy

12:36 am

flosey

yes, both now

12:36 am

scribekd

the other is an anagram of that first one

12:36 am

Pinikula

thx kalea ;)

12:36 am

Pinikula

et al

12:37 am

VolleymomDee

en 6/18

12:37 am

Pinikula

nudge for the w?

12:37 am

grannyrose

wu4, pini

12:37 am

kalea

wu4

12:37 am

VolleymomDee

wu 4/9.... a weak person

12:37 am

rururocks

gr8

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

ty ru looking

12:38 am

Pinikula

yeah, about what I feel like for asking for that one! LOL

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

lol pini

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

nbt nbs

12:38 am

grannyrose

nice on rur, good to hear again

12:39 am

Pinikula

wtg dee :)

12:39 am

VolleymomDee

ty odd em 4/8 and em 5/18 (not pl but add an extra vowel at the end)

12:40 am

cybernan

ty ruru

12:41 am

VolleymomDee

em 5 x 5 so far

12:41 am

flosey

thanks ru

12:41 am

Pinikula

one more for nbt and pillows

12:42 am

Pinikula

bottom left e?

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

er 4 I think

12:42 am

harpjane

think nail file pini

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

et 6/18

12:42 am

demi

gr 7 & 8

12:43 am

Pinikula

* thinking *

12:43 am

VolleymomDee

er 4 eagle pini

12:43 am

Pinikula

bingo ... nbt :)

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

wtg

12:44 am

flosey

ah, me too, nbt and nbs

12:44 am

Pinikula

wow...long time coming for that one first goal :)

12:44 am

Pinikula

wtg flosey! :)

12:44 am

flosey

tks Pini, you too

12:45 am

demi

gr 7 & 8

12:45 am

Pinikula

...and on that note...pillows here I come!

12:45 am

flosey

goodnight Pini, sweet sleep

12:45 am

grannyrose

night, pini, swet sleep, my friend

12:45 am

Pinikula

night all...good to see you...until next time...

12:45 am

grannyrose

*sweet*

12:45 am

rururocks

finito

12:46 am

Pinikula

wtg RU!!!

12:46 am

Pinikula

* poof *

12:46 am

rururocks

nighters pini.. wonderful to see you

12:46 am

grannyrose

WTG RURU!!!!

12:46 am

VolleymomDee

wow, well done, ru

12:46 am

cybernan

well done ruru

12:46 am

rururocks

*waiting for dart*

12:46 am

cybernan

stuck at 105 - back for the rest tomorrow

12:47 am

rururocks

*waves to Dart*

12:50 am

rururocks

night all

12:50 am

flosey

just reading back, well done ru

12:51 am

rururocks

thanks flosey

12:53 am

ursh

hello all - what are the stats for the lone m please

12:53 am

flosey

hi ursh

12:53 am

grannyrose

me5, urshy

12:53 am

ursh

tx rose

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

gr 7 x 2

12:54 am

demi

gr 8

1:00 am

grannyrose

oh for goodness sake, such an obvious last word, un5.....

1:01 am

VolleymomDee

lol wtg rose

1:01 am

grannyrose

thanx dee

1:01 am

VolleymomDee

that is the only u I have :(

1:02 am

dizgrannie

have un4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 6....need one more plz

1:02 am

grannyrose

ok, un5, don't come face-to-face, and un5 not having been given food

1:03 am

grannyrose

diz, past tense for your missing un5

1:03 am

dizgrannie

another un 5 between the two 6s

1:04 am

dizgrannie

thanx Rose

1:04 am

grannyrose

oh, i see you found it, well done

1:05 am

VolleymomDee

ty so much, ladies... u's completed

1:07 am

grannyrose

yay dee

1:08 am

VolleymomDee

down to 10... gonna need to list... at a dead halt

1:08 am

grannyrose

wanna try without list...i'll help

1:09 am

VolleymomDee

I don't think you can... too many stragglers from all over.. ty, though; gonna give it a few more minutes

1:10 am

VolleymomDee

you would think they would pop out... only 4's, 5's, and 6's left

1:11 am

grannyrose

hang on a tick...*pokes grid*...nope they're not gonna do that for you.lol

1:11 am

VolleymomDee

LOL too funny

1:13 am

grannyrose

you can't say i didn't try for you...

1:14 am

VolleymomDee

really glad you are doing so well at work, rose. I bet you are relieved.

1:16 am

grannyrose

same here, dee. my supervisor is being very cautious when it comes to increasing my hours.

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

That is a huge blessing!

1:19 am

grannyrose

*giggle* i wanted to increase to 3 x 7 hours next week...he said ...no, you will do a 7, 6, 7.

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

LOL sounds like a control freak.... not that much difference, hmm

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

1:20 am

grannyrose

i am doing the 3 in a row to build up stamina. i have to be able to turn up day after day after day to be a useful member of the team.

1:20 am

grannyrose

WTG DEE!!!!

1:21 am

VolleymomDee

too true. Are you enjoying your time when you are at work? Ty.

1:21 am

flosey

wtg Dee

1:22 am

grannyrose

oh, yes...and workmates are watching me closely. i did a 6 hour with only 1 20 minute break last week. it was frantic.

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

ty flosey

1:23 am

grannyrose

but i love it! * ear-to-ear grin*

1:23 am

VolleymomDee

how did you feel at the end of that day?

1:23 am

VolleymomDee

so glad you are enjoying it!

1:23 am

grannyrose

not as bad as i thought i would. a little stiff which resolved overnight.

1:25 am

grannyrose

fortunately not doing any on-call at the moment...so have enough down-time to recover.

1:25 am

VolleymomDee

very good, that.

1:26 am

VolleymomDee

Well, I am off til the flip. Have a great day / eve!!

1:26 am

sarah6girls

morning x

1:27 am

grannyrose

night, dee. have a sweet sleep, and awake refreshed. {{hugs}}

1:27 am

flosey

goodnight Dee

1:28 am

grannyrose

{{{sarah}}}

1:28 am

VolleymomDee

ty hugs to both of you; sweet sleeps!!

1:28 am

sarah6girls

granny hugs how are you

1:28 am

flosey

ty Dee and you too

1:28 am

sarah6girls

nite dee xx

1:29 am

grannyrose

doing well, thanx sarah. and you and the family?

1:29 am

sarah6girls

bp still to high got to have bloods done next week :( and girls and hubby good ty xx

1:30 am

grannyrose

yuck on the blood tests, but good to find out what's going on. email me?

1:31 am

sarah6girls

i will granny not been on here much as head hurt at min x

1:32 am

flosey

may I have a clue for su6 after the 7 please

1:32 am

grannyrose

understand sarah....cyber hugs, hun

1:32 am

grannyrose

flosey, add sometimes vowel

1:33 am

sarah6girls

ty hun i will email in bit telling you all how i feel see what you think xx

1:33 am

grannyrose

ahhhh, i am so silly. our planet's source of heat/light + german for 'the'

1:33 am

sarah6girls

brb

1:34 am

flosey

have the 7 rose, need the 6 that follows it

1:35 am

grannyrose

check it out at 1:33, dearest

1:37 am

sarah6girls

granny email on way xx

1:37 am

jillibus

ok, dishwasher loaded, perishables put in fridge, beer cans and wine bottles rinsed, baguette slices in the freezer, the hell with the crackers and such -- they can wait tiol morning. Tylenol taken for aching back, and here I am, unwinding.

1:38 am

jillibus

I have 8 words.

1:38 am

jillibus

9

1:39 am

jillibus

10

1:40 am

jillibus

16

1:40 am

jillibus

as if anyone cared

1:43 am

grannyrose

yay jilli. sorry hun...was emailing sarah

1:44 am

jillibus

hi granny -- sarah has probems?

1:44 am

grannyrose

sounds like you have had a tough evening, jilli.

1:45 am

grannyrose

jilli, she has had high blood-pressure for sometime and head-aches as well.

1:45 am

jillibus

lots of work, but great company -- 7 people here for drinks and many goodies.

1:45 am

flosey

back from the kitchen, and think I

1:45 am

flosey

ll head off to bed, goodnight all

1:46 am

flosey

44 for tomorrow

1:46 am

flosey

goodnight all

1:46 am

jillibus

goodnight flosey -- me too soon but I had to relax for a bit

1:46 am

grannyrose

well you have done well then, jilli

1:46 am

sarah6girls

night flosey

1:46 am

flosey

hi jilli, and goodnight

1:46 am

grannyrose

night, flosey, sweet sleep, hun

1:47 am

flosey

yes, reading back, you entertained tonight, so clean up to do

1:47 am

flosey

off I am

1:48 am

jillibus

LOTS of cleanup!

1:49 am

grannyrose

or...am i off...depending on if you are dyslexic....lol

1:51 am

grannyrose

i know, i know..i have a warped sense of humour.

1:53 am

sarah6girls

sent reply granny xx

1:53 am

Lizlin

or dyxelsic?

1:54 am

grannyrose

*grin* hey liz

1:55 am

Lizlin

Hey Rose - that's how I've always written it! Love to play with words!

2:00 am

grannyrose

liz, so does DH...but he puns them, like ruru does. life is one big chuckle here.

2:01 am

jillibus

too tired -- if someone can give me a clue for the lower M and the * I'd go to bed happily, I think...

2:01 am

Lizlin

Here too - we both play with words and pun!

2:01 am

jillibus

that's the 8

2:01 am

Lizlin

I don't have that m jill but have both 8s!

2:02 am

grannyrose

jilli, me5, measure of distance

2:03 am

Lizlin

Just found it as you typed that!

2:04 am

jillibus

ty Liz, blind as a bat, me, at this hour. And What about the wu9 word?

2:04 am

Lizlin

lol! wu 4 - a coward

2:04 am

grannyrose

jilli, wu + double consonant

2:05 am

jillibus

oy! ty liz and granny!

2:06 am

Lizlin

:)

2:06 am

grannyrose

lol, jilli

2:06 am

jillibus

that's nbt for me

2:06 am

grannyrose

yay, jilli

2:07 am

Lizlin

wtg jilli

2:09 am

jillibus

now for an 8 -- I see they are gr and st but that's as far as I gat -- help, please, before I fade into oblivion

2:10 am

Lizlin

st 8 - flower stalk + feeling ***r* after lots to drink! Might be too obscure!

2:11 am

Lizlin

gr 8 - go in kids' ears to help when they're blocked. Different first vowel to the one I'd normally use.

2:12 am

Lizlin

Both gr 8 and st 8 have the same double consonant in the middle.

2:13 am

jillibus

well, I got the flower stalk and ceretainly should get the ***r* because that's my condition tonight after the Happy Hour(s) at my place which lasted 5 hours...

2:13 am

Lizlin

Sounds like fun!

2:13 am

dcseain

ta, lizlin, got the gr and the double consonant got me the other. :) Evening, jilli

2:13 am

Lizlin

yw :)

2:14 am

jillibus

hi dc -- it's pretty late for you, n'est-ce pas?

2:14 am

grannyrose

hey dcs!!!

2:15 am

jillibus

I have no idea what would go in kids' ears when they are blocked

2:17 am

jillibus

ah, got the st8 anyway! I'm far from ***r* after this evening -- just exhausted!

2:17 am

Lizlin

g + hesitation + one more of that consonant + HRH queen LIz + plural

2:18 am

Lizlin

I guess it was the teacher in me - letters from parents - my kid's had gr 8s put into his ears! lol!

2:18 am

blueheron

Think of Wallace and GR*****. Just change the first vowel:)

2:19 am

Lizlin

gr 8 - missed a letter - sorry. gr + hesitation

2:19 am

Lizlin

ty heron - much better!

2:19 am

Lizlin

So obvious too!

2:19 am

blueheron

yw

2:20 am

jillibus

ah -- got that gr8 at last -- tyvm heron -- nbs now too

2:21 am

blueheron

:))

2:21 am

Lizlin

Yay Jilli - sorry my clue was so obscure! :)

2:21 am

grannyrose

yay, jilli, nice job

2:21 am

jillibus

and ty liz -- I was thinking our queen was ER so wanted an ery ending which didn't work

2:21 am

grannyrose

liz, no :( for you, very hard to clue

2:22 am

Lizlin

ty Rose

2:22 am

Lizlin

Go back to that ending jilli for a gr 7!

2:23 am

jillibus

and now with 100 to go I shall say goodnight and collapse into bed -- happy babbling all...*poof

2:23 am

Lizlin

My mistake - multi-tasking!

2:23 am

Lizlin

Good night, sleep well.

2:23 am

grannyrose

night, jilli. sweet sleep, my friend

2:23 am

sarah6girls

any clues for top e then have nbt nbs plz

2:24 am

grannyrose

sarah, to enter the armed forces?

2:24 am

Lizlin

If you have to register to do something or to join something you might en 5 /10 or 6 /18 - alternate spellings

2:24 am

grannyrose

er4, units of energy

2:25 am

sarah6girls

ty granny xxx

2:25 am

sarah6girls

nbt nbs

2:25 am

craftylady

well done sarah

2:25 am

grannyrose

have to go...dinner ready..xoxox to all

2:26 am

sarah6girls

thanks mum you feeling any better today xxx

2:26 am

Lizlin

Bon appétit - also bbl

2:26 am

sarah6girls

bye granny hugs xxxx

2:26 am

craftylady

no not really

2:26 am

sarah6girls

bye lizin x

2:26 am

sarah6girls

not good mum

2:27 am

craftylady

i am cold as well the gas bottle has run out

2:28 am

sarah6girls

thats not good have you ordered one

2:28 am

craftylady

got a new fire coming this morning as Lyn needs hers back hope they come soon

2:29 am

sarah6girls

good xx

2:29 am

sarah6girls

i ring you now as easyer then on here lol

3:56 am

rubyfoo

good morning

3:56 am

rubyfoo

hello sarah and sarah's mom!

3:59 am

rubyfoo

(didn't look at the time)

4:01 am

craftylady

Hello Ruby

4:02 am

rubyfoo

hello lady

4:02 am

rubyfoo

is it very cold and snowy there? losts of snow here and we're much more south than you

4:03 am

craftylady

how are you

4:03 am

rubyfoo

I'm cold but happy to be going to London next weekend

4:03 am

rubyfoo

getting away from this madhouse for a few days! yay

4:04 am

craftylady

That will be nice it is very cold here at the moment so dress warm

4:04 am

rubyfoo

snow or rain?

4:04 am

craftylady

we have had both just cold today

4:05 am

rubyfoo

I won't do much walking around - hotel is near relatives' house and the party is in the hotel

4:05 am

rubyfoo

I'll just sleep and eat!

4:05 am

craftylady

don't blame you

4:06 am

rubyfoo

and, best of all, no responsibilities!

4:06 am

craftylady

that is the best you need to recharge you battries so you go back fully rested

4:27 am

Jivingjenny0

can i have a clue for the e in the bottom row please

4:28 am

demi

em 5/16 = type of nail file

4:33 am

zoozzoom

Also a EM 4/6

5:39 am

zoozzoom

And fireworks for me.

5:40 am

renfield

wtg zoom

5:42 am

zoozzoom

Thanks, Renfield :-)

5:48 am

Lizlin

Hi and congrats zoom - if you're still here. Actually congrats even if you're not! :)

5:49 am

zoozzoom

Thanks, Liz :-)

5:49 am

zoozzoom

Just finishing my cup of tea before switching off..lol

5:50 am

Lizlin

Sounds nice and relaxed! Hope the rest of the day continues like that for you.

5:51 am

zoozzoom

Thanks, Liz.it must be late where you are?

5:51 am

Lizlin

Not that late - almost 10 but I prefer not to still be on the computer too late!

5:53 am

zoozzoom

Ahh not as late as i thought..hope you have a pleasant evening.i`m off now, take care.

5:53 am

Lizlin

hagd

6:25 am

Scrabbler

Good day to all.

6:27 am

72 Temple Owl

hello

6:27 am

Scrabbler

Hi Owl

6:28 am

lbdawger

gm, everyone

6:28 am

lbdawger

emur

6:28 am

lbdawger

oops, sorry

6:28 am

72 Temple Owl

has anyone found the w?

6:29 am

Scrabbler

Change the last ltr, dawg

6:29 am

Scrabbler

Yep

6:29 am

Scrabbler

wu4/9

6:29 am

lbdawger

yup, have the flightless bird.

6:29 am

scrambler

hi all!

6:29 am

scrambler

scrab,dawg,to!

6:29 am

lbdawger

wu4, TO

6:29 am

Scrabbler

Hi scrambler

6:30 am

72 Temple Owl

hello scrambler

6:30 am

lbdawger

morning scrambler

6:30 am

72 Temple Owl

oh ty. don't get me started on enable

6:33 am

Scrabbler

Anyone have an 8?

6:33 am

lbdawger

not yet, scrabs

6:33 am

Scrabbler

I have a 7, st7/28

6:35 am

72 Temple Owl

i have 89 and am at the head scratching stage

6:35 am

Scrabbler

I have 56 and am starting to slow down

6:36 am

lbdawger

104 and eyes and monkeys not cooperating

6:36 am

72 Temple Owl

and dog wins!

6:36 am

ladycece920

there's an gr 8, plural of the 7, uses the double letters

6:36 am

72 Temple Owl

i must get ready for church soon

6:37 am

Scrabbler

What are you doing at church this morning?

6:37 am

ladycece920

double cons, not vowels

6:37 am

lbdawger

ty, ladycece

6:37 am

72 Temple Owl

dec 8

6:38 am

lbdawger

Hannuka starts this evening.

6:38 am

72 Temple Owl

*stares blankly at the sticky word*

6:38 am

Scrabbler

Oh, yes, Immaculate Conception. Well, I have to work soon. It's my on-call weekend.

6:38 am

72 Temple Owl

lol yes i am going to church for chanukah

6:39 am

Scrabbler

TY for gr8

6:39 am

lbdawger

fe5...leg bone

6:39 am

Scrabbler

TY again dawg

6:39 am

crosshair

good morning my babble friends:)

6:39 am

72 Temple Owl

i hope scabbler found that one!

6:40 am

Scrabbler

Hi Bacon Boy

6:40 am

crosshair

:)

6:40 am

Scrabbler

su7 = not wintry

6:41 am

scrambler

hi crossy!

6:41 am

crosshair

howdy scrambler

6:41 am

lbdawger

hi crossy

6:41 am

crosshair

howdy lbd

6:42 am

Scrabbler

I am missing lots of E's

6:43 am

crosshair

er 4/6 scwabby= a classic babblet

6:43 am

lbdawger

nail file board em5

6:43 am

renfield

i do channukah - oy channukah

6:43 am

lbdawger

happy channukah, rennie

6:44 am

renfield

thanks dawg

6:44 am

Scrabbler

Hi Renny. How are you?

6:44 am

Scrabbler

TY for em5 and er4

6:45 am

hurshy

enable has clearly never worked at a non-profit or it would not be telling me that "funder" is not a word.

