Babble: Archived Puzzle for Friday, December 21, 2012

12:00 am

jillibus

flip

12:00 am

Jellen

Happy Winter Solstice!

12:00 am

grannyrose

flap, back

12:01 am

jillibus

The days get longer! The Down Unders survived the Aztec calendar! Woohoo!

12:02 am

jillibus

hi Jellen -- nice to seeya!

12:02 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:02 am

grannyrose

thanx lickety

12:03 am

rururocks

it's been nice knowing everyone now that the world is ending

12:03 am

Jellen

Oh, ruru!

12:03 am

grannyrose

well this half of the world is still going nicely, thanx

12:05 am

rastapopolous

st8

12:05 am

cybernan

hello everyone :)

12:05 am

jillibus

So I said below, granny and ruru

12:06 am

jillibus

hi granny, ruru, rasta, nan...

12:06 am

dart001

nbt 3/4 done

12:06 am

jillibus

I'd rather greet people, dart, but well done

12:07 am

dart001

travel day jilli

12:07 am

grannyrose

hey jilli, nan, dart

12:07 am

rururocks

*mumbles*

12:07 am

rururocks

*hopes batteries die*

12:08 am

flosey

late flip, hi everyone

12:08 am

jillibus

I see -- so you have to babble before travelling...

12:08 am

jillibus

hi flosey

12:08 am

jillibus

thanks, Lickety!

12:08 am

flosey

hi jilli

12:09 am

flosey

oh good, thanks lickety

12:09 am

dart001

sometimes after too...us addicts do it every day...even after cards lol

12:11 am

jillibus

flosey -- that's the really traditional way to have a Christmas tree -- how lovely (see her profile, everyone)

12:11 am

dart001

phant postage

12:16 am

flosey

jilli, we did it that way every year until we moved at age 13 - when we came here, one of the first things hubby did was plant a field of Christmas type trees

12:16 am

dizgrannie

NBT/NBS

12:16 am

MitchDick

fireworks

12:17 am

jillibus

wtg diz!

12:17 am

flosey

wow, wtg Mitch

12:17 am

flosey

well done diz

12:17 am

jillibus

oy vey, mitch!

12:17 am

cybernan

what does the 7 begin with please?

12:17 am

MitchDick

fa

12:18 am

cybernan

ty mitch - looking for it now

12:18 am

flosey

need stats for first row N please?

12:18 am

cybernan

got it first try !!!

12:18 am

dizgrannie

nu 4

12:19 am

cybernan

nbt nbs

12:19 am

jillibus

wtg nan

12:20 am

flosey

well done nan

12:20 am

jillibus

ponk should be a word

12:21 am

rururocks

what would it mean jilli

12:21 am

flosey

nbt but no big words

12:22 am

jillibus

take your choice, ruru

12:22 am

grannyrose

st8 if not called

12:22 am

jillibus

wtg flosey

12:22 am

flosey

thanks rose, looking

12:22 am

rururocks

i don't see that st 8

12:24 am

rururocks

got it

12:24 am

rururocks

yeah

12:24 am

grannyrose

yay ruru, nicely done

12:24 am

rururocks

flosey.. not goage

12:25 am

flosey

?? ru

12:26 am

rururocks

not GO- age

12:26 am

grannyrose

flosey a strike from work place

12:27 am

flosey

thanks rose, still looking

12:28 am

grannyrose

flosey, think red traffic light

12:28 am

flosey

lol, thanks ru, light just came on

12:28 am

jillibus

ty for the st8 clue -- got it

12:28 am

flosey

and granny

12:28 am

jillibus

actually, red traffic light + sheet of foolscap

12:28 am

rururocks

I'm only doing cute clues today

12:29 am

jillibus

oh gee, ruru

12:30 am

Jellen

Is the fa7 a compound word? I'm so rusty!

12:30 am

flosey

hi Jellen

12:31 am

flosey

good to see you

12:31 am

Jellen

Hi flosey!

12:31 am

rururocks

*sprays armor all on jellen*

12:31 am

grannyrose

yes jellen, it is. fa4 + not electric but *** cooker

12:32 am

flosey

that's an odd word, rose

12:32 am

rururocks

what is that temple farts?

12:32 am

grannyrose

* giggle * don't ask me what it means...monkeys found it

12:32 am

cybernan

down t 40 before the brain quit for the night -- see you tomorrow :)

12:33 am

grannyrose

night nan, sleep well, hun

12:37 am

grannyrose

flosey, fa7 single fa8

12:37 am

rururocks

hornets work.. but why not pornets?

12:42 am

rururocks

.. that comment wasn't THAT thought provoking

12:43 am

flosey

oh. do you mean fa6 single?

12:43 am

jillibus

Can't stay awake - circadian clock out of whack. Goodnight all before I fall out of the chair...*poof

12:43 am

grannyrose

lost in the grid ruru, sorry....belly laugh now, wonder what a pornet is?

12:43 am

Jellen

G'night, jilli

12:44 am

grannyrose

sorry, flosey, yes fa6 is single of fa7

12:44 am

rururocks

I hope there's a tomorrow jilli

12:44 am

rururocks

I hope there's a tomorrow jilli

12:44 am

grannyrose

night, jilli, sweet dreams my friend

12:44 am

jillibus

ruru, it's already tomorrow down under

12:44 am

scouser

grannyrose - p4-movie starlet?

12:45 am

grannyrose

maybe, scouser. and how are you, hun

12:45 am

rururocks

...they don't know yet Jilli...

12:46 am

rururocks

pornets will sting you .. but it doesn't hurt

12:46 am

scouser

OK coughing less. Not ready for Christmas apart from decorations up and freezer bulging. Glad to see you got back to work OK.

12:46 am

jillibus

it just feels sexy...*repoof

12:47 am

scouser

Hi ruru. I still laugh at your icon. Cheers me up most days.

12:47 am

rururocks

that's a lot of poofing jilli

12:47 am

grannyrose

yeah, yeah, ruru. what's the riddle sy? if you have an iq of 120, you wear lace up shoes, if you have an iq of 100, you wear velcro straps on your shoes, what are you if you wear thongs, on your feet?

12:47 am

Lizlin

Hi all :)

12:48 am

rururocks

a republican?

12:48 am

grannyrose

you are so dense you must be australian.

12:48 am

grannyrose

hey liz

12:48 am

rururocks

half of me is australian

12:48 am

torgone

You have really big feet?

12:49 am

Lizlin

Hope you're feeling better today, Rose. Gapeach was asking after you earlier on.

12:49 am

scouser

beat me to it torgone

12:49 am

grannyrose

lol, tor....

12:49 am

melonheadjujube

phancy phantom: columnar

12:49 am

melonheadjujube

bed for moi, so hi and bye to all!

12:49 am

grannyrose

much better thanx liz. no further chest pains.

12:49 am

melonheadjujube

{poof}

12:49 am

grannyrose

night melon

12:49 am

Lizlin

Good :)

12:50 am

scouser

Hey grannyrose I missed that you were not well.

12:50 am

grannyrose

scouser, jst another little angina attack, no damage done...just scary.

12:50 am

scouser

sorry, and hope you on mend now.

12:51 am

grannyrose

lol, only damage done was to bank account, as i was not allowed to work.

12:53 am

rururocks

i'm going to bed.. good night all

12:54 am

rururocks

I won't be poofing and repoofing either

12:54 am

grannyrose

night, ruru. hope you sleep well and awake refreshed.

12:54 am

Lizlin

Night ruru :)

12:54 am

grannyrose

but you're such a great poofer

12:54 am

flosey

g'night ru

12:54 am

rururocks

me too I got up early to enjoy my last day on earth

12:55 am

scouser

lady in flat below me was supposed to have hip replaced two weeks back: two days before op, hospital rang and said "can't do, you have already had a broken leg"?!! turns out local records computerised wrongly for a broken toe at age 16. But they still haven't done the op. Bad.

12:55 am

flosey

ru, why not stay up and watch the end

12:56 am

grannyrose

scouser, how awful.

12:56 am

rururocks

lol flosey

12:57 am

rururocks

tomorrow I'll make ham sandwiches with mayannaise

12:57 am

scouser

I worked for a doctors' practice some years back and did that job of "computerising the records."

12:57 am

flosey

lol - live dangerously

12:57 am

grannyrose

ooh, yum...hey everyone, lunch at ruru's tomorrow.

12:57 am

scouser

ruru lovely pun

12:58 am

rururocks

<<---mister on the edge

12:58 am

scouser

mysteron?

12:58 am

rururocks

thanks scouser

12:59 am

scouser

having said it can't remember what Mysterons were? Was it in Dan Dare?

12:59 am

rururocks

I roasted a chicken tonight with veggies.. came out nice

12:59 am

torgone

Crying 96 tears?

12:59 am

rururocks

yes torg... that's right

1:01 am

flosey

sounds good ru, something we seldom do with chicken and I love it

1:01 am

rururocks

night

1:01 am

flosey

lol, night again

1:01 am

Glantarell

Captain Scarlet, da da da da da Scouser

1:01 am

Glantarell

morning all

1:02 am

flosey

hi Glan

1:03 am

Glantarell

just a little babble before work - new experience for me today i am taking the bus to work :-)

1:04 am

flosey

oh oh, going to do a ru - "where will you put it"

1:04 am

Glantarell

groan..... in the bus station, of course

1:05 am

flosey

ru just went to bed, couldn't resist it

1:05 am

Glantarell

darn it, i missed him, he always makes me smile

1:08 am

grannyrose

hey glant

1:08 am

scouser

thanks Glan It was the Mekon in Dan Dare. Showing my age!

1:09 am

Glantarell

i loved the Mysterons, but don't remember Dan Dare - heard of him but don't remember him

1:10 am

scouser

It was a 1950s comic for boys but my dad bought it for me! Dan Dare had space adventures.

1:11 am

scouser

It was called "The Eagle"

1:11 am

Glantarell

I think Captain Scarlet may have started my love of Sci Fi LOL

1:11 am

scouser

and if you were a girl you were supposed to read "The Girl". !

1:11 am

Lizlin

Think The Eagle was still going in the 60s! I know I saw it as a kid!

1:11 am

Glantarell

so i would have liked Dan Dare, guessing you are probably just a few years older than me

1:12 am

scouser

More. I'm 68.

1:12 am

Glantarell

If you were a girl when i was little you read Bunty, then Jackeie

1:12 am

Glantarell

but I read the Dandy and Beano

1:12 am

Lizlin

I'd forgotten about Jackie! Loved Beano! But def into Jackie as I got older!

1:13 am

scouser

One of those last two has just finally printed its last issue - but I think it has gone digital. There was a requiem for it on Radio4.

1:13 am

Glantarell

well, I've done my first walk through the grid, down to 42 and better move myself if I am to catch this bus, back later, when the weekend will have started, thankfully!

1:14 am

Lizlin

Have a good day :)

1:14 am

scouser

I've got 16 left and must get on as grandchild will wake up soon. Happy Christmas to all.

1:14 am

Lizlin

Have a good day :)

1:24 am

grannyrose

anyone here who can advise me on how to address a problem with mother mac? she has developed 'old lady smell'. she has a shower with a carer 3 times per week. the other 4 days she is supposed to just have a hand wash at the basin. the smell is becoming very bad. don thought something had died under her bedroom, and he doesn't have a good sense of smell.

1:25 am

flosey

oh dear, rose, that's a nasty one

1:27 am

grannyrose

i know, flosey. the smell makes me nauseated. i can't work in the laundry. her daughter can't smell it. so i can't ask her to help. she would very affronted to think her mum smells.

1:28 am

flosey

and how horrible to have to sit at a meal table

1:28 am

grannyrose

i was thinking of asking her care-co-ordinator if the funds are there for an extra 3 showers/week.

1:28 am

flosey

does daughter really not notice it? or is it that she doesn't want to take any action

1:29 am

flosey

yes rose, by all means do it

1:29 am

flosey

explain to them how difficult it is to live with it

1:29 am

grannyrose

daughter simply cannot smell it. she is a hairdresser, and the chemicals she has worked with all her life have destroyed her sense of smell

1:30 am

flosey

well, what a blessing, perhaps Mom could live with her?