6:45 am

renfield

hey scrabs - i be doing good howz by u?

6:45 am

Scrabbler

Hi Hurshy

6:46 am

Scrabbler

Doing well, renny

6:46 am

hurshy

hi

6:46 am

BabbleRabble

em 5/16 and 6/23 .... pismire(s)

6:46 am

crosshair

and flightless bird is here

6:47 am

Scrabbler

Hi BR

6:47 am

renfield

hey ya rab

6:47 am

BabbleRabble

Hello

6:47 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, Ren

6:47 am

hurshy

aren't there any fr's?

6:48 am

hurshy

oh there are!

6:48 am

Anniebrook

fr 5/22

6:48 am

BabbleRabble

7

6:48 am

Scrabbler

I have five fr's

6:48 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone

6:48 am

Scrabbler

Good morning Annie and Bobby

6:48 am

hurshy

sorry i meant, from the first f

6:48 am

hurshy

hadn't yet seen that there was a second f

6:48 am

lbdawger

hi hursh, BR and annie

6:48 am

Anniebrook

Hi Scrabbs :)

6:48 am

crosshair

howdy annie

6:48 am

Lizlin

Hi all :)

6:48 am

Anniebrook

I see Rennie is here

6:49 am

Anniebrook

hi crossy :)

6:49 am

Scrabbler

Hi liz

6:49 am

Anniebrook

and hi to liz :)

6:49 am

renfield

hey de ho ho ho twinnie - happy channukah for tonight!

6:49 am

Lizlin

Happy Chanukah from downunder

6:49 am

BabbleRabble

fr 6/33 and 7/48

6:50 am

Anniebrook

hi twinnie, happy chanukah to you too..I have my candles and menorah ready to be lit and Liz (daughter) sent a ceramic dreidel filled with candy and nuts.

6:50 am

Anniebrook

thanks Liz

6:50 am

hurshy

thanks brabble!

6:50 am

renfield

back at cha liz

6:51 am

hurshy

now we need evanonut.

6:51 am

Lizlin

One candle down here. Love the sound of a goody filled ceramic dreidel.

6:51 am

Anniebrook

renny, how is nutty?

6:51 am

renfield

she's prob so sleeping in hursh

6:51 am

PMS

fr6 fr+vowel + 6 is a
***ber

6:52 am

Scrabbler

TY, PMS

6:52 am

Scrabbler

I am still thinking about the em5 ant

6:52 am

Anniebrook

thanks, pms

6:52 am

BabbleRabble

Thanks, PMS

6:52 am

renfield

annie - nutter is....wellllll...she be nutty

6:53 am

Anniebrook

okay, nice to hear things stay the same

6:53 am

BabbleRabble

First name of clown kelly: em***t

6:54 am

renfield

same as they ever were...same as they ever were....

6:54 am

scrambler

tu babblerabble

6:54 am

Anniebrook

be right back

6:55 am

Scrabbler

That's a type of ant?

6:55 am

crosshair

happy channukah to those who celebrate.at least they still let you use the word poor ole christmas is a word that seems to be on the endangered list in most stores here

6:55 am

Scrabbler

Yes, I hear a generic "Happy Holidays."

6:55 am

BabbleRabble

Are still showing that privy, Ren?

6:56 am

crosshair

i am making it a point to spend my dollars in places that are not afraid to say christmas

6:57 am

renfield

su4/5 am rab - no one wants it - said i need to get a weed eater and clean it out

6:57 am

BabbleRabble

picky picky

6:58 am

lbdawger

clue for the first fe5.20?

6:58 am

BabbleRabble

bone

6:58 am

hurshy

is that the leg bone? not sure, still missing 4 f's

6:59 am

Lizlin

A French lady I think

6:59 am

hurshy

ah thanks liz

7:00 am

BabbleRabble

f + pismire: ****t

7:00 am

hurshy

some of them are fatale :)

7:02 am

lbdawger

not getting the fe clues. i have the leg bone, fe above that?

7:03 am

BabbleRabble

fe + the musical *a**

7:04 am

Anniebrook

well dawg, then you just have to fe** for yourself

7:04 am

hurshy

lol, i just tried making the base of a flower into an adj - like when they say a woman is leggy - and it WORKED!

7:05 am

crosshair

for a free crossy style breffast name the famous london insurance company in the grid(at one time kylie minogues tushie was insured there for 5 milliom dollars)

7:05 am

lbdawger

I think I need another cuppa.

7:05 am

sprite

hello, Babble friends

7:05 am

Scrabbler

TY, H

7:05 am

crosshair

((sprite))

7:05 am

Scrabbler

Hi sprite

7:05 am

hurshy

lloyd's

7:05 am

sprite

crossy! *hugs*

7:05 am

crosshair

yaa for hurshsy!! ding sing sing!

7:06 am

hurshy

insured against what? accident only, or what if she just ate badly and didn't work out?

7:06 am

Lizlin

Hi sprite

7:06 am

Anniebrook

LLOYDS OF LONDON

7:06 am

crosshair

sing?? ok.we you can sing as well

7:06 am

lbdawger

>*)))<<< I really feel dense finally got the fe5.20 (the first one)

7:06 am

sprite

hiya liz :)

7:06 am

Anniebrook

sorry for shouting, I see hurshy beat me to it

7:06 am

Scrabbler

And I mu4 now get ready for work. I hope we don't have to see too many sick kids. The germs are thriving.

7:06 am

crosshair

sorry annie:((

7:06 am

sprite

hi Scrabs, how are you?

7:07 am

Lizlin

Hagd scrabbs

7:07 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! little blue creature

7:07 am

Scrabbler

smurf

7:07 am

crosshair

"everyone getting the flu shot like good boys and girls scrabby?

7:07 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!

7:07 am

renfield

take care scrabs - even in the warm - we are having lotz of sick peeps

7:07 am

sprite

bye Scrabs :)

7:07 am

MollyL

Smurf

7:07 am

renfield

hey ya sprite

7:07 am

Scrabbler

I am anxious, as usual, for the weekend on-call marathon. 63 hrs total--ends Monday 0800.

7:08 am

Scrabbler

Bye kids

7:08 am

sprite

hi renfield! Long time no see, I hope you are well :)

7:08 am

MollyL

Oh I'm way too slow today.

7:08 am

crosshair

ouch

7:08 am

sprite

ouch Scrabs... good luck... pffew

7:08 am

Anniebrook

morning, Molly

7:08 am

lbdawger

tadone!! finito! and thank you for the ever patient cluing.

7:08 am

hurshy

what did people say the 8's were?

7:08 am

Lizlin

Yay lbd :)

7:09 am

crosshair

yaaa for lbd!!

7:09 am

Anniebrook

congrats, dawg!!!

7:09 am

sprite

bye dawg

7:09 am

sprite

hello Molly

7:09 am

Anniebrook

gr8

7:09 am

renfield

yippy i o dawg

7:09 am

lbdawger

gr8 and st8, hursh

7:09 am

hurshy

ty

7:09 am

lbdawger

ty ty ty, *cursties and blows kisses*

7:09 am

MollyL

Morning Annie, Happy Hanukkah.

7:10 am

lbdawger

off to get ready for work. be safe everyone!

7:10 am

Anniebrook

Thanks, Molly

7:11 am

hurshy

got 4 st7's but none of them seem to want to turn into an 8

7:11 am

crosshair

same here.finding tons of 7,s

7:11 am

MollyL

The flower one will

7:11 am

Lizlin

Build on the st 4 / 5 for the st 8

7:11 am

hurshy

ah thanks molly!

7:12 am

Anniebrook

thanks liz and molly

7:13 am

BabbleRabble

a factory or other place where tobacco leaves are stripped.

7:13 am

sprite

hi BabbleRabble, good to see you.

7:13 am

crosshair

ah ty for st 8,the sometimes vowel threw me

7:13 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, sprite

7:15 am

sprite

looks like another nice, puny grid today

7:15 am

crosshair

the gr 8 sounds like the metal fastening rings installed in tarps and tents for fastening

7:16 am

crosshair

also lace hole for sneakers for that matter

7:16 am

BzznBea

Thanks for that gr8, crossy.

7:16 am

crosshair

np:)

7:16 am

sprite

hello Bea

7:17 am

Lizlin

Goodnight from me. Enjoy your days :)

7:17 am

Anniebrook

night, Liz

7:17 am

MollyL

How does a word like gr8 also get to mean "inexperienced surfer" in Australia? : D

7:17 am

sprite

night Liz :)

7:18 am

renfield

enjoy your 2nd day of channukah liz

7:18 am

Lizlin

:)

7:19 am

BabbleRabble

How are you and hubby doing, Ren?

7:19 am

car.eeyore

Good morning!

7:19 am

Anniebrook

hi car. :)

7:20 am

sprite

hey car.ee :)

7:21 am

car.eeyore

Hello Annie! Hello Sprite! Hello Molly! Hello BR! Hello Lizlin! Hello Renfield!

7:21 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, Car

7:21 am

sprite

:D

7:21 am

car.eeyore

Ty for that clue Molly! Great way to start the grid!

7:22 am

renfield

mezzer is still waiting on his 5th surgery - it will be after the law suit probably - otherwise it will cost us about 40k - i'm still taking my chemo - eating great yogurt - worked 8 nites in a row - back tonite for 3 more.....my bro invested our money in a publishing company - so now we have a lab and a publishing company - and i'm still in need of $$$$ arrrrgh

7:22 am

BabbleRabble

Construction down, Car?

7:22 am

hurshy

done. that was definitely a list-and-clues kind of a grid.

7:22 am

renfield

hey ya car

7:22 am

sprite

gratz hurshy

7:23 am

sprite

*hugs renfield*

7:23 am

car.eeyore

Good grief Renfield. Please take care...both of you!

7:23 am

car.eeyore

Yes, BR! The bathroom is done!

7:23 am

car.eeyore

Hi Hurshy!

7:23 am

Anniebrook

((twinnie))

7:23 am

BzznBea

Stats for the W, please?

7:24 am

renfield

good show hursh

7:24 am

Anniebrook

wu 4/9

7:24 am

sprite

wu4/9

7:24 am

car.eeyore

wu 4/6

7:24 am

BzznBea

ty

7:24 am

car.eeyore

Oh! congratulations hurshy!

7:24 am

car.eeyore

Hi Bzznbea!

7:25 am

BzznBea

Annie, do you watch The Amaing Race?

7:25 am

BabbleRabble

I keep asking for a winning lottery ticket .... I am sincere but people think its weird to ask.

7:25 am

BzznBea

Morning, car.

7:25 am

crosshair

car!!!

7:25 am

Anniebrook

hi Bzz, no, I don't

7:25 am

car.eeyore

Crossy!

7:25 am

sprite

how silly of them, BabbleRabble. It seems like a very clear order to me.

7:26 am

Anniebrook

Bzz, I am not a big TV watcher. What sort of show is it?

7:26 am

car.eeyore

How silly to ignore such a simple request!

7:26 am

BzznBea

There are two sisters from Sri Lanka and they call each other Twinnie.

7:26 am

Anniebrook

Ah, okay.

7:27 am

renfield

i've never played the lottery - annie and i are twinnies - as we were ignored in the chog - no matter what we said or asked....we're Jewish

7:28 am

Anniebrook

twinnie, I just fell off the chair laughing.

7:28 am

renfield

we could be called twenty.....

7:28 am

car.eeyore

AAAAAhhhhh! Ru 4/6....yummmm!

7:28 am

crosshair

and now it is time for crossy,s tidbit of the day!!

7:28 am

sprite

ignored in the chog??? How come?

7:28 am

BzznBea

Happy Hanukkah to you!

7:28 am

renfield

or we could be called jenny

7:28 am

crosshair

In a fit of uncharacteristic decisiveness, President James Buchanan tried to buy Cuba. However, his plans ground to a halt when Congress refused to give him the dough to purchase the island, believing that the president would take the money and skip the country.

7:29 am

BabbleRabble

Certainly did not mean to ignore ..... I have neve purchased a lottery ticket

7:29 am

car.eeyore

LOL!!!! Nice one Crossy!

7:30 am

sprite

didn't ignore you... asked after you :)

7:30 am

BabbleRabble

Probably figured anyone who got stuck in a tub was not trustworthy

7:30 am

sprite

lol crossy, that is cool

7:30 am

Anniebrook

Wasnt Buchanan an alcoholic?

7:30 am

renfield

we were ignored a long long time ago....way long ago - prob so in 2008 or before it was funny - we carried on a total conversation w/ one another

7:30 am

crosshair

you never now

7:31 am

crosshair

maybe he just wanted good cigars

7:31 am

BabbleRabble

taft was the tub ... Buchanan the only bachelor president

7:31 am

crosshair

would never ignore you renfield

7:31 am

sprite

ah ok... am glad it was long ago! Would hate to think you or Annie felt ignored here.

7:31 am

crosshair

or annie

7:31 am

Anniebrook

Too long ago to count

7:32 am

sprite

good :)

7:32 am

ladycece920

oh look, the little blue people are in the puzzle!!

7:32 am

renfield

really - we were just wee mites -

7:33 am

Mom

good morning everyone

7:33 am

sprite

morning Mom :)

7:33 am

Mom

((Sprite)) good morning

7:33 am

crosshair

howdy mom:))

7:33 am

renfield

howdy mom

7:33 am

sprite

hi ladycece, indeed they are! And not valid... and not even the past tense verb is valid.

7:33 am

car.eeyore

Hello Mom!

7:33 am

car.eeyore

Hello Ladycece!

7:33 am

Mom

((Crossy)) and (((((Renny)))) hello

7:34 am

Mom

((Car.))) good morning

7:34 am

ladycece920

you do have to try :)

7:34 am

sprite

I did :D Twice!

7:34 am

ladycece920

LOL

7:34 am

Anniebrook

((Mom)) good morning

7:34 am

crosshair

yuck! 3 celcuis and pouring rain here;(

7:35 am

Mom

(((Annie))) good morning

7:35 am

car.eeyore

♪ La, la, la la la la, la, la, la la la laaaaaah ♪

7:35 am

renfield

hot hot hot here

7:35 am

Mom

rainy here as well Crossy but we are 53 degrees

7:35 am

sprite

freezing and snow here. Yesterday it was so bad they cancelled my therapy day.

7:35 am

ladycece920

bbrr. hate to tell you it's supposed to be high 70F here today

7:35 am

crosshair

:(

7:35 am

sprite

sing along, car :)

7:35 am

car.eeyore

Rain here.

7:36 am

Anniebrook

very foggy here

7:36 am

crosshair

70f??? 70 f is just a dream within a dream for us now till around next may ;(

7:36 am

Mom

oh wow, Sprite

7:36 am

Mom

Happy Hanukkah, Annie and Renny

7:36 am

car.eeyore

A good day to stay in and Babble!

7:36 am

crosshair

indeed

7:36 am

Mom

and Peri if she is lurking

7:36 am

sprite

yeah, quite unusual. Next week better, I hope :)

7:36 am

Anniebrook

thanks Mom

7:36 am

renfield

thanks mom

7:37 am

car.eeyore

Maybe if we ask nicely, Dr. God can give us another grid?

7:37 am

Mom

:-)

7:37 am

sprite

happy Hanukkah from me too, Annie and ren and Peri, and whoever else is celebrating.

7:37 am

Anniebrook

thanks sprite :)

7:37 am

renfield

toda sprite

7:38 am

car.eeyore

Happy Hanukkah to all!

7:38 am

crosshair

yes,we will say happy hanukkah to all and not happy hollidays or happy festvus lol

7:38 am

renfield

and to all a good night....wait - wrong story

7:38 am

crosshair

festivus*

7:38 am

MollyL

Annie, Buchanan was described as "able to drink two or three bottles" at a time. I think it's a safe bet he had a booze problem.

7:39 am

sprite

renfield, how do I answer 'toda' in a fitting way?

7:39 am

Mom

Hi Molly

7:39 am

renfield

toda is Hebrew for thank you

7:39 am

Anniebrook

Molly, agreed

7:39 am

MollyL

Morning Mom : )

7:39 am

car.eeyore

TY renfield!

7:39 am

sprite

yes I know. So I wondered how I could say "you're very welcome" or something similar in Hebrew.

7:41 am

renfield

eyn davar or rav todat

7:41 am

sprite

toda... and rav todat, renfield.

7:42 am

renfield

:)

7:43 am

renfield

mom - did you make the snow flake decoration?

7:43 am

BabbleRabble

Azov oti be-sheket!

7:44 am

Mom

I did, Renny

7:45 am

Mom

time for me to scoot, have library today.

7:45 am

Mom

((Hugs)) to all of you.

7:45 am

Mom

Ren, do you crochet?

7:45 am

Trifioso

hello friends! CAR!!! Im at work, but kiddo isnt here yet, so I get a quick babble - yay!

7:45 am

sprite

aw BabbleRabble :(

7:45 am

sprite

hiya Triffles :)

7:45 am

Mom

((Trif))

7:46 am

Anniebrook

bye ((Mom)) and hi Trif

7:46 am

Trifioso

secondo has her last drivers ed class today! keep your children from the streets!

7:46 am

Mom

((Annie)) wishing you a great day

7:47 am

sprite

bye Mom *hugs*

7:47 am

Anniebrook

you too, Mom

7:47 am

Mom

thanks Annie

7:47 am

Mom

((Sprite)) have a great rest of the day,

7:47 am

MollyL

*Calls DMV to make appointment to turn drivers license in*

7:47 am

Trifioso

hahahah molly!

7:48 am

car.eeyore

Hi Trif!

7:50 am

Trifioso

hi car!

7:50 am

MimiCat

Good morning, everyone!!

7:50 am

car.eeyore

Hi Mimi!!! {[hugs}}

7:50 am

MimiCat

7:50 am

car.eeyore

Trif...how is secundo feeling?

7:50 am

Anniebrook

hi mimi

7:51 am

sprite

hi Mimi :)

7:51 am

MimiCat

(Annie)

7:51 am

Trifioso

okay car, thanks. had another sinkable episode on thursday, but meds helped

7:51 am

MimiCat

(sprite)

7:51 am

car.eeyore

Who is her neurologist?

7:52 am

Trifioso

none, as yet. sticking with ped until signs dictate otherwhise

7:52 am

car.eeyore

They dictate otherwise.

7:52 am

Trifioso

here come the kids...bye all!

7:53 am

car.eeyore

Bye all!

7:53 am

sprite

bye Trif *hugs*

7:53 am

MimiCat

I agree with car...do see neurologist. Bye, Trif, dear.

7:53 am

MimiCat

Bye, car!!

7:54 am

scrambler

Yediat safa ahat eina maspika

7:56 am

car.eeyore

Whoops! Sorry...Bye Trif!

7:56 am

renfield

ouch - my chemo 'puter fan went down...had to change lap tops - wow missed mom's goodbye hug....hey rab - lol - are you serious?

7:57 am

sprite

googled it... you are right, scrambler

7:57 am

MimiCat

Glad you're still here, car!

7:57 am

car.eeyore

Ren...you are at chemo now?

7:57 am

car.eeyore

Hi Scrambler?

7:57 am

sprite

ouch ren! All ok now?

7:57 am

car.eeyore

* Scrambler!

7:58 am

scrambler

Hi car!

7:59 am

scrambler

hi sprite!

7:59 am

scrambler

mitakuye oyasin

7:59 am

sprite

hi scrambler :) One language is never enough, I agree.

7:59 am

renfield

all ok sprite - had my ear buds in and didn't hear the whirrrrrrr.....stop...

7:59 am

scrambler

:3

8:00 am

sprite

am glad all is working ok again, ren :)

8:01 am

crosshair

you on chemo pump at home renfield?

8:01 am

sprite

scrambler is doing a language quiz :D

8:02 am

sprite

or in my case, a google quiz because I have to look 'm up

8:03 am

renfield

scrambler - my pops supported the lakota sioux runners - they called him mato

8:05 am

renfield

i am able to do the chemo myself sprite. mi madre had a shunt, and i did her chemo - i'm on a very low dose compared to most people - i lost the hair on my legs (no great loss) and most of my eyebrows.

8:05 am

crosshair

it is funny,all the different chemo blends and all the different ways of administering them and how they affect everyone differently.mine was cisplatin in big 1 litre bags with a rider iv of anit-nausea all administered in hospital because after the first week i was so ill that if someone had offered to put a bullet in me to ease the suffering i would of looked up from the toilet bowl long enough to force a smile and thank them.computers,reading and babble were totally out of the question..anyways so many cancers lately.i hope your current chemo kills it right of for you renfield

8:06 am

sprite

it is great you can do it yourself, ren. But I am sorry you have to go through this. Big *hug* for you and yours.

8:07 am

sprite

*hugs crossy too*

8:08 am

crosshair

((sprite)) old news now.now i drive other cancer patients to appts.pay it forward

8:09 am

renfield

hey - we have all been through so much w/ one another - we can relate to others and hopefully be the smile others need for the day - i remember you telling us about your friend sprite - that was so touching - we should all "touch" one another - it is called touch - whether it is an ET finger touch or a hug

8:09 am

sprite

I know, crossy, old news. But I hug you anyway, grin.

8:09 am

crosshair

crossy never turns down a hug

8:10 am

sprite

very true, ren :) B good ;)

8:10 am

car.eeyore

((((hugs)))) all around!

8:10 am

MimiCat

Very well put, ren...we are all in this together and should act accordingly.

8:11 am

car.eeyore

I. am. out. of. coffee.

8:11 am

sprite

ouch car! *hands car a fresh cuppa*

8:12 am

MimiCat

So.go and.get.more....LOL

8:12 am

sprite

lol Mimi

8:12 am

car.eeyore

That would require getting out of my pj's and going out in the rain.

8:13 am

car.eeyore

:p

8:13 am

MimiCat

Oh, you mean REALLY out!!

8:13 am

car.eeyore

YES!

8:13 am

crosshair

crossy does not do coffe car,but here have a nice cuppa tea.i do it wales vally styl,in a big porcelain mug and strong enough that you have to wrestle it for the tea spoon;))

8:13 am

renfield

that stinks car - i thought you meant your cup was empty

8:14 am

car.eeyore

Oh Crossy!! Good idea! I DO have tea! BRB....

8:14 am

renfield

i do juice - i was given a box of black pearl tea - it is really good

8:14 am

crosshair

there we go:))

8:14 am

MimiCat

I'll dedicate my second cup of tea to you, car. I use Creme Brulee Coffee Mate in mine, English style.

8:14 am

BabbleRabble

I use strong tea to clean battery terminals

8:14 am

crosshair

mine is ceylon orange pekoe

8:15 am

wvteach

i like the fruity herbal teas

8:15 am

sprite

I don't do strong tea. I prefer herbal tea and not too strong. In case of chamomil, a bit of honey is appreciated.

8:15 am

MimiCat

That certainly creates a disturbing body image, BR!!

8:15 am

renfield

and diet coke rab? i love diet coke too - makes me rather hyper

8:15 am

crosshair

i can also offer earl grey,but i find it kind of,pale and whimpy in taste

8:15 am

tceicher

e

8:16 am

renfield

i also love green tea w/ lemongrass

8:17 am

renfield

brb need to do mezzer's meds for the day

8:17 am

crosshair

i know that green tea is very very good for you,but i just cannot get into it

8:17 am

sprite

see you soon, ren

8:17 am

MimiCat

Has anyone heard about the new weight-loss craze using green coffee...Dr. Oz even recommends it. I'm game!

8:17 am

car.eeyore

The label says "English Teatime" but the word "invigorating" is on it, so it should work!

8:17 am

car.eeyore

Bye Ren! Take care!

8:17 am

MimiCat

Bye, ren (hugs)

8:18 am

crosshair

now you are all set car;)

8:18 am

sprite

green coffee?

8:18 am

sprite

fireflies

8:18 am

MimiCat

Yep...comes in capsule/pill form.

8:18 am

crosshair

lol,crossy was envisioning a big mug of green coffee...

8:18 am

car.eeyore

WEll done Sprite!!!

8:19 am

MimiCat

Sprite, what does the fireflies mean?

8:19 am

BabbleRabble

Put some cheese in the coffee and leave on the counter indefinitely

8:19 am

crosshair

yaaa for sprite!!

8:19 am

car.eeyore

Tea...fuzzy slippers...babble friends...YES! I am all set!

8:20 am

MimiCat

Love cozy, car!

8:20 am

sprite

Mimi, it means I have fireworks, or have finished the grid.

8:20 am

sprite

BabbleRabble... gross!

8:21 am

sprite

yay car.ee, good going. Sounds cozy!

8:21 am

MimiCat

I was hoping it meant halfway so sometimes I could celebrate....oh, well.

8:21 am

BabbleRabble

They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey.

8:21 am

car.eeyore

: )

8:22 am

MimiCat

Most of us probably caught them in jars as kids.

8:22 am

car.eeyore

Are there any MY words?

8:22 am

sprite

you can celebrate anything you like, Mimi! Nbt = no blank tiles; nbs = no blank stats, minimal nbt is nbt in the least amount of words. Halfway point is celebrated too. And you can design your own celebration goals :)

8:22 am

sprite

none, car.ee

8:22 am

BabbleRabble

no

8:23 am

car.eeyore

Than I shall stop trying them!

8:23 am

sprite

lol BabbleRabble. I love the language!

8:23 am

Mr Bob

Morning folks

8:23 am

car.eeyore

Hello Mr. Bob!

8:23 am

sprite

hi Mr Bob

8:23 am

MimiCat

Morning, Mr. Bob.

8:24 am

MimiCat

Sprite, I'm lucky just to complete the goals I must complete in life...not ambitious enough to have goals here!! Such an underachiever!!

8:24 am

sprite

and fireworks = firewords = firebirds = fireflies. It is all the same.

8:24 am

sprite

Mimi, nothing wrong with playing just for fun. That is the point, isn't it :D

8:25 am

MimiCat

It is for me, sprite....and the best part is being able to be in this community and chat with such interesting and totally terrific people.

8:25 am

xeiluj

Hi all, my tuppence worth, I play every day and aim to get half way through. Set your own target

8:25 am

sprite

ok, off I go. Might go back to bed, just upped the dosage of the new meds and am sleepy and dizzy. But not as ill as when I started them, so all good.

8:26 am

car.eeyore

Hi xeiluj!

8:26 am

sprite

amen to that, Mimi!

8:26 am

car.eeyore

Bye Sprite! Have a great day! {[hugs}}

8:26 am

xeiluj

Hi and well done Sprite!

8:26 am

MimiCat

Go get some rest, sprite {{hugs and more hugs}}

8:26 am

sprite

hi and bye, xeiluj.
Bye all, have a grand day and/or a peaceful evening. Thanks for the help and the lovely company. *hugs*

8:28 am

crosshair

tc sprite

8:33 am

MimiCat

Gone til later...have a wonderful day, everyone!

8:35 am

car.eeyore

Bye Mimi! {[hugs}}

8:42 am

lexophile

rune

8:46 am

dan2bit

I watched enough cartoons in my childhood to know that smurfed is definitely a word

8:47 am

car.eeyore

FIREWORKS!

8:47 am

dan2bit

woo hoo car!

8:47 am

wvteach

congrats car

8:48 am

car.eeyore

Hi WV! Hi Dan! Hi lexo!

8:48 am

car.eeyore

had to use the list, but it was needed! I missed a lot of easy words today. Oh well!

8:48 am

car.eeyore

Anyone need clues before I go?

8:49 am

wvteach

need help with one of the 8s

8:49 am

dan2bit

and the bottom M

8:50 am

car.eeyore

st 8/60 and gr 8/65

8:50 am

car.eeyore

me 5/12

8:50 am

dan2bit

duh tx car

8:51 am

car.eeyore

No duh, dan! Those M's are tricky.

8:53 am

lexophile

Just looked at chog... oops .... usually just lurk whilst i get my daily word fix... have a great day all :0)

8:55 am

car.eeyore

Hi and bye lexophile!

8:57 am

wvteach

halfway, NBS and NBT - time for breakfast

8:58 am

car.eeyore

OK...I am going to get my last bit of work done. Enjoy your day everyone! {{hugs}} all around!

8:58 am

car.eeyore

Bye WV!

8:59 am

wvteach

lorem

9:01 am

TheLegend

hi brookie

9:07 am

uusue2

morning all!

9:11 am

wvteach

morning sue

9:13 am

uusue2

hi wv!

9:14 am

wvteach

how are both of you today?

9:14 am

uusue2

we are ok, wv, planning to go to the winter farmers market at our UU fellowship today (it's only 1/2 mile from our house so not a strenuous journey)

9:14 am

uusue2

it will be good to get out

9:15 am

wvteach

i was just going to say thast it will feel good to be out

9:15 am

uusue2

:-)

9:15 am

wvteach

what kinds of things do they have there

9:16 am

uusue2

crafts and local meats, cheeses, eggs, baked goods

9:17 am

uusue2

we are in farm country so sometimes we are able to get organic beef and lamb there

9:17 am

wvteach

nice to be in farm country

9:17 am

uusue2

and one of our members is a professional chef so she always has very yummy things

9:18 am

uusue2

especially nice to be in farm country an hour outside a major city - best of both worlds

9:18 am

uusue2

all we are missing is mountains and oceans :-)

9:19 am

wvteach

yes - our church is having their cookie sale today - 100s of varieties of cookies available - up too late last night doing my baking and then had to get up early to take grandson to robotics tournament

9:19 am

wvteach

but you have the GReat Lakes

9:20 am

wvteach

grew up with a summer house in Michigan and have had several trips driving around the lakes

9:20 am

uusue2

we do indeed! The Chicago shore is actually quite beautiful (just too cold to swim 9 months out of the year)

9:20 am

uusue2

ah, that must have been fun!

9:21 am

uusue2

meanwhile I am having absolutely no luck with the lone m under the middle.

9:22 am

wvteach

don't have it either - thought i had NBT but then found that i don't have that M

9:22 am

wvteach

keeps building off the other M

9:23 am

uusue2

oh well, I only have 31 words so far so plenty to work on :-)

9:23 am

LuvWordGames

me 5/12 used to measure your electrical usage

9:24 am

uusue2

oh, for heaven's sake. Where is that fish? Slap me now!!

9:25 am

uusue2

thanks, luv!

9:25 am

wvteach

now i really do have NBT - yes it was a big fish

9:25 am

wvteach

thnx LUV

9:41 am

redturtlehead

Hello Babblers! I was about complain about the small grid, but I have not finished a grid in months!

9:42 am

phaeton

it's not as easy as it looks! hi red

9:42 am

uusue2

hi red!

9:42 am

uusue2

and hi phae!

9:43 am

Flask1

hi all...clue for em4/8 please?

9:44 am

uusue2

well, I just monkeyed it; it involves the sometimes vowel, and not at the end

9:45 am

wvteach

thnx sue - had also been trying to monkey it

9:45 am

Flask1

thanx!

9:46 am

redturtlehead

its the turtle!

9:47 am

uusue2

that's a turtle? *looks up word*

9:47 am

phaeton

done

9:47 am

redturtlehead

the em is a fresh water turtle. kind of a recurring babblet.

9:47 am

Good Enough

good morning ladies

9:47 am

uusue2

hi, GE!

9:47 am

wvteach

good morning GE

9:48 am

redturtlehead

Good Morning

9:48 am

phaeton

any clues needed?

9:48 am

Good Enough

all's well sue?

9:49 am

uusue2

good enough, GE :-)

9:49 am

phaeton

Breakfast! Happy Babbling everyone!!

9:49 am

uusue2

yay phae!

9:54 am

welki

'morning, folks

9:54 am

Good Enough

hi welki

9:59 am

uusue2

unfortunately smurf is not accepted...

10:00 am

welki

nope :)

10:00 am

uusue2

ok, half way, better go fix breakfast

10:31 am

wvteach

time for a nap - up too early - BBL

10:34 am

periwinkle

just found that lone M, a big fish for me

10:34 am

periwinkle

help with the 8's pls. I heard there was an st8 but don't see it

10:34 am

rururocks

cigar making term peri

10:34 am

MollyL

Stretch out the flower st4

10:35 am

periwinkle

I have an st6

10:35 am

MollyL

<---Wonders if Bill used that word with Monica

10:35 am

periwinkle

cigar making term,have no idea

10:36 am

MollyL

Ends like the holiday greeting for this time of year "_____ Christmas" but with only one middle consonant.

10:37 am

periwinkle

ah, thanks Molls and ruru. new word for me

10:37 am

Riverdance

thanks Molly and hello everyone

10:37 am

periwinkle

what are the stats for the other 8 pls

10:37 am

jmcnrick

hi all

10:37 am

periwinkle

pretty picture in your icon, Molls

10:37 am

periwinkle

hi jmc

10:37 am

MollyL

gr8/65

10:37 am

periwinkle

ty, looking...

10:38 am

periwinkle

found it, ty Molls

10:38 am

MollyL

Hi River and JMC

10:40 am

rururocks

actually monica destemmed bill

10:40 am

uusue2

hi again all!

10:41 am

uusue2

ruru, you are bad :-)

10:41 am

periwinkle

hi sue

10:41 am

jmcnrick

haha don't tell him that it only encourages him!

10:41 am

uusue2

hi peri!

10:41 am

MollyL

Enable doesn't like destemmed. : P

10:41 am

Riverdance

OMG ruru that got me coughing again

10:42 am

uusue2

hi river!

10:42 am

Riverdance

Hi Sue - hope you are now well...

10:43 am

uusue2

I am ok, river, still working on getting my blood pressure down

10:43 am

jmcnrick

sw4/10 is a word you don't see much anymore

10:43 am

poodletoes

unless you hang around natatoriums

10:43 am

Riverdance

you need to relax and take some good meds...

10:43 am

uusue2

I've seen it a lot more recently than I've seen em4/8

10:44 am

uusue2

yes, I am working on both of those, river!

10:44 am

jmcnrick

haha

10:44 am

jmcnrick

hi poodle

10:44 am

Jillyjill

Good morning (or day) all!

10:44 am

poodletoes

Hi jmcnrick and river and all

10:44 am

uusue2

hi poodle!

10:45 am

uusue2

hi jill!

10:45 am

jmcnrick

hi jilly

10:45 am

uusue2

<-- also has a labradoodle

10:45 am

Riverdance

hello jilly and poodle

10:46 am

poodletoes

uusue, you have a doddle?

10:46 am

poodletoes

'doodle

10:46 am

Riverdance

brb - dryer beeping

10:46 am

uusue2

yes, black lab/standard poodle mix

10:47 am

uusue2

70 lbs, 7 years old, totally puppy still :-)

10:47 am

poodletoes

OH no! I thought she would calm down a bit by then. lol

10:48 am

uusue2

her name is Sera, so she appears in the grid occasionally

10:48 am

uusue2

well, ours was apparently raised on a farm; we got her about 2 years ago

10:48 am

poodletoes

Lily also appears occassionally

10:49 am

poodletoes

You missed the completely, tear your hair out puppy period.

10:50 am

uusue2

indeed we did. Although you never know exactly what you are getting when you adopt an adult dog; we really lucked out with her. She is a sweetheart.

10:51 am

uusue2

brb

10:52 am

poodletoes

anyone have the fr 6/33 and the fr 7/48?

10:53 am

Jillyjill

working on them now...

10:55 am

Jillyjill

It's a body part that limits movement like what's under your tongue

10:55 am

Jillyjill

fr+vowel+ 'math is a combination of ***bers'

10:55 am

poodletoes

a piece of chocolate??

10:56 am

poodletoes

got it - thanks

10:57 am

rururocks

are we back to Monica again?

10:57 am

72 Temple Owl

it is frequently in the grid in plural form I don't remember ever seeing the singular

10:58 am

Jillyjill

LOL *groan* good morning ruru

10:58 am

72 Temple Owl

bloody hell! bye

10:58 am

rururocks

lol TO get over yourself .. it was just a joke

10:59 am

72 Temple Owl

what makes you think i am addressing you and not what is happening in reality?

11:00 am

rururocks

sorry, just the timing of your comment.

11:01 am

72 Temple Owl

and if i were wqhat would give yo the right to be so uncivil?

11:02 am

72 Temple Owl

that is rherotical. and now to attend to reality.

11:02 am

rururocks

good luck

11:02 am

uusue2

be nice, you two! Don't make me come over there!

11:04 am

Jillyjill

Second that uusue! How are you today and how is Frank?

11:04 am

MLFAN17

stats for the first O please?

11:05 am

uusue2

ol5/12, two of them

11:05 am

Jillyjill

Must be more awake than last night at the flip, seeing lots of words now!

11:06 am

uusue2

we are ok, jill! yet another one of my friends is coming over to do my laundry. I have the most amazing friends!

11:06 am

MLFAN17

duhh ty

11:07 am

Jillyjill

I would love to be walking your dog, would be therapy for me as well, I miss my pup so much still...

11:07 am

uusue2

((((jill))))

11:07 am

uusue2

it's therapy for me too, but more so if I can do it on my schedule and not hers :-)

11:07 am

MLFAN17

2nd e 2ND column stats please?

11:08 am

lizmac

e

11:08 am

uusue2

em5/16, if you mean the e on the bottom row

11:09 am

MLFAN17

yes that one :)

11:09 am

uusue2

also et6/18

11:09 am

MLFAN17

got it

11:10 am

uusue2

and some other word I don't have yet :-)

11:10 am

MLFAN17

Stats for lone M please

11:10 am

Jillyjill

Well uusue, all I can say is that it is better to have loved (a dog) and lost, than never to have loved at all.

11:10 am

MLFAN17

lol uusue

11:10 am

Jillyjill

em5/6 combo is a man's name...