1:31 am

grannyrose

rofl....yeah right! mother mac says living with me is like living with a doctor. pls daughter does not live just around the corner from a hospital, as we do.

1:32 am

flosey

is it that she perhaps needs pampers (or whatever it is you call the adult ones)

1:34 am

grannyrose

no, i don't think so....mother mac has become physically unable to attend to 'down there'

1:35 am

flosey

oh dear, rose, I hear you, we had a relative who would drop in and I could definitely not ask her to stay for dinner - wouldn't be able to eat. She seemed totally unaware - and believe it or not, was a nurse

1:35 am

flosey

HAD BEEN, I should have said

1:35 am

grannyrose

flosey, need to go, dinner ready. could you please email me perhaps? could go on with this on-line later

1:36 am

flosey

sure rose, hope you can enjoy dinner

1:36 am

grannyrose

night, dear friend. for now

1:37 am

flosey

night rose, and hugs

2:21 am

Jivingjenny0

please could i have a clue for the 7 and 8

2:22 am

Dianne

to halt + a sheet in a book

2:24 am

Jivingjenny0

thanks dianne, never heard of that before

2:25 am

Dianne

YW - I've heard of it in regard to work.

2:31 am

grannyrose

fa6/7, fa4 + electric or *** cooker for 7, the 6 is the singular form

2:38 am

Dianne

missing one st5 - I have the halted one and the smash your foot on one. What's the last one?

2:44 am

lshult

the world didn't end so I may as well play ...........morning all!!!!!

3:43 am

Marc Freeman

Good morning, could I get a clue for af6, please?

3:46 am

BabbleRabble

af + two, too or ** + better **fe than sorry

3:47 am

Marc Freeman

thanks got it

4:20 am

sarah6girls

nbt nbs :)

4:42 am

zoozzoom

Hello, All...looks like a tricky grid.

4:48 am

zoozzoom

Nbt,Nbs.

5:07 am

BabbleRabble

Hello, zoom ... piece of cake

5:10 am

zoozzoom

Hello, BR..down to 12 more to find..easier than i first thought..lol

5:12 am

MollyL

Dianne, s + Bermuda is a ****ical island

5:17 am

zoozzoom

I have kn 4/9; kn 5/20; kn 4/8; kn 5/18 what am i missing please?

5:20 am

zoozzoom

NM found it.

5:23 am

MollyL

That one was tricky. I had to look up the definition.

5:24 am

zoozzoom

Yes the DEF: a bud like ornament..never heard of it myself.

5:25 am

MollyL

Clearly we don't hang out with enough German people.
: )

5:26 am

zoozzoom

lol nein i suppose not.

5:27 am

zoozzoom

My last one i am trying to find is an S6.

5:28 am

MollyL

I have every confidence that you will find it.

5:29 am

zoozzoom

Thanks, Molly..is it a fish?

5:31 am

zoozzoom

And fireworks for me..now i can go and wrap prezzies.

5:31 am

zoozzoom

Take care, All.

6:57 am

hurshy

name that proper noun! beanpole actor bob from full house

6:57 am

Uneaixoise

saget

6:57 am

Uneaixoise

howdy hursh :-)

6:57 am

hurshy

ding ding ding!

6:58 am

hurshy

howdy

6:58 am

hurshy

we're having a lil rain/wind storm going on here

6:59 am

hurshy

would be nice and end of the worldish if it weren't that God promised never again by flood.

6:59 am

Uneaixoise

yeah -- we had rain and major wind yesterday . . . daughter and boyfriend driving here today from Ann Arbor -- hope weather cooperates

7:00 am

hurshy

we drove out TO michigan one year in a blizzard with non functioning wiper fluid... you manage.

7:00 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

7:01 am

hurshy

dang, i really thought nonlu5 was gonna give me the 8

7:01 am

Uneaixoise

when I was pregnant with said daughter I had an old vista cruiser station wagon that I got for free -- BUT it had no heat or AC -- in winter, I hung out the window scraping the windshield! LOL

7:02 am

hurshy

no fun!

7:02 am

Uneaixoise

but it was FREE LOL

7:02 am

hurshy

that can be very key

7:02 am

hurshy

have you got the 7 or 8 or bottom N?

7:02 am

Uneaixoise

indeed

7:03 am

Uneaixoise

bottom n is no6/24 military term

7:03 am

Uneaixoise

don't have a 7

7:03 am

Uneaixoise

8 is don't go + turn the pa** to continue reading

7:04 am

hurshy

aw, a nice normally word

7:04 am

Uneaixoise

always a surprise, eh?!

7:05 am

hurshy

:)

7:05 am

Uneaixoise

gotta get goin' -- HAGD hursh -- byeee *poof*

7:05 am

hurshy

bye une

7:10 am

hurshy

bye me

7:16 am

Marc Freeman

Could I get a clue for ru4/7, please?

7:17 am

BzznBea

ru7 - posterior

7:18 am

BzznBea

ru4 not 7

7:19 am

Marc Freeman

thanks

7:21 am

car.eeyore

Good morning!

7:31 am

crosshair

good morning everyone:)

7:33 am

crosshair

and it is now time for crossys tidbit of the day!!

7:33 am

crosshair

The Hawaiian alphabet only has twelve letters: A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.

7:34 am

Riverdance

Good Morning Everyone

7:35 am

crosshair

howdy river

7:36 am

Riverdance

clue for that lone N on the bottom please

7:37 am

bogster

Mele Kalikimaka

7:37 am

car.eeyore

TY Crossy!

7:38 am

car.eeyore

no 6/24...just found it!

7:38 am

car.eeyore

...and I don't think it should be a word...

7:39 am

car.eeyore

....yup! Even Enable says it is short for something else...and Enable and I NEVER agree!

7:39 am

Riverdance

can you clue it car please

7:39 am

car.eeyore

one who cannot speak...shortened

7:40 am

car.eeyore

Stats for the C please?

7:41 am

bogster

no 6/24 someone who is not an officer

7:42 am

Riverdance

co4/7 and co5/16

7:42 am

Riverdance

finally got that no6 - thanks

7:42 am

car.eeyore

And I got the C's!!! TY!

7:44 am

Riverdance

yw - I have NBT - now looking for that darn 7 and 8 for NBS

7:44 am

car.eeyore

I missed the grid yesterday...was it a biggie?

7:45 am

car.eeyore

st 8

7:45 am

Riverdance

I dont remember it being terribly big

7:45 am

72 Temple Owl

exclamation points so early in the morning?

7:45 am

Riverdance

got the 8

7:45 am

car.eeyore

Hi TO...yup!

7:46 am

Riverdance

morning TO

7:46 am

car.eeyore

They help to wake me up

7:46 am

72 Temple Owl

*puts on sunglasses* too early for me :)

7:46 am

car.eeyore

I am missing 1 K....

7:46 am

Riverdance

no sun here - rainy/snowy morning

7:47 am

crosshair

snow is starting here 15-20 cm expected

7:47 am

car.eeyore

Yet another dreary day here.

7:47 am

Riverdance

we got a couple inches of snow overnight and now it is just slush with the rain

7:47 am

Riverdance

so am I car

7:48 am

72 Temple Owl

share the c words pls?

7:48 am

Riverdance

co4/7 and co5/16

7:48 am

car.eeyore

co 4/7 and co 5/16...its a freebie

7:48 am

72 Temple Owl

ty got the 4

7:49 am

72 Temple Owl

and 5

7:49 am

uusue2

morning all!

7:50 am

car.eeyore

Oooh! FR 5/22...a great word!

7:50 am

car.eeyore

UUSUE!!!!! Good morning sweetheart!

7:50 am

uusue2

hi car!!

7:50 am

Riverdance

hello sue

7:50 am

uusue2

hi river!

7:50 am

72 Temple Owl

hi river hi sue

7:51 am

uusue2

hi TO!

7:51 am

72 Temple Owl

how goes it?

7:51 am

Riverdance

oh, found that last K

7:51 am

Riverdance

monkeys deserve an extra banana

7:51 am

car.eeyore

share please?

7:52 am

uusue2

pretty good, TO

7:52 am

uusue2

except on my first round through the tiles I'm not finding very many words

7:52 am

Riverdance

kn5/20 - kn + ***rey is a protected bird

7:52 am

car.eeyore

For once...there are NOT enough vowels!

7:52 am

Mom

just stopping by to say hello. On my way to the kitchen to bake today.

7:52 am

car.eeyore

Wow! TY River!

7:53 am

car.eeyore

Hi mom!

7:53 am

Riverdance

(((Mom))) how are you?

7:53 am

Mom

((Car, and River)) good morning.

7:53 am

uusue2

hi mom!

7:53 am

Mom

River, I am fine, thanks. And you?

7:53 am

Mom

hello ((uusue)) How are you and Frank?

7:54 am

uusue2

we are good, mom

7:54 am

Riverdance

doing well here

7:55 am

MollyL

Mmm, what are you baking Mom?

7:55 am

Mom

glad to hear it, River and uusue

7:55 am

uusue2

well, on my first round through the tiles I have 5 blank ones :-)

7:55 am

Mom

Today I am baking Spritz, Refrigerator cookies, snickerdoodles and chocolate chip

7:56 am

Riverdance

27 to go but hungry - off to make my breakfast - back later - enjoy your day everyone

7:56 am

car.eeyore

Oh...my...goodness....

7:56 am

car.eeyore

Bye River!

7:56 am

Mom

have a great day, River

7:57 am

Mom

sets out, butter cookies, buckeyes and fruit cake (that does not taste like it)

7:57 am

Mom

heads to the kitchen. Love you all ((Hugs))

7:59 am

uusue2

bye mom!

7:59 am

car.eeyore

Stats for the 7 please?

7:59 am

uusue2

and bye river!

8:01 am

uusue2

don't have it, car, but I am down to 4 blank tiles...

8:01 am

car.eeyore

Keep on keeping on, uusue!

8:03 am

72 Temple Owl

back

8:03 am

uusue2

three now but I have to go get my day started, bbl!

8:03 am

car.eeyore

Bye uusue! {{hugs}}

8:03 am

72 Temple Owl

bye sue

8:07 am

car.eeyore

I checked Lickety....there is a fa 6 & 7 combo....

8:07 am

car.eeyore

Got 'em!

8:08 am

car.eeyore

Never heard of 'em...but monkeyed them!

8:08 am

car.eeyore

phantom: frenulum

8:12 am

car.eeyore

Time for a break. I wish you all a wonderful day!!! {[hugs}] all around!

8:14 am

72 Temple Owl

bye car

8:16 am

scrambler

good morning all, happy winter solstice and Hey We're alive! hahah

8:17 am

MollyL

Happy Solstice Scrambler.

8:22 am

scrambler

:.

8:24 am

scrambler

:>

8:26 am

Glantarell

good afternon all. finished work and just come back to the grid - immediately saw 5 words i couldn't see at all 6 hours ago - how does that work?

8:32 am

Judi

Good morning, Babblers. And Merry Mayan Apocolypse!

8:39 am

Glantarell

Wishing you happiness for the season and beyond Judi

8:41 am

MimiCat

Ah, come on now, fest is not in the Babble dictionary? Hello.

8:42 am

Glantarell

I've bee trying it fairly frequently recently cos I can't believe that either :-)

8:43 am

MimiCat

The choices of words seem rather arbitrary....that does bother me. Also including foreign words is disturbing and seems to disallow many from completing grids.

8:44 am

MimiCat

Glad I'm not that ambitious and can settle for simply getting as many words as I can and enjoying that. Otherwise, it would make me NUTS.

8:44 am

Glantarell

manyn foreign words - especially spanish ones, which I never remember because spanish isn't spoken here as a rule

8:44 am

Glantarell

I have to finish it LOL

8:45 am

Glantarell

there are soem very odd words today - I am close to finishing so have resported to morewords here and there

8:45 am

MimiCat

Bless you, G....and may you be able to preserve your sanity.

8:45 am

Glantarell

and my typing is terrible

8:46 am

MimiCat

I find it endearing when people misspell words in chat...makes me know I'm not the only flawed individual in the world!!

8:47 am

Glantarell

actually, i have realised today that thanks to babble my vocabulary now includes all sorts of strange words which i have no idea of how to pronounce or what they mean :-)

8:47 am

Glantarell

I just know them because they a re repeated in the grids

8:48 am

MimiCat

To me, perfect is only a concept that doesn't exist in reality. However, improvement and evolving are always good things.