11:11 am

MLFAN17

NEVER MIND

11:12 am

bichon

Watson is leaving us on 12/19. He's going to OKC for surgery on his leg and then anothe foster home

11:12 am

MLFAN17

one more for nbt.. W stats please?

11:12 am

uusue2

good for you, mlfan, I needed a clue for that one

11:12 am

uusue2

((((bichon))))

11:12 am

uusue2

wu4/9

11:13 am

Jillyjill

w word is someone who is a scardey cat...

11:13 am

MLFAN17

ty jilly

11:13 am

MollyL

Aw Bich, I know you will miss him.

11:13 am

MLFAN17

nbt

11:13 am

bichon

He will forever be in our hearts

11:13 am

Jillyjill

LOL, until I typed it in, I didn't think that was going to be a legit word!

11:13 am

Trifioso

hello friends

11:14 am

bichon

Hi Trif

11:15 am

Trifioso

hello. Would dearly love a clue for the lone M, please?

11:15 am

Jillyjill

Bichon, you should be commended for you loving care of him, many of us could not bear to have a 4 legged friend then giving them up...

11:15 am

MLFAN17

nbs

11:15 am

MLFAN17

i am out poof

11:15 am

bichon

It sounds harder than it is. We already have two dogs and a third is a tad difficult

11:16 am

crosshair

testing

11:16 am

Trifioso

hello crossy!@

11:16 am

crosshair

crossy is getting the red boxes of doom

11:16 am

bichon

hi crossy

11:16 am

crosshair

howdy trif

11:17 am

Jillyjill

Oh no!! Mr Crossy is in the Mayan grid!!

11:17 am

Trifioso

do you have the lone m, crossy, and if you do, could I have a clue please? or a count at least?

11:18 am

crosshair

no i do not:(

11:18 am

Trifioso

humpf

11:18 am

bichon

I don't see it either Trif

11:18 am

Trifioso

s'okay

11:18 am

MollyL

I think the lone M is what you put quarters in when you park

11:19 am

bichon

ty Molly

11:19 am

Jillyjill

I agree with Molly

11:19 am

Trifioso

so it is! BLESS you molly! nbt

11:20 am

bichon

Is the bottom row e the man's name

11:20 am

uusue2

hi crossy and trif!

11:20 am

MollyL

Darn, should have clued with lovely Rita : )

11:20 am

Trifioso

hello sue!

11:20 am

uusue2

I have an em5/16 and an et6/18 from the bottom e, don't know any men with either name

11:21 am

bichon

ty sue

11:21 am

Riverdance

I also have an em5/14 - cant find that et6 though

11:22 am

Trifioso

RIVER!!! how have you been?

11:22 am

uusue2

got the 5/14, thanks!

11:22 am

Riverdance

been battling the flu all week - finally today is the first day without a fever....whooohooo...feeling somewhat human I guess. Other than that, hanging in there. How are you Trif?

11:23 am

Trifioso

Im managing, river, thank you. sorry to hear you have been unwell, glad to hear you are on the mend!

11:23 am

bichon

Hi River

11:23 am

Riverdance

how is you son liking school this year?

11:23 am

bichon

the et 6 is a poetic term

11:24 am

Trifioso

why can't "retee" be a word? I tried to hit my golf ball, but the wind blew it off the tee, so I had to retee before I could swing.....

11:24 am

Riverdance

never did like poetry...lol!

11:24 am

Trifioso

he is completely and utterly happy river.

11:24 am

Trifioso

how is your son doing?

11:25 am

suefrad625

lone m is me5,12 length

11:26 am

Riverdance

my son is great. Had a stunning soccer season - his first playing varsity and they made it all the way to the semi finals. he is now on ski team. That kid never stops. He is bummed right now because he wants to go snow boarding but it is raining. My daughter had to switch art schools this year because hers closed quite suddenly in May. She is really enjoying her new school. Does not like being in a city though but she does love the school and all her new friends.

11:27 am

Riverdance

Thats great Trif about your son!

11:27 am

Trifioso

so glad to hear they are both doing well!

11:27 am

Trifioso

juuuust starting the college process with secondo. She wants to go to the university of Hawaii - well, who wouldn't!

11:28 am

bichon

University of Hawaii? Mmmm

11:28 am

MollyL

: ( Always sad to hear about an art school closing.

11:28 am

Trifioso

I know! I couldn't get her out there once, let alone once or twice a year!

11:28 am

uusue2

one of my friends went to graduate school there - it is a good school

11:29 am

Haz1558

me

11:29 am

uusue2

University of Hawaii, that is

11:29 am

Trifioso

car.eeyore went there for a year, and she loved it. Seriously, how bad would it have to be before anyone could hate it?

11:29 am

Riverdance

she has actually been selling some of her work - water colors mostly....she is editor in chief of her own photo magazine

11:29 am

bichon

Hi Haz

11:29 am

uusue2

hi haz, me too!

11:29 am

Trifioso

fantastic river!!!

11:29 am

MollyL

It always makes me laugh, how kids think we are made of money. : )

11:29 am

bichon

Anyone have stats for the top row e, pls

11:30 am

Trifioso

I have an er 4.6 from that e bichon

11:30 am

Trifioso

and then an en 5 and en6

11:30 am

MollyL

River that is great. Good for her!

11:30 am

Riverdance

wow Trif - I think that will be harder on you having her so far away

11:30 am

Jillyjill

Looking out on the 3 inches of snow that fell last night, many of the s words are making me chuckle...

11:31 am

Jillyjill

U of Hawaii would be great! But that is a very big city...

11:31 am

bichon

ty Trif

11:31 am

Trifioso

dear elizabeth's brain - the word menu is not in the grid today. Please stop typing it. Thanks

11:37 am

Trifioso

okay, I think that is all the babbling I can do today. Have to go "add value" big kiss to all!

11:38 am

crosshair

tc trif and hagd

11:40 am

Jillyjill

have nbt, nbs, all 6,7,8 words down...must get busy on errands and 'to-do' list...bbl for my last 30...

11:46 am

Riverdance

Sorry I had to leave for a minute - here is the magazine my daughter is involved in. This is her second issue. Check it out if you have a few minutes. There is some beautiful photography.

11:46 am

Riverdance

http://quiescentmag.com/

11:47 am

Riverdance

Oh damn - missed Trif

11:48 am

Riverdance

think I need some lunch - back later

11:52 am

LeslieAnn

hmm, i was really hoping one makes rum in a rummery

11:52 am

medusa

hi all

11:52 am

LeslieAnn

hi medusa

11:53 am

Good Enough

i tried that too leslie! great minds...

11:53 am

medusa

has anyone got a clue for em6 please?

11:55 am

godthaab

Very cool magazine. What does your daughter do for it?

11:56 am

Flask1

un5/20..6/24 combo please?

11:58 am

rururocks

they aren't a combo

11:58 am

rururocks

un5/20 is hungry

11:59 am

rururocks

un 6/24 is to miss someone at an appointment

12:01 pm

MollyL

Or at a coffee shop : P

12:03 pm

medusa

got it

12:03 pm

Flask1

thanx folks...fireworks for me.....byeeeeeeeeeeee

12:04 pm

LeslieAnn

yay flask

12:04 pm

rururocks

ha

12:04 pm

medusa

wtg flask

12:06 pm

rururocks

*waves to Lindy ..lurking*

12:07 pm

harpjane

what are the stats for the lone m please?

12:07 pm

MollyL

me5/12

12:07 pm

LeslieAnn

me 5/12

12:11 pm

harpjane

thanks\

12:11 pm

medusa

fo6/36 please

12:12 pm

rururocks

it's a chemical

12:12 pm

rururocks

I think

12:12 pm

MollyL

A piece of paper you fill out with a double vowel at the end.

12:13 pm

MollyL

Sorry, wrong fo6

12:13 pm

medusa

already got that 1 molly biut thanks

12:13 pm

LeslieAnn

that is fo 6/30, is there a 6/36?

12:13 pm

rururocks

ooopsie

12:13 pm

medusa

its the last in the list

12:14 pm

BabbleRabble

fo extend the for 4 with a shout: *el*

12:14 pm

rururocks

it's a piece of paper you fill out + a chemical ending

12:15 pm

harpjane

thanks

12:16 pm

LeslieAnn

how about the d for nbt?

12:16 pm

harpjane

ant chemical?

12:16 pm

harpjane

dy4/7

12:16 pm

harpjane

ant chemical is the fo6, sorry to be confusing

12:17 pm

LeslieAnn

ah i was afraid of that, a dy. ;) no worries jane i understood

12:18 pm

harpjane

scary, LA!

12:19 pm

BabbleRabble

medusa, did you find the word?

12:19 pm

LeslieAnn

one of those combos where you are like... i have no idea what letter could/should come next. :) i found it though

12:20 pm

medusa

yes. sorry was chatting to a mate to! lol. thanks for the help!

12:21 pm

cybernan

good morning, everyone :)

12:22 pm

BabbleRabble

G'day

12:23 pm

medusa

hey cybernan

12:23 pm

uusue2

hi nan!

12:23 pm

uusue2

and hi again all!

12:23 pm

medusa

any clues for fr6 please?

12:24 pm

uusue2

fr + vowel + 6 is a ***ber

12:24 pm

uusue2

then plural it for a 7

12:25 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello, Sue

12:25 pm

uusue2

hi BR!

12:26 pm

BabbleRabble

What is going on in your profile pic, Sue?

12:26 pm

uusue2

multiple exposures of the full moon rising

12:26 pm

medusa

thanks

12:27 pm

BabbleRabble

Hope you and Frank are doing well.

12:27 pm

uusue2

you can't see it in my profile but if you go to apod.nasa.gov you can see Jupiter next to the moon

12:28 pm

uusue2

we are improving, BR. I am on a new medication and Frank is healing. One of our friends walked the dog this morning and another one just picked up my laundry. I have amazing friends.

12:29 pm

BabbleRabble

Good people have good friends. Good for you.

12:30 pm

uusue2

Ah, that is very sweet, BR.

12:31 pm

BabbleRabble

Saw Jupiter rising too.

12:31 pm

uusue2

:-)

12:32 pm

cybernan

last fo 6, please?

12:33 pm

BabbleRabble

Did you think when this started you would be seeing your doctors when Frank was seeing his?

12:34 pm

BabbleRabble

fo 6 -- shape: fo** + an old record: vin**

12:34 pm

uusue2

nope, I thought I would be fine. Silly me.

12:35 pm

cybernan

ty babrab

12:35 pm

uusue2

I thought, I've been to graduate school! I have a child! How hard can it be to care for my sweetheart as he fights cancer?

12:35 pm

medusa

gu5/24 please

12:35 pm

uusue2

But I am older now, and the emotional stress is different.

12:35 pm

LeslieAnn

bear candy, medusa

12:36 pm

LeslieAnn

what is up with you, sue?

12:36 pm

uusue2

sticky, medusa

12:36 pm

medusa

der me! thanks

12:36 pm

uusue2

stress, mostly, Leslie - my blood pressure is too high and I have aches and pains everywhere (may be fibromyalgia acting up)

12:37 pm

LeslieAnn

yes i heard you went to the hospital and was worried - assumed it was stress-related

12:37 pm

uusue2

I have discovered that if you go to walk-in care and say I am so exhausted I can hardly stand up, and dizzy, and some of my pain is in my chest, you wind up in the hospital getting a stress test

12:37 pm

BabbleRabble

Being a caregiver is an endurance test .... just have to make your well-being a priority or burnout can take you down.

12:37 pm

uusue2

so now I know my heart is fine :-) but I am still exhausted and in pain

12:38 pm

LeslieAnn

yes. i have a history of stress-related issues (anxiety attacks etc.) so it sounded like that's what it was

12:38 pm

uusue2

I mean, hell, I used to run 7 miles before breakfast (no, really!), so how hard could this be? Never mind that was 25 years ago, and not the same anyway

12:39 pm

uusue2

however it is good to know that my heart is strong. The rest of me I can deal with.

12:40 pm

LeslieAnn

remember to breathe. it's cliche, but true. deep breathing does wonders

12:40 pm

uusue2

yes, I have been working on that. Also thinking calming thoughts, and appreciating nature, especially when out in it with the dog :-)

12:41 pm

uusue2

anyway we are going to go out for a bit, be back later!

12:41 pm

LeslieAnn

bye sue

12:42 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!*

12:42 pm

LeslieAnn

congrats nan

12:42 pm

smores

hello all ;)

12:43 pm

smores

WTG nan!!

12:43 pm

cybernan

back to my sewing -- see you at the flip :)

12:44 pm

cybernan

ty smores

12:44 pm

medusa

wtg nan

12:46 pm

smores

lol...raise your hand if you tried smurf

12:46 pm

crosshair

((suze))the stress of being a long term cargiver for a cancer patient can really take it,s toll.eat well,staY HYDRATED AND GET AS MUCH SLEEP AS YOU CAN AND ALWAYS SCHEDULE SOME DOWN TIME FOR YOURSELF

12:46 pm

crosshair

sorry caps

12:46 pm

crosshair

crossys fat fingers:)

12:47 pm

LeslieAnn

i thought you were just being st 5/10 with her ;)

12:47 pm

crosshair

lol

12:48 pm

smores

me too, appropiately enphasizing the importance

12:48 pm

Jillyjill

Hello all again, back to finish...

12:48 pm

LeslieAnn

hey jilly

12:48 pm

smores

hiya jilly

12:48 pm

hego

Hi Gang

12:49 pm

Jillyjill

Hi LeslieAnn!

12:49 pm

Jillyjill

Hi hego!

12:49 pm

smores

HI hego :)

12:49 pm

hego

: )

12:49 pm

LeslieAnn

hi john boy!

12:49 pm

LeslieAnn

oh wait that is different

12:49 pm

crosshair

duing my rougher chemo periods my mrs had to bathe me,so it is no easy task

12:50 pm

Jillyjill

Plus it is very difficult to see someone you love dearly in so much distress...

12:50 pm

hego

It's not easy for anyone, I can attest to that.

12:50 pm

Jillyjill

And, LeslieAnn....it's good night John-boy

12:51 pm

LeslieAnn

haha

12:51 pm

hego

I enrolled in an exercise class when my husband was diagnosed.

12:51 pm

crosshair

ahh the waltons..so wholesome it ozzed home made apple pie

12:51 pm

crosshair

oozed

12:51 pm

Jacula

It won't accept 'smurf'. :-(

12:51 pm

Jillyjill

Fingers must be affected by bacon ..?

12:51 pm

hego

HI Jac!!

12:52 pm

crosshair

lol,when i was diagnosed my wife discovered she was enrolled in a exercise class she never knew about

12:52 pm

hego

No i tried it too.

12:52 pm

LeslieAnn

that's too bad, jac, it can't even be a proper noun, since they are all smurfs

12:52 pm

hego

lol Crossy

12:52 pm

Jacula

Hi hego & everyone. Just got here but got to dash out again - takeaway meal has arrived. x

12:53 pm

crosshair

by the end after i lost 100 pounds or so,she was flinging me around like a sack of taters

12:53 pm

hego

Enjoy Jac!!

12:53 pm

Jillyjill

hi/bye jac!

12:53 pm

Jacula

Will do, hego. Byeee. xx

12:54 pm

hego

Wow! A rare Jac sighting.

12:54 pm

crosshair

was that jacula?

12:54 pm

LeslieAnn

fireworks!

12:54 pm

crosshair

must be some tasty take out

12:54 pm

crosshair

yaa for leslie!!

12:54 pm

hego

WTG!! Leslie!

12:56 pm

smores

congrats Leslie!!!!

12:56 pm

LeslieAnn

any clues needed before i wander off?

12:56 pm

crosshair

dinner for us tonight is a bed of aldente pasta in my home made white sauce with secret herbs and spices,sweet itallian sausage medallions and niblets corn

12:56 pm

hego

no ty Leslie

12:57 pm

crosshair

no ty leslie

12:57 pm

crosshair

i ahve to earn it a bit more yet

12:57 pm

smores

thanks leslie but too early for me :)

12:58 pm

smores

loll...that's funny, I have a similar meal planned crossy

12:58 pm

crosshair

very nice:))

12:59 pm

hego

I'm going the Jac route with take out.

12:59 pm

crosshair

my family LOVES steamed niblets corn

12:59 pm

smores

lol...that's always nice too Hego

12:59 pm

hego

yup

12:59 pm

crosshair

i swear i could a whole plate of nothing but corn niblets and they would be happy

1:00 pm

Jillyjill

<-----!!FW!!

1:00 pm

smores

mine too crossy

1:00 pm

crosshair

yaaa for jilly!!!!

1:00 pm

smores

and green beans...2 favs around here

1:00 pm

hego

YAY!! Jilly!

1:00 pm

smores

WTG Jilly!!!

1:00 pm

crosshair

spinach here

1:00 pm

hego

<--votes for spinach

1:01 pm

smores

I love spinach, my girls don't care for it though

1:01 pm

Jillyjill

One time I had made mac&cheese and had served green beans with it, left some on my plate...came back to our cat eating...no, not the mac&cheese...the green beans!

1:01 pm

crosshair

often i will make my beloved a spinach salad

1:01 pm

smores

lol..Jilly

1:01 pm

crosshair

lol,smart kitty

1:02 pm

smores

our cats love carrots

1:02 pm

hego

you folks have funny cats.

1:02 pm

crosshair

every once in a while the kitties need greenage.i get them some cat grass as a treat

1:02 pm

smores

mmm...spinach salad with rasberry vinagrette

1:03 pm

smores

yes hego, my cats are quite odd

1:03 pm

hego

Hmm... Not seeing fu words.

1:03 pm

hego

am thinking of some of my own..lol

1:03 pm

crosshair

fu 4/9 and 5/20

1:04 pm

scrambler

the ***** are getting to me!

1:04 pm

smores

fu4/8

1:04 pm

hego

ty All

1:04 pm

smores

don't make such a fu** about it

1:04 pm

scrambler

whoops singular.

1:04 pm

scrambler

hahah

1:05 pm

Riverdance

Hello again - tried to take a nap after lunch and just couldn't fall asleep....maybe a bit of babble will help...lol!

1:05 pm

Riverdance

certainly not the company

1:06 pm

hego

Hi River

1:07 pm

Riverdance

Hi Hego - the darn flu is really dragging me down

1:08 pm

hego

sorry to hear

1:08 pm

hego

Flu is tough.

1:08 pm

Riverdance

been home sick all week - think today is the first day without a fever - thank god for that

1:09 pm

hego

you're on the mend, then.

1:09 pm

Jillyjill

(((river)))

1:09 pm

Riverdance

I am thanks. 34 words to go and stuck - guess I will need to pull up the list

1:10 pm

Riverdance

Hi Jilly

1:10 pm

Jillyjill

Off to clean up the spare room...#1 son arrives next Saturday.

1:10 pm

Riverdance

Nice - enjoy Jilly

1:11 pm

Jillyjill

LOL...right...*poof*

1:12 pm

smores

Bye Jilly

1:12 pm

smores

Hiya River...glad your fever is gone

1:12 pm

Riverdance

thanks smores and hello

1:13 pm

crosshair

tc for now my friends .i am off to the egg farm for a flat of double yolk brown eggs,a few rashers of apple wood smoked bacon and some sweet pulled pork meat pies

1:13 pm

Riverdance

do they x-ray the eggs crossy to make sure they are double yolks?

1:14 pm

smores

sounds yummy crossy, bye for now :)

1:14 pm

Riverdance

or are there special chickens for that...I wonder!

1:15 pm

hego

super chickens!

1:16 pm

Riverdance

sure they wear special headbands....and have jewels are their feet......

1:19 pm

redturtlehead

Curious myself. I never knew you could purchase them that way...

1:19 pm

hego

Hi red

1:20 pm

hego

On the egg farm, I'msure the eggs are all candled and graded.

1:20 pm

Riverdance

I have gotten one occasionally when my friend has given me her fresh eggs.....but how can you buy a whole flat of them....mind boggling....guess we will have to wait until crossy gets back

1:20 pm

Riverdance

and hello red

1:20 pm

redturtlehead

Hi Everyone, Trying to do some grid...

1:20 pm

hego

they pass them in front of a light to tell.

1:21 pm

rururocks

you have to have very virile roosters ...

1:21 pm

hego

lolol

1:21 pm

Riverdance

I think I will leave my last 33 and go play on facebook...havent been on for a couple days

1:21 pm

Riverdance

leave it to ruru to have the answer

1:22 pm

rururocks

they are the ones that strut around and walk funny

1:22 pm

Riverdance

maybe a glass of wine will help me to nap...hmmm....will ponder that and see you all later

1:22 pm

redturtlehead

Oh nice Ruru...

1:23 pm

smores

bye river....feel better :)

1:25 pm

smores

grrr...now I want double yolk eggs...haven't had any for ages

1:26 pm

hego

I prefer the single big yolk ones.

1:30 pm

smores

they used to have them a trader joes' but last time I was there they were out

1:31 pm

smores

last time I bought some I made some deviled eggs with them...lol

1:55 pm

sarah6girls

fireworks :)

1:56 pm

wvteach

congrawts sarah

1:56 pm

smores

Woot Woot WTG Sarah!!!

1:56 pm

smores

hey teach :)

1:57 pm

wvteach

hey smores - back from a nap

1:57 pm

sarah6girls

ty bye xx

1:57 pm

smores

bye sarah - enjoy your day :)

2:07 pm

wvteach

** finito **

2:08 pm

smores

WOOHOO WV!! WTG

2:21 pm

MollyL

Question: Do people still send "Christmas letters" (the newsy things about every tiny detail of what the family has done that year)?

2:22 pm

smores

lol....I have 1 cousin that does.

2:23 pm

smores

Why, did you receive one?

2:24 pm

MollyL

No, we were discussing them at lunch and given the fact that most people don't even send cards anymore, I was surprised to hear that the letter thing was still going on.

2:25 pm

smores

She is the only person left I know of that still sends them.

2:26 pm

smores

Most of my family, myself included, still send cards though.

2:45 pm

Jeff7

meets

2:45 pm

Jeff7

sorry!

2:46 pm

Jeff7

that's tough way to un-lurk P

2:48 pm

MollyL

It's okay Jeff, we know you're out there. : )

2:50 pm

Jillyjill

Just popping in to put my vote....I send cards every year mostly to stay in touch with family and friends that are not on internet.

2:50 pm

Jillyjill

Now poofing out again....

2:53 pm

MollyL

You poof right in and you poof right out,
You poof right in and you shake it all about.
You do the Babble drive-by and you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.

2:57 pm

smores

lol....came back just in time for Mollys' little ditty

2:59 pm

smores

clicked on your icon but your changed it ( love the new one by the way) looks like a little old man dancing to your song

3:03 pm

smores

poofin' out again :) gotta go make a chocolate cheesecake

3:06 pm

rururocks

awful lot of poofing going on around here

3:08 pm

Jerry99

got over 1300 on todays puzzle, but the 1st part of my list is missing. How can I find it? My score for those words is gone, too, but it won't let me enter them again.

3:09 pm

uusue2

try refreshing your browser

3:09 pm

Jerry99

worked..thanx

3:10 pm

uusue2

yw :-)

3:11 pm

Jerry99

i was wrong...Have 767 so far. oops

3:12 pm

uusue2

oh well - you can also try closing and opening your browser, rebooting, opening the game using a different browser or device ....

3:12 pm

lynxxx

Morning everyone

3:12 pm

uusue2

hi lynxxx!

3:13 pm

Jerry99

Gosh its 2pm in ID

3:14 pm

uusue2

3 pm in IL :-)

3:16 pm

lynxxx

Hi Sue, just reading your updates as haven't seen you for a while. Don't pretend to understand all of it, though I bet you have become a medical specialist by now. Looks like a poor outcome, but at least it is 'years' and they make research/progress all the time so Frank will be around to benefit. (and it's amazing how low the odds can get and you can survive) How are you both feeling/coping?

3:18 pm

uusue2

hi lynxxx, we are ok so far. I had a bit of a collapse last week and spent a couple of days in the hospital myself (unnecessarily IMHO but when you go to the walk in clinic and say you are exhausted and your chest hurts they insist on checking out your heart)

3:19 pm

uusue2

Frank will probably start chemo next week assuming his incision heals (which reminds me I need to fuss with it a bit in the next hour or two)

3:19 pm

lynxxx

Not anything dire I hope? just stress and exhaustion?

3:19 pm

uusue2

I am learning to let other people do an awful lot of things, like cooking and laundry

3:19 pm

uusue2

exactly, lynxxx, also my blood pressure is too high, no surprise there

3:20 pm

lynxxx

I am sure all your friends would rather do the cooking and laundry and not tend to Franks incision! lol

3:21 pm

uusue2

true enough!! :-) hadn't thought of it that way!

3:22 pm

uusue2

he's sleeping now, though, so I will let him rest a bit

3:22 pm

dan2bit

firewords! tx all cluers. st7 breastbone was my last

3:22 pm

lynxxx

congrats Dan!

3:22 pm

uusue2

yay dan!

3:23 pm

uusue2

and thanks for the st7

3:23 pm

lynxxx

2 little girls Dan?

3:24 pm

rururocks

breasts have bones? I didn't know

3:24 pm

Jerry99

how's the scores coming. I'm feeling pretty good about 833 points

3:25 pm

lynxxx

hi Ru

3:26 pm

lynxxx

hi Jerry - welcome to Babble, addictive isn't it

3:27 pm

uusue2

hi ruru and jerry!

3:27 pm

dan2bit

lynxxx that's miss2bit and her cousin, 6 months younger

3:27 pm

Jerry99

Thanks, lynxxx I like the tile stats, but some of these words I never heard of.

3:28 pm

rururocks

get used to it jerry

3:30 pm

lynxxx

when you are totally frustrated Jerry you can discover the joys of Lickety and Morewords

3:35 pm

uusue2

even after you've been playing for years, Jerry, there will be many words you have never heard of

3:37 pm

uusue2

ok, friends coming over to walk the dog, bbl

3:37 pm

lynxxx

bye Sue

3:38 pm

medusa

top re5 please

3:38 pm

medusa

ttfn sue

3:38 pm

lynxxx

color and the start of my name

3:39 pm

medusa

thanks

3:39 pm

crosshair

welcome to the club jerry99 and i must warn you now that babble can be addictive for some,though i have had no such problem and have quit many many time :)

3:40 pm

lynxxx

hi Cross

3:40 pm

crosshair

howdy lynxx

3:40 pm

lynxxx

and done...bye everyone

3:41 pm

crosshair

contrats and tc lynxx

3:41 pm

crosshair

congrats*

3:50 pm

Jeff7

help w/ the en 5/6 pls

3:53 pm

MollyL

To sign up for a class, and same word with a dinner bun ending

3:53 pm

Jeff7

ty-couldn't see it

3:54 pm

MollyL

Yes, I have a hard time reading down and to the left.
: )

4:03 pm

rururocks

dinner buns sound cheeky

4:07 pm

redturtlehead

I just hit half way. wonder if I can get more...

4:08 pm

MollyL

They go well with rump roast

4:09 pm

rururocks

HAHA

4:10 pm

MollyL

And lobster tail

4:11 pm

dan2bit

everybody likes hot buttered mussels

4:14 pm

MollyL

And if you live around here, you know that it's good to Eat Bertha's Mussels. : P

4:30 pm

bichon

Hi, good evening. Is there a list somewhere

4:30 pm

MollyL

Lickety's up

4:30 pm

bichon

dan2bit, I don't eat rubbery seafood

4:30 pm

bichon

ty Molly

4:36 pm

MollyL

No oysters for Bich.

4:37 pm

bichon

No squid, octopus, calamari

4:37 pm

Jerry99

That's all i can find. 1320 sounds like a lot of points until I see there are 39 words left to find. Wow!

4:37 pm

bichon

I do like lobster and shrimp though

4:37 pm

MollyL

Me too Bich.

4:42 pm

Soodle

Karma!!! Soodle enters just as the lobster is being served!

4:44 pm

uusue2

hi soodle!

4:44 pm

MollyL

*Puts extra hunks of buttery lobster on the table for Soodle*

4:44 pm

uusue2

*salivates*

4:46 pm

bichon

I can't remember the last time I had lobster. Gotta go to Maine

4:48 pm

Soodle

Om nom nom.....

4:48 pm

Enn

this game is pretty cool! and i like how people all over the world are involved =)

4:49 pm

smores

hi again all :)

4:49 pm

crosshair

lobster?? where??!

4:49 pm

crosshair

and do not skimp on da garlic butter

4:50 pm

smores

yummy

4:50 pm

crosshair

yes enn,we are a big melting pot here for sore

4:50 pm

uusue2

hi smores and crossy!

4:50 pm

uusue2

and welcome, enn!

4:50 pm

crosshair

suze!!

4:50 pm

crosshair

sure

4:51 pm

smores

{Hi Sue}

4:51 pm

Soodle

Enn... They throw lobsters at random Irish players! What other internet site would that happen on

4:51 pm

smores

welcome enn :)

4:51 pm

MollyL

Since when are you "random"?

4:51 pm

Enn

lol never had lobster, ive had crawdad =)

4:52 pm

smores

<----not irish :( can I still have some pleease?

4:52 pm

Soodle

Molly! I'm being coy!

4:53 pm

MollyL

Coy...oh...is that like when you bat your eyelashes and pretend you're innocent?

4:54 pm

uusue2

that would be it, molly :-)

4:54 pm

Enn

u guys r odd

4:54 pm

Enn

=)

4:54 pm

uusue2

in a good way, enn :-)

4:55 pm

Soodle

Pleading the fifth..........

4:55 pm

smores

but we like it that way enn :)

4:57 pm

Soodle

Molly, teenchy little package winging its way to you. Quitw insignificant, but you might get a kick out of it.....

4:57 pm

Enn

everyone has an odd side! lol. who wants 2 b normal? thats so boring. can i get an amen?

4:58 pm

crosshair

we do indeed.and there are things done for people here that you will see on no other game site,lifetime friendships made,relationships started,aid freely offered.advice given by professionals in many field and just regular folk with a lifetime of knowledge..you may find babble surprising enn

4:58 pm

MollyL

Thank you Soodle, I'm sure I will. : )

4:58 pm

smores

Amen Enn, Amen!!

4:59 pm

periwinkle

hello all

4:59 pm

periwinkle

Happy Chanukah to all who celebrate it

4:59 pm

crosshair

howdy peri

4:59 pm

smores

4:59 pm

MollyL

Happy Chanukah to you, Peri.

4:59 pm

periwinkle

ty Molls

5:00 pm

crosshair

i see it is my turn peri:)

5:00 pm

Enn

time for a christmas party, gotta make brownies. nice 2 meet u all! =D

5:00 pm

periwinkle

yep

5:00 pm

uusue2

bye, enn!

5:00 pm

Soodle

Happy Chanuka Peri

5:01 pm

periwinkle

ty Soodle

5:03 pm

smores

bye enn, come back and see us oddballs :)

5:04 pm

crosshair

your up peri

5:04 pm

periwinkle

FW

5:04 pm

periwinkle

going there now crossy

5:04 pm

periwinkle

bye for now

5:04 pm

crosshair

yaa for peri!!

5:07 pm

smores

way to Peri

5:08 pm

smores

hmmm....couldve sworn I typed the word go

5:11 pm

crosshair

the u,s with the exception of one which i have must all be the most amazing babblets eneable has ever created because i sure as heck do not see them;((

5:12 pm

smores

must go check on dinner - be back soon to finish

5:12 pm

smores

if I don't fix dinner my kids will be un5/20

5:18 pm

crosshair

ty smores

5:19 pm

crosshair

tyvm,that opened it up for me.for some reason i did not see all those un words

5:19 pm

Lizlin

Good morning :)

5:21 pm

smores

hi liz

5:21 pm

smores

YAY crossy

5:21 pm

smores

got a few more minutes 'til dinner

5:22 pm

welki

hi folks

5:23 pm

Lizlin

Hi welki :)

5:23 pm

smores

hiya welki

5:24 pm

welki

welki's request: give someone a hug today, tell them you love, like, miss them - do something silly - any or all of these things. two funerals in one week is enough to humble even me

5:26 pm

smores

so sorry welki...very awesome request, something we should all remember to do every day

5:26 pm

Lizlin

Hard week :( But there's also positive stuff - new generations - my friend's daughter was one yesterday (your today) - I remember when my friend was born!

5:26 pm

smores

{ welki }

5:26 pm

Lizlin

But as smores says, an awesome request - something to always remember to do.

5:27 pm

welki

thanks - and you're right, liz, good things are happening, too :)

5:28 pm

welki

maybe i should be thinking of 'the guff of souls' - up goes one, down comes one :)

5:28 pm

Lizlin

Sometimes when things seem overwhelming, it's too easy to forget the positive stuff :)

5:28 pm

welki

and - Happy Chanukah to those who celebrate!

5:29 pm

Lizlin

ty from one who does! :)

5:30 pm

smores

Happy Chanukah Lizlin!!

5:30 pm

Lizlin

ty :)

5:30 pm

welki

everyone sing! ***i had a little dreidl, i made it out of clay - and when it's dry and ready, a dreidl i shall play***

5:30 pm

Lizlin

I wished Happy Chanukah to people last night but wish it again to those who missed it!

5:32 pm

Lizlin

Or even * one little, two little, three little candles ...*

5:32 pm

welki

was a nice little puzzle - anyone need a clue or two?

5:32 pm

Lizlin

OK at the mo, thanks - 24 left!

5:33 pm

smores

congrats welki!!!

5:33 pm

Lizlin

Congrats!

5:33 pm

smores

gotta go get dinner - be back soon

5:33 pm

Lizlin

Bon appétit :)

5:35 pm

majmom

un 6/21 any clues?

5:36 pm

welki

un + it's a pleasure to **** you

5:36 pm

welki

'see' you later, babblers - time to go

5:37 pm

majmom

i think thats the 6/24

5:37 pm

Lizlin

Sorry - don't have un 6 /21

5:39 pm

chrisk

you un**** wallpaper in prep for hanging

5:40 pm

Lizlin

ty chris

5:42 pm

Lizlin

clue for fo 6 /36 pls

5:45 pm

majmom

ty chrisk

5:46 pm

Lizlin

nm

5:50 pm

MollyL

Dammit, I missed the dreidel song.

6:09 pm

stidgmere

Hi all Happy Hannuka (sp). The time of miracles.

6:11 pm

Jerry81

hi, i'm new today

6:11 pm

origami

Hi everyone!

6:12 pm

stidgmere

Welcome to the land of Babble.

6:12 pm

origami

Hi Jerry ... welcome

6:12 pm

scrambler

hi jerry81!

6:12 pm

scrambler

BabylonJerry81! :3

6:21 pm

MimiCat

Jerry, I'm rather new also---you will LOVE this site. The game is fun but the people in this community are truly amazing. Unlike any other site I've tried. Welcome, newbie!

6:22 pm

smores

6:22 pm

MimiCat

Oh, yeah---HI EVERYONE!! {{smores}}

6:24 pm

smores

Hi again all, just finished dinner, gonna chill out and babble a bit before dessert :)

6:24 pm

smores

Welcome to Babble Jerry :)

6:25 pm

MimiCat

Am going to have PF Chang's Teriyaki Chiken Spring Rolls for dinner with a sesame-ginger dipping sauce--yum, especially for frozen.

6:26 pm

smores

sounds good Mimi

6:27 pm

MimiCat

I'm rewarding myself after being totally exhausted and stressed out for the past few days.

6:29 pm

smores

maybe your weekend be relaxing and stress free :)

6:30 pm

stidgmere

Dinner is currently in the oven and I know it will be ready om a half hour.

6:30 pm

MimiCat

Guaranteed--thanks. I've learned to let go of things and take mini vacations from stress. It's a skill I'm hoping to teach when I begin doing therapy.

6:31 pm

herinfernallady

Hi. I have a question what is that C babblet that is Welsh and used some times here please

6:32 pm

smores

sorry herin not sure

6:33 pm

herinfernallady

It was a really weird word. C something It trips me up every time

6:34 pm

crosshair

that is cwms herin

6:35 pm

herinfernallady

Is it? I thought it was had a cth in it some were and no not cthulu either.

6:35 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Cross

6:35 pm

crosshair

i think it means a shallow valley or dell

6:35 pm

crosshair

there are many i cannot remember

6:35 pm

uusue2

Hi again, all!

6:36 pm

crosshair

suze!!

6:36 pm

herinfernallady

Hi Sue. Cheers. That is going to bug me

6:36 pm

MimiCat

6:36 pm

uusue2

I think there is a crwth too

6:36 pm

smores

Hi Sue :)

6:36 pm

herinfernallady

THanks so that is the one

6:36 pm

crosshair

you are correct suze that is one i never remember

6:36 pm

stidgmere

Hello herin and sue and corssy and smores.

6:37 pm

crosshair

took me 4 years to remember inai

6:37 pm

crosshair

howdy stidmere

6:37 pm

uusue2

It's a musical instrunent

6:37 pm

smores

hi stidg

6:37 pm

MimiCat

Don't leave me out, stidg!!

6:37 pm

smores

brb

6:37 pm

uusue2

Hi gmere! And herin and all!

6:37 pm

uusue2

And hi Mimi!

6:38 pm

MimiCat

How ya doin', sue?

6:38 pm

stidgmere

mimi, hi. Memory short. Plenty of time to wish hellos to you.

6:38 pm

nrkii

Sue, very good to see you here.

6:39 pm

MimiCat

That's OK< stidg...I'm just soooo needy!

6:40 pm

uusue2

Hi Nikki!

6:40 pm

stidgmere

Nothing like Babble to make people humble, mimi.