8:49 am

Glantarell

As the arabs say 'only Allah is perfect' - thye even go so far as to include a deliberate imperfection in things so that they remain imperfect

8:49 am

MimiCat

No effort required from me for imperfection!!

8:49 am

Glantarell

Me neither, although I always strive to do my best

8:50 am

MimiCat

I enjoy the grid but I'm mainly here every day because I really like the community of people...very special.

8:50 am

phaeton

hello...may I have the stats for the af6 please

8:51 am

Glantarell

what exactly is wrong with 'stonk'? We often say 'that's a stonking great (insert noun here)', never realised it wasn't a real word

8:51 am

Glantarell

af6/27

8:52 am

Glantarell

first 3 letter are rear of ship

8:52 am

phaeton

ty

8:52 am

MimiCat

Just found out afton isn't allowed either...."flow gently sweet afton.."

8:53 am

Mr Bob

Morning folks

8:53 am

MimiCat

Mornin' Bob.

8:53 am

Glantarell

Morning Mr Bob

8:54 am

Glantarell

Finally. NBS & NBT. 5 left to find.

8:55 am

MimiCat

I'm lucky if I get half but I bask in my underachievement!

8:55 am

MimiCat

I don't even work the monkeys very hard...

8:57 am

Glantarell

finito

8:57 am

MimiCat

GOOD FOR YOU, G!!!

8:57 am

Glantarell

anybody want a clue before I go wrap some presents?

8:58 am

72 Temple Owl

hw about stats for the 8?

8:58 am

MimiCat

Have a great day (evening?), G, and catch you later!

8:58 am

MimiCat

Hi, TO!!!

8:58 am

xeiluj

I can't get the lone N at the top, help please

8:58 am

72 Temple Owl

hiya mimi!

8:58 am

Glantarell

st8/60 compound word

8:59 am

Glantarell

nu4/5

8:59 am

72 Temple Owl

thanks

8:59 am

Glantarell

think the nu describes a mark on metal caused by machining

9:00 am

Glantarell

have fun babbling, all, see you tomorrow

9:00 am

72 Temple Owl

bye glant

9:07 am

xeiluj

Thank you, took a while but i got it

9:09 am

MimiCat

Gone for now....back later in day. Have good one, all!!

9:28 am

MLFAN17

stats for the First and last N's on the 2nd column please?

9:38 am

dan2bit

bottom row is no6/24

9:38 am

Wolvie

bottom is no 6 - against talk . or a type of enlisted man maybe

9:38 am

dan2bit

top row is nu4/5

9:39 am

Wolvie

top is nu 4- n plus web site

9:39 am

Wolvie

hi dan. lol

9:40 am

MollyL

Good clue Wolvie.

9:40 am

dan2bit

I assumed mlfan was asking for stats, not clues

9:40 am

Wolvie

yes, i was incorrect.

9:41 am

Wolvie

back to lurking

9:41 am

Wolvie

ty molly

10:18 am

Nef

Good Morning Everybody. How are you all on this fine,cold, sunshiny day?

10:33 am

xeiluj

Hello from me. It is cold and early evening here but still in good spirits. Just marzipaned my christmas cake. How's you?

10:35 am

Nef

doing okay. you marzipaned your cake? I've never heard of that before. Was it lots of work?

10:37 am

xeiluj

Made cake a few weeks ago, then I marzipan it before icing it. Stops the oils from the cake seeping through to the icing.

10:38 am

Nef

Ahh1 I was thinking Way off then! :-D I was imagining little marzipan flowers, animals etc. (Can you tell I'm not much of a baker or chef? :-)

10:40 am

xeiluj

Nor am i!! Just read your profile, I had a hip replacement 6 years ago, took a while but now it is great.

10:41 am

Nef

Mine healed great; I've had no problem with it at all. I just had thumb/hand surgery the beginning of November and that's taking longer to heal (I think)

10:43 am

xeiluj

Think all surgeries affect us differently. My hip one took over 6 months to heal, others done in 6 weeks. Maybe it is the same with your hand? At least it is done, now comes the being patient part....

10:45 am

Nef

Yeah. Being patient is tough this year... DH had 3 back surgeries (the last was a cervical fusion 3 1/2 weeks ago and I had hoped to be doing better for his sake by now.

10:46 am

Nef

But the hand therapists say I'm doing well for 6 weeks out; so I need to believe them and keep going! :-) I do my exercises etc. ASAP

10:47 am

Nef

errr as much as possible.

10:47 am

periwinkle

hi all

10:47 am

periwinkle

help with the u pls

10:47 am

xeiluj

Rotten timimg,eh? Hated those exerciee

10:47 am

xeiluj

11

10:47 am

Nef

hi peri. How are you today?

10:47 am

periwinkle

founda u word

10:48 am

xeiluj

Forget the 11, dont know where that came from!!

10:48 am

periwinkle

I am fine, Nef. how are you and DH doing today?

10:48 am

Nef

ul 4/5; arm bone

10:48 am

xeiluj

I only have two U words, sorry

10:48 am

periwinkle

help with the 7 pls

10:48 am

periwinkle

ty Nef never see that arm bone

10:49 am

periwinkle

I found a un4/6

10:49 am

Nef

ul 5/12 is related to arm bone too (just saw it)

10:49 am

xeiluj

7 is Fa - 48

10:49 am

periwinkle

got that one,ty

10:49 am

periwinkle

ty, looking for the fa7

10:50 am

Nef

so am I. I don't like this grid

10:50 am

periwinkle

monkeying but not seeing the fa7

10:51 am

periwinkle

Nef, you are in the grid today

10:51 am

xeiluj

Do you want a clue?

10:51 am

periwinkle

yes pls

10:52 am

Nef

me too. I didn't see my name there before, peri

10:52 am

xeiluj

fa +ba-- of my life= a souce of energy used in the house

10:53 am

xeiluj

+ source, sorry

10:53 am

periwinkle

not getting your clue xeiluj

10:54 am

Nef

I got it; thanks!

10:54 am

xeiluj

fa plus what a sheep does minus the last letter plus enery source

10:54 am

Nef

think energy for the car, peri

10:55 am

xeiluj

Goodness, my clues are bad, not sure how you got it!!! lol

10:55 am

Nef

OR, fa 4/7 + petrol

10:56 am

Nef

BRB, gotta help DH for a minute

10:56 am

xeiluj

Now tat one is a good clue.

10:56 am

periwinkle

got it, thanks

10:56 am

periwinkle

not sure what sheep had to do with the clue tho

10:57 am

xeiluj

Nor me, was tryig to clue bane of my life but clued the wrong bit. Told you i wasn t any good at clues.

10:58 am

xeiluj

Off to hang my head in shame. Enjoy yor day everyone

10:59 am

Nef

back. Don't hang your head in shame, xeiluj. *I* got your clue

10:59 am

xeiluj

Thank you, still think i am better off lurking

11:00 am

Nef

the more you try cluing, the better you do though. :-)

11:04 am

Nef

I've been working on this grid for about 1 1/2 hours and still haven't got NBT. Could someone please clue the O and the E for me?

11:05 am

periwinkle

or4/4

11:05 am

periwinkle

volcano

11:05 am

fuquayvarina

or4 rhymes with where ships come in

11:06 am

Nef

thanks, peri. I'm going blind on this grid I guess

11:06 am

periwinkle

sometimes I don't see the obvious

11:07 am

periwinkle

I will keep trying fest until it is accepted

11:07 am

Nef

and thanks, fuquayvarina

11:07 am

Nef

me too, peri!

11:07 am

periwinkle

:)

11:08 am

Nef

Why fest isn't a word; I don't understand

11:08 am

periwinkle

me either,but then again it is the Enable dictionary

11:08 am

periwinkle

I am stuck with 37 left

11:09 am

periwinkle

bbl

11:10 am

Nef

bye, peri. HAGD!

11:11 am

bichon

hi folks

11:11 am

bichon

hint for the pls

11:12 am

bichon

*8, pls

11:12 am

Nef

??? try again, bichon. What do you need help with?

11:13 am

bichon

the 8

11:13 am

fuquayvarina

The union called a work st8 to get a better contract

11:13 am

Nef

okay. I'd help but I don't have it yet. sorry

11:13 am

bichon

tyvm fuqua

11:14 am

Nef

thanks, fuquay

11:14 am

fuquayvarina

happy to help, just got it a moment before myself

11:20 am

Nef

75 left. I need to take a break. bbl; Happy Babbling, Everyone!

11:57 am

rubyfoo

long day and very late start

11:57 am

rubyfoo

is anybody here?

11:58 am

Jillyjill

Just got on, hello ruby!

11:58 am

Jillyjill

Short day and early start.. ;)

11:58 am

rubyfoo

hello hello. I guess the world didn't end after all!

11:59 am

Jillyjill

Guess not...plus from this day forth the days are longer! Important for those living in winter country!

11:59 am

rubyfoo

and today was my father's birthday

12:00 pm

Jillyjill

((hugs))

12:01 pm

rubyfoo

I've lit a candle even though he's been gone a long time

12:01 pm

Jillyjill

Mine's been gone 13 years and I think of him and still miss him often.

12:02 pm

rubyfoo

my dad died in 2001, in NY, but before the catastrophe

12:03 pm

rubyfoo

my mother has been gone longer than that and I miss her EVERY day

12:03 pm

rubyfoo

at least he, as a very old man, got to visit us in France

12:03 pm

Jillyjill

I still have my mom, she's 92 and going strong! It's nice.

12:04 pm

rubyfoo

you are very fortunate!

12:05 pm

Jillyjill

Yep...but I was closer to my Dad, he and I are very much alike. But God has his reasons, this has enabled me to improve my relationship with my Mom.

12:07 pm

rubyfoo

that's a good way to look at it

12:07 pm

rubyfoo

a gift of time

12:08 pm

Jillyjill

And one of my sons hugs me just like Dad used, so that helps.

12:10 pm

rubyfoo

that was a quick half; the good company helped!

12:11 pm

Jillyjill

LOL, not even close..you are faster than me :-)

12:11 pm

rubyfoo

all little words

12:11 pm

bichon

hi ruby

12:12 pm

Jillyjill

have nbt working on nbs

12:12 pm

rubyfoo

12:12 pm

Jillyjill

Hi bichon

12:12 pm

rubyfoo

missing the bottom n and the 7 but have 69 words

12:13 pm

Jillyjill

bottom n is no6/24

12:14 pm

bichon

bottom no 6/24

12:15 pm

rubyfoo

not seeing it

12:15 pm

Jillyjill

the 7 is fa7/48, pl of the fa6/33

12:15 pm

bichon

negative prefix + .*** web address ending

12:16 pm

Jillyjill

no6/6/24, short for not speaking to someone

12:16 pm

rubyfoo

I was trying nonurl duh

12:17 pm

Jillyjill

Nbs and 44, going to take a break

12:18 pm

rubyfoo

bye jilly, it was nice talking to you

12:18 pm

rubyfoo

bichon, is Wtson gone?

12:18 pm

Jillyjill

And good to chat with you too!! *poof*

12:20 pm

dcseain

ah, a no6 officer :)

12:20 pm

rubyfoo

hello seain

12:20 pm

dcseain

evening and good yule, ruby

12:21 pm

rubyfoo

and good yule to you!

12:25 pm

dcseain

i'm invited to Long Night tonight, and would like to go, ibuprofen is helping -- whatever i've got going on inflammation is no small part of it. This too shall pass.

12:25 pm

dcseain

how're you?

12:36 pm

Aloyisius

yay for Lunchtime Babble break - hi all, hope you are out of storm's way

12:40 pm

Alleyn58

Hint for the no6 please...

12:41 pm

Aloyisius

like a sgt Alley

12:41 pm

Aloyisius

a military rank status

12:42 pm

Alleyn58

Uk or US?

12:43 pm

Bugsaw

just popped in to say Happy End of the World Day to everyone

12:43 pm

Aloyisius

h'mm, let me try another.. use the prefix for "not" and add TV ***mercials try to sell stuff

12:43 pm

Aloyisius

hi Bugsaw - I'm eating my dessert first today

12:44 pm

Alleyn58

Thx. That hint saved the day.