6:40 pm

uusue2

I am ok, friend just came to walk the dog

6:41 pm

crosshair

memory? what memory? i have the short term memory of a goldfish! i cannot wait for total senility because everything will be new and exciting every day.will only need one book with the first 6 chapters or so being excellent cause every day ill say"oh this looks good,maybe i should give it a read"

6:41 pm

uusue2

Sorry, nrkii, I keep forgetting about the autocorrect on the ipad

6:41 pm

MimiCat

My eldest tells me not to worry about ever getting Alzheimer's because they won't be able to tell the difference.

6:42 pm

BzznBea

What a horrible thing to say to you, Mimi.

6:42 pm

MimiCat

Hey, that's one of the better things lately....won't even go there.

6:43 pm

uusue2

Hi bea!

6:43 pm

BzznBea

Hi all.

6:43 pm

crosshair

good thing is when true senility happens,you will not know it:))

6:43 pm

MimiCat

Yes, hello, dear!

6:44 pm

MimiCat

I told my daughter once that I hope I live long enough to become a burden to her.

6:44 pm

Kenny Chuck

Can't get wu4, any new clues?

6:44 pm

BzznBea

I've told mine that too.

6:44 pm

crosshair

told my son that i hope he gets married and has twins just like him

6:44 pm

uusue2

Ends in a double consonant, kenny

6:44 pm

BzznBea

Rhymes with kitty cat, Kenny

6:45 pm

crosshair

slang for coward

6:45 pm

MimiCat

Try another word for wimp for w4, Kenny

6:45 pm

uusue2

Ha, my son has already told me he doesn't want kids like himself

6:45 pm

crosshair

kenny has been clue bombed!!

6:46 pm

MimiCat

I've said this before--Oprah had the right idea. Never marry, have a great career, lots of money and raise dogs!

6:46 pm

Kenny Chuck

Still lost!

6:46 pm

Minveryork

wu 4/9 word rhymes with P*** in Boots Kenny Chuck and hi

6:46 pm

MimiCat

Hi, Min!!

6:47 pm

uusue2

When you get to the u, Kenny, head south, then southeast

6:47 pm

uusue2

And hi min!

6:47 pm

Minveryork

wu 4/9 word rhymes with Pu** in Boots Kenny Chuck and hi

6:48 pm

Kenny Chuck

GOT IT!!!!!!1

6:48 pm

uusue2

Yay Kenny!

6:48 pm

Minveryork

Hello MimiCat and uueu2! How are you? Was trying to lurk.

6:48 pm

MimiCat

As long as you're not a wu4 about it!!!

6:48 pm

uusue2

It can be hard to lurk around here, min

6:49 pm

MimiCat

No lurking---must join the party!

6:50 pm

Minveryork

Ok MimiCat, but you mu 4/6 join party in the Penalty Box.

6:50 pm

MimiCat

No funny little blue people in the grid today....sad.

6:51 pm

uusue2

I think I have been babbling too much. I found myself looking at my on screen keyboard and trying to make words.

6:51 pm

scrambler

hi nodded,now I'm back

6:51 pm

uusue2

Hi scrambler!

6:51 pm

smores

back with dessert :)

6:52 pm

crosshair

mmm,whats for dessert?

6:52 pm

MimiCat

(From PB) You know how you can tell if someone has a blonde secretary? By the liquid paper on the computer screen. (Sorry, blondes.)

6:52 pm

uusue2

Hi smores!

6:52 pm

smores

Chocolate cheesecake

6:52 pm

uusue2

Ooh, yum!!!

6:52 pm

MimiCat

Yum...gained 5 pounds just reading that.

6:53 pm

smores

my oldest has been craving it since last weekend

6:53 pm

scrambler

nom nom

6:53 pm

MimiCat

Smoresette?

6:54 pm

smores

no she is my younger daughter, 13

6:54 pm

smores

my oldest is 15

6:54 pm

MimiCat

Be sure to say hello to her---so adorable.

6:54 pm

smores

Smoresette fav is pumpkin pie

6:55 pm

smores

she said hi back Mimi

6:57 pm

MimiCat

My cats and I are going to have dinner. See everyone tomorrow. Hugs all around!

6:57 pm

BabbleRabble

What do hard-working grocery store clerks get every year?
A celery increase.

6:58 pm

smores

Nite Mimi {{ hugs }}

6:58 pm

smores

harharhar Br

6:59 pm

BzznBea

<groan>

7:01 pm

BabbleRabble

Love is like a flame
It burns you when it's hot

7:02 pm

BabbleRabble

Moths know ... too late

7:02 pm

smores

oo ooo oooo love hurts

7:10 pm

stidgmere

Hi Babble Rabble, just back after dinner. Now the grid is getting difficult.

7:14 pm

crosshair

but br..time is the fire in which we burn is it not?

7:16 pm

smores

ugh! must take a break...ate too much

7:16 pm

crosshair

have a nice creme de menthe smores

7:20 pm

crosshair

if you want to know the mindset of people at a single dinner party always lay out some after eight mint wafers and some mint sticks.their choice will tell you the more adventurous

7:20 pm

crosshair

singles

7:31 pm

stidgmere

all for now. Have pleasant evenings.

7:31 pm

uusue2

so which is more adventurous, the wafers or the sticks?

7:31 pm

uusue2

and good night, gmere!

7:32 pm

crosshair

the sticks

7:32 pm

uusue2

ah. well, I will keep that in mind the next time I want to appear adventurous :-)

7:33 pm

crosshair

well the next time you wish to thin one from the herd anyways

7:33 pm

crosshair

lol

7:34 pm

MollyL

I don't think you can get the mint straws in the US yet.

7:34 pm

crosshair

and that is it for crossy.i wish you all a good night and make sure you hug someone before you go to bed tonight

7:34 pm

crosshair

..poink!

7:34 pm

uusue2

actually I found, when I was single, that telling men I was a physicist was a pretty good filter

7:35 pm

uusue2

night, crossy!

7:40 pm

BabbleRabble

Filters are subjective.

7:40 pm

wht

Good evening Babblers

7:44 pm

BabbleRabble

Helen Fisher, a prominent anthropologist known for her research on attraction and love, believes three minutes is all you need to know whether someone will be in your life for a while.

7:45 pm

MollyL

Hi Wht

7:46 pm

wht

That long RB?

7:46 pm

wht

Or BR

7:49 pm

BabbleRabble

http://tinyurl.com/adpdvan

7:53 pm

wht

BR, I was convinced about love at first sight when our first child was born.

7:58 pm

BabbleRabble

His perspective on love (in The Road Less Traveled) is that love is not a feeling, it is an activity and an investment. He defines love as, "The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth" (Peck, 1978/1992,[6] p85). Love is primarily actions towards nurturing the spiritual growth of another.

Peck seeks to differentiate between love and cathexis. Cathexis is what explains sexual attraction, the instinct for cuddling pets and pinching babies cheeks. However, cathexis is not love. All the same, true love cannot begin in isolation, a certain amount of cathexis is necessary to get sufficiently close to be able to truly love.

Once through the cathexis stage, the work of love begins. It is not a feeling. It consists of what you do for another person. As Peck says in The Road Less Traveled, "Love is as love does." It is about giving yourself and the other person what they need to grow. It is about truly knowing and understanding them.

8:09 pm

wht

You had me so distracted thinking about Peck that I didn't notice I had found my last word until the fireworks started.

8:17 pm

uusue2

yay wht!

8:20 pm

BabbleRabble

Congrats

8:23 pm

gapeach

Congrats, wht!!!!

8:25 pm

BabbleRabble

How are you feeling today, gapeach?

8:26 pm

gapeach

BR, for me, it didn't take 3 minutes....one second. 54 years ago I was at a dinner party and was introduced to someone and the second I looked up I knew I didn't have a chance. I still love him...but the years have softened the "burning" kind of love.

8:27 pm

gapeach

Hi there, BabbleRabble. I'm still feeling so much better......almost afraid to believe it LOL.

8:27 pm

BabbleRabble

Congratulations, gapeach. How wonderful.

8:29 pm

MollyL

Peach, that's so sweet. It's like "Some Enchanted Evening".

8:29 pm

gapeach

I spoke with Peck's secretary some years ago and I asked her what kind of a person he was to work for.....she hesitated a second or two and said, "He's a man".

8:30 pm

gapeach

Yes, Molly, it was indeed.

8:31 pm

MollyL

That was a loaded answer you got Peach. : D

8:31 pm

BabbleRabble

Peck was quite controversial.

8:31 pm

wht

Yes, I resemble that comment.

8:32 pm

gapeach

Yes, Molly. I believe it was.

8:33 pm

MollyL

Most people know Peck for "The Road Less Traveled". I think "People Of The Lie" was one of his best books.

8:34 pm

gapeach

I've not read that one, Molly. I will try to get a copy.

8:36 pm

scrambler

Clue for the FR 6/36, please/thanks!

8:36 pm

scrambler

oops fr 6/33:3

8:36 pm

BabbleRabble

I learned some things from Peck. His discussion of transference spoke to me. His definition: Transference is the set of ways of perceiving and responding to the world which is developed in childhood and which is usually entirely appropriate to the childhood environment (indeed, often life-saving) but which is inappropriately transferred into the adult environment.

8:38 pm

wht

fr6 is what holds the tounge tot he bottom of the mouth.

8:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fr6 = fr + vowel + my feet get ***b when they are cold

8:38 pm

gapeach

I agree, BabbleRabble. The song "Get Over It" by the Eagles just came to mind.

8:38 pm

wht

or f + you must *****ber the list if you lost count.

8:39 pm

scrambler

tyvm everyone!

8:40 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

nbt and hi y'alls

8:41 pm

BabbleRabble

Sometimes the thought of changing from perceptions and responses that may have saved your life is overwhelming, despite knowing you are in a bad place.

8:41 pm

MollyL

♪ I'd like to find your inner child ♫ and kick it's little ass, get over it ♫ Henley and Frey nailed it with that lyric.

8:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

look out grammar police! lol

8:43 pm

MollyL

Pardon the misplaced apostrophe. Poor nits, getting picked again.

8:44 pm

gapeach

brb

8:44 pm

wht

Get over it, Molly. :^)

8:44 pm

BabbleRabble

Telling someone with a mental disorder to "get over it" is a major part of the shame the victim of the disorder feels.

8:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh no i am so offended! (joke!)

8:46 pm

wht

Gwen, I don't think either you are Molly have a mental disorder. Except perhaps Babble addiction.

8:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, i have plenty 8-D

8:48 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

unless you ask an "expert" ha ha ha

8:49 pm

wht

Hey, I have Babble Expert. What do you want to ask it?

8:49 pm

BabbleRabble

Time to end the melancholy. Sorry to have started it.

8:50 pm

wht

Don't be sorry RB. I enjoy a change of pace in the chog.

8:50 pm

Minveryork

Hello to my fellow babblers! How is everybody doing today

8:50 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! Way to go!

8:50 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

howdee min!

8:50 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello, Minveryork. Nice to see you.

8:51 pm

gapeach

It's ok BabbleRabble......I get really down sometimes and I have to know that I will pull myself up, once again.

8:53 pm

gapeach

I have friends who use me as a sounding board also...I go directly into a "fix-it" mode....and as I keep listening I realize that all they want me to do is listen.

8:53 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i have a certain syndrome which includes what is sometimes called bad "people skills" -- i like to chat on the web where i don't really need "people skills"

8:54 pm

Minveryork

That's me Book Doctor Gwen!I'm not a people person at all

8:54 pm

wht

ga, I thought that was something only men did.

8:54 pm

gapeach

Good one, wht!!!

8:55 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

right now the "experts" are arguing about what to rename the particular syndrome i have

8:55 pm

gapeach

OK, need peanut butter.....brb

8:55 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

then of course there are womens with "male brains," and mens with "woman brains"

8:55 pm

wht

How does acute Babblephilia sound?

8:57 pm

stidmama

I vote we call it book doctor syndrome... *relurk after hugging those who want hugs*

8:58 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(looks serious, scratches head)

8:58 pm

Minveryork

Hello stidmama! How are you doing? Welcome to the chog.

8:58 pm

stidmama

(anti-social, min -- worked 5 days all different ages/schools; judged half day of high school debate.... silence is golden)

8:59 pm

wht

Hi stid. Sounds like a busy week.

9:00 pm

stidmama

*collapses in jello-like heap*

9:01 pm

stidmama

argh. passed halfway, have NBT, how does one of the 8s start? please? *sigh*

9:02 pm

Minveryork

gr 8/65

9:02 pm

wht

gr8 and st8

9:02 pm

stidmama

thanks min *thinking(

9:02 pm

stidmama

got it! ;-)

9:02 pm

Minveryork

st 8/60

9:02 pm

uusue2

hi stid!

9:03 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, got the gr8

9:03 pm

stidmama

(((sue)))

9:03 pm

stidmama

hm. st8

9:04 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hey there sue!

9:04 pm

uusue2

hi gwen!

9:05 pm

Lizlin

Hi everyone :)

9:05 pm

artlady

Helloooo

9:05 pm

uusue2

hi liz and lady!

9:05 pm

wht

st8 is where flowers go to buy new stalks, stid

9:05 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

ty, got the st8 too

9:05 pm

stidmama

ARTLADY!!!!! (((((((long time no see)))))))) yippee!!!! did you know I actually got my teaching license? (still looking for a job though) -- and you were one of my inspirations?

9:05 pm

Minveryork

Hello Lizlin! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log.

9:05 pm

Minveryork

Hello artlady! How are you doing? Welcome to the chat log

9:06 pm

stidmama

oh gee, thanks for that lovely clue, wht!

9:06 pm

artlady

Wow!! I haven't been babbling for 2 years?? other than in real life.

9:06 pm

Minveryork

S's Stabbed! 5 left

9:06 pm

stidmama

now I have NBT/NBS, etc etc.

9:06 pm

uusue2

I thought we hadn't met before, artlady - nice to meet you!

9:06 pm

artlady

Glad to hear you did it. stiddy, sorry to hear no job yet.

9:06 pm

uusue2

I also live near Chicago...

9:06 pm

Lizlin

Back to make a start on the last 20 words!

9:07 pm

artlady

Hi Liz. I played many years ago, but have been away for a very long time. I'll have to check my profile--it probably needs updating!

9:07 pm

stidmama

oh! hey lizlin! how are you this fine day?

9:08 pm

wht

yw stid. Sometimes I think my clues like that will only make sense if you already have the word.

9:08 pm

uusue2

still can't figure out the gr8

9:08 pm

Lizlin

Things are fine here - hope you're all enjoying the weekend :

9:08 pm

Lizlin

gr 8 - double consonant in the middle and a plural

9:08 pm

stidmama

no job is okay, artlady, I am learning far more from subbing than I did in my graduate classes... *wicked mama grin* It's far more entertaining, too!

9:08 pm

Minveryork

F's Fumbled! 3 left

9:09 pm

wht

pl of the gr7

9:09 pm

Minveryork

gr8/65 word is plural of the gr 7/48 word if you have word

9:09 pm

artlady

Yikes! My profile hadn't been updated in 4 years! Stiddy, you get props for enjoying subbing. It's challenging! Ok, barely started this one, better get back to it. Luck all!

9:09 pm

uusue2

ah, thanks liz and wht, got them both

9:09 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

gr7 is one of those little metal holes in a flag, that you put the rope through (spelled wrong)

9:09 pm

stidmama

go min go!

9:09 pm

gapeach

Hi there Lizlin. I was getting my peanut butter fix when you came on.

9:09 pm

stidmama

down to 51 won't finish, but sure glad I decided to play today.

9:10 pm

stidmama

mmmm. peanut butter... *hungry mama look*

9:10 pm

Minveryork

A gr 7/48 sort of rhymes with a musical instrument uusue2.

9:10 pm

Lizlin

Does subbing mean supply teaching? That is filling in for sick or absent teachers?

9:10 pm

Lizlin

Hi gapeach

9:10 pm

Lizlin

Love peanut butter - hubby's making lunch right now - he's wonderful!

9:10 pm

Pinikula

*trip* *upright again and dusting self off* Hi all...

9:11 pm

artlady

yes, Liz

9:11 pm

gapeach

Hi there, Pini.

9:11 pm

uusue2

jeez, the gr7 really is the tarp holes misspelled. Sigh.

9:11 pm

stidmama

PINI!!!!!! *hauls out the rhinestone camo and glitter ball*

9:11 pm

uusue2

hi, pini! Haven't seen you in a while!

9:11 pm

Pinikula

* giggle * Hiya stid!

9:11 pm

Pinikula

hi sue! :)

9:11 pm

Lizlin

OK - was a UK teacher for 30 years. We called it supply teaching!

9:11 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

yepper!

9:11 pm

stidmama

yes, lizlin, that's my "job" -- I work for about 20 different schools, depending on who calls me first in the morning. :-)

9:12 pm

Minveryork

I'm done! I have fireworks! em 6/24 word was my last one.

9:12 pm

stidmama

One of these days I hope to get a chance to do more than a few days in a row, to "prove" to myself and others that I am capable of writing my own lessons as well as following other peoples' directions.

9:13 pm

uusue2

yay min!

9:13 pm

Pinikula

wtg min!

9:13 pm

artlady

Congrats!

9:13 pm

Lizlin

Wow! I couldn't have done that! I liked building the relationship with my class. Mind you, no report writing is always a bonus!

9:13 pm

stidmama

YAY MIN!!!!!! ***ignites worldwide fireworks celebrations***

9:13 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wtg min !!!!!! @ wow @ !!!!!!

9:13 pm

Lizlin

Yay MIn!

9:13 pm

wht

wtg min.

9:13 pm

scrambler

wtg min!

9:13 pm

Minveryork

I'll be here off and on to help clue for the rest of the night.

9:13 pm

Pinikula

* rubs genie lamp for stid *

9:14 pm

Minveryork

Hello Pinikula! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle.

9:14 pm

scrambler

how about the em 6/24? Thanks! :3

9:14 pm

gapeach

Congrats, Min!!!!

9:14 pm

artlady

Stid--every sub up north burbs?

9:14 pm

Pinikula

hi min ;)

9:14 pm

stidmama

LOL and that one "perk" of not having to grade many papers or plan for the next day is nice, I go home, put my feet up and fall asleep early. I get calls as early as 5 am sometimes, so I try to ensure a minimum of 7 hours' sleep.

9:14 pm

artlady

Sorry, ever, not every

9:14 pm

uusue2

had just set my monkeys to work on that, scrambler!

9:14 pm

stidmama

artlady, I am on the West coast...

9:14 pm

artlady

sorry--mixed you up with Mama Bear. Name's so similar...

9:14 pm

scrambler

:3

9:15 pm

stidmama

no problem -- I love being confused with Mama Bear, she's lovely. :-)

9:15 pm

Minveryork

The em 6/24 word is plural of the em 5/15 word scrambler

9:15 pm

stidmama

hey scrambler! your name always makes me think of omelets...

9:15 pm

artlady

8-)

9:15 pm

scrambler

ooh I have that

9:15 pm

stidmama

and thanks for the EM 5/6

9:16 pm

scrambler

tyvm!!!! :3

9:16 pm

uusue2

obviously I don't have the right em5 either

9:16 pm

Pinikula

I'm with you, sue

9:17 pm

wht

em5,14. A man's name.

9:17 pm

stidmama

There is a great oyster bar in Seattle that is named for a scruffy old curmudgeon who wrote for the Seattle PI, only a slightly different spelling. Mr Watson was a state treasure... Took Ciocia Judy there when she visited a few years back.

9:17 pm

Pinikula

thx wht

9:17 pm

uusue2

ok, got them, thanks!

9:17 pm

scrambler

Yes, A famous clown!

9:17 pm

Lizlin

One reason why I took early retirement was because teh amount of work I had to do at home, over the weekend was becoming ridiculous!

9:18 pm

uusue2

apparently it is actually an ant. Go figure.

9:18 pm

uusue2

I hear you, liz! I retired early as well...

9:18 pm

artlady

I hear you, Liz. I'm out June 2014.

9:18 pm

scrambler

:3

9:19 pm

uusue2

Are you on one of the Illinois public retirement systems, artlady? I'm on SURS, and it is scary - hoping I have locked in some benefits by retiring already...

9:19 pm

stidmama

Indeed, Lizlin -- teaching is becoming more and more based on documentation and less and less on "teachable moments" -- but there are still a few places where teachers have some say, where children's needs are more important that covering one's posterior.

9:19 pm

Lizlin

It's wonderful! Having time to do whatever I want! I'm sure that anyone who's taken early retirement agrees! I've no desire to go back to teaching, though i have been asked, since we moved here.

9:19 pm

artlady

TRS. BTW, Sue, my master's was from NIU!

9:19 pm

stidmama

That's the other advantage to subbing -- I can see and hear for myself how different districts run things, before I get hired!

9:20 pm

uusue2

nice, artlady!

9:20 pm

Lizlin

Those are the best places stidmama! Put the kids first.

9:20 pm

stidmama

:-) My mother loved teaching, but is glad to have retired, she has so much time now to do the other things she loves.

9:20 pm

artlady

The state is doing another run at pensions during the lame duck session. Sigh. I have to leave in 2014--it's irrevocable (even if the state cuts my pension)

9:20 pm

Lizlin

BBL - time for lunch :)

9:20 pm

uusue2

of course I retired from professoring and then came back to the dark side as an administrator :-)

9:20 pm

stidmama

later lizlin

9:20 pm

uusue2

bye liz!

9:21 pm

artlady

I agree, stid. It's a great way to get some experience. My daughter subbed for a year, then got a job.

9:21 pm

stidmama

"defur" really really is a wurd, I have to do that every time I leave the house to work, thanks to my lovely coat-blowing dog

9:21 pm

artlady

Bye Liz--enjoy your lunch!

9:21 pm

stidmama

wow artlady, I hate the sound of "irrevocable"

9:21 pm

uusue2

well, stid, I haven't done it to the dog enough and now have to do it to the house

9:21 pm

uusue2

I think I have enough fur to make several more dogs

9:22 pm

stidmama

Some teachers around here "double dip" by retiring and then teaching part-time elsewhere

9:22 pm

wht

Well, good night Babblers. I need to be off.

9:22 pm

Pinikula

night wht

9:22 pm

gapeach

Sweet dreams, wht.

9:22 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams, wht. have a lovely rest of your weekend!

9:22 pm

uusue2

well, I am technically not double dipping as I am working for the same system I retired from, so they are only paying me a little bit so I can keep my pension

9:23 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye wht! I'll see you tomorrow in the chat log maybe.

9:23 pm

artlady

I need time to make art. That's the goal! (and Babble?)

9:23 pm

uusue2

night wht!

9:23 pm

stidmama

:-) art is good

9:24 pm

uusue2

indeed it is, stid! I think we lose a lot when we cut art and music programs from our schools

9:24 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for em4-8? Thanks

9:25 pm

uusue2

it involves the sometimes vowel, peach

9:25 pm

uusue2

ok, must go investigate an odd noise. brb.

9:25 pm

Minveryork

That em 4/8 word has that sometimes vowel in it gapeach.

9:25 pm

artlady

Our children are fortunate in the burbs to have art and music in the schools. It's getting tough, though, with all the budget cuts.

9:25 pm

stidmama

I was looking at some paper ornaments in the shop at the theater this afternoon, thinking that folding the paper (measurement, proportion), gluing in the right places (dimension, understanding directions), and coloring (visual expression) would be a great excuse to introduce art...

9:26 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, sue and Min.

9:26 pm

stidmama

Our local school still has music, but the art teacher who was WONDERFUL was relegated to an elementary classroom a few years back. So HER students got art, but the rest of the school had to shift for itself.

9:27 pm

Minveryork

yw

9:27 pm

stidmama

Unfortunately, she had to leave a couple years ago. She was so generous helping other teachers think through how to do art and make it meaningful.

9:28 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

do not get me started on schools where they cut the music and art but the stinkin' football team never has to beg for money

9:28 pm

uusue2

ok, game on Frank's computer is making a sound like dripping water. (He is in the shower downstairs, speaking of dripping water...)

9:28 pm

stidmama

*grin* popcorn sales at football games often fund school dances...

9:28 pm

stidmama

oh man, stupid computer games (not like this one which is highly intelligent...)

9:28 pm

artlady

I have a friend who was president of the Wash State art ed assoc, always battling for the students to have art in the schools.

9:29 pm

uusue2

well, at least this one doesn't make drippy noises :-)

9:29 pm

artlady

Dripping computer game? Are you sure it's the computer? ;-)

9:29 pm

uusue2

I am. I checked carefully :-)

9:30 pm

artlady

Gwen--love your image and am also interested in your book!

9:30 pm

gapeach

en5-10 please....thanks

9:30 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

aw, gee, thanks artlady! i still have plenty of the previous edition available, if you are interested in that one 8-)

9:30 pm

stidmama

I subbed for over a week, artlady, in my friend's high school art class. I was so happy to be able to talk to the kids about the intersection of art and the other things they were learning. And to hear their pride in the work they were doing... Art (and music) offer an expressive outlet for those kids who just aren't word-junkies like me.

9:31 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

en5 is variant spelling of en6, to place your name on the list to go to a school

9:31 pm

Minveryork

en 5/10 word is same as en 5/18 word minus a letter gape

9:31 pm

artlady

Some of us are junkies for all sorts of things (not just words!) Good things, of course...

9:31 pm

gapeach

Thanks so much, Gwen

9:32 pm

artlady

Gwen--did you self-publish?

9:32 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

artlady, in this case, yes i did

9:32 pm

uusue2

I had an art student in my astronomy class once - she loved the book, and incorporated some of the imagery into her senior painting project - she brought it in to show me. Pretty cool.

9:33 pm

stidmama

that really is cool, sue

9:33 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

i'm stuck on re5/16, the first re word. hyalp!

9:34 pm

artlady

I took a lot of astronomy in college--considered adding a physics minor to my art major (if they'd drop the 15 hours of calculus req), but it didn't work out.

9:34 pm

uusue2

adverb form of a color, gwen

9:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

also been published by "real" publishers, but that is not quite as fun

9:34 pm

stidmama

more rose-colored, maybe?

9:34 pm

stidmama

sue's clue is more accurate...

9:34 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

oh, lord, what a silly word! ty stid!

9:35 pm

stidmama

artlady, sue can explain physics so well that even *I* had an inkling of what she meant! And yes, I am STILL dreaming of the blue light, sue! LOL

9:35 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(adding to my cheat sheet)

9:35 pm

uusue2

interesting, artlady! (I only took 6 hours of calculus as an undergraduate, but I did take another 6 hours of mathematical methods for physics...)

9:35 pm

uusue2

lol, stid! I'll have to come out there again and explain some more things :-)

9:36 pm

stidmama

I would love that! We'll make home-made sushi and jelly and talk science. :-) The menfolk can bake yummy things, and talk politics...

9:37 pm

artlady

At one of our conventions we had a young astronomer talk about the intersection between her art and her science. Fascinating!

9:37 pm

stidmama

hmph. I have never heard of fr 4/10, "dance deriving from the twist"

9:37 pm

artlady

I didn't have an issue with calculus, just didn't have time for that many more classes!

9:37 pm

uusue2

you're on, stid! As soon as Frank finishes chemo, which should also be about the time I actually retire

9:37 pm

artlady

Stid, you're too young!

9:37 pm

uusue2

oh, I remember the fr4/10, stid!

9:38 pm

stidmama

I had a student who was doing independent calculus study at the high school this week -- needed help on a problem she couldn't figure out. I had her explain what she was doing, then pointed out she had reduced a fraction inaccurately at the very end. LOL she thought I was a genius! I just got lucky that time.

9:38 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fr4 (the dance) is mentioned in at least 2 songs from the 1960s by Allan Sherman. it can also be a verb, as in fr***ing

9:39 pm

stidmama

Perfect! by then I should be able to clean up enough so you have room to sit down.

9:39 pm

uusue2

I remember one of the Johnson daughters doing the fr4/10 at the White House...

9:40 pm

stidmama

rofl, I bet the newspapers had a field day with that, "invasion of the new dance"

9:40 pm

uusue2

yes, it was quite the story

9:41 pm

uusue2

stid, most of the problems students have with calculus are actually problems with algebra (at least in calc 1)

9:41 pm

stidmama

well, down to 39 and my eyes just don't want to stay open. Going to head out before I make a complete fool of myself by falling asleep on teh keyboard. Have a lovely weekend, all -- and so glad to have seen you tonight, artlady! **hugs and choclits for all**

*poof*

9:41 pm

uusue2

night, stid!

9:41 pm

Lizlin

Hi again - and sleep well stidmama :)

9:42 pm

MimiCat

As long as we're dancing down memory lane...I just watched two concerts on Netflix streaming....Queen and Michael Feinstein and have a Dixie Chicks one coming in the mail. Tell me my tastes aren't diverse!!! And, yes, I certainly remember the fr dance to which you refer!

9:42 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

one more for the win, i am stuck on fo 6/36, the last fo

9:43 pm

MimiCat

Something you put paper in to file.

9:43 pm

artlady

it's not far off from the fo5 before it

9:44 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

hmm, i think i got that one, if it rhymes with ol5

9:44 pm

artlady

chemical

9:44 pm

MimiCat

You got it, Gwen!

9:44 pm

uusue2

ok, I am off for the night as well, see you all tomorrow!

9:44 pm

artlady

nice chatting!

9:45 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

fo6 is a chemical?

9:46 pm

artlady

the 6/36

9:46 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

wirefirks! (found it using a2zwordfinder)

9:47 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

(another new word for me anyway) TY bunches

9:47 pm

Lizlin

Yay Gwen :)

9:48 pm

scrambler

wtg doctor

9:48 pm

artlady

Congrats!

9:49 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

and i found all the J words too hee hee hee

9:51 pm

Book Doctor Gwen

well i guess it's time for some eats. see y'all tomorrow or whenever 8-) *poink*

9:52 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye stidmama! I will see you tomorrow in the chat log

9:54 pm

Lizlin

Fireworks :)

9:55 pm

jmcnrick

whoo hooo liz!

9:55 pm

gapeach

I'm stuck on the fo6-36, I've tried all the good clues but just can't see it.

9:56 pm

gapeach

Congrats, Lizlin!!!

9:56 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Lizlin on your fireworks display!Way to go!

9:56 pm

Lizlin

ty

9:57 pm

Minveryork

fo 6/36 sounds like kind of dress wear at prom or wedding

9:57 pm

jmcnrick

fo** + an old record: vin**

9:57 pm

Lizlin

fo 6 / 36 - fo 4 /8 + Oh m* goodness + the first letter of my name

9:58 pm

jmcnrick

three chances!

9:58 pm

Lizlin

Good luck!

9:58 pm

gapeach

Thanks so very much, Min, jmc and Lizlin.

9:59 pm

jmcnrick

glad it worked

9:59 pm

gapeach

Sometimes it takes a village, y'all.

9:59 pm

jmcnrick

okay i am taking some aspirin and heading to bed

9:59 pm

MissOmnibus

91 to go... hmmm

10:00 pm

gapeach

Sending you energy, jmc.

10:00 pm

Minveryork

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

10:01 pm

Lizlin

Feel better jmc - sleep well :)

10:01 pm

rururocks

*hides the Jack*

10:02 pm

gapeach

Hey there, ruru. Wondered where you were.

10:03 pm

rururocks

just got home.

10:03 pm

rururocks

making sure I finished the gird

10:03 pm

rururocks

grid

10:03 pm

rururocks

hi

10:04 pm

rururocks

dinner is omlettes tonight

10:04 pm

rururocks

I don't feel like cooking

10:05 pm

gapeach

Omeletts sound really good, ruru.

10:05 pm

gapeach

or even omlettes.

10:05 pm

rururocks

<---lazy

10:06 pm

gapeach

Naw, just a hard working man.

10:06 pm

gapeach

I have one left un6-21, please....thanks

10:06 pm

rururocks

I did a lot of driving today.. just don't feel like running to the store and going through the whole rigamaroll

10:07 pm

rururocks

un + dinner bun

10:07 pm

MollyL

Hey, I'm in favor of omlettes over take out slop any day.

10:07 pm

rururocks

or un + the last part of my sentence previously

10:07 pm

rururocks

<---doesn't do take out

10:08 pm

gapeach

Thanks much, ruru. See y'all at the flip.

10:08 pm

Lizlin

Yay gapeach :)

10:08 pm

rururocks

congrats peach

10:08 pm

rururocks

hi molls

10:08 pm

MollyL

Poor Riga's ma, she gets rolled a lot.

10:08 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations gapeach on your fireworks!Hooray for you

10:08 pm

Lizlin

lol

10:09 pm

rururocks

or his sister mortis

10:09 pm

Lizlin

:)

10:09 pm

rururocks

she's been a little stiff with him lately

10:10 pm

Lizlin

Back there again!!!! :)

10:10 pm

rururocks

what?

10:10 pm

Lizlin

nm

10:11 pm

Lizlin

fingers working faster than brain!

10:11 pm

rururocks

riga mortis you mean

10:11 pm

Lizlin

:)

10:12 pm

rururocks

it was a little play on molly's one liner

10:12 pm

Lizlin

Yup - realised after I typed!

10:12 pm

rururocks

at least she doesn't blow up and leaves the chat

10:13 pm

Lizlin

That'd be silly!

10:13 pm

rururocks

happens around here

10:14 pm

Lizlin

I've seen that! You can always ignore something if it offends you! Don't have to stomp out!

10:14 pm

Lizlin

bbl - good luck with the grid :)

10:14 pm

rururocks

exactly

10:14 pm

rururocks

exactly

10:15 pm

rururocks

one more time for good measure

10:15 pm

MollyL

Yep, it's as easy as turning off chat. More of that and less drama would be nice.

10:15 pm

rururocks

EXACTLY

10:16 pm

BabbleRabble

That is one opinion

10:16 pm

rururocks

I love torgone'

10:16 pm

rururocks

I love TOrgone's write up

10:16 pm

rururocks

not to sweat the small stuff

10:16 pm

MollyL

Togone's profile sums it up very nicely.

10:17 pm

MollyL

Or Torgone's

10:17 pm

rururocks

i'm having trouble typing too

10:19 pm

BabbleRabble

So torgone's insightful rule is a licence to offend people?

10:19 pm

rururocks

no.. it's a comment on not taking things personally and moving on if you read something that offends you

10:20 pm

BabbleRabble

People who acknowledge offending people keep on doing it

10:20 pm

rururocks

A ton of harmless comments made here are taken out of context and blown up into meaningless problems

10:21 pm

Pinikula

* permission to come aboard, plz *

10:21 pm

Pinikula

Evening all :)

10:21 pm

MollyL

Oh please do Pini.

10:21 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello, Pini

10:22 pm

rururocks

hiya pini

10:22 pm

Pinikula

was just reading that last few posts...everything ok?

10:22 pm

rururocks

everything is fine with me

10:22 pm

Pinikula

good to hear :)

10:23 pm

rururocks

we were discussing people needlessly getting upset here over nothing (in most cases)

10:23 pm

Pinikula

still no snow, BR?

10:24 pm

Pinikula

ru, do you ever get snow down there?

10:24 pm

BabbleRabble

That is your opinion ... many do not participate because of comments known to be offensive and acknowledged so .... but they still go on.

10:24 pm

Pinikula

Oh, been there, done that, ru...

10:25 pm

rururocks

rarely pini .. very rarely

10:25 pm

Pinikula

* sigh of relief * thx ru! :)

10:25 pm

rururocks

then that's their choice BR..

10:26 pm

BabbleRabble

and it is your choice to offend

10:26 pm

rururocks

I don't see it that way

10:26 pm

rururocks

Offend who?

10:27 pm

BabbleRabble

You have said many times you offend people .... never stops you

10:27 pm

Pinikula

* blink * ru? offend? * eyeing ru carefully * since when?

10:28 pm

rururocks

Sure.. sometimes my humor doesn't come off well.. and some people don't like it.. it moves off the board and then everyone can get on with their lives

10:28 pm

artlady

Oh boy...16...

10:28 pm

rururocks

good luck art lady.. that's when it gets tough

10:28 pm

Pinikula

I wonder if sometimes perceived offense is as a result of different senses of humor (among other characteristics)...just a thought?

10:29 pm

Pinikula

hey, I have 53 left and it's tough now!

10:29 pm

BabbleRabble

The point is you know you offend people ... but you do it anyway

10:29 pm

rururocks

that's my point pini

10:29 pm

rururocks

so do you

10:29 pm

rururocks

so what

10:30 pm

Pinikula

br? offend? wow, I must be on here when most everyone is good

10:30 pm

Pinikula

* diving back into grid *

10:30 pm

rururocks

I don't try to offend people intentionally actually. I like to joke around.. some people don't think it's funny.. that's their call.

10:30 pm

artlady

This part of the chat I don't miss. Lighten up, folks! It's very difficult to "read" expression and nuance into typed characters. Bye.

10:31 pm

Pinikula

fr6/33?

10:31 pm

rururocks

that's a tough one to clue pini

10:31 pm

Pinikula

any double letters?

10:31 pm

BabbleRabble

to call attention to bully rags to request some consideration for others is appropriate ..... the bullies just go on

10:33 pm

rururocks

you lost me BR..

10:33 pm

Minveryork

fr6/33 word is fr plus vowel plus Murder By ***bers Pinikula

10:33 pm

BabbleRabble

others who no longer chat have made it a lot clearer

10:34 pm

Pinikula

thx min

10:35 pm

BabbleRabble

But this is a waste of time .... those who need to call attention to themselves have no consideration

10:36 pm

Minveryork

yw

10:36 pm

Pinikula

50 even...I'm rockin' it now! (not)

10:37 pm

Pinikula

last fo6?