12:44 pm

Aloyisius

yay, glad you got it, Alley

12:46 pm

periwinkle

hi all

12:46 pm

Aloyisius

hi peri

12:46 pm

periwinkle

I am missing a k word. have 2 kn4 and kn5

12:46 pm

Aloyisius

kn5 x3, am hunting one now

12:46 pm

periwinkle

Hi Aloy,I have a recipe for a mixed mushroom soup that I plan to make soon

12:47 pm

dianedecoder

stick a snaky letter into your first kn4/0

12:47 pm

periwinkle

ty , got it

12:47 pm

Aloyisius

yumm, found the second kn5.20, whatever it means.. kn + the raptor **prey

12:48 pm

periwinkle

I did make a mushroom stroganoff recently that was really good

12:48 pm

Aloyisius

oops, messed up that clue, sorry

12:48 pm

Aloyisius

***rey shoulda been

12:48 pm

periwinkle

help with the c's. I have co4/7

12:49 pm

Aloyisius

add a consonant on the end for co5

12:49 pm

periwinkle

nm

12:49 pm

periwinkle

I just did, ty

12:49 pm

periwinkle

one column gray

12:50 pm

periwinkle

missing a T in the 2nd column

12:51 pm

periwinkle

found it. two columns gray!

12:51 pm

MollyL

Seain, what kind of Long Night service? Church or private?

12:51 pm

periwinkle

hey Molls

12:52 pm

MollyL

Cheers Peri. Did your god daughter deliver? : )

12:52 pm

periwinkle

I am going to her house for lunch on Sunday.

12:52 pm

periwinkle

no gin here today :(

12:54 pm

Aloyisius

and off I must go.. Happy Babbling, all!

12:54 pm

MollyL

Alas, poor Peri. The liquor store was doing a healthy holiday business when I was in there yesterday.

12:55 pm

periwinkle

I am sure it was

12:55 pm

periwinkle

my dad used to have a bourbon and ginger ale once in a while

12:56 pm

periwinkle

not sure bourbon is for me

12:56 pm

periwinkle

stuck with 30 left

12:57 pm

MollyL

This is a very unfriendly grid.

12:58 pm

periwinkle

yep

12:58 pm

periwinkle

28, no list yet

1:04 pm

periwinkle

down to 23 left, bbs to finish

1:26 pm

MimiCat

Does anyone know where smores is? I'm missing her so much!!

1:30 pm

cybernan

hello everyone :)

1:31 pm

MimiCat

Hi, nan!

1:31 pm

Jillyjill

Hello mimi, I haven't been on the last two days...so I havent seen smores.

1:31 pm

Jillyjill

Hi nan!

1:32 pm

Jillyjill

Molly...are you around?

1:32 pm

MollyL

Heya Jill, what's up?

1:32 pm

MimiCat

Hi, Jilly! Haven't seen smores here in several days...the mom in me is starting to worry.

1:33 pm

Jillyjill

Mimi was asking about smores

1:33 pm

LeslieAnn

i thought i saw her a couple days ago. holidays and all, she could just be out shopping

1:34 pm

Nef

hi again everyone.

1:34 pm

MimiCat

Ni, Nef!

1:34 pm

Jillyjill

Hello nef! We are talking about smores...have you seen her on lately?

1:34 pm

Nef

how are you doing? How's everyone doing?

1:35 pm

MimiCat

Leslie, if you see her on again, please ask her to email me at my address in the profile so I know she's OK. I'm now checking several times a day for her.

1:35 pm

Nef

Jilly; I haven't been on much lately either. But I was here in the evening yesterday and earlier today and didn't see her yet

1:35 pm

LeslieAnn

actually i just went back and checked, she hasn't been on since the 10th.

1:36 pm

Nef

why, Mimi? Is something wrong?

1:36 pm

MimiCat

I know she works nights sometimes. Wow---since the 10th!! Now I'm really worried. Is there a way for someone to contact her? No, nothing really wrong, Nef, it just isn't like her to be gone like this.

1:36 pm

Jillyjill

Dang...now my mother radar is up...certainly hope she's just gone somewhere for the holiday

1:37 pm

MimiCat

Didn't mean to worry you, Jilly, but smores was my first friend here and I've grown attached to her and her adorable personality.

1:38 pm

LeslieAnn

aww

1:38 pm

Jillyjill

Well, it's just that I am fond of her as well.

1:38 pm

MimiCat

If I contacted Dr. God, could she get in touch with her?

1:38 pm

Nef

Hey, something as easy as the Holidays and maybe computer problems can cause absences

1:39 pm

LeslieAnn

he's probably got her email on file, but i don't think he's in the habit of contacting users for others

1:39 pm

cybernan

saw smores on a couple of afternoons ago

1:39 pm

cybernan

guess it was more than that if she hasn't been on since the 10th

1:39 pm

LeslieAnn

heck, i was gone for a few years once

1:40 pm

Jillyjill

On the bright side, when I first started I quit playing for a bit...until harpjane told me everyone was asking about me..

1:40 pm

Nef

:-)

1:40 pm

LeslieAnn

jilly do you know harp in real life?

1:40 pm

MimiCat

If you see her again, nan, would ask her to email me at the address on my profile so we won't worry? I'll contact Dr. God anyway and ask....no harm.

1:40 pm

Nef

they live in the same town, lA

1:40 pm

LeslieAnn

ah.

1:41 pm

Nef

LA

1:41 pm

Jillyjill

Yes LeslieAnn, we are friends. She got me into Babble

1:41 pm

Nef

I think they are real life friends too

1:41 pm

Jillyjill

<-----!!FW!!

1:41 pm

LeslieAnn

oh it is fun when i find out people are all interconnected

1:41 pm

MimiCat

If I find out anything about smores I'll post it at several times of the day.

1:41 pm

LeslieAnn

nice work jilly!

1:41 pm

MimiCat

YAY, JILLY!!!

1:41 pm

MollyL

Holiday time is usually pretty busy for people who work and have young kids.

1:41 pm

Jillyjill

Are you on FB mimi, we have community page there

1:42 pm

Nef

YAY, Jilly! Funny how fast you can get FW if you don't chat all the time! ;-)

1:42 pm

Jillyjill

lots of little easy words today, and pl

1:42 pm

Nef

good point, Jilly

1:42 pm

cybernan

ok mimi -- grats jilly

1:42 pm

MimiCat

I now em with a couple of people here---rubyfoo and I are nearly daily em chums.

1:43 pm

MimiCat

I do have FB, Jilly----do I just enter Babble?

1:43 pm

LeslieAnn

hold on i'll get the link

1:44 pm

LeslieAnn

https://www.facebook.com/groups/106468\n556072681/

1:44 pm

Jillyjill

try this: http://tinyurl.com/cq4zf9f

1:44 pm

LeslieAnn

thanks jilly

1:45 pm

Jillyjill

I didn't see smores on the list of babble names in our FB page

1:45 pm

LeslieAnn

don't know why putting links in the chat adds a random \n in the middle now

1:45 pm

Jillyjill

I know we chatted about the FB page once

1:45 pm

MollyL

That long link isn't going to work. For some reason, chat

1:45 pm

MollyL

inserting a random /n into urls posted

1:45 pm

Jillyjill

Well LA seems to have escaped the long url debaccle

1:46 pm

MollyL

It's also blowing the chat width.

1:46 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* - a lot of babblets and stupid pt's today

1:46 pm

MimiCat

Thanks, ladies. Guess I shouldn't be so concerned but the heart attack I had earlier this year made me really stop taking people for granted.

1:46 pm

Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT nan!!

1:46 pm

LeslieAnn

nice work nan

1:47 pm

Jillyjill

It's ok mimi...that's how we all are here. We have lost babble buddies in the past...

1:47 pm

Nef

YAY, Nan!!! WTG!!!

1:47 pm

MimiCat

Hooray, nan! I'm going to check FB now and if no luck will contact Dr. God. BTW, I'm fond of all of you as well.

1:47 pm

LeslieAnn

molly what browser are you using that's having issues with chat width

1:47 pm

cybernan

try checking in during the afternoon, mimi - if she is working nights that is probably when she babbles now

1:48 pm

MollyL

Chrome

1:48 pm

Nef

And someone I thought was lost is now back again; after a coupple of years

1:48 pm

LeslieAnn

hmm. i know dr. g. suggests firefox

1:49 pm

LeslieAnn

or maybe jerks should just stop posting long URLs

1:49 pm

MollyL

I don't think it's a browser issue. Neither is the random
/n

1:49 pm

Nef

sorry for the typos; I've been typing too much now

1:49 pm

MimiCat

I use Firefox so maybe that will help. Anyway, gone for a bit. Will post whatever I find out. HAGD all and good to talk to you.

1:49 pm

cybernan

kids arriving tomorrow - can't wait to get my hugs in with those 3 little ones! Must go and finish wrapping. hagd - back at the flip :)

1:49 pm

LeslieAnn

bye mimi

1:49 pm

LeslieAnn

and nan

1:50 pm

Nef

bye Mimi and nan!

1:51 pm

Jillyjill

Well, I too must make hay while my boys are out skiing...hagd all..time to bake goodies and wrap presents...

1:54 pm

Nef

bye, Jilly! hagd

1:58 pm

Nef

55 left for me now; gotta get moving or I won't want to! bbl!

2:12 pm

LeslieAnn

are all u words weird? coming up with a goose egg there

2:12 pm

LeslieAnn

well, got a ul4 now but that's it

2:14 pm

Uneaixoise

un6/21 not ripped

2:14 pm

LeslieAnn

thanks unea. you never know what words will be allowed to be un- or re-

2:16 pm

Uneaixoise

un4/5 preposition

2:16 pm

LeslieAnn

ok and i got a ul5 also

2:22 pm

LeslieAnn

do you have the bottom row n?

2:29 pm

BzznBea

Do you need the N, LeslieAnn?

2:29 pm

LeslieAnn

yep

2:30 pm

BzznBea

no6/24

2:31 pm

BzznBea

Negative prefix + Lassie ***e Home

2:31 pm

LeslieAnn

thank you! was definitely not trying to go left there

2:32 pm

Uneaixoise

jeez -- i'm back -- had to reboot

2:35 pm

LeslieAnn

what is the 7/8 combo?

2:36 pm

BzznBea

The 8 is st8/60

2:37 pm

LeslieAnn

ah got it with the stats thanks bea

2:37 pm

BzznBea

The 7 is fa7/48 plural of the fa6/33

2:38 pm

LeslieAnn

thanks bea! down to 10 listless so hope i can make it

2:56 pm

LeslieAnn

i only have et4. what are the other e's?

2:56 pm

BzznBea

es5/12 and ef4/7

2:56 pm

MollyL

ef4/7, es5/12

2:57 pm

LeslieAnn

aha thanks

2:59 pm

autumn moon

hi y'all. It's been a long time since I was here. Good to see some familiar names :)

3:00 pm

LeslieAnn

hey autumn!

3:02 pm

MimiCat

Just got word from Dr. God who said it wasn't his/her place to get in touch with someone so we could tell if they are OK....h'mmmm.

3:02 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello, zTink

3:03 pm

LeslieAnn

hey BR

3:03 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello

3:06 pm

MimiCat

Hey, autumn! We have something in common. MANY years ago I used to party on Bobby Unser's houseboat!!

3:10 pm

autumn moon

Hi Mimi. I wish I could have partied with you! That must have been fun

3:11 pm

MimiCat

Suffice to say, due to the amount of alcohol consumed at the time, my memories are just a bit hazy!! But, yes, it was fun. I used to work pit crew just keeping stats.

3:11 pm

LeslieAnn

had to break down and list for the last 7. ap6 is my last?

3:12 pm

MimiCat

Leslie, did you see my response from Dr. God?

3:12 pm

LeslieAnn

yes i did.

3:12 pm

autumn moon

Mimi- that's so cool. we went to Bristol this year. Our first cup race

3:12 pm

LeslieAnn

ah, ap + strike a ****. fireworks for me

3:13 pm

MimiCat

OK. Will let Jilly know when next she's here. GOOD FOR YOU!!!

3:14 pm

MimiCat

I used to do some amateur racing myself...just Porsche slaloms, but fun. Now I can't get my driver's license back until I pay off speeding tickets in two states!

3:15 pm

MimiCat

This is how I see it...I've been driving since age 16. I am now 61. I have had NO accidents because no one can catch up to me. So, they should forgive the speeding tickets and give me a medal because I'm saving lives!!

3:20 pm

MimiCat

Leaving again....back later for the smores hunt.

3:35 pm

cool.girl

hi everyone can i have an easy clue for the fa6/7 i didnt get the other clue

3:37 pm

gwenski

fa7 = fa4 + petrol (for your car)

3:37 pm

Kaplan the Magne

Hey, anyone know where John Wayne is? The NRA wants him to guard your kindergarten.

3:39 pm

cool.girl

ty

3:40 pm

cool.girl

fanega

3:40 pm

cool.girl

sorry

3:48 pm

stidmama

hey all, wandering in briefly. The SUN is shining here! I want to get back outside and grab a few more quince. Will make chutney tonight...

3:51 pm

stidmama

and back out again. finally saw that pesky C for NBT. back again later... *poof*

3:56 pm

zTink

Hi BabbleRabble, I just now saw your message. I'm at work and I usually open Babble on my 2nd monitor and open other windows and click back once and awhile when I can.

4:18 pm

dan2bit

a Dirty Harry in every elementary school, Kap

4:22 pm

godthaab

Dan, just walked in; I like your take! I know exactly what you're on about!

4:25 pm

sciencegeek

Clue for lone N please

4:25 pm

dan2bit

top or bottom, sg?

4:25 pm

sciencegeek

Bottom

4:25 pm

sciencegeek

Asten

4:25 pm

sciencegeek

Oops

4:26 pm

dan2bit

no6/24 - certain type of officer

4:26 pm

sciencegeek

Dont know that officer

4:27 pm

dan2bit

it uses both round vowels, if that helps

4:28 pm

sciencegeek

Got it ty

4:28 pm

dan2bit

yw

4:38 pm

dan2bit

clue for the af?

4:41 pm

grammaterri1

af is af + ** be or not ** be + **nta Claus

4:42 pm

grammaterri1

not sure what the heck it is tho :P

4:44 pm

MollyL

Apparently it's a word that means foot and mouth disease. I've never heard a doctor use it though.

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

5:40 pm

jmcnrick

when did miss little 2bit become twins?

5:41 pm

jmcnrick

af6 sounds like a sneeze

5:45 pm

Lizlin

Good morning :)

5:47 pm

jmcnrick

hi liz

5:47 pm

jmcnrick

i am glad to see the world did not end now that it is tomorrow

5:47 pm

Lizlin

I was about to say, so, we're all still here! Surprise!!!!

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

haha! well you know they were on this side of the planet so maybe we will still be surprised! haha

5:48 pm

Lizlin

Wouldn't count on that!

5:48 pm

jmcnrick

i did learn today that the mayan calendar did not even stop on 12/21/12 much less predict the end of the world

5:49 pm

jmcnrick

not to worry i didn't go spend all my money thinking the end was near

5:49 pm

Lizlin

No doubt, there are people who've made lots of money out of this!

5:49 pm

jmcnrick

mostly people who made t-shirts and postcards

5:50 pm

Lizlin

Or people renting out rooms in a small village in France, so I believe!

5:51 pm

jmcnrick

really? what was the point of that?

5:51 pm

Lizlin

A couple of my friends were quite freaked by the whole thing. I find that quite surprising. My husband just read out that some people paid 1000 UK pound to shelter in an underground bunker belonging to Josef Stalin!!!!

5:52 pm

Lizlin

In this village in the Pyrenees, people expected aliens, who inhabit the jagged mountains, to board a spaceship and flee the earth!!!!

5:54 pm

Lizlin

In the UK apparently, people converged on Stonehenge - but that could just be because of the solstice, and here they all headed to Byron Bay, just south of where I am. That's the most easterly point of mainland Aus!

5:55 pm

Lizlin

I think that today, there are a lot of red-faced people around!

6:12 pm

MollyL

People gather at Stonehenge every year on Solstice. I don't think it had anything to do with the Mayan prediction (which wasn't really about the end of the world anyway) : D

6:12 pm

Lizlin

Yes, I know that Molly - also at Byron Bay - but it was hyped up by the media and linked to the Mayan prediction, which wasn't really a prediction!

6:13 pm

welki

hi folks!

6:13 pm

Lizlin

Hi welki :)

6:13 pm

Lizlin

Also hi Molly :)

6:14 pm

welki

<-- knew the end of the world wasn't near since i owe too much money

6:14 pm

Lizlin

lol :)

6:14 pm

welki

je? how many hours from dc to philly?

6:19 pm

welki

better yet - just checked amtrak - $100 round trip - maybe in february, if you're free, i can visit?

6:20 pm

welki

*talking to herself*

6:20 pm

Lizlin

Well, I knew you weren't talking to me!

6:22 pm

welki

hehehe - if amtrak went to oz

6:23 pm

Lizlin

that'd be fun!

6:23 pm

welki

liz, have you ever traveled to north america?

6:24 pm

Lizlin

Yes, I have - I've been to Canada - to Toronto and Vancouver and to several places in the USA. Next year we're joining a tour (yuck to the tour bit but it was practical) of the Rockies and a cruise to Alaska

6:24 pm

Lizlin

It's our big, once in a lifetime trip!

6:25 pm

welki

ohh that's right!! i think you mentioned you'd be going (somehow) through edmonton - offer stands - if you're in alberta, we can try to finagle a meet up!

6:26 pm

Lizlin

Won't be in Edmonton - family lives near there, but are coming to meet us in Vancouver. It's all on a pretty tight schedule because it's a tour. But I hope to get back some time, when we'll be free agents.

6:27 pm

Lizlin

I look at this as an introduction - I wanted my hubby to be free to look and photograph - not to have to worry about driving.

6:27 pm

welki

well you never know - closer to trip time, if you're up for it, let me know where you'll be and if we're in the same area at the same time, voila! a babble reunion!

6:27 pm

Lizlin

Sounds great!

6:28 pm

welki

do you and your husband fish?

6:29 pm

Lizlin

Yes - I've fished a few times here - never did in London. He loves fishing.

6:29 pm

welki

(okay, i admit it's a stretch - you said you're on a tight schedule, but if you flyfish, or even if you'd consider a charter boat, you're going to be in some wonderful country)

6:29 pm

Lizlin

Big smiles from the other side of the room

6:30 pm

welki

we fished city lakes in victoria, bc and had a blast - and there's world class fishing just about anywhere in the provinces (bc and alberta)

6:30 pm

Lizlin

I'm sure, if the opportunity arises ... Got to go now. Off for a walk before the rain starts. Lovely chatting :) bbl

6:31 pm

welki

and, if you happen to win a small lottery in the meantime, we have a very nice fishing boat and would be happy to have you as our guests

6:31 pm

welki

bye, liz - tell your husband, "tight lines"

6:31 pm

Lizlin

Will do :) Bye

6:32 pm

welki

the small lottery = more time in canada (not that you'd have to pay us a small fortune! LOL)

6:32 pm

welki

bye

6:33 pm

Lizlin

lol! We've extended as much as possible - wish we could extend further!!!! Really going now! Bye :)

6:46 pm

stidmama

yikes! If Lizlin is still around... quick meetup for coffee/dinner while she is in BC?

6:46 pm

stidmama

and hello all

6:46 pm

stidmama

and hey welki, I guess Canada didn't fall of the earth either... :-)

6:48 pm

welki

(hi stid - phone)

6:48 pm

Jillyjill

(((stid)))

6:49 pm

Jillyjill

((welki))

6:49 pm

stidmama

hey jilly!

6:49 pm

Jillyjill

((lizlin))

6:49 pm

rururocks

*hides behind welki so I won't get hugged*

6:50 pm

Jillyjill

(((((((ruru))))))

6:50 pm

rururocks

aaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhh

6:50 pm

stidmama

hey ruru! ****GROUP HUG****

6:50 pm

Jillyjill

You can run but you can't hide....

6:50 pm

rururocks

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhggghhhhh

6:51 pm

rururocks

I have the flu

6:51 pm

rururocks

sneezes on everyone

6:51 pm

rururocks

(just kidding)

6:51 pm

stidmama

rofl, best laugh all day *sprays disinfectant on ruru*

6:51 pm

Jillyjill

*uses anti-bacterial wipes on screen*

6:52 pm

rururocks

how is everyone?

6:52 pm

Jillyjill

Doing well ruru, and you? Do you have the flu *concerned mother look*

6:53 pm

rururocks

no.. i'm just kidding'

6:53 pm

rururocks

I haven't been sick in many, many years

6:53 pm

Jillyjill

*relieved*

6:54 pm

rururocks

what are the candles for jilly?

6:54 pm

Jillyjill

Advent....

6:54 pm

Jillyjill

Thankfully, no one has died...

6:54 pm

rururocks

advent what?

6:54 pm

Jillyjill

Although we all have been discussing that we haven't seen smores...hasn't been on since the 10th...

6:55 pm

stidmama

I saw that conversation earlier, Jilly -- given her work schedule and all I wouldn't be too concerned this time of year. Massive shipping push until Dec 24.

6:56 pm

rururocks

I'm sure she's fine.. probably just busy

6:56 pm

Jillyjill

You mean babblers have lives?

6:56 pm

rururocks

I haven't run her off yet with my sicko humor or bad puns

6:57 pm

rururocks

some do jilly.. some do.. and some don't

6:58 pm

stidmama

um, well I can't speak for other babblers, but I have side excursions... though not a "life" per se

6:58 pm

rururocks

I can't talk about my side excursions here

6:58 pm

stidgmere

Hi. I'm just starting and see that there is a discussion of life. I vote yes.

6:58 pm

rururocks

6:58 pm

stidmama

if you peek at my blog jilly you'll see what I have done the last few days.

6:59 pm

Jillyjill

Hello there stidgmere (((hugs))

6:59 pm

bichon

hi folks

6:59 pm

stidgmere

Hi jilly and rurur and mamaa.

6:59 pm

Jillyjill

*sheeplishly* can you give me that link again stid?

6:59 pm

stidmama

And the stidkid is doing okay since the two wisdom teeth came out this morning... *relieved mama look*

6:59 pm

Jillyjill

(((bichon)))

6:59 pm

stidmama

hello Mother

6:59 pm

stidmama

my screen name, .com

6:59 pm

stidgmere

Hi bichon and all others who are here on the Winter Solstice.

6:59 pm

stidmama

hey bichon!!!

6:59 pm

bichon

st 5/12 the second one, pls

7:00 pm

stidmama

brb time for more pain killers for said kiddo...

7:00 pm

rururocks

rain st 5

7:00 pm

bichon

i think that's the first one ruru

7:01 pm

rururocks

that's the second one

7:01 pm

rururocks

there's one before it

7:01 pm

zoozzoom

St 5/12 thunder st***s

7:01 pm

Jillyjill

Yipes! Must feed the hungering hordes that went skiing...bbl *poof* *quickly hugs ruru again*

7:02 pm

bichon

doh, ty

7:02 pm

rururocks

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh

7:03 pm

zoozzoom

ST 5 don`t get in a st*** with me (moody)

7:06 pm

MollyL

There must be some UK meaning for st5 that I'm not getting.

7:07 pm

rururocks

I think it is old fashioned molls

7:08 pm

ChampFit

which one?

7:08 pm

rururocks

not go-T

7:08 pm

MollyL

The razor sharpener one.

7:08 pm

zoozzoom

It is when you have a temper tantrum, Molly.

7:08 pm

stidmama

back again. Hey Zoom! hey Champ!

7:08 pm

stidmama

hey molly

7:09 pm

ChampFit

Really? As well as the razor thing? Again, filled with knowledge!

7:09 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Stid :-)

7:09 pm

rururocks

I wouldn't want to be here for that

7:09 pm

ChampFit

Hey Stid!

7:09 pm

zoozzoom

lol

7:10 pm

rururocks

:D

7:11 pm

wht

Good evening Babblers

7:11 pm

ChampFit

hey wht!

7:11 pm

rururocks

hey wht-ster

7:11 pm

zoozzoom

Hello, Wht.

7:12 pm

wht

So I guess the world didn't end today.