10:37 pm

jwr

ME ME ME -- oh, sorry, thought this was friendly, jolly old babble-chat. *eyes down, slinking out*

10:37 pm

Pinikula

hi jwr

10:37 pm

jwr

ho Pini

10:37 pm

Pinikula

bye jwr

10:37 pm

Pinikula

wb jwr

10:37 pm

rururocks

it usually is jwr .. for nice people

10:38 pm

Pinikula

fe5/20 is not a word!

10:38 pm

BabbleRabble

Sure, ruPaul, when you have said you know you offend people

10:39 pm

Pinikula

* taking Koda out...back shortly *

10:39 pm

scrambler

clue please mu 5/16

10:39 pm

Minveryork

fo 6/36 sounds like kind of dress wear at prom or wedding

10:39 pm

artlady

2

10:39 pm

rururocks

If I offend someone here. I apologize to them in almost every case. I just don't see what you are driving at

10:40 pm

rururocks

go artlady .. go

10:40 pm

Minveryork

mu 5/16 word is past tense of the mu 4/6 word scramber.

10:40 pm

jwr

Believe it or not, I was just ducking in to see if it was a good time to introduce a coworker to the joys of the grid, with the added attraction of this worldwide wordfest on the side. Think I'll come back some other time. ... looking for an easy grid to start him on, too. Fat chance!

10:40 pm

Minveryork

Hello jwr! How are you doing today? Welcome to the chog.

10:40 pm

Minveryork

Go artlady go!

10:40 pm

scrambler

thanks min!

10:41 pm

rururocks

time to make some dinner.

10:41 pm

rururocks

bye everyone .. have fun

10:42 pm

Christine

Msy I butt in? If rururocks offends someone, just skim over his comments. Let's all be friends, in Babbleland. Over and out

10:42 pm

artlady

What a word to end on! the wu... First grid in years, needed a lot of help. Night all...Peace.

10:42 pm

Christine

Oh, not specifically Rururocks - anyone that offends you, cut him dead.

10:42 pm

scrambler

Hmm, didn't notice any offending, too busy monkeying!

10:42 pm

jwr

Hi Min. Don't have time to stay but have to mention that the game would not be half as interesting (much as I love it) without the "regular" punsters & accessory wordplay. Uh, I never, never lurk, of course. I'm just a very fast reader. Night all

10:43 pm

BabbleRabble

The cowards way out .... let the acknowledged offender off

10:44 pm

jwr

pooooof

10:44 pm

Christine

No, that's being unkind - you want him to not offend, but when he leaves you're still not happy. Cheer up chum, life's too loong to spend it being unhappy.

10:45 pm

BabbleRabble

You want all to spineless, fine

10:45 pm

Christine

Incidentally, I like the prayer, on your profile.

10:45 pm

Christine

I;m afaraid I can't reach you, Darlin'.

10:46 pm

scrambler

clue please: ru 5/20

10:46 pm

BabbleRabble

Not your darlin

10:46 pm

scrambler

15 left ! :3

10:47 pm

Christine

Okay, I've plenty more, but I wanted to make room for you, since you profile suggests you're in favour of harmony.

10:47 pm

Christine

*your

10:48 pm

BabbleRabble

I am but not by ducking people who openly acknowledge offending people

10:49 pm

Minveryork

That ru 5/20 word is the card game Ru*** Tiles scrambler.

10:49 pm

BabbleRabble

be well all .... how funny

10:49 pm

scrambler

tyvm min!

10:50 pm

Minveryork

yw

10:50 pm

Dorens

babrab. I really don't think ru offends people deliberately at all. He makes jokes. If people take offense, he apologizes. And is acknowledging that. But I've found him to be a compassionate person with a wicked sense of humor, and the jokes sometimes go too far. But not malicious

10:50 pm

Minveryork

Hello Christine! How are you doing today? Welcome to grid

10:50 pm

Minveryork

Hello Dorens! How are you doing today? Welcome to chog.

10:51 pm

Christine

Well, I'm trying (and failing) to smooth ruffled feathers. I refuse to be offended by anyone, 'cos I've learned to ignore offensive people. However, since certain people stopped playing, I don't find a lot to be offended by .... deep breath.

10:53 pm

Christine

At one time., we had two people arguing over who was the first to hear of NB's death -- now THAT'S offensive, and I told them so - at which time I became the invisible woman on the chog. But, life went on.

10:54 pm

Dorens

this is sad. But I am mostly just playing the game lately. not enough time for chat, and when chat becomes petty arguing, it is time to ignore it.

10:55 pm

Pinikula

back

10:55 pm

Christine

That's how I feel - I'm here to play the game, alone if that's how it works. I give clues if I can, take notice of clues, but ultimately it's my game.

10:55 pm

scrambler

clue please the first re 4/4, and thank you! :3

10:56 pm

Minveryork

re 4/4 is anagram of big plant with leaves on it scrambler.

10:56 pm

Minveryork

re 4/4 is also anagram of another word for nap scrambler.

10:56 pm

MollyL

Just for the record, I didn't think it was petty of Ru to defend himself when he was being put down.

10:56 pm

Minveryork

Okay, that was my last clue for the evening. Need to sleep

10:57 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I will see you tomorrow.

10:57 pm

MollyL

Good night Min.

10:58 pm

Minveryork

I like BabbleRabble AND rururocks. They've both made me laugh at times and have never offended me. Goodnight all

10:58 pm

Minveryork

*POOF*

10:58 pm

Christine

I hope BabbleRabble didn't leave; I really do want everyone to get along - as your Mother tells you 'play nicely together'

10:58 pm

scrambler

night min and tyvm

10:58 pm

Christine

Goodnight, sleep well

10:59 pm

Pinikula

* wishes this grid would finish itself *

10:59 pm

MollyL

Christine, I think you did a nice job of trying to calm troubled waters. If that wasn't accepted, it wasn't on you.

11:00 pm

sallyds

My last word is re 6/21 and I'm at my wits end. Can anyone help?

11:00 pm

rastapopolous

doesn't the plural of fr6 end in a and not s? It's latin, no?

11:00 pm

Pinikula

pl the re5 before it?

11:01 pm

MollyL

No clue Rasta. And Enable doesn't play by the rules anyway.

11:01 pm

sallyds

Indeed it is. Sometimes the obvious has to hit you in the face. Many thanks. Fireworks.

11:02 pm

Pinikula

wtg sally :)

11:02 pm

Pinikula

<-- haven't clued in forever...glad to be of service :)

11:02 pm

Christine

Thank you, Molly. I feel we're out in space, so it's easy to ignore someone, unlike sitting in the same room, and being offended. And, as someone pointed out, without seeing facial expressions, it's possible to misinterpret something that's said.

11:03 pm

scrambler

re 6/21 plural of re 5/12 or

11:04 pm

sallyds

I mostly lurk but I do feel that you tried very hard Christine to make nice with little return for effort. Ignoring disruptive behavior is the easiest way out. ;)

11:05 pm

Pinikula

1st em5/14?

11:06 pm

MollyL

It is easy to ignore someone. Or the entire chat. Just turn chat off. It's just a chat log. Take what you like and leave the rest.

11:06 pm

scrambler

em 5/14 em + french word for sea

11:06 pm

sallyds

That's the ticket Molly.

11:06 pm

Christine

The equivalent of sending kids to their room "when you can behave, you may come out, and play with us". Sort of sending 'em to Coventry.

11:06 pm

Pinikula

thx scrambler...now just wish I'd learned french! :)

11:07 pm

scrambler

i agree, i feel badly for both as you know sometimes when the written word is not spoken it can be taken out of context!

11:07 pm

KnightTime

em 5 - one who ems

11:07 pm

scrambler

Oh, great one knight time

11:07 pm

Christine

Stunning, the way he got to the heart of it. Fabulous cluing.

11:08 pm

Pinikula

hi knight!

11:08 pm

MollyL

It just seems redundant to complain about offensive people and then tell everyone who is trying to make peace and understand things that they are spineless.

11:08 pm

scrambler

hi knight!

11:08 pm

Pinikula

<-- feeling like a wu4 cuz' I just ain't gettin' it...

11:08 pm

Christine

Pinikula - think Charles Trenet, or Bobby Darrin

11:08 pm

KnightTime

greetings all

11:08 pm

Pinikula

I've been away too long and I'm incredibly rusty

11:08 pm

Christine

Oh, you've already made your entrance.

11:09 pm

Pinikula

I think they're before my time, Christine

11:09 pm

Christine

Listen, I'm humming it, for you.

11:09 pm

Pinikula

* putting ear to screen *

11:09 pm

Pinikula

Nope, can't make it out...

11:10 pm

Christine

Oh, that's just croool, saying I'm old - which I guess I am. But the alternative >>

11:10 pm

Pinikula

I never said you were old!! lol

11:10 pm

Christine

t's similar to the word for an ant (I think)

11:11 pm

Pinikula

bug?

11:11 pm

Pinikula

insect?

11:11 pm

Pinikula

scary thing?

11:11 pm

Christine

Well, two very good words.

11:12 pm

Pinikula

* thinking *

11:12 pm

Pinikula

(and monkeying)

11:12 pm

Pinikula

got it!

11:12 pm

Pinikula

no idea what it means, but I'll take your words for it!

11:13 pm

Christine

you have the word that ends in T and one ending in R?

11:13 pm

Pinikula

yup :)

11:13 pm

Christine

Notice how I'm able to change tenses in a single sentence? Obviously an eduction well used.

11:14 pm

Pinikula

:) you're awesome!

11:15 pm

Pinikula

* can't believe I'm going to do this... * nudge for the em4 after the flightless birds?

11:15 pm

Pinikula

(sidenote: if I finish this grid in the next 45 minutes, it will be the first in about a year!) *fingers crossed*

11:16 pm

scrambler

clue please: un 6/24

11:16 pm

Pinikula

un + dinner bread

11:16 pm

Pinikula

oops...my bad..wrong un5

11:16 pm

Pinikula

* un6

11:16 pm

Pinikula

please disregard my dilusional cluing

11:17 pm

Pinikula

un + "Nice to **** you"

11:19 pm

scrambler

thanx , couldn't monkey that one! yay!

11:19 pm

scrambler

5 left!

11:19 pm

stidmama

thanks for that one pini!

11:19 pm

Pinikula

yvw :)

11:19 pm

stidmama

go scrambler go!

11:19 pm

Pinikula

18 to go here

11:19 pm

stidmama

back after Tom made some supper for me. :-)

11:19 pm

Pinikula

* waves to Tom *

11:20 pm

Pinikula

* tackles stid *

11:20 pm

Pinikula

how ya doin'?

11:20 pm

Pinikula

still looking for that em4 after the flightless birds

11:20 pm

cybernan

em + abbreviation for 3' measurement

11:20 pm

stidmama

I am well, pini -- tired, but healthy. hoping my flu shot this year "took" --apparently it is hitting our local schools pretty hard already

11:21 pm

Pinikula

thx nan!!!

11:21 pm

Pinikula

* knocking on wood for ya, stid *

11:21 pm

stidmama

thanks pini -- how's life in the wintery south? :-)

11:22 pm

cybernan

*add a vowel for the 5

11:22 pm

Pinikula

what wintery south...we just be wet!

11:22 pm

Christine

Cybernan, thanks for that clue, I never would've found that.

11:22 pm

Pinikula

thx again, nan! :)

11:22 pm

cybernan

yw

11:22 pm

stidmama

thanks nan!

11:22 pm

MPittore

just a quick note...we are doing well...husband still fighting cancer said he's not done yet....not on here much at all miss my babble friends...Happy Holidays to everyone....spins around and throws confetti in the air....Life is Good...remain positive and be grateful and most of all be kind...you will find the magic in life that way...poofy!

11:23 pm

stidmama

we wuz dry today! (mostly) first time I judged at auburn-riverside tournament where we had ZERO snow!

11:23 pm

stidmama

hey mpitt (((((hugs)))))

11:23 pm

Pinikula

hiya MPitt!

11:23 pm

MPittore

waves at stidmama and pinikula

11:24 pm

Christine

MPittore - sending warm hug, good thoughts and prayers your way. God bless.

11:24 pm

torgone

Heyas kids ..

11:24 pm

Pinikula

hiya Tor

11:24 pm

MPittore

ty christine....hey Molly

11:24 pm

stidmama

hey tor

11:26 pm

Pinikula

2nd to last fe4?

11:26 pm

stidmama

french for party maybe?

11:26 pm

torgone

A perty

11:27 pm

torgone

*party

11:27 pm

stidmama

that's my next to last anyway, only down to 28 though

11:27 pm

Pinikula

stid, I think you missed earlier when I said I wish I'd learned french... ;)

11:27 pm

stidmama

a purty pert party, tor? we might need more beer... ;-)

11:27 pm

Pinikula

oooh, got it! :)

11:27 pm

torgone

perty much ..

11:28 pm

stidmama

pas de francais, pini! think first part of the word that means the part above the horse's hoof fe*lock and end with a vowel

11:28 pm

stidmama

go pini go!

11:28 pm

Pinikula

last fo6?

11:29 pm

Pinikula

I was thinking it rhymed with je4 (ballet move)

11:29 pm

stidmama

I only have one fo 6, purty certain it isn't the last

11:29 pm

Pinikula

there's an re4 in here somewhere that does that, too :)

11:30 pm

stidmama

ah, the je** has funny accent marks above the vowels. The party word has a "hat" above the first vowel only, the second is silent.

11:30 pm

stidmama

okay, I have another fo 6 now, fo** (shape) + double vowel

11:30 pm

Pinikula

yeah, so much for my french skills...

11:31 pm

Pinikula

have never seen them written formally so didn't know they had the accessories! :)

11:31 pm

stidmama

it is also a french word... LOL

11:31 pm

stidmama

time to add a class to your abundant fr** time, dear pini!

11:31 pm

torgone

fo4/8 + Bob D**an

11:31 pm

Pinikula

* banging head on table *

11:31 pm

Pinikula

got it!

11:31 pm

Pinikula

thx tor :)

11:31 pm

stidmama

oooh. nice clue, tor! now I have THREE fo 6s!

11:32 pm

Pinikula

there are only 3 stid

11:32 pm

scrambler

clue for the st 6/18 last one! brain is fried! haha

11:32 pm

stidmama

good. I can be done with those. only four more F words (and probably all four-letter F words, too) *sigh* and 22 other words...

11:33 pm

stidmama

is that the alcohol-looking chemical-hormone one, scrambler?

11:33 pm

Pinikula

scrambler...rhymes with "make some clean" (as in hospital clean)

11:33 pm

Pinikula

(or something like that)

11:33 pm

stidmama

starts like the st**n mama look I give

11:33 pm

stidmama

I like your clue, pini!

11:34 pm

Pinikula

(I just hope it really does rhyme...it does in my world!) LOL

11:34 pm

Pinikula

7 to go here!

11:34 pm

Pinikula

and Koda's fussing for another outing!!! :(

11:34 pm

stidmama

go pini go! go scrambler!

11:35 pm

stidmama

ah, Koda... if you gave him opposable thumbs he could let himself out!

11:35 pm

Pinikula

re6/33?

11:35 pm

stidmama

to give back money

11:36 pm

smores

sigh....forgot I'm an hour ahead....

11:36 pm

Pinikula

yeah, not sure I want to go there yet, stid...took him this long to learn how to "notify" me

11:36 pm

Pinikula

hi smores

11:36 pm

stidmama

hey smores

11:36 pm

Pinikula

btw, stid...that *look* you have is in here and some variations

11:37 pm

stidmama

well, my hip was overworked this week, so I need to change positions.

11:37 pm

smores

hi pini, stid...guess I'm a little early

11:37 pm

stidmama

thanks pini -- saw that as soon as I clued it *sigh*

11:38 pm

stidmama

I will be back tomorrow if I can. So much I would like to accomplish to get ready for the next week. Very busy this month. **Hugs all-round**

*POOF*

11:38 pm

Pinikula

trying to figure out the st7 between more st5 and chest bone

11:38 pm

Pinikula

night stid! :)

11:39 pm

torgone

Niters stid ..

11:39 pm

Pinikula

got it!

11:39 pm

smores

nite stid - sleep well

11:40 pm

Pinikula

thank goodness for monkeys :)

11:40 pm

Pinikula

ok 20 minutes...5 words...koda needs out...I'll be back to finish in crunch time...*hopefully*

11:41 pm

scrambler

fireworks, yay!

11:43 pm

smores

YAY scrambler!!

11:43 pm

scrambler

there are 2 st 7's, one is when you are very st*** with a young child so he'll behave and they other is they adverb of the same

11:44 pm

scrambler

tyvm everyone! I hope babrab and guru will be okay!

11:44 pm

scrambler

do you need any more clues before i go?

11:45 pm

scrambler

good nite stid

11:46 pm

Pinikula

wtg scrambler

11:46 pm

scrambler

it did rhyme!! tyvm pinikula

11:46 pm

Pinikula

back ... he does his business quick when it's raining! :)

11:46 pm

Pinikula

re6/33?

11:46 pm

scrambler

raining here too!

11:47 pm

Pinikula

'tis the season, eh, scrambler?

11:47 pm

Lizlin

re 6 /33 - get your money back

11:47 pm

Pinikula

thx lizlin!

11:47 pm

Lizlin

Hi again

11:47 pm

Pinikula

down to 3

11:48 pm

Pinikula

* I can do it *

11:48 pm

Pinikula

(maybe)

11:48 pm

Lizlin

Go Pini! Here to help!

11:48 pm

Pinikula

2 ;)

11:48 pm

Pinikula

both 4's

11:48 pm

Pinikula

and one more "french" one

11:49 pm

Pinikula

1 now

11:49 pm

Pinikula

*fireworks!*

11:49 pm

Lizlin

Yay :)

11:49 pm

Pinikula

oh my ...haven't seen those in ages!!!

11:49 pm

smores

WTG Pini!!!!

11:49 pm

smores

Hiya Liz

11:50 pm

Pinikula

* curtsy* thx for the assists!!!

11:51 pm

Lizlin

Hi smores - hanging around for the flip!

11:51 pm

Lizlin

And to help if anyone needs it!

11:51 pm

scrambler

yayayaya pinikula

11:51 pm

scrambler

hi lizlin smores

11:52 pm

scrambler

yes tis the season

11:53 pm

Lizlin

Hi Scrambler :)

11:54 pm

LeslieAnn

hello, just twiddling my thumbs until the flip

11:55 pm

scrambler

me too!

11:55 pm

scrambler

Hi LeslieAnn!

11:55 pm

Pinikula

hi LA

11:59 pm

smores

ready

11:59 pm

smores

set

11:59 pm

Pinikula

...and we're just about ready...

11:59 pm

Pinikula

...can everyone say...

12:00 am

Christine

On your marks ...

12:00 am

Christine

Showtime??

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