7:12 pm

MollyL

*Ties fingers up*

7:12 pm

stidmama

hey wht

7:12 pm

stidmama

gotta go. down to 33, not bad for a Friday. *poof*

7:12 pm

ChampFit

I ran a race today, and the medal was the Myan calendar. And I'm still here! ;)

7:13 pm

rururocks

*giggles*

7:13 pm

wht

I have all my Christmas presents bought and wrapped. It would have been such a waste if the world had ended before Christmas.

7:13 pm

ChampFit

Me too! Most organized I 've been in forever.

7:14 pm

rururocks

nothing like the world ending to get you to clean up the sock drawer

7:14 pm

zoozzoom

Don`t worry i amsure there will be another end of the world prediction soon..lol

7:15 pm

rururocks

yeah probably from that whacko in Oakland

7:15 pm

wht

Hey, if the world had ended we wouldn't be hearing anything more about the fiscal cliff.

7:17 pm

rururocks

fiscal smishcal

7:17 pm

zoozzoom

Good gosh did not realize the time was 1:20am...time for shut eye..bye for now.

7:17 pm

harpjane

hi, are we all still here?

7:17 pm

ChampFit

I really don't want to think about that. Stupid posturing on both sides. I'd much prefer to look forward and be done with it.

7:17 pm

harpjane

and what are the stats for the top n?

7:17 pm

rururocks

night zooz

7:17 pm

rururocks

night zooz

7:17 pm

rururocks

nu 4

7:18 pm

ChampFit

night zooz!

7:19 pm

harpjane

thansk

7:19 pm

rururocks

welcoem

7:20 pm

harpjane

lol ruru

7:20 pm

harpjane

or should i say ruur?

7:22 pm

harpjane

and what are the stats for the bottom n?

7:26 pm

MimiCat

Hi, all. Does anyone know if smores is OK? She hasn't been on for quite awhile and I'm concerned. I know she was working nights but I've looked for her several times during the day with no luck.

7:26 pm

dcseain

no6.24, as an officer

7:26 pm

harpjane

thanks seain

7:26 pm

rururocks

ruur works for me too harp..lol

7:27 pm

rururocks

i think she changed her name mimi

7:28 pm

MimiCat

Are you serious? Do you know what it is?

7:28 pm

rururocks

yes

7:28 pm

rururocks

yes

7:28 pm

rururocks

Slesses

7:28 pm

MimiCat

Very funny. I'm actually worried, ruru.

7:28 pm

wht

slesses, that is not as sweet a name as smores

7:29 pm

rururocks

sorry..I couldn't pass up on that one.. she's probably busy with the holidays mimi.. i'm sure she's fine

7:29 pm

harpjane

fa7 is a new one for me

7:30 pm

MimiCat

I asked others earlier and was told she hasn't been here since the 10th---don't know how they know that. But it doesn't seem like her to just not show up. My mom radar is working overtime.

7:31 pm

MimiCat

I even asked Dr. God if she could be contacted and let her know we're worried but DG said it wasn't her/his place to do so.

7:31 pm

wht

I think Dr. God threw some old, moldy words into the grid today on the theory that they wouldn't be missed if the world ended.

7:32 pm

rururocks

LOL wht

7:32 pm

jmcnrick

but it didn't end

7:32 pm

jmcnrick

hi all

7:32 pm

MimiCat

Hello, jmc!

7:32 pm

wht

So we're stuck with them for at least another baktun.

7:32 pm

wht

Hi jmc

7:33 pm

jmcnrick

however long a baktun is

7:33 pm

rururocks

I think Dr. God understands boundaries mimi

7:33 pm

MimiCat

I think DG OVER understands boundaries.

7:34 pm

rururocks

what's a baktun?

7:34 pm

jmcnrick

well the one time people worried about someone it kinda got out of control . . . the police were called and then they came on the chog and everyone got quiet and panicked and it was all a big ta-do over nothing. . .

7:35 pm

MimiCat

Well, if any of you see smores on again, please have her or someone let me know are my email address in my profile, please. With that, I'm gone.

7:35 pm

wht

A baktun is a Mayan unit of time. I think it is 144,000 days, but I am not sure.

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

will do mimi. . .try not to worry and have a good evening

7:36 pm

rururocks

plenty of police in the chog jmc

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

wow that is a hell of a lot of days!

7:36 pm

rururocks

oh thanks wht.. never heard that before

7:36 pm

jmcnrick

were you here that night ru?

7:36 pm

MollyL

As a message board owner I can tell you that it is not Dr. God's place to be a go between. It's kind of an internet etiquette thing.

7:36 pm

MimiCat

Whoa, really, jmc? That's taking it a bit far. I only wanted DG to let her know we are concerned. Oh, well...I'll try not to worry.

7:36 pm

rururocks

you mean shady? jm?

7:36 pm

rururocks

yes I was here

7:37 pm

jmcnrick

the police from the Isle of Wright came on the chog and asked to be contacted. . .

7:37 pm

rururocks

oh.. no.. I wasn't here for that one

7:37 pm

jmcnrick

when the police came on line the chog. . . which had been hopping. . .got completely still for about 10 minutes

7:37 pm

wht

I remember that. It was interesting, to say the least.

7:38 pm

MimiCat

Guess I'm just being selfish....I miss her.

7:38 pm

rururocks

mimi.. some people come and go here for a while.

7:39 pm

rururocks

mostly they pop in from time to time.

7:39 pm

jmcnrick

i finally told them the person was apparently all right and they said that since an investigation had been opened they had to speak to the person to close it. . .

7:39 pm

jmcnrick

next time you see her mimi make sure you get her email so you can contact here directly

7:39 pm

rururocks

i must have missed this one jm.. was this regarding Nancy Boy?

7:40 pm

jmcnrick

no no this was someone else. . . i will email you if you want to know who. . .no sense dredging up embarrassing moments for people

7:40 pm

Jillyjill

Wow....interesting chog!!

7:40 pm

MimiCat

OK...goodnight all. Thanks anyway. Hi and bye, Jilly!!

7:41 pm

jmcnrick

goodnight mimi

7:41 pm

Jillyjill

See you l8r mimi!

7:41 pm

MollyL

I know what JMC is talking about. I think the point she is trying to make is that unless you know for a fact that something is wrong with someone, there is no point sounding alarm bells.

7:41 pm

rururocks

I probably don't need to know.. especially if they're okay now

7:41 pm

jmcnrick

it was a couple of years ago and they are fine

7:41 pm

jmcnrick

yes molls that is the point

7:41 pm

rururocks

that's good enough for me then

7:41 pm

Jillyjill

hello jmc!

7:41 pm

rururocks

i'm glad

7:42 pm

jmcnrick

hi jilly!

7:43 pm

jmcnrick

i need a clue for dummikes for the bottom row n please

7:43 pm

jmcnrick

and for the top row N too

7:43 pm

Jillyjill

no6/24

7:43 pm

rururocks

nu 4

7:43 pm

rururocks

is the top

7:43 pm

wht

And that is why someone like Dr God would stay away from that sort of thing since there are too many cans of worms that are best left unopened.

7:43 pm

Jillyjill

no6/24=term for military rank not an officer

7:43 pm

MollyL

The bottom n is a plebe army rank

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

clearly there is a problem with the definition of a "clue for dummies" here

7:44 pm

MollyL

Exactly, Wht.

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

ty ty

7:44 pm

rururocks

ugh what a visual a can of worms

7:44 pm

Jillyjill

LOL jmc....

7:44 pm

jmcnrick

*tightens all available lids*

7:46 pm

jmcnrick

nbt finally

7:46 pm

Jillyjill

term comes from fishing...kids would put their worms in a can....

7:46 pm

wht

Fireworks.

7:46 pm

MollyL

Except the one on the Jack bottle, right?

7:46 pm

Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT wht!!

7:46 pm

wht

I think that is tequila, Molly.

7:47 pm

Jillyjill

Got that right molly!

7:47 pm

MollyL

Oh yeah, worms...tequila...my bad.

7:47 pm

Jillyjill

ACtually, tonight it will be a pint of Cold Smoke (local scottish ale)

7:48 pm

wht

{hands Molly a marguerita to cheer her up}

7:48 pm

MollyL

A whole pint? Whoo hoo, Jill gone wild.

7:50 pm

MollyL

Thanks Wht, although I wasn't aware I was in need of cheering. *Slams margarita*

7:50 pm

rururocks

*cleans up salt all over the floor*

7:51 pm

rururocks

...friggin' lime wedges....

7:51 pm

MollyL

*Gets out Mexican hat, for dancing*

7:51 pm

rururocks

ha

7:52 pm

rururocks

talk about sombrero over the rainbow

7:52 pm

wht

It's a Not the End of the World Fiesta.

7:53 pm

rururocks

really I thought we were toast-ada today

7:53 pm

rururocks

really I thought we were toast-ada today

7:54 pm

wht

chili today, hot tamale

7:57 pm

rururocks

wht has lost touch of relleno... ooops reality

7:59 pm

wht

You are assuming I was ever in touch with reality... but rellenos are another matter.

7:59 pm

Jillyjill

@ Molly....it was a week that deserved TWO pints...

7:59 pm

MollyL

I would never assume that. I know better. : P

8:00 pm

MollyL

Well by all means Jill, let down your hair and go for the gusto.

8:00 pm

Jillyjill

Reality is overrated....

8:03 pm

Jillyjill

For my skiiers, I made a big pot of chicken vegetable soup tonight. Was rewarded with my son exclaiming as he entered the house..."Wow, something really smells GOOD". And he's eating his 3rd bowl...

8:04 pm

MollyL

There is nothing like someone who notices the good smells of what you are cooking and says something about it.

8:05 pm

Jillyjill

He told me he could smell it in the garage!

8:09 pm

MollyL

Sounds like you are enjoying having your boy home.

8:09 pm

BabbleRabble

Did you hear the watermelon joke?
It's pitful.

8:10 pm

Jillyjill

*groans* Hi there BR....

8:10 pm

Jillyjill

Yes I am Molly...just can't believe he is 30...

8:12 pm

MollyL

I went into permanent denial once my older two hit 30.

8:14 pm

Jillyjill

Lovely river that is...Denial...LOL

8:14 pm

uusue2

hi all!

8:14 pm

Jillyjill

Uusue!! (((hugs)))

8:15 pm

uusue2

hi jill!

8:16 pm

dan2bit

firewords here - af6 was my last. tx all cluers!

8:16 pm

rururocks

*waves to Pam*

8:17 pm

Nef

Good Evening again. Looking around here; I think there's a party going on! :-)

8:17 pm

Jillyjill

WooT WooT WooT dan2

8:17 pm

uusue2

yay dan!

8:17 pm

Jillyjill

brb

8:17 pm

Nef

YAY, dan2!!! WTG!!!!

8:17 pm

uusue2

and hi to dan, nef, and ruru!

8:17 pm

rururocks

hi sue

8:18 pm

Nef

hi sue. How's it going?

8:18 pm

uusue2

ok; Frank had a bout of nausea tonight but seems to be a little better now

8:18 pm

rururocks

I bet the chemo is tough

8:18 pm

Nef

(((Sue and Frank)))

8:21 pm

uusue2

he was actually ok until about an hour after they disconnected the pump, go figure, but this is only the first treatment

8:21 pm

Nef

DH came home with a bunch of emesis bags (unused; just so you know!) that were in his room. I had a migraine recently and those things work so much better than the emesis basins!

8:22 pm

uusue2

ah, right now we just have a basin, but it's easy to rinse (and I know the bags but we don't have any)

8:23 pm

Nef

next time he goes in, ask for a couple "for the trip home" ;-)

8:23 pm

Nef

they are disposable

8:28 pm

uusue2

will do :-)

8:28 pm

uusue2

(the trip home is all of about 10 minutes, of course...)

8:29 pm

stidmama

(((Sue and Frank and Nef and Frank))) hey again all

8:29 pm

stidmama

have resorted to Lickety, going to try to finish

8:29 pm

uusue2

hi stid!

8:29 pm

MollyL

Hey, what happened to the tequila and the dancing? Why are we talking about barf basins? : O

8:30 pm

uusue2

well, if you have too much tequila ...

8:30 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello, Sue and stid. Sue, good to hear Frank is hanging in there.

8:31 pm

stidmama

(((BR)))

8:31 pm

uusue2

hi, BR! it's just the beginning, but they have lots of good drugs if he needs them

8:34 pm

wht

Well, good night all. Happy Babbling.

8:34 pm

uusue2

night, wht!

8:41 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams wht

8:44 pm

Nef

good night, wht.

8:44 pm

Nef

Hi BR. Are you staying warm these days?

8:45 pm

BabbleRabble

Yes, Nef. Pretty mild here.

8:46 pm

BabbleRabble

Stid, about wellness: http://www.definitionofwellness.com/

8:46 pm

Nef

Count your blessings! I take it you missed the snow too?

8:46 pm

BabbleRabble

No, I wasn't even aiming for it.

8:46 pm

stidmama

that's a great definition, BR, thanks!

8:48 pm

Nef

:-P pretty funny, BR

8:49 pm

uusue2

We had all kinds of winter weather warnings, wound up with 0.7" of snow. It was pretty windy, though.

8:51 pm

stidmama

I prefer a little snow to wind...

8:52 pm

BabbleRabble

snow I can handle .... the wind and ice are the challenges

8:52 pm

Nef

we had less than half an inch; but just 10-15 miles south they had blowing snow and poor visibility at times.

8:53 pm

BabbleRabble

Was talking to a friend in Michigan ... forty mph winds with gusts and glare ice

8:54 pm

Nef

yuk! Not for me; I'm glad I didn't get it.

8:55 pm

stidmama

hm. monkeyed my last word, the AF 6

8:55 pm

Nef

YAY, stid!!! WTG!!!

8:56 pm

stidmama

thanks Nef

8:56 pm

stidmama

how's your hand feeling???

8:56 pm

Nef

I guess I'll list now; I've been staring at this grid way too long and not finding anymore words.

8:57 pm

Nef

sore. But I've been doing too much again so whata should I expect? This whole "getting ready for Christmas" thing sure puts pressure on me.

8:59 pm

Nef

I just realized *I* amd "the matriarch" this week. We always had someone older who had that title

9:01 pm

stidmama

wow nef... did you get extra gray hairs to commemorate the occasion? *wicked mama look*

9:03 pm

Nef

LOL! I'm either giving me more or pulling all my hair out; can't decide which tonight

9:03 pm

stidmama

I am glad we don't observe those days, it saves so much time and pain...

9:04 pm

Nef

I'd like to do it like when I was young; but I don't have enough relatives to help! :-)

9:09 pm

gapeach

May I please have a clue for ge5-14 the 1st? Thanks

9:09 pm

stidmama

When my children were little I used to enjoy getting them fun items for special days -- we don't have the money now... we tend to get one item for the whole family once or twice a year and that's good enough.

9:09 pm

stidmama

it's a babblet. GE*ius (smart person) + **w your boat down the stream

9:09 pm

stidmama

and hello peach

9:10 pm

gapeach

Hi there, stidmama. Thanks so much for the clue.

9:10 pm

stidmama

yw peach

9:11 pm

herinfernallady

Hi

9:12 pm

gapeach

Hi there, herin.

9:12 pm

herinfernallady

HI

9:13 pm

Nef

stid; it isn't the buying, spending, etc. that I miss. I miss the family gatherings. My Grandma lived with the aunt and uncle who raised me and Gram had 8 other kids besides my Mom (who'd died). So holidays Everyone came Home and I had 56 1st cousins on that side of the family; it was chaotic; fun, busy, and very wonderful!

9:14 pm

Nef

hi herin

9:15 pm

herinfernallady

HI

9:15 pm

gapeach

It must have been wonderful, Nef. Great memories.

9:16 pm

stidmama

I hated family get-togethers as a child, Tom's mother used to have dinners when most of her kids lived in a 100 mile radius but they made me uncomfortable. I don't like large groups. But Mother used to love family get-togethers when she was a child. I guess it depends what you grew up with.

9:16 pm

herinfernallady

We used to have family gatherings like that when I was a kid.

9:17 pm

uusue2

hi herin and peach!

9:17 pm

herinfernallady

HI

9:17 pm

Nef

It was and they are great memories. I remember being 9 or so and we had 5 of us girl cousins sleeping across a double bed. And my uncle would always pretent to shoot Santa (he was a very lousy shot; too!

9:17 pm

stidmama

LOL what a funny uncle

9:17 pm

gapeach

Hi there, Sue. Are things better today?

9:19 pm

Nef

he was very different like that. Usually didn't have much of asense of humor (that we could tell) but hewas pretty funny at Christmas

9:19 pm

gapeach

FW Monkeyed the last one.

9:19 pm

stidmama

YAY peach!

9:20 pm

Nef

YAY, Peach!! WTG!!!

9:21 pm

uusue2

hi peach, Frank got his pump disconnected and then had a pretty bad nausea attack; seems better now

9:21 pm

uusue2

and yay peach!

9:21 pm

herinfernallady

Can I please wish you all a safe holiday season.Since I am of a Christian background I wish you all Merry Christmas and Blessings be (from my pagan side)

9:21 pm

stidmama

Oh Nef, you'll appreciate this -- my best friend's brother had his lungs replaced two days ago and is already breathing on his own and awake.

9:21 pm

gapeach

One of the McCoy women (Hatfield's and) married my foster mom's bro

9:21 pm

Nef

Good for him, stid!

9:22 pm

stidmama

Indeed, yes -- we are so glad he is doing well so far.

9:22 pm

stidmama

wow peach... what an interesting connection!

9:22 pm

herinfernallady

O Stid that is wonderful. It is so sad when someone passes but so wonderful they passed the gift of life to someone else

9:22 pm

stidmama

Lady, I hope you had a marvelous solstice. It was sunny here, a true blessing for us.

9:23 pm

Nef

We used to do lung transplants in the ICU I worked in; they were always so sick going in to surgery. Recovery was very rocky at times; but if any came back to see us afterwards we usually didn't recognize them since they looked so good after recovery

9:23 pm

herinfernallady

Thanks Stidy

9:24 pm

stidmama

I haven't seen him in years, but I remember him as a strong, healthy young marine. My hope is he will again be strong and healthy. He has so many years ahead of him (he's several years younger).

9:24 pm

herinfernallady

One of my internet friends had MS and she never got her lung transplant so I think it is wonderful to pass this on to someone else. Thank you to any family that donates.

9:24 pm

gapeach

OK, that wasn't worded correctly.....One of the McCoy woman's daughter married into my foster mom's family. They had too darned many children that were (strage). I always wound up in the back of a truck with them on the way to grandma's house.

9:24 pm

Nef

Sending healing wishes his way too, stid.

9:25 pm

gapeach

Some of the tales are kind of funny now but they sure weren't when they were happening.

9:25 pm

stidmama

It is a miracle that now people who die suddenly can still contribute to improving the lives of others. We will be forever grateful to the person and family who arranged for the organs to be donated.

9:26 pm

Nef

Ohh! Can you share a story or memory with us now, peach?

9:27 pm

stidmama

yes, please?

9:28 pm

Nef

My kids have signed donor cards since they were 5 or 6. I cared for the first lady with the Jarvik 7 artificial heart and my son saw it. That machine filled the whole ante room

9:28 pm

stidmama

I always make sure my driver's license says donor.

9:28 pm

stidmama

wow Nef! that's amazing

9:28 pm

herinfernallady

WOW

9:29 pm

Nef

mid-1980's. That seems like such a long time ago. We've come a long way since then

9:31 pm

gapeach

OK, Nef. One of the older boys took it upon himself to make sure I didn't fall out of the truck (it had sideboards) we were packed in there like young sardines....anyway this same boy wouldn't leave me alone and I would scream for his father to make him leave me alone.....and his father would come out and get a limb (no lie) and chase him and whomp him with it.....it worked for awhile but I knew I had to ride with him to get back home.....LOL

9:31 pm

herinfernallady

For some strange reason my back is completely having a sad today

9:32 pm

Nef

Gosh, peach! That doesn't sound like a "good" memory!

9:32 pm

Nef

Does weather affect your back, herin?

9:33 pm

herinfernallady

Never happened before.

9:33 pm

gapeach

My grandma made great biscuits, so I guess the crap I had to take to get there was worth it....kind of. The blackberry cobblers were, oh, so good.

9:34 pm

Nef

YUM! Blackberry coblers sound divine!

9:34 pm

gapeach

Herin, is it ok for me to send you some positive energy? It is like praying. Nef does this too.

9:34 pm

herinfernallady

My cousins used to play hide and seek with me then sod off to the creek to catch tadpoles

9:34 pm

herinfernallady

Or sit on me and fart on me. They were charming boys

9:34 pm

Nef

herin, did you sleep wrong or move wrong?

9:34 pm

herinfernallady

Thank you yes please GA

9:35 pm

gapeach

Nef, I hope it is alright to volunteer you too.

9:35 pm

herinfernallady

I would say the bus ride did me in. I usually sit in the disabled spot to stretch out but it didn't feel right to do so around Christmas

9:36 pm

Nef

LOL, herin! We could be nasty kids too! My youngest brother was 6 years younger than me and us older kids used to play "let's run away from David!"

9:36 pm

Nef

no; that's fine and I'm sendingtoo.

9:37 pm

herinfernallady

I still rag on my cousins about that.

9:38 pm

stidmama

*puts lady on my list*

9:39 pm

Nef

brb, need to help DH

9:41 pm

herinfernallady

My cats are being awfully quiet. It is a bit of a woorry

9:42 pm

Nef

back now

9:43 pm

Nef

Maybe they know you aren't feeling well?

9:45 pm

herinfernallady

Maybe they got worn out chasing the toy mouse on the strin

9:50 pm

gapeach

I'm going to watch the news now. See y'all at the flip. Thanks for all the help.

9:52 pm

Nef

niters, peach. Take care! And Happy Holidays if I don't see you again this next week

9:57 pm

stidmama

sweet dreams peach

9:58 pm

stidmama

sorry, Matthew called and I had to talk to him. He did okay in his college classes this past quarter (which was not a given) so he is feeling relieved.

9:59 pm

Nef

Wonderful news,stid!

9:59 pm

Nef

Will he be home for winter break?

10:00 pm

herinfernallady

Have a great Day. I have tyo go

10:01 pm

Nef

bye, herin> Take care of yourself!

10:02 pm

stidmama

later lady

10:02 pm

stidmama

He doesn't live at home any more, Nef. He goes to the local community college and is living with a family friend closer to town.

10:03 pm

Nef

How is that going for both him and you?

10:04 pm

stidmama

I have to head out -- will "see" you in Words later?

10:05 pm

Lizlin

Hi all :)

10:05 pm

Nef

possibly. I'm pretty tired myself tonight and may go to bed as soon as the laundry is done

10:06 pm

Nef

hi Lizlin

10:06 pm

Lizlin

26 left to finish!

10:06 pm

Nef

(brb; need to go change laundry loads

10:31 pm

Nef

I'm back; but will be mostly gone for the night. Happy Babbling, Everybody!

10:45 pm

MollyL

Hmm, back...but mostly gone. : O

10:45 pm

firefly779

Stid?

10:46 pm

firefly779

Oh, I think I've missed her.

10:47 pm

Minveryork

Back, but mostly back :)

10:48 pm

MollyL

Good to mostly see you, Min. : )

10:49 pm

Minveryork

Hello MollyL! How are you? Congrats on finishing early!YAY

10:49 pm

Minveryork

I have been saving my final word since 1:47 this afternoon.

10:50 pm

torgone

I'm gone, but mostly back ..

10:50 pm

Minveryork

Hello torgone! Welcome to be mostly back to the chat log.

10:51 pm

Minveryork

I am done! I have fireworks! sa 6/21 word was my last one

10:51 pm

torgone

Heya Mostly Min ..

10:51 pm

Minveryork

I'll be mostly here to help with clues for ten more minutes.

10:52 pm

torgone

They mostly come at night ... mostly .. ..

10:53 pm

MollyL

Is mostly gone like here, but not really here? Status here is so confusing at times. Well, mostly.

10:53 pm

torgone

Is minly Molly mainly around ?

10:54 pm

firefly779

Mostly mostly here but mostly not...

10:54 pm

MollyL

And what exactly is semi-poof? So many questions, so few answers.

10:56 pm

firefly779

Semi-poof? That's new to me.

10:56 pm

firefly779

Lol

10:57 pm

torgone

A semi-poof is a demitasse partially full of semi-soft half and half ..

10:58 pm

MollyL

Oh, I was wrong. I thought it was one of those people who can't quite let the gas out.

10:59 pm

torgone

mostly ..

10:59 pm

torgone

A one cheek semi-poof?

10:59 pm

rururocks

semi poof?

11:00 pm

rururocks

is that anything like a faux poof

11:00 pm

Minveryork

You guys are mostly funny!

11:01 pm

MollyL

Semi poof...here but not really here...mostly weird stuff.

11:01 pm

torgone

Thanks for the semi-compliment, Mostly min ..

11:02 pm

rururocks

she's partial to you torg

11:02 pm

torgone

A semi-poof as not quite a full poof higher or lower than the original poof - Poof sharp or poof flat ..

11:03 pm

Minveryork

I'm mostly fading quickly. I must go and fall mostly asleep.

11:03 pm

torgone

Mostly partial, ru ..

11:04 pm

MollyL

Have completely sweet dreams, Min.

11:04 pm

Minveryork

Goodnight to all babblers! I will see most of you tomorrow.

11:04 pm

rururocks

I'm half sleepy

11:04 pm

rururocks

some of us minver..not all

11:05 pm

torgone

Have a mostly good night, Mainly Min .. mostly ..

11:05 pm

Minveryork

LOL (mostly)! *POOF*

11:05 pm

KnightTime

ro

11:06 pm

rururocks

ro?

11:06 pm

jmcnrick

semi-hi

11:06 pm

jmcnrick

ro ro ro your boat?

11:06 pm

rururocks

hi jm

11:06 pm

torgone

ro-mainly

11:07 pm

jmcnrick

hey ru

11:07 pm

torgone

ro ru

11:07 pm

jmcnrick

do you get soy sauce with that torgie?

11:08 pm

rururocks

ro ru sounds japanese

11:08 pm

torgone

That's ro-Min, who just mostly left .. mostly ..

11:08 pm

jmcnrick

ro-mainly sounds chinese

11:08 pm

rururocks

ro-mainly sounds like salad greens

11:09 pm

rururocks

lettuce rejoice the pun

11:09 pm

jmcnrick

nah ro-mainly noodles everyone knows that

11:09 pm

MollyL

Mostly Chinese chicken salad for all!

11:09 pm

jmcnrick

i want it on wheat bread

11:10 pm

rururocks

semi-pot stickers

11:10 pm

jmcnrick

oh yum molls i had a fried oyster sandwich at the eastern market today

11:10 pm

rururocks

ugh..ewwwwwwwwwwwww

11:10 pm

jmcnrick

better pot stickers than pot bellied

11:11 pm

jmcnrick

not a fan of oysters ru?

11:11 pm

MollyL

Glad you enjoyed the sandwich. Oysters give me the geebies.

11:11 pm

rururocks

*barfs*

11:12 pm

jmcnrick

oh my sister and i were both saying how much we love oysters so that is why we ate lunch there when i went to pick up my christmas goose

11:12 pm

rururocks

it's a long, long, long story jm..

11:12 pm

rururocks

christmas goose?

11:12 pm

jmcnrick

*sits down and picks up crocheting* I have time ru

11:12 pm

MollyL

Oy, I need a Tagamet. Oysters and greasy goose.

11:13 pm

rururocks

it involves massive amounts of tequilla and pickled oysters jm

11:13 pm

rururocks

not a great combo.. mostly

11:13 pm

jmcnrick

wow! i guess you won't eat tamales for christmas eve either

11:13 pm

jmcnrick

haha i see ru. . .

11:14 pm

rururocks

it's a funny story.. i'll tell you personally when we meet someday

11:14 pm

jmcnrick

a little split pea soup then?

11:14 pm

rururocks

I'm buying a place in SF sometime next year

11:14 pm

MollyL

No, tamales would not be my first choice for Christmas eve dinner.

11:15 pm

rururocks

one thing though jm

11:15 pm

jmcnrick

actually with the goose there will be mango, melon, and jicima salad with raspberry vinigar, roasted root veggies with rosemary, goose, bread, and pecan pie for dessert

11:15 pm

Nef

Back for a few minutes again. Are you guys poking fun at mystatement about being mostly gone? It really wasn't good grammar, was it?

11:15 pm

jmcnrick

what ru?

11:16 pm

rururocks

We won't be meeting for coffee

11:16 pm

jmcnrick

i am innocent i was mostly making fun of ru and torgie . . . i never knew what started it

11:16 pm

MollyL

<---Knew it was coming. Was waiting for the dropl.

11:16 pm

MollyL

Or the drop

11:16 pm

jmcnrick

what kind of place ru? house? restaurant?

11:17 pm

rururocks

don't sweat it nef.. I semi-felt like I should mostly keep up partially with Torg

11:17 pm

rururocks

both

11:17 pm

jmcnrick

tamales is a traditional christmas eve dinner in Texas

11:17 pm

jmcnrick

neato. . . i keep hoping to get to SF. . . it is in my top 3 favorite places to visit

11:18 pm

Nef

LOL! I wasn't sweating it, ru. after I hit return and saw it; I realized it looked odd; but no one called me on itt hen..

11:18 pm

torgone

I could go for some tamales right now ..

11:18 pm

jmcnrick

more fun to tease you behind your back nef!

11:18 pm

MollyL

Be sure to wear, some flowers in your hair.

11:18 pm

torgone

I mostly hardly ever do some things halfway ..

11:19 pm

jmcnrick

i have finally found a place in DC that makes decent mexican tamales. . . oddly enough it is the Safeway

11:19 pm

rururocks

I kind of agree with that torg more or less

11:20 pm

rururocks

yes it's a lot better to tease people when they are not here

11:20 pm

Nef

And I told someone recently I was "mostly, probably retired; or at least 3/4ths there...."

11:20 pm

MollyL

How do we love Nef? Let us count the ways. Hooray for someone who can take a joke!

11:21 pm

rururocks

<---loves Nef

11:21 pm

Nef

:-D

11:21 pm

jmcnrick

i refuse to be retired! *stomps foot*

11:21 pm

rururocks

<---likes normal fun people...mostly

11:21 pm

MollyL

You and Sue, Nef. I can't keep up with the "sort of, but not really" retired people. : D

11:22 pm

jmcnrick

where have you met normal people ru?

11:22 pm

torgone

I have mostly loved Nef for probably somewhat longer than at least half the people here ..

11:22 pm

rururocks

ROFL jm.. probably never

11:22 pm

rururocks

don't look at me

11:22 pm

rururocks

but then I"ve never been to Nebraska

11:22 pm

MollyL

Not here, that's for sure.

11:23 pm

periwinkle

hey everyone, cannot sleep,so here I am

11:23 pm

jmcnrick

i was wondering. . . because if you were going to claim you met them in babbleland i was oging to have to call the men with the ne**

11:23 pm

torgone

mostly ..

11:23 pm

jmcnrick

I like nebraska and their sandhill cranes

11:23 pm

jmcnrick

hi peri

11:23 pm

MollyL

*Don't look* JMC is oging again.

11:24 pm

jmcnrick

oging??

11:24 pm

jmcnrick

hahahahaha i c

11:24 pm

Nef

jmc, I'm physically retired but mentally not. My body is wearing out from heavy duty nursing for so many years. I spent 34 years in ICU, and turning and boosting heavy patients (predominently 200+ lb. men around has taken it's tole

11:25 pm

BabbleRabble

Hello, Nef, jmc and peri

11:25 pm

rururocks

oging?

11:25 pm

MollyL

*Makes Peri a hot chocolate*

11:25 pm

rururocks

what's oging

11:25 pm

periwinkle

hey BR

11:25 pm

periwinkle

thanks Molls

11:25 pm

periwinkle

I love hot chocolate

11:26 pm

jmcnrick

well i can understand that nef. . . world saving only requires staying awake for long periods. . . very little heavy lifting

11:26 pm

jmcnrick

hi BR

11:26 pm

Nef

hi again BR.

11:26 pm

MollyL

Oging...joke on JMC's post at 11:23

11:26 pm

rururocks

glad I don't have to save the world.. mostly

11:26 pm

jmcnrick

may i have some too molls? i have some jack to pour in it

11:27 pm

jmcnrick

well so far i can say i mostly haven't saved it

11:27 pm

jmcnrick

*patches cape*

11:27 pm

Nef

jack in hot chocolate? sounds awful to me!

11:27 pm

rururocks

*wonders if JM pours jack on breakfast cereal*

11:27 pm

periwinkle

I would likesome jack in mine too, please, jmc

11:27 pm

jmcnrick

i don't eat breakfast so there :-P

11:28 pm

jmcnrick

*pour a little jack in nef's hot chocolate*

11:28 pm

periwinkle

peppermint schnapps would be good in hot chocolate but I don't have any :(

11:28 pm

MollyL

Peri, peppermint schnapps in hot chocolate is good too.

11:28 pm

periwinkle

snap,Molls

11:28 pm

jmcnrick

ooops give that one to peri, nef

11:28 pm

Nef

BTW, jmc; how is the new organization going?

11:28 pm

periwinkle

I will have to buy some.

11:28 pm

rururocks

it's oging nef

11:28 pm

jmcnrick

slowly, slowly nef but thank you for asking

11:28 pm

MollyL

Great minds Peri.

11:29 pm

Nef

peri will have 2 cups of it now

11:29 pm

jmcnrick

i had an epifany the other day about it. . . .

11:29 pm

periwinkle

indeed,Molls

11:29 pm

Nef

I did check out the FB page for it

11:30 pm

jmcnrick

when most of the organizations i work with were founded it you would call a bunch of people to come over and stuff envelopes and organize meetings. . . and energy would build. . . it is harder to do that online

11:30 pm

Nef

I can imagine!

11:30 pm

jmcnrick

ty nef i appreaciate everyone who checked out the FB page. . . I will post something else before christmas

11:30 pm

periwinkle

I am going to read for a while. I am reading The Fifth Vial by Michael Palmer. It is quite good.

11:31 pm

jmcnrick

bye peri enjoy your book

11:31 pm

MollyL

I hear you JMC. On line is a cop out for a lot of people. A lot more impersonal than an actual conversation on the phone.

11:31 pm

periwinkle

it is a medical thriller

11:31 pm

periwinkle

may be bak for the flip

11:31 pm

periwinkle

back,even

11:31 pm

MollyL

Thanks Peri, I will put that on my library list.

11:32 pm

periwinkle

I have read several of his books and really liked them.

11:32 pm

periwinkle

anything by him would be good, Molls.

11:36 pm

jmcnrick

well i think i will head to my warm bed. . . cheaper than turning on a heater ;-)

11:36 pm

jmcnrick

see you all tomorrow. . .bye all

11:36 pm

jmcnrick

54 left *poof* (mostly)

11:38 pm

firefly779

Nef, saw you are an ICU nurse, and I want to thank you for the tough job you've done over the years. I am not a 200pound man, but I am an ICU veteran if you will and those nurses have the hard jobs.

11:38 pm

rururocks

was that a semi-poof?

11:38 pm

rururocks

I wish i were a 200 pound man

11:41 pm

firefly779

All about perspective, right ruru? I'll stick to being a 140 lb woman. ;)

11:47 pm

rururocks

yes

11:47 pm

Nef

I loved my ICU job. But it's wrecked my joints. And I'd like to stick to being a 140 lb woman; but I'm a bit heavier than that :-/

11:48 pm

firefly779

Well Nef, you have my thanks nonetheless. ;)

11:50 pm

Nef

And you have my prayers and good wishes, firefly

11:51 pm

Nef

I'm glad your 2nd surgery was successful too

11:53 pm

Nef

And now I'm mostly sort of going to bed. :-D Good Night everyone!

11:53 pm

rururocks

glad I've never been in ICU..
I've never been in a hospital ever really

11:54 pm

eieios

Good evening

11:55 pm

rururocks

I wish you a mostly nice christmas nef.. with semi good cheer and a partial family gathering

11:55 pm

rururocks

hi eieieeieieieieieiei

11:56 pm

rururocks

at a fraction of the cost

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